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An Inspiring Speaker Who Creates Bolts of Energy and Enthusiasm in Live Audiences"I was attending your workshop in Lund and I really enjoyed it. You were very entertaining, but at the same time you also had a message that you did deliver." - Henrik Kammann
An Inspiring Speaker Who Creates Bolts of Energy and Enthusiasm in Live Audiences
"I was attending your workshop in Lund and I really enjoyed it. You were very entertaining, but at the same time you also had a message that you did deliver." – Henrik Kammann
"Rock Your Story" is My Keynote Headliner
(It's also the title of my forthcoming book, which will show business leaders how to grab attention from consumers in a digital world – through the power of stories. Subscribe to the Asa Rydhard newsletter to receive updates about this book – as well as heavy-hitting, actionable insight on business storytelling.)
The business world is now deeply digital. And with the rise of the "information superhighway" provided by the internet, consumers are bombarded by clamors for attention from competing businesses.
This can make it challenging for a business to stand out – to capture the spotlight of attention. Creativity, imagination – these are not enough in the fiercely competitive, noisy digital realm of modern enterprise.
But when a business wields a compelling brand story – then, and only then, can it achieve a lasting grip on consumer interest.
And that is the power of storytelling. Through strategic, authentic storytelling, you can position yourself with authority in your market.
You can connect with others in a deeply meaningful, human way – forge inseverable bonds with your audience.
This is the core message of my Rock Your Story keynote package.
"Your speech gave our conference a fantastic ending. I brought with me the energy you gave us and have been thinking the whole weekend on how we could apply your tips within our organisation."
– Bernadette Pakucs, project coordinator at Westum
So if you'd like an inspiring speaker at your next event – who knows just how to create bolts of energy and enthusiasm in live audiences – then book a meeting with me now.
You'll get to choose from any of these themes from my Rock Your Story package:
Digital storytelling for your brand
How storytelling through social media and other digital tools can put your business in the spotlight (even if the industry is crowded with competitors).
Creating your 7 second pitch
What does a 7 second pitch do? If you fill those seven seconds with a one-line story, people will remember you long after you've left the room – and long after they've moved on to the next tweet, viral story, or other social media post. A 7 second pitch – wielded in person or online – grabs the attention of your prospect and makes an impact on their thinking, so you can land higher-value clients at every one of your brand's touchpoints.
Designing and choosing stories for maximum selling and influence
How to design stories that sell complicated or knowledge-intensive ideas – giving your prospects a lucid "Aha!" moment, whether they are investors, business partners, or prospects. Business leaders and managers will also learn how to choose the right stories to motivate, inspire, and kindle flames of enthusiasm in their personnel – enhancing morale and resolving conflicts.
And since I can do both a 15-minute inspiring talk and a 90-minute seminar – and everything in between – you can be confident that I'll meet your needs and preferences (not to mention HR criteria!). I've also got experience in speaking at extended experiential workshops and full-training days, so book a meeting with me now to ask more about that – and how I use this experience to drive measurable success for your event.


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"According to promotional materials, NameTag lets strangers get a broad range of personal information -- including a person's name, photos, and dating website profiles -- simply by looking at that person's face with the Glass camera," Franken writes. "This is apparently done without that person's knowledge or consent, which crosses a bright line for privacy and personal safety."
He is asking Tussy to hold off on releasing the app until after the Commerce Department releases best practices for facial recognition technology. He adds that the feature should only identify people who have opted in.
For his part, Tussy says the app allows people to opt out of having information about them displayed, but that doing so will require visiting the NameTag site and completing a form.
Tussy goes on to tout the app's supposed safety features, arguing that it can "protect" users by scanning the faces of potential dates -- or employees, babysitters, etc. -- in order to see if they appear in other databases. "Women are potentially vulnerable when they participate in online dating. With NameTag, they have the ability to scan someone against a database of more than 450,000 Registered Sex Offenders and become better informed," he states. "When parents hire a babysitter, they don't always know with whom they are entrusting their children. With NameTag they will be able to keep their family safer."
Needless to say, that logic is questionable at best: People can be dangerous without appearing on lists of registered sex offenders; and parents might do better by asking for references of babysitters than relying on an app.
In his letter, Franken goes on to remind Tussy that Google officially prohibits facial recognition technology on Glass. (Despite the ban, NameTag says on its site that it's available in beta.) "Your company has a duty to act as a responsible corporate citizen in deploying this technology, which must be done in a manner that respects and protects individual privacy," he writes.
He asks the company to respond to a series of questions, including how it plans to get around Google's official policy, whether the app draws on Facebook photos, and whether his company plans to develop the app for smartphones.
Why don't they have returning veterans walk around randomly and use these databases to find wanted criminals?
@Steve Because face recognition systems are not 100% accurate. If the app is 99% accurate outdoors (this level used to require controlled conditions, see link) then if a returning vet walks down a busy street past entirely innocent people, they are going to quickly get a lot of false matches and try to arrest them. http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/facial-recognition-technology-proves-its-mettle/
This technology is god's gift to those of us with poor facial recognition abilities at things like trade shows, industry events etc. The President has people walking or standing next to them on things like receiving lines to remind him about who's hand he is shaking. A small red light telling you the camera is on ought to be sufficient to warn off undesired peeks.
Unfortunately, Google has never read "1984" by Orwell. This new app certainly smacks of a severe invasion of privacy, and as far as I am concerned it is nobody's business what I look like, where I live or any other intel which would be of use to any criminal on the planet. Google is already in doubt as a corporation used to having its way, no matter how many sections of the UCC it violates in its quest to "service" users. First it scans books without permission and now this. There is already enough slavery in the 21st century without having a search engine like Google add to the problem.
We all need to learn how the Nazis rose to power. Give a little here, a little there....If they had this technology at that time, what do you think the world would look like now ? How long do you think other despotic corporations and governments to have this and other Google privacy barriers ? Do you want to be controlled by them, not that you will ever have a choice ?

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Level 32, 101 Miller St
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Team Website: www.raiders.com.au
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Nathan Massey Facebook Page
Nathan Massey Wikipedia Page
Last Know Move:
2013 Canberra Raiders – Off Contract
21 years old Nathan Massey is a professional rugby player who represented the Canberra Raiders team in the National Rugby League competition played in Australia. Born on 7th April 1991, has also played in the Toyota cup in the year 2010 where he represented the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs team. He preferred position on the field is Fullback. The 176 cm tall player had also played for the under 20s Canberra Raiders team before he made his first grade debut for the same club in the year 2011. He made his debut for the Raiders team when the regular fullback player got injured. He is still not a regular in the Canberra Raiders squad because of their settled lineup. A bright performance in the under 20s circuit helped him get an early call in the first grade team.


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The following procedure describes the steps used to request a resource from a server, for example, a Web page or file. The resource must be identified by a URI.
Create a WebRequest instance by calling Create with the URI of the resource.
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/");
Dim request as WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/")
The .NET Framework provides protocol-specific classes derived from WebRequest and WebResponse for URIs that begin with "http:", "https:'', "ftp:", and "file:". To access resources using other protocols, you must implement protocol-specific classes that derive from WebRequest and WebResponse. For more information, see Programming Pluggable Protocols .
Set any property values that you need in the WebRequest. For example, to enable authentication, set the Credentials property to an instance of the NetworkCredential class.
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
In most cases, the WebRequest class is sufficient to receive data. However, if you need to set protocol-specific properties, you must cast the WebRequest to the protocol-specific type. For example, to access the HTTP-specific properties of HttpWebRequest, cast the WebRequest to an HttpWebRequest reference. The following code example shows how to set the HTTP-specific UserAgent property.
((HttpWebRequest)request).UserAgent = ".NET Framework Example Client";
Ctype(request,HttpWebRequest).UserAgent = ".NET Framework Example Client"
To send the request to the server, call GetResponse. The actual type of the returned WebResponse object is determined by the scheme of the requested URI.
WebResponse response = request.GetResponse();
Dim response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
After you are finished with a WebResponse object, you must close it by calling the Close method. Alternatively, if you have gotten the response stream from the response object, you can close the stream by calling the Stream.Close method. If you do not close either the response or the stream, your application can run out of connections to the server and become unable to process additional requests.
You can access the properties of the WebResponse or cast the WebResponse to a protocol-specific instance to read protocol-specific properties. For example, to access the HTTP-specific properties of HttpWebResponse, cast the WebResponse to a HttpWebResponse reference. The following code example shows how to display the status information sent with a response.
Console.WriteLine (((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription);
To get the stream containing response data sent by the server, use the GetResponseStream method of the WebResponse.
Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream ();
Dim dataStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
After reading the data from the response, you must either close the response stream using the Stream.Close method or close the response using the WebResponse.Close method. It is not necessary to call the Close method on both the response stream and the WebResponse, but doing so is not harmful. WebResponse.Close calls Stream.Close when closing the response.
using System; using System.IO; using System.Net; using System.Text; namespace Examples.System.Net { public class WebRequestGetExample { public static void Main () { // Create a request for the URL. WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create ( "http://www.contoso.com/default.html"); // If required by the server, set the credentials. request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials; // Get the response. WebResponse response = request.GetResponse (); // Display the status. Console.WriteLine (((HttpWebResponse)response).StatusDescription); // Get the stream containing content returned by the server. Stream dataStream = response.GetResponseStream (); // Open the stream using a StreamReader for easy access. StreamReader reader = new StreamReader (dataStream); // Read the content. string responseFromServer = reader.ReadToEnd (); // Display the content. Console.WriteLine (responseFromServer); // Clean up the streams and the response. reader.Close (); response.Close (); } } }


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Mike Mungarvan - Private Signing
|Mike Mungarvan
|We are pleased to be able to announce a private signing with Mike Mungarvan!
Mike will happily sign your personal items and/or photographs.
If you would like a 10" x 8" photo (that we will provide) signed then please click the "Autograph" product below.
If you have personal items that you would like signed then click the "Personal Items" product below.
You can send us your CD/DVD covers, Pictures, Books and Posters etc...
When placing your order remember to choose an appropriate delivery option as this is the method we will use to return your items to you.
Private Signings will close on the date shown below. Once we have received everyones items we will take them to be signed. Once signed we will return them to you swiftly. Please be patient in waiting for your order as this process can take time. Thank you
|All items must be with us by: 11th April 2017
|Please send personal items to the following address after placing your order:
10th Planet Events Limited
4 Willowtree Farm Cottages
Main Road
Deeping St Nicholas
|Mini Biography
Mike Mungarvan was an uncredited actor on several Doctor Who stories. He was also a Dalek operator on Destiny of the Daleks.
He appeared in the first and last episodes of Blake's 7, the only actor besides Gareth Thomas and Michael Keating to do so.
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Boys Junior Varsity Wrestling, Boys Varsity Wrestling · Spidle Brothers Finish Season with All-State Honors
Sean Spidle had one goal entering his freshman season. Win a state title. This past weekend his goals became reality when he placed first in the Division 3, 103 pound weight class. The state finals match was a repeat of the regional finals where Hunter Assenmacher from Ida pulled out an overtime victory over Sean.


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Dare to be Aware Fair
Visit the "Taste of the Fair" – virtual presentations and offers
The Fair has been re-scheduled due to the CoVid19 situation!
New date is Saturday, April 17, 2021
Fair Hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm $5
Campus Map – Free Parking
~ Explore ~ Discover ~ Feel Good ~
The Dare to be Aware Fair is excited to return to Alverno College in the Sister Joel Read Conference Center, with events in the Alumnae Commons and Reiman Plaza – with FREE parking and only $5 Admission (Alverno students with ID are free). The exhibit hall opens at 9:00 am and closes at 5:00 pm.
A Special Presentation with Erik Swenson will open the fair – free with paid fair admission.
Subscribe to this blog to receive updates on our progress as the Fair unfolds for 2021.
Looking forward to seeing you in 2021! And in the meantime, be sure to visit our exhibitors as they have so much to offer.
Visit our facebook page and see the photos from the 2019 fair
Dare to be Aware Fair information: 414-374-5433


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Man Found Chained in Bremerton Home
A man with Asperger's syndrome, who had been chained inside a house and pepper-sprayed when he became physically aggressive, was taken to a hospital for evaluation Tuesday.
A Kitsap County sheriff's deputy was called to the house on the 3600 block of E Street in Navy Yard City after an acquaintance was beckoned to the house and saw the 39-year-old disabled man chained by his wrist. Asperger's is a mild form of autism. The man did not appear injured.
The woman who lives at the house returned while the deputy was there, and a representative from Adult Protective Services arrived. While talking with the deputy, the man said he did not want to look at the woman who had chained him.
The 39-year-old man left with the deputy and was taken to Harrison Medical Center for evaluation, said Deputy Scott Wilson, a spokesman for the office. The deputy's full report was not available Tuesday.
When the deputy left the house, he told the woman that a prosecutor would be in touch with her.
"When the prosecuting attorney calls I will talk to him and explain the situation as best I can," she said.
During an interview with the Kitsap Sun, the woman said she chained and padlocked the man when she left him alone in the house with his blessing. She said the chain allowed him freedom of movement to use the restroom, the kitchen and access to a telephone.
(She is not being named by the Sun, despite speaking to a reporter. The Sun does not typically identify people who are being investigated of a possible crime but have not been charged.)
"He said it was a win-win," she said, noting that when the man came to live with her five years ago he was battling addiction to drugs, alcohol and tobacco. "It was kind of his decision."
She also noted that she did not stay away from the house for long periods when he was chained inside.
As for the pepper spray, she said she used it earlier Tuesday, would not say how many times she has used it and noted she only did so when the 6-foot-2-inch, 230-pound man became physically aggressive.
She was told to keep the pepper spray nearby for her own safety, and said she didn't call police when he became aggressive because she did not want him to get "lost in the system."
The relationship between the two is not romantic and is based on her providing him a safe, spiritual place to live, she said.
Those who know the man through his job said he was often without money, and had to "panhandle" coworkers. They suspect that the woman is using the man for money from disability checks, a charge the woman denies.
"He has his paycheck, I have mine," she said.
Ross Caldeira, the acquaintance who first noticed the man was chained, noted that the chain wasn't so substantial the 39-year-old couldn't find a way to break free. But Caldeira said the man was likely unsure of where he would find shelter if he left.
"He's handicapped, he doesn't know where he will go," Caldeira said.


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Words by Kim Stephens
The last in the 2018 Bos Sport Mountain Challenge Series, amplified by Jaybird, and Wildrunner is not underplaying the "we saved the beast for last" line. Sunday 7 October saw the culmination of intense preparation and training roll out in to a two-day mountain festival in the beautiful, sleepy town of Swellendam.
Runners joined the crew from 12 noon on Saturday, going through kit check and registration, and grabbing a last cold lager with friends as final race prep was discussed. A sea of nervous energy took in the Saturday night race briefing in the race village, and a delicious dinner was enjoyed at the quaint old Drostdy Museum in the centre of town, as Sunday loomed large.
From 4am on Sunday, crew set about getting the final details ready for the series finale. Runners arrived ready to take on the 24.5km, 35km or 55km routes; many aware that the day ahead would throw untold challenges their way.
The 24.5km and 55km runners set off from under the finish arches at 6am, some hard rock music pumping as the mist hung low on the mountains ahead. The start takes runners on a short stretch of road through the picturesque town where only the brave will look up at the peaks in the distance.
The 35km runners piled in to busses to reach their start line destination by 8am. The racing was hot from the word go, but the real heat came later.
Roger Dickson, a Cape based veteran runner, led the early 24.5km charge in what was later described as "a Park Run race pace". After the first few km, a lead pack of Dickson, fellow vet Pete Calitz, and youngster Stephen Millard formed. They were closely followed by first woman Hayley Preen. Hayley almost always runs a carefully calculated race. She planned one of her finest attacks, moving through the field in the second half to pass all the men but Calitz. Pete flew down to break the tape in a style that has become expected of the man; all smiles, and in a blur of colour. Pete was followed by Roger Dickson and Stephen Millard rounded out the men's podium. Kristen Heath was second woman over the line, and Anneke du Plessis was third.
The 24.5km "Lite" distance is deceptive, as the route takes in 1 668m of ascent, and 987m of descent. Weary runners arrived at the finish line to be bussed back to the Drostdy Museum throughout the day, some pondering their wisdom in choosing the 24.5km over the 35km. It's debatable as to which is the greater physical challenge.
In the 35km race, word from the course was that Jonathan Black and Lucas Adams had taken an early lead at eye-bleeding pace. Both Jono and Lucas are light-footed downhill dancers, so the 1 675m of ascent and 2 243m of descent was well suited to their individual styles of racing. With the mist lifting and the heat starting to rise rapidly, it was clear that there would be carnage on the course, and a lot of fresh, mountain water pool dipping for those who had the time. By half way, Jono had about a 1 minute lead on trail mate Lucas, and supporters on the finish line began some careful calculations as Wesley Sweetnam's 4:09:31 record seemed set to fall. At the 20km mark, Black refuelled swiftly, taking in plenty of ice cold fluid for the last, hot 15km where two sketchy climbs could have derailed his race. In the end, he went a solid 23 minutes below the course record. Adams too finished under the record, just 12 minutes behind Black, setting the bar high for next year's middle distance speedsters. Grobler Basson came in third. In the women's race, Nina-Mari Bruwer lead from early on, taking the win in some 10 minutes ahead of Emily Yeo. Manal Stulgaitis rounded out the women's podium in the 35km.
The 55km Ultra has never been particularly kind to its participants, but no one lines up for this one expecting anything less. With 3 550m of ascent and descent over relentlessly technical, unbelievably beautiful, brutal terrain, the 12 hour cut off doesn't leave much time for the back-enders to stop and smell the prolific fynbos or enjoy the panoramic views. Andrew Hagen led the first charge, followed by David Long, Dale Symons and Andre-Hugo van Zyl. Marna van Deventer held an early lead, with Camille Oliante and Caitlin Lewis not far behind. David Long had taken the lead by the 40km mark, creating quite a gap on Hagen. In the end, an exhausted David Long cross the finish line in to the arms of his toddler daughter in a time of 7:29:44, reaching his sub 7:30 goal with just seconds to spare. A fine victory for a true gent who has had a great year of running so far. Hagen followed in second position, in a time of 8:00:50, with his battered legs seizing up completely on the finish grass. Ian Metcalfe finished 6 minutes later. Marna van Deventer ran a strong race, coming in to a growing crowd and vibey festivities in 9:20:01, followed by Caitlin Lewis in 9:48:50. Caitlin, back from the US temporarily, was also the first master over the line. Camille Oliante finished third in 10:48:54.
A complete overview of check point splits and results can be seen here and a selection of race day images by Mark Sampson and Alan van Gysen here.
There is untold beauty in the mountains of Swellendam, and the kind of isolated wilderness running that we dream of whilst tapping away at our laptops in the confines of an office. Mountain running may seem a daunting prospect to any mere mortal, but there is a sense of freedom in that discipline that cannot be described until you're reaching a peak, indigenous flora as far as the eye can see, and you turn to see where you've climbed from. It's worth it.
See you next year for another unforgettable Bos Sport Mountain Challenge Series, amplified by Jaybird.
Early bird entries for 2019 open 28 November 2018.


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No one knows the products better than producers themselves. And this time we have decided to reveal some of our secrets and show which of Amasty Magento extensions we use ourselves. Yes, this is the article where we talk a lot about ourselves. We are deeply convinced that if "the shoemaker's family goes barefoot", it must be a bad shoemaker. But this is definitely not our case. So check the list of Magento extensions we use for our own store to enhance customers' experience and make the work of admin users as easy as it can be.
Ready to see the hidden side of our store? Here we go!
AJAX Shopping Cart
Handy shopping tool enabling customers quickly add products to cart and continue purchase hunting is a great plus to your store usability karma. Why interrupt shopping process and destruct customers' attention instead of letting them enjoy browsing your website? The module kills two birds with one stone – it provides customers with a great shopping experience and motivates them to add more products to the cart. Of course we couldn't have missed the chance to implement it in our own store to amaze our visitors with Ajax Shopping cart visual effects and advanced options.
Search Pro
No one wants to waste time when it comes to shopping. And if customers don't find the products they need in the shortest time possible they are likely to leave the store and never come back. That's why Magento quick search feature is a "must have" for any online merchant.
We at Amasty know how precious customers' time is. Therefore, we've equipped our website with a handy and precise tool that visibly improves product search process and provides customers with positive shopping experience.
The tool can be easily adjusted to the needs of any online store. It provides vendors with a variety of advanced features like 3 search modes, autocomplete option and many others.
Custom Stock Status
Being closer to customers means to clearly and timely inform them about all upcoming products and services. Speaking stock statuses double the chances that potential clients will come back and purchase the products they've been waiting for. One more great benefit is the opportunity to launch presale campaigns and effectively examine customers' demand.
Offering software products, Amasty can't exploit the power of this Magento stock management extension to the full, as our modules just can't "run out of stock". But, we actively use the option of presale campaign and thoroughly monitor which upcoming modules and features enjoy greater popularity. Such proactive steps help us significantly improve the products we offer.
Admin Actions Log
Have a large store and a team of admin users to manage it? So do we! We've got a pretty big team of admins who have the access to our store backend. In order to keep everything under control, avoid tasks overlapping and malicious login attempts we run the magento access logs for Amasty website. It's really great to keep all the logs info at hand to immediately fix any problems if they occur.
Extended Product Grid with Editor
We value our own time as high as the time of our customers. And we believe that effective catalog management really pays back. So, flexible product grid, which lets admin users quickly add new products and edit them, seems to be a reasonable upgrade of the admin panel. It helps us easily manage numerous store categories, sort and edit product attributes right on the grid. We can also check out all the changes on the frontend and immediately clear up any inaccuracies.
Extended Order Grid
Having upgraded our product grid we decided to expand the order grid functionality as well to maximally optimize the work of our admin users. Now we need just a couple of seconds to find the necessary order and view its info (coupon codes, SKU, price etc.) without visiting the order view page. This tool enabled us to considerably shorten order processing time and improve customer service performance.
Order Memos and Attachments
Working with big volumes of information we can't always rely on our memory when it comes to special notes. Sometimes we need to attach hundreds of documents to hundreds of different orders. Thus, to prevent any data loss and instantly find the necessary order info, we use the memos and attachments tool that helps us keep everything at hand.
Of course, there are some more comprehensive extensions that we use to please our customers and improve Amasty store performance. But let us keep them under the hat, at least till the next secret reveling article comes out.


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Look hot whilst you squat in these Camo gym leggings. Featuring a contrasting Camo print design with Gymlitt Branding, Ultimate is Built with a ruched bum design, High Waistband to give you ultimate comfort, Ribbed Ankles and reinforced gusset , all to make you perform your best! in any condition.
- High-rise fit- Camo jacquard print all over - Ribbed waistband / Ankles- Ruched bum design- Gymlitt - Hip / Ankle Banding- MATERIAL (XXX)- Model is 5'7" and wears size S- Label Colour: Black


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Put on your party hats, because loop88 is an Official Honoree of The 20th Annual Webby Awards! Our "Mavis Dracula: Mommy Pinner" campaign has been acknowledged in this year's Family & Parenting section for Social Content and Marketing and we could not be more proud and excited!
In the late summer of 2015, Sony Pictures challenged us to bring their movie Hotel Transylvania 2 to Pinterest. Lead character Mavis becomes a mother in the second film and since Pinterest is prime territory for creative mom ideas, we brought vampire mom Mavis to life within the Pinterest community. She shared recipes and crafts on the platform, gathered ideas to entertain her new kiddo, chatted directly with other moms on Pinterest, and got a chance to interact one-on-one with existing Hotel Transylvania fans. It was such a fun and new way to create buzz around a movie release!
The Webby Awards is presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS). "Honorees are setting the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet," said David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. "It is an incredible achievement to be selected among the best from the nearly 13,000 entries we received this year."
Take a peek at our Hotel Transylvania 2 case study for a full overview of the Mavis campaign. Head over to The Webby Awards website to see the winners and honorees in each category.


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Large Oval Rug c.1960.
Good sized mid 20th.c. rug or carpet c.1960. Over 11 feet long and 8 feet wide, big enough to fill the centre of a room or go under a large dining table perhaps. Unusual oval shape with concentric bands of pattern in reds and browns against a sand coloured ground. Some wear at the edges but generally good condition.
Dimensions: width 98″, length 136″
Year: c.1960
Price: £495
Stock Number: 31350


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Slingshot's Vince Nairn caught up with EnVyUs' Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt before their ELEAGUE Group D play Friday (10 p.m. on TBS) to talk about rebounding after a tough year, caster criticism and his problems with the current Major qualification system.
Vince Nairn: First off, what's your take on your group of ELEAGUE and the teams that are here with you?
Nathan "NBK-" Schmitt: So we have a group that is pretty balanced, I'd say. The four teams roughly have the same level at the moment. I think almost anyone can get through in the group. It's a matter of playing better than the other teams this week. It's definitely going to be a challenge.
VN: Yeah, with IEM Oakland being this week, we know the teams that weren't going to be in this group. Did that change anything for you — if only mentally — going in knowing that you weren't going to have to see certain teams here?
NS: Not really. Mainly, the weaker teams are the ones who qualified for the tournament. For instance, Alternate aTTax qualified in Group C. Other than that, every team in ELEAGUE is at a high level. We know each other real well. There's no outsider other than the qualifying teams. We were happy to dodge the bigger teams at the moment — SK, VP, Na'Vi — but I think the group is very tight. Either way we were gonna have a hard group.
VN: Coming out of Northern Arena over the weekend, how do you think your form is right now, and what would you like to work on this week?
NS: To be fair, Northern Arena was rather quick. We played two best-of-ones against the American teams. We played OpTic to win our group. Then of course we play G2, which is our French rivals. It was really quick. G2, we haven't played them for months on LAN. That was probably one of the worst games we've played as EnVyUs, as of late. We felt bad losing that game, especially after the Overpass game. We have things to fix, obviously. We really couldn't take too much from the event. Now it's gonna be all about coming back to our A game and just doing what we can.
VN: It's interesting in the French scene because there are pretty much the two top teams, and that means anytime one or both of you struggle, the rumors pop up about roster shuffles and who is going to end up where. It's constant. How do you try to block that out?
NS: As simple as it sounds, it's just about ignoring it. There's nothing you can do about what people are gonna be talking about and what people are gonna think about roster changes or possible super teams or whatever. What we have to do is focus on our own team and look forward. See if we can improve and try to understand how teams are winning consistently. Taking the good things of the better teams at the moment and try to incorporate them into your own games. Concerning all the rumors, it's just about ignoring that because aside from the 10 players and two or three managers, nobody exactly knows what's happening to French teams. It's just about not thinking about it.
VN: You guys entered this year on a really high note. You were one of the top couple teams in the world and probably gave Fnatic the toughest games of any team when they were on top. What have been the challenges in dealing with the drop on form that seemed to hit you guys hard in the spring and summer?
NS: First thing, it was very hard for most of the team, and the players especially, to deal with going lower in the rankings and having to work again to really find the will to grind against the best teams in the world. I think that was a huge blow. For some players, if you steal that confidence from them, it's extremely hard to get it back. We've been struggling all year long. It's not that terrible in the fact that we always manage to stay in the top 10, but we couldn't find — especially with the players we have – we couldn't find any play going for us. It's about finding our play style back and chemistry back. It's something we have been struggling with all year long. We're still working in that same direction. Being on the same page. It's just taking a long time, and we're still working on it.
VN: Do you take it for granted at times, being one of the top teams? It seems like it can disappear in a second.
Yeah, especially I think it's something that's very specific to French teams. Everything outside the games, the fans and talking to people and telling you you're the best. Especially to the French scene, we have that mentality where we easily forget the hard work and what you have to put in the game to win. When you fall down from that, it's very hard to come back from because you have nothing to rely on anymore, and suddenly you're not the best. Keeping the mentality and keeping the will to grind while you're on top, that's something SK is doing well. They have a FalleN as a leader, who is a grinder. He will not stop and will definitely aim for first place. When you have that guy who will always bring somebody up, it helps a lot. That's something French teams don't have. Having a person who will say "Next time everyone will do better." We're working on that.
VN: Recently there was a bit of a spat about casters comments toward players, which sparked from the event you were at over the weekend. As someone who has probably been both praised and criticized at times by casters, where do you fall in that debate?
NS: I think there is some stuff. Some casters and analysts are notorious for doing that. It's not a surprise. There are different factors. And also that some memes being created about players, the prime example being Smithzz. It is something that went too far as in people using the meme for fame of "He's a cool caster" while shitting on a player. I think it's fair and completely normal to point out bad plays or being bad in the game. But to do it just to ride the meme wave, that's too much. Some casters and analysts are notorious for that. So when you have people coming with that out of nowhere, I guess that's when it started and people started talking more about it. Definitely on some players, it's way too hard. Even if a player is bad 24/7 in each and every game, you can point it out from a narrative point of view that he's bad. There's no reason to destroy him.
VN: The Major qualifying system has also come under debate recently. You're playing on a team that is in the world top 10 but also has to qualify for the Major. What do you think about the current system?
NS: The whole big system is fine. There are just several points that are completely absurd. Qualifying for the minor, you have some invited teams, and then (some) you have to qualify online in two days. That's very harsh for a team that wants to qualify. That, and then there were some problems with roster changes. For instance, you had a team in a Legends team and was getting kicked and wanted to play in a Minor but couldn't. I don't remember the exact details, but I think that should be looked at. The last thing that I would say should be changed is the seeding system at the Major. I think the whole system is fine. I think the hard part is that there's no seeding being made during the major. You always have a fairly easy group and a "Group of Death" at the major. That is where there could be a huge improvement. Then you could see less top teams that have to qualify. Those are the three points, but overall the whole structure is fine.
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My undergraduate studies at Indiana University had me travelling all over the campus to study every topic that interested me. My coursework in Biology, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Cognitive Science made me realize that I could combine my interests in Olaf Sporn's Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, where I studied sensorimotor coordination and embodied robotics using informational theoretic and complexity measures. Also at IU, I was very involved in the Intensive Freshman Seminars, both in the summer and in their pilot year long program. I collaborated with Fritz Lieber to not only teach courses from the School of Education but also to study the dynamic structure of IFS as an educational medium.
After receiving my B.S. degrees from Indiana University, I decided to leave academia for a few years and enlist in the U.S. Peace Corps as a mathematics teacher in Tanzania. After ten weeks of intensive training, which included technical teaching skills, Swahili language instruction, and cultural integration techniques, I was placed at Matema Beach Secondary School in a village called Mababu. It was near the tip of Lake Nyasa (Lake Malawi) at the base of the Livingstone Mountains and I was a stone's throw from the jungle. My house had no electricity and I retrieved water from a pipe outside my house. In school, I spent my time creating new educational materials, problem sets, and methods to accurately address students' environments, instead of using the British examples in their textbooks. In extra-curricular activities, I helped my counterpart to create a HIV/AIDS and life skills drama team, an inter-district debate team, and a permaculture project to improve vegetable growth. I also helped represent Peace Corps during the Prime Minister's visit to my school.
Upon returning from Peace Corps, I used my noncompetitive eligibility benefits and took a job with the Department of Veterans Affairs as one of the first Veterans Claims Examiners for the new Post-9/11 GI Bill. After training for three months and working in the department for awhile, I was singled out to attend meetings and give presentations to high level government executives, including the VBA Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations, the VBA Under Secretary for Benefits, the VBA Chief of Staff, a representative from the Office of the Inspector General, members from the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, and delegates from the White House. As a Post-9/11 GI Bill Subject Matter Expert and Software Tester, I did two tours of duty, one in Washington DC for a week and another in Chicago for a month. I programmed several macros for local office use and made ample use of suggestion programs to promote better methods in nationwide software, all saving thousands of taxpayers' dollars.


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'Sin Nombre' Director to Direct 'Noble Assassin,' About Real-Life James Bond Figure
Posted on Thursday, August 22nd, 2013 by Russ Fischer
Just hours ago we talked about the fact that Sin Nombre and Jane Eyre director Cary Fukunaga had teamed with Idris Elba for a lead role and producing gig in his long-developing film Beasts of No Nation, based on the novel of the same name.
Now Fukunaga has been announced as the likely director for another adaptation. Noble Assassin, a Dreamworks project, is based on the proposed book of the same name, by Paul Kix. The film doesn't have any cast at this point, but the story — about a Frenchman who worked as a spy for the British during WWII and pretty much set the template for James Bond — is insanely great. Get details below.
Deadline explains that the book focuses on the "wartime story of French aristocrat-turned-anti-Nazi-Saboteur Robert de la Rochefoucauld, who joined the British Special Operations Executive and was trained in every manner of dark arts before being sent back to France to help organize the resistance, blowing up train stations and munitions factories, enduring months of torture and escaping his own execution."
In fact, he escaped his own execution twice. But don't take that "dark arts" phrase in Deadline's description too literally — this is not a Mike Mignola sort of WWII story full of magic and the supernatural. It only has a man who actually did just about every super-spy action typically ascribed to fictional heroes, as if that's not enough.
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Having a support system that loves you and encourages you and tell you how great you are is one element of having positive thinkers around you. Be with those you are honest to you, who direct you on the correct path and those who encourage you to rise beyond your limit.
- Ask yourself why you want what you want
It is so important to recognize not only what you are passionate about but why you are pursuing a career with passion and commitment and how this could be applied to the world.
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Stay focused on your goals. Be courageous and determined to achieve your goals even through hardships and challenges. While you stay focused on achieving your goals, make sure to work on yourself and to improve yourself by capitalizing on your strengths.


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There is no greater feeling of satisfaction than to stand back and say to yourself "I made that" and be proud of it. The technical term for it is "personal agency" and it's sadly lacking in the modern world of vicarious living. It's so rewarding as an artist to be able to share what I do and how I do it with the world.
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Blue Vervain is an often overlooked yet beloved North American wetlands herb. It's European cousin, Verbena officinalis, has enjoyed a place in Traditional Western Herbalism as a nervine and neuro trophorestorative occasionally used to treat gallbladder and liver dysfunction as well as the early stages of fever. Many Modern North American Herbalists, such as Matthew Wood and 7Song, describe Blue Vervain as having a more potent affect than V. officinalis. Both are currently minor players in the pantheon of popular herbs for anxiety, depression, and related nervous system conditions. In truth, our modern culture probably ought to boost Blue Vervain to center-stage. Blue Vervain's talent for assisting in the recovery from states of exhaustion has been well-documented.
Where does Blue Vervain Grow?
Verbena hastata, aka Blue Vervain, is sometimes called Swamp Vervain. It loves wetlands and moist places, like river banks and the edges of streams. It can grow up to five or six feet (1.5-1.8 m) when the soil is loamy and moist and it's got full sun exposure. As 7-Song describes, you'll often see Eupatorium perfoliatum and Scutellaria lateriflora (Boneset and Skullcap) growing in Blue Vervain's company. If you're planting Blue Vervain, look for a sunny spot that's easy to keep well-watered. It'll grow well from seed, root divisions, or cuttings. Blue Vervain's roots are rhizomes and stem is square, like those of the mint family, but the double-lip of it's flower differentiates it from the mints. Blue Vervain is a perennial that can happily withstand winters as harsh as Minnesota can dish out. You won't need to shelter it if you get cold, dark, long winters.
One of the keys to planting a successful patch of Blue Vervain is to stratify the seeds before you plant them. This will help improve your germination rates. Blue Vervain seeds prefer a cool-temperature period before germination. Pack your nursery pots with moist soil and sprinkle the Blue Vervain seed on top of them, then keep them at coolish temperatures for three months to stratify your seeds. Be sure to keep them moist for the duration. Folks in cool-climates can keep them in the garage or outdoors in a sheltered location. If you're living in a warmer climate, the refrigerator is a good choice. Once you've established a healthy planting, your Blue Vervain will likely reseed annually.
Now I've grown it, what do I do with it?
Harvest the aerial parts, or tops, of Blue Vervain once it's flowered. You'll use the leaves and flowers but discard the stems. (See 7-Song's video on Blue Vervain for Harvesting tips.) Dry the leaves and flowers as you normally would. A dehydrator is my favorite, although tying bunches together and hanging them can work as well. You want a crispy, green leaf with a mild, bitter scent when you're done.
Once you've gathered and dried a Blue Vervain, you'll want to use it. Most folks use Blue Vervain in teas sparingly. It's fairly bitter and can easily overwhelm your blend. Many folks prefer to include Blue Vervain in tincture blends, where a slightly higher dose is more palatable and it's easier to take often. For tips on incorporating Blue Vervain in your next formulation, take a look at Sue's Clinical Formulation for Blue Vervain article.
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Lancaster PA Food and Wine Show
Downtown at the Lancaster Convention Center folks got Hempzelized & of course there will be other vendors & celebraty chefs like Anne Burrell. Join many foodies as they take over the Lancaster Convention Center November 16 and 17 2013. The Pennsylvania Food and Wine Show, produced by JM Expo. This two-day show provides hosts with the tools and ideas to plan and execute parties at every level – from a relaxed family get-together or festive dinner with friends to a cocktail party or five-course meal sure to be the envy of even the most stylish penthouse guests.
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Bobcats in a Brave New World
"Preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader -- a dictator -- willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures,' which few know how, or are willing to employ."
-- Michael Ledeen
"You can't hold him," Bernie said. "You can't turn him loose. All you can do is jump up and down and run around in circles with your hands around his neck and hope you can choke him to death before he tears you to pieces."
And that's just in Iraq. We've got miles to go before we sleep in a brand New World. There we are, sandwiched between a gigantic Iran and a tiny Syria, both of whom have been warned that they're next on George Bush's list of countries to receive his gift of freedom and democracy. Will Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yell, "Hold the Mayo!" and take a bite out of Bush's ass, or will he back off in an effort to salvage his standing with the European Union that was badly damaged as a result of his "Wipe Israel off the map" comment?
I suspect the answer to that will be up to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who appears to be Ahmadinejad's "Cheney", or controller, and who said shortly after the Israel remarks, "We will not commit aggression towards any nations..." Khamenei then added a veiled warning to the New Worlders: "But if the power-seekers of the world -- out of habit -- want to infringe our nation's rights, it will not tolerate oppression by anyone or any powers."
Unfortunately, Bush doesn't respond well to warnings, threats, challenges, suggestions, or even questions. So, with more bobcats circling and all that blood splattering around, it's hard not to look back at the Old World Order with more than a bit of longing. But Bernie says it's too late for that. "The Old World is gone, and good riddance," he said. "It's a sore that began festering on Reagan's watch with behind-the-scenes atrocities, undercover drug trafficking, assassinations, death squads and the chipping away of the ethical foundation of our democracy. It's come to a head now, spewing out the same old Reagan-era mass murderers, and they don't intend to leave."
"This time around," Bernie said, "they're not working undercover. They've abandoned all pretense of morality. They're in our faces -- in every critical position in this government -- put in place to create the madness, cruelty, torture, and massive genocide that will form the foundation of their World. And destroy ours."
The New World Order
looks good on paper,
but it is based on the theory that leaders of nations
throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East will recognize the futility of
challenging the massive power of the US military and will passively hand
over their resources, their treasures, their governments, their cultures
and their gods, and will eagerly accept the gift of freedom and democracy
that comes with US control.
Most Americans are familiar with the phrase, "New World Order." It's been out there for so long it's almost passé. Besides, what's wrong with being Number One? What's a few regime changes between friends? Few realize that the "noble" cause for which 2,080 Americans have lost their lives is nothing but maximization of profits -- a war for global financial and military industrial domination. As the incomparable Mary McGrory said, the United States "is the SUV of nations. It hogs the road and guzzles the gas and periodically has to run over something -- like another country -- to get to its Middle Eastern filling station."
Does no one ever wonder what life will be like in the New World Order? As far back as 1987, Republican Senator Jesse Helms was raising the alarm on the floor of the Senate – "This campaign against the American people -- against traditional American culture and values -- is systematic psychological warfare." He warned about insiders such as Wolfowitz and Richard Perle directing foreign policy..." The influence of establishment insiders over our foreign policy has become a fact of life in our time," Helms said. "...It is an influence which, if unchecked, could ultimately subvert our constitutional order." (emphasis added)
There's nothing wrong with psychological operations (PSYOP). It's a weapon as old as war itself; a critical force multiplier that has been used throughout history to intimidate an enemy so that he will either surrender prior to conflict or throw in the towel before he is wiped out. But in the grotesque new world of Cheney and Rumsfeld, PSYOP is a savage, insensate world of chaos, anger and hate. It's a world of abuse, murder, degradation, assassination, secret hidden torture camps where PSYOP has mutated into full-blown "Psycho" operations. From Guantanamo Bay to Abu Ghraib to the remote mountains of Afghanistan, Rumsfeld's Psycho Raiders are on the move -- abusing, torturing, and murdering all those who dare resist occupation. Men, women, children -- it doesn't matter. If it pleads, it bleeds.
At the same time, the Bush administration and its complicit corporate media are using PSYCHO-OP with spectacular success against the American people by relying on fear to impel them to accept an increasingly fascist regime rather than physically beating them into submission.
We are entering a new world, one of informants and secret police and torture. It's a Machiavellian world where the end justifies the means. As Ledeen wrote in his 1999 book, Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are as Timely and Important Today as Five Centuries Ago, "There are several circumstances in which good leaders are likely to have to enter into evil: whenever the very existence of the nation is threatened; when the state is first created or revolutionary change is to be accomplished; when removing an evil tyrant; and when the society becomes corrupt and must be restored to virtue..."
In Katherine Yurica's April 7, 2005 report, "Everything You Need to Know About Michael Ledeen," Yurica quotes Ledeen as he clearly lays out a roadmap denizens of the world will be compelled to follow in the new order. Ledeen, Karl Rove's full-time adviser and Pat Robertson's best friend, says the religion within that order will be that of evangelical Christianity.
"Good religion teaches men that politics is the most important enterprise in the eyes of God. Like Moses, Machiavelli wants the law of his state to be seen, and therefore obeyed, as divinely ordered," Ledeen wrote. "The combination of fear of God and fear of punishment -- duly carried out with good arms -- provides the necessary discipline for good government."
Bernie says Americans have been "psycho-opped" upside the head by guys like Ledeen, Cheney and Rumsfeld until we are senseless. "Somebody oughta tell that creepy Ledeen guy that this isn't Machiavelli's "state", and that love and compassion will trump politics in the eyes of God -- every time!
"Where are the freaking Christians?" Bernie bellowed as he headed for the door. Somebody oughta tell that bunch of jackals over at the Pentagon's Murder, Inc. that our founding fathers gave us the necessary discipline for good government -- it's called the US Constitution..."
Bernie's right. We are the bobcats now. Cheney and Rumsfeld may ultimately force us into the madness of their world, but it will be after the race -- and then after the damndest fight they ever saw. Because in a sane world, only a crazy person would try to baptize a bobcat...
Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. You can email her at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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I don't use the Postal Service to mail a lot of packages. If I DO mail something, it tends to be a book, an ARC or something else I'm passing to a friend. Something I can slip into a manila envelope and sent media mail for a couple of dollars. But I have had a few experiences lately which left me scratching my head...
I mailed three smallish books (a hardcover Madeline, a paperback Fancy Nancy, and a hardcover of Hilary Martel's Giving Up the Ghost) to my friend in Wales. "Surface is fine," I told the postal clerk. No more surface, she tells me, air only. Three books to Wales by air = $21.
Then I went to mail a hot water bottle, a vintage copy of Valley of the Dolls, some origami paper and some plastic hair ornaments to my bestie in Portland and her girls. $17.00, USPS Freight NOT Priority. Again, does that strike you as a bit much?
Then I read about how our local mail will be trucked to Birmingham (200 miles round-trip). We will lose our postmark, and local mail will take 8-10 days? Insanity.
The post office seems to determined to price itself beyond reason (I will consider DHL next time I ship internationally and UPS for domestic), and then slows service to something approaching the glacial. They could do ONE or the OTHER -- keep it reasonably but tortuous, or pricey but speedy, but choosing both seems like it is forfeiting the game. As does this PostSecret secret:
I'm wondering what libraries can take away from this previous public good being decimated by an attempt at profitability.


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One look I absolutely adore is over-sized clothing. I have always been pretty slender yet don't like tight-fitting clothes much. I need to be able to move around comfortably, bend over without worrying about things shifting around awkwardly. This is why I love my boyfriends – all of them! I actually think that there is something incredibly intriguing about the contrast of a small frame in a boxy outfit.
Let me introduce you to my first BF – the beloved simple white boyfriend shirt. This one is actually my husband's, brand unknown. Next time you don't know what to wear, just raid your partner's closet!
Photo Credit: Noah Berg Photography
lace cami: Zara | pleather shorts: H&M | heels: Manolo Blahnik | necklace: H&M | men's shirt: unknown


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Several thousands of amateur astronomers flocked to the 22nd annual Northeast Astronomy Forum to sample the wares at one of the world's largest telescope shows. Again, we were able to record some of the show on video. Click on one of the logos below to watch an in-depth interview with one of the sponsors who made the videos possible.
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