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by Barry Montgomery These auto-muting in-wall volume controls from Niles let you fine-tune the way your multi-room audio system powers up throughout your home. Each volume control offers its own auto-muting circuit, so you can independently set each pair of speakers in your system to come on automatically when you turn on your system, or remain silent until manually activated via the in-wall control. Auto-muting is especially handy for outdoor speaker installations you'll never accidentally surprise your friends or neighbors with unexpected sound when you fire up your system, regardless of where you've left the volume setting. Note: You'll need to wire the in-wall control to a 12-volt power source, such as the Niles MVC HUB4. These volume controls also offer impedance magnification, which lets you safely connect as many as 8 pairs of speakers to a typical receiver or amplifier. You won't have to install a speaker selector or any other type of protection device. If your amp's minimum impedance is 8 ohms, you can connect up to 8 pairs of 8-ohm speakers using these volume controls. If your amp's minimum impedance is 4 ohms, you can connect up to 16 pairs of 8 ohms speakers, or 8 pairs of 4 ohm speakers. Details: requires 12-volt power connections, such as provided by the Niles MVC HUB4 selectable auto-muting circuit connect up to 8 pairs of 8-ohm speakers to a single stereo amplifier (requires 1 volume control per speaker pair) adjustable impedance magnification (2x, 4x, and 8x) power handling: 100 watts per channel 12-step control, 54dB maximum attenuation pop-free switching between all steps accommodates up to 14 gauge wire removable knob and Decora-style insert for quick and easy color changes fits most 18-cubic-inch single-gang junction boxes at least 2-9/16" deep dimensions: 2-13/16"W x 4-9/16"H (includes faceplate); depth behind plate: 2-9/16" warranty: 10 years Priced each
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Patience Wright | |
Portrait of Patience Wright | |
Born | Patience Lovell 1725 Oyster Bay, New York |
Died | March 23, 1786 London, England |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work(s) | lifesize wax sculptures |
Patience Wright | |
Portrait of Patience Wright | |
Born | Patience Lovell 1725 Oyster Bay, New York |
Died | March 23, 1786 London, England |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work(s) | lifesize wax sculptures |
Patience Lovell Wright (1725 – March 23, 1786) was the first recognized American-born sculptor. She chiefly created wax figures of people. She loved to write poetry and was also a painter.
Patience Lovell was born at Oyster Bay, New York, into a Quaker farm family with a vegetarian diet. The family moved to Bordentown, New Jersey when Patience was four years old.
At age 16 she left the family home and moved to Philadelphia, where in 1748 she married Joseph Wright, a barrelmaker who was many years her senior.[1] For years she had amused herself and her children by molding faces out of putty, bread dough, and wax.
After her husband died in 1769, to support herself, her children and the new child on its way, she (working with her sister Rachel, who by then was also a widow) turned her pastime into a full-time occupation molding portraits in tinted wax, which was popular art form in colonial America. She had an "energetic wildness" when she worked for she loved the work she did.
By 1770, Patience and Rachel had become successful enough to open a waxworks house in Philadelphia and another in New York City. The Manhattan outpost, on Queen Street, was the more successful of the two, but when fire ravaged the block in June 1771, all of Wright's work was destroyed.
After the fire on Manhattan Outpost she decided to relocate to London to pursue her trade there. She had acquired the public support of Benjamin Franklin through her acquaintance with his sister, Jane Mecom.
Armed with a letter of introduction from Franklin, she was quickly accepted into London society, although her unorthodox comportment (she wore wooden shoes, and kissed members of both sexes and all classes, on both cheeks), caused her to be labeled "The Promethean Modeler".
She was patronized by George III, and sculpted him and other members of British royalty and nobility, but fell from royal favor because of her open support for the colonial cause during the American Revolution. She sculpted wax figures of both loyalist and patriots.
According from the books, she became a spy for the cause, sending information overheard from her subjects on how the British were preparing for the war to America inside her wax figures. When Wright was constructing sculptures of Patriot sympathizers, she didn't want anyone who may inform the King to know. So if she had visitors while constructing the sculptures she would hide the bust underneath her apron and try to distract her visitor by engaging in a conversation.
Wright's sculpture of friend William Pitt still stands in Westminster Abbey Museum. Other notable subjects she modeled included Lord Lyttelton, Thomas Penn, Admiral Richard Howe, and Charles James Fox. Some of Wright's supporters include Benjamin Franklin, Deborah Sampson, the King and Queen of England, and William Pitt.
After the War of Independence turned to open rebellion, Wright's trade decreased dramatically. Her name, seen often in London newspapers, is found no more after 1776. Her access to British royalty became restricted, especially after she reportedly scolded the king and queen after the battles of Lexington and Concord.
By 1780 she was out of work, so she relocated to Paris, hoping to open another waxworks there. She made another bust of Franklin, and tried to work her way into Parisian society, but was largely unsuccessful. She returned to London in 1782 and began writing to American notables including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, requesting permission to model them. No evidence exists that they returned her correspondence.
By 1785 she had determined to return to New Jersey. However, as she was making preparations to travel, she suffered a bad fall, and broke her leg. She died a week later, on 23 March 1786. Her sister Rachel attempted to get financial assistance for her burial expenses, both from prominent American citizens and then from the Continental Congress, but was not successful. As a result, Wright was buried in London, in a place now lost to history.
Patience Wright's son Joseph Wright (1756–1793) was a well-known portrait painter who designed Liberty Cap Cent. Her daughter Phoebe married British painter John Hoppner; their son, Henry Parkyns Hoppner, went on to become a Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer.
Her home at 100 Farnsworth Avenue in Bordentown, New Jersey still stands.[2][3]
The only remaining wax figure made by Wright is a bust of William Pitt, and it was produced after the Earl's death. It is exhibited in Westminster Abbey. Wright's house in Bordentown is still standing, and is identified as such on local literature. Several portrait paintings of Wright were produced during in her lifetime, and they are still available.
Wright's sister Rachel wrote to Benjamin Franklin, requesting financial assistance toward Wright's burial. No record of a reply now exists, even though the sister took the matter all the way to the Continental Congress. As a result, Wright was buried in London in a site which has been lost to history. Patience Lovell Wright and Joseph Wright were the parents of five children.[4]
Wright was featured as a character in Lillian de la Torre's story "The Frantick Rebel," part of her series featuring Samuel Johnson as a detective, with Wright successfully tricking Johnson into supplying information to an American spy.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- St. Louis-based utility Laclede Group (LG - Get Report) is buying Alabama Gas, otherwise known as Alagasco, from Energen (EGN - Get Report) for $1.34 billion in a deal the company said would boost its earnings per share figures. Alagasco also represents the second major acquisition for Laclede CEO Suzanne Sitherwood's since taking the company's reins in 2012.
Sitherwood said in an interview with TheStreet that Monday's transaction fits within her vision of growing the regulated gas utility and marketing firm through a combination of acquisitions, organic growth and investment in new technologies in natural gas transportation.
When including tax benefits of Monday's transaction, Laclede will acquire Alagasco for a total consideration of $1.6 billion. The company will also assume $250 million of Alagasco debt. Alagasco is the largest natural gas utility in Alabama and serves more than 422,000 customers.
Sitherwood believes that when Laclede's acquisition closes, it could open the company to a lager base of investors. "Given our new scale there will be other investors that are interested in us and move into our stock because of our sheer scale," Sitherwood said in a telephone interview.
When combined, Laclede said in an investor presentation it forecast pro-forma earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) to be $255 million, with Algasco contributing $97 million to EBIT. Laclede's utility customer base is expected to increase from about 1.13 million to 1.55 million after the acquisition close. Alagasco will add "meaningfully" to Laclede's net economic earnings per share and will drive the cash flow to reinvest in its utility business and boost capital returns to investors, Laclede said on Monday. Overall, Laclede forecast 4%-to-6% earnings growth in coming years, inclusive of its Alagasco transaction. Wells Fargo analysts expect Monday's deal will be neutral to Laclede's earnings per share in 2015, but will begin adding to EPS in 2016 and beyond. Growing Beyond Missouri The acquisition will also push Laclede outside Missouri after the company acquired Missouri Gas Energy for $975 million in December 2012, in a deal that doubled the company's scale. "[We] view the geographic and, more so, regulatory diversity favorably as we consider Alabama to be an above average regulatory jurisdiction," Wells Fargo analysts said in a Monday client note. Those analysts estimated 35% of Laclede's earnings will come from Alabama when the transaction is completed. "Alagasco is an excellent fit for Laclede, and allows us to leverage our combined scale, industry expertise and more than 150 years of experience to drive customer and shareholder value," Sitherwood added in a press release. Stock, Debt & Convertible Financing Laclede will finance the Alagasco acquisition with a $1.35 billion bridge facility provided by Credit Suisse and Wells Fargo. The company expects the remaining permanent financing to include the issuance of Laclede Group common stock, convertible notes, the issuance of long-term debt, and cash on hand. On a conference call with analysts, Laclede said equity financing supporting the transaction would be in the range of $425 million to $475 million, while long-term debt would be between $650 million to $725 million. Convertible notes will account for between $100 million-and-$175 million in financing.Dividend Increase Laclede said it expects to maintain investment grade credit ratings after the deal is completed. The company also stressed it believes Monday's deal can help support capital returns to investors. "The purchase of Alagasco supports additional dividend growth at a sustainable payout ratio," Laclede said in a statement on Monday. Sitherwood wouldn't elaborate beyond that statement when asked the timing or size of a prospective dividend increase. Laclede currently pays a 44 cent quarterly dividend, or an about 4% annualized dividend yield. Shares in Laclede were falling over 2% in late Monday trading to $45.18, slightly underperforming the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which shed over 130 index points. -- Written by Antoine Gara in New York
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On its 6-month chart we can see that after Light Crude broke out of its recent downtrend, that took the form of a bullish Falling Wedge, it has continued to mark out what looks like an intermediate basing pattern. The pattern looks like a Head-and-Shoulders bottom forming beneath resistance towards and at the $90 level. Oil looks set to begin an intermediate uptrend soon.
If oil is set to turn up, is it a good point to buy oil stocks here? While oil stocks are certainly attractive generally in that they pay high dividends, and are thus an infinitely better investment than government trash paper that rewards investors with a fat 0 to 1% return, it may not be quite the right time to buy oil stocks here because they have risen significantly over the past couple of weeks in sympathy with the broad stockmarket, and could thus also fall back in sympathy with it over the short-term. If we wait we could time a better entry point. We also need to keep in mind the positions of the exits, because of the lurking danger of a more severe decline in the broad market before much longer.
A better way to play a rise in the oil price over the short to medium-term is therefore to go for ETFs or funds whose performance is directly related to the fortunes of Crude itself. One example is the United States Oil Fund, the chart for which is shown below.
Another is ProShares Ultra Crude. Although the downtrend breakout by this (and USO) is marginal so far and on low volume, and thus it may back and fill a little more short-term, the genuine breakout will be when it gets above the nearby resistance shown and its 50-day moving average. That is when we can expect volume to build.
The latest COTs for oil show that Large and Small Specs have reduced long positions to a comparatively low level. This illustrates the gloom towards the sector, which typically precedes a rally.
United States Oil Fund, USO on NYSE, closed at $32.56
ProShares Ultra Crude, UCO on NYSE, closed at $28.05
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A lot of cake's that I have experimented with before are like a vanilla cake with bits of Oreo in them, which didn't really give them enough Oreo flavor. But these were a lot better. I used a dark chocolate fudge cake mix instead of just a regular chocolate cake mix, which went really well with the cookies and gave the cakes just a little more flavor. So, in this recipe there is Oreo's in the cake, in the frosting, and at the bottom is a Oreo surprise. Caramel Apple Pie Cupcakes. It seems like once the weather cools down everyone wants to jump right into pumpkin season.
Don't get me wrong, I love pumpkin as much as anyone else, but to me September is apple season. I was thinking about how often apples get overshadowed by pumpkin a few weeks ago when my husband asked me if I wanted to attend a dinner party with some of his coworkers. "Hrmmm. Maybe…", I said. "They asked us to bring some kind of food to share", he said. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes.
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If only it had been quick. 18th of 81.
I checked my stats shortly before busting, and it said I'd seen 4% of flops. That happens when you get nothing. I had a couple of baby pairs early in the 1st hour which were folded to sizable reraises. QQ about halfway through the first session picked up the blinds. That was the last pair I saw. I did flop a straight with 32o in the BB (sorry, Maudie). Yippie.
Add in some rapidly escalating blinds and good agressive players, and it's just a matter of time. I finally surrendered at the end of the 2nd hour, went for it with 98o in the SB when I didn't have enough chips to play another orbit, and lost to AK.
Sayonara, Noble Poker. I won't miss you.
I also learned that I am in serious trouble in Vegas. Less than a half a bottle and I'm pretty loopy.
And one more thing about Noble Poker. Yes, the NL tables are laughable. I just played for 15 minutes, had someone call my AA flop all in reraise with A5o (no pair, no draw), doubled up, and immediately cashed out for only $2 less than I put into the site. Assuming my withdrawal goes through, playing WPBT events for virtually free is the best.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
4 comments:
- TenMile said...
Good playing with you, both tonight and at FTP.
Yeah, Noble is a bit different. - 12:19 AM
- majorcoach said...
Great time tonight. I'd be outta Noble as well, but I haven't finished whoring the damn bonus, (stupid bonus code Iggy). See you back at Party.
- Drizztdj said...
Excellent re-raise when we were battling for the blinds early on :)
I withdrew my funds as well from Noble, but those games are sooooo tough to leave for how soft they are. - 9:53 AM
- Easycure said...
Who won the dern thing?
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The station is about two miles from where I live, which takes only a few minutes on my 9-year-old, steel-framed road bike. I'm a bit of a cycling freak, so packing a couple of panniers with work clothes and the morning paper next to an air pump, several tubes, and enough tools to make minor repairs is about as normal to me as brushing my teeth.
Same railcar, same door, same place every morning. A few straps of Velcro and my machine is secure for the trip. Since the train is making only its second stop after its origin in Mangonia Park, it's usually not too difficult to find a seat. (Just two stops later, it's another story. At the Boynton Beach station, the train is often full.) As the train pulls away, a few folks will be wrestling their bags into place for the trip down to the airport. The rest are a mix as varied as South Florida: Latino and African-American workers on their way to blue-collar and service jobs, Haitian women dressed in colorful dresses and speaking Creole, a few stiff office types of various hues tapping away at their laptops, the obligatory frightened retired white couple on their way to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, taking their first Tri-Rail trip and wondering what they've gotten themselves into.
And the life of the ride, a chatty group of RTA employees. While the rest of us bury our noses in the morning paper or dog-eared novels or simply stare into space the way you do when you want to avoid eye contact, the usual clatch of chummy Tri-Rail office workers laugh and gab to their destination, the railway headquarters at the Pompano Beach stop, which the P611 train conductor always announces with an exaggerated "Pom-PIN-NOOO Beach! Watch your step! Check your belongings! Pom-PIN-NOOOO!"
On the way, the "train to nowhere," as it's often been derisively called, takes riders through a South Florida landscape that doesn't make the travel brochures. The rail corridor cuts through industrial parks and warehouse farms. If you look out the west-facing windows, you get glimpses inside the back bay doors of machine shops and other manufacturing plants. It's an ugly if honest view of South Florida's harder industries, where no business would waste the money to put up a pretty façade to face a railway.
Equipment yards go by, parking lots, bridges, canals, lots piled up with gravel and sand and other building materials, and easements overgrown with vegetation, some hiding squalid tent camps.
A small state prison facility goes by just south of the Cypress Creek station. It's a work release facility, the Pompano Transit Center, home to a little more than a hundred men considered low-risk prisoners. Their exercise yard, ringed by high chainlink fencing, abuts the tracks. On mornings when it isn't raining, a couple of dozen men mill around on a volleyball court or sit on benches. Sometimes they wave.
The buildings and storage tanks and apartment buildings and office parks are punctuated by streets filled with lines of vehicles waiting at crossing gates as well as the occasional thwap as a passing train goes by in the opposite direction and the shock of air pressure smacks the windows. It always startles a few folks out of the drowsiness the rocking motion of the 70 mph train induces.
People keep to themselves. But the exceptions can be entertaining. There was the stoic woman and her disheveled son who embarked one morning in July, for example. She was toting a large suitcase and looked to be on her way to catch a flight, but her 30-ish son was carrying, apparently for luggage, a black trash bag that he put on the luggage rack only after pulling out a Bud Ice and cracking it open. Even though it was 8 a.m., this was clearly not his first beer of the day. Or even his fifth. While Mom tried to shush him, son loudly explained in accented English for the benefit of the rest of us that the woman (apparently his wife) who had dropped them off at the station he considered a whore, and a woman named Elia in El Salvador was his only true love. "Ellllia... she's the woman who should have had my children. She's the only woman I ever loved. Why can't I get back to El Salvador to Elia, instead of this shitty country where you can't even get a job," he moaned, with Mom tut-tutting all the way.
Still, he didn't seem nearly as screwed up as the woman who had mysteriously been dumped on a northbound train one afternoon after being released from a hospital. She was still wearing her hospital wristband (which showed that her name was Christine), and her belongings were in plastic bags. She woozed her way into consciousness every few seconds and muttered things half to herself and half to anyone who would listen about her recent heart surgery. She kept trying to pass around a coffee can with some belongings in it, and other passengers told me they couldn't believe a hospital would release her in that kind of shape. After she changed her story several times about what stop she was looking for, she settled on Deerfield Beach and we helped her off there, making sure she took with her a purse filled with prescription bottles that she seemed determined to leave behind. We couldn't see anyone waiting for her at the station when the train pulled away.


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Gemini relationships
Gemini relationships are different with each of the other zodiac signs. We therefore have separate articles for each:
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Gemini and Virgo
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Gemini and Scorpio
Gemini and Sagittarius
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For a comparison of average compatibility scores of each Gemini match please see the Gemini compatibility table.
As can be seen from the individual articles above, partners of different signs bring out slightly different facets of the Gemini personality. Some elements however are fairly common to all Gemini relationships.
Common features of Gemini relationships
Gemini is one of the easiest signs to start a relationship with. Curious about almost everything, they are very good listeners and conversationalists. The personal attention and intense eye contact makes them almost irresistible. Due to this they tend to make friends very easily and find dating equally painless.
This friendliness applies to their lovers, as they are known to love falling in love with their 'best friends' and see the ultimate romance in that approach. Geminis are very intellectual yet light enough that there is fun to be had on any topic. If you have compatible views on art or politics, expect to be entertained for hours as your Gemini dazzles you with their smart views on shifting topics. Geminis are very articulate and are nearly always excellent communicators.
Boredom in Gemini relationships
Geminis often enjoy debates and arguments. Be prepared for occasional verbal sparring followed by intense making up. The dramatic appeals to them in their partners. They hate being bored and are known to spice things up themselves purposely if things get too predictable or stale. It probably goes without saying that they are very skilled at such debates. This situation leads to Geminis sometimes being perceived as moody, because they can change mental direction so fast. They typically aren't moody in the emotional sense however.
If conflict arrises, you may find you really have to focus on how you are trying to reason with your Gemini. Known for their keen intelligence, they sometimes take extra convincing, but they are smart enough to acknowledge the flip side of situations and can easily shift their opinion. Just don't nag a Gemini. That instantly will defeat your purpose.
To love a Gemini means valuing them and the relationship more than always being right. This will smooth things over for proud Geminis and they will relent and be cuddly and appreciative in return. There can be undercurrents of insecurity in Geminis that fuel all that moody passion. They just need to know they are adored and accepted and then the path is opened for a fulfilling passionate partnership.
Loyalty and jealousy in Gemini relationships
Geminis don't need as much personal attention from their lovers as some other signs do. They can happily commit, but please don't expect them to stop being friendly with other people. They're incapable of not being friendly and don't see anything wrong in their behavior. Geminis typically tire quickly of possessive partners.
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Geminis are very creative and dramatic types and can easily be deemed one of the most easy signs to love. Always up for an adventure or even a life change, they will love you for being creative and imaginative and also very supportive of any big changes you wish to make in your career, etc.
Geminis make very fun parents. They easily tap into their own childhood memories and form intense bonds with their children. They may prefer to not be the disciplinarians in the parenting team, preferring to be the fun and light parent.
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Why I Still Think the NY Times Paywall is Stupid
February 8, 2012
The golden rule stands, but who said that paid content and advertising are mutually exclusive. There are direct-to-user content monetization solutions that work very well with marketers.
To use the NYT example, instead of a paywall (I am not a fan of it), the paper could offer "paid" access to its selected premium content through a click on a targeted ad or by providing answers to a market research question. The click or action is paid by the advertiser/market research firm, so that the paper gets its due, while the reader gets "free" or ad-sponsored access to premium content — everyone is happy, especially when the system that supports such solution is very smart and frictionless.
I will be talking about this and other solutions alternative to paywalls during the upcoming Paywall Strategies 2012 conference in London. All interested (including the NYT) cordially invited.
Greg Reply:
February 8th, 2012 at 6:08 pmGreg,
It's an interesting idea. The "opt-in" model seems to be gaining traction.
– Greg
Greg Golebiewski (@znakit) Reply:
February 8th, 2012 at 8:51 pmIt does. So do micropayments, or at least the new generation of pay-as-you-go solutions.
The interesting point is that it is the Web users, equipped with their smart devices who drive the change. They want to be "engaged" not only through creating or co-creating digital content but also as its consumers. Unlike long-term subs, on-demand micropayemts, give the user a choice and a tool to reward what they deem valuable. Coupled with basic social features, such as the ability to comment on, rate and share/recommend premium content, the new user-centric payment solutions create a desired and mutually beneficial ecosystem. Paywalls create silos.
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February 8th, 2012 at 9:22 pmDo you know of any content based businesses where micropayments work? I haven't heard of anybody making it work.
– Greg
John Reply:
February 11th, 2012 at 11:30 amI guess Einstein was right when he said great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. I tried to get you on board with this 4 years ago and you told me to pound sand. LOL better late than never. Thanks, you've made my journey worthwhile!
Greg Reply:
February 11th, 2012 at 12:18 pmEr, um, I didn't have a blog four years ago. I think you got the wrong guy.
Barry Adams Reply:
February 9th, 2012 at 7:35 amDidn't Salon.com have such a "watch this ad and then you can read the rest of the article" system in place? And didn't they get rid of it? Would love to know more about the pros and cons of such a system – I didn't mind it on Salon.com as I realised it was a necessary evil for their content to remain 'free'.
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All depends on how you define 'micropayments.' If this is the original Ted Nelson's definition of micropaymet (http://transcopyright.org/hcoinRemarks-D28.html), then you are right; the Internet has developed in a different direction. But if you mean small or nano transactions, say, below $2 per view or download/streaming, then there are plenty of examples in the music, video, gaming and app space.
Big digital media, like the NYT, still do not understand the concept, for many reasons, non of which has anything to do with the feasibility of micropayments as a content monetization solution — rather; it's the (wrong) perception that you have basically two options: give everything for free or as ad-sponsored or erect a paywall. Plus — and this is why I wrote here — they consider paid content to be somehow opposite to so-called "free" content.
I do not want to self-promote, but since you asked Znak it! is a content monetization platform based in micropayments, even though we provide other solutions, for example freemium, donations, as well. If you want to see micropayments in action, working, I can set up a small trial for you and your blog.
Greg Reply:
February 9th, 2012 at 8:28 ambtw – does the name come from Polish? Znak?
Just curious and wondering what a sign has to do with micropayments.
– Greg
Greg Golebiewski (@znakit) Reply:
February 11th, 2012 at 7:34 amA long story… Znak means "sign" or "token" but also it is the root for "znaczek" or "a postage stamp."
Most people think about the postage stamp as a piece of paper that we buy and affix to a letter to pay for its delivery. But what is is, really — and it is brilliant — is a micro transaction, a very specific one: you buy stamps, so you part with some money, and yet you still hold the value and can apply it, at will, when you need to send mail. This separation of a regular monetary transaction (buying a postage stamp or better yet a booklet of stamps) and the action for which you already pre-paid (sending a letter) is at the core of Znak it! as it is at the core of any e-wallet.
Token-based micropayments allow us to minimize the cost of individual transaction, through aggregation; they make the transactions very safe (intrinsically safe, becasue of the separation I mentioned above), very private (our Znaks carry encrypted id codes, but they are like cash, no personal info is ever displayed or shared online), and frictionless — once you've purchased a booklet of Znaks you can redeem them online to access any type and format of premium content as-you-go. You can send them to a friend, exchange them for a favor or goods, tweet them, bump them… etc.
Because they are technology- and portal/content-agnostic, they are very easy to implement and operate by any content provider, regardless of scale. Unlike paywalls, they do not require any native apps or costly system integration and maintenance, no PCI compliance, no merchant accounts..
But anyway, I was not to self-promote here But I have to admit that the level of knowledge about what the current micropayment technologies can do and how they work is very low — so let's consider it educational And thank you for asking
Greg Golebiewski (@znakit) Reply:
February 11th, 2012 at 4:10 pmIt does not sound like I convinced you, but thank you for the "luck," Greg. We need it, too.
Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 6:37 amI do think that micropayments have a future, but still haven't seen anybody make it work outside of gaming.
– Greg
February 12, 2012
I was reluctant to show it, because it is our competition; however, some major publishers in EE — you know that region well — experiment with micropayments. Look here:
Wprost is the most popular weekly in Poland, owned by Point Group that offers Bloomberg BusinessWeek and several other print an digital properties. They are brave enough to try many different alternative solutions now. The whole EE is a brave new media landscape, with Piano "national" subscription plans, sms-based systems, etc. Some say it is because people in EE do not understand "free press," having been under the communist rule for decades, but this is ridiculous. I would say they innovate, becasue they do not have the legacy of Chris Anderson's and Clay Shirky's (mistaken) "theories." They are driven by the free market not the ideology of "free is always better than paid."
Znak it! also runs a few micropayment pilot projects and soon will be offering our platform to several publishers outside music and games.
Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 7:53 amYes, I know Wprost well. I know they fell on hard times after Newsweek launched in Poland, but lost track of how they're doing now.
Interesting that they are trying micropayments. Do you know how it's going for them.
– Greg
Greg Golebiewski (@znakit) Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 10:26 amNewsweek was a disruption but a temporarily one. Wprost under Tomasz Lis got ahead of Newsweek, reaching about 10% of the market. But Lis just left the weekly, and only time will tell if Wprost is going to sustain its top position under a new leadership. Lis is one of the journalists people either love of hate — it can go either way.
I cannot disclose the results of Wprost's current micropayment pilot, but can tell you they plan to include other properties such as BusinessWeek into the experiment, so…
Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 10:48 amThanks for the update. I remember Tomasz Lis from TVN!
– Grzes
February 12, 2012
I think your points about the NYT and the paywall not working are well argued and thoughtful. But I think your fixes are rather paltry – given the scale of the problem. Easy to criticize, harder to fix the problem. A greater spirit of innovation isn't going to pay the salaries of the NYT journalists in the here and now.
Personally I do think paywalls would work if everyone adopted them. The internet's obsession with 'Free' is just nonsense. I don't have any killer ideas for how traditional publishers can solve this huge problem, but I do know I want to read proper, researched, professional journalism and I am happy to pay for it.
Jeremy Head´s last blog post ..What are the key trends for 2012 in travel guide publishing?[Reply]
Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 7:55 amJeremy,
Paywalls would work if everybody used them, but everybody won't. Even if they did, somebody would come along with a free model eventually.
You have to compete in the market that you have, not the one that you wish for.
– Greg
February 12, 2012
Hi Greg
In the context of 'proper' journalism I don't think it needs to be everyone. There is a vast difference between the quality of stuff churned out by the number chasers who just recycle stuff and go for celeb-based blather and the relatively small number of really excellent news organisations.
In the context of the UK for example, if the Guardian and Telegraph adopted paywalls, I think that would have a massive impact. The Times and Sunday Times going it alone (as is currently the situation) will struggle.
I hate to admit it but I am almost in favour of a cartel in this context!
The Guardian has a mantra of 'keep it free and innovate' but there is only so long it can keep doing this and lose so much money.
As you correctly point out the only other easy avenue out of this is to cut costs – but I don't see how these organisations can do that any more without seriously jeopardising quality and – importantly editorial integrity.
I don't want whizzy ad models that really piss me off trying to get me to buy stuff or whatever. I just want to read some great news that I can trust.
As a consumer, I honestly feel right now that I'd rather pay. The question is then – how much?
Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 12:07 pmThanks Jeremy. As you point out, there are a number of excellent news organizations that don't use paywalls and there are a number of ways to monetize without sacrificing editorial integrity or quality (e-commerce affiliate programs is one, satellite brands are another, there are more as well).
Incidentally, video is one area which newspapers haven't done much but is poised to become a hot area.
– Greg
February 12, 2012
I am not a journalist, but have been in the media for some time now, as a proxy, delivering technology to publishers, and it is always the same thing: a certain duality of purpose and business strategy. Editors believe they have a social or intellectual mission to accomplish, and the business side of it does not interest them.
But think about a great publication as it were a great restaurant. It must have a great chef and an attractive menu; fresh healthy ingredient, excellent waiting staff, etc. What makes a restaurant really great, however, is its patrons and their opinion about the place. People come to such places to eat and drink as much as they come to see and to be seen by others, to talk about it, recommend it, invite their best friends and business partners. The fact that there might be a lot of other eateries or even "free" stakes around does not change much.
That is why I do not buy the Anderson/Shirky argument that free will always undercut paid.
There is another thing. A newspaper, as well as most magazines, have so many different parts and types of content. Some of them, say, a current weather report, or classified ads can or should be offered for free, as a service to the community (Craiglist took class ads away from most newspapers becasue of that.) Most recent sport results might be free and leading to a analysis or commentary about the entire season sold as premium, for a dime at a time. High quality journalism, investigative reporting, daily or weekly columns — is yet another category. People are willing to pay for it, not out of necessity, but becasue they want to, the same way they want to spend time in a great restaurant and pay 20 bucks for a glass of water. Putting everything into one basket and behind one paywall makes no business sense. Giving it away for free does not makes sense, either.
Print might not have an option here, but digital publications can sell different parts at different prices or offer them without any charge. The technology, including payments, is there, waiting for the great editors and journalist realize that we can support their business needs as well. Unfortunately, the discussion about the economics of web content focuses on the two extremes, as if there were no other options.
Greg Reply:
February 12th, 2012 at 6:27 pmGreg,
I think a lot of what you say is true and the NY Times paywall shows that many people are indeed willing to pay for content they value. However, you also have to take into account opportunity lost. In most cases, marketers are willing to pay more for consumers than consumers are willing t pay for content.
Thanks for an excellent discussion
– Grzes
Greg Golebiewski (@znakit) Reply:
February 13th, 2012 at 11:07 amThanks for the inspiration and the opportunity to discuss!
Stephen permalinkFebruary 12, 2012
I have a couple of complaints here:
1. I don't agree with the way the revenue streams of the New York Times paper vs. The New York Times, Co. have been presented by Blodget and Ingram. You need to keep segmental revenue streams seperate in accounting, and CERTAINLY when you read financial statements, which I cannot imagine Blodget or Ingram did, given their shaky analysis. In this case, you can't take the revenue stream from the paywall from one segment of the company, the New York Times paper, and then compare it with overall revenues from The New York Times, Co. in order to guage the paywalls effectiveness. The paywall at the NYT paper should only be considered as a revenue stream at the New York Times paper. We can't expect the NYT paywall to increase revenues at the Boston Globe, CAN WE??? If we look at the segmental revenues (page 22 of the last quarterly report) at the New York Times paper, we see two things. What we see for the last two quarters is that there has been a substantial drop in print advertising revenue, however the gains in circulation (the paywall) have been greater than the losses in print revenues. The New York Times paper is now making more money than it did last year. Period. Unless their accounting office is committing some serious felonies, the New York Times paper is a growing business. The paywall has single handedly turned around the paper. This is not debatable. The problem is that the gains in revenue at that one segment of the larger company have not offset the larger declines at other papers, namely Boston, who just recently launched their paywall. Whether that paywall is also successful remains to be seen in the next 2 or 3 quarters. Please look at the financial statements for yourself!
2. My second complaint is a certain lack of skepticism about digital revenues. Especially with newspapers, there is no way to accurately know a paper's true digital revenue, no matter what the financial statements say. This is because most digital placements are bundled with print. Digital placements are often put out as an enticer for print ads (or visa versa). It is not like an advertiser says "Ok, here is 100k for the print ad and 20k for the digital ad". No, it is up to the paper to decide what percentage of the contract came from digital/print. Needless to say, this is commonly devised arbitrarily or to make their trends look better. Because digital revenues have been orders of magnitude smaller than print, this has made manipulation very easy. A paper that is losing 3% in print and has 5% digital growth doesn't look as good as a paper that is losing 6% in print but has 78% digital growth. This has been rampant at newspaper companies. You can't project off digital growth. Digital revenues at newspapers are pure casuistry.[Reply]
Sheila permalinkFebruary 20, 2012
I cursed the new "subscription" rates when they appeared last year but within a month had opted in for the Sunday paper delivery – which I didn't read or want, because it allowed me to get digital access (albeit with a ton of ads) for "free"- which I *did* want- cheaper than getting digital access alone. I had signed up on a 26 week "half off" deal as a former subscriber, figured I'd spend 26 weeks with full access, then cancel and limit myself to 20 articles until they offered me the deal again. . .
I cancelled after 8 weeks when – amazingly, the price rose to full.
I miss my NYTimes online. I loved the app for my phone and iPad. But I haven't got $35 every 4 weeks to pony up for it, ads included – and don't care to go through the craziness of getting a paper I won't read, cancelling, resubscribing every 6 months-
It's just not worth it. And yes, when they had the initial digital subscription rates – what were they, $49/year? I paid gladly. . .[Reply]
Greg Reply:
February 20th, 2012 at 3:39 pmI've been hearing a lot of that. Thanks for sharing.
– Greg


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