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Kerchoonz, the revenue sharing musician's site, has introduced the K-box. The compact 115 x 55 x 20mm device can be plugged into your cell phone, laptop, MP3 player or portable game system. Set it on any solid flat surface and it becomes a speaker with a bass response of 40Hz to 20KHz. Battery life is up to 20 hours, then you can recharge via USB. The K-box is available for GBP 39.99 (~$56.00.)
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Ok Im confused about a delay on a rifle purchase in ma.
Last thursday tried to purchase the 22 rifle at dicks sporting goods .
But my background check has been put on delay.
What is confuseing me is that this past summer .
I purchased an ar15 lower and background check was done over internet.
That took all of 10min.
Can dicks refuse sale if backround check is not back in 3days.
Whitch is acording to fbi web site.
Also have ltc with no issues.
does anyone know if I can contact fbi to straighten out problem
You can contact the feds in writting and give them permission to keep a file on you. You have to go to the atf site and request the paperwork. That would likely stop you from getting delayed. Dick's has a history of denying sale to people that get delayed. Normally you can proceed with the transfer after 3 business days. Everyone is getting delayed right now and the system is in a giant traffic jam. Dick's will probably not get a call back from NICS. You may very well be denied sale and they do have the right to do so. Sorry you're having trouble. If it makes you feel better I'm a gunsmith, I work on the Leos guns and I still get delayed rather often.
You may have noticed the mob hanging out at gun shows and gun shops? The HUGE increase in sales has put the NICS system into overload- and I think they may be replacing the 2 C cell batteries that power the main computer.
A "Delay" does not mean that you are Denied- it just means "wait a minute". If you are constantly delayed, look at getting a UPIN (Unique Personnel Identification number) which cuts down on confusing you with similar named bad guys (I know a guy named Charles Manson- really)
If the Delay is not cleared after 3 days, the FFL CAN make the sale. However, I will tell you now that Dick's will not. Nor under Fed law do they HAVE to make the sale. It says the FFL may make the transaction- not that they must.
Ok got on phone last sunday with dicks talked to assit manager .
She said I will call them now and call you back .
Ten minnutes later she called with ok procceed with sale.
When I was checking out salesman had me change date applied for background check.
Assist manager said hey you cant change that date that was when we tried to get thru.
I think dicks couldnt get thru to fbi so they said it was delay .
Okall done with dicks .
next time I will go to a gun shop.
I get delayed every time I make a gun purchase but I have a very common name. I am also a Permanent Resident Alien not a Citizen yet and that always triggers a second look. Went to buy a shotgun today and got delayed again.
Its not a big deal to me but last time the delay was a whole 20 minutes. I suspect it will be a lot longer this time with all the crazy panic buying. Just have to be patient.
I understand if it goes longer than 3 days the store could still sell me the gun, hopefully it won't go that long.
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'Gravely ill' dog 'dumped' amidst Tilbury fly-tip because owner didn't want to pay its vet bills, says RSPCA
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A 'GRAVELY ill' dog was 'put out with the rubbish' and left in the middle of a waste dump in Thurrock – because its owner didn't want to pay its vet bills, the RSPCA said.
The body has launched an investigate to find the culprit who dumped the 18-month-old Saluki, covered in mud, in the middle of a pile of fly-tipped debris.
Two men happened upon the malnourished dog in Low Street Lane, East Tilbury, on the afternoon of Friday, June 1, when their vehicle broke down nearby.
RSPCA inspector Rebecca Benson said: "They had walked up to the area near a huge pile of fly-tipped rubbish so they would be safer off of the lane – and that's when they spotted a brown and white dog curled up amongst the rubbish and in need of help.
"She wasn't visible from the road and I hate to think what could have happened to her if they hadn't broken down in the area and stumbled across her. She must have had a guardian angel looking out for her."
The dog – now known as Penny – had collapsed, couldn't stand and could hardly lift her head. She had no collar or microchip.
Inspector Benson said: "The men had offered her water but she didn't want any. She was emaciated and very dehydrated, so I rushed her to a vet who feared she may have some gastro problems, so she will remain at the surgery for further monitoring, treatment and lots of TLC."
The dog was kept on a drip all weekend and is now able to walk around.
Inspector Benson continued: "I strongly suspect she's simply been case aside because she needed some veterinary attention and her owner didn't want to pay for that.
"She's literally been thrown out with the rubbish and was dumped at a location where she could have easily never been found.
"To do something so cold and callous is just heartbreaking and I'd like to find out who is responsible."
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It's that time of year again. A time to celebrate and appreciate the women who gave us birth, loved us through all of our flaws and tirelessly worked to help us achieve our goals. These women are our strongest supporters and liveliest cheerleaders. They deserve the best of our love.
I've teamed up with my favorite do-gooders, Macy's Heart of Haiti and EVERYWHERE, to support a new organization called OFEDA.
OFEDA (Organisation des Femmes Dévouées en Action) is a group of women formed after the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010. Ranging from age 18 to 82, these women have come together, forming businesses to support themselves. They started off with hand-made cards and have grown to selling other products. Pretty impressive, I might add, given the circumstances. But, nothing is too hard for the resilient people of my parent's country.
Many of these women are mothers. By supporting the Haitian artisans who create the Heart of Haiti products, we are stimulating the Haitian economy. My lovely pals at EVERYWHERE will directly donate to this cause. From now until June 1st, if you purchase an item from Macy's Heart of Haiti, send your receipt to email@example.com and EVERYWHERE will match your purchase with a donation to OFEDA. (Maximum donation of $1000.) If you are sending your receipt via snail mail, please send to: Everywhere, 154 Krog Street Suite 130, Atlanta, GA 30307.
As for my mom, she's getting this lovely and stylish picture frame from the Heart of Haiti line. What will you get your mother?
I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere has provided me with product from the Macy's Heart of Haiti collection as compensation for this post about OFEDA. However, all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own.


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DNR developed the Linkwood WMA Vision Plan to effectively establish long-term goals, and maintain and manage public access for outdoor recreation and natural resource protection. The plan, to be carried out over the next 15 years, will address conserving, restoring and safeguarding sensitive wildlife habitats as well as creating and maintaining valuable habitat for game species.
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He has seen more of the world than Marco Polo. He has opened more mission fields than David Livingstone. He has been as innovative in his world of church ministries ... read more about New Orie O. Miller biography to be celebrated by contemporaries at Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society meeting
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PAX service program, predecessor to the Peace Corps, recognized by Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence
In 1951, Jay "Junior" Lehman, then a 21-year-old farm boy from Ohio, sailed by freighter to Antwerp, Belgium. He was among the first wave of conscientious objectors to participate in ... read more about PAX service program, predecessor to the Peace Corps, recognized by Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence
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Father George McLean (r.), general editor, presents Paul Peachey with a copy of his book "Building Peace and Civil Society: An Autobiographical Report from a Believers' Church" (Washington, D.C.: The ... read more about EMU Furthers Catholic-Anabaptist Dialogue
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Giant development projects launched in Mecca
Prince Abdul-Majeed Bin Abdul-Aziz, the Governor of Mecca region has described Sunday's launching by Crown Prince Abdullah of giant development projects in the holy city as "an unprecedented historic event."
The new projects, aimed at expanding housing and prayer facilities for pilgrims, would cost SR35 billion (some US$9.3 billion), he added, according to SPA
He said the large-scale projects meant establishing a full-fledged city. "The new projects will enhance facilities for the millions of pilgrims who come to the holy city to perform their religious rites in peace and security," Prince Abdul-Majeed said. "These projects, a big jump to the future, will serve both the present and coming generations," he added.
Prince Abdul-Majeed noted the Shamiya project would include expansion of the Haram Mosque's northern courtyard by 1.5 million square meters. "This project alone will help provide housing for more than 205,000 pilgrims and prayer area for 400,000 people," he pointed out.
About 36 of 43 hectares in the Shamiya area, northwest of Haram, will be used for construction while the rest for the expansion of the mosque's courtyard.
The authority has proposed that those who invest in projects in the area, such as hotels and residential towers, shall expand the courtyard. Saudi businessmen are expected to invest some SR3 billion to develop Shamiya.
Some 46,000 square meters will be developed in the Jabal Al-Kaaba on the northeast of Haram. Abdul Latif Jameel Real Estate Investment Company is planning to establish a number of hotels, commercial centers and public facilities there.
The massive projects launched by Crown Prince Abdullah included development of Ajyad Hospital located close to the Haram, construction of a new road parallel to the existing road linking the Haram with Jeddah-Mecca Expressway, and building of modern residential and commercial facilities in Jabal Omar, Jabal Khandama and Jabal Al-Kaaba areas around Haram. The projects are also aimed at developing disorganized areas in the central region of the holy city after removing old and dilapidated buildings.
The relevant authorities have already conducted a study on developing Ajyad Hospital and surrounding areas. The Public Investment Fund will carry out the hospital project after paying compensation to property owners in the area. (menareport.com)


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Grammy nominated artist Kem uses his life history and music to organize the third "Mack & Third Live: A Call to Service," a free concert and food drive to benefit the homeless in Detroit.
"Mack & Third is about giving back," said KEM. "I've been fortunate to overcome many obstacles including being addicted and homeless. If it weren't for organizations like the Detroit Rescue Mission and the NSO, I wouldn't be where I am today. I want to encourage others in their current situations by offering something tangible like a meal, along with the hope that things can get better. By sharing my music with a free concert, I also hope to inspire others to give back."Read More>>
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Selena Gomez Flies Out of Los Angeles Following Justin Bieber Split (PHOTOS)
On Saturday, Gomez was spotted arriving at Los Angeles International airport for a flight en route to New York City.
The 20-year-old avoided photographers as best as possible, hiding behind her giant purse and a pair of shades.
This is the first time Gomez has been seen in public since E! News reported that the Disney star and her Canadian superstar boyfriend had broken up just about one week ago.
Meanwhile, Bieber, 19, is scheduled to play the Barclays Center (the venue partially owned by Jay-Z and the new home of the Brooklyn Nets) on Monday.
"thank u Boston. focused on the positive. #30MillionBeliebers with me. Im never leaving u because u r always there 4 me. love u. Night," he wrote.
Bieber will have a week-long break from his tour before traveling to Pittsburgh for a show on Nov. 20.
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Neeson has spoken about the unforgettable night when he tried to get access to his dying wife, Natasha Richardson, while no one recognized him.
Liam Neeson has spoken out about the hellish night he lost his wife Natasha Richardson, explaining he struggled to get access to the dying actress because no one recognized him at the hospital she was taken to.
Richardson was rushed to hospital hours after falling and banging her head during a skiing lesson in Canada in 2009 and almost two years later Neeson can still vividly remember the awful night he tried to get access to his dying wife, recalling how security at the hospital was high and no one seemed to know who he was.
He tells Esquire magazine, "I walked into the emergency (room) - it's like 70, 80 people, broken arms, black eyes, all that - and for the first time in years, nobody recognizes me. Not the nurses. The patients. No one. I've come all this way, and they won't let me see her. And I'm looking past them, starting to push - I'm like, 'F**k, I know my wife's back there someplace.'
He says, "I pull out a cell phone, and a security guard comes up, starts saying, 'Sorry, sir, you can't use that in here,' and I'm about to ask him if he knew me, when he disappears to answer a phone call or something. So I went outside. It's freezing cold, and I thought, 'What am I gonna do? How am I going to get past the security?. I see two nurses... I walk up, and luckily one of them recognizes me. And I'll tell you, I was so f**king grateful - for the first time in I don't know how long - to be recognized. And this one (nurse) says, 'Go in that back door there.' She points me to it. 'Make a left. She's in a room there.' So I get there, just in time. And all these young doctors, who look all of 18 years of age, they tell me the worst."
Richardson, 45, died of an epidural haematoma and Neeson admits he's often overcome with grief at the most random moments when he thinks about his late wife. He adds, "It hits you in the middle of the night - well, it hits me in the middle of the night. I'm out walking. I'm feeling quite content. And it's like suddenly, boom."


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Photos: Inside Vintage by Misty's New Old Town Scottsdale Location
Vintage by Misty opens to a sitting area.
Becky Bartkowski
Spontaneous. Colorful. A touch of eccentric.
That's how the fresh tags on the clothing at Vintage by Misty's new Scottsdale location describe the shop, its contents, and the women who flock to it.
See also: Downtown Phoenix's Vintage by Misty to Relocate to Old Town Scottsdale
The new Vintage by Misty offers housewares and clothing.
Becky Bartkowski
Misty Guerriero Navon recently relocated her Central Phoenix shop to 7046 E. Fifth Ave. in Old Town Scottsdale. Her new storefront stands out with gallery windows, high ceilings, exposed beams, hard wood floors, and plenty of the gypsy-jetset-style pieces that make Vintage by Misty a standby in the local shopping scene.
Inside, vintage lovers will find richly colored clothing, along with a luxe collection of furniture and home decor like quirky pillows and upholstery fabrics. Most price points range from $50 to $220. Of course, there are always outliers when it comes to big-name designer pieces like Chanel handbags and Pucci dresses.
In addition to those new tags, VBM also has free reusable bags adorned with the shop's name that come with each purchase. Shoppers who bring the bag back receive a 15 percent discount.
The hours at the new Vintage by Misty are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. While the store's Phoenix location is officially closed, VBM's satellite location inside Nové is still open. Visit www.vintagebymisty.com.
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"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of 100 battles." – The Art of War- Sun Tzu
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On Sunday and Monday, the Ohio State Buckeyes will host the 2014 edition of the NWCA National Duals at St. John Arena, where 10 of the top teams in the nation will compete for the title. While some of the nation's powerhouse teams like Iowa and Penn State will not be competing (for various reasons and causes, championed by Cael Sanderson, himself), the competition will be fierce and the wrestling will be at a high level.
In the preliminary round, the Buckeyes drew the Hofsta Pride, currently ranked outside fo the top 20 in the latest Intermat rankings.
Head Coach- Rob Anspach
Coach Anspach is in his 3rd year at the helm of the Pride, but is in his 12th season on staff at Hofstra. He has coached a pair of All-Americans and was twice a qualifier for the NCAA tournament himself as a Hofstra wrestler. Anspach is flanked by a talented staff of assistants, with a number of All-American places between them. Zach Tanelli (Wisconsin alum), Dan Vallimont (Penn State), and one-time Buckeye Ryan Patrovich (Hofstra) all assist Anspach and get quality time on the mats with the Pride wrestlers.
Notable Wrestlers:
125 lbs- Jamie Franco- Franco is a two-time NCAA qualifier and is currently ranked 17th in the latest Intermat rankings. Franco currently has an 18-8 record and has wins over Earl Hall of Iowa State and Conor Youtsey of Michigan to this point in the season.
133 lbs- Jamel Hudson – Hudson is a redshirt freshman who was the State Wrestler of the Year in New York as a senior. Hudson boasts a 16-4 record and all 4 of his losses are to highly ranked wrestlers.
141 lbs- Luke Vaith – Vaith is 22-4 on the season, with his 4 losses coming to 3 outstanding wrestlers. He is a 2 time NCAA tournament qualifier and has a win over UNC's Evan Henderson on his resume this season. Vaith has built up a reputation as a finisher, with 7 falls to this point.
165 lbs- Joe Booth- Booth is a 3 time NCAA tournament qualifier, but has yet to find the podium on the biggest stage in collegiate wrestling. With a 25-6 record, Booth has an outstanding record, but doesn't have a signature win to this point in the season. Booth is currently ranked #15 in the country at 165.
Ohioans on the Roster:
None. Former Buckeye All-American Cam Tessari was attempting a transfer to Hofstra after leaving the Buckeyes last season, but is no longer with the team, according to Coach Rob Anspach.
Matches to watch:
125 lbs- #17 Jamie Franco vs Nick Roberts
Franco is an experienced wrestler, while Roberts is just a redshirt freshman. The lighter weights are where the Pride excel, so any hope of a Hofstra victory will likely rely on upsets in lower weights.
133 lbs #18 Jamel Hudson vs #9 Johnni DiJulius
JDJ put an end to a 2 match losing streak with a decisive victory over Yenter of Michigan State. Hudson may be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
141 lbs #11 Luke Vaith vs #3 Logan Stieber
Vaith is a feast or famine type of wrestler, succumbing to 2 pins and a major decision in his 4 losses to go with a number of victories by fall. As someone who is susceptible to the pin, Vaith may not be excited to look across the mat and see one of the more prolific pinners in college wrestling.
285 lbs- Mike Hughes vs Nick Tavanello
If the match is on the line heading into the heavyweight match, Nick Tavanello should feel comfortable in the situation. Tav is also coming on a bit of late, having wrestled his best matches of the season recently.
The Buckeyes and Pride will also be aware of the Iowa State vs Kent State match, as the corresponding winners and losers of those matches will square off in the 2nd round.
Be sure to check back tomorrow evening for my interview with Coach Rob Anspach in the Buckeyes in the Crosshairs segment. Thanks as usual for reading and Go Bucks!


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First shots with my brand new G22 Gen4 .40 cal
Just picked up my Glock G22 Friday afternoon and this morning was my first chance to give her a try. I am a new shooter, having fired about 400 rounds in my life. After the first shot I should have just put her up for sale as at 7 yards it was dead center. While nothing was terrible after that I seem to have a tendency to shoot low and left. From what I have been told I am tightening my grip, but I would like to hear other possible suggestions. Thanks
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Thanks, I am right handed. I have seen that chart before. Tend to think I am gripping too tight. What exactly does too little trigger finger mean (simple terms please). Thanks.
It refers to the tip of your index finger the "pad" that actually touches the face of the trigger.
Too much would mean the face of the trigger was touching down by the first knuckle.
Too little would mean it was touching closer to the very tip of the finger.
Hope that makes sense. There are many variables in shooting. Just takes practice to find the "sweet spot" for you and your weapon. Everyone is different and every gun is different. Good Luck.
Almost everyone new to the Glocks shoot the the left. Don't worry it takes sometimegetting used to it. I've had good days and bad days with my Glock 22 and I still shoot to the left. The idea is to put you left thumb and the frame to stabilize your trigger pull when holding the gun with two hands. Check online somewhere for proper a gripping of a Glock.
Thanks for the feedback. I found this video on Youtube to be of great help in getting my grip right:
My g22 shot high left every time when I bought it new no matter what I tried to do...unless I shot low right on purpose(no fun) Until I bought after market sights and had my local gun shop install and zero them. Now I can hit a soda can or clay pigeon from 75 yards and get less than 2 inch groups dead center at up to 15 to 20 yards. Grab yourself some good tritium night sights, have a Smith install them and the famous left shot glock gremlin will be no more.
Most Glock sites are dead on. Out of seven of us who bought Glock 22's. Not one of them needed any site adjustment and all were stock sites. You just have got to trust those sites and take your time getting to know how to shoot a semi auto. Its different then a revolver, way different.
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The NCAA voted on Thursday to give the richest college conferences unprecedented freedom to make their own rules on matters such as stipends, scholarships and insurance for players.
The decision by the NCAA Division 1 board affects the 65 schools in the Atlantic Coast, Big Ten, Big 12, Pacific-12 and Southeastern conferencescollectively known as the Big 5. Schools could begin implementing new rules by early next year, if the change makes it through a 60-day review period.
The new leeway won't allow schools to give college players a paycheck or a cut of lucrative marketing and broadcast deals. It is limited to specific areas, such as loosening recruiting curbs, offering more comprehensive health insurance and letting schools cover the gap of roughly $2,000 to $4,000 between what a scholarship typically pays and the actual cost of attending school.
The new system would make official what has long been true: Universities with big-budget sports programs are in a different echelon than the nation's other schools, even the rest of the 350 members of the NCAA's Division 1.
Now, the University of Alabama, with an athletic department that generated $125 million in 2011-12, will also get to bestow more perks and protections on its players than a school like North Carolina Asheville or Mississippi Valley State, which generate athletic revenues well below the $7 million-a-year salary of Alabama football coach Nick Saban.
Todays vote by the NCAA Board of Directors will have a significant impact on the future of intercollegiate athletics and more than likely will result in an increase in the cost of operating the athletic programs of the universities of the Sun Belt Conference," SBC Commissioner Karl Benson said in a statement earlier today. "While there will be challenges ahead, our universities are committed to the continued academic success of our student-athletes along with providing the necessary benefits to protect their overall health and welfare. Our universities have integrated the values of intercollegiate athletics into their respective academic missions on each campus and the SBC looks forward to continuing to play a prominent role within the new NCAA governance as one of the 10 FBS conferences.


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Kony 2012: Jacob
As most of you know, my friend, Brock, wrote about the video, "Kony 2012". I'm here to tell you about Jacob, one of the kids trying to avoid the African rebels. Jacob was only 10 years old when his older brother was killed. Unfortunately, Jacob watched the whole thing happen. Jacob's brother was being arrested by the rebels, but Jacob's brother tried to fight back. And with this act, a guard restrained Jacob's brother while the other guard took out a panga ( an extremely long knife). The guard took the panga, and slashed Jacob's brother in the throat. Jacob was very devastated. But the guy who made the movie promised Jacob that the rebels would be stopped. The truth is, the rebels don't have a point in abducting kids like Jacob and putting them in the army, other than too maintain power. Unfortunantely, this still goes on in Uganda and we can't stop Kony because nobody knows who he is. That's where we need your help. go to www.google.com and type in "invisible children Kony 2012". Then click on the first link. Scroll down and be mesmerized.
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Barry Sheerman, chair of the Childrens' Select Committee, gives a Labour backbench view of the revised vetting rules for adults working with children - as he admits the previous rules were 'rushed' through.
The Daily Politics asked the Government for an interview with Ed Balls or a minister in his department, but none was available.
Columinist Peter Oborne joins in and defends the action of the education secretary.
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1. If Providence is pointing toward next season as its breakout year under Ed Cooley, then comments by Ricardo Ledo this weekend appear to put that in jeopardy. Ledo, a highly touted freshman sitting out this season as a partial qualifier, told the Providence Journal his "status is unclear" because he is considering entering the NBA Draft. Said Ledo, "I'm looking at every option."
2. The great week Villanova had upsetting Syracuse and Louisville is looking more like an aberration than the start of an upward trend. The Wildcats dropped back-to-back games since then, falling 65-50 at Notre Dame on Wednesday and 55-52 at home to Providence on Sunday afternoon. At 13-9 overall and 4-5 in Big East play, Villanova will need a surge in February to reach the NCAA tournament despite its marquee wins.
3. Even though this year's Northern Illinois team is probably destined to be remembered for scoring only four points in the first half last month, the Huskies have managed to stay positive since that debacle. Northern Illinois upset Kent State last week before falling to Toledo by five on Saturday. In between those games, John Feinstein of the Washington Post spoke to Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery and wrote a nice piece on the team's ability to bounce back.
4. Virginia's NCAA tournament hopes rest on winning enough ACC games to make up for some horrible non-conference losses, so the Cavaliers' 66-60 loss to Georgia Tech on Sunday was very damaging. They led 57-48 with 8:12 remaining yet scored just three more points the entire game, enabling the Yellow Jackets to steal a victory with a game-ending 18-3 run. The loss snap's Virginia's four-game win streak and relegates the Cavaliers to a third-place tie with North Carolina in the ACC.
5. The only surprising aspect of the month-old website devoted to getting Wake Forest coach Jeff Bzdelik fired is that it took Wake Forest fans so long to create one. Bzelik, under immense pressure after back-to-back last-place ACC finishes, has fared only slightly better in his third season in Winston-Salem. The Demon Deacons lost by 26 at Maryland on Saturday to fall to 10-11 overall and 3-6 in ACC play.
Murray State's Isaiah Canaan isn't the only player who can sink a half-court shot from his knees in a real game. Rush-Henrietta point guard Daniel "Bay" Barley hit one at the buzzer on Saturday to give his team a 57-54 victory over Greece Athena in a matchup of New York high schools. Amazing shot, even if Barley does get away with traveling.
"We don't have a point guard." -- Kansas coach Bill Self after benching Elijah Johnson in favor of seldom-used Andrew White III late in his team's loss to Oklahoma State on Saturday. Johnson had eight points on 3 of 14 shooting to go with five turnovers. Added Self, "It's sad. We were definitely a better team with (Johnson) sitting down." (Topeka Capital-Journal)
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This article was published 3/5/2013 (1572 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The expression "canary in the coal mine" comes to mind when reading a newly released U.S. government report on the sorry plight of honeybees.
Just as canaries once served as sentinels of a toxic situation for coal miners, the honeybee has been not-so-patiently trying to tell us something about the state of their environment -- and coincidentally ours --over the past 10 years or so.
Researchers have been searching in vain for the cause of a phenomenon called "colony collapse disorder" since it was first widely reported in 2006. They've looked at everything from diseases to parasites to genetics to microwave frequencies for an explanation for why bees are disappearing, colonies are failing to thrive and pollination rates are dropping. Overwintering losses for Canadian beekeepers can be as high as 35 per cent some years.
This is about more than honey production. Farmers rely on pollinators for up to one-third of food production.
The buzz lately is over a particular class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, which are widely used to protect seed from insects after planting. Over the protests of manufacturers, the European Union moved last week to ban these chemicals for two years because it's feared they pose a risk to honeybee populations. There is a lawsuit before U.S. courts pushing for the same.
Here in Canada, Health Canada recently issued a list of best-management practices for farmers and seed suppliers that were developed after beekeepers in Ontario and Quebec suffered high losses during the spring corn-planting season in 2012. It's believed dust from the treated seed was picked up by the bees and carried back to the hives.
"The information evaluated to date suggests that insecticides used on treated corn seeds contributed to many of the 2012 spring bee losses," says a report on the Health Canada website.
"Residues of nitro-guanidine neonicotinoid insecticides used to treat corn seed were detected in approximately 70 per cent of the dead bee samples analyzed," it says. "On a beeyard basis, these residues were detected in approximately 80 per cent of the Ontario beeyards where dead bee samples were collected and analyzed (57 out of 70 yards), and in all Quebec beeyards where dead bee samples were collected (one yard)."
Included in the Health Canada recommendations to producers is advice to avoid planting treated seed in windy conditions, avoid areas where bees are foraging and to control flowering weeds that might attract the bees before planting, so foraging bees aren't attracted to the field.
The effects of pesticides and their management are a key issue cited in this new report from the USDA and Environmental Protection Agency. "There is a need for informed and co-ordinated communication between growers and beekeepers and effective collaboration between stakeholders on practices to protect bees from pesticides," it says.
However, that report also supports the emerging consensus several factors are combining to stress bees so their resilience to pests, disease and environmental shocks is compromised.
Common parasites such as the varroa mite have become resistant to the chemicals farmers use to control them.
The commercial bee population lacks genetic diversity, which affects its ability to cope with a changeable climate.
Bees are malnourished. Monoculture farming makes it hard for them to get a balanced diet. "Bees need better forage and a variety of plants to support colony health," the report says.
"Federal and state partners should consider actions affecting land management to maximize available nutritional forage to promote and enhance good bee health and to protect bees by keeping them away from pesticide-treated fields," the authors said.
Crop farmers can't afford to shut down the pollinators. Beekeepers can't afford to lose access to farmers' fields. We need the food produced by this synergistic relationship.
Old-time coal miners knew they were in trouble when the canaries stopped singing. Likewise, the declining health and disappearance of pollinator populations is telling us something is amiss.
Laura Rance is editor of the Manitoba Co-operator. She can be reached at 204-792-4382 or by email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Penrith players will receive a bonus of up to $12,000 a man if they beat the Sydney Roosters in Sunday night's grand final.
Under NRL rules, clubs can share up to half of any prizemoney with players without it affecting their salary caps.
The Roosters have a policy of not dispersing prizemoney among players, and Panthers chief executive Shane Richardson refused to comment on the minor premiers' policy on the issue.
However, two sources close to the club confirmed last night that the players would share half of the $400,000 first prize if they won the game.
But Richardson would only say: "We have made a decision on that matter, the players have been told and we are not saying anything.
"It is something that will stay within the group. I'm not making any comment on anything to do with prizemoney."
However, it is believed the club will divide the players' share of the prizemoney into units of $435.73 which will then be multiplied by the number of games each Panther has played this year.
Having appeared in all 27 matches, including the grand final, skipper Craig Gower and five-eighth Preston Campbell would each receive $11,764.71 if they upset the Roosters.
Halfback Gower was yesterday presented with a $100,000 cheque for the minor premiership. It is not known if this will also be shared.
And there could be a further bonanza for the Panthers' young stars, with the World Club Challenge against the British champions next February carrying a £50,000 ($125,000) purse.
It is understood the news was broken to the Penrith players after they departed yesterday's grand final breakfast at Darling Harbour.
Penrith second-rower Tony Puletua is the only injury worry in either team. He has knee ligament trouble and won't train until tomorrow but is not expected to miss the Telstra Stadium decider.
Sydney Roosters coach Ricky Stuart predicted the Panthers would have "the majority of support" among the 80,000 crowd, and reminded his players of what happened to Parramatta in the 2001 grand final when they were red-hot favourites but got blown away by Newcastle in the first half and never recovered.
"If I'm getting pats on the back from people in the street, saying, 'congratulations, you should win this one', then they're getting it as well," Stuart said at yesterday's grand final breakfast.
"Over the last 10 years there has been a lot of teams in grand finals as favourites and been beaten.
"Everyone keeps saying we're going to have a big intense start to the game, that we're going to be up-tempo.
"It's a big job to actually get there. It's my job to get them to do it again, but I don't know if they're up to it.
"What if we get to the game and they're not up to it?"
In the past decade, the Eels, St George Illawarra (1999), Manly (1997), Manly (1995) and Canterbury (1994) were all heavily backed in the grand final, only to suffer upset defeats.
"We're not comfortable playing Penrith. We understand how good they are," Stuart continued.
"There's a lot of points in Penrith, there's a lot of very, very exciting players. What we do know is that Penrith are certainly going to be up because they're in a position where they've got nothing to lose whatsoever. So there's a challenge there for our players."
Elsewhere, Newcastle winger Timana Tahu and Canberra prop Ryan O'Hara yesterday joined the long list of players ruled out of the Kangaroo Tour through injury.
Coach Chris Anderson told reporters at a Sydney fitness test for members of the Kangaroos train-on squad that he supported Brisbane's Darren Lockyer as captain.
"He's a worthy captain and he's a great footballer," he said.
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New youth mental health initiative launched
Hon Paula Bennett
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10 July 2014 Media Statement
New youth mental health initiative launched
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett has today launched 'Common Ground', an exciting new addition to the Prime Minister's Youth Mental Health Project.
"Common Ground has been designed as an online 'first stop' for anyone concerned about a young person's emotional wellbeing," Mrs Bennett said.
Including a website, a free phone line, social media channels, and links to other services and resources, Common Ground seeks to make sure people get the information they need when it comes to youth mental health.
Around one in five New Zealanders experience a mental health issue during their teens, and many of these issues like depression or anxiety, can continue to affect them throughout their lives.
Adding to the development of Common Ground was a series of interviews carried out between MSD and people who'd sought help on behalf of a young person they were concerned about.
A common theme in these interviews was that many people were unsure where to even start looking for help, and that they were unsure what signs they should be concerned about or not.
This is where Common Ground will make a difference, by being a first point of contact for parents, caregivers, siblings and friends to go to, and get the support they need.
"Common Ground is also a fantastic example of government working alongside community organisations to develop an effective solution to the tough issue of youth mental health," Mrs Bennett said.
"Smart and innovative ideas like this will go a long way to keeping the conversation around youth mental health issues going, an important part in making it easier for young people to get help."
The Common Ground hub is available here: www.commonground.org.nz


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April 27: Surprising sceptics and confounding ground theorists, Apple today announced the launch of the iPad2 in India from April 29 at prices just Rs 2,000 more than those for the iPad1.
The launch comes a day after the iPad2 hit stores in Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, and the UAE. China will get a Wi-Fi version only in May.
The pricing is pretty nifty for the Wi-Fi models, with the 16GB device available at Rs 29,500. The 32GB Wi-Fi model will retail for Rs 34,500, and the 64GB model for Rs 39,500.
The Wi-Fi + 3G devices are slightly more expensive, with the 16GB model priced at Rs 36,900, the 32GB model at Rs 41,900, and the 64GB Model at Rs 46,900. All prices include the value-added tax.
Apples terrific pricing and timing strategy will give a tough time to competition, said Rajat Agrawal, executive editor of online technology portal BGR India.
In Calcutta, the devices will be available at Imagine the authorised Apple retailer which has stores at City Centre malls in Salt Lake and Rajarhat. A spokesperson for the Apple premium re-seller said he expected higher footfalls this weekend and hoped that it would translate into higher sales.
The iPad1 came to India in early January, nine months after its US launch. The delayed launch sparked criticism that Apple was treating India as a dumping ground for products that were clearly at the end of the product cycle.
Not any more.
Apples brand new tablet went on sale in the US on March 11. That it is coming to India within seven weeks signals that the $65-billion technology giant based in Cupertino, California, is changing its strategy in India.
Early birds in India who had forked out big premiums for devices sourced from the grey market or scalpers peddling the stuff through online sites like eBay may kick themselves for failing to outguess the honchos at Cupertino.
There are compelling reasons to opt for the iPad2.
Front and rear FaceTime cameras. Now many popular apps can be released for the iPad. Video chat apps on the iPad were not possible until now. Of course, you can also make FaceTime video calls to the millions of devices with FaceTime.
Easier to carry: iPad2 features an entirely new design that is 33 per cent thinner and up to 15 per cent lighter than the original iPad. The aluminium frame around the outside has been reduced to an almost invisible edge. The front is a sheet of glass surrounded by a bezel available in black and white.
Faster graphics performance. With up to nine times better graphics performance, apps, especially games, can now support really stunning spectacles.
Faster processing performance. The iPad2 features Apples new dual-core A5 processor for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics. From more speedy interaction to improved loading times, the dual-core processor is really a noticeable change. All this is delivered with up to 10 hours of battery life.
iMovie. Only the iPad2 will be able to run the tablet version of Apples popular video-editing software, iMovie. This app changes everything for video editors, allowing them to edit videos on the go without skipping a beat. A full-fledged Photoshop app is on the anvil.
Indias tablet PC market is estimated at one lakh a year, which will see a steady growth of 20 per cent as high-speed data through 3G and Wi-Fi penetration gather pace. Globally, Apple sold over 15 million units of the original iPad in less than a year.
Experts say Apple doesnt have a serious competitor in the tablet market yet. Samsungs new Galaxy Tab will be available in India only in June, while RIMs Playbook will come next month. However, reviews for the Playbook are not very encouraging, Agrawal said.
Japanese electronics giant Sony yesterday unveiled two tablet computers running Googles Android operating system. However, they will be available globally only in October-November and the official India launch is uncertain.
However, competition in India is not perturbed. Samsung, which has positioned its Galaxy Tab in the super smartphone category, expects 2011 and 2012 to be big years for the domestic tablet market and is ready with an Indian sales strategy.
Experts said the competition could start to heat up for Apple in 2012 when some players probably companies such as Asus and Acer play price warriors.


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HIGH Wycombe Cycling Club's rising star George Clark smashed a club record and set what is likely to be the best junior time in the country over 25 miles on Sunday – and he did in in the rain and wind.
The 16-year-old, tipped for the top in the Bucks Free Press last week, was competing in the Real Team 25-mile time trial on the Vale of Neath in South Wales.
He blitzed his way to the overflow title, beating 85 other riders from around the country, while his time of 52 minutes and 12 seconds would have been good enough for fourth place in the main 120-strong senior field.
Club president Gordon Wright said: "This was an athletic performance of huge proportions, and is almost certainly the years fastest junior 25-mile time in the UK."
Meanwhile, his time was more than two minutes faster than Wycombe's previous club recorrd.
Bizarrely, that was set in 1983 by his dad Richard, and stood at 54 mintues and 23 seconds.
Meanwhile, Clark's time was ten minutes quicker than his best last summer and underlines the staggering progress he his making in such a short space of time.
He will be back in action again in the High Wycombe CC Good Friday ten-mile time trial in Marlow.
Junior team-mates Jim Austin, Ben Croxford and Ollie Blagden will join him in a high-quality 100-strong field.


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SecuDroid is the ultimate anti theft/loss application for Android devices!
(IMPORTANT! Default verification code: PW )
*One time location request. Request either GPS or coarse location remotelly. An SMS to the number which requested the location or an e-mail to the configured address will be sent including a GMaps link with accuracy and speed information.
*Periodic Tracking. Your device might be moving and you want to track it periodically. Just set it up remotelly and wait for a Google Maps link to be sent to you through a textmessage or an e-mail! The GPS will be turned off when not used and, if there's not enough coverage to get a fix, you'll get the coarse location.
*SIM Change Notification. If a different SIM card is inserted into the device, SecuDroid will send a textmessage to the configured phone numbers including IMSI and IMEI information. This information will be very useful to the operator for blacklisting purposes.
*Pictures. Take pictures silently choosing either the front or the back camera (1) and find out where you left your device or who holds it in his hands. (2)
*MMS support. Get the compressed pictures through a Multimedia message along with the location info at the time it was taken.
*E-Mail support. Get the pictures and location information through a pre-configured e-mail account.
*Invisible mode. If somebody finds your device, he won't know that SecuDroid is installed because there are no icons or launchers. To bring the configuration window up, just dial a code from the stock phone app. This code can be changed anytime.
*Password protection. You will only be allowed to access to SecuDroid setup or make remote requests if you know the correct password.
*Remote Lock. You might have lost your device unlocked and anyone can access to your private information. Just lock it remotelly and noone will be able to get your data.
*Remote Wipe. If the information in your device is more important that the device itself, do a full wipe (SD and internal storage) within seconds.
*Advanced use of resources and memory. SecuDroid won't waste your resources and it will load up just if an SMS with the correct password is sent. It's been designed to save as much power as possible even during a periodic tracking.
*Auto-enable GPS (3)
(1) The method used by SecuDroid is proven to work in most devices. However please check it out with yours because some manufacturers don't allow to turn the shutter sound off when taking a picture and you might need some other means (removing file sound on a rooted device?).
Note that even with the shutter sound, a picture could be extremely useful in case of loss.
(2) The front-camera selection will only be available from Android 2.3 on. If a front camera picture is requested to a device running a version below 2.3 or to a device with no front camera attached, the back camera will then be selected instead.
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U-15 BNT White Tops Irvine Strikers, 1-0, in Back-and-Forth Battle
BRADENTON, Fla. (Dec. 6, 2007) – The U.S. Under-15 Boy's National Team White topped the Irvine Strikers, 1-0, behind a 30th minute goal from Jamie Rogers.
Henry Rios played in a long cross from the left side that swung into the box, and Rogers was there to put the ball in the net. The U.S. held onto the lead in the back and forth battle.
The U-15 Blue squad takes on Arsenal Thursday afternoon, while the White selection will face FC Portland on Thursday.
U.S. Under-20 Men's National Team Match Report
Participants: USA U15 MNT vs. Irvine Strikers
Competition: Friendly
Location: Bradenton, Fla.
Date: December 6, 2007
Weather: Hot & Sunny
Scoring Summary:
1 2 Final
USA – James Rogers (Henry Rios) 30th minute
USA: 24-William Whiddon, 28-Luis Gil, 11-Cole Iverson, 26-Jordan McCrary, 20-Jon Paul Medina, 12-McAmos Paye, 35-James Petruccelli, 25-Henry Rios, 8-William Trapp, 2-Zachary Wenger, 4-Matt Wiltse
Subs Not Used:
Head Coach: Jim Barlow
URU: 1-Jiro Maestu, 4-Gavin Lammin, 5-Gregory Cruz, 6-Aaron Kasser, 9-Alec Sundly, 10-Jose Tamayo, 11-Joseph Sofia, 14-Christian Celis, 15-Cory Wolfrom, 19-Ernesto More, 20-Patrick Matchett
Subs Not Used:
Head Coach: Diego Aguirre
Statistical Summary:
USA Irvine
Shots 11 / 11
Saves 6 / 5
Fouls 10 / 5
Corner Kicks 3 / 6
Offside 0 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
Irvine – Cory Wolfram (caution) 55th minute
USA – Keegan Smith (caution) 74.
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There's no good news for media companies in the latest Internet Trends report from VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as Google and Facebook share an astounding 85% of all new Internet advertising.
Last year it was 74% — an acceleration that demonstrates the competitive advantage of scale these companies have in the media sector or as Mary Meeker the report's author succinctly writes: "Big Get Bigger & Go After Other Bigs."
Meeker is a partner at KPCB, one of the first VC firms in Silicon Valley's famed Sand Hill Rd. She was a popular Wall Street analyst during the dotcom boom.
Here are some of the very bad Internet trends for those media companies that are not Google or Facebook:
The California Historical Society has opened a Summer of Love photo exhibit and is collecting people's stories about this very important cultural event.
To riff on the famous call to action voiced by Timothy Leary at the Human Be-In "turn on, tune in, drop out", we invite you to "log on, tune in, and join us" in this journey. If you have something to share—your first hand experience of the Summer of Love, an event you are planning, a book or article you are writing, or your memories of the era— or if you are interested in supporting this effort, please contact us.
It's not just in technology that this small little place in the world leads the world.
Here's more information from Anthea Hartig, Head of the California Historical Society:
Every day Facebook publishes millions of pages of content with advertising - what's "not a media company" about that?
Yet Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lately been determined to identify Facebook as a tech company who's engineers are on a global mission of simply trying to connect people with each other.
Reuter's Giulia Segreti reported on Zuckerberg's recent comments in Rome, where he visited the Pope.
The Social Media Club meeting this Thursday eve (April 28) looks fascinating. It will feature two San Francisco City and County communications executives: Kathleen Clark, social media manager and Lauren Jones, Digital Comms Manager. They will discuss the role of social media, strategy and future plans.
More than 50 departments of the City and County of San Francisco publish social media pages.
As part of Silicon Valley's innovation communities, San Francisco city government could set a leadership position in how cities can use social media, and powerful publishing platforms such as Instagram, LinkedIn and Medium to communicate important news and engage communities on key city programs.
More details and tickets here: Increasing Public Awareness: A Social Strategy for a Social City
Around ten years ago I happened to be in the right place at the right time — meeting Jen McClure as she was setting up an extraordinary organization: The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR).
I was honored to be invited as a Founding Fellow and it has led to many wonderful friendships. I'm glad that Jen's hard work has paid off as she announces a merger with The Conference Board, which has the resources to take the important work of SNCR further and farther afield with its offices in 60 countries.
Here is Jen McClure to explain:
The recent vast viral distribution of "The Dress" story through Buzzfeed, and many other popular news sites, created a media tsunami.
It's an example of Foremski's First Law of New Media at work!
The New York Times' Farhad Manjoo, interviews Twitter CEO Dick Costello. He discusses some of the misconceptions about Twitter such as having to "Tweet." He says you don't have to.
He also recommends improv comedy lessons to managers so that they can, "Be in this moment." Plus, there will be "varying degrees of severity" in dealing with harassment on Twitter.
Please see:Christmas Day On Twitter's Street - The Not-So-Sunny Side Of SF's Tech Boom -SVW
It might not seem surprising to my readers that I'm working on a project with Mediaco, a Weber Shandwick business that advertises, "We Help Every Company Become A Media Company."
Helping companies be great media companies is a noble calling these days, especially with the huge loss of skilled and experienced media professionals. There's hundreds of years of best practices that still apply regardless of paper and electron.
I'm working on an interesting project with Mediaco's West Coast lead Luca Penati and an enthusiastic team of professionals across many disciplines and locations.
This is what's needed in today's digital media worlds — the complexities of managing fragmented media channels and user interfaces across many devices requires integrated tech, media, design, SEO and communications professionals on the same publishing teams.
San Francisco's transformation into a bedroom community for Silicon Valley's business parks is a huge mistake because tech companies should be exposing their people to the city's rich diversity and its incredible culture, a history steeped in more than 150 years of media innovations.
San Francisco historian Gary Kamiya, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle, tells the story of San Francisco's early newspapers (and the passionate duels using the pen and the gun):
San Francisco has been at the epicenter of more than just earthquakes, it has a long tradition of being at the forefront of the media industry stretching back to the gold rush.
It's where massive newspaper fortunes were started by newspaper magnates such as M.H. de Young, and more famously, William Randolph Hearst. Hearst got his start in the newspaper business in 1887 at the San Francisco Examiner, which competed against de Young's San Francisco Chronicle.
Pixels and speeds are meaningless tech specs. How to live a meaningful life is the best metric that our use of technology can provide. Our challenge is how do we harness tech to achieve it?
2014 is where we need to start answering this riddle. E-commerce and e-marketing are just the first step. We have plenty of tech – the second step is how do we use it for the best outcomes for all? How will peoples' use of tech transform lives and communities?
These will be the best stories in 2014 and beyond.
If there is further proof needed that Silicon Valley's top companies are in fact media companies (technology-enabled) then take a look at this Bloomberg story: Zuckerberg Brings Silicon Valley Friends to Sun Valley - Bloomberg
The stock market has been very good to Apple over the past decade but does its business have a solid future? The Wall Street Journal points out that Google's business is now valued higher than that of Apple.
Rolfe Winkler on the Moneybeat column reports:
Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of marketing giant WPP, slammed Google, Facebook, AOL, and Yahoo over their refusal to be take editorial responsibility for their content they publish.
In a video interview with Mark Sweney at The Guardian newspaper, (1.08 minutes) he says that by calling themselves "tech companies," rather than media companies, they are hiding.
In three days I'm off to London for a week, then Amsterdam, hopefully a few days in Berlin, and then Warsaw (above) returning in early June.
I'll be making a series of presentations around my favorite topic: "Every Company Is A Media Company - the transformative business equation of our times."
Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel said that Twitter would last longer than the New York Times, a news publication started in 1851, which is more than 163 years. [The New York Times - Wikipedia.]
CNN's Maureen Farrell reported:
Colleen Taylor at Techcrunch, reports that Yahoo! has changed the way it describes itself in its latest 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Yahoo is now labeling itself first and foremost as a "global technology company," in the place where it used to call itself a "digital media company."
She writes that it's a small change but symbolic.
When it comes to making industry predictions I always resolve not to make any, but as you can see, I have trouble keeping my new year's resolutions.
Two year's ago I made the same resolution and failed when I wrote: 2010 Prediction: The Media Tsunami Is Coming...
The media is dead, long live the media. We now have more media, in more formats, in more times of the day and night, from more people -- than at any other time in history. And we will get even more in 2010.
When I talk about media, I mean anything and all things that are published: news stories, magazine articles, TV, radio, video, music, advertising, photos, web pages, and of course social media. All of it, all the media that's fit to print and all that isn't.
The low cost of the tools to make media content is a big driver, more important however, are the media hungry platforms that make it easy to publish anything and distribute it widely. One-click uploading to Youtube, or Facebook, or wherever, it's all very easy to create and publish media. A tsunami of media.
Tsunamis come in waves...
Chief Marketing Officer or VP of Marketing/Communications has to be one of the toughest jobs around these days. Why? Because of the massive fragmentation going on in media and communications.
The good news about the new media and communications channels is that it is all measurable. You can measure things in incredible detail. You can slice and dice the measurement data in ways that were never possible before.
The bad news about the new media and communications channels is that it is all measurable. There is a mountain of data that can sliced and diced in so many ways. What is worth measuring? How much should you measure? What do the measurements mean? How can you relate the measurement data to revenues?
We are still figuring out these and many other questions. And that's why marketing and communications today is so challenging and it isn't going to get any easier.
That's from my post Chief Marketing Officer - Toughest Job Around . . . written about four years ago.
Here's a good article on the same theme but with some hard data from various industries, written by McKinsey staff: David Court, Jonathan Gordon, and Jesko Perrey.
As Spotify, the hugely popular European online music service prepares for its imminent US launch, RDIO, a relatively new online music service, recently hosted a media roundtable at the swanky Boulevard Restaurant, in San Francisco, with top journalists from Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Financial Times, CNET, Forbes, Business Insider, Technologizer, and The Next Web.
It was an interesting evening, moderated by Mike McGuire, an analyst at Gartner. Here are some of my notes:
(Flipboard team at work.)
Silicon Valley investors love a pretty face especially if it comes with free content. That's what's working for Flipboard, a hot startup with an iPad magazine app with a very pretty user interface.Flipboard's valuation has soared in just nine months since its launch and it now ranks with The McClatchy Company [$MNI] newspaper group, which publishes 20 newspapers, employs 7700 staff, and generates $1.4 billion in annual revenue.
Here's a cool infographic from OnlineMBA.com which explains how Demand Media works (but not why its valuation is greater than the New York Times): (Hat tip Kate Hersch.)
Arktan has launched a live blogging platform - the first commercial app based on Echo StreamServer.
The company said it has already signed up several large media organizations. They plan to use the Arktan platform for blogging live events.
Twitter celebrates it 5 year anniversary today. It's a fascinating service, one that has been very useful to me and my line of work. And others like it too.
I'm always fascinated by how much, or little, a company's founders/top execs use their own service or product. I think it is key to the future success of any venture that its key people know, love and use their own product.
After all, if you aren't a heavy user of your own stuff then you might not be making the right decisions about future direction, features, and these days of API proliferation -- recruiting third-party developers.
Which is why it's interesting to take a look at Twitter co-founders and how much they Tweet:
There was an interesting tidbit in Therese Poletti's Tech Tales on MarketWatch this week:
(Khris Loux (shirt) talks with analysts while Oliver Starr checks his social streams.)
Khris Loux, CEO of Echo, this morning introduced the Echo StreamServer - a real-time publishing system that allows large media organizations to quickly develop web sites that pull-in and analyze multiple streams of information and output dynamic web pages of socialized content.
BitTorrent is keen to polish up its image and move away from its connections with piracy and into legitimate lines of business.
Today it announced it had reached 100 million active monthly users and it released some other usage stats:
· Average daily active users: Over 20 million
· Average daily client downloads: Over 400,000
· 52 languages (including English)
· Clients checking in from over 220 countries every day
BitTorrent could become a very important distribution medium, especially if its streaming version takes hold. Take for example the massive amount of bandwidth that Netflix uses for streaming; or the net neutrality debate and how to make bandwidth use more economical and efficient; also what could this technology mean for companies such as Akamai and content distribution networks?
In all of these areas BitTorrent could help. To show off some of its abilities in distributing large files such as video, BitTorrent has been helping to distribute independent movies: Pioneer One, Yes Men, Four Eyed Monsters, and an album from PAZ.
BitTorrent will be at CES later this week showcasing some of its "future capabilities."
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I caught up with Kieran Hannon the other day. He was in the Bay Area for a meeting with the Irish prime minister (he's on the board of Enterprise Ireland) and I realized it had been a good few years since I had last seen him.
He used to be co-managing director of Grey Advertising, then had gone off to Texas to work as VP of Marketing for Radio Shack, and then moved to Santa Monica, in Southern California. He's now working as COO at a promising startup called Sidebar, which has an interesting mobile technology that recommends content based on what people like, very useful for online retailers and others.
Kieran and his family had spent 18 years living in San Francisco, and I was curious what life in Southern California (SoCal) was like.
He said life was good, and that the startup scene was healthy and that there are a lot of media/technology centers there. I often write about how Silicon Valley has become Media Valley, because of all the media companies here (Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, etc) so it makes sense that SoCal, with its rich media history, would be a fertile breeding ground for media technology startups.
Earlier this week, Mark Suster, a VC based in SoCal, wrote an excellent post about startups in LA. Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?
He makes some great points:
...LA [is] the second largest city in the country with a population if 16 million. We have universities like Caltech, UCLA, USC and many more. We have many seasoned entrepreneurs who have built successful companies here and made a lot of money for investors and themselves. But LA is not Silicon Valley and we don't need to aspire to be so. We will never be Silicon Valley in the way that Toronto will never be Hollywood. But we have a great city for building technology companies.
He goes into details about how LA is not like Silicon Valley.
- Funding is different, there are smaller "A" rounds of around $3m rather than $10m here.
- Recruiting is different. There aren't huge pools of engineers, but it is possible to build 100+ sized teams.
- Commuting isn't as bad as people think it is, most people live close to where they work. And hey, commuting isn't that easy here.
- Lots of content creation skills. This is an interesting point to make because software engineers can be found almost anywhere in the world today, but content creation skills are very culture specific, you can't outsource this work.
- There are now larger numbers of successful entrepreneurs, many are on the their second and third successful company.
Here are a few success stories:
There is a lot of innovation happening in LA from places like Eqal, Deca.TV, DemandMedia's studios, Clicker, Filmaka and other initiatives.
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The whole category of "sponsored search" came from a successful LA company, Overture. (my firm, GRP Partners, was an investor). LA produced Applied Semantics that created AdSense and was bought by Google. We were also an investor in the early local listing company, CitySearch - an LA company. LA was a leader in lead generation (LowerMyBills), comparison shopping (PriceGrabber, Shopzilla), social networking (MySpace ... I know, I know - Facebook won - but it was still a big business). If we extend a bit North up the coast line we have many affiliate marketing innovators including ValueClick, Commission Junction and FastClick. They also produced GoToMeeting and CallWave.
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A great team from MySpace has created Gravity. Gil Elbaz from Applied Semantics has now created Factual. Zorik Gordon is tearing it up at ReachLocal. TechCoast Angels backed GreenDot should be a major IPO this year. Frank Addante has created Rubicon Project. Douglas Merrill, the former CIO of Google, is building his next company in LA. Scott Painter, founder of CarsDirect has created two new generation LA startups (Zag and TrueCar, both backed by GRP Partners). Brett Brewer (ex MySpace) has AdKnowledge, there is Adconian, Legal Zoom and many more. Hautelook, Gogii, Magento - all very high potential companies building in LA.
Mr Suster is one of the organizers of Launchpad LA V2, which was announced today. This is a project aimed at helping first-time entrepreneurs and helping to educate them and guide them in building successful companies.
We will be selecting 10 startup companies to participate. There is no cost but you must physically be based in or move to Los Angeles for the 6 months of the program. Applications are due April 6th, 2010, the form is on the website and the Twitter address is@launchpadlad
A West Coast corridor of innovation...
It won't be long before we have a West Coast corridor of innovation stretching from Silicon Valley to Southern California, and beyond.
In fact, if you fly from San Diego heading north along the coast you pass over tons of innovation centers:
- The communications and biotech industries of San Diego;
- The electronics industries of Orange County;
- The media centers of Hollywood and Santa Monica;
- Then you reach San Francisco/Silicon Valley with its electronics, software, media tech, biotech, cleantech industries;
- Then Portland with its thriving startup scene plus Intel's big presence there;
- Seattle with a thriving tech scene mostly spun out of Microsoft, and Amazon;
- Vancouver and its software industry.
Wow. 1400 miles of innovation. There's no other region like it, hundreds of miles of world-class, industry leading, innovation and creativity.
Interestingly, it's all built on top of one of the most unstable fault lines in the world. A disruptive reality. Is there a connection?
I've always said that innovation has to be disruptive otherwise it's not innovation.
I was at Chris Brogan's Inbound Marketing Summit on Wednesday, speaking on a panel moderated by Paul Gillin, on the subject of "Media in Transition: The Future of News in a Democratized World." My old friend Dean Takahashi from VentureBeat (formerly with Wall Street Journal, Red Herring, San Jose Mercury) was also on the panel, along with Ken Doctor, analyst with Outsell.
Media in transition is a fascinating subject, I can talk for days, for weeks on this subject.
Between the four of us on the panel, we probably have nearly a century of experience with news media. We now find ourselves taking part in an incredible transition within our industry of a like we will never see again in our lifetime.
And few people realize that Silicon Valley is the main instigator of the disruption happening in the media industry. It is Silicon Valley technologies and companies that are at the forefront of developing the new landscape of the media industry, and also transforming SIlicon Valley into a "media valley."
Take a look at some of our largest companies, such as Google, Yahoo, Ebay. These are media companies. These are not tech companies, you can't buy any tech from them, these are technology-enabled media companies.
They publish pages of content with advertising. What's not a media company about that?
Facebook, Twitter, Craigslist -- are all media companies, they publish pages of content and advertising. And so are most Web 2.0 companies.
Take a look at the Internet, it is a media technology. It allows you to distribute and publish web pages, data, to any computer screen, any computer platform. Now, in this second phase of the Internet, anything with a computer screen can publish back -- it's now two-way, it's read/write, we now use both sides of the glass screen.
It is Internet technologies and services, it is online companies such as Google, Craigslist, etc, that are helping to disrupt the media industry. Or more accurately, disrupt the business model.
When we talk about the death of newspapers, what we really mean is the death of traditional media business models.
On Silicon Valley Watcher, I often use the tag line: "reporting on innovation at the intersection of technology and media." Because that's what's happening, that's what I see, a tremendous intersection of technology and media. It's like tectonic plates coming together and crumpling the landscape into a new mountain range.
And mountain range is a suitable metaphor because there are always two sides to a mountain range, one side is dry and the other is wet and fertile. For example, the Andes protect and enable the massive, wet, fertile Amazon rainforest with its incredible diversity of life, while the west side of the Andes is dry and relatively barren.
The mountain range being created by the intersection of technology and media is a barrier to the traditional media companies, most don't seem to be able to climb and transition to the other side; most won't make it.
But, I'm confident we will have a new type of Amazon rainforest emerging in the media industry, we will see an amazing diversity of media companies and services. You can already see the tremendous amount of innovation emerging and we've only just started.
For example, Facebook and Twitter are very new, even to us in Silicon Valley, and they are spanking brand new for the majority of people today. What other new forms of media will we have a year from now?
We can create incredible mashups of media technologies and media formats that have never been seen before. How will we use them? How will we deal with the loss of traditional media? How will our society handle the transition? How will we pay for journalists and the vital Fourth Estate service that they provide? How do we sell products and services? How do we find trusted sources of information?
There are tons of questions waiting to be answered. And that's what's so wonderful about all of this, we are directly involved in figuring out those important answers. We, the people working in media, in communications, in marketing, in startups, we get a chance to help create and define the future.
This is why I love my job, writing Silicon Valley Watcher, and reporting on innovation at the intersection of technology and media.


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