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10 Keys for Starting a B2B LinkedIn Group to Generate Leads
My friend Tom Skotidas and I recently talked about the keys to starting a LinkedIn Group as a means to generate leads for B2B companies. He is the founder of Skotidas, Asia Pacific's leader in B2B Social Media Lead Generation. This is part of an ongoing series of conversations about the intersection of sales and marketing, well as social selling.1. Start with your Product or Service in Mind
The first thing you need to do is create a group that is connected to your product or service. This may be related to the product category or your specific industry, but general enough that the right people will find the group relevant and interesting. Choose a group name that reflects the topic and will be meaningful to your prospects.2. Determine the Most Likely Buyer
Since we are looking at this group through the lens of lead generation, make sure you take into account your most likely buyers. The group should be targeted to them. As you are planning the group make sure to develop a targeted persona so you know who should be in the group.3. Never Mention the Product
Even though you have the product in mind, the point of the group is not to sell the product. Market trends and solutions related to the product and services are what is important to the group.4. Create a Closed Group
You can create a closed group or an open group on LinkedIn. Start out with a closed group as you are building it up. This way only people you invite can join the group. As it grows and develops some traction, you may want to make it an open group to take advantage of search and sharing benefits of things posted in the group. While an open group is visible to all, you can still moderate members and comments.5. Manage it like a Community
The LinkedIn group you build is a community and it needs community management. That means you, or someone on your team, must be a manager of the group. This person must have the personality to interact with group members on a regular basis, reach out to them publicly or privately to ask questions or elicit comments, and generally keep the conversation interesting and flowing. A number of different people can serve in this role.6. Build it like a 3-Layer Cake
Start the first layer by getting your staff to join the group so it has a bit of a head start. The second layer includes your closest business partners and some existing customers. Let them know the purpose of the group and that their interaction is encouraged. Once the group has that lived in feeling, invite some targeted prospects to join the group. This is the top of the cake. They are the ones to focus on, and it helps that they are joining an active, growing group.7. Know What Content to Share
The purpose of this group is to provide value to the community, and especially the prospects, so they begin to build a relationship with you. You can do that through content. You can use third-party content related to the theme of the group or even conversation starters, which are just what they sound like. Comments and questions that get people talking.8. Engage the Group
The community managers need to continuous engage the group members to keep the conversation going. That may include messaging someone with a specific and relevant post and asking them to provide their thoughts in the group.9. Practice Both Inbound and Outbound Lead Generation
You can use this group to manage both inbound and outbound leads. Sharing content in the group that provides links back to your blog, website and landing pages encourages clicks and shares to drive more people to those pages. As you build relationships with your targeted prospects in the group, you can coordinate with the sales team to reach out to them. And this is no longer a cold call.10. Remember Marketing Led, Sales Fed
Finally, keep in mind that social selling initiatives like this are run by the marketing team, but ultimately they support sales. You are generating leads for sales.
Are there other best practices you have developed in using LinkedIn groups to generate leads?
9 Steps to Highly Productive B2B Lead Generation
The challenge of generating high-quality leads looms large in front of business-to-business marketers today. 78% of B2B marketers say lead generation is their biggest challenge. Just like any other large problem, the best way to address this is to break the process down into bite-size pieces rather than trying to digest it all at once. You need to develop a lead generation process, and support it with robust systems and the right people in the right places.
1. Create a Strategy
Start with the big picture. This should flow naturally from your overall marketing strategy. It should define your target client, including what positions they hold within an organization, the industries they work in, their company's size, and their geographic locations.
2. Define Your Difference
Before you approach your target market you need to wrap your mind around exactly what makes your product, service, or solution different than competitors' offerings. And, even more importantly, why that differentiation matters to your prospects and customers. For example, if you are selling a CRM system that can process millions of transactions and your target customer only handles hundreds of transactions, then you have a mismatch.
3. Decide the Criteria for a Qualified Lead
On the face of it, defining a quality lead may seem simple. This is, however, the place where many lead generation efforts fall apart. That's because sales and marketing have different definitions of what qualified means. Your definition of a qualified lead needs to include:
- The budget that has been allocated to solve this problem.
- Whether or not the lead has the authority to make a buying decision.
- Their need for a solution.
- How soon they plan to buy into a solution.
- The ability of one of your products and/or solutions to solve their problem.
4. What Information Should You Pass to Sales?
A quick handoff of leads from marketing to sales that includes the contact information is not enough. You need to define the information that will be included with the lead. Sales is going to be much more successful if they are given a deep understanding of the prospects' buying situation, the problems they are facing, the decision-making structure within the organization, how the prospect has responded to content provided to them, and any perceived obstacles in the way of purchasing.
5. Capture the Leads
Now it's time to determine how you are going to attract and capture leads. The best campaigns bring together these strengths of both inbound and outbound marketing tactics. While Web and content marketing are extremely effective in attracting people who are actively trying to solve their problems online, they can't do all the work.
If your company is not highly prominent online, the web searcher may not find your content. Also, many executives are extremely busy and don't have the time to do extensive Web searches. In both of these cases telemarketing is a highly effective and efficient way to reach specific accounts you're targeting and to help them solve their problems.
6. Nurture Until Sales-Ready
Many marketing departments feel that the job is done once they have captured a lead. The problem, however, is that the majority of leads are not sales-ready.
Perhaps they don't plan to buy in the near future, or they are simply not educated enough on the problems and solutions to make a decision. In these cases a lead will need to be nurtured. The nurturing plan should likely include email marketing, relevant content, and the occasional phone call to answer questions, provide relevant information, and, of course, add the all-important human touch.
7. Score Your Leads
You also need to define a system for scoring your leads. This system should be based on both on how the lead has interacted with your website and content, as well as judgments made by your salespeople as to the lead's interest level.
8. Give Sales People Leads They're Excited to Follow Up On
Based on the scores generated, you can finally pass the leads over to your salespeople. When you do, make sure you also provide all the juicy background information so they are prepared to make the sale.
9. Measure, Adjust, Optimize
Even when you have made the sale, the process isn't over. You constantly need to be measuring the results, adjusting your process, and optimizing it.
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20 Most Important Stats from the 2015 B2B Content Marketing Report
The Content Marketing Institute and MarketingProfs released their annual benchmark report on B2B content marketing. It is based on surveys of 1820 North American B2B Marketers across all industries and company sizes. This is the fifth year that they have released this report, and it continues to improve each year. The entire report is embedded at the end of this post.
The first, and most notable stat in this report is that number of B2B marketers using content marketing has gone down from 93% last year to 86% this year. That is because they changed the definition of content marketing to "a strategic marketing approach focused on creating and distributing valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract and retain a clearly-defined audience — and, ultimately, to drive profitable customer action." Apparently this helped some respondents realize that there is a difference between content marketing and just creating content.
This is a benchmark study, so it gives you something you can compare yourself to. The study also examines the habits and activities of the most effective B2B content marketers, so you can see how you are doing against those who report that content marketing is meeting their goals and driving business value.1. 86% of B2B Marketers are using content marketing
2015 B2B Content Marketing Benchmarks, Budgets, and Trends for North America from MarketingProfs
Professors Share Observations on the State of B2B Marketing
I recently participated in a project with the Oracle Marketing Cloud where they interviewed marketing professors about the state of B2B marketing and how they are using that knowledge to develop curriculum to train the marketers of the future. It was an esteemed panel of professors, including:
- Barbara Kahn, Patty and Jay H. Baker Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- Josh Murdock, Professor of Educational Technology & Social Networking, Valencia College
- Mark Schaefer, Marketing Consultant, College Educator and Author, Rutgers University
- Peter Fader, Professor of Marketing, Co-Director of Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative, The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- Eric Bradlow, K.P. Chao Professor of Marketing, Statistics, and Education, The Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
- Jessica Rogers, Graduate Social Media and Marketing, Southern New Hampshire University
- Jeffrey L. Cohen, Distinguished Lecturer of Marketing Analytics and Social Media, Ball State University (hey, that's me!)
Download the entire ebook here (registration required), but in the meantime, here are my answers to the questions.
1. What is the number one thing marketers may have lost sight of?
Too many marketing activities are siloed from the top-level business objectives of a company, and are not measured against metrics that others in the company care about. If your executives follow daily, weekly or monthly numbers related to things like sales, customer retention, cost savings and customer satisfaction, then reporting softer marketing numbers will not win any points with those executives. Marketers need to find ways to tie their efforts to those business metrics.
2. What are your observations with respect to the nuances of the B2B and B2C marketing disciplines?
As a lifelong B2B marketer, and co-author of The B2B Social Media Book, B2B marketing makes sense to me. No matter what techniques you use, you are ultimately driving prospects into a buying process where you can track where they came from. While selling through a distribution network can complicate things, a company sales rep, or someone no more than a couple steps removed away from the company, handles B2B purchases, making tracking possible. I have never understood how Coca-Cola marketers can track their efforts to sell a bottle of Coke at the grocery store or convenience store. This action is too far removed from their brand marketing and advertising to attribute action to particular campaigns.
3. What do you think a B2B marketer can learn from B2C or vice versa?
B2B marketers can learn creativity, creating an emotional response and storytelling from the B2C pros, and B2C marketers can learn more about calls-to-action, attribution and leading a buyer through a journey from their B2B brethren.
4. Can you compare and contrast the curriculum that you're teaching and the current roles and responsibilities of today's marketers?
I am teaching students about the importance of their public, online presence and how to keep up with a constant flow of information in their industry. This would not be an explicit part of their marketing role, but an understanding of this will make them stronger marketers. Traditionally, it has been social media savvy folks on the team who really understand how to build a personal presence and follow all the right sources in a manageable way, but these skills are important as a solid foundation for all marketers.
Students learn how to create and analyze social media marketing campaigns that resonate with customers, B2B and B2C, and are based on solid marketing and business principles. Proper goal setting and how to review analytics to understand success are also a key part of my learning objectives. This fits in with the skills and requirements of marketers in the field. Marketers create campaigns, analyze competitors' campaigns and review the success of their own efforts.
5. What will you teach my future employees this year?
I start by explaining the difference between personal social media, which is what most college students do, and professional social media. They need to understand the importance of a professional profile, not just on LinkedIn, but on all social platforms, if they are going into marketing. This is part of the transition to the working world. I tie social media to business results and the basic principles of marketing, so students understand the value of social media to an organization. I go though major and minor social platforms, looking at current examples and best practices, so students have an understanding of what is happening right now in social media marketing.
Please download the ebook here to learn what the rest of the panel thinks about the state of B2B marketing and how education feeds into it (registration required).
B2B Companies Use Twitter for Customer Support No Matter Their Size
The days when B2B companies picking up the phone or answering emails was good enough are long over. Now, customers take to Twitter even before they call you. They're tweeting about how terrible your hold music is even as they're waiting, ripping apart the scripts your agents use even as they're working on solving their problem and publicly pushing you to deliver a quick fix for a bug they spotted minutes ago. And things are only going to get worse if your B2B company isn't on Twitter.
When you're small, having a single touchpoint is definitely enough, but it's inefficient as you grow your business. Your support queries mix with your branding efforts and often enough, your customers are going to misinterpret your premeditated marketing messages as callous indifference to their problems. So, when you expand into multiple products and reach global markets, you need an entirely different strategy to deal with customers on Twitter (just like you might have an overall strategy for customer support as your company expands).B2B Startups Need One Twitter Touchpoint To Rule Them All
If you've just started out and your business has just a few thousand customers, no matter how spread out they are across the world, a single Twitter account would serve both the purposes of communicating with your customers and marketing your brand.
For example, Freshdesk, a leading customer support solution, was down recently because of a denial of service attack. The company immediately got on to Twitter to appease customers complaining about the down time, because that's where their users went to first. Freshdesk used Twitter as an announcement channel before they could get a blog post ready with more details and told their customers that they were working to fix things.
Twitter provides companies the opportunity to engage with customers and answer questions coming in from different locations. B2B companies striving to provide exceptional customer service have no excuse to be absent from Twitter in 2014.
When you're small, it doesn't make sense to have a dedicated support agent looking at your lonely notifications feed on Twitter. You're probably going to get only a couple of customer questions spread throughout the day. Setting up Twitter to send you email alerts when something comes up on Twitter will do. You'll know that there's something bubbling up out there while you're working on building a great product.
The staff at Buffer also make it a point to wow their customers when they least expect it. They consistently engage with almost every tweet they receive, and keep users informed every minute when there's trouble. They use Twitter as a medium to deliver exceptional service as the whole world watches, and earn fans along the way for their transparency.Dedicated Support on Twitter Is the Best Bet for Big B2B Companies
If you're growing like crazy (by the millions every month), and if your customer base is primarily young and tech-savvy – quick to get on to Twitter even before looking up your phone number or support email address – you probably need a dedicated support presence on Twitter to deal with the sheer volume of queries you may be getting.
Twitter works well in helping distribute critical information to some of your most vocal customers.Spread Out Support Presence Across Regions and Products for Global B2Bs
For a company like Dell that has millions of customers all over the world, a distributed support strategy works pretty well. From executives to dedicated teams, it's not uncommon to see Dell's distributed Twitter accounts responding almost instantaneously to consumers who are seeking information about their devices and tweeting about their PC problems. Dell scores in this regard by decentralizing their social media channels, and having a considerable number of their employees respond to customers region-wise.
Customers also end up having a positive customer service experience instead of a nightmarish one waiting on hold endlessly trying to get their problems resolved.
How have you scaled your Twitter customer support presence as your B2B company has grown?
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5 Ways to Use Your LinkedIn Profile to Attract Inbound B2B Leads
My friend Tom Skotidas and I are at it again and this time we talked about how anyone, but especially B2B sales pros, can use their LinkedIn profile to attract inbound leads. Tom calls this inbound social selling. He is the founder of Skotidas, Asia Pacific's leader in B2B Social Media Lead Generation. We have been talking about the intersection of sales and content marketing for B2B companies. A lot of people call this social selling, but there is more to it than just that.1. Re-Think the Purpose of Your Profile
Rather than just create a profile that shows your job history and qualifications, create a profile that shows how you can solve your target audience's problems and serve their needs. Think of your profile as a piece content that reflects your company's capabilities, rather than your resume.2. Use the Right Keywords
Throughout your LinkedIn profile you should use keywords that are related to your products and services. Not just any keywords, but ones that your prospects commonly use. One way to determine those keywords is by using Google's Keyword Ad Planner Tool. It is designed to help determine keywords for Google ads, so you need an AdWords account (connected to a regular Google account), but you don't need to place any ads to use the tool.3. View Your LinkedIn Profile as a Web Page to be Indexed
As you are re-thinking about your LinkedIn profile and using the appropriate keywords, remember that this is a web page that is indexed by Google and other search engines. LinkedIn is a high-ranking domain and can show up as a top result in searches for your keywords.4. Don't Forget About LinkedIn Search
Active LinkedIn users use the search functions within LinkedIn to find what they are looking for, beyond people's names and companies.5. Optimize These 9 Fields in Your LinkedIn Profile
Once you have your keywords to attract your prospects, what do you do with them? There are several fields in your LinkedIn profile that Tom identified as the most relevant.
- Headline: The default is your current job at your current company. This is the most important thing to change to appeal to prospects.
- Contact Information: This should include the best ways to contact you, plus a website or landing page that includes information to your target prospects
- Summary: This is where you can really speak to the prospect about how you and your company can solve their business problems, using a good selection of keywords.
- Experience: What you do in your job is another opportunity to tell the story of your success helping customers solve problems.
- Marketing Assets: Work with your marketing team to get Powerpoints and PDFs to add to your LinkedIn profile and use your keywords in the title of the pieces.
- Skills & Endorsements: Have others endorse you for skills that are most relevant to your target prospects. You have the ability to edit your list of skils.
- Publications: Relevant blog posts, ebooks or articles quoting you can be listed here. If you don't have any, this is a good time see if you can collaborate with someone to create some things to list.
- Recommendations: Ask your customers for recommendations. They will use the terms that others in your industry use, and they will also validate your position as someone who is helpful.
- Groups Joined: The Groups you join show on your profile, so make sure you join relevant Groups with names that look and sound good.
What have you done on your LinkedIn profile to attract B2B prospects?


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Thank you to all who attended and made possible Stanford's 50th Anniversary Peace Corps Celebration. Watch this site for a link to pictures and more in the coming months. Share your Peace Corps Story by completing a short form. Listen to oral histories collected during the Stanford celebration!
Stanford commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps on campus on April 15 and 16, 2011. The event served as a reunion for former Peace Corps members, an inspiration for current students, and a dialogue on how best to prepare the next generation for international service. Over 200 alumni, faculty, staff, students and community members attended. Thank you to alumni who told their stories in Stanford Magazine. Read about the celebration in the Stanford Report.
Thank You Pam Consear for the Beautiful Mosaics!
The commemorative mosaics have been installed in the Tom Ford Patio at the Haas Center for Public Service on the Stanford campus. Special thanks to RPCV Pam Consear ('87 Linguistics) who led the volunteer creation of these beautiful pieces. They will forever mark the 50th anniversary event.
Pam Consear jetted off to Peace Corps Kenya the fall after graduation to teach high school English. That experience kicked off a nearly 20-year teaching career, and solidified the waste-not re-use ethic she'd grown up with in the Northwest. During a 15 year teaching career at Bella Vista Elementary in Oakland, she facilitated an ambitious school-wide tile painting project, bejeweling the adjacent Bella Vista Park with hundreds of tiles created by students, staff, and neighbors. She left public education in 2008 to start a tiny one-woman creative services business called HandyGal. Since then she has spearheaded nearly a dozen murals at four Oakland public schools, using paint, mosaic, or hand-painted tiles. Mosaic is her preferred medium because if its use of "garbage" (broken tiles, often dug out of waste bins behind tile shops, or unearthed from neighbors' garages) to create spectacular works of art that endure for ages. HandyGal also creates residential murals and beautification projects, teaches private and group art lessons, and sells "upcycled" crafts and artwork on Etsy.com and at area craft fairs. You can learn more about Pam's work at www.handygaloakland.com, and at www.HandyGalStudios.etsy.com.
Thank You Dignitaries and History of the Peace Corps
Thank you to the City of Palo Alto for recognizing our efforts with a proclamation on March 7, 2011. Special thanks to Members of Congress Anna Eshoo and Mike Honda for your welcome; and to Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Peace Corps Deputy Director, for serving as keynote and recognizing Stanford's efforts. Please see program for more on activities and attendees.
On October 14, 1960, John F. Kennedy addressed students on the steps of the University of Michigan Union challenging them to give two years of their lives to help in the developing world. President Kennedy officially established the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. Since that time, 195,000 volunteers/trainees have served 139 countries. More than 1,300 Stanford alumni served in the Peace Corps from 1961 to 2010. Many Stanford staff, faculty, community members, and current grad students also served in the Peace Corps.
Peace Corps Founder Sargent Shriver recently passed away on January 18, 2011.
"A Remarkable Leader, Sargent Shriver, Founder of the Peace Corps" by Peter Laugharn, Stanford '82, RPCV Morocco
Campus Partners
- Bechtel International Center
- Career Development Center
- Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law
- Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
- Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
- Haas Center for Public Service
- Stanford Alumni Association
- Stanford Alumni Association RPCV Peace Corps Group
Other Partners
- Firelight Foundation
- Northern California Peace Corps Association
- National Peace Corps Association
- US Peace Corps Regional Office
Stanford Alumni can join the Stanford Alumni Association Peace Corps Group.
Planning Committee
Thank you to our planning committee: Suzanne Abel, Lee Aubry, Jayne Booker, Kristin Conner, Larry Diamond, Megan Swezey Fogarty, Suzanne Butler Gwiazda, Meredith Haase, Barb Hunt, Peter Laugharn, Diane Murk, Jim Murray, Julius Paras, Nathan Hale Sargent, Tom Schnaubelt, Michael Welch, Lyn Wyman. Special thanks to Pamela Consear '87, PCV 87-89 Kenya, for designing our logo and commemorative mosaic project.
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Tampa - Chart House
- askdrtodd Sep 3, 2010 08:17 AM
The Chart House replaced Landry's on Bay-to-Bay and is very close to where I live so I thought I'd check it out. Grabbed a snack and a glass of wine there last night. Had the trio of soups, all were OK, none worth ordering again, wine list sucked, beer selection worse. For what it is, it's quite expensive too. Not sure how well this place will do...
Landry's owns Charthouse. I have never been impressed with them. Mail me at email@example.com and we will set up the Tallahassee meeting.
on 60? Landrys was bad and Chart House will probably be just as bad.
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The Chart House in Fort Myers was replaced with a Joe's Crab Shack (same chain) which is quite popular here. Sure can't be the food...the wine totally sucks. It is more of a tourist joint I guess. The Chart House here had a huge salad bar which always sort of disgusted me. Perhaps Joe's Crab Shack will be next in this spot.
re: LilMsFoodie
Yeah Landry's was always mediocre, this place is just more impressively mediocre. It's PRIMO real estate so I was really hoping for something upscale or good. Now I have to wait a year or so until this place flounders. (haha fish pun)
re: askdrtodd
Yet ,Landrys Corp. stock is at a 52 week high, $25 and change 52 week low....$9.74!!!!! and they just bought another chain,(Oceanaire in Minnesota) sounds like "boost the rev. through acauisitions. The loc on Longboat is the best view on the island, as you say Drtodd "Hope for something good!!!!!
re: ospreycove
Bummer. They bought Oceanaire? I had an excellent dining experience at the Oceanaire in Orlando. Goodness, let's hope their ineptitude doesn't infect the quality service at Oceanaire.
re: askdrtodd
With that location they will be a tourist haven just like Landrys always was.
re: rhnault
Well lately Landrys has been a tumbleweed haven, but you might be right...
re: jaticker
You're right, these restaurants must be doing well in the aggregate, but how? IMO they don't offer a very good value, leaving the issue of personal taste in food aside for the moment. How do they succeed??
re: Miss E
simple enough, turn your efforts toward gaining profit from an impressive product rather than an attractive dining space. chart house has a beautiful and super convenient location. there are large restaurants in a number of major metropolitan areas that employ this mindset and prosper accordingly. I live a stone's throw from Landry's & Crappy Bills. both are worthless because they have enough tourists & business dinners moving through to keep them operating, the money goes into the perception of the product, not the product itself. I have the same theory regarding bud light, if the parent company spent 20% of the money that they spend advertising the product on the actual product itself, it would be the most untouchably delicious beer in the world and we would all be better people for having the opportunity to drink it. The reality is that it's mass produced bum pee, much akin to the slop they serve at these frat-boy-staffed tourist attractions we have near the airport that crank out "food" for the masses.
re: askdrtodd
But there is also good chain food close to the airport. I actually like Flemings, Lee Roy Selmons, Ocean Prime, and Roy's.
re: rhnault
I concur (somewhat)- LRS has amazing wings (oh man and that bacon ranch...) and cornbread casserole, and OP, Roy's, and Flemings have decent happy hours. I always enjoyed Boizao too, that's one of the better upscale places to get a food coma for 20 bucks at lunch!
re: askdrtodd
Ready when you are!!!
------ Boizao... I'm overdue...
re: Mild Bill
Thanksgiving week when I am off! I have been wanting to go to lunch there for a while but it is hard for me to get out for lunch during the week. Plus it is usually a healthy meal for me ;-)
re: rhnault
re: askdrtodd
I like LRS fried green tomatoes, cheese grits, and pulled pork nachos too!
OP I love that clover cocktail. I think that is what it is called... The specialty one made with whisky.
The St. Petersburg Times' food critic, Jim Webster, just reviewed Chart House today. In short, the view is great, the food is good, the prices are high.
The discussion here does raise an interesting (and perpetual) question: Where to go for good food with a view? I've always thought Armani's in Tampa is one of the best. Not much at the beach, unfortunately, though you get decent bay views at Salt Rock Grill at IRB, as well as at Latitudes in Madeira Beach and Ocean Breeze and the Sloppy Pelican at St. Pete Beach. Crabby Bills has a deck overlooking St. Pete Beach; food is decent, though not great. You can get a sliver of bay view if you sit on the porch at Walt'z Fish Shack in Madeira Beach.
Any others?
Chart House
2250 Front Street, Melbourne, FL 32901
Salt Rock Grill
19325 Gulf Blvd, Indian Shores, FL 33785
Crabby Bills
7675 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy, Kissimmee, FL 34747
re: Tom Scherberger
On the Tampa side- Armanis and Oystercatchers have two of the better views (especially at sunset!) with solid food, Hula Bay Club has a pretty decent view with pretty decent food, as does Colonnade with a pretty view of Bayshore, albeit over a sea of white hair. The Tampa Club has a pretty killer view too. I'm not fond of the restaurant itself, but Ocean Prime has a pretty deck area and a well decorated interior too.
re: askdrtodd
I had forgotten about Hula Bay. I remember it when it was Rattlefish. You're right, great location.
I wish I had checked the net before I blew $115 on dinner for 2! I had made the mistake of going to Landrys once, and it was the worst dining experience I ever had. Check that, the Crappy Bills up the road was the worst, but Landrys was a close second!
I remember CH from about 15 years ago in Westchester NY and I wanted to see if it was as good as I remember.
The evening started with us driving up to an abandoned looking valet parking stand. We had no idea if there was no valet or if he was off getting a car. No biggie, we just drove around the side of the building and parked ourselves.
The 1st red flag was the stench. We were assaulted by a strong sewage smell that engulfed us all through the lot. We were happy to get inside! The hostesses were nice enough and ensured me that Landrys was well in the past and there had been a complete make over. Funny that the place still looked a lot like Landrys, but whatever. We sat in a quiet booth by the bar and settled in. Everything looked good on the menu, so I had a tough time deciding on an appetizer. I finally settled on the French Fries with Plaintain chips and something else that I can't remember. It ended up being a large container of FF with about 3 or 4 of the plaintain and other chips! Oh well the FF were good and salty and disappeared fast.
Right about that time, the manager walked by, and ignored us of course. So I called him over to our table and told him about the stench. He promised to look into it, which was all that could be expected.
I ordered the Salmon and it came looking like it had been stuck under a heat lamp for an hour. It was the most dry leathery looking thing I've ever seen. Luckily the manager walked by again and this time inquired about our meals. I told him about the salmon, he took one look at it, and quickly took my plate and apologized for it.
While I was waiting for the replacement, I googled the restaurant on my phone and read the lukewarm reviews. I then read that CH is owned by the folks behind both Landrys and Crappy Bills. I should have guessed!
I ordered dessert, apple crisp, cherries, ice cream, but it was also barely edible. At least the manager comped the dessert, but we have scrapped this place from our dining list. Aquanox across the street is superb, and Oystercatchers down the road is one of the very best in the bay - either one of those places would have been a better choice and probably a cheaper choice as well.
You've been warned!
re: mrroyce
I agree completely, Chart House sucks. Crappy Bills is worse. Aquaknox is actually going bye-bye within 30 days, it'll be something else. (Please Lord, let it be something awesome!)
You're spot on with OC though, I've always had good food there (albeit pricey)
Chart House
2250 Front Street, Melbourne, FL 32901
re: askdrtodd
I didn't know Aquaknox was fixing to change, already. I liked it the couple of times we went.
re: Miss E
yup. hey Miss E, send me an email, I wanted to ask you something off CH. it's askdrtodd at gmail


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Maybe I'm too sensitive, but what is it with friends that were once chunkers, but are now thin and judgemental? I've seen this over and over again, and quite frankly - I just don't get it! My mother used to say "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". I had that drilled into my head since I was a little girl, but apparently some women never heard that saying before! I'm NOT talking about ALL women, just the ones that are judgemental, and since losing weight, feel that they are the authority on weight loss.
One of these 'friends' has recently gotten on my last nerve. She invited us over for dinner during the holidays while her sister and BIL were here from out of state. Her sister and I hit it off from the day we met, 2 years ago. The friend lost 34 lbs with WW, and her sister lost 120 lbs after having gastric bypass surgery. Yet the friend is always making judgemental comments to her sister about food choices. It's funny, but I've NEVER heard the sister ASK for advice or scolding comments!
Her sister noticed my weight loss right away, and was very positive in her comments to me. However, the friend was NOT! She told me that I looked like I was losing my BELLY. I replied "I never HAD a belly". She then came over to me, took hold of my right arm, and turned me around - to see my backside! She actually said that 'she wanted to see if my butt got any smaller'. Hey witch, did you REALLY just do that to me in front of your guests??? Yes she did! When it was time for dinner, she served the food onto our plates. It was penne pasta with a meat sauce. She gave all of the men full plates, she gave herself about 1/2 of what she served them. But as for me and her sister, we got about 1 cup of dinner. I could have fit it into a tea cup! I don't have a stomach that was surgically altered to the size of a golf ball! Thank God we were able to help ourselves to the salad, otherwise I may have started gnawing on my husband's arm!
As we had dinner she started questioning me on what type of exercise I was doing, at the table, in front of everyone. Before I could EVEN answer, she scolded 'you know, you can't JUST ride your bike, and continue to lose weight'. My reply was "well isn't that what YOU did with some walking thrown in'? She continued on with 'you need to do more'. I said 'you don't know what I do. I don't ride my bike around the block like some 90 year old, I MOVE! I also ride up to 50+ miles a week. And I do have variety and weight train, and what I'm doing is WORKING for me!" She joined a gym because she started to gain back some weight, but did I try to put her on the spot in front of people? Never happen! When we came home my DH told me that he doesn't care to be in her company. I replied "that makes 2 of us". I told him that if he EVER sees me being a judgemental witch, thump me on the side of my head. He said that it wouldn't happen, because it's NOT who I am.
On New Year's Day we had a casual soup and salad dinner at our house, and the food was set up on the counter for people to help themselves. I had to stop at the friend's house the day before, and when I was leaving, she scolded me in front of her sister. Complete with the finger wagging in my face (no kidding), she said "don't make too much food"! She then turned to her sister and said "she ALWAYS over cooks and makes too much food". I replied "I'm having 15 people for dinner, what do you want me to feed them, a carrot stick"? And I must say, my tone WAS pissy!!! Her sister sided with me and said 'so what'.
To be honest, I was ticked off at myself that I didn't tell her that if she wags that finger in my face one more time, I'm going to break it in two! So needless to say, By New Year's Day, I was ready for her. Sure enough, she started right after arriving, in front of a house full of people. In a sarcastic tone she asked me "do you think you've made ENOUGH soup"? Yes, I did, I told her. Then she started on the size of the salad I was serving. She asked "do you think it's big ENOUGH'? I stopped what I was doing, stared her down, and said "who made YOU the food police"? Her sister gave me a huge smile. I later heard her telling her sister 'don't you think that you've had enough veggies and dip'? Her sister came into the kitchen and told me 'if she makes 1 more comment about what I'm eating, I'm going to belt her'!
I was finishing the salad when the friend and her sister came back into the kitchen. As I sprinkled toasted walnuts and dried cranberries over the spinach salad, she said in a bitchy tone 'huh, you're putting MORE stuff in that salad'? I thought about drop kicking her now skinny @ss into the pool, but instead replied 'NOT ANOTHER WORD" in a firm voice. Followed by "when I come to your house I don't tell you what to do, who made you the authority? Well, this is MY house, so keep your opinions to yourself, because I don't want to hear them"! That shut her up! Her husband kept coming back into the kitchen after I put dessert out. She kept making comments to him about eating too much, so he would sneak cookies and toffee when she wasn't looking. For crying out loud, enough is enough!
If her judgemental behavior continues, this relationship may wind up the same way my so-called friend's did - on the chopping block! Her sister and husband may tolerate it, but I don't have to. The person I was 5 months ago may have tolerated bad behavior by quietly stewing, but not now! If I ask for advice - give it, otherwise keep your comments and opinions to yourself. If you can't get onboard with me as a supportive friend, then get off of my back, and let me continue this journey without negative comments and verbal put-downs, disguised as opinions! Be warned judgemental, former- chunkers, I'm finding my voice, and I'm prepared to use it!
The weather here in Florida has been unusually COLD! I watched the news the other night and I could hardly believe my ears. They said that the temperature could get into the 20's this past weekend, and get this - a chance of snow!
I usually ride my bike early in the morning, but since it was rather chilly, I waited ALL day for it to warm up a bit - but it never happened! By around 5 o'clock, I had enough, as I gave myself a kick in the butt. I thought to myself, butch up and just DO IT! Since I'm originally a Jersey girl, you would think that the cold weather was no big deal. WRONG! I've lived in Florida for the last 20 years, and quite frankly, became a cold wuss! I bundled up by layering my clothes. I had on a cotton shirt followed by a sweat shirt, and then a fleecy jacket on top. I put on a pair of hubby's long thermal socks, and tucked them up under my sweat pants. I then put on gloves and headed out.
At first I thought 'okay, it's cold, but not TOO bad'. Yeah, right! Once I started really moving, the wind on my face was COLD! It didn't take long before my eyes started to tear and my nose started to run like a faucet. My face felt frozen, and my nose and ears felt like ice cubes. I wondered how could my ears be SO cold, and yet burning at the same time? I actually thought of taking the tissue from my pocket, tearing it in half, and stuffing each piece up a nostril. When I got a visual of that in my mind, I started laughing. I could just imagine people passing me and doing a double take, as the pieces of tissue hung out of my nose. I decided to deal with the nose drip and forgo the tissue idea.
Around this time I was trying to psych myself up into doing at least 30 frozen minutes. As I thought of what an idiot I was....I passed an EVEN bigger idiot, jogging. He was wearing teeny-tiny black SHORTS and a white t-shirt! I had to bite my tongue as I passed him, because I really wanted to ask him if he was dropped on his head as a child. Followed by, 'go home and put some darn clothes on, I'm freezing my butt off just LOOKING at you'! However, I kept my big mouth shut. What really made this experience 'special' (yes sarcasm) was the fact that some crazy people had their irrigation systems ON, and the mist was being blown across the road by the wind. And since the irrigation runs off of an irrigation well, it smelled like sulfur. So to add to my 'joy', I'm now covered in a mist that smelled like hard boiled eggs! UGH!!
As I decided to head home, I rode past the park down the street from our house, and it looked like a picture. I got inspired and rode home to get the camera. I went back to the park to watch the sun set across the lake. I parked my bike, walked toward the lake, and took some pictures of the sky and the reflection on the surface of the lake. It was beautiful! I forgot how cold I was, as my face was now SO numb that I couldn't even feel it anymore. And luckily, I could no longer smell the stench of the egg-scented mist that covered me, as my nose was running. I jumped back on my bike, passed our street, and rode for another 15 'blissful' minutes. I came home feeling energized and pleased with myself that I pushed past my discomfort - and just did it!
I was on the phone with my friend this morning, who happens to live nearby, when she said that she saw snow flurries. As we were talking, the AC/heating compressor on the outside of the house started making clanking sounds. Oh no, that CAN'T be good! As I walked over to the window to see what the heck was going on, the noise got louder. My friend could actually hear the noise over the phone. As I looked outside I could see that the unit was covered with ICE! I got off of the phone, shut the system down, and called the AC/heating company.
Since it's supposed to be in the 20's tonight - this could be a problem. For those of you that don't know me, I live in Florida!!! The service guy called me back, and I MUST say, was a VERY nice man! I described what I saw and heard, and he told me that he could tell me what to do, and I could save a service call. How GREAT is that? Since DH was working, it's on me. The service guy explained that the rain and the temperature were SO cold, that the unit is freezing up. He told me that I would have to de-ice the compressor. Okay I thought, I can do this. Now, HOW exactly do I do this??? He said that I would have to hose the whole thing down until ALL of the ice was gone and then turn the system back on. Ah, pardon me, did you say hose it down, with water?? YEP! In freezing rain?? YEP! But wait, if the rain is freezing on it, won't the water from the hose do the same thing?? NOPE! Okay, sign me up for this joyful experience!
I bundled up and headed outside, with thoughts of saving money swirling in my head. This will be a piece of cake! Yeah right!! Here's a tip-off, when you think that something is going to be easy, it will be anything but! The freezing rain is - FREEZING! The hose near the unit was not connected for some reason, and the hose itself was so cold that it wouldn't bend at ALL as I tried to hook it back up. The rain was dripping off of the roof as I'm trying to do this, hitting me on the head and back of my neck, adding to the 'pleasure' of this experience! After 4 attempts, I moved on to plan 'B'- get the hose from around back. Armed with the hose, I get to work. As I hosed it off, I could see chunks of ice breaking off from the fan and the top of the unit. I'm freezing my cajungas off and could REALLY use a parka right about now! 15 minutes later, I'm soggy, freakin' cold, but DONE!!! I came back in and turned that baby back on and YAY, it's working. Oh happy day!!!
I'm off to take a REALLY hot shower, followed by warm sweat clothes, thermal socks, and enjoy the nice, toasty heat! I'm thinking that comfort food is in order for dinner tonight. Hubby's going to stop at Sam's Club and pick up 'The Spark' for me on his way home. He's pleased that we have heat and that I saved us the cost of a service call, and jokingly said that if it happens again, at least I know what to do. Ah, guess again sweet cheeks, I'll share the 'joy' with you! Curling up with a nice, hot bowl of chicken chili and a good book sounds pretty darn good to me! Adding my DH, a warm blankie, and at least one kitty to the mix, and it sounds like a warm and cozy night - as long as the compressor doesn't need to be de-iced again. If it does happen again, it's his turn to freeze his cajungas off - mine are just starting to thaw! Stay warm everyone and enjoy your weekend.
Back in August when I joined, I had NO idea just how important Spark would become to me, and the difference it would make in my life. When I came here my motivation and self esteem were at an all time low, yet I still had some hope - because I joined. I recently looked at old pictures from Christmas a few years ago, and I hardly recognized myself. Yes, I saw an overweight woman, but what really struck me was my face. Even if I was smiling in the photos, it wasn't real. I saw a sad and lifeless woman that looked and felt beaten down.
This morning, while on the phone with my friend Helen (there's a pic of us posted on my blog ( 'Enjoying the holidays..') when the word POWER came up. On Christmas Eve Helen commented to my MIL about how well I was doing losing weight. My MIL said...nothing! However, the next time she called she brought it up as soon as I answered the phone. She said "have you lost a lot of weight"? I replied 'yes, I guess I have'. The next words out of her mouth were "well, it's really hard to tell"! I laughed at her, which left her speechless, because this is a road that I refuse to go down ever again. This morning Helen said "that woman has done everything in her POWER for the 20 plus years that I've known you, to put you down".
Today I wonder how I ALLOWED myself to be mistreated for 26 years. There are many ways to inflict pain onto someone, without raising a hand. There is great power in words, whether kind or cruel. She started her verbal and emotional assault soon after my DH and I started dating. She mistreated my husband, his sister, and her late husband too, but for some reason her main target has been me. It was a gradual thing that happened over time. Despite the fact that both my DH and I stood up to her, it made no difference. Over time I felt chipped away at, and a shell of my former self, as I was CONSTANTLY put down. Even when my husband told me that I looked nice, to be honest, I stopped believing him. I thought that's what husbands do. I couldn't even make eye contact with myself in the mirror!
Well, that was then and this is now! As I looked at the Christmas pics that I posted a few blogs back, I saw a different woman. This woman looked HAPPY! Yes, there is 39 lbs less of her, but I see a light from within that wasn't there before August. I know that joining Spark has been one of the best things that I've done for myself in years! As I met other people and started to form friendships, I felt as if I was thrown a life line. Some of the friendships are deeper than others, but they're ALL good! I started to feel that I had company (besides my hubby) on this journey. As I started to lose weight, I also started to release the emotional 'baggage' that I carried. With each passing day, I started to feel a lightness of my spirit and a strength that was dormant for far too long!
I think that there is great POWER in friendship! Whether it's a gentle kick in the butt, or a pat on the back - I welcome it all. With your support, you have helped me see myself in a different light, as I released crap that I held on to for far too long. As I write this I'm trying not to cry, as I feel that I was blessed to have met all of you. Yes, I'm the one doing the work, but with all of you by my side, the journey is so much more enjoyable. I look forward to 'seeing' my Spark friends and chatting with them. I really care about them, and when someone is gone for awhile or not feeling well, I get concerned. And when they have success on the scale and post a loss, I'm SO happy for them. There are days that I have to pry myself away from the computer. These are real feelings of friendship!
The definition of the word POWER is:
The ability to act or to do
Possession of control, authority, or influence over others
Force or energy used to do work
I pride myself on being an honest woman, and yes sometimes it's hard to face facts, but here goes. When I look back to August, I sounded and acted like a beaten down VICTIM! This realization REALLY pissed me off! If my foot could have reached, I would have kicked my own @ss! I buried my POWER under excess body weight and hurt feelings, and acted like a weak-willed woman. I am NOT a weak woman!!! NO one has control over me - but ME! I DO have the strength and ability to act, and I DO have the energy needed to do the work. I will NEVER again give away or bury my POWER, instead I will use it to move myself forward on my journey. The POWER of Spark is more than the unlimited information and nutrition and fitness trackers, it's the people! My Spark friends helped me have clarity, and I thank you. This is my life, and I'm taking back my POWER, and ready to kick some @ss, but this time it won't be my own!
Last night as I walked through the kitchen I heard an old familiar 'friend' calling my name softly. It said 'come on, just a bite, I promise that I won't make your @ss fat'. LIAR! It was the leftover rum pecan poundcake! However, I let it lure me, as I broke off a piece and popped it into my mouth - YUM. I then realized that this rum-soaked, butter laden, delicious concoction was trying to seduce me! An occasional treat is fine, but having this 'temptation' still hanging around is NOT!
On New Year's Day we had about 13 people for a casual dinner. After dessert, I put out paper plates, foil, containers of cookies, fudge, and the remaining poundcake. I told everyone to help themselves and take it ALL! They all went home happy with their goodie plates, and I got rid of all of the temptations, or so I thought. There were some cookies and fudge left, as well as the #1 seducer - the evil poundcake!
Since I don't want my @ss to be the size of the state of Florida, I knew what I had to do. Armed with foil, plastic freezer containers, and a trash bag, I got to work. I cleaned out the fridge and the pantry. Anything even remotely unhealthy was history. Since I don't like to waste food, I put the chocolate chip cookies, which are hubby's favorites, in a plastic container, and into the freezer they went. I then decided, that on Tuesday I would make up a tray with all of the remaining cookies and fudge, and send it off with hubby to work for his co-workers the following day. I kept all of the cut up veggies, so I have a drawer full of healthy snacks, ready to eat. And since I made the dip with strained yogurt and lite mayo, it also got a reprieve from being tossed out. However, the few pieces of poundcake didn't fare so well - it's history! Since Tuesday is trash day, the timing was perfect. I faced the 30-something degree frozen tropics and the poundcake bit the dust, as I took it out with the remaining trash. Good riddance!!!
Yesterday we went to the farm stand and stocked up on fresh produce for the week. As I opened the fridge this morning, I was greeted by the most beautiful Florida strawberries, rainbow swiss chard, honey crisp apples, cantaloupe, blueberries, and baby spinach staring back at me - none of which will add to the cushioning on my keister! In the struggle of me vs the poundcake, I won! I DO believe in 'everything in moderation', but I also know that certain foods can be triggers to overindulging. That tempting, lying poundcake no longer has any power over me, as it sits at the curb this morning, waiting to be carted away. As I see all of the colorful fruit and veggies, I feel secure with the choices I've made. As I'm about to make up the goodie tray for my hubby's co-workers, let those calorie-infused seducers call someone else's name - I'm NOT listening anymore!


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Ron Paul Radio 2.0Submitted by coreymoore on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 21:46
Edit: This thread was originally posted in the Activism forum, but I'm trying to get some attention, so I moved it to the main forum. I hope this isn't against the rules!
Hey all,
For the folks that were around for the '08 election, remember RonPaulRadio.com? I wasn't involved in that project, but according to For Liberty, the purpose of the project was to keep people up to date about Ron Paul news and also live events.
I've been looking around on Google today and found that there are a lot of folks with Ron Paul related podcasts. This got me thinking. A friend of mine told me a while back that he purchased the domains ronpaulradio.net and ronpaulradio.org, just in case Ron would run. However, he is unable to work on this project due to illness.
Now, I'm a busy college student and have a few activist projects of my own. I know that I cannot personally run an online radio station, both due to lack of capital and time. However, I do have the technical expertise to get this project off of the ground, and since I am on Winter break for the next three weeks, I will have the time to get it set up.
So here is the deal: I am willing to start this project and hand it off to a team of people to run it. Since we are all capitalists, I must mention that I believe that this project could be profitable. We may not make much from it, but it would be enough to keep it afloat until the November election and could provide some pocket money for those involved to either donate to the campaign or to supplement other income.
If you have any experience in management, audio production, or know your way around a Linux terminal, I want you to join my team. If you are maxed out on donations to the official campaign and want to do something that can potentially reach tens of thousands of people, we can use your financial support as well.
There is a lot of potential here to spread the message even further. Internet radio is becoming increasingly popular due to smart phones and their integration into vehicles. Us Ron Paul people are always ahead of the curve, and this is just another way we can be innovative and get Ron elected!
Please respond to this thread if you are interested, or shoot me an email at email@example.com
- So far we have a $250 anonymous donation
- I have written up a part of the business plan and will be sharing it with the community in the coming days
- Gigi Bowman, of Liberty Candidates fame, has agreed to do a live, weekly show
- (12/20) We now have a website, http://ronpaulradio.net!
- (12/20) We have both a web developer and a web designer on board, and will begin building next week
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Good news. RONPAULRADIO.com
Good news. RONPAULRADIO.com will be LAUNCHING with a TON of LIVE content starting Jan.30th. Help us get the word out and please donate a few bucks when you can.
John Jay Myers, whom some may
John Jay Myers, whom some may know as a mover and shaker in the Libertarian Party and proprietor of The Freeman Cajun cafe & lounge in Dallas Tx, is joining the RPR broadcast team with his new show "Freedom Fried" airing LIVE Mon-Fri @3pm EST starting January 23rd exclusively on http://ronpaulradio.com
RAFFLE DRAWING!!! Please
RAFFLE DRAWING!!! Please visit >ronpaulradio.com< and make a donation. All donations this month of $10 or more will be entered in our raffle to receive a prize package of liberty videos, books and buttons to keep or share with friends. So check it out! We are getting very close to launching with full force onto the scene for the cause of liberty. Ron Paul Radio is Radio for the R3VOLution!!
Original RPR founder
Original founder Nick from Austin contacted me tonight and was interested in helping out!
http://ronpaulradio.net bump
http://ronpaulradio.net bump.
Our OWN RADIO. Aren't we awesome?
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Even MORE good news. We met
Even MORE good news. We met our $500 goal for January and will be moving forward with several parts of the project.
1. We will acquire the .com domain name
2. Official web site will launch in about a week
Our next goals are as follows
1. Continue to develop the radio stream
2. Recruit more live radio hosts
3. uh... hmm... I uh... I can't.. oops
Good news! We have raised $65
Good news! We have raised $65 toward the acquisition of ronpaulradio.com domain name. But we are still $85 short. I paid for the .org/.net out of my own pocket and dropped in another $25. We could really use the help to round out what we need to get this domain purchased. Thanks a bunch. RON PAUL 2012!!
ATTENTION: seeking donations
ATTENTION: seeking donations for the purchase of RONPAULRADIO.COM for the cost of $150. This will complete our acquisition of the principle domains. I paid for the .net and .org myself but can't afford this one on my own. Please go to http://ronpaulradio.net to ChipIn
Tomorrow will be the first test of the new system. We will only be streaming syndicated content, but the host system is ready as well. Live, original shows will begin very soon!
Still need to meet our goal
We still need $200 to meet our $500 goal for January. Please donate if and when you can. Or you can make a small monthly $5 or $10 commitment. Upcoming developments include applying for non-profit status. The new LIVE site will be coming soon as well. We would also like to get an iphone/android app built so you can listen on the run. Drop a nickel or two in the bucket to help us develop the service so we can contribute to educating the public about the freedom philosophy of Ron Paul.
Right on!
I really need new stuff for my FM broadcast. When I'm out I can just stream it or, if there's a daily archive of shows kept, just load up the play-list with earlier shows and let it roll.
I'm glad to see Ron Paul Radio back in action!
My brother and I did The Fire Team for Freedom: The Mike and Jake Show on the original Ron Paul Radio and it was indeed a amazing experience. We met a great deal of freedom loving people and even Ron Paul a few times.
I was never the technical wizard...otherwise I'd volunteer to help in any way I could...
If your still looking for shows and if people would be interested I'd certainly be interested in helping out the cause.
The Fireteam for Freedom lives on!
Open slots
We have a lot of slots open. During the week, we only have live content from 12p to 9p ET, with an hour break between 6 and 7. We also need content during the weekend.
12/29/11 Updates
I've been working all week on the infrastructure. The sound equipment is coming in today, so I hope to have the stream up with fresh content starting either today or tomorrow.
We're having a difficult time finding live content. If you know of anyone putting out a pro-Paul show (it doesn't need to focus on Ron Paul specifically), please forward their information to me at email@example.com
Project is coming right
Project is coming right along. Please donate a few bucks if you can to help us get off the ground.
ron paul radio song
Hi Corey. My band actually reworked and reworded the Ramone's "Rock'n Roll Radio" for the original Ron Paul Radio. Please feel free to use it, you can download it at the link below:
I'd also be happy to send you any of our other songs as well. Let me know... thanks!
I'll try to work it into what we have so far!
I have some experience --Not Much-- with websites
I want to help ron anyway I can. I don't have a job so Im limited in the amount of money I can give. Im a college student also on break, so I have some time if theres anything I can do. My email address is email@example.com but don't take it personally if I dont reply right away, I dont check it much lol.
Sent you an email
Is there a better way for me to keep in touch?
Our First Two Shows
We have brought on two very Pro-Paul shows:
The Angel Clark Show - http://radiofreedom.us - 7-9pm ET
AntiWar Radio - http://antiwar.com/radio - 12-3pm ET
If you would like to be a host, please get in contact with me at email@example.com
Will help if you need people
I don't have any experience in this type of thing, but I am willing to help in any way I can. Just email me at firstname.lastname@example.com
Good job Corey and friends.
Good job Corey and friends. This was a great project back in '08 as well. And with RP surging to become a serious national contender this year, this will be even more important.
12/20/11 Updates
- We now have a basic website going with a Chat Room and a ChipIN: http://ronpaulradio.net
- A web developer and a web designer have agreed to join our team!
- Development begins next week
Bumping this because I moved it to a different forum. I won't do it again :)
We're getting donations
I should also mention that we already have a $250 donation, and I expect that number to grow as soon as I get a site in place with a ChipIn.
I will help
Count me in to help in any way I can - really needed!
Count me in - email me at email@example.com
I should also mention
We will need folks that are really good at social networking, as well as marketing/advertising. Even if you have zero experience doing anything radio related, if you are on the DP, there is a good chance you have a decent network of people either through MeetUp, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, etc.


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Manisha_gupta Started The Discussion:
ours is a software development company and we have a very friendly environment in our office, but people are taking advantage of this. Most of the people come late to office and take long lunch and coffee breaks.
So as Director-HR I want to issue a Memo to all staff regarding discipline, lunch break and office timings but without being too harsh.
Please suggest some ways to do it.
Manisha Gupta
hai_nitu - Member Since: Jun 2011
Dear Manisha,
Please understand that having friendly environment in office is good for cordial relationship but, there would be few employees who are intentionally trying to be overly friendly with other employee to kill their and others time resulting extended breaks and getting disadvantage of the relationship. Pl. identify the such people and counsel them keeping management in the loop.
Issuing memo to all staff would only deter the situation. Instead, you start taking lunch/tea with them, when time is over tell all to get get dispersed in gentle way.I think, as HR Director, you can say that.
Make policy and ensure compliance for arriving office in time, those who break rule, penalize them with deduction in leave/salary or asking them to offer say, chocolate to all their colleagues.
Nitu Parmar
Dear Manisha,
Nitu has given you some good suggestions. Hence, I will ask some questions as my wont. How large is your organisation? Have you got a clearly stated Timekeeeping policy? When people do not have enough work or are lose interest, they behave in the way you have depicted. Please see timekeeping policy - employers-advice.co.uk
May be it is better to introduce Timekeeping Bonus as some have found it to be useful at Timekeeping Policies « Call Centre Helper Forum
Both links found at Google
Dinesh Divekar - Member Since: Nov 2006
Dear Manisha,
I recommend you doing workload analysis. Effect of "Memo" remains for a limited period and things go back to square one.
It appears that they are not properly laden with the work. Because of the workload, I have seen managers skipping their lunch also. I too had skipped my lunch couple of times during my HR days.
Dinesh V Divekar
panse.sunil - Member Since: Aug 2010
Dear Madam,
We had also in this situation. First of all we stick the notice about adhering the lunch timing during 01.00 pm to 02.00 pm for half hour. Secondly, we suggested to canteen manager to close the counter at 01.50 pm.
voxdude - Member Since: May 2012
Hi all,
even our voxvalley also in the same situation, we re motivating them in a friendly way, instead of sending memos, or warnings. let us see how it goes.
thanks for your inputs, we will try to implement,
email@example.com - Member Since: May 2012
Dear all
You have given opportunity to them, but they are miusing that. we have to go as strickly, That time if we can give freeness some time that is valuble to them. Any way management is management we need first of all company needs. go as strickly and give few time for joyal.
If now you can go as strickly they may as anemies. k take care
Tejal Patel - Member Since: Apr 2009
Sub: how to manage team
Hello all
One of my friend is working in Medical Device company as QA/QC manager. He has some conflict with colleague. His boss also listening to his colleague only and fire on my friend. Now he is some way not happy with boss also as he has family term with his boss.
and kindly my friend's boss is as a person very good but my friend feel that his colleague is misintrepret to boss about my friend.
So what to do in this situation? what should be the role of Boss in this case? Kindly focus me.
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Please clarify what you mean by "Now he is some way not happy with boss also as he has family term with his boss."
Since when is your friend working for the firm and when did the colleague join the firm? Your post is not very clear to assess the situation.
jeeni - Member Since: Jan 2008
Dear Manisha,
Freiendly environment etc is too cool and good way to move forward in future but it should not be at the cost of discipline. A disciplined employee can only lead to the company on the path of success.
I have observed such situations in my company also where there are employee who come on time for their shift and some such bunch of people who we called as late comers only destroy their morale and sincerity towards the company HR ploicies.
We should be friendly environment, initiate things like movies, picnics etc to maintain the environment of the company.
I would sugest you should once speak with them and in case if it require go for warning letters in the interst of other employees. If you will talk to them they have reply like we o lat, got calls from client or staff inneed late nights. in case if you will ask them to leave early than on very few days they will come on time again start the practice of late coming. Discipline is something a child can always learn from their family, schools, friends and they carry such things life long.
You may have to take this situation in a more serious manner in the sake of ther employee.
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An adjective to describe Short, Chubby people or objects.
автор: Shaniqua of Chap3l 14 сентября 2012
chubby boy, in which you would assume he has a chode.
Ew, he has a double chin... He's so chodey.
автор: Sofanda Cocks 19 ноября 2011
A useless motorcycle salesman that alienates all he comes in contact with. One who profits from lies. Smells like a trucker's used roid cushion after a cross country run. Often confused for being gay, except that not even the gay community will except him.
I work with this guy at the bike shop who is a real chodey.
автор: AARON MORGAN 7 мая 2006
our friend Joey's nickname/penis.
Hey Chodey, how is the old girthmister doing?
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April 13, 1943. P. SPERRY OUTLET CONNECTOR WITH STHAINER FOR TANKS Fil ed March 9, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 .IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII oilltlil'llillillllll April 13, 1943. P. SPERRY v 2,316,724
OUTLET CONNECTOR WITH STRAINER FOR TANKS Filed March 9, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 fa /a9 J 3/7" Patented Apr. 13, 1943 OUTLET CONNECTOR. WITH STRAINER FOR TANKS Pierce Sperry, Middlefield, Ohio Application March 9, 1942, Serial No. 433,862 4 Claims. (01. 285-138) This invention relates to tank connectors, and is a continuation in part of my co-pending application, Serial No. 412,043 filed September 23, 1941.
It will be appreciated that such tanks are usually associated or connected with apparatus in which the liquid in the tanks is used. Further,
' it will be appreciated that often such tanks are used apart from the apparatus and are supported independently or by means not always in accurate alignment with the associated apparatus.
The comparative recent development in ceramics in which the physical properties of vitreous enamel have been vastly improved has provided tanks of light steel covered with vitreous enamel which has largely replaced tanks of copper, zinc and cast iron of higher costs and lower utility. Such tanks have invaded the plumbing field and have been utilized for such plumbing fixtures as bathtubs, sinks and lavatories. These tanks of light steel covered with thin coatings of vitreous enamel have one serious weakness-that is, their liability to chip when subjected to sharp bending stresses and shocks. This Weakness frequently is encountered as a result of the outlet piping connections which, as aforesaid, are not always mounted in accurate relationship with the associated apparatus. The condition is further aggravated by the fact that tanks of light steel when coated with vitreous enamel often are warped or distorted as a result of the necessary high enamelling heat.
To combat the conditions as above outlined, designers and engineers have developed connector structures wherein the connections are made on a tapered wall outlet opening in the tank. The connector contacts have been usually made by soft lead washers associated with zinc die castings. This connection provides considerable structural adaptability and fit in the joint between the comparatively fragile vitreous tank and the connections. However, even with all this ingenuous high cost construction, expensive failures have occurred, that is, the enamel in the tank is cracked at the joint and rust and failure ensue. The present invention utilizes a strainer member in connection with the connector and utilizes the strainer as a lock means, as will later be explained.
The present defense armament program has limited the use of certain strategic materials and among these, zinc is most critical. This has had the effect of seriously handicapping many nondefense industries whose products involve the use of such materials.
It is the principal object of this invention to provide non-ferrous connector means with ,a strainer for light vitreous enamel tanks or the like, said connector and strainer providing greater adaptability to non-uniform conditions, and less liable to damage the tank from dangerous stresses imposed by the connector.
Other objects and benefits will be disclosed in the following descriptions and drawings, show- 7 ing my novel connector with strainer, adapted to a conventional washing machine tub as illustrative of my invention.
Fig. 1 is a broken cross sectional elevational view of a corner of a washing machine tub, showing a drain opening, with my novel rubber connector and strainer installed therein;
Fig. 2' is a broken cross sectional elevational view of another connector with strainer, as will later be explained;
- Fig. 3 is a similar broken cross sectional elevational view of another form of connectorwith strainer;
Fig. 4 is a broken cross sectional elevational view of still another form of connector with strainer; and
Fig.5 is a broken cross sectional elevational View of a connector with strainer attached by screwing the parts together as will later be explained.
Now referring to the drawings, and at the outset, to Fig. 1, I designate a conventional form of washing machine tub by the numeral II]. This tub is normally about 23 inches in diameter and 50 inches high. The drain openings are usually about six inches inward from the wall of the tub as is well shown in Fig. 1. The common practice is to provide drain openings in the bottom of the tub with a conical wall opening I 3. In this conical opening, I insert my rubber connector consisting of an upper section 14 and a lower section l5 with a recess therebetween to accommodate conical walls l3 of the drain opening. In the lower flange I! of the connector, I provide a recess to accommodate a metal lock ring I6 to firmly attach the connector to a drain tube of any desired form A. Near the inner end of the upper section I4 I provide a recess IS in which I insert a perforated drain disc l8. This disc mayoriginally be in convex form and expanded into fiatwise condition as shown to provide means to lock the flanges of the connector in sealing contact. It will be appreciated that ahnost any form of drain may be inserted in the opening and such a drain device would have the effect of expanding the upper section M of the connector and to hold it in the desired sealing engagement.
Now referring to Fig. 2, the parts l0, l3, l4, l5, l6 and I! are exactly the same as those described in Fig. 1. However, in Fig. 2, I have provided a plug type strainer 20, having a circumferential bead 2| (this bead may be in the form of a screw thread) which expands the upper section 14 of the connector to hold it in sealing engagement with the flange opening.
Now referring to Fig. 3, I show a connector 22 having an expansible bead 22A adapted to grip the drain wall 13 between this expansible bead 22A and a tapered flange section 22B. This connection is effected by an inner perforate circular lock member 24 and an upper flanged strainer member 23 drawn together by a cap screw 25 as shown. By this structure, it will be appreciated that the connector 22 is firmly gripped in sealing engagement with the flange opening l3.
Now referring to Fig. 4, I show another form of rubber connector 26 having a shoulder flange 26A and a tapered flange 26B which are held together by a heavy rubber lock ring 21 with the flange 2613 being expanded outwardly in sealing engagement by a disc strainer member 23 in.- serted in an inner recess 23. This strainer member may originally be in convex form as shown in dotted outline and then forced into concave sealing position as shown.
Now referring to Fig. 5, I show a flanged rubber connector member 30 being held in the flanged opening 13 by screwing a strainer member 33 having threads 33A into a female threaded member 3iv having mating threads 3|A. By screwing these members 3| and 33 together, the rubber connector 30 will be tightly gripped between the tapered walls of the drain opening [3 by the members 3! and 33. A gasket 32 is inserted between the flange of the member 3| and the outer wall of the drain opening l3.
It will be appreciated by the foregoing that many forms of drains may be adapted to hold a rubber connector in sealing engagement with the drain openings of tanks. However, I do not wish to be limited to any specific structure except as such limitations are imposed by the following claims.
I now claim as new:
1. In a connector attachment for tank outlets, a soft flexible tubular member adapted to abut the tank outlet flange, a strainer member adapted to cover the tank outlet, and to co-act with the tubular member to lock the tubular member in sealing attachment to the outlet flange.
2. In a connector attachment for tank outlets, a soft flexible tubular member adapted to be inserted in the tank outlet in abutting engagement with the tank outlet flange, a strainer member adapted to engage the top of the tubular member and cover the outlet opening therein, and to co-act with the tubular member to lock the tubular member in sealing attachment to the outlet flange.
3. In a connector for attachment with the outlets of tanks, a soft flexible tubular member adapted to be inserted within the outlet, flange means on the tubular member adapted to be engaged in gripping sealed contact with the tank outlet, an inner recess in the flange means, and a strainer member adapted to be inserted within the inner recess and to lock the flange in sealing attachment with the tank outlet.
4. In a connector attachment for tank outlets, a soft flexible tubular member adapted to be inserted in the tank outlet in abutting engagement with the outlet flange, a strainer member adapted to engage the top of the tubular member and cover the outlet opening therein, and ring means encircling the tubular member below the tank outlet adapted to urge the strainer member into engagement with the tubular member and to seal the tank outlet.
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If you try to use the MS-DOS UNDELETE command in Windows 95, you may receive the following error message:
Windows has disabled direct disk access to protect long filenames. To override this protection, see the LOCK /? command for more information.
The system has been halted. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart your computer.
The UNDELETE command requires direct access to the drive. You must lock the drive before you issue the UNDELETE command.
NOTE: The UNDELETE command runs in MS-DOS mode by default. You should run these commands in MS-DOS mode.
Lock the drive before you issue the UNDELETE command. To lock the drive, type
where <x> is the letter of the drive you want to lock.
lock <x>:
When you are done using the UNDELETE command, unlock the drive by typing
where <x> is the letter of the drive you want to unlock.
unlock <x>:
WARNING: Using the LOCK command enables direct disk access. A program that accesses the disk directly can destroy long file names. You should back up long file names before running a program that could harm them. To back up long file names, use the Lfnbk.exe program located in the Admin\Apptools\ Lfnbk folder on the Windows 95 CD-ROM. See the Lfnbk.txt file in the same folder for information about this program.
The Lfnbk.exe program is included in the CD-ROM version of Windows 95, but not in the floppy disk version. If you are using the floppy disk version of Windows 95 and you want to use Lfnbk.exe, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base for information about the availability of Lfnbk.exe:
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Being sick freaking sucks. But if there's one thing that sucks even more, it's having to go to the store when you're sick to stock up on all the illness accoutrements. During undergrad I worked at a pharmacy on campus, and was regularly exposed to all manner of germs and products with which to treat those germs. I started stocking up on supplies at the beginning of the year, so that when the inevitable welcome-back bug infected me, I'd be ready.
This is Offbeat Home's archive of posts by Caroline Diezyn.
Caroline is the Offbeat Empire's copyeditor, the Offbeat Bride Tribe's Community Manager, and Offbeat Home & Life's Assistant Editor. She's an English literature PhD student and an artist from Canada. She likes to dress in all black, has a severe case of wanderlust, and loves art and fashion. You can be her friend on twitter.
Purple paper, pens, and painkillers: inside a grad student's bag
Have you ever played that game where you guess what's in strangers' bags while you're commuting?
Dear fashion industry: show us diverse bodies
Dear fashion industry,
I know you're shocked to receive a letter from me. According to you, plus size people like me don't even exist!
How do I reclaim my balcony from the pigeons?
Homies, I need your help: pigeons won't leave my 12th-floor balcony alone. After putting up with two rounds of pigeon babies being born and raised because I had a heart or something, enough is enough. My cat chirps at them, and if they see her, they fly away — but then they come right back. I bought a plastic owl with a rotating head, but unless I move it around the balcony every day, they get wise to it and ignore it. Am I doomed to this owl-repositioning fate forever? Or are there other options?
Help! There's so much poop!
My relationship vs. my pantry: why I don't need nicely-labelled canisters
In shopping for the new place, I remember what I left behind at my ex's: the pretty swing-top jars and canisters with colourful, perfectly co-ordinated labels, on which I used my best handwriting to label the coffee, macaroni, etc. They sat on the pantry shelf, a Pinterest pin waiting to happen. I was meticulous — borderline obsessed — with putting every package of food that came into our home into a pretty jar with a nice label.
Glowy shelves from an alien tree
Your cyberpunk-meets-rustic dreams are about to come true: World of Technology took some pieces of chestnut with cracks and knotholes and made them look other-worldly with some glow-y resin.
Get messy and other advice when first learning about make-up
I am a near-25-year-old that never used make-up routinely. I am starting to get curious about it at a late point, and am inspired when I see others wearing make-up to enhance their look. The problem is, I don't know where to even start looking at brands or what goes well with various skin types and such. I don't even really know the difference between foundation and concealer. Does anybody have a good cosmetic guide or beginners advice?
Travel agents and bangs-for-your-bucks: What are your international trip planning strategies?
My significant other and I are thinking about a trip from the US to Australia and New Zealand. But we've never traveled internationally before. Does anyone have any advice on using travel agents, or on how to get the most bang-for-buck from a trip like this?


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Threat suggesting that the enemy should leave or be quite. The enemy may take the advice (see punked) or disregard the advice (see toe to toe or fight).
"I've got a bat with your name on it. Best for you to back the fuck up."
by Beedub January 31, 2004
a hostile directive to retreat; usually to feign an attempt to prevent an altercation.
Nigga, You had best to back the fuck up offa me fo I beat yo bitch-ass!
by spence-doggy-ddog February 01, 2006


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Edinburgh Sensors are proud to be global providers of high quality Gas Sensor solutions. Our diverse range of gas sensors use the latest technology to enable reliable, accurate and continuous gas detection. Established for over 20 years, Edinburgh Sensors use proven technology to deliver OEM Gas Sensors and Gas Monitors / Indoor Air Quality Monitors that are smart, ...
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BioGasClean is specialized in biological desulfurization of biogas and landfill gas. The company develops, manufacturers and markets advanced fully automated bio-trickling filters for H2S removal. BioGasclean has approx. 125 plants in operation or under construction in 35 countries and supplies clean renewable fuel to more than 300 MW gas engines.
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