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Hi, I just joined the group and I'm hoping ti learn some new tricks for getting my diabetes back under control. I have done well in the past but due to some "new" stresses I have slipped in the past couple of years. Also I gained some weight after quiting smoking. I am working to lose the weight but am finding it difficult. I knew diabetes would affect everything in my life but I thought I could handle it all, but sometimes I feel so over whelmed. I used to love grocery shopping and cooking but now, not so much. I often wish life could go back to how it was before I was diagnosed.
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Hi amd welcome to DC!! I used to love to bake alot, not so much any more, because I love to eat the breads,cakes ,cookies, and pies that I made!! I still love to cook though, I love to try new recipes. I love to shop too! It will take time but you will love to shop and cook again, I promise. Hang in there, it will get better. Take care.
Welcome to the site! I don't know if there are any one size fits all tricks or tips that any of us can give that will work perfectly for you because each of us is different on what works and what doesn't. You will find that balance but it may take some time. Be patient with yourself. Every successful journey begins with a single footstep. I went through the period of not wanting to shop, cook or eat because I was afraid of what it would do for me. I thought I was going to go blind and numb by reading not only the nutritional labels on food packages but the ingredients lists that were made for supersonic eyesight. Now I am challenged to find healthier (and tastier) recipes and food products and I've found that diabetes isn't the end of my life but rather the beginning. I've lost 23 pounds since January and I've ramped up on my exercise routines a little more with each day. I thought the initial five minutes on the treadmill was going to kill me and I am now doing 35 minutes plus other exercise. Success is about moderation and baby steps and the attitude of what you CAN do rather than the what you CAN'T do. You're in the right place for support. We understand. We understand the stress you've gone through and will continue to go through. We understand the frustrations with our weight, our glucose levels, and even the frustrations sometimes of family and friends that may seem to have interests at heart but who we secretly want to choke to death. :) Proper diabetes control is a three level thing… diet, exercise and medication (if you're on it). You don't just need a doctor but a team of professionals and non professionals to help you and that's were alot of us come in. Some of us will make you laugh and some of us will make you cry but we're all here for you and many of us (like I) genuinely CARE. So please sit yourself down and get to know us and let us get to know you. If you need me for any reason, add the ugly face above to your friends list and let me know what I can do to help. Again, Welcome!!!
Welcome to DC!! Glad that you are here. I totally understand, a couple months back stress reared it's ugly head and I gained some weight too. I am a stress eater, but I have found ways to stop that, thanks to the people on this site. I now take a walk, get on here and talk to my friends, or any activity will do the trick. Good luck.
Boy do I know how you feel lol
Hello and welcome
Stress will get you every time Me too.
I am a retired chef and I still love to cook [a lot ]
the down side is I love to eat as well lol.
Well all that means is small portions lol
Hang inthere it takes time to break up of the habbets that we get into lol
For me I keep a tight rain on the carbs my lim in 45 grams a day but thats just me we all are difrent
Best wishes
Oh Harlen!!! I am so excited to hear you are a Chef! I would love to know how being a diabetic affected your desire to cook. I came across an article about a few diabetic (type I &II) chefs and how it affected them and how they control it now. http://diabetes.palmbeachpost.com/four-diabet...
Hi Dawn welcome to DC! I completely understand the frustrations with cooking and shopping. It takes me 20 additional minutes in the grocery store now. Don't allow it to keep you down though. I find my enthusiam comes back when there is something new to try or a new way to prepare something. I had plans, big plans, before I was diagnosed. As soon as my children leave home to go off into the world I was planning to go back to school to study culinary art. When I heard I was diabetic I felt this smashing crush to my dreams of ever being a chef. I now feel it doesn't have to be this way. Diabetes offers me a challenge at inventing new ways to prepare things and finding alternatives. It's really allowing me to be creative and introduce a healthier menu to my family. And since it is something my children will have to be mindful of I do it out of concern for them. My Father has it my Aunt has it my cousins have it. If I can keep them from writing the same check, maybe they can avoid it. I am glad you're here. :) Hope to hear more from you.
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As I was re-reading the "we only use 10% of our brains" myth at Snopes.com, a link reminded me of this little gem.
God, how many miserable, boiling hot, sunscreen-less, fly-stricken hours did we spend as kids sitting waiting for that hour to pass, pestering our mums who possessed a fortitude unknown to mothers today (okay, to me) to be able to resist all whining and pestering until that hour was up?
Lots is how many. In my memory half of my childhood summer was spent in this way.
At some point the waiting period reduced to half an hour.
Either the science progressed, our mums relaxed a little as none of us cramped up in the water over the years, or else maybe they wilted under the pestering after all.
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It's easy to laugh.
But here's my take on these so-called "old wives' tales".
They almost all contain a little bit of truth.
You see, those "old wives" of yore were mothers and women and I think too often science sneers a little at the knowlege of women.
Women who had to take care of their kids and who stored up and passed on knowlege that helped - such as that swimming right after a heavy meal could cause cramps that a kid might have trouble with.
I'm sure there are studies proving this a nonsense but I don't find it hard to believe that swimming after a big meal could cause a "stitch".
The article on Snopes discusses some of the arguments for and against and while it concludes there is no basis for fear, it makes the very true point that it is very hard to talk yourself out of a lesson ingrained so deeply during childhood.
My kids don't swim yet. When we were on our last holiday I let them "swim" in the shallow pool and beach right after lunch - but a twinge of doubt ensured I was extra vigilant during those first 30 minutes...

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Gay couples in Utah (UTAH!!!) are getting married today after a judge ruled the ban on same-sex marriages is unconstitutional. YES! Finally, gay and gayelle mormons can marry their pieces! Oh, wait… – Buzzfeed
Selena Gomez canceled a bunch of tour dates, because she's been around the world, but she's never been to her. I'm going to take that to mean that bitches didn't buy tickets to her show or the realization that she once licked on Justin Bieber's taint finally hit her hard and she needs to check into a mental health facility to deal with that disturbing fact – Lainey Gossip
Dear Ellen DeGeneres, I can take your awkward dancing, but please for the love of Mandy Rogers stop dressing like a 4-year-old ring bearer who insisted on wearing sneakers because the fancy shoes hurt his feetsies too much – Towleroad
Nothing says "I'm rich, you poor peasants" like not wearing a coat in NYC in the middle of December. Ask Miranda Kerr – Drunken Stepfather
Highgella Lawson's old assistants were acquitted of fraud and her ass sore of an ex-husband is probably shrugging, because he already got what he wanted (aka dragging her in public) – Celebitchy
They should pump up the head of Selena Gomez's wax figure to three times the size and then it'll look just like her – Hollywood Tuna
When are we going to get to the part where Lisa Vanderpump finds out that Giggy has actually been dead for a couple of years now – Reality Tea
In case you missed the trailer for the movie that'll get Kate Upton's tits their first Oscar – The Superficial
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Adele got a fancy British award from Prince Charles – The Berry
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Today was a pretty fun day. When I finished my assigments I could read the required literature for my finals. So I've been reading Macbath for a few hours, it takes a while to catch up to the way of older writing and my classmates were all very loud. They just couldn't stop talking, every time I need silence they can't shut their mouths apparently.
After school I went shopping on my own. This was the first time I've been shopping in another town than were I live. Since I'm agoraphobic I always feel sick or dizzy and shaky when I'm outside or inside crowded buildings. I had a fun time shopping, I wanted to check if I still could get some clothes. But apparently the current designs in every single store I visited, I mostly go to H&M, didn't have anything suited for Mori Kei or Mori Gyaru *sad* Haven't seen some decent pieces for such a long time so maybe I have to go to a big market or something like that again. Then I visited a mall to go to the book department but they didn't really have English books except for The Hunger Games which I read already. Then I visited a bookstore I already visited before. But apparently they still had a 2nd floor which sold second-hand books. The weird part about this was that the second floor was even bigger than the first one XD It was like a paradise, there were so many books. I honestly admit I was dumbfounded by the quantity and beauty. There were a lot of books that were like a few hundred years old, or so they seemed. Bad thing was that there were stains and such, but they were expensive and Dutch anyways so I wouldn't have bought them either way. There was a large section of Dutch romance and thrillers, but also a pretty large offer of English books. There were a lot of different genres like history, geology, art etc. I really should take my twinsister to this heavenly place, I bet she never knew there was a second floor either. I bought 5 books for 27€ I thought it was pretty cheap. They are all in a very good state and you wouldn't even say they've been read before. I only bought literature though. The prices were all around 3.50€ - 10€ And since the drama (yes I'm an addict) 'Don Quixote' I was curious about the story. I was so happy when I found it. It was the first book my eye fell on since it was at the A-section obviously. And I realized my birthday is in about six weeks, which means still a few weeks till I can read my new books, a collection of Jane Austin and the Sherlock Holmes novels. I was tempted to buy a few more books, but I figured I shouldn't spend all my money in one go. So I just picked all the literature (well I left some, there weren't very much) books.
Anne Brontë - Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
J.M Barrie - Peter Pan
Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Eric Allen - Don Quixote
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At Friday night's team dinner, Navy's football team got areminder of what its annual tussle with Army means in a broader spectrum. Itarrived in the form of a United States flag.
"We had a flag sent to our football team that flew over the airport inBaghdad," coach Paul Johnson said last night. "They thought enough of the Army-Navy game to pull that flag down and send it."
Navy returned the favor with a methodical 34-6 victory over Army at LincolnFinancial Field in yesterday's 104th edition of the rivalry. The Midshipmenunleashed a running game that was as numbing as the raw weather, gouging theBlack Knights for 359 yards on the ground.
Leading the way was fullback Kyle Eckel, a Philadelphia-born junior whopiled up 152 rushing yards, two touchdowns and the game's MVP award.
"It's bigger than football," he said of the Army-Navy game. "I don't knowif there's any other game like it."
In their season of resurgence, the Midshipmen climbed another rung up animprobable ladder. By sweeping Air Force and Army this season, they earned theacademy's first Commander in Chief's Trophy in 22 years for service footballsuperiority. At 8-4, they are tied for the third-most wins in the team's past40 years.
And one year after going 2-10, they're going to the Houston Bowl on Dec.30, to play either Texas Tech or Nebraska. The opponent will be announcedtoday.
"We knew we had some good players," Eckel said. "We had to learn how towin. We've been losing for a pretty long time, so we learned a lot. This year,we used everything we learned."
Army may take some consolation in that discovery. The Knights became thefirst Division I-A team to go 0-13. That's about all they got out ofyesterday's game, though.
Navy never trailed after a 14-play drive covering 74 yards and 6:40 on theclock opened a 7-0 lead with its first possession. But its precisiontriple-option offense bogged down after that and the Midshipmen had to settlefor a 13-6 halftime lead.
It wasn't until the fourth quarter that they finally broke the game open onEckel's two scoring runs (16 and 12 yards). But it was never really in doubtafter they started the second half with an 80-yard touchdown drive.
Despite a total offense of 414 yards, a 10-minute advantage in time ofpossession, and only one penalty (for 5 yards), Johnson played the role ofperfectionist afterward. He thought Navy should have played better.
"We probably didn't run the ball as good as we could have," he said. "Wewere OK. Our guys missed some opportunities. [But] give Army credit. I thoughtwe played in spurts offensively."
The Midshipmen averaged 5.4 yards per carry on 67 rushes, a shade undertheir 5.5 average coming in. But on a day when the bitter elements would seemto have made their option offense a risky proposition, they handled the ballsuperbly. Their only turnover was an interception, and not one of seniorquarterback Craig Candeto's pitchouts found the frozen ground.
"It wasn't too bad," Candeto said of the cold. "The field was a little wet,but the refs did a nice job of changing the ball. And we had hand warmers, soit wasn't a big factor."
Candeto ran for 58 yards to join Eckel as 1,000-yard rushers this season.It's the first time in Navy history the team has had two players go over the1,000-yard mark.
The rush line was a long one. Slotbacks Tony Lane (71 yards on threecarries) and Eric Roberts (38 yards, two touchdowns) both burned the Armyperimeter with Candeto's perfect pitches. Lane had the longest run of the daywhen he bolted 54 yards to set up Eckel's first touchdown in the fourthquarter.
Roberts contributed the best pass-receiving play of the game, too, when heone-handed a Candeto pass at the Army 7 and fell to the 5. The pass covered 19yards. Two plays later, Roberts punched in a 2-yard touchdown run that gaveNavy a 20-6 lead in the third quarter.
After a turnover-free first half, the two teams exchanged threeinterceptions in the span of 87 seconds. That's when Army had its best chanceto get back in the game.
But quarterback Zac Dahman was intercepted by linebacker Bobby McClarin atthe Navy 4 when he threw into a crowd and by rover Eli Sanders at the Navy 19one series later.
Army's winless record coming in was a source of concern, not a jolt ofconfidence, it turned out for Navy.
"I think it worried most of us," linebacker Eddie Carthan said. "The oneswho played them before knew they'd do everything in their power not to be0-13."
But the power of Navy's relentless rush offense wouldn't be denied on thisday. Or the camaraderie in the locker room.
"The brotherhood we build here is pretty special," Eckel said. "You'replaying for the guy next to you, and you don't want to let him down."


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We've reported about Square Enix's latest arcade game, in collaboration with Sunrise. In said report, demos of the mecha shooter arcade game will be presented at the Japan Amusement Expo 2018, and Square Enix did not disappoint.
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"Why would the FCC consider allowing millions and millions of these interference causing devices, like 'germs,' to spread throughout America with the ability to attack the TV receivers in people's homes, apartments, hotel rooms, hospital rooms, dormitories, etc., with no way for the owner of the TV set (the 'victim') to determine who was causing the 'illness' to his or her TV set?"They also suggest that allowing this white space to be used would "risk the outrage of America's citizenry." Of course, it's important to remember that only a small percentage of TV watchers actually run this risk. The vast majority of TV owners in the US have cable or satellite TV -- meaning that they don't use the over-the-air broadcasts that use the spectrum in question. So, the "outrage" would be limited to the small group of people who still use over-the-air systems to watch broadcast TV and are close enough to a device that uses this white space in the unlikely situation when that device might temporarily interfere with their TV signals. But, apparently, with that tiny probability out there, opening up that white space is like a "germ" that will "attack" people's TVs, raising the "outrage of America's citizenry."


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NEW YORK — Although the recent runs on savings and loan associations in Ohio and Maryland have been confined to privately insured institutions, some in government and the financial community say that the problems of the overall industry are so severe that within a few years savings institutions will cease to exist.
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These must be serious Islamophones. Muslims indicating something is wrong with Islamic ideology? They are extremely few and far between, but those who do take the effort to pop their heads to the surface – have some valid statements to make. Of course, they are accused of being "puppets of the West" although that is hardly close to any accuracy. They are puppets to their own right to freedom from the middle ages.
1) VIDEO: Former Dean of Islamic Law, Qatar University, Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari | Bahrain TV
Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: Our satellite channels deserve the name "media of terrorism". They spread among the youth ideas that may not be outright terrorism but spread extremism. Such extremism is the beginning of violence and fanaticism, and violence lead to terrorism. Fanaticism – extremism – violence – terrorism.
2) VIDEO: Former Dean at Qatar University Speaks Out against Suicide Operations | Al-Arabiya TV
Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: Today, there is a lot of extremism, a wave of extremism. This religious discourse has not managed to improve the youth, and this crisis proves it. This (religious) discourse does not address human beings as human beings. We lack what I call the "culture of humanity". The religious discourses generate a crisis. You go to a mosque, listen to the Friday prayer, and you return a bundle of nerves, feeling hostile towards civilization and society, because the sermon focus on the negative aspects of society, and inflate them.
3) VIDEO: Former Deab of Qatar University: Our Culture Responsible for Terror | Al-Arabiya
Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: I place most of the responsibility for terrorism on social factors. It is possible that the political factor plays a part. But I say that deep roots of terrorism are ideological, cultural, and educational. I oppose the claim raised by some religious leaders that (the terrorists) are just honest young men who went astray. They also claim that we must treat them kindly and guide them, and that their goals were noble but their means were wrong. I see this as a policy having it both ways.
4) VIDEO: Former Dean at Qatar University Speaks Out in Support of US Presence | Al-Arabiya
Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: Unfortunately, the history of the Muslims has become confused with their religion. Some actions of the Muslims are not in line with the teachings of their religion. Some traditions have dominated Islamic society for over a thousand years although they run counter to Islamic teachings.
5) VIDEO: Bahraini intellectual Dhiyaa Al-Musawai | Abu Dhabi TV
Dhiyaa Al-Musawi: We, I'm sad to say, are against creativity and civilization, and against any language that seeks a common ground in society. We must have the courage to get rid of the "backward" cholesterol of ideology, accumulating in the arteries of Arab awareness and the Arab mind. We suffer from backwardness. This is the truth.
6) VIDEO: Liberal Bahraini Author Dhiya Al-Musawi: Muslims living in the past on "the drug of religion" | Al Jazeera
Dhiyaa Al-Musawi: We Arabs and Muslims continue to pass around the biscuits of conspiracy theory. I have come to talk about the prison of history in which many Arabs and Muslims live. And many extremists sleep on the bed of the past. Who distributes the drug of religion through some mosques, by means of extremism? Who is responsible for hijacking the minds of the youth, and then booby-trapping them in Iraq and elsewhere?
7) VIDEO: Debate on the state of the youth in the Arab world and the meaning of democracy | Episode 2 | Episode 3 |
Debate: The people who go and blow themselves up here and there, are a bunch of unemployed people.
The pan-Arab movements that have taken over the Arab nation forced a certain ideology upon the Arab citizens, upon the Arab youth, and they follow this ideology like sheep. When the youth encouraged globalization they found themselves new breathing space,
If these people had been brought up in an environment supporting human rights and love for the "other" an environment that glorifies love and brotherhood, rather than killing, we wouldn't be seeing these …
8) VIDEO: Former Saudi Shura Council Member Ibrahim Al-Buleihi | Al-Arabiya T
Ibrahim Al-Buleihi: He (Muslim) is incapable of independent thinking, and of benefitting from the cultures of others. He is incapable of stepping out of the mold imposed on him since childhood. It is the west that produced prosperity. To this day, we are a burden on the West. Even Japan admits that without benefiting from the West, it would not have developed.


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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2013, Article ID 751846, 12 pages
Optimal Investment with Multiple Risky Assets for an Insurer in an Incomplete Market
1School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
2Center for Applied Mathematics, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
3School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Auckland University of Technology, Private Bag 92006, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Received 30 November 2012; Accepted 6 February 2013
Academic Editor: Xiaochen Sun
Copyright © 2013 Hui Zhao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This paper studies the optimal investment problem for an insurer in an incomplete market. The insurer's risk process is modeled by a Lévy process and the insurer is supposed to have the option of investing in multiple risky assets whose price processes are described by the standard Black-Scholes model. The insurer aims to maximize the expected utility of terminal wealth. After the market is completed, we obtain the optimal strategies for quadratic utility and constant absolute risk aversion (CARA) utility explicitly via the martingale approach. Finally, computational results are presented for given raw market data.


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Best Actress– Feature Film
*Lacy Marie Meyer – "Suck It Up Buttercup"
Theresa Russell – "Moving Mountains"
Olivia Tennet – "Blood Punch"
Bridget Siegal – "That Thing with the Cat"
Sean Young – "Send No Flowers"
Best Television Pilot
"21 and Balding"- Clay Randel
'Blood Brothers'- Andrew Eckblad
"Border Queen"- Sefano Nurra & Anita Norfolk
"Hereafter"- Johnny Kenton
*"Today's Special"- Brendan Walsh
Best Short Short
"I Remember You"- John Michael Kennedy
"The Low Road, Baby"- Mark Roeder
"Little Worlds" – Justin Ho
*"Meet Mario" – Allan Manzi, D.J. Higgins, Gerard George & Daniel Mihailescu
"Persephone" – Louis Mandylor
Best Supporting Actor– Feature Film
Armand Assante – "Joe's War"
Michael Biehn – "Treachery"
Ari Boyland – "Blood Punch"
Gregory Konow – "Suck It Up Buttercup"
*Jonathan Silverman – "Snatched"
Best Unproduced Screenplay
"Black Nile"- Harry Kakatsakis
*"The Melting Pot"- Scott Ruane
"Nobody's Child" -Jay Blumenkopf
"Underneath Her Skin" – Maud Lazzerini
Best Cinematography
Tom Agnello – "Joe's War"
*Neil Cervin – "Blood Punch"
George Gibson – "Snatched'
Rob Senska – "Scrape'
Best Editing
*Derek Wayne Johnson – "Scrape"
Jordan Raskin & Sean Win – "Legend of the Red Reaper"
Conall Pendergast & Martin – Andre Young – "The Basement"
Auturo Sosa – "That Thing with the Cat"
Sean Stack – "Blood Punch"
Best Short Film
"The Box" – A.J. & Dylan Saracinicello
"Care" – Brett Wagner
*"Circles" – Kaitlin Puccio
"If We were Adults" – Michael Fitzgerald
"Recursion"- Sam Buntrok
Best Documentary Film
*"100 Signatures"- Dean & Nicole Greco
"The Decade of Discovery" – Joe Looby
"The Most Dangerous Ways to School' – Joachim Forester
"Raising Matty Christian" – Christian de Rezendes & Allie Christian
"Silent Epidemic" – Gary Null
Best Supporting Actress– Feature Film
Alicia Minshew – "Desires of the Heart"
Larisa Polonsky – "Trust, Greed, Bullets, and Burbon"
*Marion Ross – "A Reason"
Robyn Ross – "Suck It Up Buttercup"
Vanessa Smythe—"The Basement"
Best Actor– Feature Film
Milo Cawthorne -"Blood Punch"
Rick LaCour – "Scrape"
Michael Luckett – "The Basement"
Andrew McCarthy -"Snatched"
*Matthew Ziff– "Treachery"
Best Screenplay – Feature Film
Mindy Bledsoe- "Scrape"
Alan Donnes – "Snatched"
Malindi Fickle & Chris Lienert – "Suck It Up Buttercup"
Eddie Guzelian- "Blood Punch"
Solila Parida- "Desires of the Heart"
Best Director– Feature Film
Malindi Fickle – "Suck It Up Buttercup"
Derek Wayne Johnson- "Scrape"
*Madellaine Paxton -"Blood Punch"
Neil Turitz- "That Thing with the Cat"
Martin Andre -Young – "The Basement"
Best Feature Film
*"Blood Punch"- Fred Schaefer, Ethan Pines & Fleur Saville
"Scrape" – Derek Wayne Johnson & George Landrum
"Snatched" – Alan Donnes & Jerry Daigle
"Treachery" – Ryan Azevedo, Jenifer Blanc & Rebecca Torrellas
"Suck It Up Buttercup" – Malindi Fickle & Beth O'Neil
Best of the Festival– Jury Award
"Blood Punch"- Fred Schaefer, Ethan Pines & Fleur Saville
"Scrape" – Derek Wayne Johnson & George Landrum
*"Suck It Up Buttercup" – Malindi Fickle & Beth O'Neil
"100 Signatures" – Dean & Nicole Greco
"Circles"- Kaitlin Puccio
Best of the Festival– Audience Award
*Bloody Slumber Party – Larry Rosen
The Factory – Charles Merino
Joe's War – Phil Falcone
Savior of None – Bryan Marin
"Suck It Up Buttercup" – Malindi Fickle & Beth O'Neil
The following terms and conditions apply to cash awards and they cannot be deviated from under any circumstances: Cash prizes are conditioned upon winners personal presence and acceptance at the festival's Gala Awards Ceremony. The winner of Best Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature, Best Short Film, Best TV Pilot and the Audience Award Best of the Festival, must be personally accepted by the projects' producer, director or executive producer in order to be eligible for the cash prizes. In order to receive any cash prize, the winner's film must have been submitted with the appropriate submission fee; films submitted without their respective submission fees are not eligible for cash prizes, though they may win HIFF award(s) and are entitled to the trophies if they do win any HIFF award(s). In the event that HIFF pays for airfare, hotel accommodations and/or ground transportation for any filmmakers and/or any individuals whatsoever and/or provides any free HIFF tickets (beyond the two complementary passes given to filmmakers) for any filmmakers and/or any individuals whatsoever, those said filmmakers/individuals shall forfeit the right to receive any cash prize(s) in a monetary value up to an amount equal to HIFF's payment of his/her airfare, hotel accommodations and/or ground transportation and/or HIFF tickets(beyond the two complementary passes given to filmmakers).


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Friday, 6 January 2012
5 Days in The Netherlands
It began as a throw-away comment about getting away for a few days after term had finished, and before the chaos of Christmas, families and, in my case, moving house. Then became a fairly flippant conversation about where we would like to go. Then during the course get-away at Nick's house, it became two ferry tickets to the Hook of Holland. It still didn't feel like it was something that was actually going to happen. It didn't feel like it was going to happen while cramming warm clothes into a rucksack. It didn't feel real until the ferry left Harwich – though that might have has something to do with getting up at 5am to drive there. But it did happen, and here is a diary of our trip to the Netherlands.
Saturday 17 December
The ferry journey was surprisingly smooth. Having checked the weather forecast, and given how cold it was, I was expecting something much rougher. Given Alecky's inclination towards sea sickness, and my lack of comfort on anything that isn't solid ground, I was expecting this to be the least fun part of the journey. Really though, it wasn't actually all that bad. The boat was fairly empty, no doubt helped by the time of year and the early departure time, and the seas were calm. It was even quite sunny. Cold, but sunny. As you can see, we did make use of the "sun deck", despite it being not much above freezing. But sea-sickness was avoided, and I even managed to get some sleep – looking every bit the trampy student that I am.
Once we had arrived into the Hook of Holland, getting off the boat was quite simple. What was not so simple, however, was getting the train to Rotterdam, and from there to The Hague, where we were to spend the first couple of days. Firstly, it started to rain, and then we discovered that the ticket machines would not accept our cards – despite knowing that they worked just fine. Then we found a machine that took cash, which we didn't have, so we wandered further in to town. We found a cash machine easily enough, and it seemed to have no problem with either of our bank cards. What it did have an issue with, however, was giving us money in any denomination under €50 – which was an issue since the ticket machine only accepted coins. Having withdrawn our cash, we then went back to the station, to get some change from the little fish shop next door. They didn't have any. Back into town we go. Both of us are carrying quite weighty bags, and at this point it is raining and very cold. Eventually we went to the supermarket and bought some stuff, getting enough change together to pay for the train tickets. Almost everyone was polite and helpful – and spoke excellent English – which did make it easier, but it was still a more stressful arrival in the country than we had planned.
The train journey was very smooth – the train was clean, fast and on time. Definitely not in England any more! Having arrived in Rotterdam it was easy enough to find the connecting train to The Hague, and we were on our way once more. It is worth noting that, after everything that went into buying our tickets, we did not actually have to produce them at any point on the journey.
We arrived in The Hague in the middle of a downpour. Of sleet. It was incredibly cold, and very windy. Since Alecky had an idea about where we would be staying that night, we set off – looking as much like tourists as I think we possibly could, stopping every so often to peer up at street names and trying not to get run over by trams. Once we had found the place we hoped to be staying – having basically walked to the end of the street it was on and not noticed – we shuffled in to see if they had any rooms to spare (having decided that it would be worth the cost to spring for a private room, rather than the dorms). Luckily, they did, and we had somewhere to sleep. The best thing about our hostel – other than being warm and dry – was the encouragement dished out by the stairs as you walked up them. Little signs saying things like "Keep going!", "You're almost there!" and "See you in the bar!" were dotted all the way up to our third floor room, 304.
Having dried off and parked our decidedly heavy and damp bags, we ventured into town – the storm having calmed down a little by this point. We walked into the centre of town, mostly managing to stay out of the cycle lanes (which are actually separate to the road, unlike here where they just paint it then park a bus in it). Having braved the hail and wind once more, we settled upon somewhere to eat – starting off our run of choosing good food places without really meaning to. In that typically touristy way, we settled for a place that did Italian food – it was very good though, and just what we needed after a long day of travelling and being cold. Having stopped off for a quick drink after dinner we headed back to our hostel. Day one complete.
Sunday 18 December
This was to be our one full day in The Hague. It involved a lot of walking – we decided that we would walk everywhere, save for the trains between cities, in order to save money and to avoid getting totally confused by tram maps. So off we wandered, with only one bag of essential stuff between the two of us, so that we weren't too weighed down by things we didn't need.
As with most other days of our trip, we had a vague idea of things that would be worth looking at, and much of the rest was just strolling around until we found something interesting – like this multi-coloured building. Not sure what it is (I think either a shop or a cafe/bar) but it looked interesting, and the shop opposite featured this rather strange face above the door.
The Hague is a really nice place to just walk about it. It's made easier of course by being totally flat, but even when its cold and damp it is very easy to stroll around looking at stuff – though I think at times we did look very much like tourists, taking pictures of everyday things, but they are interesting and different from the kind of things you see in London every day.
After a while ambling up and down streets – some of the shopping areas which looked as if they could have come from any town in Western Europe – we came to this square.
One of the things about both The Hague and Amsterdam was the very tall, narrow buildings that are all over the older parts of the city, which apparently came about due to a tax being levied according to the size of the frontage of the house – so they became deeper, taller and narrower.
Just to the left of where this picture was taken from, however, is one of the main attractions on our visit to The Hague: Mauritshuis. This is one of the most significant galleries in the whole country, containing paintings by the likes of Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Holbein. One of the most famous paintings in the collection is Girl With a Pearl Earring. There is a small lake/large pond right next to the gallery, and some of the buildings built along the edge of it were very grand-looking. Some had doors in that opened out onto the water – clearly built for the days when boats used to be able to pull up to the side of the house. Out of this group of pictures, the Mauritshuis is the building in the picture on the bottom left.
Understandably we weren't allowed to take pictures inside the museum, but it really is worth a visit – even if just for the building in which the gallery is located (and it's always worth remembering that it used to be someone's house). This is the front of the house.
Having left the Mauritshuis, the next place we went was the Binnenhof, which are the parliamentary buildings. Not quite as grand as the Houses of Parliament, but certainly seemed much less pretentious. What there aren't in these pictures, but are on almost every window in these old buildings is the wooden shutters that are folded outwards to let in the light. Along with the tall, narrow fronts, another very Dutch piece of design. It was in the same central square as the fountain that executions used to take place.
Once we had left the Binnenhof we headed towards somewhere that The Hague is known for internationally: the Vredespaleis, or Peace Palace. Otherwise known as the International Court of Justice – the main legal arm of the United Nations. It is separate from the International Criminal Court – which is responsible for trying those accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and other crimes.
Since the court was in session for the entire time we were there, it wasn't possible for us to get a tour of the inside of the palace, but it was still an impressive place to see. Right outside of the palace is the World Peace Flame – around which are placed a stone from each of the countries that supported it, though I cannot remember what the stone from the United Kingdom was.
The walk back from the Vredespaleis towards the centre of The Hague was one of the more unexpectedly entertaining and bizarre parts of the trip. The reason for that is the range of things that we saw while we wandered along. Firstly, we came upon a plaza, in the centre of which was a selection of these small stone statues. Of turtles. We had no idea why they were there, or if there was any particular significance behind them, but there they were. This is the point when we started to realise that there seemed to be an approach of "well, why not?" used when it came to whether or not to do stuff – if there isn't a good reason why not to do something, then do it. Very different to the British way of only doing something if there is a good reason to do it.
The next couple of strange things, unfortunately, I do not have pictures for, so you will just have to believe me that they really did happen. Firstly there was a man dressed in a full suit with a gramaphone attached to the front of his bike, playing records in the street. Again, slightly out of the ordinary, but why not. The second strange event was what looked like a photo-shoot of a burlesque dancer, complete with feathers etc. taking place in what I initially thought was some form of gallery. This was happening right in front of the window. Okay, slightly unusual, but this is the Netherlands, and there are a lot of things in windows. What made this even a bit strange was the realisation it was not a gallery, it was a hairdressers. A man taking pictures of a burlesque dancer, in a hairdressers. As you do.
Having arrived back in the centre of The Hague, we decided that we would find somewhere warm to sit and defrost. Found a decent looking place with a fire, not far from where we had dinner after arriving, and on discovering there was a sofa, we parked up and ordered a couple of Gluhwein – mulled wine. We also tucked into Bitterballen, which are a kind of deep-fried meatball snack. Very Dutch, and very nice. After discovery of the place's cocktail menu, we ended up staying till about 11pm before ambling back to the hostel and crashing out.
Monday 19 December
This is the day we had decided to make the journey to Amsterdam. It takes just over an hour on the train – which, I discovered, were double decker trains. Again, they were clean, fast and on time. Dutch rail transport is so much better than its UK counterpart – and is much cheaper too.
Having arrived in Amsterdam we followed the pattern of our arrival in The Hague: try to find somewhere to stay before doing anything else. Again, we had a first choice and a back up – though it was much better weather this time around. However, in the first place we looked there weren't any rooms, and the second place was closed until 5pm, and by this time it was about 2pm, and we wanted to dump our bags.
Eventually, with a few distractions, we managed to find somewhere. It turned out to be a 3* hotel, but cost about the same as the hostel we had stayed in before, so it worked out quite well. It was also just inside the red light district, and was easy enough to walk to and from. And again, as in The Hague, we were staying in Room 304.
Once we had put down our stuff we headed out to the Oude Kerk, or Old Church, which is, as the name suggests, one of the oldest parts of Amsterdam. It is one of these churches where the floor is made up of tombstones, with engravings of the information about who is buried beneath it. According to the information we were given, there are thousands of people buried beneath its floor – going back hundreds of years. It was slightly strange walking out of this huge, cold stone building and finding ourselves confronted by the sight of the prostitutes behind their windows. Very much old Amsterdam and new Amsterdam blending together, even if the contrast was rather stark.
We spent much of the rest of the afternoon and evening walking down to the far west of central Amsterdam – following lights and walking across a lot of canals. We eventually ended up in this little bar, drinking gluhwein and planning out what we wanted to see the next day, before, due to cravings from both of us, having Chinese food for dinner. Certainly being multicultural.
Tuesday 20 December
Our full day in Amsterdam involved probably more walking than any other day on the trip. First thing we went to was the Homomonument, which is a memorial to all gay men and lesbians who have been persecuted because of their sexuality. It is made up of three triangles of granite, arranged to form the points of a larger triangle.
One point is raised, one thrusts out into the canal, and one is at street level and bears an inscription of a line from the Jewish, gay poet Jacob Israel de Haan: "Naar Vriendschaap Zulk een Mateloos Verlanged" – translated as "Such an endless desire for friendship".
One of the points faces towards the National War Memorial on Dam Square, one points towards the house of Anne Frank, and one points towards the the office of COC Nederland, the oldest continually operating gay and lesbian organisation in the world.
Next we visited the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, which is an excellent museum with a walk through history of the city of Amsterdam – the Amsterdam DNA. It is quite interactive, and very engaging. Most certainly worth a visit. Next on the list was the van Gogh museum. On the way there we stopped off in a square that seemed to have some form of festive things going on, so that I could try another Dutch food – poffertjes, which are a kind of ball of pancake batter.Not the healthiest thing to eat, but tasted very good – as the slightly manic look on my face might suggest.
Again there are no pictures of the van Gogh Museum (though the picture at the top of this post was taken only a minute or so away from it), but it was excellent. It is strange having seen some of his work through other forms, like on TV, so to be in the same room as them felt odd, almost as if they weren't real.
Once we had left the museum (one of the places where it felt there were more tourists than local people) we headed back towards the centre of Amsterdam, via the Rembrantsplein, which was the most festively bright part of the entire city, and the Nieuwmarkt – on the way I saw a sign for a "Dutch Sandwich", not entirely sure I want to find out what that is – and eventually we got back to the main square, not far from our hotel. We stopped for coffee, in a coffee place that seemed to be a sort of Dutch equivalent of Starbucks, except for one difference: this one had a cat in it. It seemed totally unbothered by the people coming and going, though it seemed to refuse to have its picture taken doing anything other than grooming, which it did a lot.
For our final dinner in Amsterdam we settled on steak – since there seemed to be a lot of Argentinian steak restaurants around. We walked about until we found one that looked like it could be good without being too pricey. It happened to be 8 steps (I counted) from the door of our hotel. The food was excellent, and the waiter seemed to take a shine to us, so after we had finished he made us this cocktail that involved mixing together Lemon Ice Cream, Blood Orange Vodka and Prosecco with a whisk in a large bowl. It tasted so good! I would recommend trying it. This is the point at which our plan for the day slightly feel apart. We had originally planned to go out and spend an evening enjoying some of the Amsterdam nightlife, but after dinner we were both so worn out by the day that we ended up staggering back to the hotel and going to bed.
Wednesday 21 December
This was the day we were to travel back. The ferry was at 2:30 in the afternoon, so we managed to have a lie in, before taking the double decker train back to Rotterdam, and from there to the Hook, without any of the ticket drama we had faced on the way in. Having arrived with plenty of time, we went to the supermarket we had visited on our arrival, so that we could get stuff for a picnic on the boat, as well as some very Dutch things: gouda, Hopjies (which are a small coffee flavoured boiled sweet – we had been eating them every time we went on a train), Gestampte Muisjes (a sweet aniseed powder that is really nice sprinkled on toast – sounds strange but it works), Hagelslag (a similar thing, but chocolaty) and Stroopwafels (which are a form of caramel waffle).
The ferry on the way back was even calmer than the journey out, and also even emptier: we had one of the main areas almost entirely to ourselves. We managed to eat, sleep and watch a fair few episodes of The Big Bang Theory on Alecky's iPod before arriving back in Harwich and driving back down to Sidcup – by far the least exciting part of the trip.
It was an excellent break, and I would certainly like to go back and explore more of the country – though we did well only having a few days. It certainly made a big impression on me, and I would recommend that people go and visit it for themselves.
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Canada Carbon Announces Phase I Exploration Program at Miller
April 25, 2013 (Source: Marketwire) Vancouver, BC — Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:CCB), (FRANKFURT:U7N1) is pleased to announce the Company has completed planning and will begin the Phase I exploration program on its 100% owned historical Miller Graphite Mine located 70 km west of Montreal near Grenville, Quebec.
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Phase 1 Exploration
The Phase I program will consist of a geological mapping of the Miller Graphite Mine pit along with a geophysical survey of the surroundings for the detection of other veins.
The last sampling program observed one vein within a rock wall that sampled up to 80.1% graphitic carbon and this upcoming program will allow the Company to view the rock wall of the pit area that wasn't visible during the last reconnaissance campaign due to snow presence. Historic data revealed that 5 graphitic veins, ranging from 10 to 60 centimeters in width, were mined on the Miller Graphite property. The mapping will focus on finding the extensions of those veins along the structural wall and on the surface of the mine pit and will enable the Company to conduct grab sampling and channel sampling by using a rock saw. The samples will be sent to Activation Laboratories (Actlab) in Ancaster, Ontario for graphitic carbon analysis. The geological context and structure of the mineralization will also be studied to determine future exploration targets in similar geological context or direct extension.
The geophysical survey, comprising MaxMin electromagnetics ("EM") is expected to cover 6.5 km of survey line over a total 0.3 square kilometer area surrounding the Miller Graphite Mine pit in the direction of the known vein's south and north extension. EM readings will be done at 12.5 metre intervals on 50 metres spaced lines. The purpose of the EM survey is to determine the location, depth and width of the graphite veins and zones. The Company hopes to find anomalous EM responses in the direct south and north extension of the mine pit that could be related to the past mined graphite veins system thereby enabling the Company to determine the size of the Miller Graphite Mine vein system close to surface. A new experimental technique will also be used to take constant EM readings which should help in finding mineralization close to surface (in the first 25 metres deep). The geophysical results will also help detect the location and extension at depth of any other graphite veins present in the area. Results from Phase I will be used to organize a Phase II drill program that will test the most favorable exploration targets.
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The Miller Graphite Mine, located in Grenville Township is a past graphite and mica producer with unknown graphite reserves remaining. This mine was worked around 1845 and was probably the first graphite operation in Canada. The quantity of produced graphite is unknown but it is reported that 25 cars of lump graphite were shipped from this deposit in the year 1900 and sent to the Globe Refining Company of Jersey City, N.J. This yielded thirty-two tons of clean crucible graphite. The Morgan Crucible Company of London and also J.H. Gauthier and Company, Jersey City, used some of this graphite in their crucibles and pronounced it equal to the best graphite known to come from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The property covers 13.2 km2 of land and is located 70 km west of Montreal. A main road, located approximately 800 metres from the deposit, is connected by a bush road to the deposit allowing very easy access. A power line also crosses the property 500 metres south of the deposit. There is no certainty that further exploration will result in the development of similar deposits.
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Wise Among Nation's Best Defensive Players
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas senior defensive lineman Deatrich Wise Jr. was named to the watch list for the 22nd annual Bednarik Award, the Maxwell Football Club announced Tuesday.
The Bednarik Award is presented annually to the college defensive player of the year by the Maxwell Football Club.
Wise tallied 31 tackles – including 10.5 for loss – and eight sacks in 13 games played last season. All eight of his sacks came during Southeastern Conference (SEC) play, which led the league in that category.
The Carrollton, Texas, native was especially dominant during the month of November as he recorded seven sacks through the final four regular-season contests, a figure that paced the SEC and ranked second nationally during that stretch.
Wise has recorded 11 of his 13 career sacks against SEC opponents, including at least a half-sack in six of the last nine conference games he's played in.
Wise is one of nine returning defensive starters that helped the Razorbacks hold 12 of 13 opponents below their season rushing average in 2015. Allowing only 116.46 yards per game on the ground, Arkansas ranked second in the SEC and 12th nationally in rushing defense.
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Colonel Nicholas Joseph "Nick" Fury is a fictional World War II army hero and present-day super-spy in the Marvel Comics universe. He's the leading agent of the fictional espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. His character was played by Samuel Jackson in the 2008 film Iron Man, its 2010 sequel Iron Man 2, the 2011 films Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, and the film The Avengers.The Avengers Nick Fury Papercraft
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Black Like Me By: John Howard Griffin Character Analysis In the book Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin, John was the main character and he had many characteristics that made him such an out standing person. John grew up as a white boy who lived in New Orleans. When he got older he became a racial specialist. He wanted to know what it was like to be black so he changes himself into a black man and went into the Deep South to experience life as a Negro. On his journey he developed many of the characteristic that he has.
John was a very courageous person. When he changed him self into a black man that takes a lot of courage. Also went he in to the black neighborhoods that took a lot of courage. If any of the black or any of the white people found out that John was doing this is could of caused a lot of problems.
To do such a thing as John did takes a lot of time and thought. John had to think of all the pros and cons of his adventures and determine form there what was the best thing to do. But John was such a courageous person he took the risk of his life and his families life just to see what it was like to live in the shoes of a Negro. This also makes John an outstanding person.
John is an outstanding person in so many ways. The first way that John is outstanding is by being a racial specialist. Back in the older days people were very prejudice towards each other and John took the time to try and find out why. John also is very outstanding for taking the adventure as a black man...


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This epic love story set against the backdrop of the Civil War received 10 Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Hattie McDaniel). Vivien Leigh won Best Actress for her classic portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara, who goes from carefree southern belle ("Fiddle-dee-dee!") to indomitable heroine ("Tomorrow…is another day!"). Clark Gable plays Rhett Butler, the charming rogue who pursues her. ("Frankly, my dear…")
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The Victorian Government's shared services IT agency, CenITex has opted for global software provider, BMC for its operations monitoring and management platform.
CenITex will use use BMC's Proactive Operations technology to improve its operational efficiencies and customer support activities, as a part of the agency's commitment to the Efficient Technology Services (ETS) program.
This follows the decision last year by CenITex to select BMC Software as its IT service management provider.
"CenITex is an important customer for BMC and its decision to extend its relationship with us is an important milestone," BMC Software ANZ country manager, Gary Mitchell, said.
In June, the organisation announced it was looking to improve its organisational capability, processes and tools to facilitate information security management.
The initiative, part of a wider efficient technology services program, is to see the upgrade of its capability to deliver ICT threat and vulnerability management (TVM) to government agencies and departments, better secure its own operating environment and facilitate continuous improvement initiatives.
The government agency recently chose Dimension Data and storage vendor NetApp to provide storage, backup and recovery services in what was described as a private cloud computing deal.
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24th July 1933 to 3rd April 2017
Peter Chappell, who has died at 83, retired to Arran from a variety of highly-trained jobs, but who quickly became known as a singer, gardener, business advisor and accomplished speaker.
We had visited Arran as a family on many occasions since the 1970s. A house was purchased in Lochranza in 1992 and my parents moved up to the house full time in 1993.
Dad worked part-time for the local enterprise board and his spare time was taken up with the Arran Gilbert and Sullivan productions. One of the final shows, South Pacific, had dad wearing a coconut bra and a grass skirt. Mum tried, begged, me to go but I was doing my hair that night, sadly.


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BOSTON, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts Boston baseball team put up a dozen runs in both ends of the Little East Conference baseball doubleheader Sunday, sweeping Plymouth State University. 12-8 and 12-5, at Yetten Field.
Sophomore Dan Noonan (Westport, Mass.) went 5-for-8 with three runs batted to break the school-record for RBI with 34 to lead the Beacons. UMB improves to 16-20 overall and 8-6 in LEC play to set a school-record for conference wins and lock up the fourth seed in the league tournament, while the Panthers fall to 14-23 and 1-13. PSU will be the number eight seed in the tourney starting on Saturday, May 2.
Sophomore Bryant Lausberg (Somersworth, N.H.) provided the offensive highlights for the Panthers, going 5-for-9 in the doubleheader with a double, a triple and four runs scored. He went 3-for-5 in the opener and 2-for-4 in the nightcap with both extra-base hits and an RBI.
PSU started out strong, scoring four runs in the first inning of the opener. Senior Marc McGinnis (Hanover, Mass.) tripled home two runs, and two more came home on a single by freshman Mike Cappiello (Westfield, N.J.) and a double by junior Steve Picco (Marshfield, Mass.).
The Beacons came back to take the lead with five runs in the second inning and two more in the third. PSU pulled to within 7-6 in the fifth inning, but UMB put five more on the board in the bottom half of the inning to seal the win.
Cappiello finished with four RBI in the first game and McGinnis drove in three. Senior Jim VanGyzen (Glocester, R.I.) reached base three times on two hits and a walk.
UMB got on the board first in the nightcap with a pair of runs in the bottom of the third, but PSU responded and took the lead with three runs in the top of the fourth. Lausberg led off with a double, and after two were out, McGinnis walked, Cappiello singled home a run and Picco followed with a two-run double.
The Beacons regained the lead for good with seven runs in the bottom of the fourth. PSU got its final two runs in the fifth when Lausberg hit an RBI triple and then scored on a single to center by senior Jay Kleponis (Reading, Mass.)
PSU will play its final regular season home games Tuesday at Panther Park against New England College in a non-conference doubleheader (2:00 p.m.)
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Sean Bean dies in just about every movie and television show he's in, but that doesn't mean he's dumb. And when it comes to paid search, Bean's Boromir is absolutely right: becoming an expert at PPC takes time, experience, and some good intuition. But before one can master PPC, one must learn the basics. This is what we're going to cover today: the essential points you need to know about running your PPC account. And I'll do it with the help of some memes to accentuate what I'm trying to get across. Because honestly, memes just make $#&% better.
If you're new to PPC, this post will steer you in the right direction. If you're already an expert, your memory could still use a little jog. Either way, I hope this post gets you that much closer to becoming a PPC expert. And for those who doubt that's possible, just listen to Courage Wolf:
Only losers give up. Are you a loser? Didn't think so – keep reading.
Campaign & Ad Group Structure
Poor optimization – it's a first world problem PPC experts deal with on a weekly basis. If you feel like first world problem girl (hopefully you're not in tears though), there are three things to keep in mind when optimizing your account structure.
Reflect Site Structure
First, your campaigns should reflect the structure of your website. If you're an e-commerce seller, your campaigns should be in-line with each category of products you sell. If you're going after B2B leads, your campaigns should reflect the different sections of your site that potential buyers would find useful in making a decision when considering your services. This allows you to properly filter budgets to the categories which prove to be most useful for your goals.
Tightly-Themed Ad Groups
Second, your ad groups should be tightly-themed. Don't mix and match keywords from different categories and put them into a single ad group with no rhyme or reason. Likewise, don't have duplicate keywords in multiple ad groups or campaigns, unless you've divided your location targeting, or you risk trying to outbid yourself in keyword auctions.
Branded Campaign
Third, have a branded campaign. You definitely want to ensure your website appears at the top of the search results page when someone is searching for your brand. Don't let competitors bid on your brand name and show up in the top spot you should be in – always have a campaign devoted to your brand to ensure you capture the highly-qualified traffic more likely to convert.
Campaign & Ad Group Settings
Conspiracy Keanu makes a good point, and that's something I never thought I'd say about Keanu Reeves. I mean The Matrix was cool and all, but that's more due to the Wachowski siblings. Be sure to check your campaign settings (or ad group settings if you're using Microsoft adCenter) and change some of the defaults.
ALWAYS separate campaigns by advertising network – never put any one campaign on both search and display/content. Each campaign/ad group is on both by default and leaving it as is will waste your money. Furthermore, you might want to un-check the option for displaying to search partners (especially if you're running on a tight budget). Google doesn't allow you to see your campaign performance by search partner and Microsoft's syndicated network is just not that great.
Location Targeting
If you're focused on generating ad impressions for a specific audience or region, adjust your targeting settings accordingly. By default, Google will advertise to the entirety of the United States and Canada while Microsoft will advertise to all eligible countries.
Ad Rotation & Devices
If you're concerned about ad copy testing (a tad more advanced), make sure your ad rotation settings are changed to "rotate" instead of the default "optimize for clicks." Also, check the devices your campaigns/ad groups are advertising to; if you're site is not optimized for mobile, it may behoove you to ensure you're only advertising to desktops, laptops, and tablet devices with full browsers.
Be Sure to Double-Check Everything
Double check each campaign/ad group setting before pushing everything live. The defaults are there to help the platforms (AdWords, adCenter, etc.) earn more revenue. Leaving them be is about as smart as blindly throwing your money into the stock market and hoping for the best.
This is a picture of President Teddy Roosevelt fording a wild moose across a river. HOW BAD ASS IS THAT?! Seriously, I don't think it was necessary to ford a moose across a river, but he did it anyway. Why? Because Teddy Roosevelt doesn't give a $#&%. The guy gave a speech after being shot in the chest and refused to get treatment until after he finished. Plus he has the best mustache of any President ever. Usually I'm not a fan of mustaches, but Teddy pulled it off. We should propose a resolution to give Teddy Roosevelt the official title "Most Bad Ass President of All Time."
Okay. Back to PPC.
This is the most sure-fire way to lose a lot of money quickly. The goal of a PPC account is to capture the most qualified audience possible by bidding on highly-relevant keywords. It is unwise to bid on keywords which are, say, very generic, highly searched, and only somewhat-related to your business.
Narrow down your keyword lists and take advantage of the different match types. If you have a keyword which is extremely relevant but has low search volume, you may want to leave it on broad match so the platform you're using can look for synonyms in search queries that might be relevant to you. If you have a keyword which is very common and getting to be costly, change it to phrase or exact match to better qualify search queries. And make sure you have a sound list of negative keywords so the platform knows what not to generate an ad impression for (i.e. "free" if you sell things or "jobs" if you're not looking to hire).
Ad Copy
Don't be like Bad Luck Brian – learn to write good ads. You don't need to be über-creative to write good ads either. You just need to give users a clear idea of why they should visit your site, an incentive to do so, and a clear instruction on how they should proceed (otherwise known as a "call to action" or a "hard ask").
Don't Look Dumb
Use correct spelling (barring any brand anomalies or plays on words), don't be over-complicated, and make your ad look sleek. Your job is to stand out on that search result page – give the user a reason to click on your ad off to the side rather than the first ad that's on the page. You certainly won't do it with a poorly constructed ad that even you wouldn't click on.
Be Noticeable
Give users an incentive, be it a discount or a reason why you're better than your competitors. Stand out and, again, give users a reason to click on your ad.
Be Direct
Give a clear call to action: "learn more today," "on sale through Friday only," "save money with us," etc. Be clear about what you expect users to do once they land on your site so they're not left wondering. It may seem self-explanatory, but setting such expectations right away can make the difference between a profit and a loss.
Landing Pages
Oh condescending Wonka, your snarky tone has made the internet a better place.
Just as your ad copy should give users a clear expectation of your site, your landing page needs to match that expectation. If you sell sports gear online and have a section and a campaign for water bottles, when somebody finds your ad when searching for "water bottles", don't send them to the homepage! Send them to the category page for water bottles or a specially-made landing page for PPC ads regarding water bottles.
It might be a good idea to send users to your homepage if they're just searching for your brand. But other than that, send them to a more relevant landing page so they don't have to go searching for what they expected to land on by clicking on your ad.
Congratulations, you're now a master of PPC!
Not really.
But, you should be a tad wiser when it comes to dealing with your PPC account. I hope you learned something or at least enjoyed reading it. If you like what you read, please share it – we make that super easy as there are social buttons to your left.
You can read other posts about PPC on our blog here.
SHAMELESS PLUG: If your PPC account is on a small budget, or you're interested in starting a small-budget PPC account but don't want to optimize or manage it, we can do it for you! Check out our PPC Essentials Program for small businesses. We're very affordable and can help you maximize your PPC efforts without spending tens of thousands of dollars.
Now, go out there, apply your PPC knowledge, and be just like Captain Picard:
P.S. Thank you, Patrick Stewart, for being completely awesome in just about every way possible.
SHUT THE &%#@ UP ANNOYING FACEBOOK GIRL! GO AWAY! NOBODY LIKES YOU! Seriously, who created this meme?!


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Cameron Diaz & Alex Rodriguez: Matsuhisa Mates
Cameron Diaz and boyfriend Alex Rodriguez make their way out of Matsuhisa restaurant after a romantic dinner together on Thursday (February 17) in Los Angeles.
Earlier in the day, Cameron showed off her amazing arms while leaving the gym after a workout with Alex.
Alex just purchased a $6 million apartment in NYC, where he plays baseball for the New York Yankees. He just signed for a 35th-floor, five-bedroom condo at The Rushmore, a new building on the Upper West Side.
FYI: Cameron is wearing the Theyskens' Theory juji / nunu blazer and Jennifer Meyer Thin Gold Bangles with Stones.


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Kim Jong Il demonstrates to an enraptured audience the correct way to put a bowl on one's head with a single movement. The bowl, made at the Juche Idea Peoples' Dental Prosthetics Factory Number 2, is semi-transparent, permitting the adoring population to always glimpse the Great Leader.
Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Joint performances of the 24th April Spring Friendship Art Festival were given Sunday at the Pyongyang Grand Theatre, the Ponghwa Art Theatre and the Pyongyang Circus Theatre. The performances were appreciated by Kim Yong Nam, Pak Pong Ju, Jon Pyong Ho, Choe Thae Bok, Yang Hyong Sop and others.
In male solo "Song Dedicated to Marshal Kim Il Sung," the fourth movement "We Pledge" of symphony "Leader Is Always with Us" and female solo "Song of Loyalty", a famous masterpiece, and other pieces, the performers gave a good ideological and artistic representation of ardent yearning and humble reverence for the peerlessly great persons.
A joint performance was given at the Ponghwa Art Theatre by artistes of China, Russia, Cuba, Mongolia, Georgia, Germany, Moldova, Ukraine, Italy, Kazakhstan and the International Delpic Cultural Festival Council.
Put on the stage were female solo Korean song "Motherland, Prosper", dance "Chervona Ruta," the fourth movement "Glory to General Kim Jong Il" of symphony suite "Long Journey for Songun Leadership" and other numbers. At the Pyongyang Circus Theatre acrobats from China, Russia, Mongolia, the Czech Republic and Sweden performed "Plastic Etude with Bowls on Head", "Horizontal Swinging" and other pieces, acclaimed by the audience for their difficult technical and stunt movements.
Floral baskets were presented to the performers in congratulation of their successful performances.


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