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Content is King they say but very few of us are equipped with an understanding of what it is and the critical role it plays in our digital marketing mix. I would like to share a few thoughts on this subject matter and hopefully bring to light key elements often overlooked in a digital marketing strategy.
Content marketing is a fairly recent concept and advances have been made to define it as a marketing discipline of it's own. According to the content marketing institute, content marketing has been defined as "A marketing technique of creating and distributing relevant and valuable content to attract, acquire, and engage a clearly defined and understood target audience – with the objective of driving profitable customer action (Content Marketing Institute, 2013)." To break it down in simple terms, content marketing is all about creating and sharing content to a defined target audience in order to achieve set objectives. I'm convinced that now more than ever with the rapid adoption of social networking, we need content marketers and in fact every marketer should be a content specialist.
I strongly believe one of the most important elements in marketing is understanding your target audience, who is your customer? What do they do? What do they like? What are their interests? Where do they stay etc, and these are all pillars of content marketing. The reason why most companies are finding the going tough on social media is because of content deficiencies, if your content is not compelling enough, enticing enough, if it's not shareable then don't expect your fans to engage. This leads me to believe that one of the most important metrics on social media is share and retweet because they speak of the quality of your content. If your content is good then everyone wants to share it and rebroadcast it to their followers simple as that.
So if you're finding the going tough with regards to your digital marketing efforts, your fans are not engaging, it might be necessary to invest in a workshop on content strategy. Below is a few steps you can take to develop your content strategy:
A content audit basically analyzes your current content efforts, what are you saying? How are you saying it and on which platforms? how is it being disseminated and received, are you bragging about what you've done or you're listening and connecting with their needs etc. the challenge with most of us is that we love to talk about ourselves and sell sell sell but our customers want to chat, hear exciting stories, jokes etc. Locally most companies have basic channels, website and social media and it is important to analyze and evaluate how you're developing and sharing content on these platforms.
Persona definition is fundamentally defining your target audience on the various content sharing platforms you've. If you have a website define who visits your website and what sort of information are they looking for? If it's social media, define the persona who's following you on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn etc, what type of content appeals to them? In Zimbabwe, I've studied and discovered that they are two different personas with regards to social media, first, the Facebook persona is loves to post, share, comment etc and view the nice pictures but the Twitter persona is more of an educated folk, their interests are mainly business news, financial news, they like to follow personalities, hear and be heard, broadcast their own content etc. Persona definition must be done to the minute details and parameters like demographics and interests must be analyzed, evaluated so as to accurately define your persona.
Once you're equipped with information on whom you're "talking" to and where you "talk" to them the next step is to develop your content strategy for every channel that you've. If it's on the company website, you know customers are looking for more information about your products and services and thus your site needs to be optimized for search and enticing content should be quickly visible on the homepage.
On social media it is important to take note of the nature of content you share for both Twitter and Facebook, if your brand is about health beverages then, it's important you share things like health tips etc. Further to that and equally important is the time to share content, through social media analytics you can ascertain the times which your audience engages you better, which normally in Zimbabwe is between 5 and 8pm. All of your content should be contained and defined in a content schedule, a dashboard that shows the type of content, when it will posted and on which platforms. A content schedule will help you plan and determine content requirements for the week and or month.
Other tips for your content strategy relate to CTAs, what are you asking the consumer to do after reading your Facebook post or Tweet? Where are you leading them to? Your website or blog play an important bit in directing traffic from social media so that they can get full information.
In conclusion content marketing is the art of digital marketing! Content marketing is all about developing a strong understanding of your target audience, creating the right content and sharing it on the right platforms timeously and compellingly. Now is the time to invest in content marketing because content is king and it shall remain at throne as long as there's digital marketing.
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The visiting ballists from Denver had "aces" up their sleeves - in the form of cranks (fans) to catch local strikers' smashes - but few aces (runs) in their bats at the
annual Rock Ledge Ranch Labor Day vintage baseball game Sept. 3.
The final tally was 11-3, in favor of the Camp Creek Cloud Busters, a group of manly, properly raised Colorado Springs men and (ahem) three women, who celebrated their second victory in three years with ice cream.
The local band "grabbed the leather in style" (as good fielding was described in the old days) to keep the game close in the early innings; then, trailing 1-0 in the sixth, the 'Buster bats woke up, lining corker after corker to grab an insurmountable lead over the Territorial All-Star nine.
"This puts the 'u' back in Cloud Busters," enthused player/manager Andy "Anvil" Morris (referring to a yellow journalism slur that had somehow found its way into the Westside Pioneer the week before the game). "The defense was, jeeminy christmas, there were some wonderful plays."
He shrugged aside kudos for his key decision to bring Patches, the Rock Ledge cow, into the infield during the fourth and fifth innings. The idea was to have the bovine - sporting a painted bullseye on her side - block balls hit by the All-Stars. (Of course, Morris' argument to the umpire was that the mowed-down hay field where the game was being played is her normal grazing spot, so it was really the cow's idea).
He had used the same tactic to spark a late rally in last year's losing cause. Patches has yet to be hit, but her presence may have loosened up the home team, which started its scoring binge shortly thereafter.
"I thought she did a wonderful job," said Morris, who also manages Rock Ledge itself, an 1880s-era, city-owned working ranch. "The umpire was so worried that animal was going to get hurt. I said nothing we do is going to hurt that cow. I was more concerned about her heading to the barn" (which actually happened when the food Morris had supplied her ran out).
The contest was played by late 1800s rules, which included such stipulations as no gloves or mitts, and outs being called on hits caught on a bounce. Outs could also be called when cranks caught struck balls and handed them to fielders - a rule that backfired on the Cloud Busters a couple of times when All-Star supporters along the third-base line, including youngsters wearing (horrors) baseball gloves, helped out.
"Those little potlickers were killing us," Morris said. "One of them even ran onto the field to make a play. But all that makes it fun and the umpire did talk to him."
Unfortunately, attempts by the Pioneer to incite post-game acrimony between the two teams (which has worked in past years) were unsuccessful this time. Not only was Morris saying nice things afterward (not once repeating his pre-game description of the Denverites as "drunkards and reprobates"), so was Roger "Digger" Hadix of the All-Stars.
"I give all the credit to the Cloud Busters," said the long-time vintage ballist and Rock Ledge vintage game participant, who had helped the local club learn the rules at practices in recent weeks. "Congratulations on a fair game played."
Asked about his team's active young cranks, Hadix grinned, "It's amazing how far cookies and baseball cards will go."
He could have offered one excuse - that several of the All-Stars from past years couldn't be on hand because of a simultaneous vintage-ball tournament in another city. The Denver bunch usually has an edge coming in (note that they never lost in the first six years of the Labor Day game) because their players compete in a vintage league all summer long.
Their short-handed situation may have been why, for the first time, they included a couple of kids in their line-up. Such has been a standard practice by the Cloud Busters, which also typically consists of ranch volunteers, City Parks employees, and even a yellow journalist or two.
In addition to bragging rights, the game was good for Rock Ledge from an attraction standpoint. Morris said about 500 people were at the ranch for Labor Day, which may have been the most ever.
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I've read a total of 66 pages and it was enough for me to conclude that this book will never get To Riches.
Jaxxon is a young woman who has been in foster care, together with her sister Leah and Connor, a boy of 16 with which she has shared a single kiss when she was fourteen. Connor left, never to fulfil his promise and come back to her. Through shitty plot development, they once again come together. Immense sexual tension was supposed to ensue, but there was none of it due to ineptness of the author.
Jaxxon, the protagonist, is a derisive, obnoxious woman. Her homicidal tendencies are supposed to show us how tough and unrelenting she is, I guess. To me it was just freaky and made me a little bit scared. Let me illustrate:
"She wanted to be away from both of them so she could alone enjoy the fantasy of slaughtering them in their sleep."
I think that's just sick.
Now, about that sexual tension between Connor and Jaxxon. There is none. There is just talk about how there's a lot of sexual tension that everyone can see (except the reader ).
"The sexual tension was so thick it was almost visible."
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"He was itching to touch her, hold her, kiss her, drive himself into her."
~ The pinnacle of sexual tension in From Rags.
What I particularly detest is the fact that Jaxxon saying "No" is not taken into consideration, because let's face it, Connor knows what she really wants because he kissed her once when she was 14.
"The angrier she got the more she bloody aroused him."
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From October 30 through November 8, Chairman of the JSC Olainfarm Supervisory Council Mr.Pavels Rebenoks, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Council Ms.Irina Maligina and advisor to the Board of JSC Olainfarm Mr. Salvis Lapins will have annual road show to update investors about Olainfarm's performance and near future intentions. Presentations will be held in cities of six countries, this year for the first time also in Riga and Gothenburg.
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Players are vying to take over leadership of Rome from Sylla, otherwise known as Sulla or Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who is stepping down from his position as dictator after reforming the legal system and the Senate.
To win the right to rule Rome, you'll need to earn prestige by showing strength in the areas of civic spirit, leisure and health -- but the value of each of these areas will depend on the actions taken during the game as well as the events that you need to confront.
To increase your standing among the public, you'll use support from Senators, Legionaries, Merchants, Vestal Virgins and Slaves to construct buildings (each with a special ability), stave off attacks on and negative events in Rome, and receive revenue to spread among the Plebians or pool with other players to build great works. (In some ways, the great works resemble the sacrifice element in Knizia's Amun-Re as players either contribute to building them and earn points, or give their money away to lower the total amount given.)
You'll be fighting ever-increasing famine, which costs prestige to those who can't support the people. Decadence is a constant threat, lowering the spirit of the public through their own besotted behavior. Your choice of Vestal Virgins or Legionaries will determine your influence on the event chart and your ability to protect the value of civic spirit, health and leisure. Of course if someone else will protect those values due to their own holdings, so much the better for you.
Events, great works, and various player actions raise and lower the value of civic spirit, leisure and health in the minds of the citizenry, which affects the prestige point value of each at the end of the game. If one of these concerns bottoms out on the value chart during the game, those politicians who show the least interest in this area lose prestige while the big boosters gain it. After five turns, the game ends and players find out who will now be in charge.
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Year: 2008
Players: 3 - 4
Time: 60 - 90 minutes
Ages: 12 and up
Weight: 1,036 grams
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Vestal virgins, slaves, merchants, legions, senators; these are the cast of characters at your disposal. In a fiercely competitive political arena, your ambition is to fill the shoes of the legendary Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, or Sylla, as he was known. In the vacuum created by the demise of his powerful dictatorship, player's play the part of Roman senators striving to take the reins of a government poised between the end of the aging Republic and the beginning of the epic Roman Empire.
Ystari is renowned for deep strategy, gamer's games, where resources are at a premium and needs at a must! Sylla does not drop the ball in this regard. There is a LOT going on in a single game turn, but most of the mechanics should be familiar to Ystari enthusiasts and will not overwhelm. We liked that there is plenty of room for differing strategies in Sylla, ranging from an extreme of powerful concentration to having an iron in every fire.
There is a lot to do, in a game of Sylla, and a lot of ways to do it.
I think what I like most about the game (if I had to pin it down) is the managing the characters. You start with a couple and gain more as the game progresses. Each character has different capabilities to proxy your auctions bids, provide income or vote on laws. Revenue is generated in different arenas and there are a number of differing currencies. We enjoyed the brain burn of the game and felt like the many choices were pleasantly painful, while play flowed smoothly around the table. The board does a yeoman job of providing a beautiful and at the same time, highly interpretive game hub. The rule book quickly became vestigial.
In the mold of the popular Amyitis and Caylus, players will find Sylla to be a beautiful and stimulating game with solid, elegant Euro bloodlines.
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This special issue provides a selective overview of topics associated with a pre-dominant trend in Canadian and U.S. schools: moving from a dual system of education in which special education and regular education services are carried out separately, to an effective unified system of service delivery for all students (Stainback, Stainback, & Bunch, 1989). Even though much of the impetus for change has come from proponents in special education (Lipsky & Gartner, 1989; Porter & Richler, 1991; Villa, Thousand, Stainback, & Stainback, 1992), there is increasing evidence that general education reform and school improvement agendas are beginning to take hold (Barth, 1991; Smith & Scott, 1990). The chal-lenge of creating school environments that promote excellence and equity is daunting but not impossible, and some of the preliminary efforts in this area are very promising. The focus of this special issue is on some of the significant work that is being carried out across the country to support this change. Although the range of topics is diverse, all papers are concerned with the complex problems associated with providing every student (particularly students with exceptional learning needs) an appropriate education that enables each to reach maximal potential.
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Potential outcomes are, whether you have Adult ADHD, you're a "thought machine"- – you create tremendous new thoughts constantly, perhaps a few in a day! Ideal for a Mexican restaurant Dallas.
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First there was Matt, whose flailing, dorky dancing routine in Where the Hell is Matt? propelled him to YouTube fame in 2006. The film – compressing the Connecticut-born video-game designer's round-the-world trip into just under four minutes, tied together by his trademark dance moves – has been viewed over 16 million times and spawned a second video sponsored by a chewing gum company.
And now there's Rick. Commissioned by STA Travel Australia, filmmaker Rick Mereki has condensed 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, and 38 thousand miles into three short films. We think they're very nice indeed. First up... MOVE:
Next... EAT.
And finally... LEARN.
And for old time's sake... here's Matt, and his wonderful rubbery limbs.
Any more to share? If any similar videos appear in the comments, we'll add them as they come in.
Your suggestions
A lovely find from GabyDisandolo in the comments - a series of videos commissioned by language company EF on Paris, London, Barcelona, and Beijing (above). More info here.
And then there's this, um, little number suggested by RebeccaSubbiah, celebrating the glory of Melbourne in song (and unadulterated lashings of Glee-style cheese). Bravo.
And now for something a little different - this just in from Jamie Lafferty on Twitter (send any suggestions to @benjilanyado) - an extraordinary Balinese Monkey chant ceremony from Bakara.
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In 2015, we launched Maiden America Studio with dreams of sharing our big Texas sky with the rest of the world.
From our home studio, we craft celestial home decor and personal fashion for the whimsical at heart and offer an expanding selection of designs (even though our new website is currently a bit sparse.)
Our products are lovingly handmade in the USA, in the sleepy Hill Country community of Wimberley, TX, from American made, vintage, and imported materials. Our constellations, hung individually or in clusters, make beautiful additions to all living spaces (from living rooms to bedrooms and nurseries) and our necklaces are wonderful intimate reminders of the beauty found in the night sky.
A portion of each sale is always donated back to our community.
We're passionate about what we do and invite you to brighten your favorite corner or ensemble with one of our handmade pieces.
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Sceptre of Annúminas
The Sceptre of Annúminas was a silver rod, originally the symbol of office of the Lords of Andúnië in Númenor. It survived the Downfall, and was held by the Kings of Arnor while that realm lasted. After the division of the North-kingdom, it was handed down through the generations of the Kings of Arthedain and their descendants, the Chieftains of the Dúnedain.


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Valentine MkII/III Kombi Kit
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2pdr Ammunition Boxes
A set of resin 1/35th scale ammunition boxes for the British 2pdr Tank and anti-tank Gun, comprising 12x Boxes, 8x Liners, and 2x open boxes and open liners, research and master patterns by Phil Hendry
2pdr Ammunition Set
A 1/35th scale resin 2pdr Ammunition set comprising 21 complete 2pdr rounds, (7 each of 3 types) and 12x empty cases, research and master patterns by Phil Hendry
Valentine Wheels (Late)
A full set of 1/35th scale resin wheels and return rollers for the Maquette/Alun (and all the other re-boxed) kits of the Valentine. This set is the later bolted 'dished' pattern designed by Derek Hansen
Valentine MkIII/V Kombi Kit
This Conversion combined with the excellent Tamiya Valentine MkII/IV includes the MkIII/V turret which allowed for a three man crew relieving the commander of his loading duties. Also in this set is the jettisonable fuel tank, POW can rack and the additional armour protection around the turret ring. A small etched frets provide the brackets for the turret stowage box, vane sight, and the 'B' Aerial cage. Full colour instructions show how to fit the parts and connect the headlamps
This super value Kombi-kit combines the Tamiya Valentine MkII/IV and our update set A191. It includes the jettisonable fuel tank, POW can rack, Turret mounted ammo boxes and detailed turret fittings not included in the kit like the searchlight. Two small etched frets provide the brackets for the boxes, vane sight, aerial mounts and the 'B' Aerial cage. Full colour instructions show how to fit the parts and connect the headlamps with junction boxes and wire provided. Full colour decals are provided with markings for British operated vehicles in North Africa, the vehicles main theatre of operation in British hands. Also included is a highly accurate CNC machined aluminium gun barrel to replace the kit 2pdr gun
This set compliments Tamiya's very nice kit that is a joy to build.
The Tamiya kit may be re-packaged by us and some unnecessary sprues may have been removed.


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Happy Mother's Day
To every mom reading this, be you friend, family, acquaintance, stranger, female or male:
May you have a day of sunlight, be it in the sky or in your heart.
May the clouds be light above you and your child, wherever they may be.
May the day hold love for you, from your child, from your parent, or from a friend.
May you find the strength and endurance to make it through any hardship that finds you or your child,
And may you always see the beauty and joy in the tiny things of life so often overlooked.
Happy Mother's Day all.
Presidential sedition and federal insurrection
[si-dish-uh n]
1. incitement of discontent or rebellion against a government.
2. any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
[in-suh-rek-shuh n]
1. an act or instance of rising in revolt, rebellion, or resistance against civil authority or an established government.
People who know me know I don't have a lot of patience with intolerance or injustice. Thankfully, it's turning out that a number of government employees don't either.
NASA, the National Park Service, the Environmental Protection Agency and the US Forest Service are just some of the government agencies that recently came under fire in President Donald Trump's effort to time travel back to 1984. They didn't take overly well to his fondness for George Orwell's detailed how-to-screw-your-country description.
Free research and the behind-the-scenes spreading of information by these agencies and citizens acting on their behalf are competing with Trump's presidential orders and tweets. This is a country based on freedom of speech, and they aim to keep that going even if it means their jobs.
There's a lot of things Trump said he wanted during his presidential campaign, but I don't think he was counting on the sedition he churned up in his first weeks of being in office to create insurrection among not only federal workers, but a good portion of U.S. citizens as well. There's a lot we'll put up with, but being told to shut up, keep secrets from each other or stop trying to figure things out aren't anywhere close to what Americans do well.
I don't like politics. I don't like people who pride themselves on being bullies. But I proudly like knowing there are people in this country's government and citizenry who take freedom of speech and doing their job seriously enough to protect the rest of us from those bullies.
Peace in the New Year
Happy New Year all! Here's hoping 2017 brings everyone some peace, some rest and some laughs.
This is the first New Year in several decades I haven't worried about the gunfire, sirens, fireworks or had to listen to the music next door get louder and louder as midnight got closer. For the first time in 30 years, the evening was quiet. We watched Doctor Who and Star Trek online, stoked the wood stove and relaxed, pretty much forgetting it was New Year's Eve altogether. It's never been big on my holiday list anyway, but one of the hardest to ignore in Los Angeles. When midnight passes, and you don't notice it until you're checking Facebook and realize it's two hours into 2017, it becomes one more reason to be thankful we moved out of the land of the loonies.
May the coming year bring us all peace, safety, fast bandwidth and dry wood. Lots of dry wood.
The USO rocks. When the Army transferred me from Arizona to Alaska in February, 1976, I had an overnight layover in the Seattle airport. All my baggage was somewhere in the airport for changing planes, so I was stuck in my dress uniform. I had a little pocket money with me, but not enough for an airport meal. I hadn't been issued any winter clothing yet, so my uniform jacket was all there was between me and the air conditioning in the airport. I was tired from 12 hours of hitting every airport from LA to Seattle, literally spending more time on take offs and landings than in the air. The last meal I'd had was breakfast – the flights were all too short for snacks, so the kitchens hadn't been stocked.
Cold, hungry, with no place to go and nothing to do, I wandered the airport wishing there was something more than hard plastic chairs to spend the night on.
After a couple of hours, I found an out-of-the-way office with a USO sign on the door. I'd never been to one, but went in and was greeted by a woman old enough to be my grandma and the sight of a box of doughnuts on a counter. She set up a cot in a quiet corner, and after a sweet dinner I finally got to relax and get some sleep before flying up to Fairbanks.
The USO has done this and much, much more, for countless members of the military, traveling where they go, setting up where they'll be. We all know about the entertainment they arrange, but they do a lot more that seldom gets any publicity.
In 2017, as you think about possible charities to give to, please consider the USO. If you can help, please do. If you can't, send a prayer for them and everyone they help. Those three letters are home when home is a long way away.
David's world debut
This is David's world premiere performance on the ukulele, which, in case you miss it, plays a huge part in his lyric choice. At only eight years old, David is a self-taught musician, lyricist and choreographer. Please note the floor moves he has created, especially the spins. All aspiring musicians, please make note that socks, not shoes, are the required footwear for advanced moves like these.
All press release seriousness aside, he's a cool kid with a big talent for music. Enjoy.
Here yesterday, gone today
Until last night, this was the view of the east side of the house I'm staying at.
As you can see, the ice has done a job on the gutters. Luckily, this is the only one with serious problems so far; some others have been bending, but still hanging in there (pun intended).
Last night, though, things changed a bit. The temps are a tad warmer and the snow & ice on the roof is a tad slidier. Around 10 p.m., there was a very loud whump that shook the house. This is what caused the commotion – the ice and snow finally let loose, finally knocking the gutter to the ground. It's crumpled in the corner by the house.
At least the snow on the top floor should drop easier now.
So far, we've had about 15 inches of snow. With Monday being forecast at 50F with showers during the week, who knows how much will last and how much will end up as ice covering the ground. This is on the deck.
A Michigan magic bbq mushroom. It grew a little more before it died a quick death by snow shovel yesterday.
Even with the gutter falling, there's still a lot of snow & ice up there. Even though I lived in Michigan until I was 10, I never knew snow could deform like this. It almost makes being cold worth it.
BUT, not everything is snowy here. Cold, yes. Here's a shot of five of the feral cats who share our home, staying warm together under a lamp. This is a major step for the top left girl; she's usually camped outside somewhere on her own.
Before I leave you to go get some more wood for the fires, here's a view of melting icycles. Merry almost Christmas!
Lake effect snow
Lake effect snow happens when cold air passes over warmer lake water, causing it to pick up more moisture than is normal, creating more snow than is normal. It makes for snowy weather with lots of variety – flurries, showers, big flakes, white-outs – and lots of very white scenery.
Lake-effect snow and icycles hanging from the back roof.
Mouse or chipmunk tracks on the deck. Hope it didn't find the cats!
The yard has gone from blazing with fall colors to funky brown, dead leaves to nicely frosted with snow. It looks like a Christmas card out there.
One of the trees outside my bedroom window. It definitely looks better covered in snow.
Be Nice Mondays
It's Be Nice Monday and here's how it works:
A lot of people hate Mondays. Whether they didn't get all their weekend stuff done, have a lousy job they're going back to, argued with the kids over getting ready for school or their team lost the big Sunday game, there's a lot of bad-tempered or just plain down people out there today. Be Nice Monday seeks to help those I-hate-Mondays folks by not being one of them.
There are lots of ways to do that. One might be letting someone pull in front of you while driving and not cussing them out. Another, compliment someone you normally wouldn't, like the busboy in a restaurant or the stocker in a store. Help somebody carry stuff to or from their car. Give your bus or subway seat to somebody. Hold the door for the person behind you. Say thanks to someone doing their job. Share your snack with someone. You can buy the person behind you's drink. Don't argue back. Shovel the snow for your neighbor when you do yours. Smile and say g'morning.
I'm sure you can think of plenty of other ways to be nice on Mondays. If enough of us join in, maybe Monday won't be quite such a bad day. I know it'll help you feel better today. Share or keep what you do today to yourself – either way works fine.


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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's get away day as millions hit the road for Labor Day weekend. Chicago police plan to increase patrols at several spots across the city over the holiday weekend.
The CPD just wrapped up a six week operation to get street gang members off the streets ahead of the Labor Day Weekend. Police arrested 90 people and 86 of them have been charged with felonies.
"The goal of this operation was simple. Remove elements from the community responsible for driving the violence and to allow families in all neighborhoods to safely enjoy the holiday weekend," said Chief Anthony Riccio, CPD.
The department will have 1,300 additional uniformed and plainclothes officers patrolling the lakefront, parks, CTA stations and neighborhoods this weekend.
"CPD will not tolerate violent behavior. If you choose to put others in danger for your actions, you will feel the full weight of CPD and our partners in law enforcement," said First Deputy Superintendent Kevin Navarro, CPD.
Although there are no credible threats to the city, there will be a larger police presence along Lake Shore Drive at public events.
"More officers on the street will not only increase our presence but offer more flexibility in our deployments," said First Deputy Supt. Kevin Navarro.
The Department announced its safety plan along with a report that shootings and murders are down compared to last year and the previous year.
New technology and improving community relations are credited for what the First Deputy Superintendent called progress.
"We are not where we want to be, definitely, but we are making those gains and we are going in the direction we want to go," said First Deputy Supt. Navarro.
Meanwhile some Chicago residents are eager for safer communities for themselves and their neighbors.
Residents and police agree that community involvement make everyone safer.
The Community Policing Advisory Panel has offered a draft of recommendations and has invited the public to offer comments on that draft.
You may view and comment on the draft here: https://home.chicagopolice.org/reform/community-policing/
The roadways are also expected to be busy. The average price of gas has reached a record high for the year. Here in Illinois, the average price of gas is $2.50 per gallon. That's up about 17-cents from this time last year.
Both CPD and Illinois State Police will have their eyes on drivers breaking the law.
"We will use directive patrols, road side safety checks, aircraft, video cameras and all the resources we can bring to bear to reduce accidents and reduce crime," Illinois State Police Director Leo Schmitz said.
CPD: August shootings down 45 percent from last year
Shootings declined by 45.4 percent in August and murders were down by 47.4 percent compared to the same month last year, according to Chicago Police statistics.
This August saw more than 300 people wounded in shootings, along with at least 52 deaths ruled homicides, according to data kept by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Police still touted it as the sixth straight month to see a decline in shootings over the previous year, the city's longest such stretch in four years, the department said.
Shootings overall are down by 16.6 percent this year compared to last year, police said. More than 2,500 people have been shot in the city in 2017, with nearly 470 homicides, Sun-Times data shows.
Chicago suffered one of its bloodiest years in two decades in 2016, with more than 4,300 gunshot victims and nearly 800 homicides.
Officers have seized more than 6,100 illegal guns, as part of a 34 percent increase in gun arrests over 2016, according to police.
"While we certainly are not declaring victory, our progress in reducing violence during the month of August has been significant," CPD First Deputy Supt. Kevin Navarro said in a statement. "This progress is due in large part to the brave efforts of Chicago police officers with the help of the technology we have put into place in some of our most active districts."
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
CPD to step up patrols over holiday weekend; August 2017 crime numbers released
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After years of "City vs. 'Burbs" discussions, Chris and I have finally decided to stay in Queens. Although this may seem like a pretty straightforward decision, it's actually a huge deal for me because:
We've been spending our free summer nights and weekends looming in and out of countless open houses. Peeking into strangers' living spaces has been rather interesting, to say the least. We've seen everything from neon green living rooms to antique dumbwaiters to stained glass showers. While certain apartments have been downright "eccentric", it's refreshing and inspirational to see the thought and care that some owners have placed into personalizing their homes.


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Mel Brooks thinks it is almost time for Frankenstein to sing and dance on Broadway.
The comic filmmaker, who made a monster hit musical out of his 1968 movie The Producers, says he is adapting another of his classic film comedies for the stage -- this time the 1974 Young Frankenstein, a spoof on the Frankenstein saga which he says is perhaps the best movie he ever made.
With no deadline set, Brooks says he is in the middle of writing the score, including a song for scary Frau Blucher, the caretaker of the Frankenstein castle still madly in love with that late, unlamented mad scientist.
When the whole musical is completed, Brooks says he will make a formal announcement to raise money.
"It is going to be wonderful," Brooks said in a telephone interview, just before he burst into a German-accented version of his Frau Blucher song:
"He vus my boyfriend; He vould come home in a snit; He vould have a terrible fit; I am the first thing he vould hit but I didn't give a shit; He vus my boyfriend."
How could a show like this miss? In fact, you might ask, how can anything that the 79-year-old Mel Brooks writes, directs or stars in miss?
To find out just how much of a national treasure he is, the Mel Brooks DVD collection has just been issued by Twentieth Century Fox Home entertainment, containing eight of his films from Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein. All that is missing are the two film versions of The Producers, which will be issued in May in a separate collection.
Brooks says his favourite film in the collection is To Be or Not to Be, a remake of the old Jack Benny classic which he neither wrote nor directed but rather starred in alongside his wife, the actress Anne Bancroft, who died last year of cancer.
"I miss my wife. We had such a good time making that movie and she was so damned good in it. But listen (the boxed set) is a treasure trove. People should buy 20 at a time and use them for Christmas presents. They make incredible gifts," he said.
The set contains five films never before issued on DVD, including The Twelve Chairs, a film some critics consider Brooks' neglected masterpiece. "I was damned good in it," Brooks said of his performance as a serf who loves to be beaten by his Russian aristocratic master.
The set also contains an unspoken reminder: the man many consider one of the funniest filmmakers in American history pretty much does not make movies any more.
He produced last year's musical film version of The Producers, but did not direct it. His last film directing effort was in 1995, Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
As far as Brooks is concerned, Broadway is more fun, especially since movies have become too much of a big business.
"I never had trouble getting films made. But when things got rough. I got involved on Broadway because there is a modicum of art still alive there. The movies today are a big, tough, cut and dried business. A movie opens on a Friday and it either makes its money or it doesn't. They don't let films build word of mouth any more," he said, adding:
"Broadway is like it was 50 years ago. You can get the money for a show, you can take the show out of town and try it out. The only reason I made a movie of the musical version of The Producers was so we'd have a record of it."
When he made Young Frankenstein in 1974, Brooks said he did everything he could to emulate the 1930s James Whale movie, from shooting the whole film in black and white to using many of the same shoots that Whale did.
Now Brooks says his challenge is to do the musical on Broadway with a black and white set, with all the mists and moodiness of the original movie plus laughs and songs. As he said in one of his movies, "It's good to be the king."
Mel Brooks thinks it is almost time for Frankenstein to sing and dance on Broadway.
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Contact detailsContact Property
Welcome to Northam Caravan Park. We are situated in Northam, WA, across the road from the Northam Race Course. The Mortlock River runs along the park with 20 acres of bushland it boasts bird life and park animals.
Some of our key features include: BBQ area, wheelchair access, children's playground, camper's kitchen and more…
We have accommodation available to suit all holiday makers; you won't be disappointed.
This range includes the following, suitable for caravans or camping: Cabins, powered sites.
This park is perfect for families and travellers of all ages. We hope you enjoy your holiday whether it be a short stay or a getaway Northam Caravan Park is the ideal place for you to visit. Stop and take the time out to absorb the surroundings and great atmosphere.
We are accross the road from Northam Race course
and the Mortlock river runs along the Park with 20 acres of bushland it boasts bird life and park animals.
Come stay relax and enjoy!
- BBQ Facilities
- Dump Station
- Hot Showers
- Pet Friendly
- Pets allowed, enquire on booking
- Playground
- Resident Manager
Price Guide
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* Laventher
* 1hr from Perth
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A large apartment with a big terrace right on the beachfront and in one of the newest buildings on Las Canteras.
Three decent bedrooms with built-in wardrobes and en-suite bathrooms, plus a 40m2 terrace and 60m2 living room. Marble floors and AC-ready throughout. There aren't many new Las Canteras apartments like this on the beachfront.
Located just north of Playa Chica in the La Peña beach zone.
Never lived in and on the market for €1.600,000.
8,000 euros per square metre.
This property is listed by RE/MAX, but we can show you almost every property on sale in Las Palmas. Contact me if you are planning a viewing trip to the city and I'll have all your viewings organised before you arrive.


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Quartz Stone Installation Precautions
It is estimated that no stranger to quartz, it is a very good table material. The processing and installation of quartz stone countertops is a technical activity. If the quartz stone is improperly installed, it will not only affect the appearance of the countertop, but also directly affect the overall quality and service life of the cabinet. So quartz stone countertops processing considerations what? Quartz stone countertops installation precautions
Today, quartz stone has become a common platform material, in order to ensure the quality of the table, you need to be processed before the installation of quartz stone and design, the specific need to note the following:
1, quartz stone is generally taken to splicing installation, we choose to splicing position, due to try to avoid the corner and the mouth of the furnace, which is because of quartz with thermal expansion and contraction characteristics, if close to the fire or corner, Cracking may occur.
2, everyone in the design of the table corner, should give full consideration to stress concentration, resulting in cracking the table corner, so the processing should be done at all corners to maintain a radius of 2.5 cm above the arc angle;
3, Design stove hole position, the table openings should be away from the mesa edge should be greater than or equal to 8 cm, to prevent table hole cracking, open the stove mouth, the first cut with a cutting machine or curve hole, and then Grinding with a gong machine or a hand grinder trimming, to achieve a smooth effect, the four corners of the circle radius is basically uniform, due to the jigsaw, cutting machine hole, the cut hole around the serrated India to crack it, it is easy to cause holes Cracked at.
4, the corner of the hole should be kept at a radius of 2.5 cm radius of the fillet, the four corners of the corner plate must be made of homogeneous plate reinforcement, between the stove and the table have a certain space, the spatial distance of 0.4-0.6 cm, Openings around the insulation cloth and tin foil for thermal insulation protection measures.
5, the design of countertops should take into account the staircase, elevators, doors and other transport corridors on the size of the restrictions, on-site seams should meet the requirements mentioned above joints.
Quartz stone countertops installation precautions
Once everything is ready, you can proceed with the installation of quartz stone installed. Quartz stone installation quality is directly related to the aesthetics and life of the table, it can not be ignored. Here we come together to understand the installation of quartz stone countertops Notes:
1, before the installation needs to check the flatness of cabinets, check the size of quartz stone countertops and cabinets are exactly match. If there is an error, you need to rework the quartz countertops, or trim the cabinet.
2, measuring the depth of the cabinet, the table need to reserve a 4cm size, in order to facilitate the installation of edge trim.
3, Stitching some of the long table (such as the L-shaped table), in order to ensure the smoothness of the stitching mesa and seams tightness, it is recommended to use a strong clip (A clip, F clip) to fix the quartz stone plate. In addition, the adhesive tape hanging, but also the use of strong clip fixed, to ensure that the table and the table surface splicing at the junction of the gap at the perfect combination.
4, quartz stone countertops should leave a certain distance between the wall and the wall (usually 3mm to 5mm), after the installation is completed, the gap between the table and the wall should be marked with glass glue.
5, in the table installation, try to avoid the construction site of quartz stone for a wide range of cutting, opening, on the one hand is to prevent cutting dust pollution construction site, on the other hand is to prevent the cutting is not allowed to cause errors.
6, due to the higher hardness of quartz stone countertops, high density, high processing technology. Therefore, the quartz stone countertops installation, should contact a professional quartz stone installation master, and the use of professional tools for installation, must not blindly install, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.


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Thursday, February 25, 2010
firing the wood fired raku kiln video
I have included 3 photos of the nicest pots that came out of the firing. The first pot has a simple glaze inside and out of alkaline fritt 4110 70 parts by weight, 18 parts china clay, and 2 parts bentonite. This has another copper bearing glaze brushed over it for decoration. I have used this copper bearing glaze by itself on the second pot, the recipe is as follows: Alkaline fritt 4110 75, China Clay 10, Silica 10, Titanium oxide 4, bentonite 1, copper carbonate 5.
The lidded jar has the simple glaze that the first pot had with the addition of some red iron oxide, about 5 percent. Wax resist patterns were painted onto this, and then the copper bearing glaze was poured over the outside and brushed on the lid.
I find that alkaline fritt 4110 is a very useful one for raku and for earthenware glazes. All that is required for a simple glaze is the addition of some china clay or some ball clay. Glaze fit can be improved by the addition of extra silica. I usually add 1 to 2 parts of bentonite to my glazes, this helps prevent the glaze from forming a rock like lump in the bottom of the glaze bucket, and also makes the surface of the glaze less powdery and delicate when it is on the pot before it is fired.
Just a quick post this as there are lots of things to do today, including fixing 2 holes in the living room floor, sorting out my studio, giving a lesson, and opening our gallery this afternoon....!
Sorry my glaze testing number 2 post hasn't quite happened yet.
I fired some stoneware chun glazed bowls in my electric kiln a few days ago, here are photos of one of them.
Following this should be a video of the wood fired raku kiln firing.
Firing The Kiln
When firing this kiln I establish a small fire in the ash pit and warm the kiln for about half an hour. At first I keep the fire box door open to allow cooling air through.
Once the kiln and pots are warm I close the fire box door and let the temperature climb to about 400 degrees centigrade. At this point I have a good bed of hot ashes in the ash pit and I am able to start a fire in the fire box above the grate.
The temperature climbs rapidly.
You will notice that I continue to occasionally stoke the ash pit as well as the fire box. This is to ensure good hot embers there to pre-heat the air going into the firebox. Later in the firing everything is so hot that this is no longer necessary.
I unload the kiln when the glazes are really shiny, this is at about 1050 degrees.
The pots are placed on shredded newspaper on a clear area that has a bed of ash and charcoal from previous firings.
Tin cans containing more shredded paper are placed over the smallest pots.
Larger pots are placed in bins, with tops sealed with damp newspaper, and a kiln shelf placed on top to stop the air getting in.
I allowed the pots to cool for two hours before looking at them.
13 comments:
- Angie said...
What fun that video was ...felt I was there watching over your shoulder. The lided pot had a beautiful finish ...loved the shape
- February 25, 2010 at 12:42 PM
- Linda Starr said...
OOOwee I need one of these wood fired raku kilns as soon as I get resettled, great stuff you are doing Peter.
- February 25, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- ang said...
nice one pete, great to see the wood firing action, i'll be joining in with my mini kiln very soon!
- February 25, 2010 at 1:17 PM
Very nice too!
I hope you're bringing some crystal ware with you on Sat. It wouls be great to compare them with the photos - and make the others really envious!
- February 25, 2010 at 1:34 PM
lovely pots peter... i enjoyed the video, reminds me of the raku days. lots of fun, aside from the spider, whose grisly death was imminent
- February 26, 2010 at 4:03 AM
- Armelle said...
Thank you to share Peter, very nice video and great post. It seems more simple for me now and I will try again when the wearther will be better.
Wax effect is very interesting, we can see the background.
I like the first one and the chun glaze is beautiful.
Best wishes
- February 26, 2010 at 7:01 AM
- Peter said...
Hello Angie,
Glad you enjoyed the video. I Wish we had been able to have shown more of taking the pots from the kiln (probably the most exciting part!), but we were both too busy at that stage. Amazing being able to share the sort of glimpse into our world that video brings.
Hi Linda,
I think we will have to design a wood fired raku kiln that you can tow behind your vehicle as you travel! Actually, I'm sure it could be done!!! It was very good to do some raku, so much happens quickly with a firing like that, it gets the creative juices flowing again!
Hi Ang,
Really looking forward to seeing your hi tech wood fired raku kiln in action. Looks like a great idea.
Gidday Dad,
We will arrive bringing gifts! Happy Birthday Mum! (and a slightly belated Happy Birthday to you too!)
Hi Jim,
We were thinking of you when we were firing the kiln. Laura wanted me to put some more atmospheric footage of smoke pouring out of the chimney and fire in the chamber as she thought you would enjoy it! Alas... poor "Yorick" the spider, what a way to go! I suppose any other spiders watching may have been speculating as to the chances of smoking improving the flavour of the deceased! Spiders aren't generally known for their empathy!
Bonjour Armelle,
I was hoping that the video might help you with firing your raku kiln, as I know that you were having difficulty getting to temperature. It will be nice when weather improves enough for you to try again.
Ginger and Laura send their greetings!
- February 26, 2010 at 8:54 AM
Hi Uncle P.
Was just watching your vid. nicely done. I noticed you haven't perfected your kiwi accent yet :P
The 1st pot looks awesome, and is def a fav.
I'm keeping pretty busy; yesterday I helped duct tape Ben's house together. That stuff works wonders.
I'm off to walk the puppy as the sun is shining here today. I think it's all of 8 degrees but after weeks of nothing above 3 it feels like a sauna :-)
Hope you are well.
- March 3, 2010 at 3:24 AM
- Angie said...
Had to pop back to say ...when you have time,please pop by as there is something for you ...near the end of the blog xx
- March 4, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- Peter said...
Hi Eleanor,
Lovely to hear from you. Mmmm, the Kiwi accent seems to come and go rather. I think what accent I have is rather a muddle from having lived both sides of the globe (I wonder if your own accent will change?!!).
Duct taping a house together sounds just my sort of repair job... I'm impressed! Car "bog" works really well in rotted window sills and holes in walls!
It is funny how 8 degrees can feel "warm", but when the sun is out, and there is no wind blowing, it can be very nice indeed. Indoors I find 12 degrees OK for working at the wheel, but 10 and below become a struggle with the sleeves rolled up for work... you end up colder and colder, and by 2 in the afternoon start to realise that the brain is no longer working properly and something must be done to warm up!
Evenings are cooling off here now, and just a hint of autumn in the trees, it will be nice for you heading towards spring.
Love to you from Me, Laura, and Ginger the Cat xxx
- March 4, 2010 at 8:54 AM
- Peter said...
Thanks Angie
- March 5, 2010 at 11:18 AM
- John said...
I just ran across your site and had to mention how beautiful the work you are doing with this kiln.
- October 29, 2010 at 11:34 PM
- Peter said...
Hi John,
Welcome to my site. Thank you for your kind comment. I must actually do some more raku work. I was looking at the kiln today thinking that it would be fun to get it going again.
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I'm proud to say that I came across my second "idea generator" without the use of the conventional Google search, or the internet at all. After a wet and snowy morning of skiing, I was ready for a warm bowl of soup. Also, about this time, I started to feel guilty about not starting my Question homework, so I stopped by the magazine racks on my way to the café. "How hard can it be to find an article that relates to my broad Question on collaboration?" As I suspected, it was pretty easy and after reading a handful of headlines, I found this one in TIME and it seemed to fit. This particular headline caught my eye because I have always had this obsession with the idea of revolution, from childhood tantrums to reading Animal Farm in grade 10 to listening to learning about the hippies of my parents' generation to teenage rebellion to my present, slightly more sophistically political charge. And of course it relates to my Question. Isn't revolution a form of collaboration? Although much different than Botsman's exchange of goods and services, revolutions are another form of people coming together to address a common concern.
In this TIME article, the author identifies five persuasive reasons why the recent revolution in the Arab Middle East should not evoke international panic or concern. In summary:
- Inadequate provision is the common and justifiable motive for all revolutions.
- Despite this constant, the history of colonial rule, international relations and culture characterizes each revolution as unique, making generalizations very difficult to make.
- This complex interplay of factors takes time to study and understand, so patience becomes invaluable.
- A sense of "state power", which often comes in the form of political institutions, is important because Twitter and Facebook cannot govern a country…yet.
- The West does not have the answers, nor should we impose our theoretical solutions. A revolution is a way for local people to respond to the eminent problems themselves.
TIME Magazine's large colour photos and minimalist margins highly restricted my side notes while reading this article. Similar to Botsman's talk, it uncovered a wide range of possible fields of study that I am deeply interested in, but I hadn't previously been considered integrating into my Question plan, such as history and religious studies. Furthermore, I was pleasantly surprised to draw parallels between this article and previous courses I've taken, such as Communities and Conservation and the Great Bear Rainforest. International conflict demonstrates the significance of multi-stakeholder collaboration as well as the ability to work across different levels and scales, from local to global.
Above all, I am naturally intrigued by the complexity of the situation and the opportunity to understand the political situation entices me. This level of complexity provokes an endless stream of questions, but to name a few:
a) Can we apply lessons across different scales and contexts? To what extent can we do so while being judicious about generalizations?
b) How can we practically and efficiently facilitate collaboration on this scale? What are the limits of informal mediums of collaboration, such as Twitter and Facebook? Do they offer more promise of peace and stability than nation states?


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06 May Intracardiac ultrasound at IMMR : procedural guidance from the inside!
Ultrasound is one of the pillars on which structural heart therapies have thrived over the past few years. At IMMR, we have tried to stay at the forefront of innovative imaging and we can do any kind of ultrasound application for cardiovascular visualization. Transthoracic (TTE), trans-esophageal (TEE), epicardic, transdiaphragmatic, and intracardiac. For intracardiac ultrasound, we were using, off label, the pediatric trans-esophageal probe by Philips advanced through the very large jugular of sheep all the way to the right atrium. We now have acquired our own dedicated 9-Fr compatible system of intracar-diac echo, the Zonare by St JUDE, and find the imaging particularly crisp and insightful. This imaging modality can be used for structural heart, EP, and can be used in a variety of applications. It is truthfully another tool in the box, in order to better approach anatomy and therefore allow both assessment and guiding in areas where traditional ultrasound is suboptimal. A transseptal approach through the fossa ovalis can be performed safely and efficiently in a few minutes. Visualization of the mitral valve transversely can be done easily without having the operator's hands in the field so intracardiac echo can also be a re-levant solution to unwanted scattered x-rays for the interventionalist or surgeon. Nicolas Borenstein, DVM, PhD Scientific and technical manager IMMR.
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Two Northeastern Lifters Capture Individual National Championship Honors, Team Places Fourth, at Collegiate National Competition.
The Northeastern University Powerlifting team, a member of the Iron Revolution, attended the 2010 USAPL Collegiate National Championships in Orlando, Florida this past weekend, the largest attended Nationals ever with 284 lifters from across the country.
The event started well for Northeastern when, it's first competitor, Adam Matson found his way on the medal stand with a fifth place finish, Friday afternoon. The momentum continued on Saturday when Northeastern had five lifters take the platform. The team had a strong showing from Brad Blaisdell in the 165lbs class and Zac Cohen in the 181lbs class. The team's three women all competed in the 148lbs class Saturday where Northeastern had its strongest showing of the weekend. Shaina Petit finished in 7th with the class's heaviest bench of 192.8lbs. Anna Padilla pulled the most in the deadlift but was unsuccessful in her third attempt. Padilla was still able to medal finishing in 4th place. Heather Crocker had the best showing of the three as she took home 1st place, meaning Northeastern occupied 3 of the top 7 places in the women's 148lb class. Crocker became Notheastern's first National Champion in Powerlifting.
After a strong first two days of competition at Nationals Northeastern was looking to finish the weekend on a high note. On Sunday morning Scott Caplan, Eli Laipson-Williams, Luis Jaimes and Mike Roncarati all competed in the 220lbs. weight class. All four lifters posted monster improvements and in the end Jaimes placed 5th and Mike came in 3rd in the highly contested class.
In the final session on Sunday afternoon Northeastern had its two big guys lifting, Dan Mason in the 275's and Joe Cappellino in the unlimited class. Dan had great meet that was capped with a 672lbs deadlift but finished just off the platform in sixth place. Finally Joe Cappellino stole the show with a record setting performance. Cappellino's 661lbs bench press broke the National Collegiate and American Junior records by 110lbs. This press also broke the American Junior record that was held by Brian Siders who currently has the men's open record at 777lbs. Joe's 2,143.9lbs total was also good for the National Collegiate and American Junior Records as well. He finished the meet in first place, giving Northeastern its second National Champion of the meet.
Of the 12 lifters from Northeastern 6 walked away with medals and 2 of them earned National Championship gold. The men's team finished the meet in fourth place which is a major feat in its self considering they didn't even have enough lifters to fill out a full roster. This was the most successful Nationals Competition in the history of Powerlifting at Northeastern and the team looks forward to improving next year as they are only losing Adam Matson and Brad Blaisdell to graduation.
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(director: Denzel
Washington; screenwriter: Antwone Fisher;
cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot; editor: Conrad
Buff; music: Mychael Danna; cast: Derek Luke (Antwone
Fisher), Joy Bryant (Cheryl Smolley), Denzel
Washington (Jerome Davenport), Salli Richardson
(Berta), Viola Davis (Eva), Yolanda Ross (Nadine),
Rainoldo Gooding (Grayson), De'Angelo Wilson (Jesse),
Novella Nelson (Mrs. Tate), Malcolm David Kelley
(Antwone at 11); Runtime: 113; MPAA Rating: PG-13;
producers: Todd Black/Randa Haines/Denzel Washington;
20th Century Fox; 2002)
"The film works well as a conventional tear-jerker drama told in a straightforward no-nonsense manner."
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
"Antwone Fisher" is the directorial debut by Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, who also plays the role of Navy psychiatrist Dr. Davenport. It's based on the true story of the titular character, a seaman raised without his real parents who can't overcome that abandoned feeling. As a result, Antwone suffers from anger-management problems. Fisher also wrote the screenplay, which is both good and bad news. It's good because he knows his story best. But the screenplay suffers from no outsider looking over his shoulder to check for objectivity. The film works well as a conventional tear-jerker drama told in a straightforward no-nonsense manner. But it's limited because there are no surprises or tension in the formulaic telling of this tale of woe, as the dramatics are all Psychology 101 theatrics and everything just fits into place as one would expect by the end. Yet, the craftsmanship of the production is solid and the acting is effective. Newcomer Derek Luke as Antwone Fisher gives an honest and an emotionally perceptive performance, as he carries the story's torpedo load while Mr. Washington gives his usual bigger than life portrayal. But this time in a supporting role.
Antwone is a troublemaker seaman aboard a ship docked in San Diego, who remains withdrawn and is easily provoked. After he gets into a bathroom fight over really nothing with a white non-commissioned officer, he's placed on restrictions and sent to see the shrink. At first, he refuses to acknowledge that he has a problem and clams completely up. Davenport tells him that they have three sessions together before he will pass on a recommendation to his commander of whether he is to be bounced from the service.
Gradually he learns to trust Davenport about his childhood traumas. This comes after sitting in the shrink's office in silence for a few sessions. When he starts talking, he tells about his hard life in Cleveland and how he never knew his parents who abandoned him soon after he was born. His father was killed by one of his girlfriends two months after he was born and his young incarcerated mother gave birth to him in prison and sent him immediately to the orphanage. His most bitter experiences were as a foster child, where he resided along with two other boys and an older foster girl Nadine (Yolanda Ross) with his evangelist preacher foster father Mr. Tate and with his abusive wife Mrs. Tate (Novella Nelson). Mrs. Tate tied him and beat him with wet towels when not verbally abusing him. He also suffered from sexual abuse from Nadine. Antwone was eventually kicked out of their household and returned to the orphanage, where he received no counseling support. Feeling completely abandoned and alone after leaving the orphanage when he was no longer a minor, he joined the Navy to try to make something out of his life.
Help also now comes to him by way of a wonderful Navy girl, Cheryl (Joy Bryant), who works in the Navy exchange whenever she's not glowing with joy at seeing the bashful 25-year-old virgin seaman. She makes it easy for him to get the first date he ever had, and this encourages him to open up even more with both her and his shrink. It turns out that Antwone is bright, sensitive, reads a lot, writes poems, speaks two other languages, leads a drug free life and yearns for a family and love. Through the shrink's help which goes beyond regular office visits (he becomes a father figure to Antwone), he learns to gain confidence in himself and handle his rages. The final step before he graduates into a success story, is to track down his real mother and his father's family.
Denzel, in an undeveloped subplot, gets to solve his own personal emotional problem just by working on Antwone's case. It seems he also has trouble communicating, but his problem is in communicating with his lovely wife (Richardson). There was not enough energy invested in this subplot to make it work and his wife was more or less a background character whose story seemed to be more in the way of plot filler than of actual importance to the story.
The power in the film is derived from Antwone's uplifting universal story and Derek Luke's sincere performance, where he does very well the things he's asked to do. He's not asked to do much more than get angry, be subdued, and at times flash a big smile.
What the film doesn't tell you is that the real Antwone Fisher became a security guard at Sony Pictures Studios after his Navy tour of duty of 11 years and though he had little writing experience, he was hired by producer Todd Black to script his own story. The producer heard his story from his college roommate some 10 years ago. Ironically, Derek Luke was discovered for this role while working in a gift shop at Sony Studios.
My problem with this tale is that I'm given no room to question such a complete recovery from such a severe problem after only a few sessions with the shrink, a kind girlfriend at his side, a family dinner with his father's folks, and a meeting with his real mother. Is that all it took? I'm not saying it's not possible (evidently it happened), but I'm just wondering. I wouldn't entirely dismiss this sentimental film because it's bogged down by the nature of its simplistic Hollywood success story, but I won't embrace it as a film deserving Oscar attention as is rumored. There was just not enough happening for the story to be more far reaching than as an inspiration for others to overcome their severe personal problems. Maybe, that's enough for it to get a big box-office and to empower a large audience that connects with such a heartwarming story. If that's the case, that might be enough of a reward.
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Kapiti Coast resident Christine Wilton was walking her dog on Monday afternoon at Peka Peka Beach north of Wellington when she saw a "glistening white thing standing up" on the sand.
"I thought I was seeing things," Wilton said.
She contacted the Department of Conservation's Waikanae office, who discovered the strange visitor was an Antarctic emperor penguin -only the second ever sighted on New Zealand shores.
The one other recording of an emperor penguin in New Zealand was at Southland's Oreti Beach in 1967.
DOC is advising that people should not disturb the penguin and that dogs are to be kept on leads in the area.
Penguins can give vicious pecks if they feel threatened. If left alone it is expected that the bird will eventually swim back out to sea.
"It's amazing to see one of these penguins on the Kapiti Coast," said DOC biodiversity spokesperson Peter Simpson. "Unusual animals from the Antarctic sometimes visit our shores, but we really don't know why."
Emperor penguins are the largest penguins, with adults reaching more than a metre tall and weighing up to 30kg. They feed on fish, krill, squid and a wide range of marine invertebrates and hold the diving record at 450 metres deep and 11 minutes underwater.
An Emperor penguin turning up on our coast is a welcome change from rubbish from passing boats and dickheads in their 4wd's.


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Level-5 is bringing the legendary Layton name to iPods and iPads, but not in a way puzzle fans might expect. Over the weekend, the studio announced it will be dusting off its 2009 DS detective game Mystery Room and rebranding it as a Professor Layton spin-off for iOS devices called Layton Brothers: Mystery Room.
The app will star Professor Layton's son, Alphendi, whose very existence is another mystery altogether. Seriously, Layton has a son? And he's not even the least bit jealous and/or concerned that his dad has been tripping around the world with a 13-year-old sidekick? Where's his top hat?! While we ponder these troubling puzzles, check out the first trailer:
Layton Brothers: Mystery Room is named after the Scotland Yard investigation division where Alphendi and his newbie partner Lucy Creila work. The game will focus more on using detective skills at various crimes scenes rather than solving riddles. Style-wise, however, it looks exactly like a Layton game should, and the pluralized Layton Brothers suggests it is but one in a series of similar titles starring other Layton offspring. Hmm, I guess this means the Professor was a bit of a player, no?
Level-5 has not given a release date for the game, but it has launched an official game site and posted these early images to mull over. So what are you waiting for? Get mulling!
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The word remodeling strikes fear in the heart of pretty much every homeowner out there – and for good reason. A remodeling job can be incredibly expensive and stressful if you're not careful.
If you watch my YouTube videos, you know that my parents recently stayed with our family for the past two months. During this time, my dad remodeled our bathroom. Let's do a little imaging here.
Imagine the ugliest bathroom you can think of. Green carpet (really?), wooden paneling, floral wallpaper, and more. That was my bathroom. But now it's gorgeous! I have a little makeup room in the corner, the shower is great, and we have tile finally!
However, sometimes remodeling really is the best thing you can do, especially if you're trying to sell your home or the bathroom just doesn't fit your needs anymore. When it's time for a remodel, use these tips to help you get the job done right the first time.
Hire Good Contractors
When you're looking for people to work on your bathroom remodeling project you need to get recommendations and check references if you don't already have somebody good for the job. Otherwise you could end up with a poorly remodeled bathroom that doesn't fit your needs but still cost you thousands.
Another issue to consider is whether or not you are hiring contractors to remodel bathroom fixtures and vanities. If they're made of stone, you'll need to make sure they can adequately do the job or will hire out that work to somebody who can.
What Do You Need?
A major consideration, but one many homeowners don't take into account early enough, is what they really need out of a remodel. Do you need an extra sink in the bathroom? Do you need more floor space? Do you need a bigger shower or want to add a tub?
Make a list and keep these things in mind to discuss with your contractor. Are you ready yet? Click here to find contractors to remodel bathroom in your house!
DISCLAIMER: I received the product mentioned above complimentary for review and testing purposes. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. All opinions stated above are solely mine, and have not been influenced in any way. I am disclosing this information in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.


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No matter how many Christmas/winter stamps I have, somehow I can't resist buying new stamp sets and images each year! People who know me well are aware of my snowman fetish- I just love them! I recently purchased some digital stamps from one of my favorite artists, Birdie Brown, and was lucky I did because she has just closed her Etsy shop for good:-((( Her images are so whimsical and cute- I am going to miss her creativity on the stamping scene!
I resized the image in Photoshop and printed it on Whisper White cardstock from SU. I give it a few minutes to set the ink or give it a quick heat dry before coloring with Copics so the ink doesn't bleed. Ice Stickles gives the snowflakes and lighter green band on the trees a little sparkle. I dug through my crazy ribbon collection (scary fetish!) and found some red fluffy balls which give the card some whimsy, but make it a hand-delivered card only because of thickness.
The inside was finished with some coordinating patterned paper and a sentiment from the "Tags 4 You" set from the SU Holiday catalog.
Torico (Birdie Brown) we will miss your creativity and wonderful images- here's to you!
Stamps: "Let it Snow" (Birdie Brown), Tags 4 You (SU)
Ink: Real Red, Copic markers
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This week on Slate Plus, J. Bryan Lowder joins Dana, Steve, and Julia to discuss the Washington Post's adoption of the singular form of they and the New York Times' use of the gender-neutral honorific, Mx.
On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest, the gabbers discuss Justin Kurzel's remake of Macbeth starring Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. How does the work of Shakespeare translate to the medium of film? Next up, Sofia Coppola's gloomy Christmas special starring her muse, Bill Murray, just dropped on Netflix. It's charmingly melancholic, but is it worth watching? Finally, Katy Waldman joins to discuss her new piece in Slate about anorexia. How do the disorder's false narratives develop and spread?
Links to some of the things we discussed this week follow:
- "Fatal Visions," Dana's Slate piece on 110 years of Macbeth on film
- Manohla Dargis' review of Macbeth in the New York Times
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To close my participation at LAST Conference, I've presented a follow up of the talk I've done at LESS 2011, talking about why I believe most organisations are not set up for learning.
In the presentation I've explained my thoughts on why I believe change programs are often unfair to employees, asking them to embrace change, but only the one that management is putting forward.
I've also talked about learning within organisations, product teams, and how management teams should step back and understand their new role as leaders instead of controllers of the company.
If it sounds interesting to you, there is more info here.