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March 5th, 2010 #1
I'm not new here, but I needed a new account because my old one was doing weird things on me.
Anyways, my name is CJ Cannon, and I'm using this sketchbook as a learning tool for enhancing my compositional and perspective skillsets. Please feel free to critique anything I upload, and provide tips on how I can improve, for that's what I'm here to do!
Anyways, this doodle was actually done on my DSi using the program, Colors. Weirdness is abound in me... 1 hr.
Hide this ad by registering as a memberMarch 5th, 2010 #2
Boy Caricatures
Real quick, 10min doodles of some boys I found on the internet. The poses and what not are different than what was shown, I was just experimenting with proportion and making each child look different and non-standard per Disney's requirements. God forbid I go Disney...
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March 5th, 2010 #3
Watercolor Sketches
Sorry about the high saturation... when these were turned into jpgs from pngs they became that way.... blegh. Please click on the names of the pieces to see a a slightly more accurate, but still off (pngs are a bit dull) version of it.
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Took about two hours, done with acrylic, watercolor, and prisma pencils.
This was a sketch commission, that I've yet to get paid for... Same materials as above.
This was another commission done fora friend, he said do anything... So! Well - he has crazy hair, literally it's quite big, first thing that came to mind was birds.
Last edited by Kaikikuro; March 8th, 2010 at 01:38 AM.
March 6th, 2010 #4
Nice (re)start to your SB. Looking forward to more. I've never used a DSi. Is there any pressure sensitivity?
March 6th, 2010 #5
I love that Ash and Pikachu! and to echo the above, is the ds any good to paint with?
very nice work btw
March 6th, 2010 #6
Depends, it can take some people a while to get used to the button system, an there is some pressure marking in the program, but it can be tricky. Best thing to do is zoom in and out a lot.
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This is my boyfriend's fancharacter, Smokechu. He did the lineart about four years ago. I decided to color for shits n' giggles.
March 6th, 2010 #7
pika pika!
you've made me think about getting a DSiXL thing now :3
cool stuff, looking forward to watching ya grow
March 8th, 2010 #8
Mega wolves and such.
Quickman and the wolf were originally done on paper, while Megaman was done entirely on computer.
For more info on these pieces, please visit my blog.
March 8th, 2010 #9
What's that program? And thanks!
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Also! About my post above, this goes to everyone... please be so kind as to critique the pieces on the link provided. Awesome...


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Colorrrs is 7,085 bytes of random inspiration from Dribbble. I built this little app to help launch the brand new 10K Apart. Thanks to Dan, Rich, and Bruce for the data and all ya'll for the wonderful shots.
Also, if you want to read more, I wrote a blog post on the buildout of the project
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4797.2008.00009.x
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Wikipedia:WikiProject Central America
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|Central America, WikiProject Central America
|Latin America portal
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WikiProject Central America is a WikiProject formed to create better articles for the countries of Central America, with a spirit of cooperation.
- 1 Goals
- 2 Scope
- 3 Departments
- 4 Related WikiProjects
- 5 To do
- 6 Participants
- 7 Recognized content
- 8 Templates
- 9 Resources
The goals of this project are to:
- Create, improve, and maintain articles relating to the countries of Central America, their history, people, geography, and culture. Included are the independent nations of:
- Create portals for the following countries:
The scope of this project includes all articles in the following categories:
We acknowledge that there may be other WikiProjects, both now and in the future, which deal directly with individual nations or areas within the above. We are grateful for their efforts, and will concentrate our own on those areas which are not covered by a currently existing project.
- Assessment - the assessment department.
Country-specific WikiProjects[edit]
- WikiProject Belize
- WikiProject Costa Rica
- WikiProject El Salvador
- WikiProject Guatemala
- WikiProject Honduras
- WikiProject Nicaragua
- WikiProject Panama
Related WikiProjects[edit]
WikiProject Central America is one of the Latin American WikiProjects:
|Latin America
|Caribbean | Central America | South America
|Caribbean countries
|Cuba | Dominican Republic | Haiti
|Guadeloupe | Martinique | Puerto Rico | Saint Barthelemy | Saint Martin | Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|Central American countries
|Belize | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Guatemala | Honduras | Nicaragua | Panama
|North American countries
|South American countries
|Argentina | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Ecuador | Guyana | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela
|Falkland Islands | French Guiana | Galápagos Islands | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
|Argentine cinema | Argentine football |
|Mesoamerica | Latin American/Commonwealth Caribbean military history
|Indigenous peoples of the Americas
To do[edit]
Active Tasks[edit]
- Identify and build consensus for the first area of focus for the project. A proposal has been made to make Central America the initial focus of collaboration.
Ongoing Maintenance[edit]
- Place the {{WikiProject Central America}} banner on the talk pages of related articles that do not have a tag.
- Monitor recent changes for any vandalism, upkeep, and improvement.
- Add sources to /Unreferenced BLPs.
- Maintain the Wikipedia:WikiProject Central America/Articles page, by category, so that they can appear on the recent changes page.
- Belize - Last Updated: 2007-01-20
- Central America - Last Updated: 2007-01-20
- Costa Rica - Last Updated: 2007-01-20
- El Salvador - Last Updated: 2007-01-21
- Guatemala - Last Updated: 2007-01-20
- Honduras - Last Updated: 2007-01-21
- Nicaragua - Last Updated: 2007-01-21
- Panama - Last Updated: 2007-01-21
Requested articles[edit]
Central American[edit]
- The Central America Four
- Central American Court of Justice (needs to be un-redirected.)
- I created the article Nicaragua–Costa Rica San Juan River border dispute and a map. I need help in expanding it and adding sources. AlexCovarrubias ( Talk? ) 12:57, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
- Brother John Mark Jacoby, SJ
- Governor William Hart-Bennett Done – New article created
- Governor-General of Belize Done – New article created
- expand The Girl Guides Association of Belize
- expand Economy of Belize
- Armando Galvez
- Julio Montes
- January 31 Patriotic Front (Frente patriotico 31 de enero (Popular Front of January 31) - founded following the Burning of the Spanish Embassy incident on January 31, 1980.
- Supreme Court of Guatemala
- Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace Civil War peace accord
- Vital Miranda Witford
- Punta Chiltepe
- Sandinista Revolution also known as the Nicaraguan Revolution among other names. It needs to be created, not just left as sub-sections in the FSLN page.
United States embargo against Nicaragua
- Illegal drug trade in Nicaragua
Bolivar Urrutia? for Apollo_11_Goodwill_Messages#Panama --Termer 05:59, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
Costa Rica[edit]
- Expand History of Costa Rica. .
Braulio Carrillo Colina Tres Ríos, Cartago
- Ciudad Neilly, Puntarenas
Zapote (neighborhood)One of the oldest communities in San Jose.
- Colegio Superior de Señoritas Female high school founded in 1888 and now considered of historic importance.
El Salvador[edit]
- Montecristo National Park One of the largest cloud-forest in the world. Very beautiful.
- Badbilltucker (probably primarily in the project's administrative functions, leaving most of the article-related work to better qualified people; am fairly good at copyediting and maybe some sourcing of articles)
- SqueakBox 17:39, 20 December 2006 (UTC) Live in Honduras and work on the political and geographical articles of the region
- Srice13 16:41, 24 December 2006 (UTC) Currently too busy to participate, but hoping to return shortly.
- Cuete 09:17, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
- Notmyrealname 01:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC) I've lived all over. Having lots of fun going after vandals.
- --Aaronhumes 22:09, 2 January 2007 (UTC) As said on my talk page, I focus mainly on Belize and its people.
- 220.127.116.11 04:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)]] (I know almost anything about Panamanian private companies, I'll try to be more accurate this time.)
- Oaxaca dan 05:07, 22 January 2007 (UTC) I'll get in on this - I'm a Mesoamerican archaeologist, so much of what I do will revolve around history, but I should be able to contribute to other stuff here and there.
- Groggy Dice (talk · contribs) 04:27, 23 January 2007 (UTC) I've been working on several related entries, particularly on Sandinista-era Nicaragua, so I might as well formally join this new Wikiproject.
- --cjllw | TALK 04:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC) I'm mainly involved with WP:MESO and pre-Columbian history, but would probably look to contribute in areas of geography and contemporary Cent.Am indigenous peoples & langs.
- Darwinek - Geographic articles.
- Rockero - I probably shouldn't be signing up for any new projects right now, but I just got back from Nicaragua with lots of literature containing information that needs to be added to WP.--Rockero 00:58, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- Manuzel 08:07, 27 January 2007 (UTC) Sort of busy normally, but I´d like to help. Recommend we should make an effort to make every page from now on in duplicates, one in English and one in Spanish.
- Feeeshboy 05:58, 1 February 2007 (UTC) On board for copy-editing of main nation pages. I've had some experience working with pages for status upgrades, and I'd love to see these pages get up to GA.
- Daniel32708 I am a collector of coins/banknotes/stamps specialized on Costa Rica. I also have from other Central American nations. I have cooperated a lot in the Costa Rican Colón article (info and have uploaded images of many of my banknotes). I also know a lot about Costa Rican History and current events (I live in Costa Rica).
- A R King 06:11, 2 February 2007 (UTC) I lived in El Salvador from 2002 to 2005 working as a linguist on Nawat, the only surviving (but endangered) native language in ES, and helped found the Iniciativa para la Recuperación del Idioma Náhuat (IRIN). I am now based in the Basque Country but continue to support the effort and also have a scholarly interest in other CA languages (and minority languages generally). My main contribution will be language-related articles.
- ChaChaFut 20:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC) - Guatemala-related articles; international sports-related articles
- ·Maunus· tlahtōlli 15:25, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
- Magicartpro 17:42, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- --Agrofe 14:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
- anriar 11 February 2007, I spent last summer in Nicaragua, am currently taking a class on NGO's and poverty in the country, and am planning on returning this coming summer. Most of what I know is about the FSLN era and the current political situation.
- Radioheadhst talk? 04:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC): I'm usually busy, but I try to contribute all I can. I am from Panama and I edit the articles about my country and have created some.
- - LaNicoya (talk+contribs)14:48, 14 February 2007: Nicaragua has been what I've known my entire life i plan to contribute what i can.
- --WikiHonduras 16:45, 22 Februaryy 2007: Interested in Honduras, lived and study High School there. Interested in improving certaing periods, mostly about the 19th and first half of the 20th century were very littled data is available. Current events are of interest too.
- Asmadeus 15:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC) Will cover a lot of Belize pollinating with photographs taken across the country
- -- holand i have lived in Nicaragua
- -- guacamaya i grew up in El Salvador i stay in El Salvador at least once a year for months at a time i know much about the country and i would like to contribute all my knowledge to the article.
- -- Matteo747 lived in El Salvador since 2002, i have a MBA in international business and am currently working here on various business projects and proposals. I consider myself to know a lot about the culture,economic development, and tourism here first hand.
- - Cgingold 20:33, 2 April 2007 (UTC) My personal interest in the region dates to the late 70s, when the upheavals in Nicaragua, El Salvador & Guatemala aroused intense concern for myself and many others here in "the States".
- - Mt. Pleasant 04:00, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Lived in El Salvador for a couple years.
- - mjuarez 11:00, 13 April 2007 (UTC) Mostly Guatemala stuff, currently live in Guatemala City.
- naomi 21:59, 15 May 2007 (UTC) Contributing to Costa Rica at the moment. Specialties in Costa Rican geography, and conservation, biodiversity and protected areas issues.
- Jbmurray 05:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC) I've been trying to improve and expand Wikipedia content on Latin American studies and Latin American culture.
- - Azuran 18:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC) My main interest is sport-related articles. I will try to improve those types of articles and maybe create some in case they're needed or I have extra information that doesn't fit anywhere else.
- JorgeRodriguez 22:03, 26 August 2007 (UTC) - My interests are geography and demographics of C.A., as well as all related to C.R.
- User:DO56 - Mostly Belize, but all Central American topics interest me.
- ZenOfWar - I want to sort Nicaragua out, then expand into other areas.
- John Carter (talk) 19:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC) - Primarily assessment, some copyediting.
- Lawikitejana (talk) 12:17, 30 December 2007 (UTC) - Married to a Salvadoran, have visited the country three times (northern/eastern regions only); several Honduran friends and one visit to that country; became interested in Guatemala from having chapín neighbors for a couple of years; have Panamanian colleague at school; have studied some about Nicaragua.
- User:Frapoz (talk) 20:23, 2 January 2008 (UTC)- Specialize in Guatemalan aviation (airline, airliners, and airports) as well as Central American Aviation.
- Bernalj90 (talk) 19:51, 3 January 2008 (UTC) - Would like to help with the Costa Rican articles, which need lots of help. Most of them are right now stubs.
- Nando Cdl - I´m a panamenian. I´m of Panamenian and Italian descend. I would like to focus in the Panama City page expanding it and citing serius sources. Always triying to give credibility to the article.
- Fuente1328 / I'm from Nicaragua and interested in building a strong scientific-bounded history of this country which I love the most. Other projects also make my interest, but this the most.
- Rlendog (talk) 01:38, 22 February 2008 (UTC) - I would like to help with Costa Rica and other articles
- Zekolla (talk) 21:16, 8 April 2008 (UTC) Costa Rican. Working currently (learning to do this) on my geographical area. Focused on environment, geography & history.
- ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 18:08, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
- Adumoul (talk) 21:16, 9 May 2009 (UTC) Belgo-Panamanian. Translation teacher in a Panamanian university. Working currently on translations En-Sp. Focused on environment, natural history, business & history.
- Narok04 (talk) Enhancing articles, such as proof reading & adding more information.
- Simplyfied - Guatemalan. Would like to help with translations from Spanish into English for Guatemala-related articles.
- Simon Burchell (talk) 12:03, 15 September 2009 (UTC) Mostly articles on, or related to, pre-Columbian Guatemala but occasionally I'll expand an article on a village or a folklore-related topic.
- Jrtayloriv (talk) 06:51, 18 October 2009 (UTC) --- Will be focusing primarily on Nicaragua and Mexico. I am mostly interested in politics and history after 1800, but especially the modern (post 1950) period, and this is where the majority of my edits will be focused.
- Mbhskid520 14:46, 09 November 2009 (UTC) My focus will be mostly on Nicaragua. Residing in New York City, (but studying in Syracuse, NY), I trace my heritage roots there and I visit family there during summers when I can. Studying at Syracuse University, I have realized that Nicaragua has played a larger role in Latin American affairs, particulaly in language. However, I am currently working on various articles that link Nicaragua together to mold a larger picture. I have photos on my old cameras (dear Lord), that I can use to link up articles together. Overall, Nicaragua and Central America are my main international interests.
- Moogwrench (talk) 02:17, 10 December 2009 (UTC) I have lived on and off in Honduras for the last 10 years, and have traveled through El Salvador and Guatemala.
- MJPRDP 10:18 January 2010 (UTC) I worked for a non-profit in Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica for various years. Just significantly upgraded the "Limón province" and "Limón" articles.
- House1090 (talk) 22:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC) I'm Salvadoran-American, know quite a bit about Central America (C.A. researcher). I will mainly contribute to Salvadoran articles, but Central America will be my goal. I am a believer that Mexico is not part of Central America and that will be one of my main disputes in the C. American talk pages. Either way I want to help and contribute in anyway I possibly can.
- Gumr51 (talk) 22:08, 17 June 2010 (UTC) I am a citizen of the planet and interested in contributing with bilingual articles on cultures and archaeological sites in the continent. Currently I have some articles about Nicaragua, Los Placeres, two that I am having difficulties with (Zapatera and Leon Viejo) and a couple other that soon will be ready, need some help.
- Catrachos (talk) 02:44, 10 January 2011 (UTC) I'll start out working on two municipalities in Honduras (Protección, Santa Bárbara & San Antonio de Cortés), where I served in Peace Corps and my wife was born, respectively. I'll be down there next month and get pictures & try to dig up recent data. If this turns out well, I'll see where else I may be of use.
- Arjuno (talk 16:59, 19 January 2011 (UTC) - Mostly Guatemala.
- karlpopper91 (talk) 18:28, 17th May 2011 (UTC) - main interest is in the history of Nicaragua and El Salvador and the contemporary politics of Nicaragua
- Sammyiampchn (talk) 11:11, 24 June 2011 (UTC) - Currently a Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras. As part of my third goal (bringing back Honduran culture) I am working on articles about Northern Olancho where I am for the next two years.
- Rindolphus (talk) 10:41, 13 May 2012 (UTC) - Guatemalan academic living in The Netherlands. I would like to help improve objectivity and accuracy on articles about Guatemala. I have a particular interest in economic history.
- kawaii♥bot (talk) 09:25, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- Nelson Gladwell (talk) 07:18, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
- Charly2807 (talk) 16:00, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
- Fénixa (talk) 02:34, 29 April 2014 (UTC) Professional Nicaraguan residing in Florida and interested in film, history, and culture.
- MizOre(talk) 15:05, 13 July 2014 (UTC) American living in Nicaragua with a couple of cameras.
- Hawaiifive0(talk) 21:05, October 16, 2014 (UTC) Building up Central American sports pages
- Eddy-Ex(talk) 11:40, October 28, 2014 (UTC) Belizean musicians and schools
- CitizenofPanem (talk) 01:16, 3 November 2014 (UTC) I'm an American college student currently studying abroad in Costa Rica. My focus will mainly be translating and bringing the Costa Rica article up to GA and eventually FA status. I'm also working on other CR and Nicaragua related articles.
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Local Corporation Reports Third Quarter 2013 Financial Results Company Updates Guidance Business Wire IRVINE, Calif. -- November 7, 2013 Local Corporation (NASDAQ: LOCM), a leading online local media company, today reported its financial results for the third quarter 2013. "We are pleased to report that third quarter 2013 revenue increased 4 percent sequentially to $23.5 million from $22.7 million, which was the third consecutive quarter of revenue growth. GAAP net loss fell 51 percent, while Adjusted EBITDA increased 12 percent from the second quarter. Positive third quarter trends include a 190 percent year-over-year increase in Network revenue, substantial progress in adding product inventory to our shopping data business, Krillion®, and the development of our mobile shopping app, which we expect to launch during the fourth quarter," said Heath Clarke, Local Corporation chairman and CEO. "Third quarter O&O revenue trend was unfavorable, due to continued RPC softness from one of our larger ad partners, and although the fourth quarter is our seasonally strong quarter, we do expect some slowing in Network revenue growth and additional RPC softness. Accordingly, we now expect full-year revenue to come in at the lower end of prior guidance, and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $4.5 million. We have spent the second half of 2013 making investments that enable us to enter 2014 with unique shopping search and mobile assets that we believe will give us direct relationships with large advertisers and consumers, and allow us, for the first time, to partner with some of the largest publishers on the Internet. We remain firmly focused on growth and leveraging our many IP resources." SUMMARY RESULTS (in thousands, except per share amounts) Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2012 Consumer Properties: Owned & Operated $ 8,807 $ 10,917 $ 18,340 Network 14,540 11,590 4,961 Business Solutions 125 149 1,064 Revenue $ 23,472 $ 22,656 $ 24,365 Adjusted EBITDA* $ 1,320 $ 1,175 $ 211 Plus interest and other income (537 ) (420 ) (131 ) (expense), net Less (provision for) benefit 109 (159 ) (22 ) from income taxes Less non-cash depreciation, amortization and (1,514 ) (1,691 ) (3,274 ) stock compensation Less revaluation of derivatives (413 ) 638 65 Less net loss from discontinued (154 ) (3,264 ) (507 ) operations Plus accrual for lease - 155 - (liability)/asset Less severance charges (5 ) (20 ) (144 ) Less settlement accrual (550 ) - - GAAP net loss $ (1,744 ) $ (3,586 ) $ (3,802 ) Diluted Adjusted EBITDA per $ 0.06 $ 0.05 $ 0.01 share* Diluted GAAP net loss per share $ (0.08 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.17 ) Diluted weighted average shares used for Adjusted EBITDA per 23,191 23,051 22,245 share Diluted weighted average shares used for GAAP net loss per 22,962 22,877 22,092 share Cash $ 4,847 $ 4,806 $ 3,706 * See detailed reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures in the financial tables attached to this release. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) excluding: provision for income taxes; interest and other income (expense), net; depreciation; amortization; stock-based compensation charges; gain or loss on derivatives' revaluation; net income (loss) from discontinued operations; accrued lease liability/asset; severance charges; and cost related to a settlement accrual. An explanation of the company's use of non-GAAP financial measures, including the limitations of such measures relative to GAAP measures, is included below, and a reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP measures, where appropriate, is included in the financial tables attached to this release. Third Quarter 2013 Results Highlights: "We were pleased to see another quarter of sequential revenue growth in the third quarter 2013, coupled with improved bottom-line results and positive cash flow," added Ken Cragun, Local Corporation chief financial officer. • Revenue – Third quarter 2013 revenue of $23.5 million represents an increase of 4 percent over second quarter 2013 revenue of $22.7 million and a 4 percent decrease from third quarter 2012 revenues of $24.4 million. • GAAP Net Loss – Third quarter 2013 GAAP Net Loss was $1.7 million, or ($0.08) per diluted share, compared to a second quarter 2013 GAAP Net Loss of $3.6 million, or ($0.16) per diluted share. This included a net loss from discontinued operations of $154,000, a loss on the revaluation of derivatives of $413,000, and an increase in general and administrative expense due to an estimated accrual of $550,000 relating to litigation regarding licensing fees and an increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts of $450,000. • Adjusted EBITDA – The company reported positive Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2013 of $1.3 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, a 12 percent increase over the second quarter 2013 positive Adjusted EBITDA. • Cash – The company's cash balance was $4.8 million as of September 30, 2013, an increase compared to its June 30, 2013, cash balance. • Debt – On September 30, 2013, the company had borrowings of $8.7 million outstanding under its Square 1 Bank credit facility with availability of $3.3 million. The company also had $5 million due related to senior secured convertible notes. Third Quarter 2013 Operating Highlights: • Overall, Organic and Mobile Traffic – Overall traffic on the site and network was 80 million monthly unique visitors (MUVs) in the third quarter of 2013, down 14 percent from second quarter 2013 traffic and down 21 percent from the year ago period. Organic traffic on the site and network was 35.1 million MUVs in the third quarter of 2013, down 18 percent from the second quarter of 2013 and down 10 percent from the year ago period. Organic traffic is defined as all non-SEM sourced traffic. Overall mobile traffic was 32 million MUVs in the third quarter of 2013, down 6 percent from the second quarter of 2013 and up 30 percent from the year ago period. The decrease in traffic during the third quarter of 2013 is due to seasonality and adjustments made to the company's search engine marketing campaigns in response to market conditions. Consumer Properties: Owned & Operated (O&O): • Revenue – Third quarter 2013 total revenue related to the O&O business unit was $8.8 million, down 19 percent from second quarter of 2013 O&O revenue of $10.9 million and down 52 percent from the third quarter of 2012 O&O revenue of $18.3 million. The decline in O&O revenue relates to lower revenue per click from a large ad partner coupled with lower traffic and seasonality. We anticipate a seasonally strong fourth quarter. • Monetization of Traffic – Revenue per thousand visitors (RKV) for the third quarter of 2013 was $180, down 10 percent from the second quarter of 2013 RKV of $199 and down 35 percent from the third quarter 2012 RKV of $276. This decline was primarily due to lower revenue per click from a large ad partner. Network: • Revenue – Third quarter 2013 total revenue related to the Network business unit was $14.5 million, up 25 percent from the $11.6 million Network revenue recorded in the second quarter of 2013 and up 190 percent from the $5 million Network revenue recorded in the third quarter of 2012. The increase in Network revenue is mainly due to the increase in the number of Network sites during the quarter from over 1,600 in the second quarter 2013, to over 2,100 for the third quarter of 2013 as we executed on our stated goal to expand number of sites via our business development team. • Network Revenue ex-TAC – Third quarter 2013 total Network revenue ex-TAC was $ 6.8 million, up 42 percent from the $4.8 million Network revenue ex-TAC recorded in the second quarter of 2013 and up 134 percent from the $2.9 million Network revenue ex-TAC recorded in the third quarter of 2012. Network Revenue ex-TAC is defined as GAAP Network revenue less network traffic acquisition cost. An explanation of the company's use of non-GAAP financial measures, including the limitations of such measures relative to GAAP measures, is included below and a reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP measures, where appropriate, is included in the financial tables attached to this release. • Network Sites – The Network business unit ended the third quarter of 2013 with over 2,100 Network partner sites. Business Solutions: • Revenue – Third quarter 2013 revenue was $125,000, down 16 percent from second quarter 2013 revenue of $149,000. This decline is expected after the company's decision to cease its direct sales efforts. Due to the immateriality, the company will no longer be separately reporting its Business Solutions revenue. Recent News Highlights: • Named New VP of Technology – In October 2013, the company announced the appointment of Joe Lindsay as its new vice president of technology. He brings over 25 years of experience leading technology and engineering for well-known public and private companies. Lindsay will be instrumental in leading the company's strategic focus on mobile and the expansion of its powerful, next generation Krillion local shopping platform, in addition to other technology initiatives. • Krillion Platform Powers Shopping Channel for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – In October 2013, the company announced that it is powering a new local shopping channel for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette through its online property, post-gazette.com. Local Corporation's new local shopping channel enables publishers to drive new digital revenue and traffic through the integration of dynamic local shopping content from the company's patented Krillion local shopping platform. • Launched Next Generation Krillion Local Shopping Platform – In September 2013, the company announced that it launched the next generation of its Krillion local shopping platform, which provides dynamic location-based product search data for millions of local consumers nationwide. • Announced Agreement to Provide Location-Based Product Data – In September 2013, the company announced that it signed an agreement with a major search engine to provide location-based local product data. As part of the agreement, Local Corporation's Krillion shopping data platform is helping power local product search results, including relevant retail locations, brands, categories, and product availability data and details. • Appointed New VP of Product – In August 2013, the company announced the appointment of Jesus Gaytan as its new vice president of product management. Gaytan is responsible for leading the company's product management and development initiatives, including the company's strategic focus on mobile and the expansion of products connected to its growing local shopping platform. Gaytan brings over 14 years of product strategy experience managing digital product portfolios for both Fortune 500 and start-up companies. Fiscal 2013 Financial Guidance: During the fourth quarter, the company is seeing lower-than-expected RPCs from a large ad partner and slower growth in the Network business, due to its continuing efforts to maintain quality traffic for its advertising partners. As a result, the company is updating its 2013 financial guidance. Revenue - The company now expects 2013 revenue at the low end of the previously provided guidance of between $95 million and $97 million. Adjusted EBITDA – Positive Adjusted EBITDA for 2013 is now expected to be approximately $4.5 million. ** Projected 2013 Adjusted EBITDA Factors: *Interest and other income (expense), net of $2.1 million; *Income tax provision of $200,000; *Depreciation expense of $3.8 million; *Amortization expense of $1.1 million; *Stock compensation expense of $1.7 million; *Severance and non-recurring charges of $1.7 million; *Loss from discontinued operations of $3.6 million; and *Warrant and conversion option revaluation expense items are undeterminable, but may be significant non-cash gains or losses** ** The valuation of the warrant liability and the conversion option liability is based in large part on the underlying price and volatility of the company's common stock during the period. Since the company cannot predict this, the company cannot project the non-cash gain or loss in connection with these warrants and the conversion option, and therefore, cannot reasonably project its GAAP net income (loss). Therefore, the company cannot provide GAAP guidance, but does report GAAP results. As previously announced, the company will no longer provide quarterly guidance. Conference Call Information: Chairman and CEO Heath Clarke and CFO Ken Cragun will host a conference call today at 5 p.m. ET to discuss the results and outlook. Investors and analysts can participate in the call by dialing 1-877-454-9136 or 1-617-826-1724, passcode # 87115923. To listen to the webcast, or to view the press release, please visit the Investor Relations section of the Local Corporation website at: http://ir.local.com. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson/CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents, at: www.streetevents.com. The replay can be accessed for approximately one week starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern Time the day of the call by dialing 1-800-585-8367 or 1-404-537-3406, passcode # 87115923. A replay of the webcast will be available for approximately 90 days on the company's website, starting approximately one hour after the completion of the call. About Local Corporation Local Corporation (NASDAQ:LOCM) is a leading online local media company that connects brick-and-mortar businesses with over a million online and mobile consumers each day using a variety of innovative digital marketing products. To advertise, or for more information, visit: http://www.localcorporation.com. Forward Looking Statements This press release contains certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Words or expressions such as 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'estimate,' 'plans,' 'expect,' 'intend,' 'project,' 'forecast,' 'potential,' 'feel' and similar expressions and phrases are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to our management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, our advertising partners paying less revenue per click and revenues to us for our search results, our ability to purchase advertising from third parties to drive users to our sites, including at a profit, our ability to adapt our business following the shifts in our monetization partners, our ability to monetize the Local.com domain, including at a profit, our ability to retain a monetization partner for the Local.com domain and other web properties under our management that allows us to operate profitably, our ability to develop, market and operate our local-search technologies, our ability to maintain and grow the number of Network partner sites and the aggregate levels of user traffic from such Network partner sites, our ability to market the Local.com domain as a destination for consumers seeking local-search results, our ability to adapt to policy changes promulgated by our advertising partners and traffic acquisition partners, our ability to grow our business by enhancing our local-search services, including through businesses we acquire, the integration and future performance of our Krillion business, the possibility that the information and estimates used to predict anticipated revenues and expenses associated with the businesses we acquire are not accurate, difficulties executing integration strategies or achieving planned synergies, the possibility that integration costs and go-forward costs associated with the businesses we acquire will be higher than anticipated, the possibility of impairment of assets associated with the businesses we have acquired, our ability to successfully expand our sales channels for new and existing products and services, our ability to increase the number of businesses that purchase our advertising products, our ability to expand our advertiser and distribution networks, our ability to integrate and effectively utilize our acquisitions' technologies, our ability to develop our products and sales, marketing, finance and administrative functions and successfully integrate our expanded infrastructure, as well as our dependence on major advertisers, our ability to successfully assert our intellectual property rights, competitive factors and pricing pressures, changes in legal and regulatory requirements, and general economic conditions. Any forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to these and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, results of operations, growth strategy and liquidity. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this paragraph. Unless otherwise stated, all site traffic and usage statistics are from third-party service providers engaged by the company. Our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K and Form 8-K/A, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release includes the non-GAAP financial measure of "Adjusted EBITDA" which we define as net income (loss) excluding: provision for income taxes; interest and other income (expense), net; depreciation; amortization; stock based compensation charges; gain or loss on derivatives' revaluation; net income (loss) from discontinued operations; accrued lease liability/asset; severance charges; and an expense related to a settlement accrual. Adjusted EBITDA, as defined above, is not a measurement under GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is reconciled to net income (loss) which we believe is the most comparable GAAP measure. A reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA is set forth at the end of this press release. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors about the company's performance because it eliminates the effects of period-to-period changes in income from interest on the company's cash, expense from the company's financing transactions and the costs associated with income tax expense, capital investments, stock-based compensation expense, net income (loss) from discontinued operations, derivatives' revaluation charges; accrued lease liability/asset; severance charges; and an expense related to a settlement accrual; which are not directly attributable to the underlying performance of the company's business operations. Management uses Adjusted EBITDA in evaluating the overall performance of the company's business operations. A limitation of non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA is that it excludes items that often have a material effect on the company's net income and earnings per common share calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, management compensates for this limitation by using Adjusted EBITDA in conjunction with net income (loss) and net income (loss) per share measures. The company believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides investors with an additional tool for evaluating the company's core performance, which management uses in its own evaluation of overall performance, and as a base-line for assessing the future earnings potential of the company. While the GAAP results are more complete, the company prefers to allow investors to have this supplemental metric since, with reconciliation to GAAP; it may provide greater insight into the company's financial results. The non-GAAP measures should be viewed as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP net income (loss) or earnings (loss) per share. This press release also includes the non-GAAP measure of "Network revenue ex-TAC" which we define as GAAP network revenue less traffic acquisition cost. Network revenue ex-TAC, as defined above, is not a measurement under GAAP. Network revenue ex-TAC is reconciled to GAAP network revenue which we believe is the most comparable GAAP measure. A reconciliation of GAAP network revenue to Network revenue ex-TAC is set forth at the end of this press release. Management believes that Network revenue ex-TAC provides useful information to investors about the company's performance because it eliminates the costs associated with acquiring traffic to our Network websites, which we pay to our Network publisher partners and which can vary, as new partners are added or as we experience attrition in our partners. Management uses Network revenue ex-TAC as a means of evaluating the overall performance of the company's Network business. A limitation of non-GAAP Network revenue ex-TAC is that it excludes a portion of our Revenue that is material to the calculation of the Company's overall Revenue. Therefore, management compensates for this limitation by using Network revenue ex-TAC in conjunction with GAAP network revenue. The company believes that Network revenue ex-TAC provides investors with an additional tool for evaluating core performance of the company's Network business, which management uses in its own evaluation of Network's performance. While the GAAP results are more complete, the company prefers to allow investors to have this supplemental metric since, with reconciliation to GAAP; it may provide greater insight into the company's financial results. The non-GAAP measures should be viewed as a supplement to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to GAAP network revenue. LOCAL CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in thousands, except par value) (Unaudited) September 30, December 31, 2013 2012 ASSETS Current assets: Cash $ 4,847 $ 3,696 Restricted cash - 42 Accounts receivable, net of allowances of 14,885 10,618 $548 and $250, respectively Note receivable 167 319 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,405 648 Assets held for sale - 3,452 Total current assets 21,304 18,775 Property and equipment, net 5,992 6,467 Goodwill 19,281 19,281 Intangible assets, net 2,664 3,351 Long term receivable, net of allowances 1,722 1,585 of $1,710 and $1,710, respectively Escrow receivable 390 390 Deposits 72 58 Total assets $ 51,425 $ 49,907 LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 10,470 $ 8,367 Accrued compensation 1,264 829 Deferred rent 371 452 Warrant liability 766 5 Conversion option liability 1,192 - Other accrued liabilities 3,244 1,315 Revolving line of credit 6,417 10,000 Current portion of term loan 1,500 - Deferred revenue 162 203 Total current liabilities 25,386 21,171 Long-term portion of term loan 750 - Senior secured convertible notes, net of 3,227 - debt discount of $1,773 Deferred income taxes 302 302 Total liabilities 29,665 21,473 Stockholders' equity: Convertible preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 10,000 shares authorized; none - - issued and outstanding for all periods presented Common stock, $0.00001 par value; 65,000 shares authorized; 23,035 and 22,172 - - issued and outstanding, respectively Additional paid-in capital 124,045 122,036 Accumulated deficit (102,285 ) (93,602 ) Stockholders' equity 21,760 28,434 Total liabilities and stockholders' $ 51,425 $ 49,907 equity LOCAL CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (in thousands, except per share data) (Unaudited) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2013 2012 2013 2012 Revenue $ 23,472 $ 24,365 $ 67,591 $ 75,399 Costs and expenses: Cost of 16,208 18,407 48,253 55,632 revenues Sales and 2,230 3,649 7,419 11,940 marketing General and 3,894 2,522 9,685 7,706 administrative Research and 1,664 1,240 4,900 3,666 development Amortization of 225 1,754 687 3,211 intangibles Total operating 24,221 27,572 70,944 82,155 expenses Operating (749 ) (3,207 ) (3,353 ) (6,756 ) income (loss) Interest and other income (537 ) (131 ) (1,799 ) (325 ) (expense), net Change in fair value of conversion (413 ) 65 229 173 option and warrant liability Income (loss) from continuing operations (1,699 ) (3,273 ) (4,923 ) (6,908 ) before income taxes Provision for (benefit from) (109 ) 22 121 121 for income taxes Net income (loss) from (1,590 ) (3,295 ) (5,044 ) (7,029 ) continuing operations Income (loss) from discontinued (154 ) (507 ) (3,639 ) (9,322 ) operations (net of taxes) Net income $ (1,744 ) $ (3,802 ) $ (8,683 ) $ (16,351 ) (loss) Per share data: Basic and diluted net income (loss) $ (0.07 ) $ (0.15 ) $ (0.22 ) $ (0.32 ) per share from continuing operations Basic and diluted net income (loss) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.02 ) $ (0.16 ) $ (0.42 ) per share from discontinued operations Basic and diluted net $ (0.08 ) $ (0.17 ) $ (0.38 ) $ (0.74 ) income (loss) per share Basic and diluted weighted 22,962 22,092 22,802 22,087 average shares outstanding LOCAL CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS INFORMATION STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE (in thousands, except per share data) Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended September 30, September 30, 2013 2012 2013 2012 Cost of revenues $ 26 $ 22 $ 85 $ 61 Sales and marketing 83 207 333 657 General and administrative 192 320 787 988 Research and development 51 63 207 163 Total stock-based compensation $ 352 $ 612 $ 1,412 $ 1,869 expense* Basic and diluted net stock-based compensation $ 0.02 $ 0.03 $ 0.06 $ 0.08 expense per share *- Excludes impact of discontinued operations. LOCAL CORPORATION CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) (Unaudited) Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 2012 Cash flows from operating activities: Net loss $ (8,683 ) $ (16,351 ) Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 3,732 6,581 Provision for doubtful accounts 809 138 Stock-based compensation expense 1,431 2,176 Non-cash interest expense 409 - Loss on exchange of warrants 723 - Change in fair value of conversion (229 ) (173 ) option and warrant liability Impairment of goodwill and intangible 3,051 6,451 assets Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable (4,866 ) 497 Long term receivable (137 ) (1,133 ) Note receivable 152 167 Prepaid expenses and other (411 ) 223 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 4,386 (2,248 ) Deferred revenue (41 ) (75 ) Net cash provided by (used in) operating 326 (3,747 ) activities Cash flows from investing activities: Capital expenditures (2,379 ) (2,553 ) Restricted cash 42 (32 ) Net cash used in investing activities (2,337 ) (2,585 ) Cash flows from financing activities: Proceeds from exercise of options 22 22 Proceeds from issuance of senior secured 5,000 - convertible notes and warrants Payment of financing related costs (527 ) (5 ) Proceeds (payment) of revolving credit (583 ) (373 ) facility Payment of term loan (750 ) - Net cash provided by (used in) financing 3,162 (356 ) activities Net increase (decrease) in cash 1,151 (6,688 ) Cash, beginning of period 3,696 10,394 Cash, end of period $ 4,847 $ 3,706 Supplemental Cash Flow Information: Interest paid $ 426 $ 320 Income taxes paid $ 7 $ 12 Non-cash financing activities: Derivative liabilities recorded in connection with the issuance of senior $ 2,182 $ - secured convertible notes LOCAL CORPORATION RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA (in thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) Three Months Three Months Ended September 30, Ended June 30, 2013 2012 2013 Net loss $ (1,744 ) $ (3,802 ) $ (3,586 ) Plus interest and other income 537 131 420 (expense), net Plus provision for (benefit from) income (109 ) 22 159 taxes Plus amortization of 225 1,754 231 intangibles Plus depreciation 937 908 934 Plus stock-based 352 612 526 compensation Plus revaluation of 413 (65 ) (638 ) derivatives Plus net loss from discontinued 154 507 3,264 operations Plus accrual for lease - - (155 ) liability/(asset) Plus severance 5 144 20 charges Plus settlement 550 - - accrual Adjusted EBITDA $ 1,320 $ 211 $ 1,175 Diluted Adjusted $ 0.06 $ 0.01 $ 0.05 EBITDA per share Diluted weighted average shares 23,191 22,245 23,051 outstanding RECONCILIATION OF NETWORK GAAP REVENUE TO NETWORK REVENUE EX-TAC (in thousands) (Unaudited) Three Months Three Months Ended September 30, Ended June 30, 2013 2012 2013 Network GAAP Revenue $ 14,540 $ 4,961 $ 11,590 Less Traffic 7,788 2,048 6,811 Acquisition Cost Network Revenue $ 6,752 $ 2,913 $ 4,779 ex-TAC Contact: Investor Relations and Media Relations Contact: Local Corporation Cameron Triebwasser 949-789-5223 email@example.com
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Let's go to the Bop
Bumble blogs on Australia's talent shortage and why Ravi Bopara should replace Paul Collingwood.
Last Updated: 07/02/11 11:19am
Three innings defeats and the Australian media still can't grasp the simple fact that they're just not as good as England,
The TV, radio and newspapers over here are calling for knee-jerk inquiries into what went wrong for Australia in this Ashes series, but most of the complaints assume that the talent is there in the first place.
Well I'm sorry folks, it isn't.
A bloke in Adelaide stopped me in the street on Monday and told me they were unlucky. I'm not sure what luck's got to do with it pal, England outplayed you from start to finish.
He then told me they've got some good kids coming through. Are you kidding? This is a nation that has produced Matthew Hayden, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath - and now they're coming up with Phillip Hughes, Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja.
That simply doesn't compare. They haven't got the players and they need to be patient until they find some.
Talent spotting
It's important that they identify the correct talent when it emerges. That's something that England have done extremely well in the last few years.
The chairman of selectors is integral to that. We had a very good one in David Graveney and an excellent one currently in Geoff Miller, who has the right tools and the right finance to get the best procedures in place.
They have the right coaches and the right back-up staff, but the key to it all is identifying the talented players. Miller does that fantastically well.
When you're looking for a player to come forward and step up to international cricket, you have to look at more than what he does on the field. He needs the right temperament, his character has to be spot on and his lifestyle is absolutely paramount. All of those ingredients go into the mix to make a Test player.
We've seen that in guys like Jonathan Trott, Chris Tremlett, Steven Finn, Eoin Morgan and the other players that have broken into this England side. I know Geoff Miller very well and I know how much emphasis he places on temperament and character.
Our selectors are a very thoughtful group. They get the majority of things right and they deserve great credit for this Ashes success.
Following Colly
Some people might question why Alastair Cook, the leading run-scorer in the Test series, has been excluded from the side for the one-day matches.
I remember Michael Slater, one of the biggest dashers in Australian cricket, didn't play much limited-overs stuff. It's the same with Cook and even though he's in great form I think it's better for him to concentrate on his international Test match career. You can easily slip into bad habits.
Equally, there are players who look magnificent in the shorter format who you would never put anywhere near a Test team. I can identify two perfect examples in the Australian ODI side - Cameron White and David Warner - and you could say the same about Michael Yardy. He's one of the first names on the one-day team sheet, but you wouldn't dream of playing him in a Test match.
Eoin Morgan is another who has a bit of work to do to get into England's Test team. Paul Collingwood's retirement will create an enormous amount of competition in the months ahead and assuming Ian Bell will move up to number five, the sixth batting position is up for grabs.
Morgan is in the squad now and would have played against Australia if any of the batters had fallen down, but I'm not sure he's the best like-for-like replacement.
People are talking about James Hildreth, but my pick would be Ravi Bopara, who is tailor-made to fill Collingwood's shoes. He's a number six batsman who already has already has three Test centuries and he can also bowl those fill-in overs that Collingwood has given us over the years.
Jonathan Trott is a magnificent slip fielder, as good as anyone in the world, so he can cover for Collingwood there, but Bopara can do the rest and I do feel we need another bowler in the top six.
I know he struggled against Australia in 2009, but he was batting at number three in a team that was under pressure. He will be much more comfortable slotting into a successful team at his preferred number six slot.
Bopara's the perfect choice in my eyes.
The time is right
As for Collingwood, it was a perfect time to bring the curtain down on his Test career.
He's had a really good run, but when you look at it in the cold light of day, he's 34 years of age and he's no longer producing. It's time to bring a younger player into the side and they are queuing up behind him.
This was perfect timing from a perfect bloke. He said himself that he is not a Kevin Pietersen or an Ian Bell, but he hopes he has contributed in other ways. For me, his no-nonsense approach has been fundamental to the ethics of this England team and he definitely found a way to be effective. He averaged 40 in Test match cricket and he certainly left his mark.
He continues as one-day captain, but personally I don't think he'll be around for too much longer in that format either. However, his off-cutters and his change of pace will be useful in the World Cup.
And I bet his "people" were straight onto the phone to the IPL when he announced his retirement. He didn't get a game the last time he went there, but it was no surprise to see him picked up straight away in this year's auction.
Limited chances
Personally I'm glad to get away from Sydney to the quieter city of Adelaide. Suits me better.
We're here for the first Twenty20 international on Wednesday and I'm looking forward to it. Australia will be looking to their three W's - Warner, White and Watson (rather than Worrell, Weekes and Walcott) - but England are world champions, so we can expect a good performance from them.
We've done the job that we came to do, but the next five weeks should be treated as preparation for the World Cup. The fact James Anderson has been sent home until the last three ODI's suggests that England are concerned with priming their players for February.
Of course we want to win, but these matches are also about gauging performance for the World Cup against the reigning 50-over champions.
We've won the Ashes and the ICC World Twenty20, but I don't fancy us to win the World Cup. Maybe if it was being held elsewhere, but I would be putting my money on India or Sri Lanka on home soil.
I know this England team will have everything in place to go a long way, but I suspect the World Cup might be a step too far.


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The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges — the largest higher education system in the nation, with 112 colleges and nearly three million enrolled students — has endorsed a policy providing guidelines for the use of College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP®) exams as the basis for awarding general education credit.
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A similar policy was established by the California State University system in May 2010.
In April 2011, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning released research findings on prior learning assessment (PLA) programs like CLEP.
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The study proves that underserved students who earn credit through PLA have higher degree completion rates and shorter time to degree than non-PLA students.
The CLEP program has received a great deal of attention in the news recently. Here are some examples:
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"Articulation Agreements and Prior Learning Assessments." The Center for American Progress suggests the CLEP program as a means of helping students achieve their educational goals.
"How to Solve Oklahoma's College Affordability Problem." The Edmond Sun mentions CLEP exams as an alternative credentialing system to help in lowering the amount students have to pay to continue their college education.
"Pay for College Without Selling a Kidney." The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the benefits of taking CLEP exams as a means of saving money on a college education.
"My Educational Journey: The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?." Lt. Col. Billy D. Pruett, M.D., shares his personal story of success and mentions the CLEP exams as a way to help subsidize tuition costs.
We recognize today's difficult economic conditions and are happy to announce there will be NO fee increase for the CLEP exam in academic year 2011–2012. The CLEP exam fee will remain $77.
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CLEP continues to offer students and families an opportunity to advance their academic goals and aspirations while saving considerable money along the way.
The 12th annual conference of the National College Testing Association will take place September 21–24 in San Diego. As platinum sponsor, the College Board is hosting an exclusive two-hour session for CLEP test center administrators to discuss program highlights and future initiatives.
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Register online. Once you are logged into the website, select 2011 Conference, then Sponsor Workshops. At the 1–3 p.m. College Board sessions, select Brett Miller to register for this session.
To subscribe to CLEP Notes to read previous issues of the newsletter, visit www.collegeboard.com/clepnotes.


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Deporting Illegal ImmigrantsWritten by Roger D. McGrath
Pardon me, but if I hear one more time that we can't deport 12 million illegal aliens I'm headed for the backyard to howl at the moon. Is the American memory so short that we've already forgotten the 1950s? This writer is old enough to remember very clearly the mass deportation of illegal aliens that occurred in 1954 in what was officially termed "Operation Wetback" (prior to the age of political correctness).
Fox News host Glenn Beck aired an extraordinary program June 24 explaining how the facts released from the files of the FBI and the World War II-era Office of Strategic Services over the past two decades have vindicated the controversial charges of communism in the U.S. State Department by Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Illusions and EmpireWritten by Charles Scaliger
On a bitterly cold day in mid-January, 1842, British soldiers manning the garrison at Jalalabad on the Afghan frontier saw a strange sight. Out of the snowy wasteland rode a single man, badly wounded, on a dying horse. His name, he told the soldiers, was William Brydon.
Kent State and the Perfect CoupWritten by Beverly K. Eakman
In May 1970, news was made at Ohio's Kent State University when campus police and the National Guard attempted to wrest control from out-of-control students. The collective temper-tantrum ignited a full-blown coup that had been some 30 years in the making.
In the country of Mt. Ararat, where the Bible says Noah's Ark rested when the Great Flood subsided, there now is news of the discovery of the world's oldest leather shoe. First announced on the plosone.org scientific website, the moccasin-looking shoe is made of cowhide, cut into two layers, and tanned with plant or vegetable oil. A leather cord is used to lace the shoe along front and back seams through leather eyelets.


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Breed: Siamese mix Age: 3 years Gender: spayed female Harlie's story: Playful, loving Harlie was named for her loud, motorcycle-level purr. She loves her mice, balls and other toys. Her Siamese smarts make her very special – she's figured out how to open cupboard doors and drink


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When Alex Michaelis bought this plot, the chances of building anything habitable, much less beautiful, seemed unlikely. Angela Pertusini visits his finished house and reports on some spectacular results
Imagine what a blast it would be to have Alex Michaelis as your dad - life would be a giddy whirl of childcentric design and non-stop fun, fun, fun. Michaelis is not the sort of architect who confines his three young children to some Pawsonesque cell where they are instructed to play only with toys that match the flooring. No, in the Michaelis home the building must not simply house the children, it must actively accommodate them, embrace their zest for life, their energy and their quirks.
First of all there is the gleaming, white Corian slide that runs down from the ground-floor living area to the bedrooms. Then there is the delightful indoor swimming pool - too small for proper lengths but, just right, says Michaelis, for the kids and their friends to enjoy. Exhibit three is the rhino-sized beanbag, perfectly placed for Saturday morning cartoon-watching, the tiny, scaled-down versions of Jacobsen chairs around their mini-table, the climbing wall that he is building for his two sons… "Aren't you worried that your children will end up spoilt?" I ask peevishly. Michaelis, a thoughtful man, ponders this for a moment; then politely but firmly says that no, he isn't.
Regular readers of the Property section may remember Michaelis from a couple of years ago when he was featured - looking less grey and drawn - as the mad fool who had spent £750,000 on a plot in Notting Hill. The council had imposed the ticklish proviso that the site could only be used if the finished building did not stand any taller than the six-foot wall that surrounded the land.
It is a condition that has Michaelis's sympathy; an attempt to preserve Notting Hill's endangered leafiness and make sure that "you don't end up with somewhere that looks like Pimlico, just completely built up". But, nevertheless, it seemed a fiendishly cruel trick to play: price a piece of virgin land within grasping distance of a working professional - rather than just a pile-'em-high developer - but then make it almost impossible for him to build.
Michaelis, however, saw it as an opportunity, the chance to build something completely personal to his own family's needs, and designed a wonderful, open, spacious but, admittedly, largely underground, home.
By digging down 22 feet, he has created an airy, fashionable, five-bedroom dream of a house - all bright white surfaces and light coming at you from every direction. In order to stop the house feeling like a 21st-century dungeon, or one of those "garden flats" that lurk, damp and unloved, at the bottom of period conversions, he has created a liberal amount of "sub-terraces" which act as lightwells. In addition, there is a vast rooflight in the living room and smaller cousins, on the patio that surrounds the house, which lure as much sunshine as possible into the basement bedrooms. Likewise, the swimming pool, which might seem a little indulgent in a 3,000 sq ft house, is enclosed by glass. The combination of these transparent walls and the light playing on its surface does wonders for illuminating the downstairs.
And, of course, he has built a true family home, democratic as well as desirable. Now, when developers use the term "family friendly", they generally mean "big enough for parents and children to rub along in without having to spend too much time together - oh, and there's a bit of garden to throw the brats into if you get really fed up with them".
Michaelis has no garden to speak of and the ground-floor hangar - sorry, living room - while it certainly is not short on space, does lack doors behind which parents can retreat to knock back surreptitious gin and tonics. To live like this, you don't just have to love your children, or the idea of them, you really have to enjoy them and all their associated chaos. Isn't that difficult at times for a man who would be minimal?
"Well, they do go to bed and then we have the house to ourselves," he says, "but we quite like spending time with them. And they love having the space to run around inside, the slide and pool."
And so a house that, on the face of it, might be called "starkly modern" and will, no doubt, feature in the twitter of interiors glossies, has been subtly undermined by its humour and its liveliness. Still very, very modern, it doesn't have that aura of reverence or the sheer pomposity of so many expensive, contemporary homes, nor the moneyed self-importance of the stuffy, double-fronted Victoriana that lines the rest of the street.
The impulse on entering it is to shriek "wow" but the temptation is also to giggle and enjoy. Instead of conventional shower heads, metallic pipes curve out of the limestone wall in the boys' bathroom like the Teletubbies' vacuum; there is the slide, of course; an oversized rubber duck; the fuchsia-coloured heart-rug in his daughter's room that would give most west London trendies a stroke. It is a wonderful house, but not one that immediately begs to be taken seriously.
However, it does have a more earnest agenda. Michaelis was concerned about making the home's outgoings as sustainable as possible and so the walls and glass are as insulating as they can be and the roof, a glorious field of sedum and thyme, also retains heat.
Over the carport he has arranged one flank of solar panels that fuel his wife's electric car and another set that works a heat pump to bring water 300ft up from his specially sunk borehole. This arrangement provides all the house's hot water - including that for the pool and underfloor heating - and a filtration system means that the water can also be drunk (it is slightly sparkling and delicious). "I wanted to show that you don't have to wear sandals to do this sort of thing," says Michaelis.
Unfortunately, this commitment to eco-friendliness has resulted in a utility room that resembles the control deck of a submarine - huge Heath Robinson pipes circle the ceiling space, there are giant tanks and something that appears to be entirely lagged in silver foil like a bad Doctor Who prop - but it does mean that the house has surprisingly green credentials.
Of course, no home is perfect. The most feared of underground-living disasters has recently struck - a burst pipe in the street has seeped water into the basement, but Michaelis remains philosophical. "The leak wasn't any worse than in a normal house. Leaks happen," he says, staring a little mournfully at the damaged ceiling in his daughter's bathroom.
And, hemmed in by 36 neighbours, the house is rather overlooked but, despite that, the site's wall, an obstacle to many, does make it feel surprisingly protected and private. Anyone tall enough to peep over it will glimpse only the roof, an apparently floating meadow - the house remains entirely unseen.
After a professional lifetime arranging for expensive refurbs and rejigs of clients' houses and businesses, the opportunity for Michaelis to build his own home, to try out ideas that his paying customers might have baulked at, was too good to pass up, even on a plot as difficult as his. And the genius of his house is that it doesn't feel as though any special conditions or compromises have been applied; it doesn't even feel as if it is underground. It is simply an astonishly good-looking, stylish and friendly family home and, at a build cost of £600,000, remarkably thrifty for its ambition.
At 40, Michaelis is probably a bit too young to be even my surrogate dad but, while there's breath in my body, I will pester him to be my architect. Anyone know of an enclosed, overlooked building plot for sale in south London?