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CARY — Emily Biggs opened her furniture studio knowing she would have to solve a complicated marketing puzzle, one that would determine how she would get customers in the door.
The former media specialist and marketing director also knew that it would take energy and money to come up with an effective marketing campaign.
"(Reaching customers) was going to take some smart planning," Biggs said.
From Facebook and Twitter to direct mail and television commercials, marketing options are as varied as the demographics that business-to-consumer shops seek to attract.
However, there is a marketing method that small business owners can use to help cut through the madness. It's called targeted marketing, and it involves a process of using logic, research and a bit of experimentation.
In 2012, marketers, including commercial and nonprofit organizations, were expected to spend $168.5 billion on direct marketing, accounting for 52.7 percent of all ad expenditures in the U.S., according to a Direct Marketing Association report. Those expenditures were expected to generate about $2.05 trillion in incremental sales, according to the report.
Targeted marketing is one of the first steps in building a customer base and creating a message for an integrated campaign in which business owners consistently push a product, service or theme, such as a workshop or a tailgate promotion, through various platforms, said Kim Adamof, a marketing consultant and owner of Raleigh Inbound Marketing.
"An integrated campaign ties all the marketing and social media pieces together," Adamof said.
Small-business owners should start by identifying their most enthusiastic existing customers, or by conducting surveys to identify potential clients. Owners then need to develop a plan to reach that specific group and create a message that relays how their product or service solves that audience's pain point.
"You have to figure out a subset that you can afford to go after, and go after in a powerful way," said Fred Hathaway, managing director of strategy consulting firm Hippotential.
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Biggs' South of France Furniture Studio, which opened in January, sells repurposed furnishings and offers workshops for do-it-yourself decorators. The workshops, Biggs said, are key to getting people into the store.
To attract customers, Biggs is using the targeted marketing approach.
Biggs advertised the store's grand opening by sending a mass email to her existing contacts. She also hired a developer to build a website and help with search engine optimization, and hired Adamof to create a targeted social media campaign centered on increasing workshop participation.
To accomplish the latter, Adamof and Biggs worked together to identify people they thought would attend the workshops. .
"It could be anybody, but you can't just say anybody," Adamof said.
Small-business owners should identify who is already coming into their store and figure out which customers are "the most excited customers," Adamof said.
Biggs and Adamof decided to focus on do-it-yourselfers, including subsets such as stay-at-home moms and women ages 50 to 60.
For Biggs, connecting to those target audiences means reaching out to influencers such as decorators and popular mom, arts and crafts and home improvement bloggers and websites, and building relationships with those people.
"Who is an influencer for this crafty type of business who we can target and either write a guest article on their site or let them review our workshop?" Adamof said. "What kind of relationship can we build to get them to put our business in front of their audience?"
Research and studies can help owners decide which social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, are best for their company.
Biggs built a Facebook page and Twitter account to target customers. To encourage people to like South of France's Facebook page, Biggs set up a raffle. Adamof also recommends Facebook advertising.
"(Facebook ads) really allow you to drill down into your demographics," Adamof said. "I recommend setting up multiple ads targeting different people and then watching the results."
Adamof suggested that Biggs target decorators on Twitter by figuring out which hashtags they use and then determining which decorators are local.
Biggs' strategy also includes researching her competition, engaging blog readers by answering their questions, and appealing to her Facebook group by posting demonstration videos and polls.
Targeting groups
Philip Rubin and Phillip Zucchino opened The Wine Feed, a wine store and event space on Raleigh's Glenwood Avenue, in 2011.
In the store's second year, sales doubled, a success, Rubin said, that is due in part to a targeted marketing strategy that Hippotential's Hathaway helped establish.
Hathaway worked with Rubin and Zucchino to identify groups of people who had been in their store and made repeat purchases. They divided The Wine Feed's customers into five categories they sought to reach through their wine blog, website and social media.
Rubin and Zucchino established strategies to reach those core groups, including diversifying their products and teaming up with The Cupcake Shoppe, a Raleigh bakery, to host events and offer combined gift packages. The store also delivers, something that helps it stand out amongst the competition.
The Wine Feed owners changed their social media message to include information about wines and upcoming classes, enhanced the business' online ordering and checkout process and redesigned their website, including incorporating a page that allows users to find wines by inputting criteria such as price and food pairings.
"It is like an online sommelier," Hathaway said.
Hathaway, Rubin and Zucchino review the plan every three months and have marketing meetings in between. Hathaway said it helps to have situations in which the owners are responsible for their own marketing practices, including the owners executing and updating their own strategies.
"You find somebody who knows a little (about marketing) and then you hold yourself accountable," Hathaway said.
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Was just listening to Spell yesterday... and the scene where Jessi is realizing that Cian had tried unsuccessfully to use Voice on her to make her strip off her top and show her breasts to him and kiss him.... and she demands... How far would you have taken it?
He replies, he'd not "you know'd" in over a thousand years.... and of course, woman, he'd have taken it ALL THE WAY.
Later, Jessi muses on his character and thinks, no he would not have... she doesn't believe he'd have used voice to have sex with her like that when he first got out of the mirror and didn't even know her. She believes deep down he is a more honorable man than that.
So, let's have a quickie fun poll on that... what does your gut tell you about the sexual, animalistic original Bad Boy of the Keltar line???
He was HOT for her. He knew her to be his true mate from the first second he touched her. He knew he planned to die in a matter of weeks. It was like spontaneous combustion between them when they did touch.... IF HE COULD HAVE VOICED HER.... would he have taken it ALL THE WAY or would he have stopped???

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With 60 million other Americans, I tuned in to Tuesday's Presidential debates which we were proud to have here on Long Island. The stakes were high; the pressure was on. But I had to think: Compared to what my clients go through, these two guys had it easy.
I'm thinking of my clients who have to testify at an examination before trial, or at trial itself. Both Obama and Romney had a full week of preparation and rehearsal with a team of experts. With all that behind them, each man had to answer just 45-minutes' worth of questions. And neither man took an oath to tell the truth. Compared to what my clients must do, it's a cakewalk.
Each plaintiff in a personal injury case must appear, before trial, in either a courthouse or a lawyer's office, to answer questions from the other side. So must the defendant. The defendant's lawyer has a right to ask the plaintiff questions, under oath, recorded by a court reporter, and transcribed in book form.
The questions and sworn answers may be used at trial, and they effectively "lock in" the case. The examination is crucial. The witness has his or her whole case at stake. The witness's lawyer is present to state objections, but the questions must be answered. Unless the judge is called in to rule, which is uncommon, there is no moderator. The deposition, or examination before trial, is not only the chance for each side to learn the details of the other side's claims, it is also an opportunity to cross examine. That goes double for trial testimony.
Clients are not experienced "debaters." They are ordinary people, usually testifying for the first time. Compared to a 90-minute debate, litigants endure much more. For the candidates, the ordeal is 90 minutes, then it's over. Plaintiffs testifying at an examination before trial, can be questioned for two hours, four hours, six hours, or even days. I work to keep them calm and focused on the questions.
I have many years' experience preparing clients for their examination, and they get the benefit of my knowledge. But a week of "rehearsal" with a team of trainers, like the politicians? No litigant gets that for a typical lawsuit.
Another thing clients can't get is the "pivot." As we saw at the debates, the politicians were asked specific questions. What did they do? They usually turned them into the questions they wanted, and "pivoted" to prepared speeches. A fraction of the questions got answered directly. Can a witness at deposition or trial get away with that? Rarely. A non responsive answer gets an, "I move to strike the answer as not responsive to the question," from the questioner. The question is asked again and again until the witness responds directly.
In politics, much may be at stake for the nation, the state or the community. But in litigation, one ordinary person may have his or her world at stake. And the campaign team? It's the lawyer or the law firm helping along.
MITCHELL KESSLER is a plaintiffs' personal injury lawyer with thirty years' experience. He works at Levine & Grossman in Mineola. He can be reached at 212-268-2677.


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Earlier this week the Mankato United U-12, Classic 3 girls soccer won the state championship with a victory over CC United from Chaska/Chanhassen.
With seconds remaining in regulation, CC United scored to tie the game at 2. After playing two five-minute overtime periods the game went to a shoot out. Mankato goalie Haley Hughes stopped 3 of the 5 CC United shots.
Mankato players Briget Brown, Taylor Kuechle put their shots in net and the winning goal was scored by Maddie Kleschult on the final shot attempt. This is believed to be the first state championship for a girls team in Mankato United club history.


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Tomales High's basketball Braves raced into the twilight of the St. Vincent zone defense Tuesday night and disappeared from the North Central League II playoffs.
Using an active, helping zone defense, St. Vincent shut down Tomales from the start on its way to a 63-36 victory in DeCarli Gym. The win advances St. Vincent's Mustangs to the semifinals of the eight-team tournament. They will play again Thursday evening in their home gym at 5:30 p.m.
St. Vincent had little trouble defeating Tomales for the third time this season, blocking the first four Brave efforts to penetrate the Mustang defense, building an 18-9 first quarter lead and clearing its bench by the end of the first half.
"We're playing pretty well right now," acknowledged St. Vincent coach Lance Phillips. "I'm proud of them. They have come a long way. We only have two seniors, and everyone is learning on the fly."
Zach Pierson, a 6-foot, 3-inch junior, controlled the paint at both ends of the court when he was in the game and finished with a game-high 22 points for the Mustangs. Evan Knight, another who could easily have had more points with more playing time, added 15 as 10 Mustangs scored.
Anthony Felciano, a sometimes lone force inside for the Braves, led Tomales with 13, while Tyler McFadden gave Tomales a flicker of hope at the outset of the third period with a pair of 3-point connections and finished with 11 points.
By the end of the first period, five Mustangs had already scored, and after a bit of a drought at the outset of the second period, St. Vincent picked up the scoring in the latter stages of the quarter, with Mitch Sheppard hitting a pair of jump shots, one from 3-point distance. By the half, the Mustangs were solidly in control, 32-13.
McFadden hit his 3's early on in the third quarter, but at no point were the Mustangs seriously threatened, as Pierson proved unstoppable inside. He scored 12 points in the third period, including two on a sweeping left-handed hook shot.
The final period was a formality marked by ragged play and a multitude of fouls on both teams. The win improved SV's record to 16-10.
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TALLMADGE: Wadsworth's balanced scoring attack was too much for Tallmadge to handle, and the Grizzlies cruised past the injury-riddled Blue Devils 61-39 Friday night at Tallmadge High School.
Both teams came out sluggish offensively in the first half and struggled to get anything going.
"I'm not sure if it was just one of those nights where it wasn't a big crowd, Christmas break had just started, and we came out like ... we were on break," Wadsworth coach Mike Schmeltzer said.
Tallmadge's bad luck this season continued. The Blue Devils, already without junior point guard Nate Bickar and senior Anthony Gotto for a couple of weeks because of injuries, had to play Friday night without a third key contributor, senior Bryon Cook, who will be unavailable for a few days with a minor injury.
"We just got dominated in every phase of the game," Tallmadge coach Aaron Hinkle said. "It's pretty simple; I think everybody saw that. Physically, mentally, everything."
The Grizzlies (3-4, 3-2 Suburban League) fed the ball inside and then forced a flurry of turnovers to lead 27-13 at halftime. Junior forward Kyle Prunty scored a team-high 14 points, and sophomore guard Austin White added 11 points. White has scored in double figures every game this season. Junior Barry Fernholz finished the night with nine points. Senior Nathan Pound had eight points.
"Our scoring has been very balanced," Schmeltzer said. "Barry tonight, he needed that one. He's a great player that needed a little boost tonight and he played very well."
Wadsworth has been working on feeding the ball inside to complement its shooters, something that was keyed in Friday night.
"We're trying to stress inside-out play because we have guys who can shoot, we have good post players who can score when we get it in there," Schmeltzer said. "Post touches and ball reversal, that's what we've been stressing and it's starting to come around. We have a long way to go but we're starting to get there.
Tallmadge (1-5, 1-4) never looked comfortable on offense, scoring six points in the first quarter and seven points in the second quarter. Part of it was the subtraction of three players in the rotation, and part of it was a stingy zone defense from Wadsworth.
"It's funny because normally my whole career we've been primarily a man-to-man team," Schmeltzer said. "This team seems to be more comfortable playing some zone. They're playing every defense we're running as hard as they would man, and I think that's why it's been so successful."
Tallmadge was led again by sophomore Andrew Francesconi, who scored a game-high 19 points. Sophomore forward John Rensel added nine points. Francesconi wasn't as aggressive as in Tallmadge's last game against Nordonia. Hinkle said Francesconi was focused on including others in the offense and might have passed up some shot attempts for himself.
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Could BRICS Bank help repair the International Financial Architecture?
BRICS Bank is not about bringing order to global financial disorder, but is mired in geopolitical realities as well. Even though the bank is in an embryonic state, it is gearing itself up to stand up to the Bretton Woods Institutions and neoliberal ideology with its south-centred, state-aided capital accumulation. How, if at all is BRICS Bank going to differ from seven-decades old institutions is a contentious issue?
One of the objectives of Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA), the idea behind BRICS Bank is to complement existing financial arrangements. At both the DurbanSummit in March and the G20 in Russia a month back, critical details like bank capitalization, institutional leadership and location could not be sorted out. It goes without saying that $50 Billion BRICS Bank capitalization and $100 Billion CRA would be pale in comparison to serious financial meltdowns. Add to that the 2013 economic upheavals in BRICS economies, thanks to US Fed's Quantitative Easing, when BRICS currencies tanked and resulted in dramatic outflows of capital from the emerging markets, the honeymoon period for emerging economies culminated in recrimination. This deceleration means that the booming emerging economies will no longer make up for weakness in rich countries, according to magazine, The
According to Chinese economic experts, the BRICS bloc is already showing signs of rupture in material ways, leaving only China to push ahead through the storm. As Tsinghua University economist Li Dokui remarked, the end of the US Fed's Quantitative Easing is "good news for the renminbi" because it need no longer rise in value – but meantime, "the concept of the BRICS may vanish, leaving just China versus other emerging economies". According to Merrill Lynch economist Lu Ting, "China will be largely immune to the impact due to its sustained current-account surplus, low foreign debt, huge exchange reserves, high savings and capital controls". But there are streaks of optimism, where fiscal austerity and credit constraint could elevate the mood in BRICS, even though strategies advocated have so far not had any discernible effect on the financial volatility.
Thus, it was genuine to ask if BRICS really posed a challenge to Bretton Woods Institutions. After all, there was an alternative already in place that they could have supported: the Bank of the South. Founded by the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 2007 and supported by Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Uruguay, Banco del Sur already has $7-billion in capital. It offers a more profound development finance challenge to the Washington Consensus, especially after Ecuadoran radical economists improved the design.
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Interview with Miko Peled, Buffalo, New York, March 11, 2012.
Miko Peled is Author of General's Son: Journey of An Israeli In Palestine.
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Shurtleff almost jokingly remarks that Utah's 6,000 jail cells aren't nearly enough to hold the state's tens of thousands of practicing polygamists. He says he has no interest in prosecuting them if other crimes aren't involved, and maintains that he didn't know about the FLDS' more serious crimes until the 2003 Holm case. When his investigators encountered resistance around that time, he staged his own raid on Short Creek with a caravan of armed officers, who went in with sirens and flashing lights. Still, Shurtleff informed Mormon Church elders of his plan to arrest Holm, an action he hotly denies was a request for permission. "I told them what I was doing, and they said, 'Fine,' " he says. "That's it!"
In 2005, Shurtleff spoke to the Texas Legislature in support of a bill to raise that state's legal marriage age from 14 to 16, a reaction to the FLDS move into Texas. Shurtleff began his speech humbly, saying he was "ashamed" of Utah's record of dealing with the FLDS. Then he changed course, boasting of triumphs like the Holm case, and launching a stirring discourse on human and civil rights spiced with quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. Some legislators interrupted him in midsentence.
"Is it true Utah returns escaping girls to the sect?" one demanded. As Shurtleff stammered out something about minors and parental rights, the floodgates opened. Questions poured out: Why didn't you go in there and just get that guy Jeffs? Is it true that people escaping this sect have no recourse in your system? What do these people do for a living besides welfare? Why don't you look at their taxes? Does Utah condone frauds upon the public? Is there some reason why these crimes can't be prosecuted in Utah?
The disgusted Texas legislators dismissed Shurtleff. In turn, he dismissed the confrontation as a non-event. "I went down there to talk to them, and I talked to them," he says. "They can make of it what they want."
The most relevant local lawman in Utah during the FLDS' rise -- Washington County Sheriff Kirk Smith -- acted like a diplomat for the sect. In 2004, after Jeffs and at least several hundred followers relocated to the Texas compound, Sheriff Smith made a special trip to Eldorado, a small town near the compound, and assured the locals that the FLDS newcomers would be family-friendly, law-abiding neighbors. He said he'd had "very few problems" with the FLDS in Short Creek, according to Eldorado's newspaper. (Smith is no longer sheriff; he didn't run for re-election last November.)
By the time Smith made that trip, Texas journalists had begun investigating on their own; they traveled to Utah to interview ex-FLDS members, and urged Texas authorities to crack down. State police raided the Texas ranch in 2008 and temporarily removed more than 400 children. The telephoned complaint that triggered that raid turned out to be fraudulent, and a storm of bad publicity followed, similar to that caused by Arizona's 1953 raid on Short Creek. Despite that, Texas state prosecutors went ahead and pressed the criminal charges that resulted in Jeff's prison term.
While Utah and Arizona have shown varying degrees of tolerance for the FLDS, the federal government has ignored the issue -- perhaps still haunted by the violent end to its 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian sect's compound near Waco, Texas. The Justice Department and the FBI have never pressed criminal charges, despite the likelihood of various federal crimes, including civil-rights violations and transporting underage girls across state lines for sexual purposes. The sect is even expanding in Texas, as well as in Pringle, S.D., and Mancos, Colo.
The most threatening actions against the FLDS in Short Creek are still in civil court. Dozens of lawsuits swirl around the property held by the sect's UEP trust. Various Utah state judges have authorized a fiduciary -- hard-nosed Salt Lake City accountant Bruce Wisan -- to try to manage the trust's Short Creek properties to benefit those expelled from the sect as well as its members. Wisan is encouraging ex-FLDS members to occupy some of the trust's houses, a tactic that eventually might weaken the sect's hold on its core community. Other lawsuits, pressed by Walker, Hoole and the Arizona Attorney General's Office, allege civil rights violations, among other things.
The lawsuits drag on and on. Meanwhile, Warren Jeffs has turned 57 in prison. Several men have tried to assume leadership of the FLDS in his absence, but Jeffs' brother, Lyle, appears to be in charge, imposing directives that Jeffs issues from his Texas cell. Between 6,000 and 10,000 people remain in Short Creek, and 85 to 90 percent of them are still FLDS members in polygamous families, Wisan estimates. According to witness affidavits, most members aren't even aware that Warren Jeffs is behind bars. The orders have become even more extreme. In Short Creek, unmarried FLDS girls are now confined to their homes. New rounds of boys and men have been expelled from the community. Popular recreational gear, such as trampolines, ATVs and kites, has been confiscated, and swimming and ball games are banned. There is no television, Internet or movies.
Walker, who is representing an ex-FLDS family in Short Creek that's had trouble getting essential services from the FLDS-controlled utilities, says, "If we win (this lawsuit), it will not destroy the FLDS but it will significantly impact their ability to discriminate against non-FLDS residents. We will establish the principle that the FLDS doesn't control who does or does not get water, electricity, and the right to live peacefully without fear."
Some ex-FLDS men who are trying to locate their children say they've been "disappeared" into so-called "safe houses." Hoole is representing three such men, who, in affidavits, express agonizing fear that their underage daughters are in danger of being raped by older "husbands."
In January 2011, "through FLDS Church leaders," Warren Jeffs ordered Lorin Holm to leave Short Creek immediately without his nine kids and two wives, according to an affidavit Holm filed last October. His kids were moved to a different house in Hildale, and since then, FLDS leaders have prevented him from having any contact with them, he said. "Over the last several months, Lyle Jeffs and other FLDS Church leaders have poisoned the minds of my Minor Children against me resulting in a situation that is intolerable ... I am very concerned that my Minor Children are in eminent (sic) danger -- my daughters are at high risk of being required to enter into underage marriages and sexual relations with spiritual husbands and my sons are at risk of being abused by financial exploitation and expulsion from their family."
Some FLDS leaders in April 2011 occupied a Short Creek building that had been leased to non-members who wanted to start a library; they burned thousands of books. Likewise, last December, FLDS members stormed and occupied a building leased to an excommunicated FLDS man who wanted to start a school. The local marshals stood by. After days of court action, Washington County Attorney Belnap was obliged to travel to Short Creek himself with a cadre of deputies to evict the intruders, but no arrests were made.
Witnesses, including journalists and other investigators, say that over the last year or so, visitors to Short Creek have been followed and harassed by the "God Squad" enforcers. The bulk of the violence is directed at ex-FLDS members living in their old homes. They are run off the road by black SUVs. Their property is vandalized. Mutilated animals are tossed into their living rooms. They are arrested on trumped-up charges such as trespassing.


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Original recipe yields 4 pork chops
- To prepare the cranberry filling: Soak 1 cup dried cranberries in the boiling water for 20 minutes. Drain the cranberries, reserving 1/4 cup of the water. Place the cranberries, reserved water, 2 tablespoons pine nuts, cinnamon, cloves, and 1 tablespoon brown sugar in a food processor. Process until finely chopped; set aside.
- Bring the chicken stock to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium, and simmer until the chicken stock has reduced to half its original volume, about 15 minutes. Add the white wine, red wine, cranberry juice, and 1 tablespoon of brown sugar. Continue cooking until the sauce has reduced by half again, about 10 minutes. Keep warm.
- Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Cut a pocket into the side of each pork chop, about 3/4 of the way through. Stuff each pork chop with the dried cranberry mixture, then season on all sides with salt and pepper to taste. Heat the olive oil in a large, ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Cook the pork chops on one side until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the pork chops over, and cook another few minutes until browned on the other side too.
- Pour 1 cup of the sauce into the skillet and bring to a simmer. Place the skillet in the preheated oven, and bake until the pork is no longer pink in the center, 8 to 10 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read 145 degrees F (63 degrees C).
- To serve, place each pork chop onto a warmed dinner plate, and spoon the sauce from the skillet over top. Sprinkle the pork chops with 2 tablespoons dried cranberries and 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts for decoration. Serve with the remaining cranberry sauce.
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Ok. I made this wonderful dish without the sauce. I made the filling (cranberries, boiling water, cinnamon, cloves, brown sugar--I omitted pine nuts), and I'll tell you, in my personal opinion, that was enough sauce for the whole dish. It came out EXCELLENT. My momma couldn't stop talking about how delicious it was and I was just pleased as punch with the outcome. The sweet spiciness of the cranberries contrasted perfectly with the saltiness of the pork chop. Next time I will be sure to use less cloves--for they pack a powerful punch. Perhaps 1/4 tsp instead of half. Now, keep in mind even though I omitted the sauce I was only making two chops. So if you are cooking for four and choose to omit the sauce you MUST double the cranberry filling. When the pork chops finished cooking I made a small bed of the cranberry filling on a plate, laid the chop on it, and lastly dabbled a little cranberry filling on top of the pork chop. Now from my experience, the side I used was a twice baked stuffed potato--with sour cream, bacon, chives, and gouda. It contrasted PERFECTLY. Some of my potato mixed in with the cranberry filling and they were two perfect matches. Im serious about this people! I'm not gonna lead yall astray here! Lastly I had a side salad with a basic head of lettuce, all natural balsalmic vinagrette and homeade croutons. The salad, however you may choose to make it, added an outstanding crunch to the whole meal. I couldn't finish my plate and I was sad :(
Eric S
Very time consuming recipe, but well worth it! I also only made two pork chops, but that worked out nicely because we enjoyed having more of the cranberry filling to put on top of the chops. I made the sauce but we really didn't use it, the next time I make these, which I will be for sure, I will not be making the sauce. It came out runny for me and did not add tons of flavor, so I will just leave it out next time. Overall, awesome recipe! I will definitely be making it again!
This meal was simple, experimental and exceptionally tastey! I used sage instead of cloves and that mixed perfectly with the flavor of the cranberry. It was lightly sweet, unlike the normal cranberry tanginess. In the future I might add in more pine nut, I feel that would take out some of the sweetness and add a more savory feel! I would absolutely recommend this recipe!!
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Amount Per Serving (4 total)
- Calories
- 628 cal
- 31%
- Fat
- 23.7 g
- 36%
- Carbs
- 40.3 g
- 13%
- Protein
- 57.6 g
- 115%
- Cholesterol
- 147 mg
- 49%
- Sodium
- 1154 mg
- 46%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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Quote:Gday Mark ( gotta stop calling you stew, sorry )As you note, to replace the worm with a lower pressure angle unit would require a new worm and wormwheel. Not sure it would cost more than the current design, as its probably just cut by a cnc machine, but its not what they have designed for.As to the geartrain, i really cant understand why Meade didnt use say the motor/Gbx from the LS units here and a belt drive.This would have given a very robust motor/gbx/encoder setup that could be easily set up and adjusted, compared to the cheap unadjustable plastic stuff in the LX80s now.Andrew
Quote:I'm fairly sure that I could have new high precision gears made for this mount
Quote:but I think that putting in better gears would only accentuate the other problems
Quote:Gday Ed Quote:I'm fairly sure that I could have new high precision gears made for this mount But you still have the problem of the plastic gearbox housing and motor.Based on David Ds original photos of his failed DEC drive, the means to adjust the motor is 2 screws in a plastic housing hidden behind the encoder disk so you cant get at them.I still reckon a simple gearhead motor like in the LX200s/LSs and a belt drive would be a better fit in this case.That said, the LX80 gears look like they come from the LX90, so why are the LX80 ones showing such apparent variability in quality?? ( or are the later ones now better??? ) Quote:but I think that putting in better gears would only accentuate the other problems Nah, they are already accentuated. A good motor gearbox in the unit would at least make it more suitable for polar AP, but you would still be limited to light loads.Fixing the worm etc to increase the load capacity would still be negated ( in polar ) by the fact that the whole support of the RA axle is still a big cantilevered spring. The closer to the equator the user is, the worse it would get.Andrew Johansen Melbourne Australia
Quote:I'm guessing they weren't going to hit their price point with that design.
Quote: a good time for Meade to reexamine the LS mounts
Quote: If you do a drive train, in normal means you cannot see the results. If you load our patches, that allows inspection of a lot of data and hence you can dynamically read the data. Unpatched, you can still use my PEC editor to read the data, but it requires going into download mode to do it.
Quote:I'm unclear what you mean by 'numbers'. I don't see where the mount itself gives a status report, so I assume it has something to do with your patch &/or PEC editor.
Quote: There are ten choices ranging +0, +1, ..., +9. Do you know what these mean? % increase or other.
Quote: There are no negative numbers offered.
Quote:...that thing inspires hope like nothing else in the hobby.
Quote:Nope; just inspires Andrew
Quote:Andrew, why, recognizing the limits of the mount, it would not be good enough for your purpose, grabngo dual solar ?


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Master of Science in Fashion Design
Master of Science: 48.0 quarter credits
About the Program
The MS in Fashion Design is a full-time program that stresses the development of technical skills and research and experimentation. A typical graduate sequence may consist of seven terms of graduate courses and four terms of prerequisite coursework, beginning with the summer term accelerated design and drawing courses.
The curriculum is organized so that studio, laboratory, and classroom work give the graduate student a directed experience in the study of aesthetics, criticism, and contemporary art concepts; contemporary and historic art and design; current technology; the discipline of drawing; and the making of art. Students learn to integrate design's aesthetic, psychological, and social needs with the construction of clothing.
The goal of the MS program in fashion design is to integrate the understanding of design with the construction of clothing so that the final products answer physical, aesthetic, psychological, and social needs within the context of contemporary fashion and industrial limitations. This approach provides a sound basis for a broad range of employment in the fashion industry and in education. Other professional opportunities lie in merchandising, costume design, curatorial work, and computer-aided design.
The faculty of the Department of Fashion, Product and Design & Merchandising includes art historians, CAD specialists, designers, fiber artists, merchandising specialists, painters, and sculptors. The department also draws on practicing professionals as adjunct professors for specialized coursework and for critique of student work.
A limited number of graduate assistantships are available to students after completing the first year.
The Fashion and Design & Merchandising programs produce a professionally juried annual fashion show which provides competitive fashion industry and department awards and excellent exposure for the graduate students' design thesis . At Drexel, students can participate in the activities of the Fashion Group of Philadelphia, the local chapter of an international fashion industry organization. Students may also participate in the Fashion and Design Student Organization and attend trips to fashion events in New York City.
The 48.0 graduate quarter credits does not include any of the required prerequisite coursework. See the Admission Requirements for a list of courses students are expected to have completed prior to beginning their graduate study.
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For more information about this program, please contact the Program Director:
Kathi Martin
Admission Requirements
Students enter the program from diverse backgrounds, including liberal arts, fine arts, and business. A personal interview is required. The admission criteria for the graduate program consist of the requirements of the University for graduate admission plus satisfaction of undergraduate coursework in basic fashion design skills and concepts. These prerequisites comprise 31 credits in design, drawing, and art history in addition to 32 credits in specific undergraduate fashion design professional courses, or their equivalent.
|Prerequisite Undergraduate Coursework
|History of Costume I: Preclassical to Directoire
|History of Costume II: Directoire to World War I
|Survey of the Fashion Industry
|Presentation Techniques in Fashion
|Fashion Drawing I
|Fashion Drawing II
|Textiles for Fashion Design
|Construction Skills
|Fashion Design I
|Flat Pattern Design
|Draping Design
|Tailoring and Design
|Accelerated Design I *
|Accelerated Design II *
|Accelerated Design III *
|Introductory Drawing
|Figure Drawing I
|Materials Exploration
|Select two of the following:
|History of Art I: Ancient to Medieval
|History of Art II: High Renaissance to Modern
|History of Art- Early to Late Modern
|Total Credits
Or VSST 101, VSST 102, VSST 103 (Design I, II, III; 12.0 credits).
Beginning in the summer term, the department offers a four-term prerequisite year to prepare candidates for the graduate coursework. A portfolio review and departmental evaluation determine what prerequisites have been satisfied. Contact the graduate advisor for specific information about prerequisites or to make an appointment for evaluation.
For additional information on requirements and how to apply, visit Graduate Admissions at Drexel University.
Degree Requirements
The two years of full-time graduate coursework combine four terms of faculty-directed studio work in fashion design and two terms of student-directed independent studio work with required courses in design, aesthetics, and the art process. Elective coursework in fashion or specific topics; advanced studies in art, computer-aided design, art history, and fashion design; and independent studies allow individual flexibility in curriculum design.
Graduate Problems in Fashion Design I and II (FASH 865 and FASH 866) emphasize the development of an original statement of design intent, allowing students to synthesize their academic experiences and prepare for the marketplace. Each graduate student develops his or her personal collection which is then produced and presented in a professional fashion show.
Professional Portfolio (FASH 864) is a capstone course in which students create a professional quality collection of drawings geared to their market preferences.
Students are required to participate in at least three national and international fashion design competitions (FASH 899). These competitions provide awareness of world-wide design sensibilities and the overall level of competition in various facets of the marketplace.
The fashion industry internship (FASH 600) promotes spirit of entrepreneurship and provides perspective on success in the fashion industry. A full-time ten week position in industry is required and provides experience in design and production processes.
|Fashion Design Studios
|Fashion Industry Internship
|Textile Design
|Computer Aided Design for Patternmaking
|Computer Aided Design for Fashion Design
|Fashion Design A
|Fashion Design B
|Drawing for Industry
|Fashion Design C
|Fashion Design D
|Fashion Presentation
|Fashion Business Topics
|Professional Portfolio
|Problems in Fashion Design Phase I
|Problems in Fashion Design Phase II
|Comprehensive Examination in Fashion Design
|History of Modern Design
|Total Credits
All majors in the college integrate use of discipline-specific and general use software in CoMAD's sixteen computer labs. College lab equipment includes scanners, printers, plotters, computer/video projection systems and other peripheral devices as appropriate to each major. In addition, students have access to general use computer labs in the University's Korman center.
Design studios in Nesbitt Hall are used by fashion design, interior design, graphic design, and design & merchandising majors. Nesbitt Hall also houses our donor-supported Urban Outfitters Design & Merchandising Center. Additional studio space in the Design Annex accommodates product design, painting, sculpture and a large woodworking shop with industrial-quality equipment. This is available for use by students for three-dimensional coursework or individual projects.
The Department of Architecture's offices and 2 + 4 Option studios are located on the first floor of 3201 Arch Street—a Drexel loft building of strong architectural character. This facility also contains supporting seminar and computer rooms. Teaching facilities for evening program architectural instruction are located in a loft space on the fourth floor of the Main Building.
The fourth floor of the Academic Building is occupied by a 10,000- square-foot photography lab, lighting studios, and two digital imaging labs. It offers professional-quality equipment in a comfortable working environment.
Film and video facilities include two fully equipped television studios; digital editing facilities; video-editing suites; film editors; and specially outfitted multimedia rooms for all courses. Loan equipment available to students includes digital video cameras; Bolex, Gizmo and Arriflex film cameras; and field lighting and audio equipment. Additionally, the college operates a cable television station reaching over 400,000 households.
The music industry major's digital audio labs and recording studios in MacAlister Hall and University Crossings offer opportunities for the creation, modification, analysis, and recording of sound and music using analog and digital media.
The Mandell Theater provides a 420-seat proscenium theater with scene shop, dressing rooms, and costume shop. Costume is taught with primary source material from Drexel's 7,000- piece Historic Costume Collection.
The Ellen Forman Memorial Dance Studio, adjacent to the Mandell Theater is the primary studio for the Dance major.
In University Crossings, a 25,000 square foot space houses offices for film, video, screenwriting, and playwriting faculty as well as two state-of-the-art digital editing facilities, a shooting and motion capture studio with special effects capability, two screening rooms, several multi-media classrooms, a laboratory for game development and research, laboratories for other digital media purposes and for music industry, and a well-stocked equipment room.
FASH 600 Fashion Industry Internship 0.0 Credits
Provides relevant off campus employment for students; they experience design and production processes in an industrial setting.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is FASH.
FASH 611 Textile Design 3.0 Credits
Instructs the student in both traditional and digital techniques and Textile Design. Investigates layout, repeat and co-ordinated fabric groups.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is FASH or major is INTR.
Prerequisites: VSST 102 [Min Grade: D] or VSST 405 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 615 Computer Aided Design for Patternmaking 3.0 Credits
Covers the production, storage, and retrieval of fashion patterns using computer-assisted design software and Macintosh hardware. Requires students to use previously acquired pattern-making and design skills to produce patterns on the computer and plotter.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 342 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 616 Computer Aided Design for Fashion Design 3.0 Credits
Provides an overview of computers in the fashion industry. Develops students' presentation skills using industry software and commercial graphics programs.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 611 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 617 Technical Design 3.0 Credits
Technical Design is crucial in managing technical information internally and externally within a fashion design company. The student is trained in the essential skills of creating technical packages using data programs and sketching, conducting fittings, maintaining specs, and grading patterns and how to communicate information efficiently in a global fashion industry.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is FASH.
Prerequisites: FASH 342 [Min Grade: D]
FASH 625 Principles of Flat Pattern and Draping 3.0 Credits
Provides analysis of and experience in methods of developing fashion designs through exploration of flat pattern and draping methods. Explores basic patternmaking techniques and manipulations. Establishes comparisons between drafting and draping techniques in the development of standard slopers.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 241 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 630 Fashion Design A 3.0 Credits
Explores sources of inspiration and requires students to translate and develop source material into creative garments. Stresses the extension and elaboration of ideas within a specific market.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 251 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 631 Fashion Design B 3.0 Credits
Stresses industrial limitations as they apply to design and creativity. Covers fabrication, costing, market requirements, and specifications for all facets of the industry. Primary areas of concentration include sportswear and swimwear. Includes professional critiques.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 251 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 632 Drawing for Industry 3.0 Credits
Offers the Fashion student the ability to generate technical renderings of garments along with associated specifications requirements as per industry expectations.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is FASH.
Prerequisites: FASH 342 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 730 Fashion Design C 3.0 Credits
Expands and broadens technical skills and lays the groundwork for development of the graduate collection. Projects include couture eveningwear techniques.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 631 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 731 Fashion Design D 3.0 Credits
Emphasizes a particular limit of time, cost, or material and expands development of technical solutions to construction and production problems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 730 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 750 Machine Knitting 3.0 Credits
Machine Knitting is an introduction to knitwear design specialization. Students learn to style and draw knit garments to develop a professional portfolio. Technical information regarding yarn analysis, stitch construction, pattern and garment construction are the focus of this class.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 2 times for 6 credits
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is FASH.
Prerequisites: FASH 241 [Min Grade: C] and VSST 112 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 751 Accessory Design 3.0 Credits
This course provides students with concepts and skills to design traditional and contemporary fashion accessories with emphasis in embroidery; applique; hand painting; and clay, plastic and ceramic work.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 241 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 752 Millinery Design 3.0 Credits
Familiarizes students with the techniques and processes involved in hat making. Emphasis will be placed on historical perspectives and materials.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 241 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 754 Advanced Fashion Drawing 3.0 Credits
Through in-class creative assignments with experimental techniques, students learn to respond rapidly, originally, and with increased focus to resolve drawing and design problems.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 212 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 765 Fashion Presentation 3.0 Credits
Requires two-dimensional presentation of original collections based on various facets of the industry. Stresses professional skill development in medium of choice.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 212 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 766 Fashion Business Topics 3.0 Credits
Presents the following topics in seminar: fashion merchandising as a link between producer and final consumer, retail distribution, interpreting consumer demand, merchandise assortment planning, unit and inventory control, and pricing; fashion marketing and manufacturing, including the marketing process, components of the fashion industry, market evaluation, demographic and psychographic factors, manufacturing components and processes, and case studies.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FASH 767 Style and the Media 3.0 Credits
Fashion Journalism is reading and writing about all aspects of fashion, including reporting, criticism and commentary about photography related to fashion published in newspapers or magazines, displayed on websites, aired on radio and/or TV. The style of the writers and also the aspects of dress they found significant is examined.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
FASH 799 Special Topics in Fashion Design 1.0-4.0 Credit
Provides study in the field of fashion design, interdisciplinary studies, and other areas. May be repeated for credit if topics vary.
Repeat Status: Can be repeated multiple times for credit
FASH 864 Professional Portfolio 3.0 Credits
This course will involve preparation and execution of a finished designer portfolio for couture, 7th Avenue or the boutique American market. Included in the preparation is research of their chosen entry into the market via history, visuals and customer profile.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is FASH.
Prerequisites: FASH 765 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 865 Problems in Fashion Design Phase I 3.0 Credits
Requires proposal, design, and execution of related garments to form a collection. Emphasizes the designer's goals. Includes professional critique.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 730 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 866 Problems in Fashion Design Phase II 3.0 Credits
Continues FASH 865. Includes professional critique.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: FASH 865 [Min Grade: C]
FASH 899 Comprehensive Examination in Fashion Design 0.0 Credits
Provides a comprehensive examination in the field of fashion design. Required of candidates for the M.S. degree upon satisfactory completion of the coursework for the degree.
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit


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Update: The person killed was a man, born in 1942 and thus approximately age 70, according to Metra spokesman Tom Miller. The man was walking on or near the tracks, he said, and may have crossed the tracks. As of Saturday afternoon, his next of kin had not been found to notify them.
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Metra Spokesman Tom Miller confirmed the pedestrian was killed. He did not have the gender or age of the person or any other information.
The 4153 Milwaukee Road North line train was headed outbound toward Fox Lake, and passengers on the train were delayed about one and a half hours.
Metra police parked their cars near the tracks about one block north of the station, near townhouses on both sides of the tracks.
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In 1998, Jay Jones started to buy several buildings in the 12 Points area on Terre Haute's north side as a way to keep the neighborhood afloat.
In September 2011, he opened Tilford's 5 & 10, housing it in his building at 1279 Lafayette Ave. He described it as "sort of like Custer's last stand."
Now, Jones plans to close the small business by the end of December, sooner if inventory runs out.
"It has ended like Custer's last stand. Twelve Points has become a ghost town," Jones said, "and I ran out of money. We just did not have the sales."
Ironically, Jones decided to close the variety story on Black Friday, the same day Tilford's variety store founder Cecil Tilford died at age 87. He and his wife, Doris, opened the store in 1968 and operated it for more than 40 years.
"It was not a last-minute decision. The timing was kind of ironic, if nothing else," Jones said.
Jones said competition from corporate stores such as Dollar General reduced his business. "They are becoming the neighborhood stores," he said of Dollar General.
"It is a combination of factors. I think people's shopping habits are just very difficult to change. People are inclined to run to Dollar General or out to Walmart," Jones said.
Jones said people "loved the store, but there is a difference between loving a store and supporting a store. Nostalgia is great, but it does not pay the bills.
"It is an era that has past. I think the concept was sound, but it just needs a lot more money, a lot more advertising. I knew it was a long shot," he said.
"We ran commercials for a while, which I think helped, but we could not afford to keep doing commercials," Jones said. "After we stopped the commercials, everything just kind of dropped off," he said of his business, which he advertised from November to May of 2011.
The variety store, Jones said, has not been breaking even financially. He is closing the store as a way to avoid bankruptcy, he said. Jones first opened Tilford's store because he was having trouble renting out the building on Lafayette Avenue and hoped it would spur other small businesses to locate nearby.
Jones bought his first building in 1998 and now has several others in the 12 Points area.
"Originally we wanted to restore the building and rent it out. We did that in 1998 and over the last 14 years everything has gone in 12 Points. There are a lot of buildings, but nobody made the investments in them, so they are shells more or less. And the banks don't want to finance much right now, a lot of it is the economy," Jones said.
"I stretched myself too thin. I don't know what will happen to the buildings at this point. I am hoping to rent them out," Jones said. "I don't know what will happen to the area. My hope is that other people eventually come here and buy some buildings and do some work to open some businesses, but nothing has materialized," Jones said.
"It was my hope all along, but it has gone in the opposite direction," he said.
Jones said he still owes property taxes on the buildings he owns. "It has been an interesting experience. I am no businessman, I am kind of a dreamer. I have learned a lot about myself doing this," he said.
Reporter Howard Greninger can be reached at 812-231-4204 or email@example.com.