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The Las Vegas Monorail, which opened in 2004, cost $654 million for just 4.4 miles. It uses the same Bombardier technology as the Walt Disney World Monorail. Bombardier acquired the technology from Disney. There were some issues in Las Vegas—such as having to deal with many various property owners, structures in the right-of-way, and municipal politics—that Disney would not face. So maybe Disney could hold the costs under $100 million per mile.
So... the concept of $1 million per mile sounds like it would actually be a low estimate... very very low!
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Here are my thoughts on a terrific weekend of racing:
1. After their Belgian victories this past weekend, it's clear to me that Garmin-Barracuda and Team Sky are two of the best squads in the world—because they understand how to ride as a team.
Heading into the race's critical phase during Saturday's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Garmin sent it's team to the front, upping the pace and positioning themselves to follow whatever attacks might come. Eventual-winner Sep Vanmarcke was therefore perfectly placed to follow Tom Boonen's acceleration on the Taaienberg (and to avoid Lars Boom's somersault).
Sunday, Team Sky kept their fatigued and vomiting world champion out of harm's way throughout the day, ensuring that he was at or near the front on every climb and safely guiding him through the last 50-kilometers. In the finale, Chris Sutton—the race's defending champion—and former Ghent-Wevelgem champion Bernhard Eisel escorted Cavendish to the line.
In an era dominated by super-teams, Garmin and Sky appear to have a successful formula—especially Garmin, a team that has achieved much success with surprisingly few superstars on its roster. It was an impressive display and most likely served noticed to the rest of the peloton.
2. On the other hand, Team BMC appears to be lacking chemistry at a critical point it's season. Thor Hushovd was situated right where he needed to be when Boonen attacked Saturday, only to find himself isolated once the move was established—a situation that went from bad to worse once the Norwegian was dropped on the Paddestraat. For a team with so many superstars, management must have been shaking their heads after such a lackluster showing.
3. As for Thor, it is easy to criticize the former world champion for getting dropped, but one must remember: it's still early in the season (as Thor himself admitted before the race) and at least he made it there in the first place.
4. And Rabobank's Matti Breschel? It was great see him back at the front of a major cobbled classic—even if he didn't stay there for long. Give him a few weeks and he'll be fine.
5. Speaking of poor positioning, BMC's Philippe Gilbert attributed his mundane showing (31st) to a lack of fitness and poor peloton placement heading into the Taaienberg. But while Gilbert's result was a disappointment to his fans, it should help him later in the season. I wonder if Gilbert watched how heavily marked Cancellara was during last year's classics and is making his best effort to avoid the same thing happening to him this spring—at least in Flanders. (Everyone was marking Gilbert in the Ardennes—clearly it made no difference.) Gilbert's known for the timing of his efforts. Perhaps he saw no need to show his hand too soon?
6. Back to the winner: Saturday's victory confirms the promise Vanmarcke showed back in 2010 when the youngster—then riding for Topsport-Vlaanderen—finished second in Ghent-Wevelgem. While I questioned Vanmarcke's aggressive riding during the race Saturday—especially with Boonen and Flecha both having teammates—I now see the wisdom of his tactics. His acceleration on the Paddestraat disposed of Hushovd and Breschel; a second surge would later drop both Hayman and Devenyns. Not many riders would choose to isolate themselves against Boonen and Juan Antonio Flecha, but Vanmarcke was smart to realize that a 1:3 chance is better than a 1:7 chance.
I said before the race that the Omloop tends to announce the arrival of new classics champions. Consider Vanmarcke the best candidate to become Belgium's next Ronde-Roubaix champion.
7. Vanmarcke's performance also underscored Tom Boonen's tactical ineptitude (sorry Tommeke, I want more than ever to see you return to form, but you really blew it Saturday). Yes, Boonen was given the unwelcome title of "pre-race favorite" by many pundits (myself included), but it was certainly not a new position to be in for the Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider. And while his sharp attack on the Taaienberg was devastatingly effective (and predictable), his actions in the remaining 59 kilometers were confusing and at some points, head-scratchingly immature.
To me it's apparent that Boonen suffers in races without radios, as the lack of accurate time splits and information regarding what's happening behind him probably led him to do more than was necessary to see to it that the break stayed clear. Boonen became a professional at a time when radio use was already more or less widespread among the sport's best teams. After more than 10 years of riding with them, I'm beginning to wonder if riding without them leaves Boonen feeling insecure and under-informed, hence his bull in a china shop tactics. The last "major" race Boonen won was last year's Ghent-Wevelgem, a race run with radios.
8. As for Sunday, Cavendish took his third of the season despite battling sickness. The question now turns to whether the Manxman can forge himself into a contender for Belgium's biggest sprint prize: Ghent-Wevelgem. A new, longer, and hillier course will attempt to thwart him, but given the depth of Team Sky, it's hard to discount Cav's chances. What do you think?
9. For the second year in a row in Kuurne, Saur-Sojasun's Jimmy Engoulvent tried at a late-race move. Next year, he might want to try a different tactic.
10. Last but not least, where was GreenEdge this weekend? After more than a year of hype surrounding the formation of the squad, the men in green and black were conspicuously absent from the first important weekend of the season. The team's best result was 12th in Kuurne. It all goes to show that it takes more than money to build a successful World Tour squad. Like many team's before them, GreenEdge might find that their first season is filled with more growing pains than victories.
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11. Like Garmin and Sky, Liquigas-Cannondale deserves mention in any conversation about the best teams in the sport. The team won its ninth race of the season Sunday, as Eros Capecchi defeated Damiano Cunego and Enrico Battaglin to win the GP Lugano.
12. And speaking of Lugano, Battaglin is a rider I missed when compiling my list of Up-and-Comers a few weeks ago. Keep an eye on him—and look for him to be joining a World Tour squad soon. Maybe he can join Moreno Moser at Liquigas?
13. One final question: Michael Matthews won Rabobank's first race of the year at the Clasica de Almeria in Spain, but why wasn't he racing in Belgium? Matthews, Taylor Phinney, and John Degenkolb traded blows as U23's in 2010—why isn't the Aussie on the same career trajectory as the other two? He certainly possesses similar talent.
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The years went by, I kept riding my bike, but I still have no hoverboard. Corporations: If the hoverboard is real, please don't release it. I have kids now, I understand.
Over the years, I've followed a number of the technological advances that were supposed to be just around the corner for bikes that excited me almost as much. One of the biggies was electronic shifting. Electronic shifting, from Mavic, really never felt like it was going to take off. Finicky, prone to malfunctions, expensive—when it worked, it was great. When it didn't, it was a mess. I figured electronic shifting would never hit the mainstream.
Then Shimano Di2 came out. Campagnolo EPS, 10 plus years in the making, was available. With the release of Ultegra Di2, its safe to say electronic shifting has left the realm of just around the corner, and hit mainstream. Sometimes, the advances we think will never come really do become reality.
The other big item I've been waiting for is disc brakes on road bikes. You'd think, being a well understood technology, we'd have them by now. With them now legal for cyclocross, it may just be a matter of time—mechanical discs are already making inroads, and while solutions for using hydraulics are a little hokey now, we'll probably see something available sooner or later. If I keep saying any day now, sooner or later I'll be right.
One thing I never saw coming was hydraulic rim brakes. I'm trying to decide if they are a technological advance, or just a Mektronic on the path to disc brake Di2. Or EPS—no allegiances here.
Magura's announcement as a sponsor for Garmin-Barracuda started the rumors flying. Magura confirmed their re-entry in to the road hydraulic market with a hydraulic rim brake, the RT8, initially available as a time-trial only version (RT8TT) mated to the Cervélo P5 time trial frame. In a few months, we're told, it'll be available without the Cervélo for both road and TT use. How that'll work in a world where most people use integrated brake/shift levers remains to be seen. Details are just around the corner, I'm sure.
Before we discuss the merits of Magura's offering, it's worth understanding a little about hydraulic brakes. For the dirt-phobic, this may be the closest you've come to them, and while it's unlikely you'll be seeing Magura's offering on your group ride any time soon, you'll probably hear discussion about it.
Hydraulics Primer
Hydraulics are pretty simple. A typical hydraulics system of any form is composed of a master cylinder, one or more slave cylinders, incompressible fluid like mineral oil or DOT, and hydraulic cable to connect them. Each cylinder contains a piston. Press the piston in the master cylinder in, the incompressible fluid moves out of the master and in to the slave, and the slave piston extends. Simple. Attach a brake lever to the master cylinder piston, and use the slave cylinder to actuate a brake pad, and you have the makings of a hydraulic brake.
There are two different kinds of hydraulic systems employed in bikes. Most hydraulic discs use the "open" system, where there's a reservoir attached to the master cylinder to manage fluid fill levels in the system itself. Lots of braking can heat the fluid, causing it to expand and overfill the system. The same excess braking also contributes to pad wear, requiring more fluid in the system. The reservoir takes care of managing these levels.
In a closed system, there's no reservoir. Just the master cylinder and slave cylinders, and a fixed volume of fluid.
Left by itself, pressing the master cylinder piston in moves the slave piston out, where it will happily stay. The "normal" solution involves using specially shaped gaskets, designed to "twist" along with the piston. When there's nothing pushing on the master cylinder piston, both pistons will want to retract to their normal positions, giving the behavior you expect from brakes. Springs occasionally augment this sort of system.
The upsides to hydraulic brakes are numerous: low friction, one-finger braking. Great modulation and control. Consistent performance, devoid of changes due to cable stretch or wear. Most of all, they're powerful—by tweaking the ratios of width and height between the cylinders, a mechanical advantage is achieved—1 pound of pressure at the master cylinder can exert many multiples with a proper design.
Magura's Offering
The new RT8 brakes are a somewhat unorthodox brake design, if we confine ourselves to the notion of how disc hydraulic brakes work.
Magura has had a rim brake product line for years, targeted at the tandem market. These offerings, and it appears the new RT8 as well, utilize a "closed" hydraulics system. The master cylinder has no reservoir. This isn't necessarily a problem, assuming environmental conditions stay pretty constant; heat generated by braking shouldn't feed back in to the slave cylinder the way it might in a disc system, which directly actuates the pad. Pad wear is still something of an unanswered question in the RT8—this could very well be handled at the brake lever by adjusting the travel of the lever blade, or limiting the retraction of the piston.
So is it better?
Magura's brake should offer stronger, quicker actuation with less effort than a typical brake. Depending on the terrain you ride, this may be a major advantage, or make no difference at all. For the cyclist who finds them selves climbing—and therefore descending—major heights, hand fatigue may be a serious problem. We haven't seen a road brake lever yet from Magura, however. At the moment, unless you find yourself regularly descending on your time trial bike, this likely isn't a major problem.
Power isn't a major issue with modern road brakes. Enhanced modulation may allow a lighter touch ducking in to corners, and that could possibly lead to some speed advantages for the racers among us. Possibly. With situations where the brake selection itself is causing braking problems, then the RT8 might be a major advantage—with some time trial bikes utilizing low-travel lever blades connected to center pull and single pivot designs to smooth cable routing and reduce frontal profile, the uncompromising power of the RT8TT will be a welcome change.
Aerodynamics have been heavily touted for the RT8′s, with Cervélo playing a role in their design. It's not an advantage afforded to it by being hydraulic, but may shave precious microseconds off times. We'll have to wait for some testing to confirm this.
The Magura design may have one neat side effect. It hasn't been discussed, but the closed hydraulic design of the RT8 may allow for multiple master cylinders. In an open system, where the master cylinders have reservoir, having a one master cylinder compress will cause the other's reservoir to, over time, soak up the excess fluid in the system. In a closed system, so long as there's no air in the system, there's no place for the fluid to escape. Bleeding the system would bring new levels of pain to an at times trying process, but in theory, once its set up, it would work fine. I'm certainly curious to see if anyone is going to try mounting brakes on both their base and extension bars in a time trial. The ability to brake from the extensions and maintain an aero position could be an genuine advantage.
It's less clear if the Magura brake will help with are the major issues big descenders have: rim sidewall damage, wearing out pads, and blowing out tires. Discs, by relocating the braking surface away from the tire, are the best hope we have for solving that issue once and for all. That and better technique.
Under certain conditions I can see some potential upsides to Magura's RT8 brake. Quicker actuation, more power and better modulation with less fatigue sounds like a win, if these are problems that plague you. Improved aerodynamics don't do much for the recreational cyclist, but may be a win for those at the point where fractions of seconds matter. The multiple lever concept sounds cool, but whether anyone cares remains to be seen. We're still left using the rim for a braking surface, though the enhanced modulation the Magura should offer might compensate a little for those with marginal descending technique.
It's an interesting product, and one I'm curious to hear more about as details emerge. It's unlikely, however, to satiate my desire for discs—or hoverboards.
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Some time ago I tried having a separate build machine performing continuous builds every time I checked my project sources into Subversion and I was quickly hooked. It's a very simple idea but I always found it a little hard to fully appreciate the benefits before I tried it in a real project.
While having a build machine really shines with unit tests, it has a place even when you don't have any unit testing at all in place. Firstly, you catch those time-consuming errors not having added all files to the version control system. Breaking a build wastes time for the entire team. Secondly, you have an incentive to keep the build process sane since the system gets built all the time. Building a system really should be as simple as checking the sources out and running a single command. Performing automated builds can help simply because setting up the builds becomes troublesome otherwise!
So here's a suggestion for you existing project that does not have any unit tests: setup a build machine that builds the project every time someone checks something in. Then create a single unit test and have it run as part of the continuous build process. That's it. You will now know that your project can be built and that it at least passes some simple test. Moving forward, you can for example make a point of creating a unit test for all new bug reports from customers. You decide, but knowing that your project builds alone can be worth quite a lot.
There are several applications for continuous integration to choose from. Most of them seem to have been developed within the Java community, but they are capable of running much more than Java builds and JUnit tests. The first build system I tried was CruiseControl because it seemed an obvious choice at the time. It has performed very well, though I remember it was a little cumbersome to set up. Since I recently needed to set up CruiseControl from scratch I figured I might just as well try Hudson out.
For me, the major advantage of Hudson, besides the much neater interface, is the packaging and running behavior. Hudson is delivered as a WAR file that you can deploy on any Java servlet container, but it also contains Winstone, a lightweight servlet container so that you can actually run Hudson "self-hosted" by simply going:
$ java -jar hudson.war
Starting a self-hosted Hudson on a Linux box as a daemon, typically requires an System V init.d script. I can post a little information on how to write such a script and have Hudson start each time your System V machine boots if you wish; It's not hard since Hudson will run as a single process, but a better solution might be to deploy Hudson to a servlet container, like Tomcat, JBoss or Glassfish.
A reasonable choice of servlet container for an Ubuntu box is Tomcat, simply because it is available as an Ubuntu package. Installation requires you to enable the universe and multiverse repositories. Details on how to do that can be found here. Once those repositories are enabled, you can install Tomcat and Hudson on an Ubuntu box by following these steps:
We start by installing Java and Tomcat.
# apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
# apt-get install tomcat5.5
Sun's Java should be the default but if it is not, you can select the default Java by:
# update-alternatives --config java
Tomcat on Ubuntu comes with the security manager enabled by default and this will cause Hudson not to run. You can disable the security manager by editing the /etc/default/tomcat5.5
Next we need to set the home directory for hudson. Add the following line to /etc/tomcat5.5/context.xml
<Environment name="HUDSON_HOME" value="/srv/hudson"
type="java.lang.String" override="false"/>
As you can see, I choose /srv/hudson
as the home directory. See the FHS for details on that choice. Whichever directory you choose, create the directory and set the ownership so that the tomcat55
user can use it and restart Tomcat:
# mkdir /srv/hudson # chown tomcat55.nogroup /srv/hudson/ # /etc/init.d/tomcat restart
Now, simply deploy Hudson by copying the hudson.war file into the /var/lib/tomcat5.5/webapps/
directory. Tomcat will notice the new file and deploy it automatically. Verify that it all works by pointing your browser to http://hostname:8180/hudson/ To update Hudson simply copy the new hudson.war file to the same location, overwriting the old.
If you wish to restrict access to Hudson, add the following two lines to /etc/tomcat5.5/tomcat-users.xml
<role rolename="admin"/>
<user username="hudson-admin" password="secret" roles="admin"/>
Restart Tomcat and enable security in the Hudson System Configuration panel. Users not logged in will still be able to access builds but cannot adjust the settings or force new builds.
Update 2008-12-28:
I just verified that the installation instructions are still valid on Ubuntu 8.10 using Tomcat 6. All you have to do is replace tomcat55 with tomcat6 above; also, the port seem to have changed from 8180 to 8080. Here's an updated installation summary:
Install Java and Tomcat.
# apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
# apt-get install tomcat6
Configure or disable the security manager:
# vi /etc/default/tomcat6
Set the home directory for Hudson by adding the follwowing line to /etc/tomcat6/context.xml
<Environment name="HUDSON_HOME" value="/srv/hudson"
type="java.lang.String" override="false"/>
Create the home directory, set the permissions and restart Tomcat
# mkdir /srv/hudson
# chown tomcat6.nogroup /srv/hudson/
# /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart
Deploy Hudson by copying the hudson.war file into the /var/lib/tomcat6/webapps/
directory. Verify that it works by pointing your browser to http://hostname:8080/hudson/


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This fall, Congress has an important opportunity to create jobs and grow the economy by passing a long-term, comprehensive Food, Farm and Jobs Bill. The Farm Bill impacts every American, every day, by providing a wide range of programs that strengthen our nation.
Thanksgiving is near. This is the time we give thanks for all of our blessings.
The city is very thankful that some projects are nearing completion. The renovation of the old library building into the new Campbellsville Civic Center is nearing completion.
At the risk of sounding like a grouchy old person who just doesn't understand the younger generation, I'm going to share an issue with you that has finally bubbled over, and I can no longer quietly tolerate it.
I'm not sure when it started, but somewhere in the last few years, perhaps even farther back, I've noticed that younger people have been using the word "like" way too often, and they're also using it incorrectly.
I was headed to Louisville for the day. While those in the car were surfing local radio stations, the dial settled on one that surprised me. It was Louisville's all Christmas station. This was the Saturday after Halloween.
While normally I would have started talking about how commercialized the holidays are and we can't even have a few weeks after Halloween before Thanksgiving and Christmas are at the forefront of our lives, I enjoyed the music. And it got me thinking about the upcoming holidays. And, I started to look forward to them.
Employers, colleges and vocational schools have long recognized the GED test as a high school equivalency degree. It was developed in the 1940s so American soldiers returning from World War II could use the GI Bill to advance to college. Many had left for the military without finishing high school.
"If you are losing faith in human nature go out and watch a marathon."
-Kathrine Switzer
Oct. 13, 2013 - and the journey to get there - changed my life.
That day, I, along with more than 40,000 other brave souls, ran the Chicago Marathon.
And, during those 26.2 miles (and the 600 miles of training runs prior to the race), something inside of me changed.
That might sound corny to some of you, but it's the truth.
To paraphrase a song from one of my favorite artists, Bob Seger, we packed up our bags and we took off down the road.
The Central Kentucky News-Journal moved to a new location earlier this month, and while we aren't finished, things are starting to feel like home.
Like any good move, we had a plan. Also like any move, there were things that were unexpected. And now, with the move mostly complete, we have some boxes that are not unpacked and things that aren't where they belong, but we're getting there.
Taylor County Class of 2014 had its first fundraiser for Project Graduation on Friday, Oct. 18. Roadblocks were held at two intersections on the Campbellsville Bypass.
We would like to thank all of the people who donated. Each donation was greatly appreciated, and helped make this fundraiser a huge success.
We would also like to thank all of the volunteers who offered their time to help the senior class of 2014. Once again, thank you each and every individual who contributed to our Project Graduation.
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I've been keeping a close eye on innovation in the ecommerce sector for more than a decade now, and it seems to me that we're living in exciting times. We have hit some kind of purple patch.
Why is this? Well, ecommerce has massively matured. It's big business. Digital teams are smarter, and more agile. Sexy new tech such as HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery allow for sublime user experiences.
As such I wanted to raise a toast to innovation by highlighting a bunch of - hopefully inspiring - examples to you.
But first, a massive caveat: I would severely and mercilessly beat a few of these sites with a big best practice stick. There are product pages with missing information. There are search boxes with tiny fonts. There are usability issues galore.
Secondly, for ecommerce sites, it is all about the data. If you're not constantly testing, measuring and refining, then you aren't doing it right. What works for one brand might not work so well for another.
All of that aside, the ecommerce teams that take chances and push the boundaries of are to be applauded. Guidelines are precisely that: guidelines. Rules are there to be broken. And innovation is always to be encouraged, even when it doesn't work out.
So let's take a look at some ecommerce websites (and one mobile app) that are trying new things, and that are noteworthy for their approach to the user experience. Click on the screenshots to check them out for yourself, and do let me know what you think.
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This week, I'll help your new blog become more visible to search engines, by investigating the world of search engine optimisation (SEO) and offering some best practice tips.
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Social media is still growing rapidly. I'm pointing out the obvious here but social networks are a dynamic medium for entertainment and interaction, including content discovery and product recommendation.
As such, the auto industry seems almost uniquely suited to social.
While most consumers buy cars infrequently, their interest in them (based on price tag, necessity and if you indulge me, the embodiment of the American dream) often transcends the purchase event.
As such, social analytics has cause to mature in the automotive industry, where it surely stands to play a part in the sales funnel other than simply branding.
I've been reading a nice little CMO Council report on social analytics in the auto industry. Here are some thoughts on integrating social into automotive sales.
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At Econsultancy we've discussed several times what the elements of digital culture are and why it's good for business.
But we've never really covered what is really horrendous, quite possibly because we do like to focus on the positive whenever we can.
Today, I'm going to focus on the signs that show your organisation is desperately behind the times, because unfortunately such issues are rife in many corporate environments today.
If your organisation has any of the below, chances are they are irritating people beyond all comprehension, getting in the way of work and have no genuine utility behind them.
Banish these things immediately, or make a quick buck by shorting the share price of the offending institution.
Read below. I accept no responsibility for any migraines you suffer…
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NatWest, Bupa and Hiscox have been rated as offering the best mobile user-experience among the UK's financial institutions.
The IAB study found that around a quarter of the top spending 50 UK finance brands still don't have a mobile presence, so competition to find the best UX wasn't all that tough.
However there were also some positives to take from the survey. I'm not a huge fan of using percentages when there are only 50 brands included, however the report shows that 22% of those surveyed had a responsive site compared to just 2% of retail and 4% of travel companies.
Furthermore, 70% of the banks that were analysed as part of the survey had a mobile app, with the most common functions being a cash point locator and a money transfer tool.
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Recently, we ran our first roundtable session of the year in Singapore with 25 marketing professionals engaged in a candid discussion on content marketing.
These sessions are of a much smaller scale in comparison to our annual Digital Cream events, but it's something we will occasionally be running throughout the year.
It's an initiative to keep our communities and like-minded peers a little more connected, united and close knitted when it comes to exchanging experiences, sharing of insights, benchmarking with others, etc.
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Mobile penetration varies hugely among APAC nations, however in developed countries such as Hong Kong and Singapore more than three-quarters of the population own a smartphone.
In response to this consumer trend APAC marketers have to place greater emphasis on mobile, which has resulted in some extremely creative campaigns.
Having previously investigated stats on m-commerce from the region, here are eight excellent examples of mobile marketing campaigns from APAC.
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Search advertising has come to dominate performance marketing over the last decade, with advertisers seeing amazing returns from targeting messages at consumers based on their intent.
If a consumer is searching for 'best golf clubs' it's a pretty safe assumption that they're in purchasing mode and likely to be interested in an advert promoting golf clubs.
But, any search marketer will tell you that one of its weaknesses is that you have to use a degree of guesswork when it comes to audience characteristics.
In the example above, if you knew the consumer was a female then your advertising creative would be far more powerful if it promoted just clubs for ladies. The trouble with search is that unless someone is very specific in their search term, you're forced to make assumptions.
by Jon Myers 10 March 2014 17:24pm 1 comment
We are all sharing more data than ever before with other organisations in our emerging Big Data Society. Sharing lets us use our resources much more precisely and produce completely new services.
But misusing customer data risks destroying customer trust. Still, we all need that missing piece of the Big Data puzzle, so we all need to share more.
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West Virginia will pay little for all this, she said. The federal government foots 100 percent of the cost till 2016, and 90 percent thereafter.
"That's an amazing deal," Pore said.
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Other states could learn from what West Virginia has done, Ku said. Many are now scrambling to build community health centers.
"They're starting a process West Virginia started years ago," he said.
West Virginia built its first center in the 1960s, during the "War on Poverty." Now there is a center within driving distance of almost every part of the state.
They fill the gap left by West Virginia doctors who do not take the state's low Medicaid payment rate, Pore said. "They are a true safety net, a state treasure," she said, "and they provide quality care."
"People ask where all the new Medicaid patients are going to find doctors," said Craig Robinson, CEO of Cabin Creek Clinic in Kanawha County. "Well, some of them are already patients. Almost all the people we serve on a sliding fee will be eligible for Medicaid."
Medicaid will pay the centers "significantly more" than the $15 a visit many sliding scale patients pay, Robinson said. The extra money will let the centers serve more people, add services, and beef up prevention efforts, he said.
The centers do not provide hospital care, he said, "but we prevent the need for a lot of it."
All 28 West Virginia centers expanded facilities and labs with stimulus dollars, said Louise Reese, director of the West Virginia Primary Care Association. "We're thinking ahead," she said.
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"West Virginia is also doing well, compared with other states, in numbers of primary care doctors and nurse practitioners and physician assistants," Ku said. The state's number of primary care doctors is now 98 percent of the national average.
That also did not happen by accident, said Hilda Heady, former director of West Virginia's Rural Health Education Program. "Years of hard work are paying off."
In the 1990s, faced with a serious doctor shortage, the Legislature required the state's three medical schools to send every student for at least one primary care rotation in an underserved area. The same requirement applies to pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants and dentists.
"The idea was that some of the students would discover they like primary care and rural life and stay there," said Heady, who helped coordinate that effort.
It worked, according to Dr. Don Pathman of the Cecil B. Sheps Center for Rural Health Research in Chapel Hill, N.C. Between 1981 and 2006, "the number of West Virginia physicians trained in West Virginia medical schools increased fivefold," he said.
Pathman surveyed state graduates at five-year intervals, to find out how many were practicing in West Virginia. The number of practicing doctors rose 58 percent from 2,248 to 3,857. "Almost all the growth was from graduates of West Virginia schools."
The percentage of West Virginia-trained specialists in rural areas also almost quadrupled, from 3 percent to 11 percent.
The Legislature deserves a lot of credit for foresight, Heady said. "They expanded Medicaid eligibility and forced the medical schools to put part of their training in rural areas. Now we see the value of those decisions."
Heavy lifting ahead
West Virginians should not think they've got the problem knocked, Ku cautioned. The state ranks high in part because many states are unprepared, he said.
Some areas are less prepared than others, the Primary Care Association's Reese said. "The more urban areas have an over-supply of doctors, but a few areas are still struggling."
If the Legislature OKs the state's health insurance exchange, Medicaid-eligible people can log on in 2014, sign up for Medicaid and find contact information for doctors in their area who take Medicaid.
"We still have heavy lifting to do," Bryant said, "but we can be proud of where we are and how far we've come."
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I remember it like it was yesterday. In 1982, my very first sports assignment at WHIO-TV was covering Super Bowl XVI.
My first thoughts were of palm trees, warm breezes and a break from January in Dayton. But I quickly remembered January in Detroit can be a lot worse. That's right, it was the first cold weather city to host the big game … just my luck.
I was still a news reporter when the boss told me I would be filling in for Mick Hubert and John Snyder, who were off covering a University of Dayton basketball game. As it turned out, I did more stories about the weather than I did about the game that week.
The game-day temperature was 16 degrees outside the Pontiac Silverdome and a balmy 70 degrees inside. Unfortunately I didn't have a press box seat and my pass only got me access to a back room with some TV's that were much smaller than the big screens we have today. And the Bengals lost 26-21.
The weather was much nicer seven years later when the Bengals, the 49ers and I got together in Miami for Super Bowl XXIII. But once again, the game took a back seat to another story. This time it was the riots that broke out after a police officer shot a motorcyclist. I remember looking out the window of my hotel and watching the fires burn.
Things didn't get back to normal until Wednesday of that week. Then on Saturday, the news broke that Cincinnati running back Stanley Wilson was caught with cocaine in his hotel room and immediately suspended. San Francisco took the lead with 34 seconds to play, and the Bengals lost again, 20-16.
The next season it was just the 49ers and me. The guys in stripes didn't make it to New Orleans, but Anthony Munoz did. The future Hall of Famer joined me to cover media day and we did live reports on a balcony overlooking Bourbon Street.
Why was I there to cover a game involving two teams from out west? CBS did the game and we carried it live on Channel 7. My bosses thought it was a good idea to send me and who was I to argue.
I'm hoping that one day soon I can join the Bengals and the 49ers for one more big game. Don't worry, I'm not holding my breath it will happen anytime soon. Especially not next year when it will be played outside in New Jersey. Cold weather and the Super Bowl … been there, done that.
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Table of Contents Message from the President Master of Divinity Master of Arts in Christian Ministries Master of Arts in Counseling Master of Arts in Intercultural Ministries Master of Arts in Theological Studies Continuing Education Doctor of Ministry Doctor of Missiology Ph.D. in Intercultural Studies Ph.D. in Bible & Theology Admission Information AGTS Profile Course Descriptions Financial Information Academic Policies and Procedures Student Life and Services
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The Master of Arts in Christian Ministries (M.A.C.M.) is a 48-hour professional studies degree designed to provide advanced biblical, theological and practical training for individuals who desire to enhance their ministry skills. It equips ministers to become life-long learners and to develop models of personal and professional growth. It differs from the M.Div. degree in that it provides no academic concentration, which would prepare students for ongoing graduate degrees at the Ph.D. or D.Min. levels. Those with limited experience in ministry leadership are encouraged to take at least one practicum as part of their electives.
Degree Components and Requirements
The Master of Arts in Christian Ministries can be completed by any student regardless of the field of their undergraduate degree. Applicants with a strong undergraduate program in religion may petition for Advanced Standing in the program, which could allow them to complete the program with 39 credits or approximately three semesters of study. See M.A.C.M. Advanced Standing.
A limited number of courses may be taken through directed research or distance learning. The general requirements for graduation apply as well.
Mission of God and Intercultural Studies (6 credits) BTH/MHT 501 The Mission of God in Biblical and Contemporary Contexts 3 MCS/MHT 643 Anthropology and Communication in Theological Perspective 3 Bible and Theology (15 credits)1 BIB 532 Hermeneutics 3 BNT 530 New Testament Introduction* or BNT Book Study 3 BOT 530 Old Testament Introduction* or BOT Book Study 3 THE Elective 3 One of the following: 3 BTH 529 Foundations of Biblical Theology BTH 530 Old Testament Theology BTH 532 New Testament Theology Practical Theology (21 credits)1 HOM 529 Communicating the Message I* or HOM 633 3 HOM 633 Communicating the Message II* or HOM Elective 3 PTH 544 Spiritual Formation of the Leader 3 PTH 553 Personal Dynamics of Leadership 3 PTH 554 Relational Dynamics of Leadership 3 PTH 556 Field Education Research Project2 3 PTH 653 Leadership in Ministry 3 General Electives (6 credits)1,3 Electives 6
1 See M.A.C.M. Advanced Standing guidelines. 2 See Field Education Research Manual. 3 If seeking ministerial credentials with the Assemblies of God, HIS 532 required if not taken at the undergraduate level. * Required course unless appropriate substitution approved by adviser.
M.A.C.M. Advanced Standing
Students who have earned a significant number of credits in religious studies from approved colleges and universities may request exemption from certain required courses in the M.A.C.M. degree program, thus granting them Advanced Standing. Life experience does not qualify for advanced standing. (See registrar for further details.)
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In this deliriously madcap fantasy revue, the soaring song stylings of drag artist Joey Arias are surrounded by an eye-popping theatrical extravaganza conjured by a team of puppeteers directed by the legendary Basil Twist. Channeling lurid celluloid dreams, macabre nightmares and bizarre premonitions on a stage transformed into a bigger-than-life cabinet of curiosities, the adventure begins with an alien abduction and concludes with a stupendous Busby Berkeley-esque finale. Along the way, the throaty chanteuse belts out pop, rock and jazz standards—including Billie Holiday's "You've Changed"—as Twist and company work their magic with vintage marionettes, anatomically correct puppets and fantastical scenic elements. Arias was the longtime "Mistress of Seduction" in Zumanity, Cirque du Soleil's adult-themed Las Vegas show, while Twist is most famous for his Folies Bergère-style underwater staging of Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique.


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Great news: our Pack meetings will now be held in the Multi-Purpose Room at the Hershey Elementary School. This is where our Pack meetings were held prior to moving to the ECC two years ago. It's a much better venue for us...a better-sized room, a real stage, etc. Thanks to Don Sickler for identifying this opportunity and for securing the space.
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An ongoing investigation into the distribution of heroin in Michigan City has authorities there announcing another arrest today, and say while the investigation continues in this arrest, more arrests could be made in the future. Michigan City Police say during a search warrant of 37 year old Timothy Hampton's residence on Friday, in the two-hundred block of East 8th Street, a quantity of heroin, pills, drug paraphernalia, and currency were seized as evidenced. Hampton was arrested on probable cause for felony possession of heroin with intent to deliver, and his bond was set at one-hundred-thousand dollars cash.
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N.J. Dems accuse Christie of using Sandy recovery to distract from record
Governor Christie is trying to use the recovery from superstorm Sandy to distract attention from a poor record on job creation, affordable health care and other issues, Senate President Stephen Sweeney said Monday,
Sweeney also said the governor "prayed a lot and got lucky a storm came," focusing attention away from the state's other problems and creating jobs through the storm reconstruction. Sweeney immediately apologized for the remark – "I shouldn't say that; I apologize for saying that," he said – but Christie's office and Republican senators quickly expressed their "shock" at what they described as a "heartless partisan attack."
"No one 'prayed' for what New Jersey has endured. This is politics at its worst, and Senator Sweeney's next press release should be to all residents of New Jersey saying he is ashamed of what he said today," Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak said in a statement.
Senate Democrats argued that Christie needs to pay more attention to the state's economic woes, cost of health care and high rate of foreclosures – in addition to the Sandy recovery. They made their pitch Monday, the day before Christie is scheduled to give his State of the State address where he is expected to focus mostly on that storm recovery.
"Tomorrow, the governor's going to try to convince everyone that the sun's shining when it's raining. The reality is we've got serious problems in the state," said Sweeney, D-Gloucester, who remains a possible challenger to Christie in this year's governor's race.
In interviews published over the weekend, Christie said he plans to focus the speech on the state's recovery from Sandy.
The senators criticized the governor for his positions on many of Trenton's most contentious issues. Those included Christie's decision against setting up a state-run health insurance exchange, his veto of Democratic-sponsored pay equity legislation and his vetoes of several bills intended to spur job creation.
Sweeney accused Christie of using the storm to distract attention from those issues.
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But Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, R-Union, said it was Democrats, not Christie, who were failing to meet the needs of the state.


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THE SCREENING ROOM: Corey Cott and Newsies Cast Perform "Seize the Day" on "DWTS" (Video)
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Newsies, the new Disney musical that took home the 2012 Tony Award for Best Choreography, performed on the ABC reality television program "Dancing With the Stars" Nov. 13. Corey Cott, who replaced Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan in the role of Jack Kelly, led the newsboys in "Seize the Day," the high-flying Act I finale. He was joined by Andrew Keenan-Bolger as Crutchie and Ben Fankhauser as Davey. Newsies features a Tony-winning score with music by eight-time Academy Award winner Alan Menken and lyrics by Jack Feldman as well as a book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein. Directed by Jeff Calhoun, the production also stars Ron Raines as Joseph Pulitzer, Kara Lindsay as Katherine Plumber, LaVon Fisher-Wilson as Medda Larkin, and Nicholas Lampiasi and Jake Lucas alternating the role of Les. Watch the "DWTS" performance below: |
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Two of the last twenty-one NBA Champions had a great point guard (Parker – Spurs, Billups – Pistons), all this in what's called a "point-guard driven league". Something that all those NBA Championship teams had in common? A loaded front court. Does this mean we really need someone special at the PG spot?
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This course -- "American History in Paris" -- is a Powerpoint presentation that takes students through the streets of Paris to see such places as where Benjamin Franklin lived while negotiating French support for the American colonists' War of Independence. It will also show the grand building where 4,000 Parisians stood to mourn Franklin's death years later. Students will discover where Thomas Jefferson bought many of the books that became the first volumes of our young country's Library of Congress. The handsome statue of George Washington astride his horse, given to France by the women of the young United States in gratitude for French assistance during the war – students will learn where it is and see it.
"I learned so much about our own history," said one former student. "I don't remember studying any of these interesting facts in school. My next trip to Paris, I'll take the map we got in class and stop by a few locations that I learned about. The whole course was really enlightening."
Mary Jo Padgett, has based her course on a book she acquired and studied while living in Paris. She discovered more than twenty-three locations around the city where treaties were signed, statues erected, parks created, streets named, or plaques put on buildings – all relating to French involvement and support for the American Revolution.
Course information and registration forms are available on the college web site atwww.blueridge.edu. Preregistration is recommended. Get more information from Mary Jo at 828-697-9557 or firstname.lastname@example.com or phone Cecile Duval, Transylvania campus, at 828- 694-1910, firstname.lastname@example.com, or Martha Howell, Henderson campus, at 828-694-1743, or email@example.com.
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Advertisers and marketers may not know how to communicate with moms online, but they're going to be sending a lot more advertising their way in the coming months.
Women's sites are performing very well in the online ad category, and as the recession deepens, that trend is likely to increase.
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The promise of a plentiful yield of salable, self-generated electricity from renewable, green energy is a promise unfulfilled for two Surface Creek towns.
Putting the renewable energy model to economic use is proving to be a lot more difficult, complicated and expensive than Cedaredge or Orchard City thought it would be when they embarked on their separate hydropower projects.
Orchard City's hydropower project is stalled by design problems and regulatory snags. The Town of Cedaredge's hydropower installation will very likely be officially abandoned later this month.
The Town of Cedaredge has had a turbine and electricity-producing generator installed on the inflow to its water treatment plant since 2002. It has been unused for at least the last 10 years, according to a federal energy official. Prospects for putting the device into profitable operating repair now are poor; so poor, in fact, that the town trustees are considering abandoning the project completely.
Just to the west of the Cedaredge water treatment plant over in the Ward Creek drainage, a proposed hydropower installation project at the Orchard City treatment plant has succeeded in getting a $10,000 grant to pay a consultant to apply for necessary federal permits. Another $10,000 in town cash was spent in a futile effort to get workable engineering designs. The Orchard City project has been mired for two years in a nearly fruitless exercise of engineering design false starts, ever-increasing cost estimates, shifting payback calculations and doubts over how much self-generated electricity the town would be allowed to use or sell.
At Cedaredge, the trustees were faced last month with an unpleasant choice:
• Spend additional hundreds of thousands of dollars to repair or replace the present hydro unit;
• Or bow to federal regulation and surrender the town's valuable federal permit exemption to operate the hydro unit because it hasn't produced any electricity in more than 10 years.
The trustees have to decide this month. Comments made during the trustees' May 16 meeting were leaning toward surrender of the permit exemption.
Both of the Surface Creek Valley towns have also encountered problems in the economic equation of small hydro generation. Both towns could, at least on paper, generate a lot of electricity with their treatment plant inflows. But there is a problem selling that excess electricity. A DMEA rule allows only the single electric meter at the treatment plant site to get credit for power generated. So, the huge excess electric generating capacity beyond what is needed to run the treatment plants goes to economic waste. Though DMEA "is considering" a change in that policy, any change will come late to help Cedaredge's permit exemption conundrum.
This "net metering" problem is compounded by another regulation that limits DMEA to 5 percent of locally generated power, a memo from the utility explains. The utility's South Canal project will produce almost that much electricity. This leaves anyone else who wants to become an independent power producer with no place locally to sell the electricity they generate.
As one small hydro project after another takes up the promise of using the vast turbine-turning energy of Grand Mesa runoff to make green electricity, one after another gives way to regulatory and economic defeat. Another, private small hydro project on a UVWUA ditch west of Delta that got highly publicized grant funding from the Governor's office two years ago remains unbuilt today for the same reasons that have stymied the Cedaredge and Orchard City projects.
Another private proposal idea for the south side of Grand Mesa never made it to the regulatory launch pad.
The federal agency that has life-and-death authority over small hydropower projects, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, is promising still more regulations to streamline and simplify its mind-boggling permitting processes.
And still, even among those who have felt the shock of small hydro's unfulfilled promise, renewable green energy has its fans. Orchard City's project is officially "on hold" awaiting possible good news from DMEA on its net metering policy that will change the economics of the project and allow it to move forward. And at Cedaredge, the town staff is fully on board.
A recent staff memo to the Cedaredge town trustees says, "It is agreed among town staff that hydroelectric generation is in the town's future." The memo expresses optimism that "once this exemption is terminated, more energy can be focused on other energy efficient options and future hydro planning as regulations are updated that truly capture the intent of renewable energy."
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"We would get in about 10, and I would head to Printers Alley and sit in with the bands down there. I got to hang out with Boots Randolph, my idol. One night, he'd already locked the doors and he saw me coming and he unlocked the door and told me to come in. We got to be pretty good buddies.
"Remember when George Daugherty wrote that song, 'I'll Pump the Gas, Jimmy, You Run the World'? The day we released that, Elvis passed away. Frank Sinatra couldn't have got a record played that day. That was God testing me, wasn't it?
"Pee Wee King and Red Stewart wrote 'Tennessee Waltz.' I got to play a show with them in Michigan. I caught them talking in the hall, and I grabbed my two saxophones and started playing 'Tennessee Waltz,' and they were amazed. That was one of the highlights of my life, playing a song for the guys who wrote the song.
"I had my stroke in 2003. I had an abscessed tooth, and the dentist wouldn't pull it. I had a root canal. Don't ever get one. They will kill you. The Bible clearly states, 'If the eye offend thee, pluck it out.' I think that goes for teeth, too.
"After the root canal, I went to Florida in total pain. On April 29, it hit me bad. Suddenly, I couldn't walk. I didn't know what was happening to me.
"I feel blessed and bitter at the same time. Does that make any sense? Boots Randolph had a brain hemorrhage, and he had enough sense to go on and die. I have days when I just don't want to deal with stuff. If I wasn't a Christian, I would have blown my brains out years ago.
"I keep pondering if it was something I did in my past that I'm paying for. My whole right side is messed up. I'm lucky to walk. CAMC General has a great rehab program. They're kind and patient, and I owe it all to them.
"I was in the hospital six weeks. It's all foggy in my mind now. I can remember just crying my heart out, but I couldn't figure out why. It ain't no fun.
"Corba brought my saxophones to me in rehab. I got so upset. I didn't want to play them. Finally, after I got home, I got up enough nerve to pick them up.
"I couldn't remember how to put a reed on a horn, and I'd done it 5,000 times. I'd been doing it since I was 12. But things gradually came back.
"I used to love to practice. After that, I had to force myself. I'm not back yet, but I'm halfway back. It was about five years before I started really playing again. Mostly I sit in with bands.
"And I've got some tracks I play on a keyboard. I sound like a one-man band. Not bad. And don't have to put up with nobody's crap. Makes it a lot simpler.
"Music is all I've done for 45 years. We sent a boy to college with our music. It was tough, but we did it. That's gone now. If not for Social Security, I'd be dead.
"I play for nothing most of the time. I told a man the other night, 'If I have a heart attack and die on stage tonight, I will die happy.' It's in my blood.
"I'm still trying. I've got this new affinity for blues that I never had before. I listen to Muddy Waters every night. I sing blues because a blues singer doesn't have to be good, just gravelly and loud.
"I wish I'd gone to Chicago where the blues were instead of Nashville. I'd have been better off. Country was the thing for me. I was misguided.
"Corba does karaoke at the St. Albans Moose. She's got to keep her hand in it. She still sings her butt off, but not with me. I'd like to try that again, but she hasn't played keyboard in 10 years.
"I'm puzzled. I know God has a purpose for me, and I'm trying to figure out what it is. I was getting ready to record an old-time gospel album when I had the stroke.
"A gospel album is my next goal. That and going to heaven, of course. A preacher asked me, 'Is your name written in the book of life?' I said, 'Yes, but I think it's in pencil and let's hope God doesn't have an eraser handy.'
"I wanted to be the next Boots Randolph, and it wasn't meant to be. But I enjoy playing in beer joints. I've met my best friends in beer joints. I've had a great life. I've been blessed and cursed like we all have.
"This life is just a test, like a vapor and it's going to be gone. All we can do is the best we can do, and try to be kind to each other."
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Kimberly Akimbo, a comedy by David Lindsay-Abaire
Come to the Pegasus Theater and meet the Levaco family. They put the FUN in dysfunctional. There is Mom, the pregnant hypochondriac. Dad is an unreliable alcoholic. Their 16 year old daughter Kimberly has a rare disease that causes her to age at 4 times the normal rate. This play promises to be both heart-breaking and hilarious. And then there is mom's sister an unrehabilitated ex-con and scam artist.
When the Levaco family flees Secaucus under highly dubious circumstances to a small town in New Jersey, Kimberly is forced to re-evaluate her family, her life and her own mortality, and confront the possibility of first love.
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The Braves football team has signed offensive lineman Sam Parsons, Garland High School (Texas) and quarterback/receiver Clay Summers, Aurora High School, Colo.
Parsons is coached by former Brave Kevin Mikeska. He plans to major in business administration.
Summers earned all-conference and all-district honors at quarterback. He plans to major in business administration.
Mission Valley senior Morgan Masters will run cross-country for the women's program. She plans to major in biology.
Ottawa men's basketball players Chase Dippel and Corey Smith were named to second and third teams in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. Sophomore Kameron Lindsay was selected to the all-defensive team. Dippel led Ottawa in scoring and Smith was the Braves' top rebounder.
Ottawa senior guard Lauren Buckles was selected to the Champions of Character All-KCAC team.
McPherson guard Madison Chambers, a Wellsville graduate, was an honorable mention selection.
Ottawa baseball players Jacob Loucks and Kalem Quinn were named to the 2013 KCAC preseason all-conference team. Loucks, a junior pitcher, has appeared in 32 games in his first two seasons with an overall mark of 11-5 and two saves. He was 8-3 last year and was an all-conference first team selection.
Quinn, a sophomore catcher, was the freshman of the year and first-team all-conference performer last season. He hit .329 and threw out 14 base stealers.
Ottawa softball players Cady Blevins and Morgan Shramek were preseason all-conference selections.
Blevins, a senior second baseman, is a two-time all-KCAC performer. She hit .342 and scored 45 runs last season.
Shramek was a second-team selection as a pitcher last year as a junior. She went 18-7 with an ERA of 3.19 last season. She had 66 strikeouts and 16 complete games.
The Ottawa baseball team's doubleheader at home slated for today against Northwestern College has been postponed. No rescheduled date has been released.
The Lady Braves softball team's doubleheader this past Wednesday at Oklahoma Wesleyan was postponed and no rescheduled date has been released.
Today's doubleheader at Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., also will not be played.


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The Halifax Regional Municipality has decided to close the doors on the Khyber Club, even earlier than the expected February 19th deadline. This news comes as a major disappointment to the proposed Khyber Performing Arts Society (KPAS) who are in the process of incorporating as a non-profit society for the express purpose of keeping the Khyber Club alive. The Khyber Club is more than a bar for many of us. As it has been part of the Khyber Arts Society until now, it has a strong history of presenting interesting and progressive programming. The Khyber Club has played a vital role in our community, showing new and independent music, theatre, performance art, artists
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