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Looks like we have a mystery on our hands. We caught a glimpse at the new Reverse Flash last issue. For some reason he's killing those touched by the Speed Force. From the little we see, it opens up the door for major problems for the Flash. Barry Allen is trying to get his life back in order after being presumed dead for a while. Even with all his speed, he might not be prepared for what he finds.
Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul are reunited as the writers and art team on the book. As the story unfolds, you're going to want to pay close attention to every detail on each page. The two writers have been cryptic in interviews about the motives of this new Reverse Flash and it's a great feeling being able to read a comic and not being sure what's going to happen. Too often these days, the big stories get spoiled intentionally or unintentionally.
It's not just about the Flash and the new threat in town. We're seeing more on the relationship between Barry and Patty but what about Iris? Whenever she shows up you can't help but feel the awkwardness. Manapul and Buccellato know how the unwind the story elements. There's a great variety in the pacing and seeing Barry actually slow down for certain things gives the book a unique feeling. Even the smallest appearances by other characters adds to the overall feel of the book in it not just being about Barry.
Manapul's art combined with Buccellato's colors was missed the last couple issues. Seeing it all is like seeing an old friend. It hasn't been that long but the whole package of art, color and writing is what makes this book stand out from the others.
We get some great set up in the first part of this new arc. It's clear that soe big things are coming.
The Bad
It's issues like this that make you long for the days when issues contained an extra couple pages. While this is a book about a speedster and even though Barry does do some things at normal speed, it almost feels like some minor things had to be sped up a little, like Barry finding out what the nature of Albert's device was.
Gomez and Flash's interaction seemed a tad extreme. It's understandable why Gomez would react that way but having a conversation while fighting just felt a little weird.
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Who is the Reverse Flash? What the heck does he want and why is he killing those touched by the Speed Force? That's the big question and you'll be glued to the pages as you try to figure out what he's all about. Buccellato and Manapul are back together after two issues and seeing the art, colors and writing reminds you why this is such a refreshing series. There is plenty that happens here but it feels a tiny bit short on action as it sets up the beginning of a new arc in a big way. With the new character and the tease at the end of this issue, it's going to be a long wait until next month's issue.

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Hello Wednesday folk, today I am planning more of our home decor, everyday new corners of this house of ours are coming together, (we now have skirting in our bedroom wahooo) it's a slower process this time and as the place is liveable where the last one was not, there isn't as much of a rush to get everything done. We do have to live our lives after all!But although each room is unfinished in reality, design wise – they are almost complete in our heads, so we know where we are headed and can move on and decide on fittings and fixtures elsewhere. The major work will be happening in the kitchen/dining/living room with walls coming down and an extra room being added. We really want this space to be relaxed open and rustic with worn edges so I am on the hunt for old and scruffy looking furniture – a sturdy table and two big cupboards for all our crockery and kitchen equipment (we've decided on no wall units so need all the free standing storage we can get!)We will spend the next few months doing the fun part of scouring local antique and junk shops and also online where I found this rather lovely table and cupboard from FADS. We have also fallen in love with Annie Sloan Chalk paints (more about that later) so could try our hands at adding rustic paint effects on newer or plain wooden furniture. Some great DIY inspiration here on this Pinterest board – love the yellow cupboard! Think neutral, jeska think neutral. Hoping you are having a lovely sunny Wednesday whilst I head back to my search see you soon x
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Dear friend,
Since I asked you to help me welcome my baby, my book, in my last post, many of you amazed me with your comments, commendations and expression of readiness to have the details of the launch.
I thank you all who asked the question 'when and where is the launch'.
Here you go with the details;
Blessings to you as you make up your mind and heart to come and support the course of the gospel.
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Robert 'Bob' Turner Dupre'
Robert "Bob" Turner Dupre', 77, passed away on Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Jennings American Legion Hospital.
He was a lifelong resident of Welsh. He was born on Oct. 26, 1940, in Jennings. He graduated from Welsh High School in 1958, and later graduated from Northeast Louisiana State School of Pharmacology in 1967. He was a pharmacist at Dupre' Drugs for 30 years, dispensing wit and wisdom with every prescription filled. After his retirement, he was a police juror for Jeff Davis Parish and a part-time employee in the town of Welsh. Bob was a friend to all he met. He enjoyed fancy cars, nice clothes and mowing yards.
He was devoted to his loving wife and friend of 59 years, Claire Dupre'; one son, Kyle Dupre' and husband Mathew Lefkowitz of New York, N.Y.; two daughters, Dawn Dupre' and husband Andrea Petrucci of Milan, Italy, and Jill Dupre' and husband Josh Mayer of New Orleans; one brother, Billy Dupre' and wife Nancy of Houston, Texas; three sisters, Diane Gay of Philo, Ill., Kathi Soileau and husband Sidney of Grapevine, Texas, and Sue Dupre' and husband Wayne Latham of Ft. Collins, Colo.; and four grandchildren, David Petrucci, Miriam Petrucci, Mathilda Mayer and Mose Mayer.
Robert was preceded in death by his parents, E.W. and Neil Dupre'.
A graveside service was held at Oaklawn Cemetery in Welsh at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 6, 2018, with Pastor Angela Bulhof officiating.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Welsh High School Needy School Fund, 306 E. Bourgeois St., Welsh, LA 70591, Memory of Bob Dupre'.
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The Men of At Ease Ranch #2
Donna Michaels
Releasing March 6th, 2017
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Kissing the sexy soldier was a dare she couldn't resist…
By-the-book event planner Beth Brannigan's best friend dared her to kiss a cowboy. She should have said no. Instead, she said please…again and again. If her brother finds out she's dating—okay, kissing—okay, sleeping with—one of his military buddies, he'll kill her. Assuming he doesn't kill his friend first.
I have to say I loved most of this book. I was caught up in their story. Something about a veteran that pulls at my heartstrings. I love to see them get their HEA. Especially when the love of the right woman changes their lives for the better.
I didn't realize that this was a part of a series until I came to write my review. It can be read as a stand alone. Now that I know there is another one, I know what I will be reading next.
My issue was with some of Beth's choices after she put 2 and 2 together. I get it, but I didn't like it. I'm not one who like lying in a relationship. However, it was during that suspenseful drama that I couldn't put the book down. I knew the truth would come out and I just couldn't wait to see how it all played out.
This is one amazing book and I look forward to reading more from this author.
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My husband surprised me one day by saying that he thought it was less important to keep our vegetable garden organic and more important to save our produce from destruction. It makes so much sense to me, but as a family who buys organic as much as possible, I felt a little hypocritical. We don't use many pesticides on our garden, but when push comes to shove, we will "dust" our crops to save them. Homegrown is still better than grocery store produce, that I'm sure of!
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Michigan's blooming floriculture industry generates some major flower power in annual economic impact. The Michigan floriculture industry – ranked third nationally in production output – consists of 600 producers and growers that provide quality flowers, foliage plants and bedding materials statewide and throughout the country.
"Consumers are returning to indoor and outdoor beautification efforts at home and throughout the year, which helps them de-stress. Our businesses are incredibly important to consumers' well-being and our state's growth," says Don Marvaso, Jr., Michigan Floriculture Growers Council president.
Nursery crops and floriculture operations comprise Michigan's fourth-largest agriculture segment. Marvaso says the industry continues to flourish. In 2012, the wholesale value of such crops hit $376 million. Michigan led the nation in value of sales for flats of begonias and impatiens; hanging baskets of begonias, geraniums and petunias; potted seed geraniums, petunias and Easter lilies; and transplants of bedding plants and herbaceous perennials.
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Ask Tim Stiles, president of Henry Mast Greenhouses, Inc., what his business is about, and he proudly answers, "We are flower farmers."
The third-generation, family-owned company produces plants year-round for sales in garden centers and indoor floral departments. They also direct their own trucking business, Peak Transportation Solutions, Inc., so plants can be distributed to customers 52 weeks a year.
"Henry Mast Greenhouses, in business since 1958 and named after our founder, is the farming division based in Byron Center," Stiles says. "Masterpiece Flower Company, LLC is our sales, marketing and distribution component. Our transportation arm is equipped with refrigerated trailers, and we also provide truckload freight service to other industries, including food processors, furniture manufacturers and horticultural plastics."
Situated on more than 30 acres and employing 700 people, Masterpiece serves customers in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri. Many of their indoor plants and flowers are sold in Meijer stores. They also distribute cut flowers grown in South America.
"We are involved with nearly all facets of floriculture, including cut flowers, annual bedding plants, cut greens, potted flowering and foliage plants," Stiles says.
Another multi-generational operation, Pinter Brothers Greenhouse, Inc., in Ypsilanti, runs 12 acres of annual plugs, or "little plants," spring annuals, poinsettias and mums in greenhouses.
"We started in 1936 and now employ 20 year-round staff and top at 50 in the spring," says Joseph Pinter, the company's president. "My father, my uncle and I oversee the business, which is entirely wholesale. Our purpose is to make landscapes and gardens beautiful. Most flowers are shipped by truckload within a 200-mile radius, but we do ship the plugs by FedEx all over the country to other farms, growers and smaller greenhouses."
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Why does Michigan have such significant floriculture commerce? Stiles gives three reasons. "Immigrants who settled here were growers of vegetables and flowers in their homelands of the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. They brought production and the know-how and expertise with them. Secondly, Michigan State University was the first land-grant college and has always had a strong emphasis toward all types of horticulture. This has helped the industry grow and apply new research. Lastly, we are relatively close to a number of major population centers that provide good markets for floriculture products," he says.
It is no wonder the ever-growing industry now boasts 1,077 acres of covered area and more than 3,000 acres of open ground crops. More than 9,000 Michiganders are employed in the state's floriculture trade.


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Is your job "soul-crushingly" boring?
Three tips to make it better.
Busy lawyers still get bored. Maintain your motivation with this list
By Kate Allman, LSJ
TV programs such as Suits make it seem like legal work is exciting every day of the week. Somehow hotshot attorney Harvey Specter switches from litigator to transaction lawyer, and masters whatever field of law is most interesting on the particular day – from criminal defence to intellectual property. Unfortunately, day-to-day legal work is not like Suits.
Any lawyer who has ground through monotonous discovery tasks knows the torture of being bored at work. A first-year corporate lawyer in New York, who was given the painstaking chore of document review has told Business Insider Australia that he couldn't believe his job could be so "soul-crushingly" boring.
If you are like this young associate, it may help you to know that lawyers are not the only people who get bored at work. According to a study by Gallup, 71 per cent of US workers are "not engaged" or "actively disengaged" from their work. All this boredom is not only depressing and unproductive – a recent Finnish study showed that being bored causes stress and wreaks havoc on physical health.
So, when boredom hits, how can you salvage your health and sanity?
1. Connect with a 'bigger than self' goal
Rachel Clements, Director of Psychological Services at Sydney's Centre for Corporate Health, says to avoid focusing on the "daily grind" as this only makes boring tasks more dissatisfying.
"Remember that even filing and photocopying can relate to big, important cases and are essential for the team," Clements says. "Try to connect with 'bigger than self' goals that will help you to impart meaning and purpose from work, no matter what the task is."
With your career goals in mind, you can also use the opportunity to ask for more stimulating, related work.
"If you are filing some information for a case, why not ask if you can summarise that information?," Clements says. "Being pro-active and seeking opportunities not only leads to more interesting work, it forces you to network and stand out to senior lawyers. This in turn could put you first in line for a promotion (away from the filing cabinet!) further down the track."
2. Break up your day
Organisational psychologist and Managing Director of Inspirational Workplaces in Sydney, Iain Crossing, says attention span is like a muscle – it needs regular breaks and refuelling to work efficiently. A break can be as simple as making a cup of tea, getting some fresh air, or chatting to a co-worker for five minutes.
"Research shows that taking a short break every 45-60 minutes results in greater productivity than 'pushing through'," Crossing says.
James Stanton, an Associate at Minter Ellison in Sydney, says he breaks up his day with exercise by running during his lunch hour. When he was a junior lawyer, Stanton also relished the opportunity to help colleagues with different – if unusual – tasks.
"Being tall, I was the go-to person to reach things on high shelves," Stanton says. "In the middle of a teleconference with clients, I might get an urgent knock at the door for top shelf-reaching services. I was strangely chuffed by it. "
3. Make a career assessment
Clements says your body will tell you if chronic boredom is becoming too much for your psychological wellbeing. Physical signs include stress, a lack of energy and feeling heavy or weighed down. If you experience these symptoms often, Clements says it might be time for a career assessment.
"Often people get so busy that they don't take time to reflect, but it is important to take a step back and do so," Clements says. "Try to discuss the issue with a mentor, manager or even human resources staff member, who might help you move sideways or broaden your responsibilities within the organisation. If the prospects for expansion are not available in your current workplace, you may need to look at external opportunities."


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BlacKkKlansman is a film that is on the right side of history. The film debuted at Cannes De Festival to a standing ovation. This Spike Lee film brings the present day current event to their historical ties with this film of Ron Stallworth's real-life story.
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Director of engineering, Spike Lee presents BLACKkKLANSMAN, an incendiary film inspired by the life of Ron Stallworth, the first police officer African American to have infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan. Against all odds, the agent Stallworth (John David Washington) and his partner (Adam Driver) Flip Zimmerman will infiltrate the highest echelons of the Klan, to stop him from taking control of the city.
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Adam Driver ~ Flip Zimmerman
Topher Grace ~ David Duke
Laura Harrier ~ Patrice
John David Washington ~ Ron Stallworth
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Spike Lee discusses How surreal the tragedy of Heather Higher being run down at Charlottesville Virginia protests brings coda to this film. Her death took place after the film's completion. Lee put it in the film to see what happened. When he saw what happened he knew this was the final scene.
He states, "I had to do something first. I was given Susan Bro's, mother to Higher, phone number. I was not going to put that murder scene in that film without her blessing. Mrs. Bro said, 'Spike I give you permission to put that in.' They collected footage and photos from those at the time of Higher's murder to get the best coverage of this horrific unnecessary murder. Higher should be alive today. The president of the United States could not stand up to the world to say we are about love, not about hate, we are better than murdering a young woman.
Lee goes on to speak about the building of the United States of America (USA) from the genocide of Native Americans and slavery. This is the fabric of the USA. This scene had to go in to show that our leaders are giving us a direction that is not moral. This is a worldwide problem. It is not a black, brown, and white world. We all live on this planet. We have to stand up and stop being silent.
BlacKkKlansman Screenplay
Jordan Peele pitched the story of Ron Stallworth. Lee thought it was a comedy skit. When he realized it was a true story he brought Kevin Willmott in to write the screenplay. There was one thing that Lee understood in making the film it had to the current climate. The situations today did not just pop up but they have been around for decades.
The focus of the story was to tell this period piece while connecting to present day. The movie needed to end in the present day. Lee says, "I did not have the crystal ball, even though my friends call me negrodamus. The ending was not written. But Spike Lee joiners you got to flow, can't be rigid, got to be hip, on it. There is no way in the world I could not make that the end of the film. The screenplay is based on the book by Stallworth, Black Klansman.
Chaz Ebert asks about the language in the film and if it is necessary to use the tone and word choice. Lee answers "words are hateful. Words can be hateful and I don't think I was elaborating on how the Klan not only hates Blacks they hate Jews, they are number two on the list. They don't speak lovely terms and those words are harmful. The way we had them speaking in the film this is the way they speak every day. It was my decision to hear those words. I wanted the hate to be verbalized."
BlacKkKlansman Cast and Crew
Lee states, "This is very simple we tell the story. That is what we do. I don't do this shit alone. I am a general manager of a sport's team. It is like sports. Put the best players out there. Filmmaking is a collaborating effort. It is some hard shit. Filmmaking is hard shit. You got to go to work. Learn your craft and do your research." You want to put the best people behind the camera to make the best film you can.
Barry Alexander Brown is a film editor, a great editor. He is able to create the final scene from footage taken from people's phone. He was able to demonstrate the needless death of Higher and that she should be alive now.
Chayse Irvin, cinematographer He is amazing this was shot on film not digital. We really wanted to have the look of seventies films split screens. I forgot shooting with film takes a lot of time because it has been so long since working with film.
John David Washington (son of Denzel Washington) his is character Ron Stallworth. Washington was able to learn from Stallworth about what he was going through he is like the Jackie Robinson of police. Took a lot to get that position. While Stallworth was protecting and servicing Colorado Springs he prevented terrorist violence. There were no violent acts during this time on the police force. The others who supported him that were white in the department. One black man, he was very well supported.
I wanted to inhabit his spirit. Setting up the environment was a great collaborating environment. Your abilities become unlimited. Blessed to have this experience glad to be a part of this experience.
Adam Drive, his character Flip Zimmerman, We had a week or two to talk about it before. The research helps but you have to let that go when you get on set. Pay attention to what is being said by you and cast. Playing music on my iPod assisted. Spike creates a very that best idea wins very familia. Best ideas win, a very egoless set. Everyone had a life outside the filming and we got home at a decent hour. Spike sets the tone that it is easy that you feel free to fail.
Topher Grace, his character is David Duke, KKK Grand Wizard. He read My Awaking by David Duke, watched Donahue when the KKK was on the show, and listened to his radio show. Grace recalls being asked to play in a Lee film, "This is one of the happiest times in my life followed by one of the worst times when I realized the character I was going portray." He felt the responsibility to get it right, but no did not feel the responsibility to Duke.
How did Grace capture this? The script did a really good job of creating the KKK and David as a leader. Spike is a great coach. There was a day I had to something that was really evil. Spike said, "Try this a Nazi salute and said white power. I rarely affected by filming but was in a very bad space." Lee assisted him with it is in service in with a message that you agree with even though you don't agree with the character you are playing.
Laura Harrier, her character Patrice, she tried to inhabit the spirit and time period. Meeting her real-life character helped her embrace the character's life and relationships and her spirit. She watched the black pattern footage, listened to the music. Having a great team and taking Spike's guidance.
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Lee talks about the message believing in hope. Many of my films are hope like Do the Right thing is a hopeful film. I am not blind or deaf. I think you can be hopeful but be aware. This film will be seen around the world. This is a global problem. I do hope that other people from other countries will see that this is happening where they live. I get hope to do that this film shakes people from their slumber. This is a very important film. People having a hard time coping. In our hearts, we know what is right and wrong. We have wrong staring you dead in our face mums the word, you are supporting the opposing causes.
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Moving Beyond the Plastic Paradigm
by Chase Eck
My friend Stephen and I were in the library a couple nights ago. He was learning everything there is to know about the Holocaust, and I was writing a paper analyzing different historical perspectives on the Israeli war of Independence in 1948. Clearly we needed a break. We moseyed on down to Plaza café and swapped light conversation about looming demographic problems in China and electoral models across democracies over steaming cups of Seattle's Best. Sometime during the conversation I realized just how many points I had accrued during my study break and vented my dismay to Stephen with some well-chosen words. Stephen's response was: "Well you just have to count the plastic right?"
Of course as anyone who is familiar with the No Impact challenge knows I couldn't just count the plastic. I had to count the cardboard coffee cup as well. That's the point, it's easy to fixate on one easily identifiable culprit such as plastic or oil but the truth is the issue is so much broader. We need to move beyond the latest villain of the day and seek to identify why wasteful behavior is so bad and work to better our habits with regards to that issue as well as others. Plastic bags aren't inherently bad, it's just that the number we consume is so wasteful. This concern applies to all single use items, not just those made of plastic.
Hotel Breakfast Gone Bad
by Liz Miller
I knew that weekend was going to be my first major challenge. I didn't know if I would be able to resist the artificially-flavored gas station temptations that awaited me on my late night Greyhound journey to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Why was I going to the UP, you might ask? For an interview. Yes, an interview. I had applied for a particularly lucrative scholarship in my small Wisconsin hometown and, having been the only one there to apply, was automatically granted an interview at the organization's district office in the UP. My northbound trek began with the Amtrak to Milwaukee followed by a four-hour Greyhound ride, bringing me to my destination at approximately 1:45 AM. Amidst the frantic errands of my day of departure, I didn't have time to pack more than a few pieces of fruit stolen from the dining hall and a half-empty bag of cereal. It would take all the willpower I could muster to keep from giving in to a travel-weary need for corn syrup and sodium, and I wasn't sure I was up to the test.
But somehow I completed the journey without earning a single point. In my post-Greyhound disheveled delirium I was quite proud of myself, though that pride would prove to be short-lived. The next morning at breakfast, I was faced with my biggest No Impact dilemma since deciding whether to eat before dance practice when my only option was the plastic-heavy Norris food court (I ultimately decided to take the point and avoid inevitable collapse). The interviews were being held in the AmericInn hotel, probably because there was no better venue in the tiny town. I had stayed there the night before and could not wait to wake up to a nice cozy continental breakfast. But when I finally rolled out of bed and went downstairs, I was met with the most unwelcome of surprises: Styrofoam plates. No Impact Challenge aside, there are very few things I hate more than Styrofoam. I normally go out of my way to avoid it, but here it was staring me in the face with no other option in sight. I was ready to go barbaric and forego dishware altogether until I made the mistake of looking across the room. There sat a professionally-clad group of aptly-aged people who were undoubtedly my interviewers.
As much as it killed me, I knew balancing breakfast on my hands would not make the best of impressions. I swallowed my pride and succumbed to the vile Styrofoam before me. I made sure to take only a plate and none of the plastic silverware, cutting down both my point total and the sustenance available to me. Personal aversion to Styrofoam aside, it was only one point earned. Not the end of the world. But right before my interview I stopped by the bathroom, and as I washed my hands I realized I was faced with another dilemma. I've gotten into the habit of substituting my pants for paper towels when no better alternative is available, and at that moment there was no better alternative available. But could I risk tainting the good impression I had sacrificed a point to achieve by showing up with marginally damp hands? Those are always the worst kind to shake. I decided to keep my first point of the day from being taken in vain and sacrificed another to the pliable brown paper I had become so accustomed to avoiding. Sadly, luck abandoned me and the scholarship landed in another's hands, so both points still proved wasted in the end.
Evil Fast Food?
by Naomi Harris
So sometimes I forget and use a paper towel. I've given in to a few take out meals. I wouldn't say I'm winning, but I would say it has not been terribly difficult. My habits have changed slightly, as I constantly have Tupperware in hand, and despite my addiction, I'll choose to skip the coffee if I don't have my mug with me. I am definitely more conscious of my actions. On some level this has been a personal reflection. On a different level, as other players have noted, it makes me see society in a different way: through the lens of disposable items. As I've thought about our society and our reliance on disposables, one of the most recognizable culprits is clearly the fast food restaurant. McDonalds, Burger King, Chipotle, Starbucks, places like Jamba Juice…the list goes on. These businesses are built on getting lots of people in and lots of people out with a paper bag, disposable wrapping, paper cup, and plastic silverware in hand. From the perspective of the No Impact Challenge, these businesses are evil. But we have to ask ourselves, how did they come to be and how are they such a dominant part of our culture?
The fast food industry and disposable items is kind of a chicken or the egg debate. Did the advent of disposable products facilitate the creation of the fast food chain, or did places like McDonalds exist in the first place and realize they could change their business model with the use of disposables?
The success of fast food chains comes from their ability to create standard items with speed and generate high volumes of sales. This volume would not be possible without the to-go aspect, dependent on the creation of trash. Yet, before we blame these businesses, we must inspect the interplay with our culture. Would fast food restaurants have become so successful without customers giving them business? No. For the suppliers to be successful, the demand has to be there as well. Now, I can't claim to be telling you a factual historical story, but America (and many other countries) have come to rely on products that are fast, cheap, and easy. With fast paced lives and long workdays fast food restaurants fuel Americans, but we also fuel them.
I believe that the people starting these chains did so with no evil intentions, no real considerations of what massive amounts of trash they would be responsible for. In order to grow such huge businesses the owners had to be able to know what Americans would want, what items would be familiar enough to generate frequent sales. In fact, 80% of restaurants fail in their first year, meaning that the ones that succeeded got something right. And, while the older restaurants may have grown after the use of the disposable item, newer successes have been built around them.
I have my own gripes with Starbucks, but it is absolutely genius from a business perspective. Within a few years Starbucks stores were populating the country and millions of Americans were making grab and go quality coffee part of their daily routine. Think you are making a statement by rejecting starbucks and supporting your local coffee shop? Well the words cappuccino, latte, and macchiato would not even exist in our American vocabulary, let alone allow local coffee shops to make business off of them, if Starbucks had not made them familiar to the masses. Yes, I wholeheartedly advocate for supporting local business, and Starbucks has become a huge conglomerate, but maybe think twice about your criticisms before you make them.
While fast food chains built on high volume sales have shaped our culture and become an integral part of it, a movement has been growing against it. One group is the Slow Food Movement, countering fast food and the fast life style, and working to reinvigorate local food and farming. Additionally, there has been recent massive backlash against the fast food industry given the dirty side of undue farm subsidies, animal cruelty, and environmental destruction that allows for the industrial supply chains that keep these business alive. While these are separate from the issue of disposables, they are also one in the same: they perpetuate our culture of fast, cheap, and easy and ignore that the environment is bearing the real costs. Despite the ills of the industry, I will stand by my statement that all these businesses are not evil, and that as much as they exist for their profits, millions of people are thankful customers that happily give them these profits in return for a fast, cheap meal.
So, what does this mean for us and the merits of this challenge? I can cut down on my waste, but the food industry built on the use of disposable items is not going away any time soon. Throw away food containers are almost symbolic of the American life. I would even claim that it is somewhat of a luxury to be able to take this challenge. I have the privilege of having a Whole Foods a block away where I can go and fill up my tupperware from the bulk section. I have the ability to pay a little extra and spend the time to cook my own meals rather than participating in the cultural practice of getting the most calories out of my money with a fast food meal. Refusing bags is one thing, but taking down an entire industry integrated with the the way Americans eat is another. However, as with all societal change, it starts with the efforts of a few people, and it takes time. With recognition that fast cheap and easy for the masses is actually extremely costly to the environment, it is time for that change to happen in the food industry. To me, fast food restaurants that have made it will always be due some praise for their genius business models. Yet, like many great industries in the history of our country, they don't need to be around forever. Maybe in the future we can admire their past success, but proudly claim that the heyday of fast, cheap, and easy is over.
A Matter of Choice
By Paul Bourdillon
I started this challenge with hope. I had the desire to not only win, but also prove its possible to live without unnecessary disposables without being crazy and living in the middle of nowhere off the grid. The first week disproved my first point, it certainly was not easy or convenient to avoid throwing away single use packaging. This weekend forever squashed my dreams of a big round 0 on the 'waste' scorebored at the end of the month. Both disastrous times when the scoreboard clocked one against the environment, I was shocked I had been lulled into such a false sense of security and disposed of precious resources without reason. First, I used toilet paper to deal with my shaving injuries and next I oh-so innocently chowed down on free wrapped candy. In both cases I found myself wondering what the impact was of my thoughtless choice, and where the line is between choosing to be unsustainable and merely acting as an innocent bystander.
I shave, occasionally at least. I even try to do so with as little waste as possible. I switched to a safety razor in hopes that its blades would be less wasteful (and much, much less costly). I am also eeking out the last of my canned shaving cream (throwing it away would be worse than using every last drop) and moving on to shaving soap as soon as I am done. Nonetheless, I never thought that the toilet paper I use to dry the nicks and cuts that I inevitably inflict upon myself. I don't NEED to use it, I could merely let the cuts heal on their own. However, its not normally socially acceptable to have blood dripping down my neck from unbandaged cuts- something I generally consider a boon of civilization. It draws me to question when is the waste I produce no longer my choice but merely a decision made by society as a whole? Should I only shave at night so as to use no paper and not offend anyone, or would not shaving before work in the morning be frowned upon by my boss? Am I guilty if I see the little piece of foil in which my food is presented to me, or am I a repeat offender for failing to question the sources and packaging used behind the scenes?
Food brings me to my newest dilemma in choice – candy. I love candy. When I was a kid, I bought 20lbs of candy (I probably only weighed 80lbs myself) back from England to satisfy my cravings. Yet all candy seems to come in extensive wrapping, including the free candy I picked up at the Globemed Summit this weekend. It was set out in bowls in the hotel, individually wrapped – sanitary, one might breath as a sigh of relief. It was only when I looked down at the pile of wrappers that I recognized my sin, and I immediately tried to justify it and absolve myself of guilt. I didn't purchase the candy, and it was bound to be eaten anyway. Besides, theres no way to eat candy without a wrapper so that doesn't count. I guess I could save all the wrappers and upcycle a purse like that shown below, but I generally limit my purses to 0 and don't need a new on for every 10 candy bars I eat. But it does count, both for fate of the environment and this challenge. Am I guilty of waste for eating the food that society provides for me, or can I only be free of environmental-sin by eating raw food at home that I purchased in a reusable bag at the bulk food section?
My New Accessory?
When it comes down to it, if I choose to live a 'normal' life in American society then I have already given up the option to live a waste-free life – I am not moving to a raw-foods diet to save cooking gas anytime soon. I make the sustainable choices I can to reduce my environmental impact, but eating vegetarian or even scoring no points in a never-ending 'no impact challenge' will still leave me the the cloud of carbon used to power the computer I used to write this post. I view our goal in this challenge as getting us all to choose the most sustainable ways of living in our society while simultaneously forcing us to realize all the waste that is fundamental to our way of life. Recognizing that waste does not make a badge of shame; realizing the unconscious unsustainability of our society is a call to forge a better future. The ways we save during this challenge is a first step, and policies like Bagless NU are the next step to leaving the world as great for the next generation as it was given to us.
Packaging and more packaging…
By: Meghan Cavanaugh
Like most Sunday afternoons, today I went to the grocery store in order to purchase the items I will need for meals the following week. This has been my first grocery outing since the beginning of the NoImpact Challenge.
Before leaving, I gathered my reusable bags and made note to not purchase any items sold individually in order to avoid gaining any points. I began my shopping in the fresh produce section. Instead of using the plastic bags, I placed all my fruits and vegetables in the cart naked. I began walking the aisles. Immediately I was much more aware of the immense amounts of packaging. Cardboard wrapped in plastic, plastic wrapped in plastic, cardboard wrapped in plastic covered in cardboard; the insane amounts of packaging continued and continued as I walked through the store. The walls of food packaging started caving in towards me with the overwhelming thoughts of all the single use casings. I began to wonder, who really needs all of this packaging? Are we really so paranoid as a population to contract some sort of bacteria or disease that we need to encase our food products like mummies?
As I approached the checkout line, not only did the ridiculous wrappings continue, I also realized how challenging a complete zero impact lifestyle would be. In fact, I would argue that it is impossible. As consumers we have only one solution, try our hardest to purchase items with as little packaging as possible and always be mindful of our overall waste impact. This challenge has made me acutely aware of my impact and ways that I can reduce it.
Trying to enjoy life to the fullest without creating waste; I argue that its impossible
by Andy Hobaugh
We are approaching the end of the second week of Northwestern's spring quarter. Still, I am getting over what might have been the most relaxing and exciting spring break ever. After returning from Miami, Florida two weeks ago I have found it extremely difficult to readjust to the unpleasant Chicago weather and motivate myself to go to class. I just want to go back to the wonderful eighty-five degree weather on the beaches of South Beach or the golf courses of Boca. Alas, I can not do that. I must, instead, be responsible. Have I been? Absolutely not. What does this mean with regards to the No Impact Challenge? It means that I am losing big time…I think.
On the first day of the No Impact Challenge–Friday April 1–I was invited to go see the Cubs play on opening day at Wrigley Field. Despite the rain and sub-forty degree temperatures, I was pumped! Visions of hot dogs, peanuts, cracker jacks, and of course baseball danced in my head. The one thing that hadn't crossed my mind was the waste sporting events must generate. I didn't hold back, though. I bought two plastic bags containing peanuts. I had two hot dogs. These come covered in a foil-paper wrapper and are placed in a cardboard box for one's carrying convenience. Of course to wash all of this down I had an ice cold Pepsi, which came served in a plastic cup. The waste just piled up. There is no recycling; its all just picked up and thrown away. Somewhere in the world I can envision a landfill full of Cubs' souvenir cups.
Imagine all of the people who go to sporting events buy hot dogs, nachos, beer, peanuts, and pop corn. The trash must just pile up. When I was in Miami I attended a Heat game at the American Airlines Arena. The stadium is LEED certified, there are plenty of recycling bins, but most of the items purchased by fans are not recyclable. Even if items are recycled–i.e. plastic cups–they are most likely one use items that could have been avoided in an ideal world. People could have just brought their own drink to the game, right? Wrong. Even though it is becoming more normal to carry around a reusable water bottle or mug these items are not allowed into the friendly confines of Wrigley Field or the "sustainable" confines of the American Airlines Arena. During the Heat game, there was an announcement about recycling. This is a good educational tool, but it does nothing when people have to take a new cup every time they purchase a drink.
In the immediate future, I do not see a solution to this problem. Professional entertainment, be it sporting events or movies, continues to be a wasteful past time. Sport teams do not want fans bringing their own reusable water bottles to the games because there is no way of telling whats inside. Most movie theaters are like that too. However, it is much easier to get into a theater with a water bottle because there is no pesky security; good luck getting into a Heat game with one. If people want to avoid being wasteful at a sporting event or at a movie theater, then the best solution is to not buy anything. In my opinion thats impossible. When I go to a movie I am probably going to get popcorn and/or Raisenettes. When I go to a ball game I can't help but buy peanuts and hot dogs. What everyone can do, however, is consciously cut down their waste at either of these types of events. You can stop taking napkins. In the bathrooms you can pass on the paper towels; instead, use a hand dryer or even your pants. Don't take a cardboard box to carry food items. Everyone has two hands and multiple pockets. Use them. Just don't stuff your pockets with ketchup and mustard packets; use the communal dispensers!
I am not going to eliminate all of my waste during this challenge. I know that there are things I will not be able to forgo; but I have become more aware of what I am contributing to the waste cycle. The problem is, when I get a chance to take a day off and go to a Cubs game, I usually do. I skipped class on Tuesday to attend my second Cubs game of the season. This time I only had one hotdog with no packets of mustard, rather I went to the communal mustard dispenser. I did accumulate plenty of points when it was all said and done. Fortunately, I am aware of what waste I did cause…and I am not proud of it
Wet Hands, Wine Tasting, and Unsustainable Sustainability
by Liz Miller
Before the challenge began, I thought it would be easy to go the entire month without earning a single point. Irrational? Perhaps. Impossible? I didn't think so. But then came the wine tasting.* It was only day one of the challenge, and I was already faced with my first potential dilemma. I figured the wine shop would be classy enough to give us real glasses, but I wasn't sure. What if they served us in little plastic cups? I would have to choose between my love of wine and my dreams of a point-free April. Wanting to avoid the decision altogether, I texted a friend who had been there before to find out if my worries were warranted. Minutes passed, but no answer arrived. As I was about to leave with nothing but a bleak faith in the classiness of Wine Styles, I suddenly knew what to do. I would just bring my own glass. I couldn't believe I hadn't thought of that sooner, seeing as I was no stranger to bringing my own reusables. I dug out the smallest cup in my eclectic collection of glassware and slipped it into my purse with a wave of relief. Crisis averted.
Of course, they did serve us in real wine glasses so it was never really even a crisis in the first place. To top it off, they even bagged my friends' bottles of wine in a fancy reusable without them even asking for it. Even though my overthinking ended up being all for naught in this particular instance, this challenge has raised my awareness of the disposable products I had never really realized were such a part of my life. I've found myself needing to take unsustainable measures to be fully sustainable, sometimes forgoing meals when my only available options are the plastic-wrapped sandwiches for sale in our student center's food court. I've been sparing myself points, but I'm also probably on a fast track to a mild case of malnutrition.
Despite my determination, my dreams of ending with zero points have already been shattered. Sadly, it wasn't a desire to gluttonize freely or spend Friday nights without my own glasses that did me in. No, it was something far more mundane. I had been zoning out at the sink, when I looked at my hands and there it was. Never before had a damp paper towel seemed so sinister. I stared at it in awe, as if it were a gun I'd mistakenly thought was unloaded before playing with the trigger. It hadn't even been three full days, and I had already earned the dreaded first point that I hoped would never come. To top it all off, my accidental paper towel brought me to the uncomfortable realization that disposable items were more subconsciously ingrained in my life than I had thought. Of course, all hope is not lost. Sure, it's too late for zero. But I've still got a shot at one.
*Don't worry, I'm 21.
Ice Cream and Pedicures: Indulgence can be wasteful
by Naomi Harris
While it has only been two days, I've accumulated more points than I thought I would this early in the game. It will take a little time to get used to it and to remember to always have the No Impact Challenge in mind. The first day I accumulated zero points…until my friends decided they wanted Andy's frozen custard after dinner. Allured by my favorite combination of chocolate frozen custard whipped with reeses and topped with hot fudge, I didn't hesitate to agree. Then, walking into the shop, it hit me: I had to think beyond eating the ice cream and consider the points I would get from the disposable container. Already in the shop, my sweet tooth and love of ice cream took over. I decided I would get a point so I could have my custard. I wasn't sure how to handle it, should I eat the custard with twinges of guilt for the waste I was generating, or limit myself from indulging while all my friends did? Unfortunately, dessert won over my self control.
My second challenge came when I decided to get a pedicure. A somewhat indulgent activity that I don't do all that often, after a week of my feet in the sand over spring break I decided it was about time. I enjoyed the foot bath and foot massage, but then came the downside: plastic wrap. This may seem slightly (or very) strange to some boys out there, but part of the pedicure process is applying parafin wax and then wrapping the foot with saran wrap. Yeah, I'm starting to realize the weirdness of it right about now as well. The No Impact Challenge is sure to bring about all kinds of realizations. Anyway, as my feet were being wrapped in plastic, I had to ask the question, does using disposable food wrapping count when its used, of all places, on my feet? Sadly, of course the answer is yes. Who would think a little foot pampering would lead me to getting points? Now I know to think twice before getting any beauty treatments, and, if I go back anytime soon, to make a special request for the nail salon to skip the plastic wrap. If anything good comes of it (besides soft skin), maybe the mental image of plastic wrapped feet will make everyone think twice before they use it at all. (I spared you a real picture.)
On the brighter side of things, while running errands with a friend I stopped her from taking 4 shopping bags. Even though I have accumulated a few points myself, being conscious of my own actions has definitely had a positive affect on those around me. Some of my friends might call me a crazy hippie at first, but explaining the game only spreads awareness and gives me even more justification for calling my friends out on their wasteful habits.
So far it's been fairly easy to meet the challenge when at home, but disposable containers creep up in all sorts of situations when I'm out and about. The key will be thinking out every situation before I participate, and equipping myself with the essential reusable utensils and containers whenever I leave the house. Unfortunately, having a tupperware on me wouldn't have solved my pedicure debacle.


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Elegant, balanced wines find their essence at the intersection of provenance, inspiration and artistry. Though a wine will only ever be as good as the vineyards it comes from, the wisdom of nature can be nurtured and gently accentuated. At Freeman, every wine is intimately made by hand in small lots. As many as 50 individual clonal fermentations are managed each vintage to make just six Pinot Noirs. The focus is exclusively on cool-climate Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and total production is kept below 5,000 cases to ensure that every bottling receives the love and attention it deserves.
2018 Gloria Estate Pinot Noir
Gloria is Freeman's estate vineyard, located adjacent to the winery. Ken and Akiko acquired this site, previously an apple orchard, from a neighbor in 2005 and planted it the following year. They named the vineyard for the orchard's owner, Gloria, and especially for Hurricane Gloria, the fortuitous meteorological event that brought Ken and Akiko together in 1985.Download PDF Learn more
2018 Hawk Hill Chardonnay
When the opportunity arose for Freeman to start working with Hawk Hill's Chardonnay, we jumped at the chance. Owners Margaret and Bill Yarak do a brilliant job of farming the vineyard with the help of Arturo Robledo and Greg Adams, and their care shines through in the fruit.Download PDF Learn more
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From 2004 through 2015, Freeman made a vineyard-designated Pinot Noir from Keefer Ranch in the Russian River Valley. When the Dutton family took over the management of this famous block in 2016, we came up with a new name for it: KR Ranch. The property sits in the center of the Green Valley, located in the southern and western parts of the Russian River Valley. This area is much cooler than those at the appellation's northern end, so it is ideally suited to growing Pinot Noir.Download PDF Learn more
2018 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir
This was a magical vintage for the Russian River Valley and for all California appellations. We had near-perfect weather for the entire year, with adequate rainfall and an ideal mixture of warm, sunny days and cool, foggy mornings and evenings. Flowering in May allowed an above-average crop size to form on the vines, and clusters ripened slowly through the summer and early fall. We harvested all of the Pinot Noir in September when it was perfectly ripe, rather than rushing to pick it before it became overripe as we did during our five-year run of early vintages from 2013 through 2017.Download PDF Learn more
2018 Ryo-fu Chardonnay
Ryo-fu is Japanese for "cool breeze," a fitting name for this Russian River Valley Chardonnay shaped by the chilly winds that blow in from the Pacific Ocean. Our local Ryo-fu, along with the region's famous fog and sandy soils, create ideal growing conditions for this Chardonnay.Download PDF Learn more
2017 Akiko's Cuvée Pinot Noir
Each year since our inaugural 2002 vintage, Freeman has released an Akiko's Cuvée. To make this special wine, Akiko Freeman and her winemaking staff taste every barrel of our Pinot Noir from the current vintage and everyone chooses their favorites. Next, each person's top barrels are blended together to create a cuvée. The sample blends are then tasted blind, and a friendly competition ensues. Whose blend will be the team favorite? The resulting wine is called Akiko's Cuvée, because Akiko's blend almost always wins.Download PDF Learn more
2017 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir
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2017 Yu-ki Estate Pinot Noir
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My name is Katie Mann. I am from Winston Salem, NC and am a rising junior at UNC majoring in Business. I also work part time for the Rams Club. I enjoy running and going...
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Pier 66 Hotel and Marina – Snooze and Cruise
From the minute I entered this oasis in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, I was hooked! I knew immediately that I made the right decision in booking this hotel as a precursor for my cruise with Princess Cruises. From the time of booking until check out, every employee we dealt with above and beyond with their customer service. Jodi went out of her way to find the best deal possible for our one night stay prior to our cruise. With Jodi's assistance, I determined that the Snooze and Cruise package provided the biggest bang for the buck.
Snooze and Cruise Package
The Snooze and Cruise package included 1 night accommodation, 2 free drinks, 2 full buffet breakfasts and transportation to the cruise port. All of these little extras add up and the amount we paid for the Snooze and Cruise Package saved us a few bucks had we paid for these items separately.
The package didn't include our transportation from the airport to the hotel. Not to worry though, there are taxi's in abundance waiting at the airport to take you to wherever your little heart desires. It was a quick 20 minute drive to the hotel, which cost $20.00 U.S. (including tip). You do have the option of taking Uber if you wish to save a couple of bucks.
The hotel is located directly at the marina and within a couple of miles of the cruise port. In fact, it is so close, we were able to spot our ship from our breakfast table. There is a variety store directly across the street from the hotel where you are able to purchase wine, beer, snacks, etc. The hotel is not within walker distance to the beach or area attractions, but there is complimentary transportation that will take you there.
Pier Sixty-Six Hotel and Marina offer a wide variety of rooms ranging in price. You have a choice between rooms in a high-rise building, or in a 2 story building, which either front onto the marina or channel, or the pool. We chose a room on the 2nd floor fronting onto the channel. Once I saw the hotel, I know I would have been happy with any room location I chose, as I don't believe there would be a bad location in the entire resort.
The room was basic, but extremely clean, which is most important to me. It had all of the amenities that I needed, including water, Starbuck's coffee, a refrigerator, free wi-fi, in-room dining and the best of all – a balcony fronting directly onto the channel, which is why I chose this room.
Pier Sixty-Six Hotel and Marina boasts a whopping 5 restaurants, ranging from seafood, to fine dining to pub fare. We visited 4 of them during our 24 hour stay. I think the package should be renamed to be snooze, booze, food and cruise. Seriously though, every single restaurant/bar we visited was outstanding!
Orchid's Pool Bar is the perfect spot for lunch or pub fare. If you enjoy eating outdoors then this is the spot for you. They also provide bar service at the pool.
Pelican Landing offers the most mouth-watering salmon I have had in my lifetime, not to mention a magical view of the harbor. You will have the choice of dining indoors or outdoors. For me the bonus at this restaurant was that there was a rule of "no cell phones allowed".
Grille 66 & Bar offers seafood. I did not dine at this restaurant, so I am not in a position to personally attest to it.
The Lounge is the perfect spot to enjoy a cocktail with your new-found friends and offers views out onto one of the most well-kept grounds that I have seen
Mariners is a typical breakfast room, which offers a full buffet, if you have purchased the Snooze and Cruise Package, or if you purchase it separately. Otherwise, a continental breakfast is offered. The room is large and looks out onto the front grounds. If you are lucky, you will be able to see the cruise ships.
While this hotel offers every amenity you could possible think of, the most outstanding amenity by far was the pool. I guarantee you that it would rival any Caribbean Resort that I have been to.
Other Amenities
Poolside Activities
In addition, to the amazing pool, Pier Sixty-Six Motel and Marina offers Poolside Activities, which includes lawn games, volleyball, cornhole, croquet and life-size chess.
Intercoastal Activities
The hotel will happily assisting you in arranging fishing charters, boat rentals, kayak rentals, waterboard rentals, and snorkeling. The list of water sports here are endless.
- complimentary beach shuttle is provided
- tennis
- spa
- business resources, including fax, computer
I am sure that by reading this review, that you can tell that I would rate the Pier Sixty-Six Hotel and Marina a full 10 out of 10. I absolutely LOVED this resort and if you are cruising, I HIGHLY recommend that you get the Snooze and Cruise package, although with all of the amenities available, I can guarantee that you won't be doing too much snoozing.
Let me know if you have ever stayed at this hotel, I would be interested in knowing what your thoughts of this hotel were.
Kelly xoxo


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Summit County second to none in arts world
Dissecting the annual Arts Vibrancy Index, it's easy to see why Breckenridge has been ranked the No. 1 small community in the U.S.
The 2017 report was released earlier this year by Southern Methodist University, and the index aims to gauge the demand, supply and public support for the arts in more than 900 communities across the U.S. — divided into three categories dictated by population.
Researchers ranked the communities by looking at various pieces of data showing the number of art providers, arts dollars and government grant activity in any designated location. They weighted arts dollars and arts wproviders the heaviest, with each accounting for 45 percent of the final score, while giving government grant activity the remaining 10 percent.
This formula worked heavily in Breckenridge's favor, as Summit County easily surpasses what most communities under 100,000 people can offer in terms of arts providers and arts dollars, but finished well below that in terms of government grants.
Breckenridge received its highest marks in the arts providers portion of the survey, ranking third overall, and finished in the top 10 for its high number of arts and culture employees, and arts and culture organizations, two data used to determine the number of arts providers.
The high ranking actually belongs more to Summit County than it does Breckenridge alone. That's because the study included all the Breckenridge metropolitan statistical area, which is Summit County.
To fully understand how Summit County did so well in the index, we can start by looking at its strong tax base bolstered by nearby ski resorts and the high volume of tourism traffic that comes with the resorts.
Then we should consider Breckenridge's and Summit County's commitment to the entertainment opportunities those tourists help support. Just think of all the winter and summer festivals at the four Summit County resorts — from Copper Mountain to Arapahoe Basin with Breckenridge and Keystone in between. Also, there are a plethora of nonprofit arts groups like Breckenridge Backstage Theatre and the Dillon Lake Theatre Company, just to name two that operate in the same sphere. Toss in a natural surrounding that draws artists to the mountains like bears to honey, and the full picture starts to take shape.
By itself, Breck likely wouldn't have ranked so high, but combine all of these pieces together in Summit County, and the Breckenridge MSA becomes hard to compete with in a measure like this, if not impossible.
Perhaps equally as telling, second place on the list of small communities went to another Summit County — one in Utah — that's also significantly bolstered by nearby ski resorts and outdoor entertainment options.
I've heard people say we live in a postcard in the High Country, but it's more than the view that makes it so great. Undoubtedly, we have some great advantages here — and snow might just be one of them — that make this a place many people, not just artists, want to be.
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The customer database of your mechanic shop or car dealership is without a doubt one of its most valuable assets. Your client's list, together with their information stored within your CRM is vital for the customer service, marketing, and sales teams, and as your business grows, this list does too every year. However, in order for this data to be a healthy customer database that is useful and trustworthy, it needs to be of high quality and up to date. Unfortunately, according to Gartner, more than 25% of the data within companies is flawed or outdated.
You might be asking yourself, why should I care about maintaining a healthy database? The easiest answer to this question is: because it will save your mechanic shop or car dealership a lot of time and money, and it can even increase your income.
How can it affect my business? Let's go over some important aspects that can get affected by an unhealthy database.
The first inconvenience that we find in having an unhealthy database is that you may experience an increase in bouncing and in emails going to the spam folder. This may not seem like a big issue at first, but if this keeps on happening, it is likely that your email sender reputation score will decrease together with your email deliverability. Therefore, the likelihood of Internet Service Providers (ISP) delivering your emails will be lower, and the reach of your email campaigns will decrease. This will cause people to ignore or delete your emails, and make your click-through rates drop and your unsubscribe rate rise. Overall, your email marketing metrics will become worse if you do nothing to prevent it.
Having a clean email database can also help you target your clients on Social Media. It can even help you find new potential clients by using the look-alike tool available on Facebook Ads.
Additionally, having their correct phone numbers can help you to reach out to them when a service is upcoming, or when you have a special offer or for other purposes such as letting them know when you are closed during the holidays.
Business and operations
Outdated or incorrect phone numbers and addresses can also represent a big problem for businesses in the car industry. Deliveries and pick-ups made to wrong addresses, as well as wasted time in unreachable calls due to wrong phone numbers, represent a considerable cost and waste of resources.
In addition, if your finance department is also relying on this database, it could also represent a problem to them, as they may require information to send them invoices or other payment messages.
After-sales services
You can offer a better service and target them better through a cleaned database. Having an organized database where you have absolutely all the details of your client's car, such as car type, last service date, details of the service, mileage, etc., can change the way your after-sales department interacts with clients, and can notably improve retention rates.
All of these issues may start to sound a little alarming, but the good news is that there are simple measures that you can take to prevent them.
We recommend the following tips to have a healthy customers' database:
- Buy an existing or customized CRM software to create a new and organized database.
- Start with training your team to understand the importance of a healthy database. Create a checklist of important client details and contact information so they can go over it every time a new client is added or an existing client visits. To complete information of existing clients that are not visiting during this process, we recommend you to send a Google Form and offer them a discount or a promotion in exchange for filling it in.
- It is likely that at least some of your clients will change their addresses or contact information after a certain amount of time. You should check periodically that their information is still valid, otherwise, you may find yourself calling the wrong numbers, making deliveries to outdated addresses and not being able to expose your offers to them or communicate with them when needed. So, when your business is facing a low seasonality, get some help from your team to contact them and update their contact details into the new and organized database.
- We definitely recommend you to delete obsolete contacts, such as the ones from people that have moved out of the city or country, or business contacts that are no longer relevant. A lot of companies have a hard time doing this, fearing that their database may shrink, but this action will help in various ways, for example, it could improve your emails' reach and open rates.
- Speaking of emails, in case your email database is not organized, the first thing you can do to improve it is to use one of the numerous email verifying tools available online, such as DeBounce, Verias, Bounceless or ZeroBounce. These tools are not very pricey or complicated to use, and they are able to identify and remove incorrect and duplicate emails as well as unwanted bounces, improving your mailing rates.
All in all, maintaining a healthy database is key for mechanic shops and car dealerships to generate engagement with their customers and to increase the income of the after-sales services. By using a retention platform like Engie Connect, you will be able to maintain your clients' contact list well organized, as well as keeping in touch with them through its built-in message and campaign system. Feel free to reach out to us for more information or guidance in this matter.


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A bang and a cloud of smoke cleared out the Eurostar terminal at St Pancras this week, when a lot of people understandably panicked that some kind of terrorist incident was afoot.
However, while the word at the time was that a smartphone exploded -- and a Samsung, according to some accounts -- Gizmodo UK has been doing a bit of digging, and it turns out that's not the case.
Still no official explanation from #Eurostar staff about what exactly happened 20 mins ago at #London departures lounge. Does seem however that the cause of the #explosion was an exploding phone battery. We have now set off for Paris. pic.twitter.com/1EXvtdd0QN
— Haxie Meyers-Belkin (@haxieMB) February 11, 2019
While you can see from the photo that it looks a lot like a phone, we've now had confirmation that it was in fact a smartphone power pack, and furthermore, it's not one made by Samsung.
That should come as no surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to developments since the 'splodey Samsung Galaxy Note 7 -- which incredibly some pillocks are still using despite the recall. The Korean company has been doubling down on its security measures to make absolutely sure it never happens again. The brand has survived one exploding phone, but two could ruin its name forever.
We've been told the power bank had a brand on the side, but we're not going to release the name until we've been able to confirm it (because it could ruin someone's business unnecessarily). Trust us when we say it's not one you've heard of or own any products by -- our research suggests it was probably a freebie given out by an overseas brand. We don't think the name on the side is actually the company that manufactured the power pack because they're not a tech company, so it was probably a cheap white-label gadget that had the misfortune to be chosen as a promotional product.
We're still investigating what exactly went ka-boom at St Pancras, and will update you when we have more detail. In the meantime, rest easy -- it seems we don't have another Note 7 situation in our pockets.
Main image: Haxie Meyers-Belkin via Twitter


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Liron Ben Shlush
Liron Ben Shlush is an Israeli actress and screenwriter. She studied acting at the Nissan Native Acting Studio in Tel-Aviv. She has held major roles in film, TV and theatre, most notably as the title character in the 2009 film Maya by Michal Bat Adam, for which she received a Best Actress nomination at the Israeli Academy Awards. In 2014, Next to Her, a film she wrote and starred in, partly based on her personal story, was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.


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February 2018
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"If there was a theme to digital radiography (DR) advances in 2017, it might have been "upgrade now or be left behind." " The article call out Canon and Konica Minolta as leaders in DR detector technology.


text: Wow could not believe the number of callers who are fed up with the AFPAK war and want victory not retreat. The President going to Dove to salute the caskets reeks of politics and if it wasnt there would not of been a camera there. I love that he salutes the troops but men are dying because he cant make a decision on the way forward inthe war. Mark Walsh does not see politics in this move I do and now world leaks that the President wanst the names of the tribal leaders we will be dealing with? Why are they potential voters? Donors? Please Mr President make a decision- its messing up families emboldening the Taliban and making our men and women think twice.


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01384 686 606
Leasowes High School is an oversubscribed academy within the Invictus Education Trust, working with a strong group of schools that includes a sixth form.
The motto of 'Aspire and Achieve' is at the heart of everything staff do for their students.
A spokesman said: "To 'Aspire' is to direct our students' hopes and ambitions towards achieving their best and fulfilling their potential.
"To 'Achieve' is to successfully accomplish one's goals through hard work, effort, skill and courage."
Headteacher Matthew Mynott said: "We aim to help each and every student to understand and reach their potential by offering an impressive range of opportunities and approaches to learning, supported by a caring and committed pastoral team who are dedicated to the health, emotional wellbeing and personal
development of each and every individual."
Students have a multitude of opportunities in leadership.
Student Council representatives provide an active voice for their peers and fellow learners; members of the Eco-Council look closely at the school's use of recycling and better use of the environment; peer mentors support vulnerable students who may be struggling with worries and support their transition from primary school; other leadership opportunities are also offered within curriculum areas.
"Whatever the need of the student, staff believe that there will be something to challenge, inspire or motivate them."
The ultimate accolade for students is to represent the school as part of the prefect team led by the head boy, head girl and their deputies.
Students will also have a wide range of enrichment and extra-curricular activities.
The school has daily sporting activities, as well as opportunities to represent the school in traditional team sports.
Every year the arts department works with students on the school production and they have the opportunity to participate in a school show.
Students also work the lighting, sound and are the back stage crew.
In addition, the school is proud to offer an award-winning STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) club where they have been winners in both national and regional competitions.
Whatever the need of the student, staff believe that there will be something to challenge, inspire or motivate them.
The school is a happy and caring environment which celebrates achievement and nurtures its students.
The pastoral team include form tutors, a head of year, pastoral support managers, an attendance officer, and a nurse.
Their work ensures the safeguarding of all the students and supports them throughout their time at Leasowes.
Mr Mynott added: "Leasowes is a 'good' school that believes in providing an outstanding education for all its students.
"We provide a first-class curriculum offer, an enhanced extra-curricular programme and opportunities for individual personal development.
"All of these features help to imbue our students with a desire to 'Aspire and Achieve' and prepare them for success in future studies and work beyond Leasowes."
Leasowes High School
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01384 686 606
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- Wednesday - July 24, 2013
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Down to Earth Kahului Celebrates Grand Re-Opening!
by Down to Earth
We're Bigger & Better!
This month Down to Earth celebrates the Grand Re-Opening of its Kahului store at 305 Dairy Road on Maui. The event marks the completion of a major renovation and expansion that converted 3,000 square feet of storage space into retail space, for a total of 9,000 square feet.
We more than doubled the size of the chill and frozen department, nearly doubled the size of the bulk food department, greatly improved the deli, and we expanded the wellness, grocery, and produce departments.