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SOMERVILLE, Mass. The scrappy music/tech startup known as The Echo Nest occupies two floors of a brick building in Somerville's Davis Square. It looks and sounds like the busy bed of contemporary geek-hacker culture that it is. Tunes waft out through speakers, filling the communal workspace. Young engineers huddle around computers, tapping away.
You may have never heard of The Echo Nest, but if you've ever listened to music streaming sites like Spotify, Rdio or iHeartRadio you have used the local company's musical data. It creates the behind-the-scenes song recommendation platforms for those clients, along with a slew of others (Clear Channel, MOG, SiriusXM…), and it serves 35,000 app developers.
But things are changing at The Echo Nest. Sweden's Spotify recently acquired the American venture for what some industry reporters have estimated to be $100 million.
On a tour of the office, The Echo Nest's soft-spoken and decidedly low-key co-founder Brian Whitman takes me to a conference room and kindly interrupts a meeting. He jokingly asks his two employees, "You're doing work, right? You're having a business conversation?"
Spotify recently acquired The Echo Nest for what some industry reporters have estimated to be $100 million.
They laugh, nod and tell him they're talking about "user listening." Whitman replies, "Oh, that's my favorite thing."
"User listening" is one of the many somewhat-mysterious tech-speak phrases in the lexicon here. This once-tiny startup is said to be the industry's leading source of music-related data.
Ajay Kalia, the guy Whitman affectionately grills, is a product manager for what they call "taste profiles." He tells me those say something about a music listener's personality or interests. Kalia also says he's totally psyched about Spotify's recent acquisition of The Echo Nest because — until now — his parents could not understand what he does for a living.
"I tried to describe my job to them before, and it involved a lot of terms like 'API' and 'services' and 'machine learning,' " Kalia said. "Now I can pull out my phone and show them Spotify and pull up any song that they heard on 'Dancing With the Stars' last night and then show them here's other artists that are very similar to that. 'Here's music you might have heard when you were growing up, and here's what we can understand about you based on the past five songs I just saw you pick.' "
Teaching A Computer To Listen To Music
It can be hard to get your head around the technical lingo. One way to grasp what The Echo Nest does might be to imagine it as an engine operating under Spotify's hood. The folks here gather a mind-blowing amount of data — about songs and about how people listen. Then they crunch it, with a lot of help from computers, to essentially design and customize the music users hear through streaming sites on their computers and mobile devices.
So when we like or dislike a song on Spotify, well, The Echo Nest's complex algorithms do their best to predict what we want to listen to next.
But how do they do that? Co-founder Tristan Jehan explains his part this way: "What I do is teach the computer how to listen to music, that's probably the easiest way to understand it."
The scientist/engineer's software extracts musical attributes from songs, such as tempo, key, time signature, harmony, color, danceability — the list goes on. All of this "musical intelligence" gets organized and indexed to feed the recommendation engines.
Jihan and Whitman concocted their concept as grad students at MIT's Media Lab. They founded The Echo Nest in 2005 with seed money from a few angel investors and professors. Now they have 65 employees. Jihan says the team has analyzed about 200 million songs.
But The Echo Nest also analyzes us, to understand how we listen, when we listen, where we listen — like at a dinner party, the gym or in the car. Also how we talk about music globally. They comb (or "scrape") through millions of Web pages and blog posts about music for descriptive terms and sounds that are emerging. That's where Glenn McDonald comes in. His title at The Echo Nest? "Data alchemist."
McDonald shows me his vast online genre map. It's called "Every Noise At Once," and it organizes genres visually on two axes — left to right and top to bottom. McDonald clicks through samples of music — more than 1,100 types — that are related in some way. It's something like a color palette for song styles, and some of the genres are pretty obscure. We move from "hard core industrial" to "Belgian hip hop" to "dim core" to "orgcore."
Then he gleefully hits… "Viking Metal! It speaks to us in our common heritage in the north," McDonald says with a laugh.
Down at the bottom of the map you'll find the most organic, acoustic, classical sounds.
"Here's our beautiful harp music," McDonald explains with a relieved sigh. "Ah, so free are we from the relentless drum machines and artificial synthesizers of the modern era."
McDonald's genre map is like a happy rabbit hole for the musically curious. It's packed with so many things the international scene has to offer. But while it's mind-opening, entertaining and undeniably cool, how does it help The Echo Nest fulfill its mission?
"It all sort of relates," McDonald answers. "The map is a way of understanding the data. That data also goes into playlist generation and into recommendations and into personalizations."
So if a Spotify user is interested in Belgian hip hop, The Echo Nest's algorithm might deliver songs in that style from Brazil or Australia.
"Our goal is to basically connect more people to music," explains CEO Jim Lucchese, adding that joining with Spotify will give both companies a data boost that should help them grow.
"And though there's a lot of math involved, really all we're doing is trying to understand the world of music in a really in-depth way, and then try to understand each fan in a really in-depth way," Lucchese says. "Just like your friend who you rely on to connect you to music."
Our Music Listening Future
"I think that's kind of just corporate speak," says music business reporter Ben Sisario, who's been following The Echo Nest for The New York Times.
"Connecting people with music — I mean that sounds nice — but really what they're trying to do is understand consumers at a very deep level when it comes to their music choices, and that's to continue to sell you the product — which is the music," Sisario says. "It's also to let advertisers sell you their products."
Like toothpaste. Or zit cream. At the same time Sisario says he's a fan of music streaming sites — even if their computer algorithms are far from perfect. And he says online listening companies keep getting bigger and more valuable in the music industry landscape. He believes The Echo Nest is poised to have everything to do with our music listening future. And, Sisario adds, besides telling you want songs you might like, the rich data The Echo Nest miners gather from global chatter could very well predict the next Lady Gaga.
But even with all that potential, at this poignant moment in time, the team at The Echo Nest admits there's a certain nostalgia that comes with being bought by a multinational company the size of Spotify.
"We've built a culture here and it was us — this was The Echo Nest," Paul Lamere tells me. He's worn many hats over the past five years here, including "developer evangelist."
"It's a little bit sad to see that phase of the company go away," he says. "We're no longer a scrappy startup in Somerville. We're now part of a much larger company. And so that's great — but that's what happens when you grow up."
Lamere has created some really creative music apps and "hacks," as they're called, including, "Boil The Frog," "The Infinite Jukebox" and "6 Degrees of Black Sabbath." And while he's clearly a bit wistful, Lamere acknowledges that after the initial growing pains subside, the Spotify acquisition just means The Echo Nest's scientists, engineers and self-proclaimed music freaks will have way more data to play with.


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Here's my story. Last year a few of my Karate friends and I decided to start getting together and riding to supplement our running. We would ride what ever we had available, mountain bikes, bmx bikes, you name it, we were riding it. Well as our group started to widdle down, we started to get down to the real hard core group (IMO) of riders. Cranking 50-60 mile rides, 3 and 4 times a week. I was loving it.
After talking with a few of the "hard core" I found out they were roadies at heart. As luck would have it, my brother had an older Raleigh that he let me borrow. I rode that thing everywhere for the rest of the summer. But as much fun as it was,the bike was old and TOO BIG. I had the seat pretty much slammed to the frame and was still reaching. Short arms and legs, all torso. Something about a 5'9" guy on a 57cm frame that just isn't right!
So in october I headed to the VeloSwap to find a smaller frame to build. I ended up with a Morgul Bismark Zinger frame (55.5) with a set of carbon forks for 80 bucks. SCORE! With a limited budget I have been piecing it together for the last few months, only thing left is to get it cabled and tuned.
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Local grad settles in at Johns Hopkins
Guard starts to earn minutes less than a year after tearing ACL, MCL in final high school game
Balancing scholarship and competition is a challenging juggling act for any college athlete, but it's especially difficult for Johns Hopkins freshman guard Katie Clark.
That's because Clark's institution is one of the nation's elite universities, rated as the country's 13th most prestigious school in the latest U.S. News rankings.
Murrieta Valley High's 2012 valedictorian discovered during her first semester that the curriculum at Johns Hopkins is definitely a notch above previous experience.
"My classes have been challenging but not impossible, which has been a good next step in terms of challenging myself academically," Clark said.
Clark, a public health major, fared well with a 3.8 grade point average, which she was content with, given the strenuous coursework.
Clark is also taking prerequisite courses for medical school as she aspires to be a physician.
Medical school, though, is still years away as she is just a few months into her women's basketball career.
Clark amazingly was on the court for the start of the Blue Jays' season on Nov. 15 after suffering a torn ACL and MCL in her left knee in a state playoff game last March.
"I still feel like my knee is still getting stronger," Clark said. "I don't feel like I'm fully back to where I was before the injury but definitely getting close."
Clark has come off the bench in all 16 games for the Division III Jays this year, averaging 10.1 minutes per game.
It's common to see Clark shoot from long distance when she enters the floor. She ranks third on the team in 3-pointers.
She recently enjoyed her best game as a collegian, tying for the team-high with eight points in Johns Hopkins' 71- 50 loss to Messiah College on Jan. 2.
Ten of the 15 players on the Jays' roster are either freshmen or sophomores, so the team had some growing pains, but they have since strung together three straight Centennial Conference wins to get to 5-5 and 7-8 overall.
The 2011-12 Southwestern League MVP says the most glaring transition from high school has been adapting to head coach Nancy Funk's style of play on the defensive end of the court.
"(It's) aggressive man-to-man defense (here)," Clark said. "My high school team played a lot of zone."
With her university being located in Baltimore, Clark has enjoyed some of the benefits of living in a major city, attending Ravens and Orioles games during her free time this fall.
"I have never seen such loyal fans," Clark said of the Ravens faithful.
And she says the city's renowned crab cakes and seafood live up to the reputation.
With her winter occupied, Clark's focus is getting the Blue Jays back to the Division III tournament for the third consecutive year.
"These past few games, we have definitely been picking it up, and we're excited to see what the rest of conference has to hold," Clark said.
• SMU defensive tackle Aaron Davis (Elsinore) is getting serious consideration as a professional prospect as he is set to play in Saturday's NFLPA Collegiate Bowl at Home Depot Center in Carson. Davis will be coached by former Super Bowl champion head coach Dick Vermeil in an all-star game which features some of the nation's most outstanding seniors. The 6-foot-3, 290 pound senior had 35 tackles and four tackles for a loss in 13 games for the Mustangs in 2012. The game kicks off at 2 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN2.
• Ta'Rea Cunnigan (Chaparral) scored 26 points to propel San Jose State to a 103-80 Western Athletic Conference victory over Utah State on Saturday. The 103 points tied a school-record for most points scored in a single contest.


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Give Blood Like You're In An 80s Sci-Fi Comic In the days following the Tohoku Earthquake, Japanese people across the country began doing what they could for the relief efforts by rolling up their sleeves and giving blood. Just days after the quake hit, the Japanese Red Cross blood donation centers were running at a surplus.
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William Njovu is a Zambian football midfielder who currently plays for Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona in Israel.
Njovu played for Lusaka Dynamos in Zambia from 2007 to 2009, before signing a five year contract with the Israeli team effective since July 2009. He scored against Spain in the 2007 FIFA Youth World Cup where Zambia received a bye to the zambianfootball.net.
He has scored one goal for his national team and seven goals for his current club team.
William Njovu currently plays for Hapoel Iroeni Kiryat Shmona in Israeli Premier League.
He is always selected to form part of the 26 men squad for Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) finals.
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If Axe 'Anarchy' Body Spray for Women is Right, Then Please, Let Me Be WrongMeredith Carroll
I'm all for feminism. Let's all go on birth control (although I vowed I was done with all forms of female birth control after I had my last baby)! Let's all burn our bras (although, truth be told, I'd rather wear one than not)! But female body spray? Axe body spray, no less? Ew. Just, ew.
And yet. From the people who brought you the gross body spray for men is now making it for women, according to Jezebel (via the New York Times). Apparently women are supposed to applaud, because this is the sign that finally we're equal. Personally, I'd rather just have comparable pay. But no, this is what we get.
Did I mention it's called Anarchy? Are you chomping at the bit now to spray it all over your body?
The New York Times printed a description of Anarchy's upcoming advertisement:
As its name portends, a new commercial depicts a scene of mayhem, with a chain of events including a car pileup. During the spot, strangers lock eyes and, oblivious to the commotion, walk hungrily toward one another, then freeze at about an arm's length, nostrils flaring and chests heaving, not breaking the sexual tension with contact.
"Unleash the chaos," says screen text at the close of the commercial, as a young man and woman spray their torsos. "New Axe Anarchy for him and for her."
The adman behind the spot says it's meant to "empower" the ladies because "now women also have something to spray on themselves, and consequently there's more of an equilibrium between the sexes."
Will you run out to buy some Anarchy? Or will you run out and hide?


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Katamari of the Deadby Hector Mansilla
Set of folded stationery cards printed on bright white, smooth card stock to bring your personal artistic style to everyday correspondence. Each card is blank on the inside and includes a soft white, European fold envelope for mailing.
hehehe, sweet bro! *
ahaha yess!!! great job! :D
awesome! just played katamari yesterday for a few hours :-)
Brilliant concept!
... I need to play the series sometime.
... I need to play the series sometime.
haha! brilliant work.
Brilliant, Hector!
Thanks, guys! And yes, I highly encourage everyone to play Katamari, it will improve your life quality by at least 132%.
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Crash closes ramp from SB SR-125 to SR-94
SAN DIEGO - A multi-vehicle crash has blocked the connector ramp from southbound state Route 125 to southbound SR-125 at the intersection with state Route 94, officials say.
The crash happened at about 2:30 p.m., and authorities say the incident involved at least 3 vehicles.
The California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert at about 2:50 p.m. due to the closure of the ramp.
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Signs and Wonders: Africa bristles at Obama's same-sex marriage 'morality' lesson
Now that's ironic. President Barack Obama is a rock star in Africa, but many African countries—some of which are Muslim but many of which have large and conservative Christian populations—hold a biblical view of homosexuality. So Obama's support for same-sex marriage has caused his popularity to take a hit in some of these countries. Senegal, the first stop on the president's week-long Africa tour, is 95 percent Muslim, and homosexual behavior is illegal. The president didn't want to talk about the subject, but in the wake of the Supreme Court rulings this week on the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8, he had to, since that's just about all the reporters covering him were asking about. He appeared uncomfortable with the questions, and at one point said countries in Africa should reconsider their positions on homosexuality. Africans, with their long history of domination by Western powers, now bristle at being told what to do by America or Europe. To African ears, Obama's comments smacked of colonialism, or worse. So it was ironic that the first African-American president in American history would lecture Africa on a moral issue, and not unexpected that Senegalese President Mackey Sall said through a translator that the U.S. should respect Africa's cultural differences.
Return to form. After a rough start this year, knuckleballer R.A. Dickey this week pitched a two-hitter for his first complete game of the year. Dickey is clawing his way back to the .500 mark: He's now 7-8, and his ERA—still mediocre at 4.72—is now at least within sight of the league average. Dickey retired 13 batters before James Loney grounded a single in the fifth inning. Yunel Escobar had a one-out single in the sixth, but he was erased when Matt Joyce hit a double-play grounder. So for Dickey, it was a dominating performance.
Be careful. Next week is the Independence Day holiday, and fireworks shops are already reporting brisk business. So this is perhaps a good time to note that those little sparklers and firecrackers are dangerous. I was in St. Louis this week for the International Christian Retail Show, a gathering of the Christian retail industry. When I travel, I make it a habit of reading the local paper. (Call it professional courtesy or enemy surveillance, as you will.) In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch I noted the story of 10-year-old Martinez Smith-Payne, who had a firecracker go off in his hand last Friday. He lost four fingers, has already had two surgeries, and likely will face more. Authorities said there was nothing special about this firecracker. It was a "consumer-grade one of the sort that could be purchased at a fireworks stand."
Evangelicals and patriotism. The Independence Day holiday means 'tis the season for patriotism, and when it comes to patriotic feelings, no one has them more intensely than white evangelicals. That according to a new poll by Public Religion Research Institute. About 68 percent of white evangelicals say they are extremely proud to be Americans. According to Religion News Service (RNS), who co-sponsored the poll, "that figure was markedly higher than for white mainline Protestants (56 percent), minority Christians (49 percent), Catholics (48 percent) and religiously unaffiliated Americans (39 percent)." According to RNS: "White evangelicals are also more likely than any other religious group surveyed to believe that God has granted the U.S. a special role in history (84 percent) and to say they will likely attend a public July 4th celebration (62 percent)."


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Ashley Wagner Is Not Impressed: See the Skater's Reaction to the Top 5 Stories of the Week (PHOTOS)
Olympic ice skater Ashley Wagner is giving gymnast McKayla Maroney a run for her money with a new take on the "not impressed" face — and she's going viral while doing it.
The 22-year-old skater, who's competing in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia, got a score of 63.10 in the ladies short program at the Sochi Olympics. Her reaction to the low score? Homegirl was pissed. After looking totally shocked (and having it caught on camera), Ashley mouthed bulls—t to a teammate. Similarly, McKayla was "not impressed" with her silver medal during the women's vault victory ceremony in London in 2012.
So what do we do with this McKayla 2.0 meme? We bring it back to pop culture, of course!
Click through the gallery to see how we think Ashley would react to the most ridiculous stories of the week from the entertainment world.
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Still hoping and planning to start season.
Justin Morneau gives some clarification « Bollinger Beat
Have a feeling you will see a lot of Mauer at first. I think Morneau will DH more this season if healthy.
Originally Posted by Cab4cy
Have a feeling you will see a lot of Mauer at first. I think Morneau will DH more this season if healthy.
I think you're right, especially since Cuddyer and Kubel aren't there to take AB's at DH.
Cuddy didn't DH once last year.
Still could see some more DH time, but the Twins are in trouble again if Mauer is playing a lot of 1B this year.
Not an ideal situation but in order to keep both bats in the line-up it will be necessary. I think Mauer has come to grips that he cannot catch 120+ games. Detroit will be tough no matter the line-up however.
My bad, maybe I was thinking of Young?
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Hurricane Manuel hits land in northern Mexico
ACAPULCO, Mexico Mexico's government said 58 people were missing after a massive landslide smashed through a tiny coffee-growing village deep in the country's southern mountains, where fresh waves of rain threatened more danger for rescue workers trying to evacuate the last residents from the isolated hamlet on Thursday.
The same storm that devastated Acapulco and surrounding areas over the weekend regenerated into Hurricane Manuel and made landfall again on Thursday, this time farther north in the state of Sinaloa.
Sinaloa civil protection authorities said some areas were already flooding and more than 200 people were evacuated from small fishing villages on the coast.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the Category 1 hurricane had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and it was centered about 95 miles (150 kilometers) southeast of Los Mochis. It is a third blow to a country still reeling from the one-two punch of Manuel's first landfall and Hurricane Ingrid on Mexico's eastern coast.
Hundreds of stranded tourists remained lined up for a second day Thursday at an air base on the outskirts of Acapulco, where military aircraft were slowly ferrying people out of the resort, which was cut off by road from the rest of the country by dozens of landslides and washed-out bridges.
So isolated is Acapulco that cargo ships have been contracted to supply food to the city by sea. Only about 10,000 of the estimated 40,000 stranded tourists have been flown out since the improvised air lift began two days ago.
Increasingly angry, frustrated travelers - many of whom had to wait through the night on the roadside - began to block army trucks heading into the base with what the stranded travelers believed were wealthy, well-connected people or foreigners cutting line to get on airplanes without waiting. The angry crowds forced the trucks to detour a few blocks along the beach to get to the base.
"The problem is that they didn't get in line like all the rest, who spent the night out in the open, hungry," said Blanca Flores, 24, a call center supervisor from Mexico City.
Federal officials raised the death toll from the passage of Manuel and Hurricane Ingrid from 60 to 80 earlier Wednesday. They said they were not yet including landslide victims in the village of La Pintada, several hours north of Acapulco, but "It's very likely that these 58 missing people lost their lives," said Angel Aguirre, governor of storm-battered Guerrero state.
Heavy rains also began pelting the state of Guerrero again Wednesday night, increasing the risk for federal police trying to evacuate the last 45 residents of the village of La Pintada, where tons of dirt and rocks smashed through the center of town Monday night, burying a church and a number of two-story homes.
Federal authorities reached La Pintada by helicopter and evacuated 334 people, some of whom are hurt, one seriously, said Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.
Osorio Chong said the landslide went right through the middle of the village of some 600 people, accessible in normal conditions by winding mountain roads now broken multiple times by landslides and flooding.
In Acapulco, three days of Biblical rain and leaden skies evaporated into broiling late-summer sunshine that roasted thousands of furious tourists trying vainly to escape the city, and hundreds of thousands of residents returning to homes devastated by reeking tides of brown floodwater.
The depth of the destruction wreaked by Manuel, which first hit Mexico on Sunday as a tropical storm, was highlighted when the transportation secretary said it would be Friday at the earliest before authorities could clear and reconnect the parallel highways that connect this bayside resort to the rest of the world.


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Situated in Ruidoso Downs, this hotel is 1.9 mi (3.1 km) from Hubbard Museum of the American West and within 9 mi (15 km) of Ruidoso Downs Racetrack and Cree Medows Public Golf Course. The Links at Sierra Blanca is 8.5 mi (13.6 km) away.
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What: Brett Dennen, in concert.
When: 7:30 p.m. June 15.
Where: McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside St., Portland.
Cost: $25 through Cascade Tickets, 800-514-3849 or http://cascadetickets.com.
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What: Brett Dennen, in concert.
When: 7:30 p.m. June 15.
Where: McMenamins Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W. Burnside St., Portland.
Cost: $25 through Cascade Tickets, 800-514-3849 or http://cascadetickets.com.
Information: 503-225-0047 or http://mcmenamins.com.
Brett Dennen knows he's taking a chance by heavily featuring songs from "Loverboy" on his current tour.
The album was released May 3, so fans may not be enthusiastic about still-unfamiliar tunes as he takes the stage.
"They want to hear their favorite songs from previous albums," Dennen said. "I want to win people over with the new songs."
To balance those competing interests, he'll include fan favorites from previous albums, but Dennen still plans to focus primarily on music from "Loverboy."
As he put the new album together, he kept the audience in mind throughout, and he hopes that will lessen the blow for fans disappointed to learn they will hear mostly unfamiliar tunes.
"Every song that I wrote was with the intention of how it's going to go over on stage," Dennen said. "Is it going to make people dance? Is it going to make people smile? Is it something everybody can relate to? It's the first time I've been that premeditated."
With his last album, "Hope for the Hopeless, Dennen took a very different approach — writing dozens of songs, then choosing the music that finally reached the CD based on how each fit together with the others.
"They all came from different places," he said. "They were parked in my psyche, different avenues of my musical interests. They came from all over the place."
With "Loverboy," by contrast, one song written early in the creative process helped shape the rest of the album. That tune, "Dancing at a Funeral," led him to focus on the grooves and upbeat pop that defines the recording.
A native of northern California, Dennen's first two albums, a 2005 self-titled release and 2006's "So Much More," were stripped back, nearly solo works, which spurred reviewers to tag Dennen as a folk artist. That helped him get gigs in folk-oriented venues and build a grass-roots following.
But with "Hope for the Hopeless," Dennen wanted to flesh out his sound and try to connect with fans beyond the folk base he had established — and perhaps even gain radio play in formats like adult contemporary and pop. He didn't get a big radio hit, but he did expand his audience as he ventured into plugged-in pop sounds.
With "Loverboy," he wants to further expand his reputation beyond what people consider folk.
"I love folk music and I love being considered a folk artist," Dennen said. But he worries that the label will scare away some people who might like his music even if they don't like the "folk" label.
"Loverboy" is a successful attempt to go beyond the folk stereotypes.
Songs like "Comeback Kid (That's My Dog)," "Surprise, Surprise" and "Sydney (I'll Come Running)" all boast happy, effortless melodies that would fit in with the music of pop acts John Mayer or Train. On "Dancing at a Funeral," Dennen accents his sound with world beat rhythms, while the ballad "Frozen in Slow Motion" has more of a soul or Motown feel.
"Loverboy" is fuller and more danceable than "Hope for the Hopeless," but it has the same pop focus that characterized that previous album.
"I'm not trying to chart new territory musically," Dennen said, agreeing that "Loverboy" retains many of the charms of its predecessor. "I'm not trying to be on any of the cutting edge of anything. …I'm just trying to do it better and better and I'm trying to do it in a way that more and more people can enjoy it with me."


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Venice? Provence? A veteran world traveler finds pleasures aplenty on a lovely seaside peninsula rich in California history.
Families flow down Prescott Avenue toward Cannery Row—one of tourism's great crossroads—searching for things to nibble on. In their sneakers and T-shirts they make the place seem playful. But back in the 1930s, when two dozen canneries handled over 250,000 tons of sardines a season, it was anything but. Waiting for a latte at Starbucks you gaze at 1950s black-and-white photos of abandoned canneries and desolate streets. Then you walk out among the ice cream crowds with a new appreciation. Here on California's Monterey Peninsula, a forested thumb of coast between Santa Cruz and Big Sur, the ambling families bring a sense of continuity. There are other spots where the past folds as neatly into the present, but few where travelers feature so prominently in both.
Several decades ago, vacationers at a posh resort launched a fishery here. It in turn gave rise to the canneries that inspired John Steinbeck, the author whose novels then made the place famous. On this peninsula, for many years, fish, artists, and sightseers have fed off each other.
Archivist John Sanders stands on the steps of what was once the region's grandest hotel and opens his laptop. A newsreel of a costume party fills the screen: Salvador Dali and his wife flitting in outfits designed to represent nightmares. Bob Hope lifting the lid off a dinner plate to reveal live frogs.
Hotel Del Monte, the setting for these antics, opened in 1880, just 34 years after Commodore John Sloat raised the U.S. flag over Monterey during the Mexican War. Guests of the elegant seaside establishment toured the coast on 17-Mile Drive, where the iconic Lone Cypress still stands on its granite promontory. Pebble Beach, renowned for its stunning oceanside holes, was one of the hotel's several golf courses. Fishing enthusiasts wielding newfangled gear would go out with hotel guides and catch heaps of salmon. Locals took notice and upgraded their tackle to exploit the bounty—first salmon and later sardines.
After fires in the 1920s, the Del Monte was rebuilt in Spanish revival style. Among its features is La Novia (The Bride), a diorama showing a handsome wedding party of the early 1800s rancho era by artist Jo Mora. Sadly, that work is now off-limits, as is the hotel itself, currently the main building at the government-run Naval Postgraduate School, where Sanders tends the library archives.
But other treasures by the artist are easy to find. A bona fide vaquero born in Uruguay, Mora spent much of his life in California and eventually settled on the peninsula. His sculptures, watercolors, and witty 1930s cartes (illustrated maps) of Yosemite, Yellowstone, and the Grand Canyon now fill a gallery at the Monterey Maritime & History Museum just off Del Monte Avenue. Visit jomoratrust.com [3] to find more of the artist's work.
Nearby, in the Paris Bakery, sardine history lives on. "Look at everyone here," says octogenarian Tony Aiello one weekday morning. "They all had mothers or sisters working in the canneries."
"Everybody worked in the canneries," John Cardinalli says.
While they also worked on the boats. "During the Depression all we ate was fish," Cardinalli adds. "Fish and pasta."
"Once a month we'd eat red meat," Aiello says. "And it was delicious. Now our doctors say we can't eat meat"—he laughs at the irony—"so we still eat fish and pasta."
World War II started. Fishermen became soldiers. A few of them ended up in Italy where, they say, no one could understand their Sicilian. But these two appear to have come through it all fine, sitting with friends in a warm café on a bright morning. They are gracious, affable men, though you can get them arguing by asking where all the sardines went.
Ed Ricketts—the philosophical marine biologist who was the model for Doc, the soul of John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday—believed he knew what became of the sardines. "They're in cans," he declared. But that's not the entire story. The besieged fish slipped away as ocean conditions shifted, scientists say, but have since returned. Ricketts is legendary, yet even those who have read the novels may fail to recognize the wooden structure hunkered next to a new InterContinental Hotel as his Pacific Biological Laboratories.
"Ed Ricketts was a leader in ecology before we knew what the word meant," says Jim Conway, a city historian, in the lab's well-preserved front room. It's not hard to picture the ecologist relaxing here, lost in a beer and his beloved Gregorian chants.
After Ricketts's death in 1948—a Del Monte Express train struck his car—the lab was taken over by Harlan Watkins, a Monterey High School teacher. Every Wednesday evening Watkins and his friends would meet, talk, and listen to jazz. In 1957, San Francisco disc jockey Jimmy Lyons visited and floated the idea of holding a local celebration of jazz. So here, in a former marine lab (Ricketts's old tanks are still out back), the Monterey Jazz Festival was born. Again the arts, fish, and travelers converged.
Rancho-era buildings still dot the city, and most of them, happily, welcome visitors. Colton Hall, where in 1849 California's first state constitution was signed, overlooks a spacious lawn on Pacific Street. The Custom House and Pacific House, both now enchanting museums, stand near other oldsters down by the waterfront.
The two wharves—Fisherman's and Municipal—stick out like symbols of leisure and labor. The first is a lively promenade, bunched with bright restaurants proffering clam chowder, shrimp scampi, and barbecued squid. The second is a no-frills motley of fisheries, among them the Monterey Abalone Company.
"What Napa is to wine, Monterey is to abalone," co-owner Trevor Fay says. His farmed abalones grow to market size—3½ to 5½ inches—in big cages sunk beneath the wharf, grazing on newly harvested kelp fronds.
Monterey Abalone doesn't offer tours, but you can buy the mollusks right there in its tiny shop. Cupped in each shell is a gelatinous mass that looks lifeless at first but expands rather creepily as you watch. If you prefer your abalone cooked, Fay says a good place to try his—breaded and seared and as tender as scallops—is the Portola Restaurant at Monterey Bay Aquarium a few blocks away.
The aquarium opened in 1984 in the old Hovden Cannery. It is a kind of redemptive triumph: tanks inhabited by fish where they were once packaged. At one exhibit, you can press buttons to "order" seafood, then watch screens on which restaurant workers tell you whether or not your selection suffers from overexploitation or habitat decline. The aquarium has put out millions of its Seafood Watch guides, says Executive Director Julie Packard; the newest version is designed to convert the nation's sushi lovers to its "best choices" cause.
Packard fought to claim this seaside spot. Jutting out over the bay, the aquarium grants visitors the head-turning experience of seeing a penguin and then looking out a window and seeing a seal. There is a richness outside as well as inside, which is why you may see children in wet suits exploring a tide pool. The idea, Packard says, is to dig deeper: "We want to get people out in the bay."
Just southwest, the town of Pacific Grove hugs the coast, the porches of its homes facing the everevolving seascape. Ocean View Boulevard sweeps past craggy Lovers Point and its alluring beach, then curves around a rooftop lighthouse where it acquires a new name and leads onward to 17-Mile Drive.
Unlike most toll roads, this one winds through stands of wind-bent cypresses, past freshly minted mansions, and beside rocky cliffs and salt-sprayed links before dropping, like a well-stroked putt, into Carmel-by-the-Sea. Normally we associate wealth with grandeur, but here the elite homes are generally cottage-size, even those along the beachfront, where no shops or restaurants are allowed. The grid of downtown is relieved by cobblestones and flowery courtyards full of well-dressed shoppers.
Carmel once had a bohemian quality, exemplified by poet Robinson Jeffers's rough-hewn Tor House, and nonstarving artists still live here. You can't throw a paintbrush without hitting a gallery—there are about 120—or, it sometimes seems, a dog. A great glass bowl filled with dog biscuits sits atop the reception desk at the Cypress Inn (built in 1929 and now partly owned by Doris Day), where the canine guests look as contented as their companions. Pets are welcomed in no fewer than 25 restaurants nearby.
Across town, Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo stands on a slight rise now fringed with homes. Founded in 1771, the second of 21 Spanish missions in California, it served as headquarters for Franciscan Father Junípero Serra, who is buried here. It is a graceful complex that though rebuilt and expanded still appears to be of another era.
Jo Mora's nearly life-size bronze-and-marble cenotaph of Father Serra in eternal repose, priests kneeling by his side, dominates a chapel adjoining the basilica. An adjacent museum presents a recreation of the mission's dining room, which, a sign says, was FOR ENTERTAINING OF TRAVELERS AND GUESTS HERE AS THERE WERE NO HOTELS IN EARLY CALIFORNIA. Outside lie dirt graves rimmed with abalone shells. Even here, in the hallowed mission, is the peninsula's lasting trinity: art, visitors, gifts from the sea.
Photography courtesy Monterey County Convention and Visitor's Bureau
This article was first published in September 2009. Some facts may have aged gracelessly. Please call ahead to verify information.
Pick up the Northern California & Nevada TourBook and Monterey Peninsula Guide map. For more details, contact the Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau: 401 Camino El Estero, Monterey. (831) 333-9703, montereyinfo.org [4]. To locate the peninsula's four state parks, visit parks.ca.gov/parkindex [5] and click on "Regions," then "Central Coast." Area code is 831.
Dennis the Menace Playground Irresistible fun stop for kids, with a maze, slides, and a climb-aboard locomotive. On Pearl Street in El Estero Park, off Del Monte Avenue, 646-3866, monterey.org/rec/denmenace [6]. Monterey Bay Aquarium On April 6, the aquarium opens the exhibit The Secret Lives of Seahorses. 886 Cannery Row, 648-4800, mbayaq.org [7]. Monterey Maritime & History Museum Includes works by artist Jo Mora. 5 Custom House Plaza, 372-2608, montereyhistory.org [8]. Old Monterey Explore Colton Hall, Custom House, Pacific House, and dozens of other sites on a self-guided tour. Visit oldmonterey.org [9] and click on "Path of History." Orientations at the Marsh Building Modeled on an ancient Chinese market, now an Asian antique shop with gardens. 700 Camino El Estero, 655-9766, orientations.us [10]. Pacific Biological Laboratories On March 7 and May 16, the Cannery Row Foundation will run hour-long tours of Ed Ricketts's lab, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $15. 800 Cannery Row, canneryrow.org [11]. Paris Bakery Breads, pastries, sandwiches. 271 Bonifacio Place, 646-1620. Rosine's Restaurant At this locals' favorite, try such specials as crab-and-avocado eggs Benedict. 434 Alvarado St., 375- 1400, rosinesmonterey.com [12]. Turtle Bay Taqueria Sustainable seafood and classic dishes of southern Mexico and Belize in a family-friendly setting. 431 Tyler St., 333-1500, turtlebay.tv [13].
Museum of Natural History Free admission. 165 Forest Ave., 648-5716, pgmuseum.org [14]. 17-Mile Drive Scenic toll road ($9.25 per vehicle) with beach access, picnic areas, and overlooks. 647-7500, pebblebeach.com [15]. Holly's Lighthouse Cafe Stick-toyour-ribs breakfasts. 602 Lighthouse Ave., 372-7006. Passionfish Expertly cooked sustainable seafood, wellpriced wines. 701 Lighthouse Ave., 655-3311, passionfish.net [16].
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo Basilica, chapel, museum, gardens, cemetery, and store. 3080 Rio Rd., 624-1271, carmelmission.org [17]. Tor House Robinson Jeffers's stone cottage and tower. 26304 Ocean View Ave., 624-1813, torhouse.org [18]. Weston Gallery Fine photographic prints by Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Man Ray, Edward Weston, and others. Sixth Avenue between Dolores and Lincoln streets, 624-4453, westongallery.com [19]. Terrace Grill Refined outdoor dining at La Playa Hotel. Eighth Avenue at Camino Real, 624-4010, laplayahotel.com [20]. Tommy's Wok Affordable Szechuan, Mandarin, and Hunan cuisine. Mission Street between Ocean and Seventh avenues, 624-8518, restauranteur.com/tommyswok [21].


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Hawks, Capitals lead list of NHL teams on the riseby Dan Rosen / NHL.com
They came around a few months ago by winning the Stanley Cup.
With that, we offer you our first Top 10 list of the summer. It's the Top 10 teams that we deem to be, as they say, on the rise.
These are the teams that for the last few seasons have been taking steps up the challenging ladder to Stanley Cup glory, and all look poised to continue their climb in 2009-10. Maybe one even could reach the top and become the next Pittsburgh Penguins.
1. Chicago Blackhawks -- Their run to the Western Conference Finals was a dramatic leap for a team that hadn't reached the playoffs since 2002, but it wasn't totally shocking. The Hawks have changed dramatically in the last 24 months by developing a solid young core and have spent to upgrade in other areas.
2. Washington Capitals -- Led by back-to-back Hart Trophy winner Alex Ovechkin, the Caps have won consecutive Southeast Division titles and improved in the playoffs from 2008 to 2009. They're still young and hungry, and now they might have their goalie of their future in Simeon Varlamov.
3. St. Louis Blues -- The Blues are starting to make good on the promise of building with their own core players and striking in the trading and free agency markets when the iron is hot. With David Backes, Patrik Berglund, T.J. Oshie, David Perron and a now-healthy Erik Johnson slowly turning into the faces of the franchise, the Blues aren't pushovers anymore.
4. Columbus Blue Jackets -- Rick Nash is on board with a new eight-year contract extension and all indications are they have long-term stability in net with Steve Mason. Derick Brassard, Jakub Voracek, Nikita Filatov and Kris Russell make up the young core, and Nash, Kristian Huselius, R.J. Umberger, Fedor Tyutin, Rostislav Klesla and Mike Commodore provide veteran leadership. The addition of Sami Pahlsson boosts the Jackets' playoff experience.
5. Los Angeles Kings -- The trade earlier this month for Ryan Smyth indicates management now feels this team is ready to take the next step. With Smyth and fellow newcomer Rob Scuderi joining Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown, Alexander Frolov, Drew Doughty and Jack Johnson, the Kings should be in a fight for a playoff berth.
6. Tampa Bay Lightning -- Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis still make up the backbone of this team, and they're expecting significant progress from Steven Stamkos, last season's No. 1 draft pick. The Lightning did the smart thing this offseason by acquiring pieces to rebuild their defense. After drafting Victor Hedman with the second pick, they signed Mattias Ohlund, Kurtis Foster and Matt Walker. Antero Niittymaki gives them depth in net to go with Mike Smith.
7. Toronto Maple Leafs -- Leafs Nation has to be feeling better now that GM Brian Burke has gone to work on the roster. The improvements, at least on defense, appear to be significant, with bruisers Mike Komisarek, Francois Beauchemin and Garnet Exelby joining Luke Schenn, Tomas Kaberle, Mike Van Ryn, Jeff Finger and Ian White. Burke also lured highly-touted Swedish goalie Jonas Gustavsson to Toronto.
8. New York Islanders -- Isn't it amazing how one player can change a franchise's image? That's what appears to be happening on Long Island with the selection of John Tavares last month with the first pick of the 2009 Entry Draft. Tavares, Josh Bailey and Kyle Okposo are the prizes in the Isles' mission to restock the system and go with a youth movement.
9. Philadelphia Flyers -- Philadelphia upgraded its defense by adding Chris Pronger. Team captain Mike Richards still is only 24 years old. So, too, is the Flyers' best goal scorer, Jeff Carter. Claude Giroux looks like he could be a big-time performer, and remember, Danny Briere, Simon Gagne and Scott Hartnell remain in the mix, too. The question marks are in net with the overhaul from Martin Biron and Antero Niittymaki to Ray Emery and Brian Boucher.
10. Vancouver Canucks -- Losing Mattias Ohlund could hurt, but that was buried under the important re-signings of the Sedin twins. Roberto Luongo is at the top of his game and will be motivated by the opportunity to get hot and start for Canada in the Olympics. Alex Burrows, Ryan Kesler, Kevin Bieksa and Alexander Edler only are getting better. Mikael Samuelsson, signed away from the Detroit Red Wings can make the power play better.
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Now I know that Mommy Track'd has a mommy lit section on its [1]bookshelf. I know, too, that the management of Mommy Track'd happens to harbor a weakness for chick lit. But as the site's resident reviewer, I've pledged to be honest. So let me be blunt. I detest chick lit and its monster offspsring, mommy lit. Now I'm as willing to indulge in guilty pleasures of the frivolous literary sort as anyone, but most of what fits the chick lit mold is just too slight and demeaning to the smart women who are supposed to be its most avid consumers. The sloppy writing, silly plots and skimpy characterizations are insulting. But. These books get a huge amount of attention. Publishers finagle prime bookstore placement for them. They decorate them in snazzy, attention-getting covers. So they sell, despite the fact that I may sneer and walk quickly by them.
|On the other hand, I'm pleased when a mother transitions from an unsatisfactory corporate career
to a more congenial life as a writer. That's what happened to Karen Quinn. Downsized from her job as VP at American Express, she started a business, Smart City Kids, helping families get their kids into New York's elite private schools. Though she garnered lots of clients and an equal amount of media attention, she eventually sold the business to her partner and took time off to write her first novel, The Ivy Chronicles [3], about – surprise – a mother of two, downsized from her high powered Wall Street job and cheated on by her husband, who reinvents herself by starting a company helping affluent families with private school admissions.
Ivy is forced to move with her two daughters from the comfortable Upper East Side to the Lower, as she struggles to make her new business work. Mocking the cruelties of the competitive corporate culture at the same time that it skewers the shallow world of competitive child-rearing, the novel is frequently amusing, but as a working mother's quest to reinvent herself it rings hollow. Quinn's narrative technique is to exaggerate characters and situations to make a point. That makes it easy for readers to sneer at the pretensions of parents willing to use their very small children to buttress their own positions. But the book isn't quite a satire, either, and so we're left with forgettable people, cartoony plot points, and an absurdly romantic ending.
Though I didn't love her first book, how could I resist a heroine successful and smart enough and curious enough to want to attend discussions of currency flows and international markets when she's invited to Davos for the World Economic Forum? That's former Olympic champion Christy Hayes, the star of Quinn's latest novel, Wife in the Fast Lane [4], who has parlayed her athletic stardom into a wildly successful athletic shoe company, Baby G. After years of putting all her energy into her company, leaving no time for a romantic life, Christy meets and marries a determinedly childless media mogul. They are the loves of one another's lives, moneyed, powerful, free. Christy has easily agreed to Michael's condition that they have no children (he has been alienated from his only daughter by his vicious ex-wife) until, several months into their blissful union, Christy's beloved housekeeper dies, leaving Christy to raise her 11year old granddaughter, Renata. Michael will have nothing to do with young Renata's life, pushing Christy into a dilemma familiar to many women who have faced the conflicting claims of loved ones. But that's not all that's going on in Christy's now-confused life. Her business partner, whom we're set up to suspect from very early in the novel, betrays her, pushing Christy out as CEO of the company she's birthed and nourished, and she faces the constant disapproval and contempt of the stay-at-home mothers and head of the PTA at the elegant private school she's selected for Renata.
All of these, plus a few other wrinkles (a newspaper reporter is after Michael, for instance, and there are others) complicate the plot in what now seem for Quinn to be predictable and clichéd ways. Again, the characters are stick figures –Michael's daughter an over-the-top stand-in for the spoiled and neglected teen-ager, Renata's family a set of stereotypes veering dangerously toward racist - and the situations too coincidental and familiar to be satisfying. The "moral" of this story is that a woman must choose among love, career and children. She can't have more than two, Christy has been told by the book's wise African-American nanny figure (another stereotype, despite the fact that this one quotes Shakespeare all over the place). So Christy chooses. If you're still wanting to read, I'll leave it for you to find out which.


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The Annual Leopard Softball tournament saw the Kenedy Leopards complete the tournament with 3 wins and 2 losses. The two losses were to bigger schools as Karnes City got a little revenge from last year beating the Leopards this year by a score of 14-1. Kenedy beat Nixon-Smiley, San Antonio Hawkins and New Braunfels Christian Academy. Their other loss was to St. Joe's out of Victoria. The Leopards finished in 5th place as there were 12 teams in this years tournament. First place went to Pettus, followed by Karnes City, Three Rives, St. Joe's, and Kenedy.
Even though the Leopards did not have anyone that made the All-tournament team, Coach Hinojosa pointed out some outstanding play by all three Seniors; Richter, Teryn Schmidt and Laurel Vickery. Richter went 7 for 9 with 6 runs scored, 6 RBIs and 9 stolen bases in only 4 games. Schmidt kept her bat hot by going 5 for 10 with 8 runs scored, 4 RBIs and stole 3 bases. Vickery batted .400, going 4 for 10 with 8 runs scored and had 9 stolen bases. Coach Hinojosa also mentioned Zelanzy got 2 wins from the mound and went 7 for 13, 7 runs scored, 9 RBIs and had an inside the park home run. Zapata got the other win and went 6 for 10 with 5 runs scored and had a team high 13 RBIs. Zapata had 3 doubles and one triple.
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Google misses revenue target as ad prices slide
Apr 17 2014 , San Francisco
Shares of Google were down 3% to $539.80 in after hours trading on Wednesday, after initially sliding roughly 6% on the news.
The number of "paid clicks" by consumers on Google's ads increased by 26% in the first quarter, disappointing some analysts who had hoped for stronger volume growth. And the average "cost per click" declined 9%, extending a downward trend as mobile advertising, typically cheaper than traditional online ads, make up a bigger slice of its business.
The world's largest search engine, along with Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc, which are due to report financial results in coming weeks, are revamping their products and advertising business to account for smartphones.
"It's an average quarter from a great company," said BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis. "It's the same old story. Paid clicks were a little lighter than people might have hoped, CPC declines were a little higher than people would have liked, expenses continued to rise."
Operating income slipped to 32% of revenue on an adjusted basis, from 34% in the year-ago period.
Google is spending big to push into various new markets with innovations such as wearable computers, ultra high-speed Internet access and home automation. In January it acquired Nest, which makes smart thermostats and smoke detectors, for $3.2 billion.
The Nest purchase and some legal expenses bumped up Google's spending during the quarter, Finance Chief Patrick Pichette said during a conference call on Wednesday. But aside from those items, "our expenses continue to demonstrate the same disciplined agenda we've always had," he said.
Sales of digital media such as movies and games in Google's online Play store, as well as hardware devices such as the Chromecast television gadget, boosted Google's "other" revenue 48% year-on-year to $1.6 billion.
Google's revenue climbed 19% to $15.42 billion in the first quarter from $12.95 billion in the year-ago period. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S had estimated $15.54 billion. Traffic acquisition costs, the fees that Google pays to partner websites that run its ads, were $3.23 billion, or 23% of advertising revenue.
Google's advertising rates, like those of other Internet companies including Yahoo Inc, has been under pressure as more consumers access its online services on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, whose advertising rates can be half as much as on personal computers, according to Needham & Co analyst Kerry Rice.
Google's ad prices are also under pressure as the company expands into emerging markets, where ad rates are lower, said Rice.
Google Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora said prices of mobile ads will eventually catch up to prices of online ads that appear on desktop PCs, as improvements in mobile search capabilities and mobile websites make it easier for consumers to buy things on a smartphone's small screen.
Arora did not provide a time frame, though Needham analyst Rice said he did not expect the change to happen overnight.
"We've probably seen the bottom, but I don't expect some rapid improvement," said Rice.
Google posted $3.45 billion in net income, or $5.04 per share, in the three months ended March 31, compared to $3.35 billion, or $4.97 per share, in the year-ago period. Excluding certain items, Google earned $6.27 per share. Google reported a $198 million net loss from "discontinued operations," which includes the Motorola smartphone business. Google announced plans in January to sell the money-losing business to China's Lenovo for $2.91 billion.


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April 1, 2012
The Buckeyes swept doubles to take a 1-0 lead heading into singles. Senior Tom Mroziewicz and sophomore Jonas Dierckx nearly pulled through in their No. 3 doubles match for Iowa against Kevin Metka and Chase Buchanan, but wound up falling short, 8-6. Junior Garret Dunn and sophomore Michael Swank were defeated in No. 1 doubles. Freshman Matt Hagan and senior Will Vasos fell short in No. 2 doubles.
Ohio State won all six singles matches. Hagan, Dunn, Vasos, Dierckx, junior Connor Gilmore and sophomore Joey White all played singles for the Hawkeyes. Dierckx nearly took the first set of his No. 4 singles match against Connor Smith, but Smith won in extra games (7-6) and went on to win the match.
Iowa will be back in action on April 4 for the first match of a three game home-stand. The Hawkeyes host Nebraska on April 4 at 2 p.m., Indiana on April 6 at 2 p.m. and Purdue on April 8 at noon. All matches will be played at the Hawkeye Tennis and Recreation Complex.
Ohio State 7, Iowa 0
No. 1 - No. 12 Chase Buchanan (OSU) def. Matt Hagan (IOWA) 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 - No. 54 Peter Kobelt (OSU) def. Garret Dunn (IOWA) 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 - Ille Van Engelen (OSU) def. Will Vasos (IOWA)6-2, 6-3
No. 4 - Connor Smith (OSU) def. Jonas Dierckx (IOWA) 7-6, 6-0
No. 5 - Hunter Callahan (OSU) def. Connor Gilmore (IOWA) 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 - No. 110 Nelson Vick (OSU) def. Joey White (IOWA) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 2, 6, 2
No. 1 -No. 39 Devin McCarthy/Van Engelen (OSU) def. Dunn/Michael Swank (IOWA) 8-3
No. 2 - Kobelt/Smith (OSU) def. Hagan/Vasos (IOWA) 8-2
No. 3 - Kevin Metka/Buchanan (OSU) def. Tom Mroziewicz/Dierckx (IOWA) 8-6 Order of finish: 2, 1, 3


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Once chives bloom, cut the plants back a section at a time to encourage new growth. Kids can dry the chive blossoms for simple floral arrangements. Just lay the blossoms, stems attached, on a fine mesh screen; place in a dark, well-ventilated area until they are dry. Another easy project for kids is to make soft-pink chive-flavoured vinegar: simply pour warm cider vinegar into a jar filled with blossoms, cover and store in a dark place for four to six weeks. Then strain the vinegar through cheesecloth, pour into a pretty bottle and use in cooking and homemade salad dressing.
Believed by ancient Greeks to give strength and fortitude, thyme is a pungent perennial, a member of the mint family. During Medieval times, the herb represented bravery, and aristocratic women embroidered pictures of it on scarves for their knights.
Of the more than 400 varieties, garden thyme (also known as common thyme) is the kind most often grown. It's a shrubby perennial that grows 15 to 30 centimetres tall with pale grey-green leaves and delicate mauve flowers. To sow, cover seed with three centimetres of fine soil, well pressed down. Keep the soil moist until the seeds germinate in 10 to 18 days. Thyme plants can survive light drought, but dry conditions produce concentrated oils and a more potent herb.
Add snips of thyme to salty meat, fish and cheese entrees and soups as you prepare them, allowing the herb time to release its flavour into the dish. You can also make thyme vinegar using the same method as chive vinegar above.
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In this first installment of our two-part series, we discuss how to deploy Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, specifically in an environment where Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 is already installed.
We begin by answering the question: How does System Center Configuration Manager help me stay on top of my environment, and get, or stay, secure? We highlight changes in site deployment and site system roles. We also look at performance and security improvements.
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