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BP announced earlier today that it's "divesting" from the controversial Cape Vincent project it's been working on for nearly a decade. Our reporter Joanna Richards is working on the story, but here's a statement...
Wind farms continue to generate disagreement. The issue tends to be two-fold: debate about possible health effects for those near turbines and battles over who decides what gets approved and where it goes. In Ontario, the current policy gives...
The debate on wind power involves competing arguments about economic viability, environmental and visual impact and possible health issues for those living near wind farms. On Tuesday Health Canada announced it would undertake further review of the...
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Jefferson co. hires wind farm consultant
Nov 23, 2007 — Jefferson County is taking steps to get the most from corporations that want to build wind farms there. The county is hiring a consultant who specializes in payment-in-lieu-of-taxes negotiations. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
Local boards grapple with the wind
Oct 24, 2007 — More than a dozen towns along the rooftop of New York State, from Jefferson County to Clinton County, are caught up in a "wind rush". Big corporations from Spain, Portugal, England, and the United States are scrambling to take advantage of federal "green" energy tax credits before they expire. The wind farms offer several million dollars in land contracts and property taxes to struggling rural communities. But in doing so, they stir up deep resentment between people who stand to gain from them, and people who don't, but still have to look at and listen to giant windmills spinning 24 hours a day. The task of regulating this new industry falls to each local town council. In part two of a series on the latest wind power developments in the North Country, David Sommerstein reports local lawmakers can end up over their heads in politics, science, and money. Go to full article
Lifting giant windmills into the sky
Oct 23, 2007 — Few issues have generated as much controversy as wind power. Supporters love the green energy and the economic boost they bring to struggling rural communities. Detractors hate the noise, the view, and what they call deceptive claims made by big corporations. Tomorrow, we look at the challenges facing local town boards stuck in the middle of the debate. Today, an upclose look at the giants themselves, and two neighbors' reactions. Noble Environmental Power has already erected 60 of 122 turbines in the western Clinton County towns of Clinton and Ellenburg. David Sommerstein was there as turbine #6 went up, and has our story. Go to full article
Franklin County considers wind power payments
by Chris Knight
Sep 17, 2007 — Developers of a massive wind power project in northern Franklin County will pay more than $1.1 million a year to the towns of Chateaugay and Bellmont, the Chateaugay School District and Franklin County in return for a series of tax breaks. Noble Environmental Power is planning to build 86 wind turbines on more than 6000 acres in the two towns. The project is expected to generate 129 megawatts of power. But, as Chris Knight reports, some county officials say they were pressured to approve the payment in lieu of taxes agreement. Go to full article
Wind power on rooftops, not ridgetops
Aug 01, 2007 — The federal government wants 20% of the energy generated in the nation from renewable resources. Today, we're at a fraction of that goal. Experts believe we could get there faster if wind power technology weren't confined to large wind farms like the ones operating and proposed across the North Country. They're thinking about urban areas, where rooftop turbines could produce electricity right where it's used. Lisa Ann Pinkerton reports there are plenty of ideas under consideration. Go to full article
More regulation for North Country wind industry?
by Brian Mann
Jun 04, 2007 — An influential congressman from West Virginia could play a role in the North Country's growing wind industry. The Democrat who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee says the government should tighten regulations to protect birds, bats and other wildlife killed by the giant turbines. Brian Mann has details. Go to full article
Assessing Spitzer's energy policy
Apr 23, 2007 — New wind farms in Clinton and Franklin counties will get state funding for generating renewable power for New York. Noble Environmental Power's wind turbines in the towns of Clinton, Ellenburg, Altona, and Chateaugay are among 21 renewable energy projects that will share $295 million under Governor Spitzer's energy policy. Spitzer unveiled the plan in a speech last week. He said it would also reduce state electricity usage by 15% by 2015. And it would also fast-track new power plants that emit low or no emissions, create jobs to retrofit buildings for energy conservation, and lower utility bills. Environmental and business groups, including National Grid, applauded the announcement. We turn to Ben Wiles for a closer look. He's a senior attorney with the Public Utility Law Project, which represents low income and rural residents on New York's energy issues. He told David Sommerstein Spitzer's proposal is a departure from the former Pataki Administration. Go to full article
Questions at Clayton wind forum
Nov 17, 2006 — More than 100 people with questions about wind power attended a forum in Clayton last night. Three different developers have proposed industrial-scale wind farm projects in northern Jefferson County. All are in preliminary stages. The forum was one of several held statewide by the Citizens Campaign for the Environment. The group supports wind power that includes a complete environmental review. Jefferson County's Agricultural Development Authority co-sponsored the event. Citizen Campaign's Derreth Glance moderated the forum. She told David Sommerstein people wanted to know about access roads for turbines, payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreements, and turbine bird mortality. She says they were especially interested in the words of two Lewis County supervisors on the forum panel, who live by the Maple Ridge wind farm on the Tug Hill Plateau. Go to full article
Windmills spark jobs and power
Nov 13, 2006 — A developer submitted an application for a wind farm in Cape Vincent last week. According to the Watertown Daily Times, AES Acciona Wind Power NY wants to erect 65 wind turbines south of the village along Route 12E. The company will set up an escrow account to pay expenses as the town conducts an environmental review. Cape Vincent planning board chairman Richard Edsall told the Times, "we have the right to outside professional expertise, and we intend to use it." Two wind farm proposals in Cape Vincent have sparked controversy over how far turbines should be allow to be built from homes, roads, and the St. Lawrence River.
A boom in the wind power industry nationwide is helping the St. Lawrence Seaway. Freighters are carrying loads of turbine blades and tower pieces from Denmark and other countries in Europe to ports in the Great Lakes. In fact, wind energy developers are ordering so many windmills, they're running into a supply problem. Now there are plans to build factories to produce windmills in the U.S. It's all happening in spite of inconsistent federal support. The Environment Report's Stephanie Hemphill reports. Go to full article
A boom in the wind power industry nationwide is helping the St. Lawrence Seaway. Freighters are carrying loads of turbine blades and tower pieces from Denmark and other countries in Europe to ports in the Great Lakes. In fact, wind energy developers are ordering so many windmills, they're running into a supply problem. Now there are plans to build factories to produce windmills in the U.S. It's all happening in spite of inconsistent federal support. The Environment Report's Stephanie Hemphill reports. Go to full article
Brandon passes wind moratorium
Sep 22, 2006 — A town in Franklin County is the latest to pass a moratorium on industrial wind turbines. Clayton, Cape Vincent, Beekmantown, and Plattsburgh also have suspended wind issues. Meanwhile, a new wind farm is close to breaking ground in three towns in Clinton County. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article
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I am always conflicted when invited to premieres. I am honored to be in attendance. But, fearful I will not enjoy the film. And in this case. I did not enjoy it. Not quite sure what turned me off. It could have been the characters or the writing. Or perhaps both. Imagine your mother writing a story that would relate to children today. You know that uncomfortable moment. When an older women uses a line like. "Oh no she didn't". While shaking her hand and tossing her head back. That disconnect from today's youth. That sums up the writing. I am not sure what children will think of this film. Maybe they will enjoy it. And I am in the one disconnected. I hope that is the case. For this film was a labor of love for the family. And that love should be rewarded.
Sir Billi (voice by Sean Connery) is a retired veterinarian. Who is the patriarch of Scottish Highland village. When a couple of the village animals find themselves in a dangerous situation. Sir Billi and the villagers find a way to rescue the animals.
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Albany - The Dougherty County coroner will not be able to keep blue lights on her work vehicle. Emma Quimbley told county commissioners she needed emergency lights to respond to emergency calls, but state law only allows law enforcement officers to install blue lights on their vehicles.
The commission did decide to apply for a red light permit for the county vehicle Quimbley and her deputy coroner use to travel to and from scenes. The red lights will allow them to drive through stop signs and red lights without stopping and alert passersby when they are on a scene. Quimbley says the quicker she can get to a fatality, the sooner first responders can leave, freeing them up on other emergency calls.
Commissioner Jack Stone says, "EMS has got to stay there until the Coroner gets there, so you might not think it's an emergency, but the quicker the coroner gets there, the quicker the EMS can go and do other business. If somebody's sick or dying down the street, they can go help somebody, so in all reality, she needs to get there as soon as possible."
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With MMA being such a young sport, there is always room for a first. First female fight in the UFC. First flyweight fight. First this. First that. In a sea of firsts, the opportunity to make history is plentiful. Try this one on for size: First man to successfully defend the UFC lightweight title four times.
That seems to have a nice ring to it, but for the current champ, Benson Henderson, it really doesn't hold any added appeal. Should he best Anthony Pettis in their upcoming scheduled bout, that first will just be another factoid in his ever expanding Wiki bio. For Henderson, it's all about putting on his best performance, and making sure the belt stays firmly affixed to his waist. Any extra accolades just become frosting on an already exceptional cake. Here's what he had to say:
There's a First Time For Everything
It's a little more important to me than fighting Grant, I guess you could say. To be honest, I've never been a fan of adding extra stuff to fights. 'Oh this is the first time this, this is the first time that.' People just need a reason to be hyped up to train especially hard. I'm not one of those guys. Every time I step into the octagon, I want to beat the crap out of the guy across from me. It's not anything that's over the top special, but it is cool, and I am happy I can get my hands on Anthony Pettis again. That's for sure.
Being the first lightweight to defend the title four times might motivate me a little bit, but not overly much. There's always going to be a 'new this' or 'first time' that. There's always some kind of extra this or extra that on top. What it boils down to is winning fights. Period. I don't care about any of the extra stuff. If you win your next fight, everything will take care of itself. All I'm concerned with is beating the guy up, the one standing across from me.
Pettis Opened As The Favorite
I didn't know that, but it's cool. The people who determine who the favorites are, the overs and the unders and all that stuff, I'm sure they're very intelligent people. I've been the underdog in so many of my fights in my career, so far. I think I've been the underdog in 80 or 90 percent of my fights, so whoever is making the odds, they're obviously very intelligent.
The T.J. Grant Conspiracy
I wouldn't say I was surprised at public reaction to the announcement, at all. It is what it is. People have a conspiracy theory for everything. People are going to react however they're going to react. I have no control over it.
Changes since 1st Pettis Fight
I wouldn't say there were any huge changes. I'm pretty much stylistically the same. Fighting with a chip (on the shoulder) sounds wrong to me. I don't really like how that's worded. I would say I have an edge, not a chip. It was my one loss in almost seven years. It just means I'll be more intense and focused about going out there and beating the guy up.
People love to talk this and talk that. I'm just not as good a talker as some of the UFC fighters are. Some of these guys can talk themselves into almost anything. I'm not too big into talking my way into things or talking things up. I just go out there and beat guys up.
No Pressure
I don't really feel too much pressure to get away from decisions in my fights. My first fight in the UFC was against Mark Bocek. My next was against Jim MIller. The next one was Clay Guida. Those were all decisions, but nobody was really complaining about them then. I'm really just after having good performances, and when I do, everything else just falls into place. It takes care of itself. If you have a good performance and you get the knockout, awesome. If you get the submission, that's even better. If you go out there and dominate guys in a decision against guys like Bocek, Miller and Guida, those sort of guys, you never hear anybody complaining about those.
Balancing Act
I do believe that balance is an underutilized and underappreciated facet of MMA, and athletics in general. If you want to be a good athlete, you have to have good balance. it's something I've had since I was young, and it's something I rely on now, so I work on it continually. I focus on it a great deal now, and try to get better at it.
Adapting Collegiate Wrestling to MMA
I'll be honest with you, my collegiate, singlet style wrestling was not at all conducive for MMA. I got a Greco-Roman coach, because I wasn't very good at all in that. I focused on that for a whole year. All I did was upper body Greco-Roman wrestling. I had to completely change my style.
My singlet wrestling was totally not good for MMA. I'd get kicked in the head and kneed way too much. I realized and my coach, John Crouch, realized that I was too good a wrestler to always get my shots stuffed. It was something we focused on a lot. Thankfully all that hard work paid off, and I've been doing pretty good.
Striking In The Clinch
That's something we definitely focus on a lot. Good striking is great to set up your shots. I'm still relatively young in the sport. My last fight against Gilbert Melendez ... he had his first pro fight in 2002. I didn't even graduate college until 2006. He probably has 30,000 hours of actual boxing practice under his belt. I didn't start until the end of 2006, so I'm behind him by about 10,000 hours of striking practice, hitting those mitts. Same thing with Nate Diaz. These guys have been around and fighting a lot longer than I have.
I think I'm hitting my groove now, and finding my comfort zone with my striking. It's just been a matter of time to get there. I've still got a lot of room to grow and get better, but I am growing and getting better and improving. Imagine how good I'm going to be in three or four more years. I'm still young. I've got the UFC belt, too, so there's that.
Submission Grappling Circuit
It's really nice for me to compete. I love to compete, whether it's at Monopoly, Tic-Tac-Toe, or jiu jitsu tournaments. Whatever it is, I just love to compete. It's a good time for me. I think it brings out the best in people. Jiu jitsu is kind of closely related to MMA, so it's nice to go out and get in those tournaments without the weight of the world on my shoulders. There's not as much pressure on me about winning or losing. If I get caught in an armlock, it's okay. It's just one more armlock setup that I learned, and that I'll never get caught in again. It's pure.
I definitely plan on competing on the circuit a little more. I enjoy it. I would love to do Metamoris. I think that would be a great outlet for me. They do a great job over there. The Gracie brothers do a phenomenal job with it. I'd love to get a match against whoever they want to set me up with over there. I'm down for it.
Henderson faces Anthony Pettis at UFC 164 in August.
You can follow Benson via his Twitter account, @BensonHenderson


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The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael's On East, in November.
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Deborah Nansteel
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Born in Okinawa, Japan, and raised in Havelock, North Carolina, American mezzo-soprano Deborah Nansteel is in her first year of WNO's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. This fall with WNO she can be seen as Curra in The Force of Destiny. She returned to the Young Artists Program at The Glimmerglass Festival in summer 2013, where she performed the role of Mary in The Flying Dutchman. She is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and is currently a participant in the Young Artists Program of Seattle Opera, where she has appeared as Giulietta in Un giorno di regno and the Nursing Sister in Suor Angelica. Recent credits include Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia with the San Francisco Opera's Merola Opera Program and with CCM; other CCM performances include Marguerite in La damnation de Faust, Mother Marie in Dialogues of the Carmelites, Mother Goose in The Rake's Progress, and Bianca in The Rape of Lucretia. She has also appeared as Marthe in Faust and Lily/Strawberry Woman in Porgy and Bess with Dayton Opera. Recent concert appearances include soloist in Stravinsky's Les Noces, Penderecki's Credo, and Handel's Messiah. In 2009 she won the Andrew White Award in the Corbett Opera Scholarship Competition, and the following year took home the competition's Seybold/Russell Award.


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Automakers are hoping healthy sales in the US continue into the New Year and longer loans may help drive some of the business.Credit reporting agency Experian reports the number of new car loans that take six years to pay off accounted for most of the borrowing business in 2012.Seven-year loans grew by 27 percent.Car dealers say a lot of customers walk through the door with a specific payment in mind."Where you were used to being in that $15,000 type car: that car is now in that $20 – 25,000 range, so they're gonna' extend their loans a little to try to stay within that payment range," Legacy Ford owner Ron Ewer says.Dealers say easier lending guidelines and better-built cars that people can keep longer are helping to fuel the longer-loan trend.
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Mariners interested in Matt Diaz as platoon partner for Saunders
#Seattle #Mariners, not looking to spend big, are interested in Matt Diaz as a RH platoon partner for Michael Saunders in LF. #Braves #MLB— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) December 6, 2010
The Mariners do need a more reliable fourth outfielder than Milton Bradley and Michael Saunders could probably use some protection, so this makes sense. A number of teams are interested in Diaz, but focus less on the name and more on the "RH OF" part of it all. The M's will find one somewhere. I hear one possibility has crazy eyes.


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NASHVILLE (AP) - The office of Nashville District Attorney General Torry Johnson was evacuated after a suspicious package arrived.
Spokeswoman Susan Niland said the office received a threatening letter on Tuesday and a white powder came out of the envelope.
Law enforcement evacuated the office in downtown Nashville and closed part of Second Avenue near the county courthouse at around 3:30 p.m.
Keith Moses, with the FBI's Nashville office, said the package would be taken to a state laboratory for analysis. Results are not expected to be known before Wednesday.
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Firefighters rescued five people from the balcony of a burning apartment building in Hollywood on Aug. 13, and were able to contain the blaze to one unit and prevent residents from suffering any injuries. The incident was reported at 2 p.m. in the 1600 block of N. Serrano Avenue. Between Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards. According [...] [...more]


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Remember back in the American Idol Audition process we were introduced to one, Sherman Pore. He was the older gentleman that had a signed petition because of his age, to attempt to audition for American Idol. He made it on TV and made a big impact with the story about his Lady Love.
Now sixty-four year old Sherman Pore has a album coming out on May 22, 2007.
Pore has recorded amazing standards CD entitled For My Lady Love, set for release on Z-Entertainment on May 22, 2007. Part of the proceeds from every CD will go to City of Hope's programs in cancer research, treatment and education, Pore has also been named as an ambassador for the organization.
For My Lady Love is a collection of classic love songs, from "You Belong to Me" to "Unforgettable" (the latter made famous by Sherman's own real life American idol, the velvet-voiced Nat King Cole). The CD was recorded in Capitol Records Studio B, once home to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and now completed, the album is not only a weapon in the fight against cancer, but also a solemn promise kept and the ultimate tribute to Sherman's lady love.
"As far back as I can remember, people have been telling me I should do something with my singing," says Sherman Pore, a Los Angeles maintenance mechanic whose successful petition drive to allow him to audition for "American Idol" despite being 36 years past the show's age limit propelled him to national renown. "But there is no way – no way on earth – I could have done it if it weren't for Melissa. She convinced me I was good enough."
Four years earlier, he'd tried to audition for the inaugural season of "American Idol" but had been turned away because of the age limit. Once the show became a phenomenon, people who heard him sing – in line at the post office, at the hardware store, at the local pizza joint – would say, "You should be on 'American Idol.'" The response he got when he informed these folks of the age restriction was always the same: "Well, that's not fair." So he and Melissa hatched the petition scheme. Now, when people said, "You should be on 'American Idol,'" he responded with, "Would you like to put that in writing?" "Our excitement about the petition kept Melissa positive," he says. "I think it made what she was going through a little easier to take." After a crushing, months-long struggle with ovarian cancer, she succumbed two days before Sherman overcame a lifelong drought of self-confidence and headed off to audition for the biggest test of vocal skill ever devised.
"A few months before she died, even before we knew she was seriously ill, Melissa said to me, 'I've never accomplished anything in my life,' which was nonsense, of course," Sherman relates. "But I'll tell you something. My appearance on 'American Idol,' this album, and all the money it will raise for City of Hope to fight cancer – these are all Melissa's accomplishments."
"When Melissa passed, on Aug. 4, 2006, at age 54, Sherman "dumped a couple buckets of tears," finding solace in cards they'd exchanged during their two decades together, which Melissa had saved. One, of a little girl taking the hand of a little boy as if to guide him, bolstered his resolve to go through with the audition.
After six hours in line, nearly 350 signatures were enough to get him to an audition supervisor, who made a one-time exception to let him try out. Needless to say, Paula Abdul was reduced to tears by Sherman's performance, but Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson and guest judge Olivia Newton-John were also visibly moved. Cowell went so far as to declare, "You're a class act, Sherman."
After his American Idol performance, Pore appeared on the Larry King show and was approached about making an album which he said he would, in fact, be very interested in doing. This led to a call the next day from Steven Zap, who would become his manager and whose Z Entertainment would become his record label. Says Zap, a marketing executive for Azoffmusic Management: "I was in the hospital with my wife, who was getting ready to give birth to our twins, and she's watching 'American Idol' and crying because she's so moved by Sherman's performance. Then my mother calls crying. It wasn't hard to see the tremendous emotional impact Sherman has on people. I've been working in the music industry for many years and had always wanted to make a record. Once I saw Sherman, I knew I'd found the record I needed to make."
Zap next hired David Hodge, a commercial producer known for his facility with big bands, to produce For My Lady Love. Hodge also crafted new arrangements of the material Sherman had submitted to Zap, a list he and Melissa had compiled as possibilities for Sherman's "AI" audition and which Zap whittled down to 10, including timeless numbers like "The Very Thought of You," "The Way You Look Tonight," "Dream a Little Dream," "When I Fall in Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me."
Says Sherman with characteristic modesty: "My part in this album has been very small. The credit goes to Steven and David – I just did what I love to do and they were the ones who pulled it all together." He notes that David helped him enormously with tempo and timing in the studio but also reveals, "I had the feeling that I was doing what I was supposed to be doing, and in many ways it felt very natural."
Melissa, meanwhile, continues to "pull the strings" as Sherman puts it. "I'm not sure where this journey will lead, but I know Melissa will take me there. She's running the show," he insists. "I'm just going to hang on and ride."
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Article By: Bob Bradford
I always envisioned myself, and still do, to be one of that discerning, meditative brotherhood of fine cognac cogniscenti, who've always believed in sipping and savoring a snifter in a deep leather armchair in some comfortable retreat, and maybe with a fine Havana cigar when the wife's not around. Not that I'm going to change, mind you. In my later 60s, I'm too old to change. But this is emphatically not the hip cognac image of today, as one top Remy Martin brand executive put it to me bluntly, in a discussion (below). "Robert," he quietly murmured almost sadly, "I just have to tell you that you do indeed fall into an increasingly ancient cognac consumer profile. And, for you, all that's happening today can understandably seem entirely shocking." In other words - I'm an antique!
Well, he's right. It seems I really am passe, compared to what's going on out there now. As it turns out, what is now driving the present-day cognac advertising market here in America is Hip-Hop culture, of which I knew woefully little before undertaking the research for this project. Other than the headline news, and now an intriguing feature film about murdered hip-hop messiah Tupac Shakur, I was totally ignorant about hip-hop superstar pop celebrities like Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Ja Rule, P. Diddy, Dr. Dre, LL Cool J, and a host of others. But all of this proliferating urban culture has now become mainstream, and emerged as a phenominal motivating force for cognac consumers everywhere. One of the results is that it has turned this category into the most exciting sociological marketplace in the entire beverage industry.
How profound is the impact? Here's just one extraordinary case in point. About two years ago, rap star Busta Rhymes came out with the pop hit, "Pass the Courvoisier". At the end of that same year, 2002, annual volume sales for #3 cognac category leader, Courvoisier, suddenly shot up from 450,000 9-liter cases - to 535,000. That's a one-year increase of 85,000 cases, a growth rate of nearly 20%. Consider that the brand's growth over the previous few years had averaged around 5000-8000 cases. You do the math. And Courvoisier brand executives candidly told me that this spectacular single year performance was very much a result of the Busta Rhymes hit song bonanza, and that they don't expect another growth year percentage quite like it anytime soon.
But Courvoisier is hardly alone. Virtually all cognac marketing in the US has adopted hip-hop strategies and celebrities. In a recent video, here's megastar rapper Eminem getting an intravenous feeding of Remy Red in a hospital emergency room. This, by the way, also sent cash registers spinning, and had a lot to do with Remy Amerique's sudden outdoor advertising campaign investment of more than $2.5 million last year. The year before they'd spent nothing. I learned that almost all this unprecedented new ad spend was focused on a new Remy Red billboard campaign.
Open up a December issue of Sports Illustrated, as I did last week, and, right next to the lead cover feature, there's a striking full-page ad for Martell Cognac showing an outrageously handsome, soulful black multi-media artist, Sanford Biggers, staring back at me with a compelling, challenging expression. The only text-over on this portrait reads, "My Expression Is My Truth" and, also, "Rise Above". The fact is that basic messages of aspiration seem to be the key buzz theme and common denominator underlying almost all the marketing initiatives going on in the entire arena of cognac campaigns. As Schieffelin & Somerset Hennessy Product Group Director Lori Tieszen, observes in our lengthy discussions about the ethnic marketplace, "Today, we're living in a world of aspirational imagery, and this is what cognac truly represents to consumers anywhere you go."
So, read on, my
friends, and start getting hip to this very happy
new year era for the fast-growing Cognac
ROBERT BRADFORD Year after year, since the early '90s, Remy's consistent growth performance has played a significant role in fueling the Cognac category's impressive overall forward progress of the past decade. And your brand's dynamics over the past five years, in particular, have been especially noteworthy, moving at a steady double-digit clip since 1997. As of year 2000, the overall Remy brand family vaulted ahead of Courvoisier into the #2-leading volume cognac position here in the US, and last year you reached the 600,000 annual 9-liter-case plateau. Indeed, your sales have grown 300,000 cases, more than doubling in just five years. This is a rather astonishing track record by any standards in a beverage alcohol category. Where do you see all this momentum coming from?
ALEX LEE A great deal has to do with today's increasing mainstream popularity and growth of so-called Hip-Hop urban culture. Remy, along with some other cognac brands have been benefitting from a lot of extraordinary recent exposure from pop-hit videos with rap stars like Eminem, Ja Rule, Busta Rhymes, and many others. Of course, America's cognac sales have always received huge driving support from an Afro-American consumer franchise. Traditionally, for many years, over 80% of all cognac in America was consumed by the Afro-American consumer segment, but, now, Hip-Hop has expanded far beyond Afro-American ethnics. Just consider, for example, that the current superstar rapper, Eminem, isn't even black. He's a white guy. Yet, his popularity virtually carried the Hip-Hop record industry last year. The fact is, as has been widely reported, that if it weren't for him, the Hip-Hop record industry segment could easily be experiencing a deep recession, right now.
Hip-Hop, in general, has become so fashionable that a number of the original black star rappers like P. Diddy have really become more like entrepreneurs. Today, they're really more businessmen than musicians. P. Diddy's got things like a clothing and shoes line, which, I believe, grosses something around three or four hundred million dollars annually. He's also got a record company and a talent search company. You name it. This guy's into everything. Like I said, he's now much more about his businesses, not so much the music.
On the other hand, Eminem is all musician. And in a recent hit video there's a little scene where he goes into a hospital emergency room and is being given Remy Red intravenously. Another prominent rapper, Ja Rule, has a video with a scene where he's in a fabulously expensive mansion, surrounded by all sorts of luxurious lifestyle cues, and basically he's drinking Remy XO. Even J. Lo (Jennifer Lopez) has a video with LL Cool J where the two of them are sort of lovers, relaxing in a comfortable, well-appointed livingroom and sharing a bottle of Remy XO. This kind of thing does phenominal things for any brand's image.
RB Are these product placements your doing, or anything related to your ad strategy initiatives, or was Remy selected by these video producers independently as their product of choice without any prompting or financial reward?
AL This is a point that should be made crystal clear. It's a protocol understanding that video producers will approach us to get our approval for using a Remy product in their project. We're careful not to invade their creative territory, but, by the same token, we want to be sure that our brand is displayed and used in a tasteful responsible way. So, there is some discussion and an agreement beforehand about product use. But these are not Remy ad executions in any way. We never pay for any of this. Rather, what this demonstrates is where our brand equity is. And it's all directly related to a hierarchy that seems to exist about cognac brand perception.
You start with the fact that cognac, itself, is generally regarded as a luxury premium spirit. But, beyond this, you find kind of a caste system of brands. Remy's perceived at the top of the scale in terms of quality and aspirational appeal. Frankly, we've always owned the higher marque market in the US, and actually on a global basis, too. Over 70% of all VSOP action in the American market continues to be Remy. At this level, we've always offered the quality of Fine Champagne cognac, a blending of the two finest Grande and Petite Champagne districts of Cognac's Charente appellation - and we've maintained a price point around $36 for a 750ml. Our leadership at the XO level is also increasing. We used to outsell our nearest XO competitor by 2-to-1. Today, we're closer to a 3-to-1 margin. Even in this ridiculous economic time, our XO business, with a $120 to $125 price point for a 750 ml, is still growing at a very healthy pace. All this has helped create a super-premium image for Remy, irregardless of ethnic persuasions. What we're representing today is something that's more generally aspirational to a consumer audience-at-large. And this, of course, makes the brand unusually appealing for these luxury-oriented video productions.
RB You're making me feel like a real square. I confess to knowing very little about Hip-Hop music or rapper celebrities. And being an older fine cognac fancier in my later 60s, brought up in the after-dinner-cigar, sip-and-savor snifter tradition, I have to confess to being somewhat startled by how all this current Hip-Hop phenomena has been impacting the category. Seeing how it has proliferated and become such a dominant feature of today's cognac marketplace at all levels continues to amaze me. Does any of it surprise you?
AL Robert, I just have to tell you that you do indeed fall into an increasingly ancient cognac consumer profile - and, for you, all that's happening today can understandably seem entirely shocking. But consider that this year marks something like the 30th anniversary of Hip-Hop. I mean, hey, Hip-Hop's been around for quite awhile. So, for these young new cognac drinkers in their later 20s, and even early 30s, they've grown up with Hip-Hop music. Many hardly know a thing about Rock 'n Roll or Rhythm & Blues or whatever it was you grew up on. By now, that's all history. Today's hip-hop culture is everywhere. We're now even seeing the emergence of a new star rapper who's Chinese-American from Brooklyn named Gin. All this had made cognac one of the most culturally exciting categories you could imagine, particularly right here in America. It's absolutely fascinating from a sociological point of view.
RB When I last took a turn-of-the-century look at the total Remy brand lineup, you were putting a large new emphasis on a low-end VS product entry, Grand Cru. You also were introducing a stratospherically-priced, ultra-limited edition of a 750ml Baccarat crystal decanter extension of Remy's top-of-the-line Louis XIII, which has been a world-famous icon of finest quality cognac for decades, coveted both by leading on-premise fine-dining and drinking establishments and by off-premise collectors. The new product was called Louis XIII Diamond. It apparently contained the exact same blend of extremely old cognacs as in Louis XIII, but had a 1.5 carat, amber-colored diamond encased in the stopper. And it's $6000 retail price made it the most costly cognac offering on the market. How have these initiatives been working?
AL Louis XIII Diamond was a one-time thing. It was a very conspicuous product that had great appeal to serious collectors with a lifelong love of Louis XIII. But it also was purchased by a whole cross-section of people just wanting the best-of-the-best. So, it was a mixture of old and new money. For old money, it was a lifetime opportunity to add an ultimate crown jewel to their collection. To new money, it was a confirmation of the fact that they've made it. We did well with it while it lasted. Now it's all gone, finished.
As for our Grand Cru initiative, we've been growing double-digit ever since launching, and we're probably going to increase the overall exposure, because the opportunities are huge. But they way we are positioning the whole portfolio is this: it's all about the aspiration to Remy Martin. I mean, we all want a Mercedes, and maybe an XS-600, in particular. But this is difficult to afford. This is why Mercedes has the 230 with a smaller engine and all that, plus other lower-priced models. But they're all Mercedes, nonetheless, and they all have that Mercedes stamp of quality and class. Likewise, we want to make it a bit easier for some consumers to come into the House of Remy. This is exactly what our VS level, Grand Cru, is designed to do. We're not doing any large advertising on it. But it provides an entry point for Remy, at around $26 for a 750ml, that's been very successful, so far.
Our other marques continue to do well, also. There's our $55-range 1738 Accord Royal, which is a cognac blend commemorating the Royal Recognition of Excellence decreed upon Remy Martin by King Louis XV in 1738. One of Remy's product distinctions is that we distill on the lees, which gives our cognacs those rich, fatty, complex characteristics. With 1738, we actually distill twice on the lees, which enriches it further. It has a copper color tint, with intense Limousin oak and candied fruit aromas, and is superbly smooth on the palate. Critics have called this blend particularly suitable for chocolate. It's also an attractive and affordable trade-up from the VSOP level.
The next notch up is Remy's XO Excellence at an approximate $125 price point, then comes Remy Extra around $350, and, finally, of course, Louis XIII, retailing around $1200 to $1250. And Louis sales just keep right on rolling. Whatever is available, we sell - it never ceases to amaze me. But there just doesn't seem to be any other spirit that seems to have the stature of Louis XIII among cognac consumers. In this category, it's almost as if it had no competition at this pinnacle level. It's a luxury item unto itself, and we really don't do any creative stuff with Louis at all. It is what it is.
RB This brings me to a question about Remy Red's identity. I've included it in writings about the Cordials & Liqueur category, but it clearly is also included in your Remy cognac family of brands. Some have even suggested that it represents a whole new category segment of flavored cognacs, along with Alize; and some other fruit-flavored, cognac-based products. How do you classify it?
AL Technically, it's most properly defined as a fruit liqueur. But, with a base of Remy Martin cognac, it definitely also belongs in the portfolio of Remy products as an extension of our cognac offerings. It's role is to serve as stepping-stone to make it easier for the younger audience to come into the cognac category. We don't emphasize the cognac aspect, because some people, initially, might not have an approachable perception about cognac that we want them to have. But we're trying to give them some understanding of a cognac taste and particularly what it feels like. In this way, it's been very successful in recruiting those people whom we might not be able to recruit with core cognac introductions.
We've launched an entirely separate advertising campaign to support this, which, so far, has gone spectacularly well. It's particularly targeted to women, who, although still technically considered a consumer minority, are the fastest-growing consumer segment out there, and they're drinking more than ever. And, this past year, we've added some new flavor extensions to Remy Red. One is a Strawberry-Kiwi Infusion and another is a Grape Berry Infusion. The 750ml bottle is a totally new design and they're all selling at an $18.99 price point. What this is really all about is expanding the overall appeal of the Remy Martin brand.
RB When it comes to your marketing strategies and advertising, I have noticed one major recent change that arouses my curiosity. You've traditionally never been a huge mega-million dollar advertiser like the #1 Hennessy and #2 Courvoisier ad-spend leaders. However, according to industry reports, you, suddenly last year, invested over $2.5 million in outdoor advertising, although had spent virtually nothing on it the year before. What's behind this sudden new advertising initiative?
AL A couple of things to point out here. Number one, we really haven't been doing a lot of advertising in years past. But the sudden increase you refer to is really tied directly to the recent launching initiatives for Remy Red. That's really the bulk of it. However, as far as our other cognac products are concerned, we're still not advertising all that much, which is a very different approach from our competition. The heart of our thinking here is that we want everything to grow organically. Nothing forced. We want people to have real personal feelings about our brand.
In other words, I have a policy about this. Let's say somebody is a movie star or a big media celebrity, and they're approaching me about getting such and such a Remy product for a party or a video or a film, or whatever. My first question always is, "Do you honestly drink Remy Martin?" If they're not real consumers of our brand, I don't send them anything, because I don't want any forced relationship or anything to be fake. I will only support those who are genuine Remy drinkers in real life. This is our commitment to organic growth, which means only wanting to associate the brand with people who really have a passion for it. I mean, take the Busta Rhyme's example of his "Pass The Courvoisier" pop hit. Yes, undoubtedly, it was an enormous bonanza for that brand while it lasted. But, after that, what's Busta Rhymes drinking with his friends? It's Hennessy. You know what I mean? That will never ever happen with us.
So, this is a very big part of our strategy, and we've been doing a lot of below-the-line activities to create that meaningful and real consumer connection. We run this program called Urbanity, which is basically all about very high end, upscale events where we cultivate and nuture key individuals to adopt Remy. For example, we hosted a gala party for Beyonce, the hottest female singer right now. She was launching a new album and is a loyal Remy drinker. This was an exclusive event at the Sky Bar in LA with a great many celebrity guests. And, as the main sponsor, we had an obvious central presence. The whole idea was having a high-powered, interactive crowd enjoying themselves with a glass of Remy. We try to be involved with the hottest parties like this with trend-setters and what I like to call "key influencers", because they really do have great influence on people's consumption and purchase patterns. So, we encourage them to adopt our brand naturally. Word of mouth spreads. And by creating this organic relationship, we make it real.
RB Getting back to the impact of ethnics on the category, do you see this trend continuing?
AL What's going to
happen is this: this so-called urban culture is
clearly being led right now by predominately
African-Americans. But, meanwhile, the subscribers
of urban culture are people coming from all
different ethnic backgrounds and walks of life. And
what's also becoming urban and fashionably
mainstream is a much larger mix. We're now seeing
Latino and Hispanic urban. As I mentioned earlier,
we now have a Chinese rapper, which adds an Asian
angle to it. So, no longer is this a mainstream
market of just one single ethnic group or ethnic
identity. It's all about fusion, basically. So,
what Remy wants to do is understand these emerging
social undercurrents and what's leading them. We
want to know how they're going and where they're
going. And we intend to be at the forefront of
these trends and styles and specific ethnic
communities, communicating our brand with a
contemporary relevant tone.
ROBERT BRADFORD For the past 12 years, America has been emerging as the world's largest cognac consumer, and gaining an increasingly widespread audience on a consistent basis. And, at the forefront of this expanding US market, is the House of Hennessy, which has been this country's overwhelming category leader for well over a decade. According to this year's projected volume sales totals, you now are weighing in with an impressive annual 1.8 million, 9-liter cases, which makes you one of the true spirits giants in this country. Also impressive is the fact that, while your two nearest competitors, Remy and Courvoisier, keep fighting it out in fairly close competition at the #2 and #3 category leadership positions, with both showing strong growth performances in their own right, you, meanwhile, are still managing to gallop ahead by well over 100,000 cases a year, and continue to maintain a whopping 3-to-1 lead in the US marketplace. So, first, I'm interested to learn what you find especially significant about the dynamics of this rapidly growing category, right now, and, also, the plans you have for your own brand's forward progress.
LORI TIESZEN This is a good topic to get me going on. Although I'm fairly new to the Hennessy brand team, I've been in the wine and spirits business for 20 years, with 10 years in sales and the last 10 in marketing. All this time I've been watching Hennessy's ongoing successes from a remote position with a genuine sense of awe and respect. And, now that I find myself at the helm of the ship, I can't tell you how excited I feel about the opportunity to be directly involved with its performance.
To give you some idea, you might have seen the November 2003 issue of Impact which ran an article that talked all about Blue Chip spirits brands. Only eight were cited, Hennessy being one of them. The article points out that, while quite a number of brands can realize one or two good growth years, to sustain 10 or more years of growth on a consistent basis is a truly rare achievement. But this is what the Hennessy brand has been all about here in America. And what's really exciting is that I don't see anything but continued expansion up ahead. We look in extreme detail at demographic trends, and if you examine the way this country is growing with its multi-ethnic consumer base, this is Hennessy's strength. We've always had a notably strong African-American core consumer base that continues to grow. But we also have been seeing a very significant Hispanic and Mexican marketplace developing that we've been strongly focusing on during the past year. And now its Asians, too. So, you look at the growth trends, and how these demographic groups are on the rise, and we realize how we are really poised to keep growing with them.
RB How do you target these various ethnic groups?
LT Because we have such a large portfolio, we have a distinctly multi-pronged approach. VS is far and away our most dominant brand, and the primary consumers for this is the young 21- to 29-year-old urban audience, both African-American and Hispanic. And, now, with the fast-expanding advent of Hip-Hop culture, you're starting to see many more young consumers drinking cognac in the more general marketplace. Also, there are several newly emerging ethnic populations that have been growing for us. For instance, Hennessy has a tremendous franchise in Russia, right now, that's grown from nothing, really. And we're huge in Ireland, with over a 90% market share of all their cognac sales. It obviously doesn't hurt that our brand has an Irish name. We also have always had an enormous loyal following in Asia. And, now, you find a great many cognac drinkers in traditional vodka strongholds like Sweden and Finland. All this, obviously, gives additional positive momentum to the Cognac category and immigrant consumer trends here in the US, as well.
RB What do you feel gives Cognac such international appeal?
LT The one thing that's universal around the world is that Cognac presents a distinctive upscale, premium-priced product image. People drink it so differently in different countries, but the prestige aspect is always pretty much the same. For example, it's actually huge in Barbados, right now, which has always been a mainstream rum culture, of course. Yet, I'm hearing that cognac consumption down there, today, has become as popular as rum. And I suspect that a good reason behind this is that rum, being domestic, is not premium priced and doesn't have that prestigious cognac image to Barbadians. Today, we're living in a world of aspirational imagery, and this is what cognac truly represents to consumers anywhere you go, whether it's Barbados or anywhere else.
RB What are some of these different usages you just mentioned?
LT Well, VS, which represents about 80% of our volume sales and retails in the $27.99to $29.99 range, primarily has mixed usage. African-Americans drink it with a lot of Coke. Hispanic consumers like to drink it in something like a Pina Colada or with gingerale. And there's a wide variety of special trendy cognac cocktail creations you're seeing right now, like one called The Incredible Hulk. It uses Hennessy VS and the popular new vodka-cognac-based fruit liqueur, Hpnotiq, which has a sky blue color and makes this Incredible Hulk cocktail turn green, like the main monster/man character in the recent movie.
When you move up to our Privilege, which is our VSOP level, you get more straight consumption in snifters or on the rocks. Privilege represents about 15% of our volume with a $37.99 to $39.99 price point. And it's here where you really begin seeing a broader-based consumer audience. Along with the African-American and Caribbean-Hispanic consumer segments, we also have a very strong Asian consumption of VSOP, as well as a very wide-spread general market.
At the higher marque levels of our XO, which retails around $125, and our highest standard luxury $250 Paradis Extra - this is where we're really seeing a lot of new growth, although, admittedly, on a small base. But this is where you really start talking entirely about luxury consumers, and fine hotels like the Ritz-Carlton, and fine-dining establishments everywhere. And this audience is truly multi-cultural in its entirety, because, now, it's all about high-end image product appeal across the board.
RB What are some of your strongest markets?
LT Actually, if you look at market index statistics in publications like, say, Jobson's, you find that most cognac brands pretty much follow the same market strength patterns. But, specifically, up where you're located in Massachusetts has been showing some very significant recent growth for us. And, more generally, although we look at our national market on a state-by-state basis, you'll find our strength lies in urban centers. You look at the top ones like New York, Chicago, metro-Boston, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, Atlanta, San Francisco-Oakland, Los Angeles-Long Beach, San Diego, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and many more, these are the category drivers. Sales reports tend to be indexed by states, but the action is really centered in the cities.
RB Clearly, incredibly strong core-loyal urban ethnicity drives this category more than any other. And, historically, it seems Hennessy has shown a more pronounced response and sensitivity to its supporting ethnic consumer franchises for over a great many years, now, perhaps more than any other brand. Maybe, in fact, this is your greatest strength. For instance, I'm familiar with Hennessy's unusually creative marketing campaign, launched about 2001, which featured the paintings of budding African-American artist, Leroy Campbell. His scenes portrayed African-American daily life, and the entire theme was all about celebrating African-American accomplishments in American society. And, as I understood it, you also commissioned him to do some work focusing in on African-American holidays and special recognitions like Black History Month, Martin Luther King Day, Black Music Month, etc. Plus, many of these paintings were actually made into gallery exhibits and displayed at Hennessy points-of-sale. All this struck me as a marvelously meaningful, creative way to express appreciation to your principal core consumer audience, while, at the same time, effectively reinforcing the overall image of your brand. Is this kind of thing being reflected in your current marketing and ad campaigns for these different audiences?
LT Very much so. We continue to do a great deal with African-American community. Schieffelin and Hennessy have a long, long history of involvement with the Tuskegee Institute, going back to when it was first founded. We've been very involved with the Thurgood Marshall scholarships for over 10 years. So there's real longevity here. It's not just taking, but also a lot of giving back. This is so important with ethnic communities. And, actually, we're still doing stuff with Leroy Campbell. He recently did some art work for us for a carnival. We've got a strong West Indian ethnic population in Brooklyn. And they do their Carnival Time, not at the traditional Mardis Gras time in February, but in September. It's really a huge week-long festival. There's a big parade. Leroy painted one of the flamboyant superstar dancers of Trinidad in action, and we used it on posters, on t-shirts, and festival advertising promotions. During this festival, Hennessy held a special breakfast event, and Schieffelin's president, John Esposito, was one of the Grand Marshall's of the parade, walking with the likes of Hillary Clinton and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. I mean, this was a very big deal, as well as a major star-studded exposure for Hennessy. Plus, it was a lot of fun.
Currently, with VS, we have a campaign called Never Blend In. Basically, the campaign theme focuses on a given celebrity who's being true to himself, who's independent, and who stands out above the rest. We're using the same format for both Hispanic and African-American executions because of the synergy that exists within this urban consumer segment. These are striking, compelling portraits like the ones we're using right now of Miles Davis and the rapper, Rakim, who's a super-famous celebrity in the Hip-Hop world. For our Mexican consumers, we're using the well-known musician, Saul Hernandez, who was legendary with one band, and then started another band. He's been around a long time and has a unique style all his own. Then, for our Caribbean markets, we have a star singer, Tego Calderon. He's from Puerto Rico, and what's exciting about him is that he's developed a style of music that's like a Spanish version of rap. All this reflects what you're starting to see more and more with urban culture, in general. There's all this cross-over going on, and just all kinds of different expressions happening.
For our Privilege campaign, which is our VSOP offering, the message is "Are You Privileged?". Whereas VS is very much 21-to-29, we're now talking to someone with more experience who's 30-to-39. In other words, VSOP is more sophisticated, more discerning. There's more of an emphasis here on things that you have already accomplished. Where VS ads are more about standing out, the VSOP approach is more internal and reflective in tone. And where we use a lot of broadcast and outdoor billboard ad placements for VS, our placements for Privilege are more in a broad range of top print publications like GQ, Esquire, and Playboy. And we're picturing a greater variety of different people types, different nationalities. These are still closeups of one or two people, but the picture captures them in thoughtful poses, gazing out, showing a reflective mood. They're clearly still out and about, present in a club or some kind of social venue in the background, but the subject is obviously caught in a moment of thought, more personally involved.
We're also doing a lot of on-premise promotions with our accounts, working the marketing mix, in other ways than advertising. It's direct-to-consumer contact. For VS, we've developed special signature cocktails we serve at promotions like the Femme Fatale and The Player. They're fun, they're colorful, and they taste good. Femme Fatale is Hennessy VS with cranberry juice, topped off with Moet nectar. It's served in a snifter over ice, so its got some fruit juice with a little spitz that makes it unusually festive. The Player is similar except we add sweet-and-sour instead of the cranberry juice.
With our higher-end XO and Paradis Extra, we do very limited advertising, but have had great success with experiential marketing. These are events we call "The Taste of Luxury", and this is where we really try to teach consumers about the fine points of cognac, the differences between the marques, more refined distinctions of greater aging, analysing layers of flavors and subtle complexities, and all that. And you might be surprised by the number of people who want this learning experience. There's a great deal of interest out there. As everyone moves up a notch, there's a tremendous desire to find out what the next notch is. Along this line, we're also doing a lot of private dinners and events with celebrities with is all related to PR and buzz marketing with the right people.
RB Any thoughts about future category developments?
LT You know the overall Cognac category really isn't that large, when compared to the percentage of something like vodka. But all the trends are going the right way for us with all these growing ethnic groups that continue to have an affinity for cognac. What we're also seeing developing in America is this kind of what I call a "premiumization effect", I mean, if anyone would have asked me 10 years ago if a $29.99 vodka could sell a million cases, I'd call them crazy. So, I think that when a consumer get a first taste of premium and, then, super-premium goods, there's no way they're going backwards. And cognac really fits into this. It makes a statement about an individual's image that continues to be unique. All I can say is that we continue to account for one-third of the world's cognac sales, and we're committed to holding onto this leadership.


text: I know this is preseason, but from the Steelers game it seemed like Fitzy was overthrowing more. Wasn't under throwing his problem most of the time in his previous seasons? Is he over compensating or is it just the specific routes being called? Also, has there been any posts on Rumblings that have reviewed/analyzed Fitzy's mechanics? I know the man himself has said "Have you seen me throw?", but I'm a novice when it comes to this, so I'd personally like some info on WHY Fitz has poor throws, so I can know what to watch for come game day, and see if he's making any improvement at all with Couch Lee being around. Thanks!


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Don't see many shoppers carrying bags? Not to worry as online shopping is bigger than ever
By Dian Vujovich
Just because mall parking lots aren't overflowing with cars these days, or Worth Avenue isn't packed with shoppers carrying bags from Neiman's, Saks or smaller retail shops like Marley's, doesn't mean no one is buying. More than likely that lack of foot traffic is because today's shoppers have taken to online and smartphone shopping like ducks to water.
Numbers from Cyber Monday sales last month were up 33 percent over last year's figures, according to IBM Benchmark. That makes 2011 the biggest online spending day in history.
Okay, the history is not all that long. In fact, Cyber Monday has only been around for six years. The first was in 2005. And, if you believe Wikipedia, was created by the National Retail Federation in an effort for retailers to get their hands on some of the green from shoppers who, when they returned to their work computer terminals on Monday, still had that zest for holiday shopping in their blood.
Here's a bit about all that not-in-person spending, according to a Fast Facts: Holiday Electronic Shopping report from the Financial Services Roundtable:
• Nearly 40 percent of all sales made were made online during the 4-day Thanksgiving through Monday shopping spree.
• Shopping via mobile phones increased by 400 percent, according to The National Retail Federation. The number of shoppers who said that they would use their mobile device to shop increased from 3.6 million in 2009 to 17.8 million in 2011. (No figures yet on how many people actually did use their phones to purchase items, though.)
• Of course, debit or credit cards are the most popular ways to purchase gifts online. That said, the National Retail Federation reported 44 percent of shoppers would use debit cards.
If you're thinking that Cyber Monday must be a throw-away day for employers with employees preferring to shop rather than work, IBM Benchmark reported that most of the heavy holiday online shopping took place before or after working hours.
About the Author
Dian Vujovich is an award winning freelance writer, author, website publisher and financial educator in West Palm Beach. Just as there are no limits to what money can and cannot do for us, subjects covered in her blog include everything from investing ideas, commentary, philanthropy, behavioral finance, market performance and luxury spending. She is also is a luxury travel photojournalist.


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… and a Peacock in a snowbank!
Little Kate loved her Peacock. Well, she loved unwrapping it anyway! She also examined the label and the buttons and then waved the sweater around a bit before returning to the wonderfully crinkly paper. Mummy and Daddy were appropriately appreciative.
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Yarn: Opal Petticoat #1295 with Opal Uni burnt sienna #1263
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The Vancouver weather has just been phenominally snowy. For a city that rarely gets snow, it's been pretty amazing. Loved the white Christmas!


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rebuilding guitar questions... (drop A tuning involved)
I have been rebuilding my first guitar which is some old school jackson with a dinky style body (probably is a dinky). Now I am close to being finished but have a couple questions.
In the year it took to go from just having the guitar apart to actually doing the project, I lost 3 of the 5 tremelo springs so I will be buying a new set.
BUT, I am using a pack of ernie ball not evens to get the 6 string drop A (56,44,32,24p,16,12). I don't really want to use my tremelo I just want my guitar to not have trouble staying in tune.
Can you get different strength springs and what strength should i get?
also does anyone have a place where they buy jackson screws and stuff
im missing maybe 10 of the screws that hold the different cavity plates on and need to replace them. stewmac has them but i dont know what size I need (fender or gibson).
NVM no the tremelo got an answer else where and will be blocking the tremelo
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By: Cole Miller
We've been following this story for awhile now, the students at Crete High School helping make it all possible. Very soon, all their hard work will pay off.
Not even a cane can slow down Bernie Ludvik. The Crete High School teacher, recovering from a nasty car accident with the scars to prove it, is finally back in the classroom.
And in less than two weeks, he'll be in Washington D.C.
"You know, I'm still in a stage where it's hard to believe, but everybody is coming up and congratulating me and so it's going to happen, it really is," Ludvik said.
Ludvik's been to Capitol Hill more than a dozen times before, so why is he so excited this time?
Well, the answer is simple---he's going to meet the President.
"I thought the odds of that ever realistically happening were pretty low," Ludvik said.
He can thank the hard work of his students for setting up the meeting.
Ludvik was all set to see Obama's second inauguration speech in January, but that car accident left him unable to go. So the school started a social media blitz to fulfill his dream. They called it the "Ludvik Campaign.
"After what I've gone through, in the last four and a half months, to have this school and this community rally around and help me in so many different ways, I could never say thank you enough."
At times, even they had their doubts, but Thursday's good news quickly spread throughout the hallways.
"I think initially we all kind of felt a sense of school pride, community pride also," CHS Senior Jackie Ourada said.
"Words can't describe how amazing it feels to get him to where we wanted him to go."
And when it comes to getting around the White House, Ludvik says he'll do just fine.
Students held a dodge ball tournament back in February. They raised nearly $1,000 to help cover Ludvik's travel costs. His daughter will join him on the trip.
Ludvik says he's going to take Obama some Crete High School memorabilia, including a t-shirt.
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MPs criticise slow pace of horsemeat investigation
MPs have condemned the slow pace of the investigation into the horsemeat scandal, with no prosecutions six months after the problem was first identified.
The Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee said the authorities in both the UK and Ireland - where horse DNA was first discovered in processed beef products - had yet to acknowledge the scale of the illegal activity involved.
The committee called for assurances that the authorities will act if evidence is uncovered to support criminal prosecutions.
Full list of products removed from UK shelves because of horsemeat content


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Jackson Police are looking for an armed and dangerous suspect.
Plus, Ridgeland Police are on the hunt for a 27 year old Jackson man.
Jackson Police say Robert Bufford, 24, is armed and dangerous.
Bufford is on the run.
According to lawmen, Bufford is responsible for shooting his victim numerous times.
On top of that Bufford pistol whipped the individual.
This suspect is also connected to another violent crime in the Capital City.
Bufford has been positively identified as the gunman who shot second person in the leg.
If you know where Robert Bufford is hiding out, call Jackson Police, 601-960-1234, or Crimestoppers, 601-355-8477, immediately.
Meanwhile in Ridgeland, this crime report.
Bernard Redmon, 27, is wanted for burglarizing his friends apartment in Ridgeland.
The victim was away on military detail serving our country at the time.
Detectives tell us Redmond allegedly ripped off a flat screen television, Playstation 3 game, headphones and a laptop computer.
And to add insult to injury, this guy walked off with the victims mini barbeque grill.
Not only that, police have information that Bernard Redmon made himself right at home, having lunch and leaving behind dirty dishes.
Turn him in.
Bernard Redmond is from south Jackson according to lawmen.
Call Ridgeland Police at 601-856-2121.
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Don't know how many saw this in todays Seattle Times,
"To tell the truth, I'm not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to," Ichiro said through an interpreter. "If I ever saw myself saying I'm excited going to Cleveland, I'd punch myself in the face, because I'm lying."
This guys always on. I feel the same way about Anahiem


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To those of you who closely follow my ramblings on this blog, you know that I am divorced, and a divorce lawyer. I know the value of making amends, and as I mature, I'm learning to do it before it's too late. Most of the time.
It's possible (well for you it's possible, for me it's a certain fact) that you've said or done something over the last six Saturdays that maybe you shouldn't have done. I mean, hypothetically, your beautiful loving Wife may have touched your shoulder, and said she loves you. And it's possible that your response was, it doesn't matter because I'm burning this house down if Evan Royster doesn't stop running like a girl, and I'm taking you and the cats with me. You know, something like that. Or maybe you threw a shoe through the TV. Or broke your finger. Or any number of other things that I can totally relate to, but that a normal person would see as grounds for involuntary commitment to a psychiatric facility. Everyone does, whatever.
Or maybe you're hungry.
First thing you do is lie to your loving significant other and tell them that Penn State is playing the most important game of the season this week, and you are going to skip it to spend it with her. [ED: Why do all of your plans involve a horrible web of lies?] Then you buy her flowers, and you cook her one of the following two items.
Veal Braised in Tomato Basil Sauce.
Veal Braised in Tomato Basil Sauce.
Apple Braised Pork Pot Roast with Apple Pan Gravy
Tailgate Thursday is taking the week off, which is better than the offensive line, which is taking the entire season off. We'll see you next week. Unless the Steelers lose, and then, well, I'll finally be rid of the damn cats at least.


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Wildcats go into NWC tournament undefeated
Freshman Kaila and senior Kiana Nip grabbed wins in both singles and doubles April 14, wrapping up the tennis season with perfect scores and leading the women's tennis team to an undefeated season against Northwest Conference opponents.
The Wildcats swept the University of Puget Sound, 7-2.
The conference record was part of the women's tennis team's seven-year run of Northwest Conference victories.
The game marked the last time that the Nip sisters will play a conference game together, but despite this fact, they led the team, collecting wins in each of their singles matches. Kaila earned her 12th victory of the season after defeating Puget Sound's Logan Thomapson, 6-0, 6-0.
Kiana also reached 12 victories throughout the season, finishing with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Maddie Thiesse.
The sisters collaborated in a doubles match, nabbing wins over Marissa Friedman and Thompson with an 8-3 score.
Other notable players included senior Abby Olbrich and sophomore Caroline Brigham, who each scored singles victories.
Olbrich overtook Madison Holtz, 6-3, 6-0, while Brigham defeated Jenna Gerdsen, 6-1, 6-2.
The pair, who is ranked as the west region's seventh doubles duo, scored an 8-2 win over Holtz and Josephine Dow.
Kaila said that she would have to re-adjust her game after her sister graduated and would no longer be her doubles partner.
"It will be hard to adjust to not playing with my sister, and I will miss her a lot," Kaila said. "On the court, she pushes me to play my best, and of course, she doesn't sugarcoat anything because she is my sister. I like to set up the point and she likes to the put the ball away. We have complimenting games."
She said that Kiana was the uniting force on the team, and that some of Kaila's best times on the court were associated with her older sister.
"I can't pinpoint an exact favorite memory on the court but I do love playing with my sister," Kaila said. "Our coach said on Senior Day that she is the glue that brings our team together, and I agree. It will be hard to not have her on the team next year."
Kaila said that one of the best matches of the season was at Whitman College's home court.
"The highlight of the season this year was beating Whitman at their home courts because we all contributed to that win with a sweep in doubles and pulling through in singles," Kaila said. "I personally felt accomplished because I was unsure if I could beat Morgan, the twin from Texas, but I surprised myself with how well I was playing and how much I improved this season. I honestly feel like I did not have a lowlight this season. We, as a team have worked hard to have undefeated season."
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Pirates bring lefty Slaten in on Minors contract
Veteran could vie for role of southpaw specialist this spring
PITTSBURGH -- Left-hander Doug Slaten has signed a Minor League deal with the Pirates. The addition of Slaten will give the club another lefty reliever to consider for its bullpen.
Slaten became a free agent in December, when the Nationals decided not to tender a contract to the arbitration-eligible pitcher. His contract with the Pirates will include an invitation to participate in Spring Training.
Slaten, 31, spent close to three months on the disabled list in 2011 due to a left elbow injury. As a result, he made just 31 appearances and logged only 16 1/3 innings. His season ERA finished at 4.41. Slaten struck out 13 and walked nine.
Now healthy, Slaten had multiple offers this winter before ultimately deciding that the Pirates provided him with the best fit and opportunity. Though the Pirates haven't prioritized including a left-handed specialist in the 'pen in several years, Slaten profiles as an option for that type of role.
Over his six-year career, Slaten has limited left-handed batters to a .241 batting average and .304 on-base percentage. He has struck out 73 and walked 23.
Right-handed hitters, on the other hand, have hit .297 with a .391 on-base percentage off Slaten, who has also walked more (36) than he has struck out (31).
When the signing becomes official, Slaten will be the 12th non-roster player to receive a Spring Training invitation from Pittsburgh. Daniel Moskos, Tony Watson, Justin Wilson and Jo-Jo Reyes are among the other left-handers who, along with Slaten, could be in the mix for a spot in the 'pen.
The Pirates are likely to include at least two lefty relievers on their Opening Day roster.
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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