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All the tourists are in Chiang Mai right now because they think that Bangkok is some kind of war zone. They congregate in the center of town, beneath neon lights, covered in glow paint. They're downing buckets of mixed drinks with other farrang (foreigners), dancing the night away to the Billboard Top 40. It looks like a club out of England or Australia. They come all this way to party the same.
My friend, Brian, has been living in Thailand for five years now. In that time, he learned to speak fluent Thai, and made friends with some really great locals. Last night, we hopped on our motorbikes and drove out to the fringes of Thai civilization. Down hillsides and winding roads, we found ourselves at a local restaurant and karaoke bar surrounded by rice patties.
"These people are like my family," said Brian's friend Nooh, who owns his own bike company in the center of Chiang Mai, "I brought you here to sample real Northern Thai food."
Spread in front of us was a plethora of dishes and spicy chilli sauces. Nooh showed me how to break the fried catfish and garlic apart, which was so flavorful and crisp that we could eat the bones. He taught me to roll and flatten sticky rice between my fingers, then use it to scoop up various pastes and vegetables.
We ate and drank and then drank some more. Served by a thin woman with a kind expression, our glasses were constantly being refilled. In Thailand, they drink beers like Leo, Chang, and Singha over large chunks of nam kang (ice). Seated on bamboo benches, we devoured our meal, approaching drunkenness, as the sun set over the shimmering rice patties. Brian and I were the only farrang.
We recalled a group of tourists on motorbikes that had passed us earlier that day. The men drove through Chiang Mai, flicking off Thai motorists as they passed. We agreed that the tourists had rejected all that was Thai, and their behavior was downright offensive. In Thailand, this is a daily occurrence. It certainly gives foreigners a bad reputation.
We discussed the concept of Thai social etiquette, and how so many tourists fail to acknowledge it. Nooh noted how a lot of foreigners are afraid to ask questions (or learn any language), and thereby stick to their own kind instead. Tourists bring their own culture to backpacker enclaves, and miss all the real Thailand happening around them.
Also earlier that day, after encountering the obscene motor bikers, we had pulled up to a service station to fill our tire. As Brian conversed with the shop owner in Thai, they were intrusively interrupted by two Caucasian women who failed to notice that there was a conversation taking place. The women wore brightly colored elephant parachute pants and grasped folders and notebooks against their chests.
"We want to offer you free English lessons," they interjected, looking at one another with pride as if saw one another as martyrs, making the ultimate sacrifice of visiting Thailand to share their own language and culture with the people of this nation.
"That's cool," I interjected, "I suppose that you're also learning to speak Thai as well?"
"No!" they laughed, as if my suggestion was beyond ridiculous, "We're only here for ten weeks!"
When visiting other countries, please keep in mind - this thing called "cultural exchange" – it goes both ways. You don't have to learn how to speak fluent Thai, however, the learning of just a few key words is greatly appreciated by the people who live there. Just that fact that you're trying shows effort and consideration. It's a matter of demonstrating compassion and showing respect. It is a matter of learning and asking questions, while acknowledging locals by respecting their culture the way it exists. Keep open minds and embrace the unknown.
Night came over Thailand as the karaoke began. We sang and laughed along with the staff, a little in English but mostly in Thai. Brian sang by himself, then Nooh and I sang a duet, and it wasn't long before we were all singing together, falling and laughing along with Nooh's friends.
Four hours later, we finally left. We'd polished off an entire case of double sized beers, plus an extravagant feast of Northern style Thai food. Other guests wai'd and waved us goodbye. Our bill for the night was about nine hundred baht, or ten dollars a person. Party on Thailand. What a country.
- Kat Vallera, NomadiKat Travel Media
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Friends, Romans, Bloggy friends, lend me your eyes…
I know it's been a while since I was due to post this final installment, but let's just say that this last week turned into a lot more shenanigans, just not to the extent of my recent ones in Chicago. If you need to catch up, here's part 1 and part 2. With that, I bring you part 3.
We left off where I was tired, lost, and hungry in downtown Chicago, my phone had just died, and I was running out of patience to deal with all that life was smacking at me. In the middle of Union Station, the obvious was evident: I needed to recharge. I wanted to be adventurous, but let's be for real, how many of you would have the energy to go somewhere you've never gone in a city you've had (very) limited interactions in?
Armed with a latte from Dunkin' (and I don't even drink coffee like that), I ventured inside of a Potbelly. They had all I needed at that point: food, outlets, and a place to sit my rump while I reconfigured my game plan. After my phone had a sufficient charge to tweet, of course I did:
- ChicagoHatesMe.Org.Gov/StoopidEl/EffDowntown.img
- (–_–)
- Thugs don't cry in public. I'm a thug. I can't cry in public.
- I passed the whatchutalmbowt Willis Tower, yet now, I can't even tell you where the heck that is.
Navigation don't work when your mind can't process it. Learned that from experience today.
After hearing from enough people that the bus station was "not too far" from my current location, I bravely ventured the downtown area, thinking I could possibly find it. After a conversation with my BFF Smithers's mom, she, sensing the anxiety in my tone, instructed me to go back to the train station and wait. I picked up some essentials at a local drugstore: ibuprofen and hand sanitizer. I should've gotten a magazine, too!
I wandered around the station for a bit. Things were starting to slow down, so I decided to go back and wait in the Grand Hall section, where all the fun goes down, apparently. Armed with free city newspapers, I diverted my glance from strangers as much as I could, and of course, Twitter kept me company:
- Is it bad when so many things happen in the course of a day, that instead of crying, you think "what else?" I kinda wanna be there
- Someone just sat on the opposite end of the bench I'm on, and just farted. I freaking quit, Chicago.
- A homeless man just asked me if I was married. I nodded yes, and he says, "I don't want yo' husband. You want yo' husband?" I nod yes.
- <<——– Married to Jesus
- All hand sanitizer everything. Don't trust nothing. Don't touch nothing. You'll get something.
- Goodness, I'm tired, y'all. Emotionally, mentally, spiritually, the whole thing. I forget basic needs when I'm high on angst.
Thank you anyway, but when I'm this annoyed, I prefer to conserve my words. Don't make me Katie Ka-boom the frick outta here.
Today would have been a great day to begin and end a smoking habit.
Eventually, Smithers got the APB on me, got me from the station, and assessed that I, indeed was a mess. Because I had only one change of clothes and that wasn't working well anymore, our first stop was to a Wal-Mart, so I could get something to change into after a hearty shower. That and dinner. After recapping my day, Smithers agreed that this is the kind of thing that could only happen to me… as if I didn't already know that.
One shower, one glass of wine, and one nacho plate down, I think I was asleep before my head hit the pillow on that futon. Once I get up the next morning, we get ready, and head towards downtown, and after traffic and whatever else goes on, I miss the morning train. I then begin to realize just how much Chicago hates me: it wants to keep me here, miserable. I trade my ticket (again) for the next one out, and head back to Smithers, prepared to spend a day at school.
- Ev'reh bod-eh hay-aytes Beeeeeeeeeeez. :-/
Smithers works at an elementary school, and since I was the "special guest" speaker for the day, he ended up giving me a few pointers: don't look them directly in the eyes, don't talk to them in baby speak, and don't try to smuggle any kids home in your bag. What can I say? He knows me. Here's a quick overview of my day with the youngins:
- Sebbumf grehd. 😐
- 4th graders now. How did I end up speaking to these kids, too?
- That was a sassy, surly buncha 4th graders. They wanted to ask me stuff, though. And, apparently, I was born in 1969. It rhymes.
- These preschoolers make my heart melt. It's gonna take a lot for me to not smuggle one of these little precious puffs home.
The school day ends, we book it downtown, and I actually get ON the train this time, with time to spare. We won't even bring up that the guy who exchanged my ticket did it for the following afternoon, which we didn't notice 'til checking in. Either way, I made it home, and just in time for So You Think You Can Dance. Ultimately, the universe loves me. Except Chicago.
- FINALLY on something smoking towards home. Finally. *chokes back tears*
- OMG I made it home in time for #SYTYCD!!! *Adam Shankman strut*
Have you all ever had any kind of super random experience, where you were just CERTAIN the fates, the gods, or Mother Nature had pulled your number, and put a gloomy cloud only on your head?
Love and Sprinkles,
PS- Oh, wait! I forgot the most important part! I did end up talking to the person I needed to speak with, and long story short, I was supposed to get a call this week if they were going to start a new round of interviews this week. It's almost Friday, and I can safely assume, well, you know… No harm to the company, though. I still think they're awesome. They just would have been more awesome with me.


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Tribhuvan University
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Coordinates: 27°40′55″N 85°17′11″E / 27.68184°N 85.28646°E
Tribhuvan University (TU; Nepali: त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university for higher education, located in Kirtipur, which is an ancient city in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. The university, established in 1959, is the oldest university in Nepal.[4] In terms of enrollment, it is the 12th largest university in the world. The university offers 2,079 undergraduate and 2,000 postgraduate programs across a wide range of disciplines.[citation needed] The university has 61 constituent campuses and over 1,100 affiliated colleges across the country.[5] Since it is government financed, it is less expensive than private universities.
त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय
Logo of Tribhuvan University
(blue and red hexagram)
|Rs 1.5 billion (USD $130 million) for 2019–2020[1]
|Prime Minister of Nepal
|Dr. Dharma Kanta Baskota
Academic staff
|7,049 professorial faculty
5607 other faculty[2]
Established on 25 June 1959 (or 11 Ashar 2016 BS),[6] Tribhuvan University is the oldest and largest university in Nepal. The university was named after the late King Tribhuvan. In its early years, all the postgraduate classes were held at Tripureshwor Campus. The administrative office was also located in Tripureshwor. It was only in 1967, that the university was relocated to its main campus in Kirtipur – an ancient town about 5 km south-west of the city of Kathmandu. The university, which spreads over an area of 154.77 hectares, constitutes the Central Administrative Office and the Central Campus.[7]
TU marked its golden jubilee in 2009 organizing programmes.
Since its inception, the state-owned university has expanded its programmes. There are five technical institutes and four general faculties. The university offers 115 courses for the technical proficiency certificate level. TU offers 1079 courses at Bachelor's level and 1000 courses at Master's level. It offers Ph.D. degrees in the technical institutes and faculties.
TU ran its programmes only through its constituent campuses before 1980. With the increasing number of students wanting higher education, it was not possible to accommodate all the students in the constituent campuses. This situation led to the establishment of colleges in the private sector because the constituent campuses alone could not meet the demand. From 1979–80, TU started providing affiliation to private colleges. As of April 2016, 1,084 private and public colleges were affiliated with TU.[8]
In the 2014–2015 academic session 4,05,341 students were enrolled in TU academic programmes. 1,48,141 (36.55%) students study in its 60 constituent campuses including 38 central departments, while 2,57,200 (63.45%) students study in 1,053 affiliated colleges.[9][citation needed]
TU has 7,841 teaching faculty and 7,413 non-teaching staff including the support staff in its constituent campuses. The number of total employees is 15,254.[10][citation needed]
Tribhuvan University is ranked as 800 - 1000 universities of the world as per the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2021, published by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. It is ranked among the 251-300 best universities of Asia.[11] It is ranked at 6676 in the world and 2nd in the country as per the 4icu Organisation of University Ranking.[12]
Technical institutesEdit
The university administers its science and technology programs, such as BSc, BE, MBBS, etc., through its technical institutes. There are five technical institutes at the university, each taking care of a specific domain within the field of science and technology education.
- Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
- Institute of Medicine
- Institute of Engineering
- Institute of Science and Technology
- Institute of Forestry
Faculties and associated central departmentsEdit
There are four faculties and a total of 38 associated central departments at the university
- Central Department of Management
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Central Department of Anthropology
- Central Department of Botany
- Central Department of Buddhist Studies
- Central Department of Chemistry
- Central Department of Computer Science and Information Technology
- Central Department of Nepalese History, Culture and Archaeology
- Central Department of Economics
- Central Department of English
- Central Department of Environmental Science
- Central Department of Biotechnology
- Central Department of Fine Arts
- Central Department of Food Technology
- Central Department of Geography
- Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
- Central Department of Geology
- Central Department of Hindi
- Central Department of Home Science
- Central Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Central Department of Library Science
- Central Department of Linguistics
- Central Department of Maithili
- Central Department of Mathematics
- Central Department of Microbiology
- Central Department of Nepali
- Central Department of Nepal Bhasha
- Central Department of Physics
- Central Department of Political Science
- Central Department of Population Studies
- Central Department of Psychology
- Central Department of Rural Development
- Central Department of Sanskrit
- Central Department of Sociology
- Central Department of Statistics
- Central Department of Zoology
- New Master's Programmes under the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences:[13]
- Master's Programme in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD)
- [[Masters of Arts in Crisis Management Studies (ICMS)[14]
- Master's of Social Work
- Sports Science
- (The new programmes are designed and run in the semester system.)
- Faculty of Management
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Law
Constituent CampusesEdit
The following is a partial list of constituent colleges of the university:[15]
Eastern Development RegionEdit
- Mahendra Ratna Multiple Campus, Ilam
- Mechi Multiple Campus, Jhapa
- Mahendra Morang Adarsh Multiple Campus, Biratnagar
- Snatakottar (Postgraduate) Campus, Biratnagar
- Nursing Campus, Biratnagar
- Purwanchal Campus, Dharan
- Mahendra Multiple Campus, Dharan
- Central Campus of Technology, Dharan [16]
- Dhankuta Multiple Campus, Dhankuta
- Tehrathum Multiple Campus, Chuhandanda, Terhathum
- Bhojpur Multiple Campus, Bhojpur
- Mahendra Bindeshwori Multiple Campus, Rajbiraj
- S.S.M.Yadhav Multiple Campus, Siraha
- Panchthar Multiple Campus, (Panchthar)
Central Development Region (out of Kathmandu Valley)Edit
- Dumarwana Multiple Campus, Dumarwana Bara
- Ramshwaroop Ramsagar Multiple Campus, Janakpur
- Thakur Ram Multiple Campus, Birgunj
- National Academy Campus, Birgunj
- Hetauda Campus, Hetauda
- Birendra Multiple Campus, Bharatpur
- Birgunj public college, Birgunj
- Chitwan Engineering Campus, Bharatpur
Central Development Region (Inside Kathmandu Valley)Edit
- Bhaktapur Multiple Campus, Bhaktapur
- Sanothimi Campus, Bhaktapur
- Patan Samyukta Campus, Patan Dhoka
- Pulchowk Campus, Pulchowk
- Nepal Commerce Campus, Min Bhawan
- Thapathali Campus, Thapathali
- Jana Prasashan Campus, Jamal
- University Campus, Kirtipur
- Mahendra Ratna Campus, Tahachal
- Ayurved Campus, Kirtipur
- Public Youth Campus, Dhobichaur
- Saraswoti Multiple Campus, Lainchaur
- Amrit Campus, Lainchaur
- Central Campus, Maharajgung
- Nursing Campus, Maharajgunj
- Lalitkala Campus, Bhotahiti
- Trichandra Multiple Campus, Ghantaghar
- Padmakanya Multiple Campus, Bagbazar
- Shankerdev Campus, Putalisadak
- Ratna Rajya Laxmi Campus, Pradarshani Marg
- Nepal Law Campus, Pradarshani Marg
- Bishwa Bhasa Campus, Pradarshani Marg
Western Development RegionEdit
- Gorkha Campus, Gorkha
- Lamjung Campus, Sundarbazar
- Paschimanchal Campus, Pokhara
- Pokhara Nursing Campus, Pokhara
- Pokhara Campus, Pokhara
- Prithivi Narayan Campus, Pokhara
- Tribhuvan Multiple Campus, Palpa
- Butwal Multiple Campus, Butwal
- Paklihawa Campus, Paklihawa
- Bhairahawa Multiple Campus, Bhairahawa
- Dhaulagiri Campus, Baglung
- Janapriya Multiple campus, Pokhara
Mid-Western Development RegionEdit
- Mahendra Multiple Campus, Dang
- Rapti Babai Campus, Tulsipur, Dang
- Mahendra Multiple Campus, Nepalgunj
- Nursing Campus, Nepalgunj
- Surkhet Campus, Birendranagar
- Jumla Campus, Jumla
- Musikot Multiple Campus, Rukum
Far-Western Development RegionEdit
- Doti Multiple Campus, Doti
- Dadeldhura Campus, Dadeldhura
- Siddhanath Science Campus, Mahendranagar
- Kailali Multiple Campus, Dhangadhi
- Jagannath Multiple Campus, Baitadi
- Krishna Snatak Campus, Darchula
- Gokuleshwor Multiple Campus Darchula
- Mahakali Multiple Campus, Kanchanpur
TU is government financed but still an autonomous organization.[2] The head of the government, the prime minister, is its chancellor.[17]
- Chancellor: Prime Minister of Nepal (Khadga Prasad Oli)
- Pro-Chancellor: Minister of Education (Giriraj Mani Pokharel)
- Vice Chancellor: Prof. Dr. Dharma Kant Baskota
- Rector: Prof. Dr. Shiva Lal Bhusal
- Registrar: Prof. Dr. Peshal Dahal
Tribhuvan University has five decision-making bodies:
- The University Council is the supreme body that makes decisions on policies, budget, rules and regulations and the formation of special committees and commissions.
- Executive Council implements operational decisions while the University Council accepts donations to the university. It makes decisions on grants, affiliation to private campuses and appointments of university officials.
- The Academic Council makes decisions on policies and practices regarding curriculum, teaching, examinations and research.
- The Research Coordination Council makes policies on TU research activities, approves guidelines for researchers and coordinates the functions of university level research organizations.
- The Planning Council has an advisory role of preparing plans (long- and short-term), developing annual programs and evaluating programs implementation.
- Nepal Chemical Society
- Nepal Mathematical Society
- Nepal Physical Society
Research centersEdit
Tribhuvan University has the following research centers:[18]
- Centre for Economic Development and Administration (CEDA)
- Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), formerly called the Institute for Nepal and Asian Studies (INAS)
- Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST)
- Research Centre for Educational Innovation and Development (CERID)
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- ^ Ghimire, Binod (25 September 2020). "Tribhuvan University to hold exams after festivals". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
The country's largest university has 61 constituent and over 1,100 private and community affiliated colleges.
- ^ K.C., Tanka (2009). प्रज्ञान प्रतियोगितात्मक सामान्यज्ञान [Pragyan Competitive General Knowledge] (in Nepali). Kathmandu, Nepal: Pragyan Prakashan. p. 77.
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- ^ "Over 1,000 colleges only temporarily affiliated to Tribhuvan University - The Himalayan Times". The Himalayan Times. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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- ^ "Tribhuvan University World Ranking 2020". 4icu.org. 2005-2020 uniRank ™. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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- ^ "Welcome :: CCT Dharan". www.cctdharan.edu.np.
- ^ "PM Dahal stresses need of reforming TU". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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Bravo to Mark Einspahr for "Pounds of Love" in the January issue! As a pastor, I find it important to wrap up and present the wonderful Gospel in different ways. This helps keep the attention of God's people on Jesus and His cross.
I have to admit that I haven't used the weight-loss-plan approach yet. Mark presents it at just the right time of year, when everyone is thinking about New Year's resolutions. Brilliant! I'm sure that weight loss is a very common New Year's resolution. These kinds of articles are ones we can use to share with neighbors who may not yet know the eternal joy that Jesus brings to us.
With that in mind, we need to always be careful in the way we present Law and Gospel. In the second-to-last paragraph of Mark's article, please note that we are not, thankfully, the doers who let God empower us. Faith is not our work. We don't even get credit for our repentance. Faith is God's gift to us. He is the Doer. When God puts faith into us, that faith believes and that faith changes our minds (repentance). Through faith we realize our sinfulness and our just deserts. And through faith we feel the joy that forgiveness brings. Jesus earned it for us. God gives it to us. As Mark says, "When it comes to sin, Christ is our eternal weight-loss plan." Amen.
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St. John Lutheran Church
Burlington, Ill.
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Dallas rents grew 2.2 percent in 2017, bringing the median two-bedroom rent to $1,100. It's not just in Dallas proper where rents are on the rise – rents increased in 2017 in all the major Dallas metro cities including Fort Worth (4.3 percent), Arlington (6.6 percent), Plano (2.9 percent), Garland (2.7 percent), and Irving (3.8 percent). There is some relief for Dallas renters — rents in Dallas proper have declined 0.3 percent over the past month, and are down 1.2 percent since their 2017 peak in August.
The Dallas rent declines are part a seasonal trend, with rents falling in 62 of the top 100 U.S. cities during the month of December. Dallas' rent decreases have been more pronounced than the nationwide trend, due in large part to increases in multifamily stock. The Dallas metro added more new rental stock than any U.S. metro, with 22,851 deliveries in 2017, up from 15,459 in 2016. The new rental stock decreased occupancy rates by 1.8 percent and softened rent growth, helping keep Dallas rent growth below the national and state averages of 2.5 percent and 2.8 percent, respectively.
Dallas remains more affordable than many surrounding cities, but apartments in hot neighborhoods including Uptown and Highland Park are often well above the Dallas median. Plano is the most expensive of the 10 largest cities that we have data for in the Dallas metro, with a two-bedroom median of $1,410. Of all the cities we have data for, Flower Mound remains the most expensive, with a two-bedroom median of $2,180.
Dallas rents remain slightly below the national average of $1,160 but are more expensive than most other large cities in Texas including San Antonio ($1,040), Houston ($1,030), and El Paso ($830). Dallas rent prices have been growing faster than Austin rents, but Dallas remains more affordable than Austin, where two-bedroom units rent for $1,380. In Austin, rents have declined 2.1 percent since August, and are up 0.1 percent from the end of 2016, compared to 2.2 percent rent growth in Dallas.
Dallas rents grew slower in 2017 than the two previous years. Rents increased 3.7 percent in 2016 and 4 percent in 2015, compared to 2.2 percent in 2017. Despite slower rent growth this past year, Dallas rents have increased 15 percent since the start of 2014, putting financial pressure on many Dallas renters. 2018 is expected to be another strong year for multifamily deliveries in the Dallas market, but population and job growth will keep demand for rentals high. The new rental stock will help soften rent growth, but rent increases are expected during the peak spring and summer months.
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Those are actual facts from a journalist.
Anyway, the LA band were bundled into 6 Music Towers today for an acoustic session on Lauren Laverne's show - drawing a crowd of mainly women to see them play tracks from their terrific debut album, Torches. The sanctity of my contract of employment prevents me from posting a video of the event, but luckily they did the exact same set for Sirius XM in the States two months ago. Here's Pumped Up Kicks.
But that song's old news. We want the new single.
Luckily Flopster The Peephole, as no-one is calling them, have complied by uploading Helena Beat, to YouTube. If the insanely catchy chorus to Pumped Up Kicks drove you... well, insane, you'll be pleased to hear this is slightly more subtle. The melody, stuffed with gratuitous yeah yeah's, is perfectly memorable - it's just that you won't wake up at three in the morning singing it at full volume into your pillow.
Video director Ace Norton (LCD Soundsystem, Santigold) picks up on the song's vaguely sinister lyrics ("I tie my hands up to a chair") with an equally disturbing video. "It's post-apocalyptic," Marcus Foster told MTV. "Lord of the Flies meets Mad Max. So, it's a bunch of kids, and they kidnap us and take us into this warehouse, and there's a really crazy twist at the end...."
WARNING: Contains shots of saggy old man breasts.
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Will the Facebook Algorithm Changes Impact My Marketing Strategy?
As you may have heard, Facebook has made some changes to the way users will see posts on their timeline. These changes will put more emphasis on posts from friends and family and less emphasis on passive posts from brands and companies. There are a few factors that go into the reasoning behind these changes as well as how it will impact your social media marketing strategy.
What Changes Are Being Made?
Facebook released an official statement going over the changes that will take place in the newsfeed. As with other recent changes, they announced that the Facebook newsfeed will prioritize content from friends and family over content from brands and business pages.
Facebook has two goals for these changes:
- Decrease "passive" content on a user's newsfeed
- Increase content that encourages interaction and engagement
Basically, Facebook wants users to see content on their feeds that Facebook thinks they will interact with through likes, comments, or conversations with other Facebook friends.
They want to show you less posts, articles, and videos that you just view and scroll past - even if the content is something you may be interested in - because they want to decrease passive views.
On the other hand, they will give more recognition to posts that do increase engagement. If there is an article or a video (posted by a brand or by an individual) that sparks conversation from your Facebook friends, you stand a better chance of seeing this in your newsfeed.
Facebook has acknowledged in its statement that brands will most likely see a decrease in page views, likes, and other interactions based on this algorithm change.
Facebook's overall goal with these changes is to create a space where there is more meaningful and interactive content and less brand posts and viral videos.
How Will This Impact My Social Media Marketing Strategy?
At first glance, this may seem like a detriment to your Facebook marketing strategy. As a marketer, you have two options:
- Move your social media focus away from Facebook and towards a different platform
- Take the opportunity to create a marketing strategy that will encourage engagement from your followers
This decision is something that must be made based on what is best for your business. However, if you choose to go with option two, there are two main benefits your brand will gain:
- Increased knowledge of your brand's target audience
- Increased insight into the type of content your audience will engage with
These insights will be gained through the research you will perform to revamp your Facebook marketing strategy. If Facebook is penalizing brands who don't garner engagement and conversation on their posts, you need to be sure your posts are reaching the correct audience.
Increased Knowledge of Your Brand's Target Audience
Before the recent changes, you could take some chances with your audience and test to see if different groups will show interest in your brand. With the new changes, your content could be penalized if a large percentage of your audience does not show interest in your posts.
The best way to ensure the right people are seeing your posts is to perform solid research to generate a good picture of your ideal customer. This is best done through the creation of a buyer persona.
By understanding who your ideal customer is, what problems they have, and where they are looking for answers, you have a much better chance of creating a highly specialized target audience on Facebook for both your posts and your Facebook ads.
Increased Insight into the Type of Content Your Audience Will Engage With
Once you have determined who your ideal customer is, you will be able to build a highly targeted audience for your Facebook posts and ads.
Your buyer persona should also touch on what type of content your ideal customer will engage with based on where they hang out online and what answers they are looking for.
By creating content on Facebook that appeals to them, you will know your audience will be looking for your exact content, so they should be more prone to engage with your posts. And, according to Facebook, the more engagement your posts see, the more your posts will be seen on users timelines.
While it can be frustrating to deal with these changes to Facebook's algorithm, it does not necessarily have to be a negative thing. One constant in marketing is that things are always changing.
By adapting your strategy to fit the changes, you will be able to stay ahead of the curve and still be able to see engagement and ROI from your Facebook marketing efforts.
The best way to create audiences and content that will generate engagement starts with a Buyer Persona. Learn more about creating a Buyer Persona for your business here:
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One of the major issues plaguing the Windows Phone platform as a whole is the lack of quality apps, primarily the various popular ones that are currently thriving on iOS and Android. But simply porting these apps a few months — or more — to Windows Phone from their release won't solve the problem. Microsoft needs to improve the platform's mindshare amongst both developers and consumers.
When developers — big and small — work to release their apps as quickly as possible on Windows Phone, and treat the platform as an equal to iOS and Android, then Microsoft will have succeeded. Obviously, the issue isn't just the lack of existing awesome apps. It's the fact that now, when a hypothetical developer of what, unbeknownst to him, will soon be an incredibly popular app sits down to build it, he'll prioritize getting the app on iOS and Android.
Maybe initially, due to the lack of resources and the need to ship, he'll select one of these platforms to initially launch on. But then, in most cases, the next priority will be shipping an app on the other. After a year of hit sales on both of these platforms, maybe rumors will surface that a Windows Phone app is in the works.
This is the obvious problem with Windows Phone, and it's why I'm perplexed as to how Microsoft could think that its latest incentive for people to develop on Windows Phone was a good idea at all.
The program, — aptly named "Keep The Cash" — encourages developers to create and submit up to 10 apps to the Windows Phone Store, offering $100 for each qualifying app. The program is also accepting Windows Store apps, allowing you to submit another 10 apps. That's a total limit of $2000 in app submission.
Evidently, this drastically favors quantity over quality. The copy on the registration form blatantly encourages developers to make multiple apps. Can we seriously expect nothing less but shitty apps from developers who are developing multiple apps from March 8th to June 30th?
The program boasts that developers can earn up to $2000 per qualifying app. That's a whopping 20 apps in roughly three months. And yes, the Terms and Conditions makes it clear that you cannot submit apps that have been previously submitted to the store.
Sure, some apps from developers who technically take advantage of this may be good; in that timeframe, developers who are wrapping up apps that have been in the works for some time could enter their creations in this program and claim the reward.
But we all know that this isn't who the promotion is targeting. Everything is clearly targeted to appeal most to people who will try to pump out apps in this timeframe to gain as much money from the promotion as possible.
The negative image that this gives Windows Phone far outweighs anything positive that can come out of it. A good developer with taste from any platform — including existing Windows Phone developers — will scoff at the program.
With this program, Microsoft actually discourages quality developers from wanting to create Windows Phone apps while encouraging those who wish to make some cash as quickly as they shit out their apps to build on Windows Phone. On top of that, it can look like an incredibly desperate, "we'll take all the apps we can get" program.
Even the registration form to participate looks sleazy. It's reminiscent of those Monopoly promotions by McDonald's, or even those cash for gold ads we occasionally see on TV. It's aesthetically unpleasing and only serves as foreshadowing to the quality of the apps that will come as a result of it.
And, finally, this shows a lack of focus and awareness from Microsoft in regards to Windows Phone's true problem, despite the fact that they're definitely well aware of it.
In fact, Microsoft issued the following comment to AllThingsD regarding this:
We believe the best apps come from those partners who are invested in the platform and own their experience now and in the future. Of course, we are always working to spark creativity with new developer audiences and sometimes try limited incentives or contests, like Keep The Cash. However, it is not representative of an ongoing program.
Except it doesn't spark creativity, it scares it away.
I largely wrote this article with emphasis on the impact of this program on Windows Phone, but it's worth once again mentioning that the program also seeks out up to 10 Windows Store apps. The complete disregard of quality that's projected through this program also impacts one of the company's most valuable products.
In conclusion, I hope that Microsoft stops hosting programs like this and instead offers incentives that favor quality and innovation. As Long Zheng points out, that is something that the company is no stranger to doing.


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NCIS co-star Pauley Perrette headed into a Los Angeles courtroom. She's testifying in an emotionally-charged case involving her ex-husband, who is accused of violating a restraining order when he showed up at a restaurant where she was eating.
She and her ex, Francis "Coyote" Shivers were married for nearly four years before breaking up.
Soon after their marriage ended in 2004, she claimed her ex was harassing her and making her life miserable. She said in a 2006 interview she felt as if she was quote "In the middle of a horror movie I didn't audition for." Incredibly, after all this time, they're still battling it out in court.
Shivers, a musician, has denied the allegations, saying he and his wife were having dinner at the restaurant by coincidence.
His new girlfriend made a cryptic comment outside court. She told INSIDE EDITION, "I can say that I believe that Ms. Pauley Perrette's words are going to be the thing to reveal her lies."


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10 sites of significance in Jane Austen's London…9. Literary locations…
September 20, 2017
Jane Austen featured numerous London locations in her novels. Here's five…
• Brunswick Square, Bloomsbury. In Emma, the main protagonist's married sister, Isabella, lives here with her lawyer husband John Knightley and children. Isabella is well pleased with her home, noting "We are so very airy".
• Hill Street, Mayfair. Admiral Crawford, uncle of Henry and Mary Crawford, lives in this street in Mansfield Park.
• Harley Street, Marylebone (pictured). John and Fanny Dashwood took a house in this street for the "season" in Sense and Sensibility.
• Bond Street. Well known to Austen, she has Marianne, then upset over Willoughby (who has lodgings here), visit here on a shopping trip in Sense and Sensibility.
• Grosvenor Street, Mayfair. The Hursts have a house in this fashionable West End street in Pride and Prejudice and here Jane Bennet visits Caroline Bingley hoping to see her brother Charles. Read the rest of this entry »
This Grade II*-listed building is the former site of the offices of publisher, John Murray, who published four of Jane Austen's six novels including Emma (1815), Mansfield Park (1814), Persuasion (1818) and Northanger Abbey (1818) (the last two after Austen's death on 18th July, 1817).
Murray, whose offices were located here from 1812 onwards, published, along with Austen, many of the great literary names of the age including everyone from Lord Byron to Sir Walter Scott and Washington Irving (the company also later published the likes of Herman Melville and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle).
The John Murray with whom Austen dealt (and it seems her brother Henry must have played a considerable part in getting Murray to publish his sister's works given Murray had already won considerable fame with the publication of Byron's epic poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage in 1811) was actually John Murray II, of whom Austen wrote to her sister Cassandra: "He is a rogue, of course, but a civil one".
His father John Murray I had founded the business in Fleet Street in 1768 and his son, John Murray III, continued it after his father (in fact, there were a succession of John Murrays down to John Murray VII).
The business was acquired in 2002 by Hodder Headline, itself then acquired by the French Lagardère Group. John Murray is now an imprint of Hachette UK.
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10 sites of significance in Jane Austen's London…1. 10 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden…
July 19, 2017
As you may have realised (the new £10 banknote anyone?), this month marks 200 years since the death of Jane Austen in Winchester on 18th July, 1817, so to mark the occasion, we're looking at 10 sites of interest from Jane Austen's London. To kick off our new Wednesday series, we're looking at one of the locations where she is known to have resided while in London – number 10 Henrietta Street.
Number 10 in those days was the location of a bank – Austen, Maunde and Tilson – in which Jane's older (and favourite) brother Henry was a partner. Above the bank's offices was a flat Henry moved into after the death of his wife Eliza in 1813. It was also where Jane stayed when visiting publishers in the summer of 1813 and again in March, 1814, the latter when she was working on the proofs of Mansfield Park.
As well as a dining room at the front on the first floor, it had a sitting parlour, small drawing room and bedchambers (Jane is known to have stayed in one on the second floor). She described the property as "all dirt & confusion, but in a very promising way".
Austen is known to have visited nearby theatres including the Lyceum and the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane while staying in London and during 1813 also visited the "blockbuster" exhibition of Sir Joshua Reynold's paintings at the British Institute in Pall Mall ( a fascinating reconstruction of which can be found here).
A City of Westminster Green Plaque (erected in partnership with the Jane Austen Society) commemorates Jane's stay here.
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A special relationship developed between New Zealand and the Hania area of Crete. This area was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting during the 1941 Battle of Crete, which was between New Zealand and German troops.
An olive tree was planted in the grounds of the Michael Fowler Centre to commemorate the relationship. A Greek-New Zealand Memorial can also be found on Kent and Cambridge terraces.
Wellington celebrates 'Hania Day' on 20 May, which is also when commemorations for the Battle of Crete take place.
Lloyd Street was also renamed Hania Street in commemoration. The street was chosen due to the nearby Greek Orthodox Church of Wellington, which serves the local Greek community. The church is in Mount Victoria, which was where the first Greek migrants to Wellington chose to make their home. There is a reciprocal Wellington Street near Nea Hora beach in Hania.
During 2016's commemorations in May, Councillor Ray Ahipene-Mercer joined a New Zealand delegation to Hania to participate in the 75th anniversary commemorations.
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