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S: My 1st year of life
FC: Chase Urban
1: "A precious baby has come from above to live in your hearts and fill them with love." | Chase and his Daddy! I'm growing big like him :)
2: "Twinkle twinkle little star; do you know how loved you are?"
4: "A Baby's Love Is Best Of All" | In the month of April and May. I went from 11lbs-12lbs Hight 22.5in What I did in these Months.. First night in my Crib First NFL draft First time Swimming First time eating Cereal First Babysitter
5: "Babies Are Life's Most Precious Gift"
7: "What A Life Eating Sleeping Playing... And Being Cute" | Swimming time with Mommy and Daddy, this was my first time in a big pool. I liked it for most of the time !
8: Playing on my Boppy Pillow ! Hanging out with Daddy and trying to eat my hand !
10: How Cute am I ?
11: Mommy trying to put a cloth diaper on me | Playing is so much fun, I fell asleep !
12: A Baby Is A Bit Of Stardust Blown From Heaven
13: Playing Football games with Daddy on Wii
14: Who is Bigger, Indy or Me ? I love playing with my Puppie
15: Meeting Great Grandpa Hansen for the First time | Meeting Great Grandma Hansen for the First time
16: In June and July... I went from 14lbs to 15lbs 12 oz and 24in to 25.5 in | Here are some things I did. ~Sleeping all night ~Rolling over both ways ~picking things up
17: Look how big I'm getting,trying to crawl & hanging with Daddy. Also taking really good naps ! | BirthMark | My Friend Brogan
18: Eating Cereal for the first time ! It was good and fun to wear !
19: "It's The Little Things In Life That Matter Most" | Meeting Great Grandma Ver Mulm
20: 4 month | and Family Pictures
21: 4th of July weekend down in Atlantic | Reading the paper with Daddy
22: Oh the Faces of Chase. From playing with Indy,1st photo shoot with Lauren De Boer, sleeping with Uncle Luc, drinking from his new sippy cups, and having fun in the Bath tub !! What a busy little Boy
23: Bath Time !
24: My Dedication Sunday, We had Family over and ate pizza after!
25: July 12th 2009
26: So Tired..I went to sleep in Daddy's arms
27: "What A Life Eating Sleeping Playing... And Being Cute"
28: August & September Weight 16.6 -17.4 lbs Height 26.5 in | Here's what I did... 1st Hair cut 1st Tooth eating at Hu-Hot getting my passy stuck backwards in my mouth !
29: Mo-hawk Baby after my first Hair cut !
30: Learning to Crawl.. I'm such a big boy :)
31: Swing time at the Park with Mommy !
33: I love playing,swinging,getting Indy & sitting with my Daddy. | So much to do in a day, will I have time for it all?
34: October & November Weight 18lbs 2 oz -19lbs Height 27in - 29in | Here's what I did... ~Bouncing on Everyone and Everything ~Learned I was getting a Baby Brother ~1st snow of the year ~Crawling and pulling myself up ~Went to MI for Thanksgiving
36: 8 Month Pictures.
37: 8
39: 2009
40: Playing with Indy trying to get her and her toys, will she share with me?
41: Getting Dressed !
42: ~Eating Cereal ~Riding my bike ~Playing with toys ~Climbing on Indy ~Helping Mom pack ~Standing in my Crib ~Sitting with Uncle Luc and Aunt Chairty
44: December & January weight 19lbs 9oz Height 29.5in to 30in | Here's what I did.. ~Stood alone ~Pulled off my socks ~1st Christmas ~crawling up stairs ~older Infant formula
45: Christmas Card Picture 2009 | Christmas Eve at Great Grandma Ver Mulm's House
46: Christmas Day at Grandpa and Grandma's house 2009
47: Opening Gifts at our house Christmas Day
49: Having Christmas with Grandpa & Grandma Hansen
50: February & March weight 19.5lbs - 20.5lbs Height 30in -30.5in Here's what I did... ~Walking along things ~getting bottom teeth ~Having whole milk ~Turning 1 year old ! ~moving into our new house ~meeting cousin Kaylie for the 1st time ~First Super Bowl
53: We took a winter trip to Grandpa & Grandma Hansen's house. First time playing outside in the snow. Also meeting my Cousin Kaylie for the 1st time, we all had fun playing with Grandpa outside !
55: Spending time with The Magill's and Bestefa & Bestema
58: It's My 1st BIRTHDAY ! We had my party on March 20th. Friends and Family came, we had Cake and lots of yummy food to eat.... I had lots of Gifts to open and Balloons to play with !!!!


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I figured it out. I've spent the past few months trying to figure out what God was trying to teach me in all this. I mean, really, triplets? Babies #7, 8 and 9??
I figured it out. Finally.
If you ask me for a list of my faults, I can give you a list. It's not huge, but I do know where I need to focus on being a better person. I don't feel the need to list those things, as I'm sure you don't really care to read it. But at the top of that list is
It's not something that comes naturally to me. Oh, I wish it did. Now, your thinking, "Right. The woman has NINE kids, she must have the patience of a saint".
Not so much. It's a daily struggle for me. From the littlest things like the 2 year old "I DO!" phase to listening to my 10 year old tell me a story about school (if you knew my 10 year old, you would understand. She is very detailed)
So, instead of making a list of my negative personalty traits. I've decided to make a list of the things that I work on daily to be patient about. It's not a super long list, but nonetheless, it's a list. And it is a daily list for me. Daily. And to top off the list is the biggest struggle. The I DO phase.
Letting Annie and Lilah climb into the car and their carseats by themselves. Even in the pouring rain. Patience.
Listening to a story about "that girl" on the playground.
Helping the babies learn to fall asleep on their own.
Listening to Aaron talk about soccer, his passion.
Housework. It will get done. Eventually. Try telling ME that. Patience.
Napping. 20 minutes or 2 hours. A nap is a nap. Right Gwendolen?
Hearing about the soccer game 3 years ago. For the 52nd time.
A 17 year old's venting about people. That annoy her. Alot. (Wonder where she gets that from?)
People. total strangers, and their curiosity with the triplets.
When Annie gets excited, it's hard to understand her talking. Takes awhile to figure out what she is saying. A looonngg while sometimes.
Kids will be kids. They don't jump in to help automatically. They have to be told.
Crying babies. Alot of crying. Alot of babies. Patience, patience, patience.
Letting Lilah "I DO" when it's time to make Bunny Juice (another time on what Bunny Juice is)
Letting Annie make PB&J's all by herself.
Being able to sit and knit for just 5 freakin' minutes without wiping a bum, getting a snack, getting a drink, changing the channel on the TV or babies crying. PATIENCE.
So you see, it's quite the list and I'm sure I've left off a few things. And it's quite the task to focus on every single minute, but what else can I do?
Patience is a necessity when raising nine children. Heck, it's a necessity when raising one child.
Thankfully, opposites attract and Patience is the one thing that Aaron seems to have an endless amount of.

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In cast you missed it last night, former Lincoln Stars fan favorite Brandon Bollig scored the Blackhawks' first goal of the season in Chicago's 6-4 opening night win over the Washington Capitals. It also happened to be Brandon's first ever regular season goal. In April of 2012, he scored a playoff goal in a series against the Phoenix Coyotes.
I'm going to embed some videos below for folks to check out. The first is video of the goal, and the second is video of Brandon talking to the Chicago media after the game. Very cool to see him doing so well at the NHL level. It seems just like yesterday that we were all watching him wreak havoc at the IceBox.
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Pupils who are underrepresented in art, design and architecture have been given the opportunity to participate in the 5th year of the Access to Creative Education in Scotland (ACES) programme which is delivered locally by Robert Gordon University.
Funded by the Scottish Funding Council, ACES provides the opportunity for pupils in the city and shire to participate in a range of activities and workshops on campus over the 16 week programme, giving them a feel for what it is like to be a student at RGU.
21 pupils enrolled in the latest programme from schools across Aberdeen City and Shire, including Mintlaw and Peterhead Academy, and their work went on display at a final showcase event in the Sir Ian Wood Building at the Garthdee campus.
To help encourage pupils to continue their studies in these creative fields, they also received information about the university application process by staff at Gray's School of Art and the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and the Built Environment, alongside their practical sessions. In the past, this has led to several successful applications from former ACES pupils to the university.
The art pupils have been led by Craig Ellis from Gray's School of Art while Jonathon Scott has been teaching the architecture group.
The pupils took trips to the Maritime Museum and Drum Castle to work on creative development projects as a large group before splitting into two smaller groups allowing a focus on architecture or art.


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Guest Blog: Indie City Guides: Providence, RI by If'n Books + Marks
Deb Dormody of If'n Books + Marks is sharing her city of Providence, Rhode Island today for Indie City Guides. Deb, a bookbinder and an organizer of Craftland, will take you on a tour of the quirky city of Rhode Island. Enjoy!
If you are interested in writing an Indie City Guide or sharing what is indie happening about your city, then shoot me an email.
by guest contributor Deb Dormody
Welcome to sunny Providence, Rhode Island! People here eat things like quahogs and drink things like coffee milk. Or at least that's what we tell people when they visit.
Providence was colonized by Roger Williams who was booted out of Massachusetts for believing in such things as the separation of church and state. He arrived in what is now Rhode Island and was greeted by Narragansett Indians with the phrase "What cheer, netop?" which pretty much means "Hey holmes! what's happening?"
Flash forward to modern day, and Providence still welcomes exiles of all kinds with catchy phrases. Then as now, people don't come here to 'make it' but to make something out of nothing. The crafty atmosphere is plentiful and encouraged by communities of friends—not to mention preeminent institutions like the Rhode Island School of Design.
Located smack in the middle of the industrial revolution, Providence has plenty of big old mill spaces to go around in which to make your work. And there are two supply shops to get started if you're ready to begin a project. One is Wolf Myro. This is nothing short of mecca for jewelers. Pilgrims come from all over the US to comb its dusty shelves for findings, stones, and odds and ends that you are not imaginative enough to even think could exist in the world. Fun fact: Providence is also known as 'the jewelry capital of the world.' This grants its residents a free pass for being extraordinarily opinionated about adornments, from artistic to costume jewelry.
The second must-see stop is Lorraine's Fabric. Technically in Pawtucket, the next town over, this shop is home to a dizzying array of trims and buttons, lame´and fabric, fake fur and felt. But before you fall over, pop on your headphones (with music from Armageddon Records to overpower the blaring Kenny G) and head upstairs to the Bargain Attic. All the cloth is $1.99 a yard. That's right, an attic full of $1.99 fabric. You just might find a bolt that reappeared from 1972 especially for you and your cloth-filled whims.
(As a paper nerd myself, I'm more likely to visit the RISD Store for a great selection or to stock up wholesale-style at The Paper Connection).
Frog and Toad
Once you've created your stellar body of work, you can head over to some local boutiques to see if they'll sell them for you. Or perhaps you've given up entirely and just need to buy a super duper gift. In either case, there are plenty of options. Two include The Curatorium and Frog and Toad. The Curatorium is run by the inimitable Matthew Bird who describes his collection of fun designy wares as "well-considered." Meanwhile, the goods in Frog and Toad are almost as cute as owners Erin & Asher Schofield who host a menagerie of imported and local artisan lines in their upper Hope Street shop.
And once a year, when the moon is in just the right position, the magical wonderment that is Craftland appears in its glittery form in downtown Providence. The month-long holiday craft show attracts thousands of customers and represents the work of 150 artists in its unique store format. Along with several other craft devotees (including Devienna, Heather L., Heather T., Margaret (whose Rainbow Sugar website was stolen) and Teresa) I organize this show in my 'spare' time. This December will be our lucky seventh year! It will be open seven days a week from December 5-24th. Catch it before it's gone again!
Before you go though, dress yourself in cute outfits from Queen of Hearts. And for faraway folks who only wear pajamas, be sure to check out Peggy Lo's exquisite stationery shop, Figments in your online travels!
Providence is a small secondary city and when you are out and about, you will run into so many people who will inspire you to make your cool stuff even better. The bicycles of choice here in town are made by Chris Bull and Brian Chapman at Circle A Cycles. Secure your helmet and ride over to the Dirt Palace, the feminist collective that lives craft. Maybe you will see a show there, or eat brunch there, or help with a Books Through Bars mailing, but you will definitely be able to check out the 24/7 storefront window gallery. Next, buy Jon & Shea, from Tiny Showcase, some tacos at the Taqueria Pacifica. Then see some music at AS220 and buy a beer for artist Jim Frain (who is apparently a ghost in cyberspace) or Sonny or Corace or Jo Dery or Mike Taylor or Jean Cozzens (screenprinters in Providence are like cheesesteaks in Philly). Oh man, there are so many more great and talented people! Just come over to Alec's and my house and we will have a vegan barbecue with everyone invited.
If you are nice, you can also come and visit me at my studio – If'n Books + Marks. Crossing the city line back into Pawtucket, the bindery has a bruised doorframe from all the ridiculously heavy cast-iron equipment I've had hauled in there. Thankfully, this stuff is as beautiful as it is useful. It helps me make so many blank journals and photo albums.
I hope you have enjoyed your tour. There's lots more people to see in Providence, places to visit and good food to eat. Drop me a line if you need to know more.
About the contributor: Deb Dormody had tried all the get-rich-quick schemes. None of them worked until she created If'n Books + Marks in 2000 when she started making blank journals and photo albums by hand. Now, she's loaded.
The If'n Books + Marks studio is located in a century-old mill building complete with high ceilings, a fabulous corner view and a super-stripey wall. We make each book by hand using vintage and contemporary equipment that is beautiful unto itself.


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He will be formally presenting his plan to the Leicestershire Police and Crime Panel on Wednesday 30 January along with his proposals for the budget. The Panel has until Friday 8 February to respond to the budget, and five days to respond to the plan.
Sir Clive would very much like to hear from members of the public, who have until 10 March to send their comments about the plan. The feedback from both public and partners will be used to help shape a refined plan due to be issued in September, which will take account of changes to funding processes, the impact of savings strategies and new commissioning plans.
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Became aware of this band recently, when they stopped by playing a gig with US post-black metallers Au Revoir, so checked their album End Of Chapter out and it was very impressive. From descriptions, I understood Au-Dessus was a black metal act, but I disagree. Au-Dessus is way more than that. I hear influences from Post-metal, black-metal, post-rock, and sludge. Done nearly to perfection, so if you haven't listened to this band before I strongly encourage you to.
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Edible Cookie Dough Gift
Edible Cookie Dough Gift
I saw this on My Computer is My Canvas and loved it. I didn't save it and took me quite a while to find it again. I don't like when I can picture something this cute in my mind and can't find the instructions for it. Our family is definitely making some of these for the holidays. Also this recipe has a most adorable printable to go with it, how much easier can a gift get.
Pretzel hugs is another version of this incredibly easy candy gift. Visit Echoes of Laughter for this version. My 7 yr old is just asking me to do these over and over today. (mom might just have to give in to that request)
Oh my goodness this look adorable, I definitely want to try and make some of these real soon. My scale is going to hate me for this till Christmas, but I don't care
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Hey guys!!
It's been only a few days and I already feel I've missed you. The other day, my youtube besties Alisha and Jeanine were over, and we were shooting our new collab all centered around…SLEEPOVERS! (a little sneak peek for you guys who read my blog!). Since the whole video theme was sleepovers, we put off filming until the late hours of 9:30 PM. Alisha, being always optimistic, figured we'd- and I quote- "finish In 2 hours". 10 hours later we finally shut our cameras off at the ripe time of 7:30 a.m.
It wasn't Alisha's and my first collab that went into the next morning; little do you know, the Prom video I did consisted of a lot of cups of Keurig brewed coffee and 5 cranky and tired youtubers.
The long night of constant running around made me pretty sick. Not the sickest I'd ever been (meaning clutching the toilet as I threw up salted crackers and chicken soup in my last day of clean clothes underwear), but trust me- I was sick. By the middle of the night I was heaving and wheezing, and both Jeanine and Alisha grew concerned for my health.
I woke up with a raging fever, a hot sweat and a lot of delusion. Luckily I had Andrew come to my apartment and fix me up with Campbell's soup and a donut.
But anyways- lets go back to before I got sick. Despite the long night I had ahead of me, I still decided to spend my day filming another video that I can't tell you too much about yet! After filming, I decided to shoot my outfit for you all so you can see what I wear when I film a typical video!
You'll notice when I film my videos, I LOVE wearing colorful clothes. As you know, my whole life is saturated 100%, and so naturally- so are my outfits. Right now I've been loving cobalt blue, as it sticks out so much on camera. If you look at my Instagram since Coachella, you'll notice I absolutely adore this patterned romper from Zara. I was actually at a party where I noticed a girl wearing it, and asked her where it was from because the romper was just too "Eva" to pass up. I immediately bought it within that week, and have worn it at least a dozen times since then.
I paired the romper with a grey Rebecca Minkoff Mac and some silver Steve Madden platforms that are surprisingly really uncomfortable around the ankles. I lightly curled my hair and I was out the door!
As you can see, my outfits and world are always pretty colorful. I like to see the world in color because I see color as life, as everything seems happier when It's got life to it!
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Zara Cut Out Printed Jumpsuit
Rebecca Minkoff Mini Mac
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Grab your tool bag to fix the house after the storm and restore power! Work quick and be the city's biggest hero!
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Horse Virtual Trainer - Animal Lover
As a professional horse trainer, you get to work with these beautiful animals every day.
My Little Monster Care Salon
Clean up this furry monster and give it a cute makeover so it will make lots of new friends! With some new clothes and fun accessories, Little Monster will be happy and ready to play!
Wizard Girls Magic Dress Up
Come help give them a chic witchy dress style with cute clothes and match her outfits with nice hair accessories and shoes!
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Ice Princess Birthday Care Fun
You just found out the princess is sick! Oh no! Will the party have to be canceled? Not if you can help it…and you can!
Baby Astronaut: Future Mission
Think of all the cool things you'll be able to do in space! Want to know what kind of adventures are in store? Play Baby Astronaut – Future City & Space Walker, and find out!
Ice Princess Fever Salon Game
A fantastic dress-up game with a beautiful frozen beauty queen theme.
High School Beauty Salon
This fun dress up and makeup game for girls lets anyone transform themselves into a beauty queen!
Snow Cone™ Rainbow Maker
All you have to do is get the ingredients and flip the machine on. Then watch your fruit flavors turn into a rainbow ice treat!
My Christmas Doll
Build her one piece at a time, adding arms, legs, eyebrows and hair, then dress her up for a fantastic winter holiday in style!
Party Girl Makeover
Bring the girls into your salon and dress them up in amazing outfits, cute makeup and perfect hairdos. No holiday party is complete unless everyone looks their best!
Summer Party! Beach Food Maker
Cooking up just about any yummy snack is easy with this app, and kids of all ages will enjoy creating and decorating their very own yummy snacks!
Ice Cold Slushy Maker
All you have to do is pick out some colorful fruits, mix in some ice, shake everything up and get ready to drink. But not before you and your kids add some crazy and colorful toppings of course!
Shark Mommy's New Ocean Baby
It is a challenge to keep them healthy and happy! But you can help mommy right now!
Turtle Mommy New Baby is Born!
Turtle New Baby Born! Under The Sea is a fun simulation game where kids become the turtle mommy's doctor and help her keep her babies safe and healthy.
Little Sugar Chef: Make Sundae
Choose your favorite and fill the cute cups with as much as you like. It's all yummy, so it doesn't matter what you pick!
Ice Pop Maker! Frozen Treats
Cool flavors and fun decorations make it easy to build a tasty dessert on a stick. All you have to do is be creative!
Sugar Chef - Make Milkshakes!
Decorate your milky treat with all kinds of fruits and toppings. Stick with the basics or pile on a rainbow of tastes, it's up to you!
Celebrity Mommy & Newborn Baby
Become a celebrity mom, a baby care doctor AND a top fashion stylist! Are you ready to take on the challenge?
Beard Salon for Santa Claus
You and your family (even the baby!) can sit down and help St. Nick shave. Kids will have a great time giving Santa a makeover!
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Ever had Christmas in July? It is on its way and there is no time to lose!!! This is the perfect app to help you little fashionistas out there get ready to become the shining star of the party!
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Branding and Building Culture Key for Club Volleyball Success
September 14, 2016 | Categories: Culture, Blog, Club Director
To excel in club volleyball, directors and coaches can't just think of X's and O's.
Organizations must have a strong brand and culture to attract athletes, and emphasizing these attributes can be important to giving clubs and the players the best possible opportunity to succeed. It's a game plan many Junior Volleyball Association club directors around the country have followed with great results.
Sherry Fadool, the Executive Director at Triangle Volleyball Club, has subscribed to such principles for the past 15 years to keep her Raleigh, North Carolina-based club going strong. For her organization, it starts with a focus on the players and their families.
"Our families' positive endorsements are the most sincere and effective source of brand promotion we could ever hope to articulate through digital, print or video marketing," Fadool said.
That focus is ingrained in the club, from its mission statement to the regular communication among staff, no matter how minor it seems. Everything says something about the club and what it's about, she added.
It even extends to the coaches, who are held to high standards.
"They reflect our organizational values in both their teaching and interactions with athletes, parents and community," Fadool said.
Ozhan Bahrambeygui, Director of Coast Volleyball in San Diego, similarly sees coaching as key for a club's success. He said the girls come to the program because they want instruction from coaches who are into working with athletes.
Marketing its coaching staff has translated into success on the court for Coast. The program gets the athletes who have helped it compete nationally, and many have gone on to play NCAA Division I volleyball.
Paul Schiffer, Club Director of the Academy for Volleyball in Cleveland (AVC), said style of play, on-court achievements and success sending players to Division I programs are also important to branding. AVC promotes its national success as a club and track record of sending players to Division I programs, and Schiffer has seen it pay off.
"People in and around the market tend to see us, whether they play for a club or not," said Schiffer. "They tend to migrate to our courts and watch our kids play and tend to want to be a part of that."
However, it takes time to build such success, something Schiffer has experienced since founding AVC.
"It was a big effort in the beginning to really go find the kids and identify them all and attract a few," Schiffer said.
That equated to fielding just a couple high-quality teams early on, but Schiffer's hard work resulted in growth. It took a couple teams reaching nationals to really get things rolling for AVC.
"Once we started winning, it became easier to attract kids to our facility [and] kids to our club," Schiffer said.
While directors can identify winning as an important part of their clubs' cultures, it can't be the only feature of their promotional strategy.
Fadool chooses to highlight Triangle Volleyball's emphasis on sportsmanship, character, positive relationships and service as principles for her players to compete and live by.
"We hear from many people we interact with in the business that there is something unique about our culture that is perceptible from watching our teams both on and off the court," Fadool said.
Triangle Volleyball uses practical means to achieve that culture, starting by sending each team on a retreat day every season to focus on its core values. It doesn't stop at the players, either.
"We also actively engage our parents in our culture and help them to recognize their important role in sustaining our club culture and setting a good example for our athletes as they support their child, team and club," Fadool said.
Because Schiffer's club gets a high volume of interest, his staff monitors players over time to determine if the athlete fits the culture of their program. It's not all about talent for Schiffer, who said his organization looks for kids who are "we first" instead of "me first."
Fadool also makes sure her program has the players living 'we first' off the court, too. Triangle Volleyball players get to participate in service opportunities such as teaching the game to people with disabilities.
"An active service life creates a unique bond with young people and extends what we call the 'Triangle Experience' well beyond volleyball and thus creating a lifelong connection to our club and its mission," Fadool said.
Whether a club has an explicit service piece, the principle of personal development remains consistent across JVA clubs -- one worth spotlighting.
"The culture of the [AVC] program is success through hard work and training," Schiffer said.
Four attributes clubs can highlight in their promotional and branding campaigns:
- Family/player endorsements. Positive endorsements paint a picture of your organization to potential players and their families.
- Coaches. Highlight your coaches' backgrounds, philosophies, accomplishments to set your teams apart from others.
- On-court successes. Spotlight style of play, team achievements and the club's success at developing Division I athletes.
- Character development. Identify the ways your club can help athletes improve their sportsmanship, character, positive relationships and service to the community.
Triangle, Coast and AVC are all members of the JVA. To learn more about how a JVA membership can help your club take the next step, click here. For related articles about building your club brand and culture, click here.
About the Author
This article is written by by Matthew Davis from SportsEngine, the official technology partner of the JVA. SportEngine offers special pricing and packages exclusive to JVA member clubs. More than just a website, SportsEngine can help you solve serious challenges you face with tryouts, billing and collections, team communication, tournaments, and more. For more information click here.


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In today's world where both parents need to work full time jobs in order to afford an affluent lifestyle for their family, it is difficult to be around your child at all hours. But this shouldn't mean that you must give up your job or not have a baby in the first place. Balancing both is the key to success and that's what playschools are bringing to you.
Most playschools double up as crèches and daycare centers for taking responsibility of your child. You can leave your child with them and be rest assured about his security and safety. What more? Your child will not be wheeling away time while he is in the playschool. He will be interacting with other children, starting his first lessons in alphabets, drawings and shape and color recognition, etc. What can be a more fruitful way of ensuring your kid's safety and knowledge?
Start Early
When you put your kid into a playschool, he is receiving professional guidance on the basics of his higher education. Your child is learning to play with various interactive objects, identify colors and draw lines. He is also able to learn the alphabets and numbers at playschool. This will give him an edge over children who never went to playschool when he 'graduates' to kindergarten or nursery school.
Many would criticize this point as a step to pressurize the young minds. But the reality is the child is not being forced to learn anything he / she don't want to. The teachers are professionally trained to interact with children and determine what they have a knack for and what they don't have a knack for. There are no examinations conducted in playschools for which the child needs to be pressurized. And who doesn't want a slight edge in this increasingly competitive education system that you live in?
Social Benefits
Before you start smirking, thinking why one earth would a toddler need social skills, stop and think. Researches worldwide has shown that a human being learns the most and the best (as in most retained) when he / she is in his growing age. If a toddler can learn a language (mind it, they do their best to communicate with their family), identify various aspects of a household and a family, why can't he / she pick up a few social skills? When he is spending a large part of the day with other children of his / her age, your kid will learn the skills of making friends, being a team worker and many more.
Don't have second thoughts regarding sending your baby to a playschool. But be careful to choose a reputed and competent one for the purpose!


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I recently met a fellow marketeer at a networking event a couple of months ago…I immediately hit it off with her because we both share a passion for local small business marketing. I also want to add that she is the funniest woman I know and I highly recommend getting to know her. This brilliant woman's name is Anne Kenney and she is the Founder and CEO of Bullseye Marketing. While perusing her website the other day and I came across her most recent blog post entitled, 7 Insider Timing Tips To Get Your Email Marketing Read.
With her well-crafted bullet point list of do's and dont's of email marketing accompanied by a stunning infographic (shared via Crowdspring.com), I felt an impulsive need to share it here on my blog. Enjoy!
This article can also be read at the following link:http://bullseyemarketing.com/7-insider-timing-tips-to-get-your-email-marketing-read [hr]
Crowdspring.com published a fascinating article called Small Business Marketing: Best Times And Days To Send Email For Opens And Click-Throughs about the timing of emails and including this fantastic infographic on figuring out the timing of email delivery.
Here are 7 takeaways from the article:
1) Find an email delivery resource that let's you deliver the email based on where the recipient is. For instance, it's good to deliver an email at 9am but if you launch it at 9am EST then it's 6am PST and those Hawaiians are snoozing away at 3am HST.
2) Sending an email too late in the day means that it gets stale because the vast majority are opened within an hour of being sent. The longer it sits, the less likely the reader opens it or even finds it.
3) The peak opening hours are between 9am and 4pm with the highest opening time around 3pm.
4) Thursday is the best date followed very closely by Wednesday.
5) HOWEVER, know who your target recipient is helps determine the best time and day of the week for you. The perfect example is that at 6am on any cable news station Monday thru Friday, you'll see ads for accounting firms and other services you'll never see at 3pm. The appeal is to early-rising executives. That's good context for your email delivery time and date.
6) Make sure you have your email in recipient's boxes at least 1 hour prior to peak open times.
7) And, then, there's this. Scott Stratten, author of UnMarketing posted this yesterday:
Breaking research: the best time to post to your blog is when you have something useful to say. Not "Tuesday". Not "weekly". When you have something that is worth the interruption to your readers day to say "You need to know this." not "I've been told frequency is good!". Respect their inbox. Respect their feeds.
It's not specifically about email newsletters but I took to heart to mean you can better connect with readers when you send them something of value and meaning to you.
Below is my cool pictograph that I borrowed with the do's and don'ts of email marketing. Sums it up beautifully.
If you are exploring ways on how to create an email marketing plan, check out one of my most recent blog posts, Why Every Company Needs Email Marketing If you enjoyed this article, please subscribe to my feed and share it on your favorite social/bookmarking site. Thanks!


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Corporate, Narrative, Documentary or Weddings
Corporate, Narrative, Documentary or Weddings
The show that started it all. Since the beginning of 2015 Rich and I have been jabbering about our craft and some of you kinda like it, so we carried on, and on, and on. With over 500,000 plays/downloads via iTunes, Facebook, YouTube, Spotify etc under our belt now, we have helped so many and we want to help more.
From screenings of your best work to inspirational talks about filmmaking. We want to inspire and showcase you whatever level, whether you want to be full time to a veteran Vog we want to get everyone talking. we have started to do events in 2017 and we aim to continue doing them for many years to come.
From talks, workshops and one-on-one training, we are offering courses to most levels, from colour grading to how to better your interview techniques and how to improve your wedding films. We are offering various workshops to companies and individuals, and now one-to-one training on almost any aspect of videography.
Want to purchase some of custom-made LUTs, well we FINALLY have released some for you to implement into your footage. Use on any NLE platform to make your video footage look more like film.
Well where do I start, Rich thinks that we originally met on Twitter, I cant quite remember this, I thought we met when I wanted to start referring some weddings to him which I wasn't able to make. So I think I called him and asked him, if this was okay? Apparently it was...
No matter, we are here now and we are great friends. Rich and I have a huge amount of respect for each other and we both enjoy each others work, from weddings too corporate to commercial to music videos, we are both intrigued as to how we get the results we do.
We started messaging each other and these messages migrated to phone calls.
I am a huge believer in learning and teaching and whenever I drive anywhere I ALWAYS listen to podcasts, fine some are more entertainment, but most are educational, from supernatural subjects to Mac hardware shows to videography shows, I learn so much every time.
One day I said to Rich, "Right we need to record our conversations and make a podcast", and after much bemusement by Rich, I recorded our first conversation and we went from there.
From our first ever event in partnership with Shadows & Light, to our latest events and courses, we really do try and make our courses the most inspiring, most educational and social we are can.
We have lean't a HUGE amount from the previous events, from our first, called 'Wedding Cinematics", our "100th Podcast Special', "BTS of Video Production", "Peers Choice Awards 2017" and our monthly meet ups with "Coffee and Cameras". And as attendees, we feel we have a handle on what you want to see and experience.
Checkout our upcoming courses and events for the next year and if you wish get an idea of the courses and event we have thrown in the past with our achieve.
We are now offering one-to-one training for videographers who want to know how we do, what we do
We are now offering one-to-one training for videographers who want to know how we do, what we do
Due to popular demand we are now offering one-to-one training for videographers who want to know how we do, what we do.
In the past we have often paid other videographers to help us hone our skills from steadicam operating to colour grading and we have both learn't a HUGE amount from others. Just being with them and showing us their skillset, always inspires us. Now Rich and Ben are offering you the opportunity to discover our training techniques and what we believe in so much.
Ben run two successful companies in the past 10 years, one of them wedding focused (The Wedding Cut) and the other more corporate (Bruton-Cox Visuals). As he is ambidextrous with both types of work, he has an excellent grasp of each way of working.
Some of what Ben can offer you:
Rich is a wonder of the Wedding Videography world. He is a master camera operator and one of the best wedding video producers around. Known to be more of a camera operator, however he is a wonderful editor and his colouring is second to none.
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The Commercial Diver Network
Please advice:
My experience is mostly with the oil industry, but now I am involved with the salvage and wreck removal industry.
When you need to go inside of a wreck, with small hatches, what sort of equipment do you wear and what equipment don´t?
There is no visibility and it is diving in a river with middle to strong currents.
Thank you in advance for your comments.
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It's one step forward and one back for security on Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. A new report from a security firm found that IE9 beta offers "vastly" more protection from malware than other browsers, while Microsoft on Wednesday issued a warning that there is a vulnerability in IE 6, 7 and 8 that could allow someone to take remote control of the computer.
The software giant said there is no evidence this vulnerability has actually been used. Dave Forstrom, director of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group, said Microsoft was "currently unaware of any attacks trying to use the claimed vulnerability or of customer impact."
Cascading Style Sheets
The attack could be hidden as malicious code in a web page, and involves the way computer memory is managed when the browser processes Cascading Style Sheets. CSS is widely utilized to control how a page is presented.
Microsoft has issued updates to fix the memory management problem, but now it appears the updates aren't completely effective. While it works on a more permanent fix, the company has recommended the use of a free Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit that it offers. But, the company said, "the issue does not currently meet the criteria" for an out-of-cycle fix.
The company said IE Protected Mode on Windows Vista and Windows 7 "helps to limit the impact" of this vulnerability. But according to some security researchers, the vulnerability can be still exploited in up-to-date Windows 7 and Vista computers.
'Exceptional' IE9 Beta
Meanwhile, NSS Labs has tested live malware threats of various browsers and found that IE9 beta caught what it called an "exceptional" 99 percent of live threats.
IE9 has both SmartScreen URL filtering and the new SmartScreen Application Regulation service, the combination of which NSS Labs credited for the good performance. The report also found that the presence of SmartScreen URL filtering in IE8 increased that browser's protection, but not as much as IE9.
The report said IE 9 was "by far the best at protecting against socially engineered malware," in that it had "a far superior malware identification, collection and classification method."
The next best browser for this protection was Mozilla Firefox 3.6, which captured 19 percent of live threats.
Other browsers tested included Apple's Safari 5, which found 11 percent of threats, Google's Chrome 6 with only three percent, and Opera 10 in last place with no capturing at all. The testing involved NSS Labs' assessing if a browser would block potentially malicious URLs in at least one run, with new URLs added each day.
Michael Gartenberg, research director with the Gartner Group, said IE9's security, as assessed by NSS Labs, "shows how vendors are going to great lengths to differentiate themselves."
However, he said there is "a certain amount of inertia in browser usage" for consumer and business users, and they are "unlikely to make browser choices based on security."
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When I submitted my first song for professional feedback, my mentor said the writing was very good but added that it was more poem than lyric. He gave me some suggestions on how to transition it into a song. I took his advice and Does Everybody Lie? became Everybody Lies.
So when I was writing "poems" during the wee hours of the morning trying to cope with our temporary housing, I noticed that they sometimes seemed more lyric than poem. I turned to my Berklee professor Pat Pattison for his words on the difference between a poem and a lyric. Here's what he had to say on a Writer's Digest article.
The middle-of-the-night poem/lyric writing was a valuable exercise because I began to think more like a poet/songwriter. I also think I may have now transitioned from novelist to songwriter – that's certainly where my heart is. I'm also practicing the keys, working on my music production craft, thinking that perhaps 2018 is the year I go "all in" when it comes to music.


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Wiz Khalifa defines "Blacc Hollywood," which is the title of his forthcoming album, for HotNewHipHop.
Wiz Khalifa is currently working on a new album, Blacc Hollywood. He's already revealed some of the artists he's working with on the album, including The Weeknd, Miley Cyrus and Adele, while he's released just one (possible) album cut, "Look Into My Eyes." Although the updates on the album have been a little slow lately, we got to speak to Wiz about the whole concept of 'Blacc Hollywood.'
On the set of DJ Skee's SKEE Live show, Wiz (and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) spoke to our host Jen DeLeon about what Blacc Hollywood is. According to Wiz, "Blacc Hollywood are people who aren't supposed to be in Hollywood, who in turn are taking over Hollywood and kicking the ass of those who don't like it!"
Wiz says that Blacc Hollywood is all about: "Gettin trashed, waking up, being happy about gettin' trashed, and having some professional shit to do in the morning, and doing that equally awesome."
Check out the brief interview below. Are you guys excited for Blacc Hollywood? Who do you hope is on it?


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Ten lucky winners will be chosen at random from all the correct entries to receive a signed copy of the A Traveler's Guide to Space and Time promo CD shown below. Deadline is Sunday January 27th at 7:06 PM UTC. Good luck and, as always, have a nice day. 😀


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Mai gains control of Marik's The Winged Dragon of Ra, but she's unable to decipher how to unleash its massively powerful
abilities! Can Mai solve the mystery of the Egyptian God Card before Marik solves it himself and incinerates Mai with the full fury of The Winged Dragon of Ra?
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Mike Coates
President & CEO of the Americas, Hill+Knowlton Strategies
Previously spearheaded the agency's Canadian operations for about 20 years
The business side of the agency world revolves around knowing where the money is and how to get it.
Although countries such as Brazil and China have seen explosive economic growth in the last decade, the US is still the global leader, with 128 corporations on the global Fortune 500 list.
The US leads the world in industry sectors that tend to spend a lot on PR and marketing, including technology, retail, and financial sectors. And the US is still ranked number one in global consumer spending.
The region is also a center of innovation. The global marketplace is becoming more diverse, yet the US still leads in R&D spending. This produces a constant stream of new products and services that inevitably become the next big thing for others to emulate. In the lifecycle of products and services, PR plays a key role in building and maintaining a company's reputation. Therefore, an agency's market footprint is going to be disproportionately higher in the US than elsewhere.
In the area of public affairs, the free, open, and democratic culture that exists in the US provides an environment for agencies to thrive. Debate and dissent are encouraged. The exchange of ideas is seen as a positive part of the political economy. Nowhere is more money spent on advocacy programs to impact government policy.
Even in our own industry, the US has driven the rise in social and content marketing that is now moving at an exponential pace across the globe. It continues to be the trendsetter.
That is not to diminish the incredible work being done by teams and brands around the globe – in fact, two of the most creative campaigns I saw last year came from colleagues in Norway and Australia. Brazil, China, and India are growing markets with potential for big opportunity, but they are not leading in product and service innovation or swaying world cultural and political trends.
Everyone benefits from global economic growth, and our business benefits from growth throughout the globe. But to be a player in the global PR industry, a US offering has to be the largest part of the business.
Dave Armon
CMO, 3BL Media
Comms professional with more than two decades of experience in PR, marketing, and technology innovation
While many of the world's largest agencies are based in New York and have more headcount in the US than elsewhere in the world, that doesn't equate to the global marcomms market being colored red, white, and blue.
Not with CEOs, world leaders, philanthropists, and the heads of every agency holding company jetting to Davos for the World Economic Forum each January. While big money and futurists meet in a decidedly non-Yankee venue in Q1 to set social and economic agendas, the artistic side of marketing and comms makes a similar decision to shun the US come June for Cannes Lions.
Those skeptical that the intellectual and artistic uplift of Davos and Cannes is more influential than US-centric marcomms decision-making should pay closer attention to where mega-budget marketing programs are being executed.
For example, Coca-Cola just pledged $35 million through the Replenish Africa Initiative to improve access to clean water for 4 million people in Africa by 2020. That's on top of $30 million already spent on the effort. Nestlé runs an awards competition benefiting nutrition, water, and rural development.
Microsoft, Walmart, and Kate Spade, among others, are increasing their non-manufacturing activities in emerging economies, too. The demand to become better global citizens is powerful. Western consumers will pay more for fair trade products. Brands that demonstrate their supply chain is environmentally and socially responsible are rewarded.
Ideas hatched at the World Economic Forum and displayed at Cannes can make brands more likely to attract and retain Millennials as employees. Commercial partnerships are born. Consumer loyalty improves.
That said, corporate social responsibility is vital on the homefront, too. At this year's 2015 PRWeek US Awards, efforts that championed health-related causes in North America, such as Edelman and CVS Health, and MSLGroup and Procter & Gamble's Always, won honors in multiple categories.
But the global power center for PR is certainly not a single town, state, or country. It is more about people and the planet.
PRWeek's View: Follow the money. The US should be a key part of any marketer's strategy, due to its place in the world economy. But no one nation exists in a bubble, so savvy marketers will keep an eye on the dynamic and diverse international economy.


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Johnny Ramone T-Shirt - Chatterbox Tee worn by Johnny Ramone.
When the Ramones formed in 1974, Johnny Ramone (real name John Cummings) had a specific vision of the band's trademark. Each band member would have the same last name. Each would adopt the uniform of Converse sneakers, torn jeans, and leather jacket.
The Ramones were a genre-smashing band that laid the foundation for the punk movement in the 1970s. But their unity of wardrobe and identity, along with their unique sound, made them stand out.
Johnny seen below wearing this Chatterbox T Shirt.
Worn Free Tees are custom made from super soft washed cotton and poly cotton blends, giving them a great vintage feel, so comfy this tee will be an instant favorite in your T-Shirt rotation.(Black & White tees are 100% cotton the Heather tee is a Polyester / Cotton blend)
Worn Free reproduces classic vintage style 'fully licensed' tees, in this case as worn by Johnny Ramone.
Each tee comes with a special backstage pass style hang tag picture of Johnny Ramone wearing this Chatterbox Tee shirt.


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As soon as I heard, I dressed in RED and literally ran. I ran all the way from my house in Brooklyn Heights to the Brooklyn Bridge, and I was so early to the Human Rainbow event that I was literally the first one there. Me and the NY1 guy, who was there to put the rainbow on local TV.
Jessi Arrington has always loved rainbows. In the wake of the tragedy in Orlando, she decided her colorful instincts could be put to an incredible good use. She planned a beautiful moment of community. People spanned the Brooklyn Bridge, arm in arm, wearing all colors of the rainbow.
We're going to link arms and show the world that love is brighter and bolder than hate. Every time. Even now. Tuesday, June 14, dress solidly in one bright color of the rainbow, and show up at the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge at 6:30pm.
Click over to the Human Rainbow page to hear Jessi talk about the project much better, in her own words. I know for my part that it was a moving experience to dress up, walk alone onto the bridge, and smile and hug hundreds of strangers. It feels good, and it feels important, to celebrate love.