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Fans have been speculating that "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest was in a relationship with model, Shayna Taylor since last December. On Monday, Shayna confirmed that she is indeed in a dating relationship with Seacrest. Shayna was approached by TMZ at Los Angeles International Airport and asked what it's like to be dating Ryan Seacrest. "It feels great," she said. The statement positively confirmed what others have been thinking since seeing the couple out and about together often.
The happy couple had just returned from romantic getaway in Italy. Shayna posted many pictures during their vacation of her and Ryan on her Instagram account. Shayna's pictures documented their visit to the Eiffel Tower and the Italian coast. In all of the photos the couple looks as though they are having a blast and are enjoying their time in paradise. After Shayna confirmed their relationship of being a couple she changed her instagram account to be geared more toward her professional life. She is an American model, personal trainer, and chef.
Since the couple has been seen together in public, fans cannot help but compare Shayna to Seacrest's ex-girfriend Julianne Hough. The two have a close resembleance to each other. Both are very petite and beautiful. Both also have gorgeous blonde hair. Seacrest has not changed his "type" since being together with Hough. He seems to always go for the beautiful girls with blonde hair.
Hough opened up about her relationship with Seacrest during her interview for the August issue of Redbook. She explained that things just were not right between the couple. She expressed her fear of getting hurt during the relationship. She held back during the relationship and didn't let her feelings be heard. She stuck with it for as long as she could. Hough and Seacrest were together in their on again off again relationship for three years.


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This year the Menuhin Competition, the world's leading competition for violinists under the age of 22, founded by the late violinist Yehudi Menuhin in 1983, was held in Austin between February 21 and March 2. Of the 42 participants, three alumni from the Pre-College division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) made it to the finals. One of them emerged as the First Prize winner in the Senior Division (for competitors aged sixteen or above).
That winner is seventeen-year-old Stephen Waarts, who spend five years at SFCM studying with Li Lin. Waarts had won the Second Prize in the Junior Division in 2010. He is now at the Curtis Institute of Music studying under Aaron Rosand. Fourth prize in that same competition was won by fellow SFCM alumnus Stephen Kim, who studied with Bettina Mussumeli and is also currently at Curtis. Alina Ming Kobialka also competed in the senior division. She also studied with Lin, as well as Wei He, and is currently attending The Colburn School.
In the Junior Division current Pre-College student Alex Zhou took fourth place in the finals. He was the youngest of the Junior competitors to have made it to the finals. He is currently studying with Zhao Wei.

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Showa Period Kashizara Set by Sanshu Ichiyo
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This beautiful set of five kashizara (confectionary plate) is part of a series of mostly antique and vintage items that we recovered from the storehouse of a retired construction contractor. His house is located in the southern part of Kyoto, where buildings from the Edo and Meiji periods still stand. His son not being interested in inheriting his father's collection, we were asked to take them out, and we are now able to present them to you.
Kashi, or o-kashi are traditional Japanese confectioneries often served during tea ceremonies, although some western sweets are also sometimes used. They are brought on small plates such as those we are presenting here.
This set is a Ki-seto ware, recognizable by its yellowish glaze. Ki-seto pottery has been made since the 16th century in the Mino province (current Aichi and Gifu prefectures). The set was made by a potter named Sanshu Ichiyo, born Kamiya Koichi (1902-1985), who was a third generation potter especially known for his bonsai pottery. The leaf-shaped plates with sober tones suggest it would particularly be fit to use them during a tea ceremony in the fall.
Please let us know if you have some questions.
Each plate is in great condition. A few minute cracks like the one in picture 9 are visible but they were made during firing and are not considered damages. Only one plate (see picture 6) does not bear the seal of the potter. The set will be shipped in a signed box.
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Architectural Critique
Clemson University's Charleston Architecture Center is already being called "the eyesore building" by Charleston residents, in mocking reference to the squinting eye motifs on the planned structure's longest façade. The Minimalist design marks a radical change from Charleston's architectural traditions, stretching back to 1674. It also makes a mockery of the basic principles of urban design in historic cities. If public hearings are an indicator, it is bitterly opposed by the majority of Charleston's citizens.
There continues to be virtually no job prospects for architecture graduates in the Lower Southeast, but Clemson University in Upstate South Carolina is marching ahead with its plans to construct a modernistic Cube for the branch of its College of Architecture in historic Charleston. The school is currently housed in the restored "Old Marine Hospital" that was constructed in 1834 and designed by the famous architect, Robert Mills.
Although tourism and property values continue to thrive on the peninsula, where the original city of Charleston was founded over three centuries ago, the economy of the Charleston Metropolitan Area has languished since the United States Navy began shrinking its North Charleston Naval Yard. Once the richest city in the United States, Charleston has been economically outpaced by Jacksonville, FL and Savannah, GA; both of which have superior port facilities. Corporate offices have gravitated to "new" cities like Atlanta, Charlotte and Greenville. There are no high-rise office buildings in Charleston.
The approved design of the building consists of three, merged, white cubes that are accessed from Meeting Street. The long George Street façade is composed of window walls, partially concealed by an aluminum screen that is punctuated by two eye-shaped openings. The facades make extensive use of reflective glass that the architects claim will make the building almost invisible. That will be especially true during solar eclipses, because at other times the reflected sun will make itself known. Many of Charleston's most famous architectural monuments are located on Meeting Street.
On June 25, 2012, Charleston's Board of Architectural Review voted 4-2 to approve the controversial design of the proposed building despite passionate pleas against the design from the commission's chairman, Bob Demarco. Also, a broad range of civic groups and at least 3/4ths of the citizens attending. spoke out in protest against the intrusive design.
In his article on the controversial hearing, Robert Behre of the Charleston News-Courier quoted Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture, the firm that designed the building. Cleopfil stated, "The Board's approval of Clemson's Architecture Center design may reverberate beyond its site at George and Meeting Streets. What's exciting to me is it's a moment in this city. It's a pivot point. It just elevates the discussion of architecture, and that's what we're trying to do."
Andy Clark, president of the Charleston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects also spoke in favor of the design. He stated that buildings in that neighborhood were constructed in different centuries and in different architectural styles. He added, "The Clemson building will continue that tradition."
Urban Design 101 seems not to have been a consideration of the Charleston Architectural Review Board. However, the analysis of this building will come later in the article. First, though, I should let you in on a dirty little secret. My French Huguenot ancestors, the Morels and De Veaux's, were some of the earliest residents of Charleston. They lived there for two generations before becoming some of the earliest residents of Savannah, GA. Furthermore, I was the director of the team that prepared Charleston's first comprehensive plan.
Asheville, NC almost made the same mistake
Something is very odd about this news story. The Charleston municipal government's chief historic preservation officer spoke in favor of the design, even though it violated every standard in the city's historic preservation ordinance and also, the historic preservation standards of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Left unsaid in local coverage is the obvious. The institutions and persons, who developed Charleston into a major tourist attraction, have been slam-dunked by people behind the scenes, with a very different agenda for the city's future. The powers-behind-the-scenes approved this structure, long before it was approved by the commission.
A metropolitan city's downtown (aka Central Business District) is typically not the driving economic force for a region, but rather an indicator of the region's relative economic health. Charleston and Savannah are unique in that their historical downtowns have become international attractions for tourism and therefore, major regional economic bases within themselves. A modern CBD would necessarily be built elsewhere, unless one wanted to destroy this economic base.
Review of supportive comments at the public hearing and in earlier public hearings revealed a prevailing theme. Supporters believe that construction of a modern building in one of the most esteemed historic cities in North America would stimulate Charleston's economic and cultural vitality. They have somehow concluded that old buildings equate to sluggish economies. Asheville, North Carolina almost made the same mistake three decades ago.
Asheville had been generally stagnant since the city went bankrupt in 1926. Prior to then, it was competing against Atlanta for regional corporate headquarters. The city had started work on a subway system when it went bankrupt! In 1977, most of Downtown Asheville's buildings dated from 1890 – 1926. Asheville's business leaders decided that if they demolished the downtown's historic buildings and replaced them with a single regional mall and multilevel parking decks, Asheville would become a major league player again.
Still a wet-behind-the-ears architect-planner, I was hired away from the firm that was Charleston's planning consultant to prepare the Downtown Asheville Revitalization Plan and direct its implementation. It seemed an opportunity too good to be true. That it was. I was actually intended to be a patsy, whose credentials in historic preservation would be a good screen for on-going behind-the-scenes political machinations involved with demolishing the historic structures and providing public financing for a private sector mall. So while I was drawing plans for those famous round plazas, pocket parks and Europeanesque urban villages, the Building Inspections Department was secretly preparing condemnation paperwork to have the same structures, forcibly demolished. The mall developer was essentially going to be given Downtown Asheville on a silver platter.
Well, we Creek Indians are not particularly known for being either patsies or stupid, plus the young adults in Asheville rose up in rebellion. I had the plans for the long forgotten subway access tunnels and used them to communicate with "Save Downtown Asheville," the organization formed to stop the mall.
Progressive citizens of Asheville challenged the Old Guard and beat them in elections. The Downtown Asheville that you see today (minus the big hole in front of City Hall) is the one I planned in the 1979 Downtown Asheville Revitalization Plan. Most residents of Asheville today, are not even aware of the disaster that almost befell the city.
The Secretary of Interior's Standards
Local historic preservation commissions are supposed to generally follow a set of standards adopted by the U. S. Department of the Interior for National Historic Districts and National Landmarks. The standards require that all new buildings not emulate historical buildings, but be harmonious with them by using compatible colors, materials, building scale and fenestration. The proposed Architecture Center fails miserably in complying with any of these standards. It is an architecture school. That is what is most inexplicable about this scandal in Charleston.
Earthquake resistance: Façade openings in Charleston are narrower than in other historic cities along the Atlantic Seaboard because Charleston is epicenter for the most dangerous earthquake zone in the Eastern United States. This building design contains broad window walls that will shatter in an earthquake like the one that struck Charleston in 1886.
Environmental design: Virtually all buildings on Meeting and George Streets in Charleston have multiple, small fenestrations that are at a human scale. This human scale is what delights residents and visitors alike. Charleston's and Savannah's human scaled fenestrations have been emulated at numerous New Urbanism communities throughout the Eastern United States. The design of the Architecture Center presents a predominantly blank wall composed of mirror glass and aluminum screening. What were these people thinking?
Courtyards: An architectural tradition that transcends all periods of Charleston's history is the creation of shaded interior courtyards. These courtyards function both as outdoor living spaces and transitional spaces that link the private and public environments. This design has none. Courtyards would be especially practical in an architecture school, where exhibits and construction demonstrations are commonplace.
Color: The rendering of the proposed building shows its façade to be composed of a white cementous material with wide expanses of reflective glass. Many mansions in Charleston's Battery Neighborhood have clapboard façades painted white, but in the vicinity of the proposed building site, the majority of structures are earth tones. Most of Meeting Street's large historic structures are finished in natural cementous stuccos, which are grayish-tan in color.
Balconies and entrances: Most of historic structures along Meeting Street display long balconies or verandas, which shield occupants from the hot South Carolina sun and function as outdoor living spaces. Entrances are often set back from the façade and protected by an overhang. This proposed building has none. The verandas of the current Charleston Architecture Center are favorite locations for students to socialize and have casual conversations with professors.
Façade Materials: Typical finish materials along Meeting Street are stucco and brick. The design of this building appears to have a façade composed of reinforced concrete, glass and an aluminum screen.
Façade Orientation: Most historic buildings on Meeting Street have horizontal façades. Many public buildings, especially churches and the Old City Hall have either steeples or cupolas that function as vertical punctuation points.
Roof Lines: Most historic buildings on Meeting Street have gable, gambrel or Mansard roofs. This building design has a flat roof. Several of its neighbors have flat roofs, but they also have parapets and cornices.
Roof Overhangs: Virtually all historic buildings in Charleston have roof overhangs. This design has none. In a reference to the Late-19th and Early 20th century brick store fronts, the rendering shows three miniature parapets on the George Street façades. Such pseudo-details are expressly forbidden by the Secretary of the Interior's Standards.
Landscaping: Meeting Street lost most of its street trees in the 20th century, but the neighborhood along George Street still has some. Wrapping both facades with trees would have gone a long way in making the building more compatible with its environs and also reducing electrical consumption by HVAC systems.
Charleston, South Carolina . . . this particular emperor is so buck naked, that you will never be able to put clothes on him. We know that you can do better. That is why Charleston is uniquely, Charleston.


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Crafting a Clear Message
This is the second post in a series about presentations.
"Do only what is necessary to convey what is essential. Carefully eliminate elements that distract from the essential whole…. Clutter, bulk and erudition confuse perception…, whereas simplicity allows clear and direct attention." −Richard Powell
In my last post, I mentioned the "elevator pitch" test, in which you practice speaking your presentation to a friend in 45 seconds. This important exercise forces you to boil down all your crazy, rambling ideas to the bare essentials.
Including too much information in a presentation is like underlining everything on a page. If everything is important, than nothing is important. If everything is a priority than nothing is a priority. You must be ruthless in your efforts to simplify, but not dumb down, the message to its absolute core. [1]
They haven't heard a thing you've said
With a hundred things fighting for attention throughout a persons day, you'd be lucky if your audience remembered one thing from your 10 minute presentation. What do you want that one thing to be? What is the absolute smallest granule of knowledge that you want to impart to your audience? That is your core message.
In their book, "Made to Stick," the Heath brothers explore what makes messages sticky and memorable. They say the biggest obstacle to "sticky" messages is the Curse of Knowledge:
"The Curse of Knowledge is the condition whereby the deliverer of the message cannot imagine what it's like not to possess his level of background knowledge on the topic. When he speaks in abstractions to the audience, it makes perfect sense to him, but to him alone." [2]
Our love/hate relationship with simplicity
As the world becomes more complex, people crave simplicity. They love it. The iPod won because it was simple. Simple is good, simple is easy, simple is viral. Complex messages are hard to understand, and are hard to tell a friend. Simple ideas become viral because they're easy to recall, explain, and relate to.
But we also hate simplicity. Simple ideas can be mistaken as shallow, dumb, and lazy. You don't want to appear dumb and lazy do you? Then you better beef up your PowerPoint with more facts and figures. Why do so many product feature lists say "and much more" at the end? When in doubt, add more and say more, right? But this just dilutes the core message.
Disclaimer: I am the same person who is in charge of our website, and as I write this I do realize I need to take some of this advice to heart. Our current website is a little complex and requires simplification.
Learn to love simplicity through restraint
Lately I have been experimenting with a time management system called the Pomodoro technique. I'm working in strict 25 minute blocks with mandatory 5 minute breaks in between. The idea is that the mind is kept from multi-task fatigue by active rejection of interruptions and laser focus on a single task until the pomodoro timer rings. I've found the result to be greater efficiency and more awareness of where my time is going through out the day.
The reason this system works is because of the constraints. "In the field of design there is the belief that with more constraints, better solutions are revealed." [3] Professional designers live with hundreds of constraints on a daily basis, because that's how the design world works. Nondesigners, on the other hand, can easily get frustrated or go overboard with all the various options, effects, colors, and templates afforded to them by modern presentation software.
The solution is to impose strict restraints on your presentation and stick to them. This will help creativity and simplicity. For example, in 2003 a presentation style emerged from Japan called Pecha Kucha. You are allowed 20 slides which display for 20 seconds on an auto-rotation timer. That's 6 minutes and 40 seconds to give a presentation and that's it. It has become a global phenomenon in 80 cities, and is great practice for honing your presentation skills. [4]
Restraint means focus
In summation, use the elevator technique to find your core message. Then continuously reevaluate your entire presentation based on the core message. Does this awesome slide I worked so hard on, full of facts and figures strongly contribute to my core message? If the answer is not an immediately YES, then get rid of it. The simpler and clearer your message, the higher probability your audience will remember something.
This article was inspired by an awesome book:
Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds. It's highly recommended!
- [1] Page 77 – "If everything is important, nothing is important." I love this line.
- [2] Page 76 – I suffer from this disease frequently. When I'm working on a project for too long, I lose perspective on it. The six principles of "SUCCESs" help fight this disease: Simplicity, Unexpectedness, Concreteness, Credibility, Emotions and Stories. Learn more.
- [3] Page 39 – We all hate restrictions, but perhaps we can learn how to use them for our benefit.
- [4] Learn more about Pecha Kucha here: http://www.pecha-kucha.org. I haven't tried this yet, but I'm eager to on my next presentation.


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Health Benefits
Typically, Matcha is the only tea variety that is ground into fine powder form for a reason. When drinking Matcha or enjoying a food or beverage made from Matcha - you consume the entire tea leaf. This is the main difference between Matcha and all other tea. Normally black tea or other green teas are consumed via steeping the tea leaves infused with hot water. Steeped tea is only a single soluble extract of the tea leaves - the leaves stay in the tea pot and will be disposed. Only a small part of the health benefits of tea are water soluble, depending on tea variety and preparation only 10% - 20% of the healthy nutrients are consumed when drinking steeped tea.
Matcha drinkers receive the full nutrition of the whole tea leaf and will enjoy the high concentration of green tea antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and fiber.
Matcha is extremely rich in 3 very important nutrients that are of high interest for healthier lifestyle living:
Tea-catechins are among the most researched and scientifically discussed antioxidants. A vast number of publications have already been published on these ingredients with a high antioxidant effect. Matcha contains high antioxidants compared to all known natural fruits and vegetables known thus far. And ORAC test results prove that one gram of ceremonial matcha green tea contains 1384 ORAC units. When compared to other antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables as well as other leading superfoods, traditional ceremonial matcha green tea clearly stands out above the rest.
*ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorption Capacity. This test method was developed by the USDA and Tufts University to assess the antioxidant potency of foods and beverages. Higher numbers contains more antioxidant affects to our body
Matcha also contains high amount of L-theanines—a unique set of natural amino acids found almost exclusively in shade grown green tea such as Matcha and Gyokuro— This unique property L-theanines combines with tea caffeine and our body absolve it slowly and gives us slow and satiable 3 to 6 hours long energy boost without any caffeine crush and other side effects.
This unique combination which almost exclusively exist in Matcha help provide increased mental clarity and energy. With virtually zero calories, this makes matcha the ultimate "energy drink"—without any of the side effects found in the highly sugared, over-caffeinated beverages sold in stores.
Matcha is made by grinding the entire tea leaf into the powder, all of those nutrients and benefits regular tea bags carry away stay right in the cup for the drinking. This ensures that matcha drinkers consume a higher concentration of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fibers than other tea. One of highlight nutrient which we can take from Matcha but not from steeped tea is insoluble Fiber, one of study shows that effect of lowering blood sugar from Catechin (EGCg) is enhanced if we take both water soluble and water insoluble fiber together with Catechin.
Please download this case study from here: Matcha and Diabetes Type 2 Diabetes and Matcha
In fact, more than 10 times more than even other green teas. More amazingly, there is no other fruit or vegetable in the world that provides more antioxidants than matcha. It is literally the healthiest drink nature has to offer, providing 100% natural energy.
Drinking steeped tea contains only less than 10% of whole nutrients from tea leaf but drinking Matcha gives us 100% nutrients. It means one bowl of matcha is equivalent to approx. 10 cups of regular green tea.


text: A door car guy for many years, Mark Kidd, Twin Falls, raced this colorful Chevy II/Nova. Owner and operator of Kidd Performance & Dyno, he has been competing at Firebird for better than a quarter century. This is a car he teamed up with Johnny Gross running everything from Super Gas to Super Pro. It was a winning machine, too, visiting the winner's circle on many occasions. Today, Kidd races an ultra-competitive rear-engined 7-second dragster and is the eliminator sponsor of the Super Pro class at Firebird in the Boise Muffler/Spangler Bros. Auto Body Gold Cup Series.


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Gay Ugandans Fight Against New Law With Bid to Crimp Fund Flows
After a local newspaper in February named him as a homosexual, Sam Opio went underground.
He stopped strolling in the park with his boyfriend. He stopped going to nightclubs. He even scaled back appearances at the office of his local activist organization, Queer Group Uganda.
"I had to lay low," says the 31-year-old Mr. Opio, who lives as a woman.
In 2010, a prominent gay activist, David Kato, was murdered days after his name appeared in a local newspaper. The new list from a different tabloid called the Red Pepper provided names, photos and locations of people it said were homosexuals under the headline "EXPOSED! Uganda's 200 Top Homos Named." It was published a day after President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a draconian antihomosexuality bill.
But rather than stay in hiding, Mr. Opio and his fellow activists took the risky step of fighting back. They lobbied advertisers through online campaigns urging them to stop doing business with the tabloid.
Read the full story on gay Ugandans' fight against the new law at wsj.com.


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According to TSN, the top three point producers in the National Hockey League as of Sunday, are on the Canadian Olympic men's hockey team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins has 72 points, followed by John Tavares at 64 points and Ryan Getzlaf of the Anaheim Ducks at 60 points.
All three Canadian forwards will be counted on significantly to put the puck past elite goaltenders next month.
There is no question that the Canadian team has star power and anything less than Olympic gold is simply not good enough. The pressure by the Canadian public is immense and the hockey tournament at the Olympic Winter Games will be just as important to Canadians as the World Cup soccer event will mean to Europeans this summer.
Where Canada might be better in 2014 than 2010 is their overall depth. Every line for Team Canada has the capability to produce and their defense is just as deep--led by Duncan Keith of the Chicago Blackhawks, Shea Weber of the Nashville Predators and Drew Doughty of the Los Angeles Kings.
Canada will be challenged--mostly by Russia, the United States and Sweden. Of the three, the Swedes look the most dangerous. They will be led by former Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson of the Ottawa Senators and former Vezina Trophy winner Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers.
The U.S. and Russia both seem to have loopholes--the Americans with their offensive depth and Russia with their defensive experience. Finland could also contend for a medal because of their strong goaltending depth, but I feel this is their least talented team up front in a while.
On the women's side, the United States are the clear favourite based on their dominance over Canada in exhibition play in December and the fact that they were without one of the star offensive forwards in Amanda Kessel.
Finland meanwhile gets the edge over Russia, Switzerland and Sweden for bronze after their impressive performance at the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, New York in November where they upset the United States 3-1.
Here are my predictions for hockey:
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Women's Hockey
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The word "Toyota" has been part of my vocabulary since my nursery school days. Both my grandparents and mother have driven Toyotas for as long as I can remember. I learned how to drive in my mom's Toyota. My first car was a 1991 Corolla. Needless to say, we have quite a history. Toyota is a brand that I've trusted for decades. Thankfully, they haven't let me down during this current era of innovation like a lot of companies have.
I currently have a 2011 Toyota Venza, and it's great! It's larger than the ones I've driven in the past, but still has my two favorite things about Toyota; great gas mileage and lots of fun to drive! There's just always been something about driving a Toyota that makes driving fun to me, and I'm really glad that hasn't changed throughout the years.
Gas mileage is very important to me in a financial and environmental sense. Now that I have kids, I need more cargo space, but a ridiculously oversized SUV is just not for me. The Venza is much smaller, but still spacious with plenty of cargo room. It has awesome gas mileage, so I feel like I'm not only saving money, but being more environmentally conservative as well.
Toyota has been a part of my life for over 30 years now and hasn't let me down. This is more than I can say for any of my other relationships! I'll stay committed to Toyota for as long as they're committed to quality.
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Although SCN is a serious soybean pest, it can be managed profitably. Crop rotation coupled with SCN-resistant varieties are the cornerstones for the management of SCN. Non-host crops, such as corn, sorghum, sunflower, and alfalfa can reduce SCN population densities each year they are grown.
Providing a plant the best possible growing conditions will reduce stress and yield losses due to SCN. Maintain optimum soil fertility to optimize plant growth and development. Weed control not only reduces plant stress, but some weeds act alternative hosts for SCN. Disease and insect control maintains plant health and minimizes damage due to SCN.
The number of SCN in a field can be greatly reduced through proper management, but it is impossible to eliminate SCN from your field once it has become established. Therefore you must choose appropriate management practices so that you can continue profitable soybean production.
Management recommendations based on soil test results
Year 1 - SCN-resistant soybean with PI88788 source of resistance
Year 2 - Nonhost crop (such as corn, oats, alfalfa)
Year 3 - SCN-resistant variety different than the one planted in Year 1.
Year 4 - Nonhost crop (such as corn, oats, alfalfa)
Year 5 - SCN-resistant variety different than the ones planted in Year 1 and Year 3, or susceptible soybean.
Growers concerned about this possibility can prolong the effectiveness of a single source of SCN resistance by growing a susceptible (non-resistant) variety when SCN numbers are low. But SCN causes much greater damage and seems to reproduce at a greater rate in hot, dry growing seasons than in years with adequate to excess rainfall. So if a severe drought is anticipated, growers might opt not to grow a SCN-susceptible variety in an SCN-infested field, even if SCN population densities are low.
Year 6 - Non-host crop (such as corn, oats, alfalfa)
Web resources for SCN-resistant soybean varieties»
An excellent reference is the Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Guide originally published by the SCN Coalition and recently updated and reissued by the North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP).
The fifth edition is available to read or print in pdf format»


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I guess I didn't explain properly... 1) /etc/shadow is specified correctly 2) checklogin.pl can read /etc/shadow just fine 3) suidperl is installed on the system 4) I have read the FAQ's and spent several hours trying to figure the problem out before attacking the mailing lists ;) I can run checkconfig.pl manually (ie: as a non-root user) and it reads and confirms the username/password, ie: if you manually type: #./checkconfig.pl /etc/shadow<cr> username<cr> password<cr> #echo $? 0 If the username/password are incorrect it return '1' instead of '0' So checkconfig.pl is working fine. The trouble is that Perl gets the return value '13' no matter what username/password is entered. I know this because I have added a couple of extra "writelog()" lines in neomail.pl so I can see the variables at various stages in the login() subroutine. Regards, Chris -----8< snip(Continue reading)


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Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach Kirk Doll
March 22, 2014
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina conducted its second spring workout with a two-hour session that wrapped up early Saturday afternoon on Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
Fifth-year ECU Head Coach Ruffin McNeill and his staff continued to stress both individual and positional fundamentals throughout Saturday's practice, which similar to the opener Friday, was conducted in sunny and breezy conditions with temperatures in the 70s.
After starting with traditional individual drills, both units spent the remainder of the late morning and noon hour engaged in skeleton, situational, unit-specific one-on-one and 11-on-11 segments. The Pirates also covered punts during a pair of special teams phases before a 25-minute "team vs. scouts" period, which emphasized redzone and goal line work, highlighted and capped the session.
"I am very pleased with the continuity of all phases," McNeill said. "We've also done a good job adjusting to certain things so far and I think the communication between players has been a big part of that. I like the tempo and focus we've had the first two days and I'm excited about progressing to another level next week."
McNeill will direct one more introductory practice in shells Monday before eventually moving to full pads in preparation for the first scrimmage of the spring on March 29.
Next Workout: Monday, March 24 (3:45-6:00 p.m.)
Remaining Workouts: March 26, March 28, March 29 (scrimmage), March 31, April 2, April 4, April 5 (scrimmage), April 7, April 9, April 11 and April 12 (Purple-Gold Game, 2:30 p.m.)


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Gwyneth Paltrow
[On filming her new movie Iron Man] "I hadn't worked in a long time. Then I finally agreed to do this movie. I reached a place where I thought, 'It's okay that I have a passion for something besides my family.' I love working in films. If I do one thing that makes me fulfilled, then I'm a more interesting woman for my children. [On juggling it all] I want to call Kate Winslet and say, 'Can you tell me how to do this?' Or call Cate Blanchett and ask her to describe [her day] from 7 a.m. on, and tell me what to do, because I don't know how to do this.'"


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Victor Castroll, an analyst with Valcent Financial Group, says Apple sold 51,000 iPads within two hours after the device went on sale.
As noted by "CNN Money" (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/03/12/apple-sells-50000...), his estimate -- which is adjusted for the roughly 15,000 online orders that come in a typical day -- jibes with a 20,000-per-hour figure published earlier by "Silicon Alley Insider" (http://www.businessinsider.com/is-apple-selling-20000-ipads-an-hour-2010-3) and the photo sharing Phanfare site (http://blog.phanfare.com/2010/03/apple-is-currently-selling-20000-ipads-...). That number was based on two sales made within 30 minutes that were 10,000 order numbers apart.
And in other iPad news...
° The Camera Connection Kit previously mentioned by Apple isn't listed among the iPad accessories for sale. gives you two ways to import photos and videos from a digital camera. It lets you import your photos and videos to iPad using the camera's USB cable. Or you can use the SD Card Reader to import photos and videos directly from the camera's SD card.
° The iPad will have a screen rotation lock feature. It's found above the volume controls and lets users force their iPad into landscape or portrait mode.


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DRIV3R Review
publisher: Atari
developer: Reflections Interactive
genre: Action
PIV 1500, 256MB RAM, 9.5GB HDD, 64MB video card
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release date: Mar 22, 05
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Branka "Nikerym" Todorovic
Back with a vengeful limp...
Before I became such a distinguished and prominent individual as I am now, I was a solitary kid with repressed anger and a knack for making a fool of myself - in one word, a loser. I did not find school activities particularly interesting, but somehow I managed to have surprisingly good marks at school, which really seemed to bother me. In order to demonstrate my general feeling of scorn towards the world, I engaged in fist fights and listened to Iggy Pop (That IS self destructive behavior! -Ed).
Yes, there was a time when I considered Iggy to be the coolest man in the world - with the possible exception of David Bowie and Yukio Mishima, that is. Do I need to mention 'Gimme Danger' was my own personal anthem for several years on end? My open, yet completely unimportant and ridiculous rebellion turned out to be a typical adolescent fantasy about changing the world rather than a conviction for life, but Iggy Pop stayed my personal hero nevertheless, and I still feel that strange urge to smash things in my vicinity when I play 'Gimme Danger'. I guess this way I'm paying tribute not to Iggy but to my non-existent, adolescent, idealistic self.
Why all this talk about Iggy? The answer to this question is rather simple: he lent his voice to a Driv3r character. Yes, he participated in the game and I've heard he's contributed to the Driv3r soundtrack, and that's pretty much all that's left of the coolness in this surprisingly short, unimaginative and, occasionally, outrageously dull game. In fact, his name in the intro was the last good thing I've seen in the game. But let's just take this literary dismemberment one step at a time, shall we?
First of all, the intro didn't seem all that bad. To be honest, it looked quite good, demonstrating our main protagonist Tanner being shot in Istanbul (And if you've ever hurt your Istanbul, you'll appreciate how painful it is to be shot there! HA HA!! -Ed), then taking us six months back and allowing us to engage in Tanner's struggle to deal with the car thieving mob in Miami. That sounds interesting all right, but very soon this impression proves to be terribly wrong. Why? Well, let's just say this: I found the entire gaming experience of Driv3r rather traumatic. This game is a cock-tease of its own kind: it promises you a new and exciting, urban experience of playing a cool and somber hero with a mission to put the stop to the car-jacking business in Miami. Instead of that, you are left empty-handed and bitterly disappointed with a shallow story, vapid characters and Tanner's poor physical prowess. Why, the poor bloke can't even walk properly, let alone perform some complex actions in a satisfactory manner (Lighten up on the poor man! Let me shoot you and see how spry you are in 6 months time -Ed). Allow me to elaborate.
The weaknesses of the game are pretty much obvious even in the first training mission. After you're told to come to the police headquarters, you take the car and drive off to the designated location. That is you would drive off if you had any idea how to steer the bloody car. It's more probable Tanner would drive off into the sunset instead, leave the bloody game and never be seen again. But that's never going to happen, because his tortured virtual identity is forever doomed to dwell in these plain and chunky textures, limping around like a fucking idiot. As for the driving, it is possible to optimize the commands so you can appreciate the driving part of the game more, but that still does not help as steering is rather crude. There are moments when driving seems realistic enough, but you are not going to get this impression often. There were times when I'd drive the same way the same speed, make exactly the same turn right and never knew what was going to happen next. Sometimes the car reacted positively to my commands, sometimes it chose to ignore them up to the moment when it was impossible to react. I am aware that this is not a driving simulation, but still there's no excuse for this. I hated every moment I spent in the car. Driving has its good moments, but most of the time the experience is far from positive. On the other hand, the damage model is excellent, so you can expect to see parts of your car falling off where you hit them. The doors will fling open and eventually fall off and your engine will break down, leaving you in utter misery and exasperation. And that's all right. The downside to this, though, is that you'll never have the impression you're driving a car but rather wrestling with it.
Driving is bad enough, but moving around on your own two feet is a fucking nightmare. Tanner runs by default, but he obviously does it involuntarily; it is quite clear he does not wish to be there and just wants to get the hell out of Dodge. He also jumps awkwardly. It looks as if the man suffers from some sort of mental illness or a brain dysfunction, because he acts as if it's all none of his concern - the guy just takes his time. I am not saying you won't get used to it - after approximately an hour you'll be able to drive a car and shoot the criminals with some degree of success, but you won't be very enthusiastic about it. The truth is, the game made me feel rather miserable - not because the shooting and the driving part (which are, ironically, the core of the game) were so painful, but rather because they were so dull. This game was supposed to be fun, remember?
The story featured in the game is no better: you have certainly seen it and heard it all before, but someone obviously thought it wouldn't kill you to see it one more time. *I* could kill for less than that, mind you. I could kill someone just for chewing their food loud enough, so what do you think, just how pissed am I when I behold a game with ugly, bleak textures, the main hero who is a limping idiot, nicely rendered car models that are absolutely no fun to drive and the brainwashed story that I couldn't swallow even if I gulped it down with Wild Turkey. Where the fuck *is* my gun, anyway?!?
The most ironic thing is that all the time I had an impression something was going to happen that will make me completely change my opinion about the game. I though that perhaps, just because I initially did not like the game, it still didn't mean it was that bad. Suffice it to say nothing of the sort ever happened, and the pain just got worse with time. Although I learned how to walk, shoot and drive with more or less success, there was still the fact I did not enjoy it a bit - there are so many games that present these game elements in a much better way and incorporate them in a story which is neither this short nor plain boring. Yes, that is another problem with this game - it is rather short, although I never felt like this was a bad thing really. Driv3r is also altogether linear - the game is split into missions that you must accomplish in order to advance through the game and get new assignments. The missions are what you would expect from this type of game - you are required to drive from one place to another, chase or be chased by somebody, engage in some shooting activities... That sort of thing. No more, no less. That all wouldn't be a problem if all this were exciting in the least bit.
You know, when you're after some dangerous criminals you'd expect a lot of excitement to ensue, and chases around the city and gun fights have a special appeal to the human sense of danger and adventure. Driv3r offers none of that excitement, and if you ask me this is its biggest fault. As I've already said, I could forgive it for not being visually spectacular or original when it came to the characters and the story, I could even forgive the crappy controls... maybe. However, I can't forgive it for rendering this subject in such a dull way. The thing is, most of the time you won't be interested in completing the mission in order to advance to the next segment of the game and reveal the story, and utter lack of freedom to decide about the course your actions is rather irritating. I know that linearity is in the vein of this game, but the year is 2005 after all, and making slight modifications of a certain principle sometimes give marvelous results. There is only one way you can complete each mission, and while this principle may have been adorable back in 1999, today it is obsolete at best. I don't even have to mention that the game never lets you feel as a crucial, integral part of the game world.
3.2 Don't Bother
Damned if I know. More than 70 vehicles in the game, solid damage model, several missions are engaging and fun, voiceovers by Madsen, Pop and Rourke;
Everything else. Boring game with unimpressive visuals, poor animation, controls, and ... need I go on?


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Rockstar have graced us with two more pieces of artwork from their upcoming, sure to break records game, Grand Theft Auto V. The first image shows off a guy on a motorbike holding an uzi, with a helicopter above him in which looks like a hot pursuit.
The second shot is a guy on a jet ski, just smashing through some waves. According to Rockstar though, the images show "two of our three leads, Michael and Franklin getting things done - by sea, or by land. Of course many other modes of transport will also be available to accommodate your travel needs across Los Santos and Blaine County this September".


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If you've ever experienced a bird careening into your window, you know how damaging (and disturbing) that can be. Unfortunately, birds can't see glass like we can, and as a result, over 100 million of them die every year in the United States alone. To help the poor birdsand home and business owners across the globea German company called Arnold Glas has the solution. Working with the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, they developed Ornilux Mikado, glass with an ultraviolet reflective coating that birds can see, but humans cant. The design is so innovative that it recently received the "red dot" award from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein Westfalen in Essen, Germany. What grabbed the judges attention was the web-like designthe same configuration that spiders use to keep birds from destroying their carefully crafted webs. This coating is said to decrease the number of bird hits by a whopping 75 percent. The Detroit Audubon Society has now embraced the product, a sure sign that it will be making its way across the United States very soon. Photo Credit: Arnold Glas & curt via Flickr


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Chic Delray
Sales are up in this tropical oasis.By Gina Kramer
Amidst white-sand beaches, lush mango trees, some of the area's most pristine water views and the vibrant restaurants, art galleries and boutiques of a very chic yet relaxed Atlantic Avenue, is the South Floridian village of Delray Beach. Whether for full-time or part-time living, more and more people are calling Delray Beach their home. Even as the Gulf Stream bends away from the shoreline, the current warms the town's beaches to Caribbean-like standards. But what truly sets this town apart from its tropical neighbors is that despite the growing number of residents and seasonal vacationers, Delray Beach always has managed to preserve its culture and avoid over-commercialization.
"This area offers all walks of life a phenomenal lifestyle like no other in a beautiful tropical location that cannot be duplicated," says Sergio Commisso, broker and owner of JSM Realty Services in Boca Raton, Fla. "There is so much to offer in every aspect and nowhere I'd rather live in the world." Originally from the New York Metropolitan area, Commisso has been living in the Delray Beach/Gulfstream area for over 20 years now. "Aside from normally very long work days, I still feel like I'm on a tropical vacation."
Location is an important factor for both buyers and sellers alike, but in Delray Beach the culture of the town itself is the real deal for families, retirees and anyone looking for a vacation-like atmosphere without the touristy feel. "People love it. It's laid back, it's fun, it's relaxed and it still has what people come to Florida for," says Pascal Ligouri, broker associate for Premier Estate Properties and a 12-year resident of Delray Beach. Ligouri currently has listings for the only island development in Delray — Seaside Estates — an enclave of four newly constructed homes designed by GE Architects Inc., and built by Seaside Builders, with prices starting at $1.995 million. Just nearby, Gulf Stream's Harbor View Estates, a second development by Seaside Builders, will offer six luxury units with deep-water dockage and deeded beach access. With the high season approaching and new projects underway, real estate specialists within the area feel that this trend will not only continue, but that it is expected to grow due to the vast unique amenities and opportunities that Delray Beach has to offer.
"It is evident that affluent buyers — especially foreign buyers who are attracted to the state's climate, available product and discounted pricing — have contributed to the increase in sales over the past year within the luxury waterfront market," says Commisso. He describes how downtown Boca Raton, Mizner Park and Delray's convenient proximity to Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Miami and numerous international airports are all major perks for its location. "We are currently poised for property-value stabilization and a strong rebound. There is only one 'beautiful' South Florida and only a limited amount of ocean and waterfront properties that are now more affordable than ever."
In addition to the increase of foreign and domestic buyers — who most commonly relocate from New York, Michigan or Canada — Delray Beach is also seeing an increase in waterfront sales among residents who already own waterfront properties within the area. Judi Lukens, another broker associate for Premier Estate Properties, has been living and selling real estate in Delray Beach for 38 years. Lukens explains that current waterfront homeowners are beginning to upgrade to different types of waterfront properties — sometimes even within the same neighborhood — whether it be for leisure use or simply the desire for wider views and a different location. Proximity to the town's renowned Atlantic Avenue is also an attractive amenity.
Atlantic Avenue extends through the heart of the village directly toward the shoreline. "A plethora of funky, ethnic and edgy restaurants line Atlantic Avenue, featuring al fresco dining at every price point," says Lukens. She explains that Atlantic Avenue is the scene for many of the town's events and highlights. Every year, Delray Beach hosts "Savor the Avenue," an outdoor dining and fundraising event where local restaurants contribute to a dinner table stretching out for five blocks. Residents purchase a dish from any restaurant's prix fixe menu and celebrate with friends and neighbors until midnight to aid The Office Depot Foundation, supporting non-profit organizations. "The great thing about Delray is that there's something for everyone," says Lukens. "There's just nowhere here where you can't have fun." Now, with the addition of Pineapple Grove, an artsy new area branching off Atlantic Avenue offering more options for dining and nightlife, there are more options than ever for current and prospective Delray residents.
"The luxury single-family and newer condo waterfront market is on the verge of a comeback," says Commisso. "Inventory is rapidly being absorbed and buyers are understanding that the strong opportunities in this market are back and I believe this 'season' will prove to be a strong indicator of stabilization of the luxury waterfront market in South Florida as a whole."
Delray Beach, like the rest of the southern region of Florida, is approaching the middle of its "busy season," which generally ranges from November to March or April. According to Lukens, lower prices can be found around May, as sellers who have waited until after the high season become motivated, while October usually sees large purchase numbers for the winter getaways.
"Although the overall housing market in the U.S. has taken a tremendous 'hit' over the past few years and property values have plummeted, the luxury waterfront market has just about stabilized in South Florida," continues Commisso. "The Delray Beach, Gulf Stream and Boca Raton markets have seen significant strengths over the past year within all sales brackets. It seems that all types of buyers are realizing that we have truly 'hit the bottom' in these locations for all products, within all sales brackets. It is evident that sales have increased and educated buyers are taking advantage of the drastically discounted sales points."


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Jim Jensen, Field Specialist-Farm Management, Southeast Area
Problem Statement:
Obesity has now replaced heart disease as the number one cause of death in the United States. The eating habits of Americans continue to promote both overeating and eating the wrong type of foods. New federal labeling laws are requiring more information concerning the health attributes of food and that the information be posted on the food container tables. The area of trans fatty acids in food has received a lot of attention recently as cities and states attempt to regulate their use. Some large fast food chains are presently indicating that they are switching to a more healthy type of oil, while others say they cannot find an appropriate alternative.
Programmatic Response:
Iowa State University plant breeders have developed soybean varieties that contain characteristics that could play a big part in improving the health attributes of the foods Americans eat. The Extension staff has been working on the adoption of these new varieties by producers. Extension has also been working on helping create markets that use these new varieties. The main Extension effort has been through working with a couple of producer groups that are growing and marketing the new soybeans.
Response to the new healthy oil has been slow. It is a huge project to introduce new products to the market and an even larger project to get people to change the ingredients in a product that they are presently selling. The effort not only takes a lot of time but also takes a lot of money. Some of the large companies are now promoting the concept of the new healthier oils and are paying producers decent premiums to grow them. The local farmer groups are making progress on increasing the acreage devoted to the new soybeans and the markets using the product are increasing. With some large fast food chains and cities getting a lot of press concerning their switch to more healthy oils, the demand for the product is presently outstripping the supply. This should eventually result in extensive increases in acres of the product being grown.
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Cross Country Set to Compete at the Bradley Classic
Oct. 11, 2012
CHICAGO—The UIC men's and women's cross country teams are set to travel to Peoria, Ill., where they will compete at the Bradley Classic this Friday. This is the last regular season meet for both teams as the men's 8k race will begin at 3:00 p.m. (CT), and the women's 5k race will start at 3:40 p.m.
"We'll have some great competition from the 15+ DI schools throughout the Midwest but we expect our men and women to be in the top 4-5 overall this weekend," head cross country coach Jim Knoedel said. "The frosh continue to be an important part of our strength and as our upper-class athletes regain top running form, we will surprise a lot of teams."
Last week, freshmen Emma Preston and Pat Niyork were named the Horizon League's Cross Country Runners of the Week. At the Lucian Rosa XC Invite, Preston finished 7th in the 5k race with a time of 18:28.50, while Niyork finished 35th in the 8k competition with a time of 26:08.00.
Competing against 20-plus teams, including representatives from previous regional rankings, the UIC cross country teams are ready to go out and end the regular season strong. They will need all of the momentum they can build to carry over into the Horizon League Championships on October 27 in Kenosha, WIsc.
Be sure to check back at UICFlames.com for complete results and a recap of the UIC cross country team's performance at the Bradley Classic.


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There are several interested faces here in the Football Transfer Tavern at the latest news coming out of Sky Sports as the news channel claim that Ashley Williams has now had a £10 million price tag placed on his head in order to ward off interest from Liverpool and Arsenal.
It was only yesterday here in the tavern that we were considering the potential of a move for Williams and now it seems that both his former manager Brendan Rodgers and Arsene Wenger will have to stump up a considerable amount if they wish to land the Wales international defender.
Williams of course has been fantastic this season and it is understandable that the player is attracting interest from other clubs. Alongside Michu, Michel Vorm and Jonathan De Guzman, Willams has been at the heart of the Swans side and this fact has not gone unnoticed yet despite all the interest from the top clubs in the league, Jacks manager Michael Laudrup is determined to keep hold of the player and is willing to scare teams away with a big price tag in order to do so.
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It has been a mighty busy few weeks around these parts and I'm right afraid that it won't ease up any time real soon.
(Did you read that with an old western accent? Try it again, it's super fun.)
Today is the first day that I feel like I have had any time at all to sort out my thoughts, and with a messy house, four neglected children, and work piling up all around me, my time feels stifled. Which is too bad. I have been wanting to really put some time into sorting out my thoughts and sharing them with you, Jennifer. (I attended a conference this week and they suggested naming your blog readers. I'm going with Jennifer. It was a toss up between Jennifer, Lindsay and Walter, but Jennifer won. I am not sure if they meant to literally name your readers, but it felt right in my heart.)
I went to girls' camp (a church camp like a scout camp but with girls [duh] and a nonsensical amount of decorations) in Moab, Utah as one of the adult leaders. My daughter was there. Being there together was one of those moments in your life that you can actually see a shift in a relationship. It was like she turned that switch on teenagers have that allowed her to see me as an embarrassment, where before I was a delightful and quirky mother. Now, among her peers and the older girls she respects so much, I am a plight on her social advancement and acceptance.
To which I say, "Get over it, sista!"
Oh Jennifer, why do our children grow up? I don't remember being this difficult to my mother, although I am sure that I was. Except I am sure that my adorable nature overshadowed all of my awkward teenage issues. Can I get a collective UGH from the parents of teenagers (and 12yo that act like teenagers)? And, I know it gets worse. Don't remind me.
At girls' camp, a family reunion, and a conference for bloggers and brands, I was slapped in the face with something that doesn't really enter my little carefully curated life all that much: POPULARITY.
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I'm just going to come out and say it: popularity blows. It sucks. It blows AND sucks all at the same time, like only the very mystifying of concepts.
I saw popularity creep over the camp where those who were IN seemed unaware of the one person hanging around them that had the look of OUT all over her face. I heard it at the camp in the unimportant details of what car you got to drive in or what music was playing. I even had girls tell me that another leader was cooler than me and danced better than me, which was their way of trying to seem more valuable and popular. (By the way, I was never worried about my dance moves being challenged, never you worry.) I also saw popularity at the girls' camp include and uplift girls who were feeling left out or sad. There is hope for the popularity epidemic for the next generation. I'm kidding, there isn't. I just think we have some nice girls in our neighborhood. The rest of the next generation are filled with popularity-seeking goobers.
I even saw popularity at the family reunion. The popular opinion was the most credible opinion. Alan mentioned to me that sometimes when two groups of people are so similar, their minor differences are magnified and become a chasm where otherwise they'd be a crack in the sidewalk. I feel this way with my family sometimes.
And then there was Alt. Have you heard of Altitude Summit? It is a conference designed for bloggers and creatives, which totally is ME! I was able to attend for a day of Alt during a conference in SLC about 18 months ago. I wasn't prepared for the business cards, the fashion, and the networking. I was inspired, though, and really gave a push to my blog and work after that day of Alt in January 2013. When I heard that there was an Alt Conference opening up this summer in SLC, I was really geared up to attend. I felt like my blog has not been inspiring lately and was curious to figure out how to finally do something with it after 7 years.
Well, here's the thing. There were still great business cards, there was still fashion, and there was a lot of networking. But as I am mulling over my experience, I am left with a feeling of frustration. The POPULARS were glaringly obvious and I felt a visceral duality: they were so off-putting and yet I wanted to be part of them. Do you know what I am talking about, Jennifer? I was annoyed by the popular people at the conference; those that were walking around like everyone wanted to talk to them and DO for them. And then at the same time I thought, "Why am I not as important? I am equally amazing and adorable." It is really frustrating that I think EITHER of these things.
Ergo, popularity sucks AND blows.
The interesting part is that nobody wants to admit that they felt less than or frustrated by the sessions and speakers, because someday YOU might become popular and be asked to speak at Alt. Don't bite the hand that may some day feed you. Which I totally get. I don't want to be a jerk. Karma is totally real, Jennifer. But so are feelings of inadequacy and doubt. (Please note: I met some really rad people that I can't wait to meet up with again. It was a success in my book, but it was still a struggle.) One thing I learned loud and clear at Alt was that my own social media popularity defines my ability to be taken seriously, make money, or collaborate with others. So, if I am not popular, I need to change.
I have been on both sides of popularity. I have had the elation that comes from being noticed by someone of higher import than me as well as the feeling of being shunned. I have even been one that has noticed and shunned when put in that position. These are not great feelings, any of them. Which is why I wonder how we let it in our psyche at all. Why do we place ascending and descending value on people? I do it, you do it, my dog, Bowie, does it. I have no answer or suggestion here. It will always be.
I do know that my social media popularity does not make me happy. It might make me money. It might give me opportunities. It might have me feel important and respected. But I do know that what makes me happy is making sincere connections with people, my children and husband make me happy, being sarcastic makes me happy, learning and reading and finding creative outlets make me happy. I am happiest when I accept myself AS IS and do things because I want to feel healthier, smarter, kinder, more adjusted and NOT to do them just to be more accepted or loved by others.
Maybe that is my answer. Being popular in my own head and making decisions based on making my life and the life of those I love more fulfilled is the answer to all of this popularity bullcrap. And every time I feel inadequate next to those who seem more successful and liked than I am, I should tug on my ear, crinkle my nose, and try to be centered in my own awesomeness.
See, teenage Jennifer (and my own daughter who will probably have me tugging my ear and crinkling my nose thousands of times over the next six years), it doesn't get any easier. We all feel the struggles of the popularity hierarchy. You will in some way or another until you are 75. And then you just won't give a damn. Which is what we all keep trying to do anyway. Chin up, buttercup!


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