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|Usami a.k.a. Monomi (Involuntarily adoptive little sister)
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Monokuma (モノクマ Monokuma) is the main antagonist of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and Ultra Despair Girls - Danganronpa Another Episode.
He is a strange teddy bear who proclaims himself to be the principal of Hope's Peak Academy and initiates a life of mutual killing among the students, being the manipulator for everyone to experience the dog-eat-dog world and despair within their hearts (except optimistic students like Makoto Naegi's hope are immune to his despair plan).
Prior to the series, this cunning and vile being is actually a model animatronic bear used as an avatar to interact with the students by the mastermind. There are seemingly infinite copies of Monokuma, and he seems to also have the ability to teleport everywhere within the academy compounds.
In Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, very soon after making his appearance, he assaults Usami (breaking her magic wand), greatly altering her appearance to look much more like him, changes her name to "Monomi" and takes her under his "care" as a "little sister" - ultimately taking her authority and commencing the Island Life of Mutual Killing.
Monokuma's entire face and body splits equally down the center into two sides. It resembles the Yin-Yang symbol of which there's a balance between good and bad. In some occasions, Monokuma would show his good side in regular conversation but would turn to his bad side when he's angry, merciless, or ruthless.
His right side is white in color and has the classic teddy bear expression. His left side shows a more sinister look; it's black in color and has a red slash for an eye and an evil, stretched grin. In close-ups, a number of concentric rings can be seen within the red eye. When angry or otherwise emotional, Monokuma's left eye glows red and the teeth in the left side of his mouth morph into sharp fangs.
Although he is entirely split into two opposite sides, the only parts of Monokuma that aren't affected by the split is his muzzle and belly area; which both remain white. He also has a large and obvious bellybutton on the lower part of his belly. His bulging navel has an X mark on it. He also has retractable white claws in his paws.
Monokuma's personality is divided into two seperate parts: his "right", or "white" personality, resembles a normal teddy bear who will act cute, innocent, or even patronising. As such, during the times where this side of Monokuma is alive, he may come off with a polite and stepford demeanor. Monokuma's "left", or "black" personality, is a malicious, evil, and cruel upbringer: an ego who would do anything for the sake of despair.
Upon being mad or bothered, he will attack the cause as an effect, yet most of the time, he may hold himself back, under the claim that he cannot hurt his 'beloved students'. Monokuma tends to laugh his trademark laugh of a sadistic "upupupu". Monokuma also dislikes people who don't obey him, and will threaten those who oppose his command.
Prior to the Tragedy
High School Life of Mutual Killing
Monokuma is first shown laughing at a man who has been tied in a rocket, after a second, Monokuma presses a button and the rocket launches and then crashes back to the earth, draining the man's body to a skeleton, Monokuma then laughs as then the screen turns black.
In the game, he appeared when the trapped students were gathered inside the gymnasium. He introduced himself as the Headmaster of the Academy, which later doubted by all students. He explain that he just commencing the Mutual Killing and the other stuffs such as the School Rules and e-Handbook which thrown the students into confusion and doubts.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
After it was revealed that Junko Enoshima was the mastermind behind it all and had gladly executed herself for it, the remaining six students unlocked the doors that led to the outside world. A glaring white light was all that was revealed before they made exit. A quick glance to the class trial room shows a face-down Monokuma that was assumed to be defunct. It laughs and leads the viewers to believe that there actually is another mastermind; not only that, but Monokuma himself says: "I'm Monokuma. I am you guys'... The academy's... Headmaster!".
Island Life of Mutual Killing
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Mukuro Ikusaba
Mukuro and Monokuma do not get along, as shown by Mukuro always yelling rude comments at Monokuma and Monokuma usually retaliating back. Mukuro even went as far as disobeying Monokuma's rule, do not attack the headmaster, leading Monokuma to use the "Spears of Gungnir" killing Mukuro instantly. Monokuma, surprisingly, takes Mukuro's death well saying it was a warning to the other students.
When Monokuma shows up on the island, he adopts Usami as his little sister without her approval. Monokuma usually beats her up when she irritates him, which happens often. Monokuma also likes to make fun of her. He also always punches or harms her when she bothers him. Monokuma also shows no worry when he remembers that he is an only child and decides to execute Usami with Chiaki.
- "You're at a picnic and you find a dead body! XD"
- "Do you have a hundred friends? T_T"
- "Just listening to you makes we want to pass out! Be more like Byakuya and get your poop together!"
- "So warm and wet, so wet and warm... I bet you guys - [REMOVED TO CONFORM WITH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CENSORSHIP LAWS] - all over her, didn't you?"
- "Did you just say I've got the nicest butt on the block? The curviest hips in town? Is that what you just said!?"
- "Whether I'm a mademoiselle or a dudefella? But in the bear kingdom, there IS no male or female!"
- "Upupu... This heart-thumping feeling of distress... It's just as if salmon suddenly started assaulting people..."
- "Making such "hope"-filled kids still each other— such a 'despair'-filled situation— My heart is all a-thump with excitement!"
- "Killing each other is killing each other. If you need a dictionary I have one right here."
- "It's an all-you-can-kill, kill-or-be-killed, killing-killing-killing-all-around world!"
- "Let's give it all we've got! IT'S... PUNISHMENT TIME!"
- "You're still to young! You should value your lives a little more!"
- "Why, hello there! Thank you all for waiting! Now, let's begin!"
- "Then let's proceed with high spirits! This is the very last... Punishment Tiiiiiiiime!"
- "Getting killed is sooooooo violent, don'tcha know."
- "Noooot cool! I went to all the trouble of making this death march, so you gotta stick with it to the end!"
- "The happiness you feel when the mystery you create is solved... Only producers know this feeling of ecstasy!" (Monokuma, breaking the 4th wall)
- "Damn right! I'm such a stickler for the rules that even safari park rangers want nothing to do with me."
- "I believe Prince Shotoku was from the future. A man from the future is always directing the flow of history."
- "This again...?" (In response to Peko Pekoyama turning as the serial killer "Sparkling Justice", referring to the similar past second trial event)
- "Cuz humans are completely different from one another."
- "Everyone's birthplace and upbringing is different. It's obviously impossible for them to understand each other."
- "So everyone just pretends to understand...and pretends to be understood."
- "There's no way a human *that* meddlesome could ever be considered a tool!" (talking about Peko Pekoyama)
- "Peko, the tool with a heart, is the killer!"
- "People who act as proud as you always shed tears of despair in the end."
- "Calling me a ladder, huh... You say some pretty interesting things." (to Nagito Komaeda)
- "Were you filled with hope at the thought of saving her yourself? That' why you ended up like that." (to Fuyuhiko Kuzuryu, about Peko's death)
- "A suicide means you've killed the most important existence of all: yourself."
- "I am Monokuma! My existence is entirely my own!"
- "I mean...you're both pawns of the Future Foundation. So you guys are like two hearts beating as one, right?" (to Monomi, about her and the traitor)
- "You know, isn't it said that life has its ups and downs? It's fun because downs come after ups, but if life was full of downs, wouldn't it get boring?"
- "You've ascended the ladder of adulthood and reached the moon? Because you're a rabbit...?" (to Monomi)
- "You say you can't believe it... Puhuhu, you just don't want to believe it, right?"
- "Puhuhu...how interesting... You sure do believe in Nagito, huh? Because you believe in his malice, you continue to suspect his malice... I see... I guess that's what passes for friendship these days!" (to Hajime Hinata)
- "Friendship is measured by how long you can stand the silence when you're alone with someone else."
- "Distrusting your friend is much more shameful than being betrayed by that friend, you know."
- "It's sad to live without friendship! That's even sadder than watching a high school romcom full of guys!"
- "...So Nagito's ghost is whispering to you, huh!? Puhuhu! The power of friendship bursts beyond death, eh? A fiery outcome like this is right out of a teen manga!... Still, that's pretty messed up." (to Hajime Hinata)
- "As you solve mysteries and bolster your hope, a huge mystery comes along and slaps you in your faces..."
- "For those of you who believe there are no unsolvable mysteries, that is when you finally taste despair..."
- "So how about this! This overwhelming despair! Does it make you dizzy from excitment!?"
- "To wait or not to wait...that is the question. But which will cause more despair? That's the REAL question..."
Bullet Talk Battle/Machine Talk Battle & Panic Talk Action Remarks
- "I can't hear you!"
- "Better luck next time!"
- "What are you talking about?" (Voice: "W-What are you even talking about?")
- "What? What do you want?"
- "That's impossible!"
- "Proof, proof, proof!"
- "Punishment is waiting for you!"
- "You're getting all riled up!"
- "Enough already!"
- "Graar!"
- "Are you sure about this?"
- "I'm not listening!"
- "La-la-la! I can't hear you! La-la-la-la-la!" (Final Argument - BTB/MTB 1)
- "I tried to protect her identity?" (Final Argument - BTB/MTB 2)
- "You insolent fool! If you're saying he's not Makoto, then show me some proof!" (Final Argument - PTA)
- Monokuma's name is a combination on the romanization of "monochrome" (referencing his black and white color scheme) and クマ ("kuma"), the Japanese character for "bear".
- Monokuma's first beta design showcased him with a human form. His "white" and "black" sides were originally a fully skinned side and one that exposes muscle and organs. It's and be assumed that he wouldn't have been named Monokuma if that beta came to fruition.
- Another beta showcases Monokuma similarly to how he is now with the exception of his bellybutton, the addition of paws, and a slimmer body.
- In Chapter 4 of the second game, it is revealed that he and Monomi both hate mice, their reasons unclear. (Most likely another reference to his resemblance to Doraemon, who is terrified of mice ever since a robotic mouse gnawed off his iconically-absent cat ears.)
- In one of the instances of "Monakuma Theater" in Chapter 4, Monokuma speaks in morse code. Translated, the message reads "BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR KUMATINE".
- It appears that Monokuma's red slash-shaped, "evil" left eye is meant to be similar to the symbol located on the front of Hope's Peak Academy's insignia.
- In the beginning of the second game's second class trial, after the students discuss the murders which took place in Hope's Peak Academy and inspired the Twilight Syndrome Murder Case, Monokuma and Monomi (who is tied up next to his seat) get caught up in a small discussion over how violent high school students have become nowadays. The humor behind this little exchange stems for the fact that Monokuma and Monomi's voice actresses, Nobuyo Ōyama and Takako Sasuga, respectively, are both senior voice actresses who are best known for the roles they have portrayed in some of Japan's most famous, long-running animated shows since the 1970's.
- In the end of the fifth chapter of the second game, Monokuma decides, apparently on a whim, to execute his "adoptive little sister" Monomi along with Chiaki Nanami - after the latter's words motivate Monomi to "finish off" Monokuma by grabbing onto him and self-destructing repeatedly (a plan that was, however, prone to fail as Monomi had around 10 spare copies at the time while Monokuma had novemdecillion (10^60)) - claiming that he "suddenly remembered that he's an only child" and that he has no reason to keep someone who does nothing but constantly interfere with his plans around. This is very reminiscent of how Junko killed her twin sister Mukuro for the sake of her personal devices - a decision Junko later admits to have made on a whim as well.
- In Danganronpa IF, it is revealed that Chihiro Fujisaki created Monokuma's software after the characters' memories are restored. However, this event takes place in an alternate timeline, and so may or may not be true.
- His Japanese voice actress Nobuyo Ōyama is popular from her voice acting of Doraemon, which Spike Chunsoft purposely made Monokuma sound like.


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They might be meowing and impersonating cats, as in Randall Thompson's "The Purr-ima Donna," featuring Marj Fowler, and Rossini's "Duetto Buffo di due Gatti," featuring Rebecca Davies and Elizabeth Malone as hissy rival divas, but every note is right on the money, and balance and rhythm remain impeccable.
Quite a few numbers came from musicals and operettas and provoked some fairly ambitious staging, for a choral concert. The most elaborate and successful was Paula Garcia's solo turn in "Tackle That Temptation," from "Nunsense." You don't see tap-dancing coming, and Garcia executed simple steps very well while singing. She also had a tasty edge of nuttiness that none of the other soloists, not even the cats, achieved.
This program could have used more of that. The fun, for the most part, was tautly controlled and prim. They did get some laughs here and there, but I couldn't help but think that they could have been more entertaining if they had been a little more daring. Even in those fleeting moments when they mimed at being a little naughty, the Choral Artists projected a matronly niceness that is lovely in everyday life but not much fun in a theater.
As always, they sang some lovely music that one could easily miss in a lifetime of concert attendance. Paul Carey's brief "Mashed Potato/Love Song" is beautiful and funny at the same time. This deadpan text floats by in a lilting, drifting three-quarter time: "If I ever had to choose between you and a third helping of mashed potato . . . I think I'd choose the mashed potato. But I'd choose you next." That number didn't need any acting to make it hilarious. The dreamy ardor of the Choral Artists' singing drove home the joke.
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First a customer service confession: I forgot to pay a bill. Got no good excuse, just didn't see it when I sat down to do my monthlies and it slipped my mind. Don't judge, don't hate, let's just move on…
"Hello, Bruce Turkel?" (Pronounced TUR-kle).
"This is Samantha Smith, customer service representative at XYZ Bank" (beautiful southern accent, by the way).
"Your account didn't post."
"I'm sorry?"
"Your account didn't post."
"I don't understand."
"Your account didn't post."
"I don't know what that means."
"YOUR ACCOUNT DIDN'T POST." (She was a decibel away from yelling now).
"I heard you, Ms. Smith, I just don't understand what you're saying."
"It means your account at XYZ Bank. Did. Not. Post."
"I'm really sorry but I don't know what post means. I know about blog posts, I know about light posts, I know about post times and I know about Post Cereals. I even know about post mortems. But I don't know what it means when an account doesn't post."
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"Thank you sir. Is there anything else XYZ Bank customer service can do for you today?"
I bit my tongue. "No thanks. Appreciate the customer service reminder. I'll take care of it the minute I hang up." And I did.
Have you ever been in a tense medical situation and spoken to a doctor who communicated in medical jargon you didn't understand? Asymetric thoraxal reflux, perhaps, or cardiotropic defribulation? Have you ever met with your accountant to discuss taxes and been flummoxed by negative amortization schedules and accelerated deduction contra accounts or other industry terms that made no sense? Have you ever listened to people talk in slang or use inside jokes you couldn't follow? Have you ever been with people who were speaking a language you didn't understand even though you were supposed to be part of the conversation?
It would make sense that customer service people who already have the difficult enough task of dealing with angry clients or explaining obtuse software or reminding people they didn't pay their bills on time would make everyone's lives easier by speaking in simple terms that anyone could follow.
If you train customer service reps try this illustrative experiment. Have them do an English language crossword puzzle from a country foreign to them. Even simple puzzles are almost impossible to complete because while English might be their mother tongue, not growing up in Canada or England or New Zealand or India or wherever means they can understand the words but not the cultural references or the clues. It's no different than a customer who can understand the language but not the inside jargon the customer service rep uses.
Communicating in clear, unambiguous language is a simple way to make the transaction better for the customer, the customer service rep, and the company itself. And that's a win-win-win outcome any way you say it.
Listen to enough writers talk about their Muse and sooner or later it'll dawn on you that while the act of writing is thought of lots of different ways, few of them are pleasant.
Ernest Hemingway found looking for his Muse torturous. According to legend, Papa described it like this: "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein."
Jack London said, "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."
And W. Somerset Maugham believed that, "There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
What you'll discover about writing is that while every writer describes it in a different way, almost all of them consider their Muse a difficult, albeit necessary taskmaster.
Having spent the last eight years hammering out this blog week after week while also writing two new books, countless speeches, articles, and TV commentary, and keeping up with my client assignments, I've learned a little bit about just how hard maintaining consistently good writing can be.
I'm not the first one to discover these two points, by the way. When I was researching quotes for this article, I'd already determined my two rules but wasn't aware that others had written them already.
Vladimir Nabokov said that, "I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers." And Hemingway was plainly clear on this point when he wrote, "The first draft of anything is shit."
Because I sincerely believe that the most important part of good writing is rewriting, I try to write my posts with enough lead-time to read them over and over and over, crafting them a bit tighter on each pass.
As far as the jealousy of my Muse goes, this point is unassailable. If you want to write – books, ads, songs, blogs, whatever – then besides putting in lots and lots of hard work the other thing to always do is stop and write whenever an idea strikes you. Because if you wait until later when it's more convenient your good ideas will vaporize, as hard to recall as a good night's dream in the light of day.
To benefit from the thinking time I get when I run I keep a miniature Sharpie tangled in my sneaker laces so I can write my inspirations down on the palm of my hand as they pop into my head. When I sleep I keep a pad and pen on my bed stand to capture those 3:15 a.m. brainstorms before they disappear into the ether. And during the day I always try to have my laptop, iPad or notebook within quick reach so I don't risk missing good ideas whenever and wherever the Muse shows herself.
Turns out Steven Pressfield, the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance and The War of Art, already knew about the Muse's demands. Pressfield explained it this way:
"This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don't. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete."
Saul Bellow said it like this, "You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write."
But just because the words and ideas might appear when you pay attention and work at it doesn't make it easy. Why? Because we writers are always our own worst critics. After all, as Thomas Mann said, "A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
Amen to that.
Please take a minute to think about the words IF and BUT. Such little words but they can have such a big impact on your brand.
Do you realize that if you add the words IF or BUT to an apology it demeans the sentiment and neuters the meaning?
"I'm sorry IF you thought I was being mean," is not an apology because the IF has disclaimed the value of "I'm sorry." Being sorry is not based on how the wronged party felt about the action being apologized for; it's based on feeling remorse for having done something wrong in the first place.
"I'm sorry you were offended BUT I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," is not an apology because the intention of the slight has nothing to do with its ultimate effect.
And "I'm sorry IF you were bothered by what I said BUT I was angry," is not an apology either because none of the conditions have anything to do with the situation being apologized for. Being angry enough to say something stupid is not a reasonable excuse for the stupidity itself.
I find it interesting that these short little words, IF and BUT have so much weight. With just two or three letters the power of a sincere apology can be completely neutralized.
And the same thing can happen during your sales pitch…
Did you know that 65% of the respondents in a well-crafted marketing study said they've stopped purchasing a product that was advertised with a message they found unacceptable?
Not only that but advertising was seen to have a significant impact on societal values. 47% of Canadian consumers interviewed said that advertising shapes public values vs. 40% who said advertising simply mirrors society. In the United States a majority of consumers said that advertising serves as a societal mirror but a large percentage still affirmed that unacceptable or disingenuous messages would make them change their mind about an upcoming purchase.
It stands to reason then that you could lose almost half of your buyers simply because of an errantly placed IF or BUT. Besides being a wake-up call for marketers to be scrupulous about the way they communicate, this also suggests that the power of language and branding is much more significant than casual observation might suggest.
My friend and online learning expert Alex Santos at Collabor8 Learning closes his emails with the following words of wisdom: "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur."
For years the old Southeast Bank ran a campaign with the tagline, "It's Time To Call Southeast." I suppose they thought that when you needed money or banking services you would pick up the phone and dial their number. Unfortunately whenever I heard the campaign I always wondered what I had done wrong because I don't usually call my bank when something good happens, I call them when there's a problem. I'd bet you're the same.
It's time to call Southeast? Why? Did a hurricane just destroy my house and I need to borrow money for a new roof? Did I forget to record a check and subsequently overdraw my account? Are there bank fees on my statement that I wasn't expecting? No matter the question, calling my bank is not an activity I generally look forward to happily.
The next time you write copy for an ad, website, resume, or whatever, take a moment to read the copy as if you were the recipient. Make sure that the message you're trying to convey is the same message that your reader is going to receive. Otherwise you might just have to apologize afterwards. No IFs or BUTs included.
Bruce Jenner was interviewed by Diane Sawyer on 20/20 last week and told the world about his journey to become a woman. Bruce Jenner explained about how he's felt and what he needs to do to fulfill his life.
Thanks to the interview we were exposed to something we don't usually see on national television, especially from a reality show star: someone speaking honestly and openly from their heart.
Here's how Variety Magazine evaluated the interview: "Audiences turned out in big numbers Friday night for ABC's much-anticipated two-hour Bruce Jenner interview on "20/20," which drew the newsmagazine's highest ratings in key demos on the night in more than 15 years.
Nielsen estimates that Diane Sawyer's sitdown with the former Olympic decathlete-turned-reality star averaged a 5.2 rating/17 share in adults 18-49 and 16.9 million viewers overall. That will make it the week's top-rated program in all categories as well as the top non-sports program in the young-adults demo since the season finale of Fox's "Empire" in mid-March.
This is the best 18-49 result on a Friday for "20/20" since March 2000, when Barbara Walters interviewed the parents of JonBenét Ramsey. And it's the highest for any Friday non-sports broadcast on any network since 2003…" Roughly 68% of the 18-49 audience for the special was male.
The interview was also a very big topic of conversation on social media. According to Nielsen Social, "Bruce Jenner: The Interview" drew 972,000 tweets from 403,000 unique authors, ranking as the most social Friday telecast of all time, excluding sports."
Perhaps the biggest surprise of the interview was not actually Bruce Jenner's revelation that he was a transgender American but that he considers himself a conservative Republican.
"Are you a Republican?" Sawyer asked Jenner. "Yeah," he responded. "Is that a bad thing?"
"Neither political party has a monopoly on understanding," Jenner told Sawyer, who suggested the Olympian ask Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner for help championing the cause of the transgender community.
"I would do that in a heartbeat," Jenner answered. "Yeah, why not?"
At least one Republican group was quick to reach out to Bruce Jenner. Log Cabin Republicans' National Executive Director Gregory T. Angelo said: "As the nation's only organization representing LGBT conservatives and straight allies, Log Cabin Republicans congratulates Bruce Jenner in the tremendous courage he demonstrated tonight, being true to himself both in terms of his personal identity as well as his political identity. There is a home for you in Log Cabin Republicans – as there is for all lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender conservatives and straight allies."
While the immediate big story is Bruce Jenner's revelations – both that he's transgender and a conservative Republican – and the story to watch will be how the GOP grapples with the responsibilities and consequences of being a big tent political party, the immediate learning for all of us is the power of identifying, accepting, and promoting one's authentic truth.
What Jenner has done, and what the viewing numbers for his 20/20 interview prove, is just how compelling and congruent speaking from the heart can be. And by setting the bar as high as the ones he jumped over in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Jenner has courageously dared policymakers and marketers alike to be as open and honest as he has been. The power of Bruce Jenner's statements came not because they were rehearsed but specifically because they weren't. Bruce Jenner's authentic truth, and the honest way he presented his truth, will change the world.
Have you made bouillabaisse lately? It's the traditional Provençal fish stew from the port city of Marseille. To make one you fill a pot with all kinds of fresh seafood including fish, mussels, clams, octopus, and langoustines and a whole mess of vegetables such as leeks, onions, tomatoes, celery, tomatoes, and potatoes. The whole mix is brought to a rollicking boil and then served with grilled slices of crusty bread and rouille – a mayonnaise seasoned with olive oil, garlic, saffron, and cayenne pepper. Yum, right?
While the bouillabaisse boils away on your stove it fills the kitchen with fragrant garlicky deliciousness. It's hard to keep from lifting the lid and inhaling deeply, maybe even dunking a piece of crusty bread into the bubbling broth.
But be careful. Because when you raise the lid on the bouillabaisse all kinds of things can come shooting out of the hot pot. Some of the splatters can stain your clothes, some can burn your arms, and some just dirty up the countertop.
Spouses disagree. Kids fight back. Clients aren't always as thrilled with your work as you thought they'd be. Hell, even blog readers post comments that aren't always as complimentary as you expected.
But just like the French stew that often tastes much better than the sum of its part would suggest, our relationships often pay delicious dividends that we never expected.
Take this blog for example. When I uploaded my first post seven years ago, my intentions were simple. I wanted to get some hands-on experience to help our clients transition their businesses into the nascent online world and I was hoping to generate some new accounts and revenue for my ad agency. Both those things have happened, but the road to success wasn't always smooth or linear.
When I started the blog I expected readers to be complimentary – and most are. But I also naively assumed that people who didn't like what I wrote would either quietly unsubscribe or post thoughtful, albeit critical, commentary. Boy, was I wrong. If I posted some of the nastier responses I've received they would singe your eyeballs. I'm constantly amazed at how much time and vitriol anonymous forums encourage – this blog included.
At the same time, I'm also amazed at the thoughtful commentary and insight my readers share. If it's true that we teach what we need to learn; then my habit of writing about things I'm learning about has been rewarded with great advice time after time. For all of you who have contributed to my blog (and my growth), thank you.
For those of you thinking about writing a blog and wondering if it's worth the time and effort, here are some other great benefits this exercise has given me.
Yet the best thing is that this bouillabaisse of a blog disciplines me to think more deeply about issues that are on my mind and to organize my thoughts into cogent conversations – while it also forces me to work on my writing. And it helps me build a stronger relationship with you.
Disclaimer: I'm very eager to hear what you think about the candidate's logos but have no interest in turning this blog into a debate over the relative advantages of the candidates themselves or their respective issues (there are PLENTY of places online where you can discuss that until you're blue (or red) in the face). Please keep your comments to your opinion of the logos themselves and how you think they accurately or incorrectly portray the candidates. I will remove any posts that are blatantly partisan or offensive.
Because there are more of them in the race this year, let's start with the Republicans:
Jeb Bush
Despite my best efforts I can't find a campaign website or new logo for Jeb. My guess is that when we finally see where his presidential logo is going it will represent the simple acronym "Jeb" in an attempt to separate the candidate from his father and brother, but that's only a projection. As of now there's nothing to discuss.
Jeb Bush's Grade: Incomplete
Ted Cruz is lucky enough to have a name that is short, easy to spell, impossible to mispronounce, and solidly American with a just touch of international immigrant exotic. Odd then that his logo mark (the teardrop, not the text) would be so busy, complicated, and difficult to understand.
While the red, white, and blue flag in his presidential brand —complete with star and stripes—is hard to miss, what does Cruz's logo shape represent? A flame? A drop of water? A tear? All kidding aside, I find it strange that a candidate who does not believe in global warming nor sea level change would include these allusions in his logo mark.
Ted Cruz's Grade: C-
Like Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio has a name that is short, easy to pronounce, and suggests his immigrant roots without screaming them – a great asset that should not offend xenophobes who might otherwise balk at Rubio's Cuban roots. On the other hand, a name as exotic as Barack Hussein Obama didn't hurt his presidential brand nor keep our current president out of the White House so maybe the name doesn't matter that much.
What does matter is the little splotch that has replaced the dot over the "i" in Rubio's last name. When it's large enough, the red mark will be easily identifiable as a red Republican continental U.S. (wonder how Hawaii and Alaska feel about being left out?) but when it's shrunken down for business cards and campaign buttons it will look like a red wine stain.
Marco Rubio's Grade: B
Dr. Rand Paul has focused on his first name and removed his last name altogether. Maybe he did this to distance himself from his famous father Ron or maybe to associate his presidential brand with the Rand Corporation, the nonprofit global policy think tank originally created by Douglas Aircraft Company (a perfect association for this oddly hawkish Libertarian).
Have you noticed that the negative space between the "A" and the "N" serves as the handle for the torch? How about the horizontal white line working as the bowl of the torch? What do you think of the poorly rendered flame itself? While the mark is strong and distinctive (like the candidate?) Paul's logo looks like a rough first sketch of what could eventually become a good logo. This is particularly ironic because Rand Paul's name backwards (Paul Rand) is the name of one of the greatest logo designers in history with designs for Westinghouse, IBM, ABC, and UPS in his oeuvre. Paul Rand truly put the "Rand" in "Brand."
Rand Paul's Grade: C (with room for improvement)
Now the Democrats. (Excuse me, Democrat)
As the most well known candidate in the race, and currently the only Democrat, Hillary Clinton could take a hint from Madonna, Cher, and Beyoncé and simply promote herself with one name. But for her logo she's gone a step further and followed President Obama's practice of just using a single initial.
While I did promise to be politically agnostic in this column, I did not promise to be designer agnostic. Michael Bierut, the creator of Hillary's logo is one of my favorite designers, a friend, and a great guy. Lucky for me I love the mark Bierut created.
Clinton's logo is powerful, simple, memorable, and moving and sets the stage for a cohesive presidential brand. Her arrow points to the future and suggests the progressive administration the candidate promises. The logo's simplicity makes the mark transparent and understandable, issues that Clinton herself has had problems with. Finally, its components – the arrow and the strong vertical lines – will give the campaign's graphic designers easy elements to use in her websites, bumper stickers, brochures, and other marketing materials. This is what good graphic design looks like and more than anyone could ask from such a simple logo.
Clinton's Grade: A+
Having started to create the look and feel of the presidential brands, it will be fascinating to watch where the candidates go from here. Stay tuned for a masterclass in the dos and don'ts of brand building. In the meantime, please let me know what you think.
We lost a great big piece of business. We lost a great big piece of business we should have won.
The relationship started really well. We know the travel and tourism industry inside and out. We had exquisite experience and were able to demonstrate the great results we had achieved for similar clients. Our ideas were spot on. And the presentation went as well as it could have. We were on fire.
But we lost a great big piece of business.
And the worst part of it was that it was all my fault.
Do you want to know why?
We were meeting with the client after the pitch. They were blown away by our presentation and we were negotiating next steps. They were fine with our pricing and had no issues with the contract itself. They liked the account people we were assigning to their business and the creative people who would be working on their account. In fact, they were so pleased with the team that the CEO complimented me on assembling such a great group of professionals to work for them.
"Thanks," I answered. "With such great people working on your business, there's almost nothing for me to do. And you know, I'm always willing to do less."
The CEO stared at me dumbfounded. And although I didn't realize it at the time, everything went downhill from there.
Here's the worst part:
I was kidding.
Really. I. Was. Kidding.
There was actually a lot of work for me to do. And I was very excited about doing it too. But the little comment that I thought was amusing – "I'm always willing to do less" – was exactly what our new client was worried about.
You see, it turns out that her last agency had apparently done a great presentation with talented senior level people, too, but after that they staffed the business with entry-level employees. They never delivered the work quality they had promised and the client's sales had suffered.
She was concerned that history was about to repeat itself.
Of course I had no way of knowing that that was her concern, but ignorance is never an acceptable excuse. My attempt to be cute cost us a showcase client and a lot of money.
Last week I found a story online and posted it on Facebook. I am not the original author but I think an edited version is important enough to repeat here:
Two dogs walk into the same room at different times.
One comes out wagging his tail while the other comes out growling.
A woman watching this goes into the room to see what could make one dog so happy and the other so mad.
To her surprise the room was filled with mirrors.
The happy dog found a thousand happy dogs looking back at him while the angry dog saw only angry dogs growling back at him.
What you see in the world around you is a reflection of who you are. That goes for your outlook, your business, and your life.
I saw funny.
Our client saw lazy.
Learned a lot, though. I hope you did too.
A recent story on public radio talked about the logistics of pursuing smugglers of coveted black rhino horns. The officer interviewed made the point that the discoveries made in this case also helped uncover smugglers of guns, drugs, and even human traffickers. His point was that the skills needed to bring in the banned aphrodisiac were applicable to smuggling all sorts of things.
In 2014, Uber, the logistics app that facilitates a new type of taxi and limo service, moved into different areas too. The company introduced UberRush, a courier service designed to move stuff instead of people. According to The Washington Post, "The same back-end technology that Uber has built to track drivers and connect them to riders can easily be used to order and follow deliveries. All that changes is the cargo on board and the mode of transportation, a detail around which the company is becoming increasingly agnostic."
Back in 2004 when IBM made their momentous shift from equipment sales to software and systems consulting, it capitalized on the protocols and practices it had constructed to run its previous business model. These proprietary programs became the foundation of what has since become a global business with over $22 billion in revenue. What's more, the new model provides IBM with both higher-margin recurring revenue and reduced volatility.
So what do black rhino horns, Uber's logistics, IBM, and your business have in common? Quite simply, you're sitting on a gold mine of proven protocols that are both marketable and monetizable. The programs and procedures that you have created over the years are exactly what other businesses are looking for.
37 Signals, the creator of Basecamp, was a web design company founded in 1999. But in mid-2004 the company's focus shifted from web design to web application development when they found a significant market for the management software they created to run their own business. The transition was so successful that 37 Signals changed their company name to Basecamp (their first product) to focus entirely on their flagship.
Many successful speakers in the National Speakers Association, from Mikki Williams to Lou Heckler to Patricia Fripp to Doug Stevenson, have taken the things they've learned over their years on the platform and turned them into valuable programs for all the people who want to succeed in the speaking business. Some of their programs teach stage skills, some teach business logistics, and still others are about marketing and promotion. But while all of them are simply a reutilization of proven programs that the practitioners have already used to build their own businesses, each has produced new business opportunities and new revenue streams for their creators – sometimes rivaling or even surpassing the success of the original business they're cribbed from.
The Washington Post says, "Uber foresees – as Amazon and eBay do, too – that the next growth opportunity in a shifting economy isn't facilitating digital marketplaces: it's moving physical stuff. It's figuring out urban logistics in a world where crowded cities will only become more so, where e-commerce is actually making congestion worse, where the rise of 'sharing' has created a need for coordinating the mass joint use of cars, tools, tasks, and dinner." Most importantly, these companies have figured out that what they already know how to do creates valuable practices and unlimited opportunities.
You can take advantage of what you already know, too.


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The Office of Personnel Management is in the middle of a big pilot study of workplace flexibility and has brought in some outside help to do an assessment of the project.
Naomi Leventhal, Director with Deloitte Consulting in Training and Management Assistance, explained for Federal News Radio how that will work.
As the pilot moves on, we'll be looking at what the results are in terms of changes, if there are any, to employee performance and productivity. At the end of the pilot project, we'll do an assessment and provide recommendations to OPM for what they can do if they think that there are good ideas here - which we would hope to see, how they can roll it out across OPM and the federal government in general.
The concept behind the pilot, called Results Oriented Work Environment (ROWE), explained Leventhal, is based on the idea that "the importance is what you accomplish not where you sit and how long you sit there."
Leventhal says for their part, Deloitte will continue to conduct surveys and focus groups and observations to look at the data that exists about:
"We need work results, that's very important," said Leventhal. "Above all the organization has to meet its mission objectives. If it doesn't, then this is not a success, clearly. So if this new approach enables workers to be more effective in producing the work that they need to produce at a high quality and in the way that it needs to be done, if the customers are happy then what we've got is a success. That's what we'll be looking to see."
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Bruins road win streak halted by Penguins
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Summary — For the last time ever in the regular season the Bruins travelled to Pittsburgh to play in Mellon Arena against the Penguins and came away losers by a 2-1 score in a Sunday matinee. Tim Thomas got his third straight start for Boston and took the loss with 27 of saves. The Penguins Marc-Andre Fleury took the decision with 15 stops. The loss snaps the Bruins five-game road winning streak.
The Penguins jumped all over Boston in the third but Thomas stood tall in the losing effort after getting peppered through most of the period. Thomas did give up the game-winner early in the final frame to superstar Evgeni Malkin on a dump shot through a screen down the right wing.
After a scoreless first period the Bruins struck first on the power play when Blake Wheeler was able to sweep a loose puck out from under Fleury at 3:12 in the second. The Penguins came back about five minutes later when Pascal Dupuis put the puck in a scrum in the crease in front of Thomas and banged on it until it trickled passed for the equalizer at 8:57.
Bruins' center Marc Savard took a hit and elbow to the head late in the third period by Penguins' forward Matt Cooke. He was carted off the ice on a stretcher. No word on the type or severity of the injury but a concussion would seem likely. Cooke was not issued a penalty for the hit.
Patrice Bergeron played his first game since the Olympic break after sitting the previous three with a groin injury. Tuukka Rask is still listed as day-to-day with a minor knee injury and did not dress.
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Marc-Andre Fleury — The Penguins goaltender picked up his 31st win of the year with steady play and a solid defensive effort in front of him.
Evgeni Malkin — The "other" superstar in Pittsburgh scored the go-ahead goal for his 23rd strike of the year early in the third period.
Blake Wheeler — The sophomore forward scored the first goal of the game for only his second strike in 17 games when he tallied on the power play in the second period. The goal was his 14th of the year.
Turning Point — The start of the third period was where the Penguins turned on the heat. Malkin scored the go-ahead goal early in the period and the Bruins could not slow Pittsburgh down the rest of the game as the Penguins dominated the positional play in the final frame.
Key Play — The Penguins new addition of Alexei Ponikarovsky at Wednesday's trade deadline paid dividends in the third period. Malkin came down the right wing on the rush and threw a dump shot on Thomas that passed through a moving screen by Ponikarovsky on its way to the back of the net. Pittsburgh turned on the heat after that and pressured the Bruins for the rest of the third on its way to the victory.
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Job Description:Placing Kent State students in clinical affiliations, giving guidance to the students throughout each affiliation, coordination of sites and clinical contracts, student advising for the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) program.
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Employment Prior to Kent State University:Mercy Health Center of Carroll County, outpatient physical therapy
Likes Most About Kent State University:Friendly and fun atmosphere, quality education
Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:A good reputation within the communities we serve and a well-known, successful Physical Therapist Assistant program.
Resides in:Kensington, Ohio
Hometown:Carrollton, Ohio
Education:Associate of Applied Science, Physical Therapist Assistant Technology, from Stark State College of Technology; and Bachelor of Arts, Business Management, from Malone University
Hobbies:Running, traveling, attending church, community service and spending time with my husband and two young boys
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Job Description:Oversee the media relations aspects of baseball, women's basketball and field hockey.
Worked at KSU since:November 2012
Employment Prior to Kent State University:South Bend Silver Hawks (Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks)
Likes Most About Kent State University:The beautiful campus and familiar faces, along with an athletic department with a winning tradition.
Attraction to Kent State University as an Employer:Kent State has a great community atmosphere and makes employees feel respected and appreciated. Its standing as a top-tier university makes it extremely appealing.
Resides in:Kent, Ohio
Hometown:Albion, N.Y.
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The 4th Palm Oil Summit to be hosted by CMT in Bali on 09-10 July seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of the palm oil market, plantation business challenges and opportunities, advances in high yield materials, new solutions for ganoderma, and downstream market growth.
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The versatility of palm oil as ideal feedstock, especially in industries like food, biofuels and oleochemicals, has resulted in hefty investments by palm oil giants in countries conducive for plantation and production. For that reason, and designed to encompass the crucial aspects of the palm oil plantation operations CMT´s 4th Palm Oil Summit will delve into two focal themes of "Sustainable Oil Palm Plantations with improved agronomy practices" and "Riding on opportunities in Indonesia´s flourishing downstream activities". Among the topic highlights are:
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John Clendon, MD, Univanich Palm Oil PCL; RR Govindan, Executive Vice President, Godrej Agrovet Limited; Ike Virdiana, Researcher, Sumatra Bioscience, PT PP London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk ; Ahmad Sidek Stroo, Deputy Director General (Services ), MPOB; Robin J. Weitkamp, Vice President, Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. and Dr. Frank Roland Schroeder, Director, Sustainability & Product Safety, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Headquarters are among the top-notch speakers slated to deliver sessions on Developments in High Yielding Planting Materials and Other Advances in Thailand´s Oil Palm Industry ; Oil Palm Yields in India — Can We Compete with the Giants ? ; Replanting System and Trichoderma as an Effective form of Ganoderma Control and Proven Results ; Replanting Palm Oil for Smallholders – Issues & Challenges ; Commercialisation of a Biorefinery Platform from Palm Oil and Market Outlook for Sustainable Palm Oil-based Laundry Detergent & Household Cleaners.
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MIDDLEBURY-The three days of peace, free love and rock-and-roll that came to define part of a generation are coming to Middlebury's Town Hall Theater, as "Middlebury Does Woodstock" recreates the most famous rock concert of all time.
"Middlebury Does Woodstock" follows two similar concerts that were smash hits for the theater. It started with "Middlebury Does Motown", which played to sold-out houses and had the audience literally dancing in the aisles. Then came "Middlebury Does the History of Rock-and-Roll", which not only sold out the theater but played later that year at Middlebury's Festival-on-the-Green.
"The key to these concerts is the local angle," said THT executive director Douglas Anderson. "We put together a great band, headed by Chuck Miller, and then find people in the community to sing these great tunes."
Anderson believes that inside everyone is a rock star trying to get out.
"It's amazing. Someone like Deb Tier, who's a teacher by day, comes out and does Tina Turner so well you can't quite believe your ears. You think, well, this woman could've had a professional career. And there are many people like that in the area," he said.
Featured in this year's production are Don Arnold, Deb Brisson, Tony Cacciatore, Kendra Gratton, Leigh Guptill, Deb Tier, and Sam Trudel, who will also M.C.
They'll be singing the music of Joan Baez, The Who, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joe Cocker, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, and many more artists who played the fabled concert.
Middlebury Does Woodstock will play three nights only: Thursday-Saturday, June 17-19, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17, and may be purchased at www.townhalltheater.org, 802-382-9222, at the THT Box Office (Mon-Sun, noon-5 p.m.) or at the door, if available.
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The shooting took place around noon local time (1800 GMT) in a basement classroom of the university's electrical engineering building. The shooter seemed to have had only the victim as his intended target, leaving the building immediately after the shooting, said Purdue University Police Chief John Cox.
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AITA secretary general Bharat Oza said the two players, who had refused to partner Leander Paes for the London Olympics, would be considered for selection, if required, for the next Asian Games.
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Is 'D.C. Housewives' Star Michaele Salahi Getting Naked for Playboy?
Yes, the source alleges that the upcoming pictorial will be head-to-toe starkers. And TMZ adds that the 44-year-old socialite is "very excited" about posing for the nude photo shoot, which is said to be taking place later this month. (No comment yet from Playboy about the pictorial, or whether Salahi will also grace an upcoming cover.)
But this morning, Salahi's media liaison Michael Cruz spoke to CNN to downplay the report.
"It's another rumor," Cruz said. "We have no information about any official offer from Playboy."
While plenty of reality stars rocket to fame via risque photos or sex tapes, Salahi first made headlines as an accused threat to national security, when she and husband Tareq Salahi walked into a White House party in November 2009, dressed to the nines but (allegedly) sans invitation. The scandal led to a tense congressional hearing before the Homeland Security Committee, and plenty of free publicity for the new D.C. 'Housewives' spinoff on Bravo.
Whether or not Michaele Salahi ever takes it all off for Playboy, she has parted with the famous red sari she wore to the presidential party she's accused of crashing: The ensemble was recently donated by Salahi to be auctioned off Oct. 2, with proceeds reportedly going to the Bush-Clinton Haiti fund.
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- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy nlgajdos
why would anyone want to see this scrawny woman naked
- Tuesday 07 SeptemberBy how's it?
the ONLY way i'd EVER pay for a playboy issue is to pay them to NOT show this chick. she's just another person that couldn't tell the truth if it was right infront of them and staring them in the eye.
- Tuesday 07 SeptemberBy Apple
Really...."White House Party Crashing Attention Getting Skank & Her Ill Tempered Spouse".....Lol......Whos are they anyway...????
- Tuesday 07 SeptemberBy John
nlgajddos, I felt the same way just from the AOL picture that was shown, so ribby, bony. Do everyone a favor, keep your clothes on!
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy Apostate
She should grace the cover of Gauntness Monthly instead...
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy Theresa
This woman (Salahi)and husband should actually go to work for a living, they have such inflated egos. She has to have a sick mind to think anyone would actually want to see her naked body in "Playboy" - from her picture on the net, you can see her bones sticking out of her chest - get a live - GO TO WORK
- Saturday 04 September
She's absolutely worthless & i guarantee nobody cares... She needs a 'media liaison' like Lohan needs crack... What is wrong w/ people ? When will she & her utter tool 'husband' just go the F away ??? She's not famous, she provides nothing, creates nothing, adds nothing, and needs to be thrown out onto the street by the media, on her nose for crissake.... QUIT tolerate NOTHING'S like this !!
- Tuesday 07 SeptemberBy Bfrjds1981
No one cares? You seem to care enough to have read the story and post about it. Had you not cared you would not even read the story to start with. You know you buy go out and buy a copy.
- Friday 01 October
Who would want to see this old lady naked?
Why is it she and chubby man were not prosecuted for entering a presidential function without allegedly an invite?
If they were black surely they would be jailed, drilled and fined and banned within 500 miles of Washington dc.
- Monday 06 SeptemberBy Tom
If they were black they would have been asked to a stay-over. Black do love black.Only problem getting the stink out of the bed rooms. Can always light a match. Obamies love dimmies.
- Tuesday 07 SeptemberBy slaminsam
your right about the black part ,,you just left out the last thing,,,to happen shoot them
- Tuesday 07 SeptemberBy Gina
and the race card is now thrown......ugh so sick of hearing this.
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy Raejean
Maybe she's going to crash their photography studios and demand they take her picture; you know, like that horny, hopeful old lady always looking for attention in the Playboy cartoons?
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy sassycassie
That's good!!! The only way this skank should be in playboy is by force. It is a shame that posing for Playboy couldn't be some sort of punishment for her behavior. However for that to happen she would have to have morals to see posing nude as degradation, not an achievement. This woman is clearly lacking in character. Playboy is too good for her! Hef, WTF???
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy jbjg24m
thats one issue of Playboy that i won't be buying !
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy me
Can't believe this woman is one year older than me yet she looks like she's in her 50's from all the tanning and plastic surgery and extreme dieting, and I still look like I'm 30.
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy debbie
what a waste of time. she needs to get a real job and a life.
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy ray harber
there going to put that in PLAYBOY,they must be getting hard up for women to put in the mag.shes kinda ulgy and has no body at all.
- Saturday 04 SeptemberBy Val
Photoshop, photoshop, photoshop so her pictures will lie as much as she does. They're really scraping the bottom of the barrel now.
- Saturday 04 September
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I really couldn't agree more with Ian Hyland & I think he's hit the nail on the head
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Say what you want about KP, when she has something to say she does just come out with it regardless if it's a load of b***ocks, whereas slimey Pete & his relentless drip, drip, drip of sly digs IMO is far worse, does he really think we are that naive?
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Think that gaming across three or more displays delivers little more than a larger game? Not true, as the wider the resolution, the more of the game you see. Not only can multi-display gaming increase the immersion level, but it can even give you a competitive advantage online. Yes, we have many examples to help prove our point.
A couple of months ago, I received a rather monstrous shipment from AMD. It was so large, in fact, that the FedEX guy who delivered it asked me to give him a heads-up as to when I'd be sending it back, so that he could book that day off! Within all of those boxes were six Dell 22″ displays and the required mounts. It was time to get down to business with Eyefinity.
To say that we gave the technology a good test with what we were sent would be a major understatement. At the time of our in-depth article on Eyefinity being posted, I calculated that we devoted at least 75 hours to actual gaming, and about 10 to trouble-shooting and experimentation. Prior to receiving the kit, I wasn't even sure what thoughts I'd be left with, but afterward, I was sold.
In the conclusion of that article, one of the "Cons" I listed was, "Once you use Eyefinity, you learn to hate going without it.", and that wasn't only meant to be a witty line. It's absolutely true. After the Eyefinity article was posted, I got down to testing out Sapphire's Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X 2GB, and I could feel a little distaste due to being "stuck" with 2560×1600 as the max resolution. Yes, in some ways, multi-display gaming can really scar you.
As thorough as our Eyefinity article was, however, there was one rather significant point that we failed to drive home. That is, the actual advantage that multi-monitor gaming can give you. In talking to many people over the past couple of months, and reading comments around the Web, many people say that they would rather have a large screen (50″+ TV or projector) than use Eyefinity, or multi-display setups in general. That's a good argument, especially since that solution wouldn't give you the bezel problem.
But comments like those forced me to get down to further testing with Eyefinity, because the biggest advantage to multi-display gaming that many people don't realize is that while your game is going to be obviously physically larger, you also get far more game as well. In most cases, a 3×1 1080p setup will literally deliver to you 300% of the game world.
It shouldn't be too difficult to understand the benefits of this. In single-player games, seeing much more of the game world simply increases the levels of immersion, while for online multi-player, using such a setup would give quite the competitive advantage. Don't believe me? Just wait until you see some comparative screenshots, of which this article provides many.
A couple of months ago, [H]ard|OCP's ever vocal Kyle Bennett posted an editorial where he recommended avoiding the game Global Agenda, an FPS-based MMO title. The reason? The developers deemed it unfair for players to use multiple displays, so it disabled the ability to run the game on more than one.
At that time, I didn't think too much of it, or even understand what kind of advantage the company could have been talking about. After seeing similar differences for myself, though, I am sold on the fact that if you want the best possible advantage in an online game, multi-display is the way to go.
As you can likely tell by now, this is going to be more of a simple article, with no performance benchmarks or anything of the sort. Rather, we went through 17 different games at three different resolutions (1920×1080, 5760×1080 and 5760×2160), and using the exact same scenes, we show you the real differences in what you see in the game should you move to one of the bigger setups.
All of the screenshots in this article can be clicked to view their original resolution, but be warned as the full versions range from between 300KB up to 5.5MB.
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I never thought I could lust a woman tainted with Mario Lopez ex-girlfriend stigma as I currently lust Dancing with the Stars Ukranian born hottie Karina Smirnoff.
If there's one thing I can't stand about ballroom dancing (and, trust me, there are like eleventeen things I can't stand about ballroom dancing), it's the tease of all these amazing looking women with sexy tight bodies all covered up in feathers and costumes and, most heinous of all, skin colored coverups! Now, thanks to our good friends at Playboy magazine, Karina Smirnoff is almost entirely nekkid, flashing the hot Rumba body and sweet Samba boobtastic of a woman who knows how to drive men crazy with the twists and turns of her flexible form. Enjoy.


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Ruben Almeida
Botas Chihuahua
Address: 2033 Airline Road, Windchase Shopping Center (facing Holly Road)
Phone number: 985-1862
Company description: store specializing in western clothing, sombreros, boot repairs, and custom-made leather boots, belts, jackets
Hometown: La Junta, Chihuahua, Mexico
Years in business: 15
Tenure in position: Seven years
First job: Helping my dad tend our family farm in Chihuahua. I was about 9 years old and I liked it. I don't remember how much I was paid, but it seemed to be enough at the time. My father was a lifelong farmer and the experience taught the meaning of hard work. I learned that in order to get the best out of life you must work hard.
Biggest career break: Back in Chihuahua, I had a friend who made boots. I always thought that was cool and wanted to open my own boot store from that moment. I guess that's where the seed for this business was planted. Knowing him and seeing him work gave me something to strive for. I had other goals, but that was one dream I had to realize.
Business turning point: It came about six months after I opened this store. I started out with an inventory of about 50 boots, but it wasn't until I started offering boot repair service that it all came together. I realized there was a big market for boot repair. Once I added the service to my boot sales, I saw repeat customers. It now accounts for more than 25 percent of my revenue.
Business philsophy: Do the best job for the individual. I have plenty of customers and the reason I have them is word of mouth. I try to please that one customer and hope they will tell someone who will tell someone else. You just have to provide individual, personalized service, one person at a time. If you try to cookie-cut your customer service, you'll lose out on your clients and that's what keeps you in business.
How would you improve Corpus Christi's business climate? I've noticed that my business picks up when people have parties and celebrations. They have those celebrations when there's something to celebrate and work has been good. I think that in order to keep people celebrating and working, the city needs to allow more construction to take place. The city also needs to attract new businesses and investors. It shouldn't be shy about making changes one step at a time that will bring those investors here. More business and investors mean more work and money. Everyone benefits from the city allowing more to happen in Corpus Christi.
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The old CT200h wasn't very… good, suffering as it did from a bit of an identity crisis. Sure, it had a nicely finished cabin and promised sub-100g/km of CO2, but it sat at odds with an awkward drivetrain and uncomfortable chassis. The ride was poor.
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The drivetrain has been remapped, too, so the engine note matches the throttle response a little better than before, plus it's got better aero, new sound-absorbing materials in the cabinand benefits from a minor facelift (new steering wheel, changes to the switchgear and new grille).
All this amounts to a slightly nicer car, and something a little more focused on comfort. The ride is noticeably softer (and therefore better) than before, it's a bit more refined and the drivetrain is a little easier to engage with. So a case for it becomes a little easier to make.
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Danish Mustard With A Twist
14 Oct 2009
This Danish Mustard With a Twist will not fail to make you do a twist(dance) in joy after tasting salads, vegetables or any other suitable dishes on which it has been used. Don't take my words for it. Experience yourself and tell me if you've really done a twist after trying out this Danish Mustard With a Twist.
|Dry mustard
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|Firmly packed brown sugar
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|1 Pinch
|Cider vinegar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
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In a small mixing bowl with a wooden spoon or a whisk beat together all the ingredients until smooth.
Turn into a screw top jar; cover tightly.
Refrigerate for a couple of days before using to allow flavors to blend
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