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"We didn't really want to waste anyone's time," Jason Tippet says of his new documentary "Only The Young," which he co-directed and shot with close friend Elizabeth Mims. Humble and laidback, but always quick to throw in a playful jab at the other, you couldn't find two better people to capture the throes of 21st century adolescence.
"Only The Young" chronicles that lull between school ending and going home for dinner – following three teens as they skateboard and explore the outskirts of their small California town, grappling with friendship, love and growing up. The East Valley Tribune recently chatted with Mims and Tippet about the film, which is now playing at Film Bar in downtown Phoenix.
EVT: So to begin with, when did you first meet Garrison, Kevin and Skye?
MIMS: We met Garrison and Kevin one day when we were going to check out a skate park. Jason kind of grew up in Santa Clarita, (Calif.), where we filmed, and we kind of wanted to see how it changed. So we went over there and the kids ended up approaching us, asking if we had lost keys to a Jaguar, which we hadn't…oh, there he is!
TIPPET: Hey, sorry about that.
MIMS: Hey! I'm just answering questions so if you could just be quiet for a second that'd be great.
TIPPET: Oh yeah, no worries, go for it. I'm sure you were saying some really interesting s***.
MIMS: Oh, it was really interesting. No, we're just mean to each other out of love. Anyways…were you going to say something?
TIPPET: No, no, no, I wasn't going to say anything. Did you have something to say?
MIMS: Oh yeah, I'm just going to finish this real quick. So, Garrison and Kevin approached us, and they kind of started arguing in front of us, so we knew right away that they don't care what anyone else thinks, they're able to kind of be themselves. It was just one of those things where we were looking for new subjects and they were just these great kids.
EVT: How long did it take to shoot the film?
MIMS: Um, about a year and a half.
TIPPET: And then we spent about another six months editing, but we were editing the whole time as we were going because we were so nervous. It was our first feature so, you know, I think we were both a little neurotic about missing something. Every day after shooting we'd go home and we'd cut something together from the day. We had this corkboard where we had all these note cards and we'd try to guess, you know, if Garrison got back together with Skye and figure out the questions we'd need to be asking. It was just a lot of us trying to predict what was going to happen in their lives and be prepared.
EVT: Filming their lives for such a long period of time, were there any shots or scenes that regrettably didn't make it into the final cut?
TIPPET: Yeah, there's this one day where these kids made this homemade slip n' slide down this hill, like, broke into this guy's backyard and used a hose and his water supply to run the hose over the fence into the backyard down to this hill. They just had this huge tarp and there were all these kids just sliding down this tarp all day, and I actually took the camera down the tarp with them.
There was just this great long shot, and I was trying to use this scene in the movie but it was just too repetitive with what they were talking about that day. It was like another interview of Garrison talking about how much Kevin meant to him and I felt like we already kind of understood that in the film by that point. But yeah, definitely that day.
MIMS: I totally forgot about that.
TIPPET: Yeah, that was kind of a heartbreaking thing for me. I think, though, that both of us wanted to make a kind of shorter feature. We didn't really want to waste anyone's time and just wanted to be really specific with what we were saying.
EVT: Were there any films or directors that particularly inspired you while shooting?
MIMS: I think we were both very inspired by documentaries like "American Movie" and "Billy the Kid."
TIPPET: Yeah, I mean, I love Robert Yeoman's photography so a lot of it is really symmetrical and most of the interviews are done in two shots. I'm trying to think of whom else we were watching during that time…I think David Fenster; all his shots are on a tripod. I don't know, I think something he does really well is he doesn't let the audience notice that there's a filmmaker involved, you know, like there's no zooms and there's no camera movements. You're not imagining this cameraman and sound person following him around. I think it feels a little more personal that way and makes you forget about that. That's something else that we were trying to achieve.
EVT: Of the three teens, I found Skye to be the most interesting – sometimes unlikable but always sympathetic. Could you tell me a little more about her?
MIMS: Yeah, I mean, when we met Skye, she had just been dating Garrison and we realized that she kind of brought out all these different sides of the guys by kind of creating this conflict as soon as we met her. She's actually younger than the boys; she's just going to be graduating this year. We just thought it was amazing she was able to kind of put them in their place all the time and also had some pretty incredible things to say. I think growing up, her dad was always in and out of jail, and she talks about that. She's developed this type of personality that's very resilient and really brave, you know? I think that's what really brought us to her.
EVT: I thought the documentary did an excellent job of showing these oftentimes-awkward teenagers with very "high-school" problems, and crafting them into a surprisingly compelling, relatable story. Could you elaborate some on what you wished to achieve in your filmmaking process?
TIPPET: When we went into making this, we were talking a lot about our favorite times in high school and you know, what we wanted to capture. We could capture their life in school or their situation with their parents, and both of us kept going back to this time where you get out of school and then have to be home for dinner around 7. We wanted to kind of stay in that realm of things and not really show parents too much. The only time we see Kevin's dad is when something negative is going on, like talking to him about having to move.
We also thought that, kids around adults, they always act really differently and it's kind of uncomfortable for them because they're not really sure how they should act, so we just wanted to keep it this time that they had this freedom. They didn't really have jobs or any responsibilities, you know, it was right before you get your first car. Once you get your first car, it sounds like that's when you're going to have the most freedom, but you have to get a job, pay for gas, insurance, you're working a lot more to pay for those things and that free time kind of dwindles away. I think we kind of caught them basically in a special time before they got cars and these responsibilities kind of built up.
EVT: Do you still keep in touch with the three of them? If so, how are they doing and what have they been up to?
MIMS: I think I'm much closer to Skye. We talk all the time and she's doing really well. Her grandfather moved into a new condo and she's about to graduate, but yeah, she's doing pretty well. I guess the guys, can you talk about them?
TIPPET: I think that Skye would actually disagree that you're closer with her. I was much closer with her. Garrison…he quit his job recently and he's going train hopping up to Portland. He's going with a few friends. He's going through some interesting stuff right now, I think he's trying new things and he's hanging out with really different people. I don't know, I think he's coming into his own right now, even more so than you watch him change in the movie. Since the movie's been out, he's like a completely different person.
Kevin works at Tommy Burger because he's obsessed with chili. He was like, "I'm buying so much chili from Tommy Burger, it'd just make sense if I worked there so I wouldn't spend all my money at Tommy Burger." He has a ton of chili in his fridge right now. He moved back to Santa Clarita, so him and Garrison are skating every day and finding new dilapidated places to hang out.
EVT: To wrap things up, what sorts of films or projects do you guys have in the works right now?
MIMS: I'm actually writing a fiction right now just to kind of do something different. I'm also looking for new documentary subjects but nothing's really come across that I really want to do. I don't know, after realizing how long it takes to make a movie, I'm just kind of waiting for the right story before I invest all this time and energy and everything.
TIPPET: I'm just trying to figure out a means to make money while I'm making documentaries. I'm also writing a script right now with a friend. It's just a short film but I want to try making a fiction short and trying a few things out. It'd be its own thing very different from the way I make documentaries and yeah, I'm hoping to shoot that within the next few months.


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- 4 ounces dried porcini mushrooms*
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cups mascarpone cheese** (from about 1 1/2 seven-ounce containers)
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 1/2 pounds russet potatoes (about 5 large), peeled, cut crosswise into 1/8-inch-thick slices
Place porcini and 1 cup boiling water in medium bowl. Place small bowl atop mushrooms to keep submerged. Let soak 20 minutes. Drain and coarsely chop mushrooms.
Melt butter with oil in medium skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and sauté until beginning to brown, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Remove from heat. Whisk 1/4 cup Parmesan and next 4 ingredients in small bowl; season with salt and pepper. DO AHEAD: Mushrooms and cheese mixture can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover separately and chill.
Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter wide shallow 2-quart baking dish. Arrange 1/4 of potato slices in bottom of dish. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Scatter 1/4 of mushrooms over. Repeat. Spread half of cheese mixture over, shaking dish to settle. Repeat with remaining potatoes and mushrooms in 2 layers each; spread remaining cheese mixture over. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons Parmesan over. Place gratin dish on rimmed baking sheet.
Bake gratin until top is brown and sauce is bubbling at edges, about 1 hour 15 minutes. Let gratin rest 15 minutes before serving. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Tent loosely with foil and rewarm in 300°F oven 20 minutes.
*Available in the produce section of many supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Italian markets.
**Italian cream cheese; sold at many supermarkets and at Italian markets.
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- Calories411
- Carbohydrates39 g (13%)
- Fat26 g (40%)
- Protein9 g (18%)
- Saturated Fat14 g (70%)
- Sodium214 mg (9%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber4 g (14%)
- Monounsaturated Fat9 g
- Cholesterol73 mg (24%)
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type: Casserole/Gratin
main ingredients: Cream Cheese, Mushroom, Marscapone, Parmesan, Potato
dietary considerations: Vegetarian, High Fiber
holiday/celebration: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve


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Thanks for this review. The last place I want to spend $25 per plate is a "bar with a restaurant" that also has terrible service.
There's a certain kind of restaurant that could be picked up, Wizard of Oz style, and set back down in a spot far from home without skipping a beat. Life would go on as before — chefs would cook, bartenders would pour, customers would pile in — only in a different climate, with a different zip code. Acorn, Rioja and Beast + Bottle are those kinds of places. The Curtis Club, which opened last fall in the former home of Old Curtis Street Bar, is not.
See also: Behind the Scenes at the Curtis Club
Launched by musician-turned-restaurateur Scott Bagus, the Curtis Club exudes a vibe that would be hard to imagine outside of the West. Walls are decked out with cedar-fence wood. Community tables sport oversize steel wheels, the kind found on farm equipment. Horseshoes hang by the tin ceiling. A mural of a lake backs the bar, and stools are made of metal tractor seats. In other towns and in other hands, such touches might verge on kitsch; here, they feel like part of our heritage. "I was going for the Old West, but with a classy feeling," says the 37-year-old Bagus, who designed the space himself and did the renovations with friends. And that's just how it feels: Walking in for the first time, I had the feeling I was stepping into a sophisticated, 21st-century version of an old-time saloon.
2100 Curtis Street
Denver, CO 80205
Category: Restaurant > Bar Food
Region: Downtown Denver
Despite the decor's nod to the wild West, chef Eric Johnson — formerly of the Flagstaff House in Boulder — has designed a menu that contains none of the clichéd buffalo stew, chicken and dumplings and cornbread you might expect. Bison does make an appearance, though — not as stew, but in a tender, wine-splashed Bolognese over almond fettuccine, one of many gluten-free options. (That song about a home where the buffalo roam is wrong; early explorers mistook bison for the buffalo of Asia.) I couldn't resist stealing tender, ricotta-specked bites from my husband's plate. He, in turn, stole bites from my duck dish — and he's not even a duck fan. He was after the farro cake, chewy with plump grains and flecked with thyme, under a tower of duck confit and crispy duck breast. I was after the acidity of the tomatoes in the Bolognese, which I needed to cut the richness of all that fowl.
Confit isn't the first — or even the fortieth — thing that comes to mind when I think of the Old West. Neither are Brussels sprouts, another indication that the kitchen is thinking contemporary, not chuckwagon. Served as a cold salad, the sprouts were sliced into what the menu called "petals" and sprinkled with almonds, currants and aged goat cheese. Tossed in an Italian agrodolce, or sweet-and-sour sauce, they tasted lightly pickled. The refreshing salad paired perfectly with a decadent appetizer of rabbit rillette. Creamy rather than greasy, with sherry vinegar and berbere spices eliminating any hint of gaminess it might once have had, the rabbit coated toast points like butter. This dish, one of my favorites at the Curtis Club, would make a great introduction to rabbit — and tiny quail eggs, for that matter, which are deviled and plopped on top. But it's definitely a dish to share; it's too rich to indulge in solo.
With so many French terms — confit, rillette, etc. — you might get the impression that the Curtis Club is a French restaurant in Western garb, but it's not. "I'm not trying to do hoity-toity French food — or down-home Southern cooking," says Johnson. "I'm after more of a mainstream, go-to thing." But instead of roast chicken and flatbread pizza, which epitomize mainstream eats, he offers grass-fed beef tenderloin with Bordelaise and prunes, and white-bean-lavender soup, featured one night as the "soup of the moment." Made with duck stock and puréed beans, the smooth soup had just enough lavender to taste elusive, not perfumed. Johnson's idea of mainstream also extends to oysters and greens with feta and grilled pear, as well as to a fantastic trio of sliders, definitely a "go-to thing" during happy hour. Topped with tomato jam, caramelized onions and herb aioli, the beef version always disappeared first from our table, though the crisp bass patty, akin to a crabcake, and housemade veggie burger with lentils, quinoa and more berbere, never lasted long, either. Too bad the dinner lineup doesn't include entree-sized burgers (beef and veggie burgers are available only at lunch); they would go well with the decor, not to mention one of the eight local beers on tap.
Sitting in the dining room, warming up with an elegant bowl of soup while watching snow coat the sidewalks of this still-edgy part of downtown, it's wasn't hard for me to see the Curtis Club's classy side. But the place often comes across more rough-and-tumble than it should. One night we were greeted with a brusque "You wanna start with somethin'?" that seemed out of step with both the fare and the price point. Another time, a server spilled my drink and walked away without wiping up the mess. We were never informed of daily soup, vegetarian or seafood options, nor did servers describe the plates as they set them down, standard practice at restaurants of this ilk.
Thanks for this review. The last place I want to spend $25 per plate is a "bar with a restaurant" that also has terrible service.
I'm a little confused here. The impression I get from the title is that a dining experience here is kind of blah and wishy-washy. But the body of the piece is awash in descriptions of tangy tomato, rich rillette, smoky seafood....
Or is that contradiction kind of the point of the restaurant? :D


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Sleeps | 4 |
Bedrooms | 1 |
Bathrooms | 1 |
Property type | condo |
Minimum Stay | 3 - 7 nights |
Traditional yet exquisite Mexican decor and craftsmanship describe this 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath penthouse. Take pleasure in unique art and handcrafted one of a kind furniture pieces. If you enjoy culinary art, you will find this to be the best designed and best equipped kitchen in all of Playa.
When you are ready to indulge in your feasts, an ambiance unsurpassed under a hand lain brick barrel ceiling will accommodate friends and family alike. This unique home has one bedroom complete with two queen beds, plentiful closet space, bedroom television, and view of the beautiful sea. A large Master bathroom embraces a Rainforest shower, bidet, and again fine Mexican tile and accents. The view and privacy of this unit is unparalled.
The Caribbean sea is visible from almost every spot within the home. And if you prefer outdoor living, prepare a meal on the Kitchenaid grill, enjoy your feast, and then plunge in the refreshing pool all the while never taking your eyes off the inviting sea.
About BRIC RENTALS, Playa del Carmen, MX: BRIC Rental provides the largest selection of high-end condo & villa rentals in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
Visitors to BRIC Rental properties will be able to enjoy full-service support and assistance from the on-site staff that will be happy to aid guests in any manner necessary. For example, we are happy to provide transportation from airports, personal check in, tour guides to local destinations, arrange spa or athletic reservations, coordinate child care services, and even help plan a wedding! Whatever the need, your BRIC Rental staff offers a full array of concierge services and is dedicated to providing the best experience possible.
About BRIC RENTALS, Playa del Carmen, MX: Anyone looking for high-end property rentals or management can turn to BRIC Rental for some of the finest offerings available. We specialize in all-inclusive, comprehensive and top-notch offerings and services that deliver resort-style accommodations in private and exclusive surroundings. We aim to provide the ultimate level of customer support and your satisfaction is our goal.
All of your reservations include daily maid service, delivery of bottled water to your door, a local cell phone with all of the appropriate and necessary numbers saved. You also have access to our full concierge staff, personalized check in and anything else you may need during your stay with us or prior to your arrival her in Playa Del Carmen.
About Playa del Carmen: Playa del Carmen is located at the heart of the Mayan Riviera just 50km. south from Cancun 's International Airport. Playa, as everybody calls it, has a strategic location, so you can enjoy and explore the fascinating sites that surround this area.
Whether you are here to relax and unravel, or to immerse yourself in an abundance of cultural or adrenaline filled activities, the possibilities are endless and will definitely exceed your expectations.
The Mexican Caribbean is catalogued as World class for its transparent waters and extensive marine life as well as its wonderful sand that has the singular characteristic of being as white as talcum powder. BRIC International offers high-end vacation homes throughout this magic city.
My wife and I have visited Playa del Carmen 15 times and of those visits we have stayed in condos 8 times. I have rented thru Bric several times and have found that I have the best experiences renting thru them. This last trip I called their represenative that I have become accustomed to using and described to her my budget and desires in a condo. She suggested Bosque de los aluxes #304. I took a look at it and it is not the typical condo we would rent. I usually like the upscale modern condos, this one has alot of Mexican tile with the bold colors etc, but she has never disappointed me. This time was no exception, the condo far exceeded my expectations and the photos do not do it justice in my opinion. The longer we stayed the more we fell in love with it. The only thing we didnt care for was the 2 beds in the only bedroom. It would be nice to have one big (softer) bed. The kitchen is top of the line amazing for Mexico, but it should be, its owned by a famous chef. The owner is also an artist and the walls are covered with his impressive work. We can't wait to get back to our new home away from home. We hope to rent this condo many times in the future.
Security - If you want to feel secure, rent this condo. First you have to have a key to unlock a heavy steel door that is about 6 ft. wide to get to the elevator. When you get off the elevator you must unlock another gate to get to your door. 3 different keys. A hassle sometimes, but absolutely worth it..
As far as Bric International goes, I doubt I will ever rent thru another agency. They are incredible. They meet you at the condo, check up on you throughout your stay,and even give you a cell phone with phone numbers programed in case you have any issues. The condo was cleaned every day by a maid and she did an outstanding job.
I give it five stars everywhere but a 4 for comfort because the beds are a little hard for us, but it was not a big deal, we have never really had a comfortable bed in Mexico.
Rate Period | Nightly | Weekend Night | Weekly | Monthly | Event | ||||
2015 Winter / Spring
Jan 15 2015 -
Mar 31 2015
3 night minimum stay
Apr 1 2015 -
Apr 7 2015
4 night minimum stay
2015 Spring
Apr 8 2015 -
Jun 30 2015
4 night minimum stay
2015 Summer
Jul 1 2015 -
Aug 16 2015
4 night minimum stay
2015 Fall
Aug 17 2015 -
Dec 18 2015
4 night minimum stay
2015/2016 Holiday Season
Dec 19 2015 -
Jan 19 2016
7 night minimum stay
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3 night minimum stay
Tax Rate | 10.0% |
Notes |
All reservations include delivery of bottled water, a local cell phone with credit, concierge service, personal check in and maid service. All included in our pricing.
We accept all forms of major credit cards as form of payment at no additional fee |
Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency (USD) unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.
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Video: Behind the Scenes of the Colossal Media's Hand Painted Gant Mural
This article was posted by ashflipp 1 year, 11 months, 3 weeks, 15 hours, 22 minutes ago.
To celebrate the launch of their Spring/Summer 2013 fashion campaign, the team over at GANT commissioned their first US outdoor advertisement. Who better to choose to complete the job than the crew over at Colossal Media? Check out this footage shot over 4 days showing the work they put in, from mixing the paint to executing the huge hand-painted mural in New York.
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My Two Cents: YESSS!!!! I love sluts! End Two Cents.
*Taken from MSNBC.
An international series of protests known as SlutWalks, sparked by a Toronto police officer's flippant comment that women should avoid dressing like "sluts" to avoid being raped or victimized, is taking root in the United States.
Some women and men who protest dress in nothing more remarkable than jeans and T-shirts, while others wear provocative or revealing outfits to bring attention to "slut-shaming," or shaming women for being sexual, and the treatment of sexual assault victims.
"It was taking the blame off the rapist and on the victim," said Nicole Sullivan, 21, a student at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and an organizer of the SlutWalk planned Saturday in that city. "So we are using these efforts to reclaim the word 'slut.'"
The police officer made his comments in January to a group of York University students at a safety forum. He later apologized, but his comments were publicized widely on Facebook and Twitter. They inspired a march in Toronto last month that drew more than 3,000 people, as well as SlutWalks since then in Dallas, Asheville, North Carolina, and Ottawa, Ontario.


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At Google I/O this year, the newest version of Android was officially announced. Codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich, it aims to bring Honeycomb features to phones, Gingerbread features to tablets, and everything in between. The official announcement left us without a firm release date -- only that it would be released in Q4 of this year.
At the Dreamforce conference in San Francisco today, though, Eric Schmidt let a bit more info slip:


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FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. – Nurse Practitioner Kyline Keefer has joined the providers at Antrim Family & Walk-in Care and Shippensburg Family & Walk-in Care, both affiliates of Summit Health.
A Shippensburg native, Keefer and her sister motivated each other to pursue medicine and continue their schooling throughout the years. She most recently received her nurse practitioner certification in 2013 from Pennsylvania State University.
She has worked in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers in addition to Chambersburg Hospital's Catheterization Lab and Intensive Care Unit.
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Outside of work, Keefer enjoys spending time with her family, being involved with her church, learning German for her niece's upcoming destination wedding, and riding motorcycles – she once rode with her husband from Montana to Alaska.
Antrim Family & Walk-in Care is located in the John L. Grove Medical Center, 50 Eastern Ave., Suite 144, Greencastle. For more information, call (717) 597-5553.
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Recent stories of long-term abduction have flooded our current news. Everyone wants to know why children stay with their captor even when opportunity presents itself. The media scrambles to get expert and eye witness interviews. We place the child in front of a camera to get that smile of relief. We fail to look deeper and ask the real important questions. The young boy stands there confused and afraid. They have just been ripped from all they know, captivity. That is all about to change. In reading the life story of a former abducted child and revisiting one of the first national cases of child stealing in America, Throwing Stones; Parental Child Abduction Through the Eyes of a Child gives a dark narrative look into the life of a seven year old boy ripped from all he knows, and later returned to a life of hell at the age of eleven. His baby was brother raised to hate a woman he was too young to know. His older sister consumed with her own inner turmoil turns violently on him. Left alone to find his own way he befriends anyone who will give him a sense of self worth. A peaceful and quiet child at the beginning; little Kenny learns to lie, steal and attack anyone who he thinks is a threat. Scared to trust anyone, Kenny goes inward to protect himself. Infected with an internal struggle to hold on to dying memories of a loving mother ripped from him, he gives in. After many lies, little Kenny starts to protect the man he fears most, his Father. Regardless of his outward environment, he finds hope and strength from within. Clear and sobering, this is long overdue. No other book has been written from the child's perspective concerning Child Theft. This case takes place before there was the National Center for the Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). His abduction was the first to involve a multi-state-manhunt and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"Daddy, Daddy put me down, help". Screaming from deep inside my little body, "Your hurting me daddy please let me go". My father was on top of me shoving me and my sister back into his van. The motor was running and after what he had done to the babysitter I was now terrified of the man I once trusted.- Karrie and I headed down the sidewalk between the apartment buildings to my father's 1977 red and white Dodge Tradesman van. Father rushed out of the babysitter's apartment with Sam in one hand, fighting the old woman off with his other arm. He had obviously forced his way into her home and grabbed my brother. I was terrified; anyone would have been. It did not take long for his large muscular body to free himself of this female parasite. Dad passed Sam to Karrie, "Get your brother into the van and hurry", he yelled. Karrie dropped the bags and fearfully complied with his orders. Like Hansel and Gretel's bread crumbs, my father was behind us picking up what we had dropped on the way to the van. I climbed onto the back seat over the mound of clothes and belongings we were been able to gather. Father closed the side doors and tried to make a smile at me. His eyes bright and large with a smile that made his face look more like a mad man from my cartoons. "I love you Son", my father said just barely above a whisper. Karrie tried to fight and make a run for it. She opened the passenger door and down the parking ally she went. Following her example I tried to climb out the side door. It was too late. He already grabbed her and met me at the side door, sister in tow forcing the two of us back into the small entry. Karrie climbed onto the van's passenger seat. Sam quickly crawled over and onto her waiting lap. She held onto him like a human seatbelt. Dad slid in behind the steering wheel. At that moment I realized he had never turned the engine off. Dad put the red beast into "drive" and away we went, destination unknown
Ken Connelly is an author, national speaker, and child advocate. He has testified and lobbied for child human rights issues in different state legislatures and the United States House of Representatives. Ken and his brother were one of the first interstate parental child abduction cases to result in a successful recovery and felony conviction. Ken has spoken before the Texas and Florida State Legislatures, law enforcement agencies, and child protective services. He has lobbied at the state and federal level on issues close to his heart and childhood experience. Ken is also an expert witness on parental child abduction, parental alimentation and abuse. Ken volunteers his time writing press releases, commentaries and articles for organizations that represent left-behind parents and abducted children. Ken is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Texas District and County Attorney Association (TDCAA), American Society of Public Administrators, Pi Sigma Alpha (the National Political Science Honor Society), and Delta Alpha Pi (honor society for students with disabilities). Ken is also a fraternal member of Pi Kappa Phi, where he served as a Iota Xi chapter advisor at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ken is proud of PKP's nonprofit charity, PUSH America, which helps provide assistance to the disabled. Ken served as a student board member for his university's John Marshall Pre-Law Society. While at the University of Texas, Ken interned as a paralegal with the Collin County prosecutor's office and worked as a Research Assistant in graduate school. Ken returned back to school through the Veterans Affairs Vocational Rehabilitation program for disabled veterans. In four years, Ken completed an Associate of Art's from Richland College; a Bachelor's of Art, and fast-tracked a Master's of Art from the University of Texas at Dallas. While in college, Ken often traveled across the country to assist organizations and agencies in understanding the effects of parental child abduction and parental alienation. Ken often competes as a challenged athlete and in 2012, was awarded a certification as a personal trainer from NESTA. Ken lives with his family in beautiful Montana. Ken plans to complete his doctorate in social & public policy in the near future. Ken spends his free time hiking, cross-country skiing and kayaking with his dog, String.
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A newly appointed state senator whose eligibility to fill a vacancy is being challenged by another legislator told the Legislature earlier this year that he lived in a Phoenix suburb, not the rural northeastern Arizona county where he says he lives now.
Carlyle Begay listed his residence as Gilbert in Maricopa County during Senate confirmation of his appointment to a state authority earlier this year, the Arizona Capitol Times reported.
Begay changed his voter registration to Apache County on July 22 before Apache County supervisors appointed him on July 31 to fill the 7th Legislative District's vacant Senate seat.
He was sworn into office Tuesday to replace fellow Democrat Jack Jackson Jr., who quit to take a U.S. State Department job.
Rep. Albert Hale, a District 7 Democrat who also wanted the Senate appointment, says Begay should be removed from office because he hadn't lived in the district long enough.
Hale has formally demanded that Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and Apache County Attorney Michael Whiting take action to have Begay removed from office.
The demand cited a state law that allows a person to go to court to correct an unlawful situation involving a public office if an attorney general or county attorney will not act.
Horne spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham said Friday she had no information on the office receiving or acting on Hale's demand. Whiting did not immediately respond to a call for comment on whether his office would act on Hale's demand.
Begay didn't immediately return calls Friday. He had said after being sworn in that he has maintained residency within Apache County, where he lived before moving to the Phoenix area years ago.
The Arizona Constitution says a person must be a resident of "the county from which he is elected at least one year before his election. "
A state law on appointing replacement legislators says the appointee must live in the same district and county as the person being replaced and also be a member of the same party.
Hale's demand cited Begay's appointment earlier this year on Gilbert's Industrial Development Authority Board as evidence that Begay's true residence was in Maricopa County.
Begay, 32, was born in Tuba City and attended the University of Arizona. He works as a vice president of business development for Phoenix-based American Indian Health Management and Policy.


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Lady Gaga premiered the music video for her latest single, "Applause," on "Good Morning America" Monday.
The 3:35 minute clip shows a makeupless Gaga dancing in a variety of scantily clad ensembles. It's what any Gaga fan would expect from the singer -- face paint and frantic dance movies.
In addition to releasing the video, Gaga opened up to "GMA" about the struggles of not being able to perform after her hip surgery back in March.
"I thought about nothing but my fans every minute since that tour ended," Gaga said. "It was intense, especially because I'm such an active person and I love performing so much. It was challenging to stop performing. That was the hardest part, not seeing the fans, not performing, not playing the music."
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"Warrior." Have some pecs with your hyperbole.
I watched this movie last night.
Mr Wonderful's out of town, so my solo evening was spent on the couch with a beer, a jar of pickles, and a Mixed Martial Arts movie. The only way it could have been manlier was if I'd sat around in just my boxers.
I thought I'd paint my nails (didn't). I thought I'd bake something (didn't). I thought I'd sip some wine (didn't), take a bubble bath (didn't), catch up on my E! programming (didn't).
I spent the evening "in the cage" with Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton.
So, yeah, I'll give ya my review of the movie, but first: how did I not know who this Joel Edgerton guy is? On paper, I'd describe him as what a person would look like if you shook up the DNA of Stephen Moyer, Bryan Cranston, and Sam Worthington. The result of that genetic soup is…..Super Hot. Except don't image search him: most of those photos are Before The Hot, when he was either too pretty or too squishy. Dude needs some scruff to keep the Stephen Moyer genes from speaking too loudly. Turns out he's going to be in the Baz Luhrmann "Gatsby" reboot, so there's that to look forward to (er, except that I'd imagine he'll be operating in Zero Scruff zone for that iteration, so maybe we're not so excited about it). Either way: my short list of favorites (Statham, Meloni, Worthington) might have just earned a junior member.
But enough about that guy. How was the movie?
Oh, come on: it's an Ultimate Fighting Family Flick, how do you THINK it was? Yeah. It was like that.
Synopsis: Two brothers with daddy issues (and brother issues, and mommy issues, and abandonment issues, and savior-complex issues) take to the cage in the world of Mixed Martial Arts, mostly because they're both money hungry.
And, fair warning, I'm going to spoiler the daylights out of this.
Here's the thing: this Gavin O'Connor guy who created (wrote, directed, produced) the movie *really* likes to stack the deck. The guy doesn't do subtlety. It's a movie about dudes getting in a cage and punching each other in the head until one of them passes out or taps out.
Subtle is not in the lexicon.
They'll tear shoulders from sockets before they'll do nuance — SO — it's not surprising that the amped-up factor forces its way out of the cage and into the character development as well.
For instance: these family members aren't just sort of estranged from one another, they're Super-Estranged. This movie is going to open-palm-slap you in the jaw with just how mangled the relationships are. It's not enough that one brother didn't like the other brother's girlfriend, he doesn't know his brother married the girl. And those cute nieces that he's never met? Those little girls are "just some people he doesn't know. They mean nothing to him."
The parents of these fighters didn't just split, either. Nope. Mother literally took one of the boys and left in the night and they didn't see each other for decades. DECADES. And when she died? Of COURSE no one told the other family members. She'd been dead for YEARS before the other brother found out.
Dad wasn't just abusive and boozed up, he was BLACKED-OUT-AND-HALLUCINATING-ABOUT-THE-OLD-COMBAT-DAYS-drunk.
The domestic brother isn't just struggling financially, he's working three jobs, his daughter needed heart surgery, his house is being foreclosed upon, he's working as a science teach in public school, AND he's cage-fighting in parking lots on the side.
The less-domestic brother isn't just a PTSD-afflicted ex-marine, he's ALSO a war hero who Ripped The Door off a Tank to save some other soldiers' lives. AND he's committed to supporting the widows of fallen comrades. AND he went AWOL and goes by a different name. AND he has a pill problem (a "carries around four bottles at all times" pill problem).
And when things come to verbal blows with daddy in the hours before the final fight: we don't wind up with a vodka-fueled reconciliation in standard movie-issue dialogue order. NOPE. We end up with a crying daddy cradled in the finally-forgiving embrace of the disaffected son in The Ultimate down-your-throat role reversal. Oh — they BOTH have haunting memories of war against which they're self-medicating? AHA! You couldn't have figured that out on your own, right?
Nope — we have to have the fetal-position breakdown.
We have to have son smoothing hair off of drunk daddy's face while he lays in his child's lap (nevermind that what we're supposed to interpret as tender is actually more of a demonstration of abusive relationship dynamics, where the abuser and abused come together when the abused is at their most broken and the abuser can play the hero….).
Oh — and the odds against either of these brothers winning the Spartan MMA Championship? Not just a hundred to one — the odds are like a HUNDRED MILLION to one.
So, with those odds, and the filmmaker's hyperbole-boner, stands to reason that not just ONE brother would beat the odds and make it to the final round: BOTH brothers beat the odds and make it to the finals.
Yeah, baby: it's brother v. brother in the cage. The two underdogs no one has EVER heard of are going fist-to-fist in the ultimate smash-fest.
And to shove that down your throat a little more: of COURSE the bigger, stronger, more ab-tastic brother isn't the one who comes out on top. NOOOO, because that would be predictable. That would lack shock-value. That would be too easy. NO, you have to take the suburban physics teacher Dad half of the pair and hoist him up on the shoulders of all the other competitors.
Not good enough?
How about we have the broken brother carried out of the ring in the arms of the victor-brother? How's that for the final sequence????
You get the picture.
The dog slept through the entire thing, amazingly.
The movie does get points for using music by The National in a few key scenes. I always thought that if I created (wrote, directed, produced) a movie, I'd contract The National to score the entire movie. I'd love an entire film with nothing but moody music from The National.
With all of that drama, are we surprised that I actually really liked the movie? Because I did like it.
Much like the popular "stripper with a heart of gold" archetype that filmmakers love so much, this was the "fighter with a heart of gold" take on the same thing. "Aw, he's a burly guy giving another guy a beat down in a fenced ring, BUT: his entire physics class is out there, cheering him on!"
It's supposed to humanize the violence. Surprise, surprise: it does. Doesn't hurt that (aside from Nick Nolte), there was some burly eye candy in pretty much every scene. And, surprisingly, since this netted a PG-13 rating, the actual violence was pretty tame. A few punches, a few blood dribbles on cheeks — mostly it was a lot of sweaty-looking tangles of men knotted up on the mat, trying to twist one another's elbows until they tap out.
Want a review from some actual MMA enthusiasts? Go HERE. The Fighting Types seem to think this was a complex story, with lots of loaded, if unspoken communication. Meh — that's a stretch. It's a guy making a fighting movie. Snappy dialogue not really part of the recipe. I mean: mouth guards, dude. Drool-speak.
Anyway — it's on Netflix. It's a long one (140 minute or so?), but fun. In that gritty, sweaty, overwrought way.


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The bride-elect is the daughter of Carl Thomas Wilkerson Jr., Steve Kirkpatick and Terrie Littrell Kirkpatrick, all of Cleveland. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thomas Wilkerson Sr. of Rockwood, and the Rev. and Mrs. Terril D. Littrell of Cleveland. She is the sister of Amy Kirkpatrick Houser and Chad Kirkpatrick, both of Cleveland, and Christopher Kirkpatrick of Missoula, Mont.
The future bridegroom is the son of Clay and Gwen Ashworth of Lake Charles, La. He is the grandson of Jimmy and Alice Ashworth, and Dewey Spell, all of Westlake, La., and the late Evelyn Kirk. He is the brother of Jordan Belle Ashworth of Lake Charles.
Miss Wilkerson is a 2005 graduate of Cleveland High School and a 2009 graduate of Lee University with a bachelor of science degree in education. She received her master's in library science from Trevecca University in 2011 and is the librarian at Michigan Avenue Elementary School.
Mr. Asworth is a 2005 graduate of Sam Houston High School in Moss Bluff, La., and is a graduate of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, La., and McNeese State University at Lake Charles. He is in the U.S. Army.


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Today's post is my NOTD. I have pretty much worn every single essie nail polish I've received lately but doubt I have taken photos of most of them. Today I'm introducing you to Turquoise & Caicos.
This would've needed 3rd coat but I decided to end after 2 in case I'd mess up the third one. Not a nail blogger as you've noticed!
And I've done what most would think of as heresy - I gave away my essie Mint Candy Apple to a coworker who drooled after it. I wore it few times and am already sick of the colour. I prefer this one on me, don't know why.
Yesterday my co-workers called me a Duracell bunny since I did some work really fast and ran around the office to get papers in time to where they were supposed to be. I'm efficient when I want to be ;)


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- Chelsea: Mourinho backs Diego Costa
- With two goals each from Oscar and Diego Costa, Chelsea maintain their title march
- Report: Sampdoria consider Corinthians forward Alexandre Pato as alternative to Everton's Samuel Eto'o
Alexandre Pato (R) of São Paulo challenges Esteban González of Huachipato during their Copa Sudamericana clash at Estádio Cícero Pompeu de Toledo on 30th September, 2014
EXCLUSIVE - Felipe Anderson: "I have learnt to play without the ball"
The Brazilian attacking midfielder is the man in form at Lazio this season. Sambafoot interviewed the old teammate of Neymar at Santos. He explains his irresistible ascent in the Seira A.
Shakhtar goes on tour across Brazil
For the first time in its history, the Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk goes on tour around Brazil. From 8 to 27 January 2015 the team will have five games: two in the framework of Granada Cup and three friendly games.
Who will win the 2014 Samba Gold?
Vote now for the Best Brazilian in Europe in 2014 !
Brazil destroy Japan thanks to a fantastic Neymar
Brazil defeated Japan 4-0 in Singapore to complete its Asian tour. Neymar got all four Brazilian goals and was the absolute star of the night. Dunga's Brazil remain unbeaten.
Dunga takes Brazil back to the future
The summer after the World Cup always brings change. When you're the hosts and favourites, and you don't just fail to win the trophy but bow out in humiliating fashion, change is even more inevitable. But rather than look to the future after sacking Felipe Scolari, Brazil have turned the clock back to Dunga.
Sambafoot Sunday: Brazilian Soccer - Can Kaká Bring Magic to Orlando City?
Kaká makes his return for São Paulo tonight, before an embarking on a journey made by many great Brazilians before him.
Tim Vickery Column: Brazil may want to look further afield in order to regain reputation
A depressing flashback, from seven years ago. Brazil have just won the 2007 Copa America. They beat Argentina 3-0 in the final in Maracaibo, Venezuela.
Tim Vickery Column: Why David Luiz is evidence that Brazilian football has drifted away from the sound concepts of how the game should be played
Brazilian football has just hit a new rock bottom. A local TV channel – SporTV, where I make regular appearances and have plenty of respect for the journalists – have just announced their team of the 2014 World Cup; in the line up is David Luiz.
Sambafoot Sunday: Brazil's 2014 World Cup Fallout: New Failures
Changing their style of play might begin to heal Brazil's World Cup wounds, but the problems run deeper.
Tim Vickery Column: A look at Brazil's capitulation against Germany and what now for Luiz Felipe Scolari
Confidence is rarely an abstract. It usually is a reflection of the level of belief in completing the task in hand. Brazil looked full of confidence when they went into the World Cup semi final against Germany.
Brazil's opponent eyes Golden Boot
Thomas Müller will take on Brazil tonight targeting personal and team celebrations.
Sambafoot Sunday: Ney Problem - Can Brazil Cope Without Neymar?
With Neymar absent, can Brazil's players rally round to win the World Cup without him?
Brazil 2-1 Colombia: Hosts make Semi Final in exhilarating game
Selecao make the last four after late comeback
Brazil 1-1 Chile: Hosts win 3-2 in dramatic penalty shootout
Brazil won this World Cup second-round match on penalties after a close encounter with Chile.
Brazil 0-0 Mexico: Fantastic goalkeeping display denies hosts in Fortaleza
Stubborn resistance dents home progress in the World Cup
Brazil v Mexico: Line ups
The teams have been announced and Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has picked Chelsea's Ramires to start in place of Hulk, who is still suffering from a muscle injury picked up last week.
Tim Vickery Column- Scolari may turn to Ramires for stability against Mexico
Chelsea midfielder may be the right tactical call for Brazil's second Group A fixture.
Brazil v Mexico - Preview
The host nation will take on Mexico in Fortaleza on Tuesday in their second World Cup group game.
Brazil 3-1 Croatia: Hosts need controversial penalty to secure hard-fought opening day victory
A controversial Neymar penalty was key, as hosts Brazil started the 2014 FIFA World Cup with a 3-1 win against Croatia.
Brazil v Croatia - Preview
Today is Brazil's 'first step', as Luiz Felipe Scolari described the opener against Croatia. This small step, of the seven to the final, will offer the first indication of whether the host nation has what it takes to make one giant leap to World Cup glory and banishing the agony of the 1950 defeat against Uruguay.
Tim Vickery Column: 'Pele and the World Cup are synonymous'
On Monday I was on a BBC radio programme where a group of us tried to select an all time World Cup team.
Sambafoot Sunday: Why Brazil might not win the World Cup
Brazil are widely considered the favourites to win this summer's World Cup on home soil. Playing the role of devil's advocate, here are some reasons why they might not.
Tim Vickery Column: You never forget your first World Cup
Memories of past tournaments stay with you as a fan forever
Sambafoot Sunday: Is David Luiz Worth 50 Million?
Are Paris Saint-Germain overspending on David Luiz?
Tim Vickery Column: Fitness staff a crucial aspect of World Cup campaign
History would suggest that squad conditioning plays a very important role in the success of Brazilian sides at the tournament
World Cup player profile: Hulk
The striker will get angry as he bids to help Brazil win the World Cup on home turf
World Cup player profile: Jô
The striker has restarted his career and comes into this tournament full of confidence. He will give Luiz Felipe Scolari another option from the bench.
World Cup player profile: Fred
Fred is an instinctive goalscorer and better technically than he has been given credit for in the past. He is capable of leading his country to glory this summer.
World Cup player profile: Willian
The Chelsea midfielder has only been involved in Luiz Felipe Scolari's last few squads but has quickly shown his ability.
World Cup player profile: Paulinho
After a successful Confederations Cup last year, Paulinho will hope for more of the same this summer with Brazil.


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Cedar Rapids Police Stop Leads to Charges
Cedar Rapids, IA (CBS 2/FOX 28) A little after ten last night, witnesses say they saw five police cars heading down the alley between E and F Avenue Northwest near tenth street.
They say they saw police chasing someone down the alley.
We reached out to police and they tell us that it was a traffic stop and that it led to a number of charges.
Right now, theyre not telling us what those charges are.
Stay with CBS 2/FOX 28 and we'll have the latest from this story as it develops.


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Sep 23, 2013 2:29 PM by Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Food and Drug Administration officials say they will begin regulating a new wave of applications and gadgets that work with smartphones to help users monitor their health.
With the rise of the iPhone, Android and other mobile devices has come a flood of applications designed to help people stay healthy. Industry analysts estimate there are already more than 17,000 medical applications available, ranging from calorie counters to high-tech heart monitors.
The FDA said Monday that the vast majority of these health care apps don't pose much of a risk to consumers and will not be federally regulated. Instead, the agency will focus on a handful of apps that turn smartphones into devices, like a heart monitor, or medical attachments that plug into smartphones, like arm cuffs that measure blood pressure.
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Under Control: Ranking All 37 Kendrick Lamar Verses Of 2013
32. "Stay Ready (What A Life)," Jhené Aiko
Hot line:: "I find myself reading old text messages when I'm bored/We find ourselves sexting 'til that connection is restored"
Kendrick makes eyes with a lover but comes off a little corny with the time metaphors. The way he drifts between hard rapping and feathery sing-song, however, is to be envied by any rapper who can't do both as well as K. Dot.


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Makes 4
These sweet pastries are named after the town in Lancashire where they originated.
- 3/4 cup dried currants
- 1/3 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
- 1/4 cup chopped candied orange peel
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 sheet frozen puff pastry (half of 17.3-ounce package), thawed
- 1 egg, beaten to blend (for glaze)
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Mix first 8 ingredients in medium bowl until well blended. (Filling can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before continuing.)
Preheat oven to 375°F. Roll out puff pastry on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Cut out four 6-inch-diameter rounds. Place filling on half of each round, dividing equally. Brush edges of rounds with beaten egg. Fold pastry over filling, creating semicircle and enclosing filling completely. Press edges firmly to seal. Transfer to heavy large baking sheet. Brush with beaten egg. Sprinkle with sugar.
Bake pastries until deep golden brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer baking sheet to rack and cool pastries 5 minutes. Using metal spatula, carefully remove pastries from baking sheet. Cool.
my notes
- Calories1,000
- Carbohydrates116 g (39%)
- Fat57 g (87%)
- Protein12 g (25%)
- Saturated Fat18 g (89%)
- Sodium343 mg (14%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat7 g
- Fiber4 g (18%)
- Monounsaturated Fat29 g
- Cholesterol69 mg (23%)
recipe at a glance
type: Cake
main ingredients: Nut, Raisin, Fruit, Nutmeg, Phyllo/Puff Pastry Dough, Currant
cuisine: Eastern European/Russian
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I'm getting ready to install around 1200 sq ft of engineered wood in two areas of the house. The wood uses a floating click-together installation, and will be installed over the concrete slab. Being engineered wood, I understand it can go straight onto the concrete with a moisture barrier underneath. However...
Here's my issue: we've already done marble tile in the rest of the house, which divides the two areas of wood roughly in half. There are three transition areas where the marble is roughly 1.5" - 2" higher than the concrete the wood will go over. In order to minimize the height difference, I'd like to put plywood underneath the wood to bring the finished wood floor up closer to the level of the marble. I'm thinking I can just line the concrete with 1/2" or 3/4" pressure treated plywood, then lay the moisture barrier over that and the hardwood on top. Any flaw in my plan? Should the plywood be glued to the slab (easier) or nailed (more difficult and time consuming) or both? Any other tips for installation would be much appreciated as well! |
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You really should not use pressure treated lumber indoors, but a moisture barrier over it would retard migration of any hazardous chemicals into the house air. I once lifted a customer's floor with portland cement ceramic tile backer board. I had easily 3" difference between the two rooms. I layed down two layers of cement board and reduced that by slightly over 1". I staggered the seams of each layer. It was an inexpensive way to accomplish a lift with a product that was not going to support mold and mildew growth. This is an 'unorthodox' solution, so 'user beware'... |
- Posted by politicaux (My Page) on Thu, Aug 20, 09 at 14:45
Hmm... I would've thought backer board would wind up being more expensive, but that might be worth considering. How did you secure the boards to the slab? As far as using plywood, I'd love to not use pressure treated but wouldn't it slowly rot if it was in direct contact with the cement slab? |
Pressure treated plywood will rot, but alot slower than untreated. I think I used Wonderboard for that one. I didn't fasten it down at all. It is somewhat 'flexible' and heavy, so it just laid flat on its own. The customer installed a floating floor over it. I did patch the seams with a cementious floor patch to even out any slight height difference between panels. You can get a 4' X 5' panel of Wonderboard for about $10.00...that comes to 50 cents a square foot. In my customer's case, because we did two layers, it came to $1.00 a square foot, much less than a self-leveling underlayment would have cost for the same lift. |
I think I would run this by the experts over at : www.johnbridge.com and see what they have to say about it. They are there to help people just like you that know nothing and want to do things the correct way. good luck |
- Posted by politicaux (My Page) on Mon, Aug 24, 09 at 13:52
Although I resent the implication that I know nothing, I'll check them out, and thanks. You're right though... all I know is what the guy who sold the flooring to me suggested, and I didn't trust a word coming out of his mouth. I'm fairly handy and have some much more handy people helping out, but any expert advice is much appreciated. |
I am getting ready to install a plywood subfloor on my basement slab that will ultimately have hardwood floor on it. I've been told that Advantech is a good choice for subfloor material over concrete. Advantech technology mixes wax/parafin or something to that end in the board to prevent moisture from compromising the wood. It will also act as another moisture barrier below your floor and it should not break down. |
The wonderboard sheets were 3' X 5', not 4' X 5' as I previously posted. |
- Posted by politicaux (My Page) on Tue, Aug 25, 09 at 11:44
DLO, on your suggestion I got in touch with the local Advantech distributor last night. He wants $24/sheet for 3 x 5 sheets in 23/32, which works out to about $1.60/sq ft. That's a little out of the budget I've got for this project. Were you able to find it cheaper? Also, waiting on a call back from the flooring manufacturer's technical department about their recommendations. Hopefully they'll have good news. |
- Posted by andrelaplume2 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 25, 09 at 12:10
Dri Core...more expensive but designed for the purpose... |
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Beware retargeting
Advertising is a pain in the butt. It's expensive. It requires constant maintenance, and it's not always measurable. In our industry, though, we tend to think that we can determine the ROI of everything. Truth be told, that has become a bit of a fallacy due to the increased number of advertising vehicles.
First, let's examine the most popular advertising opportunities available to most of us who sell online.
Pay-per-click is the most measurable and arguably the most effective. It's also the most static. Unless more people search your terms, you cannot expand this area of your business. You may be able to tweak your cost per conversion, but you can't simply double your PPC spend and expect to double your profit.
Of course, most of us are okay with this. PPC is the platform upon which we build. It brings us new customers that hopefully we can convert into repeat buyers. It provides a steady flow of business and we're generally happy with it.
Display advertising sucks. I hate display advertising. I've thrown so much money down the drain on display advertising. But every few months I always think I can "crack" it. You can't. Display advertising will never work for direct response. It is a branding medium only. If you're selling memberships, it's great. If you're selling products, stay away. Display ads are too expensive (more on this below) to be cost effective unless the lifetime value of your customer is quite high.
And then there's retargeting, the supposed savior of display advertising. It promises so much and backs it up with fishy math. Retargeting is the process by which you show display ads on other online properties after a visitor to your site has performed some action. If they've abandoned your cart, you can show them ads for your store when they visit Facebook, YouTube, or any other site that participates in your retargeting network.
Retargeting is a huge reason why display advertising is so darned expensive. Most of the display inventory is being bid on by retargeters who are willing to pay a lot more to get in front of their customer than you are.
Retargeting sounds great, but the problem is measurement. Therefore, as long as you make your retargeting decisions with full understanding of the fishy math, you'll be okay.
When it comes to cost per conversion, how do you attribute the sales? Every advertising source wants to take account for a sale if it had a hand in securing it.
To illustrate the problem, let's examine the following scenario. A customer searches for "beach ball" on Google. She clicks on your PPC ad. She explores your site, adds a product to their cart, but then leaves before completing the purchase. She then hops on over to Facebook. She is shown one of your retargeting ads. She doesn't click on it, but it was displayed to her. The next day, she receives an email from your shopping cart abandonment service. She clicks on the email and completes the purchase.
In that scenario, who gets credit for the sale? In short, everyone. And that's the problem. The PPC engine takes credit, your retargeting engine takes credit, and your shopping cart abandonment engine takes credit. Yikes.
Let's say that your cost per conversion on your PPC engine is $7, your retargeting engine is $5, and your shopping cart abandonment engine is also $5. Did you just pay $17 for that order? Nobody truly knows, but it's possible. More likely, though, it's somewhere in between $5 and $17. However, if you only view the reports from each individual service, you'll be misguided.
There are a lot of sophisticated algorithms and software services that supposedly help you understand the complex problem of attribution. They assign weights to each marketing engine, but this is all designed for large corporations. For us small guys, we don't have the money or the time to invest in these tools. Plus, they're a waste of time.
Use some common sense to understand attribution. You know how much you spent on advertising last month and you know how many orders you got. That is the maximum cost you paid to get each order. Don't over complicate it.
Of course, this back-of-the-napkin math doesn't help you in determining which marketing engine you should pump more dollars. For this, well, you have to make some assumptions.
I assume that clicks equal intent. Therefore, I attribute a lot more weight to an advertisement that has been clicked rather than simply viewed.
When it comes to shopping cart abandonment emails, I only go by clicks. Because everyone who abandons his cart gets an email, I don't attribute every order whose cart was previously abandoned to be a result of having seen the email. I only attribute a click on the email to a conversion.
Retargeting is a bit trickier when it comes to assigning weight. Again, I believe that clicks are far more valuable, but there is enough data to suggest that "view through conversions" are a legitimate metric. VTC are conversions attributed when a customer is shown one of your retargeting ads and later makes a purchase.
However, would customers have made the purchase anyway without seeing the ad? Sure, some would. But some wouldn't have. This difference is known as "lift." The only way to determine the lift is to perform an A/B lift test with your retargeting vendor using your ad and, perhaps, a public service type ad. In my experience, the lift is generally positive, but only through tests can you determine it definitely.
Illogically, popular vendors like AdRoll require a $5,000 / month spend in order to perform a lift test. This should give all of you pause when viewing AdRoll's inflated ROI metrics.
The bottom line is that the more vehicles you use, the less you can rely on their cost per conversion data. Determine what you value the most (clicks versus impressions) and spend accordingly. But don't take the cost per conversion values at face value.
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Full disclosure, I work in the display retargeting space. That said, your title grabbed my attention and I came to your article ready for battle. Instead, I found this wonderful quote: "Use some common sense to understand attribution. You know how much you spent on advertising last month and you know how many orders you got. That is the maximum cost you paid to get each order. Don't over complicate it."
I believe that a lot of time is spent trying to determine what advertising methods work, but that it can be impossible to correctly attribute the success of a campaign by measuring clicks.
quick story, when I sold yellow pages 100 years ago, we would often put tracking numbers in the ads. When the advertiser also ran newspaper, TV or radio (way less engagement – read click – than yellow pages), we found that our call volumes increased significantly. And yellow pages got all the credit when this happened. This isn't unlike a display ad influencing a google search that ends up being a PPC click.
So I agree. Use common sense. Measure the lift of traffic to your site, phone calls, and most importantly – sales. If the blend of strategies is working, you're probably doing something right – even if you can't drive it down to an exact metric.
Hi Jamie
I was also hooked by your headline. And in full disclosure, my company runs remarketing using email and ads for more than 4,000 brands.
I'm really glad that you chose to throw the spotlight on this thorny area.
You raise a lot of good points about attribution models being flawed – and I couldn't agree more. The old saying of 'Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, the trouble is knowing which half" couldn't be more true today. With digital advertising of course the expectation is that it will be measurable. But as you point out so eloquently, in reality most of these measurements are overlapping over-estimates.
Our approach to attribution is different – we measure everything as lift over a control group using a continuous A/B test. This approach is an accurate way to measure the effects of remarketing, as opposed to estimating it using a click + attribution. The control group measures all of the other influences on your customer, such as promotions, other marketing campaigns, competitor activity etc and allows these to be subtracted from the campaign measurement in order to measure incrementality.
The other big benefit from A/B lift tests is that you can see when campaigns are not working – and this is critical in understanding the true drivers of performance. For example, do you make more money showing ads and sending emails to cart abandoners? Or are you better off sending only emails where you've captured an email address, and saving the ad budget for the unidentified visitors? Unless you test it you won't know.
Great article. Thanks for sharing.
Amen brother! Perhaps a better name for the article would be beware attribution. There is so much snake oil and BS being pushed in the big data digital marketing world right now it is almost criminal. it makes my job very difficult when decision makers are bombarded with miracle solutions every day. Nothing exciting about pragmatic testing and common sense. This article is right on point in describing my frustrations. Thanks you. It is nice to know I am not the only one.
Excellent summary of the issues I recently witness. It is sometimes funny (or painful) for online retailers to see the overlapping credit their advertising agencies are taking on the same orders. The 'who gets the credit' doesn't match the 'why the customer finalized the purchase'.
Measure the clicks is the simple and clever take, can't agree more. -
Excellent article, and I'm with you 100% on this.
I've tried multiple retargeting platforms. I've also invested tons and tons – and more tons – into email marketing.
In 5+ years of running retargeting ads I still have not been able to attribute one lone single solitary conversion to the ad, rather than my very finely tuned email follow-up strategy.
As a sales author/trainer I always think of retargeting as the salesperson who badgers you relentlessly after you've said no. Because one in a hundred of those prospects will eventually buy, salespeople buy into the myth that "persistence pays" but in reality it just takes time away from better prospects.
Likewise, my opinion on retargeting is that you're chasing prospective customers who are better followed-up with by more proven mediums like email, or even good old fashioned direct mail or a phone call.
Frank Bettger's "How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling" describes how 95% of his sales took place within the first two appointments, yet he spent most of his time going to appointments 3 and beyond with prospects. He tripled his income when he decided to abandon people who didn't buy after the 2nd appointment.
People who are drinking a bit too much of the retargeting kool-aid would be well served to take that lesson to heart!


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On Bongripper, Bigfoot, Flu Shots, and Sandy
Remember last week when I posted a few weird cover songs? Well, the very next day Ian shared this brilliant video with me. Totally one-upped me. And, had I known at the time that this existed, I probably would have devoted more words to it than I did to my crush on Chelsea Wolfe: BONGRIPPER COVERING WEEZER! This reminds me of the time Ian and I (and Bret and Mike) recorded all of Weezer's Blue Album. And then we played a show in Bret's yard and pretty much played all Weezer songs. There should be pictures of it on the Internet, but I don't remember exactly where they are, or how to even begin the search for them. Just take my word for it, it was horrible but amazing. It was awful/awesome. It was awfulsome. Bongripper playing an entire show of Weezer covers, on the other hand sounds way, way cooler. Man I want to party with those guys. After the marathon, of course. Here, see for yourself: [story]
Some lame-o fuckwad decided to produce a new TV show that offers $10 million for irrefutable proof of Bigfoot. This is a pretty dumb stunt, because of course there's no such thing as Bigfoot. The person who put up the $10 million knows damned well they're not going to lose so much as a dime. It's fucking Bigfoot. It's not real. Hell, I'll give any of you $10 Million if you can show me a Bigfoot. Fuck, I'll give you $50 Million. Show me a Bigfoot. Go on, wise guy. I dare you. I fifty-million-dollar-dog dare you. [story]
As many of you know, I was sick this week. I didn't have the flu, though. I know for a fact it wasn't the flu because I get a flu shot every year. That's right, skeptics! You can all sit around worrying that the government is trying to control our minds via flu vaccine, but it's simply not true. Not that I know of, anyway and I know quite a bit about one or two things. I know a little bit about insignificant shit. I can quote lines from The Simpsons, Futurama and Seinfeld well. Also I know how to turn women off within five minutes of meeting them in a bar. Here's an article that discusses six flue vaccine myths. None of those myths include anything relevant to my "The government is NOT trying to control our minds via vaccinations" theory. Which only lends further credence to said theory. If the Internet isn't rile up about it, it probably isn't important. [story]
In advance of Superstorm Sandy, Discovery.com looked at some of the worst weather disasters of all time. Hurricane Katrina is on the list. The blizzard of 1888 is on the list (I think we all remember THAT one!). The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami is there. It seems that most of these storms either happened between 1888-1908 or 2000-2012. Which makes sense because shit like that is cyclical. There was an ice age once. Actually there were five of them. Which is exactly my point. They happen sometimes. Also there are bad storms and weather disasters. The end. [story]
In case you haven't noticed, I have intentionally not written at all about Sandy this week because I wanted to get a better idea of how all my family and friends are faring before commenting on it. For those of you who were wondering (and I'm sure maybe one or two of you were oh, who am I kidding, you all probably forgot I'm from Jersey), everyone in my family seems to be okay. My mom lost part of her roof (conveniently it was a part that's located over my old bedroom, which seems more like a sign from God than the result of storm winds). She's going to have to have it rebuilt, and will likely have to endure some work on her attic too, as the roof covers the attic, and who knows how much moisture was trapped in there once the rain stopped. My father's house escaped, luckily, unscathed. He reported that a tree fell through the neighbors' garage, and that there were many downed trees and big branches up and down his street. Both mother and father have power at the moment. Other friends in town reported long stretches of power outages, lingering cable/telephone outages, and of course, no gas for any cars in town. Last I heard only two stations in town had gas, and people have been "going crazy" (that's a direct quote from my sister!) getting into fights and siphoning gas from others' cars in order to fill their tanks.
Friends and acquaintances in NYC were less fortunate. Ian was stranded at his in-laws for several days, everyone who lives downtown had no power until today, I think. If Facebook and text messages are any indication, it would seem that those in Brooklyn were affected the least. As for the Jersey Shore It's hard to look at all the pictures of the complete devastation and not get that sinking feeling in your stomach. Go look at any website with before/after photos pretty much any beach community and you'll see why. I have so many beach memories that involve Seaside Heights, and even more of childhood summers on LBI. It's been gutwrenching to watch news stories or see pictures of the destruction. You don't need me to remind you that you can help donate to help relief efforts in all the affected areas. But you should. If not for me, do it for someone else — a normal everyday nice person whose life was thrown into upheaval because of an act of nature — someone who isn't an asshole blogger know-it-all douchebag like me.
And, of course, to anyone reading this who was hit — hard or soft — by Sandy, I wish I was there to help. Just imagine me there next to you, hugging you and whispering that everything will be okay. Slowly unbuttoning your blouse or whatever the fuck you girls wear to cover your massive cans
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