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The Death of Vine and the Future of Online Video
Back in October, Twitter announced it was shuttering Vine, the 6-second looping video app responsible for some of the internet's greatest ADD masterpieces. Twitter purchased Vine about four years ago for $30 million, and at first things were going great. It was the shiny new toy in the world of online video, and casual users as well as marketers were getting on-board in droves. Since then, the platform has remained a popular resource for specific types of content, but hasn't grown with marketers enough to be a money machine for Twitter. So what went wrong for Vine?
Sometimes Doing the Right Thing Isn't Doing the Right Thing
Somehow, it feels like a quote from the clueless sergeant in the 2003 american film classic SWAT is applicable here.
Ironically, that clip would have worked great on Vine! But it actually does make sense in this context. There's an argument to be made here that nothing went wrong for Vine. It's a fun app that seamlessly allows quick, loopable sharing for lots of different types of videos. The main pieces of content that it seems to me worked on Vine were homegrown comedy and sports oddities. And Vine was awesome for both of these things. Look no further than exhibits A and B below:
Vine became a boon for amateur comedians and regular people looking to post some creative, quick-edited video content online. As mentioned above, it did hold some appeal for brands willing to flex their creative muscles. And to this point, some big brands did see the value in Vine. The NBA maintains a channel with over 4,700 unique posts and 1.8 million followers that's garnered just about 2.5 billion (yes, with a B) loops.
Other brands used Vine as a distribution channel for their online video as well. Lowes had a channel with 37,000 followers that piled up 65 million plus loops. But their cadence was never consistent, posting about bi-weekly. Samsung has about 40 million loops on their channel. But similar to Lowes, their posting wasn't consistent. And that leads to what did go wrong.
The Bottom Line is the Bottom Line
Fun online videos with an army of screaming ducks and a drumming dog are awesome. In fact, they are beyond awesome. There is no doubt in my mind that in many ways Vine represents the fun-loving antidote to the poison that runs through the blood of social media via anonymous eggs spewing hate on Twitter, angry echo-chambers on Facebook, and a general unwillingness for lots of people to be decent to one another everywhere online. Vine was a good thing for the internet.
But being a fun, creative outlet doesn't drive revenue. A robust advertising engine with opportunities for marketers to get in front of a specific audience, and drive conversions and engagement does. And at the end of the day, Vine was never able to jump aboard the paid media train, and it never developed targeting tools well enough for brands to maximize their use of the tool to reach specific audiences. And over time, brands got away from Vine, and moved toward platforms that gave them these tools.
As far back as December 2015, AdWeek was reporting on a significant drop-off in the use of Vine by big brands. Citing research from Tubular Labs, they show that just 4% of the online video from the brands they surveyed was being posted to Vine. From Lauren Johnson in that same article: "One of the main reasons brands are turning away from Vine is because unlike its competitors, Vine doesn't have an advertising model, although brands often buy Twitter ads to promote their clips, noted Topher Burns, group director of distribution at Deep Focus."
If marketers pour resources into a tool that doesn't give them any tangible results they can run up the totem pole to the C-Suite, they're eventually going to cut bait with the tool. Ultimately, this is one of the things that led to the demise of Vine.
Too Many Online Video Tools for the Common User
Four years ago, the tools for the average person to upload and share online video were much more limited than they are today. Snapchat was just starting to gain significant traction around the time that Twitter purchased Vine. Video wasn't available on Instagram until June of 2013. Periscope and Facebook like were still light-years (in internet time) away.
But now, the market is flooded with creative outlets for the average person to make online video. Snapchat provides an intimacy and connection with friends that has driven it to become a default messaging app for a generation, helping to push its daily user base to over 60 million. Despite being purchased by Facebook, Instagram has remained pure enough as a photo sharing app, growing its user base to more than 500 million monthly as of this summer. Facebook continues to prioritize video, and remains the biggest online platform ever, with 1.18 billion (again, yes, with a B) daily active users as of September 2016.
Each of these tools provides a benefit that Vine lacked. For Snapchat, percecived privacy and a direct connection. For Instagram, creativity through editing and filters. For Facebook, and unparalleled reach. All of this doesn't even bring up YouTube, boasting more than one billion users of its own. Even with the support of Twitter, however much support that was, Vine simply couldn't keep up.
The Hype About Hype
Vine may be dead (or at least going out to pasture), but the people behind it have already announced a new app that might be able to compete with some of the elements that make the other networks so popular. On November 2, two of the founders of Vine announced Hype, which in short can be described as streaming video with advanced production tools. From the horse's mouth:
"Put simply, our goal with HYPE is to elevate storytelling on mobile by building the most expressive and flexible creative video tools, coupled with real time input from the audience. While developing HYPE, we were inspired by the evolution of TV and desktop broadcasting — these areas continue to grow in quality and expression, while mobile video has remained relatively simple and one-dimensional. We think there's a better experience to be had, one that uses the phone's capabilities to full effect and blends the creator's own media into their live broadcast."
Whether Hype will join the long list of apps that failed to compete with the big boys in online video, or if it will rise to their level is obviously yet to be seen. But their concept is definitely an interesting one. And they do have the backing of one of the initial investors in Snapchat to boot.
A good rule of thumb for marketers, as we've talked about time and time again, is to never become too enamoured with any one tool. A diversified approach to online video is always going to be the most prudent approach. Who knows – while you're busy pouring all your time into Snapchat, you could be missing out on the next Snapchat!


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A Fully Reimaged Marketer and Creator Experience Built Upon a Next Generation Workflow and Analytics.
ORLANDO, FL (April 23, 2018) – IZEA Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: IZEA), operator of IZEAx®, the premier online marketplace connecting brands and publishers with influential content creators, has announced the release of IZEAx 3.0 Unity Suite. The new platform integrates all aspects of content creation, distribution, payments, and communications into a seamless and flexible platform designed for enterprise influencer and content marketing organizations.
The announcement was made today during the IZEA "Better Together" streaming event. A video archive of the event can be found at izea.com/unity after 5pm Est. on April 23rd.
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IZEAx 3.0 provides intuitive templates for the most common types of influencer marketing programs, but also allows for complete customization based on campaign objectives. Influencers can be activated on multiple platforms simultaneously, with any combination of posts and individual requirements, with unified workflow management and reporting.
Unity Workflow introduces the concepts of tasks and roles, which allow multiple people to collaborate inside of one project. For example, a writer, photographer, and editor could all work together to produce a single piece of content. Tasks can also be completed by either human or robot workers within the same project. For example, a writer could write an article, a plagiarism bot could check that article, and text-to-speech software service could generate an audio narration mp3.
Unity Calendar
Integrated within Unity Workflow is an all-new content calendar for both Marketers and Creators. The calendar enables Marketers to quickly and easily manage production and publishing schedules for all the Creators participating in a given campaign. New flexible timelines allow Marketers and Creators to collaborate on changing deliverables and adjust the timing of tasks and as needed.
Direct Pay and Flexible Compensation
IZEA has renamed IZEA Pay to Direct Pay and further enhanced the offering. Marketers can now reimburse influencers for expenses like trips, tickets, and materials from within Unity Workflow, with expenses, invoices, and receipts tied to the campaign. IZEA has also introduced flexible compensation to IZEAx, providing non-cash compensation support. This allows Marketers to provide Influencers with products, services or experiences while still retaining control over content creation, publishing, and measurement within Unity Workflow.
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IZEAx's suite of analytics for influencer marketing has been rebuilt and reimagined from the ground up. The experience has been significantly enhanced with a brand-new content-forward interface and robust data analysis. Analytics are available at the campaign or project level, with multiple detailed metrics reports for each engagement type. Unity Analytics also breaks down performance on a per platform, per creator, and per URL basis. Performance tracking in Unity Suite includes 3rd party tracking pixels, tracking links, and the ability to assign individual links to influencers for complete e-commerce funnel analysis by a Marketer. A brand-new Unity Analytics API is available for enterprise customers to integrate into their own dashboards.
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IZEA has expanded their commitment to enterprise grade security, access control, and uptime. IZEAx 3.0 supports Single Sign On through SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language). SAML allows enterprise customers to use their existing identity provider to manage access control to IZEAx without any additional registration or passwords to manage. The implementation works with identity providers like Oracle, Google, IBM, and Microsoft, and any system that supports the SAML open standard. IZEA has also launched a public facing network status page at status.izea.com.
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So. Last Monday, after walking my boys to their first day of school at their new school, my three year old and I walked back home. We waited for our driveway demo to begin, but no one was showing up. We ran some errands. When we got back, Rick "the bobcat guy" had begun to fill up his dumpsters with bricks from the driveway. And the bricks were in great condition. I scrambled to put on my work clothes and start rescuing them from the dumpster before they were taken away. We plan to do a lot more to our yard and those bricks will come in handy in a walkway or flowerbed or something.
I was cheering and sweating as I watched the bobcat scoop out the birdsnest bushes in front of our house. My wheelbarrow was heavy and Eric, my three-year-old was yelling to me from his bedroom window for explanations about what was going on. And then Rick "the bobcat guy" hit a water line hidden under a bush.
Water gushed everywhere and I ran into the house to turn the main water off. That didn't stop the gushing. Rick plied open the water meter and turned off the water there. The gushing stopped. I was a little disappointed I couldn't make lunch for my darling three year old and get a shower until the pipe could be fixed. After feeding Eric at my mom's house, I went to Home Depot and bought a $2 caps so that the water could be turned back on. Then we could have a normal day. I could lovingly greet my children after their first day of school, make dinner, and smile as I hugged my husband to tell him about the boys' great day.
But we never were able to go back into the house. Rick "the bobcat guy" hit our gas line while I was at Home Depot. He called the local gas company. He greeted me as I returned from Home Depot by saying, "You better call the fire department." We were evacuated. Our neighbors were evacuated. The gas company worked for the next 6 hours to fix the line and dissipate the fumes so that we weren't all blown to kingdom come. And Rick knew that the gas company would hold him responsible.
Now we have hired a new crew. The driveway is coming. But we are spooked. Concrete is expensive stuff that can really be done wrong. And it's so expensive to fix, many people just deal with the cracked/peeling/misshapen product rather than spend the money. I am not sleeping well. In fact, three times yesterday I started crying over my son's too-short Sunday pants, a speech I saw days ago during the RNC (Pat Finlayson--watch a clip here), and the brick wall to be built some day, and I kind-of couldn't stop crying.
Can't wait to post about our beautiful driveway . . . This means that our last biggest project on the house that we have to pay someone else to do will be over. And maybe I can get a grip on my sleep and my tears.


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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Review: Curse Of Shazam, part 1
We are then introduced to Dr Sivana, who has been keeping track of all this. Sivana, in this new take, is not a short, scrawny elderly gent, but appears to be youngish, tall, and muscular. For some reason he reminds me of the modern version of Professor Hugo Strange. We get a recap of Black Adam from Sivana, who figures the current abductions are tied into this legend, and we learn Sivana has spent his life trying to save his family. Well, at least he's not a millionaire businessman copy-cat of Luthor.
Cut to Philadelphia, seven months later (no more Fawcett City?). We meet Billy, at an orphanage, who is being interviewed by prospective foster parents, the Vasquezes. Billy seems very polite, and the Vasquezes mention they have other foster kids (Freddy Freeman, perhaps?). But as soon as the Vasquezes agree to take Billy and leave, we see Billy's true colors. He's a jerk. He's a trouble maker.
Then there is a full page shot of Captain Mar... er, Shazam as a teaser for the next chapter.
My thoughts: The script was well written, and kept my interest. The art was also good, but some choices in the character design are questionable, such as Sivana now being a big burly guy, and I'm not too fond of the rather dorky hoody Captain Mar... er, Shazam now sports. As for Billy being a jerk and only pretending to be a nice kid... well, we'll just have to see how that plays out. It's too early to tell. Overall, I would grade this first chapter a B-.
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Effing awful. Skimmed it at the shop, but will not spend money on this junk. Screw DC.
- March 21, 2012 at 11:08 PM
I can dig this issue.
With only 12 pages to work with, I was quite impressed of how Johns was able to create a high level of intrigue. As for Billy being a jerk, well, as you wrote, it's too early to tell whether that's his behaviour toward Mrs. Glover (No more Minerva!), or his overall demeanor. They obviously have history.
As for the abrupt transformation into Captain Marvel (I don't care DC, He's always gonna be Captain Marvel to me!), it left me puzzled. The events of the beginning happen 7 months prior to Billy's transformation. Are we to assume that between those 7 months, Billy had already met the Wizard? Or that the electrical explosion in Philadelphia, is what prompted Shazam to immediately give Billy the power?
- March 23, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- Shazamaholic said...
Chris, my guess is the last two pages are a preview of what's to come, not a linear continuation of the story. Ironically, Grant Morrison did this a lot in the "Batman & Robin" title.
- March 24, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Despite never having liked anything that Geoff Johns has ever written, I didn't hate this. So I guess that's good. I'm willing to give it a chance.
- March 25, 2012 at 9:52 PM
- Walt Grogan said...
My guess is that something will eventually happen to Sivana that will not only change his appearance but also drive him mad.
- May 8, 2012 at 12:01 AM
- Shazamaholic said...
Walt, I have heard fan rumors that magic may turn Sivana's body troll-like. I guess we just have to wait to see how it plays out. Regarding Freddy's blond hair, I wonder if that is a nod to Elvis, who had light brown hair, and dyed it black once he became a movie star. If and when Freddy becomes Kid Shazam (or whatever he'll be called), will he have black hair in his superpowered state?
- May 8, 2012 at 1:40 PM


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Personal & Desktop Rollabind punches: $21.56 & 43.96
At the suggestion of someone else on these boards I checked out Wilde-Ideas. They are having a 20% off sale. (Note, sale ends on March 21 at 5:00 PM). I read the fine print and didn't think it would apply to the Rolla items because they were already on sale but I did see the additional discount taken off of my entire purchase.
So the personal and desktop punches wound up costing about $21.56 & 43.96 respectively.
The discs were about $3.59 and $4.31 for the black and multi-color translucent respectively in small and medium (50 and 40 per bag). They only had one metallic color (bright silver) in size large and those would be $10.79 for a package of 30, after the additional 20% off.
I did go to Levenger at lunch today and picked up the last two packages of red Circa rings advertised at $3.95 for a package of 22. They also had four bags of matte gold Circa rings at this price, which I also bought. Now that I know how much the Rolla costs in metallic I think I got a pretty good deal on the Circa gold.
Regarding the mold marks I've heard about. I did notice them on some of the loose Circa rings at the Levenger store. For the price I paid for Circa rings, compared to the Rollabind discs, I have to hope that Circa has substantially fewer mold marks.
Also, I picked up a free Circa Junior starter notebook.
Wish me luck on a fast Wilde-Ideas shipment so I can get started on a customized Circa hPDA!!!!
Thanks for all the feedback. Especially from those that suggested Wilde-Ideas.
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I forgot to mention the free shipping for orders of $99.00 and over. For orders of $49.00 and over Domestic Ground shipping is only $4.99. I think this is their normal shipping policy.
So for a little more than $100.00 I got a desktop punch, two personal punches and 4 bags of small and medium sized discs (with 50 and 40 discs per bag) and one bag of large discs (30 per bag); for a total of about 210 discs.
That's less than what you would pay for the desktop punch crafters kit with 144 discs on Ebay ($99.95 plus $9.50 for shipping and handling). So it's like I'm getting the two personal punches, 66 extra discs and shipping for free.
However, the sale ends on Monday.
I do have one question for anyone familiar with Wilde-Ideas. At the end of my order I got a message saying I would receive an email confirmation. Which of course I didn't get. I then added their email address to my address book (which seems to be the way you re-set the Spam filter for my ISP, Verizon) and I then went back to the site and used my order number to try and get a status. I tried again this morning, still no luck. Is that just because it's the weekend? I'm not too worried because I do have the order number and I have a printout of the order; but I am curious.
This was part of my hesitation in buying online and why I was asking about a bricks and mortar store in my area. I'm pretty sure I'll be ok; I'm just wondering if this is an indication of how the shipping process will go and whether I'll probably wind up on the phone with them at some point.
Wilde-Ideas process
When I ordered from them, I immediately got an email saying the order was received (your spam filter may have caught that one). A day or two later I got an email indicating which parts were in stock and which were not. If all of your stuff is in stock then you'll probably just get the shipping notice, which I got later (after working out issues with out of stock stuff).
If any of your stuff is out of stock, they'll ask you what you want to do and give you an estimate of when they'll have new stock (if they know).
The online order status thingy basically just told me 'order received' until I got an emailed shipping notice. At that point I quit checking the online doodad, I am pretty sure I had a tracking number from the shipping email.
So give them a couple of days--they don't work on weekends--to figure out the stock situation and send you a note. Or you can call them up and ask--the emails seem to come from the same person I got on the phone.
Thanks again
I just responded to your reply to another post of mine. Thanks again for the input.
Ultimately I think I'll be very glad that I got over my hangup about using my credit card over the internet. Unless someone steals my credit card info, despite their multiple assurances about "secure transactions".
Credit card transactions.
I've been using my credit info over the internet for about 9 years now, and I've never had any problems with any of my online purchases.
Ironically, one of the brick-and-mortar stores I use regularly had their data hacked and I had to get a new card and number from my bank. That was three or four years ago, I think.
If someone is stealing my identity, they haven't messed up my credit yet. :)
Anyway, the lesson is that using a credit card at any time carries a bit of risk. You should check your report annually, make sure your card has a good fraud policy--like that they'll call you to confirm anything suspicious, and if you have a debit card on a bank account, make sure you don't keep your life savings in that same account. :) Be wary, but don't be crippled by your vigilance.
Credit Card Vigilance
Good point.
$43 for desktop punch?
Are you sure it is $43 for the desktop punch? I just looked and it says $53 and that is including the 20% off. The only good news there, with it being over $49 it qualifies for the $4.99 flat rate shipping.
When you go to your shopping cart make sure to enter the coupon code "IRISH" ...
Does yours state that an additional 20% discount was applied?
I guess I should've read the thing on their site about the sale. I had just added to the cart and tried to checkout, didn't realize I needed to enter a code. With the code, the punch with shipping ends up being what it was without the shipping and the code.
Discount Code: Irish
I almost made that mistake myself. Sorry I didn't think to mention that in my earlier post.
It may not be too late to cancel your order and resubmit it.
ETA - Here is the address to their "Conditions of Use and Store Policy". http://wilde-ideas.com/Docs/Policies.html#cancelations
If you scroll about half way down you'll find their Cancellation policy. Check your order status. If it hasn't been filled yet you may be able to cancel and re-order with the discount.
Good luck.
ordered with the code
I actually stopped my order when the prices looked higher than they should be. So - no need to cancel, just finished the order up with the code "IRISH" and all is good. Without the code, it was $53 or so for the desktop punch, $58 with shipping. With the code it was $48 with shipping! I think they applied the better shipping rate because my order was over $50 and THEN applied the discount. A nice happy surprise.
Revised pending order??
So you were able to check on the status of a completed order and apply the "Irish" discount before the order was filled?
I was pleased that the shipping discount was applied automatically but I think that's because that isn't a special offer but rather their regular policy.
ETA - If you can revise a pending order I might add another desktop punch for my sister once I can pull my order up for a status. It isn't showing right now because I placed my order late Friday; I'm hoping it will show tomorrow (Monday).
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Tanacetum balsamita
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Pronunciation: TAN-uh-SEE-tum bal-SAM-it-uh
Family: Asteraceae
Synonym: Balsamita major, Chrysanthemum balsamita
Common Name: Costmary, Alecost
Plant Type:
- herb
- perennial
Height to: 36in (90cm)
Width to: 18in (45cm)
USDA Hardiness Zones:
- 0 to -10ºF ZONE 6
- 10 to 0ºF ZONE 7
- 20 to 10ºF ZONE 8
- 30 to 20ºF ZONE 9
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- early autumn
Bloom Description: Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) produces numerous flowerheads to 1/2" across, with tiny white ray florets and yellow disk florets, which are borne in corymbs.
Soil Type: prefers well drained, preferably sandy soil.
- Skin irritant
Plant Perks:
- Fragrant
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- Rock Garden
Pests and Diseases: Aphids, chrysanthemum nematode, and leaf miners may all be problems
Propagation: Sow seed of Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) at 50-55.F in late winter or early spring. Divide or root basal cuttings in spring
Native to: Europe, C. Asia
Winter Sowing Zones: Zones 6-8
Notes for Identification:
Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita) is a mat-forming, woody-based, rhizomatous perennial with oblong to elliptic, scalloped, softly silver-hairy basal leaves, to 12" long, and smaller, stalkless leaves on erect stems.
Grown for its balsam-scented foliage (often used in potpourri) and is suitable for a herb garden.
Only moderately aggressive, spreading by rhizomes and self-seeding.
Source: Various sources including The American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and the USDA
USDA Heat Zones (days above 86ºF):
- 45 to 60 days ZONE 6
- 60 to 90 days ZONE 7
- 90 to 120 days ZONE 8
- 120 to 150 days ZONE 9
Submitted by: Bb
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FURMAN UNIVERSITY (about 44 miles; GREENVILLE, SC; FT enrollment: 2,915)
Private high school in Cowpens, South Carolina:
MOUNTAIN VIEW CHRISTIAN ACAD (Students: 188; Location: 650 BATTLEGROUND ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Cowpens, South Carolina:
COWPENS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 524; Location: P O BOX 70; Grades: 06 - 08)
COWPENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 458; Location: 341 FOSTER STREET; Grades: PK - 05)
Strongest AM radio stations in Cowpens, South Carolina:
WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WORD (950 AM; 5 kW; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
WWOL (780 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WSPA (910 AM; 4 kW; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
WFGN (1180 AM; daytime; 3 kW; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: HOPE BROADCASTING, INC.)
WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
WKDY (1400 AM; 1 kW; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ASSOCIATED BROADCASTING CORP.)
WBAJ (890 AM; daytime; 50 kW; BLYTHEWOOD, SC; Owner: FAMILY FIRST)
WCEO (840 AM; daytime; 50 kW; COLUMBIA, SC; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Cowpens, South Carolina:
WYFG (91.1 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
WSSL-FM (100.5 FM; GRAY COURT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WROQ (101.1 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: OBC BROADCASTING, INC.)
WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
WMUU-FM (94.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
WEPR (90.1 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WGWG (88.3 FM; BOILING SPRINGS, NC; Owner: GARDNER-WEBB JUNIOR COLLEGE, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Cowpens, South Carolina:
WRET-TV (Channel 49; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
WBSC-TV (Channel 40; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: ANDERSON (WFBC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)


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When Ana awakened from her concoction of sleep and mock-sleep, she was clutching the white dress, and her spiral-bound notepad, suddenly taking flight, carefully negotiated tall, snow-capped pines to manage a skillful crash landing in a lucky-to-be-found clearing. It was now nearly midnight and Alexa had vanished. Ana, feeling lightheaded, put down the rumpled dress, picked up the notepad, and, with a few mincing steps, made her way to the door where, pressing her elfin nose to the glass, she stared listlessly into the semidarkness. She looked in desperation for the would-be thief, while her imagination, fleeting across the candlelight paleness of the snowy terrain, was trying to produce tangible traces of a lost prince. She quivered in dim hope for some sign of the boy. After a time she grabbed hastily the coat from the back of the chair, put it on, and, leaving it unbuttoned, opened the door. A stream of cold air rushed in and wrapped itself around her like a boa wraps its prey.
"I'm still on duty," said the gelid voice from the darkness. There was a brief silence till Ana whispered, "My soldier boy!" Tiny flecks of snow landed on the wings of her nose and he entered timidly, noticeably ashamed at having stayed out for so long in the bitter cold. He cupped his hands together and tried to warm them with his ardent breath.
"I don't even know your name," she said, tensing her thin, dark brows.
He dusted the snow from his sleeves, squared his shoulders, and said, "Peter, Peter Menard, but my friends call me Frankenstein."
Ana stood on the tip of her toes to see if there were in his eyes rumblings of a bellicose monster. "That's a strange thing to call someone!"
"You see, my father was a tool and die maker, and he now owns a hardware store. I help out on Saturdays," began Peter. "And since I always played with nuts and bolts as a boy, the name was a natural." He turned to her, and seeing as if for the first time her bright eyes, was immediately struck by the queer impression that her satiny black hair was that of a proud gelding in the early light of day. Ana folded her arms and sighed. "So that was from your father's hardware store. And to think I accused you of being a thief," said Ana, reproaching herself for having reached an unjust conclusion. "Why didn't you say anything?"
"Would it have made a difference? People believe what they want to," said Peter looking deep into her eyes.
"I would have believed you," insisted Ana leaning indolently on the bookcase by the window. "You never asked me for my name, though. It's Ana."
"I know. Anna with one 'n.' I saw it before, on one of your notebooks," said Peter, smarting from his early discovery.
"You're a spy, then. Sent from some unscrupulous government. But I don't care. I still have your feather," said the girl, lowering her suddenly doleful eyes.
"It's very late and now that we have properly introduced ourselves I must go," said Peter darkly. They had been moving closer and closer to one another, and Peter touched her milky cheek with the unexpected warmth of his sunfilled hand, after which, in an unbearable sweep, he turned around, opened the door, whence there blew a whirlwind of frosty pollen. And as though the razorlike cold of the night were his true mistress, Peter left silently and without a trace.
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I am hooked as well. Doling out the delicious installments, one by one, like pieces of chocolates from a box of Godivas. It crossed my mind Peter (aka Frankenstein) might be a product of Ana's imagination…
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Today was my day off. It was also the instructor's only day off in a long line of workdays, but he offered to come in and train us if we wanted him to. My partner and I both felt like we needed more time, and jumped at the chance.
I went in early and spent two valuable hours in the ground simulator learning avionics by myself. He showed up and we worked the GFS for another hour before the instructor stuck his head in. Turns out the simulator was indeed available, and we could do that if we wanted. Outstanding – let's go!
I was excited for the opportunity to straighten out my steep turns and try to get a handle on the basic stall series in this aircraft. I knew I could do it, but had worried that just one session would not be enough. Then my phone pinged with a teammate asking if I knew of a Baron pilot based at Wilmington.
I had spoken about my hangar neighbor before, and how he flew a Baron and kept it in the hangar right next door to mine. He talked about flying down to the Carolinas to play golf, and of course, about our airplanes. Through him I met a G280 Captain flying out of Philly, and the prospect of knowing someone in that community was a stroke of good fortune for me. I wanted to get some airtime in those as a contract pilot, and knowing someone local flying those would be good.
The question itself felt ominous, and it turns out that it was bad news. It appeared that a Baron went down and one person was DOA. There may have been two people aboard. I hoped it was not my neighbor Terrence, and I further hoped that it wasn't the instructor/G280 captain I'd met. They were both very nice people, and loved my airplane. I didn't want it to be anyone hurt, of course, but for my own sake let it not be the two I did know.
I called Terrence's instructors number and left a message. I told him that a Baron had gone down, and I'd appreciate a text to confirm he and Terrence were ok. Then I got into the sim just a little shaken. Those of us who fly light aircraft understand the risks, and form a community.
In the simulator again. I start out in the right seat and Dan is in the left. He had the airwork down already, so he gets ahead a little and practices V1 cuts. V1 cuts are engine failures that occur just at the moment you are are ready to leave the runway. He does well, and we move on to the finer art of flying approaches with full automation. I'm learning as well as he is during this phase, but worry that I haven't yet even tried a V1 cut in this airplane while Dan is ahead. Then I remember that this isn't a race. Or if it is a race, it is only with yourself.
It is my turn now in the left seat, and I practice steep turns repeatedly. Instead of +/- 250 feet up and down, I hold it to 20′ of deviation and fly the stalls within limits. The approach to landing stall needs work, but we spent a good 20 minutes cleaning me up (both my partner and the instructor contributing), and too much of that intense work becomes non-productive.
We ended the session with me doing a CATII approach using RAW data and no autopilot. I landed the airplane on the centerline without ever looking outside. What a machine.
Baron Crash Update. Terrence's instructor Tom got back to me and confirmed it was indeed Terrence's airplane that went down. Later that night, other friends and colleagues called to let me know that Terrence had been killed, along with one other well known airport figure. Since Tom was not available as an instructor, Terrence brought Al D along instead. Terrence was clearly not yet comfortable in the airplane, and wisely sought further instruction.
Al was an older gentleman who was a successful retired person, working as a CFI and as an operations guy for the airport for the airport authority. Sadly, Al was killed along with Terrence.
Getting ready for SIM 03. So I'm up early today and going for a breakfast of cereal and coffee. I'll facetime Beverly and then go hit the GFS ground sim for a few hours before our 6 hours in the simulator. Tonight I'll be back at my hotel studying limitations, and hopefully not feel entirely behind. I hear that SIM04 and SIM05 are a real bitch.
Prayers and kind thoughts to the families of Terrence and Al. The pilot community mourns their loss.


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Veterans Day 2017 Free Meals – Where, When & Who Is Offering
Veterans Day is Saturday, and numerous businesses around the nation will thank service members for their daring and sacrifice with discounts, offers and the Veterans Day Free Meals.
Big and renowned national chains are also participating. At almost all the places listed below, veterans need to show the proof of service, regardless of whether retired, currently serving or reserve. Most of the offers can only be availed just on Nov. 11 and some on the day prior.
BJ Restaurants: It will offer free dinners on menu things $12.95 or less on Friday and Saturday both.
Porto's Bakery: On showing the valid ID proof Veterans will get a free box of pastries Friday and Saturday.
Boston Market: Buy one supper and drink, get another free with a coupon. It isn't important to demonstrate an ID, however clients must present a coupon.
Denny's: On Friday, between 5 a.m. to 12 noon, nation servers will get the "Build Your Own Grand Slam" dish free.
IHOP: Military personnel will get the devoted Red, White and Blue Pancake combo from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday. A part of the proceeds will go to the Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation.
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Applebees Neighborhood Grill: Service members can choose from the special 7 veterans day free meals on Saturday.
Veterans Day is Saturday, and a huge number of national chains, stores and different associations are putting forth up Veterans Day Freebies 2017 to those who served. Here are some of the many offers in metro Detroit:
Great Clips:- Former and active duty personnel get a free haircut on Veterans Day or get a free haircut card to use through Dec. 31. Likewise non-veterans who get a haircut Saturday get a free haircut card to gift to a veteran.
National Coney Island:- Free coneys to those with valid military ID or confirmation of service on Saturday. Dine in only, restrain two for every individual for each visit. Not valid at Detroit Metro Airport areas.
Panera:- Free breakfast sandwiches until 10 a.m. Saturday at participating locations. After 10, military members get a coupon for a free pastry to use on a future visit.
Texas Roadhouse:- Free lunch for veterans, active or retired military personnel, from 11am to 2pm on Saturday. pick one of 10 courses, including a 6-ounce sirloin and two produced using scratch sides in addition to a decision of any Coca-Cola item, frosted tea or espresso amid lunch. Visitors must show evidence of service, for example, military or VA card, or release papers
For detailed information visit:- http://www.veteransday2017.com


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This year we're packing boxes to help our local Ministry Partners as they serve in our city! You can pick up a white box and choose a packing list during weekend services. If you'd like to deliver your box(es) directly to the partner, you often can. Or turn boxes in during a weekend service by Dec. 15.
Below you'll find ways to be intentional with your family as you build Give & Go Boxes. Pick the ideas that fit your family best, or make up your own!
Talk about the Principles & Engage God's Word
Discuss any or all of the following topics with your family, using Bible stories and scripture as much as possible.
- How local ministries use these items to build relationships and minister to people in our town. (You'll find info on the packing list flier.)
- Why we serve those who are less fortunate
- Being thankful for what God has given us
- Materialism / Loving "stuff" too much
- Sharing with others
- Sacrificing for others
- The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
- The Wise Men giving gifts to Jesus (Matthew 2:1-12)
- Jesus' own lack of "stuff" when He was born (Luke 2:1-20)
Fill the Box Intentionally!
Give & Go Boxes are a great chance for your kids to get involved at an age-appropriate AND sacrificial level. Your entire family can share their "time, talents, and treasures" to give a gift to someone in our city. Some examples:
- Take your child to the store to pick out items for the box. Encourage them to pick items they might like to receive themselves.
- Teach your children about following directions (on the packing list flier). By following directions, we can help others in ways that help best!
- If your household has an unused or gently used item that is requested for your box, show your child that sometimes we can give our own things away.
- Encourage your child to include items that connect with their "talents" - drawing a picture, writing a poem or story, taking a photo, decorating the box, including something connected to their hobby, etc..
- Let your child participate in sacrificially giving to this project. Maybe they can do extra chores to earn money, or pull from their own piggy banks to buy materials and toys. (Of course, seeing Mom or Dad do the same is a good thing!) Even if all they can afford is the $1 white box, allowing a child to invest while they serve is a great learning opportunity.
- For older kids, encourage them to dream up ways to earn money, get a lot of friends involved, throw a Packing Party, or otherwise take Give & Go Boxes "to the next level"!
Follow Your Boxes
- Visit the Ministry Partner. Many Boxes offer the opportunity to serve with the ministry, or at least drop your box off at the ministry. This is a great way to involve your kids and give them a vision for how your box is helping serve others.
- Help us hand out or collect boxes at Watermark. You and your kids can be on the receiving end of all those boxes, helping us give out information and collect Give & Go Boxes from other Watermark members! Sign up here
Pray for the People Who Will Receive Your Boxes
Spend significant time praying for the people who will receive each box, their families, and the Ministry Partner! This could include putting a prayer reminder up in your house, to see throughout the holiday season. You can usually learn a lot about a Ministry Partner by visiting their web site, as well.


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And the moral is not the legal.
It is a distinction that often seems to be lost. Admittedly, most people, when faced with the distasteful, the unpleasant or the unfair have a natural impulse to 'ban it'. That is an emotional response. As we grow up, we learn to separate the emotional from the rational. Libertarianism simply takes this ability to make distinctions to its logical conclusion.
Of course social and personal issues are important and they need to be addressed. It is a worthy goal to oppose hateful, discriminatory, bigoted or irrational conduct. The right way to do that however is by social means, such as ostracization or education. It is wrong to pretend that no harm is done by letting the political into the personal. Moreover, even when one is using purely social means to stop a harmful practice, it is important to keep the political-personal distinction in mind.
As Todd Seavey puts it in this excellent post:
Libertarianism's chief strength, then, has always been in recognizing the vast gulf between, on one hand, myriad, never-ending social complaints (along with the conflicting social philosophies built around them) and, on the other hand, the minuscule and tightly constrained range of things that rise (or, if you prefer, fall) to the level of political/legal complaints.
The more causes for political complaint people believe themselves to have, the more likely a total state becomes. If selling trans fats — or simply calling a woman fat — is deemed an assault on social justice, a Kafkaesque web of petty laws becomes more likely.
[…] Maybe it's high time we formulated a more-explicitly tiered language for talking about such distinctions, though: wrong vs. illegal vs. ought-to-be-illegal — grey area, merely unpleasant, bad idea but not really morally-loaded, etc. — since these things so often get lumped together. Libertarianism, though, like no other philosophy, hinges on recognizing these distinctions rather than treating That Which Is Bad as necessarily deserving of simultaneous avoidance, moral condemnation, outlawing, punishment by God, etc., etc., etc.
Most of my posts have been concerned with laws that arise from this failure to distinguish between the moral and the legal. There is the obscenity law, laws against prostitution, laws forbidding discrimination and hate speech, laws that regulate freedom of association, blackmail law and so on. Do these laws improve the ability of some people (the alleged victims) to make more out of their lives? Doubtful, but let us assume that they do. However, even then, any rational system of morality that makes the basic libertarian distinction between the personal and the political must conclude that such laws are immoral.
That is not to say that all laws in this complex world can be straitjacketed into a strict property-rights system. First of all, property rights can be tricky to define in the borders. Secondly, we need to make sure that whatever political system we are proposing is sustainable. The real world is full of political ambiguities. A dogmatically libertarian state just isn't in the cards, the poor aren't going to magically go away, deregulation will hurt some people. Finally liberty may be the basic moral good but it is not the only good one needs to survive. And people on the edge will always choose survival first.
In short, we do need to worry about the consequences of everything, even libertarian prescriptions. I believe that it does make sense to have a certain level of mandatory taxation, even if some of that money will necessarily go into projects you do not support. It does make sense to have a certain minimum degree of redistribution and welfare to ensure equilibrium and also to help develop the basic capacities to exercise freedom in children. It makes sense to have compulsory security checks in certain places and it most certainly makes sense to prevent private citizens from acquiring nuclear weapons. It may even make sense to mandate certain consumer protection laws — such as those that deal with information disclosure — though I am less convinced about this. And so on.
What does not make sense, is to pretend that laws like the above — all of which restrict some basic individual rights — are morally neutral/superior or liberty enhancing. They may be necessary and they may increase the happiness of many people and depending on my rational and empirical analysis of the particular issue I might even support them — but to claim that those laws are anything other than a necessary evil is unlibertarian.


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From the time he first wheeled a go-kart at speeds of 60 miles per hour as a kindergartener, it was apparent that Michael McGuire was born to race. The young speedster started his racing career at the tender age of five in 2001 and during his highly successful go-kart racing career he won over 75 feature events at ten different race tracks.
Michael moved up to modified stock cars in 2008 at age 11 and won races at Franklin County Speedway competing against men three times his age with decades of experience. He continued to climb the racing ladder in 2009 when he began his Limited Late Model campaign. He won five races and the division crown at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina. He never finished outside of the top three the entire season.
By the time he turned 12, he was setting new records. Michael became the youngest Late Model stock car winner in history and he wasted no time breaking another record by winning the Orange County Speedway Limited Late Model stock car championship shortly after turning 13.
The 2010 season continued to be record-setting, when Michael became the youngest and only 14-year-old driver in NASCAR history to win a division 2 feature event in the United States and abroad.
Division 1 is the featured top class at all NASCAR weekly racing series tracks worldwide. In 2011, NASCAR approved Michael, at age 14, to compete at this level. Again, Michael etched his name into the NASCAR record books by becoming the only 14-year-old ever to find victory lane at this level.
Michael continued his record setting success after receiving NASCAR approval at 15-years-old to compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series. This approval allowed him to make his series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway where he qualified 4th and finished 8th in his very first race. That day he qualified and finished ahead of current Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Larson and 2014 Nationwide Series champion, Chase Elliott. Michael's first five races on National Touring Series tracks resulted in one Top 5 and four Top 10 finishes. In his fourth series start, the 16-year-old driver won the pole position setting a new K&N Pro Series track record at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Michael is continuing to pursue his dream of racing at the highest levels in NASCAR. He is focused on the finish line!


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Isabella Chan earns $15,000 PEO Scholar Award
USF College of Public Health doctoral candidate Isabella Chan has been selected as a recipient of the PEO's Scholar Award, which she says will allow her to focus more completely on her dissertation work in Peru.
Chan was 100 out 738 nominees selected to receive the $15,000 award for the 2017-2018 academic year.
"The PEO Scholar Award is invaluable in allowing me to wholly focus on my dissertation and achieving my professional goals, and by proxy, the goals of the women with whom I work," Chan said, who is working toward her PhD from the Department of Global Health.
The PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Scholar Award program provides educational awards to women who are pursuing a doctoral level degree at an accredited university, according to their website. The PEO membership includes a quarter of a million members in chapters throughout the U.S. and Canada, and the group has provided more than $21 million in Scholar Awards to date.
"I was thrilled to receive the news!" she said. "I am so honored to be selected as a PEO Scholar. I actually received the email after about a week with no phone or internet, which were down because of recent landslides. I was scrolling through a mountain of emails I had to reply to and feeling overwhelmed, and the subject line caught my eye—I was so excited!"
Chan has been in Peru for the past 11 months working on her dissertation research, funded by the Inter-American Foundation's Grassroots Development Fellowship.
She was one of 16 recipients of the fellowship and has been conducting field work in the Carhuaz province of Peru, focusing on rural and indigenous women's decision-making around intimate partner violence (IPV) in non-western settings.
"As you can imagine, the research can be tough at times, emotionally challenging, but I'm very optimistic about the practical outcomes here in Carhuaz and the contributions to IPV research," she said. "I've worked in the area consistently since 2012, so it's like coming home."
Chan said her public health passion is addressing gender inequity and discrimination and its impacts on health.
"Such a passion involves more than health, but also a focus on the sociocultural and political-economic factors that shape risks for and experiences of health and illness," she said.
Chan earned both her MA in applied anthropology and her MPH in global health practice from USF.
She said she was drawn to work in Peru during a 2008 anthropological field school experience in Peru with the Center for Social Well Being as part of an anthropology course.
"I discovered the dynamic nature of health and identity in a rural Andean province facing increased globalization," she said.
Chan decided to return in 2012 for her master's research, examining women's decision-making in the context of changing pregnancy and childbirth practices.
"Long-term, ethnographic fieldwork allowed me to deeply engage with the local community and understand their concerns, including IPV, which motivated me to pursue a PhD in public health, a field that effectively integrates research and practice, to continue supporting their efforts," Chan said. "I am a big proponent of community-based, participatory research, and the opportunity to pursue a doctoral dissertation topic originating within the communities I work with is an amazing opportunity to contribute to both scientific knowledge and actively support female empowerment and the advancement of gender equality through research and practice."
Chan said her ultimate goal is to alleviate gender and ethnic inequality among indigenous women in Peru using her skills and training to facilitate the change women seek for themselves and their children.
"Many women I work with are illiterate, yet, their knowledge and experiences have the potential to improve their community," she said.
In the future, she said she plans to pursue U.S. academic employment while also continuing to work with the Center for Social Well Being in Carhuaz.
"This will allow me to facilitate change through applied research and engaged teaching," Chan said. "As such, I can continue working towards achieving social justice while mentoring young researchers to do the same."
Read more on Chan's research in Peru.
Story by Anna Mayor, USF College of Public Health