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Shopkeeper knocked down teenage shoplifter after theft at Coalville store
Posted: November 26, 2012|
A shopkeeper jumped into his van and knocked down a teenage shoplifter making off with three stolen bottles of beer, a court heard.
George Palmer (64) saw red after the boy called him an insulting name and helped himself to the alcohol in the shop in Woodhouse Road, Coalville.
Leicester Crown Court was told Palmer, a grandfather, mounted the kerb and struck the teenager from behind.
The act was described as "wholly out of character" for Palmer, who has never been in trouble before.
Alan Murphy, prosecuting, said that after the boy ran off with the beer Palmer followed him in his transit van onto Woodhouse Road, Coalville
"He veered to the right hand side, mounting the grass verge onto the pavement and collided with the back of the complainant's legs.
"A witness described the complainant's legs as appearing to buckle and him being thrown into the air and dropping to the floor.
"Other motorists estimated that the van was travelling at about 15mph.
"The Crown say it was a deliberate act of the defendant as a result of what went on in the shop."
Mr Murphy said Palmer got out of the van and told the youth: "You won't do it again, will you?"
However, Palmer disputed saying that.
He claimed it was not a deliberate act and that he lost control of the vehicle.
Mr Murphy said the shoplifter was drunk at the time.
The court heard the boy's mother arrived in a car and he went to hospital suffering from concussion.
He suffered a lump and minor cuts on his head.
A CT scan revealed no abnormality.
Afterwards, Palmer returned to the shop, which he had left unmanned.
A group of about 20 gathered outside and he locked himself in the store until the police arrived.
Palmer, of Grove Road, Whitwick, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving at 6.30pm on August 23.
He was given a six month jail sentence, which was suspended for a year and was banned from driving for 12 months.
The court was told that Palmer had been the victim of numerous thefts and burglaries in the 33 years he had owned the shop in Woodhouse Road, Coalville.
He had been assaulted on the night before the dangerous driving incident. In 2004, he was attacked by a robber and lost an eye.
Judge Simon Hammond said: "The background is very sad.
"I can see he's lost an eye and I can understand why he was angry.
"But to go after him and knock him down – he could have killed him and that's the gravity."
Elizabeth Power, mitigating, said Palmer had been targeted by a number of burglaries and thefts with no action being taken.
She said: "A crowd of people went to the shop after this incident.
"He hasn't worked in the shop since."
Losing his licence would affect the running of the business as he would be unable to visit the cash and carry to stock the store.
Leaving court, he said the judge had been "fair".
He said: "Of course, I'm very sorry for what happened."

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Art Darmanin, owner of SellState Priority Realty, moved into his new location in Cape Coral off Del Prado Boulevard with help from small-business loan. "It's not like the old days," said Darmanin. "It's a little tougher" now to qualify for a loan. / JOHN DAVID EMMETT/news-press.com
The business loan crunch has eased only slightly for Southwest Florida small businesses, despite some retooling of Small Business Administration programs and a rash of federal incentives to lenders over the past year.
"Not too much has changed," said Dan Regelski, director of the Small Business Development Center, based at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Some indicators:
- U.S. Small Business Administration-guaranteed loans: Lee County garnered 13 7(a) loans in 2011's second quarter. That's six fewer than a year ago, although the total borrowed, more than $9.05 million, is 11 percent higher.
Collier County businesses scored seven 7(a) loans during the same period, for a total of just over $2.33 million. That's up from two loans totalling $503,000 in second quarter 2010.
The 7(a) loan program is the SBA's most popular, and is for small business owners unable to obtain a conventional loan from a bank.
Another popular loan program is the 504, typically used to finance the purchase of business property, buildings, improvements and equipment.
Lee County garnered three 504 loans in the second quarter, down from eight during the same period a year ago. The total dollar volume dropped by more than 100 percent year-over-year, to about $1.05 million.
No 504 loans came through for Collier County businesses in January through March. Last year, three loans totalling $373,000 were obtained during that quarter.
- Leeislending.com Since last September, Lee County Economic Development has offered to play matchmaker between small businesses and lenders. To date, there have been 28 referrals to lenders, with four loans made, said Jennifer Berg, economic development spokeswoman. She had no data on the total dollar value of these loans.
Incentives offered
Small business lending never was easy. Still, hopes were raised when the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 provided approximately $30 billion to small banks (those with less than $10 billion in assets) for lending to small businesses, offered approximately $12 billion in tax breaks to small businesses and expanded the loan limits for SBA programs.
And, shortly before Christmas, the SBA announced two new loan initiatives for 2011 targeting existing and start-up business owners in traditionally under-served communities: Small Loan Advantage and Community Advantage.
Effective March 15, these two programs offered a streamlined application process for SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans for as much as $250,000.
Too many caveats
Still, Edison National Bank, an approved SBA lender, is sitting on the sidelines. "We brushed-up on every program ... but there were so many caveats," said Robbie Roepstorff, bank president.
Businesses "think it's the banks that don't want to make the loans. Well, the banks need to make loans, but (federal rules) make everything so darned difficult," Roepstorff said.
Start-ups in particular, "are still very challenged to get a loan," said Regelski at the Small Business Development Center.
That appears to be the case for Matt Vertefeuille of Lehigh Acres. The former general contractor wants to open a plastics recycling plant in LaBelle. He and business partners have tried in vain for more than two years to get a loan.
"We got an 80 percent loan guarantee from the U.S. agriculture department, and still can't get a loan from banks," Vertefeuille said, adding: "I've been to about 20 banks."
Vertefeuille took his loan quest to Tallahassee, where the governor's office referred him to Enterprise Florida, the public-private agency promoting business development.
That agency's officials "asked me to keep them posted on my progress; they're not helping me any," Vertefeuille said.
What it takes
Those with the best shot at commercial loans, Regelski said, are "existing businesses with a credit score of 680 or higher and a relationship with a bank."
Art Darmanin, principal in Sellstate Priority Realty, said his company's good credit rating and ability to make a good down payment helped it to qualify for an SBA-backed 504 loan, which was used to help purchase its new quarters at 3321 Del Prado Blvd., Cape Coral.
Fort Myers-based Independent Development Services Corp. worked with Darmanin to put the financing together. IDS Corp. is a certified development company, a nonprofit organization authorized by the SBA and to help businesses using a combination of public and private lending programs.
"We had to prove it was a viable business, and the building had to appraise appropriately," Darmanin said, adding: "I wouldn't say it was easy, but it wasn't difficult."
A common lament from local business owners is that banks are not lending. Pat Kirkpatrick, a Regions Bank senior vice president, and business banking sales manager in Naples and Fort Myers, disagrees.
"If you are a business with a good balance sheet, capital and revenue streams, you could come out from a bank with a good offer," Kirkpatrick said.
Banks actually want to loan more; however, anxiety over such issues as taxes, health care reform and the direction of the economy caused many business owners to delay expansion - and borrowing, according to Kirkpatrick.
This year, demand for 504 loans through his bank is up by 20-25 percent, Kirkpatrick said, adding several applications for refinancing through 504 "are in the pipeline."
Kirkpatrick is not seeing much change in demand for other SBA loan guarantee programs.
Protracted crawl
Commercial real estate sales drive demand for 504 loans in Lee County, said Tom Wallace at IDS Corp.
With a "near-prostrate" market, the number of loans and their dollar value plummeted, he noted.
"Since our local economy was driven largely driven by residential development for the sake of residential development, the climb out of the hole will be a protracted crawl," Wallace said.
Wallace wants to help viable local businesses with high mortgage payments rebound, through a temporary 504 refinancing program introduced early this year.
Trouble is, even a single late payment or a payment deferral in the past year could render the applicant ineligible.
"A mere handful of refinances have been approved nationally," Wallace said. He added the SBA has acknowledged there's a problem; however, the changes his industry are recommending have yet to be made.
The refinancing option "has got a limited time frame," Wallace said, "and people's businesses are dying on the vine."
Kirkpatrick at Regions is more optimistic: "I think people are getting warmed-up to the concept."


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Tyrrell Hunter was content to rest on the laurels of her big win last year at the 2012 Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest… on one condition. Her husband was to enter the contest this year instead. Her 1st prize entry last year was a Seafood Hash with Lobster Hollandaise.
Tyrrell was encouraging her husband to enter this year's contest with his idea for a Deconstructed Caesar Salad recipe featuring Maine seafood. When that recipe "went south," Tyrrell decided she had to jump back into the kitchen and get cooking once again. We'll bet she's glad she did! This year, Tyrrell's recipe for Spectacular Seafood Cannelloni took top honors.
Tyrrell paired her special dish with a delightful side salad with nasturtiums, perfectly toasted garlic bread, and complementary prosecco. Her table setting created the image of summertime in Maine complete with round straw and sunny yellow place mats, blue plates and napkins, and blue vases of flowers.
"I'd made this recipe for years at home, using different ingredients. I thought it would be the perfect recipe to change up using some seafood like lobster and scallops," said Tyrrell. The special flavors of Maine were complemented with sun-dried tomatoes, herbs, and a heavenly bechamel sauce she made with the lobster bodies and shells.
Tyrrell had this to say of her culinary background: "Both my parents were wonderful cooks who introduced me to a broad variety of foods. I remember cooking at an early age, maybe 7 or 8 years old, baking pies with my grandmother for various holidays. By the time I was 12, I was selling my baked goods during the summer on an island in Maine. While my friends made money babysitting, I made money baking. As an adult, I have hosted most holidays and celebrations and held too many dinner parties to count." Tyrrell has also worked to organize and cook gourmet dinners at her church for fundraising efforts.
As a diversion from closing her medical equipment business in 2011, she entered the Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest for the first time. She was a finalist that year with her recipe for Salmon with Lobster Mousse. 2012 was a great year for Tyrrell. In addition to her Lobster Festival win, she was also crowned the winner of the Damariscotta Pumpkin Festival Cooking Contest with her entry for Bûche de Pumpkin with Pumpkin Mousse, Caramel Buttercream Frosting (real buttercream!), garnished with Salted Pumpkin Seed Brittle, which she made look like leaves surrounding the "log."
What's next for Tyrrell? We hope to see her at next year's competition as she tries for a three-peat! She said, "Numerous friends have encouraged me to open a restaurant. However, it just never happened. Given a different life path, I may have become a professional chef. Currently, my life consists of enjoying time with my children and grandkids, working full-time, as fortunately I found a decent job after our business closed, and cooking for family and friends for holidays, events, and occasional cooking competitions. Someday, maybe when I retire, I hope to write a cookbook."
When Tyrrell writes her cookbook, we hope she includes this amazing, grand prize winning recipe for her Spectacular Seafood Cannelloni!
Spectacular Seafood Cannelloni
Tyrrell Hunter, Brunswick, ME
4 each 1 1/4 pound Maine lobsters, cold water cooked method (see below), shucked. After removing the tail vein, cut the tail and claws into 1/2- inch chunks, mix with knuckle and body meat. Save the shells and bodies of two lobsters but discard the tamale. Refrigerate all until needed.
1 pound Large Sea Scallops – with muscle removed
1 Tablespoon unsalted butter (need total of 10 Tablespoons for complete recipe)
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
2 Tablespoon onion, finely chopped
1 Tablespoon fresh parsley, washed, dried and chopped
1 Tablespoon fresh basil, washed, dried and chopped
1 Tablespoon sun-dried tomatoes – packed in oil, drained and chopped
1 teaspoon anchovy paste
½ teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper
Lobster Shells & Bodies
3½ cups whole milk
2 cups heavy cream
8 Tablespoon unsalted butter
½ cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon kosher salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg, grated
1 cup Parmesan cheese, grated (divided in 2 each ½ cups)
½ cup Pecorino cheese, grated (if you can't find Pecorino, you can increase the Parmesan by ½ cup)
Pasta Shells
12 each No-Boil Lasagna Noodles
Early preparation – even a day or two in advance:
Lobsters – Next time you cook lobsters, try starting them in cold, heavily salted water (about 2 Tablespoons for large pot). Turn on heat to high (we use a gas turkey fryer outside) and bring to a rolling boil. This should take about 20-30 minutes, depending on how many lobsters are in the pot. For this recipe, you want to take 4 lobsters out as soon as they come to a boil and plunge them into cold water to stop their cooking. You want the lobsters under-cooked because the meat will finish cooking in the Cannelloni. (We cook other lobsters to eat that evening by boiling those lobsters just two more minutes for a traditional boiled lobster dinner. We use the partially cooked lobster in a variety of recipes, such as this Cannelloni recipe, over the next few days. The beauty of the cold water method is the meat is very tender because all the lobsters cook at the same temperature and the lobsters weren't shocked entering hot water.)
About 1 ½ to 2 hours prior to serving:
To Make the Lobster Sauce:
Thoroughly strain any liquid that may have accumulated from the lobster shells. In a large saucepan on medium-low heat, steep the milk and cream with the lobster shells (without tamale!) for ½ hour, stirring a few times. Strain, reserve the milk mixture, and set aside. Discard the shells and bodies.
In the same large saucepan over medium heat, melt 8 Tablespoons unsalted butter; then stir in ½ cup flour. Stir for 1 minute to slightly cook the flour. Stir in the nutmeg, salt, and white pepper. Whisk in the hot milk/cream mixture and whisk for 5-7 minutes until the sauce is thick and smooth. Stir in ½ cup Parmesan and set aside off heat.
To Prepare the Pasta Shells:
Soak the no-bake lasagna noodles in a large bowl of warm water for about 8-10 minutes or just until they are pliable so you can bend them easily. Take out of water, pat dry, cut each noodle to 5½-6 inches long, then stack between paper towels.
To Make the Filling: (Preheat oven to 375º while making the stuffing)
In a large sauté pan on medium-high heat, melt one Tablespoon of butter with one Tablespoon olive oil. Sprinkle the scallops with salt and pepper. Add scallops and onions to the pan and quickly cook the scallops about 20-30 seconds per side; add the minced garlic and sauté for 30 seconds more. Cut the scallops into quarters or eights (about the same size of the lobster tail cut-up pieces; the scallops will not be completely cooked at this point). Stir in the lobster meat, sun-dried tomatoes, herbs, and sauté for one minute to combine flavors. Drain off any accumulated water/juices. To 2/3 cup of Lobster Sauce, stir in the anchovy paste. Then add this sauce mixture to the seafood and mix gently to combine. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if needed. Take pan off heat.
To Assemble and Bake Cannelloni:
In a 13 x 9-inch pan, pour 1½ cups of the sauce and spread to cover the bottom of the pan. Put ½ cup of the filling mixture across the short side (about 3 ½ inches) of a pasta shell and roll up, putting it seam-side down in the pan. Repeat with the other shells, leaving a little space between the shells. Pour the remaining sauce over all the shells, covering completely, and sprinkle the top with the remaining ½ cup Parmesan and ½ cup Pecorino. Dot with an additional Tablespoon of butter cut into small pieces. Cover pan and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 20 minutes. If needed, lightly golden brown under the broiler just before serving. Suggest serving with a crisp salad and toasted garlic bread.
(Can be prepared in advance of final baking and refrigerated for up to 24 hours; let sit at room temperature for ½ hour, then bake for 30 minutes covered and 20 minutes uncovered, lightly brown under broiler if needed.)
Serves 5-6.
Melanie Hyatt is the editor of Maine Food & Lifestyle and the Plating Up blog.


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When I first setup spotify, I used the facebook login option. But now, I'd like to change this by creating an account for spotify (username and password) but don't know how.
Is there a way to do that by keeping my account as is, but creating new login details?
I don't mind keeping it connected to facebook (as I have deactivated all the sharing stuff) but I don't like this trend that everything are dependent of facebook accounts.
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Agree's! would like to do same also. FB goes down alot. and ofc my Spotify won't work then.
02-05-2012 06:21 PM - edited 02-05-2012 06:27 PM
Spotify requires an active Facebook account, you can't use Spotify without going through Facebook.
This is because Sean Parker is an investor in both Spotify and Facebook and he wants music to be tied to people's Facebook accounts. His plan is that people can't deactivate their Facebook - otherwise they lose access to Spotify.
At this point everyone who wants to be on Facebook, is already on Facebook so they're now making deals with third party services like Spotify to try to get more users (one of these deals: you can't have Spotify without Facebook). This way they try to get closer to the billion user milestone.
This would be great! I deactivated my facebook to study for the bar. If spotify can't/wont accomodate, they will lose my subscription.
I cant login with my onkyo amplifier with facebook details i need to change to spotify login to do this, but there doesnt seem to be a way to do it..
I really want to use the service through my home cinema system and am very fustrated.
Help please!
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MalcolmDougall - You'd need to create a Device Password in order to use it on your Onkyo device. You can do that right here.
I have tried this 4 or 5 times and I have not recieved any emails??? Yes I have checked my email address is correct and yes I have checked my spam folder.
I really need some help with this!
HI has been rectified now! customer services sent me a direct link to set a password for use with my Onkyo amp.
Thank you!
I deactivated my facebook account but made a new one. How can I link the new account to my previous spotify account?
Now, i can't even log in to spotify and I have a premium account.
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SLIDESHOW: Children meet caveman at Stone Age sessions in Saffron Walden museum
Posted: April 16, 2014|
Families have been given a glimpse into the life of a caveman in the Stone Age this Easter week.
Children lined up to meet a caveman at work at Saffron Walden Museum today.
More than a 150 visitors were able to see how stone tools were made, handle Stone Age artefacts and try out cave painting.
The workshops have been inspired by some of the objects from the museum's current exhibition 'Secrets from the Stores' which runs until the July 20.
The sessions will also take place from 11am until 1pm and 2pm until 4pm tomorrow – each slot with the caveman lasts 30 minutes.
Gemma Tully, from the museum, said: "The kids and parents have loved it. We have had really positive feedback.
"We wanted to get people to realise that just because cave men are from the Stone Age it doesn't mean they were primitive."


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3 November 2006
Mawsonites are keenly watching the approach of the big orange taxi, with a likely sighting of the first helicopters some time over this weekend. Most last minute work jobs are completed and people are now into their packing.
Of our 14 winterers, 4 are remaining here for part or all of the summer, 3 are travelling on V1 to Davis to spend part or all of the summer there, and 7 head back to sunnier shores, eagerly looking forward to Christmas at home with families. Sara , "Pedro" and Brett are our real long stayers, Sara will finish up the summer here at Mawson and Pedro and Ruffy at Davis, all coming home on V4. They will have been away from October 2005 to March 2007, totalling 514 days. Well done.
The planned changeover and re-supply by helicopter will be a busy time for all and is likely to be challenging in all sorts of ways. At 9 am Mawson time on Thursday morning, Geoff completed our first HF sked with Ian McL on the AA, which is about 400 nautical miles away, somewhere north west of Davis, and making about 3 knots in heavy ice. It might be a case of "hurry up and wait".
Over the last week, we have fitted in a number of last trips to Auster Rookery, for those last memorable moments at an amazing place and some last photos. The emperor penguin chicks are now 3 to 3-and-a-half months old, and starting to become quite their own creatures. The Adélie penguins have returned to Bechervaise Island and most of the other coastal islands in large numbers and are building pebble nesting mounds frantically and starting to mate already.
The Weddell seal mums and pups are everywhere there is a tide crack on the sea ice, and the older pups at 2-3 weeks of age are already growing rapidly. The skuas are looking very plump on the readily available meals of seal placenta. The local sea "fast" ice is now around 180 cm thick, the thickest in the last 5 years at least, still thickening a little in most places, and still in great shape for sea ice travel. What a fantastic time of year in Antarctica!
On Saturday night, we enjoyed our last Saturday night together as a group, and conveniently celebrated Sara's birthday at the same time. It was an appropriate occasion to acknowledge and thank Sara for her many contributions to our community life during the year. As usual, Tania and kitchen helpers put on a superb dinner. Dr Jim was presented with a handsomely mounted set comprising toothbrush, dental mirror, and model tooth, as a memento of several memorable dental procedures during the year.
We followed that up with a Halloween party on Tuesday night.
This is likely to be the last news contribution from the 2006 Mawson team. On behalf of our group, I would like to wish all readers an early "Happy Festive Season", we will be seeing people at Davis in around 10 days and back at Kingston in about 3 weeks.
Regards from all at Mawson.


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Amber Portwood Ordered to Pay Rental Company for Lying About Income
Teen Mom Amber Portwood's legal situation doesn't seem to be improving — although at least the stakes aren't quite as high anymore. After narrowly evading a jail sentence for violating her parole, the troubled Teen Mom is back in the headlines after an Indiana judge ordered her to pay a rental company money that she owes them for misrepresenting her financial situation in an application for low-income housing.
While Amber was in jail, the rental company in charge of the government-subsidized low-income property where Amber was residing sued her for eviction after discovering that she was well beyond the "low income" bracket required to be a resident, since she earned over $280,000 in 2010. Amber failed to respond to the suit, prompting a judge to rule in the rental company's favor. Luckily, the amount due is only $673 — a relatively small sum given her Teen Mom salary.
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Emma Stone scored coveted role in 'Spider-Man' reboot, Justin Bieber was youngest artist to win at AMAs, Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson filed for divorce.
The last three months of 2010 have one common trait which is getting stronger as the year inched closer to holiday season. Despite reasons to gather with family at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year, a lot of celebrity couples chose to split. Meanwhile, the awards season were shaping up with the announcement of nominees and lots of artists were given "the most" and "-est" titles.
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The food is pretty good here, the ingredients are fresh and the place is really clean. The only bad thing about it is that there are only 3 people that work there so placing an order and getting the food takes a long time. Although they are a little pricey, the burritos and nachos are really good! They steam the burritos to make sure the cheese is melted. This is a great place, but make sure you set aside a little bit of time before you order as it takes them a while to make the food.
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This is a good clean fresh taqueria. I am really picky when it comes to burritos, and I have to say, this isn't the best in the city. No burrito is great unless it has fresh avocado. My favorites are La Taqueria and Taqueria Cancun in the Mission. But, alas, I live in the Sunset. So what do I do? Sometimes I fight my way across town all the way to the holy grail. Sometimes I go to El Beach Burrito. I'm always pleased with the food, but the price stings a bit.
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I was suprised to find such a good 'Mission district' quality burrito a couple blocks from the beach. It's right up there with the best of the Mission, and best of all, on a nice day you can enjoy it on the beach. The burritos are big, over-stuffed and double steamed so they don't fall apart on you, the pork and beef and great quality. It is also much cleaner than the places in the Mission, with a large dining room.


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my friend decided to fix some dexedrine from dextrostat tabs tonight. to experiment she used only one. she ground it fine and added i forget how many ccs of water but enough to dissolve it. then she cooked it. there were melted waxy-like globules in the otherwise clear dark yellow solution so she filtered it with cotton. she drew it up while it was still very warm. she looked at it in the barrel and didn't see any kind of rubbish floating around in there, just clear yellow. she tapped out most of the bubbles while it was still warm and set it down to cool off more. oh, since she was planning on hitting her wrist she used a 30g short.
now here's where the fun begins. she picks up her outfit to tap out the rest of the bubble. it wouldn't move. she tapped it real hard but it just sat on the bottom. the liquid seemed to have thickened. is this possible?
hmmm, the bubble was kinda small, no big deal, she'll just watch it. she tied off and found some tasty veins. the first one she tried was a damn roller. the second one was great but she couldn't tell if she was hitting (no beautiful red streak). probing around she was sure that she had it but she couldn't get the register. that's when she noticed that the first try, on the roller, started to swell up like a motherfucker. disgusted, she withdrew the needle.
holding it upright she pulled the plunger back a bit. this was difficult which means that either the solution was too thick (which i don't understand) or the needle was too small and it clogged (more likely). ok, never mind slamming it, for now anyway.
then she remembered a thread about frontloading (definition #2, or sorta opposite of plugging, which she SHOULD have done, you'll see) and decided to try it. so she breaks off the needle and frontloads. bad idea. eventually it just drained out. she thought maybe she could have put in a tampon to keep it in there, but that would have just soaked it up.
oh well, no major loss. she has a lot more dex to experiment with in the future if she so chooses and the giant welts have almost disappeared by now.
but the burning question is "what the hell went wrong?" without anyone stating the obvious (don't shoot pills), can anyone answer that? i have utmfse for her to find a safe way to do it, but cannot find anything either here or on the web, not for 10 mg dexedrine tablets specifically. she might like to try again.


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Community Bankers Gather for 2008 ICBA National Convention and Techworld
Gathering Is the Largest and Most Vital in Community Banking
Orlando, Fla. (March 2, 2008)—Nearly 3,000 community bankers and industry leaders gathered for the opening of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) National Convention and Techworld held at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort in Orlando, Fla. The conference which is the largest and most vital community banking industry events of its kind in the nation, runs through March 5.
"The ICBA National Convention and Techworld is a tremendous forum for community bankers and industry leaders to exchange ideas, discover the latest trends and learn about new developments," said James P. Ghiglieri, Jr., ICBA chairman and president of Alpha Financial Group, Inc., Toluca, Ill.
"This is a great week for community banking," Ghiglieri said. "Each community bank individually is vital to supporting the economic prosperity and strong quality of life in its community back home. The synergy that is created when you bring the talent and banking know-how of community bankers together in one place for a week is extraordinary."
Highlights of the convention include remarks from national newsmakers including Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair and Office of Thrift Supervision Director John Reich.
Additional featured speakers include Lou Holtz, college football studio analyst for ESPN and Bill O'Reilly, host, The O'Reilly Factor and the Radio Factor. Attendees can choose from more than 60 educational seminars on all facets of the community banking industry, as well as a variety of networking events.
One of the premier community banking industry tradeshows, ICBA Techworld features 230 exhibitors whose comprehensive community bank-tailored products and services are reflective of the dynamic innovation and change continually occurring within the community banking industry.
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TeliaSonera Agrees to Buy Tele2 Norway for $744 Million
July 7 (Bloomberg) -- TeliaSonera AB agreed to buy Tele2 AB's Norwegian business for 5.1 billion kronor ($744 million) to boost its share of the mobile-phone market in Scandinavia's richest economy and approach the reach of Telenor ASA.
The deal will increase TeliaSonera's mobile market share in Norway to about 40 percent from 23 percent while the subscription base will rise to 2.7 million from 1.6 million, the Stockholm-based company said in a statement. Telenor ASA remains the largest mobile carrier in Norway with 3.22 million wireless customers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The purchase will probably reduce the number of networks in Norway to three from four in a move that mirrors Telefonica SA's deal to buy Royal KPN NV's E-Plus unit in Germany. That transaction has been approved by the European Union.
"It produces a lot of synergies for us given we have most of their traffic on our network," TeliaSonera Chief Executive Officer Johan Dennelind said in an interview. "It's smack in the middle of our core strategy for the Nordics. We're keen now to engage with the competition authorities and see what's required to get this deal through."
TeliaSonera shares rose 2 percent to 50.60 kronor as of 10:07 a.m. in Stockholm, valuing the operator at about 219 billion kronor. Tele2 gained 2.6 percent to 83.6 kronor, for a market value of about 37.4 billion kronor.
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TeliaSonera said the deal comes with integration costs of 250 million kronor to 450 million kronor and investments of 350 million kronor to handle increased traffic. Cost synergies are estimated to be at least 800 million kronor annually from 2016, the company said.
"Scale is important in our industry and I think this will give us the situation where we can get to good levels of profitability in Norway," Dennelind said.
Tele2, which expects to book a capital gain of about 2 billion kronor on the sale, which has an enterprise value of 5.1 billion kronor on a cash and-debt free basis, said the divestment followed a strategic review of the Norwegian business prompted by changes to the market structure as a result of a license auction in December 2013. The company said in March it was considering a sale of the Norwegian business.
Tele2's CEO Mats Granryd said in an interview today that he may use a portion of the proceeds to speed up development of the carrier's growth in the Netherlands. He said it's too early to say whether some money may be returned to shareholders, adding it wouldn't be used to reduce debt.
The takeover is subject to regulatory approval from the Norwegian Competition Authority which is anticipated at the latest in the first quarter of 2015, according to the companies.
Ukrainian-born billionaire Len Blavatnik's Access Industries Holdings Inc. won spectrum for what will be Norway's third national network if the TeliaSonera-Tele2 deal is completed.
To win approval for the TeliaSonera-Tele2 agreement, the companies will probably divest some network assets and shift some customers to Access, said Barry Zeitoune, an analyst at Berenberg Bank in London. There's also a chance that the purchase will win approval without such concessions, since Norway isn't part of the European Union and can handle competition issues locally, he said.
The sale of Tele2's Norwegian assets could lead to the carrier's breakup, Zeitoune said. Tele2 agreed to sell its Russian unit to lender VTB Group last year for about $2.4 billion, after Tele2 failed to win a wireless license to run faster services in the country, leaving it with an outdated network.
"Selling out of the Netherlands could make a lot of sense and for 1 billion euros a deal could happen," Zeitoune said in an e-mail. "That leaves Sweden as the main asset left. A deal on this is complex."
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Aker Solutions ASA : Aker Solutions to tie Dagny gas production into Sleipner 30 January 2013 - Aker Solutions has been awarded the second call-off project under the Sleipner Modification Portfolio Agreement, involving the tie-in of gas production from Dagny. Contract value is NOK 650 million and the work will commence immediately. Aker Solutions to tie Dagny gas production into SleipnerThe contract involves modification work on Sleipner A. In more detail, this includes engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) to tie the gas production from the Dagny platform into Sleipner A. "We are very proud to be selected by Statoil for another tie-in project. Modification work is part of our core business and it is important for us to stay competitive and be awarded key projects such as this," says Tore Sjursen, head of maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) in Aker Solutions. Engineering work will be carried out at Aker Solutions' offices in Stavanger, Bergen and Mumbai and will also engage prefabrication resources at the company's yard in Egersund. Work under the contract will be completed in 2016. The Sleipner Modification Portfolio Agreement was awarded to Aker Solutions in August 2010 and the company is currently working on the first call-off project named Gudrun tie-in to Sleipner. "Aker Solutions is no stranger to the Sleipner area and we look forward to continue a good working relationship with Statoil both here and on other fields," Sjursen ends. The Sleipner area is the second largest gas producer in the North Sea, after the Troll field. The Dagny field is located approximately 30 km northwest of Sleipner East. Dagny was discovered in 1974. ENDS For further information, please contact: Media: Magnus Godiksen, Communications Adviser, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 51 85 29 17, Mob: +47 46 40 22 30, E-mail: email@example.com Investor relations: Lasse Torkildsen, SVP Investor Relations, Aker Solutions. Tel: +47 67 51 30 39, Mob: +47 91 13 71 94, E-mail: email@example.com Suppliers: For further information about sourcing and potential subcontracts for this project, please visit www.akersolutions.com/suppliers Career opportunities: Visit http://www.akersolutions.com/careers Aker Solutions provides oilfield products, systems and services for customers in the oil and gas industry world-wide. The company's knowledge and technologies span from reservoir to production and through the life of a field. Aker Solutions brings together engineering and technologies for oil and gas drilling, field development and production. The company employs approximately 25 000 people in more than 30 countries. They apply the knowledge and create and use technologies that deliver their customers' solutions. Aker Solutions ASA is the parent company in the group, which consists of a number of separate legal entities. Aker Solutions is used as the common brand and trademark for most of these entities. In 2011 Aker Solutions had aggregated annual revenues of approximately NOK 36.5 billion. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. This press release may include forward-looking information or statements and is subject to our disclaimer, see www.akersolutions.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Aker Solutions ASA via Thomson Reuters ONE HUG#1673875
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Unimin Corporation is a technology-driven company drawing from a diversified product portfolio and worldwide production capabilities. The company is North America's largest producer of silica sand, nepheline syenite and high purity quartz, and a major supplier of feldspar, ball clay, kaolin, calcium carbonate, quicklime and hydrate. Unimin operates 44 mining and mineral processing facilities in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Unimin offers North America's most extensive portfolio of high purity core and molding sands. INCAST® core and molding grades range from GFN 25 for lost foam backing to GFN 125 for non-ferrous molding. These engineered foundry sands are characterized by their low total surface area and uniform PSD, providing the ideal physical properties to maximize tensile strength while reducing resin, catalyst and additive consumption.With technology and analytical service centers located throughout North America, Unimin operates one of the largest industrial minerals research organizations in the world. Committed to both basic and applied research, these technology centers support research and service initiatives that deliver value to our customers.
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By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2008 During a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes today, senior defense officials recognized seven National Guard and reserve units for supporting families of deployed troops.
Thomas F. Hall, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, hosted the annual Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Awards presentation, which highlighted the best National Guard and reserve unit family readiness support programs in 2007.
"You know, you recruit individuals and retain families," Hall said before presenting the awards. "It is so important that we emphasize families, and we're going to continue to do that."
The seven awardees are recognized as "the best of the best" in providing readiness and deployment-support programs for reserve-component servicemembers and their families, Hall said.
Each recognized unit received an engraved wood Defense Department plaque and a certificate signed by Hall. Award recipients also received a certificate and $1,000 from the Military Officers Association of America.
Sharon M. Semrow is a volunteer family-support coordinator for the award-winning Marine Corps Reserve 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment, 4th Marine Division, based in Chicago. Semrow works with families of Marines assigned to the battalion's Fox Company, which is located in Milwaukee.
"It is an honor to receive this award, and the whole battalion worked hard," Semrow said. Marines assigned to Fox Company are currently deployed to Iraq, she said.
"We pass information from the command to the family members," Semrow explained. Semrow's husband, Jeffrey, is a Marine gunnery sergeant in the reserve who served a duty tour in Iraq.
Family support is important, she said, "So the Marines can focus on the job that they're doing and not worry about us back at home."
Maintaining communications between deployed servicemembers and their families is important for morale, said Leslie B. Holland, a family-support coordinator for the award-winning Coast Guard Reserve Port Security Unit 308 based in Gulfport, Miss. PSU 308 personnel have deployed for duty at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, she said.
Holland maintains a list of phone numbers that can be used to quickly contact deployed servicemembers' commands in case of family emergencies or other contingencies back home.
"Within a matter of minutes, we can get a message out" to servicemembers at Guantanamo asking them to contact their families, Holland explained.
The Coast Guard members and spouses feel "relieved there is an extra group of people that are helping their families," Holland said.
Other units recognized at the ceremony include:
-- Air Force Reserve: 944th Mission Support Flight, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz.;
-- Air National Guard: 144th Fighter Wing, Fresno, Calif.;
-- Army National Guard: 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery, Milwaukee;
-- Army Reserve: 108th Training Command, Charlotte, N.C., and;
-- Navy Reserve: Naval Air Systems Command 6066, Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
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Giles blasts Man Utd ace Ronaldo
Former Manchester United midfielder Johnny Giles does not agree with Sir Bobby Charlton that Cristiano Ronaldo is a better player than George Best was.
"Bobby is an indvidual who never blows his own trumpet and puts himself down in relation to some of today's players," Giles told RTE. "I don't think it's right.


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Though Ed McKaveney is an affiliated board member of the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology, he was shocked when the same organization named him Outstanding Leader of the Year.
"Someone in the organization decided to nominate me, I wasn't paying attention to that track of awards and wasn't thinking about it in terms of myself," said McKaveney, Hampton Township School District technology director.
At the awards dinner, McKaveney said the presenter read a description of the awardees before naming the winners and one caught his attention.
"They read a brief profile (for the Outstanding Leader of the Year award) and I was thinking that sounds like my LinkedIn profile," he said.
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So I'm looking at my email box and seeing all these daily sample sale updates (Gilt, Rue La La, Billion Dollar Babes), and thinking it would be nice to just get one email instead of everything, so I can be informed of what sale is coming, but at the same time not get over whelmed with all these new sample sale sites popping up everywhere.
I thought it might be helpful if I compiled all these info and create a master list, send them as emails to subscribers. But the list is going to be sooooooo long, and I'm wondering what is everyone's preference and opinion on what they would actually like to get in such an email.
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Session T26: Focus Session: Graphene XII: Synthesis and Growth
2:30 PM–5:30 PM, Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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Abstract: T26.00015 : Epitaxial graphene: Structure, growth and molecular interactions
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Andrew Wee
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Wei Chen
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Siew Wai Poon
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Han Huang
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Shi Chen
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Dongchen Qi
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Eng Soon Tok
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Kian Ping Loh
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The discovery of graphene has opened up a new paradigm in nanoelectronics that could offer better performance than conventional semiconductor devices. We used \textit{in situ} scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), synchrotron synchrotron radiation techniques and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to investigate the structure of the various reconstructions of 6H-SiC(0001) prior to its thermal decomposition to form epitaxial graphene (EG). Using Co-decoration technique coupled with STM, the evolution of EG was found to preferentially begin at SiC step edges and occurs with the loss of Si and breakdown of the C-rich ($\surd $6$\times \surd $6)$R$30\r{ } template, which provides the C source for graphene growth. The C-rich phase that forms at the interface acts as a buffer layer for graphene from the underlying bulk SiC. We show that the transition from monolayer to trilayer EG adopts a bottom-up growth mechanism. With increasing annealing temperature, the fluorescence yield of Si $K$-edge NEXAFS indicates an increase in disorder of Si atoms in the SiC substrate beneath the surface due to out-diffusion of Si atoms to the surface forming increased Si vacancies. We also show that EG thermally grown on 6H-SiC(0001) can be p-type doped via a novel surface transfer doping scheme by modifying the surface with the electron acceptor, F4-TCNQ.
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CONCORD, N.C. -- The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series has produced three first-time winners in the last three races, two of them being rookies. Rookie point leader Colin Braun can't think of a better place to get his first win than in his home state of Texas.
Braun will make his first start at Texas Motor Speedway Friday night in the Sam's Town 400 in the No. 6 Con-way Freight Ford F-150. The Ovalo, Texas native hopes to continue the streak of first-time winners with a win of his own in front of his home-state crowd.
"It just goes to show how great the racing is the truck series that you never know who will win each week," Braun said. "I don't know the last time two rookies have won this early in the season, and doing it back-to-back, but I certainly want to add my name to the list. Not only would it be huge for me to win my first race, but to do it in my home state would make it even more special.
"It's funny because although Texas is home, I won't have a bunch of friends and family there. My Mom is the only one coming to the race since my Dad has to work in Watkins Glen this weekend. I'll have more family coming to Milwaukee in a few weeks than Texas.
"I think we've got a great shot at winning Friday night. I love racing on the fast mile-and-a-half tracks, and we're taking a truck that has a lot of winning history. This truck was a favorite of Mark Martin's in 2006 and Travis Kvapil's last year. This will be the first time we've raced it in 2008, so I hope to carry on the winning tradition with it."
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HHS, SV to meet in girls' sectional final
SPRING VALLEY -- Huntington High and Spring Valley will play for the MSAC girls' sectional title Thursday after eliminating Lincoln County and Cabell Midland, respectively, in the first round of play Tuesday.
The last time the two teams met was Sept. 10 at Spring Valley, when the Highlanders took the win over the Timberwolves, 4-1.
Spring Valley coach Todd Smith said he's looking forward to taking on the Highlanders again in the sectional final Thursday.
"We're going to have to play a very tight game and key on their players," Smith said. "But we've got to play our game, too. We can't just let them dictate to us how the game goes."
Highlanders coach Paul Farrell knows that his squad will be facing a much-improved Spring Valley team, and will be doing so without senior captain Kelsie Burns, who has been sidelined for the rest of the season with an ankle injury.
"It's not going to be the same matchup it was back in September," Farrell said. "Both teams have changed, and gotten better, but in different respects. I don't think the results from September can tell you anything about what's going to happen Thursday at Cabell Midland.
"The game is going to be on FieldTurf, so I think it's going to be a faster game with a lot of scoring. I look forward to playing them again, although I don't consider it a rematch because I'm fielding a much different team from back then, and they've gotten a lot better since then."
Spring Valley got past the Knights, 3-0, in the first game of the evening Tuesday.
The Timberwolves got off to a tentative start, with a lot of good ideas but a bit of a lack of execution.
That didn't stop senior Emily Rhodes from finding the back of the net in the eighth minute after the ball took a deflection off of Midland keeper Jess Meade.
After that, the game settled into a bit of a stalemate, though the Timberwolves were getting more chances and pushing into offensive space more than the Knights.
The turning point in the contest came in a strange sequence of events in the final seconds of the first half.
Becca Spencer sent a lob over Meade's head, and Meade retreated and seemed to toss the ball out of the net to keep it from crossing the goal line. Play continued, but eventually the officials blew play dead with one second on the clock.
Midland thought they were going into half down 1-0, but the referees conferred and determined that Meade was across the goal line when she threw the ball out, and that Spencer had scored a goal. They then put nine seconds back on the clock.
Knights' coach Andy Wilson was furious over the call, and voiced his opposition, as both teams rushed players back on the field to finish the last nine seconds of the half. Midland was now down 2-0.
Cabell Midland managed some pressure in the second half, but the majority of possession was controlled by the Timberwolves, and Rhodes added the final tally in the 71st minute.
"It was a sectional game, there's going to be nerves, and you could see it on both sides," Spring Valley coach Todd Smith said. "Eventually, they settled down. They're kids, sometimes you have to talk to them and get them to do the right things.
"I would like to have seen a few more goals, but a win, I'll take it. I'm proud of our kids. They knew what was at stake here and they came out and played hard."
The night game couldn't have been more different. Huntington High nearly scored a goal for every player Lincoln County had dressed, in a 12-0 victory where coach Paul Farrell had pulled most of his starters by the 30th minute, and had instructed his players not to shoot after Tory Shackelford managed a hat trick within three minutes before half time.
Farrell had players dropping to midfield and passing several times before anyone could take a shot on goal in the second half.
Lincoln County managed one shot in the contest.
"You have to respect the Lincoln County girls, who are still building a program and came out here and played very hard," Farrell said. "What we did today, we came out, we knew we had them overmatched, but that was secondary to the idea that we have to get better everyday.
"Because, just like today, we fielded the stronger team, it's going to be not very long before we run into teams that have us overmatched. So, the lesson is, there's always someone bigger, better and stronger out there, and everyday you have to make yourself a little bit better, make your teammate a little better and make your team a little bit better."
SV -- Rhodes, 8th minute.
SV -- Spencer, 40th minute.
SV -- Rhodes (Lauren Fuller) 71st minute.
Shots: CM 5 (4 on net), SV 23 (12 on net). Saves: CM 9 (Meade), SV 4 (Hannah Smith). Corners: CM 2, SV 4.
H -- Summer Wheatley, 8th minute.
H -- Elizabeth Conaty, 13th minute.
H -- Wheatley (Isabella Chirico) 21st minute.
H -- Sydney Jacobson, 26th minute.
H -- Shackelford, 31st minute.
H -- Shackelford, 32nd minute.
H -- Shackelford, 34th minute.
H -- Kate O'Donnell, 47th minute.
H -- Kate Colclough, 56th minute.
H -- Blue Cremeans, 62nd minute.
H -- Morgan Hensley, 70th minute.
H -- Megan McCallister, 75th minute.
Shots: LC 1 (1 on net), H 38 (29 on net). Saves: LC 17 (Renee Booker, Krista Smith), H 1 (Ericka Budd). Corners: LC 0, H 8.


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I was about to post this conference interview from a couple of weeks ago with outspoken advertising veteran Randall Rothenberg, CEO of the trade group Interactive Advertising Bureau, when a little news hit (Facebook went public). But the exchange between Rothenberg and Federated Media Publishing Executive Chairman John Battelle at Federated's Conversational Marketing Summit in New York on May 17 shed a lot of light on the state of online advertising today, and the prospects and challenges for wooing more brand advertisers from their obsession with television advertising. So I wanted to post it after all. Here's what he and Battelle had to say:
Battelle: What are the biggest obstacles in our industry?
Rothenberg: Venture capitalists. They create new businesses, but they incentivize companies toward short-term cash-out potential, not long-term growth. So if I were a marketer, my worst problem is chaos–not knowing what will make a difference. Venture capital has supported and financed a bunch of chaos.
Now, it is what they do. The investment structure in the digital industry does fuel nonproductive chaos. That's one of the biggest issues in the industry. For marketers who are trying to build brands and sell products, and agencies and publishers, it's a big issue.
Battelle: Our marketing partners often say we want to work with Hot Shiny Startup X, and can you get us a meeting with them? But often these startups don't have a way for marketers to engage. When they get there, they create their own native ad environment. Everyone seems to be chasing that Google AdWords model. What do you make of the rise of all these new ways of marketing? Is this going to work?
Rothenberg: No. Marketing for large companies is fundamentally an industrial process. They depend on scale. The reason advertising grew was all because of scalability. The television ad takes a writer, a designer, a producer, and a media or account person to place the ad. Then it can run anywhere–on 600 networks, or any magazine.
What's happening here that's so difficult–imagine you're starting up a new magazine and you say I don't want 9-by-11 pages, I want 12-by-17. But you won't get it stocked in supermarkets. Or a music TV network taking only ads with music in them.
They're forcing the customers to take on new costs. Essentially, publishers at the bottom of the food chain are charging customers at the top of the food chain more. It doesn't work. It's hard to create a large-scale business out of custom executions.
Battelle: So companies pushing native advertising are hopelessly fooling themselves?
Rothenberg: Some will be successful. But it's really difficult to do it economically, so it's hard to justify the valuations they're getting.
Technology allows you to do vastly more forms of customization–in aircraft manufacturing, or jeans. But you can get wrapped up in diseconomies of scale very quickly. Economics requires you to push most of your customers into standardized or semicustomized experiences.
When the WPP Group made the first hostile acquisition in the ad business, J. Walter Thompson… PR has always had lower margins than advertising–because it's not a scale business, it's a people business.
Battelle: IAB standard ads, banner ads, are understood to be lower-performing. Is that form of display dying?
Rothenberg: No. But we need to admit that our digital ad forefathers created the digital advertising business to be direct-response.
Battelle: I didn't know I was doing that.
Rothenberg: No, but the way we did things facilitated direct-response marketers mostly. That's why low click-through rates is a red herring. What matters to marketers is the yield curve. And the economics of online direct-response advertising are very favorable for marketers–one-tenth or less than that of direct mail.
Battelle: What is the solution to re-energizing the brand display marketplace in a scalable way?
Rothenberg: A number of ways. This becomes a commercial for the IAB. But we have to commit to serving the interests of our customers. 95% of brand dollars are staying out of digital advertising. Good, solid brand advertising supports the brand marketer's need to elevate its product beyond commodity levels. Coca-Cola has to get 20 cents more a liter than the store brand or it goes out of business.
We obviously need better spaces and places and opportunities for brand expression. It involves creating ad units that standardize the capabilities of the Internet.
We need to be able to use data in a protected and honorable way.
Battelle: I was going to ask if a big challenge was looming government regulation of online advertising.
Rothenberg: It's a big honkin' problem. Fortunately in the U.S., we began working five years ago to create a voluntary regulatory mechanism. The really monstrous threat of really bad advertising regulation is over in the U.S. for now. But it's a problem in Europe.
Q (from the audience): How do you standardize in the social realm?
Rothenberg: It's hard but it's certainly not impossible. In fact, both Facebook and Twitter and trying to do that. You need a middle ground between freewheeling, unstructured stuff and standards.
There's also the standard in public relations: the press release. They're remarkably effective for [getting coverage in] poorly staffed newspapers.
In a way, the craze for viral video is an attempt to create a standard around social conversation. You can see it's not impossible.
Q: How do you envision the display market three to five years out?
Rothenberg: Most display is not for branding. Close to 70% of all the revenues in display are performance. They're not CPM anymore. That got crossed in 2002.
A digital GRP and especially new, functional ad units will unleash the ingenuity of great creative people. That will make the difference in drawing big brand budgets on the Web. Can I do great work that will get into 20 million homes at a pop, create an emotional connection, and prompt sales? That can happen.


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Hardtails might be dead in many mountain bike circles, but not in racing. While full-suspension continues to make inroads, hardtails hold fast in many World Cup teams and local racers' stables.
Fans of the breed have a new choice for 2015, as Cannondale offers up a fresh platform, the F-Si. It's Cannondale's first update to its hardtail design since 2011's Flash/F29 and, as you'd expect, was developed with the company's World Cup racing team, headlined by 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Marco Fontana and 2013 world championships silver medalist Manuel Fumic.
The F-Si isn't a radical departure. It's conceived as a refinement of existing designs, albeit significant in some areas. The clue is in the name: Cannondale has used the F designation for its hardtails for decades, while Si stands for system integration.
The F-Si uses Cannondale's long-standing willingness to tinker with industry standards to address what Cannondale sees as some of the shortcomings of existing 29er hardtails: low-speed handling that turns floppy and the added flex of the larger wheels. Combined with the longer wheelbase required by the bigger hoops, that all makes 29ers tougher to control in tight quarters.
At the same time, the company wanted to preserve the renowned high-speed stability of the larger wheel size. While Scott has gone to the middle 27.5-inch wheel size, Cannondale says it feels the foreseeable future for hardtails is mostly 29-inch. So solving 29ers' most pressing issues came down to messing with accepted geometry norms, said Peter Denk, Cannondale's director of technology.
Updated 29er Geometry
Cannondale slackened the head angle on the new F-Si to 69.5 degrees and bumped the fork offset (distance from the steering axis to front hub) out to 55mm. That's 1.5 degrees slacker than the F29 on the head angle and an extra centimeter of offset, or rake (many 29er hardtails have head angles in the 71-degree range and 45-47mm of offset depending on fork spec). This is one area where Cannondale can make changes others can't; because they make their own suspension forks, Cannondale isn't restricted to fork makers' offset offerings.
The result of all that monkeying around is not immediately apparent: the F-Si's 79mm trail figure is just 1mm shorter than the F29. But, says, Denk, how you get there is what's important. "Head angle isn't speed sensitive," he points out, "but offset is." With increased offset, "the faster you go, the higher the momentum in the front wheel, which increases the torque you need to turn the handlebar." The intended result is a more stable, locked-in feeling when swooping down singletrack.
The added offset also is supposed to help stop the feeling of falling into turns on low-speed terrain, like uphill switchbacks. The longer offset gives the bike a longer front-center (distance from the bottom bracket to front axle) which, along with a slightly slacker seat angle and shorter chainstays, positions the rider a bit more over the rear wheel.
Cannondale shortened the chainstays by 1.5cm over its old design, to 42.9cm, using a neat trick: it shifted the entire drivetrain 6mm outboard with an asymmetric dropout, much like fat bikes have used for years.
While the rear hub and drivetrain have shifted 6mm, the rear wheel remains centered. (Joe Lindsey)
Moving the drivetrain out cleans up the rear tire/front derailleur clearance issues that often result from tight rear triangle geometry and requires longer stays. Our test bike had a SRAM XX1 drivetrain without a front derailleur, but the bike is drilled for a direct-mount derailleur and two of the models feature 2x setups. Thanks to a new crankset spider, the 6mm shift does not change the bottom bracket or distance between pedals.
To get the rim to line up with the center of the frame, it's now positioned 6mm to the left over the hub, which means a more even spoke bracing angle between the left and right hub flanges. That makes for a more stable wheel since the spoke tension is more evenly balanced. Cannondale says that the setup will still clear tires up to 2.35 inches wide.
New Lefty Options
Unlike traditional forks, Cannondale's Lefty fork design requires specific head-tube dimensions to attach properly. The F29 head tubes were 134mm tall across all sizes, relying on a single Lefty. The new Lefty 2.0 fork uses three size-specific clamp dimensions, which lower the front end considerably for smaller-size bikes. On a small and medium F-Si, it's now 97mm. That's a crucial change given that one of the biggest issues smaller riders have with 29ers is a too-tall handlebar due to fitting the frame around big wheels and suspension. Large and extra-large head tubes were also reduced to 110mm and 122mm. The new, lower cockpit better balances the rider's weight, which means less front wheel pop on steep climbs.
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We rode the new F-Si in Albstadt, Germany, at the recent UCI World Cup. Albstadt is located in the rolling hills of southern Germany, almost to Switzerland. The trails are narrow and steep, zig-zagging their way up and down with tight switchbacks.
The terrain isn't overly technical, but the heavily forested area gets a fair bit of rain. The narrow trails are cut into steep hillsides, with short, sharp climbs and flowing, fast descents broken up by sections of densely packed switchbacks. The decomposed limestone surface alternates from bony rock chip to grippy hardpack to greasy mud, while last year's fallen leaves hide roots that are slick with moisture. Chose one bad line, and the front wheel will ricochet right off the track. In short, it's an ideal place to test an XC bike.
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