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The 6 critical questions guaranteed to drive your social media strategy
Sep 16th
If you made ladders for a living and sold them to big chain stores, how much of your budget should you spend on social media marketing?
Should you step it up? (Sorry, I can't help myself sometimes).
This was a real question posed to me by a reader last week and as I walked her through the six key questions that lead to social media strategy I thought this would be useful information to share with you.
Undoubtedly, most companies should have a social media presence today. I recently wrote about these solid reasons in a post called why you need to be in social media even if the boss says no! I also covered some scenarios where you actually don't need a social media strategy (featuring Pee Cola no less!).
But let's assume you're like 95% of the businesses out there: You need to do it. You want to do it. You don't know where to start.
When I'm working with new clients, the roadmap basically boils down to following the line behind six essential questions. These are not easy questions, but if you really work it, your social media plan will become self-evident.
Here we go …
1) Can you finish this sentence? "Only we …"
This is the most difficult task in business. It forces you to figure out why you're distinctive, why your customers love you, and how you fit in your marketplace.
Are you the fastest, cheapest, highest, lowest, most convenient, most colorful, most … what?
Are you unique because of your experience, your location, your service or your flavor?
Do customers keep coming back because they love you, they're obligated to you, they emotionally relate to you, or they have no other choice?
The surprising thing is, I rarely have a customer who can easily answer this question in our first meeting. Do the work upfront. I guarantee it will help!
2) Can our culture sustain a social media strategy?
I've written about this extensively and will conclude this section with blog posts for further reading if you are interested in this. But the short explanation is, budget, content, resources and vision will not determine your success if you don't have a company culture to nurture and sustain this change.
Is your company prepared to publish? Take the heat of negative comments? Entertain and inform?
The tone of your company will show up in your social media presence. Is that a good thing, a bad thing, or a disaster waiting to happen?
Other blog posts on this topic:
The Social Media Minefield: Five Factors Blocking your Success
Five steps to establish a content-creating company culture
3) Are we a conversational brand … or could we be?
Here is the business case for Facebook in one sentence: "Come waste time with me."
Nobody HAS to be on Facebook. People pile on there to play Farmville or see pictures of cats. Why in the world would they pay attention to you?
If you work for Disney, Nike, or Coca-Cola you have nothing to worry about. You have a beloved, conversational brand.
But if you're selling ladders? Maybe not so much … unless you can MAKE yourself into a conversational brand.
There are many famous examples of this, most notably the Blend-Tec "Will it Blend" video series. Yes, they actually made blenders conversational. And you could probably do it with step ladders, too. But let's be real here. That is not easy, and it's probably not cheap so you have to weigh the risk and investment with your other marketing options.
4) Where are our customers and competitors?
This seems like such a basic question but it is often overlooked. Doing just a little market research can be extraordinarily revealing.
I am working with an awesome new medical center. Their competitors can brag about their great equipment, compassionate doctors, and beautiful facilities. So how can they stand out?
A careful analysis of competitors showed that there was a wide open opportunity to create an effective social media presence. They can actually use their marketing platform as a point of differentiation.
Your industry structure and terms of competitive engagement almost always have a powerful impact on your marketing strategy. It makes sense to analyze this area carefully for potential leverage.
5) What is our source of rich content?
Many companies are generating social media activity for the sake of activity. This is rarely a good idea. It means you're checking a box but probably not creating any real value.
Here's what I mean. If you're going to create value, solve problems, establish a leading voice of authority, build new business relationships, and engineer opportunities for massive reach, you're going to have to do something more than tweet now and then or update your company's LinkedIn profile. You need to have a consistent source of "rich content" that fuels your social media presence.
Rich content is in-depth, searchable, quotable and evergreen (meaning it can be relevant for months or years). Generally this means you need a blog, a podcast or a video series. How will you consistently, effectively fuel your social media strategy with content?
6) What does success look like?
My friend was lamenting that the owner of the ladder company was growing impatient because he wasn't seeing any financial results from the social media activity so far. He is correct to be asking that question, but a good plan would have set forth the expectations and metrics ahead of time.
Activity might be generating conversations, but to what end? Engagement is not a strategy.
When you are starting out, ask your sponsor … "If we sat down a year from now and this was a great success, what would have happened?"
Are the expectations realistic? Achievable? Focused? Or, do you need to step back and consider if you are on the right path?
As you consider your measurement alternatives, don't overlook the importance of simple social media milestones to provide momentum, as well as qualitative measures.
So now what?
Whew. That is a lot to think about. But I believe thoroughly considering these six questions will lead you to success, or at least point out the problems you might face with a customer or with your organization. How does this land on you?
Illustration: Shinkyo Bridge, near Niko, Japan photographed by Mark Schaefer in 2013
Social media and the forgotten business opportunity
Sep 10th
I was lucky to start my social media journey when people were still trying to figure things out. It was a quiet place focused on people and relationships … almost to a fault. The pioneers in this space were radically anti-company, anti-advertising, and anti-measurement. I can remember one Chris Brogan rant in particular when he literally yelled at a corporate audience "This is not about your stupid company."
Today, it is nearly ALL about your stupid company. The social web is like a carnival midway with shrill hucksters barking at you to come over to their stand.
And here is what most people have forgotten — Business has always been built on relationships, not people yelling at you. Social media used to be an extraordinary opportunity to build those relationships. And, it still can be.
I'd like for you to think about something … Are you treating people differently online versus offline? Aren't people still people, no matter where we meet them? Here are a couple of digital "best practices" I'd like you to re-consider:
The pop-up ad on your blog
What would happen if somebody came into your store and you would not let them in unless they signed up for a newsletter? You'd lose a lot of business right? If you wouldn't do it in real life, why would you do it online?
The pitch
What would you think about a person who came up to you at a networking meeting and introduced herself this way: "I have never met you before and you don't know who I am or what my company does, but I really want you to feature my product on your blog."
Wouldn't that be bizarre? And yet, I get emails exactly like this every single day! What makes people think this is any way to build a relationship that leads to business benefits?
The opt-in
Research shows that more than 90 percent of your customers drop out if you ask for an email address before giving away your content. If you want to help people, help people. Don't ask for a favor first. We wouldn't do that in real life, right?
Spamming for help
The other day I had a fellow get upset because I would not take the time to vote for him in an online Facebook contest. Before his request, I had never heard of this person before. He was upset because I would not support a stranger asking for help. I told him that he was not asking for help. He was asking me to participate in a contest. There's a difference. He agreed that he would not have asked me to do this normally but countered that Facebook is not real life. Ummm. Yes, it is.
People are people.
Facebook Follies
In real life, would somebody come up to you at a dinner party and ask, "What's your favorite kind of jelly?" or "What was the first thing you did this morning?" But these are common Facebook interaction techniques, aren't they?
Folks, are you really interested in the fact that the first thing I do in the morning is scratch my ass? Can't you do better than that?
Twitter Un-done
I really like author Guy Kawasaki. He is a smart, interesting person and very friendly in real life. Yet on Twitter, his presence is defined by a team of tweeters creating a dizzying stream of content about the sex life of zebras and mysteries of the lost sock. I had an opportunity to ask him why he does this, and he replied: "Do you see how many Twitter followers I have?"
I'm not sure I completely understand this answer but I have a hunch that he has single-handedly created the worst example of how to build business relationships on Twitter. His "conversation" is random, annoying, and always one-way. Would you make friends with a person like that? Yet, many copy his example.
I could go on and on but I'll spare you. I hope you're getting the point by now. Social media is an extraordinary, historically important opportunity to create real relationships that lead to business opportunities. But we have to treat people like people or it probably won't work. Your online presence needs to be consistent with offline human relations skills. People are people. Treat them with respect wherever you are.
Isn't that just common sense?
Illustration courtesy of BigStock.
Social media disaster: What I learned when EVERYTHING went wrong
Aug 29th
By Rogier Noort, {grow} Community Member
In the past 20 months I learned so much about Social Media and Social Business it's just ridiculous. All the available information in blogs like {grow}, books, conferences, e-books, newsletters is almost overwhelming.
When I moved to Belgium I needed a new job and I had just one requirement — it needed to have a Social Media element in it.
I was, and still am, the Go-To Social Media guy for my friends and family and thought I knew it all a lot. With that attitude I went on a job interview in Brussels and, lo and behold, I actually got a job.
Good for me.., but now it was time to put my money where my mouth was.
The Strategy
I started with the Social Media Strategy … because that's what you do, right?
My strategy did not have much to do with content creation, however. What I did was figure out where I wanted to end up, what my personal, ideal view on the use of social media was … based on the books and blog posts I had read.
It was a bit too … ambitious.
The company I worked for had 200 employees, supplied local customers in the Brussels region and has an old-school command-and-control culture.
There were other issues. All departments happily existed within their own silos, quite a few employees are permanently stationed at a remote client location and I was a stranger from another country who did not know the language well (it's French, if you want to know, and although Brussels is supposed to be bilingual, it really isn't).
I was realizing I did not have a strategy issue, I was facing a culture issue.
No Control
My first lesson was this: as a social media professional you depend on other people and departments to get things done.
Updating the corporate website, my first step in the strategy, was almost completely out of my control. Add to this a reduced budget, decentralized content-management, in-house web developers (who do not want to give up any control) and an overall priority for client websites and change becomes an arduous process.
It took me more than a year to feel like some changes were being implemented.
No Leadership = No Participation
My second lesson — A green light from management does not equal success.
Active management sponsorship is crucial for the success of a social strategy, or any business strategy for that matter.
I argued and pleaded and tried to convince employees to participate, but to no avail. The most involvement I got were two ghost-written blog posts. These were, in effect, of no consequence. They did not even relate to the company or solved any problem a client might have.
There was no executive leadership and that led to a lack of trickle-down-participation.
No Content Creators
The third lesson I learned was, creating great content is hard work.
It's tough enough for a personal blog, but it is significantly more challenging for a multi-author corporate blog, especially when you are the only one pushing things along.
I learned that creating an editorial calendar is no guarantee deadlines are met. Even though our seven "regular" bloggers knew their topic and their deadline (I put these in their calendars), everybody always waited until the last possible moment.
And more often than not, I received an email the day before, "Sorry, but I can't make it … No time."
I ended up writing a bunch of posts to fill in the gaps. Oh well. I suppose this was good practice for me!
No IT Support
Although Social Media is not about hardware and computers, I learned that you don't get anywhere without IT support.
To make progress, I needed a blog … something more than a Twitter account and a company Facebook page.
I tried to get blog functionality on our corporate website. This turned out to be too much of technological challenge. I argued that it wasn't (Google was my supportive friend here), but, I hit a wall of IT obstinance.
In the end, I set up a WordPress blog on my own.
By the time I left the company we had just about 80 posts, some really good, and we had a reasonable amount of visitors, but not much more than that. There was no measurable ROI or business benefit.
I'm to Blame
Now, it may look like I'm pointing the finger at management, IT and everyone else who was supposed to support me … and it's true that they probably could have gotten behind the program a bit more.
But the truth is, my strategy was doomed from the beginning.
I created something based on what I read on the web, not based in reality. I ticked off the list with things other people told me I would need. I did not take the company culture into account. I did not secure executive sponsorship. I did not look at realistic, measurable goals based on the capabilities of the company. I did not create a compelling story for what I was trying to accomplish and I did not use the company business plan as a guide.
I just started. And I won't make that mistake again.
Key lessons
- A strategy without executive sponsorship is meaningless.
- The corporate culture dictates social media capabilities and competencies, not my will.
- There is no cookie-cutter approach from books and blog posts.
- I'll never get the support I need without active management understanding and participation.
- I need to make a case for social media based on a business plan, in the language of the company.
What about you? Is there one mistake you made from which we can learn? Please share, I'd like to know so I don't feel so alone out here!
As a social entrepreneur in the BeNeLux my focus lies on a holistic approach for helping companies mature their social media exploits, externally and/or internally. Find me on Twitter (@rogiernoort), LinkedIn (be.linkedin.com/in/rogiernoort/) or on my blog, where I write about social business in Western Europe.
Illustration courtesy BigStock.com
What makes a blog tick? An insider's guide to audience connection
Jul 30th
It occurred to me that the variety of posts I ran two weeks ago represents a great cross-section of the overall content — and results — I get here on my blog. I thought it might be interesting to dissect the week of content to illustrate some of the patterns I see with social sharing and how my blog community responds to my content.
When readers tweet and share my posts, these are like "votes" that indicate whether I am aligned with my audience's needs and interests. If you examine the social shares I received over the course of a week, I think it reveals some universal lessons about blogging and connecting with your audience …
First let's look at how the blog posts for the week performed in terms of social sharing (Total of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google+):
Now let's look at each post to see what made it tick (or not!)
Monday: 3 fundamentals of a successful social selling strategy
Each week I try to write at least two strong "pillar posts" — articles that represent interesting new ideas and original thinking. I explored new territory with this subject of social selling so I sensed before it ran that this would be a popular post. When I create something thought-provoking, I am definitely rewarded by my community.
Another reason this "ticked" is that Mondays are usually higher traffic days for blogs. Blog posts with numbers in the headlines also seem to attract more attention.
Tuesday: Few brands driving online influence and advocacy
On Monday afternoon, I received some interesting research about consumers and social media amplification. Since I thought this would be useful to the community, I took a bit of a risk by running an extra post on {grow} and broke my pattern by running two posts on Tuesday.
Running research reports are hit and miss. Since it is not original thinking by me, and not something exceptionally ground-breaking, I expected it to perform "OK" and the chart reflects that. A few weeks earlier I ran a report on social media use at Fortune 500 companies that received more than 1,200 shares compared to less than 400 for this one. Like I said, hit and miss!
Tuesday: Five ways to use social media in sales even if your customer is not on Facebook
This post was risky in two ways. First, it was competing for attention with the research report I had published earlier in the day and second, it was the second part of a "series."
When I wrote Monday's post on social selling it was originally far too long so I broke it up into two separate posts. At the end of the Monday's post, I asked everybody to come back the next day for more on this topic. I NEVER run a series of posts because they seldom work. They are better off standing alone as independent posts.
I thought this "pillar post" would do much better than it actually did. If you look at the total social shares for both Tuesday posts it equaled what I expected for just this post alone, so maybe my risk did not pay off. I'd still do it again though because my mission is to share exceedingly great content with you, and I did.
Wednesday: Unusual writing advice from somebody who should not be giving writing advice
Most Wednesdays I feature a regular paid contributor to the blog and this week it was the wonderful Mars Dorian. Mars is steadily improving as a thought-provoking and creative blogger and I thought he hit this one out of the park. I find the artwork he contributes to his work mesmerizing.
By paying exceptional, regular bloggers, I know I can count on at least one day a week that a trusted colleague is in charge of the blog so I can give full attention to customer stuff. Wednesdays are usually strong blog traffic days and I was very pleased by the audience's reaction to the blog post through both social shares and some lively comments.
Another lesson from this blog post: No matter how good a guest post might be, it almost always get lower audience attention for one simple reason: It's not me. This is not any sort of bragging on my part. It is simply a fact of the business. People generally come to Schaefer's blog because they want to see Schaefer. But I love my regular columnists and the diverse views they bring to these pages so I will always feature high-quality guest bloggers.
Thursday: Extreme Content Marketing with Julian Smith
This was a video blog with a fun and interesting guest but it had two things going against it. First, Thursdays are a normal slump day for blog traffic and second, video blogs always, always, always get less attention than regular blog posts.
Why? I have no idea. I like video blogs because they mix it up and add a little entertainment value to {grow} but I simply have not figured this out. The chart reflects that this was the lowest-performing post of the week and that is usually the way it is with videos, unfortunately. Anybody have any feedback on that?
Friday: Television 2.0. A {growtoon}.
For the past two years I have paid some creative loonies to come up with an original cartoon every Friday. Why?
- Nobody else had ever done that (although a few people have since copied this)
- It provides original content but does not take any time in terms of community management
- I don't know about you but by Friday I'm tired and a cartoon is about all I can handle!
The {growtoons} get a relatively low amount of shares and comments but people seem to love them.
Overall, it was a typical week and we can take away a few lessons on igniting your audience:
- Timing matters. Posts published earlier in the week do better.
- Posts with numbers in the headlines tend to attract attention.
- If posts run over 1,000 words, break it up into two posts (in general).
- Breaking a consistent pattern and overwhelming your audience with content is a risk.
- A "series" generally does less well.
- Videos blogs attract fewer social shares, at least for me.
- Guest posts generally get less social shares but still add diversity to the blog.
- Most important, make your posts INTERESTING. Your community responds and absolutely rewards you when you do a great job!
Notice I did not mention anything about aiming specifically for great SEO value with any of these posts. I think with that ever-changing landscape, I would drive myself crazy trying to do that! I firmly believe that in the long-term, if you create valuable, interesting content that ignites your readers to comment and share, the SEO will take care of itself.
What do you think? Make sense to you?
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The Pelicans aren't content adding just Jrue Holiday and Pierre Jackson to a dynamic backcourt that already included Eric Gordon and Greivis Vasquez.
They're also ready to offer Tyreke Evans, a restricted free agent, a sizable contract. David Aldridge of NBA.com:
Using numbers from ShamSports.com, the Pelicans have $61,356,465 in salary counting against the cap, which is expected to be set at $58.5 million. But they can reduce their salary commitments to $47,121,716 by renouncing free agents Al-Farouq Aminu ($3,749,602 of additional cap space), Xavier Henry ($3,201,370), Louis Amundson ($884,293) and Roger Mason ($884,293) and waiving players with partially unguaranteed contracts Robin Lopez ($4,619,761), Lance Thomas
Long story short, if the expected salary cap comes to fruition, the Pelicans could offer Evans a contract starting at $11,378,284. More than likely, that would prevent the Kings from matching and make Evans a Pelican. Even more likely, New Orleans wouldn't offer quite that much, but that's the amount available.
If the Pelicans sign Evans, would they use a three-guard backcourt, making Evans their nominal small forward, or would they explore a trade of Gordon? It's always nice to add talent, but it's not always simple to do or handle once its done.
Signing Evans to an offer sheet, which hasn't yet happened, would merely be step one of many for New Orleans.
DeMarcus Cousins has spent All-Star Weekend playing defense on trade, George Karl rumors
TORONTO — DeMarcus Cousins is an All-Star and he just wants to enjoy it. Hang out with other elite players, take part in the Skills Competition, have dinner at Sotto Sotto, play in the ASG itself, chill with friends. Chill being the operative word considering the weather.
But for parts of the weekend, he has had to play defense, swatting away attempts to get him to slam coach George Karl or talk trade rumors that have him leaving Sacramento. Mention his friend Isaiah Thomas making it to All-Star Game and you get the gregarious Cousins, but when the other topics come up you can feel his frustration, and hear it in his clipped answers.
"First of all, I can't control the trade (rumors) and I can't control if I'm traded or not…" Cousins said. "But I do want to be in Sacramento, and I know everybody in Sacramento knows that."
Cousins isn't getting traded. Teams may call the Kings, but they get shot down quickly (then those teams leak the rumor they called, making them look good to their fan base for trying). For one, the Kings have a franchise cornerstone piece under a reasonable contract, that's not someone you trade unless forced to. Second, owner Vivek Ranadive loves him. Third, and this is key, the Kings open a new arena in downtown Sacramento next season — you don't trade your best and most popular player, the face of your marketing program in the city, while you're trying to sell luxury boxes and sponsorships in a new arena.
Cousins has also batted down questions attempting to get him to slam George Karl.
"I can go long term with any coach, but that's not my decision…." Cousins said. "He's a free, open-minded coach, he lets his players play. I think every player appreciates that."
He was more direct with deserving new basketball Hall of Fame journalist David Aldridge of NBA.com in a video (and he's laughing more and in more of a joking mood in the video than how this quote reads):
"I'm tired of it. Stop trying to make a story out of it, we're fine. Our only goal this season is to make the playoffs. That's it. All the other stuff, just stop, it's not necessary."
Undoubtedly there is some tension in and around the organization with Karl, although he will be around through the end of the season. However, the one thing that was clear with this team going back to Summer League — when the core guys bonded on a plane trip together to Las Vegas (and doing the other things one might do in Vegas) — the locker room is pretty solid.
"Throughout all this, the one thing that's been good about the whole situation is the guys in the locker room stay together," Cousins said. "There hasn't been any separation."
It seems Karl has never found a way to reach and inspire that group.
Ask Cousins about the rest of the season and you get some variation of "just stay positive." He admits that's not been easy after some tough losses of late, but it's what they need to do to make a run.
"We've had a lot of ups and downs over the season, but just find a way to remain positive and get over the hump," he said.
That may be easier said than done.
But, at least, Cousins will get the chance to enjoy All-Star weekend.
Can we just relive that epic Dunk Contest one more time? Here's the mixtape.
TORONTO — Talking to NBA people, fans, and media around Toronto Sunday it seems every conversation starts with some version of "last night's Dunk Contest was INSANE!"
Because it was.
Andre Drummond threw down an impressive two-hand power slam with an assist from soccer playing Steve Nash. Will Barton's first dunk might have won him the contest in some weaker years. And we're not even talking about them because of the eye-popping show that Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine put on.
Before we move on and talk trade rumors or actual All-Star Game, or whatever is coming next, can we just bask in the joy of that dunk contest one more time? The fine folks at NBA.com put together this mixtape version of the Dunk Contest, I'm passing it along.
Savor this people, it doesn't get any better than what we witnessed Saturday night.
Michael Jordan to Klay Thompson: "Go ahead and break" Bulls' 72-win record
Barring a major injury, it seems almost inevitable at this point that the Warriors will surpass the 1996 Bulls' record of 72 wins in a season and vault themselves into the conversation of the greatest NBA teams in history. All year, members of that '96 Bulls team have weighed in comparing the teams, but one guy who hasn't given his thoughts publicly is Michael Jordan.
Apparently, during All-Star Weekend in Toronto, Jordan gave Klay Thompson his blessing for the Warriors to go for 73. Via CSN's Rosalyn Gold-Onwude:
Not that the Warriors need anybody's permission to go after the record, obviously. But it had to be cool for Thompson to hear directly from Jordan that he respects what the Warriors are doing and wants them to break his own record. In all likelihood, they'll do it.
Report: No suitors for Boston's David Lee. So far.
The Celtics are rumored to be involved in a lot of trade talks that in reality are going nowhere — Kevin Love, Dwight Howard, Al Horford. The buzz around the league is none of those deals are coming together, in part because Boston is protective of its picks (particularly things like the 2016 unprotected first round pick of the Brooklyn Nets).
What the Celtics would love to talk about is finding a new home for David Lee. But that is proving difficult, reports Mark Murphy of the Boston Globe.
Lee, who has fallen out of Brad Stevens' rotation, and would welcome a move to a playoff team that has a role for him, is not drawing suitors.
"David Lee was tough for Golden State to move all of last year," said the source. "And it finally came down to him being moved for Gerald Wallace. David Lee has no value. It's his contract. David Lee's value comes in if they get one of these big name players." … Isaiah Thomas has been doing his part when it comes to selling players on the virtues of being a Celtic.
Lee is making $15.5 million this season. He's always mentioned in those superstar trade rumors with Boston because they can use his salary to help match a more expensive players' contract. But on his own, that's been a much tougher sell.
Hopefully, the Celtics can find a taker; Lee deserves to be in a place where he has a chance to at least contribute a little. He's not a starting caliber player anymore, but we saw in the NBA Finals last season in the right circumstance he can play a key role.


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It would be nice if cl-user would display unicode input for CJK text. With PCL and On Lisp getting new printings in Japan, it might be beneficial to attract more brain-share from that side of the world. Would this be considered out of cl-user.net's scope?
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Perhaps it would be interesting to open up a "universities" category (or subcategory of Organization) to list universities that teach lisp?
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Gunn gives me hope because even though we are an entirely new group of students, we are still able to react to our tragedies in supportive and caring ways. Although I certainly have not yet fully processed what has happened, our school has already gone to the ends of the earth to help students that are reeling. The students and the teachers that I see walking around during their preps looking for the kid that is alone and giving them a hug, whether they know them or not, are why HMGGMH.
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Actors Bill Nighy and Nick Frost are supporting a British charity's $12 million (£8 million) fundraising bid after a "humbling" trip to meet disadvantaged children in Africa.
The pair spent time in Kenya to see the work of U.K. organisation Comic Relief - and they have pledged their support to the charity's new project with British Airways, Flying Start, which aims to raise cash for vulnerable youngsters around the world.
Nighy says, "Meeting some of the most impoverished and vulnerable children in the world has been a humbling experience. Yet, despite the adversity these children face, optimism and hope is strong.
"Just seeing how Comic Relief has already made a difference has been incredibly inspiring and with the support from Flying Start, we can enrich the lives of even more children."


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Treasures in the Sand is a look at the Kuwait desert through a macro lens. Captured are the flora and fauna of the region in vivid detail. There is a great deal to see when you look closely.
Presenting a new side to what people think of when they picture Kuwait and the desert. It makes a great coffee table book and is the ideal gift, offering an interesting insight to the Gulf Region
Andrea Lee is a Canadian who looks at the world through a macro lens. She enjoys photography as a hobby and would like the chance to share her pictures with others and not have them sit on her computer as bits and bytes. She has lived in Great Britain, Spain, Kuwait, and Panama. Her first book called Treasures in the Sand was a unique look at the flora and fauna of the Kuwait desert. All her work can be found on the web at - www.andrealee.net
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10 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, but the appointed time was long;[a] and he understood the message, and had understanding of the vision.
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LOS ANGELES -- Four-and-a-half minutes to play on a sun-kissed SoCal Saturday, and the world belonged to Aaron Rodgers.
In the final stages of a quarterbacking masterpiece against No. 1 USC, Rodgers popped his head into the California huddle and told his teammates, "We're going to go 65 yards right here and win it."
The Trojans led No. 7 Cal 23-17, but who could doubt him? Rodgers was perfection in shoulder pads. All he'd done was complete his first 23 passes on the day -- tying an NCAA single-game record -- and 26 in a row going back to Cal's previous game -- breaking an NCAA season record. You could argue that legendary Los Angeles Coliseum hadn't seen a college quarterback sling it like this since Joe Montana was wearing a golden Notre Dame helmet and leading a comeback against USC in 1975.
Surely the crowd of 90,008 had to believe that Rodgers would finish the job and deliver a program-altering moment for Cal. The Bears had never beaten a No. 1-ranked team in school history -- and here they had the Trojans rocked back on their royal heels. All things seemed possible: a landmark victory, the inside track to the school's first Rose Bowl appearance since 1959 and, hey, maybe even the Orange Bowl and a shot at the BCS national championship.
All that stood between the Bears and pure bliss was a lousy 65 yards.
Rodgers, who outplayed the more celebrated Matt Leinart, began making the yards disappear right away. He scrambled for 14. He threw for two. He threw for 11. Two J.J. Arrington runs gained 12 yards. Then Rodgers rifled one into an opening the size of a hubcap to Geoff McArthur for 17 yards -- his 29th completion in 31 attempts, with the only two misses coming on balls he intentionally threw away.
Cal had first and goal at the nine, 1:47 to play. The Trojans called time.
And that's when Rodgers transformed into a mere mortal.
Off a bootleg, the senior tried to a jam a throw in to Burl Toler in the end zone when running might have been a better option -- incomplete. He took a sack. He rolled out again and fired for McArthur in the end zone -- incomplete. And on fourth down from the 14, he fired for McArthur on a corner-post route -- again, once and for all, incomplete.
The end of a fall classic. The guy who could not miss could not finish. He argued for a moment for a flag on the play, then unbuckled his chinstrap and walked off, the storybook ending unwritten.
USC had escaped -- heroically resilient in the minds of the home crowd, lucky as sin in the minds of the visitors. And the moment had come and gone for Cal.
A dominant performance had ended in defeat. Asked if he were shocked that the Bears somehow didn't win, Rodgers smiled briefly and joylessly.
"Yeah," he said. "Of course. We think we were the better team. In the end we couldn't execute and get the win."
This after a stunning day of execution, as the Bears produced a veritable training film on how to throw, catch, block and run. And this wasn't against New Mexico State -- it was against the defending AP national champions.
They more than doubled USC's yardage, 424-205. They held the ball for 13 more minutes. They got the performance of a lifetime from their quarterback -- and still lost.
"Anybody who watches this game, you take away that we dominated the game," Rodgers said.
"They beat us today," said safety Ryan Gutierrez. "I feel we could beat these guys nine out of 10 times if we played them."
Maybe so -- but that's the thing about college football. This was a one-shot opportunity. And thus the Bears weren't quite sure how to feel afterward.
They were proud of the statement they made on one of those golden afternoons that makes you believe Angelenos lived blessed lives -- a statement to Tommy Trojan and the nation as a whole.
Rodgers can throw with any QB in America, and Cal is a legit top 10 team -- perhaps even one of the nation's five best. Win out, and the Bears would seem a lock for a BCS bowl.
"We are one of the best teams in the country," McArthur said. "That's not taking anything away from SC, they're a great team. But I feel we made a statement today, even though we didn't win."
Statements are good, but the Bears also can bang their heads forever off this hard reality: they let arguably the biggest victory in program history get away.
Don't blame the offense. Don't blame a defense that repeatedly kept Cal in the game despite being stuck in tight spots. Blame the special teams.
Cal gift-wrapped USC's first 10 points. It failed to get off a punt when kicker David Lonie panicked after a low snap, leading to a Trojan touchdown. Then punt returner Tim Mixon dropped a punt at the Cal 21, leading to a Trojan field goal. A missed 36-yard field goal by Tom Schneider in the fourth quarter meant that the Bears were forced to go for the winning touchdown in the end instead of a short tying field goal.
"It takes all three phases to win," Cal coach Jeff Tedford said.
Rodgers nearly made up for the special-teams fiasco himself, looking better than any quarterback on the nearby San Francisco 49ers' roster. (You have to think the young man made himself some NFL money Saturday.) Patiently taking what Southern Cal's cover-two defense gave him, Rodgers fired pinpoint passes all over the yard -- and the receivers caught everything that hit their hands.
"It was a really fantastic, incredible showing by their quarterback," USC coach Pete Carroll said.
"He's as good as they come, no question," Tedford said. "Physically, mentally, he's a great competitor, a great leader. ... The guy is one of the best players in the country, if not the (best player in the country).
"Is he a Heisman candidate? I would find it very difficult to find a better quarterback than him in the country."
Rodgers said he knew he had a long completion streak going -- he just didn't know how long. Two of his throws hit the turf, but the plays were called back on penalties. Everything else hit the hands of somebody in white.
"I was just in a zone," Rodgers said.
Said McArthur: "That guy, he was a superhero today."
Until the very end, when mortality returned. Cal is for real and so is its quarterback, but they couldn't sustain perfection for a full 60 minutes.
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My Little Heyoka-ny by AtomicFireballWatch
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If Heyoka were really a pony, s/he would burn to look at. And it would be awesome.
Heyoka is from Kagerou.
Heyoka is from Kagerou.
Fragging love it!!! <3!!!
Heyoka is the best pony EVER. I want that pony.
looove the colors
This. We need more Heyoka. Badlyyyyyy. <3333
Heyoka was nice. I wish to see how she died exactly. As a pony she risk to be unstoppable and scares all the stallion of the town.
So far my favorite!!!!!
*steals and keeps on shelf*
*feeds cheerios*
*steals and keeps on shelf*
*feeds cheerios*
So shiny. <3
This one... is my favorite. <3's! *runs back into lurking territory*
Wonderful work
lol I really like this character!
OMG I want one!!!
Love the mane and tails colors, and the fearsome very punk facial expression! And omg how CUTE!!!
Love the mane and tails colors, and the fearsome very punk facial expression! And omg how CUTE!!!
YAY! Pony.
Heyoka can rock the sparklepony look like no one else. <3
That is all.
That is all.
Luka the hair master, you're just showing off now heh
...yes. It is beautiful.
Yay, Heyoka-ny!
No stall can contain this pony!
No stall can contain this pony!
I think I have now witnessed the second coming of god.
Heyoka pony is my favorite.
Heyoka is my favorite!
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We now offer rear trailing arms for the 08+STi. These arms are well-reinforced compared to OEM arms. Our design is unique in comparison to others on the market. The mounting points to the knuckle on OEM arms come straight out, leaving the stress point during heavy braking on the knuckles and front mounting points. Our "L" design mounting point helps distribute that stress throughout the arm.


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Lonely Emily by NatalieCartmanWatch
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My sweet Rianna , thank you for this Photo *U*
Great effect, perfect for the character !!
very haunting i LOVE it!!!
very pretty
good photography
fantastic model choice/facial expression... this is the best and most genuine corpse bride I have ever seen! well done!
OMFG u look just like her.. or the model does i mean
Beautiful *o*
OMG! It Amazing! The eyebrows are just like her's, and the expression.. just wow!
Fantastic Cosplay!
Fantastic Cosplay!
Excellent! I love your cosplays! Congratulations and love that movie is so ^ w ^
Looks like the scene where she is ''h(a)unting'' Victor, really good picture and cosplay!


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Everyone knows that ObamaCare will discourage employment. Everyone who stops and thinks that is.
Yesterday's job report was genuinely awful. Here is a congressional hearing on why ObamaCare is making things worse.
By mandating that employers buy expensive health insurance for their employees, the new health reform law will raise the cost of labor and make it more expensive than otherwise to hire new workers. Plus, the law forces employees to have this expensive fringe benefit, even if they would prefer a less costly health plan in exchange for higher wages.
To make matters worse, the health plan that employers will be required to buy will not be viewed by employees as a valuable benefit if they can get the same coverage at highly subsidized rates in the newly created health insurance exchanges. A family with an annual income just over of $30,000, for example, will be able to obtain insurance whose cost is nearly $15,000 for a premium of only about $950. Government (the taxpayers) in this case will be subsidizing 94% of the real cost. If the employer provides that same insurance, there is no new government subsidy (except for very small enterprises) and the benefit is about 50% of the worker's wage!
Of course, the mandate to buy will not kick in until 2014. But is it possible that the law is already affecting employer hiring decisions? There is evidence to back up that supposition. It comes to us courtesy of University of Chicago economist Casey Mulligan, writing at The New York Times economics blog.
What do employers do in a downturn? Their first response to a slump in the demand for their products tends to be to reduce the hours of work for their employees. If the problem continues, or gets worse, they lay workers off. We've seen both responses in the recession we have been experiencing. From pre-recession levels, the number of hours worked by those with jobs fell by 2% nationwide. The fraction of the population that has a job fell by 7%.
But here is what's really interesting. The number of hours worked by those with jobs has now returned to its pre-recession level. Looking at this statistic alone, you would think that the economy has fully recovered. On the other hand, the percent of the adult population that has a job is continuing to bottom out. Looking at this statistic alone, you would think that we are still in a recession and that there has been no recovery at all!
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See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionarySyllabification: cur·tain rais·er
Pronunciation: /ˈkərt(ə)n ˌrāzər/
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6 Great Nursery Colour Scheme Ideas
When you have a baby on the way, there is nothing more fun than planning their nursery from top to bottom. All parents want their children to feel safe and comfortable in their new bedroom that has been beautifully designed and decorated just for them.
Some people like to make sure that their baby's nursery stays in-line with the design throughout the rest of their house, but some people like to make sure their child's room is unique and personal to them.
There are a few different factors you can consider when designing a nursery, including the size of the space available, the natural lighting and the gender of the occupant. Some parents like to create a neutral colour scheme though so that the baby can grow up to decide which colours they like on their own.
If you're stuck for ideas, here are some great colour schemes to get your nursery off to a brilliant start:
Bold and Bright
Using bold and vibrant colours in your child's nursery will help give the room a bright and positive feel. You can either take a few colours that feature in other rooms of the house and match them, or go for completely different colours.
If you don't know which bright colours to choose, then you can always paint each wall of the nursery a different colour, meaning you can have lots of multi-coloured accessories to match.
Gender Specific
For those parents who like to know what gender there baby is before it is born, it can be nice to decorate the nursery to reflect that. Boys are easy to decorate for as you can just use various shades of blue or red around the room.
A nursery for a little girl can be painted with pinks or purples with accessories in a range of warm tones that will work with both. You can also use wall art for the nursery and decorate a boy's room with dinosaurs and a girl's room with flowers and animals.
Many parents like to decorate their baby's nursery with a neutral design; this can include colours such as cream, beige, yellow and green. Neutral tones are quite calming and will work well if you could have more children in the future that could take over the nursery.
The great thing about neutral colour schemes is that you can choose a variety of accessories and furnishings in brighter colours to compliment the neutral walls. These splashes of colour will help bring some character into the nursery and can be changed easily over the years.
Earthy and floral colour schemes are a great way to bring the outside in and create a natural feel in your baby's nursery. You can either decorate the room using earthy tones such as reds and browns with pictures of trees and wildlife, or you can use a more floral design and choose pinks, yellows and greens to colour the room with.
Earthy warm tones are lovely to use in a nursery, as they can be quite calming, but be wary when it comes to yellows, as some hues can actually increase anxiety in babies and make them cry more.
You may not think that shades of black, white and grey are the most baby friendly when it comes to a nursery colour scheme, but actually a newborn baby has a very limited colour perception and struggles to see colours that don't strongly contrast with each other.
A monochrome colour scheme can look very modern and chic, and it will also help add depth to a room. Choose vintage and chrome accessories to really set this colour scheme off and give your baby a smart and contemporary nursery.
If you want to add a bit of extra character to your baby's nursery, then you could add a theme to the design of the room. There are lots of different ones you can choose from, including safari, pirates, animals, TV characters or nature.
Once you have chosen your theme, you can decorate the walls and the furniture, and even choose matching curtains and a rug. Using a theme is a lovely way to give your baby's nursery a fun and friendly feel.
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