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Both resistance (weight) training and endurance exercise can decrease the body's energy stores and lead to fluid and electrolyte loss. Hot and humid environments can further increase this process that may result in a drop of performance. Therefore it can be beneficial to replenish all lost vital substrates. Isotec Race provides a "tri-carb" source that means 3 different characteristic carbohydrates (faster and slower absorbing carbs).
The prepared carbohydrate-electrolyte drink contributes to the maintenance of endurance performance during prolonged endurance exercise and enhances the absorption of water during physical exercise. Vitamin C helps to maintain the normal function of the immune system during and after intense exercise. The beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 200 mg (found in 1 serving of Isotec Race) in addition to the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C! Vitamin E contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.*
- Potassium contributes to normal functioning of the muscles and nervous system*
- Magnesium contributes to the electrolyte balance and normal protein synthesis*
- Phosphorus contributes to the normal function of the cell membranes*
- Magnesium and Phosphorus contributes to the normal energy-yielding metabolism and to the maintenance of normal bones and teeth*
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|1466kJ / 349kcal
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|0.62 g
|1.9 g
|439 mg
|1331 mg
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|Gen. Sadler (L) with Bruton and Marcus Smith
SCC officials surprised Sadler with the NASCAR Nationwide Series car, painted black with the SCC logo and "In Honor of General Sadler" across the hood. The car, which will be driven by NASCAR Nationwide Series driver Kyle Fowler, also has pink flames running down the side as part of Charlotte Motor Speedway's "Pink Out" to raise awareness of the fight against breast cancer.
"I can't say enough about Gen. Sadler. We have so many children out there and so many kids that rely on Speedway Children's Charities every year," said Marcus Smith, president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway. "It's a real privilege for us to be a part of helping children in need."
Gen. Sadler was quick to share the credit for the success of SCC with Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) Chairman Bruton Smith and the many, many others who have worked alongside him over the years.
"Without this man right here, we would have never had a Speedway Children's Charities. I mean it," Sadler said. "I want to thank each and every one of you. You could not do more in your lifetime than to help a child in need. That's what it's all about – helping children in need."
Gen. Sadler has served as executive director of SCC since 1990. Under his leadership, the organization raises funds for more than 400 children's organizations nationwide each year, impacting more than 300,000 needy children annually. Since the organization was founded in 1982, Speedway Children's Charities has raised more than $47 million and made a difference in the lives of more than 11.3 million children across the United States. The children who have been helped over the last 30 years would fill the stands of the eight SMI tracks more than nine times.
Before his work with SCC, Gen. Sadler served his country for more than 37 years in the U.S. Air Force. Sadler retired from the Air Force in 1983 as commander of the 21st Air Force at McGuire Air Force Base, commanding some 37,000 people in 70 locations in 15 countries on five continents. At the time of his retirement, he was the only general on active duty who had flown in combat in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, flying more than 400 combat missions.

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Three Days to Dead
When Evangeline Stone wakes up naked and bruised on a cold slab at the morgue---in a stranger's body, with no memory of who she is and how she got there---her troubles are only just beginning. Before that night, she and the other two members of her Triad were star bounty hunters---mercilessly cleansing the city of the murderous creatures living in the shadows, from vampires to shape-shifters to trolls. Then something terrible happened that not only cost all three of them their lives, but also convinced the city's other Hunters that Evy was a traitor...and she can't even remember what it was. Now she's a fugitive, piecing together her memory, trying to deal some serious justice---and discovering that she has only three days to solve her own murder before the reincarnation spell wears off. Because in three days, Evy will die again---but this time, there's no second chance.
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- Breuddwyd
- 20-04-14
Voice of Narrator awful
Is there anything you would change about this book?
The Narrator, she has a disjointed way of speaking that makes her sound like the female computer voice on StarTrek, very difficult to keep following the story, gave me a headache
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Every word was apart from the others, of a different tone, there's no continuity during sentences, like listening to the speaking clock or Stephen Hawking computer voice
- Lupdilup
- 18-10-11
Enthralling Urban Fantasy.
Just when I think I can't be surprised anymore with an original plot in the world of urban fantasy- here comes Kelly Meding, and shows me my lack of imagination with her first novel in the Dreg City series.
With the clock ticking, we get taken along Evy's side, a kick ass, strong, smart mouth heroine; a paranormal bounty –hunter whose job is to control and kill her city's supernatural bad creatures; shifters, vampires, gargoyles, fae, trolls, goblins- just to mention a few. But this is not an easy ride, this world is dark, mean, creepy, deadly, brutal and unpredictable; the magic is not pretty, and it's everywhere, the supernatural politics draw an unclear line between the good guys and the bad ones.
Evy's inner voice and narration force you to experience this world with all its anguish, creepiness, violence (yes, very strong violent scenes) and fear, but one most definitely worth the time.
Xe Sands approached this book with the perfect arsenal of emotions, and justifiably so, this book absolutely demanded it. Evy's POV of this incredibly dark, dangerous and creepy world was brilliantly fleshed out with all its emotional depth and intricacy, this combined with the impressive array of voices for all the unsavory creatures, delivered an engrossing listening experience,and one that never felt forced or over the top.
By bringing Evy's personality to life with the perfect balance of toughness and vulnerability, Ms. Sands conveyed a very likable and sympathetic character, and one that you can't help but to root for.
Xe sands ability to perform credible male voices is ever present with her portrayal of Wyatt communicating his personality clearly.
Ultimately, I absolutely enjoyed this audiobook, so much so, that I'm half way done with the following installment "As Lie the Dead".
9 of 9 people found this review helpful
- Karissa Eckert
- 29-07-13
Standard urban fantasy fare
This is the first book in the Dreg City series. There are four book total in this series, there were supposed to be seven but the publisher dropped the series after the fourth book. This series was pretty typical urban fantasy; nothing bad but nothing all that original either.
I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was decent. The narrator did a good job distinguishing characters voices and conveying emotion. My one complaint would be that Evy's voice was kind of breathy sounding which totally didn't match Evy's character-type (at least I didn't think so).
This was an urban fantasy series about a Bounty hunter named Evangeline who hunts Dregs (the cities dark creatures like goblins, vamps, etc). Evangeline starts the book waking up in a new body that's not her's. For the whole book she is trying to remember and hunt down critical information that she knew when she died, information that could save the world. Evangeline (Evy) has been resurrected into the body of a young woman who committed suicide, Chalice. She was resurrected by her friend Wyatt, who is determined to help her hunt down her memories.
While I thought the idea behind the world was interesting, there wasn't a ton creative here and the world wasn't expanded much beyond the initial premise of fey-like creatures hiding out in the bad parts of the city.
Evangeline was your typical urban fantasy heroine, except for the fact that she was killed and brought back into a different body at the beginning of the book. She complains some about Chalice's body not reacting like her own. Still she seems to do fairly well in fights despite the fact that Chalice's body is untrained. The fact that she only has three days to solve the mystery of this unknown information does lend more urgency to this story.
Wyatt was okay but not all that inspiring as a male lead. He seemed a bit weak and easily led...I didn't really feel great chemistry between him and Evy. In fact I didn't find any of the characters to be all that intriguing or engaging in this book.
The plot was also fairly predictable, there are some twists and turns but things end up pretty much how I thought they would in the end. This is a pretty dark story as well with torture, rape, and dank bleak settings. So those who dislike really dark urban fantasy should probably skip this and look elsewhere.
Overall this was an okay read, but nothing that really stood out in the urban fantasy genre for me. The world was kind of interesting but not all that well filled out, Evy is in an interesting situation with her resurrection and all, but I didn't like her all that much as a character. Nothing really offensive here, but nothing great either. This is a dark setting with rape and torture as part of the story, so just a heads up to those who don't like those subjects in their reading. There is so much excellent urban fantasy out there that I wouldn't really recommend this series. I don't plan on reading any more of this series.
For excellent urban fantasy check out Ilona Andrew's Kate Daniel's series, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim series, Seanan McGuire's InCryptid or October Daye series, Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Jennifer Estep's Elemental Assassin series, or Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
- Mike
- 16-09-13
Dark, action-packed supernatural page turner
"Three Days to Dead" delivered more than I expected of it. The slightly clichéd title and garish cover set me up for a piece of supernatural light entertainment with a puzzle at its heart. A distraction. The book turned out to be much, much darker, more violent and more thoughtful than that.
The story centres around Evangeline Stone, a young killer in a death squad targeted at the non-human population (the Dregs) who having been robbed of her life and the memory of her death, is returned to a three day lifespan, in the body of a stranger, to solve a puzzle she does not have the pieces of.
The plot is set up to be provide a good action story: charismatic heroine, a race against time, a mysterious chain of events, laced with betrayal and mistrust and packed with fight sequences to keep the readers attention.
But Kelly Madding take everything further than. As Evangeline painfully recovers her memory and struggles to discover who she can trust, she confronts her former self and discovers a desire to change and a need to live that she lacked before her first death.
She reassesses herself, her allies, her enemies and discovers choices she was previously blind to. As she does so, we start to care about her and root for her, which brings this action-packed supernatural thriller to life and turns the gruesome memories and the endless violence from gratuitous window dressing into real character building.
Xe Sands does a great job as the narrator, able to deal with action and introspection equally well.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Josi77
- 06-12-13
Xe Sands? I'm not so sure...
Would you try another book from Kelly Meding and/or Xe Sands?
Kelly Meding I'll give another shot to but I won't listen to Xe Sands again. It felt like the narrator was speaking extra slowly and all I could think was "Bueller, Bueller, Bueller."
What could Kelly Meding have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Can't say... didn't finish the audiobook.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Xe Sands?
So far some of the female narrators I have liked have been Khristine Hvam, Julia Whelan, and Johanna Parker.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Three Days to Dead?
Didn't finish the book... I'm probably going to just read it myself.
Any additional comments?
I gave the story almost an hour before I just couldn't listen anymore.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- kathy
- 25-06-12
different and unexpected
I really liked this book because it wasn't predictable. The main character has a unique "condition" and the story moves quickly. It was a little darker than most of the books i listen to, there were times i wasn't sure i liked that. i decided i did because it added to the suspense, you don't know who is going to "make it out alive" and it isn't "all worked out fine" in the end. i think you should give this story a chance. if you like the early Anita Blake books you may enjoy this for it's "darker edge". The narrator was difficult to get used to at first, but i did. not the best not the worst, just...different, not the voice i would have imagined for this character... especially in the beginning when i thought she shouldv'e sounded more "freaked out" by her situation and surroundings. instead it was just...hmmm i'm in a morgue... try it out it is worth it.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
- Jessica
- 06-11-11
A little redundant
There were several times during the audiobook where I wanted to say - yes, yes, I know. Much of the text felt redundant. I almost didn't finish. But it was ok. The narrator's voice is a little odd, took some getting used to. Liked the use of lots of different kinds of fantasy creatures in the storyline.
3 of 4 people found this review helpful
- Gayle
- 08-12-11
Interesting New Author
I've read several books and authors in this genre and Kelly Meding fits right in. This was an interesting story and Xe Sands did a very good job on the narration.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
- leah
- 20-12-11
really surprised...
not what i was expecting but was really surprised at the story line....i like the characters and really look forward to books 2 and 3...hope there are more to come..
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
- AshleyH
- 16-06-19
Great book!
I am so surprised about this book. I really enjoyed it. It didn't have that corny happy ending but felt real. I loved it. Will continue to book 2!
- Joanne Solis-Keus
- 17-03-17
Interesting 3 days of life
Where does Three Days to Dead rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
Among the top 10 I've read. The storyline captured and kept my interest through its entirety.
What other book might you compare Three Days to Dead to and why?
The Chosen because the heroines have similar traits, both strong willed, amazing integrity and loveable.
Which character – as performed by Xe Sands – was your favorite?
Xe has a pleasing voice and loved her versions of the characters.....easy to listen to and believable. I would enjoy listening to more of her performances.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
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Today I'm showing you the last five blankets I received for Crochet For Kidneys Part 5. Our blanket total is now 31! That's our highest number yet and means that 31 kidney disease patients will be comforted by your handmade blankets. Thank you so much!
The first blanket I'm showing is from Jude Garrett. Jude also contributed last year (see her blanket here) and she told me then that her daughter will be helping with the CFK 5 blanket. And she did! Jude's 9 year old daughter Emily helped her with the regular granny squares. Isn't that just the sweetest thing?! And what a cheerful and bright blanket this is. So many colours and so many different granny squares. Jude and Emily you did a great job!
This white and purple blanket is from Cecilia Ockleford. Cecilia has been with CFK since the very start back in November 2013.
This year Cecilia went for a super cute design of rows of purple hearts – the perfect design for a charity blanket. It takes Cecilia longer than the average to crochet a blanket because she suffers from muscle dystrophy and I feel very privileged that she would spend so much time on a blanket only to donate it to CFK. Not only did Cecilia crochet a blanket, she also donated £20 on the Justgiving page for the Royal London Hospital Kidney Patients Association. Thank you so much Cecilia, you are a true inspiration.
This fun blanket is by Maria Rosko – do yourself a favour and follow her on Instagram @mariarosko. She has a beautiful feed and her photos of this blanket looks so much better than mine!
This pink and blue giant double granny square blanket was made by Tina Samways. It's so clever to combine two huge granny squares into one blanket.
Marion Nelson already contributed to CFK5 with this striped blanket, and then she went ahead and made another! She used the same muted tones for both, but they look totally different. I always appreciate receiving blankets made with only a few colours. They balance out the bright blankets so that we are able to donate blankets that appeal to the varying tastes of the patients, both male and female. Thanks Marion for toning down the crazy.
Speaking of crazy, I'm driving myself crazy by not finishing the autumnal ripple blanket. Ironically I found the pattern in a book on mindfulness crochet which I am reviewing, but in stead of making me calm the colours I chose for the blanket are so uninspiring to me I'm having a tough time finishing it. But I just have to man-up and get it done, and more importantly remember that it's not about me – it's a blanket for someone with kidney disease going through dialysis. Working with brown and yellow is NOTHING compared to that!
To everyone who has contributed to CFK 5 I thank you all for your amazing contributions, the time you put in, the postage you paid to get the blankets to me, the yarn you bought, the thought you gave to the designs and for sticking with me and Crochet For Kidneys.
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#1 Obama Planning to Close ICBM Squadron11-21-2013, 10:15 AM
Despite Promises, Obama Planning to Close ICBM Squadron
The Obama administration has drafted a plan to shutter an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) squadron three years after it assured hesitant lawmakers that the New START U.S.-Russia arms reduction treaty would not lead to deep cuts in the ICBM force.
A new timeline prepared by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon maps out a strategy to eliminate an ICBM squadronand destroy its missile silosby Dec. 5, 2017. An environmental assessment would begin next month.
The document says the reductions are necessary to meet the New START Treaty compliance date by closing an ICBM squadron and eliminating the associated Launch Facilities. >>>
Analysts say they are particularly troubled by the proposed destruction of the missile silos, a likely permanent move that is not required by New START. They say the silos would be difficult to rebuild if the military needs to bolster its ICBM force in the future.
If you destroy the silos, it would be much harder to rebuild them [...] and very politically difficult, said Michaela Dodge, a defense analyst at the Heritage Foundation.
Dodge said the New START requirements could be met simply by removing the ICBMs and maintaining the empty silos in reserve status.
The administrations plan would also shrink the ICBM force below the mandated numbers. The Air Force previously said it planned to reduce its number of ICBMs from 450 to a baseline of 420 under New START.
Shutting down a squadron would eliminate 50 ICBMs, 66 percent more than the prior Air Force proposal. >>>
Defense experts say the proposed eliminations would be detrimental to U.S. national security.
We see that Russia is modernizing and building up its nuclear weapons program; we dont have that good of an understanding of how many weapons China has; we had recently a North Korea nuclear weapons test, Dodge said. So international trends are against us and we are sending the wrong signal by continuing reduction despite these international developments.
John Noonan, spokesman for House Armed Services Committee Republicans, said there does not appear to be any strategic justification for the proposed reductions,
Well, he did promise Medvedev he would be more flexible after his Re-election. (He was confident he had the elections rigged) Too bad the herd of RINOs, led by McCain, Boehner, McConnell, Grahamnasty and the like have no credibility on national defense any more than the economy as evidenced by their refusal to do anything about 0bamacare... other than to sit... and 'watch'. Oh... and throw in a little empty rhetoric every now and then to make it 'appear' there was some actual opposition.
Liberalism is just communism sold by the drink.
It scares me to even think much about this one, will we even have a nuclear deterrent when President Fubar is finished?"If the Bible is true why don't we have any urns or vessels that like say expires 6/15/300 BC on the bottom?"
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11-21-2013, 12:42 PM"If the Bible is true why don't we have any urns or vessels that like say expires 6/15/300 BC on the bottom?"
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Someday, we need a thread with a list of all the things that this administration has done to destroy the USA. With links.
Reports: U.S. Unfreezes $8 Billion in Iranian Assets
The United States released $8 billion in frozen assets to Iran on Sunday in a move meant to ensure Tehran's compliance with a nuclear pact signed over the weekend, according to top Iranian officials. >>>
One senior GOP aide on Capitol Hill was not pleased with the reports.
"It's pretty clear the White House and State Department have been lying to the American people since the beginning of this process so it wouldn't shock me to learn they are lying about how much sanctions relief they're giving Iran now," said the aide.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) criticized the deal on Sunday, when he said to a Jewish audience that both Democrats and Republicans in the Senate were united in opposition.
"Democrats and Republicans are going to work to see that we don't let up on these sanctions … until Iran gives up not only all of their weapons but all nuclear weapon capabilities," Schumer said. "I want to leave you with that assurance." >>>
Additionally, Iran announced on Sunday that its nuclear work will continue despite the deal, which aimed to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions and enrichment of uranium, the key component in a nuclear weapon.
Iranian foreign minister Javad Zarif, who helped ink the deal, praised it for recognizing Iran's right to enrich uranium >>>
"None of the enrichment centers will be closed and Fordo and Natanz will continue their work and the Arak heavy water [nuclear reactor] program will continue in its present form and no material [enriched uranium stockpiles] will be taken out of the country and all the enriched materials will remain inside the country," Zarif said. "The current sanctions will move towards decrease, no sanctions will be imposed and Iran's financial resources will return."
America recognized Iran's right to enrich uranium >>>
Quite a coincidence, wouldnt you say?
Liberalism is just communism sold by the drink.
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John F'n sKerry meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia claims they were kept in the dark by Western allies over Iran nuclear deal and says it will strike out on its own
A senior advisor to the Saudi royal family has accused its Western allies of deceiving the oil rich kingdom in striking the nuclear accord with Iran and said Riyadh would follow an independent foreign policy.
The Arab nations had no need to 'nuke up' because we (the US and Israel) were always 'a buffer' between them (the Arab nations) and the Persians (Iran). Well ... all that is 'out the window' now as we (the US) is apparently doing everything possible to speed up the process whereby Iran will be a nuclear power. The 'domino effect' throughout the world from this will ensure the entire world is going to 'nuke up' now.
Hang on to your hats kiddies... 'Biblical times' may indeed be upon us as I type. This is no joke. We apparently have a 'front row seat'.
Liberalism is just communism sold by the drink.
Iran Nuclear Deal Worst News Since Hitler Appeasement
Iran: The nuclear deal with Tehran is right out of the Neville Chamberlain appeasement playbook. A straight line can be drawn from President Obama's 2009 overture to Islamists and this historic misjudgment.
The Great Appeaser, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, is best known for his September 1938 "peace for our time" speech hailing the Munich Agreement. But six months later, even after Kristallnacht and just after the Munich-breaking Czechoslovakia occupation, he was still denying reality.
"I hoped in going to Munich to find out by personal contact what was in Herr Hitler's mind," Chamberlain said in March 1939, quoting the Fuehrer's assurances that "I shall not be interested in the Czech State anymore, and I can guarantee it."
History repeats itself when we empower those who won't learn its lessons. Under the "create time and space over the next six months" deal that Secretary of State John "throw back your military decorations" Kerry and Britain's leftist Lady Ashton agreed to on Sunday, Tehran can officially keep enriching uranium to the Ayatollah Khamenei's heart's desire.
For all practical purposes, the U.S. has recognized it as a right that an Islamofascist regime that for decades has funded and armed terrorists, some of whom killed U.S. soldiers in Iraq, can make fuel that powers atomic weapons. >>>
So on top of "you can keep your plan," here's another Obama pledge broken: "As long as I'm president of the United States, Iran will not get a nuclear weapon." >>>
Two entities in the world can save us: Congress might wreck the "peace" deal by intensifying sanctions, if Democrats like Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez and pro-Israel Sen. Charles Schumer are willing to defy their president.
The other entity is Israel, which might finally bomb Iran, something Saudi Arabia is reportedly willing to help the Jewish state do to prevent both Iranian dominance in the region and the inevitability of a Mideast nuclear arms race.
With Chamberlain's ghost alive, millions could ultimately be dead through nuclear terror.
This was a lot easier to see coming... than 'the stitches on a fast ball' ...
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Move over Joyce's Coconut Macaroons, the Singletons have received a new contender for the most unique item included in Ken's fan mail — three cans of reindeer and elk meat from Horsholm, Denmark.
Former New Yorker Larry Landman included a neatly-typed letter pointing out that during the playoffs last season, Ken had thanked fans on the East Coast for staying up late to watch the Yanks play on the West Coast, but had inadvertently omitted the fans outside of Copenhagen who were watching the next day via the Internet.
"We did not stay up late, that's true," wrote Larry, "but we were rooting for the Yankees as strongly as anyone. We thank you and your fellow broadcasters on TV and radio for giving us a little taste of home while we live abroad. Given the beauty — the absolute beauty — of condensed [Internet] games, we have seen more Yankees games the last few years than while growing up and living in New York."
Ken was awed as he studied the letter and three cans sitting on the kitchen island. "I didn't know people in Europe were watching!"
We were all too curious to see what reindeer meat looked like, so our 17-year-old son bee-lined for the can opener. But who would be brave enough to taste it?
Six-foot-three teenage boys eat anything, so no surprise that Dante volunteered. And since I had tasted reindeer sausage once on a cruise through Alaska — and lived to tell about it — I fished two forks out of the utensil drawer.
"Is it cooked?" I asked, staring at the blob of raw-looking red meat peeking from under the jagged lid. "Read the label."
The majority was written in Danish except for the ingredients — and we had already used our imagination for that. We each stabbed a tiny forkful.
"It tastes like um … um … um," said Dante.
"Chicken?" I joked.
"No, I can't put my finger on it," he said, "but I'm not crazy about the aftertaste."
Ken put no fingers or taste on any of the reindeer meat. "I'll give you 24 hours," he laughed. "If nothing happens to you, I'll taste it."
As a group of friends were scheduled to come to our home that Friday evening, Ken had a bit more fun with the topic. "Make an hors d'oeuvre out of it," he suggested. "Think our friends would know?"
Oh dear Larry Landman, we apologize for the jokes, but please understand that reindeer meat is a new concept for the Singletons. We eat seafood in Maryland!
All joshing aside, we were touched by Larry's gift and laminated letter, especially the last sentence, a request that Ken enjoy the delicacy during Spring Training with fellow broadcasters: "Open a bottle of red wine and say a toast in memory of Bobby Murcer, and particularly Phil Rizzuto, whose admonition that one should not try to hit a home run, just a single, applies far, far beyond baseball."
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Mrs. Singy. . I LOVE your Blog. 🙂 Always brings a smile and has helped through the long months after the World Series for those of us that think nothing has happened until Pitchers and Catchers Report! This one really made me laugh.
"Is it cooked?" . .is what I said at a party where people decided they could smoke their own meats. I didn't have the benefit of a kid trying it first! I am still here. . . I think it was deer. Sometimes better not to ask. 🙂
p.s. Great photo! Very Casablanca. 🙂
I am glad you and your family had fun the little taste of Scandinavia, as I hoped you would.
And now Ken and his colleagues know that, while thanking fans on the East Coast is fine, Yankee announcers can not forget us in Denmark, and Europe. We will, quite literally, be watching.
And, guys, if you do forget, to remind you next time I will send bear meat.


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Banana date flax loaf
I had a bucket of dates in the cupboard screaming to be used, and I wanted to make something that would be around for a couple of days just in case the baby decides to make an appearance. Easy for the family to have a snack.
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2. Reduce electricity use.
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Goal 4: Actually program the the programmable thermostat. My family has always had a programmable thermostat, but we could utilize it better by having it set at a cooler temperature when no one is home during the day to save energy.
Goal 5: Recycle more than I already do. My family is generally pretty good at recycling most recyclables, but sometimes things get carelessly thrown in the trash that can be recycled. Whether if it's because it needs to washed out some more, someone in my family doesn't know its recyclable, or it's just pure laziness, more can be recycled of what we use. We take all of our recyclables to the community recycling center.
This produce came from my local farmer, Mike. I belong to a 'Community Supported Agriculture' which is a way to eat local, organic food while supporting your local farmer. The average distance food in a grocery store travels is 1200 miles. That's a lot of fuel. My food traveled 61 miles. Less fuel and no fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides means a lot less petroleum goes into the food I eat.
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Yellow let it mellow. A toilet uses between 1.6 and 4 gallons of water every time you flush. Drinking water that is. Our mothers always told us to finish what was on our plates at dinner because "there are starving children in Africa." More Africans die of dehydration than a lack of food. There are two kinds of people in the world: those that piss in drinking water and those that don't. While the neighbors will probably call the cops if I start going on the front lawn, I can still mitigate my wasteful usage of drinking water by being mellow.
Sarah's Week 14 Journal
I am very excited to have this prompt this week, especially so close to Earth Day! Recently I went on a scavenger hunt with UC Sustainability and discovered multiple ways to green my life. From recycling to growing a garden to petitioning law makers, there is something for everyone. Together we can make a difference!
The first goal I had was recycling. My roommate and I have a recycling container at our apartment however I wanted to go beyond that. I searched online and found some great opportunities to recycle and give back to the local community.
1. New eyes for the needy: Often libraries take donations of old glasses. If you wear glasses this is an awesome way to get rid of your old glasses, declutter and help your local community.
Another option is to check with your local American Legion Auxiliary to see if they participate.
As you can see I became very passionate about recycling to help my local community. In addition to recycling I started saving all the glass jars from products purchased at the grocery store. A huge pile is building. I plan on using them as cookie jars for graduation gifts because I have 3 cousins and several friends graduating this year!
The third way I can create a more sustainable life is to pack my lunch and take water and Gatorade to school in reusable containers. My mother also made me a reusable shopping bag that I love taking with me into stores!
Finally, I would like to eat less processed food and meat products in general. After watching Food, Inc. and Forks over Knifes, my eyes have been opened but my mouth shut. I have been consuming lots of vegetables and fruits as well as pasta. It's difficult to consume a whole foods-plant based diet being a runner. However I find that when I consume more vegetables and fruits and lessen my intake of dairy and meat that my energy level increases, my attentiveness in class increases and much more.
I also did more sustainable projects during Lent. Here is a link: http://40days-alentenjourney.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html
Will's Week 14 Journal
Week 14 -- Woot!
My second photo is of one of my dad's Christmas presents to me. It's a ultra-efficient LED bulb that supposedly lasts for an outrageously long time. We have the Duke bulbs around the apartment, but this is the light we use the most, so this is where we keep the super-duper high-tech bulb. The map in the background is of Boston in 1884, because it's pretty much the best city ever.
The third photo is of our newest experiment, diluting the dish soap that we use to clean items like pots and pans. We are lucky enough to have a dishwasher for everything else, but cutting boards and bigger stuff still require the old-fashioned method. My genius girlfriend Tara has started cutting our dish soap with around 30% water so it lasts longer and we waste less, because these premium Target brands are too rich for our blood. Those chocolates in the background are called Mozart Kugeln, and I will walk to Jungle Jim's to get them if I have to.
The next picture is of my water bottle that I can't leave home without. Literally won't do it. I have been late to EVST because I felt my pocket and didn't have my water bottle. I went to a sleep-away camp for 7 summers, and learned to carry a Nalgene like it was an extension of my being. I wouldn't have it any other way, and it reduces my bottled water consumption to next-to-nothing. I also try to use good refillable coffee cups every day, but none were available for a picture, seeing as they were all in need of a good washing. That's my dog, Fenway, who refused to acknowledge that he was being photographed.
My last picture is of my beloved Green B.E.A.N. delivery bin. They deliver the produce we need every other week, which reduces our trips to the grocery store by a large margin. They also send us local produce when available, and it's pretty much all organic. I wasn't a big believer in organic until I started cooking more often, and then I could really see and taste the difference. It also limits the number of plastic bags we have lying around our apartment, even though they come in handy as a dog owner. Resting on top of the bin is a Schlafly APA, a beer which I've never had before but am enjoying thoroughly. It's been a long week for my hometown, and since I can't buy those brilliant first responders at the Marathon a beer, I might just have one myself.
Thanks for a great semester, Dr. Arnold. I learned more than I ever thought I would.


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Ga. – After a six-inning shutout, San Diego Show is headed in the
right direction to win their second WWBA National Championship.
Show defeated New Milford Express 8-0 on Sunday at East Cobb Baseball
Complex. Steven Tilley pitched all six innings and was able to keep
the Express from scoring.
has) a good downhill fastball. He worked his butt off. (He's) a
good kid, and good in the classroom, and hopefully he gets another
start on Thursday at some point," said head coach Anthony Stabile.
Show also did well at the plate. Dillon Paulson, who is ranked the
No. 1 first baseman in California for the 2015 class, led the team in
RBI. Zach Weller got on base all three times at the plate scoring two
of the Show's eight runs.
are going well for the Show, who is now 4-0. Their solid defense has
paid off keeping opponents under four runs a game.
ball's rollin'. We're looking forward to getting after it
tomorrow, keep building, try and get a good seed for playoffs, and
try and wrap this thing up and get it done," explained Stabile, "We
got enough arms, (our) position players are playing well, we're
playing good defense, and we're looking forward to getting after
Show won the 2012 WWBA 14u National Championship and is hoping to do
the same in this year's 15u division.
came out here last year as a 14u team and we won World Wood Bat and
we came out (this year) with the same group for the most part. We're
missing a couple pieces but they're a tremendous group of kids and
they play hard.
looking forward to getting deep into this tournament. That's our
goal.…..We came out here to repeat," explained Stabile.
on the Show have come to multiple Perfect Game events, such as 2013
Jr. National Showcase, 2013 Sunshine West Showcase, and many others.
Game is the best in the business. Anything Perfect Game does, we try
and do," said Stabile, "We're trying to get our kids to the
next level and Perfect Game is the perfect opportunity for us to do
most are 2015 graduates, some of them are already planning for
this point Dillon Paulson is probably going to UCLA," explained
Stabile, "No one's (verbally committed) but Yassin (Wahhab) is
leaning toward Irvine, and we're trying to get Morgan (Baumeister)
to go to Riverside. But as of now, we're still hoping this summer
is going to be a big summer for him."
has confidence in his team. With only three pool games left, he is
hoping things go their way so they come out first in their pool.
came out here to win this whole thing and anything short of that's
going to be a little bit of a disappointment," Stabile said, "But
with all the talent out here anything can happen."


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Editor's note: Newt Gingrich is a co-host of CNN's "Crossfire," which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET weekdays, and author of a new book, "Breakout: Pioneers of the Future, Prison Guards of the Past, and the Epic Battle That Will Decide America's Fate." The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
(CNN) -- Mr. McDonald,
Congratulations on your nomination to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. As a good citizen you have agreed to take on one of the most demanding and important jobs in Washington.
As a veteran yourself, you can appreciate how shaken veterans and their families are by the scandals and corruption that has been exposed throughout the VA. I know you will agree that we owe our veterans the best care and we have failed to deliver.
Given the scale of the challenge, I hope you will not mind if, as someone who has spent nearly five decades in politics and government and has seen scores of Cabinet secretaries come and go, I share a few thoughts on the position to which you've been nominated.
Should the Senate confirm you to this post, you will take command of the VA at the most troubled time in its history. The reports of corruption, incompetence, and corruption to hide incompetence have drawn the nation's outrage and caused your predecessor to resign. How might you succeed at reform where so many others before you have failed?
Given your lifetime spent in business, probably you are familiar with W. Edwards Deming's famous "Red Bead Experiment." Deming used to carry around a bin full of red beads and white beads mixed together. He would describe to audiences his intention to gather up just the white beads, and then he would blindly plunge a scoop into the bin. To his ostensible frustration, the scoop would always emerge with a mix of both kinds of beads. Feigning disbelief, he would appoint a new person to wield the scoop. Invariably, he or she would fail as well. Then Deming would proceed to the next candidate, and so on.
The point of the Deming demonstration was to illustrate that a systems problem couldn't be solved with new people, new slogans and new speeches. When the system is broken, the personalities don't matter. People will fail one after the next until the system is changed.
The range and scale of the misconduct at the VA shows that the corruption there, like the doomed attempt to isolate white beads, is not just a problem of personalities but more importantly of systems, and it goes to the very core of the bureaucracy. The VA's Office of Inspector General is investigating at least 70 facilities nationwide for allegations that administrators altered appointment data or used secret waiting lists to make patient wait times appear shorter.
When you have that many facilities in trouble simultaneously you are not dealing with a few bad apples, a failure of a few leaders, or a need for better inspections. With that many places simultaneously in trouble, you have a system and a culture that have been corrupted and are collapsing.
The agency's own audit found that 70% of VA medical facilities were using improper scheduling practices to hide long wait times by falsifying data. The wait times persist despite (or more likely because of) the fact that VA doctors see fewer than half as many patients as doctors in the private sector.
This is a department that has 40% more employees and costs 90% more money than it did in 2006. Operating rooms close at 3 p.m. so the union cleaning staff can leave by 5 p.m. Officials get bonuses no matter what their performance, apparently (though 100% of them were given "fully successful" performance reviews or better last year -- a remarkable achievement in light of the agency's widespread mismanagement).
It takes 175 days to transfer a veteran's medical records from the Department of Defense to the VA. The DoD and the VA spent $1.3 billion and four years trying to build software to solve this issue before announcing in February that they had given up.
Failure this thorough points to a system -- the giant, fossilized bureaucracy -- that is hopelessly broken and must be replaced rather than repaired. Unfortunately, the entrenched bureaucrats, the unions, and the President, along with many others in Congress who are ideologically committed to a failed model of delivering health care, all oppose the systemic changes that could actually work.
Mr. McDonald, you are about to become the next guy holding the scoop at the VA. The prison guards of the past might write legislation to give you a bigger scoop, and then they will call the problem solved. Your job, as the new champion of our nation's veterans, will be to focus the public's outrage and to marshal support for real change.
Opportunities to force the kind of transformation the VA needs come along once or twice in a generation. It would be a tragic mistake if, after the enormous human pain that led to your appointment, you allowed the moment to pass.
What would systemic change look like? It would begin with enforcing the right metrics, with measuring success not by how well the Department serves the bureaucrats but by how well it serves our veterans. This would mean insisting the VA meet the standards our veterans are accustomed to as consumers in every other aspect of their lives -- the world where services work and are increasingly digital, mobile, virtual and personal.
The VA is a long way from that today, and to get there it will have to become a radically different agency with many fewer bureaucrats operating under a new set of assumptions. The fight to change the VA will be big. But the ramifications could extend well beyond your single department. The whole federal bureaucracy is broken, swollen into an unrestrained fourth branch of government. If you can harness public support to transform the current VA into a system based on choice, accountability and efficiency, you could be setting the pattern for replacing the entire bureaucratic state with a government for the modern world.
It would be a fitting conclusion to a century plagued by bureaucracy if the renewal of American governance were to begin at the VA, a department which exemplified the system's worst tendencies from the start. Charles Forbes, the first person to hold the position to which you have been nominated, stole tens of thousands of dollars from the bureau after World War I, as did many of his cronies. The corruption is not new, but nearly 100 years of it is enough.
I hope you will be the secretary with the courage to demand the fundamental change our veterans need. The American people will be with you, even if many in Washington are not.
Newt Gingrich
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1993 Chevy 3500 Van - Get-N-After It
Van Damn, That's Big!
If you're not following us online at facebook.com/MyMudLife or instagram.com/MudLifeMag, you are truly missing out. We have one of the most interactive communities on the internet. When we posted a teaser picture of this crazy-ass van, we nearly broke the World Wide Web. One single picture of this huge 1993 Chevy 3500 Van has been viewed by over a million people on our Facebook page alone. We watched this single image get shared and posted on some of the most popular spots online, giving it superstar status nearly overnight. Sure, the smoking-hot mud girls probably had a lot to do with it, but either way it spread like wildfire.
So what do we say to anyone who thinks the van craze is long gone? Take a ride in this mega mudder and get a feel for the new breed of van builder.
Ralph and Liza King, from Naples, Florida, just so happen to be those builders. Their love of spending time outdoors with friends and family was their motivation. Hunting, camping, and off-roading are their activities on any available weekend. Nights are often spent around the bonfire drinking cold beers with the adults and making s'mores with the kids. That just about sums up the picture-perfect Southern life in our books, aside from one very import detail: the mega truck! Well, mega 1993 Chevy 3500 van in this case.
Working once or twice a week over a span of nine months is how long it took for the Kings to complete this rig. They say a little over 30 grand has been invested into this unique 1993 Chevy 3500 van, and it has already paid off in the memories they've made.
In order to build this mud machine, they had to design and fabricate a completely cradled subframe that the 1993 Chevy 3500 van body could be bolted to. This structure is one of the most important parts of the mega-truck puzzle. Patience is a virtue. Ralph did all the chassis work himself using a dual-triangulated four-link setup with 1¼-inch Heim joints. Fabtech coils and Edelbrock reservoir shocks keep the ride smooth as silk through the nasty Florida muck. The 2½-ton Rockwell axles are all beefed up with a locker in the front, a spool in the rear, 6.72 gears, and locking Selectro hubs from Chuck's Trucks. Front and rear pinion brakes, using the factory-installed Chevy master cylinder, can bring the van to a stop thanks to a custom installed brake line lock. Opie LaBarbera, from Chop Fab in Naples, built and shipped the one-off 30x16 wheels before Ralph slapped on 16.9x30 Goodyear DuraTorque R1 tires. This impressive setup is controlled by a NP200 transfer case with a 4:1 ratio and a built Turbo 400 transmission thanks to Mechanic Mike and Transmission Rob.
You may be reading this article thinking, "what kind of motor does it take to move this monster?' A '70s Chevy big-block V-8 engine with a displacement of 496 ci, plus every bolt-on upgrade imaginable is the answer. Brodix heads, a Holley Performance carburetor, MSD ignition, Weisco pistons, and a Lunati crank are just a few of the mods Ralph did himself. This 14:1-compression powerplant needed all new custom motor mounts and wiring, but they got it done, and it sounds incredible when it's 10 feet from your face.
A few final additions from Summit Racing Equipment needed to be ordered, including an aluminum fuel cell and racing seats, but aside from a fresh paint job, this rig was ready to hit the mud. David Mercado in Naples sprayed the entire van PPG Black. The crew from Get-N-After-It Apparel added the graphics.
Ralph and Liza thank everyone who stayed countless nights getting the van ready for Redneck Yacht Club and other great events. There are a few more things they want to add, like a Cyclone quick-change gearbox and some Ouverson axles, but for now it's time to hit the pits!
1993 Chevy 3500 Van
Owner: Ralph and Liza King, Naples, Fla.
Engine: 496ci Chevy big-block V-8
Transmission: Turbo 400 with B&M shift kit, TCI bellhousing, TCI 500 torque converter
Transfer Case: NP200 military case
Suspension: Triangulated 4-link with Fabtech coil springs
Axles: 2½-ton Rockwell military
Shocks: Edelbrock reservoir shocks
Wheels: Chop Fab 30x16
Tires: 16.9x30 Goodyear DuraTorque R1 tires


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October 15, 2013, KENNEWICK, WA (ISN) – The Tri-City Americans, inspired by former team captain Justin Feser, and current team captain, Mitch Topping, are proud to announce the continuation of the 'Making Awareness a Top Priority to Fes out Muscular Dystrophy' campaign.
Feser and Topping launched the campaign last October to help raise money and awareness for the Inland Northwest chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. For every Americans home win this season, Topping will donate $10 out of his own pocket to the MDA. And Feser, although currently playing professional hockey in Switzerland, will continue to contribute to the cause from afar. In return, the Tri-City Americans have opted to match the player's donations dollar for dollar.
"I'm beyond excited to start things up again with Justin this season," explained Topping. "We had a terrific response from the fans here in Tri-Cities and appreciate all the support! Having the opportunity to spend time with the kids and their families is rewarding in so many ways."
"I am excited to continue being a proud partner with Mitch with our project to raise money for the MDA, even from afar," Feser described. "We had a great time doing the project together last season, so we thought, why not keep it going while (Topping) is still there."
Both players are encouraging fans to get involved as well. Volunteers will be at the exits after every home win accepting donations. In addition, a table will be at most home games to accept donations through cash, check or pledge card or fans can go online to donate at http://www2.mda.org/goto/americans13.
"The Tri-City Americans make such a difference for the people and families we serve," said MDA Fundraising Coordinator, Alexa Borden. "The funds they raise are used for health care services, equipment support, fund research and to help send kids to MDA summer camp in Idaho. All of the funds raised stay in the local community and we are very grateful for everything they do."
The campaign will culminate with the Americans' final home games in March, which includes the annual Sterling Bank Go Green for MDA Night on Saturday, March 15 against the Spokane Chiefs, where fans are encouraged to wear green to help support those with Muscular Dystrophy through various fundraising activities.
If you would like to donate or find out more information, visit Justin and Mitch's online fundraising page at http://www2.mda.org/goto/americans13
About Muscular Dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy is a term describing a group of diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of voluntary muscles. MDA covers 43 diseases; conditions vary in age and onset, rate of progression and muscles affected.
About the MDA
The MDA is a voluntary health agency – a dedicated partnership between scientists and concerned citizens aimed at conquering neuromuscular diseases that affect more than a million Americans.
What Your Dollars Will Buy
77 percent of every dollar MDA spends goes directly to research, services and education; MDA spends $70 a minute in its worldwide research program, supporting some 300 projects.


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A recent search engine user study shares insight into current search trends and user desires, revealing just how people feel about targeted advertising, personal data collection, and the quality of search results. However, it also highlights an apparent disconnect between what users say they want and what they actually expect.
Fully 91 percent of respondents to Pew Internet's Search Engine Use 2012 survey say they always or most of the time find the information they are seeking when they use search engines. 73 percent say that most or all the information they find as they use search engines is accurate and trustworthy, while 55 percent claim that, in their experience, the quality of search results is getting better over time. Just 4 percent say results quality has gotten worse.
In fact, reading through the full set of results, users seem happy as clams with the current state of search overall, with Google unsurprisingly being named the favorite search engine by 83 percent search engine users. Yahoo was second with a measly 6 percent – interestingly, Bing wasn't even mentioned.
The report also paints another picture, though, as it illustrates a serious lack of understanding by users as to just how those ever-improving and relevant search results come to be.
Users Appreciate Relevant Search Results But Disapprove of User Tracking
The majority of users polled believe "it's a BAD thing if a search engine collects information about your searches and then uses it to rank your future search results, because it may limit the information you get online and what search results you see." However, among this same set of survey respondent users, 86 percent said they have learned something new or important that really helped them or increased their knowledge.
In January of this year, the Ask Your Target Market (AYTM) Google Search survey showed that 45 percent of respondents felt that Google's search results shouldn't be personalized based on past searches and information from social networking sites. Another 39.1 percent said they liked the idea of personalized searches, but were worried about privacy. Those who said no, said they think everyone should see the same results when searching for the same keyword.
This belief that search engines shouldn't track and shouldn't personalize just doesn't jive with the need for exactly that, as demonstrated by the market.
Search Personalization = Relevance, Whether We Like It or Not
Pew Internet has collected search engine user data for more than a decade and report that currently, users are more satisfied than ever with the quality of search results. In recent years, the increasing relevancy and accuracy of search results paired to user queries is inarguably largely due to the increasingly personalized nature of results.
It is important to note that tracking and personalization are happening on several different levels, many of which users may not be aware of.
Google, for example, has been using contextual signals to offer up more relevant results since 2005. At the most basic level, user data provides context by sharing with the engine a user's geographic location and language, for example. Contextual signals might also include search history stored in cookies for up to 180 days, according to a Google blog post on personalization.
Signed-in web search and social network data offers a second, more in-depth level of personalization; this is where the point of contention lies for many users. Even if you sign out of Google, for example, stored cookies still share your web history and results are personalized to some extent.
It's not clear from the results of this survey whether users are uncomfortable with search engines tracking them signed out through cookies or signed in through social activity. Both have been issues of concern recently.
Clearly, users worry about their privacy. If you read my posts often, you'll know that I'm one of them, and often one of the more vocal. However, what we have here is a bit of virtual NIMBY-ism.
Not In My Back Yard
The demand for search services that better serve the needs of the individual user without any additional risk or exposure to that person reeks of NIMBY. It's comparable to the wind power war currently raging in Ontario; most people want cleaner power sources and even more would be unwilling to give up their hydro service for the greater good. How would we power our needs and conveniences? Yet no one wants a windmill installed in their neighborhood.
Similarly, internet users want more information hand-delivered to them and they want it instantly. We live in a culture where the need for timely, accurate, accessible information is unquenchable. Last month, we looked at a Twitter study called Who Gives a Tweet, where researchers found that even when users had chosen to follow specific accounts, they found almost two-thirds of tweets not worthwhile. The platform is different, but the user goal is the same: content discovery.and information retrieval.
In February 2012, 73 percent of all Americans used a search engine. 59 percent do so daily. Among the complaints surfaced in the report:
- 41 percent said they had gotten conflicting information in search results and were not able to figure out which was correct
- 34 percent found that critical information was missing from search results
While the debates around privacy and tracking rage on, the fact of the matter is that the search engines are answering the need for timely access to the most relevant information. They are using the most effective method they've found to date: personalization, whether at the broader contextual or more focused user history or social level. And we like it. We might not approve of how they're doing it, but are we willing to give up higher quality results over our privacy objections? So far, it seems we are not.
Users don't seem to understand that the search engine and advertising companies' (often the same entities) need for MOARRR user data is in response to the users' demand for more relevant organic results and advertising.
We Can't Have It Both Ways
Taking user feelings, worries and emotion completely out of the equation, we are left with some indisputable facts.
- Online advertising is working. EMarketer predicts U.S. search advertising spend will reach $19.51 billion in 2012. Google alone made $37.9 billion in 2011, 96 percent of which came from advertising.
- People are buying more online. E-commerce sales reached $194.3 billion in 2011, a 16.1 percent increase over 2010.
- In February 2012, 73 percent of all Americans used a search engine. 59 percent do so daily.
- 38 percent of Pew Internet respondents reported they had gotten so much information in a set of results that they feel overwhelmed.
Users are telling the search engines with our ad clicks, page views, queries, and online purchases, that we demand the right information for us, right now.
Without downplaying any of the privacy concerns, which are very real and warrant a closer look at search engine privacy practices, how much stock can we put into user sentiment that personalization is bad when our actions say it is just oh so good?
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