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How to design your ecommerce website to receive more salesAugust 19th, 2014
A couple of ideas to improve sales on your e-commerce platform. This write up gives you a couple of concepts on how to improve your design so it's easier for your customers to understand what to do when they visit your ecommerce website for this first time and how to make it easier for them to checkout.
Ensure that navigating your site is easy and straightforward for your customers.
Trying to find a product on a site with confusing navigation can lead potential customers to simply give up and go elsewhere to complete their purchase.
Think about your navigation elements before you start putting products on your site. Ensure that if you have created an item category that it has at least a few items in it, or this will appear confusing to your customers. Make it easy for customers to use your site.
Avoid long and confusing checkout processes
One of the most harmful mistakes an ecommerce site can make is to overcomplicate the checkout process. While this can be a golden time to get customer information for marketing purposes it is important to weigh this opportunity against the possibility that you might put your potential customer off checking out at all. It is vital to make it as easy as possible for your customers to give their information and complete their order.
Ideally you should have a single page checkout followed by a confirmation page before the order is submitted. In addition avoid the requirement to create an account before ordering as this can also cause customers to click away from your site before ordering
Effective Product Images will improve your ecommerce sites look and feel
As you are an ecommerce site it follows that customers will not be able to handle the products you are selling. Therefore you need to recreate this feeling for them through effective product imagery.
Ensure that you provide large images either directly on the product page or else via a clickable zoom in feature. Your aim should be that users can view your images as large as is practical. You should also offer more than one product image for each item. Make sure that you provide enough views of a product so that customers feel confident that they know what they are getting.
Put the focus on your products
The goal of your site is to sell your products Make sure that the focus of your site is on the displaying and promoting of your products and not on elaborate site design or animations.
Every design element on your site should relate to the type of product that you are selling and the kind of business that you are. Everything on your site should be aimed at showing off your products in the best light. This will impact on your choice of colour scheme through to the language that you use on your site.
Utilise technology to track your customers.
Rather than asking for registration, let customers know that their cart will be saved so that they can return at a later date to complete their purchase. By use of tracking technology, filled shopping carts can remain in place for customers, making it more likely for them to click through and complete their purchase
Add Web 2.0 components.
Blogs, customer forums, reviews and other similar tools can give visitors a reason to return to your site. Seeing a community of other customers will provide reassurance that your business is reliable and other people trust it to fulfil their needs. Customers value the option to leave feedback and in turn this provides you with useful marketing information.


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Steelers president Art Rooney II says the lockout has not allowed him to speak with OLB James Harrison, whose comments in a magazine article have sparked a controversy.
Steelers OLB Harrison has some harsh words for Goodell
Steelers OLB James Harrison is profiled in the August issue of Men's Journal, and the former Defensive Player of the Year spoke out against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
Police report details Ward's DUI arrest
An Atlanta Police Department report on the arrest of Steelers WR Hines Ward released Monday said that the player had glassy, bloodshot eyes and failed field sobriety tests during a traffic stop early Saturday morning.
Vrabel leaving Chiefs to take job with Ohio State
OLB Mike Vrabel, one of the plaintiffs in the Brady et al v. the NFL antitrust lawsuit, has retired after accepting a coaching position at Ohio State.
Steelers WR Ward charged with DUI
Steelers WR Hines Ward was arrested in Georgia on suspicion of drunk driving early Saturday morning.
Roethlisberger's foot is 'healed up'
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger spoke about the broken right foot that he battled through most of the 2010 season and said it has almost fully healed.
Legursky's handiness helps him stick in Pittsburgh
Steelers C-OG Doug Legursky's versatility and readiness were put to the test multiple times a season ago, and never more so than when the Steelers needed him most.
Report: Roethlisberger open to Burress' return
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger said Tuesday he has communicated with WR Plaxico Burress and would be pleased if his former teammate rejoined him in Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported.
AFC North best bets to break through in 2011
PFW identifies four players from the AFC North who are ready for coming-out parties in 2011 (clockwise from left) — Terrence Cody, Jermaine Gresham, Ziggy Hood and Colt McCoy.
Strong competition for reserve spots on Steelers' offense
The competition for reserve spots on the Steelers' offense should be intriguing, with quarterback, wide receiver and running back positions to watch.
Steelers' Allen takes unique path to pros
Steelers rookie CB Cortez Allen's experience playing and studying at The Citadel sticks with him as he prepares for the NFL.
Hall of Fame RB Johnson dies at age 81
Hall of Fame RB John Henry Johnson died Friday in Tracy, Calif., at the age of 81. He played for the 49ers, Lions, Steelers and Oilers during his career.
Lockout limbo: Steelers report
It's time to assess all 32 NFL clubs as we wait for league business to resume. Today, we take a closer look at the defending AFC-champion Steelers.
Elusiveness a primary goal for Steelers' Sanders
One of Steelers WR Emmanuel Sanders' goals for 2011 can be boiled down to three letters oh-so-important to those who play his position: "YAC," or yards after catch.
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First major storm of year to hit between Friday and SaturdayThe Associated Press | February 07,2013BOSTON — People in the Northeast stocked up on food and supplies and road crews readied salt and sand Thursday as the region braced for a major winter storm that could bring up to 2 feet of snow to places that haven't seen significant accumulations in more than a year.
The National Weather Service said most of southern New England could see anywhere from 18-24 inches between Friday and Saturday, and some other forecasts cautioned that totals could be even higher. Suffolk County in New York was under a blizzard watch, as were parts of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
New York City was expecting between 4 and 6 inches of snow. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said plows and 250,000 tons of salt were being put on standby to start clearing the streets.
"We hope forecasts are exaggerating the amount of snow, but you never can tell," he said, adding that if bad weather has to happen, it's better to have it on a weekend.
Meteorologist William Babcock with the National Weather Service in Taunton, Mass., says it's looking like it is going to be a very
powerful storm. If everything falls the way it has the potential to it could be among the top 10 snowstorms in New England history.
The storm would hit just after the 35th anniversary of the historic blizzard of 1978, which paralyzed the region with more than 2
feet of snow and hurricane force winds from Feb. 5-7. The last major snowstorm in southern New England was the Halloween storm in 2011, which knocked out power to many with heavy, wet snow.
The snow will start Friday morning, with the heaviest amounts dumped on the region that night and into Saturday.
In Massachusetts, Gov. Deval Patrick was receiving regular updates but had not made any decisions about the state's workforce, a spokeswoman said.
The prospective timing has drawn comparisons with a powerful storm that hit in the afternoon of December 13th, 2007, and paralyzed state highways, turning 30-minute commutes into 3- to 6-hour treks.
On that day, Patrick advised state employees to leave work no later than 11:30 a.m., and private businesses were encouraged to dismiss their employees early as well. Many people, however, apparently waited longer to get on the road and by then, snow was falling at a rate of 1 1/2 inches an hour with virtual white-out conditions. The resulting traffic gridlock made it impossible for plows to clear the roads.
One place people were excited about the snow was at ski resorts in northern New England. Because they can make their own snow, they aren't as dependent on natural snowfall, but when it snows a lot in southern New England people start thinking more about winter sports, said spokesman Dave Meeker of Mount Snow in Vermont.
"When they have snow in their backyards, they're inspired," he said.
At the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, N.H., Dartmouth College senior Evan Diamond and other members of the school's ski team were getting ready for the college's Winter Carnival, which includes ski races.
"We're pretty excited about it because this has been an unusual winter for us," he said. "We've been going back and forth between having really solid cold snaps and then the rain washing everything away."
As much as he welcomes the snow, it could be too much of a good thing, at least for this weekend, "For skiing we like to have a nice hard surface, so it will be kind of tough to get the hill ready."MORE IN This Just InTOWNSHEND — A 26-year-old Townshend man shot his off-again, on-again girlfriend late... Full StoryA Rutland jury has returned a verdict in favor of a retired obstetrician and Rutland Regional... Full Story
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"Maybe it's because of the Dali Lama." Kate said. "You know, he's in town."
"Wanna know how I know that? Get a load of this..."
Kate turned around. And the man said, "The Dali Lama is in town."
Not knowing what else to say, Kate responded, "Cool!"
"He's in Santa Clara, if you can believe it."
Kate paused. "Neat." After a brief silence, she said, "Okay, well... bye!"
As a result of this odd exchange, Kate is now offering to anyone stuck in traffic that it might be the Dali Lama. His Holiness is in town.
I found this story so funny, such a weird 3-minute moment in the life of Cousin Kate, that it got me through the more upsetting, senior citizen-sex parts of "Gloria."
In other news, we went to the Jelly Belly Factory for Tourist Trapped and thought it was delightfully dumpy. A very sweet reporter from a newspaper out there phoned me today, asking why I called Fairfield "the middle of nowhere" and implied he might do a STORY ON IT, as well as my reference to Ronald Reagan as "childlike." So there's that!
And also, I hope you're checking out Slow News Day regularly. I've been posting daily over there and while I'm worried I'll get in trouble (outside of Fairfield, where I am already in trouble), I like to think we're staying just this side of offensive. It's fun to write! I hope it's fun to read.


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Saint Melitina
Christian woman in a time persecution by emperor Antoninus Pius and governor Antiochus, she was twice taken into pagan temples and ordered to make sacrfices to idols; the idols would topple over. Her captors gave up, tortured and then executed her. Martyr.
- beheaded in the 2nd century at Marcianopolis, Thrace (in modern Greece
- relics enshrined on Lemnos Island in the Aegean Sea
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Local voters on both sides of the political spectrum gathered to watch President Barack Obama square off against Mitt Romney in the first presidential debate on Wednesday.More than 200 Republicans congregated at the Hudson Grille in Midtown Atlanta for the debate. FOX 5's Justin Gray said that one of loudest responses from that crowd came when Romney termed Obama's plans "trickle down government."Local GOP members said they were happy to Romney aggressively assert himself during the debate. In Sandy Springs, local Democrats packed Taboo 2 on Roswell Road to watch the debate.Local Democratic supporters said they enjoyed hearing Obama's comments on taxes and job creation. They were also pleased to hear the President talk about the importance of education.Some folks said they wanted to hear from both candidates."Listening to both of these guys, I know that they want to help this country. But I don't know that either one of them right now, are sharing really how they're going to go about helping the country," said Lynda Goodwyn.The next debate is scheduled for Tuesday, October 16 in Hempstead, N.Y.
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I think the word you are looking for is to "put/set [someone's] mind at ease". I do not think the first (with "make") is correct, but the expressions with "put" and "set" are interchangable.
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THE MASKS OF THE GODDESS, beautifully illustrated with photographs by Thomas Lux, Peter Hughes, Anne Beam, Ileya Stewart and others, documents a collection of 30 multi-cultural masks of Goddesses created by artist Lauren Raine. The collection of masks traveled throughout the U.S, from the Spiral Dance in San Francisco to the Chapel of the Sacred Mirrors in New York City, continually in use by choreographers, ritualists, and storytellers for almost 10 years, as they celebrated the Divine Feminine in myth, history, and within our own lives. The book includes stories of the Goddesses, articles,
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Backpacker Magazine – October 2008
When a storm comes out of nowhere, learn how to handle the unexpected.
Packing/Planning | Reading the Weather/Deciding to Stay or Go | Surviving the Night/Pitching a Tent/Building a Fire in the Snow
5. Surviving the night
WRONG: Get soaked in sweat trying to build a snow cave, which takes too much time and energy to be useful in most survival situations.
RIGHT: In the cold, your priorities are fire, shelter, signaling rescue, water, and food, in that order. Take care of number one by gathering dry wood under rock overhangs, leaves, and logs; finding deadfall snagged in tree branches; or using a knife to shave wet bark from sticks to reach drier wood inside. Rig a tarp to shield the fire from precipitation, then use thumb-width kindling to start a blaze that will dry bigger pieces of wood. Best tools? Try a butane lighter, wax-coated matches, flint firestarter, or Coghlan's fire sticks (they ignite even when soaked). Pitch your tent or build a snow shelter (see below). Leave markers, such as sticks, to help you find your way back if you must leave your refuge.
How to pitch a tent in the snow
Pack down the snow with your boots, skis, or snowshoes before setting up your tent in a sheltered spot (like the lee side of a boulder). Make deadmen to anchor the tent: Tie guylines to trekking poles, sticks, or rocks, and bury them in the snow with the guyline taut. No tent? Dig a hole in a tree well and cover the ground and walls with leaves or evergreen boughs.
How to build a fire in the snow
Construct a platform out of stones or logs to raise the fire above wet ground.
What a dumb story - is it from Readers Digest?
Typical new BM - I've been laughing about it since 2008 when it came out. Story starts "what began as an October dayhike", that October as in Fall. How ridiculous then that the first WRONG scenario starts with "packed basic summer gear" or something like that.
Fall is not Summer.
Would like to see articles about those plants that could sustain life in the woods , while lost . Like Tanner Lowe suggested .
Would like to see articles about those plants that could sustain life in the woods , while lost . Like Tanner Lowe suggested .
Good everyday common sense article that new Hikers should memorize and from what I have seen, old experienced hikers too.
One suggestion if I may so add. I would NOT advise setting up an emergency camp under a Needle bearing Tree or build a fire under one for longer than an half an hour or so. The heat will melt the snow sitting on the branches above you which might just slide off and land on your fire and or on you. For a Gear suggestion, I have carried one of those Sportsman's Blankets with a nuetural green on one side and reflective Aluminum on the other since they were introduced, which I used more often than a tarp, in fact I stopped carrying a Tarp all together. Also one of the new Emergency Sleeping Bags that comes in the Orange sack and is reuseable on all my Dayhikes..
I also carry a Knit Hat to replace the Ball cap most of us wear. The Knit Hat is a lot warmer and conserves all that heat coming off your head.
nice article, however,it's just common sense that fills this article
Very good, common sense advice. Keep up the good work.
I have very much enjoyed your articles on surviving a variety of situations. However, I have not heard or found any articles on edible plants and could sustain life in the wilderness and being able to differentiate them from the inedible. Another article that could be very beneficial would be learning about medicinal plants.


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The Goochland Sheriff's Office on Saturday announced the arrests of four people in connection with a series of burglaries and thefts in the county.
21-year-old Edward Javon Boatwright of Cumberland, 20-year-old Antonio Lamar Richardson of Cumberland, 19-year-old Akeem Da'Quan Robinson of Gum Spring, and a 17-year-old were arrested for burglary.
The crimes happened in the evening of December 3 and continued into the early morning hours of December 4. Investigators said two residences were burglarized and there were multiple thefts from vehicles in two subdivisions in the eastern part of the county.
According to investigators, wallets, electronics, and prescription medications were taken from the homes, while electronics, wallets, and cash were taken from the unlocked vehicles.
Boatwright, Richardson, and Robinson are due in Goochland General District Court on Monday.
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LEXINGTON, KY (WAVE) – Two teenagers
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Google Maps Mania is an unofficial Google Maps blog tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps
Monday, July 11, 2011
Brown University on Google Maps
Brown University are using Google Maps to help students and visitors find buildings, parking lots and other facilities on their campus.
The Google Map uses a map overlay of the campus, which shows the names of the college buildings and is color-coded for ease of use. If you click on a building you can view a thumbnail photo and click on links to a video, a floor-plan of the building and its web page.
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Hi dear Blog.
I am traveling much of this month, and I will get back to you once I've settled into the regular fall schedule. While I've been away from blogging, WOW have I gotten a lot of revision work done on some of my longer stories.
I'll be back!
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012
what gets left behind
"Take them. Take them. Otherwise the little plants will die." Mimi presses a flat of 16 tomato seedlings into my arms and I say sure. Sure. I thrust the flat onto the deep dashboard of the minivan, watching a handful of black ants stream from the undersides and into the creases. The rest of my car is full: a bookshelf. Two boxes of paper and office supplies, fancy scissors and markers and crayons. In the passenger seat, three rosemary bushes, sage, one fragrant thyme, a start of spearmint.
"I grew the tomato plants from seed. They are small." Yes, only as tall as my thumb, and it's nearly July, and no tomatoes will ever grace these poor foundlings. Days ago, Jim wrapped pallets of their belongings for the container ship, and I get the feeling they've not slept since then.
I say no to a luxury air mattress with only one leak which could easily be repaired (I have one of those already, in exactly the same condition.) I say no to a document scanner that is no better than the one I own already. I apologize that I can't take another load to Goodwill, can't find a home for a perfectly-good working sewing machine, can't take on multiple steps to get good stuff into the hands of people who might need good stuff.
They will leave for the airport in ninety minutes, and they need showers. They refuse cold beer—they are that serious.
What I came for is the outdoor fireplace, now filled with ash—they've been burning papers they won't need, she says, night by night, while deciding what things they will need for the rest of their lives in Costa Rica. Shedding America, layer by layer.
She panics when I look at the huge metal bowl of ash. "But we have no place to put the ash!" I ask if I can't simply dump the ash in the woods next door, and she says no, something about the landlady. I can tell that her English is tired by the way she searches for words, places her hands on both sides of her head. Jim comes out of the door and panics, oh my gosh we didn't even empty the ash! I bring my own hands down, an epiclesis, bringing down the Holy Spirit to soothe, to calm. I tell them I can find a bag, I can clean it, I don't mind at all. I brought gloves, I say. "We use a, a thing to scoop out the ash…" I find the large metal spoon next to the fireplace and determine the direction of the wind, so I can get to work. I line a box with a grocery bag, and shovel ash with the spoon.
After I nestle the scrolled metal base, the bowl of the fireplace, and the screen cover into the backseat, Mimi asks if I can help her empty the frig. Thank goodness I brought empty boxes. After asking, "do you want these? Can your family use these?" I say, give me everything. Mimi shrugs and says, "well, we all need containers, right? If you don't need the food, you can just use the containers, then I don't have to think anymore." I nod: that's the best way. Let me take it all, take all the worry, all the decisions I can bear away in a few boxes. My effort is not much, not as much as they need. They tell me someone is coming to pick up the last loads, later.
We talk a little—not much, not sentimental. A month ago, my daughter insisted before her eighth grade graduation: NO TEARS. And it took effort, but I did what she wanted. Good training for today. My friends—soon to be my Costa Rican friends—are too tired for weeping, and I must let them go with a simple hug, sweaty, not too close, after I cram the box of food into the last inches of space in my van.
"You will remember us in fire," she nods at the fireplace in the backseat of my van. "I like that. You will remember us in salads and soups. I am glad your children will remember us everywhere."
I am tired and spent, myself, but I think to lean out the driver's side window, for one last word. "You have been a blessing, from the first time I met you until now." A last wish for safe travels, and I am on my way, holding a flat of tomato seedlings against the dashboard with one hand and driving toward remembrance with the other.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
Summer reading
The paperbacks curl in this humidity. I tell myself the covers will flatten—they will—but the buckling pages make me panic a little. All these beautiful words, sentences, paragraphs, transportation into the minds of other people. What a strange way to make a life, reading, writing, encouraging others to do the same. Sometimes I wonder why I don't teach people to make stuff, instead. Sometimes I DO teach people to make stuff, and often as we make stuff, we talk about books.
Frederick Buechner says, "some of my best friends are books." I could ask why it's so, for me, for him, or I could just nod.
What are you reading? What's next on your list?
My June reading list:
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard, by Erin McGraw
Still, by Lauren Winner
Animal Vegetable Miracle, by Barbara Kingsolver
Edge of Dark Water, Southern murder mystery, tense and terrifying writing. Will find the author name.
Bayham Street: Essays on Longing, by Robert Clark
Plus books for my classes: Cry the Beloved Country, Mere Christianity (it's been awhile), and a giant text about writing in higher education, titled Engaging Ideas. The latter title is surprisingly accessible, and even a little exciting.
I'm eager to get to the new Debra Dean book, plus my yard-sale book finds: What is the What by Dave Eggers, and The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett. It might be the summer for The Sparrow.
I'm also working to reacquaint myself with the Audubon Field Guide to New England, so I can better name the flowers, birds, and river creatures. (Moon snails, ew. Egrets, lovely. Spotted jewelweed, an old favorite.)
What new book friends have you recently met?
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
letter from a late-June heat wave
I want to rush at this letter with arms thrown open: we are well. Our house is so suited to summer. All of our school schedules have ended, for this one week, and we are home, sleeping late, eating meals on a whimsical non-schedule, walking the hallways barefoot and mumbling.
Swimsuits are still draped on the porch railing, though the 90-degree weather surely baked them dry hours ago. We are fine in our un-air-conditioned house, as long as the wind blows. Like now, the trees rustling, the wind moaning over the metal fence posts and rain-spouts, the pipe-organ of the neighborhood playing strange chords high and low.
Yesterday the thermometer stretched to nearly a hundred degrees, and then the wind stopped, mid-afternoon. We packed our kids plus three more, and drove to the beach, fingers crossed for a parking space, for mercy. When we returned home for a late dinner, still no wind, and when we decided to sleep, still no breeze. My son came by to chant, I cannot sleep. My daughter, too, said the birds would not stop singing, and I swear the birds sang all night. (Is it the warmth that signals their singing? Not the light? They sang all night, or I dreamed them singing all night.)
We parents are trained to survive lack of sleep, but children do not recover this way. They are spending the day in bed, with books and music (one of them), or continuing to nap off the swelter.
While I was standing in the icy blue ocean, yesterday, as ever I found myself singing a melody line of thanks, smelling the salt-cucumber scent of summer with Innocence Mission in my head. And again at night on the downstairs couch, under the blessed ceiling fan, a melody of gratitude for all that is, and for rest (or even a half-rest) of birdsong and sweltering heat.
Sometime in the wee small hours of morning, the breeze kicked up again—Scott rose from the second couch, across the room, and left for the bedroom upstairs. I woke late to this quiet.
One child rustles through, now. Scott leaves for errands in the air-conditioned car. A second child wanders by to ask about a box of muffins our houseguests left.
SO MUCH to unpack from these last few weeks, huge events, gatherings of friends and acquaintances, visits with writers and artists. Concerts. Speeches. Ceremonies. And maybe best of all, quiet times sitting with friends, with nothing terribly important to say.
Much more to write, but for now, cool drinks call.
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Thursday, June 07, 2012
june morning, graduation nears
I let the oregano go, this spring, and now it's taller than my knees. The thyme is overgrown with stray grass, flowering, going to seed. I trimmed the rose bush down to almost nothing last fall, tired of the thorns and barrenness, and here its long arch has fallen across the front yard, covered with burgundy blossoms.
When I walk my son to the bus stop in the morning, I praise the family on the corner for leaving so many weeds growing around the mailbox, the fringes around the trees, the tall grass. I am happy that the elderly neighbor's children don't fuss too much, anymore, and a spray of wild beach roses arches like a waterfall from between the tall spruces, alongside another spray of grapevine.
I envy the manicured lawns, the well-tended perennial beds. The Joyful Noise landscaping truck arrives on Wednesday and makes its way down the street, around the corner, marking property lines like a Bingo card, mowing diamonds and squares into the nearly-million dollar properties.
We grow white clover around the pitcher's mound, and the muddy home plate won't grow anything. We keep planning to buy a hammock, but we don't know how to hang it. We'd need tiki torches for the bugs, and where would we put them? I bought lettuces for the window box, but I forgot to buy potting soil. I will. When I get a minute.
The children grow like weeds.
He dresses himself for the choral concert, now, without my help. He dons a tie in lovely spring greens and sky blues, and when he sings the high notes, he closes his eyes like a choir boy. Then he grabs his cleats and runs. The next day he crafts a cow-shaped sculpture from brown wool, then throws it across the table—it's supposed to be a bison, he says. It's perfect, I say. It just needs more shoulder, here and here, just like your drawing. I pull out some shiny curls of mohair, hand-dyed by someone, somewhere, and we add the shoulders, the beard, the tail, the horns. He smiles and starts crafting a box for the diorama, figuring out the balance of sky and grass.
She needs help with the hair dryer, she says, and I oblige. She could learn to do this herself, but there is plenty of time for independence, later. Even though we can't talk while the dryer is blasting, we are eye to eye, faces close and thankful. She needs help with the new earrings, real pearls, real garnets, a consignment shop find. She promises to pack a pair of socks and flats to school, but she walks out wearing heels, swearing she is comfortable.
I've not pulled back, yet, to survey the endings of our life with the little school, the weed-children who have outgrown the desks, the swings, the small stage. They strut and preen, while the first-graders look up with dreamy eyes.
We parents watch, listen, marvel. Who ARE these children?
Maureen, yesterday, asked plaintively, "When will I see you, next year, when our kids don't go to school together?" Beautiful Maureen. I was just picking up my vegetables and milk from the farm co-op, thinking only about the next minute and not about next week or next month, let alone next year. We will plan something, I say, aware that I plan very little, and then I remember, "you live near our favorite beach—it's not that far." Like weeds, I hope these moments can grow untended, unplanned. Her son once coached my daughter in sword-fighting, for a play, pledging he'd "put the man-stink on her," her wee ponytailed self. She stunk well in that play, shouting about horse-piss in her best Shakespearean English.
Forgive me the imprecision of this post, friends. A shower just washed through and sent me rushing to close windows—just a veil of rain, the river still shimmering blue in the distance. Must eat the toast I left standing in the toaster. Must shower. I find the stack of Innocence Mission CDs, and turn it up on high, as Karen Peris sings "Where Does the Time Go." Must buy pocket packs of tissues. I can do this, can live with slender green stalks, stretching, thriving.
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
starship oak table
I haven't yet adapted to story revision in my new place—it's been a year, with my tiny wooden school desk in the corner near the spiral staircase, and I am still figuring out how I do this, here.
In the three-room condo, I understood exactly what to do. First, everyone would need to clear out of the house for hours, so a schoolday offered a perfect opening. Next, I'd need to shake off the trauma and mess of their leaving process by clearing the dishes, stashing the unfolded laundry, making the beds. Then I'd wash the oval dining table and shove it into the living room, lengthwise against the bay window, where the table formed the wings of my biplane, or the console of the Starship Enterprise. I propped the laptop up, grabbed my three-legged stool and spread pages of essays across the expanse of oak. A candle, maybe, would restore some sanity, if there was time. I might add the geranium from the window above the sink. But the extras didn't really matter: once the table was in place, the pen was running.
I worked, circling and underlining with my 8-color pencil. I could wander to the bathroom, throw on a little makeup while still mulling a sentence or a storyline. I could sweep the kitchen, unload the dishwasher, pace for a moment and then return to my console at the center of the world. If I was smart, I set the alarm for 1:30, giving me time to get dressed, grab cashews and a water bottle, shove the table back into its normal location, and leave to pick up children, still working, still half-gone to the world.
Oh, the days I flew! The hours, soaring! Whatever the results, the work felt symphonic and magnificent, right up to the mommy-mommy-mommy's in the school playground. If I could only get them to go to the park, I could extend the hum of editing and revision for another hour, and get some sun and fresh air, too.
My house, now—my desk suffers an embarrassing problem: it's too damn beautiful, here. The clam-diggers are busy at every low tide, mocking me with their productivity. The wind turbine, too, creates energy all day. Really Loud Birdsong, something I never considered as a problem. I need to be careful about sleepwalking while my head is still in a story—the spiral staircase is lethal. I can't shove the dining table to my window, and the kitchen does not lend itself to a meditative mindset. Coffee shops are too loud and the music is unpredictable: I really do need to be home, to work, and I really need solitude. I know of many basement-writers, but I can't do windowless spaces.
While the revision space has not worked out, yet, this gorgeous upper room is so rich in beauty, and in that way it's good for my soul, through and through. I wake with the sun, slowly and happily, and the birdsong is a dream. Parenting teenagers, too—mostly, they leave me alone in the afternoons while they do their homework. It's possible to work a little, even with them home!
I'm trying, now, to revise in my reading chair. I shove it toward the biggest set of windows, and I bring my lap desk with me. Often I arrange stacks of working papers on the end of the bed, behind me but within reach. It's not perfect. I'll keep trying.
One story sent to The Sun. (Done!) One blogpost-in-progress, two sent. (Two-thirds done!) One essay dropped off with two friends, awaiting comments, and then I will send it off, too. One essay deep in revision. Two summer classes secured (more-or-less: I am hired, now waiting for enrollment).
I need to keep combing through the files on my computer, remembering the stories I've abandoned someplace in mid-revision. I need to cull some posts from this blog and connect it to my website, and connect the website to Facebook and Twitter.
Meanwhile, I'll watch that shower of maple helicopter-seeds, and the hummingbirds in that flowering bush. I'll get back to revision, tomorrow.
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Cheesy Chicken Chowder Recipe
I like to serve this hearty chowder with garlic bread and a salad. It's a wonderful dish to prepare when company drops in. The rich, mild flavor and tender chicken and vegetables appeal even to children and picky eaters. Hazel Fritchie, Palestine, Illinois
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups diced peeled potatoes
- 1 cup diced carrots
- 1 cup diced celery
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup butter, cubed
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cups milk
- 2 cups (about 8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken
- In a 4-quart saucepan, bring chicken broth to a boil. Reduce heat; add the potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
- Meanwhile, melt butter in a medium saucepan; stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Bring to a boil over medium heat; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Reduce heat; add cheese, stirring until melted; add to broth along with chicken. Cook and stir until heated through. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Originally published as Cheesy Chicken Chowder in Taste of Home June/July 1993, p29
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I have made this many times and it is always a hit.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2013
Delicious! We took home the trophy at a chowder cook-off with this recipe. It is kid friendly too.
Reviewed Oct. 12, 2013
We took home the trophy at a chowder cook-off with this recipe. It is very kid friendly too.
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Neon Roberts had more surgery on a brain tumour on Wednesday (Dec 19) - against his mother's wishes.
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So the purpose of this release is to capture the live sound, which of course it does – yet having seen the dvd/listened to the cd my thoughts of this release are that it's, well …okay. I'd prefer the Black Sessions gig, although understand that was more of a production than Live Consternation, which is pretty raw (and that's not necessarily a bad thing). Track selection is good, more varied than I expected when I first heard of the concept. At the end of the day it's Katatonia, so of course warrants serious attention. If you're like me you won't be disappointed, and in the same probably won't be blown away.
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Live Consternation is the first live release from Katatonia, and chronicles the band's performance at the 2006 Summerbreeze Open Air festival in Germany. I'm not really sure how to look at this release. Is it a live CD with a bonus DVD, or should this be seen as Katatonia's first DVD release that comes with a bonus audio CD? I suppose it shouldn't matter since the contents are the same, but it does make a difference.
If the primary focus is supposed to be the audio CD, and the DVD is just the icing on the cake, then Live Consternation is a very effective release. Katatonia gave a great performance, though at less than an hour it was relatively brief. The setlist was loaded with songs from Great Cold Distance, but they covered some old ground as well. You don't hear a lot from the crowd, and Jonas Renske's banter is kept to a minimum, which kind of brings the energy level down a bit. Given the nature of Katatonia's music, that's probably not a good thing. Still, the sound quality was superb, and the band's execution of these songs was flawless.
If you look at Live Consternation as a DVD release first and foremost (and to be honest, that's why I bought it), it's a bit disappointing. Again, the band's performance was great, and the video quality is just as good as the audio, but the 50-minute live set is all you get. There are no video clips, no documentary or interview footage, no bonus features of any kind. Compared to recent DVD releases by Children of Bodom and Opeth, that's just not cutting it. I will say this for the DVD, watching the band play live you get a much better appreciation for just how intense they are and how seriously they take their music.
I also hate the goofy "super jewel box" Live Consternation comes in. I know that's an extremely minor thing, but a full DVD case would have been much better, especially in showcasing Travis Smith's amazing cover artwork.
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Beerguy - Over The Top India Pale Ale - Anderson Valley Brewing Company
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2.33/5 rDev -29.8%
22oz bottle says 2008 anniversary, so this one could be a little old.
The nose is off, it's minty, grainy malt, some earthiness from the hops. There is an odd resemblence to cat food in the aroma.
The taste has a touch of chocolate, something wet and stale.
Overall, if this was a one time brew and you happen to run across it, don't buy it. It's old. We BARELY finished it. I don't actually remember why.
09-08-2009 22:43:20 | More by brownbeer
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3.35/5 rDev +0.9%
Picked this up at a good price $4, at Bevmo. Pours a dull orange and gold color, nice white head. Aroma was a big bitterness and grassy hop.
Taste, a little more hop flavor than in the aroma, good bitterness, hides the alcohol well, nice coasting caramel flavor. Kind of a grapefruit and grass leaning hop flavor to it. Slight metallic, tinny feel.
One of those decent options at a decent price, nothing groundbreaking, but worth checking out.
01-22-2012 22:58:00 | More by Beerandraiderfan
3.53/5 rDev +6.3%
Review dated 6/22/2009.
Bomber from the brewery. I'm surprised at the low ratings because I didn't find this one to be all that bad. Nice clear orangish color with an off-white head. Sweet aroma with some citrusy hops. Flavor is sweet pale/caramel malt with citrusy (mostly orangish) hops. Fairly standard palate for the style. Drinkable and not bad at all.
08-26-2011 20:51:29 | More by nickd717
3.63/5 rDev +9.3%
Pours a nice golden yellow with a nice white head.
Not much nose but a bit of malt and a hint of citrus. Also a bit of a "green" and "meat" smell; not bad, just different.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied and pleasing.
Flavors are quite nice with a consumer friendly balance of undertones of malt and overtones of grapefruit bitter hop. More bitter than malty but both are present and in a nice juxtaposition. Food friendly, nice flavors and worth the try. Freshness may be the key here based on some earlier less favorable reviews. I found this very drinkable and quite pleasant. I believe I had a very fresh bottle which showed very nice grapefruit skin bitter hops as a major characteristic.
Finish is medium long with some grapefruit oil and pine resin. A decent drink and well worth trying (if you get it fresh, I would think).
11-19-2009 07:55:22 | More by GRG1313
3.5/5 rDev +5.4%
Deep copper color. Bready malt aroma with some citrus rind hops. Supple malt, some fruity esters, and hefty bittering hops. Tastes like he used the AVBC yeast, which seems to yield quite a bit of fruity flavors from the malt. Apricot-like in the middle. Hops are bitter throughout and linger in the finish. Not much in the way of finishing hops, and low on hop-derived flavors. An odd IPA, not terrible but not great.
03-08-2010 03:17:08 | More by bcm119
3/5 rDev -9.6%
Appearance: Hazed amber with a big fluffy white crown of foam, very good head retention that leaves webs of lace as the glass slowly empties. With a bit more clarity this would be a great looking beer.
Smell: Dry biscuit-like maltiness, graham cracker, faint citrus hop aroma. Very clean, but pretty weak on the aroma hops for a West Coast IPA. Not terribly impressive.
Taste & mouthfeel: Crisp but semi-sweet malts open this one up, with graham cracker carrying over from the aroma. I get a bit of caramel wafer beneath that, but sweetness is brief. Leafy hop flavor is present but not nearly as bold as I'd like it to be. Medium in body, the malt backbone is fairly hefty without lending a ton of sweetness. It works, but it's not my favorite malt profile on an IPA. Aggressive bittering hops appear mid-sip, making it pretty apparent where most of the hop additions went in the boil (too damn early). The bitterness is at least clean, though the malt backbone never quite dries out in the finish, making for an unusual aftertaste of caramel and bitter resin. It doesn't quite work, and I find myself wishing for more dryness and less bitterness. A decent beer in any case, clean and drinkable, but the recipe could certainly use some tweaking.
Notes: Not bad, probably worth a try at $3 per bomber, but I don't see the point in releasing a mediocre IPA in a part of the country that is already saturated in far better examples of the style. I can't see myself buying this again, not when I can get a sixer of Union Jack for 8 dollars.
12-12-2008 03:00:34 | More by largadeer
3.15/5 rDev -5.1%
Color: dark gold with a little haze, nice foamy head.
Smell: light malt sweetness
Body: medium body
Taste: light sweet malt with hop bitterness coming on in the middle, with a bitter hop aftertaste. Also, a tinny (metallic) flavor that I didn't like at all. Don't know how that happened, maybe the water supply?
Thoughts: definitely an IPA once you taste it, but not enough character to make me want to come back to it, especially with the metallic taste.
Comments: if they got rid of the metallic taste and made the hops more interesting, rather than just bitter (go with a variety of American hops and bring on the grapefruit
And pine overtones) they could have a good beer.
08-05-2010 05:06:21 | More by gnarlsbarley
3.23/5 rDev -2.7%
Pours a hazy bright orange with a small white head with large bubbles.
Floral hop nose with some hints of orange citrus and caramel as it warms.
Some citrus notes up front with slight caramel malt. Not too much mid palate. Finish is pretty bitter with some slight metallic flavor and has good length.
Good smooth feel on the palate.
I wouldn't have guessed this is 7%. Quite drinkable, but it doesn't have the expressive hop flavors that I look for in top notch IPAs. Still, a solid brew that I wouldn't mind having.
02-20-2009 03:42:14 | More by gubbt
3.98/5 rDev +19.9%
thanks to big mike for dragging this one to poker night.
A - Pours copper, with a 1 fingered white head. Dissipates immediately and leaves little lacing.
S/T - Honey, caramel and flowers.
M - Full-bodied, slightly hop dominated and dry.
D - Good overall. Not a bad attempt on this IPA.
04-26-2009 18:49:47 | More by MisterClean
3.5/5 rDev +5.4%
07-02-2014 18:12:19 | More by GClarkage
3/5 rDev -9.6%
Bottle courtesy of Illidurit:
Look: Dark golden and hazy.
Smell: malty, not much else, not much hop aroma.
Taste: Malty, sweet, sweet crystal maltiness. The only problem is almost no hop flavor.
Overall: 2 problems. #1 It's supposed to be an ipa, but has no hoppiness. #2 The label goes into great detail about how amazing and holy this beer is, which only helps let you down when you open it. On the upside it was a bargian price.
08-23-2009 22:22:08 | More by bret27
4.25/5 rDev +28%
12-06-2012 02:04:44 | More by gleemonger
2.7/5 rDev -18.7%
Pours a hazy brownish orange with a decent white head. Aroma is crystal malty with notes of brown bread, caramel, and very light sweeter citrus. Super malty flavor, caramel and bread, iced tea, with a flavorless bitterness that lingers slightly. Hardly any flavor or aroma hops, possibly an old bottle? Carbonation is a bit too coarse, mouthfeel a little thin. Definitely not a beer I'm going to go seek out again.
08-23-2009 18:21:34 | More by illidurit
3.4/5 rDev +2.4%
Not terrible, not fantastic. Basic, run-of-the-mill IPA, a little heavier on the malt than most, but still with a nice citrus and lighter pine note running through from the hops. Relatively clean and smooth, not heavy nor grainy, and with not quite enough bitterness to balance the light, sweet malt. I would certainly rather drink this than many, many beers out there, but then again, I don't drink those other beers more than once either.
07-27-2010 07:21:05 | More by Georgiabeer
4.13/5 rDev +24.4%
Picked up a bottle of this at Ledger's Liquors in Berkeley. What is this? Anderson Valley? A contract brew? No idea. Pours a yellowish brown, lighter in color than I'd expected. Layer of parchment lacing, white. Laces in a slow sticky fashion. Smells of lemons, green apples, grass. Flavor is sweet and flowery, notes of hibiscus, jasmine, lemon rind. Sweet caramel malt moves in next, preceeding a fairly aggressive bitterness that lingers on the finish. Its an interesting IPA, with lots of good, nontraditional hop flavors in there. Mouthfeel is oddly thin, but at the same time its not a beer that ill remember as being thin. Drinks well, memorable. Still would like to know what the story is on this.
11-21-2008 03:24:40 | More by aforbes10
3.75/5 rDev +13%
07-28-2012 19:11:31 | More by tizride
2.4/5 rDev -27.7%
Poured into a pint glass.
Appearance: Crystal clear, pale orange-copper body with 1 finger, soapy, off-white head. Good head retention and very nice lacing.
Smell: Orange zest, pine, and biscuit-like malted barley. Caramel and hop oil aromas come out as the beer warms. Overall, pretty plain and simple.
Taste: Rusty/metallic flavor dominates right away. Not good. Takes a while just to get past it. Other than that, I get bready malts, earth, citrus, and piney hops. Finish and aftertaste are pretty damn bitter, but bland.
Mouthfeel: Creamy-ish with nice, balanced carbonation. Finishes a little sticky and dry.
Drinkability: I considered drain-pouring this for a while. The metallic flavor mentioned above was gross and annoying. Not only was it bad, but it blocked me from picking out other subtleties in this beer. Besides that, it wasn't bad. But overall, yeah it was bad. Bad.
Also, the name BeerGuy - bad.
02-26-2009 17:51:23 | More by ThreeWiseMen
3.9/5 rDev +17.5%
Poured a nice orangish cilor with good carbonation and a nice white head. Nose is malt, grain, hops, citrus. taste is a mix of biscuity and caramel malt, more malt forward than most IPAs of the West Coast and thats not bad. Some pine but mainly orange peel and other citrus.
Mouthfeel is nice, malty, not overly hopped and good. Good IPA
01-10-2010 01:37:58 | More by barleywinefiend
2.93/5 rDev -11.7%
12 ounce bottle purchased from Ledger's. Poured into a snifter. Comes in at 7%.
A-Pours a hazy copper with a half finger head that leaves a nice foamy clump in the middle.
S-Biscuity malt is the predominant flavor hitting my nose. I get the faint smell of raisins. No hops are jumping forward at all.
T-Biscuity malt all the way. The malt is semi-sweet. Pick up on some floral hops and yeast. The hops are just way too muted.
M-Carbonation is fine, but I feel that this guy is a little thin.
D-Not terrible, just not enough going on for me to keep drinking another one.
Saw this one in the cooler at Ledger's and thought I would give it a try. Doing a little research on this beer, it appears it is a contract brew done by Anderson Valley. After using the Google,I found out that the guy that brews this is the same one that does the Chau Tien Pale Ale. It seems that he wants to open a series of pubs in college towns and this would be one of the beers served. According to their site: "Serious Beer. Serious Fun. Defined. The Beer Guy World experience begins here. Our mission is to open a Beer Guy taproom in every College Town USA and showcase American beers and history."
03-13-2009 00:34:31 | More by mjl21
2.75/5 rDev -17.2%
12 oz. bottle tried 17 Jan 2009.
Poured in shaker pint. Small yellowish white head. Lightly carbonated. Clear dark golden amber color. Aroma is sweet, yeasty, with some ginger and dough. Overall fairly light in flavor. Some ginger, citrus, slightly metallic. Caramel malt throughout. Slight hoppy bite of grapefruit pith in the finish but not very strong. Medium body. Ethanol seems lighter than 7%.
Overall nothing special.
02-21-2009 18:16:17 | More by htomsirveaux
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I see they're using the CoverItLive software...so I'm guessing it's only a matter of time before Debbie joins us for a liveblog.
The N.C. State University Student Aid Association, better known as the Wolfpack Club, will receive a check for $113,871.89 courtesy of the recent "contract fixing" settlement between UBS, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. Department of Justice.What should we buy?
NC State's athletic department lags behind most of the ACC in terms of funding.
NC State Director of Athletics Deborah A. Yow has announced two additions to the department's senior staff. Carrie Doyle has been named Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance, while Carrie Leger, who is currently the Director of NC State's Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes (ASPSA), will now serve as Associate Director of Athletics for Academics and Student Services.Yow strengthens the compliance/oversight side of the department.
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Rough estimates from the change in legislation means the Rams Club will have to make up for $2.68 million, but cutting the five-year-old subsidy will save the state $9 million. Annual goals for the Rams Club this academic year include raising $11 million in donations. Donations of $100 or more are primarily used for athletic scholarships, according to the Rams Club website. Bobby Purcell, executive director of N.C. State's Wolfpack Club, believes the budget cuts will take away top talent from other states. "I'm very concerned about what it will do to us, but I'm particularly concerned with what it will to do the smaller schools in the system," Purcell said.A little more on the effects of losing the tuition subsidy. I'm guessing our hit will be similar to the $2.7-ish million this is going to cost the Rams Club. More from the Wilmington Star here.
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At Organic Design, we consider this series to be an absolute prerequisite for understanding what's involved in forming a new liberty-oriented society free from state oppression. Most of the interviews are completely riveting stuff, but some of them may be too technical for some listeners, and others may be covering topics that are not quite your area of interest, but we strongly suggest persevering through all of them regardless, because they all contain important gems of knowledge.
After listening to them you'll have gained important shared context with other members of the new society, The Second Realm, and will be aware of the many other projects working towards this and the passion, and intensity they all have for bringing this about. [more...]
The Sons of Liberty Academy is a really complete and well presented research project by truth-seeker Chris Duane. He's put together an extremely comprehensive and well organised package of material which is in the form of ten video modules, each with an associated optional set of supplementary material for deeper research into the topics covered.
The Sons of Liberty Academy is invaluable material for anyone interested in getting a deep and clear knowledge of what's really behind all this war, poverty and financial meltdown, and what the real solutions are. It's invaluable not only for newcomers to these concepts so they can avoid thousands of frustrating hours wading through confusion and disinformation, but also a great reference and referral resource to have at hand for those of us who have been studying these concepts for many years.
One way of deriving a group is from how people answer a specific set of questions. Even if the "members" of such a group don't appear on any list, are not stored anywhere or never communicated their answers to anyone, the group still exists in a certain sense if it exhibits the potential for action. Here at OrganicDesign we call this kind of "non-explicit" group an organic group, as distinct from a trust group which is one whose members are known to one another.
One such question is, if you were performing a particular task, would you like to know if anyone anywhere else performing the same task had a better way of doing it? Another related question is, would you like to live in a world where all such "best ways" were made openly accessible to and easily understandable by everyone? An overwhelming majority would answer "yes" to the first question. The second though is one that many people would think about more deeply before answering and may answer "no".
The people who share the common vision we talk about here at OrganicDesign are those that answer "yes" to both of the previous questions. We don't know how many people that is, but judging from the popularity of the free software movement and other similar projects, we can be very sure that even if it's not a global majority it's certainly hundreds of millions of people world-wide!
That's an enormous potential for action, but how does an organic group like this begin to achieve anything together? We believe the answer lies in alignment...
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All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.
Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
If you are struggling to say YES to a question or request, the answer is probably NO