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El Shaddai (movement)
|El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI
|Mike Velarde
|1992 registered as religion in Philippines.
|300 Estimated
|8 million
|Other name(s)
|El Shaddai
|Official website
El Shaddai DWXI-PPFI most popularly known as El Shaddai (Hebrew for God Almighty, which is one of the names of God) is the biggest Catholic Charismatic Renewal group in the Philippines.[1][2] It is currently headed by Brother Mike Velarde, its Servant Leader and founder. Manila Auxiliary Bishop Teodoro Bacani of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines serves as its Spiritual Director.
Inspired by his recovery from a heart ailment in 1978, Mike Verlarde started a weekly Bible-quoting radio show on DWXI, a station he acquired in 1982 as part of a real estate deal. Listeners, he says, began reporting that his voice had cured their afflictions.[3] In 1984, Velarde called his show "El Shaddai," a biblical name for God that he found in an American religious pamphlet.[3]
Velarde then held monthly prayer rallies outside the vicinity of the radio station. As the number of attendees kept growing, he made the rallies weekly until the crowd could no longer be accommodated by the area. The rallies were then moved to various locations such as a football stadium and then transferring several times to the Quirino Grandstand at Rizal Park in Manila; the open grounds outside the Philippine International Convention Center and the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Pasay City near Manila Bay; and finally in Amvel Business Park, Barangay San Dionisio, Parañaque (a site owned by the family) in order to accommodate the movement's followers.[4]
El Shaddai Movement has grown rapidly in the last decade and, as of 2005, had a reported 8 million members worldwide.[5]
In 2001, Velarde and Jesus is Lord Church leader Eddie Villanueva engaged in a legal battle over control of the Christian television station DZOE-TV (Channel 11).[6] Villanueva has the franchise and the authority to operate the facility, but Velarde, using political connections, was able to import transmission equipment, the value of which he claims to have converted into equity in the station. Congress intervened and awarded Villanueva the right the acquire the frequency, with him paying Velarde for the stock and assets held by Delta Broadcasting System (DBS).
On August 20, 2009, El Shaddai inaugurated a ₱1 billion (approx. US$21 million at the time) House of Prayer on a ten hectare site in Amvel Business Park. The cost does not include the land, which will be paid for over 20 years. The building is 10,000 square meters and seats 16,000 with standing room for another 25,000, with space on the site for an overflow of the crowd.[7] The building was inaugurated by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the fourteenth President of the Philippines, on Velarde's 70th birthday.[8]
As it is a Roman Catholic movement, its diocesan bishop is Rev Jessie Mercado of the Diocese of Parañaque, while its Spiritual Director is the Bishop Emeritus of Novaliches Teodoro Bacani.
Political influence
Some[who?] believe that El Shaddai plays a major role in Philippine politics. They assert that former President Fidel V. Ramos won the 1992 general election because of the movement's votes, although this has never been corroborated with an actual tally of votes correlated with El Shaddai membership rosters. Some counter this claim as well by stating that El Shaddai members vote independently.[citation needed]
During the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada in late 2000, Velarde rejected the call of then-Archbishop of Manila Jaime Cardinal Sin to join a prayer rally urging Estrada to resign. Velarde said that El Shaddai members were free to join the rally of their own volition and reiterated that the movement was neither for nor against Estrada's resignation.[citation needed]
It was reported that Velarde attempted to end a 2005 Philippine electoral crisis by uniting the Estrada and Arroyo camps.[9]
In 2005, Katharine L. Wiegele said that El Shaddai has spread prosperity theology outside Protestant Christianity in the Philippines.[10]
International chapters
|This section requires expansion. (October 2011)
The movement has the following chapters internationally:[citation needed]
Middle East
North America
- ^ Katharine L. Wiegele (2007). Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines. Ateneo de Manila University Press.
- ^ Allan Anderson (2004). An Introduction to Pentecostalism: Global Charismatic Christianity. Cambridge University Press. p. 155.
- ^ a b "Pacman deep into Bible study." Filipino Reporter 23 Mar. 2012: 21. Newspaper Source Plus. Web. 15 Feb. 2013.
- ^ Niña Catherine Calleja (August 20, 2009). "P1-B church of El Shaddai opens Thursday". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ Philippines: International Religious Freedom Report. U.S. Department of State (2005).
- ^ http://www.pathfinder.com/asiaweek/98/0227/feat1.html
- ^ "El Shaddai P1-B church opens today". CBCP News.[better source needed]
- ^ "Velarde opens El Shaddai church". The Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived November 9, 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Velarde: Arroyo open to joint rule with foes (archived from the original on 2007-03-11).
- ^ Wiegele, Katharine L. (2005). Investing in Miracles: El Shaddai and the Transformation of Popular Catholicism in the Philippines. University of Hawaii Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-8248-2861-5.
Further reading
- Wiegele, Katharine L. (2005). Investing in miracles: El Shaddai and the transformation of popular Catholicism in the Philippines. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-2861-5.
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Chris Adams is in his eighth season working with UTSA's throwers. He has coached Richard Garrett Jr. to five All-America certificates and Andrew Akens to another two in addition to coaching 12 conference champions in his first seven years in the Alamo City. His athletes also have established new school records in nine events since his arrival.
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He helped lead the UTSA men to the 2014 C-USA Outdoor Championship in their first season in the league and the women finished second at the indoor meet. Garrett Jr. won a pair of outdoor conference titles (discus/shot put) and collected numerous honors, as he was named the circuit's Field Athlete of the Year and Field Performer of the Meet in addition to earning All-America accolades in the shot put with his fourth-place performance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Akens also was an All-American (outdoor shot put) and conference champion (indoor shot). In fact, Adams' athletes combined for a total of 63 points en route to the men's league crown.
In 2013, Adams helped guide the Roadrunners men to their eighth consecutive indoor conference title in their lone appearance at the Western Athletic Conference Championships, while the women finished second and just missed their first league crown since 1994. Garrett Jr. was tabbed the WAC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and he went on to earn first-team All-America honors with his fourth-place finish in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Katie Bragg also picked up a league championship in the weight throw and his athletes set four program marks.
Adams helped lead the UTSA men to a Southland Conference indoor/outdoor championship sweep in 2012 and the women recorded their best outdoor finish (second) in 15 years. Garrett Jr. earned second-team All-America accolades at the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second consecutive season, successfully defended his Southland indoor shot put title and became the first thower in program history to win an outdoor conference championship when he won the shot. Phil Steinert also was victorious during the indoor campaign in the weight throw and he went on to place second in the hammer at the league's outdoor meet. All told, the men established three new school records and four athletes competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships Preliminary Rounds.
The women were just as successful, as Bragg successfully defended her conference hammer throw crown with a new Southland record, while Zaquita McClanahan captured gold in the shot put at the conference's outdoor meet. Both went on to participate at the national meet in their respective specialty events.
The 2011 campaign saw Garrett Jr. earn second-team All-America honors in the shot put at both national meets (first All-America thrower in school history) and he also was named the Southland Indoor Outstanding Field Performer after winning the league's shot put title and finishing sixth in the weight throw. Garrett Jr. went on to place second in both the shot and discus and sixth in the hammer during the outdoor campaign. He established new program records in the indoor and outdoor shot in addition to breaking the Roadrunners' 25-year-old discus mark at the Texas Relays. All told, the UTSA men earned six all-conference certificates (two indoor/four outdoor) and they set new school standards in every event he coached.
On the women's side, Bragg won the program's first-ever hammer title at the Southland Outdoor after finishing third in the weight throw during the indoor campaign. She set a new school record in the hammer at the Texas Relays and McClanahan established a new indoor shot put standard.
His second season in charge of the throwers saw a total of five new school records and seven student-athletes (five women/two men) that combined to score points 14 times at the Southland Indoor and Outdoor Championships. Leading the way was Garrett Jr., who qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships Preliminary Rounds (discus), posted a pair of runner-up performances at the league meets (indoor shot put/discus) and broke both UTSA's shot put marks. Meanwhile, Bragg earned a silver medal in the hammer at the Southland Outdoor and established new program records in the weight throw and hammer.
In his first campaign, he guided Amber Byars (discus) and Taelor Wilson (shot put) to points at the Southland Outdoor and Indoor, respectively, and the pair also made their mark on the program's all-time performance charts, moving into the top four in the hammer, weight throw and discus.
In his four seasons in San Marcos, Adams coached Abigail Ruston to 2007 NCAA Outdoor All-America honors in the shot put (second place) and Sara Stultz earned 2006 Southland Conference Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year accolades. All told, Bobcats athletes set five league records and won a total of 14 individual championships under his direction.
Adams was a two-time All-American in both the shot and hammer at Ashland (Ohio) University. The Findlay, Ohio, native earned his bachelor's degree from Ashland in recreation administration after beginning his career at Kent State, where he was an all-conference performer from 1998-2000. He also earned a silver medal for Team USA at the 2002 North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-25 Track & Field Championships and was a 2004 Olympic Trials qualifier in the shot put.
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This is the immigrant couple for this Higgins line. Luke was a dairy farmer in Hampshire and Thomas later moved to Chicago where he was a milk dealer. He went to the train station each morning to pick up milk delivered from his father's farm.
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When I was a little girl, at the height of the Cold War, I used to wish, deeply and fervently, that nuclear weapons had never been invented. An accompanying fantasy placed me at the center of world events. Just as the two superpowers were preparing to launch a devastating exchange of nuclear weapons, I would step between the two. Seeing an innocent child, the hard-boiled men of the world would soften and reconsider their terrible course.
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Liberal approaches to foreign policy continue to rely more on wishful thinking than on realism or maturity. But even in the context of liberalism, President Obama's recent policy declarations on the matter of nuclear weapons are juvenile and disturbing.
Speaking in Prague, the president declared, "I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."
Has the president really thought this through? Here's a thought experiment: Imagine that all of the existing nuclear powers agreed that their weapons were more of a threat to "peace and security" than they were worth, and voluntarily destroyed them all. Would the world immediately become a safer place? No. It would become far more dangerous. The North Koreans would have lied about destroying their weapons, just as they lied repeatedly about building them for years. So one outcome might be that North Korea would instantly become a superpower. And surely the prospect of becoming nuclear-armed would be all the more enticing to the mullahs of Iran if they would have only North Korea in possession of similar weapons. Who would want to live in that world?
"I'm not naive," the president continued. "This goal will not be reached quickly ... But now we, too, must ignore the voices who tell us that the world cannot change. We have to insist, 'Yes, we can.'" That's security policy by bumper sticker.
The president followed up by signing a pact with Russia limiting warheads and launchers in April and is now planning to sign a new pact on civilian nuclear cooperation.
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The Broncos are just over halfway through an 11-day passing camp, and for all the talk of progress, things haven't always been running so smoothly for Kyle Orton and Chris Simms.
The quarterbacks, in the early stages of a duel to see who starts, often have found themselves on the receiving end of some profanity-laced tirades from coach Josh McDaniels.
"I hope nobody heard me swearing too much today. But that's just part of this time of the year," McDaniels said Wednesday. "We don't slow down for anybody at this point of the year, because we're going to try to put as much on their plate as we can handle, as coaches, and sometimes they can't handle all of that at the same time, but that's just part of the learning process.
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But Orton said he and Simms understand that some shouting is to be expected this time of year, as McDaniels and his staff continue to add layers to the Broncos' new offense.
"If we're making mistakes, the whole practice isn't going to be as sharp and we all won't be able to succeed," Orton said. "He's tough on us, but the tougher he is now, the easier it will be when it comes to the season."
How Orton and Simms deal with the criticism, and how quickly they correct their mistakes, will factor into McDaniels' ultimate decision when he names a starter.
The two continue to be in a close battle. Orton and Simms split reps throughout Wednesday's nearly two-hour practice that was open to the media, though Orton spent more time running the first-team offense.
McDaniels said he's waiting to see one of his quarterbacks completely "get it."
Clearly, neither is there yet, but McDaniels isn't discouraged.
"I've gone through this before with young quarterbacks, and they've also struggled with a few specific things, and that's what Kyle and Chris are struggling with right now," McDaniels said. "But they're also making progress in a lot of areas, which I'm very pleased about.
Coaches have installed most of the new playbook — including all of the base offense — so the challenge for the quarterbacks comes as they are asked to do more and more new things.
"They like to add pages and throw new stuff at us every day," Simms said. "You go home, you're like, 'OK, I feel pretty good. I know everything,' and then you get here the next day and there are new plays. It's like, 'Gosh, I just thought I was caught up!' "
McDaniels said the quarterbacks are making similar errors and that the miscues tend to be mental. But McDaniels doesn't seem concerned, because the mistakes typically involve deciphering new coverage schemes — some of the more complicated parts of picking up the offense.
Neither player, McDaniels said, is struggling physically.
"Those are the kind of things that right now they've got to get over the hill," McDaniels said of the mental miscues. "And the good thing about it is, once they go over the hill, usually you don't have to go over it again. If we can push them hard in the spring right here and actually clear that hurdle, then in training camp we should be moving forward and not having to go backward."
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Battle lines drawn
The competition between Kyle Orton and Chris Simms marks the fourth time since 1983 the Broncos will begin training camp with a QB battle.
1983: John Elway vs. Steve DeBerg
DeBerg was the incumbent, Elway the super-hyped rookie. Elway won the job at the end of training camp but was benched for the first two games of the season. By 1984, DeBerg was gone.
1999: Bubby Brister vs. Brian Griese
Brister assumed the job was his, as Elway's replacement, but was shocked when Mike Shanahan picked Griese to be the starter.
2000: Brian Griese vs. Gus Frerotte
Frerotte was signed in the offseason to push Griese, and Shanahan maintained it was an open competition, but Frerotte publicly conceded the spot to Griese 10 days before Shanahan confirmed the news.
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William Bennett at the Values Voter Summit (AlterNet, 9/22/09): I don't know why more of the African American leadership doesn't talk about Frederick Douglass…. Probably because of his deep devotion to Lincoln, and his deep devotion to this country. Frederick Douglass at the dedication of the Freedman's Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln (4/14/1876): It must be admitted, truth compels me to admit, even here in the presence of the monument we have erected to his memory, Abraham Lincoln was not, in the fullest sense of the word, either our man or our model. In his interests, in his associations, […]
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truly magnificent, the colors and the armor especially. nicely done!
Your artwork has been graciously featured in Titans Valentine feature ,stay wonderful!
Wow, he doesn't look like the kind of guy who does 'subtle' does he?
Flames, armor details and that movement frozen in time- all mixed in one perfect piece of art.
this is totally badass!
Великолепно ^^
awesome - especially the angle of the horse. that horse kicks ass.
very nice
Fantastic piece...
Great feel, love the armor!
Great work!
Great captured motion. Loving the detail as well!
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Is there a way to insert or type the keystroke Control+B in Word97? I want to insert the ctrl+B before a sentence so when I copy that sentence it will format it bold. Right now even if my sentence is bold the formating is not being copied. I am copying to an answer box in an online forum. If I use Auto HotKeys I can put in
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She turned out beautiful, congrats on the excellent work!
This Modification brings all of the various Stargate franchises into the fold. Choose your race The Tauri, Jaffa, Asgard, Wraith, Asuran or ?? Build your empire, research Technology, Build Mighty Warships , Make Allies, Engage in diplomacy, build trade Alliances. and most importantly. Trust No One. Rebellion is a foot.
She turned out beautiful, congrats on the excellent work!
sexy :p
and where do I sign?
now with the texture it looks Asgard :O
it should look similar to an agard ship, because it has with asgard plasma integrated hulls and Plasma Weapons.
XD yes !!!!! plasma
This is what I expect to see from every ship! Self illuminating lighting textures! :D beast work you guys!! keep up the good work!!
Is this a new capital ship or a cruiser? From the size of it, it looks like a capital ship.
It is a cruiser. It just looks like it is an capital ship, because there's no ship for comparison in the picture.
Yea, it's actually the Tauri's most advanced/powerful non-cap ship.
can it attack ships now not just structures
It was always meant to attack ships and I have no idea why it wont, but I'm pretty sure it's still being looked into.
Looks like the republic gunship (LAAT- Low altitude attack transport) off starwars
Personally, i think the bow needs to look a bit more angular, keeping with the blocky looking other ships, but that minor quibble aside, it looks very smexy!
Here are some screenshots from the Nyx class with her textures.
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Fair Game
- Studio: Summit Entertainment
- Release Date: Nov 5, 2010
- Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn
- Summary: A suspense-filled glimpse into the deark corridors of political power, Fair Game is a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposedA suspense-filled glimpse into the deark corridors of political power, Fair Game is a riveting action-thriller based on the autobiography of real-life undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame, whose career was destroyed and marriage strained to its limits when her covert identity was exposed by a politically motivated press leak. [Summit Entertainment]… Expand
- Director: Doug Liman
- Genre(s): Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Positive: 26 out of 35
Mixed: 9 out of 35
Negative: 0 out of 35
It's ultimately a tale of heroism in the face of fearsome, powerful opposition, but as stubborn pride masquerading as ideological purity proves Wilson's Achilles heel, the film's heroes reveal themselves as flawed to an almost fatal extent, and messily, fascinatingly human.
With first-rate performances from Sean Penn and Naomi Watts and a compelling script, this suspenseful, taut drama should keep audiences nailed to their seats.
Though based on a true story with a well-known outcome, Doug Liman's Fair Game is as suspenseful as any fictional thriller -- and considerably more tragic.
Watts gives a deep and Oscar-worthy performance here, displaying the steely composure that made Plame a valued NOC (non-official cover operative).
It seems to be doing everything right but still doesn't manage to leave you with a completely satisfied feeling.
Spends too much time covering ground well known from the headlines. But the scenes of the couple at home with their children and friends are uniquely fascinating, if not, in Wilson's words, "very 007-ish."
Fair Game serves up impeccable politics with a bit too much righteous outrage and not quite enough solid drama.
Score distribution:
Positive: 11 out of 20
Mixed: 5 out of 20
Negative: 4 out of 20
Dec 9, 2010Most know the story, or should, but it needed to be re-told. Can't remember the last time I left a theater more moved by a film, although inMost know the story, or should, but it needed to be re-told. Can't remember the last time I left a theater more moved by a film, although in this case I was shaking in anger. It's a wonder that such a corrupt administration was elected . . . twice, but I guess people who can deny global warning, who imagine that tax cuts are constant with controlling budget deficits and that breaks for the wealthiest 1% somehow help the economy can similarly rationalize the outing of a true patriot who dedicated her life to serve her country in dangerous and important work.… Expand
Jun 9, 2011This is a geopolitical thriller. It would be widely entertaining were it not for the fact that it is based on real events in very recentThis is a geopolitical thriller. It would be widely entertaining were it not for the fact that it is based on real events in very recent global history in which a corrupt White House coddled officials who were guilty of treason in outing a CIA official, leaving valuable American assets around the world twisting in the wind, and then getting the media to Blame the Victim by painting Plame as a low-level insignificant paper pusher and not the high-level agent she actually was. Yes, of course that's a biased statement. But no one comes to this film unbiased. Ideologies dictate how one will respond to this powerful denoument of sleaze and connivance at the highest levels of power. If you like Bush-Cheaney you hate this vile besmirching of their unimpeachable character. Of course you do. I fear the degree to which voting Americans are handing over their birthright to the loudest shouter or the richest contributor. As a line in the film reminds us, Benjamin Franklin replied to a woman that "I have given you a republic, madam. Now it's your job to keep it." We are in danger of losing it. And oh, by the way, Naomi Watts embodies Valerie Plame so convincingly that you have to blink twice at the end to realize you're watching Plame testifying before the congressional committee, not Watts playing Plame.… Expand
Jan 29, 2011It would seem that one's response to this excellent film is colored by political affiliation. I thought it was a superbly made political dramaIt would seem that one's response to this excellent film is colored by political affiliation. I thought it was a superbly made political drama that highlighted one aspect of the Bush/Cheney administrations b.s. that got us into Iraq. As to one user's reviewer complaining "this is fiction, not factual," based on Judith Miller's article in the Wall Street Journal, big deal. 1. she's bummed because she's not featured in the film, and 2. it's the right wing Journal, what do you expect. So some of the "facts" were altered, oh wow. That does not in anyway dismiss the primary issue that the Niger/Iraq uranium claim was not true, and Plame was outed because her husband tried to show Bush lied. Both Watts and Sean Penn are terrific in the film. One of the best of 2010. Essential viewing.… Expand
Dec 3, 2010This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The American public is fair game for ridicule when it comes to the subject of how a good majority of us reacted towards the events leading up to our country's invasion of Iraq. Either we were asleep or misinformed, and Joe Wilson(Sean Penn), the husband of outed spy Valerie Plame who wrote an op-ed piece entitled "What I Didn't Find in Africa" shortly after the "shock and awe" of 2003, is employed by the filmmaker to make us feel stupid about our collective apathy and naivety. Watching the Penn-like Joe in "Fair Game"(after all, the Hollywood actor is also a committed political activist) is akin to being stuck in the company of the smartest man in the room. Make no mistake about it, Joe Wilson has an air of smugness about him, an honest-to-goodness blowhard, but when you consider the lives lost among our military personnel and the collateral damage they caused on the other side of the Atlantic, we probably do deserve a little cigar smoke blown in our faces, and be taken to task. When Joe calls his wife's friend's husband a "racist p*ssy", it's an indictment on many Americans who would have agreed with that man's expressed leeriness toward the prospects of being on a plane with an Arab, only to years after 9/11. For all intents and purposes, Joe just called us a bunch of racist p*ssies, especially if you share such a xenophobic viewpoint to this very day. At that pub, at the outset of "Fair Game", there's a brief shot of Joe glancing up at the television just before he returns to the small party of couples gathered at his table. It's a tight shot: just him, the bartender, and a seated customer nursing his beer at the bar, so it would be pure speculation to say that nobody else in that drinking institution shares his interest in current events. As it turns out, he probably was the only one. Later in the film, Joe stares up at the television again, but this time, the filmmaker goes wide, and reveals in that airport departure area, a microcosm of people's indifference toward all things political, as the true patriot finds himself surrounded by sleepers while our former president delivers "the sixteen words that led us to war" during his State of the Union address. Joe alone, seemingly, knew about the abuses of power carried out by the Bush administration, and granted, it took courage to write that piece on his visit to Niger(which contradicted Bush on the subject of those aluminum tubes which were purported to hold Sadaam's uranium), but he's no ordinary Joe, an arch-liberal who knew that Sadaam Hussein posed no imminent threat to the United States(another gathering, another wife's friend's husband gets blasted for being an ignoramus), so to some extent, Valerie Plame's husband must have known about the media firestorm he was concocting by defying the leader of the free world. Writing the letter to the New York Times was his opportunity to step out from under his wife's considerable shadow. "Fair Game" isn't afraid to show the real Joe Wilson, warts and all. Before Wilson becomes an envoy to Niger, he goes through an interview process conducted by some Pentagon higher-ups, and before they're seated, the somewhat emasculated man, perhaps feeling like a subordinate of his wildly intimidating wife, introduces himself as "Joe Wilson" with a slight manic edge to his voice and over-vigorous handshaking style that denotes an insecurity about being Valerie Plame's husband. Maybe, perhaps, a little hostility too, as evidenced by his use of the word "p*ssy", a derogatory term that implies the fairer gender as being the weaker sex, which certainly is not the case with this particular couple. When Valerie loses her job at the CIA, and becomes a target for spinning right-wing pundits on a daily basis, Joe finally gets to be her protector, the proverbial man of the house, as his one-man crusade against the political machinations of Scooter Libby and the other White House gorillas could be interpreted as an ego trip, albeit one SUffused with genuine love for his wife. But it counterbalances the scene where Joe is the chick, the woman who gets left behind, when he complains about Valerie's frequent disappearing acts, just before this real life Salt leaves home in the wee morning hours. "I never know where you are," says Joe. That's a chick's line.… Expand
Aug 25, 2011Two of the finest actors alive, a true story with a real political subplot would make a great film under the hands of Clooney (or others withTwo of the finest actors alive, a true story with a real political subplot would make a great film under the hands of Clooney (or others with strong political sensitivities). However Liman who mostly deals with Hollywood entertainment, misses the spot and brings a film without nerve.… Expand
May 28, 2011Going in the film knowing that the greatness of the movie begins after the lead character, Valerie Plame, is outed as a CIA agent, one feelsGoing in the film knowing that the greatness of the movie begins after the lead character, Valerie Plame, is outed as a CIA agent, one feels an excited anticipation because the movie begins with great action sequences followed by great dramatic scenes. The setup is wonderfully executed, and shows promise of a fantastic picture. However, once the movie gets to the turning point of Plame's dealing with the leak, it greatly loses its steam and momentum. By the end of the picture, the batteries are completely dead save some great moments by Sean Penn.… Expand
Nov 21, 2010I am saddened by what passes for movies these days. Completely unengaging in all aspects. Nothing but a cluster of "scenes" that are thrownI am saddened by what passes for movies these days. Completely unengaging in all aspects. Nothing but a cluster of "scenes" that are thrown together with hand held, close-up camera work, which is used by directors that don't know how to make movies. Utilizes the dreaded TV Drama "formula" most of the time. If I see one more scene that has three people walking down a hallway like they are "on a mission", spewing all important information one after the other, in place of actually developing a story and characters............... I will puke.
This movie, like most of the crap coming out these days, is an utter mess.… Expand


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Updated: 03/21/2008 - Highway Patrol officials say a 30-year-old man was fatally shot after he used pepper spray on a trooper during a traffic stop near Conover.
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Posted: 03/21/2008 - No one on the ground was hurt when the plane came down yesterday afternoon southeast of Charlotte.
Updated: 03/21/2008 - Bay County Sheriff's have arrested the man suspected of raping an 18 year old Alabama Spring Breaker and then pushing her off a sixth floor balcony.
Posted: 03/21/2008 - A Charlotte teenager has died after being shocked with a Taser during a confrontation with police at the grocery store where he worked.
Updated: 03/21/2008 - A federal judge in Detroit has rejected a request by a high-profile lawyer to dismiss a criminal indictment stemming from donations made to the 2004 presidential campaign of John Edwards.
Posted: 03/20/2008 - Authorities in Ness County, Kansas, have filed charges against the boyfriend of a woman who apparently spent nearly two years in her bathroom.
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Updated: 03/20/2008 - The body of a local solider killed in Iraq, is back home. The 28 year old from Greenville will be laid to rest this Saturday with honors.
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He lost me when I figured out his Third Way crap. I was a Daily fan before him.
I don't even remember what Craig KILBORN was like back then, just that I was a fan, and didn't follow KILBORN when he moved to late night network, and the couple of times I peeked he was awful.
So when Jon took over, I was bemused in his first shows when he was beseeching and obsequious about us previous Daily fans to give him a break. So I hung in there, and when he appeared to be a brilliant Lib comedian I was thrilled and signed on totally.
But after a few years the first big red flag flew, when he attacked Crossfire. While I could agree with attacking the polarization that LIMBOsevic initiated with Scorched Earth, why Crossfire where at least Lefties got a dig in?!1 I was just puzzled.
And later I didn't mind that he sprinkled barbs at Lefties when deserved. But the big reveal for me was when he piggybacked on the BecKKK "million" march or whatever it was, and put on a thoroughly bullshit fakery complete with the Mythbusters nobodies and other hippie-dippy/street-performing crap. He was like the flip BecKKK sermonizing about Let's Get Along, which he intensified like taking off a mask in years after, reaching out to wingnuts.
MAHER nailed him with the event, "If you're going to stage an event, you should make it about something." I have never EVER watched Jon since, and MAHER and COLBERT are where it's at and no looking back.
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Origin of "Rethug" (as in "thug"): The "Brooks Brothers Riot" part of Coup-2000
V-P BIDEN's recent comment that Al "GORE was elected president" led to a couple of nostalgic posts about how we coalesced into DU over the trauma of Coup-2000 and how that trauma has lasted for most of the past dozen years. There might be some DUers who are young enough not to have this that much in their psyche. As a refresher, the picture below of buttoned-down staffers of Republican congresscritters, thuggishly attempting to stop the recount, is what led to the "Rethug" word.
1. Tom PYLE, office of House Majority Whip Tom DELAY (R-TX)
2. Garry MALPHRUS, Majority Chief counsel
3. Rory COOPER, staff member, Natl Republican Congressional Committee
4. Kevin SMITH, former House Republican Conference Analyst
5. Steven BRODY, Former Aide to Sen. Fred D. THOMPSON (R-TN)
6. Matt SCHLAPP, BUSH Campaign Staff, Austin
7. Roger MORSE, Aide to Rep. Van HILLARY (R-TN)
8. Duane GIBSON, Aide to Chairman Don YOUNG (R-AK)
9. Chuck ROYAL, Asst to Rep. Jim DeMINT (R-SC)
10. Layna McCONKEY, Former legislative asst to former Rep. Jim Ross LIGHTFOOT (R-IA)
Posted by UTUSN | Sat Jun 15, 2013, 10:07 AM (5 replies)
Since the thread has popped back to p. 1, I want to clarify
1) My broad framework in politics is the Big Umbrella of the Democratic Party coalition: Each coalition group having its top agenda item its own --- civil rights, social justice, unions, humanitarian protections -- but down below on their lists of top one or two items, all groups in general consensus with those of all the other groups. The Democratic AGENDA is primary, not (generally) the messengers.
2) As a youth I looked for heroes and found them in Woodrow WILSON, Al SMITH, FDR, and HST. I was wary of JFK from the start and picked LBJ (not old enough to vote). With an older perspective, I learned that it is the AGENDA that matters, and that the AGENDA is separate from the personal drama of biographies, although fantastic personalities with the right direction can further the agenda immeasurably - or hurt it disastrously.
In my list, FDR and HST retain the high majority of my Personality Worship, with the others keeping somewhat smaller portions. The KENNEDYs were never on my list. Before CLINTON, they became my example of how Personality Cultism gets in the way of the party agenda, disastrously. How much of RFK's anti-war sentiment was deeply rooted in his own personal tragedies and hatred for LBJ and his own career decisions (prosecuting the Mob) that might have led to his personal family tragedies?
So it has been a long process for me NOT to be swayed by Personality Cultism. It would have to be somebody of FDR/HST or even LBJ levels for me to succumb, IF I could recognize them in real time.
3) As for the '08 primary and the future for Hillary: I was really really strong for her all the way until it was clear she had lost (when she finally conceded), and then I opened to giving a second look at OBAMA, and while my original doubts remained over the superficial faddism of the youthful supporters and the hundreds of promises within any given speech and "the heavens opening up" as Hillary put it, my ONE objective was to dump everything Shrub-CHEENEE in the garbage where they should always have been. What the one word "Change" was all about, despite being an elephant in the room, was ANYTHING AWAY FROM SHRUB. But as with all my Dem nominees, I thoroughly threw myself in OBAMA's support, and gloried in any shred of sticking it in the Rethugs' eyes. That's why the Nobel was important, not for what he had done (what?) but because his very election meant a rejection of all-things-Shrub/Rethug.
But to clarify my points about Hillary: She ran a totally INSIDE the box campaign, paying the career p.r. people millions, wasting the millions on conventional by-the-list things without originality or riskiness. As for everybody's saying what a fantastic Secretary of State she was, I will appreciate anybody's telling me what significant negotiation she facilitated. Her statements sound like soulless recitations of positions that have been totally vetted in a way that makes them "safe" and nearly uncriticizeable, and this goes for her recent statements on Women and Gay rights.
********Just to round out my making of more enemies, I've said here several times that McGOVERN was not my choice in that primary and I wrote him a letter saying that and saying that I thought he had NO chance to beat NIXON and that all that mattered was to BEAT NIXON. I wish I had kept the reply, which would be a historic document, whether it was written by staff or the signature was original, in which he said he himself DID think he could win and hoped I would give him a chance. I admired him for his character and beliefs and, of course, voted for him. My point in bringing him up is not JUST that ANY Dem is better than any Rethug, which is true, but that no amount of purity and nobility are good for the AGENDA if the candidate loses. And candidates who are incapable of assessing their own viability are already seriously flawed. They see 400 people at an airport rally and who wouldn't be personally thrilled, but they can't see this doesn't translate into a winning vote.
All of this adds up to, I love and support ALL Dems who are not personally corrupt. The point is that it be a Dem who appoints the Supreme Court and the thousands of policy making bureaucrats and being good-try effective in getting the Congress to follow. As ABBA says, the winner takes it ALL. And if the personal baggage of a Bill CLINTON detracts from the agenda, the personality is just not a help. (I stood by him, too, during that whole FAKE impeachment thing.)
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So is my beloved Camillus camp knife now carry-on, measured from where?
Does the blade length go from the non-blade base part or only the blade? The sharp/blade part is 2 3/8" but the whole is 2 5/8" and the width is 5/8". Whoopi said these things were always allowable INSIDE the luggage, not on-person, correct?
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Posted by UTUSN | Wed Mar 6, 2013, 12:19 PM (28 replies)
Disgusting McCONNELL is the poster boy for wrong "model" for governing
He seemed pleased/relieved with something (anything/whatever) getting sort of done, no matter on the last minute of the last day, the last *artificial* crisis deadline, saying something like, this ain't perfect and I hope this doesn't become THE MODEL of how things will be done!1
Actually, seeing REID and BIDEN smiling about it creeps me out almost as much.
"Model," indeed. Beyond the other criticisms of the deal itself, my beef is the deadwood that is the whole 18th Century "checks and balances" crap that keeps everything logjammed. In CARO's bio of LBJ, there is a whole chapter (in "Master of the Senate") describing the workings of Congress, the inter-locking committees, the rule by seniority, everything built in to keep things jammed. It takes somebody working up from the bottom like LBJ for 30 years to know the buttons to push and where the bodies are buried to get something done and there's no time for that anymore or nobody willing to sacrifice that much to do it. This is the reason CHEENEE and RUMSFELD were able to slap Shrub around and take over for themselves, because they had spent 20-30 yrs inside the bureaucracy and could warp policies and procedures to their will.
CARO describes how the country had been ready for 40 years to do something about civil right but the entrenched Southern Committee Chairs blocked every move. There is so much dead wood in what we profess to believe, and it can't/won't be fixed, so it will have to crumble on its own for something else to take its place.
The preening, the perks, the showboating, the cameras-love, the decisions being made on the basis of personal piques, barf barf BARF!1
Posted by UTUSN | Tue Jan 1, 2013, 11:04 AM (0 replies)
Spritual vibes SPIKE!1 Not the Mayas, it's Laura INGRAHAM *off* the air (alas, temporarily)
I'm no authority on religion, but I thought that Xtianity was supposed to be about turning other cheeks, hanging with the oppressed, peace, etc., despite a couple of thousand years of bloodshed in its name, so when one Laura INGRAHAM coverted to Catholicism back when a wave of FBI and NOVAKula also did, possibly all going into an Opus Dei cell, I thought she would be transformed into a gentle, loving, spiritual being, although lifelong Catholics O'LOOFAH, HANNITY, and the BUCHANANs show how a single monk's vitriol kicked off the Crusades. Bah, how gullible could I be?!1 Absolutely NO difference in her viciousness was detectable post-conversion. I even contacted the Little Sisters of the Poor to ask about their being her personal charity, and a dear Mother Superior replied that she has never heard of this person, so either Mother is sheltered or INGRAHAM is, one or the other.
What is the scuttlebutt on this Brit paper, Examiner, which provides this florid St Valentine (in keeping with the theme of sainthood and gore)?!1
Laura Ingraham dumps talk radio for 'modern dance' and 'xylophone'
Tuesday, one of the most popular and entertaining conservative talk radio hosts of all time, best-selling author Laura Ingraham, announced with her signature tongue-in-cheek style that she was not renewing her contract with Talk Radio Network. After nine years of week-day broadcasts, Laura teased she was off to pursue her "first loves, modern dance and the xylophone." Ingraham promised, "In the highly unlikely event that these efforts do not prove fruitful; I intend to return to radio."
Following an article which announced her intentions by Associated Press, Ingraham quickly came through with additional and far more personal information on the "Shut up & Blog," feature of her home site. It was the perfect venue because it is a favorite, always chock-full of nuggets of conservative wisdom, under the subtitle, "Laura Unleashed." Everyone familiar with Laura's inclination to make great fun of herself, rolled their eyes, smiling, and continued to read to find out what Ingraham's serious plans were.
In a heartbeat, Laura followed with an exciting explanation that she was going to take advantage of an opportunity to explore expansion of her radio program, the "Laura Ingraham Show," previously carried by over 300 stations. In lieu of simply signing on to a new contract of the same ol', same ol', Laura was going to rethink and retool. ....
Followers who also are keen on Greta Van Susteren may have their fingers crossed that Fox recognizes another original in Laura, and comes up with a just-right format suitable to showcase Laura's natural vivacity, not simply a rehash of an old been there done that format, once tried. If so, it must include a team that mirrors Laura's intense drive for perfection. She's no shirker; and any team that supports her would need to be similarly driven. ....
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Posted by UTUSN | Wed Nov 28, 2012, 09:39 AM (0 replies)
The PETRAEUS twist on "War is a racket." Never should have been in Iraq; should been out Afg FAST
Soon after the Iraq attack took hold suddenly there were reports of missing millions and contracts with private "security" companies, mercernaries, then cute music videos of military personnel dancing in general foolishness, and all of it was swallowed under the guise of "patriotism" and blowing off steam for all the sacrifices.
Now that PETRAEUS has knocked himself off his pedestal, reports of how he was the perpetrator of the WMD mobile trailers stories have surfaced, barely, and not enough about what else his supposed "brilliance" and "genius" fueled the chickenhawks' voraciousness. Besides Abu Grahib and the several war crimes by others, his now questionable judgment has illustrated what has always been a serious defect in how the military works, an organizational flaw always potentially breaking out: How the military brown-nosing system can elevate incompetent jerks into positions, at all levels, of power over others, and at his level, melding with the political kind of ass-kissing feeding into one another.
Iraq should never have happened, but as soon as those music videos surfaced the thought was, "If they have time for that, they shouldn't be there." So now with PETRAEUS and the various people involved in the whole thing: If they had time for hours of jogging and doing book interviews and cocktail socializing, they never should have been in Iraq and Afghanistan should been over, like, 9 1/2 years ago and whatever is next needs to be VERY necessary and very surgical.
Not that civilian politicians are that good at much, but at least the military has *some* kind of civilian control over it.
Posted by UTUSN | Tue Nov 13, 2012, 07:37 PM (1 replies)
Note to media yakkers: The Rethug party canNOT be re-made to appeal to minorities
The great Lesson of the election results according to the yakkers is that the Rethugs have to reach out to minorities and become inclusive. This is a variant on the Third Way imbeciles.
What is the point of having two parties that are "no difference"?!1 The Rethug Party of today exists for the purpose of representing Old, White Males, that is all.
If it were miraculously to include Choice, secularism, equal rights for all, etc., the racists and fundies would simply eject themselves to reassemble into another party for themselves.
The only minorities the Rethugs appeal to are new immigrants who already were wingnuts and/or oligarchic in their original countries (like Cuba) and/or what their latest buzzword is, "aspirational," meaning they are starved for material and social "success" in the Robber Baron sense.
Posted by UTUSN | Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:58 AM (4 replies)
My personal, misc. housekeeping post-election: First, RIP Seamus.
#1 item is retiring the signature line, "*I* am Seamus!1 We're ALL Seamus now!1" that I have been using since it became clear that Mittens would be the opponent. (And the "I Voted" avatar.)
Once last night's victory was done, I made it a point to surf past the networks and MSNBC and monitored Faux and Faux-Business, where CAVUTO and IMUS were on, then stayed up for the main event, Mittens' concession. Long live Seamus!1
I was thrilled with MacCASKILL and WARREN and in the thrill of things posted "MacCASKILL-WARREN 2016" and was promptly "rewarded" with a post saying, "MacCASKILL?!1 Have you seen her voting record?!1" to which I replied, "It takes a Conservative Dem to make inroads into Red territory." We need ALL Dems.
This morning I continued gathering nuggets, usually from the opposition, but on Morning Scabs, Danny DEUTSCH said that the Rethug brand is hostage to the TeaBaggers and needs to ditch the Old White Males direction and readjust to Hispanics, and that naming window dressing Cubans RUBIO and Ted CRUZ won't cut it for them.
But the hateful (to me) Don IMUS, whom I've happily ignored since he got kicked off MSNBC and replaced by Morning Scabs, has actually in the past couple of months been REFRESHING compared to Joe SCABS. Actually, despite his indisputable wingnutism, the line always applied to
And then, without a mawkish introduction, he played "I'll Stand By You" by The Pretenders as a consolation to wingnuts.
This morning, the horrible wingnut Don IMUS played this song as a consolation to wingnuts for their loss. Im looking it from the other side, which is that I am not a personality cultist, so its not about OBAMA, its about the Democratic agenda, and it was Hispanics, Blacks, women, unions, and Gays who gave him the win and Hispanics above all have gotten less than anybody else, with unions close behind. Except for health care, Gays with the military and marriage have gotten more than anybody, not entirely with his whole support. The biggest potential victory is for the Supreme Court, although the likely vacancies will only be replacements for the Lib side, so the stalemate is likely to stay. Actually, Hispanics were Bill CLINTONs biggest supporters during the fake impeachment, yet got little from him either, although he and Hillary have passed by my house at least four times over the years picking up cash from the local construction dude, sometimes without their stopping to give speeches to any crowd. So these four years, OBAMA needs to be living up to this song for all of us, some more than others.
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Posted by UTUSN | Wed Nov 7, 2012, 10:57 AM (1 replies)
Hah!1 The local radio wingnut was CONCERNED about how polarized we are!1 My e-mail to him
(This dude's family used to own the station and he used to have a wingnut firebreathing show. They eventually went all LIMBOsevic, O'REILLY, HANNITY, SCHLESSINGER, INGRAHAM, BecKKK, etc.)
******* My e-mail to him: ******
Your theme on Thursday when I monitored your radio carnival was: Why have we gotten so polarized?!
This is rich on quite a few levels. But for starters, I can put a precise date on the polarization, which is: When LIMBOsevic went national. I mean, these things are cyclical and have happened before, like when GOLDWATER was a firebreather before his mellowing, and the BIRCHers, and before them Father COUGHLIN firebreathing on FDR, and on and on.
But I remember the good old days of K***, good with the exception of you in your firebreathing incarnation. Yaaas, you personally have toned yourself down because ****** replaced you and unexpectedly surpassed you in virulence (and youre getting OLD?). The rest of the day was the mild doctors Joy BROWN, Dean EDELL, and David VISCOTT, although VISCOTT did have a bit of an EDGE on him.
I remember the SHOCK of even the theme song of LIMBOsevics, then his first six weeks of spelling his name, and his totally focused strategy of excising ALL FRINGE and WACKO callers with his purpose of making Wingnutism RESPECTABLE. Even you, wingnut that you are, were TIMID about swinging your whole line-up over to him, finally taking the decision to run him LIVE for the whole three hours and deleting the local Noon reporting. In the next few years all the MILD yakkers were ditched in favor of the whole wingnut enchilada.
So the first level of JOKE coming from you is NOW whining about how POLARIZED we are, when you and your outlet locally have done all you could (with your 50 audience) to MAKE IT SO. Your picayune outlet is a microcosm of the national polarization. That was the late 80s. Then LIMBOsevic (again) was instrumental in inflicting GINGRICH and his bloodthirsty horde on the country.
LIMBOsevic is all about SCORCHED EARTH, NO compromise, all or nothing. You have said before that you dont agree with EVERYTHING he says and that GINGRICHs personal immorality repels you, which is the slimmest reed that I give you credit for. But your dulcet tone and telling callers to be NICE and RAYGUNs SMILE are the lipstick on the pig: Your ideology is HORRENDOUS for people and pretty facades are POTEMKIN.
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Eventually I was able to track it down to the use of the Sortable.Cancel Option. I have some elements within each of sortable rows which I do not want to trigger the sorting if they are clicked on. For instance there is an anchor tag for deleting the sortable item that I do not want to trigger the start of sorting. In other words, if someone clicks on the delete link and then accidentally drags their mouse a little, I do not want sorting to start.
So to prevent sorting on the anchor tag, I used the Cancel Option:
$(".selector").sortable("option", "cancel", 'a');
What I did not realize was this setting of the jQuery UI Sortable Cancel Option overwrites the default cancel settings of:
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So instead of cancel working on ":input, button, AND a" it is ONLY working on "a". Not what I wanted... and also explains the behavior where the textbox is not clickable... because of my overwriting of the default cancel option, textbox elements now trigger the sorting, and this prevents them from the insert caret getting placed in the textbox when clicked.
So the solution to my problem was to set the jQuery UI Sortable Cancel option and include the default elements when being set like this:
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The OneNote 2007 version can be found on Daniel Escapa's Blog > Sort Pages powertoy post.
And now there is a new OneNote 2010 version of Sort Pages created by John Guin.
This one handles subpages and also has an undo feature (very nice!).
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Door Hangers and Direct Mail
I am think about putting out door hangers in a couple of weeks. How many can you put out in an hour, per man? I know it will depend on how big the yards are, but most will be in an average income subdivisions where the houses are pretty close, and the yards aren't that big. If this is too much of a pain I might just use direct mail. Is there any difference in the close rate on door hanger compared to direct mail? Is one more effective than the other? Thanks for your help.
I would say they are close to the same direct mail might be better some door hangers get left on the door and blow away in the wind the post cards always make it inside the residence. This is a very good topic I hope more chime in I am preparing my direct mail campaign today
Jeff Smith
JRS Lawn & Landscape
I would say that a targeted direct mailing to your "ideal" customers would get the most bang for your buck. Does anyone really know who our ideal customer is? I keep hearing that you can input so much different info on your potential customer that it is actually a no-brainer, meaning the odds come out better, Its a risk either way.
I have customers on both sides of town(golf course-and across the railroad tracks) who knows which one is better? JUST DEPENDS ON TIME
I am taking the plunge as well, hope it pays off...
WHO IS OUR IDEAL CUSTOMER? for the purpose of creating a mailing list...
Everyones ideal customer is different different home values different income different locations. These are some of the factor you need to determine for your mailing list. You best bet would be looking threw a list of customers and seeing what fits.
Jeff Smith
JRS Lawn & Landscape
amount of time
Hey elite I was just putting out the door hangers yesterday. I hit about 200 houses in an hour and thats me moving at a pretty good pace. Then again I a sole proprietor an employee might drag their feet a little. I also get on the cities website and download a map of the area I am about to hit It's great they have they property outlines on it and everything and you just draw out the fastest route. I am curious myself if direct mail is better and how it compares cost wise. The door hangers were about $350 for 6000 so it would take about 30 man hours to get them out. anyway good luck
Thanks oneshot, 200 an hour I would say thats pretty good. Also the map idea is golden, I will do that for sure. If I can put them out at the rate or near the rate you are I think that would be worth it. I will pose the question again, direct mail versus door hangers which has a better return on your investment. It has nothing to do with one going to an "ideal" customer and one not. I'm still targeting the same demographic, the same areas regardless of whether it is direct or door hangers. thanks for the input guys.
I can get 1000 door hangers for $200.00 and if I do direct mail 1000 would cause me 490+tax. This is What I think.............. With door hangers I can make sure that the specific neighborhoods and houses I want I would be interested in get the hanger. With direct mail even with there weeding out process they can make it into neighborhoods I would rather not have business in if you know what i mean. $200.00 and a little bit of walking sounds to be the best for what I do. Maybe not for everyone but hey, were all different.
Let me give you an example, I actually just talked to a guy through idearc media who does direct mailing for us here locally. He could weed out lawns I may not want anything to do with by using these three things. Property value. how far out from a zipcode you would like to locate potential work and what age group. What I don't like about this is there may be one house on a street that meets the specs you gave. If you were doing door hangers, you can go down a whole street, trying to get lots of work in one location!!! With direct mail this is nearly impossible unless you are willing to spend thousands on the mailing. Atleast with door hangers you know where you hang the hangers. This is just my opinion. Im sure a lot of folks will disagree but Ill be darn if I want a bunch of direct mailers I payed for going to a huge trailer park or something.
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Mowcrazy I think your right i just got finished another door hanging route and did weed out the ones i felt were no good and threw down on the choice properties. I think if you have the time you can way more specific with your approach . It seems to all come down to time. I just scored 3 calls from the hangers from yesterday too. That was a quick return on investment. right on
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