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Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2011) Review
By Mark Spoonauer published 20 July 11
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The ultimate 13-inch notebook gets even better with a faster Core i5 processor, backlit keyboard, and Thunderbolt support.
Bright and crisp display
Comfy backlit keyboard
Nearly double performance of last model
Thunderbolt support
Best-in-class trackpad
SD cards stick out from the side
Laptop Mag Verdict
It's kind of hard to improve on a 4.5-star rating. And yet Apple's new 13-inch MacBook Air (starting at $1,299, $1,599 as configured) is better than its predecessor in some key ways. Just like before, this ultraporable is wonderfully thin and light and wakes up instantly when you lift the lid, but the new Air ups the ante with a backlit keyboard and a faster Core i5 processor. The notebook is also more versatile, thanks to a new Thunderbolt port that allows you to connect the laptop to a growing number of super high-speed peripherals, including Apple's new Thunderbolt display. Is there anything not to like?
While the 11-inch MacBook Air has a netbook-on-steroids vibe, the 13-inch Air truly feels like a full-grown laptop. It's just one that you can take anywhere--and look damn good doing it. The sturdy unibody aluminum construction, magnetic latch, and rounded corners make this machine just as elegant and futuristic-chic now as it was nine months ago.
Because it now has a backlit keyboard, the 13-inch Air weighs just a little bit more than its predecessor (3 pounds vs. 2.9 pounds), but this is still among the lightest 13-inch notebooks available. Only the 2.6-pound Sony VAIO Z weighs less. This laptop is still amazingly thin, too, measuring 0.11 inches to 0.68 inches at its thickest point.
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The 13-inch MacBook Air kept its cool when we played a Hulu video at full screen for 15 minutes. The touchpad registered 85 degrees, and both the area between the G and H keys and the bottom of the notebook reached 87 degrees. All of these measurements are well below what we consider uncomfortable, which is 95 degrees.
Keyboard and Touchpad
If you're bored by lots of praise, just skip to the next section. The 13-inch MacBook Air sports an excellent backlit keyboard. Both the letters and the area around the keys glow brightly, and you can easily customize the intensity using the F5 and F6 keys. The tactile feedback is springy and responsive as well, especially considering this laptop's svelte profile.
The 4.1 x 3-inch glass touchpad on the 13-inch MacBook Air is simply second to none. We easily executed two-finger scrolling and pinch-to-zoom gestures. Plus, with Mac OS X Lion, you can pull off lots of neat little shortcuts. A pinch with three fingers and your thumb automatically launches the iPad-style Launchpad menu for accessing your apps, while a three-finger swipe up launches Mission Control (which provides a birds-eye view of open programs).
As expected, clicking down on the trackpad with one or two fingers always felt sure and accurate.
Display and Audio
If you're torn between the 11-inch MacBook Air and the 13-inch model, you'll want to take a good look at this display. It's not only larger but provides more resolution (1440 x 900 vs 1366 x 768). Having this extra real estate--whether it's for surfing the web or just seeing more of a document--goes a long way toward making the 13-inch Air feel more like a primary computer.
In addition, the panel is quite bright and provides wide viewing angles. When watching the 720p trailer for Harry Potter and Deathly Hollows Part 2, we could easily make out Voldemort's eerie eyes from a couple of feet away.
The speakers located beneath the keyboard on the 13-inch Air certainly don't project booming sound, but the audio quality is better than you might expect from such a svelte design. "This is War" by 30 Seconds to Mars and other tracks certainly had enough punch to keep us entertained while writing this review. However, we kept the volume at about 80 percent to avoid harshness.
Ports and Webcam
The right side of the 13-inch MacBook Air houses a Thunderbolt port, which provides 20 times the speed of USB 2.0 and works with a new breed of peripherals. This includes Apple's new Thunderbolt display, which doubles as a docking station. The Pegasus RAID Storage device (starting at $1,000) is another option, but more affordable peripherals are also on the way.
When you're not attaching a Thunderbolt device to the Air, this connector doubles as a DisplayPort, which you can use to hook up a high-res display (duh) but also adapters for Ethernet and FireWire 800.
The right side of the 13-inch Air also includes a SD card slot--something the 11-inch model lacks--along with a USB port. We wish memory cards inserted further into the chassis, but it's not a big deal. The magnetic power connector, a second USB port, and headphone jack line the left side of the notebook.
Just as with the 11-inch Air, the 13-inch model features a high-quality VGA webcam for conducting FaceTime video chats and calling friends over Skype. The camera performed exceptionally well even in low-light conditions, and you can have lots of fun with the hardware when you fire up the PhotoBooth app and apply one of many special effects.
Click to enlargeBy stepping up to a 1.7-GHz ultra-low voltage Core i5 processor, Apple has narrowed the performance gap between the 13-inch MacBook Air and the 13-inch MacBook Pro. In Geekbench, for example, the 13-inch Air notched a score of 5,860. That result is nearly double what the last-generation model turned in and is also higher than the 11-inch Air (5,040). The 13-inch Air also isn't that far behind the MacBook Pro (6,446), which was configured with a full-voltage 2.3-GHz full-voltage Core i5 CPU.
When we ran the CPU portion of Cinebench 11.5 to render a photorealistic 3D scene, the 13-inch MacBook scored 2.09 points, which is between the VAIO Z (2.98 points) and the 11-inch Air (1.58). The VAIO Z, however, uses a full-voltage Core i7 processor and starts at $2,000. As another point of comparison, we ran Cinebench on the $769 ASUS U31s, a 13-inch laptop with a 2.1-GHz Core i3 CPU. That system scored 1.56.
In everyday use, the 13-inch Air continues to feel incredibly snappy, thanks in large part to the way Apple integrates flash memory into the design. The notebook booted Mac OS X Lion in only 17 seconds, and resumed from sleep almost instantly. Just as impressive, this flash memory achieved an off-the-charts file transfer rate of 127 MBps.
Graphics Performance
Those looking to play mainstream games will be pleasantly surprised by the 13-inch MacBook Air's Intel HD 3000 graphics. In World of Warcraft, the laptop pumped out a smooth 59 frames per second at native resolution with the settings on low. When we maxed things out, the rated dipped to a respectable 28 fps.
To further evaluate graphics performance, we ran the OpenGL portion of the Cinebench test, which depicts a 3D car chase scene. The 13-inch Air scored 10.39 frames per second, which is comparable to the 11-inch Air's score of 10.29. The ASUS U31s, a sub-$800 13-inch Windows notebook with Nvidia GT530M graphics, mustered 15.5 fps.
Apple rates the 50-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery inside the 13-inch MacBook Air for up to 7 hours of wireless web surfing. On the LAPTOP Battery Test (cotinuous surfing over Wi-Fi on 40-percent brightness), we saw 6 hours and 25 minutes of endurance. That runtime is only 11 minutes less than the slower last-generation Air and certainly long enough to get you through most of the day on a charge. The Samsung Series 9 lasted exactly an hour less on the same test as the 13-inch Air, while the Toshiba Portege R835 (6:22) was in the same ballpark as Apple's notebook.
Software and Warranty
Apple packs the 13-inch MacBook Air with its new operating system, Mac OS X Lion. The software supports multiple applications that now run at full screen (Safari, Mail, iPhoto, and more), as well as new multitouch gestures designed to make mobile computing more intuitive. For instance, you can switch between full-screen apps just by performing a three-finger swipe to the left or right. Lion also comes with the Mac App Store standard, and when you download an app it automatically pops up on the new Launchpad, which looks like the home screen on iOS. You can start the Launchpad at any time by pressing F4 on the keyboard.
The rest of the software suite continues to be robust. The 13-inch MacBook Air comes with iTunes, Time Machine, Spotlight for searches, Mail, iChat, and FaceTime. You also get Dashboard, QuickTime, iCal, and Photo Booth. Last but not least is iLife, which includes GarageBand, iMovie, and iPhoto. Unlike most current Windows 7 notebooks, you don't get the starter edition of Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), but at least Apple bundles TextEdit for word processing.
Apple backs the 13-inch MacBook Air with a one-year parts and labor warranty and 90 days of toll-free, 24/7 phone support. The Apple Care Protection Plan, which includes three years each of parts-and-labor coverage and phone support, costs $249. See how the company fared in our latest Tech Support Showdown and our Best & Worst Brands report.
The starting configuration of the 13-inch MacBook Air is a good value. For $1,299 you get a 1.7-GHz ULV Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 128GB of flash storage. If you want more room for your digital files, you'll want to step up to our $1,599 configuration, which comes with 256GB of flash. Power users have the option of stepping up to a 1.8-GHz Core i7 CPU.
We already loved the 13-inch MacBook Air, and Apple's improvements make it the perfect notebook as far as we're concerned. When you combine a sleek ultraportable design with a great display and touchpad then nearly double the performance--without sacrificing battery life--you're left with a winner. You also get an improved backlit keyboard, Thunderbolt support, and the more powerful and versatle Mac OS X Lion. The 13-inch Air is also a better deal than the Samsung Series 9, which costs $50 more when you configure it with the same amount of flash memory. Add it all up and you have a machine that not only earns our Editors' Choice award but also a very rare five-star rating.
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2011) Specs
CPU 1.7-GHz Intel Core i5 ULV processor
Card Slots SD/SDHC Card reader
Company Website http://www.apple.com
Display Size 13.3
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics 3000
Hard Drive Speed n/a
Hard Drive Type SSD Drive
Native Resolution 1440x900
Operating System OS X 10.7 (Lion)
Optical Drive Speed n/a
Ports (excluding USB) Thunderbolt/mini DisplayPort, Headphone
RAM Upgradable to 4GB
Touchpad Size 4.1 x 3 inches
USB Ports 2
Video Memory 384MB
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First, there "The T-Mobile Royal Wedding." Yes, I know that the video was made in the United Kingdom. But Canada is a federal state that is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. Plus, the video was the #27 most viewed this week in Canada.
The T-Mobile Royal Wedding had almost 9 million views on Friday and was adding about 1 million views per day. Although it was only posted April 15, the has become one of the top 10 most-viewed videos of the past month on YouTube. The clip, which is a spoof of the now-famous JK Wedding video, has generated a lot of buzz on Twitter and recieved an early boost from celebrity choreographer Louie Spence.
Second, there's "WTF! Insane Human Curling by BIC Flex 3." Yes, I know this video was made in France. But Canada is a bilingual nation with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. And curling, which has been called "chess on ice," is most firmly established in Canada, having been taken there by Scottish emigrants.
WTF! Insane Human Curling by BIC Flex 3 had more than 735,000 views as of Friday. However, it's too soon to tell what impact this video might have on the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship, which is the highest-level mixed curling competition.
Third, there's "WestJet introduces state-of-the-art money-saving feature – April Fools." Yes, I know that it isn't April Fools Day. But it's never too late to laugh along with the Canadian low-cost carrier, which provides scheduled and charter air service to 71 destinations in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Now, these are just some of the contagious viral videos that I've discovered so far. If you know of any other YouTube videos that might inform, entertain, or inspire Canadian marketers — or the many American marketers who will also be attending SES Toronto — just let me know.
And remember, the list of Canadian comedians on Wikipedia includes 120 names. So, it's okay to nominate funny videos. Or, as Wikipedia notes: "Canadian humour is an integral part of the Canadian Identity."
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Nothing beats reading on the beach, the sand in your toes and the cool ocean breeze! I'm already looking forward to it. I'm also looking forward to all of these books which will be in my beach bag this summer.
I love these picks. I have an ARC of The Moment Collector by Jodi Lynn Anderson that I plan to read this summer!
I forgot to put To All the Boys I've Loved Before on my list. I can't wait to read that one. Take Me On also made mine, I love Katie McGarry!
I'm excited to read Take Me On as well! I am super happy that it's about West, who was my favorite part of the last book! :D Great list.
I'm also going to read The vanishing season. I loved Tiger Lily and I'm a bit nervous and excited for this one. Second star was disappointing for me :( To all the boys I've loved before sounds good and a lot of bloggers I trust seemed to love it. Happy reading!


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Q: Display a List of entities in JSF page I am trying to display a List<Student> using JSF.
public List<Student> retrieveStudent()
{
Sdao sdao=new Sdao();
List<Student> stud=new ArrayList();
List sname1=new ArrayList();
List sdept1=new ArrayList();
for(Student show1:sdao.retrieveStudent())
{

    sname1.add(show1.getSname());
    sdept1.add(show1.getSdept());

}
stud.addAll(sname1);
stud.addAll(sdept1);

return stud;

}

JSF Page:
    <h:form>

        <h:outputText value="#{student.retrieveStudent()}"/>
     </h:form>

Output:
[Alpha,Beta,Science,Electronics]

I want to print it in a table with column name Names(Alpha, Beta) and column 2 their departments..i am not sure how to separate them and print...can anyone help me...

A: Actually, convention for this cases is to create an attribute in the bean not in the Student.java class. Also you must have a method called getNameOfAttribute() to use in the view (in this case getStudents()).

What you see in the output: [Alpha,Beta,Science,Electronics] is the toString() representation of the stud List retrieved by retrieveStudent() method.
What you have to do is put this list in DataTable:
<h:dataTable value="#{userData.retrieveStudent()}" var="student" >
   <h:column>
      <f:facet name="header">Name</f:facet>
      #{student.name}
   </h:column>
   <h:column>
      <f:facet name="header">Department</f:facet>
      #{student.department}
   </h:column>
</h:dataTable>

NOTE: student must implement public methods getName() and getDeparment().

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You will see them at many of Pembrokeshire favourite surfing beaches, particularly Freshwater West and Newgale, and they provide a focus of interest to people watching from the shore.
The expert kitesurfers attract the admiration of spectators as they skilfully manouevre their boards by using every gust and eddy of the offshore wind to speed along the surfline or perform spectacular aerobatic moves on the inshore stage, with its scenic background.
Kite sports, which include kitesurfing, buggying and boarding have been rapidly spreading in Pembrokeshire during the last five years and by now are pretty well established on the larger beaches of the county, most particularly Newgale, where there is a two-mile stretch of flat, firm sand at low water. The sport in all its forms needs firm control to assure safety for both the fliers and the public generally, as other beach users can be compromised by the speedy, and sometimes unpredictable activities of the exponents of this complex pastime.
Kitesurfers have to be constantly aware of the presence and movement of other beach users and particularly swimmers and surfboarders, who are vulnerable as they are unable to take swift evasive action in the event of an imminent collision.
Be sensible and ensure they have lots of space, avoiding small beaches and crowded areas.
Consider the weather and wind speed in terms of ability and kite size.
Check the beach noticeboard for seasonal restrictions and guidelines.
Be considerate towards other beach users, taking responsibilty for control.
Avoid walking or standing under a kite or downwind of the kite flier.
Never touch the kite lines.
Remember that, although it is the flier's responsibility to avoid other beach users, in some scenarios it may be safer to move.
In an emergency where help is needed, weight the kite down with rocks or sand.
While many of the surf sports providers offer advice, tuition and equiment for surfing, surfboarding and other disciplines, not all of them deal with kite sports with their rather specialised skills. There are lists of providers in the National Park's comprehensive free publication Coast to Coast which is distributed widely throughout the county.
Information is also available at the TICs, or the National Park Authority's websites at www.pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk or www.arfordirsirpenfro.org.uk or on the websites of the water sports providers throughout the county.
The National Park Tourist Information Centres are: Oriel y Parc at St Davids, telephone 01437-720392 or info@orielyparc.co.uk or www.orielyparc.co.uk. Newport TIC in Long Street, telephone 01239-820912 or newportTIC@pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk and Tenby TIC at South Parade, telephone 01834-845040 or tenbycentre@pembrokeshirecoast.org.uk.


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Paolo Pellegrin is one of the world's leading photojournalists who has documented many of this generation's major disasters and conflicts, from revolutions to wars to tsunamis. Pellegrin wishes his work to "create a bridge…to use photography to say something that goes beyond the surface, that vibrates, that resonates." This approach has lead him to photograph in Lebanon, Iran, Palestine, Romania, Afghanistan, Libya, Cuba, the United States, Mali, Egypt, Algeria, Haiti, Tunisia, and Indonesia.
Pellegrin was born in 1964 in Rome. He studied architecture at L'Università la Sapienza, Rome, before studying photography at L'istituto Italiano di Fotografia. Between 1991 and 2001 Pellegrin was represented by Agence VU in Paris. He was a contract photographer for Newsweek for ten years.
He has been published in many leading publications including TIME magazine, The New York Times, Newsweek and the New York Times Magazine, where he has photographed more than ten cover stories with reporter Scott Anderson. Pellegrin is a winner of many awards, including ten World Press Photo awards and numerous Photographer of the Year awards, a Leica Medal of Excellence, an Olivier Rebbot Award, the Hansel-Meith Preis, and the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award. In 2006, he was assigned the W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography.
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Tilly's story
Tilly was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2014 when she was only two years old. Her mum Sarah shares their story:
It was a massive shock the day we were given Tilly's diagnosis. Tilly was two years old and it was Friday morning. It was her big sister Mollie's ninth birthday and we had a lovely half hour opening presents before dropping Mollie to school. Tilly had been a little unwell but I thought it was caused by a UTI or viral infection. I took her to the doctors expecting antibiotics and whilst I was there, I mentioned to the GP that she seemed particularly pale and she thought it was worth investigating and sent us to A&E for a blood test. We arrived at around 11.30am and they had a quick look on arrival but did not seem unduly concerned. It was around 5.30pm before they took the blood sample and then they took the four of us to a room to wait for the results. At just after 10pm they came in to give us the devastating news.
When I heard the word leukaemia the only thing I could think of was that my baby had cancer. I couldn't breathe. The doctor quickly got a nurse to sit and watch a movie with the girls and we were taken into a different room so we could sit and talk, ask questions and cry.
Neither my husband, Thain, nor I, slept at all that night. Mollie spent the night, her birthday, curled up on the bed next to Tilly.
The following day, my husband took Mollie home to make arrangements and pack and I stayed with Tilly. They had to start flushing her system immediately and then on the Sunday we were blue lighted in an ambulance to hospital which would be our home for the next two weeks.
Our happy little girl was unrecognisable
Tilly regressed quite rapidly with the amount of steroids she was on during the first four weeks and by the end of week three she had stopped walking and talking. Most days she would sit rocking either on my knee or in a chair and she would scream if anyone other than myself even looked at her. She started to lose her hair and so we cut it short so it wasn't such a shock, but within a week it was gone completely. It was a very scary time for us as a family as she was not at all recognisable as our happy funny little girl and we weren't sure if we were ever going to get her back again. It took time, but once the steroids reduced back a little, we started to see glimmers of the old Tilly coming back to us again.
Tilly's treatment
We took each day one at a time. If Tilly had a temperature of 38 degrees or more, it would result in a 2-3 day stay in isolation at our local hospital and so we tried not to plan too much.
The first 7 months of treatment were particularly hard. Because of the amount of chemotherapy drugs that she would require over such a long period of time, they operated and inserted a portacath into her chest with a line into the vein just above her heart. This allowed them to give her IV chemo and for them to take bloods far easier than constantly accessing her veins. It was also helpful for administering IV antibiotics and general anaesthetic when required. This avoided a hugely distressing time for Tilly as the cannulas were painful and at one really low point before her portacath, they had to try and take blood from a vein in her foot.
Over the two and a half years, Tilly had operations, bone marrow aspirates, intrathecal chemo into her spine via a lumber puncture every three months, daily and weekly blood tests, frequent IV chemo, monthly steroids and chemo, daily and weekly oral chemotherapy, numerous blood and platelet transfusions.
Tilly's diagnosis changed everything
Tilly's diagnosis had a huge effect on the family and resulted in a real life change in particular in our family work life balance moving more towards family values. I gave up work and my husband worked less hours. We also changed our habit of travelling long distances to visit family and friends and no longer travelled further than a couple of hours of hospital to ensure we never risked Tilly's health. We developed the back garden with the girls who enjoyed the involvement and the Tilly loved the new play areas at times when her immune system was low or she was too ill to play with other children.
My personal coping mechanism was to be totally on top of all of Tilly's medical needs. I scheduled her medication and appointments on my calendar and had phone alerts for everything to ensure that I never missed a thing. I wrote notes and researched information the doctors gave us. It was like learning a new language at first and I was always worried that I did not understand what the doctors were talking about, but it soon became clearer and the terminology familiar.
Friends were amazing when Tilly was diagnosed. In the early days, they visited us in hospital and brought food and support for the both of us. Offers for help with Mollie were numerous and it was good to know that there were people there to support you. In time, we made friends with other families going through the same and this helped tremendously.
Tilly finished treatment over three years ago now and we see her doctors twice a year for a slightly anxiety fuelled check-up. She has a couple of cognitive issues as a result of her chemo but she is doing amazingly well and people frequently comment on how confident and happy she is. Her head teacher recently told me that you can't be sad in a room with Tilly because of her infectious smile.
We are just so grateful for all of the research and developments in leukaemia treatment and care over the past years. Without this research, we wouldn't have our gorgeous little lady today.
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Transaero Airlines is the second-largest passenger airline in Russia. Transaero launched its services in November, 1991. Transaero's fleet consists of 92 aircraft, including twenty two Boeing 747s, thirteen Boeing 777s, fifteen 767s, thirty nine 737s and three Tupolev 214s. Transaero has the largest long-haul fleet in Russia, the CIS and Eastern Europe. It is the only commercial carrier flying Tupolev 214, Boeing 777-300 and Boeing 747 passenger aircraft in the region. According to the German Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center (JACDEC), the company ranked in the top 5 safest European carriers among the world's 60 largest airlines. Transaero serves more than 160 routes in Russia, Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Transaero is awarded with Air Transport World Magazine's Airline Market Leadership Award 2012 and is named the Best Airline in Eastern Europe at Skytrax 2012 Awards.
Twenty years ago Russia wasn't ready for business. There were no full-service banks, no lending institutions, no stock market, no wholesale markets, no product distribution system. There were lawyers, but few with a specialty in Russian commercial law — which, in any case, was either contradictory or non-existent. There was virtually no retail or commercial space for sale or rent. The country's infrastructure was crumbling, the communication system was antiquated, taxes weren't being paid in, pensions and salaries weren't being paid out. Entire professions didn't exist: market research, advertising, staff recruitment, sales, real estate, philanthropy, private residential construction. Other darker professions like protection rackets, smuggling and illegal gambling appeared overnight. Finding a basic office desk and chair was a challenge, not to mention finding reliable sources of food.
But all the same, entrepreneurial Russians scratched their heads, rolled up their sleeves and got down to work. Foreigners, driven by opportunity or curiosity, arrived by the thousands. Some quickly headed back to the airport. Others saw past the hardships and stuck it out. Just about everyone lost their shirts, if not their nerve, in the economic crises of 1998 or 2008. Others sailed through the economic storms.
And somehow, miraculously, in fits and starts, little by little, Russia became a booming economy, and even — to the surprise of many — a land of opportunity. True, the opportunities come with a plethora of risks — economic, legal and personal. But all the same, Russia rushed to accomplish in two decades what most countries slowly achieved over two centuries.
The contributors to this book wanted to tell their stories of the past 20 years: how they entered the market or the country, made fortunes and lost them, introduced or invented new professions and markets, fell in love, served the needy, made mistakes and missed opportunities — and in the end made good lives, successful companies and enduring ties. All of them love their work. All of them have unwavering faith in their future. All of them work incredibly long hours. And all of them are enormously proud of their contributions — not only to their companies' success and families' comfort, but to the country that raised them or welcomed them, and the people they live among.
That is all they have in common. If there is one message that comes out of these different histories, there is no one right way to do business or make a life in Russia. Some foreign companies owe their success to Russian directors; others have seen explosive growth and greater staff satisfaction when a foreign CEO arrived. Some companies made their fortunes by meeting a need. Others created their own markets or offered a product Russians didn't know they wanted until they saw it. Some experienced economic downturns as a deep trial they turned into an opportunity to fine-tune and ramp up their companies. Others barely felt the hard times at all.
These diverse personal and corporate histories are like home movies of industries and time periods. In them, the 1990s are chaotic and certainly strange — gangsters make an appearance; bankers do not — but also a time of great possibilities and enormous excitement. The 2000s are split between boom time and fall — but it's hard to say which, from the point of view of corporate health and personal satisfaction, was better. Each company's and individual's graph of fiscal and personal success is unique, and together they make up a contradictory jumble of zig-zags, plateaus, peaks and valleys. If there is one truth about business and life in Russia over the last two decades, it's that there isn't one truth.
Advice to foreigners in Russia — from both Russian and foreign contributors — is simple: come with an open mind, expect that things will be different — but not necessarily worse, respect your colleagues, and do your job well. If you wish to stay in Russia for a long time, it's easier if you fall in love and marry, but it's essential that you love the country, the culture, the people — and your work. And it seems imperative that you are willing and able to change and adapt, to fit in to life in Russia — be it in the office, behind the podium, in the clinic, on the road, at the pulpit or in the kitchen.
If you can do that, if you can wait out the bad times, seize opportunities, work hard and honestly, never lose faith, notice the miracles and have fun — in another 20 years, give or take a few, you can write your own story of "Russia for Experts."
Ekaterina Ryabikovskaya, project director of A Foreigner's Guide to Russia
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The Killers To Share Film For Pressure Machine Deluxe Edition
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(The Oriel Company) The Killers will release an expanded, deluxe edition of their critically-lauded seventh studio album, Pressure Machine, on Island Records on March 25, 2022.
The deluxe edition of Pressure Machine will feature newly-realized, reimagined versions of select songs from the album, framing the stories they tell in different sonic colors.
Songs like album opener "The West Hills" get both a stripped back, acoustic version, as well as a ghostly, choral rendition. Pressure Machine's stirring duet "Runaway Horses" with Phoebe Bridgers is re-imagined with a full band. Album closer "The Getting By" is revamped in four different styles, each one highlighting what The Killers do best - perfect choruses, stadium-ready melodies, and the soaring instrumentation that has made them one of the most beloved bands of the last two decades.
The new tracks on Pressure Machine, like the original album, were co-produced by the band, Shawn Everett, and Jonathan Rado (of Foxygen), all of whom worked together on The Killers' critically-acclaimed album Imploding The Mirage, released in 2020.
In celebration of the deluxe edition's release, The Killers will also debut a live film entitled "Notes From A Quiet Town" via Facebook on March 21st. Featuring three stripped back performances from the band, the film, which is set in frontman Brandon Flowers' hometown of Nephi, Utah, also includes stories from Nephi locals, much like the album. Watch the trailer below:
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Innovation Junkies Podcast
1.65 Chandos Quill on Strategy and Development in a New Organization
Chandos Quill of Adstra Data, shares her knowledge of strategy and development. She and the Jeffs dive into acclimating to a new organization, how to get brutal honesty from members of your organization, and working relationships in a virtual workforce.
Chandos Quill:
What was interesting is when we initially started the company, a big part of our thesis was we were planning to disrupt a lot of the large data companies that we had all worked for.
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Jeff Standridge:
Hey, guys. Welcome to another episode of the Innovation Junkies Podcast. My name's Jeff Standridge.
Jeff Amerine:
And this is Jeff Amerine. Glad to be back.
Yeah, the Jeffs are back together again.
It's almost like… right?
That's right. That's right. Hey, let's talk about our guest this morning. Today we've got Chandos Quill and she serves as the Chief Strategy and Development Officer at Adstra, bringing nearly 20 years of experience in the marketing services space. There at Adstra she's responsible for guiding the growth and profitability of the identity and data business from both an organic and inorganic perspective. She has been the Chief Alliances Officer at Acxiom, which is where we crossed paths for a short period of time. She's been in virtually all of the name brand data companies from Merkle to Experian, all in senior roles. Chandos, it's great to have you with us today.
Thank you. Really happy to be here with you guys.
Yeah, well, it's great to have you. And you're in sunny California, Orange Beach area, Orange County area rather.
Yes. Right near the beach, correct. Beautiful day here today.
Yeah. I'm sure the weather's horrible and it's…
Yeah. I like to complain about the weather a lot.
Yeah, I'm sure. I'm sure.
So that's actually a good segue for one of the ways we like to get started on these podcasts, is what we call a random musing. And so this one, which is uncomfortable for some of us of a certain age, is what is your favorite Spring Break memory? What do you think, Chandos?
Wow. Okay. Well, I'm old enough to have plenty of memories, I guess. A matter of picking one. Being that I'm in the Southern California area, when I was younger in college and even high school, the big Spring Break place will date me a bit. It was Palm Springs. You probably heard of it. It was either if you were on the east coast, you went to Florida, if you were on the west coast, you went to Palm Springs. So we were fortunate enough to be within driving distance. And lots of good memories and fun to be had there in Palm Springs. But more recently, I would say the Caribbean. Love the Caribbean. One of my favorite places.
Very good. Very good.
Jeff, what about you?
Well, I'm old enough to forget most of my Spring Break memories. Growing up, we didn't have Spring Break. I mean, when I was growing at home, Spring Break, particularly as a teenager, was just an opportunity to work more and save some money for whatever we wanted to do, whether put it in our vehicle or whatever. So as a family, we never took a Spring Break trip, so to speak, until I was an adult and started having kids. And then it was an expectation because all their friends were going on Spring Break trips.
But even in college I never took a Spring Break trip, because I was one of those guys who crammed a four-year degree into almost six years, because I worked full time all the way through college. But right before, and this is pitiful, I mean, this is really pitiful, right before I graduated college, in that second senior year, I took a Spring Break trip by myself. So I went to Cancun. I went to Cancun on a Spring Break trip by myself, no other people with me, which, I guess, is the definition of by myself. And so that's probably my most memorable and simultaneously the most pitiful Spring Break story ever told.
Well, I can probably give you a run for your money on that, because from '80 to '84 I was at the Naval Academy. And I don't remember Spring Break being a thing. I mean, I guess, if you're incarcerated, kind of like we were for four years there, anytime you got out it felt like Spring Break. But there is one trip that was, it was actually during what I think we called dead week rather than a Spring Break, but it was kind of Spring Break-like, and we flew on, it was called the People's Express for $69 round trip. It was myself and my now wife, at that time she was my fiance. We flew down there $69 from Annapolis to Melbourne, Florida.
And we rented a car and we stayed for an entire week in fleabag hotels and shared 3-dollar-and-ninety-nine-cent, all-you-could-eat, really terrible Italian food buffets to save money. And I think that whole trip cost us about 300 bucks, for a week in Florida. I could probably write a book about that week. And it wasn't a typical kind of crazy other than we did it on very few dollars.
That was back when gas was less than a dollar a gallon.
Oh, oh yeah. Yeah, thank you for that.
Yeah. No problem, man. No problem. Let's hop into the meat of what we want to talk about today. Chandos, I've got a question to kind of kick things off. You have moved in very senior roles across a number of very, what I'd consider very large organizations. And so I'd like to talk about your perspective on leadership, particularly when you move into a new role and you inherit an organization that preexisted. How do you go about kind of assessing that organization and beginning to kind of put your leadership thumbprint on that organization?
Yeah, that's a great question. And yeah, I have been really fortunate to have worked in a number of large data companies. And I think probably one point to make before I answer your direct question is, the leadership that I worked for was incredible. So I was really fortunate to have had really good leaders that I was able to learn from and support me. And so that's always an important part of, I think, anybody's journey. But to answer your question, one of the things that I found to work really well is just to spend that first amount of time, whatever time you can take, just talking to a variety of people and listening. And I know that sounds pretty basic, but it works so well.
Understanding kind of everyone's perspective. What's working, what's not working, getting kind of the lay of the land and multiple inputs for not only your direct team, but your colleagues and the senior leadership above you, too, and what their expectations are. And then from there, build kind of that plan and that roadmap, because the themes come up and are identified pretty well from having those conversations.
Yeah. And that first period of time for you, is that a specific period of time? Is that a month? Is that two weeks? Is that six weeks? What do you usually try to do when you're acclimating yourself to a new organization that you're now responsible for leading?
Yeah. And no, I would say a good month, it takes to do a lot of those meet and greets and phone calls, meetings back when we could meet in person. So the good first 30 days, I feel like. And that's usually about the amount of time that you have. I mean, sometimes you land in a place where maybe there's something going on where you've got to act more quickly. But generally speaking, I think organizations kind of give people that time to assess, and learn, and then come out of the gate with a strong plan.
Let me ask you a follow-up on that. Sometimes when you take over a new organization like that, and you're having conversations at varying different levels, kind of taking deep dives with people, how do you disarm people in a way that they're not guarded and that they're willing to really give you the brutal honesty about the situation? What have been your technique in that regard?
Yeah. I think it's how you approach the initial conversation. You say, "Here's what I've done. Here's what my role is in this team and this organization. But really want to understand from you what's been happening. What is your perspective?"
I think just making sure that people know you're truly there to learn from them, that you don't know everything. You may have a lot of experience and outside insight that will be helpful for the organization. But you certainly don't know the organization that well. You don't know how things get done. You don't know how people feel about different initiatives or leaders. So I've found that people, if you really show an interest in listening and understanding, people are pretty forthright, sometimes to the point where you're like, "Oh boy, this is going to be a challenge."
Or, I wish he hadn't have said that.
Or, "Okay, we won't repeat that. We'll just park that over here."
Yeah. Yeah, exactly. So you talked about coming out with a strong plan. How do you then go about kind of rolling out that plan and getting support and buy-in for that plan once you've done your information gathering? Because again, theoretically, you're 30, 45, maybe 60 days into your role. And you've now got a plan to roll out. Based upon what you've heard, what you've seen, and what you've experienced in other organizations, how do you go about getting people kind of in the boat with you in that regard?
What I've done is started with the kind of immediate team underneath me, my direct reports. I think it's really important to not go off and create a plan in isolation, but have your thoughts, kind of draft something up. And then what I do is kind of one-on-one with my direct reports, get their feedback and input. So you kind of combining it at the same time. And sometimes there's great ideas, and additions, or challenges that they identify that you wouldn't because you're not as familiar with the team or the organization. You're new. So I start with that. And then kind of refine the plan, obviously, making sure that it's aligned with the rest of the organization and expectations from above, too. And then once that's solidified, and I know I have the direct report, the management team behind the plan, then begin to roll it out to the rest of the group.
So your role with Adstra, and you might just tell us a little bit about Adstra, our listeners, just a little bit about Adstra. But your role is strategy and development. Give us an idea of kind of what your day-to-day looks like there in that role as Strategy and Development Officer.
Yeah. There's kind of two parts to my role and kind of my day-to-day activity. The first one is M&A. So we plan to grow organically and inorganically. And on the inorganic side, it would be through acquiring other companies that match what we're trying to do and where we're going with our roadmap. So I spend a ton of time meeting other companies, understanding their capabilities, kind of seeing where they are with their strategy and long-term plans. Is it a company that would be interested in selling? What ends up quite a bit is a lot of those conversations aren't a fit from an acquisition perspective, but they're a great fit for us from a commercial partnership.
So then I work a lot with the indirect, we call indirect sales team, partner team in transitioning some opportunities to them to pursue from a commercial relationship. And then sometimes those commercial relationships are a good foundation for an acquisition with that company later down the road. So I spend a lot of time with a variety of companies, reading a lot around different parts of the industry and trying to find companies that we might be interested in. So that's one.
And then on the organic side, when we identify, whether it be a new vertical or a new area that we want to begin to explore for growth, I get involved in doing that. So if it's a new vertical or industry I'll work on kind of the opportunity, how our products and services will play within that industry, what do we need to do in order to tackle that industry in terms of our go-to-market and our resources, that kind of thing. A good example would be then, for something I've been working on this last year is, I know you're familiar with, is international expansion. So that's something I've been spending quite a bit of my time on over the last 12 months.
Very good. Yeah. Actually now Adstra went through a rebranding, what, a couple of years ago. Formally ALC. Formerly American List Council, I believe. So I had the opportunity to work with the precursor to Adstra when I was leading what we used to call the broker-reseller area at Acxiom years ago. And so tell us a little bit about that transformation over the course of the last couple of years.
Yeah. This has been a really interesting journey for me in my career. A number of us had worked together at various of these large data companies in the past. And I think there was a common desire to go and start a data and identity company that was really built for the 21st-century marketers. As you know, a lot of the older, kind of well-established data companies, they've had to move from kind of direct mail, and then it was email, and then digital, and it's been a tough transformation for a lot of those companies. We were fortunate to, with private equity sponsorship, have a thesis for what we wanted to create and ALC was the platform company that kind of started the business off of. And the reason we picked ALC was they had amazing, and do have amazing brand clients, very, very strong reputation and relationships with their clients.
They had very good data assets, that created a good foundation to build what now is an enterprise identity platform, which I can talk about later, but good data assets. And they also had some interesting digital capabilities that were kind of unique in the market. But they hadn't been able to kind of put that all together in a way that I think we've been able to, just from having the vision and understanding where we were going. And so now what we've done, and it's been an interesting three-year journey, but what we've done is built a company that we still have the core kind of ALC offerings, if you will. We still do customer acquisition and data monetization for our clients.
But in addition to that, now we've built an identity and data platform that allows marketers to take any form of identity, send it to us. We can assign a persistent ID to that person. To identify that as an individual, assign a persistent ID, and return any other form of identity or attributes needed for that marketer to perform insights, targeting, measurement, whatever their marketing needs are, so.
What were the main challenges of making that? We see in an organization sometimes there's this resistance between sort of incremental organizational efficiency and serving the customers, and then really a big transformation. What were some of the challenges you had to work your way through to make all that happen over the last three years?
Yeah. I mean, resistance to change is always a challenge, anywhere you go, back to the kind of the beginning of the conversation. And I think here, that was one of the bigger challenges, just because ALC, and then we rebranded to Adstra, but ALC was a 40-year old company that had been run by a founder for all those years and had a very distinct culture and way to do business. And it had been very successful. I mean, it was a great company under his leadership. A lot of employees had been there quite a long time. And so when you bring in new leadership with this completely different, I would say, in a way, vision and strategy, it takes a while to get your head around that, and to trust in that, and see the results.
And so winning people over through action and consistency over that first year was probably the biggest challenge, to be honest. I mean, it wasn't building the new capabilities. That was the easy part, actually. It's really about moving the hearts and minds of the employees that have been there a long time.
Jeff and I have both spent some time in and out of working with private equity and venture capital and advising private equity firms in that regard and working directly with companies like yours. And so one of the things, when we started Innovation Junkie a few years ago, was to help organizations focus on building sustained strategic growth. And I know that's something that's part of your role now. How do you go about, in your role as Chief Development and Strategy Officer or Strategy and Development Officer, how do you go about helping the organization craft that strategic growth plan? And then the follow-up question's going to be, and how do you monitor and make sure that the organization's progressing against the milestones in that regard? Because as you know, private equity's a different world as it relates to expectations, and hitting of milestones, and some of those kinds of things.
Yeah, absolutely. I like that. It's faster-paced with a set period of time in which to achieve the results. So I work very closely with our CEO. And when we first landed into the company, we had a very clear three-year plan. And a lot of what we had to do in the first year was, I would almost call it basic blocking and tackling to start to move the organization and set up the organization, such that as we were in parallel building the new capabilities, we were looking at improving and enhancing the HR systems. We were making sure that our financial metrics, and systems, and people were put in place, such that we could measure the results. And then also really important our go-to-market. We spent quite a bit the first year assessing the current talent, putting people in the right roles, hiring some new people, and getting a lot of that in place.
That was kind of year one. It was a lot of rolling up the sleeves and just digging in and getting those things moving. And then in parallel, we were building a new capability and new set of offerings. And so as we came into year two, we really started to get more focused on go-to-market selling, marketing, those things, and that's kind of when the rebranding came in. And then this last year, I would say towards the end of the middle of the second year and into this last third year, we've just started to see now the growth. What we stumbled on is that what we had built in our initial thesis was working, but there was a pivot that we made recently, because we now see an even bigger opportunity. So now we're looking at another plan for the next three years that's a kind of a revised, enhanced thesis for how we will grow the company.
It's interesting you bring that up. When we work with our clients, we tell them that three years is about the length of time that organizations today, particularly if they're enabled with any form of technology, about three years is the length of a strategic plan or a strategic growth plan. Because you never know when another opportunity's going to present itself that doesn't fit within the strategic plan you developed three years ago, that creates an opportunity for you to pivot. So talk a little more about your perspective in that regard.
Yeah. I agree with you. I think it's kind of 12-month, very specific plans within a three-year view. And people like to know, I think, it's important for employees to know that there's not just a short-term we're just going to do these things this year. I mean, I think that there's some kind of comfort and trust that is built when they see that there's a bigger picture. So I agree with you on that. But yeah, what was interesting is when we initially started the company, a big part of our thesis was we were planning to disrupt a lot of the large data companies that we had all worked for because there's some big flaws there. I mean, third-party data isn't being used as much in digital advertising as it should be. And there's a number of obstacles to that and barriers that we wanted to break down.
So it was kind of fun being somebody who had experience. A lot of us had experience in these bigger companies. Now, we have kind of the freedom to build something, not as a startup, but based on a foundation of a good business. And what we found, we knew that data, attributes about people, was going to be really important. And that's the part we really wanted to disrupt from a lot of the companies we had worked for. But we also knew that we needed this identity graph and this identity solution. And what happened is we started selling. And we realized that because of more companies doing direct-to-consumer marketing and selling, COVID accelerated a lot of that, because of digital outgrowing all the other channels, and because of privacy and concerns around the use of data, our identity part of our platform was the thing that really gravitated and was addressing the need in the market.
And so we pivoted to let's really focus on identity first and solve that problem for clients. And then along with that comes the additional data clients need to do their marketing. So it sounds maybe a bit subtle, but it was a pivot. I mean, it was something where we had to make a conscious effort to think about changing our go-to-market, thinking about investing a little more in certain parts of our platform, not focused so much on collecting more data, but really this platform that can be portable and put behind a firewall of a client so they can run all these operations themselves. Those were big product and go-to-market changes and adjustments we made.
Speaking of some of that, how are you thinking about privacy and GDPR and all these emerging standards and whatnot? And how has that been a challenge to implementing your current strategy?
So in the kind of data at advertising marketing space, privacy has always been a big part of the business, whether it's mandated privacy policies and things that need to be adhered to, or I think a lot of the white hat companies in the industry that put themselves in a situation where they're always thinking ahead of what needs to be done. So I think in general, good, reputable companies have always thought about privacy and built their products and services around that. But to your point, there's a lot more concerns over privacy. There's a lot more regulation around privacy now. And so having kind of privacy by design built into your product development process is one thing.
We have an amazing Chief Privacy Officer that's focused on making sure that we think things through from a regulatory perspective, a consumer's perspective, and then just what's the right thing to do for the business. And then when we took a look at what we were building to help clients address their concerns over privacy, that's where we built a technology platform that I mentioned earlier could be installed. All of our data and services can be installed behind the client's firewall rather than in the traditional method of sending data out to get enhanced or additional data solutions.
Now, we can put this platform, and this is the nice thing with technology and the advances in that, we can put the platform behind the clients' firewall and they never have to send their data out. And that's a unique and innovative way we're handling addressing the privacy concerns of our clients, in addition to just how we source our data and the solutions we offer, so.
So it just occurred to me, and unless some of these people have moved, and perhaps they have, Adstra's technically based in New Jersey. You're on the west coast in California. We just talked a few moments ago about a delivery leader, who's here in Conway. Your CEO and Chief Human Resource person, they're Chicago area people. And unless he's moved, your chief data guy was in Austin, last I heard. So talk a little bit about, is that all still the case? And where's the majority of your workforce? And talk a little bit about this virtual workforce could open up another can of worms here for us to explore.
Yeah. And isn't that the case for everyone? I have to send a personal note, just before I answer your question. I'm so happy that working remotely has now become a legit thing, because this office that I'm sitting in has been my office for 11, 12 years. I worked remotely once I left Experian. And then I was either on a plane or out of the country or whatever. It was always kind of like, oh, I work remotely, but it's not something you really announced to everyone.
Now, everyone's remote. And people understand that you can really, actually get a lot done and so forth. So personally happy that the world has come around to remote working. But to answer your question, I think a couple of dynamics. One, a lot of the people that you just mentioned in our management team have worked together before. So we've spent a lot of time together, whether it be in person or remotely, but there's just already a really well established working relationship. I think that helps a lot.
Two, yes, a lot of the client base was, and is, out of our Princeton location. And so we all spent a tremendous amount of time there. That first year I was talking about, where we were trying to put together and communicate to the employees where we're going with the company, and why it's such a great opportunity, and why it means more growth and opportunity for them as individuals, we all spent a ton of time in Princeton. So we would have our management time. We would spend time with the employees. And so there was an investment in travel and so forth there to establish those relationships and teams and so forth. Then of course, COVID hit. And a lot of the people who we were used to working in the office had to get adjusted to working remotely. And I think now, some kind of a hybrid model will be what will continue in the future.
And so how many employees does Adstra have today?
About 180.
And where do they sit predominantly? How are they distributed, just at a very high level?
Functionally or geographically?
Geographically.
Yeah. So I would say probably well over 50% is east coast based, so New Jersey, New York area. Probably around 25%, because we do have an office up in northern California, is there. And then we have probably maybe 30% and then 20-ish are kind of in various states across. We have a small engineering group here in Orange County. So yeah, there's small pockets of groups and then individual talent based in places that you already mentioned.
Very good. Truly a virtual company.
Yeah, absolutely. Works, though.
Absolutely. Well, we're talking to the Chief Strategy and Development Officer of Adstra, Chandos Quill. Chandos, it's been great having you with us today. We appreciate you for taking the time to spend with us.
Yeah. Thank you. This was really fun. And I feel like I got to know you guys a little bit as well, so I appreciate your having me on.
Thanks for coming on.
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See you next time.
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22 things you need to know from Saturday's CFB action
Published: Aug 30, 2014 at 07:26 PM
Chase Goodbread
Original Content Writer
Todd Gurley and season openers just go well together.
The Georgia star running back has had three of them now, and he's averaged more than 12 yards per carry in all three. Saturday night, it was Clemson's defense playing matador as Gurley rolled up 198 yards on just 15 carries, added a 100-yard kickoff return for a score, and totaled four touchdowns in Georgia's 45-21 win. It was a Heisman Trophy-worthy performance for one of the few non-quarterbacks with a chance to claim college football's biggest individual honor. The junior is eligible for the 2015 NFL Draft if he chooses to declare after the season.
Oh, and Gurley's other season openers at Georgia? He ran 8-for-100 with two touchdowns against Buffalo in 2012, and ripped Clemson in last year's opener (12 for 154, two TDs).
Here are 21 other things you need to know from college football's opening Saturday:
Florida State's Jameis Winston looked completely off-kilter for most of the Seminoles' opener against Oklahoma State. But the defending Heisman Trophy winner came up with a rushing touchdown and passing touchdown late in the game to help FSU pull away, 37-31. The rushing score was one to behold -- see that among CFB247's "Can't Miss Moments." Winston ended up throwing for 370 yards despite two interceptions. NFL Media analyst Daniel Jeremiah offered his thoughts on Winston's performance here. Also of note: FSU WR Rashad Greene exploded for 203 yards receiving on 11 grabs.
On Friday, College Football 24/7 predicted a big game for Auburn backup quarterback Jeremy Johnson if coach Gus Malzahn gave him enough of a chance before inserting Nick Marshall. He did. And Johnson flashed brilliantly, serving notice that the Tigers' offense will be in good hands next year when Marshall is gone. Johnson threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half, completing nine of his first 10 passes for 211 yards by halftime. He finished 13 of 17 for 243 yards, giving way to Marshall later in the game. Meanwhile, Marshall completed 4 of 6 passes.
Texas A&M's Kenny Hill wasn't the only quarterback to set a school record for passing yards during the opening weekend of college football play. Sophomore Christian Hackenberg put on a passing display in Dublin, Ireland, with a Penn State-record 454 passing yards in a thrilling comeback win over Central Florida, 26-24. The start of the James Franklin era at PSU will depend heavily on this kid. So far, so good.
Ohio State 34, Navy 17. The Buckeyes' offense struggled for most of three quarters -- not unexpectedly without injured quarterback Braxton Miller -- but what was unexpected was the way Navy's offensive line put on a clinic against an Ohio State defensive line that is supposed to be the nation's best. Navy rolled up over 300 rushing yards and proved, once again, that the triple-option offense can be an equalizer against superior talent when well-executed.
In his debut as a wide receiver, Michigan's Devin Funchess caught three touchdown passes (7 catches, 95 yards) in a 52-14 win over Appalachian State. Funchess was 14 when Appalachian State stunned the Wolverines in Ann Arbor in 2007. Seven years later, he arrived a little late with some ointment for UM fans, but the former tight end turned in a spectacular debut nonetheless.
Speaking of plucky underdogs, Virginia gave UCLA star quarterback Brett Hundley his share of trouble in the Bruins' 28-20 road win. Hundley threw for 242 yards on 20 of 33 passing, but was sacked five times by a Cavaliers pass rush led by the heart and soul of the Virginia defense: Henry Coley, two sacks.
Spectacular performance most likely overlooked on Saturday: Indiana running back Tevin Coleman rumbled for 247 yards on just 23 carries in a 28-10 win over Indiana State. Illinois won't be surprised. Coleman blasted the Illini for 215 on just 15 totes last year.
On the other side of the ball, UCLA super soph Myles Jack piled up 13 tackles and two pass breakups against Virginia, but didn't even have the team-high. Give that to fellow linebacker Eric Kendricks, who amassed 16 stops and an interception.
Oklahoma State's loss was Illinois' gain on Saturday, as transfer quarterback Wes Lunt led the Illini with four touchdown passes in a 28-17 win over Youngstown State. Lunt spread his passing wealth to nine different receivers. He didn't start five games as a 2012 OSU true freshman for no reason.
Nebraska star pass rusher Randy Gregory was injured Saturday and played only a series in the Cornhuskers' 55-7 win over Florida Atlantic, but there is no cause for panic in Lincoln. Coach Bo Pelini downplayed any concerns after the game.
Nebraska senior running back Ameer Abdullah's season is off to a great start: He rushed for a career-high 232 yards (on 21 carries) in the Huskers' 55-7 demolition of Florida Atlantic. Abdullah almost always is left out of the "best running back" discussion, but he had 1,690 yards last season and is the nation's leading returning rusher. He has a chance at another huge game next week against FCS foe McNeese State. Meanwhile, Nebraska set a Big Ten record with 779 total yards.
Georgia sophomore linebacker Leonard Floyd was a College Football 24/7 pick for a breakout season. He did exactly that in Georgia's win over Clemson, delivering two sacks and a forced fumble.
Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson's return to the Fighting Irish lineup, after missing last season for disciplinary reasons, couldn't have gone any better. In accounting for five touchdowns in a 48-17 win over Rice, Golson showed none of the rust that comes with a full-year layoff -- but all of the spunk that comes with it, as well.
So you thought Sammie Coates was the only dangerous receiver Auburn had? Think again.
Stanford receiver Ty Montgomery, one of the top prospects at his position for the 2015 NFL Draft, broke a punt return for a 60-yard touchdown in a 45-0 win over UC-Davis.
The Florida Gators will have to deal with the taste of last year's 4-8 season in their mouths for one more week. The Gators' game against Idaho was canceled due to bad weather. UF will now open next week against Eastern Michigan.
LSU had a big performance at running back Saturday, but it didn't come from heralded freshman Leonard Fournette. Instead, it came from a guy who's waited his turn for years, not months.
Wisconsin star rusher Melvin Gordon had even more yards (138) than Hilliard, but curiously, he didn't get his number called much in the second half as the Badgers' comfortable lead disappeared.
Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota tuned up for next week's clash with Michigan State in impressive fashion against South Dakota. Meanwhile, star cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu's tune-up was cut short. More on both here.
25th-ranked Washington survived a road scare at Hawaii, 17-16. The Huskies didn't score a second-half point, yet still managed to hold on by forcing two second-half field goals by Hawaii. The two-way debut of Huskies star Shaq Thompson will have to wait. The standout linebacker, who also got looks at running back in the spring and preseason, had four tackles but didn't get a carry offensively.
Members of the Arkansas coaching staff assigned to the press box at Auburn's Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday were unable to join the team in the locker room at halftime because they got stuck on the press box elevator. Only in the SEC.
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Georgia dominates TCU to win second consecutive College Football Playoff National Championship
Georgia secured its second straight national championship on Monday night, overwhelming TCU in a 65-7 blowout.
Jim Harbaugh says he expects to coach Michigan in 2023 amid NFL speculation
University of Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh, who has drawn the eye of a few NFL franchises, said he expects to coach the Wolverines in 2023. "While no one knows what the future holds," Harbaugh said in a statement released on Twitter on Thursday, "I expect that I will be enthusiastically coaching Michigan in 2023."
Pro Football Hall of Famer, Ravens great Ed Reed hired as Bethune-Cookman head coach
Bethune-Cookman University has agreed in principle for Ed Reed to become the school's new head football coach, the university announced on Tuesday.
Drew Brees joins Purdue coaching staff as interim assistant ahead of Citrus Bowl
Drew Brees' next step in his post-playing career will put him back on a field. Brees is joining the Purdue coaching staff as an assistant for the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, the school announced Thursday.
USC QB Caleb Williams wins 2022 Heisman Trophy
USC's Caleb Williams was awarded the 2022 Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, adding an exclamation point to his electrifying first season with the Trojans.
David Shaw steps down after 12 seasons as Stanford head coach
Stanford head coach David Shaw is stepping down after 12 seasons at the helm of the Cardinal program. Shaw announced the news after the team closed out the season with a 36-25 loss to BYU on Saturday night, telling reporters he made the decision within the past week.
Scouting Bryce Young: Alabama quarterback similar to a young Drew Brees
Alabama's Bryce Young took the college football world by storm in 2021, but what are his prospects for the NFL? Daniel Jeremiah provides his initial scouting report on the Crimson Tide quarterback after studying his game tape.
Scouting Jalen Carter: Georgia defensive lineman's disruptive skill set reminiscent of Quinnen Williams
Georgia just had five defensive players taken in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft, but is the best NFL prospect of all still in Athens? Daniel Jeremiah provides his initial scouting report on Bulldogs DL Jalen Carter, with a pro comp to a former top-three pick.
Scouting C.J. Stroud: Ohio State prospect could be on trajectory similar to Mac Jones
There is big-time buzz about Ohio State's C.J. Stroud after his sensational first season as the Buckeyes' starter. So, what's the book on the quarterback heading into the 2022 college football season? Daniel Jeremiah reveals his initial scouting report.
Scouting Will Anderson Jr.: Alabama prospect reminiscent of Von Miller
The excitement about Alabama's Will Anderson Jr. is sky-high coming off his sensational 2021 campaign. What's the book on the edge rusher heading into the '22 college football season? Daniel Jeremiah provides his initial scouting report.
Scouting Will Levis: Kentucky prospect could develop into a Dak Prescott type of quarterback
As we head toward the 2022 college football season, the Will Levis hype train is picking up steam. So, what's the book on the Kentucky quarterback? Daniel Jeremiah provides his initial scouting report, supplying a striking NFL comparison in the process.
Oregon's Kayvon Thibodeaux tackles misinformation, reading mock drafts, being draft's best dressed
University of Oregon pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux has had his priorities as they relate to football questioned mightily during the pre-draft process, but the Ducks standout tells NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe it's a lot of misinformation he's ready to prove wrong beginning once he hears his name called in Thursday's first round of the 2022 NFL Draft.


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He told reporters this week, "We're not going to be leading from behind anymore". "I don't think Democrats want border security". On Thursday, a majority from the US Senate voted in favour of Mr McConnell's amendment and in rebuking the White House policy.
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Fox shot a final round 68 to end the tournament at 11-under, eight shots back from victor Dustin Johnson . "It was a very good round".
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The Day Of The Trumpet (1958)
1958 – The Day Of The Trumpet (Cirio Santiago Film Organization/Premiere Productions)
[Philippines release date 17th January 1958; released in the US in 1963 as "Cavalry Command", also known as "Cavalleria Commandos" and "The Battle Of San Pasquale"]
Director/Writer Eddie Romero Producers Harry Smith, Cirio H. Santiago Associate Producer Gerardo de Leon Music Tito Arevalo, Ariston Auelino Cinematography Felipe Sacdalan Editors Gervacio Santos, L.S. 'Ted' Smith
Cast John Agar (Sgt. Judd Norcutt), Richard Arlen (Sgt. Jim Heisler), Pancho Magalona (Capt. Magno Maxalla), Alicia Vergel (Laura), William Phipps (Pvt. Steve Haines), Myron Healey (Lt. Worth), Cielito Legaspi (Clara), Eddie Infante (San Pascual's priest), Boy Planas (Tibo Maxalla), Vic Diaz (Julio), Jennings Sturgeon (Pvt. Scanlon), Max Alvarado (Carlo)
National Artist of the Philippines Eddie Romero had over twenty Tagalog-language films to his credit before he made Day Of The Trumpet, his first English language film for the export market, in 1957. It was produced by Cirio H. Santiago's Premiere Productions with Eddie's mentor and long-time collaborator Gerardo de Leon as co-producer, and with Gerardo's brother Tito Arevalo providing the rousing orchestral score.
Ostensibly a Filipino western, Day Of The Trumpet, or its US title Cavalry Command, is framed by the American-Philippine War of 1899. The Philippines declared itself a republic the year before after a long and bitter struggle with their Spanish overlords, and believed America was in full support of its independence, only to find America had actually purchased the colony, along with Guam and Puerto Rico, after its own war with Spain. As soon as Filipino troops helped clear the last pockets of Spanish resistance from Manila, the Americans turned on their former allies.
And so began what the Americans called an "insurrection" rather than a "war" that officially lasted for three years. It was during the American-Philippine War that the United States began to see tangible evidence of its Manifest Destiny, and was its first imperialist push of the 20th Century. In an all-out campaign to destroy the country's morale, the Americans trialled their Scorched Earth techniques they would later perfect in Vietnam: razing villages to the ground, executing women and children believed to be sympathizers with the rebels, and penning the survivors in concentration camps where many died of disease and neglect. After a sporadic ten year campaign to break the country's spirit, it's believed up to a million soldiers and civilians died.
Once you grasp the deep sense of outrage many Filipinos feel over this dark chapter of history, it makes Eddie Romero's vision of life under the American occupation that much more curious. Set in Northern Luzon in the final clean-up phase of the uprising, the US Cavalry treks wearily into the small country town of San Pasqual. They find the townsfolk beaten, weary, and huddled together in the convent under the protection of the local priest. The Cavalry's mission is to restore order; they regard themselves as facilitators as well as liberators, and with the help of a translator (a VERY young Vic Diaz), set about restoring the battered infrastructure that has taken a pounding from not only the Americans but the retreating Spanish and their own guerrilla campaigners.
Of course there's a clash of cultures, particularly amongst the restless male horse soldiers. The new teacher Haines finds his eye wandering towards an innocent convent lass, to the horror of the priest, who sees their differences as irreconcilable, and the Sergeant (John Agar from Brain From Planet Arous) is drawn to the fiery Laura, also the girlfriend of renegade patriot Magno. Once captured, Magno refuses to betray his ideals, and is painted as a bitter, dogmatic radical regarded by the Cavalry as a minor inconvenience. Brooding and almost drowning in resentment, he waits until fiesta time to draw together a pathetic ragtag brigade of revolutionaries to retake the town, with tragic consequences. Magno even turns on his child brother, a junior would-be guerrilla; even the child has learnt the Americans are not their enemies.
Romero's painstaking recreation of turn-of-the-century town and rural society shows he's much more concerned with the human drama rather than the mechanics of war, and may explain why the film was not a success when finally released in the States in 1963 as "Cavalry Command". For a film marketed as a western, with Magno as a parochial Pancho Villa, and the feather-wearing Igorots as ersatz Red Indians, it's a cheat, and indeed the shoot 'em up action doesn't rear its white Stetson until three quarters through its running time. Instead it's a serious meditation on the personal politics and consequences during occupation, one that shouldn't take sides and yet does, for what one can only assume are for commercial reasons.
Labels: Cirio H. Santiago, Eddie Romero, Fifties Exports, Gerardo de Leon, Jennings Sturgeon, Max Alvarado, Reviews by Andrew Leavold, Vic Diaz
HALFORD E. JONES October 6, 2010 at 4:40 AM
This movie is readily available on DVD as well as VHS and shows some 'historical' things of interest.....and the above critique of it hardly does justice to the movie....