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Brick, Inc. FAQ's
- What is Brick, Inc.?
- How do you measure your audience?
- What category of display advertising is Brick, Inc.?
- How do you compare to MyWebGrocer?
- What are the demographics of your network users?
- Do your Grocery Store Website users buy my product category?
- What sites are in your network?
- Why do consumers use the grocery websites?
- Why do grocers provide this service?
- How do you generate traffic to the network?
- How do you measure the lift of my campaign?
- What ad units do you accommodate?
- What is an Add To List ad, and why should I care?
- Can you accommodate a frequency cap?
- What testing do you offer?
- Can you help me with my reach and frequency objectives against my target demographics?
- What advertising works best on Brick, Inc. websites?
- What about user privacy?
What is Brick, Inc.?back to top
Brick, Inc. is made up of the websites of a large cross section of America's mainstream grocers. The traffic to Brick, Inc. is a large sampling of the traffic to America's grocers. It is biased only by the self-selection of users who are computer savvy, which tends to skew toward the higher education and higher income segments.
How do you measure your audience?back to top
We have the industry's most accurate internal data on shopping behavior and the connection of advertising to shopping results via our internal measurement.
Our ad delivery is via DART for Publishers, and is therefore fully measured by a third party recognized for accurate delivery.
Our sites are tagged for Quantcast, which we believe runs the largest sample for measuring traffic characteristics online.
We are 100% focused on serving the needs of the grocery shopper. Therefore, we are passionate about the 'behavior' and the 'context and agnostic to the demographic of the user.
The 'mom' may be the 'dad.' The bachelor or bachelorette may be an avid grocery planner and home cook. The senior couple can be ardent consumers of brands that are 'mainly' for families.
We reach a group of people who are 'behaviorally' similar – they are using web services to plan their shopping trip. Their motivations are mixed – save time, save money, be creative with recipes, plan a better pantry – but their behavior is largely the same: They are using the grocer sites on our network to actively plan their shopping.
And, all the sites on our network are 'contextually' identical: They are all about the items that are for sale at their favorite grocer, and about tools to help them identify and use those products.
What category of advertising is Brick, Inc.?back to top
Brick, Inc. is in a growing new category of Grocery Store Websites that serve as tools for consumers to plan their grocery shopping trips.
These include any and all of the grocery websites and the networks that serve advertising to them, as well as the leading sites for couponing.
In our role as a consumer tool, Brick, Inc. websites function like search engines. Our sites are powerful applications that consumers use to sort through information and arrive at purchasing choices.
Your advertising is closer to the consumer's intent and decision than on many interesting but ultimately informational 'content' and 'awareness' sites.
That user intent why advertising on the grocery website translates into such extraordinary lift at the cash register.
How do you compare to MyWebGrocer?back to top
Brick, Inc. and MWG are very similar. Both power grocer websites and include other grocer websites in their ad networks. They are highly complementary, as they serve different grocers. If you want to have a full buy against online people who are using websites to plan their grocery shopping trip, you will need both.
Brick, Inc. has a number of features that are different than MWG, in particular the depth of our recipe and video content, our targeting, our lift reporting and our A/B Cash Register testing.
The Brick, Inc. powered websites focus more on the in-store shopping experience, whether for home delivery or the much broader group who use the grocery store site to plan their store shopping trip. The MWG powered websites are more focused on the fraction of online shoppers who want home delivery.
What are the demographics of your network users?back to top
Our network sites are tagged for measurement by Quantcast, which we believe is the most accurate and broadest measurement system for online sites; you can look up on Quantcast for our network the match of our demographic to your target demographic.
We have initial data back from our partnership with Quantcast. These two graphs are illustrative of age and gender trends we are seeing across the Brick, Inc. network.
A word of caution, however. 'Classic' media planning involves translating objectives (reach people who are buying in my category) to common denominators (women 25-54 with children).
Brick, Inc. allows you to target directly to your real objective (people who are shopping in your category) which often is a larger group than you would reach with the large common denominators.
Question: Would you station an executive at the checkout register to stop someone from buying your product because they don't fit your demographic target?
Do your Grocery Store Website users buy my product category?back to top
Our network users are a pure cross-section of America's grocery customers, and as such they are all attractive prospects.
We offer excellent targeting within the network as we are able to identify consumers by their behavior or purchases or pantry who are in your category, and we will work with you to best define that 'select.'
This, in turn delivers unrivalled CPM effectiveness against people who are shopping, with intent, in your category.
What sites are in your network? back to top
Here is a full list of GSN partner chains. Collectively they reach six million unique visitors per month across 75 million page views. GSN powers regional chains that collectively represent over 6,000 stores.
Why do consumers use the grocery websites?back to top
- Just as with email and browsing, grocery sites fill a variety of needs. But the dominant goals of our users, and their drivers, are:
- Manage a large component of the family budget as efficiently as possible.
- Take advantage of sales and offers and coupons easily.
- Plan shopping for the pantry easily.
- Find relevant recipes that will be fun and tasty and build the weekly menu around them.
- Save time and trips to the store by capturing the week's purchases in one trip.
- Look for new ideas, new food offerings, new products.
- Explore nutritional information and carefully manage the family's special dietary needs.
- Learn cooking techniques to make various recipes.
- Shop the aisles and see what's new.
- Have fun.
Why do grocers provide this service? back to top
Grocers compete to win and keep the best customers.
This means serving customers in the way they want to be served.
Consumers who are active online are accustomed to a high level of customization, convenience, and information from online services when they shop. This is learned at eCommerce merchants like Amazon and Barnes&Noble, when they shop for travel, when they shop for homes. They are coming to expect the same level of service, information, and helpful tools when they shop at their grocery.
Grocers enjoy a number of benefits from providing useful web and email tools to their customers:
- Consumers who shop with GSN lists are the heavy buyers.
- Grocers who offer digital shopping function are able to get a larger 'basket share' from their customers.
- Consumers who use printed coupons are a profit center for the stores; easily redeemable coupons are an aid to the store's bottom line.
- Stores have an average of 5,000 'store specials' at any given time, and it is increasingly difficult (if not impossible) and expensive to expose those to consumers in print. Our top grocers have cut their print expenses by 80%.
- Online 'targeting' makes it easy for the consumer to find the specials that are relevant to them, which improves sell through.
- Recipes that help the user remember all the ingredients they need to buy improve the cart size.
- The list, printed in aisle-order, makes the shopping experience more fun and convenient for the consumer. It also enables the grocer to pick the products on the list and deliver (about 1% of the market). However, grocers like the fact that the shopping cart that goes through checkout is generally 25% larger than the GSN list that the consumer brings to the store.
- Their customers love it.
How do you generate traffic to the network? back to top
The grocery stores and chains point their customers to use the websites.
Our more experienced and digitally aggressive grocers find that they can get as much as 50% of their customer base to touch the website to help plan their shopping purchase.
Our grocers are learning how to improve their website usage, which in turn grows our traffic of buyers who are using online tools to plan their trip to the grocery store.
We don't have any junk traffic or funky little websites or domain redirects or any of the other perils of ad networks.
Our traffic is all grocers' customers who are visiting their grocer website to plan their shopping trip.
How do you measure the lift of my campaign?
Brick, Inc. is 100% grocer websites that consumers use to plan their shopping trip at their grocer.
We use a large subset of these sites as our 'panel.' Because of the size and breadth of the panel, and because the lift data is from actual purchases and not consumer recollections, we believe our data set is the most authoritative measure of the impact of your digital advertising on our network and the Brick, Inc. consumer's shopping behavior.
For our analysis, we have three 'classes' of our websites.
- FullDataBrick. Brick, Inc.-powered websites at grocers where we have Loyalty Card data (the consumer registers at the website) and POS data from the grocery chain. This allows us to know exactly what happens at checkout to people who are exposed to your advertising. This number is constantly growing, and now represents 1,700,000 households, which is by far the largest sample in the measurement universe.
- PartialDataBrick. These are Brick, Inc.-powered websites at grocers that do not use Loyalty Cards, but offer the same functionality as FullDataBrick. Without individual user registration, we cannot match the user behavior to the store POS results. We 'normalize' the shopping lift from the Full Data Brick sample to the Partial Data Brick group using click rates on ad campaigns. This class now represents 800,000 households.
- PartialData3rdParty. These are grocer websites that are powered by other services, such as ShopLocal. The websites offer similar functionality in enabling the consumer to plan their shopping trip (we do believe our web services are best in class). As with PartialDataBrick, we project the buying lift of the FullDataBrick sample by normalizing (via click rates) as we cannot match the users to their Loyalty POS data. This class now represents 800,000 households.
What ad units do you accommodate?back to top
We run IAB standard units and can work with you to create informational landing pages onsite, or ads that drive people to click your product directly to their shopping list.
A popular unit (among grocery shoppers) is our Hosted Landing Page. This is a pop up page that comes from an ad click, and which enriches the shopping experience without removing the shopper from their task. The pages can offer nutritional information, recipe ideas, new product information, testimonials, coupons, specials.
What is an 'Add To List' ad, and why should I care?back to top
The bigger the shopping cart the more likely the customer comes to the store with a list. Brick, Inc. enables the consumer to build a 'smart list' that they can use to manage their store trip.
Unlike most lists and iPhone list apps, our lists are mapped to the store aisles, so that the shopper goes through the store in 'aisle order' to complete their trip.
(Even with that efficiency, our measured shoppers who come to the store with a list leave with a cart that is 25% larger than the list they bring in.)
Our data shows that if a consumer clicks an item to their shopping list, it gets through the POS at the store over 90% of the time.
So the most important 'uberclick' for you is to get the consumer to click your product onto their shopping list, which is a feature that Brick, Inc. offers as part of your ad buy.
If you care about your advertising delivering a return on investment, then you care that it causes people to buy. If you want the busy shopper who is building their list to buy, get it on their list. More important, adding an item to the shopping list is an indication of engagement that is more valuable to you than having a shopper peruse your rollover or visit your website.
Can you accommodate a frequency cap?
Frequency capping is important if you value click through rates, and we accommodate.
We highly recommend that your campaign incorporate multiple ad units that highlight different benefits of your offering, though. In the 'traditional' media world, you want to identify the ideal message for the ideal target audience and focus on that combination. Conversely, in the highly fragmented world of online interactivity, though, you have a better chance of snagging a consumer if you offer them multiple angles to become interested in your product. So rather than run one unit six times to a consumer, better to run three units with three different benefits twice each.
Further, studies in frequency capping show that if your ads all look alike, consumers quickly learn to ignore ads that are not relevant. If you show your consumer an ad unit that stresses nutritional benefits and they tune you out, showing the same unit with a headline change for flavor benefits may break through the 'tune out' barrier that is the cause of ad fatigue.
(The click rate for ads has a historically proven bathtub curve – if a consumer is going to click, it is going to happen on one of the first three exposures.)
Brand advertisers may want to test higher frequency to ensure that the brand message gets through.
Our Lift Analysis lets you test the real world impact of clicks versus checkout behavior, a measurement that is unique to online consumer package goods advertising.
Brick, Inc. offers a number of standard and unique testing functions.
- Exposure, reach, frequency. We have standard DART reporting.
- Click-throughs. We can measure click-throughs to landing pages hosted on our network or to your website. Click-throughs are a strong measure of engagement, and lead to opportunities for the advertiser to use that engagement to inform and persuade.
- Add -to-list. Brick, Inc. sites measure how often shoppers click an ad to go on their shopping list. This is much more powerful than a click-through to a landing page or website. We believe a 'click-to-list' is ten times as valuable as a 'click-through,' since our data shows that 93% of items added to a consumer's list are actually purchased at the store.
- Lift at retail. Brick, Inc. can measure the actual lift in sales of your advertised product across our network of grocery chains. Our advertisers generally find that lift comes even from users who did not click or add to list, but who saw the ads. We can separate the buyers who saw the online ad from those who did not. We can show the POS data for the universe as a whole for the results of an entire campaign, and isolate the users who were exposed to ads on Brick, Inc..
- Split Runs. We can offer advertisers the ability to do split runs to test offers and creative executions, and to measure the offers and executions for clicks, add to list, and retail lift.
Can you help me with my reach and frequency objectives against my target demographics? back to top
We can help you target to the buyers of the food categories you serve. As our network is a cross section of the American shopper, we reach your broad shopping demographic, resulting in a skew to women 25-54 with children.
Our value to the consumer package good advertiser is the impact we deliver against shoppers at the Moment of Decision (when they are using grocer websites to plan their store visit) and for our ability to show you the actual impact of your advertising on purchase behavior.
What advertising works best on Brick, Inc. websites?back to top
Our grocery websites are tools consumers use to plan their shopping trips, build their menus, fill their pantries. You want engagement? Our users are all fully engaged in shopping – planning what to buy at their grocery.
To communicate with them, think of our grocery websites as a 'virtual shopping' experience. Sometimes, an attractive reminder of a familiar brand and its appeal is enough, but more often, the shopper wants to look at the package information to make a decision.
For consumers, using the Internet to research purchasing decisions has become a habit across virtually all product categories, and grocery shopping sites, where consumers are researching exactly what they will put into their carts, are the ideal opportunity for you to tell your product's story at the time when people are most keen to hear it.
Effective: Advertising that helps the consumer to make their decisions works best.
- Appetite appeal. Make them hungry and get them to click you onto their shopping list.
- Recipe and meal ideas that help them visualize your product in their family's meals.
- Information about your product's nutritional values or other benefits.
- News about new products to try and add variety to the menus.
- Rich media and hosted landing pages that deliver information, meal ideas, nutritional data.
- Rollovers that expand the ad and give instant information gratification.
- Ads that have a strong, appealing benefit and ask for the order.
Not as effective:
- Advertising that takes the consumer away from their task, such as to go to outside sites and register.
- Advertising that takes too long to get to the point, or takes too long to load. Our consumers will dig deep into your product information, into recipes, into cooking ideas, but not if you make them wait or travel too far to do so.
- Advertising that relies on borrowed interest to attract attention. Consumers who are making their shopping decisions and using the 30 minutes they have online to make them don't respond to attention getting devices that aren't about their goals . These may work very well on content sites that aren't about the specific task of planning what to purchase at the grocery store.
We do not reveal individual grocer data. We do not reveal or disclose any PII on individual users.
Users with Loyalty Cards enjoy extra benefits from the Brick, Inc. web services, because we are able to populate their online 'pantry' with their purchase history. This enables them to re-order items easily and enables us to better filter ad messages for relevancy and benefit to the consumer. Their individual purchases, identity, and online behavior are never disclosed.


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Wednesday 06 April 2011
After selling out before opening, and receiving an oustanding critical reception at the Hampstead Theatre, Mike Leigh's new production of his 1979 play Ecstasy will transfer to The Duchess Theatre on April 12 for 50 performances only.
The show, which Leigh first made at the old Hampstead Theatre Club in 1979, has broken all box office records at Hampstead Theatre, with many people unable to purchase tickets. In recognition of this, and in celebration of Hampstead's success, 100 tickets each night will be sold at Hampstead prices.
Mike Leigh said, "of my own plays, Ecstasy is my favourite. For years I have wanted to share its passion, its comedy, its sadness and its songs with a new, wider audience, and now, with my wonderful young cast, I am delighted to have the opportunity to do so."
1979. Old friends come togetherin a Kiburn bed-sit. Loneliness togetherness, longing, warmth, love...Ecstasy is compassionate, thoughtful and extremely funny, and combines Leigh's mastery for observation with theatrical honesty.
Both the cast of Sian Brooke, Daniel Coonan, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Allen Leech, Sinead Matthews and Craig Parkinson, and the production itself have been highly praised.
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This is Hampstead's first transfer since Edward Hall took over as Artistic Director in February 2010.
"I am so glad to be able to give Mike Leigh's work a wider platform to be seen on. We have been unable to cope with demand for tickets at Hampstead so this transfer is doubly important both for the theatre and for the audience for Mike's work. It is enormously exciting to see Hampstead back in the West End again in this new partnership with Nica Burns and Nimax Theatres". Edward Hall.
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First Look: iPhone Add-on Is a Revolutionary Product for Diabetics [Video]
Over 17.9 million Americans have diabetes, and they all live with the painful, often thrice-daily process of using needles to check blood sugar. The process is clunky and uncomfortable — and dangerous due to potential errors. But a new iPhone-compatible glucometer hopes to change all that, by improving the blood collection process while providing an easy way to track data.
The new iBGStar glucose meter by Sanofi-Aventis, which will be demonstrated for the first time in the U.S. this Friday at USC's Body Computing conference, builds upon the existing diabetes-tracking technology WaveSense to simplify the collection and reporting of diabetes information. This new product can actually take blood samples using a device that plugs right into the iPhone.
"This system replaces less accurate and more cumbersome stand alone glucometers that do not store or wirelessly transmit data," Dr. Leslie Saxon, a cardiologist at the USC Keck School of Medicine and founder of the Body Computing conference, tells Co.Design. "I believe this is a revolutionary product."
A small glucometer accurately reads blood sugar from a strip that a very small sample of blood is placed on — "a prick that can hardly be felt," says Saxon, compared to the more painful stabs of conventional meters. And in fact, the technology used to measure the blood glucose, which doesn't rely on the conventional electric sampling, actually improves on traditional meters.
The design is smaller and more portable than most glucometers and even aesthetically matches the iPhone. A case can be fitted around the meter that wraps around the phone, keeping it extremely handy for users who are on the go. And like a text message from your body, a prompt can be programmed into the phone to serve as a reminder to check levels.
Using the iPhone app (coming soon) in conjunction with the monitor also allows the meter to do many things it could not do alone. Namely, the app allows the user to input various behavioral or environmental changes — skipped a meal, exercised, recently injected insulin — and can track that information along with the blood sugar levels. Some examples from the WaveSense diabetes tracking app, which powers the technology in this new glucometer, show how the information is plotted.
The data stored in the application can be accessed on the phone or the computer, allowing the user to always have the information at hand for a health care provider. Most importantly, says Saxon, the data can be programmed to be shared, which is critical for medical personnel if someone needs assistance, but also for the parents of children with diabetics.
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Praia took to the track after a bout with food poisoning, and was not feeling 100% during the Aragon test. Praia was happy, however, with how his performance improved throughout the weekend.
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Apple will likely reveal "major feature/function updates" at this year's WWDC in early June, says Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty. The prediction is based on a meeting with key Apple executives, including CFO Peter Oppenheimer, senior retail VP Ron Johnson and VP of Internet services Eddy Cue. During the gathering the executives explained that Apple "generally views product cycles as software driven," according to Huberty.
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The fairytale run finally came to an end last night for Doug Collins and his Philadelphia 76ers. In a game that seemed like a microcosm of their season—suffocating defense, stagnant offense, and plenty of grit and determination—the 76ers fell to the Celtics, 85-75.
When the dust settles, and the pain of a disappointing Game 7 defeat is eased by a few days of measured contemplation, 76ers fans will be quietly encouraged by a season in which their team defied expectations—and sometimes belief. Defeating the number-one seed Chicago Bulls in the first-round, albeit without Derrick Rose, and taking the 4th seed Celtics to seven games, was no mean feat.
When you consider the dismal way in which the team played during the last two months of the regular season, the 76ers run becomes all the more impressive.
Collins' men began the year on fire. They raced out to a 20-9 record, comfortably led the Atlantic division, and were one of the best teams in the league before the all-star break. It was obvious that Collins had installed a discipline in his team, one that had been lacking in past incarnations of the 76ers.
They were playing fantastic defense, making good decisions with the ball (reflected in their lack of turnovers), and getting timely scoring from their bench.
And then things began to fall apart.
After such a confident start, Philadelphia's weaknesses began to surface. Defensively they held steady for the most part, but their offensive cohesion completely dried up. It became painfully obvious that the 76ers lacked a go-to scorer in crunch time. Lou Williams played well during the first two months of the season, but his production dipped after the all-star break. In the 4th quarter it became a matter of mid-range jump shot or bust. A blowout loss to the lowly Wizards, and a 7-point 4th quarter against the Raptors, summed up Philly's offensive ineptitude.
There were even rumors of discontent in the locker room, with Doug Collins alluding to the fact that some of his players weren't receptive to his abrasive approach.
Stumbling to the finish line, the Sixers narrowly held on to the 8th seed and finished with a mediocre record of 35-31
It wasn't boding well for a match-up with the Bulls—the best team during the regular season—despite the brash confidence of Evan Turner. And to be honest, until Rose's uncooperative body decided to betray him, it didn't look like things would get much better for the 76ers.
Rose's injury turned the series around. Jrue Holiday was freed from the shackles of guarding last seasons' MVP and excelled on the offensive end—playing excellently for the remainder of Philadelphia's playoff run. Andre Iguodala recaptured his form of January and February that saw him selected for his first all-star appearance, while Turner emerged as a genuine threat from the 2-guard position.
After closing out the banged-up Bulls in 6, the 76ers gave the Celtics all they could handle. Brilliantly coach throughout the playoffs by Collins, Philadelphia made the absolute most of their defensive strengths and speedy transition game. They were ultimately undone by an inability to put together fluid offensive in the half-court game.
It will be an intriguing off-season for the 76ers. The team has some exciting young talent to build around. Holiday has emerged, during these playoffs, as an exciting young point guard—unafraid to take the big shot, while Evan Turner has shown promise at both ends of the floor.
How Turner's development is viewed by the 76ers front office may determine what they decide to do regarding Iguodala's future. Turner has been playing at the shooting guard spot, but he may ultimately end up at the 3. Iguodala, who has undeniably become an elite perimeter defender this year, may be expendable if Turner can excel at small forward.
Philly's most pressing needs are in the frontcourt. Spencer Hawes is a free agent, and Lavoy Allen has shown enough upside to render Hawes' services redundant. The real elephant in the room, however, is Elton Brand's hideous contract. Brand is set to make $18 million next year, and should be a prime amnesty clause candidate. The 76ers, as evident throughout the season, desperately need a player who can take the pressure off their guards in crunch-time, and grab easy buckets in the post. Brand isn't that guy.
Whatever happens in the off-season, Philadelphia has plenty of positives to build upon. It's been a rough few years for the 76ers and their fans. Not since the heady days of Allen Iverson, back at the turn of the century, has there be much to get excited about in The City of Brotherly Love.
Despite some ugly moments this year, things are definitely looking up.


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It's not often that I post on Facebook. It's rarer still when I leave the friendly confines of Loopville and throw something out there to the general population. But when I PR'd at the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Pikermi in early June, it seemed like a fitting occasion for a little chest-thumping...some very calculated chest-thumping. So I posted this picture,
and merely noted the name of the race, my time and the fact that I finished 3rd out of 164 in my age group. Notice I didn't say which age group.
The trouble with Facebook is that, although many of my friends there are Loopsters, many others are people I know from the television business. September will mark my 30th year in that business, which is notorious for age discrimination. And there comes a point when one begins to suspect that a long resume and a world of experience actually begin to count against you. So I don't dare mention my age. And the photo was my way of saying," I'm here, I'm vital, and I'm ever-so-slightly badass."
Of course, I didn't mention the fact that three different graybeards made a beeline for me before I'd even uncorked my water bottle at the finish. They were asking me my age and time, and it turned out they were all 65-69, the age group above mine. But they clearly recognized me as a potential competitor, and there's a good reason for that: I really have a gray beard. And suddenly, that may be a problem.
Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions, but I began to get an ominous feeling early this summer when I was coming to the end of another freelance editing job. My usual contacts weren't hiring at the moment, so I interviewed for a couple of new jobs, and noticed in both cases that the producers were significantly younger than I am. In the end they chose someone else, and I went back to the frustrating business of spewing out e-mails and resumes to people I don't know. Meanwhile I began to ask myself questions I hadn't asked before. Do I look out of touch? Do I look like their fathers? And finally: Should I shave off my beard? You see, the hair on top of my head has mostly retained its natural strawberry-blond coloring; I have a theory that the beard has somehow pulled all the gray downward. So while the look I've always envisioned is something like this,
I'm afraid the reality is becoming more and more like this:
As I contemplated this, I threw myself into my runs, which at least make me feel young. I did some of my fastest workouts ever on my benchmark routes. I got an AG win in a 4th of July race. I did a full complement of 10 Yasso 800s that predicted (if the formula holds true) a 3:37 marathon. But I couldn't decide what to do about the beard. After all, I've had it since I was 27.
Once upon a time, I was clean-shaven and looked vaguely like John Denver:
But at 27 I had a month-long summer vacation and decided to go scruffy. I wasn't trying to make a statement--I just didn't feel like shaving. And at the end of the month, I decided it added a little definition to my otherwise undistinguished face. I let it get a little bushy for a time,
and it became my "look." Since our culture seems ambivalent about beards, it also felt a little rebellious to grow one. Unless you're Amish, Orthodox Jewish or a member of the Dodger bullpen, you're definitely going against the grain--which, incidentally, is the most effective way to shave it off. The late George Carlin, no stranger to facial hair himself, felt that beards were vaguely sinister, but that it was partly a matter of semantics:
"Rasputin had a beard," he growled, his voice oozing menace on the last word. "Karl Marx had a beard. Abe Lincoln," he continued, his voice rising happily, "had whiskers!"
Speaking of Lincoln, he was clean-shaven most of his life.
At the urging of a young girl, he grew the beard just before he became president (if you had a face like that, wouldn't you?), and it became the image that endures.
It does lend him a certain gravitas that's fitting for the White House. Unfortunately, gravitas is not something you're going for when interviewing for a job editing "real" housewives.
Ironically, the only time I've shaved off my beard was when I played another president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, onstage. I was in a local production of Annie, and you just can't be FDR with facial hair. Unfortunately, even with the wire-rim glasses, the wheelchair and the trademark cigarette holder, I didn't look much like FDR. So I did my best to mimic his voice, and managed to stay on-key during my few solo bars of "Tomorrow." My wife liked the beardless look--for about three weeks. Then, saying I didn't look like myself, she asked me to grow it back.
That was in 2005. But here I am, contemplating the razor again, wondering if I should pull a Reverse-Lincoln. Oh, and I did finally land a couple of other short-term jobs. I got the next one when they hired me, sight unseen, after seeing my resume. And when I reported for work, naturally everyone looked younger than I--in fact the story producer who greeted me didn't look a day over 16. But the star of the series is a 63-year-old man with a long white beard. Go figure.
I have to admit, I don't want to get rid of it unless I really have to. So what say you, Loop? Hair today...or gone tomorrow?
I shaved my beard twice in the last 4-5 years. The first time I kept it off for a few months. The second time only lasted a week. It's more work staying clean-shaven, which is the primary reason I grew it back. There were other reasons too; my face got chilly, and yarn sticks to your face when you've got 12-18 hours of new growth on it. However, a chin with the same 12-18 hours of new growth is perfect for scratching your shoulders when your hands are full. Call it a wash, I guess.
I don't have any advice, really. Just chatter. But I loved this post and the pictures are great.
Thanks--great advice about the shoulder-scratching, too! Now admit it: you are, in fact, Ryan Gosling, are you not?
Beard all the way. DW likes it so nothing else really matters.
Run on everyone.....................Steve
It's great to see others call it a Pikermi. Oh, and no facial hair here. I seem to be incapable of anything more than patches. Think Team America if you've seen it.
I'm actually his slightly more attractive younger brother.
Don't you DARE shave it off, bro.
"Glory is Fleeting, Anonymity is Forever"
Speed+Pavement = a fling
Distance+Trails = True Love
Just think how much faster you will be when you shave and are a few grams lighter as well as more aerodynamic.
No kidding!
You know the answer to this: whatever Mrs. AB says.
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Dead tree.
She stands there like she has for years
The life in her all gone
Once she wore a coat of green
And she'd be filled with song
As feathered friends of every kind
Would rest among her leaves
And as in life the same in death
Our tree will never grieve.
So all alone, she looks, this tree
All etched against black clouds
Although the life in her be gone
She stands there looking proud
And all her majesty is seen
By those with eyes to see
I take her picture once again
Try to catch her mystery
21 September 2013 @1920hrs.
Copyright © Peter Duggan
The ranch on which I hang my hat, though short on most the frills,
Is thirteen sections, give or take, of rugged trails an' hills.
We call it 'home', our little world, our very own frontier,
Amongst the cattle, sheep an' goats; the varmints, hogs an' deer.
Today I watched the breakin' dawn an' whiffed the mornin' air,
A time I often set aside for things like thought an' prayer.
A Mockin'bird an' Mornin' Dove, an' other birds at play,
Were there to sing an' set the mood to start another day.
This mornin' saw the strangest thing, like time itself had merged,
An' all the souls who once were here, appeared an' then converged.
In swirlin' clouds of mist an' fog, right off the bluffs they rolled,
Till all had gathered in the glen, the modern an' the old.
The Indians, conquistadors, an' other ancient men,
The soldiers from this country's wars, an' cowboys from back when…
They all had come from yesterday to help me understand
Our link with those who came before, to heritage an' land.
A crazy notion, so I thought, that they could just appear,
But as the morning went along the reason got real clear.
They rode along with me that day to show me things I've missed,
The things I've seen a thousand times an' some I'd just dismissed.
Those wagon roads of long ago, still evident today,
Are carved in rock an' rutted earth, not apt to wash away.
They linked the missions, forts an' towns those many years gone by;
An' left their mark for all to see, as modern times grew nigh.
The artifacts an' weathered ruins attest to yesterdays,
When others came an' lived their lives in very different ways.
We've seen their skill in arrowheads they honed from fired stone,
An' craftsmanship in beads an' tools they fashioned out of bone.
At ever turn and trail we took was something to remind,
The Maker must have had a plan laid out for humankind.
The Earth He made's been feedin' us a half-a-million years,
An' used it's wonder, force an' change to challenge pioneers.
I do not know if they'll return or if they'll feel the need,
But I'm prepared to ride the trail, where ever it may lead.
We all are spirits ridin' time with bodies of the Earth,
Whose time has come to take the reins an' offer up our worth.
The land has been the legacy we cultivate an' reap,
The life has been the heritage our father's fought to keep,
An' we are bound throughout our time with those who came before,
To put our hearts and souls to it, and make it something more.
Copyright © Jim Fish
I am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend
I am the original chosen to be right here right now
transmitting verbal frequencies
through speaking my thoughts into existence
I am the heir of omnipotence,
born with a direct connection to profound abundance
The one whose words will age, yet still have substance;
since there are no boundaries attached to my pen
I am constant energy
Translating personal experience into imagery
Vulnerable to tyranny,
yet i continue attempting to share some truth
through this abstract language of poetry
I am the core
I am that I am more
I am the Divine Presence that is the Source of my rewards
I am the green you get when you mix too much yellow with the blue
That shade of gold you get when the sun resides into darkness
and when it ascends in the dawn burning dew
I am the transition between the third and fourth dimension of time;
the love you feel when you realize how it feels
I am the poem that is abstractly direct
because I write beyond limits
absorbing frequencies from 3 to 8 hertz
through meditation for several minutes
I am the one bridging the gap between
the analog ascension and the direct connection to spirit
The one who is love
because I am a descendent of it
I am the rhythm that the wind blows
I am the beginning and the ending of stories told
about the universe and how miracles unfold
I hold the power to accept judgement from those who will do just that
Not knowing that I am them in the absolute reality of me
Judge that
I am knowledge beyond measure because that is my right
So I continue meeting the different parts of me
when I meditate and write
Who am I?
Copyright © humble b
Standing firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we strive to make sure
each day enlightens us
and brightens us
even as light fades to gray
may we keep fighting
with two swollen feet
beneath the body and soul
experiencing trials
and intense life lessons
meshed with stresses
may we persevere
turn off fear's song
may we stand firm
as we glide along
through shifty winds of change
that may cause things to sway
but we hold true
inside the values and morality
we stand for
fall for nothing
may stumble along the trip
may swerve at the wheel yet
do not lose our grip
because no one
can eclipse the sun
everyone heals
before they're done
Just when situations arise
flooding us with pain we despise
and just when it seems like
our tear ducts are dry
from ongoing cries
we may think
things are on the brink of ending
then God shows us the ways of faith
by way of love that he's sending
Standing firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we make sure
every day enlightens us
and brightens us
as each day takes its turn.
Copyright © JSLambert Mister ROBOTO
what grows from these petri dishes?
when will these hives
with their metal monsters
their deceiving smiles
their artistic like visages
stop breeding,
stop growing,
like a virus?
what of the fertile land they cover,
the resources they consume?
what of their ravenous appetite?
and barely
a forest untouched.
Maurice Yvonne
Copyright © Maurice Yvonne
Born of glaciers, rivers flow,
turquoise ice and untouched snow,
deep green valleys far below,
ancient stands of hardwoods grow.
Icy rivers running deep,
through the mountain's midnight sleep,
darkened waters crest and leap,
earthbound secrets rivers keep.
Stoically the mountains stand,
nurturing the age-old land,
born before mere time began,
when Earth was pure, devoid of man.
River rocks were once rough stone,
water-smoothed, by eons honed,
each grain of sand is sand alone,
truths unspoken lie unknown.
Listen to the waters speak,
every river, ocean, creek,
there lie answers all must seek,
flowing from the mountain's peak.
Copyright © Danielle White
Now my tendrilled soul,
Has found its pergola-- Christ--
To wind its way up....
Copyright © EMMANUEL SAMSON
You are the wild flower in my palm
With no stem to keep you anchored to this covetous earth
You are the fragile thing I dare not cup,
As your petals whittle away under the wind
And flit unfettered in the air;
Exaggerated fear leaves my fingers numb
Hungry need leaves my fingers twitching
And my hand is paralyzed by turmoil
As every breath of wind takes another petal from me
And brings to my lungs, my chest and my heart
An overwhelming scent of need-
You are the wild beauty in my palm
And I dare not hold you to my chest
For I fear to crush you
To know first hand
That caged beauty, is beauty no more.
Copyright © Samir Georges
You think you're alone out on the range
Sittin' silent under starry sky,
Just a marvelin' at the universe
And wonderin' 'bout that ol' question: why?
You shake your head at worlds of worry,
Knowin' it ain't often that you'll find,
All the answers to your queries
Beneath the clear black sky and pine.
You wonder if we rose up from mud
And walked straight and tall upon this earth—
Or was it all created in a moment—
A conception that gave us true birth.
Are we all no more than those monkeys
Evolvin' slowly down life's long line?
Or is there more to earth and heaven
Touched by something truly sublime?
We keep on punchin' clocks and cattle
And tryin' to get through each new morn—
But is there more to life than dyin'
And will we somehow be reborn?
All the cattle know my hard proddin'
As I lead them along time's sad way—
We live for but a flashin' moment,
As we watch life go by in one short day.
So make the best of trails you ride, cowboy—
Each tomorrow is both yours and mine—
And gaze long at stars in that vast sky
Placed there by intelligent design.
Copyright © Glen Enloe
Sad Heart, now thou art wither'd from the Sun,
What man, or god, will near thee run?
Wrought in twist like branches in Tempests' gasp,
What Comfort, or Gauze, shall be near to grasp?
True ones begotten are the ones now Rotten
And the ones now Rotten will never be forgotten
They are merely sad remains of assiduous Tears
That have been meddl'd with and tatter'd Raw throughout the years
And thou, cruel Mind, that sat'st still thru toiling trail of Night;
Must dream your broken Dreams; thou'rt a sanely flight!
Can thou extinguish passions of Fire, Disease, or Rain?
—tho thy distinguish'd influence trains to abstain
Thy Remnants brought to debris in thy Empty street,
Devour'd by Vultures, their bestow'd beaks entreat
Merely are they cleaning an inexhaustible Mess
Alas! Leaving thy rudiments of Identity to redress....
Copyright © Laura Breidenthal
poetry is a tale told
like a spinning top
musing its point
Copyright © richard scott
Flowers of the Curious Mind
Sent were flowers of the curious mind
following echoes of Cantu's muse
No curses , words grossly unkind
insults hidden deeply in clever ruse
Dare not stab sweet music of mortal man
with deeds sordidly played tho' sweet
Transgress not Nature's surviving plan
with arrogant contempt born of defeat
Embrace life's melody as a lost friend
dancing within it's tune so fine
Live, live gloriously until life's end
drink, drink richly of it's finest wine!
Copyright © Robert Lindley
O To Live With Nature Again
O to live with Nature again,
cross the forested paths
Be one with her as a friend
avoid most of her wrath
Stalk the woods every day,
join in life's course
In our world we all must pay,
for better or for worse
Wade free flowing streams,
eat the wild fruits
Live, live within dreams,
fly back to our roots
Lost is the way to live,
pleasure of each morn
Harvest but do freely give,
grateful for being born
O to live with Nature again,
cross the forested paths
Be one with her as a friend
avoid most of her wrath
Robert J. Lindley
Adrift in this vast,
empty sea. Silent,
save for the beckoning call
of distant gulls,
your only friend. And
the makeshift mast and sail is
uselessly flaccid.
And beneath,
by the dangling sway,
of muddy-
moss-green ribbons of waving kelp,
is the dark murk
of unknown depths.
Then the wind
arousing your sail and
it swells into life
and draws you towards home.
Copyright © Rickie Elpusan
Today I saw thunder leak from the sky,
As if the sky was water and the thunder was dye.
There was no sound there was only red,
I asked a woman if God was dead.
She led me to a house with just one door,
Inside there was a painting of an open shore.
She painted it herself she sees colors by touch.
The ocean is her mind the beach is her crutch.
She said each stroke is a single thought,
Some of them flowed others she fought.
She rubbed the painting at a boat with a sail,
And said only the blind man can scream in Braille.
The boat is a person she said it's a saint,
God is the canvass, reality is the paint.
We were created as the artists so the universe will grow,
Because words can't always explain all that we know.
My soul is the paintbrush as a pen may be yours,
Once you begin there are infinite doors.
She only paints at night it's when she feels whole,
The stars give her the strength that society has stole.
Quiet your mind and you will feel the yearn.
Evolution is our creativity to explain what we learn.
Much like wings give birds the gift of flight,
We have gifts that solve the experience of life.
Copyright © jimmy peters
The twilight of night
casts a pale subtle glow,
as the tide of the ocean
puts on a magical show.
There is a warm rolling breeze
sea salt in the air,
shore lined with shells,
as if placed delicately with care.
This serenity and peace
which cannot be bought,
is proudly on display
for humanity, it does touch.
Regardless of colour,
of creed or of race,
the gift of nature;
opens eyes and offers faith.
Copyright © Lynn Marie
Connecting with nature
Walking along I find peace…
Autumn leaves surround me
Crunching rhythms at my feet
I Step inside harmony ~
Brown leaves start swirling
A Tiny tornado forming
Admiringly…I stand glowing…
A mighty wind blows off my hat
Quickly…I wonder …what was that?
As I hold onto my head
It blows away end over end
Nature playing games instead
My gracious hat…ahead it blew
I ran after it fast and true~
Blown up against a Willow
Floppy hat blocked indeed
Tiny raindrops starting to fall
Cool drops kiss my cheek
Nature's spirits forever speak ~
Copyright © Jane Bowen
I love rain
It's a month now into spring
And still the rain pours down
Hey, is it ever going to end
There's many here that frown
They want the sunny weather
That will come soon enought
But right now, I'm enjoying it
Rain, I love the stuff.
Next week we're off on holiday
Now it really does rain there
And I'll love very bit of it
As it soaks up everywhere
To hear it's rhythm on the roof
It makes me feel so grand
Though many think that I am strange
They just don't understand
We don't get much rain in WA
So when it comes, for me
It makes me so excited
I guess it's how i be
So keep that rain a coming down
Let me feel it's soft, wet touch
I don't know what is wrong with me
But I love rain so much.
23 September 2013 @ 0624hrs
Golden objects are most outstanding,
But without loving, they are missing flavor.
But let's not forget stunning silver,
That the maid often loves to savor.
And brilliant copper, with its rosy sheen,
That every craftsman should well know.
But cold iron, as Kipling likes to say,
From all of these, takes the show.
Not mentioned yet, but not to be overlooked,
Is platinum, our bright and lustrous pal.
Thought to be impure for thousands of years,
But now more valuable than them all.
Copyright © Albert Price
The sweetest sounds of burning trees
A gentle stroking in the breeze
The calm has lasted past the storm
Cloudy visions, Satan's roar
Too many sights have passed my way
A time found only in the haze
The softest screams are running bare
My aching bones creak as I stare
You walk a distance towards me
The fall's eternal, can't you see?
I'm a memory in your heart
I whisper to you in the dark
The battle's started at the end
No one is coming to repent
The sinners grab their wine from prey
No judgment calling here to stay
The sport is reckless to be told
The one is laughing at his souls
It falters nowhere to be sure
The power grows forevermore
Like a spirit in the wind
I have no say in where you've been
But cross the line to come to me
And pay the price for ecstasy
You walk a distance towards me
The fall's eternal, can't you see?
I'm a memory in your heart
I whisper to you in the dark.
Copyright © John Paluszek
Through a fluttering veil of luscious hues,
Fair Lady coquets with the majestic Sun,
As the wicked Wind caresses her tender cheek,
The harshness of Winter all undone.
Sparrows perched upon the towering trees,
Whistle sweetly at the colorful array.
Fair Lady hums and sways in warm ecstasy,
As the wicked Wind drifts away.
The sinful Sun glows after a wearying day,
And spans its gaze upon the fields of fruit.
Fair Lady drowsy, lies upon the prickly grass;
The darkness envelops as all goes mute.
Copyright © Deepanshi Chaudhry
'Tis strange where we should get the notion
That poetry expressed in motion
Should within the human form reside.
When nature gives us many chances
Unpractised and ephemeral dances
Like in a muddy field when sheep collide
Truth is, that nature's not so humble
And doesn't mind the dancer's stumble
There's nothing that it ever seeks to hide
Uncaring it leaves all revealed
And is not shamed if one small field
Has crazy sheep and one long muddy slide
They're mad, they're bad, they're having fun
Those naughty sheep and every one
Is doing what convention has denied
The hillside's muddy, wet and slick
With crazy sheepies sliding quick
Down to the bottom, down where sheep collide.
Many count good nature's fare
The birdsong and the country air
Among the wonders of the countryside
But strange delight can yet be found
In woolly bodies sliding round
A simple muddy field where sheep collide.
While nature guides celestial spheres
In cosmic dances, it appears,
With majesty the earthborn are denied
Down far beneath in mud and grass
A sheep slides on its woolly a***:
A sense of fun, though not a sense of pride.
Copyright © Lee Leon
Full is the sea of your memories
Seaweed meadowed, deep cave treasuries
Stories that summon the lost and curious
Legends embossed in silent reveries
Drift the illumined waves of your home
Wide the blue realms in which you may roam
Your spirit alive beyond undersea depths
In echoes of songs over silver green foam.
What is it - what does the mermaid know
Beyond the clouds and the winds that blow
That she is woman and nature combined
Her wisdom of this on mankind will bestow
Suzanne Delaney
Copyright © Suzanne Delaney
I am whatever you say I am...
but, let's get back to reality...
Three short years ago, this room shined welcome mats across a screen of doldrums.
A place of unfamiliarity that screamed,
"You don't belong!"
Yet, a voice of reason spoke and said,
"Expand yir' roots. Venture beyond the comfort zone. Academia resides inside that room, but know you won't be alone."
Repeatedly,brainwaves declined what my wife and editor had told me.
I'd say,
"no way, I'm givin' up my soul for free, they read, they pay, like it's always been, the way it's going to always be!"
Unbeknownst to me one day, and with a slight of hand, my "Open Sores" were put on display and surprisingly more than a handful of great ladies and nice guys began to give feedback on what I had devised.
This interaction was something very new, helpful, and impressive. For a change, it was something real.
For years, those around me were quick to give praise with hidden reasons. Constructive criticism is amazing, and I welcomed being corrected or set straight.
Now there are those who choose to shut me down without explanation, and call me names.
DO NOT mistake me for sophomoric! These words bleeding from my guts have no style and need no approval. There is no thinking involved here, no plan. If you don't like it, fine...don't censor or bracket me in. So what if I am illiterate? If you don't like "street poetry" or the pathetic stuff I write, don't read it. If I offend you, tell me.
We should welcome those who are different than us.
Words of truth inspire movement, like fire.
I came to this room to expand my horizons, step outside the box, learn, help, grow.
There will be no apologies dealt for being different, or for being labelled as something uncomfortable to you.
This has been an ok room so far, but there is some clique trickanery going on.
If the dictionary must come into play, let me recommend looking up the term "Poetic License."
True, I may not be the writer you prefer, or aspire to be....but tread carefully my friend, for you have no idea of my profession. I've made a fine living, for a good long time, spewing words onto paper. I came from nothing, and may still be nothing to you...still, I do what I love, have no boss.
I am not an aspiring writer who dreams of a life, I live my dream. In conclusion, I must wish you luck in finding what you peddle poetry for. Until then, keep
Sanguine blush, outreaching its origin,
Roses bloom across the painting.
The sky extends its insubstantial limb,
Spreading its fingers- in gesture towards you.
A great fan, coral but crimson,
Shifting, yet still- tumbling across eternity.
The horizon appears, in a flash of pink rainbow,
Love, of the universe, of humanity,
Of life, appears… and evaporates; a gradual decline,
of colour; but so sudden too,
And we are left once more,
In solitude.
Copyright © Sasha Edl
a twisted tree
casts a single shadow -
mirage on horizon
Copyright © Suzette Richards
I see you
When sad and feeling down,
These words I like to say.
For sweet lord beside me in my life,
I fear not, come what may.
Lord I see you.
In the cotton clouds,
That floats on high above,
I see you.
In the gentle breeze,
And the snow white turtle dove.
I see you,
As the skies grow dark,
As colors contrast against the grey,
I see you,
In the warm glowing sun,
That makes up the summer day.
I see you,
As the mighty oceans rant,
There waves crashing on the shore.
I see you,
On the ice cold tips,
Where the mountains start to soar.
I see you,
In the colour flora,
That covers mother earth.
I see you,
Through a child eyes,
And the precious gift of birth.
For all these things my heart gives praise,
That makes up are waking lives.
The lessons learned and I travel home,
And reborn again reprised.
© N windle 2009
Copyright © nicholas windle
Don't worry child
Don't cry
Don't let fear
Find you
Don't worry child
The life
Still needs you
You will find life
When you find
Don't worry child
Don't die
Beside the cold trees
Find your way out
Find the life inside
Don't worry child
May the branches of doubt
Lead you to the leaves
Where everything is calm and green
Away from the screaming steam
Don't worry child
in the forest
Deep inside
Between the ashes and shadows
A mystic soul shines
Among the trees of life
Always by your side
Don't worry child
Don't cry
Find life
inside you
Don't die
Your soul is bright
Your tree will shine
You will find
You are one of a kind
So Don't worry child!
Copyright © Mostafa Ibraheim
death's breath is warm
a welcome reprieve in the
winter of life
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To the divinity within all of us
The wind blows outside my window
Reeling mercilessly against the trees.
Its power deployed, their will to destroy
And I can hear them yell in rebellion.
Daring the wind to try with all its might
Had gone there before, they know the score.
They know the fury the wind can carry
Whatever is in store, they cannot ignore.
They stand out, proud, arms stretched out
Bonded are their souls, holding the same goal.
Their unity, a fortress that found no distress
They would face this trial as they did those prior.
It was their legacy born in tenacity
From the beginning, it was God given.
So that man would come to understand
The extent of his God given potential.
To walk his way through life's hills and valleys
Building character, until he is one in heart with the Creator.
By CarolineCécile
Copyright © 6/1/10.
Copyright © Caroline Cécile Delacroix


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The Cloudcroft girls scored 72 points with Loving winning the girls title with 87 points. Jal (68), Artesia's junior varsity (57) and NMMI (53) rounded out the top five.
Karlee Alvord scored 27 points (19 individual and eight as part of a relay team) for the Cloudcroft girls qualified for the Class 2A state meet in long jump and triple jump. Alvord finished in first in both long jump (15 feet, 7.5 inches) and triple jump (31-9.5). Alvord also finished second in the 400-meter dash with a time of 1 minute, 5.98 seconds.
Annika Wistrach scored 17 points for the Cloudcroft girls and qualified for the state meet in high jump. She finished first in high jump (4-10), second in shot put (26-3.5) and third the 100 hurdles (19.12).
Harmony Johnson was third in the 800 (2:42.70) and Brianna MacDonald was third in triple jump (28-2). Shelby Lisk also picked up a third-place finish in shot put (25-8.75).
The Cloudcroft girls 1,600 relay team of Lisk, Brittany Perry, Alvord and MacDonald finished second (4:44.91).
The Cloudcroft boys scored 56 points with NMMI winning the boys title with 93 points. Artesia's JV was second (81.5), Roswell High's JV third (59) and Loving fifth (55.5).
The Cloudcroft boys didn't pick up any state-qualifiers.
Lukas Rimmele finished first in the 800 (2:11.89) while the Bears' Alix Miller and Mitch Manford tied for first in high jump (5-4).
Dillion McCourt finished in third in the 200 (25.61) and the Cloudcroft boys 1,600 relay team of McCourt, Manford, Dylan Derrick and Rimmele finished second (3:50.83).
Both Cloudcroft track and field teams will be at the Dexter Demon Relays on March 22 in Dexter.


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J. J. Moore Visitor, Archives & Family Life Center
This is the only visitor center in the Commonwealth of Virginia with an Afro-Union and Afro-Virginian repository theme. Hours of operation are Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm. The archives room has a historical collection that serves as a repository of documents, pictures, and records of over 140 years of Cuffeytown, Gabriel Chapel Church; and Afro-Union, Afro-Virginian, and Afro-Norfolk County Military, Political, and Educational histories. The archives are open by appointment only. The Cuffeytown Historic Cemetary is located near by.


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The foundation stone of the new chapel intended
for the use of the church and congregation under the pastorate of the Rev. G. Clarke, now worshipping in Collins-street, was laid with the usual ceremonials yesterday, at noon. When completed it will be one of the handsomest edifices of the kind in Hobart Town. The design is from the studio of Messrs. Tiffin and Davidson, of Macquarie-stieet. The style selected is that of the early English of the days of King John, a style of architecture which prevailed for about two hundred years, and has been revived with considerable success. The facade, when finished, will present the distinguishing characteristics of the style, consisting of a tower and breach spire (95 feet in the clear), with an entrance by one deeply recessed doorway. This opens into a porch, whence springs a staircase turning right and left, giving access to the galleries, while entrance to the body of the building will be ob- tained by means of side doors leading out of the porch. The chapel will consist of a nave, two aisles, a chan- cel and vestry ; schoolrooms are designed to be built at the back. The roof will be what is called open timbered, consisting entirely of hardwood boarded and slated ; and supported by nave piers formed of eight alternated clustered and octagonal columns. The pulpit, formed of cedar handsomely carved, will be placed at the junction of the nave and chancel, which last will be lighted by a three light pointed window filled with stained glass. The exterior will be relieved by projecting buttresses. The side lights will be plain, pointed, with splayed jambs. The building through- out will be built of freestone, from the quarry at Risdon, and indeed, so far as practicable, colonial material alone is to be used in its construction. The oontract has been taken by Mr. James Pretty, and it is expected that the building will be ready for the opening services about July next. The cost will be something under £5000. All the most modern im- provements have been adopted by the architects, and introduced. The new chapel will contain no pews, but open benches (cedar) only ; and will comprise sittings, in the body and galleries, for about 700 per- sons. This increased accommodation has long been necessary, the chapel in Collins-street being far too limited for the requirements of the rapidly-increasing congregation and church.
At noon precisely, although the weather was exceedingly unfavourable, a considerably numerous assemblage was in attendance, when praise having been sang and prayer offered, the Rev. G. Clarke addressed those present at considerable length, giving a plain exposition of the faith and order of congrega- tlonal churches. He also pointed out the distinctive differences between congregational and national denominational churches, and contended that no body of men, holding views adverse to each other, had any right to make laws for, or in any way to interfere with, the discipline or faith of Christian churches, and that truth and error should not be equally endowed by the State, nor should persons holding contrary views from each other be compelled to pay for the inculcation of opinions they could not conscientiously believe. The fact that they were about to raise that church for the accommodation of 700 per- sons was a proof that if religion was left to its own resources it would do much better than if interfered with by the State. The rev. gentleman concluded by requesting in the name of the Committee their esteemed friend, Mr. Hopkins, to lay the first stone of the building which is now to be erected to the honour and glory of God, and the advancement of Christ's Kingdom upon earth,
A scroll of vellum, inclosed in a bottle, and bearing the following inscription, was then deposited in the cavity underneath the stone :
Is raised by Voluntary Contributions
for the Public Worship of
according to the faith and order of the
This stone is laid by H. Hopkins, Esq., on 30th July
in the Year of Our Lord,
GEO. CLARKE, Minister.
TIFFIN & DAVIDSON, Architects. JAMES PRETTY, Builder.
Mr. Hopkins, (who we believe, has generously promised to contribute £1500 if the committee raise within the year about £800, of which sum they are at present deficient) laid the stone in the usual manner, and afterwards addressed the spectators in affectionate terms, beseeching them to seek reconciliation with God through Christ Jesus, and assuring them it was only by acquaintance with God, as manifested in his Son, that true happiness could hu found.
The Rev. Mr. Poore, having offered a suitable prayer, the doxology was sung, and blessing having been pronounced by the Rev. F. Miller, the pro- ceedings, as far as the laying of the foundation stone was concerned, closed.
The Committee and their friends in number about 300, then adjourned to Mr. Butler's large, new and commodious store, in Salamanca-place, which had been kindly placed at their disposal by Messrs. Chapman and Thomas, and partook of a cold collation which had been laid in for the purpose.
The meeting was addressed by the Revds. Mr. Clarke, Poore, Wade, Waterfield and Miller, and after prayer by the Rev. W. Downes, the company separated, amply gratified at the fact, that they had so happily spent their holiday, in as appropriate a manner as by laying the Corner Stone of a temple dedicated to the worship of the PRINCE of PEACE.
Mr. W. J. T CLARKE, the lauded proprietor, is reported to have made the following proposition at a meeting of tim Melbourne Gas and Coke Company, I will agree to take the whole liabilities of the Gas Company, and to purchase the whole of the shares. In tho event of my not being able to purchase the whole, I will agree to take one-half, three-fourths, or four-fifths, and will guarantee the public gas at a less cost than that at which it is at present supplied by the Gas Company.
BUBOLARV.-About eleven o'clock last night Mr. Whytu's house in Oavey-stroet was broken iuto. Mr. Atkinson, who resides next door to Mr. Whyte, heard about that hour a window pane being broken, upon whioh he aroso, and ou approaching Mr. Whyte'« house he saw two men run away. On examining the window of the drawing-room, it was found that a pane of glass had boen broken to enable the robbers to unfasten the catch Having done this, they removed the wire screon, but they ware defeated iu their pur- pose by being disturbed. -
TiHOEtt IN RAILWAY WORK.-Mr. G. P. Bidder, tho Engineer-in-Chief of the Norfolk. Line, in reply to a recent report by Lieutenant-Colonel Wynne, to tho Board of Trade, on the condition of the works of this line, in connection with the Eastern Counties Railway, thus speaks of timber as a .safe material for Railway structures :-" Iron girders have occasionally
failed-brick arches have broken down-earth orabankraentB bavo settled-cuttings have slipped and turned trains off the line-tunnels have fallen in »-various accidents, from failure of brick-work, earth- work, and iron-work., havo occurred on railways;, but I believe that no one can point to an instance iu which an accident has been shown to arise from the simple failure of timber. But we also know that timber-works ure as safe as any othor class of works for railways, because they aro moro easily capable of inspection. Ia an iron casting, there may be a flaw which the most experienced person may bo unable to detoct ; an earth-work may be started by somo action of the elements, against which no one can provide ; no one can seo into brick-work ; but with timber, when it commences to decay-as it will, like every thing elso - that decay is easily detectable, Reason teaches, also, that timber is moro readily capable than any other material of simple, cheap, and perfect restoration. If a beam or sleeper proves unsound, all that is needful < ia, to replace that »ingle beam or «leeper. Hence, no doubt, the reaten why timber is so gen Hally adopted upon railways as the basia of the fabric. Nearly every railway nat« upon . timber foundation, inasmuch as the railarest on wooden sleepers. AU auch wooden sleeper» are liable to perisb, yet, as before observed, they are in all but universal use, The duration of unprepared timber, exposed to the action of the atmosphère, ii estimated at from twelve to fourteen yean. Those who dee timber for railway works anticipate that, during that period they will gradually decay, and that »t the end of that time they will have io perished at to require replacement EngimuM, therefore, can foresee, with comparative sertaiiitJjPue extent of the works which will be required on a'Uno each succeed- ing year, and tho times at which the timber that ,is used will require inspection and replacement.


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A Tale of Two Synagogues
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. So starts A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. And so starts this tale of two synagogues.
Dickens depicts the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding brutality of those same revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats.
My tale isn't as dramatic, but it reminded me of A Tale of Two Cities just the same.
One Friday night in February, a woman went to a Reform synagogue in a large US metropolitan suburb; she took her biracial child with her to check out the local scene. Everyone was so nice! The membership director introduced herself right away and invited her back the next week. The rabbi was warm and welcoming, and the woman and her daughter really felt embraced. They were invited back for family Shabbat the following week.
This time, the woman brought a family friend. When they arrived, they were again welcomed by the membership director and the rabbi. They were asked to chip in for pizza, which they did willingly. A local bagel company had donated bagels and accoutrement, and when the woman went to get one for her friend (who didn't want pizza), the membership director said, "You are welcome to take a bagel if you put some money in" (pointing to a basket next to the cream cheese). The woman said, "But we just put in $20 toward the pizza," to which the membership director responded, "That was for the pizza, not the bagels." (I feel the peasants beginning to stir.)
The woman and her friend then went inside the sanctuary for the Shabbat service and, sitting a few rows behind them, was a male couple with their two young children - a sweet boy and girl. The service started and everything was going along fine; the rabbi welcomed everyone and led the service. Then, when he began his sermon, he started by saying, "Who has a little girl?" A number of hands went up. The rabbi went on to say, "Well, you know when your little girl grows up, she will find a husband and get married, as all little girls do." (And the peasants are no longer interested in eating the cake.)
The woman couldn't bring herself to turn around right then, but a few minutes later, when she did, as she suspected, the family of four had left. And she was close on their heels. Remember, this was the same synagogue that had welcomed her so warmly the week before, and at which she had had such a positive experience… (And the barricades are erected.)
The third Friday night in February, the woman went to another nearby synagogue. This one was Conservative, so she made sure to "cover up" because she didn't want to appear out of place. Again, she was welcomed warmly, this time by the rabbi first - there were only a handful of congregants in attendance. After the service, she went up to the rabbi to speak to him, specifically about an LGBT Interfaith Parents Circle program on whose Advisory Council she sat. She wasn't sure he would be receptive – it is Conservative after all – but was pleasantly surprised by his enthusiastic response wanting to know more and asking how he could get involved. He didn't balk at either the interfaith or the LGBT components, which often (89% of the time) go hand in hand. (There is a reprieve in the uprising.)
So just as Charles Darnay in A Tale of Two Cities is victimized by the revolutionaries even though he was basically a nice guy, so too, will the institutions that are unwilling to deeply examine their prejudices, be replaced (okay, not violently, but still…) by institutions that are finding their way beyond tolerance to acceptance. (A truce. Of sorts.)
This is what we at JOI call "institutional Darwinism," a term coined by Executive Director Kerry Olitzky to describe what has happened – and will continue to happen in this period of great transition for the Jewish community – to institutions and organizations not willing to turn themselves inside out and find new ways of building a community of relevance and meaning.
While Dickens' work was published 1859, the parts of the Jewish community still living in a paradigm from 1959 won't survive the new revolution to be around in 2059.
The End.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Eye know
My son, this son, my second son, has the ability to look into your soul with his eyes. When he locks on my gaze, my heart skips a beat. In those eyes, I feel my first son looking out, letting us know, after these 3 years, we can let him go and feel joy without guilt.
Thank you all for reading, virtually holding my hand and just plain being there these last 3 years. This community is so vibrant and healing, the bloggers and readers come and go, but the reason we are here will continue on, unfortunately. Without this community, I am not sure how I would have survived and for that, I thank each and every one of you. I wish you peace and joy and love as life carries you each on your individual journey.
14 comments:
- Tash said...
And to you.
- November 11, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- B's Mom said...
And you as well. The babe is beautiful. Both of them.
- November 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- Sue said...
I feel the same way, G. Where would I have gone without this community?
So glad you can look in those eyes and see something resembling, well, peace. Joy without guilt is wonderful, wonderful thing.
- November 11, 2010 at 6:40 PM
- Another Dreamer said...
And to you.
Gorgeous photo.
- November 11, 2010 at 9:32 PM
- Noelle said...
What a beautiful post.
- November 12, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- CLC said...
Same to you. He is beautiful. What eyes!
It sounds like you are closing up shop here. Maybe I am reading it wrong. But if that is the case, you will be missed. Thank you for all of your support and friendship over the last 3 years.
- November 12, 2010 at 6:13 PM
- edenland said...
Wow. His eyes are utterly spellbinding.
I love you just as hard as I always did, G-star-bangers-and-mash
- November 14, 2010 at 2:47 AM
- Meng Kiat Janis said...
For some reason, this post makes me want to cry. Love and peace to you. xo
- November 14, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Ya Chun said...
This place is a terrible way to meet friends, but I am glad to know you.
And to see your beauty. He is gorgeous.
- November 15, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- CeCe said...
beautiful post. the same to you.
those eyes! :)
- November 16, 2010 at 6:52 PM
- noswimmers said...
Stunning. xoxo, my friend.
- February 16, 2011 at 7:26 PM
- Angelisa said...
Beautiful boy. Beautiful post. So happy for you G. What a journey!
- March 17, 2011 at 5:01 PM
- Nina & Elizabeth said...
Just a random person who got here through googling "beta hell" -- I just read my way through your blog and have to say: I'm so sorry about William, and so so glad about your beautiful Henry. I wish the very best to all of you.
- August 7, 2011 at 3:27 PM
- iqbaluzmi said...
What a journey, very impressive post, thanks to share this.
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- January 26, 2012 at 9:44 PM


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|Treatment of melasma by low-fluence 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.
MedLine Citation:
|PMID: 23030603 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|BACKGROUND: Low-fluence 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser has recently been shown to be effective for the melasma treatment.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of low-fluence 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser treatment of melasma in Asian patients.
METHODS: Fifty patients with melasma underwent 15 weeks of weekly treatments, using a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser (RevLite®; HOYA ConBio®, Freemont, CA, USA) at 1064 nm with an 8-mm spot size, and a fluence of 2.8 J/cm(2). Patients and investigators subjectively evaluated the intensity of pigmentation after completion of 15 weekly treatments. The objective assessment was also performed with digital photographs and a pigment imaging tool (Janus®, PSI Co., Ltd., KOREA).
RESULTS: Both patients and investigators rated the treatment outcome as "good improvement" on average with improvement rate of 50-74%. The pigment imaging technology system also confirmed the improvement of the pigmentation level on all three locations of the face. None of the 50 patients showed any signs of severe side effects during the course of the treatment.
CONCLUSION: Low-fluence 1064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is an effective method to treat melasma without serious side effects in Asian patients.
|Ji Hoon Sim; Young Lip Park; Jong Suk Lee; Sung Yul Lee; Won Bok Choi; Hyun Jo Kim; Jung Hoon Lee
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Former General Partner at Updata Partners
James Socas is a general partner of Updata Partners and is based in the Reston, Virginia office. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Development at Symantec the global security software leader, leading Symantec s mergers and acquisitions practice, corporate venture investing, and strategic, financial and technology alliances. He conceived, negotiated and executed Symantec s highly publicized international joint venture with Huawei Technologies, one of China s leading technology companies, and drove the successful billion-dollar acquisition of systems management leader Altiris, as well as several other major c ...
Source: Harmony Information Systems, Inc.
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