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By: Tim Sohn
Many newspapers are diving into the app business, releasing versions for iPhone and iPad, Android, Kindle and/or BlackBerry. Some publishers are taking a wait-and-see approach, while others want to get the product out the door as soon as possible. Some have in-house programming teams, while others are opting for third-party vendors. Some are focusing on PDF replicas, while others are zoning in on breaking news updates. And some have a combination of the two. The bottom line is, when weighing whether to launch apps — or which ones to release — each newspaper market is different and needs specific products depending on its audience.
Cater to your audience
Tulsa World, a family owned newspaper in Tulsa, Okla., unveiled its first app — for iPhone — in 2010. Web editor Jason Collington said the paper now has apps for BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad, Android, and Kindle.
"We have a very tech-savvy audience. When (customers) have a print subscription, they can activate their account for unlimited digital access. So, they are able to not only read the paper during the day, but also go to their iPad or iPhone or Android or Kindle throughout the rest of the day and get updates from there. We've had a lot of print subscribers who are interested in our digital products," Collington said.
In April 2011, the World launched a paid metered model on its website and allowed readers to purchase a subscription for all digital products except Kindle. The paper updates its website up to 60 times a day. Tulsa World does not follow a digital first model. The paper's leadership believes print and digital go hand-in-hand, so content is planned throughout the day according to a symbiotic model.
"What we found is, every time we put our content on a new platform, an audience was created. We heard from a lot of our subscribers getting iPads or getting Androids. They were calling us, wondering when we were going to get on that particular platform," Collington said. "I kept all the emails and phone calls, and when we did launch on those products, I turned around and let them all know, 'hey, we are now on there; thank you for the suggestions and the patience as we develop them.'"
In 2011, Hearst Newspapers released iPad apps for its four major metro papers: the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio (Texas) Express-News, and Albany (N.Y.) Times Union. San Francisco Chronicle for iPad was the first of the four to launch, and that decision had everything to do with its audience.
"For the iPad specifically, we started with San Francisco, it being the biggest market that we had and also a market where we know the penetration of the iPad is greater than in our other markets, pretty significantly," said Karen Brophy, head of digital for Hearst Newspapers. "We did research on how many subscribers were planning to get iPads or already had one. When we got the numbers for last year, it was 12 percent had (an iPad) and about 13 percent more were planning to (purchase an iPad in the future). So we had this number of 25 percent, which was a good target of subscribers or people on our list that we would talk to."
In the coming year, Hearst plans to revamp all of its websites using responsive Web design, which will optimize the display to accommodate the various screen sizes of mobile devices (without having to develop separate sites geared toward different platforms).
The Boston Globe, owned by The New York Times Co., began reevaluating its website audience in 2010, and it found that there were two unique audiences: one that enjoyed traditional reporting and opinion from the Globe, and another that wanted to know what there is to do in Boston, along with sports news.
"We broke down the audience into a couple of different segments — those that really stood out to us. The opportunity that we acted on was the idea that we really had two distinct audiences, so we needed products to better fit their needs," said Jeff Moriarty, vice president of digital products for the Globe. "So, the BostonGlobe.com users were not necessarily satisfied with what they were getting. The Globe was just a small part of Boston.com, and Boston.com users — a lot of them — didn't know the Globe owned Boston.com, so it didn't really matter."
The paper launched Boston.com in 1996 as a free, ad-supported website. In September 2011, BostonGlobe.com was launched as a subscription site. It was created using responsive design, with Boston's Filament Group providing front-end development lead, and the rest of the work done by in-house Boston Globe staffers.
Regina McCombs, faculty member for multimedia and mobile at The Poynter Institute, said she has discovered that most newspapers are doing general audience research but aren't doing due diligence when it comes to local audience research and mobile. There are, however, notable exceptions.
For example, McCombs said The Orange County Register in California and The Columbus Dispatch in Ohio have successfully looked at their analytics and determined the differences in behaviors between smartphone and tablet audiences.
Content and design choices
Different audiences demand different types of content. Some newspaper apps provide PDF replicas of print newspapers, others provide breaking news updates, and still others use a combination of both.
"What we're seeing on mobile is, obviously, not many PDF replicas because they're pretty much illegible on most mobile phones. There are still plenty of mobile apps that are basically RSS feed-driven, very simple mobile apps, especially at the local newspapers. The national newspapers are doing much more elaborate mobile work than that. But local, we're still seeing a lot of that," said McCombs, who conducted a webinar in November on five newspapers and their mobile audiences. The conclusion was that three of the papers used PDF replicas either alone or along with other features.
"For instance, for Columbus (the Dispatch), they found a really good reception for the PDF. They're moving toward getting something else, but they're in no hurry because they feel like their audience is happy with that," she said. "On the other hand, The Oklahoman is offering both an iPad app and a PDF replica, and they said nobody is choosing the replica. Almost everyone is choosing the actual app. So, I think there may be some audience variation there, or it may be just how you're reading your audience."
The Tulsa World Android, iPhone, and Kindle apps provide stories from the newspaper, as well as breaking news, with up to 100 updates daily. Only the iPad app provides PDF replicas of the print paper. All of the apps also allow users to read comments.
"We have a very vibrant comment community. We get about 1,700 comments a day. People not only read the stories, but they want to read the reactions to the stories," Collington said.
The four Hearst daily newspapers that have iPad apps use the same template but different CSS, fonts, and graphics for each market.
"It looks pretty much the same; the layout and structure. It allows us to do that once — we don't have to do it for four different people. That's why we're trying to keep them all on the same path. It just makes life easier," Brophy said. "But on the content side, (the editors) can customize it for any special section of their newspaper. So, San Antonio might have a rodeo section that you certainly wouldn't get in San Francisco. The way that it's built, they can put up a section anytime they want."
Hearst's newspapers release both morning and afternoon iPad editions, which feature updated news stories. They also include several app-only features such as traffic, weather, and blogs. Hearst's iPad app is available in Apple's Newsstand, which means updates are downloaded automatically in the background as long as the user is near a Wi-Fi connection. The user can then read the content anytime, with or without Wi-Fi. The app also includes photos both from the print edition and photo galleries from SFGate.com, 360-degree panoramic shots, and a seven-day archive.
"On the comments side, we don't do comments yet. It's part of our overall road map. It would be different comments than on the website," Brophy said.
She explained that when the San Francisco Chronicle app launched, the biggest complaint she got from users was that there weren't any comics.
"We were working on comics deals — you know comics are not inexpensive. So, we were working on 'what does it cost, what would it look like?' Once we were getting through those deals, we were close. But we didn't want to wait to launch the app," Brophy said. "The first update that we put out had comics in it. And then other things that were asked for we also factored in."
Another big factor in the Hearst apps was sports stats, which are contracted out. "It's significant to implement," she said. "A lot of vendors who do stats for sports, don't do iPad options yet. They are just feeds. For the websites, they have widgets that you can just throw up there, and it takes five minutes. So, it takes a little bit longer for things like that."
In-house or third-party development?
When it comes to figuring out whether you should sign on with a third-party developer, it's important to consider cost and control.
Tulsa World is forward-thinking when it comes to technology and because of that, the paper already had an in-house team of programmers at its disposal when it was ready to begin launching apps.
"Because we made some investments in different areas earlier than other people, we were able to take on the whole app idea because we had an in-house crew of programmers. We did not go third-party. We did develop the iPhone app and every app since then in-house," Collington said. "We invested in our programming department back in 2006- 2007, and decided to say, 'let's not have relationships with third parties; let's build these in-house and have more control over them and have more ability to customize them the way we want.' Any time you ask a third party to customize something, there's a lot of cost involved. After a couple of those relationships, the president and publisher decided to say, 'hey, why don't we bring these guys in-house and do this ourselves?' I think it's one of the best decisions we ever made in the company, because we are able to control it; we are able to test it better. We think that we're able to produce a better app and better content because of it." In terms of staffing, Tulsa World has one app developer (whom colleagues have dubbed iGeorge), four designers, eight other programmers, and Collington, the Web editor.
According to Brophy, Hearst Newspapers has 15 to 20 people who work on app development. However, that's not the only thing they work on all day long. They also have website responsibilities.
McCombs said that newspapers have much more control if their own staff members develop apps.
"You have total control if it's in-house. So, if you have small changes you need to make, if there are tweaks, simple things, it's much easier to do those kinds of things. On the other hand, you've got to have those skills in-house, and getting somebody who may have the ability to do the higher-powered, more in-depth work can be expensive too, and it's tough to find those folks who have a news background," she said, emphasizing that not many local newspapers have staff members who focus exclusively on mobile.
"There are not many places that have invested in, for instance, a mobile staff, where they are actually publishing, say different headlines, or making different choices about content," McCombs said. "I know a few places. I don't know any at the local level, except they might have one person who's doing some headline tweaks or some small tweaks and things."
For papers that don't have the luxury of an in-house app development team, there's no dearth of third-party contractors to help get your mobile strategy off the ground. Elyse Phillips is marketing director of Appcelerator, a company that offers products and services for developing apps across multiple platforms. She said most publishers start small with basic apps, then add more features and functionality as their strategy progresses.
"We see customers, including newspaper publishers, following a 'mobile maturity model' as they roll out mobile apps," Phillips said. "Typically, companies enter mobile with a 'brochureware' type application, which is fairly static. Then they add more features that allow them to interact with their customers, and ultimately they learn how to transact with customers. This follows the same model that we saw with the Web, but it's moving much faster with mobiles because we all learned a lot from the Web."
Even with a third-party developer, publishers should plan on having support staff in-house to maintain the app and address any problems that arise. Appcelerator touts its Titanium development software as a convenience to publishers, because it utilizes skills that most Web developers already know — JavaScript, HTML, CSS — so your current Web team can easily keep tabs on your mobile app.
"If the app was developed using Titanium, then a newspaper can maintain the app using their inhouse Web team," Phillips said. "Alternatively, if the app is built using the native SDKs (software development kits) provided by Apple and Google, the newspaper will need to hire developers that have Objective C (Apple) or Java (Google) skills, meaning they will need separate teams for mobile development and Web development, rather than being able to use their Web team for both."
Looking into the app crystal ball
So, what does the future look like for apps and newspapers?
Collington said he expects newspapers to produce more apps focusing on specific niches. "Some people want access to this or that, but they want to go straight to it. It's been shown people aren't doing a lot of search on mobile — they are going directly to an app that does one thing, or two, or three things," he said. "If there's any future, I think that it's going to be people having one-touch access to get directly to a particular niche that they want or a particular product that they want." He cited sports or classifieds as possible examples.
Hearst Newspapers is already exploring niche apps and has one app that solely provides coverage of the San Francisco Giants. In November 2011, The New York Times launched an app that only provides fashion content.
Newspapers will also be exploring the best ways to offer advertising for apps. Tulsa World has not yet included ads in its apps, but they are on the horizon. "With this upcoming update on the iPhone and iPad we are going to be introducing ads. We have done a lot of trying to figure out the best way to do it," Collington said. "We feel like we have a way that should be the best way to not only sell ads but also display them on the device. This next update is going to include ads, in that you will be able to have a small teaser ad that expands to the full screen on both the iPad and iPhone."
Hearst has included ads in its iPad apps from the beginning.
"We have a sponsorship/share of voice model. So, we have four advertisers, three national and one local, and they had a special in the beginning that the advertisers got 90 days of share of voice, a quarter of the share of voice. As we rolled out other markets, a few of the nationals seen in other markets have become part of the launch. And then other markets have also brought in local advertisers. So, now that we're passed everyone's real launch fee, we still do a share of voice model. But we may evolve more into impression-based. It's early yet to say that the audience is big enough in every market to do impression-based," Brophy said.
McCombs said she thinks that mobile is only going to get more popular, and that newspaper publishers need to be ready. "I think that we have to be aware of how much traffic is moving to mobile, and that we have to be prepared to do more and more of our delivery to mobile devices, and to be thinking about what that's going to mean. If, in reality, by 2013 or 2014, we have more mobile traffic than Web traffic, then that's a pretty big switch," she said.
"A lot of organizations probably really aren't thinking about what that's going to mean, if mobile devices are actually more important to their news delivery than the Web."
McCombs added that the newspaper industry in general has taken a wait-and-see approach. "We (newspaper companies) did that on the Web, right? A lot of local news organizations got there and then sort of waited to see, 'OK, how many people are going to be here? What is everybody going to do? What are they going to want? We'll just wait and watch and see what the other kids are doing before we spend a lot of money on this.'"
Collin Willardson, director of digital marketing for PixelMags, a company that creates apps for publications, thinks magazines are leading the way when it comes to apps because, "they're utilizing all the tools available to them to help bring their publications to life." He added that many magazines offer apps with better engagement tools, such as social media-sharing features, YouTube videos, slide shows, and Twitter feeds.
Willardson said he thinks digital and print will go hand-in-hand in the future. "The app is not meant to replace print, but it's supposed to help reach the market that print can't always reach," he said. "The more devices that are sold, the more readers publishers can expect to be in front of. That says to us it's a growing and vibrant marketplace with great opportunities for publishers."
Tim Sohn is a full-time freelance writer and editor. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Twitter @editortim.


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One down, one to go at Sacred Heart University when it comes to filling basketball jobs.
With Anthony Latina settling into his new role as the men's head coach, the school is in the midsts of a search to find Ed Swanson's replacement to run the women's program.
Among the candidates on the school's list, Hearst Connecticut Newspapers has learned, are Jen Wedo, who was on Swanson's staff at SHU the past three years, along with former assistants Heather Vulin and Shannon Bush, who are currently in similar roles at Villanova and Vermont, respectively.
"A search committee has pulled together a list of about eight or so candidates that we want to meet with," said Sacred Heart Dean of Students Larry Wielk, who is helping conduct the initial search.
"At this point, we have begun that process and met with a few of them. Hopefully, when that process is concluded we will have identified two or three that we recommend on to a combination at this point of Don (Cook), Jim (Barquinero) and Bobby (Valentine) to hold final interviews."
Barquinero is senior vice president for student affairs and athletics. Cook is retiring as the athletic director on June 30, when Valentine takes over.
Outside of Wedo, Wielk did not identify specific individuals he has spoken to about the position, but noted several had past connections to the program. Multiple sources said that Vulin and Bush are on the school's list of candidates.
Wedo, Vulin and Bush were all solid recruiters under Swanson at SHU, helping to bring in some of the school's top players during their reign atop the Northeast Conference over the past decade. Swanson never had a team finish lower than third in the league since the program moved up to NCAA Division I status in 1999.
"We've had quite a bit of interest and I don't see why we wouldn't -- it's probably one of the best jobs in the Northeast Conference as well as the northeast," Wielk said. "It's a winning program, not a rebuilding one."
In addition to having large shoes to fill in replacing Swanson, who left for William & Mary after 23 seasons at SHU with a resume that included 406 wins and three NCAA tournament appearances, the school has a short window to do it. The Pioneers are traveling to Ireland in mid-August.
"Ideally, we are looking at kind of a mid-June target date knowing we have the recruiting classes coming up, transition time for the staff, summer camps and the team is going to Ireland in August," Wielk added. "It's a busy summer ahead and we are somewhat trying to fast-track it."
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In yet another amazing move, Google has decided to pay 410 students to work on open source software during summer. These students have been selected via 'mentoring organisations', which will guide them through the program, as well as judge their results. Hopefully the program will be a resounding success, and Google will be able to repeat it next year, or even set a new trend!
I was very fortunate to be working on something interesting to one of these organisations (the Python Software Foundation, or PSF) as part of my Master's Thesis project, and that I was just planning on adding several large features this summer. Of course, I would have worked on them anyway, but morale was going down, and receiving a google t-shirt is excellent motivation! (The money comes in handy too..) I am very glad to have been selected.
My mentors will be Jeremy Hylton and Brett Cannon, both well known in the Python community and working for Google at the moment. I look forward to interacting with them during the program, and hopefully learning a lot from them. On the university side, my advisor has been and will be Koen Langendoen, co-author of the book 'Modern Compiler Design'.
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THESPORTSDOC- In the Doldrums: Zorn brings bashing on himself
With Tennessee, St. Louis, and Tampa Bay all winless, and Detroit, Kansas City, and Cleveland nearly so, it seems odd that the focus of everyone's criticism is the Washington Redskins. They've won only two games, but they're one of seven teams that can say that: all in all, 13 of the 32 teams in the NFL have won two games or fewer.
So why is Jim Zorn taking all the heat?
Turn on any sports channel or open any sports page and Steve Spagnuolo and John Fox aren't going to jump out at you. Although both men coach teams with records as bad or worse than Washington's (St. Louis and Carolina respectively), they sit back and watch Jim Zorn take it on the chin. This NFL season it seems nothing is as valuable as low expectations, and plenty of coaches are thanking their lucky stars their teams have little talent and show even less promise.
On last Sunday's Football Night in America, Peter King, Keith Olbermann, and Rodney Harrison were giddy when discussing Zorn's failings, and were just as euphoric when listing the reasons greenhorn Raheem Morris, coach of the 0-6 Buccaneers, and elder statesman Jeff Fischer, the equally abysmal Titans' coach, were most certainly not going to be fired. If it weren't for the genteel, soft-spoken, and delightfully insightful Tony Dungy, Zorn wouldn't have received an ounce of respect.
Why the Redskins?
Many people will cite unfulfilled promise as the reason for their ire, and there's no denying Clinton Portis, Santana Moss, and Chris Cooley can be shellacked for not living up to their potential. There's also no denying that Albert Haynesworth should be able to run two plays without needing an hour in a hyperbaric chamber, but any expectations of the obese defensive tackle who didn't bother participating in training camp are futile.
And what about payroll? The Redskins are a big-market team, and if they were willing to pay "Fat Albert" $100 million (with incentives), then no doubt hundreds of millions more they spent should be making something good happen. Any team that throws around big money has no excuse for such poor performance.
If that's the case, the Raiders, the Browns, the Titans, the Rams, the Dolphins, the Bills, and the Panthers should all be in line ahead of the Redskins for a good smack.
Washington ranked 18th in total 2008 payroll with $111,963,684. The 2-4 Raiders came in at number one with $152,389,371; the 1-5 Browns ranked number four at $131,916,300; and the six time-loser Titans paid out $126,017,443 for a seventh-place finish.
Granted, those aren't this year's numbers; but as none of those teams are completely rebuilt, they're pretty telling figures, right?
Perhaps the most valid complaint one can make about the Redskins is that they have failed to win even with a cream-puff schedule. Every team that beat Washington came into the match-up winless. Aside from the Giants in the opening game, the Redskins have faced the weakest opposition in the NFL. If Washington lost to Kansas City in week six– when the Chiefs were still winless– what can they possibly do in week seven against the 3-2 Eagles or the as-yet-undefeated Saints in week 13?
But even with all their faults, the Washington Redskins are not the worst team in the NFL, nor is Jim Zorn the worst coach. So why is he the poster boy for all that's wrong in the League?
The answer is as age-old as it is easy: if the NFL were the Phantom Tollbooth, Jim Zorn would be the Doldrums. Zorn hasn't shown an ounce of giddyup since the beginning of the season, and he exudes defeat before, during, and after games. His long face, his constant sighing, and his tired and lifeless eyes are killers of confidence, and everyone from the players on the field to the fans in the stands to the commentators on television can feel it.
With their continued unwillingness to completely cut Zorn loose, it seems Redskins management has never read The Phantom Tollbooth and is unaware that the only way to get out of the Doldrums is to do the opposite of what got them there in the first place.
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© Apr 2009 Volume 7 Issue 1, ECKM 2008, Editor: Roy Williams, pp1 - 198
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There is no credible methodology for knowledge management systems development (KMSD). We report on a KMSD approach that has emerged from an investigation based on action research and grounded theory into a number of business problems experienced by organizations. The KMSD approach is highly participatory, requiring full involvement of members of an organization. It has three interacting aspects: envisioning knowledge work behaviour, design of knowledge management system (KMS), and exploring technology options for supporting the KMS. In the first of these aspects, challenges and opportunities in an organization's current situation are analysed and an improved situation is envisioned to expose knowledge concepts and their properties. In the second, a logical design of a KMS is produced using knowledge entities, knowledge flows and knowledge interfaces; the design is guided and constrained by an organization's structure, culture, and resources. The third aspect is to do with introducing appropriate IT into KMS design, integrating organizational, social and technological aspects of the system. The paper describes this KMSD approach and how it emerged from both practical and theoretical investigation.
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Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees Top Sports Loyalty Engagement Survey
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April 5, 2012: The Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have the most loyal fans in baseball while the Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets have what is described as the least-loyal fan base, according to the just-released Brand Keys' 2012 Sports Loyalty Engagement Index.
But the team with the most loyal fans appears to be the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, the only team in this survey to be ranked No. 1 in 2012, 2005 and 2000.
The New England Patriots have the most loyal fans in the NFL and the San Antonio Spurs top the NBA, according to the survey.
The top four in MLB, which also included the San Francisco Giants, were in their same respective positions in the 2011 Survey. This year, driven in part by their World Series win, the St. Louis Cardinals moved to No. 5, replacing the Los Angeles Dodgers, now under a new ownership group that includes "Magic" Johnson.
This is the 20th annual fan survey conducted by Brand Keys, a New York-based brand and customer loyalty research consultancy.
According to Robert Passikoff, Brand Keys' founder and president, the Sports Loyalty Index was designed to help professional sports team management identify precise fan loyalty rankings in their home and national markets. "These insights enable league and team management to identify areas that need strategic brand coaching," said Passikoff in a statement.
Passikoff said that the Sports Loyalty Engagement Index "provides an apples-to-apples comparison of the intensity with which fans within the team's standard metropolitan statistical area support the home team versus corresponding values for the fans of the other teams in the market.
"That's important because fan loyalty correlates very highly with broadcast viewership, merchandise purchase, and ticket revenue. And happier fans as well," said Passikoff. "Everybody loves a winner, but it's important to note that win/loss ratios do not entirely govern fan loyalty. There are three other factors that have to be taken into account."
According to Brand Keys, fan loyalty is driven in four ways:
• Pure Entertainment: How well a team does, but more importantly, how exciting is their play?
• Authenticity: How well they play as a team. New stadia and, often, new managers, can lift this driver.
• Fan Bonding: Are players respected and admired?
• History and Tradition: Is the game and the team part of fans' and community rituals, institutions and beliefs?
"And since overall league and team rankings correlate with viewership and merchandise sales,, and rankings can be influenced depending upon how loyalty drivers are managed, it's critical that team marketers do accurate scouting regarding the strategic ball they intend to pitch to their fans," said Passikoff.
"Fan loyalty correlates very highly with broadcast viewership, merchandise purchase, and ticket revenue. And happier fans as well."
The Brand Keys Sports Fan Loyalty Index measures all the teams in the four Major Leagues, with this year's Top-5/Bottom-5 rankings also showing in parentheses the team rankings for the years 2000 and 2005, respectively. The full list is available through Brand Keys.
Top 5
1. Philadelphia Phillies (#17, #6)
2. New York Yankees (#3, #2)
3. Boston Red Sox (#1, #9)
4. San Francisco Giants (#4, #10)
5. St. Louis Cardinals (#10, #18)
Bottom 5
1. Pittsburgh Pirates (#21, #21)
2. Baltimore Orioles (#25, #23)
3. Kansas City Royals (#12, #16)
4. Seattle Mariners (#10, #10)
5. New York Mets (#9, #7)
Top 5
1. New England Patriots (#18, #1)
2. Pittsburgh Steelers (#25, #6)
3. Green Bay Packers (#3, #4)
4. Indianapolis Colts (#5, #5)
5. New Orleans Saints
Bottom 5
1. Oakland Raiders (#29, #32)
2. Cleveland Browns (#10, #21
3. St. Louis Rams (#15, #17)
4. Washington Redskins (#13, #28)
5. Miami Dolphins (#26, #25)
Top 5
1. San Antonio Spurs (#5, #1)
2. Boston Celtics (#22, #7)
3. Los Angeles Lakers (#1, #3)
4. Dallas Mavericks (#27, #14)
5. Oklahoma City Thunder (were Seattle Supersonics: #18, #16)
Bottom 5
1. Charlotte Bobcats (expansion team in 2000, #20)
2. Sacramento Kings (#19, #4)
3. Golden State Warriors (#26, #19)
4. Minnesota Timberwolves (#13, #6)
5. Washington Wizards (#29, #21)
Top 5
1. Detroit Red Wings (#1, #1)
2. Vancouver Canucks (#27, #10)
3. Boston Bruins (#5, #6)
4. Philadelphia Flyers (#8, #4)
5. San Jose Sharks (#10, #17)
Bottom 5
1. New York Islanders (#19, #11)
2. St. Louis Blues (#8, #12)
3. Columbus Blue Jackets (#22, #27)
4. Tampa Bay Lightening (#29, #16)
5. Winnipeg Jets (were Atlanta Thrashers until 2011: #28, #30)
Source: Brand Keys
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PureLivingChina.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 159 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
PureLiving: Indoor Environmental Solutions
PureLiving (http://www.purelivingchina.com) will be an an indoor environmental testing and remediation (correcting the problem) consulting company in China. We started this company after suffering through problems with our own house and realizing that there was no one in the market who both was reputable and more importantly, had been in the shoes of foreign expatriates (expats) themselves and was able to offer trusted and unbiased guidance.
We will be testing for air and water quality, and the other indoor toxins such as lead and mold. Our positioning is to be the #1 trusted complete solutions partner to educate customers on the various health hazards common to China urban life, recommend appropriate testing, identify root causes, and then provide recommendations and solutions to fixing the problem using international standards and best practices.
Over time, we may expand from just homes to businesses.
Initially, English-speaking expat families in Shanghai, helping them make their home a healthy place to live. This group splits into two segments. One is the organic-food buying group who already are very aware of health hazards and just needs to find us and trust us. The second and larger group is made of expats who are vaguely aware of the dangers of China (low or non-existent standards, high pollution, and little government protection or enforcement), but require education and hard-hitting facts to create a sense of urgent need.
Over time, we will expand to expats from other countries living in China (Japanese, Korean, Taiwan). Their needs will be similar, but have different recognition of cultural references and obviously language.
Attributes to convey:
Trust and accountability-- Solutions, advisors, specialists, sciences
Sense of green -- Clean, green, smart, pure, fresh, safe, guardian, oasis
Describes the indoor environment -- Air, home, urban, environment, living, indoor, health
International, authoritative -- International, Global
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German GP 2010
Saturday Team Quotes
Jenson Button (5th, 1:14.427): "It took a little bit of time for us to get used to the balance of the car this weekend. I was pretty happy with my final lap, so I don't know where the extra seven tenths [to pole] is. And that's the slightly worrying thing: it was a good lap, and I don't really think there was anything else I could've got out of the car. But we've definitely made a step forward with the blown diffuser - it's still not quite enough in qualifying spec, but, hopefully, we'll see some more performance tomorrow. From fifth on the grid, we can still have a good race, and this is a fun place to go racing. The first lap is usually pretty hectic, so I'll be hoping to pass some cars early on. I definitely think we can get a great result tomorrow."
Lewis Hamilton (6th, 1:14.566): "My qualifying pace wasn't great today - there was definitely a bit more time to be gained somewhere. I did the best job I could - it's just that the two teams in front did a slightly better job. We're the fastest down the straights, but we don't have quite enough downforce at the moment. We'll keep on pushing, but we know we have more work to do. Still, I think there'll be an improvement in our performance relative to the others tomorrow, because our race pace is generally better than our qualifying pace. Hopefully, the weather will be good, too, so we can push the guys in front and try and make up some places."
Martin Whitmarsh, Team Principal: "No-one at Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is ever going to be fully satisfied by a qualifying session that results in our cars qualifying only fifth and sixth - but we have reason to be confident that our race pace will be stronger. Our straight-line speed is impressive - perhaps more than we needed for an optimal qualifying set-up - but it's likely to pay dividends tomorrow. As ever, both Jenson and Lewis will be looking to make up places early on, and thereafter they'll approach the race with their usual combination of combative ambition and disciplined adherence to a race strategy that we hope will bag them another decent haul of world championship points. And, having scored 149 points out of a possible 172 in the past four races, we're focusing on maintaining our consistency above all else."
Mercedes GP
Nico Rosberg (9th, 1:15.179): "I was hoping for a strong weekend here in Hockenheim in front of our fans but unfortunately I struggled a lot in qualifying today. It's really disappointing and it seems that we are just not making our developments work as well as we hoped this weekend which we need to look into. I hope that we find the problem with the car otherwise it is difficult to explain why we are not closer to the front. I had a lot of oversteer and that made it really difficult as I had to keep coming down on the front wing levels which did not help. I will do my best tomorrow to achieve a good result but it will be difficult from this position."
Michael Schumacher (11th, 1:15.026): "There isn't much more to say about qualifying other than the result was what was achievable for us today. Clearly it was disappointing because we had expected to be able to fight for fifth or sixth place but from the difference between our two cars, you can see our results are what the potential was. If I want to find something positive, it is that at least I will be starting from the better side of the grid and in the end, I prefer 11th to 10th place because of that. I had some issues with my brakes during qualifying but I do not rate that a real factor for the performance today. We are a bit stronger in race pace than in qualifying but we clearly wanted to achieve more for our fans. Let's hope that tomorrow the race will develop in a way that we can still show them something."
Ross Brawn, Team Principal: "We obviously had a disappointing qualifying today at one of our home races, particularly considering the promise that we showed over the practice sessions. With the changeable weather conditions over the weekend and a new aero package on the car, clearly we haven't understood how to get the best from it here. That's eventually shown in qualifying today and the drivers were not able to extract any more performance from the car than their respective positions. We will look at all of the data available and understand what is happening to ensure that we make better use of the package in the future."
Norbert Haug, Mercedes Motorsport Director: "Ninth place for Nico and 11th place for Michael are not what we hoped to achieve for the home race of Mercedes-Benz. Our team has worked very hard to get the upgrades on our cars in time for Hockenheim but we must admit that after the limited amount of dry running, we could not make best use of them. But that is the price that sometimes you unfortunately have to pay when the team needs to accelerate its development process from race to race. We had a similar qualifying outcome in Valencia and a fortnight later, the upgrades delivered at Silverstone. I am convinced that with more running and more knowledge, we will make our latest development step work. Disappointment and frustration will not be in our minds right now but quite the opposite and let's see what the race will bring tomorrow. Nico, Michael and everybody in the team will be fully focused on achieving the best possible result."
Red Bull-Renault
Sebastian Vettel (1st, 1:13.791): "That was extremely exciting, especially in Q3. I knew that both times I went out I only had one timed lap, so I had to get it right. It's difficult here, there are some places that can easily lead you into a mistake on this track. If you push too much then you can lose the edge of the tyres and some time. My final lap wasn't 100% perfect and there were a couple of places where I went over the limit, which cost me some time. But, in the end, it was enough - although only just - to stay ahead and get the pole. I am extremely happy - thanks to the team. It is the first time I am on pole at home, but the main challenge will come tomorrow."
Mark Webber (4th, 1:14.347): "I made a mistake into Turn one on my final timed lap. I turned in a little bit late and cut the kerb, which took me out wide so I had to abandon the lap. It was a shame I couldn't take advantage of the improving track conditions at the end of the session; it wasn't the best day for me. I let the boys down a bit, but Seb did a good lap for pole. Fourth is still not too bad - let's see what we can do from there in tomorrow's race."
Christian Horner, Sporting Director: "It was a fantastic lap from Sebastian to get pole at his home race, albeit by the tightest of margins. Mark was right up there throughout the two qualifying sessions and again the drivers were split by very little. Unfortunately he ran wide at Turn one at the start of his last timed lap, but first and fourth is still a strong team result and it promises to be a good race tomorrow."
Fabrice Lom, Renault: "What a nice feeling to have a pole position at Sebastian's home race. It's so good for him, I imagine he's very happy. Also to get pole by the tiniest margin, two thousandths of a second, is a very good achievement. Mark is a bit further back behind the Ferraris, but first and fourth ahead of the McLarens is a strong qualifying result. We need to capitalise on this tomorrow in the race in order to close the gap in the Championship."
Fernando Alonso (2nd, 1:13.793): "I am happy to be back on the front row after such a long time! We have been competitive all weekend, so this result is not a surprise: although perhaps the small gap to the Red Bull is, given that so far, even when we were close in free practice, or in Q1 and Q2, then in Q3, they always seemed to have that little bit extra. For a few races now, the F10 has improved a lot and that has finally led to us being in the fight for pole position. We have had a good Saturday, but now we have to do the same again on Sunday, as the points are only given out tomorrow. I am happy that Felipe is also in a good position as that means we can defend ourselves, particularly from the McLarens on the opening lap, because with their top speed they could pose a real threat. Tyres could be a significant unknown factor tomorrow: the track has improved so much over the past two days and we are using them much more than yesterday, so we could expect some surprises on the strategy front. The start? At Silverstone, the theoretically slower dirty side was actually cleaner and I hope the same will be true here! We will give it our all in trying to win, because looking at the classification, we need to bring home as many points as possible."
Felipe Massa (3rd, 1:14.290): "I am pleased with this third place, as it means I am in a good position for the start of the race. It gives us a chance to score a lot of points for the team and that is our objective for tomorrow, as we have lost too many in recent races! Therefore, we hope that the negative run that dates back to Canada will end here in Germany. The gap between my time and that of the first two is due mainly to the fact that I never managed to produce a perfect lap on my last run. Tomorrow, we will do our best: yesterday, we saw that our race pace is competitive and we will try to make the most of that. On this track, with so many slow corners and where it is important to have a car that is good under braking, the F10 seems to be working very well."
Stefano Domenicali, Team Principal: "We are very pleased with this result, even if there's just a hint of regret that pole escaped us by a whisker. This result is down to the whole team, both at the track and at the factory, which over the past weeks, has put in an incredible effort to improve the performance of our car. Already, for the past three races, we could see we were getting better but, for various reasons and events, we did not pick up the results that were within our grasp. Now we have to remain focussed and prepare for tomorrow, down to the smallest detail. Above all, we hope we can finally have a normal race. The time has come to reap the rewards of all the work we have done so far."
Chris Dyer: "A great result which confirms what a good job the team has done in improving the F10. I think everyone now realises that. Clearly, missing out on pole by just two thousandths is a slight disappointment, but that is far outweighed by the satisfaction of getting one car onto the first row and the other on the second, something we have not managed for quite some time. For several races now we have seen signs of progress, but we did not manage to turn it into points, but now the time has come to do so."
Rubens Barrichello (8th, 1:15.109): "It was a good day all told. In Q2, I set my best time and it was a fantastic lap, and in Q3 for some reason I developed a bit of understeer and lost some balance. So it was a bit of a shame not to be able to repeat the performance as I thought we were capable of P7. That said, we have to be happy with two cars in the top ten and it gives us confidence for good points tomorrow."
Nico Hulkenberg (10th, 1:15.339): "It was positive to get both cars into the top ten; I think there was a bit more there time-wise at around about Rubens' pace, but I didn't have the greatest run right at the end of Q3. All that said, we have a good platform for a strong race tomorrow."
Sam Michael, Technical Director: "Today was another good qualifying performance by the team and it is great to have both cars in the top 10. We believed we could get up to 7th, but we just missed a bit of time in the last sector relative to Q2. Looking to tomorrow's race, our target is to put away more points with both cars. The weather here this weekend has made things interesting so far, but it's still clear on the tyres and other items."
Robert Kubica (7th, 1:15.079): "I am reasonably happy to be seventh on the grid and I think that, for now, we have to realise that we could not have qualified any higher than this. My lap could have been better, because I was held up by a Red Bull in the final sector, but I don't think it would have changed my position. We have had a couple of issues with the car here and in Silverstone, and I have not felt as confident with it, so we know that it's important to keep working to improve the feeling because that will give us more consistency. As for tomorrow's race, we saw in Silverstone that anything is possible but we need a good start and a good first lap. We hope that our race pace will be strong, too, but we saw today that the gap to the teams in front is pretty big so I'm expecting a tough afternoon."
Vitaly Petrov (13th, 1:15.307): "It was another tough qualifying session for me. The lap times around the top ten were very close and I was still learning how to get the most from the car and the tyres at this track, then trying to put it all together in a single lap. In the end, getting it right is a question of experience, and I know that better results will come when I can bring the pieces together - even though I wasn't far from the top ten today."
Eric Boullier, Team Principal: "I am pretty pleased with our qualifying performance today, considering that all of the teams ahead of us - and some behind - are running with the F-duct. It's good to be the leading team without that system, and particularly nice to have Robert ahead of the two Mercedes - although he could have gone quicker had he not hit traffic on his fastest lap. Of course, our ambitions are greater than P7, but this was a good result today. On the other side of the garage, Vitaly didn't quite make the cut for Q3 - but in his defence, the times were very close today and he was just a few tenths away."
Alan Permane, Chief Race Engineer: "At the moment, we know that we are a step away from the three teams ahead of us on the grid, so it's pleasing to see Robert qualify ahead of both Williams and both Mercedes. It was a shame that Vitaly wasn't able to get closer to the top ten, but he did a good job after two disjointed days of practice. It hasn't been the easiest of weekends for us overall, and it's fair to say we struggled with the car yesterday, but we got on top of the situation this morning and during qualifying. Looking to Sunday, the changeable weather conditions have been a feature of the weekend so far, but we are not currently expecting any rain for the race."
Force India-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil (14th, 1:15.467): "Not really such a great day for us! The weekend started so well and in the rain the car was so strong, but it's not gone right today. This morning I had a problem with the driveshaft and missed the whole session. We also had to change the gearbox as a result of the problem so we knew that we would be facing a tough challenge with the five place penalty we would get. Then in qualifying I didn't have any grip and the car was sliding around and we were only quick enough for 14th place. All the same it's only qualifying and there's a long race tomorrow where anything can happen.With a good strategy we can always go for a good result."
Vitantonio Liuzzi (22nd, 1:18.952): "I had had a good couple of laps but then I hit a wet patch on the kerb or on the grass that wasn't visible from the track and it then started the accident. I lost the rear and was pushed out quite strongly across the track and into the wall. I wasn't hurt, but it's such a shame as we lost the qualifying and now have to start far down the grid. We can still make up some places as we showed in the last race in Silverstone where I came back to 11th and under a second from the points, so the race pace is very strong - let's see what we can do."
Otmar Szafnauer, Chief Operating Officer: "Obviously we're disappointed with the session today. We were hoping for more in qualifying but had technical problems with the driveshaft failure on Adrian's car in FP3, which compromised his performance in qualifying. Tonio then had an accident at the last corner, which eliminated him in Q1. But as we always say there's no points for qualifying. Our long run pace this weekend on both cars has been strong and both Adrian and Tonio are real fighters who will keep pushing until the flag. They have fought hard in the past and, even after the difficulties today, are exceptionally motivated to do it again here in Hockenheim."
Toro Rosso-Ferrari
Jaime Alguersuari (16th, 1:15.588): "To be honest I did not expect to be quicker than my team-mate today, as it has been a difficult weekend with not so much testing on a dry track. Therefore, I found it hard to get up to speed in the dry, but in the end, I managed it in qualifying, even if I might have been able to improve by one or two tenths. If it stays like this for the race, who knows what might happen as it is possible that tyre degradation will be a factor that might help me move up the order."
Sebastien Buemi (17th, 1:15.974): "Q1 went well, but I am not really sure what happened in Q2, as I was unable to make the most of the improving track conditions. We will have to see why that was, if it was down to the way we ran the tyres or some other reason to do with the set-up. Therefore I am rather disappointed that things did not go as well as expected. As for tomorrow's race, there are a couple of places where you can overtake if you have the speed, so let's wait and see what happens and a lot could depend on the weather. If it is dry, the key element of the strategy will be managing the usage of the soft tyre."
Giorgio Ascanelli, Technical Director: "After this afternoon's session, we are looking a bit better than in Silverstone a fortnight ago, however that is mainly due to Liuzzi's crash - I'm glad he seems okay - rather than due to our own efforts."
Jarno Trulli (18th, 1:17.583): "I've had a great weekend so far. I've had no troubles with the car and I've been able to work on getting the right balance, and being comfortable with how the car feels in all the sessions. You can see from the lap time today just how good it's been, so I'm really happy, but obviously we always have work to do, and the satisfaction comes from putting in the work and seeing results like the lap today. Tomorrow it's all about pushing the guys ahead and getting both cars home again, so that's where the focus is now."
Heikki Kovalainen (19th, 1:18.300): "It's been quite a difficult weekend for me so far - it seems to be a bit harder than normal and I'm not sure why. The balance was ok today but the grip levels felt poor and I wasn't able to get the best out of the tyres on either run. It felt like I was getting more out of them on the third lap each time, so we need to analyse that and see what's behind it. Despite this we're still in a good position. Jarno did a great lap and I got ahead of Glock pretty comfortably, so there's everything to fight for tomorrow."
Mike Gascoyne, Technical Director: "Mixed feelings today. A very good job from Jarno who was pretty happy with the balance of his car, but disappointing for Heikki who lost 3/10ths in a straight line to Jarno and we'll have to look at the reasons for that. Overall he hasn't been happy with the balance all weekend and I think the team didn't do a good enough job on his car before qualifying. However, on the positive side we finished the best of the new teams, and we're looking to take this form into the race tomorrow with a strong double finish."
Kamarudin Meranun, Deputy Team Principal: "It's very exciting to see us finish 18th and 19th, and we'll be going up another position on the grid due to Sutil's penalty. I'm sorry for Heikki, but very happy for Jarno and I'm sure Heikki will put in a very strong performance tomorrow - we're firmly ahead of the new teams and closer than ever to those ahead, so it's a good day!"
Bruno Senna (21st, 1:18.592): "It feels like a really good qualifying for us and we have been closer to our competitors than expected. My lap was almost perfect as I could put all the sectors together. I think it was one of my best laps in qualifying this year, so I'm fairly happy. It was a good effort from the team and we will see how it goes tomorrow."
Sakon Yamamoto (23rd, 1:19.844): "It was my second qualifying in a row after Silverstone and here we could improve a lot compared to the last weekend. Today it was a bit disappointing as we had a shifting problem on my fastest lap, which needs to be investigated for tomorrow. During the race, the weather conditions will be different and I'm going to do my best and I hope to finish the race again."
Colin Kolles, Team Principal: "Today we are happy with the result both drivers achieved in both sessions. Bruno Senna showed his best qualifying performance this season. Sakon Yamamoto learnt a lot from yesterday's practices and could improve his performance. Unfortunately, he had a shifting problem which is going to be investigated. We could catch up with the other new teams and we are confident to race the other teams tomorrow."
BMW Sauber-Ferrari
Kamui Kobayashi (12th, 1:15.084): "I am not happy because I should have gone through into Q3. The car was good and the performance in qualifying confirmed this. But on my second run in Q2 I had traffic and needed to slow down a bit. Obviously this wasn't good for the tyre temperatures and I had a lack of grip afterwards. However, from 12th on the grid I should still be able to score points tomorrow."
Pedro de la Rosa (15th, 1:15.550): "I was certainly hoping to make it into Q3. Overall I think we have been closer to the top ten than expected. The car was good and it will be the same in the race tomorrow. On my second run in Q2 I pushed too hard and had a couple of big moments. This way I obviously couldn't improve my lap time."
Peter Sauber, Team Principal: "The positive aspect of today is the fact our car made another step forward with regard to performance, otherwise we wouldn't be able to compete at such a level. However, it's disappointing we didn't make it into Q3."
James Key, Technical Director: "We came in this morning after working over night on the cars to address some of the issues we found in dry conditions yesterday. Both drivers were happy with the cars this morning, and we looked reasonably competitive. We went to qualifying knowing we had a realistic chance of a getting into Q3. There was a big accident in the first session, and it was good to see Vitantonio Liuzzi walk away from that. Then it was about concentrating on getting the tyres to work. The first outings were reasonable. Kamui was in the top ten straightaway, but unfortunately we couldn't get the most out of the new tyres on the second run, where we didn't improve at all. That left us just outside the top ten. Ultimately it was disappointing, but I'm pleased the car has taken a step forward. We should be able to fight for points tomorrow."
Timo Glock (20th, 1:18.343): "A very disappointing day after the promising start we made to the weekend yesterday. The gearbox problem we experienced this morning was very frustrating because it cost us the end of the session. The guys did a fantastic job, working through the break to get the car ready in time for Qualifying, but then after the first run we had a problem with the rear brakes and it was too risky to go out again. After the first set of tyres we were in front of Lotus but we couldn't continue and therefore run the next set of options, so we don't know how it could have panned out - we could have split the Lotus cars or even been ahead of them. It's just very disappointing."
Lucas di Grassi (24th, No Time): "It has been a very frustrating day for me and the team because we were looking so good in Free Practice and I think we could have done a really good job in Qualifying. But we had the alternator problem late in the session this morning and then it was clear on my Qualifying out-lap that there was a gearbox problem which could not be fixed in the time we had. We will do the best we can tomorrow in the hope that we can finish as the best of the new teams."
Nick Wirth, Technical Director: "We are all extremely disappointed by today's results. After a few encouraging laps on the drying track this morning, Lucas experienced an engine alternator failure and oil leak which caused the gearbox control system to temporarily lose control of the gearshift with the sudden electrical voltage drop. It was unclear at the time whether this had caused damage to the gearbox, and after successful tests in the garage before qualifying, we elected to try it rather than change the gearbox and take a grid penalty. Sadly, a gearbox problem quickly became apparent when he tried his first qualifying run and we'll have to change his gearbox tonight. Timo's hopes of a good showing in front of his home crowd were thwarted by a different gearbox problem in free practice which stopped him doing any meaningful running this morning and forced us to change his gearbox before qualifying. His first proper run of the day was a great effort, but a small brake caliper hose fitting leak was spotted as his final set of tyres were being fitted, and we simply couldn't risk a final run. I guess the most annoying thing was that we have been unable to demonstrate the clear performance progress we have continued to make but hopefully we'll get an opportunity to do this tomorrow."


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Heading West.
Spent a good part of the day getting my act together for tomorrow's trip to Colorado:
Guitar: check
Picks: check
Microphone: check
Drumsticks: check
Brushes (for drums, not for hair): check
Song lists and music: check
Kindle: check
Camera: check
Clothes (including Hawaiian shirts): check
Talent: Oy!
Next stop – Denver, then on to Fort Collins. I'm toting Mr. Computer, so I may even do a post or two while I'm there next week. Then again, maybe not.
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PHILADELPHIA - Defending NFL rushing champion LeSean McCoy had a right to be angry Sunday over a shove from a veteran who should know better.
Chip Kelly jumped in to stop the fray triggered by linebacker Trent Cole, who has 62 pounds on McCoy but not nearly as much on the head coach.
Cole didn't get the memo that as McCoy goes, so go the Eagles in the Kelly era.
'It was just two friends going at it,' said McCoy, upset at the press coverage in a 7-on-7 passing drill. 'They were touching me a little bit too much. And I'm trying to let them know it's OK if you can't cover me. It's OK. We were just battling, that's all. We'll go into the locker room and talk it out, joke it out.'
McCoy, Cole and the rest of the Eagles are transitioning into yet another chapter of Eagles football. It wasn't any easier to go through with oppressive 87 degree heat at the NovaCare Complex combined with humidity soaking players and spectators alike.
What is clear after two days of training camp is the vibe McCoy associated with his first five NFL training camps is gone forever. The energy and attitude generated by the celebrity and skills of Michael Vick and DeSean Jackson, the latter unceremoniously cut, left with those superstars. McCoy and quarterback Nick Foles are the faces of Kelly's Eagles.
'It's definitely different,' McCoy said. 'There's different personalities. The limelight a little bit, is different. A guy like Michael Vick has kind of changed the game the way he plays. And a star wide receiver like DeSean Jackson. So it's a lot different.
'A guy like Nick is becoming a big star but he's not really big on the attention. Nick is a guy, man, he'll throw for seven touchdowns and he doesn't want or expect to get patted on the back or a slap on the butt. He's doing his job. Whereas other guys have that star thing to them. Like Mike. Mike has been in the starlight for so long it comes with the territory. He can have a terrible game but the star pass is going to come with it.'
Winning cures everything in football. That's what Kelly preaches, albeit with a scientific spin. Some coaches talk about having their players check their egos at the door. Kelly demands it. The decision to build with selfless players is purely a football decision for Kelly.
McCoy is a big piece to the puzzle Kelly is completing. The transition from being one of the best to the guy is a work in progress.
Every training camp McCoy is optimistic. This season he feels it.
'I think so,' McCoy said. 'I think the difference with this team is we all have one goal. Last year the things that we accomplished were amazing. I thought the season ended too early. Great team, great leadership. And the best thing about it is you know what Chip Kelly wants. Last year we didn't know what to expect.
'So I'm very optimistic about this season.'
To get to where the Eagles want to be will take a healthy McCoy. Cole understands judging by the way he attacked questions about the tussle with his teammate.
'I don't know what you're talking about,' Cole said. 'We were just playing with each other. That's all.'
Linebacker Brandon Graham, who had a pretty good view of the matter, suggested there was a little more to it.
'Any time somebody fights, you know they're competing hard,' Graham said. 'It was just a little friendly thing. It was nothing personal. It was one of those things where Trent nudged him, McCoy didn't like the way it felt so he tried to hit him back and it was just on after that. But it wasn't nothing personal. They're always talking back and forth.'
If McCoy gets hurt taking an unnecessary shove, it will get personal. The same way it would have been personal had Vick or DJack were on the wrong end of it.


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I'm trying real hard to come up with possible words Bob Fitzgerald, the Warriors play-by-play man for CSN Bay Area, could have said instead of "Big Dick Baby" and I'm coming up short.
Best I can guess is that he was trying to say "Glen Davis" and then decided at the last minute to say "Big Baby" and the disconnect between brain and tongue gave birth to "Big Dick Baby" (or at least something that sounded like "big dick" before stopping at "big dih") just in time for the new year.
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Again Tab Hunter in his autobiography puts Roddy living in New York City in 1960 when he says "Roddy McDowall and I had seen ''Rocco and His Brothers'', at the Sutton Theater in New York when it first came out" (pg 243).
Again Tab Hunter in his autobiography puts Roddy living in New York City in 1960 when he says "Roddy McDowall and I had seen ''Rocco and His Brothers'', at the Sutton Theater in New York when it first came out" (pg 243).
Roddy McDowall appeared, in a small role in the 1971 [[Walt Disney|Disney]] fantasy film ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', as the village priest.
Roddy McDowall appeared, in a small role in the 1971 [[Walt Disney|Disney]] fantasy film ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'', as the village priest.
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Born in London in 1928 to Thomas Andrew McDowall (1896-1978) and his wife Winsfriede L. Corcoran (1899-1965), Roddy McDowall had already been in several British films when his family moved to the United States "at the end of 1940" (Roddy McDowall interview on YouTube) to escape the war. (see here). His big break came when he was cast in 1941's How Green Was My Valley, an emotional drama directed by John Ford. Not as well known, the original director of this movie was William Wyler. He is the one who saw Roddy's screen-test and chose him for the part. Wyler is also known for being the second husband, of Henry Fonda's first wife Margaret Sullavan.
Close on that role, Roddy McDowall was cast in My Friend Flicka (watch the first 35 seconds here). He is also well-known, from his childhood, for his role opposite, the then-unknown Elizabeth Taylor, in her screen debut, in 1943's Lassie Come Home. It is possibly from this time that Elizabeth and Roddy became close friends. Elizabeth's selection for this movie was an absolute fluke. The director wanted a young girl with an English accent. Elizabeth had been born and lived for some years in London where her father had run an art gallery.
Roddy McDowall lived in the Los Angeles-area with his parents, graduating from University High School in Santa Monica. Christopher Isherwood writes that Tom Maddox told him, that he was having an affair with the then teen-aged Roddy. Christopher in a footnote says that Roddy must have been 18 at this time. (Lost Years: A Memoir, 1945-1951, by Christopher Isherwood. WSJ, Page 17).
Tab Hunter mentions Roddy in his autobiography Tab Hunter Confidential : The Making of a Movie Star : "While making shakes [at the Rexall drugstore at Hollywood and Highland], I met my first bona fide movie star. It was the night of the big 1948 Christmas parade...Dick Clayton brought along Roddy McDowall. Roddy was only twenty, but he'd been in pictures his whole life....We hit it off, gabbing and laughing...." (Confidential, p48). Several years later, Tab and Roddy posed shirtless for a fan magazine spread entitled "Calling All Girls".
Farley Granger mentions Roddy in his autobiography Include Me Out: My Life from Goldwyn to Broadway (see here). He knew Roddy prior to Farley's enlistment in the Navy at age 18 [this would have been 1943], and then much later he further remarks, "It was 1953. I found an apartment on the Upper East Side in Manhattan....My old pal Roddy McDowall and also Monty Clift lived on the same block" (emphasis mine) (see page 142)
It is true that Roddy has moved to New York City. In one interview he claims this was because when he was seventeen, his agent told him that he'd never work again. So he moved to New York sometime between then and 1952 and took to Broadway.
One of Roddy McDowall's fan sites claims that he studied professional acting under the tutelage of "Mira Rostova from 1952 to 1957" which is utterly ridiculous, really almost sardonic. Someone has taken the expression that "he studied acting with Mira" to mean under her, which is ludicrous. Mira is of course well-known as the acting coach of Montgomery Clift, but she never "taught" in that sense.
In addition to Elizabeth, Roddy was a very close friend of Montgomery Clift. (see here) In addition, Virginia, Roddy's sister was once Monty's secretary. In Capua's book, Roddy is quoted as saying about Monty: "The only thing we can do, Maureen [Stapleton], is hold his hand to the grave." (see here)
Eddie Fisher, in his autobiography Been There, Done That mentions Roddy McDowall partly because of the years of hatred Eddie had for Roddy. They didn't always hate each other, as Eddie had first met Elizabeth at a party that Merv Griffin and Roddy threw in an apartment they were then sharing in the Dakota. He states, "She spent most of the evening in a corner with her close friend Montgomery Clift....She was recently divorced from her first husband Nicky Hilton...." (pg 136) (So this must have been 1951 or 1952.)
Right about the time that Liz was having an affair with Richard Burton, while still married to Eddie Fisher, Eddie comments in his autobiography that "...Roddy McDowall and his close friend John Valva..." (page 243) And again, "...my years of hatred for Roddy McDowall were finally going to pay off. He would never give Mia [Farrow] permission to marry me...." (pg 289)
Again Tab Hunter in his autobiography puts Roddy living in New York City in 1960 when he says "Roddy McDowall and I had seen Rocco and His Brothers, at the Sutton Theater in New York when it first came out" (pg 243).
The only film that Roddy directed, "Tam-Lin" came out in 1970 to a limited British release. The Scottish castle settings were designed by Tessa Kennedy. Also in a bit part was Peter Hinwood as "Guy".
Roddy McDowall appeared, in a small role in the 1971 Disney fantasy film Bedknobs and Broomsticks, as the village priest.
Lauren Bacall in her memoir By Myself and Then Some mentions Roddy (page 447). "He was someone I looked forward to — loved seeing — loved hearing from."
Boze Hadleigh states (here) that Roddy was gay, but very closeted.
Roddy's mother Winsfried died in 1965 in Los Angeles. Roddy, having lived in New York City for twenty years, now in 1971 returned to Los Angeles, and started appearing in numerous television and movie work. His father Thomas Andrew McDowall died in Los Angeles in 1978.
Roy Moseley who was with Bette Davis the last part of her life, mentions Roddy McDowall in his own autobiography here). When Julie Andrews asked Roddy why he didn't write a book about his life, he said, "I have too many friends, I know too much, I couldn't." (see here)
Roddy became an accomplished photographers and published several books of his photographs of famous people. Roddy McDowall died of lung cancer at his home in Studio City, California. He was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea.
Roddy McDowall has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6632 Hollywood Blvd, and there is an honorary rose garden "at the Woodland Hills grounds of the Motion Picture & Television Fund" (xmoppet.org) with a statue of him in-costume as Caesar from the Planet of the Apes. His sister Virginia, slightly older than he, survived him, but died Dec 2006.
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- "Roddy McDowall", on TheSmokingGun
- Daily Herald, 4 Oct 1998, page 10 "'Planet of the Apes' actor Roddy McDowell dies at 70" transcribed here
[edit] Secondary sources for 2
- "Roddy McDowall" on Wikipedia
- "Roddy McDowall" on Actors of Hollywood
- "Biographical Stats", A Tribute to Roddy McDowall, xmoppet.org
[edit] Further reading
- "Roddy McDowall", on Biography, A&E Channel. 1987
- Virginia McDowall (his sister) on YouTube (last third of this video by the Musgrave Foundation)


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team lost to Trinity University at home Saturday evening, 72-61, ruining the Panthers' perfect home record this season.
BSC falls to 13-7 overall and 8-3 in the SCAC, while Trinity moves to 9-10 overall and 6-5 in conference play.
BSC scored first in the game with two free throws from senior Katelyn Wilson, but Trinity quickly tied things up with a layup by Abby Dietert, and took the lead on Dietert's free throw after she was fouled on the play. The Panthers took back the lead shortly after that, though, and would hold the lead for most of the half, stretching it out to a 12-point margin with 9:30 left to play in the first period. Trinity chipped away at the lead, though, and tied it up 27-27 at the half.
BSC came out of the half scoring first with a three-pointer by junior Sam Davidson, but would swap shots with Trinity, playing to a 34-34 tie with 15:10 left to play in the game. Trinity took over the lead after that on a Dietert layup and would never trail again. BSC stayed within two shots of the Tigers until Dietert scored a jumper with 5:26 left in the second period to put Trinity up 50-57. In the last seconds of the game, Trinity managed to stretch the lead out to 11 points and beat the Panthers 61-72.
Junior Ashton Spurgin led BSC with 13 points, followed by Wilson, junior Kristian Moody, and sophomore Alex Adams, who had eight points each. Spurgin also led with six rebounds, and Moody led BSC with four assists.
Trinity's Danielle Hubenak led all players with 21 points, while Dietert had 19 and a game-high nine rebounds.
Trinity out-shot BSC both from the field (43.9 to 43.1 percent) and from the free-throw line (81.8 to 66.7 percent); the Panthers were more successful from the three-point range, hitting 35 percent to Trinity's 30.8 percent.
Trinity out-rebounded BSC, 37-30, and led the game in steals, 16-2. The Tigers also had fewer turnovers than the Panthers with 15, while BSC had 21.
The Panthers are on the road for their next three games, traveling to face Sewanee and Oglethorpe next weekend, then Rhodes on Feb. 12. Their next home games are Friday, Feb. 18, and Sunday, Feb. 20, which will be the season finale.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The Birmingham-Southern women's basketball team lost to Trinity University at home Saturday evening, 72-61, ruining the Panthers' perfect home record this season.


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Fortunately with digital technology we no longer have to worry about our photos not turning out. With digital cameras we can instantly see whether the shot we took was worth keeping or if we needed to retake it. With the aid of photo editing software we can take the photos that need tweaking and fix them with a few clicks of a mouse as revealed by adobe photoshop tutorials.
While there are many photo editing software programs on the market without a doubt Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular. Photoshop not only allows you to edit your photos but comes built in with loads of tools for manipulating them as well. Used by amateurs and professionals alike, Photoshop is definitely able to meet any challenge that is thrown at it.
What is it about Photoshop that makes it so impressive? Adobe Photoshop tutorials explain just how:-
Packaged inside Photoshop are all the tools you will need to edit, enhance, and alter photos. Lighting issues are a common problem however using Photoshop you can enhance the image and make it brighter and the colors more vivid . By playing with the brightness, contrast, color balance and intensity you can make the photograph look as if it were taken under perfect conditions.
Red eye is another common problem that plagues most photographers. Built in to Adobe Photoshop is a red eye tool that will be able to detect red eye on any picture and eliminate it. Amazingly enough, your subject will never look as if they had the wild eyed look about them.
One of the biggest challenges of any photographer is taking photos of their friends and family. Without fail you will have complaints about blemishes, the photos make them look fat, etc. Grandma Jones will complain about her wrinkles, your mother will complain about her saggy chin … I think you are getting the idea here.
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President Eyring in El Salvador: Ministering to Many, Ministering to One
31 August 2011
When President Henry B. Eyring went to El Salvador for the dedication of a temple, he rejoiced with thousands of participants at a cultural celebration, presided at the cornerstone ceremony and in the dedication meetings, and offered the dedicatory prayer. In so doing, he ministered to thousands. During a brief moment at the cornerstone ceremony, the First Counselor in the First Presidency showed what it means to minister to one.
- 31 August 2011
Prepare to Be Blessed by Temple, Two Apostles Tell Saints in Box Elder
26 August 2011
President Packer and Elder Scott met with priesthood leaders and members from 13 stakes in the Box Elder region of northern Utah and discussed preparing to have a temple in their midst.
- 26 August 2011
The Twelve and the Seventy, Part Two: Working as One
24 August 2011
According to latter-day revelation, presiding priesthood quorums—the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the Seventy—are to work together to administer the Church of Jesus Christ. But how are the Seventy to learn their duties and responsibilities?
- 24 August 2011
Technology Can Be a Blessing, President Eyring Says
16 August 2011
"The Lord's plan is to advance ever more rapidly His word and His works and the effects of His gospel throughout the world," President Henry B. Eyring, First Counselor in the First Presidency, said.
- 16 August 2011
Today's Family: Lessons Learned from Fathers
14 August 2011
"Let us reflect gratitude for our fathers," says President Thomas S. Monson. Fathers, as patriarchs of their families, are primary providers of the necessities of life and protectors of their families.
- 14 August 2011
Women of Church Have Great Positive Influence
10 August 2011
The women of the Church hold a special place of love and honor in the hearts of prophets, apostles, and other Church leaders. Read and watch as several Apostles share their feelings of respect and admiration for women who strive to fulfill their divine roles.
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The Twelve and the Seventy, Part One: Revelation and the Role of the Seventy
9 August 2011
Modern revelation and the growth of the Church have led to a deeper understanding of the relationship between the First Presidency, the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and the Seventy, President Boyd K. Packer said. The Seventy play a crucial role in extending the power and authority of prophets and apostles throughout the world, a role that is important for all members of the Church to understand.
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7 August 2011
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The exhibitions are: "Mathias Alten and Artists of Michigan," the Grand Rapids Art Museum; "71st National Mid-Year Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; "19th National Exhibition," Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, Calif.; "31st Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition," Bradley University, The Contemporary Art Center, Peoria, Ill.; "2007 Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors," Old Forge, N.Y.; "Festival 2007," the Grand Rapids Art Museum; "Get on Board Exhibition of Railroad Art," South Haven Center for the Arts; "National Watercolor Exhibition," Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson; "Annual Exhibition," Holland Area Arts Council.
McCombs has been a member of the Hope faculty since 1969. He actively displays his prints and paintings throughout the U.S. and around the world. His artwork has been procured by many permanent collections both nationally and internationally, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., and the National Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi, Vietnam.
He holds his B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art and his M.F.A. from Tulane University in New Orleans, La.


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On Saturday night, I had the pleasure of my favourite ladies and a special bar, The Everleigh on Gertrude St. The occasion, my 37th birthday. In true birthday tradition I also bought myself a birthday suit; a scarf dress from Kinki Gerlinki which I absolutely adore. Perfect for a fabulous night of cocktails and laughs at one of the most stylish bars in Melbourne. The Everleigh is no ordinary bar, the architect behind New York's Milk and Honey, Sasha Petraske collaborated with Michael Madrusan and Lauren Schell to create a sophisticated establishment oozing in character. I Love.
If you follow me on twitter, you will know that I boldly declared last week that I would be quitting Sleekit. Call it a twitter fit or what you like but I have decided to take a wee break from the blog for the moment. Over the festive, life is shaping up to be very busy and I simply don't have the time to indulge. However, next week I will be attending the opening of the Topshop flagship Melbourne store which I am very excited about and obviously a blog will be in order, then I will put my blogging feet up till after the New Year. I love you readers and I do love my blog but after 2 years of constant documenting, it's time for a wee break.
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SANFORD, Fla. – The Brandeis University baseball team outhit Emory University, 9-7, today, but the Judges also gave up 10 walks and committed five errors as they lost to the Eagles, 4-1, on the final day of the University Athletic Association tournament. With the loss, the Judges are now 6-8 and finished 2-6 in the UAA, tied for fourth place with Rochester. Emory improved to 15-7 overall and shared the Association title with Case Western Reserve with a 6-2 record.
Each team had runners on base in the first three innings, with Brandeis junior starter Elio Fernandez (Bronx, N.Y./Fordham Prep) working out of a bases-loaded jam in the first in the biggest early threat of the contest. The Judges broke through in the top of the fourth, loading the bases with one out, but Emory's Hans Hansen limited the damage. Brandeis senior shortstop Dominic Schwartz (San Francisco, Calif./Lowell) plated junior 1B Kyle Brenner (Brookfield, Mass./St. Peter Marian) with a sacrifice fly to left. Sophomore RF Max Hart (Montville, Conn./Montville) reached on an error to reload the bases, but Hansen got a fly out to center field to escape further damage.
Emory got the run back in the bottom of the frame when 3B Philip Maldari walked to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Maldari stole second as Fernandez got a strikeout. That allowed shortstop Jack Karras to single to his opposite number in the field and Maldari to score as the ball got away. The Eagles threatened again in the bottom of the fifth, loading the bases on an error and two walks, but Brandeis rookie catcher Connor Doyle (Avon, Conn./Avon Old Farms) picked a runner off of second with two away to end the inning.
Emory scored twice in the sixth for the game-winning runs. Jordan Selbach, who was at the plate when the previous inning ended, came up and singled through the left side. Brandeis went to the bullpen for senior righty Colin Markel (Scarsdale, N.Y./Scarsdale), who retired the first batter he faced on a sacrifice bunt, but EU center fielder Wes Peacock followed with an RBI double that was all the additional scoring the Eagles would need. After right fielder Brandon Hannon singled to put runners on the corners, Peacock scored when Hannon stole second and the throw down got away from the Brandeis infielders. The Eagles tacked on an unearned run in the seven on a pinch single by Chris Slivka. The Judges made a little bit of noise in the top of the ninth, when rookie Greg Heineman (Wilbraham, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) and senior Dan Gad (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield) singled to lead off the inning, but Emory's Robert Gross came on in relief to retire the side and earn the save.
Brandeis's 4-5-6 hitters – Brenner, Doyle and Heineman – each went 2-4 on the day, with Brenner scoring the Judges' only run. They accounted for six of the team's nine hits, but Brandeis couldn't find a way to get them home as Schwartz's sac fly accounted for the only RBI of the day. Fernandez suffered his second loss of the UAA tournament – to go with one save – despite a decent outing. He tossed five innings and allowed just two earned runs, giving up four hits, but also walking five Eagles. Markel was touched for two unearned runs in two innings, giving up three hits and two walks with a strikeout. Sophomore James Machado (Dracut, Mass./Dracut) walked three in an inning of work but escaped damage.
Hansen was the story for Emory, improving to 4-1 on the season, scattering nine hits over eight innings of work. He struck out six and walked just one, his first walk in 31 innings. Karras and Peacock were the only multiple hitters for EU, with Peacock's RBI double the only extra-base hit of the game. Maldari scored two of the Eagles' four runs.
Brandeis is slated to open its New England portion of the schedule at home on Tuesday, March 18, against Bridgewater State at 3 p.m.


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