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Google changed the rules in a big way when it forced advertisers to use its Enhanced Campaigns system as of July 22. A Kenshoo executive examines the impact on search marketing spend and results.
It's only logical that if the biggest buzz in paid search for the first half of this year was about the adoption of Enhanced Campaigns (EC), then the biggest topic for the second half would be about how it continues to impact paid search advertisers following the forced migration date of July 22nd(a.k.a. "EC-Day").
Enhanced Campaigns was the biggest modification to the Google platform "in the last ten years," as its Head of Mobile Solutions for North America, Bon Mercado, told us in a Kenshoo webinar on August 22nd in which we discussed the initial industry reaction one month after this historic event.
After almost three months since EC-day, I have received literally dozens of request from clients, colleagues, trade publications, and financial analysts asking about how EC has affected search spend, conversions, etc. Are cost-per-clicks (CPCs) higher? Lower? The same? Is this a boon for Google? Is this a win for its competitors? Will more money flow to paid search due to this change?
Before sharing what we've seen, let's take a step back for a moment. The general consensus leading up to EC-Day at conferences and the SEM blogosphere was that either: 1) advertisers would pull back spend and wait to see how the changeover affected things before putting money back in or that 2) advertisers would see higher CPCs during this time so they might have to spend more in order to keep driving the same number of conversions they were generating before the switch.
Based on the numbers, however, neither of these scenarios matches what actually happened.
At the beginning of September, I analyzed paid search spend in aggregate across our clients for June, July, and August and compared it to the same three month period during 2012 and 2011.
This is what I found:
Even though paid search is growing year-over-year, the general curve of 2013's ratio of spend during this time matches pretty closely to previous years. This indicates that paid search advertisers continued to spend at levels we expected based on recent trends and did not dramatically increase or decrease spend during the Enhanced Campaigns period.
"Things seem to be doing fine. So much for all the doomsday talk!" commented WordStream's Larry Kim on an recent Enhanced Campaign blogpost by Brendan Buhmann, Sr. Product Manager for Kenshoo Search™.
But, what about click costs?
Under EC, paid search marketers had to trade in the fine, granular-level control of the bid at the keyword level across devices for mobile bid adjustments at the campaign or ad group level based on the core, desktop/tablet bid.
During the migration period, when I asked practitioners about how they would approach their bidding strategy under this new structure, some said that they would try hard to maintain the pre-EC bid levels as best they could while knowing in certain specific instances that their new bids would be higher or lower than they were previously.
However, others focused on keeping their desktop bids the same and set a global mobile bid adjustment knowing that they would start tinkering with that setting after the rollover. There actually seemed to be many different schools of thought in this area.
So what did the numbers say?
Earlier this month, we released our Q3 2013 global search trend data which showed that CPCs were up just 4% quarter-over-quarter.
On the surface, 4% doesn't imply that EC had very much of an impact on click costs. However, this is an aggregate metric across all of our clients and sometimes a top-line number doesn't tell the full story.
Below is a pie chart in which I mapped out QoQ CPC changes by client across our platform.
Almost half (42%) of all Kenshoo Search clients had relatively flat (+/- 10%) CPCs from Q2 to Q3. For example, if an advertiser ended Q2 with a $0.50 average CPC, then Q3 was somewhere between $0.45 and $0.55.
However, more than half of advertisers saw their CPCs go up or down by at least 10%.
Now let's put this into context. Just because an advertiser pays more per click does not always mean that the efficacy of their paid search efforts decreases. Paying more for higher quality clicks that convert better can be actually improve the return on investment (ROI).
For instance, $2.00 clicks that generate a 3% conversion rate are more valuable than $1.00 clicks at a 1% conversion rate. In this simple example:
This example illustrates that, even though some advertisers saw CPCs rise, it's not clear whether or not it was on purpose or a byproduct of Enhanced Campaigns. Only time will tell…
So, what can we learn about the impact of Enhanced Campaigns from Q3's spend and CPC numbers?
Ultimately, advertisers vote with their wallets. Our quarterly trends infographic showed global paid search spend was up 10% year-over-year and 3% quarter-over-quarter. And, per the first chart above, the trajectory of spend in 2013 was very similar to recent years in terms of trending across June, July, and August.
Furthermore, the fact that that almost half of advertiser CPCs stayed flat indicates that EC didn't disrupt things as much as many predicted in the first half of the year. So far, there seem to be more positive post-EC stories being shared by marketers than negative ones.
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Officials with the Philadelphia Police Department say they hope to hear soon from people who owe delinquent fines.
Starting Wednesday, the department is offering a 4-month amnesty period.
"We've got 3,000 warrants on file right now and approximately $1.2 million that's owed to the city of Philadelphia," said Police Chief Richard Sistrunk. "If you'll bring 25%, we're going to pull that warrant on you and it won't be served. You won't go to jail. You won't have to face a possible $180 contempt charge. You don't have to face possible jail time and sit there until your fine is paid in full. We're giving these folks the opportunity to get these fines straightened out."
The person who owes the money may pay the 25%, and then will be allowed to put the rest on a monthly payment schedule until it's completely paid. The money collected will be used to assist a number of city departments.
"In the service way, it's a discredit to the citizens out there that people are doing crimes and committing crimes, and they're being able to get away (with it)," said Philadelphia Mayor James Young.
Young says it's so important to collect the cash.
"That's money owed. It's not a tax increase. That's not an added burden to the law abiding citizens," Young said.
Young says the city and the state will benefit from the money collected.
"There are fees that are obligated to the state from some of these fines," he said.
Once the 4-month amnesty period is up, Sistrunk says a warrant task force will be formed to deal with the problem.
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Favourite Fifty Albums of the Twenty First Century (So Far)
- The White Stripes- Elephant (2003)
- Interpol- Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
- The Flaming Lips- Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
- Wilco- Yankee Foxtrot Hotel (2002)
- The Strokes- Is This It? (2001)
- Coldplay- A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002)
- Beck- Sea Change (2002)
- The Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell (2003)
- Devendra Banhart- Rejoicing in the Hands (2004)
- The Arcade Fire- Funeral (2004)
- The Shins- Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
- Joanna Newsom- The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
- Antony and the Johnsons- I Am A Bird Now (2005)
- The White Stripes- Get Behind Me Satan (2005)
- The Strokes- Room on Fire (2003)
- The White Stripes- White Blood Cells (2001)
- The Hives- Veni, Vidi, Vicious (2000)
- The Rapture- Echoes (2003)
- Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah- s/t (2005)
- Regina Spektor- Soviet Kitsch (2004)
- Brendan Benson- Lapalco (2001)
- The Shins- Oh Inverted World! (2000)
- The Postal Service- Give Up (2003)
- Nellie McKay- Get Away From Me (2004)
- Cat Power- You Are Free (2003)
- Badly Drawn Boy- Hour of the Bewilderbeast (2000)
- Hot Hot Heat- Make Up the Breakdown (2002)
- The Decemberists- Her Majesty... The Decemberists (2003)
- The Polyphonic Spree- The Beginning Stages of... (2002)
- The Fiery Furnaces- Gallowsbird's Bark (2003)
- Feist- Let it Die (2004)
- Outkast- Speakerboxx/The Love Below (2003)
- Modest Mouse- Good News For People Who Love Bad News (2004)
- Elliot Smith- From a Basement on a Hill (2004)
- Animal Collective- Sung Tongs (2004)
- Radiohead- Hail to the Thief (2003)
- System of a Down- Mesmerize (2005)
- The Libertines- s/t (2004)
- Blanche- If We Can't Trust the Doctors (2004)
- Sleater-Kinney- The Woods (2005)
- Franz Ferdinand- s/t (2004)
- Mates of State- Team Boo (2003)
- The Go! Team- Thunder, Lightning, Strike! (2004)
- Bloc Party- Silent Alarm (2005)
- Rufus Wainwright- Poses (2001)
- The Kings of Leon- Youth and Young Manhood (2003)
- Loretta Lynn- Van Lear Rose (2004)
- Junior Boys- Last Exit (2004)
- The Killers- Hot Fuss (2004)
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Great list!
Just wondering if you have heard The Shins, Air, The Rapture, or My Morning Jacket?
All in all, this is quite similar to what my list looks like.
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Oooo, The Rapture...
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You know what? That Shins album completely slipped my mind... I can't believe I didn't think of it. That was such a great album! Thanks :)
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You and I seem to have similar running tastes. Your top four would all be in my top ten, and many of your other entries would be high up for me as well.
I must say, you underrate the streets. I also agree with dcstar about The Shins.
Also, the new N.E.R.D. is wonderful.
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OH! Check out Cat Power's "You Are Free". It's one of the best. Also, The New Pornographers' "Electric Version".
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Just picked up the Raveonettes the other day. They took me somewhat by surprise. The vocals remind me of Belle & Sebastion, but they have this 50's/60's pop sound that juxtaposes their lyrics so nicely.
I'm glad to see that you liked them.
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Very different, and not quite like anything else out there. The Raveonettes are very cool. :)
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No Jet? They'd easily make my top 10. Get Born is a fantastic album, going by your taste, I thought they'd make it in here for sure.
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A brilliant and cool album, however as far as innovation goes, far too many familiar soundig guitar riffs. Great, but nothing spectacularly new-sounding about it.
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Where is Sigur Ros - ()? lol, just a matter of taste, as always. I CANNOT WAIT for the new Polyphonic Spree album.
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I also cannot wait for the new Polyphonic Spree album. I was so disappointed that I couldn't see them at Lollapalooza :(
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What about Badly Drawn Boy's The Hour of Bewilderbeast? This album always goes under the radar, but it's a modern pop masterpeice.
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You know, I really need to pick this album up. I have (and really enjoy) his Have You Fed the Fish?, but not his more lauded album.
Sorry, not my list, but I just wanted to mention that.
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Another album that should have been an obvious addition to the list, but which slipped my mind completely.
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I just realized that there is no showing for Kid A on your list. Have you not heard it, or do you just not like it?
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I haven't really had a chance to hear it to make a solid judgement on it. It is on my list of albums I keep meaning to give a listen to.
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Ah, The Decemberists...great choice.
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It was actually reading your list that reminded me what a great album that was... so thanks!
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Permission to Land???
Though, that's really the only one I can complain about on the list. Maybe the Ryan Adams one. Some of them aren't my style, but all good stuff.
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No Kid A? Or Sigur Ros?
I'm very happy to see A Rush of Blood to the Head, along with The Beginning Stages Of... and Absolution - since those are ones I love but wouldn't necessarily expect to see on this kind of list.
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Muse definitely don't get enough attention over here in North America... Absolution is a fantastic album.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009
Weekly Audit: Ending the Economic Status Quo
by Zach Carter, TMC MediaWire Blogger
The banking lobby still holds enough sway inside the Beltway to torpedo sensible consumer protection rules, even after releasing a flood of predatory mortgages that kicked off the current economic crisis. On issues ranging from payday loans to subprime mortgages, the banking industry continues to successfully defend itself against new regulations that would protect the consumer. As if that weren't outrage enough, the finance lobby has also joined other corporate interest groups to fund misinformation campaigns that smear unions and block wage growth.
As Mary Kane explains for The Colorado Independent, the push to rein in predatory mortgage lending appears to be losing steam on Capitol Hill. An extremely complex mortgage reform bill that is conciliatory to the finance lobby passed the House last month, angering consumer advocacy groups. Among the problems: the bill pre-empts many stronger state predatory lending laws and protects the Wall Street investment banks that gorged themselves on mortgage-backed securities.
Consumer protection shortfalls are not limited to messy mortgages. [...]More
Monday, 08 June 2009
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Clean energy: while energy windmills have their detractors, the possible benefits have most of France debating the pros and cons of this national interest.
While farmers used to use wind energy to grind their grain, today windmills provide enormous amounts of clean electricity. France currently counts over 2300 energy windmills spread throughout the nation, with a combined energy output of 3400 megawatts. In 2008, the windmills produced 5.6 billion kilowatt hours of energy, just over 1% of the nation's total electrical production. The Rhône-Alpes region, located in eastern France, counts 88 windmills in the Drôme-Ardèche department, with 30 more recently obtaining construction permits and a hundred more new-built windmills that will soon begin turning. According to recent polls, 79% of the French have a "favorable" attitude towards the construction of windmills in their area, and 62% have one or more windmills less than a kilometer from their homes. However, this popular source of clean, renewable energy has its critics, who cite in opposition noise and visual[...]More
Friday, 05 June 2009
The Africa Report: Rice, a new cash crop for Uganda's busy farmers
A specially-developed new grain is helping farmers earn more money than they do from growing maize,and it is beginning to drive a revolution in smallholder farming
Sprouting up amid fields of matoke, maize and coffee which carpet the hills of eastern Uganda is a new cash crop. Rice, which is also fast becoming the food of choice for a young generation reluctant to spend time preparing the traditional maize-porridge ugali, has helped spark a revolution in smallholder farming.
A sea change came with the energetic dissemination of the New Rice for Africa (NERICA), which was developed in West Africa in 1992. A hybrid of African and Asian rice varieties, it is high-yielding, diseaseresistant and well-suited to both Uganda's rain-fed upland areas and its swampy dambo or wet areas.
Smallholder rice farming in Uganda has doubled as farmers have seen the advantages of growing rice as a cash crop. The area cultivated for upland rice grew from 1,500 ha in 2002 to 40,000 ha in 2008. Rice farmers are [...]More
Thursday, 04 June 2009
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From L'Humanité, 3 June 2009
Former Minister of Education Jack Lang has recently conferred upon current President of the French Republic Nicholas Sarkozy his suggestion of secondary school reform. After spending several months consulting high school students, teachers, and social partners, Lang's conclusions highlight the necessity to "correct what doesn't work" and "preserve what does." His nation-wide tour took him to 80 schools in 76 different districts.
His objective: nullify the reforms instituted by current Minister of Education Xavier Darcos in April 2008. Said reforms were quickly abandoned after the riots and protests in Athens, Greece in December 2008 led by "the 600-euro" generation, that is to say high school and college age students whose entry-level jobs pay around 600 euros. The reason: Darcos was made to serve under the administration of a leftist president, one with strong ties to national education, and one who increased educational budget restrictions. Seeing these attempted reforms stagnate, and Darcos quietly back down, Richard Descoings became heavily involved in the debate over secondary school education as of January 12, 2009. With his assessment as director of the Paris Institute for Political Studies and his hands-on education experience as a ré [...]More
Wednesday, 03 June 2009
Weekly Audit: EFCA Vital for Recovery
It's official: The U.S. economy has been in a recession for a year and a half and many of the economic troubles worrying progressives in 2007 have yet to be addressed. While the Obama administration has taken steps to relieve some problems, a series of counterproductive bailouts, woefully inadequate labor laws and rampant inequality are still in urgent need of attention.
Severe economic inequality has persisted for decades in the U.S., but the current crisis is bringing things into focus. Unfortunately, while Wall Street excess and the corporate jet-setting of Detroit executives have dominated headlines and garnered plenty of justified outrage, the other side of the inequality coin has been largely neglected. As Katrina vanden Heuvel explains in The Nation, the routine exploitation of day laborers and domestic workers has grown even more pervasive since the recession began. Workers who managed to survive by laboring for predatory wages under abusive conditions now see those wages stolen with increasing regularity, as contractors simply refuse to pay up when the work is done. Huge portions [...]More
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Lady Eli, Flintshire Work on Belmont Turf
Sheep Pond Partners' undefeated Lady Eli, who continues her comeback from laminitis, and Juddmonte Farms' homebred Flintshire breezed on the inner turf course July 10 at Belmont Park for trainer Chad Brown.
Sheep Pond Partners' undefeated Lady Eli, who continues her comeback from laminitis, and Juddmonte Farms' homebred Flintshire breezed on the inner turf course July 10 at Belmont Park for trainer Chad Brown.
English Channel tops the Calumet roster at $25,000, followed by Oxbow ($17,500) and Red Rocks ($12,500).
Barretts Sales, having conducted paddock auctions of horses of racing age during the Del Mar race meeting the past four years, is inaugurating a select yearling sale this season. It will be held Aug. 15.
With four horses in a line across the course in the stretch, Red Rifle emerged from the two path and drew off to a clear victory in the $250,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) Saturday, Aug. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.
A tough cast of characters will fight it out in the $250,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT), an 11-furlong race for older horses on the Saratoga Race Course inner turf Aug. 1.
Hangover Kid, surging along the inside, produced a head-bobbing victory over odds-on Grandeur in the $200,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT), the 6-year-old's first graded stakes score July 12 at Belmont Park.
TimeformUS Weekend stakes analysis of the G1 Delaware Handicap and G2 Bowling Green Handicap. read blog
Americain, Dynaformer's leading earner and a multiple graded stakes winner, sired his first foal Jan 19. when a filly was born in Lexington, Ky.
Midway, Ky., farm will add a second synthetic track and seven barns for training, broodmares, and yearlings.
Hyper had his consistency rewarded with his first graded stakes victory in the $250,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) on the inner turf at Belmont Park Sept. 7 as odds-on favorite Boisterous fizzled in the stretch.
Phipps Stable's Boisterous, winner of the Man o' War Stakes (gr. IT) and Monmouth Stakes (gr. IIT) this summer, is looking to get back to the winner's circle in the Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park Sept. 7.
Champion stayer Americain, set to stand his first American breeding season at Kentucky's Calumet Farm in 2013, will also mark his first Australian season at Swettenham Stud, it was announced Jan. 10.
Australians Kevin and Colleen Bamford and American David Bernsen have purchased a substantial interest of recent Hollywood Derby (gr. IT) winner Unbridled Command and plan to race in Australia's Cox Plate in October.
Dynaformer's death in April left a unique void in the American stallion market.
Calumet Farm has listed stud fees for three new stallions scheduled to spend the 2013 breeding season at the historic Thoroughbred operation near Lexington.
The 2010 Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) winner Americain will commence his stud career at Calumet Farm, it was announced Nov. 22.
Americain, winner of the 2010 Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) and recently retired from racing, will stand the Northern Hemisphere breeding season in Kentucky in 2013.
Green Moon upstaged the two most recent winners of the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I) when he captured this year's edition of "the race that stops a nation" Nov. 6 at Flemington Racecourse.
Colleen Bamford is part owner of Americain and comments on the Melbourne Cup draw.
A competitive field of 24 is set for the Emirates Melbourne Cup (Aus-I), including the event's two most recent winners, French stayers Americain and Dunaden, who will square off in Australia's greatest race Nov. 6.
Owner Anthony Mithen talks about Winchester and the Melbourne Cup. Watch Video
French stayer Dunaden stormed from near the back of the field and won the $2,583,125 Caulfield Cup (Aus-I) Oct. 20 to kept his perfect record in Australia in tact.
Stephanie Nigge, travelling foreman for Trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre, talks about Americain. Watch Video
Trainer John Sadler talks about Winchester, his entry in the Caulfield Cup. Watch Video
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I need help picking out an inexpensive Mac-based (or web-based!) database to maintain a 2,000-person POSTAL mailing list / membership database for a small academic non-profit. [more inside]
who watches the watchees?
Can anyone recommend easy to install, cross platform monitoring software for Mac OS X - that is, something that would allow a parent, employer or teacher to, from their PC, monitor the screen of a Macintosh? Will remote desktop do this? Is it relatively easy to install?
bad screen! bad!
My mother has an Acer LCD (model AL1715) hooked up to her Mac Mini. The warranty expired 3 days ago, and last night it woke up after being asleep for about 45 minutes with a black line across it - the image divided in such a way that the image has rolled - that is, the bottom is at the top and the top at the bottom, split not quite equal halves. Disconnecting and reconnecting don't work, powering off and back on don't work, changing the display mode on the mac doesn't work, and we can't find a reset button. Acer doesn't answer tech support phone calls (endless holds) or emails. Any ideas?
Acer LCD, mac mini aspect ratio
I bought a mac mini and an Acer 17" LCD for my mom recently, and it finally looks great since I switched from the VGA to the digital cable. However, the aspect ratio seems a little off - everything is a bit squished together. [more inside]
Can you suggest a decent, cheap external firewire or USB CDRW that works with OS9?
My mother has an older iMac running on OS9. I'd like to upgrade her to a new one but can't afford it right now. I need to buy an external firewire or USB CDRW that will work with OS9 so she can easily back up her digital photography; can anyone suggest something decent and cheap?
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FILE - George Zimmerman, right, and attorney Don West, stand as the judge enters the courtroom in Seminole circuit court for a pretrial hearing, in Sanford, Fla., in this Saturday, June 8, 2013 file photo. Jury selection begins Monday June 10, 2013 in the second-degree murder trial, which is expected to last about six weeks. Martin's killing drew worldwide attention as it sparked a national debate about race, equal justice under the law and gun control. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool)
An Ohio gun rights group has sent George Zimmerman more than $12,000.
Zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder earlier this month. The Buckeye Firearms Foundation says the money was raised for Zimmerman's defense or any other expenses he or his family might have.
The organization says one of its main objectives is to defend gun rights around the nation.
Zimmerman admitted to shooting and killing Trayvon Martin in February of 2012, but he says it was self defense.


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I was looking at a protecting case for my iPad with Retina Display (4th gen), I've been testing the Self Standing Black iPad 4 Case from EZ Buys Direct. The case is designed like Apple's Smart Case series.
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I think Apple really wanted an A6 chip and better LTE support in the New iPad, but they just were not ready yet. So, with the holiday season approaching and the stars now aligned, why not put your best foot forward and release the iPad with the best features possible right now!
I also think this means we will not get another new iPad next spring and when we do get an iPad next year, the changes will be something more radical than a speed bump.
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The problem with Socialism is you eventually run out of other people's money. True Fact: It took Obama $7 Trillion in deficit spending to get Wall Street back to 2007 Bush market high. That is about $21,000 bucks for everyone in the USA. Now our kids and grand kids get to pay for the Obama crazy deficit spending. Debt Clock now over $17 Trillion. Ouch. God help us.
Nothing says "Troll" more than copying and pasting the exact same post several times over. Well, except for creating fake names and then congratulating yourself with them. Did daddy not show you enough love when you were younger?
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They called them ghost towns for a reason.
Black Hills Search and Rescue Specialist Deke Cunningham wasn't afraid of anything. Not anymore. But the late afternoon shadows spooked him. They moved with him, reaching out like gnarled fingers across the empty, dusty main street of Cleancutt, Wyoming. He tried to shake off the feeling, but it wouldn't shake. Probably because today he wasn't working a routine assignment to rescue a deserving but nameless innocent.
Today he was searching for his ex-wife.
He glanced at the GPS locator built into his phone, then at the two-story building with the letters H E L barely readable above the door. The O and the T had long since faded.
This was it. The location where BHSAR computer expert Aaron Gold had finally managed to triangulate Mindy's last cell phone transmission.
Mindy. She didn't deserve this. She hadn't deserved anything she'd gotten for loving him.
And he'd never deserved her.
Deke approached the two-story building, doing his damnedest not to swipe his palm across the nape of his neck, where prickles of awareness tingled. He was being watched.
No surprise there.
He even knew who was watching him. The same person who'd kidnapped his ex-wife. Well—who'd ordered her kidnapped, anyhow.
Novus Ordo. The infamous international terrorist who'd already targeted another member of the BHSAR team, Matt Parker.
We 've got your wife, the obviously disguised voice on the cell phone had said.
Alarm bells had clanged in his head and his gut had clenched with worry. Still, he'd had to smile a little. Whoever the kidnapper was, he had no idea what he'd gotten hold of when he'd grabbedMindy Cunningham.
"Ex-wife," he'd muttered, working to sound bored and uninterested. "And be my guest. You can have her."
"This is no joke, Cunningham. We've got her and we'll kill her if you don't do what we say."
"The only thing I think you've got is her cell phone and a death wish."
The kidnapper had taken the bait. He'd put Mindy on the phone.
Deke Cunningham, don't pay them one red cent! It's a trap—
Tough words. Exactly what he'd expected from her. But beneath her brave words he heard fear—a soul-deep terror he'd never heard in her voice before. And that, more than anything the kidnapper said, scared him to death.
Something was wrong with her. Something beyond being kidnapped. While that alone would be enough to terrify any woman, his Mindy was made of stronger stuff.
In the twenty years since he'd first spotted her hanging by her heels from the top rung of the elementary school jungle gym, he'd never seen anything she couldn't handle.
Except him.
Her tight, strained voice, cut by static, still echoed in his head as he paused at the bottom of the dilapidated wooden steps of the only hotel in Cleancutt, Wyoming.
He'd heard about the ghost towns of Wyoming all his life. Eighty years ago, Cleancutt and other coalmining camps had been booming towns. But by the 1950s, underground coal mining had given way to strip-mining, so today Cleancutt was a ghost, a dying piece of history located near the city of Casper.
A vibration started in his breast pocket. Damn it. His phone.
As he retrieved it, he glanced around him, in case he could catch someone watching him, waiting for him to answer. But the display read Irina Castle, his boss, not Mindy. He pressed the talk button without saying anything.
"Deke, where are you?" Irina asked.
"I'm busy," he said quietly.
"You did it, didn't you? You went after Mindy alone. I told you to wait until I could arrange a meeting with Aaron Schiff."
"Irina, do not get the FBI involved in this. It's too dangerous for Mindy. I'll handle it. Besides, you know the drill. They threatened to hurt her if I brought backup."
"And you know the drill. My specialists never take unnecessary risks."
"This one was necessary."
Irina blew out a sigh of frustration. "You told Aaron not to tell me where you are." Her voice was accusatory.
"It's for your own good, and Mindy's. You can't know. It's too dangerous for you. Besides, there's nobody alive who's better trained to run a covert rescue mission than me." He'd meant the comment to be reassuring, but it hung in the sudden silence between them.
Irina's husband, Rook Castle, had been the best until he'd been assassinated by Novus Ordo two years ago.
"Aaron and Rafe have my projected timeline," he continued. "They know what to do. You've got to trust me, Irina."
"I don't like it."
"You think I do? I should have known what was going to happen as soon as Matt told me he'd been followed back here from Mahjidastan. I should have anticipated that Novus would go after Mindy."
Novus Ordo was desperate to find out why Irina had suddenly called Matt Parker back from assignment in Mahjidastan and announced to her employees that she was ending her two-year-long search for her husband—or his body.
"It's not your fault, Deke."
"The hell it's not. I should have taken care of her, put her in protective custody." He shook off the feeling of failure. He'd let Mindy get captured. Now he had to rescue her.
"Don't worry, Irina. I know more about Novus than anyone alive. You listen to Rafe and Aaron and Brock. They each have their instructions. Their primary mission is to keep you safe." He paused. "And Irina, don't leave the ranch without one of them with you. Make sure all three of them know where you're going and who you're going with."
Irina sighed in frustration. "You sound like you don't trust your own team."
"My helicopter was sabotaged. I don't trust anybody but you and me."
"You mentioned your timeline. What is it?"
"I plan to be out of there with Mindy in less than twenty-four hours."
"What's your drop-dead time?"
"Seventy-two." He had his timeline. He wished he knew what Novus's was.
"Be careful, Deke."
He hung up and started to pocket his phone, then hesitated, looking at the display.
Two days ago, the BHSAR recovery team, along with the FBI, had found the body of the man who had tried to get his hands on Matt Parker.
Papers and a prepaid cell phone found on the dead man proved his involvement in terrorist activities, with ties to Novus Ordo. It was bad enough that it took only a couple of hours for Novus to find out that Irina had recalled Matt. What made it so much worse was the ruined helicopter rotor on the floor of Deke's hangar that proved his bird had been sabotaged. The grounded helicopter had caused Deke to miss a critical rendezvous point and had almost cost Matt Parker and Aimee Vick their lives.
There was only one explanation for those security breaches.
Both the sabotage and Novus's intel had to have been engineered by someone who had unrestricted access to Castle Ranch. They had a traitor in BHSAR. Someone who was working for Novus.
Deke had put his most trusted specialists to guarding Irina. He just wished he could trust them without reservation.
But there was only one man in the world, other than himself, whom he could trust with Irina's life.
Trying to ignore the fact that his fingers were shaking, Deke dialed a number he'd thought he'd never call.
Irina's innocent action had negated everything Rook Castle had done to keep her safe.
Deke listened to the electronic message, hoping he was doing the right thing. He spoke quickly, quietly, then hung up.
It was done. Two years ago he'd made a promise to his best friend, Rook Castle. Today he'd broken it. But he'd had no choice. It was time to raise the dead.
Deke carefully climbed the crumbling steps and put his shoulder against the weathered front door of the abandoned hotel. He stopped dead in his tracks when it creaked loudly. Clutching his weapon in both hands, he listened.
Nothing. Not a scurrying rat or the buzz of a disturbed insect.
He'd expected Novus to come after him. He'd hoped the terrorist wouldn't be savvy enough to go after his ex-wife. Hell, they'd been divorced over two years.
It disturbed him that Novus knew that much about him. Mindy was his weakness.
His only weakness.
The air force had done what nothing else ever had—it had made a man out of him. He could fly a helicopter. He could shoot a housefly off a general's lapel at two hundred yards—hell, he could take that shot while flying a bird.
Being a Special Forces Op had taught him there was nothing he couldn't face and conquer.
But with one disappointed look, and the sparkle of a tear, Mindy could reduce him to his pathetic, arrogant high-school self, trying to bully his way through school and drink his way through life.
He stood outside the hotel's door and wondered what kind of traps Novus had set for him. He'd have preferred a face-to-face confrontation, but he already knew the publicity-shy Novus wouldn't do that.
There was a reason the terrorist wore a surgical mask in every known photo. An excellent reason. And only a few people knew what that reason was.
Yeah, he was walking into a trap. But Novus had baited it with the only lure he couldn't resist.
His ex-wife.
All those thoughts swirled through his mind in the two seconds it took for him to flex his fingers, retighten them around the grip of his Sig Sauer, and take a deep breath.
Here goes.
He nudged the door another inch and slipped through.
The hotel lobby could have been lifted out of one of the Western movies his old man had watched when he wasn't passed out from cheap vodka.
When Deke stepped inside, eyeing the ornate desk and curved staircase, glass crunched under his boot. Shattered prisms from a broken chandelier.
Then something moved at the edge of his vision.
Startled, he swung around. His finger tightened on the trigger.
A raccoon. It scurried across the room, claws clicking on the worn hardwood floor like faraway machine-gun fire.
Deke's breath whooshed out and his trigger finger relaxed. He took another step, eyeing the dark room beyond the arched doorway. He figured it was the dining room.
What was the raccoon running from? He crossed the lobby and angled around the arch so his back stayed to the wall.
Heavy curtains revealed only slivers of the late afternoon sun. The smell of mildew and rotting wood tickled his nostrils. He held his breath, resisting the urge to sneeze as he moved silently across to the shrouded windows and reached up to push the drapes apart. Too late, he saw the flash and heard the report.
Something stung the curve of his cheek. He whirled, ready to shoot, but whirling turned out not to be such a good idea.
Things got real hazy real fast. A fuzzy shadow loomed in front of him. He aimed, but as hard as he tried, he couldn't make his fingers hold on to the gun, and he couldn't make his legs hold him up.
As the room tilted sideways, the haze before his eyes turned to black.
Damn, he hated the waiting. He liked to be the one making the phone calls. When he had to wait to be called, he couldn't control who might be listening. He paced back and forth in front of the big picture window, with its panoramic view of the Black Hills, until he couldn't stand it any longer. He yanked the blinds shut. He despised those desolate looming mountains. He'd seen enough of them to last him the rest of his life and beyond.
The prepaid cell phone hidden in his shaving kit rang.
"Everything's in place here."
"No change here."
"There better be a change soon."
"I'm working on it. Do you have any idea of the level of security around this place? It's tripled since—"
"Do you have any idea of the time constraints we're facing?"
"I think I'm close—"
"You think? You'd better know! We 've only got one chance. I'm guessing you remember what'll happen if you fail me."
"Why all the mind games? It'd be a hell of a lot easier to just go in and get it over with."
"Are you questioning my methods? Because you're not indispensable. Nobody is."
Something soft rocked against his side, rousing him. His mouth felt stuffed with cotton and his stomach clenched. Beneath the nauseating smell of mildew and rotten wood, he noticed a sweet, familiar scent.
He tried to push through the drowsiness, but whoever had filled his mouth with cotton had put lead weights on his eyelids. He wanted to turn over, but he was too tired.
The unmistakable supple firmness of a female body rocked against him again. "Eee!"
"Mindy, sugar," Deke mumbled. "Move over."
Whoa. A sharp blade of reality sliced through his mental fog. That wasn't right—on so many levels. For one thing, his tongue wasn't working, so all he'd managed to do was grunt unintelligibly.
"Eee, ake uk," she retorted.
What was she saying? Maybe she was dreaming. Maybe he was.
"Okay," he whispered, smiling drowsily to himself. "You know what happens when you don't move over." Anticipating her giggles and kisses, he turned—or tried to.
He couldn't move.
He wasn't in bed. He sure wasn't in bed with Mindy. That hadn't happened in a long, long time.
So where the hell was he?
More shards of reality ripped through his brain. The flash of gunpowder. The biting sting in his cheek.
He forced his eyes open. It was dark. Totally dark.
Danger! His heart rate skyrocketed and his Special Forces training kicked in.
Judging by the way his head wobbled like a bobble-head doll, he figured he'd been drugged. He clenched his jaw and worked to gather his thoughts.
The gunpowder. The sting. He'd been shot with a tranquilizer gun. Ah, hell.
He bit down on his tongue, using the pain to clear his brain. Giving in to drugs—or fatigue, or torture—in combat rescue missions could be fatal. Not only to the rescuer, but also to the innocents depending on him for their safety, their protection, their very lives.
Before he could help anyone else, he had to assess his own condition. He needed to take inventory.


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I wrote a (super) simple Chrome Extension for the Telerik Code Converter that just iframes their page in a browser action pop-up. It's been really helpful as I use this tool all the time when I have to port some of my more complex C# code to VB. I was wondering if it would be ethical for me to upload this Extension to Chrome Web Store for other developers to use? Of course I wouldn't ever be charging or profiting from it in any way.
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Il Facchino
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Il Facchino (Italian: Il Facchino, "The Porter") is one of the talking statues of Rome. Like the other five "talking statues", pasquinades - irreverent satires poking fun at public figures - were posted beside il Facchino in the 14th and 15th centuries.
Il Facchino was originally sited on the via del Corso, on the main facade of the Palazzo De Carolis, near the piazza Venezia. In 1874, it was moved to its current position, to the side of the same building, on the via Lata.
Unlike the other talking statues, which are all dated to Ancient Rome, Il Facchino is relatively modern. The statue was created in around 1580 for the Jacopo del Conte for the Corporazione degli Acquaroli (although some sources say it was sculpted by Michelangelo). It depicts a man wearing a cap and a sleeved shirt, carrying a barrel - an "acquarolo", who would take water from the Tiber to sell on the streets of Rome during the period before the Roman aqueducts were repaired at the orders of the Popes and the public fountains played again. Somewhat ironically, water spouts from the centre of the barrel, creating a fountain. Its face is badly damaged.
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- The Scior Carera in Milan.
- Rendina, C., "Pasquino statua parlante", ROMA ieri, oggi, domani, n. 20 – febbraio 1990
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- Roma Segreta: via del Corso: La fontana del Facchino (Italian)
- The Insider's Guide to Rome, p.73
- Chambers' Edinburgh Journal, p.106


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Roosevelt is one of nine elementary schools in the Stevens Point School District. Roosevelt is a neighborhood school in Plover. We have approximately 480 students in grades kindergarten through six.
In addition, Roosevelt is a charter school for Differentiated Instruction. The acronym IDEA in our school name stands for Instructional Differentiation for Education Achievement. Roosevelt IDEA School operates as an instrumentality of the Stevens Point School District. This means that the school district supports our charter school concept. The school has an approved contract that allows the school all the services and support offered to the other eight elementary schools in the district.
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If you attend Roosevelt IDEA School you can expect to receive a high quality educational program for your children. As with the other eight schools elementary school in the district, we offer a rigorous curriculum that is aligned with the Wisconsin State Model Academic Standards. The core curriculum is enriched by art, music and physical education. Many opportunities are also available for students to participate in extra-curricular activities such as; sports, adventure education and various clubs.
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Did Wallace Stevens, one of the greatest twentieth-century poets, convert to Roman Catholicism as he lay dying in the summer of 1955? This question has provoked more controversy than one might expect. In Wallace Stevens' Supreme Fiction: A New Romanticism (1987), Joseph Carroll [1]provided a synopsis of the debate, offering the testimony of the Catholic priest who claimed to have initiated Stevens into the faith—and of the poet's daughter, Holly, who strenuously denied the priest's claim. Whatever the truth of the matter, careful readers of Stevens's poetry would not be surprised if he did in fact convert on his deathbed, since much of his later poetry reflects, and is shaped by, what we may call a "Catholic imagination."
Born in 1879 in Reading, Pennsylvania, Stevens grew up influenced by his father's very American kind of Christianity, one that put great emphasis on self-reliance and the rewards of hard work. His mother was pious in the more traditional sense, and the young Stevens was familiar with the Bible, especially the New Testament; significantly, he was also drawn to quiet places where meditation was fostered, and would remain so all his life. But Stevens was his father's son to the end, and so put the advancement of his legal career before his poetry. By the time he wrote the poems I want to discuss here, he had become a successful insurance lawyer and...
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Rangers center fielder Leonys Martin scaled the wall to rob former teammate and good friend Nelson Cruz of his MLB-leading 27th home run on Wednesday in Baltimore. The Orioles designated hitter's reaction — stop, point and smile — after Martin's incredible catch was excellent.
"We text, so I told him congrats on the good catch," said Cruz, who was a mentor to Martin during their time together in Arlington. "Hopefully he can enjoy it for a while."
"That's my boy," Martin said. "I know that's my boy. But it's a ballgame and I am trying to do the best for my team."
The Orioles rallied to win, 6-4.
On Tuesday, Martin wished Cruz a happy 34th birthday on Twitter.
Happy birthday to my Bro @ncboomstick23 k cumplas muchos mas mi hermano Bendiciónes — leonys martin (@leonys27martin) July 1, 2014
Today, he's retweeted multiple GIFs and videos of his catch.
Just saw replay of Cruz being robbed of a HR, reactions from both he and Martin are even cooler #Birdland pic.twitter.com/wUpm1tKTKE — Josh Lukin (@coffeeon3rd) July 3, 2014
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Gartner predicts that the number of subscribers using location-based services (LBS) globally will double this year, even as mobile device sales decline by 4%.
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Cisco will tackle the mobile world over the next year with a series of new features to bring smartphones into business communications, the head of the company's software group said at the Cisco Live conference on Wednesday.
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By Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells and Sgt. Felix Fimbres/USACAPOC PAONovember 12, 2010
(Editors note: This is part two of a multi-story series that will explain what Operation Toy Drop is, who started it, and the people who have operated it since the beginning. This week's story is about Becki Caldwell, the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command unit administrator and her connection to Operation Toy Drop.)
Becki Caldwell never believed that one day she'd be considered the head elf of the largest combined airborne operations held by the Army Reserve's U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command. Since the operation's beginning, 12 years ago, this almost six-foot tall elf has been in charge of collecting and distributing toys donated during the Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop.
"I don't think there has ever been a job description for an elf, but I'll have to say what we mainly do is keep the lottery running smoothly. Because even though it doesn't start until 8 a.m., we have Soldiers lining up at the crack of dawn with their toys and we (the elves) make sure they have all their paperwork filled out correctly, that their unit knows where they are, that they have an appropriate toy to donate and hand out lottery tickets to them," explained Caldwell.
Operation Toy Drop combines the efforts of Army, Air Force and civilian service organizations to give the military community the opportunity to help Families in need over the holiday season. Since its first year, the operation has expanded to include aircraft support from Pope Air Force Base's 43rd Airlift Wing, and welcomed the participation of Soldiers from Fort Bragg's XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division and Special Operations Command.
A lottery is held the day before the operation that provides paratroopers the opportunity to get foreign jump wings from allied soldiers around the world. With only so many parachutes that the event can pull, paratroopers donate a toy and are given a raffle ticket in hopes of being one of the few called to jump.
"We (Oler and Caldwell) decided to call my job head elf because I'd jokingly say he (Oler) had from the tarmac to the plane and I had the tarmac to the bleachers," Caldwell explained. "So, from about 1999 until I finished my Army career, I have been head elf, and I'm proud of it," said Caldwell.
She may joke about being called the head elf, but she takes her job serious when it comes to donating and making military Families and children smile.
"We (the elves) collect the toys and sort them according to age," said Caldwell. "Which isn't easy because you have to think that this one toy may be the only toy that ends up under the tree for a child, so it has to be good."
"I tell all the Soldiers that I can go from nice elf to ugly elf real quick if they don't bring me a good toy. I don't like being an ugly elf because I love Christmas, and the Christmas spirit is me. But what I jokingly say is if you bring me a matchbox toy - I don't care if it's a Dale Earnhardt collectable, it's a matchbox car, you need to go get me something else," said Caldwell with a smile. "Yes, I'll take your Dale Earnhardt collectable and I'll tape it to what you bring me the next day, but you need to bring something else.
"Because think about it, if it's your child and the only thing they have underneath the tree is this little, bitty box, would it be what they wanted for Christmas'" asked Caldwell. "And most Soldiers now understand that. We don't put a price on what you're supposed to bring, but be reasonable and have it be something you'd like to get, and so far it's worked."
Caldwell explained that very few toys are inappropriate, but she is overwhelmed by some of the toys that are donated.
"We've had privates bring bikes," explained Caldwell. "You'll find more specialists and lower enlisted bringing bikes ... We love it, because you have to figure that this kid spent, 40 to 50 bucks that he didn't have to. He did it because that's what he liked or what he wanted when he was little."
Co-worker and close friend Sgt. 1st Class Randy Oler, a former Special Forces and ranger Soldier, founded the operation with the help and support of friends around Fort Bragg and other military installations. Oler had the idea of incorporating airborne operations, foreign military jumpmasters and local charities and his friends were with him every step of the way.
"When Randy asked you to do anything, you'd be honored because, one, you weren't sure if it was legal, two, you're not sure if you were going to get away with it, and three, it was going to be fun," joked Caldwell, who was then a staff sergeant for USACAPOC. "So we figured, okay, the air operation is legal and we figured with enough buds around here we could get it done, and it sounded fun. It was, but we didn't think we'd ever see another one."
The first Operation Toy Drop, with the help of Marine pilots, was very small and collected only a few toys, but in the years to follow, the operation continued to grow. Last year, the event drew more than 2,000 paratroopers, 2,900 toys and 24 allied jumpmasters. The operation was named in honor of Oler in 2003 and was turned into a memorial after his sudden death from a heart attack in April 2004.
"After Randy passed away, we figured that because we kind of lost the spirit, we wouldn't do it anymore," admitted Caldwell. "We thought there was no reason to do this. The fun was gone."
But by August, Oler's friends looked at each other and decided that Oler would have wanted them to continue to help children around the community.
"He would have been kicking us in the butt if we had decided not to do it because he wasn't here. We would have wasted all the years he put into it," said Caldwell. "So, we revitalized ourselves and got started."
Caldwell and friends struggled to put together that year's Operation Toy Drop because Oler had done everything from memory. They scrambled to find countries to participate, aircrafts and everything that incorporated the spirit of the operation.
"That (year) was a hard one to do," said Caldwell. "We'd all look around Sicily (drop zone) to find him or hear him, but he wasn't there."
"When Toy Drop comes around, people get more emotional, because they start remembering Randy, and, all the things he stood for," said Jacquelyn. "So it kind of feels like he is still here."
"We have said that if Randy could see us now, he'd be laughing that (the operation) has gone from 'hey bubby, can you help me get 200 people on a jump to maybe having 2,000 people jumping for the first day alone and possibly having 4,000 to 5,000 toy donations," laughed Caldwell. "And with Charleston (437th Air Wing) on board collecting toys, we could get close to 10,000 toys. Could you imagine how many people we could take care of with 10,000 toys'"
Caldwell said she doesn't do it for the accolades or rewards for herself.
"I don't do it for wings. I don't do it for any other reason, other than the fact that truthfully that's what elves are supposed to," explained Caldwell. "I do it for the kids. That to me is why everybody should be (participating), not because I'm an elf, or whatever. You should want to do this. Every year I look forward to next year. That's why I keep coming back. Twenty years from now I'll still be elfing, maybe in a wheelchair with a walker, but I plan on doing it. I wouldn't give it up for nothing."


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STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen was
his usual energetic self at Friday's practice, telling jokes and
barking instructions to players as he jogged around the chilly
field in a gray hooded sweatshirt and maroon hat.
Normally, that wouldn't be a big deal. But with two major
coaching jobs open at Florida and Miami and Mullen's name attached
to both, his presence in Starkville is closely monitored.
Mullen has become a hot name after leading MSU to a bowl game in
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Meet the new Lucie Silvas. In 2005, her critically acclaimed, platinum album 'Breathe In' sold 400,000 copies and included four hit singles – including the Top Ten smash hits 'What You're Made Of' and 'Breathe In' - but that was then and this is now. After a nationwide UK tour, global commercial success and Number 1 singles in Spain, Germany, Holland and France, the prodigiously gifted songstress is back with her first new material in 3 years. Produced by Danton Supple, the man behind Coldplay's 'X&Y', it has a warm, emotive and organic sound.
Since she appeared on the scene three years ago, the 29 year-old singer/songwriter has continued to go from strength to strength. She's spent the last twelve months cementing her success around the world with UK festivals and a sell-out, headline European tour.
Now, as the focus turns to 'The Same Side' - Lucie's eagerly awaited second album, released November 6th, it's clear she has changed as a writer, performer and person. The powerhouse voice is stronger, but more controlled. Her writing is solvent and savvy, but without pretence. The sound is less, but so much more. "I knew what I wanted with this album. I just wanted to sing my songs, play my piano and have a sound that's authentic. No programming or artificial sounds of the moment." Lucie says.
A naturally talented performer, Lucie played the piano from the age of 5 and composed her first song by the time she was 10. Influenced by classic artists such as Dusty Springfield, The Beatles, The Carpenters, Paul Simon, plus contemporaries like John Mayer and India Arie, she was clear on her vision – this album had to be real and honest. It had to play to her varied strengths and, after searching, she found the perfect producer in Danton Supple.
"We were introduced through a mutual contact and it went from there. Funny how it's always little things that make big things happen. I'd met several producers, including many in the US, but the connection with Danton was different." Lucie adds. "I sat down with him and he understood me completely. He told me he'd already made up his mind about my album being very safe, but that he could see so much more."
With the new album, the proof of growth is undeniable. "It's like nothing I had on 'Breathe In'. This LP is a pause in my life. It's almost like I've stopped and am reflecting what's around me. The way I'm singing is more relaxed. Songs like 'Place To Hide' and 'Trying Not To Lose' are more vocally mellow, and I don't feel the need to prove the range of my voice. There's also a 20's feel song called 'Stolen' which was very experimental for me."
Having been on the road across Europe until June, Lucie found herself at a crossroads – looking back at who she was on the last album, and who she is now. "These songs are about love, life and being the person you are. There's nothing more complicated than that."
With the forthcoming single and eagerly awaited new album, Lucie Silvas has successfully consolidated her reputation as one of the UK's most talented, dexterous and credible female singer/songwriters.
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Venous skin ulcers develop when the lower leg veins are weakened and cannot efficiently move the blood back toward the heart. Pooled blood and fluid in the lower legs then leads to tissue breakdown. You can prevent or heal a venous skin ulcer by helping your blood circulate back toward your heart.
Leg elevation
During sleep. While you are sleeping, you can help your blood circulate back to your heart by elevating your feet above the level of your heart. Prop the foot end of your bed up on 6 in. (15.24 cm) to 8 in. (20.32 cm) blocks.
While awake. During waking hours, try to elevate your legs above the level of your heart for 30 minutes, 3 to 4 times a day.
Elevating your legs may be all the treatment you need if you have mild venous insufficiency. But if you continue to have problems with venous skin ulcers, you will need additional treatment.
Doing regular foot and ankle exercises can help strengthen your leg muscles and improve blood flow in your legs. While you are sitting (or standing), flex your ankles by pointing your toes away from you and then pointing them up. Do 10 repeats of the exercise several times each day. This exercise is especially important for people who need to sit or stand for long periods of time.
Walking is also good exercise for improving blood flow in the legs.
Compression therapy is the main treatment for venous skin ulcers. If you have a venous skin ulcer, your doctor may first want to reduce the buildup of fluid in your lower leg. After your lower-leg swelling has been reduced, compression is used to create more constant pressure on both the flexing and resting leg muscles. There are several types of medical devices for compression therapy. Your doctor will recommend the type that will work best for you. If you have an open wound, it will be covered with a dressing before the compression device is applied.
Unna boot. This is a stiff bandage made with gauze and zinc oxide paste wrapped around the lower leg. This type of bandage improves blood flow by putting greater pressure on leg muscles when they are flexing and less pressure on the leg during rest. It is used to reduce a large amount of swelling in your lower legs. An Unna boot can be left on for 7 to 10 days.


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A close encounter
Meet the bats
Unsightly scavengers worth seeing
My charges include over 200 species of birds and dozens of mammals. Many of the latter (such as pygmy rabbits, American pika and northern flying squirrels) are poster children for cuteness. Most of our sensitive species can fit in your hand. One of these "sensitive" critters—and by far the largest of them—requires at least two people to handle: the California condor.
Large, colorful cutthroat trout at Strawberry
It's time for sage-grouse to strut
Crazy about critters
Writing and wildlife: two of my favorite Ws. As a crafty, wild-haired seven-year-old, I once created a storybook about a family of bears, complete with illustrations and curly ribbon binding. I loved to get dirty outside, play with bugs and polish rocks. Now, as a technical writer for the DWR, I've taken it to the next level.
Wild wings everywhere
That night, waterfowl activity seemed to increase with the rising moon. Wild wings were everywhere! The drake pintails were handsome greeters with their tuxedo-like plumage. Green-winged teal introduced the show as they propelled like fireworks over the vegetation, and then down over the water. This evening, they were the supporting cast to the greatest and most literal Swan Lake performance!
Nature's extravaganza in the sky
Fun at the Winter Bird Festival
Peregrines take flight
Close encounter with a condor
Getting involved
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