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Angie's StoryMy sixteen year old daughter came home from school yesterday all upset and crying from her stessful day at school (peer pressure). After she talked everything out with me, she tore into the kitchen (bowls banging, pots slamming) and created these awesome applesauce bars. I hate to say it, but I hope she gets stressed-out more often. These are AMAZING...
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I swear, a bite of these and the stress of the day melts away! We've also enjoyed them in the morning with our coffee.
I swear, a bite of these and the stress of the day melts away! We've also enjoyed them in the morning with our coffee.
1/4 c
butter, softened
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2/3 c
brown sugar
1 c
1/2 c
all purpose flour
1/2 c
wheat flour
1/2 tsp
baking soda
1/2 tsp
1/4 tsp
ground ginger
1/4 tsp
ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp
1/2 c
1/2 c
chopped, walnuts
1 1/2 c
confectioners' sugar
3 Tbsp
margarine, melted
1 Tbsp
1 tsp
vanilla extract
Directions Step-By-Step
1Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan. In a medium bowl, mix together the butter, brown sugar and egg until smooth. Stir in applesauce.
2Combine the flours, baking soda, salt and spices; stir into the applesauce mixture until well blended. Stir in Craisins.
3Spread evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes (check at 20 minutes with a wooden pick) in the preheated oven, or until edges are golden. Cool in the pan over a wire rack.
4In a small bowl, mix together the confectioners' sugar and margarine. Stir in vanilla and milk until smooth.
About this Recipe
Course/Dish: Cakes
Main Ingredient: Fruit
Regional Style: American
Dietary Needs: Vegetarian
Collection: Nuts for Baking
Other Tag: Quick & Easy
Hashtag: #applesauce
Cyndi Tilley cynditilley - Oct 8, 2010
These sound good but is there any apples or applesauce in the recipe?
Sharon Murray sharonannelizabeth - Oct 8, 2010
I see where it says to add applesauce but no where in the recipe does it say how much applesauce is required either! Otherwise, this sounds really good.
Angie Walker AngieWalker - Oct 8, 2010
Sorry ladies, I missed the applesauce amount. It is 1 c. applesauce.
Elisabeth Akers elisakers - Oct 25, 2010
I tried these and they were wonderful! They were quite a hit at church. I used more frosting than called for here. And just a note: the 9x13 pan makes these pretty thin. If you want thicker ones, you might try a 9x9. Thanks for the recipe! Your daughter works well under pressure! ;)
Kitchen Crew JustaPinch - Aug 25, 2011
I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!


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Rob Gronkowski has a weird touchdown celebration, but his explanation is even stranger. Metta World Peace waxes poetic about a certain B.C. city and Mark Cuban tells us how he really feels. It's all in our compilation of the best sports quotes this week.
"Victoria, she sounds like she is hot, but she's actually cold."
– Metta World Peace, to the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday about the chilly B.C. capital. The Lakers forward was discussing his summer spent kicking around the province, which he speaks of lovingly. "You know how beautiful that place is? I think you all take it totally for granted. That place is unreal and I never knew it was there."
"Back in the '80s, they didn't flop. Flopping is very stupid. It's not even basketball. I don't know who taught people to flop. It's ridiculous. Just make the right call. But it's not my league. I think it looks bad on TV, too."
– Another gem from World Peace, on the league's new rules to prevent diving.
"It's a great event for New York, and I think for those who were lost, you've got to believe they would want us to have an economy and have a city go on for those that they left behind."
— New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, announcing that the New York City Marathon would proceed on Sunday as scheduled (It was later cancelled on Friday). Using the the old saw that the dead just want us to be happy was perhaps his first misstep in leading the city through the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
"Soccer player David Beckham and actor Russell Brand pose for a photo with unidentified fans during the NBA basketball game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Dallas Mavericks in Los Angeles"
– A Reuters caption that doesn't seem to realize the "unidentified fan" on the right is none other than soccer player Robbie Keane.
"I don't know, I don't care, I just hope they suck."
– Mavericks owner Mark Cuban when asked what he thought about the Lakers this season
"He's probably going to get a lot of ice time"
– Joffrey Lupul's agent Peter Semonick on the Leafs forward playing for the KHL's worst team. The league made an exception for Lupul to play, since he did not initially meet their criteria.
"That little Nutcracker dude that's guarding the house…I like how he just sits there and stays still. It's pretty cool."
– New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowksi on his touchdown dance when the team played the Rams in London. He did an imitation of a Buckingham Palace guard. We think?
"I don't know what the hell he was doing. I was trying to get out of the way. He needs some work on that."
– How quarterback Tom Brady feels about the touchdown dance.
"Sometimes I look like a deer in headlights, and when in doubt I just nod and say, 'oui.'"
– Serena Williams at a news conference in Turkey on learning how to speak French.

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2003 Chevrolet Venture Warner Bros. Edition
The Chevy Venture follows a typical minivan formula: adequate V-6, easy-driving 4-speed automatic, somewhat unexciting exterior profile and enough seating for a Little League team. As with other vehicles in its class, cupholders abound, and some nifty storage spaces help stash gear enough for a summer trip to the beach or a winter trip to the slopes.
What distinguishes this family hauler from the pack is the new Warner Bros. Edition, one of five models in the Venture lineup-and one of the few in its class to offer a full, factory-installed DVD entertainment system. With free Warner Bros. DVDs and a complete audio/video DVD/CD and cassette sound system, this package deal all but guarantees that the kids will never ask, "Are we there, yet-"
The latest Venture is not a radical departure from past versions in the GM stable, or those offered by competitors. Positioned to compete with the Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan and their Voyager cousins at Chrysler as well as with the Ford Windstar, Honda Odyssey, Toyota Sienna and Mazda MPV, this Venture is more of a logical extension of the family vehicle Americans (and, increasingly, the rest of the world) have come to love.
From the outside, GM's new offering cuts a sparse, straightforward silhouette that won't win design awards but gets the job done. A low front grille and air dam accent the snub-nosed front end and large windshield. Side doors slide back easily and are available with power assist on both sides. The rear liftgate completes a square back end, and a luggage carrier keeps things in place on the roof.
The Warner Bros. Edition is distinguished by a few exterior changes from the other models in the lineup, including color-keyed, satin-finish side panels, aluminum wheels and "Warner Bros. Entertainment" badging. This co-branded version also comes with a standard passenger-side power sliding door. (Power on the driver's side is still optional.)
Under the hood, the story is much the same-that is, the Venture won't turn any heads or snap any necks. A respectable, but not revolutionary, Vortec 3.4-liter V-6 delivers 185 horses at 5,200 rpm with 210 lb.-ft. of torque available at 4,000 rpm, which means leisurely off-the-line acceleration.
The Venture is available with Chevy's all-wheel-drive Versatrak system, but only on long-wheelbase versions, which includes the Warner Bros. Edition. Independent front and semi-independent rear suspension help create a pleasant, but not terribly tight, road feel, while power rack-and-pinion steering makes navigating parking lots and playing fields a bit easier.
The Warner edition, like other Venture models, has front disc/rear drum brakes when equipped with front-wheel drive. Adding the optional Versatrak all-wheel-drive system upgrades the componentry to 16-inch aluminum wheels and tires, a fully independent rear suspension and four-wheel disc brakes.
Although this vehicle is not a beauty to behold, it does hold a lot of gear in some pretty clever ways. Seating can be easily reconfigured to make room for stuff or passengers. Second-row flip/fold seats can be removed entirely or folded flat to become tables for games and snacking. Third-row seats fold flat for cargo stowage, a unique feature in this minivan class.
Further, a full-size cooler fits easily behind the third row, which also features a "convenience center" with three stowage compartments. The middle one has a sealed bottom and sides for putting away wet gear at the beach or after a rainy soccer game. A whopping 17 cupholders keep every drink, from juice box to Big Gulp, close at hand, and power outlets provide backup for laptops and other equipment.
The DVD system is the feature presentation inside the Warner Bros. Edition. The system plays DVD video and audio as well as CDs and video games formatted for DVD. A flat, flip-down 7-inch screen is located in the center ceiling just behind the driver's cabin, and includes three simple controls-Power, Play and Eject-for ease of operation.
A remote control rounds out this system, which allows passengers to use the DVD player, radio and CD player all at once (four sets of headphones are included). Auxiliary jacks for video games and camcorders turn this cockpit into a mini-theatre.
For some, "minivan" is still synonymous with "suburbia." For others, "minivan" means "lifesaver" for its convenience, versatility and ease of use. The Venture Warner Bros. Edition adds a whole new dimension to the minivan experience. It doesn't flaunt flair or performance. Rather, the Warner Bros. Venture offers the kind of built-in entertainment busy parents only dream of. (www.chevrolet.com)
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Have you ever wanted to share holiday greetings with your family and friends on TV? You're in luck: One local station is giving you a chance.
WTSN/WYYW, Evansville's Me-TV affiliate, is asking viewers to send in 15-second videos, and all you have to say is: "Happy Holidays from Me-TV Tri-State & ________ (your name)!"
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Santa Rosa Island
Quick Facts
- One-way island-to-mainland: 27.4 statute miles. One success, by Marc Lewis in 2008.
- One-way mainland-to-island: Never attempted.
- Two-way: 54.8 statute miles. Never attempted.
- Santa Rosa Island to Santa Cruz Island: 5.6 statute miles. Two successes, by Penny Palfrey and Chris Palfrey.
- Santa Rosa Island to or from San Miguel Island: 3.6 statute miles. Never attempted.
- Circumnavigation: Approximately 42 statute miles. Never attempted.
Current through end of 2012.
This swim has been done only once, so there's not much data to draw from. The swim should be expected to be similar to a "long route" crossing from Santa Cruz Island - but slightly colder, slightly windier, slightly choppier, and of course, longer.
- Standard Route: Carrington Point on Santa Rosa Island to Coal Oil Point in Goleta (27.4 statute miles) or to Campus Point (28.0 miles but allowing for more east-to-west drift in the channel).


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Recently by Justin Raimondo: The Crusader
So, you're sick and tired of being hassled by Transportation "Security" Administration (TSA) thugs, who fondle your "junk" and force 95-year-old grandmothers to take off their adult diapers?
Well, that's tough — because it's about to get worse.
Since 2006, the TSA has been developing a $1 billion program called "Screening Passengers by Observation Techniques" [.pdf] (SPOT) whose proponents — notably, one Rafi Ron, an Israeli airline security "expert" — claim it enables screeners to detect dangerous passengers via nonverbal signals, including facial expressions. The program is undergoing a test run, starting today [Tuesday] at Boston's Logan airport. So before you wrinkle your nose at that Epsilon-Minus Semi Moron rifling through your suitcase, please be aware that the "micro-expressions" you exhibit can and will be held against you.
As the TSA gropers assaulted Americans at airports, the outraged response of the public was taken up by some conservatives, who promptly declared that we need to organize our air safety campaign along Israeli lines — and now they've gotten their wish. Which just goes to underscore the old aphorism about being careful what you wish for.
Because what the Israelis do is pry and probe into every aspect of every airline passengers' life: questions about their politics as well as their itinerary, about personal issues — you name it. Indeed, every passenger aboard the El Al state-owned Israeli airline is subjected to an extensive interrogation, but it's hard to see how the relatively small-scale Israeli operation is going to be implemented in the US, which deals with multi-millions of airline passengers every day. The Boston Herald, however, gives us a preview:
"Under the SPOT program, as passengers hand over their boarding passes and identification, specially trained agents will ask three to four questions — from 'Where have you been?" to "Do you have a business card?" and "Where are you traveling?" — while looking for "micro expressions," such as lack of eye contact, that might hint at nefarious intent.
"Suspicious individuals will be pulled aside for more questioning, full-body scans and pat-downs. If the encounter escalates, agents will call in state police."
If you fail to look that plug-ugly TSA moron in the face, and meet his beady-eyed gaze head on, you can look forward to a full-scale assault, which — don't forget — could "escalate" if you bat an eyelid, in which case the Fullerton Police Department will be called in to do to you what they did to Kelly Thomas.
Justin Raimondo [send him mail] is editorial director of Antiwar.com and is the author of An Enemy of the State: The Life of Murray N. Rothbard and Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement.


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Wednesday, June 18, 2014 - 7:19am
In 2015, Americans for the Arts will be hosting Annual Convention in the Windy City! Join us in Chicago June 12-14, 2015 for a brand new lineup of expert panelists and artists, in-depth discussions, and informative sessions on everything you need to help advance the arts in your community.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 3:06pm
We will be live streaming nine sessions throughout the Convention, including our three plenary presentations! Visit the
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Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 3:01pm
While online registration is now closed, you can still register on site in Nashville! You can take advantage of our full offerings, including one of three preconferences, plenary sessions, ARTventure Tours, and exciting networking opportunities. Or, you may want to consider a one-day registration for a day that best fits your schedule.
Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 5:34pm
It's hard to believe—but true—that the 2014 Annual Convention is almost here! In just three weeks more than 1,000 arts and community leaders, government officials, students, artists, and citizens will be networking, learning, and also discovering our host city of Nashville. Be quick and register now because after Friday, May 30, online registration closes and registration rates go up!
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 2:16pm
If you are an individual artist or an arts organization in Tennessee and want to register for Annual Convention but haven't yet due to cost, take advantage of your state's willingness to fund your Convention experience! Winning organizations and individuals must pay for their registration upfront, and then will be reimbursed upon submission and approval of invoices.
Deadline for applications is May 12. Read more and apply today!
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 2:27pm
As a city bursting with incomparable arts experiences and cutting edge culture, Nashville will be an unforgettable experience for Annual Convention attendees. Here are the top 10 things you should look forward to at the 2014 Annual Convention:
- The Opening Keynote, The Power of Art to Transform People, will kick off the Convention with a thought provoking journey through Ben Folds' personal history and perspective on the transformative nature of the arts.
- The Frist Center for the Visual Arts is a magnet for Nashville's rapidly expanding visual arts scene and unlike any traditional museum you've ever visited. There is always something new and exciting to see in this magnificent Art Deco building.
- Visit The Parthenon, in Centennial Park, the only full size replica of the original Greek icon, and host to the tallest indoor statue in North America.
- Network with more than 1,000 professionals from 350 communities across the country, and be inspired by more than 100 speakers.
- Connect with colleagues and friends at the Opening Reception held at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. View memorabilia, examine mural art, and take away a print from Hatch Show Print, one of America's oldest letterpress shops.
- Tour Ryman Auditorium, designed by architect Hugh Cathcart Thompson, and see the premier stage where Teddy Roosevelt spoke, John Philip Sousa played, Houdini escaped chains, and James Brown sang.
- Stop by Cheekwood—owned by the founders of Maxwell House coffee brand—which features an art museum, the Carell Woodland Sculpture Trail, and eleven botanical gardens.
- Pinewood Social is the perfect spot for coffee, lunch, dinner, drinks, bowling, bocce ball, singing karaoke, or just hanging out!
- Visit the Johnny Cash Museum, a collection of memorabilia and artifacts from the legendary musician's life, and grab a copy of the newly released lost album, Out Among the Stars, at the Museum Store!
- Walk through 5th Avenue of the Arts to experience art galleries and shopping in the same historic buildings where young student activists held sit-ins and protested social inequality.
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The Carolina Panthers last had a regular-season winning record on Dec. 28, 2008. They beat New Orleans that day to jack their record to 12-4. Then came the dismal playoff loss to Arizona, and the Panthers have not been heard from since.
The longer they go without moving above .500 the tougher it is to remember when they did. A winning record has become almost mythical. Tell your kids that the Panthers were once above .500 and they roll their eyes as if its another story about walking 10 miles uphill in a blizzard to get to school.
But if the Panthers beat Tampa Bay on Thursday night, in their first game of the season against an NFC South opponent, they will move to 4-3.
And if you dont think having more victories than losses is significant, you are new to Pantherland.
I mean, its big, says quarterback Cam Newton. I think most importantly not only being over .500, but being 1-0 in the division is what really counts. So for us, its not only a game thats a must-win. Its even a must-must win.
Fourteen of the leagues 32 teams, seven in each conference, have a winning record. The better teams, New England and Green Bay and now Denver, Seattle, Indianapolis and San Francisco, seem to have five victories before the leaves fall.
The Panthers arent one of them. But theyre pretty good.
Ron Rivera talks about building the team position by position. Hes excited as he speaks, as if the Panthers are on to something.
I ask what a winning record would mean to him as a head coach, hes never had one.
Rivera is confident. Gone is the tentative new head coach learning as he goes and struggling to explain his decisions.
We have an opportunity, he says. And were going to get ourselves above it so we can go forward.
Many fans doubt Carolina. The Panthers have yet to beat a good team, have yet to win a close game, and Newton has yet to lead a game-winning drive.
But do you care how they win? Arent victories sufficiently rare in these parts that, regardless of how theyre attained, they have value? Beat the opponents the NFL makes you play. And if the opponents are bad, and you beat them by two touchdowns, what is it you lose?
The Panthers play Atlanta (an interesting 21/2-point underdog Sunday at Arizona) at home next week, play San Francisco on the road the following week and return to Charlotte for a Monday night against the Patriots.
The NFL doesnt allow a team to hide. If the Panthers are the team Rivera believes they are, well know. If theyre not, well know, too.
I like Carolina by a touchdown Thursday. I like the Panthers defense, the efficiency of the offense and and I realize Im alone here the receivers.
I like them to beat a struggling team with a rookie, pocket-passing quarterback and a coach who probably blows his whistle if players walk too quickly down a hallway in One Buccaneer Place.
But how do the Panthers adjust to a mid-week road trip and a Thursday night game?
They adjust the same way Kansas City, San Francisco and Seattle did. The home team is 4-3 this season on Thursday night. But the Chiefs blew out Philadelphia in Philadelphia, the 49ers blew out St. Louis in St. Louis and Seattle blew out Arizona in the desert.
A winning record is like the beach. If you havent experienced it for a while, memories become so dull that its tough to believe you were ever there.
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The truth about FMCG in Australia
Every industry has its challenges. But few are faced with challenges as deep and far reaching as the FMCG industry in Australia. In fact, these challenges are taking away most packaged goods marketers ability to determine their own marketing mix. The traditional brand building media, such as TV, are becoming less effective. While the dominant retailers are controlling what products consumers get to choose from.
The Evil Duopoly
The two friendly giant of Coles and Woolworths are no longer partners of their suppliers – they are now their biggest competitors. And brand owners need to ask themselves the same question the supermarkets are asking:
Will consumers notice if brand X is removed from the shelf?
Where the word "notice" translates to shift their shopping basket elsewhere.
It seems Coles and Woolworths have no regard for the brands of their suppliers. They don't have to. There are very few brands that any consumer would move their shopping baskets to another retailer for. And they know it. Coles and Woolworths will continue to delete brands from product categories until they have a little over 3 brands in each category. One of which will certainly be theirs.
It means there are only 2 survival strategies:
1. Be brand leader in the category. Even the number 2 player is not safe.
2. Innovate radically to invent new ways to distribute consumer goods.
The good news is that the technology is arriving that makes direct relationships with consumers possible. Just look at what has happened to department stores. FMCG brands must invent new ways to take control of their brand at the transaction end.
The TV Industrial Complex is evaporating in front of our eyes.
• We can no longer buy an audience on demand.
• It's no longer a brand built monologue.
• Consumers and are now connected and in control.
• We live in a world of excess supply.
• And it's harder than ever to differentiate consumer goods.
• Competition and price pressure is reducing margins.
• Advertising is becoming less cost effective as audience attention fragments.
Consumer brands are facing a structural change for the ages. To survive supermarket brands must mean more than being a product at a price point. They need to represent the value systems of today's consumer.
Which might mean that everything they talk about is one layer outside of what they are selling. And instead be about brand value systems, what they represent, what the brand believes in, how it helps people, the environment, creativity, well being, brings families together and so on.
Unless there is a significant, ownable point of difference, brands cannot just talk about what is sold inside the bottle or the pack. Those that do are destined for commodisation and ultimate the demise of profitability. What brand marketers must do is be part of important conversations with their audience. They need to augment lifestyle even if in a subtle way. It's only when we do this that we can have a point of view in the new 'attention economy'.
Brands that have a share of voice in the new media landscape will be ready to participate in emerging distribution channels when they arrive. Because in the coming years technology will evolve to the point where promotion and distribution will merge into the one seamless process.
What I'd be doing if I was an FMCG company in Australia is investing all of my advertising investment in channel innovation – I'd move all that consumer money across. To the boring area of distribution – the area that has been ignored for the past 20 years… Who they sell to. "We'll just sell to who we've always sold to". I'd be finding new ways connecting the communication and distribution using smart phone technology, and emerging NFC and RFID technology. I'd be collaborating with other packaged goods concerns to invent new channels, and I'd be working out ways to sell directly to my consumer and circumvent the retailer entirely.
Sure, Australia is a tiny market on a global scale. In fact it is inconsequential to most global consumers goods organisations such as Kraft, Proctor & Gamble, Unilever and co. But what is happening in Australia, is a sample of what is to come in larger markets such as the USA, Europe and Asia. Dominant players like Walmart will continue to call the shots, and eat into suppliers business via backwards vertical integration. If large FMCG companies were smart they'd be using the Australian market as a test case for a new strategy to distribute their products. But that will probably never have for one simple reason: The people that run these companies would never 'over invest' in their companies. The only future any CEO cares about in this day and age is the short term growth in the share price for their options and their impending bonus at year end.
the FMCG strategy
As far as I can tell this is the strategy of every large FMCG company – (Fast moving consumer goods – think super market and convenience stores).
Keep prices low. Never take a price rise.
Sell to who we've always sold to.
Only make things the factory can make.
Focus on volume, that's what keeps the factory busy.
Deliver short term quarterly profits.
Innovate incrementally. Flavours, sizes.
Only invest in a brand if there is an immediate return in sales.
Buy media on mainstream channels.
Buy startups who innovate in our category.
Conduct significant research to test 'everything'. Make all changes research suggests. Safety in research.
Roll out good ideas from one market (Country) in all countries.
And this industry wonders why it fails to grow, increase revenue or attract change agents. As someone who has worked in the space for many years, it's time someone told the industry to forget everything they think they know. This strategy isn't working. It's why companies like Kraft foods have the same share price they had 10 years ago. That is zero capital growth. It's one example of many large multinationals with a similar financial performance.
So far the consumer goods industry has been quite lucky. They've been insulated from the effect the web has had. But this is all about to change. The squeeze is about to come, and unless they reverse their strategy over the last 50 years, the future is not bright. In fact they need to flip everything they currently do:
The new FMCG strategy (for those who want to thrive more than survive)
Innovate so that price is not an issue. Make stuff people will pay a premium for.
Open up new channels of distribution. Over invest. Compete against their retailers.
Make things people want. Focus on the design of the product, not compiling it. (Manufacturing)
Focus on revenue. Ignore volume. Remove it from all tracking and all documentation. Report everything in dollars.
Do not give the market forecasts. Report results on year end only once.
Innovate dramatically. Embrace failed launches. Most fail anyway, so get more to market.
Invest in brands without expecting a short term revenue boost.
Build your own brand media channels.
Set up startups in your category. Put them in a skunk woks facility. Different space for a new culture. Then sell the startup to your competitors. Do it again.
Do not do market research. Only research what can be done & know how to do it. Invent the future for the audience
Sack all global marketing & innovation teams. Innovate locally.
This wont happen in any large FMCG company ever. There is too much to protect. Things like reputations, executive bonuses and careers. But 10 years from now every FMCG will be asking what happened, just like information industries and the car industry did. The change is coming whether they like it or not.
What FMCG marketers should do
Known as the most innovative industry for much of the commercial world from the 1950's, consumer goods have got caught napping.
Retailers are cutting their lunch through some classic backwards vertical integration – that is, making the products their suppliers make.
So my question is this, why aren't the global fast moving consumer goods companies taking on the retailers at their own game? What they should do is simple. Develop a consortium of supermarket suppliers and buy a supermarket chain. The missing link in their marketing mix – distribution control. They need to get back some control at the retail level or the long term picture is one of reduced shelf space, and more retailer erosion of their business. Consumer goods companies need to compete with their retailers in the same way the retailers compete with them.
New on line supermarket
I'm developing a new website which is an on-line supermarket. Here's some of the features I'll be building into it in terms of usability.
If you want to place an order for milk, you must first look at all the items you don't want to buy. They will pop up on the screen one by one. You'll have to click past all of them. Then the milk will pop up after you've seen every other product for sale to click on. But after this, you then must click past all of the goods for sale again. The same ones we already showed you. When you want to proceed to the checkout, we'll make you wait for maybe 5 or more minutes and show you many of the items you already saw on screen, again, just in case you changed your mind. If you decide to shop late at night at our on line supermarket, only one person can buy at a time, because we will restrict our 'server' so that all of our customers cannot buy their supermarket items simultaneously. This is because we will be trying to save a few dollars on serving people. A few people might leave and go somewhere else, but it will be a great expense saving idea.
Sounds pretty ridiculous right? Well, this is defined as 'retail strategy' in the physical supermarket world. Maybe it's time they re-thought how they do some things. Right now there is tremendous opportunity for smart startups in the retail space employ on-line usability best practice to show some dinosaurs how it's done.
Johnny Walker brand story
The high ground for any brand is the story. It's what we should be aiming for. A brand where part of what people buy is the is the history, or to be part of a tribe. Johnny Walker has put together a great new campaign where they tell their story. It's a 6 minute time investment worth taking.
Some things worth thinking about with the Johnny walker story:
- It's a long copy format. 6 minutes plus. Something which can't be done on TV.
- It circumvents the negative connotations with success and globalisation. The personal effort and history makes financial success more palatable.
- It gives detail about the product, range and brand that just wouldn't be possible in shorter media formats
- It's sharable. Easy to send to friends, worth talking about.
- It's eyeball worthy. Well shot and executed.
- It's the idea. Ideas are king again, not media. Any brand with a story, and a small level of film / web expertise could have done it.
- This is clearly Radvertising
What does this mean for startups? It means that a large part of what we talk about should not only be how we got here, but why we are taking this journey. A story they can live vicariously through.
New York Series – Coke is 'not' it
All cultures differ in terms of what is acceptable commercial behaviour. It's become clear to me that the US has a stronger lassie-fare attitude when it comes to consumer goods and product claims.
Coke with Vitamins!
The government allows this folly, and then wonders why there is an obesity crisis. More like an Intelligence crisis.
Startups – Don't just make stuff people will buy, make stuff you can be proud.


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Engineers at UCLA have developed technology that allows energy gobbling gadgets like smartphones and laptops to convert sunlight, ambient light, and their own backlight into energy. Equipping LCD-enhanced devices with so-called polarizing organic photovoltaics will recoup battery loads of lost power, and enable smartphone users to scour Yelp, scan Twitter, and update their Facebook page without fear of draining the charge before a real communication crisis arises.
Liquid crystal displays make up the majority of the display screen market because they render bright and colorful images and are relatively easy to manufacture. As popular as they are, LCDs are by no means efficient — as much as 75% of energy is lost in the traditional polarization process and brightening the display drains the majority of the device's stored electricity.
Photovoltaic polarizers can capture and recycle light that would otherwise be lost in the transmission process. The polarizers act as light filters and are capable of transforming backlight as well as ambient and natural light, which means that energy-harvesting LCD displays will power up your gadget whether or not it is in use.
Though it will be awhile before the technology is integrated into the design of everyday electronics, the days of keeping one charger at the office, one in the car, and another at home are limited.
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Account Manager - Outdoor
SYLEX Recruitment Greater London£25000 to £37000 per annum
One of the world`s leading Outdoor/Out-of-Home media specialists is seeking a dedicated account manager to grow and enhance the client`s portfolio by winning new business, promoting the brand and maximising revenue.
The Role
- To gain a thorough understanding of your client`s business, the marketing strategies and media objectives to ensure outdoor is consistently front of mind.
- Achieve pre-determined revenue targets and implementation of strategies.
- To be aware of strengths and weaknesses of other media channels and to continuously grow outdoor revenue by influencing the multi-media decision.
- Generate new business across allocated agencies and media specialists.
About you
- You must have a proven track record of proactive sales approach
- You have excellent presentation and negotiation skills
- You must be computer literate
- You are highly organised with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an ever expanding outdoor specialist that offers great reward for hardworking people and fantastic career options.
If this sounds like you or you want to discuss this role please contact Nick David at Sylex on 0207 920 6408.
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TORONTO -- The CFL has listened to its fans.
On Monday, the league's board of governors approved moving the kickoff back 10 yards to the 25-yard line following a safety, one of four rule changes suggested by fans.
"It's exciting to know that some of our fans will see their ideas in action when our season kicks off on Canada Day, July 1," CFL commissioner Mark Cohon said in a statement. "Our board of governors values our fans from coast to coast, and was very supportive of including them in our process.
"That support was evident in their vote."
Other rule changes adopted as a result of suggestions from fans included:
-- Allowing coaches to use "wildcat" formations that would move the quarterback around, instead of requiring him to stand behind or under centre.
-- Requiring a team that makes a field goal to kick off rather than give the receiving the team the option of taking the ball at its 35-yard-line
-- Giving a team a third instant replay challenge if its first two are successful.
All four ideas were approved in March by the league's rules committee following an invitation from Cohon for fans to provide their input. The CFL said more than 2,000 submissions were received.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that it will more closely examine the plan by Nasdaq to shell out $62 million to compensate firms that were affected by the technical issues that marred Facebook's May 18 initial public offering.
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Report: Nasdaq Used Untested Software To Launch Facebook IPO
The negative spotlight from Facebook's initial public offering refocused its glare on Nasdaq, as the stock exchange and its chief executive, Bob Greifeld, were slammed in a published report for using untested software to launch the IPO last Friday.
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Nasdaq said it will set aside at least $13 million to make good for traders and investors who were affected by the stock exchange's order-cancellation issues Friday, on the first day of Facebook's initial public offering, but that amount may not be nearly enough to pacify those who are claiming losses.


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When a person is attractive as a whole, but has a few qualities that are unattractive. The Morgan Freeman Effect states that those unattractive qualities become just as attractive as the other qualities. It is called the Morgan Freeman Effect because when you look at Morgan Freeman, a semi-decent actor, with a more than amazing voice, you think everything about him is extremely fantastic. This happens because of the one quality he is famous for, his soothing, gentle, massaging voice. This makes the fact that he is an okay actor completely irrelevant, because he is fucking Morgan Freeman.
Guy- "Why do you think shes so hot??? She has such a huge nose!!"
Friend- "I don't know, I think its kinda cute."
Guy- "Ahhh! The Morgan Freeman Effect at its finest."
Friend- "I don't know, I think its kinda cute."
Guy- "Ahhh! The Morgan Freeman Effect at its finest."
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The Morgan Freeman effect occurs when a God-like actor such as Morgan Freeman appears in an otherwise awful movie and makes it awesome just because he is in it.
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There are people doing this right NOW and there has got to be a way for me to do it too!
10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
It has been a long ride (one of our original goals was to "build a company that lasts at least 2 years" - we beat that one!) While we wish the site could live on, it has suffered from a number of challenges - changes in how people use the site, the advertising industry, and how search engines view the site. We wish the outcome was different – but we've always been realistic about when our goals are met and when they aren't.
As of today, you will be able to download your goals and entries. See more about that on the FAQ page. Thanks for 10 great years of goal-setting and achieving.
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If I were living my dream, I'd be rich off selling my photos.
There are people doing this right NOW and there has got to be a way for me to do it too!
Not sure what happens to my dad's stock shares when he passes. Not sure if he'll even pass before I go insane. Things here are so far from how I'd like them, and I'm currently powerless to change things, so I'll either have to wait and see if 1) the company survives 2) how long my dad lives and 3) if I even inherit the company.
To be honest, I'd rather be a photographer! :)
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Leaked Docs Reportedly Used to Attack Romney During Campaign
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The growing scandal surrounding IRS harassment of Tea Party groups took new turns as it was revealed that some Democratic Senators who denounced the scandal had requested IRS reviews earlier, including Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucas (D-MT). Baucas's Committee is one of those that has oversight over the IRS.
Other Senators tied to letters demanding IRS reviews were Charles Schumer (D-NY), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Al Franken (D-MN). Schumer is the third-ranking Democrat and heads the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.
Also breaking is speculation that information from a leaked Form 990 of the National Organization for Marriage was used by Joe Solmonese, a former president of the Human Rights Campaign and a 2012 Obama campaign co-chair to attack Mitt Romney. The document is believed to have been leaked from the IRS.
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We've all heard about the various prestigious "Lake districts" of popular cities across the globe. Now, Singapore could finally boast a few of their own as waterfront living takes on a whole new spin. Sentosa Cove, Marina Bay, Punggol waterway and now Jurong Lake.
At the Lake Life EC (executive condominium) in the Jurong Lake district, almost 1,200 applications were registered when it was launched 2 weekends ago. And with one in three applicants being a first-time home buyer, it shows the demand for and power of these hybrid properties. An EC is sold under the HDB scheme but after 10 years, it becomes private property, making it value for money in the long run.
Though EC buyers may qualify for the HDB grants and subsidies, it largely depends on their income ceiling, which has been raised to $12,000 per household. Prices of these flats are also considerably higher than other HDB flats, new and resale.
As the price gap between private homes in the city centre and city fringe continue to narrow, and as suburban private properties rise in price, ECs may become the property of choice for growing households and young couples. How the scale tips may eventually affect the effectiveness and purpose of this hybrid property. Are ECs here to stay? Or could they possibly become obsolete?


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Santiago, Chile, February 1, 2011
LAN Airlines S.A. (LAN) (NYSE: LFL/IPSA: LAN) informs that on January 27th, 2011, it signed with the Fiscalía Nacional Económica (FNE) an out-of-court agreement in connection with the investigation that has been conducted by the FNE for several months regarding the potential competitive impacts of the business combination between LAN and TAM S.A. (TAM). On the same date, this agreement was submitted to the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia (TDLC), Chile's antitrust court. The Chilean antitrust laws authorize the FNE to execute this type of agreement, which can only become effective if it is subsequently approved by the TDLC pursuant to an abbreviated procedure.
On January 28th, 2011, in response to a petition filed by a Chilean Consumer Association – Conadecus, the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia (TDLC) decided not to review the agreement reached by the FNE and LAN and decided instead to submit the business combination between LAN and TAM to the general voluntary procedure for TDLC approval provided in the Chilean antitrust laws (which could materially delay the business combination). LAN and TAM cannot complete the business combination until this procedure is completed and TLDC renders a final decision approving the transaction. Therefore, the TDLC has decided – on an unprecedented basis - to review the business combination under the general voluntary procedure at the request of a third party that is not a party to the transaction or the FNE.
LAN is evaluating its options in light of this unprecedented decision issued by the TDLC.
LAN Airlines is one of the leading passenger and cargo airlines in Latin America. The company and its affiliates serve over 70 destinations around the world through an extensive network that offers full connectivity within Latin America, while also linking the region with North America, Europe and the South Pacific, as well as 70 additional international destinations through its various code share agreements. LAN Airlines and its affiliates have a leading position in their respective domestic markets of Chile and Peru as well as an important presence in the Argentinean and Ecuadorian domestic markets. Furthermore, in November 2010, LAN acquired Colombian airline AIRES.
Currently, LAN Airlines and its affiliates operate 118 passenger aircraft while LAN Cargo and its respective affiliates have a fleet of 13 dedicated freighters. The Company has one of the youngest fleets in the world which has meant greater efficiency and a significant reduction in CO2 emissions, reflecting its strong commitment to the protection of the environment.
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MEDFORD, Ore. — The newest addition to the city of Medford staff wants to help the city better prepare for an emergency. Larry Masterman recently became the city's first Emergency Management Coordinator. His department will work to help city services and the community improve their response to emergencies or disasters like earthquakes, wildfires or major … Continue reading »
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BROOKINGS, Ore. — Experts say the Southern Oregon coast may be overdue for a devastating earthquake. Yesterday Curry County residents met in Brookings for the Tsunami Road Show, a statewide disaster preparation class to learn what impact a natural disaster could have, and how to survive its after-effects. The earthquake risk comes from an offshore … Continue reading »


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Favorite TV series?
Prison Break.
Favorite character from a TV series?
Boxers or briefs?
I do the hybrid…boxer briefs
Favorite youtube video?
Landon Donovan's goal vs Algeria in the 2010 World Cup…It's a soccer thing
What two female artists/celebrities would you most like to see get in a cat-fight?
Jennifer Lawrence and Carrie Underwood…
Ryan Seacrest: Gay or Nay?
What would be your ultimate dream-concert?
Nsync, Backstreet Boys, New Kids on the Block, anddddd another boy band…
what is your guilty pleasure?
Pretty Little Liars…
Favorite brand of shoes?
Puma all day every day!
What celebrity would you most like to see covered in saran wrap (and nothing else)?
Jennifer Lawrence…
Favorite movie quote?
"That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but I know he was really named after a famous 19th century ballet dancer." - Snatch


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When first explored by Europeans, the island was an Akokisa site. The Karankawa tribe used it for hunting and fishing. Pirate Jean Laffite established a settlement here in 1817. During the Texas Revolution, the harbor served as the port for the Texas Navy. After the war, a group of investors bought land in 1838 to establish a town, which incorporated the next year. Early years gave the city many firsts in Texas: first Roman Catholic convent, first electric lights and first medical college. In 1900, the island was inundated by a hurricane that claimed more than 6,000 lives. A seawall, presently 10 miles long, was built two years later.
Many party boats are available for bay or offshore fishing action. Reservations at Piers 18 and 19 and Galveston Yacht Basin, which also offers marine services. For more information, call 888/GAL-ISLE or visit www.galveston.com.
The seat of Galveston County, Galveston is home to the University of Texas Medical Branch, Texas A&M University at Galveston and Galveston College.
A few of the annual events include Mardi Gras! Galveston in February, FeatherFest and The Grand Kids Festival in April, AIA Sandcastle Competition and Juneteenth in June, Lone Star Motorcycle Rally in November and Dickens on the Strand in December.
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Fire Rips Through Recycling Plant
Submitted: 06/01/2012
- Fire ripped through a Northwoods recycling center Friday afternoon.
Firefighters responded to a 911 call around 12:30 p.m. for a structure fire at the Durand Companies Recycling Center near Fifield.
The Fifield Volunteer Fire Department along with eight other crews responded to the blaze.
The fire was fuled by tires, roofing materials and debris. By 6:00 p.m. Friday the fire was contained. It continued to smolder for several hours after.
No one was reported hurt, according to the Price County Public Information Office.
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Bowery Boys -- now on Australian radio!
At the New York World's Fair 1939-40: Australia makes a stylish, woolen debut, thanks to renown designer Douglas Annand. (Photo by Robert Coates, courtesy the Powerhouse Museum. You can check out other images of this curious pavilion here.)
After many years as a mere podcast, The Bowery Boys: New York City History will be making making its debut on the national airwaves. The catch is -- those national airwaves are in Australia!
We're grateful to have listeners all around the world, and now those New York junkies listening in Australia will now be able to hear our show on a new program on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National, Australia's pubic radio.
Top of the Pods spotlights a selection of programs from around the world, and we'll be joining the show monthly via some of the greatest-hits of our back catalog of podcasts.
We debut in Australia this Tuesday, Jan. 31, at 2 pm (or, if you're listening in from New York: Jan. 30, Monday 10pm EST), when host Robbie Buck will present our show on Tin Pan Alley. We'll be paired up with a program from London, The Hackney Podcast, exploring the historic neighborhood through its transition as a 'host borough' of the 2012 Olympic Games.
If you're in Australia, you can listen in this Tuesday via one of these major frequencies, including 576AM in Sydney and 621AM in Melbourne.
You can listen online via one of these streams. The show will also be re-broadcast in Australia on Sunday, Feb 5 at 3 a.m. (Saturday, Feb. 4, at 11 a.m. in New York)
We're currently scheduled to appear once a month. Thanks to ABC for helping us make our international debut. I will clearly need to make vacation plans to hear the show live from the beaches of Sydney sometime very soon!
And a little bit on the picture above: You can look here to read an article from the Sydney Morning Tribute about the debut of the Australian Pavilion at the 1939-40 World's Fair, "not only the most interesting and informative exhibition that Australia has presented in any country, but one of the most attractive at the Fair." In fact, according to Architecture Australia, "the pavilion was consigned to an interior within a building, which was shared with New Zealand.....From outside it appeared as if Britain occupied the entire complex, with Australia and New Zealand literally subjects beneath and to either side."
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Congratulations! I love that you are getting more exposure. You both work so hard on both the podcast and the website. Thank you so much for making a non-New Yorker fall in love with your city!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2012 at 8:14 PM
Hi Tom & Greg, I found your podcast on itunes around a month or 2 ago and thought myself very unique & special for this corner of the world... now not so much! But I really enjoy your shows and once I work my way through the back catalogue I don't know how I'll cope having to actually wait for new releases. Wayne from the Hunter Valley NSW Australia.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2012 at 5:57 AM
G'day from Palm Beach in Sydney, heard your show on Robbie Bucks program - you have a new regular listener, many thanks for the work you put into your show.ReplyDelete
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Kristin Cavallari was spotted leaving a Beverly Hills hair salon in California while wearing a pair of Citizens of Humanity Angie Super Flare jeans in Midnight Wash with a black blouse and heels.
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A coaching legend is gone
Wayland High School girls' basketball coaching legend Zack Moushegian died Saturday night after returning from watching a University of Michigan spring football scrimmage. He was 64.
The cause of his death was not immediately reported, but he had suffered from diabetes over the past decade and was confined to a wheelchair. His visitation will be at the Fine Arts Center from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and the funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, also at the Fine Arts Center.
Moushegian was known statewide as the coach of a Wayland girls' varsity basketball program that was regarded among the finest in Michigan. Two of his teams made it all the way to the state Class B semifinals, in 1986 and 1989, and his teams won 18 district, five regional and many conference championships.
He retired from coaching in 2000 after 24 seasons, amassing 434 victories, which at that time was the second highest in the state, an astonishing average of 18 per year.
"I had a lot of great talent that made me look good," he quipped during an interview last winter. "My only regret in looking back is that we got very close to the mountaintop, but we never made it there."
A native of Allen Park on the east side of the state, Zack earned his bachelor's degree from Grand Valley State College (now University) in 1969 and he landed a sixth grade teaching position in Wayland during the 1970-71 academic year. He was the son-in-law of longtime Wayland High School French, language arts and history teacher Viola Carroll.
He started to coach middle school boys' basketball and was asked to guide the girls' junior varsity team in the fall of 1975 because no one else wanted the job. The varsity that year was 1-20 and he applied in August 1976 to become the new head varsity coach. The turnaround was almost instantaneous. His first squad went 13-6 and the following season made it to the regional finals.
Girls' basketball only a couple of years before had used the standing guard (defense only) concept and the girls were allowed to dribble the ball only three times before being required to pass.
"In our generation, we didn't assume that girls could be athletes," Moushegian confessed. "I was a supporter of women's rights, but I just didn't think very many girls, except maybe a few tomboys, wanted to or could play sports like guys. I just didn't think of girls as athletes."
Everything changed in 1973 when Title IX was instituted, insisting girls be allowed to play the same game as boys and that they be allowed to use comparable facilities. The revolution went even further in 1975 when the Michigan High School Athletic Association held its first-ever girls state basketball championships much in the same way boys had theirs.
Wayland at first was slow to make the transition, but Moushegian took over the program and had what he called an epiphany when his players asked him to treat them just like guys.
After he graduated from GVSC, he married his college sweetheart, Judy Carroll, He taught at Wayland for nearly 40 years at Pine Street, Steeby and Wayland Middle School, and retired just a couple of years ago.
Perhaps the greatest tragedy for him since then was the death of his wife, of ovarian cancer. She also had been a teacher and a ringleader of the social aspects of building a girls' basketball program from scratch.
Zack had been living at his home with daughter Jennifer, principal at Pine Street Elementary, which was the high school when Zack first came to Wayland and later the middle school. His other daughter, Tamara, lives in East Grand Rapids with her husband, an architect.
Moushegian took particular satisfaction that some of his players furthered their athletic careers in college, including Angie Farmer at Bowling Green State University, Jenny Ritz at Central Michigan, Coralie Ritz and Ann Iciek at Hillsdale College, Coralynn Meyerink at Lake Superior State University, Kara Potter and Kim Miller at Grand Rapids Community College, Julie Ainsworth at Morehead State, Nikki Merchant at Ferris State University and Kelly Goodwin and Jackie Keizer at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and Olivet College.
One of his players, Missy Bratsburg, didn't go to college to play ball, but did become a doctor, he noted proudly.
Another, Coralie Ritz Miller, succeeded him as Wayland girls' varsity coach and guided the 'Cats to a conference title in 2005 and a district title in 2006 before stepping aside in 2010.
"The best coach I ever had," Miller said on Facebook Sunday. "The Legend (name given by sports writer Mick McCabe of the Detroit Free Press), best storyteller of all time, supporter of all girl athletes... so thankful for him... I love you, Zack.
"You empowered a generation of girls to become the best they could be."
Tom Miller, whose daughter Kim was an all-state performer on the 1986 team, said, "I had many good times with him at the Auction House Cafe, at WHS Basketball games and especially when my daughters Kim and Tammy played basketball under his coaching. Zack was such a great teacher, both in the classroom and on the basketball court, bringing out the very best in his students and girl basketball players."
Moushegian said he prided himself on getting the most out of his players while at the same time understanding they are fellow human beings. He followed the Wayland girls' basketball team's successes this past winter, winning their first regional title since 1989, and had high praise for coach Marty Howard and his athletes.
Though he will always be remembered for coaching, Zack still regards himself more as a teacher.
"I was into the coaching, but you have to teach the kids the skills and get the kids to learn," he said.
(For more information about the life and legend of Zack Moushegian, there was a three-part series published here in March during the Wildcats' tournament)
PHOTO: Zack Mousegian
The best teacher I ever had!
I had the pleasure of being in his class in 1977. He was my sixth grade teacher and he always made learning fun! My children had him as a teacher also and the Wayland School District will never find another one like him! They broke the mold after him! I will truly miss him, my thoughts and prayers go out to his family.
Sincerly, T. LaPree (Patterson)
"A lot of laughs"
I was a freshman when I was first introduced to Coach Moushegian. Pat Sowle was the varsity coach and she said this is Coach Mo and we will have a lot of laughs this year. Well I had four great years of laughs and hard work (that seemed like fun) and a ton of great memories. Thanks to all the Moushegians, not only Zack, but his terrific wife Judy and super daughters Jennifer and Tamara who spent hours at the gym and put up with all us high school girls. We love the Moushegian family and will greatly miss our beloved Coach Mo.
Love, Sherrie (Pitt) McBride Class of 1979
I too was fortunate enough to be chosen to go to the Michigan spring game (in '85). That day is among my favorite childhood memories. Just 2-3 weeks ago I came across the laminated autograph board Mr. Mo made for me to bring down on the field after the game. I still chuckle when recalling how Paul Omness and I were convinced that we were "this close" to talking Jim Harbaugh into giving us his helmet, or was it his cleats?
I'll never forget Zack and the way he brought his history lessons to life, like no other. And while I eventually became a Spartan and bleed green and white these days, there will always be a small part of me (.5%) that will be "stained" maize and blue.
Thank you, Zack, for everything.
Aaron Whitley
Wolverine Pride
Mr. Mo was a very humble guy. He once yelled at me in eighth grade during an assembly, and still felt bad and apologized to me again at my high school graduation party. He doesn't forget anyone, and never will. Even with his two hour drive he still offered to take me out after Michigan football games every Saturday if I was available. The Wolverines lost a great fan, but I am glad that he got to spend some of his last moments in his heaven on Earth, the Big House. You will be forever missed. Go Blue!
Thanks for the memories!
Without a doubt, "Mr. Moushegian" was one of my most influential elementary teachers. I was a student in his sixth grade class in 1972 and have nothing but the fondest of memories! He spawned a love for the profession of teaching that continues in me to this day.
Laurie (Kaan-Faber) Foster
THANK YOU Mr. Moushegian for
THANK YOU Mr. Moushegian for everything you did for me as a player and coach! I wouldn't have had the opportunity to play college basketball without your help and support! You were truly a good person with a big heart! You will surely be missed, God Bless!
Corky Nyssen
Auction House Cafe
I was very saddened to learn of Mr. Moushegian's death. He was an outstanding teacher in sixth grade at Steeby Elementary. Not only was he personable and easy to look up to for his teaching skills, but he shared a compassion for his students that few others could offer. I remember him pulling a friend and me out of the lunch line to bring us to lunch with him at the Auction House Cafe. Almost 20 years later and the memory of that lunch will never be forgotten. Wayland has lost a true legend and may he rest in peace. Go Blue.
-Evan Shepard
Being a buckeye
My family and I came from Ohio in 1979, being true buckeyes we didn't know what we were in for until my brother Tim wore his Buckeye shirt to school. It was his first day, and his teacher was Mr. Mo.
He came home with it inside out. He said his teacher made him turn it inside out.
The Dunkles have had a love-hate relationship with Zack ever since. He tried to turn us into MI fans by bringing us to the spring game. But it never worked, so he accepted us as Buckeyes.
Zack, I will always think of you during every MI-OSU game. You will never be forgotten by the Dunkles.
This is the only time we will say this — GO BLUE!!
even an irish fan!
He even took a little sixth grade Notre Dame fan to the 1978 U of M spring football game. I still have the autograph book he made us, for all the Michigan players to sign. His passion for teaching and coaching was second to none. What a legacy he has left!
Jim Sawicki
Class of '84