Clemson 45, Boston College 31: Lost in the moment

The upset opportunity was there for Boston College.

The Eagles trailed 17th-ranked Clemson by just three points at halftime, and got possession to start the third quarter. But instead of going on the kind of scoring march that could have put true fear into the visiting Tigers, BC snuffed out its own opportunity.

A dropped pass and a holding penalty wiped out potential drive-starters, and moments later Clemson was in the end zone celebrating a touchdown that put the Tigers up 10 in an ACC game they ultimately won 45-31.

With the loss, BC is off to a 1-3 start to the season, and stands 0-2 in the ACC. Clemson, meanwhile, is 4-1 and 1-1 in conference play.

"We?re disappointed but not discouraged," said BC coach Frank Spaziani. "We kept fighting. When you score 30-something points, you?ve got to do better than that on defense. ... We did some good things on both sides of the ball, but not enough on defense."

If there?s a silver lining for the Eagles, it?s that they?ve played tough in each of their three losses, and the defeats have come against teams that are a combined 13-2.

"We take some solace in that, but we?re 1-3," said quarterback Chase Rettig. "At the end of the day, those are the numbers."

After going three-and-out to start the second half, three more fruitless possessions followed for BC. Clemson, meanwhile, scored two touchdowns to take a 38-21 lead. But while the BC defense struggled ? Clemson wound up converting 10-of-16 third-down opportunities and gained 576 total yards ? the offense regrouped and nearly pulled the Eagles within one score in the fourth quarter.

Down 17 points in the third, BC went 80 yards in seven plays to get back within 10 at 38-28. Rettig hit a streaking Alex Amidon for a 42-yard touchdown pass for the score.

After Clemson answered quickly with Tajh Boyd hitting DeAndre Hopkins from 35 yards out to cap an 75-yard drive that put the Tigers up 45-28 a minute into the final period, Nate Freese knocked home a 39-yard field goal less than five minutes later. The BC defense then stopped Clemson on a fourth-down attempt near midfield, and the offense got the ball down to the Clemson 20.

But on third-and-16, Rettig was picked off.

Moments later Boyd ? who threw for 367 yards and three TDs and ran for 60 yards and a score ? fumbled at Clemson?s 33, but BC was unable to cash in and turned the ball over on downs.

Rettig completed 25 of 43 passes for 341 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Amidon caught eight passes for 193 yards and two scores. And as a team, BC gained 420 total yards.

"All it?s about is wins," said Amidon. "At the end of the day, we?re 1-3. That?s the only thing I?m looking at right now. It?s pretty frustrating."

In the first half, an interception and aggressive play-calling helped BC recover from a 17-7 deficit to briefly take a 21-17 lead.

After the Tigers had scored 17 straight points in large part due to phenomenal field position ? Clemson started one touchdown drive on the BC 43 and another on the BC 41 ? they were poised to blow the game open when they took over at the BC 48 after a failed fourth-down run.

Boyd tried to drop the hammer on the first play, but his pass deep over the middle was picked off by a diving Sean Sylvia at the BC 8.

It took the Eagles eight plays to cover the distance, with Rettig passing to Jonathan Coleman cutting across the middle of the end zone for the touchdown that brought the Eagles within three at 17-14.

After the BC defense forced a Clemson three-and-out, the Eagles took possession at their own 32. On the first play, wide receiver Bobby Swigert took a pitch from Rettig, stopped, and found Spiffy Evans 28 yards downfield to get the drive started. It ended with Amidon catching a 31-yard pass from Rettig, which he finished after the catch by juking a Clemson defender inside the 10 and outracing him to the corner of the end zone.

The Tigers, however, answered with a touchdown drive just before halftime to take a 24-21 lead into the intermission.

BC opened the scoring with an 84-yard touchdown drive on its second possession. Andre Williams got the touchdown on a 30-yard run, breaking through the right side of the line.

"The offense is clearly putting points on the board," said Sylvia. "We have to take more ownership and start stopping some people."

Eric Avidon can be reached at 508-626-3809 or eavidon@wickedlocal.com. Follow him on Twitter @ericavidon.

Source: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/sports/pros_and_colleges/x422901870/Clemson-45-Boston-College-31-Lost-in-the-moment

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A nation inured to wanton murder was nevertheless shocked by this one: In November 2010, a group of four young men milling about as a party ended attacked another teen, randomly picking him as the victim of their vicious assault. Bobby Tillman, 18, did nothing to provoke his assailants to knock him to the ground and kick and stomp him to death.The crime occurred outside a suburban Atlanta home after parents called a halt to a teen party that had gotten out of control. This was no beating by members of a rival gang, no attack set off by longstanding grudges or old misunderstandings. ...

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U.S. military deaths in Afghanistan hit 2,000

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) ? The killing of an American serviceman in an exchange of fire with allied Afghan soldiers pushed U.S. military deaths in the war to 2,000, a cold reminder of the perils that remain after an 11-year conflict that now garners little public interest at home.

The toll has climbed steadily in recent months with a spate of attacks by Afghan army and police ? supposed allies ? against American and NATO troops. That has raised troubling questions about whether countries in the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan will achieve their aim of helping the government in Kabul and its forces stand on their own after most foreign troops depart in little more than two years.

"The tally is modest by the standards of war historically, but every fatality is a tragedy and 11 years is too long," said Michael O'Hanlon, a fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. "All that is internalized, however, in an American public that has been watching this campaign for a long time. More newsworthy right now are the insider attacks and the sense of hopelessness they convey to many. "

Attacks by Afghan soldiers or police ? or insurgents disguised in their uniforms ? have killed 52 American and other NATO troops so far this year.

"We have to get on top of this. It is a very serious threat to the campaign," the U.S. military's top officer, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, said about the insider threat.

The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, was blunter.

"I'm mad as hell about them, to be honest with you," Allen told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday. "It reverberates everywhere across the United States. You know, we're willing to sacrifice a lot for this campaign, but we're not willing to be murdered for it."

The insider attacks are considered one of the most serious threats to the U.S. exit strategy from the country. In its latest incarnation, that strategy has focused on training Afghan forces to take over security nationwide ? allowing most foreign troops to go home by the end of 2014.

As part of that drawdown, the first 33,000 U.S. troops withdrew by the end of September, leaving 68,000 still in Afghanistan. A decision on how many U.S. troops will remain next year will be taken after the American presidential elections. NATO currently has 108,000 troops in Afghanistan ? including U.S. forces ? down from nearly 150,000 at its peak last year.

The program to train and equip 350,000 Afghan policemen and soldiers has cost the American taxpayer more than $22 billion in the past three years.

The most recent attack came just days after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said most U.S. and coalition combat units in Afghanistan returned to their practice of partnering with Afghan forces, nearly two weeks after the top U.S. commander put restrictions on such cooperation.

Like so many other deaths in Afghanistan, the latest were shrouded in confusion and conflicting accounts.

On Sunday, U.S. officials confirmed the deaths of two Americans, a service member and a civilian contractor killed late Saturday.

The fighting started when insurgents attacked a checkpoint set up by U.S. forces in eastern Wardak province, said Shahidullah Shahid, a provincial government spokesman. He said the insurgents apparently used mortars in the attack. The Americans thought they were under attack from their allies at a nearby Afghan army checkpoint and fired on it. The Afghan soldiers returned fire, Shahid said.

The Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman said the shooting broke out as a result of a "misunderstanding" while ISAF forces were on patrol near an Afghan army checkpoint.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force, commonly referred to as ISAF, gave a different account of the fighting in Sayd Abad district.

"After a short conversation took place between (Afghan army) and ISAF personnel, firing occurred which resulted in the fatal wounding of an ISAF soldier and the death of his civilian colleague," the coalition said in a statement. It said the three Afghan soldiers died "in an ensuing exchange of fire."

NATO did not say whether it considered this an "insider" attack on foreign forces by Afghan allies.

In Washington, Pentagon press secretary George Little said 2,000 deaths is one of the "arbitrary milestones defined by others " that the U.S. administration does not mark.

"We honor all courageous Americans who have paid the ultimate sacrifice in Afghanistan to make the American people more secure," he said. "The fact of the matter is that America is safer because of all of those who have served in this war, including our fallen heroes."

In addition to the 2,000 Americans killed since the Afghan war began on Oct. 7, 2001, at least 1,190 more coalition troops from other countries have also died, according to iCasualties.org, an independent organization that tracks the deaths.

According to the Afghanistan index kept by Brookings, about 40 percent of the American deaths were caused by improvised explosive devices. The majority of those were after 2009, when President Barack Obama ordered a surge that sent in 33,000 additional troops to combat heightened Taliban activity. The surge brought the total number of American troops to 101,000, the peak for the entire war.

According to Brookings, hostile fire was the second most common cause of death, accounting for nearly 31 percent of Americans killed.

Tracking deaths of Afghan civilians is much more difficult. According to the U.N., 13,431 civilians were killed in the Afghan conflict between 2007, when the U.N. began keeping statistics, and the end of August. Going back to the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, most estimates put the number of Afghan civilian deaths in the war at more than 20,000.

In recent years, some of those casualties have generated a great deal of criticism from President Hamid Karzai and changed the way NATO forces carry out airstrikes. The overwhelming majority of civilian casualties are caused by insurgents ? with the United Nations blaming them for more than 80 percent of the deaths and NATO putting that figure at more than 90 percent.

The number of American dead reflects an Associated Press count of those members of the armed services killed inside Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion began. Some other news organizations use a count that also includes those killed outside Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, the global anti-terror campaign led by then-President George W. Bush.

The 2001 invasion targeted al-Qaida and its Taliban allies shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, which claimed nearly 3,000 lives.

Victory in Afghanistan seemed to come quickly. Kabul fell within weeks, and the hardline Taliban regime was toppled with few U.S. casualties.

But the Bush administration's shift toward war with Iraq left the Western powers without enough resources on the ground, so by 2006 the Taliban had regrouped into a serious military threat.

Obama deployed more troops to Afghanistan, and casualties increased sharply in the last several years. But the American public grew weary of having its military in a perpetual state of conflict, especially after the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq at the end of last year. That war, which began with a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 to oust Saddam Hussein, cost the lives of nearly 4,500 U.S. troops, more than twice as many as have died in Afghanistan so far.

Although Obama has pledged that most U.S. combat troops will leave by the end of 2014, American, NATO and allied troops are still dying in Afghanistan at a rate of one a day.

Even with 33,000 American troops back home, the U.S.-led coalition will still have 108,000 troops ? including 68,000 from the U.S. ? fighting in Afghanistan at the end of this year. Many of those will be training the Afghan National Security Forces that are to replace them.

"There is a challenge for the administration," O'Hanlon said, "to remind people in the face of such bad news why this campaign requires more perseverance."

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Associated Press writers Heidi Vogt and Rahim Faiez in Kabul and researcher Monika Mathour in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/us-military-deaths-afghanistan-hit-2-000-063934010.html

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Canada News Centre - Harper Government Extends SaskTel's ...

Ottawa, September 28, 2012?In this day and age, access to the Internet is not a luxury; it's a necessity. Access to the Internet opens up new opportunities, especially in rural and remote communities. In order for every Canadian to reap the benefits of the digital economy, we need a reliable digital infrastructure. That is why we are deploying more spectrum for mobile broadband services and ensuring greater choice for consumers with new entrant telecommunications companies.

"Canadians lead the world in Internet use, but there remains a gap between rural and urban Canadians in terms of access to leading-edge broadband," said the Honourable Christian?Paradis, Minister of Industry. "This is unacceptable and our government is taking steps to ensure rural Canadians have the same reliable access as urban Canadians."

The Harper Government is making additional spectrum available to allow telecom companies to bring the latest 4G?LTE mobile networks to Canadian consumers and businesses, including those in rural areas. This will result in improved connectivity for consumers, increased business productivity and enhanced safety for Canadians.

"Our government is ensuring that Canadians can access essential online services like online banking and e-health at a competitive price," said Kelly?Block, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon?Rosetown?Biggar. "Leaving 8,000 rural Canadians without reliable access to the Internet is unacceptable. That's why we are giving SaskTel the additional time they need to upgrade their systems and provide a leading-edge service to Saskatchewanians."

In 2006, licensees were given a five-year transition period to reconfigure their networks and find appropriate solutions for their customers. In March of 2011, Industry Canada provided SaskTel with an extension through to December?31,?2012, in order to ensure continued service. In September 2012, SaskTel requested an additional extension, which Industry Canada has provided, until March?31,?2014. The Harper Government plans to hold the 700?MHz auction next year, to be followed by auction of the 2500?MHz spectrum within a year.

For further information (media only), please contact:

Margaux Stastny
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Minister of Industry
613-995-9001

Media Relations
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613-943-2502

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The Seven Crucial Steps to Building Your Service Business

by Monica Shah, Money Expert & Startup Princess Fairy Godmother

Here is what breaks my heart.? I get so many clients who call me and say: ?I want to launch my product to my list and sell hundreds of them.? Then I want to fill my group with 30 people so that I only have to work with five one-on-one clients. Can you tell me how to do that??? Want to know my answer?? ?Yes, but it?s going to take some time.? No one builds it all overnight.?

Ladies, please know that just like any other business, there?s a model to the service business ? meaning there?s a certain sequence of steps.? If you follow these steps, you?ll succeed.? If you don?t, you won?t get the numbers that you are looking for.? And here?s the kicker ? the thing that drives me crazy ? in the marketplace there are people that are telling you that you can rush through all these steps in 3 months.? But it?s just not true.?? Please don?t believe that.? Furthermore, do not be hard on yourself if you?ve been at it a couple of years. It takes years to build a full business with multiple streams of income.? That is normal.

Here?s the sequence of steps to launch products (and large group programs) in your service business (yes, breathe that sigh of relief).

Start by working with individual clients.? This is especially true if you need money yesterday.? You can go out and meet these folks by doing workshops, networking and meeting referral partners.? Note that these are OFFLINE marketing activities.? You can meet someone today and have them become a client tomorrow. I find that off-line marketing activities allow you to convert clients much more quickly than online.? It?s simple, if someone meets and likes you in person, they are going to buy from you faster.? For detailed instructions on this step see my Revenue Breakthrough Program at www.revenuebreakthroughprogram.com.

Keep working with some individual clients to build your confidence and your expertise.? This will help you hone in on the best information to put in your products and groups.? It will also build testimonials that you can use later.

Begin to build your list online.? Build your site, choose your newsletter software and write your free gift.? I suggest 1-shoppingcart, but there are many others. The first 200 people on your list can be friends, family, co-workers etc.? That way you?ll have someone to send the newsletter to.? Then you?ll begin to engage in online business building activities (again, for details here see www.revenuebreakthroughprogram.com).

Start sending your newsletter out CONSISTENTLY every month, two weeks or week.? It doesn?t matter when you send it ? as long as you stay consistent.? The newsletter helps you to build a relationship with your clients online.? If you put out an offer and you haven?t built a relationship with your list over time, they just aren?t going to buy.

Once you get your list from 400 ? 1000 or more, AND you?ve been sending out your newsletter and other special gifts consistently for at least six months ? now you have a list that is willing to buy from you.? Now, you?ll have much more success selling group programs and products.? For some of you, your list will buy very quickly and you?ll have a few great sales.? For others, your list will still need more time with you and only a few will buy.? But keep going and don?t be discouraged.

Keep growing your list with joint ventures, teleseminars, workshops and the like.? And keep creating a relationship with your list through content-filled newsletters and special gifts.? Give yourself a couple of years to grow a list of 5,000 ? 10,000 folks who like what you do and are very happy to purchase your high-quality products.

You see, it?s not rocket science!? But it does require knowledge of the right sequence, consistent focus and persistent effort.? Many people who come to me have wasted a lot of effort in building their business in the wrong order or by buying pieces of the process.? For example, they focused solely on social media.? Or they focused only on doing teleseminars.? What you need to do is create a solid foundation ? step-by-step building of your business where you understand all the marketing vehicles offline and online and you put every piece into place in the right order at the right time.?? You can?t skip steps!
The truth is that if this process were overnight, wouldn?t everybody be millionaires?

I hope this helps those of you that are struggling out there with seeing how the pieces fit together.? And if you?d like to learn the step-by-step process, then please check out the Revenue Breakthrough Program.? The next program starts in October of 2012.

Monica Shah, founder of Revenue Breakthrough helps women business owners double their incomes in 12 months or less ? without going broke or crazy in the process.? If you would like to learn more about how to double your income, check out the Money Magnet Kit and learn how to earn, attract and save more this month than every month before: http://www.revenuebreakthrough.com/moneymagnet.? You?ll learn the 4 essential strategies for doubling your income and keeping more money in the bank. ?

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Tibet crisis might have driven hikers to Nepal peak hit by avalanche

KATMANDU, Nepal - The climbers killed in a weekend avalanche in the Himalayas were part of a crush of mountaineers who came to the slope because of heightened tensions between Chinese authorities and Tibetans.

China rejected climbing permits for mountaineers hoping to scale peaks in the Tibetan Himalayas, forcing many to crowd onto mountains in Nepal, according to alpine companies.

As a result, about 30 teams were registered to climb Mount Manaslu, a 50 per cent increase over last year, said Ang Tshering, who runs the popular Asian Trekking agency in Nepal.

About two dozen climbers were sleeping at a camp high on the mountain early Sunday when the avalanche swept over them. Rescuers have so far brought down the bodies of eight victims ? four French, one each from Germany, Italy and Spain, and a Nepali guide.

Tibet is a sensitive area for China, which sometimes limits access for foreign tourists. It has also in the past restricted the number of permits issued to climbers, and even stopped issuing them in 2008 while Chinese climbers took the Olympic torch to the top of Mount Everest before the Beijing Games.

Relations between Tibet and the Chinese government have been volatile this year, as many Tibetans set themselves on fire to bring attention to what they say is their suffering under China's repressive policies. China claims Tibet has always been Chinese territory, but most Tibetans say the Himalayan region was independent for much of its history.

Chinese officials did not accept applications for climbing permits this year, without giving any reason, said Tshering of Asian Trekking, who is also the representative for the China Tibet Mountaineering Association.

As a result, climbers who were planning to climb Cho Oyu or Shisapangma in the Tibetan region changed their destination to Manaslu, a popular choice because it was not as difficult a climb as other high mountains, Tshering said. It also has a relatively cheap $5,000 permit, compared to $35,000 for Everest during the autumn season.

Other mountains also saw an increase in traffic, Tshering said,

Bikram Newpane of the Kathmandu-based Himalayan Rescue Association, which helps mountaineers in distress, said China's ban on permits for climbing the northern face of the Himalayas in Tibet could have added to the dangers.

"It is never 100 per cent safe up on the mountains and the risks are always there. But there were more people on the mountains this year," Newpane said.

Overcrowding has been a concern because of limited space on trails and short windows of safety for summiting mountains.

Four people were killed on Mount Everest during the May climbing season when a traffic jam pushed dozens of climbers on the same narrow path to the summit, forcing many to stay too long at high altitudes and exhaust their oxygen supplies.

It is not clear if the extra people on Manaslu contributed to the tragedy. What does appear clear is that many would not have been on that mountain had their Tibetan climbing permits been accepted.

However, a crush of climbers could have benefits too, providing extra hands for rescue operations. Newpane praised the swift rescue on Manaslu, carried out by the trekking agencies that organized the expeditions.

Climbers also blame climate change for some of the recent tragedies on the Himalayan peaks, which have been hit by warmer weather that melts more snow and makes the surface unstable.

"The uncertainty of the weather condition has increased in the past few years on the mountains. The melting glaciers on the mountains make the grounds unstable," said Zimba Zangbu of the Nepal Mountaineering Association.

Zangbu said it continued to rain for two weeks in Nepal during the monsoon season that just ended.

"When it rains in the rest of the country, it snows on the mountains. Manaslu was also blanketed with soft snow," he said, adding that this type of snowfall does not get packed on the mountain surface and can lead to avalanches.

The spring season is more popular for climbers because the weather conditions are better on higher peaks before the monsoon brings rain and snow. High winds in the area known as the death zone over 8,000 metres (26,400 feet) also make climbing difficult during autumn.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tibet-crisis-might-driven-hikers-nepal-mountain-hit-123024356.html

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A Good Way To Think About Your Mobile Strategy (Massive Greatness)
Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile Mobile... I could continue (as MG Siegler does for about three-quarters of the page) but I'll cut to the chase. It?s obvious, right? I?m hardly the first person to point this out. And yet, I still meet so many startups who are focusing on the desktop / laptop-based web first. I get that development and iteration are easier there, but it?s a mistake. Discovery is increasingly an issue, and monetization models are still being fully fleshed out. But, from a pure product perspective, those things don?t matter. What matters is that in the next five years every person on this planet is going to be using a mobile device. And these devices are going to be used far more than any traditional computer ever has been and ever will be.

85% Of The World's Population Covered By High-Speed Mobile Internet In 2017 (Ericsson)
This report is from June, but it reinforces the sentiment above. Ericsson releases its second Traffic and Market Report and revealed the following statistics, that by 2017:

• 85% of the world's population will have 3G coverage
• 50% of the world's population will be covered by 4G
• Smartphone subscriptions expected to reach 3 billion
• Global data traffic to grow 15 times

The main continuous trend identified in the report is that everything is going mobile. This evolution is mainly being driven by people's increasing demand for anywhere, anytime connectivity and the use of video, cloud-based services and the internet - but also by machine-to-machine connectivity.

50% Of The Globe Will Be Using The Internet Once A Month By 2017 (Forrester Research)
Forrester Research found that 2.4 billion people across the world use the Internet on a regular basis (at least once a month) from home, school, work, or any other location via a PC or a non-PC (mobile) Internet access device. This is expected to grow to 3.5 billion by 2017, representing nearly half of the 2017 overall world population of 7.4 billion. Forrester's forecast provides the details of the Internet population in 56 countries across five regions. One of the main factors of growth is increasing Internet connectivity (fixed broadband and mobile).

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Why Apple Doesn't Have A Fragmentation Problem (BI Intelligence)
Apple released the latest iteration of its mobile platform, iOS 6, on Wednesday and it looks like it has already made a huge dent in the platform's software distribution. According to ChartBoost (as well as Chitika), 15% of iOS users upgraded to iOS 6 in the first 24 hours it was available. Compare this to Android, where more than half of its users are still on Gingerbread, released in late 2010. Jelly Bean, released two months ago, only accounts for 1.2% of Android devices.

You Can't Wait On A Mobile Payments Strategy (Econsultancy)
In many cases, isn't a wait-and-see approach the most sensible path forward? When it comes to mobile payments, some experts are suggesting that companies can't wait. According to David Gardner at CMO.com, he estimates the value of mobile payments at some $600 billion within the next four years and given the near-ubiquity of mobile phones in the developed world, the rise of mobile payments would appear to be a when, not if, question. As Dr. Siddharth Shah, Adobe's director of business analytics, sees it, "it's safe to say that mobile transactions are the wave of the future." For that reason, he suggests that "right now the focus of CMOs should be [which] device is most appropriate for making mobile transactions better."

Publishers Blame Mobile Ad Agencies For Poor Sales (paidContent)
Publishers are seeing mobile audiences growing fast. But revenue is yet to catch up, and it?s the ad industry taking the blame. Mobile makes up a fifth of reader traffic for 87% of publishers, but only 29% of them are seeing the same proportion of revenue come from mobile, according to respondents to a census issued by the UK?s Association of Online Publishers (AOP). Asked to name the main inhibitors to mobile revenue generation, a majority blamed ?agencies? attitude toward mobile? (55%) and dependency on low-yield ad networks (52%).

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Even More Reasons Why Brands Should Have Mobile Friendly Websites (Artatm)
If you own a website that best fits in a PC browser then it is very difficult for users try and access your site. Here's why optimizing for mobile is crucial:

1. Missing out on perspective clients
2. Sheer growth of mobile users
3. Increase in mobile-only web users
4. Local mobile
5. Google's way of indexing mobile content is different
6. Websites are better than apps (up for discussion)
7. Google's recommendation

Now you just have to decide whether you go with a responsive web design or a separate mobile website.

The MMA Releases Mobile Analytics Guide (MMA via Media Post)
Improved measurement is often cited as a condition for higher mobile ad spending. To that end, the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) has released a new primer on mobile analytics covering metrics related to the mobile Web, apps and messaging as well as factors such as location, time, and device. The white paper also addresses analytics in the emerging realm of m-commerce and mobile payments. The report acknowledges the challenges to measurement including different smartphone operating systems and browsers, screen sizes, the lack of cookies for tracking and privacy considerations. But it also highlights how mobile use results in analytics across entire marketing cycle from awareness to purchase to advocacy.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/bii-mobile-insights-the-best-way-to-think-about-your-mobile-strategy2-2012-9

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'End of Watch' claims No. 1 spot in close weekend

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)

This film image released by Relativity Media shows Jennifer Lawrence, left, and Max Theriot in a scene from "House at the End of the Street." (AP Photo/ Relativity Media)

This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Clint Eastwood, left, and Justin Timberlake in a scene from "Trouble with the Curve." (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures, Keith Bernstein)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The police story "End of Watch" has won a close race at the weekend box office.

The LA cop tale starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena debuted with $13.2 million to finish as the weekend's No. 1 movie, according to final studio figures reported Monday.

"End of Watch" had been in a photo finish for first-place with two other new movies, Jennifer Lawrence's horror tale "House at the End of the Street" and Clint Eastwood's baseball drama "Trouble with the Curve."

"House at the End of the Street" wound up at No. 2 with $12.3 million. "Trouble with the Curve" came in at No. 3 with $12.2 million.

Based on studio estimates Sunday, "End of Watch" and "House at the End of the Street" were tied for No. 1 with $13 million each. "Trouble with the Curve" had been right behind with $12.7 million.

But once the entire weekend's ticket sales were counted, "End of Watch" came in slightly ahead of Sunday's projections. "House at the End of the Street" and "Trouble with the Curve" wound up a bit behind Sunday's estimated revenues.

Eastwood's appearance at the Republican National Convention, when he did a rambling fantasy chat with President Barack Obama addressed to an empty chair, probably had little or no effect on the results for "Trouble with the Curve," said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

The movie opened in line with other Eastwood flicks, which tend to start modestly but stick around awhile at theaters because he draws older crowds that do not rush out in big numbers over opening weekend, Dergarabedian said.

If Eastwood's convention gig turned off any liberal-minded fans, it probably was offset by the attention his appearance drew to the movie among conservatives, Dergarabedian said.

"Whatever he lost on the left, he gained on the right," Dergarabedian said.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by Hollywood.com are:

1. "End of Watch," Open Road Films, $13,152,683, 2,730 locations, $4,818 average, $13,152,683, one week.

2. "House at the End of the Street," Relativity, $12,287,234, 3,083 locations, $3,985 average, $12,287,234, one week.

3. "Trouble with the Curve," Warner Bros., $12,162,040, 3,212 locations, $3,786 average, $12,162,040, one week.

4. "Finding Nemo" in 3-D, Disney, $9,641,474, 2,904 locations, $3,320 average, $30,175,449, two weeks.

5. "Resident Evil: Retribution," Sony Screen Gems, $6,701,803, 3,016 locations, $2,222 average, $33,469,530, two weeks.

6. "Dredd," Lionsgate, $6,278,491, 2,506 locations, $2,505 average, $6,278,491, one week.

7. "The Master," Weinstein Co., $4,391,092, 788 locations, $5,572 average, $5,446,975, two weeks.

8. "The Possession," Lionsgate, $2,641,990, 2,598 locations, $1,017 average, $45,291,617, four weeks.

9. "ParaNorman," Focus, $2,345,630, 1,617 locations, $1,451 average, $52,582,728, six weeks.

10. "Lawless," Weinstein Co., $2,286,215, 2,614 locations, $875 average, $34,477,134, four weeks.

11. "The Bourne Legacy," Universal, $1,609,875, 1,431 locations, $1,125 average, $110,402,575, seven weeks.

12. "The Odd Life of Timothy Green," Disney, $1,543,090, 1,752 locations, $881 average, $48,655,828, six weeks.

13. "The Expendables 2," Lionsgate, $1,457,853, 1,820 locations, $801 average, $83,019,805, six weeks.

14. "The Dark Knight Rises," Warner Bros., $1,266,144, 948 locations, $1,336 average, $443,124,014, 10 weeks.

15. "The Campaign," Warner Bros., $1,205,136, 1,250 locations, $964 average, $84,986,201, seven weeks.

16. "Arbitrage," Lionsgate, $1,174,193, 244 locations, $4,812 average, $3,842,700, two weeks.

17. "2016: Obama's America," Rocky Mountain Pictures, $937,524, 1,216 locations, $771 average, $32,022,601, 11 weeks.

18. "Hope Springs," Sony, $856,228, 1,147 locations, $746 average, $62,154,383, seven weeks.

19. "The Words," CBS Films, $755,640, 1,247 locations, $606 average, $11,000,211, three weeks.

20. "Barfi," UTV, $643,260, 130 locations, $4,948 average, $1,977,528, two weeks.

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http://www.hollywood.com

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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'Watch,' 'House,' 'Curve' land in photo finish

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)

This film image released by Open Road Films shows Michael Pena, left, and Jake Gyllenhaal in a scene from "End of Watch." (AP Photo/Open Road Films, Scott Garfield)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Hollywood is in photo-finish mode with three new movies bunched up tightly for the No. 1 spot during a sleepy weekend at the box office.

Studio estimates Sunday put two movies in a tie for first-place with $13 million each: Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena's police story "End of Watch" and Jennifer Lawrence's horror flick "House at the End of the Street."

And right in the same ballpark was Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams' baseball tale "Trouble with the Curve," which opened with $12.7 million.

Actual rankings will be determined Monday as studios release final numbers for the weekend.

No matter which movie comes out on top, it was another slow weekend for Hollywood, whose business has been sluggish throughout late summer. Revenues were down for the fourth-straight weekend, with all three of the top new movies opening to modest crowds.

"This was a clash of the non-titans," said Paul Dergarabedian, analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "When three films are duking it out for the top spot with only around $13 million, that doesn't represent a very strong period at the box office."

Overall domestic revenues totaled $88 million, down 25 percent from the same weekend last year, when a 3-D re-release of "The Lion King" led with $21.9 million, according to Hollywood.com.

The weekend's other new wide release, Lionsgate's sci-fi action tale "Dredd," opened well down in the rankings at No. 6 with $6.3 million. The movie features "Star Trek" co-star Karl Urban as a law enforcer and executioner in a crime-laden city of the future.

Open Road Films' "End of Watch" stars Gyllenhaal and Pena as partners patrolling the mean streets of LA. Relativity Media's "House at the End of the Street" casts "The Hunger Games" star Lawrence as a youth who moves with her mom next door to a house where bloody misdeeds took place years earlier. "Trouble with the Curve," released by Warner Bros., stars Eastwood as an aging baseball scout whose daughter (Adams) accompanies him on his latest road trip.

Studios determine weekend estimates by counting Friday and Saturday ticket sales then projecting Sunday revenues based on how similar movies have played out in the past. On rare occasions when the top movies are this close, the rankings sometimes change when Monday's final numbers are released.

That has led to grousing among competitors that some studios might be inflating their Sunday estimates to gain No. 1 bragging rights, even if only for a day.

"I took the high road myself and put down the $12.7 million we reported," said Dan Fellman, head of distribution at Warner Bros., where Eastwood has been based for decades. "I've got a major actor with a solid group of people in this movie, and I don't want to eat crow on Monday."

Other studios were tracking "End of Watch" and "House at the End of the Street" at a bit less than $13 million for the weekend, and some had "Trouble with the Curve" at No. 1 by a fraction.

"It's unbelievably close. I honestly don't remember ever seeing it this close, but we're happy that we're in the race," said Kyle Davies, head of distribution for Relativity. "We think our estimate is on target."

"We'll see tomorrow. I think today everybody projected honorably and honestly," said Tom Ortenberg, chief executive officer for Open Road Films. "I think it's fair to say that nobody's sure who's going to be No. 1."

While audiences were not too excited about the new wide releases, Lionsgate's Summit Entertainment banner had big crowds in limited release for its teen drama "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."

The film took in $244,000 in four locations for a strong average of $61,000 a theater. That compares to meager averages ranging from $3,960 to $4,762 a theater for "Trouble with the Curve," ''House at the End of the Street" and "End of Watch," which all played in about 3,000 cinemas.

"Perks" features "Harry Potter" co-star Emma Watson alongside Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller in the story of a troubled high school freshman taken in by a clique of senior misfits.

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, latest international numbers are also included. Final domestic figures will be released Monday.

1 (tie). "End of Watch," $13 million.

1 (tie). "House at the End of the Street," $13 million ($1.5 million international).

3. "Trouble with the Curve," $12.7 million.

4. "Finding Nemo," $9.4 million ($1.3 million international).

5. "Resident Evil: Retribution," $6.7 million ($30.5 million international).

6. "Dredd," $6.3 million ($2.2 million international).

7. "The Master," $5 million.

8. "The Possession," $2.6 million ($1.5 million international).

9. "Lawless," $2.32 million ($1.5 million international).

10. "ParaNorman," $2.3 million ($3 million international).

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Estimated weekend ticket sales at international theaters (excluding the U.S. and Canada) for films distributed overseas by Hollywood studios, according to Rentrak:

1. "Resident Evil: Retribution," $30.5 million.

2. "Ted," $9.3 million.

3. "Masquerade," $9 million.

4. "The Bourne Legacy," $8.8 million.

5. "Brave," $5.7 million.

6. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," $4.6 million.

7. "Prometheus," $4.1 million.

8. "The Expendables 2," $4 million.

9. "The Dark Knight Rises," $3.8 million.

10. "ParaNorman," $3 million.

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http://www.hollywood.com

http://www.rentrak.com

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Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by News Corp.; Warner Bros. and New Line are units of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.

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And now, it?s over to our Fellow Reckoners for their thoughts on what to do with gold, both in and out of various investment vehicles.

The suggestions come in response to the letter from Husker Fan that we mentioned above. (BTW, we know ?Husker Fan? is not a reference to the Alaskan sled race. It has something to do with removing that leafy outer covering on an ear of corn...no?)

First up, a few thoughts from Reckoner Mark, writing in from Pittsburgh, PA...

First, stop adding to your retirement plans. Even if you manage to turn them into fortunes, the government will be there to change the rules and confiscate parts of them. Although the FED/Govt is trying to keep stocks up, they must realize that they probably won?t be able to keep them up forever. When stocks eventually get decimated, then the FED/Govt will shift to its two-step Plan B:

** Step 1 ? Force you to accept some percentage of government bonds in your IRAs, 401(k)s, pensions, etc. They will even make you sell some of the precious metals in there if necessary. Wouldn?t that add insult to injury?

** Step 2 ? Bailout its equity favorites using that money it just took from your official retirement accounts in an egregious display of favoritism. I?m guessing the usual suspects: GE, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, solar energy companies and other political contributors.

Of course, they?ll say they?re good Samaritans saving you from you. In reality, they?re farmers. It?s harvest time. You?re the crop.

Second, put all the pre-tax money back into your pay and then into savings vehicles that are more removed from the banking system. Precious metals, like 90% silver coins, come to mind. Think savings, not investments. It hurts, but also forget the 401(k) match by your employer. I?ll bet that government will change the rules and say that because you didn?t ?earn? the match, it will have to be taxed. Of course, anyone with a 401(k) match must be rich. Anyone lucky enough to still have a pension must be part of the evil rich.

Third, don?t get rid of all these IRA and 401(k) retirement investments just yet, but use them to hedge the savings vehicles that are more removed from the financial system. I don?t know husker?s age and how far off retirement is, but let?s assume it?s 20+ years away. A lot can happen in 20+ years. I keep thinking of Harry Dent?s thesis that deflation could suddenly blindside us, so maybe having some cash is a good idea. I?m unsure about his thesis, but we?re in uncharted territory. We have such fragile, complex, chaotic, interconnected, rigged systems ? financial, political, regulatory, military, ethnic/religious, industrial (just in time), etc. ? who knows what could actually happen. If today?s world had an official bird, it would be the black swan. Make that a mutant, fire- breathing black swan. With fangs. And laser eyes.

Fourth and finally, remember that it?s not what you earned and put in these accounts that matters. It?s what you?ll have left compared to others when we reach ?the end of the world as we know it.? To oversimplify a bit, there are just two possible outcomes waiting for us just over the horizon. One is a crash where the distortions, debt and (we hope) financial criminals disappear so we can start fresh again. The other is totalitarianism. If we have the former, then whatever you have left matters a lot. If we have the latter, then nothing matters at all.

And here?s Reckoner HC from California, chiming in...

I had 401ks, a 528 deferred comp plan and IRAs and turned it ALL into a self-directed IRA which I then turned into gold and some silver.?

I have since closed out the account and hold my own assets. I don?t trust the government, especially once they proffered the idea of confiscating it all and ?giving? us T bills instead. Oh yeah, that sounds like a plan ? to rip us off!

Reckoner FI concurs. Writes FI...

If it were me I?d cash in ALL of my 401(K), Roth IRA, AND regular IRA. In fact, I did just that in 2005 and have been ecstatic that I did so. The penalties and taxes I paid were very small compared to where my gold and silver are now.

As long as your money is in these accounts, it is NOT in YOUR hands and under your direct control. Therefore, you are at the ?mercy? of a custodian to not go bankrupt and take your money with them, as well as having to depend on them to make distributions to you.

In addition to all of the above, how many investments can you think of that have done better since 2005?

To me, this decision seems to be a no-brainer.

From Maryland, here?s what Reckoner Eric K. says...

Don?t be silly. You don?t have to pay that tax and you can multiply your gains in gold bullion by buying gold stocks that are quite cheap right now. Eventually you will have to pay some tax on the non-Roth but your gains can be huge.

Of course, there were other suggestions too...though their efficacy/relevance would depend on the nature of the individual accounts...

HuskerDu writes:?In response to Husker, why not hold the gold in your 401K? You could engineer a foreign property purchase, then a gold swap as a mortgage holding.

Glover says:?Sounds like a good idea taking funds from the 401k account to invest in gold bullion but to avoid the early withdrawal just take a loan against the account and set up a 12-month or 24- month repayment. Only a small processing fee and low interest on the loan.?

And Reckoner Ron writes:?Here?s a suggestion for your 401k for gold. Just open an account with an IRA firm that deals with gold bullion brokers (I know several), have them transfer the amount you want to move to gold or silver or the full amount. These firms deal with all types of assets not just metals and purchase your metals. No need to pay taxes now. The taxes will stay deferred under 401k rules. Hope this helps.

And finally, one anonymous, cheery Reckoner writes in to say...

My first question to you is ?how much do you (really) want to protect what is yours (and the family)?? In other words; how long do you think fiat money will ?protect what is yours???

Food prices are up 150% since 2008 and in general energy prices have doubled. How long before all durable goods are effected in the same manner? In 1966 I almost bought a car for $3,500. Last year the same comparable car would have cost over 40K.

Cigarettes were 0.20 cents a pack and now you?re lucky if you can buy the ?same name brand? for $5 a pack.

A few years back I purchased a Perth Mint Certificate and purchased silver at just under $18 an ounce. After paying the penalty (IRA) and my capital gains, I had to gain back an approximate 40% loss just to break even. If you do the math you will see I?m ahead now and the rest is ?icing-on-the-cake?.

Bite the bullet and pay the piper! A few years down the road you will realize it was the best thing you ever did to protect what is yours and your families.

Hmmm...let?s see now. If you bought silver now at $33 an ounce and it reached $54 (40% to break even)?you may not have to wait as long as I did to make up your loss.?

One word of caution: can you stomach the roller coaster ride during the waiting game.

Good luck in you decision ? not if ? but when!

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Thanks to everyone who wrote in with suggestions. We?ll have some more during the week to come. In Bernanke?s War-on-Savers world, we freedom-minded folk do well to stick together.

Enjoy your weekend.

Cheers,

Joel Bowman
Managing Editor
The Daily Reckoning

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State of the Movement: Canada's Blood & Honour Part 2

NOTE: As this article is pretty screen shot heavy, we decided that we would divide it into three parts. This article is Part 2.

We may very well have as many boneheads reading our blog as we do anti-racists, so we were not at all surprised when Jessie Lajoie commented on our article on the Blood & Honour International forums:

What resulted included statements of denial and disbelief, anger, disgust, bemusement, resignation (to the fact that the Canadian B&H members were embarrassments), and righteous indignation:











Hmmm, would this be a bad time to let them know that you once posted under the name, "Massochistic Skinhead" Jessie?








We're going to stop here for just a moment because we would like to introduce our readers to a new character in this particular passion play. Meet, "rizz88." In her real world life she is known as Marissa Kissack. Marissa is Jessie's new girlfriend.

But we hear you asking, "Whatever happened to his last girlfriend and the mother of hid daughter?"

Oh. Word is he abandoned her.

Much like McKee abandoned his child.

And Noble abandoned his.

And Tyler Lupkowski has abandoned not one, but now two children with two different mothers.

So we can now add Jessie to a VERY long list of men in the racist movement who claim to adhere to David Lane's maxim, "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children" so long as it doesn't mean actually taking responsibility for the care of those children.

But we digress.?

Finally, the man of the hour appears and attempts to justify what White Nationalists consider to be a terrible sin.... and what normal people might consider a good time spent with friends:


Having made his case, his detractors on the forum apologized and congratulated him on his novel approach to spreading the ideas of White Nationalism.

Naw! They shot him down....

.... and then banned him.
So given he no longer posts on Stormfront and his own forum was hacked and offline, it looked like we wouldn't see much more of Bill Noble online.

Except that he eventually fixed his own forum.

We wonder what he'll talk about there?

Source: http://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/2012/09/state-of-movement-canadas-blood-honour_22.html

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This is one of probably the most essential elements to think about will be the nature and severity of one?s hearing loss. Your hearing expert can help you understand your unique loss characteristics, and clarify the models that will best suit your requirements. This may involve undertaking numerous hearing test to determine the extent from the hearing loss and most appropriate product.

Lifestyle

It is essential to consider you way of life and once the hearing help is to be worn. What are the things you do that are most affected by hearing loss? Does you hearing stop you from undertaking certain tasks or activities? Does you loss of hearing impact your job? Talk about your requirements using the hearing expert who can suggest products which suit your way of life

Technologies

The high quality from the sound is maybe probably the most essential consideration. With advancements of digital hearing aids the quality from the sound can frequently be fined tuned to suit your needs. Again the hearing professional will be able to assist you to assess the level of sophistication you?ll need based on a range of problems.

Size

Hearing aids are now frequently extremely little and discreet. Nevertheless, in case your eyesight or dexterity is less than what they utilized to be, size may indeed matter. As a vey small hearing aid might be to fiddly to manage. Alternatively, some new instruments adjust automatically or via remote control.

Appearance

Hearing aids now are available in a number of sizes, from tiny, completely-in-the-canal models to those that sit behind the ear. Many people are overly concerned about look, and it?s smart to remember that others will probably be far much less conscious of your help than you. Most hearing aids are quite discreet. Think about the functionality and improvement in hearing, instead of just look.

The ear

The size and shape of your outer ear and ear canal might also influence your choice of a hearing help. For instance, if your canal is incredibly narrow, in-the-canal aids may not function for you. Your hearing professional will assist figure out which hearing aid choices are suitable for you.

One ear or two ears?

Two ears are much better than one, because binaural, or two-ear hearing, is what assists us determine where sounds are coming from, and to distinguish between competing sounds much more effortlessly. When you have a hearing loss in only 1 ear, you might be fine with one hearing help. Age- and noise-related hearing loss tend to impact both ears, but your hearing profile for each ear is most likely different. If there?s a loss in both ears, then you will advantage much more with a binaural method. In addition, some of the advantages of digital technologies require two hearing aids.

Today, about two-thirds of new purchasers opt for dual hearing aids, and as a group, they report a higher degree of satisfaction than purchasers of a single help. Talk about the pros and cons with your hearing professional.

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