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Parenting Tips for Toddlers
Empowering Parents brings you parenting resources & tips for young children. Browse articles about toddlers, the terrible twos & temper tantrums.
Attention-Seeking Behavior in Young Children: Dos and Donts for Parents
Even though she was only three years old, Mallory knew exactly how to get attention from her parents. When she wanted a Popsicle before dinner, she'd whine and hang on to her father's pant leg as he cooked. She'd continue until her dad caved in; of course, by that point, he was willing to do anything to make her stop. When she didn't want to go to bed, she'd run around the house as her parents chased her; eventually, they'd give up and let her stay up an hour later. And when Mallory wanted to watch a video, even though she was told no numerous times, she'd scream until she eventually got her way. Why do young children seek attention in ways that can be so annoying? And why do we, as parents, give in? Read More
Negotiating with Kids: When You Should and Shouldnt
Does it seem like every time you tell your child "No," it turns into a tug-of-war? One mom shared with us recently, "Absolutely everything's an argument with my son. Even the simplest request. He just can't take no for an answer. It's so frustrating!" Many parents find themselves in a negotiation with their children when they are met with any kind of resistance. Negotiating is an important life skill. By definition, it means coming to an agreement through discussion. It's about finding a middle or common ground. But negotiation can also mean to get over or around something, such as negotiating the vacuum around the furniture. When it comes to children, they often try to negotiate "around" us to get the result they want. Read More
Punishments vs. Consequences: Which Are You Using?
Do these situations sound familiar? Your 10-year-old won't listen to you when you tell her to come inside for dinner. You rack your brain for a way to change this behavior so that in the future she will do as you ask. Your teenager breaks curfew – again. You thought you had addressed this with him the last time he got home late, but here you go again. As parents, we know the importance of parenting from our principles, things like teaching our children to own up to their actions and face the fallout when they make poor choices. And you've tried. You've talked to your child over and over, you've explained your reasoning repeatedly. You've given them restrictions, taken things away and grounded them for a month. Yet nothing seems to be getting through. It could be time to look at the difference between punishing your child and using consequences. Read More
Are You Doing Too Much for Your Child?
As parents, many of us do things for our kids that we were able and expected to do for ourselves when we were children. Our parents didn't often feel the need to negotiate with our sports coach, solve our every problem, or entertain us in our free time. A big difference from today, when all too often we are over-involved in many areas of our children's lives. Sounds funny, I know. How can a parent be too involved or do too much for their child? Isn't that just being a good parent? But when we don't expect our kids to take responsibility for chores or their behavior, and we attempt to smooth away all the bumps and bruises that are a natural part of childhood, we aren't doing our kids a favor. Instead, we're bringing them up to avoid taking personal responsibility and to expect that others will take care of things for them – even when they are really able to take care of themselves. We're teaching our kids that life is full of unmanageable problems, when what we want them to learn are the basic skills to manage those problems. Stepping back and taking on the role of coach and teacher instead of "do-er" and "fixer" was one of the hardest things I had to do as a parent. But as my husband James Lehman said, it is also one of the best things you can do to help your child build their social and problem-solving skills and learn responsibility. Read More
Is Your Child Responsible Enough to be Home Alone? Dos and Don'ts for Parents
Many parents are at a loss for what to do with their older children during the summer months – they may get the summer off, but you probably don't. That leaves a whole chunk of time to fill each day. How do you know if your child is responsible enough to be left home alone? What if you know he isn't, but he won't stop begging to be in charge of his own schedule this summer? Read More
Is It ADHD or Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Disorder? 4 Ways to Help Your Child Focus
Is your child forgetful, irresponsible, moody and prone to daydreaming? Does he seem to lack motivation and become easily bored? This behavior could be related to SCT, or "Sluggish Cognitive Tempo Disorder." This new way of looking at certain ADHD-like symptoms in kids has been generating quite a bit of buzz lately in the media and is definitely controversial. Read More
Disrespectful Kids: How to Get Your Child or Teen to Behave with Respect
We all know that kids can act in many disrespectful and rude ways to parents: they can slam doors, roll their eyes, and tell you they hate you, to name a few. It's natural to get very worried and frustrated and wonder if these types of behaviors constitute out-and-out abuse, or just "rudeness and mild disrespect." How can a parent know when these rebellious and rude behaviors have crossed over a boundary and gone way too far? Read More
Life Lessons for Kids and Teens: 5 Skills Every Child Needs to Learn
When my son received his GED this year, I put together a small scrapbook for him with photos, quotes, and cards from his friends. I also considered the life skills he's already mastered and thought about the ones he's still working on. The big "aha moment" for me? Realizing that everything else in life builds upon the ability for kids to be able to do these five things… Read More
How to Stop Worrying and Avoid Helicopter Parenting: Don't Do These 6 Things
"When I was young, my mom and dad sent us out to play in the morning in our neighborhood, and we didn't come home until dinner time," a friend said to me recently. "But times have changed. I feel like I have to keep constant tabs on my kids. I wish they could have the kind of childhood I did, but what can I do? I need to make sure they're safe." Read More
5 of the Hardest Things Parents Face: How to Handle the Most Challenging Parenting Issues
Watching my child struggle without stepping in to "fix" things for him was one of the hardest things I've personally experienced as a mom, even though I knew it was the best thing for him. And the truth is, from the very beginning, being a mother is a balance of taking care of your kids while letting them grow up and learn from their mistakes. Your role of simply loving and protecting your baby from pain and discomfort changes to one of accepting that your child or teen will need to experience natural consequences for his or her actions. The hard part (for them and for us!) is that these consequences almost always include some discomfort, disappointment or pain. Read More
The "Cool Kids": How to Help Your Child or Teen Deal with Peer Pressure, Exclusion and Cliques
When we think of peer pressure, we typically have a picture in our minds of a kid handing another kid a cigarette, a joint, or a beer and saying something like, "Come on, just try it." But at times peer pressure can be felt without a single word being spoken, like when a clique excludes others or rolls their eyes at the (in their opinion) "uncool" kids who walk by. Read More
Losing Your Temper with Your Child? 8 Steps to Help You Stay in Control
Do you ever struggle with temper tantrums at your house? You know what they involve: yelling, screaming, bad-language, and all-out loss of control until you almost can't take it anymore and you just want to…put yourself in time out? Yes, I'm talking about our own parental "temper tantrums," which we've all been known to experience at one point or another as we raise our kids. Read on for tips on how to stay in control. Read More
Positive Parenting: 5 Rules to Help You Deal with Negative Child Behavior More Positively
Do your kids drive you crazy? If you were asked to describe them, after saying, "He's a good kid, but..." would you use words like "defiant," "whiny," "unmotivated," "disrespectful," "angry," or "demanding," with a few positives sprinkled in? If the negatives loom larger in your mind than the positives, the first thing to realize is that this is natural. We parents are human after all, which means we tend to look for what's wrong with our offspring so that we can focus on what we should "fix" in them. Somehow this calms us down; we believe we are improving their chances of long-term survival in an often difficult world. Read More
Defiant Young Children and Toddlers: 5 Things Not to Do
Do you ever find yourself wondering, "When will this child stop defying me and start doing what I ask?" It can be incredibly frustrating, not to mention exhausting, dealing with a young child or toddler who finds it necessary to challenge your every request, act in a defiant manner, lose their temper, and be generally disruptive or annoying. Parents oftentimes find themselves drained as they come up against this behavior, and wind up feeling hopeless about how to handle the situation. They might also start worrying about what the future holds for such a strong-willed child. The good news is there is help in dealing with defiance in young kids—and the solutions are easier than you may think. Read More
Child Losing Steam? How to Keep Kids and Teens Motivated at School
Is your child or teen fighting with you every step of the way lately, from refusing to get up on time in the morning, to complaining about homework at night? For so many families out there, this time of year is really tough. Your kids are tired, their teachers are tired, the winter has dragged on, and the end of the school year seems nowhere in sight. Read More
In Over Your Head? How to Improve Your Child's Behavior and Regain Control as a Parent
Recently, a frustrated mom sat in my office and said, "I just don't know what to do anymore. We've tried everything! There's no punishment that gets through to our child; there's nothing we can say that will fix her behavior. There's so much going on we just don't know where to start." Sound familiar? Parents often get by on intuition and advice from others, but let's face it–that's not always enough, especially if you have a child who doesn't respond well to your attempts to manage their behavior. Read More
Disrespectful Child or Teen? 5 Things Not to Do as a Parent
Eye–rolling, curses and insults, backtalk, name calling, ignored requests, snide comments: disrespect from your child or teen comes in many different forms. If you're struggling with disrespectful behavior from your kids, you're definitely not alone: this is one of the biggest topics of conversation on Empowering Parents each week. Read More
How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids: Use These 10 Tips
Calm Parenting—most of us aspire to it, desire it, and even promise ourselves we're going to do it—but it's so difficult to sustain. We know how important it is to parent from our principles rather than from our fears, but despite our best intentions we lose it and end up yelling at those we love the most — our kids. Read More
Parent the Child You Have, Not the Child You Wish You Had
As soon as you knew you were having children, you probably began to dream about who they were going to be, how they might be like you, and hoped they would be successful in life. You may have wanted your child to be into football or academics, but then reality set in. You found that your son didn't really like sports, and your daughter didn't have much interest in school.The truth is, one day many of us wake up and realize that our children are just different than what we expected. Read More
"I Caught My Child Lying." How to Manage Sneaky Behavior in Kids
Let's face it; we are probably all guilty of some type of "sneaking around" when we were younger. We may have stolen cigarettes from our parents, or lied about going to a friend's house, or said we were going to the "library" when we were really going to a dance. We may have even thought we were justified at the time and come up with all kinds of reasons to explain our misbehavior. Read More


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Recap coverage of National Signing Day in Brevard. Follow here and on Twitter @321preps.
Watch video: HERE
Football signees
Palm Bay 8:30 a.m.
Reggie Benjamin, RB/DB, The Citadel
Josh Best, DB, Southeastern
Space Coast 9:20 a.m
Nick Rittenhouse, QB, U Penn
Heritage 9:40 a.m
Cheyne Cunningham, WR, Southeastern
Astronaut 10:40 a.m
J.T. Hassell, LB, South Dakota State
Bayside 10:45 a.m
Tomell One, DL, Marshall
Darion Andre, DB, Florida Tech
Eau Gallie 12:30 p.m.
Daniel Kroupa, WR, Concordia
Cocoa 2:30 p.m.
Freddie Booth-Lloyd, OL/DL, Temple
Jamel Jackson, DB, Austin Peay
James Folston, LB, Pitt
Lorenzo Pratt, RB, Iowa Western CC
Tavares Parks, DL, Mars Hill
Lane Burnett, DL, Mars Hill
Satellite 2:30 p.m.
J.R. Norman, TE/DE, Stetson
Merritt Island 2:45 p.m.
Ty Schwab, LB, Boston College
John Batch, DB, Air Force
Nick Smith, QB, Wyoming
Shaq Jones, DB, Georgia
T.J. Bell, WR, Troy State
Rockledge 3:30 p.m.
Anfernee Anderson, TE, Shaw University
Other sports
Ciera Schumaker, St. Leo, softball
Claire Castillo, UCF, cross country / track
Space Coast
Jessica Fleming, Wesleyan (Ga.), softball
Matt Meyer, Campbell, baseball
Holy Trinity
Zach Ullian, Rollins, basketball
Robert Morgan, Indian River State College, diving
Daryth Gayles, Stanford, track & field
Gabby Gayles, Stanford, track & field
Kerry Sweeney, Eastern Florida State College, golf
Carson Jackson, Highpoint, baseball
Gabe Rodriguez, HIghpoint, baseball
Jeff Korte, USF, baseball
Jake Walsh, Jacksonville (Ala.), baseball
Micah Smoak, Point Loma, soccer
Spencer Tworkowski, Eastern Florida State College, soccer
Hannah DeBose, UCF, soccer
Taylor Eller, Florida Tech, soccer
Isabel Lloyd, Florida Southern, soccer
Olivia DeJong, Armstrong Atlantic, soccer
Jade Smith, Armstrong Atlantic, soccer
Mackenzie Soughers, Eastern Florida State College, softball
Zack Debski, Eastern Florida State College, baseball
Carson Hendren, Robert Morris, bowling
Skye Carey, Florida International, swimming
Haley Cook, Kings College, soccer
Merritt Island
Becca Bower, Florida Tech, volleyball
Mickey DeMorat, Eastern Florida State College, golf
Danielle Phillips, LSU, track & field
West Shore
Desiree Shields, Flagler College, soccer
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This is a book by photographer/author Bruce Berman done in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the Rust Belt era of Chicago. It's "noirish" tone and plethora of characters will be familiar to people who know the "Hog Butcher" Chicago. Berman's photos were done at the beginning of his career, "when all things were possible," and where, for him, photography "turned darkness into light."
Bruce Berman is a professional documentary photojournalist and general corporate and advertising photographer. He teaches at New Mexico State University. He says to his students, "Use photography as an instrument of education not self expression so that you can matter." This book is a visual memoir of his early years in photography. About the Chitown Journal book, he says, "I remember these years darkly...it was the beginning and photography made all things seem possible...it was written in silver halide crystals in a place where dark turned to light.""
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SERF is a building on the Frostburg State University campus housing the FSU Renewable Energy Center. Once completed, this facility will be one of the first off-the-grid research facilities in the nation, serving as a demonstration and test site for technologies that allow buildings to be separate from the power grid. FSU is currently completing the infrastructure of the facility. During fall 2015, FSU students and faculty will be able to conduct a wide variety of renewable energy research projects and instructional classes.
Upon completion of the infrastructure, SERF will generate its own electricity by wind power and sunlight. A large battery bank will store backup energy to supply the building at least for a week when neither sunlight or wind is unavailable or insufficient. The building will be heated mainly by natural sunlight and a solar thermal collector array. Water heated by a solar-thermal collector will be stored in insulated tanks and circulated in the closed loop radiant floor system for space heating. Solar heating will provide also domestic hot water stored in a separate tank. After all energy needs of the building are supplied and batteries are completely charged, excess electricity will be used to produce hydrogen to be stored in tanks as a long-term backup energy.
The SERF building was constructed at FSU thanks to two federal fundings received with assistance of Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R - 6th district of Maryland) in 2008 and 2009. FSU students and graduates have been active participants in the design of control systems for the project.
Purposes of SERF
Conduct research, education, and outreach activities on renewable and clean energy applications


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Traffic on Interstate 71/75 South through the Cut-in-the-Hill will be restricted next weekend for a pavement repair project.
From 11 p.m. Jan. 24 to 5 p.m. Jan. 25, I-71/75 South will be down to one lane between mile-markers 189.3 and 191, according to a news release from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 6 Office.
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After a nationwide search, the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library Board ultimately found that the person with the best qualifications to lead the beleaguered system was right here at home.
The Library Board voted 7-0 Thursday night to appoint Jackie Nytes, a Democrat on the City-County Council, as its new chief executive. Nytes is also executive director of Mapleton-Fall Creek Development Corp. and former chief financial officer and associate director of management services for the library system.
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HEART OF SLO is a showcase of people and anecdotes of the city of San Luis Obispo, CA. A close community nested among rolling green hills and the coastline, SLO is the home to many blessed residents, each holding an incredible sense of unity and pride. This project serves to celebrate our diversity. Our lifestyle. Our eart.
The HEART OF SLO project is the result of twenty Cal Poly students' efforts in documenting a faithful representation of San Luis Obispo, sharing our small community to the rest of the world.


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Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel, Honolulu
- Free WiFi
Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel is located two blocks from Waikiki Beach and the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center. Diamond Head, the University of Hawaii at Moana, and the Ala Moana Beach Park are within two miles of the hotel.
Hotel Features.
Honolulu's Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel features a 70-foot outdoor pool, a spa tub, and a fitness center. Other facilities include a coin-operated laundry and an independently owned and operated spa. A boardroom accommodates 12 guests and offers audiovisual and food/beverage service. Computers, complimentary high-speed Internet access, and printing services (surcharges) are offered in a hospitality lounge.
The lobby Sand Bar & Grill serves tropical drinks, main courses, and pupus.
Guestrooms in the Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel's main tower building have private, furnished lanais and views of the mountains, Ala Wai Canal, the golf course, or Waikiki. Pualeilani Studio units, located in a separate three-story building (no elevator), have kitchenettes and overlook the pool area. All Waikiki Sand Villa accommodations provide free WiFi, 27-inch flat-screen TVs with cable channels, compact refrigerators, and video games (surcharge).
Aloha Surf guestrooms, located across the street from the hotel, provide furnished lanais or balconies, microwaves, compact refrigerators, coffeemakers, and dial-up Internet access (surcharge). Guests who book these rooms have full access to Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel facilities. All guestrooms include complimentary use of in-room safes.
Main amenities
- 214 condos
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- Valet parking
- Spa services
- Business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Daily housekeeping
- ATM/banking services
What's around
- In Waikiki
- Honolulu Zoo (0.6 mi / 1 km)
- Waikiki Aquarium (1.1 mi / 1.7 km)
- Ala Moana Center (1.7 mi / 2.8 km)
- University of Hawaii at Manoa (2.5 mi / 4 km)
- Diamond Head (2.6 mi / 4.2 km)
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- Aloha Surf Building
- Standard Room, Smoking
- Deluxe Room
- Premium Room
- Premium Room, Corner
- Premium Golf
- Pualeilani Studio
- Standard Room
- Aloha Surf Building
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At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 214 rooms
- Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
- Express check-in
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- Children (17 years old and younger) stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding
- Pets not allowed
Extra people
- Rollaway beds available, charges may apply*
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms
- Valet parking *
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In the hotel
- Breakfast daily (surcharge)
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Outdoor pool
- Fitness facilities
- Spa services on site
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Spa tub
- Business center
- One meeting room
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Television in common areas
In the room
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room massage available
- Furnished balcony
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Bidet
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- 27-inch flat-screen TV
- Cable TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
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Special features
On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Spa tub
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
Waikiki Sand Villa Hotel, Honolulu's small print
Mandatory fees
Deposit: USD 75.00 per stay
Optional extras
Valet parking costs USD 20.95 per day with in/out privileges
Breakfast costs between USD 15 and USD 27.95 per person (approximately)
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.


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Art Show
Please check back for 2016 Art Show information.
The information from 2015 is still here until we update this page
Furry Weekend Atlanta is proud to be hosting another year of our art show, showing some of the finest works in the furry fandom. The show features a separate area for mature artwork that is restricted to minors. Artwork is sold by written bid, with pieces receiving five or more bids automatically going to voice auction. The auction will take place on the Sunday of the convention, with mature pieces being auctioned first, and general pieces going second after a brief intermission allowing the doors to be opened to all members instead of just adults.
For Artists
We have two separate areas, one for General Audiences and one for Mature Audiences. The deadline for submissions to the Furry Weekend Atlanta Art Show will be April 10th, 2015.
Furry Weekend Atlanta limits the number of art show slots available to mail-in artists. If you will not be attending Furry Weekend Atlanta but would like to mail in artwork, please contact Furry Weekend Atlanta FIRST, before registering. Approval for acceptance of mailed artwork must be requested 30 days before the start of the con. Any pieces being mailed to us must be received 10 days before the con. All mail-in artwork must include a prepaid return shipping label for unsold artwork via either United States Postal Service (USPS) or United Parcel Service (UPS). This must include any insurance you wish to purchase for the return shipment of any unsold artwork. Failure to include a prepaid return shipping label will incur a $20.00 service charge in addition to the cost of return shipping. Furry Weekend Atlanta will not be responsible for lost or damaged shipments of return artwork. This is for your protection – it insures that your artwork is cared for in the way you choose.
Panel costs are as follows:
|Half Panel (4′ x 2′), General Section
|Full Panel (4′ x 4′), General Section
|3D Panel (4′ sq), General Section
|Half Panel (4′ x 2′), Mature Section
|Full Panel (4′ x 4′), Mature Section
|3D Panel (4′ sq), Mature Section
Furry Weekend Atlanta will take a 10% commission from the sale of your piece as its fee for acting as sales agent. The artist will also have the option of retaining profits from the sale, donating the profits to charity, or donating the profits to Furry Weekend Atlanta (a 501(c)3 organization).
Payments are issued within 90 days of the end of the convention. We try to do it sooner, but processing holdups can sometimes delay that.
For Bidders
Bidding on artwork at Furry Weekend Atlanta has changed!
We've partnered with Handbid to provide an online art show!
If you don't have an account, you can create one using the Handbid website or app.
Create a new account in the app. You will be asked to provide your legal first & last name, your email address, and a phone number you can be text messaged at. If you are at the event and cannot register for Handbid yourself, please talk to art show staff.
Once you have an account you will need to enter your credit card information to bid in the auction. You can do this in the profile section. If you are at the event and do not wish to pay with your credit card, please talk to art show staff.
Note: Since we cannot upload adult images to Handbid, links to the images will be included on the artwork description. Only event attendees over the age of 18 will be able to see these pieces in the art show room at the event.
Once you have an account
Find the FWA 2015 Art Show Auction in the list of auctions on the site or in the app. You will see our con logo.
You can bid using the app on your phone or by using a computer to go to the website
If you are at the event, you can also bid using the kiosks in the art show at the event
When the art show ends
You can pay for the artwork you won by using the app on your phone, by going to the website, or by paying cash or card in person at the art show if you are at the event
Once you have paid, if you are at the event you can take your artwork home with you. If you are remote, your artwork will be shipped to you. Extra shipping charges will apply.
- Do I need to be at the event to participate in art show?
Nope! We partnered with Handbid to change the art show experience. Event attendees have the benefit of being able to see the artwork in person, but anyone around the world can participate in the art show over the internet.
- Why do I need to give Handbid my phone number?
Handbid communicates with you about the items you've bid on via push notifications on the app. If that fails, it falls back to your phone number.
- Why do I need to give Handbid my credit card number?
Handbid takes care of the payment processing and receipt generation for artwork
- What if I don't have a credit card?
If you are not at the event, you can purchase a credit card gift card and use that instead. If you are at the event, you can check out with an art show staff member and pay cash.
- Why is there no adult artwork on the Handbid auction gallery?
Handbid does not currently have support for age-restricted items. At the physical art show event, adult artwork is behind a barrier and attendees' IDs are checked by staff before they are allowed to enter. Because of this limitation, a generic image explaining this will be used for these art pieces on the online auction gallery. In each image description however, there will be a notice that the artwork is adult in nature and will have a link to the image hosted on a separate website.
You can pick up any pieces you have won on Sunday following the auction. Note, bidding on a piece of art is a binding agreement and failure to pay/pick up art at the convention will result in an additional charge as well as a mailing fee.


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- Ballade No. 1 In G Minor
- Ballade No. 1, Op. 23
- Ballade No.1 In G Minor, Op.23
- Ballade No.2 In F Major, Op.38
- Cantabile
- Chorale from Nocturne Op. 37, No. 1
- Concerto In E Minor
- Concerto In F Minor
- Etude Op. 10, No. 3
- Etude in A Minor, Op.25, No.4
- Etude in E Major, Op.10, No.3 (Tristesse)
- Etude in E 'Tristesse' Op.10 No.3
- Etude in F Major, Op.10, No.3 (Tristesse)
- Etude in F Major, Op.10, No.3 (Tristesse) (originally E Major)
- Etude in G Flat 'Butterfly Wings'
- Fantaisie - Impromptu
- Fantaisie Impromptu
- Fantasie Impromptu (2nd Movement)
- Funeral March, Sonata Op. 35, No. 2 (Marche Funèbre)
- Grand Valse Brilliante/Waltz from Sleeping Beauty
- Grande Valse Brillante In A Minor, Op. 34, No. 2
- Largo in Eb major, Op posth.
- Marche Funebre from Sonata in B Flat Minor
- Mazurka In A Minor, Op.17, No.4
- Mazurka Op. 33, No. 4
- Mazurka Op. 67, No.2
- Mazurka Op 68 No 3
- Mazurka Op 7 No 5
- Mazurka Op.7, No.1
- Mazurka Op7 No1
- Mazurka in A Minor Op.17 No.4
- Mazurka in A Minor Op.68 No.2
- Mazurka in A minor Op 68 No 2
- Mazurka in B Flat Op.7 No. 1
- Mazurka in Bb major Op.7 No.1
- Mazurka in C Major Op.67 No.3
- Mazurka in G minor Op 67 No 2
- Minute Waltz
- Nocturne In C Minor Op.48, No.1
- Nocturne In Eb Major, Op. 9, No. 2
- Nocturne In F Minor Op 55 No 1
- Nocturne No. 11, Op. 37, No. 1, G Minor
- Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat Op.9 No.2
- Nocturne No.8 in D Flat
- Nocturne Op. 15, No. 1
- Nocturne Op 15 No 3
- Nocturne Op 9 No 2
- Nocturne, Op.9, No.2
- Nocturne (from Les Sylphides)
- Nocturne in C# minor
- Nocturne in E Flat
- Nocturne in E Minor Op.72 No.1
- Nocturne in E Minor Op.72, No.1
- Nocturne in Eb Major, Op.9, No.2
- Nocturne in G Minor Op.37 No.1
- Piano Concerto No.1 (2nd Movement - Romance)
- Piano Concerto No.1, Themes From The First Movement
- Piano Concerto No.2 In F Minor
- Polonaise No. 6, Op. 53
- Polonaise Op. 40, No. 1
- Polonaise Op 53
- Polonaise in A Flat
- Polonaise in A Major
- Polonaise in A 'Military' Op.40 No.1
- Prelude In A Major Op. 28 No. 7
- Prelude In E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4
- Prelude Op.28 No.7
- Prelude in A Major, Op.28, No.7
- Prelude in A Major Op.28 No.7
- Prelude in B Minor, Op.28, No.6
- Prelude in Bb Major, Op.28, No.21
- Prelude in C Minor, Op.28, No.20
- Prelude in D Flat Major 'Raindrop'
- Prelude in D Flat "Raindrop" No.15
- Prelude in Db Major, Op.28, No.15 (Raindrop)
- Prelude in E Minor, Op.28, No.4
- Revolutionary Study Op.10 No.12
- Sonata No 1 in C Minor
- Sonata No. 2 In Bb Minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March)
- Themes from the Ballade in G minor Op 23
- Valse Brillante
- Valse (Op. 64, No. 2)
- Waltz In C# Minor
- Waltz No. 10 in B Minor Op.69 No.2
- Waltz No. 15, Op. Posthumous, E Major
- Waltz No.3 In A Minor, Op.34, No.2
- Waltz Op. 34, No. 2
- Waltz Op 69 No 1
- Waltz Op.18 (from Les Sylphides)
- Waltz in A Flat Major 'L'adieu'
- Waltz in C Sharp Minor Op.64 No.2
- Waltz in Db Major, Op. 64, No. 1
- Waltz in E Flat "Grande Valse Brilliante" Op.18 No.1
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In the past few years — thanks in part to design tastemakers like Hollister Hovey and others — dead animal décor has become all the rage. I'm referring, of course, to antique taxidermy, not freshly embalmed and mounted creations. Taxidermy is rustic, retro-chic, and the ultimate conversation-starting garage sale find. Generally, I support secondhand treasures but I find taxidermy a bit unsettling. It has that Natural History Museum/Addams Family/NRA vibe that I'd rather not add to my apartment.
But what if the taxidermy in question is faux taxidermy and not made from a once-living animal? Does that make it any less creepy (creepy being the operative word this Halloween week)? Atlanta-based artist Brian Dettmer poses that question with his macabre recycled art that takes taxidermy one step further since it's not "stuffed," per say. It's skeletal. And it's made from the skeletons of old audiocassette tapes.
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This annual film series returns for an examination of Kansas City's own home-grown cinema auteur, Robert Altman.
The mutually supportive but tortured relationship between the troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh (Tim Roth) and his brother Theo (Paul Rhys) is the subject of this drama, which according to critic Roger Ebert "generates the feeling that we are in the presence of a man in the act of creation."
Rated PG-13; 138 minutes.
Presenters: Psychologist Barbara Baer, Ph.D., and Julie Farstad, MFA, professor of painting, Kansas City Art Institute.
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It may be a little difficult for [artist id="2389485″]Taylor Swift[/artist] to Speak Now. The singer canceled several dates on her summer tour after coming down with bronchitis.
According to a statement from her label, Swift has had to shuffle around a few shows because she "has bronchitis, and has been advised by her doctor that she is not well enough to perform this week."
Her July 8 show in Charlotte, North Carolina, has been rescheduled for November 16, and two dates in Atlanta, on July 9 and 10, are now slated for October 1 and 2. "It breaks my heart to miss out on this weekend's shows with my friends in Charlotte and Atlanta," the star in a statement. "I would never cancel if I thought I was physically able to perform these shows. I am so sorry to the fans, but I look forward to seeing you when we come back through your towns, which we will do."
Swift's tour will resume on July 14 in Montreal. Swift canceled a concert in Kentucky over the weekend, marking the first time the singer has ever had to cancel a show due to illness. She alerted her fans to the news on Twitter, writing, "Louisville, I so sorry to have to postpone this show to Oct 11. This is my first time having to do this. I'm so, so sorry."
When Swift spoke to MTV News in May about the Speak Now tour, she explained it would be all about the fans. "That's why I'm so blown away. That's why I can't wait to go out on tour and thank them personally," she explained.
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2012: A home sellers market in Snohomish County
It was the first year since 2007, when the recession started, that prices increased from the prior year. However, the average combined sales price of $265,920 for single-family homes and condos in 2012 was still $6,301 below the average sales price of $272,221 reported in 2004, according to data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
NWMLS members reported 10,631 closed sales of single-family homes and condominiums in Snohomish County during 2012, a 14.1 percent improvement over 2011's volume of 9,316 transactions.
Last year's completed sales included 8,961 single-family homes and 1,670 condominiums. Together, these sales were valued at more than $2.8 billion.
The relative lack of new listings and strong demand in Snohomish County throughout 2012 drove monthly median price increases.
Overall inventory shrank from 15,281 new listings in 2011 to 12,874 listings in 2012, the NWMLS report showed. The ratio of 27,945 active listings to 16,044 pending sales in Snohomish County last year means the supply of current listings were typically exhausted in 1.74 months. Most real estate analysts consider a supply of three to six months to be a balanced market, meaning the market favors neither buyers nor sellers.
Median sales prices in Snohomish County for home and condos combined increased by $14,900, or 6.48 percent, rising from $230,000 to $244,900. Mason, Snohomish and King counties reported the three largest increases in median prices among the 21-county NWMLS reporting area.
Single-family home prices in Snohomish County rose 7 percent, from a median of $243,000 in 2011 to $260,000 in 2012, the NWMLS reported. Median prices for condos in the county fell to $146,100 in 2012, a decline of 9.81 percent.
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•It was the first year average prices for homes and condos in Snohomish County posted a year-over-year increase, after peaking at $383,004 in 2007 and dropping to $255,364 in 2011.
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For the 245 new condos sold in 2012, the highest sales price was $1,222,500; the lowest was $110,000. The median price was $232,950; the average, $258,543.
New homes accounted for 1,701 sales in 2012. The most expensive was $1,330,000; the least expensive was $144,000. The median price was $214,500; the average, $327,779.
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Perhaps no one could exemplify this sentiment more than Hamilton-bred powerhouse quintet The Reason. Drawn together in early 2003 by their love of music and the impetus to forge their own musical path, Adam White (vocals), James Nelan (guitar), Jeremy Widerman (guitar) Ronson, (bass) and Cam Bordignon (drums), hit the ground running, securing a loyal fanbase by rocking as many sweaty all-ages venues as possible across Ontario with their aggressive, killer live-show.
In 2004, the band released debut album Ravenna, establishing themselves as a pop/punk leaning hardcore troupe to be reckoned with, and catching the attention of audiences and music critics across Canada. Coming off the release of Ravenna, the band managed to steer clear of being pigeon-holed into the screamo genre flavour of the day, staying focused on the goal of crafting memorable songs with incredibly hooky guitar lines, while maintaining the aggressive charisma of their live performance. Leaving power-scream vocals behind, White's lyrical stylings and the band's undeniable growing songwriting prowess led them down a seemingly new musical path brimming with a more multi-dimensional sound. The band holed-up in a small cottage near their hometown to write songs for the follow-up to Ravenna.
In 2006, the band began recording their sophomore album Things Couldn't Be Better with Juno-award winning producer Gavin Brown (Billy Talent), who jumped on the project after hearing early demos and seeing the band perform at the Molson Amphitheatre with Billy Talent and Alexisonfire. Discouragingly however, in the midst of the recording session drummer Bordignon, who's powerful driving rhythms were integral to the band's sound, broke his hand putting off recording the 2nd half of the album by three months. Despite feeling defeated, in true Reason-like spirit the band continued to do acoustic shows in their hometown. Working out acoustic versions of their material, the band tapped into a well of creativity resulting in many songs planned for the recording being scrapped and replaced by a prolific set of new songs. With a renewed sense of conviction, the band returned to the studio where Brown helped them hone their focus and explore a more simplified approach to integrating counterpoint guitar lines, catchy keyboard musings, driving backbeats with heaps of vocal pop melody. Heralded as "an album of undeniably captivating songs" upon its release in March 2007, the resulting body of work truly reflected the diverse musical influences each member brought to the table, and the uncompromising dedication to create enduring, heartfelt music.


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Norwegian neo-Nazi musician pleads for public help to sue French officials
A Norwegian neo-Nazi musician, who was arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a "major terrorist act," has called on the public to help him financially to sue the officials. "Naturally we are angry... We want to sue the authorities for arresting us for no good reason whatsoever, doing so in the most brutal way possible and with children present," wrote Kristian Vikernes, a black metal musician and writer known as Varg, in a note on his blog on Wednesday. "The only problem is that we cannot afford to sue them, and we see no other solution to this than to ask for help from you," he added. The 40-year old also went on to describe the way he and his wife were arrested, noting, police "shot our door open, traumatized our children, threw my pregnant wife and me in holding cells and kept us there for two-three days, [and] placed our scared children in the care of their grandparents." Vikernes was arrested in southwestern France last month after his wife bought four rifles, the Paris prosecutor's office said. The French Interior Ministry said on July 16 that Vikernes constituted "a potential threat to society." French Interior Minister Manuel Valls also said that the police suspected that Vikernes may have been planning a "massacre" and searched his house for weapons and explosives. Two days after his arrest, the officials said that they had found no evidence of a terrorist plot in their inspections of Vikernes and released him. Kristian has reportedly had links with mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. Driven by his fascist and anti-Islamic beliefs, Breivik killed 77 people in a car bomb attack on government buildings in Oslo and a shooting rampage on Utoeya Island on July 22, 2011. It was Norway's worst massacre since World War II. Last year, Breivik was given a 21-year prison sentence, which is the maximum penalty in Norway. According to an official at the prosecutor's office, Breivik sent a copy of a manifesto setting out his ideology to Vikernes before the attacks. In 1991, Vikernes established the one-man music project Burzum and became part of the early Norwegian black metal scene. In 1992, he along with other members of the scene burned down at least three Christian churches in Norway. Between 1992 and 1993, Vikernes recorded four albums as Burzum and another with black metal band Mayhem. Shortly after Mayhem guitarist Oystein 'Euronymous' Aarseth was stabbed to death in August 1993, Vikernes was arrested and charged with the murder. After being convicted of the murder of Euronymous, the arson of three churches, the attempted arson of a fourth church, and theft and storage of explosives, Vikernes was sentenced to 21 years in prison in May 1994. While serving time in prison, he became affiliated with the Heathen Front and several of his writings on Germanic paganism were published. He also recorded two dark ambient albums in prison, which also went on sale at the time. In 2009, Vikernes was released and moved to France with his wife and three children. IA/MHB


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If you visit the educational space that complements the exhibition you'll learn a number of terms—emotions, excess, catastrophe, theatricality, illusion, sensuality, and more. All of them help define what is Baroque, and all of them express vitality, the focus of this exhibition. In this space we also offer a word association exercise inspired by these terms, a game you too can play by expressing whatever words come to mind. Ready to play? Now is your turn.
There's even more fun to be had in the same educational space. Come enjoy a selection of baroque music, and contemporary music with a baroque twist, suggested by art historian Michael Glasmeier and musician Frieder Butzmann.
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From 1975 -1979 a local band by the name of Ozzie, played the club circuit in Southeast Michigan. They entertained at clubs such as Cavi's Den, The Gatsby, Imperial Lanes, Hollywood Lanes, Pampa Lanes, The Rusty Nail, BJ's, Blue Banjo, Harper House, Wishing Well, Topsail, The Odessey, Carmen's East and South. They also performed at private parties, Hall parties and outdoor events as Chip Mann's Fatasy Festival which featured Blackfoot.
Four out of five original members went on to entertaining audiences 100 to 10,000 from New York to Key West to California, in such venues as Cobo Hall in Detroit to El Macombo in Las Vegas. Over the years Steve White , David Tschirhart, Art Fraylick and Dave Kmita have performed with some of the best names in Classic Rock and Motown. The Contours and Co., Johnny Lyles Jr. from the The Coasters, Rich Cole from the Romantics, Pat Hardwood from Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, Wayne Barax from Rare Earth and Mike Pinera from Blues Image, Iron Butterfly and Alice Cooper to state a few.
Now after 30 years they decided to once again regain their status as one of the area's top draw bands. With their experience and the addition of new sound technology they have created a full band sound at a low volume environment. You'll be able to experience 4 part harmony, horn arrangements, keyboards, percussion, guitars, bass and drums and still have a conversation with the person next to you.. All of this sound from just 4 guys on stage.


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About Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the largest city but only the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 21,233 at the 2010 census. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination, Portsmouth is served by Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, formerly the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base. (more on Wikipedia)


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The combat looks fast and flashy, and I'm liking the bizarre anime vibe from it. It's definitely going to be a game on my radar. Its nice to see a game that's not trying to take itself seriously.


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Athlete Profile
Athlete: Alison Jarlett-Burkhart
- Region:
- Southern California
- Team:
- CrossFit Foothill
- Affiliate:
- CrossFit Foothill
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 51
- Height:
- 5'4"
- Weight:
- 112 lb
|Filthy 50
|Fight Gone Bad
|Sprint 400m
|Run 5k
|Clean & Jerk
|131 lb
|104 lb
|275 lb
|Back Squat
|155 lb
|Max Pull-ups
How I Eat
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
How I Train
I workout mostly at a CrossFit Affiliate
I only workout at CrossFit Foothill. I love the competition of the clock and encouragement of teammates doing the WOD.
My Athletic Background
I played youth or high school level sports
Prior to Crossfit I had no experience with weights and had little muscle tone. I'm amazed at how much more weight I can lift 3 years later, but I always want to do more!
My Experience With CrossFit
I began CrossFit with a coach (e.g. at an affiliate)
The coaching I receive from all the fantastic coaches at Crossfit Foothill is amazing. They motivate me to do more, faster and encourage me to do things I didn't think I could do. The coaches push me to perform yet they know my limitations and scale the weight to my skills. I focus on executing the technique and pushing myself. I rely on my coaches expertise to guide me to excel to my best performance in each WOD. My training partner, Stephanie Sandoval, pushes me to perform too!
My Work/Rest Schedule
I do multiple workouts in a day 2x a week
I typically rest fewer than 4 days per month
I workout M-F doing the gym WOD. After the WOD I work on an element I'm trying to improve or do an Olympic lifting program. I do the Saturday team WOD as my schedule permits.
How long have you been doing CrossFit?
2-4 years
My goal for 2015 is finish the open in the top 40 and complete the Master Qualifiers in the top 20 so that I make the games this year. I placed 87th in the world in the 2014 Open (633rd in 2013) earning the opportunity to do the four Master Qualifier WODs. I finished 23rd in the world and finally got to showcase my muscle-ups in competition! I'm so proud of all the masters women! You inspire me to do more, faster and heavier! I exceed my 2014 Open goals, but not my expectations. I've had 11 months to work on my weak areas. Thanks to all the coaches and members at CFF for their support and encouragement. I'm going to The Games this year! Go CrossFit Foothill!


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Dashboard technology and Comand Online
So far, I've had nothing but praise for the SL550 Roadster -- all of which is well-deserved, this is an impressive ride. However, things start to fall a bit flat in the cabin where the tech is concerned. Now I assume that the sort of person who buys a status symbol that starts above the $100K mark doesn't care about such things, but infotainment, particularly the new Comand Online feature, is the SL's Achilles' heel.
At its core, the SL's infotainment system is based on Mercedes-Benz' Comand interface, utilizing the now familiar console-mounted Comand control dial and a three-level Comand onscreen interface. The thing is that even though it's been around for almost a decade, I find that Comand is a challenge to get the hang of again every time I settle behind the wheel of a Benz. There's just too much dial-twisting, list-scrolling, and button-pushing to access basic features like switching audio sources or changing the map mode. The problem is that Mercedes-Benz has been constantly adding features to Comand, but hasn't really rethought the way it organizes all of that new information, which leads to the bloated and poorly organized system that we see in today's SL. We'll come back this shortly.
Fortunately, there's a voice entry screen with above-average accuracy to rescue you from the hell of inputting a street address using the Comand controller. Drivers should take advantage of this system at every opportunity. I only wish there were more ways to use voice input for some of the more advanced features offered in this dashboard.
Comand provides navigation with traffic data. The map is crisply rendered, but (despite Comand being equipped with a data connection) lacks any sort of topographic or Google satellite imagery.
Audio sources include a six-disc DVD changer with MP3 and DVD-Audio playback, an iPod/MP3 media interface with a 30-pin dock connector and a USB connection in the center console, an SD card interface on the dashboard for audio playback, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, a chunk of the navigation system's hard drive dedicated to audio ripping and storage, and terrestrial AM/FM tuning with HD Radio decoding. Bluetooth hands-free calling with address book sync and Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming round out the SL550's standard audio sources that feed the standard Harman Kardon Logic7 5.1 surround-sound system. This audio rig features a nice feature called FrontBass that adds two 8.5-inch speakers mounted ahead of the driving position to create what Mercedes calls "a concert hall ambiance in a roadster." I think that's a bit hyperbolic, but the system does sound great.
Drivers who truly want that "concert hall ambiance" can elect to drop the extra dough on the optional 900-watt, 12-speaker Bang & Olufsen uberpremium audio system, which bests the Harman Kardon system by 300 watts, with two additional speakers, and with higher-quality components. It's also an additional $6,400 over the already premium Harman system.
The SL is one of the first new Mercedes-Benz vehicles to feature the new Comand Online connectivity suite, which includes an always-on data connection and a host of new Web-connected services such as Google Local Search, News, Yelp search, and Facebook. Unfortunately, here is where things really go wrong for Comand.
The main problem with Comand Online is that it is agonizingly slow. Just getting from the main Comand interface to the Comand Online home screen takes you through a 30-second load screen. Popping into any of the submenus takes an additional 5 to 10 seconds, which means that getting from the main map screen to the point where you can actually input a Google Search term can take over a minute, which is forever in car time and an eternity in consumer tech time. The fact that the system (rightly) locks you out of most of Comand Online's major functions when the vehicle is in motion means that in most cases it's faster to just whip out your smartphone to make that Facebook status update.
If you don't mind waiting (and are the only person reading CNET who doesn't have a smartphone), Comand Online lets you, first, use Google Search to find points of interest near a location. You can input search terms or select from a list of the most popular or your most recent search terms. Once the destination is selected from the list of results, you can call the location using the hands-free system, set the location as a destiation for navigation, add the location to your address book, or view a 360-degree Google Street View or collection of nearby Panoramio photos. It's slow, but Google search is useful.
Also useful is the Yelp integration, which gives another way to search for nearby businesses. However, I did run into a bit of weirdness here as well. Now, I'm not sure how the Yelp search algorithm works, but a search in the area of Oakland, Calif., for the popular and highly rated Zachary's Chicago Pizza yielded no results that matched the search term. While most of the results were for pizza places, the algorithm seems to place proximity to the Oakland city center at a higher importance than matching the search term to the title. After five pages of scrolling, I noticed that one of the results was for a popular Oakland bakery called Bakesale Betty, which is definitely not a pizza place, and decided to give up and just grab one of Betty's famous chicken sandwiches instead. For every Yelp entry found, I was able to view an average Yelp rating on a scale of 1 to 5 stars, see the total number of reviews submitted, read the most recent three reviews posted, view a photo or a Google Street View view, call the location using hands-free calling, or import the destination into the Benz' main address book.
The news app seemed to be the least useful portion of Comand Online system. From here, I could select from a number of news categories to view the latest headlines and read the top news stories on the SL's color screen. There didn't appear to be any sort of text-to-speech option to have the stories read aloud while I drove, but I was given the option to have any of those stories e-mailed to a preselected e-mail address for later reading.
Facebook integration is the most ambitious part of Comand Online, but also the bit that's most plagued by slow load times. From the Facebook menu, I was able to view nearby locations and check in, find locations that friends had checked into, view my news feed of friends' subscribed status updates and Like those that interested me, view nearby events that I'd RSVP'd to and navigate there, update my own status, and view the Mercedes-Benz Facebook fan page. The status update function allows users to choose from a few canned messages, such as "I'm currently stuck in traffic near [current location]," but there is the option to input a custom message using the Comand controller while the vehicle is stopped. Take my advice and just don't bother. I was able to input "I'm updating my status with the COMAND system in the Mercedes-Benz SL550. Don't worry, the car is p" before I reached the 100-character cap, and just those few words took about 5 to 7 minutes to input.
One particularly frustrating element of Comand Online is the inconsistent behavior of the Comand controller's back button compared with the rest of the Comand interface. On any other screen, the back button takes you backward one step in your current menu, but when online, the back button takes you all of the way back to the Comand Online home screen. For example, if you're viewing a friend's Facebook status update and tap the back button on the Comand controller (rather then selecting the virtual back button on the screen), you'll be kicked all the way back to the main menu, which means that you have to navigate through the menus again (and wait through all of the loading screens again) to get back to the list of Facebook statuses. This may seem like a nitpicky thing, but it makes the entire interface more difficult to deal with. After one too many accidental taps of the back button, out came my smartphone, which was infinitely better suited for social networking and searching while parked.
Similar app integration and connected services from the likes of Audi and BMW are noticeably faster and more inviting experiences than Comand Online. I also dislike that Mercedes' connected services seem to be sequestered from the rest of the entertainment experience. You gain no observable benefit in the form of more accurate traffic on the map screen or satellite imagery. You have to leave the navigation system and explicitly enter the Comand Online system to search for a destination. As a result I think most users will probably forget that it there after the first couple of weeks, especially because it's such a frustrating endeavor to use.
In sum
The SL550 is a brilliant automobile. Sure, Comand Online is a train wreck, but it doesn't ruin the vehicle that Mercedes' chassis and engine engineers and designers have built around it. There's just so much to like about being behind the wheel of a big, red Benz that I find myself over 3,000 words into this review and I haven't even touched on the safety features such as the Mbrace telematics system, the lane-keep assistance system, the precollision warning system, the blind-spot monitoring, and the rearview camera with proximity detection and Parktronic parking assistance. If they never venture into the Comand Online menu, I think most owners will be pleased with their SL550 Roadster purchase -- at least until they see someone valeting an SL63 AMG.
Our 2013 model started at $105,500 before adding $900 for its premium leather interior. Illuminated door sills and an analog clock on the dashboard are take-it-or-leave-it options that add $350 and $250 to the bottom line, respectively. The Magic Sky Control glass roof is a nice party trick that will cost you $2,500, but if you're like me, you'll be spending too much time with the top down to really take advantage of it. The easy-as-ABC adaptive suspension is a $4,090 option, and a $4,900 Premium package adds Air Scarf, cooled seats, massage seats, keyless entry, and the rearview camera/proximity detection system that will keep you from scuffing the SL's pretty red paint. Blind-spot monitoring and precollision detection are part of a $2,950 Driver Assistance package and an additional $2,000 gets you the 19-inch AMG wheels with stickier tires and a host of go-faster and look-faster bits. Toss in a $905 destination charge to reach our as-tested price of $124,345.
That's a pretty penny -- certainly too rich for my blood -- but cars like the SL550 Roadster are all about a feeling, not a value, and this Roadster feels like it's worth it.
|Tech specs
|2013 Mercedes-Benz SL550 Roadster
|Power train
|4.6-liter biturbo V-8, RWD, 7-speed automatic transmission
|EPA fuel economy
|16 city, 24 highway, 19 combined mpg
|Observed fuel economy
|Standard, HDD-based
|Bluetooth phone support
|Disc player
|6-disc DVD changer
|MP3 player support
|Standard analog 3.5mm auxiliary input, USB connection, Bluetooth audio streaming, iPod connection
|Other digital audio
|SiriusXM Satellite Radio, HD Radio
|Audio system
|10-speaker, 600-watt Harman Kardon Logic7 5.1 surround with FrontBass
|Driver aids
|Rear camera, proximity detection (4 corners), blind-spot monitoring, lane keep assistant, adaptive cruise control, precollision warning, Attention Assist driver alertness monitoring
|Base price
|Price as tested


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Four ways customer connections will change by 2020
Mar 9th
Technology is changing the way we buy, fly and try. It's also going to be changing our customer connections. Dramatically. In general, this probably is how you connect with your customers today:
- Your website provides them a clear way to find what they're looking for. It's optimized for perfect viewing whether your customers/prospects are looking at it via a laptop/desktop or smartphone/tablet (it's optimized, isn't it? Smartphones and tablets generated more than 50 percent of eCommerce visits in January 2015, an 18 percent increase from January 2014.
- You provide them with meaty, highly informative, engaging content on your website, as well as blogs, video, podcasts, and pins. You distribute this information via your social media feeds and probably pay to boost it through ads.
- As you connect with your customers, you're separating them into specific segments so that you can provide them with the tailored information they crave. You and your marketing team are diving into your prospects'/customers' needs, lifestyle and motivation.
Let's compare that to the "norm" just five years ago in 2010 …
- Most people searched online via a laptop or desktop, since smartphone adoption had risen to only about 20 percent.
- Paid search pretty much meant only pay-per-click on Google and Yahoo. There really were essentially no ads on Facebook, Twitter, etc.
- E-mail marketing was just taking off in a huge way.
- 2010 was the year everybody thought QR codes would be the rage.
- What is this thing called podcasting?
And this brings us the future. Making predictions at this rate of change is difficult, but there are certain things I think we can know with confidence …
1. It's all about you.
Here's one thing I know: 2020 will mean even more personal, individual, "it's all about YOU" connections with your customers. You and your customers are going to be interacting as if you are intimate friends.
Privacy and personalization will continue to blur. The advantages to having companies anticipate our needs in real-time will create value so great that our customers will happily relinquish their right to even the most personal data, including text messages and other private messaging. Would people allow a smartphone provider to analyze their text messages if they received a free, updated new phone every year?
The ability to dive down into a new level of personal and private information like health status, finances and relationships will create entirely new business models, new services, and real intimacy in how you will be able to connect to customers.
Much of these connections will be automated (but not in a creepy way). In five years, it will difficult to distinguish whether that is a person or a computer on the other side of the conversation. In most cases, we will prefer the computer.
2. Connection will be ubiquitous
Technology will become even more ubiquitous, but behind the scenes. Worrying about Wi-Fi will be a thing of the past. It will be everywhere, allowing your customers to buy, sell, communicate, rant, and praise anytime, anywhere, to anyone.
While Google halted sales of Google Glass in January, don't rule out the probability that wearable technology will be mainstream by 2020. Several major companies have announced new augmented reality headsets in the last 60 days and more are on the way.
Perhaps the most interesting development is Facebook's Oculus technology. The company has hinted at pushing into workplace applications and this headset would allow customers to interact with us in an immersive virtual world. Tremendous opportunities for research, marketing and customer service.
3. Big Data will just be "data"
In order to provide your customers with the highly personal connection and customer experience they will demand in 2020, you're going to be embracing Big Data in a huge way.
Your challenge – and you'll have to accept it – is making sure you can figure out what data is most important to your marketing needs without being a) overwhelmed or b) completely confused. By 2020 you'll have implemented cognitive data reporting to help you easily find extremely detailed answers to even the most complex questions.
We're already starting to see programs that will crunch huge amounts of data and not only give you answers, but tell you what questions you need to be asking. Cognitive computers will combine real-time data from all over the world to answer extremely complex questions like "why are customers buying more blue dresses this month?" or "which customers drove past the competitor's store to visit our location today?" In other words, in the background, computers will be turning Big Data into more usable Little Data.
4. Security is the new black
The Internet grows with malignant complexity, leaving more and more holes for hackers to exploit. The number of breaches have grown, and will continue to grow, until weakened consumer confidence will force companies into unusual schemes just to stay connected with their customers.
What is even scarier — 40 percent of IT professionals working in the field don't think their current security systems can fully protect their customers. Following a security breach, Home Depot offered its customers free identify protection services. Will we live in a future where every company will offer this as a standard service, as common as a product label or list of features? "Buy this product and we will guarantee your credit card safety for a year." A promise of this kind might very well be a prerequisite to customer connection by 2020.
What's your take on connection with customers in 2020? What did I miss that you know will be true in five years?
This post was written as part of the Dell Insight Partners program, which provides news and analysis about the evolving world of tech. To learn more about tech news and analysis visit Tech Page One. Dell sponsored this article, but the opinions are our own and don't necessarily represent Dell's positions or strategies. Illustration courtesy of Flickr CC and Laura Dineen
Four ways augmented reality will be coming to your workplace soon
Jan 27th
Pulling the plug on Google Glass had to be a disappointment to many people, especially those who put their heart into the Glass Explorer advocacy program.
But I wanted to provide some good news — a report from the field that augmented reality and wearable technology is still moving ahead at a breakneck pace, although in places far away from retail stores and the Consumer Electronics show.
For the past year, I have been working on a research project for the US Air Force examining best practices on technology applications to labor-intensive manufacturing processes. This is a "non-secret" project and I thought it would be fun to share a few of the innovations — specifically four types of practical workforce applications for augmented reality.
Augmented reality in action
Tablets. This is the area with the most near-in promise. There have been hundreds of augmented reality applications in industrial work settings, primarily led by automotive and aerospace. The development has been led by German software company Metaio, which is partnering with thousands of developers on useful new applications. The hardware in these industrial applications is commonly available PC-based tablets that are either hand-held, or perhaps strapped to a forearm.
A typical application would be standardizing a complex and repetitive task by displaying the work instructions as a color-coded layer over an actual piece of equipment. In addition to the obvious productivity improvements, companies are recognizing significant quality advantages too. Breakthroughs in this tablet application are moving ahead at lightning speed.
Projector-type. Another application involves projecting instructions and images over a work area (optical 3D metrology). An example would be lighted instructions that define which parts go in which holes in a large assembly or projecting images to indicate which highly-engineered fasteners belong in which spaces in an aerospace application.
In these work environments, multiple projectors translate 3D models into 2D projections using sophisticated registration software, so parts are always precisely in the right place. Multiple projectors are used so workers can step right in front of one line of projection and still see the instructions as they work.
Glasses — The most popular wearable headgear is not coming from Google. You may be surprised to hear that Epson is the leader in this field. Wearing anything except safety glasses in an industrial environment is going to be hazardous but the field is progressing quickly and we will probably see approved applications in the next 2-3 years.
This technology, also generally powered by Metaio software, differs from Glass in that it has true augmented reality capabilities. It provides all the advantages of the tablet version of AR, but frees an employee's hands to do their work. Each set of glasses comes with a pocket unit that provides extra battery life and acts as a transmitter to a wifi network.
Of course the glasses can record as well as transmit, so imagine seeing and hearing remote help from an expert as you try to do a unique and challenging repair in the workplace.
Immersive augmented reality — There are a growing number of companies developing software/hardware combinations to create a full immersive 3D world. The most notable of these is Oculus, bought last year by Facebook. Although these headsets probably won't be adopted in an industrial environment, there will certainly be applications in the white collar workspace. In a few years we will be able to join work colleagues in a virtual, 3D workspace and interact with them as if we were all in the same room. Has the potential to be a game-changer.
Last week Microsoft also announced an entry into the immersive market with HoloLens which projects holographic images within your environment.
Think of the possible advantages this technology has for global collaboration, purchasing evaluations, problem solving and even diplomacy.
Well, it's tough to jam a year's worth of research into one short blog post but this should be enough to tantalize you and let you know that the end of Google Glass is far from the end of useful augmented reality applications in the workplace.
This post was written as part of the Dell Insight Partners program, which provides news and analysis about the evolving world of tech. To learn more about tech news and analysis visit TechPageOne. Dell sponsored this article, but the opinions are my own and don't necessarily represent Dell's positions or strategies.
The future of digital marketing will be built on fun
Apr 28th
I have been writing and speaking on some new ideas about where I think social media and digital marketing will be going over the next few years. It seems pretty clear to me … let's see if you agree.
To explain my premise, allow me to provide a brief description of where we have BEEN, which will lead to where we are GOING.
The first three digital revolutions
So far, we have seen three distinct phases or revolutions of digital marketing. These revolutions have not replaced each other but have built on the progress and moved us forward.
Our first digital revolution occurred at the dawn of the web in the late 1990s. Our business priority was simply establishing a website. Once we had a site, it needed to be discovered. Enabled by Google, our business priority turned to search engine optimization (in fact a $26 billion industry was created!). An emphasis on "Discovery" was the second digital revolution.
Today, we are in the third digital revolution, which has been enabled by social media and mobile technology. Our business goal in this phase is to help and serve people at their point of need, whether they are looking for a movie review, the best price on a laptop, or product information at the point of sale at a retail store.
By the way, at the edge of each of these revolutions, life becomes more difficult for marketers. If you were the first in your industry with a website, you had an advantage until your competitors caught on. Likewise, if you were the first to crack the code on SEO, Oh Happy Day! You led the search results as long as your competitors were sucking on ether.
Today, the world is more difficult because competitors are also fueling their helpful presence with content. If they were first and dominant in their niche, good news, good news, good news. But if the niche is filled, they are probably in Content Shock.
The fourth revolution
In the next 18-24 months we will be entering the fourth digital revolution. This will be an era of explosive marketing creativity and innovation enabled by wearable technology and augmented reality.
The impact of this development will be profound … perhaps more profound than the Internet itself. The way we learn, discover, connect and entertain ourselves will be dramatically altered.
Imagine a world where we are untethered from devices and the strength of a wi-fi connection. The Internet will surround us like the air that we breathe – a digital layer on top of the "real world" in any place we choose. Every book, every wall — even a package label — will come alive with interactive possibilities.
This will be an era of marketing without boundaries and I think it will be fueled by a marketing emphasis on fun, immersive experiences.
Marketing without boundaries
My thinking goes like this … Today in our "third revolution" based on "utility" as a marketing strategy, we have severe limits. Once we help our customers, how do we continue to engage and grow with them on a daily basis? "OK, I've bought my car. Thanks for the useful information. See you in five years when I am ready to buy again."
But there is virtually no limit to a person's desire to have fun. In fact, we would rather play games and have fun more than anything (there is a lot of psychology behind this that I can't get into in this short post).
I think the winners in the next revolution will be creating fun, immersive experiences on a daily basis for their customers. Like every other marketing phase, early adopters will flourish and those late to the game will struggle. Maybe five years from now I will be writing about "Fun Shock" – we will be overwhelmed by competing opportunities to interact. "Minority Report" will seem quaint.
What do you think of these implications? What are your thoughts on this next frontier, or perhaps more appropriately, the next FUNtier?
Original illustration copyright Schaefer Marketing Solutions
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. I've been compensated to contribute to this program, but the opinions expressed in this post are my own and don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions. IBM had no editorial control of this content.
7 Digital marketing trends to embrace NOW
Jul 8th
Usually bloggers write "trend" posts at the end of the year but at the speed of change in this business, maybe we should make it every six months! As we hurtle into the second half of 2013, here are the digital trends I seem to be following the most right now. I think it makes sense to keep thinking about and studying these ideas because they are going to have a big impact on what we are doing in the next 12-24 months:
1. Content marketing or content advertising?
Advertisers are getting desperate for new ways to expose their client messages. This idea of "native advertising" or merging content and advertising is red-hot with vast implications for marketers, content creators and consumers. How do you cut through the clutter when the information density on the web overwhelms us?
2. Let's get small
Related to this first trend — how do you get more information through to your consumer's "pipeline" in this crowded world — one answer is to make the packets of information smaller and more digestible. This explains the rise of Infographics, Instagram, Pinterest and Vine. It seems that almost all the innovation these days is coming from "small." I think one implication of this is that the focus on compact and visual content should be good news if you are in the graphic design or photography business.
3. Augmented reality
Google Glass is just the first entry into the wearable technology trend. We are going to have a digital layer on top of the "real world." The Internet will surround us like the air that we breathe. It will change how we connect, communicate, learn, discover and entertain ourselves. This is not a new trend. This is the new electricity. I really believe it will be that transformational.
4. Social influence marketing
I was researching and writing Return On Influence this time two years ago because I saw influence marketing as an inevitable and powerful trend. If the "pipeline" for your content is getting squeezed, one way to work around that is to borrow somebody else's larger, targeted pipeline. This trend is going mainstream and I recently visited a major ad agency that had created an influence marketing department. Boutique agencies dedicated to influence marketing are popping up. This trend is exploding.
5. Internal versus external
The big money in social media is not in marketing applications that we see now. It is in applying these tools internally to large enterprises to unlock data, enable collaboration, and resolve problems more quickly, This is already taking off at the very largest companies and eventually this will be trickling down to companies of all sizes.
6. User-friendly Big Data
There has been a lot of talk about big data but on the marketing front, there has been relatively little progress compared to the buzz. This is because most marketing executives don't even know enough about it to ask the right questions. I'm guessing this will finally change soon because those who can distill wisdom from the numbers will win. Marketing is now math. Hire a statistician as your next marketing employee.
7. 3D printing
Imagine that you are working on a home improvement project and you are one bolt shy of completing your project. You digitally scan your bolt and within minutes your "printer" produces the precise part you need. This is not science fiction. This is happening now. 3D printing is going to transform logistics, procurement, and eCommerce. It will create entirely new business models. In the near future you won't have to leave your home to instantly obtain many common items. I think more sophisticated devices will show up at retailers to provide obscure or out-of stock items in moments. Think of the impact on the cost of maintaining and storing parts inventories at a manufacturing plant.
So that is my take on a few important trends. Agree? Disagree? What is coming down the line that excites you?
This post was written as part of the IBM for Midsize Business program, which provides midsize businesses with the tools, expertise and solutions they need to become engines of a smarter planet. I've been compensated to contribute to this program, but the opinions expressed in this post are my own and don't necessarily represent IBM's positions, strategies or opinions.
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