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Your top 1 percent of customers are your most engaged and valuable customers. They are the ones who spread your word-of-mouth, singing your praises to other potential customers.
Last month, we talked about identifying these 1 percenters, and three ways you can engage, reward and encourage this group.
This month, we're addressing three more ways to recognize these clients, sharing research from Jackie Huba, author of "Creating Customer Evangelists," "Citizen Marketers" and "Monster Loyalty."
"Creating a business that engenders monster loyalty ... takes a relentless focus on creating services that stand out and are worth talking about," Huba shares. "It also requires a methodical cultivation of a company's 1 percenters, the most passionate segment of the customer base."
Here are the next three steps on Huba's list for harnessing the power of the 1 percent:
1. Embrace Shared Symbols. Visual symbols have an instant, shared meaning, and can be powerful for a brand. Huba isn't talking about a brand image, but rather a symbol that connects a brand's customers.
For instance, "sports teams and symbolism go together like hot dogs and beer," Huba says. "You've got team logos, uniforms, mascots and even hand signals."
The best-known sports symbol, as deemed by ESPN, is the Terrible Towel, a gold rally towel used by the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers. "We'll call it the Terrible Towel and it will wreak its powers terribly on the opposition," said legendary radio announcer Myron Cope.
The Terrible Towel made its first appearance on Dec. 27, 1975. The Steelers beat the Colts that game 28 to 10 and then beat the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys soon after, capturing the franchise's second consecutive Super Bowl victory. And so the legend of the Terrible Towel was written, Huba says.
"The key to the shared symbol is not the symbol itself. What is important is how the meaning of the symbols binds a community together," she explains. "People who are part of the community truly understand its meaning and are moved by it. For Steelers fans, we wave the towel to rally our players when they need our help to accomplish a crucial first down. It doesn't matter if the players are on TV and they can't hear or see us; we know they can feel us."
Some symbols will resonate and some won't, says Huba. And sometimes your customers will create their own symbols; be open to adopting these, she advises.
2. Generate Talk. Standing out by doing something a little different than similar companies in your area gives your customers something to talk about. Stories that spread by word-of-mouth are more powerful than typical marketing ... and they are free.
How can you do something worth talking about with your customer base? First, understand your customer recommendability. Use surveys like Net Promoter Score (a methodology developed by Fred Reichheld and Bain & Company) to find out what sort of comments your clients make about you, and then use similar phrasing in your marketing efforts, Huba suggests.
Look at all of your customer touch points (website, sales and service representatives, employees, invoices, social media channels, proposals, email signatures, brochures, etc.) and ask yourself if they are word-of-mouth worthy. "Is the interaction with the customer so remarkable that he or she would make a comment about it to a friend, family member or colleague?" she challenges.
Make Clients Feel Like Rock Stars. Today, consumers are content-creating machines, empowered with smartphones in their pockets ready to take photos, videos or post their thoughts at a moment's notice. This is a huge shift from brands having been the stars of the marketing and advertising show in the past.
To make customers feel special in today's world, shine a spotlight on them, and they won't be able to stop talking about it with their friends and family members, Huba says.
One example of a company who made their best customers feel like stars is eBay. The company knows its clients - the sellers of merchandise on their site - are the heart of its business. So, in 2002, they launched eBay Live! in Anaheim, Calif. This three-day, annual event's purpose was to gather eBay users together to talk about how to best leverage eBay as a business tool. The first event exceeded eBay's expectations with more than 5,600 attendees from 19 countries.
The company gave clients the red carpet treatment, making them feel like celebrities as they arrived for the event, Huba explains.
"When someone makes you feel special, it singles you out for recognition, fostering an emotional connection," she explains. "It's a feeling we will tell others about for a long time."
How can you do this in your business? Feature your best customers in service brochures or highlight a customer's success story to the rest of the customer base, Huba recommends, using the example that, for years, Jones Soda has featured a customer photo, submitted via their website, on each bottle of the company's soda.
You can also invite select customers to unique VIP events that give them access to something special - for example, a performance by a musician or group, Huba says.
With incredibly loyal customers, Huba says, "new clients are made because a friend wouldn't stop talking about a service, especially how it changed their life. They purchase your services as gifts because they want their friends to experience what they love. Organically growing a grassroots base of passionate customers who stay loyal and help you build your business will pay dividends over the long term."
Nicole Wisniewski is a 16-year green industry veteran and a senior project manager in The Davey Tree Expert Co.'s marketing/corporate communications department. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Tucked in Albuquerque's historic downtown EDO neighborhood, the Artichoke Cafe has developed a reputation for great food and a commitment to our community and city. It is a sensibility that translates into a warm and robust menu and an extraordinary dining experience.
The Artichoke Café menu is the result of a collaboration between myself (Executive Chef Pat Keene) and chefs de cuisine Christina Martinez and Casey Bower. My French and Italian culinary training and Christina and Casey's use of innovative ingredients and techniques fuse to offer guests a contemporary twist on classic dishes. We both agree that all great food starts with the freshest, finest, and, when possible, locally grown, ingredients.
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Doctor Hornstein hasn't gone the way of the dinosaur
Lucy Hornstein is not a curmudgeonly, fat, old Philadelphia native who never wanted to be a doctor but only went to medical school at her parents' insistence.
In real life I'm not curmudgeonly at all, but I amuse myself by playing at it on the internet.
As for fat, although I'm not skinny by any stretch of the imagination, I did lose fifty-five pounds and have kept most of it off for almost two years now, so I'm gradually removing the three-letter f-word from my list of self-descriptors.
I am not a Philadelphia native. I was born and raised in Washington, DC, which left me with a deep and abiding apathy for all things political. I came to Philadelphia for medical school and discovered that Philly is a black hole. Whenever you get here, especially if you're born here, no one ever leaves.
Far from going to medical school just for my parents, I wanted to be a doctor from the time I was in third grade. My mother always thought I'd change my mind, but I never did. Both my parents were incredibly supportive of me and all my siblings. All they ever wanted for us was that we should do whatever we wanted, and being a doctor is all I can ever remember wanting to do.
As for old, I'm only in my mid-fifties…oh, crap. I guess I am old.
What don't they teach you at medical school?
How to be a doctor.
For the first two years they teach you a crap ton of basic information about the human body, its structure and function, what goes wrong with it and things you can do to fix it. Then they set you loose in a hospital for two more years so you can see what all that stuff looks like in real life. Then you graduate and go on to residency training, where you start learning the stuff you need to know to be whatever kind of doctor you're going to be.
The main thing they teach you in medical school is how to LEARN to be a doctor. That's why it's called "practicing".
You've stated that 95% of American medical graduates don't have what it takes. What sort of people shouldn't do medicine?
That line about "95% don't have what it takes" (to do primary care) was a tongue-in-cheek version of the saying about the best defense being a good offense. It worked; lots of people were offended. The idea was to come up with a snappy comeback to all the naysayers in medicine putting down students expressing interest in primary care.
As far as what sort of people shouldn't do medicine: psychopaths. Other than that, I truly believe it takes all kinds. The best doctor is the one to whom you can best relate. And since there are so many different kinds of people, I think the more different kinds of doctors we have, the better.
There are some basic qualifications: it helps if you're not stupid. It's a good idea to not be a jerk. Since you have to delay gratification (as in, living your life) for many years, patience comes in handy. And because of the way medical education is currently funded in this country, it's not at all a bad idea to start out independently wealthy. You can eventually make it up financially, but there are too many faster, easier, more certain ways to make money than becoming a doctor to make medicine worth your while.
What isn't true about doctors?
Um, nothing. Everything that is true about pretty much any other group of human beings is also true of "doctors". Ten percent are gay and fifteen percent are left-handed (same figures as the general population, that is). Some doctors are assholes and some are mensches. Some see patients in offices, some see them in hospitals, and some don't see them at all. Some love what they do; others, not so much. You can't really say anything at all about "doctors" as a monolithic group any more than you can say something is true about women, blacks, Jews, Hispanics, or any other population subgroup. Each doctor is unique; just like everyone else.
How shouldn't you tell someone they are dying?
Like this: "You have six months to live."
"Oh my God, Doctor; what should I do?"
"My advice is to marry a Jewish woman and move to Buffalo, New York."
"Why should I do that?"
"It will be the longest six months of your life."
Seriously, though: Telling someone they are dying is more of a process than an event. Actually, it's almost impossible to tell someone they're dying, because even when you say it flat out, no one (and no one in their family) is willing to believe it. So whatever you say and however you say it, you shouldn't expect the conversation to be short. In fact, it's usually going to be several conversations, each of which is going to be time-consuming. Bottom line: you need to make sure you have enough time to properly tell someone they are dying.
What shouldn't a patient go to their doctor about?
Something that's not there. You wouldn't believe how often I hear things like: "I was sick last week, but now I'm fine. What did I have?" or "I had a rash right there but it went away. What was it?" How the hell am I supposed to know?? Certainly there are significant medical conditions with symptoms that come and go, but cut me a break, folks. Serious things will declare themselves over time. Most things that go away are not important. Save us all the time and aggravation, and don't go to the doctor (aside from preventive care, of course) unless there's something wrong.
You've given your blog and book a dinosaur theme in reference to family doctors "going the way of the dinosaur". Why aren't there as many family physicians as there used to be?
Progress, finances, and inertia.
Medical advances have resulted in mushrooming specialization that really has produced amazing results in terms of lives saved, prolonged, and otherwise enhanced, which is why the increased number of specialists is perfectly understandable. At the same time, those specialists have hijacked the policy-making arm of medicine, resulting in an increasing disparity between payment for so-called cognitive services (talking to patients, examining them, ordering and interpreting tests to diagnose their ailments) and procedural ones (doing things like surgery). Finally, because medical students are trained in academic settings by definition, they see specialty medicine as the norm. Primary care doctors out in the community are seldom seen as role models to emulate. Students don't have the chance to see what we do, let alone how incredibly rewarding it is. Thus the entire verkakte ratio of specialty to primary care physicians is self-perpetuating.
What isn't your book Declarations of a Dinosaur: 10 Laws I've Learned as a Family Doctor about?
The cover notwithstanding, Declarations of a Dinosaur is not a children's book about Barney's funny uncle that Barack Obama would expect to read to his fifth grader if he happened to see it on his desk. It is an informative, snarky treatise on the sorry state of primary care medicine in the United States today. Although originally inspired by the 10 Laws of the Dinosaur on my blog, Musings of a Dinosaur, the book is not a collection of blog posts. It is 239 pages of entirely new material written specifically for aficionados of informative, snarky treatises on the sorry state of primary care medicine in the United States today.
Finally, a hypothetical. If you were diagnosed with a disease tomorrow, what wouldn't you want it to be?
Any kind of advanced cancer.
My father likes to say, "Live each day as if it's your last; someday you'll be right." I try to live my life so I can answer the second of the following two questions:
1. If you found out today you had only (whatever limited amount of time) to live, what would you do?
2. Why aren't you doing it?
by saying, "I am."
I know too much about both the natural history of advanced cancer and its treatment, so, like many doctors, I would probably eschew any kind of therapy and just go live out the rest of my life. It's just that there's still a lot of stuff I want to do (two novels, at least) so I'm not quite ready to pack it in just yet.
Keep up with Dr Hornstein at Musings of a Dinosaur and have a look at her book:


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1,200 IAM-represented workers at Hawaiian Airlines now have a tentative agreement, AGC Randy Kahaune announced this week in Honolulu. The new IAM contract protects customer service agents, rampers, reservationists, schedule planners, purchasing, records, and crew schedulers at Hawaiian.
The IAM recommends ratification of the contract. Workers at Hawaiian will vote on the package in the coming weeks.
Hawaiian Airlines' top boss, Mark Dunkerley, agreed with the Machinists Union, saying the agreement would increase pay for workers and help strengthen the company at the same time.
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Build-A-Story: Rich kids, poor kids in youth sports
Do rich kids really have an advantage over poor kids when it comes to playing sports? That's the question I want to answer in a story about economic inequity in youth sports.
But this concept needs a lot more focus before it reaches the printed page or the big web site. That's where Story Lab readers come in. We'd welcome your comments, tips and suggestions on where to start researching this story.
Are you a parent of a child in youth sports? Do you see a gap in the quality of sports kids can participate in depending on how much money their families have? How much money do you spend on your child a year? Is it worth it? Have you ever hired a personal coach, trainer or sports psychologist for your young athlete? Do such extras really boost kids' performance--or make them that much more attractive to college coaches? Have you noticed that children who don't have these advantages perform more poorly than peers who do?
What kind of return on investment do you expect for any money you spend on youth sports -- a college scholarship or just the satisfaction that you are giving your child every advantage? Do you have spending limits?
Do you think economic inequities are less acute in team sports such as basketball or football than in activities like soccer? Or individual sports like golf or tennis? If you were exploring this divide, what venue would best tell the story--the soccer field, the gymnasium or the swim complex? In your opinion, do parents or coaches put too much pressure on their young athletes these days? If so, how?
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Annie, Pat Welsh, a T.C. Williams high school English teacher and a wonderful writer whose work often appears in the Post's Outlook section, wrote a piece back in 2000 called "At T.C. Williams, Separate Fields of Play." It was less about the rich/poor divide at the Alexandria high school and more about the black/white divide he saw on the playing fields.
He wrote this shortly after the movie, "Remember The Titans" came out, lauding the integration of the school's football team.
He wrote:
"Today, at T.C. Williams and, I suspect, at many other schools, too many kids are being deprived of that Titans-like bonding experience because sports themselves have become stereotyped: There are "black" sports and "white" sports, and few students dare to cross the racial divide.
Over the years, since that championship black-white team of '71, whites have all but disappeared from football in Alexandria. By 1984, when T.C. won another state championship with what many consider an even better team, there were only two white starters. Today, there are only five whites on T.C.'s 55-man roster. Meanwhile, it's no secret that one of the motivations for building T.C. a $ 1.3 million boathouse in 1985 that is the envy of most colleges was to keep middle-class white students in the Alexandria public school system. Crew, in which about 200 students participate, is unquestionably the white sport, and ambitious parents believe it helps get their kids into top schools."
Here is a link to the story in the Post's archives:
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BlizzCon 2011: Samwise on Mists of Pandaria
"It was one of the last things that I really wanted to see in World of Warcraft, which is Warcraft in general ... Now I can almost say, well, I think I've done good with Warcraft -- they're finally in."
Check out the full article.
The news is out -- we'll be playing Mists of Pandaria! Find out what's in store with an all-new talent system, peek over our shoulder at our Pandaren hands-on, and get ready to battle your companion pets against others. It's all here right at WoW Insider!
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Man shot during possible robbery in vista dies from his injuries
Allen Francios declared brain dead, taken off life
VISTA, Calif. - Authorities released the name Monday of a man who died over the weekend from gunshot wounds he suffered during a possible armed robbery in Vista.
Allen Francois, 32, was shot by an unidentified assailant at an apartment complex in the 2100 block of University Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Thursday, according to sheriff's officials and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
The Vista resident was declared brain-dead and taken off life support at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido on Saturday, homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio said.
Shortly before the fatal shooting, a robbery was reported at a nearby residence, leading investigators to believe the victim may have been gunned down by the thief.


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A native of San Bernardino, California, Tessa Troglia comes to East Los Angeles College with great credentials as a player and coach.
In addition to being a tremendous player at La Serna High in Whittier, California and California State University, Los Angeles, Tessa played for F.C. Girona, a Division I Women's Professional team in Spain. She also played for Rampage and LAFC for the Women's Premiere Soccer League.
Tessa has coached at La Serna for the past nine years as the Head coach for the Girls' Varsity Soccer Program. In fact, in 2008 her team went undefeated in league and clinched the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) Championship. The Championship came just months after winnning a State Championship with the Women's Soccer Program at Cerritos College, as the Assistant Coach in 2007.
In 2010, Tessa led the East Los Angeles Huskies to their first ever Playoff berth in the history of the Program. The team also finished 2nd in a very tough South Coast Conference. Tessa currently runs clinics for the new Futbol Club in Whittier, OC Revolution. She currently possesses her National "B" Coaching license.
In her free time, Tessa likes to workout, nap, play cards, and play Halo 3 on Xbox Live, for which she usually doesn't have much time.


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XSEED wants you to buy its stuff this holiday season, and to get you to do so, it is dropping the prices on five of its older games. If you have ever wanted to try one of these games, this may be a golden opportunity.
XSEED wants you to buy its stuff this holiday season, and to get you to do so, it is dropping the prices on five of its older games. If you have ever wanted to try one of these games, this may be a golden opportunity.
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Seems a good chance to pick up Brave Story finally...
There is no reason not to get Brave Story.
"The universe is already mad. Anything else would be redundant."
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And there are many reasons not to get the others.
The lesson here is that dreams inevitably lead to hideous implosions.
Wild Arms XF is fantastic and a steal at $10. Brave Story is pretty good as well.
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I won't say anything bad about Brave Story, but apart from that game this is just cleaning out the **** barrel.
How about some Ys? Little King's Story? The Lunar remake? Half Minute Hero? Oh wait those are games you'd actually want.
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The Ys games practically just came out, and Lunar's not too old at this point. I wouldn't expect a price drop for them for a while.
Wild Arms XF is definitely my favorite game out of the bunch, and the first half of the game is easily one of the best strategy RPGs I've played. The second half felt pretty rushed, but I can forgive it. It got mixed reviews, but I blame the bad reviews on gamers who were spoiled by Disgaea and think that "strategy" is about taking whatever classes you feel like and grinding levels until you can steamroll over everything in your way.
You want a PSN sale of Little King Story, a game that doesn't even exist on the PSN?
Lunar had a half off sale on the PSN a while ago, so you could have gotten it then. Seemed like a pretty mediocre remake to me so I'm not sure why you would want to though. The best thing about it seemed to be the remastered music, but then they had to go and ruin that by making the music fade in and out everytime the game loads (which is often). And like Minneyar said, the Ys games just came out so you're going to have to wait if you want permanent price drops on those.
Wild Arms XF gets an unfair rap because it's a Strategy/RPG that actually focuses on Strategy and not on powerleveling. It's not without its flaws (having to reset equipment & items everytime you change classes is a bother), but even so, I'd consider it to easily be one of the top 10 best Strategy/RPGs of all time on any system.
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So Brave Story is good? How's its story?
EDIT: Besides being "brave" obviously
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The story is cliche, yet charming. Fun classic RPG feel to it. The gameplay is fast, you can level up mid-battle, and there are no loading times even on UMD. Really solid RPG.
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I'd say it's an example of being a good cliche story. It's light-handed and light-hearted, but won't make your eyes roll or see how fast you can press X to get through the text. It's warm and charming, but not memorable or amazing.
As for XSEED putting games on sale, LKS was $15 online a few weeks ago. You have to keep your eyes out for temporary sales, especially this time of year.
The lesson here is that dreams inevitably lead to hideous implosions.
Brave Story was quite enjoyable for me so I would recommend it at that price.
I would possibly try Wild Arms XF at this price but if I remember correctly it's almost 1GB in size so I'll probably pass on that.
I would just like to add to this, actually, that the Brave Story PSP game also complements its novel really well. Some may not have even realized that it's actually a licensed game -- it's based off of an anime movie that was based off of a very long novel written by a Japanese author named Miyuki Miyabe (and translated to English by Alexander O. Smith of Final Fantasy game localization fame).
But unlike other licensed games, this one didn't seek to retell the story of the movie or novel, instead opting to complement it with a completely original storyline that takes place alongside the novel's, starring a unique cast of characters (but with cameo appearances by the original cast).
The story was apparently written by one of the original Persona writers, who happened to be a really big fan of Miyabe's novel. As such, it's very faithful to Miyabe's established world, and specifically complements the novel rather than the anime (as the anime tried to cram an 800-page novel into 110 minutes, resulting in a LOT of rushing and dumbing down).
And since the novel was being translated at around the same time as XSEED was working on the game, the good translators at 8-4 "compared notes" with Alexander Smith (so to speak), ensuring that all terminology and nomenclature remained identical between these two complementary works.
So yeah... the game is great on its own, and so is the novel (it reads kinds of like a Japanese version of the Chronicles of Narnia, but MUCH, MUCH DARKER) -- but if you read the novel AND play the game, they both become significantly more enjoyable. It's a pretty rare occurrence in the world of video games, and one that I felt was worth mentioning.
This the novel?
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Aye, that be the one. Don't let the Where The Wild Things Are-esque cover fool you -- as neat as that cover looks, it has virtually nothing to do with the book's contents. (:
I adored both the novel and the game and I saw how they complimented each other nicely. It's one of Miyuki Miyabe's better novels (and I've read a lot of her work).
And thus does the novel hit my Amazon wish list. Probably for purchase next month. I had no idea Brave Story was based on a novel.
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XSEED's twitter says that Brave Story is getting pulled from PSN due to an expiring license. It's up for "a few more day". Last chance for a digital copy.
I should probably get it immediately, but odds are the Playstation Store problems (too many people on at one time) may make that impossible to do. :/


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The Army of Two series has always been best-known for a faintly tasteless obsession with American machismo. The second game in particular felt like a testosterone-fuelled dash towards diamond-plated weapons, with an (imperial) ton of holler and whoop along the way. Slaughter was topped-off with air guitar, and celebrations often involved butt slaps.
It wasn't nearly as irritating as the undiluted idiocy of the first Army of Two, but it did require you to disable a bit more of your conscious brain than we were strictly comfortable with, particularly given that we still needed to keep the bits required to operate the controller. That's not a problem that you face with the game's cultural equal, Steven Seagal movies.
Visceral has decided to tone down the fist-bump bromance, but Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel still feels like a wonderfully stupid game. Two men gun down loads of baddies in increasingly exciting ways while everything around them seems to explode. Take off that Newsnight hat for a moment, and it quickly becomes clear that that's all you really need.
Despite that, we're also promised a more mature story that focuses on the Mexican drug cartels. As we discovered early last year, it's a risky topic to approach. The Mexican Congress was outraged by the unveiling of Call of Juarez: The Cartel, and not without reason: cartel violence in modern-day Juarez was responsible for roughly 6,000 deaths in 2010. Had Techland managed to do anything intelligent annd worthwhile with the premise, things might have turned out better, but Call of Juarez was catastrophically rubbish, and thus didn't have a leg to stand on.
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As Devil's Cartel begins you're hired by the mayor of La Puerta - a fictional town near the Mexican border - to clear out the local cartel gangsters. Things apparently spiral from there, turning this into a much more personal journey. Even with the promise of a mature tale, Visceral is treading on thin ice. "We're trying to be as authentic as possible with our voice acting and locations," assures the game's lead designer Julien Lamoureux. "We have to be careful, as we're walking on a thin line."
As we grin through a haze of exploded limbs in a nondescript orange-brown dusty location, we can't help but wonder how well that'll pan out. The only aspect of local flavour we've seen so far are the luchador-style masks our new protagonists wear. Co-op remains a central part of the game, with the hilariously-named Alpha and Bravo having plenty of time to pick their buddy back up should they find themselves filled with too many bullets. Aside from the point bonuses you get from successfully flanking and working together, the other co-op aspects are still unclear - but there isn't a high five or chest-bump in sight.
We don't have a huge amount of time to get a feel for exactly how the game controls, but comparisons to heavyweights like Gears of War 3 don't leave The Devil's Cartel looking too shabby. The characters move around quickly with a chunky sense of weight that's amplified by delightfully forceful close-range melee attacks. Cover-based shooters rely heavily on being able to interact with the environment freely, and snapping in and out of cover feels suitably tight. We play with a shotgun, a pistol and an assault rifle - all of which have a pleasingly meaty punch. It's always a good sign when you have fun with a pistol, and we're looking forward to messing around with the series' iconic buffed-up guns.


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I waited on Frank Bruni a couple times, Gael Greene, Ruth Reichl.
Did you have to pretend not to know them?
That whole New York restaurant-review dance is silly. It's unfortunate they have to stay in character so much lot of service comes down to the personality of the person that's dealing with you.
How many people who go there are tourists?
During the 5:30 seating I'd say it's 90 percent. The second seating at 8:30 p.m. is mostly foodies.
To what degree has business dropped off because of the Broadway strike?
The theater guests dropped in percentage maybe about 20 to 30 percent. People still come in for the first seating at 5:30 p.m., but a lot of times since they have so much time and nowhere to go, they just linger.
You must feel pressure to turn over tables in situations like that.
Yeah, we do, since we don't have a bar. The liquor license is pending, and I believe it's about to come soon. If they come in twenty minutes earlier or later for their reservation, it could create a logjam.
What's the main difference between serving tourists and foodies?
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Sure, but your menu is divided into "traditional" and "contemporary" do the tourists tend to play it safe?
I always assume that they're going to, and then they surprise me.
What's good this season?
We've been featuring a lot of white truffles. We immediately tell people how much it is because it's not cheap. When they teeter, what I say is, "When you want to order a high-end specialty item, you want to order it from someone you trust. If I chose someone to make a white-truffle dish that I'm paying $140 for, that would be Marco Canora."


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The true measure of a successful company is not based on how it responds when things are going right, but how it responds when things are going wrong.
The same is true of people. It's easy to do the right thing when there are no pressures on you. When the boss is happy, when all the services are working, when the kids are peacefully napping, it's easy to be a good person. But the challenge comes when things are broken; when the boss is unhappy, when the rent is late and Junior's birthday is tomorrow, and when the kids are cranky and won't go to sleep so you can get that last bit of work done. If you can keep it together then, when everybody else around you is losing it, then you have something to brag about.
So how do you do it? What can you do to be ready to handle the days when everything goes wrong?
There are a few things you can do to keep your calm in the face of overwhelming pressure.
- Put it all into perspective. Nothing that's going to happen to you today can compare with, say, being on a ship at sea that is sinking into frigid waters after colliding with an iceberg just off the coast of a land inhabited solely by cannibals. So hey, what's to worry? If you boss is yelling at you, just remember the fact that you have a boss to yell at you puts you ahead in today's economy.
- A crisis is only a crisis if you don't have a plan to deal with it. As John Bender said, "Screws fall out all the time. The world is an imperfect place." With that as a given, we need to have a plan for when the screws fall out. First step of the plan is to check the screws frequently and tighten any loose ones. A crisis is easier to prevent than manage. In the event we miss a loose screw, be ready to deal with it. If the car won't start in the morning, what are you going to do? If you have a plan, you won't feel as stressed out.
- The more you know, the less you stress. Know your weak areas. Know the chinks in your armor, and know how to deal with them. If I'm driving a car with bald tires, I'm going to plan for a flat by making sure that the spare is there, aired up, and that I have all the pieces of the jack. I'm also going to make sure that I know where the tire is, and how to change it. At 2AM, discovering that the spare is stowed under the truck and requires a special configuration of the jack to lower is a stressful situation. Knowing these things ahead of time can save you 45 minutes of frustration. Not that I'm speaking from experience or anything.
- Take ownership of the problems. This one sounds a little strange, so let's talk about it for a minute. If you are having problems with your day, and you blame it all on external factors, what control do you have over the situation? None! You are a helpless victim of circumstance, just along for the bruising ride. I don't know about you, but I hate being helpless. Nothing stresses me out more than not being able to fix a problem. So when things go wrong, instead of looking for somebody to blame, and ranting and raving about who's at fault, I use my time and energy to find a solution. I don't care if the traffic jam was caused by an idiot texting while driving. Instead of fuming and sitting in traffic, I find an alternate route to my destination. My problem is not his mistake; it's that I have to be somewhere. I can solve my problems; he'll have to deal with his on his own time.
- Finally, communicate with others who are affected. Call somebody and let them know what is going on and, even more importantly, be willing to ask for and accept help. If things are going wrong, use your resources to get them back on track. Don't be a hero, or a martyr; instead, just get the job done. By letting people know there's an issue, and the steps you are taking to deal with it, any potential delays will not be a crisis for them, since they've already incorporated it into their plans. With communications, you prevent a crisis from cascading down the line.
These techniques work for individuals, companies, and more to the point, customer service representatives, which is where DISH Network comes in.
A couple of weeks ago, I had a problem with my receiver. Even though everything looked right, we could not get the DISH Online service to work. It would connect to the receiver, buffer the video, and then the screen would just remain blank. The weird thing was that I could still use the video controls. I could pause, and the timer would start running; I could skip ahead or skip back, and then I could go to Live TV. All the controls worked correctly, but there was no video or sound.
So I grabbed my tablet and fired up the DISH app and tried it there and got the same thing.
Now it was time to call tech support. I chose the chat method of contacting them mainly because it is hard to type with an accent, which makes the instructions so much easier to understand. By the way, DISH has customer support available 24/7 over the phone, through chat, Facebook and Twitter.
I connected with the service rep, and gave her the basic information about the issue. I explained that we had already tried multiple computers and tablets and verified that the problem occurred regardless of which browser we were using.
Now here is the really cool part.
She was prepared with a troubleshooting script to work on my problem (Rule 2), but had enough knowledge to modify the script based on the information I gave her (Rule 3). When you are already frustrated by a piece of equipment that isn't working, causing your wife to miss an episode of her favorite show, Duck Dynasty, you don't need to be told to walk through a bunch of steps you know won't fix the problem.
Even better, from the symptoms I described, she recognized what the problem was, explained that it was a bug in the software that was being addressed in an upcoming update (Rule 4) and told me how to address the issue if it occurred again. (Rule 5)
Within a few minutes, my wife was "Happy, happy, happy!"
Whatever that means. I just saw a lot of guys with huge beards.
Maybe I should grow one…
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Parma's best restaurant is inserted in a hotel so plain and weirdly located (on the far side of the ring road that wraps the city) you can't believe you've got the address right. Believe it. Cocchi is supercivilized without even seeming to try. The professional waitstaff, also with no obvious effort, attend to a clientele of Italian businessmen, neighborhood dads out with their teenage spawn, and loud Americans. Strolghino, a skinny salami made from lean leg meat, is carved tableside, swaddled in a linen napkin. Strolghino's extreme tenderness, delicateness, and near resemblance to fresh, raw sausage meat is a result of just 15 to 20 days of curing. But what you're really here for are the rice preparations, savarin and bomba di riso. The first tops Parmesan- and risotto-filled envelopes of cooked ham with veal polpettini and porcini ragù. To make a "bomb," pigeon is marinated, braised, and deboned; hidden and layered inside a rice-lined dome; and baked. Whether or not the province of Parma reaches its culinary apotheosis with this dish has been debated since the 16th century. 16/A Via Gramsci; 39-0521/ 995-147; dinner for two $115.
No matter how allergic you are to joyless, pompous restaurants, any eating survey of Parma would have to include this one, especially if someone else is paying. Beyond the silver chargers with crocheted doilies, flights of Parmesan and prosciutto are offered at 16, 26, and 29 months and 13, 24, and 36 months, respectively. The rest of the menu (pheasant ravioli with fried leeks, truffle, and marsala sauce; pig's head with honey, chicory, and quail eggs) is a model of voluptuous lily gilding. 71 Via Repubblica; 39-0521/285-952; dinner for two $173.
Trattoria Antichi Sapori
Set in the countryside just outside the city, Sapori is more ambitious, refined, and serious (but not too serious) than most trattorias in the Parma area, offering modern dishes so as not to seem old-fashioned (Parmesan gelato melting over a luscious hunk of molten eggplant in a pastry nest), and classic dishes so as not to seem out of touch with the past (taglioni, a cousin of tagliatelle, with octopus, shrimp, and cuttlefish). Oven-browned potato gnocchi with onion marmalade falls somewhere in the middle. And who knew that a form of sbrisolona—an almond-and-polenta dessert I have been making and loving for 30 years—is from Emilia- Romagna?Sbrisolona is more cookie than cake and on the menu of practically every restaurant in Parma. Some find it chokingly dry, but that's their problem. The name translates as "she who crumbles," a reference to the charmingly ragged pieces you get when you break into it (slicing is useless). Eat with vin santo. 318 Strada Montanara; 39-0521/ 648-165; dinner for two $100.
Osteria del Gesso
Even more than Antichi Sapori, this restaurant seeks to set itself apart by offering both traditional and innovativa cooking. So I was cautious, wary of a meal that could easily be not one thing and not the other. Some of Gesso's ingredients—New Zealand lamb, basmati rice, foie gras—also worried me. But the osteria has legs. A platter of sbrisolona sits on a counter inside the front door, a good start. The menu gives the age and maker of the prosciutto (28 months, Leporati), and culatello (20 months, Consorzio di Zibello), another excellent sign. They say it's impossible to have a bad plate of pasta in Parma (not my experience), but the rabbit-mousse agnolotti and Swiss chard–and-ricotta tortelli are exceptional. Americans are unreasonably averse to eating horse. What a loss. At Gesso the meat is sautéed in strips, then molded into a disk with braised baby onions and a lovely little salad of arugula, radicchio, and cherry tomatoes. 11 Via Ferdinando Maestri; 39-0521/ 230-505; dinner for two $118.


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The Variations: A Novel
Book Description
A compelling sympathy of the faiths that fill the gap between who we set out to be and who we ultimately become.
A powerful debut novel about a priest who has lost his church, his mentor, and, most upsetting, his ability to pray. How can Father Dominic protect or guide his parish when everything he loves falls away? How can he counsel Dolores, a troubled teenager prone to emotional panic and spiritual monomania? Or James, a promising African American pianist, struggling to realize his artistic ambitions by bringing his own voice to a piece that has been played by the world's most brilliant pianists, Bach's Goldberg Variations.
Into this malaise comes Andrea, a sophisticated New York editor attracted at first by Dom's blog and then by the man himself. Dom's journey from the cloth into the secular world will offer carnal knowledge, but also something deeper, a more resistant knowledge as life fails to offer happiness or redemption. In prose both searching and muscular, John Donatich's The Variations has located the right metaphor for our spiritual crisis in this story of one man's spiritual disillusion and ache for self-knowledge.
My thoughts
Father Dominic's mentor has passed away and this leads the priest into questioning his life; his church; his calling. With his struggles he makes the decision to leave the priesthood.
I thought that I would learn of Father Dominic's quest to find meaning in his life, but I felt the book fell short. The characters and the situations were not enough to draw me in and feel what they were going through. Father Dominic was aching for self-knowledge but he and I did not find it in this story.
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Explore 58 (Apr-Jun 2012)
Ninety-two dated and numbered daily Bible readings to help you understand clearly the message and challenge of the Word of God. Explore 58 runs from April to June 2012 and includes Bible readings on Jonah, Luke and Easter.
Many Christians find it difficult to regularly read the Bible. It can be quite a task to find one's way around such a large, diverse and ancient collection of writings. Some of the books in the Bible are historical, some are poetic, some are prophetic, some take the form of letters. The big question is - how does it all fit together?
The best way to find the answer is to adopt a pattern of daily Bible Study and prayer. Not only does this give the reader more knowledge of the Bible, but more importantly it offers a chance to listen and hear God speaking personally to them through His strongest medium - The Word.
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"A trustworthy and convenient tool for helping people to dig into the Scriptures themselves."
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"Reliable, faithful and accessible. Fantastic for anyone who wants to get started in spending regular time in God's Word."
- Steve Timmis, Co-author of Total Church and Gospel-Centred Leadership, Director of Acts 29, Western Europe
"Reading the Bible daily is an integral part of growing as Christians, and these notes are practical and insightful. Many in our congregation have been greatly blessed through their daily use."
- Paul Gardner, Pastor of Christ Church, Atlanta, GA
"A resource like Explore needs to be highly disseminated. Sundays are not enough, we need God's Word everyday. Explore satisfies that need."
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Format | Paperback |
Dimensions | 147mm x 210mm |
Pages | 96 |
Publisher | The Good Book Company |
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Great way to explore the Bible
Currently on my third edition of Explore, great way to read through the Bible in bite sized pieces whether for someone new to the Bible or just to refresh existing knowledge and teachings. Useful to have added explaination and questions to prompt a bit of thinking about the passage you have just read. Takes be about 30 minutes to an hour to work through the daily read plus the passages listed at the bottom of each daily read in order to read the entire Bible in a year. Nice to have a 90 day book as it does not feel as challenging as a full year, also if you miss a day or so it is easy to go back and pick up where you left off, or simply ignore the dates and do your reading when you feel like it. Highly recommend.
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This devotional explores scripture thoroughly and suggests relevant applications to each teaching/truth being studied. It really does get me thinking.


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Mike Hogewood joins the guys this week to talk ACC football. Find out why something Al Groh said surprised Mike, his thoughts on Duke's David Cutcliffe, why he thinks Patrick is bold (and perhaps crazy) and his surprise team in the ACC this year, plus much more.
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I'm wondering if it really does work. We have lots of frogs and toads and I'm not looking forward to fishing them out dead! I actually like the little boogers because they eat the bad bugs! I also wonder if it does work, do they end up just jumping right back into the pool? Any thoughts? |
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- Posted by ms_minnamouse (My Page) on Wed, Aug 25, 10 at 20:15
It'll work if the frogs make it to the skimmer alive and figure out that they're supposed to walk up the ramp. If the frogs drown before they get to the ramp or don't figure out the ramp, it's useless. I just got one and it's well designed. It's just up to the frogs. |
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Amanzi Island Lodge(4 stars)
31 Cearn Drive, Leisure Isle View on mapHotel review overview
Amazing Amanzi
- Recommended hotel
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- Countryside & spa
- January 2013
Oh yes, better to misspell it. The reality is that. A place where you regret if the reservation is only for one night, as in our case. From the warm welcome and the customized service, the feeling is to be a part of the "family", without unwanted intrusions. The Lodge is located in the peaceful Leisure island, 5 min. drive from the centre of Knysna. At the entrance the large bright windows already open up a world. Rooms are warm, flawlessly appointed, full of intriguing details and a selection of books and magazines. Our bathroom wasn't huge, but with all ... the trimmings and the usual large shower you find commonly in South Africa (what a great thing!). The wooden balcony faces the lagoon, and the usual stunning african sunset is never far away. It is equipped with 2 long chair for sunbath and a table. Beds were comfortable and linen neat. Great choice of amenities and books in the common area, closeby where breakfast is served. A real lounge room with a mighty atmosphere and a "serve yourself" bar supplied with drinks and spirits. Alongside with the place, breakfast is excellent, with a full choice and yummy offering of the best english syle (and the more yellow scrambled eggs I've ever get!). Check in and check out procedures are smart and easy, value for money downright positive. To be improved the signage from the city to get to the lodge (we had to ask), the in room wifi signal, mostly weak, and dissociate the light from the ventilation in the bathroom, in the long run slightly noisy. Definitely the best place we've stayed in along the Garden route and one of the remarkable top end places in the South African hospitality industry. We'll be back for sure. read hotel review
Beautiful small lodge
- Recommended hotel
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- January 2013
Small, family-run lodge right at the waterfront with very friendly owners, very recommendable, however only with your own car distance, as a whole piece from the center of the knysna away read hotel review
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- What the hotel offersOn the shores of the Knysna Lagoon you'll find Amanzi Island Lodge, a tranquil beachhouse on Leisure Isle with spectacular views of the Knysna Heads and Featherbed Nature Reserve. All our spacious bedrooms open out, either onto a balcony or garden, to overlook the lagoon. Enjoy a lazy, scrumptious breakfast as you watch the slow turning of the tides. Guests can relax in our large, comfortable lounge or enjoy a sundowner at the well-stocked honesty bar. Soak up the sun at the secluded swimming pool in our garden, or doze under the large Milkwood tree where you'll be accompanied by sunbirds, turacos and the resident Burchell's coucal. Amanzi Island Lodge has a private swimming pool and bicycles, canoes and paddle skis for the guests to explore the island and the lagoon.
- LocationOn the shores of the Knysna Lagoon with spectacular views of the Knysna Heads and Featherbed Nature Reserve. Knysna is the heart of the Garden Route, making Amanzi Lodge the perfect base to explore the many attractions this spectacular part of South Africa has to offer.
- Food and DrinkBreakfast is complementary, and included in the rates.
- LeisureBicycles and canoes available. Swimming pool.
- Other facilities and servicesBicycles and canoes. Credit cards. Children by arrangement. All of our bedrooms have: Lagoon views Air-conditioning Tea and coffee making facilities Digital electronic safes
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Mr. Arnold Wayne Clifton, 62, of Statesville, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, October 27, 2011, at Iredell Memorial Hospital in Statesville, following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Clifton was born September 24, 1949 in Stuart, Virginia and was the son of the late Lunda Larkin Clifton and Velva Webb Clifton. He was a graduate of Patrick County Schools in Virginia and the National Business College of Roanoke, Virginia. He also attended Nursing School at Patrick Henry Community College.
Mr. Clifton was a member of Meadows of Dan Baptist Church in Virginia and was employed for Nissan Textile Machinery Corporation for 20 years as a service technician. He was last employed at Lowes Hardware as a sales associate. He lived many happy years with his beloved Nancy Hill of the home. He is remembered as a caring brother and a loving father and papaw.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a sister Clara M. Clifton.
He is survived by three sons, Scott L. Clifton (Suzie) of Minnesota, Jeremy W. Clifton of Statesville, Chris B. Goforth (Jennifer) of Statesville, three daughters Amanda L. Clifton, Savannah H. Clifton, and Karen G. Earp (Butch) all of Statesville. He is also survived by seven grandchildren Daniel Clifton, Linnea Clifton, Jana Clifton, Brittany Earp, Nathan Earp, Mason Goforth, Madilynn Grace Goforth, two sisters Lois Lee Davis (Joseph) of Greensboro, Lorna Dare Souza of Statesville, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mr. Clifton will be conducted 3:00 PM Sunday, October 30, 2011 at the Nicholson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Gary Revels and Rev. Tom Corbell officiating. Burial will follow in the Snow Creek United Methodist Church cemetery. The family will visit with friends Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at the Nicholson Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Alex Cockram Cemetery, c/o Ann Cockram, 153 Cockram Lane, Meadows of Dan, Virginia 24120
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This Week in Blu-ray: Sons of Anarchy, Top Gun, House, Malcolm McDowell and More
Blu-ray Spotlight By Neil Miller on August 31, 2011 | Comments (1)It's time for another day late edition of This Week in Blu-ray. I might as well just move this column to Wednesday, as I'm so often cramming to get releases from certain studios — who will remain nameless (Fox) — that send out their review material at the absolute last minute. That said, I'm glad they decided to send their releases this week, as they earned a Pick of the Week with one of the best shows on television. Also included in this week's rundown: we fly into the danger zone, I admit to not hating something that screams Disney Channel, Criterion drops to juicy releases and Hugh Laurie is still so dreamy. All that and more in this week's saucy selection of high definition accoutrement. Sons of Anarchy: Season Three With the seemingly obvious exception of Breaking Bad, there may be no better drama on television than Kurt Sutter's Sons of Anarchy. Conceived with a great passion for the brotherhood of biker gangs and filled with characters, both main and supporting, that are infinitely engaging, it's one of the grittiest, gnarliest and often best-acted shows around. In their expansive third season, the boys from Charming go on the hunt for Jax's kidnapped son, Abel, a tour that leads the crew all the way to Belfast and one hell of an emotional finale. After season two's finish, it's hard to believe that a repeat is possible. But when it comes to SAMCRO, anything is possible. As for the Blu-ray earning […]
Everyone loves and hates lists. They reduce and compare movies that don't deserve it, but they also celebrate greatness in a convenient, digestible form that can do a lot to encourage movie fans to discover new and old greats even better than long, drawn out columns can. Time Out has decided to do the mother of all lists and chose to do it by going all out. The publication sought out the opinions of 150 movie industry experts (ranging from acting, to directing, to producing, to criticism) to pick the 100 Best British Films.
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There are few more fitting uses of the word, "anomaly" than to describe Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. Thanks in large part to a charming video of a father and daughter performing the less-than-obvious smash single, "Home," this band of misfits was propelled into the spotlight. Their reflection was much different than that of the band themselves, who largely appeals to a niche, but was embraced by the masses. This much shorter sophomore effort has the potential to let a few more ears in with it's easy summer vibe, but their signature 12-person hootin' and hollerin' may lend itself more to the core fans who have been on the Sharpe train a while.
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With a new singing competition starting seemingly every week, it's hard to keep track of who comes from where and why we should care, but some voices stand out from the masses. Rebecca Ferguson is one such voice, who, despite coming in second place on the UK version of The X Factor to Matt Cardle, snagged a record deal with Simon Cowell's Syco Music thanks to her show stopping performances during the broadcast. Having already released overseas, Ferguson has arrived stateside, ready to prove what Cowell saw in her, teaming up with producers who turned the knobs for songstresses like Adele and Duffy – a genre comparison that she should slide easily into and hopefully the same goes for notoriety, too.
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Sat, Aug 28, 10 at 8:25
I didn't want to totally hijack the "favorite features" thread, hope you don't mind if I started a new one! Regarding your lovely front door; was it painted when you got it? Or did you just have to strip the old varnish and start from there? If it was painted, did you have trouble removing all of the old paint from the wood grain? Our front door is painted on the outside, but in it's original varnished state on the inside - which is beautiful. I would love to restore the exterior to the original wood, but have been told that we would never be able to get all of the old paint out of the grooves and it would not look right... If you did start with a painted door, how did you get it looking so amazing? Or is there some paint left that is not visible in the pictures...?? We are at the point now where it either needs to be painted or refinished... obviously I will not paint it if there is any hope of restoring the original finish! THanks for any feedback you may have! |
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- Posted by sombreuil_mongrel (My Page) on Sat, Aug 28, 10 at 19:42
I'm on the same boat as mrsrichards with my front door (except both sides are covered in paint, ugh), so this post is a huge help to me. Thanks so much for sharing this info, Casey! |
I'm on the same boat as mrsrichards with my front door (except both sides are covered in paint, ugh), so this post is a huge help to me. Thanks so much for sharing this info, Casey! |
I can tell that this door came from a home where money was spent. Paint,back in the day was expensive. Then it became a lot cheaper. |
- Posted by mrsrichards (My Page) on Fri, Sep 3, 10 at 21:17
It really looks gorgeous! I think I will go ahead and try to strip the paint off. Then if I can't get it all I will just re-paint it. Can't hurt, right? And I don't think it will close right with another layer on it ~ pretty tight fit already! |
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HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Florida avocado grower-shippers are keeping an eye on a disease that could destroy their industry.
The tiny redbay ambrosia beetle, which spreads the laurel wilt fungus that destroys avocado trees, has been spotted on the northern end of the South Florida production area.
Money supporting research being conducted by the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences originates from specialty crop grants in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's farm bill, said Alan Flinn, administrator of the Florida Avocado Administrative Committee.
Last season, the committee financially supported removal of infected trees, he said.
"We are searching hard for a remedy to this problem," Flinn said. "We are hoping to eradicate it as soon as we can. We are optimistic, and we think we will get a handle on this."
Alvaro Perpuly, general manager and partner at Fresh King Inc., said the industry is doing as much as it can to control the disease and to try to survive.
"Through the research, we've made some progress in the knowledge of this beetle, but it's not definitive to stop it yet," Perpuly said. "We don't have anything scientifically proven to be able to stop it. We lose trees every day, but we're still working on it."
Ongoing concern
Jessie Capote, executive vice president and co-owner of J&C Tropicals, Miami, said he attended a committee meeting on the subject on May 21.
He said the committee is soliciting for increased university research support.
"There continues to be a need for more funding to find other ways to combat the virus. Right now, all they're doing is cutting down trees. They certainly know more than they did a few years ago, but I don't think we're at the point to where it's stabilizing," Capote said.
Bill Brindle, vice president of sales management for Brooks Tropicals Inc., said the disease remains an ongoing industry concern.
"Fortunately, to this point, we have been able to contain the spread of the laurel wilt," he said. "It's something we're managing. It's an issue that this industry can deal with. For the most part, we will be able to control it.
"We can't prevent it very effectively, but we can keep it under control and have a vibrant industry even though this disease is present."