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June 29, 2008
Twitter track hack: Where there's a will, there's a workaroundIt's no secret that I'm a fan of Twitter.
Well, I was, until it started being so unreliable. Now, I'm caught with some golden handcuffs. I find myself using Twitter because that's where the people to whom I want to speak tend to reside. And yet, Twitter's ever faltering set of features has me struggling to find ways to workaround its fickle architecture.
But that got me to thinking. Maybe this is my problem to fix. Maybe? I mean, I already have to use tricks to stay on top of Twitter content. Why couldn't I come up with a trick to replace the Twitter functionality that I find truly valuable?
Maybe I can.
Let's take Twitter's track feature. Anyone who spends much time in Twitter eventually happens upon track. It's a really easy way to make sure that you're staying on top of Twitter conversations that are important to you.
Long story short, Twitter track uses the Jabber/XMPP interface to send messages to your IM (instant message) or SMS when a term you're tracking pops up. The beauty and elegance of the solution is that it knows whether your online or not. Online? IM. Offline? SMS.
There's only one problem: Twitter track has been broken for quite some time. And it's showing absolutely no sign of being repaired anytime soon.
But, I've come up with a workaround that's helping me compensate for the lack of track. So I thought I'd share the hack. (I'm a poet.)
So, why now? It's been broken for ages. Well, three things:
- Replies were broken for awhile (fixed!) which led me to use Summize pretty actively
- I just read an inspirational post from Marshall Kirkpatrick on RSS magic
- And a recent post by Corvida on IM Feeds sparked a bit of an epiphany for me
Faking Twitter track by jumping through some hoopsLet me start out with some caveats.
- First, this isn't perfect. It doesn't capture everything. But it grabs far more than what you're seeing right now.
- Second, this isn't as elegant as the Jabber/XMPP thing. If you choose to do both IM and SMS, you're going to get both IM and SMS. It's not an intelligent or elegant means of alerting you. It's a hack.
- Third, this is some serious hoop jumping, relying on a number of services to function.
- Fourth, this isn't instantaneous. I've seen anywhere from a few minutes delay to 30-minutes delay.
- And finally, fifth, if you're tracking your username, you're going to get an echo of the tweets you send.
So, how do you build a pseudo Twitter track?
- Go to Summize (or TweetScan or another preferred Twitter conversation search that provides an RSS feed) and search for the term you want to track.
- Look in the left sidebar for the "Feed for this query"
- Right-click or Control-click to copy the URL of that feed.
(Actually, before you do anything else, another thing you might want to do is go ahead and add this feed to your preferred feed reader, too. I mean, just as a fail safe.)
If you want to build a fake Twitter track via IM:
- Head on over to IM Feeds (or a similar RSS to IM service)
- Add the appropriate account to your IM software
- Wait for the instructions to arrive
- Send the contact the message "sub [feed URL from Summize]" (or through its prescribed subscribe mechanism)
If you want to build a fake Twitter track for SMS:
- Head on over to Pingie (or a similar RSS to SMS service)
- Enter your particulars and the feed URL from Summize
- Verify the account when the message hits your phone
Use both IM and SMS and maybe you'll actually catch all of the messages that Twitter is supposed to be tracking for us. (And, again, add that RSS feed to your feed reader. Better late than never, if you know what I'm saying.)
Oh, and of course, one last thing.
I know that this post will be outdated, redacted, what have you when Twitter fixes track. And I sincerely hope that Murphy's Law is in full effect so that track will miraculously return as soon as I push "publish" for this post.
Got a better way to do this? Have some more reliable services? Please let me know. Finding it useful? I'd love to hear that too.
And, until it finally gives up the ghost, I'd love to meet you on Twitter.
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Twitter track hack: Where there's a will, there's a workaround
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March 20, 2008
Twitter sanity via RSS feedsI know. I know. Hypocritical is getting all dusty from lack of use. I apologize.
But I have excuses.
I've been spending a great deal of my time working on Silicon Florist, a blog about under-the-RADAR startups in Portland, Oregon, and the surrounding areas.
But what about the snark? The venting of my bile that used to occur on hypocritical rather regularly? Well that, gentle reader, has been occurring—for the most part—on Twitter, where I found that I can exorcise my demons in 140 characters or less.
If you haven't tried Twitter yet, I would highly recommend you do.
Which brings me to this post's topic.
I got into a discussion today about "influence" and "attention" on Twitter. And while I don't have good answers to those questions, I do have a decent answer to one little tangential question that was asked, "How do you use RSS feeds to manage Twitter?"
Now, I follow more than 1,000 people on Twitter. So sometimes the information can get a little deep. To help me manage the information flow (and to help you if you're interested), I have three simple ways that I use RSS feeds and a feed reader to make Twitter more manageable—and exceedingly valuable. (For more thoughts on using Twitter, I highly recommend Marshall Kirkpatrick's "Twitter is paying my rent.")
Enough lead in, let's get to it.
You've got a feed reader, right? If not, go get one. Google Reader will suffice. And you've got your Twitter account already, right? And you're following me? Oh wait. That last one is appreciated but not required.
So let's dive in.
- Add your Twitter "with_friends" feed to your feed reader. (That's the feed that's available off of http://twitter.com/home when you're logged in.) Why add this feed when this is the stream you see all the time? Trust me. You're going to miss stuff once you start following a few folks. And having a backup is going to help.
- Choose a few friends who are "must reads" and add each of them to your feed reader. (This would be the feed from something like http://twitter.com/turoczy.) Once the tweets start flying, you'll find that the person who seemed to dominate your Twitter stream in the early days will suddenly seem practically silent. Cut through the clutter by making sure you've got a trail of his or her tweets.
- Use a Twitter search engine to capture feeds of important topics, your username, and common misspellings. I use both Tweetscan and Terraminds (if it ever recovers) for my Twitter searching. Both offer RSS feeds. Pick a term, search for it, and snag the RSS feed. For what do I search? Well, I search for my username, for one. Because unless someone uses your @username at the beginning of a tweet, it's never going to appear in your replies. And, I know this may come as a shock, but some people misspell "Turoczy" from time to time. I know. Crazy. So, I also have feeds on "turcozy," just in case. You can use Twitter's track feature for this, as well. But I find having a feed makes it easier to process this info at my convenience. (Okay, I use track too, but the RSS feed is a good backup.)
If you're interested in more advanced techniques, just let me know via comments. I'd be happy to highlight some more.
And I look forward to chatting with you on Twitter.
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February 28, 2008
Starbucks retraining results, my reactionSo, I went back to Starbucks, today. For the first time in a long time. And, yes, you know me. I fell for the hype about the retraining.
And that's why I went back. Because I just had to see.
Took it. Hook, line, and sinker.
And while the cynic in me was really hoping to be able to report an "epic fail" on my first attempt, I have to admit that wasn't the exactly the case. And yet, in some ways, it was.
Now, I have frequented various Starbucks establishments for more than 13 years. I've been a barista (although not at Starbucks). I drink a lot of coffee. And I'm in marketing. Which means I have to drink a lot of coffee. (It's like a prerequisite.)
So the hype about the now infamous "Starbucks retraining" that closed down stores to bring the "partners" back to a common understanding of their roles in the organization? Loved it. Ate it up. Brilliant marketing move.
But it only becomes a brilliant marketing campaign if it actually has a pay off.
So I went back. To the worst offender of the "Starbucks way" in my neighborhood. (Please bear in mind that I have at least--at least--six Starbucks within a mile or so of my house that I could call my "neighborhood Starbucks.")
The service was noticeably better. A revived sense of politeness. A willingness to help. Chatty without being too chatty. Really a nice experience, personally.
But, then there's the thing that I actually came for: the coffee.
Now, I drink the same drink practically every time I go to Starbucks. I mean sure, sometimes I fall for the Cinnamon Dolce Crack Latte or a seasonal Peppermint Mocha. But day-in and day-out, it's a quad Con Panna that will fit the bill.
Okay. I realize that thinking of "tastiness" as one of the benefits of a Con Panna is like thinking of "weight loss" as one of the benefits of meth. I get that. But I've been drinking these things for years and years. All over the country. At Starbucks and otherwise.
I mean, I was drinking them when they were still on the Starbucks menu. So I know what they should taste like. I know what's good and what's bad.
And the one I got today? Still tasted like ass.
Now, it doesn't help that I've had a couple of meetings at Stumptown Coffee, this week. Where I've had the opportunity to have a really, really good quad Con Panna or five.
I mean, that's not really fair. That's like eating your grandma's homemade apple pie for a few days and then expecting a McDonald's apple pie to compare.
It's not fair. It's not fair to expect miracles overnight, either. But then again, I'm not generally rational or fair.
And continuing the McDonald's analogy, at least with McDonald's the apple pie would be the same apple pie, no matter where I bought it. At Starbucks, the consistency is all over the board. A million different flavors of crappy, with some bright spots of tastiness in between.
So service? Great. But coffee? May still be a problem.
So, I've now officially given up. Despite the convenience and the history. I'm done. I mean, I'm an addict, so I'll go if it's the only option. But if I have a choice? I'm done with Starbucks.
You see, there's a reason that I go to coffee shops. And it's not for atmosphere.
There's a reason that I'm willing to play the role of "completely uncool old guy" at Albina Press or Village Coffee or Urban Grind or Stumptown or Ugly Mug.
And that reason is because of the coffee. Good coffee.
And I'm willing to put up with pretty surly service to get it. Because that's why I go there.
If I can get great service and great coffee? Then you've got me.
And Starbucks, in my opinion, still has a ways to go before that happens.
But, please keep working at it, Mr. Schultz. And maybe I'll be back.
Labels: results, retrain, retraining, starbucks
Starbucks retraining results, my reaction
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January 07, 2008
In Marketing? Please read this post.I know, I know. You're busy.
Running around crazily, all day, trying to get your marketing stuff done.
I understand. I do.
But if you're in marketing. Especially marketing communications. And you're even thinking about approaching social media. Then you need to do yourself a favor read Marshall Kirkpatrick's "Ten Common Objections to Social Media Adoption and How You Can Respond."
Required reading, to be sure.
Go. Right now. Scoot.
Oh, and happy new year. Glad to see you're back.
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December 05, 2007
Starbucks' and Amazon's respective holiday advertising blitzesThere must be a glut of money and a lack of thought up in Seattle.
I can think of no better reason for the advertising campaigns from two of the Emerald City's most well known entities, Starbucks and Amazon.
Let's take Starbucks first. Because their ads, while annoyingly pervasive, are at least palatable.
Regardless of that, I still have to ask myself "Why? Why does Starbucks choose to spend money on incessant advertising campaigns?"
Are they losing market share? Did they think that people forgot about the super-special holiday drinks? Is it impossible to consider that Starbucks may be ever so slightly approaching a saturation point?
I mean, really.
Get off of my TV and billboards, Starbucks. And work on the quality of your coffee and service at your Portland Garden Home location which has been precipitously slipping over the past few months.
That would be money well spent.
Now, Amazon.
Where to begin?
All right. I'm just going to let you have it.
I'm sorry, Amazon, but your radio advertising campaign? Inane. Inane and practically unavoidable.
With all due respect (to Adam Sandler, not you), who were the ad wizards who came up with this one?
I know someone who's going to be having a very happy holiday: your media buyer.
Amazon, I just don't get it. Were you suddenly gripped by the fear that everyone had forgotten about your site? Did the millions of purchases per day drop a few points?
And perhaps, most importantly, did you seriously think a moronic "Is there really an Amazon?" themed ad campaign was going to having people arriving in droves?
If anything, the current campaign makes me want to avoid shopping on Amazon.
With as much money and talent as you have at your disposal, I think you could probably find someone to write better ad copy. Anyone. Please.
Right now. Before you purchase any additional media. And before your media buyer has a second home in the Bahamas.
Oy. Happy holidays indeed.
Labels: advertising, amazon, starbucks
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November 06, 2007
Performance reviews whenever, and from whomever, you wantIt dawns on me that I have failed to mention one of my little side-projects to the hypocritical reader base. Hypocritical, I may be. Rude? Not usually. So, please allow me to share...
Once, in the not-so-distant past, I went nearly five years without a performance review of any sort.
That's not a typo. Nearly 5 years. More than 1,700 days.
I mean, I got anecdotal feedback. A few pats on the back. Some kind words. Minimal guidance.
But a formal review? Nope.
To put that in context, I basically went from selecting a college to getting my bachelor's degree without receiving a single grade.
And while the organization didn't really see this as a problem, I did. Because I was hoping to actually grow and improve.
Strange, I know.
Without feedback, my perception of self-worth plummeted. My motivation cratered. And, when it was all finally over, I found myself becoming very much the employee I didn't want to be.
Instead of the one that I did.
So, I promised myself that I would figure out some way to help myself retroactively. To give that version of me an out. To prevent someone from suffering through the same problem.
And after much scrapping and scraping, I am happy to announce that we have a very 1.0 version of the product that may help that version of me out of that rut.
We call it Kumquat. It's a simple tool designed to help you get feedback on your performance whenever you think you neeed it.
Quarterly? Weekly? Daily? Yes. Use it to your heart's content.
We're still building out the tool, but there is enough "there there" that we're comfortable letting people behind the curtain or in the backdoor or past the velvet rope or whatever to try Kumquat for their own performance reviews. And we're hoping that you'll critique Kumquat, as well.
So if the idea sounds interesting to you, please give soliciting your own performance reviews a try.
Or if you're just interested in learning more about the concept, please visit hello, kumquat.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled hypocrisy.
Labels: kumquat, performance, review
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November 05, 2007
Periodic table of brandingUseful insomuch as its mere existence is a reminder of how 99.9% of things claiming to be "branding" focus on being pretty, while being, in actuality, relatively useless.
Built by Kolbrener, a branding company
Periodic table of branding
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September 19, 2007
Adobe Photoshop logo: You have chosen poorlyOopie.
File this under "you can't please any of the people any of the time." Or "how not to launch a new identity." Or, to paraphrase the Grail Knight from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, "You have chosen... poorly."
Looks like the release of the Adobe Photoshop "logo" went over like a lead balloon with the Photoshop community.
Not exactly a sterling example of "using the blog community to your advantage."
Nevermind the confusion between the Photoshop mark and the Photoshop application icon. The mark, itself, is drawing a ton of negative feedback.
Now, I've done a great deal of work around rebranding and brand refreshes, so I've heard it all in terms of how much people hate the work or the look or the identity or the voice. But this trainwreck is especially interesting as many of the users of Photoshop are actually professionals who work on identities for a living.
I haven't seen this kind of vented bile since the exceptionally awful London 2012 Olympic mark was released.
Can't wait to see Brand New's take on this one.
Labels: adobe, logo, marketing, oopie, photoshop
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September 06, 2007
Apple iPhone rebate: A hypothesis[Full disclosure: I have been an Apple Macintosh user since the late eighties and I bought an Apple iPhone the day it was released.]
For those of you who know me or for those of you who read hypocritical, you realize there is an evil, evil marketer buried within me. One with whom I have to battle. One I have to keep at bay.
I'm a Darth Vader in the making, if you will. Even if you won't.
So when I see the whole Apple iPhone price-drop-rebate thing? The evil marketer cackles with morbid cacophony.
It's the same kind of cackle that erupts when people say things like "How did Prince get to play the Superbowl halftime show?"
And then, it changes into a sad, sad headshake. Pawns we are. All of us, pawns. P0wned.
Oh, I'm sorry. What Apple iPhone thing?
Well, in case you didn't hear, Apple recently cut the price of the iPhone by $200. And then, all of the early adopters whined. And then Steve Jobs became Mr. Magnanimous and gave us all $100.
Wow. What a heartwarming story.
If only it hadn't been planned from the beginning.
Here's my hypothesis about what really happened:
The Apple rebate? It's all marketing, people. Marketing.
And I'm willing to bet the price-reduction-rebate tango has been part of the product launch plan since day 1. Or at least day 2.
Apple wanted... nay needed to hit a certain number for the financial community. That number was based on the "new" price of the iPhone ($399). That number was not based on the "original" price of the iPhone ($599).
The original price provided Apple with a good deal of float. So that, if they could sell more than they expected, it was all gravy.
They were pocketing $200 above and beyond the required price of the product.
Because most of us iPhone buyers? We were going to buy it anyway. Price be damned.
But not everyone is as rabid as we.
They were planning to drop the price all along. And they knew people would squawk.
They have to drop the price to make it through the holiday season. No one is going to shell out those kind of funds for gifts. It had to be done. Well, Apple users will. But the general AT&T customer?
So, I guess the point, more correctly, is that Apple didn't need to drop the price. AT&T did.
So, to get more folks, they have to make it appear that they have "substantially lowered the price" of the iPhone.
Mind you, Apple is just moving the iPhone price to the required price now. (And I'm not even going to mention how the new iPod Touch has bolstered Apple's buying and production power, allowing them to make the iPhone at an even cheaper price than they could previously. Let's just ignore that thread for now.)
But they still have $200 extra for every iPhone that has been sold.
So now, as if by script, Steve Jobs comes out and says he's going to give us early adopters a $100 rebate.
They dropped the price, waited patiently for the public outcry that they knew would come, and then provided the gift that they had always planned to give.
Winning hearts and friends.
$200 - $100 = Apple is still $100 up.
What's more? That $100 rebate is a store credit. It's not cash folks. It's a gift certificate.
You know what happens if you don't use a gift certificate, right? The company gets to realize that revenue after a set amount of time.
And if we do use the gift certificate? They get that revenue back and move more product.
And they're still $100 up.
Genius. Marketing genius. Evil, but genius.
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August 29, 2007
Hulu violates cardinal rule of namingAnd there was much rejoicing (inside the the NewsCorp and NBC Universal offices) as the name of the "YouTube killer" was finally announced.
And the name? Hulu.
No, I didn't cough. It's Hulu. Hulu. With one "L." Hulu.
And as if that wasn't bad enough, they went and violated the cardinal rule of naming: they told you it was supposed to be "fun."
Um, okay.
In fact, the CEO slathers on the fun and pounds you senseless with sophomoric pedantry as he explains:
"Why Hulu? Objectively, Hulu is short, easy to spell, easy to pronounce, and rhymes with itself. Subjectively, Hulu strikes us as an inherently fun name, one that captures the spirit of the service we're building. Our hope is that Hulu will embody our (admittedly ambitious) never-ending mission, which is to help you find and enjoy the world's premier content when, where and how you want it."
Wow. I feel lucky to be alive.
As one commentor said, "Should have stuck with ClownCo."
I couldn't agree more. ClownCo screams fun. But it doesn't rhyme with itself.
In other news, "hulu" is Indonesian for "ass."
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Rajkot: What was expected to be smooth sailing is turning to be a rough ride for India. After emerging convincing winners in the Test series, Sourav Gangulys team is having a tough time in the ODIs and another setback in the third match Tuesday will seriously dent their chances of winning the seven-match TVS series.
More than the 2-0 scoreline in favour of the visitors, what appears even surprising is the manner in which they have chased relatively high totals in both games. That too, without showing any sign of nerves. And with two of the most talked about spinners at their disposal, the Indians must be wondering whats going wrong.
A silver lining could be visible for India Tuesday, what with West Indian skipper ruling himself out. True, one-day cricket in the sub-continent is predominantly a batsmans game. But still, the authority with which the Caribbeans have treated Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh in the first two one-dayers is causing a lot of concern.
The West Indian camps worry is over Hoopers unavailability for the third match at the Madhavrao Scindia Stadium. Ricardo Powell, flown in for the one-dayers and not fielded in the first two games, will replace Hooper in the XI. Ridley Jacobs will lead the team.
Team manager Ricky Skerritt said Hooper has a slight knee injury. As of now, he is out for just one match because he needs rest. It doesnt seem that he will be out for long. Skerritt added that Pedro Collins, named in the XII, is also a doubtful starter and Cameron Cuffy will play if Collins fails a fitness test Tuesday morning.
Unexpected rain kept the teams from having nets in the morning as the practice pitches were not covered, but the weather improved in the latter half of the day with the sun shining brightly.
India are thinking of bringing back J.P. Yadav in place of one of the spinners. The allrounder made his ODI debut in the first match Jamshedpur and made four. His bowled four overs for 22 runs without taking a wicket.
It is not clear how Yadavs inclusion will make things better, considering his type of bowling is not known to be effective in conditions such as these. There is also a question mark over his position in the batting order, since the top six slots are booked by specialist batsmen, with the possibility of Ajit Agarkar coming in as pinch-hitter.
Sourav admitted he is awaiting an improved showing from the bowlers this time. Our bowlers havent bowled well in the last two games, but they have done well over the last year, Sourav said Monday. Im confident they will hit back and bowl us to a win tomorrow.
We are still a good team, added the Indian skipper. Were already behind 0-2 in the series and obviously we have to win here. There is pressure in every game and it keeps building if you dont win, but thats international cricket.
The West Indies camp, on the other hand, is brimming in confidence, the Hooper setback apart. Starting from openers Chris Gayle and Wavell Hinds, the Caribbeans have got runs from almost everywhere in the top order with Marlon Samuels producing low-profile yet crucial half-centuries in both games.
Our team batted very well in the previous two matches, Caribbean coach Roger Harper said. The former off-spinner felt this was the opportunity for his team to pile the pressure on India. Its a great opportunity here to get grip on the series by going three-up. A series win would put us in good stead for the World Cup but theres a lot of cricket still to be played here.
Harper attributed the improvement to lots of hard work.
TEAMS (likely)
India: Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, V.V.S. Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammed Kaif, Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Jawagal Srinath, Ashish Nehra, J.P. Yadav.
West Indies: Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ricardo Powell, Ridley Jacobs, Mahendra Nagamootoo, Vasbert Drakes, Mervyn Dillon, Pedro Collins/Cameron Cuffy.
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(The fourth book in the County Cup series)
A Chapter Book by Rob Childs
Every year, in the county of Medland, school football teams compete for the most prestigious trophy in the area - the County Cup. Round-robin tournaments determine the winners of the four Quarter Shields - in the North, the East, the South and the West and the winners then clash in the semi-finals and then the Finals. The first four books in this series detail the teams in each quarter, battling it out to win a place in the semi-finals. The winning teams - and characters - can then be followed through the series in subsequent titles.
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September 2009 : UK Paperback
|Title: County Cup (4): Cup Clashes
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Posted by Katie smith / 12/21/2012 / 1 Comment / Christmas , crafting , tutorial
Easy Gift Tags DIY
This is like the 3rd set of gift tags I've made this year. I make about 5 or 6 tags, them I use them all up and think "well, now I have to make some more". But instead of making a ton (which I need) I make about 5 more, and then run out again! Haha. But it's not a real problem because I like to make tags.
Here's the process of how I made these easy-peasy tags:
Supplies: Patterned Paper, Scissors, Black Marker, Hole Punch
1. Cut your tags from patterned paper.
2. Cut circles, ovals and other shapes from contrasting patterned papers.
3. Glue them onto your tags.
4. Doodle away! I outlined my ornament shapes, added bows, hooks, to/from, etc.
5. Punch a hole in the top of each tag. (I used my crop-a-dile, but any hole puncher will do.)
Now just add them to your presents. These tags were ridiculously easy but I love the simple doodle look of them.
Are you making your own gift tags? What about presents? Are you all done making gifts/shopping for gifts??
I only have 1 present left and them I'm all done! (with 3 days left til Christmas too!
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ASSOCIATED WITH woods (tree)
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My cheer journey!
My mom was so excited when she found out she was going to have a little girl. She thought of all the possibilities and fun things she could do with her, and the first thing that popped into her mind was cheerleading. I became a cheerleader when I was not even a year yet. With huge bows and cute cheer uniforms of every kind. When I was just three years old I was finally able to join the little league cheer team! I was terrified. As a little girl going into a team with girls up to 14 years old, it was so scary! The coach was so sweet and all the other cheerleaders taught me the basics of cheer. My first game, I was no longer scared, I was confident and cheered my heart out. It was definitely a life changing experience. That first year of cheer we also had a homecoming game. It was like being a real high school cheerleader! Of course as a three year old, I had no idea what was going on, but they called my name, and I got homecoming princess. I remember my mom being so proud and it was so cool getting a crown because at the time I was obsessed with the Disney princesses. I continued little league cheer till I was 11 years old.
April 2014
April 1st, 2014
I'm so upset.. I had written a lot more and had added so much to my tackk and someone deleted almost all of it. I really wish I could say April fools... but no its true. :(
April 7th, 2014
I'm back! I had been out a couple of days due to some unforeseen medical emergencies.. but with the grace of God, I'm doing much better! Well I have been back since Friday, and I had so much work to catch up on, but then all of a sudden during second period the electricity went out on half of the school. So, I didn't even get to come to the class. It was crazy how long the line was of parents that were getting their children out of class. The line literally went from the attendance office, to almost the cafeteria. Luckily, my grandma got there early to pick me up and we got out of there fast. The rest of the day consisted of talking to my grandpa about my boyfriend joining the military. My boyfriend joining the military has taken a toll on me, so having that talk from a veteran (my grandpa) reassured me.
April 8th, 2014
I've been stressing a lot lately.. so on April 3rd, I was getting ready for school and noticed a lump on my breast. I went to the doctor and got tested and I'm still waiting for results. I've been praying to God that it's nothing major, but it's still pretty scary. It's really hard to get my mind off of it and because of that, I've been shutting everyone out. I just want all of this to be over soon, prayers would be greatly appreciated.
April 10th 2014
My relationship with my boyfriend officially ended on April 8th. This is so hard to go through, but I know God would never put me through anything I couldn't handle. May God bless my ex boyfriend and I hope he continues to be the great person he is.
April 15th, 2014
I went to prom this passed Saturday, alone. Since me and my boyfriend broke up a few days before prom, I didn't have a date, but I still went cause who needs a date?! Haha. The dance was okay, and afterwards I went with my two best friends to go eat and we cried together because we realized it wouldn't be much longer till we would have to grow up and not get to see each other at school everyday. It was pretty awesome. As soon as I started to get home, an old friend of mine texted me and we ended up haging out till 5 in the morning! We had both just gotten out of relationships and hadn't talked in months, so it was nice talking to him again. :) He really helped me realize that everything happens for a reason! Funny part of it all is that he's a cardinal football player and I'm a hawk cheerleader! I guess rivals can be friends after all! :)
April 16th, 2014
I'm actually really excited to start my life after high school. I'm still undecided about what college I'll be going to, but for sure it'll either be University of Texas Pan American, or Texas A&M at Kingsville. I plan to become a teacher and teach at my very own elementary school. I hope by the time I'm 21, I'll be back home living my dreams and teaching. I just hope I make a difference in at least one student, the way some of my teachers made a difference in mine.


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Removes property of the object by its tag (a.k.a. name).
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Calls the func with context of this equal to the object. Parameters if given passed to the function. If argv is provided then its memebers will be added to the list of parameters of the call.
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Reports class name and list of property name/values of the object. Intended to use for debugging purposes.
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Evaluates (interprets) what with context of this equal to the object. If namespace object is given then it is used as global namespace for evaluated code.
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Does lookup in the object for member/property by its tag. This is a direct equivalent of obj.tag construction.
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Locks structure of the object – after the call any attempt to add or remove object's property will throw an error. Values of existing properties can be changed though. Returns the object iself. If strict parameter is provided and it is exactly true then any attempt to get unknown property will throw an error.
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HYPOTHERMIA, leg cramps, sewage and jelly fish are just some of the things Alan Gale will come up against when he attempts to swim the English Channel.
But Mr Gale will push all thoughts of giving up to the back of his head as he hopes to complete the swim to raise £10,000 for Acorns - the hospice that cared for his life-limited son Harry.
Harry, who had complications of the heart and cerebral palsy, died in his father's arms at just ten months old on August 17, 2007.
It will be just days after the seventh anniversary of the toddler's death that Mr Gale will take to the choppy waters for the mammoth challenge.
Mr Gale, from Nunnery Wood, will be taken to a designated beach at some point between August 18 and 20 where he will begin the swim in the early hours of the morning.
He said: "Harry was cared for at Acorns almost full time for six months which would have been at a substantial cost, probably about £100,000.
"About five or six years ago, I reached a stage where I wanted to do something to make sure that hospices were still there when other people needed them and I thought I'd want to raise about £10,000 so it needed to be something substantial.
"I literally woke up one morning over in the United States and decided I wanted to attempt to swim the Channel.
"Harry loved the water, at Acorns they have got a little hydropool and he loved the security of being in the warm water so, in a way, it seems appropriate I'm doing a Channel swim."
He said he was planning to swim the Channel alone because it was a very personal challenge but will have a support boat which includes his friend Alistair Macleod who has been helping him train.
Mr Gale has been using the pool at David Lloyd, Warriors Way, swimming for six hours at a time and the pair have been practising how he will be fed and how they can communicate.
Strict rules set out by The Channel Swimming Association include the swimmer not being allowed to touch the boat or any person and only able to wear a swimsuit or trunks, goggles and swim hat which provides no thermal protection or buoyancy.
When he gets to France he must immediately stand up out of the water then get straight back in the boat and return to England.
Wife Esta and his two other children Lewis, 13, and Will, four, will be supporting him from the safety of the shore.
He added: "I was not a keen swimmer and hadn't swam more than 2km before but it needed to be something that even friends and family would wonder if I was capable of being able to complete."
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Chief Justice Doctor Shirani Banadaranaike states that refraining from politics is a norm which judges should adhere to.
Addressing the Annual Seminar of the Judicial Services Commission which was held in Colombo this afternoon Dr. Bandaranaike added that judges should not be intimidated in any manner & should act unbiased to ensure a fair judiciary which in turn ensures the democracy of the country.
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I had to try these! I posted the picture of them last night in my gallery. Later I received a message that it was removed as an "undecorated item." I would love to post a picture or a link in a forum message but I cannot ge the attachment to work. Can someone help me with this so I can show you the cake shooters. I have tried the attachment link several times with no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
I saw it... they look great! I made some last week and they were great!
As for your picture, do you have facebook account or a website? you could post it on there and copy/paste the link onto a post here.
here's an example...
I am trying to post my cake shooters picture and I hope this works. These were so much fun to make. I took some to work today and they loved them!
Both of these look great. I did some as well, but didn't get a picture.
Pood, what flavors did you do?
Where do you get the containers?
try pastry chef dot com or bake deco dot com. wasserstrom dot com has the smaller ones.
your shotters look yummy!
Thank you!
What are the containers called? I searched the sites listed above and could not find them. Thanks for the help?
sorry... they're called push pop or push up... can't remember which site uses which one. here's some links...
take care!
sorry... they're called push pop or push up... can't remember which site uses which one. here's some links...
take care!
My flavors were spice cake with cream cheese filling and chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse filling. I got my containers from bakedeco and their service was great. I would definitely recommend them.
Thank you for the fast response!
Do you know why your picture was removed? Isn't your picture the same as when someone puts frosting on a cupcake and posts it? I'm confused...I too put a picture up yesturday but of a cheesecake I made and they removed it too saying it was undecorated but I see there's others like it in the galleries. I've tried to get specifics but I'm still waiting on a response;o)
OMG!!!! I love these. Something fun and unique to offer!!!!
@pood and MariaK38 those look so lip-smackin'. I would love to taste them. Great job guys.
I have never heard of these treats before... they are to cute. But how do you eat them? Do you need to use a spoon?
thank you! I'm going to try selling them for the first time at a craft fair this weekend. I hope they go over well!
Are these reusable? Did you buy the stand for them or create your own somehow? I would like to make these for an office party on the 18th - looks fun and festive! Better order soon though....
hi! the shooter containers (push ups) are re-usable. you don't need a spoon, just push up a little at a time and eat. they work really well... all three of my kids love them! I use two mini cupcakes split in half for mine, they fit perfectly!
there are stands for them, but the last time I checked they were on back order. so I ordered some ice cream cone holders and they work great! here's a link for the push up containers and the holders I have...
Take care!
Here is a holder I made quick for cake pops.(when I realized I didn't have styrofoam) I'm sure it would also work for these. I am planning on covering it. I can't put picture on here look in my photos.
We have push pops containers! They just arrived and will be available in the by next week. We just need to have Canada Post back to work!
Love the website with the pushups!


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TEAM NEWS: Coutinho on the bench as Sturridge starts for Liverpool against ...11 Jan 2017
The Reds' two-time Player of the Season returns to the matchday squad having recovered from ankle ligament damage sustained at the end of November
Philippe Coutinho ends a 46-day absence from action for Liverpool, with the Brazilian among the substitutes for the League Cup semi-final at Southampton.
Jurgen Klopp has named the influential 24-year-old, who has missed the club's last nine fixtures through ankle ligament damage, in reserve for the first-leg encounter with a view to hopefully granting him minutes ahead of Sunday's top-flight tussle against Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Daniel Sturridge, scorer of a double in the fifth round of the competition last season in a 6-1 win at St Mary's, earns his seventh start of the season in all competitions.
He has netted eight times in six League Cup appearances for the Reds.
James Milner, meanwhile, returns to the line-up after nursing a knock to his calf sustained in the 2-2 draw at Sunderland.
Centre-back Joel Matip, who has returned to team training, is not fit enough to be included in the squad while captain Jordan Henderson, out with a heel complaint, is hoping to take part in full sessions again by the end of the week.
Having made his long-awaited comeback in Liverpool's goalless FA Cup draw with Plymouth last time out, Joe Gomez makes the bench on Wednesday night.
Liverpool starting line-up: Karius, Clyne, Klavan, Lovren, Milner, Lucas, Can, Wijnaldum, Lallana, Firmino, Sturridge
Liverpool subs: Mignolet, Moreno, Gomez, Stewart, Coutinho, Origi, Woodburn


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"Dexter Morgan. By day, he's a forensics specialist that hunts down serial killers for the police. By night, he is a serial killer that kills the serial killers he hunts down during the day."
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MAGEE — PriorityOne Bank has unveiled plans for expansion in 2014.
In 2009, a lot was purchased at the intersection of Highway 98 and Highway 589 in Hattiesburg with the intention of constructing a branch on this site at some time in the future. In addition, property was also purchased in 2013 on the Highway 49 frontage road in Collins next to the Civic Center with the intention of constructing a branch on that site.
During Priority's January board meeting, the directors unanimously approved both projects and PriorityOne Bank is in the process of finalizing contracts and requesting regulatory approval to get the construction of these branches started. It is expected that these branches will be completed sometime in the fourth quarter of this year and will be open before the end of 2014.
In addition, for several years PriorityOne has had an interest in moving into the Madison County market with a branch location.
CEO Robert Barnes said, "I am pleased to say that we have filed an application to open a branch in the Township at Colony Park on the Parkway in Ridgeland. It is anticipated that this location will be open in the second quarter of 2014. I am also pleased to report that we have hired Eddie Woodard to manage this office as our Madison County president."
Woodard comes to PriorityOne from Renasant Bank in Madison where he worked as a commercial lender for the past eight years.
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By appointment, I was admitted for a complete replacement of my left knee on in early June.
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We are hugely privileged in the UK to have the NHS. Because I paid for medical insurance in the past, I am aware of the cost of such operations as the one I have just had. Having retired, partly because of my inability to get around, I could not have afforded to pay to have my knee replaced. Hence I am truly blessed to have had a 'new knee'. I hope in due course to get back on my bike and raise money for the three 'life saving' charities I have supported over the past 12 years:
The Nazareth Hospital (http://www.nazarethtrust.org/nazareth-hospital);
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Brown, who has worked at Southern for 39 years, also teaches economics and finance on the Southern University Baton Rouge campus.
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I have seen this process in action by observing by the growth of my neighbor's daughter, who is now three years old. The girl learned her first words by imitating her parents. She learned further words and phrases because her parents encouraged and praised her every time she spoke. I have especially had many opportunities to observe the role of the mother in the child's language development. When the girl was developing her vocabulary, her mother frequently asked her questions so that she could practice her communication skills. The mother would ask things like "where's the dolly?," "what's that?," "do you see the bird?," etc. Whenever the child made a mistake, the mother would gently correct her. Whenever the child gave the correct answer, the mother would praise her and exclaim, "that's right!" I also noticed that the mother spent a great deal of time reading to the child from picture books. These readings gave the child further opportunities to practice her use of language skills. Thus, although language development has a "nature" aspect to it, the interactions between my neighbor and her daughter showed me that language development is also "nurtured" to a large degree.


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Thousands of students this week will be packing their bags, polishing their shoes and donning their school uniforms for the first time in 2014.
For country kids and their parents, this experience can be upsetting as students set off to spend the majority of the year away from home.
Boarder Kimberly Van Lathum, 16, was busy unpacking her gear on her first day of grade 12, after arriving at school from Barcaldine in Western Queensland.
"Most of the time it's the first time we've seen each other for like two months over the Christmas break, so it's pretty fun," she said.
"Usually we have two or three weeks where it's really exciting, then you kind of hit the study break. So it's pretty hectic then and then by the end of the term we're usually hiding recluse in our rooms."
Kimberly was one of around 80 students arriving at the Cathedral College in Rockhampton yesterday, with the rest of the cohort turning up today.
Although she's excited to begin another year of study and time with her friends, the drought at her family's cattle property, Forest Hill, is still in the back of her mind.
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Ron Armstrong is assistant principal residential and oversees all the boarders at the Cathedral College.
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"It's a little tough the first week. We ask particularly the year eights for the parents not to ring them, give them that first week to settle in, to form friendships and get to know the routines of the college.
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This gorgeous roundel is, of course, by the one and only Albert Wainwright, whose art work has appeared here on numerous occasions and about whom we published a book a while ago. My collaborator on that book recently sent me the photograph above of a new addition to his collection. I thought it would be a good opportunity to look through recent auction sales and, sure enough, Wainwright's work continues to be dribbled onto the market in the form of pages from his sketchbooks and folios. The pictures below are all from auction sales in 2016
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Just a look back at one of the machines that started it all. Coll from a historical point of view.
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Oct 4, 2010 at 4:01 UTC
You know, it's interesting... this picture here:
It's kinda interesting how LITTLE things have changed....
Oct 4, 2010 at 5:56 UTC
Oh god, I'm getting old.
When my Dad finally splurged and got his 386, he gave me the XT.... that machine was probably what got me into IT.
6MHz Processor, 20MB HD, 2x5 1/4" Floppies (DUAL DENSITY!), I forget how little RAM......
Oct 5, 2010 at 5:17 UTC
The first time I used an IBM XT, I thought it would never catch on. Poor mono graphics and slow boot up times (the days before HD's were widely used).
I was used to using the BBC Micro, which supported a colour screen, could be connected to a tv if you didn't have a monitor, didn't need a dedicated boot disk, built in programming languages (BASIC and Assembler) and was considerably cheaper.
Oct 5, 2010 at 5:51 UTC
My old maths teacher didn't mind if we wrote rude words using Logo on the BBCs. At least you were learning how to use the program.
Getting a curved C using REPEAT got you bumped up a set, as it wasn't included in the syllabus.
I'd probably have been given my IT GCSE for free if I'd managed to draw a wang.
Oct 5, 2010 at 6:00 UTC
A look back???
I work for a charity - that's the future!
Oct 5, 2010 at 8:47 UTC
The first true computer I ever worked on was an IBM 360 mainframe, with the punch cards and the sys admin sat in an air conditioned room behind glass. If anyone would have ever suggested that I'd own one, much less several with more computing power than that thing ever had, I'd have laughed!
Oct 5, 2010 at 8:53 UTC
IBM 4342 running VM with 2 DOS/VSE instances (prod and test). CICS (pronounced kicks) for our "interactive" environment. Never did the punch cards, I started JUST after they had been retired but hung more tapes on those drives then I care to admit! It was great when we switched over to the cartridges, those things rocked. Old band printers and, of course, the big Xerox laser printers.
Oct 5, 2010 at 12:04 UTC
My first computer was an 8088. I got it when my dad upgraded to a 286. Crazy how much things have changed.
Oct 5, 2010 at 12:16 UTC
When I teach, I always start with a look back at where we came from and so forth. amazes me how me folks don't know the history of their choosen occupation The first actual home computer I owned was a TS 1000 with a whooping 16k worth of memory
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According to Patrick DeHaan, who is a senior petroleum analyst at the gas price-tracking site GasBuddy.com, said prices could rise anywhere between 5 to 20 cents per gallon. "Some stations may run out," DeHaan said, adding a run at pumps in Alabama, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia will "likely compound the problem," making gas prices higher and leading to less availability.
As Red State Watcher reports:
Residents in multiple southern states were scrambling to fill-up on Friday amid the scare.
On Friday, September 9, 2016, a mining inspector in Shelby County, Ala., detected a gasoline odor on mining property. He alerted Colonial Pipeline, which operates two pipelines in the immediate vicinity. Both pipelines were shut down as a precaution and Colonial employees were dispatched for a visual survey of the site. Upon confirmation of a release, Colonial Pipeline mobilized a coordinated response effort with federal, state and local agencies as well as local emergency responders.
The governor of North Carolina declared the state of emergency to "help ensure that there will be adequate supplies of fuel across the state and prevent excessive fuel pricing."
Colonial Pipeline issued the following update regarding its ongoing response to a gasoline release in Shelby County, Alabama, and the subsequent interruption of service to Line 1, which transports gasoline from refiners on the Gulf Coast to delivery locations in the Southeast and along the Eastern seaboard.
This afternoon, working in consultation with Unified Command, Colonial Pipeline will begin excavation operations to repair the impacted section of pipe on Line 1. This work will continue throughout the weekend, with Line 1 projected to restart next week. Recovery of gasoline, which remains contained, also continues as safety conditions allow.
In an attempt to reduce the damage, Colonial is shipping gasoline on Line 2 as Line 1 remains interrupted.
Approximately 230,000 of gasoline and water have been recovered as of Friday afternoon, but the presence of explosive vapors is making the cleanup difficult.
"Recovery efforts are continuing 24 hours a day focusing on remediation of contamination and restoration of pipeline services," the EPA said in a statement.
Colonial Pipeline said Friday it doesn't expect to fully reopen its primary gasoline pipeline until next week.
Here are some photos posted by those affected:
Gas line outside of the Marathon station. Rumored to be one of the only stations with gas left in Willamson county. pic.twitter.com/Hziaexht3H
— Craig Oaks (@oaktech) September 17, 2016