990 fielding percentage 10th in the league

Brandt, recently named to MIN's2008 Digital Hot List, has 16 years of experience building effective productsfor the Web, most recently as the head of digital media for Conde NastBusiness Media Group. The unique technology pioneered by Linkstorm allows marketers togain greater efficiencies from their display advertising," said Ari Brandt,CEO, Linkstorm. "There is a real need for this product in today's marketplaceand I'm thrilled to be given the opportunity to lead such a talented teamthrough the company's next phase of growth."While at Conde Nast, Mr. Brandt guided the launch of the criticallyacclaimed Portfolio .As the general manager, he was responsible fordeveloping the Web site and building an infrastructure that supported thegeneration of several million dollars of revenue, over 4MM monthly visitorsand six awards during its first full year in operation.Prior to Conde Nast, Mr. Brandt was the director of ad solutions for theYahoo! Media Group, where he led business operations for the top ranked Yahoo!Finance and Yahoo! News properties and oversaw the successful go-to-marketlaunch of Yahoo! Tech.In this role, Mr. Brandt oversaw strategicmonetization initiatives representing nearly $200MM in annual revenue and leda team responsible for creating innovative advertising solutions Beforejoining Yahoo!, Mr. Brandt held senior roles at SmartMoney , DoubleClick,New York money management firm Neuberger Berman, and several leading adagencies including Weiss Whitten Stagliano, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, andMVBMS/Euro RSCG."Ari's proven leadership in advertising and publishing, and his experienceon both the client and agency sides, make him the perfect candidate to leadLinkstorm into its next phase of revenue growth," said David Sidman, founderand chairman of Linkstorm."The industry relationships and skill-set Aribrings to the table are exactly what the company now needs to leverage itsearly success into widespread industry adoption."Linkstorm is also announcing the appointment of the following four newboard members:Kim Goh, entrepreneur, private investor and most recentlysenior managing director of Hudson Ventures; Jay Shapiro, founder and mostrecently CEO of ad agency Blue Interactive, sold to WPP in 2007; Ewan Main,CEO of The Daggerwing Group, a marketing strategy company owned by Omnicom;and Jonathan Emery, full-time investor and former corporate counsel at NetworkSolutions and Tambrands.They join Ari Brandt and David Sidman, Linkstormfounder and now chairman.About LinkstormLinkstorm is an advertising technology company that is pioneering a newapproach to online marketing, e-commerce, publishing and social networking.The company's unique ad enhancement technology significantly improvesperformance of all online advertising and enhances customer engagement byoverlaying cascading menus onto any ad format and quickly connecting customersto the information they want.

In 2008, Derek Jeter would often range to his left on a ball up the middle, but fail to get his glove down in time to make the play. Even if the shortstop did get some leather on it, a throw in the dirt would rarely get picked by first baseman Jason Giambi and the runner would be safe with a single.This season, however, it seemed like the captain got to a lot more balls and even if he short-hopped the throw over to first, Mark Teixeira would make the play nearly every time.Defense is often an overlooked part of baseball, but in 2009, the Yankees used it to help them win a 27th World Series title. And on Tuesday, Jeter and Teixeira were recognized for the efforts with American League Gold Glove Awards.For the shortstop, it was his fourth, but the first since he won three straight from 2004-2006. Jeter has recently been criticized for his defense, but worked hard at it this past offseason and it showed.The Yankee led all AL shortstops this year with a .986 fielding percentage, up from the .979 he had in '08. Jeter, statistically, still has the worst range at his position (3.90 range factor), but he had the best zone rating (6.48) or the percentage of balls fielded by a player in his typical defensive "zone," as measured by STATS, Inc.The captain also committed only eight errors this season, tied for the least among shortstops with Cesar Izturis of Baltimore.Jeter's error total and fielding percentage were the best of his 14-year career and there's no question that has a lot to do with the guy whom he was throwing the ball to at first base.Teixeira's Gold Glove was his third, but his first since 2006 The No. 3 hitter smacked 39 homers and drove in 122 runs this year, but he may have been more valuable for his defense.The first baseman committed just four errors in 1,275 chances, which comes out to a .997 fieldingpercentage tied for second with Justin Morneau, but behind Lyle Overbay's .998.Teixeira's 2.913 zone rating was second best behind Carlos Pena of the Rays.In 2008, Giambi made five more errors in 360 less chances for a .990 fielding percentage 10th in the league.But Teixeira's real worth can be seen by looking at how much he improved his fellow infielders' stats. In addition to Jeter, Robinson Cano saw his errors drop to the second lowest total in his five seasons, and Alex Rodriguez committed just nine errors the fewest since he moved to third base in 2004. Follow me on Twitter at JordanHarrison.Jordan Schwartz is Bleacher Report's New York Yankees Community Leader.

MOSCOW, Jan 12 (Reuters) - A Russian man who bombed aMcDonald's restaurant in St. Petersburg a year ago, injuring sixpeople, was jailed for 15 years on Monday, Russian news agenciesreported. Russia Fyodor Kovalchuk was reported by Russian media to have saidduring his trial last year that his attack was triggered byWestern media criticism of a speech by Russian PresidentVladimir Putin in which he warned of a new Cold War. Putin made his comments ten days before the restaurant wasattacked on Feb 18, 2008.