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Vandals smash window of home
Updated 12:55pm Sunday 23rd March 2014 in News
VANDALS lobbed a stone or air pellet at a house in Elizabeth Road, Dovercourt, and broke a front window.
Essex Police have appealed for information following the incident that happened between Wednesday March 5 and Monday March 10.
The house was empty at the time.
Witnesses should call PC Steve Baldwin on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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The best kept secret in Owasso is now becoming public with a proposed development agreement between Sam's Real Estate Business Trust and the city.
Under the agreement, Sam's Club will build a 136,000 sq. ft. store on 18 acres of land at 96th Street North and 129th East Avenue. The entire development involves 30 acres, another five retail lots will be available for more development.
The development could spark $50 million in total developments.
The new development will bring approximately 300 new jobs to Owasso and construction is expected to begin by the April pending city council approval.
For more than two years rumors have floated over Owasso that Sam's Club was planning to build a store in Owasso. In a specially called meeting of the Owasso Economic Development Authority, the development agreement was revealed for the first time publically.
"The store is projected to generate approximately $1.8 to $2.2 million in sales tax revenue annually," according to a memo from Owasso's Economic Development Director Chelsea Harkins.
The OEDA met and uanimously agreed Wednesday morning to recommend the agreement to the Owasso Planning Commission and Owasso City Council.
The planning commission will consider the agreement during its monthly meeting on Monday and city councilors will discuss it during its work session meeting on Tuesday.
City officials hope the council will vote on the agreement during their April 17 meeting. A super majority of the council, four votes, is needed to approve the agreement.
If approved project completion is expected to occur before the 2012 holiday shopping season, according to Harkins.
"Today to show that they want to invest again in a community that doesn't fit their normal business model for Sam's Club is not only refleclective on the large consumer base but that Owasso is growing and Owasso is going to continue to reinvest in itself for years to come," Harkins said.
Representatives from Sam's Real Estate and Tapp Development contacted staff last fall regarding their desire to construct a Sam's Club in Owasso, according to Harkins.
"Sam's normally only considers locating in communities (with) more than 100,000 population base," Harkins memo states. "They chose Owasso based on the large projected consumer base coming south from the 'funnel' area and north from the Metro area. The traffic count data, existing retail sales and opportunity gap supported a case to build a store in Owasso."
"I believe Owasso will be the smallest city in the world to have a Sam's," said Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray."No money will be paid back to them if no money is made."
Sam's Club reported $49 billion in net sales for FY2011, according to www.walmartstores.com. Sam's Clubs has 608 retail units with 81 million total square footage of space.
The Owasso facility would be Sam's Club's average model of store.
Cost for public improvements are projected at $4.56 million for the widening of 96th Street North and 129th East Avenue, new water and sewer lines to the site.
Sam's Club will initially pay for the infrastructure improvements and be reimbursed through a payback of a percentage of its sales tax revenues. The agreement allows for Sam's to receive $4,066,300 of their initial outlay. Harkins said the total amount would likely be repaid within six years.
Owasso has had similar development agreements in which the developer pays for the infrastructure improvements and is reimbursed through a payback from a small percent of its sales tax revenues. Previous developments at Smith Farms, Morrow Place and at Home Depot were actualized through the same repayment method.
"The agreement provides that Sam's would be reimbursed up to one-sixth of the agreed amount annually. Based on estimates of sales tax that would be generated by the project, the city would receive additional sales tax of $10.8 to $13.2 million over a six-year period," the memo states. "After reimbursement to Sam's of $4,066,00 for the public improvements, the city would still have an estimated $6.7 to $9.1 million of increased sales tax revenues during those six years."
The cost of water improvements would be $1,247,300. For sewer improvements the cost is $203,000. For the widening of the two streets the cost is $3,053,000.
The costs include design, construction, survey and geotechnical services.
UPDATED: Sam's Club chooses Owasso
Store to generate $1.8 to $2.2M in sales tax revenues, bring 300 additional jobs
The best kept secret in Owasso is now becoming public with a proposed development agreement between Sam's Real Estate Business Trust and the city.
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Laura's Legacy
Salvatore: Mrs. Bush, where do you feel you've taken the role of First Lady in the first four years and where do you want to take it in the next four if you are, in fact, in the White House again? What would you like your legacy to be about?
Mrs. Bush: About education. That's my lifelong interest. I made a decision to be a teacher when I was in the second grade. I like children. I like to be around children. And I want the very best for American children. I also think that education is the single most important factor in making sure our world is free, that our country is prosperous, and that our people can live satisfying lives. And so that's what I would hope people would remember me for -- my interest in the idea of lifelong learning, not just for children, but for everyone.
President Bush: I also think she'll be remembered because during the attacks on our country, Laura was such a calm and reassuring voice to people. She encouraged people to talk to their children during this very traumatic time. I also know the effect she's had on women in places like Afghanistan, and my hope would be in the second term that the situation would be such that Laura could go to Afghanistan and speak to the millions of women who know that she cares about their freedom and rise above some traditions that kept them essentially enslaved to a backward philosophy. She one time did the presidential address by radio, speaking to Afghan women, and the response was really powerful. I can't tell you the number of people who've gone to Afghanistan, not the least among them Karen Hughes [Counselor to the President], and they say that people are really anxious for Laura to go because she represents such a strong symbol of the best of America.
Salvatore: Some questions about the character of the American people for both of you. What one feature do you find the most distressing about American culture today, and the most noble?
Mrs. Bush: Well, the most noble is how generous, how decent, Americans are. I met with a group of Afghan teachers who lived in Nebraska. The University of Nebraska has a big Middle Eastern department, so they had Afghan women come to train to be teachers so that they could go back home to Afghanistan and train teachers there. They lived with families in Nebraska, and you know what those families are like -- such solid American values in the heartland of our country. And those Afghan women were very surprised at how generous and how kind and how solid these families were.
President Bush: I'd say the most disappointing thing about Americans is that we don't exercise enough, that a lot of disease could be prevented from just walking 20 minutes a day.
Salvatore: There's always a lot of discussion about the characteristics of the baby-boomer generation. When you both think about the generation that your daughters belong to, what contribution do you think they will ultimately make to the American fabric?
Mrs. Bush: I know that they're very idealistic. I know that they want to do good things for their country and for their neighbors. I hear from young women and young men who are about to graduate college that all of them want to make a good impact on their country and the world and they want to help in whatever way they can. They are not particularly materialistic, maybe because they grew up with a lot of affluence themselves. One good example is the huge number of young people who apply to Teach for America, so many that they have to turn down a huge number of very qualified young people who want to teach in inner cities or underserved schools.


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Out of the 10 fights that combine to make up the main cards of both UFC 154 and UFC 155, the one I am looking forward to the most is GSP vs Carlos Condit. I am extremely excited, as are many, to see GSP make his return to the Octagon. And his fight with Carlos is very intriguing. But I don't need to sell this fight to you. What this post is about is how thin the main card to UFC 154 is in comparison to UFC 155. I know you can't always judge a fight card until you see it take place, but UFC 155 is absolutely stacked while UFC 154 is a bit top heavy.
This card is not as bad as the one that ultimately lead to the cancellation of UFC 151. In fact, GSP vs Condit is a fight worth buying by itself. But it would have been nice to see at least another "looks good on paper" fight to back up the main and co-main.
In the main event of this PPV, as we all know, GSP will face Carlos Condit. And in the co, Martin Kampmann will face Johnny Hendricks in what could possibly determine who will face the winner of GSP/Condit, unless we finally get the Silva fight. These serve as quality fights as main and co main. But after that? Not pretty.
Before we are treated to watching four of the best Welterweights in the UFC, we are being served, on the main card, Tom Lawlor vs Francis Carmont, Costa Phillipou vs Nick Ring, and Pablo Garza vs Mark Hominick. Yes, you read that correctly.
The main card kicks off with Mark Hominick vs Pablo Garcia. Sure, it wasn't even two years ago that Mark was facing Jose Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship. And to his credit, he lasted all five rounds. Since that fateful day at UFC 129? Two more losses, one of them a 7 second knockout. So Mark, despite losing three straight fights, will open us up at UFC 154 against Pablo Garcia. Garcia, like Mark, is riding a losing streak. He's lost his last two fights and is basically another TUF castoff. Do I really need to question that the UFC is playing the Canadian Card in Mark?
Following will be Nick Ring (another Canadian) vs Costa Phillippou. Now, on paper, Nick Ring has won 3 of 4 fights since joining the UFC. But in reality he has been gifted two decisions against both Court McGee and Riki Fukada, meaning he should be 1-3 in the UFC. Either way, he's here, on the main card. Phillippou, who has a great last name by the way, actually does deserve to be on this main card. Despite losing his fight to get into the house for the TUF 11 season, he was given a 2nd chance and has won his last four fights for the UFC, including a win over the previously mentioned Riki Fukada. In case anyone is counting, I've now mentioned Riki Fukada twice. Three times now, if you include this. And that my friends, has to be a Mania Record.
Then, when the dust settles, we will be be treated to Tom Lawlor vs Francis Carmont. Tom Lawlor, clever as he is with his disguises, is just 2-3 in his last fight fights. His opponent Francis Carmont, has been victorious in all three of his UFC fights. So, to recap:
Georges St. Pierre vs Carlos Condit - UFC Welterweight Championship
Martin Kampmann vs Johnny Hendricks
Tom Lawlor vs Francis Carmont
Nick Ring vs Costa Phillippou
Mark Hominick vs Pablo Garcia.
Not awful by any means, but surely the UFC could have been kind enough to lend UFC 154 just one of the fights from UFC 155, even if it was Chris Leben vs Karlos Vemola. Which is currently part of the 155 prelims.
Speaking of UFC 155, the card is stacked. Deep. Awesome. Incredible. Must-see. If Jesus put a UFC card together, it might look something like UFC 155, who knows. Here is how the UFC 155 card compares with what we will see in exactly one week.
Junior dos Santos vs Cain Velasquez - UFC Heavyweight Championship
I'm not going to scream "AWFUL" when it comes to the UFC 154 main card, but I do feel that Joe Silva got a little bit lazy after booking the main and co-main. Either way, I will be ordering both, as each features a tasty looking main event.


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Novack's Father's Day Poem Selected
Barbara Novack, Writer-in-Residence at Molloy College, had her poem "September" selected by Think Long Island First as their Father's Day poem, which has been posted on their website and Facebook page.
"We are running a project called Long Island Poem for Sunday, and your poem "September" would be a beautiful and very appropriate addition for the Father's Day Sunday," said Ewa Rumprecht of Think Long Island First.
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The pear tree in the neighbor's backyard
drops its crop on the driveway
with hard thumps
like baseballs hitting a mitt.
But the pears roll, uncaught.
Once my father climbed to the top of the garage
where the pear tree branches stretch over the peak
and perched there, straddling it, plucking pears
and tossing them down to me. I
caught each neatly,
brown-green balls of sweetness, small and firm,
slapping into my cupped palms
and deposited in a large paper bag at my feet.
The pluck, the toss, the catch, the drop:
we had a good rhythm that sunny September afternoon.
And when the bag was finally full and the game ended,
my father lit his pipe, set it at a jaunty angle,
and sat secure and serene
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The pear tree in the neighbor's backyard
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I stand at the kitchen window
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Originally published: Dec 2, 2013 - 3:02 pm
PHOENIX -- Police are searching for two men who are suspected of robbing a bank and setting a car on fire.
According to police, two armed men robbed the BMO Bank at 21911 N. Scottsdale Road about 12:30 p.m. Monday. They displayed guns, demanded cash and then left the area in a blue vehicle. No shots were fired.
The vehicle was found about 10 minutes later near Scottsdale and Deer Valley roads. It was on fire. Police believe the vehicle was used by the robbers.
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We've had a lot of talk about Cutler recently, so I figured it would be fun to see where people rank him as a QB. I think a lot of people would rank Cutler as a top ten QB; however, if they actually compose a list I suspect that they'll find him landing a bit lower than that.
Anyhow, here is my list:
1. Brady
2. Rodgers
3. Brees
4. Rivers
Romo -----> P. Manning
6. Big Ben
P. Manning ---> Romo
8. Schaub
9. M. Ryan
10. Vick
Cassell ----> move to "toss-up" category
11. Flacco
Hasselback -----> J. Freeman
McNabb ----> move to "toss-up" category
13. Orton
14 - 21 = toss-up between Cutler, Cassell, McNabb, J. Campbell, K. Kolb, Eli, C. Palmer, Fitzpatrick,
J. Freeman, Giard, and Sanchez
My rankings are not based on potential or how good somebody was at some point in the past. I'm talking about ranking QBs based on how good they are now.
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------> after reading some constructive remarks plus a doing bit more research, I've made a few revisions to my list.


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***Ultrabooks will cost less than $1,000, though that hasn't always been the case up to this point.***
"Very true, especially thanks to SSD's and these new generations of low power , high performance processors and on die GPU's, that will only get faster in the future , while maintaining an appealing price point."
I see this article as just pointing out the obvious. The trend so far has been thinner and faster laptops, it only makes sense that they will continue to follow the trend in the future. The only thing i see changing is the tablet/laptop line in the sand fading away and the two merging into one device. As long as the performance is there, I think people will be willing to pay $1000 for a quality product as the economy gets better.
'I agree, Just look at the Asus Transformer, I think it's the starting base that represents that target you mentioned. But Microsoft and Win 8 will also play a big part in that happening with its ecosystem."
"Great opinion"
Are they anticipating huge sales increases because the prices will drop drastically, or are they expecting a quick economic recovery? I'd really like to replace my aging laptop with an ultrabook but I can't afford to drop a grand on a new one!
I would have to say the former due to the fact that the technology is getting cheaper; the recent die shrinks (in processors really) and subsequent drops in the pricing of SSDs (due to the falling prices of memory) will help Ultrabooks become cheaper then ever before. It's going to be a long time before the economy is stable enough for people to buy more, tons of news pieces proved that.
Yeah, I agree with you Super,.....unless they come down in price I'll have to ~not~ be one of their statistics.
Also, there is about to be a huge shotgun blast to AMD's broadside from Intel called socket 2011. The platform promises to be a wicked performer with QUAD-channel memory capabilities and PCI-E 3.0 as well, but it will not come cheap.
So do I get this new wicked-fast Intel gaming platform? Or do I ignore the fact that I already have a good working (but older) laptop and spend a grand on an UltraBook?
A ~much less expensive~ Ultrabook would be easier to justify.
I think these ultrabooks are super sexy and nice and will have their place. But the majority of people will not want to spend the cash.
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The attorney for former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Beverly Hall said Wednesday evening there is no direct evidence that his client knew widespread cheating took place on standardized student tests.
Attorney Richard Deane issued the statement, one day after a state investigation concluded Dr. Hall knew about cheating on CRCT tests but either ignored it or tried to hide it.
In his statement to CBS Atlanta, Deane said the 800 page report was only made available to him Wednesday morning but said "one very important fact is obvious. There is no direct evidence in the entire 410-page narrative report or in the accompanying 400 pages of exhibits to show that Dr. Hall knew in 2009 that widespread cheating on the CRCT was occurring or had occurred.
The report released by Governor Nathan Deal's office shows several educators reported cheating in their schools. But the report says Hall and other administrators ignored those reports and sometimes retaliated against the whistleblowers.
In his statement, attorney Deane said "Apparently, not one of the 82 persons who allegedly "confessed" to cheating told the Investigators that Dr. Hall at any time instructed, encouraged, or condoned cheating. The Report's conclusion that Dr. Hall actually knew of any such cheating is based entirely on supposition. The further conclusion that Dr. Hall "should have known" rests on negative inferences from selective, circumstantial evidence."
The yearlong investigation shows educators at nearly four dozen Atlanta elementary and middle schools cheated on standardized tests by helping students or changing the answers once exams were handed in. Then-Gov. Sonny Perdue ordered the probe.
The statement adds, "We reaffirm Dr. Hall's position that she most definitely did not know of any widespread cheating on the CRCT in 2009 or any other year. The certification Dr. Hall issued in connection with the 2009 CRCT was based on her honest belief that test protocols and security procedures had been followed and that those involved had acted appropriately. Although the Investigators accuse Dr. Hall of failing to cooperate fully with their efforts, they do not cite anything that Dr. Hall herself did in that regard, nor do they cite evidence to show that any so-called "obstruction" resulted from any direction on her part. We deny that Dr. Hall has engaged in any intentional wrongdoing whatsoever."
The investigators found the cheating dated as far back as 2001 but became rampant beginning in 2005 as then-Superintendent Hall placed more emphasis on test scores. She quickly drew national attention for improving a district where more than three-fourths of students live at or below the poverty line, even winning the national Superintendent of the Year award in 2009 for the rising test scores.
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Knee ligament injuries have claimed the seasons of players such as Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo, Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn and the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose.
It is a common injury for athletes because of the physical strain they apply to themselves during competition. Although the injury can devastate a career, the moment the injury occurs has an unexpected feel, said Chelsea Cunningham, a former Saluki volleyball player.
"It's a very weird experience," she said. "It's very painful when it first happens, but then you feel nothing. I thought I was okay at first, but when I was getting up I couldn't really balance myself and if I stayed still for a while my kneecap would swell up to the size of a grapefruit."
Cunningham is no stranger to knee ligament injuries, as she has endured three separate tears of her anterior cruciate ligament. She said the more tears you sustain, the more likely you are to tear it again in either knee.
"I had a lot of emotions every single time," Cunningham said. "(While waiting for my MRI,) I had this little glimmer of hope that, 'OK, maybe nothing is wrong with me,' but this last time I knew what it was. Some people are just more prone to having those injuries, and I guess I was just one of them."
The injuries ended Cunningham's collegiate career for fear of further injury. However, the tear does not always render the same outcome for every player.
Vikings halfback Adrian Peterson showed this variation over the past two seasons. Peterson tore both his ACL and medial collateral ligament in a game against the Washington Redskins late in the 2011 season. Despite this, he ran for a career-high 2,097 yards the following season, which was just eight yards shy of St. Louis Rams running back Eric Dickerson's record. Although he fell short of breaking it, Peterson's effort earned him the NFL's MVP and offensive player of the year awards.
Lee Land, assistant athletic director for sports medicine and performance, said athletes can normally return from an ACL injury after about six months. However, he said it takes about nine-15 months before players report complete restoration.
"That's what's so impressive about Adrian Peterson's case," Land said. "Here he tears his ACL at the end of the 2011 season, and essentially nine months later he returns to play and starts a season where he starts to challenge Dickerson's single-season record. That's incredible."
Rich Clough, department of anatomy professor and chair, credited the surgical procedure's advancement to the ligament's exceptional recovery time. He said repairment surgery takes a piece of the patellar ligament and uses it to replace the ruptured ACL. The patellar ligament section then gets sewn shut, he said, and heals over.
"The rehab and surgery to replace ruptured ligaments is a heck of a lot better than it used to be," Clough said.
Although the surgery is serious, Cunningham said it is not the most difficult part. Full recovery can prove to be the biggest challenge, she said.
"The rehab is god awful," she said. "It is the most excruciating pain I have ever felt in my life. You really have to push yourself every day to wake up, go to rehab and know that you're working to make your leg healthier and better in the long run. That's the only way your leg is going to feel somewhat like it used to feel."
Despite her injuries, Cunningham said she stays involved with sports in media services and shares words of confidence for players who suffered the same injuries.
"Anybody going through this injury, I just want to let them know that they can do it," she said. "I have done it three times now and my sister has gone through two knee injuries and I want them to know it is possible. Stay strong and keep your head up."


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An 18-year-old Beaverton man is accused of punching another man during a Black Friday scuffle.
Carlos Gil-Medina attacked a 54-year-old man Friday night as they waited in line at Best Buy on SW Cascade Avenue for the early Black Friday sale, police said.
According to officers, Gil-Medina was cutting in front of people at the front of the line.
He punched the victim in the face when he was asked to leave, police said.
The victim suffered a cut to the face and received stitches to close the wound at a local hospital, FOX 12 learned.
Gil-Medina faces charges including fourth-degree assault, disorderly conduct and giving false information to a police officer.
He was lodged at the Washington County Jail following his arrest.
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Melt Roasted Garlic & Herb Butter in 10½- inch oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Add red pepper and onions. Sauté onions until soft.
Beat eggs, salt and Parmesan cheese together. Pour egg mixture over onions.
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Hi All,
I was the Jets GM in a Mock Draft with fans from all 32 Teams. If any of you listen to Sirius NFL Radio, then you've heard of the Sirius Football Heads. We did a two round mock and I selected Melvin Ingram in round 1 & Ruben Randle in round 2. Some teams did trades of later round picks, next year picks and /or players, but I just stayed in the Jets slot and selected. Sorry don't have the exact trades listed. Just the teams and where they picked. You can see how the draft unfolded after the jump. Let me know your thoughts.
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1 Andrew Luck QB Colts
2 Robert Griffin III QB Redskins
3 Matt Kalil LT Vikings
4 Justin Blackmon WR Texans Trade
5 Morris Claiborne CB Bucs
6 Trent Richardson RB Rams
7 Michael Floyd WR Jaguars
8 Whitney Mercilus DE Dolphins
9 Stephon Gilmore SB Panthers
10 Luke Kuechly LB Bills
11 David DeCastro OG Chiefs
12 Quinton Coples DE Seahawks
13 Nick Perry DE Cardinals
14 Mark Barron S Cowboys
15 Dontari Poe DT Eagles
16 Melvin Ingram OLB/DE Jets
17 Dre Kirkpatrick CB Bengals
18 Courtney Upshaw DE/OLB Chargers
19 Riley Reiff OT Bears
20 Kendall Wright WR Titans
21 Cordy Glenn OG Bengals
22 Janoris Jenkins CB Eagles
23 Michael Brockers DT Colts
24 Fletcher Cox DT Steelers
25 Kendall Reyes DT Broncos
26 Jonathan Martin OT Browns
27 Devon Still DT Patriots
28 Jerel Worthy DT Packers
29 Dont'a Hightower LB Ravens
30 Shea McClellin OLB Patriots
31 Mychal Kendricks ILB Patriots
32 Stephen Hill WR Giants
Round 2
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34 Vinny Curry DE Lions
35 Ryan Tannehill QB Bills
36 Lavonte David LB Bucs
37 Marvin McNutt WR Browns
38 Andre Branch DE Jaguars
39 Zach Brown OLB Rams
40 Alshon Jeffery WR Panthers
41 Jamell Fleming CB Vikings
42 Harrison Smith S Dolphins
43 Doug Martin RB Broncos
44 Alameda Ta'amu DT Chiefs
45 Brandon Thompson DT Cowboys
46 Lamar Miller RB Browns
47 Rueben Randel WR Jets
48 Kevin Zeitler OG 49ers
49 George Iloka S Chargers
50 Coby Fleener TE Colts
51 Chandler Jones DE Texans
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53 David Wilson RB Bengals
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55 Bobby Massie RT Redskins
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57 Kirk Cousins QB Seahawks
58 Mohamed Sanu WR Browns
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Monterey Club Is Closing After New Year's Eve
Categories: Cancellations
|Photo by Michael McElroy
The spot, located in the front room of the Orange County Choppers motorcycle shop just south of SR-84 on Federal Highway, has hosted a diverse slate of national acts (Wayne "The Train" Hancock, Laramie Dean), local bands, dance nights, benefits, and birthday parties. The closure comes because of the economics, according to owner Robert Stannard (seated in the center of the photo above).
"It's been a fun two years for everybody," he says. "But when you don't make any money, it gets to a point where you gotta make a decision, you know? Unfortunately, selling just beer and wine just doesn't cut it. That's pretty much the bottom line. The margins aren't there. I'd love to keep it going, but it's a tough situation, you know?"
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Pam Challis loses seat as Castle Point falls from Tory control (From Echo)
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Pam Challis loses seat as Castle Point falls from Tory control
Updated 8:06am Friday 23rd May 2014 in News By Ian Weinfass, Senior reporter
UKIP gained five seats on Castle Point Council including leader Pam Challis' St Peter's ward to remove the Conservatives from overall control.
The Tories remain the largest party, but will have to elect a new leader and decide whether to form a coalition or try to rule as a minority administration in the next few days.
Mrs Challis lost her seat to 87-year-old Ron Hurrell, who was said to be at home in bed, rather than at the count.
Ukip parliamentary candidate Jamie Huntman said: "Lots of people came out to vote for us who hadn't voted for years and years, they've got someone who speaks for them now rather than the three centre left parties."
Heartbroken Mrs Challis said: "I'm proud of what I've achieved over the years I can go out with flying colours, having turned the council from a poor council into one that's recognised across the country as being a good one."
The council now has 20 Conservative members, 16 Canvey Island Independents and 5 Ukip members.
Ukip gained members in Appleton, Victoria, Cedar Hall, St Peter's and St George's.
The Canvey Island Independents re-gained the Canvey Island South seat they previously lost to a defection. Successfully defending five other seats.
For much more election coverage, see Monday's Castle Point Echo.
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6:35am Fri 23 May 14
saveDeanesschool says...
6:47am Fri 23 May 14
Cor Blimey says...
Victory for Castle Point at last!!!!!
6:49am Fri 23 May 14
alarminstaller says...
7:24am Fri 23 May 14
NoNameOrHaveI says...
10:40am Fri 23 May 14
Rat-man says...
saveDeanesschool wrote:Another lie from the pig ignorant campaigners.
Well it had to happen afraid. Us Deanes campaigners will be around for a long time...!
It was Essex County Council who tried to close the school NOT Castle Point.
And you really should be asking what the two UKIP County Councillors did to save the school because from where I'm standing it was shamefully little.
12:13pm Fri 23 May 14
samsoper says...
12:21pm Fri 23 May 14
gazzer57 says...
4:01pm Fri 23 May 14
cheeky_chappy says...
hahahahahahaha Says it all really doesnt it. Well done UKIP.
4:21pm Fri 23 May 14
runwellian says...
5:32pm Fri 23 May 14
LexyGirl says...
5:35pm Fri 23 May 14
CarnMountification says...
5:37pm Fri 23 May 14
CarnMountification says...
5:48pm Fri 23 May 14
CarnMountification says...
cheeky_chappy wrote:The Conservatives have behaved so badly, not giving a hoot to anyone but themselves, stealing allowances from their greedy pus filled jobs, they deserve to be kicked into the gutter, in the mean time, see a Blue'ee say how dare you...
How bad is that? She not only loses control of the council, she lost in her own ward as well! And to an 87 year old unknown that didnt even turn up for the results as he was at home in bed! hahahahahahahahahaha
hahahahahahaha Says it all really doesnt it. Well done UKIP.
5:53pm Fri 23 May 14
CarnMountification says...
samsoper wrote:Perhaps you could go round and visit her, if you do, say thanks for ripping us off.
Numerous emails over the years to Pam Challis never had reply. Hope her replacement has more manners. !
8:50pm Fri 23 May 14
pendulum says...
4:46pm Sun 25 May 14
runwellian says...
7:36pm Sun 25 May 14
Cor Blimey says...
runwellian wrote:The mans 87, don't stress! He'll be dead before the years out
Who thinks Ron Hurrel is any better, is this not the man that writes to the Echo **** about every issue, has an opinion on everything but never excepts that he can be wrong ... heaven help us!
12:18am Mon 26 May 14
John Right says...
4:32pm Mon 26 May 14
yellowfairy says...
e power
5:32pm Mon 26 May 14
Echoed1 says...
I will be watching Ron Hurrels contribution and will vote accordyling next time. Personally if the guy cannot turn up for the result has he got anything left in the tank to be a acitve Councillor? I don't think so but I hope he proves me wrong. Local Councillors have to balance the books and that is a reality in life that we all do not share. So Ron good luck and welcome to the real world.
11:43am Wed 28 May 14
Sim0n says...
Castle Point Councillors had no say in the proposed closure of The Deanes school but had plenty to say in keeping it open,
The street lights going off at night again is not a Castle Point controlled action but the whole council again tried to get this action reversed even agreeing to offer to pay ECC the difference.
The bus lane down Bread and Cheese Hill again is a Essex County Council controlled issue but CPBC Cllrs in April where told by Head of Highways at ECC that the bus lane will be removed when we asked him to review the Bus Lane .
Communication with residents is important and should not be ignored,.
Various Cllr's in Castle Point ( all parties ) have meet your Cllr surgeries on a regular basis, and in Hadleigh I know it is twice a month .
I wish all elected Cllrs good luck in representing their residents from what ever party they represent .
Cllr Simon Hart ( Victoria Ward )
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Microsoft NUAds: Engage With Xbox Kinect Game Ads Through Voice, Gestures
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Last week, Microsoft filed for an interesting U.S. trademark for 'NUADS', describing it as:
Advertising services, namely, promoting and marketing the goods and services of others through online interactive video games by enabling consumers to interact with third-party advertising content through voice or body gestures via computer game console and sensor devices.
Sounds like a new interactive advertising platform for Xbox Kinect indeed, as eagle-eyed tech blogger Manan Kakkar opined before the weekend.
A trademark application does not a product make, but it sure seems like Microsoft is plotting the introduction of a platform that will enable advertisers to run in-game ads that Xbox Kinect users can engage with through body motion and voice commands.
More opportunities for people to look like idiots in front of their TV screens!
But seriously, is Microsoft planning the next generation of intrusive ads? Or is this the inevitable future of advertising that they're smartly preparing for? We'll find out soon.
Microsoft will be introducing interactive ads in Kinect. Going to be called NUAds. Gestures and all in games.—
Manan Kakkar (@manan) June 10, 2011


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Multiple sclerosis can change how we do our everyday tasks as we experience symptoms that make certain actions too hard, too tiring, too painful, or just too much trouble. For instance, have you found yourself avoiding baths that you used to love for fear of falling getting in or out of the tub? I have. Have you changed your mind about what to cook for dinner because a certain dish required too much standing at the stove? I have. Has your handwriting gotten indecipherable?
All of these situations can be addressed by occupational therapy. Occupational therapy is not only for people having a lot of trouble doing things, it can be useful for people who are just getting a little more frustrated or tired than they used to get. Intrigued? Read on…
How Can Occupational Therapy Help People with Multiple Sclerosis?The whole point of occupational therapy is to make our everyday activities easier for us. This will help us conserve valuable energy, prevent injury and let continue to do things for ourselves longer. In short, occupational therapy keeps us independent longer.
Occupational therapists offer help with the following:
- Modifying your bathroom (installing safety bars in the tub, seats in the shower, a higher/lower toilet seat)
- Evaluating driving and modifying vehicles
- Adapting kitchens (optimizing cabinets and storage space, organizing cookware)
- Computer modifications (voice recognition software, keyboard/mouse adaptations, optimizing ergonomics of workstations)
- Helping people learn how to use assistive or mobility devices (wheelchairs, canes, scooters, walkers) efficiently in their home (transferring to/from the devices and beds, toilets, chairs; maneuvering them in various spaces; installing ramps to make using devices easier)
- Introducing dressing and grooming aids (demonstrating button hooks, suggesting replacing zippers and small buttons with Velcro, making closets easier to use)
- Teaching how to use eating and drinking devices (helping clients use assistive devices, such as double-handled cups, lightweight or weighted utensils, special plates and dishes)
How Can I Find an Occupational Therapist?The doctor that treats your MS will no doubt have an occupational therapist recommendation for you. You also can call your local chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for a list of OTs in your area who specifically work with people with MS.
How Much Does Occupational Therapy Cost?It's hard to say how much occupational therapy will cost, as people will need very different services. It seems like a going rate ranges between $65 and $300 dollars per hour. If you do not carry insurance, or your insurance does not cover occupational therapy, discuss this with your doctor and a couple of therapists to see what can be worked out. Some chapters of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have programs to help pay for therapy sessions.
If you will need to pay out of pocket, make sure the therapist is aware of this. Ask him or her to show you things that you can practice on your own at home to make progress, rather than trying to do it all during your sessions. Ask for any printed materials or videos that you might be able to refer to at home.
Want to Learn More About Occupational Therapy (No Strings Attached)?The Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) has a great video introducing occupational therapy and how it can be used to increase the functionality of the homes of people with multiple sclerosis, called Making Your Home Work for You: Increasing Safety and Independence. The video describes the occupational therapy process and demonstrates some of the areas that can be modified for maximum efficiency, as well as discussing some of the psychological aspects around occupational therapy.
Additional Information/PointsMS Savvy: Make sure that the OT has experience with multiple sclerosis. There are things that are pretty unique to MS, such as fatigue and heat intolerance, as well as symptoms that may come and go. OTs need to be familiar with the changing nature and many aspects of MS in order to address them and create the best program for you.
You Have to Work at It: Occupational therapy is not an immediate "fix." There are certain things that you can do to make your therapy outcome more successful, which will ultimately improve your quality of life. For some tips and ideas, please read: Getting the Most Out of Occupational Therapy for People with Multiple Sclerosis
Esther MJ Steultjens, Joost Dekker, Lex M Bouter, Chantal J Leemrijse, and Cornelia HM van den Ende. Evidence of the efficacy of occupational therapy in different conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. Clinical Rehabilitation. Mar 2005; vol. 19: pp. 247 - 254.
Esther MJ Steultjens, Joost Dekker, Lex M Bouter, Chantal J Leemrijse, and Cornelia HM van den Ende. Evidence of the efficacy of occupational therapy in different conditions: an overview of systematic reviews. Clinical Rehabilitation. Mar 2005; vol. 19: pp. 247 - 254.


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Why deaf choir won't be singing (From Echo)
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Signing choir from Rayleigh coming to County Hall
Updated 4:03pm Tuesday 29th April 2014 in News By Paul Nizinskyj
A CHOIR from Rayleigh which uses sign language to music rather than singing has landed a gig at County Hall.
Hands 4 Voices will be performing in the atrium of County Hall, Chelmsford, on May 9 by signing to a mix of modern and traditional songs.
The choir's 48 members include deaf, partially deaf and hearing members, many of whom learned to sign with the county council's Adult Community Learning, and the group won deaf charity Signature's community spirit award in November.
The county council's education spokesman Ray Gooding said: "Many of the choir members learnt to sign with Adult Community Learning and have reached a fantastic standard. Please come along on 9 May to enjoy a free performance by this award winning choir."
The 25 minute performances will take place at 12.15pm and 1.15pm and more information can be found on Hands 4 Voices on their website at www.hands4voices.co.uk
For information on British sign language courses with Adult Community Learning visit www.essex.gov.uk/adultlearning or call 0845 603 7635.
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De-Light-ful Chocolate Brownies
Low Fat Recipe - Fight the Fat!
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These brownies are cake-like and rich, with little fat and few calories. It's okay to indulge with these!
Recipe Ingredients
1-3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup non-sweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
7 egg whites
2/3 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/4 cup low fat buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2/3 cup chopped walnuts
Powdered sugar
Recipe Directions
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Combine the applesauce, egg whites, chocolate syrup, buttermilk and sugar. Blend in the flours, cocoa and baking powder. Mix until the batter is smooth. Pour the batter into one 13x9 inch pan.
Bake at 325 for 20 to 25 minutes.
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Recipe makes 16 servings
Serving size: 1 brownie
Calories: 90; Protein 2g; Total Fat 0g; Sodium 43mg; Cholesterol 0mg; Carbohydrates 20g; Fiber 1g
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THE first shot has barely been fired but already the battle of the bottle top is shaping up to be a corker. The Australian wine industry is preparing to resist a grassroots campaign to market cork as the ethical choice for wine drinkers.
Teaser newspaper ads, billboards and T-shirts asking people to "save Miguel" are in fact a plea by the beleaguered Portuguese cork industry to persuade environmentally conscious consumers to choose cork over plastic stoppers or metal screw caps.
Next week the world's largest cork manufacturer, Amorim, will write to winemakers and retailers telling them why cork is the greener option.
The forests of Portugal, which produce most of the world's cork, offset nearly 5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year. Producing a tonne of aluminium screw caps generates four times more greenhouse gases than a similar quantity of cork, according to industry analysis.
The ads will argue that if Australian consumers continue to choose caps over corks then the forests, along with 60,000 jobs and the rare flora and fauna that depend on them, will disappear. Seven out of every 10 bottles sold in Australia use screw caps, more than any other country.
Experts doubt drinkers will be convinced. By next June the production of Australia's most popular still wine, Wolf Blass, will move to screw caps. The chief winemaker at Foster's, Chris Hatcher, ruled out a return to cork. "There's absolutely no resistance by consumers [to screw caps] and really the argument for returning to cork is an emotional one," he said.
Winemakers also criticise cork producers for failing to eradicate cork taint, the mould found in corks that can spoil a wine. Rick Kinzbrunner of Giaconda winery said most bottle shop customers wanted screw caps because they did not want to risk cork taint.
Paul Bradbury, of Whybin TBWA/Tequila, the agency behind the campaign, said: "We'd lose if we were to mount a rational argument so the emotion that surrounds the environment plus the heritage of the industry is really all we've got."


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Women Who Kill: Part One
The Inadvertent Killer
Mary Mallon didn't want to kill anyone, but she couldn't help herself. Even when she knew what she was doing, she didn't want to stop. She arrived in America from Ireland in 1883 with the hope of making her life better. She acquired a position as a cook with a wealthy banker, and that family rented a house on Long Island for the summer.
Mary went there to cook, and six people who stayed there came down with a case of typhoid fever, which can be spread through water or food. It can also be fatal.
Investigators on Long Island were unable to find any contaminated source, so a sanitary engineer, George Soper, went in to evaluate the house. He thought the source might be soft clams, but eventually changed his mind and focused on the cook, Mary Mallon. She appeared to be healthy, but that did not eliminate her as a carrier. According to Judith Walzer Leavitt in Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public Health, Mary became the center of a badly handled investigation.
She had already taken another position, but Soper found her and told her that she was spreading this potentially deadly disease. He demanded urine and blood samples. She refused.
Soper then took an indirect route by researching her employment history, which went through eight separate families. Seven of them had experienced outbreaks of typhoid fever and one person had died. That meant that Mary was a public health hazard and Soper could turn her in, which he did.
New York City's health inspector was informed about the situation in 1907, so he grabbed Mary and forced her to be tested. It turned out that she did have the typhoid baccilli in her system. She was sent to live in a cottage on North Brother Island in the East River, where she stayed in isolation for three years and gained the moniker, "Typhoid Mary." The whole time she protested that she was perfectly healthy and ought not to be treated so badly.
Eventually she was released on the proviso that she refrain from working with food. She agreed to that condition for a while, but then changed her name and returned to cooking, since she could earn better money. However, she chose to work at a hospital, and she soon spread typhoid to more than 20 doctors, nurses, and staff members. Two people died. Mary was officially a serial killer, though she'd never lifted a hand against anyone.
The health department grabbed her again and this time they isolated her for the rest of her life — 23 more years. Yet even from there, she continued in the food industry, as she baked and sold cakes.
What Mary did was more from ignorance than viciousness, though three people died as a result. Still, it's a far cry from the woman whose aggressive drive ended up in a double murder that got her the electric chair.


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UW-Superior (14-9, 7-11 WIAC) was the designated home team for both games.
In game one, the Pointers (22-7, 10-4 WIAC) plated five runs in the second inning and starting pitcher JP Feyereisen tossed seven shutout innings while allowing only five hits and striking out five.
Jimmy Coady led off the second inning by reaching on an error and Riley Spetz followed with a bunt single. Casey Barnes loaded the bases when he laid down a bunt and reached on an error, and Bryton Guckenberg promptly followed with an RBI single.
With the bases still loaded, Nick Douglas doubled to center field to score two runs, and Clint Rose followed with a two-run single to put UWSP ahead 5-0.
The Pointers held an 8-0 lead in the eighth inning when Schilter launched a solo home run to left field.
In the second game, Schilter, Sean Gerber, and Spetz each collected four hits as UWSP posted its highest single-game run total of the season in its 21-4 win.
UWSP scored three runs in the top of the first inning, but the Yellowjackets stayed within reach by plating two runs in the bottom of the frame.
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Schilter hit a solo home run in the sixth inning, marking the fourth consecutive game in which he has homered.
Eight Pointers recorded at least two RBIs in the win as Gerber led the way with five.
UWSP starting pitcher Zach Wendorf allowed just three runs through six innings and struck out five.
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Washoe County has the most transparent website out of all Nevada's counties, according to the Sunshine Review.
The transparency organization awarded the site with a grade of "B-" for its comprehensive information on county budgets, audits, meetings, taxes, elected officials and administrative officials. The site was criticized, however, for its lack of information on contracts, lobbying and public records requests.
According to Washoe County Community Relations Director Kathy Carter, every comment or suggestion that the county site receives is read by either her or the site's webmaster, Chris Matthews, and they look for ways to improve the site in any way that citizens suggest. No citizen had ever requested any of the features that the Sunshine Review penalized the site for omitting, she said, but she acknowledged that adding such features should not be difficult.
Carter found the Sunshine Review's request for disclosure on whether Washoe County belongs to a taxpayer-funded lobbying organization unusual, saying that she had never heard of a website disclosing such information. She did not think such a disclosure would pose a problem, however, and added the county does not belong to any such organization. Matthews, who was one of the founding members of the National Association of Government Webmasters, also had not heard of government sites disclosing such information, though he said he has begun to look into other government sites' handling of the issue.
Like its less-transparent Clark County counterpart, a revamp of Washoe County's website will go live this summer. The new design is intended to give citizens easier access to the site's most-used features, such as video streaming of public meetings and property look-up information. The new site will embed the video streams on the front page, and allow citizens to find all the property information they need in one place.
The new site will also address the issue with public records by providing an online form that allows citizens to make public records requests, which also will track all requests to ensure that those responsible for fulfilling the requests do their job properly.
Matthews said that transparency is "incredibly important" to Washoe count and that citizens have the right to know everything about the county government.
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THE amount of people in Worcestershire suffering with cancer who waited more than 31 days for their treatment to begin increased sharply in May.
A meeting of the governing board of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust on Wednesday, June 25 heard the amount of people waiting less than a month between a decision being made on how their condition will be dealt with and the treatment starting had decreased from more than 98 per cent in April to just below 95 per cent in May – below the target of 96 per cent.
The trust – which runs Worcestershire Acute Hospital, Redditch's Alexandra Hospital and Kidderminster Hospital – hard the figures were the result of a number of factors including a 20 per cent increase in breast cancer referrals as well as patients agreeing to defer their treatment until after the Easter bank holidays.
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Vazquez: A father's blessings for his children of Father's Day
It began at the turn of the 1900s, when my parents were born in the foreboding village of Ahualulco, Jalisco, Mexico.
They were children of miserable poverty, suffocating Catholic resignation, a caste system that kept all of the campesinos enslaved in the barren and desolate fields that they plowed for sustenance, hope and deliverance.
My parents were driven by hunger and blinding desperation out of the village of their birth. Love would deliver us to the promised land.
First, my father trekked countless times to El Norte to earn dolares that he sent faithfully back to my mother. My mother saved every penny, and then one day she simply stated to her children, "Su padre llamo, nos vamos al Norte" ("Your father called, we're going to The North"), and with that proclamation we were off and three days later we arrived.
Tijuana was three years of living hell for us. We were, like thousands of others, refugees who harbored a singular dream of reaching the other side. We squatted on the outskirts of Tijuana in precarious and dangerous hills that act as massive dumping grounds for trash, debris and many squatters' dreams.
Sometimes at night we would climb to the highest hills and we could see the lights of San Diego. Those lights reminded many of us that El Norte was a reality and not a desperate, obsessive dream chased by fools.
I was the youngest of eight frightened, hungry and lost children. No matter how tough it got, my mother never showed fear and my father kept sending us dolares. My parents were divinely resolute in their mission to reach El Norte; failure was not an option.
My parents were born with nothing, traveled to Tijuana with nothing; all they had was love. It was the ticket to El Monte, Calif. I swear that when we reached the home of my Uncle Jose, I thought in my frightened little mind that I had reached the mystical city of Cibola, where everything was golden.
This place had everything a kid could want, my parents were together for the first time in years, and I most remember the huge grocery stores that seemed to have enough food to feed every squatter camp back in Tijuana. Life was good, very good.
What is worse, racism or hunger? In El Monte, my belly was full for the first time in my young life, but it was here in this country that I first encountered racism and hatred directed toward me and my family because we were Mexican.
I didn't get it in the beginning, but soon I would learn that discrimination was everywhere. Our neighbor next door was an unapologetic racist, and my sisters were targets of racist and cruel assaults that seemed to occur every day.
Fear began to grow in my heart and mind. I had to know what drove some people to hate other people simply on the basis of skin color. I am 62 years old and I still have not found an acceptable answer.
The second question I asked myself as a youth was, how do I protect myself and my loved ones from this racial hatred and prejudice? That answer came a lot easier; it was through education.
Fast forward to this year; my three children reached educational milestones. My daughter Xochitl just completed her master's degree in educational administration at CSUN, my alma mater. My son Aaron completed his bachelor's degree at UC Santa Barbara, by way of Berkeley, and son Emiliano just graduated from UCLA.
I give thanks and praises to the Creator, and I am humbled by my children's intellect, their giving and kind hearts and day-to-day work that they do with everyone they meet to make their country a more compassionate and tolerant nation that embraces everyone and excludes no one.
This is what a good education does to a human; it opens the heart and mind so that love and tolerance can germinate and bloom. This why I have dedicated my life's work to providing college opportunities to every kid I work with in the community.
An educated mind produces a more tolerant heart. God knows we need that in our country today. So today on Father's Day, let us all commit to giving our daughters and sons the gift of education. There is no greater gift we can give to those we love.
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The Times says Postal Service officials estimate increased mail marketing could create more than a billion dollars in new revenue every year. The report says nearly half of all mail delivered in the U.S. is advertising.
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In fact more and more small business owners are using online
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of their website in an attempt to get more leads from their
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* Assure you that you are a registered business Proprietor
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* Make sure your business activities are all and well known
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* Publicize your business.
* Market you worldwide through web advertisements.
* Register your company name with the word wide web (the
* Give you email addresses at your own company name to ease
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* Design and publish your website according to your specifications.
How can online advertising help my small business?
Online advertising is so flexible that even small businesses
can afford to look into advertising online. Where else can
you track leads per advertising keyword? Where else can
you track the cost per lead? Where else can you track the
dollar cost per sale? Only online advertising allows you
to select the keywords for your online advertising campaign
and track the effectiveness of each and every keyword in
terms of sales and revenues. This is the ultimate power
of online advertising. You wonder why Google has become
a powerhouse in keyword based online advertising.
Why do I want to use advertising online for my web site?
First off the traffic to search engines is becoming more
valuable - how can we say such a thing? Well in the latest
quarterly earnings from Google it is stated: Aggregate paid
clicks, which include clicks related to ads served on Google
sites and the sites of our AdSense partners, increased approximately
17% over the first quarter of 2008 and increased approximately
3% over the fourth quarter of 2008. A 17 percent increase
in paid clicks over last year is significant considering
that surfers are aware of the differences between sponsored
areas and non sponsored areas in Google's search results
Having your web site advertised on a search engine is important
when you know recent findings on the habits of search engine
users. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University found
1) 80% of users typically visit only the first three results
from a search query.
2) 54% of the users views only one page of results in each
keyword search session.
3) 19% of the users view the second page of search engine
results, and less than.
4) 10% looked at the third page of search engine results.
How can we be sure that online advertising works?
According to market research sources, search engines outperform
all other online advertising media in driving visitors to
web sites. Moreover, consumers are five times more likely
to purchase products after seeing search listings versus
banner advertising. In fact, statistics show the following:
1) 77% of Internet users employ search engines more frequently
than any other online advertising media, surpassing banner
ads, Web links, and e-mail links as the leading tool for
discovering information about a product or service.
2) 84% of Internet users who are online four or more hours
each day reported they use search engines frequently to
discover Web sites and find products or services.
3) 55% of Internet users are more likely to purchase online
after seeing search listings versus 9% for banner advertising.
Is the Online Advertising industry shrinking, or is it growing
at a reduced rate?
Growth in online advertising for the first time will shrink
to single-digits in 2009, according to eMarketer - yes it
is still growing despite our world wide recession. Search
engine keyword based marketing, like Google AdWords, is
still growing at double digit growth rates. Look at the
pricing revolution online advertising news article for April.
The fact remains that there may be a big pricing revolution
in advertising online, however when you are focused on search
engine online advertising then growth is fine. More and
more business people are understanding the power and simplicity
of search engine marketing and how online advertising benefits
their business (in terms of sales). So yes the US economy
is shrinking, ever so slightly, however online advertising
(specifically search) continues to grow.
The world of online advertising can be divided into a several
different advertising options. These options are not exclusively
the only areas from which to choose, however they represent
the most popular areas within the online advertising menu.
And they are:
1. search engine advertising: more than 50% of the total
spent last year in online advertising. This relates to keyword
based search engine optimization and paid advertising via
pay per click campaigns. The three biggest sources of this
type of advertising are Google, Yahoo, and MSN. There are
plenty of additional smaller online search advertising options
but these three are the best of the best and each one has
a pay per click advertsing interface that is simple to use.
Just in case you are wondering the big three search engines
represent 98% of the entire search advertising market. Get
it correct with the big three search engines and you are
getting it right with 98% of your keyword based search audience.
The great thing about search engines is that they make it
so easy to purchase traffic. In fact online advertising
has now become as easy as click, setup, and pay. All you
need to do is select the appropriate keyword(s) for your
service offerings, select the geographic region you want
to represent, and away you go. Note that search advertising
is paid per visitor so if your ad is not clicked on you
pay nothing. How would you like to buy a billboard on the
road that you only pay when someone calls you. Experts refer
to this type of online advertising as an outstanding deal.
Even google will give you free credit card processing for
all the goods you sell online providing you are purchasing
traffic from them and providing your ROI (return on investment)
is less than or equal to 1,000 percent. Even Google thinks
you should be able to make ten times your online advertising
spend in total revenues. That says something right there.
2. display ads: 21% of the total online advertising last
year and falling fast. Banner or contextual advertising
is not popular and is not working, even at these cheap cost
per thousand impression rates. Here you rent space on a
web site and if you get lots of visitors to your site great
since you pay for the space and not for the visitors. This
is not the best way to advertise, but there are plenty of
places to get CPM deals in the $0.60 or lower range so why
not pay next to nothing and see what sticks.
3. classified advertising: 17% of all spending last year
or just over $4 billion dollars spent on classified advertising.
So next time you say classifieds are not for your company
or service offering you better think again. In terms of
dollars spent last year classifieds came in at roughly one
third of the amount spent on keyword based search. Classified
ads run at a cost per space and not for visitors directed
to your website so again you are paying per thousand page
impressions whether people click on your ad or not.
4. lead generation: 6% of all advertising spending last
year, or over $1.4 billion dollars. It is interesting to
see Google use lead generation in some cases since we all
know Google is getting short end of the stick on their paid
keyword based advertising (per click). How do we know that?
Well if I am a company and I spend $1 to make $3 from traditional
advertising (TV, radio, newspaper) and now I am spending
money with Google to the tune of $1 for each $9 in revenues
then it stands to reason that Google is getting the sorry
end of the stick compared to the cost of traditional advertising.
Some argue this is exactly why keyword based search advertising
is destined to grow.
5. rich media: 4% of all spending last year or almost $1
billion dollars. This sort of relates to display ads, except
that these ads are video targeted and most networks know
that the targeting aspect alone will improve conversion
rates. In advertising the better the targeting the higher
value and the greater the advertising revenues. Could this
be why Google bought youtube for over $1.5 billion dollars?
6. email: holding on at 2% of total online advertising
last year. Hard to believe email advertising accounted for
$500 million dollars in revenues last year. That is a lot
of money spent on email advertising.
Why is search online advertising valuable to you?
Search online advertising brings keyword based search traffic
to your door. Keyword based search brings exactly your targeted
audience to your ad message.
Technology experts predict that more and more people will
access the Internet at a higher speed than ever before and
this added speed makes getting audio or video news and information
simple and fast. Keyword based video advertising will get
increasingly popular as the cost of broadcasting that video
over the Internet falls and as more and more people can
see that video clearly (as a result of increasing access
speeds). How neat would that be if we could see a video
of the product or service before we actually bought it,
or see the people behind the company that sell us that "catalytic
converter". Online advertising via video feeds to your
cellphone from live or recorded messages are only a moment
away. Technology is moving so fast even the online advertising
industry can barely come up with applications that meet
the changing (and better) Internet technologies. The future
of online advertising looks bright and very exciting to
be sure. It is up to you to make sure you understand the
changes that are taking place and up to you to become part
of the online advertising boom.
How can you make online advertising easy to understand?
Online advertising is made easy by the search engines.
Put it this way, if you can read then you can get your product
or service on any of the big three search engines in less
than ten minutes. All you have to do is open an account
at Google or Yahoo or MSN and away you go. It doesn't get
any easier than that. They have experts who help you every
step of the way, and quite frankly their advertising programs
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