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More than one-quarter of all children nationwide have been exposed to violence involving a weapon, according to the results of a telephone-based survey.
Over 17.5 million children (26.5% of the sample) ages 2 to 17 have either been victimized by weapons, such as a knife, gun, stick, or rock, or witnessed victimization with a weapon, reported Kimberly J. Mitchell, PhD, of the University of New Hampshire, and colleagues.
Of those surveyed, 2 million children (12.5%) experienced direct victimization, while 13.1% reported indirect victimization, they wrote in Pediatrics.
The study separately examined weapons with a "high lethality risk," such as guns and knives, with 3.1% of the victimized sample reporting at least one direct (2.1%) or indirect (0.9%) incident involving these types of weapons in the past year. Risk factors included those children living with a non-parent adult caregiver (7.9%) and older age (6.3% of 14- to 17-year-olds).
Not surprisingly, those victimized by a knife or gun were more likely to be associated with personal weapon carrying (13.2%), peer weapon carrying in the past year (12.3%), and victimization at least seven times ("poly-victimization status") in the last year (8.4%).
A greater proportion of these victims were also more likely to report experiencing trauma symptoms in the last month (5.3% Yes versus 2.7% No) and high adversity from their experiences in the last year (4.6% Yes versus 2.6% No).
Mitchell told MedPage Today in a separate interview that while other previous studies about youth and violence have examined how personal weapon carrying leads to negative outcomes, this study wanted to explore the effect that trauma had on the children involved.
"We felt that if there was a victimization incident that involved a weapon in some way, that would exacerbate the trauma or the harm from the victimization," she said. "We wanted to get a sense of how often this was happening -- go from there, put a number to the problem and see how it was impacting kids."
Nadine Kaslow, PhD, professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, said the study pointed out the serious public health problem that violence poses to children, and the clinician's role in helping to identify it.
"The results underscore the importance of health professionals asking all children about their exposure to weapons and remembering that it is particularly essential to do so in children with histories of victimization," she said. "Moreover, when young people have been exposed to weapons, the mental health consequences must be assessed and addressed."
Overall, victimization varied by gender, with boys more likely to report victimization than girls (23.9% versus 18.4%). Other demographic characteristics more likely to be associated with victimization with any weapon included older age (34.7% of 14- to 17-year-olds), low socioeconomic status (26.4%), and black, non-Latino and Latino, any race (26.5% and 26.4%, respectively).
Among those who had been victimized by any weapon, 61.7% were likely to report poly-victim status, as well as high trauma symptoms (42.0%) and high adversity (35.0%).
"Reports of any lifetime weapon-involved victimization was significantly related to all mental health symptoms over and above the contribution of poly-victimization," the authors wrote.
This finding surprised Mitchell, who said she expected these symptoms among children who'd been exposed to knives or guns, and added that it emphasized how "surprising and troubling" violence is to kids, regardless of weapon type.
The estimates were taken from the Second National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence, a nationally representative telephone survey of youth 2 to 17 years and their caregivers in 2011 (n=4,114). The sample was comprised of 51% boys and 56.7% white race. A caregiver was the proxy for children 2 to 9 and those responses comprised approximately half the sample. Respondents were paid $20 for an interview averaging 55 minutes in length. Victimization was measured using the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire. Weapons were defined as guns, knives, sticks, rocks, bottles, tools, or other items that could cause injury such as broken glass, a piece of metal, or brass knuckles.
The authors note that some findings may be influenced by a greater willingness among some respondents to answer, and the fact that caregivers may not want to disclose that their children have been victimized.
In terms of next steps, Mitchell said that her team has a grant proposal out for the development of a firearm weapon risk assessment and safety instrument, as well as looking at gun safety practices in the homes of children raised around guns.
The authors concluded, "Further work on improving gun safety practices and taking steps to reduce children's exposure to weapon-involved violence is warranted to reduce this prevalent problem."
This study was funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The authors have indicated they have no potential conflicts of interest to disclose.
- Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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Living in Northern California, in the Bay Area the weather is pretty mild. The winters aren't terribly cold and it doesn't snow. It does rain, but even that's been light of late. Looking at my knitted wardrobe it mostly consists of accessories like scarves, shawlettes and socks. I have a few large shawls and stoles and even fewer sweaters. The rest of the items seems to consist largely of vests and shrugs, they are the perfect thing for Spring or Fall around here and a wonderful vehicle for all sorts of yarns in various weights and content.
I like knitting with wool the best. It's easiest on my hands and therefore more comfortable and enjoyable to knit. I tend to gravitate more now to the dk weights and I love the new trend for knitting sock weights at a worsted gauge. I don't knit as much during the summer because working with the wool tends to make me and my hands more hot and sticky. I suppose my cotton/linen projects are more appropriate on the more hot and humid days, but I don't have as many of those and wool dominates the stash. The rest of the year I'm probably knitting the same sort of things with the same sorts of yarns.
So I don't consider myself a seasonal knitter, rather a constant knitter with summer (and just the hottest days at that) only a short respite from knitting.

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Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce executive director Thomas Ramiccio and Boynton Beach resident Beverlee Miller both lost their fathers to cancer, so taking part in the upcoming JFK Hospital benefit luncheon, "Magnolias by the Sea," is their way of giving back.
The event will be at The Breakers in West Palm Beach on April 7. The featured speaker, actress Dixie Carter of Designing Women fame, will discuss her efforts in the fight against cancer. Atlantis residents Jim and Sara Ann Kintz are planning the event and Madelyn Passarella, also of Atlantis, is a co-chairwoman.
Miller is the underwriting co-chairwoman for the event, sponsored by the Atlantis medical center. She's attended the luncheon for the past four years and decided it was time to step up her fund-raising efforts.
"One of my friends is on the committee and I decided it was time to help out," she said.
Ramiccio has attended the event in years past, and when an organizer contacted him about increasing the chamber's participation, he welcomed the opportunity.
"Madelyn Passarella contacted me about the chamber's participation," Miller said. "The response I'm getting from all the merchants is that they want to help. I'm sure everybody has a story they can tell about how cancer has touched their lives. I plan to help in the future in my dad's name."
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Who Drives Climate-relevant Policy Implementation in China?
Given the complex nature of climate governance driven by the diversity of actors and interests at various levels, detailed empirical analysis is critical to develop a nuanced understanding of who drives and who obstructs the local implementation of climate-related policies. This study examines the multiple local stakeholders and their interests who are involved in implementing the climate policies formulated by the central government. Focusing on renewable energy policy implementation at the local (city) level, the paper is organised as follows. Section 2 reviews the existing literature and identifies the key actors in Chinese renewable energy and their motivations to drive or obstruct policy implementation. Section 3 introduces the research methodology and case study selection criteria. In Sections 4 and 5, the paper presents the two case studies – photovoltaic and wind energy – including a detailed analysis of the interest of the stakeholders involved in policy implementation. Section 6 presents the conclusions of the paper.
Dai YiXin. Who Drives Climate-relevant Policy Implementation in China? Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Brighton, UK (2015) 51 pp. [IDS Evidence Report 134]


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Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk
Photos (from left to right): Adam Creed, Adam Creed, Robert Ashdown, Queensland Government.
Park alerts
- Purchase a Great Walk topographic map
Topographic map brochures contain vital orientation information and are essential for your safety. They can be purchased from a number of Great Walks topographic maps sales outlets.
Facilities and activities
'Meenyahgu Yugambeh jagun'—Welcome to Yugambeh country.
About 110km or a 2hr hour drive south of Brisbane.
What's special
Follow footsteps from the past and discover the magic of walking on an ancient volcano, through the Gondwana Rainforest of Australia World Heritage Area's rainforests and feel the landscapes' spirit.
Useful links
- Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk topographic map - trip planner only
- Egg Rock Restricted Access Area
- Endangered frogs
- Gold Coast Hinterland Great Walk locality map
- Gondwana Rainforests of Australia
- Purling Brook Restricted Access Area notice
- Safety in parks and forests
- Safety video clips
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Event: Squash
Date: 13th November 2015
Location: Colchester Leisureworld
Cost: £6.20 per 45 minutes (Off-Peak)
Rules: Squash matches are held between two players and are the best of three games. Each game is a point scoring rally to 11. If the score is even at 10-10, a player must proceed to win by two clear points. Points can be scored by either player; when an opponent fails to serve or return the ball, the other player wins the point. The player that wins the point becomes (or remains) the server. The ball can only bounce a maximum of one time, and must be played within the lines.
Game One: E 11 v 7 S
Game Two: E 7 v 11 S
Game Three: E 11 v 6 S
Winner: Ellie
Sarah: Squash has repeatedly just missed out on being voted in as an Olympic sport, which seems a little unfair on this fast-paced, exciting game. I've only played a handful of times but the rules are so simple, it's really quick to pick up and play a proper match. I was mainly focused on trying to keep track and return the ball, but tried to start playing tactically when I could. I can see how this fast becomes an addictive game. There's currently a campaign to get Squash on the 2020 list of sports; here's hoping it's successful.
Ellie: I love Squash; I should definitely play it more often. It's really satisfying to whack the ball off the back wall and rallies can be really exciting. Once we'd warmed up we really got some good games going and it really was a close fought match. I'm definitely hoping Squash makes it into the 2020 Olympics as it is a really good spectator sport too. Its quick pace and tendency to get super competitive/violent makes for excellent entertainment!


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NetGalley Review: My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel by Grady Hendrix
Published: May 17, 2016
Publisher: Quirk Books
Pages: 336
Genre: Horror, General Fiction New Adult
Review: ebook provided by NetGalley and publisher
Buy Links: Amazon, Amazon.uk
Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act . . . different. And as the strange coincidences and bizarre behavior start to pile up, Abby realizes there's only one possible explanation: Gretchen, her favorite person in the world, has a demon living inside her. And Abby is not about to let anyone or anything come between her and her best friend. With help from some unlikely allies, Abby embarks on a quest to save Gretchen. But is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?
I received this book via NetGalley to give an honest review.
Alright so when I saw the title and read the blurb I said to myself that has got to be a good book it is going to be filled with horror, the devil and so much more. Was this considered horror for me no, no, no. It was far from it i.m.o.
For me it was just okay would I read it again sure would I recommend it yes. You have Abby who one day invited everyone to her birthday party and the only one who showed up was Gretchen this is how they became best friends. They were so close that they were practically sisters, then one decision ends up changing everyone for not only Abby but for Gretchen and those around her. It seems that Gretchen is being possessed by something but what exactly and can she even be saved.
Now when we get to at least two of the scenes that I just was like umm okay I just couldn't wrap my head around it.
Now I did like how the characters were written, the friendship that Abby and Gretchen have seems real and genuine and I love that. See how they have each other's backs is awesome that is something females need to do. I just couldn't believe with Gretchen's family seeming to be religious (that is how I felt they were) didn't pick up on anything like the smell a demon gives off or the coldness in the house. Though maybe that is just me.
This book does take place in the 80's setting so that was really cool especially since I am an 80's baby and didn't get to experience it just by reading the story it seemed like a neat decade to be a part of.
If you would like a light read, something that you know is not believable, memories of the 80's, friendship that has to withstand something then pick this up.
Grady Hendrix's fiction has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, Strange Horizons,Pseudopod, and is forthcoming in The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination. He is one of the founders of the New York Asian Film Festival and his nonfiction has appeared in Variety, Slate, Playboy, Time Out New York, The New York Sun, and The Village Voice.
You can listen to podcasts of his fiction on Pseudopod.
You can buy Satan Loves You, the second-best feel-good book about Hell of 2011, on Amazon or on Smashwords!


text: It is with great sadness that I tell you of the passing of an AK luminary, and my friend, Mr. George Grand, our own Toasted Almond, Ballbuster extraordinaire. George was diagnosed with lung cancer, last year, and it spread. His valiant struggle ended yesterday, April 19, and he left this place, to be again with his beloved daughter Tiffany. He is survived by his wife Teresa and daughter Stephanie. Information on the services from the funeral home's website: http://www.perinchief.com/obituaries/George-Grand/#!/Obituary There is also a Share A Memory link on that page. Please help us let the family know that George had friends around the world, and that he will be greatly missed.


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Thank goodness we put up $80 billion to bail out GM and Chrysler. They are now building such wonderful cars that they have achieved total dominance of the Forbes "Worst Cars on the Road" list, which we could also call the "Bottom Eleven."
GM and Chrysler account for nine of the cars among the bottom eleven. IN other news, the UAW is grateful for your generosity in keeping their union from disappearing. It appears you've achieved little else with your donation.
It is worth noting that all cars on this list except the Mercedes Benz S550 failed safety and/or reliability tests, in addition to being failures in such areas as value and gas mileage.
Cadillac Escalade
Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid
Dodge Nitro
Jeep Wrangler
Dodge Dakota
Mercedes Benz S550
Chrysler Town and Country
Chevrolet Colorado
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Jeep Liberty
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EAST MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — An autographed publicity photo of Bob Newhart hangs among others over the guest book at the Waybury Inn here, but the man who made it quintessential won't visit.
Is he afraid to fly? Does he think a one-time visit to New Hampshire is enough to make him an honorary New Englander? Only his agent knows for sure.
It is a much prettier inn than it appears to be on TV. When it was serendipitously chosen to model as the Stratford Inn nearly four years ago, it was still white with black shutters, a 1930s holdover.
Now the clapboards are a light yellowed green and the shutters dark green; a trim awning cuts the glare in the dining room and another shelters guests coming in from the parking lot. Hanging baskets of flowers spice up the porch. In line with the trend to accurate historical restoration, the house has been taken back to approximately the original colors.


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I noticed there's a thread of pictures of Mazda's they've done (see link below), but not really a feedback thread.
Thus is born this feedback thread. I know there's a few members that have had work done at this shop already, and I'm sure there will be future members too. Add your feedback here!
I visited @ZRacing last weekend to get some tires mounted on rims. Great guys there at the shop, both up front at the desk, and seemed like friendly guys back in the shop area too. What I liked most was how prompt they were in responding to my messages and questions online when I was looking up new shops to visit, and asking for quotes. The service was great as well. The work was done on time, in a timely manner, and with care. And the best part; at a great price. They're definitely here to help out TM3 with some great deals, so why not take advantage of that!
Had one minor "issue" so to say, with one of the wheel weights falling off when I brought my wheels back. Seems like it didn't stick to the wheel properly when they balanced it. But not a huge deal, as I can just stick it back on myself. Aside from this, was very happy with my experience.
Definitely would recommend these guys. Laid-back guys you can talk (Mazda's!) with while they do your work, as opposed to sitting on the couch and waiting. Although they do have couches, so that's a possibility too!


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Bloodshed and violence as the boys wreak revenge
Precious Jules: A Cowboy Gangster Novella by C.J. Bishop
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is vicious, brutal, all ends up bloody and violent in its typical brilliance.
It's lost a star because, once again, it leaves the ending slightly open and that drives me batty beyond words. There's loose threads left for what will undoubtedly be further books, which is great because I am addicted to them and the main plot is tied up but it still really irritates me. I'm not a fan of "serial" style books!
I'm not sure on the timescale for this one happening, it seems to be after all the weddings and there's not much in the way of romance either but it has the Cowboy and Cochise doing what they do best so all is well!


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Hollywood Video, a staple in the Amador Village Shopping Center on Santa Rita Road, is closing.
Signs announcing storewide closing sales have been posted.
An employee who answered the phone Monday said the announcement was made last Monday and that the store has been given up to two months before it will shutter its doors for good.
The closure is one of some 800 Hollywood Video's parent company, Movie Gallery, is expected to carry out across the nation. In the East Bay, other locations closing include Castro Valley, Walnut Creek, Concord, Pittsburg and Oakley.
According to a report from Reuters, Movie Gallery has filed for bankruptcy, the second time in three years. The first bankruptcy came in 2007, when the company reportedly was unable to sustain the debt it took on in an $850-million acquisition of rival Hollywood Entertainment in 2005, as it agreed to assume $350 million of Hollywood Entertainment's borrowings.
The way people rent movies has evolved from rental chain models such as Hollywood and Blockbuster, which closed a store on Sunol Boulevard in 2007 due to lack of sales. Competitors, such as Los Gatos-based Netflix that offers rentals by mail with pre-paid postage for returns, and Coinstar's Redbox, which offers kiosks in grocery and drug stores, have risen in popularity.
In addition, more and more people are using digital video recording devices and online streaming services and thus, are finding less time for traditional movie rentals,accrding to reports.


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A while ago we wrote about our road trips to New Jersey and New England. If you recall we mentioned visiting some breweries, and that I (Shaun) would be writing posts about them – sorry it has taken so long, but here we are! Continue reading
America on a beer bottle budget #2: New Jersey and New England


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WOW! It's been a long time, like, really long time. I've been trying to get my Etsy shop up and just been busy doing other things that I have neglected this blog. I'm sorry :-(
I have been meaning to post the cake I made for the kids birthday. Yah, I know, their birthday was 2 months ago. I really am sorry :-( <------ see sad face. I made 2 of the same cake but different flavor. I made chocolate and vanilla. I've had this jumbo cupcake pan from wilton and I've only used it 1 time for a graduation. I wasn't going to make a cake coz I wasn't feeling well but my Mom, yes my Mom, made me. LOL! So, I did :-)


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Xavi Rabaseda will play next season for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
Xavi Rabaseda, who was on the radar of several ACB teams, will finally play next season for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. The 21-year-old forward will be sent of loan by his current club, Regal Barcelona, which also verbally agreed with Rabaseda to extend his contract until 2012. Rabaseda played last season in the LEB Oro affiliated team of Regal Barcelona, CB Cornellá, averaging 14.4 points and 3.3 rebounds per game.
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Have you seen our free creative writing course on this blog, called 'Tell Your Story'? We'd like you to do just that for this Tuesday's tutorial. Tell your story.
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You can follow the whole course if you wish, or you can keep it as simple as you like. Write on photographs or in albums, use a notebook, talk to your children or friends. Just share something about you. Blog it even, or send it to us and we'll blog your story!
I wrote a bit of my own story too. You can find it on the new About page at the top of this blog.
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|The Spy | Barrett Campaign On The Ropes?
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|Palmetto Scoop | Senators call for expansion of health care bill probe
|FITS | Pelosi: Not Talking So Tough Now
|SUNLIT UPLANDS | Pelosi Says She Can't Pass Health Bill
|Beach Banter | Christina Jeffrey on South Carolina Senate's Passing State Sovereignty Resolution
|SUNLIT UPLANDS | Obama to Campaign for Harry Reid
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I interviewed several video production pros and friends of ReelSEO: How important is social media for your business? Do you need to know and do it for your own marketing purposes, or your clients'? Learn what social media marketing activities they're doing with their own business and for the types of clients and customers they each have, and some tips on how other video production professionals can harness social media marketing for their own business.
For those of you who follow ReelSEO, a few of these people are regulars and need no re-introduction. I've included a mini-bio of the rest, and I encourage you to check out all of their websites and videos.
The Vlogger and Web Video Personality Perspective: Steve Garfield
Do video production pros need to now know social media marketing?
You'd think that it would make sense for video production specialists to learn social video marketing, but what they really need to know, at the most basic level, is social media.
How have your own experiences with social media helped your video business?
I've found that social media including twitter and Facebook, have allowed me to make personal connections with people from all over the world. These connections aren't limited to online, either; they expand into real world meetings at conferences.
Video pros need to keep in mind that using video in social media spaces will, in fact, allow people watching their videos to 'feel like they already know them."
What advice would you give for video production pro's getting started with social media?
My advice would be to:
- Start learning about social media by watching and reading
- Find some interesting people to follow
- Engage in a conversation
- Enhance their online presence with video
The Web Video Trainer Perspective: Israel Hyman
Do video production pros now need to learn online (social) video marketing?
Lines are blurring between the different skill sets of video production and marketing. Someone who is good at video also needs to become good at online marketing. The opposite is also true; people who are good at online marketing need to learn video.
There will always be work for video production pros, even old school ones without the online marketing know-how, but it's possible they might start losing jobs to people who can do it all.
What I've personally found is that because I can do video and marketing myself, I'm not inclined to do client work. The combination of video and marketing basically sets you free to create, market, and sell your own products on the web.
If you're working for someone else, increase the value you offer by learning to combine video production with online marketing. Plug in any product or service, and you possibly have a successful outcome.
If you own a company, consider learning the skills yourself, or recruit someone to come work for you with a positive track record in both video and marketing.
If you're doing client work, imagine the impact of being able to offer both the video production skills and the marketing to get the videos seen. That's more perceived value which you can use to either 1) Charge more than your competitors, or 2) Charge the same as your highest priced competitor and still win the sale.
I suppose the video + marketing combination is not for everyone, but for the people who embrace it, it's a powerful tool they're holding.
How have your own experiences with social media helped your video business?
One of the things that make video marketing "social" is when people can see and hear who I am. As much as possible, I show my viewers who I really am. For example, they see my family. Because I've been making videos over the past five years, many of my viewers have watched my children grow up.
My personal opinion is that video has a higher perceived value than other types of mediums. So when someone writes an email asking me a question, I like to answer questions with a video because there's more inherent value. Of course it would be a lot easier to type up a quick email and answer the question that way, but I gain a lot by using video. It allows me to use my natural voice. It sits on the web for a long time, and allows other people with the same question to see the answer.
Overall, because I use video in my marketing, people have told me they feel like they really know me. If they know me, they might like and trust me. And if they like and trust me, they might buy from me.
The New Pro Videographers' Perspective: Jack Lane
I had the opportunity to interview a local video production pro in Chicago who also happens to follow of ReelSEO, and is also someone I've done a video shoot with for ReelSEO's "Web Videos For Business That Suck" series. His name is Jack Lane, President of LANE Media & Productions. Jack's clients are small-to-medium sized businesses and professional groups, with 90% of his work producing video for the Web.
You told me that you definitely consider yourself to be a "video marketer." Why do you make that distinction for yourself?
When I got into the market, I started my business with a very clear focus of wanting to produce video for the Web… and I really wanted to fill that void and bring this really valuable and powerful tool to the small and medium sized business.
I went to college for advertising and marketing; and a lot of my marketing experience is online, pretty much exclusively. So I used online marketing and video together four years ago. I became pretty heavily involved with social media, and saw the effect that video had to help bring together people in these different places; and also help drive traffic to the Website, so it meshed very easily for me. I saw the power of it firsthand; plus I knew the production aspect of video and also understand the marketing aspect of business."
Do you see a generational gap with social media between younger videographers and video producers, versus the older generation of professionals?
Yes, I see a big generation gap. The younger generation videographers are more immersed in the web, and the older school of videographers is not. The younger pros and students grew up with the Web, they understand the Web, and they post everything they ever make on the Web. As for the older generation, it's not necessarily that they don't understand the importance or the usage of the web, it's that they don't always know how to create content specifically for the web, I think is the big thing.
How important do you think it is for video production professionals to be involved with social media – both for their own marketing and for their clients?
I think it's extremely important, and I stress extremely. Any place you can get your business or your name out to, there's a higher probability you have of you being found and being more successful in business.
YouTube is the largest video site and the second largest search engine in the world. Even a video-sharing site like Metacafe gets 25 million viewers each month. The more of these outlets you have to publish content or to promote yourself, promote your business and your clients', the more visibility and exposure you'll get; and at least some of that exposure will drive the right kind of people you want back to your Website.
What does it really mean for a video production pro like yourself to "be social" online and utilize social networks for their own business?
If you're running your own business like I am, they you need to take every opportunity you can to promote yourself and put yourself out there in the social networks. You can't expect anyone else to do that for you.
The Veteran Video Production Perspective: Earle Greenberg
Earle Greenberg is President of Chicago Video Works; and is a video production professional since 1979. Earle has also done some video shoots with me, and I interviewed him previously for ReelSEO on my piece, "How To Use a Virtual Set – Virtual Studio for Online Video."
Earle, what type of clients do you find want their video you produce for them to be used in social media on the Web?
We do work with major corporate clients as small businesses, and we find they both have different goals with "social video." More of the small businesses expressly want us to create video that they can to put on their Facebook page or on LinkedIn. I don't know that many that really want to have their own YouTube channel, but most of them just want to do short little video things.
How are your larger corporate clients learning from what social media has to offer around video?
For the larger corporate clients, the hottest thing is videos of client testimonials. So taking what LinkedIn is doing where you can write a testimonial about somebody, our corporate clients are saying, "You know that's great, but we want to get them on camera talking about how great we are." We have at least probably four or five different clients right now that we are doing that for on a much more elaborate basis. They want the fancy opens and closes in the video and they want all sorts of high impact graphics in these things.
What production mistakes do you find are being committing with making video for social media (websites)?
A big one I see all the time is this: Just because somebody knows how to produce a good video, doesn't mean they know how to prepare it for putting it on the Internet. There's pre-sets that are in most of the editing software that are out there, but those pre-set are not necessarily optimal for certain environments that they are going into.
Some of these software programs now come with social media pre-sets for encoding your video, like a Facebook pre-set. But if you select the pre-set and go in and look at the specs, a lot of them have mistakes. They have mistakes in pixel aspect ratio, which will totally change the way a video looks. How do we know this? We had to learn it by our own experimentation, really.
So you can have a great video producer, and have a great video, and end up with something that looks like junk.
With a lot of video for social media not necessarily having high production standards, are poor pre-sets really an issue for that lower-tier group?
It's like the saying: Garbage in, garbage out. If you don't start out with a really good video, it can't look good when you put it online. If you've got something poorly lit, or not lit and the talent has raccoon eyes cause the lightings bad. Or you have really bad sound and it sounds like you are in an echo chamber. No matter what you do with encoding, you're not going to be able to fix the garbage you put in. So again, if you're really concerned about getting the best encoding for the video you publish to any social media site – Facebook, YouTube, wherever – you've got to start with a good video.
The ReelSEO Fan Perspective: Tim Danyo
He may not have seen this coming, but I especially appreciated Tim Danyo's comments in my previous article, "Do Video Production Pros Need To Know Web Video Marketing?" which coincidentally related to the subject of this article. Here are his comments from that article where he shares his own video production experience.
"What I learned doing this type of work was how to build emotion and craft a story that resonates deeply with an audience. It takes time, practice and a lot of passion to achieve success- just like with any craft. I'm still learning, but i've built up momentum and i'm able to apply that in the video marketing arena.
I'd say the video producers of today need to see themselves more as new media communicators and community audience builders. Yes we need to be marketers and understand video seo, analytics, calls to action, why and when people click, how and where to place video, in what format, etc. That is definitely a part of the new video job description, but the connector storytellers, the ones who can communicate to a niche audience and to help to solve their problems, those are the folks who are needed big time."
Social Video Marketing Offers a Distinct Advantage for Video Pros
Boy, I bet you didn't see that one coming, huh? ;) Trust me, for an article as long as this, you don't need a long-winded conclusion to just re-state what's obvious: Video production pros have a responsibility to their business and their clients to at least be familiar with social media – create, participate, and educate.
Also, an apology to the ladies – I didn't plan for my interview list to be a sausage-fest. We certainly do welcome everyone's comments; and if you have your own article topic you'd like to have considered by us for publishing on the ReelSEO blog, be sure to email it to press (at) reelseo.com or contribute to our blog. Even better if you have a video you've produced that you'd like to share – it's a good way to be social with your business!


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Archangel Michael ~ Resting in Universal Energies Accelerates Your Evolution
By Meredith Murphy, 02/10/2016
Greetings Divine Ones,
We speak to you today with tremendous love and appreciation.
It is easiest for you to hear us when you are in a state of spaciousness. Relaxation softens your field and opens up your energies to let more light enter your human energy system. So please, take a deep breath and close your eyes for a moment. Feel into your body and intend to relax and soften and open so that you might be nourished deeply from all that you are.
When you are making lots of changes in the material you often feel tired. In any given moment you can tap into a far more energized state of being by allowing yourself deep nourishment through the connection with your Soul-self. Right now we invite you to open and receive this renewing energy and to let yourself continue to be refreshed and renewed as we share with you, this communication.
Ascending humans are shifting onto a new playing field. The game has many layers and the layers are defined by dimensions. As you ascend you shift into different layers within the game because your baseline frequencies change. A great number of you are shifting onto a platform within the Earth-game which considers Soul-based embodiment the norm. You are not there yet in a stable and sustained way, but you are attuning to this time-space location within your own wholeness and are supported in this by future versions of you.
We speak of future versions of you and we want you to know that this has nothing to do with time. Future versions of you appear along the an evolutionary timeline, not a earth-based clock timeline. What we mean by this is that as you ascend you begin to shift beyond the limiting paradigms of 3d relationships to time and you begin to realize the journey of unfolding is not linear, it's evolutionary.
You are experiencing the unfolding of your human life along a trajectory of becoming increasingly whole and soulful. Your human life is part of your Soul's unfolding toward complete conscious reunion with all that is. This means all aspects within your field will come into conscious remembering of all that you are. The interesting thing about realizing that the journey is not time based, is evolutionary, is that you can turn to the past on Earth and access future aspects of you. For there are past civilizations and cultures that have ascended and they inform you in the presence, from a more whole and more coherent expression of humanity and for some, even your own embodied expressions.
As you let yourself realize that you may have ascended before, or you may tap into ascended Earth civilizations as a way of downloading the templates of coherence associated with these, you begin to think differently about your relationship to time-space. You feel less hemmed in by dates and things you feel must happen at a certain time and you start to realize that life and manifest experiences happen in waves and bursts like all natural cycles. That things can be explosively created and things can show up with seeming not a lot of lead time for shifts happen within and then tip the new energy state into a flow of form that is what you experience as manifest circumstances of situations or appearances of what you wished to connect with in your life.
The inner knowing you are living from will continue to open up in ways that astonish you as you become more resonant in stable ways with this Soul-based timeline. The release of all the ideas about yourself that you are not worthy and that you are not deserving of your own joyous desires coming true, will seem a thing of that past that is just a memory. Nothing saddening or disappointing. No grief about the time before, for in the present you will feel so capable and clear that the moment will be able to fulfill you. For you will be resonant with your Soul's loving gaze upon you and in this state of spiritual alignment your light will shine forth and flow easily into form and provide you with the knowing and connection and clarity you all seek.
Living within this realm of focus as an ascending being is starting to be more common. Although many might not use the words "ascension," this does not change the fact that many human beings are welcoming the clarity of expanded consciousness. Many human beings are growing in their capacity to feel love for others and for themselves. This loving generosity is beginning, too, to be extended to other living creatures and the planet and this is making people even more conscious. It's a gradual process that then snowballs with insights as energy in clarity accumulates and sweeps out limiting thought-forms and clears congested energy patterns.
The Chinese New Year reflects the inner changes you are feeling, quite perfectly. The energy of this emerging year is a shift into action and higher energy states. You too will feel this, if you are not already. Trust yourself and do not push yourself, let the energy build and rise within you, while you lovingly attend to your needs and inspiration, trusting your Soul-self to lead you perfectly. Know that the planetary field too, is guiding you. As you let yourself feel an innate connectedness with the future you, a 5th dimensional you, living a 5th dimensional experience of Earth, you let yourself ride the ascending energy arc that your planet is allowing and emanating and this will make your experience not only graceful, but abundant. You only need learn to let in, what you need, believing yourself as worthy of this and realizing that abundance is not based on doing things, or transactions, but on our inherent Oneness. Abundance is experienced based on your capacity to let more in and the easiest way to learn to let more in is to learn to see yourself and your life from your Soul's viewpoint.
We'd like to offer a suggestion for how to cultivate that state of awareness and we want you to know it really can be this simple.
Close your eyes and open inward. Feel for the still point within your center and intend to open into your universal oneness and connect as Soul.
Let yourself feel the warmth and spaciousness of that opening.
Intend for that warmth and spaciousness to expand.
Enjoy the feeling of this.
Again, let yourself invite this feeling to expand, then spend time enjoying it.
Repeat this for as long as you like, but without effort. Softly and easily.
When you feel complete, have a sense of drawing all that energy you are connected with into your human energy system.
State you intention to ground this energy within your present state, empowering you to shift into a more universal soul-based state of being.
Renew yourself with Universal Soul-based communion. Realize that resting in Universal energy fields accelerates your evolution!
When you do this regularly you will find how much easier it is to be your Soul-self. If you do this without expectation and simply for the pleasure of it, and let it be pleasurable, create it in a way that feels good to you, you will be letting more in and this will translate into all areas of your life.
We know you are tired of all the integration you have been experiencing. We encourage you to rest deeply in the loving, nourishing, light-field field of your universal self, your Soul self and be renewed and refreshed.
There is time for everything you want to experience. Let yourself lighten up now and feel at ease.
I AM Archangel Michael
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Heika: Dallas Stars' Jamie Benn needs to work on his leadership qualities
Catch SportsDay On Air twice per week on Fox Sports Southwest, when Dallas Morning News experts discuss hot sports topics from the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Rangers, high schools and colleges (check our TV listings for air times). Here are a few highlights from Thursday's episode, featuring Rick Gosselin and Mike Heika:
On Jamie Benn:
Heika: "I think he has (leadership qualities). I think he's going to have to work on them. This is one of the process ones. Does Jim Nill really believe he's ready to be the captain or is this pushing him to become the captain down the line? I think that a lot of this is pushing him to become the captain down the line. Whether it's standing up and yelling at his teammates or understanding what somebody is going through, he can also just jump up and be the best player on the ice."
On if the Stars will make the playoffs:
Gosselin: "I think so. This team with five games to go each of the last two seasons was sitting on a playoff spot, and they faded. I think this is a much more talented team. I think they're better. It's a bigger team. I think they're in the playoffs."


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Weekend Playlist
Hello nerds and nerdesses, welcome to The Osai Effect.
This week was a bit hectic and tiresome what with so many projects on hand. Nevertheless, we had you in mind throughout and here we are today 😉
Without further gist let's get to it!
Choosing tracks for this week was really difficult as there were so many tracks we wanted to add and so many tracks we love. Well, at number 5 we have this spanking new Nigerian track which we must say surprised the living daylight out of us as the deviation from his regular style was really much. We present to you: Jasi by Banky W!
Download from dindindara: http://goo.gl/uPjLi7
At number 4 we have another beautiful Nigerian track albeit old. A great afrobeat song and wonderful lyrics and voice. We just couldn't stop jamming to this track all week long and we know you will too. We give you: Repete by Blackmagic!
Watch on YouTube: http://goo.gl/UQYIfN
At number 3 we just happen to have another Nigerian track by our own (for now) favourite rapper! He is none other than Phyno the Ghost Mode crooner. At number 3 we have Man of the Year (Obago) – Phyno! (Did we mention that the video is awesome too?)
Watch on YouTube: http://goo.gl/mrYzUz
This track is epic. When we heard it on the radio we were already grooving to it haha. This wonderful Acid Jazz song by South African band Mi Casa is at number 2 on the Weekend Playlist! Jika – Mi Casa
Watch on YouTube: http://goo.gl/ni1Zvw
And finally at our number 1 spot, we have an old song that we're pretty sure is pretty unknown. We have this wonderful House/Techno track from Canadian Producer Deadmau5 and Rob Swire (One of the top ten DJs in the world). We loved the Original and Album versions and this song has one of the most hilarious videos of all time 😀
We present to you: Ghosts N Stuff (Feat Rob Swire) (Album Version) – Deadmau5
Watch on YouTube: http://goo.gl/mUjFqA
And that's it from us folks. Goodnight.
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Weekend Playlist
Hello nerds and nerdesses, welcome to The Osai Effect!
We had a really exciting week and we live in anticipation for the general Android version of the Samsung Galaxy Gear ^_^. Oh and we hope to get a device that rocks Kit Kat ASAP.
Well, without further ado, let us launch into the Weekend Playlist (as that is probably why you are here haha).
At number 5 this week we have a rare Trance song from a phenomenal South African DJ. When we first saw this song on Mtv, we were positively wowed. We give you: Spin My World Around (Feat the Arrows) – DJ Kent.
Watch on YouTube! http://goo.gl/4bjv8x
Breaking into our number 4 spot this week, we have a collaboration between two great Nigerian acts, Efa and Praiz. The first time we heard Praiz (while listening to Epic – MI) we thought he was John Legend haha. Nevertheless a beautiful musician, we present this beautiful RnB song: Over You (Feat Praiz) – Efa
Watch on YouTube! http://goo.gl/0V9NB7
The Top Three 😀 Ok, this song should have been on our playlist last week but it is breaking in this week. We give you a track by a producer cum artiste who has produced for a number of stars; this beautiful song with a controversial video haha (trust Nigerians), *in the cowboy from Real Steel's accent * we give y'all: La La La (Feat Sam Smith) by Naughty Boy
Watch on YouTube! http://goo.gl/lQRrvC
At number 2 we have one of our favourite artiste/DJ's song. We discovered the video on YouTube and the audio was sure to follow. We give ya I Need Your Love (Feat Ellie Goulding) – Calvin Harris
Watch on YouTube! http://goo.gl/xl7dvv
And finally at the top of the list today *i should have bought you flowers…..* is a great RnB/Soul singer with a lovely song and Ol' Skool video. This is Bruno Mars with Treasure!
Watch on YouTube! http://goo.gl/UPxb2b
And that's it folks! Thanks for reading.
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Speaking as a copywriter, there's a dirty little secret we don't want the rest of you to know: Sometimes we're lazy. Not every print advertisement can be the literary equivalent of Ulysses, because there's just not enough billable time to accomplish that. (James Joyce had seven years to write that book; I only have an hour allotted to me.) So from time to time, we cut corners by falling back upon trite cliches and phrases that have already been used thousands of times before in advertisements for all kinds of other things not limited to what we are ourselves advertising. So, as a means of penance, I humble myself before you today and provide a list of phrases that I myself, along with thousands of other copywriters, have used in the past. We are very sorry, and we promise to stop using them just as soon as we can think of some better ones. Which is hopefully soon.
For all of your _____ needs! Truth be told, the human body really only needs a handful of things – oxygen, food, water, sleep, shelter. As such, when you tell me that you are able to serve all of my balpene hammer needs, I can scoff at that statement secure in my knowledge that I do not actually need a balpene hammer in order to survive, although it would certainly be helpful.
You've been asking for it, and we've listened! That's strange. I don't recall asking for a taco folded inside a pizza and covered with nacho cheese, and yet here we are.
Where we treat you like family! Considering the way I sometimes treat my family and way they treat me in turn, this doesn't seem like a terribly enticing proposition.
Fast, efficient service! I kind of already expect this without you having to promote it.
You have to see it to believe it! Thank you ever so much for assuming I lack the ability to comprehend something that isn't directly in front of me.
Locally owned and operated! Unless you've figured out how to operate your business with a robot via remote control from several hundred miles away, it's safe for me to assume that your locally owned business is also operated in that same location.
Trained professionals! There's a different kind of professional besides a trained one? How do you accidentally became a professional?
We pass the savings onto you! Neat. Are you also planning on passing your overages onto me as well?
From your friends at _______! It turns out that there is actually a sizable percentage of your client base who don't feel like they want to be friends with you. They're really more comfortable keeping things at the casual acquaintance level. And that's okay! Friendship takes a lot of commitment and energy to maintain. If your customer wants to keep things a little more casual, why discourage it? Besides, you already have enough friends.
Last chance to save! So you're never planning on having affordable pricing ever again? How exactly are you planning on staying in business?
Serving the _____ area for ___ years! Nothing personal, but there's a very good chance nobody cares about this other than you.
New and improved! By and large, it's very difficult to make improvements to something without turning it into something that is different than what it was previously. It's just science.
Any statement that ends in an exclamation point! Could you please stop yelling at me, print advertisement? I'm literally right here in front of you.
So now that we have all of these phrases together in one place and listed out in a blog entry, I think it's safe to see that we, as a society, are no longer under any urgency to use any of them ever again. Don't we all feel more advanced as a culture now? Way to go, us.
Erik Hagen is a copywriter and social media writer for KK BOLD. He's been serving the Bismarck-Mandan area for 15 years.


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After 10 years as a researcher in algebra and geometry at leading institutions (Yale University, CNRS, as well as visiting positions in Moscow and Kyoto), David took a break from academia in 2008, to explore machine learning and digital marketing.
He founded Tinyclues after realizing that mainstream approaches to data-mining in relational databases were mathematically wrong. He holds a PhD in pure mathematics.
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Xavier has over 20 years of experience in all aspects of Professional Services, Operations and Financial Management at B2B Software companies.
Prior to joining Tinyclues, Xavier was SVP Corporate Operations at KXEN (acquired by SAP). Before KXEN, Xavier held a number of executive and management positions at Axway, Netonomy (acquired by Comverse), Sybase and Business Objects. Xavier holds an engineering degree in Computer Science from EPITA.
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Born in Tehran and raised in Paris, Ardavan spent 8 years in the US's Wild West visiting thousands of American families and selling educational material door-to-door. In 2007, he moved back to France and re-invented himself as an internet marketing executive, leading a team and then a whole company.
Ardavan cofounded Tinyclues in 2013. He brings with him his magical powers to help build a great company.
SVP Sales EMEA
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Matthieu Chouard brings more than 20 years of global leadership and sales experience in enterprise analytics, CRM, ecommerce, content management, database services and personalization to Tinyclues. As Senior Vice President of Sales, Matt is responsible for driving Tinyclues' sales strategy and for accelerating growth, whilst also expanding the customer base across EMEA.
Previously, he served as SVP & General Manager EMEA at RichRelevance and prior to that, Vice President of Sales at SAP. A keen photographer, Matt also has a passion for sailing, cycling and hiking.
Matthieu received his Masters in Economic Sciences from Université Panthéon Assas (Paris II) and his diploma in Architecture from Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-Malaquais.
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The grass will never grow under the feet of Olivier who started out as a software engineer in Silicon Valley with a Masters in Mathematics and Computer Applications. For 15 years, he's been prolific in the design and shipping of B2B software products with some of technology's key innovators.
Before joining Tinyclues as VP Product, he was Product Director at Criteo, bringing predictive marketing to retail and brand advertisers
Olivier could kill for a good cut of dry-edge beef and loves collecting – and drinking – vintage wines, travel, diving, street-art photography and live music. So there's never a dull moment, even when he's not shaping the future of our predictive platform.
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While Caroline may have swapped her previous job title for one that's only half the length, she has come to do big things at Tinyclues as VP Marketing.
Keen to get back to the dynamic startup scene, Caroline came to Tinyclues after gathering a 15-year track record in marketing in the software industry. She joined us from SAP, and that long job title she left behind? Marketing Head of Analytics, Big Data and Internet of Things, EMEA. Caroline brings with her a Masters in Marketing Management from ESSEC Business School. And in case you hadn't guessed, she has a passion for AI, IOT and its applications.
VP Sales US
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Zachary Moser brings over 10 years of B2B Marketing Technology SaaS sales execution and leadership experience to Tinyclues.
Prior to Tinyclues, he was Bluecore's Director of Sales where he led the sales organization through rapid domestic and international growth.
Moser graduated from Marquette University with a Bachelor's of Science in International Economics and Political Science.
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Founder & CEO of Tinyclues
Jean-David Chamboredon
CEO of ISAI
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Partner at Alven Capital
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Partner at Elaia Partners
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Partner at EQT Ventures
Tinyclues was founded in 2010 on a mathematical hunch: B2C marketing databases contain sufficient amounts of implicit information to transform the way marketers interact with their customers, and a new class of algorithms, based on Deep Learning, holds the power to unlock this potential.
Our mission is to empower marketers to drive sustainable engagement from their customers and generate additional revenue, without damaging their customer equity.
We're a hardcore science company with many PhDs on board but we believe that, to deliver impact, our technology must be packaged in an easy-to-use solution, designed for marketers.
We're working hard to make it all simple.


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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
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They seem to have a lot more room than I do on such jets.
Are they the flight attendants? They are cute!
In the mid 80s I flew into Suez on a passenger flight where every other passenger was livestock of some sort.
The best helping hand you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm.
Emotional support animals finally getting the respect they deserve
An old friend of mine worked for Royal Jordanian for years. I wonder whatever happened to him. It can't be that big an airline...?
What are you doing about it?
Flying to Seattle from Ketchikan, the front half of the plane was for salmon, the back half for the rest of us. Happens quite often.
Poor beasts. What must be going through their heads during takeoff?
No adversary is worse than bad advice.
Looks pretty comfy to me! (I wish we had as much room.)
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
-William A. Ward
Like thoroughbred horses, racing camels are pampered, highly-bred, and expensive. Flying from racecourse to racecourse is pretty common.
Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
Betcha it smells GOOD in there!
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I was going to write a post specifically about exercising in cold weather and I was pondering the thought and then I thought about my dear friend Paul Steele and his adventures. He so inspired me with his love for climbing, but most of all his heart to help others. I met him via Twitter and know him to be great fun and one of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
In Paul's own words:
I left the Army 4 years ago after 16 years. I began working behind a desk and put on 56 pounds in weight, enough was enough. I re-established my love of hill/mountain-walking and started climbing again the great mountains of the UK.
Then an opportunity to climb Kilimanjaro arose. I joined the group and completed that in Jan 08 raising Thousands of pounds for an overseas development charity.
That was it, goals and charity was my game, I was hooked. Throughout 08/09 I have led and took part in various Mountain Challenges within the UK for many many charities, helping people who had never dared to climb any mountain do so along the way.
I have lost count how many times now I have climbed the likes of Snowdon, Scafell Pike , thus a new challenge was born. If I have done one of 'THE 7 Summits' (highest Mt in each of the 7 continents) why not carry on? Aconcagua gives you the chance of a second. So I took it and having been around people affected by leukemia, I wanted to help in the little way I could.
Training for this? Well, yes, it involved returning yet again to many Uk mountains trying to get faster and faster. Thus when on the climb I need worry less about my cardio, legs and back and concentrate on the mental side and the goal.
What next? Well many people have asked, how do you go and climb the big mountains? Well, a twitter team is forming right now for 2011 to take on a Himalayan challenge, many of whom have never been up a small mountain……yet
And then, back onto the third installment of the 7 summits, Mckinley? Elbrus? maybe, you never know
I was so in awe of his accomplishments and his goals. I wanted to know how he prepared for the climbs. Here's Paul's advice:
Preparation for a High Altitude Climb at Extremely Cold Temeratures
By Paul Steele
You cannot just decide take on the highest mountains of the world. They need to be thought out, for many months or even years. You MUST be ready for a Physical AND a Mental Challenge. Pushing past pain barriers to realise your goal and stand above the world.
I always say there are 3 equally important things to think about:
1. Kit – 'Look after your body and it will look after you' Temperatures on mountains such as Aconcagua can range between -30 and -62c at night, and you have to camp there. You must get up early in altitude that gives you less oxygen and thus less chance to warm up and go.
The correct kit therefore is essential. Not just what you wear/sleep in but how you carry it all and not make it harder for yourself, how you keep it dry, what have you got in case the first set freezes (no chance to defrost and dry anything up there), avoiding frostbite, preparing for the extra UV rays with thinning oxygen above the clouds.
2. Physical Capacity – Even though most of the way is walking. These mountains take 3 weeks or more to ascend and descend. Day after day of walking and walking, pounding the legs and feet. Take into account the lowering oxygen levels and the lowering temperatures, your body will get weaker and weaker. There is no excuse. You must be fitter than you can ever wish to be to take it on. The goal is the top, the views, the sights and feeling of conquering what many don't. There is no excuse, train train train the whole body. And on the climb eat thousands and thousands of calories of carbs along with litres and litres of water. Being fit then gives you one less thing to worry about with getting to the top.
3. Mental state – Even though you are seeing some of the most amazing things in your life, the days of continued march plus the affects on the body can take its toll. Again being at your fittest gives you an advantage. Altitude sickness can also strike at any time. It doesn't matter if you are the fittest person in the world, you may get alt sickness that day or you may not, there is no science or real training can be done for it. Walk very slowly up to acclimatise, drink and drink and drink water.
I hope one day to do one myself and would love to join in a group climb with Paul. What a great adventure that would be! A great long term goal to keep up the motivation to stay fit! In support of his great dedication and caring for those in need, I wanted to share with you information about his upcoming climb and info if you'd like to be part of helping such a great cause.
Paul's next climb for charity:
From his blog:
The Charity
The Anthony Nolan Trust is a UK Charity that focuses on leukaemia and bone marrow transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to one of the two bone marrow registers in the United Kingdom; the other register is the British Bone Marrow Registry run by the National Blood Service. It also carries out pioneering research to help make bone marrow transplants more effective.
It is a charity that has touched me more than once in my life and is wonderful to help give to them in any way I can.
I set out as always to help raise as much as possible for the chosen charity. Thanks to the immense support from Twitter/Facebook friends, family and colleagues I had raised my target to £5000 which is unbelievable and am approaching. Please help smash this target. You can sponsor directly by clicking the link below:
Aconcagua For Leukaemia.
Enjoy this great video of Paul & friends!


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Guy Fawkes Day, also known as Bonfire Night or Gunpowder Day, is a wild British celebration commemorating a foiled attempt to kill the king and blow up Parlaiment back in 1605. Guy Fawkes and some of his conspirators were convicted of treason, then hanged, drawn, and quartered. Hooray - let's shoot off some fireworks, burn some effigies, and have a great meal!
November 5th is the day of the Ottery St. Mary Tar Barrels. Every year residents of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, in the UK, carry burning tar barrels through the town and through the crowds. Historians disagree about the origin of this exciting festival. Follow this year's activities on Twitter at #tarbarrels.
On November 5th Panama observes Colon Day, which isn't what you might think. It's the Panamanian version of Columbus Day.
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We are notoriously bad at date night, though we have managed a few in the last year. Like our overnight date to attend the Starlight Children's Gala last spring. That was date night done right - complete with getting all dolled up, a curling iron, lipstick, and everything! Booking the hotel room gave us extra time together and allowed us to fully enjoy a much needed late night of fun and laughter and dancing.
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and I know plenty of folks will be planning a romantic night on the town, or a cozy dinner at home. Whether you're heading out or staying in, why not make the night feel extra special by giving yourself a pampering style treatment? As moms we often don't take the time to do special things for ourselves. That can mean different things for different people, but for me, styling my hair, giving myself a manicure, or just taking the time to put on lipstick before heading out the door goes a long way to putting a smile on my face. As a P&G Mom, Pantene Pro-V, COVERGIRL and Crest have sent me some products and tips to help me feel my best for our next date night (or any time!), and I want to share them with you!
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Celebrating a 100th birthday is rare enough, but when three lifelong friends do it together, it really is a cause for celebration.
Even Oprah Winfrey had to send birthday wishes to these three BFF centenarians.
Ruth Chatman Hammett, Gladys Ware Butler and Bernice Grimes Underwood were all born within a couple months of each other in 1916. They almost were a quartet reaching 100 (in this photo above), but one of them just passed, less than two months ago.
RELATED: They Wanted Her to Undergo Cancer Treatment, But 90-Year-old Hits The Road InsteadThey met as children in Washington, DC attending Zion Baptist Church, where a birthday party for the ladies was attended by the mayor and D.C.'s congresswoman, and family members including great-great-grandchildren.
The fourth friend, Leona Barnes, was celebrated, too—with a framed photo that sat beside the three centenarians during the ceremony.
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Butler told the Washington Post she prays every day, Barnes still lives independently and says she wants to go to college, and Underwood said she still dances, "Sometimes by myself," as seen in the video below which shows her doing the Electric Slide.
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Evgeny Romantsov: Artist, Musician, Composer, Guitarrist.
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Disneyland Paris that never was : The first DLP Site Map
Today's document is fascinating as it is the very first site map envisioned by WDI Imagineers for Disneyland Paris. As you will see below Frontierland is the only land which almost didn't had changes between this first map and the final result. All the other lands had big differences and we're going to have a look to these in details.
On this map, which was done in the late 80's and called "Plan X", everything in purple color are attractions buildings. Entertainment and merchandise locations are in blue, covered walkways in orange and transportation systems in light yellow or so. The red lines are park and lands limits.
The Main Street USA that we can see on this map was the first 1920's version envisioned by Eddie Sotto. In this version Main Street had a big attraction - number T 900 on the map - and it was the "Hollywood Theater" or "Circlevision meets Main Street Cinema". The Disneyland Hotel had not been thought of yet that's why it's not on this map. The elevated tramway moving outside and inside what is now Main Street Discovery arcade had a station on Town Square - T 400 - and another one on Central Plaza - T 100.
Frontierland, as i've said, is quite similar with the one we know. On this map Phantom Manor - W 1100 - is already at its current location, so is Big Thunder Mountain - W 800 - and the Riverboat landing - W 1000 - or the River Rogue Keelboats - W 700 . But there is also on this map something which don't currently exist, it's the attraction building W 400, near the Cowboy Cookout Barbecue location. This was supposed to be a kind of rodeo show. Considering that this is the Cottonwood Creek Ranch area the idea was to have a kind of stunt show which could exist in this kind of place. Later, when they decided to add the Buffalo Bill Wild West show to the Disney Village, this rodeo/stunt show in the back of Frontierland was unfortunately cancelled.
Let's have a look now at Adventureland as a big surprise awaits us. Adventure Isle and the Swiss Robinson Tree - A 300 - are already there as well as Pirates of Caribbean - A 1700. But the main surprise is the attraction A 500 as it seems that WDI Imagineers had envisioned to build a Jungle Cruise attractin at DLP Adventureland. Building A 400 was probably the indoor section of the Jungle Cruise.
Among the reasons why the attraction was not built there is the official one which is that the ride has been copied in many European theme parks, beginning by Europa Park. But another and may be more important reason could be the technical difficulties to have outdoor Jungle Cruise Audio-Animatronics during winter time. If you've read my previous report on DLP "under a blanket of snow and ice" you will easily understand that it was technically impossible to have outdoor sophisticated Audio-animatronics during this season which can be really cold. Audio-animatronics Maintenance would have been a nightmare, not to mention the frozen rivers, etc... So, for these reasons and although that i like a lot Jungle Cruise, i think that WDI Imagineers did the good choice when they cancelled the attraction. However, there is not a lot of artwork available about it but at least these two John Horny renderings...
And this other one showing another scene of the cruise in a more "cartoon" style.
Fantasyland looks quite similar to the current version. Peter Pan - F 900 - and Dumbo, the Tea Cups or the Carousel are almost at their current location, and same for It's a Small World - F 300. But Snow White and Pinnochio - F 1000 and F 200 - are not together on the same side, like they are now. Also, Story Book Land or Casey Jr are not on the map although "future expansion" is indicated on their location. Note also the other "future expansion" area in front of where is now the Pizzeria Bella Notte. It's the famous "reserved" location for the Little Mermaid ride.
Discoveryland is very interesting on this map for many reasons. First Videopolis, Star Tours, or the now extinct Visionarium are not on the map. The Orbitron - D 800 - and Space Mountain - D 400 - are already there as well as the Nautilus - D 650 - but Nemo's Submarine is on the left of Space Mountain and its lagoon was located where is now Videopolis! D 200 and D 300 seems to be two others big attractions but unfortunately i couldn't find what it was supposed to be.
But one of the major surprise from this map is the itinerary of the Disneyland Paris railroad. In this version the train station was not located in the back of Discoveryland, but at the entrance of the land! Better than that, it was a major transportation hub as both Disneyland Paris railroad AND the Main Street elevated tramway were supposed to share the same station. In this kind of "ventureport" idea all transports would have be there and it was a kind of gateway to the future, at the entrance of Discoveryland. But the idea did not last very long and artworks of this amazing train station are very rare. However you can see above and below two Tim Delaney renderings showing it. On the night view above you see clearly that the train station is at the entrance of the land as the Orbitron and Space Mountain structures appears behind the train station. On the picture below you can see that the Discoveryland train station was supposed to have two floors and a great architecture to mark the entrance of the land.
I've promised you at the beginning of this article a fascinating document and for sure it was one. If we look at it with objectivity, i think it's fair to say that WDI Imagineers did the right choices. They've kept the best and improved a lot the park since this first site map. Still, i regret the 1920's version of Main Street. I think DLP have the best of all Main Streets but something more radically different would have been interesting, too.
You'll find many others concept arts of the DLP that never was in my DLP book and this is what makes "From Sketch to Reality" a great book! I also remind you that the pre-order period will end soon and with it the 20% discount that anyone have when you place a pre-order. So, go ahead and place your pre-order now for your collector's edition copy! To know how to order and send your payment please go HERE. Paypal or bank wire transfer payments are welcome.
All pictures: copyright Disney Enterprises Inc.
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That cartoony Jungle Cruise artwork shows Tantor from Tarzan, a 1999 film. Clearly this wasn't part of ELD/DLP's early planning.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I don't think so, why would have WDI drawn Disneyland Paris a whole other way like already existed for 7 years.
I think it is Junior, the baby elephant from The Jungle Book. That would explain why the snake Kaa is there too.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- spajadigit said...
I really like the idea of the Tomorrowland railway station out in front of the land- it's like a gateway to the future, something that is missing from other Tomorrowlands. I also love the idea of it serving both the train and the 1920's tram... Totally cool.
- February 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM
I believe that Imagineers did a really great job at Disneyland Paris, opening the most beautiful MK, with most of the best available attractions, in their best versions, and some great original ones, like Alice's labyrinth and the timekeeper (how I miss that attraction!).
The Jungle Cruise is nice, but very outdated and a big waste of space, I'm glad they didn't build it, because there are some many much better Adventureland style attractions that can be built with it's money and space, like Indiana Jones. I also don't miss the Tiki room in Paris.
By the way Alain; has the new Pirate ship opened? Is the Nautilus under maintenance?
- February 24, 2012 at 8:52 AM
That A-400 building was probably partly a Cambodian temple akin to the one in Florida, but the length of it along the railroad probably points to something like Disneyland's Primeval World diorama or maybe even a new experience.
- February 24, 2012 at 11:03 AM
To Marco Antonio Garcia: the Pirate ship is still under refurbishment, but I think it will not be long before it reoppens, I think it will before April because of the 20th anniversary.
I also do not think that it is planned for the Nautilus to go under maintenance unfortunately.
Thanks for this article, it very interesting. I am glad we now have a Discoveryland with a unique Space Mountain and not a copy of the other ones as we can see on one of these pictures.
It would be interesting to share aerial photos of the different Disney resorts as you did for HKDL few weeks ago.
- February 24, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Nope sorry that's Tantor. Google him, and the baby element from Jungle book and you'll see they're distinctly different. As to why the artwork would have been created so late after DLP's opening- who knows. WDI rethinks things all the time. Perhaps someone was still considering adding a jungle cruise, maybe a cartoony one (I'm sure Lion King would have been in there too). Far more likely, perhaps the image just was mislabeled, and had nothing to do with DLP. That happens all the time at WDI. It's surprising how often they don't even know who the artist is on a particular piece, much less what it was actually intended for.
- February 24, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Also, it appears that the cartoony jungle boat they are in is actually more of a Kali River Rapids/Grizzly River Run, type raft, inflatable around the edge and seats around the perimeter, but with a jungle cruise style smokestack and canvas. That would explain the turbulent water.
- February 24, 2012 at 3:44 PM
- 3d health animation said...
Amazing!I want to collect the book!I think that Disney must be better and better in the future.
- February 24, 2012 at 7:32 PM
Thanks Anonymous!
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If not an actor, Asin would have been a diplomat. The 45-minute news conference addressed by the hot new heroine of Bollywood at Thiruvananthapuram recently proved it.Asin avoided tricky questions with a polite 'no comment.' When there were occasions to pick from a lot, she embraced all answers, justifying it with a logic that went down well with the journos. When asked who her favourite actor was, Asin said, "Whenever I watch a film, there are some characters I like very much. I admire them. But it varies from film to film. It is not the actor but the character whom I love." Then came the follow-up question: But didn't you have a childhood heartthrob? "Not one but many! I liked Mohanlal.I liked Mammootty.I loved Sobhana and Urvasi." When asked why there were not many heroines past 30 though men in their 50s and 60s play heroes, Asin said she was yet to solve the mystery. The chat then turned to politics and the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.She had only two words on the subject."No comment." Have you ever exercised your franchise? "No comment," she repeated. But why can't you say a yes or no? "If I answer either way, it will lead to another question that may land me in trouble" was her justification. Asin said she developed this habit after reaching Bollywood."Journalists there are more intrusive.One answer may lead to three days of news," said Asin. However, she had answers when quizzed about future projects and how she selects a movie. "I will act in Malayalam if an exciting project comes my way," said Asin, who made her debut in the Malayalam [color:7091=blue ! important][color:7091=blue ! important]movie 'Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka' in 2001. "Remuneration won't be a criterion. Now I've been offered two or three projects here. Earlier too I was offered good roles in Mollywood.But I couldn't do them owing to a clash of dates." Asin claims she will act in a movie only if she is satisfied with the script, character, director, banner and coartists."Does that mean you'll act only in big banner productions?" asked a doubting Tom. "No. But I want the production house to have the financial base to complete the project." There is no restriction for a South Indian artist in Bollywood. "I am now in the midst of my second film in Bollywood.Of course, you need to have a grip on the language. 'Ghajini' came my way because I knew Hindi." What's her take on being touted as a Rekha or Sridevi in the making? "I have acted only in two Hindi [color:7091=blue ! important][color:7091=blue ! important]films and have miles to go. It isn't fair to compare me with these stalwarts." Asin's next project is a W*violation*violation*violation Disney production that will mark her entry into world cinema. "19th Step is a Tamil-Japanese co-production. Bharat Bala is directing the movie." Asin will begin learning kalaripayattu for the movie soon. The shooting will begin by the year end.Winding up her first ever news conference in Kerala, Asin said she would come to Kerala again and spend more time here once the shooting of '19th Step' begins.
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