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Cantillon Iris - Brasserie Cantillon
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4.22/5 rDev -3%
Had this once before and happy to have it again. Hard to say what kind of beer this is - the brewery doesn't consider it a lambic and it's a world away from the Grand Cru Bruocsella I had yesterday.
Pours an opaque dark orange with a healthy 2 fingers of head. This is already different to any lambic I have ever seen, slight but noticeable lacing and all. Very earthy and slightly funky nose at first with wet wood and an enticing underlying floral note which is not present in other Cantillon beers I have had.
Notably hoppy. Quite flowery and grassy at first, but it's only a split-second before a tart green apple flavor makes itself known. After that, grapefruit followed by a little medicinal herb/cheese rind twang and... is that a hint of malt sweetness or am I imagining things? The finish is almost confusing; bitter and tart with the funk outlasting the hops. Oak rounds it out.
Well carbonated with a slightly lighter than medium body. Feels fine in the mouth... without food, your stomach might suffer though. Hard to not want more of.
10-16-2010 16:21:47 | More by Parrotshake
4.22/5 rDev -3%
2007 Bottle
A-pours a beautiful deep hazy golden amber color with a dense thinner off white head.
S-very nice nose, fresh damp wood, lots of peaches and tangeriness with hints of sourness to it, faint touch of musky cellar funk in the back.
T-soft subtle peach, notes of oaky wood, a little leather, funk subtle but does seem to be there, a good acidity in the back.
M-a little grainy, strong carbonation, light body, dry in the back.
D-pretty solid brew, nice oak aging with a good level of acidity to it, nice balance and not too sweet at all but still a good flavor and some earthy characteristics. Very good!
06-29-2010 01:00:42 | More by cpetrone84
4.22/5 rDev -3%
2004 vintage.
This one poured very clear and a beautiful gold colour. There was a bit of fizzy, short-lived off-white foam, a bit of a ring supported by constant bubbling. The aroma was very floral with a nice tartness, a bit of acetic acid and light funk. The flavour was quite tart with berry notes, a bit of vinegar and a light sweetness. Dry, fruity sourness lingered. Apple/cider character developed as it warmed. Light bodied with some residual sugar present, ample carbonation and some dryness. A tasty, mouthwatering beer with restrained sourness that wasn't overpowering. Good stuff!
01-26-2008 01:35:39 | More by DrJay
4.22/5 rDev -3%
2009 rate.
750ml 2006 bottle. Darker orange pour with a large beige head. Shows much of the typical Cantillon brashness on the nose. Lemon, grapefruit, and some really funky herbal note. Not too bracing in the mouth. Very soft, in fact. Full-bodied for a lambic. Extraordinary balance, finish is long and beautiful. I prefer this to the harder Cantillons, it may be the best lambic I've tried in fact.
Had this since a couple times, was never as good as that first 2006 bottle.
11-24-2010 05:08:40 | More by JAXSON
North Carolina
4.22/5 rDev -3%
The beer poured into the chalice clear amber golden with a tight white head which fell rapidly to the edges of the surface as it tried to lace the glass.
The aroma was stinky cheese when first poured (at least that was the thought that came to mind). After the head dropped the aroma became fruity with a distinct grape aroma like that of skins and seeds. A definite lambic horsey and barnyard aroma was present, but not overly so. A slight sweaty aroma was also present.
The flavor was acidic sourness, but never over the top. The fruit flavor in the aroma was similar in the flavor with grape skins and seeds but also a nice citrusy orange and slight pineapple flavor were present but never sweet. The sourness most likely tricked the tastebuds into sensing those flavors like an assault and your memory failing. The beer was incredibly tart.
The finish was very dry and very tart with lasting sensations of citrus and pineapple. The body was medium and the carbonation was fairly low. The beer was easy to drink and complex, but lead to some awful beer belches that drove the cat out of the room.
750 ml bottle, corked and capped. Bottled in 2004 on cork. Purchased at Green's in Atlanta, GA.
05-24-2005 21:08:21 | More by GCBrewingCo
4.22/5 rDev -3%
On-tap, Zwanze Day @ Stone.
Pours a hazy dark yllowish orange with a decent white head the clings to the glass. The nose is stong of sour citrus oranges, apricot, apple and a funkiness. The tast is sour lemons and sweet orang with a earthy funk. Its got a medium feel that is well carbonated. A very tasty beer.
09-27-2011 14:25:01 | More by BdubleEdubleRUN
4.22/5 rDev -3%
A - murky, blood orange. Super small bubbles, one finger head.
S - huge vinegar, apple, lemon, lime, pear cider vinegar.
T - high cider vinegar, huge funk, lemon-lime citrus. Biting sour with a slight sweetness. I think I can detect a little dry hopping.
M - So crisp, so clean. This would overpower any beer previously drank.
D - quite sour; not sure how long I could sustain without my taste buds melting, but I'm going to try because this is delicious.
12-08-2010 08:00:23 | More by drewba
4.22/5 rDev -3%
Bottled in 2005: There was standing beer on top of the cork. It pulled from the bottle with seemingly no carbonation. The pour alleviates my fears, however. Body is light orange, with a decent head. Smell is dirty, funky, citric, and acidic.
Taste is a little tart, and possesses all the characteristics of the smell. This must be sipped to fully appreciate the compexity. Mouthfeel is full, but not thick. Drinkability isn't the best, and I do like this beer.
01-10-2006 03:02:22 | More by Sephiroth
4.22/5 rDev -3%
I had this beer from a bottle at TJ's Everyday is Paoli, PA where it came is a tulip glass.
Appearance: The body is a cloudy yellow color. The head is a couple fingers of white fluffiness that has poor retention and leaves the sides dry.
Smell: The aroma is kind of wheaty but makes your nose pucker.
Taste: This is very tart and as it is unblended I couldn't get many other flavors out of it.
Mouthfeel: The mouthfeel is crisp and dry.
Drinkability: This is awesome.
Don't drink and review.
01-26-2009 01:18:12 | More by treehugger02010
4.22/5 rDev -3%
The following printed on the back label: An absolutely unique brew. Made from 100% pure barley malt, fermented by wild yeasts and aged for three years in oak casks, in the style of a lambic. From Cantillon, Belgium's foremost brewer of real lambics.
Live review. This is my 900th review. Poured from the corked, capped and black foil covered bottle that I purchased about 6 months ago from Rozi's Wine House in Lakewood, Ohio but I do not recall the price. "Vintage 2005" written on the bottom of the front label, the same year as the birth of my son Benjamin Owen. Poured into rather tall Petrus goblet. After opening, the cork stated "Bottled in 2007" which is probably because it was aged in Oak casks as stated on the label. Interesting side note: I chose this as my 900th review since I recall being at Brasserie Cantillon this past June and seeing hundreds of bottles with no label on them stacked on their sides and a small sign next to them stating "Iris" and it just really made an impression on me I guess. Those bottles were not ready to be consumed (hence the no labels).
A Light brown meringue like fluffy head of about 6 inches when first poured, bubbling down to within an inch after about 3 minutes. Body is a pumpkin like orange, translucent and it glows in front of direct light. 4.0
S Almost flowery tart lambic sweetness (could it be flowery like an Iris?) dominates without too much else to the nose for me. That classic Cantillon smell that I really like. 4.0
T That great lambic fruit/flowery/tart/sweetness along with an oaken softness. The almost dry tartness (if that is possible?) is certainly primary in the taste. Taste dissipates quickly but not completely as there is a long, thin aftertaste of the lambic goodness. 4.5
M As mentioned, first sensation is the tart/sweet lambic taste but then that kind of dissapears in the "dry" effect that I was trying to describe. 4.0
D With a manageable ABV, interesting and pungeant tastes balanced by the oak casks, this is a good, drinkable beer. I finished the 1 pint, 9.4 oz. bottle within 15 minutes. 4.0
Notes: Well, there it is, #900!
02-23-2010 14:35:52 | More by adamette
South Carolina
4.23/5 rDev -2.8%
Enjoyed while attending Cantillon Zwanze Day 2012 at Avenue Pub! Served from bottle into a wine glass. Poured a hazy yellow-orange with a one finger off-white head that subsided to a minimal amount slowly. Maintained nice lacing throughout the glass. The aroma was comprised of sweet mat, funk, sour, earth, floral, and pepper. The flavor was of sweet malt, floral, sour, tart, funk, fruit, spice, and pepper. It had a light feel on the palate with high carbonation. Overall this was a pretty good brew. Surprisingly I had never had this beer before grace my palate. I have quite a few set aside, but had no comparison about how it tasted fresh and how it will be aged. At least now I can answer the first part of that. I really enjoyed this one quite a bit. The pepper aspect was definitely a nice touch as it mixed really well with the funkiness going on here. Another solid offering from Cantillon.
12-31-2012 13:17:09 | More by thagr81us
New York
4.24/5 rDev -2.5%
Surprised to not see a review here for this one, prob buried in a notebook somewhere, none the less, 2012 out of a batch 1 iris glass.
Brew pours a murky orange thin fizzy head. Golden, minimal lace.
Floral grassy hay a bit of lemon and nice sweetness on the back end
Taste is real nice, very earthy grass with some lemon tartness
Funky tart puckers feel
Real nice. Earthy dryness. Tart. Lemon. Grassy. Enjoyable.
03-03-2014 02:22:47 | More by cosmicevan
4.24/5 rDev -2.5%
Poured from a 750 mL bottle into a tulip.
Appearance: Pours a hazy golden/brown color leaving maybe a finger of head.
Smell: Plenty of funk up front, definitely has a sour aroma to it. Some herbal notes to it as well. Pleasant to the nose.
Taste: Big time funk, and it is definitely sour but not overbearing which is nice. The acidic tartness quality in this beer is very nice. Some fruity apple, peach notes along with an herbal quality. Quite tasty.
Mouth-feel: Well carbonated to a nice degree. A pretty light body and finishes quite dry.
Overall: Definitely a well done beer. I enjoyed sipping this one over an hour or two (it's a big bottle). A real funky beer that I definitely enjoyed.
01-14-2013 03:40:31 | More by Resuin
4.24/5 rDev -2.5%
2007 vintage courtesy of sweemzander. Lots of nice black mold around the cap and cork. 750 ml bottle served in a mini snifter.
A: Pours a hazy straw color with a white head forming on the pour. It recedes to a thin ring that leaves some sticky lace around the glass.
S: Really sweet smelling with a mix of flowery hops and light acidity. Very surprised at how hoppy it still is after 6 years. Slightly sweet mix of wheat and malt with a lactic lemon like quality to it.
T: Same as the nose with a little more barrel character. The smell of flowery hops is distinct and it has a fruity sweetness to it. Slightly lactic lemon character with some oak barrel and a mild hint of vanilla.
M: Light and airy with a spritzy carbonation. Smooth and lactic on the backend with a slight drying quality.
O: Not overtly sour and still very hoppy. This was an interesting take on a lambic and I really enjoyed it. I'd like to revisit some later and early vintages to have a comparison since my first experience is with this beer being 6 years old.
05-23-2013 01:54:03 | More by Treebs
New York
4.25/5 rDev -2.3%
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As lawyers scramble to save AMR Corp's merger with US Airways Group Inc, American Airlines' parent is bleeding more than $15 million a month in restructuring charges. The costs could continue to weigh on the carrier's results as it waits to see how judges rule on its planned merger with US Airways will be allowed.
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The number of insolvent multiemployer pension plans could more than double by 2017, as the plans face challenges from market declines, poor funding levels and longer life expectancy, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. Making matters more difficult, many employers have stopped participating in the plans, exposing those that remain to higher costs.
Some 1,500 multiemployer pension plans that were once popular in the heavily-unionized construction, transportation and retail industries cover about 10 million U.S. workers and retirees, according to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. But citing a survey of 107 multiemployer plans and an in-depth review of 13 plans released on Monday, the GAO said a "significant" number of plans currently viewed as critical or endangered have not yet recovered from the 2008 financial crisis.
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The primary industry group for the corporate loan market warned that any attempt to limit the rights of secured creditors in the event of a bankruptcy could have a broader impact on companies' access to and cost of capital.
The comments by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association were aimed at the American Bankruptcy Institute, which is currently studying the 1978 bankruptcy code for areas in need of updating. Among those under consideration is the role of secured debt in bankruptcies.
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The number of companies that defaulted during the third quarter fell for the third quarter in a row, as easy credit markets allowed many of the lowest rated borrowers to refinance upcoming debt, according to Moody's Investors Service.
The ratings service said that only six companies defaulted in the third quarter, down from nine in the second quarter, 15 in the first quarter, and "a recent peak" of 16 in the last quarter of 2011, said Moody's.
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Defaulting on corporate debt payments – no matter the cause – slashes a company's market value by more than 20% on average, according to new research from Stanford University. The cost can rise substantially, depending on the complexity of the company's balance sheet, the ability to strike a deal with creditors and other factors.
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No pain, no gain. Cost cuts during the downturn and caution during the recovery have made big U.S. companies more efficient and more profitable. The Journal's Scott Thurm dug through S&P 500 financial reports for this A1 splash and found that "cumulative sales, profits and employment last year" bested 2007 levels. Thurm's research backs up what we noted recently — capital spending is beginning to rebound. Capex rose 19% last year at S&P companies, more than double the 9% increase in 2010. "The sharper increase brought capital spending back to 5.8% of total revenue for the companies in the Journal's analysis, equal to its level in 2007."
The question of course is how much longer this will continue. And as we note below, there are already signs that we're hitting the limits — several bellwethers may show weaker profits in coming days.
And as Friday's dismal jobs report shows, there's still plenty of caution when it comes to hiring. Agilent CEO Bill Sullivan says he's still "very, very cautious" about hiring. "That's a lesson current leaders of industry will not forget."
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Welcome to earnings season. Alcoa kicks things off on Tuesday and could demonstrate how we're hitting the limits of cost cutting amid tepid growth. It's expected to swing to a loss, setting the stage for what could be a gloomier crop of corporate results. Analysts are expecting the lowest rate of year-to-year growth since the end of the financial crisis. And companies have been issuing a lot more negative earnings guidance than positive forecasts.
But "comments from corporate chieftains, and their outlooks for the year, may be more important than the numbers the companies produce," says the Journal's Jonathan Cheng. There could even be an upside to all the pessimism. One analyst tells the FT that Q1 estimates have been ratcheted down so much that "that many companies should beat expectations."
Earnings highlights: Alcoa, Google, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo
The March nonfarm payrolls report has reignited QE3 hopes, so three March inflation readings out this week take on added importance. Import prices – out Wednesday – are expected to rise 0.8%, sharply higher than February's increase, thanks to higher imported petroleum costs. The other two reports are likely to be more subdued. PPI – out Thursday — is expected to climb 0.3%, and on Friday we're likely to see CPI inch up 0.2%. Thursday's weekly jobless claims are also expected to rise slightly to 359,000.
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Bond insurer Ambac won court approval of its bankruptcy exit plan this week, but won't finish the process until it settles a long-running dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over how it accounted for credit default swaps.
The dispute stemmed from a change in Ambac's accounting methods for CDS, and is a reminder that companies need to check with the IRS when switching to accounting methods even if the new treatment is considered to be more proper, according to Robert Willens, an independent tax and accounting expert at Robert Willens LLC in New York.
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Canadian networking company Nortel Networks is still waiting to collect the proceeds from its sale of interests in a Chinese joint venture, almost a year after closing the $56 million deal.
Nortel, which went bankrupt in 2009, sold its stake in the Guangdong-Nortel Telecommunications Equipment Co. joint venture last May to Ericsson China, but the proceeds from the sale remain trapped in China, according to an SEC filing.
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The week ahead. President Obama gets things rolling at 11:15 a.m. with his 2013 budget, which will likely include more than $3.5 trillion in spending, leaving a projected $901 billion deficit. That's lower than in recent years, the WSJ points out, but still historically high. The plan will call for about $3 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years, "including $1.5 trillion in tax revenue from the wealthy and from closing some corporate tax breaks, and reductions in spending for a range of programs, including the military, Medicare, farm subsidies and federal pensions, the NYT notes." Elements of the budget on tax reform "will contain some details but a more complete corporate tax overhaul will be presented by the end of February," the Hill says.
We're looking for more signs of strength in the economy during the week. Key things to watch are retail sales, housing starts and jobless claims.
Tuesday: NFIB small business survey for January and business inventories for December are both expected to improve. Retail sales for January are seen climbing 0.7%.
Wednesday: NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index for February and industrial production for January are expected to come in higher. The February NAHB housing index is expected to increase slightly. Also, FOMC minutes are out.
Thursday: Weekly jobless claims are expected to edge higher – but economists were wrong about that last week. And we may see some glimmers of hope in housing starts data for January. Producer prices are expected to creep higher and the Philly Fed Survey will likely inch up.
Friday: CPI is expected to increase – just barely — and leading indicators are seen improving.
Also, Chinese president-in-waiting Xi Jinping begins his tour of the U.S. today – he meets with Obama on Tuesday. CFPB Director Richard Cordray will appear before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. And Fed Chief Ben Bernanke speaks at a banking conference hosted by FDIC on Thursday.
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The day ahead. Are consumers feeling better yet? Economists' consensus for the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment report is a slight drop, based on worries about Europe and gas prices. But Ahead of the Tape's Spencer Jakab thinks there's a chance for surprise on the upside, thanks to all the positive economic data we've seen recently. Also, the trade balance report is expected to show the trade deficit widened slightly from the previous month. And the Treasury Department releases budget figures that are expected to show a January deficit of $48.5 billion, up from $47.8 billion last year.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a talk about the housing market via webcast to the National Association of Homebuilders show in Florida. And Deloitte is holding a webcast on FATCA at noon: "What Might the Proposed Rules Mean for Your Financial Services Organization?" Here's the link.
'We Fail Fast, Learn, and Move On.' Unfortunate words from former Diamond CFO Steven Neil in a 2010 CFO.com interview. Neil tells the publication that he was responsible for "grower relations" and that he visited walnut growers out in the field at least twice a year. That would seem to put him smack in the middle of this accounting problem, which involves questionable payments to growers and how they were accounted for. Neil also explains that the "way you hedge is to buy from a variety of sources. For example, we source walnuts from growers up and down California. So if there's a drought in the south but not in the north, you're covered; if there's a frost in the north but not in the south, you're covered." And it appears that either way, everyone got to cash their checks.
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STEVE Cuss reckons Wimborne Town can take advantage of Tiverton Town's open style and make up ground on the play-off pack tonight.
Magpies will be hoping to close the 10-point gap to Tivvy, who currently occupy the final play-off berth in Southern South & West, by upsetting their high-flying hosts at Ladysmead (7.45).
Cuthbury boss Cuss told the Daily Echo: "I have seen Tiverton a couple of times this season and I like how they play. They play an open game like we do.
"Sometimes, that suits us a bit more than facing a physical side and with how strong we have been defensively of late, we have every reason to be confident."
Cuss confirmed Adam Costello would be in contention after missing Saturday's defeat at Mangotsfield, while he hoped striker Mark Gamble would recover from a bout of illness in time to be involved.
- Poole Town are scheduled to play the first of two away games in two days at Gillingham Town in the semi-final of the Dorset Senior Cup tonight (7.45).
Dolphins, who were due to host league leaders Hemel Hempstead Town tomorrow, will now play the Southern League Premier Division clash at the Tudors' Vauxhall Road ground with the Tatnam pitch still heavy in one corner.
Poole will now host Hemel on Saturday, March 22, the original date for the away fixture.
- Elsewhere, Bashley face a basement battle with AFC Totton, while in the Wessex Premier, Hamworthy United host Christchurch and Verwood Town travel to Fareham Town (all 7.45).
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At the turn of the 19th century, it became all too clear to historian and archaeologist Henry Mercer that handmade objects were being cast aside for machine-made things. He wanted to help preserve the pre-industrial way of life, and so he built a museum for his artifacts adjacent to his own home, Fonthill Castle. Today, Fonthill Castle is a National Historic Landmark and a museum in its own right, displaying handcrafted art both made by Mercer and collected by him during his world travels.
For many galleries, art is something that resides behind a velvet rope, separated and unaccessible to its viewers. For the curators of Abington Art Center, it is something to be experienced, enjoyed, and, above all, created oneself. Located on the 27-acre expanse of Alverthorpe Manor, the center hosts classes and workshops for students of all ages and exhibitions of community artists. The outdoor Sculpture Park captures the center's sense of playful creation, inviting sculptors to craft their own temporary installations each year—this also helps erase the temptation to carve a mustache into a nearby town's statue of its mayor. The guest artists are encouraged to have their creations respond to the nature around them, such as massive faces carved from tree trunks. Inside the mansion, one can find galleries of young creators and solo exhibitions by professional artists.
High on a hill in Bryn Athyn, a vision of old Europe towers over the surrounding greenery. Built as a private residence between 1928 and 1939, the 20th-century castle was constructed in the medieval style, using symbolism that reflects the faith of the community's earliest inhabitants. The building now serves as a museum that houses religious art and relics dating from Babylonian times up to the present. The museum's permanent and temporary exhibits range from a medieval collection of stained glass that spans the years 1100?1300 to an Egyptian collection that includes an ornate granite libation bowl, which Egyptian priests are said to have used to dump Gatorade on their football coach.


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Guest columnist Ida Barrie from PDF software brand Nitro shares tips on email messaging that better resonates with customers, based on changes they've made to their own systems in 2013.
By guest columnist Ida Barrie
Right time, right message. We all agree it's the best way to resonate with our potential customers, but that doesn't mean it's easy to accomplish.
This year at document software company Nitro, we've made a concerted effort to look at our marketing program in order to evaluate how we can continue to shift away from the old school "batch and blast" method and move toward the "right time, right message" method we know drives sales.
As I reflect on 2013 (and review the numbers, of course!), I notice there were three major initiatives that brought us closer to our messaging goal:
A New Way to Hit Your Numbers: Predictive Lead Scoring
At Nitro, we speak to individual users, plus small to enterprise size businesses. Trying to determine which messaging a contact should receive was a perpetual challenge for us, and it wasn't an ideal user experience to include the "business or personal" question on all of our forms.
We decided to look into predictive lead scoring to solve this issue. By studying and building a model around our historic enterprise deals, our lead scoring engine is now able to assign a predicted lead score to each of our contacts. The higher the score, the more that contact resembles an enterprise customer of ours.
We've integrated the scoring process with our web forms, so now a contact is assigned a score as soon as they enter our database. The predicted lead score, along with other information such as marketing lead score and website interactions, helps us decide what type of messaging a contact should receive (e.g. hard sell or soft sell), how frequently we should reach out, or if the contact should be sent directly to our sales team for follow-up.
It's only been a few months, and already our sales team has shared positive results about being able to get in touch with the right people more quickly.
How to Start Conversations with Your Customers
A while back, we launched a moderately successful educational email series to help users get acquainted with our software. While we were proud of the original idea, we noticed that customers weren't getting the best possible service, because the campaign didn't include a "reply to" email address that allowed users to ask questions or start a conversation.
When we revamped the series, we decided to take a more personal approach. Now, our product education emails come directly from our employees. For example, our Director of Product and Support discusses our customer support team; our Head of Security explains how we secure our software, etc.
The best part? Customers can reply to those emails and engage with a live person! Instead of email@example.com, reply emails will go to firstname.lastname@example.com and Patrice will respond accordingly. By giving our customers a way to interact with us directly, they're empowered to start conversations (and those dialogues have yielded everything from valuable product feedback to larger enterprise deals!).
Making What is Good, Great: Ad Retargeting
For select email campaigns, we've started supplementing our sends with ad retargeting to ensure we remain top of mind throughout the buying process.
If we send an email to a contact prompting them to read a white paper or download a Nitro Pro trial, we also begin serving them display ads with the same call-to-action to reiterate our messaging without having to clutter inboxes with multiple emails. Additionally, it means our messaging is in front of users while they're browsing the web and thus they intrinsically have the time to consume our content and research our solutions. This initiative is still in its early stages, but we anticipate seeing a lift in engagement and campaign-driven web traffic.
How All of This Helps Us Achieve "Right Time, Right Message"
Without forcing people to self-identify, we're able to determine appropriate messaging for our incoming contacts through predictive lead scoring. By allowing our customers to reply directly to our employees, we're letting our customers dictate when they want to respond and what the conversation will entail. And, we can now be more confident our messages are being received as we've moved beyond the inbox with display ads that will reach contacts when they are already in browsing mode.
Nitro has made a lot of progress toward our goal of "right time, right message" this year. I'm looking forward to seeing what new innovation and strategies 2014 brings us!
About our guest columnist: Ida Barrie got her start in email marketing 6 years ago and has been analyzing and optimizing ever since. A proud native of Michigan, she relocated to San Francisco 4 years ago and is currently the Marketing Operations Analyst at Nitro, where she manages the marketing systems team and is responsible for marketing automation administration, initiatives and technologies as well as the measurement, reporting, and analysis of Marketing programs. She can be found on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy says there is nothing his department could have done to prevent the recent death of an inmate.
Kevin Angus, 26, was found dead inside his jail cell early morning. A note was found with his body. An autopsy showed he died of hanging.
Angus was one of the two suspects in last week's robbery of the Glasford State Bank.
The Sheriff says Angus was last checked on 45 minutes before his body was found.
"He was being checked on, everything was fine and you know sometimes there are certain things we can help and certain things we can't help and this was one of those incidents we don't have a lot of control over," McCoy said.
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Bipasha Basu, a fashion model and an Indian actress was born on May 5, 1979 in Delhi. A Commerce graduate, she came into the limelight when she won the Famous Ford Supermodels Contest at the age of 17. Spotted by the world famous photographer, Steven Mizhel, she featured in Vogue magazine. Apart from modelling, her other hobbies include dancing, reading and helping her mother with interior designing.
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DramaFever is available on a variety of devices including iPad, iPhone, Android, and Roku.[2] The company's library of international programming is one of the largest licensed U.S. collections available online, in both English and Spanish, and comprises over 13,000 episodes from 60 content partners across 12 countries.[citation needed]
Built upon the feedback of drama fans, many of whom previously frequented pirated sites for Korean drama, the original site was in beta before going live on August 6, 2009.[3]
DramaFever reports that over 80% of its estimated 3.5 million monthly viewers are non-Asian. The company reports that the majority of users are young, urban and educated.[4]
Additional, new Spanish and Latin American content is expected to increase viewership among Hispanic users.[citation needed]
In 2012, DramaFever sponsored The Supply Cup 2012, a charity soccer tournament hosted by YouTube personalities to benefit the non-profit organization The Supply, which helps build secondary schools in African slums to better provide greater possibilities for the next generation.
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In March 2010, DramaFever unveiled a partnership with Hulu.[6]
DramaFever also makes curated selections from its collection available on Netflix and iTunes. After their first week in the iTunes store, two popular Korean romantic comedies, "Boys Over Flowers" and "Heartstrings", broke the iTunes Top 200.[7]
DramaFever has licensing deals with all three major Korean TV networks: Seoul Broadcasting System, Korean Broadcasting System, and Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.[8] It is the first website to work with all three South Korean content providers legally and its partners represent over 60 of the top TV networks and production companies from China, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Argentina and Spain.[9]
Other licensing partners include Artear, CCTV, Imagina, rtve, Sanlih, Shanghai Media Group and Telefe among others.[10]
Subscription Offering[edit]
Consumers can choose between a free or premium subscription. Registered subscribers can watch limited videos for free with commercials while premium subscribers watch without interruptions and in high definition. Users can register on the site or with their Facebook login.
Premium subscription pricing starts at $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year.[11] Content from Asia is available to the U.S., Canada and Latin America. Content from Latin America and Spain are only available to US and Canada users due to international licensing agreements.[12]
On December 13, 2010 DramaFever was awarded the Korean Business of the Year Award by the Korean Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), Korean Cultural Center and Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for its work showcasing Korean content in the U.S.[13]
DramaFever Awards[edit]
Starting in February 2013, DramaFever initiated the first annual DramaFever Awards to let fans vote for their favorite dramas, actors and actresses of 2012. In under a month of voting, DramaFever's fans generated over 500,000 votes.[14]
|DramaFever Awards 2012 Nominees
|Drama of the Year
Moon Embracing the Sun
Rooftop Prince
Bridal Mask
Answer Me 1997
I Miss You
|Moon Embracing the Sun
|Best Actor
|Lee Min Ho (Faith)
Joo Won (Bridal Mask)
Lee Seung Gi (King 2 Hearts)
Song Joong Ki (Nice Guy)
Park Yoo-chun (Rooftop Prince)
Roy Chiu (Miss Rose)
|Lee Min-ho
|Best Actress
|Han Ji Min (Padam Padam)
Yoon Eun Hye (I Miss You)
Moon Chae Won (Nice Guy)
Jung Ryeo Won (History of a Salaryman)
Ha Ji Won (King 2 Hearts)
Kim Sun Ah (I Do, I Do)
|Yoon Eun Hye
|Breakthrough Performance
|Jo Jung Suk (King 2 Hearts)
Jung Eun Ji (Answer Me 1997)
Lee Jong Suk (High Kick 3)
Seo In Guk (Answer Me 1997)
Sung Joon (Shut Up Flower Boy Band)
Yeo Jin Goo (The Moon That Embraces the Sun)
|Yeo Jin Goo
|Best Kiss
|Answer Me 1997 (Seo In Guk and Jung Eun Ji)
Full House Take 2 (No Min Woo and Park Ki Woong)
A Gentleman's Dignity (Jang Dong Gun and Kim Ha Neul)
King 2 Hearts (Lee Seung Gi and Ha Ji Won)
The Great Seer (Ji Sung and Kim So Yeon)
Rooftop Prince (Micky Yoo Chun and Han Ji Min)
|Answer Me 1997 (Seo In Guk and Jung Eun Ji)
|Best Villain
|Kwon Hyun Sang (Vampire Prosecutor 2)
Park Ki Woong (Bridal Mask)
Yoon Je Moon(King 2 Hearts)
Kang Moon Young (Arang and the Magistrate)
Yoo Oh Sung (Faith)
Kim Joon Sung (Padam Padam)
|Kwon Hyun Sang
|Best Ensemble
|Shut Up Flower Boy Band
A Gentleman's Dignity
Answer Me 1997
Rooftop Prince
Bachelor's Vegetable Store
Dream High 2
|Rooftop Prince
|Best Couple
|Seo In Guk and Jung Eun Ji (Answer Me 1997)
Lee Seung Gi and Ha Ji Won (King 2 Hearts)
Lee Joon Ki and Shin Min Ah (Arang and the Magistrate)
Sung Joon and Jung So Min (Can We Get Married?)
Lee Min Ho and Kim Hee Sun (Faith)
Jung Woo Sung and Han Ji Min (Padam Padam)
|Lee Min Ho and Kim Hee Sun (Faith)
|Best Couple Not Meant to Be
|Answer Me 1997 (Seo In Guk and Hoya)
Ohlala Couple (Kim Jung Eun and Han Jae Suk)
I Need Romance 2012 (Jung Yoo Mi and Kim Ji Suk)
Bridal Mask (Park Ki Woong and Han Chae Ah)
Operation Proposal (Lee Hyun Jin and Park Eun Bin)
Running Man (Monday Couple - Song Ji Hyo and Kang Gary)
|Answer Me 1997 (Seo In Guk and Hoya)
|Best Music
|Shut Up Flower Boy Band
What's Up[disambiguation needed]
Dream High 2
Answer Me 1997
I Need Romance 2012
Full House Take 2
|Dream High 2
|Best Bromance
|Lee Jong Suk and Kim Woo Bin (School 2013)
Sung Joon and Lee Min Ki (Shut Up Flower Boy Band)
Joo Won and Park Ki Woong (Bridal Mask)
Jang Dong Gun, Kim Soo Ro, Kim Min Jong
and Lee Jong Hyuk (A Gentleman's Dignity)
Jung Woo Sung and Kim Bum (Padam Padam)
Sulli and Lee Hyun Woo (To The Beautiful You)
|Joo Won and Park Ki Woong (Bridal Mask)
|Most Underrated Drama
|Haeundae Lovers
I Do, I Do
Feast of the Gods
Shut Up Flower Boy Band
Killer Women
A Gentleman's Dignity
|A Gentleman's Dignity
- Coffee Prince (Korean drama)
- Goong (Korean drama)
- Couple or Trouble (Korean drama)
- Dr. Kkang (Korean drama)
- La Dolce Vita (Korean drama)
- New Heart (TV series) (Korean drama)
- My Lovely Sam Soon (Korean drama)
- Before and After: Plastic Surgery Clinic (Korean drama)
- H.I.T. (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Jumong (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Last Scandal (Korean drama)
- Que Sera, Sera (TV series) (Korean drama)
- I Really Really Like You, aka Love Truly (Korean drama)
- Thank You (Korean drama)
- White Tower (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Yi San (Korean drama)
- Jewel in the Palace (Korean drama)
- Soulmate (Korean drama)
- Who Are You? (Korean drama)
- Over the Rainbow (Korean drama)
- Sad Love Story (Korean drama)
- Air City (TV series) (Korean drama)
- One Fine Day (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Boys Over Flowers (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Bad Love (Korean drama)
- Strongest Chil Woo (Korean drama)
- The Kingdom of the Winds (Korean drama)
- The World That They Live In (Korean drama)
- What Planet Are You From? (Korean drama)
- What's Up Fox (Korean drama)
- Fireworks (Korean drama)
- Attic Cat, aka Rooftop Room Cat (Korean drama)
- Super Rookie (Korean drama)
- Hotelier (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Beethoven Virus (Korean drama)
- Gourmet (Korean drama)
- Cinderella Man (Korean drama)
- Queen of Housewives (Korean drama)
- Sweet Spy (Korean drama)
- All About Eve (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Strike Love (Korean drama)
- Phoenix (2004 TV series) (Korean drama)
- The Return of Iljimae (Korean drama)
- Damo (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Goong S (Korean drama)
- 9 End 2 Outs (Korean drama)
- Truth (Korean drama)
- Snowman (Korean drama)
- December Fever (Korean drama)
- The Legend (TV series) (Korean drama)
- East of Eden (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Good Job, Good Job (Korean drama)
- Queen Seon Duk (TV series) (Korean drama)
- Triple (Korean drama)
- 90 Days, Time to Love (Korean drama)
- Auction House (Korean drama)
- Lawyers of Korea (Korean drama)
- Rebirth - Next (Korean drama)
- Outrageous Women (Korean drama)
- General Hospital 2 (Korean drama)
- When It's At Night (Korean drama)
- I Love You (Korean drama)
- Lobbyist (TV series) (Korean drama)
- My Man's Woman (Korean drama)
- Bad Couple (Korean drama)
- Star's Lover (Korean dramas
- City Hall (Korean drama)
- Lovers (TV series) (Korean drama)
- On Air (Korean drama)
- Surgeon Bong Dal Hee (Korean drama)
- Iljimae (Korean drama)
- Money War, aka War of Money (Korean drama)
- Shining Inheritance (Korean drama)
- Cain and Abel (Korean drama)
- Tazza (Korean drama)
- Soul (Korean drama)
- Iris (TV series) (Korean drama)
- A Gentleman's Dignity
- Big
- Faith (2012 TV series) (Korean drama)
- Bride of the Century (Korean Drama)
See also[edit]
- Korean drama
- Korean wave
- Contemporary culture of South Korea
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Korean television shows
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- ^ "Do you support my device?". DramaFever. December 4, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ "DramaFever Launch Party". Hyphen Magazine. August 7, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009.
- ^ "DramaFever Media Kit". DramaFever. February 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ "First-ever DigiFest begins September 1". Asia Pacific Arts. 2011-08-31.
- ^ Korean TV dramas find new fans, outlets with online video, DramaFever Web site delivers shows via Hulu Wailin Wong, Chicago Tribune, May 17, 2010
- ^ "Entertainment Heats Up Online for 50 Million U.S. Hispanics". PRNewswire. October 8, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2014.
- ^ SBS dramas at DramaFever K-popped, October 11, 2009.
- ^ Korean TV Hulu site for U.S. New TeeVee, June 6, 2009.
- ^ [1]DramaFever: About Us
- ^ Subscription prices. Drama Fever Website, February 9th, 2012.
- ^ DramaFever FAQ DramaFever
- ^ 2010 DARI Awards Honor Executives & Companies for Contributions toward Advancing Korean Content in the U.S. KOCCA Official Website, December 14, 2010.
- ^ DramaFever Awards


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North Georgians are set to celebrate their independence with a bang this Fourth of July. Whether it be through time-honored traditions or new additions to old favorites, a host of celebrations across the area will allow families and friends to remember those whose sacrificed to free a nation and whose lives were dedicated to service in the community.
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Why were they there? The music was hot
Symphony does mighty convincing Cuba impression
One thing's for sure: any kind of night in Havana -- symphonic or otherwise -- would have been preferable to the city's second blizzard of the season. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra sprang to the rescue Friday night with its latest Pops offering, A Symphonic Night in Havana whisking the crowd of 1,172 to hotter climes.
The eclectic program, led by the ever-witty Richard Lee, (who quipped incredulously to the audience "why are you here?") featured three-time Grammy-nominated Cuban group Tiempo Libre performing arrangements created especially for their band with orchestra.
Comprised of Jorge Gomez (musical director/keyboard); Raúl Rodrguez (trumpet); Leandro Gonzalez (congas); Tebelio (Tony) Fonte (bass); Armando (Pututi) Arce (drums); Joaquin (El Kid) Diaz (lead vocals) and Luis Beltran Castillo (saxophone/flute), the Miami-based band is known for their red-hot delivery of timba -- a uniquely Cuban genre of music that blends Latin jazz, salsa and other folkloric influences.
After being classically trained at Cuba's top conservatories, the seven musicians fled their island home for freedom, subsequently gaining popularity in the U.S. and abroad for their sizzling performances, including a guest stint on TV's Dancing With the Stars in 2009. Their latest CD, My Secret Radio, released in May 2011, pays homage to their teenage years when they fashioned homemade antennae to tune into banned American radio stations.
After two excerpts from Bizet's Carmen performed by the orchestra, the nattily dressed band members in suits and ties took to the stage to perform Baqueteo. This was the first piece to clearly reveal the strong Baroque -- specifically composer J.S. Bach -- influence on their music, followed by a jazzy Air on a G String with its imaginatively embellished theme floated out over the orchestra. Hearing Bach's serene melody juxtaposed against conga drums is unusual, to say the least, but Gomez's arrangements are so good and respectful of the original version that it worked as a creative revelation.
Minuet in G -- another Bach-infused arrangement -- showcased Mili's powerful vocals matched equally by his funky dancing, as riveting as the body isolations of iconic pop star Michael Jackson. Fuga also displayed the band members' impressive chops as they each took turns soloing, with Rodriguez blowing the roof off during his turn, a memorable highlight.
Frozen Winnipeggers also had an opportunity to shake their booty on a dance floor installed at the front of the hall. After Mili practically begged the audience to strut their stuff during the extended Mambo Medley, a few actually did, with the rest of the crowd feeling so politely Canadian. Having the house lights on didn't exactly help get the party started.
The program also included two lively bolero and cha-cha-cha medleys penned by Gómez and the University of Miami's Raul Murciano, before wrapping up with one of the band's greatest hits Tu Conga Bach.
The concert repeats tonight, 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, 2 p.m. at the Centennial Concert Hall.
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Pops
A Symphonic Night in Havana
Centennial Concert Hall
Friday, January 11
Attendance: 1,172
(three and a half stars out of five)
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Updated on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 11:11 AM CST: corrects "sprung" to "sprang"
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