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Another busy week in the office with lots of meetings. 3 members of the team attended the Nottingham Business Expo on Thursday where we got the opportunity to share our knowledge with other attendees. The day ended with us having a big handful of potential clients and not to forget… lots of freebies! Another big thing from this week, Richard was invited to Google HQ in London, following our long standing Google Partnership. We were selected out of 30,000 agencies as one of the 30 Growth Agencies in the UK. In the world of marketing, SEO and social media there has been lots going on including, Facebook planning to open messenger to publishers at F8 in April and Google have recently removed text ads from the right-hand side of search results. Our marketing manager, Jessica will be publishing her first blog about her two weeks as part of the Lab, including the show, her role, and the challenges she has faced. Look out for that next week!

Google Changes Results Page

Google have recently removed text ads from the right-hand side of search results, as well as this it is now possible for four ads to be shown above the organic results. Together with the ads that appear below the results, a maximum of seven text ads can show at any one time. This update has happened to improve the user experience on Google Search and to make the experience the same across desktops, tablets and mobiles. By displaying fewer ads the search experience matches how people are actually engaging with Google. The conclusion is that the change will benefit consumers who increasingly search across devices. Below is an example of what the data shows.

This change is neutral for small advertisers:

Small advertisers worried that they would be impact on their business. Due to this the change was tested extensively, and since the new layout, small advertisers as a whole haven’t seen much change in clicks.

This change isn’t disrupting auction behaviour:

As you know, well you should, AdWords is an auction. A lot of people feared over the change, will it change our results? However based on the experiments of this launch there have been no appreciable changes to costs-per-clicks in aggregate.

It is vital that you know exactly how to manage your campaigns, below is an example of how you can do so.

Monitor your reporting:

Look at your performance reports segmented by Top vs, Other. The percent of clicks or conversions that you get from the right-rail ads should be small. If you are seeing something different than CTR going up and impressions going down then you should perform some diagnostic work to try and understand what might be causing your account to go against the expectations.

Keep an eye on your bids & budgets:

Keep an eye on your average position, bid to the performance you want to see and don’t overreact and bid to any theoretical auction pressures. If you are close to your daily limit then you might be driving more clicks than you are accustomed to from ads in position four. As a result of this you might need to bump your daily budgets up to ensure you capture as many of the profitable clicks as you can.

Carry on focusing on writing great ads:

The change to the results page won’t affect your ad quality measurements. Each ad will continue to be evaluated with your position taken into account.

Overall Google are often making changes, but this change should not make anything hard for you. When you have segmented your reports and seen how the traffic has changed for you then these actions above should keep you going on the right track.

Virtual Reality and Email Marketing

Due to the popularisation of virtual reality, the availability means it is not just restricted to movies and video games, VR is now very much being looked into by email marketers.

Research from Yesmail Interactive show us that mobile delivered 46.7% of email clicks in 2015 which has been increasing yearly and shows the ever growing incline of smartphone usage. As virtual reality is becoming a regular piece of technology and with smartphones now being able to provide this through the likes of Google Cardboard and the Samsung Gear VR, it’s understandable email marketing companies have put the two together.

You may be wondering how VR would make such an impact in marketing because ‘isn’t it just for games?’ Well, virtual reality can allow consumers to take a closer look at the products brands are trying to sell. With the most obvious of industries being travel and hospitality, VR can take the consumer to the other side of the world, offering a much more attractive idea of what a place is going to be like than a 2D image. In the automotive industry, Mercedes-Benz has already partnered with Google Cardboard creating an app which would take the buyer on a virtual ride of a Sauber C9 race car. All marketers need is some 360-degree camera equipment and before you know it users can be walking through a virtual world.

Apple Offers Tech Support on Twitter

With a surprising move Apple have begun to engage on social media with their new @AppleSupport account focused on helping their users.  It’s a surprising move from Apple from a company typically known for being a bit shy when it comes down to social media, to now opting in on Twitter.

Twitter has been a pretty big focus for the company in 2016, with the announcement of enhanced customer experience tools in February. These include customers having the ability to engage in private conversations using the direct message feature, and now with the new feature enabling customers to provide their opinions privately with businesses after an interaction.

This isn’t Apples first attempt with an account on Twitter, in October they launched an account ‘@AppleMusicHelp’ which was focused on giving users assistance with Apple Music. Apple Music Twitter support team probably noticed a lot of irrelevant questions being asked, justifying the new launch of ‘@AppleSupport’ which doesn’t seem to cater to a specific product line but is just for general support on all of Apples products.

LinkedIn have announced a new account-targeting option that will allow businesses upload lists of companies that they both do business with or want to do business with. The social media platform, LinkedIn will then cross-reference the lists with their own list of over eight million company pages and display afd to their users who work for those companies. Russ Glass, the head of products at LinkedIn Marketing Solutions said:

“This is us launching our audience match platform, and audience match is effectively LinkedIn’s entry into the custom audiences world. Account targeting is the first capability we’re releasing as part of our audience match platform.”

He also said that LinkedIn plans to develop the audience match platform so that marketers can upload different types of information.

LinkedIn are also going to allow advertisers to use the data to filter the accounts they target layering in its existing targeting options. The pre existing options include someones location, job title, seniority level, gender and age. By filtering these it means only certain ads will be displayed to clients employees, for example, marketing ads will be displayed to those who have “marketing” in their title. At the minute the account-based targeting option is only available for two of LinkedIn’s ad formats. The Sponsored Updates format that displays promoted status updates in people’s content feeds and the Sponsored InMail format that displays promoted messages in people’s LinkedIn inboxes. Brands that buy ads directly from LinkedIn’s sales team can use the account targeting, however the company will eventually allow brands buying ads through its self-serve tool to use account targeting. Comcast, Salesforce and Swrve were one of the first advertisers to use this new option.

Facebook have recently announced they will soon be letting publishers distribute their content automatically through the messaging serviceFacebook_MessengerBildMessage-750-337x600. Three people that are familiar with the company’s plans have said that Facebook are planning to announce this in April at its developer conference F8. The German newspaper, Bild appears to be the first publisher to use the tool to distribute articles through messenger.

The Notify App was released awhile back now to offer an example of how publishers can use messenger. The app lets people subscribe to receiving push notifications from a range of big publishers including, The New York Times, Mashable and Fox Sports. People can then click on the alerts in their notification tab which then opens the corresponding article in an in-app browser. TechCrunch have said that Facebook is planning to let businesses pay to message people who have already started conversations. This then makes it possible for publishers to sell their brands on sponsored messages and then distribute through messenger.

For the US audience Facebook messenger is the largest messaging app. The social media platform have said that the messenger service is used by more than 800 million worldwide each month.

Facebook Creates Periscope in Live Video

Facebook’s live-streaming feature will now enable live videos to rank higher in people’s news feeds. Whereas usually Facebook’s algorithm would usually not bode well for people streaming as they prioritize popular content rather than new content, this would mean that Periscope and Twitter have the upper hand. However, now Facebook are treating live videos separate from regular videos, the social network can prove it can get someone’s livestream in front of a wide audience.

Already with an audience larger than Twitter and Periscope, they are certainly more attractive to brands. If say, a company already has an audience of Facebook, they would not then have to go through the task of trying to get the audience onto another platform to view their livestream.

Even though videos will be saved to the user’s timeline after the broadcast has finished, Facebook stated in a company blog post that “people spend more than 3x more time watching a Facebook Live video on average compared to a video that is no longer live”. This appears to be to priority to the company recently as since they have added the ability for some users to stream in August 2015, they are now looking into making this feature available for the iPhone and Android app.


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This 19-Year-Old Girl Made a Spotify Playlist to Break Up With a Guy

She never meant for it to go viral.

Kirsten Titus

Breakups are never easy, but one college student found a hilariously creative way to rip off the Band-Aid. Kirsten Titus, 19, and Wyatt Hall, 20, started dating after meeting through mutual friends at Brigham Young University. But when she realized they'd be better off as friends, she broke up with him over Spotify — seriously.

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"Wyatt and I had a goofy and light-hearted relationship," Kirsten told "We went on a lot of funny and creative dates. Like, we hid meatballs in Ikea and planted a cactus on a mountain. I think that both of us were starting to feel like we were better off as just friends, so I figured the best way to express this was via a funny and creative way, mirroring the kind of relationship we had."

On Monday night, Kirsten sent Wyatt this Spotify playlist.

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Take a look at the song titles:

Do You...

Want To

Kiss Me

I Am

Kinda Lovin

Someone Else

We Can Still Be Friends

Get the message? Yeah.

Kirsten's 14-year-old sister Erika spotted the playlist on their shared account and tweeted it out (which is honestly a public service, because this is amazing).

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But Kirsten wasn't too pleased with Erika's tweet.

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"Initially, I texted my sister and begged her to delete the tweet because I was like, 'Dude, it has our faces in it! Wyatt's gonna kill me!' Kirsten told

Wyatt sent Erika a sassy tweet with a playlist of his own meant for Kirsten. His is short, but not so sweet.

It all turned out fine in the end, though. Wyatt told Kirsten the tweet was fine.

"When i first got the playlist, she sent it to me through Snapchat, which was weird, and then i saw the playlist and instantly started laughing," he told

And as the story spread on Twitter, a fan sent Wyatt her own playlist. She included tracks with titles including "You're Cute" and "Let Me Love You."

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In the end, everything's back to normal.

"He's not upset and thinks the whole thing is hilarious," Kirsten told "And Wyatt and I are still friends! We've hung out since I sent him the playlist and I even saw him just yesterday."

Don't get it twisted — Wyatt really isn't upset. "I feel like Kirsten is a lot nicer than people are treating her," he said. "She was just doing it to be funny. I thought it was funny, so no harm, no foul!"

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Markus Rogan knows he can make history in Athens.

The Stanford senior swimmer is Austrian, and in the Summer Games, he'll be competing for his home country, which has not won an Olympic swimming medal since 1912, when Cecil Healy finished second behind Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku in the 100-meter freestyle at Stockholm, Sweden.

So, Rogan, a 6-foot-5 backstroke specialist, is well aware of the large expectations from fellow Austrians that will be riding on his shoulders in a few weeks. He's trying hard to stay grounded.

"You can call it a lofty goal for Austria," he said, "but I don't see myself just as an Austrian. America has taught me to expect more."

Maybe that's why he chooses to downplay his recent success at the European Swimming Championships in Madrid, where he won gold medals in the 200 back and 200 individual medley and silver in the 100 back.

The golds were the first by an Austrian in the 78-year history of the event, but Rogan said, "I didn't really even prepare for the meet. I never really stopped my training at Stanford. In the long run now, it's all a quest for Mount Olympus."

Still, news of his achievement in Madrid was huge all over Austria.

"Almost too big a deal," he said. "I'm glad I'm not there. I think my head would be in the clouds."

The 22-year-old, who'll graduate with a degree in international relations and hopes to find a job that will let him live "a dual life" in the United States and Europe, is the oldest of five children. He initially came to America in 1996 and graduated from high school in Virginia before matriculating to the Farm and becoming a swimming All-American.

He and fellow backstroker and good friend Peter Marshall were the bellwethers of the Cardinal squad, leading it to a 31-0 dual-meet record in their four seasons, and four Pac-10 titles.

Rogan has nothing but positive memories about his years on the Farm.

"It's not just the education, it's also the kind of people I've met," he said, "learning what a team is like and what a team outside athletics is like, too."

Rogan wants to better what he calls a "horrible" showing in the 2000 Games, when he finished 27th in the 200 backstroke, although he isn't predicting a medal.

"Right now, I'm just dreaming of an Olympic final," he said.

If he makes it, it's possible that Rogan will be matched against U.S. superstar Michael Phelps.

"I'd love that," Rogan said.

So would Austria.


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Home and Clinic Pregnancy Tests

Do you think you may be pregnant? Here are a few tips about your pregnancy testing options.

What Is a Pregnancy Test?

IMAGE Pregnancy tests detect a hormone called human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample of urine or blood. HCG is produced by the placenta and is found in pregnant women. The amount of hCG produced during early pregnancy doubles every 2-3 days and peaks at 7-10 weeks. You can be tested for pregnancy with an over-the-counter pregnancy test or in your healthcare provider's office.

How Soon After Conception Will a Home Pregnancy Test Work?

Some, but not all, home pregnancy tests can detect pregnancy as early as 1 day after a missed menstrual period. Most home pregnancy tests are accurate when done about a week after your first missed menstrual period.

How Are Pregnancy Tests Done at Home?

There are several different types of home pregnancy tests that are readily available at your local drug store. Because there are many brands, it is important to follow the directions on the individual package carefully.
Some tests require that you urinate directly on a stick, while others ask that you urinate in a cup and then place a small sample into a testing well with a dropper. The results can be as fast as a few minutes or as long as a several hours. Keep in mind that results are displayed differently with different tests as well. For example, some show a red plus or minus sign in a window, others show pink or blue lines on a test strip, while others change the color of a urine sample.
Once you get a result, you may begin to question the test's accuracy.

How Accurate Are Pregnancy Tests?

Home pregnancy tests are not 100% accurate. Many manufacturers claim to have a 99% accuracy rate, but inaccurate results may be more frequent. This is because of improper use of the test, using the test after its expiration date, exposure of the test to the sun, and other factors. Again, make sure to follow the directions of your particular test exactly as you are supposed to. This should help make the test more accurate.
After conception, a woman produces a minimal amount of hCG. Not all tests are strong enough to pick up the amount of hCG hormone present the first time. Later tests may be positive. Whatever the result or the brand used, most manufacturers recommend repeating the process several days later to confirm the results.
Other potential problems include:
  • It is possible that you may get a negative test even if you are pregnant (false negative) if you take the test too early after conception, before hCG levels are significant.
  • If you are taking medications that have hCG in them, you may get a positive test even if you are not pregnant (false positive).

How Are Pregnancy Tests Conducted in a Medical Office?

Either a urine test or blood test is available at your healthcare provider's office or a family planning clinic. For the urine test, a urine sample is taken, usually first thing in the morning.
A blood hCG test involves taking a sample of blood from a vein in the arm. A blood test may be ordered to measure how much hCG is in the blood. The blood test can detect a pregnancy earlier than the urine test. Results of these pregnancy tests may be available the same day they are given.
If your test is positive, make sure you follow up with your healthcare provider right away. You cannot start prenatal care too soon.

Family Doctor—American Academy of Family Physicians
Women's Health—Department of Health and Human Services

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Women's Health Matters

Knowing if you're pregnant. Office on Women's Health website. Available at: http://womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/before-you-get-pregnant/knowing-if-pregnant.html. Updated September 27, 2010. Accessed October 25, 2016.
First trimester: Pregnancy testing. Lab Tests Online—American Association for Clinical Chemistry website. Available at: http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/wellness/pregnancy/first-trimester/hcg. Updated January 22, 2016. Accessed October 25, 2016.
Routine prenatal care. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114252/Routine-prenatal-care. Updated June 22, 2016. Accessed October 25, 2016.

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Smith & Elliott Merges with Shaheen & Gordon

Posted By Timothy P. Beaupre

Shaheen & Gordon, P.A. is happy to announce that attorneys from Smith & Elliott in Saco, Maine, have joined their firm.

"We are happy to welcome the attorneys of Smith & Elliott to our firm. We look forward to honoring their 65 year tradition of putting clients first," said D. Michael Noonan, Shaheen & Gordon Managing Partner. "We are confident that adding their knowledge and dedication to our team of experienced attorneys will help us better service clients in both Maine and New Hampshire."

The merger was effective July 1. With offices in Dover, Concord, Manchester and now Saco, Maine, Shaheen & Gordon has served clients throughout northern New England for more than 34 years. Their practice areas include personal injury, workers' compensation, family law, business, real estate, probate, criminal defense and general litigation.

"We are excited to join Shaheen & Gordon and be able to serve the people of York County with an expanded legal team and provide a broader range of services," said Randall Smith, Smith & Elliott Senior Partner. "They understand what our firm was founded on – dedication to our clients and a stake in the local community."

Though the firm name is changing, the legal team will stay the same with no changes in staffing. The office will remain at 199 Main Street in Saco and can be reached at 207-282-1527.

Shaheen & Gordon is a full service law firm serving institutional and individual clients throughout northern New England in a broad range of legal matters.

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59 E 59 presents a political thriller about a New York Times journalist and his exclusive interview with two Hutu nuns charged with homicide during the Rwandan genocide.

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Commemorating the 21st anniversary of the atrocity, this is a story of forgiveness, faith and truth in the face of unspeakable horror. Disgraced journalist Charles arrives in Rwanda to meet the nuns, who must convince the world of their innocence during the 1994 genocide or face a lifetime in prison. When an unknown survivor contradicts their story, Charles must choose which version of the truth to tell the world. 'Sense of an Ending' shines a light on questions of faith and responsibility in the face of violence.

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"Who’s lying, who did what to whom, what are the characters’ agendas? Urban keeps us guessing. But the writing is repetitive and heavy-handed, and it’s hard to care for the characters. The overall effect should be one of suspense, but it feels more as if the show is running in circles." Full Review

"A thoughtful meditation on guilt that is frustratingly sabotaged by an unnecessary B-plot...Director Adam Fitzgerald manages to pull these round performances out of a text that all too often falls flat...So much of it feels false and forcibly glued together. There's an incredible story lurking in the background, but you have to cut through a whole lot of fat in order to find it." Full Review

Lighting & Sound America

"A kind of moral detective drama that manages to be simultaneously gripping and ultimately unsatisfying...The title notwithstanding, a powerful, satisfying ending is exactly what 'Sense of an Ending' is missing. Definitive answers may not be possible when dealing with an atrocity such as this, but Urban's script needs to delve more deeply into the question of what turns seemingly civilized people into savages." Full Review

The New York Times

"There’s a lot to admire in Mr. Urban’s script...It is fast-paced, fluid and taut. But as directed by Adam Fitzgerald, it is also slick (sometimes it seems more like a teleplay) ...By the play’s conclusion, Mr. Urban has offered seemingly factual accounts from all the characters and a confident understanding of the massacre. This is satisfying, of course, but it also undercuts much of what has come before. The drama ultimately explains away its powerful ambiguities. Where’s the sense in that?" Full Review

Theatre's Leiter Side

"Director Adam Fitzgerald squeezes everything possible out of the small space’s limitations, and his actors are all solid, if unexceptional. Mr. Urban deserves kudos for attempting a play on such a significant topic, even if the play gains more of its power from its subject matter than the way that subject matter is expressed." Full Review

Theatre Reviews Limited

"It is imperative you secure tickets to see this remarkable play that raises the enduring and rich questions that challenge not just the broad issues of guilt and innocence but also challenge the larger issues of right and wrong and the ambiguity of morality...Director Adam Fitzgerald mines every ounce of sheer genius out of his resplendent cast. His staging counterpoints so meticulously with Mr. Urban’s script that 'Sense of an Ending' becomes a symphony for the senses." Full Review

"Mr. Urban does an excellent job of dramatizing and explaining a complex historical situation in this fictional treatment of a real case...Authoritatively directed by Adam Fitzgerald with bold flourishes and great attention to the performances, this production is taut and richly theatrical...'Sense of an Ending' is a noble and highly realized theatrical docudrama that keenly brings attention to a modern tragedy." Full Review

Talkin' Broadway

"This is a play that presses us to think hard about issues of ingrained bigotry, the perceived powerlessness of bystanders, and obedience to orders as an explanation/excuse for collusion. The format of the play, made up of brief conversations and interviews, does not allow us to get to know any of the characters well, but the actors, under Adam Fitzgerald’s taut direction, do an excellent job of conveying this sad tale." Full Review

Theater Pizzazz

"Reenactment of the terror and killings are remarkably achieved with Travis McHale’s vibrant lighting effects. The audience is left with the knowledge of the continuing horrors that plague our planet as people fight brother against brother. There is no sense of an ending. The play is deftly directed by Adam Fitzgerald." Full Review

Village Voice

"'Sense of an Ending' is cogent and beautifully acted. Urban sometimes hammers his ideas too heavily. But these are questions worth considering, and the striking final moments demonstrate that this playwright's sense of an ending is perfectly intact." Full Review

Stage Buddy

"It’s understandable that writer Urban would use an American to help audiences enter the complicated Rwandan maelstrom, but this also proves to be a disservice to the play...As the story progresses, overemphasis on elements of American Charles’s backstory detracts from our comprehension of the magnitude of the Rwandan front story." Full Review

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See it if You enjoy shows depicting serious contemporary topics with crisp plotting and superb acting

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£3.5 million scheme to revamp Shifnal town centre

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Signs and street clutter will be removed as part of a ‘shared spaces’ scheme to make the town more inviting.

Bradford Street in Shifnal

Millions will be spent transforming roads through a market town to manage its traffic congestion.

A £3.5 million revamp of Shifnal’s town centre will be like giving it a giant “lick of paint”.

Work to redesign main roads could begin as early as next year. The pioneering project is being watched by other towns across Shropshire who may follow suit.

The town is following the concept of ‘shared spaces’ in which motorists are forced to slow down by making them more aware of pedestrians.

Signs and street furniture will be removed and there will be more priority to people on foot.

Bridgnorth and Oswestry are among towns also considering implementing the scheme and it has already been adopted at Telford Shopping Centre during the revamp of Coach Central to help pedestrians.

Shifnal councillor Kevin Turley said the scheme is likely to use a mix of “old and new” ideas, still keeping features like pedestrian crossings.

He said a meeting in 2015 saw huge support from residents for a plan to change town centre roads.

He said £3.5 million was the initial outline cost of the whole scheme, adding: “It will make Shifnal look more inviting, and more vibrant. It will be like giving Shifnal a new lick of paint.”

Key areas included in the work are High Street, Broadway, Cheapside, Victoria Road, Shrewsbury Road, Bradford Street and Aston Street.

The work has been prompted by huge growth in the town, with 1,600 new homes being built up to 2026.

Shared space has already been embraced in Holland, as well as in parts of Britain including in London, Kent and Cheshire.

Shropshire Council cabinet member Steve Davenport said the work was essential.

He said work should start next year, adding: “We have commissioned consultants WSP to provide a detailed design.

"Property owners and business affected by the scheme and its construction will be informed of the construction plan and any specific elements that are likely to affect them.”

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer has made no secret of his pursuit of a quality, playmaking safety that would allow him to unleash standout Harrison Smith all over the field.

Michael Griffin thinks he can fill that role.

Griffin officially signed his contract Monday after agreeing to terms last week and said he is looking forward to the chance to play alongside one of the rising stars at the position.

''He's one of the top three or four safeties in the league right now,'' Griffin said in a conference call. ''I just look at myself coming in and competing and trying to help this team win ballgames.''

Griffin spent the first nine years of his career in Tennessee after being a first-round draft pick out of Texas in 2007. Griffin has made two Pro Bowls in his career and was coached in Tennessee by Vikings defensive backs coach Jerry Gray from 2011-13.

Gray reached out to him immediately after he was cut from Tennessee to ask if he was interested in continuing his career, and Griffin told him he wasn't ready to retire. He said he isn't taking a starting spot for granted. The Vikings also brought back safety Andrew Sendejo, who started 13 games last season.

''Watching them last year, it was a great opportunity to join a good football team and get on the other side of things,'' said Griffin, who had endured back-to-back difficult seasons with the Titans. ''Being in Tennessee wasn't the best situation the last two years with our record, but I have nothing but gratitude to that organization.''

Zimmer has long taken pride in working with defensive backs, and has consistently extended the careers of those playing for him, including veterans Adam Jones and Terence Newman. Griffin said that was a factor in choosing the Vikings.

''You just see how the guys here in Minnesota play for him,'' Griffin said. ''You can see he's a great guy.''

The Vikings also hosted free agent tackle Andre Smith for a visit on Sunday and Monday. Griffin said he saw Smith at the team's Winter Park headquarters on Monday and joked with him that he didn't need to take any more visits and should just sign a contract.

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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk is sticking with the same approach he had in Arizona.

What has changed is he's playing in meaningful hockey games.

Dubnyk stopped 30 shots and Zach Parise scored in the first period, leading the Wild to a big 1-0 victory over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night.

Minnesota (22-20-6) moved within five points of the Flames and the second wild-card spot in the Western Conference. The Wild have picked up five of six possible points so far on a four-game trip that wraps up Sunday in Vancouver.

''It's fun to play important games,'' said Dubnyk, who was acquired in a Jan. 14 trade with the Coyotes. ''I was happy with the way my game was in Arizona so I wanted to really concentrate on sticking with the same things I was doing there that was helping me be successful there.''

It was Dubnyk's third shutout of the season and No. 11 for his career.

He stepped up in the third when the Flames generated several dangerous chances.

Six minutes into the period, Johnny Gaudreau got around Jared Spurgeon and fired a wrist shot that was headed for the top corner before Dubnyk got it with his glove. With six minutes left, Dubnyk stopped Paul Byron on a breakaway.

Then, as the final couple seconds ticked off the clock, he robbed Mikael Backlund in a scramble at the side of the net.

Calgary was shut out for the first time this season.

''I think we owe a lot to Dubnyk tonight. He bailed us out on a lot of different breakdowns we had. He was really good,'' Parise said. ''We've got a long ways to go but playing against these guys tonight, like we said this morning, five looks a lot better than nine had we lost this game. It's a good start to the trip.''

Parise and the Wild made the most of a mistake by Calgary defenseman Mark Giordano in the first.

Giordano's attempt to send a cross-ice pass from his own corner was knocked down by Thomas Vanek and immediately picked up by Parise all alone in front, who quickly tucked a shot through Jonas Hiller's pads.

It was Parise's sixth goal in his last six games and No. 20 on the season.

''Close, man,'' Giordano said. ''(Hiller) played awesome. Their guy played awesome. One bad mistake - I made a bad one in the first there - and they get a goal. At the end of the night, that's the mistake that cost us.''

Hiller finished with 31 stops.

''It was one of those nights - I thought Dubnyk played well and we didn't get the bounces. It happens,'' Hiller said. ''We have to stay positive. I thought we played well. If we play like that every night, we have a chance every night and that's what we need.''

NOTES: Just called up from Iowa of the AHL, Minnesota D Matt Dumba played in his hometown for the first time in his NHL career. His parents and brother were in attendance. Dumba took the spot of Christian Folin, who along with Erik Haula were healthy scratches. ... Byron has gone 28 games without a goal while LW Brandon Bollig has no goals on the season in 41 games.

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Take a glimpse into the mindset of Giuseppe Guastalla, the top-finishing American at the FIFA Interactive World Cup.

By Chris Chavez
March 23, 2016

NEW YORK – Giuseppe Guastella barely moved. He looked up towards the ceiling as he let up a second goal to Mohamad Al-Bacha of Denmark with just minutes remaining in the round of 16 at the 2016 FIFA Interactive World Cup on Monday afternoon.

The next day, Al-Bacha went on to hoist a trophy presented to him by New York City FC star and David Villa at the Apollo Theatre. In addition to the celebration fit for the winner of the actual World Cup, Al-Bacha nets $20,000 will attend the 2016 Ballon d’Or ceremony in Zurich, where is likely to be among the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Guastella, 30, enjoyed the rest of his time in New York and heads to Chicago for one last excursion with this girlfriend before returning to his job as a project manager for a flooring company. A celebration in New York would have been outrageous. The oldest competitor of the FIWC planned to spend the prize money much differently than Al-Bacha had he managed to win.

“Strippers,” Guastella says without hesitation, before cracking a smile.

His girlfriend of three years, Vanessa Romo, says she would have joined in on the strip club trip.

“I tell him all the time that we should go,” Romo says. “I’m not the typical girlfriend that says ‘No we can’t go.’ I’ve always wanted to go out of curiosity. It’s on my bucket list.”

Alas, it wasn't meant to be.

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This year marked Guastella’s fifth try at the tournament. With his early exit, the American’s best finish remains a semifinals appearance in 2012. The evolving world of eSports has taken him to Barcelona, Dubai, Munich, Vancouver and several other places around the globe. While he entered the week saying this would be his final tournament, his girlfriend remained hopeful that he would continue to play, which for her means free vacations around the world.

After his loss, Guastella changed his mind and said that he can see himself playing until he’s 80, which would put the game at FIFA 76.

“My whole journey started right here in New York,” Guastella says. “I found out about the tournament and there was a live qualifier so I entered and I became the North American champion in 2009. I’ve always wanted to be No. 1 in the world and I still haven’t accomplished that just yet.”

Before Romo attended her first tournament with Guastella, she had the same expectations that most people would have about eSports.

“I thought it was going to be the lamest thing ever,” Romo said. “We’re going to get nerds and super young kids. I thought we’d be so out of place. They told us to expect media and I thought it would just be someone with a camcorder. Once we got there, I saw everything that went to it and thought it was really cool.”

The nerdy elements remain. Several competitors from Europe brought their own coaches to stand behind them and whisper advice. International media followed certain players for post-game interviews that would be streamed to fans across the internet. A Danish competitor had an entourage branded with Coca-Cola sponsored jackets. One German player was sponsored by a professional soccer team. When he wasn’t at a console, Guastella joked around with his girlfriend.

“This is just a hobby to me,” Guastella says. “I just like to compete. I like to be humble about stuff but all my friends know what I do. Like everyone they just laugh and can’t believe an event like this is happening.”

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His best friend, Jared Nizich, flew in from Los Angeles for moral support. Just a year ago, he was on the other end of a call from Guastella after a loss in Munich and now he wanted to see the event for himself.

Clad in a U.S. men’s national team jersey and scarf, Nizich tried to take a photo of Guastella on his phone but his hands were shaking too much to get any shot worthy of an Instagram post.

“You have to train and dedicate time to this,” Nizich says. “If these guys aren’t athletes, anyone would be able to do it on the world stage. Just like soccer, you have to put work into it.”

Guastella knows that he is terrible at soccer. His Italian roots and love for Juventus have provided his knowledge of tactics and formations over the years but it never translated onto the pitch. Behind a controller, he can work magic but would not consider himself an “athlete” for it.

“I don’t consider eSports competitors as athletes. They’re the same thing as a professional chess player,” Guastella says. “We’re playing a game that requires a lot of mental skills.”

Romo put Guastella in an odd chasm between the two labels.

“I do know it takes some skill level to compete at the elite level,” Romo says. “Then again, you have to be in physically good shape to be an athlete and perform. He’s in between because he can think like an athlete.”

Competitors in the realm of League of Legends and other popular eSports sometimes find themselves dedicating 20 hours or more of their day to sitting behind a screen and playing. Adderall and other drugs have raised controversy yet millions of dollars continue to flow into the growing trend with soccer stadiums being sold out. The FIFA video game requires less of an intense dedication to being good. Some competitors will play just over 40 hours a week, while some like Guastella keep it to 10 hours or less, because, frankly, he needs to pay the bills with his full-time job.

“This tournament won’t be big here in the United States until real soccer is big in America,” Guastella says. “Compare FIFA between here and Europe and it’s a totally different scene. It’s hard to make this a career unless you’re in the League of Legends scene. That’s where FIFA hasn’t stepped up in making their stars big. I do it to compete and I want to be the best in this FIFA game. I still laugh about it all.”

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June 13, 1988
June 13, 1988

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June 13, 1988

NBA Playoffs
Mike Tyson
Mini Marathon
America's Cup
Track & Field
The Missing Links
First Person
Point After

While the Lakers were winning a rugged series from Dallas, the Celtics showed their age and lack of depth in losing to Detroit

When the NBA's regular season ended six weeks ago, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics—perennials in a garden strewn with wilting annuals—stood atop their respective conferences. But all winter the whisper of change could be heard in the wind. Sure enough, when the conference finals ended last weekend, the Celtics had been uprooted, and the Lakers very nearly were, too.

This is an article from the June 13, 1988 issue Original Layout

L.A.'s quest to become the first NBA team since 1969 to win back-to-back championships was still alive after it eliminated the surprisingly unawed Dallas Mavericks in seven games to win the Western Conference. The Lakers prevailed only because they protected with bulldog tenacity the home-turf advantage that they had gained by finishing with the league's best regular-season record.

In the East, however, the Celtics lost twice to the Detroit Pistons at Boston Garden and finally succumbed in a six-game series that could just as easily have ended in four. Detroit's dominance was absolute, and its spot in the finals is deserved. Still, won't it seem a little strange to watch the Pistons, a team that had not made the finals since 1956 (the franchise was in Fort Wayne then), play for the whole enchilada? Will the Celtics be missed? "Romantically, yes, I'd say they will," says L.A. coach Pat Riley.

What this year's finals lack in romance they make up for in photo opportunities, pitting Magic Johnson of the Lakers against his bosom buddy, Isiah Thomas of the Pistons. Such good friends. Such good point guards. Such good smiles. They talked by phone on Friday afternoon, hours before Thomas's Pistons eliminated the Celtics 95-90 in Game 6 and one day before Johnson's Lakers whipped the Mavs 117-102 in Game 7 of that series.

"But from now on we have to keep our distance," said Magic on Saturday. "We understand that. There's no friendship now. When you're going for the championship, you take no prisoners."

Which was precisely the Pistons' game plan in their systematic dismantling of Boston. As Game 6 neared its conclusion, to the delight of the 38,912 fans at the Silverdome, the Celtics were like so much green and white confetti scattered throughout the arena. Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge, both of whom had bad backs, and Robert Parish, who played only six minutes before leaving with a bruised left knee, were in pain. Larry Bird was in the middle of a nightmare, missing jump shots, layups—everything—en route to a 4-for-17 shooting performance for the game and a 40-for-114 (.351) showing for the series. Kevin McHale, though he did score 33 points, was in a prison of arms, legs and torsos created by the Pistons' relentless double-and triple-teaming.

Detroit had built an 88-71 lead with 5:27 left, but the Celtics cut that to four points with only six seconds to go. By then, however, the Pistons had repelled the charge. With 50 seconds remaining and Detroit ahead 93-86, K.C. Jones, who had announced his retirement last month, pulled Bird, McHale and Johnson. It was his last official act as coach of the Celtics.

Assistant coach Jimmy Rodgers is now in the Celtic driver's seat, and before him lies a crossroads. With the players Boston has now, there is no reason to believe that it will beat the Pistons (or, for that matter, Atlanta) next year or the year after or the year after that. Rodgers said bravely on Friday night that he plans "no substantive changes."

Before the Detroit series the age of the players and how many minutes they played were never of concern to the Celtics. Bird, 31, invariably turned his look of disgust—and he has a good one—on anyone who even questioned whether Boston was worn down. "Shoot, I'd like to play all the minutes," Bird was fond of saying, and the other members of the Fab Five assented. Even last year, when fatigue and injuries wrecked the Celtics' chances in the finals against the Lakers, little thought was given to a new game plan for 1987-88. The starters carried the load throughout the regular season and then increased it in the playoffs, when they logged an astounding 83.6% of the playing time. By comparison, Detroit's first-teamers had played 67.2% of the playoff minutes through last weekend.

Eventually, and inevitably, Boston's starters—whom Thomas calls "maybe the best starting five ever assembled"—wore down. Consider the following two snapshots, one from Game 5 and one from Game 6. In the first, Dennis Rodman, Detroit's unpredictable reserve forward, helps teammate Bill Laimbeer battle for a second-quarter offensive rebound. After Laimbeer taps it in, the Celtics get upcourt quickly, and Ainge goes in for a layup. Surprise! Rodman is there to block it.

In Game 6, Ainge again appears to have an uncontested second-quarter layup. But here comes Detroit's 6'11" jack-in-the-box, John Salley, into the picture. Swat! He knocks Ainge's shot aside. Salley ended up blocking four other shots in the game.

The Celtics have no one to do those kinds of things, those unexpected, game-turning, intimidating things. And neither Salley nor Rodman is a starter.

After the Game 6 defeat, thoughts of mortality crept into Celtic conversations for the first time. "I see no reason we won't have the same starting five next season," said Ainge, "but I'll tell you, we won't be averaging 40 minutes again." Ainge, the youngest Celtic starter, will be 30 by the end of next season, and in his seven-year career he has played in 511 regular-season and 112 playoff games, giving up his body in many of them, as he did in the Piston series. But against the Pistons he shot just .314 (22 of 70) from the floor and connected on just 8 of 24 three-point attempts.

McHale, 30, was the steadiest Celtic in the series. His .563 accuracy from the field was the main reason Boston's shooting (.411) was not completely disgraceful. But the nonstop slam dance he engaged in with any number of Pistons around the basket left him exhausted. "I think you'll see a lot more of the young guys next year," said McHale, who would seem to be the most marketable Celtic—assuming Bird is untouchable—should Boston decide to make an off-season trade for draft choices or younger players. "We're not capable of playing 48 minutes anymore," said McHale.

Then there was Bird, feet immersed in ice, towel draped over his tired legs, trying to make sense of it all—his cold shooting, his team's inability to penetrate Detroit's frenetic defense, the sting of failing for the second straight year to win the championship, which, he says, is "the only thing I play for." Bird was certain of one thing, though. "Our team needs some help, no doubt about it," he said. "Playing 48 minutes is fun, but it's not going to get it done next year."

Boston president Red Auerbach, whose hands have molded Celtic fortunes for four decades, was more sanguine when asked whether the Celtics' lack of depth was the key factor in the series. "Right now the thing is not to panic," said Auerbach. "What, are you going to change your whole theory because of one loss? What if we had won this game and the series? Would everything be O.K. then?

"Hey, other clubs play only seven men. The Lakers play seven. I used to play six, seven guys. Maybe our bench would've played more this season if it wasn't so young. These kids have to sit and learn, just like K.C. Jones and Sam Jones had to sit for me. That's the way we do it. Anyway, it's not like we weren't in this game. If [James] Edwards [who had 15 points] and Vinnie Johnson [who scored a team-high 24] aren't hitting, it's a different game."

But those examples, Red, only underscore the necessity of depth. Neither Johnson, a fireplug shooting guard, nor Edwards, a 7'1" center acquired from Phoenix on Feb. 24 specifically for his offensive capabilities, is a starter. Factor in Salley, Rodman and the starting five, and the Pistons boast a nine-deep rotation. It is a stretch to credit the Celtics with anything better than a six-deep rotation. Six deep in today's NBA and you're deep-sixed.

Robbed of part of its future by the death of first-round draft choice Len Bias in June 1986, Boston may either have to swing a major trade or make a move in the free-agent market to keep pace with Detroit and Atlanta. At the very least the Celtics must bolster their bench. The consensus is that little-used swingman Reggie Lewis is a keeper. He can run the floor and jump. And 7-foot Brad Lohaus will probably be around next season, too.

The failure to develop a bench was the one constant criticism of K.C. Jones, as decent and honorable a man who ever strode a sideline. McHale was asked after Game 6 what he'll miss most about Jones. "K.C. himself." replied McHale. "All of him." In five seasons Jones coached Boston to five Atlantic Division titles and two championships.

Anyway, there was little any coach could have done to stop these Detroit tigers. Firmer of resolve and wiser of game plan after last year's seven-game loss to the Celtics, the Pistons, as Dennis Johnson put it, "played every phase of the game the way coaches tell you to." Well, that's not quite accurate. Their offense was inconsistent at times and will need fine-tuning if it is to challenge an underrated Laker defense.

What Detroit showed against Boston was strength of character. In Game 5 the Pistons fell behind by as many as 16 points early in the second half before rallying to win 102-96 in overtime. Visitors to Boston Garden are not supposed to do that. The Pistons came out tentatively again in Game 6 and led only 48-46 at halftime. But in the second half Detroit lit so many flash fires that Boston simply couldn't stamp them all out. Vinnie Johnson made six of eight jumpers. Adrian Dantley sank three shots in a row in the fourth quarter. Thomas cast aside a 1-for-7 first-half shooting performance and forcefully directed the offense.

More than most point guards, Thomas walks a tightrope as he tries to create his own shots while making sure that Dantley, the moody scoring machine, gets his share. Thomas has done both well in the postseason. When Game 6 was over, Thomas looked dreamy-eyed as he talked to reporters. "It's impossible to describe how I feel," he said. "My reality has met my dream."

Thomas, however, has a long way to go before his reality compares with that of his good buddy Magic. Seven times since his rookie season of 1979-80 Magic has led L.A. into the finals, and four times he has come away a winner. Now Magic dreams of back-to-back championships. He had a get-it-done, hard-eyed look about him in the Dallas series. Before Game 7, Magic asked Riley if he could check Roy Tarpley, the Mavericks' rebounding maniac. "Pat wanted to keep Tarpley under 10 rebounds, and I told him the way to do that is to put me on him," said Magic. So Magic played him for much of the game, and Tarpley got only seven rebounds.

"Banging, bumping," said Johnson. "Physical play, that's what I like." Magic, that's exactly what you're going to get from the Pistons.

Take it from one who knows. As Bird climbed wearily to his feet in the locker room on Friday night, someone asked him if he was a little tired. "A little tired?" said Bird with a rueful smile. "No, I'm a lot tired."

PHOTOPETER READ MILLERDallas's Sam Perkins got in Byron Scott's face in Game 5, but L.A. still won 119-102.PHOTORICHARD MACKSONMagic slapped the Mavericks with 24 points, nine rebounds and 11 big assists in Game 7.PHOTOMANNY MILLANSalley (22), a major force on Detroit's swat team, helped make Bird's playoff miserable.PHOTOMANNY MILLANDetroit made the frustrated McHale feel he was imprisoned in a thicket of arms and legs.PHOTOANDREW D. BERNSTEINThomas shared his joy with another Wonder—Stevie—and, by phone, with his mom.


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The True Cost of Smoking

Smoking cigarettes can not only leave you with adverse effects to your health, but it can also leave a hole burning in your pocket in less obvious ways, found a recent study undertaken by Endsleigh Insurance.

The Office of National Statistics has released figures which show the average smoker in the UK puffs on 13 cigarettes a day, and the Tobacco Manufacturers Association claims the RRP for a pack of 20 cigarettes is £7.98. That equates to an annual cost of £1,893.26.

That could be the cost of a family holiday to Disneyland Paris, a deposit on a new car, or money saved for a rainy day. However, it isn’t just the upfront cost that people need to be aware of. The rise in price of other financial products where the likelihood of death or illness is a key factor in the awarding of a policy, can be a stumbling block for many people who smoke; for example, life insurance premiums for a smoker can be double that of a non-smoker.

One fact that most people aren’t aware of is that it can take between 12 and 18 months for you to be classed as a non-smoker on your life insurance policy. Steve Barnes, Financial Adviser at Endsleigh, said: “People should remember that any kind of smoking in a 12 month period classes you as a smoker in the eyes of an insurance company.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s an occasional secret cigarette in times of stress or a regular habit, in order to be classified as a non-smoker by life insurance companies you need to have abstained from smoking or from using nicotine replacement products for at least 12 to 18 months.”

With the survey revealing that 1 in 5 Brits are secret smokers, it shows just how many people could be costing themselves money from even the occasional cigarette. If you don’t tell your insurance company, it could invalidate your life insurance policy meaning that should the worst happen, your family would receive no financial compensation. If you quit smoking you should inform your provider, and then inform them again when you have been cigarette free for a year.

Steve Barnes finished by saying: “As a new year starts, many of us will begin to think of the healthier things we can do to improve our fitness and general wellbeing. We all know smoking is bad for our health and it can almost double the cost of life insurance premiums.”

More Information:

Office of National Statistics – Study on Smoking

Endsleigh – Life Insurance

NHS – Stop Smoking

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Aussies abroad: Caltex Socceroo’s title triumph

Caltex Socceroos fullback Alex Gersbach is celebrating title success in Norway after helping Rosenborg clinch the Tippeligaen Championship with a hard-fought win overnight.

Gersbach played the full 90 minutes as Rosenborg fought back from a goal down to claim a 3-1 victory away to Molde.

Rosenborg only needed a draw to clinch the title but it was the hosts who started the brighter and grabbed the lead on the half-hour mark through Iceland international Bjorn Sigurdarson.

The visitors got back on level terms just five minutes into the second half through skipper Mike Jensen before Christian Gytkjaer fired the Troillongan ahead just past the hour mark.

Jensen completed his brace in the dying minutes to secure the victory and clinch Rosenborg’s second consecutive league title.

Meanwhile, Tom Rogic continued his sizzling form in Scotland, scoring and creating an assist in Celtic’s 6-1 thrashing of Kilmarnock.

The midfielder teed up James Forrest for Celtic’s third goal before finding the net himself with just over five minutes remaining to round out the massive win.

In the English Championship, Socceroos skipper Mile Jedinak played a full match as Aston Villa fought back from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw at home to Newcastle United.

Massimo Luongo also got through 90 minutes as QPR were held to a 1-1 draw by Birmingham City at Loftus Road.

The news wasn’t as good for Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield) and Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion), with both playing full games in defeats to Reading (1-0) and Norwich (3-1) respectively.

In League one, James Meredith was involved in Bradford City’s goalless draw away to Bolton Wanderers, while goalkeeper Alex Cisak could do little as Leyton Orient fell to a 3-1 loss at Notts Country in League Two.

New Socceroo James Jeggo continued his impressive form in Austria, helping Sturm Graz to a 3-0 win over Wolfsberger.

Mustafa Amini and Chris Ikonomidis were both second-half substitutes as AGF fell to a 2-0 loss to FC Kobenhavn in the Danish Superliga.

In the Eredivisie, Jason Davidson played a full game as Groningen were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Heracles.

Tomi Juric was a late substitute for FC Luzern as they fell to a 3-1 loss at home to Lausanne in the Swiss Super League.

In Germany, Mat Leckie got through a full shift for Ingolstadt as they suffered a 2-0 loss away to Borussia Mönchengladbach.


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These are heady days for locals who have dedicated much of their time and energy to making Sonoma County and Sonoma Valley better prepared to deal with climate change.

Sonoma Ecology Center’s Caitlin Cornwall is among them, part of the Sonoma County Climate Resilience Team in New York City today to be recognized by the White House for its efforts.

Caitlin and the team – which includes Sonoma County supervisors James Gore and Efren Carrillo, the Water Agency, the Regional Climate Protection Authority, and others – will be honored today for the team’s work on a new initiative the White House is helping to launch called Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness, or PREP. PREP brings government, business and nonprofit partners together to develop effective new tools for climate response, such as a dashboard for visualizing climate impacts at the local level. Because Sonoma County’s team is a national leader in climate adaptation science and response, Sonoma County is a pilot community for PREP. (We’re the only community in the PREP beta platform and the only local government represented in this launch.)

The New York event is part of Climate Week NYC, an annual confab on climate change that draws leaders from around the globe. Sadly for Caitlin (who has been tackling these issues since helping found the North Bay Climate Adaptation Initiative seven years ago) she’ll only get a few hours to check out the city as a tourist before heading home. There’s still a lot of work to do.


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The Whidbey Island Community Arts and Education Center invites the community to its open house Saturday, April 27.

The Whidbey Island Community Arts and Education Center invites the community to its open house Saturday, April 27.

Several local organizations have joined to form an arts and education center at the old Bayview School in Langley. To celebrate the opening of the newly renovated school, they are hosting an open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., followed by an artists’ reception from 6 to 8 p.m. at the completely renovated old Bayview School.

The partners for this venture include: Whidbey Island Community Education Center; Northwest Institute of Literary Arts; New Stories and The Whidbey Geodome; and The Art Center @ WICEC.

An additional event is set for 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28. “Analog Days” shows how technology has changed our culture. Sponsor is Humanities Washington and WICEC.

Internally-known author and speaker Alex Alben will lead a conversation about how those born before 1980 increasingly cannot recognize the world around them.

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Researchers discover cause of sea star deaths

While researchers have discovered the virus causing millions of sea stars to die off, Whidbey islanders remain concerned.

Sea stars cling to an anchor in the water off South Whidbey Harbor at Langley. These appear healthy

While researchers have discovered the virus causing millions of sea stars to die off, Whidbey islanders remain concerned.

“It is incredible to observe the phenomenon in which so many sea stars can disappear within such a short period of time,” said Jan Kocian, a South Whidbey diver. “In one week, an animal the size of a bicycle wheel can dissolve into a small pile of goo.”

Dying starfish have been reported off the coasts of Whidbey and Camano islands over the last year and local divers and beach watchers have seen the population diminish to almost nothing.

Scientists have pin-pointed the pathogen causing the sea star wasting disease that’s been killing starfish by the millions along the Pacific shores of North America, according to findings reported last month by the Public Broadcasting System.

Identifying the virus was a challenge, according to PBS, because a drop of seawater contains about 10 million viruses.

Called “densovirus,” the illness causes a deflated appearance followed by rapid deterioration, leading to death within days, according to the University of California Santa Cruz, which has been recording the phenomena internationally.

I am fairly hopeful they’ll be back … As long as there are survivors, they’ll be back.”

Charles Seablom,

Island County Beachwatcher

The first symptoms were reported in June 2013 in Olympic National Park.

Kocian moved to Whidbey in 1990 and has been diving for 50 years, with favorite diving spots around Deception Pass, Keystone Jetty and the Langley marina.

Kocian said that early this year in “the Langley marina you could see hundreds, if not a thousand sea stars, including the largest of them, the sunflower sea star, which is the hardest hit species.” On a dive this past summer, however, he only saw two sunflower sea stars and both were showing signs of the disease.

Island County Beachwatcher Charles Seablom said that while he hasn’t actively sought sea stars since September, a trip to Coupeville this week shows that the problem persists.

“I was in Coupeville a few days ago and stopped by the wharf where hundreds of sea stars are usually visible,” Seablom said Monday. “I saw none.”

He added that at West Beach last July he saw 33 sea stars, a number that shrank to four by September.

The sea star experiences a die-off every 10 years or so, but “never before at this magnitude or this large a geographic area,” Seablom said.

Now that the cause is known, researchers plan to develop antibiotics to help combat the virus but will also be watching to see if the new crop of baby star fish evolve and become more resistant, according to PBS.

Researchers also pointed out that 10 years prior to the outbreak, sea stars were considered overabundant and that the virus may just be nature’s way of controlling the population.

Seablom said he’s hopeful about the research and that the sea star has continually come back after previous die-offs.

“I am fairly hopeful they’ll be back,” Seablom said. “At least they found the cause anyway. As long as there are survivors, they’ll be back.”

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Computers first became mobile in the early nineties and DICOTA wanted to play a part in their transportation. And that’s how DICOTA was born, with the name – the computer bag – remaining relevant right until this very day. DICOTA has been the first port of call for highly functional, premium quality carrying solutions for 25 years now, as well as the market leader in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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Explaining Ohio's intestate succession guidelines

People in Columbus have been telling you for years that even if you think you do not have time to delve deep into your estate planning, you should at the very least write out a will. Why? The answer is the same as the one we here at The Law Offices of Saia and Piatt Inc. have given past clients who came to us after discovering that their loved ones died without wills: Control. You spend the majority of your life working to acquire assets; imagine how frustrating you would feel if the control over who received them once you are gone is taken away from you and your family.

If you die intestate (without a will), that is what will happen. Rather than allowing your presumed heirs to fight over what they feel entitled to, the state has established its own guidelines regarding intestate succession. While you may agree with many of them, they will not allow considerations to be given to parties not directly related to you, such as friends, civic groups or charitable organizations.

Ohio's intestates succession guidelines can be found in Section 2105.06 of the state's Probate Code. They list the predetermined order of distribution to be:

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  • Your parents
  • Your siblings (and their descendants)
  • Your grandparents
  • Your next of kin

If you have no surviving kin, your estate goes to your stepchildren and their descendants. If no such parties exists, it escheats to the state. The amount that your spouse, children or other relatives receive depends on whether how many of those parties are still living when you die. If you want to leave assets to non-relatives, you need to have a will stating that.

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Evolved Horizon lets you combine and apply custom smooth-, scale- and transform-DSPs to your I/O data in matter of seconds, for fast data insights. See example below; first we smoothed (twice) the data using a simple symmetric moving mean with a window of 10 points. Then we scaled the data with both respect of the data and time, using an arbitrary function. Then we performed numerical integration. All DSPs are combined simple by clicking a button. Export the final plot and its data to .xlsx or .csv format, for your final analysis or further export/storage.

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