text: Peachtree iDecco Stereo integrated amplifier with built-in digital-to-analog converter and "Pure Digital" iPod dock Zoom Front Back Photos Videos Item #: 731IDECBG Review Summary 3 people say DISCONTINUED This item is no longer available to purchase. Contact us for other options Call Email Original price $1,019.99 Shop all Integrated Amplifiers Shop all Integrated Amplifiers x By buying this product you'll earn up to 1020 Rewards points. When you sign up for a Crutchfield account, you'll be enrolled in Crutchfield Rewards. You'll earn one point for every dollar you spend on gear from us. You can turn your points into Rewards Cards that you can use toward future purchases. You can sign up for an account now, or after you complete your purchase (you'll get credit for the points either way). Sign up for a Crutchfield account Overview Details Customer Reviews Articles & Videos Accessories Our take on the Peachtree iDecco by Jim Richardson Everything you always wanted in a stereo receiver, except the radio An integrated amplifier is essentially a receiver without a built-in AM/FM tuner. You get power to drive your speakers, audio controls, and inputs for music source components. Connect an iPod, a computer, a network music player, or any other device that can play Internet radio, and you may find you have no need for an AM/FM radio. High-end sound that's Made for iPod® Refreshingly uncomplicated and sonically magnificent, the iDecco proves beyond a doubt that hi-fi and iPod belong in the same sentence. Peachtree Audio, an official Apple® Partner, is the first audio company sanctioned by Apple to take the digital bitstream from your iPod and feed it directly into an integrated amp's high-end digital-to-analog converter. The iDecco's built-in dock, unlike most outboard docks, bypasses the iPod's built-in DAC and analog output, which are OK for earbuds, but less than ideal for home audio. Instead, the signal goes directly to the acclaimed ESS Sabre DAC, which reduces jitter (distortion caused by digital timing errors) and upsamples the signal to 24-bit/96kHz resolution. Tube hybrid design takes the harsh edge off of compressed digital music From the sophisticated DAC, your music travels through a class A tube-buffered preamp to a high-current 40 watt-per-channel amplifier. Connect a good set of speakers, and the sound quality you get from your iPod can be as good as it gets from most any CD player. The signal-to-noise ratio is an astounding 118 dB. Expect the same great results when you hook up your computer or other digital source through the USB or digital audio inputs. The iDecco also has component video output, so you can easily use your docked iPod to watch movies, TV shows and video podcasts on your flat panel TV or PC monitor. See more info on this item Highlights:40 watts x 2 channels into 6 ohms at 0.1% THDbuilt-in Pure Digital iPod dock bypasses iPod's DAC (and its analog audio output circuitry) for better soundhybrid vacuum tube/solid-state designvacuum tube preamp stage (uses a single dual-triode input tube)high-current class A/B solid state power ampbuilt-in ESS Sabre digital-to-analog converter (DAC) with selectable wide/narrow jitter reduction and upsamplingDAC filter slope switch let you choose a fast slope that "measures" better on a test bench or a slow slope that sounds better to some listeners.decodes MP3, AAC, WMA, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, PCM, and Apple Losslesshigh-capacity toroidal power transformerdigital audio inputs: 1 USB (Type B), 1 optical (Toslink), and 1 coaxial (S/PDIF)1 pair RCA analog audio inputs2 pair RCA audio preamp outputs for connecting a powered subwoofer or outboard power amplifierheadphone output (full-size 1/4" jack)heavy-duty binding-post speaker connectorsdetachable power cordspare 6H23N vacuum tube includedremote control14-7/8"W x 5-1/16"H x 14-1/2"Dweight: 26 lbs.warranty: 1 year on amp, 6 months on tubeOur 60-day money-back guarantee Hands-on research from the Crutchfield Labs (what are the Labs?) Features and specs chart | What's in the box? | In-depth notes Features and Specs General Watts RMS per Channel (8-ohms) --- Watts RMS per Channel (6-ohms) 40 Watts RMS per Channel (4-ohms) --- Frequency Bandwidth N/A THD 0.1% Minimum Impedance 4 ohms Signal to Noise Ratio Not Given Number of Inputs 5 Phono Inputs No Preamp Outputs Stereo Width (inches) 14-7/8 Height (inches) 5-1/16 Depth (inches) 14-7/16 Weight (pounds) 25 Parts Warranty 1 Yr (6 months on tube) Labor Warranty 1 Yr (6 months on tube) Product Research What's in the box? Download owner's manual 2-Channel hybrid tube integrated amplifier 6.5' AC power cord IR wireless remote control 2 AA batteries 4 iPod Dock insert adapters (touch/ 3rd generation nano/ 160 GB classic/ 80 and 120 GB classic) Owner's Manual Note about the remote Our Product Research Team At Crutchfield, you'll get detailed, accurate information that's hard to find elsewhere. That's because we have our own in-house Product Research team — they open the box, verify contents, check the owner's manual, and record dimensions, features and specs. We stay on top of new products and technologies to help people make informed choices. Features Overview: The Peachtree Audio iDecco is an audiophile-grade 40 watt x two-channel hybrid integrated amplifier with a built-in iPod dock. The preamp's Class-A tube buffer tames harsh compressed digital music and allows exceptional reproduction when listening to high resolution files. The high-current amplifier section then powers your speakers. In addition to the internal amplifier, the preamp also feeds the preamp output (for use with an outboard amp or powered subwoofer), the fixed line output (for using the iDecco as a stand-alone DAC), and the Class-A tube headphone section. DAC (Digital to Analog Converter): The iDecco includes the ESS 9006 Sabre DAC, a mutli-layer board with over 450 components and 11 regulated power supplies. The ESS Sabre DAC's patented jitter reduction circuit re-clocks the digital signal before passing it through a high-resolution 24/96 upsampling processor, perfect for computers, iPods, and most streaming or hard-drive based music servers because they typically have high levels of jitter (digital timing error between the source and the DAC). Each digital input is transformer-coupled so noise associated with ground loops and switching power supplies from computers is eliminated. iPod Dock: Most iPod docks have analog outputs, forcing you to use the iPod's internal power supply, DAC and output section. The iDecco uses the iPod's digital output, fed directly into the ESS Sabre DAC, improving on the iPod's sound quality. As long as the iDecco's power is on, the iPod battery charges and its video is output through the component video outputs, even when listening to a different source. The iPod is controlled using its own buttons and these models and features are compatible: iPod/iPhone Model Generation Media Type Control Display Charge Audio Video Unit iPod Song/Artist Track dock-connector 3rd N N N N N N N click-wheel/color-display 4th N N N N N N N mini 1st N N N N N N N 2nd N N N N N N N video 5th N N N N N N N classic (80/120/160 GB) 80GB Y Y N Y N N Y 120GB Y Y N Y N N Y 160GB Y Y N Y N N Y nano 1st N N N N N N N 2nd N N N N N N N 3rd Y Y N Y N N Y 4th Y Y N Y N N Y 5th Y Y N Y N N Y touch 1st Y Y N Y N N Y 2nd Y Y N Y N N Y 3rd Y Y N Y N N Y iPhone 2G N N N N N N N 3G N N N N N N N 3GS N N N N N N N Note: Apple firmware updates may change functionality results. USB Connection: Using the iDecco, you can take pure digital audio signals from iTunes, Windows Media Player, Front Row, or any other music management system on your computer before it goes through a sound card. Just connect USB cable between your computer and the iDecco's USB type-B port; no sound card is required. Controls: The iDecco has the following controls (input voltage, filter slope, and jitter bandwidth are on the rear-panel): Power: on/standby Input Selectors: five discrete input buttons; USB/Coaxial/Optical/iPod/Aux Volume: rotary volume control; the knob is motorized and turns when you adjust the volume using the remote control Filter Slope: the slope of the DAC's digital filter is switchable; fast/slow Jitter Bandwidth: digital jitter reduction bandwidth; wide/narrow Voltage Switch: the input voltage is switchable for international use; 115V/230V Remote Control: An easy to use IR remote control is included with the iDecco; it offers the same functions as the front-panel controls, plus adds mute, tube (the tube button toggles between solid state and tube-hybrid operation of the preamp), and iPod transport functions (play/pause, skip forward, and skip backward). The remote control IR sensor is located in the center of the iDecco's front-panel. Note: There are also menu, up, and down buttons on the remote that have no function at this time. Connections: The Peachtree Audio iDecco features the following connections: iPod Dock: top mounted iPod dock Aux: analog stereo RCA inputs Optical Digital Input: Toslink input Coaxial Digital Input: single RCA input USB Input: USB type-B port; takes digital audio content from your computer and sends it to the internal DAC Pre-Out: stereo RCA preamp-outputs allow you to use an external amplifier or a powered subwoofer Fixed Line Output: the Class A fixed line output (stereo RCA) allows you to use the iDecco as a stand alone DAC Speaker Terminals: left and right binding-post speaker terminals; will accept spade, single banana, or pin connectors and bare wire up to 8-gauge Component Video Output: iPod video output; only active when playing iPod video files, does not output iPod menu, album art, or music text Remote in/out: 3.5mm remote input and output jacks AC Input: three-prong detachable power cord is included Headphone Output: front-panel, 1/4" headphone output; the speakers are muted when headphones are plugged in Tube Window: The iDecco features a tube window, allowing you to view the glow of the unit's tube. The blue LED under the tube is lit when the preamp is in tube-hybrid mode. Review this product Submit a review and then enter to win a $500 rewards card Peachtree iDecco Reviews Average Customer Review: 3 people say: Review this product: Thanks for taking the time to share your experiences about this product. Please be sure to focus your comments on the product itself. Read our Review Guidelines for more information. Review title * Email Your email won't be visible. Please use the email address that is associated with your order. Display name (e.g., JohnD) Your review will be signed using the display name and location * Your location (e.g., Charlottesville, VA) * Your rating Click on a star to rate the overall product on a scale of 1-5 1500 characters left * Your review Attach a YouTube Review Crutchfield Video Review Guidelines Only submit videos that you made or are authorized to use. 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Filter by rating: 5 Star: (0) 4 Star: (0) 3 Star: (0) 2 Star: (0) 1 Star: (0) 5 out of 5 As Close to Perfect as you can get for the price Written By MJL, Ocala, FL on Saturday, January 29, 2011 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) Let me be brief: if you need a 40WPC integrated ampflifier look no further. If you need an excellent headphone amp along with the integrated amp look no further. If you need a digital IPOD dock built it to the unit look no further. This unit sounds gorgeous, simple as that. Its tubed sound is sweet and natural. It is beautiful to look at. Buy it. 1 out of 2 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 iDecco Delivers Written By SalD, Higganum, CT on Thursday, November 04, 2010 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) I read good reviews about this product in magazines and online and now that I'm using it I concur. I was given a set of decent outdoor speakers this summer and was looking for that one box solution to feed them for those summer parties. Dock the iPod and set a good playlist on shuffle and let the good tunes roll. Now it's in my studio (guitar lessons, recording with GarageBand, etc.) powering a set of older JBLs. Nowadays my students bring the tunes they want to learn on their iPod, iTouch, etc. so again the dock is great. Love the tubed headphone amp and versatile input output options on the back panel. Most of my iTunes library is not MP3 but lossless (AIFF) format so I can really hear the difference with the iPod playing through the Sabre DAC. 5 out of 6 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No 5 out of 5 Peachtree iDecco Written By Ryan, Royersford, PA on Friday, April 23, 2010 Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?) This is a phenomenal product and good bang for the buck. In one package, you get a headphone amplifier, digital-analog-converter, tube preamp, solid state amplifier and a dedicated iPod dock that similarly to the Wadia transport sends a pure binary signal into the iDecco, bypassing the cheap DAC in the iPod. Each of these internal components is superb. Using my MBP as an input via USB to play Apple Lossless music through the iDecco into my Polk RM7500 sub/sats the iDecco made the satellites sound amazing with only 40 watts of power. My least favorite of the components was the headphone amplifier. Perhaps my headphones are not good enough to benefit from having a headphone amp, but I was slightly disappointed with the unnoticeable difference. Also when using the headphones, the volume knob needs to be turned at least halfway to get decent volume. If you are not driving speakers that require HUGE amounts of power, this is a nice alternative to a rack full of individual components. If you require a bit more power, step up to the Nova model. It loses the iPod dock, but doubles the power output. And if you really need the iPod dock, consider the Wadia i170 transport. The build quality is fantastic. It is surprisingly heavy and solid. 11 out of 13 people found this helpful Was this review helpful? Yes | No Add accessories for the Peachtree iDecco Add Accessories Add a Warranty Connect your speakers to your new amp using superior grade wire for the best results. See all categories & accessories Connect your speakers to your new amp using superior grade wire for the best results. Speaker Wire with Connectors Transfer the digital audio signal from your source to your new integrated amplifier. Coaxial Digital Cables Connect your compatible audio source to your new integrated amplifier. Optical Digital Cables Connect your computer audio-based devices to your new preamplifier. USB Cables Premium audio cables help deliver premium sound quality. RCA Audio Patch Cables Protect your investment from power surges and interference. 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Chris and Amanda are recent newlyweds living Natick, Massachussetts near Boston. Ready to start a family, they've decided to buy a home. Amanda wants brand new construction. Even something built 10 years ago is too old, and a Victorian house would make her skin crawl, especially if there's a possibility that the home is haunted. But the most important thing to Chris is that the home be energy efficient. As long as he can have that, he'd love a place with character. Will it be a newer place with all the bells and whistles, or an old, haunted charmer?

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1943 Nash kelvinator Corp HMR 6X30 binocular M3
1943 Nash kelvinator Corp HMR 6X30 binocular M3
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nice pair dated 1943 NASH KELVINATOR CORP H.M.R. BINOCULAR M3 6X30 is what is printed in white lettering on these binoculars. NO damage to any of the lens. The body of binoculars is very good and the only blem I find is a very VERY small chip on the right eye vision adjust dial.Viewing of objects is sharp and clear. Each eyepiece is individually adjusted plus/minus 4 for individual eyes. T is a supple leather strap however it does have lots of cracks on upper surface. Ship weight is approx 2 pounds via US priority at flat rate $7 HOWEVER if your zip allows for less postage that is what I will invoice you for. Bidder to pay postage including any returns. NO extra supply or handling charges uless stated in item description as a flat fee.All items mailed from zip 54703.SEE PHOTO Ask all questions prior to bidding.INTERNATIONAL WELCOME:however you are responsible for internation postage, customs and must pay in US Dollar money order. NO PAYPAL!! USA residents only:Payment by check OK if 75+ positives otherwise money order. See photos Any bright spot is photo flash reflection and not blem on item. Ask any questions prior to bidding Bidder is advised to insure or use postal tracking. Seller not responsible for lost or damage to item during shipping or mail. Bidder responsible for any return postage/shipping charges.
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March 1st, 2nd & 3rd saw the 10th annual Emerald City Comicon held in Seattle Washington. There were plenty of lines to wait in.
There was even a line in front of table A-04 where you could find team PROPHET. (that big feller there had a Luther Strode mask on)
Depending on when you visited the table, you could find Simon Roy, Brandon Graham, Joseph Bergin III, and Farel Dalrymple there. (also in the pic you can see Jason from Floating World, Studio JFish, and Corey Lewis)*not shown: Farel Dalrymple*
Here's Joseph (probably working), Simon eating pizza, and Brandon with a Fender electric bass guitar, probably a Precision (not sure). There were plenty of books to choose from, so long as you weren't looking for PROPHET #33. And there were stacks and stacks of original pages to buy or just admire.
Joseph even created this special print for the event. It was available as a metallic ink screen print, or he had pieces that were just line work that he sat there all three days and watercolored by hand. It looked as though each watercolored piece was done differently, he was even doing custom paletts if the customer was so inclined. Maybe he still has some available, I don't know. If he does, he could totally charge double what he was asking for at the con and they'd still be a great deal.
Ash H.G. happened to visit at one point, he was tabling all the way over at the other side of the convention (Table M-05). This year the convention was well over twice as large as it had been in previous years. Before, the show floor was one room, this time, tables A to J were in one room, then on the other side of a sky-bridge that crossed Pike Street, tables K to Y were there. Ha, tables K to Y, smooth move.
Later, after everyone else had passed out or gone to bed, secret meetings were held. Fates of PROPHETS yet to be and PROPHETS that may never exist were discussed. Entire landscapes were raised and razed, civilizations grown and decimated as easily as hemoglobin carries oxygen and carbon dioxide through circulatory systems. Depending on your level of psychic protection, what follows is a brief description of what was discussed, either that, or it will just say:
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Robert C. Erickson, 75, entered into rest November 12 in Manteca. He was born on October 14, 1934 in Estherville, Iowa. Robert was a resident of Manteca 13 years.
Alice B. Partin, 67, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 7. A 39-year resident of Manteca, she was born April 10, 1942 in Bend, OR. She leaves behind her loving husband of 29 years, Michael Partin of Manteca; children, Katheleen Basye & husband Tye of Salida; Richard Partin & wife Margaret of Stockton, Timothy Anderson of Georgia, Doug Partin of Manteca, Brenda Davis of Ripon and one sister, Mary L. Christenson of Idaho. She was also blessed with 14 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Barbara Ann (Smith) Kelly, 77, entered into rest on November 9, in Manteca. She was born on October 7, 1932 in Ottawa, Illinois. Barbara was a resident of Manteca for 46 years.
Nolan Gene Carnagie, 68, of Stockton, passed away Sunday, November 8. He was born on April 16, 1941, in Lamar, MO. He retired from Holt Bros as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic after working for 20 years. Nolan was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the
Wilfred George Pelletier Jr., 55, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Nov. 5, at his home in Ripon. Fred was born on April 29, 1954 in Salem, Mass. Fred was the oldest of 6 siblings.
John Kisst, 76, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, November 7, after suffering from a long illness. He was born in Kenilworth, Utah, on May 11, 1933 to immigrant parents, Gust and Athena Kisst from Greece, his family moved to California when he was a young boy. After graduating from Ceres High School in 1951, he joined the U.S. Navy and served on the S.S. Shangri La until his honorable discharge in 1955. He married Elaine Demichelis in 1957 and has lived in Escalon the remainder of his life. He worked as a cannery mechanic supervisor, spending ...
Emma Wofford Oliver, 90, passed away on November 6, 2009 at Vienna Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lodi. She was a resident of Manteca for 50 years and of San Joaquin County for 65 years.
Fred W. Leuenberger, 87, entered into rest on Wednesday, October 7, in Manteca. He was born on September 15, 1922, to Swiss immigrants, Fred and Marie Leuenberger who settled in Wisconsin as dairy farmers. He was preceded in death by his parents as well as one sister, Hilda Leuenberger. Fred was a resident of Manteca for 29 years.
Dorothy Lauren Bennett was born January 28, 1987 in Sacramento. Dorothy passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, at her residence in Manteca, at the age of 22. She lived in Manteca all her life.
A celebration of life service for Laurie Ann Cunial Berg will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at River Lakes Community Church, 4301 Calloway Drive, Bakersfield. Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 7, at Redbanks Cemetery on Shaw Avenue east of Clovis, Cal. To honor Laurie's life and spirit, please wear cheerful colors to the services.
Chantay Rae Jager Elliott, 19, entered into rest on November 1, 2009. She was born on September 9, 1990 in French Camp, California. Chantay joins her mom in heaven Marilyn Jager who passed away six years ago.
Sharon Jean Hubble, 68, died Thursday, Oct. 22 at Stanford University Hospital, Palo Alto, Cal. She was born on April 26, 1941 in French Camp. She was a resident of Lathrop for 51 years, previously of French Camp for 17 years.
Maxine passed away on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 at Bethany Home in Ripon. She was 88 years old. She was a resident of Ripon for the past three years and a prior resident of Escalon; she was married to the late Gaither Loewenstein. She is survived by her sisters Verda Hollingsworth and Verla Long, both of Ripon, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her two sisters Marguerite Judt and Jean Specker.
Raymond B Park died at the age of 79 on Sunday, November 1. He was born on October 7, 1930 in Checotah, Oklahoma, to George and Nellie Park. He had two brothers and two sisters: Harold Park, Geneva Farmer (both deceased), Bob Park of Checotah and Nina Brown of Juneau, Alaska.
Billie Jean Hoyer, 65, loving mother and grandmother passed away peacefully in her sleep in her home in Pacheco, on Thursday, Oct 29. Billie was born in Buckeye, Arizona Jan 24,1944. She is surived by her two daughters Shelly Fowler and Tina Dunn of Manteca; sister, Betty Tucker of Concord and Helen Beck from Manteca. Billie had five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
David Thomas Benham passed away August 18, 2014, following a two year battle with cancer. He was born on February 16, 1962, in Kittery, Maine to Arlen and Jean Benham. David served in the United States Army during his young adult life. He married his best friend, Anna, in 1993 and the two settled in Manteca. They had two daughters who were his everything. He enjoyed fishing, loved his 49ers and liked all things sports. When his oldest daughter signed up to play on a U8 soccer team, he was talked into coaching, and a game he knew little about ...
David Alan Zyski Sr., age 55, entered into rest on August 28, 2014, in Manteca. He was born on December 17, 1958, in San Rafael, CA. Dave was a resident of Manteca for 15 years.
God needed another angel. Isabel G. Saunderson entered into heaven on August 26, 2014. She was surrounded by her family and was at peace.
Howard R. DeArmond, age 88, entered into rest on August 26, 2014, in Stockton. He was born on September 16, 1925, in Drakesboro, Kentucky. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 67 years, Clara Louise DeArmond.
Ann (Macdonald) Hoag went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, August 22, 2014, at the age of 81. She was surrounded by her family and entered peacefully into her Savior's arms.
Richard J.R. Belgarde 70, died at the VA Hospital in Livermore, CA. Memorial Services were held Thursday, August 14, 2014 at Graham Hitch Mortuary. He was laid to rest at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, CA.
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty J. Miles age 73, of Lindale are scheduled for 10:00 am Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in the chapel of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. Bro. Roy Devisscher will officiate and entombment will follow in the Rose Hill Mausoleum under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale.
Funeral services for Mrs. Betty J. Miles age 73, of Lindale are scheduled for 10:00 am Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in the chapel of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale, Texas. Bro. Roy Devisscher will officiate and entombment will follow in the Rose Hill Mausoleum under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale.
Helen Lucille Gonzalez, 79, entered into rest on August 19, 2014, in Manteca, California. She was born on July 24, 1935, in Berkeley, California, to the late Mr. and Mrs. John and Pearl McLaughlin. She joins her parents in heaven as well as, her brother, Tommy.
Carole May Everett, age 65, entered into rest on August 18, 2014, in Manteca. She was born on September 21, 1948, in Iowa, to the late Carl and Ollie Cram.
On August 16, 2014, just hours before her 90th birthday, Mabel Gretchen passed away at her home, nestled in the family almond orchard, on the outskirts of Manteca.


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Christine O'Donnell Says Condoms Don't Stop Spread of AIDS
Teabagger Christine O'Donnell, the Delaware Republican nominee for Senate, hates many awesome things, including masturbation and porn. Guess what else she hates?
Haha, oh, just the distribution of condoms. Why? Because she thinks it won't stop the spread of AIDS. Talking Points Memo unearthed a hilarious C-Span video of this actual senatorial candidate from back in 1997…
After complaining that "there is a gross disproportionate allocation of funds" going to AIDS treatment and prevention in comparison to resources designated to combat heart disease, O'Donnell compared living healthier to changing the "lifestyle" that she said lead to AIDS.
"When somebody finds out that they're at high risk for heart disease, they cut out the fatty foods, they start exercising, they quit smoking. However, our approach to AIDS, when you're in a high risk behavior, is to eliminate the consequences so that you can continue in your lifestyle which brings about this disease," O'Donnell said.
Referring to people who get AIDS as victims, O'Donnell said, was "the kind of spinning with words and manipulating words that empowers the bias when it comes to AIDS."
Please, for the love of God, let there be a Palin/O'Donnell ticket in 2012. Real America needs an anti-gay, anti-orgasm, anti-condom, anti-choice duo of stupid, attractive brunettes to lead this nation to true greatness.
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Photos: Unpublished Beatles pics a hit at auction
Natalie Portman, signed the ballet slippers she wore during her upcoming film Black Swan for the Crafts For A Cause auction. Auction begins March 15th here: biddingforgood.com/craftsforacause
Anadarko Townsite, August 8, 1901. Auction in progress…
Dated August 8, 1901, the caption of this photograph of Anadarko Townsite in Oklahoma Territory reads: "Anadarko Townsite, August 8, 1901. Auction in progress in lumber company booth. Temporary bank buildings and the beginnings of a lodging house nearby."
George III Painted Settee
Circa 1780
Doyle, Important English and Continental Furniture and Old Masters Painting, New York, Oct 26th
The World's largest gold coin. Taken at the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery. A copper cast gilt to imitate the original gold coin of Shah Jahan of the value of 200 gold rupees.
The US has stopped minting a huge surplus of dollar coins but will continue to make them injust enough quantities to satisfy coin collectors. Interestingly, coin collectors have been bidding on some extremely rare coins lately. Here are just a few examples of some valuable coins out there.
- A penny from 1793 sold at a recent auction for $1.38 million. That's the most a US copper coin has ever sold for at an auction. This coin was especially rare because it was never released into circulation. [url]
- Another coin that never made it into circulation was the 1933 Gold Double Eagle — which was printed but then retracted when US currency left the gold standard. One of them sold at an auction in 2002 for $7.5 million and continues to hold the record for the most ever paid for a gold coin. [url]
- A rare 1787 gold Brasher doubloon just sold for $7.4 million and just missed breaking the record for the value of a gold coin. It's still worth well more than its weight in gold (26.66 grams ~ $1,500). [url]
The El Yunque National Forest quarter will be released by the US Mint this year as part of the "America the Beautiful" program. El Yunque National Forest, located in Puerto Rico, is the sole tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System and was first established as a national site on January 17, 1903.
New at Browns - the Raf Simons khaki coat ( £1,215) from Future Collectables, their curation of one-off iterations on iconic pieces from several leading designers.
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Golf, where have you been all of my life?
In every town there are some greens.
Country clubs galore.
Growing in up in middle class, I understood the scene.
I have just started playing…
golf, where have you been?
I'm enjoying the range,
walking the course, and drinking glasses of white zin.
Just bought some golf shoes and a glove
I'm ready to get it in.


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Saint Sabrina's: Septum-around $75 total
Incudes the piercing, jewelry, and "after care kit"
2645 Hennepin Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55408
(612) 874-7360
If i rated places witch I guess I will id give it a 5 for piercings Ive yet to get a tattoo there. They where very kind and professional, they where so good i remember my pierces name…NATE. I tent to not remember names fairly well so thats a shocker!
I got my septum done a few week before my birthday and originally i was just going to go to check for prices ect… they talked me into it. I actually dont mind the cost of things because I save for it and i think its very worth it at least for Saint Sabrina's.
I will be going again maybe to get my bridge and or madison done by these guys…but another shop on my to go list is Leviticus in south minneapolis
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Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, in 1974 and 1977, respectively. From 1974 to 1977 he was a senior research fellow at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, followed by work with the Department of Biophysics at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and the Department of Biology at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. From 1981 to 1985 he was a senior research associate with the Department of Biochemistry at Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. From 1985 on he has worked on the USDA's project on bioregulatory control of aflatoxin biosynthesis. His major interests include the control of aflatoxin contamination of food and feed through an understanding of the molecular regulation of the biosynthesis of the toxin. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the American Society of Plant Physiologists, and the American Society for Microbiology. He is a member of the editorial boards of Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Mycopathologia, and has edited several publications on mycotoxins and on improving food quality and safety.
MARTIN JACOBSON received his degree in chemistry from the City University of New York. From 1964 to 1972, Mr. Jacobson was an investigations leader with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Entomological Research Division at Beltsville, Maryland; chief of the Biologically Active Natural Products Laboratory from 1973 to 1985; and research leader (plant investigations) with the Insect Chemical Ecology Laboratory until his retirement from federal service in 1986. He is currently an agricultural consultant in private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland. His awards include the Hillebrand Prize of the Chemical Society of Washington in 1971; USDA Certificates of Merit and cash awards for research in 1965, 1967, and 1968; the McGregory Lecture Award in Chemistry at Colgate University (Syracuse, New York); two bronze medals for excellence in research at the 3rd International Congress of Pesticide Chemistry, Helsinki, Finland, in 1974; USDA Director's Award on Natural Products Research in 1981; and an Inventor's Incentive Award for commercialization of a boll weevil deterrent in 1983. Mr. Jacobson is the author or coauthor of more than 300 scientific reports in numerous journals, the author of five books (Insect Sex Attractants, Wiley, 1965; Insect Sex Pheromones, Academic Press, 1972; Insecticides from Plants: A Review of the Literature, 1941-1953, USDA Handbook No. 154, 1958; Insecticides from Plants: A Review of the Literature, 1954-1971, USDA Handbook No. 461, 1975; Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, 1990); and editor of


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I was on Mass Appeal again yesterday and I made some fun recipes you can put together with leftover food from St. Patrick's Day. In the second video, I tried to make a caramel live on TV which was a dumb idea from the start and it totally didn't come together! I think I recovered pretty well though, and these videos are still a lot of fun.
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Deferred Action for Qualified Undocumented Students 2014
Financial literacy, new developments, student success stories, and other resources for DREAMers.
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More Designer, Less Worrier, please
It's fascinating to realize how much of our–or, should I say, my time–is lived in the future, or to be more specific, in worrying about the future. A future that may or may not arrive.
Take, for instance, my breathless search for a new pair of glasses at the very cool, very chic online designer-glasses outlet, Warby Parker.
I am in love with almost every pair of glasses on the site. Yet, what if they look vastly different on me than they look on the site?
Yes, You Can Try Them On At Home
Not to worry. And, what a novel idea: via the Warby Parker website, I can order up to five pairs of glasses to be sent to me, so that I can try them on. At home. In front of my own mirror. All at no cost, so long as I return them.
How cool is that?
But How Will I Decide?
Even as I am excitedly clicking my way through various angles of online images though, I am simultaneously wondering how I will make a decision once the glasses arrive. After all, I might like two pairs equally well.
I am also wondering if the prescription I received from my eye doctor will need to be modified; since she's an M.D., she wrote the prescription in a manner different from the standard optometrist's measurements. Will I need to call her office?
And, what if one of the pairs I like will be too much like the pair of a person whose glasses I would not like mine to look too much like?
All this worry, and I haven't yet picked the five I'd like to try on. At home. In front of my own mirror.
But Will the Warby Parker Box Fit in My Post Office Box?
Once I choose the five I'd like to try on, I may begin worrying about which day the glasses will arrive at my post office box, whether I'll be able to make it to my post office box on the day they arrive, and whether they'll come in a box that will fit in my post office box.
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Each sleeps 4 comfortably. Can rent together or separately.
Rates between $85-$120/night per unit!
The Darby Cabin & Barn are located in a private area surrounded by open space, trees and miles of mountain views. The cabin & barn are rustic and quaint with everything you need for an extended vacation stay. They are located right next to each other. These can be rented together or separate to fit your family's needs. They both have a fully equipped kitchen, dining table for four, washer & dryer and satellite TV and Free Wi-Fi internet. There is also a large private backyard with a picnic table to enjoy the sun and just relax. If you are looking for an affordable place to hang your hat for a week or more, look no further!
Location, location, location… you're an easy car ride to the Jackson Hole town center with restaurants, shopping, performing arts and galleries.
Teton Valley: Teton Valley Idaho is quickly becoming a top vacation destination with its abundance of year round recreational activities and close proximity to Jackson Hole Wyoming, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Often referred to as the "quiet side of the Tetons", Teton Valley has been one of Idaho's best kept secrets.
Year round recreational opportunities include the Grand Targhee Ski and Summer Resort that has become famous for its consistent snow conditions and boasting over 500 inches of "champagne powder" every year. The annual Bluegrass Festival held every August just celebrated its 20th year in 2007 and continues to draw top-notch Artists and crowds of fans from all over the country. Experienced anglers already know about Eastern Idaho's world-class trout fishing. Rivers like the South Fork of the Snake and Henry's Fork are household names amongst those in the know. Don't forget the lesser known Teton River which flows right through the center of the Valley.
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The 2012 SEMA show starts today in Las Vegas, and I'll be here covering the Lexus display, which will include the North American debut of the LF-CC concept and project cars from Five Axis & VIP Auto Salon.
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August 26, 2014
9:27am: In Upstate New York to drive the Lexus RC & RC F #flyRCF #LexusRCF
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1:45pm: Visiting @LexusofRoyalOak today, a beautiful new dealership in Calgary, Alberta:
January 14, 2014
10:25pm: This RC F is something special — really demonstrates the new Lexus personality:
1:03pm: RC F now parked in the Lexus display:
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9:56am: The Lexus RC F interior is totally boss:
9:07am: Media scrum around the RC F is crazy — here's the hood scoop:
8:54am: Introducing the Lexus RC F:
8:46am: Jeff Bracken takes the stage to introduce the RC F:
8:36am: Ten minutes to the RC F reveal:
8:26am: Lexus stage ready for the RC F debut:
8:06am: 40 minutes until the Lexus RC F reveal:
January 13, 2014
3:28pm: Jacked up Lexus IS F SPORT with F SPORT performance accessories:
1:38pm: Lexus LF-NX Turbo looking pretty good:
12:55pm: First time seeing the 2014 CT 200h -- quite the grille:
11:26am: An empty spot where the Lexus RC F will be tomorrow:
9:38am: Lexus RC 350 on display in Detroit, no sign of its super-tough brother:
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Special thanks to Christianity for many interesting yet very flawed and often awkward and inappropriate stories written and edited in a time of massive widespread ignorance and written so poorly that critical readers are often compelled to actually rewrite the whole thing!
Chapter I
Our violent beginning continues to drive us
toward sex, and it's resulting violence creates
more violent beginnings, while we marvel at
the wonders and the challenges in between
this linear time.
To understand the beginning one must accept that the concept of always exists and that it has nothing before it and nothing can be expected after it. Always is a description of time which is out of control. Where life forms in our universe experience time linearly, or one measured event after another, always is encompassing of all linear time and has no point of reference for a place in time. One must also accept the existence of nothingness: a dimension of immeasurable existence defined by an absence of anything quantifiable within it, not by space or by time. The shape and boundaries of nothingness can be defined only by the shapes and boundaries of that which makes contact with nothingness.
Nothingness and always are engulfing all matter in our universe from the smallest atom to the largest star. It is the space in between all atoms, it is what the universes have the most of. Nothingness in always exists and begins an eternal ocean of nothingness and always at the edges of a mass of an unknown great quantity of universes which are each in motion toward their singular purpose, procreation.
In the beginning of this unfathomably large universe there was no space to even refer to as "space." Then thirteen point seven billion years ago the center most massive area of an entire universe which had been rapidly accelerating toward nothingness, while smashing it's most distant outlying galaxies up against the seemingly incompatible dimension called nothingness for many billions of years until finally it reached the veritable wall of nothingness. From that collision there was created an unstoppable blast of energy which then immediately required mass to be expressed. It was the reproduction and transformation of one universe to begin another universe, it was a sex act on a universal scale, a new universe was created in this very space. But nothingness had no mass, not even space. So in the collision of a universe into nothing, a hole was made into the universe and a tremendous amount of mass was sucked inward from the hole toward nothingness. No space had become a quantifiable and visible thing, no longer nothingness. In the new space scattered randomly in small pockets in between great distances of space were huge clouds of newly transformed mass as gas and metals and minerals of all kinds and they were all bound to a common molecular shape called carbon. The gases cooled for hundreds of millions of years and they condensed and formed planetary bodies of many varieties. And the planets collided into other planets and the energy and mass of some collisions was so tremendous that the mass of the collisions became stars of burning gas. The stars glowed brightly and then there was light in space. More than five billion years passed and the planets slowly stopped moving and colliding, and they found their homes in space, embracing through gravity a perpetual graceful dance around the light and the warmth of the stars. In the new stability the carbon molecule found many trillions of ways to combine with the many mixtures of gases of the universe, and life was born all over space. On the Earth the amino acids of the atmosphere combined with carbon to form proteins in the waters of the now cool planet's surface. For a billion years the proteins found many ways of combining with the elements, and then finally they found a manner of combining which allowed them to reproduce, and there was sex. Through sex a carbon and protein molecule was forced to find their own kind to reproduce, and an ambitious life form with a singular purpose was created, that purpose was to procreate. The single celled and single purpose organisms had reign over the planet Earth for more than one billion years. They learned through the processes of natural selection and random mutation to favor and to reject physical qualities that did not improve the ability to procreate, and the best of their own kind grew complex and began to utilize many cells rather than one, cells organized according to the ever expanding functions of their bodies. If a mutation or the result of a selection favored further procreation, that mutation and or selection was multiplied through the population. And the Earth teamed with life of varieties too many to count. One of the multi celled organisms learned to swim in the ocean and continued to conduct natural selection, and continued to reject some mutations and accept others, and after hundreds of millions of years they adapted legs, arms, lungs, eyes and evolved eventually into a human being, still driven by violent procreation, still looking for the best selections based on ability to procreate, still experiencing mutations, thankfully.
Jesus was from an upper middle class Arab family. Joseph and Mary were dark skinned with typical Arabian facial features. The man known as Jesus Christ was half Arab and half Roman (Caucasian). Jesus had the lantern jaw and high cheek bone facial features of a Roman man and his complexion was a much lighter shade of Arabian than his parents. He was more handsome then most men in his world, which later did indeed help him "attract" the public, especially the ladies and "gentlemen." He seemed credible on first impression, and honest. He and his family survived a long and brutal Roman occupation because they were servants of Rome for all of Jesus' life, and they were therefore complicit in Roman occupation. An affluent Arab family anywhere along the eastern Mediterranean coastal lands would have been killed or enslaved if they were not Roman ass kissers who are known to produce taxes and local pay-offs, or provide resources that support Rome or it's army. They were whole hearted participants in Roman rule, for example traveling across desert expanses to take part in a census what's only purpose was increased tax revenues for Rome, that is either loyalty to Rome or a great deal of fear and anxiety regarding Roman rule. In Jesus' genetic gunk there may exist a strong behavioral proclivity toward office cubicle work for government departments - but Jesus struggled with is DNA, he said no to the status quo " . . whips and torture dungeons be dammed," and he proceeded to strike outward at the world! Carefully, strategically, with buddies, and legal passage.
At Jesus' birth, after Jesus was swaddled in a blanket or two, Joseph and Mary quickly took off with him on new top-of-the-line camels with fresh stores and with the frankincense and mur and gold from those mysterious kings from places what's identities are vague (believe it or not it would make far more sense if the three kings were time travelers ensuring that the baby Jesus have a comfortable life!) By the way you can't locate a manger under a frickin star or a nova of a star, you could be effectively under that star from millions of places on Earth at once. So the star is bullshit. I suspect the manger story we know of was only because Joseph needed a cover excuse for suddenly owning a stone worth of gold, and a frankensense and mur stash he was suddenly carrying on his belt and fumigating the tents and taverns with. Joseph had recently acquired his valuable objects and he and then pregnant Mary were making an incognito get-away. Mary went into to labor as a result from anxiety and stress due to Josephs' recent trouble, perhaps he was involved in a robbery of gold, frankensence and murr? The Roman census excuse fit right in with the manger story, the gold . . and everything. Mary and Joseph and baby Jesus headed for the ocean and bought a nice villa where they raised Jesus and his brother James and sister Mary junior. At the property the Christ family kept some slaves, perhaps only four or five slaves (to appear modest), probably Africans from the continents' interior and one of them would have been a nurse maiden/nanny who would have been Jesus' second most important feminine influence and whom Jesus would have loved also as his mother.
One day when Jesus was in his adulthood for several years he got it in his mind, or read it somewhere that he needed to shed all material possessions, that it was greed and envy caused by these possessions which corrupted mankind the most and he wanted to take part in it no more. Also there were a great deal of pressure from his mother and father to find a good subservient woman with decent child bearing hips and get married and have grandchildren. But Jesus needed to be with the guy folk much more intimately, like on a long camping trip. He needed to get the manly companion need out of his system. Coincidentally his life at this time was looking very much like that of a man named Siddhattha Gotama (the Buddha) who had lived several hundred years prior the time of Jesus, in the then recently accessed Persia (including ancient India). Jesus probably had read about the Buddha in his dad's modest papyrus scroll library. It could be said and it may be true that Jesus did a Buddha. So what right? I mean he was entitled to do what ever he wanted even it had already been done. Besides Buddha had lived so very far away from the Middle East that it was very unlikely anyone listening to Jesus words' would know of the Buddha. Ships had not sailed west to circle the African continent toward Persia yet. Beside Jesus was sure this Buddha stuff would work around there and the average Arab in the middle east really needed something to become hopeful about again. "Everything must go" he decided, except some good Berkenstocks, clothing for day and night weather, a pouch to put stuff in, some grooming essentials, and Roman coin, and stocking up on food is okay too. So he and his sister Mary, who was also needing to get her man out, (there is another story there) took off to explore and spread word of Jesus' epiphany. Jesus was sure the people would want to hear what he had to say. A couple of unemployed guys from the village tagged along. They knew Jesus, he was cool with it. Besides they knew Jesus had the magic "stay out of bondage paper," Jesus carried in his loincloth a rather damp letter of passage with the seal of Rome embossed upon it and explicit instructions from the local Governor to allow him and his party passage without incrimination, he was smart enough to get that from his father Joseph before his dramatic exit from mom and dad's place.


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How to Shine in Cupertino
How does Apple choose what apps to feature in their store? While it certainly comes from high downloads, positive ratings and good press, these numbers don't just show up overnight. They can only happen if people know about your app and like it enough to spread the word. How do you create an app like that? Give users a reason to keep coming back.
Newness Factor:
Each time a user launches your app, it should have something new to offer that wasn't there before. Think of your app like a social networking site that you refresh to find something new. Magazines, for example, generally publish their content monthly, or weekly at best. Imagine if magazines pushed out new content more frequently; users would be launching the app multiple times a day to read what's new. Free trials, previews, and incorporating all your social networking sites into your app can be useful tools to showcase such content, and engage users new and old alike, as seen below in our storefront.
Point of Difference:
Another important reason for a user to return to your app is what I call its "point of difference." What makes your app stand out from all other apps? Besides basic functionality, figure out what that extra oomph to the user experience could be. Whether it's amazing graphics, especially fast and fluid performance, or a novel feature unique to your app, this distinguisher is key. A feature unique to our apps is Stream, demonstrated below, it is a visual archive from both the publication and reader of shared and saved content in app and from the web.
While in a perfect world, I would be able to simply say, "Follow these steps and your app will be one of the best on the App Store" — I know it is easier said than done. But to me, these are truly the most important considerations an app developer can do to draw more downloads and keep users coming back for more.
Areeb Ahmad is Director of Quality Assurance in Noida, India. Follow him on Twitter @areebahmad.
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Run, Bison, run! 5 ways Spotlight Media publishes and promotes 'Bison Illustrated,' a killer digital magazine
Spotlight Media publishes Bison Illustrated, the official magazine for the Bison Athletics teams at North Dakota State University. They've taken a valuable lesson from the varsity football team, who recently won their third straight FCS title in January: don't walk when you can run! As Mike Dragosavich, Founder of Spotlight Media Publishing puts it, "We produced a full functioning app on the app stores within no time. It's an efficient process, period."
Incorporating the MAZ publishing platform into their media strategy, Bison Illustrated has entered the app market with an engaging and truly cross-platform product line. And they've done it all without adding any additional staff or resources.
Take a page from their playbook, and learn how to make your app just as competitive as theirs:
1. In-App Navigation and Custom Help Pages
Spotlight Media craftily included custom help pages into their issues. They quickly familiarize the reader with the navigation and media icons they should look out for, the designated areas to visit, and a "visual" table of contents leading to coach and athlete interviews, team schedules, and game summaries.
2. Featured Video Content
Based on an engagement study that MAZ conducted recently, pages that have a video button are four times more likely to be tapped. Bison Illustrated has video all over it. And once tapped, the metric for time spent in-page sky rockets.
3. Custom Landing Page for Promotion
In addition to promoting the Bison Illustrated app through their own properties (website, print, and social), they actually made an exclusive landing page just for the app. And it's awesome.
4. Advertising: Interactive and Social Ads
Spotlight extends the digital canvas to their advertisers as well. Check out this in-app advertisement for Pratek Philippe watches, which includes a play button for a video ad, a web button to take the reader to Pratek's online destination (without ever leaving the app), and MAZ's patent-pending Stream technology, which allows the user to "cut out" and share anything they see to their favorite social media site, their friend's inbox, or even via a text message.
5. E-Commerce
On a tablet or smartphone, anything can be made purchasable. For example, Spotlight has integrated One Herd, their clothing line for Bison sports fans. Users can browse the inventory, tap to learn more, share, and purchase — all in the app!
Don't just take my word for it, though — download the free Bison Illustrated app on iTunes or Google Play, and see for yourself. And check out MAZ Publishing if you're curious how we can help you create and optimize your app, too!
Mike Ram is a Business Development Manager in New York. Find him on LinkedIn.
13 11 / 2013
Is Your Magazine Truly Digital? (Part 2)
Last week, I introduced some of the many challenges that continue to face publishers in the digital age and app ecosystem. As I concluded, the root of the problem is as follows:
In my opinion, the biggest problem in today's magazine app economy is the lack of a sound engagement strategy. Publishers need a way to ensure that readers spend a lot of time with the content, and have reasons to return to the app everyday - even several times a day - like they do with their social networking apps. In the golden age of print media, engagement was a much simpler game. A physical magazine would lie on the coffee table, next to some other magazines, and the reader would engage himself with one of these few competing titles for hours on end. The notion of having to check if some new pages had magically appeared in one or several of these magazines would have, of course, seemed farcical. But reading patterns and attention spans are dramatically different today: with smartphones and tablets, the digital magazine resides next to hundred of other apps on the device, competing for user's time not only with other mag apps, but everything from social networking to games to text and email.
So, what to do?
Unbundle! Publish content in smaller quantities, but much more frequently. It's conventional to publish at regular intervals for print because of the medium's own challenges - printing costs, production and distribution timeframes. etc. But for digital, the app lives right on the tablet of the reader. It is always accessible, and super dynamic: new content can be delivered instantaneously, with no extra production costs. Imagine if there were no print history to the publishing industry, and magazines were being designed deliberately for digital. The idea of publishing just one issue per month probably wouldn't even occur to you.
Promote to current users! Once your content is published to your app, let everyone know about it. MAZ offers "On the Fly Push Notifications" with which you can send push notifications to all your readers who have the app installed on their device. These swiftly alert them to what's new and interesting in the app, an easy and effective way to drive engagement.
Promote to future users! Be active on social media, and keep talking about your latest issues via your social channels, be it about an article from the issue, about a reader's response to a particular story, or whatever it may be. But make sure that whatever you add is interesting and shareable!
Consolidate and emphasize your brand! The app needs to engage the reader with the magazine brand in total, not just the app. As your readers love your brand, the app should feel like a consortium for all the mediums your brand uses, be it your website, your Twitter feed, your YouTube channel, or your Pinterest board. MAZ's Store is a leap forward in this direction: readers can experience the magazine's entire brand, not just the app, whenever they open it. It's a centralized way for the reader to stay abreast of all that's happening in and around your brand.
Better yet, with our "Featured Web Content," you can specifically promote a particular social channel right on your app's Store. Feature Web Content comes up as a draggable window that opens automatically when the Store is launched. Let's say, on a given day, your Twitter feed is your most popular social medium; with this feature you can hit a switch and change your Featured Web Content to your Twitter feed, so more people can partake in all the activity. On another day, you can point it to your website instead, where a new blog post has been garnering tons of pageviews.
Be dynamic! Keep updating your links, videos, and galleries on the fly, and keep your coverage current, so your readers can enjoy a sense of freshness every time they visit the app (even within the same issue). Apps, unlike print, don't have to be static. You would never return to a website that seldom updated, would you?
Get your readers to promote for you! Today's readers enjoy contributing to your social ecosystem, and using content of yours to contribute to their own. Our critically acclaimed "Clippings" feature (which Mashable immediately praised upon release, and our client Forbes more recently called "really cool shit!"), so that users can easily "cut out" what they like with a simple two-finger gesture, and broadcast it to the world.
As Paul says in his interview with BillionSuccess "I want to take Clippings even further by understanding why and how people share while reading online." More and more, social is part of our world, and whether we like it or not, we must embrace it, in apps and everywhere.
Doing even just some of the above can make a magazine truly digital, and reverse the declining trend currently seen in the publishing business. Publisher needs to have an engagement strategy that fully exploits the unique advantages of being digital. MAZ's platform makes all of the above as simple as can be — and a fresh stock of major updates on the way, we're about to make it even simpler.
Shikha Arora is CTO and one of the founders of MAZ. She previously spent six years working as an engineer at Adobe Systems, architecting key facets of the popular InDesign software. She lives in Noida, India, and oversees operations at the MAZ India offices.
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08 11 / 2013
Is Your Magazine Truly Digital?
Everybody knows we're living in a time of great change and challenge for the magazine business.
On the one hand, the industry is seeing a lot of innovation in the digital age: countless new ideas, publishing solutions, formats and philosophies. Most large and mid-sized publishing houses now employ dedicated digital teams, producing and distributing content specifically for and to devices that were unprecedented just a few years ago.
On the other hand, print circulations are declining heavily, and despite the best efforts of both content creators and their marketing teams, the number of ad pages are dropping with them.
So it's imperative that something changes — and it certainly isn't the people who produce the magazine content, or those who sell the ads. They know their jobs well; they have been doing them for years. They may need a new toolset, but remain the best men and women for the task at hand nonetheless.
And the promise is still there — moreso than ever, in fact. As Google CEO Eric Schmidt points out, there is no doubt that "the potential audience for publishers will explode." Tablet sales are booming, and will outsell PCs worldwide by the end of this year, according to IDC. By 2017, tablet users are projected to number 160.7 million, up from 128 million this year, reports eMarketer. It is estimated that by 2014, around 20.7 percent of the world's population will own a tablet device.
This is to speak nothing of smartphones, which are faring even better around the globe than in the United States. For example, in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia, smartphone penetration is much higher (above 80%) than that in the US (roughly 60%), and other Asian territories are catching up quickly. In some parts of these countries, people seem to have skipped the PC revolution completely, moving straight to smartphones and tablets without ever have used a PC.
To recap: the devices are myriad, content creators and developers are putting their best feet forward, and longstanding readers still know and love the brand. So then why haven't the numbers and profit margins of digital — the obvious and inevitable solution to print's downward spiral — been too encouraging just yet?
In my opinion, the biggest problem in today's magazine app economy is the lack of a sound engagement strategy. Publishers need a way to ensure that readers spend a lot of time with the content, and have reasons to return to the app everyday - even several times a day - like they do with their social networking apps. In the golden age of print media, engagement was a much simpler game. A physical magazine would lie on the coffee table, next to some other magazines, and the reader would engage himself with one of these few competing titles for hours on end. The notion of having to check if some new pages had magically appeared in one or several of these magazines would have, of course, seemed farcical. But reading patterns and attention spans are dramatically different today: with smartphones and tablets, the digital magazine resides next to hundred of other apps on the device, competing for user's time not only with other mag apps, but everything from social networking to games to text and email.
So, what to do? Join me again this coming Wednesday for the full rundown!
Shikha Arora is CTO and one of the founders of MAZ. She previously spent six years working as an engineer at Adobe Systems, architecting key facets of the popular InDesign software. She lives in Noida, India, and oversees operations at the MAZ India offices.
08 10 / 2013
User Experience and Behavior Design in the Age of iOS 7
Love them or hate them, whenever Apple unveils their latest gadget or software, everyone's inner design expert comes out to dissect and analyze. Despite a hefty share of pre-release criticism, the iPhone 5s and 5c's recent launch set another opening weekend sales record of 9 million units. And when the corresponding iOS 7 update rolled out, there was a 35% adoption rate of the new operating system in just one day — another unprecedented conversion rate. How does Apple keep coming out winning?
When Apple announced iOS 7 at their Worldwide Developer Conference at the end of June, people were reasonably skeptical of this whole "flat design" thing. What was Jony Ive thinking with such basic app icons? What had design come to? Some said dismissing push notifications looked harder, or that the options on the new Control Center seemed like a haphazard collection of functions floating in a messy space somewhere above your onscreen content. But these are surface-level changes. Most complaints focus on the design and look of the new software, but fail to mention that perhaps, in part thanks to its new aesthetic, iOS 7 makes many day-to-day tasks simpler than ever.
One user experience study conducted by the tech specialists at Pfeiffer Consulting demonstrates this point: iOS 7 beat Android and Windows in every category but one (customer-level customization, which Android won for sheer quantity of choice). Most importantly, iOS 6 and iOS 7 lead all mobile operating systems in easing user's cognitive bandwidth. As technology continues to advance, there is a threshold for how much our minds can process and retain at one time, and this needs to be taken into consideration for all effective software and product design.
The work of Dr. BJ Fogg, out of Stanford's Persuasive Technology Lab, presents special insight into behavior design and advancements in mobile technologies. The Behavior Model for User Design represents three very important and simple factors for understanding human behavior on an X-Y axis. On the X-axis you have the ability to do something, and on the Y-axis the motivation to do so. Dr. BJ Fogg writes, "When products require people to learn new things, they routinely fail. Instead, to increase a user's ability, designers of persuasive experiences must make the behavior easier to do." iOS 7's simplicity really helps to facilitate the transition from the previous standard — iOS 6 — to something that looks and feels completely different. When Apple redesigns their software, you can expect things to be easier and more intuitive to use. We all want shiny bells and whistles from Apple's launches, but tightening the fundamentals is always what makes the deepest impact. For example, within a day or two of using iOS 7, I was already well used to swiping to close apps. I can barely even remember doing it the old-fashioned way.
As the well-worn aphorism goes, you don't need to be the first to go to market with something new; you just need to do it best. Apple weren't the ones to get the flat design bandwagon moving (that would be the Windows Phone 7), but if recent sales figures are any indication, it seems they are by now steering it.
Kristé Marciulionis manages accounts at MAZ. You can find her tweeting @KKriste.
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Introducing MAZ Publishing 4.0
We are extremely excited to announce the release of MAZ Publishing 4.0, our fourth major release and the most ambitious one yet.
Not coincidentally, this update follows on the heels of Apple's iOS 7, and MP 4.0 is a total reimagining of our iOS apps.
We also took it as an opportunity to rethink the platform as a whole. There are updates for Android on Google Play and Amazon's Appstore, plus powerful new marketing and design tools in MAZ Control.
iOS 7 Design
The most striking difference in our new iOS apps is a total overhaul of the UI (user interface) that we had been using for the last three years. Our new iOS apps are cleaner, flatter, and more subtle, allowing the content to really pop.
Web & Social Content in the Store
Inspired by the use of web buttons inside the content our publishers create with MAZ, we now have web and social media buttons right in the Store- where users can access them as soon as they open the app.
Featured Web Content
Users can now see the publisher's latest news or promotions as soon as they open the app. Regardless of scheduled frequency of the publication, Featured Web Content allows any publisher to update their app with new content whenever they would like.
Custom Push Notifications
Push notifications can now be sent on the fly and say whatever you want, instead of only coinciding with new content going live. There is no better way to provide value to users than by providing them with important news as it happens, even if they are not in the app.
Used in conjunction with Featured Web Content, push notifications can alert users to specific content and breaking news, and when they open the app that content will already be queued up. Push notifications now work with Google Play apps as well.
Clippings Buttons
Clippings has become a staple of MAZ apps. 1 out of every 5 times someone downloads content, they create a clip. Each clip has a Clippings Link attached to it, which refers traffic back to the app or to the publisher's website.
We have now introduced a Clippings button right in the Store and on every website, so it is easier than ever for users to spread the word across social media.
Users do not always understand how to take advantage of the amazing features available to them when reading on a mobile or tablet device. Now these simple prompts can be placed anywhere on the page to help educate users about how to best navigate and use their apps.
New Design Tools
We have added grid lines and zooming to the Design Tab of MAZ Control. Now you can have even more control and precision as you lay out interactive elements on the page.
The Organize Tab now displays page numbers in real time as you make adjustments and shows you what page you currently have selected.
Visual Page Linking
It is now easier than ever to link from page to page. Instead of needing to know the exact page number, you can simply select the thumbnail of the page you want to link to.
Our Best Release Ever
We've been hard at work building these improvements over the last few months, and MAZ Publishing 4.0 is by far the best version of the platform we've ever had.
We hope you enjoy using it as much as we enjoyed making it!
-The MAZ Team
21 3 / 2013
The Road to Android: Strategy and Planning
Deciding to launch MAZ Android Apps was a BIG decision. We're still a lean startup, and projects like this require the whole team to put in a huge amount of time, attention, and effort to make them happen. Our growth depends on us addressing compelling demands when they hit a crescendo, and that time for Android has finally come.
So why Android tablets? Why now? Well, the answer comes from one simple truth: people have started to buy the things. Consumers are demanding content from their favorite publishers, and "your operating system hasn't historically been a profitable platform" doesn't cut it anymore.
We've heard the strongest calls from our clients with paid content. Nobody is expecting the same level of profits they're making from iOS, but there is money to be made. It doesn't matter which platform is "winning," we've crossed a tipping point where there are enough interested readers using Android to make it worthwhile.
Let's be clear, though: Android is still a riskier venture than iOS for paid content. There is even more of a reason not to invest too much time and energy into it until you have tested the waters a bit. We want to make sure that publishing to Android is easy. And fast. Really, really easy, and really, really fast.
So that's what we've built - a multi-platform solution that doesn't put any more work on the publisher's plate. You do the same work going in, but you get more going out.
Readers are going to love their favorite publications on Android, our publishers are going to love the newfound revenue and ease of publishing across multiple platforms, and we at MAZ are going to learn a whole lot in the process.
The time has come for Android at MAZ. Here we go!
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21 11 / 2011
Apple's Paid Content Market Share Blows Android Away
- Since its inception, Google's (GOOG) Android Market Place has generated about 7% of the gross revenue of Apple's App Store.
- Apple (AAPL) has about 85% to 90% market share of the total dollars spent on mobile apps.
- Only 1.3% of Android apps are paid, compared with 13.5% of iPhone's.
- Apple developers have made more than $3.4 billion since 2011, compared with less than $240 million for Google developers.
- Although Android is likely to grow its smartphone market share faster, Apple will probably maintain a 70%+ share of mobile app dollars spent over the next 3 or 4 years.
I have always known this in a general way, and have even made reference when explaining to clients why we don't develop for non-iOS platforms (yet).
Now I have some concrete numbers to relay, and they are truly striking.
It's a vicious cycle: not enough quality content on Android, so nobody buys, developers don't make quality content because no one is buying, and so on.
This study shows that over next 3-4 years, Apple will maintain 70+%. That other 30% is still A LOT of people, and certainly worth exploring, but it's hard to justify development now when the vast majority of money is being spent on iOS content, especially because whatever you develop now will be outdated so quickly anyway.
It's not just the upfront dev costs, but the ongoing saga of keeping up with the times on multiple platforms.
Glad to have some data to justify what my gut has said for a while.
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12 Pictures of People Befriending Sharks
It's shark week, that magical time of year when people pretend to care about programming on the Discovery Channel. To celebrate, here's 12 pictures of people being best buds with sharks.
My roommate and I are huge Harry Potter geeks, and she has a rather large poster from the last movie of Severus Snape looking disapproving on the wall across from my bed. The other day I had a round of very loud sex with this guy I'm seeing while she was out of town. He absolutely refused go for round two until I put a piece of construction paper over Snape's face because he said it made him feel like a little kid caught out of bed after lights-out.
14 Pictures of Awesome Watermelon Carvings
Watermelons are like the Jack-O-Lanterns of the summer, only better, since you can eat your work when you're finished carving a watermelon. Here's 14 amazing pieces of watermelon art.
If you see someone drowning, laugh.
Yeah, I didn't think so (click to animate)