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No. 21 Boise St. 45, Wyoming 14
An efficient offense and stingy defense kept No. 21 Boise State on a roll, and the Broncos won their seventh straight by handily defeating a team without its head coach.
D.J. Harper rushed for 105 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Broncos past Wyoming 45-14 Saturday.
Harper scored on runs of 8 and 9 yards, moving him into fifth on Boise State's career rushing touchdowns list with 34. The Broncos (7-1, 4-0 Mountain West) gained 214 yards on the ground on 36 carries, averaging 5.9 yards.
Joe Southwick completed 20 of 28 passes for 198 yards and one interception and managed an efficient Boise State offense that converted 12 of 14 third downs and scored on all five its red-zone opportunities.
''We were very balanced today,'' Southwick said. ''I think we're just continuing to build, from top to bottom.''
Boise State's defense held the Cowboys below their 25.6 scoring average, recorded four sacks and limited Wyoming to 106 yards less than its average.
Wyoming (1-7, 0-4) was without coach Dave Christensen, who was fined $50,000 and suspended by the school for the week over his conduct after a 28-27 loss to Air Force on Oct. 13. Christensen confronted Falcons coach Troy Calhoun on the field, accusing the Falcons of faking an injury to their starting quarterback in the fourth quarter.
''This is a hard enough game - when you think everything's going correctly it's still really, really hard and so you throw a curve ball in like that, I'm sure that was very difficult on them,'' Broncos coach Chris Petersen said.
The Cowboys did stop one Boise State streak by becoming the first opponent in six games to score in the first half against the Broncos when quarterback Brett Smith ran for a score from 4 yards out early in the second quarter.
''That's a pretty good streak, huh?'' Petersen said. ''You know, it's going to come to an end sooner or later. We played hard and played good defense.''
Smith scored Wyoming's other touchdown on a 23-yard run early in the fourth quarter and completed 24 of 35 passes for 216 yards.
Harper scored both of his TDs in the first half, staking Boise State to a 17-7 halftime lead.
The Broncos put the game away in the third quarter, scoring 21 unanswered points on a 28-yard run by Shane Williams-Rhodes, a 19-yard fumble return for a touchdown by defensive back Corey Bell and a 1-yard run by Grant Hedrick.
Jay Ajayi scored the Broncos' final TD on a 15-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Wyoming assistant head coach Pete Kaligis, who filled in for Christensen this week, lamented his team's inability to stop Boise State on third down.
''Boise was phenomenal on third down conversions,'' said Kaligis, who coached his first college game as a head coach. ''We just couldn't get the punt team on the field.''
Wyoming players said the absence of Christensen didn't affect their preparation for the game.
''We wanted to get this win for coach Kaligis,'' Smith said. ''He is a great guy and with him taking on this role, I can't imagine being thrown into this situation.''
Kaligis said the team and entire athletics staff responded well to the coaching situation.
''I do have some good feelings about this week,'' he said.

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Yanks flash cash: McCann, Ellsbury just the start
NEW YORK (AP) — Brian McCann arrived at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 19 and was greeted on the field by CC Sabathia and the pitcher's kids.
McCann toured the opulent clubhouse, then went to a hotel room arranged by the team at the $695-and-up Mandarin Oriental overlooking Central Park. McCann merely had to take an elevator downstairs for a dinner with manager Joe Girardi and three other team executives at Porter House New York, a sleek steak restaurant in the Time Warner Center, filled with cherry wood floors and leather seating.
Four days later, he had a deal for an $85 million, five-year contract, the start of a new spending spree by the Yankees that also includes a pending $153 million, seven-year agreement with outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury.
"When the Yankees call you and then you go through the process that I went through, you leave blown away," McCann said Thursday during a news conference at his new home ballpark. "There's a reason that they're the New York Yankees. You walk in here, everything's bigger. They put attention to detail with everything. They make you feel the way that you want to feel."
"It was," he added, "a perfect fit."
While the Yankees are adding players, they appear less likely to re-sign Robinson Cano. New York believes it may be outbid by the Seattle Mariners for the All-Star second baseman, who at first sought a 10-year deal for more than $300 million.
"We're still talking, but obviously we're a decent distance apart," Yankees managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner said.
General manager Brian Cashman met last month with Jay Z, going to the office of the rap mogul who is one of Cano's agents.
"Our club has negotiated very hard with Robinson Cano and has made fair offers to Robinson Cano," Girardi said.
Himself a former Yankees catcher, Girardi was excited about upgrading with McCann, a seven-time All-Star who joins a lineage that includes Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Elston Howard, Thurman Munson and Jorge Posada.
"We think we have the next great Yankee catcher here with us," Girardi said.
Cashman went further, calling McCann "a potential Hall of Famer."
New York was 16th in the major leagues with 650 runs this year, its lowest ranking since 1991, according to STATS. McCann and Ellsbury, who hope to benefit from Yankee Stadium's short porch in right field, appear to be just the start of an upgrade.
Ellsbury and Brett Gardner should help form a superior defensive outfield.
"These guys are going to cover a lot of ground," Girardi said. "They both can put a lot of pressure on a pitcher when they're on the basepaths, and their ability to go from first to third or first to home on a number of base hits."
Assuming Ellsbury's deal gets finalized, New York's luxury tax payroll will be about $138 million — starting to approach the roughly $177 million for salaries under next year's $189 million tax threshold. The Yankees hope to get under the threshold — but that appears unlikely unless Alex Rodriguez is suspended for most or all of next season — eliminating his $25 million salary.
"I think we can do it, but it's not going to come at the expense of fielding a good team," Steinbrenner said. "Right now we're still under it. Right now, we've still got a decent amount of money to spend, quite frankly. And we're going to. We're going to put it back into the team the way we always do."
Cashman said he thinks pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, who turns 39 in February, wants to return for a third season with the Yankees. Their rotation is uncertain behind Sabathia and Ivan Nova, and New York is interested in Masahiro Tanaka if he is made available by his Japanese club under a new posting system. And while Girardi says David Robertson is the favorite to take over as closer from Mariano Rivera, the Yankees need more relievers.
"We're not done with pitching, one way or the other. That's for sure," Steinbrenner said. "And we need another bat or two."
McCann said the Yankees made him feel extremely wanted during his quick tour last month, and the dinner stretched on for three hours. Girardi and the 29-year-old catcher were joined by team President Randy Levine, Cashman, assistant general manager Billy Eppler and B.B. Abbott, the catcher's agent.
McCann beamed during the news conference as wife Ashley looked on along with their two young children and other relatives.
McCann wore No. 16 with the Braves, but that number has been retired by the Yankees in honor of Whitey Ford. McCann is switching to No. 34 because it was used by friends Eric O'Flaherty and Derek Lowe on the Braves.
Cashman presented No. 34 onesies jerseys for son Colt, born in July 2012, and daughter Colbie, born in September.
"There's a lot of numbers retired here. It's slim pickings," McCann said. "I only had like four, five to choose from."


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SoundCloud Revamps Site and Attracts 180 million
The Berlin-based social sound sharing site has revamped its site, launched a lot of new features, has 10 hours of sounds uploaded every minute, and has attracted some high profile users, including President Obama says CEO Alex Ljung. Photo: Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- ABC is scrapping its current Wednesday lineup, dropping "The Knights of Prosperity" and "The Nine" while newcomer "NASCAR in Primetime" is shifting to 10:00/9:00c.
The news, confirmed via scheduling updates from the network this afternoon, comes after last week's record lows for the night (households: 1.8/3; adults 18-49: 0.8; according to fast national Nielsen data).
As for the rest of the night, a pair of "According to Jim" repeats will now kick things off at 8:00/7:00c, followed by rebroadcasts of "Primetime: The Outsiders" at 9:00/8:00c.
To review, here's a breakdown of the new lineup:
Wednesdays (as of August 15)
8:00/7:00c - "According to Jim" (Repeats)
8:30/7:30c - "According to Jim" (Repeats)
9:00/8:00c - "Primetime: The Outsiders" (Repeats)
10:00/9:00c - "NASCAR in Primetime"
As for "Knights" and "Nine," it's not clear if the remaining produced installments will be streamed online.


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I just flew back from our Seattle trip. My first day back to work was a hectic one, besides checking emails and doing orders, we are preparing for Interbike which is exactly two weeks away. We have alot of new prototype product and some product that will be available within weeks.......I'll keep you waiting in suspense......
There are, what seems to be, two brown recluse spiders laying eggs in my kitchen. As soon as I finish this update, the little guys are getting the boot. Literally. We can't have those things hanging out in the house. Google "brown recluse spider bite" and you'll see what I mean.
So Seattle is quite a beautiful city. In your peripheral vision, Mt. Ranier is always lurking in the distance. Snow capped, it's a monster of a mountain that rises pretty high above the clouds. And at dusk, it's a sight you wouldn't expect to see in the US. But there it is, way up in the NW corner of our statelyhood (I'm not sure if that's a word?).
The first couple days I will admit that we were squandering for street spots. One of the highlights was Darren Read taking us to a pizza shop where Dolecki, Walter, and I spent $30 on a pizza unknowingly. Dolecki tried to fight it but the dude resisted. Tony ended up going back in to claim a bucketful (literally) of cheese that the guy charged us for but didn't put on our pie. That night started Tony and Ty's agreement that they wouldn't spend any money on food. So for most of the rest of the trip, the two of them plucked Washington apples (from an abandoned organic tree farm), pears, and pounds of blackberries from the surrounding environ. They even got lucky on two separate occasions when they found 3 whole pizzas, garlic sticks, and bavarian cream donuts in dumpsters.
Ty brought only worn clothes on the trip. He stunk, really, really bad. At one point at the very end, he farted, mixing it with his bodily odor and subsequently made Wobbly puke in the van. Ty is a vile man, but He's one of my favorite persons in the world.
We rode alot, and a ton of amazing stuff went down but I'll save that for a later issue of Ride UK and Props (thanks to Walter and Dolecki for that).
Other highlights were:
-Riding a barn in the middle of nowhere with Dan Montgomery until 2AM. I was told a story about a local who was riding there one day not knowing that outside the rain was so heavy that it rose water about 4ft. Due to the flooding, he was stuck in the barn for three days where he finally had to take a canoe up to the corner store to get food.
-I used the bathroom at the trails after Ty told me how easy it was. When the pants came down a yellow jacket decided to sting me five times on my left butt cheek. I was numb in that area for the rest of the day.
-All of us fell really hard at one point or another during the trip. Cico, Aaron, and Wobbly taking the brunt of the pain. Cico did a kinked rail and ran head first (actually thigh first) into an upright support to a fence. Bostrom got his axle nub stuck on the same rail, fell and his head hit the ground so hard that it shook under our feet (somehow he got up laughing), and Wobbly got ejected off a huge 10 flat 15 kinker straight to his palms.
-And Dolecki somehow fell in Portland when his shorts got caught on his seat while riding up a hill (This one actually scared me the most). Luckily he was fine and laughed it off.
-Mark (at an all you can eat vegan restaraunt) admitted that "eating good food makes my butt go nuts." He then continued his diet of the many variations of Pizza with bottles and bottles of Pepsi.
-We got kicked out of a Public park by a cop after he hung out and then noticed that the sign said "no bikes." Just our luck. So we went to another park in Woodinville where Pro razor skooting is a reality. I'm not joking-flares out of quarters, really high tailwhip airs, one kid even pulled a front flip tailwhip. Of course the pro skooter's were arrogant. Why shouldn't they be?
-Thanks to Chris Martindale and Dan Montgomery, we rode some amazing street in Everett, Washington. I can't tell you where it is, but the best wallride I've ever ridden is there. We also got to ride Garfield which is an amazing spot covering about a block of land. No need to leave this spot, ever!
Thanks to everyone who helped out: Martindale, Montgomery, Beeler Van Orman, Shad Johnson, Portland Vince, Eddie Cleveland, Chester Blacksmith, Walter and Dolecki, Props and Ride UK, and Jim Alley for fronting the cash!
In other news:
-Dave McDermott got chased by a shark while surfing over the weekend on the east coast of Florida. Seriously.
-Florida had it's worst earthquake in over thirty years (in the gulf of mexico), a 6.0 that actually shook my lady friends bed for about thirty seconds.
-The Madera front hubs are done! Prepare for smoothness!
Until next week, adios......Matt Coplon


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Farrar, Tuft and others tune up for the road season at 4-day track race
Tyler Farrar, Christian Meier, Svein Tuft and Zach Bell are among the top roadies using the Burnaby four-day track race for a pre-season tune-up. Colby Pearce and Daniel Holloway win the overall title at the Canadian event.
Tyler Farrar hadn't been on a track in four years, so the Garmin-Cervélo sprinter borrowed a bike and spent 20 minutes practicing handsling exchanges with Christian Meier before jumping into four days of track racing as part of his pre-season tune-up.
"Neither one of us are track specialists," said Farrar in between races at the Saputo 4-Day at the Burnaby Velodrome in British Columbia. The winner of two stages in both the 2010 Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, he gave autographs to young fans and posed with them for photographs.
"We're both here to get a good workout and not embarrass ourselves," he said. "You can train really hard but nothing's the same as racing so I'm hoping this does this for me."
Farrar said the 4-day was a great way to get some intensity in preparation for the Australian Tour Down Under in January, which he'll follow with the classics, Milan-San Remo, Milano-Torino, and the series of cobblestone races leading up to Paris-Rubaix.
First up at the 4-day was a 125-lap Madison with sprints every 25 laps. The Madison is a relay where partners alternate racing and recovery laps and throw each other into the race with handslings.
"The first race was a bit scary, making the exchanges with all the traffic; but it comes back fast," said Farrar, who was on the U.S. junior national track team before he focused on road racing. Farrar's no stranger to Burnaby's tight, steep track, having spent lots of time there when he used to live only an hour's drive across the border in Bellingham, Washington.
One of only four indoor velodromes in North America, the Burnaby track has hosted national championships and is a Canadian National Track Training Centre. The 4-day was its first UCI-sanctioned race.
"Racing on track makes you a more complete bike rider," said Farrar. "It helps you develop handling and pedal stroke and it developed my speed."
"For Tyler and I being road racers, we had a bit to catch up with our leg speed," said Meier, who's signed with UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis for 2011. He conceded he was nervous until he practiced a few slings, even though he's the 2006 Canadian National Madison Champion. "It was great to get leg speed in and heart rate up."
On day two, Farrar and Meier won a 160-lap Madison but the competition wasn't easy. The 12 teams included Madison specialists Colby Pearce and Daniel "Hollywood" Holloway, who lapped the field and won the first race on day one, seizing the lead in the four-day overall title race. They didn't relinquish it and took the overall while Farrar and Meier placed fifth in the GC.
"Colby and I knew we had to fire the first bullet because it's better to defend. We didn't know how we'd do against road guys like Tyler who get better and better each day," said Holloway, wearing his signature oversize white glasses.
Holloway and Farrar battled each other when they were the only ones left during the last lap of the day three elimination race. The crowd of 800 spectators cheered loudly as the two sprinted it out with Farrar winning at the line.
"It was hard racing," said Pearce, who was the U.S. national track team coach from 2005 to 2007. He held the U.S. hour record (50.191 km) in 1995 when his Madison partner Holloway was eight years old. In 2011, Pearce is starting a development team in Colorado and he's contemplating taking back the hour record, now held by Norm Alvis.
Svein Tuft and Zach Bell placed second in the GC and won the 125-lap Madison on day two. The Canadians are both 2008 Olympians: Tuft was seventh in the time trial and Bell was seventh in the track points race.
"We really had to work," Tuft said about the Saputo 4 Day. "The first night I felt like I was going to have a heart attack."
"You can't underestimate Zach and Svein," said Pearce. "Zach just came with a silver medal at the Columbia World Cup so he's got the track legs right now. Svein is tough as nails. He's made of iron and leather and boards of hard oak, tough like leather, hard like steel. In his spare time for fun, he does ultimate fighting. In my spare time, I play with my kid and Daniel watches TV and surfs the web."
Local junior steals show
In the women's field, it was local junior racer Jasmin Glaesser who stole the show. She more than held her own in a field stacked with two current World Champions (American Sarah Hammer in the individual pursuit and Canadian Tara Whitten in both points and omnium), 2008 World Keiren Champion Jennie Reed, American National Champion Cari Higgins and Swiss National Champion Pascale Schnider.
In the first race, a 100-lap points race, Glaesser won a sprint. On day three, left with Tara Whitten on the last lap of the elimination race, Glaesser attacked early and used the banking to win the race.
"I didn't know what to expect coming into this," said 19-year-old Glaesser, who only started cycling competitively in 2009. "I've been pretty happy that I've been able to be part of the lead riders. It's great to be around pro riders like Tara and Sarah and see how they race."
A German citizen, Glaesser is waiting for her Canadian citizenship so she can join the Canadian national team and aim for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
"For a junior to win against a field like this is pretty impressive," said Tyler Farrar, who caught some of the women's action while on his rollers. "She's racing against the best in the world. It shows she has talent."
Sarah Hammer thrilled the crowd on day one when she lapped the field four times in the first points race.
"That's one of my strengths, being off the front," said Hammer. She came to the Saputo 4 Day to practice tactics in bunch races after years of specializing in the individual pursuit. She's aiming for the omnium title at the 2012 Olympics and appreciates any opportunity to line up against her main competitor Tara Whitten.
Hammer won the overall GC, Whitten placed second, Pascale Schnider was third, Joanne Keisanowski was fourth, and Glaesser was fifth.


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NYC newlyweds Christine Dennison and Tim Taylor fell in love during an Arctic journey. Their careers take them all over the world. They dive and explore and sail and discover, and now they do it together. Their lives sound amazing.
It's not the marriage stuff we want—love's great, marriage is fine, but whatevs. No, it's the traveling part that tickles our envy bone. The recession and student loans have pretty much put the kibbosh on any exciting travel plans, at least for the foreseeable future. And this sucks, because there's nothing better than finding one's self dropped into a foreign place and tasked with figuring out how to navigate someone else's reality. It really is our favorite type of character test.
Do you have any exciting travel plans for 2011? Also, do you know of anybody who, like, owns a jet or a boat or some combination of transportation modes, and who would like to participate in my still-forming adopt-a-wanderlusty-blogger campaign? My parents aren't the jealous type—they probably won't mind sharing.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2012 Frost & Sullivan Malaysia System Integrator of the Year award in Enterprise Telephony is presented to Jumbohan Globaltel for its phenomenal achievement in the Malaysia Market. Jumbohan Globaltel had a very successful year, achieving performance that is truly best-in-class in the enterprise telephony space.
"Jumbohan Globaltel is one of the leading distributors of NEC telephony solutions in the Malaysia market. It has gained the reputation of a creditable telephony system integrator by successfully deploying solutions in the government, hospitality and manufacturing sectors. A few of these deployments have been in mission critical areas, where the potential of the system integrator was tested to extreme limits," said Shailendra Soni, Industry Principal, Asia Pacific ICT Practice, Frost & Sullivan.
The year 2011 started as a challenging year for telephony vendors and system integrators, as the market started to slow down considerably. Conversely, Jumbohan Globaltel grew its telephony business by 26% in 2011 over 2010, in a market that saw moderate growth of only 8.2%.
Shailendra explained, "Jumbohan Globaltel was apt to the situation, aggressively applying market expansion strategy to grow its business. As a result of its proactive approach, Jumbohan Globaltel was able to penetrate deeper into government vertical securing multiple deals in the government and infrastructure sectors. It was also able to secure small but meaningful deals in education and hospital verticals."
"Jumbohan Globaltel exhibited great understanding of customers' needs of transitioning to newer technologies and utilization of existing resources to earn a better return on investment. Their proven integration capabilities have differentiated them from other rivals, helping them gain customer trust through qualified consultancy, and delivery of an end-to-end solution. Jumbohan Globaltel is a worthy recipient of the 2012 Malaysia System Integrator of the Year award in Enterprise Telephony," he added.
The Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.
About Jumbohan Globaltel
Jumbohan Globaltel is known for enabling communication solutions for your business, but we have been evolving to cater to our core customer demands, to become more than just a telecommunications provider, a complete solution provider.
We are setting best practice standards as a global company. This allows us to spearhead in front of our competitor in understanding what it will take to provide an end to end solution. Our focus on the future is based on our strong twenty years of history and success of Jumbohan Marketing, the leader in Standby Power Supply Back-up equipment's and solutions.
Jumbohan Globaltel is one of the largest distributors of NEC Communication Solutions including SV8500, SV8300, NEAX IPS/IPX Systems and other PABX Sub-brands. Whist providing communication tools, we have diversify our portfolio from Cisco networks as certified premier select partner to Amcom Software The Leader In Mission-Critical Communication Software. We are the proud sole distributor of Free Space Optic (FSO) in fiber communication expertise.
The professionalism & culture of embracing our customers' priorities as our own, has won us, over 3 consecutive years the remarkable & outstanding performance achievement award in the NEC telephony Industry.
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On tuesday 7th, we were in Indonesia, to dive at a site called Laha. We entered the water at 6:57 with Jason, Jason, James, Nicole et Philippine.
- Laha
The cruise is ending and after all those nights to arrive in the region of Ambon from Raja Ampat , we are determined to make the most of it and scrutinize the seabed with more attention than ever, looking for known and unknown creatures.
Having a guide almost guarantees not to return empty-handed, but it is even more satisfying to discover your own creatures behind a coral, buried in the sand or under a rock . Over the years we've learned a few tricks of those magicians, and we are familiar to some of their favorite covers. Nevertheless, most of the time we are playing ' Where's Waldo ' without knowing in advance what the character looks like, or what size it is; turns out it's really easy to miss the arm sized crocodile fish that's just below you when you are looking for nudibranchs the size of a nail.
Ambon is renowned for its "mucks dives" and I was quite confident that we would find interesting critters, especially with my favorite spotter Philippine, but I didn't really know what to expect... one thing's for sure, we were not disappointed!
As we were going down, we stumbled upon a collection of fire urchins, and after some more looking the guide found us a couple of coleman shrimps on of of them.
They live in pairs (male & female) and clean up some space on top of the sea urchin with their claws . Once properly installed they feed on food particles captured by the spikes around.
With her eagle eye, Philippine spotted a seahorse the size of a hand side that everybody had missed. It floated upside down and its pattern resembled the bottom it laid upon, so it was easy to assume it was just another alga .
One diver was so excited by the discovery of a bamboo shark that he was heard screaming in his mask. This is the second time I crossed one, it's probably the least scary shark that is, with its small size and soft, rounded shapes.
The weedy scorpionfish belongs to those species that are both fascinating and disgusting. You'd rather not find yourself face to face with one of those without notice, but when you're lucky enough to encounter one, you're likely to spend a fair amount of time looking at it from every angle, with its natural pout, its excrescences and its surreal colors.
As I was looking for nudibranchs my eyes landed on a stretch of sand with a mini dune that looked strangely regular. I took a step back and followed this dune in both directions to find other strangely regular shapes, and it was then that its eyes appeared to me: a stingray was hidden under the sand.
Proud of this discovery, I could not resist to test Philippine by pointing at the area to see whether she would spot it too. More often than not, having someone pointing at a spot only slightly increase your chances to see the critter hidden there, unless they used sign language to tell you what kind of critter it is, and how big it is.
A dive in such a place is likely to mean new nudibranch encounters, and indeed, I discovered 3 new species.
It's been a fantastic and peaceful dive, there was a lot of life, little trash, and we had the dive site for ourselves.
On this dive
- Variable Fire Urchin
Variable Fire Urchin
- Laha: 5
- Brownbanded Bamboo Shark
Brownbanded Bamboo Shark
- Laha: 1
- James Brinck
James Brinck
- Laha: Diver
- Jason Block
Jason Block
- Laha: Diver
- Jason Fishelberg
Jason Fishelberg
- Laha: Diver
- Nicole Veltman
Nicole Veltman
- Laha: Guide
- Coleman Shrimp
Coleman Shrimp
- Laha: 2
- Philippine Declercq
Philippine Declercq
- Laha: Buddy
- Weedy Scorpionfish
Weedy Scorpionfish
- Laha: 1
- Blue Spotted Stingray
Blue Spotted Stingray
- Laha:
- Unidentified
- Laha: 1
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Even with a perfect figure, it can be difficult to draw attention in the era of outpatient cosmetic surgery. Luckily the Nipple Pheromone is here to help.
If ditching the bra and dropping the ambient temperature to a brisk 35 degrees hasn't done the trick, or if nature has simply not provided you with nipples that can protrude sensually from your otherwise PG business casual sweater, the Nipple Pheromone can level the playing field so you can compete with that new, hot cleavage chick from HR. After all, you are an educated, hard-working, handsome man. And dammit, you deserve that promotion. [Tokyo Times]


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During the Fall Semester 2011, the University of Minnesota Libraries gathered U of M Internet IDs in 13 different service and resource areas. This site will describe what we found.
Welcome to our project site! We hope this site acts as a clearinghouse of sorts for all the data and correlations we have collected so far, and what we can collect and share in the future.
To whet your appetite, here is a graph that demonstrates any library use by students in all colleges, programs, and schools at the U of M during the Fall Semester, 2011. Note that across the university, no college, program, or school dropped below 60% for grad, undergrad, or professional student overall library usage.


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ATLANTA, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), an implantable biological medical device and cardiovascular tissue processing company, announced today that 2010 third quarter financial results will be released on Thursday, November 4, 2010. On that day, the Company will hold a teleconference call and live webcast at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results, followed by a question and answer session hosted by Steven G. Anderson, president and chief executive officer of CryoLife, Inc.
To listen to the live teleconference, please dial 201-689-8261 a few minutes prior to 10:00 a.m. A replay of the teleconference will be available November 4 through November 11 and can be accessed by calling (toll free) 877-660-6853 or 201-612-7415. The account number for the replay is 244 and the conference number is 359197.
The live webcast and replay can be accessed by going to the Investor Relations section of the CryoLife web site at www.cryolife.com and selecting the heading Webcasts & Presentations.
About CryoLife, Inc.Founded in 1984, CryoLife, Inc. is a leader in the processing and distribution of implantable living human tissues for use in cardiac and vascular surgeries throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Company's CryoValve® SG pulmonary heart valve, processed using CryoLife's proprietary SynerGraft® technology, has FDA 510(k) clearance for the replacement of diseased, damaged, malformed, or malfunctioning native or prosthetic pulmonary valves. The Company's CryoPatch® SG pulmonary cardiac patch has FDA 510(k) clearance for the repair or reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), which is a surgery commonly performed in children with congenital heart defects, such as Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus Arteriosus, and Pulmonary Atresia. CryoPatch SG is distributed in three anatomic configurations: pulmonary hemi-artery, pulmonary trunk, and pulmonary branch. The Company's BioGlue® Surgical Adhesive is FDA approved as an adjunct to sutures and staples for use in adult patients in open surgical repair of large vessels. BioGlue is also CE marked in the European Community and approved in Canada and Australia for use in soft tissue repair and was recently approved in Japan for use in the repair of aortic dissections. The Company's BioFoam™ Surgical Matrix is CE marked in the European Community for use as an adjunct in the sealing of abdominal parenchymal tissues (liver and spleen) when cessation of bleeding by ligature or other conventional methods is ineffective or impractical. In late September, CryoLife entered into a distribution agreement for PerClot®, an absorbable powder hemostat that has CE Mark designation allowing commercial distribution into the European Community. CryoLife currently distributes HemoStase®, a hemostatic agent, in much of the U.S. for use in cardiac and vascular surgery and in many international markets for cardiac, vascular, and general surgery, subject to certain exclusions, although CryoLife has received notice from Medafor, Inc. that it has terminated its HemoStase distribution agreement with CryoLife.
For additional information about the company, visit CryoLife's Web site: http://www.cryolife.com.Media Contact:D. Ashley LeeExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer andChief Operating OfficerPhone: 770-419-3355
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The Daily Plant : Friday, April 12, 2002
On Sunday, April 21, the Central Park Conservancy and the Urban Park Rangers invite you to Belvedere Castle for Earth Day 2002 from noon to 4:00 p.m. Free activities include face painting, seed planting, nature drawing, leaf printing, craft projects, origami, and a composting demonstration. From 1:00 to 2:00 p.m., at the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary guests can participate in a workshop about birds of prey – hawks, eagles, falcons, and other raptors – that live in Central Park. At the same time, the Urban Park Rangers will conduct a 60-minute navigational hike in the Ramble using a map and compass as a guide. Other events will be held citywide to celebrate Earth Day 2002 – a partial listing of events follows.
Thursday, April 18
-"Nocturnal Inhabitants of the Ramble" from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Belvedere Castle: (212) 772-0210
Saturday, April 20
-Earth Day Clean-Up at 11:00 a.m. in Inwood Hill Park, Inwood Hill Nature Center: (866) NYC-HAWK
-Environmental Day – Queens from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Alley Pond Park, Alley Pond Nature: (718) 520-5918
-Earth Day – Brooklyn at 3:00 p.m. in Marine Park, Salt Marsh Nature Center: (866) NYC-HAWK
Sunday, April 21
-Greenbelt's Earth Day from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at High Rock Park: (718) 667-7575
-Earth Day Celebration from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in High Rock Park: (718) 667-2165 or (718) 667-7475
-EcoTrek Spring Celebration at1:00 p.m. in High Rock Park, High Rock Nature Center: (866) NYC-HAWK
Arthur Brodie
"I love what I am doing," exclaims Arthur Brodie when describing his job as a City Park Worker. Mr. Brodie began working for Parks in 1992 as a Summer Seasonal Aide. In 1997 he was hired full-time and began working in Bronx District 9. Known for his work ethic, Mr. Brodie completes all his tasks in a thorough fashion. When he cuts the grass, he keeps the lawns and ballfields of District 9 beautifully manicured and when he drives the garbage packer, he often completes the round twice in one day!
When not helping to keep our parks clean and green, Mr. Brodie spends his time at the Shakespeare Community Garden located at East 170th Street and Shakespeare Avenue, in the Bronx, where he has just acquired a third plot. Gardening brings back memories of his home in Franklin, North Carolina. Mr. Brodie grew up on a farm and was one of 18 children. Collard greens, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, green peppers, yellow squash, zucchinis, and a bunch of sunflowers are among the treasures in his garden.
By Shelagh Patterson
(Friday, April 21, 1989)
In recent years more and more New Yorkers have taken a "shine" to Prospect Park, the green jewel of Brooklyn. Annual visitorship has doubled to 4.4 million, park monuments and landscape have been restored, and cultural programs have spread music, dance and art throughout the park.
The renaissance of "Brooklyn's backyard" has been helped by the Prospect Park Alliance- which has raised nearly $1 million for park restorations since its creation in 1987- and by thousands of concerned local citizens, who annually come out to clean, green and support Prospect Park during "You gotta have Park!" weekend.
"Sir, I would rather be right than be President."
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In a recent PopMatters post, I highlighted the importance of the Glasgow music scene – and its historical relevance to the world of music. Like musical hotspots, Seattle and New York -- Glasgow possesses the wet weather of one, and the greased-up urban spontaneity of the latter. As such, it should come as no surprise to find that another up and coming Glasgow-based band is rekindling the flame of the 1970s NY punk music scene in 2009.
In particular, I am referring to the quartet, known as Isosceles. A member of the Art Goes Pop music collective, Isosceles' sound is emblematic of the collective's moniker. Rickety guitar work is interspersed with a spattering of drums, and lead singer, Jack Valentine's yelping vocal execution – all of which help position the band nicely between Television and The Modern Lovers.
And just like their forefathers, the foursome is keen to experiment with ironic, self-referential songs. Their second single (and perhaps their catchiest) entitled, "Kitch Bitch" is like a post-modern version of Pulp's "Common People", churned out at high speed. While their first single, "Get Your Hands Off' is a tongue and cheek number that flips the notion that men are sex pests on its gender-bending head, suggesting instead that women are the ones hungry for the bump and grind. However, when Valentine begins to sing, "I said honey, don't use your sexuality on me", one starts to realise that his voice is laced with the equivalent of a wink and a snigger. For all of the song's candour, it is still clear that the boys approach their subject matter with a sense of humour.
Having already supported Scottish stalwarts, Franz Ferdinand on a previous Scottish tour, the boys have already developed a healthy buzz in the area. Personally, my interest in the band grew out of trips to a local coffee shop (referenced in their second single). When I overheard the strapping young gentleman mutter something about his musical career, I felt such a strong compulsion to investigate them. In the year since then, the band have continued to develop their following in the Glasgow music scene, whilst maintaining their humble and erudite personas -- saving their energy for their fervent, audience-pleasing shows.


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Declare your loyalties with these simple, striking stickers. Personalise your laptop, your tablet, your house, car or didgeridoo - these decals can be stuck almost anywhere.
The Isle of Wight Lipsticker decal is a Sollars62 design produced by StickyVinyls
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Tales of a Time Traveler transports the reader to a different era, when life was simpler and largely tax-free.
The author's trusty, but somewhat rusty Tauru model time machine visits forgotten mining towns, lost railway stations and century-old trails. He explores the ghosts of the past, unlocks the secrets of the forbidden city of Kitsault and finds traditional ways in native settlements and fish camps.
While visiting misty mountains and remote lakes in the clouds, the author finds old cabins and meets descendants of the early pioneers who built an amazing life in these rugged places. The masters and their disciples still take care in maintaining beloved cabins hidden in an inaccessible wilderness.
With a swift jump through space the Time Machine continues its journey to the ancient civilizations of the Kingdom of Sikkim, the Queen of the Himalayas and the Land of the Thunder Dragon ruled by the Druk Gyalpo.
The author follows in the footsteps of the early Hungarian Tibetologist Sandor Korosi-Csoma on his way to uncover the secrets of Hungarian ancestry in central Asia. Here the Masters of the Buddhist way of life continue their quest for enlightenment amongst the fluttering prayer flags and whirling prayer wheels in hidden monasteries and dzongs of the lofty peaks. From the blue poppies of Darjeeling to the icy summits of the five-peaked snow fortress of Kanchenjunga, this is a thrilling adventure for time travelers everywhere.
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Back in 2005, athletic apparel company Under Armour (NYSE:UA) came public at $13 and nearly doubled on its first day of trading, but still had a whole lot more opportunity past that. This week, UA shares kept redefining its all-time highs, hitting the $60 mark just a couple months after a 2-for-1 stock split.
Under Armour's CEO and founder, Kevin Plank, got the inspiration for his company while playing football for the University of Maryland. His concept was simple: Athletes should have clothing that could wick sweat and keep them cool. Plank cracked the code, and thus revolutionized the sportswear business. In addition to traditional athletic apparel, Under Armour has expanded into categories including kids clothing, golf, outdoor, shoes and even underwear.
Of course, after roughly 400% gains since 2009, investors wouldn't be blamed for worrying about a potential slowdown. Should you buy Under Armour now, or will it lose its momentum? To see, let's look at the pros and cons:
Brand: In only a decade, Under Armour has become a well-recognized name. More importantly, it is associated with quality and innovation, which means that it is easier to charge higher prices. The result is that Under Armour has been able to maintain strong margins, which currently are around 46%. The company also has been able to bring on top athletes, including Olympian Michael Phelps, and NFL stars Tom Brady and Cam Newton.
Efficiency: For a growth company, it can be easy to spend too much money. However, Under Armour has taken steps to remain disciplined, and has instituted measures to improve the supply chain. The company also has brought more functions in-house, such as the manufacturing of its accessories. All these moves should help lower overall costs.
Distribution: It's massive. You can find Under Armour items in over 25,000 retail outlets, including large sports retail chains like Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS) and Foot Locker (NYSE:FL).
Balance Sheet Unpredictability: Under Armour's revenues and profits have been unpredictable for the past few years. This is to be expected, as the company has been moving aggressively into new categories, but that still means it's difficult for investors to get a true sense of the company's progress. Could a slowdown in revenue be a sign of waning consumer interest, or does it merely reflect a new product in the early stages of gaining market traction?
Competition: Athletic apparel is a heavily splintered business, but the biggest names are the most recognizable — think Nike (NYSE:NKE) and Adidas (PINK:ADDYY). Nike especially is a well-known product innovator, and both (and others) have the resources to push back at UA. Also, Under Armour is picking up new competitors as it moves into other categories; one notable is Lululemon (NASDAQ:LULU), a high-end operator in the women's athletic market.
Valuation: Not attractive, as should be expected from a high-growth company. UA's price-to-earnings ratio of 63 is triple Nike's.
Under Armour is a quintessential American success story. The company grew through innovation to become a dominant operator in its space, and the growth prospects still look promising. However, Under Armour isn't flying under the radar anymore, and will need to fend off increasingly proactive competition, all while managing the complexities of moving into new categories.
But the immediate concern is that valuation, which could make Under Armour highly susceptible to a slowdown.
So should you buy Under Armour? No — at least not now; instead, investors should wait to buy the stock on a pullback.
Tom Taulli runs the InvestorPlace blog IPOPlaybook, a site dedicated to the hottest news and rumors about initial public offerings. He also is the author of "All About Short Selling" and "All About Commodities." Follow him on Twitter at @ttaulli. As of this writing, he did not own a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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The first iPhone/iPod Touch erotic game that doesn't require jailbreaking is getting a release next January. Dubbed Gift, the adult title previously got a toned down 12 years old and up PS2 version called Gift ~Prism~, obviously minus the racy content. According to Moonstone, the game's developer, the iPhone/iPod Touch Gift will be available via the Japanese iTunes store. Even though the Moonstone producer's post says there are "event scenes," we imagine they're closer to the PS2 version's and not the original PC's. The game does use the iPhone/iPod Touch's accelerator. That could be interesting. Gift News [Moonstone via Akiba Blog via Danny Choo]
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KFC's New Chocolate Chip Cookies, Now With '11 Secret Herbs & Spices'
With salted caramel everything appearing in mass market sweets and fast food desserts, it was only a matter of time before a fast food chain ventured more daringly into the realm of savory sweets. We've already seen a small-batch company bake up some addictive stuffing-flavored cookies; now KFC is in on the action with a cookie that keeps up the fried chicken spirit.
Well not exactly. There's no chicken, real or manufactured, in this chocolate chip number. But it is made with the Colonel's eleven 'secret' herbs and spices, perhaps an expression of our latent desires for fried chicken meals to never actually end.
The cookies are still in development and not yet on-menu at KFC locations (regular chocolate chip cookies are currently on-menu as part of a $19.99 Festive Feast package with fried chicken, sides, and biscuits). But they're asking fans of their Facebook page to vote on whether the cookies should join the regular lineup. What says the Serious Eats Fast Food lobby?
There's something to like about these cookies, but it has nothing to do with the herbs and spices. It's not that the idea of savory herbs + sweet chocolate chips is inherently off-putting, but when you're happily munching your cookie and discover mid-chew that your tongue is suddenly tingling with an injected dose of rubbed sage and thyme (the only seasonings that really come through), it's more than a little unsettling. OH HI HERBS, didn't see you there—that sort of thing. And for all the savory talk, there's surprisingly little salt to bridge the gap between dried herbs and sweet chocolate chips.
But as we tasted our herb-bombs next to KFC's current Festive Feast chocolate chip cookies, we couldn't help but think that for all their herby weirdness, they tasted more homemade. Check out those crisp toffee-like edges and that crackly crust. There's a more generous brown sugar flavor going on here, granted over-baked to the point of dryness, but still more desirable than the poofy chemical emptiness of the old models. If you take out the herbs and spices you could easily imagine them as coming from your own oven, via a Toll House break-and-bake dough.
So KFC: cookies that taste more homemade = good. Senseless acts of herbal violence against chocolate chips = less so. Here's hoping for a more natural-tasting cookie-based end to our fried chicken in the future.
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The Hyundai Elantra was given a complete redesign in 2011 and reintroduced to the American market as a 4-door sedan. For 2013 Hyundai has expanded the Elantra lineup to include a coupe and a hatchback. The hatchback, dubbed Elantra GT, has five doors, while the coupe is a 2-door with a traditional trunk. The sedan also receives minor trim updates, bumping up equipment levels on the more economical trims.


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Thomas Was Alone is the critically acclaimed indie platformer about friendship and jumping. Guide a group of sentient rectangles through a series of environments, combining their skills to reach the end of each level. Listen to awesome music by David Housden, negotiate obstacles meticulously placed by Mike Bithell and immerse yourself in the characters' journey with a voiceover read wistfully and amusingly by Danny Wallace.
Discover the story of the world's first sentient AIs, and how they worked together to, well… "escape" is a strong word. "Emerge" might be better. "Emerge" has an air of importance about it, while keeping a plethora of plot twists and origin stories under wraps. We didn't even mention the bouncing. That'd be overkill.


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Winsted professionals to host panel discussion "Beyond Medicine" on Jan. 29
WINSTED >> A free panel discussion will be held in the Blue Room of the Winsted Town Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 29. Titled "Beyond Medicine" the panel will be moderated by psychotherapist Glen Zeh and will include Jenny Fairservis, acupuncturist; Jacquie Kane Bowen therapist; Dr. Matthew Pagano, chiropractor; and Pat Shelesky, massage therapist.
The panel members, Zeh said,would like to explore the alternatives to the medical model and help individuals have other choices in managing their health, including the overlooked idea of prevention.
The public is welcome to attend the panel discussion. For information, email a message to firstname.lastname@example.com.
"With so much emphasis being put on the high cost of medical treatment today, we are all concerned about how to manage the outcome, both nationally and personally," Zeh said in a written statement. "It is our belief that the elephant in the room that has not been addressed is the 'medical model' of treatment of the sick. It is time to begin the discussion and explore alternatives to the triumvirate of modern medicine: testing -- which often leads to over diagnosis and expensive unnecessary treatment; surgery ,which can be both life-saving and life-threatening; and pharmacology -- the use of drugs that always have "side-effects" that often require more drugs."
"Our hope is that we leave everyone with a more holistic concept of health that includes talk, touch, laughter and love. We want to explore the link between happiness and health. To encourage self-observation and participation in our bodies, and recognize what self-reliant and autonomy we can have.


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Fallacy Debunking: Successful New Business Model Examples Are The 'Exception'
from the debunker's-forum deptI've been meaning to start to put together a series of posts that debunk the common "criticisms" we get that are all too often based on logical fallacies. I end up spending way too much time in the comments responding to people posting those same logical fallacies over and over again, and it would be nice to be able to point to posts that "answer" the complaints quickly. I'm still not sure if I'll ever really get around to it, but sometimes someone else does such a nice job of it, that I might as well highlight it with a post here.
In this case, it's the commonly claimed fallacy that all these new business models don't really matter because of two things: (1) so much money is still going to the "big players," and (2) there are only a "few" examples of these models working, so they're outliers.
One example of this kind of thinking was seen in the comments to our recent post about the developer of the game Minecraft making $100,000 per day, without any distribution or retail deals or really any outside help. Yet, one of our commenters said this was nothing, because Halo made $200 million on its first day. Of course, that's a pure apples to oranges comparison. Halo is from Microsoft, and involves a giant team, a huge budget, massive advertising and distribution deals. I would guess that if you compared the two in terms of profitability per developer, Minecraft would win by a wide, wide margin.
Anyway, it's a meaningless comparison. Setting an artificial level as determining what counts as a "success" makes no sense. What we're interested in when we're looking at new business models and new strategies is how these compare to how a similar person would have done without those models. Without the internet and the ability to distribute Minecraft the way Markus Persson is doing so, he wouldn't be making anywhere near $100,000 per day. More likely is that he'd be working for a much larger gaming company, one piece in a cog, and bringing in something closer to $100,000 for the year, and not working on projects nearly as interesting.
Another example of this occurred earlier this year, when a Billboard reporter, Anthony Bruno, attacked the concept of "CwF+RtB" by arguing that I've only "cherry picked" the success stories, and many who have tried it failed to become successful. But, that makes no sense. No one guaranteed that using a smart business model automatically makes your band a huge success. What we said is that if you do it right, it's likely you'd be more successful than otherwise -- but that still might involve only a minor improvement if under the old system you wouldn't be successful at all. And if the CwF+RtB concept doesn't matter because some artists who have used it haven't become big stars, then wouldn't that mean that the "traditional" model of big record label/sell CDs has always been a dreadful failure since so few artists become successful that way? After all, pointing to the success of Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd or the Beatles under the old model, is certainly pointing to the cherry-picked "exceptions."
Andrew Dubber points us to a fantastic blog post by Rich Huxley, of the band Hope & Social, who ran into this sort of "criticism" after writing a blog post (similar to many we've written) reminding everyone that the big record labels are not the "music industry." In the comments, a guy named Tim London challenged that by claiming that since the big record labels still take in a ton of money (in aggregate), and many of these new business models appear to be artists making much smaller amounts, the record labels still are the industry. One sentence from his comment should give you the general summary:
I know you're wrong because the music industry as represented by the majors is still coining it and the music industry as rep'd by you is getting by, struggling, working part time or making music as a hobby.There's that apples and oranges comparison again. Thankfully, Huxley decided to write an entire (brilliant) blog post debunking the idea that the total amount of money some record labels make is indicative of the overall value of a particular model. First, he goes through some basics to show how many musicians there are out there, and points out that money made isn't always an indicator of quality ("That Van Gogh was a penniless artists does not diminish the greatness of his work.")
But then comes the real point, explained eloquently. The critics like this highlight the huge earners in the existing industry, but ignore that the overwhelming majority of the folks who try to go the old route end up making $0. They mock the person embracing new business models for "only" making a decent living, ignoring the fact that so many who went the way they prefer were drummed out of the industry making no living at all. Here's the way Huxley explains it:
Less than 10% of signed artists recoup. Take Maximo Park for example. They have by their own admission never made a penny from record sales and make their money from DJ sets in the main. An example I have first hand knowledge of, Embrace, have sold millions of albums, they were a genuinely massive band; they performed from Glastonbury main-stage to Top Of The Pops and everywhere in-between. When they split from Virgin, they owed their label three quarters of a million pounds. I guess my point is that if we promote the Trad Music Biz's model as "The model" then the message we'd be sending is:Basically, the problem is that those who cherry pick just the biggest artists ignore all the ones who made nothing at all from a record label deal, thanks to the fun of RIAA accounting. In other words, those artists are the true "exceptions." They're the ones who got the winning lottery ticket, but you can't ignore all those who got nothing. If you were to put all of the musicians who went the "traditional" route into a set, and all of the musicians going the "new" route into a set, and took the median, I'd guarantee that it would be higher in the new set. And that's the point. Embracing the new ways makes it much more likely that you'll make some money. It improves your chance of being able to make money making music. And that seems like a good thing, right?
- less than one percent of musical artists are part of the music business
- only a tenth of those will recoup and make money from their record sales, and that's good
- an artist should be saddled with debt, the rate at which they pay that back is equivalent to a credit card with a 900% interest rate
As a part of that, of course, is that all of the costs have gone down with the new ways of doing things. The reason why people needed the old gatekeepers to fund stuff in the past was because there were no cheaper options. The only way to actually get this stuff done was to go through them. But these days, everything is cheaper. As Huxley notes with his band:
Hope and Social believe in and benefit from Pay What You Want. We go on about this here, but also... As musicians, we all have the ability to take advantage of the same channels that H&S have:Finally, I'll make one final debunking point that Huxley didn't cover: London seems to have confused absolute revenue with the change in revenue (delta). If you look at those embracing new models, it may be smaller (now), but it's growing quite quickly. If you look at the big record labels, they're declining in size. Which trend is a better bet? It's really a version of the Innovator's Dilemma where the new growth trend is ignored because it's not "as big" as the legacy business. Ignoring the deltas is dangerous.
- dramatically reduced costs of recording
- a zero cost of distribution (should we choose to make mp3s available on the internet then there's no cost to us. This is miles away from the Trad model where the cost of recording and manufacture made it nigh on impossible to record and release independently)
- reduced cost of promotion (CD's don't need to be sent to reviewers, press etc at the cost of a quid per CD, and half again on postage)
- and by building relationships with people, they become our PRs, our evangelists (to coin another religious term, man I've got to stop doing that)
Also, there is a value in making your music available for free. If someone downloads an album of ours and shares it with a friend, copies the CD, plays it at a party, then that's how we share and have our music heard by more people. This results in:
- higher gig attendances
- better paid shows
- more sales of our music
- more sales on other merchandise and art that we, and our fans make.
And there we go. If you're claiming these new model success stories are the "exception," then it's only fair to admit that those who succeed under the traditional models you claim are so good were actually much bigger "exceptions." Can we now consider this argument debunked, and just link back to this post any time people bring up an argument like this?
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When Tony Stewart is in a good mood, better watch out. And he was in a great mood all weekend, from Friday morning right up till Sunday evening in victory lane. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
By Mike Mulhern
Now November is a long, long way from here, but judging from Sunday's 400 on this rocking-fast 1-1/2-mile track, those five seem to have a little extra over their rivals.
Stewart avenged last year's mistake here, once again dominating Sunday's Las Vegas Kobalt 400 but this time pulling out the victory.
Johnson made a late desperate charge on the final restart with four laps to go in the 3-1/2-hour race, but he couldn't catch Stewart, who was lightning fast on restarts throughout the warm, sunny afternoon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
That made it a one-two finish for Rick Hendrick-powered drivers.
Steve Addington's crew whips Tony Stewart through a pit stop in Sunday's Las Vegas 400, in front of crowd NASCAR estimated at 150,000. (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Jack Roush's threesome – Biffle, Kenseth and Edwards – was right behind the two, but the three Ford men got to battling among themselves as Stewart and Johnson took flight.
The win was Stewart's first here, leaving him winless at only Darlington and Kentucky.
And the win was Stewart's first with new crew chief Steve Addington.
Stewart, as he was last year, was untouchable. So most of the race the field was well spread out.
But in the final 30 miles things tightened up. And late cautions gave Johnson several shots at catching Stewart on the restarts.
However Stewart was stunning on restarts….so much so that rivals are insisting on looking at the data charts from his engine computer.
"Jimmie is a class act," Stewart said. "He came down to victory lane afterwards to shake my hand. He's either the first one to send you a text message 'Congrats,' or he comes down to victory lane and tells you 'Good job.'
"That's pretty cool. He was giving me a lot of praise for my restarts...."
Well, up to a point.
"After what all we've been through this weekend, we'll take second….but, man, I want to win," Johnson said, somewhat exasperated. He came into the race already 69 points behind the leader, and he leaves this place still 64 down.
Tony Stewart on the inside, Jimmie Johnson on the outside, and those pesky Jack Roush Fords nipping at their heels (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Those restarts? Johnson was side-by-side with Stewart.
"The second restart I just blew it," Johnson said of the end-game. "But the first restart I thought was pretty good….and Tony still pulled away."
"Hands down we were faster than anyone from the start line down into turn one," Stewart said.
"But with all those late restarts you have to worry...."
Stewart complained that Johnson was laying back on the restarts, a charge that Stewart frequently makes.
Johnson curtly dismissed that complaint: "I don't know about laying back, it's his prerogative to go whatever he wants.
"But it would be foolish for me to be tire-to-tire with him (for the green).
"Nothing out of the ordinary there."
In fact Johnson raised his own questions, about Stewart's engine setup (though both come out of the Hendrick shop).
Johnson said the new electronic fuel injection systems being used this season for the first time on the Sprint Cup tour have made a difference in how well drivers can restart. And Johnson says he'll be taking a very close look at the computer data from Stewart's car this week, to see just that Stewart was able to do.
"Yep, and I've already asked for it," Johnson said with a laugh.
"It's got to be a two-way street; he's been looking at our stuff for years."
But it may take a bit of wrestling to get that data, Stewart says, with a curt "No."
Ironically at Phoenix Stewart had major problems with his engine EFI, his engine stalling late in the race.
And now everyone wants to see what he's doing.
"I can promised you our Hendrick teammates will get the information," Stewart says.
But NASCAR is mulling over possibly releasing the engine computer data of the top five finishers this season, as teams struggle with the new EFI systems.
Stewart says NASCAR shouldn't be releasing that data: "NASCAR has its guidelines about the (engine) parameters we're supposed to stay in, and as long as we stay in those, I don't know that we should be giving all the information away.
"There's still the part of the creativity and guys doing their homework. And the Hendrick guys have done a great job. Those guys should be very proud of what they've done; they worked very hard this year to get this thing ready. And I don't think it's fair just to give away all that information. I don't think it's right to do that."
Greg Biffle, the new Sprint Cup tour points leader, getting hot service from Matt Puccia's crew (Photo: Getty Images for NASCAR)
Greg Biffle, with his third straight third-place finish this season, goes this week to Bristol, Tenn., as the tour points leader.
And he, like Johnson, was more than impressed with Stewart's speed.
"It's clear Tony and Jimmie had better cars than we did, and Matt had a little better car too," Biffle said.
Stewart, Biffle said, not only had a faster car than anyone here, Stewart also had a much faster car on the restarts. And Biffle said if NASCAR goes ahead with its tentative plans to release the technical computer 'mapping' data from the EFI systems from the top five finishers, he would be eagerly examining Stewart's data.
"I don't think NASCAR has decided if it's going to release the 'map' yet on the top five," Biffle said. "But we would certainly look at it.
"It was clear Tony had more power than we did. And it appeared he had more power than Jimmie; Tony could pretty much drive away from him.
"It's been a long time since I've seen a car that fast.
"But we were a little tight in the middle of the corner and I couldn't use the throttle as much as I wanted to. I was off the gas way longer than Tony was.
"Still, on the restarts, man, I've never seen a car drive off like that. They've got something going on with their cars, that's carried over from last year clearly."
The speed this weekend was remarkable, even Stewart conceded: "The pace never slowed down. And it was very, very fast."
And what in the world were the three Roush guys doing on that late restart, fighting so hard among themselves?
Edwards made the first move, trailing his two teammates but quickly making it three-wide into the corner, when he said Kenseth spun his tires at the green.
Kenseth didn't seem very pleased with Edwards' move and appeared to bump him lightly. That, though, sent Kenseth up into the outside wall, which he brushed, then continuing.
If you look at this very same race last year..Tony had the field covered, he just had to make a pitstop that put in back and Carl Edwards won it!
Now here is a perfect time to tell fans who dont know about the 'power advantage" the GM teams have on most of the races!
I guarantee you that if the two cars Stewart and Johnson were say Biffle and Edwards leaving the field at will, you in the press would be saying
....look at the power of the FR9 Ford engine, the Fords have a "horsepower advantage"... Nascar better look at this..so on and on!
But not one mention of it being a Chevy advantage....it turns to Hendrick engines need to look at data...All I know is they have a Chevy RO7 engine and have been dominant and Nascar does nothing...
NASCAR needs to stop even thinking about giving out any data from any team for any reason. With the investment these teams each have in this EFI deal at some point they deserve to have some proprietary information of their own. Just one more way to add to the IROC mentality of NASCAR. There has to be some reward for effort and innovation.
NASCAR instituted the 4 car limit on teams in large part because of Roush. But, this conversation pretty much says that Stewart's 2 cars are sharing key information with Hendrick's teams so in effect there are at least 6 cars in Hendrick's team. Yes, Roush is probably doing the same, but Roush hasn't won the previous 6 season championships like Hendrick has.
I have been following NASCAR for a long time, and I feel that if Ford, Toyota, or Dodge were dominating like Chevy has for many years, NASCAR would have taken corrective action long ago. But, since it is Chevy and NASCAR senses that having Chevy winning pleases more fans ...
Even though I feel that Steward's advantage was due to some sort of traction control on the restarts, I have a question. What gear are the drivers in when they take the green? A while back, NASCAR engines were turning 10,500 RPM, so NASCAR instituted the gear rule that limited them to about 9,500 RPM. But, the gear rule wouldn't limit them in third gear. If an engine could withstand 11 or 12 thousand for a few seconds in third gear, wouldn't that help a driver on restarts or green flag pit stops?
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