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10 Top Tips For Branding Your Invention
It's time to get out your invention notebooks, and set up a list of possible names for your invention.
The branding stage should take a good long time because you are an inventor, and you will keep coming up with more brand names to challenge prior names. Also, as you move your invention through prototype, production testing, and marketing design, you will see your product through different perspectives that may affect its name.
Here are my top 10 tips for branding your invention:
1. Think ahead.
If you will be developing a product line from your invention, will you need a "line name," as well as a "product name." How will the product names relate to each other? In the case of Nukkles, its cousins Nuzzles® and Snukkles®, have an auditory, oral, and functional similarity. But the seeds of this trio did not sprout until I discovered that different materials could be used in the Nukkles mold that would enable different massage effects... different strokes for different folks and kids and animals! From another line I created, HoundsAcrossAmerica®, came HoundBag® and HoundToy. Of course, look no further than Apple®'s "I"- "you're the apple of my eye"- products. IMac®, IPod®, IPhone®... now there was some planning for the future!
2. Know your market before you choose a name.
Will the product be sold on television, the internet, or in high- end retail? The more mass market your product, generally, the more your product name should say what it does. Names like Urine Gone! or Nicer Dicer, may not work well for Neiman Marcus, but will do super among infomercial junkies. (Admit it! You are one too!)
3. It's a new product. Give it a new name!
The name should not remind prospective customers of any product that is already on the market, especially ones similar to your product. Please don't say you've invented another ab machine; they are confusing enough as it is to identify. Ab Wheel, Ab Trainer, Ab Sculptor, Ab Roller, Ab Straps, Ab Incline, Ab Crunch, Ab Board, Ab Slider, Ab Toner, Ab Shaper... most of these names are not trademarkable because they are descriptive words in common use. Mr. John Abdo was able to trademark his abdominal machine, the AbDoer®, because the brand comes from his own name and not the words "ab" and "do." Now wasn't that lucky! (More about the intricacies of trademarking in next week's blog.)
4. Pick a short memorable name.
The majority of top brand names are two syllables; some three syllable names get in there, and four syllables will work if your name is Coca-Cola®. I was not a fan of the brand This Can't Be Yogurt® which is now called TCBY®. I can never remember that acronym. And what About I Can't Believe It's Not Butter®? Who ever gets that right? Will it soon become ICBINB?
Hi Myra:
I think branding a product is one of the critical factors to success and should be thought through. We picked the website name AmericanInventorSpot.com and its a pretty awful name. If we had the chance to do it all over again, we would never have picked something so clunky and so tied to something we have grown beyond.
So the tip I would give is think about potential down the road, and don't tie youself too tightly to one use or application.
AmericanInventorSpot.com Team
by Myra Per-Lee
I actually Like the name AmericanInventorSpot.I think that an informational web site has different branding criteria from a product. It's a long name to type, but once your readers arrive on the stie, they want to bookmark it! If you are concerned about drawing international traffic to the site, I see your point.
Myra Per-Lee
Featured Blogger
Thanks Myra:
But our name is very limiting and I personally don't like it.
We started as just a fan site for American Inventor for the inventors to hang out in. Now, we want to cover all the stuff of interest to inventors. Is a show like Everyday Edison going to want to support a site and advertise on a site named after a competing show? Probably not.
I have concerns that the American Inventor show may takes us for granted and other invention shows won't think of us as a good place for them....in part because of our poor choice of name.
Also, American Inventor first season was disappointing on some levels. We had ssues with the way the inventor was portrayed. But with our site name, it's hard to separate us from the show as a whole in people's minds (both the good and the bad).
Now, we have to deal with the consequences of having a name that I personally feel is more a burden than a help. Other members of the Spot team don't agree with me so but this is just my personal opinion.
So I think people should learn from us as an example.
One decision that could forever impact your opportunities dramatically is the choice of a name. So be careful and think it through carefully before you commit.
AmericanInventorSpot.com Team
by Bill (not verified)
I don't think its a bad name either, even if its not perfect. Despite its length, its pretty easy to remember. Also, the domain name was available. In this day and age, despite the length, americaninventorspot.com is actually a pretty decent .com domain name. On that note there's one more factor that should play into branding strategy in today's market - available domain names. Of course, the domain name does not have to reflect the name of a product or product line. I would argue that the domain name should reflect the company name, but the bottom line is, it simply has to work.0
The other reason why I like the name American Inventor Spot is because its in line with the first point Myra makes in her blog - it sets the site/company up well for future expansion. If the focus is on 'Inventor Spot,' all you need to do is change the 'American' and you've got the name of a new, related inventor community. For example, French Inventor Spot, etc. All thats needed is a central "Inventor Spot" page/community that links to all of the "Inventor Spots" and perhaps highlights blogs from each one of them (this of course would also help limit the association with the 'American Inventor' tv show).
by Bobby (not verified)
My comments come from personal experience on several names I've developed for my products. One thing you must take into account, you may need to drop the name if your licensee decides to use something else .You have to be open minded when it comes to stuff like this unless you're an expert in that field of marketing and branding.
#2 know your market. I know the market I'm going for before I come up with the name. I tend to stay with the action of the product like you mentioned in the article. My mass-market names have been: EYE-D for glasses, SKIDS a brake for skates that can leave skid marks, and Tonerbelt for toning those muscles up by putting on the belt.
#3 Give it a new name is important too. Getting back to having an open mind when it came to my Tonerbelt. I had originally called it Strider because I used it when I rollerbladed and found my heart and arms really got the work out. . After finding a licensee we decided to change it to the benefits you get from the product. I do own the trademark! What I have seen since the show aired are products that use my name to bring attention to their sites and products. Ab tonerbelt , Slendertone muscle tonerbelt, Abgymic muscles tonerbelt. I must have a great product and name if they are using my trademark especially the company who tried to slander my integrity and now uses my name to draw people to his over priced products.
#5 the brand should tell what the product does. Keeping it simple is the rule of thumb for me. Remember to much analyses can causes paralysis. Great article.
Bobby Amore
American inventor top 12 finalist
by Myra Per-Lee
Thanks Bobby! Great tips! You picked excellent names for your products. They say what the product does and that's perfect for mass market consumers. Thank you for contributing your valuable experience for our readers.
Any other readers want to share their product branding experiences?? Please do.
Myra Per-Lee Featured Blogger www.AmericanInventorSpot.com


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FO: leaves scarf
Leaf scarf done. Or at least I call it a scarf, I think I'm might use it as bunting, it's not the sort of thing I'd wear normally. It's a bit big for a necklace and too small for a scarf. That said, I don't really have much call for bunting either. It's finished anyway, even if I'm not sure what I'll do with it yet.
It was always more of a process knit rather than something produced for the final product. A nice easy project to take to knitting groups. I had a few balls of green yarn leftover from a sweater. I didn't want a green hat or a green scarf. I liked how grassy the yarn was. So I decided to knit some leaves.
It's really just icord with the odd leaf growing out of it. I kept knitting until I run out of yarn, adding new stems and leaves wherever looked appropriate. The leaves were easy to make, 2kfb, k, turn, sl1, k2. Then continue to increase either side of the center stitch every RS row until it was big enough, then a few plain rows, before decreasing back again (always slipping the first stitch of each row). I did a center decrease where you slip 2 sts at once, k1, then pass both slipped sts over at once. This helps make the "stem" of the leaf pop. Yes, there were a lot of ends to sew in, but I just did them as I was going rather than leaving them to the end of the project.
The result was a long vine of quite crumbled leaves. Most people I showed the WIP seemed to like this look. I did too, but I also really wanted to see what would happen if I blocked it, how (or if) I could re-shape the leaves. Above is a pre-blocking shot, below shows after. This "during" shot shows the leaves flattened out for a bit, but it didn't make much difference in the long run.
The above shot is also a "bunting" shot as opposed to one of me wearing it as a scarf, below. What do you think, bunting or scarf? (or something else?). All ideas gratefully crowd-sourced.
As ever, there are a few notes on the yarn and needles on the project's ravelry page (n.b. this is public ravelry link, you don't have to be logged it to see it. Ravelry project pages don't have to be exclusive any more, how cool is that?).
24 comments:
- Siga said...
It is very very pretty and no matter what you call it - but it looks amazing on you. I also like the contrast to your dress
- Sunday, May 16, 2010
I can't personally imagine when I'd ever use bunting, which probably influences my thoughts, but I like it as a scarf.
- Sunday, May 16, 2010
- lori said...
actually, it is very pretty as a 'scarf,' even though it's not really like a scarf. maybe it's something that doesn't have a name - just a lovely accessory! seeing yours makes me more likely to make one for myself, to be honest!
- Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Norah said...
I love it as a scarf. There have been a lot of those non-traditional decorative scarves around lately, that are sort of a cross between scarves and necklaces. It looks great on you.
- Sunday, May 16, 2010
- Tesla said...
Love it!
- Monday, May 17, 2010
- Pigwotflies said...
Looks gorgeous over that pink/purple dress. I like it. A scarf for days where you're feeling surreal, perhaps?
- Monday, May 17, 2010
- charissa said...
I'm definitely more in the bunting camp than scarf -- perhaps pinned/tacked with stitches to a cloth lampshade for an indoor/outdoor light fixture feel?
- Monday, May 17, 2010
- Carmen said...
It is very nice as knitted jewelry. I didn't expect to like it "on", but it is really rather nice.
- Monday, May 17, 2010
- rachel said...
I'm leaning towards bunting, I think... but really, it's quite cute either way.
- Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Rainy Daisy said...
I definitely prefer the bunting style, personally.
This looks like such a therapeutic knit!
- Wednesday, May 19, 2010
- Knitting Out Loud said...
The answer to "how cool is that" is "extremely cool!"
- Tuesday, May 25, 2010
- Jen (pieKnits) said...
I love the whimsy of this! And that first shot a particularly great photo.
- Thursday, May 27, 2010
- Andréia said...
Gorgeous, Alice.
- Saturday, June 12, 2010
- Laughingrat said...
That's really fun--such an unusual scarf!
- Tuesday, June 22, 2010
- The A.D.D. Knitter said...
Ok, 13,000 days later...I like the bunting look, myself!
- Monday, July 05, 2010
- Heather said...
This is terrific!! It looks almost felted!
...clever you!
- Sunday, July 11, 2010
- Pairwa said...
Lovely scarf idea. You created something new and it is very important.
And I am making scarves when I have free time. I'm trying to create new patterns too.
Thank you, Pairwa.
buy handmade scarf
- Saturday, August 14, 2010
I think every space can be improved by applying bunting (much to my boyfriend's despair; I have been known to bring bunting camping and dangle it uselessly around out tent - a sort of innocuous-looking trip-wire, if you will...), but either way, I LOVE these leaves.
- Sunday, March 20, 2011
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Amazing what you can do with whole. Looks very unique.
- Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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Pretty helpful info, much thanks for the article.
- Sunday, October 09, 2011
- stinkfaerie said...
This is beautiful!
Yes it makes a lovely scarf and looks amazing.
I hope you don't mind but I'm stealing your idea to create bunting for a festival. Better start now as we're gonna need about 500 metres of the stuff for the summer!
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Mystery Worshipper: Hildegard von Bingen.
The church: St Mark's, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Denomination: Episcopal Church in the USA.
The building: Victorian pile (an Oxford Movement church, built in the late 1840s), with a very dark interior. It could use a coat of light paint between the dark timbers. This was the hottest day so far and the air conditioning was broken. Lots of fans were blowing and the stonework kept things fairly cool.
The neighbourhood: Downtown Philadelphia surprisingly narrow streets for a modern city, which gives a greater sense of the age of the city. In America this is unusual. Most cities have been built in the past 100-150 years.
The cast: Rev. Richard C. Alton, rector, celebrant and preacher. Listed in the bulletin were Rev. Michael S. Seiler (curate) and Rev. Nicholas B. Phelps (assisting priest). There were plenty of people marching around the altar, so one supposes that these gentlemen were among them.
What was the name of the service?
Choral High Mass at 11.00am, the Day of Pentecost: Whitsunday.
How full was the building?
About two-thirds full. The side rows were empty. There were maybe 125 to 150 in attendance, counting choir and clergy.
Did anyone welcome you personally?
Technically, yes. I got a brief, perfunctory greeting as I was handed the pewsheet.
Was your pew comfortable?
No. They were nasty little antique wooden pews that were too short in the seat (at least for this derriere!). There were little kneeling cushions which I always find too low.
How would you describe the pre-service atmosphere?
Quiet chat in the back of the church, in the front there was what appeared to be a family group with an extremely fussy older child (at least 5 or 6 not a baby). They didn't walk the child around or out until it became a real scene.
What were the exact opening words of the service?
"Alleluia! Christ is risen!"
What books did the congregation use during the service?
1979 Book of Common Prayer, 1982 Hymnal.
What musical instruments were played?
Did anything distract you?
The fussy child. With three of my own (who were happily back home with Papa Bear) I generally have a pretty high level of tolerance for fussy kids. This just got out of hand, though.
Was the worship stiff-upper-lip, happy clappy, or what?
So high church I thought I would get a nosebleed! Smells and bells, of course, and an excellent choir. I counted eight sanctuary lamps.
Exactly how long was the sermon?
Precisely 15 minutes.
On a scale of 1-10, how good was the preacher?
In a nutshell, what was the sermon about?
If you love me, keep my commandments. The rector's wife is the bishop's secretary and apparently the rector is always getting into hot water with the diocese for being non-compliant. The diocese asked St Mark's for a mission statement and was told that the mission of St Mark's is to pray unceasingly. The diocese was decidedly unhappy about that statement. The rector thinks they wanted something like "empowered for dependency". If we are serious about loving Jesus we will find ourselves in prayer, unceasingly.
Which part of the service was like being in heaven?
The bells. There was change-ringing, both before and after the service.
And which part was like being in... er... the other place?
Being told from the pulpit what a wonderfully welcoming place St Mark's is and then... well... see the hanging around bit, below.
What happened when you hung around after the service looking lost?
After hanging around for the requisite five minutes looking lost and friendly all at once, I decided to plow ahead and just ask where the coffee hour was. I was directed inside the parish hall where I hung about some more. Finally a young woman introduced herself and we chatted for a while. Hardly anyone else spoke to me.
How would you describe the after-service coffee?
Not very good. There was some not very good iced tea as well.
How would you feel about making this church your regular (where 10 = ecstatic, 0 = terminal)?
4. The congregation was mostly white, the church theologically and liturgically conservative. Personally, those things would make me continue searching for a different home parish were I to move to Philadelphia.
Did the service make you feel glad to be a Christian?
Yes you can't go too far wrong when you stick to the BCP and Hymnal. It's the beauty of Anglicanism.
What one thing will you remember about all this in seven days' time?
Being ignored after the service and the bells. Oh, I know that's two things, but I feel I have to be fair it wasn't all bad!


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Amboy was the place to be for three area basketball teams in Saturday's Amboy Shootout.
In girls' play, a trio of double-figure scorers — Daniela Pavlovich (11), Carl Gonet (11) and Megan Rehn (10) — made the difference for Putnam County in a 49-37 win over Galva.
The St. Bede Lady Bruins lost to Elmhurst Immaculate Conception 41-36. The Lady Bruins, who held a brief lead in the third quarter, had a shot to pull within three with under a minute to play, but missed the shot attempt.
Mo Dean led the Lady Bruins with 22 points.
On the boys' side, St. Bede fell to Immaculate Conception, 67-65 in double overtime. Brad Groleau led the Bruins with 15 points and Joe Pyszka had 14, Bobby Morrow 13 and Sam Lucas 10.
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River Ridge 67, Princeton 55: Tiger coach Jesse Brandt said the Tigers had a poor half defensively, falling behind 39-31 at intermission, and never recovered in Saturday's Shootout action at Eastland.
Senior post Cole Evenson led the Tigers with 19 points and "played hard as usual, and did a nice job for us again," Brandt said.
Josh Kieffer had 12 points and Austen Stewart added nine for PHS, which travels to Rochelle on Tuesday.
IVC 68, St. Bede 55: Joe Pyszka scored 21 points, but the Bruins came up short Friday in NCIC play at the Academy. Sam Lucas added 10 points and Brad Groleau had nine.
Hall 64, Peoria Christian 63: Brett Fanning netted 22 points as the Red Devils edged the Chargers in Tri-County Conference play Friday at Red Devil Gymnasium.
Henry 56, Midland 37: Trent Richards led the Mallards to a Tri-County Conference victory with 15 points Friday. Nathan Helle added 12 points and Ryan Gondt and Kyle Henderson had 11 each.
DePue 50, Lowpoint-Washburn 36: The Little Giants opened the season in the win column on road Friday, paced by Jose Raya's 20 points. Isaac Reyes added 14.
Girls' basketball
Newman 72, Bureau Valley 21: The Lady Comets shut the Storm out 26-0 in the third quarter to extend a 40-15 halftime lead to 66-16. Jazmine Delbridge and Nicole Bornsheuer each scored four points for the Storm (1-7, 0-2).
Midland 51, Princeton 27: The Tigresses outscored the Timberwolves 16-12 in the fourth quarter Saturday, but it proved to be too little, too late. Senior forward Makenzey Wilson scored 10 points for the Tigresses, who were held to two points in the third quarter.
Henry 36, Bureau Valley 28: Cluskey scored 13 points to lead the Lady Mallards to victory Monday at Manlius. Lacey DeVenney hit three three-pointers to lead the Storm (1-8) with nine points. Susan Brummel added six points.
Paw Paw 66, LaMoille/Ohio 30: Morgan poured in 27 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs past the host Lady Lions Monday in Little Ten Conference play. Alissa Schrader paced L/O with 10 points with Shiela Browning netting six and Myrah Graham five.
Marquette 50, Hall 18: Jacquie Wallaert and Val Hoffert each scored five points for the Lay Devils in defeat Monday at Ottawa. Kendal Kaufman and Angela Evola each netted 13 points for the Lady Crusaders.
Junior high basketball
BVEC Tournament: BV South upset sister school BV North Saturday at Ohio. In other tournament, Bradford defeated Malden 34-12 and Neponset beat Ohio 27-20.
On Monday, top-seeded DePue defeated Bradford 29-10 behind Edgar Moreno (10 points) and David Moreno (7). Jared Cade had eight points for Bradford.
No. 2 Ladd beat LaMoille 28-13 led by Kieran Trevier and Kyle Follmer, who each scored 12 points. Caleb Sarff led LaMoile with five points.
Wednesday's semifinals will pit DePue vs. Ohio at 6 p.m. followed by Ladd vs. BV South.
At Seneca: St. Bede junior James Peacock captured the 132-pound championship in Saturday's Seneca Irish Invitational, defeating Herscher's Drew Mook 4-3 in the title match. In other matches, Peacock pinned Adam Duesing of Illiana Christian in 54 seconds and defeated Manteno's Travon Done 11-10.
Austin Pletsch led the PC/Hall co-op with a third-place finish at 182. Also for PC/Hall, Mike Milasuski took fifth at 170 and Nathan Tonozzi finished sixth at 220.
PC/Hall (41) placed 12th of 16 teams with St. Bede (36) placing 14th.
Princeton 47, Mendota 33: Caleb Dickens scored a pinfall at 5:28 at 152 pounds and Drew Pranka won by fall at 5:43 at 160 pounds on the mats for the Tigers Monday at Prouty Gymnasium. PHS won six other matches, all by forfeit with the Trojans picking up two forfeit wins.
At the F/S level, PHS winners were Luke Marselle by tech fall at 106, Luke Hoffman by 3:53 fall at 126 and Tim Hilliard by 5:27 fall at 138.


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Coyotes agree to long-term extension with GM Maloney
Glendale, AZ – The Phoenix Coyotes on Friday agreed to a long-term contract extension with executive vice president and general manager Don Maloney.
Per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
"We are very pleased that Don has agreed to sign a long-term contract extension with the Coyotes," NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said. "Since joining the team in 2007, Don has done an outstanding job managing his team and building a competitive roster that has produced on the ice, even given less than ideal circumstances off the ice."
Under Maloney's guidance for the past six seasons, the Coyotes have posted a record of 230-172-56 and reached the postseason three times.
During the 2011-12 campaign, the 54-year-old Maloney helped Phoenix compile a 42-27-13 record, securing the franchise's first division championship en route to the franchise's first appearance in the Western Conference Final.
Maloney received the inaugural NHL General Manager of the Year Award following the 2009-10 season. The team finished the 2009-10 campaign with a record of 50-25-7 for 107 points, setting new franchise records for wins, home wins (29), points, and longest home winning streak (10 games; Nov. 21-Dec. 29) while qualifying for the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2002.
The Coyotes finished this past season with a 21-18-9 mark.
"I am grateful to continue working for this franchise," said Maloney. "We have a strong core of talented people, both on and off the ice, who are committed to building a championship team and a first class organization."
The Ontario native was the 26th overall pick in the 1978 draft, and enjoyed a 13-year NHL career with the Rangers, Hartford Whalers and Islanders.


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Influence Strategies
A two-part series on developing effective stragety to avoid "blind spots" and create effective social change.
Developing a strong influence strategy requires thinking through four critical elements:
- A clear sense of the decision(s) that need to get made;
- An understanding of who makes these decision(s);
- An informed hypothesis about how the decision(s) will get made; and
- An understanding of how the organization can influence the decision-making process and a game plan for making that happen.
First, organizations need a clear sense of the decision(s) they want individuals, lawmakers, or other entities to make. Perhaps this is a behavior change, such as a person deciding to wear a seat belt or a bike helmet. Or a policy change that outlaws texting and driving. Or even a business decision, such as a company opting to offer transit benefits to employees. Or a series of decisions, such as becoming a more sustainable company.
Here are some questions that can help identify these decisions:
- What decisions could realistically happen during a specific time period that will make a significant difference?
- Have all the options been considered—policy change, citizen/consumer action, corporate action?
- Are there capacity, resources, and expertise enough to influence all of the decisions identified, or is there a need to prioritize some over others?
- Is there a strategic reason for ensuring the decisions happen in a specific order?
Next, organizations must identify who will make those decisions. Sometimes this is an obvious answer. In other situations, multiple potential decision makers are possibilities, and the group will need to make a strategic choice about which decision maker(s) to target. The most important thing to note is that people, not institutions, make decisions.
- For each decision needed, who are the possible decision makers? Organizations should be able to name names—if they're not sure who in an institution is best to focus on, that's a good sign they need more research.
- Of the possible decision makers, which one(s) are the most promising in terms of making decisions that benefit the organization's change campaign?
Third, organizations need an informed hypothesis about how the decision(s) will get made. This is an art—not a science—but an organization needs a best guess hypothesis that will guide how the organization approaches everything from establishing a timeline to defining partners to developing compelling talking points. This will all be determined based on who is ultimately making the decision. It is critical for an organization to have a clear understanding of the decision maker's values, allegiances, preconceptions, and misconceptions. Without knowing what the decision maker may bring to the table, the organization's change campaign may fall short. This is an area where nearly every group should spend more time. Here are some starter questions:
- What is the impetus for making the decision?
- If there is no impetus, can impetus be created?
- What additional information will inform the decision?
- Who will be consulted on the proposed decision?
- What are the top considerations for making the decision?
- What incentives does the decision maker have for making the decision the way the organization wants?
- What are the disincentives or barriers?
Finally, organizations need to honestly assess their strengths, networks, reputation, and reach to decide if and how they can influence the decision-making process. Some questions to get insights on this:
- Can it provide information based on what it suspects the decision maker will want to review prior to making a decision? For example, does it have a relevant research report or polling data? Will the information be deemed credible?
- Is the organization or a staffer at the organization likely to be consulted, or does the group have connections to the people who will be consulted as the decision is getting made?
- Does the organization represent constituencies the decision maker will listen to when making the decision? If not, can it partner with someone who does, or can it modify what the main considerations are?
For more questions and examples, check out the entire "Want Influence?" guide.


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Azarenka, Radwanska advance at French Open
Paris, France – Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka and last year's Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanska were a pair of winners Wednesday at the 2013 French Open.
The third-seeded former world No. 1 Azarenka finally played her first-round match and handled Russian Elena Vesnina 6-1, 6-4 on the famed red clay at Stade Roland Garros, while the fourth-seeded Radwanska looked good in her second-rounder by pasting American Mallory Burdette 6-3, 6-2.
Rain wreaked havoc on the schedule Tuesday, as it took four days to complete round one.
"I felt like I'm one of the last ones to start," Azarenka said. "It was a long wait, but I think performance-wise it was a good match."
The reigning two-time Aussie Open champ will face German Annika Beck in round two.
Radwanska, meanwhile, has never advanced beyond the fourth round in Paris and was a third-round upset victim here a year ago.
She could've faced her sister, Urszula, in the next round if the younger sibling, who knocked out Venus Williams in the first round, beat German Dinah Pfizenmaier on Day 4. Her German counterpart, however, prevailed in 6-3, 6-3 fashion and will next face the older Radwanska.
Seventh-seeded former Wimbledon champion and 2012 French Open semifinalist Petra Kvitova outlasted Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 to reach the second round, while eighth-seeded German Angelique Kerber landed in the third round with a 6-2, 6-2 spanking of Slovak Jana Cepelova.
A second-round upset came when Serb Bojana Jovanovski took out 10th-seeded struggling Dane Caroline Wozniacki, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. The former world No. 1 Wozniacki has posted only one clay-court win since early last month and has now lost before the quarterfinals in Paris six times in seven trips.
Fifteenth-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci held off Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, while 20th-seeded Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro came back to beat American Shelby Rogers 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and 26th-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea subdued Swede Johanna Larsson 6-1, 6-4 in the round of 64.
Some other second-round results saw 29th-seeded American Varvara Lepchenko get past Ukrainian Elina Svitolina 7-6 (7-5), 6-1, 32nd-seeded German Sabine Lisicki drill Spaniard Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor 6-4, 6-0, and former French Open champ Svetlana Kuznetsova come back to best Slovak Magdalena Rybarikova 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. The Russian veteran Kuznetsova titled here in 2009 and was the Roland Garros runner-up in 2006.
In other opening-round play involving seeds, No. 12 Maria Kirilenko of Russia rolled past fellow countrywoman Nina Bratchikova 6-0, 6-1, in-form Estonian Kaia Kanepi took out No. 23 Czech Klara Zakopalova 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, and American Jamie Hampton doused No. 25 Czech Lucie Safarova 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 9-7. Kanepi has now won six straight matches, including her clay-court title last week in Brussels. Hampton was one of 10 American women to win first-round matches this week.
Additional opening-round wins came for the aforementioned Beck, Swiss Stefanie Voegele, Aussie Ashleigh Barty, last week's Brussels runner-up Peng Shuai of China, and Slovak Anna Schmiedlova.


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Cash4Sites needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We're looking for a fresh new design/layout, for a unique product. Our existing site has the 'meat' - but not the polished look/feel we need - that's where you come in! :)
The ideal submission will contain a mix of Web2.0 look, while giving a sense of worth/value in the product as well as a reassurance of trust/security near the purchase area.
There's a decent amount of content to work from on that page, let know if you need more detail.
I'll be glad to provide feedback and answer follow up questions.
This is as much about the content and how it looks/is laid out - as the design itself - please keep that in mind - a turn key layout with LORUM IPSUM plastered all over, won't cut it for this gig - use of my content and the use/layout/placement/etc. is a must.
I have a handful of projects monthly for the right person(s).
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I have been asked more than once what my favorite local ingredient is. And more than once I have found myself at a loss for words, my mind a complete and shameful blank. It's not that I don't have favorite local ingredients. On the contrary, I love my local ingredients! It could very well be that I have too many favorites, so that when asked to name one, or only a few, my mind just closes itself to the (impossible) task of choosing.
It could also be that I am, simply put, not very good at interviews.
Whatever the case, I have decided that this blog is the perfect place to celebrate and share all my favorite local ingredients — as many as I want, at my own pace. They are an integral part of my cooking after all and deserve a little spotlight as recompense for the deplorable way I fail to give them their due when asked.
One such favorite ingredient is carabao's (buffalo) milk. Carabao's milk has a much higher fat content than regular cow's milk making it one of the richest and creamiest milks you can find. As such, when you substitute it for regular cow's milk, it makes whatever you use it for that much more decadent. Even something as innocent as oatmeal.
Carabao's Milk Oatmeal with Dates & Nuts
- 1 1/2 cup carabao's (buffalo) milk
- 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
- 1/4 cup dates, chopped
- 1/4 nuts of your choice (I used cashews but I'm sure they would be splendid with pecans), roughly chopped
- Optional: 2 tablespoons butter and 2 teaspoons dark muscovado sugar
– Set aside some of the chopped dates and nuts.
– Heat the carabao's milk in a saucepan over a medium flame just until it almost starts to simmer. Add the oats, dates, and nuts, stir, and lower the heat.
– Cook over a gentle flame, with your pot semi-covered, stirring occasionally, until oatmeal is done, about 10-15 minutes. Make sure to keep checking, especially towards the end, to prevent it from sticking. Served topped with extra chopped dates and nuts.
– If you want to make this even more decadent: Melt the optional butter in a pan. When the bubbles have subsided, add the muscovado and swirl the pan until the muscovado is dissolved. Add the extra chopped dates and nuts and toss. Top each serving of oatmeal with some of the caramelized dates and nuts and whatever butter remains.
– Serves 2-3
Never had I tasted oatmeal that was this luxurious. It is so creamy that with each soft spoonful you forget about oatmeal's healthy and fibrous reputation. The nuts add an earthy crunch and the dates a mild smoky sweetness. If you are going to go all the way with the butter caramelized date & nut topping, as I did, you may actually feel, for the very first time, guilt over oatmeal. This isn't for lightweights. I would go as far as to say that this could very well pass for a dessert – pressed into a dainty cup and served in smaller portions, sort of the oat version of a rice pudding.
Carabao's milk is a wonderful ingredient to use. It is also fantastic for rice pudding and cuajada. I am sure it would be equally stellar in custards and flans.
Here are some other favorite local ingredients I have talked about before:
– Filipino mangoes
– Lato (seaweed)
– Talbos ng kamote (sweet potato greens)
– Bagoong (shrimp paste)
– Tinapang bangus (smoked milkfish)
– Muscovado sugar
– Aligue (crab fat)
– Patani
– Monggo (mung beans)
– Kesong Puti (fresh white cheese)
I have also mentioned carabao's milk here and here.


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Monday, December 5, 2011
Garrett Is To Blame For the Loss
Garrett claims that he was afraid of a negative play. Playing football afraid to make a mistake usually results in a loss. And Garrett's lack of trust in his offense cost the Cowboys their 5th straight victory.
I'm not saying Jason Garrett is a terrible coach and he needs to be fired. I know some people feel that way. And is was a mistake that shouldn't happen. But we have to hope that Jason Garrett learns from his mistake and plays that situation more aggressively in the future. He will be the coach in Dallas for a long time regardless of the one bad game he called against the Cardinals.
I saw a stat today that said that a field goal from that spot is basically a 50-50 proposition. If the Cowboys could have moved up 15 yards the percentage goes up over 80% that Bailey will make the kick. It was a horrible decision by Garrett no matter how he tries to explain it away.
Lost in the end of game disaster was the stellar 4th quarter play of Tony Romo. He did everything he needed to do to get his team the victory. Let's not forget that he was clutch yet again. And he threw for 299 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions on a day that the offensive line was terrible both pass blocking and run blocking. The line gave up 5 sacks but it could have easily been 8 or 9 had it not been for some Romo magic. And Romo got the Cowboys down the field in the 2 minute offense and gave his team a shot at a win.
Dan Bailey finally had a bad game. But it is hard to fault the kicker for missing a 53 yard field goal and a 49 yard field goal. I didn't understand why the Cowboys chose to kick a 53 yard field goal early in the game on 4th and 1 instead of being aggressive and going for the first down. That was another bad call by Garrett that got lost in the shuffle.
The defense went in the tank in the 2nd half for the second game in a row. I don't understand why Rob Ryan has so much success attacking early in games and then backs off. The three man rushes that he calls in two minute situations drive me crazy. Give any quarterback all day to throw and he'll eventually find an open receiver. I'd like to see aggressive defensive calls on a consistent basis.
I don't want to sound like I am giving up on the Cowboys. But they haven't done anything over the last five games to convince me of what I concluded after the game against the Eagles. Right now the Cowboys are a very average team. The offense is average. The defense is average. And special teams is average at best.
Next week is a make or break moment in the season. If the Cowboys lose at home to the Giants I feel like the season will unravel. But if the Cowboys can find a way to win they will likely end up with the division title. That doesn't mean we should expect much in the postseason. But at least they would be in the tournament which is a huge improvement over last season. I hope the Cowboys find a way to play at a much higher level next week. Another performance like this one next week will result in an embarrassing blow out loss.
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I agree! Wasnt too impressed with Romo throws in the first half, and either the receivers need to run better routes or the play calling need to be adjusted. I wish we would run more hot reads/slant patterns like New England does with Wes Walker..Dez would be great at that.ReplyDelete
- Vince GreyDecember 8, 2011 at 7:54 AM
No one seems to blame THE PLAYERS for letting this game even be so close in the 4th. I do. Bad day for the offense overall and the O-line specifically. 10 days off and they give THAT effort? Bad deal players. Bad deal.ReplyDelete
I'm more upset at Garrett for once again forgetting the running game and effectively taking Murray out of the game, both as a runner and a receiver.
No excuses this week as it looks like we'll be as healthy as we've been all season with Fiammetta and Miles back.
Would have been nice to win last week but THIS is the game that really matters.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 125 diseños de 38 diseñadores freelance.
Art of Clients
I'm launching a new online business focused on helping professional service providers (i.e. accountants, web designers, copywriters, graphic designers etc.) increase the profits of their business.
The goal is to help them make more by working LESS.
I need the logo designed.
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I'd like the design to confer meaning, so it's not just some arbitrary symbol or something.
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Jodi has been working in Digital Analytics since 2002 and joined Comscore's Product Management team in 2010 where she is responsible for developing and managing Comscore's Digital Analytix software as a service platform.
Prior to joining Comscore, Jodi served as Director of Data Strategy and Analytics for Clearspring Technologies where she was responsible for utilizing data to develop and test business models and drive product strategy for the Clearspring widget platform and AddThis sharing products.
In previous roles Jodi oversaw the Web Analytics team of InPhonic, a multi-hundred million dollar ecommerce website, and also worked in the Consulting Services group of Visual Sciences where she led implementations for leading companies in the airline, retail, financial services and hotel industries. For five years prior to that, Jodi managed the Business Solutions team and oversaw the implementation of the first off-the-shelf Web Analytics package at USATODAY.com.
She is a Board Member for the Digital Analytics Association where she serves as the association's Treasurer and is a frequent industry speaker on web analytics and digital measurement. Jodi graduated from Pepperdine University with a B.S. in Business Administration and holds an MBA from American University with an emphasis in Finance and Management of Global Information Technology.


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By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information Coordinator
LEDBETTER, Ky. – After a long wait over the summer, the Tennessee Tech women's golf team will get back to action this week as the Golden Eagles travel to Ledbetter, Ky. for the fifth annual Drake Creek Invitational hosted by Murray State.
The 54-hole tournament will take place Sept. 9-10 at the Drake Creek Golf Course. A shotgun start will kick off both mornings with 36 holes of stroke play Monday and 18 holes to finish the tournament Tuesday. Included in the tournament are five other members of the Ohio Valley Conference as well as a regional team.
Here's an alphabetical look at the participating squads:
Austin Peay
Jackson State
Murray State
Northern Kentucky
Tennessee State
Western Kentucky
"To start the season off at Drake Creek, a course that has hosted our OVC Championship, will be an awesome way to start the season for the ladies," said head coach Polk Brown. "Murray State is an OVC contender each year and anytime we get the chance to play in events with them, we look forward to the opportunity. Our girls are very excited to get started, and we are looking forward to competing."
Tech's top five will feature two true freshmen, one redshirt sophomore and two other sophomores.
- Maddi Everts (R-So.)
- Megan Williamson (So.)
- Whitney Robertson (Fr.)
- Allison Geer (So.)
- Lydia Triplett (Fr.)
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Nutrition Guide
For Your Tot
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Most parents try to get their tots to eat their fruits and veggies so they get enough nutrients, but now we're hearing they also need essential fatty acids.
We spoke about toddler nutrition with Dr. Scott Cohen, co-founder of Beverly Hills Pediatrics and author of Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide to Your Baby's First Year, who recommends parents make sure their tots are getting enough DHA.
"A lot of people aren't familiar with DHA," says Dr. Cohen. "It's an omega-3 fatty acid that's really important for brain development."
Eighty-five percent of a child's brain growth occurs in the first three years, and "DHA is an important building block of the growing brain," Dr. Cohen explains.
Feed it to your tot
You probably heard a lot about DHA when you were pregnant, but it's also important to incorporate in your toddler's diet.
"In utero they were getting it from mom. In the first year of life they were getting it from breast feeding or formula, but now without it, the main source for DHA is fish, and a lot of toddlers obviously are picky and not eating fish."
Dr. Cohen's suggestion is for parents to find other foods that offer DHA. Fish, eggs, DHA supplements, or a special toddler formula can help provide the nutrients. As a pediatrician, he recommends Enfagrow in particular as a supplement option.
"Something like Enfagrow has both DHA and a lot of vitamins and minerals that regular milk doesn't have — like vitamins A, B, C, D, E, zinc, iron, calcium, [and] protein too — so it's sort of your all-in-one milkshake," says Dr. Cohen. "But the key is to find complementary things so if they're only eating one or two things we're offering the foods and the vitamins and minerals that they need."
Not just for brain development
According to Dr. Cohen, DHA isn't just for cognition and brain development. There could be some added benefits like visual acuity, decreased respiratory infections and allergies, and possibly improved attention span.
Including DHA in your child's diet should be part of the lifelong eating habits being established, but it's particularly important during the first three years of life, since that's when the brain is most rapidly growing.
Ideal toddler meal
Wondering what to feed your little one?
"I think variety is really important," Dr. Cohen says. "We always used to put three or four different things on my daughter's plate, knowing that maybe she was going to eat one or two.
"Offer lots of different colors and shapes," he recommends. Try incorporating a fruit, a vegetable, a protein source (fish, meat, or eggs) and a dairy product.
Keep introducing several different things — and don't give up. "If you know that your child always picks out the broccoli and feeds it to the dog, it doesn't mean never give broccoli again," Dr. Cohen says. "Try it! Try different spices with it. Because a lot of times as children get older, they try new things, and then they're getting a wide variety that way. But don't force it."
For more tips by Dr. Cohen, pick up his book Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide to Your Baby's First Year, or visit his website, www.commonsensepediatrics.com.
More tips for toddlers
Celebrate National Best Friends Day with your baby "besties"
Essentials for Earth Day: PlanetBox reusable containers
Foreign language immersion for little ones from Early Lingo


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The Clippers began to rework the team that will surround Chris Paul and Blake Griffin on Tuesday by trading guard Eric Bledsoe and forward Caron Butler to Phoenix in a three-team deal that will bring them guards Jared Dudley and J.J. Redick.
Dudley comes from Phoenix, where the shooting guard averaged 10.9 points per game last season. Redick, another shooter, comes from the Bucks, who will receive a second-round draft pick from both the Clippers and the Suns.
Redick, who averaged 14.1 points last season while shooting 36.6 percent from 3-point range, will reportedly agree to a four-year, $27 million contract. Dudley has three years left on a contract that pays him $4.25 million per season.
The deal immediately addresses the Clippers' outside shooting shortcomings, which will open up the floor for Paul and his pick-and-roll game.
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I need some changes to an existing website. I need you to design and build my personal website.
Overview: Looking for freelancer to create a pattern library and style guide for a web application Details - Web application is new (currently being designed) - Web application is designed on sketchapp - Hi Fidelity prototype is on invisionapp - Client is looking for a pattern library (with html / css / js) and style guide for the web app (handed
Portfolio for an architect firm.
Display clothing and merchandise in print and online advertisements Promote products and services in television commercials Wear designers' clothing for runway fashion shows Model accessories, such as handbags, shoes, and jewelry, and promote beauty products, including fragrances and cosmetics Pose for workers taking photos or creating paintings or
I need help to build a professional interior design portfolio together. You may need to add content and drawings and everything necessary to build a professional portfolio
I am looking for a freelancer (or professional with senior experience) to write a Company Business Portfolio for a company. Please email me your contacts details and samples of work you have done. Only experienced people will be called to agree on money and time. Kind Regards
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I need a responsive website. I would like it designed and built.
I need my fashion portfolio (art direction) edited so I can send it out to fashion magazines in New York.
Hello, I would like to request a responsive website suitable to be like a portfolio gallery for a graphics designer. I prefer it if it's based on Wordpress so I will have a GUI to add new items in the portfolio etc. but if it's too much of a hassle, I can also use plain HTML and I will be editing the html source when I need to add new items. Generally
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Need a freelancer who can take a free theme, modify it and prepare it so someone with no coding skills can...a freelancer who can take a free theme, modify it and prepare it so someone with no coding skills can upload samples, texts, etc. Simple job, very simple template to show portfolio samples. Will show some links of possible themes to start with.
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I wish to build my personal portfolio and need someone who can build it. It must be developer portfolio. Portfolio should have 2 or 3 pages and that must contain almost every info and service.
need to change the theme design of existing portfolio and small changes to be done needs to be done asap, willing to pay 5$ totally. Thanks
need to change the theme design of existing portfolio and small changes to be done needs to be done asap, willing to pay 5$ totally. Thanks
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I need a website created for Physiotherapist clinic using WordPress and other web technologies. I have WordPress design template for portfolio. Additional portal for single user i.e clinic owner to maintain patient details along with billing. Preferably a freelancer in Bangalore
We are a UK duo with a project called Harmonic Yoga [se connecter pour voir l'URL] We would like a graphic designer to go over and polish/recreate our portfolio/prospectus ([se connecter pour voir l'URL]) that we intend to send out to yoga studios and festivals to obtain bookings for the project. See attached file. We are looking for a modern, eye-catching
I need some changes to an existing website. I have wordpress Ochine theme. I can't edit or...can't edit or add images to any of the pages. I want it to be changed into an easy way so I could edit stuff myself without needing help of professionals. And also I want the portfolio pages to look different than the front page. They look exactly the same.
...We are looking for an agency or a professional creative in naming and branding. We need to create a name and some logo concepts for an advertisement on vehicles company (outdoor advertising). The name and logo will be used on digital marketing and in online. The feel should be full of life, but simple enough. The freelancer should have experience
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Holiday Extravaganza
Saturday, December 1
10 am to 2 pm
SURC Central Marketplace
We're decking the halls for the k-5 kids of Ellensburg! Each December, CWU's Center for Leadership and Community Engagement (CLCE) turns the SURC Central Marketplace into a holiday crafts extravaganza. There will be around 40 unique craft stations for children to participate in holiday-themed activities.
The CLCE is currently seeking 100 student volunteers to help guide children with their craft-making. This is a wonderful way to get involved during the holiday season and bring cheer to a child's life! Volunteers will receive a free breakfast and lunch during the event.
Visit the CLCE office in SURC 256 to start volunteering. If you have volunteered with the CLCE before, you can sign up for Holiday Extravaganza on www.takeactioncwu.com. For more information, call (509) 963-1850 or email firstname.lastname@example.com (Subject "ATTN: Holiday").


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Networking Luncheon
The Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking luncheon with a presentation from City Attn. David Hunt from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at the Five Crowns Restaurant, 3801 E. Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar. Cost is $25 for members and guests. For more information, call (949) 673-4050.
Meet The Candidates
Central Newport Beach Citizens Assn. will host a Newport Beach City Council Candidates Night at 6:30 p.m. The candidates for Newport Beach City Council will speak at the American Legion on 15th Street on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach. This event is open to the public.
Tuesday Trivia Night
Live team trivia at Skosh Monahan's Pub, 2000 Newport Blvd., begins at 7:30 every Tuesday night, with prizes for contestants. For more information, call (949) 548-0099.
Roasted Crab At AnQi
AnQi at South Coast Plaza offers the Crustacean's Famous Roasted Crab each Tuesday. For more information, call (714) 557-5679 or visit http://www.anqirestaurant.com.
Three-Course Beer Dinner
The Crow Bar and Kitchen, 2325 Pacific Coast Hwy., Corona del Mar, offers a three-course beer dinner on Tuesdays. The courses are paired with specialty craft brews and cost $29. For more information, visit http://www.thecrowbarcdm.com.
Young Frankenstein
The new Mel Brooks musical Young Frankenstein comes to the Orange County Performing Arts Center, 600 Town Center Drive. Tickets to see Young Frankenstein start at $15 and are available at http://www.ocpac.org or by calling (714) 556-2787.
The Vanguard University Department of Theatre Arts presents a musical rendition of Lewis Caroll's classic storybook characters from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass." All shows are presented at the Lyceum Theater, located on the Vanguard University campus off Newport Boulevard. Tickets start at $14 and can be purchased by calling Vanguard University Theatre Department box office at (714) 668-6145.
The South Coast Repertory presents "Misalliance," by George Bernard Shaw and directed by Martin Benson. For tickets and showtimes, visit http://www.scr.org.
"Photo-Environment," an exhibit of 100 photos from 17 photographers, will be on display at the Orange Coast College's Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. For gallery times and more information, visit http://www.occartspavilion.blogspot.com.
Resource Showcase
The O.C. Substance Abuse Prevention Network is hosting its 21st annual Showcase of Community Resources from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Costa Mesa Community Center. The cost is $7 in advance or $15 at the door and features more than 55 agencies serving youth and families in the county. For more information, call (714) 327-1062 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Karen Casey
Author Karen Casey will sign books and speak from 4 to 7 p.m. at The Latest Thing: 12 Step Bookstore & Gift Shop, 1576 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa. Casey has written 22 books and her first book, "Beginning," has sold more than 3 million copies. For more information, call (949) 574-8900.
Caregiver Support Groups
The Orange County Chapter of the Alzheimer's Assn. offers caregiver support groups every month. In Costa Mesa, meetings are every third Sunday at 2 p.m. at Silverado Newport-Mesa. For more information, call (949) 631-2212. It also meets every first and third Thursday at 1 p.m. at Harbor Trinity Church in Costa Mesa. For more information, call (714) 593-9630. In Newport Beach, support groups meet at 7 p.m. every first Monday at Our Lady Queen of Angels. For more information, call (949) 640-1750.
Express Lunch
Andrea Ristorante at the Resort at Pelican Hill, 22701 Pelican Hill Road South, Newport Coast, will open for lunch, offering an express menu with a three-course meal in 30 minutes. Lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. For more information, call (949) 467-6800.
Walking Club
Men and women interested in walking with a group can join the Newport Mesa Walking Club at 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday at Hospital Road and Superior Avenue in Newport Beach. To join, call Loyda at (949) 650-1140.


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By Steve Goldstein
Companies blame all sorts of things for profit warnings, real and imagined. There's at least some reason to believe Wal-Mart Stores /quotes/zigman/245476/delayed /quotes/nls/wmt WMT when it blames food stamp cuts and bad weather for weaker-than-forecast sales and profits.
First, the assertion that food-stamp cuts impacted the company's bottom line: On Nov. 1, the Great Recession boost to the food-stamp program — known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — expired.
That meant as much as a 5.5% reduction in benefits. A family of four, for example, would get $36 a month less.
As it happens, the personal income report that also was released on Friday shows the impact. Read more on this report.
What's charted here is the category called "other government social benefits to persons" — this is food stamps, plus a variety of other programs like hospital and supplementary medical insurance, black-lung benefits and the earned-income credit. (It excludes Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance and most veterans' benefits.)
Wal-Mart isn't the only firm impacted by the food-stamp cuts. Bernstein Research says, as a percentage of global sales, Clorox /quotes/zigman/222530/delayed /quotes/nls/clx CLX (26%), Energizer Holdings /quotes/zigman/257103/delayed /quotes/nls/enr ENR (20%), Procter & Gamble /quotes/zigman/238894/delayed /quotes/nls/pg PG (14%) and Dr Pepper Snapple /quotes/zigman/507521/delayed /quotes/nls/dps DPS (14%) are most exposed. Energizer earlier this week reported worse-than-forecast results, though Procter & Gamble topped estimates.
As for the weather, Wal-Mart wasn't the only retailer to blame the cold as it noted both closures and reduced traffic.
In all, retailers have reported more than 35 pre-announcements and earnings misses, according to research from Susquehanna Financial Group. The Susquehanna report said Kroger /quotes/zigman/231658/delayed /quotes/nls/kr KR , Supervalu /quotes/zigman/242335/delayed /quotes/nls/svu SVU and Safeway /quotes/zigman/240303/delayed /quotes/nls/swy SWY could also be hit by food-stamp cuts.
Some of those supermarkets saw bigger losses on the day than the roughly 1% decline seen for Wal-Mart. The world's largest retailer has lost more than 6% year-to-date.
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Attorney General Defends Certification of Parental Notice Initiative
September 30, 2009
Anchorage, Alaska - The Department of Law Tuesday filed its response to a lawsuit alleging that the lieutenant governor should not have certified a citizens' initiative seeking to require 48 hours' notice to parents when their minor daughter is seeking an abortion.
Attorney General Dan Sullivan, who recommended certification to then-Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell on July 2, said that the sponsors' initiative application was in the form required by law and therefore certification was proper. Parnell certified the initiative after receiving the attorney general's recommendation, and petition booklets are now in circulation by the initiative sponsors.
"The Alaska Constitution gives substantial authority to the people to enact laws by initiative, and the courts have been very protective of that right," Sullivan said. "We believe that the initiative as submitted is sufficient to go before the voters. The Attorney General's Office will vigorously defend the fundamental right of Alaskans to vote on the proposed law."
The lawsuit, filed on July 31 by Planned Parenthood of Alaska and Susan Wingrove, alleges three problems with the application that should have prevented certification. The state's response, filed in Superior Court Tuesday, disagrees.
The state refutes the plaintiffs' allegations that the initiative would unconstitutionally dictate court rules, that the initiative is confusing, and that the summary of the initiative prepared by the lieutenant governor for the petition booklets is misleading. The state's brief comments that the plaintiffs "seem anxious to suppose that [Alaska] voters are uninformed and unintelligent."
The state argues that the sponsors have crafted a law that would be appropriate as a ballot measure and that, if passed by Alaskan voters, would legally accomplish its purpose of giving parents notice that their minor child intends to get an abortion.
- Planned Parenthood of Alaska vs. Campbell, Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment
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Greg Shaheen is in a Much Better Mood These DaysPosted by rtmsf on April 30th, 2010
You may not have heard because it was such a formality, but yesterday the NCAA Board of Directors approved the recommendation made by its basketball committee to expand the NCAA Tournament to 68 teams. The committee will now spend the next two months reviewing possibilities as to how to structure the expansion, but one of the key criteria they will consider is to design a system that will remove the stigma of teams who are invited to the play-in game. Doug Gottlieb interviewed NCAA Senior Executive VP Greg Shaheen on his radio show yesterday, and you may recall that Shaheen was the mouthpiece who set the world on fire with his discussion of 96-team expansion during the week of the Final Four. It's good to hear considerably less stress in his voice as he discussed several of the options on the table; not bad for a suit who has morphed from one of the most despised men in American sports to one that everyone now praises. Gottlieb said at the end of the piece, "thank you," and we'd be remiss if we didn't say likewise. In an era where the almighty dollar seems to always win out, thanks for listening to the fans, Greg.


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Alfredo Simon discusses his outstanding eight innings on the mound in the O's 4-3 loss
Jim Hunter catches up with Buck Showalter after the O's lose to the Tigers in 11 innings
Johnny Holliday talks with Nats Principal Owner Mark D. Lerner about this coming offseason
Nationals pitching coach Steve McCatty to review this season and look ahead to 2012
Michael Morse talks to reporters about the Nationals sweeping the Phillies
Jim Hunter talks with J.J. Hardy to discuss his strong first season as an Oriole
Mel Antonen joins Tom Davis to discuss possible moves the Orioles may make this offseason
Pedro Strop, Buck Showalter, and Kevin Gregg talk about the bullpen in the O's win in Detroit
Brad Peacock talks with the media following the Nats' 6-1 win over the Phillies. Peacock is 2-0 on the season.
Davey Johnson talks about sweeping the Phillies and Brad Peacock's second start.
Debbi is joined by Michael Morse and talks about hitting his 28th home run this year
Zach Britton tells Jim Hunter how his team bailed him out and got him the win
Buck Showalter tells Jim Hunter how impressed he was with J.J. Hardy in the O's 6-5 win over the Tigers
Adam Jones talks with Tom and Rick about his home run and outfield assist in the O's 6-5 win over the Tigers
Jim Palmer recaps the Pedro Strop's 8th inning and the Orioles' 6-5 win over the Tigers
Tom Kolker talks to Mike Rizzo about some young pitchers that have made a big impression late in the season.


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Poor Natalie. Just when you think you have the world by the by the tail, you end up with a hand full of… uh... disappointment.
First off, no one has cited Natalie for plagiarism. The main charge is copyright infringement. That means she reproduced material that belonged to someone else with neither attribution nor permission, and she did it to help earn a profit. Plagiarism is putting your name on someone else's material. But how is this so different from taking someone else's work and displaying it in such a way that it will likely be construed as your own? The material that was appropriated was taken from an LCBO publication. Did the LCBO give permission to 'borrow' the reviews? Did the authors? One of the first things they teach you in journalism school is attribution. If you didn't write it, then putting the author's name there is NOT OPTIONAL. More importantly, the LCBO always attributes material to the authors, so Natalie purposely removed or neglected to add names to the reviews.
As wine writers, we are journalists. And we are consumer advocates. There really is only one currency in this business: our credibility. We gain credibility by sticking to the rules, by not taking 'pay-offs' and by avoiding ANY suspicion of bias. Some purists suggested that accepting free wine, food, trips, etc. is improper. For some reason this standard is freely levied at wine writers but not at others. Do you expect car writers to buy the cars they review? Do restaurant critics pick up their own bill after every meal? (Good example here: Many restaurant critics go out of their way to be anonymous to eliminate any possibility of bias or favourable treatment and their publishers pay the tab.) Reviewers have a simple mandate: I may write about your product -- for better or worse -- and if you choose to make your products available for that purpose, thank you; I will do my utmost to be fair. It's the cost of doing business on both sides. It's in the winery's best interest to get us to favourably review their products. Sending a bottle or two to my doorstep is a calculated investment for them, and they're glad to do it. It can mean some very cheap publicity. They also understand that I might pan the product -- it's a two way street.
Now since, I/we accept 'freebies', how do we distance ourselves from bias and conflict of interest, etc.? We simply do. That too is not optional. However, if I put a restriction in place, or ask for 'more' in order to do a review, I'd better be very careful. There's no doubt that having a high profile writer review a product can be 'worth your while', as one commenter put it. Natalie's mistake in this case was to demand a subscription fee to produce a review. That is very different from saying up front "I have a tasting fee of $xx per bottle, no guarantees." That is fair and it's transparent. To say, "I won't review your wines unless you buy a copy of my book" is usury.
So Natalie, I know you're not a trained journalist. I know you have to have some means of 'gate keeping' to keep the flood of wines to your door at a reasonable ebb. But what you've done by appropriating reviews is unethical. Allowing readers to believe that the content is yours is unethical. Charging people a fee to read those reviews is unethical. Demanding that wineries, agents, etc. subscribe to your newsletter to qualify for a review is unethical. Suggesting that your reviews could have a favourable result is in a gray area, but it smacks of something unethical.
The "world's best drinks writer", perhaps, but at my college – a writing school -- Ms Maclean would get an "F".
Here's a good, seemingly fair minded write-up: http://winediarist.com/worlds-best-wine-writer-busted/


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Board Games in 5 seconds
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RovaniemiI'm going to love and tolerate
Channel Awesome and especially Spoony. So I decided to do something similar. At first I started to do normal reviews, but because my English pronunciation is so bad, I decided to do it in finnish.
My first review was not as good as I wanted it to be. Thus I decided to go a different route: Silent 5 second reviews
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "Days of Our Lives" scored a rare win for best drama series at the Daytime Emmys in a show marked by an envelope mix-up, expletives and the constant din of audience chatter heard during the cable telecast that stretched beyond its time slot.
NBC's "Days" won just its second drama series trophy and first since 1978, upending such heavyweights as "General Hospital," "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless" — all of which had dominated the category in recent years.
"Days" is one of four remaining soaps still airing on the broadcast networks, while another nominee "One Life to Live" has found new life on the Internet after being canceled. "Days" claimed one other trophy: Chandler Massey as outstanding younger actor.
CBS claimed eight trophies during Sunday's show, giving the network a leading 21 wins including those from last week's creative arts ceremony. PBS was second with 14 wins.
In a major gaffe, Aisha Tyler of "The Talk" was presenting outstanding talk show informative when she opened the envelope and quickly realized she had been given the wrong one.
"Oh, interestingly enough this winner is not in this category," she said. "If I read it out I'm going to give another category away."
The audience at the Beverly Hilton hotel gasped and Tyler vamped while waiting to be given the correct envelope from the wings.
"There better be a cocktail waiting on my table," Tyler said.
She then announced "The Dr. Oz Show" as the winner.
"It's like saying, 'Whoops,' in the operating room," Dr. Mehmet Oz said backstage about the goof-up.
Corbin Bernsen uttered two expletives on-air when talking about his late mother, Jeanne Cooper of "The Young and the Restless," during the in memoriam tribute.
Doug Davidson of "The Young and the Restless" and Heather Tom of "The Bold and the Beautiful" won lead acting honors.
Davidson earned his first career trophy as Detective Paul Williams, a character he's played since 1978. Tom, who previously was on "Y&R," repeated her win from last year.
"I am overwhelmed," he said, wiping his eye.
Tom won for her role as Katie Logan, who struggled with post-partum depression and abandoned her baby in a major story line. Last year, she became the first person to win Daytime Emmys in the younger, supporting and lead categories.
She expressed optimism for the future of daytime dramas, which have shrunk from a dozen airing on the broadcast networks in 1991 to just four still on TV.
"Last year was kind of like, 'Oh god, things are being canceled.' Now our numbers are up and people realize there's an audience for this type of entertainment," Tom said backstage. "It's an audience that can't be easily swayed to something that doesn't resemble a daytime drama. Our future looks good."
Reflecting the current era of dwindling daytime audiences, network budget-cutting and the cancellation of some soaps, the awards were aired by cable news channel HLN for the second straight year, having lost its longtime home on the broadcast networks last year.
In an effort to liven up the proceedings, the night's biggest winners were chatted up, sometimes awkwardly, on stage right after they accepted their trophies by celebrities whose favorite question was the clichéd "How do you feel?"
"This is so strange," Davidson said as he grabbed a mic and took a seat on a red sofa.
"Good Morning America" weather anchor Sam Champion, along with HLN network's A.J. Hammer and Robin Meade, hosted the 40th annual show, which stretched well past its scheduled two hours.
Scott Clifton of "The Bold and the Beautiful" and Billy Miller of "The Young and the Restless" tied for supporting actor in a drama series.
Julie Marie Berman of "General Hospital" won supporting actress honors. She has since left the ABC soap. Her former co-star, Kristen Alderson, won the younger actress category.
In an upset, first-time nominee "CBS Sunday Morning" beat out heavyweights "Good Morning America" and the "Today Show" for outstanding morning program.
"We snuck in while nobody was looking," host Charles Osgood said.
Ricki Lake, whose daytime comeback has been canceled, won outstanding talk show host.
Ben Bailey of "Cash Cab," which is no longer being produced, picked up his third win as outstanding game show host. "The Price is Right" won game show honors.
"The Ellen DeGeneres Show" earned its seventh trophy as outstanding talk show entertainment.
The show paid tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award winners Monty Hall of "Let's Make a Deal" fame and the late game-show creator Bob Stewart.


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LAUNCH Beyond Keynote: Yi-Min Wang
Yi-Min Wang (MS '90, PhD '93), distinguished scientist scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research Technologies, gave the keynote at ECE LAUNCH Beyond on Nov. 6, 2015.
LAUNCH Distinguished Lecture: Arvind Krishna
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Serbia Davis Cup team backs banned Troicki: Djokovic
Banned Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki was "innocent" of doping violation and the country's Davis Cup team supported him, world number one Novak Djokovic said on Tuesday.sports Updated: Aug 07, 2013 18:59 IST
Banned Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki was "innocent" of doping violation and the country's Davis Cup team supported him, world number one Novak Djokovic said on Tuesday.
27-year-old Troicki was suspended for 18 months by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) in July for not providing a blood sample at the Monte Carlo Masters in April.
The ban, which runs until January 24, 2015, means he will miss Serbia's Davis Cup semi-final against Canada in Belgrade next month and the opportunity of a second Davis Cup title.
Troicki's defining career moment came when he clinched Serbia's first Davis Cup in an emotional fifth rubber in the 2010 final against France in Belgrade, after which he and Djokovic were lauded in the Balkan state.
"We're not sure what's going to happen with Viktor," Djokovic said after his opening win at the Rogers Cup in Montreal before adding he doubted Troicki would be eligible for the Davis Cup tie.
"We all give him big support because he's definitely innocent ... Hopefully he is going to be able to be on the court very soon."
Troicki has denied any wrongdoing and said because he was not feeling well the doping officer had told him he could skip the blood test. Troicki had already given a urine sample.
The ITF dismissed his reasons for failing to provide the sample as 'not compelling' and he said he would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS).
First Published: Aug 07, 2013 18:57 IST