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Courtesy of Ernest BenefielErnest Benefiel
Ernest Benefiel believed he was just the kind of innocent man California intended to help with its Erroneously Convicted Persons program.
Wrongfully convicted of assaulting police officers with a deadly weapon, Benefiel spent five years in prison before a state appellate court set him free in 2009 because there was too little evidence he'd committed a crime.
But state officials disagreed.
The Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board administers the program. On the advice of the California attorney general's office, it prepared to contest Benefiel's claim for $188,000 at an administrative hearing next month.
Benefiel, a 47-year-old Fullerton resident, decided for now to halt his fight for those dollars – $100 paid to select exonerees for every day incarcerated.
"This money is established to help people who have been wrongfully convicted to get back into society," Benefiel said. The system shouldn't "just drop you off and say, 'OK, now go fight for it.' "
A California Watch investigation earlier this year found that few of the state's erroneously convicted ever receive funds from the program. From 2000 to 2010, the state awarded funds to 11 of the 132 exonerees who filed claims; it outright denied 44. Nearly half of claims (47 percent) never reached a final ruling, a group that now includes Benefiel's case.
Instead, Barak Vaughn, Benefiel's attorney, said they would file a federal civil rights lawsuit this year against several local law enforcement agencies. Few exonerees are successful with California's government claims board, he added.
"At this point, looking at the analysis and looking at the egregiousness of what happened to him during the time of his arrest, we think the (civil rights) claim is right now the better place to concentrate our efforts," Vaughn said.
The night of Dec. 30, 2004, Benefiel was depressed over strife within his family and attempted suicide.
He locked his bedroom and consumed more than 20 sleeping pills and tequila. Benefiel drifted into unconsciousness, a handgun nearby, unaware that his 80-year-old father had called 911 in an attempt to save his son.
A SWAT team from multiple local police departments formed outside Benefiel's apartment. Benefiel slept through the police's requests for him to come out of the room, blared through a public address system. A flash-bang grenade also failed to wake him.
Benefiel gained consciousness when a beanbag bullet, one of several police fired through his window, struck him in the chest, court records show. Disoriented and scared, Benefiel fired at least one shot in return.
Once he understood it was police outside, Benefiel came out unarmed. He said he fired in self-defense. Police and prosecutors disputed this, and two juries convicted Benefiel.
In December 2009, the California Court of Appeal overturned his conviction, arguing that the evidence against Benefiel doesn't prove assault. "The law is clear defendant was not required to retreat or to acquiesce to the police use of excessive and deadly force," the appellate ruling said.


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Dragunov_Zero 4 years ago#443
B. of course, Inigo got to show off to the ladies or else he'll be labeled a coward.
If life is suffering, then does death bring peace?
daytonthegreat (Topic Creator)4 years ago#444
I am now back. "B" wins.
Right after Inigo had seen the masked Marth for a moment while hitting swords against his own father, He would smirk and began to think to himself for a moment.
Inigo:*Appears to be smirking while still hitting swords with Chrom and into some deep thought* So you want to fight him too huh sis ? Well guess what, your going to have to wait your turn because its my turn to shine plus I don't want the ladies think I'm a coward if I surrendered right now in front of out dad.
Seconds after Inigo had thought to himself for a moment, Chrom would try to pull a heavy hit towards Inigo but he would end up missing it when Inigo would preform a backflip to dodge the attack. Right after that swift dodge, Chrom would instantly pull out a critical hit with his Falchion that would just simply knock Inigo's steel sword off his hands instead of taking any serious damage.
Chrom: *Points the Falchion at Inigo.* You had fought well Inigo but I'm afraid that I had won this. Everyone is also counting on me to win and I will not lent them down.
Inigo: *Sweats for a second since the Falchion is now pointed towards him but ends up sighing since he knows that he has been defeated right after the sword was knocked off his hands.* I guess you did sir. I know defeat when I see it for myself.
Right after the response that Inigo had made, The crowd roars for excitement while everyone in the group besides would be quite surprised but in your point of view, you expected this to happen since you know quite well that you will be fighting Chrom in your dreams. Seconds later, Basilio and Flavia would now step in and tell the crowd that the winner of this round is Chrom and that he will be proceeding into the next round. They also mentioned that it was now Chris and Ron turn to duke it all out.
As soon as Chris heard his name being called out he would let out a smirk for a moment and then look straight at you for a moment with a response.
Chris:*Lets out a smirk*Wish me luck (insert your name here).
You:*Looks straight towards Chris and smirks back* Will do Chris.
After your response, Chris would immediately head straight towards the middle of the arena while Inigo would head straight towards him with his now retrieved steel sword. As soon as they got close to one another, Chris will give out another response.
Chris:*Lets out a smile* You did great out there Inigo, I'm going to have to watch out for you from now on.
Inigo:*Lets out a chuckle then finally responds* Ha Ha yeah. Thanks Chris, that really means quite a lot to me. Good Luck out there !
Chris:*Smirks again* Thanks, means quite a lot to me.
Right after Chris's response, Inigo would finally leave the arena to join up with you while Chris would head towards the middle of the arena to confront Ron, who was just a mere Knight.
(Your now in Chris's point of view, what should he do before the match begins ?)
A. Use a strength tonic before drawing out the weapon and wait for the signal to start.
B. Use a Defense tonic before drawing out the weapon and wait for the signal to start.
C. Use no tonics and just draw out the weapon since Chris is a warrior and Ron is a Knight.
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Grayjack72 4 years ago#445
A. We need to crack that Knight's armor open.
Etherealist posted...
"Want me to draw my sword and use some burst artes?"
ImDaHiTmAn 4 years ago#446
A. Strength Tonic for the win.
Thatkid227 4 years ago#447
Dragunov_Zero 4 years ago#448
A. Chris needs to take that guy down fast.
If life is suffering, then does death bring peace?
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daytonthegreat (Topic Creator)4 years ago#449
I am now back once again. Sorry about not being quite active yesterday, I really had a extremely busy day. From the looks of things All of you had went "A".
Since Chris was up against a Knight, he simply pulled out the strength tonic and used it right away because knights have great defense to begin with. Shortly after using the Strength tonic, Chris would now pull out his Steel axe and go straight into a battle position while Ron would simply do the same when he pulls out his Iron lance.
As soon as both fighters are in battle position, Basilio would inform the two that this round has now begun. Right after Basilio gave the cue to start, Chris, would immediately start charging towards Ron with brute force and start hacking away like a madman while Ron would quickly pull out his shield to deflect the attacks.
Even though Ron is still guarding himself by using just the shield alone, Chris still remained hacking away by simply using the Steel axe. Eventually all this hacking would make Ron's shield crack a little bit which surprises Ron by a lot while Chris begins to smirk with a response.
Chris:*Smirks for a moment while he's still taking his steel axe and chop away towards Ron's Shield* Heh it wont be much longer until I win this !
Ron:*Appears to be highly surprised that he cannot keep up while still guarding himself with a almost broken shield. Also appears to be in thought* Oh no ! If this keeps up I will not last for a another second, I better find a way to strike him down fast before-
Just as Ron was about to finish his thoughts, Chris would do one last heavy hit towards the shield and breaks it in half completely. This would of course would make Ron become even more surprised seeing how his only defense is now just his Iron lance. Seconds after Ron's Shield has been broken, Chris would do one backflip to avoid Ron's attack and the crowd immediately roars in deep excitement while you and the rest of the group began to root for Chris big time. Out of all the people that was cheering the most was none other than Trish.
Trish: *Appears to be extremely excited* GO CHRIS ! THIS FIGHT IS CLEARLY YOURS !
After Trish's response, Chris would suddenly hear it and began to blush for a moment since he was quite attracted to her to begin with but that all began to fade away when he notices Ron starting to charge straight towards him with the Iron Lance. What should Chris do to end the match fast ?
A. Pull out his steel bow and attempt to knock the Iron lance off from Ron's hands.
B. Wait for Ron to get closer so Chris can chop the Iron Lance in half thanks to the Steel Axe of his.
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ImDaHiTmAn 4 years ago#450
B. Axes beat Lances in the long run and I wouldn't take any chances of using the steel bow now if I was him.
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The Gatsby Fantasy Sunset Party is a stylish three hour cruise around Manhasset Bay and Western Long Island Sound. The cruise leaves from the Port Washington, NY Town Dock at 7pm and returns at 10pm. The cruise includes domestic and imported beer, wine, a complimentary champagne toast and hors d'oeuvres.
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Foreign buyers are helping to drive a jump in sales of top-tier Canadian office buildings, industry players say, with a soft currency and the country's relative stability helping attract interest from abroad.
While the Canadian economy is struggling with the drag from weak oil prices, global events like Britain's vote to leave the European Union have increased its appeal.
"Foreign buyers view these assets as safe bets as they look to diversify their global real estate portfolios," said Ashi Mathur, head of North American real estate investment and corporate banking at BMO Capital Markets.
So-called Class A office buildings are high-quality properties in prominent locations that tend to draw the best tenants and command higher rents.
Class A sales in Canada in the first half of 2016 were worth $2.7 billion, compared with $415 million in the same period last year, with Vancouver and Toronto especially active, according to real estate services firm Colliers. Year-to-dates sales in 2016 have already surpassed full-year sales in 2014 and 2015.
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I'm going back to work today.
Like, real work. The kind where you have to pack a lunch and get dressed in professional clothes and stop playing with your phone and set your alarm in the morning so that you get there in time. <— pout.
But I won't even pretend to complain for more than 2 seconds because I love my real job. I consider blogging my hobby job. It can be done in my pajamas at 3pm and lets me be around food all the time. It's also a lot fun, semi-creative, and a tiny bit entrepreneurial. And teaching is my real job, my meaningful job, my feel-good job.
Stop it right now. You know I love food and blogging and this little POY internet space. I do feel good about sharing recipe ideas for the most yummy yum yum food together.
But it's not in the same way that I feel good about fostering a community of 25 youngsters with unique social, emotional, and academic needs, and somehow managing to teach them how to read, compute, and actually think all at the same time. And now I'm already tired and I haven't even started yet.
Which leads us nicely to this.
This is what I chose to do with the world's largest zucchini that was gifted to me by Sally from The Cabin Garden. Ugh, you guys. This thing was a monster/still is a monster, now existing in its varied forms in my refrigerator. I am plagued with ideas for zucchini everything and I love it.
I shredded some for some baking, I chopped some for pastas, I sliced some of it for this dish, and that took care of about one twentieth of it. Look out Brad. This is is the zucchini apocalypse.
I'm sure I'm not the only one with hunks of zucchini sitting in my fridge. Am I right or am I right?
Here's my vote for what you should spend your next 30 minutes doing: Coating zucchini with seasoned bread crumbs (whole wheat if you're feeling inspired), baking them, and arranging them over some saucy noodles, and broiling the whole ditty with cheese and herbs. And devouring after your long day of work. You and I both.
And can we ask ourselves why we ever wanted Eggplant Parmesan in the first place when such a veggie as Zucchini exists in our end-of-summer produce collections? Honestly, eggplant? We are strange creatures.
Let's talk health. From the Pinch of Yum nutrition perspective, this is gr8.
You can check out the basic stats below, but we're working with lots of veggies here, especially if you make your own sauce. And I am going to say something controversial: you COULD make it without the pasta. I mean, don't, especially if you are starving after work like I'm about to be starting today, but I did it without pasta on the day I went to the state fair because I was trying to keep lunch a little lighter. Balance, yo. I just ate a plateful of those baked zucchini rounds smothered in all the toppings and it made me soso happy.
Crispy-crunchy baked zucchini, saucy tomatoes, and fresh herbs. This is late summer garden goods working their magic.
- 10-20 slices zucchini (enough to cover the top of a 9x13 pan)
- ¾ cup seasoned whole wheat breadcrumbs
- 5 egg whites
- 1 lb. penne pasta
- 3 cups tomato sauce (see notes for how I made mine)
- ¾ cup shredded Asiago cheese
- parsley for topping
- Cut the zucchini into ½ inch thick slices. Put the egg whites and breadcrumbs in separate bowls. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Dip the zucchini pieces into the egg white and the cover with the breadcrumbs. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 25-30 minutes, carefully flipping once towards the end. Remove from the oven when browned and firm.
- While the zucchini are baking, cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and mix together with 2 cups sauce and ½ cup cheese. Pour into a greased 9x13 baking dish.
- Arrange the baked zucchini pieces over the top, cover with remaining 1 cup sauce and ¼ cup cheese. Bake for 10 minutes or until cheese is melting and everything is hot and bubbling. Sprinkle with parsley.


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Best truck I have even bought other than brand new off the lot. I am the 3rd owner. The trans was rebuild at some point, but I do not know when. I've had the truck around 2 years and almost 40K miles.
The truck has a 2" Rough Country leveling kit with NEW SPRINGS, not add a leafs. The truck rides better than stock. Kit included the correct track-bar, shocks and all bushings. Rear suspension is stock.
It has brand new 315/75/16 Goodyear MTRs with approx 1500 miles on them. New 16x9" Moto Metal rims were installed at the same time. Wheels and tires are balanced with internal BBs.
manual shift tcase (no electric motor)
Manual locking hubs
limited slip rear end, 373 gears
Other mods are;
BMRP SS turbo-back exhaust with no muffler and exhaust side-mounted infront of rear pass tire
intake using NAPA truck filter
Stuart Warner gagues - EGT, trans temp and boost. EGT probe mounted directly into manifold.
2002 F350 computer (early 99 computer is tougher to tune)
Tony Wildman 4 position tune. The tunes are fuel economy, tow, street and extreme. I've never used extreme but I would imagine it's crazy. I would NOT use it unless you build the trans prior.
2002 headlights and turn lights. It makes the truck look 3 years newer than it is.
Empty I get approx 18mpg at 65mph, up to 20mpg going 60mph. Worst I have ever got was 11mpg towing my enclosed trailer to Canada. I was in a hurry and running 75+ mph in the towing tune.
Trans has never had a hiccup, EGT have never been over 10 (seriously).
Truck currently has 223K miles on it.
Within the last 10K, the following have been replaced;
leveling kit
MOOG ball joints, seals, ujoints, etc in the front end.
steering box
tie rod (entire unit including ends)
drag link (entire unit including ends)
track bar (entire unit including ends)
one front wheel bearing (other was already replaced)
front and rear diff fluid (rear is synthetic)
power steering fluid (synthetic)
Approx 25K miles ago the following was replaced;
calipers on all corners
Rotors on all corners
pads on all corners
exhaust mentioned above
front driveshaft u-joints
The truck is the early 99 so it has the small turbo housing and better impeller. Turbo shaft was tight last time I checked it and no reason to believe it has changed
Things to note;
The truck does have rust on the normal superduty spots- bottom of the door lips, over rear wheel-wells, etc. I was hoping to fix that this fall but haven't gotten around to it. It has the normal dings for a '99 truck but nothing that I would consider to be major.
The front passenger window swith needs to be replaced, it only lets the window go up. The switch from the srivers seat works fine up and down so you can still put the window down.
Power locks will not lock the rear passenger door about 80% of the time. Sometimes it works. I've never looked into it. I just use the manual lock on that door.
Due to the tires the speedo is off a bit
When speedo says 40 you are doing 42
When speedo says 55 you are doing 60
When speedo says 65 you are doing 72
Interior is very clean
NOTE- the truck now has A pillar gages not shown in the picture
$10,000 Fairly firm on price. Title in hand. No trades. It's a soild daily driver and weekend family tow rig.
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The Magee affair made a shambles of a great political dynasty, ruined one jurist forever, propelled another to power, set the tone for hardball politics in San Miguel Count, and resulted in a political order that prevailed here for several decades.
Through the storied characters of that saga — burdened as they were by the foibles of human frailty — we have tried to recount a fascinating era in Las Vegas history.
I want to express my support for the mayor and councilors who, I believe, are truly moving in a positive direction to help make Las Vegas a better place in which to live.
Where are the jobs?
I recently had a medical emergency at my house and I'll have to admit that, despite living in the country, the response time was fair.
I know we have good EMTs on board right now, but Mora County is pretty spread out, and there is always room for improvement.
I know I'm not in office anymore, but what happens in Mora County has a big effect on me and all the citizens. I have a few suggestions that could very well help to save lives.
The people who work at the Animal Shelter should receive gold medals for helping me. (Recently, on a) Sunday at about 1:30 p.m., my Bretta died at almost 13 years. She weighed about 100 pounds, a Bouviers.
I want to thank two of my neighbors for helping me to get her prepared and I especially want to thank the three people at the Animal Shelter who helped me put her into three large plastic bags so we could put her in a freezer. The crematorium is pending.
It seems the City needs to pay for some kind of of gas valve. What's the problem?
Highlands University is in a jam. After having terminated "for convenience" the contract with Makwa Builders LLC and hiring Franken Construction to step in and complete the new student center, Highlands may have bitten off more than it can chew. Makwa is demanding the university pay it $3.2 million for work it and its subcontractors did and for the profits it would have made if allowed to complete the job.
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On Friday, November 18, many of us gathered in San Francisco to celebrate the life and contribution of theologian Clark Pinnock. Five of us read papers about Pinnock, including his daughter Sarah who teaches theology at Trinity University. Other presenters were Scot McKnight, Linda Mercadante and John Sanders. Below is some of what I said about Clark, one of my theological heroes, who passed away last year:"Clark Pinnock pioneered a new way of being an evangelical in theology. I call tha … [Read more...]
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Violist James Dunham has shown his versatility in every area of performance. As a member of the Cleveland Quartet at the time of their 1996 Grammy Award, and founding violist of the Naumburg Award–winning Sequoia String Quartet, his qualifications to head the Master of Music in String Quartet program at the Shepherd School of Music are well established. As a soloist, Dunham has premiered and recorded works by Libby Larsen. And during his time in Boston as chair of New England Conservatory's strings department, he was frequently heard as a substitute player with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
As Dunham works with NEC students in today's masterclass, we'll witness his engaging qualities as a teacher, which led to him being awarded the Louis and Adrienne Krasner Teaching Excellence Award during his time here.
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Bartók: Viola Concerto, BB 128
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Bach: Suite in D Major, BWV 1012
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Bach: Suite in D Major, BWV 1012
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Brahms: Sonata in Eb, Op. 120, No. 2
Sergio Muñoz, viola, Qiuning Jonie Huang, piano
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I have a full day lift ticket for Sunday/Monday that I'm selling. It's a 3 out of 4 days pass. So technically if I use two of the days consecutively, you could use it for Sunday OR Monday(14th). I'll be there on Friday and Saturday and leaving early Sunday to LA.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Getting Ready for Howloween and the Saturday Blog Hop
So furstly, I wanted to share our dress rehurrsals fur Howloween. That wild and crazee Boris Kitty dun sented us some kostooms! Here we is individually:
16 comments:
- Mariodacat said...
he he - I love the costumes - especially the jail one. You should use it as your AV on your jail account.
- October 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- houndstooth said...
I'm sorry you didn't get to go hiking today! We're going on a short walk, I think, since Mom and Dad have to go out tonight. I love your costumes, but I hope that Morgan doesn't get any ideas! I'm not sure stripes are my color...
- October 16, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Yoda_the_Dog said...
Oh these pictures are so funny Shawnee. I was glad to see you were on the right side of the bars!
- October 16, 2010 at 1:55 PM
- Ben and Carrie Tracks said...
Has to be the cutest prisoner I've ever seen....but I must say you make a mighty good looking cop as well :)
- October 16, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Kristin G. said...
It's nice to meet you all. I'm kind of glad it was too windy for you to hike today, or we might not have crossed paths here in blogland. Your photos put a smile on my face. The costumes are furtastic. I look forward to seeing more of your activities in the future. xoxo
- October 16, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Khyra And Sometimes Her Mom said...
We are laughing here!
How khute was THAT?!?
Did those khonvikhts get time off fur good behaviour?
- October 16, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- browndogcbr said...
Are y'all gonna trick or treat too? or just greet the trick or treaters?
I love explorin' and hikin' too.
Y'all come by now!
Hawk aka BrownDog
- October 16, 2010 at 5:09 PM
- road-dog-tales said...
OMD - that is the funniest thing ever! Love the costumes! You guys are really good sports - not sure we would have cooperated that well!
The Road Dogs
- October 16, 2010 at 7:50 PM
- Lucy the Cat said...
This is just so hilarious! You look so great as a guard and those are the cutest prisoners I have ever seen! What fun costumes!
- October 16, 2010 at 8:16 PM
- Inigo Flufflebum and d'Artagnan Rumblepurr said...
Heeheehee!! You guys need a kitty to be the guard!!
- October 16, 2010 at 10:45 PM
- Veronica Lodge said...
LOVE these costumes...too cute :)
- October 17, 2010 at 12:06 AM
- Pup Fan said...
Haha... great costumes!
- October 17, 2010 at 5:29 PM
- ForPetsSake said...
Awwww!!! What a great trio - love them!
- October 18, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Boris Kitty said...
OMC how da heck did I missing dis posty?
U guys looks pawsum in ur jail pikshures (I doz finks dem sisfurs be on da rite side of dem bars i doz)
- October 19, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Busy Buttons said...
BOL! OMD...those costumes are TOO COOL!
Lieutenant Shawnee & the Rowdy Rascals
- October 19, 2010 at 6:30 PM
- Piappies World said...
That's a brilliant idea! We love your costumes. We can also imagine how much treats you will get this Halloween for this really cool trick!
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Moving from one rented building to another, the church continued to minister to the community. In 1963, Grace purchased its first land including a small building. Rev. Robert Spence came to serve as Pastor in 1964. Attendance grew to the point where Sunday School classes were forced to meet outside and soon the small building was outgrown.
In 1970, a 2-story Education building was completed and James Rentz became Pastor. By its 10th anniversary, church membership had grown to 423. The people of Grace built the Multi-Purpose Building in 1975 which provided additional space for worship and soon after called Donald Coddington as Associate Pastor. John Swanson was called as Senior Pastor in September of 1977. With more growth, a Children's Building was constructed and completed in 1984. Tom Givens was called as Senior Pastor in 1984, and served faithfully through 2006. In 1990 and 1991, the people of Grace spent a great deal of time in prayer regarding the direction for the church in light of the overcrowding and attendance. It was believed that God was leading to another, larger campus.
In 1991, the church voted to purchase a 24-acre parcel of land in Saugus, with plans for a large complex including numerous buildings to be built over the next 10 years. In 1996 an 1800-seat outdoor Amphitheater was constructed on the new property with the majority of construction being done by volunteers. Worship services, concerts, weddings and many special events are held in the Amphitheater each year. Still in construction at the new campus, two Sunday services ultimately grew to three and Saturday services were added. By 1994, there were six weekly Worship services and over 1500 people worshiped weekly at Grace. Construction on the new buildings began at the end of April of 1997. The first buildings including a 1000-seat Conference Center, numerous Nursery and Children's education classrooms, offices, a full-size kitchen and other features that have been in use since July 4, 1998. Construction on the 2,000+ seat worship center was completed in the fall of 2003.
As rooms and buildings were filled up each weekend it became very clear that more parking was needed. In 2012, Grace completed a project that added nearly 400 parking spaces on our campus.
From the day we moved to this new campus in 1998 there was a strong desire to make the patio more useful throughout the entire year. The patio area was large, over 10,000 square feet, but the concrete and bright sun kept it from being a comfortable place to hangout and chat. In 2013 the patio project was completed, providing a pleasant shaded space with a large playground for kids and water feature to help cool off the warm days. The patio is also home to the Grace Cafe, a great place to grab a drink and scone while enjoying fellowship on the patio.
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What do you think the difference is between simply an opinion versus an informed opinion?
One may show ignorance; the other shows legitimacy.
What do you think?
Love that, Ms. Sue....that is how I would like to answer it, unfortunately she is asking for more examples, and I'm just having a tough time wording it.
Think of people you've known or heard about who have uninformed opinions. What did they say or do?
One example might be the e-mails that go around warning of dire consequences if you do or don't do something. Usually a quick visit to the Internet and a specific rumor-dispelling website will prove the e-mail wrong. (I can't remember the name of that site, but it begins with "s.")
Check some of these sites.
Think of the difference between simply a guess and an estimate based on information.
Why is this an important distinction?
I took one look at this image on TV the other day, and my first GUESS was that it was the leftover trail from a missile launch from Vandenburg AFB on the central coast of California:
As you can tell from the article (read it carefully), my guess was wrong and other people's opinions based on data (either data that was there or data that wasn't!) is correct, in my mind. Does anyone know for sure? No. But my guess was off the top of my head; their opinions were based on information.
Why is that important?
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I'm so excited! My girlfriend is at our house now! We met a few months back when she stayed with us while her parents went on vacation. I really missed her when she left, and my mommy was told Sierra seemed to miss me too.
Well... she's back! I can't stop nuzzling her neck and licking her ear (she seems to like it, and whimpers in such a cute way!... woof!) I even move over for her on my bed, share her with Mommy and Daddy pretty willingly (as long as they remember I'm numero uno) and hang out with her outside quite a bit.
My usual daily routine is now disrupted!
8:00ish: Waking up, usually to mom massaging me good morning, perhaps an invite onto the bed for some morning love with the parents.
8:00ish continued: Sniffing outside, perhaps doing pee-pee then back inside (brrr... too chilly in the morning!) and onto the couch for a catnap
11:00ish: Breakfast then a nice rest on the rug, couch if mom is watching tv
2:00ish: Another sniff outside, pee-pee if necessary then back inside, resting once again... waiting.... waiting for....
5:00-6:00: Dog park!!! Of course I've saved going poo for the dog park where I have my favorite grassy areas to do my business. I dunno why Mom keeps picking it up - I always try to hide it in the tallest of grasses where no one will notice it... she always finds it, though! Phew - with that load off, I'm ready to play with my bestest friends, Kenzie, Luna, and especially lately, Gracie!
Lemme tell ya, with Sierra here, we only get in a few naps between hanging around together outside (she waits by the screen until Mom lets us both out to go lay in the sun or play) and after she eats, she's always ready to rumble! She tires me out, but I wouldn't change her for anything! I believe she brings out the dog in me!
I know Mom and Dad want her to stay. I overheard that her parents *may* want her back - it's a trial period, whatever that means. I know she's perfect for me - I so hope they all decide we can be together, forever!
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Take a hike, naked. It's a thing and has a day
By Heide Brandes
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - They marched nude by the hundreds through forests, by lakes and along mountain trails, with many hoping to go unnoticed.
For the most part, national Hike Naked Day went according to plan last Sunday although there were a few surprised people on the trails who came across hikers wearing as much clothing as the surrounding trees.
National Hike Naked Day is celebrated on the first day of summer and was likely started on the Appalachian Trail, its backers said. It is one of the many offshoots of the nudist lifestyle that include skydiving, cycling and whitewater rafting.
For its participants, it is also the most natural.
"Any hiking feeds the soul, but nude hiking frees the soul," said Steve Bosbach, 66, who led a group of hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon to celebrate.
Bosbach started a naked hiking social group earlier this year and now has 26 members who like to take it off and take to the trails.
"Here in Oregon, we have fantastic hiking opportunities, and the state has a very liberal policy on nudity," he said.
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hiI'm wondering what it is that makes a prayer shawl a prayer shawl, is it the faith of the knitter or the intended recipient that's important, are there any guidelines about things like colour stitch pattern yarn type and so on?may sound silly but I'd like to make ne for my mother in law cos I think she'd think that was lovely:aww:
I've made 'prayer' shawls just because the pattern was lovely, or I had the yarn to do one with. No harm, if you're giving it away,the recepient doesn't have to be in need or have a crisis in their life.
When I do make them for someone who can use some emotional support, I also support them through prayer. Others meditate, or just use the shawl as an expression of love and concern.
I'm sure your MIL will enjoy what you make for her no matter what the reason. For me, anything made with love is a treasure.
You can find lots of info here:
Basically a prayer shawl is a shawl or wrap given to someone else who might need a little encouragement, a little love or some prayer/healing energy. If's not about the religious beliefs of either person or only intended for those who are ill. My grandmother made one for my aunt, just because she was feeling lonely when her dd left for college.
It's a prayer shawl if you call it a prayer shawl.
As msoebel said, it's a prayer shawl if you call it a prayer shawl, and if you want it to be a prayer shawl. You can consider that it's got your prayers for the person receiving the shawl knitted right into it.
Some people do the prayer shawl thing with spoken prayers over the person receiving it -- which may or may not be to everyone's taste. Other people do their prayer shawls "anonymously," you might say -- praying for the wellbeing of whoever receives the shawl, no matter who it is and they may not even know the recipient. There are a lot of ways to do prayer shawls.
You don't even have to call it a prayer shawl for it to carry your good thoughts for the person. You might make a shawl for a friend & call it a friendship shawl. Or you could just knit it up, thinking good thoughts about someone the whole time, and call it "the shawl I made for you just because."
(I've got one of those on the needles right now.)
I would assume the same thing that makes the items i make for preemies "Frigga Blessed" as one of the higher ups in my Tribe say... when I work on preemie items, I ask my patron Goddess, Frigga (goddess of Home and Hearth, the All Mother) to watch over the little ones that recieve the items and to help them heal and grow.
What a beautiful thought. I am a retired neonatal nurse and know how appreciative parents are to get hats or other knitted itemsBless you.Alyce


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|Olympic View Golf Club gives average golfers a chance to hit dramatic shots. (Chris Baldwin/WorldGolf.com)
Olympic View Golf Club in Victoria, the only western Canadian course Tiger Woods has played in competition, gets golfers up close and personal to one of the most scenic areas in British Columbia.
VICTORIA, B.C. - Natural rock outcroppings are scattered throughout the land, providing both great shot backdrops and a sense of the strength of man's desire to build a golf course.
"They literally moved mountains to build this golf course here," said Ken Langdon, regional sales manager at Olympic View Golf Club.
This is no hollow salesman's pitch either. Olympic View is not Michelle Wie, it's no myth creation of guys in designer suits sitting around expensive public relations offices. No, this is a golf course that's been blasted right into nature, giving you a front row seat to one of the most scenic areas in British Columbia, which is to mountain scenery what Babe Ruth is to home run legends.
Forget the 417-yard par-4 17th with the 40-foot waterfall cascading behind the green. OK, you won't be able to forget this hole, it's too darn fun to play and just stare at. But focusing solely on 17 vastly underrates the rest of an Olympic View day.
This is a course where you can walk right into nature off the first tee and not walk out of it until you're putting out on 18. This need not be metaphorical walking either.
Olympic View is an extremely walkable course. In fact, that's how almost all its members and local regulars play it.
One hearty member is known for playing all year round in shorts, no matter the temperature or wind chill. And while you can play almost year round on Vancouver Island, it does drop down into the low 40s.
On a beautiful spring or summer day (Vancouver Island does not do oppressively hot, to the extend that it doesn't even believe in air conditioning), Olympic View is one of the best golf deals you can find on this continent though. Greens fees max out at $80 on weekends in high season (April 26-Oct 6).
A course this scenic would cost you twice that easy in golf hot spots like Scottsdale and Phoenix.
"It's probably the least expensive expensive course you can play if you know what I mean," regular Vancouver Island visitor Peter Ronart said.
You will after a day at Olympic View. The vibe manages to be low-key at Olympic View even while the mountains soar into view and your shot options mount. This is a golf course that would be best played with a pair of binoculars and a thinking cap.
From the first hole, when you can see the snow-capped tops of the Olympic Mountain range from the high tee - as well as the trees you'll have to curve your shot around at the dogleg turn - Olympic View becomes a molding of arresting scenes and befuddling shot selections.
You don't overpower Olympic View. There are too many tall, tall trees - try 140 feet tall in some cases - that your monster drives can crash into for that. Too many holes with more curve than Salma Hayek.
Instead, you sometimes need to shelve that space-aged driver you took out a second mortgage to purchase and employ some golfing smarts. Olympic View is a think and walk course rather than a grip it and rip it one.
You will have some unusual company contemplating the day. Bald eagles soar around the trees, drawing your attention with some unique screeches.
"They're American Eagles," Langdon cracked. "But we still let them stay around."
You may wish that someone had removed the little pine tree in the middle of the fairway just off the green on No. 7 - or the big rock in play on the very same hole. These obstacles can play with your mind like a deranged psychotherapist, turning a 333-yard par 4 into an unexpected scorecard crasher.
On No. 9, you're just wondering how to get around the rock walls - with one protruding into the right of the fairway on the short par 5 like a rent-a-cop security guard delivering an unnecessary elbow. The answer? Try and bend it like Beckham.
Or at least try and flare one around the imposing edge of this rock outcropping.
Canadians have a phrase for this kind of foolhardy but fun and often essential bullishness.
"Going to try and get cheeky here and bend one around the corner," Langdon announced.
Hey, when you build a golf course in the middle of a mountain, no one said it was going to be easy.
One of 11 courses currently on the Vancouver Island Golf Trail, Olympic View Golf Club definitely qualifies as a can't-miss play in this temperate island region. It turned out to be the favorite course of this golf writer's trip, combining the nature and convenience of the well-known Bear Mountain (Olympic View is also only about a half hour from downtown Victoria) with a fun design that's not geared to pummel your average bogey golfer.
This is a place that just gets golfers too.
Take the two courtesy carts that are left at No. 10 each day, so walking golfers can use them to get up the big hill without huffing and puffing their clubs the whole way.
It's fun to have a golf course that gives you so many options. With holes like No. 13 - a double dogleg par 5 that twists left, then twists back right, all set up below you from the high tee that starts it all - you'll always be wondering what's around the next bend at Olympic View.
Often literally.
One of the best things about Olympic View is that there's a real sense of seclusion out here (even if some big box stores are only a short drive away). You don't have houses or even other groups in your face all day.
You do have the chance for a Tiger Woods moment. Olympic View is the only course in western Canada that Tiger's ever played in competition. In a junior tournament, he bogeyed the little par-3 16th hole, which looks easy.
Until you bogey it too. Welcome to Olympic View. Don't assume anything.
Westin Bear Mountain resort (with its own Nicklaus golf course - and soon two) is at the same exit as Olympic View, only the other direction. Bear Mountain's spa might have the best view of any spa - that's right, you can stare at the mountains while getting massaged.
If you want to stay in Victoria, Vancouver Island's largest and most hip city (and you want to stay in Victoria at some point), it's hard to beat the Victoria Regent. This place is more upscale, exclusive condos than hotel and puts you right over one of the most beautiful harbors in the world.
Right over. You can get some spray from floatplanes takeoff while eating your breakfast on the huge balconies.
Olympic View has a 14-acre practice facility and plans for a nine-hole par-3 course.
May 27, 2008
Chris Baldwin keeps one eye on the PGA Tour and another watching golf vacation hotspots and letting travelers in on the best place to vacation.
Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management.
The Club at Chatham Hills is a private, Pete Dye design with a plum location just north of Indianapolis. Weaving over an idyllic landscape of beautiful topography, this new course is truly a bright spot in American golf.
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The NatGeo "Doomsday Preppers" show is entirely staged to attract viewers. One of the first NatGeo "preppers" named "Survival Mom" has her own site. She was asked about the "drama" and "one scenario" etc. and she said it was the producers wanted everyone to have a single scenario to focus on. They also arrainged for the semi-trailer full of food items to be delivered late at night to her home in a subdivision for the series. Another "prepper" (the young girl in Houston) confirmed this (her boyfriend also a "prepper", refused to participate. The "Doomsday Prepper" show is designed to portray "preppers" and "survivalists" as kooks. Of course I doubt any serious prepper folk would agree to participate in this show but then most of these people who are featured seem to have alternate agendas such as those selling a product (the guy in Phoenix selling survival and prepping supplies online - the guy selling his shovel/ax/crowbar combo "Croval Shovel" tool - Survival Mom selling her books, etc.) I know people in Northern Idaho, Utah, Texas, Nevada and Wyoming who would never agree to be on these television programs. For them the ultimate goal is just independence and self-sufficiency or living off-grid. There are many possible situations that may occur like financial collapse (i.e. Great Depression part II), pandemic (Black Plague, Bubonic Plague, Swine Flu, etc.), EMP (i.e. Solar Flare), etc. The media tends to look for the more bizarre folk to showcase and make fun of. They won't feature the serious folk (even if any did agree to go public) - those folk are really just quite boring everyday next-door-neighbor types.
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Bug in Spherical Plot 3D, Mathematica version 7
The following should yield a hemisphere: - 2 Pi/5 \le \[Phi] \le 3 Pi/
SphericalPlot3D[UnitStep[{Sin[\[Phi]] Sin[\[Theta]], Cos[\[Phi]] Sin[\
Cos[\[Theta]]}.{Cos[2 Pi/5], Sin[2 Pi/5], 0}],
{\[Phi], 0, 2 Pi}, {\[Theta], 0, Pi}]
What I get, on my Mac, OS 10.7.4, looks like a helmet. I could send
you a copy of the plot by e-mail.
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Dave Spencer Suffers Raccoon Harassment in Smokies
In one of my most recent posts, I alluded to a dislike of raccoons saying, "That's a story for another day." Well, today's the day. I think it may have all started on Highway 136 in McLean County four years ago. I had just emceed the Miss McLean County pageant and had to buzz Livermore before I came home. On the way, I hit a raccoon. The poor thing was kind of dumb; it saw me and started running but instead of diving off the road, it turned into the road and BAM! Kind of gruesome, I know, but not to worry, raccoon lovers! Paybacks are H-E-double hockey sticks! And I got mine three months later in the Great Smoky Mountains.


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It's a rare thing when I take exception to one of Seth Godin's posts. But his last post on "Too much data leads to not enough belief" had me quibbling.
Of course, there IS a lot that I agree with in the post: namely that people respond to a story and a tribal affiliation far more strongly than they will ever respond to a spreadsheet. But I guess from a Web perspective, the idea of granularity and data as a hindrance to belief just doesn't square with my observations.
What I've tended to see is the following:
- People go to the Web to check things out. They're specifically researching a purchasing decision and are expecting more data from a Website than from an ad or even a direct mailer. When you don't provide that data, people get suspicious.
- Content rich Websites tend to convert better than content poor sites. That doesn't mean the data should take center stage or should replace a well-crafted story, just that those people who want to drill down on specifics, well, they want to be able to drill down on specifics. And they'll find those specifics from somewhere, even if it's from an ill-informed opinion on a forum somewhere.
- The mere presence of (and access to) data is often enough to provide confidence. Data can sometimes be like a privacy policy, most people just want to know that it exists and that you're confident enough to show it to them without really wanting to examine it in any great detail. The mere fact that you have the information and have provided access to it is often enough to engender buyer confidence.
Can you imagine Newton Running being unwilling to show you the science behind their running shoes? What would that do to your confidence if they wouldn't show you (or didn't have any) data from their tests?
Again, I may not need to study their graphs or watch all of their videos or look up their patents, but the very fact that they're passionate enough to get into the nitty-gritty details with me – the fact that they do actually have data – makes me far more willing to believe them and to buy a pair of their shoes than if they wanted me to just accept their product/idea on faith.
I also think that passionate proof is an essential element of any high-margin or premium product's Website, which is one of the main reasons I wrote my critique of Best Made Axe's lack of proof.
To me, data isn't a hindrance to passionate belief – it's proof of it. How can you be passionate about an idea, design, or product unless you're willing to put it to the test and show off the results?
What's Your Experience
Of course, I'm always willing to hear thoughts from my readers. What do you guys and gals think? What's been your experience? Have you ever had a situation where less would have been better when it came to proof and substantiation?
Disappointed and unconvinced, I left their Website scratching my head.
Seth Godin has linked to them. Several online magazines have featured them, both in articles and within seasonal wish/gift lists. And, of course, they also have the audacity to call themselves "Best Made Axe," all of which made me eager to head over to their Website to read up on these (self-labeled) best made axes.
And while their Website (and marketing in general) does some things incredibly well – these guys are routinely selling out of their entire inventory of $200-$500 bespoke axes, after all – there are HUGE gaping holes in the site's content. Here's how their site fails the visitor:
1) No discussion of the painstaking efforts to ensure top quality.
Look, I don't want to be a jerk, but if you're going to call yourself "Best Made," it might be a good idea to substantiate that claim on your site. Tell me stuff like:
- What kind of steel are you using for the axe head?
- What kind of forging process?
- What kind of heat treatment?
- What kind of finishing process?
- Who is doing the forging?
- How are you attaching the axe head to the hickory handle?
- What are the ergonomics of the handle?
- What kind of extreme testing did you do to the finished product?
- How does the axe perform?
- How does your axe compare to other axes?
- In what ways is it actually better made than these other axes?
The Best Made Axe site does none of that. The most I get is the information that the axe is hand-forged of "fine grain" steel. Not nearly good enough – at least not when you want me to spend between 2X and 8X the price of a "darn good" axe in order to get your supposedly "best made" version.
2) No pictures of the manufacturing process
Don't just tell me about the painstaking manufacturing process, SHOW ME. Literally. With pictures and video and stuff. Show me the manufacturing process and the ability of the finished product to outperform the competition.
The picture on the left is a perfect example of this. Saddleback Leather Co. manufactures premium, full-grain leather products. And they charge a premium for them. But their site goes into great detail regarding the superior quality and manufacture of their goods – content that's fully illustrated with zoom-able photos and videos.
3) Not enough content from or about users kicking ass with their AXES.
Where are the stories of guys building their own log cabins with a Best Made Axe. Or how it has transformed a dreaded chore into an anticipated pleasure. Or about how just having the axe hung on the wall of their office has transformed their outlook on things. Or something!
The best I could come up with was to find Best Made Company's fan page on FaceBook wich linked to a YouTube video of a guy opening a bottle with one of their axes. Not sure how impressed I was supposed to be with that, really.
Compare Best Made Axe's Site to Those of Other Premium Products
Go ahead and compare the Best Made Axe site to other Websites for similar top-end/upscale products and see how much more thoroughly these other Websites sell you on their products' quality:
Do you see how these other sites go into great detail about the design and manufacture of their products? How, almost on a point-by-point basis they explain WHY their products are better, and about the benefits that you, the consumer, can expect from purchasing this higher quality item.
Buyer Confidence and Buying Rationalizations
While not everyone will click through all of the detailed information provided on these example sites, and even fewer people will read through all that information, many people will scan through it, see that the quality information is there, that the passion is there, and gain the confidence to make the purchase.
Let's be honest, Best Made Axe wants to charge you between $250 and $500 for an axe. You can pick up a Gransfors Bruks (what is commonly considered the Rolls Royce of Axes) at roughly $70-$120 for most models. You can pick up a very highly regarded, Maine-made Snowe & Nealey axe for even less than that.
What's the quality difference between the Best Made and these other brands? What am I getting for 2x to 8X the price?
Even when it's not about the money, it's ALWAYS about giving prospective customers something to hang their hat on. The Best Made Axe certainly looks nicer than those other axes I mentioned, but most people are loathe to admit that their money is going towards nothing more than status and brand name. If you want them as customers, you need to give them something they can hang their hat on, some other faux-reason they can use to rationalize their purchase, like (notionally) better quality, durability, and performance. Etc.
That's what detailed quality and manufacturing information content on a website does: not only does it fan the desire for the product itself, but it provides visitors with the justification they need to rationalize the expense. It also gives them the firepower needed to explain their purchase to a spouse, significant other, co-worker or any other any-sayer.
So what about Your Website!
Is your site closer to Saddleback Leather Co.'s, or is your site closer to Best Made Axe's?
Maybe Best Made Axe just doesn't really have the goods when you come right down to it. Maybe they're mum on the quality thing for a reason. Maybe it's a "better to keep your mouth closed…" kind of thing.
Now, I'm not saying that's the case, but you can see why a website's conspicuous silence on the subject invites that kind of speculation.
So if your product really does have the quality edge, you'd be criminally negligent not to make your Website into the most eloquent spokesperson it can be concerning the superior design, quality, manufacture/delivery of your product or service.
Think of travelling through the web via hyperlinks as a form of teleportation. Now think of teleportation. Specifically, if you really were teleporting what would be your main concerns?
1) You'd want to make darn sure you KNEW where you were going
2) Upon "landing," you'd want to ensure you arrived in the right place
Those are two of the most important things you can learn about crafting and structuring your hyperlinks, and they translate as:
- Word links so people can figure out where the link will take them, and
- Match your headlines, pictures, and page content with visitor expectations created by the hyperlink they clicked on to get to your page. Let them know they're in the right place.
And yet these are also the two most frequently violated "rules" of hyperlinking. E-mails frequently have call to action links/buttons that take you to a page that utterly fails to follow-up on the offer presented in the e-mail. Call to action buttons meant to take you to a product page are often mislabeled as if they will place the item in your cart. And so on.
Master these two basic lessons and you'll have learned more than 90% of most Web users, and even most Web developers and (sad to say) more than a few copywriters.
And yet, those are just the basics. Another, perhaps more sophisticated, way of looking at this is to say that every link represents a promise and every click represents permission.
The Promise
The promise comes from the expectations created by the hyperlink's wording or label. You've essentially promised the visitor that, if they click on the link, they'll be teleported to the kind of content they expect. Which means that, on an emotional level, visitors will feel a site is "dishonest" if a link "tricks" them by teleporting them someplace unexpected or undesired. Ouch!
More fundamentally, this also means that you, as the copywriter, have to craft links (and content) that offer forth promises compelling enough to motivate visitor clicks. There is no gravity to an online conversion funnel; nothing will "pull" visitors through to the next click or micro-conversion except their own motivation based on promised benefits.
In other words, you can't take visitors where they don't want to go. You can't force the conversation. You have to offer to talk about what the prospective customer wants to talk about – what SHE finds important. Ignoring a topic of conversation by not providing the appropriate link (or by failing to provide the right content on the other side of a link) is like a car salesman refusing to talk about the price of the car when asked. It kills credibility and trust.
The Permission
The permission is what you get when a visitor clicks on your link, and permission is a copywriter's best friend. Why? Because the right hyperlink construction can give you permission to speak about things that you'd never get away with otherwise. Here's an example:
You're crafting an About Us page that focuses primarily on a company's history while throwing in a few credibility increasing features like a picture of the actual office and the team of employees, etc. But what you might really want to do is openly brag about all the home-runs the company has had — except that you feel a self-promoting tone might be "against brand."
So you simply use self-deprecating link that talks about "our brag sheet" (or something similar) that links to exactly the kind of self-promoting copy you knew you couldn't get away with on the About Us page. Why? Because any reader who clicks on a link to your Brag Sheet has mentally given you permission to brag. Following that click, you can brag without looking like an egocentric jerk.
Similarly, you could link to that same kind of content with an "Our track record" link placed most anywhere else on the site. Again, by clicking on "our track record" clients have given you permission to talk, at length, about the company's successes. Normally you'd want to talk about What's In It For the Customer and how you can help them, but the link provides permission to ignore WIFFM for a bit while you build credibility.
To give you another analogy, this link permission for something like "Our Track Record" is kind of like a date explicitly asking: "So what about you? What's your story?"
And if you ponder that analogy, especially in light of context, I'm sure you'll come up with even more lessons about linking, persuasion, and online conversations 😉
In fact, I'd love to hear your thoughts on that last analogy. Tell me what you came up with…
The daily "gind" of life so fully stuffs our memories that it often takes a special effort to see bigger picture changes. You just can't get a clear "before and after" picture of things without taking mental snapshots at specific moments in time and comparing them.
But without some kind of associational prompt, most people won't flip through their gallery of mental snapshots to make that B&A comparison.
Anniversaries are meaningful precisely because they provide that prompt; they make seeing the changes easy.
Nobody looks back on and reviews the last 12 months of their life in June. They save that for New Year's – unless of course there's some other prompt that sparks the comparison, maybe a college professor seeing yet another class graduate.
Or maybe the prompt is more associational than temporal, like revisiting a certain place, say your home town, the house you grew up in, or even your college campus. Inevitably, those returns bring back memories of your previous visits, thereby highlighting the changes that have taken place in your life (and in you) during the intervening years.
So what's the practical application here? Three things:
1) We love stories and messages that bring things back "full circle."
This technique, in fact, seems to be a favorite over at J. Perterman. Just check out the copy for these three items. All of them bring you back full circle with the last line or two of copy.
2) Your copy should bring the reader forward in time to highlight accrued benefits.
Provide readers a mental image of themselves looking back on and being thrilled with their decision to buy because of the change/improvements/benefits they've reaped over the course X months.
3) You shouldn't be leaving this time-stamping thing to chance.
If you offer a service that moves your clients from point A to point B over a period of time, you should figure out how to stamp these points into your clients memories and how to graciously remind them of the anniversary. This will allow you to highlight the progress and change without chest thumping.
Same thing with durable goods. Let's say you make flip-flops so darn good that people fall in love with them. Would it hurt you to send them a thank-you post-card or e-mail 6 months or so past the time of purchase? Let 'em know you appreciate their business, remind them of all the great features that they're still enjoying but may have taken for granted by this time, show 'em a picture of what a new pair looks like, and let 'em know that now's the time to buy next season's pair at a special price. By sending that kind of e-mail, you'll have reactivated everything the client loves about your flip-flops while also highlighting the not-newness of their current pair and the opportunity to update.
What about you? How are you taking advantage of – or creating your own – anniversaries?
It happens to the best of us. As copywriters, marketers, and entrepreneurs we get waylaid by our own best intentions, by our efforts at learning more about our craft, keeping up with all the must-read posts, magazine articles, and business books, and so on.
The end result: a reading diet way too rich on mediocre prose and way too low on first-rate fiction and poetry. Think about the last 10 books you've read and tell me that's not the case.
And, in general, as you read, so shall you write. Garbage In, Garbage Out. So here's my vitamin-enhanced fiction-reading commitment for next year:
- one short story, OR
- one chapter from a novel, OR
- At least one poem, OR
- A chapter from the Bible, OR
- One first-rate play or screenplay
I'll read at least that much fiction each day, every day.
As far as New Year's resolutions go, I think this one is probably one of the most pleasant I've ever made, and will very likely turn out to be one of the most effectively life-improving as well. I hereby recommend it to you.
Anyone else make a writing-specific resolution this New Year's?


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Inappropriate Elf on the Shelf Pictures, Kids Cover Pantera Song + More – Top Stories of the Week
If you've been out of the loop, you might have missed these inappropriate, but hilarious Elf of the Shelf pictures, or these kids tearing up a Pantera song like they own it. These are our top stories for December 9-15.
Elf on the Shelf has taken on a new life on Instagram. People are taking pictures of the elf in various places, positions and scenarios. Many of which, are funny and inappropriate, to say the least.
So, instead of making you do all the work in hunting down these funny pictures, I decided to scout some out for you.
Students and faculty of the digital video program at the University of Advancing Technology in Arizona just created one of the greatest parody videos of all-time. Combining Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody and Star Wars results in this epic parody performed by a hilarious group of cosplayers.
Going to the gym and working out can leave one's body feeling worn out and full of aches and pains. But thankfully, you can help lessen the crippling effects of trying to look good with a few simple stretches. And lucky for you, we've got 5 tips on just how to achieve Gumby-like flexibility.
The family of a man with five DUIs on his record agreed to let joker Tom Mabe dupe him into thinking he had been in a coma for 10 years after a night of heavy drinking. Mabe turned his office into a hospital room where the confused man woke up to discover it's actually 2023 and the world as he knew it has radically changed.
Watch amazing kids cover Pantera's 'Cowboys From Hell' like they own it.


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Rainbow International of Northeastern Maryland
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Our primary service offerings include water clean-up, mold inspection and remediation, soot and ash removal, personal contents cleaning, detailed cleaning, sanitizing, deodorizing, laundry and dry cleaning services; all performed by industry professionals. We do work for all insurance companies in Harford, Baltimore and Cecil Counties. In Maryland, the insured person has the right to determine which company will perform their remediation work. Insist on Rainbow International in Northeastern Maryland. Simply call our office at 410-836-2445 and we will coordinate with your insurance agent. It's that simple! Let us do the work for you.
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In 2013, we will move to Conowingo Road in Bel Air, Maryland. To celebrate, we burned down the house and invited the Bel Air and Fallston Fire Departments! Not to worry- this was a fun training experience for our brave fire fighters and for a good cause. Check out what The Baltimore Sun had to say about our controlled fire.
Thank you to the members of the Bel Air and Fallston Fire Departments for the very professional controlled burn of the old farmhouse on our new property. To all who attended the BBQ, thank you for coming - we hope that you enjoyed the entertainment and gourmet food! We are so excited about our new office and warehouse spaces. To see more photos, scroll through our recent restoration photos.
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Injectable Fillers
Injectable fillers can be used to treat a wide variety of aesthetic concerns. Different injectables are used to treat specific problems on each area of the face. Injectable treatments usually take less than 45 minutes and many people find that they can resume most regular activities, and often return to work, right after their treatment.
Aesthetic Nurse Katelyn Westbrook, RN, BSN, specializes in non-surgical procedures including Botox, injectable fillers and skincare at the Plastic Surgery Group. She is a member of the Association of Plastic Surgical Nurses and the Society of Plastic Surgical Skin Care Specialists. Call today to schedule your free consultation with Katelyn.
Which Injectable Filler is Right for Me?
Restylane® is primarily used as a filler to add fullness to the face, improve facial contours, and minimize the appearance of wrinkles.
It produces natural, safe and long-lasting results. Areas commonly treated with Restylane® include
nasolabial folds (nose to corner of your mouth) and the lips.After treatment slight swelling and tenderness may occur. This discomfort is temporary and generally gone within a few days.
You will see the full results of your treatment after about one week. The effects of Restylane® can last for six months or more before being naturally absorbed into the body. Repeat treatments of Restylane® are recommended to maintain maximum results.
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Made by the same manufacturer as Restylane®, Restylane Silk® is used to softly augment the lips for a natural, fuller appearance. Restylane Silk® is composed of hyauronic acid, a natuarlly-occuring substance that draws in water to fill the lips. The molecules in Restylane Silk® are smaller than the molecules in other injecables, making it a favorite among professionals for lip augmentation.
From the creators of BOTOX® cosmetic, Juvederm® is a dermal filler FDA approved to treat moderate to severe facial wrinkles.
Juvederm® is generally used on the nasolabial folds to create a natural-looking result that can last anywhere from six months to a year. Juvederm®, like Restylane®, is a hyaluronic acid gel filler used to supplement the natural hyaluronic acid that aids with skin elasticity and is naturally absorbed into the body.
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Juvederm Voluma™ is the first and only filler on the market that is FDA approved to instantly add volume to the cheek. Voluma™ is primarily used to correct age related volume loss in the midface. This loss of volume can age the face and cause someone to look tired. The results of Voluma™ are instantaneous and can last up to two years.
Sculptra® is injected into the skin to restore fullness in the face and reverse the signs of aging related to fat loss. It is effective, well tolerated and long-lasting. Sculptra® is injected with local anesthesia below the skin surface in areas which have suffered volume loss. While Scupltra® does not correct the cause of fat loss, it will increase skin thickness which adds fullness to the face.
Sculptra® works differently than injectables such as Restylane® in that its result is accomplished over time rather than immediately. For optimum improvement, most patients require a series of two to three sessions spread out over several months. After you have completed your initial series of treatments, Sculptra™ requires re-injection only about every two years to maintain the maximum correction.
As with any injection there may be minor discomfort during your treatment. Some bruising may be anticipated which is self-limited and can be treated with massage and ice pack application.
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Any of these injectable treatments might be combined with other surgical facial rejuvenation procedures. This includes facelifts, brow lifts, neck lifts, and eyelid surgery. Injectable treatments can also be combined with each other for more dramatic results.
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Collect photos, maps, memories and books of interest to you.
Memories of Bourton-on-the-Water
Trips To Bourton On The Water
I used to walk along muddy tracks and climb over stiles, cross fields and even a busy dual carriageway to get to Bourton from Lower Slaughter. The first time we visited Bourton we went to the museum which houses vintage cars and many more curios. I believe it started as hobby and grew ...Read full memory
Anthony Martin Born In Bourton
My Farther George Martin played for Bourton Rovers football team an in the river
It's Worth Having A Closer Look
It is worth looking closely at the people in the pictures within the Frith Collection, as you never know who you might recognise. Within this photograph you can see a couple of ladies sat on a bench, and in the distance a man with two children, a boy and a girl. The lady sat on the bench on the ...Read full memory
A Game Of Soccer In The River
Every year there would be a game played in the river in the village using the bridges as goal posts and is, as far as I am aware still played today. It would be around 1955 that my late father, Frederick Tarte, was a referee at local football matches. My father attended over a number of years at the ...Read full memory


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PM board memeber STAR on this forum. He lives in Spain and has access to many parts. Order in confidence, many satisfied customers from these forums including myself.
I have a Star BKS, (Starlight?) that I needs a Firing pin and spring,
Numrich is out, but they have a firing pin for a Star BKM,
different #, but they look similar,
are they interchangeable??
and if not, anyone know of a source for parts?
Thanks in advance!
PM board memeber STAR on this forum. He lives in Spain and has access to many parts. Order in confidence, many satisfied customers from these forums including myself.
Laugh hard and often.
You might check out this source. If he has the parts it will take him about 2 weeks to fill the order and ship. I have ordered magazines from him and he had what I looking for. A magazine for my model1911. Looked almost new when I got them.
Instead i got a note back that they had no more, had refunded the CC charge (which they did). I wrote back and asked for those back, that I was willing to modify them.
They said "Sorry, all gone". If he had communicated better I would have kept the set, but it takes him a week or more to respond to emails. I basically got the impression he did not want to be bothered, though I have bought from him on several other occasions with good results. He's a last resort for me.
I sent STAR a PM, with contact info,
if that doesn't work, I'll try the other link,
Thanks to all for the info!!
parts arrived today, THANKS Jorge!!!
feedback left in the positive forum
edited, it's the wrong part!!!
Last edited by Lyman1903; 01-15-2009 at 11:30 AM.
He received in fact the RIGHT firing pin for BKS, they are original, tested for fit on a real BKS, and correct by STAR FACTORY ORIGINAL BLUEPRINTS.
It seems that this fellow BKS, is a very late one, probably made when STAR started production of BM models, and this is why his particular pistol (I'm sure there will be others out there), uses a BM/BKM firing pin. There was no way for me to know that.
This was a pretty common practice on transition models (as an example, some early BM models, left the factory with BKS type thumb safety levers, due to the large stock of them already produced).
Anyway, a new BM firing pin, correct for his pistol, is on it's way.
Best regards to all.
Last edited by STAR; 01-21-2009 at 09:43 AM.
I am an international patron of Gunboards
Now that is CLASS.
I meant no slight to you for the above statement, please don't take offense,
the correct part arrived quickly, and is installed and working great!
I mailed the other pin back, hoping you have it by now!
Jorge sets the standard for parts suppliers, great communication, quick turnaround and great to deal with,


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Gemalto won a new
Sesames award at the 2012 CARTES & IDentification industry conference for its
PrintPixel security feature. The winning innovation is being showcased on the Gemalto booth, Hall 3, Entrance.
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Manufacturing & tests
PrintPixel is a highly secure printing technology that allows color photographs to be permanently embedded into polycarbonate identity cards. The remarkable innovation combines the security of laser engraving, which enables markings deep into the card body, with the quality of color portraits.Conventional surface printing techniques for applying color portraits to polycarbonate cards are vulnerable to counterfeit as well as simple wear and tear. PrintPixel overcomes these limitations by retaining the deep marking characteristics of grey-scale laser engraving, but improving these with color capabilities. PrintPixel is performed independently of the card production process to provide a greater degree of flexibility for personalization of documents.
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Mental Health System Straining A Year After Irene
09/18/12 12:00PM By Jane Lindholm
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Recent reports have detailed how psychiatric patients are waiting for days in emergency rooms to get care. Vermont's mental health care system has been short of available beds for patients with mental health issues since the closure of the state hospital in Waterbury due to Tropical Storm Irene. The state, meanwhile, is trying to open new beds to fill the need while the replacement for the state hospital is built.
We talk with Mental Health Commissioner Patrick Flood for an update on how the state is coping and when new beds will come online to alleviate the situation.
Also in the program, Vermont has the second oldest population in the country but ranks at the bottom in using Hospice. The Visiting Nurses Association along with Hospice and other home health organizations have started a program called "Start the Conversation" to help families discuss end-of-life care. Christine Warnake of the VNA of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties discusses the program.
And we dip into our listener mailbag for your comments.