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Robin's Nest Restaurant
- Address:
2-4 Washington Street
Mount Holly, NJ 08060Neighborhood:
Mt. Holly
- Cuisine:
AmericanPrice: $30 and under
Robin's Nest Restaurant
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.robinsnestmountholly.com/
- Phone: 6092616149x
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday: 11:00am - 2:30pm, Tuesday - Saturday: 11:00am - 4:00pm; Dinner: Tuesday: 4:30pm - 8:00pm, Wednesday, Thursday: 4:30pm - 9:00pm, Friday, Saturday: 5:00pm - 9:30pm; Brunch: Sunday: 10:00am - 2:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: American, Contemporary American
- Executive Chef: Robin Winzinger
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cafe, Entertainment, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Smoking Area, Smoking Area (patio only), Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: When celebrating a special occasion whether it's a wedding reception, corporate function, special family dinner or an open pit barbecue, The Robin's Nest Restaurant & Catering will provide the finest food and service so you can relax and enjoy the party.
- Private Party Facilities: The Robin's Nest Restaurant is uniquely situated in a beautifully restored Victorian building filled with antiques; and, located in the heart of downtown Mount Holly overlooking the Rancocas Creek.
- Private Party Contact: Doreen Vittese 6092616149x
- Entertainment: Live music every Friday night on our outside patio & tarot card reader on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Check our website for other entertainment.
Getting there
- Cross Street: End of High Street and Mill Street
- Public Transit: New Jersey Transit runs directly past the restaurant.
- Parking: Private Lot
- Parking Details: Handicapped parking along side of the restaurant and free parking lot located behind restaurant marked Robin's Nest and Mill Race Village.
A word from Robin's Nest Restaurant
The Robin's Nest is an independent restaurant devoted to customer service. You are invited for a delicious lunch, intimate dinner, relaxing Sunday brunch or evening cocktail. Our menu offers an eclectic mix of favorites with a French American flair. The eco-friendly restaurant uses the best available ingredients from local farms, featuring many vegetarian and gluten free dishes on the daily menu. Customers are always encouraged to share special food needs with the chef so that every dining experience is completely satisfying.Continued
The Robin's Nest Restaurant is uniquely situated in a beautifully restored Victorian building filled with antiques; and, located in the heart of downtown Mount Holly overlooking the Rancocas Creek. Inside the upstairs seats 60 with the downstairs offering several private dining rooms and an old fashioned bar. Warm weather brings with it the opening of the waterside bar and dining. The outdoor patio often offers live music and is always dog friendly.
The Robin's Nest Restaurant is uniquely situated in a beautifully restored Victorian building filled with antiques; and, located in the heart of downtown Mount Holly overlooking the Rancocas Creek. Inside the upstairs seats 60 with the downstairs offering several private dining rooms and an old fashioned bar. Warm weather brings with it the opening of the waterside bar and dining. The outdoor patio often offers live music and is always dog friendly.
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerAmerican
- Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Brunch
- Diners' Choice WinnerGreat for Lunch
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Robin's Nest Restaurant reviews from OpenTable diners
87 reviews since May 6, 2014
- Food4.4Service4.1
- Ambiance4.3Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (51)great for outdoor dining (48)great for lunch (41)special occasion (37)romantic (35)great for brunch (34)fit for foodies (34)scenic view (32)good for groups (15)kid-friendly (5)notable wine list (4)hot spot (3)late-night find (2)Show More
- Quaint but contemporaryVayaDined on 8/28/2014A straightforward menu, and good ingredients prepared correctly make this a good choice in the Burlington area. Prices for both food and beverages were very fair. Groupons are available, but restaurant also features an economical menu for those not using coupons. A toothache prevented me from enjoying any of the delicious looking desserts. So I plan on going back again for that, and to try the pierogies.Special Features:
- Finally got to eat dessert!ScottDined on 8/27/2014Every visit has been consistent: really great food, excellent service, nice ambiance, and peaceful, and our visit on 8/27 2014 was no exception. On this visit I forced myself to not eat too much and leave room for desert. Because the entrees are so good, this has been a significant challenge and for once I got to pick a desert. The desert selections were all so good it was really hard to pick. Everyone in our group picked a different desert, but we did not share bites with each other because we all devoured our own selection before we could talk. Robin's Nest is always great, never had just an OK meal, always great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Memorable EveningTexasJerseyFunDined on 8/22/2014Brought family and friends together for an evening of relaxing fun with wonderful food and music. This was my fifth time at the Robin's Nest and not the last. The view from the outside patio was perfect and can't wait until next time.Special Features:
- wonderful atmosphereStephanieLee4022Dined on 8/22/2014The Robin's Nest was wonderful. The outside dinning was beautiful. Dinner and the dessert selection was excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pretty Robins Nest1Caramia1Dined on 8/19/2014We sat outside by the water. Very nice music and lovely setting. Good service and food.Special Features:
- Excellent BrunchDoedyVIPDined on 8/17/2014Had an excellent brunch with a bunch of friends, everyone loved everything! Service was great! We will be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Food!FoodieDined on 8/16/2014My husband, his friend and I enjoyed our meals immensely! My husband and his friend could not stop raving about the steaks they ate. His friend had the French Onion soup and I had the chilled blueberry soup and we loved it! My husband truly enjoyed the coconut shrimp. We saved room for dessert and were glad we did...divine desserts!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great dining experienceKaywentthereDined on 8/16/2014I have been here multiple times and each visit has been better than the last. The staff is nice, with great customer service.Special Features:
- Find a Robin's nest in Mt HollyRuggieDined on 8/14/2014A trip once again to Robin's Nest didn't disappoint us. As usual the food was great and custom made around specific changes we asked for. The changes are never a problem or additional cost here! My wife had the Caesar salad, one of her favorites. I asked they substitute Feta cheese for the Bleu lime salad,they did. For dinner we had the Pecan crusted chicken and the Pompeii chicken. I have to say that if they had left out the capellini pasta or put it on the side, the Pompeii entree would have been better. However, topped off with a fresh Peach/Blueberry cobbler for dessert made the night almost perfect. What did go over the top was an attentive yet busy waitress, Lauren. She was more than hospitable, went above and beyond. wing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DianeDined on 8/10/2014The chilled peach was yuck!!!!!The brunch was fantastic though!!!!!Special Features:
- Low-key relaxed with personal touchRalphoooDined on 8/9/2014We made a reservation to have dinner before a local music event called Hollystock (like Woodstock, get it?). Our son was playing drums in one of the bands. It was a good thing we had a reservation. There were no outdoor tables left though, but I like the indoors better in this case. The place was low-key, casual mood, with a nice, quiet crowd. I ordered two appetizers, a pizza hor d'oeuvre and coconut shrimp. The shrimp was delicious and the pizza was just ok. Our son showed up and we had a very nice meal. Good place!I would recommend this to a friend.
- Robins Nest is a special placenoahVIPDined on 8/8/2014We always enjoy the Robins Nest. On our most recent visit, it was a beautiful summer night and we dined outdoors on the patio over looking the creek. There were ducks and geese swimming by. It was so pleasant! Since it was a Friday night, they also had a guitar player and he was very enjoyable. Food and service were terrific. One of our favorite restaurants!Special Features:
- Hidden treasureOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/1/2014This is a comfortable, perfect spot for a dinner or Sunday brunch in an underrated little area of Burlington County in Mount Holly. It's in a well located spot, right on one of the main corners in town and which has an adequately sized parking lot available just a short walk from the front door. I had an item for dinner from the specials list and that is exactly what it was, special. The three others with me for dinner all provided me with glowing descriptions of how good their selections were as well. Don't pass this up just because it's in Mount Holly or it's not a chain or for any other reason. Music every Friday night as well, with an adequate bar menu if you'd just like a drink, snack and some music on a Friday night.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Robin'sNestGinaDined on 7/31/2014This was my first experience, but not my last, at Robin's Nest. The French Onion soup was just outstanding - the best I've had since I made Julia Child's recipe years ago. I had the salmon cakes - all salmon,onion and sweet red pepper - simply the most delicious this side of Alaska. My dining partner had the chicken sandwich and raved about it. I plan on bringing family back for birthday lunches. Dessert - a black walnut cake - rich yet light cake with real buttercream icing - shared- a lucious end to this oustanding lunch.Special Features:
- Summertime good idearee903Dined on 7/29/2014Friendly and accommodating clientele! Easy breezy service. Pleasant, timely and unrushed. Some interesting choices on the lunch menu...diverse and healthy. Food was tasty and presentation appetizing. Overall 5*****Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Always AmazingDoedyVIPDined on 7/29/2014The food, service and atmosphere will NEVER disappoint! Love the outside along the water! Fabulous restaurant!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ClosedBrianMorganDined on 7/20/2014Love the restaurant, been there before. Made reservations for 2pm on a Sunday for my wife's birthday, but we got there and they were closed. No idea where the mixup was, or why I was able to make a reservation for am time not open.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good Meal At Robin's NestOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 7/18/20144th time at restaurant. Wanted outside but were told all tables reserved. Inside is okay. Feels like dining at an older aunt's house. Quaint with pillows on the bench seats along window and lots of photos. Don't get me wrong, we actually enjoy it. Service was good. Wanted to order the 3 martini sampling, but were inexplicably told that the glasses were not set up for the sampling. Not sure why someone couldn't have washed six glasses?? The soup du jour (ham and bean) was top notch. Perfectly seasoned with lots of ham and nicely cooked beans. Entrees were a mixed bag. Rack of lamb special wonderful, but the Pompeii chicken overly seasoned to the point that there was no chicken flavor left. Good meal, not great, but will return.Special Features:
- BabbabooieDined on 7/12/2014Good neighborhood restaurant and after a disappointing appetizer the rest of the meal was OKSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Date NightOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 7/12/2014We went to the Robin's Nest for our Anniversary and loved it. The food was wonderful and came out perfectly cooked, both our entrees and starter. The best part was dessert- the lemon cheesecake that I had is worth a return trip, just desserts! There was live music and no young children, which was a wonderful change of pace for us. We sat outside and there was an issue with the bugs, but it was outside so I understand. However, the outdoor chairs are plastic chairs, which seemed a little strange since the inside appeared to be pretty high scale. Wonderful little place in Mt. Holly. We would definitely return here for date night again.Special Features:
- Surprise!FantasticDined on 7/12/2014What a great little surprise in a small quaint town. Great outdoor dining overlooking a small river surrounded by trees. Food was excellent!! We had the ahi tuna and Chilean sea bass - both outstanding. We ate here prior to a jazz show at the Firehouse Cafe, just a few steps away - how convenient! After the show, we hear some great singing coming from the Robin's Nest, decided to stop in for some decadent desserts and entertainment, what a great decision!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very Disapointeddiner125Dined on 7/12/2014We spent over $150 for 4 and for that I would expect better than good. But our experiance was not even good. I ordered the Brisket which should melt in your mouth if cooked correctly. My brisket was very tough. Another one of my party ordered the Veal. This dish was tasteless (including the mashed potatoes that came with it) My wife had the vegitarian mushroom platter and the portabella mushroom had the texture of styrofoam. We heard a lot about the Robins Nest and this was our first time there. I was very disapointed with the meal considering the price. Needless to say we will not go back there or recommend this place to anyone
- Lovely.WrightstownPaulDined on 6/27/2014Perfect night, food was great - thoroughly enjoyed the ambiance...outdoor dining was great. Service was good, drinks were great and the food perfect. Definitely going back!Special Features:
- understaffdateniteDined on 6/21/2014My son 8yrs old joined me and my hubby for dinner, everything took too long and staff seemed very confused, vegetables were not cooked, hard, salmon overdone... Desert was amazing...
- GreatNJHorseDined on 6/21/2014We had a really nice meal and enjoyed the de or, service, area.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- pleasantly surprisedHungrymanDined on 6/20/2014Nice, tasty. Quaint and yet modern. Portions were very generous.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- lost in jerseycjrdineVIPDined on 6/19/2014first trip nothing to write home about. brisket dinner was good, ravioli not so much. wine was good desert not so much.I would recommend this to a friend.
- OUT2muchVIPDined on 6/18/2014Charming little restaurant. Friendly service, good food, nice ambianceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Robin's Nest - Great for BrunchSteinSteinDined on 6/15/2014This restaurant has a great brunch menu with the usual brunch items with a twist. Delicious food. Beautiful view of the river running through Mt. Holly. Also nice for events. Had my bridal shower here and the food was great and the service was PERFECT.Special Features:
- Love this placeOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 6/11/2014My favorite place always good and always good and excellent staff .Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyable Musicfood4teachersDined on 6/6/2014We loved hearing the Jersey Boomers! The music was a great backdrop to our evening out. Not too loud, so we could still talk. The food was outstanding, and our server, Nick, was very attentive!Special Features:
- Had a Great Dinner hereOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/5/2014Enjoyed the building and inside decor, and had a great meal. Food was excellent and so was dessert.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice afternoonafternoonwithfriendsDined on 6/4/2014This was a cozy way to send off a co-worker. Nice spot for small groups that want in intimate conversation with good food :)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice little oasisKyw2Dined on 6/4/2014It had been a while since we visited robin's nest but happy to say it is still a gear place especially on the terrace. Great food choices. I loved the truffle fries. I only wish they had beers on tap.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- BillDined on 5/31/2014Veal Picatta was very good; Sesame Tuna was overcooked and sent back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Restaurant, superb foodOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/29/2014As always, the food and service at Robin's Nest was excellent. Our server was attentive without being intrusive and fulfilled our every request promptly and graciously. The fire roasted tomato ravioli was delicious and my husband really enjoyed the sesame seed crusted tuna. The NY strip steaks with Gorgonzola butter were tender and flavorful. The Bacon Bleu Cheese Fries were tasty, although I found the cheese to be quite pungent. And the desserts were to die for! It was hard to choose with all the choices available. Looking forward to our next visit!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Robin loves the Robin's NestrobinbirdDined on 5/23/2014I live in Philadelphia but whenever I visit my aunt who lives in Burlington, New Jersey we usually go to the Robin's Nest for lunch. We have never been disappointed with any meal that we have had. On our last visit we sat outside and was able to enjoy the beautiful weather. I would highly recommend the Robin's Nest to anyone who is visiting the beautiful town of Mount Holly, NJ.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/18/2014A friend and I took my husband out for his birthday, the food was great, we were noyt rushed, we sat and enjoyed our meal. We will diffently be back again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Poor service takes awayMCBtravelerVIPDined on 5/18/2014The good food was overshadowed by the worst service the four of us have ever had at Robin's Nest. Our waiter wasn't nasty, just totally disinterested.Special Features:
- Top notch!DoedyVIPDined on 5/12/2014My favorite place, everything is always wonderful. I would recommend this restaurant to everyone!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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That's when members of the historic church decided the time for change had arrived. And after years of raising money, drawing an appropriation of $30,000 in Community Preservation Act funds and some serious but subtle construction, the historic building now features two lifts, an outdoor ramp, and a bathroom that all meet American Disability Act standards.
Randazza, confined to a wheelchair as a result of brain damage at birth, and Larry Brooks, whose illness placed him in a motorized wheelchair six years ago, celebrated a ribbon cutting at the church Wednesday, with Mayor Carolyn Kirk snipping the red tape and about 30 other community members cheering Kirk on.
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Learn About Using Twitter for Business at Our January Workshop
(Note from Monica: Originally the amazing Tanya Roberts and I were running the workshop, but Tanya is at full capacity with her work and I am fortunate to have another awesome and brilliant gal to work with. I am thrilled to have Stephanie Michelle Scott of Wildfire Effect as my new partner.)
On January 22nd Tanya Roberts and I will be presenting our Twitter for Business Workshop.
We're aiming to offer this workshop, geared towards beginners, monthly. If you'd like to be kept posted, please fill out this quick form and we'll keep you in the loop. (We might also offer advanced sessions at some point in the future. Again, please fill out our form if you want to be updated.)
FYI, the sessions will be informative, educational – and fun!
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You've heard that Twitter is a great marketing tool, but you still don't get it, right? As Steven Berlin Johnson wrote in his Time Magazine story on Twitter, "The one thing you can say for certain about Twitter is that it makes a terrible first impression. The service allows you to send 140-character updates to your followers," he writes, "and you think, why does the world need this, exactly?"
The goal of this workshop is to demystify Twitter and give you tangible, real life examples that you can use to get on the Twitter bandwagon, beef up your marketing efforts, and ultimately grow your online presence.
- Twitter: What is it good for?
- Getting Set-up: Creating a compelling profile and generating content.
- Growing Your Following: Building your following and engaging followers.
- Twitter & Marketing: Adding social media to your marketing mix.
- Best Practices: What works? Real life examples, cautions, and what "not to do."
If you'd like to read more about us, check out Tanya's post here.
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I recently attended SlideRocket's webinar where Cliff Atkinson presented "The Backchannel: A Presenter's Nightmare or Dream Come True?". The session addressed:
- Yes, this is happening: people are Tweeting at conferences
- Specific examples of Twitter revolts during talks
- The value of engaging the backchannel (i.e. Twitter conversations during a talk) and how to do so more.
I've given, and attended, a number of talks and I have conflicting sentiments about the Twitter stream during presentations.
As a speaker, I am excited by the immediate feedback. Seeing a number of comments about a talk right after giving it is a wild and, oddly, comforting feeling. (I did something today, I think, and this proves it!) It is interesting to see which points, topics or stories particularly resonated with the audience. On the flip-side, I sometimes feel a bit dismayed when seeing something I said out of context. The context is often necessary to comprehend that what I said was meant in jest, or in order to render the statement "sensical".
As a participant, the desire to connect with others in the session, to share the information with those not there, or to simply covey, "I am here in this session, doing something today". (If you're getting the sense that I may need to really prove to myself and others that I am accomplishing something, you may be on the right track.) At times, the information being broadcast helps those paying attention on Twitter get a sense of the presentation and its overriding points and message. But the conversation also takes away from the content of the talk, and from actually listening.
Here are just some of the pros and cons as I see them. Please feel free to contribute what you see as pluses or minuses.
Tremendous Oversimplification. 140 characters is not enough to tell a story, and sometimes not even enough to explain a point made.
Out of Context. As stated above, jokes or flip statement are the easiest for those not present to read and misinterpret. ("She thinks slaughterhouses are sexy?!")
Missed information. The focus can become not on learning – but on sharing what you just learnt. And it's easy to miss what the speaker is saying next while attempting to truncate their last statement. And, as Chris Pirillo put it so well: "The problem with people using Twitter during a presentation is that they are paying more attention to the voice that is in their head than they are to the voice on the stage."
Distraction. An embarrassing story of my spaciness here (but we're friends right?) : While at TEDxVancouver I tried to tweet occasionally, to mention that I like a talk or to put out a quick point. The conference had a few technical difficulties where some videos took a few moments to play etc. And so, after coming back from one of the breaks, I got on the Twitter and tweeted happily away. I heard some music play, and assumed they had switched it on while they got organized. When, after a few moments, I heard clapping the realization dawned on me in a painful way. The music had been a performance. Live. And I had missed it.
Noise/Randomness. Ah, yes, noise. The internet, and social media by extension, has that in fair supply. While watching (or capturing) comments on a particular talk, you will see information and notes about the talk, but you might also see things like "Trying to get to #BobSmith's session, but stuck in transit. Wow, BCTransit bites!". While this message might be (arguably) relevant and (certainly) true, it contributes nothing to the discourse/feed.
Too Easy to Criticize. It's been said that "Everyone's a critic". And Twitter makes that all too easy. It's there, it's a channel to the public, and some don't censor themselves enough. While these people are in the minority, the notion that everyone has a relevant opinion gives voice, quite literally to unnecessary and impulsive comments ("How could he be wearing that 'Death Cab for Cutie' shirt to a talk?!" or "I knew about the experiment he just referred to. Next.")
Interactivity. If properly integrated into the talk, as Cliff Atkinson was mentioning, the result can (in some capacity) be a more engaged talk, and hence a more engaging talk. The questions, concerns and audience viewpoints taken into account might result in a stronger presentation – and one that really speaks to the people present. At the very least, you, as a presenter, can be aware of the concerns of the audience (this might work especially well if the session is one that breaks off – i.e. perhaps has a workshop and you can see what the audience is needing, missing.)
Stimulation. A good talk – like an insightful book – should occasionally take your brain on tangents. You should sometimes think about 1) is this true? I agree/disagree. 2) that reminds me of this experience I had/ heard about. There are times a speaker's points will inspire trains of thought. This means notes and sometimes dialogue (easily accessed through Twitter/Backchannel. (Now, this may well be selfish of me: Talking time away from speaker to extrapolate a blog post. But I take my moments of inspiration where I can get them).
And, least I be misunderstood, I do love that there are people who tweet and, especially, take notes. Their hard work allows me to really listen to the talk – and be assured that there will be a place to find the important points when I later (without fail) forget 90% of what was said.
Share your rants and raves below, if so inclined.
"Talk Amongst Yourselves – or Not So Much" by Monica Hamburg
Post url: http://monicahamburg.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/talk-amongst-yourselves-or-not-so-much/
Adding Value on Twitter
I recently wrote the following piece for Marketline . (PDF of the article is here, btw. )
"Adding Value on Twitter"
Advice such as the frequent social media tip, "make sure to add value" often feels as daunting as "make a good impression" or, in my case, "don't look so suspicious".
Twitter is very much like street performing. You don't have a captive audience, so you need to be as engaging as possible to get people to stop, watch the show and stick around.
Ask yourself, what can you offer that would be beneficial to others? If you make an effort to provide real content, you'll give people more reason to pay attention – and see you as a person of "value".
- It's not all about you. Understand that while you have an agenda for being on Twitter – no one else's aim is to find you friends or send business your way. Don't wax poetic about your life or to promote yourself ad nauseum.
- Examine your Bio/profile. Who you are is a big reason people follow you. Based on that, figure out what those people might want to learn or gain. And be sure to allow your personality to shine through. While what you say is important, how you say it is even more so.
- Share your experience. Understand that the social component is the beauty of this medium. It's often about people helping people. Respond to questions when you can – even if they're not specifically directed at you. If you've had an outstanding experience with a company or person – mention it. Did you recently go to an exceptional event or hear of a great cause? Allow others to benefit from what you've learned.
- Be clear. When you Retweet a message clarify why others should care. Begin your tweet with the explanation ("Insightful post!", "I support this great cause" or "This article on marketing to chimps confounds me").
- Don't make it difficult. Consider the articles you read today that intrigued you or brilliant posts that you've bookmarked on Delicious.com sometime ago. Is there a blog you follow often because it is just that insightful – or even because it enrages you? Share your knowledge with the Twitosphere.
The online word is not so different than the offline one. You quickly tune out when someone is too self-aggrandizing or doesn't say anything of interest to others. So, give others a reason to stay tuned in. And try not to look so suspicious.
Some Social Media Tips
I'll be presenting at the Vancouver Financial Services Marketing Meetup next week – and I figure I'd address some "best practices" in my talk. Here are a few (note: I wrote this originally for an online interview).
1) Communicate with people, don't just use the sites as a 1-way bullhorn.
2) Be honest – if you're affiliated with a product/company don't pretend your endorsement comes out of the blue
3) Check out what people are saying about you and your company using Google Alerts and other tools
4) If you're on Twitter, take the time to get to know people, to help and communicate. Self-promotion should be only a very small part of what you put out there.
5) Make social media a part of your life rather than trying to fit it in (e.g. make twittering and posting a natural extension of how you communicate)
How has Social Media helped me?
I have been asked to speak at conferences because people have come across my blogs. I'm excited when they've read my blogs beforehand because gives them an insight into who I am. Oddly enough, I've had a few people say they were booking me just as much for the fact that I'm funny as for my knowledge – they wanted someone who could brings humor to the presentation.
Biggest Mistakes
1) Ignoring it altogether – hoping it's a fad
2) Seeing it as advertising rather than communication
3) Revealing too much – or two little (it's beneficial to give people an idea of the person behind the business)
Best Networkers
They allow themselves to be 3-dimensional. They reveal some aspects of their personality and admit their mistakes. They naturally like people and genuinely want to have discourses and meet others. They give and add value to the community. I think a sense of fun and playfulness also helpful in the space.
Tips for success
1) Structure: You have to commit to whatever site or site(s) you're networking on, commit to going there, to posting, and to communicating on a regular schedule. If you disappear for a long time people will figure you've left.
2) It takes time. You won't suddenly get people throwing money at you. But if you invest your time you will eventually see the results of your efforts.
3) Think of it as networking at an event or party. You let your hair down a bit, and meet people and chat. Using the same example, parties don't always lead to a business deal that evening, but nurturing the connections might eventually bear fruit.
4) Try to have fun with it – even though it is, in a sense, marketing. If you enjoy the communication, it will be less of a labor and more easy to incorporate into your life.
If I had to pick only 1 social network
Twitter. It's faster and easier to communicate and generally more people see the message. Also you can incorporate other elements (link to pictures, blog posts etc.) I think you still need a blog, but you can communicate every day on Twitter, whereas you may not have the time or energy to write daily in-depth posts on your blog.
How to use
Use YouTube to showcase yourself briefly and to give others a chance to see "real life" you. Use Facebook as a general communication tool – it allows you to update your status, post videos, talk to people, organize events etc. Plus, most people are on it. Use Twitter to communicate a few times a day. Your blog is great for ideas, thoughts about your business/industry, to allow clients to keep up with you and your work and activities and for general longer-form communication than microblogs (e.g. Twitter).
What tips do you have re: best practices, that you think I should share?
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P.S. I recently did an interview with the Casual Encounters blog (primarily about my other blog)
And My Twitter Presentation today:
And you thought I was done talking. Never!
I'll be presenting this at My Charity Connects today.
Once again, your positive thoughts help :)
Being Real 2.0
When I first started this blog (at the end of 2007), I posted the (creatively and originally titled) post: "My Views on Social Networking".
I wrote:
"On a large scale, social networking truly fulfills the role that our old (read: non-virtual) communities used to prove. This has sorely been lacking for most of us. Now we are only several connections away from others, only a few friends away from a new friend. Here we offer assistance to each other and ask for help. We are kept posted of occurrences within our social circle, to what are friends are doing or concerned about, today. Of what events they are attending. Here the town crier is Facebook, shouting out to us about the many parties we can attend, things we can do. As a "Wired" article summed-up the phenomenon that is Twitter: "That tactile sense of your community is simply too much fun, too useful" (Clive Thompson, "How Twitter Creates a Social Sixth Sense").
That this evolution has also tremendously affected how we communicate with each other online, even in a business context, is clear by this point. And it has changed how much of ourselves we display to others, even if we have a possible business agenda to our online presence.
In February I moderated the very cool panel discussion about who you are online (photo here ). All the women on the panel (Jenn Lowther, Rebecca Bollwitt, Linda Bustos and Nadia Nascimento) were web savvy (understatement), and, as such, had a strong awareness of the public nature of communicating online. They were very strategic about their line between public and private, establishing those boundaries and the nature of how they presented themselves. That said, what we were comfortable posting about was quite varied.
This morning, I was talking to my boyfriend about Twitter and remarked that he's been online for a few months, he has a clearer idea of how he wishes to communicate (or, to be artistic here, he understands his online "voice"). It's something that I have to remember to make clear in an upcoming presentation, that this understanding of "who you are online – be it on Twitter, Facebook, a Blog etc. – does not come immediately. And it takes some playing around and trial and error for most to figure out what they are comfortable with and what works for them or their business or organization.
When I first started to blog, it was on my humor blog – and actually didn't realize that that would be the theme of my blog. In fact, the first few posts were random essays and rants. I only discovered what I would be motivated to post about (i.e. absurdities) after a month or two.
There were also other discoveries – such as after a week or two on Twitter, I realized that I wasn't too keen on posting about what I was doing- and made the executive decision that no one would be the least bit interested. Like most, I am not exciting 24hrs a day. Sure, 5-7 times a day, I'm entertaining. And if that's all I tweet, I'm golden. Posting more often, or potentially a log of everything I was doing, would break that illusion (e.g. 6am: "Working on the computer, as you can ascertain", 8am: "Time to eat" 10am: "Still working on the computer, now at a coffee shop", 6pm "Time to eat 7pm: "Back to working on computer again").
So my succinct advice about authenticity online would be: "be real, but like, better."
Integrating Twitter into Your Life
When I mention Twitter to people not on it, they often say they simply have no idea what they would tweet about. The best advice I think I give people is:
Find a way to make conversing on Twitter a part of your life.
If you view Twitter as an open communication channel (to your friends and beyond) that you can simply tap in anytime you like – that understanding can make the process quite natural – and possibly less intimidating.
What to talk about?*
Consider this, in a given day, do you sometimes:
- See something interesting and think "I have to remember to tell my friend about this!"
- Read an intriguing article or news item on the web?
- Have an odd experience? (At the library? On transit?)
- Do something that might interest one or more other human
Any of these can make interesting tweets and give people insight into your life. Which is sort of the point.
Everyone's line of privacy or disclosure is different. I am very private about certain things, and seemingly reckless when it comes to others. But I'm actually fairly tactical. I know what I'm OK with people knowing and hearing from me.***
The spectrum is quite broad. You have to gage what you are comfortable disclosing and what you think (and here's a key thing) people you want to interact with would want to know. Some post mostly about business, Some mostly personal. I think aiming for some balance on this is great. Allowing others to have a window into your personal life and thoughts is useful – it helps establish relationships.
I've found that when I met twitters in real life the ice was already broken. It was far easier to have conversations from a point at which we already kind of knew each other.
How Much to Disclose?
And being interesting and intriguing helps maintains people's gaze. But how interesting…?
If you want to open your circle of friends/followers, and so keep your tweets unsecured (read: public), you are for all intents and purposes, in public. Even if you only have 20 people following, anyone can check out your page and a search can easily turn up your tweet.
So, here's my line (and, again, mine alone): If it's something I would be comfortable saying at a party, it passes the test.
How Much is Too Much
In real life, revealing too much can make even broadminded strangers uncomfortable.
Consider these examples:****
"Just at the bank… Why do I always end up behind the guy who is making all his deposits for the year?"= Good
"Had an abortion this week."= Bad
"Dating can be so frustrating sometimes." = Nice Break-the-Ice Level
"I'm going through a divorce and my wife is making me sleep our backyard." = Awkward Glass-Shattering Level
"Hey Tom: Time for Coffee Today?" = Yes.
"Hey Tom: You are a DECEPTIVE motherfucker! Why aren't you calling me back?" = No.
Again, this is just my opinion.
Wait – No, it's not.
*(More suggestions about what to tweet about here and here)
**These you can even text it (or email) from your phone, if you like) as it happens!
***(or at least I think I do:)
****While I have heard of something similar to the third example happening on Twitter, the second was uttered by a guy who I just met for a dialect coaching session and the first was said to me (rather cheerily, in fact, by a girl I didn't know in a film criticism class. (I think I asked if she wanted a french fry.)
"Integrating Twitter into Your Life" by Monica Hamburg
Bring Your Characters and Film to Life via Social Media
A huge thank you to Erica Hargreave for all her hard work on yesterday's panel and to Maayan Cohen and Danika Dinsmore.
Among other subjects, Carol Sill & Erica addressed the role of "characters" in telling a story via social media.* Gillian Shaw (who was also on the panel & was great) subsequently spoke to Carol & I about our thoughts on the subject.
Now I rarely follow "characters" – likely because there are few television shows and fictional characters that engage me enough to follow their "activities" online.** And with characters where it's not clear the "person" isn't a person, there is a certain deception involved.
It's a double edged sword for an artist – put forth a character that makes the fictional aspect apparent and many won't follow an "unknown" character. Not unless they have something really interesting to say. Which is why I do follow Emme Rogers (as do many others): she's fun, flirty and I think the conversation that takes place around her and her exploits brings a great sense of play to Twitter.
And characters can be very useful – and exciting – both for the artist and for the storyteller.
Allowing the character to live in other platforms before the film is released – and whilst the film is being made – gives the character a larger/broader life – and helps with publicity.
Related stories (lets call them "pre-stories", for this point) can engage the audience and allow them to have a larger window into/to the character. After all, any character has a life that began before the point at which the film begins. Consider what aspects of their life you can explore and what kind of tools you could use to tell the story (video on Youtube et al., photos on Flickr, brief but enticing spurts on Twitter etc.) What parts of their story can bring more life to the character and the film? Where were the characters 6 months before? What interactions did they have the day before? That morning? You can see how this can be especially useful for something like a mystery/suspense project!
And, as I said in the above article (and as I have heard Monique Trottier mention with regards to books), there is no reason the end of the film needs to be the end. I can tell you that there have been several films (Red Road, Sideways) where I was consumed with reading more about the film after seeing it. Or where I've seen a film numerous times. So desperate was I to stay "engaged".
For the artist, this process, while time-consuming, is in another sense, almost effortless. After all, as a writer and actor, I always created a background for the characters etc. And, much as I'd love to pretend I'm special, this is pretty standard practice. So such items can be extremely creative and satisfying – as well as a boon when it comes to building an audience.
And now, with all the tools available through social media, there's the opportunity to give the audience more, to keep them engaged. Your creativity is the limit when it comes to where your story begins – or ends.
*We managed to talk about several social media topics, but there were some key things we didn't have the time to address, so I hope we do have the opportunity to do a part 2 with this group so we can take our discussion to the next level. Oh & Erica and Leah Nelson (who was helping out by being Linkgrrl09 and finding the sites we all talked about) decided to play this video while I spoke, to help er, demonstrate my expertise…
**However, get any or all the characters from The Office on Twitter and I will press "follow" until I develop carpal tunnel.
***I'll be looking into the use of Alternate Reality Games for independent film projects in a future post.
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"Bring Your Characters and Film to Life Using Social Media" by Monica Hamburg
Getting the Crowd to "Make" Your Film – e.g. "Lost Zombies"
Crowdsourcing has become an exciting concept in the business world. (I've explored the concept of Crowdsourcing many times before – if you're interested in my views on the topic, the best place to look is my One Degree series. Other posts on the topic can be found in the "Crowdsourcing" category of this blog)
What's exciting is that some innovative filmmakers are also making use of this concept.
Several projects are now getting content from the crowds (e.g. Lost Zombies), Crowdfunding (e.g. My Million Dollar Movie), and even making an "open-sourced" feature film (e.g. Swarm of Angels (I wouldn't recommend the latter tactic, btw, but I've been wrong before).
The beauty of this is that engages the audience – creates a dialogue:
"I believe the Internet has created a kind of conversation that we are all involved with. We've gotten used to that level of interaction. It's rewarding. Now we want that experience from our media." Lost Zombies encourages its fans to document their own zombie encounters. In just a matter of weeks the community has grown to more than 400 active members with contributed materials flowing in from all over the world." (- Lance Weiler. From Filmmaker Magazine: "When The Audience Takes Control : Lance Weiler breaks down the new models independent filmmakers are using to create a fan base." Read this, btw – it's excellent)
In this TCIBR podcast – Lost Zombies & Skot Leach (co-director of the film – along with his brother Ryan) (Listen on the Workbook Project site)
(Source: The Workbook Project )
Notes: (Questions asked by Lance Weiler, responses provided by Skot Leach)
(FYI, I am paraphrasing a great deal here)
– Community Generated Zombie Film
– Film made my the crowds "Zombie Documentary"
– Audience looking for more involvement, engagement
– Wanted to get people to contribute short bursts
– Chose Zombie theme – figured that could work, be enjoyable
- Call to action?
- Zombie site – Created in Ning
- Users Create Profile -
- Submit Zombie encounter in whatever format (video, pictures or any media type) – Zombie outbreaks
- All encounters considered rumors, until more "outbreaks" of each location are submitted then considered "confirmed"
- Structure? Storyline?
- There is a structure, storyline
- All will be compiled into an overall film with these media
- Will also be influenced by audience
- Process?
-How to organize/rights w/ such a large crowd?
- Timeline – will look at what is appropriate
- Not clear re: distribution track, esp. w/ rights issues, will look at when complete and possibly go back and talk to content creators
- Building a community (as with gaming) economies come around them, could be release for free, but could monetize content around it?
- Leaning towards that
- Original vision involved ending up
- Explain Ning to those unfamiliar?
- Blank template, like Facebook, allows you to build entire social network, invite your own users, define interface
- Can add widgets to tweek to your needs
- Open Data portability issues? Can you pull user data, so you have it?
- Simply put, Yes.
- Provided Framework, but users info is yours
- Some people joined just to be part of social network (loved Zombies), without contributing
- Audience before content
- Compelling enough with Ning to retain audience while you flesh out story
- Double-edged sword – Want to tell story, point of site, and don't necessarily want people to be so caught up in the social aspect that they ignore story
- Dealing with crowds – what has been interesting, surprising?
- How quickly people "got it"
- Knew ARG community likes to piece things together – wondered if horror fans would get what they should do
- Very quickly people start
- Tweeted Ning's feature re location – renamed "outbreaks"
- And then people started really working with that, posting photos, videos
- They also found news items and related ("someone bit at a party, this seems odd? – Could this be zombie related?)
- People discovered they could contribute in their own unique way (asking question, posting audio files, drawings, video)
- Like a conversation
- As project grows, any plans, ideas of breaking into "real world"
- Exploring:
- Possibility of live video editing/mixing, remix story – so each time you see the film it's pulled in a different way
- Interested in "Zombie walks" – a final event where site culminates in a final live event e.g. Zombie Apocalypse where zombie walks the world (people participate by documenting etc.)
- How to get involved with this film?
- Go to LostZombies
- Sign up
- - Participate – submit items or even direct story by asking questions
- Interactivity becoming norm?
- More immersive progression. Videogames, ARGs rise shows that the audience is ready to experience these types of things
- Audience members can determine the pace, level they participate (observe, do a little, do plenty)
- Playful, interactive quality
- These are social experience – like theatrical – Commununal Experience. People falsely believe that online = alienation. But now people are their own media company (can publish, upload video etc. and immediately can be seen around the world – just a matter of aggregating audience to it. Mirrors theatrical, 2-way communicational. These types of projects are very exciting.
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Casting 2.0 – For Filmmakers
Looking for talent online is becoming increasingly popular. You can find actors for a few parts, one part, or even most of your cast online.
Here are the benefits and drawbacks, as I see them:
- You can find people that are talented and unique.
- You gain attention for your film
- May get plenty of lame videos
- Might not get enough videos to cast (there's much competing for attention, and someone really has to invest time to put up a good video)
- Must focus on publicizing this call
- Effort-intensive
- If you are going only by audience votes (& I'd recommend against this strategy) you are likely to end up with either the most popular (but not necessarily the best, or your preference) or the one who can rally the most friends to vote for him.
- You might find someone perfect but who doesn't live in the town you're shooting.
So what to do?
Don't cast everyone online.
It will make your life unnecessarily difficult. Odds are, if you're a filmmaker, you know many talented people. That said, there may be 1 or two hard to cast parts, and that's when you should put out an online call
Try to look at the call from the auditioners point of view
Keep in mind:
- There are many such calls out there. Some are legitimate, some are just a way for the filmmaker to get more attention for his/her film.
- It takes effort and time for an auditioner to record an good audition.
- You might love your premise and film, but the actor (and audience) has no such attachment.
- you have to make your call as interesting and appealing as possible (ain't this always my suggestion)
- Make sure your site/page contains as much information about your production, team crew as is relevant, helpful. This not the time to brag/exaggerate. This is the time to put forth links to your imdb.com profile and other sites, videos etc. that verify your legistimacy. If you have a solid short film online (Hello, YouTube again… ) this will help – in fact, embed a relevant video in the "about" page.
Figure out if you'll be letting the audience vote.
Voting engages people (think American Idol etc.) but you may not wish to be stuck with who people decide. (Especially since not everyone pays fair.) Consider allowing people to vote for their favorites and have an "audience favorite" who is guaranteed a role, and your favorite who will get the role. Or offer prizes for people to vote, but with similar caveat.
Consider Location – or how to accommodate
Sure, you run the risk of finding awesome talent who might not live in your area, but consider if this is really a concern:
- If so, limit the call to people in a certain region
- If only slightly, you might pay for their flight and find them a safe place to stay during shoot – doesn't have to be luxury hotel, sometimes a guest room works. (1)
How to do it?
There are a whole bunch of ways to make this work. Here's what I think works best – and is most efficient. (But it is certainly time and effort-consuming.)
Have a place/home where this film/call lives.
- Ideally start a specific site (purchase a domain name for your film, so if your film is Credo the site is Credo.com, casting = credo.com/casting or Credocasting as a home. This is the place where all the information will be & will be aggregated.
- Have links on this site to other places online that the film/call exists (Youtube, Twitter, Facebook etc.)
Then expand outwards.
- Use your blog to help promote and discuss (at various stages)
- Put a call out on various social networks (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Myspace)
- As I understand, running an official contest on YouTube ("Community") is expensive), so it might be best to just set up a group and get people to become members of a group (basically one click) to submit their videos (once uploaded to YouTube)
Gus Van Sant used MySpace page to find some talent for Paranoid Park.
"[W]hen it comes to finding quirky unknowns , Casting Society of America board member Laura Adler says internet searches are fast becoming a go-to tool among her colleagues. She cites Christopher Mintz-Plasse, for example, who landed the role of "McLovin" in Superbad after casting agents spotted his clips on YouTube. "It's a great tool for finding new faces," she says. "Casting people use MySpace or FaceBook or Craigslist when they're looking for an unknown young talent who's odd or unique. You run the risk of getting bombarded by tons of people who aren't right for the role but we get that anyway, on a daily basis." (from Wired.com: "Filmmakers Find Fresh Talent on MySpace ")
Ning is a social site where you can create your own social network/niche. (E.g. a Facebook of sorts for a particular interest):
"One of the most popular Ning networks belongs to hip-hop mogul 50 Cent and has 107,000 members and counting. Chris "Broadway" Romero, creative director of new media for Fitty's site, describes it as "an entertainment-industry news/rumor/editorial blog in the vein of TMZ.com, combined with unparalleled access and interaction with the celebrity." Romero uses the site to cast parts for music videos and film projects, and one day, he hopes to release music and video directly to the public, bypassing record companies completely. To Romero, it's nothing less than "a new entertainment platform, period." A single Ning group can, in theory, serve as a platform for an entire business; collectively, the networks represent an ever-expanding commercial universe. (From Fast Company: "Ning's Infinite Ambition "
Be upfront. And make certain that you have a decent online reputation to help allay concerns.
Established a real relationship with people you cast, or plan to cast and be sure you're not a… scuzzy. (Sorry, can't help you if you are). Again, try to put yourself in the auditioners shoes.
Again here, I make the assumption that both the filmmaker and the actor is educating themselves – looking into someone's background online as well as checking references etc. before meeting/staying with them or allowing someone to stay at their place.
There are many sites that address safety concerns especially with regards to acting – so I'll keep this brief – note to actors:
- Never be desperate (yes, this seems impossible, at times, but trust me)
- Trust your instincts
- Never let someone convince you to do something that makes you uncomfortable
- Be kind but upfront, ask someone to provide references (especially female references, if you're a woman) so you can confirm your own safety. Anyone who would balk about this has their own issues. (Personal note: I developed a similar rule when I was dating: learned to say I was not comfortable going to a guy's house early on. If they became jerky, I knew exactly who I was dealing with.)
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Well now with Texas Tech headed to the Cotton Bowl, what do the Red Raiders have to look forward to? We spoke with Jerry Palm, a BSC analyst out of Indiana, about Tech's match up against Ole Miss and their chances of winning.
"I think it's a great game. They're (going to) play a team that's really good and that's a little bit under the radar, a team that finished strong. They are the only team to beat Florida this year and they did it in Gainesville. Obviously they have shown they are capable of playing a great game at any given moment. They've had a really great year or they wouldn't be in the Cotton Bowl. So Texas Tech is (going to) have their work cut out for them and they're gonna have to bring their best effort. You never really know what you're gonna get a bowl game in terms of effort from either team because of the long lay-offs. It's kind of a game where Texas Tech would be favored - they probably should win but they're gonna have to show up and play well to make that happen."
When asked what he thought about Coach Mike Leach's comments regarding using graduation rates as a tie-breaker, Palm said as someone who believes in the student athlete, it's not a bad idea - and is definitely better than using the BCS rankings.
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Laroussi Edits Special Journal Issue on New Field of 'Plasma Medicine'
Mounir Laroussi, Old Dominion University professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the university's Laser and Plasma Engineering Institute (LPEI), is a guest editor of a first-of-its-kind journal issue exploring the new field of "Plasma Medicine."
The special issue of the journal Plasma Processes and Polymers published in August is a collection of the most important articles and other presentations from the First International Conference on Plasma Medicine (ICPM-1) held in Corpus Christi, Texas, last fall. Laroussi was on the scientific organizing committee for the conference.
"This conference brought together plasma physicists and doctors to discuss the applicability of cold plasma in medical procedures," Laroussi said. "This is a big step forward to introduce cold plasmas to the health care and medical community. Biomedical applications include wound healing, sterilization and decontamination."
Nearly eight years ago, Business Week magazine named Laroussi as one of the nation's leading experts in atmospheric-or cold-plasmas and he has been building research momentum ever since, much of it supported by funding from the Air Force's Office of Scientific Research. He explores numerous applications of plasmas, such as in radar shields for aircraft, but many of his innovations have involved biological uses.
Plasmas are highly charged soups that are sometimes called the fourth state of matter, neither a gas, liquid nor solid. Most people know plasmas because of their use in neon lights, or because a field of plasma cells can glow in precise colors to create images on a television set. Vast quantities of plasma are in outer space, but at the Earth's atmospheric pressure they are too hot and aggressive to handle. Therefore, uses in neon lights and television screens must take place in vacuums.
Early in his research career, Laroussi began using ultrafast pulses of electricity to turn gases at normal atmospheric pressure into "cold" plasmas. He quickly moved to the head of the class in his field, and became known for his ability to produce an abundant amount of cold plasma economically.
In the cold plasma, electrons are wildly excited but they are so light in weight that they produce little heat. Heavier ions in this particular soup are relatively unexcited and so they also produce very little heat. Although much less aggressive than conventional plasmas, the cold plasma retains enough potency for many biomedical and industrial tasks, while having a significant ease-of-use advantage over conventional plasma.
In 2005 Laroussi developed a germ-killing cold plasma pencil-a handy device that looks like a small light saber. That invention, whose plume can disinfect without harming normal tissue, got international publicity in professional journals and the popular media.
Still, many questions need to be answered about how plasmas can be harnessed for everyday biomedical applications. The field of plasma medicine "poses numerous technological challenges and brings to the forefront many fundamental questions regarding the mechanisms of interaction between living organisms and plasmas," write Laroussi and the other guest editor, Alexander Fridman of Drexel University, in the special issue of Plasma Processes and Polymers.
The main goals of the ICPM-1 and of their special issue, the editors explained, is "to develop a common language that experts in the various relevant fields can all understand, to better define key challenges and open questions, and to move toward their effective solutions."
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There was news leaking that the Bears were in pursuit of Jermon Bushrod. If that was true, it might have made Loomis nervous because the Saints have now signed Bushrod to a two year deal. The news comes via Schefter:
Saints reached agreement with OT Jermon Bushrod on a two-year deal.
This is great! No matter what you think of Bushrod, having him on the roster at least gives the Saints more options at tackle, where they are currently pretty thin at talent. And if they like Charles Brown, but don't think he's ready to start, it gives the Saints another year or two before he actually has to jump in and start protecting Drew Brees' blind side.
As soon as more details emerge about the contract, I'll update this post to let you guys know.
UPDATE [7/28/11 6:25 CDT] More detail have emerged about Bushrod's contract. Jeff Duncan:
Hearing Jermon Bushrod received a two-year, $9.8-million deal from the #Saints. Signing bonus was $3.5 million.
That's not bad considering there was word the Bears wanted to give him 6 million a year.


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The Acorn Centre, Abergavenny
Monmouthshire's Children's Centre is called The Acorn Centre and is based at Deri View Primary School in Abergavenny. The Acorn Centre aims to improve the health, education and the emotional development of young children and families through an integrated approach. It also aims to work with the whole family to improve thier life chances and ultimately reduce child poverty.
The Centre has 4 main entitlements:
High quality Early Years Education
Community Development and Training
Open Access Play
Services at The Acorn Centre:
Buzzy Bees Creche is run by The Acorn Project and Provides Flying Start free part-time childcare for 2 -3 year olds in the mornings and supports courses and parenting programmes in the afternoons.
Butterflies Playgroup offers Flying Start free part-time childcare in the mornings for 2 - 3 year olds. The setting also offers places for those not eligible for Flying Start childcare at a cost of £6 per session. THere is also a wrap around service available.
Deri View Dragons Out of School Club runs after school care and holiday care in the centre for 3 - 11year olds. There are a variety of activities and games available.
Deri View Nursery is a local authority nursery offering Early Education for children the term following their third birthday. All activities and learning opportunities in the nursery involve hands on play and are planned to allows for the intellectual, imaginative, creative and physical developments.
The Acorn Centre is working closely with the Three Counties Play Project to look to provide local play opportunities. Flying Start and The Acorn Project run language and play courses at the centre.
Parenting courses run at the Acorn Centre and are suitable for parents with children aged 0 - 11. Flying Start and The Acorn Project run 3 different programmes - The Incredible Years Infant Prgramme (birth - 9 months), Toddler Programme (9 months - 3 years) and the Basic Programme (3 - 8 years).
The Centre runs Language and Play groups throughout the year for parents and their children. It runs a ladybird baby group for the babies 0 - 12 months, Walkers and Talkers for 1 - 2s and Drawers and Explorers for the 2 -3s.
Adult Learning Support:
The Acorn Centre has an Adult Learning Advisor who can help with basic skills, confidence, budgeting, CV writing etc... in groups or on a one-to-one basis. The Centre also provides training courses run by external organisations such as Child Protection, First Aid, Food Hygiene and more.
Community Services:
Creature Comforts Cafe is open 9am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Anyone is welcome to pop in and have a cip of coffee/tea or hot chocolate.
Flying Start Health Visitors are based at the centre. They work in the local area and support all families with children 0 - 5 years of age.
Computer/Internet Access is available to anyone to access - whether you want to update your CV, surf the internet etc.
Deri View school has a beautiful forest garden which the school, local settings and The Acorn Centre use. A gardening club meet every week to help maintain the garden.
The Corny Carrot Food Co-Operative runs weekly from the Centre offering fresh fruit, vegetables and salad at a low cost.
The Credit Union runs a drop-in point weekly for the local community enabling people to save safely and even apply for affordable, low cost, small loans.
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A man died Saturday morning after losing control of his car and smashing into another vehicle while driving in Desert Hot Springs, according to police.
Just before 9 a.m., 23-year-old Joshua Kelly of Desert Hot Springs was driving a 2000 Chrysler Sebring northbound on Indian Canyon Dr near Pierson Blvd when, for reasons still unknown, he lost control of his car and spun into oncoming traffic. The passenger side of Kelly's car hit the front of an oncoming Toyata pickup.
Kelly, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was ejected from the car and died from his injuries on-scene.
The driver of the pickup, James Kennedy of Desert Hot Springs, was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center with major injuries.
This collision is still under investigation, however, alcohol and/or drugs are suspected to be a contributing factor, according to a press release from the California Highway Patrol.
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Interesting... the trailer has PG13 written all over it! But the MPAA has marked the film with an R rating, for "violence, disturbing content and some language."
So maybe this means we'll get a red-band trailer before the film opens???
Brad Anderson directs Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin and Morris Chestnut (as Halle's cop lover) in the thriller The Call (previously titled The Hive).
The WWE Studios and Troika Pictures jointly production is described as follows:
Set against the backdrop of a 911 call center, this fast-paced suspense pic will find Berry playing a 911 emergency operator who takes a call from a teenage girl (Breslin) who has been abducted and carried away in the trunk of a car. Berry's character must face her own fears in order to save the teenage girl from a disturbed killer. The kidnapping plays out in real time as the pair work together to track down the killer.
Written by Rich D'Ovidio (Exit Wounds, Thir13en Ghosts), The Call opens on March 15.
A brand new trailer - about a minute shorter than the first, with more tension - has been released, and it's embedded below.
Roberto | February 27, 2013 11:11 PM
I hope this does well for her , her thrillers usually do well overseas that why they keep making them
Marissa | February 27, 2013 6:39 PM
Who cares if its rated r? the movie looks horrible! How many times is hollywood going to make the same movie? Taken, Cellular, Phone Booth. ZZZ seen it all before. Halle is not lead actor material this will bomb at the box office and that looks like a mop on her head!
Me | February 27, 2013 4:44 PM
Rated R for "Ron't be seeing this one!"


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Members of the Glynn-Brunswick Narcotics Enforcement Team made three arrests for prostitution after an investigation into an advertisement found on the internet.
Investigators met the three women at a local motel off exit 36 on June 5.
Brooke Wilkins, 28, Jenny Guerrero, 20 and Jennifer Conner, 21, were arrested in the operation.
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Former Suns coach Danny Ainge is leaning toward taking a front-office job with the Boston Celtics, and an announcement could come any day, a source told the Tribune on Wednesday night.
Ainge quit as Suns coach in the middle of the 1999-2000 season, saying he needed to spend more time with his family than the rigors of being an NBA head coach would allow. Since then, he has said he'd be more likely to return to the NBA in a front-office capacity than as a coach.
The new Celtics ownership group met with Ainge on ''at least two occasions'' and were impressed with him, according to a story on The Boston Globe's Web site, citing anonymous sources.
Ainge was offered the job of head of basketball operations, according to the Globe. Broadcast reports said he was offered the job of team president.
Chris Wallace is the current general manager and head of basketball operations. Former coach Red Auerbach is currently the team president.
Ainge, 44, has not yet decided whether to take the job but is seriously considering it, the newspaper said.
Ainge, who was in New Jersey broadcasting the Celtics-Nets series for TNT, told the Globe, ''I know (Celtics owner) Steve Pagliuca. I have had conversations with him, but I can't tell you what (they)those conversations were about.''
Ainge played for the Suns for three seasons (1992-95) and coached them from November 1996 to December '99. His coaching record was 136-90. Ainge played in Boston 1981 to 1989 and was a member of two Celtics championship teams, in 1984 and 1986.


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Hello once again, friends at WAGNH. I want to thank you for the great response to my first set of player ratings and the kind words of encouragement. Below is my revised rating system, which is now on a '0-10' scale for perfect evenness.
Player Rating Description Player Rating Description 0 Monumentally Poor 6 Good 1 Abysmal 7 Very Good 2 Unacceptable 8 Excellent 3 Very Bad 9 Exceptional 4 Bad 10 Legendary 5 Average
GK: Petr Cech – He provided some nice saves throughout the match, constantly bailing Chelsea out of trouble. He was alert throughout the match and provided a nice save in the 41st minute which allowed Chelsea to go into halftime without unnecessary pressure. 7/10
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RB: Cesar Azpilicueta – Azpilicueta had a fantastic game, actually. He covered both flanks and he seemed to be everywhere in defense. He did a better job defensively down the left than Bertrand, which is quite spectacular. He provided a great cross in the 47th minute which was headed in by Walters for an own goal. 8/10
CB: Branislav Ivanovic – Branislav has improved from Wednesday. Any performance short of Walter's today was going to be an improvement, though. Was good in defense, providing that physicality necessary when going against Stoke. I didn't much from him, however, that inspired me to give him a high rating. 5/10
CB: David Luiz – David was class once again today. He was excellent in defense and he displayed great skill when venturing forward. I'm sure everyone reading this can remember his run in the 55th minute, where he just ran and ran and ran. Unfortunately, nothing came of that great run. 8/10
LB: Ashley Cole – Cole did much better along the left than Bertrand, disallowing Stoke players entry behind our defensive line. He almost scored when he received a nice ball from Ba in the 51st minute. Good shift. 6/10
DM: Frank Lampard – Frank was great today, acting as the hub of our team. He provided an absolute peach of a ball to Ba in the 34th minute, which he almost converted. He wasn't bad on defense either. He played almost as well as Luiz did against Swansea on midweek, which is a huge complement. He also slotted away his penalty nicely and worked well from wide later in the game. 7/10
DM: Ramires – Ramires did what Ramires do: He ran at the Stoke defense at every opportunity and he was great in defense. 5/10
AM: Juan Mata – Had a nice day at the office, but nothing too spectacular from the Spaniard. He provided a nice ball from a set piece in the 39th minute and gained a penalty – converted by Lampard – but there wasn't anything particularly gripping about his performance to be fair. 6/10
AM: Eden Hazard – Ahh. What a great goal by Eden Hazard in 73rd minute; a great left-footed blast from 30 yards out capped off a great performance, which was already worthy of much praise. He was great in the first half, going against a rigid Stoke defense. That goal, though, was utter class and has forced my hand. It's also the first goal Stoke has conceded from outside the box in this campaign. 10/10
LM: Ryan Bertrand – Bertrand wasn't very good today. His run in the 77th minute made me give him a higher rating than his performance warranted, as he didn't provide much in defense or offence and he gave the ball away constantly in the early parts of the match. 4/10
ST: Demba Ba – Demba Ba was solid today. In the 34th minute, Ba ran onto a great Lampard long-ball, which he almost slotted away with his left foot. In the 51st minute, he provided a great cross to Cole which was only stopped by a good Begovic save. In the 71st minute, he was subbed off? Perhaps it was a good decision, as we need to rest of best Center Forward. 6/10
Substitutions from:
ST: Fernando Torres (71') – Torres was extraordinarily ordinary when he came on as a sub for Ba. That is all. 3/10
CB: John Terry (80') – Terry wasn't much better than Torres when he came on, conceding a penalty in his short time on the pitch. He wasn't horrible defensively, but the penalty really hurt his rating. 3/10
RB: Paulo Ferreira – Our resident demigod was perfect today. Eden Hazard was almost as good as him. 10/10
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The roommate of a man who was found stabbed to death near the railroad tracks in unincorporated Hayward on Feb. 8 was arraigned yesterday on a murder charge.
The Daily Review reports that 54-year-old handyman Michael Eugene Wyatt will appear again at the Hayward Hall of Justice today to enter a plea for the murder of his roommate, 59-year-old James Nobles.
Nobles was found dead around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday near the 500 block of Hampton Road in Cherryland, Nelson said. Sheriff's investigators soon discovered that Nobles lived in the 700 block of Hampton Road.
Further investigation led them to suspect that Wyatt was involved in the murder. Nelson said it is believed that Wyatt killed Nobles in the home then dumped his body during the night.
Investigators served a search warrant at the home on Feb. 10.
Wyatt turned himself in to the Hayward Police Department that Sunday, Feb. 12, and was taken to the sheriff's Eden Township Substation in San Leandro, where he cooperated with investigators, Nelson said.
Wyatt is being held without bail at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. Because of his history, Wyatt is being held in a cell by himself Nelson said.
He previously served 10 years in state prison on a manslaughter conviction for killing another roommate in Oakland. His previous conviction was about 15 years ago, when he shot and killed Titus Crowder, 29, in 1995 according to The Oakland Tribune.
Nelson said Wyatt had been free on parole from state prison for about five years after completing his sentence for killing Crowder.


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Kent Will Remain Oregon's Head Coach
The news broke late Tuesday night, but The Register-Guard has confirmed Oregon head coach Ernie Kent will keep his job for at least one more season. The official announcement from the University is expected Wednesday. There's certainly more to come as this story develops.


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Welcome to Tanzania Bureau of Standards
Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) was established under the Ministry of Industry and Trade by an Act of Parliament, the Standards Act No.3 of 1975 as the National Standards Institute and became operational in April 1976. It was subsequently renamed Tanzania Bureau of Standards through an amendment to the Act by Act No.1 of 1977. The Standards Act No. 3 was later repealed and replaced by the Standards Act No. 2 of 2009, which gave the Bureau more powers in carrying out its mandate.
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Have a taste for breakfast at 6 p.m.? Now you can get it thanks to Affton Breakfast and Dinner, located at 9416 Gravois Rd. next to 10 Mile House.
The restaurant is housed in the space formerly occupied by Trattoria Toscana, which has moved down the street in Sunset Hills. It offers breakfast served all day and homemade Greek specialities.
The new business is owned by Elsa and Milto Sholla, who live in Shrewsbury. Their son Andy manages the restaurant. The Shollas decided to open the business in Affton because they saw a need for a restaurant offering a sit-down breakfast served all day.
"We want to make a name for ourselves in Affton and be known for our breakfast and warm atmosphere," Andy Sholla said. "We want to be here for the long run."
It's the first restaruant the Shollas have owned, but Milto Sholla is no stranger to the business. He has 15 years of kitchen experience at The Majestic Restaurant & Bar in the Central West End. He is now the kitchen manager at Affton Breakfast and Dinner.
Prices range from $4 for a one-egg breakfast to $15 for an 8-ounce Ribeye steak dinner. The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. On Sundays, it is open 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Google Forging User Connections With Gmail, Google+ Merge
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has rolled out a change to its Google+ service that may scare some users and excite others. The Mountain View, California-based company announced in a blog post Thursday that it is now making it easier for people using Gmail and Google+ to connect over email, even if users don't have each others' email addresses.
Google Product Manager David Nachum said Thursday in a blog post that Gmail will now make suggestions for Google+ connections as recipients when a user is composing a new email. A person doesn't have to have a user's email address for him or her to be considered a Google+ connection, the user only needs to have been added by the Gmail user to a "Circle" of contacts on Google+, the company's social network.
That means that as long as a Google+ user knows your name, he or she can email you once you're added you to that person's Circle. This helps explain why Google announced earlier in January that all Gmail users will automatically be given Google+ accounts.