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Android-based MP3 players, including Samsung's Galaxy Player, are the answer to Apple's popular iPod Touch. These devices allow consumers to enjoy the same access to apps as modern Android smartphones without a costly mobile carrier contract. In the $200 USD price range, Android MP3 players offer families and price-conscious individuals a low cost portable entertainment and organization device. The Samsung Galaxy Player, first released in 2010, is the most popular Wi-Fi-only Android device. The Galaxy Player and similar Android devices rely solely on wireless networks for internet connectivity. They do not have access to mobile broadband networks, which is a limitation. However, the availability of free Wi-Fi connections in cities across the globe is increasing. This means that most consumers will have little trouble attempting to connect to the internet on-the-go.
These Android devices are the result of the need for mobile phone manufacturers to compete with the Apple iPod Touch, which is a popular mobile device that plays media and has access to the same iOS App Store used by the iPhone and iPad, popular phone and tablet products from Apple, respectively. The iPod Touch is similar to Android MP3 players because it similarly lacks access to mobile broadband networks and also requires a Wi-Fi network for internet connectivity.
Difference to The iPod
Android-based mobile devices are far different from the Apple iPod Touch. These devices are full-featured unlike the locked-down iPod. Many Android devices have memory expansion slots that allow consumers to upgrade their device's memory capacity with flash storage sticks, like those used in digital cameras. iPod customers are stuck with their device's original storage capacity. Android devices also support FM radio, which is not available on most current iPod models. Additionally, many Android products have larger screens than the iPod Touch.
Children, teens and adults will love an Android MP3 player because of their music capacity and the ability to install games and other popular apps. For teenagers, a customizable mobile device is a must that acts as an extension of self and stands as an outlet for creativity and self-expression. Parents will enjoy these devices as gifts for their children because they do not require an expensive mobile phone voice and data plan. When an Android MP3 player is purchased, the only costs associated with the device are small per-app fees for premium apps and the cost of downloading legally-purchased music. If you are considering a new music player, the low cost and versatility of an Android MP3 player will amaze you.
Samsung Galaxy 5.0
The Samsung Galaxy player was supposed to be the answer to Apples iPod touch. However, if you read the user reviews, it is much more than that. It has almost none of the limitations, that bother some iPod users. It has a bigger screen, so it's easier to play games, write notes or make schedules. All these things are not necessary additions to a mp3 player, but it's still nice to have the possibility to waste some time playing games while waiting for someone. It has a replaceable battery.
You can expand the default 8 GB memory to up to 32GB, that's enough for even the most demanding music fan. All in all, it's a very good alternative to the iPod touch.
Creative ZEN Touch
The ZEN Touch is one of the cheaper Android mp3 players. It is well designed and weights almost nothing. The screen resolution is above great, despite the price. It has an SDHC card slot available, which is great for saving videos you made with this gadget. Of course you'll have to buy a SDHC card first.
Sadly it seems they saved on the wrong parts. The sound quality of this mp3 player is average at best.
Philips Android Connect
The Philips Android Connect is yet another Android mp3 player on the market. The screen quality is above average, which is great, but since this is an mp3 player it's best to look at the sound quality. Luckily the sound is good too. Both, the external speaker and the 3.5mm headphone jack, deliver great sound quality. The sound is better than on the iPod touch.
The Philips Android Connect has an integrated FM radio. That's good news for everyone, who hasn't given up on the good old-fashioned FM radio yet. The two features people will probably miss the most are a camera and a SD slot. This device has no integrated camera, so taking pictures is out of the question. Also, since no SD slot is present, there is no possibility to expand the storage. You are stuck with the 8 Gb internal storage.


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Hold onto your hats--this 'Future Passion' series of Katarzyna Jarczykowska couture showcases some seriously futuristic fashions. The images above represent my favorite images from two separate shoots.
Photographer Michal Paz used a giant round prop and eye-catching shadowing to accent the scalloped detailing on each style in 'Future Passion.' While most women probably don't want to make their hips look larger through clothing, the way Katarzyna Jarczykowska has done so is quite appealing.
Implications - These 'Future Passion' shots are heavily stylized and well-dressed. Much credit should be given to Katarzyna Jarczkowska and her designs, but equal amounts of credit should be given to photographer Michal Paz, and make up for Lena. Do not be surprised if you see Jarczkowska dressing some Hollywood starlets in the future, her designs are divine.
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Kate Bosworth: Fashion Parties Can be 'Nerve-Racking'
Kate Bosworth fills up her car at a gas station on Tuesday (May 15) in West Hollywood, Calif.
Last month, the 29-year-old actress revealed she's not always fond of parties, telling Fashionista, "It's so high school sometimes!"
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"People get so self-conscious at these things," Kate added. "They end up just standing around and staring at each other within their own little groups. It's a nerve-racking experience. You never grow out of high school sadly."
Over the weekend, Kate picked up some stationary from Soolip.
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This started like a crafty blog and then kind of evolved into something else, I won't judge it, let it take its course. At first it was in spanish, my main language, and then I thought after receiving multiple comments of non-spanish readers (since most of the blogs I visit are in english) that I would make a separate blog exclusively in english. So this is it.
First of, I must start by telling you that I'm a mother of 3 girls, married to something like my high school sweetheart, have a stepson old enough to freak me out (he's 18 and I can barely believe it) and I am the guardian of the two most beautiful dogs in the world, Matilda the yellow labrador and Mafalda the schnauzer. And a cat that thinks she owns us. And recently her kitty. In a very small space to fit so many of us. That'll change soon.
Anyways, besides that, I'm also an accountant and an administrator for a family bussiness, and I'm currently studying to get my accountant degree ( i often do thing backwards, people ).
Those are my priorities. Girls, husband, family, work and school, in that order.
I love love love crocheting amigurumi, it started about 2 years ago and is one of my main hobbies.
I also love polinesian dances, but am not dancing at the moment. Someday, though.
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Saturday, 30 April 2011
So, to answer 'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?', we decided to film a group discussion and also included individual piece to cameras, to discuss our own roles within creating our horror trailer.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
In our early stages of research we found that the most popular age group to base our horror trailer at was 15 – 25 year olds, and therefore decided that this would be our target audience. In addition, we produced a questionnaire before starting our project in order to appeal to our audience, as we could have things that they wanted to see.
On the completion of out horror trailer we created a hybrid questionnaire and distributed it to a large group of our model, target audience during the viewing of our trailer. We did this as we felt it would work to our advantage as it would gather essential feedback from our target audience.
What did you think of our horror trailer / Why do you feel this way?
>'Very Good; I think the shot where the legs are hanging is really dramatic and the range of shots fit the genre.'
>'Good; It looks like a real horror trailer.'
Did the trailer make sense without giving too much away?
>'Sometimes it got a bit confusing but i think that is because it didn't give too much away. '
>'It didn't give too much away because you didn't really see the killer.'
I think that the audience screening worked well as it helped us understand the good things and the limitations of the horror trailer we made. It also gave us an insight into what our audience actually thought about the horror trailer as a finished product.
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- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
- What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
- How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluating stages?
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Features are normally:
red writing.
wierd fonts.
creepy/eye-catching title.
eerie image.
image of monster/person.
age restriction sign
directors name on case
cast names.
tag line.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010
As a group we decided we needed some sort of music which was a little bit more softer and subtler for the equilibrium part of the trailer, rather than the harsh, heavy and bass music of the same track, which we are using for the disequilibrium part.
We thought that using Muse as an acoustic would be better than trying to link in a softer piece of music, which we would then have to decided on. But with Muse as an acoustic we know it works good with the disequilibrium and it will be easier to fit together on the soundtrack.
Tuesday, 21 December 2010
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Saturday, 4 December 2010
The film trailers which I have analysed and looked at on Youtube all pursue the same purpose, consuming similar conventions in order to portray the horror genre, of which they all embrace. Some of the common conventions which I accredited were:Inclusion of film institution logos, most likely one or two companies.Fast pace editing towards the end of the sequence, using specifically straight cuts, to create tension and suspense.
Representation of victims portrayed within the narrative stage known as 'struggle' suggested by theorist Vladimir Propp.
It is essential for the narrative stages known as 'Return and Recognition' also suggested by Propp, to not be included within the trailer as the storyline will be given away. The use of this create enigma and adds tension, supporting the horror genre.
The inclusion of credits such as tag lines, endorsements and the use of famous/successful actors/actresses or directors/producers involved with the film, used to create hype for the current film and heighten expectations, as well as used to persuade the target audience.
Friday, 3 December 2010
Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Equilibrium. (Todorov)
Establishing shots.
Range of angles.
fast paced in areas.
woman voice over.
Crescendos in music to change atmosphere.
catchy storyline.
silence to encourage eerieness.
screams - frightening
Dark mise-en-scene to suggest something bad is going to happen.
Driving rock score kicks in when the pace becomes faster - creates excitement.
'missing' people - good storyline.
diegetic & non-diegetic sound.
Police - authority.
Monday, 22 November 2010
The subject of the film: Always consider the purpose of a shot before you start to set it up. Have you found your subject? What do you want to show about it/them? Is your subject human? - are they wearing the right clothes? Are they in the right mood? Are they doing the right thing in the right place? These are the things you have to think of.
What are the backgrounds/locations:Always consider the background and location in your frames. Does it match your subject? - think colours and textures? Does your subject show up against the background? Does the location give additional information to the audience about the subject? What mise-en-scène will be included in your image?
Composition: Composition is the arrangement within the picture. This is how the audience interacts, as the composition often shows meaning through objects' relationships with each other.
Images are usually composed around the 'rule of thirds'. The rule of thirds is a basic principle where if you imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. The 9 sections help determine if the composition is good, unique, awkward, centered, left, etc.
Apart from arranging objects within the picture, another decision that is made in composition is focus, or depth of field. This dictates the depth into the picture in which objects are in clear focus. You may becide to blur out the background, in order to place more emphasis on central or foreground objects. or you may decide to have everything in your picture in equal focus, for instance in a landscape shot, or a group photo.
Framing: deciding where an image begins and ends - is as vital to the meaning of an image as composition. There are a whole variety of camera angles which can be selected to frame a shot and often what is left out is as important as what is included.
By framing two objects together in the same image, we imply a connection between them, especially if there is a physical link. By isolating an object within the frame - for instance showing a swimmer against an expanse of nothing but sea - we can make it seem insignificant and lonely.
Sunday, 14 November 2010
- So, so far we've managed to film a lot of scenes and put together 45 seconds of final film. This part of the filming is the equilibrium - the 'happy' bit. Starting the editing wasn't that bad as we all worked as a group and made decisions together.
We've had a problem with the weather lately, due to the heavy snow that has been falling. So we had to put off filming for about 2 weeks, which wasn't so good!
But we managed to film quite a rangle of angles, and shot didtances for our trailer. Although a lot of them won't be used or are too amateur, it's better to have more than not enough.
We've used quite a few locations so far in our filming: Jen's house, Heworth grange School, Leam park, and Heworth Grange CLC.
We're all happy so far with the outcome, and there are some hilairious outtakes i need to put up... I'll keep you posted!
Monday, 8 November 2010
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Heavy looking eyes - black and reddy colour eyeshadows, eyeliner, smutty marks on the face and darkened lips. I think the right hand image is perfect looking for a 'zombie' girl who hung herself. I'd just need to add rope marks around the neck, which would look like this...
Thursday, 28 October 2010
Cinematic Techniques:
In filming the use of various shot sizes can affect the meaning of what the audience think the shot means.
Common shot sizes:
-gives the audience a sense of location.
-generally used as a scene-setting.
- it normally shows an exterior, eg a building, or a landscape.
-there will be very little detail in the shot, it's meant to give a general impression.
-isolation, vulnerability and space.
-often cities, countryside or scenic views.
Long shot:
- all or nearly all of the standing person fits into the camera frame.
- shows the audience a large scale action.
- gives the audience the full view of a person for understanding.
-plenty of background detail still emerges.
Medium shot:
- character shown from waist up on the camera.
-normally used for dialogue scenes.
-any more than three figures and the shot tends to become a long shot.
-background detail is minimal.
Close-up shot:
- shows the head and neck of a character.
- facial expressions are very important close-up shots for reactions.
- this shows very little background, and concentrates on an object.
- the close-up takes us into the mind of a character.
Extreme close-up shot:
-Very small objects or facial features are in the camera frame.
-Good for tension.
-Shows the audience a specific image.
-Generally magnifying beyond what the human eye would experience in reality.
-The tight focus required on the camera, to let the audience see detail.
I already know a range of camera shots due to AS level media studies, when i used a camera to produce my front image for the magazine.
The Field of View (FOV) is the angle described by a cone with the vertex at the camera's position. It is determined by the camera's focal length, with the shorter the focal length the wider the FOV. For example, for a 35mm lens the FOV is 63 degrees (wide-angle), for a 50 mm lens it is 46 degrees (normal), and for a 135 mm lens it is 18 degrees (telephoto). A wide angle lens exaggerates depth while a telephoto lens minimizes depth differences.
Camera Angle:
The camera angle helps to determine the point of view of the camera.
Viewers expect the camera to show a level horizon. If the camera is not then it appears different to the audience.
A birds eye shot:
This shows a scene from directly overhead, a very unnatural and strange angle. Familiar objects viewed from this angle might seem totally unrecognisable at first (umbrellas in a crowd, dancers' legs). This shot does, however, put the audience in a godlike position, looking down on the action. People can be made to look insignificant, ant-like, part of a wider scheme of things. It's like looking to the ground out of an aeroplane.
Uses of Birds Eye View Shots: Camera Angles: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
High angle shot:
Not so extreme as a bird's eye view. The camera is elevated above the action using a crane or a tripod to give a general overview. High angles make the object photographed seem smaller, and less significant (or scary). The object or character often gets swallowed up by their setting - they become part of a wider picture.This angle is good for looking down on someone showing vulnerability.
Uses of High Angle View Shots: Camera Angles: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Low angle shot:
These increase height and help give a sense of confusion to a viewer, of powerlessness within the action of a scene. The background of a low angle shot will tend to be just sky or ceiling, the lack of detail about the setting adding to the disorientation of the viewer. The added height of the object may make it inspire fear and insecurity in the viewer, who is psychologically dominated by the figure on the screen.It can also show authority of the person who is in the frame, as the audience is looking up to them.
Uses of Low Angle Shots: Camera Angles: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Eye level shot:
A fairly neutral shot; the camera is positioned as though it is a human actually observing a scene, so that eg actors' heads are on a level with the focus. The camera will be placed approximately five to six feet from the ground, as if the audience were on level with what is happening in the frame.
Uses of Eye Level Shots: Camera Angles: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Point of view shot/ over the should shot:
Uses of Over The Shoulder Shots: Camera Moves: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Camera moves:
Different camera moves help make the film or feature look more realistic. Doing things which a person would do, like, look around, makes the audience believe they're watching something from a point of view.
Panning shots:
Panning is often used to follow a moving object or character. It can also be used to establish a shot, like panning a room to get the full mise-en-scene. It is likewise used as a transition between one camera position and another.
Uses of Pan Shots: Camera Moves: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Tilted angle shots:
Good for dramatic scenes, another different angle which the audience aren't familiar with as its not a normal viewing angle.
Uses of Tilted Angle Shots: Camera Angles: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Tilting shots:
A movement which scans a scene vertically.
Uses of Tilt Shots: Camera Moves: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Dolly and Tracking shots:
A dolly is a small wheeled vehicle, piloted by a dolly grip, which is used to move a camera around in a scene. A dolly shot is a move in and out of a scene, i.e., the movement is parallel to the camera lens axis. A tracking shot is a movement perpendicular to the camera lens axis. The key to these shots is to have realistic motion. The motion can be judged by looking at how fast humans move and then how many frames it would take to realize this motion. Examples of motion at different speeds are given in the table below.
The hand-held movie camera first saw widespread use during World War II, when news reporters took their windup Arriflexes and Eyemos into the heat of battle, producing some of the most arresting footage of the twentieth century. Hand held cameras denote a certain kind of gritty realism, and they can make the audience feel as though they are part of a scene, rather than viewing it from a detached, frozen position.Uses of Handheld Shots: Camera Moves: All About Camera Angles and Moving Shots eHow.com
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
The title is perfect for the synopsis of the film too!
Here are different types of font for the title... decisions, decisions!
Monday, 25 October 2010
Non-Diegetic Sound: Raw footage is usually enhanced through the addition of non-diegetic sound, usually in the form of music or voice over.
Soundtracks: Previously-recorded music chosen because of its fit to the rhythm, content and mood of a sequence. If a song, the lyrics may add meaning to the film.
Voice over: The most efficient way to record a voice over is to find the quietest room possible and speak directly into the camera microphone. You can either record your own voice or find someone who suits the position better to do it. Remembering the gender, age and status of the person doing it will have different effects on the trailer/film its recorded for, as all of them will have implications for the meaning of the text used.
Sound Effects: Sometimes you just have to fake the sounds within the frame. Sound effects are often used to heighten realism by adding in sound at a crucial moment. Often you can download free sound effects to fit within the trailer.
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Friday, 22 October 2010
I have decided to use Muse-Hysteria' within the horror trailer as it is very fast paced as relates well to the trailer. It is the type of music you expect to be played in the background of a horror trailer.
I have currently e-mail Rich Costey who is the record producer of Muse, asking for permission to feature their music on my trailer. Just in case of copyright terms and conditions.
Hysteria by Muse has currently featured inthe film "Millions"by the famous Danny Boyle. It had two Muse songs in it. I think the song will relate better to my trailer because of the horror genre, whereas Millions is a comedy/family/drama genre.
Hysteria is also featured on the Guerlain perfume advertisement with Hilary Swank. But, I still think it sounds better and attracts the audience alot more when combined with a suspenseful/tense trailer.
Thursday, 21 October 2010
In our trailer we are going to use text cards to add suspense to the fast-paced horror genre.
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
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Thursday, 14 October 2010
A movie actress taking up temporary residence in Washington D.C. has her troubles. The script for the movie she's filming seems inadequate. Her ex, who is also the father of her adolescent daughter, Regan, neglects to call the girl on her birthday. And the attic has rats. Meanwhile, Father Karras, a priest and a psychiatrist, is losing his faith; and he's dealing with a sick mother who needs medical care he hasn't the money to provide. Another priest, the old and ailing Father Merrin, has just returned from Iraq with forebodings of evil. These three persons meet when the sweet and cheerful Regan turns foul-mouthed and violent. But her sickness is beyond the reach of a medical doctor or a psychiatrist. What Regan needs is an exorcist.
The synopsis of Orphan:
Kate and John Coleman are rebuilding their troubled marriage. Kate had a drinking problem, but is in therapy and is doing well. She has been sober for one year. The couple decides to adopt a child. When they meet the nine-year-old Estonian girl, Esther, at the St. Marina Orphanage, they immediately fall in love with the well-educated orphan. Their young son, Daniel, is hostile to his new sister; but their deaf-mute daughter, little Max, is enchanted with her - at first. Eventually, Kate begins to feel that Esther is manipulative and possibly even psychologically disturbed. John refuses to listen to his wife's misgivings, and the wounds in their marriage reopen. Kate calls Sister Abigail at the orphanage, and the nun informs her that Esther has a troubled and mysterious history. Kate delves further into Esther's past and discovers she is not at all who she pretends to be.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
THEATRICAL TRAILER: Put together towards the end of shooting/after the film has finished shooting, but while they are in post-production. Between 1:30-2:30 in length.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Myself: the costumes within the trailer, and acting with the trailer and filming.
Thomas: Props, locations and acting.
Jennifer: will be directing the trailer and keeping up with the continuity.
Chloe: will be filming the trailer and will be in charge of the lighting.Instead of having one of us doing the editing by ourselves, we decided to work as a team on finalising the editing stages. This was decided because the editing within the trailer is such a massive part, and it would be unrealistic for one person to carry out this role.
Monday, 15 March 2010
- A4 Portrait.
- A4 Portrait.
- A3 Lanscape.
I added the 'splats' to the contents and article to match in with the magazine cover, not only does it give the magazine it's own uniqueness but it gives the magazine a set theme. Yet it takes away the boldness of the plain background and gives it a better look.
I also changed quite abit on the contens page too, just so it looked more professional.
n what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In the preparation of my media product - which was to create a music magazine front cover, contents page and an article, all based on the Indie music genre, I had to guarantee my final product realistic so it would be able to sit on the shelves alongside other major monthly magazines. Consequently I carried out some research of other products and into my potential target audience, 15-25 year olds. My main target audience is female, but I would like to appeal to males too.
Furthermore, having all the text justified and in a specific layout helps the audience just look at exact areas on the page, such as 'big quotes', bold writing, the font type, the font size and the story hooks used, often used in 'Q' magazines. I broke this convention by placing them all down the left hand side of the cover. I used an asymmetrical cover layout. These all help the naked eye focus on that area where the magazine has emphasised to draw in attention. On the cover the story hooks aren't straight, but are justified to the left hand side of the cover. Using bold writing for the story hooks emphasises them so that the reader spots the catchy hooks without delay. I justified the layout of the cover so that the image of the model was in front of the title. I did this because people are meant to know the name of the magazine whether or not it is partially covered or not. Magazines such as Blender (2007), NME (2009) and Vibe (2007) use this convention.
The barcode, the price and the date of the issue are all based on front cover conventions too. Using a 'regular' price of £1.95 was chosen by the niche market audience. They chose this cost through the questionnaire I handed out, and they thought that £1.95 was the perfect, yet, regular price to pay for a magazine of this type.
I kept to the colour scheme and typical conventions of a magazine's contents page, yet made it my own. I did this was by using a layout that was simple yet unique; I also used new images of Josie (the cover girl model) in the same clothes, just so she wasn't in the same pose on the contents too. I used columns on the contents which almost every magazine uses, whether it is one, two or three. I have the magazine website on the contents page too, which is common in the age of web 2.0 for magazines to have a website so readers can interact with the publication, which gives the magazines more reputation, if people ever wanted to go on the website. I added an editor's message to the contents page, to let the reader know a little more about the magazine – this is something I've seen in other magazines like 'Uncut'.
The justification of the text is aligned to the right hand side. In the main article section of the contents page, a funkier writing font is used - 'Baby Kruffy' - this is to grab the readers attention as it is cooler than the normal 'Century Gothic' used on the left hand side of the page, which is used to list the smaller stories inside the magazine.
I also found in magazines such as Blender (Aug 2007) the cover girl featured in the main article of the magazine., so, I used my cover girl as the main feature article too, to stick with the common convention in a magazine. The article I created could be seen as quite inspirational as it is based on an up and coming celebrity who has had to chose her security and her welfare over her new found career as a lead singer in a newly famous indie band, which is becoming the new genre in the charts today. This acknowledges a heroine-like character and shows 'Jane Lynxx' in a positive light. Although my article is sympathetic and world encourage my readers to aspire to be like her, it shows some of the pitfalls of fame.
Bauer media publishes worldwide, with an approximate empire 282 magazines in about 15 countries. They work closely with their customers to develop new solutions which make a difference within their business, just like I have by using a questionnaire to find out the customers needs and then acted upon it. (http://www.bauer.co.uk/aboutbauer) I would be widening the market for them, which will offer them an opportunity to expand their audience into a new market of 15 – 25 year olds. With Bauer I would be widening their portfolio. Also publishers from other retail magazines such as Blender's:
Dennis Publishing (http://www.dennis.co.uk/dennis_site/about/dennisgroup.php) I'm sure would publish my magazine. As I am sure my media product would get far in the current market if it was published by one of these famous publishers, I know this because 'Q' and 'Blender' are very popular magazines now and feature their own style and ideology. However, I know my magazine is different and unique which would open up a different type of market bringing originality and interest in which my income could come from being a unique type of magazine; where hopefully a lot of the public would purchase it rather than other top magazines on the shelves in the shops now. This is because it features the stories that real media products have such as events that are happening at the moment, exclusive interviews, chart lists, articles and other extras in the magazine. But the income would come from the unique images and style on the cover, which would draw in the audience population and gain a good reputation for the magazine, which would then give a better status for the publisher as I have widened the niche market and would have created another unique magazine to add to their empire. Seeing as my magazine is aimed largely at females, I claim that I would be opening a new niche market because most music magazines today, for this age-group are aimed at men. The fact that I have produced a magazine suitable for a nationwide niche audience who like indie music, as opposed to a magazine with a very specific localised audience would help widen Bauers audience. http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/Press-Office/Magazine-Covers/ in this link are some of the magazine covers they've published.
Name: Sophie Handy
Age: 17
Occupation: Full-time student.
Why would she read this product: I sense my music magazine would hit an audience of the upper teenage working class population, interested in the latest music. I am aiming largely at a female target audience – but I hope by my colour scheme and the fact that the males are more likely to be interested in this sort of music and backgrounds – that it will appeal to males too. Someone with an office job would buy this magazine against others on the shelves, maybe with an interest in chart music and attends the latest gigs around the country. Someone with a peaceful night time, time to chill or relax and read a magazine – like the one I have produced, and a lot of spare time on his hands, other than the time spent at the latest music band gigs and at his job. Maybe even a fit and active man, around the age of 20-25.
When planning how to create a typical, modern music magazine, I had to find out what the target audience wanted.
Another theory I exploit is Uses and Gratifications. This suggests that the audiences actively use media products and magazines to meet some of the needs identified. Magazines may be used by the audience to compensate for the lack of self-esteem or social success, as an example of the girls' teenage lifestyle magazines, which address the audience as a 'best friend' rather than an authority figure.
Magazines always exploit the theory of uses and gratifications because the target audiences they're aiming to gain, will identify (though most of the time its wishful thinking) with the lifestyle it promotes. Marjorie Fergusons theory (1980) identified four types of facial expression in the covers of magazines found on the shops shelves today. I think his theorem best covers my magazines stylistic features due to the fact my model isn't sexually posed, but looks quite invitational. http://lauraarobinsonn.blogspot.com/2009/11/majorie-fergusons-theory.html
McQuail, Blumler and Brown (1972) defined four major areas of need which the media in general seek to gratify, including:
- Personal Identity – people can relate to my cover story, and will buy it because they feel some sense of belonging because the magazine involves them by featuring a genre of music they feel important to them.
- Surveillance – people can use my magazine to retrieve information about topics they're interested in. Like from a contents page.
Also Davis et al. and Julianne Dickey convey how they take the traditional stance that images of women are dominated by the male gaze – the masculine view of female beauty – and the female form is objectified for the male pleasure, giving a very narrow definition of femininity. Such theorists are also critical of the media industry being run by the masculine view. For example: most photographers are male – and I went along with this convention of using an attractive model, but tried to empower her by posing her photographing those 'gazing' at her.
I enjoyed using the digital camera and the tripod as I experimented with diverse camera shots, such as – medium shot, medium close up, and long shot – and angles, such as low angle and high angle, to show social class and superiority.
To cut out the image of the model on my front cover from the background she was on, I used the normal lasso tool which helps by clicking specific points around an image. Photoshop will draw straight lines from point to point as you continue to click on the canvas. I then used 'Delete' to undo a point and try again. This tool is not ideal for cutting out really difficult images, but is good for accuracy as you click where you want cut out.
I made a negative strip from scratch. I drew out every single square around the edge of the negative strip by using the square shape tool. I then drew the background as a bigger box than the images then placed all the little white squares around the edge, to make it look like a negative strip from a photo shoot. Furthermore, I added in the images and made them all the same size so it didn't look odd. However, I changed the brightness of the photographs and the saturation so the images where dark and black and white. I did this to make it look like they were negatives from a camera. Then, I fixed all the layers together so the piece was a whole, and then could move everything around as one layer, rather than 70 little ones.
On the cover, I used a splatter brush to create the 'ink print' marks on the background, I downloaded this brush off of the internet; I used the technique/process of whitening the hair of the model and her skin by using the dodge tool.
The blog I created allowed me to take advantage of web 2.0 to become a producer of a media artefact with an internet audience of millions who can comment and post about my work. I combined text and images to explain the ideas and processes behind my magazine which can be found on my blog. Using the blog meant that I can layout our plans and show my annotations and it can be viewed by the public, who can provide feedback.
Looking back at my amateur preliminary task I feel that I've progressed a lot. My imagination, publishing and photography skills have improved and I have a much deeper understanding of how to produce a professional product on Adobe Photoshop for a selected genre, age range and target audience. I also feel confident in representing my views about design. I also can see the difference in professionalism between the two products and I can now see how I could have made the preliminary product better by gaining some more knowledge or practise on Photoshop. My research skills have advanced, as I analysed magazines and understood the conventions they used to attract their target audience, like specific colours, fonts and models to communicate a particular message to them. I have understood the importance of audience research by creating a questionnaire and this helped me find their needs, so, I could accurately target my magazine to meet the audience's needs and produce one that could compete on the shelves 'NME'. From my study of other music magazines and their conventions, I learned that a magazine should not be too busy, as when there is too much to look at it takes the attention away from the main purpose of the magazine, which is for a reader to actually look inside, yet it should be attractive and eye-catching enough to stand out from the crowd of the mass of other music magazines that are on the shelves today. Furthermore, my knowledge of writing in a journalistic style has improved and I've very much enjoyed the challenge of completing my production of a 'real media artefact' for a deadline. I've moved on from producing pages for a magazine with an extremely localised niche audience to planning, researching and producing a magazine aimed at a wider – national – niche audience that can compete in the market with existing products such as 'NME', 'Blender' and 'Vibe'.


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When possible, I like to set aside some time on Sundays to plan my lunch for the rest of the week. I try to make these recipes easy to purchase and easy to make in large quantities. This way, I don't spend too much time mulling over quantities at the grocery and I don't have to worry about lunch plans for the next several days.
My Mediterranean Farro Salad packs refreshing flavor with juicy tomatoes, fresh dill and a bright sherry vinaigrette. Plus, it's filling because of the farro, asparagus and green beans. My favorite thing about it, though, is that it keeps well in the fridge for 5-7 days!
Serves: 4-6
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
- 2-1/2 cups water (plus additional, for blanching)
- 1 package farro (8 ounces)
- 1 bunch asparagus
- 1-1/2 cups green beans
- 1 yellow bell pepper, medium dice
- 1-1/2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
- 1/2 small red onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill (or scant half package)
- 1/2 cup crumbled light feta cheese
For the sherry vinaigrette:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
1. In a medium saucepan, bring 2-1/2 cups water to a boil. Stir in the farro, reduce heat to simmer and cover until farro is al dente, about 25-30 minutes. Set aside to cool.
2. In a large pot, bring water to a boil. Blanch asparagus and green beans until slightly tender, about 3 minutes. Set aside. When cool enough to handle, slice the asparagus and green beans into bite-sized chunks.
3. Toss the cooked farro and blanched asparagus and green beans with bell pepper, tomatoes, red onion, dill and feta cheese.
4. To make the vinaigrette, whisk together olive oil and sherry vinegar in a small bowl. Pour on top of the salad and gently toss to combine.
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Pallets have a variety of uses in the transportation world, however lately many recycled pallets are being turned into furniture. While this may sound like a great idea of continually using a pallet instead of it simply rotting away in a landfill or ground up into mulch, the recycled material may not be safe for all uses.
The life cycle of a pallet normally starts as a custom built design made from precision cut lumber and assembled on an automated nailing machine. Once a customer has used the new pallet to move its merchandise to a customer, the pallet is then either reused by the customer or removed as a scrap pallet.
If the pallet is removed as a scrap pallet, it is most likely sold or given to a pallet recycler. When a recycler takes possession of a pallet, they sort the pallets to determine whether they are worth fixing or dismantling for parts or grinding. Many 48 x 40 pallets are recycled over and over again in the United States, as it is the most common size and the standard in the retail and grocery industry.
With the variety of locations that pallets can be sent to, would a recycled pallet be suitable indoors used as a piece of furniture or a table?
Consider for a moment that a single board from a recycled pallet could have hauled
- chemicals,
- clothing,
- pharmaceuticals,
- beverages,
- building products, and
- foods in the same year.
The cells in a piece of wood can act as a sponge when chemicals or liquids are placed on them, often storing or transporting the items for the remainder of the life of the pallet. The photo below show a cross section of a block of wood.
- Low cost of raw materials
- Pallet parts can be custom cut and assembled, completely designed around the product that is being shipped
- Static free
- Most pallet lumber comes from non chemically treated lumber and is safe for indoor storage
- Wood is a renewable resource
- a variable sized product that will take much refinement to produce furniture (thick and thin boards, width and length variations from board to board)
- protruding nails
- risk of containments that have seeped into the wood during the pallets use
- cost of producing the furniture is higher by reworking lumber instead of buying machined lumber ready to be processed
We want to hear what you have to say. Have you made anything out of a wood pallet? If so, what things do you consider? Let us know why by commenting below.
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Welcome to Round #37 of the Poetry Contest!
The best (and only) active contest on OMF!
The theme of this round is "Dreams", as picked by Satoshi, the winner of contest #36.
These are the rules:
- Follow the general forum rules.
- All work must be done by you alone.
- It is forbidden to enter work that has already been posted/published/entered at any other place.
- You may only enter one poem per contest.
- Your poem must be recognizable as a poem.
- For the sake of your readers, please proofread your poem and make sure it does not contain any unwanted mistakes.
The winner of the competition chooses the next theme.
If you win five contests in this forum, you get a shiny custom title.
This thread is only for entries. All discussion goes here.
Previous rounds, themes and winners can be found there as well.
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You have five weeks to enter (aka until my exams are over).
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Fred Wilpon's proclamation in Port St. Lucie yesterday the Mets are now out of debt and ready to jump into the free-agent market brought a skeptical response.
The feeling wasn't "oh boy, let's go get Jacoby Ellsbury next year,'' but rather "I'll believe it when it see it.''
Remember, the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and not re-signing R.A. Dickey spoke volumes about immediately competing.
I never thought the Wilpons were cheap. I thought they didn't always spend wisely and gave Omar Minaya almost carte blanche to bring in whoever he wanted.
The Wilpons once were spending over $140 million in payroll and meted out generous contracts to guys like Oliver Perez, Johan Santana, Luis Castillo, Jason Bay, Francisco Rodriguez, Billy Wagner, Tom Glavine and Pedro Martinez.
That's not being cheap.
They also gave long-term contracts early in their careers to Jose Reyes and David Wright when they could have had them for much cheaper. That was good business.
Also, don't forget lesser tier contracts to guys like Scott Schoeneweis, Moises Alou, Orlando Hernandez, Guillermo Mota and Julio Franco. That's more misguided than cheap.
Wilpon's name was on all those checks, so let's dispense of the notion they aren't willing to spend. Isn't going after Michael Bourn some indication?
The Mets are committed to stocking their farm system, which is the right way to go. The minor leagues represent a two-pronged approach to building a franchise: 1) to develop the talent to play on the major league level, and 2) to have the trade chips to deal for proven talent.
The Mets have some good, young pitching with potential, but are thin on position player prospects. They don't want to deal their pitching and have few major players of value to trade – they don't want to part with Jon Niese or Ike Davis and can't trade Wright now – so their primary route for immediate improvement is by the free-agent market.
Sandy Alderson was an austerity-driven general manager while with Oakland and San Diego, and his first two years with the Mets. If Wilpon is willing to spend, it will be interesting to see how Alderson will react.
I don't expect him to abandon his method of evaluating players, but hope he'll show some daring if there is a big-ticket player available. Curtis Granderson could be had next winter, but are all his homers – figure a decline moving out of Yankee Stadium – worth all his strikeouts? I don't think Alderson would agree.
Ellsbury would be ideal for Citi Field, but won't come cheaply.
But, that's next year.
The first test to the believability of that statement will come at the end of spring training when players are released to create a new free-agent market. That's a wave of available talent, and I would guess, there could be an outfielder or two that could start for the Mets. Nothing great, but better than what is there now.
There could also be a reliever or two.
The second test will be at the trade deadline if the Mets are competitive. Alderson waited too long yesterday in the hope the Mets' bullpen would right itself. It didn't happen and soon after the All-Star break the season began to spiral out of control. By the deadline it was clear the season was lost.
The first two tests are important because they will show the Mets' true intentions as to fielding a competitive team.
Wilpon also said yesterday spending would in part be contingent on attendance. Attendance has steadily declined and the way the roster is presently constructed doesn't inspire confidence.
Signing Wright was the first step, but there are so many more to take.


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Living at home is what most seniors want. So, it is difficult to find a new home for your mom and dad. Just by searching keywords in the Internet like in home care and the local city where your aging relative lives, you are already doing one way of obtaining access to a quality home care services.
Home health agencies; hospice; homemaker and home care aides; staffing and private-duty agencies; companies specializing in medical equipment and supplies, pharmaceuticals, and drug infusion therapy are included in some home care organizations. In order to provide a wide range of services through a unified system, some organizations of home care for seniors decided to unite. With the help of visiting local registries and independent providers, you can be able to locate some home care organizations locally which means, the establishments that are near from you. You must remember to complete a thorough back ground search on the agency before allowing them into your relative's home, whichever way you choose to find help for an aging relative to help them stay in their homes longer.
The important factors to consider if you are searching for some memory care houston services are the quality of care, availability of needed services, personnel training and their expertise, and how the services will be paid. It is important to determine which types of services you need, before you start searching. Maybe, you want the buy-in from your senior relative that he or she believe is needed. For assistance in evaluating your needs, you may want to consult with the relative's physician, a hospital discharge planner, or a social service organization, such as an Area Agency Office on Aging. In order to determine the type of home care organization or establishment that is most suitable for the relative, it is a great idea to conduct a complete assessment.
You should look for senior living houston agency that complies with these following requirements. First, you should ask about how long they have been in the business community. Next is asking about how they keep their patients' privacy. Also, you should know if the home care agency have literature explaining its services, eligibility requirements, fees, and funding sources and ask for their annual report to know some helpful information about the Senior Provider. Also ask about how they handle their emergencies and what are the given protocols and procedures if ever this happens. Lastly, acquire information from people and call them like doctors, hospital discharge planners, patients or their family members who has contracted for the services and check with community leaders who are familiar with the provider's quality of service.


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|After the color you wait 1/2 hour and they bring tea, coffee, water,or whatever you want.
|I took the plunge and finally after three months went for a color and cut. One of the gals that retired from teaching this year took me to the salon she goes to. It's hard to find someone here who is used to cutting and coloring western hair, unless you go to the island, which is considerably more expensive. It's quit the production and took 4 hours in all! You get your own little locker with key, at the station to put your purse etc. in. Then the stylist comes and sees what you want and an apprentice takes you into a room with couches where you lay with your head over a sink and you get a shampoo. The cut took a long time by a very pleasant young man who spoke very good English. He said it takes 5 yrs here to become a stylist because you apprentice for so long while also taking classes. Then he dried my hair, while we discussed what shade of color l wanted. Then the color technician comes and does his thing.
|After the color you wait 1/2 hour and they bring tea, coffee, water,or whatever you want.
|Then you sit under your space age looking heater which goes round and round! After this you again go back on the couch for another shampoo and this time you also get a head massage for around 15 min. Then its back to the stylist for the final blow dry etc. What a production!! It all turned out pretty good. I more or less wanted the same style l had with some length taken off, and the color didn't turn green yet so l guess it'll all be fine!


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Art Portals
In the Art Context section, HLO presents a regularly updated selection of links to Hungarian art portals, thus providing a broader context to contemporary literature in the country. In this section, we also run articles dealing with movies, theatre, music and new media arts.
Publishing Hungary is a multilingual database of Hungarian literature which enables one to search by the names of authors.
Petőfi Literary Museum (Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum)
This is the webpage of the Petőfi Literary Museum, which is collecting and preserving records of Hungarian literature. The Museum is named after Sándor Petőfi, since he is the poet who symbolizes Hungarian poetry to most of the readers both in Hungary and abroad. Additionally, the institution is the successor of the Petőfi House, therefore the core of its collection was constituted of Petőfi manuscripts and relics.
A manuscript archive, a library, an art and relics collection and an audiovisual library for researchers belong to the Petőfi Literary Museum, besides its permanent and temporary exhibitions that aim at popularizing Hungarian literature.
The Petőfi Literary Museum administers three further important memorial sights of Hungarian literature: the Kassák Museum, the Endre Ady Memorial Museum and the Jókai Memorial Room.
Fine Arts
Portal of Contemporary Painting
This portal collects the web pages of several contemporary Hungarian painters and galleries.
MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts (Modern és Kortárs Művészeti Központ)
The museum's scope of collection extends to Hungarian and general art works since the 1960s. Its principal function is to research, collect, and look after material coming within the scope of collection – art works, relics, documents and sources. The Museum's activity includes cataloguing, preserving, protecting, researching, systematising and exhibiting the material, presenting it in other forms and making use of it for educational purposes. A priority function is to present Hungarian art alongside international parallels and place contemporary Hungarian art in its international context.
Hungarian Filmhistorical Photo Collection (Magyar Filmtörténeti Fotógyűjtemény)
The Hungarian Filmhistorical Photo Collection is a public benefit organization established by the Ministry of Education in 1990. This organization is in charge of preserving and digitalizing the still photos of 980 feature films produced in Hungary since 1945. The photo collection itself is available on Mafilm's (Hungarian Film Company) homepage.
Hungarian Film Company (Mafilm)
Mafilm is responsible for organizing film production in Hungary both for Hungarian and for foreign filmmaking teams. Their home page is currently undergoing an overhaul, therefore the information provided there is only partially updated.
Hungarian Film Union (Magyar Filmunió)
Hungarian Film Union was established by the Motion Picture Public Foundation for the promotion of Hungarian cinematography throughout the world. In 2001 the company became a member of European Film Promotion. Since 2011 Hungarian Film Union has been working as the international division of the Hungarian National Film Fund.
This company organizes the participation of Hungarian films (feature films, documentaries, shorts and animation) at international festivals, retrospective screenings and national film weeks in Hungary and abroad. Collaborating with international professional organizations on a regular basis is a major concern for the Hungarian Film Union.
Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute (Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet)
The Hungarian Theatre Museum and Institute has been collecting the most valuable relics and data of the Hungarian theatre preserving a dozen of separate collections paintings, photographs, stage and costume designs, posters, props, video recordings—and many more.
Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Manó House (Mai Manó Ház: Magyar Fotográfusok Háza)
The mission of Mai Manó House is to further the development of photography culture in Hungary and to promote Hungarian photography abroad. Therefore it provides space to historic and contemporary photo exhibitions and to cultural events. The institution's library provides information on Hungarian photography for researchers, also in foreign languages.
Hungarian Museum of Photography in Kecskemét (Magyar Fotográfiai Múzeum)
The museum's collection contains over one million objects, the oldest one, a daguerreotype, was made in 1840, and the newest one arrived only yesterday. Regarding the Hungarian collection, the museum aims at exhaustivity, thus, it preserves photos of all ages, all photographic movements, all important photographers, as well as entire legacies. Nevertheless there is a universal collection as well. The institute additionally helps scientific researchers, trains university students and develops databases.
General Art Portals
Balassi Institute/Balassi Intézet
Balassi Institute (named after the early modern poet Bálint Balassi) coordinates all the cultural institute of the Hungarian state that officially represent Hungarian culture abroad.
This site allows the visitors to view 200 entries from the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Hungarian Arts, published between 1999 and 2001. These artists played a major role in the last 50 years of Hungarian fine arts. The editor of this compilation is Péter Fitz art historian.


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I just realized I have not got sound working in any of the Amiga Linux distros I have tested so far... E.g. in Ubuntu 16.04 I have used the 'Sound' preferences and tried to activate my card (seen as VT 1720/24 [Envy24PT/HT] PCI Multi Chanel Audio controller), and inactivate the HDMI controller of the graphics card, but nothing seems to help - just no sound coming out. In Mate 2017 Remix I also tried the 'Pulse Audio Volume Control', but still no sound.
Is that card of mine not supported by any Linux distro...? In Amiga side it works, though.


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The smart phone and tablet market is huge - over a billion handsets are in operation around the world and its growing, very fast.
In every coffee shop, street, train or at a gig you will see dozens of people totally absorbed in these little devices.
Game Changers
It's changing the way that people engage with their world. The traditional model of people sitting at home or at work with a PC or Laptop and a large screen is rapidly changing. Mobile is gobbling up market share and its already about 35% of all web traffic. PC isn't going away, but its domination is being challenged, and fast.
On these devices are 'Apps'. Mobile Applications are little computer programmes that integrate with the features on the phone. Games (Angry Birds, Candy Crush), Social Media (Facebook, Twitter), Photo App's (Instagram) are the big categories. And the market is worth £Billion's.
So what does this mean for business?
There is an incredible opportunity. In almost every pocket of exactly the kind of people you want to target is a mobile phone that you can put your App on.
The trouble is that traditionally the cost of development has been way beyond the budget of most businesses.
Pockit World is changing that concept. We can develop a mobile app's for your business and it can be for about the same price as a small one-off media campaign, leaflet campaign or website launch.
But it's not right for everyone. You have to be careful not to treat your customers like walking Classified Ad's. You need to interact and engage your user base with your brand, promotions and useful information that they will be happy to give up a little bit of space on their most cherished gadget.
ANY business could have an app developed for it. However, the App will flourish in some markets over others. so here we feature the Top 10 reasons that will help you decide if your business needs to join the mobile world. You don't have to check all 10, even 1 will do. Have a read….
1. Loyalty
Plenty of businesses have repeat visitors, members, students, subscribers, fans. This frequent engagement makes an app a very useful tool to use for bookings, advertising availability and getting bums on seats. The list is huge. Bars, Clubs, Gyms, Restaurants, Schools, Sports Teams, Churches, Cinema's, Theatres, Garages, Shopping Centres, Visitor Attractions and Theme Parks, Taxi's firms, Crèches, Spa's, Hair and Beauty Salons, Therapists Doctors, Bands, Museums…..
2. Promotions
Offers, discounts and promotions are fantastic content for an app. "Happy Hour", "10% off ", "Early Bird". Think about it - you are a restaurant sending a promotion out on a slow Tuesday afternoon just about the time people are making their meal decisions for the evening. An app is perfect for Advance Bookings, Reservations, when prices change quickly (Currency Exchange for example) then the app can engage much faster than a passive website as it is so quick to change and send out a Message alert.
3. Members
For a brand that promotes itself on behalf of third parties an app is a great way to give added value and it is a fantastic extra promotional tool with an eager and ready-made audience! Associations, Unions, Events, Sports Clubs, Exhibitions, Conferences, City Guides, Festivals, Shopping Centres and Business Networking Events all want to engage users on behalf of their members or clients. Often these brands that can attract advertising partners and sponsors onto their platform to make the project zero cost which is a huge added bonus.
4. Competition
Does your business have a lot of competition amongst peers? A busy marketplace for plenty of professions may have you struggling to get noticed amongst the crowd. A mobile would do just that. Search for "Personal Trainer Leeds" on the app store. In early 2014 there was just one result – for our app! Use your app with enquiry forms, Social Media, camera, event and Messaging functions to create a buzz about your brand. Estate Agents and Lettings, Recruitment, Financial, Legal services could all benefit. In the Leisure sector restaurants, bars, clubs, venues, theatres can all have plenty of good fun and interaction with their customers.
5. Leader
In every sector there are brands with a vision, enlightenment and they stand out with how they present themselves and their services. Catching the wave of mobile ahead of the pack would add so much value to that. Mobile is extremely current, fresh and, dare we say, Zeitgeist.
6. Social
A brand that is active on social media channels, in its community and market and can promote the app to its audience will ensure the app is a fantastic addition to its tools. Not only will you have the experience and the savvy but also the people to make it happen. Events, festivals, bands, football clubs have ready-made engagement waiting to happen. Bars frequented by students, popular venues, attractions can all take advantage. On the other hand you will also know how quickly a Tweet can fall down people's feeds, how slow it can be to build up followers and how hard Facebook is making it to "reach" people without paid assistance. With an app you can put on content that each customer, visitor and fan is going to need to download and you can break that barrier between you and your users in a way that websites, Social Media and print advertising just can't.
7. Demographic
Smartphone use is more almost everywhere but the habit of downloading an app and using it is going to be in the younger rather than the older side of life. Think about your customers and how they behave but don't underestimate - there are plenty of perfectly capable Silver Surfers out there!
8. Events
Its simple. If you have regular events, schedules, line-ups, workshops, meetings, seminars, gigs, shows, fixtures……an app is a perfect platform to use to communicate directly with your users. Integrate your event directly with the phone's calendar and you are away!
9. Temporary
We love to create "Disposable" Apps! Let us explain…
Its the first day after arriving at a new hotel or resort and you've just put the suncream on when your better half says "Can you pop to reception to find out what time the Kid's Club starts?" Some of these places are huge and they have just the one notice board which means you clock up a few miles in your flip-flops. They also probably have Free Wifi. This is a wasted opportunity.
Beyond the Hotel, Resort or Campsite there are loads of times when you go somewhere and need to access lots of information in a short space of time. After you leave you can delete the app. Festivals, Exhibitions, Launches, Conferences, City Guides, Attractions, Theme Parks, Museums, Shopping Centres, Tourist Information, it's a huge list. In the past the cost of building an app made the idea of a temporary one too painful. Now it's easy, and a very good idea.
10. Image
So there you have it, that about covers it for us. Plenty of businesses can take advantage and flourish with a mobile app. What do you think?
Pockit World
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Benson, Minnesota
November 18, 2013
Chairperson C. Payne called the regular meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. in the Senior High Media Center. The following board members were present: A. Abner, A. Pagel, C. Payne, G. Williams, Supt. Laumeyer
Members absent: B. McGeary. Also present: D. Benson, M. Knutson, B. Johnson, P. Anderson, A. Geyer, J. McNeill, A. Hippe, D. Tatge and J. Reardon.
Additions to the Agenda: Trades House under New Business.
Citizens Comments: No one wished to address the board.
Routine Actions:
Approval of Minutes:
Motion by A. Abner, seconded by A. Pagel to approve the minutes of the October 21, 2013 public meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by A. Pagel, seconded by G. Williams to approve the minutes of the October 21, 2013 regular meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by G. Williams, seconded by A. Abner to approve the minutes of the November 13, 2013 special meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
Approval of Bills:
Motion by A. Pagel, seconded by G. Williams to approve payment of bills and hand checks in the amount of $215,871.17 as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Approval of Payroll:
Motion by A. Abner, seconded by G. Williams to approve the October 18, 2013 payroll in the amount of $580,166.76 and the November 8, 2013 payroll for teacher's retro pay in the amount of $10,132.29. Motion carried unanimously.
Progress Reports:
K-4: Brad Johnson reported the parent-teacher conferences went smoothly and $3,900 was raised during the book sale conducted during conferences. The PTO/Site Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. The Olweus bullying program kick-off was on November 6th with a video made by Traci Pahl and the t-shirt theme for this school year is "PEEPS: Inside we're all the same". The first Trimester ends November 26th. The Young Artists Conference in Marshall was attended by 24 students in grades 3-6.
5-12: Mike Knutson reported on the successful parent-teacher conferences. The Veteran's Day program was well done with a great message from the speaker on the importance of volunteering. The musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, was fantastic. We are testing various chrome books and are considering ebooks for the library.
Financial Report: Dave Benson reported the Business Office is preparing to finalize the levy on December 10th at the Truth in Taxation Meeting and the budget process will start shortly after that.
Superintendent: Dennis Laumeyer reported $16,694 was received from FEMA for repairs after the June storm. The winter MSBA Conference will be held on January 16-17. He also reported on the Accountability 2.0 changes to help streamline developing goals and the process involved. We have updated our website and added Facebook and Twitter which have been great tools to get information out quickly to parents and students.


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Romania and Serbia
|Above: Flooding along the Timis river near town of Jasa Tomic, Serbia, on April 23, 2005 as recorded by MODIS. ASTER bands 2,3,1 in R,G,B provides the base map; the ASTER image is from September 7, 2003. Border between Romania Serbia is the dashed white line. UTM zone 34 WGS 84; north is up.
Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson
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Walt: solving fractions.
Task Description: This is my maths presentation from week 5! I know I'm late with maths but just stick with it. At the moment we have been learning fractions. This is just a presentation about fractions. So what I do is I read the problem then figure out the problem on paper. After getting the answer I take a photo of it and write it down on my chrome book and there you go!


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*Enters the room waving*
Hello everyone! And welcome back once again. How ya been? Hopefully good.
[Quick Toast: Happy NYE everyone! *raises a glass* May your 2017 be a hell of a lot better than 2016. Gotta admit for me personally, I am so done with this year and I'm glad it's coming to an end. If you had a great 2016 more power to you and I hope the blessing keep pouring in for 2017. If you had a crappy 2016…like moi. May you finally get the break you really do deserve and I hope nothing but positive energy and luck comes your way. So once again, let's all raise our glasses to a bright…happy…2017! To new beginnings…to ending one chapter and starting a new one. Or if you're fed up with the book that you are reading/writing/in: to ditching an old book and starting a new one. Happy New Years everyone!]
I know it's been a hot minute since we last chatted so lets do a quick recap.
Met the nurse practitioner, who looked over my medicine that the doctors had me on and she's like "why do they have you on this, for the type of migraines you have-these actually trigger more migraines. You not being able to keep food or the medicines down really limits us to what we can do. Well, I do have another patient who suffers from Hemiplegic Migraines he prefers this type of cocktail of drugs would you like to give it a try?"First day I tried the new meds, felt so much better at the doctors my migraine pain was like 7.5 after taking the meds 2 hours later the pain level was one. The next day I was completely fine, for once I actually had energy and I was over sensitive to anything sounds, smells lights. Also I wasn't nauseous! Although, I did randomly vomit at some point in the day; that was weird to do projectile vomit with no warning, but I still felt great, I actually went well enough to the point where I wanted to go out and talk to random strangers and ask them how they were, but the horrible weather outside was like . Then the day after the migraines came back…Long story short the medicine isn't working anymore. I feel like my migraines are getting stronger and i might be building up a tolerance to my medicine, even my anti-nausea medicine that i use to help keep my medicine down isn't working I'm popping at least 3 of those pills, when at the beginning with one pill I would be fine for the whole day.
Still need to see an optometrist for my eyes I've been getting shadows and double visions and I think i need to see a G.I. to find out why am I not keeping food down. at the doctors office it said I weigh 115LB but I was wearing my steel toe boots and layers that day. I placed my hands on my hip today at work-and the first thought that came to mind was "wait did I loose more weight since Saturday?!" Maybe I should start doing weights I feel like my arm strength isn't as good as it use to be….It sucks watching myself deteriorate especially, when people start complaining around me about how they need to "lose" weight. While i'm over here thinking "You don't know how lucky you have it; you get to eat a plate of food you don't have to worry about hurling it back up. Or,Hungry yet nauseous all the time." *side note at my job in order to keep your insurance premiums low you have to do a health evaluation and make healthy choices that you enter into a computer. But due to my health…I gotta be real, I feel like shit 98% of the time i'm in pain all the time I don't want to exercise and last thing I need to do is lose and more fucking weight if anything I need to be on the anti-diet!On another note, due to 2016 being a horrible, crappy year. I was a total Miss Anti-Holiday. I didn't feel as though my family members deserved gifts, so after years of them saying "This holiday sucks" (especially, when they got hundreds of dollars worth of stuff and I only got $20 for myself) or "Oh great, now I have to get you something too!" (Even though, I told them "no you don't, you are not obligated to return the favor, which they never did.") *That and I had to pay for my crown (I'm done with the dentist, they wanted to do a few more fillings but i'm like "I'm done".) so due to a lack of funds, I used my money for food (we had agreed prior that for Christmas dinner it would simple Soups and Sandwiches) no one help me pay for it, I made enough to last a few days I felt like bro ate more than his fair share (I would come home with a pounding migraine, he's literally here ALL DAY LONG with a fridge full of food, but he won't eat that. Nope, hates to cook his own but LOVES my sandwiches)
. The family decided on 7 days of seafood tradition (I hate that tradition-and wanted no partake in it so the sandwiches were supposed to cover me for those days -mom and bro ate my food.) later on that day, when asked where are the presents told them there were none.
NYE, due to a lack of funds, and hardly any food in the house. I saw no need to celebrate. I didn't even watch the ball drop. All I could think was the past couple of years have not been kind to me. Why celebrate 2017, if this (looks around the room) is how it's gonna be. When I woke up, I heard Mariah Carey had given a horrible performance in NYC.
January 2017- (excerpt from a convo with a friend)
guess what happened to me this morning? so I told you about the lack of gas yesterday right, mom said she would ask bro for some cash. So this morning I asked her if she was able to get the cash since both cars were on empty (i put what was left of extra gas we had in the garage in car it was enough to get me to work and half way home) So i wake her up and she asks me yet again "You don't have any money?"She literally asked me that ten hours ago. to which my reply was still "no" so she hands me her card. I go to cumberland farms try to use the card but it wanted the pin. So I took two guesses and failed. finally called mom, of course she doesn't answer her phone. And i'm thinking "oh you've got to be kidding me!" So I drive to work with my eye on gas tank hoping the car doesn't die in the middle of street. I make it work and send mom a text about the needing the pin from the parking lot. Now it's time to leave work before I do i check my phone I got the pin, so I go to the Sunoco on Nott Street this station (I don't need the pin) at this point i've had a migraine since 8 AM and now it's very strong, I come across a woman who looks like a character out of a harry potter movie (the tea lady) if you've seen it. And there is this big angry looking Asian man pacing in front of station. The lady asked me if I was busy (I think she needed help) I told her I Was b/c my migraine was getting really strong ( I was at that point where i'm like I need this gas to pump faster before my migraine gets too strong and I won't be able to drive) I get the gas and would you believe I drove off with the gas door and hup cap hanging at the side. turned on to one street that was very narrow don't know where i was or if it was a one way to fix the hup cap. Surprisingly the hup cap incident didn't shock me too much b/c of the location of my migraine -I know when I get it there my short term memory is f*cked and I tend to make more mistakes and forget things. I pulled into someone's space or perhaps it was there home drive way….I did a three point turn and made it home safely. There is literally enough gas to get me there,back and there again which is fine since payday is Thursday providing bro does not take the car As for today, my watched died, forgot to put the new stickers on the car, went the wrong way to work (technically it's the correct way but it takes longer, thus I used up more gas than I wanted too) at that point in drive I started verbally expressing myself and how I feel that my guardian angel hasn't been doing her job for past few years, and I want to upgrade to someone else. Needless to say upon saying that about two minutes later, my watch came back to life. To which I replied "oh, you fixing this does NOT negate everything else that has gone wrong!"
BTW: took an astrological quick 2017 astrological chart reading on several sites. First site said "this was not my year". Other site said "your job will become obsolete and you'll get let go in the second half of the year." And the third site is like "holy crap you've been hit with a lot of bad luck these few years which is odd because your chart indicate your life shouldn't be this hard good news is its a transition year that means you're in for some big changes but you're gonna get hit with one more horrible thing.before it gets better.'. Me : seriously. The reading I got in 2016 says accident, near death but I survive -I'll be injured but I will get over it and move to brighter days I'm just like "I'm not looking forward to that hospital bill!" But I don't mind the food but on the off chance the food has gone down hill since 06 I hope someone sneaks me in good seasoning Lol I can imagine the look on the nurses face when she strolls in to check my vitals "what are you doing!?" Me: making the food tasty, its missing fat and butter I am not down with this healthy crap! and no; I will neither give you my butter or my spices we are in a recession!
Well, that about covers it, hope everyone else has been having a much better time than me.


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a talk, meeting and discussion with Chinese media about the BMGEN story, the business model innovation and design thinking for designing business models, organised by Louis Yuan and China Machine Press, the publisher of the Chinese version of BMGEN.
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Time for the obligatory birthday post.
Twenty five years old today. A quarter century old today.
It's pretty crazy.
When I was a little girl growing up, people that were in their 20s seemed so old, so mature. To be honest, I think when I was younger (even through my teenage years), I assumed that by the time I was 25, I'd be all grown up, doing big things, maybe even married.
The truth is, I sometimes still feel like a kid. The fact that I look like I'm still 16 probably doesn't help. No, seriously–I coach at a high school and one of the athletic trainers thought I was a player. Whoops. But yeah. I still feel like a kid half the time. And I guess that's okay. There's nothing wrong with not being "all grown up," needing the emotional support of my parents every now and then, and living a little more freely and without the plans I thought I'd have at this age.
In the coming weeks, there is going to be a lot of change in my life. I'm a little scared, a lot excited, and a lot nervous. It's crazy how much has changed in a year, or in several years, and though my 10 year-old self wouldn't be expecting my life to be how it is, I know she'd be proud. I've accomplished more than I've ever expected, my life has taken several turns I didn't expect, and even though sometimes it's difficult, overall, I'm enjoying the ride.


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If you ever had to customise Profile Properties in the Shared Services Provider, you'll know what a royal PITA it is to migrate the properties from one SSP to another (especially in a Staging environment). Typically, you would either backup and restore the SSP, or recreate the Profile properties from scratch. With the latter you would have the problem of possibly not recreating the properties identically to the latest version.
Sahil Malik comes to the rescue with the following great utility to Export and Import Profile Properties
Hats off to Sahil!