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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
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Student Recreation | InnerVU | Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt Student Recreation Center
Intramural Registration
Registrations can be completed at the Office of Campus Recreation from 9 am ? 5 pm Mon. ? Fri. Each house?s vice president will be responsible for assisting the Office of Campus Recreation in promoting and registering teams for both the Commons sporting events and intramural sports. For more info call 3-8186.
Men?s & Women?s Programs Entry Date Start Date
Basketball??????????????????????????????????????????? Jan 7 ? 11?????????????????? Jan 20
Racquetball Doubles?????????????????????????? Jan 14 ? 18???????????????? Jan 27
Weightlifting??????????????????????????????????????? Jan 21 ? 25???????????????? Feb 3
Co-Rec Programs Entry Date Start Date
Volleyball??????????????????????????????????????????? Jan 14 ? 18???????????????? Jan 27
Mixed Doubles Racquetball??????????????? Jan 14 ? 18???????????????? Jan 27
For a complete calendar of activities for the 2013 Spring semester, ?please check out our website at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/studentrec/intramurals/calendar/.
Smoothie King is now open in the Vanderbilt Student Recreation Center.
Modified Pool Hours for Exam Week ? Dec. 7 ? 15thhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/studentrec/aquatics/hours-2/
ALL POOL HOURS: LAP SWIM?ONLY ? All hours are subject to change. Please call?343-6627 for the most up to date pool hours. Please note NO recreational/play swim will be permitted during modified hours and schedule.
The access point to the recreation center has moved a few yards west, closer to the outdoor running track.? This will be our new entrance throughout the construction project.
Patrons approaching the Rec Center from 25th Ave will be diverted from the existing sidewalk to a temporary boardwalk. The?temporary boardwalk will be in place for several months while this project is completed.
Follow our progress @?http://www.vanderbilt.edu/studentrec/facilities-improvement-for-you/.
Wilderness First Aid Course
Dates: Saturday February 9 and Sunday February 10, 2013
Time: 8:00 am ? 5:00 pm both days (1 hour will be given for a lunch break)
Location: VU Outdoor Rec. Center
Cost: $225.00 (Only Cash, check, or Vanderbilt Commodore card accepted)
Registration Deadline: Jan. 11, 2013
Cost Includes: Instruction from Wilderness Medical Associates (WMA) instructors, lunch for the two days, text books, use of group equipment, and certification exam.
Course Overview
This course is designed to prepare individuals who program, recreate, and enjoy the outdoors to encounter medical emergencies in a back country setting with confidence and competence. Through a combination of classroom instruction and field based exercises, participants will gain valuable experience in addressing the needs of outdoor based emergencies. Over the course of the 16 hrs, or two 8 hour days, participants will learn: patient assessment, patient stabilization, comprehensive first aid and a variety of improvised implementation methods, as well as learn the skills necessary to implement patient evacuation.
This certification is nationally recognized and affords recipients the confidence to step into wild spaces with current knowledge and skills to face challenges in any environment. The course will be instructed by two WMA instructors. The WMA is a globally recognized leader in the field of wilderness medicine and takes pride and ownership over providing its students with meaningful hands on learning that prepares people for real world application and implementation of practices. For more information regarding the WMA please click?here.
***Special Consideration***
This course is structured in such a way that all the material is vital to your successful completion of the exam.? As such, you must be present for 100% of the course.? Please plan to be both physically and mentally present during each of the 8 hour days.? Lunch will be provided by the Vanderbilt Outdoor Recreation Center on both days.
TO REGISTER:
Come by the Vanderbilt Outdoor Recreation Center during business hours and remit payment. The cost of the course must be paid in full at the time of registration. Once you have registered you will be provided with an informational packet that outlines the steps you must take online to complete your registration process.
VU Outdoor Recreation Center is located at: 2600 Children?s Way, Nashville, TN 37212
Business Hours: Monday and Friday 12:00 ? 6:00 pm/ Tuesday ? Thursday 3:00 ? 6:00 pm
For additional information please contact:
Lee Collette/ (615)322-0811/?outdoorrec@vanderbilt.edu
Student Recreation Facility Hours:
Mon.- Thu ?????? 5:30 am ? 11 pm
Fri ?????????????????? 5:30 am ? 12 am
Sat?????????????????? 9 am ? 10 pm
Sun????????????????? 12 pm? ? 11 pm
Source: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/innervu/news/student-recreation-24
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Utah city renames street due to sexual connotation
LEHI, Utah (AP) ? The Lehi City Council has renamed Morning Glory Road after a technology company planning to relocate to the street raised concerns about the name's sexual connotation.
Council members in the city about 30 miles south of Salt Lake City voted unanimously last month to change the name to Morning Vista Road.
Minutes from the meeting show that Xactware Solutions Inc., which provides software for the insurance industry, asked for the name change so that the road would fit with its "international corporate image."
"Morning glory" is the name of a flower and part of the title of a popular 1990s song from British rock band Oasis. But the term is sometimes used to describe male arousal.
Councilman Johnny Revill, who moved to approve the resolution at the Dec. 11 meeting, told the Salt Lake Tribune that he didn't know about the term's slang meaning previously but was happy to appease Xactware officials.
"That name has a negative meaning for some reason," Revill said. "When you use the word, there is a different meaning that can be taken from that."
Councilor Mark Johnson told the Daily Herald that he only knows of the noxious weed called Morning Glory that is difficult to control, but he also voted in favor of the resolution. Johnson said Lehi doesn't like to change street names, but it does in some cases to "honor people or organizations."
The street name was a red flag for Xactware officials when they began considering moving their company's headquarters from Orem to Lehi's Traverse Mountain, said Jonathan Gardner, commercial venture project director for the planned community.
The company was worried that the sexual connotation of morning glory would become too prominent in the minds of prospective clients, Gardner said.
Morning Glory is far from an R-rated word in most of America. It is the name of a 2010 Hollywood film starring Rachel McAdams as an upbeat television producer trying to revive a struggling morning show. That movie is rated PG-13.
In the popular 1960s TV show "Bewitched," the family lived at 1164 Morning Glory Circle.
Morning Glory is also the name of a small community near El Paso, Texas.
Xactware went "a little overboard," in requesting the street name change, said Lehi resident Emily Scanlon. She said she has never thought of the sexual connotation in her four years driving past the road.
Lehi, with a population of about 48,000 people, is named after a prophet in the Book of Mormon and is the former home of the Brown family that stars in the reality TV series, "Sister Wives." Kody Brown moved his wives and 16 children from Lehi to the Las Vegas area in January 2011 after Utah authorities began a bigamy investigation.
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White House mulls broader gun control: Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is weighing a far broader approach to curbing U.S. gun violence than just reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
A working group led by Vice President Joseph Biden is seriously considering measures that would require universal background checks for gun buyers and track the movement and sale of weapons through a national database, the newspaper said.
The measures would also strengthen mental health checks and stiffen penalties for carrying guns near schools or giving them to minors, the Post said. The approach is backed by law enforcement leaders, it said.
President Barack Obama assigned Biden the job of designing the strategy after the massacre at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school last month that killed 20 children and six adults.
To sell such changes, the White House is developing strategies to work around the National Rifle Association, the powerful gun lobby.
They include rallying support from Wal-Mart Stores Inc and other gun retailers for measures that would benefit their businesses, the Post said.
The White House has been in contact with advisers to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a gun control advocate who could emerge as a surrogate for the administration's agenda, the paper said.
The Post cited several people involved in the administration's talks on gun control for its story. They included Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum.
The White House had no immediate comment on the Post story. A White House spokesman told the newspaper that Biden's group was in the middle of its review and had not decided on its final recommendations.
The NRA has successfully lobbied federal lawmakers to stop major new gun restrictions since a 1994 assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004. The ban also prohibited ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds.
When asked if Congress will entertain new gun regulation, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that lawmakers needed to see Biden's recommendations.
"There will be plenty of time to take a look at their recommendations once they come forward," he said.
McConnell, a Republican, said that for the next three months Washington's debates would center on federal spending and the rising debt.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Sandra Maler)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-mulls-broader-gun-control-washington-post-154313906--finance.html
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From the Amazon rainforest to human body cells: Quantifying stability
Jan. 6, 2013 ? As they typically result from severe external perturbations, it is of vital interest how stable the most desirable state is. Surprisingly, this basic question has so far received little attention. Now scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), in a paper published in Nature Physics, propose a new concept for quantifying stability.
"Up to now, science was able to say if a complex system is stable or not, but it wasn't able to properly say how stable it is," says Peter J. Menck, lead author of the paper. The proposed concept is the first to fill this gap. "We conceive a system's alternative states as points in a mountainous landscape with steep rocks and deep valleys," explains Menck. "In the sinks between the peaks, a system comes to rest like a rolling ball would. Now the likelihood that the system returns to a specific sink after suffering a severe blow strongly depends on how big the surrounding valley is." In the high-dimensional systems Menck and his colleagues study, the equivalent of the valley is called the basin of attraction. The basin's volume is the measure the authors suggest to use for the quantification of stability.
Getting the actual data still is a challenge
The authors envision the new concept to become a powerful tool for complex systems studies, including the assessment of climatic tipping elements like the Amazon rainforest. Under unabated global warming, this ecosystem might change from its present fertile forest state to a much drier savanna state. Such a transition would destroy one of the planet's most important CO2 sinks, thus contributing to further climate change. "Amazonian bistability arises from a positive feedback: Deep-rooting trees take up water and transpire it to the atmosphere" Menck says. Forest cover in the region increases overall rainfall and thereby improves its own growing conditions. If the forest cover gets pushed below a certain threshold, this mechanism doesn't work any more -- the rainforest would die.
The "basin stability concept" is apt for quantifying this risk. However, it is critical to actually do this from measured data. "Other researchers recently have collected the characteristics in terms of precipitation, temperature, soil of rainforests and savannas under defined climatological conditions," Menck says. Still, the assessment is extremely challenging as the tipping of a forest is a rare event, so observation data is scarce. In contrast, observation data of human cells changing from a healthy state to cancer can be abundant. "So medical researchers told us that our concept could be quite helpful in better assessing the risk of sane cells to turning sick when disturbed by specific exogenous factors."
"Simple yet compelling -- that's the way fundamental physics looks like"
Power grids have to function in good synchronization to assure that lights can be switched on everywhere anytime. Previous theory suggested that this should most easily be achieved if power grids had what researchers call a random structure, which in fact would yield many short-cuts between distant nodes. Yet in reality, grids look far more regular. Applying the basin stability concept shows why that is: In more regular grids, the desired synchronous state possesses a far bigger 'basin', hence is much more stable against perturbations.
"The basin stability's applicability to high-dimensional systems allowed us to solve a puzzle that has long haunted complex network science," says J?rgen Kurths, a co-author of the paper and co-chair of PIK's research domain 'Transdisciplinary concepts and methods'. "Our new nonlinear approach jumps from a local to a whole system analysis, thus complementing previous research mostly based on linearization. This new concept is simple, yet compelling -- that's the way fundamental physics looks like."
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- Peter J. Menck, Jobst Heitzig, Norbert Marwan, J?rgen Kurths. How basin stability complements the linear-stability paradigm. Nature Physics, 2013; DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2516
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Howard, Gasol, Hill all sidelined for Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, of Spain, goes down after being hit in the face by Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee during the second half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. The Nuggets won 112-105. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, of Spain, goes down after being hit in the face by Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee during the second half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. The Nuggets won 112-105. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee, left, knocks the ball from the hands of Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard during the second half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. The Nuggets won 112-105. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, of Spain, is tended to by trainer Gary Vitti after being hit in the face by Denver Nuggets center JaVale McGee during the second half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. The Nuggets won 112-105. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Denver Nuggets guard Ty Lawson, left, goes up for a shot as Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard defends during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard, right, shoots over Denver Nuggets' Kosta Koufos during the first half of their NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) ? Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill all will miss the Los Angeles Lakers' upcoming road trip with injuries, leaving the struggling club without its top three big men indefinitely.
Howard has a torn labrum in his right shoulder, and Gasol has a concussion after taking an elbow in the face late in Sunday night's loss to Denver. Hill, a key backup to both starting big men, has a right hip injury.
The three injuries are the latest blows for the Lakers (15-18), who still haven't meshed despite a star-studded roster, a bulging payroll and an early-season coaching change. Los Angeles has lost three straight and four of five since beating the Knicks on Christmas, falling to 11th place in the Western Conference.
"The NBA is unforgiving, and nobody is feeling sorry for us," Los Angeles coach Mike D'Antoni said. "There's 29 other teams that are happy, and we've got to do the best we can do. It's kind of weird coming to work thinking you have three centers, and all three of them are hurt on the same day."
The Lakers' biggest concern is Howard, who hurt his shoulder in last Friday's loss to the Clippers and aggravated it in Sunday's loss to the Nuggets while grabbing a career high-tying 26 rebounds. The six-time All-Star center said he won't need surgery, but he'll sit out for at least a week before his injury is re-evaluated.
"It depends on how fast I heal up," said Howard, who had a bulky wrap on his shoulder Monday at the Lakers' training complex. "I was in pain (Sunday night), and the biggest thing right now is I have to make sure I'm 100 percent. I don't want to play with my shoulder weak. I'd have a chance for more injuries. I've got to let it heal up."
After canceling practice Monday, the Lakers announced Gasol and Howard are both out indefinitely. Hill will be examined by team doctors later Monday before getting a prognosis.
When the Lakers open a stretch of four games in six days starting Tuesday in Houston, rookie Robert Sacre is likely to be their starting center. The final pick in last June's draft has been playing for the Lakers' affiliate in the D-League.
D'Antoni will be forced to improvise with his three best post players sidelined from an already top-heavy roster. The coach said 6-foot-7 Metta World Peace could play center at times as part of the small lineups he'll be forced to use.
"We'll go small a lot, and we'll just have to spread the floor and get things done," D'Antoni said. "Some guys are going to have to step up and put some superhuman effort into it. We'll have some little guys guarding big guys, and we'll have to be quick. We'll have to take advantage of other situations."
He won't have much choice: The 7-foot Sacre and 6-foot-9 Antawn Jamison are his only players taller than World Peace, unless the Lakers sign a temporary big man. Los Angeles cleared a roster spot by waiving rookie Darius Johnson-Odom on Monday, three days before his contract would have been guaranteed for the season.
Although their wealth of problems can hardly be attributed to injuries, the Lakers haven't been fully healthy for any significant stretch of the season. After Howard missed their first five preseason games while recovering from offseason back surgery, new point guard Steve Nash got a small fracture in his leg in their second game of the season, keeping the two-time NBA MVP out for seven weeks.
Add in the difficulties of learning a new offense with no training camp for an older roster struggling to keep up with faster teams, and the preseason title contenders realize why they're looking up at the likes of Golden State, Minnesota and the Pacific Division-leading Clippers in the standings.
"It's almost like ? what's that game where you pop one of those things in the head and another one pops up?" D'Antoni said. "Whac-a-Mole? That's what we seem to be doing right now."
Gasol got a concussion and an injured nose when Denver's JaVale McGee accidentally clobbered him under the basket with 1:05 to play. The four-time All-Star 7-footer has been struggling both with plantar fasciitis and the difficulty of adapting his game to D'Antoni's offense, averaging just 12.2 points and 8.4 rebounds in a trying season.
Hill had been struggling with a sprained right ankle and a herniated disc in his back even before injuring his hip Sunday. He has been a consistent contributor off the bench in his second season in Los Angeles, averaging 6.7 points and 5.7 rebounds.
"No one is going to feel sorry for us," said Nash, who is five assists shy of 10,000 for his career. "We've got to take the challenge, embrace it, and no matter how many lumps we take, you can't feel sorry for yourself. You've got to keep battling, and if you keep battling, you give yourself a chance for good things to happen."
The injuries were the most concrete news on yet another ridiculously busy day for the 16-time champions. Lakers great Magic Johnson launched yet another barrage of Twitter criticism of the franchise, while Howard and NBA scoring leader Kobe Bryant both flatly denied a report of friction between them, with Bryant tweeting a photo mocking the idea they had nearly come to blows.
"You feel like at some point, you hit rock-bottom, and the only place you can go is up," Bryant said. "It's just been a tough year for everybody ... but when you go through a lot of adversity, it challenges you, and then it's on you, whether or not you choose to fight, or whether you choose to run away from it. I think we'll choose to fight it."
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Sunday, January 6, 2013
RPG Knight of the Earthends (for Android)
Knight of the Earthends is the latest RPG from Kemco, which churns out decent-quality Android and iOS RPG games at a fearsome pace. This one falls in the middle of Kemco's quality lineup; it's more diverting than DarkGate, but nowhere near as good as Symphony of Eternity. Still, for classic RPG fans, it's worth a look.
Kemco's secret looks to be that it's building a lot of these games on the same engine. So, like in other Kemco games, your party is made up of 16-bit sprites who wander through a relatively open overworld and a series of towns and dungeons. The game is relatively linear, using cut-scenes to push you from each town-dungeon combo to the next. Each new town has better equipment to buy, of course, and dungeons are very easily mastered because of an extremely revealing mini-map mode. There are no in-app purchases, which I absolutely love.
Moving around maps is very easy thanks to a tap-to-move system which does away with virtual D-pads. In battles, you can go purely turn-based or auto-fight; if you choose auto-fight you won't get to use spells or special attacks, though.
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The company's specialties, story and character, buoy you along through the relatively short 10-hour main plot. (After you complete the plot, some bonus dunegons appear to hack your way through.) Knight of the Earthends is easier than some other RPGs I've played recently; I didn't find any hitches or need to grind levels as long as I played my battles smartly.
The characters in this case are Reiya, a very businesslike knight; Raud, a cranky android, and Yuinika, a kind of elflike creature with a horn. Yuinika is both literally and figuratively horny, and keeps hitting on Reiya; the banter never gets R-rated, but it's probably PG-13. The three start out defeating demons, and end up embroiled in global politics. Naturally, along the way they become friends.?
The English-language translation is clunky at times. It never quite reaches "all your base are belong to us" levels, but you're very conscious that you're playing a translated game. Still, though, the characters have strong personalities.
The actual adventure also suffers a little bit from being too predictably structured: it's never a JRPG spoiler to tell you that our heroes are going to have to defeat two essentially concentric sets of four main dungeons each before killing the big boss and saving the world. That said, Kemco has offered more complex plots such as in Aeon Avenger, and I hope they do so again.
A Classy System
Knight of the Earthends' creativity comes in its level and class system. Each of the characters is essentially a different, fixed class. Reiya buys "skill books" which give her individual skills that can then be combined into custom, special combo attacks. Raud levels up by buying him parts and upgrades, which have various attacks and powers attached to them.?
Yuinika's skill is the most brilliant. The horn-girl levels up in "styles" acquired by killing batches of various kinds of monsters; Demon, Golem, Beast, Slime, and Mimic are five of the 14 styles Yuinika can pick up, and each style has different stats, spells and attacks.?
The styles approach makes you want to "collect them all," hunting down different categories of monsters so you can find out what that mysterious level six spell is for each style. Since wandering monsters are invisible here until they attack you, that takes luck and patience. Not too much patience, though; as I said, this is a relatively short game.
Knight of the Earthends costs anywhere between $1 and $8 depending on what kind of a sale Kemco is running at the time. If you've already played through the deeper and better Symphony of Eternity and Final Fantasy III and you enjoy some frisky inter-character banter, this can be your next stop on the Google Play market.
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Alabama's Saban, ex-Dolphins coach, back in Miami
Alabama head coach Nick Saban speaks during Media Day for the BCS National Championship college football game Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Miami. Alabama faces Notre Dame in Monday's championship game. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Alabama head coach Nick Saban speaks during Media Day for the BCS National Championship college football game Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Miami. Alabama faces Notre Dame in Monday's championship game. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
Alabama head coach Nick Saban makes his way to a microphone as workers paint the field at Sun Life Stadium during Media Day for the BCS National Championship college football game Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Miami. Alabama faces Notre Dame in Monday's championship game. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Alabama head coach Nick Saban answers questions during Media Day for the BCS National Championship college football game Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013, in Miami. Alabama faces Notre Dame in Monday's championship game. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
MIAMI (AP) ? Nick Saban returned to his former NFL home and insisted he's not looking for another one.
The Alabama coach was back at Sun Life Stadium ? where he coached the Miami Dolphins in 2005 and 2006 ? for the BCS title game media day event Saturday. The second-ranked Crimson Tide (12-1) faces No. 1 Notre Dame (12-0) on Monday night there for the national title.
Saban said he wasn't feeling nostalgic by being back on the Dolphins' turf, further adding that a return to the NFL is not tempting to him.
"I don't have any unfinished business in the NFL," Saban said. "I have a job right now and I want to do the best job that I possibly can for this team, right now. ... That's not something that I'm concerned about. It's not something I'm thinking about; it's not even something that I want to do. I want to be a college coach."
Of course, Saban sometimes changes his mind.
And nowhere has that been more chronicled than Miami.
It was Dec. 21, 2006, when Saban spoke at the Dolphins' facility after his team practiced and, after weeks of trying to denounce reports that Alabama intrigued him as "rumor and innuendo," he offered his most emphatic denial of the entire process.
"I guess I have to say it. I'm not going to be the Alabama coach," Saban said that day, an oft-repeated quote.
Less than two weeks later, Saban was the Alabama coach.
So when he returned Saturday ? the first time he was on the field at Sun Life in a working capacity since Christmas 2006 ? Saban was predictably all about what's looming for Alabama on Monday night.
"I'm kind of excited for the opportunity that our team has," Saban said. "It's really about our team and this game. We're always happy to come back to South Florida. We have some great relationships here and some very fond memories of being here. But right now, we've recruited and worked to develop this team for a long, long time, and it's really a lot more about them being here ... than it is anything that's happened in my past."
Saban walked onto the field about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, not even seeming to take a look around at the facility where he went 9-7 in home games with the Dolphins. He walked down the visitors' sideline to his assigned booth, shook a couple hands with game staff and spoke with reporters for an hour.
"It's good to be back," said Alabama assistant coach Jeff Stoutland, a former coach at the University of Miami ? which also uses Sun Life as its home field. "But it's a business trip for us. We've got a schedule and we're sticking to that schedule."
The Dolphins went 6-10 in Saban's final season in Miami, the only sub-.500 record that one of his teams has posted in his 19 seasons as a head coach. He lost 17 games in two seasons with the Dolphins; he's lost 13 in nearly six full seasons with the Crimson Tide and is now trying for his third BCS national title in four seasons.
"I'm not looking for new challenges," Saban said. "I'm just trying to take advantage of helping the challenging situation that we have and continue to be successful."
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Saturday, January 5, 2013
Internet Market For The Savvy Business Owner - Maynas Eric
Using the Internet to promote a product or service is seeing increasing popularity. It may seem simple, but you need to learn as much as you can. This article will give you the information that you need to know in order to be successful with Internet promotion.
You should survey your customers on your site?s content, so you will know what appeals to users the most. This will make visitors feel that they are a part of your decisions, and will help keep your website loaded with appealing content.
Make sure you don?t overspend on advertising. You shouldn?t spend your dollars on services that won?t properly benefit your business. If you do have to spend a lot of money, make sure you?re getting the most for it.
TIP! Being listed with Google is vital to achieve successful internet marketing. Many people use Google each day to search, and it is very important you get your product and business front and center on the search rankings of Google.
Let customers comment on your website?s product. Savvy consumers read the comments posted by other users and use those comments to help them make decisions about purchasing certain products. Having honest comments from existing customers on your site makes potential customers feel at ease in purchasing products from you.
Marketing online is like other markets in some ways; however, in other ways, it is very different. For example, what if search engines stopped emphasizing title keywords in their ranking systems? If this happens, you will have to shift your focus to other attention seeking behaviors, such as video marketing.
Advertising is your best avenue to making your online business successful. Although the initial investment may be costly, getting your company?s name out there is important if you wish to succeed. This can help you generate more traffic than any other tactic you might employ.
TIP! Post new content to your site every week if possible. When people come to your website and see information that is dated, they think that the business is not performing and may be leery of initiating contact with you.
Observe what words were used in conversations so you can use them in other Internet marketing campaigns. This will enable you to connect more deeply with people by using terms they are familiar and comfortable with. You need to use wordage that your readers are familiar with to more effectively promote your brand.
In order to increase your credibility and cement your business standing, aim to give large companies a chance to advertise on your website. People tend to trust you more when you associate yourself with well known companies. This will also increase traffic and make it more of a go to site, rather than just another business listing.
Take the time to learn how to do internet promotion on your own before giving in and using a service. Once you understand how the process works, it becomes simple to use bulk mailing lists, auto responders and mass mailers. The added bonus is that you will have the knowledge, so it will be easier and easier, each time you do it.
TIP! Use the word ?fast? often in your marketing campaigns. Tie it to products or purchases.
To turn your visitors into customers, give them an easy content page that will show them how good the product is, and what it will do for them ? a simple video works great. They will feel like they know more about what they are buying. This shows them you want them to know as much as they can about your products, and also lets them decide whether to buy or not.
If you want your PageRank to skyrocket, put a limited-time offer on your site. If you offer a great deal, sites focused on hot deals will put your links on their sites. This process works for the same reason that selling loss-leaders can help stores turn profits later on.
You are fully capable of having a successful website marketing business right now. All that is required to be successful is you, not pricey software or get rich quick schemes. Simply work diligently, and think before you act on a decision.
TIP! Offer electronic freebies that have branding that includes your site, and then submit it to sites that list free items. If it?s an e-book that?s free, submit it to sites that provide free e-books.
Are you searching for some way to do online marketing? If your customers have a viable reason to give their email, they will. This in turn will grow your email list. How will you get people to use this feature? Well, the list is endless. You could offer a slew of freebies, contests and prize drawings, or anything else you can think of. A customer will provide their email if they get something in return for it.
Choose a domain name that is easy for people to remember. Possibly use your business name as the website URL. Of course, customers can always Google you, but you don?t want them to have to. Make it easier for them by using a website address that is simple to remember and type.
Your web marketing can be in places other than the internet. You could attend conferences, trade shows and other events for instance. This helps build a sense of community between the bloggers and your brand, helping the bloggers feel more enthusiastic about continuing to write about your brand.
TIP! Make sure you advertise your business on many popular sites. If you spend this money, you will notice how much your traffic improves.
The more ways they can pay, the better your business might do. While you may think their is nothing wrong with credit cards being the only payment option, you should let people pay with their checking account or payment systems such as Paypal.
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Scientists discover how deadly skin cancer spreads into other parts ...
Friday, January 4, 2013
After recently announcing success in eliminating melanoma metastasis in laboratory experiments, scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have made another important discovery in understanding the process by which the gene mda-9/syntenin contributes to metastasis in melanoma (the spread of skin cancer) and possibly a variety of other cancers.
Published in the journal Cancer Research, the study demonstrated that mda-9/syntenin is a key regulator of angiogenesis, the process responsible for the formation of new blood vessels in tumors. Mda-9/syntenin was originally cloned in the laboratory of the study's lead author Paul B. Fisher, M.Ph., Ph.D., Thelma Newmeyer Corman Endowed Chair in Cancer Research and program co-leader of Cancer Molecular Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center, chairman of VCU's Department of Human and Molecular Genetics and director of the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine.
"Our research brings us one step closer to understanding precisely how metastatic melanoma, a highly aggressive and therapy-resistant cancer, spreads throughout the body," says Fisher. "Additionally, analysis of the human genome has indicated that mda-9/syntenin is elevated in the majority of cancers, which means novel drugs that target this gene could potentially be applicable to a broad spectrum of other deadly cancers."
Fisher's team discovered that mda-9/syntenin regulates the expression of several proteins responsible for promoting angiogenesis, including insulin growth factor binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2) and interleukin-8 (IL-8). The study is the first to provide proof of the pro-angiogenic functions of IGFBP-2 in human melanoma.
In in vivo and in vitro experiments, the scientists confirmed that mda-9/syntenin binds with the extracellular matrix (ECM) to start a series of biological processes that eventually cause endothelial cells to secrete IGFBP-2. The ECM is the substance that cells secrete and in which they are embedded. Endothelial cells are the cells that line the interior surface of blood vessels throughout the entire circulatory system. The secretion of IGFBP-2, in turn, caused the endothelial cells to produce and secrete vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), a protein that mediates the development of and formation of new blood vessels.
The researchers also noted that IGFBP-2 could potentially serve as a novel biomarker to monitor for disease progression in melanoma patients.
"This is a major breakthrough in understanding angiogenesis and its impact in melanoma metastasis," says Fisher. "We are now focusing on developing novel small molecules that specifically target mda-9/syntenin and IGFBP-2, which could be used as drugs to treat melanoma and potentially many other cancers."
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Tsunami warning canceled for Alaska, Canada
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ? A powerful earthquake sparked a tsunami warning for hundreds of miles of Alaskan and Canadian coastline, but the alert was canceled when no damaging waves were generated.
The magnitude 7.5 quake did generate a tsunami, but the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center said the waves didn't pose a threat.
The temblor struck at midnight Friday (1 a.m. PST Saturday) and was centered about 60 miles west of Craig, Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The tsunami followed minutes later and was eventually expanded to include coastal areas from Cape Fairweather, Alaska, to the northern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada ? an area extending more than 700 miles.
A center had warned that "significant widespread inundation of land is expected," adding that dangerous coastal flooding was possible.
In its cancellation statement, the center said that some areas were seeing just small sea level changes.
"A tsunami was generated during this event but no longer poses a threat," the center said.
After one community reported seeing just a small wave, the police in the coastal town of Cordova said they had no reports of any problems.
The Alaska Earthquake Information Center said the quake was widely felt but it received no reports of any damage.
In addition to the warning, a tsunami advisory was briefly in effect for some Alaska coastal areas to the north of the warning zone, as well as to the south of the zone, from the Washington state border to the northern tip of Vancouver Island.
A tsunami warning means an area is likely to be hit by a wave, while an advisory means there may be strong currents, but that widespread inundation is not expected to occur.
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AP writers Bob Seavey in Phoenix and Bob Lentz in Philadelphia contributed to this article.
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Thursday, January 3, 2013
Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden make a statement regarding the passage of the fiscal cliff bill in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
As an evening haze lights the sky with a reddish glow, the lights of the U.S. Capitol burn into the night as the House continues to work on the "fiscal cliff" legislation proposed by the Senate, in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? While the tax package that Congress passed New Year's Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up paying more federal taxes in 2013.
That's because the legislation did nothing to prevent a temporary reduction in the Social Security payroll tax from expiring. In 2012, that 2-percentage-point cut in the payroll tax was worth about $1,000 to a worker making $50,000 a year.
The Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan Washington research group, estimates that 77 percent of American households will face higher federal taxes in 2013 under the agreement negotiated between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans. High-income families will feel the biggest tax increases, but many middle- and low-income families will pay higher taxes too.
Households making between $40,000 and $50,000 will face an average tax increase of $579 in 2013, according to the Tax Policy Center's analysis. Households making between $50,000 and $75,000 will face an average tax increase of $822.
"For most people, it's just the payroll tax," said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow at the Tax Policy Center.
The tax increases could be a lot higher. A huge package of tax cuts first enacted under President George W. Bush was scheduled to expire Tuesday as part of the "fiscal cliff." The Bush-era tax cuts lowered taxes for families at every income level, reduced investment taxes and the estate tax, and enhanced a number of tax credits, including a $1,000-per-child credit.
The package passed Tuesday by the Senate and House extends most the Bush-era tax cuts for individuals making less than $400,000 and married couples making less than $450,000.
Obama said the deal "protects 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small business owners from a middle-class tax hike. While neither Democrats nor Republicans got everything they wanted, this agreement is the right thing to do for our country."
The income threshold covers more than 99 percent of all households, exceeding Obama's claim, according to the Tax Policy Center. However, the increase in payroll taxes will hit nearly every wage earner.
Social Security is financed by a 12.4 percent tax on wages up to $113,700, with employers paying half and workers paying the other half. Obama and Congress reduced the share paid by workers from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent for 2011 and 2012, saving a typical family about $1,000 a year.
Obama pushed hard to enact the payroll tax cut for 2011 and to extend it through 2012. But it was never fully embraced by either party, and this time around, there was general agreement to let it expire.
The new tax package would increase the income tax rate from 35 percent to 39.6 percent on income above $400,000 for individuals and $450,000 for married couples. Investment taxes would increase for people who fall in the new top tax bracket.
High-income families will also pay higher taxes this year as part of Obama's 2010 health care law. As part of that law, a new 3.8 percent tax is being imposed on investment income for individuals making more than $200,000 a year and couples making more than $250,000.
Together, the new tax package and Obama's health care law will produce significant tax increases for many high-income families.
For 2013, households making between $500,000 and $1 million would get an average tax increase of $14,812, according to the Tax Policy Center analysis. Households making more than $1 million would get an average tax increase of $170,341.
"If you're rich, you're almost certain to get a big tax increase," Williams said.
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Denard Robinson Runs For 100 Yards In Outback Bowl, But Michigan Falls To South Carolina (VIDEO)
TAMPA, Fla. -- Denard Robinson's big day running the ball for Michigan wasn't enough to overcome big plays by South Carolina in the Outback Bowl.
The senior quarterback lined up mostly at running back in his final college game and rushed for 100 yards on 23 carries in the Wolverines' 33-28 loss to the Gamecocks on Tuesday.
"It's a bittersweet feeling," Robinson said. "That's my family, that's my brothers out there. I've been with them for four years, and it's come to an end."
Devin Gardner threw for 214 yards in his fifth start for No. 19 Michigan (8-5) since Robinson injured his right elbow late in the season. Robinson took some snaps at quarterback Tuesday and even attempted his first passes in a game since Oct. 27.
"His legacy is set," Gardner said of Robinson. "I don't think anything really has to be said on that topic. Everybody has seen what he's done for the university."
Connor Shaw led No. 11 South Carolina (11-2) to the brink of victory and Dylan Thompson carried the Gamecocks over the hump. Thompson tossed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Bruce Ellington with 11 seconds remaining as South Carolina matched a school record for victories in a season.
Thompson replaced Shaw during the winning drive, covering the final 43 yards after Shaw begin the march from his own 30. Gardner's third TD pass of the game had given Michigan a 28-27 lead.
Shaw passed for 227 yards and two touchdowns after missing South Carolina's regular-season finale with a left foot sprain. Thompson threw for 117 yards and two TDs.
Ace Sanders caught TD passes of 4 yards from Thompson and 31 yards from Shaw, who completed 18 of 26 passes before limping off during the final drive. The speedy receiver had nine catches for 92 yards and also scored on a 63-yard punt return ? one of four plays over 50 yards yielded by Michigan.
"There's a couple things in football that you don't want to do, and No. 1, you can't give up big plays," Michigan coach Brady Hoke said. "We had four big plays in the throw game that you can't allow to happen. Give them a lot of credit, but at the same time, we had some opportunities. The other thing is, we give up a big punt return for a touchdown. Those things hurt your football team, obviously. It hurts the momentum, morale of what you want to do."
Gardner was 18 of 36, including TD passes of 5 yards to Drew Dileo and 10 and 17 yards to Jeremy Gallon, who gave Michigan its late lead and finished with career bests of nine receptions and 145 yards. Robinson set the NCAA record for career yards rushing by a quarterback, hiking his four-year total to 4,495.
South Carolina defensive end Jadeveon Clowney was quiet for much of the day, but shifted momentum in the fourth quarter with a big hit on Vincent Smith that sent the running back's helmet rolling several yards backward and caused a fumble that the SEC defensive player of the year recovered to set up Shaw's TD pass to Sanders for a 27-22 lead.
Clowney, who went up against a fellow All-American, Michigan left tackle Taylor Lewan, finished with four tackles.
Lewan plans to announce whether he will enter the 2013 NFL draft after the Christmas break.
"I haven't addressed the team, yet," Lewan said. "We'll go from there."
Lewan missed several plays in the second half after cramping up.
Robinson was injured during the first half of Michigan's two-touchdown loss to Nebraska on Oct. 27. He missed the rest of that game, as well the next two against Minnesota and Northwestern before returning the final two weeks of the regular season to contribute in ways that didn't require him to throw the ball.
The 6-foot, 197-pound senior from Deerfield Beach, Fla., lined up at running back and also took snaps without attempting a pass against Iowa and Ohio State while rushing for 220 yards on 23 carries and catching two passes for 24 yards.
Robinson entered the game during Michigan's second possession and ran for 15 yards on his first play. Gardner threw 26 yards to Gallon, moving the Wolverines into position for Brendan Gibbons to kick a 39-yard field goal.
Down 14-3 after Sanders' punt return, Michigan marched 75 yards in 11 plays to trim South Carolina's lead to four, with Robinson carrying four times for 20 yards along the way. Gardner finished the drive by flipping his 5-yard touchdown to Dileo early in the second quarter.
Michigan began the day ranked second in the nation in pass defense, allowing 155 yards per game. South Carolina matched that in the opening half alone, with most of the yardage coming on Shaw's long TD throw to Byrd and Thompson's 70-yard completion to Jones that led to Sanders' second TD for a 21-10 lead.
The Wolverines turned South Carolina's only turnover into Gibbons' 40-yard field goal in the second quarter, and Matt Wile's Outback Bowl-record 52-yard field goal trimmed Michigan's deficit to 21-16 in the third.
Three of Michigan's five losses were to Notre Dame, Alabama and Ohio State, the teams ranked first, second and third in the final regular-season Associated Press poll.
"An 8-5 (Big 10) team showed the SEC is not all everything," Lewan said.
South Carolina also won 11 games last season.
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50Plus : Arts & Entertainment : Joke of the day for January 2
Let him dig
An old man and woman were married for many years, even though they hated each other. When they had a confrontation, screaming and yelling could be heard deep into the night.
The old man would shout, ?When I die, I will dig my way up and out of the grave and come back and haunt you for the rest of your life!? Neighbors feared him. They believed he practiced black magic, because of the many strange occurrences that took place in their neighborhood. The old man liked the fact that he was feared. To everyone?s relief, he died of a heart attack when he was 98.
His wife had a closed casket at the wake. After the burial, she went straight to the local bar and began to party, as if there was no tomorrow..
Her neighbors, concerned for her safety, asked, ?Aren?t you afraid that he may indeed be able to dig his way up and out of the grave and come back to haunt you for the rest of your life??
The wife put down her drink and said, ?Let him dig. I had him buried upside down??
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013
The Top Small Business Marketing Posts of 2012 | Constant Contact ...
Another year is in the books?congratulations!
Our goal with the Constant Contact blog has always been to help you become a better marketer, so you can grow your business or organization. We?ve shared lots of inspirational stories, tips, advice, and how to?s in 2012 and you can expect more of the same in 2013.
Here?s a look back at the top posts from 2012. Catch up on any of those you may have missed. And let us know which were your favorites.
Posts are arranged by category below.
Enjoy!
Content Creation
6 Ways to Create Content Your Readers Will Share
The holy grail of content is not ?likes? but shares. So how do you create content to encourage your readers to share? Read this post to find out.
5 Ways to Create More Engaging Email Content
Creating content that engages your readers is the key for moving them to action. Here?s a look at a system for organizing more engaging email content.
5 Fancy Content Ideas for Your Email?s Side Column
Coming up with the exact content for a side column can be tricky, because the information has to be scannable and laser-focused. Read these ideas to get a little fancy.
4 Places to Find Inspiration for Content (When You Don?t Know Where to Look)
Creating content can be hard. Sometimes when you?re staring at a blank screen is a little inspiration. Here are four places to go for inspiration when you?re feeling stuck.
5 Ways You Should be Using Your Smartphone to Create Fresh Content
Are you using your smartphone to its full potential to create marketing content? Read this post to find out.
6 Ingredients to Make Your Organization?s Blog Big, Bold, and Juicy
Blogs can have a huge impact on the way you reach supporters online. How do you make sure yours is engaging and compelling enough to keep people coming back? Find out in this post.
Email Marketing
7 Design Mistakes That Make Readers Trash Your Emails
People often make snap judgements based on the look of your emails. Pamela Wilson shares seven mistakes to avoid and keep your email out of the trash.
Why Email Marketing Is Like Making New Friends
How do you build relationships with email that help you grow? It happens when your emails feel personal, friendly, and unique. Find out why email marketing is a lot like making new friends.
15 Truths You Must Know to Create Almost Perfect Subject Lines
Want to boost your email open rates? One place to focus your attention is the email subject line. Here are 15 things you must know.
How to Make People Hate Your Email Newsletter
When it comes to email marketing it?s easy to start off on the wrong foot, especially when you?re making this one easy-to-fix mistake.
7 Things People Love More Than Being Sold To
Create email marketing your contacts will love. Here are seven things you can do other than sell, sell, sell.
11 Mistakes that Make Your Email Newsletter Absolutely Unreadable
A poor email can reflect badly on your organization, because it can make you look unprofessional. Here are some mistakes to avoid.
A Record Sale from Just One Email? It?s True!
Find out how a gallery and studio dedicated to all things art glass?from sculptures to jewelry, to perfume bottles and goblets?uses email marketing. Read how one email helped the gallery have its best day in 21 years.
Event Marketing
How to Plan Your First Nonprofit Fundraising Event, Part 1: Planning
Fundraising events are an important factor for the success of any nonprofit. What?s the first step to making sure your events are successful? Putting together a plan! Read this post to get started.
How to Plan Your First Nonprofit Fundraising Event, Part 2: Promotion
If you want people to know about your fundraising event, you?ll need to promote it. Here?s a look at how to make the most of your promotional activities.
Be Our Guest! 5 Tips for a Better Event Email Invitation
Your email invitation is one of the most important ways for you to promote your event. With your recipients? inboxes likely filled with offers and invitations from other businesses and organizations, how can you make yours stand out from the crowd?
Are You Using Social Media to Promote Your Event? Most People Do!
Read this post and get our free ebook on ?The State of Event Marketing.?
How to Plan Your First Successful Fundraising Event, Part 3: Getting Sponsors
A sponsor is anyone or any company that provides something free (money, services, or products) to help increase the value of your event. They are one of the foundational elements of your event because they add things that can draw people to your event. Read how you can get more sponsors to assist in your fundraising efforts.
Fresh Insights
Apple?s Passbook: What Small Businesses Need to Know
How can Passbook go to work for our small business customers?to help them leverage what could be a game-changing mobile technology? Whether it?s a SaveLocal deal or an EventSpot event ticket, our customers have tons of content worth sharing through Passbook. Our goal is to help them do just that.
You Are Not Richard Branson
Tamsin Fox-Davies believes the message that we should all be chasing super-star status is a whole heap of hooey, bunkum, and even tosh (feel free to add in your own expletives, but this article is rated PG). If you, personally, WANT to be the next Branson, that?s just fine and she will cheer you on as you follow that path, but it?s not for everyone.
8 Things Small Businesses Must Know About the Future of Mobile Marketing
With more than half of all Americans now using smartphones?and nearly a quarter of all online activity now coming from mobile devices?we have stumbled into a new age in technology and the future of mobile marketing has unexpectedly shown up at our doors. Is your business equipped to market to the new digital consumer?
15 Marketing Resources a Small Business Can Be Thankful For
Take a look at our list of places you can find great information to help you grow your small business.
8 Ways Customer Relationships Will Shape the Future of Marketing
Relationships matter. But how have technological advancements and changes in social connectivity impacted consumers? shopping activities? That?s the question businesses need to answer before they move forward with their marketing efforts.
Local Deals and Loyalty
10 Ways to Organically Spread the Word About Your Local Deal
We launched SaveLocal because we thought businesses should be able to have control over their own deals, keep more of the money they make, and retain the information from new customers that come into the store. We don?t supply you with the potential customer base, but we give you all the tools you need to promote your deal to current and new customers.
Third Time?s the Charm: Getting a Local Deal to Work for Your Business
Despite being passed over by two big-name deal providers, a pottery store finally found success.
Stop the Presses! A Local Deal that Builds Relationships AND Earns Revenue?
Find out how KT?s BBQ ran a SaveLocal deal where almost 300 people redeemed the vouchers in total. More than a quarter of those were new customers. In total, the restaurant saw around $2,000 in gross revenue from the SaveLocal deal, and 100 new email subscribers.
The Online Deal of a Lifetime: $519 for $42,050
It isn?t uncommon for small businesses to look into online deal providers and discover that many require a 50% discount on goods and services ? and then they take 50% of profit as a price for the service. Find out how one medical spa used SaveLocal to run deals without giving up its profits.
How Two Very Different Businesses Found Success with Daily Deals
SaveLocal is a tool for daily deals that lets businesses control how long the deal lasts, how much of a discount they offer, and they also get to keep more profit when they sell a deal. We talked with two very different businesses about their SaveLocal deals and what success looked like for them.
Social Media Marketing
25 Things That Make You Look Dumb on Twitter
No one wants to look dumb, especially in public for all to see. So it?s no surprise this post on Twitter and the one of Facebook below were so popular. See if you?re making any these mistakes.
25 Things That Make You Look Dumb on Facebook
See the Twitter post description above.
Facebook?s Default Landing Page Is Going Away on Timeline. Now What?
Facebook is known for making changes that drive us all crazy trying to keep up. With the introduction of Timeline for Pages Facebook removed the default landing page for new visitors. We share why it?s really not as big a deal as you might think.
How to Get More Results from Your Facebook Page
You may have heard that ?hope? isn?t much of a strategy. Read this post to see two things you need to focus on to get real results from your Facebook Page.
10 Things You Need to Do When Getting Started on Pinterest
Businesses and organizations got a lot of traction from Pinterest in 2012. Read this post to find out how to get started.
How to Use Instagram to Promote Your Business
The web has become more and more visual and Instagram makes it easy to create compelling images. Find out how you can use images to share the story of your business.
Surveys and Feedback
Ask An Expert: How to Create Content Your Customers Actually Want to Read
When customers want to read your newsletter, they will be more likely to open your emails, tell their friends about you, and most importantly?take the next step to help you grow your business. So what do you need to do to make this happen? Start with a survey.
Looking for Higher Email Open Rates? Try Using a Survey!
Sending out a survey is one of the best ways to avoid the dreaded super-long sign-up form and still get the information necessary to segment your mailing list for better open rates. After sending out your survey, you can then save contact respondents who selected the same answers into a new contact list for future mailings.
An Email Marketer?s Guide to Collecting Customer Feedback
Do you want to make better email marketing decisions? Do you want to give your readers more relevant content? Do you want to have a leg up on your competition? If you?ve answered ?yes? to any of these questions then it?s time you learn a thing or two about collecting customer feedback.
6 Quick Tips to Improve Your Survey Response Rate
Here are 6 easy-to-implement tips to entice your customers and members to improve your survey response rate.
10 New Ways to Use a Survey to Engage Your Audience
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Millinocket firefighters save several pets from fire | Sun Journal
MILLINOCKET ? Firefighters battled thick smoke to rescue two cats and a dog from a fire that damaged the cellar and living room of an Aroostook Avenue house Sunday morning.
Firefighters had to stop homeowner Thomas Jameson from going back into his house at 423 Aroostook Ave. to retrieve his pets after he had rescued a dog and a cat, Fire Chief Andrew Turcotte said.
With flames burning into the cellar ceiling and first-floor living room and smoke thick throughout the rest of the house, Turcotte went inside and found a dog and a cat and Firefighter-EMT Sam Monteith rescued a cat, Turcotte said.
?It was the funniest thing,? Turcotte said. ?The cat I found was just lying there, unresponsive, and I thought it was dead. I shook it a little bit and it came right alive. It hissed and clawed at me. I was thinking, ?Oh my goodness.??
Firefighters have pet-sized breathing masks to help resuscitate pets, but didn?t need to use them on the animals. Jameson, however, was treated for smoke inhalation at Millinocket Regional Hospital after refusing treatment at the scene, Assistant Fire Chief Thomas Malcolm said.
The fire apparently started in an ash box in the basement directly beneath Jameson?s living room fireplace. The ash box is large, approximately 16 inches across and about two feet deep, and embedded in cement, but was piled high with ash because it hadn?t been cleaned in a while, Turcotte said.
?It appears there was quite a bit of hot ash in there,? he said.
Ash that fell to the box from a fireplace fire the family started the night before apparently ignited thick building timbers hanging over the ash box. Turcotte said the timbers might also have ignited because they were badly dried out after decades of exposure to ash box heat.
Turcotte smelled smoke at about 8:55 a.m. and either he or a neighbor called 911. When firefighters arrived about five minutes later, heavy black smoke was pouring from the front door, Turcotte said.
Thick basement smoke and intense heat made finding the seat of the fire difficult, but firefighters doused the flames before they could spread very far into the living room area, Turcotte said.
East Millinocket firefighters were called immediately to the scene because Millinocket is down one engine, and they assisted in fighting the flames, Turcotte said. The flames might have eaten into the first floor and become uncontrollable had the fire burned much longer.
?They did a really good quick stop,? Malcolm said. The fire ?could have gone right up the chimney chase but it didn?t. They saved a lot with the initial knockdown.?
The Jameson family won?t be able to occupy the house until repairs are made. Damage estimates run from $30,000 to $40,000.
The fire is Millinocket?s second in about a month. A malfunctioning space heater sparked a fire that destroyed most of a second-floor apartment on Katahdin Avenue on Nov. 28.
Sunday?s fire, Turcotte said, underlined the importance of keeping fireplaces clear of ash buildup. He encouraged homeowners to have their chimneys and fire boxes cleaned professionally or at least emptied.
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