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Low Roar, Tommy Bazarian

Sat, May 13, 2017

Doors: 7:00 pm / Show: 7:30 pm

Brooklyn Steel

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$22.50 advance / $23 day of show ($72.50 VIP*)

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*San Fermin VIP Meet & Greet Package includes:
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-Exclusive Meet & Greet with One of the Members of San Fermin*
-Personal Photo with One of the Members of San Fermin*
-Exclusive Limited Edition Tour Poster - Signed*
-Early Access to Merchandise
-Download of New Album Belong
*At least one band member will be at the Meet and Greet. Each band member will be rotating, depending on the show.*

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San Fermin’s third studio album, Belong, marks a shift in songwriting perspective for bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone. “In the past I’d usually write through characters from books or movies, as a way to try to distance myself from what I was writing about,” says the Brooklyn-based artist. “As I’ve become more confident as a songwriter, I decided that I could drop some of the artifice and write something more direct.” In bringing a more personal slant to his music, Ludwig-Leone found himself confronting such matters as disconnection, displacement, and—perhaps most significantly—everyday anxiety. “Anxiety is something I’ve dealt with since I was a kid, but on this album I talked about it more explicitly than I ever had before,” he points out.

Produced by Ludwig-Leone and brought to life by his fellow performers—lead vocalists Charlene Kaye and Allen Tate, trumpet player John Brandon, saxophonist Stephen Chen, violinist Rebekah Durham, drummer Michael Hanf, and guitarists Tyler McDiarmid and Aki Ishiguro—Belong unfolds in warm, intoxicating textures that both contrast and intensify that sense of unrest. The album’s hypnotic sound is embodied in “No Promises,” a shimmering pop opus about the fear of disappointing those who’ve placed their trust in you. On the quietly frenetic “Bride,” San Fermin conveys a fear of commitment by juxtaposing the idyllic imagery of wedding flowers with a detailed account of suffering a panic attack. And with “Dead” (a song about “not wanting anybody to depend on you,” according to Ludwig-Leone), the band telegraphs defiance in a gorgeously jagged arrangement built on clattering rhythms and Kaye’s penetrating vocal performance.

Elsewhere on Belong, San Fermin explores the intersection of desire and danger (on the subtly sinister “August”) and paints a tender portrait of self-destruction (on “Perfume,” a sweeping and cinematic track laced with piercing lines like “You can lose anything that you put your mind to”). On the brightly charged and bravely candid “Better Company,” meanwhile, Tate’s intimate vocals meet with stomping beats and furious strings. “That song is about my lifestyle when I’m not on tour, how I just sit in the basement and work on music and the house is kind of a wreck,” says Ludwig-Leone. “It’s recognizing how I don’t always keep myself the best company.” One of the album’s most powerful tracks, the slow-building “Belong” finds Tate and Kaye trading off verses to conjure up moments of gentle devastation. “‘Belong’ is about loving someone really deeply but also having the sad realization that you’re not always present with them,” says Ludwig-Leone. “But at the same time it’s also saying that that’s not necessarily wrong. It’s about acknowledging the isolation within love.”

Throughout Belong, San Fermin brings both elegance and raw passion to their performance, an achievement that Ludwig-Leone attributes to the band’s increasingly potent chemistry. “One of the nice things about this record was that, for the first time, I was writing for people I know super well and have performed with hundreds of times,” he says. “I feel like I really understand these musicians now and know what they want to do.”

For Ludwig-Leone, one of the greatest joys in making Belong was bearing witness to his band’s evolution. “It’s amazing to me that this thing I started by myself now has a shared consciousness and a life of its own,” he says. Describing Belong as “a record about realizing that you can’t always live with yourself, and finding a way to be okay with that,” Ludwig-Leone also notes that the album allowed him to reexamine the possibilities in songwriting. “There was a catharsis to writing these songs, where I was dealing with stuff that had been bubbling under the surface for a while,” he says. “I don’t think writing actually fixes anything—but it helps you to name the problem and maybe figure out how to live with it, and sometimes that’s enough.”

Originally from Massachusetts and raised by artists, Ludwig-Leone began making music at age eight and later studied music composition at Yale University. After a job assisting composer Nico Muhly, he founded San Fermin and released their full-length debut in 2013, which NPR called “one of the year’s most ambitious, evocative, and moving records.” The band’s sophomore album Jackrabbit arrived in April 2015, debuting at #8 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart and solidifying the band’s spellbinding live show. Lauded as “explosive” (The New York Times) and “exceptional” (The Wall Street Journal), San Fermin has sold out shows worldwide, appeared at such festivals as Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, and has opened for the likes of St. Vincent, The National, Arctic Monkeys, and alt-J.
Low Roar
Low Roar
Bay Area native, Ryan Karazija, has found inspiration in Reykjavik, Iceland. It’s this inspiration that epitomizes the sound of Low Roar, which Pigeons & Planes describes as "wonderfully evocative music" and Acid Stag hails as the "Icelandic version of Grizzly Bear".

After moving to the small Nordic community in 2010, Karazija wrote and recorded Low Roar's debut self-titled album with the help of Grammy winning producer/mixer Andrew Scheps (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele). After releasing the album in November 2011, Karazija recruited drummer Logi Guðmundsson and the two toured Germany, Poland, Lithuania and a myriad of other European countries, eventually joining the Iceland Airwaves and ATP festival lineups, as well as supporting indie favorite Soko.

Now with Leifur Björnsson on keys, Low Roar is releasing their second album, 0, on July 8, 2014 which features Icelandic darlings Amiina on strings and is co-produced by Andrew Scheps and Mike Lindsay (Tuung).
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire, Volume 6, Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1984.

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a Nassington Church. Upper door in tower, Anglo-Saxon.

b Blatherwycke Church. Upper window in tower, late 11th-century.

c Blatherwycke Church. Reset doorway, late 11th-century.

d King's Cliffe Church. Tower window, early 12th-century.

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Each month I will release a new "My Year in Pockets" bundle. The bundle will include a full kit - papers, elements, a 12x12 template, a card template, and of course the ever-important JOURNAL CARDS!  The product packs will be available individually, or sold in a bundle at a discounted price (the usual way of things here at Britt-ish Designs).  Individually the products would total $12.96. Purchased in the bundle you only pay $8.99 (a 30% savings).  Everything is perfectly sized for 3x4 and 4x6 pockets - PERFECT for you Project Life fans out there.

The "my year in pockets: "backyard" | may 2016 (bundle)" is a buzz with bright blue and lime green, of course with graphic black and white too.  From backyard adventures, to buggy encounters, to exploring a high mountain, this month's collection will make your memories shine!

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Wednesday, April 06, 2016

I'm a big believer in curing ailments both from the inside and out, it's why I invest so much in skincare and also general health and food I consume. Although I have enough cleansers for four people, there's always room for more foods in my diet to give my diet the boost it needs to function properly and help clear up my skin along the way.

Everything from meat to veg, nuts and fruit can help your skin clear up, but I'm just going to focus on plant-based/vegan foods as it's what I eat regularly and can talk with knowledge about, plus anyone (meat eater or vegan) can eat! Grab your pen and make sure these are in your next shop...

Pumpkin Seeds

These little green seeds can contribute to nearly your daily RA of zinc, vitamin E and magnesium, and are crucial in supporting immunity, skin and eye health, cell renewal plus your quality of sleep!

Every type of mushroom has a high dosage of zinc, and even better on a plant-based diet as their texture can mimic a substantial meaty base in any meal.

These yummy porridge toppers can provide 6% of your RDA of zinc, plus they have added vitmain E which if also great for skin. Chuck a load in your breakfast and maybe swap your milk for almond too!

The only plant-based food with the most zinc in it, it's the perfect base to a salad - it is best wilted as it releases more of its nutrients, but raw is still as delicious and crunchy on your plate.

The old-age 'up your water' message, but by drinking 1.5l minimum a day (2 or 3 if you're a champ) you'll help flush out toxins, clean your liver and kidneys, and make your skin brighter and smoother than before - you'll see results even in 3 weeks!

Flax Seeds

Alongside omega-3 and fibre, flax are a brilliant source of zinc. Simply dust a tablespoon over your porridge, soup, smoothie or yogurt for an extra boost that'll get your digestion moving.

The base of the ever fave houmous, chickpeas are an all-round fab food as it's high in zinc, protein and fibre, whilst keeping you full on lower calories and providing you with a wide range of vitamins to keep your body healthy.

Dark Chocolate

As if we need more reasons to eat chocolate? Now this only applies to 72% Dark and higher, but a square or two daily will give you a sweet high minus the additional calories and fat that comes with milk chocolate. Go on, have a nibble ;)

It's important not to over-consume any vitamin as it can lead to ailments, but by making sure you get 80-100% of your RDA including zinc and vitamin E whilst upping your water intake, you'll see your skin freshen up and clear those blemishes quicker than before!

Do you use both food and skincare to soothe your skin? What are your favourite zinc-based foods? Will you be trying any of these in your diet?

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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Blogging has had a rep for being lonely place - on a platform where you are so intertwined with everyone yet ultimately working alone to stand out more, it sometimes felt hard to 'compete' (I really hate that word) with those established, those growing fast, and the smaller niche yet very cool creators who everybody loved.

I've felt it, and I've tried to stop feeling it. My brain is very split in two which I'm thankful for, as it will allow my ego to whine about 'so and so had more jobs in January than me it's not fair' whilst the reasoning side states 'well they do a completely different style of work to you so you can't compare that.' Yes a lot of my days are spent with internal back and forths like this, but in a way it keeps me sane and helps me push forward with what I think is going to happen in 2017: creative collaboration.

I wrote previously about how I feel bloggers/youtubers/influencers etc. will work together more this year, whether it's hiring team members or connecting with a group of local bloggers to meet up and take photos for one another or help one another out with analytics, working on social, and in short, pushing each other up because you want each other to succeed, not because of agenda or personal gain.

I've personally tried to arrange days with friends or people I admire creatively to connect and share inspiration with (also to hunt down a GBK to eat vegan burgers and down elderflower refills with whilst chatting, obvs.) but taking that all one step further was Kristabel's #YouCanSitWithUsLDN - an IRL get together of bloggers from all levels and genres to discuss a variety of blogging struggles under the title of many classic Mean Girls quotes. Perfection.

The whole get-together itself was blogging heaven - brightly coloured tables perfect for flatlays, the ever classic succulents and plates upon plates of cute and delicious treats (I'm patting myself on the back that my cookies were all gone by the end), yet the variery of discussion between women on topics of algorithm, USP, creating content and struggles in various departments. We all had a chance to say our piece, to hear about views on representation, and to give people reassurance in what they were doing - for example, I talked a lot about meeting up with people and having sessions to discuss growth and how posts were performing, and even days just to grab a coffee with others, and how overwhelming it all feels sometimes, and everyone (everyone) could identify and help boost confidence in making things happen. I felt I could talk openly and candidly about my thoughts with people understanding and reasoning ways to improve, which was something I'd been searching for.

It felt for the first time IRL that things were moving towards an 'US' community rather than 'THEM' or 'ME', and I think it symbolises a full-circle movement that's been in motion for a while now - posts can still look luxurious but have univeral relevance, topics discuss previously taboo or under-represented issues that are now creating better awareness, creators themselves are changing the way advertising and business works to become more ethical, true and connected. When I think of an 'US' community, I think of the mix of fun/cheeky list posts with 'boos and huns' tied in with 'how to look slick whilst wearing 20 layers' and also a bit of 'here's my creative strength, I'm going to really go to town on it with this post because sometimes you just need to be wordy or visual to get an idea or thought across.'

I came out of the event making new connections, getting over my introverted tendancies (and embracing them when needed) to talk about what I believed in and talk to others, offers to hang out and talk more analytical stuff, and possibly an even more renewed sense that the blogging world is much bigger out there than I thought, but not as overwhelming.

There's something I like to practise when I go into "ME' and ego mode - when I sulk that no-one is shouting out about my work, or that I'm not doing XYZ, I stop and get my reasoning side out to talk the Real Advice; 'if you can't support your own work, and admire it for what it means to you, then how can you expect others?' - if you can't stop thinking about you singular and them collective in an egotistical way, then how can you expect to integrate into a wider community that helps everyone? Cheer and champion your own work, absolutely, but remember there's a seat at the table for everyone to work together.

Things to do to promote creative collaboration:

• Meet up with a friend/group once a week to take photos
• Have a monthly meeting to discuss content, growth, what is and isn't working and share ideas.
• If you have an idea that needs help, don't be afraid to ask, and don't forget to give back in return.
• Embrace the fact that sometimes to grow, you need assistance - whether it's paying a photographer/videographer/animator/illustrator to help with a concept, you're supporting your creativity and someone's talent.
• CREDIT CREDIT CREDIT EVERYTHING. Everything. Tag the person who helped or you love on social platforms. Keep the wheel turning.
• Reach out. No one will bite you and at worst, they'll ignore you (or block you, depends how persistent you are) but if you feel in your heart that the other person may be a creative fit in mind, skill or just to talk to, make it happen. We're all a bit worried, even if we have 100K or 10.
• Sign up to Kristabel's newsletter for details on the next meetup!
• Trust.

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Welling Court 2016 Part II and AD HOC’s 10th Anniversary this Weekend

Long before Bushwick Open Studios and the Bushwick Collective there was Ad Hoc Gallery in a part of Brooklyn better known for bullet proof plexi-glass at the corner deli than being any kind of artists haven. Kool kids were actually filtering in to find cheap rents and space in the early 2000s and Garrison and […]

Sneak Peek “Concrete to Data” at Steinberg Museum

Curator and artist Ryan Seslow has pulled off an overview of art on the streets and the practices employed, minus the drama. So much discussion of graffiti, Street Art, and public art practice can concentrate on lore and turf war, intersections with illegality, the nature of the “scene”, shades of xenophobia and class structures; all […]

Welling Court: A New York Mural Block Party Like No Other

The community mural: A time honored urban tradition rooted in local flavors and tastes. Every major city and many small towns have them and most people who live near one of these colorful creations also have stories they can tell you about them. Apart from the graffiti scene or the Street Art scene, Allison and […]

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This year marks the 30th annual presentation of the world’s first outdoor comedy concert. That’s right, Comedy Day is turning 30, but you can trust that it will continue to bring five hours of funny to Sharon Meadow in Golden Gate Park from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 19. The free event features 40 comedians on one stage in a non-stop relay of jokes.

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What a deal... Reviewed by on Mar 05, 2016   5 out of 5

Just got this in the mail today...Man, I'm I pleased with this tanto...Great quality and price...A must have for any serious collector.

Do Not Buy!!! Reviewed by Mike on Mar 02, 2015   2 out of 5

I got this one last week, and when look at it for the first time it is beautiful, however, when I unwrap the wrap and dismember it, it turns out to be chinese made, cheap and rush-finishing tanto that you can find in any mall. I have been deal with swords and knife since I was 5 and I know this is not the knife that you should trust. I am thinking about returning mine, and plz don't trust the commercial.

Definitely worth the price Reviewed by Cody on Dec 05, 2014   4 out of 5

This sword is a absolute beast as far as quality is concerned. I had a few issues with the postal service but otherwise the sword shipped here fast and lived up to expectations. Its sharp, but not quite as sharp as i was expecting however that's something thats easily fixed. The leather sheath is great and the engravings add a sense of might and strength to it, like something you can be proud to own. All in all I had a coupon and it was on sale but even if it wasnt on sale its definitely worth the price. The only reason this isnt a firm 5/5 on here is because of the edge as i said i was hoping for something a bit sharper but thats the ONLY issue here otherwise its flawless. If any of you have the urge to get this thing I promise you its completely worth it.

Greatest buy of my life Reviewed by John S. on Aug 22, 2014   5 out of 5

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This tanto is awesome! It was worth every penny. The handle feels great when you hold it because of the leather wrapping on it. This is the first fully functional sword I have. You can cut skinny branches with it really good. I love the damascus pattern on the blade. It has a great weight to it for its small size. It feels very sturdy when you hold and use it. It you are considering buying it you should definetely buy it.Thank you BUDK !

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Bought this a while back and liked it so much I decided to collect the wakisashi and katana to complete the set. The tanto is not made in the 16 century style but is a very nicely made pattern welded steel with simple but elegant adornment. The edge came working sharp but with a light honing it became wickedly sharp. The handle wrap was tight and very well done. The sheath did not fit until I wet the opening and widened it with folded paper then let it dry. Works perfect after that. For the price and a very small amount of tuning you can be a ninja too :-)

Beautiful Damascus Steel Better Than I Expected! Reviewed by George G. on Sep 09, 2013   5 out of 5

Beautiful Damascus Steel! Even better than I expected! I love the heft and balance of this Tanto and with a little fine tuning, is sharp enough to cut paper with it's own weight! The only fault I find is that the leather sheath gives the blade "sheath rash" meaning that it makes the areas that the leather presses against shiny and detracts from the attractive Damascus folding pattern on the blade. I would have expected to pay twice the amount for a blade of this quality! I was so impressed with the quality and price that I immediately bought the matching Katana and Wakizashi. I LOVE BUD K!!!!!

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just got this in the mail . sword is extremely good looking and a razor took .i it out an filled up two detergent set them side by cut through both in one effortless motion!!!

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For Yahoo and Google, the Internet’s two search titans, Blogs are rapidly becoming both an important distribution channel and a growing cost center.  The battle to control this distribution channel, while at the same time reducing its costs, will intensify greatly this year and will most likely be characterized by some rapid fire acquisitions within the “Blogsphere”.

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According to Technorati, the number of blogs on the web has grown from about 100,000 two years ago to over 6,500,000 today with about 20,000 new blog being added every day.  Over at Pew research, their latest study indicates that 27% of Internet users in the US, or 32 million people, are now reading blogs, up almost 150% in just one year.

Right now, Google owns the blog-channel thanks in part to its acquisition of Blogger, but mostly to its self-serve Adsense platform that allows bloggers to easily add paid placement and search services to their sites.  (I set up both services on this site in 30 minutes with no human help or interaction.)  While Google doesn’t say just how much of its revenues it generates via blogs, with growth numbers like those above it’s no doubt that Google’s “blog-related” revenues are growing quite quickly.

While Yahoo is rumored to be building a competitive offering to Adsense, for now it is limited to only serving large sites, so its blog-related revenues are likely miniscule, however Yahoo clearly is aware of the growing importance of blogs and knows that it must have a competitive response to Google’s Adsense platform.

If either player were able to control or at least significantly influence which paid placement services bloggers chose to incorporate into their sites, it would given them a substantial competitive advantage in their head-to-head competition and control over one of the fasting growing channels on the web.

For example, not only would control allow Yahoo or Google to push their own paid placement and search services at the expense of the other, but it would allow them to route other “affiliate” traffic through their own hubs and thereby take a piece of the action.  For example, rather than having bloggers link directly to something like Amazon's Associates program,  the bloggers would instead send their traffic to a “master” affiliate account at Google, one in which Google was able to negotiate a larger % cut due to its overall volume, or they might just send it to Froogle if that was a better deal.  In such a case both the bloggers and Google win.  Google gets a cut of affiliate revenues that it previously missed out on and bloggers get a slightly higher rev share thanks to Google’s much greater bargaining power.

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While integrating blogging more closely into their business models offers Google and Yahoo additional revenue opportunities, it also presents them with significant costs, mostly in the form of revenue share payments that they must make to blogs.   While they must make similar (and often higher) payments to traditional media partners, the payments to blogs are more costly to process (due to large number of blogs) and much more susceptible to click-through fraud schemes.   Controlling the cost of the channel is therefore likely to be almost as big a focus as increasing the revenues its produces.

While controlling fraud will be very important, it likely won’t be a source of competitive advantage as both firms have similar incentives to control fraud.  One can even imagine both firms partnering, directly or indirectly, to jointly fight fraud.  That leaves reducing payments to blogs as the most obvious way to control costs, however reducing payments will be difficult to achieve due to competitive pressures.

Blog Barter: Spend Money To Save Money
The best way to save costs may actually be to spend some money and acquire companies that currently offer services to bloggers.  These services can then be bartered to blogs in return for a reduction in payments.  For example, a blog that pays its hosting firm $20/month might be willing barter $20 worth of its click-through revenues for hosting instead of writing a check.  At the very least, Google and Yahoo might be able to buy such services for $18/month and resell them for $20 in click-through credits thus saving themselves 10% cash in the process.

This math, plus burgeoning payments to bloggers, is likely to prompt both Google and Yahoo to make some rapid fire acquisitions in the space.   For Google, the acquisitions will be about protecting its lead and denying Yahoo the chance to become competitive.  For Yahoo they will be about quickly catching up to Google and potentially surpassing it.  Of the firms, Yahoo is perhaps in the best position to initiate this “blog barter” economy given that it has a broad range of existing subscription services that it can barter, however they are also the further behind in terms of using blogs as a channel for their services.

The Hit List
While it’s tough to say with 100% accuracy which start-ups will be on the blog-inspired M&A “hit list” of Google and Yahoo, it is clear that such firms will do one of two things:  they will either enhance control over the distribution channel or they will reduce its costs by enabling “blog-barter” transactions.  Google early on struck the 1st blow in this M&A battle with the acquisition of Pyra Labs (creator of Blogger) in 2003, but more deals are undoubtedly on the horizon due to blogging’s explosive growth in 2004.  A few of the most likely candidates for acquisition include:

  • Six Apart:  Creator of the popular TypePad blog authoring software and service (this blog is hosted on their service), TypePad has long been rumored to be a potential acquisition candidate, most recently for Yahoo.  With 6.5M users after its recently announced acquisition of LiveJournal is completed, Typepad is clearly the biggest piece of the blog channel that it potentially up for grabs.  While the odds on bet is that Yahoo will acquire TypePad given that it has no blog platform to date, Google may well try to lock up the channel by acquiring TypePad ahead of Yahoo, but it’s also possible that long shots such as Amazon and Microsoft may make their own bids.
  • Burning Door:  Operator of the increasingly popular Feedburner service that provides detailed usage statistics of RSS feeds, Feedburner is an ideal acquisition both as an incremental revenue generator and a “blog barter” service.  On the revenue front, Feedburner offers a fantastic platform for “splicing” contextually relevant RSS advertising and affiliate offers into RSS feeds creating yet another advertising platform for the search players.  On the blog-barter front, serious bloggers will easily part with a few “barter bucks” each month in return for the detailed usage and reporting statistics that Feedburner is able to provide.
  • MySpace:  Originally pitched as a social networking site, MySpace has melded social networking with blogging to the point where the site has become some kind of strange youth-centric amalgam of the two worlds.  The risk is that MySpace is really just GeoCities 2, but this may turn out to be the best kind of platform for advertisers to reach the youth market in a contextual, non-obtrusive way.  In addition, if MySpace can help its members earn a little pocket change through blogging, they may be able to solve the input-output asymmetry problem that I wrote about in an earlier post on social networking.

There are a bunch of blog aggregation sites such as Bloglines, Technorati, that appear on the surface to be interesting acquisition opportunities, but it is unclear what these sites really add to the existing capabilities of Yahoo and Google as these sites focus on end-users, not bloggers, and Google and Yahoo already have plenty of end-users.

As for VCs, this round of blog-inspired M&A will be a nervous game a musical chairs as quickly placed wagers either pay-off or are permanently bypassed.  Watching how this , the Great Blog Battle, plays out will be entertaining indeed!

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Stocks opened higher but traded little changed throughout the day, while the US dollar, gold, and silver made notable moves on Wednesday.

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  • S&P 500:  2,098.48, -0.64, (-0.03%)
  • Nasdaq:  4,981.69, +5.50, (0.11%)

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  2. Economists were again focused on whether consumers are spending their extra cash from low gas prices rather than saving, and if the weather-related weakness has lifted. "The continuing weakness of retail sales in April brings into question our working assumption that the soft patch through the winter months was largely due to the unseasonably cold temperatures in the Northeast," wrote Capital Economics' Paul Ashworth in a note to clients on Wednesday.
  3. The US dollar fell to a four-month low. The dollar index dropped after the retail sales report, and continued to slide through the day to as low as 93.51. The euro rallied against the dollar, climbing to as high as $1.1382.
  4. Gold rallied nearly 2%, crossing the $1,200 mark to as high as $1218.50 per ounce. Silver jumped more than 3% to as high as $17.2 per ounce.
  5. HSBC's chief economist Stephen King says the world economy faces a "titanic problem." In a note to clients Wednesday, he wrote: "The world economy is like an ocean liner without lifeboats. If another recession hits, it could be a truly titanic struggle for policymakers." He continued, "Whereas previous recoveries have enabled monetary and fiscal policymakers to replenish their ammunition, this recovery — both in the US and elsewhere — has been distinguished by a persistent munitions shortage. This is a major problem."
  6. US crude oil inventories fell by 2.19 million barrels last week, the second huge drop in a row. The decline brought the total number of barrels to 484.8 million, maintaining inventories at an 80-year high. But the build we've seen over the past several months may be slowing down. In its short term outlook released Tuesday, the Energy Information Administration projected that US oil output will decline from June through September before picking up again.
  7. Shares of Post Holdings fell 7% after the company said the national bird flu outbreak is hitting some of its farms. "Chicken flocks at company owned and third party farms in Nebraska and Iowa, respectively, have tested positive for AI [Avian Influenza]," the company said in a regulatory filing. "Including these two new incidents, Post now estimates that approximately 20% of its egg supply has been affected."
  8. German bund yields marched even higher after a debt auction. Reuters reported that it was the first time since January 2014 that bund yields rose in an auction. The 10-year bund yield touched 0.75%. It fell as low as 0.06% in April. Bund and US Treasury yields move in the opposite direction to their prices, and have spiked in the last two weeks.
  9. Import prices fell 0.3% last month, the 10th straight period of a decline. Economists had expected a gain of 0.3%, according to Reuters.

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Crude oil just fell below $50 per barrel.

On Monday afternoon in New York, West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures briefly sank below the $50 per barrel mark for the first time since April 6.

Near 2:00 pm ET, WTI futures were off around 1.5% to trade near $50.50 a barrel. Crude oil is now just about $6 its absolute low of just a touch under $44 in mid-March.

On Friday, oil prices ended a third straight week lower.

Oil came under even more pressure after news of Iran's nuclear agreement crossed a week ago. The deal with several world powers will, among other things, lift economic sanctions that would see Iran boost its oil exports. This has analysts concerned about a flood of new exports in an already oversupplied market.

Many analysts do not expect a surge in Iranian exports within the next year, however.

Oversupply elsewhere in the market has been a persistent concern, with Saudi Arabia announcing record June production last week.

Commodities are also lower across the board on Monday, notably gold, which flash crashed overnight. The precious metal is down more than 2% at a five-year low on Monday. Silver, platinum and copper are all in the red.

Here's a chart showing the slide in WTI on Monday:

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And here's a chart of WTI over the past five years, showing the unmissable crash of 2014:

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Dale Vince, the CEO of Britain's biggest green energy supplier Ecotricity, divorced his first wife in 1992 when they were both new age hippie travellers, penniless and largely living off state benefits.

But his ex-wife Kathleen Wyatt is now fighting to get millions of pounds in back-dated cash from him. One of Britain's top divorce lawyers  told Business Insider that it's all down to a small paperwork technicality  — they forgot to "seal off" the financial arrangements section of their divorce papers.

"If you don't close off the financial matters in a divorce case, you technically leave that door open for your former spouse to get in touch and ask for more money, if you do happen to make a lot more in the future," said Ayesha Vardag, the president of her own law firm, Vardags in London.

"If there is a huge financial disparity between the two parties, even later down the line, the courts like to help with wealth distribution. Sometimes the courts want to do nice things like that but fundamentally, it was a technicality at the time that led to this case going to the appeals stage."

"In divorce cases I have seen, some people will maybe pay a lot more money out in a divorce settlement in order to close off the ability for a former spouse to seek further financial compensation in years to come. Above all, you need to put a tick through that box to close off future claims in the settlement."

Dale Vince and Kathleen Wyatt's history

kathleen wyatt FULL Kathleen Wyatt outside the courts in March 2015. PA/YouTube

Vince now has a net worth of £107 million ($165 million) and his green energy supply business Ecotricity is worth £57 million ($88 million).

However, when he met Wyatt in 1981,  he was just 19 and she was 21. Wyatt already had a child from a previous relationship. They were both broke.  They had a son, Dane, in 1983. He now works for Vince's Ecotricity company.

They were still both penniless when they divorced in 1992. Vince ended up travelling to Spain with a new partner in a 30-year-old fire engine and continued to lead his hippie lifestyle years later. He did not make his fortune until the 2000s.

Currently, Wyatt lives in a council house with her unemployed son Robin, 21, jobless teen mother Jessie, 18, and her unemployed boyfriend Ashley Lloyd, 24, and their three-month-old daughter. Her eldest daughter Emily, 36, is currently in prison. They are children from two other partners.

Some 20 years after Vince and Wyatt divorced, Vince's former wife  lodged a £1.9 million ($2.9 million) claim against him, despite their short-lived marriage predating the time he became a multi-millionaire from his business. While her initial claim was thrown out of the court in March 2015, Wyatt appealed the decision. This this time  the Supreme Court ruled there was "no time limit" for claims for financial provision for ex-spouses.

To make matters worse for Vince, he is paying £500,000 ($770,573) in legal costs for both him and Wyatt. The law forces costs to be shared amongst the combined wealth of the parties. Since Wyatt is penniless, Vince has to pay the legal fees.


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It looks like we're finally getting the wage growth we've been waiting for.

The biggest story in the economy is that while the labor market has improved, wage growth and inflation have been nowhere to be found.

But on Wednesday, we got more news that makes it seem like America's workers are finally getting a meaningful raise.

The oft-overlooked employer costs for employee compensation, or ECEC, report from the BLS was released, showing that in March employer costs rose 4.9% year-over-year, the same pace as in December despite a general economic slowdown to start 2015.

This measure is similar to the employment-cost index — which showed wages rose 2.6% in the first quarter and 2.8% over the prior year — but also includes compensation shifts across industries intentionally excluded by the ECI.

In a note to clients following Wednesday's report, Samuel Coffin at UBS cautioned investors to "ignore at your own peril" the latest ECEC report, writing:

Employer costs for employee compensation (ECEC) were up 4.9%y/y in March, the same rapid pace as in December despite Q1 weakness in growth. Private sector wages and salaries actually accelerated to 4.7%y/y from 4.6%. If Fed Chair Yellen is targeting 3-4% wage and salaries inflation as a signal of labor market repair, maybe she's there.

Now, despite the ECI and ECEC topping expectations, average hourly earnings are still a bit lackluster, though they did increase at the fastest annual pace since 2009 in May.

UBS notes that the ECEC captures mostly an acceleration in nonwage items — things like bonuses and 401(k) contributions — and says that as a result, the jury is out whether this report is necessarily indicative of inflationary pressures to come.

But the message, as UBS sees it, is that on balance, wage pressures are being understated.

On Wednesday, we highlighted commentary from Citi that indicated some on Wall Street are starting to talk about July potentially being the first meeting where the Federal Reserve raises rates.

But throughout the last year, the main ingredient missing from the Fed's equation has been wage growth. And it looks like it's here.

Here's the breakdown from UBS, showing that pressures have been widespread across the compensation universe.

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We are in the midst of a meteor shower.

Right now, Earth is twirling through the tail of Halley's Comet, arguably the most famous comet in our solar system.

And as tiny grain-of-rice-size bits of debris smack into our atmosphere and burn up, they sizzle through the sky in a month-long annual spectacle known as the Eta Aquarids.

They run from April 20 until May 21 this year and will reach their peak on the evening of Thursday, May 5.

Lucky stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere will see meteors dash through the sky at a rate of about 30 or 40 per hour. But Northern stargazers won't be left completely in the dust — they'll still be able to see about 10 to 20 meteors per hour.

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Prime time for the Eta Aquarids will be during the shower's peak, May 5 through May 7. The new moon on May 6 will offer the darkest skies, providing a perfect backdrop for the shooting stars.

Plan on camping out one or two hours before twilight, as our planet turns into the meteor stream.

You won't need any telescopes or fancy equipment to see the meteors, just clear skies, your eyes, and a little bit of patience. Find a dark, remote spot away from the light pollution of nearby towns and cities, make yourself comfortable, and set aside a good chunk of time to enjoy show.

"Give yourself at least an hour of viewing time for watching any meteor shower," advises. "Meteors tend to come in spurts that are interspersed by lulls. Also, it can take as long as 20 minutes for your eyes to adapt to the dark."

If bad weather or bright lights are preventing you from catching any meteors, Slooh, an online observatory, will be offering a live broadcast of the meteor shower from an observatory on the Canary Islands. See the broadcast stream below.

During the broadcast, professional astronomers will discuss the meteor shower and take questions from the public.

Although Halley's Comet, a ball of ice and rock left over from the formation of our solar system, only makes an appearance every 75 years — we haven't seen it since 1986 — Earth passes through its tail twice a year. We'll pass through Halley's tail again in late October, resulting in the Orionid meteor shower.

halley Halley's Comet last crossed the Milky Way in 1986. NASA

What causes a meteor shower?

The orbits of comets are often a little lopsided.

When a comet swings too close to the sun, the sun's light boils its icy surface, releasing particles of ice and dust.

This debris follows the comet's path, forming a tail that points away from the sun. As Earth crosses the orbit of this comet, we pass through the tail.

The gravity of our planet attracts the dust and ice Halley has left in its wake. When the debris is pulled into our atmosphere, it rubs up against air molecules, causing the debris to burn up and streak through the sky.

This results in glowing trails of light that we see as meteors, or "shooting stars."

During the Eta Aquarids, Earth will collide head on with the debris and meteors will travel through our atmosphere at a speed of about 40 miles per second.

They can appear anywhere in the sky, but if you trace their paths back, they all appear to come from the same point: the radiant. That's because the meteors are all approaching us at the same angle. Meteor showers are all named after the radiant that the meteors can be traced back to.

This particular shower's radiant, the faint star Eta Aquarii, is 168 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius. It is south of the celestial equator, which is why observers in the Southern Hemisphere get a better show.

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A $104 billion IPO heals all wounds.

Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin, whose breakup with the company was so violent that they made a movie about it, last night posted a congratulatory message to his once sworn enemy, Mark Zuckerberg:

On the eve of the Facebook public float, 8 plus year in the making, I as co-founder wanted to look back and cherish Facebook's early beginning. Congrats to everyone involved in the project from day one till today, and I especially wanted to congratulate Mark Zukerberg on keeping tremendous stead-fast focus, however hard that was, on making the world a more open and connected place.

Saverin was booted from the company in 2005.

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Kristen Schaefer Postmates executiveVP Growth Kristin Schaefer is Postmates' VP of Growth. She was the startup's 15th employee. Postmates

If you need a bag of ice for the party you're about to throw or a shirt you just ordered delivered to your office, there's an app for that.

Postmates launched in 2011 to bring its users whatever they want, whenever they want it, courtesy of local couriers.

But since its launch, some massive companies including Amazon and Uber have also decided to tackle the same on-demand delivery space. And they each make the $130 million Postmates has raised from Silicon Valley investors look like pocket change.

Postmates, which is rumored to be seeking a new round of financing, thinks it can take the heat, in part because of a woman named Kristin Schaefer.

And as Schaefer points out, this delivery "sh--" isn't easy.

"On-demand delivery is really f---ing hard," Schaefer told Tech Insider when asked how Postmates plans to defeat Uber. "So much shit goes wrong all the time. It's magnitudes different than ride sharing. There's just a whole other host of things you have to deal with."

Schaefer, who formerly worked alongside billionaire investor Peter Thiel at Clarion Capital, is the company's fifteenth employee. She's been tasked with helping the startup expand to 40 cities throughout the U.S without burning piles of cash. Los Angeles, the third market Postmates launched in, is the company's largest from a revenue perspective, followed by New York.

Schaefer explained how she's been growing Postmates, and why she thinks the startup can win the delivery wars.

Expanding beyond the 1%

To use Postmates, you place an order from a nearby restaurant or store through its app or website. A Postmates courier then accepts your order and brings it to your address.

"We often describe Postmates as a remote control for your city," Schaefer said. "It gives you powers."

When Schaefer joined the startup three and a half years ago, it was making 4,000 deliveries per month. Now it's doing just over 1 million.

postmates growth Postmates' delivery growth since launch. Postmates

Schaefer says the company went through a few distinct growth phases. The first year was spent figuring out Postmates' expansion playbook. The second was spent creating partnerships with larger brands, like Starbucks and Apple, to broaden the types of deliveries Postmates couriers could make.

Postmates_Anywhere What ordering looks like from the Postmates app. Postmates

Currently, Postmates — which has traditionally been priced like a luxury product (it can cost nearly $10 to get a bagel delivered) — is focused on bringing new, cheaper delivery options to the masses.

The Postmates Plus program, which launched in 2015, allows users to get same-day deliveries for a flat $3.99 plus a 9% service fee from about 4,000 partnering stores. Big names that have signed on to Plus in the last year include Chipotle, 7-Eleven, McDonalds, Walgreens, American Apparel, and Apple. A newer subscription plan called Postmates Plus Unlimited unlocks free deliveries with no service fee on orders over $30 for $9.99 per month.

The cheaper prices seem like a no-brainer for consumers, but the rates sound unsustainable for a yet-to-be-profitable startup.

Schaefer assured Tech Insider that the pricing structures for Unlimited and Plus work, in large part because the more expensive Postmates offerings offset the cheaper ones. The blended gross margin across all Postmates deliveries is about 20%, the company says.

"When we launch a product, we never launch an economic structure that will be unprofitable," says Schaefer. Her team of 15 spends a lot of time crunching numbers and playing with levers, like minimum basket sizes and delivery distance radiuses, to make sure of that.

"We were never spending recklessly, and we are always trying to figure out how to get the most out of each dollar," she adds.

In a market where food delivery apps are struggling to raise money, cutting staff, and even shutting downPostmates  CEO Bastian Lehmann said in February that the company plans to be profitable next year. Postmates declined to discuss any of its financial projections with Tech Insider or confirm Lehmann's statement from February on future profitability.

Tough competition from Amazon, Uber, and others

postmates courier delivery 9888 A Postmates courier. Melia Robinson

While Postmates was one of the first startups to popularize on-demand delivery through an app, it now it has more competition than ever before.

There's an obvious comparison to be made between Postmates and Uber, which has recently been expanding its UberRush delivery service and food delivery with UberEats. Amazon has also been aggressively going after services like Postmates with its same-day (and sometimes one-hour) delivery for Prime subscribers.

Then there are the countless startups competing for the core Postmates business of food delivery, like Caviar, DoorDash, and Maple.

In terms of Uber's delivery products, UberRush and UberEats, Schaefer said Postmates has seen "absolutely no impact to any of our metrics in markets that they've launched."

She pointed out that many of the restaurants available through UberEats are already Postmates Plus members. And once people order through a Plus merchant, their order frequency nearly doubles on average.

Postmates sees Amazon as a closer competitor than Uber, she said, although the two companies have different approaches. Amazon sets up warehouses in cities where it offers same-day deliveries and sells items that are mostly from huge, national brands. It's also starting to sell its own clothing label.

postmates courier delivery 9814 A Postmates courier picks up items at a convenience store. Melia Robinson

"Our whole vision is to make local inventory available," Schaefer said. "It's the exact opposite of having warehouses that competes with local merchants. I think from a strategic perspective merchants are on our side. We're a neutral platform that enables and supports them as opposed to Amazon who's always been a huge competitor."

Close to 80% of Postmates orders are still food, but orders from convenience stores like Walgreens are growing along with health and beauty products from the likes of Sephora. Schaefer sees Plus Unlimited subscriptions (with their lack of delivery fees and service fees) as key to making Postmates a financially viable way of delivering anything and everything — like Prime was for Amazon when it was just a book retailer.

"That is a major step for us in the direction of starting to open up commerce and to shift away from being a food delivery company," she said.

"We never set out to be a food delivery company. The focus has always been much more around commerce and making your entire city available to you."


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Wikipedia Blackout Brings SOPA/PIPA to Forefront for Business

They are calling it the day the Web goes on strike. The planned Jan. 18 blackout of the English version of Wikipedia (along with reddit and Boing Boing) has brought to a head the showdown between various industries and business groups in support of and opposed to the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives, and PROTECTIP (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. Depending on what they stand to gain or lose if this legislation goes into effect, the battle lines have been drawn, creating some strange bedfellows.

For its part, Wikipedia contends that, if passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside the United States and, as a result, will blackout its results tomorrow for 24 hours.

The proposed SOPA legislation is aimed at preventing online piracy of films and other forms of media hosted on foreign servers.

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"The U.S. government and rights holders would have the right to seek court orders against any site accused of 'enabling or facilitating' piracy. This could theoretically involve an entire website being shut down because it contains a link to a suspect site," the BBC said.

Perhaps more disconcerting to many U.S.-based businesses is that U.S.-based Internet service providers, payment processors and advertisers would be outlawed from doing business with alleged copyright infringers. SOPA also calls for search engines to remove infringing sites from their results – PIPA does not include this provision, the BBC said.

Wikipedia said it had an unprecedented level of involvement from Wikipedia users who decided to stage the blackout.

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"Today Wikipedians from around the world have spoken about their opposition to this destructive legislation," said Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. "This is an extraordinary action for our community to take — and while we regret having to prevent the world from having access to Wikipedia for even a second, we simply cannot ignore the fact that SOPA and PIPA endanger free speech both in the United States and abroad, and set a frightening precedent of Internet censorship for the world."

Wikipedia is encouraging U.S. residents to contact their elected representative in Washington to protest the possible passage of SOPA and PIPA.

Wikipedia is not the only organization against the legislation.

Many consumer electronics organizations, including the Consumer Electronics Associations, CCIA and NetCoalition have all expressed concerns about the legislation. Recording and movie industry organizations support the proposed legislation. Time-Warner, for example, has been a vocal supporter of the legislation.

It has also become a point of contention between various companies, depending on what side of the argument they fall on. GoDaddy, the website domain and Web hosting service, for example, had supported the legislation, which has sparked a call for a boycott of the company. The company has since reversed its position.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce also supports the legislation, which is one of the reasons that an organization called Google Quit the Chamber to call on Google to follow Yahoo's lead and end its membership in the national organization because its support. Ebay has also spoken out against the proposed legislation.

The tech community is shaken up, too, with tech-based companies fearing their content will be removed from the Web.

A Meetup.com group made of New York-based tech companies, called NY Tech Meetup (NYTM) has called an emergency meeting for tomorrow (Jan. 18) to protest the proposed legislation.

The emergency meeting has been called so that members of the New York tech community can physically and publicly demonstrate their collective concern at the unprecedented attack currently being made on the Internet and the New York tech industry through PIPA and SOPA, the organization said.

"I used to joke that 'Politicians don't know the difference between a server and a waiter' but even if they understand technology better now, the proposed PIPA and SOPA legislation shows that they don't realize their solution won't work and will cause collateral damage," said Andrew Rasiej, chairman of NYTM’s board of directors. “These bills not only threaten the future of the New York tech industry, its other industries and its entire economic future, but fundamentally threaten the very nature of the Internet and its ability to promote freedom around the world.”

In an email call to action, NY Tech Meetup stated, "As much as we agree that pirated copyright material should be eliminated from the Web as much as possible, the cure that is being proposed and championed by the lobbying power of major copyright holding organizations like the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will be much worse than the disease and irrevocably damage the very nature of the internet and, by extension, the future of New York. We believe it is imperative that we stop this bill from passage."

For a list of companies and organizations for and against the legislation, visit the web site OpenCongress.org.

Additional reporting by Paul Wagenseil, Managing Editor of SecurityNewsDaily.com.

Jeanette Mulvey

Jeanette has been writing about business for more than 20 years. She has written about every kind of entrepreneur from hardware store owners to fashion designers. Previously she was a manager of internal communications for Home Depot. Her journalism career began in local newspapers. She has a degree in American Studies from Rutgers University. Follow her on Twitter @jeanettebnd.

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