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Specs summary
The LG G Pro 2's screen is 5.9 inches with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution.
There is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad core 2.26 GHz processor (CPU).
The phone runs on the Android 4.4 KitKat (Update Available: 5.0 Lollipop) operating system (OS).
You can take photos or capture video with the phone's onboard 13+ megapixel camera.
There is also a secondary front facing camera with 2+ megapixels resolution.
Internal memory is 16/32 GB. An external, MicroSD, MicroSDHC (up to 64 GB) expansion slot is available for increased storage capacity.
The phone is powered by a Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion), 3200 mAh battery. LG's performance ratings are 15 days standby time, 840 minutes (2G), 1537 minutes (3G), 571 minutes Wi-Fi surfing.
Reviews summary
What's good
- Clear display with excellent viewing angles
- Incredibly fast performance
- Long battery life
What's bad
- Some slight digital noise with low light pictures
- Cannot use single-handed
- Slippery grip
The G Pro 2 is LG's second foray into the phablet market and is the successor of the G Pro. LG has made some slight changes to the hardware in order to remain competitive against the likes of Samsung and HTC. The most visible update is to its screen size. Measuring in at 5.9 inches, the display is 0.4 inches larger than its predecessor and offers a full HD resolution of 1080p. Although the pixel density is slightly lower than the G Pro at 373ppi, most critics barely noticed a difference and they mention that the additional screen real estate is worth the cost of a few pixels per inch. In addition, they also mention that the screen has great viewing angles and is easy to see in direct sunlight. With that being said, critics warn that the device is practically impossible to use one-handed and has a tendency to slip from their grasp.
As LG's flagship phablet phone, the G Pro 2 offers top a 2.3GHz quad-core processor and 3GB of RAM. Phone Arena calls it "an absolute powerhouse" and describes its performance as "crystal-smooth, with barely any hiccups." Battery life has also improved from its predecessor thanks to a 3,200mAh cell. During battery draining tests, it lasted well over 9 hours and when tested in real life situations, experts clocked it at over a day of moderate usage.
The LG G Pro 2 comes equipped with a front 2.1MP camera that offers a selfie mode and a voice activated shutter. The main camera is 13MP and Slash Gear considers it, "LG's finest smartphone-based camera to date." Other reviewers also describe the main camera as excellent, citing its sharp images, excellent color reproduction. Even in low-light conditions, they barely noticed any digital noise. Aside from taking pictures, it can also take 4K videos and 120FPS slow-motion recordings.
Overall, critics have high praises for the LG G Pro 2. Engadget states, "Of LG's lineup of large-screened smartphones, this is our favorite so far." CNET adds, "…the LG G Pro 2 is an excellent smartphone no matter which way you slice it."
Reviews (8.1/10 Avg. rating)
Areally snappy phablet in daily usage
Frankly, we are baffled beyond wits here. LG's official price for the G Pro 2, which is super steep. However, a stroll through the major e-commerce websites reveals discounted prices. The G Pro 2 is an absolute steal if we consider the low end of that price range, but there's no telling how long it will be available so cheap.
Without considering such a steep discount, the G Pro 2 goes right up against the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which comes with an S-Pen stylus but lacks 4K video recording. All said and done, the G Pro 2 is definitely a good alternative, but it just falls short of... Full review
A Phabulous Phablet
So you have a phone with great performance, great battery life, minimal bezels, great software addons and a great camera. I've always wanted a device with removable battery and microSD card that isn't Samsung, and here is finally one. What's not to like right? Oh wait, those exact characteristics apply to the LG G2 too, except its not a comically large 5.9″.After using it for two weeks, we are aching to get back to a smaller screen size. There are just too close calls of almost dropping the device, of having to stretch our fingers too much to reach a spot, and of it... Full review
High end hardware with good display qualities
The LG G Pro 2 is a decent smartphone, we could even call it a good flagship level device but there's nothing that makes it a great high end device deserving of its price. There's no USP here. What you do get is a smartphone that ticks all the checkboxes and plays it safe. This is all the more obvious when you see competitors taking big risks like HTC with its depth sensor on the HTC One M8, Samsung with the Heart Rate monitor on the Galaxy S5 and the Xperia Z2 that offers IP58 protection.
Add to that the fact that the phone is positively enormous at 5.9 inches, we&rs... Full review
Brings alluring hardware married with several software level tweaks to deliver wonderful performance and great battery life.
The LG G Pro 2 is a welcome iteration that basically marries the best of the LG G2 and Optimus G Pro to offer a better large screen touting package. Featuring a slim profile, slightly different design, and great battery life, the G Pro 2 is certainly one of the top five large screen devices.
LG G Pro 2 is ideally for anyone seeking a large screen with powerful hardware, smooth user experience and supporting great battery life. We believe the G Pro 2 is a badass phone but LG has introduced the G Pro 2 couple of months late in the market. We hope that it continues to share the visibil... Full review
An overall solid phablet
Beautiful, color popping high resolution display, and quick performance
The information on the final price point of the LG G Pro 2 isn't available yet, it wouldn't be surprising to see a price tag akin to its high-end stature, at possibly around the $700 mark at launch. There's no word on what carriers will have it at this point – but stay tuned! While the LG G Pro 2 is definitely a big jump from the Optimus G Pro, we do have to question how much of an upgrade it is from the G2. It does sport a bigger screen, an arguably better material choice which isn't without its disadvantages though, and an enhanced camera with OIS+. But with... Full review
Despite LG's improvements, Samsung still makes the better phablet
When iteration is the name of the game, it's easy to overlook the improvements that smartphone makers do introduce every year. The G Pro 2 is certainly an improvement over its predecessor — the design is much nicer, the battery lasts longer, and the display is even bigger without adding much to the phone's footprint. But it's still the same idea that doesn't really work for me: it tries to take the place of both a smartphone and a tablet, but compromises on both in ways that don't make a great experience for either purpose.
Perhaps that speaks to where we're at with s... Full review
The LG G Pro 2 isn't offering enough to justify the 6 month delay
A performance powerhouse that's relatively easy to handle
An all around solid performer
The LG G Pro 2 appears to be an all around solid performer and it held up well in our day to day use. The display was solid, and battery life proved nothing to worry about. Not to mention the overall build quality -- which was more than acceptable. We also especially liked the camera, and the camera options. Plus, in a world where many Android users are looking to get a clean and stock experience, we are more than willing to ditch the stock experience in favor of the perks offered by LG. We still need some more details in terms of a US release. Namely, a date, some pricing and carrier speci... Full review
Its big screen size and solid performance due to its processor and ram...great phone by lg keep it up
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Friday, December 12, 2008
My Breast Friend
I tried several methods such as the milkmaid tea, pumping, drinking lots of water etc... even called my midwife, and she said, 'no worries... it will come back eventually, your body needs one month to recover cos you lost so much water when you fell ill....'
well as at 3 1/2 mths, I gave up bf totally. I was so stressed up trying to boost my supply, and this really made me so upset. And I can't stand the idea of Jayden not getting enough feeding, also he's such a big eater, huge appetite...
I really envy mothers who have an abundance of bm... I know some of them throw their bm away because of over-storage! I don't even have that luxury of choice!
Anyway, now Jayden is totally on formula and I must say, mummy is not so stressed up, and that makes me a happier mummy! Happier mummy can look after Jayden better and makes Daddy less stressed too :)
20 friends spoke up!:
- Something About Us said...
I was also stressed up when I do not have enough...nearly gotton the blues.
Till now, I still feel guilty for not giving my kids BM
- Ling
- Fri Dec 12, 02:51:00 PM
- LittleLamb said...
correct. no need to pressure yrself. and now Jayden is happy with formula. U already did a good job for 3.5 months.
- Fri Dec 12, 03:04:00 PM
- MommyAngel said...
Kristie, don't worry .... you have done great all these while. Hats off for you.
Actually sometimes a happy mother is the most important factor in taking good care of our baby. I know how you feel and I have been through that too and it was a nightmare to me until now.
- Fri Dec 12, 03:07:00 PM
- Leeyen said...
yes, choose the way you think is the best to both of u!
- Fri Dec 12, 03:12:00 PM
- Jaanvi said...
Hey Kristie
whats important is the intention and this thing is working good for all of you so nothing like it.. :)
- Fri Dec 12, 03:15:00 PM
- Mummy Gwen said...
Hey, I didn't breast feed my Gwen coz my supply also tak cukup. I don't feel bad wor...see I'm the ultimate bad mummy.
- Fri Dec 12, 05:18:00 PM
- Kristie said...
ling- yeah i feel really bad at first, but now it's much better. Dont feel so guilty ok, everything happens for a good cause. Your kids are still healthy, that's the most important!
rachel- thanks for the kind words :)
caroline- yup i totally agree, bf is really challenging! yes, a happy mummy= happy baby
leeyen- yes i discussed this with my hubby, he's a great supporter.
jaanvi- yes true!
mummy gwen- so u didnt bf from the start ya? no lah dont say bad mummy.... :)
- Fri Dec 12, 05:38:00 PM
- Kadus_Mama said...
Of course BF is one best thing you can give your baby. But no point doing so if you get all stressed up..at least now you are stress free already..
I stopped BF my daughter 1 week before her 1st birthday coz' my body cannot cope with bf anymore..it's a 24hours job and i got really stressed..guilty feeling at first, but eventually i got over it..
- Fri Dec 12, 05:42:00 PM
- Fussy mum said...
that's right...no point getting so stress up over this issue. You already did your best for 3.5 months. :)
- Fri Dec 12, 09:12:00 PM
- Serene said...
Kristie, don't stress yourself. You already done your best to BF Jayden for 3.5months! Thats very good already..
I remembered last time for once i fall sick and on medication, i expressed out my BM, and throw away... I have 7-8oz each time. The feeling was so heart pain!!
- Fri Dec 12, 09:59:00 PM
- the little prince said...
Its ok...You have done a good job...think of those do not have BF at all....
I am proud of you where you have BF for 3.5 months!!
- Sat Dec 13, 12:16:00 AM
- Adrine said...
Hi Kristie. A little advise from me - pls don't give up completely.
My breastfeeding journey was a very bumpy one with plenty of tears from both Elyssa and myself. When she was 4 mths, I "surrendered" and she became 100% reliant on formula for her daily needs. However, I still let her suckle directly every weeknight and weekends. I thought that even tho the amt is not much, it's still better than nothing, and I tot that I could do it for a few weeks.
Surprisingly, Elyssa is now 8 months and there's still some BM for her to "snack" on every day.
So, try to give this a shot. I think a little BM is still better than none.
- Sat Dec 13, 12:31:00 AM
- Sarah's Daddy and Mommy said...
Actually Kristie you already done a very good job in supplying bm to Jayden for the first 3 mths. Some mothers even dont have that...
- Yes, I think you should be happier now as Jayden has found his right formula and he is a happy baby drinking his current milk.
- Sat Dec 13, 12:46:00 AM
- Kristie said...
kadus mama- yes i agree, that's the best gift that only mummy can give. Wow, u bf for 1 yr, that's fantastic :)
fussy mum- thanks :)
serene- wow, ur supply not bad huh!
yugene- thanks, yes at least i've tried!
adrine- thanks, let me consider :)
joanne- yes i felt bad at first that i cant provide jayden with the best... but overall it's a better choice, getting stressed is no joke!
- Sat Dec 13, 12:12:00 PM
- Bonnie said...
Dont stress urself, you already did a good job managed to bf Jayden for 3.5 months. Compare me that not even more than 3 days. I still felt guilty till today. But all I can do now is provide him better care and more love now.
- Sat Dec 13, 12:48:00 PM
- Kristie said...
bonnie, thanks. Yes sometimes I feel I've already tried my best, maybe I do deserve a pat on my back :p
Dont worry and feel guilty.. maybe try bf longer for no.2? :)
- Sat Dec 13, 01:01:00 PM
- Esmeralda said...
Kristie.. Yup we r in the same boat. I also faced limited supply of BM even though I'm well... So sad sometimes... Sometimes I really envy those mothers that can store their BM in the freezer...!
- Thu Dec 18, 11:51:00 AM
- Kristie said...
yup esmeralda, never mind lah, it's over already... u know one funny thing? that day i just tried to bf jayden again, but he doesnt want to latch on anymore!
yup i also envy mummies who have so much storage to the extent of throwing some 'old stock' away too....
- Thu Dec 18, 04:59:00 PM
- Esmeralda said...
Haha... yup, that happened to me too. When I tried to bf Ashton about a month after he's 100% on formula, the first impression he gave me is the weird look, and the "geli" feeling like wanna vomit..
- Thu Dec 18, 06:14:00 PM
- Kristie said...
hahah esmeralda, exactly the same lah!
jayden also gave me a look like, ey why so familiar one? hahahah
- Thu Dec 18, 06:38:00 PM


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The most common complaint voiced about members of Congress is that there is just too much conflict in our nation's capital. It is an easy conclusion to come to if you are simply following the news through the lens of your social media feed. Partisan bickering and the toxic talk from pundits on both side of the political spectrum provide a steady stream of hyperbole.
Such chatter captures headlines and propels Twitter trends but fails to encapsulate the real problem in Washington. Collusion is the silent but lethal force that has crippled the economy and strapped the nation with debilitating debt, and it ensures that power stays within the Beltway elite instead of with the American people.
You simply cannot get $20 trillion in debt through conflict. It is absolutely impossible. The only way to get $20 trillion in debt is through collusion.
Married couples know it is impossible to sink deep in debt through conflict. If you are going back and forth with your spouse debating how money should be spent you will usually come to a prudent, responsible decision on whether to buy something. On the other hand, when both spouses collude and justify splurging for that new entertainment system or getaway trip to the Bahamas, the debt can begin to mount mighty fast. Collusion is the slipperiest of slopes and a fast pass to the pit of economic debt and despair, which can take more than a generation to dig out of.
Congress has become the epitome of spending collusion. For many years "earmarks" were the collusion-enabling ingredient in the recipe of economic disaster for America. Over the years many a bill in Congress passed only with a vote purchased with an earmark of money for a hometown highway or local pet project. They even started to name them: "Cornhusker kickback," "Louisiana Purchase" or the famous "bridge to nowhere." Even after the earmark era ended, spending bills have been laced with collusive expenditures and benefits for the well-connected.
Far too many in Congress have simply become comfortable with the ever-increasing size of the national debt. Just this week, when it was estimated that the president's proposed tax reform plan could add several trillion dollars to the national debt, a stunning number of politicians said they were either "comfortable with it" or "could live with it."
While politicians may be comfortable with more debt, their grandchildren will be crushed by it. Experts from across the political spectrum now agree that the biggest threat to America's national security is our debt and perpetual deficit spending.
Sadly, states and local governments are also joining the collusion as they accept more and more money from the federal government, with all the strings that go with it. Individual citizens are also getting comfortable with an increasing number of services coming out of Washington. Amazingly few Americans acknowledge or even recognize the economic cost of such collusive spending today or the total societal price of that debt their grandchildren will pay tomorrow.
Over the past 40 years our national debt has skyrocketed from $1 trillion in the mid-1970s to $20 trillion and counting today. If the interest rate, which has been near historic lows, were to tick up just slightly toward historic norms, the annual interest payment on America's debt would rapidly reach nearly $1 trillion. That is just the interest. No tax increase or spending cut would even come close to closing that gap. Such collusion-induced debt and rising interest payment would decimate the poor and the middle class in America.
J. Reuben Clark was right when he said, "Interest never sleeps nor sickens nor dies; it never goes to the hospital; it works on Sundays and holidays; it never takes a vacation; it has no love, no sympathy; it is as hard and soulless as a granite cliff. Once in debt, interest is your companion every minute of the day and night; you cannot shun it or slip away from it; you cannot dismiss it; it yields neither to entreaties, demands, or orders; and whenever you get in its way or cross its course or fail to meet its demands, it crushes you."
As Washington debates funding the government and reforming the tax code, many will complain about political conflict in Congress. But as citizens we would be wise to watch out for the kind of collusion that is bankrupting the nation and threatening American freedom for future generations.
Boyd C. Matheson is president of Sutherland Institute, a conservative think tank that advocates for a free market economy, civil society and community-driven solutions.


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How Goal Setting Builds Confidence
By Stephen Zaba
Anything in life that has a deadline attached to it breeds a sense of urgency. Whether it is a mundane task you have to complete at work or something that gives you great pleasure and means a lot to you, it is a task that you know has to be completed and in the time designated. How much more enthusiasm and passion will be exerted when it is something that is going to move you forward in life and bring with it abundance. I think you know the answer to that.
Even the little things around the house, like cleaning your office, mending that door and getting rid of the junk that has been cluttering vital space can make you feel as though you have achieved something; it is something that you can put to the back of your mind. It is nothing to write home about, but even still, in some way it is a small achievement.
That is why goal setting builds confidence, motivates you and keeps your life on track. The reason this is so is because no one person sets a goal that he or she doesn't want to achieve. It is not like a work related task, where you are paid to do so and if you don't do it on a consistent basis, you won't be working for that company for too long. That is not to say that any goals set will in the end be achieved. It is not that a person doesn't want to complete the goal, it is the steps and work that is required that is the stumbling block.
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It's the year of the drum and bass album. As the plethora of LP's from various artists continues to pour out, there's one man that always manages to grasp the anticipation of all without failing to deliver or sacrificing his integrity. That man goes by the name of Calibre. A well known artist among the drum and bass community that carved a small space of his own that manages to sit atop drum and bass' biggest labels/artists. With a flawless back catalogue that's continuously growing, Calibre is one of a handful of artists that truly put every bit of themselves into their work and ultimately release that creative output due to public demand. With a self-indulgent mentality and non-existent ego, Calibre is a true creator and whether it's a self-drawn piece of cover art, a song, or another way of outputting his creativity; it's always distinctly Calibre.
In a time when music is incredibly disposable and listeners feel the right to dictate the creative direction of artists, Calibre can shift tempos, styles, performance methods, and more without ever sacrificing his artistic integrity or fans. As great as it is that we've had such a high frequency of drum and bass albums, unfortunately many of them are homogenous and get lost to two-to-three stand out tracks that receive heavy rotation. Contrastingly, Calibre is a man who is not bound by that effect. Spill is very much so Calibre and a bit more feel-good in comparison to previous albums. Even though it doesn't deviate in style much and has a homogenous sound; that's where it ultimately succeeds. Without discrediting the work of other drum and bass artists', that's what separates Calibre from most and is what puts him among the top with drum and bass' elite. Spill is 13 tracks of pure, uncompromised, and just beautiful music created by an individual that manages to express what they feel in a way that resonates with listeners unlike any other artist. There is a distinct vibe when you hear a Calibre track; you know it and can feel it.
Spill is that in every way. Spill is rich, flavourful, soulful, and is a passionate collection of work that conveys varying emotions while managing to keep you relaxed and fixated on the vibes flowing through your ears.
Opening with "Dema Beats," up/down snare hits play off each other and hammer along a salacious rolling bassline with a reverberating synth chord and warped-running hi-hats that set a contemplative tone that raises your curiousity. In true Calibre fashion, "Dema Beats" moves throughout your whole body and steals your attention whilst demanding you to prepare yourself for a 13 track emotional, intellectual, and sensational ride.
Thoughts having turned to action, Spill continues with "Running." An energetic and emotional combination consisting of a captivating Spanish guitar lick, warm-booming kick drums, the soft yet loosely sung vocals of Calibre, and warped backbeats that are reflective of your doubts whilst you run and leave everything behind.
"Running" doesn't come without reflection though and the journey continues with "Think On." Smooth minor keys and constant bouncing synths accompanied with the soft echoing whispers of the man himself wrap around yet another warm double bass infused roller. "Think On" feels very much so like Calibre as its heavy, yet hits softly, soothes the senses, and sparks the soul. You're not quite sure what to do but you know you must follow your senses on this journey, but also "Keep Control."
"Keep Control" is where Spill takes a direction more reminiscent of the reclusive thinker behind this album. Ominous-warping horns, towering drums, and a trudging bassline nod along to the sounds of distant moans and strings whilst a returning vocal sample reminds you to "Keep Control."
Emerging from the darkness, light shines and a sense of yearning becomes prominent. Dancing chimes and airy synths form the atmospheric background of "Close To Me" while splashing hi-hats, cracking rim shots, and a repeating oscillating bassline makeup the foreground.
Continuing on and taking almost a more Daft Punk esque feel. The now talk boxed Irishman sings a slow melody along widening synth & bass stabs to create a futuristic yet rustic groove with a cracking drum break and jumping hi-hats on "Cully Bridge." A sense of forgiveness and opportunity feel apparent on the lighter yet still groovingly reflective sounds of "Cully Bridge" before entering a more foundry setting tone on "Simple Things."
Once again we are thrown into the darker, reminiscent, and more reclusive sounds of the creator on the slowed down yet very much so bass heavy vibes of "Start Again" that feature the accompaniment of Manchester based Chimpo. A thumping and envelope widening bassline infused with wobbles and slicing synths pour weight out of the speakers; while raising the intensity of MC Chimpo's vocals."Start Again" is a slower offering with its light crisp snares and ever-changing hi-hats that help move the weighty growler along without taking away from the highlighting bassline. Being one of two tracks that were promoted pre-release, it's already a fan favourite among many and has been making the rounds among liquid/soul producers.
Following "Start Again," Spill continues with more reclusive and reflective vibes on "Dont' Turn On Me" and "Wilderness" featuring Steo. Minor keys, thumping kicks, and another beautifully hi-hat infused break assemble into a soft yet thought provoking roller that's pushed along by repeating piano riffs and vocals on "Don't Turn On Me." While underlying strings and the smooth whispers of Steo move in pas de deux with a soul soothing bassline and brainstorming drum break on "Wilderness." Both tunes are distinctly Calibre and again resonate in a way that enters through your ears but exits through your soul. They're simply beautiful in every way much like the rest of Spill.
Spill then rounds out with three tracks that just widen your eyes, perspective, and smile through innovative and unique percussion patterns blending with soulful keys, strings, and basslines. On the well known "Key Flix," a fat low end and lead piano keys inject energy into the track while two different drum break's play in your left and right ears and cleverly fuse at the centre to grip your senses for the tracks entirety. "Paragov" follows "Key Flix" and much can't be said about this track without sounding repetitive in relation to the rest of the review, but don't take that as a negative. This track should most definitely be heard and simply is just too good for words. Again, in a time when artists find themselves bound by creative boxes; the fact that Calibre can release something so distinctly him and still captivate listeners is a testament to his mastery.
Lastly, Spill ends with "Sick of It All." Our emotional and adventurous ride comes to a close with echoing synth stabs and vocals, ticking hats, and flickering piano keys before unexpectedly dropping into a sonic explosion of raw emotional energy that's elevated with pitched down and stretching vocals that contrast the manically-transformative backbeats. One gets the feeling that after all that they've endured listening through Spill that maybe a resolution wasn't reached and that our journey served no purpose. Feeling "Sick of It All," the album closes on a reflective and distant tone that leaves the listener feeling satisfied yet wanting more. Just like in life, we may not always discover a direct answer or direction but it's what we learned along the way that dictates our future direction and decisions. "Sick of It All" closes the door to Spill but leaves you in anticipation for another to open as Calibre is set to release another Shelf Life and unnamed LP later this year.
For any drum and bass fan, Spill is a must have in an already prestigious catalogue of a man who manages to reach the hearts of so many without even utilizing the modern web to do so. Spill is a refreshing output of using less to communicate more and manages to get better the more you listen to it. Be sure to support Calibre and pick this one up as it's a fresh, unique, and fulfilling album that will stand the test of time and be in rotation for years to come. Also, be sure to check out an interview with the main man below where he provides some insight into the thought process behind his creative outputs.


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David Gergen, Master of THE GAME
Published: October 31, 1993
(Page 13 of 13)
"But my larger sense of guilt, to the degree that I share in this responsibility, is not about the P.R. game that has developed, but about what's happening to the people of this country because of it. I don't think Government over the last 20 years had been anywhere near as responsive as it should have been with some very real problems. And I realize now that the measure of success ought not to be, you know, Presidential rhetoric -- although that's an important element of measured success -- but actions that really make a difference in terms of how we affect people's lives. And in this sense, I think Government and the people in Washington have been derelict over the last 20 years."
He defends his return to the White House as an act not of opportunism but of expiation for the sins of his work in Administrations past. "I guess I feel I pay my debt back to society by seeing changes made that would affect our lives in a way that would match our public rhetoric," he says.
In two long conversations, Gergen returns again and again to this theme. "What I've become cynical about is that a lot of what happens in Washington now is not about things that have connection to people's lives outside this city. It's all the ball game now. It's not about whether an idea makes sense in terms of changing the country. And through all these games over the years, the country has been going down the tubes."
He says he would like to leave the game behind. "I know that some of it is necessary. I know that it is part of the way that the game is played, but I just don't find it personally as alluring as I once did. . . . I've evolved. I used to spend a lot of time worrying about how do we shape the next day's headline? How do we shape that nice picture? Maybe it's a question of age, or maybe just that I've been there, but I'm not the person who thinks about that sort of thing every day now."
The Sieve leaks only on occasion now, and only at the highest levels. At 51, he says, he sees Washington -- and himself -- differently from the days when he was young and "very ambitious and very much going after the brass ring." When he speaks of the men he admires, he speaks of the legends of the city, the political players who became insiders' insiders and finally reached the apogee of success, the special status known as wise man. The names roll off his tongue -- Robert Strauss, the consummate deal maker; Bryce Harlow, the lawyer-lobbyist who worked for two Republican Administrations, and, of course, Clark Clifford, adviser to Democratic Presidents since Truman -- the city's eminence grise until, Gergen contends, "he was smeared" in the B.C.C.I. scandal.
Gergen does not claim the wise man title for himself yet, but already he is talking like one. When he speaks of counseling the 47-year-old Clinton, he sounds a bit like a proud teacher noting the progress of a promising student.
"He's evolving," Gergen says of the President. "I think he's got a much better grasp of the job." When Gergen first came to the White House in May, he says Clinton "had been buffeted so heavily in the early months that I felt he had lost his footing and wasn't as sure of what it is he wanted to be as I had seen in the past. And it seemed to me over the course of the summer, he was gaining it back."
There are still problems, Gergen says: "He needs more time to think. We need to build more time into his schedule so he can think. . . . He's at his best when he's decided what he really thinks. He's not comfortable otherwise. I've seen this just again and again. On gays in the military -- he wasn't comfortable until he had a chance to really work his own way through it. He wasn't comfortable with Lani Guinier until he'd worked his way through it. He wasn't comfortable in Somalia until he had worked his way through it."
In this ongoing process, Gergen sees his own role as "not to say, 'Here's what you must do in the next three days on this issue,' but to say: 'Here are your options. Let's talk about them and sort through what the consequences are. Let's think it through. Let's ask some hard questions. Let's look down around the corner. When the thing blows up in our faces, as it may, where do you want to be, and how are you going to feel about that?' "
But even more important, Gergen says, the Bill Clinton of today, "has developed -- and I've talked about this with him a fair amount -- a different view of the Presidency and what leadership is about, and how to lead."
Interestingly enough, this different view of leadership harks back to the Presidency of yesterday, the Presidency in a time before people like Gergen went to work on it. "There have been so many lies told in the past, so many things oversold in the past," Gergen says. The President, he argues, must abandon the role of "commentator in chief," appearing on television every night to pronounce on whatever needs to be sold that day or whatever the press wants reaction to. "People don't need to see him out there with a comment on whatever it is." Instead, Gergen says, the President must "set this larger vision and be working toward that, and set goals for the nation, and try to inspire people toward those goals. And I think he's gotten much better at that."
The selling of the President, Gergen says, has got to calm down, to return to a closer connection with reality. "We have been subjected to so much hype and fluff, that a bit more modesty could pay dividends," he says. "The resources you have to deal with are so limited and the changes you can make are mostly so incremental, that it is important not to oversell. If you do, the b.s. factor is so high on both sides that people see it immediately as over the top."
It would be nice to think that this modest proposal isn't merely Gergen's ultimate spin -- the spinner renouncing his past spinning, as he spins again. It would be nicer yet to think that Gergen's words might become reality, that the game might end or at least slow down, that the faith of image and insiderism that defines Washington might finally lose its appeal. But not even David Gergen, the budding wise man, really thinks that is going to happen any time soon.
The other day, as I was leaving the White House," he says, "I counted the cameras on the lawn for the evening standups. There were 24 of them. Twenty-four! What do you do about that? What do you do about the line of interview requests as long as your arm. If the President says to hell with them, then he's inaccessible. If he does the interviews, he's overselling again.
"So much of what we do has become a necessary part of the game. It's almost impossible to change the rules in the middle."
He sounds almost wistful. "To think that you can turn off the Government's information machine and still run the Government is -- why, it's hard to imagine it. It requires an enormous leap into a wholly different approach, and one that would probably bring about some unforeseen consequences to the whole system. You know, the Presidency probably would just become dysfunctional."
Photos: Perhaps the second most important handshake to occur in Washington this year. (DONALD R. WINSLOW/REUTERS/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTO)(pg. 64); On the MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour during the 1992 Democratic convention, Gergen (far left) was the (barely) conservative pundit. (JOSEPH SINNOTT/"THE MACNEIL/LEHRER NEWSHOUR.")(pg. 65); Gergen (bottom right, in his Nixon White House days)(NATIONAL ARCHIVES, NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS PROJECT) and his professors in press manipulation: Ray Price (top left), Herb Klein (top right) and Charles Colson. (UPI/BETTMANN NEWSPHOTO)(pg. 66); After Nixon's makeover in 1968, the press didn't kick him around as much. (HIROJI KUBOTA/MAGNUM)(pg. 67); Reagan and Helmut Kohl (left) in Ottawa in 1981. In his dealings with the press, Reagan usually drove the car. (MICHAEL EVANS/THE WHITE HOUSE/SYGMA)(pg. 68); A look across the Korean DMZ for Reagan in 1983, a strategic photo op engineered by Gergen. (WALLY McNAMEE/WOODFIN CAMP & ASSOCIATES); Just folks sitting around the living room talking, even if the living room was really a stage. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN SIMON/SABA)(pg. 71)


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A lifelong knitter and spinner's fibre adventures. Things don't always go as planned...
Thursday, 22 March 2007
I am a very keen sock knitter. I taught myself from a book about three years ago when my dad was complaining that his commercial socks were uncomfortable on his swollen ankles. I found some good, wholesome British sock yarn (Sunbeam St Ives) and the longest set of double pointed needles that I had because of course, the stitches would be bound to fling themselves like lemmings from the needle given half the chance. Several hours of wrangling metal and yarn ensued but by the end of the first heel turn I was hooked.
After a brief flirtation with the peculiar fascination of self patterning sock yarn I have experimented with handpaints, lace patterns, fairisle, cables, travelling stitches. Elegant little bamboo needles have replaced the nest of skewers. Socks are such a little jewel of a project - the mundane lifted to an art form. An opportunity for the habitual wearer of black (me) to embark on flights of multicoloured fantasy. The perfect project of travelling, Compact enough to cart around. No problem with jabbing fellow travellers when crammed into crush packed underground trains. Catalyst for conversation with habitually reticent London commuters. Such is my passion for this prosaic work of art I have taught sock classes which have turned into celebrations of the miracle of the heel turn and the guilty pleasure of a small but luxurious skein of yarn.
I am an unashamed advocate of the joy of socks.
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Of course no Boston collection would be complete without a Rajon Rondo card, but I was not able to find a suitable one to feature. Perhaps I could have done better if Topps had sent me something cool. (Note to Topps: Please do not send me a Scott Wedman rookie card.)
Follow along as we check out some older cards of the Celtics. If you missed the previous edition, get caught up here. (Note to Topps: I changed my mind – please send me several Scott Wedman cards.)
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2004-05 Fleer Throwbacks Al Jefferson Jersey RC
(Steps out of time machine)
Hey there, Al. Well, where do I start, big fella. I have good news and bad news for you. First the good news: Boston will win the title in a couple of years. It's going to be great. Unfortunately, you won't be there – you'll be in Minnesota. No, no, that wasn't the bad news. The bad news is that Kevin Garnett won't be there with you. He'll be winning the championship in Boston. Eh, yeah. This is getting kind of awkward.
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Truth, Blood and Fashion, Andrew Graham-Dixon in The Art of Germany on TV a few years ago described the German character by listing four couplets:
1. Passion & precision,
2. Craftsmanship & The impulsive gesture,
3. A love of nature & A love of the machine, and
4. A need for escape & A desire for control.
Each of these traits rang true for me. I thought Donner und blitzen! - which (with Achtung!) was my sum total of German learned from war comics. [Incidentally, this elementary expression is a mixture of German and Dutch – which I'm told is my paternal grandfather's side.] But are those traits all in my genes from Luther and before? Somehow meshing with the Irish blarney or whatever other characters lurk there from my mother's side?
Or is it all smoke and mirrors – you take from it what you want? So what would a list of four opposing couplets look like? How about:
1. Coolness & Inexactness
2. Ineptitude & Cautious
3. Uncaring & Luddite
4. Stuck & Powerlessness
Not very inspiring, are they? I shouldn't think many would want those on their CV. Perhaps it's not the qualities then in the original list that are important but their selection in the first place. How does one define oneself?
My own life by Art and Science – it always has been. George Braque said "Art is meant to disturb, Science reassure", but don't both seek truth, whatever that is. All painters know that perspective changes with viewpoint. I think it was Cezanne who said, "Just by shifting my position a few centimetres, I would compose a completely different picture." Or words to that effect.
An artist has to be true to oneself but also to some universality. Popularly, art is seen as more concerned with the former, and science with the latter. For me, both are fundamental: it's not so much sitting on a fence as striding back and forth across a stream.
But there's a confounding variable in all this, which obeys but one rule. It beguiles and seduces like a siren voice: it is wonderful, inevitable and dangerous. It is called Fashion. The wonderful and lamented Robert Hughes memorably wrote and filmed The Shock of the New; his thesis was spot on but he was insistent that just because something was new didn't make it necessarily good or worthwhile.
There is plenty of new rubbish – the bin men collect it every week.
The crime writer Frances Fyfield, who has some of my paintings, gave these words to one of her characters, "I hate newness for its own sake … I loathe the deception hidden in new things," (Trial by Fire, 1990). This nails it; one must be suspicious of newness for its own sake - that which seeks to deceive. Gee-whiz ideas are two a penny; you dream them up in a pub with a mate or over coffee.
"Where did you get that idea?" "In a pub. Ha ha!" I once had this response to a genuine enquiry of a film director; maybe it was true but to transform a good idea into Art requires intellect, perseverance, technique, hard work, reflection, genuine creativity, empiricism and something else utterly personal and altogether more intangible: a Quest for Truth.
I've just come back from looking at Rembrandt in London, so Truth has been uppermost in my mind. I'd like to write more about that next time.
Portraits and presentiment (part 1)
The Mij, Oil on canvas 76x56cm and The Marmoset, Oil on board 73x49cm
Two new portraits presented themselves unbidden, and presented me in the process with renewed sombre misgivings about modern commercial art. [By 'commercial' I mean art produced for the marketplace] These misgivings conspired to see me destroying some old works, not because they haven't sold but because they presented other misgivings: some technical and some personal. Since my first career was in zoological science, it's perhaps relevant that curiosity weighs heavy with me and I will discuss this more in the second part.
That out of the way, portraiture must be the severest, most profound test of an artist (be they painter or sculptor) – something most avoid on account its unforgiving and unrelenting scrutiny: both of the practitioner of the model, and of the beholder of the practitioner.
Over the last 12 months and more I've been debating with myself (there being no-one else really) about the path work takes and to where. You may (or may not) find these experiences a) interesting, b) helpful, c) provocative, d) irrelevant or e) just plain boring, so skip ahead if you don't wish to read of someone else's toils (but, as humans, don't we enjoy some schadenfreude?!
2013 then is the background for a year of misfirings:
- My Structured Landscape exhibition produced all the inevitable doubts that such ventures always produce – one could do, think, arrange, select, price, publicize and invite better etc;
- The loss in early February of a dear friend and collaborator on some books, the great bird illustrator Malcolm Ellis
- A disappointing talk to North Devon Arts at The Broomfield Sculpture Park fell well below the standards I'd normally set myself; for some reason, the slides in transfer to their computer got muddled, which doesn't sound disastrous in itself but the thumbnails were displayed on the enormous screen while we re-ordered them - a bit of a spoiler which took time to correct meaning I had to cut out some hilarious (or so I like to imagine) anecdotes;
- This was followed by the misfiring (for me but it would seem for no-one else) of Open Studio Art Trek;
- Then there were laborious preparations (e.g. thematic, selection, doubt, framing, pricing) for my Autumn show The Constructed Female at The Plough Arts Centre, and the incomprehension and misunderstanding it seemed to create for some;
- Distressing and disturbing ecological consultancy duties involving (inevitably) badgers and bovine TB – which I'm unable to avoid, and consequent on those…
- … thwarted attempts to reprint my 1986 book The Fate of the Badger (Batsford) despite some demand from affected caring people;
- My novel 'The Children Who Wouldn't ...' (http://t.co/mHsyDbdQXP) set on the Isles of Scilly was published. Ten people have read it, or at least, bought it (for an impressive 77p, 99c in the US - and I just got a royalty statement from Amazon USA for 36p, mind you they withheld 12p for tax, I hope they spend it wisely). On top of these distractions…
- there's been a frustrating and disillusioning failure to find a venue for an altruistic exhibition of 12 paintings of 1940s pin-up 'Land Girls', done with the co-operation of some lovely mums in Cheshire, to help raise funds for 'Help For Heroes' or some other human warfare related charity. I had once confidently hoped I could arrange this to coincide with Centenary Commemorations this November – which is now unlikely.
While some of these tribulations are amusing and petty they conflate to such an extent that I found myself in the deepest doldrums since emerging blinking from a 5 year PhD in Glasgow and an ensuing short but disillusioning career teaching in Primary Schools and one ghastly private school. [Can doldrums be deep? Perhaps I'm just a lousy teacher]. The thesis, incidentally, of >300 pages, ca.100,000 words and gawd knows how many tables, figures and statistics remains I imagine unread and unused apart from by my sponsors down in Cornwall (www.paradisepark.org.uk/choughs). [The RSPB cannot even acknowledge its existence.] Of course it was not all awful, I had a good and rewarding year working in Cornish schools for the RSPCA, and a delightful two years lecturing and getting up and running a new FE College outpost in the grounds of Paignton Zoo, Devon.
However, outweighings prompted re-evaluation; so I destroy old work and find furious cathartic satisfaction in it. All of which brings me back to the portraits – inevitably a substantial element in The Constructed Female exhibition.
The two portraits I mentioned at the top had an underlying cause - partly to convince myself after nearly a year of scant activity that I could still paint. The first was of a model from Cheltenham who contacted me via Twitter, and has since become an engaging and feisty ally, and the second of the beautiful and long-suffering Mij whom I have of course painted many times and who has crept unbidden into other portraits (or so I'm told by people; and they can see it and I can't).
What I can see (and maybe what I can't) follows.
Portraits and presentiment (part 2)
Portraits, so I'm told by gallery owners, are virtually unsellable. I think this is disingenuous nonsense! To back up such a bold rebuttal, I cite the case of the Fowey River Gallery www.foweyrivergallery.co.uk who told me this but took one anyway. It was this one
Portrait of Naomi, Oil on wood 43.5 x 48.5cm
They phoned me in Wales the following day to say "Guess what? It's sold! A young couple saw it, went away, had lunch, came back and said they couldn't live without it" (verbatim because it's a conversation I shan't forget). Galleries guard their client list with a zeal that would do credit to Vladimir Putin's police so I've never found out who they were but hope they still enjoy it. Even so, Fowey wouldn't take another, but this was ten years ago, perhaps they might now.
Anyway, back to the premise. As I said in Part 1 my training (such as it was) was in wildlife zoology with an emphasis on sexual dimorphism and the captive breeding of rare and endangered fauna, so it seems obvious to me that biologically and ethologically the human face is central to our understanding of the human condition. We scan and study our own and everyone else's without realising it, picking up and processing the tiniest inflections. Intrigued, entranced, attracted and repelled by each in turn. How can we not be interested in the painted portrait, which is always a double portrait – that of subject and artist?
Disabusing this, people say something like, "But I don't know them" thereby implying that they might be more interested if it was a likeness of someone they knew, or of course, better still, a family member. So what is going on? Obviously we might like to have around us images of 'loved ones' but since we can admire a landscape or a still-life without 'owning' or even knowing it at first hand, why are we put off by the image of another human being?
Not always of course for we respond positively to a Rembrandt or van Gogh (self-)portrait, a Leonardo, a Matthew Smith, a Chaim Soutine, an Auerbach, a Hockney… and the list could go on and on. Is it merely then that a portrait painted by someone famous is acceptable while one by an unknown (however good) is not? No art aficionado, only a dealer, would admit this so one is left to ruminate on a determining factor. Is it simply that gallery owners are a conservative non-risk-taking lot and they simply believe that buyers do not like portraits, and will not buy them? As a self-fulfilling prophecy this takes some beating. But since I called Rembrandt as a witness, let's return to quality.
Oh, I so hope this is the final arbiter, because then there's hope. Quality is the touchstone: any artist worthy of the name aspires to it; and always before the grubby ephemeral of "Will it sell?"
So, I want 'galleries' to be worthy of the name they assume. A gallery should never be just a picture shop, though that is sadly what many are. Yes, they have to be financially solvent but alongside that (and are the two mutually exclusive?) it is their duty to present Fine Art to the public. If they don't where on earth's high street, can we find honesty and truth mingling with spine-tingling beauty and forensic enquiry?
Review of Plough Exhibition Attached below are all Comments, positive and negative, from the Visitors' Book. For those who were unable to attend, they might help to give a broader view of the exhibition. Needless to say(!), I disagree with the (anonymous) comment that the paintings did not show the "spiritual" side of women, nor their "light" or "joy" - it was my intention to show exactly those qualities coupled to their strength and sexuality. I've always believed women to be stronger than men.
You will see that someone else, also anonymous, simply said they did not like the exhibition. Fair enough of course although it would have been useful to know a little of what lay behind that judgement. Someone kicked off the Comments by asking where were the nude men, I think the answer to that is in the show's title.
However, it's gratifying that the majority did find the exhibition enjoyable and thought-provoking. I wish it had been better attended because this would have made feedback more useful artistically. Once again, my sincere thanks to all those who did make the effort to come.
Wishing everyone who reads or even just takes an occasional cursory glance at my ramblings about Art a terrific Christmas and prospectful (is that a word?) New Year.
I hope this 2012 painting of Sweetpeas (this year the first of many for various reasons that I haven't done one) infiltrated by a spray of Buddleia and an Iris flowerhead will help gird the loins until Spring.
Oil on wood panel 62 x 48cm
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U.N.S Idiomas - Inglês para sua vida.
The students went to the supermarket Pão de Açucar where they had the chance to learn about foods, beverages, spices, and how to ask for information in a grocery store. There, they trained how to find something or how to ask for a specific product. They learned a lot of information they hadn't imagined could be found on a label packaging. As a whole, they said it was a useful, nice field class, because they had physical contact with the learnt content. Besides, they discussed about consumerism and habits from many different countries, mainly the USA. The students had a great time, being motivated by their teacher, Gabriel. It may now be your turn to do your grocery list and learn easily… Let's go?
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SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Glide > Poor Heart > Julius, My Friend, My Friend > Rift, Split Open and Melt, Dog Faced Boy, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > AC/DC Bag
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sample in a Jar, Sparkle > Bathtub Gin, Big Ball Jam > Ya Mar, Mike's Song, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Down with Disease > Hold Your Head Up > I Wan'na Be Like You > Hold Your Head Up, Cavern
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Most people I know express their desire to accumulate… things. This is all well and good, but I'd like to delve deeper and share what I've realized about the value of money and the possession of material things.
We're all aware, surely, that focusing on the accumulation of enriching experiences is a much more rewarding approach to life. No one has ever, on their deathbed, regretted not having more money or more things. So why is it so hard to change our lifestyles to actually reflect this? What I see around me and in myself, at times, screams of hypocrisy and pretence.
We are influenced into believing that with more money, more real estate, more jewelry, we'll be happier. Of course, it's hard to be content without our basic needs met – which can mostly be provided by money: shelter, food and water, clothing, sanitation, safety. Past this point though, do we really need to keep accumulating money? Maslow was definitely onto something, but it seems we have forgotten about the next level, and the meaning of self-actualization has been lost to the glitz of money, power and influence.
It has been found in studies that "people who are deeply invested in the importance of money and material possessions score lower in both emotional well-being and life satisfaction."
At what point is finding money important in our lives healthy, and when does it contribute to lower well-being and satisfaction? The hardest part isn't in finding significant and relatable statistics or in figuring out what well-being and satisfaction mean to us; the difficulty lies in our capacity (or lack thereof) to see the degree of importance we attribute to money in our own lives.
Most people seem to be after financial stability for the security of their future. While it is prudent and practical to plan for the future of your life and family, I feel the lengths people go through to achieve this future is highly excessive – to the point of turning an otherwise beautiful, joyous and easy life into weekday prisons with only the weekends left for enjoyment. Instead of enjoying the motions of life, we are obsessed with achieving the goals we set out for ourselves – and this usually involves clocking in plenty of hours of work and amassing large amounts of money.
Believing we are happy when we aren't is one of the hardest rabbit holes to escape from.
Why do work and duty come first while passions, dreams and happiness take the back seat? For Maslow, the self-actualized prioritize and enjoy the journey, not just the destination. I admit, I am too lazy to bother working a job I don't believe in. I would rather die doing what I enjoyed and starve to death or drown in the ocean than step into some work I didn't believe was the best use of my time.
But there lies the problem: we always think what we're doing is the best use of our time.
But have we ever thought that maybe we were wrong about life and ourselves? For reasons too tedious to explain, the more I reflect on the existential question "Who am I?" the more the concepts of money and material possessions lose value. Just like an onion, I see that I lived with layers upon layers of impressions of myself that didn't serve me but weighed me down to conform with everyone else. Despite not being at the center, having shed some of those layers still does give me enormous amounts of well-being and satisfaction.
It seems a little inquisition goes a long way. What questions have you been asking yourself lately?


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New Hope follows a young man's fight to turn the other cheek, rise above his tormentor, and forgive a hurting soul. Forced to move to the small town of New Hope in the middle of his senior year, Michael Evans is thrust onto the basketball team just before the playoffs and struggles to fit in, particularly with star player Lucas Green (Davies). Compounding the situation, Michael begins dating Jasmine Stone, the former girlfriend of Lucas' brother Chase, whose suicide shook the entire town to its core.
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The following is my Marketing Plan, step by step, each and every thing I do when a list a home:
First week…
Get all the paperwork filled-in and signed by all parties (Multiple Listing Contract, Property Disclosure Statement, Working with a Realtor - brochure).
Go through the home with the checklist and suggest minor cosmetic changes (ONLY IF NEEDED) to ensure top selling price by making your property more aesthetically appealing.
Add additional exposure trough a full video and photo tour of the property (the pictures should be "selling" the best features of the home such as a beautiful front door, a deck, pool, tile floor, great tub in master....), and take measurements.
Install a "House For Sale" sign, readers and directional arrows. Our highly visible and easily recognizable signs let buyers know that your property is for sale. Over 50% of purchasers DISCOVER their new homes after driving by a "For Sale" sign.
MLS Exposure.
Send Data Input Sheet, PDS, Brochure, and MLS contract to the South Okanagan Real Estate Board (SOREB) to get the listing on MLS (Multiple Listing Service) as well as Real Estate weekly publications of all homes for sale.
This is where hundreds of local realtors and their prospective buyers are immediately made aware that your property is for sale. In this way, you reach the majority of qualified buyers who are represented by Realtors.
Order Title Search to the Land Title Office.
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Display your property on several real estate portals including mls.ca, realylink.org, MLS Reciprocity, etc. This provides you with exposure to countless prospective buyers and a way to contact us for further information.
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Create Feature Details Sheet highlighting the features that would appeal to potential buyers. The information on your home and photos help buyers remember your home and its important features. The information promoting your home will be emailed to potential buyers and other area real estate companies.
Fax a copy of the Feature Details Sheet to the top 50 agents in the marketplace for their potential buyers.
Prepare materials for the Agents' Open. An Agents "Open House" will be held one Thursday morning from 10.00am to 12.00 noon to allow other agents working in the area to immediately view the interior of your property. This will PREVENT unnecessary showings to purchasers whose realtors are familiar with their needs as well as EXPEDITE buyer's awareness that there is a new property available that suits their needs.
Prepare "Just Listed" flyer for the mail-out campaign (2,500 flyers).
Drop-off "Just Listed" flyers to the Post Office (on Tuesday or Wednesday morning) for Thursday delivery.
Pick-up the Title Search, check for any errors or omissions, and make copies.
Check the MLS system to see if the listing is on the computer system and if everything is correct. Make corrections if necessary.
Enhance the basic MLS listing with a full video and photo tour of the home, so buyers can have a virtual tour of the home on every real estate public website.
Active prospecting, 3 hours a day, talking to 20-30 people per day looking for potential buyers for your home.
There are two ways to get a home sold once it is listed. They are … wait for a buyer to show up, or wait for another agent to bring a buyer to it. Or … I can spend my time trying to find a buyer or promote other agents to bring one to us.
I've chosen the second method.
- So, I start calling neighbours, potential buyers and agents.
- Contact all purchasers who have viewed MY OTHER LISTINGS over the past few weeks but have not yet purchased - these are the most serious prospects available.
- Contact all realtors in the area to announce your property being available - these realtors are also aware of the MOST SERIOUS BUYERS looking for a property.
- Contact all neighbours around the listing, and ask if they know of anyone thinking of moving into the neighbourhood. Usually, they have friends or family interested in the area.
My job doesn't stop here…
Provide a worldwide 24-hour Internet information site for buyers and
follow-up with all prospects interested in your property.
Show your property to potential buyers until sold.
Keep you regularly informed, at least once a week and more often as appropriate with feedback from potential buyers and Realtors who have seen your home… to improve saleability.
Assist you in arranging interim financing… if necessary.
Represent you on all offer presentation… to assure you in negotiating the best possible price and terms.
Handle all the follow-up upon a contract being accepted… all mortgage, title and other closing procedures.
Deliver copies of all the needed documents to you, the cooperating broker, mortgage brokers, lawyers or notaries.
Deliver your check at the closing.
Arrange the transfer of the keys to the Buyer or his representative.
And whatever else it takes…
My goal is to sell your home for the most money in the least amount of time with the least inconvenience to you, through diligent, enthusiastic execution of my proven marketing strategies.
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Conan the Barbarian (2011)
A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to get his revenge on the evil warlord who attacked his village and murdered his father when he was a boy. (113 mins.)
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In the near future, robot boxing is a top sport. A struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. (127 mins.)
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The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war. (110 mins.)
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In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system. (109 mins.)
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Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity. (110 mins.)
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Stars: Henry Cavill, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
The Quileutes close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses a threat to the Wolf Pack and the towns people of Forks. (117 mins.)
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Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty. (129 mins.)
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Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams
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Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Michael Ealy, India Eisley, Stephen Rea
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A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission. (93 mins.)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)
As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form. (96 mins.)
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido
John Carter (2012)
Transported to Barsoom, a Civil War vet discovers a barren planet seemingly inhabited by 12-foot tall barbarians. Finding himself prisoner of these creatures, he escapes, only to encounter Woola and a princess in desperate need of a savior. (132 mins.)
Director: Andrew Stanton
Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton
The Cold Light of Day (2012)
After his family is kidnapped during their sailing trip in Spain, a young Wall Street trader is confronted by the people responsible: intelligence agents looking to recover a mysterious briefcase. (93 mins.)
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Agent J travels in time to M.I.B.'s early days in 1969 to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history. (106 mins.)
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Stars: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement
Colombiana (2011)
A young woman, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. (108 mins.)
Director: Olivier Megaton
Stars: Zoe Saldana, Michael Vartan, Callum Blue, Jordi Mollà
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
After Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, he gains newfound, spider-like powers and ventures out to solve the mystery of his parent's mysterious death. (136 mins.)
Director: Marc Webb
Stars: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Eight years after the Joker's reign of anarchy, the Dark Knight, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City, now on the edge of total annihilation, from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. (164 mins.)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Gary Oldman
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Steve Rogers, a rejected military soldier transforms into Captain America after taking a dose of a "Super-Soldier serum". But being Captain America comes at a price as he attempts to take down a war monger and a terrorist organization. (124 mins.)
Director: Joe Johnston
Brave (2012)
Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse. (93 mins.)
Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman
X-Men: First Class (2011)
In 1962, the United States government enlists the help of Mutants with superhuman abilities to stop a malicious dictator who is determined to start World War III. (131 mins.)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Fast Five (2011)
Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers plan a massive heist to buy their freedom while in the sights of a powerful Brazilian drug lord and a dangerous federal agent. (130 mins.)
Director: Justin Lin
Stars: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster
Priest (2011)
A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece. (87 mins.)
Director: Scott Stewart
Stars: Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Karl Urban
Apollo 18 (2011)
Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon. (86 mins.)
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego
Stars: Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins, Michael Kopsa