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Resources: UPA 2004 Idea Markets
Who is best
suited to do Usability? Consultant – Employee – Contractor
Activator: Ron Sova, Sova Consulting Group
I have worked as a consultant, employee, and contractor doing usability work. In each role, I worked with people in the two other roles, and I noticed differences in the kinds of projects, the reactions of project teams to each role, and the different expectations of the companies for whom they performed the projects.
Based on my experience in each role, I devised the following questions
to explore the differences and similarities among the different roles
in hopes that insights resulting from the discussion might help us to
work more effectively in our current roles.
The questions posed to the participants included the following:
- Who is best suited to do usability? Consultant, Contractor, employee, or other?
- In which areas of usability does each of these professionals excel? For example, is any one of the roles better suited for information-gathering, UI design, evaluation, etc?
- What differentiates one usability-professional role from another? Background, process, training, perception of others, or something else?
High-Level Discussion Summary
To my surprise, attendees generally agreed that each of the three usability-professional roles brings more specific, rather than overlapping, value to a project/company. Specifically:
- The employee's overall knowledge of the history and interrelation of company projects makes him or her a good project team leader and promotes good interaction with stakeholders and other groups within the company.
- situations and/or to bring in specialized talent that the company needs.
- The consultant offers objectivity because s/he has no history with the company and, therefore, can work well on external facing sites. The consultant is also well positioned to introduce the value of usability to companies without established usability practices.
Deviation from Expected Direction
- I had expected to hear of overlap between the three roles. However, attendees' general consensus was that the three roles fit together to form a whole rather than overlap each other.
- I had also expected there to be more defense of turf; that is, for the employee, the contractor, and the consultant all to make the case that they do it all.
- Finally, I had hoped that the discussion would explore the differences in the roles and whether the differences are beneficial or detrimental. Are there ways to raise the skill levels of the people in one role to the average skill level of the people in the other roles?
The three usability-professional roles work together to form a solid usability front. The three roles complement each other in knowledge (political, technical, and usability-specific ), accessibility (availability for meetings and deliverables updates), and workload. The different professional roles exist because of the need for all three roles' special expertise, rather than because of basic differences such as company perceptions, training or education.
Specific Discussion Points
- Employee
- Used as point person
- Understands company politics
- Familiar with company history -> so is better for intranet
- Better for design, since the design incorporates knowledge of the company and the political savvy to build a team and get things done within the company.
- Privacy issues
- Security issues
- Employee output easier to move to development process.
- Core employee is part of the process.
- Field research – helps if it is an employee because:
- knows more about the industry
- better aggregation with the next step
- knows history of product
- Contractor
- Overflow
- Bring in specialized skill
- Over time become pseudo employees
- Bring in other non-usability specific talents (web design for example) to enhance the group.
- Companies have job descriptions that may not include usability professional, so easier to bring one in from outside
- Consultants
- Better for usability testing because more objective and this function is separate from the rest of the process so can be modularized.
- Bring specific skills to the company
- Companies have job descriptions that may not include usability professional, so easier to bring one in from outside
- Small org bring in usability professional to help educate, introduce company to usability, and create job descriptions It is good to start with consultant if company not usability conscience.
- Use external for validation on a redesign
- Usability firms deliver the best product in the time allotted, rather than the best product.
- Outside may see something that an internal missed.
- Field research should use consultant:
- Look for everything (because don't have intuitive knowledge)
- More mobile (not daily activities) – better focus
- More objective
- Consultant – no supervision (agreed upon goals)
- Consultant brought for overflow, if funding available to kick start a project.
- Change outfacing side – fresh outlook


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An overview of the programmatic elements and techniques currently applied in professional, amateur, and recreational sport. Emphasis is placed on participatory sports that will include an examination of informal, intramural, club, fitness, and instructional sport programming; value and benefits of participatory sports; publicity and promotion; facility utilization; and equipment concerns.
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The four-day meeting begins today with a breakfast. Music will be provided by Charmaine and Curtis Bridgeman. In the afternoon, attendees will take part in several team-building activities.
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Three New Haven residents -- 21-year-old Kyle Valentine and 41-year-old Katara Peters of 367 Edgewood Ave., and 54-year-old Anthony Clarke of 1016 Quinnipiac Ave. -- stole two cartons of cigarettes and seven individual packs of Newport cigarettes Wednesday before 7:30 p.m., according to police.
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What happens when a woman who's perfectly comfortable finding Mr. Right Now actually runs into Mr. Right? Christina (Cameron Diaz) is a true escape artist. Able to escape commitment in a single bound, she's managed to spend years without being pinned down to a meaningful relationship. One night out on the town with her girlfriends (Christina Applegate, Selma Blair) she meets The One, otherwise known as Peter (Thomas Jane). But after she finds Peter, she can't find him again. So Christina and her friends set out on a gag-filled roadtrip to track him down. She follows her heart all the way to Peter's brother's wedding in a romantic comedy that's more comedy than romance.
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Pinterest has made a few changes lately that could really impact the way your brand benefits from marketing on this social channel. Focusing more on the images and less on the rest of the average pin, Pinterest aims to increase engagement and discovery in the future.
What this new Pinterest could mean for your pins
With changes that place more emphasis on the image that is being pinned and less on the information in the description and comment areas, you might be wondering how this might affect the way you pin and repin images.
Never fear! These changes could signal good things.
Larger images could mean increased user engagement with individual pins, and while descriptions and comments are not equally emphasized any longer they still hold value. Another change that has been made is the inclusion of related pins thanks to discovery tabs on the right of and below a pinned image once it has been clicked on. Related pins are likely selected on the general category of the pin, the site the image was pinned from, and any relevant keywords available in the pin's description. So don't discard the text just yet, it might still prove its worth.
As always be sure to identify any images that you own as such. If you pin an infographic that you commissioned for your brand, make sure that your brand name appears on the image in a form that is easily recognizable. If you are pinning a blog post, make sure that the image you are using can be easily tied back to your brand. Pinterest can accept fairly large images, but if for any reason you need to condense the size of your image or if you are a photographer, you may want to consider using a light and unobtrusive watermark to identify and protect your work.
How your brand can benefit moving forward
Video: Marketing with Pinterest's New Design! from Lisa Suttora
In the case of the new Pinterest, bigger might just be better.
Larger pins will be shifting even more focus to the images being pinned. While this has always been the case to a significant degree, thumbnail images of each pin are now occupying more screen real estate, and this is definitely good news for brands! Just think of how image quality will be emphasized from here on out; brands with better quality images will really have a chance to shine.
Visibility of individual pinners and their boards has been increased, making it easier than ever to reach audiences who might be interested in the kinds of things your brand is pinning.
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Pinterest has made some changes to the way pins appear as well as general changes to the way a user's screen looks while visiting the site.
- Thumbnail images for pins are larger
- Visibility of pins, pinners, and boards has been increased
- There is less emphasis on captions / descriptions and comments
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- Our New Look: More Ways to Discover What You Love – by Pinterest
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- Pinterest Tests a New Design Focused on Better Discovery - by Jennifer Beese
- Pinterest Gets a Makeover - by Dan Reyes
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I've actually had the capability for some time; ironically it turns out that I hardly ever use it.
This might change if I were to find some sort of professional need for it…
10 years after introducing 43 Things to the world, we have decided we have met our last goal: completing the incredible experience that has been 43 Things. Please join us in giving one last cheer to all the folks who have shared their goals with the world, as well as all the people who have worked at The Robot Co-op to build this incredible website. We won a Webby Award, published a book, and brought happiness to a lot of people.
Starting today, 43 Things users can export their goals and entries from the site. Starting August 15, we will make the site "read only". 43 Things users will still be able to view the site and export their content, but we won't be taking any new content from users. We hope to leave the site up for folks to see and download their content until the end of the year. Ending on New Year's Eve takes us full circle.
It has been a long ride (one of our original goals was to "build a company that lasts at least 2 years" - we beat that one!) While we wish the site could live on, it has suffered from a number of challenges - changes in how people use the site, the advertising industry, and how search engines view the site. We wish the outcome was different – but we've always been realistic about when our goals are met and when they aren't.
As of today, you will be able to download your goals and entries. See more about that on the FAQ page. Thanks for 10 great years of goal-setting and achieving.
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I've actually had the capability for some time; ironically it turns out that I hardly ever use it.
This might change if I were to find some sort of professional need for it…
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Born in Alabama in 1945, Tobias Wolff traveled the country with his mother, finally settling in Washington State, where he grew up. He attended the Hill School in Pennsylvania until he was expelled for repeated failures in mathematics in his final year, whereupon he joined the Army. He spent four years as a paratrooper, including a tour in Vietnam. Following his discharge he attended Oxford University in England, where he received a First Class Honours degree in English in 1972. Returning to the United States , he worked variously as a reporter, a high school teacher, a night watchman and a waiter before receiving a Wallace Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing at Stanford University in 1975. He is currently the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the Humanities at Stanford, where he lives with his wife Catherine. They have three children.
Wolff's books include the memoirs This Boy's Life and In Pharaoh's Army; the short novel The Barracks Thief; three collections of stories, In The Garden of the North American Martyrs, Back in the World, and The Night in Question; and, most recently, the novel Old School. He has also edited several anthologies, among them Best American Short Stories, A Doctor's Visit: The Short Stories Of Anton Chekhov, and The Vintage Book Of Contemporary American Stories. His work is translated widely and has received numerous awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Rea Award for Excellence in the Short Story, and the Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Nathan Englander
Nathan Englander was born in 1970. Of his upbringing he said, "I grew up in an Orthodox home in New York, where I had a right-wing, xenophobic, anti-intellectual, fire-and-brimstone, free-thought free, shtetl-mentality, substandard education. And so I began to look elsewhere; I began to read literature. Simple as that."
His highly acclaimed fiction has been published in The New Yorker, Story, American Short Fiction, and The Atlantic Monthly and he was included in the "20 Writers for the 21 st Century" issue of The New Yorker (June '99). Englander was selected by the Voice Literary Supplement as a "Writer on the Verge," and he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003.
Englander's story collection, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, was published by Knopf, April 1999, and was an international bestseller. He has almost completed work on his first novel, entitled The Ministry of Special Cases, also to be published by Knopf. His stories have been anthologized in Best American Short Stories in the 1999 and 2000 editions and in the O. Henry Prize Anthology in 2000. His work has been widely translated and has received numerous awards including The Pushcart Prize, The American Academy of Arts & Letters Sue Kauffman Prize for First Fiction, French Prix WIZO, and the Bard College Prize for Fiction.
Nikki Giovanni
|Yolande Cornelia "Nikki" Giovanni, Jr., born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1943, is a world-renowned poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. Over the past thirty years, Nikki's outspokenness, in her writing and in person, has brought the eyes of the world upon her. One of the most widely read American poets, she prides herself on being "a Black American, a daughter, a mother, a professor of English." Giovanni remains as determined and committed as ever to the fight for civil rights and equality. Always insisting on presenting the truth as she sees it, she has maintained a prominent place as a strong voice of the Black community. Her focus is on the individual, specifically, on the power one has to make a difference in oneself, and thus, in the lives of others.
Nikki Giovanni has written more than two dozen books, including volumes of poetry, illustrated children's books, and three collections of essays. Her book Racism 101 includes bold, controversial essays about the situation of Americans on all sides of various race issues. She has received 21 honorary doctorates and a host of other awards, including "Woman of the Year" awards from three different magazines as well as Governors' Awards in the Arts from both Tennessee and Virginia. Her three most recent volumes of poetry, Love Poems, Blues: For All the Changes and Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, were winners of the NAACP Image Award, in 1998, 2000, and 2003. Since 1987, she has taught writing and literature at Virginia Tech, where she is a University Distinguished Professor. As a devoted and passionate writer, teacher, and speaker, she inspires not only her students, but also readers and audiences nationwide. The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, a spoken-word CD, was a finalist for the 2003 Grammy Award in the category of spoken word.
Dorothy Allison
Dorothy Allison has felt herself an expatriate since she was thirteen and her family sneaked out of Greenville, South Carolina dragging a U-Haul trailer and all their worldly possessions. Through half a dozen books and shifts from Greenville to Florida to Washington, D.C., New York, and finally Northern California, she has clung to the country of her imagination--a southern landscape peopled by stubborn-faced women who take whatever work they can find, desperate adolescent girls prone to lying as an act of defiance, and men whose craggy features hide more wounded gentleness than is safe to acknowledge.
Allison is the author of Bastard Out of Carolina, a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award, and Cavedweller, a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, as well as the memoir Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. Her poetry The Women Who Hate M, short fiction Trash, and essays Skin: Talking About Sex, Class and Literature were published in small press editions by Long Haul and Firebrand Books.
Bastard Out of Carolina was made into a highly acclaimed film, directed by Anjelica Huston. Two or Three Things I Know for Sure was translated into a short documentary that took prizes at the Aspen and Toronto film festivals, and was an Emmy-nominated feature on PBS's POV. Cavedweller was presented off Broadway by the New York Theater company in the spring of 2003. The playwright was Kate Ryan. In 2004 Cavedweller was made into a film directed by Lisa Cholendenko, and featured Kyra Sedgwick.
A new and expanded version of Trash was published by Penguin Plume in 2002. "Compassion," a new short story from that collection appeared in Best American Short Stories: 2003 and was selected for Best of The South: 2003. A novel, She Who, is forthcoming from Riverhead in 2006.
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Panasonic Corporation (NYSE:PC) (TOKYO:6752) ("Panasonic"), today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to apply for voluntary delisting of its American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") from the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). In connection with the delisting, Panasonic intends to file for the termination of registration of its ADSs and its reporting obligations under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), as described below.
1. Reason for Delisting
Panasonic listed its ADSs on the NYSE in December 1971 mainly to promote trading of its shares and to raise the visibility of the Panasonic brand in the U.S. Since then, Panasonic has made efforts to enhance disclosures for shareholders and investors with the goal of deepening their understanding of Panasonic, in addition to complying with the disclosure requirements of U.S. securities laws and regulations, providing financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP"), and establishing internal controls in accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Meanwhile, the external environment has significantly changed as indicated by the increases in trading volume of Japanese stocks through stock exchanges in Japan by overseas investors due to the internationalization of the Japanese financial and capital markets, as well as the narrowing of the gap between U.S. and Japanese disclosure standards with respect to financial reporting due to a series of amendments to Japanese laws and regulations and accounting standards.
While Panasonic believes the initial objectives of the U.S. ADS listing were mainly achieved, it judges that the continued listing on the NYSE is not economically justified, taking into account the fact that the trading volume of Panasonic's ADSs on the NYSE accounts for only a small fraction of the total trading volume of Panasonic's shares. Therefore, Panasonic has decided to apply for voluntary delisting of its ADSs from the NYSE and for termination of registration of its ADSs with SEC under the Exchange Act.
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Corporate Art Director: The corporate art director establishes an image for a company and maintains it in all printed work which represents the organization. Using type, design, and color, the artist devises a logotype or symbol which provides immediate recognition for the company. This may appear on business forms, stationery, brochures, delivery trucks, the office door or wall, in the lobby of the building, and on product packaging.
Promotion Designer: This designer works for a specific company and designs the material necessary to sell the company's services or products, with the exception of consumer advertising. The output may include brochures, slide presentations, catalogues, posters and direct mailing pieces. He/she then assigns work to free-lance photographers, illustrators and letterers and must establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with many others. One needs to be able to design, layout, create rough drawings, use type and color well, and be thoroughly familiar with production methods and reproduction techniques.
Municipal Graphic Designer: This person designs signs and symbols for a city in order to make travel directions and locations clearly understood even to people unfamiliar with the city and its language. The work appears in parks, municipal buildings, on city vehicles, subway systems and in bus stations.
Record Cover Designer: This designer does the graphic design of record album covers, designing the visual counterpart of the musical mood of the music. A design decision is arrived at with the input of the record company sales department, respecting wishes of the featured recording artist. This person must be aware of the current musical trends.
Audio Visual Designer: In audio visual design, the artist generally creates educational or sales presentation. A client submits a script which must be illustrated with a series of drawings, collages, or typographic images calculated to reproduce well in slide form. These pictures symbolically or illustratively present the ideas put forth in the script. The designer sees the slides through the production phase, organizes them to follow the script, and adds the sound track necessary to complete the presentation.
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Star Wars: The Old Republic has been suffering from declining player numbers since it launched last December. Many thought that the license alone would of been enough to keep the MMO relevant, but it appears that it just wasn't enough. EA has just announced today through a press release that The Old Republic will go free-to-play starting in November of this year.
In addition to the change from a subscription to a free-play-model, the price of the game will also go down to $15 beginning on August 7, and will also include a free month of play. The writing really was on the wall here, with numerous reports over the past few months of staff reductions and firings, along with the shrinking player base.
According to BioWare Austin General Manager Matthew Bromberg, "Players want flexibility and choice. The subscription-only model presented a major barrier for a lot of people who wanted to become part of The Old Republic universe." In response, BioWare has outlined the following new structure that will take effect this fall.
Subscription – A service designed for players who want unrestricted access to all the game features via ongoing subscription or by redeeming a Game Time Card. In addition to gaining access to all game content as our current subscribers do now, subscribers will receive ongoing monthly grants of Cartel Coins, the new virtual currency that will be introduced later this fall. Cartel Coins can be used to purchase valuable in-game items including customizable gear and convenience features that will enhance the game play experience.
Free-To-Play – The first 50 levels will be Free-to-Play, with restrictions on access to new content and advanced player features. Some restrictions can be "unlocked" with Cartel Coins.
Current and previous subscribers will be given certain rewards for showing their support. They will receieve 150 Cartel Coins for every month they paid, an additonal 1,000 Cartel Coins, and special "Heroes' Banner" for those who bought the Collector's Edition of the game. Those who start playing right away and sign up between August 1 and November will also get their hands on extra rewards. Players can also expect more content as BioWare promises to roll out more frequent updates beginning next month.
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|1 What causes wars and contentions among you? Is it not the cravings which are ever at war within you for various pleasures?
|1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you?
|2 You covet things and yet cannot get them; you commit murder; you have passionate desires and yet cannot gain your end; you begin to fight and make war. You have not, because you do not pray;
|2 You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask God.
|3 or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another.
|3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.
|4 You unfaithful women, do you not know that friendship with the world means enmity to God? Therefore whoever is bent on being friendly with the world makes himself an enemy to God.
|4 You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.
|5 Or do you suppose that it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, "The Spirit which He has caused to dwell in our hearts yearns jealously over us"?
|5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us envies intensely?
|6 But He gives more abundant grace, as is implied in His saying, "God sets Himself against the haughty, but to the lowly He gives grace."
|6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."
|7 Submit therefore to God: resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
|7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
|8 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you who are half-hearted towards God.
|8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
|9 Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame.
|9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
|10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
|10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.
|11 Do not speak evil of one another, brethren. The man who speaks evil of a brother-man or judges his brother-man speaks evil of the Law and judges the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are no longer one who obeys the Law, but one who judges it.
|11 Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.
|12 The only real Lawgiver and Judge is He who is able to save or to destroy. Who are you to sit in judgement on your fellow man?
|12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save and destroy. But you--who are you to judge your neighbor?
|13 Come, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we will go to this or that city, and spend a year there and carry on a successful business,"
|13 Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."
|14 when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
|14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
|15 Instead of that you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we shall live and do this or that."
|15 Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
|16 But, as the case stands, it is in mere self-confidence that you boast: all such boasting is evil.
|16 As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil.
|17 If, however, a man knows what it is right to do and yet does not do it, he commits a sin.
|17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins.
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Talking to the Experts: Supermarket Dietitiansby Toby Amidor in Grocery Shopping, March 24, 2011
Wondering which crackers are better for you? Or what to eat for a healthy heart? At many supermarkets across the country, there's an in-store dietitian to answer your questions and help you compare food labels. As more grocery stores around the country jump on the trend of hiring an in-house nutrition expert, I spoke to the dietitians at ShopRite supermarket in White Plains, New York about what they do and what you should ask your market's dietitian.
First I spoke with Natalie Menza, MS, RD, Corporate Dietitian for Wakefern Food Corp to get the inside scoop of the role of the in-store dietitian.
Q: I noticed that you have a booth set up with an in-store dietitian available during business hours. Why is having an on-site dietitian available to shoppers so beneficial? Is this a nationwide service that is available in all your stores or are there plans for expanding?
Currently, we have 21 ShopRites that feature retail dietitians. The retail dietitian program was implemented five years ago with just a few stores and received such a positive response from our customers that this number just continues to grow.
Q: Some shoppers may not be aware of the types of services the dietitian provides — could you explain how they can take full advantage of the on-site dietitian? Why would you suggest they come speak with you?
As part of ShopRite's commitment to helping its customers live healthier lives, there's an on-site registered dietitian available in select stores on a daily basis for customer consultation. This free service offers customers the opportunity to discuss their health and dietary needs with a nutrition professional. Our customers consult with our retail dietitians on a number of issues, including learning how to shop for healthy meals, proper nutrition for specific medical conditions or how to get more fruits and vegetables into their diet. Our dietitians can also work with customers to schedule monthly screenings for specific health issues such as diabetes or high cholesterol.
Q: What types of questions has the in-store dietitian been getting the most? What are shopper's greatest concerns?
Weight loss, diabetes and heart health seem to be top of mind with our customers. We also get a lot of questions on gluten and other food allergies. When it comes to any of these health issues or allergies, customers need help finding the right product, learning how to read food labels and simply understanding what their specific needs might be. Once the customer is educated on these issues, our dietitians can really work with them to create tactical plans to address their individual needs – recipes, meal ideas, menu plans, healthy snacking lists, shopping lists. Our retail dietitians can really help to make our customers lives easier – and healthier – in the convenience of their favorite supermarket!
Q: What are the top three things shoppers should keep in mind when shopping for healthy food?
- Always read labels.
- When shopping produce, make sure to choose a variety of colors for a wide range of nutrients.
- Make half your grains whole grains.
I also spoke with Stacey Jackson, MS, RD, Retail Dietitian at ShopRite of White Plains, NY.
Q: The idea of having an in-store dietitian is a new concept. Has it been generating a lot of interest? How do you feel a dietitian will benefit shoppers the most?
Our customers LOVE this service. Not only does an in-store dietitian set the foundation for a healthier community – something we at ShopRite are very passionate about – but the on-site presence of a health professional is an invaluable tool when it comes to shopping to support the diverse needs of your family. Whether it's navigating the confusion of food labels, deciphering the information you've pulled off the internet, creating a healthy alternative to a favorite recipe or helping to consult with our on-site pharmacists about drug interaction, ShopRite's retail dietitians are here to help.
Another big part of our program involves partnering with various community organizations, such as the local youth bureau and food pantries, to teach kids and adults alike about the importance of a healthy lifestyle through store tours, cooking demos and in-store seminars. And we are delighted to provide ALL of these services – for groups and individuals — for free!
For more information about ShopRite's programs, please visit www.ShopRite.com.
TELL US: Does your supermarket have a dietitian? Would you use an in-store nutrition service?
Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »
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Ubiquity Localization UpdateFriday, June 12th, 2009
As we move closer and closer to shipping a Ubiquity with there is still much work to be done, particularly in the area of localization. In a recent Ubiquity meeting we laid out the explicit localization goals and non-goals of as follows:
- Goals for 0.5
- Parser 2 (on by default)
- underlying support for localization of commands
- localization of standard feed commands for a few languages
- Parser 2 language files for those same languages
- Nongoals for 0.5
- distribution/sharing of localizations
- localization of nountypes
The overall goal for this release of Ubiquity is to come up with a format and standard for localization. Localizations in Ubiquity 0.5 will only apply to commands bundled with Ubiquity, and the localization files themselves will be distributed with Ubiquity. In a future release we will tackle the problem of localizations for commands in the wild and truly croud-source1 this process.
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Do you feel tired and sluggish? Would you like to lose a few pounds? Warmer weather is here and it's time to start digging out your sleeveless tops, skirts, shorts, and the dreaded bikini! What you eat plays a major role in how you look and feel. So why not take the clean eating challenge? Eating clean does not have to be difficult. Fast food and processed food items are typically higher calorie and loaded with toxins and chemicals. You may be surprised that after two weeks on the clean eating challenge, you may feel more energetic, sleep better, and even lose a couple of pounds.
This two week plan is inexpensive and easy to follow. Try to avoid all processed foods and alcohol for the next two weeks. Pick your meals from the sample menu below for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, and plan your meals for both weeks. The sample menu includes several meal options for each week. Remember to always check with your physician before starting any diet or weight loss program.
Two Week Clean Eating Sample Menu - Drink a glass of lemon water before each meal and snack.
Breakfast choices:
1. Green smoothie and 10 raw almonds
2. Two boiled eggs and a small organic apple
3. Organic greek yogurt (one cup) and (one cup) of organic blueberries
4. One tablespoon organic almond butter and a small organic banana
Lunch choices:
1. Grilled chicken salad (Two cups of organic baby spinach,topped with sliced grilled chicken breast, two tbsp of black beans and salsa), one half sweet potato, and tangerine
2. Ground turkey patty topped with one tbsp of avocado and one tbsp of chopped onion and tomato, one cup of brown rice, one small organic apple
3. Almond butter and banana sandwich (Two slices of 100 percent whole wheat bread with two tbsp of organic almond butter and ½ banana sliced) plus one cup of organic greek yogurt
Snack choices:
1. Green smoothie
2. Small apple sliced with one tbsp of organic almond butter
3. Three celery stalks with one tbsp of organic almond butter
4. One cup of organic greek yogurt topped with one tbsp of walnuts
Dinner choices:(meat serving size = the palm of your hand)
1. Grilled chicken breast, one half sweet potato,one cup of green beans
2. Grilled turkey burger (Grilled turkey patty on whole wheat bun with one tbsp of avocado, sliced tomato and onion) one cup of brown rice, one cup of steamed broccoli
3. Grilled salmon, broiled asparagus, and a small sliced organic tomato
Snacks choices:
1. One cup of almond milk and one tsp of organic peanut butter
2. One cup greek yogurt
3. Ten raw almonds
Green Smoothie Recipe:
One cup of organic vanilla almond or coconut milk
½ organic banana
¼ avocado
one cup of organic baby spinach
one kiwi
½ cup crushed ice
one tsp of cinnamon
*Place ingredients and crushed ice in blender and blend until smooth
Clean Eating Grocery List: (Try to purchase organic whenever possible)
Chicken fillets
Ground turkey
Green Beans
Fresh baby spinach
black beans
Sweet Potatoes
Brown Rice
almond milk
greek yogurt
almond butter
whole wheat bread
whole wheat hamburger buns
Make sure you get all your groceries for the week before starting the challenge. Write down your menu for each day so that there will be no guesswork to meals.
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Build Log
FMS 1400 FW 190 D-9 Bash
Hi All,
So that I don't clog up the owners thread I've decided to move everything over to my blog.
As people who have been following the FW 190 owners thread know, I have recently flew the firewall out of my plane
The foam was beyond easy repair, so I have taken this opportunity to bash the plane into an early D-9 variant.
The images show the progression of the build so far, beginning with a hero shot of the original model and then the damage to the firewall etc.
My 190 was a little unique in that it was one of the first to have its motor come apart in flight (# 25) causing a fire inside the ESC and battery area. This ate a lot of the stock foam away forcing me to coat the entire inside of that area with epoxy. So another failure was eventually inevitable I guess, however it lasted another 180 or so flights, dogfights, crashes and nose overs before the repair finally gave out
So sit back relax and hope to hell that I can pull this mod off
|Feb 01, 2013, 06:47 AM
Ok these are the shots of the damage to the plane a few days ago.
|Feb 01, 2013, 06:49 AM
Here are some pics of the "breakdown" of the plane.
|Feb 01, 2013, 06:51 AM
Some more images showing the extending of the tail area.
This was during test fitting and before sanding to blend with the fuselage.
|Feb 01, 2013, 06:53 AM
Here are some pics of the completed tail extension. A rolling airframe if you will
|Feb 01, 2013, 06:59 AM
Ok here are the shots of the nose and cowl section being formed. I used foam disks glued together to make the basic shapes. The cowl piece is separate. Both pieces with be fiber glassed once shaped properly.
|Feb 02, 2013, 01:13 AM
Didn't do too much on it today. Sanded the nose section and applied more filler. I've run out so I'll have to get some more.
I have managed to trim the gun hatch into a more correct shape. I also need to remove the material in the circled area as this is where the supercharger scoop is mounted and it's also too wide for a dora.
|Feb 02, 2013, 06:13 AM
Ok, got a spare 30 min to work on the 190. I removed the old exhaust flaps and stacks from the left side of the fuse and after a reasonably careful examination of the D-9 plans began hacking away the foam to slim it down
Turns out that once the plastic exhaust insert is removed, the gap it leaves is inset the perfect amount to line up with the cuts I needed to make. Winning
Anyway, I only did the left side tonight because the right side is where all the foam melted away in the fire. I'll have to build it back up with either balsa or foam first.
|Feb 02, 2013, 09:03 AM
Looking real good! Do you have ideas yet for the intake piece that will be on the right side of the nose? Also do you know what you are going to make the cowl out of? Last but not least, what will you make the firewall out of and will you reinforce it due to previous issues?
|Feb 02, 2013, 10:14 AM
Cheers mate.
I'm going to use the intake from the 1400 Bf-109 as its very similar. The cowl and entire nose section will be fiber glassed and the foam removed. This way I will have a solid firewall etc and a huge area for battery placement. Maybe even a sound system.
|Feb 02, 2013, 11:01 AM
I am confused on the nost section part still...With you basically have a fiberglass shell or with there be some thickness to it?
|Feb 02, 2013, 07:57 PM
Yes it will be a fiberglass shell a few mm thick. This will allow me the space to mount stuff inside nicely. For example the ESC will be right in the path of the supercharger intake for optimal cooling.
|Feb 02, 2013, 09:04 PM
Nice work Steve,you will be painting it before you know it and I'm sure it will look great
|Feb 03, 2013, 08:47 AM
Thanks mate. Yeah hopefully It'll be done in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to getting it back in the air, I'm getting bored flying mustangs
|Feb 07, 2013, 11:34 PM
Been a bit busy this week so I haven't got a whole lot done. Most of the time spent on the plane has been shaping the nose section and cowl. Every time I look at it I see an angle or bump that is wrong. So annoying. Oh well It will be done soon, and then I can have some fun with fiber glass.
Once the cowl is done, I will have to make a spinner that somehow fits the stock FMS spinner set. I think I will build up the stock spinner with some light weight spak filler and then do a light glassing around it to hold it together and smooth it off. This way it will still fit the other two pieces of the hub assembly.
Unless I can find one in this scale.
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Venezia Palace Hotel - Antalya, Turkey
The workshop will highlight current applications of new technologies for crop improvement. This will include identifying challenges and reviewing the current tools and technologies available for providing advancing solutions to the problems in that field.
November 13-13, 2014
Seed Central SCIENCE - Special session showcasing cutting edge technologies
Seed Central
UC Davis - Davis, CA, United States
Speakers: Dr. Edwin Reidel, Business Manager, North America, LemnaTec - Dr. Niels Kruize, LGC Genomics - Dr. Susan Turner, Principal Scientist, BioConsortia
October 29-31, 2014
PhenoDays 2014
LemnaTec GmbH
Palais des Congrès - Beaune , France
September 8-10, 2014
Balkan Agricuture Congress
Balkan Congress Center, Trakya University - Edirne, Turkey
The aim of our international congress is to present the newest research results and research goals, analyse current conditions and perspectives in agriculture.
June 23-27, 2014
Plant Breeding Summer Workshop - Phenotyping: Field design and analysis
Ohio State University
OARDC Campus - Wooster, OH, United States
March 25-28, 2014
Dr. Norman Borlaug's 100th Birthday Celebration and Wheat Summit and BGRI 2014 Annual Meeting
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Cd. Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
March 24-28, 2014
3rd GRiSP Phenotyping Network Workshop
CIRAD - Montpellier, France
The workshop will bring together scientists from GRiSP centers including IRRI, CIAT, AfricaRice, IRD and CIRAD, as well as from other key partners from the rice world: NARS (e.g. from China and Brazil), universities (e.g. in the US and Australia) and private sector (e.g...
March 6-6, 2014
2014 R. F. Baker Plant Breeding Symposium
Iowa State University
Iowa State University Alumni Center - Ames, IA, United States
Mooreâs Law: Does phenotyping get a turn? High throughput phenotyping advances
December 16-17, 2013
Photo-Physiology Phenotyping Workshop
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
The aim of the meeting is to look at phenotyping approaches and particularly those that screen or select based on physiology as well as focusing on approaches that have potential field application. The workshop is organised within the UK Plant Phenomics Network.
November 10-14, 2013
International Plant Breeding Congress
WOW Topkapi Palace Hotel - Antalya, Turkey
Topics: Conventional breeding, molecular genetics and biotechnology, genetic engineering and genomics, genetic resources for pre-breeding.
October 16-18, 2013
PhenoDays 2013
Kasteel Vaalsbroek - Vaals, Netherlands
September 25-27, 2013
PhenoDays USA - Imaging & Robotics
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center - St. Louis, MO, United States
September 5-5, 2013
Plant Phenotyping Workshop
European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)
AKS Porto Heli Conference Centre - Porto Heli, Greece
Satelite meeting to the EPSO conference. Dedicated to convey the information of opportunities of phenotyping platforms to prospective users. In case studies platform operatods and users who obtained Transnational Access to these platforms will demonstrate the facilities...
September 4-6, 2013
2nd âImage Analysis for Biologistsâ Summer School
University of Nottingham
Nottingham , United Kingdom
April 15-15, 2013
UK Plant Phenomics Network Meeting
University of Dundee - Dundee, United Kingdom
April 7-9, 2013
Genomics in Business
Beurs van Berlage - Amsterdam, Netherlands
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March 4-8, 2013
Training Course on Doubled Haploid (DH) Technology in Maize Breeding (Mexico 2013)
El Batan, Texcoco, Mexico
November 8-8, 2012
Joint Seed Central & Food Central FORUM
University of California Davis, Conference Center - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Alan Bennett. Topic: Linking plant genomes to food quality making a better tomato. 4:30 to 7:00 PM
October 11-11, 2012
University of California Davis, Activities & Recreation Center (ARC) - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event on the 2nd Thursday of the month, with featured speaker Don Goodwin, President, Golden Sun Marketing. 4:30 to 7:00 PM
October 10-12, 2012
PhenoDays 2012
Hof van Wageningen - Wageningen , Netherlands
September 4-7, 2012
TRAINING PROGRAM - Phenomics for Tolerance to Stresses
Barwale Foundation
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August 6-10, 2012
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June 11-22, 2012
COURSE & SYMPOSIUM - Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance
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Researchers at Colorado State University are offering a 3-credit course targeted to graduate students in the plant sciences, as well as to professionals in the public and private sectors.
May 10-10, 2012
Seed Central FORUM
University of California Davis, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center (5:00 to 7:30 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Luca Comai, Professor, UC Davis Genome Center, Department of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences
April 12-12, 2012
Seed Central BRAINSTORMING
University of California Davis, Plant & Environmental Sciences Building, Room 3001 (3:00 - 4:30 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Special brainstorming session, open to all.
Topic: The Collaborative Research Lab project.
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Roberta Cook, UC Cooperative Extension Specialist and Lecturer, Food Distribution, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Marketing
March 8-8, 2012
University of California Davisc Conference Center (5:00 to 7:30 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Roger Chetelat, Director, C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center (TGRC), UC Davis
February 29-29, 2012
APSA Researchers' Workshop: From Genome Sequencing to Crop Improvement
Asia & Pacific Seed Association (APSA)*
Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall - Pattaya, Thailand
February 27, 2012 - March 2, 2012
Asian Seed Congress 2011
Royal Cliff Hotel Group & Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall (Peach) - Pattaya, Thailand
February 9-9, 2012
Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, UC Davis from 5:00 to 7:30 pm - Davis, CA, United States
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Pamela Ronald, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis
January 12-12, 2012
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Eduardo Blumwald, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis - Topic: Stress resistance
December 8-8, 2011
Monthly networking event with featured speaker Dr. Florence Negre-Zakharov (webcast at 6:30), Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis - Topic: Investigating fruit volatile metabolism: toward improving crop flavor quality
November 9-9, 2011
Seed Central SCIENCE
University of California Davis, Plant & Environmental Sciences Building, Room 3001 (2:00 - 4:45 pm) - Davis, CA, United States
Research & technology presentations - Topic: strategies for using modern genomics in breeding - Speakers: Dr. Richard Michelmore, The Genome Center, UC Davis & Dr. Allen van Deynze, Seed Biotechnology Center, UC Davis
Monthly networking event on the 2nd Thursday of the month, with featured speaker Dr. Jorge Dubcovsky, whose research illustrates the power of modern biotechnology approaches in delivering new tools to breeders.
October 12-14, 2011
PhenoDays 2011
PhenoFab Europe
Hof van Wageningen - Hotel & Congress Centrum - Wageningen, Netherlands
Addresses the phenotyping bottleneck by providing stimulating talks from internationally renowned keynote speakers from the seed industry, breeding institutes and academic breeding groups working in the plant phenotyping research area.
September 29-29, 2011
WEBINAR - How to align sequences
Michigan State University
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Dr. Candice Hansey, Michigan State University, will demonstrate the problem of sequence alignment and provide examples of software that can be used to align sequences.
September 15-15, 2011
WEBINAR - How to use R software for statistical data analysis
During this webinar, Dr. Heather Merk, The Ohio State University, will introduce R software for statistical analysis and demonstrate how R has been used to analyze tomato phenotypic data collected for the SolCAP project.
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This Provocative Prevention Campaign is about Animal Cruelty and Domestic ViolencePosted by Marc van Gurp | 31-05-2014 20:30 | Category: Abuse, Violence
It is a known fact that domestic violence is often preceded by violence against animals. Research by the USA Association of Prosecuting Attorneys shows that 76% of animal abusers also abuse a member of their family.
With that agency Serve Marketing made the campaign Spot Abuse Project.
The campaign is a regional pilot project intended to reduce the growing percentage of domestic violence incidents in Milwaukee. The call is encourage residents to dial 911 when they suspect animal abuse.
The premise is that if more people can be convinced to dial 911 when they suspect animal abuse (an act generally considered to be easier than reporting domestic abuse), the police will then have the opportunity to uncover a higher number of domestic violence cases.
The effort, although lauded by local and national animal and domestic abuse organizations as well as law enforcement officials, is not without some controversy. The outdoor campaign, originally slated to run on over 30 bus shelters locally, was rejected by the Milwaukee County Transit System for being considered "too vulgar" for its audience. The ads are currently running on billboards around Milwaukee.
Heidi Sterricker from Serve Marketing: "We're not going to change people's behaviors by showing warm and fuzzy pet pictures. Considering the images that are shown on magazine covers on newsstands and on the news every night and what's at stake here, I think people can handle seeing a picture of a dog with a bandage and a little blood on it if it saves a few lives."
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The relation between domestic violence and cruelty against animalsPosted by Marc van Gurp | 6-05-2008 21:16 | Category: Abuse, Animal rights, Violence
The abuse and killing of animals is far more prevalent in households where domestic violence also occurs. Perpetrators abuse family pets to intimidate and have more control over their parents.
According to statistics the Australian animal rights association RSPCA figured out, nearly 57% of domestic violence abuse victims delay leaving to seek help, fearing if they do their pets will be harmed or killed.
The RSPCA does more than just rescue kittens. One of their programs aims to break the cycle of violence by teaching children of all ages to learn respect towards animals and to understand that they feel pain just like humans.
This 2008 campaign from RSPCA contains 3 video's, 4 print ads and a campaign website: The RSPCA needs you.
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CHAPEL HILL Death. Taxes. Clemson losing in Chapel Hill.
Even in a season when North Carolina has proven to be one of the most unpredictable teams in the country, it managed to obtain at least one predictable result – an easy 80-61 home win over Clemson on Sunday.
It was the Tar Heels' 57th straight win over the Tigers in Chapel Hill going back to 1926, the longest such streak in Division I basketball history.
"We were all aware of it. We didn't talk about it a lot," North Carolina guard Marcus Paige said. "Now I guess we can talk about it because it gets put off another year. I was happy to not be a part of the streak-ending team."
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European Commission Moves Toward Private Damages Actions for Antitrust Violations
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The European Commission (the Commission) published its long-awaited White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EC Antitrust Rules (the White Paper) on April 2. The White Paper proposes a number of reforms to facilitate follow-on actions in cases decided by the Commission and European Union (EU) member state competition authorities. Although many of its proposals remain the subject of discussion, the Commission intends to introduce legislation on private damages actions by the end of 2008. The White Paper will no doubt increase the volume of follow-on private litigation in EU member state courts somewhat. However, it is unlikely to spur substantial private enforcement of the EU antitrust laws in cases that have not been initially investigated and prosecuted by public enforcement authorities.
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**NEW 3/8! "We're The Original Boy Band, With Songs We Never Sing" A February 2013 TR
Welcome one and all to my very first trip report!!!!
That's me, your ghost host, skipper, snake wrangler, crocodile hunter, and most importantly, your guide, Dayna. I'm 21 years old, and according to my Twitter description, I'm a former WDW cast member and forever Disney fanatic. And that sure sums me up in a nutshell. I've been going to WDW ever since I was three years old - and I'll be going until I'm 90 years old, believe me. Since I'm not very well known on the Dis, I'll highlight some of my favorites.
Favorite Attraction: Expedition Everest
Favorite Character(s): Stitch, Belle, The Beast, Rapunzel, Flynn Rider and Gaston
Favorite Quick Service: Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe
Favorite Table Service: A three way tie between Be Our Guest, 'Ohana and California Grill
Favorite Show: Festival of the Lion King
Favorite Park: Magic Kingdom
Favorite Snack: Dole Whip or a Mickey Premium Ice Cream Bar
Favorite Resort(s): A three way tie between The Contemporary, The Polynesian and Port Orleans French Quarter
This trip was short, we only stayed two nights, but it was exceptionally magical, but what else would you expect? We stayed at The Contemporary, in a theme park view room, and it was absolutely fantastic. We were lucky enough to be in a renovated room, and that was amazing in itself. It was also, in my opinion, one of the best Limited Time Magic offerings, while we were there. I was SO excited, and I hope I can describe the experience so that all of you can feel the excitement that I felt.
My partner in crime for this trip (and all trips!) was my Mom, Tracey. I don't have any pictures of her currently, but just imagine, okay?
I'm going to be taking inspiration from some of my personal favorite trip report writers, so I hope you don't mind if I use your TR strategies to make my TR. (I'm looking at you Jess: Disneyfreak508, Kristen: Disneyfreak616, Dani: danimaroo, Marissa: marDgreen88, Lia: __disneygirl and Katt: katt789)
So, if everyone is all neat and pretty, then on with the show!~
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