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My first summer with my 1965 Galaxie was almost over and things seemed to be going well. A rebuilt radiator, new gaskets, repaired brakes, a new throttle cable, and a dozen other little things had turned my classic car into a fairly reliable vehicle with a lot of style. I'd gotten used to the new 'hot rod' sound. Even if it did tend to wake up the neighborhood when I left for work in the morning.
Some people at work had even begun to admire the car. One of my older coworkers asked me to pop the hood one afternoon as I sat warming it up. I got out, opened it up and watched him look under the hood. After a few seconds, he said, "Are you gonna fix that exhaust leak?"
"What exhaust leak?"
"Right here. " He pointed to the right side of the engine. "Put your hand there." I put my hand there and felt the exhaust hit my hand. "There's supposed to be an exhaust donut right here between the exhaust pipe and the exhaust manifold."
On the way home, I called my brother. He said it'd be a relatively easy fix and we should just do it at his house some Saturday. Saturday rolled around and I pulled into my brother's driveway. We got the car onto a couple of struts and crawled under the car. Not only was this the first time I'd been under the Galaxie. It was the first time I'd been under a car. I was enthralled.
We decided to do more than just work on the exhaust pipe. We checked fluid levels, checked and replaced the spark plugs, and while we were at the auto parts store, we bought a new air filter as well. Now it was time to deal with the exhaust pipe.
The exhaust pipe did not want to disconnect from the exhaust manifold. One of the two bolts was stripped and it wasn't in the best angle to get at anyway. By the time we were done with it, one bolt was completely unusable and the other was stubbornly hanging on. We realized that in addition to the three dollar donut part, we were going to need some new bolts. The stripped bolt would neither loosen up enough to come off nor retighten. This was going to take tools and time we didn't really have. My brother called a mechanic friend of his. He was out fishing, but could look at it Sunday. My brother found another bolt and we decided the best thing to do would be tighten the bolt on there and I'd bring it to his guy tomorrow.
We got the bolt tightened back on and I started up the car. My brother told me to rev it a couple times just to make sure everything was working. I hit the gas and suddenly my brother yelled, "TURN IT OFF!!!"
I turned the key and took it out of the ignition. It didn't help. I could hear something splashing on the pavement. It turned out to be all of my water. A freeze plug had blown. My car had gone from loud but drivable to completely undrivable.
We laughed at our luck and then spent the next hour or so trying to find an auto parts store that hadn't closed. We were not successful. We decided the best thing to do was to take it to my brother's guy tomorrow and get it dealt with then.
My brother's guy turned out to be a good guy, but the whole mechanic thing was sort of a weekend thing with him and he didn't get it done on Sunday. So it was another week before I got my car back. My brother gave me a ride out to see the guy and pick up the car. He'd put the donut on with new bolts and replaced two freeze plugs. He'd checked the other freeze plugs and when he tapped on one with a screw driver, it blew out. He charged me $150 for his trouble and my car was back up and running.
The first thing I noticed was that as soon as I started it, it was back to that low hum it had before. It suddenly dawned on me that the morons I'd taken my car to a couple months earlier had probably just taken the donut off when they were replacing the gaskets and never bothered to put it back on. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that what they'd really done was put on some gaskets and then a bunch of things to make a guy who doesn't know any better think they'd fixed up his car. The paint and the sound were just there to distract me from the fact that what they'd done probably shouldn't have even cost half as much as I paid.
It turned out to be one of the last times I'd have my Galaxie at the mechanic's shop. It was becoming clear to me that working on cars is just like working on websites or any other skill. If you don't know how to do it, it seems complicated. Once you know what you're doing, it's fairly simple. I didn't know what I was doing, but I was learning and I was smart enough to have people around me who knew more than me.
A few weeks later my car didn't start. I called my brother over to help me troubleshoot it. He found that the starter was okay. We replaced the solenoid and the battery cables. This seemed to help. About a week later, I was having trouble getting it started again. My brother took a look at the battery. It had 425 cranking amps. My brother said, "Let me guess, you have trouble starting it on cold mornings." I nodded. He said, "This isn't the right battery for this car."
I flashed back to the jerk at Napa who had told me I'd gotten a bad deal. The asshole had actually sold me the wrong battery. I wanted to go back and throw it at him. After making some calls, we went to a place my brother was familiar with called The Truck Shop. A hundred dollars later we had a truck battery that had 900 cranking amps at zero degrees.
We got back to the house and hooked the battery up. The Galaxie started instantly. There've been a few problems over the past few months, none of them major, but with the new battery, the car always turns over.
As fall turned into winter, I was afraid that something major might break on my car. I don't have a garage and the weather is not always kind. It turned out though that I was right. The first year of owning a Classic Car is a learning experience and it's expensive. The next year has so far been very good.
I check all the fluids at least once a week. I listen for uncommon noises. I put fuel cleaner in my gas tank every three or four tanks. I start it at least once a day. Old cars aren't maintenance free, but that maintenance has its rewards. Every car I've owned before this was just a means to get from place to place. It could be any car in the world and if it got wrecked, I wouldn't care once I got another car. When it comes to cars, my Galaxie is my first love. I don't just drive to get from place to place. I drive to drive. When I'm driving my Galaxie, I don't always need a destination.
Note: Thanks for sticking with me through this. When I got my car, I'd tried to find something on the net about the first year of owning a classic car and couldn't find anything. I promised myself I'd write one for those who were interested. On another note, I'm planning on making some significant changes to this site. I hope you'll stick around to see them. As always, you can write me at firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Hey everyone! I am officially back from vacation in Singapore and will have the blog back and running more regularly (hopefully hehe). I hope you enjoyed the occasional videos that were scheduled while I was away!
Anyway, I have a card to share that uses Distress Ink in two ways. For the first, I create a resist background using heat embossing and distress ink pads. This created the soft, muted background.
Then I added bolder, brighter color in the flowers at the bottom by coloring them in directly with Distress Markers.
You can watch the video below to see how I did it! [Or click here to watch at YouTube]
I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

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This topic is in response to a question from an SEO Liverpool client who wants to know about Conversions.
It's very important as an SEO consultant that you understand the final part of the optimisation puzzle. If you're working towards the goal of just driving traffic to a website, then you're not all the way their. The goal is to turn that traffic into conversions.
What is a conversion? – A proportion of visitors to a website, take action to go beyond a casual content view or website visit, as a result of subtle or direct requests from marketers, advertisers, and content creators.
This means – The person who lands on the website takes a desired action… or follows a set route you want them to travel.
Examples of Conversions
- The analytics shows the user has travel a desired route, and looked at the information you wanted to show them
- The user has phoned a number, or sent an email
- The user has filled out a desired form
- The user has downloaded a document
- The user has watched a video
- The user has bought a product or service
Why aren't conversions all about getting work? – Actually they are, but not all work arrives immediately or directly from a glance at a website.
I'm looking to build an extension onto my house. I know what I want, I've stumbled onto an appropriate website…
Firstly everybody is different… I might want to call you up and get a quote – I've immediately seen the phone number in the header – Job done.
I may wish to email you (also in the header) the project details… so you have a feel for the project and then you can call me (at a convenient time for me) to discuss once you've more of an understanding of my needs.
I may just want to make sure your business is the real deal… you could be anyone. Subconsciously I'm looking for trust… maybe accreditation's or visuals that imply trust.
I want to know you're not going to run off with my money and I want to see samples of your work… I find the case studies pages.
What do your clients say about you… I find a video testimonial.
These are all either conversion points or major factors that relate to conversions. If your website doesn't have them, then SEO will never be complete. How can you offer SEO to a website that will not convert? It's like directing everybody to a closed shop.
The goal of running an SEO agency or being a consultant, isn't to be consistently finding new clients. The goal is to establish long-term relationships, get recommendations from your existing clients to other potentials. Anybody who doesn't understand the power of this type of referral should get reading. The most difficult and arguably time consuming aspect of this type of work is when you need to justify the reasons why they need SEO and its benefits. Why should anybody trust that you can deliver a project? Get your clients to do that for you!
How can you justify ROI if their is no ROI. Without proof of conversions, you'll just make every potential client doubt the validity of your data sets and tarnish your reputation.


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on sweet places and sweet ideas
I've been recently been taken by a new idea for a project, similar in significance to The Beauty of Different, and one which -- finally! -- I'm energized by and scared of all at the same time. (Incidentally, don't you always find the best ideas are exhilaratingly terrifying? This is why I think this idea might actually be a really good one.) So finally, once again, my days are filled with furious journal-writing, mind-mapping, phone conversations, and ... well, it's just wonderful, is what I'm saying.
As if the Universe was just waiting for me to have this great idea, this week I stumbled upon this tiny, independent coffeehouse that I have flat fell in love with. It's called SWEET, and while I'm sure the name has to do with all of the made-on-the-property confections that are constantly coming out of its kitchen (and Sweet Sister Margaret, I tried one of their chocolate-on-chocolate cake balls, and my head almost exploded clean off my body from the delicious), there's no doubt that the name also applies to the wonderful feel and ambiance of the place. I mean, seriously, take a look:
Isn't it lovely? I already foresee many teas and journal sessions in this space. So simply beautiful.
So, with that, I'm back at it. One thing, though (and this is sort of a hint as to what this project is about): much like The Beauty of Different, I'm hoping to feature some individual, visual stories in this project, so if you:
a) have changed careers from one job to something completely different, and you're loving the change; and
b) are in the US or Canada (or will be in the next few months); and, most importantly
c) would love to tell me your story and possibly be photographed by me for publication
could you please email me at email@example.com with the word "SWEET!" in the subject line, with a bit of your story? If I think I could use your story, I'll likely be in touch with some more in-depth questions. And if I don't use your story, please don't be hurt: as you know by now, I think everyone's story is really beautiful; I'm simply curating to make sure that each story relates to each of the others in a cohesive way.
Thanks in advance, friends. Here's wishing you a really sweet day.
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Speaking of sweet, I need to announce which sweet people won the three stacks of my photos I found when I was spring cleaning! According to Random.org, the winners are:
Keishua, who said, "i'm in"
adrienne hall, who said, "i'm in! LOVE your pics and now so does my mom!!!"
sassymonkey, who said, "I'm in need of photographs to decorate the walls of this house we bought almost a year ago. ;-)"
Congrats, all! Please check your email for a note from me requesting your details.
And thanks to everyone who participated -- I'll definitely do this again the next time I accumulate a ton of prints!
Images: Photographed with my Nikon D300, 50mm lens, aperture 1.4-2.8, shutter speeds 1/250 - 1/500, ISO 200.
Song: Blackbird, as performed by Dionne Farris.


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Alex Salmond claimed today that the Scottish National party's hopes of winning the Glasgow North East byelection have been boosted after he drew a "lucky omen" in a Gala bingo hall.
The first minister said "fate has moved its mighty hand" after a punter in the sparsely attended hall won her game when Salmond called out a number the SNP has put at the core of its campaign: 74.
Salmond and the SNP candidate, David Kerr, have claimed that the byelection – caused by the resignation of Commons Speaker Michael Martin – is a chance for voters to end "74 years of Labour neglect" in the poverty-hit constituency.
Labour has held the seat, or its near equivalents, since 1935. During his 30 years as the local MP, Martin commanded a 55% majority, making it one of the party's safest UK seats. He resigned in June with a 10,134-vote majority, after the SNP took just 5,019 votes at the 2005 general election on a 46% turnout.
The SNP's strategy has put the area's historic deprivation – it is one of the most deprived in Britain – and Labour's record in government at the centre of the campaign. Kerr has provoked controversy by claiming the constituency has became a "ghetto of social housing" under Labour.
Salmond, a keen horse-racing enthusiast, was gleeful after he had rattled smartly through the sequence of 19 numbers this lunchtime, telling reporters: "If you're looking for an omen, guys, the woman won with 74. You cannae fight fate, guys. Fate has moved its mighty hand."
However, the SNP leader confirmed again that he regards his party as underdogs, facing a substantial task in unseating Labour, despite the controversy over Martin's handling of the Commons expenses scandal, climbing unemployment and the UK government's continuing unpopularity.
"It's a huge task for us, but we're closing the gap, and we intend to get there by polling day," he said. "I quite deliberately said we're underdogs.
"I think byelections concentrate people's minds: can things change, [can] we make a difference? And as people believe we've got a chance, we can make a difference – and that's the theme of this campaign – we're starting to get traction and belief building around that concept," he said.
Asked to repeat his predictions from the Glasgow East and Glenrothes byelection campaigns of a "political earthquake", Salmond was guarded, saying: "I think the ground is beginning to tremor."
Salmond said the SNP's efforts would intensify over the next 12 days yet the party's campaigning seems more subdued than in Glenrothes last November and Glasgow East in July last year. Wary of diluting their resources and exhausting their activists less than six months from a general election, Salmond and the SNP appear to be less vigorously campaigning here.
Salmond has admitted he plans fewer visits – he campaigned 11 times in Glasgow East and 12 times in Glenrothes – and is taking a lower profile after being shocked by the SNP's unexpected 6,700-vote defeat in Glenrothes.
The first minister said several of the SNP's economic policies were popular among local voters: freezing council tax for four years, phasing in universal free prescriptions, and abolishing business rates for small businesses. Many of the area's shops are locally owned, he said.
Labour has rejected the SNP's charges of neglect but countered them with a "rip-off roadshow" around the constituency focusing on the SNP government's economic and social policies, accusing Salmond's government of cutting new housing investment by £260m.
Willie Bain, the Labour candidate, told workers at a rail depot – Springburn has famous links to railway engineering – that the SNP had been "reckless" in cancelling a new rail link to Glasgow airport with the loss of 1,300 construction jobs.
"The SNP are a millstone around Glasgow's neck – stifling jobs, cutting the housing and regeneration budget next year, and giving the NHS in Glasgow the worst settlement since devolution," he said earlier today.
However, Labour has been forced to counter the SNP's "74 years" slogan by publishing a long list of anti-poverty measures and investments by the current UK government, previous Labour governments, and the Labour-led local council.
It has claimed 10 new primary schools and a new £42m college built by the council, with more than £100m invested in new social housing. The UK Labour government has introduced the minimum wage, better child benefits, the working families tax credit, winter fuel allowances and Scotland-wide free bus travel for pensioners. Labour also created the NHS and welfare state, it said.


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On Saturday, we started our day with a nutritious daily breakfast, featuring seaweed salad and yogurt with sugar powder at the Kyoto Hana Hotel. Then with a hop, skip, and a jump (two hours on the Shinkansen to be precise), we arrived in Hiroshima to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. This museum memorializes the destruction of Hiroshima and its people by the atomic bomb dropped on 6 August 1945, and their quest for the elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.
We started from the eastern wing of the museum, which featured Hiroshima before and after the atomic bomb was dropped at 8.15 a.m. Visitors learn about the development and deployment of the bomb, its destructive capacity and the devastating consequences. The scale of the destruction was encapsulated by the before/after-model of Hiroshima.
Hiroshima just before the atomic bomb was dropped (above) and after (below).
I found the center wing most gripping and disturbing. Visitors learn about the damage caused by the radiation, heat rays and the blast itself, and walk through displays of personal effects left behind by victims and survivors of the ordeal. The charred uniforms of little boys and girls were especially difficult to view. The stories of survivors who went on to suffer from multiple types of nuclear related health issues were equally upsetting.
Survivors right after the ordeal.
Uniform of a a school girl.
Charred uniform of a schoolboy.
I visited the museum in 1997. I might have missed it the last time but this time I noticed that the exhibition included some description of Japanese wartime activities and the fact that many Korean and Chinese prisoners-of-war died in Hiroshima during the atomic attack.
History is always being rewritten and reinterpreted and the museum is a testimony to that. The American bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki continues to be a heated topic of discussion among historians. The museum was never meant to be merely informative, but is supposed to discomfort us so that we do not cease to question the development and use of devastating weapons on fellow humans.


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This week's Blue Harbinger Weekly focuses on broad market cycles, and how quickly investors forget about them and become blind to their dangers and opportunities. We consider the staggered market cycles of the US versus international economies, and the impacts on specific industries such as railroad companies and heavy machinery manufacturers.
For starters, the US has always been ahead of the European economy in dealing with the financial crisis, but considering the interconnectedness of global markets, the two cannot diverge too much. For example, the US Fed is set to raise rates later this month while the European Central Bank continues to be dovish. Unfortunately for US companies with international operations, they cannot pull ahead even though the US economy is stronger because the very strong US dollar makes their exports more expensive and less competitive.
For example, this week's Stock of the Week, Caterpillar (CAT), is getting destroyed by the strong US dollar and lagging international market growth. Specifically, international sales have fallen off a cliff because those economies are not recovering as quickly as the US, plus the strong US dollar makes CAT's exports more expensive. However, with many investors ready to throw in the towel on CAT, it's actually a great buying opportunity as the market cycle will eventually turn and Caterpillar will rebound with a vengeance. In fact, historically, when CAT has rebounded it rebounds big and fast. We can't predict the exact timing of the rebound, but when it happens the company's stock price will rebound dramatically and quickly.
We don't own Caterpillar stock, but we like it. And if CAT stock falls much further in the next few months then we will give serious consideration to selling something in the Blue Harbinger 15 and replacing it with CAT. However, CAT is an industrial stock facing many of the exact same headwinds as our existing BH 15 Industrial stock, Union Pacific Railroad (UNP). UNP has also fallen significantly this year, and it will also rebound big and fast when the market does turn.
Continuing with the railroad theme, news of Canadian Pacific Railroad's (CP) proposed merger with Norfolk Southern (NSC) was met with hostility by Norfolk Southern. (We recently wrote about Canadian Pacific, and you can read our views here). Across the railroad industry, stocks are suffering (from a depression in the market cycle) and they're doing just about everything they can to prudently improve efficiency ratios. However, Norfolk Southern believes Canadian Pacific's proposed merger is too short-sighted and would ultimately destroy long-term value. Canadian Pacific is heavily influenced by hedge fund investors notorious for being too short-sighted. The proposal is just a sign of how far the industry has fallen in the market cycle, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. However, it will be more interesting when the industry eventually rebounds with a vengeance and our Union Pacific stock come screaming back with enormous gains. No one can predict exactly when, but it will happen.
On a separate note, we continue to follow burrito maker, Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG). After suffering a recent E. Coli outbreak that impacted nine states and sickened 52 customers, management provided updated earnings guidance, and it is ugly! They lowered fourth quarter earnings estimates to $2.45 - $2.85 per share, down from 4.06 per share before the E. coli outbreak. We continue to watch this story closely because we believe Chipotle will eventually recover from this episode. Specifically, once we have more confidence that the outbreak is behind us we may look to purchase shares if the price is still low. Chipotle was a recent Stock of the Week (read more here), and we may eventually replace McDonald's (a Blue Harbinger 15 stock) with Chipotle (again, depending on the business outlook and stock prices).
The bottom line in this week's Weekly is don't run from the lower end of the market cycle, because that is usually the exact wrong thing to do. And never get overconfident that you can predict the exact timing of when the cycle will turn because the market will humble you. Be smart. Invest in a diversified portfolio of quality companies for the long-term.


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NAPL: Business Strengthens For Commercial Printers
Thursday, October 09, 2003
Press release from the issuing companyPARAMUS, N.J., October 8, 2003 –Business picked up in September for 52.6% of the NAPL Printing Business Panel, the highest reading of the year and nearly triple the 18.4 for whom business slowed. The economic analysis comes from NAPL's Printing Economic Research Center (PERC), which produces research and publications. The upturn in business for commercial printers that started last summer will strengthen with the economy over the next 12 months, according to Andrew Paparozzi, NAPL's vice president and chief economist. He notes, however, that it's yet to be seen when business will gain enough strength to restore the industry's weakened pricing power and profits. Among the NAPL indicators pointing to an upturn: • For the second consecutive month, more Panel members report work-on-hand is increasing (23.95) than report it is decreasing (19.8%). That's a significant difference from last spring, when reports of declining work-on-hand exceeded reports of rising work-on-hand by wide margins. • Nearly 44.0% of NAPL's survey group expect business to improve during the next six months, while just 7.7% expect business declines. • The NAPL Printing Business Index? (PBI?), the Association's broadest measure of print activity, rose to 55.3 in September. The PBI has now been above 50.0—the point at which more printers report activity is picking up than report activity is slowing down—for three consecutive months. "These positive indicators should be tempered with a look at what's not happening yet in our industry—namely, the restoration of pricing power and profitability," said Paparozzi. "Last month, 47.2% of our Panel reported that prices fell, while just 7.6% reported a rise in prices. No pricing power means no revenue growth, so sales continued to fall in August."
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Brought to you by Mt Albert Primary School, the Mt Albert Mud Run promises family fun for the whole community, and loads of mud! Participants will complete laps of the course which will include a bunch of mud and obstacles. Starting from 10am with age based waves of participants, throughout the morning, starting with the


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This Address to a Convention of Heavy Metal bands from the nation of Greater Ireland is offered in contempt for British prog rock and their American allies. I don't know my audience, but in a very real sense I am my audience. I'm familiar with the same tastes and own a rock band in the wine cellar of deaf despair called: American Pig; intended as a synthesis of Joe Cocker and Pink Floyd. Flower Punk I call it. "Punk" Floyd themselves are precocious little bedwetting blitzkriegers by comparison, the type who curtsy before Hitler and hand out bad acid to children while I have to clean it up with Serpico. I know the habit of mind ~ the advice to start off by insulting the audience and then move to win them over as they guffaw because to do anything else appears insinuating. Insults in such company are perceived as a ward against false flattery. You don't know me either and you never will because you don't know yourself, so how about if I tell you instead about queerbait?
Queerbait is understood as a thing to sacrifice because he was an Irish waif who didn't fight back. This scares you, but he knew his mind had to survive somehow to bear witness to monsters. They knew it too, in the most depredating doggerel ever scrawled by the parochial sadist, Gregory Karl lisps in the British-aping manner of a Pittsburgh Catholic boys' school darling about, "forces impinging on the persona's experience." They watched the survival tactics of a child forced to endure dishonor worse than death. Queerbait came to the attention of King Crimson by notes calling himself a "ghost in from Treblinka." Rather than acknowledge the evidence of extremely severe trauma, these deranged assassins depicted me as a pedophile, using sorcery and slander to distance my audience from themselves.
Queerbait was born James MacRyland Crary, son of Ryland Wesley Crary, grandson of old Ward Moore, a man so Irish he could wiggle his ears and it was really something. The full staff of the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch signed a drawing of him by their cartoonist when he retired. His wife's family traveled by cover wagons in escaping the potato blight. My father's family were at Plymouth Meeting, he was a Peace Corps leader, a Naval Veteran and Chair of Philosophy of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. This made me a ripe target for the British, themselves violently pedo, in seeking out a child to example to the local idea that gangs own the children in residence and can abuse one at will. The details of kidnapping and mutilation are borne as scares on my nervous system. I'm not hiding anything from you or your bitches. The British went after my voice, because they understood my potential, the emotional resonance of my passion, and wanted to wire it to backfire and humiliate anybody who admired me.
It is the role of women to explain their luck of survival as a tribute to their sensibilities. When a young Medieval woman watched invaders kill her father and brother, seizing her as a spoil of war, decades later, tucking in her children, she tells herself that she was a pride of a new generation. It is not the place of men to leer that children cheated of warning, a generation betrayed, individuals who trusted, dying in mortifying terror from a weapon of disease called AIDS that the victims deserved it. Yet Irish Heavy Metal Bands have served their womens' rapists. Did Ringo Starr say to Bobby Sands, "Brother, we have lost enough!"? Of course not.
The comparison to women goes much, much deeper in the case of Irish Metal. The will to humiliate the Irish is so profound in England that a generation of rock stars were operating in Secret Service from London to orchestrate Irish Metal to join them in ridicule of the Slave Object. I was juicy. Like President Bush, Jr. I was a child of the USS San Jacinto. I could be used to example Civil Rights as a joke, with the toast of the Civil Rights Movement itself. Police took very personally that I reported insanely criminal acts of torture and injured me very badly. They semi-castrated one of you chemically. Then they taught me sign language to advance the dishonor by seeing me writhing in a college, making endless streams of A's, winning the Honors Department's Poetry Contest, as they leered of their successful and inhuman acts of horrifying tragedy and infamy. Blow by blow Khomeini's women were on TV mass gatherings flailing their own skulls in shrieks of weeping. Effectively diverted by a British charade about someone John Lennon, Irish Metal bands compare distinctly to this breed in their deranged loyalty and admiration for King Crimson.
Cornell West called the book The New Jim Crow by Micky Alexander, "an instant classic." The infamy of this black hypocrisy is a vile sin of omission, a SWAPO Zulu attack on the right of white liberals to live as they befriend and advance black peers. She glowers that the war on drugs was announced just before the crack epidemic, but she doesn't mention AIDS, because she was in on it, by complicity of omission in pursuit of spoils. She doesn't mention James Garfield either, because she is advancing the Ku Klux Klan vision that whites are genetically racist. Hand in glove with Peter Gabriel's plan to unleash the petty little Isis warrior Youssou N'dour on what they sneered was a symbol chosen in compensatory coding, they attacked rather than advice a frightened public, which frankly explains being driven into Eastminster Church as a traumatized, battered child by Ronald Zsinski and a vicious black boy named James who decided he owned my name. It explains how I was selected by SWAPO Zulus in Britain's invasion to be used as a Voodoo Doll War Toy, and the presence of humongous Black goons like Schugar Bear, Sherlock and Mike Seatte during my captivity. Although Peter Gabriel knows the ins and out of naming agents, he hired Evangelia Karmas, the avenging angel of karma to announce the bitter rape of my beautiful deaf advocate Chin I, he conveniently ignored (or authored) the meaning of his slur partner Matt Marcus in the road to their AIDS testing war game, worthy of Durrenmatt, on Mt. Desert Island.
You see, Queen Elizabeth isn't just kinky, as shown by her partnership with Elton John, she abhors giving timely digest to the aw poors who got infected. They weren't trying to warn the at risk, they were playing demon, devil and exorcist with the syphilitic sages in The Rolling Stones. In pretending to find the script they had written, while manuvoeuring American media into a new age of home invasion and denigration by intimate assault upon dissent, the Fripps of King Crimson allowed Ronald Reagan to sidestep discovery of the AIDS attack during Iran-Contra. If you think that Reagan being blood brother of John Lennon is a stretch, just convert it to tawdry old Ringo Starr and it gets past the hmm test. Top sacredly McOliver Quimson announced that Godlaw was a British landstake in pale, white, cringing Liberal America, the beast from Pitt, who cried upon being deafened, that's just soooo unmanly.
The reason hatred for the United States is in vogue and called for is that the mainstream currents vilify Constitutional protections. This isn't about our political system or Old Glory, it is about our Jews, our Army subculture, our freaks, our geeks and most especially our newspaper racketeers, our man in the street. It is about confusion sown by British capture of our publishing cycles, and the enticement of their homosexual looters at the New York Times. When Paul McCartney insinuated that empowering those shown to have written the script in their slasher sacrifice of claim by the murder in Seattle outside the clubhouse where I took asylum of Shannon Harps, a Sierra Club volunteer, was sound mind, I knew that subjugation by the AIDS attackers is enforced by the mania of The Beatles.
How embarrassing 1979 must have been for the rabid King Crimson that their earmarked golem, who they sniveled at as "a one man Northern Ireland" for pleading non-violence, had hitchhiked all the way from Pittsburgh to St. Louis just to hear one of them play. They repaid the gesture a thousandfold. As a non-violent man, I say with tragic sorrow, loss and great disappointment that an English is known, and that the only way to stop one of their awful quislings like Adrian Belew is to tackle him and kick him in the face until he agrees to stop.


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PA Premie Network (PAPN)
Funded by: Private Foundations
The Pennsylvania Premie Network (formally know as the Pennsylvania Premature Infant Health Network) exists to direct a spotlight on the unique issues premature infants and their families face including continuity of care, access to care and available resources. Specifically, the PA Premie Network will do this through raising awareness, delivering education and promoting collaboration among stakeholders throughout Pennsylvania.
The network is under the leadership of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics (PAAAP). PA AAP is committed to the health and well being of premature infants. The PA Premie Network Executive Committee is led by Dr. Albert Pizzica, DO, FAAP (Philadelphia), Robert Cicco, MD, FAAP (Pittsburgh) and Kim Costello, DO, FAAP (Harrisburg). The Advisory Committee is comprised of: Colleen Cook-Moine, MD (Lancaster), Susan Brackbill, RN (Harrisburg), Julie Hladio (Pittsburgh), Lillian Rountree Lippencott (Pittsburgh), James A. Cook, MD (Danville), Jen Fiddner, MPH (Pittsburgh), Kathie Wagner (Camp Hill), Casey Hoffman, PhD (Philadelphia), Lily Higgins, MD (Philadelphia), Susan Adeniyi-Jones, MD (Philadelphia), Charrell Bird, MD (Harrisburg), Mike Balsan, MD ( Erie), J. J. La Bella, MD (Pittsburgh).
Through a multi-disciplinary network, the PA Premie Network is identifying a number of specific projects that can help to achieve its mission of directing a spotlight on the unique issues facing preterm babies and their families and finding ways to address those issues. Some of our recent accomplishments are:
Meeting with PA Dept. of Health regarding neonatal levels of care
Meeting with Early Intervention examining referral process
Conducted Focus groups with NICI parents to learn what helped them and what recommendations they have for change in the NICU.
Survey of PA NICUs and Hospital Newborn Nursery Departments
Hosted webinars on hyperbilirubinemia and also late preterm babies
Hosted a Symposium on neonatal abstinence syndrome and followed that with two webinars on breastfeeding and drug use and community resources.
October 2, 2014 webinar on Mother's Milk, Marijuana, Margaritas, Methadone and More
November 6, 2014 webinar on Optimizing Outcomes: Collaborative Care and Support of Drug Exposed Infants and their Families
Created a directory of community resources for providers
Participated in a focus group lead by PA Dept. of Health to provide input on their MCH needs assessment
For more information on the network and the network's activities please contact Dottie Schell, the Program Director.


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Car Care Clinic for Ladies
Apr 13, 2013
Ace Auto Works
Many women feel like a fish out of water when they have a problem with their car. It's uncomfortable to walk into any situation where you feel like you don't know anything about what's going on. It's worse when there's money at stake and the people you're dealing with have a reputation for taking advantage.
That's why we've decided to have a basic car maintenance clinic specifically for ladies. We'll be talking about the things you can do to protect your investment in your vehicle – the second largest purchase most Americans ever make. There will be food and drinks, and we'll have a special guest. Our AC/Delco representative will be joining us. Her name is Sammy and she has an in-depth knowledge of cars and the car business. She'll be on hand to share car care tips from the manufacturer's perspective.
The event is now closed. Read about it here.


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Looking At You – The Club Anthems
During an extensive period of European and American touring, Sunscreem found themselves consistently being asked for an album that contained the club hits they were performing. After sensational back-to-back shows in San Francisco and New York's Gay Pride, a plan was born.
The result was "Looking At You – The Club Anthems" which includes five Billboard dance top 3 hits (Love U More, Perfect Motion, When, Looking At You and Catch) and the cream of the remixes of Sunscreem's classic tracks by K Klass, Rollo, Trouser Enthusiasts and Red Jerry.


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Whether you're following your regular work calendar or having an impromptu meeting about the recent lack of ROI from your marketing team, today you will break up your schedule into the smallest units of time to get things done. You'll find yourself saying things like:
"I can have that to you by next week."
"Give me five minutes."
". . . just a second"
All of which you might be saying to others, yourself, or even your computer which is always slow to process whatever you're working on at the most inopportune moment. This process never ends as you map and plan out tomorrow's schedule.
And planning is, of course, a good thing. In fact it's completely necessary - especially when it concerns our professional lives. But when our professional lives become so dependent on time that we have to make time for family and friends, maybe it's time to stop and reevaluate how you spend your time.
When reappropriating your time, consider:
- Time for yourself: topping the charts, this may or may not include time with family and friends, but it definitely excludes anything even remotely work related. Stopping to smell the roses not only rejuvenates the body and mind, but it also allows you to reboot and take fresh perspectives for work, family, and personal activities. This also includes mandatory physical exercise of the body and mind nourishment such as reading books and listening to music OUTSIDE OF YOUR CAR!
- Time for your relationships: from the family and friend side, this is ensures that you're not a negative topic that others roll their eyes at or hide your posts in facebook. From the work perspective, your interpersonal relationships need to be nurtured to cultivate new ideas and conversation and not just talk about shared projects and upcoming meetings. If you're going to play golf for example, play golf; but just play golf.
- Time for work: this has less to do with filling in your Google calendar and more to do with following your passion. If you spend more time worrying about gaining or retaining clients and less time about the process of why your working with or for them, then you're wasting your time. Work should always be pleasurable, and if it isn't, then it's definitely time to find work that you can feel passionate about.
Filling in a calendar can be easy enough, but realizing the delicate art of getting things done is more challenging and more rewarding.


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Sibos is the world's premier financial services event. This year IBM wanted a clean and sophisticated presence to show off their capabilities in finance.
In addition to multiple meeting spaces and product demonstrations the space included several iPads featuring a proprietary digital application informing attendees of IBM's financial solutions and success stories. There was also a need for four finance focused "made with" ads which were displayed digitally and in collateral throughout the space.
Role: Art direction
Business Marketing Association B2 Award for Face-to-face Marketing


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Life hacking and the "quantified self" movement are all the rage recently. People time their life and work patterns and wirelessly populate spreadsheets with their performance. Shiny little gadgets and apps record our sleeping habits and analyze our snoring volume. We have become obsessed with recording, collecting and analyzing every tiny detail about ourselves. Wikipedia… Continue reading
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The Reliability Of The Unexpected
We tend to think about storytelling as something which happens around a campfire, in front of pulsing plasma screens, the dim glow of the night stand lamp. But no matter how public or intimate the setting, we still experience these stories as something external, words or images, bits and pieces — however gripping or emotional–… Continue reading
English As World Language: Of Burdens and Bridges
Today I stumbled over an interesting article about vanishing language variety in India. In a country abundant with a whole spectrum of different languages and dialects English is more and more becoming the only language for modern connected individuals. "English is unifying us with the rest of the world but alienating us from our familial… Continue reading
There's nothing wrong about Facebook but Facebook
Recently I read an interesting article that looks at the facts and numbers of Facebook's business model. "On the one hand, Facebook is mired in the same relentless downward pressure of falling per-user revenues as the rest of Web-based media. The company makes a pitiful and shrinking $5 per customer per year, which puts it… Continue reading
Going 'Wow!' a thousand miles away
After worrying tongue in cheek about the loss of experiential awareness due to photo filter apps and Social Media months ago, I followed the rabbit trail only recently. If you don't know what I'm talking about, read this. When I first installed Instagram, a part of me died, I have to admit. But despite all… Continue reading
How Ebooks & The Net Bring Us Back To The Middle Ages
Recently, I've been reading the Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man, that famous work of Marshall McLuhan, and it struck me that many of his insights relating to print media and reading culture can be applied to what is happening today, exactly 50 years after its publication in 1962. One of the major points… Continue reading


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One of the major issues that came up during the last f2f was that the current canvas model is not the most efficient for implementing on hardware, especially on mobile hardware. The current model was based on how the 2D canvas works: drawing happens during content JS script, and as soon as control is returned to the browser, it's supposed to be presented for display. Content can also read back the current contents of the displayed image (in 2D canvas, via getImageData; in WebGL, via readPixels; and in both via toDataURL).
However, most 3D hardware doesn't really want to work like that -- they're optimized for double-buffering, where you draw a scene to the back buffer, and then swap buffers; after a swap, the new back buffer contains garbage. Implementing the current canvas semantics is not a big issue on the desktop, because there is cpu/gpu/bandwidth to spare, but it's a pretty big deal on mobile.
We identified a few different options:
1) Do nothing. Leave things as it is. There would be fairly significant overhead that all apps would pay, even if they never want to call readPixels or toDataURL.
2) Add explicit double-buffering to WebGL canvases, and add an explicit present() call. This complicates things for developers, because they need to then actually make this present() call, and can potentially result in higher memory usage due to some implementations needing to keep around both a front and back buffer, where before they could be effectively single-buffered.
3) Add implicit double-buffering to canvas. Follow the same semantics as canvas does currently -- swap happens whenever control is returned to the browser -- but always enforce an uninitialized/cleared back buffer after each swap.
4) Like #2 and #3, by adding a context attribute that allows the author to choose which they would want.
5) Like #1 (do nothing), but add a context attribute for the author to indicate whether readback from the window/canvas buffer will ever be done. If it's set to true, then dimply disallow readPixels/toDataURL when framebuffer 0 is bound (or have them always return all black).
We identified a few different use cases that should be considered. Printing and screenshots were two, along with using a WebGL canvas as a texImage2D source, and using a WebGL canvas as a 2D canvas drawImage source.
Note that even with implicit double-buffering, it's possible to use a FBO to build up a scene across many events and only draw it to the drawbuffer once (just like you can do today, with #1). Adding context attributes complicates the implementations, potentially significantly, so I'd like to avoid 4 and 5.
I'd lean towards #3, but what are the list's thoughts on this?
- Vlad
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George Schuetz
Director of Precision Gages, Mahr Inc.
Director of Precision Gages, Mahr Inc.
Over the years, the tooling for air gaging has remained basically the same: steel tubes or rings with precision orifices that set up a pressure/distance curve when in use. As the orifice is restricted, flow is reduced and pressure builds up in the system. This principle can be used to monitor the distance between the air jet and the part surface. Orifices can be arranged in complex configurations to indicate form or relationship errors to the user. Unlike the tooling, however, air gaging displays have changed dramatically over the past 50 years. Initially, the air meter consisted of a water-filled tube. Changes in air pressure from closing the tooling orifice caused the water in the tube to rise or lower, and part of the gage setup process involved filling the tubes. Ironically, one of the biggest sources of error in an air gage today is the very thing that used to be needed to make the old gages work—water in the air lines.
The next generation of air gage displays used a float in a tapered tube to monitor the flow of air to the orifice. Some air gages of this style can still be obtained. It's a simple design that works, but it's difficult to keep clean and resolution may be lacking for some applications.
Mechanical amplifiers were next employed to monitor the expansion and contraction of a bellows assembly as the pressure in the air system increased or decreased. Differential air gage circuits came into play and provided an opportunity to manufacture tooling and air displays to a high level of performance. These systems held such tight standards that a single master would place the air system into the "sweet" spot on the air pressure/distance curve.
Electronic air amplifiers took amplification one step further. The first air-to-electronic transducers were LVDT's used to monitor the position of the same type of bellows used in mechanical gages. Other systems use silicon based transducers to monitor the pressure change. Both methods provide high resolution and fast response. Combined with the electronics in a gaging amplifier, they can make the gage a lot smarter and provide dynamic functions that can average readings and combine air signals for even more complex measurements.
One area that has not seen much in the way of advances until recently is the portability of the air gage. Hand tools are used all the time in the quality/process control function to bring the measurement to the part. With air gaging, the need for the piping and mechanical or electronic amplifiers always meant that the displays were rather big. For small parts this was no problem: The parts could easily be brought to the gage. For larger parts, the tooling could be attached to a hose and brought to the part, but there was a potential problem in that the operator had to watch the tooling while placing the plug in the part, then turn around to search for the air display in order to interpret the value.
In recent years, electronics have allowed even air displays to become smaller. There are now air gages on the market that make the display portable, as part of the air tooling itself. With this configuration, the air display is right in front of the operator, ready to be read, and there is no searching for the old air meter. Like the amplifier version, these portable air gages combine electronic transducers with today's digital indicators, to provide selectable resolutions, tolerances and data collection capabilities.
Air gaging was thought to have reached its peak many years ago. But in reality, there is an increasing demand for its application. As tolerances have gotten tighter on the shop floor, air gaging is often the only way to make the check fast and easy for the operator. With portable air gaging, that check can now be made right at the part.
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With all the trouble of jailbreaking iOS 8 devices and the lack of support for 64-bit hardware, does iOS physical acquisition still present meaningful benefits to the investigator? Is it still worth your time and effort attempting to acquire that iPhone via a Lightning cord?
Granted, jailbroken iOS devices are rare as hen's teeth. You are very unlikely to see one in the wild. However, we strongly believe that physical acquisition still plays an important role in the lab, and here are the reasons why.
- Apple's current privacy policy explicitly denies government information requests if the device in question is running iOS 8. This means that handing over the device to Apple will no longer result in receiving its full image if the device is running iOS 8.x (source: https://www.apple.com/privacy/government-information-requests/)
- In many countries (Mexico, Brazil, Russia, East Europe etc.) Apple sells more 32-bit phones than 64-bit ones. Old iPhones traded in the US are refurbished and sold to consumers in other countries (BrightStar coordinates these operations for Apple in the US). As an example, new and refurbished iPhone 4S and 5 units accounted for some 46% of all iPhones sold through retail channels in Russia in Q1 2015.
- Physical extraction returns significantly more information compared to any other acquisition method including logical or over-the-air acquisition. In particular, we're talking about downloaded mail and full application data including logs and cache files (especially those related to Internet activities). A lot of this information never makes it into backups.
- Full keychain extraction is only available with physical acquisition. Physical is the only way to fully decrypting the keychain including those records encrypted with device-specific keys. Those keychain items can be extracted from a backup file, but cannot be decrypted without a device-specific key. In addition, the keychain often contains the user's Apple ID password.
- With physical acquisition, you can extract the 'securityd' (0x835) from the device. This key can be used to completely decrypt all keychain items from iCloud backups.
- Physical acquisition produces a standard DMG disk image with HFS+ file system. You can mount the image into the system and use a wider range of mobile forensic tools to analyze compared to iTunes or iCloud backup files.
At this time, Elcomsoft iOS Forensic Toolkit remains the only third-party forensic tool to perform physical acquisition of iPhone 4S, 5 and 5C.
Limitations of Physical Acquisition
Apple makes their platform increasingly secure with each generation of hardware and every version of iOS. Apple devices equipped with 64-bit hardware are not susceptible to physical acquisition. Since the overwhelming majority of iOS devices sold in the US through retail channels are already equipped with 64-bit hardware, the number of handsets equipped with 32-bit chips is rapidly declining. The opposite is true for many developing markets where old-generation devices oversell latest hardware.
When it comes to iOS 8, physical acquisition is only available to jailbroken devices. At this time, jailbreak is available for all current versions of iOS 8 up to and including iOS 8.3.
As a result, physical acquisition has the following limitations:
- Only 32-bit hardware is supported *
- iOS 8 devices must be jailbroken in order to perform physical acquisition.
- Jailbreaking is not as reliable and straightforward as we'd like it to be.
- You can't jailbreak a locked device if you don't know the passcode.
- Find My Phone must be disabled before installing jailbreak. If Find My Phone is on, you must enter the user's Apple ID password to turn it off.
- In order to perform physical acquisition of a jailbroken device, you'll need to manually install OpenSSH from Cydia.
- At this time, only TaiG jailbreak is supported for the purpose of physical acquisition (http://www.taig.com/en/)
* 64-bit devices are still not supported regardless of iOS version or jailbreak status. For the purpose of physical acquisition, the following compatibility matrix applies.
- iPhone 4S, 5, 5C
- iPod Touch (5th gen)
- iPad 2 through 4
- iPad mini (original)
NOT supported:
- iPhone 5S, 6, 6 Plus
- iPad Air
- iPad mini Retina, iPad mini 3
Even with all limitations of physical acquisition, the method still remains viable in many situations. Some countries still see more 32-bit Apple devices than 64-bit ones, with Apple refurbished devices (trade-ins from the US) pushed by the company as a cheap entry into the ecosystem. Since Apple no longer serves government information requests for devices running iOS 8, physical acquisition remains the only method to extract the full file system from the device, returning more information than any other acquisition method.


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CLASS (Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores, Freshmen)
Seniors! If you have not taken your Senior portraits, please call Prestige to schedule your appointment. All portraits must be taken before Winter Break in order to be included in this year's yearbook. Please come to Room 223 if you have any questions. Seniors:
Juniors, are you are behind credits, come see your counselor to be enrolled in Credit recovery. You can also pick up an application from Ms.Esquivez in room 407
Do you want to learn more about the Filipino Culture, come by Room 414 after school today.
When taking the SAT or ACT please remember to bring your ticket and ID. ID can be your current school ID, driver's license, or passport. You must actually have the ID on you, not a picture on your phone.
Yearbooks are for sale for $75 with ASB and $80 without. Room 223 on Monday and Wednesday during 4th period lunch or every Friday at the student window during lunch. Prices will go up in December so please purchase soon.
New Haven Adult School is offering Driver Education classes over the break: January 2, 3 & 4. Cost is $125. Registration forms are located in your House Office. For more information please call (510) 489-2185.
If you have turned in your bus pass registration forms on or before October 20th, please come to the Logan Family Center located in Colt Court with your student ID to pick up your Clipper Card during your lunch period.
Students! We want to hear from you! Please go to jamesloganyearbook.org and give us your answers to any of the questions on the survey. We will try our best to include as many survey answers as possible in this year's yearbook!
Would you or your family like to buy a senior dedication page in the yearbook? To see prices and to purchase, visit our website at Jamesloganyearbook.org. If you have any questions or would like to purchase in person, please go to room 223.


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CHOC Chick, the brand behind unique raw chocolate making kits and organic raw cacao ingredients, has scooped the Food and Drink Award at the JANEY LOVES 2016 Platinum Awards with its Organic Raw Cacao Powder
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I really do enjoy every day at Bay Leaf Kitchen Camp but there was just something special about today! All the kids arrived in high spirits and we wasted no time in getting cooking since we had a LOT to do. Today we learned about ratios and baking with Chef Amy who taught us how to make our own hamburger buns! We learned how to wake up the yeast the same way we like to be awakened in the morning; a warm shower and something to eat :) While the dough for the buns was rising the campers picked which station they wanted to work at. There was a ketchup station, a sweet and sour pickle station, a zucchini, squash and turkey burger station, a salad station and a group that tackled making aoli from scratch!
After lunch, it was off to the park. I have to say, I don't normally talk much about the play time portions of Bay Leaf Kitchen but the counselors look forward to their time in the park as much as the kids do. Today we were really 'monkeying around' as Jacob and Serina braved the monkey bars with the kids! Every day our counselors also come up with new, fun, food-related games. Jacob taught us Food Balderdash the other day and the kids are so creative with their definitions! Today, Emily surprised us with a "Veggie-Off" where representatives from each group were sent to the front of the room to do their best imitation of the veggie Emily called out and we all voted on our favorite. Of course, they were all so good that everyone was always tied!
In the afternoon we had another amazing guest and boy did he have a treat for us. Chef Ben came and taught us all how to make homemade mint chocolate chip ice cream and peach crostata!
Tomorrow its off to Eatwell Farm to play in the dirt! It is a whole new world for Bay Leaf Kitchen Camp and its hard to imagine it could get better than this but I know that it will!
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In Southeast Asia, off-plan condo investment continues to dominate the real estate industry. Buyers from Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Europe and the Middle East are all comfortable with buying condo units off-plan. The process is easy and doing so usually allows for the highest possible returns.
Of course, off-plan condo investment is not a sure thing. If you want to get to most from your purchase, follow these four tips.
Get the most from your off-plan condo investment
1) Buy early
The cheapest prices can be had as soon as a developer launches a new project. In fact, many developers are now conducting pre-selling periods where exclusive deals are offered. The reason for this is simple. Most developers want to realise revenue before starting construction. They are willing to offer cheaper prices until shovels hit ground to obtain enough financing that ensures the project is worth it.
2) Buy for tomorrow, not today
Savvy investors understand they are investing in both a specific project as well as the neighbourhood it is located in. Be sure to see if there are any future infrastructure projects nearby that will improve connectivity or if there are plans to build retail or commercial centres. These can positively impact property prices and bring extra value to your investment.
3) Know the developer
It is important to be confident in the developer. If you're considering an off-plan condo investment with a homebuilder, get to know their work first before deciding to buy. What are the most important things to research? You should see if they have ever failed to complete a project as well as if they have ever been late transferring units. These are two red flags that could sink your off-plan condo investment.
4) Think about furniture
If your condo is not fully furnished and you plan on letting it out, the unit will need some decorating. Hiring an interior designer is a smart move if decor isn't your thing. However, it is easy to do this yourself if saving money is the name of the game. In most cases, the basics, such as a bed, couch, television and tables, will suffice. Remember, the look of the condo unit isn't about you, but who will be renting it out. Avoid loud art pieces or anything else you like, but could be seen as a turn off.


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Associate Members
Associate members are local, state, regional and federal government agencies, businesses, and non-profit organizations that support the NWPSC mission and product stewardship principles. Associate Members pledge to support product stewardship programs and legislation as authorized by their organization or agency. Associates have access to a NWPSC list serve discussion group and can participate in any of the subcommittee projects and programs.
Become an Associate Member - agree to the Pledge of Support


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Our Curriculum Programs
Learn Every Day 1st Edition ©2013
Program by Kaplan Early Learning Company for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos helps teachers to provide nurturing and education rich environments. Learn Every Day early childhood curriculum was written by experts in the field of early learning.
The Letter People 4th Edition ©2009
Curriculum by Abrams Learning Trends is a complete preschool curriculum that covers all early childhood developmental domains, including language and vocabulary development, developing literacy, math for kids, science for kids, social studies, creative arts, technology, large and small motor development, health, safety, and socio-emotional development. The engaging Letter People Puppets, their songs, and their stories stimulate imagination and draw all children into the learning process by becoming their friends and language partners.
Houghton Mifflin
Pre-K Curriculum is a hands-on, minds-on curriculum based on scientific research in the field of early childhood development and is aligned with key critical Pre-K learning goals, including those defined by Early Reading First, Head Start, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the International Reading Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and several state frameworks. Houghton Mifflin Pre-K Curriculum offers a wealth of themes including: Welcome to School!; My Family, My Community, My Five Senses; Seasons All Around; Animals Everywhere; Construction Zone; In the City, In the Country; Let's Move!; Growing and Changing; Ready for Kindergarten! This curriculum helps expose students to letters, numbers, and sounds to prepare them to transition smoothly into Pre-K (Florida VPK) the following year.
Scholastic Big Day 1st Edition ©2010
For Pre-K is a proven-effective comprehensive program that ensures kindergarten readiness by building the foundation for success in school and life. Big Day for Pre-K was developed with the expertise and experience of nationally recognized researchers and specialists. This preschool curriculum is formed as a result of the very best research and teacher practice on how young children learn and grow. Scholastic Big Day for Pre-K is organized into eight engaging and child-friendly themes. As the year progresses, the themes in this early-learning program broaden, and children begin to understand more about the world around them. The flexible content also allows pre-kindergarten teachers to incorporate their own favorite themes into the classroom.


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The free software, located at crediblehub.com connects procurement, MSPs and HR managers with thousands of staffing suppliers
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 31, 2017 – Beeline, a global leader in software solutions for sourcing and managing the extended workforce, announced today its innovation team has unveiled a new product, Credible, which connects procurement, Managed Service Providers and human resource managers (buyers of talent) at hundreds of companies with thousands of human capital service providers (staffing suppliers) in a stress-free, business-networking environment.
The free application, available at crediblehub.com, allows companies to search for staffing suppliers based upon location, specialty, industries, minority designation, small business designation, and government clearance level. Buyers can also use Credible to:
- Engage prospective suppliers, anonymously and on their terms
- Search for and research new suppliers based upon their unique needs
- Read trusted peer reviews on all in-Credible suppliers
- Tag their favorite suppliers and track all supplier connections
"Credible addresses a much-needed gap in the new world of work," said Christopher J. Dwyer, Vice President of Research for Ardent Partners. "In today's market, it is critical for buyers to leverage peer-based reviews and insights to make better decisions about the suppliers they use to empower their workforce."
Staffing Suppliers, after registering at crediblehub.com, can brand their profile and add relevant business information to promote their organization's differentiators to procurement, MSPs and HR managers across the United States. Staffing Suppliers can access Credible for free, or purchase a package to receive enhanced profile capabilities, market demand data and more.
"For staffing suppliers, Credible delivers a tremendous value for such a low investment," said Diana Gabriel, SVP Global Strategy & Solutions for Staffing Industry Analysts. "Having access to companies they do not currently engage with provides greater opportunities for new business."
"We founded Credible because we believe that networking should be easy for both buyers and sellers, said Doug Leeby, CEO of Beeline. "Credible allows buyers to cut through the clutter and make good business decisions about suppliers on their time and on their terms. For staffing suppliers, Credible helps businesses rise above the noise to position themselves well and develop meaningful business relationships."
"Buyers of services want to work with the best providers; they want that competitive advantage," said Colleen Tiner, SVP of Strategy for Beeline. "And sellers of services want to present themselves in a forum where they can be heard. Credible, by Beeline, does that by orchestrating information in a simple, yet meaningful way for buyers of business services as well as staffing suppliers."
About Beeline
Beeline is a market leader in software solutions for sourcing and managing the extended workforce. Award-winning business intelligence, superior technology, a global network of local knowledge, and service-driven colleagues dedicated to client success make Beeline an essential business partner for today's leading enterprises. For more information visit beeline.com
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So I did it! I took the plunge signed up for Animoto and created a video!
Now I've heard people in the photography industry singing the praises of Animoto for a while. Namely the super talented Sue Bryce! And I must admit, my initial reaction was how great can it really be? I mean I use a Mac.... and iMovie is simple enough.
I've also tried Photodex Proshow Web. Could this really be any better? - I said to myself.
Well, at the end of this article I'll tell you the reasons why I think Animoto is a better tool - for my needs - and they probably aren't for the reasons you think!
I'll also touch on some different ways you can use video for your wedding, family or glamour photography businesses!
But first let's start off with why video is even important to your photography business!
These are some interesting and rather compelling statistics in my opinion. The article "The Science of Video Engagement" found that:
60% of web site visitors will watch a video if one is available before reading any text
88% of visitors stay longer on a site where there is a prominent video
homepages or landing pages that have a prominent video lead to 800% more conversions
website visitors have a higher likelihood of remembering videos compared to other forms of information
visitors who watch videos tend to look deeper into your product/brand and later purchase from you.
So video is pretty important. But how can we use it in our photography business?
How to use video
I've put together a list of some fun and easy ways I've seen and heard of video being used - and ways you can use it too:
show behind the scenes at a wedding or in studio
show your studio and office
client testimonials
image galleries
surprise client with their images put to music
showcase final images mixed with behind the scenes video/images
family shoot: interviewing the kids mixed with final images from the shoot
business commercial
brand story with images and your voice-over
showcase products e.g. wedding albums, folio boxes
up-sell packages
That's all great, but where can you use these videos? Uhm… just about everywhere! And the best part is you can easily re-purpose your videos. Think - homepage, blog post, Facebook, Instagram and other social media.
My Animoto experience
I wanted to surprise one of my beautiful portraiture clients with something extra thoughtful.
My typical portraiture blog posts prior to this, I'm sad to admit, were 1-2 images from a photo shoot that I would post here and there if I found time.
This time I wanted to say more. This time I wanted to show more. And I wanted to say more without words and without just throwing a bunch of photos up consecutively one after another.
So I logged into my Animoto account and I picked a theme that I thought would be fitting with the style of photos I wanted to showcase.
Tip: when viewing the themes, try to look past the default placeholder images - your photo genre may give the theme a completely different vibe.
Next I uploaded my photos, added my logo, a few lines of text, picked some music from their suggested royalty free music library and voila - I published my video! (Big Smile)
Animoto, automatically timed my video to the music, transitioned between the different slides and gave me straightforward options to export/publish my video.
Since you can control the time of the video, (if you'd like), you can also make shorter complimentary videos to use on Instagram.
Tip: Instagram cuts videos off at 15 seconds.
So in addition, I made a shorter 15 second version of the video to match the look & feel of the original video.
Then, with the touch of a button, I exported the videos to my youtube and vimeo accounts and also downloaded them to my computer.
And the very best part... my video looked ultra professional! All shiny and polished!
Why I love Animoto
iMovie and other online video programs can do the same thing right?
Yes for some features, but these are the reasons why I prefer Animoto to other software I have tried:
it's a super simple process
it saves me time! I'm a photographer and I don't have time to fiddle around with video software.
it's drag and drop
it's really fast and slick
it's online
you can import photos from smugmug
if you dislike the theme you can easily switch it without re-starting your project from scratch
it makes exporting easy
it exports quickly
all of your videos are in one place
it connects to your vimeo and youtube accounts
it easily embeds video into your website
you can upload both videos and still images
you can clip your videos in animoto
you can upload voice-overs
it has a huge library of royalty free music (hola!)
it has a blank template that you customize for projects that don't fit with any of their other themes.
If you've been considering using video for any aspect of your photography business, I hope this article has been useful! I'd love to hear about your experiences!
Also, if you want to explore more about how to use animoto to boost your business check out Sue Bryce's super Creative Live course here!
Be sure to leave me a comment below.
P.S. Here is my video
With love and gratitude. And wishing you all the success in photography business,
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Club Information
Welcome to Didcot Runners.
We're delighted that you've found us! Use this site to discover all the upcoming races, forthcoming events and past events/News.
Didcot Runners was formed in 2003, our aim is "primarily to encourage running at any standard, either with a view to competing in races or simply for exercise and fun. The Club is an association through which its members can pursue and promote their interests in social and competitive athletics. "
We welcome all levels, standards and abilities. We encourage everyone who is interested in joining us to come along and participate in a few of our sessions before committing to joining. We will introduce and arrange it so you run with people of a similar standard (if you choose). Post run follows a visit to the local pub for those that are interested.
We meet every Tuesday and Thursday and follow the arrangements below as closely as possible. Details of each session are on the events page and calendar. If you would like to join Didcot Runners, please complete a Membership Application Form and bring it along to a club night.
Didcot Town Football Club
Earth Trust
Throughout the year, we meet at Didcot Town Football Club at 6.50pm ready to run by 7pm. This gives us 10 minutes to make sure everyone is familiar with the run routes, welcome new runners, pass on Committee and to announce the volunteer tailrunner. There are a choice of distance runs starting from 5km to 10km. Once a month we offer Pacing Groups for those wanting to keep pace for upcoming races or simply want to push themselves.
In the Spring & Summer months we meet at Earth Trust at Wittenham Clumps at 6.50pm for hill or speed training. If you arrive and the gates are closed, please travel back in the direction of Wallingford a short distance and on the left is a small visitors car park. This session is time focused rather than miles.
In the Autumn & Winter months on Thursdays, we will meet at Didcot Town Football Club at 6.50pm for speed intervals. This is planned more around time.
These runs are for socialising and keepng togehter. Routes and distances will vary, some will be led by member. A whole mixture of terrains and sometimes various start points to add variety, incclduing Coached sessins for Cross Country or simply a gentl jog around Didcot patways. If you have an idea for a route to share with the members, please email the secretary and maybe after its is risk assessed it can become a regular club run. We meet at 09:30, Look at the club calender for planned sessions and weekly details.
Am I good enough to come along?
- Two sessions on a Tuesday are offered: a short route 5km-10km and a longer route under 8km-11km.Loopbacks are an option if youd like to add more mileage
- If you can run for 50 minutes continuously (at whatever pace suits you) then you will easily be able to do one of the runs on offer.
- If you can run (however slowly) for about 30 minutes continuously, there is an option to run the full route with a tailrunner or use our shorter distance runs with a Group Leader.
- Tuesday night sessions have two routes to choose.
- Thursday sessions may be split between Coaches and Run Leaders depending on numbers and activity.
- Sunday session are more socialble and vary in distance and terrain.
- If you are an absolute beginner (just started or never having run before) You are welcome to join and join in our Thurday Sessions or you could contact us to discuss how we can help get you started. We also have a couple of beginners' groups throughout the year, check out the beginners section for more information on dates.
What are the Benefits?
- Club membership includes England Athletics (EA) registration
- EA membership gets you subsidised race entry fees and exclusive offers
- Park Club at Milton Park are offering Corporate rate memberships. https://parkclub.co.uk/clubs/milton
- Discounted rates from local sports shops – including Fit2Run
- No charge to members for competing in the cross-country league
- No charge to members for entering in the Grand Prix series
- Opportunities to run in Club Only events
- Experienced Coaches and Run Leaders to lead Thursday night sessions
- The chance to participate in team events throughout the year, relays and cross country.
- It's a great opportunity to meet likeminded people
Most weekends the Didcot parkrun on Saturday morning will see a good turn out of Didcot Runners and a long Sunday run will occasionally take place too, although this depends on who is available, what distance people want to run, what pace, etc. These runs are often announced or discussed on the Facebook Group.
Further Information
For every training night we have in place a register for everyone to tick themselves out on the run and back again. Please do not leave this for somebody to do on your behalf. We also ask our members to volunteer for tailrunning on club nights to make sure people are not left to run on their own at the back or find themselves off route. On Pacing nights we will ask members to volunteer to run at a pace to help others. All routes are included on the events page so you can make yourself familiar with it prior to setting off and/or print it if necessary. The routes can change at the last minute however if it is unsafe for any reason, so the events page needs to be checked regularly.
We have an annual Club Championship and this is fully explained on the website. A presentation night is arranged towards the end of the year with a variety of trophies. Didcot Runners are always represented at the Oxford Mail Cross Country League with one race a month from November through to March, which is at no extra cost to our members.
Club Kit
We have our own club kit to purchase and once you are a paid up member and are using your club affiliation to obtain discounts in races, you will need to wear the club colours at those races. Kit can be ordered direct by you from K & K PRINTING AND EMBROIDERY, 135 Brasenose Road, Didcot. OX117BP. Telephone: 01235 516699. All kit has been agreed with the Committee and will be printed on approved kit. Any special requests for kit, please contact a member of the committee. If you would like to have other items printed with our Logo, please email email@example.com for approval.
Help the Club
Once a runner has been a member for a while, they will be encouraged to help the club by volunteering to be the tailrunner, Pacing Group Leader,becoming an intro speaker, welcoming other new people and marshaling at our annual Didcot 5 race. We ask that all members decline to race this event and instead volunteer to help. The race is usually held on the first Sunday in July.
Social Media
Didcot Runners has a members only Facebook Group which is very active, encouraging, friendly and motivating. Just ask to be added and someone will do the honours and you will be kept up to date.
We also have Twitter and Instagram too, so please #hastag away and advertise our wonderful club
Useful Documents
Didcot Runners Club Constitution 2017, see attchment below.
Didcot Runners General Risk Assessment.
Didcot Runners thank Didcot Town FC and Earth Trust for their support in allowing us to use their facilities.
The Didcot Runners logo was created by Pete Aylward.


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The Daily Roundup is Lerer Hippeau's daily dispatch of news on our portfolio companies, commentary from our team, top tech headlines, open roles, upcoming events, and more.
As founders and operators ourselves, building businesses is in our DNA.
Kenneth Lerer
Managing Partner
Ben Lerer
Eric Hippeau
Graham Brown
Joe Medved
Partner, SoftBank Capital and BN Capital
Andrea Hippeau
Caitlin Strandberg
Julian Moncada
Senior Associate
Isabelle Phelps
Stephanie Manning
Director of Platform
Amanda Mulay
Senior Talent Manager
Natalie Sportelli
Content and Brand Manager
Dan Rochkind
Andrew Ha
Lauren Baldino
Executive Assistant
Ashley Nawalinski
Lillia Mitov
Office Manager
Jordan Cooper
Ashish Patel
Andrea Breanna
Devon Giddon
Tina Exarhos
Greg Coleman
Ken is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau. He cofounded The Huffington Post and was formerly the Chairman of BuzzFeed. Ken sits on the boards of Group Nine Media, Blade, and Thrive Global. His nonprofit work includes sitting on the boards of the Bank Street College of Education and Association to Benefit Children. He gets seven hours of sleep (some nights) on his Casper mattress.
Ben is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau. He serves as CEO of portfolio company Group Nine Media, parent to digital publishers NowThis, The Dodo, Thrillist (which he founded), and Seeker. Ben sits on the board of Casper and RaisedBy.Us as well as Refinery29's advisory board. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied political science. Ben leads the Lerer Hippeau team in total pairs of Allbirds, with no less than eight (by his last count).
Eric Hippeau is a Managing Partner at Lerer Hippeau. Previously, Eric was the CEO of The Huffington Post, in which he had invested as a Managing Partner at Softbank Capital. Eric has also served as Chairman and CEO of Ziff-Davis, former top publisher of computer magazines. Eric sits on the board of Buzzfeed, a portfolio company, and Marriott International. He was educated at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Eric reads Axios first thing in the morning to stay on top of the day's breaking news.
Graham is a Partner at Lerer Hippeau. He came from SoftBank Capital, where he focused on early-stage investments in mobile and web companies, with a particular interest in marketplaces. He previously worked as an associate at Polaris Partners and helped lead digital strategy at preventive health company Life Line Screening. He studied economics and philosophy at Colby College and later earned his MBA from Columbia Business School. Lerer Hippeau's best-dressed? Graham stocks his closet with Everlane.
Joe is Partner of SoftBank Capital and BN Capital at Lerer Hippeau. Previously he worked as a partner at SoftBank, where he spent a decade making early-stage digital media investments. Before joining SoftBank, Joe was an investor at Constellation Ventures and worked as an investment banker with JP Morgan's Tech, Media, and Telecom group. He studied finance at Boston College and the London School of Economics. Joe's eight-pound pup, Sully, loves his meals from Ollie.
Andrea is a Principal on our investment team. Prior to joining Lerer Hippeau, she held management and business development roles at portfolio companies The Dodo and Bark & Co. Andrea worked in corporate development while at Advance Publications and managed client relationships for Thomson Reuters. After studying French and business management at Skidmore College, she went on to get her MBA from Columbia Business School. A healthy eater, Andrea looks forward to her boxes of veggie-based meals from Hungryroot.
Caitlin Strandberg is a Principal on Lerer Hippeau's investment team. She joined from FirstMark, an early-stage venture firm based in New York, where she was a Vice President. She previously worked on the investment team at Flybridge Capital Partners and at two startups, LearnVest (acquired by Northwestern Mutual) and Behance (acquired by Adobe). Caitlin is a graduate of Cornell University, where she majored in History. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Caitlin sends all her best gifs via GIPHY.
Julian is a Senior Associate on our investment team. He joined from Prudential Capital Group, where he specialized in investments surrounding senior debt, mezzanine, and private equity markets. Starting several businesses throughout high school and college, Julian is a serial entrepreneur and a mobile app developer. A proud Midwestener, he studied finance and investment banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A part-time mix master, Julian uses Splice for all his jam sessions.
Isabelle is an Associate on our investment team. Prior to joining, she served as a Partner at Dorm Room Fund, an InSITE Fellow, and a Martin Trust Community Fellow. Isabelle previously held positions in operations, business strategy, and marketing strategy at Yahoo and eBay Enterprise. She studied political science at Williams College and earned her MBA from MIT Sloan. Isabelle finds her new favorite beauty products on Violet Grey.
Stephanie is Lerer Hippeau's Director of Platform, working closely with our team and founders to forge community and connections across our portfolio and within the broader New York tech ecosystem. Before joining, Stephanie led talent, events, and community for enterprise tech venture capital firm Work-Bench. She started her career at AppNexus, where she worked on the talent acquisition team and helped grow the company from 300 to 1,100 employees. She graduated from Colgate University, where she studied political science. Stephanie can't wait for her appointments with her favorite facialist at Heyday.
Amanda Mulay is Lerer Hippeau's Senior Talent Manager. She joined from Andreessen Horowitz, where she focused on recruiting talent for technical roles for startups in stealth through later stage companies. She previously worked in talent operations at First Round Capital and Twilio. Amanda is a graduate of the University of San Francisco, where she majored in communications. Amanda books meals at the best new restaurants in the city with Resy.
Natalie is Lerer Hippeau's Content and Brand Manager. She comes from Forbes, where she served as producer, writer, and editor for the 30 Under 30 franchise. She has diverse editorial experience in print and digital from her time at Forbes, CNBC, her college's communications office and the local newspaper in her native Syracuse, NY. She's a graduate of Colgate University, where she studied English and History. Natalie always has a pint of Ample Hills in her freezer.
Dan is the CFO at Lerer Hippeau, overseeing the firm's finances, operations and infrastructure. Prior to joining, Dan was the COO/CFO of Marker LLC, a New York-based venture capital firm. Before that, Dan was a Principal at the private equity firm Siguler Guff and a Vice President in the private equity groups at Fortress Investment Group and Goldman Sachs. Dan graduated from the University of Maryland with degrees in Accounting and Journalism. Dan loves walking around the city comfortably in his Allbird shoes.
Andrew is the Controller at Lerer Hippeau. He previously served as a fund accountant for New York-based Rho Ventures and a senior staff accountant at Samsung in New Jersey. Andrew graduated from Purdue University in Indiana with a degree in accounting and management. He loves to watch videos from Group Nine Media's companies (NowThis, Thrillist, The Dodo and Seeker) on his social media feeds.
Lauren is the Executive Assistant to Ken Lerer. She previously worked in design and events at MacAndrews & Forbes, a holding company, for seven years. Lauren graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, with a degree in Advertising and Marketing. Lauren never forgets her Warby Parker sunglasses when running errands around the city.
Ashley is the Executive Assistant to Eric Hippeau. Before joining the team, she worked as an Executive Assistant to the founder and president at Muzinich & Co. and a partner at Ares Management. She has also served as a event coordinator on the platform operations team for Centerbridge Partners. She graduated from Fairfield University, where she studied French and English. Ashley is currently pursuing her Masters in Real Estate Development at NYU. She is always on up to speed on the latest style trends thanks to Refinery29.
Lillia is our Office Manager and an assistant at Lerer Hippeau. Prior, she worked as an administrative assistant at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York and served as a contributing editor for the United States National Committee for UN Women. She graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego, with a degree in political science and women's studies. Lillia doesn't leave home without her much-loved Glossier lip balm.
Jordan Cooper is a Special Partner at Lerer Hippeau. He is currently an active crypto and angel investor. Previously, he was a General Partner at the firm while also serving as the Cofounder and CEO of Wildcard and Hyperpublic (acquired by GRPN). Jordan began his career in venture capital as an investor at General Catalyst Partners, a multi-billion early stage venture capital firm in Harvard Square. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College.
Ashish Patel is an advisor at Lerer Hippeau. Ashish holds titles at two portfolio companies, VP of Social Media at NowThis Media and Advisor at The Dodo. Previously, Ashish was Head of Social Media at VICE. Ashish is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.
Andrea Breanna is Founder and CEO of RebelMouse. She is an advisor to Lerer Hippeau, and serves on the digital advisory board of American Express. Previously, she was CTO of The Huffington Post and served as Vice President at Related Capital. Andrea graduated from New York University.
Devon Giddon is the Vice President of Communications at Group Nine Media and the communications consultant for Lerer Hippeau. She previously served as Director of Communications at Thrillist and worked for entertainment PR firms ID-PR and PMK. She graduated from Lehigh University.
Tina Exarhos is Chief Content Officer at NowThis and Marketing Advisor for Lerer Hippeau. Previously, she served as CMO at MTV for more than two decades. Tina graduated from New York University.
Greg Coleman is our Executive-in-Residence at Lerer Hippeau. He brings with him more than 40 years of experience in advertising and media, spanning executive roles at Yahoo, The Huffington Post, Criteo, and Buzzfeed, where he most recently served as President.


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What do ya think? Does the background make me look narcissistic or no? I just liked that shot with this filter, so it gave me an idea on how I could work it into the blog design. I'm working on a different banner, but it'll be a couple weeks before I get around to it. Hopefully, soon, I'll have something significant to write on here. For now, I'm swamped with classes and final grades (last week of summer classes!), so most of my brainpower is claimed for now. :)
As always, if you'd like to keep up with my freelance art, follow my art blog:
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Since I'm taking art classes and working toward my BFA in graphic design and painting, there are updates at both sites several times per week if not every day. It's already been a fun, challenging journey, and I appreciate positive feedback.
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DJ Shadow and Run The Jewels release deliciously violent video for their track "Nobody Speak"
by Miles Griffis
DJ Shadow ft. Run The Jewels - Nobody Speak directed by Sam Pilling
In their new music video for "Nobody Speak" DJ Shadow and Run the Jewels remind us that we and our political leaders are only animals.
The scene: a presumed United Nations meeting where the POTUS and the United Kingdom Prime Minister argue back and forth with dubbed lyrics from Killer Mike and EI-P (Run the Jewels) before the entire round table of diplomats enter a violent fight with raised fists and swinging flagpoles. A pig oinks his way through the chaos, birds flap chaotically, and a chicken dodges a fight between world leaders. The fight is calmed when a cleaning woman comes in and embarasses the leaders. To clean up their mess.
Many have noted the music video is a commentary on the tumultuous 2016 presidential election and are backed with Killer Mike's quote "It's what I really wish Trump and Hillary would just do and get it over with." Yet, the video shows the United Nations fighting when they are supposed to be agreeing, when they are supposed to be solving the world's problems. The video reaches far beyond the current tug-of-war between Hillary and Trump, though, the song does mock Trump explicitly, "Flame your crew quicker than Trump fucks his youngest."