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What Every SEO Consultant Should Know About Keyword Relevancy and Content in Google's Hummingbird Landscape
On the day of its 15th anniversary celebration, Google unveiled its new algorithm impacting an estimated 90 percent searches on a global scale. Google called it "Hummingbird" and it is the biggest change Google has made in 10 years. Nearly every SEO company began sweating like a hooker in church, but upon learning these changes took place a month before the announcement, some sighs of relief could be heard throughout the industry. One thing was made painstakingly clear: the quality of all published content had to be impeccable. As a result the best SEO company placed keywords in the back seat to well written content with all the accouterments of a notable vocabulary and in depth Q&A formatting styles. But any quality SEO company will tell you that healthy keyword saturation still plays a vital oxygen supply to the lungs of SEO, and your SEO company for hire should be aware of this.
Keyword Density
Keyword density improves ranking, and this is a much heated subject that has spawn numerous debates from one SEO company to another. While some argue there is no magic number and that well-written content is the key, another SEO company will have their own proclaimed number or at least a range that any SEO company should be striving to hit.
Keyword density is the overall percentage when one uses a keyword in any given piece of posted content. A good SEO company will tell you that keyword percentage is important because it dictates how search engines read and interpret your content. In the Hummingbird landscape, Google now focuses more on the quality of the content but it also scans the content on your website and determines what the most frequently used keywords or keyword phrases are. And as a result of their findings, Google will categorize your site and its authority accordingly. On one side of the fence you have the SEO company that believes a keyword density between 2 and 5 percent is ideal, whereas other SEO consultants will argue that a higher density between 5 and 7 is ideal. The trick is to not over saturate your content with keywords, or you run the risk of Google viewing your content as spam. However, a keyword density between 5 and 7 percent can be advantageous so long as it is cradled with high quality original content free of grammatical and spelling errors.
When it comes to title keyword density, your SEO company should shoot for anything between 30 and 75 percent. The search engines will see the titles before anything else, and therefore a healthy title keyword density will be a strong indicator that the main content will be as rich, and if in fact it is, you will be in a good place for striking SEO gold.
Content Quality
More than ever the demand for quality content in terms of SEO has never been more stressed since Google unleashed Hummingbird. But there have been other changes Google has thrown at even the best SEO company and other online marketers. The removal of the keyword tool was a major blow, but what it did was convey one very clear message to every SEO company out there: focus on creating high quality content to cradle your keywords.
First of all, Google's quality guidelines are crystal clear in spelling out exactly what their algorithms are looking for:
- Avoid black hat SEO tactics to improve search rankings.
- Don't deceive your users or readers.
- Market your website by determining what makes it valuable, unique and how it can engage readers and consumers in a way that stands out in your industry.
The content itself should be well written and capture the reader's attention. Use imaginative metaphors, inject a likable personality within your words, and be informative while making your content represent the product and services in a real way that showcases the client as an industry professional. A good SEO company should deploy an SEO consultant who not only understands the science of SEO, but who also masters the English language and has a gift for writing and marketing creatively. Your SEO company should be staffed with consultants who have the writing background and marketing knowhow to get the best results.
Gone are the days when any plastic SEO company could put on a consulting hat and claim to get its clients results. As Google has wised up to the tricks deployed by SEO hacks, the standards have been set for a good keyword density that rests between the low end of just hitting the radar to falling below the high end of spam, and good quality content is the component to fuel the website as a powerful marketing machine.
Links remain a vital component to good SEO. But 'Forbes' warns that negative SEO practices are performed by a number of SEO companies that cause more harm than good and ultimately leave the client requesting to get bad links removed.
When your SEO company applies a link building strategy to your website's content, it should always be relevant to the content itself, have a high page ranking and come from an authoritative site like a government or state website. Linking to news sources like BBC News, The Washington Post and The New York Times is also a good practice, so long as the link sources relevant content. Finally, if your SEO company is placing your primary keyword or key phrase in the same sentence as your link, your SEO juice will have a much higher search engine APV.
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But my niece had seen an Optician Sign on the Pottery Barn site that she thought was cool and on the way to checking out that, I ran across this Cubby Organizer. I fell in love with it and thought it would be perfect for my office.
After I got done cleaning the Coke off my computer screen from where I had involuntarily spit it, I started to think of ways I could make it myself.
I had these four wooden drawers that I had bought at a garage sale for 25 cents each in May. Yes, May, as in six months ago! They had just been sitting in my garage collecting dust and spiders ever since.
And if you turn them on their end, they sort of look like a shelf. Put all four together and you have my version of the Cubby Organizer.
I removed the staples and labels, cleaned the drawer fronts with Murphy's Oil soap and applied a coat of Minwax Paste Finishing Wax to spiff them up a bit.
Then I just filled in some of the cubbies with random stuff.
This sits on my work table, so I will fill in the rest of the cubbies with scissors, paint brushes and other non-pretty, but useful items at some point.
My favorite part of this is the rusticness of it.
And the slightly rusty drawer pulley thingies are the icing on the cake.
So, my $1.00 worth of wooden drawers vs the $129.00 Pottery Barn one saved me $128.00 (Yes, my accounting skills at use). It's like money in my pocket.

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Pathway Placement Process
GRADY HIGH SCHOOL PATHWAY PLACEMENT PROCESS The pathway placement process is for students who are zoned to Grady High School. Students will have the opportunity to express their interest in the theme-based pathways at Grady: Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, Law and Forensic Investigations, Applications of the Law, Small Business Development, Fashion Marketing, Sports and Entertainment Marketing, Print Journalism, Audio-Video Technology and Film, and Graphic Communications. Each pathway offers a college preparatory course of study that includes all of the core classes necessary to graduate from Atlanta Public Schools. Additionally, each pathway has a unique theme that prescribes electives at each grade level and includes projects, business partnerships, and field experiences. The purpose of the theme is not to prepare students for careers in particular fields, but rather to provide an anchor around which teachers can collaborate and enrich students' academic experiences. In the event that there are more students interested in a pathway than there are seats available, students will be placed by random lottery. All students who submit all of the completed paperwork by the March 12, 2015 deadline will have an equal chance of being placed in their first choice of pathway Students who are not placed in their first choice of pathway at this time will be placed on a waiting list and will be moved into their first choice of pathway as seats become available. Pathway placement is NOT on a first come, first served basis. Additionally, all students have the opportunity to change pathways at the end of their ninth grade year.
Receive pathway selection forms at their middle schools on Thursday, February 26, 2015. Submit completed pathway selection forms to their middle school guidance counselors by 4:15 pm on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Pathway placement letters and course selection forms will be mailed home in early April; students and their families will return requested information directly to Grady. 2. Students not currently enrolled in an APS middle school (for example, students currently attending a private school or are homeschooled): Download a pathway selection form from the Grady website. Submit completed pathway selection form and proof of residency documents (see below) to Ms. MacBrien at Grady by 4:15 pm on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Pathway placement letters and course selection forms will be mailed home towards the end of April; students and their families will return requested information directly to their Grady academy leaders. PROOF OF RESIDENCY To provide proof of residency for pathway placement, parents/legal guardians of students not currently enrolled in an APS middle school must provide the following: Please note that you will be required to provide this documentation again (and some additional documents) when you register your child at Grady over the summer. Please visit http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/Page/34748 for details. 1) Mortgage statement, warranty deed, quit‐claim deed, or security deed in the name of the parent/guardian for the location of the legal residence; or lease or rental agreement consisting of written evidence that a current valid agreement exists. Also to be included with this agreement shall be the name, address, and telephone number of the lessor; AND 2) Georgia Power utility bill with the address of the legal residence (current within 30 days) For more information about the Grady pathways, please visit the Grady website at http://www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/Page/14412 -->Pathways If you have questions regarding the pathways, residency documents, or the placement process, please contact Grady High School directly: • Mr. Raymond Dawson, Biomedical Science and Engineering Pathways: email@example.com or 404-802-3033 • Mr. Willie Vincent, Business and Marketing Pathways: email@example.com or 404-802-3007 • Ms. Carrie MacBrien, Communications and Journalism Pathways: firstname.lastname@example.com or 404-802-3015 • Dr. Russell Plasczyk, Law and Investigations Pathways: email@example.com or 404-802-3064 |


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Industry Leaders Look to Future at Euro RSCG Panel on "Trends for 2011.5 and Beyond"
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Electric Housewares and Personal Care Appliances Getting the Customer to Trade Up
by David Simpson, Contributing Editor
Innovations in technology and styling are used by electric housewares makers to pique consumers.
A line of personal miniappliance products from Amcor Inc. (Carlstadt, New Jersey, U.S.) was launched at the Housewares Show. The line was developed in response to market research that shows people are increasingly concerned with "personal space" and environmental well-being. Featured in the line are a Mini-USB humidifier, which plugs into a computer's USB port, a Mini-Mystifier, an Asthma Aromizer, and a Personal Cooler AC. The $229 air conditioner (shown) was developed to reduce the size of high-performance compressor components, to offer people a "personal space" air-conditioning solution. The top of the unit (shown, inset) has a built-in handle, membrane switch controls, and timer functionality for personalizing on-off settings. Unlike larger portable AC units, the Personal Cooler does not require ducting out a window.
How do you convince consumers to replace their working toasters, coffeemakers, hair dryers, and other small electric appliances? And how do you get people to find space on their counters or in their cabinets for something new?
The answer isn't straightforward, or every new product would be a winner. But for many electric housewares and personal care appliance makers, the use of design, technology, and color in creative ways offers promise. Not only does this draw attention to their appliance offerings, it may justify a higher price point.
Innovation is important in today's market, suggests International Housewares Association president Phil Brandl. "We expected that 2006 would wrap up on solid sales ground, and innovative companies are budgeting for 2007 sales increases." He added, "Innovation and creativity are the words of the day if companies want to thrive. Consumers have shown that they are willing to trade up for innovation and features they want."
Earlier this year the best place for spotting innovation, and anything else related to electric housewares, was IHA's International Home & Housewares Show. Most of the big names in the U.S. market, along with a plethora of smaller companies, packed Chicago's McCormick Place. Familiar brand names such as Sunbeam, Waring, Conair, and Philips were present, but acquisitions and ownership changes have shuffled the deck. As an example, Hoover floor care products were displayed with those of Dirt Devil, a result of Hoover's acquisition by Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. (Hong Kong). The company was part of a significant Asian presence, reflecting growing clout in manufacturing and markets. Skipping the show altogether were big names Salton and Black & Decker, following a February merger agreement. Instead, buyers were invited to company headquarters in Lake Forest, Illinois, U.S.
Combining Functions
Jarden Consumer Solutions (Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.) has turned indoor grilling on its side with the $130 Sunbeam Rocket Grill. Vertical grilling surfaces apply pressure to quickly grill fresh and frozen foods. Disposable parchment pouches lock in moisture and flavor. The pouches channel grease and fat to the bottom of the bag and away from food. Pouches are discarded after use. The grill leaves natural grill marks on food through the pouches.
Deni/Keystone Manufacturing Company, Inc. (Buffalo, New York, U.S.), takes a different tack with its Blend-n-Grind, which quickly converts from a blender to a grinder.
As an example of added capabilities, Jarden also showed a Quick Marinator. Connected by a tube to a Food Saver vacuum sealer, the sturdy container is designed to marinate food in minutes rather than hours with the help of an applied vacuum.
Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex Inc. (Glen Arbor, Virginia, U.S.) is putting multifunctionality into the old standby slow cooker. The company points out that slow cookers work best when three-quarters full, and many people have space for only one slow cooker. To address the situation, the Hamilton Beach 3-in-1 Slow Cooker comes with interchangeable 2-, 4-, and 6-quart bowls. Danby Products Inc. (Findlay, Ohio, U.S.) managed to integrate three functions into one comfort conditioning appliance. It combined a HEPAlike air purifier (P), 20-pint-capacity humidifier (H), and 60-pint Energy Star–rated dehumidifier (D) into the PHD model. The portable unit works year round to improve comfort and air quality. Panasonic (Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.) displayed a four-in-one design, incorporating a countertop oven with microwave, convection, steam, and a quartz-halogen grill. Features of this $800 combination oven include easy-to-remove water tank, stainless construction, and a control panel with pop-out dials and touch controls. It will be available in October.
Natural-stone mosaic is incorporated into scales from HoMedics Inc. (Commerce Township, Michigan, U.S.). Decorative scales come in a variety of surfaces, including charcoal with brushednickel accents, limestone with patterned borders (pictured), sandstone with silver accents, and stainless steel with a metallic bezel. All have a large, easy-to-read digital display.
A catchphrase used by IHA for its 2007 show was, "It's life. Styled." Style and good design were reflected in three days of presentations in the Design Center Theater. For housewares companies, better appearance, along with such standbys as convenience and time saving, hopefully translate into products that consumers are happy to display on their counters, and for which they are willing to pay a premium. Getting a higher price for an appliance is especially important at a time when producers are faced with high commodity, energy, and transportation costs.
Appearance and style are the essence of Pandigital's line of digital photo frames. The company, based in Lafayette, California, U.S., introduced its largest frame, a 10.4-in. version, at the show. Because of the importance of appearance, said president Dean Finnegan, "We've found much more interest from consumers in the decor area than in consumer electronics."
Despite the decorative focus of the products, launching a successful product line centered on having the right technology. "Digital frames are about five years old, but the early technology used DVD chips, which were less than ideal," Finnegan told APPLIANCE. "We waited until improved technology was available. We wanted the frame to accept all camera cards, to be capable of plugging directly into the PC for downloads, and to incorporate internal memory—currently 128 or 256 Kb. Even with this, we've been able to hit an under-$100 price point with a 6-in. frame."
Finnegan looks for a strong future market, with some 60 million households owning digital cameras. "Most of the pictures people take are never printed, and showing pictures on a computer is not always convenient. Digital picture frames offer an easy alternative."
Besides OEMs, a few industry suppliers had a presence at the Housewares Show. Demonstrating how far modeling has come, 3D Systems Corp. (Rock Hill, South Carolina, U.S.), showed a $9900 V-Flash desktop modeler that will enable designers and engineers to imagine, design, and produce their ideas at their desks. According to Abe Reichental, president and CEO, this is "an easy-to-use, plug-and-play, economical model-maker that expedites part delivery and revolutionizes concept design as we know it." The 25 × 26 × 27-in. modeler, to be released this summer, weighs about 100 lb, has a maximum build volume of 7 × 9 in., and is 8 in. tall.
Coatings company Ferro Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.) demonstrated several finishes. One was its Evolution porcelain enamel (P/E), which mimics the look of stainless steel or copper. Another was its RealEase P/E hybrid nonstick coatings. The company reports that the finish meets U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations for 2010. "The finish is not going to degrade over time like other nonstick coatings," commented Tom Poplar, director of marketing, porcelain enamel specialty products. "It's cost competitive with high-end nonstick coatings."
Color trends seen at the show included a lot of stainless, platinum, and related colors designed to blend in with the still-growing use of stainless steel in kitchens. Dark reds were also popular, and black had a large presence. Whirlpool brand KitchenAid (Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.), showed its Pro Line–series kitchen appliances in black. This product series, with commercial capacity and power, was earlier offered in pearl metallic and nickel pearl. "There's a reason so many high-end products, from electronics to luxury cars, are popular in black," observed Brian Maynard, KitchenAid brand marketing director. "There is a certain classic, premium quality to black that never goes out of style."
Bosch (Huntington Beach, California, U.S.) incorporates stainless steel in its premium coffee machines, and black and other colors are possible in the future. The company uses some bright colors like yellow, blue, silver, and red in its fl oor care products. Its food preparation machines have traditionally been white or stainless. However, this year the company expects to introduce a red model. "We've been conservative with our kitchen machine colors," noted Alisa Pospekhova, associate brand manager. "But we will be adding more colors, since there is market interest."
Electronic sensing has turned a paper towel dispenser into an appliance. The $60 Towel-Matic from iTouchless Housewares and Products Inc. (Foster City, California, U.S.) is designed to prevent contamination and save paper. The unit is designed to work on all perforated paper towel brands, including standard full-size and new half sheets. The sensor-activated control allows one-hand operation without touching the unused sheets or the dispenser, and the towels won't unroll. Powered by four D-size batteries or optional ac adaptor, the dispenser can be used on a tabletop, or mounted on a wall or under a cabinet.
Exotic Tourmaline
"Hair care industry trends are showing that consumers are willing to spend more money for higher-quality styling tools, thus inspiring us to create the Infiniti by Conair line of professional styling tools," said Robin Linsley, director of marketing at Conair Corp. (Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.). Following initial success with the Infiniti Hair Designer, it introduced the Infiniti Hot Air Styler. This is intended to allow consumers with short-to-shoulder-length hair to achieve the same silky straight results as they did with its predecessor, which was designed for longer-length hair.
The $50 styler allows the consumer to straighten and dry hair at the same time, eliminating the need for a brush. The Triple Action Straightening System features two rows of combs for detangling, and two rows of flocked teeth to polish and shine. Tourmaline ceramic straightening plates have four tension settings for performance on all hair types. The company designed the appliance with ionic technology to smooth the cuticle layer while protecting hair from damage, eliminating frizz and enhancing shine.
Nanotechnology blades are a claim to fame for Panasonic's ES8168S Vortex, a wet-dry shaver that the company says delivers the sharpest blade angles of 30 degrees. Nanotechnology particles are used to polish the blades to a finely honed cutting surface. The company's rechargeable men's shaver permits a 3-minute shave after just a 1-minute recharge. Full recharge takes 9 minutes.
Electric shavers were also on display at the Philips Electronics North America Corp. (New York City) booth. The company presented an array of its products in a "Philips Simplicity Home" setting. The concept recreated a home environment and integrated easy-to-use Philips lighting, home entertainment, personal care, domestic appliances, and health and wellness products that deliver advanced technology at the touch of a button.
"Through the years, Philips has focused on designing products that make things simpler. This innovative approach to technology brings life's pleasures a little closer to the consumer," said CEO Paul Zeven. "We believe products should be intuitive and easy to experience while providing outstanding quality and performance to help enhance everyday life."
Sanyo Fisher Co. sees a real consumer desire to get more for their money, with appliances that are multifunctional. The 3-in-1 Electric Multi-Cooker, Model HPS-MC3, was designed to meet that need. With a nonstick, titanium-coated grill plate, the $110 appliance allows home cooks to prepare a variety of different grilled dishes easily and with quick cleanup. A steaming tray is used for vegetables and other healthful foods such as fish. The 4.5-qt nonstick pot can accommodate soups and stews for the whole family, and can be used to make pancakes and crepes. The steam tray and grill plate nest in the pot for compact storage. A quick-release magnetic plug and cool-touch handles are included for safety.
Charging Electronics
Electronics and sensors continue to gain ground as costs decline and the technology advances. Even some lower-cost "me-too" products are getting away from electromechanical controls in an effort to add perceived value. Higher-end products are sometimes including color touch screens and iPod-like controls, which can enhance both performance and appearance.
Electronics need to offer people real and relevant benefits, observed Richard Hoare, innovation director at Breville, Housewares International Ltd. (Bounty, New South Wales, Australia). "We are very aware of how electronics can be a negative for consumers, adding more complexity than usability. We all know the problem with programming a VCR. When we use electronics it's to either give more information—perhaps through a simple intuitive display—or to perform a complex function in the background, which gives a better result or performance. Either way, the complexity is hidden from the consumer. They only see the benefit."
Voice recognition technology may provide a benefit because it has advanced both in accuracy and price in recent years. Galanz, a China-based company that reportedly manufactures half the world's microwave ovens, demonstrated a model with voice recognition. The embedded speech technology came from Sensory Inc. (Sunnyvale, California, U.S.). Targeted toward younger and more tech-savvy users, a speech-enabled microwave oven offers convenience with preprogrammed settings for common foods, and also allows custom settings that can be memorized and recalled with a simple spoken command.
"Consumers are always looking for added features in their appliances," said Travis Kirwan, senior vice president of Galanz (North America) Inc. (Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada). The speech recognition chip "enables us to offer ease of use and adds value at a very low cost to the consumer." The microwave oven is being marketed under the Galanz and Sylvania names.
Coffee (and tea) makers were all the rage at the 2007 International Home & Housewares Show. More than a few espresso machines targeted the high end of the market. This $2900 Primea Cappuccino Touch Plus model, from Saeco U.S.A. (Glenwillow, Ohio, U.S.) was designed and created in a joint effort between BMW Group Design Works U.S.A. and Saeco International Group. It automatically grinds the right amount of coffee and tamps, brews, and dispenses the used grounds into an internal dreg drawer, all at the touch of an icon. The system allows an infinite variety of coffee drinks at the twist of a dial. Insta Steam technology eliminates the normal waiting time between brewing coffee and steam output. The machine has two separate boilers, which allows it to simultaneously froth milk and brew espresso. Even nanotechnology is included, in the form of a silver-ion coating that inhibits milk from building up on the internal tubes and pipes.
Healthful Living
Products that are said to promote better health continue to appear in various guises. Indoor grills, popularized by Salton's George Foreman grills, were not uncommon at the Housewares show. Rice cookers, which can steam food as well, also appeared in new models. Sanyo Home Appliance (Chatsworth, California, U.S.) showed a model with two inner pots and two inner lids, one set for rice and steaming and the other for slow cooking.
"Rice cookers continue to gain in popularity as many people adopt healthier eating habits," reported Richard Miller, Sanyo vice president of sales and marketing. "With these new features and increasing functionality, we are expanding the horizon of a rice cooker beyond just rice. Now an entire healthy meal can be cooked with one appliance while keeping the flavor of the various foods separate and distinct from each other."
Antibacterial products were popular. Tersano Inc. (St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada) showed its Lotus sanitizing system, which infuses water in a spray bottle with ozone. Zadro Products Inc. (Huntington Beach, California, U.S.), exhibited its Nano UV disinfection light. Shaped like a cell phone, it is an easy and fast way to disinfect computer keyboards, phones, toilet seats, shoes, and other items. Speaking of UV, for those concerned about outdoors exposure, Oregon Scientific (Tualatin, Oregon, U.S.) showed a takeanywhere UV detector.
Don't want to spread germs in the first place? Sensors can help. Trash cans from several companies will lift their lids when they sense a hand or foot nearby. Users can trigger water from a faucet with a screw-on automatic sensor adaptor. Torrance, California–based simplehuman showed a touch-free sensor soap pump. With sensors, a whole range of nonelectrical products can become small appliances.
What's the outlook for the electric housewares industry? Granted, it faces challenges such as high commodity and energy prices, industry (and retail) consolidation, and a slow housing market. Overall, though, shipments are reported to be solid. As long as companies continue to invest in innovation, and more consumers are willing to "trade up" for quality, there will continue to be reason for optimism.
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Now I want to know if you or any of your friends have ever collected on that insurance as a result of a fire. Nobody. Really? Then why are you paying all that money to an insurance company when the odds are so small you will ever collect? And how many fires ever destroy a complete home?
Let's suppose you dropped your insurance today and installed a sprinkler system to put out any fire that might occur. Each year you could put away the insurance premium or spend it to up grade your house.
Then you have a fire. Bad news. But because you have that sprinkler system only one room is damaged. There is loss, but the major portion of your house is in tact. You can repair the damage as it is a partial loss. Life goes on.
You won't do it, huh? You think I'm nuts.
Try this one on for size. You have a nice retirement account. It is what you plan to use when you quit working? Do you have insurance on it? What insurance? Suppose all your investments go up in smoke. Remember 2000? I know that can never happen again. And pigs can fly.
Did you know there is a "sprinkler system" to protect your hard-earned investments? I bet your broker or financial planner never told you about it. And it is free! Brokers and financial planners don't like to tell you about it because it means they will have to work and actually watch your account. On stocks it is called an Open Stop Loss Order. It is like a sprinkler system to protect you from loss of your investments and it only is activated on certain of your stocks when fire breaks out. For your mutual funds you will have to watch them and sell out in case they start down as they did in year 2000.
This Stop Loss Investment "sprinkler system" will protect you from losing any more than 10% of any equity. You protect your retirement account from losing 40, 50, 60% or more of its value as we have seen happen in the past. If you have a financial planner you can instruct him to do this once each week and to sell you out in case any position drops by 10%. Get this in writing. There is no question he will try to talk you out of it, but that is what you are paying him for. Make him earn it.
The chances of your having a fire are pretty small, but why put all your money at risk when you can have a free insurance policy?


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Bill Quinn has over 20 years experience canoeing in our Northwoods. Bill will accompany you in your journey through our corner of the BWCAW. Trips to other area lakes can also be arranged.
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Jo Kovach, owner of Blue Heron, has tramped this area since childhood. While not a trained Naturalist, Jo does know the names and especially the roles of the many flora and fauna of our woods. Jo can take you along the paths at Blue Heron introducing you to the stories and history of our area. Jo is also familiar with the other trails of the area. Rocks, plants, birds, tracks and animal life... they are all part of this wonderful place.
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The Red Door Gallery is a creative gallery and art space, championing affordable art work and proud to be celebrating our 12th year in the Edinburgh art scene (well done us!).
We provide a small but perfectly formed exhibition space for emerging and established artists who demonstrate natural talent, ambition and show the same passion that we have for new and exciting artwork. Most of our artists are Scottish or from the UK and we can pretty much guarantee that our artwork and design led products are not mass produced, but lovingly made by genuinely inspirational, quirky, witty, artistic and creative individuals.
Nicola Brooks (Creative Manager of The Red Door Gallery) is our creative heartbeat – Nicky has immersed herself in the local Edinburgh art scene for many years with an instinctive nose for the next big thing. She always pushes herself with new art projects, exhibitions, workshops and constantly renews the face of the gallery with ever more imaginative and frequently changing wall and window displays.
Our gallery team also includes the wonderful Lindsey, Ashley and Evelina, all practising artists /designers in their own right (check out Lindsey Brown's work in our shop). Behind the scenes is Jason (who changes all our light bulbs and to his credit does other stuff) and our 'super quick' Kathryn (accountant) who makes sure that all our lovely artists and suppliers are paid on time! We strive to be friendly, welcoming, knowledgeable and professional and hope that you find us to be so!
Most of our artwork is really quite affordable (one of our principle goals) and we find our customers range from avid collectors to casual art browsers.
A final word, a very big 'thank you' to all our customers for our success to date and we hope that we will continue to be a go to store for your art prints, creative gifts and quirky design products. [hr]
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With the success of our Red Door Gallery 'bricks and mortar' shop in Edinburgh, it was a natural progression to open our virtual doors through our 'online shop'. We sell contemporary artwork from predominantly British artists (from digital prints, editioned screenprints to originals), artists books, badges, cards, jewellery and all the bits in between on our online store. This is an exciting ongoing project with no physical boundaries and we are constantly excited to meet new Red Door Gallery customers from around the globe.
We have recently upgraded The Red Door Gallery on-line store and for those of you who cannot come to see us in person you can happily shop till your hearts content with over 1500 products now available. Even our loyal Edinburgh customers are now choosing to shop with us online and picking up their goodies in store (remember to select the 'pick up in store' option at checkout).
We are so pleased to share with you and ship our lovely art prints, precious jewels and unique handmade gifts around the world – we promise to keep our on-line shop fresh, vibrant and to offer as many of our goodies as possible. If there is something you have seen in our Red Door Gallery store, but can't seem to find online, feel free to call us on 0131 477 3255 or email us at email@example.com and we will be happy to help.
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Has anyone in Cincinnati or zone 6a tried Viburnum 'Chindo'?
One catalog lists it as hardy to z6 although others say 7. I need to block the view behind my house, and would like ideas for a large evergreen shrub or tree that can be used within a somewhat shady part woods area. I have clayish soil, near neutral pH, drainage is adequate. |
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I also live in Cincinnati and have two other viburnum that are growing in shady areas: Prague viburnum and Allegheny viburnum. Allegheny is considered semi-evergreen; Prague is evergreen. Both grow fairly fast and tall. I obtained both from Natorps. Hope that helps. |
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I am planning to paint my living room tomorrow.
The walls are pale blue now. I will be using lightweight all-purpose joint compound to fill nail holes where pictures were hung, and I am using Valspar's "Butternut" matte paint, which is a deep brownish-mustard color. I've heard that some joint compound doesn't need primer and also that if you are painting over a light color that you don't need primer. DH suggests just spot priming over the spots where the compound will be used. And then I've heard that you ALWAYS need to prime, even if you are painting over a light color. So who is right? |
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I would just prime the sanded nail hole patches. If you don't prime the whole room, the worst that will happen is that you could need two coats. It really depends on the coverage ability of the paint you are using. Some cover better than others. If you do prime the whole room, you ought to get the primer tinted close to your final color. Otherwise, you will definitely need two coats of final color. |
The "Best" answer depends on the situation/condition of your current paint-film... * How old is the existing paintjob? At a minimum, brush 2 hazy coats of primer over the repairs. Primer Color: (I've used FPE in my lower-bath. THIS stuff is good enough to leave as 1 coat! $45 for a Euro-qt. though....) Faron |
Thank you both! And thank you for the nail polish analogy. Not only does that make sense, but I got a laugh out of it too. I get it! |
If you are going to use primer, I would prime the whole room. Spot primed areas tend to flash through the finish layer more than not. Spot priming is an old process that we really don't do anymore with modern day acrylics. |
What if I spot prime using the Valspar paint instead of primer? |
That's fine. It's actually a better idea to use the actual paint to prime patches with than using a seperate primer. If the primer is a better sealer than the paint, that is exactly what would cause that spot primed area to flash. |
we ve always primed. but this is what weve done for the last 3 times we painted,something we seen on a hgtv show. we pour alittle paint with the primer so you are not painting over white primer. we have noticed this way only needs one coat of paint afterwards where b4 we were priming and 2 coats of paint as well |
I ended up spot priming with the actual paint and it came out pretty good. I am now trying to decide whether I need a second coat. This is a big job by myself and I don't think anyone will even notice the flaws that I see. But I will....I'll have to let it dry thoroughly before deciding. Maybe DH will have it in his heart to give a second coat when he gets home from work. LOL Maybe not. |
Second coat did the trick. Thank you for all of your help. |
I have painted a lot over the years and really never ever primed. I just recently started painting furniture and I have been priming the pieces first. I would now NEVER NOT prime. It's really amazing and quite noticeable how much better the paint application is with primed wood. I would say it was the paint itself, but it's the same type of paint I have used before, and there is no comparison. I am a new believer in priming. |
As a rule of thumb, don't watch HGTV to learn how to paint. They film themselves starting in the center of the wall rolling without an extension pole and then get the pros in there to finish the room off camera. |
Yeah...the "Painting phase" of those shows makes me shudder!! 3 or 4 people, using "hot dog" rollers, starting in the MIDDLE OF THE WALL (as PG says)!!! I haven't been too impressed with some of the "briefly shown" edges that I watch for... At least SOME of the shows do show priming. Lisa L. does a decent job of this, even though it's usually "painting to sell"... Faron |
Through the years I've learned that, when in doubt, prime it out. Every time I'm tempted to skip this step I ask myself, "Do you really want to do this job again?" At which point I drag out the primer and paint away. |
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JOSEPH SPENCE By Jeff Tamarkin The Complete Folkways Recordings 1958 Smithsonian Folkways
Joseph Spence was one curious bird. Discovered by folklorist Samuel Charters on Andros Island in the Bahamas in 1958, at which time these nine songs were recorded, Spence's solo acoustic guitar playing and repertoire owed less to his native surroundings than to the finger-picked blues and gospel of the American South. Exceedingly melodic and incessantly rhythmic, he was a resourceful improviser yet he never lost sight of the root of the song. All of which would be commendable in itself even if Spence had not possessed one of the most startling vocal styles ever committed to tape, somewhere on the cusp between Tom Waits, Howlin' Wolf and Popeye The Sailor.


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text: Baby > Breastfeeding How to Handle Formula Pushers You've made your decision -- you're breastfeeding (and that's awesome!). But not everyone gets it. Here's how to deal with the people who try to get you to switch to formula. Photo: Veer They say: "Here are your free samples of formula!" You say: "No thanks. We're traveling light."You may already have had those free samples of formula show up on your doorstep, or the nurses at the hospital may pack you a to-go knapsack full of samples. That stuff's pricey, so it's tempting to take it, but you really don't need to. In fact, some hospitals are starting not to let formula companies give patients freebies, since that could send the wrong message to new parents. After all, breastfeeding is the healthiest way to feed baby. It will take some dedication to make it through the beginning, which can be tough (it gets easier though!), so power through formula-free as long as baby and you are both still thriving. Say no to the samples, or donate them to charity. They say: "Aw, come on. Just a little bit of formula won't hurt." You say: "Actually, it will hurt my boobs!" Breastfeeding relies on a give-and-take relationship between your baby and your breasts. If baby's drinking a different amount from what you're producing, then you risk engorgement, and your milk supply could actually suffer later on. They say: "It will make your life so much easier if you formula-feed." You say: "There's nothing easy about being a new mom."It's not like formula-feeding moms have it so simple. They still have to wash and sterilize bottles and nipples, and spend time and energy (and money!) purchasing formula for their babies. Plus, when they go out, they have to bring along powders and find clean water and ways to warm things or to keep them cold. You? Well all you need is you and maybe a nursing cover. You've got the two most perfect to-go containers with you at all times. And that makes things, well, a little easier sometimes. They say: "You shouldn't be the only one who gets to feed her." You say: "Yes I should -- it's better straight from the tap."Sure, a lot of dads and grandmas think they'll bond with baby if they feed her, but there are other ways to bond with baby (like baby-wearing and bath time!). Plus, even breast milk could lose some of its nutrients if pumped and stored, so really, it's best if you feed baby directly as much as possible. When feeding time is over, let dad or grandma take over with some other activity. They say: "I didn't breastfeed, and my kid turned out great." You say: "Of course she did! But this is right for me."Most people who push formula aren't trying to be rude. They're usually parents who did things a little differently -- and it may be hard for them to hear that it might not be the best way to go. So if they try to push formula on you, try not to get too annoyed -- and at the same time, don't get pressured to do something other than what you know is right for you and baby. Plus, more from The Bump: How to Handle Breastfeeding Bullies Worst Breastfeeding Advice Ever Top 10 Breastfeeding Problems Solved -- Elena Donovan Mauer See More: Baby Basics , Mommy Life , Newborn Basics , Parenting Styles , Breastfeeding , Bottlefeeding Previous Article: How Breastfeeding Changes as Baby Gets Older Next Article: Irene Chow's Breastfeeding Story popular questions Q&A: Best first foods for baby? Q&A: 4-month wakeful period? Q&A: Bedtime routine? recently added questions Plus-Size Maternity Clothing Q&A What Happens at Baby's One-Month Checkup? When Can I Switch Baby From the Infant Car Seat to a Convertible?


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- A best-performing test, also called the gold standard
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22 "For as the new heavens and the new earth which I will make shall remain before me, says the LORD; so shall your descendants and your name remain. | 22 "As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure. |
23 From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD. | 23 From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD. |
24 "And they shall go forth and look on the dead bodies of the men that have rebelled against me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh." | 24 "And they will go out and look upon the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me; their worm will not die, nor will their fire be quenched, and they will be loathsome to all mankind." |
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Continental Flyover with Sean Hannity and Theodore Adorno
Oct 28, 2009I'm squashed into the window seat of my Jet Blue Experience, enduring the ritual Oakland to JFK American Heartland Flyover. Light reading this time: "Adorno on Music." I try to concentrate on those serpentine sentences that smile at you, then curl around and bite your ass like a cobra. But my neighbor to the left is watching Fox News on the little Direct TV screen and I can tell this is going to go on for the whole flight. Every time I look up from my book there they are, the patriots: O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck. Without the sound they are just faces superimposed on a dark blue background. O"Reilly looks like an angry, dyspeptic dad who's not enjoying his Twelve Step regime and relates to his family by insulting them. The facial gestures are pained, ironic…"Can you believe it? How stupid can you get?" Hannity is the thick-necked would-be jock with the close-cropped military haircut. He's a jolly back thumper, a wet towel-snapping NASCAR kind of guy with attitude. He's REASONABLE, for chrissake. Without the sound track his face is saying "Now don't get me wrong! I'm willing to accept Obama was born in the U.S., but let's see some proof, please!" Or "Now don't get me wrong! My grandfather was an immigrant, but at least he came here legally." Or "Honest! If gays want to choose that life style, so be it. But the sanctity of marriage ought to be upheld."
Glenn Beck looks like a four year-old whose dad is going to come over and beat the shit out of you if you don't let him win at least one Monopoly game. He has a petulant, spoiled brat look—a pudgy blond Middle American Mussolini.
I read. The composer may think he or she is freely combining sounds, but no, the compositional process is a culturally inherited structure.
There is no escaping it. Cage tossed coins and used the I Ching in an attempt to escape being historical. He sort of accomplished that, but what resulted was his least interesting music. In London last month I did Credo in US, a funny piece for Merce Cunningham from the early 1940's originally called "Suburban Idyl." The piece predates the severe coin-tossing Zen master Cage. Credo in US uses a player who brings a radio out onstage and plays random broadcasts just as if it were another instrument. There are also percussionists playing tin cans and flat gongs and a pianist who plays clunky little blues riffs. It's a charming piece, and also an emphatically "historical" piece by Cage. It's "intentionless" in its ultimate effect, but put together by means of a string of "intentional" effects.
Adorno loved the "tension" between parts and the whole, seeing the parts as pure intention, but the whole, the final object, as purely free of intention.
Here's a good quote from Robert Witkin, an Adorno scholar: "The desire to construct works of art that would somehow be purely objective, devoid of intentionality—the desire to construct a pure music, purged of all subjective intentions and expression, for example—was a very real project for many modern artists, [I'm thinking Cage again, but it could be Babbitt or any number of process-oriented composers], and Adorno saw it as a mark of pathology. He detected the signs of this pathology in music ranging from the neo-classical works of Hindemith and Stravinsky to the works of modern serialist composers….The art of which he approved, whether modernist or pre-modernist, was art which persevered, as integral, both in terms of the dialectic—the intentionality of the elements and the work of art as an intentionless whole." Mahler was for him an ideal composer in that sense.
The Fox News crawl at the bottom of the screen says
"Rep. Grayson calls Bernanke K-Street Whore." My Jet Blue map says we are over Iowa.
The crisis of modernity. Oh, how Adorno loved the apocalyptic expression. Everything was in crisis, exhausted, shattered, in shards. The" crisis of modernity", for Adorno, (so says Witkin) is bound up with the withdrawal of the subject as the spiritual centre from forms which have ceased to express and with which the subject is no longer identified."
"Empty forms." I still like them. That's what City Noir is, at least in one sense. But those exhausted, shattered empty forms still exalt, can still conceal and contain a lot. Embedded with intentionality, they still capture the imagination.
Now Fox News is shocked. I mean REALLY shocked:
"NEA chairman says Obama 'most influential writer since Julius Caesar."
What? Come on, Rocco, what a dopey thing to say. That is worse than giving the poor man a pre-emptory Nobel Prize. Nothing but trouble for Barack. Well, the Fox archivists have been busy while I've been parsing Adorno. They now have a portrait of Caesar right up there on the screen, next to the most unflattering one ever taken of the Prez.
Julius—he's Old Europe.
Seatbelts. Trays upright. Put your electronic toys away. New York is somewhere down there in the fog and rain.
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October 28, 2009
dispeptic = "dyspeptic"?
persevered = "preserved"?
apocryphal = "apocalyptic"?
Witkin writes (and, I presume, means) "intensionality". You write, "intentionality". Is this the word you really intend?
October 28, 2009
Ah, I see now that the "intensionality" was not in Witkin, but is Adams' typo (?). Still, one wonders a bit which word is meant at various points.
Another mistake: Witkin writes "both terms of the dialectic", not "both in terms of the dialectic".
It seems a bit willful for Adams to mention Mahler as a composer wholly embodying Adorno's desiderata and not Berg (explicitly mentioned by Witkin in the sentence paraphrased by Adams) or the pre-twelve-tone, post-functional Schoenberg. If we assume that Adorno's own music follows his philosophical ideas, it certainly more closely resembles those two masters.
One further quibble: Glenn Beck seems never to have lived in Middle America - born in Washington State, 6 months in Utah, D.C., and finally Connecticut.
October 28, 2009
How wonderful it must be to be taken so, so seriously...I fell asleep reading M. Croche's comments.
October 29, 2009
m. croche almost upstaged john adams there ...
October 29, 2009
I think it's great that you've started your own blog - I hope you have the stamina to keep it going.
You were in LA about six years ago for a performance of "El Nino". At the end of your pre-concert talk, despite being in a hurry and surrounded by Very Important People, you took the time to exchange a few nice words to a young couple who were not very well-dressed and clearly not very important. But for a few minutes you made my wife and I feel like the most important people in the world. Thanks for being a decent person as well as an amazing artist.
October 29, 2009
How lucky we are to have a forum where we can choose to read the musings of a world-famous artist, and where he invites us to respond to them instead of laying these thoughts out as didactic truths.
How lucky we are that this same artist is willing to speak about academic subjects in front of an audience of academics, parsing literary theory and Thomas Mann so that we may learn not only of the author's inner-workings, but a great composer's as well.
How lucky that this same man is not only a brilliant composer, but also maintains the curiosity and quest for knowledge that defines us as a species--not to mention being one of the most kind, humble, and welcoming people I have had the good fortune to meet.
Thank you for your thoughts here and at Yale this afternoon, and I look forward to your lecture tomorrow.
October 29, 2009
I am not so sure how successful Barak Obama is going to be in his battle with these three stooges of whom you speak. But, I am glad that the President is taking them head-on and treating them like what they are, ignorant and misinformed. opinionated and close-minded, white and proud of it, top 5% bracketed income males who remind me of some leaders in Europe in the 1930's.
October 29, 2009
Great to see Mr Adams venturing into the jungle of the blogosphere. For what it's worth I blogged my reactions to this particular post here: http://www.davidbruce.net/blog/251.asp
October 29, 2009
"Big fan" and all that - I love your music.
But the political rantings are best published to Huffington Post. I'm confident they would love to have you.
October 30, 2009
"But the political rantings are best published to Huffington Post"
Dude..... it's his blog.
October 30, 2009
I am watching KCET's airing of City Noir conducted by Dudomel. Good Lord, what an orgasmic experience! I must have it. How soon will it be offered on cd?
October 30, 2009
wow. anne midgette mentioned you were blogging.
great to see your reading list. i'd pass along a hearty recommendation for the works of roberto bolano. i started out with the massive '2666' and then 'the savage detectives', but, if i'd to do it all over, i'd start with one of the shorter pieces: 'the skating rink', or 'amulet'.
From The Top drops in on Stanford in December, and KDFC was kind enough to hook me up with a date @ yoshi's, too. i've been working the odd classical pieces into my arrnagements-laden sets, and, whenever possible, timely and local content. time to fire up China Gates!
best always,
October 31, 2009
Maybe this is seed material for your new comic opera:
Adorno, Hannity, Beck, Bill-O, are sent up in the space shuttle to conduct repairs on the international space station. Once in orbit, suddenly the disembodied head of Ronald Reagan appears, floating by the window of the space shuttle. Our patriots, enraged, shocked, confused. Adorno is intrigued. They sing about it.
Finally they arrive at the space station and discover soviet cosmonauts are already there. Except Hannity, Beck, and Bill-O are strangely convinced its the year 1958, and they've been beaten in the space race - exhausted and parched, they each drink their own urine. The mighty 3 resolve to kill the cosmonauts with the hope that no on earth will find out the USSR has so advanced and prevent the humiliation of the USA.
Adorno, realizing the desperation of the situation, alone pilots the space shuttle out of space dock leaving the 3 Fox News heroes behind. The final scene is Adorno, having landed his craft on Titan, and constructing a powerful radio amplifier, singing his "Aria to the Heavens" transmitted back to earth, which will not arrive until 40 years into the future. Reagan's head rolls across the stage. Curtain closes.
August 22, 2010
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March 17, 2011
I have to add a comment - even though I'm obviously behind the times.
Re: tossing coins for the I Ching. Jung wrote the preface for the Bolingen edition of the I Ching. If I apply Jung, I would say the tossing of coins is not a random, intentionless activity. The falling of the coins and the resulting hexagram is a communication to us that is synchronous. The governing principal is not chance but synchronicity.
Again if I borrow from Jung freely:
he also noted the subject retreating from empty forms which no longer had symbolic potency (this is my paraphrase).
He noted that the "subject" retreated into our own psyche and our unconcsious. Hence, if you compose City Noir using "empty forms," we bring to it our own subjectivity which brings life and meaning to the form.
Just some musings....
July 28, 2011
Oh my gosh, I HATE HANNITY. I HATE BECK. O'Reily's alright... not a total puppet like the other two. :P
October 31, 2011
You are inspiring!!! I just found your blog, I like it because i was seeking for such type of info.
I hope it benefits all one who land up here.
Thanks for sharing!!
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You can also go name brand or pick from a raft of relative no-name brands selling tablets at rock bottom prices.
It all adds up to hundreds of millions of tablets out there. But at the low end, no-name end of the market, how many of these tablets are put to good use? Many many end up tucked away in a drawer somewhere (if not the scrap heap) because they didn't prove to be as useful as the buyer thought? Maybe the screen was subpar, it ran an old version of Android or simply didn't perform well.
But even without the no-names, the installed base of name brand tablets, the iPad, Galaxy Tab, Surface 2, Kindle Fire's of the world, is huge.
New figures from ABI Research estimates the installed base of name brand tablets will top 285 million units by the end of this year.
(For the latest data and stats about tablets and apps, bookmark TabTimes' The State of the Tablet Market)
Apple still leads, just not as much
"Apple's early tablet lead is not as evident three years into the market's boom," says ABI Research senior practice director, Jeff Orr. "The initial iPad shipments are aging out with the first wave of replacement tablets expected over the next six months.
The research firm says Apple will still control about 51% of the tablet installed base by year's end, with Android picking up a healthy 40% share.
While Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 have become established brands with a growing user base, Samsung remains top dog on the Android side. ABI Research says Samsung's tablets, including the Galaxy Note and Galaxy Tab, had 20% growth in the third quarter of 2013.
Apple actually was down 4% in Q3 from the earlier quarter and iPad revenue slipped 3%. But ABI Research says that dip will be short-lived thanks to the new iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display.
"Product transitions are rarely pretty, but ABI Research expects Apple to have a stellar 4Q'13 as it looks to satisfy an even larger audience purchasing tablets for the first time," said Orr.
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"Hot!" said the conductor to familiar faces.
from F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby (Chapter VII) on Genius
The heat of the day sets up the tension of the upcoming events. Fitzgerald refers to heat throughout the chapter. The climax is the "fire," the part where the tension finally combusts.
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The 10 Best Visual Effects Scenes of 2011
There's a backlash building in Hollywood against the overuse of computer-generated imagery (CGI). For the most part, though, 2011's popcorn blockbusters still leaned heavily on green screens and render farms to produce the most spectacular visual effects (VFX) of the year. Here are our picks for the scenes that proved that pixels can still impress us (even when the movies they populate don't).
By Erik Sofge
6. Super 8: Train Crash
The most effects-heavy shots come late in Super 8, when the mysterious alien's eerie, work-in-progress spaceship continues to draw everything metallic through the air, and into its shifting, roiling hull. That's perfectly cool, but floating particles are par for the course in computer animation. It's the train crash early on, which releases the rampaging alien and sets the plot in motion, that feels the most dangerous and is the most technically complex. Director J.J. Abrams combined early CG-only shots created for a teaser trailer with live-action footage of the child actors charging past on-set explosions. Filmmakers added falling train cars to sync up with the kids' flinching, as well as the real-world pyrotechnics of a moving, bomb-laden sled.


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Sharing Spring In Full Bloom Splendor
Gorgeous is as gorgeous grows! The wonder of nature is all around us sharing spring in full bloom splendor. via I love the Alice Walker quote from The Color Purple, "I think it pisses God off if you walk by … Continue reading
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Spring Cleaning Ideas
I am so ready for next week's arrival of the first day of spring. Aren't you? Winter 2014 is one for the record books, and although I got a kick out of the snow here in the deep South, I'm … Continue reading
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Nutmeg and Black Pepper Popovers
I want to share this recipe with you all even though I have not personally prepared it…yet. We had dinner at a friend's house a couple of weeks ago, and to my surprise the "house chef" prepared Nutmeg and Black … Continue reading
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The Vase Is Half Full
Last week during the torrential rain storms we were experiencing here in Louisiana, I noticed a pale yellow film standing on the tops of water puddles in the driveway. It is beginning to look a lot like an early spring, and with … Continue reading
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SEC Dominates BCS Rankings, May Not Play for National Championship
It's no secret that the SEC has won the last six BCS National Championships. This weekend Texas A&M and Johnny "Football" Manziel upset the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide and the newest team in the conference might have just broken the SEC's string of championships. Alabama struggled two weeks ago to put away LSU but still looked like the frontrunner for the SEC Championship and the National Title. Now that is up in the air and the SEC is on the outside looking in.
When the newest BCS rankings came out this week they picked a new number one as Bill Snyder and his Kansas State Wildcats have taken the top spot. They are followed by the Oregon Ducks and then the Notre Dame Fighting Irish at #3. There is still some football to be played but there are three teams above the SEC in the BCS rankings and a two team buffer to get to the BCS National Championshp Game, meaning that most likely two of these teams have to lose to have an SEC team rise above them.
One of the amazing things looking at the new BCS rankings is that out of the top nine teams, six of them come from the SEC. We already talked about the top three not being SEC teams so that means that 4-9 are all from the SEC (#4 Bama, #5 UGA, #6 Florida, #7 LSU, #8 A&M, #9 USCe). There is talk about the overall depth of the league not being as good as the past but that is some serious muscle when you consider six of the best college football teams being from one conference.
It was former Alabama coach Gene Stallings who said the SEC would never win another Championship after adding a conference championship game. That never proved to be the case but the overall depth of the SEC has definitely put the conference on the outside looking in this season as they know must sit back and wait for other teams to lose.
There is one question for the non-SEC fans who have become anti-SEC because of the success of the conference. Wouldn't it be better to break the SEC's string of National Titles by actually beating an SEC team instead of having two non-SEC teams play for the title? I'm not saying that an SEC team should jump ahead of one or two undefeated teams, just along the lines of "to be the champ you have to beat the champ". Will it feel a bit hollow if a non-SEC team is crowned National Champion without having beaten, as Ray Glier calls them, goliath?
Get more great college football analysis over at College Football Zealots.