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Minecrafting 101
Minecraft - Why should you care?
People are raving about it, but to you the graphics look like something that has come out of the 80's and you heard it's not even finished yet. You've visited the
website but still come away none the wiser. Then take a few minutes to watch the below fan-made trailer and video.
So what exactly is it?
Minecraft is both a singleplayer and multiplayer game, with 2 game modes and varying levels of difficulty. To play, you can download the PC client from the official Minecraft website (
), or you can play through the Minecraft webpage. There are also mobile apps (
) and an Xbox version (soon at
There is no storyline, no particular way in which you have to play. You have a vast world in which you can explore and build; what you do is completely up to you. Different players find enjoyment from different aspects of the game. Some may prefer to build elaborate castles while others want to go monster hunting in caves.
There are 2 modes, and our division has a server for each. The "Creative" mode (Server = "Sanctuary"), where you have all blocks and items in your inventory in infinite quantities - there are no monsters, no damage or hunger bar, and you can destroy all blocks with a single hit. The "Survival" mode (Server="Frontier") is the mode where you must gather your resources, be wary of hunger and damage, and avoid (or battle) monsters.
Playing the game
To join the TOG Minecraft server, you'll need to sign up for an account from the
site. Once you have downloaded the game, head over to the
Getting started in TOG minecraft
thread for all the information you need about joining us in game. Including our server address and how to apply to be added to the whitelist.
Threads of interest:
Welcome to TOGville
Minecraft Videos
Division's Gallery
Division's calendar
External links of interest:
The Word of Notch
(Notch's blog)
Notch on Twitter
Jens Bergensten (jeb_) on Twitter
(Lead developer for MC)
Official Minecraft Forums
Minepedia: The Minecraft Wiki
Minecrafting Tips
A collection of tips. Please reply to this thread to add more, and they will be added to this list
How to play
Main Page - Minepedia - The Minecraft Wiki!
- Information on block types, how to craft items etc.
YouTube - paulsoaresjr's Channel
- has a series of beginner's tutorials on YouTube.
YouTube - davidr64yt's Channel
- also has a series of beginner's tutorials
The Newbie+ Guide and FAQ (Ask questions here!) - Minecraft Forums
[Compendium] guides/tutorials/tools - Minecraft Forums
General Tips
You've probably seen lots of images showing people's avatars in the game "on location" but have wondered how they managed to do it when the default viewpoint is first-person. Actually, it is as simple as toggling F5. It's safe. It's fat-free. It's wholesome. It's environmentally friendly. Try it!
You can get rid of the targeting cursor and the inventory bar whilst pressing F1. Try it in 1st person and 3rd person modes.
The FAR viewable distance is about 120/150 metres or so
Android application -
Minecraft Canary - Android app on AppBrain
If you want to run different versions of Minecraft at the same time (So you can try out the latest version and also keep playing older versions too), you can use Minecraft Profile Manager or other methods to do this (
See post below
Updated Minecraft by accident and want to revert back to an older version? no Problem - use
"Minecraft Version Changer"
to choose to backdate your Minecraft to any previous version.
Gameplay Tips
If you are building etc near an edge and you don't want to fall off, just go about your business while also holding down SHIFT key and you won't fall off.
'/getpos' is handy for a basic co-ordinate response & '/compass' is handy to determine your current facing direction.
You can craft an in-game compass that points towards spawn. All you need is 4 iron ingots and a pile of redstone dust.
An easy way to figure out north is to look on the top surface of a cobblestone block. As part of the skin you will notice a letter 'L' shape. just turn so it looks like an L facing the right way and you will be facing north!
Trying to keep those pesky monsters out of you castle??? Build a portal for a door. You can run through it without jumping to the nether but mobs are too scared
Even keeps creepers calm with the cool purple glow
When having a chest open, holding shift while clicking a stack in your inventory will instantly move it to the chest and vice versa.
You can grow grass and flowers by applying bone meal on grass blocks. This is useful if you're on an older part of the map without grass and want to add some or if you want flowers for dye. It doesn't generate too many flowers, but you get a few from time to time.
Fire will burn anything within a 2 block radius. So you need to make sure you have something non-flammable for 2 blocks surrounding the fire before you have anything flammable. In all directions (including diagonals). Chests and workbenches will catch on fire, but will not burn away (not sure if they will set other things alight)
Crafting Tips
If you have a grouped inventory item (like 64 cobblestones) if you right click you can divide that in half.
If you right click the crafting box squares while holding a grouped item, it will place one of the item in the space.
If you have more blocks than you needed for the recipe in the crafting box, you can just exit the crafting screen and the extras will "fall" out of the crafting table and you can pick them back up (often quicker than manually placing them back in your inventory)
To make more than one of an item, keep clicking on the finished item in the output box. (items that don't stack, such as boats and food, will need to be made one by one)
You can mix the dyes from the red and yellow flowers, squid ink, Cacti, and lapis lazuli, with bone meal to get lighter color dyes and can also mix other dyes together to get various other colors, like your orange, or purple.
To get the most dyed wool for your lot of dye, if you click on a sheep with the dye, you will dye the sheep - when you harvest the sheep you will then get a chance of getting 1-3 blocks of dyed wool from it (compared to 1 dye = 1 block of wool by crafting)
Changing your skin
Download the char.png from
and editing that to create your own skin. When done, upload your skin. (It can take a day to actually appear onscreen and in the game however).
The image at
Skin (article) - Minepedia - The Minecraft Wiki!
shows you what each region of the image corresponds to.
The one optional addition to the skin is the "hat" (or head accessory). This is the area of the skin which is normally blank, but if you start to fill it in, you can give your character a hat, a mask, glasses or even make his head a little larger.
SkinEdit - New version 3rd of June - Minecraft Forums
- Skin editing program
You can download other people's created skins here -
The Skindex - Minecraft Skins
Building tips
"half-blocks" can be used with full blocks to make stairs. Craft them by placing three of the same block on a horizontal line at the bottom of the crafting window (yields three half-bricks). Works with cobble, refined stone, sandstone, wood. They use up slightly more space than stairs, but they're predictable and easy to work with.
An easy way to get the base right for a round tower - just stand in the centre of where the tower will be and rotate, breaking all blocks you can reach - the unbroken blocks out of your reach then give you a form on which to build...you can also then scale up or down from that guide.
When you are building high structures and need to make a block tower so you can reach, make it out of sand/gravel. That way when you are done you can pull the tower down from the bottom as well as the top... OR - start by placing a torch, then one block of dirt on top of it, and after that build the stack of gravel. If you want to pull it down from the bottom, just remove the dirt block and the tower will collapse on the torch automatically. The only thing you need to do is stand there smiling while you collect your gravel as it falls down.
If undertaking a large project/structure that requires detailed planning, an offline tool such as
Minecraft Structure Planner
may help ensure you're not "1 block out" when you get to the end.
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Bad Company February 16
This was one of those house cleaning kinds of mornings that had to be done, even though I hate doing it.
I cleared out the sidebar and restored posts and killed off categories on this blog and I am about to clean house on my main websites as well. Most of it was routine, but some of it was personal.
What I write, the way I write, the things I think up and do are not compatible with normal writers.
What to do. What to do.
Tone it down and conform and try to fit in?
Amp it up and leave them in their boxed in, carefully crafted personas far, far away from me.
Which of these options would be more fun for me?
Need you ask? ;-)

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It's suggestion box friday and your chance to be the blog author! It's a big seat but don't be intimidated - anything goes today, as long as the comments are about tips for making wow gold.
Community Spotlight: Hit The Cap - Wow Gold Cap Blog Journal
I love blogs that tell an ongoing wow gold story... especially a SUCCESSFUL story about hitting the gold cap. Head over to HitTheCap and see how the author has made 350k wow gold in 13 weeks so far and is still trucking! I trully believe this blog is going to be a huge hit and I also expect the author to hit a million gold within 6-9 months. I was mostly impressed because the level of detail is excellent and every single article has been of a very high quality so far. Subscribe and comment to reward the author for all the hard work that is involved with keeping a high quality journal like the one at HitTheCap.
Comments of the Week:
Regarding Why Bank Space Doesn't Matter
Zamboni said...
All of my working materials are stored in mailboxes. The guild bank is for speculation materials or consumables where I actually need to see what I have. The 2300 stacks of Saronite Ore never needs to come out of the mail.It is important to mail everything at least once. Don't let fresh auction purchases pile up as they will be deleted in 30 days. If everything is mailed to an alt, it comes back after 30 days and then can sit in the mailbox for another 30 days. Everyone else can have items piled up in the mailbox, but the main AH banker - the distribution center - should have an empty mailbox as much as possible.Another spot for piling up a lot of materials for long-term storage is a mule, an alt with a full set of netherweave bags just for holding 216 stacks of assorted junk. Three of these equals a fully-tabbed guild bank. Leveling these up to level 10 will make them restorable if your account is hacked.
Regarding Famous How I Wow Podcast
Robert said...
This was the show that got me started making serious gold in WoW. I really miss How I WoW. After they went off the air (so to speak), I stopped listening to all WoW podcasts. Just didn't have the heart to listen anymore, since there show was perfect (for me, anyway).
Regarding How I Make Easy Wow Gold
Jerry said...
I've started doing this process that you are talking about since a month ago, and have been making a lot of gold with it. I started with about 2k gold and I'm up to 12k gold on my bank alt now.I love being able to check the AH 3 times a day and just pick up bargains which I can sell for sometimes 10x that amount of gold on another day.For people that want to do this, take a look at the addon Market Watcher (made it real easy for me).
WOOOAHHH is my wool cloth flying off the horde auction house shelves! Currently selling at 35 gold per stack and I purchased for as little as one gold on the alliance auction house. I get undercut once in a while but those people get bought out within 20-40 minutes each time. Have you been successful selling eggs, milk, and wool cloth this holiday season? I didn't touch eggs or milk myself but my favorite resto druid sold tons of eggs and milk for .75-2 gold each. Since Dec 1st I've probably sold around 3,000 wool cloth and I've been kicking myself that I didn't do this last year lol.
Here's a brain teaser for you: Is it worth it to buy a few stacks of gingerbread cookie recipes for those new characters/alts who need it later in the year?
It's suggestion box friday and your chance to be the blog author! It's a big seat but don't be intimidated - anything goes today, as long as the comments are about tips for making wow gold.
5 comments: on "Wool Cloth / HitTheCap / Gingerbread Cookie Recipe - Suggestion Box Friday"
Anonymous said... December 18, 2009 at 9:31 AM
I killed enough dragonhawks to get several stacks of eggs.
Sold them in stacks of five for 5-10 gold a stack.
I bought enough milk to sell several stacks.
Sold them in singles for 2 gold each.
I stopped after day two of the holiday, as most of the achievement-hounds that didn't have it before had gotten it then, and I felt that I had amused myself enough.
I did, however, recommend it to a few friends of mine.
-Tufa of Feathermoon
Ilikegold said... December 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM
I've made around 1k so far from selling single Holiday Spices for 5.99g per
MRL said... December 18, 2009 at 11:57 AM
Anticipating the rush for wool cloth and eggs I'd saved up a few stacks of each.
The raw materials like small eggs, wool cloth, and ice cold milk have done really well all week. The high mark was 6g per small egg sold individually, and 15g per stack of three wool (almost 100g per full stack).
After tuesday all these markets became pretty saturated and sales has been about volume. Small eggs are now under 2g each, but still selling, and wool prices are right about where they were before the event, but with a lot more up for sale.
In the evenings I've been able to sell quite a lot of Green Winter cloths (about 50g per item, but the price has been dropping fast) and bolts of wool.
Runecloth has also been kind of hit or miss for selling this week.
Anonymous said... December 18, 2009 at 4:58 PM
I tried buying the cooking recipes to sell last time this event came around, and none of them seemed to sell during the year.
Thank you for your nice posting.
it is really helpful to us.
such a nice topics.
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"We will give away one free LinuxCon pass per 20th Anniversary of Linux Video Contest entry," announced Jennifer Cloer, Director of Communications and Community at The Linux Foundation, today.
According to Cloer, the Linux Foundation's annual Video Contest is one of the many ways that individuals can promote Linux; however, she does admit that creating a great video does take a little bit of work. The Linux Foundation wants to acknowledge that work and effort and will give away one free pass to LinuxCon per Video Contest entry.
"A free pass to this year's event is one to put in the scrapbook: with the 20th Anniversary Gala taking place opening night of the event, the Video Contest winner being revealed onsite, and keynotes from Jim Whitehurst and Clay Shirky, among other speakers, it's going to be one for the history books," said Cloer.
The Video Contest this year will be judged by Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, and the winner of the Video Contest will receive high-level visibility and promotion along with their choice of a trip to one of the following events: SXSW, LA Film Festival, LinuxCon North America or LinuxCon Europe.
A complete list of contest guidelines and rules can be found on the Linux Foundation's website.
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Brightest LOVE Blessings!
As the portals open ~ we are all being squeezed through such tiny spaces ~ like a vice grip tightening the space ~ the energies are forcing us to become precisely aware of our surroundings ~ ~ ~ of our Present Moments ~ and if you are in spaces that are not within those empowered Moments of NOW … you are most definitely FEELING this "vibrational vacuum" ~ like being sucked through the neck of a bottle ~ those remnants of old are finding every which way to flee your BEingness ~ WHY? Because your frequency field … can no longer sustain their presence within your SOULspace!! While it may sound pretty simple … many Lightworkers are feeling this on practically EVERY level … and this is due to the opening of the Portals … for you CANNOT take with YOU that of the LOWER vibrational energies … there is NOTHING to sustain their presence in the Higher realms!
The dreamstate is now very lucid and spilling over into our awakened states of consciousness … many are realizing a stasis … being in multi dimensions throughout their days ~ AND nights … for we have moved into "timelessness" … where we are sleeping as needed … rather than when required or the "usual" sleep time. Many are finding a WHOLE NEW WORLD in the silent dark stillness of early morning ~ there is magic there ~ before the sun rises!
Many are feeling that they are "prepping" for change … when in fact, we have long been prepping or preparing for NOW … it is like the "dress rehearsal" ~ the curtain (the veil) … is lifting ~ expeditiously! If you are not "ready" ~ you will be shortly …for you are being Guided now by NEW Energies … not the ones from before that assisted with releasing and transmuting of the old ~ these energies are the ones that will carry us into the NEW space we have Created from where we have ventured! It is uncomfortable … it is difficult at times … it is discombobulating .~ ~ ~ to say the least, HOWEVER, it is short lived ~ it is moving at a rapid pace so as not to become entwined in "old stagnations" … there is no room or time for old!
NEW is the NOW … and where you are on your Own personal Journey is Perfect! What can you do to make it simpler? Strive for JOY … for PEACE, KINDNESS, COMPASSION … these are the "points of Light" that assure each, our frequency field! SEE your reality through your SOUL EYES … what appears in your Consciousness is your Reality ~ CHOOSE WISELY ~ KNOW that each and every Soul upon Earth Mother, ventures here by way of their Soul contracts. There are so many newly awakened Souls that are coming into light now … remembering that so many LightWorkers have been on path for several years ~ many are having these "instantaneous awakenings", literally overnight … and their whole worlds are turned every which way ~ it is Us, those that paved the paths … to be here, to share our Hearts … to reach out and lend comfort… to reassure and hold dear their fragile feelings ~ ~ ~ It is not always easy to extend one that might be very combative or even vengeful ~ when we practice Compassion and Peace ~ it lends to tolerance. When we come from a space of Kindness and Compassion with no attachment to that space ~ be it rejected ~ you release or let go of that energy KNOWING WITHIN yourself … it was NOT YOURS to CONNECT to or with … and it is realized there need not be any harboring of ill feelings or anxieties towards the Soul … quite the opposite actually ~ it is released with the greatest of Love ~ that this Soul is enabled to find what they seek!! We are not here to "fix" or "change" another ~ we are here to SERVE One Another! It's all Good! Holding one responsible for another is not what we are here to create ~ we are here to enable OURSELVES … which ultimately enables us to SERVE others! Serving Great Spirit!
Those that are opting to return Home ~ are returning Home by their Soul agreements and whilst it is very hard for us Here to sometimes understand a departure ~ our Souls KNOW! We commend those that have come before us and paved paths of their beautiful expressions ~ to be in a unwavering state of Gratitude for the unveiling of each present Moment ~ allows us to FLOW much more smoothly … even making those "speed bumps" a bit more bearable! This is a first for ALL ~ we are the Pioneers of Spirit ~ each Mastering these Body Temples ~ BEcoming Light Temples of Consciousness ~ the most INCREDIBLE LIGHT LIVES IN EVERY SOUL ~ We are ALL SO BLESSED and Such BEAUTIFUL BEINGS ~ ALL one need do is wake up … every day … every morning … Look into a mirror and say **THANK YOU for BEING ME ~ THANK YOU GOD** ~ that my Brothers and Sisters … is what it is to **TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT**! We might not realize … quite yet, that EVERY ENCOUNTER, even that little blog post of "I care" or "thank you" ~ ~ ~ is a SOUL CONNECTION!! Knowing this … wow … how empowering is that … right down to that kid that might bag your groceries … that SMILE … is a Soul Connection!
EVERY EXTENSION OF YOU … EVERY ENCOUNTER … EVERY EXPRESSION ~ ~ ~ is a SOUL CONNECTION! Think about that ~~~ WOW … every single time … you extend, express, experience, encounter another Soul … any SOUL … is a SOUL CONNECTION ~ now let that be your EMPOWERMENT in the moments to Become ~
Might be a bit uncomfortable at times ~ YOU have the TOOLS to overcome ANY and ALL obstacles that might get in your way ~ they begin within YOUR HEART ~ they connect through your SOUL!!
Our Hearts ~ Our Guides ❤ Our Souls, Our Strengths!
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Hugely successful rapper and actor LL Cool J created his own fitness system in 2006, in conjunction with his trainer, Dave "Scooter" Honig. There is a website for the system - http://www.llcooljsplatinumbody.com, and a book. The gist of the book is a plan using three basic foundations—Food, Fitness & Flexibility— to achieve a stronger body, better blood pressure and lower cholesterol. The program says that users will experience dramatically boosted energy levels and "ridiculous amounts of endurance." Well, it certainly seems to have worked for LL from the evidence in the abundant color photos of James in full exercise mode.
LL was not in such fabulous shape before Scooter got a hold of him. LL had just finished making Rollerball, and was getting ready for his Ten tour. One day, he was eating pizza with a friend when he made a decision to lose 40 lbs, and he did it. He says that he is not special in any way, he succeeded because his decision was "supported by a willingness to work hard to accomplish what (he) needed to accomplish." He wants to make sure that everyone feels that such success is possible - "It's important that all of you know that you can do anything if you put your mind to it." Right on, LL.
LL's personality and great sense of humor shine throughout the book. The Platinum Workout plan has four levels of fitness from Bronze to Platinum. There is a 4-week beginner's program intended to take inches off the waist and boost energy, a 5-week program for intermediates that increases strength while maintaining muscular and cardiovascular endurance, an advanced 9-week program that "turns the body into a muscle-building and fat-burning machine with as much energy as LL Cool J" , and the hardcore 3-week fat-torching program LL used for the "Control Myself" video—a new level in ripped-to-the-bone fitness and sex appeal.
What appeals the most to women is the special 4-week "Diamond" program. The plan is for women "seeking to shape up fast for summer or an upcoming event." It includes meal plans and recipes that fuel workouts while burning fat with food, as well as a smorgasbord of helpful tips on style and equipment. Some examples are weighted vests, music, and HR monitors. The website offers a free trial of LL's program for 21 days, but you can check out the book for free at your local library, or buy your own. I recommend this book to anyone who wants a humorous, fun workout infused with a hip-hop sensibility.


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Materials and Manufacturing
Manufacturing, we are told, is the key to a robust economy. It adds value and it creates jobs. But if you are going to manufacture a magnet, a motor, a car, a computer or an airplane, one of the first things you need to do is figure out what materials you're going to make it from.
Materials are selected for their properties (e.g. whether they are magnetic, transparent, electrically conductive, etc.); for performance factors, such as their strength-to-weight ratio; for their availability and cost; or even for purely esthetic reasons. Whatever drives the selection of a particular material, though, manufacturing cannot occur without the existence of an assured supply-chain for it. The Ames Laboratory is among the research centers that are the most consistently successful in the world at bringing advanced basic science together with manufacturing applications in the realm of materials. This kind of success in technology transfer requires many skills and capabilities, but the first of these is world-leading fundamental research.
Our work addresses the invention of new materials, the manufacture of materials, and the processes for manufacturing with these materials.
The Ames Laboratory has a proud history of inventing materials. Binary quasicrystals, magnetic zinc alloys, optical metamaterials, magnetocaloric compounds, high-temperature superconductors and topological insulators have all been invented and made in Ames Lab research projects. Perhaps our biggest hit, however, has been the invention of the lead-free solder alloy that is now the standard for the manufacture of all consumer electronic products in the world.
The Lab has an even longer history of influencing the manufacture of materials, starting out in the 1940s with our very first project – purifying uranium. We have developed the basic processing methods used to make industrial quantities of the magnetostrictive material Terfenol-D, and to make superconducting wires out of magnesium diboride. We continue this excellence in processing in our Materials Preparation Center, which is the world's preferred provider of pure rare earths, among many other things.
Recent successes have included novel approaches to the processing of materials that will enable manufacturing of titanium parts with enormously reduced waste. Since titanium can be very expensive, and traditional manufacturing methods can result in less than 10 percent of the original material being utilized in the final product, this is an important advance. It was recently recognized with an "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" award from the Department of Energy, and is being commercialized through a new start-up company, Iowa Powder Atomization Technologies.
Read on to find out how Ames Lab research is providing the materials for a resurgence in manufacturing.


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Watch found, contact Sacristy.
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Sixth-Ranked Minutemen Improve to 6-0
March 21, 2003
AMHERST, Mass. - Six different Minutemen scored two goals and the UMass lacrosse team jumped out early to cruise to a 14-3 victory over Hartford on Friday afternoon at Garber Field. The Minutemen have won three straight games by double-digits heading into Sunday's contest at nationally-ranked Hofstra.
UMass bolted out of the gates early, taking a 6-0 lead just three minutes into the second quarter. Six different players tallied goals in the first 18 minutes. Gene Tundo (Orchard Park, N.Y.) notched the game's first goal at the 11:36 mark. UMass increased the lead to 3-0 on goals just 1:17 apart by Neil Lundberg (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Chris Doyle (Putnam Valley, N.Y.). The Minutemen led 4-0 after one quarter.
Ryan Connolly (North Andover, Mass.) and Sean Morris (Marshfield, Mass.) pushed the lead to 6-0 with netters at the 14:00 and 12:45 marks, respectively. After Hartford trimmed the lead to 6-2 late in the stanza, Kevin Leveille (Delmar, N.Y.) gave UMass a 7-2 halftime advantage with his second goal of the game at the 1:18 mark.
The Minutemen then outscored the Hawks, 3-0, in the third period, with all three goals coming in the first five minutes. Chris Fiore (Freeport, N.Y.), Jeff Zywicki (Napean, Ontario) and Doyle all notched goals to give UMass a 10-2 cushion heading into the final period.
UMass continued the offensive attack, outscoring Hartford, 4-1, in the final 15 minutes. Zywicki, Fiore, Morris and Connolly were all credited with goals.
The Minutemen outshot the Hawks, 36-31, and were 32-of-35 on clears, compared to Hartford's 17-of-26. Bill Schell (Mahopac, N.Y.) made 10 saves in the cage for the Minutemen.
Zywicki paced the Minutemen with four points (2 g, 2 a), while Chris Fiore and Kevin Glenz (Merrick, N.Y.) contributed three assists. Fiore had two goals and an assist and Glenz had a career-best three assists.
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- Stanko Abadzic in Istanbul
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- An exhibition of fiber art in London
- An exhibition of original prints
- 'Kaleiçi Satılık'
- METU art festival to get under way
- Jazz Festival enters 17th year
- Golden Orange time at Antalya
- Five days in Istanbul
- Rhythm brings cultures together
- October films being shown
- Operas, musicals and children's plays
- New art season in Izmir
- Izmir is candidate for EXPO 2015
- Turkish Airlines starts winter timetable
- Turkish Airlines is back in South Africa
- Important announcement for passengers to Japan
- 14th Annual Aviation Symposium held
- Turkish Airlines Flight Academy produces first graduates
- Flexible Fare Viewing System at Turkish Airlines
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- Turkish Airlines and SwissAir become frequent flyer partners
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New art season in Izmir
The Izmir State Opera and Ballet has opened its 2007-2008 season which includes 21 works: 8 operas, 7 ballets, 1 operetta, 3 oratorios, and 2 children's musicals.
Venues for this year's events include the usual Elhamra Theater as well as the Konak Municipality's Selahattin Akçiçek Hall, Ege University's MÖTBE Hall, and Celal Bayar University's Süleyman Demirel Culture Center. The first premiere of the season is Mozart's opera 'The Abduction from the Seraglio', set in 16th century Ottoman Istanbul, which will be staged on Saturday, 20 October, at 8 p.m. For details, www.izdob.gov.tr
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Samantha Hines lives with her family in Newport, RI, and is a high school English teacher (twenty-four years and running). In the last several years, she has published in ADDitude and Adoptive Families magazines; and her blog, My Three Sons, was named by Adoptive Families as one of the Top Twenty Adoption Blogs on the internet. She is also the author of "Different Drummer," a blog about her son who was recently diagnosed with ADHD. In September 2012, she began her Ph.D. in Humanities at Salve Regina University. You can follow My Three Sons on Facebook and her blog at www.samanthahines.wordpress.com.


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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts women's tennis team fell to Boston College 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon in an indoor match. UMass, who falls to 5-10 overall in the spring, will return to conference play on Friday when they travel to Temple.
The Eagles clinched the doubles point against the Minutewomen with close victories in all three matches. Stephanie Price (Columbia, Mo.) and Jafra Depontes (Kaliua-Kona, Hawaii) fell to Nida Waseem and Ali Ashley, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles while Sasha Edelstein (Haifa, Israel) and Dorothy Iwanowicz (Hilton Head, S.C.) fell to Szilvia Szegedi and Anisha Fernando, 8-5, at No. 2 doubles. Susan Hyams (Cincinnati, Ohio) and Camilla Knight (Devon, England) lost a closely contested match at No. 3 doubles, falling to Jessica Engel and Emily Yeomans, 9-7.
Boston College swept all six of the singles matches against UMass, although Hyams battled Yeomans at No. 6 singles. Hyams won the first set, 6-2, before dropping the final two sets, 6-2, 6-2.
UMass will return to Atlantic 10 action this weekend when they take on Temple on Friday and George Washington on Saturday.
Boston College 7, UMass 0
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2. Nida Waseem (BC) def Stephanie Price (UM) 6-2, 6-3
3. Ali Ashley (BC) def Sasha Edelstein (UM) 6-4, 6-3
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KBR was awarded a contract by TAIF Group to provide licensing and engineering services for the Veba Combi Cracker (VCC) to be implemented at the Nizhnikamsk refinery in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. It marks the largest VCC project award for KBR since acquiring the technology in January 2010.
KBR said Tuesday it was awarded a contract by TAIF Group to
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Cracker (VCC) to be implemented at the Nizhnikamsk refinery in the Republic of
Tatarstan, Russia.
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VCC-based deep conversion complex.
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million tpy of distillates into petrochemical feedstocks and Euro 5 diesel, the
company said.
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largest VCC project award since the acquisition
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KBRs VCC technology is uniquely suited to
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for monetizing Russias large residue resource base
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careful evaluation of the process and other available
processing options, said Albert Shigaboutdinov, general
director of TAIF Group.
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Volume 39, Numbers 3&4 Fall/Winter 2011
From lost kingdoms to modern-day disasters, from economic meltdowns to political unrest, from bad reputations to cinematic flops, the specter of ruin is omnipresent and never ending. Often, ruin evokes feelings of nostalgia for good times long gone. Ruin poses the sometimes unthinkable question: What is so bad about ruin and why do we fear it so?
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If there is ever an interview that contains zero fluff, it is this one.
Seth Godin. The man, the myth, the legend. One of the top marketers of all time, one of my top business heroes and a personal mentor to me (whether he knows it or not) was nice enough to take time today to help all of us entrepreneurs.
Seth is not here to give any of us a step-by-step, paint-by-the-numbers road map, but instead to challenge, inspire and offer some absolutely killer ideas on how you can become an indispensable linchpin.
Plus, he has a cool office.
-Seth's views on how the business world is changing and how you can become irreplaceable.
-Are you an entrepreneurs or a freelancer? (My FAVORITE point of the interview).
-His thoughts on building a community.
-Are you working or wasting time?
-Why you should not care how Seth creates/works and instead worry about how you create/work.
-Seth mentions a few people in this video. One of them being Venture Capitalist Fred Wilson.
For more on Seth, of course visit his blog (click on his head) and check out his Internet company Squidoo and try your hand at creating a lens on your favorite subject.
Do yourself a favor and pick up all of Seth's books starting with Linchpin (amazon link) which I finished recently on your Kindle. Great views on the relationship of art, entrepreneurship and the changing world.
Here are five other personal favorites of mine written by Seth (amazon links):
1. Tribes
2. Purple Cow
In the interview, Seth challenges content providers not to simply ask for thoughts in the comments. Our goal has always been to create a community in our comments on RISE so we can all build amazing businesses with each others help and guidance.
Which begs the question: What tidbit from this interview will help you the most with your business?
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[artist id="3188063″]Adam Lambert[/artist]'s "Time for Miracles" has already been featured on the soundtrack for "2012." But the "American Idol" runner-up is already thinking about having a song accompany another potential blockbuster: [movie id="420622″]"The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."[/movie]
Lambert thinks "Suburban Decay," a track produced by Rob Cavallo that didn't make it onto For Your Entertainment, should find a new home on the June 2010 movie's soundtrack.
"It's a great song and I hope to perform it someday, and I think it will find a home, on a soundtrack or something … maybe 'Twilight,' " he told MTV News. "It just didn't quite fit [in my album]. It's very theatrical. … It's very campy, and it was just a bit too campy for the album as a big picture."
Although the vibe was all wrong for his album, it might be perfect to score the intensifying love triangle between Bella, Jacob and Edward. "Hey, 'Eclipse' … Want my song? It's kind of about vampires," he offered, noting a verse about "bloodlust."
"Voodoo" is another song that fans heard about earlier this year but didn't make the cut for Lambert's major-label debut. "Again because we only had so many tracks — that's one I do wish we got on the album," he said. "But I didn't want to get rid of any of the other ones. I believe in all the songs. It's real sexy, kind of vibey dark disco … more industrial."
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Critical care nursing is my profession, but photography is my passion. Love being able to capture a moment in time and now through technology, I can share it with you. I particularly like cooking as well as travel. Especially like traveling to France and am happiest when I have a camera in my hands. I have two grown daughters, three grandbabies and live with my husband and two very spoiled pugs, Barnum and Mollie Sue.
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An other great book, Fay! The pictures are wonderful and the comments are precious... a real exciting report... Bravo!
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Scary! More reason for women to stay active and—for the sake of men everywhere—RELAX!
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While I appreciate the humor :-) I must note that I've witnessed plenty of *men* (including yours truly!) get stressed to the point where one could just as easily say "More reason for men to -- for the sake of women everywhere -- RELAX!"
So, in summary... "More reason for humans to stay active and -- for the sake of humans everywhere -- RELAX!" :)
This brought to mind a study I read about recently in the Diet Blog, about curvy women having smarter kids. Maybe their curves are because they are less stressed and therefore more available to their kids emotionally?
This finding would explain a lot about me--a classic stress case over things big and small. My mid-section has held it's shape, though my thighs and hips shrank considerably when I started ETL! :)


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(OAKLAND) -- Facing a knuckleballer is a never a fun task, especially when a team is coming off three straight annoying losses to a postseason rival. But little seems to shake the Oakland Athletics these days: they just stay loose and ready to pounce.
Sonny Gray threw seven strong innings, and the A's scored four runs off R.A. Dickey on Thursday night on their way to a 4-1 win that put momentum back in Oakland's corner after the three straight road defeats in Detroit earlier this week.
Now, the A's can focus on just winning, something they have been doing more than any other MLB team since the start of the 2012 season. Oakland's 52-33 record still is the best mark in the majors this year, but the A's have a mere 3.5-game lead on the Los Angeles Angels in the American League West division race right now—with 77 games left on the schedule.
It was good for the Oakland organization to see Gray get back in a groove, as this was his first start since May 22 where he surrendered only one run: in his six starts in between, the A's young ace had given up a whopping 22 runs, seeing his ERA balloon from 1.99 to 3.20 in the process.
Another positive? Sean Doolittle had an incident-free ninth inning, after two consecutive blown saves. The lefty struck out two batters in a perfect 1-2-3 inning.
Today, Oakland faces Toronto righty Marcus Stroman (4-2, 4.01) and counters with lefty Tommy Milone (6-3, 3.79). The Blue Jays hurler has been a strong addition to their rotation, posting a 2.48 ERA as a starter, while the A's like their chances with their guy: Milone is 6-0 with a 2.87 ERA over his last ten starts since making some minor adjustments on the mound.
Thursday night's loss dropped Toronto (47-40) into a virtual tie for first place in the AL East with the Baltimore Orioles (46-39), so it will be interesting to see how the Blue Jays react to that development. The New York Yankees (42-42) are 3.5 games behind in third place, by the way.
Meanwhile, the A's just want to keep doing what they've been doing all year: winning.
Game time is 1:05 p.m. today for the Fourth of July tilt, which surprisingly doesn't feature any kind of giveaway for the fans. Nevertheless, Oakland is expecting a near sellout today at the O.co Coliseum with a 68-degree day of cool perfect on tap for American's favorite pastime on America's 238th birthday.


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Katherine Lambert, AIA, IIDA, is a founding principal of MAP, Metropolitan Architectural Practice, located in the San Francisco Bay Area. MAP has realized numerous commercial and private projects throughout the USA based on a long-standing commitment to progressive architectural aesthetics, sustainable construction, and research in new technologies, materialities and digital methodologies. All have ensured a practice grounded in design innovation, research + conceptualization and principles of sustainability.
Professor Lambert, AIA, IIDA, has lead several large scale key projects in the residential, commercial and public sectors. Her projects range from large scale commercial projects such as the historical landmark building, One Grant Ave., to the hybrid renovation and new construction of 525 Brannan St., to numerous technology start-ups throughout the Bay Area, to the design and development of the 300 acre sustainable agricultural Thornton Ranch in Sonoma, CA, to numerous contemporary and modernist residences throughout California, to a number of pro-bono projects such as the nascent and internationally acclaimed Tenderloin Aids Resource Center (TARC ), San Francisco, CA. MAP has recently completed renovation and earned cultural landmark status for the first post- world war II modernist residence in Napa, CA, the 1111 House.
She authored "Dirt Manifesto" published initially online and then in Architecture Magazine in 1997. This was a daring, yet prescient vision of a young architect, to confront the conventions of the architectural profession - that being to meld and prioritize progressive design principles with a forecasting and implementation of sustainable practices. Mirroring her bell weather call, her firm materialized a working ranch project which included a 12,000 sq. ft. residence and numerous outbuildings - all of which required innovative pioneering construction methodologies to be adapted in rammed earth, straw bale construction and reclaimed materials. This project was regarded as so innovative by the county's building department at the time, that her firm literally contributed to the creation of reconfigured building codes in Sonoma County for the structural components of rammed-earth processes.
Her projects have been widely published in journals and periodicals such as Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, DWELL, ID, Metropolis, and Interior Design. She has been an invited speaker and presenter at international conferences and her writing is found in such wide ranging publications such as the AIA's FORWARD Journal to the Leonardo Journal of Electronic Arts. Her work has been exhibited and can be found in permanent public collections such as the Banff Centre for the Arts, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Dia Foundation, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Lambert is an Associate Professor of Architecture and chaired the Interior Architecture program at California College of the Arts from 2005-2012. Her graduate studies in Architecture were at UCLA, and she has been a visiting critic and design fellow at such institutions as UC- Berkeley, INCITE Research Institute, and Royal College of Art and Goldsmith College, University of London. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the San Francisco Art Institute and Theatre Artaud, both in San Francisco. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors of IIDA and is a co-Vice President for Professional Development.
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I am so happy to announce that our beautiful rainbow baby, Katherine Jean, was born on April 2, 2014 at 10:55 in the morning. Katie is strong, healthy, and lovely. She was born at 37 weeks 3 days gestation by scheduled c-section, and weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces.
Her birth story will follow at some point in the near future, but these days I'm spending most of my time soaking in her milk-drunk smiles and appreciating every ounce and moment of her.
Thank you to every one who has sent us prayers, warm thoughts, happy vibes, support, hugs… I am so grateful!
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George Osborne, Muddy Waters
Much has been made of George Osborne's flourish at the end of the spending review. The Chancellor said triumphantly that his cuts were actually reductions of 19%, compared to the 20% that Labour's proposals before the election would have entailed.
This gimmick produced much grinning on the Tory benches and seconds later there was the waving of order papers that looked so triumphalist on television and was at odds with the mood in the country.
But the more one thinks about it, the less sense it makes from a strategic standpoint. Not the 19% number itself; it has been pored over and pulled apart by critics who say it was a stunt worthy of Gordon Brown. The Treasury team claims the figures do add up.
No, I mean more that it cuts right across the coalition's claimed major selling point. Cameron and Osborne's position is that they are prepared to face up to the scale of the deficit and start cutting in a way that Labour is not. On that judgement they have staked their future. They want to present their opponents as cowardly and detached from reality. If it works, and growth powers ahead, they can expect much electoral credit.
So why double back right at the last moment and boast that in the end they are cutting back slightly less than Labour would have? By the logic of their own argument since the election they should be proud to be cutting more than Labour proposed because they have said for months that it was (what's their phrase?) in the "national interest." The numbers suggest they actually are cutting deeper than Labour, but Osborne claimed otherwise.
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Just the advertising alone in
these favorite magazines may lead you to unique
specialty retail not commonly found in pet
stores. Plus, great articles! Grooming trade
magazines can be found
Modern Dog Magazine
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In addition to pet grooming trade
shows here are some pet retail tradeshows to
consider. Some of these shows do have grooming
features but they are primarily retail product
oriented with growing emphasis on boutique
Global Pet Expo
Luxury Pet Pavilion
H.H. Backer
Fashion Week
Submit Your
Personally we've helped oversee projects
radically transitioning shops into pet boutiques with
grooming departments. It's been a winning move for pet
groomers with 10 to 20 years experience and a
desire to groom
less without a loss of income. Without expanded retail
sales most of these owners had no other choice
except to
significantly expand their grooming staff to
make-up profits lost by their no longer
grooming, or to sell their businesses.
Many first time business owners are also going
the route of a boutique with grooming
department. However, some of them don't want to
groom either. Having written over 500
business plans we know that few grooming
businesses can support $30,000 or more annual
salaries to non-grooming owners until the
business grows significantly usually with a
staff of 3 to 5 groomers and bathers. By
changing their focus and priorities to a
boutique with a grooming department, the story
The non-grooming owner has time to
master retail sales procedures that work best in
upscale environments. Successfully operated the
retail sales department offers the potential to
pay the owner's compensation expectations. The net income of the grooming
department becomes bonus income, and of course,
the foot traffic of the grooming department
typically boosts retail sales by 30% where
grooming is not present.
Retail sales in
a grooming environment requires that management
or client relations staff sell, and the upscale
image. Retail
doesn't move itself in a grooming environment
where pet owners are focused on reunions with
clean, smart looking pets. But in the midst of
that joy trained sales staff has the ideal
opportunity to sell that retail.
groomers adding retail can do the same. To every
client picking up their pet they can start
conversations, "Have you seen our newest items?"
and "Wouldn't your pet (name) look great in
this, or enjoy this bed, etc." Yes,
The Madson Management System for Pet Grooming
Businesses in the business book, From Problems to Profits
relies on client relations scripts spoken naturally to sell and
support grooming services, why not the same for
upscale pet product sales?
We will take a closer look at sales language in
a separate article.
The Planning Process
The first step in adding a retail department
to a grooming business, or creating a new or
transition boutique with a grooming department is to write a business plan.
In the process you will identify if your market area has sufficient
factors to support the venture. For
example, is there an adequate supply of upscale
pet owners willing to purchase specialty pet
retail and/or luxury add-on services. You also
must identify who will do the
selling, remember, it takes customer service
skill to move
stock, and customer service is already a weak
point in thousands of grooming only businesses. Further
your plan will need to identify the types of
retail and add-on services, their cost and
sources, and financial projections must be based
on measurable retail sales
goals usually stated in number of units sold.
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It's important to remind our pet grooming
readers that selling grooming services is not the same
as selling upscale pet retail. For this reason it works
best to have client relations staff when selling
retail, and they can also be trained to take
grooming orders with some patience while they
learn. Unfortunately client relations staff is
missing in grooming shops where the owner,
groomers and bathers also fill customer service
requirements. All too often these
positions have one thing in mind when serving
pet owners, "I've got to get back to my
workstation and finish Mrs. Smith's pet. She is
coming back at 3pm and it is already 2:45pm."
No time to develop retail sales even in a
gorgeous pet spa or salon is a dead end street.
Today's grooming business relying on bathers
and groomers to do client relations duties is a
key source of groomer burnout stress. In reality
they are covering multiple job descriptions but
their official title is "Groomer" or "Bather"
and those titles certainly don't communicate
active client relations duties.
takes time. Sales in a grooming business
requires that you and your staff initiate suggestive conversations
about the products for sale, and to have product
knowledge too.
Grooming business owners often overlook the fact that
skilled reception staff can sell enough retail
to pay their employment costs and as a bonus,
they alleviate the need for grooming staff to answer
the phones or perform intake and outtake duties
reducing groomer stress.
Our reception staff not only made retail
sales but also fulfilled our Madson Client
Relations Program
promises to pet owners with innovative courtesy
appointment scheduling, grooming reports,
medical referrals where needed and more. Our
senior reception staff completed data entry
on daily management and operations reports and
even made up bank deposits for the business.
What a relief for the owner/manager and who may
even be grooming more pleasantly, with less
problems and less stress.
There's more. Retail and service
sales conducted by dedicated staff communicated
to pet owners that we were an "upscale
operation." It set our business apart from
comparison with other businesses. Our clientele
always got a live person when they called, and
not a voicemail service, and excuses we couldn't
come to the phone for any reason. Remember, this
didn't cost us more. Retail sales profit easily
paid for the client relations staff.
It still gets better. Because we
didn't have to raise prices to cover the cost of
the client relations staff, our prices were
mid-range. There were many businesses charging
more for grooming and they had no staff
dedicated to customer service! Our formula worked and
any staffed operation can do the same today. Is
this why our hired groomers stayed so many
years. They loved being able to stay entirely
focused on their art and the pets, except to
receive the gratitude of pet owners.
Opportunity is knocking for pet groomers to
take advantage of the ongoing growth in the
sales of luxury pet products, but there are
requirements. Remember, simply placing luxury
pet products in a traditional grooming shop
won't work well.
Upscale shoppers willing to buy luxury pet
products demand more. It may mean taking the Eliza
Doolittle (My Fair Lady) of grooming shops and
transforming it into a polished operation with
patience, planning, execution and investment.
What's Upscale
In less than one minute the savvy pet owner
knows whether a business is
upscale. If you are starting a new
business the advantage may be yours because you
can choose to locate your in an area already
attracting upscale shoppers. If your existing
business is in or adjacent to an area losing its
appeal, even rundown, you have lost an advantage
to going upscale. Don't give up though, the loss
of an advantage is not necessarily a lockout. Take a clear look at your clientele and if
one-third or more
of your clients are deemed upscale shoppers, you can
still create an upscale ambiance in your
business. Pet groomers know that even upscale
pet owners will travel to areas a bit worn if
they have faith and trust that their pets will
be cared for properly by "their groomers." That
loyalty bond doesn't often hold with inanimate
retail, but with living beloved pets, that's
another story.
Design communicates upscale definitions. There really is elegance in simplicity. Many
of today's luxury pet products are creatively
packaged. In fact, look at the Pet Head
line of products here, and their unique packaging and
color. You want to set a stage for such retail,
and not over ornament your stage but avoid being
bland. You
have plenty of room to choose between modern contemporary or
cozy warmth. Regardless avoid
peg boards, slat boards or unattractive
shelving. Do add nicely framed pet art.
Write down one sentence that best
characterizes your desired
look. Whenever you are in planning mode ask
yourself if your ideas support that look. The
look must follow through the interior.
Distinctive light fixtures are important, rather
than banks of fluorescent lighting, as well as window
treatments. You do have to keep in mind that the
grooming department will create dust so keep
your retail area easy to clean.
Most pet groomers don't have a lot of room
for display. Don't plan on putting a lot of
the same stock on display. If you have
the same pet bed in three sizes, put the medium
size on display with a sign, "Also Available in
Small and Large Sizes." Groomers with minimal
storage can maintain stock in a rented storage
or take orders where delivery can be made
quickly by a third party.
Ambiance plays a key role, and it needs to
match the design. If your retail
area is rife with sound of dryers instead of
soft jazz or soft rock to soft Latin, your business
is working against your upscale goal. You may
actually be disturbing grooming pets too.
In our large grooming business doing 60 to 90
pets a day, we played soft music in the
reception area and you could hear it! We
"containerized" the Bathing Department with
floor to ceiling walls eliminating most of its
noise, and the spread of dirt, dander and hair
shed. Any grooming noise that filtered front was
limited to the soft hum of clippers. It can be
We didn't have to raise our voices on the
telephone, and callers didn't have to do the
same. This aspect alone put clients
at ease and made them more willing to stay and
engage in conversation about our "upscale
offerings." If the mood is not pleasant,
why stay? The more your retail environment
says pleasant to the eye, nose and ear, the more
you justify your claim to be upscale. Personally
we know a place is upscale because whether it
appeals to me or not, it's obvious that the
owners gave a lot of thought to their
presentation rather than just putting up some
shelves of retail in a grooming shop.
It's not about discounts. You
may have a sale table, but your focus is on the
unique qualities of your retail that typically
cannot be found at Wal-mart, Target and the
It's in your favor if you have an
established grooming clientele. You can
distribute advertising to them, and we suggest
adding to your retail and add-on services
expansion to your company brochure.
pet owners often participate in pet events. Your
advertising could be placed in their brochures,
or if they offer a booth try setting one up.
Again it's your benefit if you are also a
grooming operation because you may just pickup
new grooming clients from your marketing
efforts. Make sure that your advertising and
promotional materials always reflect a complete
picture of your business, upscale retail,
grooming and luxury add-on services.
Create an attractive board for pictures of your
clientele's pets enjoying the products you sell.
Take pictures of pets enjoying your add-on
services, such as facials and massage. Pictures
do speak a thousand words! Post them on your
board and it's sure to capture attention.
Merchandise Selection
Tradeshows are an
excellent source of pet retail as well as
gift-oriented tradeshows. Pet groomers, don't
confuse grooming tradeshows with major retail
pet tradeshows. You will find some retail there
suitable for your upscale retail and certainly
for your add-on services, but the major retail
pet shows are many times larger than grooming
tradeshows increasing the likelihood that your
are going to see much more product. We have
attended gift tradeshows and always found
inventory appealing to pet owners.
recommend these pet retail shows:
Global Pet Expo
Luxury Pet Pavilion
H.H. Backer
Fashion Week
We have provided you with a Retail Inventory
Shopping List that you can print and make
copies. Keep in mind that your retail should
address the three stages of pet lives, 1) puppy,
2) adult and 3) senior. People with puppies
often need more shopping to equip themselves to
be pet parents. Senior pets require more
comfort, and we sold for example lots of pet
ramps (not steps). Pet parents travel with them
and we suggest a travel section, items that make
that travel easier like steps/ramps and seat
covers. Always keep a supply of the pet care
products you use as a groomer available for sale
Safe holistic pet foods saw a dramatic increase
in 2007 and it's an ideal product because just
as pet owners return for grooming on a regular
basis, pet owners must restock food supplies
year round. Whatever creates repeat visits is
essential to meeting your sales goals. In fact,
the reason so many vets or retail stores adding
grooming was to create foot traffic for their
retail. So you as a groomer already have that
foot traffic and that leaves you with the
challenge of what else you can do to accentuate
your advantage, it's specialty pet food. If a
bag lasts 4 weeks, a satisfied pet owner that
may go 8 weeks between grooming appointments
will have to return for pet food between them.
Remember, you don't want to sell what is easily
available at traditional pet retailers. Your
focus is safety and holistic quality, often
human grade ingredients only. We have a
GroomerTALK Radio Show on this topic.
Add-on Services
Bathing, styling, nail
clipping, ear checks, anal gland expression,
medicated baths, dematting, flea treatments and
de-skunking are traditional services offered by
groomers. Since 2000 de-shedding has become such
as popular add-on service it wouldn't surprise
us if soon we will consider it a given service
offered by every groomer. If you haven't got on
the bandwagon for de-shedding you should.
Besides helping pet owners maintain the
cleanliness of their homes, it can help allergy
sufferers, so consider that in your advertising
for de-shedding.
Spa packages are a natural
today and your industry is supporting that with
new lines of product especially created for pet
spas. You should have at least 2 add-on packages
available based on product, such as pet facials
and special coat conditioners.
Pet massage is
actually a great skill for groomers. Why don't
more of them learn it as a method to calm
anxious pets before and during grooming? That
question aside, pet massage works in some
boutiques with grooming and spas. You may want
to contract with a pet massage professional to
come onsite on specified days rather than
maintain them as regular staff. We know pet
masseuses that work for several pet spas and on
a revolving basis and it brings in the foot
traffic for the spa and the opportunity to make
additional retail sales. Typically the masseuse
pays a commission to the owner out of fees
collected, but that is not set in stone.
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Evaluation of a British computer model to simulate gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep on Canadian farms
With increasing levels of anthelmintic resistance worldwide and a growing demand to produce more organic products, utilisation of control strategies for gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) that minimize the use of anthelmintics becomes even more important. This study evaluated the farm-level performanc...
Bayesian and classical analysis of nitrate in drinking water and the geographical variation of type 1 diabetes in PEI
Impacts and control of insidious infectious diseases - beat them before they beat you and your clients - MAP, NC, BLV, and BVDV in dairy cattle
The ELISA tests that are available to detect an infection with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) have a limited validity expressed as the sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp). In many studies, the Se and Sp of the tests are treated as constants and this will result in an underestima...
Seroprevalence of antibodies against bovine leukemia virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, and Neospora caninum in dairy cattle in Saskatchewan
Blood was drawn from 1530 dairy cows in 51 herds. For antibodies against bovine leukemia virus, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis, and Neospora caninum, 37.4%, 2.7%, and 5.6% of cows were test positive, respectively, while 29.2% of herds had unvaccinated animals with > or = 1:64 for...
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Association between stomach cancer incidence and drinking water contamination with atrazine and nitrate in Ontario (Canada) agroecosystems, 1987-1991.
The objectives of this thesis were: 1) to determine which factors and biological samples were associated with the estimated amount of total arsenic (As) consumed from water and food; 2) to determine which factors were associated with the concentration of total and speciated As ([As]) in urine; 3) to...
Pilot project to investigate over-wintering of free-living gastrointestinal nematode larvae of sheep in Ontario, Canada
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N.O.E. is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, given by Mike Toreno to protagonist Carl Johnson.
You must drop some supplies and return to the airstrip. In this mission, CJ uses a Rustler, and he flies under the Radar to Angel Pine, and land the plane at the Airstrip. The player must fly at low height. If the plane is too high, it will be detected, and three Hydras will follow it. The Hydras can launch missiles, damaging your plane and possibly destroy it.
You must drop supplies at Angel Pine and go back to the airstrip.
- Get to the Rustler and take off.
- After taking off, you must go to the north, fly above the mountains and stay above the sea.
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After the legalization of retail marijuana earlier this year, entrepreneurs have been coming onto the scene in Denver and surrounding areas to capitalize on the event. Everything from new and improved dispensaries to travel tours designed around the cannabis experience. A lot of emphasis has been placed on the dispensaries and the growers, but the legalization of marijuana is leading to new business opportunities in other industries as well.
One such example is Surna, a local company that also happens to have Tom Bollich, the cofounder of Zynga, the online gaming company probably best known for Farmville, standing at the helm as its CEO. Surna is a company dedicated to bringing technology to the cannabis industry—and has moved to Colorado to do just that.
Who is Surna?
Surna produces water-chilled cooling systems specifically targeted to benefit cannabis growers. Surna recently signed a purchase agreement with Hydro Innovations, a company already well established in the commercial gardening industry with a range of products, including the desired cooling systems. Hydro Innovations had its start with entrepreneurial husband and wife team, Brandy and Stephen Keen in 2006 in response to finding "a better way" for gardeners to care for their gardens in hard-to-control climate conditions. Long time friends of Tom Bollich, the two companies have decided to join forces and move their headquarters to Boulder, Colorado with the intention of catering to the cannabis industry.
"The industry has outpaced the technology available," said Brandy Keen, cofounder of Hydro Innovations. "And Tom sees an opportunity to bring technology to the field."
Surna's climate control system offers many benefits beyond that of its competitors, such as HVAC systems and other cooling systems. With energy saving benefits and more, they aim to catch the market early to help new growers and growers who are just starting to expand current operations to meet the new demand for legal marijuana. In addition, they plan to help those who are starting to discover a need for more cost-efficient climate control systems as the cannabis growing market becomes flooded with new growers.
Why Cannabis?
Surna's products are transferable to multiple industries and Hydro Innovations already offers a variety of products quite popular among private and commercial gardeners. So why the focus on cannabis? For the only reason necessary: it's the next big thing.
"When you've seen the birth of an industry before, you see it coming again," said Tom Bollich, CEO of Surna.
Tom Bollich and the Keens had been making plans for these business moves about a year ahead of the legalization, in anticipation of it, rather than reacting to it after the fact. By focusing their technology specifically on the cannabis industry, Surna plans to ride the legal weed wave to success and then ultimately spread into other private and commercial industries for cooling systems.
As Tom Bollich said in another article, "This is the next gold rush."
Their own entrepreneurial success is not the only thing driving them, though. Brandy Keen stressed the fact that with the legalization of marijuana here in Colorado, the benefits will trickle down into other areas and is a positive thing. For example, it is bringing more jobs to the area. According to her, Surna has already brought six new positions to Boulder in staffing their new facilities. And in the next year, they expect to hire on at least ten more. In addition, they find value in being able to help the small time grower be able to affordably expand his or her operations.
Why Colorado?
Colorado, being the first to legalize retail marijuana, has become the epicenter of the industry. "It's the home base for the commercial grower," said Tae Darnell, Chief Counsel for Surna. "Existing here has substantially impacted business."
They plan to capitalize on the fact that they are local and right where it's all happening. Just as Colorado is being seen as the model for the regulated cannabis industry, Surna wants to be seen as the number one technology resource for it. As Tom said, "we want to be the GE of cannabis." So they came to Colorado.
Their current expansion has been happening at such a rate that their current headquarters is still under reconstruction. They now have 20,000 square feet at the current facilities and further growth is anticipated.
When asked if they foresaw an influx of other competition and other likeminded folks relocating to the state to capitalize on the industry as well, they came back with a resounding YES.
"It's happening now. Colorado is setting the standard for all these other states. Colorado is the safe place for these people," said Tom Bollich. Visitors to Denver and its surrounding areas have come from all over just to see how it's working.
According to him, this is just like what happened with the advent of the internet and Silicon Valley—in fact, Surna believes Colorado is to become the "Silicon Valley of Weed." As Tom Bollich explained, what we are seeing is an event that enables entrepreneurs to make wealth off something new, but their work then triggers other entrepreneurs to go and make their own wealth and more jobs, which again triggers others to start and so forth.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. New dispensaries, growing facilities, the tourism business, and so much more are all areas that can trigger more business opportunities, bring more jobs to the area, and overall be hugely beneficial to the state. Colorado is becoming the entrepreneurial epicenter of the legal retail marijuana world and Surna serves as an example of the opportunity to be found within Colorado's borders, deep in the cannabis industry.
***Investor's Note***
Surna went public March 26, 2014, with an opening share price of $2.15, which has since gone up. To check current share prices and information on OTC Markets.com (Ticker symbol: SRNA).
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Chefs Unite for SHARE's Second Helping of Lifeby Maria Russo in Events, Food Network Chef, September 25th, 2013
In the midst of the scary and often isolating world that is cancer diagnoses and treatments, SHARE, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, aims to shed light and foster a compassionate community with the help of volunteers who staff phone lines and offer individualized support for women battling breast and ovarian cancers. The friendly, reassuring voices answering calls from patients, families and friends are often those of survivors themselves, which makes them keenly experienced in navigating the uncertainty that lies ahead. Each year, female chefs from around the city gather to raise money to further SHARE's mission of care at A Second Helping of Life, a walk-around tasting event showcasing their deliciously inspired eats and drinks.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of A Second Helping of Life, and to celebrate this milestone, Chopped judge and Next Iron Chef: Redemption runner-up Amanda Freitag spearheaded the event as the executive chef. "I'm just supporting this amazing organization like I do every year … I just find it to be one of the best organizations for women who are going through this," Amanda told FN Dish on Monday night at Manhattan's Pier Sixty. When she wasn't chatting with guests or graciously posing with fans for photos, Amanda worked alongside her culinary team to plate individual corn flans, creamy yet light bites served alongside a watercress salad with crumbled ricotta salata. "I wanted to capture the little bits of summer that we had left in the corn," she explained of the inspiration behind her dish.


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A 38-year-old man was arrested Thursday for allegedly peeping at a woman inside a clothing store in Forsyth County last weekend.
And officials said he has a history of being a peeping tom.
Mr. Randy William Wilson, of Cleveland, was charged with two counts of Peeping Tom in the incident that happened at Belk on Saturday, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies responded to the Belk in Lakeland Plaza in Cumming after getting a report of a man peering under the door of the women's dressing room while a woman was undressing, the sheriff's spokesman Deputy Doug Rainwater said.
After releasing photos of the suspect, tips came in from the public, including one person claiming to have spotted the suspect in another store at the Dawsonville Outlet Mall earlier in the week, Deputy Rainwater said.
On Thursday, detectives responded to Mr. Wilson home. The suspect fled the residence, but was captured after a brief foot chase, Deputy Rainwater said.
In addition to the Peeping Tom charges, Mr. Wilson has been charged with parole violation, he said.
"Wilson did have a prior Peeping Tom charge," Deputy Rainwater said.
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