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Sixth International Conference on Climate Change in Washington, DC on June 30 – July 1, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The inconvenient truth is that they're wrong New Coalition targets for tackling climate change promise only a succession of own goals, says Andrew Turnbull.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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CO2 Mitigation: It's Dopey A wind turbine in England just produced only enough electricity over an entire year to keep one light bulb on for three months. Let's have fun with the numbers - by Christopher Monckton
Saturday, May 14, 2011
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The Link Between Deadly Weather and Global Warming Is Real -- and Conservatives Can't Just Wish It Away Does extreme weather foretell the kind of climate that global warming is bringing us? Scientists say yes - Paul Rosenberg
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
What Is the Antarctic Volcanoes Project?
It's too bad the current brouhaha about CO2 is so narrowly focused. So what if a higher concentration in the atmosphere raises global average temps? If higher temps were accompanied by increased atmospheric moisture, it would even out around the world and turn it into a paradise planet, greening the deserts so that the teeming billions could be fed. Cold temperatures are inimical to life, not a goal of life.
Too bad, it might take a lot more CO2 than you think to really change the global weather. Why do they call CO2 greenhouse gas? Because plants breathe it, and they pump it into greenhouses to help them grow and thrive. Polar regions and deserts look good in postcards, but who wants to live there. Meanwhile global pop. is zooming, so obviously the real answer is to pump more CO2 and water vapor into the atmosphere to turn the Earth into a greenhouse, turning deserts both hot and cold into lush green crop-growing regions like 35 million years ago when the avg. global temp was 88F and the CO2 level was 1K parts per million (vs. 390 PPM today). So what if we lose some desert polar regions and even some yummy coastline, the adjustments will be inconvenient but temporary, but I prefer shirt-sleeve weather to Frosty the Snowman. How many arctic animals can't adapt to a warmer climate? What animal needs to live in ice and snow and wouldn't like a vacation to Tahiti? They can lose the fat, hair or feathers.
The real question is can we make and keep the global CO2/H20 levels high enough, and for how long? Sooner or later mass global starvation will become unstoppable if world pop. keeps climbing, and this is the way to forestall it, if we act soon enough. Don't give me them Malthusian objections, give me some CO2/H20 solutions. I like a paradise Earth in the possibility window.
So, while the world is debating the horrors, extent or lack thereof of global warming caused by CO2, let's engineer the CO2/H20 solution to making the Earth a warm temperate planet from pole to pole with no deserts or ice wastelands, allowing vastly more food to be grown and turning poor nations rich. I DON'T mean a planet with wild swings between super-hot summers and super-cold winters, but one that is warmer than now everywhere, but moister and greener, with a giant network of plantlife helping to avoid extremes. Since CO2 and water vapor are the keys, and the paltry amounts in the atmosphere need to be increased as soon as possible to turn deserts green and get the warming process off to a good start, but the new levels have to be maintained permanently, I'm looking to remote Antarctica (which is really a sea) as the most promising source for unlimited CO2 and water vapor generation, given that noxious emissions (sulfur dioxide, etc.) can be controlled.
This blog is for posting news on the world climate situation, scientific and political, along with my own articles. I'm sure it will start out with hardly any interest or followers, but I'm hoping that it will attract the smartest people eventually and in the end I hope for a global consensus that if it can be done it must be done.
So what is the Antarctic Volcanoes Project? My working idea is that an international effort to reactivate as many volcanoes in Antarctica as possible in an ideal location for distributing the CO2/H20 will produce the best and most cost-effective results. Sorry, one-worlders, it won't give you a license to override and control any country's economy, but if your country is suffering from lack of food you will be too busy expanding farming to care. Hence until I think of or hear about a better way to increase world CO2/H20 levels, this is my pet project. If you are a scientist, please climb aboard my AVP Express and let's make it happen.
It Would Be Funny If It Were's So Sad
It would be funny it weren't so sad, but when the scientists say "greenhouse gas" they are using a malaprop. It should be greenhouse GLASS, because that's why a greenhouse stays warm, by glass walls stopping convection of air and trapping heat. Yes, CO2 is pumped into greenhouses, but not for heating purposes, only to help plants BREATHE. So the whole sucker's game of "greenhouse gas" must truly be for the purpose of stopping more vegetation from growing and feeding the teeming billions. Is that their true goal?
Jan. 14, 2011. Good article on CO2 levels and global temps 30-40 million years ago
Aug. 31, 2011. Giant pipe and balloon to pump water into the sky in climate experiment
May 31, 2013. Scientists find that higher CO2 levels green arid regions
Mar. 30, 2015. Higher atmospheric CO2 levels causing boom in vegetation
Aug. 15, 2017. Scientists find 91 new volcanoes miles beneath Antarctica's thick ice sheet
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There are so many Twitter applications, I can't keep track! So, I decided to start this list as a comprehensive place to list all the Twitter programs. I plan to keep this updated as I find out about new applications. If you have any to add, please leave a comment below, and I'll add them. Or, if you feel I have described the applications incorrectly, please let me know as well! (ones in bold italics in the chart have been added since the last update)
*Note – See below for a list of even more programs and non-iPhone mobile applications. Any mobile applications are denoted with [m].
140it – Shrink your tweets directly from Twitter, using this browser button.
BackTweets – This application will search Twitter for links to a certain website, even if they are shortened. I have an RSS feed set up for my website, and have seen many times where people tweeted about my post without me knowing it. It give me the opportunity to
Backupify – A free backup service for Twitter, and many other social media applications, including Facebook, WordPress, Flickr, Delicious. You can choose daily or weekly backups, and get a pdf of the backup. Very cool application.
Birdhouse [m] – Capture your ideas, save them for later and publish them when you're ready. Quickly jot down your ideas, just like in Notes. Count down to 140 characters, just like in Twitter. Save as many as you want, revisit them later. Capture your ideas offline, even in Airplane mode. Rate drafts with stars and sort by best or by newest. Manage and publish from multiple Twitter accounts. Unpublish the bad ones just as easily. Back everything up through email. $3.99 on iPhone store.e
BlastFollow – This is a great tool to follow a bunch of people with a similar interest all at once based on a hashtag. So, if you're at an event or on a webinar, enter the hashtag, and you'll automatically follow everyone using that hashtag. Simple but very useful.
Brizzly – A web-based Twitter client that has multi-account (including Facebook) and list support. It also has a "mute" feature where you can mute a particular person if they're tweeting too much (!), but you need to be using their interface to actually have the mute work.
BubbleTweet – Create a short video that pops up as a "bubble" over your Twitter profile page. Here's an example. Cool service, but the bubble only shows up if you use the BubbleTweet URL given to you. So, anyone who just goes through Twitter.com won't see your bubble.
ChatterBox – ChatterBox allowsho you to monitor Twitter conversations that matter to you. Whether it is a list of interesting keywords or specific user handles, ChatterBox can centralize that information into a common dashboard that individuals and teams can leverage to manage and respond to those conversations. Easily assign workflows, prioritize, tag and assign those interactions to team members ensuring that all tweets are responded to in a timely manner. Looks great for company use.
ClickableNow – Clickable Now is a plugin you're your browser that allows you to add clickable images to your Twitter background, and allows you to see the clickable backgrounds of other tweeters.
ConversationList – A "conversationlist" is a Twitter list of the people that you talk to (and about) on Twitter. The list is automatically updated daily, so that it always reflects the people that you are paying attention to right now. Cool application, but I don't really see a use for it. Also, if someone uses ListWatcher, it's constantly telling them they have dropped from or have been added to your list.
Doesfollow – A simple program that does one thing… tells you if one user is following another user. It gives you a "yup" or a "nope" answer. I use it if for some reason I'm curious about if someone is following me (don't use too often).
DM Deleter – This application will delete all the DM's in your account. Apparently this saves Twitter money, because you help them conserve server space.
ExecTweets – Helps you find and follow the top business executives on Twitter.
Filttr – A program that allows you to adjust the tweets you see. You can increase or decrease certain people, and increase or decrease what you see from certain keywords. Great idea! They should integrate this into Tweetdeck! But, I can definitely use this as-is.
Followformation – I have not tested this application, because it does not use Oauth. Followformation is a tool for novice Twitter users to get started with following the top people in their categories of interest. It's like Twitter's suggested users list, but uses a few sources, such as We Follow, Twitterholic, and GeoFollow. Up to 10% of the auto-followed lists from any category will be paid placements.
Followize – This app's description is "It's a powerful, streamlined interface to Twitter which makes following lots of people and conversations quicker and easier." But, honestly, when I sign in, I have NO idea what it does, or what the benefit is.
Freetwitterdesigner – Allows you to create a customized Twitter background with text, shapes and images.
FriendDeck – Described as "Tweetdeck for Friendfeed". Seems amazing for those who use Friendfeed.
Friendfeed – "Helps you discover and discuss interesting stuff that your friends and family find on the web." Basically, it allows you to see what your friends are sharing (and share yours with them) on various websites across the internet, including web pages, videos, photos, and music. It's used for sharing, idea generation, conversation, marketing, etc. It's used for much more than just Twitter. Seems great, but it's just too much information for me right now. I will probably be an addict at some point soon.
Friendorfollow – Shows you who you are following that's not following you back? Who's following you that you're not following back. I don't use this… too much information for me. Gives you 3 tabs:
- Followers – those you are following who are not following you
- Fans – those who are following you but you're not following them back
- Friends – Mutual follow
Greasemonkey – See bio text, following & follower count, and most recent Tweet for all friends and followers on the Twitter follow or friends list. Seems great! But, I use Topify to decide who to follow.
Grouptweet – Allows you to create a group to tweet with privately (i.e. bostontweeters). I haven't found a need for this yet, but see that it could be useful for a work situation.
Hootsuite (formerly Brightkit) – HootSuite allows you to manage multiple Twitter profiles and pre-schedule tweets. Their newest feature allows you to link Hootsuite account with Google Adsense, so you can send links with banner ads. Here's an example of what it looks like (see top banner). This is the only feature I'm using for now, although I am undecided as to how I feel about sending links with ads. (Thoughts? Let me know below!)
HowSociable – A free tracking/monitoring application that shows you how visible a brand is on the social web. 1,000 is the average brand, so higher or lower indicates something about your brand. It can also send you a monthly email updating your score.
Klout – Klout allows you to track the impact of your opinions, links and recommendations across your social graph. They collect data about the content you create, how people interact with that content and the size and composition of your network. Then they analyze the data to find indicators of influence and then provide you with innovative tools to interact with and interpret the data. Very cool application! This is quickly becoming a widely used tool by companies to determine key influencers.
Listorious – Listorious makes it easy to find the best lists of Twitter users on any given topic, and for list creator to publicize their lists. You can also follow lists directly from the application. This is a great way to find lists in a particular area of interest.
ListWatcher – A great application that works by just following @ListWatcher. It sends you a DM when any of the following happens:
- Someone adds you to a list
- Someone deletes you from a list
- A list with you is made private or deleted
- A list containing you is renamed
This is a great application so you know what lists you are on. My only complaint is that it doesn't filter out the Conversationlist activity, which changes every day, so that makes for a lot of useless DM's.
Monitter – Similar to Tweetdeck, it's a twitter monitor, it lets you "monitter" the twitter world for a set of keywords and watch what people are saying.
Muuter – A GREAT tool that allows you to temporarily unfollow someone if they're tweeting a lot. If they're at an event, and are tweeting too much, just mute them!
My First Follow – This application will tell you who you first followed on Twitter. I'm not sure what this shows you, but people do seem to use it!
MyCleenr – MyCleenr is a unique way to sort your friends by their last tweets. It allows you to get rid off all the inactive and useless accounts that you are following!
Mr. Tweet – Does 3 things:
- Suggest good people and followers you are missing out on
- Recommend you to enthusiastic users relevant to you
- Regularly update useful stats of your Twitter usage
I prefer to find people to follow myself, so I don't use this application.
My Tweeple – Shows you who you're following who is not following you back, and vise versa. It's similar to Friendorfollow, but the display is more cumbersome.
Nearby Tweets – A geography–centric social tool for networking and a business tool for building customer relationships and monitoring real–time buzz. Creates a geographic layer on top of Twitter.
Newsgetter – Allows you to search for certain terms, and save your searches to return to later.
Objectivemarketer – A centralized campaign manager. Deliver a message to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Then track and analyze responses to messages. Schedule posts, including recurring posts. Create automatic posts from an RSS feed.
Peoplebrowsr – Similar to Tweetdeck, but web based. I love Tweetdeck too much to consider anything else!
Peepnote – A contact manager for Twitter. Tag and filter the people you follow, add notes to remember who they are, and export custom lists to Twitter.
Pluggio – This is a web-based Twitter app that has many of the features of other Twitter clients. The one feature I used regularly is that you can set up certain keywords to get notified when they are used, and follow those people. You can put even put parameters about the people to be notified about, such as their follower/following ratio, number of tweets, etc.
Qwitter – Emails you when someone stops following you. I use Socialtoo for this purpose.
retweetrank – Retweet rank is a representative of the number of times a user have been retweeted by others recently. The application tells you our Retweet rank, and percentile. I like this service a lot, as I think that how much a person retweets, is a strong indicator of the value they are bringing to Twitter.
Retweet Radar – Finds trends in the mountains of information 'retweet'ed on Twitter. Shows you top retweeted people and links. Cool program.
Rate My Talk – Rate My Talk (@talkr on Twitter) is a service that allows conference attendees to provide immediate feedback on a conference via Twitter or through our web site. This data is collected and provided on the site in order to provide accurate feedback on valuable (or not) presentations. Seems like a great service… I'll definitely check it out if I'm ever a speaker!
ReFollow – A GREAT app that lets you unfollow people who don't tweet, follow people who tweet about you, etc. A great way to clean up who you're following.
Repeets – Counts how many retweets a tweet gets, and tweets about the most retweeted ones (wow, that's a mouthful). Follow @repeets to get updates.
ReTweetability – The ReTweetability Index measures and ranks Twitter users based on the infectious power of their tweets. This number accounts for number of followers and Tweets overall, so it is a true indicator of infectiousness. Users with a high ReTweetability Index have a greater percentage of their content spread by a greater percentage of their followers, implying that when they do tweet, it's worth reading. I really like this application, as I do believe that a person's "retweetability" is a strong indicator of their perceived Twitter value.
ReTweetist – Tracks posts that are retweeted to see what the most valued topics are.
ScoutLabs – A paid tracking/monitoring web-based application that tracks social media and finds signals in the noise. The application costs $250/month. "Scout Labs helps your team find signals in the noise — what to pay attention to, what customers are ranting and raving about, what's new and emerging."
Secretweet – SecretTweet was created to allow Twitter users to share secrets anonymously. Basically, you go to their website, and tweet your secret and they tweet it out to their 10,000 followers. People can even comment on it. Some of the tweets are hysterical/scary!
Shorttext – Shorttext allows you very quickly to write a longer tweet or note, and create a URL for it. When I have more to say than 140 characters (especially if I'm copying an email I've received or something similar), you paste it in Shorttext, and it instantly gives you a URL for the copy. It's not just a program for Twitter, but is very useful as a companion application for Twitter.
Searchtastic – Search tweets from months ago (Twitter keeps only 7 days of tweets). Download the results to Excel.
Seesmic Desktop – Desktop application similar to Tweetdeck, but with multiple account management. I find the application very confusing to use.
Smub – Shortens urls on a handheld and tweets them automatically. (also can be used for Facebook, Delicious, etc.)
SocialOomph (formerly known as Tweet Later)- You can do numerous things with this site. First, you can use it to set up alerts to track keywords you are interested in. You can also schedule tweets at certain scheduled times. And, you can auto follow or auto DM. I use the scheduled tweets feature. Also newly added, is the ability to block auto-DM's.
Splitweet – Similar to Tweetdeck, but it allows you to manage multiple accounts. I do need multiple account support, but I am too in love with Tweetdeck, so am waiting for them to come out with this functionality (coming soon).
SocialMention – A free tracking/monitoring application that has a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the universe into a single stream of information. It allows you to easily track and measure what people are saying about you, your company, a new product, or any topic across the web's social media landscape in real-time. Social Mention monitors 100+ social media properties directly including: Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed, YouTube, Digg, Google etc. You can also receive daily alerts, or put a widget on your website.
Socialtoo – This program allows you to do multiple things:
- Received an email telling you who followed you and who unfollowed you the day before, and what you tweeted before that happened
- Autofollow people
- Opt out of auto DM's (they used to offer an auto-DM service, but no longer do)
- Conduct surveys
The only part of the program I use is the first one… Socialtoo emails me every day with who followed me and unfollowed me yesterday. I usually scan quickly to see if there were tweets that are particularly popular or unpopular, so I can notice a trend. I also look to see who unfollowed me, so I know that they are no longer following.
Tagalus – Allows you to find out the "definition" of a particular hashtag.
Tagdef – Definition of Twitter tags, similar to Tagalus. You can also tweet @tagdef and say "Define #xxx" and it will define it for you.
TBUZZ – Makes it easy to tweet the page you're on, or follow the buzz around it. Using a toolbar button, you can automatically tweet the shortened link and even copy and paste text easily.
Techrigy – This is a paid tracking/monitoring application that marketers can get a full view of their marketing landscape by listening to their consumers online. It enables organizations to:
- Understand consumers' reactions to all marketing campaigns irrespective of channel
- Monitor brand reputation
- Identify Influencers
- Undertake proper competitive analysis and market research
- Support loyalty initiatives and programs
- Engage directly with customers online
Tinychat – Create your own chatroom and invite people through one simple link. Not just for Twitter use, but it is a useful tool for Twitter users. It's pretty basic (no sound alerts, etc), but it does the trick.
TopFollowFriday – Shows you who is endorsing who and who is being endorsed on #followfriday. The results don't look accurate to me.
Topify – This is one of my favorite applications! What this application does, is makes your email work much better for you with Twitter. When you receive an email about a new follower, instead of being without any information about the followee, it will include their bio and basic stats. And, directly from the email you can follow the person! It also allows you to reply to a DM directly from email.
Twalala – Twalala allows you to control what you see and don't see in your twitterstream. You can filter tweets out of your stream by keywords and phrases or mute individuals who get a bit too chatty. Twitter with a mute button! Great concept, except you have to use their interface for it to work. It would be great, if the selections here, would be active no matter what Twitter client you used.
TwapperKeeper – Create a permanent archive of a hashtag, keyword or person. Great app, given how quickly Twitter makes tweets unavailable.
Twazzup – I really like this application. It's basically Twitter Search, but groups the results together in a more meaningful way. It shows you real time tweets, real time photos, most popular links, and top trendmakers. Very useful.
TweetpML – One of my favorite applications for Lists. TweepML is a simple format to make it easy for people to share a list of Twitter users. You can follow the list right from the application, and you can even automatically follow all members of the list, or just certain members.
Tweepsearch – Similar to Twellow, this program searches bios for a particular keyword. But, it can also search the bios of your followers only, which can be very useful.
Tweet Backup – Gives you the ability to export all your posts and friends (will be able to restore in a few weeks as well). After a recent issue with my account (my following count doubled overnight), I signed up for this, just for peace of mind.
Tweetake – Another way to backup your tweets. The site was down when I was writing this, so I don't have more to say!
Tweetbeep – Keep track of conversations that mention you, your products, your company, anything, with hourly updates. You can even keep track of who's tweeting your website or blog, even if they use a shortened URL (like tinyurl.com). Great for online reputation management, catching all your @replies, finding job/networking opportunities, keeping up on your favorite hobby, and more!
Tweetburner – The program was down when I went to review it, but it looks like it's a URL shortening and tracking program. It tracks how many clicks your tweet gets, and allows you to analyze which headlines work best, and at what time of day your tweets get the most clicks.
Tweetchat – This program aggregates all tweets for a certain hashtag into a chat room. The benefit of using this vs. Twitter Search for hashtags, is that when you write your tweet, you don't have to add the hashtag, as it is added automatically — a HUGE timesaver and is so much easier. Also, you can tweet directly from Tweetchat, so there is no need to flip back to twitter to enter a tweet. I use this whenever I'm on a webinar or at an event… amazing!
TweetConvo – TweetConvo is a great application to view twitter conversations. Rather than going through of a tweet's @replies to get a grasp of the conversation you just enter the tweet's URL, and it shows you the conversation for that tweet.
Tweetdeck – I can't say enough about this program. Basically, Tweetdeck shows your Twitter feed in columns of information based on your preferences, rather than one long stream. For example, I use the following columns: All tweets, bostonmarketer, direct messages, friends, thought leaders, companies, twitter stuff, and jobs. This allows me to keep a better eye on things that interest me. You can also see your Facebook friends' updates right in the application. You can click to see anyone's profile, and from there add them to a particular column. It has a URL shortener build in, which is invaluable. I find this useful for my job search as I keep columns of job search twitter id's.
TweetGrid – Create a Twitter Search Dashboard. Looks similar to Tweetdeck, but you can also tweet from multiple accounts. I liked most everything about this program, except that the avatars are very small, so I found it difficult to use.
Tweetmanager – Does a variety of things:
- follow and track Twitter users automatically based on certain keywords
- send a message to 1,000 users or less
- autoreply to @replies (can be used like an out of office message)
- auto-post tweets at predetermined times
- auto-tweet when you update your blog
I'm not currently using this application, but think it has some amazing features.
Tweetmeme -This app aggregates all the popular links on twitter to determine which links are popular. It even puts the links into categories so you can view it by categories you're intereseted in or just subscribe to the RSS for each. Popular items get tweeted automatically by the Tweetmeme Twitter account.
TweetMic [m] – Great app that allows you to make high-quality audio recordings and publish them directly to Twitter. There is no limit to the length of audio recording you can make! VERY easy app that allows you to create variety in your Twitter stream.
TweetMiner – Allows you to load RSS feeds into this Twitter Client, tag them to be tweeted, and schedule the time to tweet them. VERY cool application that could be very useful. However, there is no way to import your current RSS subscriptions, so you need to add each one individually.
Tweetmondo – Shows you other Twitter users close to you. Cool visual results.
Tweet O'Clock – Type in a Twitter username to find out when it's best to tweet them.
TweetReach – Tells you how far a URL, hashtag or tweet reached on Twitter. Shows # tweets, # people, tweet types, impressions and contributors tweeters. Great for analyzing an event.
TweetReports – Monitor your brand and online reputation – track customer sentiment, receive real-time search results, analytics, reports, or research SEO keywords to attract a larger audience. This is a paid service, from $9-299/mo for individuals to enterprise accounts.
Tweetspinner – Does a number of things, many of which are GREAT for businesses… overall, great app!
- Create and schedule smart tweets – create tweet templates, and Tweetspinner will rotate what it tweets for you
- Schedule rotation of profiles and designs
- Smart friends and followers – keyword following (find users who tweet certain words and automatically follow them), purge non reciprocal folllowers, mimic following (follow the followers of another user), location filtering (awesome! but you need to upgrade to use)
Tweetstalk – A program that allows you to follow someone without having them know you are following them. Maybe it's because I'm not a stalker, but I can't imagine why this would be useful!
Tweetstats -This program graphs your Twitter stats for you, including tweets per hour, tweets per month, tweet timeline, reply statistics and more. Interesting to look at occasionally.
Tweetree – Tweetree puts your Twitter stream in a tree so you can see the posts people are replying to in context. It also pulls in lots of external content like twitpic photos, youtube videos and more, so that you can see them right in your stream without having to click through every link your friends post.
Tweetsmarter – Adds special characters (like a star or an umbrella) or a retweet link to your post.
TweetStack [m] – Best described as Tweetdeck for mobile phones. Stacks are similar to columns in TweetDeck, and can even be imported directly from TweetDeck. You can also search, and use multiple account logins.
TweetValue – Tells you the monetary value of your Twitter account. Just for fun!
Tweetvisor – A web-based Twitter interface, that enables people to better manage multiple Twitter accounts, returns real-time updates about favorite topics, news and tweets, and supports groups, threaded conversations, tagging friends and inline video replies. Similar to Peoplebrowsr
Tweetworks – Does a lot, but the 2 most basic are: Twitter groups (similar to Group Tweet) and threaded discussions, which allow you to see tweets strung together in a conversation. I am a member of one group. But, because I use Tweetdeck, I don't use the threaded conversation feature much.
Twellow – A search program that also searches bios, names and locations. It also has a graphical interface that enables localized searching. VERY useful, if you are trying to find someone, or target particular people.
Twhirl – Desktop program similar to Tweetdeck, but it allows you to manage multiple accounts. I do need multiple account support, but I am waiting for Tweetdeck to come out with this functionality.
Twibes – Application that allows you to join groups on Twitter
Twickie – Twickie is a free service that fetches Twitter replies for you (and gives you an easy way to view AND export them).
Twidget – A widget for OS X that allows you to update your Twitter status.
Twilert – An application that emails you regular updates of tweets containing your brand, product, service or any other keyword. Great program, but (as expected!), I use Tweetdeck for this.
Twimailer – Rather than receiving the plain emails from Twitter notifying you of a new follower (include just their name), Twimailer sends you their statistics and their last few tweets. Very cool! To me, the major limitation is that you still have to click through to their profile to follow them. Topify solves that issue, which is why I use that application instead.
Twinfluence – Another Twitter grading tool that measures the combined influence of twitterers and their followers.
Twintro – "Twitter Introductions" – Helps you discover the most interesting Twitter users. You follow @twintro, and every day, Twintro retweets a different user's tweets to you. If you like that user, follow them!
TwitBizCard – Set up your business card on their website, and then add #twtbizcard to a @reply to send your contact information to someone. Very easy!
TwitLonger – Twitlonger is a way to let you post to Twitter when 140 characters just isn't enough. You can write what you need and a link to what you said will automatically be posted to your Twitter account. It's similar to TwtLong. It's like TwitPic for text.
TwtLong – Twitlonger is a way to let you post to Twitter when 140 characters just isn't enough. You can write what you need and a link to what you said will automatically be posted to your Twitter account. It's similar to TwitLonger.
Twit Truth – I LOVE this app! Shows you great analytics on your twitter account, for top Twitter users, and anyone else you want to look up. It shows you the stats below, and also characterizes your tweeting with a descriptor (i.e. I'm an "Engager"), average tweets per day, average response time and breaks down your tweets by type.
Twitalyzer – Analyzes your Twitter performance based on 5 factors: impact, engagement, generosity, velocity and clout.That's great for analyzing your performance over time. In addition, Twitalyzer shows clickthrough rate, gives you recommendations to improve your scores, shows a sentiment analysis of your account, and many more features! There's also a Premium application that you can pay for.
Twitcam -Allows you to stream live on Twitter VERY easily. Just logon (no OAuth yet unfortunately) and start broadcasting. It tweets a message immediately on Twitter letting your followers know, so they can come watch you, and use text chat to talk to you or eachother. And, it archives your video for viewing later on (cool!)
Twithear – Lets you add your voice on twitter. Call a phone number or use your computer to record a message.
Twithority – Similar to Twitter Search, but it allows you to see the results by user "authority" (the more followers, the more "authority").
Twitoria – Twitoria finds your friends that haven't tweeted in a long time so you can give them the boot! Great application, but I just don't have the time nor see the need to go through and clean out my followers (especially if they're not tweeting).
TWItoSHIRT – Get a T-shirt made with your tweets!
TwitPic – Allows you to easily post a photo on Twitter. Just browse to the photo, and it creates a link. It's built directly into Tweetdeck, so it's easy to use from there!
Twitscoop – Through an automated algorithm, twitscoop crawls hundreds of tweets every minute and extracts the words which are mentionned more often than usual. The result is displayed in a Tag Cloud, using the following rule: the hotter, the bigger. This is also integrated with Tweetdeck, so is easy to check.
Twittas – As they say, "A new useless app every week." Includes, when you'll hit 1 million tweets, what your first tweet was, your first follower was, etc.
Twittelator Pro [m] – A paid Twitter application for the iPhone (cost is $3.99). Great application that has list support, auto-hashtags, multi-accounts, etc. This is the application I've seen that has the most customization available. It's only downside is it's long load time.
TwitterSheep – See a tag cloud from the 'bios' of your twitter flock.
Twitter Snipe – Helsp you find people to follow based on certain criteria. Paid application $77.
TwitterSnooze – Allows you to temporarily stop seeing someone's tweets (i.e. if they are at a conference you just need a break). The downside is that it actually unfollows and then refollows that person. Note: This application has been out of service for a while now, but I keep hoping it will come back!
Twitrans – Translates your tweets into any language.
TwitStamp – TwitStamp allows you to use your current Twitter status anywhere – in the form of an image so you can post it on blogs, forums, websites, etc.
Twitter Buttons – Create a button for your website that says "Follow Me"!
Twitter Grader – Tells you what your Twitter grade is — it's based on the #of followers, #you follow, etc. You can also find out who the Twitter elite are in a certain area.
Twitter Karma – An application that fetches your friends and followers from Twitter when you click the "Whack!" button, then displays them for you, letting you paginate through them. By default, the list contains all your friends and followers and is sorted by last update, showing those who most recently updated first. You can sort and filter the list. Similar to Friendorfollow, but with better interface.
Twitter Local – Allows you to filter tweets by location. I'm not currently using this, but can definitely see a use for it, particularly if you travel a lot.
Twitter Safe – Backs up your followers, following and replies. I'm not using this… maybe I'm just too trusting that I will not lose everything.
Twitter Search (formerly Summize) – A mandatory for Twitter users. Type in any search term (including AND, OR, quotes) and see what's happening on Twitter for that search. Also shows you trending topics. Clicking on "Advanced" lets you get more detailed in your search, including tweets from one person to another, date, attitude and place.
Twitter Toolbar – This short cut/quicklinks toolbar brings Twitter closer to you, so you can: visit Twitter, update your Twitter status directly, search Google, Twitter Search, Twellow, Twictionary, optimize your Twitter experience and research the world of Twitter.
Twittercounter – Give you TONS of stats about your profile, including a graph of your follower numbers, growth, rank, etc.
Twitterfall – Allows you to search on a particular term, and have the resuts fall in a real update. Cook when twets are moving quicly!
Twitterfeed – Automatically posts your blog RSS feed and post to Twitter for you. You can also use this with services other than Twitter.
Twitterfriends – With TwitterFriends you can …
- find out the hidden network of Twitter contacts that are really relevant for you.
- visualize the network of your relevant contacts and their contacts
- see who of your Twitter friends are online this very moment
- read some stats about your Twitter account
- take a look at the most conversational Twitterers or those who are posting the most links
Wow, there's a lot of great information here, but I found it to be too much!
TwitterHawk – Very interesting program, but a bit controversial. This program will automatically send pre-written tweets (that you have written) to people who tweet certain keywords. For example, if you have a coffee shop, the program can send tweets to everyone who mentions coffee. Controversial because it may seem like spam.
Twitterholic – Allows you to see rankings by #followers, #friends, #updates and date joined. You can also see these stats for a particular user over time. Good program, I just don't have a need for it.
TwitterFox – A Firefox extension that notifies you of your friends' tweets on Twitter. This extension adds a tiny icon on the status bar which notifies you when your friends update their tweets. Also it has a small text input field to update your tweets.
Twitterific [also m] – Similar to Twhirl in that it allows you to manage multiple accounts, but it doesn't have multiple columns of information. (MAC only)
Twittez – Twittez is a simple Twitter application that lets you get your answers from fellow Twitters, all you have to do is tweet with "does anyone know?" with your question and they try to find your answer.
Twitpay – Allows you to send and receive money from someone else on Twitter. Very cool program, I just haven't needed it yet.
Twitseeker – Finds people on Twitter based on what they're talking about. Cool! I searched for Marketing, and it came up with a list of 20 people who have been tweeting about Marketing. Very useful, especially for my job search.
Twitter [m] (formerly Tweetie) [m] – iPhone application that handles multiple accounts, search, retweet, DM. Very user friendly and clear. Recently Tweetie launched a new version called Tweetie2. While there is much more functionality, including lists, it has major problems with caching (you need to reload tweets you've already seen again), so I'm not using it anymore. Too bad, it used to be an amazing application.
TwittLink – They monitor almost every post on Twitter and extract all tweeted links. Using a statistical approach they figure out which subjects (based on extracted links) are most discussed on twitter. They use semantic analysis to group links that talk about the same subject. Similar to Twitscoop.
Twollo – This program finds people for you to follow based on your interests. Twollo will find them and automatically follow them for you.
Twtpoll – A very simple, easy to use program that helps you set up a poll. Type in your question and answers, and go!
TwtBizCard – Send a business card to someone by just adding #twtbizcard to any tweet! It's great to use when meeting people at a Tweetup.
Twtcard – Send a greeting card, a surprise message, or an invitation on Twitter or via email.
Twtvite – Simple event manager twitter application… like Evite for people on Twitter. The application also gives you code to embed the invitation into your website.
UnTweeps – List and unfollow Tweeps you are following who have not updated their status in 7, 30, 60 or 90 days. Useful application to clean out spam and inactive people.
VacationTweets – It's an out-of-office for Twitter! You can either set it up to reply to your @replies or DM's.
ViralHeat – A paid social media monitoring/tracking and analytics application (starts at $9.99/mo for individuals and goes up to $139/mo for large corporations. Provides location based tracking, real-time monitoring and daily alerts. Looks like a great application.
We Follow – A user powered Twitter directory that categorizes people into groups, such as social media, marketing, celebrity, politics, etc.
What the Hashtag? – A wiki that tracks hashtags on Twitter. Great idea, as I so often see hashtags that I don't know what they are being used for.
Who Should I Follow – Similar to Mr. Tweet, this program recommends people you should follow based on popularity and location. What I like about this program is that you can control those 2 features, if they are more or less important to you. The one problem I see is that it recommends people I'm already following.
Visible Tweets – A great application for events, to display the tweets relevant to that event based on a hashtag or a search. You can choose to display the tweets in letter by letter, tag cloud, or rotation.
YackTrack – I think this is a tracking/monitoring application, but there's really no good explanation on their site, so I have no idea!
Applications no longer in service – TweetVolume
Even more applications – Here are even more applications that I haven't detailed above, or looked into: BeTwittered, TweepML, TweetMyBlog, Tweetwhatyoueat, Twtpwr
Mobile applications not for iPhone – I use Twitter on an iPhone, but I thought I'd list a few of the applications I've heard of for non-iPhone mobile phones: Blackbird (and more to come… suggestions?)
Security note – I am not claiming any responsibility for the security of these programs. Please do your own due diligence to be sure you're comfortable, especially when providing your Twitter password.
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Bridgwater & Albion 14, Paignton 24
IN a game littered with stoppages, Bridgwater were undone by a Paignton side bouncing back from defeat last week, writes Tony Pomeroy.
The suspended Garryn Basson missed out but Albion welcomed back Matt House, Nick Spellissy and Chris Webber and, in an effort to solve the season long problem at loose-head prop, gave a league debut to Gary Saunders.
Paignton opened the scoring early on and after 15 minutes there were further injury concerns for Albion when winger Toby Payne had to leave the pitch with an ankle injury.
Bridgwater's comeback into the game was halted when a somewhat telegraphed long pass on their own 10m line was intercepted by visiting fly half, Sam Poustie, who had an easy run to the try line.
On the stroke of half time, Ollie Dunn gave the home team hope with a determined run along the touchline from halfway. Despite many attempted tackles, including one around the neck just short of the line, he scored a magnificent individual try in the corner. Matt House converted with a superb kick.
The second half was a drab affair with Bridgwater having the territorial edge. With ten minutes left, Dunn narrowed the gap with a second try, converted by House. Moments later, Bridgwater lost the ball in their own 22 and Chris Hallet sealed the game with a try converted by Sandercock.
Paignton's number eight Josh Theophanides was red carded in the final minute for a tip tackle. House attempted the resulting long range penalty which would have given Bridgwater a losing bonus point but his effort was just short.
Next week, Bridgwater visit Oldfield Old Boys. Kick-off is 3pm.
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Hello to everyone,
I would like to introduce myself and reach out to you for advice. KrisV, I have been reading some of your posts + many others and find a marvellous network of support among you. This is our case: my husband was diagnosed with un-resectable CC (Nov 2012) a devastating news.
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Left hospital two weeks ago and started another cycle of Zeloda (while he was still taking oral antibiotics). Now the same pattern is developing: cold feet, chills, uncontrollable shaking, fever (38-39 C). We are suspecting these symptoms may be related to the high dosage of Zeloda rather than to bacterial infection.
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ANOTHER hundred troops were deployed to Worcestershire tonight as part of ongoing work to tackle the impact of flooding, providing a lifeline to the most vulnerable people in the county.
Lieutenant colonel Ivor Gardiner, commanding officer of 1st Battalion the Royal Irish Regiment, said he expected 100 more troops to join the 200 already deployed in Worcestershire to help with flood relief. The extra troops will be deployed from Market Drayton to support the police, fire and ambulance service during the flood crisis with a second peak of between 5.3 metres and 5.4 metres expected during the weekend on the river Severn in Worcester, 20cm lower than the previous peak of this month's floods.
L/Col Gardiner said he already had soldiers deployed across the north and south of the county, working with highways to keep roads open from four county depots. Tasks have included keeping roads clear of debris and putting up signs for diversions and keeping up a permanent presence in the most vulnerable locations, including Upton, Severn Stoke, Tenbury Wells and Bewdley.
He said: "The view we're taking is why keep 200 people sat in Worcester when they can be out and about in more vulnerable locations to react very quickly on the ground? If an ambulance can't cross a flooded road we can help get the ambulance crew across the flood water."
They have vehicles called TVCs with a very high ground clearance which enables them to power through the flood water because they have a wade depth of 1.5 metres. He said: "People have been very positive about our presence. We need to be very careful that there is not a perception that the army are here because the emergency services can't cope. We can take up some of the slack in some of these places and reduce the burden on them. We are here to help. The military can do this sort of thing on an enduring basis. Austere conditions are what we are used to. This is an opportunity for us to return the favour by supporting the local community after the support we had for the troops in Afghanistan."
Supt Mark Travis, part of silver group, a tactical group co-ordinating a response to the floods, said all of the expertise of people had been used to protect vulnerable people and property. Mapping facilities have been used to keep track of the most vulnerable people and they had been able to bring bread and milk to people running short on supplies. Animal welfare has also been important, such as providing feed. They have helped people remove property from their homes. He said: "There are no stories of dramatic rescues. This is because our plans are working."


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A STAMPEDE of pupils got creative at a Taunton secondary school when they made life-sized elephants from recycled items.
Bishop Fox's School invited children from nearby primary schools to take part in a community art project based on elephants.
Arts teacher Cath Thomas helped the children create the models using different types of materials.
Event coordinator Steve Summerill said: "We originally got the idea from the Wallace and Gromit statues on show over in Bristol.
"The children made eight elephants the size of an actual baby elephant, made from clay and from recycled items such as milk cartons, and each primary school we worked with got to take a pottery elephant back with them to school.
"Every year we look for a different theme and this year's was 'recycling'. We chose the elephant idea after talking to an environmental group who make paper from recycled elephant dung.
"We wanted to work with local schools that wouldn't necessarily get to use facilities like ours. We like to offer a wider range of subject-based projects besides the usual literacy and numeracy that the kids learn every day at school."
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This new 5 Questions features a beautiful plus-size model, Nicole Esperanza Zepeda. She's such a sweetheart and I think you should get to know her a little. I saw her last in New York City representing on the runway at Full Figured Fashion Week.
Name: Nicole Esperanza Zepeda
Hometown: San Juan, Texas
Current City: New York, New York
Modeling Agency: IMAGES Management, Figure 8 Model
Web site: https://www.facebook.com/nicole.e.zepeda
1. What does being a model mean to you?
To me, being a model means being myself. I've learned that when I don't let criticisms hold me back, I inspire people. So, I breathe and put my best foot forward.
2. What or whom inspires you the most?
My mom; we have the same figure. She never wanted me to be "big" because she did not want me to experience the same struggles that she did, growing up. Nonetheless, I was an overweight child who was very, very embarrassed about my body, but I never noticed hers. What I did notice? Her smile. She smiles a lot and her work-ethics blow anyone I know out of the water. She's all heart and she's helped thousands of people… and she married an incredible man who's done the same.
3. Where are your favorite places to shop?
Lane Bryant, Banana Republic, Calvin Klein, Express, I'm discovering Ashley Stewart, City Chic's online store is my happy place, etc.
4. What is your fashion "weakness?"
A classy, well-fitted dress. I didn't even go to my prom because I knew how hard it was going to be to find an age appropriate dress in my size. So, give me a dress that makes me feel like a woman and… stop! You'll see, my personality comes right out.
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Trust your instincts. If something is telling you that you can do it, it's not that you "can" do it, it's that you're supposed to. <3


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Liberty Men's Track Claims 17th Straight BSC Title
Liberty claimed its unprecedented 17th consecutive men's team title, while the Lady Flames finished second at the 2014 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships, which concluded on Saturday at Rector Field House.
Campbell made things interesting on the men's side with a strong second-day charge. As a result, the Flames' margin of victory was smaller than in any of its previous 16 championships. Liberty totaled 161.5 points to the Camels' 137 tallies to continue the longest active conference championship streak in NCAA Division I men's track & field. The Flames have been victorious at all 17 editions of the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships.
The Lady Flames set five program records during the meet, four of which came on Saturday, but ended up as the runner-up to Coastal Carolina for the second straight year. The Chanticleers posted 203 points, putting them 55 markers ahead of Liberty's total of 148.
One of Liberty's record setters, junior Mychelle Cumings, took home the Women's Outstanding Field Performer trophy for the second straight year. She eclipsed the program, meet and all-time Big South Conference records with her winning shot put mark of 53-5.5.
Both of Liberty's Big South All-Academic team honorees earned a pair of All-Big South honors on the weekend. A junior communications major, Jacy Christiansen placed second in the women's mile and third in the 3K. Meanwhile, redshirt sophomore criminal justice major David Scouten came in third in both the men's shot put and weight throw competitions.
Men's Day Two Recap
The Flames scored points in bunches on Saturday, headlined by a 1-2-3 podium sweep in the men's shot put. Fred Fulton led the way with a season-best 57-5.5 heave, becoming the fifth different champion during Liberty's current eight-year streak of Big South titles in this event.
Jacob DeValve was the runner-up, thanks to a personal-best toss of 52-8.25. The redshirt senior became the fourth different Liberty men's shot putter to qualify for the IC4A meet this season and claimed the No. 10 spot on the Flames' all-time performance list.
Scouten also achieved a season best in the event, stretching the measuring tape to 52-2.75 for a third-place finish.
Liberty pulled down 19 more points in the heptathlon, with Tevan McIntire, Zach Gilroy and Zach Davis placing second, third and fourth, respectively. Aided by a personal-best 8.53 clocking in the 60 hurdles on Saturday, McIntire totaled 4,949 points over the two-day competition.
Gilroy's first career All-Big South recognition came as a result of a huge personal-best effort. The freshman added 387 points to his previous best, tallying 4,827 points for third place in the event and eighth place in program history. He rocketed up the standings by winning the last two heptathlon disciplines with a personal-best 15-5 pole vault clearance and a time of 2:49.12 in the 1,000-meter run.
Day one leader Davis finished up in fourth place with 4,781 points. His pole vault personal best of 13-5.25 on Saturday helped the freshman bolster his previous best score by 132 points.
With the meet still hanging in the balance entering the next-to-last event, Liberty's distance runners sealed the deal in the 5K. Josh MacDonald, Caleb Edmonds and Jeremie Bourget all placed inside the top six, combining for 15 crucial team points.
Defending champion MacDonald settled for the runner-up position this time around, clocking a season-best time of 14:24.40. Edmonds came in fourth in 14:29.28, with Bourget following in sixth place at 14:42.40. All three times were superior to the IC4A qualifying standard for the event.
Earlier in the day, Edmonds had finished fifth in the mile with a personal-best time of 4:10.56. For the meet, the Empire State native totaled 15 team points during his trio of races, covering 48 laps of the track in the mile, 3K and 5K.
Freshman Stephen Racanelli also had a busy day, coming in second in the 200, third in the 4 x 400 relay and fifth in the 60. Racanelli's 200 dash time was a personal-best 21.51 effort, moving him up to third place in program history. It was the fastest indoor 200 clocking by a Liberty runner since Jeremy Wagner's 21.47 effort at the 2003 IC4A meet.
Racanelli ran a strong leadoff leg in the 4 x 400 relay, before Tyler Weigandt, John Sherret and Colin Schultz brought it home in a season-best and IC4A-qualifying time of 3:19.08.
Racanelli also posted his best-ever 60 dash time (6.89) for fifth place in both the race and program history. Teammate ConRoy Smith followed closely in sixth place, crossing the line in 6.92 seconds.
Women's Day Two Recap
After Jocelyn Williams had improved her own women's weight throw school record to 67-5.5 on Friday, the Lady Flames kept the records coming on Saturday.
Cumings took down three records at once, when her second attempt in the shot put landed at 53-3.5. That bettered her own program record of 51-4.25 from the 2013 Big South indoor meet. It also eclipsed the existing meet and conference standard (51-4.5), which had been set by Radford's Tiffany Evans at the 2007 Big South meet.
Cumings' monster throw won the event by six feet, giving the Tennessee native three consecutive Big South indoor women's shot put crowns. She is tied for 20th on this year's national list at the latest report.
Teammates Rachel Barnes and Jennifer Nicholson each shot putted 44-1.5, placing sixth and seventh in the event. Barnes' superior second-best throw put her ahead of Nicholson in the final standings. Nicholson's personal-best effort gives her the No. 4 spot in program history.
Freshman Oasis Hernandez shattered the program records in both the 60 and 200-meter dash finals. She became the Lady Flames' first-ever Big South women's 60 champion in a time of 7.45 seconds. That improved Hernandez's own record of 7.52 set two weeks ago in Albuquerque. Abigail Flower followed in 7.72 seconds for a fifth-place finish.
Hernandez then broke Flower's Liberty record in the 200 with her third-place time of 24.37 seconds. Flower had set the previous mark of 24.72 twice during 2013.
Liberty's final program record came in the last women's race of the afternoon, the 4 x 400 relay. Ansley Gebben, Mary Witmer, Corinn Bedell and Meghan Burggraf teamed up for a second-place finish in a record-breaking time of 3:46.28. The previous mark of 3:47.16 had also been set at Rector Field House by the quartet of Chenoa Freeman, Brittany Heath, Charlene Hibbert and Jaime Watson in 2008.
The Lady Flames' 4 x 400 grouping edged Charleston Southern by three thousandths of a second in a race which saw each of the top three teams better the existing meet record (3:47.78).
Burggraf had earlier broken the meet record at 800 meters. Her winning time of 2:09.26 took down the mark of 2:09.79 achieved by Burggraf's former teammate Jaime Watson in 2008. Burggraf enjoyed a nearly four-second margin of victory while claiming her second career Big South indoor 800 crown (also 2011).
Liberty scared the women's triple jump program record, as sophomore Janae Jones and junior Melissa Rohwer both eclipsed 40 feet. For the second straight year, Jones came in second at this meet and Rohwer followed in third place.
Jones led for most of the competition, thanks to a personal-best leap of 40-5.5. That put her just 2.25 inches shy of Jonisha Saunders' indoor school record and moves Jones into second place all-time for the Lady Flames. Jones has now finished second in each of her first three Big South triple jump finals, including the indoor and outdoor championships.
Rohwer qualified for the ECAC meet with her indoor personal-best jump of 40-0.75 in the sixth and final round. She now sits fourth in program history.
Christiansen earned her eighth career All-Big South notation and second in as many days with a runner-up performance in the mile final. The junior sped to a personal-best time of 4:53.40, climbing to fourth on Liberty's all-time list.
In a speedy 400 dash final, Gebben (55.67) and Bedell (57.02) both notched career-best times, coming in fourth and eighth, respectively. Bedell's effort punched her ECAC ticket and moves the sophomore to sixth place in program history.
Defending high jump champion Kristen Willeford cleared 5-3.75 to share third place and collect All-Big South honors.
Williams will travel to Fairfax, Va., on Sunday for the George Mason Last Chance Meet. She will throw the weight on the final day to achieve qualifying performances for the 2014 NCAA Division I Track & Field Championships.
A sizeable group of Flames and Lady Flames will then head to Boston for next weekend's IC4A and ECAC Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships. The meet is scheduled for March 7-9 at the Boston University Track & Field Pavilion.
Final Men's Team Standings
1) Liberty – 161
2) Campbell – 137
3) High Point – 108
5) Gardner-Webb – 58
6) Radford – 55.5
7) Charleston Southern – 52
8) Winthrop – 12
9) UNC Asheville – 6
Final Women's Team Standings
1) Coastal Carolina – 203
2) Liberty – 148
3) Campbell – 77
4) Charleston Southern – 57
5) High Point – 41.5
6) Radford – 40
7) Gardner-Webb – 27.5
8) Winthrop – 25
10) UNC Asheville - 21
Men's Outstanding Track Performer
Amon Terer, Campbell
Women's Outstanding Track Performer
Teresa Williamson, Radford
Men's Outstanding Field Performer
Christopher Cleare, Campbell
Women's Outstanding Field Performer
Mychelle Cumings, Liberty
Men's Freshman of the Year
Tyler Craig, Gardner-Webb
Women's Freshman of the Year
Anna Scott, Campbell
Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Cabell Willis, VMI
Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Jeanne Stroud, Winthrop
Men's All-Academic Team
Cabell Willis, VMI
Alex Young, Gardner-Webb
David Scouten, Liberty
Kurt Hibert, UNC Asheville
Austin Miller, High Point
Colby Coulter, Winthrop
Christopher Cleare, Campbell
Joseph Betts, Radford
Women's All-Academic Team
Jeanne Stroud, Winthrop
Teresa Williamson, Radford
Emily Marchini, Coastal Carolina
Jacy Christiansen, Liberty
Rachel Carson, UNC Asheville
Julia Zautcke, High Point
Samantha Robbins, Campbell
LaQuestis Scott, Charleston Southern
Hannah Dickinson, VMI
Olivia Moody, Gardner-Webb
Men's Coach of the Year
Michael Kelly, Campbell
Women's Coach of the Year
Alan Connie, Coastal Carolina


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The Supreme Lich King was defeated earlier today at Gamescom. He was the final boss of Hearthstone's very first Raid!
After the new Fireside Gathering features were announced, it was time to see them in action! You all know that Gamescom is taking place this week and Blizzard has prepared many reveals and surprises. As far as Hearthstone is concerned, we got to see the new Fireside Brawl, a special Tavern Brawl that is available only during Fireside Gatherings.
Everyone present in Gamescom had the chance to battle against the 1 million health Supreme Lich King! During this Brawl, you choose a hero and you are given a deck. Your hero starts at 9 mana and 20 health. When your hero dies, you discover a second hero and you are given a new deck and so on. Your total damage to the Lich King is shown at a scoreboard, after you defeat him. Obviously, the goal is for everyone participating in the gathering to work together to defeat him.
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By Aleco
We take a look back on the first week of the KFT metagame to share everything you can do to dominate the next one.
With the first week of Knights of the Frozen Throne behind us we are just now starting to glimpse what the upcoming meta has in store for us. It's still far too early to claim that all the new decks and archetypes have been finely tuned, but we have learned a lot from our first week with the new cards in KFT.
The first change we encountered in the new meta was the dominance of the dedicated control deck. Towards the end of the Un'Goro metagame the most dominant decks were almost entirely aggressive or midrange in nature, yet nearly all of the most played decks from the first week of KFT have been controlling. Everybody was very excited to try the new Death Knight cards, and since these cards have high mana costs they tended to end up in naturally controlling or midrange decks.
Once it became obvious that nearly every deck on the ladder was big and greedy, the next few days became a battle to become even bigger and greedier. At one point while watching Dog's stream I saw him put N'Zoth into his Control Mage deck with only two Deathrattle cards in the entire deck (Pyros and the Frozen Champions from Sindragosa) to get back from N'Zoth's battlecry! Talk about greedy.
As fun as it was to have a Control-dominated meta for the first few days of KFT, this kind of greed wouldn't go unpunished for very long. Thanks to a lack of Aggro decks, the overwhelming popularity of Jade Druid, and the new cards Simulacrum and Ghastly Conjurer, a more consistent Quest Mage deck emerged as a way to punish the slow meta. As players started to gear more and more towards beating slow decks, the pendulum began to swing back towards the aggro side of things. In the past few days the number of Pirate Warriors on ladder has greatly risen, and I haven't spotted a single Frost Lich Jaina or Uther of the Ebon Blade in over 100 games.
Towards the end of the Un'Goro metagame no one class was vastly more dominant than the others, but the same is certainly not true for the early days of KFT. Druid has become the most popular by a wide margin. According to the current Reaper Live report a staggering 36% of the Legend meta is made up of Druid decks. Thanks in no small part to the new cards Ultimate Infestation and Spreading Plague, Druid now boasts highly competitive Midrange and Control decks to compliment the Aggro deck which was already top tier in Un'Goro.
A major reason why all three decks are so difficult to play against is how difficult it is to mulligan against a Druid. You can never know for sure if you should be keeping cards which are strong against Jade Druid or Aggro Druid, which surely plays a part in the success of both decks. Druid might be quite strong at the moment but it is certainly not unbeatable, and according to the Reaper Live report there are multiple decks which have a positive winrate against two of three Druid builds.
Meta Beaters
The perfect deck for this early meta will have the defensive tools to outclass Aggro decks such as Pirate Warrior and Aggro Druid in the early game while still being fast enough to kill Jade Druid and Kazakus Priest decks before they get the chance to dominate the late game. Aggro decks make up only 25% of the current meta, which means it's still much more important to slant your deck towards the speedy end of things so that you can beat up on the slower decks which are still popular. All of these signs point towards an aggressively slanted Midrange deck as the best choice for the current meta, and the data from Reaper Live agrees. The deck with the best winrates across the board is not a Druid deck at all, but an aggressive Midrange Murloc Paladin deck.
Midrange Murloc Paladin
2x Murloc Tidecaller 2x Righteous Protector 2x Vilefin Inquisitor 2x Hydrologist 2x Rockpool Hunter 2x Murloc Warleader 2x Rallying Blade 1x Stonehill Defender 1x Wickerflame Burnbristle 2x Blessing of Kings 2x Corpsetaker 2x Gentle Megasaur 1x Bolvar, Fireblood 1x Finja, the Flying Star 2x Spikeridged Steed 1x Sunkeeper Tarim 2x Bonemare 1x Tirion Fordring Shockingly, Midrange Paladin has positive matchups against every deck in the meta except for Token Shaman and Aggro Druid, but even these matchups sit at a very manageable 48%. The deck was already a strong choice in the Un'Goro meta but it picked up some exciting new toys in KFT to build upon its previous success. Defensive minions like Righteous Protector and Corpsetaker allow the deck stall aggressive decks into the midgame, where Midrange Paladin shines. A Bonemare or a Spikeridged Steed on a Skelemancer is commonly a game ending play, and all of the powerful legendary minions the deck had access to in the Un'Goro meta have gone nowhere.
Midrange Paladin also packs an impressive number of early Murlocs which are capable of applying tons of pressure. The dream 1-2-3-4 of Murloc Tidecaller into Rockpool Hunter into Murloc Warleader into Gentle Megasaur has to potential to kill as early as turn 4 against any opponent who doesn't pack interaction for the early game . With Murloc Paladin boasting such high win rates across the board, don't be surprised if you see Hungry Crab start popping up as the tech card of choice in the near future.
Big Priest
2x Forbidden Shaping 1x Silence 2x Pint-Size Potion 2x Potion of Madness 2x Shadow Visions 2x Shadow Word: Pain 2x Shadow Word: Death 1x Barnes 2x Eternal Servitude 2x Priest of the Feast 2x Shadow Word: Horror 2x Dragonfire Potion 2x Shadow Essence 1x Free From Amber 1x The Lich King 2x Obsidian Statue 1x Ysera 1x Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound In what I consider to be another big surprise, Big Priest is the only other deck with positive winrates against two of the three popular Druid decks . A brand new deck in KFT thanks to Eternal Servitude, Shadow Essence, and Obsidian Statue, the deck boasts a dominant 71% winrate against Midrange Druid and a very respectable 53% against Token Druid. Its 45% win rate against Jade Druid isn't embarrassing either, which means this deck still has some game against the most popular deck in the format.
Big Priest seems like a very luck-oriented deck on its surface as it features high-roll cards like Barnes and Shadow Essence to pull powerful minions from its deck at a discounted cost, yet in practice the deck is shockingly consistent. It doesn't have any true misses off a Barnes, who himself is the only awkward card to hit off Shadow Essence. Even if it doesn't hit one of these cards early, double Dragonfire Potion and double Pint-Size Potion plus Shadow Word: Horror allows the deck to draw out the game until they can play their huge minions naturally.
With all that said, the deck still has a tendency to defeat itself by drawing the wrong combination of cards. It gets absolutely run over by Pirate Warrior and Quest Mage and isn't able to run tech cards like Golakka Crawler or Dirty Rat due to the nature of Barnes and Shadow Essence. Fortunately for fans of Big Priest, these two bad matchups make up just 10% of the meta while the positive matchups for Big Priest account for roughly 40% of the meta, making Big Priest an excellent choice for the early KFT metagame.
Tech of the Week
The one piece of technology which has remained consistently powerful throughout the first week of KFT is The Black Knight. Thanks to the extremely widespread play of Bonemare there are almost no decks in the metagame which lack a juicy target for The Black Knight to gobble up. This Aggro Druid list which hit #1 Legend not only runs Bonemare, but also runs The Black Knight to pave the way for its cheaper minions to sneak in those last few points of damage. It doesn't really seem to matter if your Aggro, Midrange, or Control, The Black Knight is a game winning tech card in the current meta.
Deck to Watch
The success of Midrange Paladin can be attributed to the fact that it is both fast enough to go underneath the current Control decks and defensive enough to go over the top of the current Aggro decks. Any other deck which is capable of accomplishing this same feat would also be very well positioned, which makes me believe that Nostam's Midrange Hunter is poised to take off.
2x Alleycat 2x Hungry Crab 2x Tracking 2x Crackling Razormaw 2x Golakka Crawler 2x Kindly Grandmother 2x Animal Companion 2x Bearshark 2x Eaglehorn Bow 2x Kill Command 2x Houndmaster 1x Nesting Roc 2x Tundra Rhino 1x Deathstalker Rexxar 2x Savannah Highmane 2x Bonemare This deck has all the tools it needs to blast its way through Jade Druid with the proper draw. Bearshark curves amazingly into Houndmaster, and Bonemare is like a Houndmaster on steroids. It runs a healthy curve of one and two drops to contest the board early, and pack all four crabs so it can steal some free wins off of Aggro decks. Deathstalker Rexxar seems at his absolute best in this style of deck, as he provides the deck with the card draw engine it needs to not run out of steam against controlling decks.
I still think the list has a bit of room to improve. Hunter is currently the least played class in the entire meta which also means it is the least tested. I'm not sure that double Tundra Rhino shines in this list without Deathstalker Rexxar already in play. The deck also might be in need one more tool to outvalue opposing Midrange decks in the mid to late game, as it doesn't pack many tools to catch up once it's fallen behind.
Our goal with this report was to get you up to speed on the current trends in the meta and to provide you with the analysis you'll need to stay ahead of the competition. As this was our first meta report for Hearthstone we would love to hear your feedback on what you felt worked or what you thought might have been missing. Please feel free to tell us in the comments what you found to be helpful and if there if there is anything you'd like to see in the next meta report!
Until next time,
By Zadina
Choose your Champion returns for the Hearthstone Global Games finals.
Once again, as with every major Hearthstone competition hosted by Blizzard, we can choose our favourite representative and potentially win card packs! This time it's the Hearthstone Global Games finals with four teams of four people from four different countries.
The finalists are: the United States, Ukraine, South Korea and the Czech Republic.
Head over to this site and pick the country that you think is most likely to win. The voting will last until August 23 at 23:59 PDT. You will get a free Knights of the Frozen Throne pack just for participating in the voting. Since the Global Games are already on the semi-finals stage, you can win up to a maximum of two packs only (given that the two semi-finalists will progress to the finals and there's no progressing after that).
The finals will take place at Gamescom on August 25. Choose wisely!


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