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November 28, 2014, 11:42:48 AM »
I have had the blessing of being able to work with some really excellent companies on their marketing materials. One particular client is known for making lightweight gear and had a somewhat high profile roll out of gear that, at the time, was revolutionary in design, materials, construction methods, and light weight. I was brought in after the initial roll out to help write some product descriptions to be used in print and on the web.
When the product was initially released, the marketing push was all about the weight. People who had actually put hands on it could vouch for its extreme durability but those who had just seen press releases were commenting in public venues that it looked/sounded flimsy and that it wouldn't last regardless of the reality that it will likely outlast traditional MOLLE gear. Some of this misconception could likely be attributed to people' resistance to change (the product was very different) but I think it also came down to how it was marketed. The marketing did not account for the preconceived notions of potential customers.
When you are marketing your own products, try to think of all the ways your words can be perceived. A word like "lightweight" can be perceived to mean weak or flimsy rather than just lighter in weight than a similar product. "That dude is a lightweight!" "Cheap" may mean inexpensive to you but it might mean poor quality to your customer. "Over built" may make someone think a product is heavy or complex rather than just durable. "Simplified" or "streamlined" design may make your customer think your price should be lower since you now spend less time producing the product. There are tons of examples like this.
Create Some Guidelines...
In the above example, the solution was to create a set of marketing rules/marketing glossary/style guide (whatever you want to call it) to help ensure consistent communication. We decided that the term lightweight would never be used unless durability is also emphasized. I highly suggest that you develop your own guidelines for how you market your products and then stick to your guidelines (they can, of course, change over time). It will help you remain consistent in the message that you are delivering and builds your overall brand.
Features AND Benefits...
Also consider how you can spell out not only features, but benefits to your end user. Don't take for granted that your customer will understand that your new, simpler chest rig is more durable because there are less potential failure points and lighter in weight. If your chest rig has simplified design that makes it lighter in weight and more durable, the simplified design is a feature. The benefit is the lighter weight and improved durability. Don't leave those benefits up to the customer to infer because, as you can see from the above example, a lot of them will get it wrong.
The real challenge is to then distill all of those features and benefits into a blurb that is short enough for someone to actually read.
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Great advice Matt. I know this is one area I am very week in and constantly stuggle with. Thanks for these tips. Creating a marketing glossary and/or style guide is something I will have to do and be more mindfull of how simple words have different meanings in different context.
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December 01, 2014, 04:58:55 AM »
This is something that has become glaringly obvious to me in the last few months. I've sent kit out to guys (who aren't dummies) to try out & thought, 'They're into this kind of gear, they'll figure it out & get the gist'.
How often do they figure it out & get the gist? Hardly ever! Even though my gear isn't rocket science because I approach certain things differently most people simply don't get it. I accept that I'll have to outline & explain every feature that may be unfamiliar or done differently from what they're used to. Youtube is going to be my primary avenue of explaining the gear, unfortunately it means people will have to watch & listen to me.
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Some guys are quicker on the up take than others. If the reviewer isn't catching what you are trying to accomplish with a piece of gear... there is a good chance your customer isn't either. It is always best to have effective marketing materials that spell out features and connect those features to benefits for the customer.
If you go the YouTube route, create a quality script/storyboard and stick to it. That will help you hit all your marketing points an prevent rambling. As a consumer, I appreciate a video that is succinct. No consumer is expecting a review from the manufacturer - just an overview.
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December 02, 2014, 12:31:25 AM »
@HRO, I too do a fair few YouTube videos to overview products, or explain individual features. As @JTT suggests, I follow a script (always the same intro, content, always the same conclusion), although I sometimes do ramble/stumble over my words because I absolutely love what I do (and know enthusiasm rubs off on people - plus I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself on camera, which also kind of helps with a connection even if you are only "online"). I figure my biggest barrier to sales is not having the bag in front of the customer, so try to replicate this as best as possible, and videos seemed like the best and easiest way. I do tend to "over educate" so people know what the features are and actually ask for them (after having watched a pile of my videos). The flipside is not explaining a feature so the customer doesn't understand it, which leaves your hard design work pretty much useless (or worse, complained about: "I can't believe they put a buckle here").
My YouTube channel for examples (its a constant work in progress)
I haven't done it myself, but if you were to send a product to a tester, make them watch a video first so they are up to speed. At the least they get an idea if the product is for them (before you post it), and at the best they help restate your brand message (as @JTT says with the guidelines).
@HRO I haven't shown you the upstairs section of my studio, but you are more than welcome to come over and use the set up to get some videos going. I've got everything you need; lights, camera, lav mic, external sound recorder, table. You just need to provide a suitable backdrop; pink walls probably isn't your thing!
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Yeah picking up what you're both putting down. I'd definitely have a methodical outline to work through & wouldn't be afraid to do a few practice runs before going 'live'. Maintaining consistency is something I'm really striving for. One thing that seriously puts me off as a customer is not receiving a consistent result for whatever it is I'm paying money for. One way I'm addressing this for my vids is having the same intro & conclusion as well as product explanation in the vids. They are often your first interaction with the customer so you'd better make it count.
At work we have an acronym (what Gov dept doesn't?
?) for learning & presenting equipment. DUCOT: Description, Use, Construction, Operation, Testing. Obviously not all headings are applicable but by selecting appropriate subjects you can build your own acronym/outline to match your gear.
@GOGear, that's an awesome offer mate! I'll be touching base at the end of the week to arrange our next RV.
Thanks guys! Really enjoying this site.
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"India's approach is that it looks for much more progress in the reconciliation process," official sources of the Indian side told Economic Times of India.
Asked whether India has taken a decision on how it will vote at the UNHRC, the sources said: "We haven't seen a draft resolution."
They dismissed speculation that New Delhi had a hand in diluting the resolution. "India has played no role in watering down any resolution," the sources said.
India, they asserted, will play an "active role" to pursue its own goals.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa here tomorrow on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC Summit when a gamut of bilateral ties is expected to be discussed.
Singh's meeting takes place three months after he skipped a visit to Sri Lanka to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
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Well today I am going to share with you an ATC project I did a little bit ago for a challenge over at Noel Mignon. The challenge was to use as many shades as you wanted of one color, but only ONE color!! (I assumed that the picture elements you chose could be whatever colors, so that is what I went with) The color I chose (and this may be cheating :P) was a creamy white. :D So everything on here is from a stark white to a dirty kind of malty cream color. Absolutely had a blast doing this!
I used these gorgeous (free!) images, found at this blog, for the little pops of color on the ATCs. Everything else was from my stash or things around the house that were the color I needed. :D You are probably wondering why there are three empty spaces in my Printer's Tray, and that would be because I ran out of time. :P But I fully intend on finishing the last three. As the other 9 were a ton of fun to do! :D
Here are close ups of all the ATCs I made. I will list all the products used after each one.
Supplies: Paper-Basic Grey Nook and Pantry "Cornbread", Cosmo Cricket Coredinations cardstock (punched leaf), vintage book paper and glassine envelope, organic paper from my stash; Embellishments-Making Memories Vintage Findings Large Baby kit (safety pin), Making Memories Vintage Findings Velvet Flowers, tulle from Michaels, Autumn Leaves button; Tools-Martha Stewart Starburst punch, Martha Stewart Rose Leaf punch
Supplies: Paper-Crate Paper Pink Plum "Very Berry", Basic Grey Nook and Pantry "Waffles", Basic Grey Indian Summer Brown Doily (backside of it), vintage book paper; Embellishments-Elle's Studio Journaling Tag (punched leaf), Hambly Stitches rubon in Cream, Prima La Fleur Boheme flower (little cream flower taken off of larger flower), Prima Velvet Rose Leaf in white, crepe paper and twine from my vintage stash; Tools-Martha Stewart Starburst punch, Martha Stewart Rose Leaf punch
Supplies: Paper-October Afternoon Night Light "Katie", organic paper from stash; Embellishments-Ivory Jute twine from Studio Calico, Making Memories Vintage Findings Mini Nature kit, Hambly Doilies rub in Cream
Supplies: Paper-Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie; Embellishments-Elle's Studio Journaling tag (punched with startburst), Tulle/Fabric/Lace all from my vintage stash, Prima Felt Stem in Cream, Button from Beverly's Crafts, Basic Grey Manilla Micro Monograms stickers; Tools-Martha Stewart starburst punch
Supplies: Paper-Bazzill Swiss Dot white cardstock, vintage book paper, organic paper from stash; Embellishements-Making Memories Vintage Findings Large Baby kit, Making Memories Vintage Findings Silver buttons, Girl's Paperie Sticker Market (wish sticker), Hambly Birdcage overlay in Cream, K and Co Handmade vintage frame sticker, Bird bead from Beverly Crafts; Tools-Marvy 1 1/2 in Scallop circle punch
Supplies: Paper-Cosmo Cricket Earth Love 6x6 mini deck, Basic Grey Indian Summer Brown Doily (backside of it), vintage book paper and glassine envelope; Embellishments-Hambly Birdcage Overlay in Cream, Prima Calcutta leaf in Oatmeal, Prima La Fleur Boheme Flower (little cream flower taken off of larger flower), K and Co Handmade Frame sticker, Maya Road Calendar rub in white, string from sweater extra; Tools-Martha Stewart Starburst punch, Martha Stewart Rose Leaf punch, Marvy 1 1/2 in Scallop circle punch
Supplies: Paper-Bazzill Cardstock, Basic Grey Nook and Pantry "Cornbread", Basic Grey Indian Summer Brown Doily (backside of it), vintage book paper; Embellishments-Sassafras Lass deer sticker backing, Pink Paislee Velvet ruffled trim, Studio Calico Ivory Jute twine, Making Memories Vintage Findings Word strip (dream), Autumn Leaves button, Hambly Doily rubon in Cream, Snow glitter from Michael's; Tools-Martha Stewart Star Confetti punch, Martha Stewart Starburst punch
Supplies: Paper-October Afternoon Cherry Hill "Tea Towel", Basic Grey Nook and Pantry Doily in Yellow/Cream, vintage book paper; Embellishments-Webster's Pages lace, Making Memories Vintage Findings Mini Girl kit; Tools-Martha Stewart 3-in-1 Butterfly punch
Supplies: Paper-Basic Grey Basics White "Census", Basic Grey Indian Summer Brown Doily (backside of it), vintage paper from stash; Embellishments-Hambly Doily rubon in Cream, Hambly Lace Overlay in cream, Making Memories Vintage Findings Word strip (love), Making Memories I Do brad, Prima Velvet Rose Leaf in white, Prima Flower Centers in white, Prima Donna Downey Canvas (backside of it), Prima Trellis Rose in White, Basic Grey Basics White sticker trim, Elle's Studio journaling tag (punched with Rose leaf); Tools-Martha Stewart Rose Leaf punch, Martha Stewart Starburst punch, Marvy 1 1/2 in Scallop circle punch
Ok wow. Could that have been any longer?! LOL! I had no idea it would take such a long post to get all that typed up :P One thing I wanted to share with you about this project (and of my previous ATC project), is that none of the ATCs are fixed into the Printer's Tray. I use that sticky tack whatever stuff you can get from the Office Supply store to keep them in, but are super easy to remove when you want to change out the display. :D That way I don't have to keep buying more trays! But what I am planning on doing with the ATCs when they come out-as I don't want to just put them in a box or something never to be seen again-instead I am going to make banners out of them and string them up! :D At least I think this will work. :P I haven't tried it yet, but I think it should be pretty easy. I will just adhere the string to the back of the ATC (near the top) and that should be good. Have any of you ever tried this? If so any good pointers would be MUCH appreciated! :D
Well that is all I have for right now. Stay tuned real soon for more scrappy stuff and a baby bump update! :D
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Mr. Wojick "[doesn't] trust Idaho and Arizona which have no permit process." He doesn't have to look that far. Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are constitutional carry states – no permit required. He also doesn't have to worry. The bill says a state does not have to recognize the right of a resident of a permitless state to carry concealed or openly.
The Fix NICS Act is a response to the mass shooting by a domestic abuser who was committed to and escaped from an institution for the mentally ill and dishonorably discharged from the Air Force, which did not report him to the FBI database.
The bill by Democrats would give government agencies cash bonuses for putting names in the database –something they are required by law to do anyway. This will result in cases like the veteran who suffered a broken back in Iraq and who assigned an attorney-in-fact to act on his behalf while he underwent rehabilitation for his injury. The VA entered this man's name into NICS and it took him a year and a half and thousands of dollars in lawyer's fees to clear his name.
The GOP amended the bill (taking a page from the Democrats playbook) to include a provision that states honor concealed carry permits issued by another state. The fact is over 40 states already do so.
This will stop abuses like the single mother from Pennsylvania who was stopped in New Jersey for a motor vehicle violation. She dutifully told the law enforcement officer that she had a concealed carry permit and had a firearm on her. She was detained and charged under New Jersey law for carrying without a permit and was only saved from jail by a pardon from then-governor Chris Christie.
The fact is all states require a background check, fingerprints and photographs and other requirements for issuing a concealed carry permit. Some states do not require an applicant demonstrate a level of proficiency with a handgun. Rhode Island does. Some states require applicants to attend a certain number of classroom hours and pass a test. Rhode Island does not.
All states recognize and honor driver licenses issued by another state although the requirements may differ. The same should be true of concealed carry permits.
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A few years ago I sat down with Spotify's then-VP of Content and Distribution, who spoke about the idea of Spotify becoming the soundtrack to a listener's day, offering a "Songs To Sing In The Shower" playlist and news podcasts in the morning, "Deep Focus" and "Afternoon Acoustic" playlists midday, and "Read & Unwind" playlists in the evening. The extent to which Spotify is working to tailor its user experience to each listener is constantly evolving.
On September 24, Spotify continued in this vein by announcing the release of two new personalized playlists called "On Repeat" and "Repeat Rewind." The "On Repeat" playlist curates the songs that a listener has listened to multiple times within the last 30 days. The "Repeat Rewind" playlist includes tracks that a listener has played over a month ago. These algorithms are beneficial for listeners, but they can also be used to benefit artists. It comes down to motivation, perspective, and choice of use.
Have you ever gone panning for gold? Do you understand the process? You pick up a sieve, you dip it into the water and you pick up a whole lot of things that you do not need, including dirt and rocks. But somewhere in there is your gold. The motivations of the person holding the filter dictate how the filter is shaped and how the filter is shaped dictates what gold you get.
Digital service providers are motivated to utilize data to find music on behalf of listeners. Record labels are motivated to utilize data to find fans on behalf of musicians. These two perspectives use the same filter or algorithm and data to achieve different outcomes. Record labels use the platform Spotify for Artists to provide insights from streaming data to musicians and the businesses that support them. Platforms like this are similar to Apple Music Connect and Pandora's Amp. Identifying repeat listeners can be useful for the purpose of creating tailored marketing and touring strategies, as well as creating tailored listening experiences. Providing demographics and city-level geographic insights of repeat listeners could amplify the effectiveness of insights available on Spotify For Artists.
The same holds true for Spotify's marketing initiative, "Found Them First" Tool released a few years back. This marketing campaign was available on a microsite and let users see which breakout artists they had listened to on Spotify before they had their breakout success. From a label perspective, Spotify quantified what it means to be an early adopting fan. An example of what this could look like is identifying fans who have listened to an artist multiple times within an allotted time period, within two months of the artist's first release. Algorithms that have the potential of defining standardized ways of categorizing listener types should also be transparent.
Today's music industry involves many stakeholders which share the same need for data but for different reasons. When you create an algorithm that involves streaming data, it is worthwhile to look at its potential use from multiple perspectives and ask the question "How can I make this algorithm useful to multiple stakeholders and how can I facilitate dialogue around its impact?"
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It can be days, or hundreds of years old. The best looking distressed hardwood is the genuine article, although the created kind can get pretty darn close. Whether distressed by hand or made from a machine, or genuine, it can be easy to get that great antique look. Mullican Hand Sculpted Flooring is often used to renovate a period or older home and even though you may have to do an entire floor, even if only part of it is damaged, using the same kind of distressed wood will enable you to get that original look back. One advantage of using created distressed hardwood for your floors, is that you can always buy more, and enough quantities in the first place to complete your project. With real distressed hardwood is a matter of what's there. It could run out and then be very hard to match up.
You can, and there's always plenty of old boards around to practice your technique on. If you have to do a large amount of distressing, it can wear you out. Perhaps enlisting the family or your friends will help, and then they too, can vent a little of any frustrations they may have, by whacking pieces of hardwood flooring with chains, and battering the planks with hammers. Always use safety glasses when performing this kind of action, because even distracted for a minute. a person with a hammer can have an accident. And unless you happen to be a medieval knight, then swinging a piece of chain around is not your normal "thing". After sanding off some rough bits and staining, then sealing, your newly distressed hardwood will be the talk of your street.


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Player and dealer are both dealt two cards to start with, if either of them has a two card total of 8 or 9 then they must immediately turn over the cards. If either you or the dealer has a 6 or 7 then you must stand if you stand on a 6 or 7 then the dealer must hit on a score of less than 5. If your score is below 6 then you must hit and receive a third card, if you receive a third card then the dealer takes another depending on your total. If the dealer has 8 then he must stand.
The game is played using a fixed set of rules for the player and the dealer, and these rules represent the best odds of winning for both the player and for the house. Baccarat systems are few and far between. You may have heard of the 1 – 3 – 2 – 6 baccarat system. With this approach you keep track of what you bet over the course of four hands.
So if you lose the first bet using this baccarat system, you lose one unit. If you win the second bet but lose the third bet, your profit is two units. The same system will work for any casino game that pays out even-money. This system will work only in the short term. To even out the odds the house charges a commission (usually 5%) on winning player bets placed on the house. This assumes the commission is the usual 5%, should the commission change then you have to change strategy. If the commission is less than 5% then it is always to your advantage to bet with the house, while if the commission is more than 5% it pays to bet on the player winning. Removing the tie hands in the event there is no payoff, the odds of the player winning are 492% and for losing 508%.
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According to an article published in the August 4, 2008 issue of InformationWeek, there is a strong trend toward outsourcing core business processes. A Business Process Outsourcing Research Survey recently completed by Tech Web Research found that over a third of the respondents outsource the Information Technology support desk. Other business processes outsourced include HR, accounting and finance. Across the board over 85% of the respondents say outsourcing has been successful in reducing costs, increasing profits and improving the business processes involved.
Outsourcing is not without problems. Ongoing communications, coordination, and performance reviews with vendors are needed. 52% of the Tech Web Research survey respondents who outsourced various business processes reported slower than expected execution, 40% reported problems with customer service, and there were a variety of other concerns.
Steps to realize success. A successful outsourcing engagement starts with defining goals and requirements and, then selecting the vendor. It is critical to involve the key people who will interact with the vendor or use the service in this process. In addition performance metrics should be established defining how the vendor (s) will be evaluated against requirements and goals. These metrics should be used during vendor selection, contract negotiation, and they should be utilized in evaluation of the vendor's ongoing performance.
With today's uncertain economy, many businesses are looking for ways to cut costs and preserve or increase profits. An Information Technology (IT) outsourcing solution allows a small or midsized business to leverage the technical infrastructure (people, systems, software, hardware, networks, etc.) of the selected vendor (s) to realize greater benefits and reduce costs and related risks. Outsourcing some or all IT support processes is a decision that may generate immediate financial results and quickly realize operational improvements.
Benefits. Some of the benefits achieved from outsourcing IT processes include greater technical expertise and depth, reduced network downtime, improved computer systems performance, lower telecommunications costs, responsive help desk, and 24 x7 technical support. Greater network security, reliable data back-ups and, comprehensive disaster contingency are capabilities also achieved through outsourcing. Businesses may also outsource IT projects to improve productivity, such as the implementation of new IT applications and technology infrastructure.
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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Academic Travel Restrictions To Cuba
This story was written by Aaron Bruner, The California Aggie
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently upheld a lower court's ruling against a group of academics that had challenged restrictions affecting academic travel to Cuba.
The approximately 200 study abroad programs in Cuba before the restrictions were put in place have since decreased to only a handful.
Building on the comprehensive trade embargo initiated in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, the Bush Administration augmented existing regulations on Cuba in 2004 by banning short-term study trips of less than 10 weeks.
Additionally, colleges are prohibited from accepting students from other institutions to participate and only full-time, tenured professors are allowed to supervise trips.
The amendments were inspired by recommendations of the interagency Commission for Assistance to Free Cuba, established in 2003 by President Bush with the chief objective to "hasten and ease Cuba's democratic transition," according to the Commission's 2004 report.
Along with a discussion of how best to bring about the peaceful fall of the Cuban dictatorship, one of the Commission's secondary objectives was to strengthen enforcement of travel restrictions that had formerly been abused for personal and business reasons.
The Commission's 2004 report found that shorter length academic programs allowed for minimal cross-cultural interaction and too much free time, and subsequently implemented the academic program restrictions.
The University of California-Davis' own Quarter Abroad program to Cuba, which takes from 20 to 25 students each spring to the capital city of Havana, is unaffected by the travel restrictions, said Quarter Abroad coordinator Robin Ducatillon in an e-mail.
Since the Cuba program began - one year after the 2004 restrictions - the current requirements for groups traveling to Cuba do not limit UC-Davis abroad programs, she added.
"I can say that for the eight programs not run through Quarter Abroad, Cuba is the only country for which a license through the U.S. Department of Treasury is required," Ducatillo said.
Under the present regulations, the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control authorizes travel on a case-by-case basis. A general license is available for official government business and journalistic or professional research activities, according to OFAC guidelines which are available on the Treasury's Web site.
"Because the campus project is more than 10 weeks and we have a special license with the Department of the Treasury we have the go ahead," said Professor Beatriz Pesquera, who is co-leading the trip.
Although her first time leading the QA Cuba program, Pesquera has led several trips to Mexico through UC-Santa Barbara, and encourages students to travel abroad if possible, she said.
"Education abroad programs are extremely important," Pesquera said. "Students are really enriched by their experiences abroad."
Avani Modi, a UC-Davis student who attended the Cuba program last spring, said she felt very welcome and safe in Cuba, though American tourism there has become almost nonexistent.
"Because Cuba is a Communist country, there is so much surveillance and control [that] it's probably one of the safest countries in the world," she said. "They've gotten used to this level of safety and nonviolence so it has become part of their culture."
Modi even felt safe walking alone in the city at night, something many people couldn't say of most cities in the United States, she said.
Nevertheless, interested students should be aware of the differences in traveling to Cuba, said Pablo Ortiz, a UC-Davis music profesor who used to take a short-term program abroad to Cuba each year.
"You need to obtain a copy of the license and carry it with you to and from Cuba," he said. "Without a license you can be fined around $10,000."
American citizens are also forbidden to spend U.S. dollars in Cuba or import merchandise from Cuba into the U.S., Ortiz added.
Courses offered in the Quarter Abroad Cuba program will focus on gender and ethnic identity and will examine cultural issues in Cuba and Latin America.
Two classes each from the African American Studies and the Chicana/o studies departments will be taught by Professor Bettina Ng'weno and Professor Pesquera, respectively. In addition, a 2-unit Spanish course is required.


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Ms. JOH Seong-joo
Artistic Director of LIG Art Hall/LIG Arts Foundation
Graduated from the Physical Education Science Department of Ewha Womans University with a major in Dance in 1988, and entered the Kim Hyun-ja Chum Academy the same year and completed studies there in 1990. Later, she studied theatre directing in the Dept. of Performance & Visual Media of the Graduate School of Arts, Chung-Ang University, completing the curse in 2009. After the debut of her first work of choreography in 1990, Joh pursued a successful career as a contemporary dance choreographer and dancer. After being active as a member of the Puri Dance Theater and Dance Theater ON, she formed Dance Dance Company JohPark in 1997, serving as its representative and creating numerous unique works. After leaving the company Joh worked as a choreographer for theater and musicals and also wrote scripts for musicals. In addition to these activities as an artist, Joh served as administrative director for the Korea International Dance Event (1995) and the SIDance (Seoul International Dance) (1998) gaining further experience in production. After serving as a visiting instructor at the School of Performing Arts and Media, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University and as resident choreographer of Theatre Company TuuL, in 2006 she was appointed Artistic Director of LIG Art Hall, where she is energetically directing her passion for the arts curiosity in its diversity to the job of supporting the arts as a principle figure in a non-profit theater director.
LIG Art Hall
LIG Tower, 649-11 Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, KOREA
Tel: +82-2-6900-3900
Fax: +82-505-136-9107
Theater of LIG Art Hall
LIG Art Hall Busan
LIG Bldg, 830-30, Beomil-dong, Dong-gu, Busan, KOREA
Tel: +82-51-661-8701
Studio of LIG Art Hall Busan
"Choom.Shin Project (dance spirit project)"
(2011, LIG Art Hall)
Choreographed by Young-cool PARK
Photo by Woon-shik LEE
"Six mannequins"
(2011, LIG Art Hall)
Musician Dalparan, Byung-jun KWON
Photo by Woon-shik LEE
(2009, LIG Art Hall)
Script & directed by Hwa-jung KANG
Photo by Woon-shik LEE
(2012, LIG Art Hall / Busan)
Open studio program by digital media artist Yong-jun PARK
Photo by Sang-hyub KIM
(2009, LIG Art Hall)
Choreographed by Young-doo JUNG
Photo by Woon-shik LEE
Jul. 9, 2012
LIG Art Hall established in 2006 as a base for Korean contemporary performance in the Gangnam district of Seoul known as a center of high-level youth culture as well as for its high-rise office buildings housing the headquarters of major corporations and the IT industry. The theater was opened by the LIG Insurance Co., Ltd. as part of an ongoing commitment to corporate philanthropy in the arts when the company moved into its new corporate headquarters building in Gangnam. In 2011, that commitment was evident again when the LIG Art Hall Busan was opened in South Korea's second largest city, Busan. The Artistic Director in charge of general management and programming at LIG Art Hall is Joh Seong-joo, who turned to arts management after a career as a dancer and choreographer. We spoke with Ms. Joh about the activities of LIG Art Hall, which is known as Korea's first theater dedicated to contemporary performing arts.
Interviewer: Noriko Kimura [Seoul-based performing arts coordinator and translator]
Photo courtesy of LIG Art Hall
As current Artistic Director of LIG Art Hall you are in charge of overall planning and programming for the theater as well as its management, but originally you were active as a dancer and choreographer. I would like to begin by asking you about your experiences as an artist. How did you become involved in dance originally?
I wanted to be a dancer from the time I was little, so I entered Ewha Womans University to major in Dance in its Physical Education Science Department. The university also has a Dance Department that was more famous, but at the advice of my parents I entered the dance course of the Physical Education Science Department so I would also have the option of becoming a teacher after graduation.
So, your studies were in physical education? How was that different from majoring in the Dance Department?
In the Physical Education Science Department our education was primarily in theory, while the Dance Department concentrated primarily on dance in practice, in performance training rather than theory. For that reason, I took dance training outside the university during that time and participated in performance outside as well. In 1988, when I graduated from university, I immediately had my debut as a professional dancer and joined the Kim Hyun-ja Chum Academy led by Kim Hyun-ja, who was also the director of the National Dance Company of Korea. At the time the Chum Academy had a sort of role of providing support to nurture young dancers, and I studied there for a year and a half before making my debut as choreographer in 1990.
Many universities in the ROK have dance departments, and from what I see the ties between graduates and their alma maters are very strong. Wasn't it difficult to become independently active?
I think I was fortunate because I actually had greater freedom. It was a time when you were beginning to see the emergence of so-called independent dancers and choreographers and I was able to dance in the productions of pioneering artists in contemporary dance such as Kang Song-won and the artistic director of the National Contemporary Dance Company of Korea), Hong Sung-yop. Besides participating in their performances, I was also able to meet many artists from other genres.
When you started your own company Dance Company JohPark, the innovative works you presented had strong physicality as well as a compositional aspect that was theatrical in nature.
Dance Company JohPark was the company I formed with some of my contemporary independent artists. I was active in that company until 2000 as a dancer and choreographer. The company itself was dissolved in 2003. After that I worked as a choreographer for theater, musicals and opera, and since that took me away from contemporary dance to a large degree, I hear that people were asking what had happened to Joh Seong-joo.
Eventually you went from artist to the artistic director of a theater. How did that transition take place?
When the LIG Art Hall opened in 2006, I happened to be asked to choreograph one of the opening productions, a work titled
Rain … Wind …
. At that time the job of artistic director was still open and it appears that someone recommended me for the job without my knowing it. I had been managing a company, so I had some knowledge about the mechanism by which stage productions are mounted and the creative side, and I had also experienced working in the organizing office of the 1995 Korea International Dance Event and in 1998 I was director of the administrative office for the 1st SIDance (Seoul International Dance) festival and was also in charge of its foreign part because I could speak English. I believe I was recommended for the job because of that experience in the areas of planning and programming work other than the financial aspects. The offer for the artistic director's job came while I was in rehearsals for
Rain … Wind …
and I decided to accept it.
Wasn't it a rather difficult decision to make?
At the time I was in the latter half of my 30s, so if I had been two or three years younger, I would probably have turned it down. I had gained a fair amount of experience in the performing arts at that point in my career and I accepted the job because of the desire to use that experience to try and build a theater program with my own abilities.
Have you continued any activities as an artist since taking on the job of artistic director at LIG Art Hall?
Since our theater doesn't have a very large staff and because my working as an artist would involve receiving support for my productions when in fact my job as artistic director is to provide support for other artists, I am not working as an artist now. I want to devote my life fully now to the job of LIG Art Hall's artistic director. I still think about my own artistic projects in my head, but I believe the projects I will be presenting from now on are not as an artist but as a director or producer.
Originally LIG Art Center was established as a theater to specialize in dance, can you tell us about how it came to be established and how it is run?
At the time it opened, the intention was for it to be primarily a contemporary dance theater, but today the focus has shifted to a broader concept of "contemporary," with dance making up about 20% of the total performances, music accounting for 40% and the rest made up of a mix of multimedia performance from a variety of genres.
The LG Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. began supporting young artists on an ongoing basis from 1998, and in 2006 its corporate identity was changed to LIG Insurance Co., Ltd. and it moved into its own newly constructed corporate headquarters building. The former Chairman of the company was a man who was very knowledgeable about the arts and culture and he personally supported a good number of artists, and when he saw the blueprints for the new corporate headquarters building, he decided to make the space that was originally intended to be an auditorium into a small theater and multi-purpose rehearsal rooms.
At the time when the theater opened in August of 2006, it was administered by the LIG Insurance company's Public Relations department, so in my position I was actually an employee of the LIG. It was run like that for a few years until it was decided that there were limitations as to what it could achieve simply as a theater facility (hardware) in terms of its public role and the value it could create. So, the decision was made to establish the LIG Arts Foundation in April of 2009 and run it as the non-profit organization we are today.
LIG Arts Foundation is an organization dedicated to serving as a platform to connect the arts and society by communicating a variety of performing arts and their value broadly through society while engaging in programs to support young artists' creative activities, artist interaction, foreign exchange, education and supporting performance activities. In specific terms, our programs are divided into ones that use our theater and facilities for "Supporting performance production," our "Supporting space" program providing support in the form of creative working space, our programs for "Presenting arts education programs" and our programs "Supporting international exchange." Our programs "supporting performance production" programs involve comprehensive support for young artists' research, creation and performances, while our "supporting space" program provides spaces for studio work and performances and our arts education programs provide seminars and arts communication programs not only for professionals but also for the general public as well. Our programs "supporting international exchange" provides support for global creative activities as well as building an international network overseas that creates opportunities for artist exchanges.
For the Foundation's finances, does LIG Insurance Co., Ltd. support it completely on?
Before the forming of the Foundation it did, but today we operate on funding from LIG Insurance, the portal site operator Daum Communication Co., Ltd. and LIG Investment & Securities Co., Ltd. In this sense, I think you can say that we are a leading example of Korean corporate philanthropy.
What is the theater's annual budget?
It is increasing year by year but last year, when we opened the LIG Art Hall Busan, it totaled 3.5 billion Korean won (approx. USD 3 million). Of this, some 40% is the program budget.
What is your program like?
Our annual program includes about 25 productions, but these are not simply productions self-planned and produced by the theater. Most of the performances on our schedule are produced through artist residency programs, and this is something that makes LIG Art Hall unique.
Our residency programs come in three types: "Residency L" type offering a two-year residency support to mainstay domestic artists, "Residency I" type that supports research and performances selected independently by the Young Artists Club newly formed each year of young artists, and the "Residency G" type for two to three month residencies for foreign and domestic artists to work together on collaborative works to be performed in our showcase program. In our "Residency L" program, three artists are chosen each year, and our selections for the 2012-2013 season were a legendary composer on the club scene, Choi Soo-whan, a stage director known for his pursuit of contemporary relevance, Kim Chol-seong, and the choreographer Ryu Jang-hyun, who is now being looked to a leader of the next generation of dance artists. This program starts with thorough discussions about what the artist wants to do in the two-year residency period in order to draw up a plan of support that the artists themselves want and their projects will require. One example was a project where a sound artist wanted to spend two years in workshops and going to trial performances and then create a CD. So, even though we are a theater, or support can end up creating a CD like this. In the case of a dance or theater residency, if the artist doesn't have a rehearsal studio, we supply that space, and if they lack technical staff we have our theater's staff participate from the studio work stage offering their expertise to figure out how to achieve the type of stage art and lighting the artist wants.
Based on the success of this residency program, we plan our own productions in three performance series annually for our "contemporary arts program," "music program" and "program for children, families and company employees."
I believe that one of our biggest achievements thus far at the LIG Art Hall and the LIG Arts Foundation is that we have gotten a lot of people to ask the question, "Is it possible for a theater backed by a corporation to run on a program of non-mainstream independent type productions?" In other words, I believe it is a big achievement that we have broken down the preconception that corporations are only concerned about the appeal they can make to a mass audience and the advertising effect that will bring them and have succeeded in showing a different type of corporate philanthropy.
In 2011, LIG's new theater in Busan opened. Would you tell us about how it came to be established and how it is different from its theater in Seoul?
When plans were going forward for renovations for the LIG Insurance Busan headquarters building, the former Chairman suggested that a multi-purpose space be created in it. That plan went through and the space opened in 2011. It has a "black box" type multi-purpose hall (158 to 305 seats) and two multi-purpose studios.
The Gyeongsangnam-do HYPERLINK "http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/area"area that Busan is the center of is rich in artistic potential but lacks theaters and the necessary support systems. We hope that the new LIG Art Hall in Busan will make a significant contribution in that respect. However, from the standpoint of the LIG Arts Foundation, our theater in Seoul is being run as a theater proper, but the LIG Art Hall in Busan is a multi-purpose hall, and of present there is no official plan as to how it will run.
Last year, we began by putting on a program of unique experimental works and created opportunities for the artists to meet with the audience and have exchanges with each other. Also, we ran an experimental program of support for young artists' creative activities while we search for ways to create a system of support that would best fit the unique arts environment of Busan. In addition to this type of artist-centric program, we hope to gradually build a favorable arts environment and audience through ongoing efforts in the areas of educational programs, seminars and exhibits and programs targeting children and families. However, it is probably going to take a considerable amount of time to promote a variety of contemporary contents and develop an audience for them. At the same time, there will be a need to come up with an effective strategy for providing support for young artists.
What kind of support are you actually providing currently for young artists in Busan?
In March of this year we had a project called World Wide Wavers 2012 "true /
Honto no koto
" and "con.act." This was a program that sought to bring technology into the creative process in new ways, and we began by inviting a performance of the Japanese dance work "true /
Honto no koto
" that had been created in a residency program of the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media and actively introduced media technology to explore new possibilities of expression in relation with the human body. This is a work that creates a unique form of expression in stage performance by using sensors attached to the dancers bodies and using digital control of the oscillators, video, sound and LED lighting used in the stage effects to produce an interactive state between the physical movement of the performers and the technology. It brings together three cutting-edge artists in performers Tsuyoshi Shirai and
Takao Kawaguchi
and lighting artist
Takayuki Fujimoto
and an additional ten engineers.
On the Korean side, media artists Yang Young-jun and Nam Sang-won and choreographer Kim Jong-un created a project titled
dealing with the theme of relationships based on the recognition of relationships in Gestalt psychology and utilizing the tools of abstraction, reality and diagram. Rather than being a "performance," this was a work that showed the audience the process of searching for the ways that the media, sound and movement of the dancers can interact in the creation of each segment of a work.
Since the Busan facility has multi-purpose studios in addition to its main hall, we are able to present this kind of experimental work, and we can also connect then to Seoul to produce works for formal performance.
How do you view the arts scene in Busan today?
As I said earlier, there are artists of great potential but a lack of theaters and artist support programs, and there is not much depth to the audience.
One of the representative young performance groups in Busan is Fat Bridge. This group is not a theater company but one that does stages on a production basis. In the five years the group has been active they have won acclaim with a series of widely popular productions such as
A Love Song, Sorry I'm Ugly
Have to Go Crazy
If I didn't go crazy
). As in Seoul, the theater company system is very strong in Busan, and in many cases the leader of the company is also its playwright and director. In the case of Fat Bridge, however, it is a group using a system where one production director is in charge of supervising the entire production process, from the choice of the work through to the performance. In Korea, this kind of system is rarely used, except in commercial theater, but there are people like Fat Bridge using it in Busan.
Earlier you mentioned Japan's Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, but can you tell us in general your approach to programs of international collaboration?
One of our approaches is our "Residency G" program where domestic and foreign artists create a collaborative work for a showcase performance in the course of a two- to three-month residency. Participants are not selected through open applications but through a process where we connect artists together or we get suggestions from the artists themselves for one-time projects. The purpose of the program is not limited to creating works for performance but can also involve other purposes that the artists request, such as workshops and seminars.
Other international collaborative projects we have conducted include one with Papa TARAHUMARA the year before last, another with artists from Australia this year and one planned for next year with Italian artists.
Since the purpose of these programs is not only to creating works for performance, they involve not only artists but also many mania type people with intense interest in specific fields who can be an inspiration for the artists and encourage mutual influence. In this sense, our programs are different from the usual international exchange programs.
In addition, we have created partnerships between theaters known for their programs of progressive, experimental dance in the three cities of Tokyo (Aoyama Round Theatre), Montreal (Tangente) and Seoul (LIG Art Hall) to mount contemporary dance performances since 2008 as the "DANCE-X/Tokyo-Seoul-Montreal" project with collaborative curation. Until now this has involved mainly performance tours to the three cities, but from 2013 we also plan to have a program of one-week residencies in each city to strengthen exchange between artists.
We hear that you have also begun exchanges and joint projects domestically with other theaters and residency facilities within the ROK.
I had long been thinking whether there wasn't something we could do about the fact that the support artists needed was often divided between different organizations and facilities, with each having their own unique focuses and financial limitations, and couldn't we connect these organizations in effective ways. The different organizations have different forms of support they can offer. Some can supply funding, while others can provide a creative work environment or performance spaces. Recently, there are a growing number of residence facilities in Seoul and the surrounding areas. At a meeting at one of them I was talking about this possibility and several people took an interest in it. That led to the start of some experimental cooperative projects.
In the case of dancer Jung Young-doo, who goes to Japan almost every year to give workshops and perform, we arranged for him to create a work in a residency in Busan to be performed at the private-sector theater of the
LG Arts Center
in Seoul. LG Arts Center is another theater supported by corporate philanthropy and in this project a work was born as a result of us supplying the creative work space and environment and the LG Arts Center provided funding and the theater space for the performances. Also, we have collaborated with the Gyeonggi Creation Center that was established in Ansan-city with the purpose of supporting the creative activities and research of artists in the fine arts. In a synchronized project, we have brought together the video artist Kim Tae-un and the dance-specialized photographer Choi Young-mo and others and we are preparing to have them work with a group of dancers to create a work. The other day, we had the equipment put in place at the Gyeonggi Creation Center for this project and began experimenting with it. It is a joint project to explore what sorts of artistic collaborations can be done and research and develop the methods that can be used, with Gyeonggi Creation Center supplying the research and development facilities and we providing the space to display the results in Busan this September. The good thing about this kind of cooperation is that it saves labor on both sides and enables the two institutions to share their artist resources.
Listening to you speak, I get the impression that you are very open to and supportive of not only the artists but also other organizations.
We consider LIG Art Hall to be a platform and our purpose to "nurture." We hope that our performances, workshops and residencies and other projects in our programs will foster encounters between artists and with the audience and those encounters will then lead to new developments in a growing circle of activity.
For my last question, I would like to ask you about dance. How do you view Korea's dance world today?
Since I am not involved in the dance world as I once was, I am not really in a position to speak about it, but I feel that in terms of technique and physical ability, the level is very high. However, I also feel that there is not enough diversity. Also, I feel it is my job to propose new diversity and the support to nurture new things from it.
I know how busy you are between your responsibilities in Seoul and Busan, and I would like to thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us today.


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- TV-Series, 13 (2018)Bloom Into YouTROYCA Inc.Romantic DramaManga~24minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 14 (2003)Rumbling HeartsStudio Fantasia Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaVisual Novel~24minFour high school friends, named Takayuki Narumi, Mitsuki Hayase, Akane Suzumiya and Shinji Taira must reconsider the meaning of life when one of them, Haruka Suzumiya, is involved in a terrible accident and sent into a coma. The hole left by Haruka's absence is hard to fill, but Haruka's boyfriend and her friend Mitsuki eventually try to move on, embarking on a romance of their own. When three years later Haruka wakes up, everyone tries to pretend that no time has gone by. But no one can deny everything has changed.
- TV-Series, 12 (2014)Blue Spring RideProduction I.G., Inc.Romantic DramaManga~24minThe girl Yoshioka Futaba wants, with the transition to high school, to end a chapter in her life. She was bullied by some of her classmates because of her attractive outward appearance, therefore, Yoshioka decides to act more grown-up and more mature to avoid such a harassment in future. However, when she attends high school she unexpectedly meets her former crush.
- Bonus, 1 (2009)Clannad After Story: Kyou ArcKyoto Animation Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaVisual Novel~24minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 24 (2013)Golden TimeJ.C.STAFFRomantic DramaLight Novel~24minBanri finds himself completely lost after the opening ceremony and tries to find his way to the freshman orientation. Along the way, he runs into another lost freshman from the same school, Mitsuo Yanagisawa, and they immediately hit it off. Somehow arriving at their intended goal just in time, there appears in front of them a beautiful girl holding a bouquet of roses, who congratulates Mitsuo on getting into the school then hits him across the face with them before tossing the bouquet into his lap and leaving. This stylish, well dressed, and obsessive woman is his childhood friend, Kōko Kaga. As children, they had promised to marry each other one day, something she has taken to heart this entire time. Mitsuo had gone out secretly and taken the examination for this private college in order to escape from her, but she used her connections to find out about it, took the law school entrance examination, and enrolled in the college herself in order to be with him.
- Movie, 1 (2016)Doukyusei -Classmates-A-1 Pictures Inc.Romantic DramaManga~60minThe story revolves around two classmates Hikaru Kusakabe and the honor student Rihito Sajou. It all starts out with Hikaru noticing that Rihito is not singing during their music class. He thought that Rihito just doesn't like to sing, but then he finds him practicing alone in the classroom after school. Without even thinking, Hikaru calls out to him …
- Movie, 3 (2007)5 Centimeters per SecondCoMix Wave Films Inc., Makoto SHINKAIRomantic DramaOriginal Work~21minBeginning with the lyrical image of cherry blossoms falling at five centimeters a second Makoto Shinkai paints a breathtakingly vivid tableau of young love desire loss and hope. Told in three breathtaking chapters we follow the young dreamer Takaki through his life as cruel winters cold technology silence and finally adult obligations and responsibility converge to crush the delicate petals of true love.
- Web, 1 (2020)A Whisker AwayStudio Colorido Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaOriginal Work~104minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 12 (2012)Kids on the SlopeTezuka Productions Co., Ltd., MAPPA Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~24minIt's the summer of 1966 and high school freshman Kaoru Nishimi is struggling to adjust to the latest of many moves in his young life, this time to his uncle's home in the seaside town of Kyushu. It's never easy adjusting. But this time will be different. This time he'll meet friends who'll change his life forever. And he'll discover a new passion, one that grabs his heart and rocks him to his very soul. It's called JAZZ, and together with bad boy Sentarou and music store girl Ritsuko, they're going to follow their muse to wherever their music takes them!
- TV-Series, 13 (2008)True TearsP.A. Works Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaOriginal Work~24minShinichirou is a high school student who aspires to be a picture book author. His classmate Hiromi came to live with his family after her father died. Since then, she's bottled up her feelings and has an aura of melancholy around her. Shinichirou wants to cheer her up but doesn't know how. One day, Shinichirou meets Noe perched up in a tree. Noe's got weird rumors going around about her and now's she's adopted Shinichiro as her pet chicken?! A tragic event occurs but Noe doesn't shed any tears. She explains that she gave away all her tears and she's searching for someone to give them back to her. Will Shinichirou swipe away Hiromi's sorrows and find a way for Noe to find her true tears?
- TV-Series, 12 (2012)Dusk Maiden of AmnesiaSILVER LINK.Ghost StoriesManga~24min60 years ago, a young woman was left to die in the abandoned school building behind the exclusive Seikyou Academy. Perhaps it's not so surprising then, that among Seikyou's many school clubs is one for students interested in "paranormal investigations." Unable to remember how she died and trapped in the grey land between life and death, the ghost girl Yuuko latches onto Teiichi Niiya, a freshman who can inexplicably see her, and together they and the other unsuspecting members of the club begin to unravel the many dark mysteries that surround Seikyou.
- TV-Series, 26 (2006)Bokura ga ItaArtland Inc.Romantic DramaManga~26minNanami Takahashi is a high school student entering her first year. Immediately on her first day however, she becomes the victim of a practical joke by the school's most popular guy, Motoharu Yano, who coincidentally also ends up in her class. While the two get off to a rocky start, they soon find themselves falling in love with one another and begin dating. But their relationship is marred by Yano's past which includes the death of Yano's previous girlfriend, Nana Yamamoto, and the betrayal surrounding her death. To make matters more complicated her younger sister, Yuri, is in the same class as Yano and Nanami. As Yano struggles to come to grips with Nana's death and his unresolved feelings for her, so too must Nanami learn to understand Yano if the two hope to continue their relationship with one another.
- TV-Series, 13 (2012)Say, "I Love You"ZEXCS Inc.Romantic DramaManga~24minFor 16 years, Tachibana Mei has had no boyfriend and couldn't even make friends. One day she accidentally injures Kurosawa Yamato, the most popular boy in school, but for some reason Yamato takes interest in her and one-sidedly declares her his friend. He even kisses Mei to protect her from a stalker.
- TV-Series, 6 (2006)Looking up at the Half-MoonGroup Tac Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaLight Novel~25minDuring the winter, Yuichi was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he would try to escape from the hospital but would get beat up by the nurse. One day, he happened to meet Rika, a girl of his age, in the next building. He was fascinated by her beauty, but she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by the nose, he began to be attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her illness, he knew why she acted so selfish; she didn't have long to live.
- TV-Series, 13 (2008)Vampire Knight GuiltyStudio DEEN Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~24minAt prestigious Cross Academy, there are two sessions of classes, the Day Class and the Night Class. As the school's Disciplinary Committee, Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu keep watch over the Day Class students, who are all infatuated with the beautiful, elite Night Class students. As Guardians, Yuki and Zero must also protect the secret of the Night Class: they are all vampires!
- Movie, 1 (2004)The Place Promised In Our Early DaysCoMix Wave Inc.Romantic DramaOriginal Work~90minIn 1996, an enormous tower is constructed on the southern shore of Hokkaido, it's purpose-unknown. Curious, three school children make a vow to discover the mysterious tower's secrets. Will this promise have to be left unfulfilled when one of the three falls into a coma?
- TV-Series, 12 (2017)Scum's WishLercheRomantic DramaManga~23minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 13 (2008)Vampire KnightStudio DEEN Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~23minDescription Vampire Knight 1st Season Yuki's earliest memory is of a stormy night in winter, wherein she was attacked by a vampire... And then rescued by another. Now 10 years later, Yuki Cross, the adopted daughter of the headmaster of Cross Academy, has grown up and become a guardian of the vampire race, protecting her savior, Kaname, from discovery as he leads a group of vampires at the elite boarding school. But also at her side is Zero Kiryu, a childhood friend who's hatred for the creatures that destroyed everything he held dear, is now determined never to trust them. This coexisting arrangement seems all well and good, but have the vampires truly renounced their murderous ways, or is there a darker truth behind their actions. Is Kaname's infatuation with Yuki the beginning of a forbidden romance, or is it something in her forgotten past that draws him to her. Because in this world of secrets, nothing is as it seems. And the price of misplaced trust may even be worse than death. Vampire Knight Guilty 2nd Season Yuuki wants to know more about her true family and her forgotten past and starts a research. The secret will be revealed. Yuki, Kaname and Zero will show the begining of a new mystery and a forbidden love
- TV-Series, 11 (2017)Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend.flatA-1 Pictures Inc.Romantic DramaLight Novel~23minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 12 (2007)Emma: A Victorian Romance Season 2AJIADO CO.,LTD.Romantic DramaManga~25minIn the faraway village of Haworth, a new chapter in Emma's life has begun. Now employed by the wealthy Molders family, Emma has resolved to put the past behind her. She'll have to adjust to a new house, a charming (but eccentric) new mistress, and a host of fellow servants, some with buried pasts of their own. Meanwhile, back in London, William is doing his best to uphold his father's wishes as the Jones family heir, but try as he might, he can't forget Emma. Yet, whenever he feels at his worst, Eleanor is always there to comfort him with a warm, shy smile. Could the answer to his broken heart be right before his eyes?
- TV-Series, 13 (2004)Koi KazeACGT Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~23minKoushirou and Nanoka are brother and sister separated since Nanoko was a baby. When the time comes for her to enter high school, it is decided that the two will live together. This is easier said than done. The two had already been on a date! Although they will try to have a platonic relationship, it becomes increasingly tense. Will the two hold off, or will the temptation prove too difficult?
- TV-Series, 12 (2017)Just Because!Pine JamRomantic DramaOriginal Work~24minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- Movie, 1 (2018)Flavors of Youth: Love in ShanghaiHaoliners Animation League, CoMix Wave Films Inc.Romantic DramaOriginal Work~26minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 12 (2018)CitrusPassione Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~24minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 12 (2017)Love and LiesLiden Films Inc.Romantic DramaManga~24minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- TV-Series, 12 (2005)Paradise kissMADHOUSE Inc.Romantic DramaManga~23minYukari lives the typical high school life, continually stressed by her mother's desperate desire for her to succeed as a student. One day, she meets a group of fashion design students who go by the name of Paradise Kiss and is scouted to be a model for their Yazawa School of Design fashion show. Yukari is emotionally lost at first, but as time goes by she becomes influenced by the determination to pursue their dreams. Yukari agrees to join the fashion show to explore her true potential and her growing attraction to George, the outrageous leader of "Paradise Kiss."
- TV-Series, 44 (1999)Kaikan PhraseStudio Hibari Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~25minAfter the break up of their old band, guitarist Yuki & drummer Santa decide to form a new one. They recruit bass player Towa, young guitarist Atsuro, and after much persuasion, vocalist Sakuya. Together they form Lucifer and they struggle to make it in the music business, and also to stay together. As well, they have to deal with personal issues, such as parental objections, and watching their old bands succeed ahead of them. Sakuya is the most troubled band member, as he has to deal with his tragic past, and his relationship with teenaged lyricist Aine.
- TV-Series, 13 (2002)SaikanoGonzo K.K.Romantic DramaManga~23minShuji and Chise are high school seniors in a small town who have just started dating when Shuji discovers that Chise has been engineered by the SDF so that she can transform herself into a powerful weapon. While Shuji and Chise keep trying to nurture their relationship, Chise continues to grow even more powerful as the Ultimate Weapon, and becomes increasingly torn between being a destructive fighting force and remaining an ordinary teenager. What do you do when the girl you love becomes a weapon of mass destruction?
- Movie, 1 (1988)Kimagure Orange Road: I Want to Return to That DayPierrot Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~68minKyosuke Kasuga thinks back to the summer when he finally decides on which girl he loves. The three-year Kyosuke/Madoka/Hikaru love-triangle crashes to an end.
- TV-Special, 1 (2011)Ojii-san no LampTelecom Animation Film Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaOriginal Work~24minA young boy finds an old lamp in his house, but is unable identify what this thing is supposed to do. His grandfather then tells the boy the story behind the object.
- Movie, 1 (2013)Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions: Rikka VersionKyoto Animation Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaLight Novel~90minSummary of the first season of the show, as seen from Rikka's perspective with new elements.
- TV-Series, 12 (2017)Anonymous NoiseBrain's BaseRomantic DramaManga~24minYou know what this anime is about? Then support us by writing a short plot summary for our database using our entry form. We're looking forward to your contributions!
- OVA, 3 (2007)Embracing Love: A Cicada in WinterVenetRomantic DramaManga~34minIn Japan, the Tokugawa Era represents a period of change in which the country must decide on how best to deal with its relationships with foreign countries. While many believe in isolationism, especially among the Choshu faction, Touma Kusaka's ideals are against his clan's. He secretly attempts to learn English for the purpose of preparing for the future of an open Japan. To this end, he gains an ally for his silent struggle in a man named Keiichiro Akizuki, despite the fact that Akizuki is on the opposing side, the Tokugawa shogunate. During the course of their interaction, their bond deepens into something beyond commonality.
- TV-Series, 13 (2000)GravitationStudio DEEN Co., Ltd.Romantic DramaManga~22minLove - the one force that simply won't be denied! All Shuichi ever dreamed about was following in the footsteps of his pop idol, Ryuichi Sakuma and the band Nittle Grasper. Together with his best friend Hiro, Shuichi's formed a band called Bad Luck and they've even managed to get signed to a major recording label! Unfortunately, the studio deadlines are looming and Shuichi still hasn't finished the lyrics for any of the songs. What he needs is a little inspiration... but he's been running a little low in that department lately. While Hiro recommends finding a girlfriend, fate has other things in store for him... Walking through the park, aspiring rock star Shuichi's latest lyrics flutter away and land at the feet of a stunning stranger who takes his breath away. The stranger happens to be the famous novelist Eiri Yuki, and he completely crushes the young singer by telling him he has "zero talent." Now Shuichi's so annoyed that he's managed to finish his song just so he can find and confront Yuki! But are his actions really motivated by anger, or has he fallen in love?


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Rangelands owners and managers are familiar with the economic value that rangelands provide – specifically grazing opportunities for livestock; however that 40% of California's land mass provides so much more. It is a whole ecosystem that provides benefits to the landowner and to all life forms living or passing through that land. The benefit of well-maintained ecosystem services is as small as neighbors that benefit from clean water to as great at as worldwide benefit of clean air and carbon sequestration. In Sonoma and Marin Counties, the number of rangelands acres equals almost one million. These rangelands, containing both annual and perennial ecosystems, require long term education and research management based practices to achieve ecological and economical goals.
Ecosystem services are the functions performed in systems that lead to desirable environmental outcomes, affecting a multitude of landscape habitats. Ecosystem service categories form the basis for the educational materials and research publications in the UCCE created data base web site, http://ucanr.org/sites/RangelandES/ . This web site documents the importance of rangelands and their management for enhancement, as it relates to ecosystem services. The database also contains examples of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES).
The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) wants to document the services rangelands provide, especially those related to management. Through this effort, UCCE will generate information about what management practices have been or will be implemented and the increased ecosystem values to marketable and non-marketable services, such as beef production, water quantity and quality and carbon sequestration. This project plans to produce a quantitative analysis, actual services that occur on rangelands, to increase specific research based knowledge on impacts received from well management, functioning rangelands.
Rangeland owners are increasingly seeking opportunities to supply public benefits through incentive-based approaches for environmental restoration, and agencies are seeking ways to spend their limited funding more effectively. In recognizing rangeland owners' contributions on improved ecosystem services, private and public agencies could provide additional revenues to them. Documentation of ecosystem services on rangelands is supported by several stakeholders, comprised of policy makers, NGO's and affiliated organizations such as, California Cattlemen's Association (CCA), California Woolgrowers (CWA), Farm Bureau (FB), Natural Resource Conversion Service (NRCS), California Rangeland Trust (CRT), and the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition (CRCC).
Knowing more about ecosystem services and how management decisions impact them, will help inform rangeland owners on what practices to implement and on possible payment incentives. Payments for Ecosystem Services are potential markets for increasing agricultural sustainability while increasing desired habitat management goals. Sonoma and Marin Counties' million acre annual rangeland ecosystem supports rural agricultural economies; houses diverse plant and animal communities; and, supplies a source for abundant, clean drinking water. This project hopes to motivate both private and public agencies along with local rangelands owners to maximize productivity while enhancing non marketable ecosystem services. This could increase the long term sustainability of cultural ranching while maintaining functional landscapes, which comprise our local rangelands.
If you are interested in learning more about the project, contact Stephanie Larson,
707-565-2621, email@example.com.


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In the last few years, LGBT representation on TV has improved significantly. There are more gay storylines in British soaps, stateside Smithers from The Simpsons is now out and proud, and on Netflix, Laverne Cox and Ruby Rose have been incredible on Orange is the New Black. But the joy of television is, there is always something new to explore; with that in mind, here are four TV shows with LGBT characters that you might have not heard of.
Cucumber and Banana
There's a lot to love about Cucumber and Banana, a pair of interconnected series focussed on LGBT love, sex, and relationships in the age of Grindr and gay weddings. As the first British TV show focussed on queer life in over a decade, it's a show that revels in the diversity of its cast; its trans character is played by an actual trans woman (in a British TV first), bisexual characters aren't represented as confused or desperate, its main characters aren't all young and conventionally attractive, and there's an abundance of people of colour in a time when queer representation on TV is ostensibly white.
It's also just a really good drama; with former Doctor Who showrunner, Russell T Davies at the helm of Cucumber and a diverse, young writing team guiding Banana. The two series are cleverly connected; you can see either independently and not miss much, but the two series' existences help flesh out characters that wouldn't have had as much screen time in a world where only one of these series was commissioned.
Where to watch it: Cucumber and Banana are available on All 4 for free.
Please Like Me
The only sitcom on the list, Please Like Me follows the life and misadventures of Josh (played by series creator Josh Thomas), who is dumped by his girlfriend and realises he's gay. While exploring his sexuality, he's also dealing with his Mum's depression, his Dad's new relationship, and the strange antics of best friend and housemate Tom.
Queer characters aside, Please Like Me is one of my favourite TV shows of recent years. Its characters aren't just characters, they're real people; Josh is a shy, socially awkward dork who's not quite figured out how the world works, and I've never related to a TV character more. Please Like Me can also be commended for how well it tackles issues outside of sexuality; it tackles issues like depression and anxiety with the same big-heartedness it uses to depict Josh's strange little life, and it tells its audience something I wish I'd been told sooner – nobody, no matter how old they are, has got everything under control.
Where to watch it: Unfortunately, the only legit way to watch Please Like Me is by buying the DVDs from Amazon. They're worth it, though.
Like a lot of British television, normal US TV doesn't have a great track record of showing queer people on TV. While there's a greater number of LGBT folks on their network television, the most memorable (the couple from Modern Family, for example) often boil down to general stereotypes. Looking on HBO, however, portrays its central gay characters as people first; young (ish) people in San Francisco, struggling to live the life they really want, have the career they want, or be with the guy they really want. It maintains character diversity (two of the cast are Hispanic, and one of their partners is HIV-positive); it's also full of bona-fide stars, with Jonathan Groff (Frozen, Glee, and more recently in Hamilton on Broadway) and Brit Russell Tovey starring. Both Groff and Tovey, coincidentally, are gay, which is oddly rare on a show about queer people.
As you'd expect from the broadcaster that brought you Game of Thrones, things (and by things, I largely mean sex) can get rather explicit, but it adds a certain grittiness and reality to the series that is lacking in things like Cucumber and Banana.
Where you can watch it: As with Please Like Me, it's all on DVD. There's only two seasons, though, and the discs are fairly cheap.


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GSEs hire Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase as financial advisers
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WASHINGTON — The mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have hired two of the nation's top investment banks to serve as financial advisers as the two government-sponsored enterprises prepare to recapitalize and eventually exit conservatorship.
Fannie has enlisted Morgan Stanley and Freddie has hired JPMorgan Chase to assist the GSEs in developing plans to boost capital, evaluating market impacts and timing and analyzing valuation, Fannie and Freddie announced Monday.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency's own financial adviser, the investment bank Houlihan Lokey, will then assist in evaluating those plans with the aim of returning Fannie and Freddie to the private market and facilitate the road map out of government control.
"Today's announcement marks another important step toward a responsible exit from conservatorship, and we look forward to working with FHFA, Treasury, and Morgan Stanley to chart a strong course forward for Fannie Mae," Hugh Frater, Fannie's president and CEO, said in a news release.
Fannie said it chose Morgan Stanley as its adviser for the investment bank's "demonstrable qualifications and expertise in managing such complex matters," while Freddie said it selected JPMorgan Chase after receiving competitive offers to its request for proposals in May.
"We look forward to working with JPMorgan to continue meeting the milestones necessary to begin our new chapter as soon as possible," Freddie Mac President and CEO David Brickman said in a news release.
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase's chairman and CEO, said in the release, "We look forward to working side by side with Freddie Mac on this historic assignment in the months ahead."