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Quick Reaction: Raptors 118, Nets 91

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O. Anunoby29 MIN, 5 PTS, 7 REB, 0 AST, 1 STL, 2-5 FG, 1-2 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 6 +/-

OG returned to the hardwood after missing most of preseason for personal issues. Although he got off to a shaky start, picking up three fouls in the first half, he eventually settled down and looked like his usual self on defence, smothering attackers alongside newcomer Kawhi Leonard.

Although it’d be nice to see more of the offence run through OG, this game was about him getting back into the feel of things. He looked good.

K. Leonard31 MIN, 11 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 4 STL, 3-10 FG, 0-1 3FG, 5-6 FT, 1 BLK, 1 TO, 22 +/-

Although Leonard’s shot and dribble still look rusty, Kawhi was a beast on defence today, picking up four steals by playing aggressive and using his length to poke away balls.

Offensively, Leonard impressed today by showing off his strength and playmaking skills.

S. Ibaka19 MIN, 13 PTS, 5 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 5-9 FG, 1-3 3FG, 2-2 FT, 3 BLK, 1 TO, 2 +/-

Ibaka has settled into playing the five on the defensive side of things, staying in front of his opponent while gathering rebounds and eating up blocks.

Unfortunately, Ibaka still needs to settle in on offence. He needs to stop taking long pull-up twos and either attack the paint, where he has been really effective, or take the three without hesitation.

K. Lowry20 MIN, 5 PTS, 3 REB, 6 AST, 2 STL, 1-6 FG, 1-4 3FG, 2-3 FT, 0 BLK, 6 TO, 4 +/-

Lowry got off to a slow start before being ejected in the third quarter for barking at the refs about an offensive foul call he disagreed with.

Although I understand the “Lowry will be Lowry” mentality and love how hard he plays, Nick Nurse is clearly trying to build chemistry between his starting point guard and newcomer Leonard. Getting ejected from the first semi-legitimate preseason game doesn’t help.

D. Green21 MIN, 22 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 3 STL, 7-9 FG, 6-7 3FG, 2-2 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 9 +/-

Green showed Raptors fans just how effective he can be tonight, knocking down 6-7 three pointers in his best game yet. Defensively, Green was aggressive and his active hands caused three steals that led to easy transition buckets.

J. Valanciunas20 MIN, 9 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST, 1 STL, 4-8 FG, 1-3 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 27 +/-

JV proved to be the better big man today. He was heavily involved on offence, finding cutters and taking shots only when needed. On defence, JV more than held his own against the Nets centers. He is also looking as handsome as ever.

C. Miles17 MIN, 6 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 1-4 FG, 1-4 3FG, 3-4 FT, 1 BLK, 0 TO, 15 +/-

Although CJ was outshined by fellow sharpshooter Danny Green tonight, Miles looks to be in great shape and his veteran leadership can be felt throughout the Raptors locker room.

D. Wright15 MIN, 10 PTS, 1 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 3-5 FG, 0-1 3FG, 4-4 FT, 0 BLK, 1 TO, 17 +/-

Delon has shown impressive growth in his last two preseason outings. Today he impressed with off-ball movement and tough finishes around the rim. Additionally, he did a good job changing his pace and confusing defenders with pump fakes inside.

Unfortunately, Wright was seen hobbling to the locker room at the end of the third quarter in what is being called a strained muscle in his left thigh.

P. Siakam15 MIN, 8 PTS, 1 REB, 2 AST, 0 STL, 4-5 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 4 TO, 12 +/-

At the risk of being called a homer for the rest of my life, Siakam reminds me of a poor man’s Giannis Antetokounmpo when he has the ball in the open court. He is so fast and athletic he becomes impossible to defend, as we saw several times today as Siakam dunked the ball as Brooklyn defenders could do nothing but watch.

L. Brown14 MIN, 4 PTS, 0 REB, 2 AST, 0 STL, 2-10 FG, 0-1 3FG, 0-1 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 8 +/-

Brown looked confident from the moment he stepped on the floor. Unfortunately, his shot wasn’t falling and he continued to shoot and attack the rim rather than creating for his teammates.

M. Richardson13 MIN, 2 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 0-1 FG, 0-1 3FG, 2-2 FT, 0 BLK, 2 TO, 6 +/-

Richardson was quiet today, but I do like his length and how locked in he seems to be on defence. If he starts to move more off the ball to find open threes, he could be dangerous.

F. VanVleet11 MIN, 11 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 0 STL, 4-7 FG, 3-4 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 5 +/-

VanVleet is proving to be the Raptors most consistent bench player, and he was the best player on the court in the first half (which is the only half he played). Not only did he find open teammates and knocked down open shots, he held his own against D’angelo Russell defensively.

C. Boucher7 MIN, 6 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 1 STL, 2-5 FG, 2-4 3FG, 0-0 FT, 1 BLK, 0 TO, -2 +/-

Boucher has spent the last several years of his life in Montreal, so it is no wonder that when he knocked down his first three the crowd went crazy. Although he was beat inside by Jarrett Allen a few times, Boucher’s upside is easy to see. If he can gain some weight and continue knocking down open threes, he could be a versatile NBA player.

N. Powell0 MIN, 0 PTS, 0 REB, 0 AST, 0 STL, 0-0 FG, 0-0 3FG, 0-0 FT, 0 BLK, 0 TO, 0 +/-

Powell sat this game out. He is dealing with a thigh bruise on his right leg and “IT band” tenderness in his left leg, according to Sportsnet’s Michael Grange. He is expected to play tomorrow against New Orleans.

Nick Nurse

I like that Nick Nurse is continuing to experiment with lineups, going with a couple hot hands in Siakam and JV to start the third quarter. Most coaches would try to establish a hierarchy before the first game of the season but Nurse is still experimenting knowing full well he needs that hierarchy set by the time playoffs roll around, not now. So be it if that means the Raptors lose a few games in order to learn a few important things.

Things We Saw

  1. The game was played in Montreal’s Bell Centre as part of the NBA Canada Series. It was an awesome environment as the sold out Bell Centre was loud and rambunctious, even starting an “MVP” chant for Leonard and doing an impressive wave.
  2. The second half starters with Lowry, Green, Leonard, Siakam and JV. I was really impressed with that groups ability to play fast and move the ball all over the court to find the best shot possible. Defensively, that group led by example to start the third quarter, playing aggressive and forcing countless turnovers that led to easy transition buckets. The Raptors outscored the nets 29-9 to open the third quarter.
  3. I thought this a lot during last season’s broadcasts and hopefully I will get to think it again this year: I am so thankful for Jack armstrong and Matt Devlin for their ability to entertain us fans during blowouts. From Jack talking about “progressive dinners” to participating in the wave, it was a class act from start to finish.
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press lauded today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in another decision favorable to open…

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press lauded today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in another decision favorable to open government, this time ruling that the Navy’s use of a Freedom of Information Act exemption for records regarding internal agency personnel rules and practices was improperly invoked to deny the release of maps and charts.

“For the second time in a week, the Supreme Court has reinforced the public's right to get valuable information held by the government through the Freedom of Information Act,” said Reporters Committee Executive Director Lucy A. Dalglish. “The government's interpretation of the ‘High 2’ exemption was tortured, at best, and once again the Court relied on a common sense approach to government transparency.”

Last week, the court ruled that AT&T could not use a FOIA exemption related to “personal privacy” to prevent the Federal Communications Commissions from releasing records about the corporation.

The Reporters Committee and 19 news organizations filed an amicus brief last September in Milner v. Department of the Navy cautioning against the “erroneous” expansion of FOIA Exemption 2 with so-called “High 2” information that includes more than basic personnel rules and records.

“Exemption 2 by its plain language exempts only those materials ‘related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of an agency.’ However … it has been expanded by agency interpretation and adopted by lower courts to over time cover more than just trivial matters of internal procedure to also include almost any record whose disclosure could enable some unidentified party to commit a hypothetical crime at some undefined future time,” the media brief noted.

The Supreme Court agreed that Exemption 2 should be limited, although it noted that there are “other tools at hand to shield national security information and other sensitive materials,” including post FOIA-request classification. The Court sent the case back to the lower court to determine whether another exemption covering certain law-enforcement records may apply.

Justice Elena Kagan, writing for the 8-1 majority, noted that Congress’ intent to limit Exemption 2 to personnel rules and practices, so-called “Low 2” information, was clear and should not be expanded to encompass other information under the more amorphous “High 2” categorization.

“Our construction of the statutory language simply makes clear that Low 2 is all of2 (and that High 2 is not 2 at all…),” Justice Kagan wrote.

Further the Court dismissed the argument that the maps and charts sought in the FOIA request fell under Exemption 2 because they are used by Navy personnel. “Many documents an agency generates in some way aid employees in carrying out their responsibilities. If Exemption 2 were to reach all these records, it would tend to engulf other FOIA exemptions, rendering ineffective the limitations Congress placed on their application,” Justice Kagan wrote.

For background and analysis of the Court’s decision, go to the Reporters Committee website.

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RDM Rotterdam has three car parks. Car park A is located on Heijplaatstraat and is meant for visitors to the Congrescentrum (Conference Centre), car park B is situated next to the Centraal Magazijn (Central Warehouse) and car park C lies behind the Innovation Dock/next to the Scheepsbouwloods (Shipyard) site. There is also limited parking space on Heijplaatstraat, Heijplaatweg, Directiekade and Klinknagelstraat. Parking is free everywhere.

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Do not go left at the sign for Heijplaat – this is the exit to the village. Drive straight on, on the Droogdokweg (follow the road as it bends to the right) towards Havens 2547-2619.

After the next sharp bend to the right (Heijplaatweg) car park A is situated to the left (sign reads ‘entrance Congrescentrum [Conference Centre] – a 100 metre walk’).

100 metres further, on the left (next to the orange work of art called the RDM’er) lies the entrance to the RDM site (Haven 2600), in between two buildings.

Turn left immediately after this, and drive along the water (Directiekade).

The first building on your left is the Centraal Magazijn (Central Warehouse).

The first building on your right is the Dokkantoor (Dock Office).

Next, on your left, you will successively find the Dokloodsen (Dock warehouses), the Centrale Kantine (Central Canteen), Sociale Zaken (Social Services), the Congrescentrum (Conference Centre) and the Academie van Bouwkunst (Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design).

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Lifting her with his hands under her thighs, he slid his erection through her delicate folds before pushing deep into her. She was so tight around him, but they fit, they fit perfectly. Gasping at his entry, she wrapped her arms around his neck, her legs already wrapped around his hips. "I love how you feel inside me."

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Good Thursday. For all their complaints about the bias of the Mainstream Media, we couldn’t help but notice that for most of October the conservative press has been dining out on the hard-earned reporting of their so-called “fake news” cousins. The three stories that have dominated their pages all broke in traditional newspapers. The New York Times, of course, unearthed charges of Harvey Weinstein’s predatory sexual behavior. The Washington Postthis week connected the Clinton campaign to the Trump dossier, research collected on candidate Trump by a former British agent that is said to include salacious offenses that would make Trump vulnerable to blackmail. (The existence of the dossier was made public by BuzzFeed in January but its origins have been murky since.). And reporting by The Hill gave new life to old allegations about a link between the Clintons and an unsavory sale of a uranium company to a Russian state-owned agency. (This story, by the way, was originally broken by The Times in 2015 -- in cooperation with a former fellow at the right-leaning Hoover Institution, Peter Schweizer.) It doesn’t get any more mainstream than that. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to write us at contact@redfortheblue.com

1. Russia Collusion: “Toxic B.S.”

There were two big developments pertaining to Russia this week and in the mind (and pages) of the conservative media they were huge. They were seen essentially as a one- two punch clearing Donald Trump of colluding with the Russians during the 2016 election and placing the onus for likely corruption back on some hated old enemies, namely Hillary Clinton and the F.B.I..

So let’s start with The Washington Post revelation that the Clinton campaign had paid for the Trump dossier. The alt-Right saw this as proof that the entirety of the collusion allegations against Trump were fabricated. Breitbart and Drudge both led with links to what they described as a “bombshell scoop.” But no one was more hepped upabout the links to the Clinton campaign and how it amounted to exoneration for Trump than Rush Limbaugh.:

The bottom line here is that this dossier — which was presented to the American people; which was presented to President Trump as intelligence, as reliable intelligence — was nothing more than opposition research bought and paid for by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democrat National Committee.

They paid a guy to make this stuff up. It is not intelligence. There’s not a shred of it that’s true. It never has been true. But look at how it was used. Look at everybody who went along with this. The CIA director, John Brennan, informed the world that this dossier formed the basis of his investigation into whether or not Trump had colluded with the Russians to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. The CIA director said that it formed the basis of his investigation. The Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, working for Obama, ditto, same thing………...

He added later…

But, my friends, all of this is BS. It is literally toxic BS. John Brennan, the director of the CIA, said it was the basis of the CIA’s investigation into whether Trump colluded with Russia, for which there still is no evidence, for which there will not be any evidence because of: It didn’t happen!

But the clearing, in their minds, of Trump from Russian collusion allegations was only step one. During the campaign, Trump had made two largely unsubstantiated claims to his base about Hillary Clinton’s criminality. One involved the misuse of her personal email server and the other the approval of the sale of an interest in a Canadian uranium mining company with stakes in America to the Russian state agency, Rosatom, earlier in this decade. That sale was approved by the State Department, among other agencies, soon after Bill Clinton received a $500,000 check for speaking in Russia.

Although both charges gained a hold among many GOP base voters who want Clinton prosecuted, little has been done to follow up on them until now.

On Sunday, The Hill reported that the F.B.I. had been in the middle of a racketeering/influence peddling investigation into Rosatom when the sale went through, which raises lots of interesting questions about it did not act to end the sale. At the time, the F.B.I. was headed by none other than Robert Mueller, now the special counsel conducting the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. It was enough for the House intelligence committee chairman Devin Nunes to open up his own probe into the sale.

Fox News, which like much of the conservative press, has been pushing Congress to investigate the origins of the Trump dossier for months, couldn’t help but crow about the “tables being turned” on Democrats.:

After months of batting back accusations of collusion with Moscow in last year’s presidential campaign, Republicans say Democrats are the ones who now have “some explaining to do” as fresh developments raise questions about their own Russia connections.

On air, a Fox & Friends favorite, Newt Gingrich, hammered home the point on the show, calling Russian influence peddling around Hillary “stunning.”

To  Holman W. Jenkins Jr., a Wall Street Journal opinion columnist, The Hill story was proof enough that Mueller must recuse himself.:

Mr. Mueller has the means, motive and opportunity to obfuscate and distract from matters embarrassing to the FBI, while pleasing a large part of the political spectrum. He need only confine his focus to the flimsy, disingenuous but popular (with the media) accusation that the shambolic Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin. ...

By any normal evidentiary, probative or journalistic measure, the big story here is the FBI—its politicized handling of Russian matters, and not competently so.

To put it bluntly, whatever its hip-pocket rationales along the way, the FBI would not have so much to cover up now if it had not helped give us Mrs. Clinton as Democratic nominee and then, in all likelihood, inadvertently helped Mr. Trump to the presidency.

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Whether it be the Clinton emails or a botched military raid in Libya, the conservative press is good at not letting go of an issue it believes has a political payoff. We expect Democratic connections to Russia to be with us for a long time in new and varied forms. On Monday, for example, NBC reported that Tony Podesta, a brother of the Clinton advisor John, was being investigated by Mueller. By Tuesday, Fox News Insider reported that the Fox anchor Tucker Carlson had sources saying the Podesta brothers, not Trump, were at the center of the Mueller investigation.:

A thus-far-reliable source who used to be involved with Clinton allies John and Tony Podesta told Tucker Carlson that press reports appearing to implicate President Trump in Russian collusion are exaggerated.

The source, who Carlson said he would not yet name, said he worked for the brothers' Podesta Group and was privy to some information from Robert Mueller's special investigation.

While media reports describe former "Black, Manafort & Stone" principal Paul Manafort as Trump's main tie to the investigation, the source said it is Manafort's role as a liaison between Russia and the Podesta Group that is drawing the scrutiny.

The "vehicle" Manafort worked for was what Carlson called a "sham" company with a headquarters listed in Belgium but whose contact information was linked to Kiev, the Ukrainian capital.

Manafort was, at the time, representing Russian business and political interests during the Obama era.

2. Flake Off

This was one of those weeks when the Mainstream Media and the conservative media seemed to be covering two different Washingtons. While the conservative media saw a pivot point on Russia, the Mainstream Media seemed focused on the dissension with the Republican party. In particular, the rebellion of three Senators no longer or not currently running for re-election who have lately been pummeling the president -- John McCain, Jeff Flake and Bob Corker.

But to the Red Media the attacks largely seemed like the whining of losers. While The Washington Post editorial page praised Flake’s “stirring” call to action, Ben Shapiro writing in The Daily Wire would have none of it. He argued that Flake had shot himself in the foot long before the duel with Trump or before Bannon declared war on GOP senators who didn’t support the Trump agenda. Anyone claiming otherwise was full of it.:

Flake’s retirement has allowed three groups of people to run with a pre-crafted narrative: the narrative of a Trump takeover of the Republican Party, and the forced exile of all dissidents at the hands of the Trumpian conquerors. Group #1: the Trumpian wing of the party, led by Breitbart, claiming credit for ousting Flake for his supposed heresies against Trump. Group #2: the media, eager to play up conflict within the party and castigate all Republicans as Trump sycophants and the future of the party as a nationalist populist demagogue-driven disaster. Group #3: Flake and his supporters, who wish to recast their unpopularity as a result of high-minded principle rather than bad politicking.

Here is the reality: Jeff Flake was one of the most unpopular senators in the country nearly from the point of his election in 2012. In April 2013, The Atlantic ran a piece titled, “How Jeff Flake Became the Most Unpopular Senator in America.” At that point, Trump wasn’t a gleam in Steve Bannon’s eye, and Bannon wasn’t a gleam in the media’s eye.

Meanwhile, James Freeman, the associate editor of The Wall Street Journal editorial page, wanted to be clear that it it was Bob Corker who provoked the Twitter fight with the president and not the other way around.:

While our President seems to have a knack for getting into ugly public disputes, a timeline constructed by CNN suggests that in this case Mr. Corker has been the aggressor. His criticisms have not been subtle. The senator has repeatedly attacked the President’s competence, stability and integrity.

Since Mr. Corker has lately been issuing public judgments about Mr. Trump’s integrity, it should also be noted--and here, too the CNN timeline is instructive--that Mr. Corker’s comments about Mr. Trump in 2016 were much more favorable than in 2017.

This is interesting because in 2016 Mr. Corker was under consideration for various jobs in a Trump Administration. It is also interesting because if one has sincere concerns about a candidate’s fitness for office, airing them before the election is obviously more valuable to voters than withholding them until after all the votes have been cast.

What We’re Watching:

While most in the conservative media were pointing out that Trump still has rock solid support among the base, an article in the right-leaning RealClearPolitics wondered if recent events have opened up the path for a third party.:

Might Trumpism fuel a counter-movement toward a multi-party system. A Pew poll released Tuesday suggests voters might be inclined to follow suit. The political topography survey shows significant fractures within both major parties, and sorts the sentiments into eight different constituencies. The largest groups are described as Core Conservatives and Solid Liberals, and they together make up about a third of the electorate. These two groups are the most politically engaged, the survey found, which underscores the polarization of the electorate. But the remaining 70 percent of voters in the other categories are of interest to people like Reed Galen, a former Republican operative who left the GOP last year and is now the chief strategist of the Serve America Movement, which aims to build a new political party.

What We’re Reading:

A third political party that represents the centrists of both parties sounds nice, but in case you missed it, The Atlantic has a pretty strong takedown of such wishful thinking. In it, the political correspondent Molly Ball follows Nancy Hale, founder of Third Way, a centrist think tank, around the country for a post election tour. Hale thinks she will find that people outside of Washington will wish for some common ground. Instead, she found unapologetic, rancorous rooting by voters of each side to crush the folks on the other side.

3. Twitter Trolls & Bots of the Right

One of the more influential Twitter handles we’ve cited in past newsletters was @Ten_GOP. The handle had 136K followers and shared links that were often retweeted by conservative influencers like Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, James Woods, and Anne Coulter, It claimed to speak for Tennessee Republicans. Well, according to BuzzFeed, the account was actually one of many run by a Russian-tied troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency and was shut down in mid-August. The troll farm spent hundreds of thousands of dollars and assigned about 100 people to try to influence political attitudes in the U.S.. And according to the article, Twitter took nearly a year to shut the account down despite notifications from the state’s real Republican party that the account was fake.

We keep tabs on a lot of the conversations on the Right and have our suspicions about a few other handles that might be trolls -- or bots -- as well.

So, what’s the difference between a bot and a troll? For those who aren’t in the know, bots generally have a high-volume of tweets. (A tell-tale sign you are dealing with a bot is that it never seems to sleep). Bots also tend to focus on furthering their assigned goals by constantly retweeting items with numerous hashtags. They also often share little personal information. Here are tips for spotting a bot.

Meanwhile, trolls, like @ten_GOP, are real online users who are interested in deliberately trying to disrupt, attack, offend or generally cause trouble within a social community. And then there is, of course, the phenomenon of the sockpuppet -- someone impersonating someone else on social media or who has created a fictitious identity.

What We’re Watching:

According to The Verge, one way to spot bots is to use a system called Botometer, which was built by researchers at Indiana University and Northeastern University. The system looks at over 1,000 factors, from the tweets themselves (and metadata on how and where they were posted) to the composition of followers. It then provides a percentage score for a single handle that ranges from 1 to 100 percent. Botometer explains that higher scores are more “bot-like.” The tool is still a work in progress, but generally any score that is below 40 percent suggests that a user behind a Twitter handle is human. It is notable that when we experimented with a few of the top handles frequently shared by the Right, we found some potential bot culprits. For example, the populist European news network @v_of_europe,with 169K followers, scored a 62 percent. Meanwhile, @fiverights another prolific Twitter handle with 116,270 followers scored 52 percent. (Its avatar happens to feature a photo of Thurgood Marshall.) As a comparison, the verified Twitter user @jpodhoretz scored a 34 percent and @anncoulter scored a 35 percent. It is worth noting that Onur Varel, one of the researchers behind Botometer, says that bots are growing more sophisticated, becoming significantly harder to spot since he began studying them in 2011.

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Another handy tool to help spot misleading content is TinEye -- a reverse image search. It is a good way of determining if images in memes are doctored or real.

4. Conservative Media Decline

On Tuesday, Axios reported that its analysis of online media analytics provided by comScore showed a sharp decline in traffic to conservative websites year over year from last August. Specifically, Breitbart was down by 20 percent, or 20 million unique visitors a months, and The Drudge Report was down by 22 percent, or 2 million uniques. Axios report that Independent Journal Review and The Daily Caller had far steeper declines, but both of those sites disputed comScore’s finding. Using their own traffic numbers, IJR was actually up and The Daily Caller was down, but marginally.

What’s interesting is that while the stories in the Mainstream Media about Bannon’s influence on the Senate election are reaching a fever pitch, Bannon’s base of operations seems to be in uncontestable decline.

Axios said that while conservative media sites were declining, business sites like CNBC and Bloomberg have been growing rapidly. Perhaps it’s because business coverage is one last area that hasn’t been entirely politicized.

What We’re Not Reading:

This week, the Chinese Communist party met at its annual congress and gave extraordinary new powers to the president and party leader Xi Jinping. Ten years ago, the consolidation of automatic power in a competing communist country might be the main focus of the conservative press. Instead, the alarm was much more palpable with the Mainstream Media.


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8 Top Haircare Questions, Answered

January 12, 2019

We all know when it comes to hair, there are no stupid questions. There are, however, unsexy questions. But those questions are vital to understanding how to care for your hair and get it looking and feeling its best, which will, in turn, give you longstanding confidence in how you feel every single day.

We asked top Redken Artists to answer some of the questions you might be afraid to ask. Check it out below.

How often should you use shampoo and conditioner?

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Redken Artist Cody Mittendorf says that this varies depending on your oil production. “It really is a customizable answer because for someone like myself, I have a very oily scalp and I suffer from psoriasis and need to wash my hair every day, but the next person may not need to,” he says. That said, a good rule of thumb is to check how oily your scalp and hair get in between washes. If you’re feeling extra oily after two days, then wash and condition every two days. If you can push it longer than that, then wash and condition every three days. Just be sure to wash at least once a week to cleanse away oil and rid any excess product build up. If you’re still not sure, ask your stylist for a scalp analysis, so he or she can tell you exactly which products to use and how often, Cody says.

What order should I use all of my products in?

Cody says to start with shampoo and conditioner, and then go from lightest weight product to heaviest. Pay attention to what your products are meant to do. “If you start with a heat protectant like Satinwear blow dry lotion, it’ll seal you hair and it won’t allow as much of the next product to absorb so start with something like Antisnap leave-in treatment for damaged hair and then add on the Satinwear so you’re not blocking it from potential benefits of other product.” Still not sure? Check your labels to see if the product is supposed to seal the hair in some way, if so layer it on after other products. Always save hairspray until the end, he says. “I recommend hairspray as one of the last products because you create this beautiful hold and you want it to freeze,” he says.

How can I stop wasting product?

It’s really as basic as less is more. “This is the biggest things we discuss at my own salon: how much product do we need to apply on our guests,” Cody says. “Start off by using a smaller amount than you think you need, and if you really, really feel like you need more, reapply.” Another good way to make the most of your products is to apply them and comb them through your hair from root to end, to make sure they’re getting over every bit of real estate your hair has to offer. If you feel like you might be underusing product, just pay attention to how long you’ve had it. After a year, products can lose their potency, which means they’ll still work, just not as well as a fresh bottle would. Then it’s time to restock.

What's your best suggestion for hair that is super fine and doesn't hold a curl?

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Here is where heat and heat-protectant will be your best friend. Cody says to use Hot Sets 22, a thermal setting mist that offers ultra-protection and ultra-hold. It’s a lightweight spray that can protect your hair from temperatures up to 450 degrees, giving you free reign to use high heat to get that curl. “It’s not crunchy, but it’ll keep that curl held in for you,” he says.

My hair is so dull and for lack of a better term "ratty" looking. How can I fix this?

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Cody says the hair could look this way because it’s porous from a lot of chemical services or, if it’s untreated, it could be a reaction to using hot tools or harsh environmental factors. Heat, sun, cold and wind can all do a number on your hair. Cody recommends hydrating the hair with a leave-in treatment like the Redken Extreme line’s anti-snap. Another simple fix? Giving your hair a break from hot tools and chemicals. Try Redken’s No Blow Dry Cream to give your hair a vacation from intense product and tool use while still giving it a good style.

How can I get rid of frizz?

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Redken Artist Twylla Jane says you first have to determine why hair is frizzy. “Some people’s hair is frizzy because that’s its natural state,” she says. “Some people’s hair is frizzy because it’s damaged from hot tools or color.” You have to attack them differently. To identify which kind of frizz you have, ask your stylist to analyze it for you. To manage frizz from damaged hair, you’re going to need protein and moisture from scalp to end. Twylla recommends Redken’s Extreme line, which is powered by a protein complex that gives your hair exactly what it needs to heal and prevent breakage that causes unwanted frizz. The Frizz Dismiss line is great for naturally frizzy hair, which can be tamed by adding in more moisture.

Is there any way to repair damaged hair without cutting it all off?

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Twylla says this just depends on how damaged the hair is. A good place to start is with the Extreme Length Sealer Split-End Treatment and Extreme Length Primer Rinse Out Treatment if your ends are breaking or are split, she says. Both treatments are packed with Biotin, also known as vitamin B7, which promotes healthy hair growth. If those don’t work, you can find a salon that offers a treatment called Heatcure. The product is applied to the hair, then sealed in with a special tool that looks like a flatiron (but isn’t one!). “It melts the cream into the hair, seals it in, helps the hair feel really nice, and there’s an at-home maintenance take-home packet, too,” Twylla says. If you’re still suffering from damaged hair after trying these things, you might need a trim. Ask your stylist for a dry cut so they can trim off only exactly what needs to be taken off and nothing more, Twylla says.

What’s the best way to treat dandruff?

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Dandruff can be caused by dry skin, a pH imbalance, product build up or, sometimes, a fungus. It can be difficult to keep your dandruff under control. Ask your stylist to analyze your scalp to see if her or she thinks you need to see a doctor about it. If it’s something that can be treated with salon products, try Redken’s Scalp Relief Dandruff Control shampoo, powered with pyrithione zinc to clear the scalp of any impurities and leave it feeling and looking clear. Redken’s Color Extend Vinegar Rinse can also help with dandruff, especially if it’s caused by product build up. Massage the vinegar rinse all over your scalp after shampooing and before conditioning for the best treatment.

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Over the years our family has included both cats and dogs that helped us raise our kids. They became our companions. Our cats seemed willing to allow us the privilege of living with them. Our dogs seemed grateful for the privilege of living with us. They taught us the difference between dog theology and cat theology.

It might sound strange, even sacrilegious to a few, but Bob Sjogren and Gerald Robison have developed whole seminars and books around “cat and dog theology.” (www.catndogtheology.com). Simply put, cats say, “You feed me, shelter me and care for me. I must be god.” Dogs say, “You feed me, shelter me and care for me. You must be god.” If you have ever had a cat and a dog you know what I mean. Cat theology is me-centered. “What can God do for me?” Dog theology is God-centered. “What does God want me to do?” Here are a few things I am learning about “dog theology” from my dog, Buddy.

Buddy trusts me. Whenever I get in my truck he jumps in and takes his place, ready to go. He doesn’t know where we are going or what we are going to do. But he believes that if I am driving it is OK. I need to be more like that with God. I always want to know where we are going, when we are going to get there and what we are going to do once we arrive. I need to jump in the truck with God and give him control of my life.

Buddy wants to be with me. He doesn’t care if he is at the lake running, splashing and rolling in the mud, sitting in a chair next to me on the patio or in my study lying at my feet while I write. He just wants to be where I am. I need to spend time with God. What made the early disciples different was the fact they had been with Jesus (Acts 4:13).

Buddy follows me. He even follows me from room to room in the house. Whenever we go for a walks on an empty beach, I let him off his leash and he runs free. But he keeps an eye on me. He has developed a radius of his own, about thirty yards from wherever I am. Within that radius he feels comfortable sniffing washed up driftwood and marking sand dunes. Occasionally he gets out of eyesight. But, when I call his name he comes running. Not real fast, but as fast as he can. After all he is a Corgi. It reminds me of what Jesus said to His disciples, “Come, follow me!” “My sheep know my voice.”

Buddy waits for me. If I am writing, he lies down, rests his head on his paws, keeps one eye on me and waits. If we are walking and I stop, he sits down with his tongue hanging out and waits. If I go to the store, he waits in my truck until I return. Buddy never complains about waiting on me. He never gets in a hurry. Maybe I should be more like that with respect to God and those I love.

Buddy has his own book, “Buddy the Floppy Ear Corgi,” on Amazon that tells how he was rescued off the streets and how he learned to love himself and others just the way God made them. Since God has rescued me, I can love myself and others too, just the way He made us.

— “Buddy the Floppy Ear Corgi” is available as an e-book at Amazon. Bill Tinsley reflects on current events and life experience from a faith perspective. Visit www.tinsleycenter.com or Email Bill Tinsley at bill@tinsleycenter.com


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If you don't know the work of our nominees, please take a minute to look over their galleries. Consider the entire body of work by each nominee. Click on the names below to go to their gallery. Voting will run for one week, with the results posted next week. June's AOM nominees come from the Mixed-Media Gallery.
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Artist of the Month is highlighting a talented Renderosity artist that has been nominated by coords, mods, and admins and voted by the community. Recognition is given to this member for their collection of works for that year. Since we only select one AOM per month, it is not about their works for that particular month. Instead, it is about highlighting a talented artist's works for that year and they are recognized during that month. Click on 'AOM 2005' to learn more about the Artist of the Month at Renderosity.

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Delicate-bird ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

I'm very glad Shortgrey is in the AOM finalists...that his wonderful talent has been recognized. He deserves it indeed after all his efforts, passion and love he placed in his Art! He's a wonderful man, full of love for others. He do so much for his friends. And I'm happy that today it is, his turn to be cherished by others. I wish you, shortgrey all the best.

Ruthee ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

Congratulation, Guillaume (shortgrey), for AOM finalist. You deserve it. Delicate-bird says it very well. I do agree with D-b and, I'm sure, most every artist at Renderosity. Love you, Ruthee

sossy ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

I agree with Ruthee! Congratulation Guillaume! ;o)))

karanta ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

Great images everybody! Selecting one of you was very difficult :)

Akinom ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

Hey Guillaume, that's fantastic! Congrats! You deserve it! Your Art shows your passion and your love. I'm really happy for you, my dear friend! :o)) Compliments also for all the other nominees. Everyone of them does excellent Art, too! Being nominated is a great honour. Hugz, Monika

RodolfoCiminelli ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

Many congratulations to Shortgrey and all the artists that have been selected as possible candidates to be named as Artist of the Month, a lot of luck for all. Rodolfo

Enmos ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

Succes everyone, may the best artist win !! :o)

DIANE603 ( posted at 12:00AM Mon, 23 May 2005

Go getem' Sir John!! Your work is outstanding!! Hugs Diane

rainbows ( posted at 12:00AM Tue, 24 May 2005

I am so happy for you Guillame, my friend. Wonderful art work full of love for all... You can do it. Digs.

lan_croft ( posted at 12:00AM Tue, 24 May 2005

Congratulations to every nominee, sadly only one will be awarded. I find that all the artists did a great job but on very different trends, so I believe it is very difficult finding the best... ;( I think nominees should do similar things to make us able to compare their works. Everything I've seen on their galleries was, even though, impressive.

JenniSjoberg ( posted at 12:00AM Tue, 24 May 2005

It saddens me that this place seems to be less and less about the actual art and more about who has the most friends. I have been asked to vote for somebody but I won't... After going thru all the nominees I have made my own choice as to who I think deserves to win this honour, and vote-begging doesn't deserve it in my book... There are some very nice visuals in most of these galleries.. Contratulations to all the nominees and good luck to all.

Pierre59 ( posted at 12:00AM Tue, 24 May 2005

Toutes mes ficitations avec un orme Bravo !!!

Gor111 ( posted at 12:00AM Tue, 24 May 2005

Woww Guillaume I really hope that all your wonderful works will be honoured with the AOM title! You would definately deserve it! All the best my friend!!!

SirJohn ( posted at 12:00AM Tue, 24 May 2005

Wow... how the heck did I get on the list?? Whomever was responsible I thank you sincerely. Not sure WHY I'm here, but I am honored nonetheless. Huge thanks to everyone who has supported my work (you know who you are!)... you are the people who make it worth while. You make me realise that I am not wasting my time and for that I am deeply grateful. Kudos to everyone else who made this list. There are many artists whom I truly respect in here!

Longrider ( posted at 12:00AM Wed, 25 May 2005

What an honour, even to get nominated,Thanx for that and good luck to the other creators.

Hillary ( posted at 12:00AM Wed, 25 May 2005

Wonderful Longrider, I am very happy for you my dear friend. Echt geweldig vind ik het dat je genomineerd bent...and congrats to every nominee.

shinyary2 ( posted at 12:00AM Wed, 25 May 2005

Thanks whoever nominated shortgrey. I didn't know about him before (don't hang out in the Mixed Medium gallery much), and was missing out severely. Good luck to everyone!

greif ( posted at 12:00AM Wed, 25 May 2005

bikerbitchNO1 ( posted at 12:00AM Thu, 26 May 2005

Amazing comp by jgmart !!!

Dreamingbee ( posted at 12:00AM Thu, 26 May 2005

that is such an surprise for me to be nominated here - what an big big honor - so i have to say thank you for everyone here, that gives me inspiration and power with his comments - many many thx at all !! and great respect for all nominated great artists !

jonarts ( posted at 12:00AM Sat, 28 May 2005

the best out of this AOM-Thing is that you're pointed to some tremendously great artist which you - for which reason ever - never take notive before... After walking throu your galleries: All of you deserve to be this AOM! And it's quite hard to vote for just one. My congratulation to every one of you, for beeing nominated!

fractalinda ( posted at 12:00AM Sat, 28 May 2005

Congratulations to all the finalists! Each of you deserves the recognition.

EXISTO ( posted at 12:00AM Sun, 29 May 2005

Sir John.. i hope that your art will be the winner,,, i like the concept that you got in your whole art collection... GOOD LUCK!!!

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Financial Decisions: Learning to Survive after Losing a Spouse

By Lucille Rosetti of The Bereaved.

Losing a spouse is a heart-wrenching experience, but it’s one that is a reality for 50 percent of every lifelong union. The survivor is often left with decisions to make that were never made solo before. Some of these decisions include where to live and how to spend money. If you find yourself in a position to help an elderly family member as they learn to navigate this uncharted territory, keep reading. In the following few paragraphs, we will offer practical advice to help your loved one avoid making common financial mistakes.

Money and Grief: A Bad Combination

Grief is a powerful emotion that can easily lead to clouded judgment. One of the most important things you can do for your loved one is to help them take care of immediate needs, such as funeral expenses and paying bills. A few weeks after the death, they should be encouraged to evaluate their household and personal expenses. Fidelity Investments points out that there will be dozens of decisions following the spouse’s death; all of their financial assets and liabilities should be identified. This will make it easier to manage their financial situation moving forward.

If your loved one is currently employed, encourage them to take some time off, but remind them not to make a career decision they may regret. Many individuals find that the routine of going to work each day helps them transition back into their lives. Further, as State Farm explains, working during retirement can provide financial stability. Until the estate is settled and their financial situation fully understood, the senior may benefit from collecting a paycheck.

Throughout the grieving process, your loved one may decide to move. While a lifestyle change may be exactly what they need, it may not be financially advantageous. If emotions allow, help them find a way to stay in their current home, especially if money is tight. There are many pros and cons that come along with a change of scenery after bereavement. However, it’s not a decision that should be made without careful consideration and ample planning.

Getting Help

Money management isn’t easy, especially for seniors who’ve never had to do so before. HomeAdvisor recommends finding a financial planner to help, which is especially beneficial for seniors with a sizable investment portfolio. A financial planner will make informed decisions that can help them remain financially independent.

Other help that may be necessary after the death of the spouse includes housekeeping, transportation, and, depending on the health of the survivor, assistance with daily living activities. Unfortunately, these long-term care needs are often not covered under the Canada Health Act and may be additional expenses.

Avoiding Scams

One of the worst things that can happen to a person in the midst of grief is to become a target. Unfortunately, this happens more often than we would like to believe. In 2017, one Ontario widow was bilked out of her entire life savings in what’s been dubbed a “romance scam.” Other issues to watch out for are people requesting payment on an item the deceased supposedly ordered prior to their death, or individuals claiming they are charged with settling a debt.

Warn your loved one about the possibility, and caution them against giving out their personal information to anyone with whom they do not make initial contact. offers more information on financial scams that target the elderly and notes that the best thing you can do is to stay involved in their lives as much as possible.

Losing a spouse is never easy, and the grief can make your loved one jump into irrational decisions or, worse, become a target. Help them get past the emotional cloudiness until they are able to make personal and financial decisions with purpose and clarity.

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Jeff Limpert of Fueled by Isagenix, the winning team in the Reno Tahoe Odyssey, talks to the RGJ about the race. Jason Bean, RGJ

The Reno Tahoe Odyssey is largely about fun, friends, family and camaraderie, while running a 178-mile relay.

But some of the runners take the relay race a bit more seriously than others.

Two such teams were the top finishers in the overall and women’s division this year 'Fueled By Isagenix,' and 'Hot Wheels Six Pack.'

More: Friendship leads Parker to run every RTO

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The 14th annual RTO began Friday at Wingfield Park, as runners headed west, then wound around Lake Tahoe and through Virginia City, before concluding Saturday at Idlewild Park in Reno.

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The team ‘Fueled By Isagenix,’ was the fastest overall, finishing the course in 17 hours, 15 minutes, 09 seconds. ‘Prominence Health Plan’ was second in 17:44.09.

The ‘Hot Wheels Six Pack’ ultra team was the fastest women’s finisher, in 23:06.16.

The women’s team is made up of educators from the Washoe County School District, but they are a far cry from the traditional image of school marm.

The ‘Hot Wheels Six Pack’ team won last year in 23:41.35, a time they eclipsed by 35 minutes this year.

The ‘Cupcake Pirates,’ which had won the RTO the seven years prior, were second in 23:39.24, with a 12-women team.

Ultra teams, teams with six runners or less, are allowed to substitute runners during legs instead of waiting to finish each leg, due to the strain of running more than teams with the usual 12 runners.

The defending champion ‘Fueled By Isagenix’ had eight new members, including some from the powerhouse team ‘Runny Bums.’

The team captain is Jeff Limpert. Team members are Mannie Calderon, Brian Solomon, Cory Dunegan, Mike Lansing, Zach Hunt, Thomas Morgan, Allie Morgan, Luis Contreras, Ron Young, Jared Bassett and Ryan McLaughlin.

“The team ‘Prominence’ gave us a run for our money,” Limpert said. “It was really close there for a while and we finally were able to pull it out. We knew they had a very talented team and we knew it wasn’t going to be as easy as it was last year.”

“Fueled By Isagenix’ set the course record last year in 17:07.52. Some slight course alterations this year made it a bit longer.

Limpert said winning was more important than breaking the record.

Limpert said conditions were good, not too warm, not too cold and with good light overnight from the bright moon that was not quite full.

He said most of the Isagenix team members are trail runners, so the RTO is a good way to break up the monotony of doing 30-40 mile trail runs alone.

“Doing the team event, it’s really fun to get together as a team and have that camaraderie and go after a common goal.” Limpert said.

He said both ‘Fueled By Isagenix,’ and ‘Prominence Health Plan’ lost a few minutes on the course when they took a wrong turn.

The ‘Hot Wheels Six Pack’ runners are: Joye Ancina, Brianna Holbrook, Abby Olde, Linde Pirtle, Hilary Tolotti and Kaitlyn Weeks.

All of the team runners are mothers as well as educators for Washoe County. Ancina is a principal, Olde is a middle school english teacher, Holbrook is a middle school special education teacher, Weeks is an elementary teacher, Tolotti is a middle school math teacher at Depoali and Pirtle is a school psychologist.

Pirtle said the main goal is to have fun.

“Everyone encourages each other. We always joke about winning, but we never expect to do it, so maybe that’s the secret,” Pirtle said.

Olde put the team together about five years ago. It became an ultra team last year.

Ancina had to miss last year’s RTO when she had a baby.

Pirtle tried to explain why the team does so well.

“We all have a very high tolerance for pain,” Pirtle said. “We’re all competitive.”

She ran track in high school, but admitted she was not very fast back then.

She is now, as are all of the team members.

Pirtle said she is proof that it is never too late to become a high-performing athlete.

“I tell people this is like ‘Mom Camp.’ Everybody gets together and we go to camp for a couple of days,” Pirtle said of the RTO. “These guys are the most fun, the nicest people. Everybody’s got a great sense of humor.”

There was a record number of ultra teams this year (teams with six runners or less) as 30 entered. There were 23 ultra teams last year and 18 the year before.

Runners on ultra teams are running farther than a marathon in their six legs combined on the RTO.

  • For the Johnson's, the RTO was truly a family affair. All 12 runners on the 'Everyone Else Was Taken' team are part of the Johnson family, some by marriage. The 12 were: Bill, Trevor, Callie, Katie, Allie and Jose, whose van driver was Ward. And Jon, Sue, Zach, Molly, Dave and Chelsea, whose van driver was Mark.

The team, many of whom had never run the RTO before, finished in 29:10.20.

"Most of us are not runners, until we started to train for this," Sue Johnson said. "We said, 'Oh, this will be great,' and it's been an amazing family experience. We had a blast."

She said they plan to run it again next year.

  • The "Lolly's Follies' team was on hand at the finish area Saturday, along with team founder, Lolly Hedeen.

The team is trying to raise money for ovarian cancer education.

‘Lolly’s Follies’ ran the 178 miles to try to raise money for their long-time team captain, Hedeen, 61, who is battling ovarian cancer.

In addition to raising money, ‘Lolly’s Follies’ team members are also hoping to raise awareness of and education about ovarian cancer.

See the Reno Tahoe Odyssey out on the course as teams gather and cheer each other on. Jason Bean, RGJ

Race results will not become official until Sunday.


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As the Nevada football team hit the practice field Monday, Travis Wilson ran onto Wolf Pack Park wearing No. 2.

Wilson, a senior linebacker, typically wears No. 34, but he switched jerseys to honor fallen teammate Asauni Rufus, who broke his leg Saturday at Boise State and had surgery Sunday.

“That’s exactly what that was for,” Wilson said of wearing No. 2 at practice. “Asauni being a junior and this being my last year, nobody knows when your last play is going to be with your brother. Boise State was the last time I’ll play with Asauni here, so I’m trying to represent him in any way I can.”

Rufus broke his tibia and fibula in the third quarter against Boise State when he was hit by a Broncos player attempting to block a number of yards away from the play. The hit was gruesome enough ESPN opted not to show a replay to its viewers. The break in Rufus’ leg, while painful, was clean.

“It was a fairly clean break,” Wolf Pack coach Jay Norvell said. “I know a lot of people were concerned about him. He’s really a tough kid. But our docs did a great job of getting his leg set. He did get a rod put in it. He should heal up. It’s going to take some time, but he should heal up and be fine.”

Norvell said Rufus should be fine for the start of his senior season next year and could be healthy enough to take part in spring camp, which typically runs in April.

“While it was a gruesome injury, the recovery can take anyway from 3-4 months,” Rufus posted to his Twitter account following surgery. “I’ve incredibly blessed to have all of the love and support from everybody back home in Bakersfield and here in my second home of Reno. I can’t being to express how grateful I am. I will try to get back to everyone, but just in case I couldn’t I wanted to say thank you.

“I will take this minor setback and turn it into my advantage. There’s no doubt I will become a better person and player after dealing with this situation. Sending out all of the love and thanks I possibly can.”

Rufus’ injury is a blow to a defense that has yielded at least 40 points in five of its last six games. He was third on the team with 75 tackles, including 5.5 for loss. He also had three forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and 1.5 sacks this season. His 275 career tackles rank 11th on Nevada’s all-time list.

“He was a leader from the moment that he got here," Wilson said. "From the moment he was a young cat and started as a redshirt freshman, he’s been a leader for this defense. When he went out, it was devastating for us. Remembering him and remembering the passion he has for the game is something we’re trying to carry on for these last three games.”

Norvell said Rufus’ injury will give the Wolf Pack a chance to evaluate some younger players at safety over the final three games. Local walk-on Anthony Hankins, a junior from North Valleys High, also could earn more reps on defense after starring on special teams, Norvell said.

While Rufus will miss the remainder of the season, Wilson said he's going to see if he can wear Rufus' No. 2 during games in addition to practice.

“I’m going to see what I can do,” Wilson said.

Rufus joins quarterback Griffin Dahn, defensive tackle Jarius McDade, safety Daylon Johnson and wide receiver Kaleb Fossum among those who have suffered season-ending injuries.

Who: San Jose State (1-9, 0-6) at Nevada (1-8, 1-4)

When: Saturday, 1 p.m. Pacific time

Where: Mackay Stadium (capacity 27,000)

Weather: High of 58; low of 31

TV/Radio: None/94.5 FM

Online: Watch ESPN/ESPN3

Betting line: Nevada by 20 points

All-time series: Nevada leads, 19-9-2


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“something rather special” – Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music

“soundscapes, reverb and blizzards of overdrive.” – Guitarist Magazine

“Low slung, spaced out psyche rock” – Echoes & Dust

Breaking a six year hiatus this summer – THE BLOOD CHOIR – are overwhelmed to announce their sophomore album: ‘Houses of the Sun’.

Set for release on the 22nd June 2018, the long-awaited follow up to their 2012 debut ‘No Windows to the Old World’ will see the pairing of Robin Maddicott and Joe Mountain reassume their joint moniker once more for the release.

Whilst the cult band have been dropping hints of the possibility of a new body of work to fans for some time, the only material to have emerged so far has been cerebral teaser track ‘Switching off the Perfume Garden’, a track championed by BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson following its radio premiere as “something rather special”.

Confirmed to appear on the forthcoming ‘Houses of the Sun’, you can watch the video for first cut, ‘Switching off the Perfume Garden’ here:

In anticipation of the new release, the duo are also pleased to announce a run of UK tour dates taking place throughout May, with confirmed appearances in Bristol, London, Cardiff, Bath and more – full dates and details below.

Fri 18 May – The Barrel House Ballroom, Totnes
Sat 19 May – Mr. Wolf’s, Bristol
Wed 23 May – Paper Dress Vintage, London
Thu 24 May – Gwdihw, Cardiff
Fri 25 May – The Queens Head, Box
Sat 26 May – Moles Club, Bath

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Much like the music of their mastery, fans of The Blood Choir must have known deep down that the record we now know to expect as ‘Houses of the Sun’ would only ever have arrived in such a gloriously glacial, unfurling fashion.

With a penchant for puppeteering even the most unwieldy genres and idiosyncratic sonic palettes to populate each of their slow-burning micro-masterpieces, the Anglo-Danish duo accrued acclaim the world over around the release of their first full length collection of studio tracks, 2012’s ‘No Windows to the Old World’ LP.

In 2018, wrapping your ears around ‘Houses of the Sun’, it’s like they’ve never been away. ‘Houses of the Sun’ sees the band once again sifting through a raft of genres as far flung as arena rock to Nordic ambient to noise-pop to metal, unpicking their tightly-bound seams, scavenging their desired properties and weaving them into compositions entirely their own.

Title track and opener ‘Houses of the Sun’ breaks like a new dawn, shots of Mountain’s searing guitar penetrating brightly through clouds of hazy ambience. On ‘Cold Waves’ Maddicott’s voice reverberates with that ear-prickingly unmistakable Mark Hollis via Thom Yorke hushed quality, hovering amidst a sea of ambient piano motifs and awash with atmospherics. ‘Drake’ sees the pair flirt with the epic hallmarks of a Floyd or Mogwai progressive masterwork, tightly wrapt up in a 4 minute number. The ghoulish and claustrophobic confines of ‘Simon’s Beach’ and the psychotic arpeggios of ‘Horseback’ wouldn’t find themselves amiss on a John Carpenter score. Whereas ‘Tide’ sweeps in with the kind of understatedly epic climax that we’ve come to expect from the band; a masterclass in reverb-drenched, slow building, sci-fi tinged wonderment.

Undoubtedly this is The Blood Choir we have come to know and adore, but also reaching for new realms unchartered and thrilling. With such unmistakable consonance of sound, it seems the only dislocation to this neat narrative is the question of that lengthy hiatus…

It seems we find the origins of ‘Houses of the Sun’ back in 2013. With the band riding high on the acclaim of their debut and bristling with ideas and optimism, The Blood Choir checked in for a series of sessions, recording with esteemed producer Tom Dalgety (Pixies, Royal Blood, Opeth). However, whilst the sensational “Houses of the Sun”, “The Boat”, “Switching off the Perfume Garden” and “White Bear” would receive the credit of Dalgety’s co-production caress, they would be the only tracks that now appear on the record to do so.

After this initial creative flourish, the band soon found themselves becoming mired in the familiar feuds, family crises and the failures that have consumed even the greatest artists who find themselves under the pressure of that sacrosanct sink-or-swim second album. As Maddicott explains:

“The last five years have been a particularly turbulent period for us. We’ve both experienced some pretty tragic personal losses; we parted ways with our record company and manager; the touring line-up of the band fell apart acrimoniously; we had to cancel a tour; and I had to move to Denmark when the album was only half-finished.”

With their trust in the industry in tatters and their set-up reduced to just its core founding members (both of whom now faced an uncertain futures separated oceans apart), the destiny of The Blood Choir had all but reached the very brink of collapse. Yet, unlike those oft-well documented albums that perhaps will never see the light of day, it was the commendable creative vision and unwavering companionship of Maddicott and Mountain that finally steered ‘Houses of the Sun’ through these turbulent waters and homeward bound.

Each feeling an unquenchable yearning to finish what they had begun, the duo began to communicate ideas electronically, incrementally sending files to one another back and forth between Denmark (where Maddicott had relocated due to family reasons) and Mountain’s base in Blighty. Progress was slow, but after patient exchanges over many months, the blueprints finally began to come into focus and the pair set a date to hook up in the flesh to finish what they had started five years previously. Bunkering up in a UK-based studio with the assured assistance of producer/engineer Jon Walker (Arcane Roots, The Heavy), in just 3 weeks their vision of ‘Houses of the Sun’ would become a reality.

Tentatively lifting the gauntlet thrown down by their debut over half a decade later, it’s safe to say The Blood Choir’s return to the studio has been one of cautious and considered deliberation, bitterly fought and hard won, but with results that they (and we) knew would always be worth the wait.

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The Blood Choir are comprised of founding members Robin Maddicott and Joe Mountain. Formed in Bristol in 2009, they began recording material for what would become the unreleased and much-coveted ‘Dartmoor’ EP.

Signing with IRL (Independent Records Ltd) in 2012, the duo released their first official album ‘No Windows to the Old World’, a record co-produced with Tim Oliver (New Order, Robert Plant), who simultaneously released the record through his own label Top Cat Music. With the likes of Guitarist Magazine praising the record’s “soundscapes, reverb and blizzards of overdrive” (4*), The Blood Choir fleshed out their ranks to develop an expanded set up to do the album and it’s multitudinous depths justice in the live setting. The band toured extensively with Arbouretum, plus accepted invites to perform with The Handsome Family, The Magic Band, Steve Gullick’s Tenebrous Liar, Dark Dark Dark and Silver Apples among others.

Still centred around the nucleus of Maddicott and Mountain, though currently operating between Denmark and the UK, The Blood Choir will return in 2018 with their first full length studio album for six years: ‘Houses of the Sun’.

Available on 22 June 2018 via the band’s own label Village Recordings.

The label’s first physical release, the record will be available on CD, 180g Vinyl, and on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music and all official streaming services. Pre order the album here:

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Case Study 2

This eye care center is an eye care provider which earns a considerable share of its profits from medical procedures. Our marketing team saw opportunities for refining the site’s SEO that could potentially increase their number of procedures. Ridgecrest Solutions believed the business would generate more online leads for procedures in four categories:

  • Optical
  • Lasik
  • Cataract
  • Cosmetic

Local competition in the online search rankings was rife in these categories and terms such as “cataracts” and “lasik” were dominated by large sites with huge collections of content and nationwide brands. Our client’s site was only a local provider with a smaller website. Our goal for our SEO campaign was to cut through the competition and increase our search visibility to attract more online users with a high-intent to purchase.

On Site and Off Site SEO Implementation

Ridgecrest Solutions began by analyzing paid search campaigns to explore the business category and keywords. After reviewing the data, we determined its best opportunities in location-based SEO. We decided to take the following steps for SEO implementation:

Step 1: Determining Niche

We researched and analyzed keywords that fit these three criteria:

    • High conversion rates
    • High volumes of traffic

  • Low levels of competition

Geo-targeted keyword research

We uncovered variations of broader and related keywords, predominantly variations that included a neighboring location.  For instance, rather than aiming for the highly competitive term “lasik surgery,” we found that including the business’ city or nearby suburbs brought visitors who were looking for local facilities (and consequently have a higher chance to convert).

Step 2: Keyword research

Asking the audience directly

Knowing which keywords to concentrate our SEO efforts on demanded a deep understanding of the business’ target audience. The best terms we could target were revealed when understanding how people looked for information and companies in that market. To understand our clients’ customers, we talked directly with patient managers and those who took inbound calls for the business. We took note of the questions patients asked, the language they used, and the topics they discussed.

Website analytics

We researched keywords were already driving traffic to their site and this helped to reveal the keywords for that had some authority to uncover keywords that needed improvement.

Leveraging keyword tools

We gathered the keywords that were reveled in online search efforts, customer research, and website analytics, and began to analyze for:

  • Estimated level of competition for each keyword
  • Estimated volume of traffic for each keyword
  • Other relevant and related keywords and phrases

Step 3: Repairing site architecture

Our analysis of the website organization revealed several copies of its homepage under different URLs including:

  • www.——
  • ——
  • www.——

In order to avoid issues with duplicate content, we merged these pages into a single homepage and redirected the second and third URLs to point to the first.

Other site structure changes we made:

  • Repairing and removing pages with “404 errors” (pages that did not load)
  • Redirecting or removing other duplicate pages or duplicate content

Step 4: Adding geo-keywords to the site

Though the business could not compete with the huge competitors in this search category, we focused our SEO efforts on relevant keywords and phrases that encompassed neighboring locations. This generates rankings in relevant searches by including the names of nearby cities and suburbs throughout the website within a 30-mile area surrounding the business’ primary office.

Here are the main areas the team improved the site’s local SEO:

Optimized page headers and footers

We added the business’ name, address, and phone number to the header of the site, and included the address and phone number in the footer as well. Within the footer, we added 10 links to local businesses and organizations the business was affiliated with, many of which had the titles that include the names of nearby cities.

We included the business’ location in several other locations on the homepage as well and integrated a list of neighboring locations at the bottom of the page:

“Serving clientele from: —–, —–, —–, —–, —–, ——, and more!”

Contact page

The contact page we created listed the business’ street address in text as well as in a live map plugin. We included office’s phone numbers, email addresses, and fax numbers for their different departments.

Step 5: Improving other on-site SEO factors

We also made other site adjustments to increase user and search experience:

Created service pages

When adding content to the site, we added pages targeting valued keyword phrases such as “LASIK eye surgery.” These pages we created featured at least one related image or video, provided unique content on the topic, and included several lead-generation forms.

Internal linking

Along with a persistent navigation and sitemap, we added internal links throughout the website that pointed to our other pages using a variety of related keywords in their anchor text.

Updated metadata

We recreated the metadata for website pages (the short description preview shown by search engines in search results). We updated these tags and descriptions to include relevant keywords and the business’ location.

Step 6: Improving off-site SEO

We improved off-site SEO in three main areas:

Link building

Inbound links to your website can have a huge SEO impact in search rankings so we worked to encourage other websites to link to our client. The majority of this work was concentrated on contributing content to related websites or blogs and ensuring that this content linked back to our client. Since our focus was on local SEO, we attempted to include geo-keywords as anchor text in the inbound links when possible.

Google Places

Places is a service offered by Google allowing organizations to build a page about their business that is tied to Google Maps while including information about the organization.

For our client, we included:

  • Short description and keywords
  • Photos of staff doctors and the facility
  • Video and testimonials
  • Street address, contact numbers, and homepage URL

Local search

We verified and managed listings in local search engines to add applicable location-based information about the business on other sites, verified its accuracy, and added inbound links.

Although the New Year normally brings a drop in eye procedures, our client saw a big increase in procedures within the first few months. It was a trend across the board for over 10 years that the number of surgeries went down in January. However, this recent January 2015 (two months after our SEO campaign), overall procedures increased by 48%. While most providers in vision correction surgeries were down, our client saw growth of 225% in revenue year-over-year in January.

Other results our client has seen:

  • 53 % year-over-year increase in organic search traffic in January
  • 62% year-over-year increase in organic traffic in February
  • 7 out of 10 of the site’s top keywords in February included a local term
  • Increased position in Google search rankings on 358 keywords

Moving forward

We have only completed only the basic tasks for our six step SEO plan. Future plans include competitive link analysis to reveal link-building targets and a more targeted focus on generic keywords in the industry.  We have also experienced much success in creating mobile-optimized landing pages for individual category pages. Although these were not funneling large amounts of organic search traffic, we have been experiencing some promising results and we plan to continue working in this area further.

If you are interested in achieving similar results, complete the short contact form on any page of our website to schedule a free business audit or assessment to see what kind of results to expect from an online marketing project with Ridgecrest Solutions!


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Summer 2017 Proficiency Institute

  • 26 Jun 2017
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • Stonington High School, Stonington, Connecticut

  • Early Bird price before April 30.
  • Registration price after April 30.

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Summer 2017 Proficiency Institute

June 26 - 27, 2017

You are cordially invited by CT COLT and RIFLA to join us this June for an amazing two-day workshop to improve student proficiency. With many states working to get the Seal of Biliteracy passed or implemented, we have a wonderful opportunity to give the students recognition for their gains in proficiency. Now is the time for all of us World Language educators to come together to explore more opportunities for instruction and assessment that lead to proficiency gains. As teachers, we have a wonderful opportunity at this time and it is key that all programs reflect the shift to proficiency-based learning. To that end, we would like to invite our colleagues from around the NECTFL area to learn with us and explore the beautiful Mystic, CT area.

Presenter: Thomas Sauer

Day 1 will be a workshop on the key principles of teaching toward proficiency

Day 2 will be organized around the planning for proficiency-based instruction in a TELL un-conference style

About Our Presenter:

Thomas Sauer, an Educational Entrepreneur and founder of LearningShifts, is a visionary thinker, designer and change facilitator. Thomas shares his time as the Director of Design and Communication for AdvanceLearning, empowering educators to become more effective. Previously, he served as World Language Specialist for school systems in major urban areas such as Louisville, Kentucky where Thomas was instrumental in guiding teachers to design units of study learning resources and implement articulated proficiency-based programs and assessments. Named a "Global Visionary" by the World Affairs Council of Kentucky & Southern Indiana in 2010 and the Pearson Supervisor of the Year by the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages in 2011, Thomas has turned his attention to using a global professional learning network (PLN) in order to help teachers around the world take charge of their own professional learning.

Included in the registration:

  • Breakfast & Lunch will be provided both days
  • Proficiency Party at the Kennedy House: appetizers & cocktails at the end of 1st day
  • Inspiration to improve your practice with dynamic educators from around New England

Mystic Hilton Hotel:

  • For those of you coming from out of the area, a block of rooms has been held for us at the Mystic Hilton. It is a 5-minute drive to the HS and situated in Mystic Village with restaurants and shops.
  • To reserve a room for $139 for Monday, please call 860.572.0731 and ask for the COLT Summer Proficiency Institute, with the code CTCSPI.  You can use this same code when registering online.  This rate is available for rooms reserved on or before 5/27/17.

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