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|Jordan Mickey recalled in time for Celtics' trip to Indiana
|03.14.16 at 6:01 pm ET
Before taking off for their trip to Indianapolis and a Tuesday meeting with the Pacers, the Celtics recalled forward Jordan Mickey from the Maine Red Claws of the D-League.
The move is likely just depth at the 3/4 position as the Celtics cope with the loss of Jae Crowder for at least two weeks with a high ankle sprain to his right foot.
Mickey has turned into a shot-blocking phenom, blocking four shots (three in the first quarter) against Grand Rapids on Sunday in the Red Claws' 129-123 victory.
Mickey also tallied a double-double with a team-high 28 points, 11 rebounds, one assist and a steal in 32 minutes of action. He has played in 23 games for Maine this season and is averaging 17.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 4.4 blocks per game in that span.
Mickey blocked three shots in a span of five seconds last Wednesday in a win over Memphis at TD Garden.
Coach Brad Stevens said the team would likely consider a number of options to replace Crowder's minutes, most likely involving Evan Turner and James Young.
|With Jae Crowder out, James Young might finally be 'shooting' his way to playing time
|03.14.16 at 10:01 am ET
WALTHAM — The time may finally be right for James Young to show what he's got.
The second-year forward out of Kentucky, drafted in the first round of the 2014 NBA draft by the Celtics (17th overall), is one of the leading candidates to fill in while Jae Crowder heals from a high ankle sprain suffered last Friday against the Rockets.
Young is still only 20 years old but already it feels like he's been around the block for the Celtics. In his rookie season, he was assigned to the Maine Red Claws 11 times, averaging 20.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 steals in 19 games. But it's the shooting Young has been working to improve. At Kentucky, he shot 40.7 percent from the field and 34.9 percent from 3-point range. In five summer league games this past year, he averaged 9.4 points and 3.4 rebounds in five games but shot just 27.1 percent from the field and 22.7 percent from three-point range.
This year, the shuttle back and forth has continued, with nine more assignments, including six in this calendar year alone. This year in 10 games for Maine, he's averaged 14.2 points and 5.7 rebounds. He's only shooting 36.6 percent but it's his 6-foot-6 athleticism that could come in handy as the Celtics look for someone to help fill the minutes of the injury Crowder.
"He shot the heck out of it," Brad Stevens said after practice on Sunday. "One thing James has done is gotten good game reps in, because he's also played in Maine. He had a good practice [Sunday]."
Young has averaged just 2.4 points and 9.1 minutes in 55 career games for the Celtics. Now, he may get a chance to actually add significantly to those totals.
Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN.com, Young was listed as the No. 3 small forward and the No. 8 player in the nation in 2013 at Kentucky. He was a starter on the Wildcats team that lost to UConn in the 2014 NCAA title game. He left after that season and missed Kentucky's run at an undefeated season that ended with a national semifinal loss to Wisconsin last year.
|How will Celtics go about replacing Jae Crowder: Evan Turner and a bench that's been 'on ice'
|03.13.16 at 7:06 pm ET
WALTHAM — Evan Turner thought about the question for a moment and then uttered a mild expletive before laughing.
With Jae Crowder out for at least two weeks, could Turner be the man Brad Stevens turns to when looking for players to lock up the likes of Paul George, Kevin Durant and DeMar DeRozan?
"Oh, [crap]. I didn't even think about that," Turner said after practice Sunday. "Wow. The good thing is, and those guys are great players, but the people I tend to struggle with small forwards-wise are, like, the freaks. I'm not saying they're not freaks, but Carmelo [Anthony], he's tough in the paint.
"Joe Johnson is tough in the post. Things like that. Durant and Paul, they're shotmakers and you just really have to get your work done early, and contest their shots, and try to make it difficult for them. And that's it."
Turner knows what the Celtics are missing in a player like Crowder, who has started all 66 games for the Celtics this season.
"That's definitely tough. In general, Jae's playing so great," Turner said. "He plays the bulk of the minutes for us, and the defensively and versatility that we have with him on the floor, it's definitely tough. So the biggest thing is just getting him healthy. We've got a lot of capable guys, guys that have stayed ready throughout this process. So they'll have an opportunity to play."
Even with Jared Sullinger battling a skin infection last week, the Celtics have maintained the same line up for the last 22 games and 27 of the last 28 games.
"We'll figure it out as we go. It'll be all good," Turner said.
It won't all be on Turner's shoulders. Jonas Jerebko and second-year forward James Young will also likely get their chances when the Celtics stick with a traditional look on the court, that is to say two guards, two forwards and a center. Turner is confident that the bench will be ready. Turner has started four games this season but none since Jan. 7. Jerebko hasn't started at all this season. And Kelly Olynyk, who may be ready to go Tuesday, hasn't started since Jan. 22.
"I think they'll probably be ready," Turner said. "They've been on ice. JY has been on ice for like two years. Terry had a great game the other night. RJ's definitely capable. So I think in the NBA at the end of the day it's just playing basketball. And I think they'll be fine. It looked like they had a great day of practice today and it will be great for them."
|An improving Kelly Olynyk 'striving for' Tuesday return
|03.13.16 at 3:48 pm ET
WALTHAM — After missing the last 11 games with a partially separated right shoulder, Kelly Olynyk seemed a bit more optimistic Sunday that he could return Tuesday against Indiana.
"It's feeling better. It's loosening up," said Olynyk, who suffered the injury in the first half of the Feb. 10 game against the Clippers. "The muscle is getting stronger each day from [strength and conditioning trainer Bryan Doo] and that's really what it comes down to, if it's strong enough to rebound and take a hit and help shoot the ball."
Olynyk suggested that a Tuesday return, after a week of working to loosen up the shoulder in practice, is now realistic.
"That's what we're striving for," he said. "It'll still be a game-time kind of thing. That's what we're looking at and trying to do."
"You have to have to confidence and you have to know your shoulder's gonna be strong enough to do the things you need to do. That's what it comes down to. If you're not then you're not helping the team. You're hindering the team and you're putting the team at a disadvantage, and that's not what you want to do."
That would be a sight for sore eyes to Brad Stevens, who will be without his best versatile defender in Jae Crowder, out at least two weeks with a high ankle sprain.
"He went through the whole practice and we did quite a bit of up and down, quite a bit of scrimmage, quite a bit of live action. So he'll be dependent on how he feels, and I'm sure he'll get with our trainers [Sunday night and Monday], and come up with that plan. But it's good that there's some optimism there. Certainly it'd be good to have him back."
"They're gonna need somebody," Olynyk said. "They're gonna need a body. Jae's a big void to fill. He's been playing great for us the whole year at both ends of the floor, scoring, rebounding, defending. He's a tough person to fill by a single person so we're gonna need a lot of guys to step up in his absence.
How did he look in practice Sunday?
"Solid. I mean, I thought he was good," Stevens said. "One of the reasons why we played a little bit was so that he could get up and down and kind of get the rust off a little bit."
"I went through a full practice, tried to do everything, as many reps as I could to just get back in the flow of things. I just tried to test it as much as I could," Olynyk added. "It's been good. There hasn't been as much of a dip. It's staying pretty strong. It's staying pretty, away from the soreness. It's been good throughout that so hopefully it can stay that way and there's nothing that happens."
|Jae Crowder (high ankle sprain) out 'a couple weeks, minimum'
|03.13.16 at 3:32 pm ET
WALTHAM — The "positive vibes" Brad Stevens had for the prognosis on Jae Crowder's right ankle took a turn for the worse late Friday and an MRI Saturday revealed a more serious situation for the Celtics.
The most versatile player and defender on the team suffered a high ankle sprain and will be out of action for at least two weeks.
"After I talked to you guys, he went back in and saw the doctor, [he] had developed a little bit of swelling," Stevens said after Sunday's practice. "[Crowder] has a high ankle sprain. He's going to be out a couple of weeks minimum."
Crowder, who was taking treatment Sunday instead of practicing, is averaging 14.4 points this season for the Celtics while usually defending the best scorer on the opposing team.
"He's one of our most versatile players certainly in his ability to guard. I think that a lot of perimeter players have perimeter defensive versatility, but there aren't a ton of guys that can guard 4's for long stretches or sometimes 5's for long stretches, and Jae can do all that. So that's one of the things that's going to be quite a balancing act without him, and we're going to have to have guys step up and play. We'll probably end up playing a little more traditional because of that, and we'll see."
The timing of the injury to Crowder couldn't be much worse. Starting on Tuesday, the Celtics have a string of three games in four days against Indiana, Oklahoma City and Toronto, with their best all-around defender unavailable against the likes of Paul George, Kevin Durant and DeMar DeRozan.
"I think it's a heck of a challenge when you look at our week ahead, right, with George, Durant and DeRozan, bang, bang, bang. But that's this league," Stevens said. "That's why long, athletic, versatile guys are in such demand in this league. Again, we may be a little bit smaller at times at the three and we may be bigger than we've been at times at the four. We'll see how it all plays itself out and pans out. We've got a lot of good players. It's a great opportunity for them and it's a great opportunity for some of our younger players maybe to take a more pivotal role than they have so far."
Crowder is the only player to have started all 66 games this season for the Celtics. That string comes to an end Tuesday. Stevens said he hasn't made up his mind who takes his place.
"Nah, we'll decide that on Tuesday morning after another 36 hours of thinking about it," Stevens said.
Could Crowder be back for the playoffs?
"Hey, we've got to qualify for those. The same old adage still applies with us: We're not that far from out of it. So, we have to play well. We have a heck of a stretch coming [up]. He'll be back as soon as he can."
|Celtics recall James Young, assign Jordan Mickey to Red Claws
|03.13.16 at 1:50 pm ET
WALTHAM — The James Young-Jordan Mickey shuttle continued on Sunday.
The Celtics recalled Young Sunday in time for their practice in Waltham while assigning shot-blocking specialist Jordan Mickey to the Maine Red Claws.
Mickey was in uniform for Maine's Sunday afternoon game at home against Grand Rapids. He had six points, two rebounds and three blocks in the first quarter, including a monster rejection from behind late in the quarter. Catch the game here on YouTube.
Mickey had three blocks in one possession on Wednesday in the win over Memphis.
After getting stripped of ball, @maineredclaws Jordan Mickey makes up for it with monster block pic.twitter.com/Fme7f1rFqP
— Mike Petraglia (@Trags) March 13, 2016
|Terry Rozier gets his chance to prove doubters wrong: 'A lot of people doubt me since I've been here'
|03.12.16 at 10:13 am ET
With Jae Crowder down with an sprained ankle the and the Celtics struggling badly to handle the big men of the Rockets, Brad Stevens got creative Friday night. And rookie Terry Rozier was ready at the call.
He was inserted in the lineup late in the third quarter and provided a spark to an already small lineup that was without a key big man.
"Just stayed in the gym. A lot of people doubt me since I've been here. I don't even want to get into that but just stay ready," Rozier said. "Just stay in the gym. I've got a good group of guys around me that help me stay ready so with them, the coaches and me being the gym a lot, it just built my confidence up a lot."
Rozier played just over 10 minutes, his most playing time since 12 minutes against Orlando in a 19-point loss on Nov. 29.
The Celtics lost 102-98 but the biggest bright spot that came from the defeat was how the rookie out of Louisville handled himself off the bench when the game was still up for grabs.
With 2:22 left in the third quarter and the Celtics trailing by just five, 73-68, Rozier came in for Isaiah Thomas and provided a spark, and showed no hesitation. His first shot was a made 3-pointer with 11:17 left in the fourth, cutting the Rockets' lead to three, 79-76. Most impressively, Rozier hit the glass, grabbing seven rebounds in 10 minutes, including three off the offensive glass.
"I didn't know my number was going to get called," Rozier said. "When I got off the bench, I was like, 'I'm just going to play hard, no matter what.' Coach knows I'm a good rebounder, so that's one of the things I wanted to do. Go help our bigs, go help our team, go rebound and just push the ball and just try to create for my teammates. I tried to do the best I could. It just kind of worked out for me."
"I felt like when we put Terry in – the key question whenever you're that small is 'Can you hold your ground?' number one; number two is, 'Can you rebound?' And I thought Terry rebounded as well as anybody on our team," Stevens said. "So, that was really encouraging and that's what he does well and so we decided to play that kind of small. And it was probably good for a little bit and probably ran its course."
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Drothe has been a member of the Kin for years, rubbing elbows with thieves and murderers in the employ of a crime lord while smuggling relics on the side. But when an ancient book falls into his hands, Drothe finds himself in possession of a relic capable of bringing down emperors-a relic everyone in the underworld would kill to obtain.
I've been reading a lot of great debuts lately and Among Thieves is definitely one of the top ones. Hulick applies his love of fencing and medieval history to create a convincing criminal underworld filled with rich history, action and excitement.
The story is told from the viewpoint of Drothe – a nose, a person responsible for sniffing out information for the crime boss. What started out as a simple job to find the missing Imperial relic quickly spiralled out of control, as Drothe finds himself caught in an all-out gang war backed by the mysterious Gray Princes and a plot that will destory everthing around him. Now Drothe and his sworn partner Degan must do everything they can to correct the mess in the criminal infested cordon known as Ten Ways.
It's been a while since I've read a story told from the first person and it took a little while to get used to. However within the next few chapters I already found myself loving Drothe's voice and completely immersed in the world Hulick created. I couldn't put this book down even though I was supposed to read this over a period of a month for the Fantasy Faction bookclub.
There really isn't anything bad I can say about this book. The story is fast paced and full of energy, as evident in the wild chases across Ten Ways and the thrilling fight scenes. The interaction between Drothe and Degan gives us more insight into why Drothe is the way he is and greatly adds to the story. Also the relationship Drothe has with his sister serves as the much needed comic relief in this otherwise action orientated book.
I personally think that there is much more to the Gray Princes than what Hulick has already told us in the book and I really can't wait to be proved right or wrong in my theories.
This is a strong and well-rounded debut with everything that you would look for in an action-packed fantasy story. Look forward to the sequel, Sworn in Steel out in April 2012.

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L_E, why is it necessary to point out something that was clear in my post? Did you not see that I said, "Websleuths"? As for my insinuation that RDI are purposely not bringing up the subject, they had ample opportunity to address it at the site and it was that to which I referred. And, it was not a matter of bringing up the subject, rather, it was a matter of addressing a subject that had already been brought up. They didn't.<quoted text>
Which WS? The single B or the double BB?
Why don't you just post it instead of insinuating the RDI are purposely NOT bringing something up? Put it up for discussion, Lord knows we could use it!
I'll run this part by you just to see what kind of repercussions fly. The post in question was by BlueCrab. And, like I said, I did recognize hats of some posters who are now posting under different hats here. Were you among those who were posting at Websleuths back in 2003-2004? I'll be forthright in saying I was not. I WAS busy posting at Webbsleuths, which is probably why I didn't see the posts at Websleuths. I wish I had, since they contained information I never found out about till yesterday! Whether that info is valid, I can't say. But it appears to be logical, at least.
I've heard speculation that BlueCrab was actually Steve Thomas. I honestly can't say. But since BC seemed to have a good, direct source of information, I don't discount the possibility. It would be interesting to know if this is true. It would also be interesting to know if BlueCrab is still posting and if he is, what hat he is now using since I've not even heard of him posting in several years. I do know that Steve Thomas now seems to be avoiding all the Internet forums.


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Freedom Conference
For more information about the Steamboat Institute and the Freedom Conference, visit www.steamboatinstitute.org
Steamboat Springs Steamboat Institute co-founder Rick Akin finally landed the big fish he was after.
Akin confirmed Friday that influential Republican strategist and political analyst Karl Rove will be the keynote dinner speaker during August's Freedom Conference in Steamboat Springs.
"Reagan was a big fish, this is a much bigger fish," Akin said, comparing Michael Reagan's appearance at last year's inaugural Freedom Conference to the news about Rove. "Reservations have been coming in like crazy today. I would call that positive feedback."
Rove, as much a hero in conservative circles as he is a villain in liberal ones, was senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to President George W. Bush until his resignation late in Bush's second term. Rove is now a contributor to Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek.
His lengthy career as a political strategist dates to the 1970s and took off during the successful election campaigns of, among others, former U.S. Sen. John Ashcroft and Bush's two Texas gubernatorial campaigns and presidential campaigns.
He's no stranger to controversy, having been named in a number of political scandals.
The Freedom Conference, sponsored and organized by the Steamboat Institute, is scheduled for Aug. 27 and 28 at The Steamboat Grand. The Steamboat Institute is a local conservative nonprofit organization that touts values of limited government, lower taxes, free markets, strong national defense, and individual rights and responsibilities.
This will be the second year of the Freedom Conference. Confirmed speakers include Rove; Virginia Thomas, founder of Liberty Central; Tony Blankley, a panelist on KCRW-Santa Monica radio show "Left, Right and Center;" Yaron Brook, president and executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute; Dan Mitchell, senior fellow at The Cato Institute; Peter Brookes, senior fellow for National Security Affairs and a fellow for Policy Studies with the Heritage Foundation; and Jason Mattera, author of "Obama Zombies: How the Liberal Machine Brainwashed My Generation."
Although landing Rove is significant for the Freedom Conference, Akin said he's just part of a bigger agenda.
"You have to have a few big-name speakers," Akin said. "Certainly Karl Rove and Virginia Thomas fit that bill. But that's not the primary motivation. I want people to hear people like Yoran Brook and Peter Brookes and Jason Mattera.
"We've got an array of people who can really convey a lot of information and help people understand things, but they're not necessarily the names that attract attendees and get them in the seats."
Registration for the full conference costs $250. People also can pay to attend only certain conference sessions. For example, Rove's dinner keynote at Thunderhead at the top of the ski area is $100. The cost includes dinner and the gondola ride, Akin said.
Last year's inaugural Freedom Conference included appearances by Grover Norquist, the president and founder of Americans for Tax Reform; Michael Reagan, conservative talk radio host and son of late President Ronald Reagan; and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.
Akin said organizers of the Freedom Conference want it to be the conservative alternative to the Aspen Ideas Festival, going on this week.
"We're having a little more success in doing what we intended to do than we thought we would — or at least it's happening faster," Akin said. "Some of it is the tea party movement and the appetite for conservative speakers and Libertarian speakers."


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Quit smoking program
A free, two-hour "Tools to Quit" smoking cessation program will be offered at 5:30 p.m. Monday at Womankind, 1511 Truman Ave., Key West.
Participants will receive, for free, two weeks' worth of nicotine replacement patches as well as counseling from a certified tobacco treatment specialist.
"If you're ready to quit, we're ready to help," organizers say.
Keys Area Health Education Centers and Womankind are both sponsoring the program.
To register, call 305-743-7111, ext. 205.
Holiday ride to the past
A Lignumvitae Key Christmas "boat ride into the past" will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 1. A $5 donation -- but free for students 12 and under -- includes a catamaran ride to the island and a look at the historic Matheson House, decorated for the holidays.
Christmas cookies and refreshments will be served. Boats will leave from Robbie's Marina, Mile Marker 77.5, bayside, on Lower Matecumbe Key. The event is sponsored by Friends of Islamorada Area State Parks and the Florida Park Service for the benefit of the park. For more information, call 305-664-2540.
'Tan Lines' author signs at MARC
Key West Citizen reporter and columnist Mandy Miles, who writes the "Tan Lines" column for the Sunday Citizen, will sign and sell copies of her new book, "More of Mandy Miles' Tan Lines: Only in Key West," from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the MARC Christmas Tree Sale, 1401 Seminary St.
Miles will donate 20 percent of her proceeds today to the organization.
The Monroe Association for ReMARCable Citizens each year sells Christmas trees, poinsettias, wreaths, ornaments and other holiday gifts to raise money for its programs that benefit developmentally disabled adults in Monroe County.


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WHEN: Friday, August 8th, 2014
WHERE: Hard Rock Live on the Las Vegas strip (3771 Las Vegas Blvd. South)
DOORS: 8pm
RVLTN - Ravealation presents...
When the two worlds of electronic music DJs/producers Kenny Beats (aka Kenneth Blume) and Ryan Marks collided in 2009, something magical happened.
This dynamic duo is best known as LOUDPVCK. They met at the Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA), started producing tracks together, dropped 'em on Soundcloud and nearly that moment became an overnight sensation.
Since then, the buzz and hype about LOUDPVCK has only continued to grow. The doors have been swinging wide open; getting added to the Deckstar Management roster, remixing tracks for Nervo, Kill the Noise, and Carnage, receiving serious playtime on BBC Radio One, not to mention getting lots of love and support from the likes of: Skrillex, A-Trak, Dillon Francis, Zeds Dead, Diplo, Danny Brown, 12th Planet, Adventure Club, Flosstradamus, Baauer, UZ, DJ Carnage, AC Slater, DJ CRAZE, Bro Safari, Brillz and Paper Diamond to name a few…
What does LOUDPVCK sound like? Genre-pigeon holes aside, they have thrown down some of the most filthy, tracks out there, causing their popularity to rise in a massively short amount of time.
With shows and festivals booked all over the US matched with several new productions and remixes in the oven… Rest assured, when the beat drops at a LOUDPVCK show, you better have your hands up.
Few acts posses the innovative character and diverse repertoire of Los Angeles' fastest rising name in bass. Dylan Ragland took the name Party Favor in 2011 to bring a series of unexpected influences to electronic music. The result: an effort that helped to pioneer the festival trap genre, turn heads across the globe and land him a spot on Bombsquad Records where his debut EP charted instantly on Beatport. His first single "Meow" went on to land a Top 10 spot as well just months later. Now he jumps between groundbreaking collaborations twisting genre and creating ingenious records.
Taking to station's like Power 106 to record mixes, and events put on by Insomniac, Disco Donnie Presents, and SFX to perform, he finds his platforms getting larger by the month. Now, with official work on Spinnin Records and plenty more to come, Party Favor offers his music to social audiences well over 70,000 – a Facebook number which only seems to expand daily. Party Favor's music continues to reel in millions of plays and gain supported in iconic sets such as Jack U's debut at Ultra Music Festival.
Party Favor's music receives consistent support from Skrillex, Diplo, Borgore, DJ Carnage, The Far East Movement, Tropkilliaz, Mix Master Mike, Bro Safari, UFO!, DJ Snake and more at the world's largest venues from UMF to SXSW & Coachella.
Miami native Lucas Rego, better know as LooKas, has made impressive
waves in the electronic dance music scene since late 2013. Ever since
his groundbreaking remix of "Tsunami" by DVBBS and Borgeous was
released, it has garnered over half a million steams in under three
months. Moreover, the remix was commissioned by Ministry of Sound and
released as an official mix in early 2014. Since then, he has debuted
his original single "Anger" on BBC Radio 1's Diplo & Friends. Known
for his signature festival sound, Billboard.com's "Next Big Sound" was
quick to recognize LooKas as one of the top 10 artists on their Rising
Artist Chart. Furthermore, house heavyweights such as Tiesto, Carnage,
Dillon Francis and more have already actively supported his productions.
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Full Featured – Windows – Shareware
Kith and Kin Pro 3.0.7 has been released.
• Person and family selection lists now retain the selected record.
• Improved the appearance of some dialogs on systems using non-standard DPI settings.
• The "Cascade" function now starts aligning open forms at the top-left of the Tree Area.
• Opening some pictures from the search results list did not set the width and height fields correctly. Fixed.
• The file date in exported GEDCOM headers now conforms to GEDCOM format.
• Dropping a file onto the Kith and Kin Pro icon removed the name of the last-used database. Fixed.
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FUETTE, WALMER, KOSTECKI, MULHEARN, CUSTER, RANKINE, McGHEE ALL #1;
USAC's Western Ford Focus competitors will have this weekend's schedule all to themselves, competing at the All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. Two Western Ford Focus feature are on tap, along with a feature event for the Western Focus Young Guns.
Brodie Kostecki leads the Western Ford Focus standings, while Kostecki and Trevor Hunt are tied for the lead in the Western Focus Young Guns points.
Gregg Fuette of West Valley City, Utah led all 25 laps to win the 2011 Utah Ford Focus finale at Rocky Mountain Raceways Saturday night. Jim Waters finished second and put a lid on the 2011 series championship. Chuck Groat, Ron Duncombe and Guy Sainsbury rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag.
Keegan Walmer of Portland, Ore. and Kostecki, of Roseville, Calif., scored feature wins in Saturday night's "Fall Harvest Classic" Ford Focus races at the Madera Speedway. Walmer led the first five laps of the Western Ford Focus race, then yielded to Garett Peterson. On the final lap, Walmer regained the lead and won over Paul Graham, Jessica Clark, Ricky Bowers and Jeff Oleen. Kostecki passed Trevor Hunt on the fourth lap of the Focus Young Guns feature and led the last 17 laps to beat Hunt, James Edens and Ricky Bowers.
Andrew Mulhearn of Whittier, Calif. and Cole Custer of Kannapolis, N.C. scored USAC feature wins in Saturday night's Ford Focus activity at the Ventura Raceway. Mulhearn passed Jarid Blondel on lap 14 and led the final seven laps of the Western Ford Focus feature to beat Wally Pankratz, Tyler Dolacki, Casey Martinez and Nick Carlson. In the accompanying Focus Young Guns race, Custer led the opening lap, yielded to Katlynn Leer on lap two but regained the lead on lap three and led the rest of the way to win the 14-lap race over Leer, Parker Colston, Austin Blair and Christine Breckenridge.
Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio and Sam McGhee of Camby, Ind. were the winners of USAC Ford Focus features at Columbus Motor Speedway Saturday night. Rankine passed James Robertson on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to win the 40-lap Midwest/Eastern Ford Focus feature in his National Pride Beast/Ford. Nick Hamilton finished second ahead of Jarett Andretti, Robertson and Gage Walker. Toby Alfrey led the first two laps. Rankine's win made him the Midwest Pavement Ford Focus Champ for 2011. McGhee led all but the first lap of the 20-lap Midwest/Eastern Focus Young Guns feature to beat fast qualifier Cooper Clouse, Michael Fanelli, Mikell McGee and Stevie Kuhn, who led lap one. McGhee piloted the Stoops Freightliner/CPM Machine Spike to the win.


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Date of Stay: April, 2008
We really enjoy this place. It is very clean and very close to the ocean. The owners are great, the sites are level and a good size, and the location is wonderful. Wi-Fi and cable work well. There's no pool, but the ocean is a short walk away. At night we could hear the creek that ran behind our site and the ocean.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
Sites are level and long enough, but pretty narrow. Location is great - easy access from interstate. You can walk to the shopping center at exit 24. The Wi-Fi is very good and included in the rate.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
Very nice RV resort with plenty of amenities. Sites are level . Some road noise but not bad. Certainly worth visiting when in the area.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
Very nice people. The sites are mostly level and of a decent size. The sites are also flanked by trees and shrubs on both sides for privacy. No cable but there is good WiFi($). The road into the park (public road, not owned by the park) is very rough. We would stop here again.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
There is nothing but the Crater anywhere near. The RV park is attached to a gas station ( with diesel and a Subway sandwich place). It is surprisingly nice campground. Our site was slightly un-level but plenty big and the hook-ups were well placed and the water pressure was good. It is very windy and dusty. The Crater is just 5 miles down the road.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
Really nice park. Large level sites, great amenities. The water pressure was not great. We were very happy with Beaudry's - we enjoyed having a camping world a short walk away.
Date of Stay: February, 2008
The sites - at least ours - are not quite level but our site is quite large. The tree cover makes it unlikely that you will get a satellite signal, however the cable is very good. The wi-fi is strong as well. The campground itself is nice, but what makes this place so nice is the location.
Date of Stay: February, 2008
Very clean bathrooms and the sites were larger than a typical KOA. The "hot tub" sites were great and Wi-Fi was very good.
Date of Stay: February, 2008
We really like this park. Nice large sites - concrete. Wide roads and very clean. The only complaint is that while the rules for dog owners - including the leash rule - are in bold print, the managers allow their own dogs to run free, unsupervised. It seems that the manager would want to set an example.
Date of Stay: November, 2007
The office is in the Exxon station. The wi-fi is free and very mediocre. Some of the sites are very good, long, grass yard, concrete patio and some are not very good, back to back and very close together. We were in the back close to the Haunted House and the site was very good and level.
Date of Stay: November, 2007
Very close to Gettysburg National Military Park. Sites are level but many are side-by-side hook-ups and close together. It is clean. The wi-fi is very good and the people are very nice. Worth a stop when in the area.
Date of Stay: November, 2007
Nice location - rural. Bathrooms weren't very clean. The sites were not very level. There were many campers with a lot of junk all over their site. The entrance looks like it will be wonderful, but the sites and the junk take away from that perception.
Date of Stay: October, 2007
Very friendly people. The sites were average size, plenty of trees and wi-fi worked well. We stayed here while visiting Plymouth and were very happy with the proximity.
Date of Stay: June, 2007
The Narrows Too has been COMPLETELY RENOVATED. All of the sites and buidings and pool are brand new. The sites are level and have cable and full hook/ups. The Wi-fi signal is very good in our site. We went to the pool today and it was warm and very clean. Many sites have a view of the water. We are very happy with this campground.
Date of Stay: June, 2007
The location is very good. Close to shopping in Freeport. The campground is sandy and isn't well manicured. It still looks under construction. They do have cable. Our site wasn't very level and was very sandy. There are probably better options in Freeport.


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The Hudson Valley Community College men's basketball team brought in another 2012-13 season prospect this afternoon, this time out of the state of Florida.
Brandon Dean, a 6-1 combo guard out of Flagler Palm Coast High School in Palm Coast, Florida signed a letter of intent to the Vikings and head coach Ken Dagostino. Dean is Flagler's all-time leading scorer with 2,374 career points. He averaged 28.4 points per game and 6.3 assists per game in his senior season. Dean was 1st Team All-State in his junior and senior seasons, a three-time District 6A Player of the Year, four-time District 6A All-Conference, and was named 2010 Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the district.
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We plan to offer additional New Haven County items of historical interest soon.
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Hodgkin (Hotchkin) of Guilford, CT and his Descendents by
Geoffrey Brown (1988).
This volume was our
principal partner's first venture into publishing original history and genealogy.
He, and a number of very capable relatives, collaborated to produce this
Two rather small printings quickly sold out -- a bit of an unusual occurrence for genealogies -- and with that small success achieved, the author decided that it was time to move onward to other areas of endeavor.
More than a quarter century after it was published people continue to request copies of that book, so we have recently added a digital version that is available for download for those who want to have a copy. If you are a Hodgkin, or a Hotchkin, or a Hotchkiss (although there is another, larger, Hotchkiss family, we have found some Hodgkins are known by the Hotchkiss name), or if one of these names is in your family tree, you really ought to have this information available to you. It includes an everyname index, and yes, female lines are included.
In PDF format, 330+ pages, download now for $9.50.
The Oneida (NY) and Wallingford (CT) Perfectionists, from Charles Nordhoff's The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875). See our Madison County, NY page for more information.
Hillhouse Avenue, in New Haven -- with photographs. An 1897 article from the Connecticut Quarterly. 18+ pages, PDF format, $2.50.
The New Haven Green -- with photographs. An article from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895). PDF format, 11+ pages, download now for $3.00.
The Bungalow at Short Beach, Branford, CT -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume I (1895). This odd bit of social history was clearly relevant 116 years ago to the sophisticated readers of this magazine. Today it is a bit hard to connect to much beyond the geography. 11+ pages with photographs; download now for $2.75.
Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896). This article, by Ellen Strong Bartlett, describes the cemetery, provides its history as well as anecdotes about some of the famous personages buried in this ground. Many photos of monuments. 12+ pages, PDF format. Download now for $2.75.
Some Colonial Houses of New Haven -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume II (1896). An interesting article about New Haven in Colonial times, focusing on the residential architecture but going beyond it, by Harry H. Palmer. It includes photographs of the following houses: Trowbridge (2), Beecher, Wooster, Arnold, Bontecou, Foote, Pinto, and Hillhouse, and one of the parsonage of the "Blue Meeting House." It's certainly interesting for those with ties to those families, and to those interested in Colonial New Haven. PDF format, 8+ pages, download now for $2.00.
Center Church in New Haven -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897). Ellen Strong Bartlett wrote this extensively illustrated article about the original church of the New Haven Colony; not surprisingly, the history of this church is interlaced extensively with the history of that colony. Notable in the article are the illustrations of many of the memorial tablets in the church, and a number of photographs of the crypt. PDF format, 19+ pages, download now for $3.00.
The Wolcott Plateau -- from the Connecticut Quarterly, Volume III (1897). Located at the north end of New Haven County, the Town of Wolcott has always been considered a bit on the primitive side, and this short article, by Milo Leon Norton, does little to dispel that impression. PDF format, 7+ pages, download now for $2.00.
Delegates' Reports: CT Board of Agriculture (1869) -- The report from the New Haven County delegate begins on page 5 of this document. See our Connecticut miscellany page for more information.
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Jun 13, 2013 - The Associated PressLARAMIE -- University of Wyoming student-athletes are performing well in the classroom.
All 17 UW men's and women's sports exceed the latest NCAA Academic Progress Rate requirements.
The latest APR data was released earlier this week. The APR is a mathematical formula that gauges student-athlete retention and eligibility.
The latest information is from the 2008-09 academic year through 2011-12.
Among its eight men's sports, UW football had the lowest multiyear score of 938. However, its multiyear score has increased every year since 2008-09.
Men's basketball had a score of 940.
Three UW sports had perfect scores of 1,000: men's golf, women's volleyball and women's tennis.
Eleven UW sports had multiyear APR scores of 967 or higher.
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President Obama in his State of the Union message discussed a wide variety of domestic and foreign policy issues, but conspicuous by its absence was any mention of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority once again told America and the world it would not resume negotiations until Israel ceases housing construction in the West Bank and in east Jerusalem. He agreed to recognize Israel as a Jewish state if that was an item in the entire range of issues to be resolved for peace. He spoke honestly about why it was ridiculous to return to a bargaining table that had nothing to bargain about. "If Israel says in the meeting that it will not accept the 1967 borders and that it is not prepared to discuss Jerusalem and the refugee situation, what is there to talk about?"
The dilemma is no discussion can proceed on topics such as who rules east Jerusalem if Israel continues building homes for Jews and evicting Arabs. The actions of the current Netanyahu administration make impossible any meaningful discussions. President Abbas never said he was unwilling to discuss the West Bank and, perhaps, agree to some modifications of the 1967 boundary, but such concessions will only emerge after Israel ceases building. It is in the best interests of Israel to halt construction and negotiate with Abbas about territorial modifications.


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PGE workers antsy despite corporate reassurance
Portland General Electric lineman Steve Lacey said there's 'real skepticism' about the Texas Pacific Group after learning this week of its potential plans to trim staff and operations if it purchases the utility.
'We have no voice in our future,' Lacey said. 'We don't understand why it has to be so top secret. It's stressful, detrimental to the work force and to customers.'
Texas Pacific released 700 pages of confidential documents Ñ which included the proposed cuts Ñ Monday to prove that it had nothing to hide in its $2.35 billion offer for PGE. The Oregon Public Utility Commission is expected to make a decision on the sale later this month.
Lacey, one of 900 union workers for PGE, said despite e-mail and memo assurances that everything is OK from PGE Chief Executive Officer Peggy Fowler, the general consensus is 'we've been burned so many times that trust is a real issue, and with trust goes morale.'
Said another lineman, Dave Covington: 'The union brothers aren't happy with it. We feel we're being sold out.'
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers spokesman Bill Miller did not respond by deadline. Among the departments singled out for reductions: customer service, human resources and information technology.
PGE Vice President Carol Dillin said managers also will be holding meetings this week to discuss the issue. 'We've been through so much uncertainty,' she said.
In a message recorded last week, Fowler and Peter Kohler, chairman of Texas Pacific's holding company, Oregon Electric, downplayed the Texas Pacific documents.
'I want you to know how distressing I find the implication TPG does not value and respect PGE employees,' Kohler said, referring to the $7 million due diligence report, of which the leaked documents were a part.
As the proposed chairman of the prospective board, 'I can assure you this will not be the basis for our operational plans,' Kohler said.
The call can be heard by dialing 503-612-3800.
PGE staff members have seen a succession of potential new owners, from Sierra Pacific's abandoned 1999 offer to the unrealized 2003 sale to NW Natural to the December 2003 bankruptcy of its parent company, Enron Corp.
Dillin said the Texas Pacific report Ñ the research for which was completed in August 2003 Ñ doesn't 'reflect changes and studies that have been done in recent years. We've had a 10 percent reduction in management since that time. We have hundreds of ways we're continuing to improve our operations and efficiencies. This is not an overall picture of where PGE is today. We want the opportunity for further analysis.'


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Trending Now: Brian Kelly Signs 6-Year Extension
-Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly has agreed to a 6-year extension through 2021.
-Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce has signed an extension worth a reported $46 million over five years.
-The NFL announced its players sustained 271 concussions this season, up 65 from 2014.
-The Los Angeles Lakers say G Kobe Bryant will not play against the L.A. Clippers tonight in the second game of a back-to-back.
-The Kansas City Royals officially announced the signing of P Ian Kennedy to a five year contract.
-#8 Maryland knocked off #3 Iowa 74-68. Iowa is the 23rd team ranked in the Top 5 to lose this season. That is the most all-time to this point in the season.
-#23 Oregon beat #18 Arizona 83-75. The Wildcats 49 game home court winning streak, which was the longest in the nation, was snapped.
-The Raptors downed the Knicks 103-93. Toronto has won 10 in a row. It's the longest winning streak in franchise history.
-The NHL has suspended Capitals star Alexander Ovechkin and Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews 1 game each for skipping out on this Sunday's All-Star Game.
-Raiders owner Mark Davis is scheduled to be in Las Vegas today to explore potential stadium sites. There is a proposal for a $1 billion domed 60,000 seat stadium.
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Is it safe to download limewire on my computer?
I am actually a computer technician so I'll tell you the truthLimewire itself is in fact spyware, but its tiny, so unless your computer is ancient it shouldn't slow down. The reason your cousins c...
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You could get a virus from limewire, but you could get one from just about anywhere on the net. You have to be careful of what you download. I do not recommend downloading anything but music, and t...
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On One Hand: Accidental Sharing CorrectedIn some versions of LimeWire, it was very easy for users to share all their files on LimeWire's Gnutella network without knowledge of doing so. This left th...
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Science and the Reenchantment of the Cosmos: The Rise of the Integral Vision of Reality
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Januar 2006
BeschreibungPresenting a revolutionary new theory that bridges the divide between science and spirituality, this work includes contributions from Jane Goodall, Ed Mitchell, Stanislav Grof, Ralph Abraham, and Christian de Quincy, among others.
PortraitErvin Laszlo, at the age of nine, was recognized as a child prodigy on the piano, and by age 15 was performing throughout the world. He is holder of the highest degree of the Sorbonne and the recipient of four honorary Ph.D.s and numerous awards, including the 2001 Goi Award (the Japan Peace Prize), the 2005 Mandir of Peace Prize, and nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and 2005. He is a former professor of philosophy, systems theory, and futures studies, and founder and president of the international think-tank The Club of Budapest. He is the author of 74 books that have been translated into 20 languages. His most recent book is "Science and the Akashic Field." He lives in Italy.
Pressestimmen"In this book, Laszlo makes key notions of avant-garde science accessible to the lay reader. More importantly, true to his systems-theoretical background, he lucidly explains the interconnection between (and hence relevance of) otherwise disparate findings."--Georg Feuerstein, "Traditional Yoga Studies", Nov 2006
Untertitel: Original. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: INNER TRADITIONS
Erscheinungsdatum: Januar 2006
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"When people, land, and community are as one,
all three members prosper;
when they relate not as members
but as competing interests,
all three are exploited.
By consulting Nature as the source
and measure of that membership,
The Land Institute seeks to develop an agriculture
that will save soil from being lost or poisoned
while promoting a community life at once
prosperous and enduring."
From nutritional consumption stems a revolution on consumer consumption -- what we purchase, what we drive, how we live, and most important of all: how we think.
Wes Jackson wants humanity to live a SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE, and feels that current capitalism, empirical, and agricultural practices sabotage attempts to realize this lifestyle. Instead, he calls our current state: the failure of success."
By beginning to make agriculture sustainable we will have taken the first step forward for humanity to begin to measure progress by its independence from the extractive economy, said Jackson.
But the land continued to call him back.
And so he left the comforts of his tenured position and moved back to Kansas where he and his wife, Dana, co-founded The Land Institute in 1976. Thirty years later, he still functions as its president, and energetic ambassador.
The Land Institute focuses on what they refer to as the problem OF agriculture, one which has plagued humanity for 10,000 years. That is, our inability thus far as humans, to maintain a sustainable system for long-term agricultural welfare. In our modern attempts, production and yield is high, yet the land takes the brunt of this success as the soil continues to be depleted of its natural goodness, greatly due to erosion and to chemical contamination of the land and water.
Flawed empires have fallen. Kingdoms have made way to new systems. So too is the land eventually bound to collapse under our current flawed agricultural empire.
Thankfully, some ears have finally bent to listen.
But with biotechnologists, chemical companies, farmers, governmental departments, conservationists, environmentalists and others trying to bring their own opinions, and in some cases, their own profit lines, to the prevalent viewpoint, who should we be listening to?
Jackson suggests nature.
There are an awful lot of people who have an intuition that nature's wisdom is critically important. This isn't to say that there's no place for human cleverness, but it is to say where our emphasis is. To say that human cleverness is the greatest, that's hubris.
Is it possible that embedded in nature's economy are suggestions for a human economy in which conservation is a consequence of production? he asks.
Is it possible that embedded in nature's economy are suggestions for a human economy in which conservation is a consequence of production? he asks.
That's exactly where The Land Institute takes its knowledge from.
Jackson and his team work to achieve an agricultural system with the ecological stability of the prairie, and a grain yield comparable to that from annual crops. The prairie is a system which naturally sustains itself by conserving its own water in order to survive environmental trials. The Land Institute practices a growing technique known as polyculture which mimics sustainable natural ecosystems like the prarie. This form of sustainable agriculture recycles crop residues back into the soil to increase its fertility and includes plants which naturally feed the soil vital elements, like nitrogen.
Monoculture, the system currently most in practice around the globe, particularly in the northern hemisphere, focuses on high-yield production of particular staples. Farmers will grow an entire field of wheat, for example, which while often providing an abundance of one food source, also leaves the entire field at risk for factors like disease and insects, as it eliminates the plants' natural abilities to help other plant species survive, and leaves the topsoil and field at plain risk to weather conditions when it lies bare during the non-growing season.
Likewise, the Land Institute practices hands-on research, working to see which types of vegetation work best together, creating ensembles that mimic the structure of sustainable natural ecosystems, like the prairie. They call it Natural Systems Agriculture (NSA), described as an agricultural community modeled on the structure of the native ecosystem of the region." This system shifts the focus from annuals (like wheat fields) to perennials and species diversity. Additionally, this system also shifts the focus away from our reliance on fossil fuels and expensive
technologies which leave developing economies struggling to catch up, if not fail altogether.
He is a recipient of the Pew Conservation Scholars award in 1990, a MacArthur Fellowship in 1992, and a Right Livelihood Award in 2000, also referred to as "the alternative Nobel prize." Life Magazine named him one of 18 individuals predicted to be among the 100 "important Americans of the 20th century," and more recently in November of 2005, Smithsonian Magazine, in celebration of its 35th anniversary, selected Jackson as one of "35 Who Made a Difference."
Wes Jackson hopes the necessarily (and inevitable) shift in focus towards sustainable agriculture will eventually transcend into our overall mind-sets -- blossoming from a shift in growing techniques into a shift in governmental structures, personal and consumerist practices, and our attitude and approach towards our place in community and in nature.
For now, he is working on planting those seeds, too.
Mainstreaming Sustainable Agriculture
Strategies for putting our biological knowledge to work; an interview with Wes Jackson
The New Farm
addresses the issue of: Creeping desertification: the cause and consequence of poverty
Global Issues, Regional Applications
Land Use, Deforestation, and the Loss of Grasslands and Wetlands
Changing the world: Documentation of large-scale human-induced earth-surface change in images from satellites, the Space Shuttle program, and the International Space Station


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Chloe Moretz joined Kate Bosworth on the red carpet for the "Infinite Loop" exhibition in Seoul, South Korea last night.
The "Dark Shadows" actress also wore a Calvin Klein dress from the Fall 2012 collection.
She chose a simple orange-red sleeveless textured dress paired with a silver metallic box clutch and complementary coral lip shade.
On this occasion she swapped her favourite Jimmy Choo sandals for a pair of nude Calvin Klein platform pumps with ankle straps.
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Im in the middle of training my 10 month old lab.mix puppy and he is doing really good for the most part. However sometimes I will take him outside to eliminate and I always wait a little while to make sure he is done. He usually comes back inside and either lays down or plays with our other dog. then next thing I know he is peeing on the floor. Its not in any particular spot because everytime he pees i tell him no and i take him out again then he just lays down. If/When he does pee in the house after I have taken him out its usually within 1/2 hr of coming back inside. How can i teach him to let me know when he has to go?
I have him on a schedule where i take him out every 2 hours, and I always stay out there until i know absolutly sure he is done. I love him to death but its becoming a pain. Especially since we live in an Apartment and we are moving soon. Please help


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When sending email marketing offers, context matters more than timing – a theme covered in this column. In it, I discussed the hastened pace that our time-starved, short-burst society moves at and the impact that it has on our attention. As consumers we like simple things; the increasingly popular info-graphic is an example of our love for the elegant yet easily digestible. To create more engaging email, we must begin thinking like TV commercial producers and data-driven artists and quickly get our point across and spur action. This column looks at the intersection of creative, content, and context to drive engagement.
An Email Marketing Offer Is Just Like a TV Commercial – Or Is It?
LiveIntent conducted a study that found that on average their publisher clients' emails were viewed for 28.3 seconds, putting view time on par with a 30-second TV commercial. The duration that subscribers were engaged with these non-video emails is impressive, indicating that creative elements of email were contextually relevant to hold the subscriber's attention for this duration of time. Moreover, this LiveIntent case study from publisher Techlicious shows that not only was engagement time long, but when using contextually relevant ads, their acquisition oriented ads improved. Most importantly, the engagement of these subscribers was better than other acquisition sources and these subscribers had much higher household incomes. Here, using dynamically placed, contextually relevant creative works. Similar to TV, in that if it can hold our interest for even just half a minute we will engage and if it is full of contextually relevant elements – then the spot will be memorable or at the very least drive us to action.
Start Your Timers and Take the TV Challenge
The TV challenge for us as email marketers? Can your email hold the attention of your subscribers for a half a minute? Is it elegant enough that it can convey its message in 30 seconds? Is it contextually relevant enough that it will spur the subscriber into action within those precious 30 seconds?
First you have to ensure that the subscriber can actually view the email and here are a couple of thoughts on creative best practices to ensure that your message is readable and highly scannable.
Use more images. Given the increased usage of mobile phones and tablet devices as primary email readers in some demographic segments, we must make the content easy to render. Beyond employing rendering tools from companies such as Litmus, IBM/Unica, and Return Path, using larger and potentially more images will make your email more readable and scannable. However, use those rendering tools to inspect that your messages are rendering correctly. I know some must be thinking, what about if images are off? If a subscriber wants your content via an email, she will turn the images on, particularly if the subject line is engaging and the content is relevant. A survey conducted by my firm in November 2011 found that 35 percent of consumers overall turn on images in their email; that percentage jumps to 56 percent for 27 to 32 year olds. The younger the consumer, the more likely she will turn on images in the email creative. Ensure that your website and landing pages also render well on mobile devices.
Use more dynamic, contextually rich images. Please begin leveraging the data that you possess about your subscribers to insert images dynamically into email creative. Leveraging past click behavior, preferences, location, and/or demographics to improve the relevance of your message is necessary. Several firms, including Movable Ink and LiveIntent, provide solutions to incorporate containers for live and relevant email content into your existing email marketing programs. Make this a priority and test this approach and you will likely see improved responses over static one-size-fits-all email.
As an email marketer, you cannot be afraid to fail. You must try new tactics and test them against what you are doing. Improving the readability and rendering of your email should be a number one priority. Improving content assets with contextually relevant dynamic chunks of content has proven to improve response, engagement, and conversion rates. So test the TV challenge: Is your email worth a half minute of your subscriber's time? If not, then test new approaches.
Until next time,
This column was originally published on March 12, 2012 on ClickZ.
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Australia is in the midst of a cider boom, but if you've visited a bottle shop recently you wouldn't need me to tell you that.
Our consumption of cider tripled in the past five years according to a recent Roy Morgan poll, and fridges once crammed with domestic beer brands have given way to cider from Sweden, Ireland, Spain and the UK - and there is a plethora of home grown brands to boot.
The exact reasons behind drinkers making the move to alcoholic apple juice are hard to pinpoint – perhaps we're just a little fatigued by the glut of wine and beer choices now available. Whatever the case, cider is now a staple bar offering and mixologists have even started to turn their hand at mixing with this flavoursome apple ale.
Sebastian Raeburn, the cocktail aficionado behind the drinks program at Melbourne's Lui Bar on the 55th floor of Rialto Towers, says that the mixologists' interest in mixing with cider is no new phenomenon.
"In America they've been mixing with cider since the mid-1700s," said Raeburn. "Drinks that would eventually become the Stone Fence (see below) started off as a way to make cider last longer. It wasn't until this survival technology reached the cities that barkeeps started exploring with flavours.
"The beauty of mixing with cider is that it adds another set of flavours to the bartenders' arsenal. Cider contains different acids from citrus fruits with most ciders undergo at least a little malolactic fermentation. So you get malic, latic and tartaric acids that you don't get elsewhere."
The chemistry lesson aside, Reaburn said that the fruity flavour profile of cider was a natural partner to cocktails. Try adding a splash to the ever popular Apple Martini or throw a dash in an Applejack Sour (applejack is an American apple brandy).
Stone Fence
Since the mid 1700s the citizens of soon to be formed United Sates of American were slugging spirits into their tankards of hard cider. It was an excellent way to fortify the summer's hard cider for the cold of winter. This little mix is popular amongst bartenders today and goes by the handle of the Stone Fence. The name alludes to how you might feel should you run into too many of these.
60ml of brandy, applejack, rye, bourbon or scotch whisky
Cider (something full flavoured and dry like the English Stowford Press, or Spanish Escanciador)
Method: Add your chosen spirit to a pint glass. Fill with ice and top with cider.
Devil's Bang
Sebastian Raeburn suggests this devilish mix which is a take on a beverage from the late 18th Century called a Whiskey Bang which combined the robust flavours of scotch and honey with cider.
30ml vodka (Sebastian uses 666 Pure Tasmanian Vodka)
15ml vanilla syrup
70ml cider
Method: Add all ingredients to a shaker and give a little whirl to flatten the cider. Add lots of ice and shake briskly. Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with a little fresh grated nutmeg and cracked black pepper.
Cider House Rules
This next cider concoction, named after the 1985 novel by John Irving, comes courtesy of Natalie Ng from the soon to open Mojo Record Bar on 73 York Street, Sydney.
30ml London dry gin (think Tanqueray or Beefeater)
15ml Campari
30ml freshly squeezed white grapefruit juice
10ml honey water (2 parts honey mixed with 1 part hot water)
Topped with dry cider (like Batlow Cider)
Method: Add first four ingredients into a shaker. Add ice and shake briskly. Strain into an old fashioned champagne saucer and top with cider.
What's your favourite way to enjoy cider?


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When politicians discuss the financial markets they generally appear to be talking about a parallel world. Pro or anti-regulation? Pro or anti-screwdriver? What matters is what the tool is used to achieve. Pro or anti-speculation? Speculation, or trading, is what markets are for – it is trading that makes a market work. 'Unfair' salaries – what is meant by 'unfair'? And so it goes on, with vituperative epithets apparently replacing thought.
This has led financial regulators and the regulated to conclude that politics
and politicians are wholly damaging to the regulatory process. The massive regulatory agenda of the EU Financial Services Action Plan has been implemented throughout Europe, and subsequently analysed and developed, without any significant political input.
On one level this illustrates Europe at its best – as a mechanism for isolating and implementing technocratic solutions to practical problems in a way that does not require emotional and misleading political debate. This has led some to suggest that financial regulatory policy might, like interest rate policy, be best removed from government altogether and placed within separate, expert bodies.
The events of recent weeks should, if nothing else, have given the lie to this line of reasoning. Currently the markets need politicians more than ever. This may seem a strange thing to say in the aftermath of the collapse and renegotiation of the Paulson recovery plan in the US Congress, where many would say that electoral politics triumphed over effective market policy. However, the function of a politician is to mediate between what needs to be done and what the electorate (or, to be inclusive, the powers that be) wish to be done.
Kings, potentates or electorates are not required to have detailed policies to implement, but they may and do hold strong views on a wide variety of subjects.
A governance process that disregards those views will rapidly find itself out of a job. What we saw in the UK, the US, and will see across Europe, is that the electorate does not wish to see the system greased, oiled and restored to working order. Rather, it wishes to see a certain amount of carnage and wreckage – partly on the basis that dramatic unity requires a spectacular denouement, and partly because it feels it will teach those arrogant so-and-sos a lesson they won't forget in a hurry.
Between these two world views the chasm appears unbridgeable. Straddling
it, with one foot perilously wedged in the fissures of each opposing cliff face, is the politician. Decoding political utterances at times like this is one of the great challenges, as speaker after speaker, from any and every political orientation, endeavours to demonstrate that they are both on the side of the people and on the side of reason. The politician must demonstrate to each side that they are unquestionably on theirs, for only in this way can they garner the trust that will enable them to make proposals that will be supported.
The conclusion from all this is that, at the moment, the market's greatest need is for politicians. It is therefore somewhat unfortunate that, at the time of greatest need, they will be in such short supply. The government of the US, and the administration of the European Community, are about to be temporarily closed for business by the iron law of government, which states that, in order for there to be government, it is first necessary to determine who will govern. José Manuel Barroso's European Commission must be replaced, a new European parliament must be elected, and the leader of the free world must, once selected, appoint an entire administration. During this extended interregnum there will be no mediation between the markets and the people. This will not make the world a safer, a better or a richer place.


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The French cultural revolution of 1968, commonly known as "the French May", resulted in the division of the world's second oldest academic institution, the University of Paris, into thirteen autonomous universities. Paris-Sorbonne University is one of the inheritors of the former arts, languages and humanities faculties of the University of Paris.
In 2010, the Paris-Sorbonne University was ranked 13th in the world by QS World University Rankings in Arts & Humanities and 17th in 2011 and 2012 by the same ranking. The international approach and the quality of the teachers are recognized worldwide. It is a founding member of Sorbonne Universities, an alliance with Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University.
The university has twelve campuses in Paris, seven of them in the historic Latin Quarter, one in the Marais and two others respectively in Malesherbes and in Clignancourt. Paris-Sorbonne is composed of seventeen departments specializing in the arts, humanities and languages and enrolls about 14,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students from France and around the world every year. Paris-Sorbonne also houses France's prestigious communication and journalism school, CELSA, located in the Parisian suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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An Israeli lawmaker said in an interview that the Israel Defense Forces should stop enlisting homosexuals.
Knesset member Uri Ariel of the National Union Party said in an interview with the Knesset Channel that homosexuals "interfere in the military's ability to fight."
He also said that homosexuals should not be enlisted because "We must conduct ourselves in accordance with Jewish law. The Torah forbids homosexuality and demands that those who behave in such a manner be punished," Ariel's comments come a week after Anastassia Michaeli, an Israeli lawmaker from the Yisrael Beiteinu party, made anti-gay statements during a Knesset discussion on sexual harassment. Michaeli said that "Most homosexuals are people who experienced sexual abuse at a very young age," and she accused Israel's Channel 10 of broadcasting programming that encourages children to be homosexuals,
Opposition leader Shelly Yachimovich responded, saying: "The latest assault on the gay community is a primitive and dangerous attack that comes in at a time when the Israeli public is finding enlightenment and tolerance, and is accepting the community as equals."
"(Lawmakers) attacking the community may earn them political points, but their incitement endangers the gay community and damages the state of Israel," she added.
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Trumpet Player Peter Evans on Improvisation as Thought
The music of New York-based trumpet player and composer Peter Evans draws freely from traditions of free jazz, contemporary classical and electro-acoustic music. Torrential downpours of notes recall pioneering saxophonists Albert Ayler and Peter Brötzmann; granular processed sounds show clear influence from his time in Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble. In addition to leading his own trio, quartet and quintet, Evans is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE). "Measure from Zero," his recent album with pianist Raleigh Dailey, was released in December.
Peter Evans writes the following of his Mixtape:
This music is a combination of influences and inspirations both from my past as well as my current life as a musician in NYC. There is so much great music being made here – hardworking, inspired bands based in the city as well as great people just passing through.
Looking over what I've picked for a common thread I think the most obvious connection is that all of these musicians/composers have pursued a highly individual voice – something unmistakable, physical and passionate. They're not wearing anyone else's skin. Most of the tracks are heavily improvised even if using fixed materials as well. There is a great line from Cecil Taylor: "Improvisation is thought, informed by passion and conditioned by knowledge"... which pretty much sums it all up for me.
Extra Life - Blackmail Blues
An epic, highly detailed piece from Charlie Looker's band Extra Life. Charlie is an inspiring presence in my musical community and I've been following his music since his time in the Zs.
Fieldwork - After Meaning
This trio of Steve Lehman, Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey has completely blown me away live several times and I believe the record this is from, Door, is the only one of the band featuring this lineup. Super tight but still loose and mysterious.
Matt Maneri, Joe Maneri and Barre Phillips - Angels of Repose No.1
This record is an affirmation of the power and beauty totally improvised music can posses when performed by strong personalities who can listen. This is one of the albums that made me want to pursue the art of free improvisation more seriously.
McCoy Tyner - Enlightenment Suite Part 3: Inner Glimpse
McCoy Tyner only got better in the decades after he left Coltrane's band. By the mid 70's he was making some of the most vicious, aggressive and dark music in his scene. The combination of laser precise technique and a volcanic physicality has made McCoy a big influence, much like Coltrane. The piano lines on this hardly sound real to me.
Gyorgy Ligeti - Piano Concerto Movement 3, Vivace cantibile
The tempo marking says it all. The lyrical, "pixellated" textures of Ligeti's post piano etude music has been a huge influence on me as well as a window in the music that must have influenced it, xylophone music from Uganda in particular.
Don Cherry - Malkauns
From his classic "Brown Rice". The Soubiran brothers used to play this on the stereo a lot at Zebulon before my gigs, during the time when I was putting together my own trumpet-bass-drums trio (which I ended up naming after the club). Don Cherry's spaced out reverb-y soloing on top of Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins with a tambura player named Moki droning behind at all... the 1970's produced the best Jazz, I'm convinced!
Evan Parker - Two of Six
Evan was an enormous early influence and like the Maneri record, an affirmation that improvisation needed to be an essential component of my music making. Over the years he has become a mentor, bandmate and friend. This is from Six of One (1981), my favorite of all his solo albums.
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From Entertainment Weekly.
Spader oozes disdain and smarm so well in this role, you wish the movie were real so you could kick his ass.
He gets a lifetime achievement award for jerkiness in Karate, Back to School and Just One of The Guys. The prep villain against who all others must be measured. Sweep the leg! Yes, Sensai.
The notorious show-killer as ultimate frat boy Stan Gable. You gotta love that sweater-around-the-neck look. "That's my pie!"
All I remember about this movie is when Mary Three-names Whatsherface tells Lea Thompson, "You break his heart, I'll break your face," which could be the lamest line ever delivered on film. Hard to believe Sheffer is the same guy who played milquetoast Norman MacLeod in A River Runs Through It.
The thinking man's prepster villain, he even has a badass name: Roy Stalin. I never saw this movie, so insert your own witty commentary here.