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Episode 112:
What Do You Do?
Dom Goucher: Hi, everyone, and welcome to this week's edition of PreneurCast. Just me, Dom Goucher, this week. Pete is off doing some serial—not parallel—stuff. He's working on a really big project at the moment. And so, this week, we're going to be having another one of my Foundation episodes.
Now, I had two or three of those at the beginning of this year, and I thought it was about time we had another one. There's been something has been really, really bugging me for a while, and I thought it was worth doing an episode all about it. The topic I want to talk to you about this week is really what I believe to be the most important marketing message that you need to get right.
We talked a lot about specific marketing techniques, things like differentiation, that we talked about recently with Joanna Wiebe of Copy Hackers, about how you can identify what makes you different, what makes your products different, etc. Great interview, if you haven't listened to that, by the way.
But this is far more general, and, actually, is where people, I think, are overlooking the biggest issues, and this is in telling people who you are and what you do. Now, this whole thing started a long time ago. As I travel around the world and in various places, I see an awful lot of vehicles, and what a lot of companies do is they sign write their vehicles.
They write their logos or their company name on their vehicles. The next time you're driving around, have a look. How many of those vehicles just say the company name, or just have the company logo? Or, because we like call-to-action, we know we tell you to encourage your customers to contact you by whatever means, and sometimes they do have a phone number or a website.
But, very often, that's where it stops. Very often, you will see, trucks, cars, vans with the name of a company and a website or phone number. That's it. So there's no actual reason to contact that company because, well, you've no idea what they do. Maybe you do have an idea because, maybe, at some point, you've been exposed to some kind of branding activity.
But if you're not careful and you just copy this example, what you're doing is spending pointless money on pointless marketing. If you think about the Preneur Hierarchy, the hardest people to reach are the people that are completely unaware of you, and not existing customers, and have never seen your marketing messages anywhere.
If you're going to reach those people, you need to concentrate on these basic concepts of telling people who you are and what you do. Don't expect people to know who you are or what you do, because they don't, they won't. In this day and age, people who are searching the internet, or looking through magazines or adverts, they're going to skip over you if it's not clear whether or not you can help them.
Whether or not you do what they're looking for. So you need to identify yourself and your products or service. You can't just say, hey, we're this person and give us a call or we're this company, give us a call, which is what these vehicles are doing. And all these started with this vehicle sign writing.
When people have spent a lot of money on this, by the way. They spend a lot of money getting stickers made, or having their vehicles painted. It's basically pointless, but it also happens with lots of other places. It happens with shop signs, with the signage on the shops.
I've seen numerous companies that just have the name of their company over the window. Unless you're willing to actually look in the window, or go through the door, you're not really aware of what they do and what they sell. This is serious. You look around. If you look around and pay a little bit more attention, you'll see this.
The other place it really happens is on business cards. Now, business cards are the same as vehicle sign writing, as far as I'm concerned. You might get the name of the company, and you might get the title of the person. Neither of those things actually matter to the person who picks up a business card six months later and goes, oh, okay, why did I pick up this business card?
Why have I got this? Why did I think it was important? I make a habit, by the way, of writing on business cards when I get them because that reminds me why I picked it up in the first place and whether or not it's of any use to me. But it would be really helpful if that business card actually said what the company did.
Another place I'm seeing this in more recent times, if you remember back to our conversation with Wayne Breitbarth about LinkedIn. As you may know, Pete and I are getting more and more involved in using LinkedIn, growing our networks in different ways, which we'll talk about in another show.
But one of the things I'm seeing is very, very common, and this is one thing that Wayne talks about in that conversation and in his book, The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success. He talks about the fact that you have your name in your profile, and then you also have this sub-head about what you do.
And very often, in a company, you get these people and they're like Manager at XYZ Company, that's it. That's fair enough, as long as the company has a company page, and that company page is linked to their page and everything, and then the company page explains what the company does. Great.
But if you're an entrepreneur, you're a solo entrepreneur, or you're a consultant or someone like that, then, very often, you'll have some meaningless words. If at all, you just have consultant in your title, and I see this a lot. Another thing that is very common is physical businesses, especially restaurants.
Now, this is something—I'll give you some examples in my local area. Probably in its worst possible incarnation in my local area, because I live—as you may know—in a coastal fishing village somewhere in the outer regions of Spain, nowhere near any big cities or anything.
And so, the concept of marketing and business development and things is a bit lost on the locals. Not to their detriment. They're quite happy as they are, and I'm quite happy they are the way they are, but it's interesting to observe how far away from big business it gets.
So, for example, in the local newspaper or local magazine, you'll see a lot of adverts for restaurants. They literally just have the name of the restaurant and maybe a phone number. They don't bother telling people where they are. Now, I might live in a fishing village, but we get a magazine from an area, a location.
We get a local magazine from the next town, the next—not quite county area, but there's a good possible 25 to 50 miles between me and wherever the people who are advertising in this magazine actually physically are. But they don't bother to mention it.
So, if I'm looking for somewhere nearby, I want to know it's nearby. And this adverts—99 out of 100 of them miss out where they are. Or they may have a street name, but not what town the street's in. They probably don't know whether this magazine reaches out to quite such a wide distance.
But, still, it's one of those things. Everybody is expecting other people to know something, and you can't do that any more, in my opinion. You can't expect people to know who you are, what you do, how what you do benefits them, why they should use you, where you are, any of these things.
The worst offenders, and you've heard Pete and I both talk about this repeatedly, the worst offenders are websites. People make these mistakes more commonly on websites than anything, not least of which because websites are easier and cheaper to build than, say, having sign writing on your car.
You're more likely to have a website than you are sign writing on a vehicle. No matter what business you're in, you're going to have a website—I hope so, anyway, except for some of the local businesses around here, but that's another story.
Websites miss all of this stuff off. They don't say what the actual business is, they don't say what the core services are, they don't make it clear to visitors of the site what the particular benefits of using that particular company or person or whatever are. It's all buried in menus, if it's even there.
And the time is coming where this basic stuff will make the difference between you getting a customer or losing a potential customer, and also missing opportunities. The number of people that I talk to that can tell stories of not having clearly identified the services that they offer.
And, at some point in their business, they've been approached by somebody who's an existing customer, even. They'll tell the business owner a story about how they've been somewhere and done something, and the business owner will say, so, why didn't you come to me for that?
And this customer will say, well, I didn't know you did that. And this is an existing customer. If you're not clear about what you do, the services you offer, what products you offer, you're not continually clearly communicating that in clear language, then you can't expect people to guess.
You can't expect people to know, and, therefore, you can't expect people to do business with you. That point about common language, as well. Everybody's industry has terminology, and it doesn't matter what industry you're in. It doesn't matter who it is you're talking to or about.
Everybody gets into the really bad habit of using the industry terminology. Now, whether it's with an existing client, and you sometimes get away with it, and you just keep talking and you might use an industry term they may not know, or you may use it in your marketing.
Let me give you a really, really simple example of unclear industry terminology. Now, I'm not picking on anybody. This is just me, and, off the top of my head, I thought of this example, and the example is Chartered Accountant. Now, you're going to see that.
You're going to see that on letterheads, you're going to see it on, possibly, the outside of the offices of a chartered accountant. You're certainly are going to see it on that business card. You're going to see it on their LinkedIn profile. There's one unfortunate minor detail about Chartered Accountant as a job title, or as a business description.
I have no idea what that means. I have no idea why that benefits me, why it's better, why they're different, or how they're different from another kind of accountant. Are there other kinds of accountants? What can a chartered accountant do that another accountant can't do?
Is it a can-or-can't situation? So, if I've got a business that just says Chartered Accountant on it, and I've got another business card that says we do tax advice, we do business accounting, we do personal investment advising, etc. I'm more likely to go with the second one.
And that's a really simple example of industry terminology. Just even your job title, your business title, the description of what you do, it needs to be in common language if you're trying to attract people that don't know what you do, which is basically anybody who's not an existing customer.
People don't look for industry terms all the time. They look for solutions to problems. Pete and I talk about this a lot. They are looking for a solution to a problem, so you should try and communicate what you do in terms of those kinds of solutions.
Otherwise, you're just losing potential customers and missing opportunities. So that's really the problem statement. Any time you're expecting somebody to work something out, you may not realize you're doing that. And I think I've kind of described the problem, but you might not realize that you're doing it.
That's why we do these Foundation episodes. That's why I'm highlighting it here, and that's why I'm going on about it. If you review your marketing materials, and when I say your marketing materials, I mean your website, your business card, your letterhead, the signage of your business, any of these things, adverts that you're placing in trade magazines or local magazines or whatever it might be.
If you review all of your marketing material just for this one mistake, just for a missing description of what you do in common language, or where you are if you're a physical business like a restaurant, I imagine that pretty much everybody is going to find that they've made some level of assumption about the person that is looking at that marketing material.
And, as I say, the biggest and probably the easiest and cheapest to fix, is the website. They're the biggest offenders, but they are the easiest to fix, usually. You can get that website modified, hopefully inexpensively, and make that change relatively quickly.
We're not talking reprinting a thousand business cards or letterheads, or rewriting on your vehicles, or any of that. Just making sure that your website is up to scratch is an easy change to make. But also, it's quite likely to be the source of all of these problems.
Also, it's the one that's going to reflect the biggest issue because people searching for you online—and, again, we've talked about this—they'll find you via the search engines, and they'll go to your website. If your website is pretty much all about your spinning logo that animates and jumps up and down, and says, "This is my company name.
My company name is this, this is my company name, my company name is this." A lot of people believe that's branding, but branding is associating your name with a product or service. If all you're doing is just shouting your company name, it's not branding. It's just a waste of time.
So, I've told you all the problems. I've told you a lot of the problems and things to look for. So let's look at some solutions for you, because we don't like just talking problems. We like to talk in terms of solutions. The first and foremost is—and whatever it is, whatever your marketing materials are, whatever those marketing solutions are—come up with a way to describe what you do in common language.
Now it could be as simple as a tag line. Now, a lot of websites have tag lines, sub-heads. We used to call them slogans. But a lot of these slogans are, 'Strength through, insert random word.' That doesn't help anybody until you tell them what you do. 'Helping small businesses succeed online,' that's a good slogan.
That's good—ride it to your company name, which may not reflect anything about what you do. So you just say clearly what you do in common language. That's a good start. Secondly is put less emphasis on this idea of pure branding, this idea of shouting your name.
As I said, people need to know what you can do, what you can do for them, before they can associate it with that brand name. Better to be known for doing something than for the color of your logo, or what color of shirts your people wear, or whatever else. Well, there are simple things you can do.
On the reverse of a business card, list the services, certainly our website. List the services that you have, your main services. Just slap them on there. "We do this, we can do this for you, we can help you with these things." And it doesn't matter; remember again that episode where I talked about the funeral director.
Where the funeral director expected me to know what the process was. But your customers—you can help your customers understand what you do and how you can help them, the problems you can solve. Don't forget, if you're a physical business, to include your address, or some way of locating you.
Possibly even—and this is an additional, this isn't actually a marketing mistake, it's just a benefit and a tip—is include a map. If you want people to physically find you, include a map. Give them some context, because just giving them an address means they've got to do some work, additionally, to translate that address into physical instructions to get to you.
Whereas, if you put a map in there, they've got some context, so that can be helpful. Some more advanced tips are things like using custom website domain names. Now, a lot of people will own the name of their company as a domain name. XYZCompany.com, .net, .info, whatever it is.
Or your name—BubbaBrown.com, whatever your name is. Unfortunately, unless you have associated a service or product with that name through branding activities, and through clearly communicating it, then, really, a domain with your name in it is useless unless your company name quite clearly states what you do.
And, even then, XYZ Plumbers—so you're a plumber. How do I know you can do what I want? My boiler's exploded, or I need my boiler servicing. So, I've still got to visit your website, and then, I've got to be absolutely sure, by you having clearly listed on your website, that you service boilers.
So there's always friction between me as a potential client and you as a service provider. What if you spend an entire $10, or whatever the going rate is, with a company like GoDaddy, and register a domain like BoilerServicing.com? I imagine you won't get BoilerServicing.
But you might get BoilerServicing, and then your town name, or your county name, .com or .net, or whatever, and either put up a single page on there or just redirect it to your main website. But don't underestimate those simple, simple solutions, which literally will cost you the price of a domain name.
It expresses the solution that people are looking for, and, at the end of the day, this is what matters. It matters that you express the solution. If you solve their problem before you turn up, they don't care what your name is. They care whether or not they understand clearly that you can solve their problem.
And people always want to be able to self-select that way. They always are going to be looking for a solution. They want a clear indication that you can solve it. They want confidence. People want confidence before they pick up the phone. Because, in this day of infinite choices on the internet, they're not going to pick up the phone to ask you the question.
They're not going to pick up the phone to ask you if you service boilers, if there are two equal listings, and whether it's even in the Yellow Pages, or two listings in a search engine. If one of them clearly indicates that they service boilers and you don't, that second one is going to get the inquiry.
It's going to get the request to quote, it's going to get the callout, whatever it is. People are looking for solutions to problems. If you don't list what you do, what your services are, then, really, nobody is going to know, and they're not going to ask you. This is a key point. So, help people select you by listing what you do, by listing where you are.
And, in some cases, if you want to save yourself some trouble, you can list what you don't do as well, usually in a positive way. You can express that you focus on something, you can say that you're a specialist in this, or a specialist in boiler servicing, on matters throwing in examples.
The minimum that you should be doing is telling people what you do. And, by all means, tell them who you are. Because, if they came to you via referral, they do need to know they've come to the right place. They're not interested in you animation skills unless you're an animator, so I wouldn't worry about animated logos.
Just make sure they can see your company name, and then get on with telling them what you do. So, hopefully, this is giving you some food for thought to go and review your marketing materials, and make sure that it is clear to your potentials customers and existing customers—the services that you offer, how you can help them.
It is a really big problem that I see in a lot of cases, and it's a really simple thing to fix. So, action point for the day, whenever you're listening to this, is to go and look over your marketing materials, especially your website, and make sure that it clearly lists what you want to do.
And, just to reflect back to one more episode, when we talk about core business and attracting clients for what it is you want to do. Remember, if you list what you do, you're more likely to attract the clients that want you to do that kind of thing. Then. You're more likely to attract people that want to do the things that you want to do if you tell them what you want to do as your list of potential services.
So, with that, this being a Foundation episode, I'm going to keep it short. I will remind you, whenever you're listening to this, that you can visit us at PreneurMarketing.com, the home of PreneurCast now. And if you visit PreneurMarketing.com/Win, there will be a competition for you to win something from one of the many authors and guests we have on the show.
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Just on iTunes. I mean, there are a number of platforms other than iTunes, but iTunes is—there's a huge number out there, and it's growing. Podcasting is growing again. There's lots of factors in that that, maybe, we'll talk about another day, but we're aware that you have a huge choice of shows to listen to.
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I gues it is time for the youngsters to get coached up, and take the lead.
Go Phins Go Phins Go Phins Go Phins...step up O! c'mon Crowder! Learned your lessons Solai? Starks...get ready! Yeremiah...bring the hammer in the box! Secondary...please just try to tackle them fast.
Oh yeah...Go Phins in a repeating manner...Matty how about a running word counter in the editor? ;)

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After garnering 48% of 180 votes, Jake Skole has been named the LSB Community #10 prospect!
Couple spots too low, imo, but I've seen worse, both in terms of CPP votes, and in terms of me luring hobos up onto rooftops and then pushing them off because I like to watch their reactions as they realize that, "Oh, no! I'm doing fatal plummetings!!!"
What? Don't judge me. If that was the only way you could get an erection, you'd do it too.
The List So Far:
1. LHP, Martin Perez.
2. RHP, Tanner Scheppers.
3. OF, Engel Beltre.
4. RHP, Alexi Ogando.
5. SS, Jurickson Profar.
6. RHP, Wilmer Font.
7. LHP, Robbie Erlin.
8. LHP, Robbie Ross.
9. OF, Mitch Moreland.
10. OF, Jake Skole.
Time to move on to the vote for #11!
The polls are open, so go ahead and vote in the poll at the bottom and feel free to make any suggestions and/or criticisms in the comments below.
And, as always, please don't hesitate to tell me you want on the list for next time.
The votes after a decisive win are always the best, cause with so many votes coming free it's always anybody's race to win.


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Never Too Early to Prepare for the Blackout Holiday of the Year
It goes by a couple different names around these US of A's. Green Beer Day here in Oxford, Saint Splatty's at PSU, and Saint Patricks Day for the rest of the Civilized World, but who the fuck wants to be part of that? If you think its too early to get your gear for the event, you are a savage plain and simple and should leave this page. Look at it this way, power rankings of drinking holidays coming up.
1. 4th of July- Murica
2. Green Beer Day
4. Cinco de Blackout
5. Oktoberfest
There's the list, taken from experience. Trust me I'm a professional. And if you don't want to look like an idiot this year I suggest you check out the links:
Enjoy the day, black out, get laid, but stay safe gents.
P.S. That Skip Class Get Drunk Johnny Football T is on fire this year.
Richard Sherman IS a thug.. Seattle to Lose Superbowl
Look, I'm not against expressing real emotions during interviews and am a HUGE supporter of players being mic'd up and actually getting the NFL experience. But like this story, race is hot right now. I don't get it, a bunch of athletes are deflecting criticism of their actions and maturity by using race as a scapegoat. Richard Sherman has not come out and said,
"The only reason it bothers me is because it seems like it's the accepted way of calling somebody the N-word nowadays. Because they know."- Deadspin (Barstool Jr.)
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Thanks for one hell of a ride
Andre Williams Super Mario
Haven't posted in a while. But this video is going viral right and I'm going to hop on the train while the getting's good.
True Life: I Just got Gronk Spiked right out of the Playoffs
Fantasy Football givith and it taketh away. Start off a cool 3-0. Top of the world thinking I've got money in the bank. Mike Wallace (6th pick) gets ice cold, Roddy White (3nd pick) just scored his first touchdown this week. CJ2k (2nd Pick) has 2 games over ten points. Eli Manning (5th pick) is still eating his own boogers this far into the season. And Alfred Morris, the first rounder I never wanted gets half the points Shady Mccoy has. Right there I am already facing an uphill battle in my 18 person league. Drop the next 5 games. Finally I turn it around after my team becomes a figurative and literal factory of sadness. Win the next 2 games and I see the playoffs. Just need to get 6-5. I'm projected to win by 7, think I have it locked down when CJ gets 20 points. And who cuckolds me other than Bobby Rainey, just dropping 34 on my head. From there I was down 6 with Gostkowski against Gronkowski. And this is what happens…
Right in my eyeball
Friday 4 Song: 4 song playlist to propel your blackout
Name of the game: After you finish whatever unfortunate productive commitments you have today, you put these four songs into a looped playlist. Invite your buds and lady friends over and have a BYOF (Bring Your Own Fifth) party. Guaranteed no one has any clue how much time passes before your train departs for blackout city.
It's Friday and a Great Day for Pittsburgh Baseball
So the Pirates have been a mockery of the MLB for 20 years. We also made the playoffs this year and made one hell of a run against the Cardinals. Sure we weren't a "great" team, but somehow we found a way to win games against teams who were better than us. Enter Andrew McCutchen, the hero we needed. Put the whole offense on his back, never embarrassed the club, increased jersey sales by 1000%, and was clutch at all the right times. He won the NL MVP yesterday with 28 of 30 1st place votes. Yadier Molina who? A big thanks to the Pirates organization for turning things around this season, and especially to Andrew McCutchen, the most valuable player in the league. Money in the bank after the jump.
MFK: Minority Model Edition
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Asian Culture is kind of bizzare so it took a while to find relatively normal pictures of her. But she's class class class.
Clooney Ruined Leo's Birthday
"George Clooney and his friends are way better at basketball than Leonardo DiCaprio and his friends. Clooney isn't sure why that is, but he thinks maybe it's because he's a better person than Leo? He's just putting that out there.
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In full disclosure, I'm not a Michigan Hockey guru. I could not tell you the starting line. I would tell you that "pairwise" is a complete mystery to me, but I don't think that would necessarily illustrate how little I know because as far as I can tell, pairwise is a mystery to nearly everyone. I've always liked hockey, and I can fake my way through a fairly coherent NHL discussion. I knew, mostly from reading this site as well as mgoblog and yostbuilt, that Michigan hockey over the past few months was going just about as well as Basketball, and football, and nearly every other sport for Michigan over the past few years. Somehow, "not well" doesn't seem to capture it. To add to the misery, starting Goalie Bryan Hogan was injured, and 5'nothing walkon Shawn Hunwick skated between the pipes looking like a pee-wee player on the wrong end of a firing squad. There wasn't just a chance that Michigan was going to miss the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years. Michigan was just going to miss the tourney. It was foregone.
So when it was reported that Lake State's team had the flu (like, the whole team) for the first game of the CCHA tournament, it likely didn't matter. Hell, YostBuilt just wished that LSSU would just mercy-kill us out of the gate so that it would just be over with. But Michigan won, and moved on to play Michigan State, with whom there's some...ahem...history.
Improbably, Michigan won again - and moved on to the Joe to face Miami, OH, who already had a #1 seed locked for the tourney. Michigan has played Miami tough previously, but fallen short. This was most certainly not a traditional Michigan vs. Miami matchup in which both teams are evenly matched - this was going to be brutal. Every time a puck was dumped into the zone was a chance Hunwick's status as "guy happy to be on the team" would catch up with us. Slowly, however, this team was changing. They were spending huge amounts of time in the opponent's zone. The offense, which had seemed lackadaisical all year, started playing with urgency. And Shawn Hunwick was changing from Pee Wee to Ryan Miller.
Michigan beat Miami. Then they beat Northern Michigan to win the CCHA and gain a berth in the NCAA tournament that seemed just 2 weeks ago to be not only an improbability, but an impossibility. Shawn Hunwick, a legend of Rudy proportions, earned tournament MVP - he's a Rudy that actually did something.
This particular story is not something that Michigan fans are accustomed to seeing played out - not in hockey, not in football, not in basketball, softball, field hockey, you name it. The story we're most accustomed to - and the root of the fanbase's angst over the past few years - is the story of a dominating team with a huge athletic advantage cleaving their way through inferior teams to play another team from another conference who had similarly cleaved their way through the conference to reach the bowl game/tournament game. We're used to clashes of the titans; not scrappy underdog come-from-behind wins. That's the exact story being written here - a team that wasn't supposed to from a program that perennially does, well, they did it. And in a period of time during which Michigan fans have had very little, they've given us something to believe in.
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Ole Miss Spring Football Storylines: The Rebels are Deep at Safety, Now What? – Red Cup Rebellion
Ole Miss football fans are accustomed to secondaries that are a patchwork of two-star standouts, junior college transfers, and players who found their way into the depth chart as a defensive back from elsewhere. So it is a bit confusing for many of us to wrap our heads around the idea that this Rebel team is particularly deep in the defensive backfield, most notably at the safety positions.
As it stands now, Ole Miss has five athletes (six, if you're counting the safety/linebacker "Husky" position) who call could reasonably start at safety. Either they have demonstrated their acumen with actual playing time, or were highly recruited enough to earn legitimate looks at the position this spring. Those five players, and what we expect to see out of them, are:
- Senior Cody Prewitt – No discussion about safeties at Ole Miss can be had without mentioning the all-American from Bay Springs, Mississippi. Cody Prewitt started in 11 games last year as a free safety, where he led the SEC in interceptions (six) and the team in passes defended (13). He was number two on the Rebel defense in tackles (71) behind linebacker Serderius Bryant. What he lacks in elite coverage skills he more than makes up for in tackling abilities and an uncanny sense of where the ball or ballcarrier will be. There has been some chatter amongst Ole Miss fans about Cody's future, namely whether or not it's at free safety. He's more than a sure enough tackler to play strong safety, and has a pretty prototypical 4-3 outside linebacker frame, but I am thinking that the coaches may take an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach to Prewitt. He's an all-American at free safety; keep him there.
- Junior Trae Elston – After a freshman year where he earned a spot on the SEC's All-Freshman team and was dubbed the SEC's hardest-hitting freshman by ESPN.com, Rebel fans had Trae Elston penciled in as a starter at strong safety for the next three years. While he might not have lived up to fan expectations as a sophomore, he did make 11 starts of his own at the strong safety spot, notching 62 tackles, defending six passes, and recovering a pair of fumbles. Elston is long and rangy and will be the player to beat for his strong safety spot, but it's far from unreasonable to think that he could split time with other – as he did with Chief Brown this year – or play spot duty elsewhere.
- Junior Chief Brown – Chief started three games last year – two at strong safety, one at free – making 39 tackles, recovering one fumble, and intercepting one pass (on a pretty damn athletic play). In Hugh Freeze's spring press conference, Chief was mentioned as the number two guy behind Tony Conner at Husky, a move which makes sense considering Chief's 6'1″, 200 pound build. Even then, I don't think it is too unreasonable to expect Chief to get looks all throughout the defense as he has over his career.
- Sophomore Anthony Alford – Here's how far Southern Miss has fallen: Anthony Alford started several games for them at quarterback as a true freshman in 2012. He left that program, sat out for a year, and is now trying to establish himself as a safety at Ole Miss. Rated as the No. 2 player in Mississippi and the No. 5 dual-threat quarterback in high school football at one point, Alford played quarterback on the Rebel scout team in 2013 while training to make the conversion to safety. Now that he's a regular part of the defensive backfield, he is bumping right up against Trae Elston for time at the strong safety spot. He is listed by Ole Miss as being 6'1″, 208 pounds, and reportedly has the athleticism to be a legitimate starter at safety in the SEC. Fun fact: he's still a part of the Toronto Blue Jays' farm system as a prospect outfielder.
- Freshman C.J. Hampton – After a recruiting battle against Alabama, Ole Miss inked C.J. Hampton out of Meridian high school this past December as an early enrollee. Now that he's a full-time Ole Miss student, we get the rare treat of seeing a blue-chip freshman in action during spring drills. He is tall, long, and athletic enough to get legitimate looks at free safety, but we still aren't entirely sure what is in store for C.J. this year.
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Ice packs and heating pads are among the most commonly used treatments for strains, sprains and spasms. But how do you know which to use, and when? Hot or cold, and how much and how often? That's the focus this week for Dr. Tedd Mitchell. He's the president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. And this is the President's Prescription.
Did you know it is possible to get frostbite in the middle of a Texas summer? Improper use of cold or hot therapy to relieve back or joint pain can make a bad situation worse.
When you pull a muscle or twist an ankle, temperature therapy can be a beneficial part of the healing process. Cold numbs pain and reduces inflammation. Heat soothes stiff joints and relaxes muscles. However, it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's governor has called for the early release of state workers and schools across the state were closing early as a coastal winter storm bears down on the Northeast.
Forecasters are calling for the storm to drop a half of foot of snow or more across the state, with the heaviest snow falling Thursday night. Connecticut is also bracing for frigid temperatures on Friday.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy urged the private sector to consider sending employees home early. Dismissals of executive branch agency workers are beginning at 3 p.m. and continuing in 15-minute intervals.
The governor plans to partially activate the state emergency operations center Thursday afternoon in case it needs to help coordinate the response to any problems created by the storm.
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The cleanup has begun in some parts of Long Island while others continue to deal with flooding from heavy rain fall that began late Tuesday and intensified on Wednesday. Cars remain stranded after rain pounded the area. More than 13 inches of rain fell in Islip. The National Weather Service said the rain was the largest event on record for New York State in a 24-hour period.


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Reports: Parcells moves out of Dolphins office
Bill Parcells cleaned out his office but is still a consultant for the Dolphins, according to multiple reports. Parcells is no longer involved in day-to-day decisions.
Dolphins dominate battle of trenches in win over Pack
The Dolphins' domination of the Packers in the trenches on both offense and defense Sunday is a promising sign for a team that is facing a difficult five-game stretch.
Dolphins release ILB Carpenter after another special-teams miscue
The Dolphins had their third special-teams-related cut of the season on Monday, releasing veteran ILB Bobby Carpenter.
Thanks to Marshall, Henne living up to fantasy hype
Dolphins QB Chad Henne was one of the position's top fantasy sleepers heading into 2010, and he finally has begun to show why the past few weeks.
Reports: Dolphins WR Bess signs two-year extension
Dolphins WR Davone Bess has had a pretty good weekend. He caught a TD in the 'Fins' overtime win over the Packers in Week Six and reportedly became the highest-paid slot receiver in the NFL.
Carpenter FG in OT lifts Dolphins past Pack 23-20
The Dolphins pounced on the injury-riddled Green Bay Packers, wearing out a patchwork defense before Dan Carpenter kicked a 44-yard game-winning field goal for a 23-20 overtime victory on Sunday.
Will Dolphins hire another Parcells?
Bill Parcells, who's just a consultant for the Dolphins after having passed complete control to Jeff Ireland, can leave the team at any time with a hefty paycheck. What does that mean for the organization when he leaves?
Dolphins' transition to youth hurt special teams
The Dolphins may need to look to their starters to help fix special-teams miscues.
Dolphins waive/injured DL Dotson
The Dolphins announced Wednesday evening that they have waived/injured DL Lionel Dotson.
Firing Bonamego not an instant cure for Dolphins' special teams
Firing special-teams coach John Bonamego will not cure all of the Dolphins' problems.
Patriots able to lean on special teams, not Brady's arm, for win
The Patriots didn't need their offense to carry them to victory Monday night, thanks to a special-teams clinic.
Dolphins fire special-teams coach Bonamego
The Dolphins have fired special-teams coach John Bonamego following the unit's horrible performance on Monday night.
Special teams leads Pats past Dolphins 41-14
Patrick Chung blocked two kicks and returned an interception for a touchdown, and the Patriots scored twice on special teams, including a 103-yard kickoff return by Brandon Tate, to beat the hapless Dolphins 41-14 on Monday night.
Monday-night game inactives
LB Shawn Crable is among the Patriots' inactive players for their Monday night game against the Dolphins, while ILB Channing Crowder is the key Miami inactive.
Patriots play 'respect' card
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Gibson has signed with the Miami Dolphins, giving young quarterback Ryan Tannehill a third new target through free agency.||||||| Gibson, who signed Friday, spent the past four seasons with the St. Louis Rams, where he made 38 starts. Last year he had 51 receptions for a career-high 691 yards and five touchdowns while starting 13 games.
Gibson hauled in six receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown during Sunday's 15-12 win at Buffalo.||||||| Despite his big day, Gibson doesn't have much fantasy value going forward.
Gibson had three catches for 33 yards in Thursday's 17-3 win over Arizona.||||||| Gibson was the only St. Louis player with more than one reception. If Danny Amendola's right shoulder injury is serious, Gibson could get more targets.
Gibson had five catches for 55 yards and a TD in a 37-7 loss to Baltimore on Sunday.||||||| Gibson could be a good player to start next week against Washington if only because he is one of the few competent receivers Sam Bradford can turn to for the hapless Rams.
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A new Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits will be opening at 2883 Airport Thurway in Columbus, Ga. on Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, marking the second of seven Bojangles' restaurants to open in the area.
Bojangles' offers drive-thru and in-store dining from breakfast to dinner. The 3,808 sq. ft. restaurant will be able to seat 74 guests, and will offer free Wi-Fi.
The Columbus area Bojangles' restaurants are the venture of an entrepreneurial family comprised of three sisters and their father—Courtney Hill Stallings, Kimberly Hill Hayden, Elizabeth Hill Hadley, and Robbie Hill, Jr. Their family business is called 3HS Operations, LLC.
"We feel strongly about doing our part to help Columbus grow, and to create jobs, and career opportunities for local residents," said Stallings.
Bojangles' hours of operation in Columbus are 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
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Rambling Al stumbled upon a great Zack Greinke rumor. Apparently, Zack is practically a Brewer right now, having been traded for J.J. Hardy, Mat Gamel, Angel Salome, and Manny Parra. The Brewers and Royals are just waiting for the WS to end before it can go through.
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SNP: Govt report shows 'breathtaking arrogance'
The government is making its case against Scottish Independence today.
David Cameron is releasing the first in a series of reports, highlighting how the UK and Scotland benefit from the union.
Speaking in an ITV Daybreak interview Stuart Maxwell from the Scottish National Party said the UK Government's report today showed a "breathtaking arrogance" over their "supposed" recognition of Scotland as an equal partner.


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Officials say they are considering scrapping plan to stagger tolls, aim for full tolling in fall 2016.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A two-mile section of the Louisville Loop in southwestern Jefferson County will be closed for up to two weeks beginning today (Feb. 18).
According to a news release from Metro Parks and Recreation, the closure is a public safety precaution to accommodate transmission line work related to the construction of LG&E's new 640-megawatt natural gas combined cycle unit at 5252 Cane Run Road.
The closure begins on Lees Lane, just before the Loop's mile marker 14.5, and extends to just south of Lower Hunters Trace, near mile marker 16.5.
It will reopen upon completion of the electrical work, which is anticipated no later than March 4.
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Police: Man, allegedly drunk, kills 2nd motorcyclistUPDATED 7:12 PM MST Jan 27, 2014
A 51-year-old man is dead after a motorcycle accident this past weekend in Belen. The passenger, his 11-year-old daughter, is in critical condition at University of New Mexico Hospital.Video Transcript
TONIGHT, A 51-YEAR OLD MAN IS DEAD, AND HIS 11-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE AT UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL; ALL BECAUSE STATE POLICE SAY A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER CRASHED INTO THEM SATURDAY NIGHT. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MIKE SPRINGER JOINS US LIVE FROM THE HOSPITAL... WHERE HE EXPLAINS - THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THIS MAN HAS BEEN SUSPECTED OF DRIVING DRUNK AND KILLING SOMEONE. COURT RECORDS SHOW 27-YEAR OLD JACOB WILLIAMS PLEADED NO CONTEST TO VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND D-W-I IN 2008. NOW, HE FINDS HIMSELF FACING A SIMILAR SET OF CHARGES. BUT IN A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, THE MAN WHO WILLIAMS IS ACCUSED OF KILLING WAS THE BROTHER OF THE JUDGE WHO HAD SENTENCED HIM THE FIRST TIME. A DEADLY CRASH SATURDAY NIGHT JUST OUTSIDE OF BELEN ON STATE ROAD 1-09. STATE POLICE SAY 27-YEAR OLD JACOB WILLIAMS WAS DRIVING DRUNK WHEN HE HIT A MOTORCYCLE DRIVEN BY 51-YEAR OLD DANIEL SANCHEZ AND HIS 11-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. POLICE SAY SANCHEZ DIED INSTANTLY. HIS DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HOSPITAL. OFFICERS SAY THEY SMELT ALCOHOL ON WILLIAMS BREATH AND HE WAS DRIVING ERRATICALLY. BUT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WILLIAMS HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING SOMEONE DRUNK BEHIND THE WHEEL. In 2006, Williams was accused of hitting another pair riding on a motorcycle. The driver was killed and his female passenger was paralyzed. Police alleged williams was drunk and high at the time of crash. According to court records, he later pleaded guilty to those charges and was given a six year sentence. When he hit, he hit hard...that he broke everything in his body. THE SURVIVING VICTIM, MARY ANN MADRID WAS PARALYZED IN THAT CRASH. KOAT CAUGHT UP WITH HER SIX MONTHS AFTER IT HAPPENED Even though he turned himself in it still won't bring my friend back to life or it won't help me walk tomorrow. IN 2008, WILLIAMS CASE WAS PRESIDED OVER BY JUDGE WILLIAM SANCHEZ. FAMILY TELLS ACTION 7 NEWS, JUDGE SANCHEZ IS THE BOTHER OF DANNY SANCHEZ. THE MAN KILLED IN SATURDAY'S CRASH. THE 11-YEAR OLD GIRL REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. AS FOR WILLIAMS, HE'S CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE AND AGGRAVATED D-W-I. REPORTING LIVE FROM U-N-M-H, MIKE SPRINGER KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. FOR THE 2008 CONVICTION, WILLIAMS SERVED 3 YEARS OF A SIX YEAR SENTENCE. TWO MONTHS AFTER BEING RELEASED, HE WAS ARRESTED FOR A PAROLE VIOLATION.
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Lab Versus House Mouse
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Some behavioral traits, like female aggression, were lost with domestication, a study shows.
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Some behavioral traits, like female aggression, were lost with domestication, a study shows.
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Hemocytes can form neurons in adult crayfish, a study shows.
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From cortical neurons, researchers have engineered rat tissue that formed complex networks of functioning neurons and appeared to behave normally after an injury.
August 11, 2014|
Stephen Heinemann, who along with his colleagues identified the genes encoding the major excitatory neurotransmitter receptors in the brain, has passed away at age 75.
August 7, 2014|
Early neurons reprogrammed from human skin cells show unprecedented axonal growth in a rat model of spinal cord injury.
August 1, 2014|
Capsule reviewed author Ian Leslie sets up his latest book, Curious, about the human propensity to wonder and learn.
August 1, 2014|
The Myth of Mirror Neurons, Curious, Shadow Medicine, and Doctored
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August 2014's selection of notable quotes
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Researchers use light-sheet microscopy to map central nervous system activity in zebrafish larvae.
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A transgene designed to attract methylation to the promoter of a tumor-suppressor gene leads to tumorigenesis in a mouse model.


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We have had this dryer only about a month. So far, it is operating well. And it is extremely quiet in operation. The outside of the cabinet front and sides never get more than warm. For the most part, the fully automatic setting does well. Touch-up and steam settings are OK, but if you're fastidious, you'll want to break out the iron -- cycles stop the tumbling and signal the end well before clothes are cool, so if you don't hop to it, things can settle and wrinkle. The manually timed setting is curious and not very useful. It is not actually fully manual and it stops when clothes are damp, not dry. Apparently, Whirlpool is not going to change this design decision... it's been mentioned by many users for a couple of years at least. The design of the connection to the pedestal is neatly simple. If you install this yourself, you set the dryer and pedestal on their sides, connect them up, then raise the unit by tilting it up. The combined units are heavy and you really need 2 people to get it on its feet. Other reviews of this type of cabinet mention that tumbling clothes can open the door. Our door has significant resistance to opening -- so this hasn't happened to us. We were also scrupulous about leveling the dryer... spent at least half an hour on this aspect. If the dryer is tipped toward the front and full of wet towels, you can expect significant pressures on the door. Have your installer demonstrate to you (with a level) that it's been done right, as would be an easy place to cut corners and save time. If you do install this yourself, the instructions are comprehensive and clear. Operationally, this model has many control settings and thousands of combinatorial possibilities for cycle types and objectives. You might want either to (a) go on a washing marathon and try out all sorts of settings or (b) just use automatic. We spent a little while on plan A, but plan B is pretty much what settled out as useful and effective. Much design effort has been put into sounds (chimes), the soft ramp-up and dim-down of the interior light, and esthetics. It's not clear to us that these contribute to dryer operation, but it does give the unit a kind of R2D2 charm.
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I FINALLY now enjoy doing the laundry! The quiet efficiency keeps me coming back for more and the customized settings are extremely helpful especially when each family member has different clothes and washing instructions. From heavy duty towels to delicates - they are a dream. I don't even have to iron anymore - a time saving gift, indeed!
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We sold our first Whirlpool set after 8 years. This new series is unbelievable as far as features and performance. This time we opted for a gas dryer with the steam option, . It is cheaper to run and the clothes dry faster and come out more fluffy .
New Steam Dryer, WOW!!!!
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I had never heard of a Steam Dryer till I purchased this one, My clothes, Dry faster, Less wrinkles, and save energy, My gas bill went down $20.00 the first full month of using compared to the month of the previous year, Great features, Bravo Whirlpool on a great product
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Bought my Whirlpool washer & dryer a month ago and I'm completely satisfied. Quiet & no wrinkles like my last HE. Does an excellent job of cleaning.
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This machine works well and uses less energy. More features than really needed.
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I purchased this a month or so ago. Sadly, since the very first load it has not appropriately dispensed the fabric softner. We've had a repair man come and we decided it was best to return and get a different one. Having said all of this, the reason I gave it 4 stars is because I really love how the product works. It has tons of options, I really love the soak mode and it gets my clothes clean! I also love having the drawers under the machines. I will miss this washer and dryer when it gets picked up. Hoping I love my new ones just as much.
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Extraordinary example of Whirlpool's consistent example of superior quality, efficiency and advanced design! This dryer is one of our favorite appliances in our home. The other is it's partner, the Whirlpool Duet Washer. I am in love with the set.
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Not just one set - I had them in my summer home in North Carolina, as well. When we married and moved to our new home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida (March 25, 2014) the first major purchase we made was a new set of Duets (April 1, 2014). They are just so wonderful and work so well we just couldn't go another week doing our laundry in the fairly new washer and dryer the sellers left in our new home. No question about it. The Duet's topped our shopping list.
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We are really happy with this dryer. It dries clothes in a minimum amount of time. Its quiet and very energy efficient.
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Residents in North Fork, New York are concerned about a new drug in the area – Molly. A powder or crystal form of MDMA, the chemical in ecstasy, Molly has become popular among teens although many parents are unaware it even exists.
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ACM Awards: Hunter Hayes on Writing 'Here's Hope' for the Show
Hunter Hayes had never written a song for a specific reason until he was asked to pen a tune for the ACM Lifting Lives segment of the association's awards show, which takes place tomorrow (April 1). Once the singer/songwriter learned a little more about ConAgra's Child Hunger Ends Here campaign, he was thrilled to be a part of it.
"I was really nervous about writing the song," Hunter admits to The Boot. "I write songs because I love to write; I don't write for a purpose. Plus I was nervous about something that is such a big topic and issue. Quite frankly I didn't know much about it, and once they started telling me about (child hunger) in the United States, the thing that struck me the most is one in five kids in the U.S. don't know where their next meal is coming from."
Hunter joined with Barry Dean and Luke Laird to write "Here's Hope," a song that addresses the issue and offers a solution if people will get involved.
"We got together and started writing the song and it was a toss-up on which way to go because there were so many different thoughts on it," Hunter says. "I stumbled on a musical thing and Barry had this lyrical thing going. I didn't want anything really heavy and ConAgra wanted something hopeful.
"We didn't even have a title for awhile and we just kept throwing out words and playing that groove you hear and it just happened. It just poured out of us. We were all touched by the situation, and we felt like we became part of the campaign and not just songwriters. What we wanted to do was not just address the issue but show folks that there is a solution; that's the message we wanted in the song. I'm thrilled that the ACMs are going to be doing the Lifting Lives segment, and I'm very proud to be associated with it because of what they and ConAgra are doing to work toward ridding the U.S. of child hunger."
Little Big Town, along with the Clark County Children's Choir, will perform "Here's Hope" Sunday night. Karen Fairchild says they just heard the tune about a month ago, and they have been busy putting their own touch on it. Hunter is excited about that, saying it's always cool as a songwriter to hear someone else sing his song.
"I only sing songs that mean something to me, so to know that someone else sings a song I had a part in writing because they like the song too is a good feeling," Hunter says. "I got to meet Little Big Town for the first time in the studio and got to hear their rehearsal and rendition of what they are doing. I love it when an artist takes a song and makes it their own."
Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town is on the board of both the Academy of Country Music and Lifting Lives. She is very passionate about the charity work they are doing and together with the group has been trying to figure out a way for them to be involved.
"When they approached us about singing this on the show, we thought this was our opportunity," says Karen. "ConAgra has partnered to make a bigger deal out of it and to make people take action during this year. Their cause is to end childhood hunger and we are so happy to be a part of this beautiful moment."
Karen says the group has been in the studio evaluating the song and trying to see how they could make it a moving moment in the show and really cause people to do something instead of just watch them sing and then forget all about the campaign.
"I think we have something that's going to be special for everyone," she says. "We've worked closely with the music director on what part the kids can play in all this, and we are excited about singing with the Clark County Children's Choir."
Karen admits that she didn't know the extent of child hunger in America either.
"You always think hunger is a world issue but that it couldn't happen here at home. As a mom, it's devastating to think about a child not knowing where their next meal is coming from. It shouldn't be happening here — we are way too rich a nation and too fortunate a nation to allow that to be happening. I'm not saying we're all rich, but as a nation we have a lot going for us and it seems like this is something we could take care of. We want to help bring awareness during the song to the whole issue."
"Here's Hope" has been recorded by three different artists in three genres of music. Jewel does the country version; Owl City recorded the pop sound and Jay Sean delivers the hip-hop/R&B version. The purpose of the campaign is to motivate consumers to donate five million meals this school year to Feeding America. Consumers who want to participate can purchase specially marked packages of select ConAgra Foods brands and then visit www.ChildHungerEndsHere.com to enter the eight-digit code found on participating product packages. For each code entered through August 2012, the equivalent of one meal will be donated to Feeding America. In return for entering a code from specially marked packages, consumers can download their favorite version of "Here's Hope." Fans who want to purchase the song can also do so via the website.
Hunter is pleased that three different artists have recorded his song.
"It's a message that transcends genres and goes to the heart of music, which is that it is the universal language," Hunter says. "I love how they each have their own interpretation of the song and made it their own."
Hunter is looking forward to tomorrow's ACM Awards. He's been to one other ACM ceremony, but it was back when he was a kid.
"I remember how great the show was and how cool it was to see all the things I had watched on TV for years," the singer says. "This year it is so much more, because not only do I get to be in the presence of all these people I respect and look up to, but I'm nominated for the New Artist award, which I can't believe. And I get to introduce Little Big Town singing my song, which is really cool."
The 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday night at 8PM EST on CBS.
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Daughtry — Break The Spell
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"Bedroom tax" could force mother out of home
A mother from Nottingham says she may have to move house because of government changes to housing benefit for people who have a spare bedroom.
Wendy Morrison, from Aspley in Nottingham, lives in a council house with her 12-year-old daughter Codie.
She's had a spare room since her elder daughter left home. Under the new so-called "bedroom tax", she says she'll have to pay an extra £650 a year.
The tax will mean families who rely on housing benefit and live in houses with unused or spare bedrooms will be classed as under-occupying. The will result in a loss of the housing benefit they receive and will have to make up the difference themselves to pay their rent.
You can read more on the "bedroom tax" story on the ITV News National website.


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HBP on NY Times Notable Books ListHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is one of the New York Times' "100 Notable Books of the Year." HBP is in company with books by Dave Eggers, E. L. Doctorow, Gabriel Garcí Má, Joyce Carol Oates, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Cormac McCarthy (great name). Congratulations, Jo!
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New Home Supply Remains Firmly In "Seller's Market" Territory
Posted in Housing Analysis | By Tim
The U.S. housing market appears headed for a strong close to 2012.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of new homes sold jumped to 389,000 units in September 2012 on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis.
Not since the expiration of the $8,000 federal home buyer tax credit in April 2010 have new homes sold at such volumes.
September's tally marks a 5.7 percent increase from the month prior, and a 27 percent increase from September 2011. There are now just 145,000 new homes for sale nationwide and, according to the National Association of Homebuilders, buyer demand continues to grow.
At today's pace of home sales, the entire U.S. inventory of new homes for sale would sell out in 4.5 months. By way of comparison, in January 2009, new home supply was 12.1 months.
When home supplies dip below 6.0 months, analysts say, it signifies a "seller's market"; one in which sellers tend to benefit from negotiation leverage over buyers. The national New Home Supply has been below 6.0 months since October 2011.
Perhaps that's one reason why the average new home sale price has climbed 14.5 percent over the past 12 months to $292,400; and why median new home sales prices have made a similar jump.
With builders reporting prospective buyer foot traffic at its highest level since 2006, home supplies are shrinking at a time when buyer demand is rising. Low mortgage rates and affordable housing choices contribute, too.
30-year fixed rate mortgage rates have been under 4 percent for all of 2012, and are now under 3.50% nationwide. Low rates make for low monthly payments but, like home prices, conditions can't remain buyer-friendly forever.
For today's home buyers of new construction, the outlook for finding "great deals" in 2013 may be grim. New home prices are expected to rise and supplies will continue to get scarce. The best homes in the new construction market, therefore, may be the ones you buy today.
By early-next year, low home prices may be gone, and low mortgage rates may be, too.
Buyers Win 6.6 Percent Increase In Purchasing Power
Posted in Personal Finance | By Tim
Mortgage rates in Florida continue to troll near all-time lows, boosting the purchasing power of home buyers statewide.
According to Freddie Mac's most recent Primary Mortgage Market survey, the average 30-year fixed rate mortgage is now 3.39 percent nationwide, just three ticks off an all-time low. At the start of last quarter, 30-year fixed rate mortgage rates averaged 3.62 percent.
One year ago, they averaged 4.12%.
When mortgage rates are falling, they present Jacksonville area home buyers with interesting options. Because of lower rates, buyers can choose to tighten their household budgets, buying an ideal home but paying less to own it each month. Or, for buyers who shop for homes by "monthly payment", falling mortgage rates put more homes with affordability's reach.
As a real-life example, for a buyer whose monthly principal + interest mortgage payment is limited to $1,000 per month, and whom opts for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage, as compared to January of this year, the maximum property purchase price has climbed 6.6%, or $14,000 in list price.
Consider this comparison:
- January 2012 : A payment of $1,000 afforded a maximum loan size of $211,756
- October 2012 : A payment of $1,000 affords a maximum loan size of $225,771
The 6.6 percent increase in affordability outpaces this year's rise in home prices and is one reason why the U.S. housing market is improving. Slowly and steadily, the U.S. economy is improving and "good deals" in housing are becoming harder to find. In addition, because homeownership is now less expensive than renting in many U.S. cities, home demand among buyers continues to rise.
For today's home buyer, market conditions appear ripe. Mortgage rates are near all-time lows, low-downpayment mortgage program remain plentiful, and home values have been rising since late-2011. Within 6 months, rates may be up and homes prices, too. Purchasing power would decline, decreasing home affordability nationwide.
The best "deals" in housing, therefore, may be the ones you find today.
FOMC Expected To Announce New Stimulus Today
Posted in Federal Reserve | By Tim
The Federal Open Market Committee ends a 2-day meeting today, the group's sixth of 8 scheduled meetings this year. As a Ponte Vedra Beach home buyer or would-be refinancer, be ready for mortgage rates to change.
The Federal Open Market Committee is a 12-person sub-committee of the Federal Reserve. Led by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, it's the group within the Fed tasked with voting on U.S. monetary policy.
The act for which the FOMC is most well-known is its management of the Fed Funds Rate. The Fed Funds Rate is the interest rate at which banks borrow money from each other overnight. It's one of several interest rates under Federal Reserve management.
"Mortgage rates", however, is not among them.
The Federal Reserve does not set or make mortgage rates — Wall Street does. Further, there is no historical correlation between the Fed Funds Rate and the average conforming 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate. At times, the two benchmark rates move in the same direction. Other times, they diverge.
They've been apart by as much as 5.29 percent, and have been as near as 0.52 percent.
Today, the spread between the Fed Funds Rate and the 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate is roughly 3.34%. That will change beginning at 12:30 PM ET today. This is the time at which the FOMC adjourns and releases its public statement to the markets.
The FOMC is expected to announce no change in the Fed Funds Rate, leaving it within its current target range of 0.000-0.250%. How mortgage rates throughout Florida respond to the Fed, though, will depend on whether the nation's central banker adds new market stimulus in the form of a third round of quantitative easing.
If the Fed adds new stimulus and it's deemed large enough to be propel the economy ahead, stock markets will gain and bond markets should, too. This would lead mortgage rates lower. Conversely, if the size of the stimulus is deemed too small to be effective, mortgage rates will rise. Maybe by a lot.


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Keep the Tax Man off the Internet: NTU Urges Congress to Extend Internet Tax Moratorium
For Immediate Release May 23, 2007
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(Alexandria, VA) -- With a looming vote on the Internet Tax Moratorium in the future, Congress must act to protect taxpayers and enact free-market telecom reform, according to Jeff Dircksen, Director of Congressional Analysis for the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), who testified today before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Dircksen offered four main policy points to Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-HI) and other members of the Senate Commerce Committee:
"Given the potentially destructive impact that expanding or raising Internet and telecommunication taxes could have on this important economic sector, the remedy could not be clearer," Dircksen concluded. "Congress and the states should declare this tax territory permanently off limits."
Note: For further details on Internet taxation, visit www.ntu.com.


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Israel should agree to nuclear disarmament for its own sake, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War co-president Dr. Ira Helfand told the Knesset in the Israeli Disarmament Movement's first-ever conference in the legislature.
Several coalition and opposition MKs spoke out against nuclear weapons at the conference with the leader of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization.
"The current political reality looks like an attempt to hit a wall, when it comes to nuclear war," MK Dov Henin (Hadash) said. "It's essential to understand that use of nuclear weapons will have terrible results for those using them and not only their target. The conclusion is that it is necessary to urgently find alternatives, like promoting disarmament in the entire Middle East."
MK Moshe Feiglin (Likud Beytenu) explained that the Torah calls for life over death, which means fighting evil, like Iran. "We need to find a middle ground between total disarmament and the current situation. We need to make sure that evil like Iran does not grow in other places in the world and gain nuclear weapons," he said.
Meretz MK Tamar Zandberg criticized the lack of public discourse about the pros and cons of nuclear weapons in Israel, despite concern over Iran.
In an interview with The Jerusalem Post, Helfand discussed his research, which has found that even a limited nuclear war – such as one between India and Pakistan – would result in widespread famine.
In 2006, Rutgers University researchers found that a theoretical nuclear war between India and Pakistan using about 50 warheads – half a percent of the world's nuclear weapons – would lead the world's temperature to drop by 1.3 degrees centigrade.
Helfand studied what impact this would have upon human health, specifically nutrition, and found that corn growth would drop 10% in the US and rice 15% in 10 years.
"It's worse than we expected. This would cause worldwide famine," Helfand said. "When you get a small decrease in food, the price of food goes up and the 870 million people who are already malnourished won't be able to survive."
In addition, much of the Middle East – which depends on food imports – will be at risk, because countries where food production will decline will export less.
"There's a potential of 1 billion dead, because of a limited war in one corner of the world," Hefland warned.
Helfand's organization conducted further research on Chinese food production in the aftermath of nuclear war. The results have yet to be published, but Helfand says they show a potential for famine in China, affecting another 1.3 billion people.
The solution, according to Helfand, is disarmament, and he thinks Israel can benefit from it too.
"There are authoritative estimates that Israel has 80 to 100 warheads, many of which are more powerful than what was used in Hiroshima," he explained.
The government is ambiguous as to whether or not it has nuclear weapons, but Israel has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The organization urges Iran not to continue developing nuclear weapons, but Helfand posits that Tehran would only stop if nations around the world, including Israel, agree to disarmament.
Helfand compared Israel to the US in the Cold War, when there was "a sense of imminent threat" and the public felt nuclear weapons were necessary.
"The weapons themselves are the greatest threat to Israel's security. We want to alert people to an existential threat – and Israel already has enough of those," Helfand said.


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Sen. Jay Rockefeller is being called on by the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club in its fight to kill another West Virginia representative's coal ash provision of the transportation bill.
Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., had an amendment added to the Republican-led House transportation bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating coal ash as hazardous waste. The amendment was instead give individual states the charge to regulate coal ash.
Rockefeller, a Democratic member of the conference committee appointed to reconcile the House and Senate versions of the transportation bill, said he would not support the amendment.
"Separately, I want to make it clear that I cannot support the environmental provisions that have been attached to the surface bill by the House," Rockefeller said in a statement issued last week. "These riders would jeopardize the tremendous bipartisan support this bill has had so far in the Senate."
Monday, the West Virginia chapter of the Sierra Club sent an e-mail warning of the dangers of coal ash and urging its members to contact Rockefeller and urge their support.
"Coal ash leaks arsenic into the Cheat River," wrote Jim Sconyers, director of the Sierra Club's West Virginia chapter. "Ash is dumped right into the water table in Cassville. A gigantic ash dam and pond threaten communities in the Northern Panhandle. The coal ash amendment would mean that we could just expect more of this - with sensible future protections banned."
Sconyers said coal ash is dumped "by the millions of tons" in West Virginia, with toxic effect.
"Coal ash is basically unregulated," Sconyers wrote. "The coal ash amendment would guarantee that coal ash will never be regulated."
In one interview, Rockefeller said that the coal ash amendment was "going down," a statement that drew sharp criticism from McKinley.
"I was frankly shocked at his public statement saying the coal ash language is 'going down' and how he will work to remove it from the transportation bill," said McKinley.
Rockefeller told the State Journal last week that the amendment needed to be improved before passing the Senate and said that citizen concerns about water contamination health impacts needs to be addressed.
"My priority is enacting into law a transportation bill that creates jobs, builds highways and bridges, and keeps people safe when they drive," Rockefeller said last week. "Adding coal ash or other environmental bills to that mix is a deal breaker on the conference committee. That's a fact, not an opinion, and both sides know it."
McKinley says coal ash, a byproduct coal combustion, can safely be used for building materials and other uses. Allowing recycling of coal ash waste, McKinley has said, will protect "more than 316,000 jobs," citing a Vertitas Economic Report.
The American Road and Transportation Builders' Association estimates that over 20 years, regulating coal ash as a hazardous material would increase road and bridge building costs by $110 billion.
Coal ash has been at the heart of the coal versus environment debate. Faulty coal ash impoundments have caused multiple ecological disasters.
Proponents of coal ash use say the toxic materials in coal ash are sequestered when used in concrete or other building materials while reducing building material costs. Coal fly ash also has been used in agriculture, structural fill, road bases and other applications.
The use of coal ash in building materials also reduces carbon dioxide emissions that otherwise would have been generated in the creation of Portland cement, the most common type of cement used in construction.


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