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Rackspace Keeps Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards Virtual Slime Flowing
CUSTOMER'S BUSINESS: Digital Marketing
CHALLENGE: Planning for unexpected traffic from Nickelodeon's KCA 2011 viral Facebook "slime" app
SOLUTION: Dedicated servers, Cloud ServersTM, Cloud FilesTM, HA Configuration, CloudkickTM Monitoring, RackConnectTM
OUTCOME: Successful marketing for their client, Nickelodeon, handling traffic with ease
Click here to download the full case study.
Company Overview
AgencyNet, recognized as one of the "hottest digital agencies around,"1 is a one-stop shop for digital marketing—from brand strategy, platform development, social media, to mobile apps and rich media. They specialize in leveraging the power of digital to create strategically focused and results-oriented marketing plans for clients who desire to affect a change in consumer behavior.
This year, AgencyNet was tapped to develop a Facebook app for the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards (KCA) 2011. The app wasn't just another digital ballot. In addition to casting votes, the application gave fans the power to virtually sling slime all over their friend's photos and their favorite websites. Fans earned slime by voting on the KCA's, interacting with polls and quizzes, campaigning for their favorite nominee, and watching videos. For every engagement, fans watched their "Slime Meter" grow as they accumulated more and more slime to sling, ultimately contributing to Nick's marketing objectives of the initiative—increase voting for the KCAs.
With the high visibility of this app, AgencyNet knew they couldn't afford to let traffic spikes cause the app to go down. They turned to Rackspace.
"We've hosted several initiatives at Rackspace in the past, but Nickelodeon was, by far, the biggest one," explained Matias Penela, Director of Technology at AgencyNet. "To me, as the project's technical lead, it's like an insurance policy. As far as servers and reliability go, I don't know of anyone better. Rackspace also has a state of the art support system that we wanted to leverage in the event any unforeseen technical issues arose. When there are a lot of eyes on a project like this, we can't afford any mistakes."
Preparing for Unexpected Traffic
The AgencyNet team had a rough estimate of how much traffic they could expect, based on last year's traffic patterns for Nickelodeon's main website, nick.com. They estimated that about 20% of that traffic would come to their app. "But that was just an estimate," Penela added. "We needed an on-demand scalable solution that could handle more traffic in a seamless manner, if needed."
They shared their goals with the Rackspace team, as well as the details regarding the integration required and the expected traffic numbers. Rackspace engineers then customized several options for them to choose from, and they worked together to select the best choice, which included a combination of cloud and dedicated servers.
"We decided to start with eight Cloud Servers, some of which held the CSS and Flash files—basically, all the content that gets served to the users," Penela explained. "We used redundant dedicated servers for our databases running MySQL, with dual firewalls and dual load balancers to ensure availability. The databases were important for tracking points that users would accumulate from participating in the KCA voting process, thus earning the ability to slime more of their Facebook friends. The third part of the configuration was a storage solution to hold all of that data."
Since traffic monitoring was going to be vital, AgencyNet chose Cloudkick, Rackspace's newly acquired cloud monitoring and management service. With CloudKick, they could access all of their monitoring data, so they could respond by spinning up more Cloud Servers into action if they got more traffic than expected.
App Goes Viral, and Faces Traffic with Ease
The app went live, and didn't miss a beat, with 25 million earned impressions.
When the app went live, everything worked as expected. The load was evenly distributed throughout the eight web cloud servers and the robust database servers did not even break a sweat. The site response times where still lightning fast even in periods of high traffic.
"Rackspace was able to turn this solution around very quickly," Penela stated. "Due to the short turn around time, complexity and very tailored nature of the environment, there's no way we could have set it up in-house with our own resources in that kind of time."
"Working with Rackspace has been a pleasure since day one," said Penela. "Whether it was with sales, engineering, or cloud, everyone was on the same page about what we were doing and they were helpful and proactive."
Penela and his team were also impressed by Rackspace's data centers. "They are reliable and the equipment is top-notch. The engineers are very knowledgeable and proactive. Sometimes, they educated me on potential problems and solutions I didn't know existed. I know I can pick up the phone or, even better, I'll get a call from my Rackspace team."
"While we have in-house capabilities to plan/design hosting environments, we decided to work with the experts at Rackspace to implement a state-of-the-art environment for Nickelodeon, allowing us to focus on what we do best; developing and executing results-oriented digital campaigns" Penela concluded.
About Agencynet
AgencyNet is an award-winning digital agency that changes behavior through creativity. Born-digital in1994, AgencyNet has been hailed by Advertising Age as one of the "Hottest Digital Agencies Around," for its dynamic digital experiences across web, mobile and social platforms for notable clients such as Bacardi, Nickelodeon, Allure Magazine, Ruby Tuesday, Grey Goose, Island Def Jam and The Clinton Foundation. See how AgencyNet embraces the game-changing power of digital at www.agencynet.com.
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Summerville is far from the only community with a disparity in the percentage of black students facing suspensions and expulsions.
National and state statistics, as well as data from other local school districts, show that black students were suspended or expelled at a much higher rate than their white peers.
About 20 black community members brought the issue to light Monday night by protesting Dorchester District 2's discipline policies.
In the Charleston County School District, 5,837 middle and high school students were suspended at least one time last year. Of that total, 4,849 students — or 83 percent — are black, according to Charleston's 2006-07 report of suspensions, expulsions and attendance.
In Charleston schools as a whole, 43 percent of all black high school students and 47 percent of all black middle school students were suspended last year, compared with 10 percent of white high school students and 9 percent of white middle school students.
As for expulsions, 110 out of 131 — or 84 percent — of students kicked out of Charleston schools last year were black, according to the same report.
Charleston's percentages outweigh the statistics in Dorchester District 2 where there are 6,119 black students out of a tototal enrollment of 21,400. The district was the location of Monday night's rally of frustrated parents and expelled students. Out of 2,694 middle and high school students suspended at least one time in District 2 last year, 1,310 pupils, or nearly 49 percent, are black. The suburban district expelled 88 black students out of a total of 157 expelled students last year, or 56 percent of the total.
Louis Smith, a black community member who led the protest, said he didn't realize his concern extended beyond Summerville High School. But Smith, a longtime Summerville resident who now lives in Surfside Beach, said Tuesday that he didn't think he acted too quickly in bringing the group's complaints to the school board without examining how the district's expulsion and suspension data compare with the other local districts as well as state and national average.
"People said we had an abnormal amount of black students expelled and suspended from Summerville High School, and I got some of the numbers to verify that they were correct," Smith said. "We looked at it narrowly. We were focused on our one little village."
District 2 school board member Charlie Stoudenmire said he welcomed Smith's group to the meeting, and agrees that the district needs to analyze if it's doing enough to help minority children. School board Chairman Bo Blanton will propose the creation of a new committee to examine some of the concerns raised by Smith's group, and Stoudenmire said the discussions are needed even if District 2's black suspension and expulsion percentage is not as disproportionate as the rate in some surrounding districts.
"I'll be happy when we save every child," Stoudenmire said. "We haven't done that yet."
Although Smith did not produce state and national figures at Monday's meeting, the data is available from the U.S. Department of Education.
Several years ago, black students accounted for 16.8 percent of the nation's total public school enrollment, according to projected values in the U.S. Department of Education's 2004 Civil Rights Data Collection. Yet black students tallied 37 percent of all out-of-school suspensions handed out to students, and 34.5 percent of the total expulsions nationwide.
During the same year in South Carolina, black students were 38.5 percent of the state's total enrollment, according to the same federal data report. Despite accounting for less than half of the state's student population, blacks tallied 62.8 percent of all out-of-school suspensions and 66 percent of the state's expulsions.
Smith said the local, state and national figures are shocking and prove the black community needs to do more to highlight the discrepancy and discuss the reasons for it. "We should be looking at another major civil rights battle," Smith said. "We have a major issue on our hands."
The Post and Courier requested similar data from all local school districts Tuesday under the Freedom of Information Act, asking them to break down suspensions and expulsions along racial lines. Berkeley County School District officials said they would supply their data today.
Jack McDevitt, director of Northeastern University's Institute on Race and Justice in Boston, said the national statistics show the issue isn't just a Southern states problem. Instead, McDevitt said the disproportionate number of black suspensions and expulsions are a result of zero-tolerance policies enacted by some school districts in the wake of violent outbursts on school campuses.
The zero-tolerance policies call for stricter punishments for misbehavior such as petty theft, drugs and fights, McDevitt said, and national research shows that black and Hispanic students are bearing the brunt of the penalties for these infractions. Other experts have called the phenomenon the "school to prison pipeline" as minority youths kicked out of school for disciplinary reasons often find themselves with few options besides crime, he said.
Schools and districts concerned about the disparity should do a more thorough job of monitoring their discipline statistics along racial lines, McDevitt said, adding that most districts don't circulate or publicize their discipline data, especially how suspensions and expulsions break down by race.
"Most schools don't even keep these kinds of records, so they wouldn't know how their discipline strategies are disproportionately affecting one group over another," he said. "If you don't look, you never know. Schools monitor who passes their standardized tests, but not who is leaving their school."


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This collection is of my family's favorite and most requested yeast recipes. My daughter's friends have been known to choose the muffuletta bread over cupcakes. Making and sharing tasty food for my family is one of my greatest joys.
Most of the recipes included use the bread machine to knead the dough. I have tried kneading by hand, using a dough hook on my mixer and a dough blade in my food processor, but I received the most consistent results by using the dough setting on my bread machine. Using the bread machine for the kneading is also easier on me due to a bulging disk in my neck.
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Q: I have a 12-year-old Cornish Rex and he is suffering from diarrhea (for over three weeks now). My vet did extensive blood work and found no cause. She had me give my cat 1/8 tablet of pro pectalin and 1/4 tablet of Metronidazole every 12 hours and changed his food to Hill's Science Diet A/D. It has been three weeks and no result. My vet is out of ideas. A: There are many reasons for a cat to have diarrhea. I suspect your vet has probably performed the common blood tests that you'd want to do for a 12-year-old cat, to rule out common metabolic causes for diarrhea, such as hyperthyroidism. Your vet may want to perform a blood test called a TLI test, to rule out pancreatic insufficiency (underproduction of pancreatic digestive enzymes) and a PLI test, to rule out pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas). A test that measures the vitamin B12 and folate levels would also be useful, as it would provide information as to whether your cat might have small intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Intestinal parasitism, while less likely in a 12-year-old indoor cat, should be ruled out by running a fecal examination. The feces should also be cultured for Salmonella, Campylobacter and other common bacterial intestinal pathogens. If all of these tests do not yield a diagnosis, you can attempt symptomatic treatment.
First, you should rule out food hypersensitivity by feeding a bland, highly digestible diet, such as Hill's I/D or Iams Low Residue Formula. Hill's A/D is very nutritious, but may be perhaps a bit rich for cats with diarrhea. If there's no response to these diets, you can try treating for presumptive food allergy by feeding a hypoallergenic diet. This is a diet that contains a protein source that the cat has never encountered before. Hill's makes prescription diets in which the protein source is either venison or duck. If this doesn't resolve the problem, you can try treating empirically, with an antibiotic with efficacy for intestinal disorders, such as Metronidazole (which apparently is not working for you), or Tylosin. Ultimately, if you cannot control the diarrhea symptomatically, your cat may have to undergo some advanced diagnostics, such as gastrointestinal endoscopy, to rule out disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease or gastrointestinal lymphoma.
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Brian -- Take your cat to the vet. It is clearly ill and the vet is the only one who could help.
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my 1 year old cat has fallen sick since we have put up x-mas tree. he has diarrhea and get sick every hour or so. this seems to have started since he had hid distemper and rabies shot on Saturday and the x-mas tree on Sunday. for 1 year the cat has never missed the cat box. today he has urinated on the couch,vaumented several times, and defecated 4-5 times today. what should I do????
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Diana -- I'm sorry your cat is suffering from this long bout of illness. Your vet is the best person to help get your cat back on track. A weight loss this significant can only be helped by proper diagnosis and treatment. Did you tell your vet that you were discontinuing the antibiotic? These are always diagnosed for a specific amount of time, and stopping them early also stops treatment. With the diarrhea being such a problem, your vet must be alerted so he/she can help this side effect.
Diana Mesa, AZ
The information was very informative and I will be trying these ideas. My cat has been sick for over 4 weeks now, and the medications prescribed have not resolved his problem He has deteriorated to an extreme, going from 26 lbs to now 5 lbs. He is only 10 years old, and I do not want to see him leave this world. He had lab work completed and the Vet found he had an infection in his system, aldo his pancreas was inflamed. He was given a shot of (corsevia) but it did not help, he was then given an oral antibiotic that made his diarreha worse, I suspended it after 2 doses. If there is anything else you could recommend I would be forever greatful. Thank you, Diana
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By Julie R. Freeman-Burick, Esquire
Alimony is a hot topic in many divorces. We often hear "I want alimony for as much and as long as I can get it" or the converse, "No matter what else, I do not want to have to pay alimony". What is alimony and how it is determined?
Contrary to common belief, alimony has nothing to do with fault. It is not intended to be punitive in nature against the payor; a person is not required to pay alimony because they are "bad." Likewise, a person does not get to receive alimony because they are "good." Also contrary to common belief, there is no set mathematical formula for calculating alimony. We often hear "men have to pay lots in alimony" or "New Jersey is hard on men when it comes to alimony" or "I heard that I can get 33% of my spouse's income as alimony." None of this is accurate. Women can be just as easily be obligated to pay alimony as men. Alimony is not based upon the gender of the payor and one gender is not as a matter of course required to pay more alimony than the other. Nor is alimony based on a percentage.
Alimony is intended to assist the supported spouse in achieving a lifestyle that is reasonably comparable to the one enjoyed while living with the supporting spouse during the marriage. This is why the marital lifestyle is so important. The lifestyle helps to determine the initial alimony award and for determining applications for modification of the alimony award when "changed circumstances" are asserted.
Alimony is based on 12 identified factors set forth in N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23 and a 13th "catch all" provision for any other information the Court deems relevant. Those factors include the actual need of the spouse seeking support, the ability to pay of the supporting spouse, the length of the marriage, the parties' ages, educations, work histories, earnings, parental responsibilities, the length of the marriage, their marital lifestyle and a number of other factors. Each factor requires its own analysis and case law interpreting these factors is plentiful.
No two alimony cases are alike just as no two marriages are alike. Although there may be similarities, each case is unique and each alimony analysis will also be unique. Just because someone you may know got one alimony award does not mean yours may be anything like it.
If you have any questions about alimony, contact Adinolfi & Packman for professional, trusted, experienced New Jersey family law lawyers who can assess your alimony case. Our offices are conveniently located in Haddonfield, New Jersey to serve all of South Jersey, including the communities of Camden County, Burlington County, Salem County and Gloucester County such as Cherry Hill, Haddon Heights, Voorhees, Medford, Mt. Laurel, Moorestown and Berlin. Call us today at 856-428-8334 or contact us online.
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I started out these blogs from San Antonio saying that it did not seem as though there would be any big news out of this meeting. (Note: The "news†the media cover isn't always groundbreaking or significant.. What you read and hear about often is influenced more by a company's PR efforts than by what is actually scientifically or clinically important.) But I think was wrong.There is definitely a paradigm shift occurring in how we think about breast cancer. For decades, we have assumed that all breast cancer was the same. We thought that, basically, a cell went "bad†through a series of chance mutations and then went on to behave like a cancer cell. We tried to determine whether the cancer had spread by looking at the lymph nodes and other characteristics of the cancer, and then we added increasingly more toxic therapy to kill it.
Currently, our thinking is that there are at least five, and maybe more, different subtypes of breast cancer (based on whether the tumor is ER, PR or HER2 positive or negative). In turn, we routinely use targeted treatments—giving women with HER2-positive tumors Herceptin and those with ER or PR positive tumors hormone therapy—to treat the subtype of cancer they have. We've also believed that these different tumors types were the result of a process that occurred as a cancer developed. But we may need to rethink this, too!
Thea Tlsty, PhD, a pathologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Comprehensive Cancer Center, gave a late-breaking presentation on her work with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). Dr. Tlsty conducted a large, retrospective study of 1460 women who had been diagnosed with DCIS. Of this group of women, 1102 had no subsequent tumors while 358 had a recurrence. Of those, 194 were diagnosed with more DCIS while 164 were diagnosed with an invasive tumor. All of the women had been diagnosed in the 1980s, and the only treatment they had was surgery. Dr. Tlsty tried to figure out if she could identify a group of biomarkers that could predict who had the kind of DCIS that recurred as invasive and who did not.
Ultimately, she was able to identify markers that did pretty well at predicting which DCIS would come back as invasive cancer. But even more interesting was that the biomarkers predicted a subset of breast cancers that we refer to as basal-like tumors, and which are known to be very aggressive. Why is this so exciting? Not only because it would be wonderful to be able to figure out which DCIS needs aggressive treatment and which does not, but also because it says that the different kinds of cancers start way earlier in the precancerous stage. If you are a shy kid you grow up to become a shy adult not an aggressive adult. Similarly, if you are an aggressive DCIS you grow up to be an aggressive tumor! This , in turn, may mean that targeted therapies are as important for treating DCIS as they are for treating invasive cancer!
This new thinking was also highlighted by the Genomic Health presentations, which showed that their Oncotype DX Recurrence Score was as accurate in women with ER-positive tumors and positive nodes as it had been in the women with negative nodes. This does not just mean we have a new test. Instead, it means that nodes are much less important than we thought in dictating which treatment is indicated! It's the tumor biology that matters most and should determine treatment strategies.
As Genomic Health reported, the women with a low recurrence score who were node positive benefited from hormonal therapy but not from chemotherapy, whereas the women with a high recurrence score did better with chemotherapy. This means using node status to decide whether a woman should have chemotherapy or hormone therapy is probably not relevant. Whether the cancer has spread to the nodes may be helpful in determining a woman's prognosis, but it does not appear that it's an appropriate way to determine treatment. This means that our hypothesis, which had been that if the cancer has spread to the nodes, the more aggressive the treatment has to be, is probably not true.
Against this background the talks about refining the sentinel node technique seemed a little out of date. We are still arguing about what constitutes a positive sentinel node. Do a couple of cells (<.2mm) matter? How about micro (.2-2mm) metastateses? The studies presented here suggested that sentinel node metastases over 2 mm clearly does matter but maybe the others do not. Since most of the women in these studies had been treated with chemotherapy, the findings are difficult to interpret. However, a larger randomized controlled study is underway that will answer this question.
The bigger issue: By the time we get the answer, will it really matter? If the biology determines which treatment is indicated, will nodes be as important as they once were? Stay tuned! The great thing is that we continue to question, explore, and challenge our assumptions in an attempt to make more progress in breast cancer, and that is the fun of San Antonio!


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text: An oversimplified model of the hydrogen atom has the electron orbiting the nucleus's proton at a distance of approximately 5.29 x 10^-11m. If the electron's speed is about 2.2 x 10^6 m/s then how much force is needed to keep the electron in a circular orbit? Compare the required force with the gravitational force of attraction (3.63x10^-47) and describe what the result impies.


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Dow sinks for sixth day as Fed exit is pondered
NEW YORK — Stocks fell sharply Wednesday after the Federal Reserve disclosed that its top officials were mostly in agreement that the central bank should end its massive bond-buying program.
In the minutes from Fed's July policy meeting, board members said it "might soon be time" to slow the purchases. The bond-buying program has been in place in one form or another since late 2008 to keep interest rates low and encourage economic growth. Some investors believe the Fed's bond-buying have inflated stock prices.
The Dow fell 105.44 to 14,897.55. The blue-chip index has fallen for six straight days for the first time since July 2012.
The S&P 500 fell 9.55 1,642.80. The Nasdaq lost 13.80 to 3,599.79.
US home sales hit 5.4M in July, best since 2009
WASHINGTON — For the first time since 2009, previously occupied U.S. homes are selling at a pace associated with a healthy market.
Sales jumped 6.5 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.4 million, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. Over the past 12 months, sales have surged 17.2 percent. The trend shows that housing remains a driving force for the economy even as mortgage rates have risen from record lows.
Buyers have been purchasing previously occupied homes at an annual pace above 5 million for three straight months. The last time that happened was in 2007. Sales are far above the 3.45 million pace of July 2010, the low point after the housing bubble burst. Analysts generally think a healthy sales pace is roughly between 5 and 5.5 million.
Lowe's riding housing's rebound to fatter gains
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowe's second-quarter net income rose 26 percent to $941 million as Americans feeling good about sprucing up their homes again snapped up indoor and outdoor home products and supplies. Revenue rose 10 percent to $15.71 billion.
The second-largest home-improvement chain's results beat Wall Street expectations. It also raised its full-year earnings and revenue forecasts Wednesday.
Lowe's has revamped its pricing structure, offering what it says are permanent low prices on many items instead of fleeting discounts. It has also focused on hiring more workers and improving its inventory.
Target's profit falls 13% amid wary consumers
NEW YORK — Target Corp. issued a muted annual profit forecast after reporting a 13 percent drop in second-quarter profits as the cheap-chic retailer deals with cautious shoppers.
Target is the latest in a string of companies, including rival Wal-Mart Stores , that have lowered their business expectations as they contend with an uncertain economy.
Target says it earned $611 million. Total revenue was $17.12 billion, up 2 percent. Revenue at stores open at least a year rose 1.2 percent, below the 1.9 percent analysts had expected.
Target has reached out to customers with two big growth initiatives. It has been offering a larger selection of food and also a program, started in 2010, that gives shoppers a 5 percent discount when they pay with Target-branded credit and debit cards.
At the same time, Target continues to team up with new designers for limited-time partnerships. Next month, Target is set to launch its latest designer collaboration, with Phillip Lim.
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Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most interesting personalities of this century. Laugh if you want to. He is. He dabbles in more areas of life than most people even know exist. Now, his enormous wealth has had a lot to do with that, no question, but you would have big time trouble beating Shaq in a game of "Been there, done that".
Shaq is now a part owner of the Sacramento Kings. If we check ESPN's list of top sports franchises in North America, we find the Memphis Grizzlies in top spot, led by great ownership, coaching, players, bang for the buck and a few other categories that are kind of hard to figure out. The Kings are at the other end of that ranking. Out of 122 teams, Sacramento is 122nd.
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My 10-year old son looked up at me this morning and said, "Dad, I can't be a Heat Hater anymore. You have to respect them."
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You didn't have to be a basketball fan to appreciate what the Miami Heat did to win their second consecutive championship.
And you still don't have to be a basketball fan to appreciate what Lebron James did in making it happen, but anyone who still refuses to be a fan of Lebron James is as stubborn as a hard-headed mule with a strong sense of entitlement.
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It all began with such hope seven years ago. It is almost seven years to the day that Bryan Colangelo and the Toronto Raptors found out that they would hold the first overall pick in the NBA draft. That was May 23rd, 2006.
The franchise that had seen its face go from Mighty Mouse to Vinsanity now had an executive face. A strong jaw with steely eyes and a look that made you feel someone was in control of the ship.
This was the new dawn. An injury to Chris Bosh had swirled the bowl and the Raptors posted the 5th worst record in the NBA.
But that was about to change. Bosh and a number one pick. You could build a championship calibre team with a foundation like that.
The pick was used on Andrea Bargnani. Sure his post play was raw and his defense wasn't great, ...
When the Bell/Rogers consortium purchased Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment and took control of the Maple Leafs and Raptors among other teams, everyone seemed to wonder what that would mean.
So far we have seen Brian Burke removed from his post. We have seen the hiring of Tim Lieweke, although that seemed to have more noise attached to it when it was a rumour than when it actually came to be.
Now that it is fact, Toronto fans are going to have to get used to the idea of their teams wanting to win. This isn't about simply making money anymore. The big bucks are in brand and profile.
And that's why a story out of ESPN is an eye-opener, although it shouldn't be.
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Show #3950
Stephen Colbert, Ian McKellen, and Chvrches.
PLUS: turkey fowl play; last night's "Homeland"; Maria from The Sound of Music sings a ditty; a United Airlines promotion; Dave's Thanksgiving story; Charts and Graphs; and a Top Ten list.
" . . . and now, looking nothing like a duck . . . . . . . . David Letterman!"
-"The Capitol Christmas tree was lit this weekend. Joe Biden spent the last 3 days in the basement untangling the lights."
Enjoy your Thanksgiving? We did. So much so that we refurbished a piece we had ready to go last week and used it tonight. We take a look at this odd commercial Dave recently saw.
ANNOUNCE: (turkey footage) "Are you a turkey? Have you been injured as a result of Thanksgiving? Have you or a loved one been cooked or turned into gravy? If so, you may be due a large cash reward. The law firm of Jacobs & Zick has been dealing with Thanksgiving-related injuries since 2006."
TURKEY TESTIMONIAL: (its gobble is translated into English) "Thanks to Jacobs & Zick, I now have enough money to buy a speedboat."
We see the turkey enjoying a ride in his brand new speedboat.
ANNOUNCE: "Call now."
Do you like the "Homeland"? If I got the Showtime, I know I would. Last night's episode had a thrilling and dramatic conclusion. We take a look at a clip from the CBS-owned Showtime. I think CBS owns it. Yes, I should probably know such things.
We see some of the final dramatic footage from "Homeland." A little research on my part found that the guy we see is named Brody . . . Nick Brody. The dead guy I believe is named Akbari.
Nick makes a phone call on his cell. Really? Kids today are so darn attached to their cell phones. Nick dials. Phone rings. We hear on the other end,
VOICE: "Let's go to Nick. Nick, what's happening'?"
NICK BRODY: "It's done. I'm in Akbari's office. I killed him."
We see the voice on the other end is Mike Francesa from WFAN sports talk radio here in New York.
MIKE: "To me, I don't know what the point is, but it'll get a lot of publicity."
NICK: "Get me out of here!"
MIKE: "The idea that there's any importance to this, and it will get raging headlines, will have everybody . . . . uhhh . . . . "
Closing credits.
Wow! Can't believe Francesa didn't hang up on Nick. Nick must be a Parcells fan.
Out of the clip, we find a fine young damsel standing next to Dave. She looks and is dressed much like Maria, played by Carrie Underwood the other night, from "The Sound of Music." She sings, to the tune of "Do Re Mi":
"Dave, a host, a talk-show host
Gray, the color of his skin
D, a grade I give this show . . . . "
She stops singing, saying to Dave: "That's all I have right now. I'll be back a little later with some more." She exits.
DAVE: "We have got to put somebody on the door!"
We have a guy at the door. Unfortunately, he's an Aussie.
Wait. Hold it. 'Aussie' is short for Australian. "The Sound of Music" Maria was from Austria. Darn, I need another name for an Austrian. Damn it, too late now. The joke's ruined. Besides, the guy we have at the door is from the Bronx.
United Airlines has done us all a favor. Not sure if you've seen this promotion. We take a look. For millions of Americans, it's a stressful week. Dave saw a commercial that could bring relief to a lot of people.
ANNOUNCE: "Do you hate the hassles of holiday air travel almost as much as you hate the tedious awkward Thanksgiving dinner with family? Announcing United Airlines' Reluctant Traveler Service. For a nominal fee, we'll book you on a pretend United flight with a plausible flight number, gate number, and arrival time you can tell your family. Then, at the last minute . . . oh, no! You're flight's been canceled! You wanted to be there, but what can you do? United Airlines. We get it."
Circa: 11/19/12.
It happens often after a break; Dave has a tale to tell. Dave, his wife, and son spent Thanksgiving at Dave's in-laws. It was a big whoop-dee-doo with plentiful food and grog. Dave's mother-in-law was hard at work making the stuffing. She took off her wedding and engagement ring and put them off to the side so she could get right down into the stuff to give it a good two-fisted hand-mixing. A few hours later, she realizes she can't find her rings. The family pays her little mind as they are enjoying the grog a wee bit too much. During the dine, Dave's brother-in-law starts to gag, starts to choke.
Something is lodged in his windpipe. He gives the universal sign of choking. Either that, or he was doing a December Tony Romo impersonation. Not sure which. Dave rushed over and did the Heimlich Remover but whatever was in his bro-in-law's throat was still there. A call to 911 was placed and the EMT's, God bless them, rushed over. They were able to clear the windpipe of the obstruction. And what was it that was stuck in his brother-in-law's throat? Any guesses? Yup, a piece of celery from the stuffing.
Now's as good a time as any from some Charts and Graphs. No longer are the Charts and Graphs on boards, but on . . . on tape or something provided by the Control Room.
-Do you consider yourself to be indecisive?
50% n...yes 50% ye...no
-Who administered your flu shot?
35% personal physician
20% neighborhood pharmacist
45% the CDC's lovable syringe character, Lil' Prick
-What do graph designers do when they're bored?
60% surf the Internet
25% e-mail friends
15% add mustaches to bar graphs – mustaches appear on each bar.
-Sounds at the Cheney family Thanksgiving dinner
50% people arguing
50% awkward silence with clanking of silverware and a low hum of a pacemaker
-During the holiday season, how do you prefer to see relatives?
30% at my home
30% at their home
40% through a drunken haze (I Played The Dave – I thought Dave would start
singing Bob Dylan's "The Ballad of Ira Hayes." That's how I know it. You
may know it from Johnny Cash or Pete Seeger. Whatever . . . it was written
by Peter La Farge. Either way, Dave did not start singing "The Ballad of Ira
-What are 'Late Show' viewers doing right now?
11% watching the 'Late Show'
89% changing the channel
-Thoughts fat guys have about this chart
30% "That looks sort of like a pizza."
28% "Now it looks even more like a pizza."
23% "That's gotta be a pizza."
19% "Thank you, Jesus - it's a pizza!"
Always very funny and quick-witted. Mr. Colbert enters wearing a costume out of a Dickens Village. He plays the part of an English chap around Christmas time who has just lost his job and is in search of a pittance, though keeping his spirits bright.
Stephen and family are back from a working vacation in New Zealand. They were invited to partake in a small cameo in the Hobbit film. Stephen says you'll have to look closely to find them. Stephen says being a part of The Hobbit was a lot of fun, but being in New Zealand was absolutely wondrous. He describes it as the Adventure Capital of the World. He says you get the feeling that if you moved there, you would become a man.
While in New Zealand, his 9-year-old son went bungee jumping. Mom decided to go shopping that day and didn't want to watch; didn't want to be the one who said, "Yeah, go ahead and give it a try." Stephen had no interest in bungee jumping, nor did his other son. Stephen did go para-sailing and another son went mountain climbing. That son likes to climb mountains but doesn't like to jump off when he gets to the top.
The family also went to Rome. Stephen isn't much of a fan of the new Pope. Not judgmental enough.
Stephen Colbert – catch "The Colbert Report" on DVR Monday thru Thursday at 11:30 PM on the Comedy Central.
After Colbert left, Dave discovered a mustache he left behind. Never letting anything go to waste, Dave dons the mustache and presents the night's Top Ten mustachioed.
Blue Card info: "A study by the Stanford University School of Medicine has found they can 'eavesdrop' on brain activity, which may eventually provide mind-reading applications."
I originally was going to shorten the info card a bit and simply say it was a scientific study but decided to go with "the Stanford University School of Medicine" in hopes Dave would scoff at it, much like he does when referring to the New York Times as "that rag." DING!
10. "At least I'm not as fat as that guy."
2. "Will someone wake me up when it's time to get off the plane?"
1. "I wish the new healthcare plan wasn't named after me."
Collect them all! Going into commercial, we see tonight's installment of the "Backstage Photo Club" --- Executive Producer Eric Stangel with R2D2. Eric was the one on the left.
Why not? Under my Odd Dave file, I'll submit his Top Ten in a black mustache.
"We're going again tomorrow with Dave and his guests Billy Crystal, Julie Chen, and ZZ Ward. When we come back, we'll have the amazing story of a lonely barber who constructed a girlfriend out of hair clippings."
Ian McKellen stars in the new Hobbit film coming out on Friday. He was in the Lord of the Rings trilogy and now in the Hobbit triple play. They shoot these at the same time. Sounds busy and confusing. Who keeps track of such things? McKellen quickly acknowledges, "Certainly not the actors." Some suspect that he's agreed to be part of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit simply because they are filmed in New Zealand. Ian doesn't strongly object to that suspicion. There are few places as lovely as New Zealand.
Dave says there is a lot of "green screen" acting in the Rings and The Hobbit; lots of CGI performing. It's as if an actor has to act in a closet without being aware of what's not around him. Ian softly reminds Dave that he's been out of the closet for some time now. Ian says that actors are trained to perform with a lot of pretending. He points out that even sitting at the Late Show desk . . . . that's not really New York City behind Dave.
In addition to "The Hobbit," Ian is currently performing in two different Broadway plays performed by the same cast on alternating days. Along with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen is performing in Harold Pinter's "No Man's Land" and in Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot."
We see a photo of Ian McKellen with Nelson Mandela. It was from 1995. Mandela had not long been President of South Africa and the new constitution was being written. Ian was in South Africa lobbying to ensure that it would be constitutionally illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexuality. Mandela immediately assured Ian that he had his support. South Africa became the 5th country in the world to legalize gay marriage.
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" is in every theater in the nation this Friday.
CHVRCHES (pronounced "Churches" but spelled with a V instead of a U. Oh, those kids!)
From their new album, "The Bones of What You Believe," Chvrches performed "We Sink."
And that was our show for Monday, December 9, 2013.
How was my Thanksgiving break? I spent the entire week decorating the house for Christmas. Denise always thinks I have the worst vacations but I tell her I like doing stuff around the house. Any inclimate weather held off until I was done. Somehow I make this chore last the entire week. I don't mean to, but it does take the week. It may be due to the music and beer that accompanies my efforts. I don't abuse the drink, but I like to always have one a reach away when working around the yard.
This year's decorations came out very nice; inside and out. I'm a bit disappointed by some neighbors far and wide who do not put the effort into their decorations. Some say it takes too much work. But . . . the decorations are not for the adults . . . it's for the kids! And when you do it for the kids, you eventually realize you're doing it for yourself, too.
What I like most about Christmas decorations is driving around and looking at other houses. My eye always searches for a strand of lights that are not working. It may be on the house or on an outdoor tree or hanging from the garage. I'll stop and gaze at the light-strand that is not working . . . . and picture the scene of the dad making the discovery when he plugs in the lights. It never fails to bring me a chuckle.
Uh oh. I went out to eat twice over the break. Only when I'm out at a restaurant do I order one of those craft beers. I avoid the Budweiser, the Coors, the Miller. I like to go specialty. And now . . . . . I fear I'm beginning to like the craft beer. But I don't want to like the craft beer. I like keeping my tastes cheap. I now fear I'll be sipping an inexpensive Carling Black Label and thinking how I wish I had a Captain Lawrence.
I hate it when people try to force religion into Christmas.
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Returning Home After Securing Payne's First Win
Davis Payne earned his first win as a coach against the Kings this weekend and now returns home for a three-game stint at the Scottrade Center. Up next on the schedule is Columbus on Tuesday, Minnesota on Thursday before the New York Rangers come to town on Saturday. There are no easy games in the NHL, but these are three teams that have had plenty of issues of their own this season and can be beaten. The home has been extremely unfriendly to the Blues this season, but the team has an opportunity to improve on their 6-14-3 record starting Tuesday night.
The win against LA snapped a seven-game slide for the Blues, but though it was a step in the right direction, this team still has a long way to come to being a fully competitive squad. The third period in LA still made all fans to hold their breath as the Kings stormed back with two third period goals to close the game to one. The Blues held on, but it brought back memories of the many games blown late by our favorite club.
Still, a win is a win and boy did the Note need one. The two points give them 43 on the season through 44 games, and places them 14th in the Western Conference. The LA Kings hold the final playoff spot with 53 points, and five teams (DET, DAL, MIN, ANH, COL) separate the Blues from their ultimate goal. The picture looks pretty grim, but there is still hope.
The team has given us a lot of things to be optimistic about in their four games under Davis Payne. The Chicago game we will toss out as Payne took control literally the morning of the matchup. Let's look at the other three games.
1-2 OT Loss @ San Jose
One of the best teams in the league this season, San Jose has really been held in check by St. Louis. While the Blues didn't get the result they hoped for, they limited this highly offensive team to just one goal in regulation before falling in OT. A much improved and hard fought effort.
2-4 Loss @ Anaheim
The overall effort wasn't as complete as we saw in San Jose, but even so the Blues put themselves in a position to secure points late in the game. With things tied at two goals per side, a controversial no call on an obvious knee-to-knee interference play led to the Blues' demise in Anaheim. Can't say the performance here was a good one, but at the very least the Blues showed they can "take a night off" and still be in good shape to make it to OT. The no call was a tough one to swallow, but such is the world of professional sports.
4-3 Win @ Los Angeles
Blues escape with a 4-3 win over LA despite nearly collapsing in the third period. The third period has plagued the squad this season and it nearly did again as the Kings scored two late goals but were unable to level the affair. The brightest aspect was the Note's play when they held their 4-1 lead. Under the Andy Murray regime, more often than not the Blues would resort to a much more protective scheme – one that was ruled by sitting back and letting the opponent dictate the pace. Protecting the lead is one thing, but in modern hockey you can not just sit back and get ran over. This time, with a 4-1 lead, Payne had his team still fighting for scoring opportunities and looking to light the lamp a fifth time. As the saying goes – "Best defense is a good offense".
There you have it: Four games under Payne, and three performances we can find a lot of positives in despite the record reading 1-1-1. The next test for Payne is getting results at home to appease some of the fans who still may have yet to see a "W" with their ticket packages.


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Tired of the same ol' peas and carrots? This quick and easy recipe perks up frozen snow peas with Dijon mustard and chopped walnuts.
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- Dash salt
- 1 package (6 ounces) frozen snow peas, thawed
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
- In a small bowl, combine the butter, Worcestershire sauce, mustard and salt; set aside.
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Jeff Smith, director of general services and security for the courthouse, said the sheriff's office received a call about 8:20 a.m. today about the threat.
Smith said the building has been evacuated and law enforcement officials are conducting a sweep of the facility which should take between 35-40 minutes.
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In this video from Thursday's Boxing Day edition of Investor Beat, host Chris Hill and Motley Fool financials analyst Matt Koppenheffer take a look at some of the best and the worst from the financial sector over the past year.
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I am the Head of Learning Services at the V&A. My role on the Project Team is to ensure that the wider staff of the Learning and Interpretation Division feed their ideas into our plans for learning programmes and displays in the Sackler Centre. In particular, I am putting together the opening programme of events. I am really excited about the expanded facilities we will have, enabling more people to engage creatively with our collections.
We already offer a wide range of educational activities from art events for families at the weekends to study days and courses for adults. The V&A is the National Museum of Art and Design and our collections are the starting point for all of these. Whenever possible we run activities in the galleries alongside the objects. However, sometimes other spaces are needed, for example when visitors use art materials or photographic and digital techniques to create their own work. Also it helps to have a more intimate place for discussion than a public gallery, or a safe quiet place for the close study and handling of objects. The spaces we currently use are scattered around the museum which can make running a programme difficult and they are also a bit out of date and not very well equipped or comfortable to use.
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International Wine Cellar says about the 2006: 90 points -- Deep red. Powerfully scented nose offers ripe dark berries and cherry along with candied licorice and oak spices. Deeply concentrated and velvety, with sweet blackberry and kirsch flavors dominating. An undeniably impressive pinot in the outsized, sweet school, with serious finishing thrust and cling. I'd serve this with a smoky, peppery grilled hunk of red meat."
A huge, intense nose full of dark plum, sweet nutmeg, cedar, and burnt hazelnut shell just sets the tone for this 2005 vintage rich yet beautifully balanced wine. Violets, rose, fresh herbs, white pepper, and nutmeg linger in the background. Flavors are of ripe blackberry, black currant, black cherry, and hints of creamy vanilla bookending the fruit flavors. Sweet spice and cedar are pervasive throughout, particularly in the long, layered finish.The balance in this wine is impressive, with fresh, lively flavors with perfectly integrated acidity matched to tannins that promise cellaring but never intrude. The long finish of red raspberry, red cherry, and spice refreshes and suggests this wine will go well with a wide range of foods.
The Kilmore Pinot is made from grapes from Cummins Ridge and Lenne Vineyards, both in the Yamill-Carlton appellation. Unfortunately, it's very, very limited. -jy
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NJ Libertarians for legislature: Nullify TSA, NDAA; lower taxes
Posted on Nov 1, 2013
Patrick McKnight,
LP New Jersey candidate running for state Assembly
in the 16th District
Four Libertarians running for state legislature in New Jersey will give voters a choice on Nov. 5 to vote to lower taxes and expand personal freedom.
Patrick McKnight takes on two Republican and two Democratic opponents in the state Assembly race in the 16th District. He wants to use that authority to cut both state and federal government down to size.
"New Jersey was the crossroads of the American Revolution," McKnight said. "Yet today we are the most overtaxed, over-legislated citizens in the country. We deserve better."
Pointing out that, today, total New Jersey government debt and liability has reached $282 billion, or $90,000 per family living in the state, McKnight argued that it's time to stop spending money that the state does not have.
"Our politicians sidestep laws that require legislative approval of deficit spending," McKnight said. "We must put an end to it."
As a former history teacher, McKnight aims to take on the public schools, which he said spend the lion's share of the state budget yet "fail to teach children the necessary skills" to be successful in the modern world.
McKnight supports banning red-light cameras, restoring Second Amendment rights in the state that has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, and eliminating the federal Transportation Security Administration that has a large presence in New Jersey.
"Our families should be able to travel freely without illegal harassment from the TSA," McKnight said. "The TSA is invasive and indecent. It has no constitutional jurisdiction."
McKnight recommends fighting the TSA from the New Jersey Assembly by invoking the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, under which states have the right to fight authority that the federal government has unconstitutionally attributed to itself.
McKnight also aims to introduce the Liberty Preservation Act, which nullifies provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 and other federal laws that authorize indefinite detention.
Sean O'Connor, Steven Uccio, and Don DeZarn,
LP New Jersey team running for state Assembly
in the 14th District
Three Libertarian candidates in the 14th District propose to eliminate or drastically cut whole categories of taxes to make New Jersey much friendlier for business.
The team is led by Don DeZarn, a veteran of the War in Afghanistan, who is running for the New Jersey state Senate on the promise of putting the power of government "back where it actually belongs, with the citizens, as our Founding Fathers intended it to be."
DeZarn called for reducing taxes, as well as eliminating burdensome regulations and bureaucracy that stifle entrepreneurship. He believes that corporate welfare policies that offer incentives to big companies to move to New Jersey are not only bad economics, but also "a slap in the face" to small business owners who must compete with those getting taxpayer-funded subsidies.
DeZarn intends to go after laws that drive up state spending.
"Just like you and me, our government must live within its means," DeZarn argued. "We simply can't keep spending money we don't have. Much of the money our government spends each year is through enforcing needless laws and regulations that hold back our free-enterprise system and severely limit the growth of private businesses, especially small, locally owned ones."
DeZarn believes that Americans should be free to educate their children as they see fit and marry whom they love. DeZarn has also been an outspoken critic of marijuana prohibition, calling for its repeal.
Sean O'Connor is running for one of the two state Assembly seats in the 14th District. One of his main goals is to lower the tax burden of state residents.
"The top issue in New Jersey is the astronomically high property taxes," O'Connor noted. "Neither the Republican nor the Democratic candidates have a solution to the problem."
According to O'Connor, the Libertarian team is offering a four-step plan that will help lower the property tax without increasing any other taxes. The plan provides for a freeze on spending and tax rates by all local governments in the Garden State, eliminating all unfunded mandates that the state imposes on local government, cutting wasteful spending, and consolidation of all local government on the county level.
"New Jersey has the fifth-highest income tax. We also have the highest property tax, and the highest per capita debt in America," O'Connor said. "It's no wonder more people left the state of New Jersey last year than any other state."
Rounding out the 14th District team is Steven Uccio, a staunch advocate for small government, who is running for the second Assembly seat.
"I think I can sum up the Libertarian mindset with three values: personal freedom, personal responsibility, and adherence to the Constitution," he said. "We want the government to do the most basic of things."


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Why is it called a "Fantasy Draft" when it's actually happening?
Zdeno Chara & Joffrey Lupul face off against Daniel Alfredsson & Henrik Lundqvist (all players from Eastern Conference teams) at the podium.
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SpotlightTMS Raises $6M to Become an Employer's Online Box Office
Los Angeles-area tech venture Spotlight Ticket Management Inc. raised $6 million in Series A funding from Point Judith Capital, Coyote Ridge Ventures and City National, according to Chief Executive Tony Knopp. Earlier the company raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Point Judith Capital.
Spotlight's software-as-a-service, which launched in 2009, helps corporations make sense of what they're spending on tickets, gift cards, memberships, and vouchers in order to win new business and grow revenue.
It also helps corporations understand how effectively the tickets they buy are adding to their bottom line, and who among their employees are making the best use of tickets or other available assets.
According to Mr. Knopp, Spotlight researchers have found that corporations spend about $20 billion a year globally on tickets to live theater, sporting events and concerts.
Of course, they also buy and give away other intangibles—like amusement park passes, country club memberships, gift cards, movie tickets, flight or hotel vouchers, and conference passes– to entice new clients, recruit employees, or otherwise benefit the business.
So Spotlight's system also measures almost anything employees might think to put on an expense report.
Mr. Knopp wants Spotlight to become a kind of de facto "box office" for employees at corporations of any size.
Bringing easy-to-use Web and mobile apps, and greater transparency to this corner of marketing should help the live events industry grow in terms of sales to corporate buyers, he said.
When companies can't measure ROI on something like box seats at their nearest stadium, they're not as likely to spend on such perks, he suggests.
When a corporation buys tickets, their available inventory shows up in the Spotlight app and can be reviewed or requested by employees only.
If they want tickets or vouchers for something the company hasn't already purchased, employees can buy them through more than 1,000 Spotlight-integrated vendors within the app.
Spotlight is constantly reviewing and adding vendors to its site, and hopes to work with up-and-coming startups in the space, alongside juggernauts like TicketMaster and StubHub (already on the platform today).
"We have no interest in becoming a primary, or even secondary ticket market," Mr. Knopp said.
Instead the company makes money from subscriptions to its software. It charges companies based on the volume of tickets they process in a year through Spotlight.
It also gets an affiliate fee for sales of tickets within its platform (as many travel apps generate fees or commissions for lead generation).
With about 50 contract and full-time employees, including 25 at their Calabasas, Calif. headquarters, Spotlight plans to use their Series A funding on hiring, doubling its U.S. headcount in the next year, and to add features that will make its app easy for small and medium sized businesses.
The company's typical client spends about $3,350 a year to use Spotlight. But its largest clients are paying over $500,000 a year to manage their tickets and other assets through the Spotlight system.
Spotlight investor Sean Marsh, General Partner of Point Judith Capital in Boston, said his firm sees Spotlight as a "marketing automation solution," that has the potential to become as essential to businesses as Salesforce, Marketo, Hubspot and other platforms that help companies "optimize their marketing spend."
He said he expects Spotlight to sign new types of customers, expand within existing accounts, and educate the market about the importance of knowing a "hard ROI" for their ticketing expenditures.
Spotlight plans to expand to Europe this year, as well. The company will be opening a new office in London soon, and adding multi-lingual support to its app by the end of 2014, Mr. Knopp said.
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Harrisburg, PA – The Central Penn Business Journal is accepting nominations for the 2011 Women of Influence Awards. Recipients will be honored during the Power of Women event on May 16th and in a special supplement to the May 13 issue of the Central Penn Business Journal.
The Business Journal is looking for women leaders employed in the midstate who are influential in their companies, industries and communities. These 25 Women of Influence award recipients will have a solid reputation based on their experience, integrity and leadership, and have a proven track record of accomplishments. An independent panel of judges will review the nominations to determine this year's award recipients. Winners will be announced in mid-March.
In addition to the 25 Women of Influence Awards, three individuals will receive special recognitions at the event. One woman will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for her life's work in making Central Pennsylvania a great place to work and live. The Woman to Watch Award will be presented to a woman, age 30 or under, who is stepping up to help shape the Central Pennsylvania of tomorrow. A third woman who has dedicated a significant amount of time, energy and expertise to helping midstate community organizations thrive will receive the Community Achievement Award.
To be eligible, a woman must be employed in Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry or York county and be self-nominated or nominated by another person. The nomination form, award descriptions and additional eligibility information is available online at http://www.centralpennbusiness.com/events. All nominations must be received by the Central Penn Business Journal by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 20.
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Culture conflict
May 19, 2013
The culture conflict that occurred when the local government proposed that criminal justice officials would occupy Mater Del La Rosa Catholic Church was bound to happen....
Why not use the building? It beats just letting it sit idle.
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Thin blue line...what kind of Christianity promotes your attitude. I suspect the kind that follows David Kuresh in Waco, TX. The Christian values that I learned differ from yours.
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As a card carrying Christian, I resent your foolishness.
Hey sideliner... it's you that belongs on the side lines...
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What better use of a building where people came together to express their dedication to religious values, than to use that building to actually act on those values and help people to be accountable for their lives and their actions and aid them through the just the justice system in beginning a new life?
That's always been my problem with religion and particularly card carrying Christians: they will tell you all day long how "Christian" they are, but then ask them to act like one and suddenly there is a problem...
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Too many people believe that the 'Church' is the building where Christians meet and hold that Building in some kind of Holy reverence. They miss the point that the true 'Church' is the people who fill the building. Once the people are gone, as is the case in this instance, it's just another building.
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Cabinet Secretaries' notebooks (CAB 195/20): Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasland
Agreed last time we must reach concln. D.S. to consult R.W. on
proposal tht. we shd. either have 4% + Asian seat or 12½%
entailing abolition of A. seat. D.S. persuaded him tht. difft
standard of hurdle for Eur. & African was not defensible -
out of tune with present circs. R.W. prepd to accept
equalisation at 4% or 12½%; but not willing to accept
abolition of Asian seat.
Discussions with R.W. widened out into future of Fedn. Later
realised tht. almost any variant of N.Rh. constitution will
produce Govts. wh. are anti-Federation. This, coupled with
prospect tht. new Nyasaland Govt. will insist on secession,
opens up whole future of Fedn. Tho' N. not economic asset, its
departure may pave the way for secession of other constituent
Possibility of entirely new arrangement - but no ques. of its being a
proposal: mere aide-memoire of discn.
R.W. seeking now to hold up any N.Rh. constitution until we have
discussed larger issue. Suggest therefore we discuss that issue
first: then consider wtr. we can p'pone N.Rh. issue in hope of
reconciling it w'in wider framework. Recall Fed. Review concln
tht. progress must be made in constituent territies before we can
review future of Fedn.
R.W. said he was arriving to-morrow. Told H. Commr. stiffly tht. this
wd. do no good. He has now decided not to leave to-night.
3 connected issues - i) constn of N.Rh: ii) N.'s demand to secede:
iii) future of Fedn.
i) In Salisbury sought to clarify i) first. We had assumed tht., if he
preferred 12½%, he wd. not want Asian seat retained. But he
continues to attach importce to it esp. as he had conceded in
return addn of 500 Africans to upper roll. Referred back to Cab.
Decided to defer decn until my return. He also asked for 6 vice 4
racial reservation out of 7 seats. He wd. take 10% of votes cast.
Thus, he will agree to abolition of numerical alternative if
equality given at 10% of votes cast - plus Asian seat & 6 vice 4.
But he now wants radical review of future of Fedn - and puts that fwd.
as reason for p'poning constitn for N.Rh.
ii) R.W. urges we must hold N. in Fedn by force. I expld no future in that,
at the end secession wd. still be inevitable. Saw this eventually
& said ready to accept N.'s secession if satisfied it wd. not lead
to secession of N.R.
iii) Vague ideas of extending franchise & surrendering powers to
territories. Whitehead's idea: hold together multi-racial kernel
i.e. S.Rh. plus Copper Belt and line of rail. N.Rh. wd. be
divided into Barotseland (wh. wants separation), n.e. areas
inhabited by Africans, central area incldg. all economic life &
most of Europeans and Asians. Hold S.R. + centre of N.R., and
allow remainder to secede but to join in a looser economic
Existg. Fedn - regarded as imposed, design to perpetuate Europn
domination, identified with R.W. to whom Africans are
implacably hostile. Any new deal must be by voluntary action.
R.W. unwilling to concede right of secession even to S.Rh., with
its Eur. majority. At end we agreed to differ.
Problem of N. will be on our laps v. soon. B. comes Ldn. Apl. to ask
for secession. He wants principle accepted: recognises much
techn. work wd. then have to be done, possibly 9 mos. work - so
no actual separation for about a year. If we rejected principles,
B. wd. w'draw. from govt: we wd. have to resume direct rule
and serious security sitn wd. arise. Hope Cab. will agree no
future in trying to "fight it out" with B. in N. If Fedl Govt.
accepted principle, no gt. diffy. If R.W. decides to fight it, we
face diff. choices. We cd. i) join him in doing so; ii) give
self-govt. to N. at once & leave R.W. to fight it alone, with
police on B.'s side. This wd. be repd as betrayal. iii) Legn here
in oppn to Salisbury's wishes. We must therefore do utmost to
carry R.W. with us in conceding principle of secession.
Delay of N.Rh. constitution because new regime will restrict
manoeuvre on Fedn. Accept R.W.'s view on this: with new
constitn Fedn will disintegrate. But maybe it's doomed,
irrespective of what we do on N.Rh. as a pol. association. A year
ago, there mght. have bn. a chance. But it's only now tht. R.W.
has bn. willing to consider wider issue. I believe it's not
practicable to throw all into melting pot again. We must
therefore announce decn on N.Rh.
Concln: go ahead on N.R; try to get R.W. to co-operate in conceding
principle of secession to N.
x Agree can't delay N.Rh.
R.W., if co-operative on N., wd. seek unacceptable condns on
N.Rh. No hope of central Rh. plan with consent of N.Rh.
If Fedn is doomed, what will happen when S.R. is alone?
They will try to stand as independent state - few wd. want union with
S.A. tho' ties wd. be made closer.
Two dangers in Africa. i) Afr. revolt because impatient.
ii) Eur., if driven, mght. re-act - eventually
union of Angola, Katanga, Rhodesia. Dread effect on multi-
racial concept.
x Can't p'pone decn on N.Rh. constitn.
Future of fedn depends on Fedl Govt. conceding right to secede.
But rapid secession of N. will mean chaotic transfer & slum on our
hands. If he has bn. given right to seceded, we cd. deal with
revolt if any. Shd we not revert to Monckton. Orderly transfer of
power to territies; and thereafter right to secede. B. cd. hardly
excite support for opposn to that p'mme. Wd take 2/3 yrs. to
transfer the powers: longer prs. for N.Rh. With that delay they
mght. choose some form of continuing assocn. Cd we not make
decln on these lines?
This underestimates Afr. detestn of Salisbury & R.W. personally.
Only hope for a Fedn is to give B. right at once & sufficient
gesture to N.Rh.
Mght. have done this, if we had moved to Monckton at once. Now it
is too late.
Line of rail plan is not practicable - obvious gift of all econ. value to
Announce N.Rh. Take few wks. to work out plan for N.
Right of consent of Fedl Govt. before right of secession granted?
No: we are only Parlt. that can do it. Tho' violent row.
We cd. secure secession of N. - Fedl Govt. wd. not actively
resist. Sooner we give N. added responsibility more likely they
are to consider some form of economic association.
My plan would give us longer over N.Rh.
B. will say tht. his electorate has decided already in favour of
What R.W. really mean by c. Rh. plan is not what Monckton meant.
What they mean is - N. shd. secede: Barotseland go off alone
with appropriate African constitn: central N.Rh. (where racial
ratio is same as S.Rh.) shd. have same kind of constitn as in
S.Rh. - essentially multi-racial: then all 5 cd. join economic
Other view: if we can get 8 yrs. for N.Rh., Fedl Govt. cd. bind them in.
[Murmurs of dissent]
No moral basis now for central African alliance plan.
Any alternative arrangemt. must be discussed by conference and
secured by consent. E.W. contemplates action by existing Govts.
Cd accept it as decn of self-governing Govts.
That is not what E.W. wants.
On N. can't we find via media between R.M. and H.'s view - which
we cd. persuade R.W. to accept. We can't carry Party in forcing
this v. unwilling R.W.
We are powerless. Cdn't govern N. by force for long. Cdn't restrain
Europeans fr. seizing Copper Belt.
Can't avoid now an early decn on N.Rh. constitution?
x/ Indications of general agreement.
Hopeful sign in all this is that R.W. and E.W. have come to think
Fedn can't last. They may now become more practical.
Better now to lean on E.W. than on R.W. - who is much more widely
Agree to x/ as we can't settle future of Fedn until we have elected
Given decn on x/. we must consider N.Rh. ques. - what do we do?
has accepted equal hurdle for each: when shd. it be put?
African Parties won't co-operate unless they have a chance of winning.
They oppose both numerical alternative and Asian seat.
Equality of %age is necessary & I favour high figure of 12½%.
With that Africans wd. co-operate if Asian seat abolished. Can't
now defend it: Asians don't want it: awkward to m'tain it in
face of their disclaimer.
Can't hold revolt unless it appears we have offered reasonable
Even under this constitn - govt. will only be advisory to Governor.
500 Afr. on upper roll?
Tho' conceded in exchange for Asian seat v. diff. to w'draw it now.
This plan gives Africans a good chance.
Choice of %age is between 10% and 12½%. I prefer 10% of votes
This choice raises no ques. of principle.
Asian seat. Recall history.
R.W.'s main pre-occupn was 12½% or 400. But in last resort he
suggd Asian seat & we had no reason to think Africans wd.
dislike it. We made bargain with R.W. adding this in return
for 500 Africans on upper roll.
Concession on %age - equalisation - is the bull point. For Africans
much more important than Asian seat. And there was a bargain.
If we abolished it, we wd. have to remove the 500 Africans. Can't
really contemplate that.
Cd you retain it for one Parlt. only? It wd. be 2nd class status.
We cdn't possibly w'draw the 500. Hope we can leave Asian seat.
In reply to ques: R.W. wd. accept with protest 10% plus m'tenance
of Asian seat.
Cd we not buy acquiescence under protest by both sides by
retaining Asian seat.
Why not try I.M.'s temporary idea.
If we drop Asian seat, we shall be attacked by both sides.
But how can I defend it to H/C. knowing tht. no-one in N.Rh. wants
it & its only reason was to prevent them voting R.W. in
other seats.
Bound to come out tht. there was a bargain. Will cause big row.
Both = minimum requd to secure African co-opn.
We have to weigh these considns:-
A. i) Avoid boycott. ii) Avoid revolt.
Two concessions wd. clearly be better than one. Obviously
better fr. R.M.'s angle.
B. European mood: faced with end of Fedn. Risk of exposing
ourselves to charge from them, in that mood, of breakg. bargain. C. Posn of U.K. Govt. & attitude of Party.
We cdn't prevent a Boston tea-party: & under pressure fr. Eur.
we made concessions in June. Not wholly bound because circs.
change: but it was a bargain. We shd. be accused of
dishonourable act: I'm not prepared to be so accused. Our
reputation wd. be tarnished. And at beginning of this road to
secession of N., N.Rh. and break-down of Fedn.
Let R.M. consider how it could be presented.
Cab. wd. wish R.M. to let Asian seat stand. Many cdn't reconcile
its retention w'out removing the 500. How wd. that be
presented publicly.