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The University of Alabama track and field team is ranked among the nation's top 25 teams in this week's National Dual Meet Rankings by Track & Field News magazine released on Wednesday, April 17.
Alabama is ranked 16th in the men's rankings and is ranked 25th in the women's rankings. The Crimson Tide is one of four Southeastern Conference (SEC) teams in the women's rankings, joining No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Texas A&M and No. 5 Arkansas. Alabama is one of five SEC teams in the men's rankings, joining No. 1 Arkansas, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 5 Florida and No. 10 LSU.
Rankings are compiled for a combined indoor and outdoor season, with outdoor competition given more weight. Teams are also rewarded for an extensive and/or challenging dual meet schedule. To be eligible for ranking, a team must compete in at least one dual meet (using Track & Field News' definition of a dual, a scored meet of four or fewer teams).
Men's Dual Meet Rankings(with records and last week's position)
Women's Dual Meet Rankings(with records and last week's position)


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The Climate Group partners with HSBC on US$100 million programme to combat climate change world-wide
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The Climate Group has been selected as one of four lead partners in the HSBC Climate Partnership, a groundbreaking five-year, US$100 million initiative to respond to the urgent threat of climate change world-wide. Along with Earthwatch Institute, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and WWF, The Climate Group is working with HSBC to inspire action on climate change by individuals, businesses and governments world-wide.
Low Carbon Products and Services Bring High Levels of Jobs and Revenues
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A new report launched today by The °Climate Group - In the Black: The Growth of the Low Carbon Economy - showcases the rapid growth experienced by companies providing innovative low carbon products and services.
Barclays joins The Climate Group
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Barclays, a major global bank with 27 million customers in more than 50 countries, announced it has become a member of The °Climate Group.
Why cities have a crucial role to play in tackling climate change
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Our urban environments are home to some 50 percent of global population and are responsible for 75 percent of global fossil fuel use and its associated greenhouse gas emissions.
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The Climate Group launched its new publication - Public Private Partnership: Local Initiatives 2007 - at the C40 Large Cities Summit in New York. This publication uses 11 case studies from around the globe to show that city/business partnerships can effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions while benefiting the city, its citizens, and businesses.
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The Mayor of New York City, Michael R. Bloomberg, speaking at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit today, announced that New York City has become a member of The Climate Group.
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News Corporation, one of the world's largest global media companies, has become a member of The Climate Group in order to help meet its commitment to making a long-term positive impact on climate change.
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Victorian Premier Steve Bracks today met with Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in Los Angeles to discuss ways both States can work together to tackle climate change in their countries.
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Claudia Pedreros will will be headed to a mental hospital instead of prison. Monday in Trinity County court, a jury found Pedreros guilty of involuntary manslaughter, instead of murder.
Monday night, jurors deliberated in the sanity phase, and determined that Pedreros was insane when she committed the crime. She will be committed to a state hospital.
After drowning the girl in May of 2011, authorities found Pedreros walking nude along Highway 3. Investigators said she admitted to the drowning. Defense attorneys argued in court the 30-year-old had a long history of mental illness, dating back to age 15.
Pedreros will be back in court January 7 at 8:30 a.m. for a report from the Department of Mental Health.


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Getting to ride in a shiny C4 Corvette convertible Sunday was just the beginning of a day filled with fun activities for a 6-year-old cancer survivor in West Richland, Washington. The Make-A-Wish Foundation made little Miette Nelson's dreams come true as they arranged for her ride in the car to Barracuda Coffee, where she even
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TC TO JANE WELSH CARLYLE ; 15 September 1838; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18380915-TC-JWC-01; CL 10: 176-180
Scotsbrig, 15th Septr, 1838—
My dear Goody,
Many thanks are due for that punctuality of despatch, for those bright little Letters you send me. They are the liveliest of Letters, which gives me pleasure because it shews a lively Goody, cheerful and well. They send good news otherwise too; and seem to have the faculty of finding good news to send. Jamie brought me in the last, on the due morning, before breakfast; and a right seasoning it was to one's morning meal; a thing to set one up for days to come! The frank also has arrived, and all goes well. I must now scribble you a word in continuation: on Monday morning you will look for a word, and ought not to be altogether disappointed.
Our Minto visit could not be called a successful one, but we made it do, we got thro' it as gracefully as was feasible. The rain continued on us there, and the rather boisterous dulness, and the dilettantism and discontent. Bess was not in very good health at all, nor could I ever get into anything like free communication with her. The Minister himself in fine got dyspeptical, nervous, "a Procter without the genius":1 he had a frightful gathering of voracious, bibacious dullards, one day, to see Sam, and never did more good after. We talked together considerably, he and I; but it was too clear there was no conversation so pleasant to David as the sound of his own wish-wash, which on the other hand was to me infinitely insipid. I tried again to like the really harmless and hospitably minded man; but did not succeed a whit better than of old; so gave it up as a thing I could not do. He is of a fatal species; a Half-and-half to the backbone of him, without earnestness, truth of soul, or sincerity of any kind that I could see, except sincere admiration for himself. Old Bradfute's money has made a Manse nicknackety beyond all others, but it has not made any man or woman comfortable. Peace be with them, the good people! I got off on Saturday morning after all, in a smooth way; and do not mean to return soon. Let poor David be as well as he can without me; with me he can only be worse! I suppose he will quit his Parsonage before long, and come perhaps to—London for a time!2 Deus avertat [God prevent]. Let him "look forward into the most unglancing future living without office, bloss von geld [merely on money]."3—anywhere except in my neighbourhood. "Pshaw!" One of Cavaignac's snorts is all one could rightly say of such a matter. The insupportable spirit-merchant4 had departed the day before: Sam accompanied me to Hawick, where I got upon the Coach to Langholm; then hitherward thro' a bright afternoon, in a vehicle of the gig species: arrival about five o'clock, impransus [without dinner] but otherwise quiet of heart. Since then I have huggermuggered, "with the old relish";5 and done really better than could have been expected.
For you are to understand that poor Isabella is entirely laid up with sickliness, or rather with pure debility and little pain attending it; lies constantly in bed; and has no hope, the Doctor says, of rising from it, till—a certain event happen, not near at hand yet! Poor Jamie has rather a heavy handful, the farm-season so bad too; but he gets on wonderfully nevertheless: it would have done you good to see him bring in the tea-tray sometimes himself, and become valet of all work on my behalf! I kept out of all people's way; not even Grahame6 (till this morning) could get hold of me; I did well enough, found it even interesting, so strange and solitary was I here, present in my birthland, and yet not present. To aggravate the matter there was no horse that one could ride on, no means of transport any whither. Alick went into Dumfries on Wednesday, and hired me the worst of gigs for three weeks at a shilling a day. Your Mother had no Letter waiting for me here, but one came on Monday; most brief; she had been in bed with headache, and could not write sooner, hardly even then. Having got my gig, I was about setting off for her yesterday; I had also written to Spedding, meaning to have Cumberland in reserve: but just at the nick of time we got some enigmatic notice from Manchester about a Steamer arriving; so we turned, Jamie and I, our vehicle towards Annan rather; and did then some half mile out of the burgh actually descry our Mother, mounted in Austin's cart faring safe homewards. She was overjoyed to see us; turned back with us &c; and is now here, busy as a bee: so that all is straight on that side now. She charges me to thank you most emphatically for your Letter to Manchester, which had made her "as light as a feather all day"; she says, "whatever sort of Mother-in-law she be, you are the best of daughters-in-law,"—such a swift despatching little Goody; supreme in threepennies. I now think of Templand for Monday, back probably on Wednesday; then we shall wait for our Doctor from Italy; the Speddingian Answer will be here too: this is all the Past and all the Future I need speak about here. Jack ought to be with you today or Monday; we will look of course for an announcement as soon as may be: the late silence had become alarming almost, as well as tantalizing. If Jack (which I dare hardly expect) sit by you while you read this, bid him welcome once more to his own land; say I will not advise him or sway him by any influence, but should like extremely well to see him here without loss of an instant. Ben Nelson7 was searching for him in the Steamer last but one: so Ben said, whom I met while searching for my Mother by the same vessel. I had gone down, on some notion of Alick's, but of course was unsuccessful. I noticed Oliver Richardson8 and Henry Duncan,9 very red and blousy both; but escaped them, being thirsty &c and indisposed for salutations; I escaped Ben too there, but he found me before tea was well done.— In short, dear Goody, thou must say to Jack that I prognosticate he will spend very little time in London; that we shall have a letter appointing his day at Waterfoot of Annan, when I will, if Heaven please, attend with horse and clatch, and take him hither once again. Finally, if Hanning send a Newspaper with one stroke, heed it not, for it now means nothing. And so let me end this, before my paper altogether end.
You will still get to Ramsgate, will you not? It were a great pity [to] miss it, if it seem pleasant and still possible. Meanwhile drive about what you can, keep your heart light, and be well when I come. I do not think it will be long this time. The Spedding answer will hardly tempt me, unless Jack linger too long. I think it will be better to leave these grand North-of-England things all in a lump till we both go, in a kind of state, next year? If the Fates will so turn it. We shall see.— Emerson's Letter is very kind; I will write him some kind of answer, but cannot respond as to his printing scheme yet, till the actual Book have arrived, as specimen, and one can shew it to a Bookseller, and ask what terms he will give for it. Fraser or Saunders it is all one, I think: money is not procurable in this Island by that method, it would seem. At Edinburgh I wanted a copy of Sartor, poor beast, to send over to Elizabeth: Sam had got no copy, had never heard of it, and only then wrote off for some,—such is the Saunderean energy! Depend on it, therefore, my bonny little Bairn, all these vague things they tell thee about Sartor, are mere vague blarney;— and think farther that we will not care a strand whether they are or not. No; a certain fair Critic long ago among the peatbogs10 declared Sartor to be a "work of genius"; and such it is and shall continue tho' no copy of it should sell these hundred years. I agree with you farther that unless some Bookseller will make a specific offer of cash, we ought to leave these beneficent Americans to manage their own affair themselves.— No word of Alzdorf or his Letter; indeed I rather doubt if Sam now knows my address properly: very well; but say so if you see the man.— I have told you nothing about anybody here: it will all be better by word of mouth. Poor Mary is still depressed and doure [gloomy] about the loss of her child; otherwise shifty, kind and helpful as ever. Ann Cook has "a good place"; attending upon some old dame somewhere in Lancashire. Alick is not altogether right yet, but much better than formerly: his traffic prospers beyond what could be looked for, and he seems more quieted, reconciling himself to his allotment: he is far greyer in the temples than I. It gives me the strangest feeling to plump suddenly into view of these conditions of existence: hearts so kind, a lot so sequestered; the sweep of Time passing on in these little creeks too as on the wide sea where I have to navigate. One can say nothing; one's heart is full of unutterabilities. But on the whole, Life is all great and unutterable; the little Ecclefechan shop, as the grand Napoleon empire, is embosomed in Eternity; a little Dream and yet a great Reality one even as the other.— Adieu, dear Life-partner, dear little Goody of me. Write directly, if Jack be not there writing. Be well, and love me. Thine ever
T. Carlyle
If Robertson11 ask again, say that unfortunately I have not written a word for him, nay that on taking myself to task I find almost no likelihood of doing it now, or on any of these subjects he talked of! My hand is out: it must be something infinitely nearer one's heart than Crocket12 or Macaire13 that I could fasten on.14 I have no mind to weep, but also I cannot laugh,15 least of all giggle, at present. His Review is a———Mum! We must wait and see. My shirts are all giving way; yet they will serve till I return. I have lost one (left it at Kirkcaldy—it was a bad one), but in return have found two here. Get thou the address of Jack's shop, and drive towards it!
I left my shaving-brush and nail-brush at David Aitken's too! Think not I am grown entirely a dunce: there were reasons, there were excuses. I sent Aitken a Newspaper since; we parted sweetly. Have you written to Kirkcaldy?
I hope this scrawl is not too late; Grahame came in upon me with his clavers [gossip]: I will delay it no longer.


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Menifee in Pictures: A Windwill That Works
Two years ago, when David Patterson moved onto his rural property on a dirt stretch of Bradley Road...
Two years ago, when David Patterson moved onto his rural property on a dirt stretch of Bradley Road north of Scott Road, this windmill was nothing more than an ornament.
"Thanks to the Internet, and some very helpful folks dedicated to preserving the American heritage, this 10-foot Aeromotor windmill keeps a 5,000-gallon water tank full all the time," Patterson explained. "I often find myself sitting and watching this simple thing work."
"Menifee in Pictures" is a daily feature on Menifee 24/7. Readers are invited to contribute photos for publication. Email your photos as a .jpg file to firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll select one for publication each day, along with your name as the photographer. Please include your full name on the submission and any explanation about where and when the photo was taken. We do not publish photos that have a personalized name signature or any promotional information within the photo.


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Buckminster Fuller, Literary Critic
Among the many uncollected works of Buckminster Fuller are his book blurbs. There was a time when Fuller's social credit was such that an advertiser would use his words to promote anything from books on architecture to non-fiction to novels. Here are some examples of book and magazine blurbs by R. Buckminster Fuller. – Trevor Blake
Architects on Architecture by Paul Heyer. "Your beautiful book is magnificently done." New York Times 26 February 1967. Paul Heyer is an architectural critic and author.
Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. "Cogent… brilliant… I hope vast numbers will read Toffler's book." Made into a film narrated by Orson Wells. New York Times 5 January 29 and 31 August 1970. Alvin Toffler, like Fuller, was associated with Fortune magazine. Toffler is the author of The Third Wave and other books on futurist themes.
Watership Down by Richard Adams. "One of those great ones that every once in a while lets us know that the universe has something really mysteriously great 'going' for humanity." Watership Down was made into film and a television series. New York Times 26 February 1974.
Naked is the Best Disguise by Samuel Rosenberg. The author "may overwhelm you. His tapestry is beautiful. It is incredibly logical. I love it." New York Times 16 and 20 June 1974. Rosenberg suggests that author Sir A. C. Doyle revealed his personal thoughts through his character Sherlock Holmes.
The New Yorker Magazine. "I first came to Philadelphia in the navy, during World War I. I was the commander of a small craft and was ordered to dock at the foot of Market Street. It happened to be Halloween. Not knowing how Philadelphia behaves on Halloween, I was astonished to find the whole evening I was kissed by beautiful girls. They still have this wonderful community spirit here in Philadelphia." New York Times 24 October 1974. The New Yorker is a magazine founded in the 1920s.
The Urban Predicament by William Gorman and Nathan Glazer. "I am in full agreement with you regarding the predicament… and I am all for the logical amplification of concern so effectively accomplished by your book." New York Times 13 June 1976. A publication of the Urban Institute, founded in 1968.
The Human Cougar by Lloyd L. Morain. "… a warm, vivid appreciation of… a disappearing species… maligned by the masters of money and politics… " New York Times 21 November 1976. Morain is also the author of the book Humanism As the Next Step.
Others Including Morstive Sternbump by Marvin Cohen. "This book appeals to me so much that I do not want to make any careless quickie remarks. Morstive Sternbump's philosophy is congruent with my own." New York Times 12 December 1976.
The Clam Lake Papers by Edward Lueders. "So spontaneously of interest that despite the priorities, we find ourselves stealing time that belongs to our committed responsibilities. The Clam Lake Papers… certainly are for me." New York Times 27 November 1977. Lueders is also the author of Writing Natural History.
The Cousteau Almanac by Jaques-Yves Cousteau. "The Cousteau Almanac is must reading for all those committed to the successful continuance of humankind in the Universe." New York Times 25 October 1981. Cousteau was the inventor of the self-contained underwater breathing apparatus, SCUBA.
Mankind in Amnesia by Immanuel Velikovsky. "Mankind in Amnesia is an extraordinarily important book, beautifully researched and devastatingly true." New York Times 11 April 1982. Velikovsky was the founder of what has been called catastrophism, or the interpretation of ancient stories of world catastrophes as literal descriptions of past events.
– Trevor Blake
Trevor Blake is the author of the Buckminster Fuller Bibliography, available at synchronofile.com
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A New Jersey Army veteran is walking across the nation to raise awareness and funding for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Eric Peters made his way into Medina County on Tuesday afternoon, just one stop on his route to California.
Peters, 23, started his journey last month in New Jersey after he said Veterans Affairs hospitals weren't helping him with his PTSD.
Peters enlisted in the Army in 2011 and was wounded in Afghanistan in 2013. Peters said he earned a Purple Heart and was returned to a hospital in the United States where he was diagnosed with PTSD.
"If I had an injury, they would treat that; but as far as my PTSD issues, they wouldn't do anything," Peters said.
After the recent scandal involving allegations that the VA had secret waiting lists and kept veterans waiting to receive care, Peters said he realized other veterans might be struggling to get the care they need to treat their PTSD.
Peters has set up a gofundme.com site to raise money and promises to donate all the money to www.giveanhour.org, a nonprofit that provides free mental health services to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their families.
"I'm not doing this so people will know me or know who I am. It's about helping everyone struggling with PTSD," he said.
Peters is making his way in Army fatigues and with all his belongings crammed into a large backpack. He's carrying an American flag along the route.
He visited his grandfather's gravesite before leaving New Jersey and promised to carry the flag to California with him and make it back safely.
Along the route, people honk, cheer and give him the thumbs-up as he trudges along holding the flag high.
"No matter who the president is, who Congress is, whether you support their decisions," he said, "everyone knows the flag stands for freedom, and people get behind that."
Along the way, he's met a number of other veterans struggling with PTSD. On the road in Ohio earlier this week, he met a veteran who gave him an Army necklace with a small bell inside as a good luck charm.
"He was a Harley (Davidson) biker and he said ringing it helps keep away the road demons," Peters said. "He had PTSD, too."
So far, the closest relationship Peters has made along his trip has been with Melinda Wright in Tallmadge. Peters said he spent a few days at her home and hopes to return to her in Ohio at the end of the journey. Meeting her felt like love at first sight, he said.
"She's a really, really great person," he said. "We've been texting and calling each other."
To follow Peters, look up Eric Peters of Clark, New Jersey, on Facebook, or make a donation at www.gofundme.com/9bsmx4.
Contact reporter Loren Genson at (330) 721-4063 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @lorengenson.


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Inuyasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
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College Hockey:Sioux Thump Pioneers 8-3
UND Takes over 2nd in the WCHA
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Denvers Marc Cheverie learned the hard way that North Dakotas Ralph Engelstad Arena is not kind to opposing goalies.
In an 8-3 Fighting Sioux thumping of the WCHA-leading Pioneers, Cheverie was pulled not once, but twice from the game. Entering the contest as the leagues top goaltender, the Pioneer sophomore surrendered seven goals on 21 shots.
Cheverie has good company, however, joining Cornells Ben Scrivens, St. Clouds Jase Weslosky and Minnesotas Alex Kangas as the latest goalie to be chased from the nets by a UND scoring onslaught.
They came out and basically took advantage of every mistake we made, said DU assistant captain Tyler Ruegsegger said of UNDs four-goal first period. We gave them a lot of odd-man rushes and they capitalized on every one — to their credit.
The 15th ranked Fighting Sioux continued to roll in the same fashion thats enabled them to put together a 6-0-1 unbeaten streak and go 12-3-1 since late December. UND got goals from all four lines and eight different players, including defensemen Jake Marto and Joe Finley, who had a four point night.
A lot of hard works paying off, Finley said. Guys are going to the right area of the ice and were starting to get rewarded. Everything seems to be working for us right now.
UNDs win, combined with a tie by Colorado College and Minnesota and Wisconsin being idle, enabled the Sioux (14-10-2 overall and 9-5-2 WCHA) to tie the Badgers for second place in the league, one point behind DU.
It was a wild game with scoring back and forth, said UND coach Dave Hakstol. We were able to close it out with a good third period.
In a span of a little more than six minutes in the first period, four goals by UND caused DU coach George Gwozdecky to replace Cheverie with sophomore Lars Paulgaard.
I looked at the first four goals and usually you can be critical of at least one or two, and I was critical of none of them, he explained. They were throwing everything at him and he was getting not much help.
When you give people the opportunity to tee it up from the ladys tees 15 feet in front of the net, your chances of scoring are pretty good, Gwozdecky said.
UND junior center Chris VandeVelde started got the Sioux on the board with a power play goal at 7:29. Carrying the puck down the right side, he cut to the slot and fired a wrister that beat Cheverie. At 8:35, senior forward Ryan Martens one-timed Matt Watkins pass from behind the net to put UND up 2-0.
Marto notched UNDs third goal, converting an odd-man rush with his wrist shot from the slot at 11:52. Senior center Ryan Duncan made it 4-0 at 13:37 when he fired the puck in from the left circle.
But DU refused to give up and Rhett Rakhshanis goal with 2.7 seconds left on the clock made it a 4-1 game. Sioux goalie Brad Eidsness stopped a wraparound attempt by Patrick Wiercioc, but the puck went all the way through the crease where Rakhshani flipped in a backhander for his 11th goal of the season.
Cheverie returned to the nets to start the second period. After UNDs Watkins scored on a breakaway at 10:41 for a 5-1 lead, the Pioneers continued to scratch and claw their way back into the game by taking advantage of UNDs sloppy play.
At the 12:28 mark, DU forward Tyler Ruegsegger picked up a UND neutral-ice turnover and came in alone on Eidsness, beating him with a wrister through the five hole for a power-play goal.
And once again, UNDs failure to play to the end of the period cost them. The Pioneers got a goal with 39.2 seconds left in the period when freshman forward Luke Salazar pounced on a turnover in UNDs zone and fired a wrister from the left circle that beat Eidsness high glove side to make it 5-3.
Although the Pioneers had life, they could pull no closer and UND put the game out of reach in the third period. Even-strength goals by sophomore Matt Frattin and freshman David Toews at 2:19 and 8:20 respectively gave the Sioux a 7-3 lead. Cheverie was once again replaced by Paulgaard.
Play got chippy in the final half of the game. Denver had 22 penalties for 68 minutes while UND had 19 penalties for 46 minutes. UND was 2-8 on the power play and DU was 1-6. Despite numerous scrums in the closing minutes, no players were given fighting majors.
Watkins said the biggest difference between the Sioux now and the team which began the season 5-7-1 is their level of confidence.
When youre winning, confidence builds, he said. When youre inconsistent like we were at the start of the year, its tough to build and get confidence. Every game, were just really focused to come on the ice, get a good start and drive the other team back.
UND and DU will square off for game two of the series at 7:05 p.m. Saturday in Engelstad Arena.
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If the San Jose Sharks do not win the 2014 Stanley Cup, they need only look to their poor play against poor competition. They were fortunate the shifts they once again took off after getting the lead came against the worst defensive team in the NHL on Tuesday, April 1.
That is why the Edmonton Oilers lost despite the best efforts of their three pictured stars of the game. They lost despite San Jose's lack of defensive commitment.
They also lost despite another poor performance by Antti Niemi. The 2013 Vezina Trophy finalist has had a save percentage under .900 in 24 of 53 games since starting the 2013-14 NHL season with seven performances that hit that basic mark. At the time, the Sharks were 6-0-1 with him allowing just under seven goals every 100 shots and a fraction under 1.70 goals per 60 minutes in net.
Niemi was beaten twice glove side, one of which was from quite a distance. He had no chance on another goal and faced another prime chance on the other because his defenders were not helping.
San Jose took the first lead when Jason Demers advanced the puck to Tyler Kennedy, whose wide-angle shot rebounded to Andrew Desjardins for an easy tap-in 3:11 into the game. However, Edmonton controlled most shifts over the rest of the first 15-plus minutes.
On a power play just over 12 minutes in, Jordan Eberle's breakout pass to Ryan Nugent-Hopkins was passed off entering the attack zone to an uncovered Taylor Hall. The wicked wrist-shot goal that came from above the circle and bounced off the far post rang in the beginning of a dominant game for the forward trio.
However, a sustained attack to end the period allowed Dan Boyle time to wait until Ben Scrivens was screened to shoot uncovered from the high slot. Joe Thornton got the only assist and the Sharks went into the intermission fortunate to be winning.
A power play did not get credit for the next score to deepen the lead, but was only one second expired when Tommy Wingels put home a Justin Braun slap-shot rebound that also hit Brad Stuart. Just 2:45 into the second period, they had a 3-1 lead.
San Jose continued to put the pressure on for almost six more minutes, but surrendered the momentum by the mid-point of the game. Edmonton got a goal on a simple shot from the circle by Nugent-Hopkins after Anton Belov pushed the puck down the boards to him.
Hall got the secondary assist on that goal and the one on the next 38 seconds later, when he fed the crease on the rush and the puck caromed around past Niemi. Oscar Klefbom ended up with the primary assist and Eberle got the game-tying goal with 6:18 left of scoreless hockey before the second intermission.
The Oilers actually went ahead 6:16 into the third period when Hall's takeaway fed a counterattack. Getting the puck through the neutral zone to Eberle led to a fortuitous bounce right to Nugent-Hopkins to slam home through some traffic before Niemi could get in position.
The Sharks regained control by the mid-point of the third, tying the game with 9:25 remaining: Joe Pavelski kicked the puck off the back of his skate to Thornton near the goal line, who fed Brent Burns on the far side for the one-timer score.
Before two more minutes had passed, Patrick Marleau put home a rebound of a Burns shot that was blocked and came off Pavelski. The scoring finally stopped after that, allowing San Jose to skate away with a 5-4 win.
Edmonton was close in the game's possession stats: 32-37 faceoffs, 11-12 giveaways and 9-9 takeaways. Still, most of the game saw this young team defending...not exactly its strength. However, a 20-17 hit edge still is a better ratio to those possessions above and the road team was the only one blocking shots.
Ten blocks makes this the second consecutive pathetic shot-blocking performance for the Sharks. It is only one per 3.2 shots allowed (the Oilers blocked a mediocre one per 2.3 shots) and explains why they had a 61-49 edge in attempts and only got four more on goal.
It is true that at this time of the year, earning two points is what matters most. However, a team entering the Stanley Cup playoffs must be playing well enough to beat other qualifying teams. Sloppy games like this show a lack of focus, and Niemi is running out of time to find his game.


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Who fills the Miami Dolphins leadership void?
It's possible that NONE of the Miami Dolphins' elected captains from this season will return in 2010.
While Chad Pennington, Jason Ferguson, Jason Taylor and Joey Porter are all aged veterans in their 30's, they are also the players who garner the most respect inside the Miami Dolphins locker room.
At times this season I wondered exactly how much the Dolphins missed Pennington and Ferguson. Not just for their play, but for the leadership they provided.
Turns out the team missed them, and missed Ronnie Brown and Will Allen more than I expected because many people involved with the team believe the lack of leadership contributed to the team's late season slide.
Someone needed to step up when things were going bad in the season's closing months. Someone should have called a player's only meeting to address the team's missing hunger. But that didn't happen.
This story is not an indictment on the job that Taylor and Porter did. By all accounts they tried their best. Coach Tony Sparano has repeatedly praised the leadership role Taylor and Porter played, especially when it came to how they dealt with the youngsters on defense. But a team needs more than two defensive players to serve as its leaders.
I'm told first-year starter Chad Henne had his moments, and possesses a ton of potential as a leader. But at times he was battling his own struggles too much to focus on the issues others were having. And despite Sparano approaching Ricky Williams about taking more of a leadership role, Williams admits he didn't step up enough.
So while everyone wants to debate how and who will serve as the missing pieces at nose tackle, receiver, linebacker, tight end and safety, I make the argument it's just as important to identify which players will provide leadership in 2010.
Right now there's a huge void, and it will become a canyon if/when the four captains depart, and could impact how the Trifecta conducts themselves this offseason.
Speaking of the offseason, the Sun-Sentinel will continue to churn out Dolphins stories and blogs to feed the beast.
It seems like everyone can easily spot Ted Ginn Jr's shortcomings. Former Dolphins great Mark Duper says WR Ted Ginn Jr. "Needs a lot of work", and former Dolphins CB Sam Madison, who lined up against Ginn while playing with the Giants, says he's lacking in the toughness department.
The Sun-Sentinel hands out the final Dolphins grades for the 2009 season. Only 2 units above average this year.
In his Q&A, Mike B explains why he expects Dolphins defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni to return in 2010, and addresses a few other issues.
Here's a few links to some good audio interviews from 790 host Jorge Sedano regarding the Miami Dolphins.
There's free safety Yeremiah Bell, left guard Justin Smiley, Sun-Sentinel columnist Ethan Skolnick, and then myself. You've got to scroll down a little for my interview from Monday morning, but me and Jorge get into it for about 20 minutes.
Bell talks about becoming the old guy inside the Dolphins locker room, and makes fun of Dave Wannstedt a little. He also talks about how Bill Parcells walks around the building making fun of people in a good way.
Smiley says this portion of the season is about figuring out "where you went wrong because 7-9 is not acceptable."
He's thankful he didn't finish another year on injured reserve, but admits he's got some nagging injuries (a knee and shoulder injury) that needs to heal up. Listening to Smiley talking about his injured big toe is hilarious.
I talk about my thoughts on some of the possible offseason moves, and why it'll be a challenge for the Trifecta to ask owner Steve Ross to empty his wallet again this offseason considering the results (7-9) they got from the free spending last offseason.
The landscape of the NFL this offseason (with all the restricted free agents) will force teams to overpay for the little unrestricted talent that's out there.
It'll be interesting to see how Ross approaches this offseason. I wonder if Bill Parcells' commitment level (I believe he stays another seasonn) will impact how the franchise conducts itself?


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Feb. 22, 2014
"Today was a great response by everyone," said Alabama head coach George Husack. "We shook off some rust and took the doubles point, which gave us some momentum heading into singles. There we were very solid and competed with an aggressive mindset. That's Alabama tennis. We'll have another opportunity to do it again tomorrow."
Alabama gained the momentum early after winning a close doubles point against Princeton. On court two, sophomore Becker O'Shaughnessey and freshman Sean Donohue were first to finish, beating Tiger seniors Augie Bloom and Dan Davies, 6-4. Another 6-4 victory for the Tide, this time by juniors Stuart Kenyon and Andrew Goodwin on court three, awarded Alabama the first point of the match.
In singles, O'Shaughnessey wasted no time winning his match, dropping just two games en route to a 6-0, 6-2 victory over freshman Alexander Day on court two. Kenyon followed that up with a 6-2, 6-1 victory on court three over freshman Thomas Colautti, bringing the Tide one win away from taking the match. All four of the remaining matches saw Alabama players one game away from ending the match, but it would be Donohue providing the clincher with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over freshman Joshua Yablon on court four.
Alabama will play its final match at the Blue Gray on Sunday and will take on the winner of the match between Auburn and Mississippi State in the consolation finals.
Get all the latest information on the team by following AlabamaMTN on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at UA_Athletics on Twitter and Instagram and Alabama Athletics on Facebook.


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The brain is an important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, respiration, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates your body.
A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. The tumor can either originate in the brain itself or come from another part of the body and travel to the brain.
Brain tumors form in one of two ways: A primary brain tumor starts with an abnormal brain cell and grows in the brain, and a metastatic tumor starts with an abnormal cell from another organ that makes its way into the brain, stays there, and multiplies to form a tumor made of that kind of cell.
A chordoma is a form of bone cancer that can occur anywhere along the length of the spine, from the base of the skull to the lower back.
A craniopharyngioma is a benign tumor that is found near the pituitary gland, a structure in the brain that controls the release of many hormones in the body.
Rathke cleft cysts are fairly rare. They make up less than 1 percent of all tissue masses that start in the brain.
A paranasal sinus tumor is a cancer that has grown inside your sinuses, the open spaces behind your nose.
An olfactory neuroblastoma often happens on the roof of the nasal cavity. It involves the cribiform plate, which is a bone between the eyes and located deep in the skull.
An astrocytoma is a type of brain tumor that develops in astrocytes, the star-shaped cells in the brain that hold nerve cells in place. Astrocytomas are most common in middle-aged men, but they can occur in children, too.
Rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare type of cancer that starts in skeletal muscle cells, the muscles that control all of your voluntary muscle movements.
Doctors do not know exactly what causes a brain tumor, although certain factors appear to raise your risk: exposure to radiation or pesticides, an impaired immune system, and a family history of brain tumors.
Oligodendrogliomas are uncommon brain tumors. They make up about 3 percent of all brain tumors. They are usually found in men in their mid-30s to mid-40s, but they can develop at any age, including during childhood.


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Smithsonian staff work with artist Jeremy Wafer to install a new exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum. Left to right: Andrew Johnston (Geographer, National Air and Space Museum), Jeremy Wafer (Artist), Richard Bentham (Designer, National Air and Space Museum), Colleen Wafer (Jeremy Wafer's artistic partner and wife), Karen Milbourne (Curator, National Museum of African Art).
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I honestly thought that he would treat this project like our family basement refinishing: He would get 85% of the way through painting a villa/landscape mural and leave it to sputter out into a series of well-intended pencil lines. I never thought after 10 years he would actually FINISH writing his story.
So, now he's looking to me for advice and it's flipped my usual mindset. Do I sugarcoat everything because he's my dad and I want him to be happy? Do I do my usual 'no bull' approach and warn him he might not make it past a self-published work for family/friends because he doesn't have a platform? Do I drop everything each weekend and market the hell out of it, no matter how good/bad it is?
And how the hell do I explain ePub?!
How do I guide him through this process? He's not going to be on Twitter. He doesn't have a platform. He thinks 'blog' is a marketing term for nasal congestion.
On one side of my brain, I know what kind of writer my father is: meticulous, verbose, and writing in a language that is not his native tongue (he was born in Greece), so it needs editing. My inner businesswoman can't shake the cold voice of skepticism I bring to every acquisition meeting. It's not like I can hand him a copy of Tribes (DRINK) and tell him to go forth and Tweet.
On the flipside, he's the smartest person I know. And, perhaps more importantly: the King of Charm. Bring us to a Greek diner and we'll be eating for free after a quick word in the kitchen. He's best friends with the former Connecticut Secretary of State – who he met at a random fundraiser. He's the artist/photographer/taxi-driver/bridge inspector/travel agent/bus driver renaissance man – who's never interviewed for a job. He's gotten them because he's the master of one on one conversations.
Here he is, looking at his fairly successful daughter in the publishing industry and here I am, looking at my father, who has written a hefty Historical-Fiction novel without one clue how to bring it from words on a screen into a bound achievement.
I'm probably being selfish by even questioning the next step (shut up and support him, ya jerk!), but I can't help feeling protective of my Pop, wanting to keep his expectations low, for his obstacles are many.
Is this my punditry coming back to bite me square in the press release? Yeah, probably.
More to come on this subject, as Dad and I pursue his dream together.]]>
As usual, Liza Daly is on the case taking a deep look at the kind of ePub file that Pages generates, and the news looks pretty good. I also went in and did some fooling around myself last night, and was very happy to discover that Pages will export ePub files with video and audio, using the appropriate HTML5 tags.
Granted, since these tags aren't part of the ePub spec, the files don't pass ePubCheck, but neither do the multimedia-enhanced ePub files that are currently being sold on the iBookstore. Pages doesn't seem to do any media encoding or compression, which is to be expected, but it also means that multimedia-enhanced ePub files generated by Pages aren't quite ready for prime time. Aside from that, as Liza points out, Pages is using <div> tags instead of <p> tags, which is baaaaaad, and the CSS styles could stand to be a bit more human-firendly (why not simply pick up the names of the Pages text styles they're based on?). There's also some awkward funkiness going on with how Pages is generating a cover, but I'm not sure if that's due to my lack of Pages-fu. But in general they're close. Damn close.
As I tweeted last night, Apple has (unsurprisingly) just outdone Amazon in a very important space: content creation. Creating Mobi files for Amazon's Kindle platform is a huge pain compared to simply clicking about in Pages. Next up, I'm going to play with running some Pages-generated ePub files through Kindlegen, and see what happens.
It's gonna be a fun weekend.]]>
And while I haven't checked into Foursquare in about a week (I blame AT&&T and their crappy network for my frustrations) and though I'm on level 37 of MyTown, but haven't built anything in over a month (again, ATT.), I'm actually excited about this announcement.
Why? Because it's a network of 500 MILLION Users. Users who read online. Users who purchase content in any form.
(about 15 mins later…)
So they've announced partnerships with most of the apps I mentioned above: Foursquare, Gowalla, Booyah (which runs MyTown, but will be launching the new 'InCrowd'), and Yelp. This, my friends, could be a major opportunity.
You can read more about it here and here. I won't cover it point by point because I've only got about 10 mins of laptop juice. And I'm not a reporter. Not even a good note taker.
Anyway, I tweeted this earlier, but it bears repeating:
'I just hope the industry is listening. My fear is that they are not. They're still worried about a NYTimes Book Review ad.'
Comes off a little flippant, yes, but I am sincere. I saw only maybe a handful of publishing peeps actually tweeting and chatting about this in real time. Yeah, they could just not be on Twitter. But I wonder if the people who need to rethink their marketing, reconfigure their events, and rework their audience development — in order to sell content and keep the business running — are paying attention. Hope so. Because this #mktgnerd is giddy with ideas. And still blaming AT&T.]]>
Writing is easy, and any monkey can be a publisher because that's what the little button tells every WordPress blogger they're doing when they click it and their latest post goes live. (You're soaking in it!)
Also, eBooks are the magic beans that will lead to the storming of the gates, destruction of the ivory tower, and theft of the publishing industry's golden goose. They might even slay the dragon, rescue the Princess, and completely redefine the American Dream, too!
Or something like that.
Of course, most commentary on the transition the publishing industry is currently going through tends to fall at the "outright hostile" extreme; sensational nonsense offered up by technophiles selling virtual bridges, or even worse, authors with axes to grind and speaking calendars to fill. While the effects of "the digital transition" (drink!) on the value of newspapers and magazines has been pretty clear, and the broad acceptance of e-commerce has had an undeniable effect on brick-and-mortar booksellers (long may they live!), I firmly believe that the changes occurring in book publishing are much less dramatic than they seem.
Also, far less traumatic because, contrary to popular belief, the majority of publishing companies aren't dumb ostriches with their heads in the sands. Many are actively examining their options, understandably reluctant to jump too fast at the latest new shiny lest it turn out to be a mirage.
Remember the Skiff? QUE?
The reality is, once the eBook market shakes out in the next year or two and becomes more efficient, the publishing industry will still be the dominant supplier of books people actually pay for.
Will the players change? Maybe, maybe not.
Will the business model have to change? (drink!) Sure, for some publishers. Same for agents and authors, too.
Simon & Schuster just announced a pretty clear step in a new direction, but there's a ton of different working models already in place, especially out there in the vast, diverse world beyond The Big Six. It's worth noting that Richard Curtis launched eReads back in 1999, long before Andrew Wylie decided to play soft ball with Odyssey Editions, and Diversion Books is Scott Waxman's second go-round with eBook publishing.
And Theo Gray, author of the The Elements? He's not your average author; he's also the co-founder of Wolfram Research, Inc., makers of Mathematica, among other things.
Niche, vertical, digital-first, transmedia… none of these are new concepts in the publishing industry; there are examples of each within the "major" publishers, and even more beyond them. Of course, facts and nuance are anathema to punditry and page views, and don't often fit in 140 characters sound bytes or, sadly, even in articles published by mainstream media outlets.
(What's Apple's eBook market share again? And Amazon sells more Kindle Books than razors, right?)
How about instead of yet another "Death of…!" and "[Whatever] Killer?" and "Ebook Sales Up [whatever]%" linkbait article or tweet, we start focusing more on the important stuff?
Where are our initiatives to reach and engage new readers, of both print AND eBooks?
What are the kids who loved Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson and Twilight going to read next, and how are they going to find about them?
What about the vast majority of kids to whom none of those franchises were appealing? What are we publishing for them?
And finally, how do we empower avid readers of all kinds to champion their favorite authors, books and publishers the way sports fanatics do their favorite players and teams?
Where's my Penguin football jersey?]]>
Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) gave a a talk on Creativity and dealing with following up after a huge personal success. She points to Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, where people believed that Genius didn't come from within, but was a spirit that visited them to help further along the creative process. If the end result was brilliant, you would be humble, because you had help. If the result bombed, well then, it wasn't entirely your fault.
Stephanie Anderson from Word Brooklyn and I had chatted briefly about Gilbert, when I told her that EPL was my literary Sex and the City. I'll explain: I've never seen an episode of SATC and stubbornly refuse to do so, out of the ridiculous need to be original and contrarian. I was in the process of dubbing this highly successful novel the same title; everyone's read it, it's now a Julia Roberts fantasy, and the hype is too big for me to have that same existential moment that one gets from falling in love with a book they've 'discovered'.
Stephanie suggested I watch Gilbert's TED talk and if I don't think she's an incredibly smart and insightful person by the end of it, then, no worries, just don't read the book. See? This is why she's a good bookseller. She's earwormed me without the hard sell.
The talk is below. I'm not revealing whether I'll read the book now or not, because it's been hyped up enough and frankly, it's your call. Let me know what you think.]]>
No, seriously. I'm asking because suddenly I'm into quirky objects surrounding toast. And it's not because I've been on a low-carb thing for a couple of weeks (I hate you, quinoa). For instance, I have a new office to decorate and since the average New Yorker in Publishing spends roughly 1.5 million hours a day* at work, I thought I'd make it homey. Wall decals are pretty cool and there are a lot of options out there. For instance, there's a wall-sized Super Mario Brothers set, though I don't think 1UP properly sets up the 'I'm a Marketing Executive' message. But then, there's this pretty rad Rube Goldberg machine decal that eventually makes toast.
No, those aren't my feet. Nor toast.
Same day, in Google Reader, up popped a defibrillator toaster. And Toast Bandages. If I was working for a women's lifestyle magazine, I would declare Toast a TREND and immediately speculate when it would be pregnant with Robert Pattinson's love child. So why is toast suddenly ironic? Why not english muffins? Is it because it's plain and accessible? Is it because the hipsters declared it so? Is it because I made fun of hipsters?
I swear this has to do with publishing: when society pounces on a trend, sometimes it's not really clear why that particular item/theme/person is popular. But the curiosity is there, as is the need for instant gratification. Do I think there should be five new books on the history or toast? Not necessarily. There will always be noise on the internet and there will also always be a group of people pointing to what they find fun and interesting. The question is: how are you ready to connect?
PS: Here's the title reference. If you knew already, you have my unwavering affection. Hat. Tip.
PPS: I hold no responsibility for any toast memoirs.
*Rough estimate.]]>
If I were a rich man, I'd buy B&N, get rid of all the mass market shelf space, replace it with an Espresso Book Machine, start strong-arming publishers to print and bind really, really nice hardcovers at lower print runs and stock the hell out of those, and open up the B&N in-store ebook store to all devices and platforms (fuck it; even license mobi from Amazon if I can).
What to do with all that extra big box retail space once I've coldly slit the throat of the mass market and trade paperback retail supply chain and replaced it with a POD machine? Simple:
1) Expand the café to include actual meals from a relatively gourmet kitchen with table service (featuring produce from a rooftop or back-of-house organic garden, where possible).
2) Create a lounge area for leisurely reading
3) Create a cloistered co-working space for freelancers
4) Expand the children's area (with short-term day care)
5) Hire a badass events coordinator for each store to bring in local artists, musicians and theatre troupes for performances, as well as authors, for nighttime events
6) Apply for a liquor license for those nighttime events
Boom: Instant community centers that promote book (and other) culture where before stood a big, cold piece of consumer monoculture. And better yet: four of the above points should bring in some relatively decent revenue. Who's with me?
EDIT: Bob Stein sent me a link to a post of his where he proposes a similar approach to brick & mortar bookselling, but with an interesting dimension: instead of focusing on an existing brick & mortar store like B&N, he posits that perhaps publishers should jump into the retail game. He makes the excellent point that, after all, many publishers actually started as printers and booksellers.]]>
Though everybody is writing about ebooks and the digital experience these days, I find I don't have much new to add to the conversation; I've said it all before. Sometimes I was right, sometimes I was wrong, sometimes I evolved. I still absolutely believe that user experience is — after the content of the book — the most important place for publishing types to focus their attention.
I've given up on reading banal analysis and wild conjecture. I ignore anything with the word "killer" in the headline or lead. If there's a question mark in the headline — Will the iPhone Destroy How We Cook Dinner? — I don't even bother to click through. I presume it's a question the writer is asking himself, not actually bothering to consider with any depth. It's just vague punditry designed to fill the web equivalent of column inches.
Others seem to agree, which is heartening. I feel like the publishing industry is at a place where the pundits have said what they needed to say, some in a nice, evenhanded and measured manner, some, not so much.
We've been talking the talk for years (at least some of us have been), now it's time to walk the walk. More to come (maybe. maybe not).]]>
Evan brought up some very good points that many people are probably thinking:
1 – Why should anyone care where he is?
2 – What's the point of Foursquare?
3 – Why do we have to let anyone know where we are at any time?
My counter/bright side is this:
1 – There's a spirit of camaraderie and competition in Foursquare. Kind of the point of the game. And I should say that word again: game.
2 – The point is to connect with people, leave information about a place, and potentially meet up with friends. That's the consumer side. The biz side is to connect with your consumers, offer them a discount, market the hell out of your biz.
For instance, I just moved to Brooklyn (again), into a neighborhood with which I'm unfamiliar. So, I used Foursquare to check in and see what's trending (where there are a lot of check-ins) and see if there are any local tips or special deals. One benefit of Foursquare is that it's gotten me excited about exploring. Who wouldn't want to earn the 'Brooklyn for Life' badge after just moving there?
And when a bunch of us went to SXSW this year, we all lived on the app. Not necessarily because we wanted to beat each other and get the most badges, but because I knew if I checked in at XYZ bar, my friends would know to meet me there later if they were around. And vice versa: we coordinated a number of times based on 'not sure where we'll be, but we'll check in when we get there.'
And finally, whenever I go to a new city, I will definitely be using Foursquare as my Fodor's. Logging into the app tells me what's around, what's trending, etc. What a fun way to sightsee – while earning badges and rewards.
3 – We don't *HAVE* to let everyone know where we are. Just like Facebook filters (No need to cancel your account. Use your filters, check your settings, be responsible for your own content.) Don't broadcast that you're in line at the drug store, if you don't want. Don't follow people, if you don't want to hear where they are. For that matter, don't play. It's like MySpace – I appreciate that there are still millions of people there, but I'm choosing not to be there and I'll focus my energy on other outlets. Not a big deal.
And now, I'll step into Marketer mode. If you're a business, you should be looking into Location Based Social Media. I mean, why not?! If you're a book store or library, why wouldn't you prompt your readers to 'check in' to receive a 10% discount or special access to a signed copy or 'firsties' for the next author event? Why wouldn't you add an upcoming event or book launch or author signing to your location? You can, you know!
I think Evan was right for bringing up these questions because he's echoing a lot of what's being asked. But, when people start to 'get it,' like they did with Twitter, wouldn't you want to at least know how to meet them there?]]>
While on the train back from Atlantic City this weekend, I listened to my new favorite podcast 'The Nerdist' (walking the walk, fellow geeks). Host Chris Hardwick, on which I have an insane crush b/c I like em nerdy, sat down with two members of the band OK Go to talk about their creative process…and it wasn't about their music, per se. It was about their latest video for 'This Too Shall Pass', featuring a massive Rube Goldberg machine. And most importantly, they talked about their PASSION for every aspect of what they do.
Hardwick asked about their special sauce when it comes to viral videos – and their response was that there isn't one. They do what they think will be fun, creative, and they're passionate about their projects. And as for the video, they couldn't fake it. They had to be genuine. Yeah, they could've used special effects and edited the crap out of it, so they could succeed quickly and push out the video as fast as possible. But they didn't and that's what make the video and their connection to their fans so frigid amazing. And the noise didn't stop with the video, there's an interactive floor plan where I will be living for the next few days, while of course listening intently to evidence. They also created a fan contest where you can create your own Rube Goldberg project and win two tickets to any of their concerts. To them, it doesn't cost anything, but to their audience it's the chance to connect with the band and creating fun stuff for the sake of creativity and brainstretching.
This got me thinking about authors and their relationships with their publishers. EMI supported their first video for the same song, but wouldn't allow it to be embedded or pulled from youtube. So, OK GO pretty much said 'see ya' and eventually ended up breaking their contract with EMI, working as independent band and ended up selling a crap load of CDs anyway and got over 12 million hits on YouTube for their new video. It's easy to apply that same equation to publishers. Go ahead and block that video, lock in that content, close your Facebook wall, lock your Twitter feed. Then we'll see what happens when frustrated, yet savvy authors move out and create something amazing for their fans and because they are in love with the process, not the business.]]>


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Tonight, Feb. 25, "The Bachelor" moved along to Saint Lucia for the overnight dates. Clare's date was up first, and she met Juan Pablo down by the water, where they ended up at a yacht. They talked about Clare's rude sister and her awkward behavior. Then, it was back into the ocean for a swim.
Over dinner, Clare wanted to talk about what it would be like to be a part of Juan Pablo and his daughter, Camila's, lives. When the overnight date card arrived, Clare referenced Juan Pablo wanting to take his daughter into consideration, and Clare said if it mattered to him, it mattered to her. Eventually, Clare said she wanted to spend more time with Juan Pablo, as long as they were on the same page. In the suite, Clare put on her best pouty face and told Juan Pablo that was loving falling in love with him. The two then moved over to the hot tub.
Next up was Andi, who met Juan Pablo down in the village. They walked, joined a band and played the drums, and tried some food. As they ate, they sat at a table with some kids who liked to play soccer, so they played a game on the beach. After that, Andi and Juan Pablo hopped into a land buggy and drove to a waterfall for a swim.
At dinner, Juan Pablo said he was concerned about something Andi said in Atlanta – she had said she badly wanted to fall in love, and he didn't want anything to be forced, since it would end up badly. Andi told him wanting something badly was different to her than forcing something, and she probably overthought things a bit. Andi was glad Juan Pablo asked, since it meant he was really listening to what she had to say. As expected, they decided to stay overnight in the fantasy suite.
During her "in-the-moment" to the camera the next day, Andi revealed she couldn't wait to get out of the fantasy suite that morning, because she saw a side to Juan Pablo she hadn't wanted to see…just after Juan Pablo talked about how great things went with Andi. Andi realized Juan Pablo was always talking about himself and telling his own stories and never asked anything about her – she didn't think he cared about her. She also revealed he had told her he had an overnight date with Clare, which she found completely inappropriate.
They cut over to Nikki and Juan Pablo horseback riding on their date, with Nikki in a "shirt" that resembled about one quarter of a grass skirt and barely covered anything. As they rode along, Nikki commented that it was good she wore pants, and Juan Pablo joked that she could have worn a thong, and he would have ridden behind her. (Somehow, she found that charming). She told the camera she thought he was a great person and could be a great person for her. They talked on the beach before heading into the ocean, and Nikki hoped she would have the courage to tell Juan Pablo she loved him over dinner.
Juan Pablo commented that Nikki had been doing a lot of thinking as they ate dinner. They decided to stay in the fantasy suite, and Nikki told Juan Pablo being there meant a lot to her. She added she wouldn't be there if she wasn't feeling the way she was before telling him she loved him.
The next day, Chris Harrison sat down and talked to Juan Pablo. He asked how Juan Pablo was feeling, and he said, "Very, very good." He said he felt one of the women could be a "good prospect" in his life. Chris left Juan Pablo to watch videos from the final three ladies – Nikki talked about how far they had come and meeting his family, Clare said she had fallen in love and couldn't wait to see where things go, and Andi explained she had a lot of thoughts and emotions after the fantasy suite and wanted to share them in person.
Andi went to talk to Juan Pablo and told him she came there to find love and had great times with Juan Pablo where she felt things she never felt before. She added she had a lot of thoughts running through her mind after the fantasy suite, and she woke up and realized she wasn't in love with Juan Pablo and wasn't going to be. He told her it was okay, and he respected her. She said it shouldn't just be okay – she put herself out there, but he said there was nothing he could do to force her to like him. Juan Pablo said English is his second language, and he didn't mean it was okay. He continued to say he liked her since week two, but Andi felt Juan Pablo didn't know anything about her. Andi kept pressing and wondered how he thought their talk in the fantasy suite went. Juan Pablo thought it went well, and they talked about a lot. Andi asked if Juan Pablo thought it was okay to tell her he had an overnight date with Clare, to which he replied he was just being honest, and she knew there were three overnight dates. Andi explained she knew but didn't need to be told that. She also commented on being told she was there by default, which Juan Pablo swore he hadn't said, because it isn't a word in his vocabulary. Andi asked if Juan Pablo knew her religion, political views, views on social issues, or how she wanted to raise her kids…which he knew none of, yet she knew he was Catholic. Andi told Juan Pablo that saying everything was okay all the time was annoying, and he tried to smooth talk things a bit more before picking away at something on her eyebrow as she tried to brush him off. Finally, they hugged, and Andi left.
Juan Pablo tried to explain to the camera that if Andi would have come to him and talked about her feelings, that may have changed things, but because she argued, he didn't want to argue with a lawyer. In the car as she left, Andi said Juan Pablo just didn't get it, and it wasn't the language barrier.
Chris Harrison greeted Nikki and Clare and told them Andi was no longer there, and something had happened that they needed to know about. Juan Pablo stepped in and told them Andi wasn't having strong feelings for him and wanted to go home. It hurt him, but there was nothing he could do about it. He told Nikki and Clare to let him know if they had any questions or felt he wasn't the one for them. Juan Pablo then offered roses to each of them, which both accepted.
What did you think of the overnight dates? Were you surprised to see Andi leave on her own accord tonight? Who do you want Juan Pablo to end up with? Leave a comment below!
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New Galaxy S2 Commercial Part 3
The new Galaxy S2 has yet to hit your neighborhood store, but the latest rounds of Samsung commercials are keeping us entertained for the time being. The new ad campaign Samsung has begun centers on the fact that this Android powered phone comes with great hands free features. The previous ad depicted a northerner that was trapped in a snow storm and because his fingers were too cold, could not text with his fingers and had to use the voice feature.
This ad shows a business man trying to text and drive, which almost gets him in an accident. The ad then goes on to show off Samsung's new voice activated feature, which darn well saved the guys life. This is one more reason why I personally am excited to get my hands on one of the new Galaxy S 2. Aside from its dual core processor, and super thin design, the phone seems to have a host of great software Samsung designed to improve the user experience.


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AP exclusive: FBI shares details of child rape case in the hope that victims will step forward
Chatham County Sheriff's Department, Associated Press
Matthew Coniglio's Georgia home held a trove of child pornography, more than 50,000 images and videos stored on laptops, external hard drives and thumb drives.
Among the stash, hidden in a bedside table turned around to conceal the doors, authorities made an even more horrifying discovery: 56 8-millimeter cassette tapes they say show him raping and molesting girls.
All were unconscious, apparently drugged, FBI Special Agent William Kirkconnell, who viewed the tapes, told The Associated Press. Some were so incapacitated they were snoring. The camera was always turned off before they awoke.
Many of the victims' faces cannot be clearly identified, so investigators don't know how many different girls were attacked. But each tape recorded at least one assault — some had more — in homes and hotels. The youngest victim appears to be about 10 years old.
As for the alleged perpetrator, a 46-year-old traveling salesman who worked and lived in cities across Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, "he often looks back at the camera and even speaks," Kirkconnell said. "There's no doubt it's Matthew Coniglio. None at all."
Who were these girls? Do they know what happened to them? Could there be other victims?
The FBI shared exclusive details of the case with AP in the hope that victims will step forward and can be offered help and counseling. The AP also uncovered other exclusive details of Coniglio's past and his previous encounters with the law.
Authorities' best chance for resolving the raft of unanswered questions vanished on April 20. Ten days after his arrest, Coniglio wrote goodbye letters to his parents, tied a cord to a vent above a sink in his jail cell and hanged himself in an apparent suicide.
Nearly a decade before his arrest, Coniglio sat in a South Carolina deputy sheriff's office and was asked point-blank if he was a pedophile.
"He said that he was not," Deputy Angela Olds wrote in her 2005 investigation into an incident involving Coniglio, according to records obtained by the AP.
At the time, Coniglio worked selling food products in Hilton Head, and at one diner he told an employee that he and a partner had started a modeling agency. He asked to take pictures of the woman's 11-year-old daughter at a mall. The girls' parents agreed. The AP is withholding the family's name because it does not generally identify possible victims of sexual abuse.
The girl and her father met Coniglio in the diner parking lot, the father told deputies. After the father agreed to meet them at the mall, the girl left in Coniglio's car. Records show Coniglio took her to a hotel room rigged with video cameras and offered her a soda. He asked her to flop down on a bed.
The girl, when questioned by authorities, never said she was assaulted but said she felt uncomfortable at the hotel and demanded that Coniglio take her home. At some point he did. She also said she thought she was at the hotel for no more than an hour, while her parents said she was missing for several hours.
In the deputy's report, the mother said that her daughter came home very upset and locked herself in her bedroom closet, prompting the mother to call authorities.
During a voluntary interview with deputies, Coniglio said the girl was the first he tried to photograph for his fledgling business. He denied taking any pictures, and said he had apologized to the girl's mother "because he knows that it looks bad," Olds wrote. He denied he was aroused by children, Olds wrote in her report. Now a master sergeant at the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, Olds, who now uses the last name Viens, declined an interview.
Coniglio was never charged.
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