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Alarm.com's announcement that it will go public has a lot of people talking inside and outside of the security industry. Many of the insiders, however, will not talk on the record, at least not right now.
I was interested in talking to someone who knows IPOs, understands the security industry and is familiar with Alarm.com, and I came up with Chris Black. Black is the former CFO of Vivint who helped Vivint prepare for the sale to Blackstone. He's also helped other companies go public. Today he works outside of the industry as CFO of Viamedia and as a board member of Sports Information Group which owns the Daily Racing Form.
In an email interview Black called Alarm.com "a terrific company with a strong management team that I gained a lot of respect for during my interactions with them while I was at Vivint."
He said an IPO can "have a transformational impact on the business" and a positive affect on the industry.
"The IPO will provide them with access to another source of capital to continue to grow the business and invest in new products and opportunities. I also think it is a great event for the security industry as a whole. It serves as further validation of the space and will bring in new equity investors that may or may not have looked at security companies in the past,"
The only potential downside, Black said "is the amount of time the management team, particularly the CEO and CFO, are required to spend on investor relations activities including calls with equity analysts, investors and presentations at equity conferences and the like."
How might the IPO affect customers?
"This is really just another form of financing the growth of the business and shouldn't have an immediate impact on Alarm.com's customers one way or the other. Longer term, one could assume that access to public equity will allow the company to invest in the business and continue to develop new products and enhance existing ones either organically or through acquisitions, or both," he said.
The alumni list for Security Systems News' "20 under 40" awards for end users is outstanding. Past winners work for hospitals, public school districts, utilities, Google, retail chains big and small, Facebook, universities and major corporations.
We're seeking nominations now for more of these young, intelligent and dedicated end users for our upcoming awards.
Please take a few moments and think of your customers: Who is the most up-to-date on the latest technology and knows what they need to physically secure their workplaces? Who is dedicated and passionate about their responsibilities? Or, maybe, you just need to look in the mirror. Do you fit the bill? You are perfectly welcome to nominate yourself.
Honoring these men and women means a lot to them. I've heard from past winners who say the award helped them advance in their careers and gave them more cred with the c-suite.
In addition to being profiled on the SSN website and in our print publication, each of our past "20 under 40" end user winners, who we honor at the annual TechSec Solutions in February in Delray Beach, Fla., have added greatly to the conference's discussions and networking. Many of them have served on educational panels at the event; some have become members of our expert advisory panel. All in all, their input is vital to the success of the show.
Nominate them here. The deadline is July 1. I'm looking forward to getting to know them.
Yesterday, May 21, I headed down to this year's Northeast Security Systems Contractors Expo, in Marlborough, Mass. It was great to catch up with some of the companies I met at ISC West, and meet some new ones. In central stations, the biggest theme I heard about was that regional shows help monitoring centers get to know their dealers, in person and face-to-face.
Just as I was starting my first lap of the show floor, I briefly met Russ Ryan, organizer for the show.
After that, I ran into Jessica DaCosta, director of sales for ESA, and chatted about the upcoming ESX show.
I also met with Worthington Distribution's Nolan Male, director of training. Worthington is a security disitributor based in Tafton, Penn., in the northeast part of the state.
I met with a few members of the Affiliated Monitoring team out in Vegas last month, but at this show I got to meet Jesse Rivest, company territory manager. Rivest was recognized as one of SSN's "20 under 40," Class of 2013. He mentioned that the Northeast Security Systems Contractors Expo is a good way to stay in touch with current dealers, and get to know prospective ones.
At Alarm Central's booth, I got to meet the company's vice president, Kerry-Anne McStravick. She told me about the benefits of being a smaller central station—Alarm Central monitors around 40,000 accounts, she said—like getting to know dealers on a more personal basis. Alarm Central is based in Quincy, Mass.
When I spoke with All American Monitoring at ISC West, I heard about its new offering: cameras under the company's MeyeView brand. Lisa French, national sales representative, and Laura Hutchinson, national dealer support, told me that there had been a great response to the cameras since their announcement last month at ISC West and during demos at this expo.
Rapid Response is another company I got to meet at ISC West, but it was great to see Danial Gelinas, Bryan Bardenett, company senior account manager, and Ron Crotty, in charge of new business development/corporate training. Bryan told me that a big benefit to regional shows is getting to know dealers in their area, and hearing about the issues and concerns affecting that area.
I got the chance to briefly catch up with COPS Monitoring. Bart Weiner, COPS' senior account executive, also mentioned the benefit of regional shows to connect on a more personal level with dealers and "put names to faces."
I stopped by Centra-Larm's booth. Scott Mailhot, company VP of operations, and I talked about the eye-catching booth design, which I could recognize from the sidewalk—before even entering the show. This booth design is the same one that made its premier at ISC West last month.
Daniel Shaw is the assistant central station manager for NEXgeneration Central, based in Providence, R.I. He told me a bit more about the company, defining the footprint for its 35,000 accounts as predominantly on the east coast.
Keith Jentoft, president of RSI Video Technologies, walked me through the company's various camera models and the variety of places they can be applied.
Tom Camarda, national sales executive for U.S.A. Central Station Alarm Corp., gave me a demo of the monitoring center's recent integration with SmartTek, putting a GPS tracking and monitoring service into an app.
My day in Marlborough ended by talking with Keith Jentoft again. This time we spoke a bit about PPVAR, and the importance of finding common definitions—like the Texas Police Chiefs Association did in early April.
I couple weeks back, I wrote an article on the perimeter security market—primarily Technavio's projection that it will rise between 2015 and 2019. Jack DeMao, the CEO for Electric Guard Dog, called me today to talk about the report, how it matches up with his company, and trends from his side of the industry.
Electric Guard Dog offers solar-powered electric security fences, designed to "deter people at the fence line." His interest was piqued when he saw exactly that style of perimeter security mentioned by Technavio as a trend in perimeter security.
DeMao has seen a rise in perimeter security first hand, he told me, citing between a consistent growth at his company, year after year. "I would say that people have greater interest to keep the bad guys out at the fence line," he told me.
A new trend for his business, he said, is more IoT-type requests; "Like most security solutions, [customers] want to be able to turn their fence [and] their security systems on and off with their smartphones, and get information as to what's going on at their site."
Electric Guard Dog started offering smartphone abilities two or three years ago, DeMao estimated. At first, between 10 and 20 percent took this option. By 2015, that percentage has jumped to around 90 percent, he said.
Apollo Global Management is about to take one giant leap into security with its May 19 agreement to acquire Protection 1 and ASG Security.
Under the agreement, the combined companies will operate under the Protection 1 brand, with Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall at the helm.
Security Systems News reported on the proposed deal last week. Here's that story.
I had a chance to interview Protection 1 CEO Tim Whall, CMO Jamie Haenggi and ASG's CEO Joe Nuccio last night. I was looking for details about how the new management might be structured, but that will have to wait until the deal is closed. The earliest possible closing date would be July, Whall said.
The May 19 announcement did not include proposed terms of the agreement, though $2 billion has been reported by Rueters.
Whall said that the "combination of Protection 1 and ASG instantly gives both companies a wider footprint where they each did not have one and a greater density in the markets where we overlap. There is a definite benefit for the customers as well as the employees. And given our like-minded approach to the operations, the combination will be a force in the marketplace."
Haenggi added that "the combination of the two companies creates a $40 million recurring revenue and over $600 million entity, with more organic growth and acquisitions on the horizon. It has never been Protection 1's or ASG's goal to be the biggest—it has always been both companies aim to be the best both for our customers and our employees."
Whall, Haenggi and Nuccio all spoke about the benefits of having a private equity group the size of Apollo (this group manages $163 billion) involved in the security industry. When Apollo gets involved, other funds take notice, Whall said.
That means more resources for Protection 1 and potentially for other security industry companies.
I spoke with Michael Barnes, a partner in the consulting and advisory firm Barnes Associates, who is advising Apollo. I asked him about the people at Apollo who are behind the deal. Barnes said while Apollo is a huge fund with many employees, "the team that has been focused on the security alarm industry and driving these deals is relatively small. They are very smart and they cycle through tough decisions quickly. They should make a great partner for P1 and ASG."
How might the group from Apollo work with managment? Barnes said, "From what we can tell, their philosophy seems to be to pick the best horse and jockey and then let them run. To extend the analogy, I am sure they will influence things like what races they enter, but as long as they are winning they will likely just focus on making sure they have the needed resources and otherwise stay out of their way."
I posed the same question to the folks at Apollo in a couple of calls last night, but they declined comment.
Whall, Haenggi and Nuccio also spoke about how the new Protection 1—with the staff, expertise and client base and geographic coverage that ASG brings—will be uniquely positioned in the industry.
Haenggi said that Apollo has been studying the industry for some time. They liked that Protection 1 has "not only has the national footprint, but also the breadth of services and markets serving residential, commercial and national accounts," she said. "Back in the day, there was ADT that had the size and breadth. Today, there is no one serving across all of these segments with the size of Protection 1. We are in a position to take that lead but do it with a decidedly 'Protection 1 approach' to business."
Barnes concurred with Haenggi, saying P1, especially with ASG added, is the largest industry player with "a business model on which most of the industry was built. That is, having a large commitment to specific geographic markets and a broad range of product and services aimed at virtually the entire spectrum of customer types—everything from low-cost, entry-level residential systems, including a DIY offering, all the way up to large-scale systems for the commercial and institutional segments.
Both companies also know how to acquire and consolidate smaller companies, Barnes noted. "This robust approach is in contrast to virtually all of the other large, national players, who are more narrowly focused, such as Tyco, Stanley and Diebold on commercial markets, and ADT, Vivint, and Monitronics primarily on the residential market."
What does Tim Whall say about Protection 1's expansion plans? Will it expand beyond the U.S. market? "I think it's safe to say that Protection 1 will hold not just a U.S. footprint, but a North American footprint," he said.
Asked about possible aspirations for a global presence, Whall laughed and said: "Well, before we talk international, let's get this deal signed first and over the line—we'll see how international we get, but I certainly would not rule out lots of growth from Protection 1 over the next several years."
Private equity is no stranger to security, especially in the past two years. Recent deals include: Vivint to Blackstone, SAFE to ICV Partners, ACA to Norwest Capital, and most recently, Ackerman to Imperial Capital, Barnes noted. However, this deal stands out, he said. "I can't remember an investor like Apollo making a first step into the industry, on this scale, doing two transactions at the same time, and particularly with such a good fit between the two."
To attract private equity investors, Barnes said you "have to have all of the requisite pieces of the puzzle…size, capability, management, and growth. In addition, you generally have to have a strong overall industry opportunity, since one is effectively competing against all other possible investment opportunities."
The long list of dealmakers involved in this transaction include: Financing is provided by Credit Suisse, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Jefferies and RBC. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is acting as legal adviser to Apollo; Latham & Watkins LLP is acting as legal adviser to Protection 1; and Kirkland & Ellis LLP is acting as legal adviser to ASG Security. Morgan Stanley and Raymond James are acting as financial advisors to Protection 1 and Goldman Sachs is acting as financial advisor to ASG Security. Barnes Associates is advising Apollo.
You've heard the old real estate sales mantra: "Location, location, location." For many in the residential security industry today, the new mantra is "Design, design, design."
At ISC West this year I met with a long list of security pros, from manufacturers to dealers to providers, most of whom proclaimed that on top of tech advancements their equipment was made "to look good."
They're right. Their designs are looking good.
Panels, switches, sensors and more are sleek with a European-design feel. They will be less than obtrusive when mounted on a wall. No more huge black or brown boxes in the front foyer—these blend in.
The equipment, mostly white and thin, reminded me of the first, very early, iBook I owned. So pretty and neat, small and clean. That was a number of years ago, and my iBook eventually met its demise, but I still remember it fondly, mostly for how it looked in comparison to other bulky laptops of the day.
"This is the year of industrial design," Avi Rosenthal, board member of the Z-Wave Alliance and VP of security and control for Nortek, told me early on at the Las Vegas show. His comments resonated as I visited other booths after that.
For homeowners, form is equally as important as function for all products, he and others said.
"It's the 'wife-acceptance' factor. She's the one who decorates, so the devices must look cool on the wall," Rosenthal said.
Who wants something big, dark and ugly hitched to the wall just inside their front door? Not me. Neither did former ADT exec Christopher Carney when deciding on the look of his new Abode home resi system.
The pursuit of aesthecially pleasing design extended into the ISC West booths themselves this year. Honeywell, for example, had all of its products—from fire to resi—on interactive display in one big, nicely appointed space—think of an Apple store.
Nortek had a new, interactive booth, too, with each of its sister companies representing myriad slick-looking products.
How big a deal is this whole aesthetics thing to you and your companies? Are you feeling the need to adapt to the latest trends in home décor? Are you hearing this from your customers?
If your products are less than pretty, you might want to consider how good design might add to your bottom line.
The Z-Wave Alliance, the consortium of companies deploying Z-Wave's wireless control products and services, has launched Z-Wave Labs, a competition to support and provide incentive for IofT innovation on the Z-Wave platform.
Winners—one chosen each month for 12 months—will receive alliance membership and IofT development kits.
"We've all watched 'Shark Tank,' " Avi Rosenthal, an alliance board member and VP of security and control for Nortek, said in an interview with Security Systems News. The logical question was "how do we do a Shark Tank for Z-Wave," Rosenthal said.
The group wants to hear from "passionate" start-ups and entrepreneurs who want to bring Z-Wave products to market, he said.
"The beauty of this is that there are no bounds. People have wonderful imaginations," Rosenthal said.
The alliance will provide no financial help, but "we will assist them, we will mentor them. It's a great opportunity for them within the alliance. We will recognize them and give them guidance. It's like when your little brother starts college," Rosenthal said.
According to the alliance, the competition is open to private companies of any size and to individuals 18 and older as of March 1 of this year who submit their Z-Wave product innovation through an online application. Each entrant must submit an application before the 15th of each month in order be considered for that month's contest. Applications can be for products in any IoT related industry, including residential, commercial, automotive, healthcare, energy, security and aging-in-place.
Judges will choose winners based on innovation, functionality, engineering and design style, ingenuity, breadth of applicability marketability and ease of use. Winners will be notified and announced at the end of every month and featured on the Z-Wave Labs website and on social media.
Each winner will receive access to the Z-Wave IoT 500 series development kits from Sigma Designs and a year of alliance membership, which provides the opportunity to
participate in alliance trade shows, working groups, PR and marketing opportunities and other related activities. Winners will be paired with mentors from the Z-Wave community in their related industry to provide technical and marketing and business development support.
Go here to learn more about Z-Wave Labs, apply for the competition and read frequently asked questions.
I saw that Allegion had some interesting news, recently finalizing its acquisition of sliding- and folding-door company Brio, based in Syndey, Australia. I got the chance to hear a bit more about it from Franklin McClelland, Allegion's VP of business development.
"Brio and Allegion have a strong relationship in New Zealand as well as in Australia, where [the companies] have worked on projects together," McClelland told me in an email interview. "As we started having more strategic dialogues with Brio's parent, we came to realize that Brio is very complementary to Allegion: They are involved in specifications for door hardware, and there are synergies in terms of channel."
Brio's current GM will still manage the company in its Australia location, McClelland said. "We are working with a great management team [at Allegion], who will continue to grow Brio while creating a complementary platform for the other Allegion lines."
Brio has an office in Rochester, New York, and has a "growing US presence," according to McClelland.
Terms of the finalized deal, announced May 4, were not released.
Allegion's announced the finalized acquisition of Zero International, a little over a month before, on April 1. Zero is a New York based provider of commercial door and window products.
"The Zero International acquisition allowed Allegion to expand its presence in the door and hardware accessories market, and there are synergies in terms of specification and channel," McClelland said. "The new Zero suite of products gives Allegion an increased emphasis on green building applications that support heating and cooling efficiency, as well as delivering the sound dampening and fire and smoke sealing solutions that commercial customers are seeking."
"Zero, [like Brio], has a global footprint we can leverage and strengthen for our customers," McClelland noted.
Figures of the Zero acquisition were also not released.
YARMOUTH, Maine—How about the news this week of a purchase of and merger of ASG and Protection 1?
I'm eager to see how this all shakes out. Taking a look at the potential 50.4x RMR mulitiple if the purchase price is $2 billion, Imperial Capital's Jeff Kessler repeated his oft-emphasized mantra that the multiple of RMR is not the be-all end-all of deal valuations. You need to look at EBITDA and Steady State Cash Flow, neither of which publicly available for these companies right now.
It's a hefty multiple though, something that Protection 1's Tim Whall has seen before, notably when HSM was sold to Stanley in 2007 for 60x Remember that? Whall ushered in the era where every alarm company owner and his brother thought they'd get 60x.
Kessler did take a gander at the per-subscriber numbers for the potential ASG/Protection 1 deal, and said that at $2 billion, the value-per-subscriber for these two companies would be $1,164. That is not a high number and it is lower that the current value of ADT subscribers and Ascent (Monitronics) subscribers, he said. BUT, then again, the mix of subscribers is not comparable, he added. For example, Protection 1 has residential, multi-family, wholesale customers—from cable companies and other entities—as well as national and large commercial accounts. ASG has a mix of resi, small commercial, large commercial and government. So, the "per subscriber" metric could also be thrown off by one of the specific groups of subscribers.
Kessler noted that the Protection 1 has "not been growing that fast" and said that cash generated has gone into it national accounts and small business divisions. He called the technology investments the company has made in this area "exceptional" and complimented its residential platform as well which uses "Alarm.com and internally generated software." He is a big fan of Protection 1's Don Young who he called a "tech guru in this industry."
Every time I speak to ASG, CFO Ralph Masino makes a point of talking about how most of the company's growth is organically generated. I have many examples, but here's a story from February 2014 where Joe Nuccio was talking about ASG's goal of reaching $10 million in RMR.
From that story:
Why is $10 million an important benchmark?"It's not the $10 million number that's important, it's [ASG's] percent of growth year over year. [We're able to continue to grow at that rate] even at our size," Nuccio explained.ASG likes to enter a new region every year. Those new regions generally start with an acquisition, but when ASG moves into that region it concentrates on internal growth, he said."We grow at 12 to 14 percent a year because we continue to develop our internal growth engine," Nuccio said.He pointed out that 76 percent of the $900,000 of RMR that ASG added in 2013 was generated by organic sales.
Why is $10 million an important benchmark?"It's not the $10 million number that's important, it's [ASG's] percent of growth year over year. [We're able to continue to grow at that rate] even at our size," Nuccio explained.ASG likes to enter a new region every year. Those new regions generally start with an acquisition, but when ASG moves into that region it concentrates on internal growth, he said."We grow at 12 to 14 percent a year because we continue to develop our internal growth engine," Nuccio said.He pointed out that 76 percent of the $900,000 of RMR that ASG added in 2013 was generated by organic sales.
What will happen to the management teams of the two companies should Apollo's deal come to fruition? Protection 1 is clearly the larger of the two companies, but both companies have strong and highly regarded management teams. Maybe some of them want out ... for a little while anyway? We'll see. Kessler surmised that "Apollo would line them up and see who does the best job."
MIAMI—Mission 500, the non-profit initiative focusing on the security industry and dedicated to serving the needs of children and communities in crisis, broke its record and raised more than $120,000 at ISC West this year through its sixth annual Security 5K/2K Run/Walk and other events.
Meanwhile, the group is seeking new donations to help children displaced as a result of the devastating April 25 earthquake in Nepal. Go here for information. So far, with help from the security industry, it has raised $7,578 for the children of Nepal, well on its way to its goal of $10,000.
At ISC West 2015, volunteer participation and fundraising efforts for Mission 500 "were stronger than ever," George Fletcher, Mission 500 executive director, said in a prepared statement. "We are truly grateful to each and every corporate and individual sponsor that continues to help Mission 500 provide food, supplies, clothing, medical attention and education to children here in the U.S. and around the globe."
Proceeds from ISC West events will support U.S. children through the Rebuilding Hope at Home program, which helps provide academic scholarships, school supplies and essential items like clothing, personal hygiene supplies and building materials, as well as disaster response and training for community organizations to empower young people. A portion of the proceeds will also support children in Tanzania and India by providing access to clean water, food, education and health care, Mission 500 said.
More than 30 5K/2K participants in April became members of the 500 Club, which recognizes volunteers who raise $500 or more for Mission 500.
Pelco was the lead team in fundraising, donating a total of $10,420 in individual and company-matched donations, Mission 500 reported. Max Burgess of BCD Video was the top individual fundraiser with $1,780, followed by Heather Miller with $1,725 to be matched by her employer, Anixter. Jesse Foglio, Mary Jensby, Stephanie Mayes and Ronnie Pennington each donated more than $1,000, according to the statement.
In addition, HID Global sponsored its second school-kit build at ISC West and put together $10,000 worth of school supplies for children in a Title One School in the Las Vegas Area, Rex Bell Elementary School. Meanwhile, Altronix and ISC West organizers Reed Exhibitions made a joint $10,000 contribution to Mission 500's #ShowOrange campaign, which benefits children in poverty in the United States.
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Skip to comments.Cantwell leads by 17 in Washington over McGavick (Rasmussen)
Posted on 09/08/2006 12:15:26 PM PDT by okstate
This is a Rasmussen poll that's still on the premium portion of Rasmussen's site but got leaked to Leip's site.
Cantwell 52%
McGavick 35%
Undecided 13%
MOE +/- 4.5 percent from a sample of 500 likely voters.
"Washington Senate The fallout from Mike McGavick's (R) recent drunk driving confession has had an impact in our latest poll. See how McGavick now fares against incumbent Maria Cantwell (D)."
Last week SurveyUSA released two different polls from Washington, both of which showed 17 point leads for Cantwell.
Previously Rasmussen found a six point lead for Cantwell, on August 15th.
Taking all this into account, I think it's clear that we should now focus more on New Jersey, Maryland, Michigan, and even Minnesota over Washington.
However, Cantwell is now potentially in trouble over connections to lobbyists and their money. Will be interesting to see what happens.
Not exactly a dogfight, is it?
Is the lobbyist story easy to understand; or is it filled with a lot of gobbble-dee-gok?
Not sure yet. I haven't had enough time to digest it all.
If it turns out to be a major scandal though, this campaign could get really dirty. Nothing in politics is more fun than DUIs and corruption :)
I dont know the details of McGavick's DUI incident. Was it serious, or a minor incident like GWB had when they pulled that dirty trick on him days before the 2000 election?
In any case, WA seems to be moving so far to the left that I never had high hopes for this seat. I think the GOP has a better (if small) chance in MI, MN, MD, and NJ.
That said, NeerDoWell probably has this one in the bag. The only "challenger" who polled well against her was Rossi, and he passed on the race (as well he should have given his circumstances).
My sympathies to Washington freepers. It must be so frustrating.
This seat could have been his for the taking.
Second, Rossi has made it clear that he wants to change things in his home state of WA. After 20+ years of ruinous 'Rat rule in Olympia, that is a priority goal for anyone with any sense of loyalty to one's state. Being Governor is the best way to do that, not Senator. Being a junior Senator from a state with little political clout in DC, 3000 miles from home, dealing with arcane national issues, one vote out of a hundred, probably has little influence on how things go in your state. Senators do not pick heads of state agencies, draft budgets and establish state budget priorities, or work with the state legislature on issues of state-level importance. Governors do.
While he may not have said so in words, my impression is that Rossi wants to be Governor, not Senator, and views the Senate seat as kind of a second-rate consolation prize. He won the governorship of Washington in any honest accounting of the election results (there were two of them) and had it stolen in a brazen, in-your-face theft by the 'Rats. Why should he settle for a do-nothing consolation prize when he legitimately won the office he wants to hold?
Finally, again although unspoken, it is probably Rossi's impression that CantDoWell is going to be re-elected anyway. She has had six years to get entrenched and fix things up with the liberal (by and large) electorate of SayWa (the home of Osama Bin Murray, for cripes' sake). Fraudoire was a lousy campaigner and didn't generate a lot of enthusiasm. StupidWell will not make that mistake.
Well, all I've got to say is that Republican voters should not allow the Socialist media to psych them out. The last general should have built a roaring fire under them to get out the vote in droves this time. Just don't ignore the shocking pink slip included in the ballot warning you to declare your party before turning to the Republican ballot sheet or your vote will not be counted in Clark County. I don't know about the rest of the state.
"Just don't ignore the shocking pink slip included in the ballot warning you to declare your party before turning to the Republican ballot sheet or your vote will not be counted in Clark County."
Maybe I should open my ballot up. What does this mean, how do I declare?
This boob gets a DUI and the guy in Conn gets caught up in a gambling scandal
Ain't politicians great
There is a place to indicate which party you are affiliated with. It is self explanatory if one takes the time to read all instructions before voting. By all means, open your ballot, mb. As I said, I do not know if all Washington counties have this, but Clark County does.
Oh, I was planning on voting. I just wait until election day and drive it to a drop off point. I refuse to mail my ballot in, I am generally not paranoid but just to much could go wrong. Since I live in Clark County, this peaked my interest.
Thanks for the heads up.
Hate it that the Libs control beautiful Wa. state...
and the 'Rats truly stole the Gov. election in 2004 from Rossi.
"If he had, he'd be faced with the choice of moving the family to the cesspool that DC has become,"
Dont see any real diff between the cesspool of W WA and DC. Thats really splitting hairs...
Say WA? Evergreen State ping
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Ping sionnsar if you see a Washington state related thread.
Could use a few Freeper comments on that article.
For the Republicans to be unable to defeat her is mind-boggling.
For the WSRinoP to be unable to defeat her is... business as usual.
Nor do they care either as it applies to rats
He even chided perpetual angryman Jameison for not getting it, and suggested that maybe it's time to move on to something that matters.
Oddly, this is the only time he hasn't responded.
Maybe I scared him by being civil - or maybe he's packing?
Whatever his reasons for being sensible, it's pretty obvious what McGavick's reason was for giving it up now, and that's the same reason for all the way out in left field overplayed drama on this thing; the driveby media in this state were well aware of the 13y/o DUI, and they are PISSED that they can't spring it a week before the general election.
Watch the primary vote. Check the number of R ballots counted against McGavick's total. I don't think supporters will like the number.
I personally know R's who left McGavick and their RINO legislator blank just for that reason.
Not very helpful. Details are confusing. Will have no effect.
They control our largest city and its metroplex. Washingtonians outside of that are reasonable and generally mirror the center/right sentiments of the rest of the nation.
Even less qualified than WA's other senator???
Take 10% off the top for election fraud.
You don't realize how we have been invaded by Liberals up here.
I regularly email her, Murray and Brian Baird, our Reps here. Murray and Baird have always returned by emails expressing their views and reasons (often in disagreement with mine, but cordial anyway). Cantwell has never returned an email since she has been in office.
She is currently running a TV ad bashing Bush over Border Security and saying how strong she is on it. Somehow, I doubt she is all that strong on it, but will be viewing her voting record soon.
Hah! In WA?? The acronym for the Washington State Republican Party is WSRinoP. It's run by incompetents.
Well, I don't know, then I guess they can hand the election to NeerDoWell. What good would that do?
WA politics seems to be a lot like the Northeast. A "true" (i.e., dyed-in-the-wool ideologue) conservative won't win the general election. As I recall a cycle or two ago they ran a "true conservative" for Governor, Carlson. What was it, like a 70-30 slaughter, or some such blowout.
They ran a "moderate-conservative" the last time and won (Rossi). The 'Rats had to "find" so-called "lost" ballots in King Co. nine separate times to finally install Fraudoire in the Governor's office. They ran a conservative (Nethercutt) against Osama Bin Murray and he got creamed by double digits. Distasteful as it might be, a "true conservative" simply won't pull more than 30-40 of the vote in a statewide race in WA.
He was arrested but never charged.
Hey, the election isn't over yet. No giving up until the votes are counted. A lot can happen in the next 8 weeks. Cantwell has a nasty little scandal of her own hanging over her head.
Whether or not McGavick is the best choice or not, I do think that handing CantDoWell another six years in the Senate is not a good way to gain yardage for the conservative cause. McGavick may not, either, but, on balance, I think there is a better chance with McGavick than there is with StupidWell.
True, I don't live in SayWA. But I have an interest in honest elections, and after the out and out theft of the Governorship from Dino Rossi in '04, I have been following the state politics there. Denigrate my opinions as those of an outsider if you must or if it makes you feel better, but, to be honest, conservatives are better served making common cause with those they are more naturally aligned with than seeking to divide an already divided (and therefore weakened) movement.
There is NO other senator less qualified than Patty Murray...she has all the brains of a head of cabbage.
Can't argue that.
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I want to decorate my house this year on lovely occasion called Christmas. Suggest me the best and cheap way to decorate house!
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Hello Members,
Suggest me some best and cheap Christmas Decoration Ideas to make Christmas Decoration a memorable on!!
If you aren't opposed to paper ornaments, I have a few ideas.
One year, I was too tired to get all the glass ornaments out, so I used some pretty gift tags as ornaments:
1. Try making paper doves from white cardstock:
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Pure white doves flock en masse to the miniature tree's branches, proclaiming "peace on Earth." Cut your own from white card stock and hang from lengths of ribbon, or use dove-shaped gift tags for a quicker solution. In keeping with the humble theme, the tree sits inside a pale blue-painted galvanized bucket.
Read more: Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas How to Decorate a Christmas Tree - Country Living
2. Buy craft scissors that make a decorative edge and cut strips from old Christmas cards:
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|The 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL2014) will be held at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands on 13-16 May 2014. It is organized by Leiden University, the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen and Radboud University Nijmegen in the week before the seventh International Speech Prosody Conference, which is to be held in Dublin (Ireland), 21-26 May 2014.
The symposium continues the tradition of the previous three, Beijing 2004, La Rochelle (France) 2006 and Nanjing 2012, in aiming to present state-of-the-art research on the typological, phonetic, phonological, psycholinguistic, acquisitional and technological aspects of tonal contrasts. This plenary symposium will have five sections, to be held on 14, 15 and 16 May, each of which is introduced by a keynote speaker. In the afternoon of 13 May, there will be an advanced speech analysis tutorial conducted by Paul Boersma.
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Section 2. Pitch, voice quality, vowel quality and duration in suprasegmental contrasts. Keynote speaker Christian DiCanio (Haskins Laboratories, Yale University).
Section 3. Tone in perception and production. Keynote speaker Patrick Wong (School of Communication, North Western University, Evanston IL).
Section 4. L1 and L2 acquisition of tone. Keynote speaker Karen Mattock (University of Western Sydney)
Section 5. The phonetics and phonology of word prominence. Keynote speaker Vincent van Heuven (Leiden University Centre for Linguistics).
Carlos Gussenhoven (Radboud University Nijmegen - Chair)
Yiya Chen (Leiden University)
Dan Dediu (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
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|Martin Hilpert
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11-14 September 2014, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
Title: From methodology back to theory: How do current empirical methods
feed back into linguistic theory?
Recent work in cognitive-functional linguistics has increasingly turned
towards a usage-based understanding of language, and it treats its
object of study as heterogeneous, usage-conditioned, semantically
motivated, and context-dependent (e.g., Geeraerts 2010). Given these
assumptions, variation and change, along dimensions such as semantic
structure, sense relations, grammatical patterns, or socio-cultural
and contextual profiling, constitute an inherent characteristic of language.
This development has brought with it the adoption of variationist
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functional theory. Are the empirical results being taken up to
refine theoretical notions, or to rethink linguistic concepts?
The organizers of this theme session hold that the answer to this question is
in the affirmative. The empirical tools currently employed in
usage-based linguistics are extensive and have been successfully applied in
synchronic and diachronic variational linguistics (e.g.,
Geeraerts et al. 1994; Heylen 2005; Gries 2006; Divjak & Gries 2006; Gries
and Hilpert 2008, 2010; Hilpert 2008, 2011, 2013; Hilpert and
Gries 2009; Glynn 2009, 2010; Divjak 2010; Szmrecsanyi 2013; Fabiszak et
al. 2013). Methods such as Correspondence Analysis (Glynn
In press), Cluster Analysis (Divjak & Fieller In press), Multidimensional
Scaling (Cox & Cox 2001), Motion Charts (Hilpert 2011), Logistic
Regression Analysis (Speelman In press) are well-suited to address many of
the open questions in usage-based linguistics: What is the
exact role of frequency and repetition? How is knowledge of abstract
syntactic constructions organized? How do we model lexical
variation in a usage-based, socio-cognitive framework? What is the relation
between conceptual structure and socio-cultural profiling?
Questions such as these are commonly touched on by empirical studies, but
perhaps the link to theoretical issues could be stressed
more prominently than it has been done to date.
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|Historical Linguistics; Linguistic Theories; Semantics; Sociolinguistics; Syntax; Text/Corpus Linguistics
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It's interesting how Spiritual Energies respond to negative emotions; perhaps negative emotions generate "negative" spiritual energies, which remain in the body and perpetuate such feelings? It makes sense that Spiritual (mental) energies are intimately tied to one's mental state, and the Uchiha would naturally be the most sensitive to this, as they possess the greatest energies.
I think that's the reason that Itachi and Shisui were able to handle their Mangekyou through hardship and not suffer the same out-of-control fate that Madara/Obito/Sasuke do... they had something to moderate their feelings, a higher conviction. Itachi was able to see the bigger picture, and could resolve himself to live/die for that as long as Sasuke at least was spared. Shisui believed wholeheartedly in the village, and wasn't bound by his clan or his own circumstances. Madara/Obito/Sasuke all obsess over their losses and are completely ignorant of everything else, or view everything else as meaningless or at the very least inferior to their personal objectives.
Basically, the Uchiha need to have the discipline to control their own emotional state (and thus truly control every aspect of their Sharingan) unless they want their eyes/emotions to rule them.
I think that we have seen a symptom of what Tobiram spoke in the last Itachi vs Sasuke fight, where Sasuke's eyes, influence by fear and pain of his eye being stolen, have boosted his Normal Sharingna, to the point that he was able to break out of Itachi's Tsukuyomi (at first I thought that it might have been thanks to CS2 strengthening his kekkei genkai and natural energy disrupting his chakra, but that might not have been the case, seeing as Tsukuyomi is an instant finish jutsu). This shows just how much they are influenced, to the point that they can beat a superior doujutsu with their lesser one.
I have always thought that when Tobi and Oro were saying that Sasuke's eyes will have greater power and will become stronger than Itachi's, they meant that he had a greater potential, but in truth, it was because Sasuke's emotions were always more on the loose and potent than Itachi's, that his eyes would become stronger than his brother's.
I actually think that if Sasuke could train and master his hatred at the Waterfall of Truth, he would be able to control his Mangekyou without letting his hatred consume him. It's a little like how Naruto's anger unlocked his Bijuu power, except Sasuke "willingly" goes on his rampage. There's no real third party, it's just his own out-of-control chakra fueling his emotions fueling his chakra (and so on).
I am not perfect and I defy you to prove otherwise
Growing Old Gracefully is an Oxymoron ... Mostly Moron !
anyway, if you have ever had to wake up from a long sleep due after a hard shift of back-breaking labor or sports.. even your little niece or nephew could jump on your bed and totally pwn you before you regain all your senses.. so imagine being dead for generations after serving an honest finality to your last moments and finding yourself back to living realm with no sense or idea what the heck is happening as you struggle to find out answers.
sarutobi was already postured for battle and had a very advantageous initiative against the rama bros. not only that, sarutobi had already drew the line in the sand and committed his whole being to the high stakes.
oro's personality limitations aren't just mind control. for something like that to be effective it must operate like a genjutsu or a seal that fuses with genjutsu. basically, it's a hostile system that disrupts the chakra and probably nervous system to ensure or block activity and intention. its also pissible that edo bodies are subject to fluctuations in quality. kabuto showed us that et bodies can be prepared as an improvement and augmented. what's to say that an et body couldn't be like a cheap serbian donkey cart while others are golden chariots? the bodies regenerate from wounds automatically but are they guaranteed to withstand the actual level of a godly shinobi's power wielding? there are actual physicality determined attributes, i find it hard to believe any body would behave exactly for the soul in the same manner as the original and lets not forget, we still haven't gotten the actual answer to the et summoned's chakra limitations (infinite?) just too many unoroven variables.
lastly, the et rama-bros, with souls momentarily dazed and confused from a slumber lasting generations and hurriedly shoehorned into a vessel of impure world senses long grown unaccustomed to and having personalities dulled makes their battle performance EXACTLY like the sannin fight that followed. when tsunade was asked by oro to fix his arms and jiraya stepped in for the escalation to 3 way battle, the 3 sannin each had a certain drawback and handicap that severely affected their power and ability. while oro had to fight through proxy, tsunade and jiraua's setbacks had clearly impacted their personalities (drunk/psychological disruption from phobia). point is, with those setbacks we saw three legendary shinobi offer a thoroughly disappointing performance that eluded their legendary status but at a later point we see them at full power with everything on the line, totally blowing away what we previously thought was above their limit. jiraya battling pein, tsunade toe to toe with madara (arguable but you get the lount)..s
et, imo, when summoning into a mind tagged vessel that dampens personality and dulls the will power with command override; it's going to cause setbacks more severe than what the sannin had to deal with. every indication is that the rama-bros were nowhere near full power and as zero said, operating with their will of fire already passed on. nothing on the line for them so that's another significant limitation.
to give credit where it is due, sarutobi was a right full beast even at his old age! he had a better understanding of the context of the fight, a handle on the abilities of his former mentors while they knew not just how much he developed. he even acted audaciously by using the ultimate trump at the time, dead demon seal.
even with mind tags, it is proven that there is resistance and struggling against it, further distracting the et shinobi and affording them motivation to stand down.
another tidbit, compare et hashirama's mokuton jutsu to the mokuton et madara demonstrated as being hashirama's true level! big difference
Obito is Tobirama's great grandson. The proof is in the pudding.
dude , that shit was like 400 chapters ago, if kishi had made that fight happen today it would obviously be more gosu....
to be fair, madara was expecting his revival, he died in anticipation of rinnei tensei. his soul temporarily departed with that expectation ingrained and his period of slumber was dramatically less than the rama-bros. not only that, he wasn't woken with an immediate assault on his personality or will. the moment of exiting the coffin is crucial moment regarding initiative and madara had every advantage the rama-bros lacked. don't forget, some of the et shinobi in the war were initially behaving according to their last moments before death. it's easy to understand madara would not be confused and quickly assume his battle posture. hashirama and tobirama were revived by oro after they had already surrendered their life without expectations of returning.
even with this et, the hokages were momentarily confused and this was the second time around for the ramas. i dont see any inconsistencies in regards to this except with each edo tensei we see new variables and factors at play that alters the caster 's participation and control as well as the power levels of the et shinobi fluctuating, often at the discretion of the caster. kabuto infused his edo tensei with sage chakra and condiderably boosted zabuza's power while he resisted.
i do deserve a paycheck :p though i fear it's in the mail.
Obito is Tobirama's great grandson. The proof is in the pudding.
Well I suppose the turtle is closer to the Shinobi HQ but I'm not sure how close.
Fire type
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Down to the wire for Canadians Redmann and VanHuizen on World Tour
ROME – Christian Redmann and Richard VanHuizen of Toronto will be in a must win situation on Friday after a tough loss in round robin play on Thursday at the third stop on the FIVB World Tour beach volleyball circuit.
Redmann and VanHuizen, seeded 24th, lost to eighth-seed Benjamin Insfran and Bruno Oscar Schmidt of Brazil 21-17, 22-24, 16-14 in 63 minutes. The Canadians drop to 0-2 and now face 25th seeds Emiel Boersma and Joppe Paulides of the Netherlands, also 0-2, on Friday with a berth in the repechage for the round of 16 on the line.
''We've had two close losses so far and it's hard to accept right now,'' said Redmann who finished ninth with his partner last year at the world championships. ''Again we faced some adversity today late the match but it's something we have to learn to fight through. That's why you got to try and win the match before it gets down to 14-14.''
With the match tied at 14-14 in the third set, the Canadians felt the official made the wrong call on their serve that went out of bounds close to the line. The Brazilians won the match on the next serve.
''We know we can play better,'' said Redmann. ''As the season goes on and we get into game speed we feel we can take some big steps over the next few weeks.''
The Dutch pair have had a similar route as the Canadians and also lost two close matches in the round robin.
''They are a very big team with one guy at 6'9'' and the other at 6'7'', said Redmann. ''We've trained against them and they are very good players. They'll be as hungry as we are to advance.''


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How-To Geek
Share and Stream Digital Media Between Windows 7 Machines On Your Home Network
One of the cool new features in Windows 7 is the ability to stream digital media to different computers throughout your house. Here we will show you how to set up Windows Media Player in Windows 7 to share and stream videos, music, and other digital media to Windows 7 machines.
To stream video to another computer on your home network they will all need to be running Windows 7 with Windows Media Player 12. In our example we will stream video from a computer running Windows 7 Ultimate (64-bit) to another machine running Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit) which are part of the same Homegroup.
Setup Streaming
The first thing you'll want to do is turn on media streaming. Type media streaming into the search box in the Start menu and select Media streaming options.
Now select your media streaming options. Choose a name for the media library, and make sure all the computers on your network you want to have access are allowed. If both computers are part of a Homegroup, everything is shared by default anyway, but you might want to double check. Or you might want to block certain computers from the streaming options.
You can also choose some custom settings if you want. For instance, maybe you want certain computers to only have access to music or certain files with a particular rating. For this demonstration we are opening everything up, but if you want to control what other users access, keep these settings in mind.
Now open up Windows Media Player and in Library view click on Stream and check Automatically allow devices to play my media.
To be able to play content on one machine over to another we need to enable Allow remote control of my Player. This makes it so your computer is a remote control of sorts.
Then click Allow remote control on this network when the dialog box comes up.
Because we are making everything wide open to all computers, we need to enable the above settings on both computers. If you have multiple computers on your network you can set them all up to share their libraries too. Now when you go into Windows Media Player under the Library view you'll see Other Libraries and will see the other computers on your network.
Stream To a Machine
Now comes the cool part…playing video or music from the library of one machine to another machine. Make sure the machine you want to play the media to has WMP up and running. Right-click a media file and select Play to from the context menu and select the machine to play it to. In this example we only have one other machine to choose from, and playing an X-files episode from the library in WMP.
Then you'll see the Play To controller with the media listed. From here you can control the playback and volume.
Then the video starts playing through WMP on the other machine.
You aren't just limited to playing digital media from WMP either. Here we're in a video directory where we have season 2 of Star Trek DS9. Select the episodes to play, right-click and Play To…
Playing music files to another machine…
Pictures too…
Again from the Play To control you can switch the order of the files and skip to others.
You can simply drag and drop other files that you want to add into it as well.
This is a great way to play your digital files from one location to another. You might have a bunch of movies or music on a laptop in your bedroom, and want to play them to your media center in the living room. The combinations are essentially limitless. Playback on other machines is generally smooth provided you have a decent home network with Gigabit speed,which most new routers and machines are capable of. You can definitely stream video over a wireless connection, but make sure it's a fast connection. If wireless speeds are too slow…setup computers on the network wired with CAT5e cable wherever possible.
- Published 01/26/10
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So lame. so much easier to do this without doing it this way nor with windows 7, or the crappy WMP 12 (Which is complete junk)
Gomplayer or Klite player = the Best. Includes all codecs for videos and audio, unlike Windows Media Player 12.
Useful info
Justin: Gomplayer and Klite player are great substitues for WMP on XP or Vista machines, no doubt, but It doesn't sound like you have really auditioned WMP 12 on Windows 7. It does a pretty good job with DivX and XviD codecs and sharing and streaming (the real point of this article) are super easy for novices to setup and use. I keep Kmedia player around for MKV and subtitle support but we stream music and video back and forth in our house with Win 7/WMP all the time with no muss or fuss.
I don't agree with the article's Gigabit ethernet recommendation though. 100mbit wired is just fine for a home setup, unless you have lots of other traffic across your LAN, and most don't.
Even wireless G should work for all but HD video, unless, once again, you have lots of other traffic or problems with your setup. People might want to check that out before running out and dumping a bundle on wired gigabit. I changed the channel on my neighbor's wireless setup based on a scan with inSSIDer of the neighborhood's WiFi signals and they went from horrible speeds to great speed in a matter of minutes. It seems that wireless gateways aren't always the best at picking an unused channel…
Query – should the media streaming stay "turned on" ?? that is, every time I start up my laptop, the media streaming option is always turned off and I have to turn it back on again.
Very helpful article. I can stream to any of the four computer in my home, but each WMP window is individual…..how do I stream to all computers simultaneously by clicking one play button? It's just not possible to keep them in sync when I'm clicking 4 play buttons.
HELP! I don't even understand what I am reading here.
Let me tell you what I want to do and someone tell me if it is possible.
I have Windows 7. I want to subscribe to YESNetwork (Yankee baseball network) which I will pay for….. have the Yankees baseball games stream to my pc then someway, somehow get the stream onto my tv.
Can that be done…………..????
I am looking for the same answer as CBen.
how can i have one central computer "playing" the music, and have all my other computers recieving what i play and relaying that out to the speakers in each room. More like being able to turn speakers on and off via the central room!
hoping for a reply that doesn't start with – wmp can't do that. (which i think is actually the answer)
Great article !!!
But I can't manage to make it work. I followed all the steps, but the play to controller keeps saying "Contacting media server" (as in your picture) and then thats it, no music, no video, nothing.
Can you please help me make it work !
Came here for an answer to GTRoberts's question. How the heck do I turn this on permanently? Very annoying to put my laptop to sleep or log off and have to constantly reopen windows media player and turn the streaming back on just so i can access this on my home network via xbox (i'm not even online)
hi! I tried to turn on the media streaming and after clicking on the turn on button cursor becomes the blue toroid, computer thinks I don't know what and then like nothing happened. Streaming is not on.
I'm running win 7 ultimate
Anything else that should be configured?
thanks in advance
hi! I tried to turn on the media streaming and after clicking on the turn on button cursor becomes the blue toroid, computer thinks I don't know what and then like nothing happened. Streaming is not on.
I'm running win 7 ultimate
Anything else that should be configured?
thanks in advance
i dont have a "play to" option -_-, it just isnt there. am i doing something wrong? please help


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LEAFSNATION 2013 Year End Awards
Cam Charron
May 01 2013 10:16AM
New to this season, every Nations site will get its readers and writers to vote on "Year End Awards" in a few different categories. It was a painstaking process to whittle down the nominations in each category to five apiece, and not only that, the pony transporting the ballots to Leafs Nation HQ got eaten by a bear.
But we finally got a hold of them, and some state-of-the-art polling software to get the reader involved as well. Hit past the jump for our nominees:
Nominees: Nazem Kadri, Phil Kessel, Jay McClement, Dion Phaneuf, James Reimer
Writers' choice: JAMES REIMER (unanimous - 5 out of 5)
Justin Fisher: Make no mistake, the Leafs are not a very good team. The rate at which they get outshot by opponents is embarassing (27th in Shots Against per Game). Without James Reimer playing at the level he played this season, the Leafs wouldn't be a playoff team. Shout out to Ben Scrivens, who kept postseason hopes alive when Reimer was injured. I'd just as quickly give the MVP Award to the goaltending tandem.
Other Nominees: Young sensation Nazem Kadri, top defenceman Dion Phaneuf and penalty killing specialist Jay McClement were also nominated in this category.
Nominees: Cody Franson, Carl Gunnarsson, Dion Phaneuf
Writers' choice: DION PHANEUF (unanimous - 5 out of 5)
Jon Steitzer: He's played a ton of tough minutes often dragging around anchors like Holzer or Kostka and somehow he's managed to actually get some time in the offensive zone and be one of the top scoring defensemen in the league too. That's pretty darn good. Since Gardiner has barely played and Gunnarsson hasn't been as good due to his hip problems the blueline at the ACC has really only had one reliable defender. Phaneuf is a pretty easy choice.
Ryan Fancey: Why? Because he's the best defenceman. Next.
Other Nominees: Though hurt through some of the year, Carl Gunnarsson stabilized the top pairing when he was in the lineup. Cody Franson's development as a two-way defenceman was noticeable throughout the season.
Nominees: Nazem Kadri, Phil Kessel, James van Riemsdyk
Writers' choice: PHIL KESSEL (unanimous - 5 out of 5)
Steve Dangle: We really need to start viewing Phil Kessel as one of the league's most underrated forwards. Seriously. Top 5 in scoring over the last two seasons, but he decides not to speak to the media one day, and it's a sideshow. When he does speak to the media, it's not all that impressive anyway. He's an introvert with fast feet, great numbers, one of the greatest wrist shots in the entire NHL. He lead the team in goals, and when he went on a goal-scoring slump he would set guys up instead. I also love when people go "Wow, did you see that? Phil Kessel actually backchecked!" That was a funny joke under Ron Wilson when Kessel just got to Toronto, but it's not the case anymore. He's the team's best scorer, and while he's not Pavel Datsyuk in his own end, he's not a liability either. Give the guy his props before he up and leaves for Minnesota.
Other Nominees: We don't have a pure definition on any of these, but I'm guessing that "best forward" is for offensive talent. We went with the top three scorers on the team.
Nominees: Nikolai Kulemin, Jay McClement, Ben Scrivens
Writers' choice: TIE - BEN SCRIVENS (2) and JAY MCCLEMENT (2)
Steve Dangle: I feel weird naming Jay McClement here, because he got his props from many members of the mainstream media as the season went on, but the Leafs need Jay McClement. While he spent the majority of his 5-on-5 time playing with the "Winnipeg Blue Bombers" Frazer McLaren and Colton Orr, McClement helped lead to a complete overhaul of the Leafs' penalty kill. They went from getting completely lit up since…well when was the last time the Leafs' PK was great all season long? Got an answer, Cam? Now, they're Top 5 in both shots against and goals allowed while shorthanded. Reimer's 5-on-5 save percentage has always been strong even when he slumped with injury last season. His PK numbers? Not so much. Jay McClement was a huge part of that. If Randy Carlyle can find a way to smother the Bruins' offence with the likes of Grabovski, Kulemin, and Komarov 5-on-5, while McClement and co. hold down the fort on the PK, the Leafs might just have a fighting chance.
Ryan Fancey: I was pretty surprised that Scrivens managed to keep the Leafs afloat while Reimer was out in February. I didn't know what to expect considering he had some shaky outings to start the season, including that 7-4 nightmare against the Islanders. Finishing the season with 20 appearances and a .915 save percentage is as much as anyone could ask from this guy.
Other Nominee: Nik Kulemin was stuck playing defensive minutes through the first half, and started generating offence under-the-radar when he got paired with Nazem Kadri. Mark Fraser was named the Leafs' "unsung hero" on a TSN broadcast while most of the people I read disagreed with and they instead said it was Gunnarsson.
Nominees: Joe Colborne, Korbinian Holzer, Leo Komarov
Writers' choice: LEO KOMAROV (unanimous - 5 out of 5)
Ryan Fancey: I guess Komarov is sort of the new Darcy Tucker. He hits a lot and agitates the hell out of opposing teams. Considering the other rookies are Joe Colborne, who never plays, and Korbinian Holzer, who I never want to see in a Leafs jersey again, Komarov is the easy choice for best rookie.
Jon Steitzer: He could basically take this one just for not being Korbinian Holzer, but it's also nice to have some that we can proudly call "our son of a bitch"
Other Nominee: Joe Colborne was one of three rookies on the Leafs' team, and is one of the two to not be named Korbinian Holzer. The other one was a rookie for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Nominees: Tyler Bozak, Randy Carlyle, Korbinian Holzer, Colton Orr
Writers' choice: RANDY CARLYLE (2)
Ryan Fancey: Colton Orr sucks.
Cam Charron: I don't want to rag on Korby Holzer. But what was the thought process in leaving him on the first pairing for all twelve of those games as him and Phaneuf got absolutely killed by opposing forwards? Holzer's eyes were always looking straight ahead in the defensive zone. He forgot about guys in front of the net. He played to be physical along the boards and would seemingly ignore the puck. It's almost like I have to blame the guy for having such raw tools to succeed but none of them translated to the NHL.
Justin Fisher: I don't know if this is even allowed, but to hell with it. If Randy Carlyle is going to senselessly play Tyler Bozak on the top line, give Nazem Kadri only the 6th most minutes amongst forwards, dress two goons on a regular basis, and regale us with his theories on head injuries, then I'm going to name him Goat of the Year. Baaaaahhhh
May 01 2013, 11:35AM
Most of these were pretty obvious. I personally only differed from the consensus decisions here in a couple categories.
Most underrated I have to Gunnar because he gets absolutely ragged on while being on of the Leafs top 3 D-men this season.
For the Goat, I couldn't vote Carlyle despite some obvious reasons because of the improved power play. I think he deserves as much credit for its improvement as McClement and Reimer.
Finally...OMGZ how do you not have Mark Fraser as top D-manz1!?!?!
Why is Grabovski not in the goat poll?
May 01 2013, 12:45PM
Yeah, not a tough series of awards. Easy picks for MVP, Dman, Rookie, and Forward.
I'd say Unsung is hard. Scrivens was fine, but if we had to rely on him for longer than we did this wouldn't be playoff team. I think most know just how important McClement is out there so maybe not him either. I might go with Kulemin. Had a good year, but wasn't that obvious about it. As to the option of Gunnarsson, I wouldn't give it to him so glad he's not on the poll. His position is pretty clear too. A guy who's playing hurt and isn't as effective as he could be. Might be more in the discussion for top D if he just shut himself down and recovered fully instead of playing at 70% and possibly for a new contract. Better than throwing Kostka up there, but that's not saying a lot.
I'd definitely give the goat to Carlyle. They got in the playoffs, but I still have to give it to him. Double goons on the fourth line, not playing Kadri enough, Bozak's eternal enshrining on the top line despite faceoffs being his only useful attribute, Phaneuf being overplayed with anchors all season, etc. I really think the playoffs are all about Reimer, McClement, Kessel, and Phaneuf. The top players took this team this far despite Carlyle's bizarre decisions.
May 01 2013, 01:28PM
I almost chose Kulimen for unsung hero as well. He very quietly had a quite a good season.
I want to say Bozak is our most underrated player. He does not deserve all the hate he gets. i think having multiple scoring lines, spreading out the talent, is more effective than having one very potent first line. Bozak obviously has chemistry with kessel, and he takes care of draws and the defensive side of the play. He is also an adept playmaker and goes to the dirty areas.
If only the grabovski line would start scoring too then we would have three pretty dangerous lines.


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The Kingsford® Points Chase
Chasing Kingsford
Big Bob Gibson Rolls The Jack!
The Jack Daniel's Invitational isn't for the faint of heart. Any team looking to come up big in Lynchburg needs to be at the top of their game to qualify and then lucky enough to be drawn into the Jack field. Winning the Kingsford Points Chase event at the Jack is that much more difficult. Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, a team consisting of Chris Lilly, Don McLemore, Ken Hess, Owen Lilly and Bill Bullen, stepped up to the plate at the Jack Daniel's Invitational and took home the Kingsford win.
Nov 17, 2011
Chris, the captain of the Big Bob Gibson ship, says the Jack Daniel's Invitational is a goal of theirs when they begin every year.
"The Jack is obviously one of the most prestigious events, and we went there to win," explained Lilly. "We're there for one thing. We're there to put the best product forward and hope for the best from the judges."
In the overall competition, Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q fell short of their attempt to pull off a 'double' victory, securing the Kingsford win but just missing out on the Grand Championship by a fraction of a point. With Smokin' Hoggz BBQ, and their 686.2 score, taking home the Grand Championship, Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q was narrowly edged out at 685.7 and are now looking to the future for redemption.
"A close loss is always difficult of course," explained Lilly. "We're proud of Reserve Grand, but what a difference a point would have made!"
Electing to participate in the Kingsford Points Chase at the Jack was never a question for Lilly and Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q.
"That's my go-to product no matter what," said Lilly. "No matter if I'm cooking in the backyard or for 1,500 people out of state, I've been using Kingsford since 1997."
When it came down to putting together a solid effort on the grill, Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q has their focus squarely on creating the best possible barbecue they can manage. From the level of competition to the uniqueness of the event itself, the Jack never fails to create an extra challenge for the competitors.
"The cook went great," said Lilly. "The turn-in times are a bit different so you definitely have to adjust for that. Central to the whole competition is the quality of the product we start with and, of course, the fuel we use, which is always Kingsford."
While choosing a best category can at times be as difficult as a parent naming their favorite child, Lilly, when pressed, said it was the ribs that played as the star performer of their Jack weekend.
"Its difficult to pick," hemmed Lily. "Out of all the product we made, and if I'm being honest, without a doubt, the best was the ribs. Our ribs were flat-out excellent."
Lilly then came back and was quick to remind that single category dominance doesn't mean Championships.
"In a four-category cook, the name of the game is always going to be consistency."
With an elite performance at both Memphis In May and the Jack Daniel's Invitational plus a Kingsford win under their belts, Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q will now start preparing for 2012 and working to improve on their already consistently strong performances.


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Today I want to throw something out there to discuss, I'm hoping we can get some useful dialogue going around one of the most tricky subjects for business owners in tech businesses – that of maintenance and support. This is the first crowd-sourcing post I've tried so let's see how it goes
In my industry (web design and online marketing) this is a particularly difficult topic to cover. Do you charge for bugs or problems that arise in websites a year after they were built? When Microsoft bring out a new browser and a site changes in appearance who covers that cost? If something isn't picked up at testing stage, (because let's face it you're never going to be able to test something so extensively you can guarantee you've picked up everything) who pays then? Should web companies offer warranties? These are all questions businesses in the web game have to deal with. I'm sure that in any tech based industry where you provide a product you have to ponder similar issues.
Perhaps the easiest model to relate to is that of the car industry and how they deal with their new car sales. In talking with a number of business owners recently I've seen lots of other business models, all with slight nuances. It's been fascinating and if I could share them all with you I would but many were offline conversations. So I thought the next best thing would be to build a useful post of advice and help from influential business owners around the globe who can add their two pennies worth on this topic.
If you're not in a business that has to worry about this topic but have sat 'the other side' perhaps you'd like to give us your opinion on how you think business in these industries could deal with these issues – that would be just as valuable.
So let's hear your ideas. Please share this post if you know others that might be able to add their advice and let's discuss.
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