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How PR fail works. Or fails to work.
Hot on the heels of Kevin Braddock, who posted (and then rescinded) a long list of PRs who had sent him annoying emails, I've been noticing a rise in the number of rubbish emails - badly targeted, irrelevant, trivial, stupid - that have been landing in my inbox.
The cause, as we all know, is companies that gather lists of journalists, assign vague labels ("technology") and then pimp those lists to all sorts of PR companies. Meaning that the puzzled (to begin with) journalists get bombarded with emails about all sorts of "technology" topics, from heavy plant machinery to web apps for diets to which company has won a contract to do the voice and computer networking for Company X. (The latest to annoy me again in this way is Cision, which keeps pimping my email in this way. I really dislike them. I've search my very large email repository for emails sent via Cision, and NOT A SINGLE ONE has been useful or relevant. That's quite a non-achievement.)
This is always done with no regard or interest or even checking as to whether the journalist is interested, or has ever written about this topic. That's because, of course, it costs the PR nothing to send the email; the annoyed journalists' wasted time simply doesn't show up on the balance sheet. (One can make similar points about environmental degradation and the economy, but that might be conflating the trivial and the important.) An economist would tell you that the journalist and the environment both fall into that plain category of "externalities", aka "I don't mind, and you don't matter".
So here's how I explained it to a PR person in an email. I'd asked them to stop sending me their irrelevant rubbish. The PR person wrote back with what he thought was a stout defence.
PR person: I sent this release to you on the basis that your readers might be interested in how a company like XXXorganises its [computer] network, despite this type of story not being your main focus.
In other words, what the PR person was saying was this: "Despite the fact that you've never written about the topic, haven't written anything else that looks like that subject, and haven't written anything about any of the other scores of emails that we've sent you. It was just nice and easy and since you didn't come round to our offices and actually kick us, you must have been really enjoying receiving them."
Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong. Should I spam every PR company with requests for interviews with everyone I want to talk to - film stars, rock musicians, top technologists - even if those PR companies don't handle those sorts of clients or subjects? Should I send out an email every week to every PR person and company in my contacts book saying "Look, I'd really like an interview with Steve Jobs, Jonny Ive, Sergey Brin and Larry Page - can you sort that out?"
No, because it would be a complete waste of time for virtually everyone. But it would be trivially easy - I could set up a computer script that would do it without my interaction. Or I could just put a few different names in each week.
Imagine what it would be like to be in PR: as a recipient, you'd ignore it at first, but if every journalist did it, you might find it wearying. And then you might begin by asking the journalist to stop.
It should be so simple: know the journalist (by reading what they write about), then determine the email that they might be interested in receiving. But the externality problem in PRs and journalists is huge. I've written about it before. I just wish that some of the people who send out these pointless emails would stop, but of course it's the worst ones who ignore it, and it's the worst practitioners who pimp ever-expanding lists of email addresses. Sturgeon's Law is alive and well.
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27 Responses to "How PR fail works. Or fails to work."
John Crowther Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Charles said: "Should I spam every PR company with requests for interviews with everyone I want to talk to"
Yes. Go for it. Especially if you don't envisage needing their services in the future. What's the worst thing that could happen - they send you more pointless emails? Fight back I tell thee.
Terence Eden Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:09 pm
I tend to ring them* up to complain. Sure, it wastes a few minutes of my time - but it usually stops them from sending me pointless mails. You get bonus points if you can get through to someone senior by using a "I'm really interested in X" approach. They're usually *very* keen to make sure that you don't waste their time in future.
*For me it's not PRs, but people selling reports, organising dodgy conferences or trying to sell me insanely expensive equipment.
Tom Wills Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
What about a strategy of marking irrelevant PR emails as spam? If enough journalists do it, the PRs might start to be a bit more judicious.
Neil Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:18 pm
I see the same in my inbox,
Topics of interest are data, food and sports (water/extreme).
I've just moments ago been sent a PR release that has no text in the body, a PPT attached about a Hotel. In the past I've had kids toys, musical bits; and now and again a good piece I'm interested in,
It's worthy to note that a few PR people are always 100% right; the others are always 0% correct in their targeting.
Allan Edwards Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Sends: "Dear PR…"
Inbox fills with:"Hi Charles, Thanks for your email, we cannot help set a meeting with Larry, but how about lunch with with the UK sales manager of Wessex Widgets who are about to launch a new website with an innovative interactive product selector…"
Anne Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pm
This reached a new low for me today - a PR sent me a LinkedIn request, and bunged a spammy pitch in it.
"I thought you might be interested in blogging a video about [something I can't do anything with]…" Because hey, why bother even introducing yourself first?
uberVU - social comments Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Social comments and analytics for this post…
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Tommy Flisher Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:42 pm
One good thing that has come out of the Braddock name 'n shame thing is confirmation that poorly targeted, send to many emails just don't work and instead irritate journalists. I hope that PRs will be able to use it as a case study to illustrate to clients exactly why long term relationship building and a proper understanding of what individual titles and journalists actually want is fundamental to success; something that takes time, and therefore patience, to achieve.
Couple of points I did want to make though are; firstly, PRs do get tonnes of emails from journalists of all shapes and sizes via media resource tools like Response Source and Gorkana. I am aware that the difference is that we opt-in and even pay to receive these emails - however we do have to sift through a large number of them on a daily basis and do so as part of the job. And if you have ever run a PR generated story then it could be said that you too have 'opted-in' to the 'sift-through' process. Secondly not *all* PRs send you stuff. I know a mention in one of your pieces is sought after but…! So your proposal of spamming all PR agencies with requests for interviews doesn't balance.
Drew B Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Charles, I remember a post of yours from about 5 years ago on a similar theme. Seems PR people never get it right. Sorry on behalf of the them, seriously. But I fear the spammy PR is not just coming from the increasing number of spammy PR people, but from a new breed of agency that is playing a numbers game, and not so interested or experienced in dealing person to person and protecting the brand.
I know what you're feeling too because, as I have blogged about technology for a long time I also get these press releases too. A lot of them every day. The ones I see at lease are so spammy I can't believe it. And almost none of them come from what I would call good PR firms.
Then there's the abstract direct messages through Twitter asking you to click on a link or comment on a client's post as it's interesting. Social media hasn't done much for helping deal with the spam.
There will always be bad PR, but there is so much more of it now. I hope you'll agree that some PR is useful, it can help some media, bloggers and consumers get interesting info from companies that have good things to promote.
cluetrainee Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
Kill Them
Charles Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
@Terence - too much effort; if I were to grumble about every mistargeted email, I'd never get any work done. And it's a systemic fault, really.
@Tom Wills - yes, I have thought of that, but doubt enough journalists use Google Mail for it to work.
@Neil - the frustrating thing is that the ones who are wrong are far more plentiful than the good ones. Well, it seems that way..
@Allan - yes, you're absolutely right: that's how it would pan out. It was sort of the reaction of the PR person in the post when I pointed out how pointless their email was.
@Tommy - I think you're half right. If you're in PR and you're getting stuff from ResponseSource etc, ok… but that's the equivalent of a journalist reading through loads of web pages and pieces and, er, press releases looking for the bits that will be a story. You're looking for what you want: something to get coverage for a client. However…
"And if you have ever run a PR generated story then it could be said that you too have opted-in to the sift-through process."
Ah, no. How is it that running even one story that's "PR-generated" (Apple launches new iPod? Google launches phone?) qualifies one to get emails about subjects one never, ever writes about? That's far too broad.
However your point that "not all PRs send you stuff" is absolutely correct. In the same way, there are companies which take care of the environment and do sustainable things. But the externalities are minimised there. We're talking about situations which maximise the "harm" (very much in quote marks).
Charles Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
@DrewB (whose comment came in while I was writing the above) - oh, agree there are good PR people and good PR companies. I treasure them. I try to nurture them. It is Sturgeon's Law in action: I just want to find the way to filter out or reeducate the 90% who are doing it crap.
Jonathan Deamer Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Blimey, I didn't realise quite *how* untargeted PR can be…heavy plant and IT contractors sounds horrendous!
But, on the flipside, do you have any suggestions as to how you'd like to be approached when appropriate? Is *useful* PR an important part of being a journalist, or do you never care?
matt muir Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
I don't dispute the reality of what you are saying (far from it), but it's interesting that in my [too many] years working in PR I've read more of these blogs by journalists than I can recall, had X to the N conversations with colleagues about the problem and yet…and yet…here we still are.
The reasons for this were discussed fairly wide-rangingly on Mr Braddock's blog posting, so no need to reiterate here, but it's interesting to note a potential coming shift… Given that PR 101 now states that 'Bloggers are different! You need to be more targeted! Read their blog before pitching! Get to know their style and interests! etc etc ad infinitum, ad nauseam', and given that we're increasingly seeing a blurring of the lines between what constitues a blog, a forum, a news outlet, etc etc etc, perhaps we'll see those principles extended to 'proper' journalists as well. Then we can all stop having this argument, and fly of to beachside idylls on the back of our flying pigs.
Stephen P Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:32 pm
Agree with you Charles (and Drew too). It has become much, much worse of late. It took me two whole days over the holiday period to clear this stuff out my inbox. I resorted to clicking on whole blocks of unread messages sent by the same PR firms, and hitting delete.
James Warnette Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
I find this whole issue exasperating. When I was an entry level PRO, I told my boss that I wouldn't send emails out to all and sundry. It didn't exactly thrill them, they asked me to do it again, and I said no. I felt so strongly about this that I was prepared to risk getting the sack from a job I'd spent a year attempting to get. Sounds crazy right? PR's are reliant on a good story/feature/pitch, but when these are sometimes questionable, a strong relationship between the PR and the journalist can help at least get it a view, a polite "no thanks", or even some useful feedback on why its no good.
I think PRO's need to take a degree of responsibility when deciding which journalists to contact. Not for fear of being named and shamed, but for their own self respect and dignity. Who wants to be on the ignore list of several leading journalists or be given a hard time on the phone when pitching. Pick your battles carefully, be wise to what the media are writing about.
I've written several posts on blogs recently about the issue of spamming journalists and the reasons can be many. The fact of the matter is someone, somewhere down the line is being lazy or ignorant, or even both. Be it the lazy AE sending out a release to all journalists, the lazy/ignorant AM unaware of the most relevant media contacts having now got a more senior role, or the lazy/ignorant AD, unaware and uninterested in media relations, writing plans with unachievable targets for their junior staff to hit.
One tip I've given staff that I've worked with is this. Before pitching a story, do a Google News search on the topic in hand. Now Google News shows bylines of articles, its ridiculously easy to see who has written about X, Y, or Z in the last 24 hours, 2 days, week, month etc. Similarly, go to the publication's website. Most have bylines that are searchable or even clickable, providing a concise history of articles written by said journalist (this obviously doesn't work for the Beeb hehe). Seriously, though, come on guys it's not rocket science.
Drew B Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Phew, there's hope yet. Now, back to getting rid of the PR spambots.
Max Tatton-Brown Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
I suspect this won't change until there's some facility for journalists to reply to ever email that is irrelevant. A simple system might involve flagging each email that is irrelevant then selecting all and replying with one message at the end of the day. 5 minute task each day and could become just one of those bits of housekeeping we all suffer.
Even if this technique is impractical, there must be something along similar lines of logic and its the industry's only hope. Unfortunately, repeat offenders would still likely need blocking.
Until this happens, nothing will change because the offenders don't read your blog Charles. They don't read any of this stuff because they simply don't care.
Most industries have their cowboys but in the case of PR, there just seem to be fewer feedback mechanisms and less to lose from sending spam that costs nothing and has no consequence when inaccurately targeted.
Roger Warner Says:
January 6th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
I agree with @cluretrainee. Kill Them indeed. Why not tell the world you'd prefer approaches/information via other means? i.e. Kill Email (or certain email addresses)l. You're the boss here, the channel isn't. Create a spam account and ask people to leave you a voicemail. That increases the cost of contact and will filter out at least some of the crap. Those good at their job ought to work by other means anyways, no? Failing that, just KILL THEM.
Mark Wilson Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 12:18 am
For me it's recruitment consultants that have an old copy of my CV and think I'll be interested in every job outside the M25. I got a LinkedIn request from one the other day - never even spoken to her!
Then there are the ones that call me via the company switchboard and say "Mark, I've been told you are someone who is very good at what you do…" - to which my response should be "Oh really? What is that?" (if they haven't got my personal contact details then they almost certainly haven't done any homework on me).
Jonathan Welsh Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 10:31 am
This isn't the first time you've covered the topic Charles. It's always interesting being in the profession to see this debate and I'd like to think it inspires practitioners to concentrate on developing links and providing content for journalists, rather than sending blanket emails to try and 'force the issue' on behalf of a client. I will say that one of the names on that list is a colleague of mine and she is bright, educated and works 8am-10 pm every day. The problem lies not with her but with the use of 'media lists' in general, which clients often demand use of and time-poor account execs often don't know any better.
I'd like to see the CIPR strengthen training in this matter and maybe even consider a code of conduct. They could even discuss it with the NUT…
Anne Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
To those who mention Response Source. Journos who use RS and similar target their requests as much as possible (the tick-boxes are limited to some very generic subject areas). And using RS does not mean we want the deluge of irrelevant crap that inevitably lands in our inboxes in response. No matter how targeted the request, we get nonsense. (Sometimes offering things we've expressly said we can't use. "X can talk about Y, like you mention in your request," one said to me. I had mentioned Y. I'd said I absolutely couldn't include anything to do with it.)
I wrote a piece on this here actually: http://www.thejournalist.org.uk/JulAug09/R_gripe.html
Personally, I use RS as a last resort, especially if I need something at short notice. It should be a last resort for PRs, too, as should blanket-bombing journos by email. My heart goes out to the PRs faced between losing their jobs or pissing off journalists, though, as it's not fair that you should be forced to do something you know is dumb. But when you're freelance, as I am, a mass mail is useless. I can't sell yesterday's news or a story everyone and their aunt has got already.
Tommy Flisher Says:
January 7th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Just a quick addition to my previous comment; I don't equate Response Source and the filtering process PRs conduct with that, to the 100s of emails Charles and other journos receive. I was just saying PRs do get loads to sift through too - but I know the volume pales by comparison so probably not a great point! There was more devil's advocacy re: my point about 'opting-in for the filter process' by having at some time picked up a PR story - I was trying to say that it's probably worth going through a few emails to pick out a PR gem (ie not an 'Apple launches…' but something creative) But I completely agree that it doesn't justify shedloads of entirely off the mark pitches - we're not vampires that once you've invited over the threshold etc etc
Anyway! It's an emotive issue because a lot of this discussion, and the way some journalists seem to think and speak about us as a group, makes PRs feel like the unwelcome smell in the room so perhaps I was a bit defensive. Previous suggestions about a code of practice and a means of proactively addressing the point would perhaps ensure that the pongy whiff is not just covered up, like Brand X, but completely removed, like what Oust does.
m edwards Says:
January 11th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
The trouble is via all the email addresses I have set up I keep getting hundreds of emails offering services, as mentioned never of any direct interest to me or written in a way that can be taken as truly personal. I just batch delete them. Unfortunately i'm sure I miss one or two valid emails which is a shame but I can't be bothered to even get to the end of the first line. The layout usually gives it away and bang off it goes to delete.
Anne Says:
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:45 am
My favourite ones start Dear Journalist. Or call me Ann, or Anna.
One person kept emailing me about art galleries so I asked her to take me off as I didn't write about fine art. She got in a huff and told me she'd paid a lot of money to whichever directory/service/whatever to email journos who write about art. Except I don't. I'd ticked the "arts and entertainment" category because I write about music and film. When I gently suggested looking at people's websites before mail-bombing them, she said she didn't have time to look at journalists' websites.
Still, worked for James Max.
Luke Farrell Says:
March 2nd, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I work in digital PR and I think this is a great post. Unfortunately, there is a real pressure, especially with social marketing, to prove to the client that there is real ROI in social media engagement, and thus you have social marketers constructing huge media lists with several versions of press releases spamming fellow professionals like yourself.
Although this applies to a significant number of the professionals within my industry, there are a select few including myself, that still understand it is 'earned media', and quite frankly more often then not in this world, we get out what we put in. If I send out generic emails and press releases, this warrants the wrath of pissed off journalists as I am showing a microcosm of respect and a sheer disregard of their profession. However, taking the time to address journalists with information that provides value to them as a professional and an individual is something that digital PR and social marketers need to learn. It's called 'earned media for a reason' and building a rapport is still the key, and this does not include merely 'following' the contact on Twitter. Globalization is not an excuse.
Laura Says:
December 23rd, 2010 at 12:05 pm
I sympathise with reporters, I've been on both sides. Last year I was appointed to set up the PR side of a design agency. In the interview I made a point of saying I think contacts and developing relationships with reporters are more important than a volume of press cuttings. Quality over quantity. The clients, and initially the boss, were more than happy. Double page spread instead of a nib, actually reaching the right market. But the boss soon began to tire of it and wanted "real results". My target, despite protesting, was set at 20 cuttings each client a month. When you're one person running up to 8 accounts, the temptation to just say "bugger it" and mass mailout is huge. In the end I went back to journalism and writing, doing PR as and when as you feel like it.
But if you're just starting out and you have a boss in a PR agency saying the same thing over and over again of course you're going to do it. PR agencies aren't renowned for building up an individual's confidence. They leave college armed with the science and the methodology but little practical experience and then work for bosses who mis-sell what they can offer a client just to get the money and the pressure goes on the young account exec who has no support.
Education is going to be the thing that sorts this problem. Pushing the CIPR for regional workshops, mailouts and putting pressure on companies like Cision who are just spambots (and are rubbish as a press cuttings service as well)


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Last night Chicago dodged a bullet. Having been throttled 5-1 in game one by the Canucks, they found themselves trailing 2-0 after the first five minutes of game-two. Heading into Vancouver down two games to none would have been extremely un-good for the Blackhawks.
Brent Seabrook's goal at the 7:40 mark of the first period closed the gap and the score remained 2-1 going into the third. But that's where Chicago took over as Patrick Sharp scored a short-handed goal and Kris Versteeg gave the Hawks the lead with just 90 seconds remaining. Patrick Kane then added an empty netter 42 seconds later, his 6th goal of the post-season.
The Hawks outshot the Canucks 13-6 in the final 20 minutes despite taking the only two penalties in that final frame.
Seabrook's goal was his first of the post-season and he also added two assists Monday night, finishing the game a +4 for Chicago.
Earlier in the evening Boston once again slipped by Philadelphia 3-2 thanks to Milan Lucic's blast with just 2:57 remaining in the third period. With the win they head down to Philly needing just two wins in the next five games to advance to the Conference Finals for the first time since, I believe, they were swept by the Penguins in 1992.
During a second-period scrap, Philadelphia's Daniel Carcillo complained that Marc Savard had chomped on his finger.
"Last time I have been bit was in grade school. It is not a good feeling. It is pretty cowardly," Carcillo said after the game. "Guys don't bite. Men don't bite."
Savard…ahem…turned and pointed his finger back at the Flyer.
"He pummeled on my face," Savy slyly said. "He pulled on my teeth, so I guess that's biting when a guy tries and pull your front teeth out."
Tuukka Rask is now 6-2 in the playoffs with a 2.32 GAA and .922 SV% while Boston's 92.9 % effective penalty kill leads all teams in the post-season so far.
Tonight, the Montreal Canadiens will look to take advantage of their split in games one and two played in Pittsburgh. After suffering an off night in Friday night's game one…allowing four power play goals on four Penguin's opportunities…they held Pittsburgh's offense at bay, giving up one goal and denying them on all three power play chances.
The Habs have killed off 35 of the 40 man-advantages they have faced so far in the nine games they have played in the playoffs…35 of the 36 not counting game-one against the Pens. Special teams play could play a major role in this series given Pittsburgh's 31.4% effective power play leads all eight teams remaining in the playoffs. If the Habs PK unit continues to shine, that can only help them in their second consecutive upset bid this spring, (DUH5).
Michael Cammalleri's 8 goals tie him with Vancouver's Mikael Samuelsson for second most during the playoffs to date and his 13 overall points are third. Sidney Crosby, of course, leads all scorers with 16 points, (5 goals 11 assists).
Also, there is Jaroslav Halak… whose .931 SV% is tops of all keepers not-yet eliminated from post-season play. Sunday he stopped 38 of 39 Penguins shots faced in their 3-1 game-two win.
Later on in Motown, the Sharks will look to continue feeding on octopi. The Big Red Borg face what can really only be classified as a "must win" situation after dropping both games played in San Jose. The Sharks Joe Pavelski is making his case for the Conn Smythe Trophy with a playoff-high 9 goals and 14-point performance in 8 games played. He's a +7 as well.
Evgeni Nabokov continues his good work this spring. He is now 6-2 with a .916 SV% and playoff-low 2.02 GAA…this even though the Red Wings have netted six goals on 54 shots in their two losses.
Meanwhile…Down On The Farm
The Chicago Wolves find themselves tied with the Texas Stars at one game apiece with the Texas Stars in their AHL Western Conference playoffs series. The Wolves outlasted Texas to win game-two 4-3 in double overtime Sunday…the winning goal being scored by Anthony Stewart, his second of the game and 6th of the playoffs.
Patrice Cormier thought he had scored his first goal as a member of the Wolves during regulation, but the refs waived it off citing he'd lost sight of the puck. Later during the first overtime, a Chicago goal was disallowed as it was ruled kicked into the net.
Along with Stewart's two goals, Jason Krog and Spencer Machacek also scored for the Wolves while Peter Mannino stopped 35 of the 38 shots he faced for the win. Mannino allowed 4 goals on 28 shots while Krog, Stewart and Joey Crabb scored for Chicago.
Texas won game-one 4-3 in overtime last Friday night on a power play goal by Garrett Stafford while Crabb sat in the box for high sticking.
The series now moves to Texas for the next three games starting with tonight's game-three.
May 5th, 2010
1:50 pm
Reason #1 is the biggest obstacle they've got.
That being said, it seems the "underacheiver" tag has FINALLY gotten under the skin of San Jose's collective psyche… That, and I think the guys they brought in for "presence" are providing just that-I doubted SJ in the 1st round, but even if we throw out game 2's result (and I'm inclined to-even though I can't stand Detroit-they got jobbed for sure), and replace it with a RedWings win, the Sharks are still up 2-1 and Detroit looks less and less able/interested in giving forth the winning effort.
May 5th, 2010
2:23 pm
Glovesave-I was merely referring to the larger surface in the CFL vs. "real football".
I ran all over the rink when I was a young defenseman. The older I got, the more I relied on angles and eliminating the quality shots. It's not that I am adverse to the corners, but forwards have less success scoring from the boards as they do the slot, especially with fine goalies as yourself between the pipes.
May 5th, 2010
2:31 pm
When I was watching game one of the Sharks-detroit series, I was watching heatly and thought "he must be hurt", he's NOT MOVING. A whack here, a slide there, boom play is past him. What has happened?? He's the power forward, minus ANY POWER. I'm sorry, goals and all, he's a sissy. At least he doesn't dive like Cindy. But geeeez.
Brendon, I think the Wings will make a splash, SOMEWHERE…a team with that many resources will not stand pat. If Nik stays or goes, they will do something major. Must be nice to be a wings fan!! I'll take their down year anytime!!
May 5th, 2010
2:57 pm
I hear ya WBF! You shouldnt be in corners anyhow, that leaves the slot wide open…and in our beer leagues, you can bet that the forwards surely are not coming back to help. No cherry-picking going on, is there? Ha!
May 5th, 2010
3:01 pm
"Red Wings' Maladies…After effect of losing assistant GM Don Waddelll 12 seasons later!"
Now THAT was funny!
This is 'Quote-of-the-Year' material.
May 5th, 2010
3:30 pm
Ya know things are improving when Sage can laugh about anything concerning former GM Don Waddell!
May 5th, 2010
4:09 pm
Halak is a beast! I'd take him in replace for one of our upcoming FA's but looks like he ain't going anywhere.
May 5th, 2010
4:21 pm
Waiting for Sage to chime in-and he's correct!
Glovesave-have to say I had more fun in the beer leagues than anywhere else. Those leagures are very competitive too!
Spud-Heatley reminds me of Roy, Pominville, Hecht, Stafford and Connolly-soft as a twinkie!
May 5th, 2010
4:45 pm
Heatley is missing the key ingredient that makes good players great . . . heart.
May 5th, 2010
4:58 pm
WBF – why in past tense? Hung up the skates? Tell me it is't so!
JF – and Heatley took away the player who had more of it than everyone else on the team combined.
May 5th, 2010
5:50 pm
To be clear, I don't think the Red Wings suck. There are many teams who would swap rosters, immediately, with Detroit. Good organizations find a way to improve and remain competitive. I think Detroit has some nice potential with Helm, Abdelkader, Howard, Kronwall, and Filppula. Plus, they're a desireable market, so talent will always gravitate towards them. Indeed, it must be nice to be "Hockeytown."
May 5th, 2010
6:59 pm
I wouldn't feel too sorry for the Wings either. They'll be back quickly and Holland still has cap room to maneuver where he wants to go during the next two off seasons. Franzen, Zetterberg, Datsyuk, Fillpula, Cleary, Hudler, Rafalski and Kronwall are a nice base from which to work, and he's only paying his two goalies a total of $1.9 million next year. Not a Stuart fan either, but Holland's got $17 million left to work with. They're not the Wings we're used to seeing at this time of year and that's a good thing in my opinion! I get a little tired of the red-and-white!
May 5th, 2010
9:50 pm
The loss of Carter, Gagne and Laperriere leaves the Flyers a shell of a team, particularly on the power play. The once occasionally dominant Timonen is a shadow of his former self. He doesn't seem like the same player of 1, 2 or three years ago. It has been a long time since the Flyers were swept in a 7-game series but as far as I am concerned, the golf courses up there are in perfect condition for them right now. Holmgren got lucky with the opening round win, but now he's in the same position as he was before, looking for answers. FORE!
May 5th, 2010
10:52 pm
Boston has put a 'stranglehold' on its series with Philly. I liked the way the Philly fans booed their team with 6:00 left in the 3rd period. See, they're NOT polite in Philadelphia. If the Flyers get swept, the boos will be even louder. And Philly ownership will "care" enough to address the situation. If it were the Thrashers facing elimination at home vs. Boston, we'd sit there … QUIETLY … perhaps mumbling to our neighbors, and offering excuses about lawsuits hampering the ownership, and so forth. But we wouldn't "boo." And ownership would do absolutely nothing, not hearing the voice of DISPLEASURE on the part of Thrasher fans. Go Philly!! You guys Rock! Go on witcha bad selves. And "boo" loud enough for ownership to someone accountable.
May 6th, 2010
12:40 am
I'm breathing a little easier with my pick of Chicago over Vancouver. I hope it lasts. The last Blackhawk goal should have been disallowed. But hey, it didn't radically alter the outcome of the game. The score was 4-2, in favor of Chicago, at the time. Vancouver's fans were quiet.
Go Blackhawks! Will this be the year they put the Leafs 'officially' on the clock? 1961 … and counting … for Chicago. The Leafs sit next, at 1967.
May 6th, 2010
7:50 am
Vancouver played like their playoff teams of the recent past…"They're just a bunch of pansies"
May 6th, 2010
7:53 am
"Heatley is missing the key ingredient that makes good players great . . . heart"
And that's never more evident than in the playoffs. Not hit, all stick, refusal to get dirty to make plays. Heatley hit the jackpot when he was given the chance to play with Thornton.
Glovesave-yeah I am retired for now. Heading to Buffalo this summer, so I may look at new skates. I am currently wearing an old pair of Mike Ramsey's skates, so they are kinda old.
Red Light-I think Carter is just as important to Philly as Richards. Laperriere is still one of the toughest players in the league, has been for over a decade.
Brendan-Philly fans being polite? Just ask Mike Schmidt, Donovan McNabb or Steve Carleton how polite Philly fans have been over the years.
May 6th, 2010
9:12 am
Who posted that comment as Sage? I can't beweive it wuz weely him because none of the fans were called names LOL
May 6th, 2010
9:19 am
Well, I called it yesterday afternoon, philly is COOKED, bye!!! I cannot believe Boston is going to make the conference finals. Have I mentioned I HATE BOSTON?? Rask is good, really good!!
WBF, Carlton as great a pitcher as he was, was a d&ck to fans and the media!!! Santa isn't welcome in Philly!! NICE……….
Too bad about the canucks, I like that team.
May 6th, 2010
9:22 am
The Thrasher fans would sit quietly mainly because it's embarrassing to be loud when you are the only person in your section. Sometimes the truth hurts. But the Philly fans booing was kind of funny (smirking). They should be thankful their team even made it this far because they sucked near the end of the regular season.
GO CHICAGO! GO CHICAGO! GO CHICAGO! The "hat trick" from Bufglik–Bufgo-whatever That guy from Minnesota– was false. Nevermind that he clearly interfered with Luongo, but he kicked it in. But the game was already won anyway so GO CHICAGO! GO CHICAGO! GO CHICAGO!
May 6th, 2010
9:24 am
Spud-Carlton is a strange guy, his distain for the fans and media grew over time and being critisized alot. He didn't like that, kinda like another buddy of ours, Dennis "Oil Can" Boyd. Shoulda been called "Garbage Can".
May 6th, 2010
9:28 am
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Certainly my opinion runs contrary to yours and the others' sentiments, but here goes.
Interesting that you should toss Thornton's name in the "jackpot" message, when he is one of the great underachievers in recent playoff history. In 85 career playoff games, Big Joe has 14 goals, 47 assists and is -15 in those games and has never scored two goals in any playoff game. And while not a "goal scorer" per se, he has just (1) three-point game during his playoff career.
Heatley has (4) three-point games in 42 career playoff games, 44 points and an even rating.
Marleau has scored twice in a playoff game just once (4/20/07) during his career which spans 100 playoff games. He has 38 goals, 29 assists and is -7 in those games.
The Sharks new hero, Pavelski, had three straight games with 2 goals and an assist in this year's playoffs alone and now has 15 goals, 11 assists and is +10 in 34 career playoff contests.
Big Joe has never made it past the 2nd round during his career, while Heatley has played in the Cup Finals. You can call him soft, selfish, a teammate killer or whatever, but who really hit the jackpot? I say it's Thornton.
May 6th, 2010
10:16 am
The Hawks are having to discount their second round playoff tickets. The ASG should try investing in the Thrashers instead of pouring the bulk of their resources into the Hawks.
Oh well, in the words of Ron White, you can't fix stupid.
May 6th, 2010
10:24 am
Red Light-as usual, you make your point and back it with facts that cannot be disputed. Thornton has certainly been a "regular season guy", always has been which made his expendable in Boston. I can't believe the Bruins made that trade at the time, giving up on a big man. But you look at Boston and I say they are better off without Thornton and with Savard, a smaller man in stature but much larger in heart.
My reference to thornton is as a setup man, his ability to make a guy like Cheechoo look like a star. You gotta think SJ went after Heatley to get an upgrade on Cheechoo from a goal scoring perspective. I hope Joe can find himself and raise his playoff performance this season to a level never achieved.
I still hate Heatley-have a tough time being objective about the creep.
May 6th, 2010
10:29 am
I hate the Bruins too, just hate the Bums in Philly more, and yet I cheered for the Bums because of my distaste for one Mr Kovalsucks. I say Go Bruins now, and hope that the Pens make it to destroy them!!! The playoffs always make for interesting matchups and who you want to win, and it's series like Hawks/Nucks last year and after the showing off to fans after the hat trick last night that give the fans such passion about the game. The next game in that series should be a great one, and I hope that the winner there humiliates the Sharks! It's all about the rivalries!!!
May 6th, 2010
10:37 am
"They're just a bunch of pansies"
No kiddin. I was expecting a war, and they rolled over like a bunch of pansies. Pffft.
I'd take Thornton over Heatley every day and twice on Sundays. Thornton brings a lot of intangibles that don't show on the scoresheet (nobody counts backchecks and forechecks). Next time you see Dany give up his body on the forecheck will be the first time you seen it. Heatley's a lazy cherry picker, Thornton will mix it up and create space for his lineups.
Stats can be culled this way and that to try to back any opinion. I'm pretty black and white. Just win baby.
May 6th, 2010
10:47 am
Haven't looked through here yet to see if it's been posted, but it seems the Manitoba Moose coach Arniel has interviewed with the Blue Jackets. An interview with the Thrashers is apparently pending.
I'm interested to see what happens. He's apparently pretty high on a lot of teams' wish lists for coaching.
May 6th, 2010
11:03 am
Spud – worked at a signings show a few years back with Steve Carlton. I was the one at the table taking the tix and snapping photos with him and his fans. I got to spend the better part of the day with him, and I gotta say he is one nice guy. Told stories. Went above and beyond what a lot of the other athletes do at the shows. I think he hates the media and they in turn hate him. He's a more reserved person, but I would have disagree with what I have read of him…
As for the Hawks…I'd like to see them win to piss off the Leafs fans as they would now have the longest dry spell, but the idea of a silversmith in Montreal engraving the name "Marian Hossa" into the holy grail kinda makes me sick.
May 6th, 2010
11:08 am
Interesting to see how all of this coaching shakes out in the end. Good look at Arniels philosophy about teaching the young guys right and bringing them up quickly to get the most out of them. I can definitely see that same thought with the Thrashers, especially w the octomess running it. So, in that type scenario, an AHL coach who has a solid grasp on the game and a game plan that is more than 1 dimensional (like JA) and works well with developing players might not be as bad as some of you have made it out to be. We are, and will continue to be, a young team that will need a coach willing to teach and analyze those who can play, and bring up replacements for those that can't. That being said, Dudley has had a year to look around and see the talent that is already here, and what needs improvement, and I am sure he will find us the coach best suited to this situation.
May 6th, 2010
11:11 am
Maybe Hossa can be left off "mistakenly" if they manage to win? Or have his name mispelled Mary Anne Hossa
May 6th, 2010
11:22 am
I want a coach who is like a great chef. He walks into the kitchen, takes stock of the supplies, and makes something great out of what he has. Has flexibility and creativity.
We had a coach with a good recipe, but without the supplies to make the meal. He hoped that in time, his ingredients would change to allow him to make what he wished to do in the beginning. But a mushroom cannot become a filet. His inflexibility and lack of creativity to vary from his vision was his downfall.
May 6th, 2010
11:56 am
Why the hate for Hossa?


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Free breakfast is very poor (only tea and one kind of pastry), but you can eat good stuff if you pay for them
We had a very warm welcome in this hotel and the gentleman at the reception was very friendly and helpful. There was a very nice band playing at the bar when we arrived bringing a jazzy atmosphere to the place. The hotel is perfectly located in the heart of beverly hills.
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Rooms are to small no facility. When i book with booking the photos you show for the hotel not reflecting the hotel it is much Exaggeration I was shock when I arrive to the hotel even the entrance of the hotel like house door no lobby small reception really it was bad experience .
The location was nice and the hotel had a great eclectic vibe. Breakfast was also absolutely delicious.
The room was super small, with very little room for our suitcases. It was frustrating that we had to use valet services to park our car and could not just park it ourselves.
Just the overall quality and friendly staff. They made you feel right at home. The sheets were so comfortable to sleep in! I loved how trendy the hotel looked. Very much enjoyed our stay
no drinking glasses in room no mirror other than in bathroom
Staff were very friendly and helpful. Perfect location, easy access to shops and restaurants. Cheap taxi or bus ride to shopping malls (Beverly Centre and Century City) and Santa Monica.
Breakfast not included - some pastries and coffee only. Noisy when band playing in evenings. My ground floor room looked out on very ugly trash and carpark at side of building. Right at eye level, could not open curtains for natural light. Room was quite dark.
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Aww thx! ( = glad you like it And omg never say that again! xD Lol joke, but seriously, their song is Way better (see what i did there? xD)
"classicalmusicisepic" wrote:^.^ That's lovely!! It's like the My Chemical Romance song that Gerard and Mikey wrote for their Grandmother, only better!!
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Tupac is a legend and people really don't realize how much wisdom he possessed at such a young age. He was only 26 when he died. I wonder how the music industry would be if he were still alive. Here he talks about the Church, one of the biggest businesses in the World, and the irony in its lavish buildings. "There's Homeless people out there. Why Ain't they letting them stay there?" Pac
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Red is the robot I bought for my best friend but decided to keep for myself.
Gabrielle Zevin has published six novels. Her debut, Margarettown, was a selection of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program. The Hole We're In was on Entertainment Weekly's Must List and was a New York Times Editor's Choice. Entertainment Weekly wrote, "Every day newspaper articles chronicle families battered by the recession, circling the drain in unemployment and debt or scraping by with minimum-wage jobs. But no novel has truly captured that struggle until now." Publishers Weekly called the novel "a Corrections for our recessionary times."
Of all her books, she is probably best known for the young adult novel Elsewhere. Elsewhere, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, was nominated for a Quill Award and received the Borders Original Voices Award. The book has been translated into over twenty languages. Of Elsewhere, the New York Times Book Review wrote, "Every so often a book comes along with a premise so fresh and arresting it seems to exist in a category all its own... Elsewhere, by Gabrielle Zevin, is such a book."
She is the screenwriter of Conversations with Other Women (Helena Bonham Carter, Aaron Eckhart) for which she received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination. In 2009, she and director Hans Canosa adapted her novel Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (ALA Best Books for Young Adults) into the Japanese film, Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita. She has also written for the New York Times Book Review and NPR's All Things Considered. She began her writing career at age fourteen as a music critic for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
Zevin is a graduate of Harvard University. After many years on Manhattan's Upper West Side, she recently moved to Silver Lake, Los Angeles.
Find her online at gabriellezevin.com.
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Red is the robot I bought for my best friend but decided to keep for myself.
Monday Obsessions no. 10: Guys, this is what short films are for.
Same Love, a beautiful short film and song by Seattle-based artist Macklemore and Ryan Lewis enlists hip-hop – a genre notorious for its homophobic language – in the support of marriage equality.
Monday Obsessions no. 9 - I really liked Beginners directed by Mike Mills the first time I saw it. The second time, I loved it. It often takes me two times to recognize love.
(Source: blogs.indiewire.com)
Monday Obsessions no. 8 - All these years later, I still love this video directed by Bradley Beesley and Wayne Coyne. When the elephant lies down, it kills me.
Monday Obsessions No. 7: Christopher D. Ford's screenplay for Robot & Frank is incredibly elegant and moving. Go see this movie.
It has been nine years since I wrote Elsewhere and seven years since its publication. Below, you will find a few ways things have changed:
- In 2005, when Elsewhere was published, there was no Facebook.
- No Twitter either. No Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Goodreads or anything else. YouTube had just come online the prior February.
- I didn't have a website. If you wanted to send me an e-mail, you had to know someone who knew me. Like, personally.
- Most readers sent me letters. Bonafide paper letters.
- I didn't have a blog.
- The book was the lead title for what was then Farrar Staus Giroux BYR. There was no pre-tour, book tour, blog tour or giveaways.
- It was a big deal that the ARC was going to have COLOR art on the front.
- I did not go to BEA, ALA, Comic Con or anywhere else. After the book started to do well — and for the record, it did quite well — I went to the Southern Festival of Books.
- My publisher DID make a fancy press kit folder. The folder also had color art on it.
- I was very fond of my publicist Sabeth Albert. She couldn't have been gentler with me. Jeanne McDermott, whose exact job title I don't remember, was also a wise and calming presence. Sabeth is no longer in publishing. Jeanne is well on her way to becoming a librarian.
- No one at my publisher had a job that specifically involved online promotion and social media.
- I loved my editor, Janine O' Malley. Much of what I know about the craft of writing, I learned from her. One of her big books this fall is Crewel by Gennifer Albin.
- Janine's office didn't have any windows back then though it did have a scary-looking pipe that ran through the middle. I think her "office" might have actually been a storage closet. She is a senior editor now with a very nice office.
- Farrar Straus Giroux was in Union Square. The office had a cat. I do not know who took care of the cat nor do I know what became of the cat when they moved.
- I was supposed to go on NPR to promote the book. Hurricane Katrina hit so my appearance was (sensibly though disappointingly) cancelled.
- Most of what happened to promote a book happened behind the scenes. This author, at least, wasn't too involved. I did not write essays. I did not host contests. I did not provide additional material.
- While I remember that much less (or at least much differently) was done to promote my book than a comparably big title these days, what I also remember was the feeling that my publisher was a family.
- When the book came out, everyone came uptown to see me read at the Corner Bookstore. For no particular reason, I was nervous. There was wine, fruit and cheese. After, I went out to dinner with my my best friend, my boyfriend, my editor and her then boyfriend, editor Wesley Adams.
- Tim Ditlow and Listening Library, who recorded the audiobook, had me down to their studios in midtown to listen to the recording and drink tea. Tea drinking occasions are less common in publishing than you'd think.
- A lot of what happened to promote a title went on behind the scenes without any involvement or input from the author.
- The only thing I had to do on pub day was pick out a dress to wear to my book party.
- My dress came from Filene's Basement, which no longer exists.
- I did not know a SINGLE author when my book was published.
- The only blurb we had was from Printz-finalist Carolyn Mackler (most recently Tangled). I didn't know her at the time. She would become a good friend. For a couple of years, we had a lark keeping this (irregularly updated, probably ill-conceived) blog together. Don't blame her; it was my idea.
- What Elsewhere did have was great independent and chain bookstore support. My book happened not because I was charming online, but because key book people really supported it. This wasn't random — a lot of what my publisher did was painstakingly and deliberately making sure that the book ended up in all the right hands. Jeanne McDermott did fantastic librarian and educator outreach, too.
- Elsewhere beat Looking for Alaska and Twilight to win the Borders Original Voices Award. There is no Borders Bookstore anymore. I would wager that more people have heard of the other two writers than me. (For the record, I liked both those books and their authors very much.)
- I did not receive any correspondence from transgendered teenagers. Now, I hear from them all the time. They want to know what happens to the transgendered in ELSEWHERE.
- Old media mattered. The thing that really took Elsewhere to the next level was a superb review in the New York Times Book Review. The review was written by Elizabeth Spires, a well-known children's book writer. At that time, the section was edited by the whip smart Julie Just. The other review that was really key was Jennifer Mattson's in Booklist. I believe Julie Just and Jennifer Mattson are both on the agent side of the business now.
- My agent at the time, Jonathan Pecarsky, is now in advertising.
- Everyone wasn't nice! People used to hang out on message boards like adbooks where they felt free to be incredibly critical. The agent Barry Goldblatt wrote a scathing tract on what he considered to be the "flaws" in the book. For better or worse, I doubt you would find such an established agent doing that today.
- The first bonafide young person to read it, I believe, was Wesley Adams' eleven year-old daughter. I think she liked Elsewhere but preferred Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac. She is now in college, and her father is now Janine's husband. (Last year, Wes edited Jack Gantos' Newbery award-winning Dead End in Norvelt.)
- The first reader at Farrar Straus Giroux was Lisa Greenwald, who I believe was an intern at FSG and an MFA student at the New School at the time. Lisa is now the author of several, adorable middle grade fiction titles (My Life in Pink and Green) and a librarian at the Birch Wathen School.
- Things are different now, of course. I often feel that my skills as a writer were better suited to a pre-social netowrked world. I don't feel like I can write as well or as deeply when I'm onilne. However, it is necessary to be online to promote your books. These positions often seem hopelessly irresolvable to me.
- What is the same is the fact that the people I work with still believe in what they are doing — delivering readers stories that will challenge them and that they will love. I still believe in this, too.
Thanks to all who read Elsewhere and the thousands of readers who have written me to tell me what the book has meant to them over the last seven years.
(Monday Nostalgia No. 3)
"No. I said, 'What kind of bird are you?'"
Monday Obsessions, no. 6: Moonrise Kingdom makes me want to kiss someone.
monday obsessions no. 4: The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman is just plain wonderful.
monday obsessions no. 3: Another Earth. Loved the writing and the performances in this 2011 Sundance winner, which you can now see on DVD, etc.
Monday Nostalgia #2: In high school, my friend Sam used to do all the moves to West Side Story at the same time we would watch it. Wonder what she's up to these days?
In other news, the bookplates went in the mail yesterday.
"Easy, Action" - 50th Anniversary of West Side Story
Monday Nostalgia: Books used to be prettier.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950.
First American edition, Custom designer leather binding. A fine copy.
Stated "First Printing" of the First American edition of this classic story for children. A custom designed binding, finely bound in full leather by Green Dragon Bindery. With marbled endpapers and portions of the original dust jacket bound in. Pages bright and clean with edges gold gilded. Titles to spine gilt. A beautiful production, with custom illustration engraved in cognac-brown leather, intended to evoke the image of the wardrobe in an early wood cabinet motif - with the witch and lion on the doors. Design plate included.
Two quotes I like from Emily Eakin's New Yorker article about the Tacita Dean film/installation at the Tate Modern:
"All the things I'm attracted to are about to disappear," she likes to say.
"For a long while almost everyone will continue to say 'film' when they are actually referring to something else," Alexander Horwath, the director of the Austrian Film Museum, noted.
Photo Credit: Sarah Lee for the Guardian
I've been meaning to put this up for a while. I think this rejected jacket for THE IMPERFECTIONISTS is perfection and totally stet-worthy.
(via the NY Times super fun gallery of Book Covers That Got Away )
"and then cathy showed up and we hung out,
trading swigs from the bottle all bitter and clean,
locking eyes, holding hands,
twin high maintenance machines."
RIP Lincoln Square B&N


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For holiday homes in Sitges – Garraf you can browse the great selection of rentals on HomeAway. At one of the first beach destinations outside Barcelona, Sitges – Garraf holiday apartments have fantastic transport links; it's perfect for holidaymakers who don't have the use of a car. All you need for a relaxing getaway is close at hand, with a long series of sandy beaches, large swathes of protected nature and inviting restaurants. Many apartments in Sitges - Garraf benefit from arresting sea views, while interiors are considerately appointed with all the gadgetry that a 21st Century home would call for.
-Beaches. Sitges has 17 different beaches, each offering a slightly different experience. Ribera is a bustling stretch of sand on the town's waterfront. Here there are superb amenities, with sunbed rental and all kinds of activities. Garraf's main beach is a bit quieter. It's around 150 metres in length and backed by steep and rocky hills. The largest of all the beaches in the area is Les Botgues de Sitges, a beautiful sandy bay 1.5 kilometres in length.
-Heritage and culture. In Garraf there's Celler Guell, a complex of late-19th Century modernist buildings, including a wine cellar, chapel and home. If you'd like to know more about one of Catalan modernism's most celebrated figures you could check out the Cau Ferrat Museum, devoted to artist Santiago Rusiñol. Elsewhere, Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla is an impressive church from the 1600s, containing fragments of previous churches dating to the early-middle ages.
-Food and drink. Grown locally is the Malvasia de Sitges grape, which is generally cultivated for passito, fortified dessert wine. It's something of a rarity due to the unique makeup of the soil and the location of the vineyards, which are afforded protection by the coastal mountains. Here on the coast, fish and seafood are staples, and one of the characteristic dishes is Arros a la Stigetana, a rice dish not dissimilar to paella.
-Nature. The Garraf Natural Park covers much of the region's hinterland. It's a setting with tall limestone hills, and forests of oak and pine. Thanks to erosion the geology of the park is interesting, with an array of caves, sinkholes and potholes to discover, with hiking and biking routes to help you visit them. The park supports boar, rabbits and a variety of birds of prey.
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Sitges – Garraf holiday accommodation has great transport links, due to being relatively close to Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN). One of Spain's top two airports, there are links to many cities in the UK with low-cost and premium carriers. If you're driving, the C-32 will get you to the towns of Garraf and Sitges in less than half an hour. Garraf and Sitges both have Renfe train stations, with swift connections to Barcelona. There are also regular bus services, both private and public, to these destinations from the airport.


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Ichneumon Wasps
Family:Ichneumonidae (ichneumon wasps) in the order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
Ichneumons are much like their cousins, the stinging wasps, only slenderer and with longer antennae (usually at least half the length of the body, with 16 or more segments). The females usually have dramatically long ovipositors (a needlelike or filament-like appendage at the tip of the abdomen used for laying eggs)—it's often longer than the entire body.
There are thousands of species of ichneumons in North America, and many are hard to tell apart. Colors vary, with some being drab and others brightly colored or patterned. Some have black and yellow bands like stinging wasps.
Size:Length: to about 1½ inch (not including appendages; varies with species; many are much smaller).
Habitat and conservation:Ichneumons are the largest family of any of the animals, with some 60,000 to 100,000 species worldwide. They are common and can be found in nearly all habitats. The name "ichneumon" comes from Greek words meaning "tracker" and "footprint," and the females of these parasitic wasps certainly do hunt for, and track down, their various host species.
Foods:The young of ichneumons are mostly internal parasites of the larvae in the families comprising the beetles; the butterflies and moths; and the ants, bees, and wasps; plus flies and spiders. The mother ichneumon typically inserts her eggs into the body of the host—usually a grub or caterpillar—and the hungry larval ichneumons, devouring their hosts from the inside, usually end up killing their hosts by the time they are ready to pupate and become adult ichneumons.
Distribution in Missouri:Statewide.
Life cycle:The mother ichneumon uses her ovipositor to inject eggs into a host's body—usually a grub, caterpillar, or pupa. Many ichneumons need a certain species of insect as a host. Female ichneumons can be seen wandering over tree trunks, using their antennae to seek the larvae of wood-boring insects below the bark; detecting one, the female inserts her long ovipositor through the wood and lays eggs in the larva. Her young hatch and devour their host, pupate, and emerge to begin the cycle again.
Human connections:Most people consider ichneumons beneficial, as they play a huge role in controlling insects, including many considered pests or injurious (such as tomato hornworms, boll weevils, and wood borers). Yet the horrifying way the larvae devour their hosts has caused many to ponder their religion.
Ecosystem connections:Ichneumons help control insect numbers by eliminating many insects before they reach an adult, reproductive stage. Despite the wasplike patterns of some, ichneumons themselves are eaten by other predators. Many young ichneumons are no doubt eaten when their hosts are snatched by other predators.


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Tim Clifford Late last month, one of the Yorkshire Dark Horses, Tim Clifford, unlocked the sequence of one of Squamish's (Canada) last great boulder problems that had been tried by some of the best boulderers in the world. Known as the Room Project, " a clean granite wall maybe 15 feet high, overhanging by about thirty degrees with very faint slopy holds and rails leading to the top."
Tim, formerly of Leeds, England and now resident in Squamish said at the Moonblog:
"To be the first person to unlock this problem felt great, as to how hard I don't know - maybe v14 but it's so hard to grade things. All I know it's the best problem I've done, great moves, perfect rock and the only way up the face of the boulder"
Tim is a boulderers boulderer, and has a legacy of hard ascents all over Europe and the USA up to V14. He was featured in an article, How Tim Clifford tamed the Wild West at UKClimbing.com, you can read it here.