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This week's ARIA Charts have produced some stellar results, with exciting new releases, led by Kings Of Leon, providing plenty of enticement for music lovers and the top five titles on the ARIA Album Chart all enjoying strong sales.
It was a head to head tussle between much loved Aussie singer John Farnham and US rockers Kings Of Leon for top spot on this week's ARIA Album Chart, with Kings Of Leon emerging triumphant - "Come Around Sundown" raced straight to number one with a Platinum certification! The band's last album "Only By The Night", which returns to the top 40 at #36 this week, chalked up 14 weeks at the top of the ARIA Album Chart between September 2008 and April 2009, with a 9 times platinum certification. "Come Around Sundown" is the twelfth album to debut at #1 this year.
John Farnham's new album "Jack" lands at number two this week, earning the evergreen performer his sixteenth top 10 album result. It's his fifth to peak at #2, the last being "I Remember When I Was Young – Songs From The Australian Songbook" in November 2005. Bruno Mars contributes the third album to debut in the top 10, with "Doo-Wops & Hooligans" coming in at #7, co-inciding with his single "Just The Way You Are" taking over #1 position on the ARIA Singles Chart this week!
Further ARIA Album Chart highlights this week include Robbie Williams moving up from 6 to 3 with "In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990 – 2010" and touring star Adam Lambert, who's debut album "For Your Entertainment" enjoys a new highpoint of #6, up from 14 last week. Crowded House returns to the charts with "The Very Very Best Of Crowded House" at #11 and Mirusia debuts at #17 with "Andre Rieu Presents Mirusia: Always & Forever". Paramore's "Brand New Eyes" races forward 10 places to #22, with Usher just behind at #23, his album "Raymond V Raymond" moving up eight places this week.
With Bruno Mars taking over top spot on this week's ARIA Singles Chart, Nelly moves up a spot to #3 with "Just A Dream" and local songstress Zoe Badwi enjoys her first top 10 single result as "Freefallin'" jumps up nine places to #9. Pitbull secures a second Australian top 10 single with
"Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor)" featuring T-Pain up from 16 to 10 – his previous success came from "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)", which peaked at #6 in September 2009. Currently #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100, "Like A G6" from Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev is one of the week's biggest movers, racing from 33 to 15 and Eminem's "No Love" featuring Lil Wayne is up from 30 to 21.
This week's highest top 40 debut comes from Taylor Swift, her single "Back To December" enjoying a first week result of 26, followed by Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger one spot behind with "Heartbeat" on debut. Adam Lambert's "If I Had You" begins a climb back up the chart moving up 9 places to #22 and his new single "For Your Entertainment" makes an entry at #34. The third single to be lifted from Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream" album is "Firework" and it lands at #37 in it's first week, with Adrian Lux squeezing into the top 40 on debut at #40 with "Teenage Crime".
ARIA Top 5 Albums w/c 25th October
1. Kings Of Leon "Come Around Sundown" (debut)
2. John Farnham "Jack" (debut)
3. Robbie Williams "In And Out Of Consciousness: Greatest Hits 1990 – 2010"
4. Eminem "Recovery"
5. The Script "Science & Faith"
Further Top 40 Debuts:
7. Bruno Mars "Doo-wops & Hooligans"
11. Crowded House "The Very Very Best Of Crowded House"
17. Mirusia "Andre Rieu Presents Mirusia: Always & Forever"
ARIA Top 5 Singles w/c 25th October
1. Bruno Mars "Just The Way You Are"
2. Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)"
3. Nelly "Just A Dream"
4. P!nk "Raise Your Glass"
5. Mike Posner "Cooler Than Me"
Top 40 Debuts:
26. Taylor Swift "Back To December"
27. Enrique Iglesias featuring Nicole Scherzinger "Heartbeat"
34. Adam Lambert "For Your Entertainment"
37. Katy Perry "Firework"
40. Adrian Lux "Teenage Crime"
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* Investors book profits after two-week price surge
* Wednesday's gains were biggest one-day rise since November
* Soaring U.S. production tempers bullish mood (Updates with comment, refreshes prices, adds options graphic)
By Tom Balmforth
LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Thursday as investors booked profits after this week's rally, but losses were limited by the continuing efforts of OPEC and its allies to curb supplies.
Brent crude futures were down 66 cents at $68.81 a barrel by 1410 GMT, having retreated from a session peak of $69.70, close to its highest level since early February. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures fell 69 cents to $64.48.
Oil prices have risen nearly 10 percent in the past two weeks, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar and tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia that raised concern about Middle East supplies already restricted by an OPEC-led production pact.
Prices recorded their biggest one-day gain since November on Wednesday after an unexpected drop in U.S. crude inventories.
"The bulls are back in town and they're all looking for much bigger gains. But I think it is too early and today is really just a reality check," said Saxo Bank senior manager Ole Hansen.
"We have come within half a dollar of key resistance on May crude and that is attracting some profit-taking."
The oil derivatives market shows most activity in the past week has centred around options to buy, known as "call options", which give the holder the possiblity to purchase oil at a given price by a certain date.
Call options to buy oil at $80 a barrel by the end of next month have changed hands more often in the past week than options at any other price level.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday that U.S. crude inventories C-STK-T-EIA fell by 2.6 million barrels to 428.31 million barrels in the week ending March 16.
ING said the drawdown was partly because of a drop in imports of about 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) to an average 7.08 million bpd last week and an 86,000 bpd rise in exports to an average 1.57 million bpd.
But the confident mood in the oil market has been tempered by U.S. crude production C-OUT-T-EIA, which climbed to a record 10.4 million bpd last week, putting U.S. output ahead of Saudi Arabia and closing in on Russia's 11 million bpd.
U.S. production rises have been countered by the deal to cut output by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Russia and their allies. The agreement has run since the start of 2017 and is due to expire at the end of 2018.
"We continue to see fragility in the oil market," said Julius Baer's head of commodity strategy, Norbert Ruecker.
"Profit-taking risks still loom large, strong output growth challenges the market-tightening narrative and the supply deal's overdue transitioning remains blanketed in uncertainty."
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3 tablespoons vegan butter
2 cups soy/rice/nut milk
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast (health food stores carry, gives cheesy flavor)
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 cup Panko crumbs or regular bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon paprika
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After snow, longer days for Alexandria students
Beginning Monday,
Arlington County Alexandria City public school students will spend an additional 30 minutes a day in class -- 10 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon -- to make up for time lost during February's snowstorms.
The school system canceled classes 10 days in December and February because of snow and delayed school openings by two hours on two occasions.
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Figure 1. Nested set of solution spaces for different degrees of problem hardness.
Figure 2. Is this a wicked problem? Is this how it should be set up?
1) ill-defined problem space: In a recent workshop (HTDE 2012), I discussed the attributes of "hard-to-define" problems. While not all hard-to-define problems are wicked, wicked problems do not feature a closed or even finite set of possible solutions. Whether they can truly be treated using an algorithmic framework is not clear.
2) all solutions are heuristic: due to the limitations of the first feature, any given wicked problem has no exact solution. The problem space will be characterized by many different solutions, likely context-dependent (the word "contingent" [6] can also be used).
3) there is no "stopping rule" for wicked problems. In conventional computing, the is an end point to a simulation of program that can be defined either deterministically (program-dependent) or stochastically (a Turing machine). With wicked problems, there is no natural stopping point, as the problem has no natural end-point [7].
4) so-called "messes" [8] define interactions between subdomains of the problem. In this case, a problem's subdomains form a dense, fully-connected network which cannot be decomposed to reveal clear causal or associative relationships. Instead of being merely massively parallel, such problems are at least massively interactive and are often exhibit parallelism as well. Furthermore, such messes often transcend formal system-level boundaries, and from a phenomenological standpoint implicate several loosely-related systems.
Figure 3. Two first-pass approximations at wicked problems? LEFT: M.C. Escher's Mobius Strip, RIGHT: SimCity.
How is this perspective useful for computing and solving complex scientific problems? Well, it is not so much useful as it is a challenge. There is much work to be done here. So what a challenge it is [9]!
[1] Papadimitriou, G.H. Computational Complexity. Addison-Wesley, Boston (1994).
[2] Brown, V.A., Harris, J.A., and Russell, J.Y. Tackling Wicked Problems: Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination. Earthscan, London (2010).
[3] According to Wikipedia, C. West Churchman introduced the term in 1967, which was expanded upon in the following paper:
Rittel, H.W.J. and Webber, M.M. Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning. Policy Sciences, 4, 155-169 (1973).
[4] Mandelbrot, B. and Hudson, R.L. The (mis)Behavior of Markets: a fractal view of risk, ruin, and reward. Basic Books, New York (2004).
Lazarus, R.J. Super Wicked Problems and Climate Change: Restraining the Present to Liberate the Future. Cornell Law Review, 94(5), Georgetown Public Law Research No. 1302623 (2009).
However, the things that define a wicked problem apply to a much larger class of problems. Formal methods are needed.
[6] Levin, K., Cashore, B., Bernstein, S., and Auld, G. Playing it forward: Path dependency, progressive incrementalism, and the "Super Wicked" problem of global climate change. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 50(6) (2009).
[7] an example might be cultural or biological evolution, which do not "end" until some major catastrophe wipes out the entire system. In these examples, it is interesting to note that you can observe an artificially-determined endpoint, but it does not always reveal a definitive solution (e.g. natural selection and the evolution of "maximally adaptive" traits).
[8] According to Wikipedia, this term was originally coined by Russell Ackoff. Please see the following reference:
Ackoff, R. Systems, Messes, and Interactive Planning. In "Redesigning the Future". Wiley, New York (1974).
[9] I have no prize to offer for anyone who proposes reasonable-sounding solutions or formal methods. It's just a call-to-arms.


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Logan Scheps | @logan_scheps Imagine that a friend comes to you and tells you about an awesome event you wanted to attend but weren't able to. Your friend sits there and tells you in explicit detail everything that happened and ends it by saying, "You should have been there."
This is what businesses do by posting highlights of their events. After the event has ended, they will tease the audience with pictures and captions saying, "You should've come!" But the audience has still missed out. By live-tweeting pictures and videos during the event, you give your audience a deeper sense of inclusion. It allows them to see firsthand what the event is like, rather than being told about it and having to try to visualize what it was like.
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To be a truly conversational brand, content creation alone does not do the trick. Some brands or companies try to engage with heavily with followers and stimulate user generated content (just google GE and ugc), whilst others create internal content strategies or just let the faith do its thing.
From my experience gathered and discussions with other Marketing VPs, I have distilled the following 5 rules to create conversational marketing for brands.
The 5 core rules for consumer engaging conversational marketing:
1) Be authentic: define the core of your brand and stick to it. You don't do much good by creating content which is far off your brand's core values and or in misalignment with your brand's voice. If you are a bunch of bike lovers creating your own custom bikes, communicate like a bunch a bike lovers to the most likely other bunch of bike lovers following you. Don't try to emulate some corporate slang or a fastfood restaurant's voice because you thought it was good, interesting or successful. Your followers or customers are interested in you and your product for a reason!
2) Be consistent: consistency and authenticity are closely related. To create conversational marketing, you need to have a communication strategy in place and stick to it. Don't overkill it in month one, two and three and let your efforts fade during the reminder of the year. Followers, consumers and potential consumers value consistency not only in messaging but also in timing. Also, be consistent in your content's message – find a voice and stick to it.
3) Be an expert: consumers are likely to engage with your brand for an expert opinion. Why is it that your brand is the leading brand, aspirational brand or upcoming brand for some product? Transpire this message in your brand's voice to consumers. However, make sure you not only talk the talk but also walk the walk. Nothing hurts a brand more than the good old over-promise and under-deliver.
4) Be environmentally aligned: look at what GE is doing right now. User generated content can be a great means to hit the mark for followers and customers. However, be aware, don't expect your followers to write what's in your communicational plan. Be open to their voice and most importantly engage in a conversation. Airline facebook pages do usually serve as a great negative example, potential customers ask questions about flights or policies but often only to find that no airline representative answers them. If you engage in certain channels, think about the consequence, your branding strategy and fully commit to this channel.
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Bollywood Wedding Pullav Movie Review Rating 1st Day Box Office Collection Report : The Hindi movie "Wedding Pullav" is releasing this Friday featuring all new comers in the lead roles which include the popular TV actor Karan Grover, Kannada film star Diganth Manchale and energetic debutante Anushka Ranjan. As per report the threesome are seems an unlikely combination for a film, but the trio performed well in the movie anyway. The youngsters are playing lead roles in the movie so it is definitely a wedding drama for the young audiences. The name of the movie is already suggesting story of the movie is revolving round a marriage ceremony.
Bollywood Wedding Pullav Movie Review Rating
"Wedding Pullav" is a romantic movie which is directed by Binodh Pradhan. Back then he was a cinematographer with this romantic comedy he is debuting as a director.
The film was receiving buzz already after the release of its teaser followed by its trailer launches. All are well received by the audiences and successfully it is grabbing the audiences' thumbs up.
The leading woman Anushka is speaking about her role in the movie "Wedding Pullav" that, "I always say this – we are three newcomers. That's what we bring to this film. We are doing something different than what's already been seen".
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Positive point of the film "Wedding Pullav":
Proper promotion of the movie and the publicity.
The dynamic pair is playing lead roles.
It is seems that it will be a good fun movie.
Negative points of the film "Wedding Pullav":
The film will be receiving huge competition from "Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2".
There is no big name in the movie.
It is a youth oriented movie so it's lacking connecting with all age group people.
DEKHNEWS.COM, GIVES 2.5 STARS OF RATING TO Wedding Pullav FILM.
Wedding Pullav Movie 1st Day Box Office Collection
Wedding Pullav movie 1st day box office collection report is below and this is the total sum of one day. Wedding Pullav movie is going very well and all the fans of Anushka Ranjan, Diganth Manchale, Karan Grover and Rishi Kapoor are watching the movie repeatedly for their performances.
1st Day Box Office Collection : Rs 2.50 crore (approx.)
"There is no reason not to see it. We've made a complete family entertainer. You can go for the film with a four-year-old or with an 80-year-old". Karan added further.
As per report the threesome perform well in the movie but the actual fate of it is depends on the tomorrow's opening.
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Of course, this is sad as hell. Considering the dude's connections–the Neptunes, Fred Durst, U2's manager, etc–Kenna's name should be on the lips of every person who considers themselves a music fan. But of course, that's not the case. Kenna has an album coming out tomorrow, entitled Make Sure They See My Face, and most likely, you haven't heard about it. Fortunately, for him, he's been touring constantly (opening up for Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado) as well as being featured in a commercial for Sony's PSP and the iTunes track of the week.
Check out this new video for his second single, "Say Goodbye to Love" and let me know what you think? Is this something y'all can get down with? Also, I gotta say I went to school with Kenna's sister back in the day so I might be a little biased.
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With garlic, fennel, tomatoes, and a bit of orange zest, this soup has a nice Provençal feeling. And with cultivated mussels, which barely need to be cleaned, it's a snap to prepare. If you can't find mussels, try a fairly firm white fish, such as cod, instead--the soup will be different, but equally good.
How to Make It
In a large pot, heat 3 tablespoons of the oil over moderately low heat. Add the onion, garlic, fennel, celery, bay leaf, orange zest, and turmeric. Cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are soft, about 15 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and wine and simmer for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat the broiler. Put the bread slices on a baking sheet and brush both sides with the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Broil the bread, turning once, until golden brown, about 4 minutes in all.
Discard any mussels that are broken or do not clamp shut when tapped. Add the water, salt, pepper, and mussels to the pot. Cover and bring to a boil. Cook, shaking the pot occasionally, just until the mussels open, 3 to 5 minutes.
As the mussels open, remove them from the pot with a slotted spoon. When the mussels are cool enough to handle, remove them from their shells. Remove the bay leaf. Stir the cream into the soup and bring just to a simmer. Stir in the mussels and the prosciutto and serve topped with the toasted slices of baguette.
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World War Two film The Thin Red Line exploded onto the scene with a resounding bang, standing out as a stark contrast to another 1998 war drama, Saving Private Ryan. As opposed to it being a confronting portrayal of the horrors of war, with extra schmaltz thrown in (as Ryan was), The Thin Red Line was deeply philosophical, its focus being the devastation of nature. The picture seemed to come from nowhere, details of its production were kept tight lipped. The most anyone could say prior to its release was that it was based upon a James Jones novel, it had an amazing ensemble cast and was the third feature in almost twenty years for filmmaker Terrence Malick, whose previous films Badlands and Days of Heaven are considered masterpieces of New Hollywood.
Rumours began to circulate about Malick's twenty year hiatus from filmmaking. Who was this guy? Where had he been? And what had he been doing in that time? One rumour suggested that he had been running a second hand book shop in small town America, another was that he became a farmer, or that he was a cobbler operating in Paris. The most likely rumour was that he was teaching English in an American University under the alias of Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo Jr. The New World (Malick's fourth feature) followed in 2005, and it was considered by some to be a companion piece to The Thin Red Line. Both were period dramas, involved nature being plundered by outsiders, both had a running internal monologue comprised of the thoughts of the characters in the films, and were representative of a filmmaker who was completely in control of his craft.
If the twenty year hiatus wasn't enough, the perfection of the two films caused us to ask more questions about the man who made them. Who was he, this strange man who had disappeared from Hollywood, but had emerged years later with an ultimate control over filmmaking? And if this wasn't enough, rumours began to circulate about the secrecy surrounding his projects. Malick's contracts stipulate that no current photos of him are aloud to be taken, and that he is to give no interviews. Even the documentaries about his films don't feature any interviews with the man himself, or any footage of him directing, it's just interviews with his cast and crew. Colin Farrel, who worked with Malick in The New World, has done nothing to quell these rumours of his elusive reputation, in fact in an interview given to a magazine, he seemed to encourage them. "I don't even remember making The New World. I just remember showing to meet Terrence for an interview, and when I walked into his office there was this shining flash of light…..and I passed out. And I woke up 7 months later and there was this completed film that had me in its cast. Weird." * When Malick agreed to give a rare public appearance for a Q and A at the Rome film festival, fans were excited thinking it might be the only opportunity to glimpse the man, even capture footage of him. Yet as the following clip demonstrates (taken by an audience member on his phone) this couldn't happen. We can hear Malick's voice, but we can't actually see him. How frustrating is that!
All this weird stuff combined, coupled with the sheer perfection of his films, caused many to speculate whether Terrence Malick was God himself. That maybe God had wandered down from Heaven and began a career as a filmmaker. If you go on IMDb, and look at Malick's message board, every second post begins with "So Malick, is he like……God?" No he's not God, nor is he a culmination of other filmmakers who have all pooled their talents and worked under the same alias (as I also heard on the rumour mill). He's just a normal dude who started off as a normal filmmaker, but quickly tired of the Hollywood system and turned his back on it, deciding instead to operate under his own steam. After looking long and hard, I found two current pictures of the man. The one on the right looks like it was taken without him expecting it, the one on the left was taken at a film festival, on someone's phone.
Also, the following clip is from Malick's debut Badlands, in which he makes a cameo as a door to door salesman, which suggests that at one point he wasn't as preoccupied with secrecy as he is now.
Peter Biskund, in the book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, portrays Malick as a shy, introverted, normal guy, with weaknesses and eccentricities. "A burly young man, barrel-chested and bearded, Malick looked a little like Peter Boyle with hair**. He was shy and introverted, said very little. Malick came from Texas. His father was an executive with Phillips Petroleum, and he had two younger brothers, Chris and Larry. Larry went to Spain to study guitar with Segovia, a taskmaster of legendary proportions. In the summer of 1968, Terry learned that his brother had broken both his own hands, apparently distraught over his studies. Terry's father asked him to go over to Spain to help Larry. Terry refused. The father went himself, and returned with Larry's body. He had apparently committed suicide. Terry, as the eldest son, had inherited the birthright. He was the one who went to Harvard and became a Rhodes scholar, and now when his younger brother needed him most, he hadn't been there. He always bore a heavy burden of guilt." Further on, Biskund goes into detail about Malick's unusual directing style on the Days of Heaven shoot ( including the "meticulous and indecisive" editing of the picture which took place over two years, and eventually made the plot "incomprehensible", saved of course by the voice over), and the studio inteference Malick experienced during production on both Badlands and Days of Heaven.
Malick's hiatus from filmmaking is more easily understood when we read the stories surrounding the making of his films, the production delays, the studio's barging in on the editing, the budget cuts, the uncooperative crew. He disappeared from Hollywood for twenty years, fed up with all the red tape and the bullshit, but like all good directors found himself drawn back to it because of the stories still waiting to be told.
*I made this up, in case you couldn't tell.
*The dad from Everyone Loves Raymond.


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Interesting blog you got here! Talk about the debt ceiling that contributes to the unemployment rates :( I'm getting screwed over in college as well. Or maybe you're not in U.S.ReplyDelete
zerotix as in 'good morning selena' ? look forward to hearing it :DReplyDelete
Write a lazy song where you repeat the same words over an overReplyDelete
yea blame the heat man, its been hot as hell here and things have been weirdReplyDelete
@Andy no I'm in canadaReplyDelete
@Dan yes it is lol. "good morning selena" just sounds so good that I wanted to make a song on it lol.
@shaw lol not my style.
@pv it probably is the heat lol.
Sucks when you get mental blocked like that, play some games or watch movies read a book - just find some more inspriation!ReplyDelete
Great blog by the way, interesting content. Followed.
I feel the same way when I pressure myself. Blocks come and go, but persistence can cure them when used to let go.ReplyDelete
I'm jobless too. Gonna follow your quest.ReplyDelete
Well, some people see blogging as a job... :)ReplyDelete
@ everyone thanks for being supportive.ReplyDelete
its nice that you want to write a song for her. just do it when you happen to get a little inspiration!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 July 2011 at 17:08
I'm a bit of worrier too, even about trivial things, it helps to not give a fuck sometimes, haha. Do whatever excites you the most, the ideas will follow effortlessly!ReplyDelete
I wanna hear that song. And I also like his blog title ;)ReplyDelete
Did you win your block, mate?ReplyDelete
New joy wait on you! Here our play has ending. Following!ReplyDelete
@ Justin Yeah about that, I don't seem to find lately lolReplyDelete
@Sixth Sometimes I want to not give a flying F sometimes lol.
@Neon yeah it's quite positive and it gave me lots of meanings.
@A what do you mean?
Songs and Yahoo News go so well together.ReplyDelete
Look forward to seeing some more. :)ReplyDelete


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I have so enjoyed doing Tech Talk with you via WMUR Channel 9 (ABC) during the month of February.
I hope you found it useful. Here is this morning's transcript
I'm currently interning with a very small company that has taken on the admirable (and challenging) task of rekindling the flame of local radio in Manchester NH, and my background in media studies and audio production has elevated my role to more of an operations manager.
I've recently been exploring the ways in which our social media accounts interact with our website, and I'm trying to determine which functions are better provided by one medium over another. In short, our website provides our listeners with tremendous functionally, such as a blog, audio and video clips, press releases and survey questions, and our strategy has largely been guiding our audience to this website through our radio show and our social media accounts.
My question is this: is it more productive to pull Facebook/Twitter users away from those sites and to our own unique website (which we also sell ad space for), or is it more effective to cultivate stronger and more interactive relationships on these accounts alone, or some combination of the two? At time it seems counterproductive to pull users away from an environment in which they already happy interact (Facebook/Twitter), but our ability to monetize our own website is important to our business model.
Thank you for your input!
First: It is always better to pull people over to your site whenever possible for the simple reason that you OWN it. The TOS (Terms of Service) of Facebook, especially, dictates that any photos or other content you upload to their site, they own and can use for profit. They are doubling down on this with their upcoming social ads, that actually will pull comments from people's public fan pages to sell their products. It's always better for the business to keep full ownership of their content and full control over what they post and how it is used.
Second: You can't control how users prefer to use the internet, and the fact that folks are already comfortable with Facebook, etc and are already there means that yes, a presence there is key to your business surviving and thriving. The trick is to instill some kind of app or other mechanism that allows the user on FB to enjoy your content that you are producing on your site – not all businesses have the budget for this. If you don't, then have a thriving presence there centered around conversation with your fans and use that to bring them out to your site.
I use Hootsuite to manage my account and those of my clients. It is free for one user but more users cost money. One reason I like it – it lets you see when someone has replied to a customer already if you have lots of people on one account.
Seesmic is another option, totally free, for one person to use. It's really nicely done and clean.
Another is Twimbow – a free app that lets you sort your stream by color and other cool things.
If you like stats another one that isn't completely free is PeopleBrowsr.
If you are a larger business you might want something more robust, like Meltwater Engage (formerly JitterJam), the Awareness Hub, Eloqua, etc.
There are hundreds of apps out there to choose from, though, so if you don't see one you like up there you can look at tools like SocDir.com to find more.
1) Make sure your Twitter account is not protected – protected accounts are hidden, so no one can find you to follow you
2) Use Twitter search to find people talking about things you are interested in or topics relevant to your company – then join the conversation. You don't have to be following someone to reply to them on Twitter! It's by nature a public conversation and public news feed – jump right on in. Then, if you get a dialogue going, you might find that those people are people you want to follow and that want to also follow you. The #Discover area on Twitter.com is also useful for finding common topics to talk about with folks you haven't met yet.
3) At an event? Find out the hasthag and jump in on the conversation there and share your event photos etc using it. For example, Social Media Breakfast NH uses #SMBNH every time we have a breakfast so attendees can find each other and find content relevant to the event. Also make a list of the attendees to follow, and make sure you are on any public Twitter Lists for the event as well.
4) Jump in on a live Twitter Chat. A great one is #blogchat on Sunday nights, but there are a ton of chats relevant to you. Check the full list here (or add yours to it if you have one you host): docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhisaMy5TGiwcnVhejNHWnZlT3NvWFVPT3Q4NkIzQVE
5) Get into Twitter habits. For example, @CSPENN is know for his link sharing #the5 now (among other things) – people now expect him to share his five best links using that hashtag. Find your "thing" then make it a habit
This is just the tip of the iceberg but it should get you started!
I like that Pinterest addressed the customer service aspect of the issue by putting control into your hands – if you look on their site you see they now provide site owners with a bit of code that allows you to opt out of having people "Pin" your content.
Remember: the trade off for these free sites is YOU: is your data and your content. Protect yourself.
LePress: organize courses, make assignments
Lesson Plan Book: Calendar of lessons
Possibly Related Classroom Projects pulls in relevant projects from DonorsChoose
Then there are a ton of plugins for calendars, histories, timeline visualization, visual content enhancement, and collaborative editing that are useful but not classroom specific.
Find other teachers like @ldpodcast @johnherman @holden @scastriotta etc on Twitter and talk to them about what they use also.
There are also USB charge packs (look for one with the right connector style for the iPhone – some are meant for other phones). I keep USB charge packs in my house for my Android phone – it's saved my bacon in a few NH ice storms and outages to have them around.
Read more: http://livewire.wmur.com/Event/Got_A_Tech_Question_Ask_Our_Expert#ixzz1nmhFoxAg
As you get more and more people talking about you, and post regular content that is good and useful in your subject matter field, you'll see your results improve.
If you are a brick and mortar business, also claim your Google Place and your Plus page in addition to creating channels for your business on sites like Yelp and Foursquare. People online who are in your area will be more likely to see active businesses that are close to them first. If their social graph (friends, family and coworkers) are talking about your business, then that result is more and more likely to be you.
Meanwhile, iPads and other tech in class enhances learning and brings the world to your students' doorstep in school. I think that can only be a good thing.
There are so many red flags you can look for that don't fit here, but in the end – do due diligence. Don't buy a bill of goods. Educate folks in your community what to look for and what these things mean.
Lastly, never use "God", "password", "1234" or similar passwords. If you can't use a service to generate a password, try using 4 random words strung together that have nothing to do with each other but that you can remember (thinkhorseoceanpurple for example) or mixing it up with symbols and numbers in your password. Your password should always be more than 6 letters long.
4) Use social searches on all channels to find jobs being posted there by keyword. Keyword #job is popular, also #workwednesday and #hirefriday
That's just a few things you can start doing right now. You can also use it to check out possible new employers before you start work or interview to make sure it's where you want to work (and remember, they can do the same back in most sites.)
Read more: http://livewire.wmur.com/Event/Got_A_Tech_Question_Ask_Our_Expert#ixzz1n7DTlJdi
Here are the questions I answered this morning (read from bottom up).
Tune in next week (and every Wednesday in February) to ask me your questions!
Thanks to everyone for joining us today and thanks to Leslie Poston for answering all the questions! You can read more about Leslie on the right side of this page and see where you can find her on the web.
by Kevin Clay/WMUR Staff 7:59 AM
I would recommend a crossover campaign for your church. So many churchgoers are active online it would be a shame to miss them (heck, many preachers are tweeting their sermons now), but church reaches an older demographic that isn't online yet also so I wouldn't abandon print altogether.
A cost effective ad campaign would be Google AdWords pushing folks to your church web site and Facebook page and adding a hashtag or other marketing tracking to print (use a different tracking code on the online ad) – that will help you start to see who finds you where and put the right amount of ad dollars to that spot.
Don't forget to use Google Analytics on your site also to track who comes from which ad.
I wouldn't recommend Facebook ads for you because of your budget (also, Google AdWords also allows geo targeting, and when used in conjunction with your Facebook Insights information can reach more people)
by Leslie Poston edited by Leslie Poston 7:57 AM
I run the website and Facebook page for my church. Our advertising budget is currently spent entirely on print advertisements in local newspapers. As a church, would we get more reach for our dollars by advertising on Facebook and other social media with geo-targeted ads, or is print still the best way to go for a local religious organization?
by April 7:53 AM
Facebook makes this a continued challenge by continually changing up the user experience and how they rank your posts. One thing to keep in mind while you seek more fans is that once you get them, you still only reach about 15% of your Facebook fans with your content on your wall because of how Facebook handles Edge Rank and how users can mute things in their newsfeed. That said, there are a few ways:
1) Good content, posted about once a day, + actually being there and talking to your fans
2) Facebook ads designed to drive users to your page (be careful, this can get expensive if you don't watch the daily budget)
3) Contests and sweepstakes, although Facebook does NOT allow a contest expressly for the purpose of getting fans/likes – be sure you read the rules before starting one of these
4) Putting Facebook share buttons on your site and making sure you have a link back to your Facebook page there as well
There are many other ways but those are the simplest to implement quickly.
The number I'd pay attention to, more than how many fans you have, is how many are "talking about you" – much more significant.
Also, use your Insights to determine your demographic – it will help you decide what content to post that would be shareable – fans sharing your stuff is the best way to get new fans.
by Leslie Poston 7:52 AM
how do i get more fans on facebook for my business?
by dave 7:48 AM
There are two books out there right now on Google Plus that come to mind, a For Dummies book and ebook by Jesse Stay and one by Chris Brogan. I'm sure there are more on the way!
by Leslie Poston 7:42 AM
Any books or sites you would recommend on for using google +
by Sean O'Connell 7:41 AM
That sounds like something your company would need to set up for you for best results. If you use a traditional phone company land line and your company pays for the service you dial a code such as *72 to forward. If they don't pay for the service, I'm not sure how you'd forward the phone. Companies out there like Ring Central claim to offer a paid solution for this problem, but again – it's not free – and it isn't something I personally have used so I can't really recommend it. I'd talk with your company and tell them you need them to reactivate that service so you can better telecommute.
by Leslie Poston 7:40 AM
My company use to pay extra (didn't state an amount) to be able to forward desk phones to cell phones but stopped doing this due to the extra money it costs. Not sure if it was part of the phone service or not but is there a free, safe application that will allow me to forward my desk phone to my cell phone? I work from home 3 days a week and have to check my desk phone voicemail though out the day.
by Kelly Crowley 7:37 AM
Since an iPad (and an iPod Touch) is not a phone, you need to grab an app like Skype to send texts (SMS). I know there are several out there to choose from but Skype I've used and it works well. You can also log in to your Google Voice account online and use that or download an app to access it as well.
by Leslie Poston 7:35 AM
Robert from Facebook: how do u text from an ipad?
by Kevin Clay/WMUR Staff 7:33 AM
For music you can create a playlist in iTunes and export it then upload that music playlist to your Fire legally. You can also do that for your photos in iPhoto.
Here is a discussion in the Amazon groups where people are working on that same question. The solutions they came up with might help you: www.amazon.com
by Leslie Poston 7:32 AM
Can I transfer itunes games and media to my Kindle Fire? Thanks!!
by Laurie 7:27 AM
LinkedIn is a business-focused network. I connect with everyone on LinkedIn who is not a spammer, even if I dont' know them, as it broadens my network there and gets me into the business circles of people I would not otherwise meet. I check out their profile to see if I can discover why they'd want to connect – it is not uncommon for people to reach out on LinkedIn prior to reaching out offline to conduct business with me, for example, or to research my bio for a speaking gig. I make sure they have a photo and a complete history before clicking accept.
I do recommend protecting your contacts on LinkedIn if you want to try to optimize your LinkedIn experience by broadening your connections. Make it so that only you see who you are connected to. This handles the issue of folks who want to connect only to see who you know.
Also, please don't feed your Twitter into LinkedIn (or Facebook) – it is way to noisy! People go to LinkedIn and Facebook for a different experience and reason than why they visit Twitter.
If you are a business – make a LinkedIn Company Page! Create and participate in a Group! LinkedIn has so much overlooked value for people as a business social network.
How they handle contacts is nice also – you can export them (meaning you keep your data). A great feature. You can also have a feed of your blog, your Slideshare slides and more – so connecting outside of people you know allows more people who might be able to do things for your business see you display your knowledge.
Find me there at linkedin.com/in/leslieposton
by Leslie Poston 7:26 AM
I get requests from people I do not know in my area wanting to connect on LinkedIn. My feeling is that I should only connect to people I know. I use the opportunity to connect to them by offering to meet them for coffee as a way we can get to know what each other does and the type of clients we are looking for. Your thoughts on connecting to people you do not know in LinkedIn?
by ktombs 7:20 AM
I do think Google Plus has staying power. Interestingly, I would have said that even before Google made sure of it recently by integrating Google Plus into search (at the bottom of your search results, notice how it says "Ask this on Google +" now) and started pushing toward layering your social data and use data across all of their tools like YouTube, Picasa, Search, Gmail, Docs, Plus and more. I also think it is key for business to have both a Google Plus and a Google Place page right now.
by Leslie Poston 7:20 AM
Do you think Google + has staying power?
by Hank edited by Kevin Clay/WMUR Staff 7:17 AM
There are hundreds of apps for the iPhone that come out daily, so I'm not sure it is possible to keep up with all of them. Some favorites on iPhone and Android are Evernote, Batchbook, LinkedIn, Hootsuite (productivity/business). If you want to get social Instagram and Foursquare are great ways to connect with folks, also on iPhone and Android. Skype and Google Plus are also good apps. Square is a great way to handle mobile payments via credit card. #techtalk
by Leslie Poston 7:17 AM
Any new APPS for the iPhone you can share?
by rap4143 7:12 AM
Jeff, I'm not sure what you want to aggregate? If you want to aggregate your posts out to various social networks you can use your RSS feeds and RSS reader. You can also use a site like FriendFeed or a tool like Yahoo Pipes to monitor your own posts in one place.
If you want to aggregate various social network accounts into one dashboard, you can use a tool like Hootsuite, Seesmic or Tweetdeck (there are many of these).
by Leslie Poston 7:05 AM
Jeff Savastano on Facebook asked: "I'm looking for an inexpensive social media aggregator tool. Can you recommend one?"
by Leslie Poston 7:04 AM
Read more (And join us next Wednesday at 7 AM Eastern to ask your questions at this link also)
If that's you, I'll be on WMUR's online Tech Talk as their "Ask an Expert" every Wednesday morning from 7AM – 8AM Eastern this month doing my best to help you out of your social tech jams. Note: my answers will feed out to my Magnitude Media business Twitter (not to @Leslie – that account is noisy enough already!).
Questions I will answer: social media, marketing and general business tips and questions about social media and emerging media issues and tools. Wondering what the heck Pinterest is or have questions about Google Plus? Want to know about tools to help filter the noise or what a good blogging platform is for SEO? Those are great questions.
Questions I won't answer: questions about your specific company's needs (one question doesn't give me enough info to tell you what kind of strategy to use for your next marketing campaign, for example). You really need to consult me (or someone else) as a consultant for an in depth question or marketing strategy needs.
I can't wait to help you!
You can get to Tech Talk each Wednesday in February 2012 at this link.
PodCamp NH is designed to foster learning, teaching and to strengthen the bonds of the NH community. We're taking over the dorms at New Hampton School this year. Not just because it's cool (it is) but because we know that being around creative, smart, savvy, fun people for longer than just 8 hours at a time is going to foster bonds that last far beyond the weekend. We won't be a bit surprised to see new startups, new film or music projects, new teams, new collaborations and new friendships forming in this PodCamp NH 2010 incubator.
Are you ready? At the end of PodCamp NH we'll be a better NH, and a better us.
At our disposal:
A theater, smart classrooms with projectors, dorms, full cafeteria with amazing restaurant quality food, music, a master classroom fully integrated with audio and video, a computer lab, a library, a lounge, parking, tennis courts, soccer fields, and so much more.
Who should come:
If you miss college, if you wanted to go to college and couldn't, if you love to learn or teach, if you have a film or music project you've been waiting to do, if you want to make an app, if you want to be a better educator, marketer, government rep or more – this is the weekend to make it happen.
Here is an audio recap of the first Social Media Breakfast NH. Thank you all again for the fantastic response, and thanks to SNHU and DimDim for sponsoring. Included in the recap is a call for help for the upcoming 3/20 SMBNH #2, some sketches of future plans, the theme announcement for the next one, thank yous to our speakers and sponsors and much more. The key change from closing remarks to now is a change in venue – Portsmouth will be next, not Kingston.
The video from the event is below (Thank you, Kevin from DimDim!). We had some trouble starting the recording from this first live cast of our fist SMBNH, so you miss my opening remarks (I'm not sure that's a bad thing) but you do see all of the speakers and their slides. Enjoy! (And yes, I plan to live cast future SMBNHs if the venue supports the bandwidth, now that we've hopefully worked out any kinks in this first live cast)


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Today's boxers, with their arsenals of short punches and graceful dodges, can trace many of their tactics to 17th- and 18th-century Brazilian slaves.
Earlier this week, TJ Desch-Obi, a professor of African Studies at Baruch College, visited Duke to discuss the history of the Brazilian martial art capoeira, its origin in Angola, and its modern significance. Wearing a suit at a well-attended presentation in Perkins Library Monday, Desch-Obi, a capoeira practitioner himself, switched gear to teach a master class on Tuesday at the Hull Avenue Dance Studio.
Theater studies professor Claire Conceison, who organized both the lecture and the master class, brought her Theater Studies class on Sport as Performance to Desch-Obi's Monday presentation. He also taught a workshop for the class on Wednesday. Conceison said capoeira tied in well with her class's focus on the intersections of art and athleticism.
"Capoeira is the perfect synthesis of sport and performance," Conceison said. "It's a wonderful way to look at religion and dance and sport all together."
Although much of West Africa used wrestling as an indigenous form of combat, a region in southern Angola practiced angolo, or a martial art known for inverted attack movements, including frequent handstands and arm-propelled kicks. Unlike Asian martial artists, angolo fighters do not employ blocks during combat. Instead, the angolo masters use artful dodges and dramatic spins to avoid kicks and blows.
"Defense should be danced," Desch-Obi said.
This "danced defense" helped southern Angola avoid colonization well after European muskets had defeated other parts of the continent. Even with superior firearms, Portuguese soldiers were "never able to have any major victories in Southern Angola without African allies," said Desch-Obi.
Once Portugal successfully colonized southern Angola, it began importing slaves to Brazil, its largest colony. The slaves brought their unique martial art to Rio de Janeiro and formed communities called maltas, where enslaved men developed angolo into the game of capoeira.
According to Desch-Obi, the capoeiras in Rio quickly became known for their confidence and courage, standing up to both police officers and their masters. Although capoeira was never used to start rebellions in Brazil, the movement spread across the Americas, eventually reaching its northern "epicenter" of South Carolina.
Desch-Obi said it was famed prizefighter Bill Richmond, an 18th-century former slave of uncanny ability and trained in capoeira techniques, who taught his capoeira-inspired form of boxing with an emphasis on defense to the English.
Richmond's quick dodges and masterful inverted kicks helped him escape most fights with nothing more than a few bruises. Through his influence, the practices of boxing shirtless, fighting on a raised stage, and dodging punches during a match were all introduced, Desch-Obi said.
Thomas DeFrantz, professor of dance and African American studies, said capoeira forces its practitioners to become comfortable in a variety of positions, which is what makes the game a valuable source of inspiration for many choreographers.
"Capoeira is an exquisite martial art form that helps practitioners understand how to organize energy and shift the outcome of velocity, weight, and impulse," DeFrantz said. "It's an approach to movement, so it can be incorporated [into] theatrical choreography."
Break dancers and contemporary choreographers have embraced capoeira moves, DeFrantz said.
Two hundred years after Richmond's retirement, capoeira is the "unofficial cultural ambassador of Brazil," Desch-Obi said. Street performers, athletes, and academics alike continue to be fascinated by the game and its impact on Western culture.
The fellowship was co-sponsored by Theater Studies, Duke Dance, Cultural Anthropology and African and African-American Studies. To find out more about the Dance Program's Backstage Fall 2012 Series, including upcoming lectures and master classes, click here.


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I decided to surprise my husband last night with one of his favorite treats – homemade granola. I had made this recipe dozens of times, and then it somehow ended up at the back of my recipe box and forgotten about. But this past weekend's trip to Costco resulted in a great big bottle of pure Madagascar vanilla (at a very little price), so I was eager to try it out.
The results were the same old favorite crunchy and delicious granola, but with a dash of extra flavor. The pure vanilla gives a cleaner vanilla flavor and complements the granola quite nicely. I made a double batch with a little extra oil and honey, and tossed the finished granola with dried cranberries for a more festive touch.
4 cups old-fashioned (not quick cooking) oats
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a large bowl, combine oats, brown sugar, salt and cinnamon. In a small saucepan, heat oil and honey, just until it melts. Stir in vanilla.
Pour the liquid mixture over the oats mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until mixture is covered. Spread on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray or lined with parchment, and bake for about 30 minutes, or until the granola starts to turn golden (bake for less time for softer granola, more for crunchier, drier granola). When cool enough to handle, take a spatula to remove granola from pan and break into pieces. Add dried fruit or mixed nuts to taste.
Store in an air-tight container at room temperature for up to a week.
The granola would also make a great housewarming, hostess or holiday gift, packaged in a pretty jar or tin.


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Probably the biggest expense you can have next to buying a home is buying a car. Unfortunately, it doesn't stop there, as owning and maintaining a car comes with even more costs. In fact, it's probably the second largest expense in every household next to food.
Many car owners do not realise that many of the factors that rack up car expenses are staring them in the face, and they are ridiculously easy to change. Here are a few, simple tips so that having a car won't cost you an arm and a leg.
Save on Mileage
- Drive safely – aggressive driving behaviours such as rapid acceleration, hard braking, and speeding not only put your safety at stake, but they can lower your mileage and waste your gas very quickly.
- Set your cruise control at 50 mph.
- Try to go without air conditioning or at least set it to a higher temperature.
- Turn the engine off when you're parked.
- Drive your car slowly for 30 seconds after starting it.
- Use the correct oil for your engine. Using an oil other that what's recommended can increase friction in the engine and lower your mileage.
- Keep tires inflated and make sure not to go by the maximum pressure level. Make sure they are aligned.
- Avoid driving while carrying too much junk.
Save on Gas
- Use apps to find the cheapest gas in your area. However, make sure to use common sense and do not go out of your way to gas up. Most of the time, gas prices are higher in stations located at the highway.
- Sign up for cash back credit cards or store cards.
- Manage your errands instead of driving around all the time.
- Consider carpooling.
Save on Insurance
- Bundle your policies – there's a good chance that you can save a lot if you insure your car with your home.
- Cut coverage for vehicles more than 10 years old, as the cost of repairs may be more than the car's actual value.
- Ask for a mileage discount if you don't drive often.
- Wait it out before allowing your teenager to drive. The younger your child is, the higher your premiums will rise once they're added under your policy.
- Keep your credit score in check. Your credit score is factored when shopping for auto insurance, even if you're a long-time driver.
- Avoid too much claims. Each time you have an accident and file a claim, your insurance premiums may rise up to 41% if you are at fault, so let minor collisions go.
- Shop around. Looking for a new insurer can give you significant savings, especially if you are a careful driver with impressive credit rating. Many companies will compete to have you as their client.
Save on Repairs and Maintenance
Switch your front and rear tires so that both of them would wear evenly, avoiding premature replacement. Replace your air filters at least every 30,000 miles to save on fuel and prevent dirt from coming into your engine. Again, avoid slamming on your brakes. You can also save more by changing your brake pads whenever possible.Consider DIY repairs. There are a lot of video tutorials online that can guide you. Many of these maintenance tasks are fairly easy.
Instead of going to a carwash, do it yourself. Most of us have a lot of driving habits that contribute to wasting money on car maintenance. By following these surprisingly easy tips, your car can go a long way.


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You don't see an everyday shoe like this everyday.
Atoms may have a classic silhouette, but once you slide them on you'll see they are unlike any shoe you've ever worn. First of all, they come in ¼ sizes, which means they fit perfectly to each foot. We say "each foot" because chances are if left foot is a 9.5, the right is 9.25 or 9.75. We are the only shoe company to offer ¼ sizes.
Here's how it works. As a first time customer you'll receive three pairs of Atoms in quarter sizes along with our easy to follow fitting guide. You keep whatever shoes fit best and return the rest, even if they're different sizes.You will only have to do this once, in future orders you only receive one Atoms pair in your size. Doing it this way isn't the most efficient for us, But it's not about efficiency. It's about making sure your feet are comfortable throughout the days and for months to come.
After a year you can return your Atoms. We will credit you toward a new pair and donate your old ones to a young creative. But before donation, we'll scan your old insoles to learn how you been wearing them. This allows us to make all of your future Atoms shoes more custom and personal to your needs. Oh, and you'll also have exclusive access to our limited edition shoes too.
Being obsessed with simplicity can get complicated.
Most companies spend their time trying to make their shoes look different. They add more logos, chunky materials and way too many colors. We do the exact opposite. We believe in simplicity. In our experience shoes are more comfortable and beautiful when you leave out the unnecessary things. Whether it is the geometry or the shape of the eyelets, we let simplicity be our compass.
In fact, we spent almost a year trying to simplifying the tying of shoelace experience for Atoms, resulting in, our patent pending, one-of-a-kind laces. You tie them once and forget about laces or the tongue of shoe getting in the way. We've thought about it all so that you don't have to. And with each new generation, Atoms only get better.
The best shoes need the best materials.
High-quality products have long been defined by the characteristic of their materials and Atoms are no exception. Not only are Atoms the absolutely the best shoes for long standing hours, walking and everyday living, but they're also durable. With this mission, our small team set out to work with research studios, and material factories. If we don't find a material that lives up to our standards, we develop our own. For example, The Ammo knit upper of Atoms is made using our proprietary blend of PU coated yarn, that is remarkably breathable, temperature resistance and versatile. The one piece upper is stitched together with copper lining, exclusive to Atoms. Unlike most odor reducing materials available in the market, copper yarn lining actively kills bacterias in your shoes. It completely eliminates the odor on your feet, draws out the moisture and feels soft against your feet. The sole of Atoms is further divided in three parts, that is insoles, midsole and outsole, all made separately in quarter sizes. The copper lined insole and midsole is our proprietary mix of Ethylene vinyl acetate and rubber, it provides remarkable cushioning and responds to every movement of your feet. Throughout the day as your feet changes the midsole adapt to the changes. The midsole is further reinforced with our non slippery rubber outsole. To keep Atoms lightweight, we made circular cutouts in our rubber outsole which also form our iconic atomic pattern.