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Old One Ear is just as majestic as always. He is also as elusive as always. The hardest mustang on the desert to get a
picture of. He never lets himself get separated from his band.
These young colts are always curious. They are fun to take pictures off.
The big band in their favorite hide-e-hole.
The old man doesn't like the young studs hanging around too close.
Oreo is a little more friendly than normal.
A patch of water next to the Great Salt Lake on a day when there was no breeze stir the water up.
This little white stud and I played hide-and-seek for most of one summer about ten years ago. This picture
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|George Gershwin
Plays His Greatest Hits
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Soundtracks, Classical, Broadway & Vocalists
CD Details
CD Reviews
Gershwin by Gershwin
The Delite Rancher | Phoenix, Arizona | 12/17/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"George Gershwin "Plays His Greatest Hits" is a beautiful collection of music. Spanning various years (1919-1934), multiple locations and different arrangements, the two discs feature a large quantity of music. Unlike most discs of Gershwin music, this compilation actually features George Gershwin. If the listener is accustomed to hearing Gershwin as played through the local symphony orchestra, there is a difference. On the down side, real Gershwin sometimes echoes tin-pan alley and vaudeville. While some may consider this dated sound charming, many will find it corny. On the up side, this features George Gershwin on piano. His abilities as a composer and arranger are widely appreciated. George Gershwin's amazing piano skills are not so well known. While there are a few solo piano versions that showcase this talent, the tracks don't match anything off "Gershwin Plays Gershwin: The Piano Rolls." Most selections are instrumental, which is fortunate since the songs with vocals haven't aged as well. As the title suggests, Gershwin's most cherished music is represented including 'Rhapsody In Blue,' 'Fascinating Rhythm,' 'I Got Rhythm' and 'An American In Paris.' Aside from such hits, this collection is as deep as it is wide, featuring a good portion of quality music that's not know so well-known. With respect to the arrangement, "Plays His Greatest Hits" is organized into three chapters: From Tin Pan Alley, From the Concert Hall and From the Air Waves. Another asset of this product is the extensive liner notes. The insert is extremely helpful in making sense of the various recording sessions. For two reasons, "Plays His Greatest Hits" is probably best for the serious Gershwin listener. Sound quality is the first issue. The sound quality is good, but not great. Unless the newbie wants to start by jumping into the deep end of the pool, beginners should probably begin elsewhere. The second issue is the repetition of some of the compositions. This is always done to contrast pieces as interpreted by different orchestras, but it may be a bit too much for somebody looking start with Gershwin. All in all, "Plays His Greatest Hits" makes a great case that George Gershwin is indeed an American treasure."


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So first of all Happy Chinese New Year all of you guys!
I can't say that I actually celebrate it but chinese culture takes a little a part in my life as I learn chinese aand I may go to China in summer!! It seems pretty sure actually so I'm already overexcited even it will in August.
Back to the present, we shot these photos on the weekend but I was too lazy /and litte too busy/ to turn on my computer. I didn't really have time to go shopping lately so I try to bring some 'novelty' in my looks with old pieces. For example these striped pants. Do you remember when it was such a big flow and everyone has it? Well I do, and I haven't wear it since because just after that I found them too 'crowd'. Now I figured out that they still look good. Also love this spot what my 'photographer' found.
As it gets lighter and warmer and spring is almost here I will get more time and energy I could focus on my blog. Hopefully.
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~~**~~**~~**~~This week I created a simple vintage B-day card for a friend, using some digital papers from Tsunami Rose Designs. I layered the card base w/ one paper, made a library pocket out of black card stock and layer another paper on top. I distressed the edges w/ TH vintage photo distress ink. The ephemera tags are perfect for the pocket in front, which I added some red/white bakers twine to. The sentiment is popped on pop dots on the front of the pocket. I embellished w/ some flower, lace, and Prima bling.
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Ernest Hemingway's Beloved Cats Made It Through the Rain, Wind, and Destruction that Hurricane Irma Brought With Her and Are Still Very Much Alive and Well in Key West
|Ernest Hemingway's Old Abode Has Stood the Test of Time
"The cats seemed to be more aware sooner of the storm coming in, and in fact when we started to round up the cats to take them inside, some of them actually ran inside, knowing it was time to take shelter. Sometimes I think they're smarter than the human beings."
-- Dave Gonzales
When Hurricane Irma roared through Key West during the early morning hours of Sunday, September 10th she brought with her two-hundred-nine kilometer winds and drenching rain. As a consequence, a good part of the world famous resort was either heavily damaged or flooded.
At 907 Whitehead Street, however, the intrepid feline residents of the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum and their ten caretakers were not only dry but, best of all, safe and sound. In electing to attempt and ride out the category four storm, staffers at the museum openly defied a dire warning issued earlier by none other than the great novelist's granddaughter, actress Mariel Hemingway.
"I think you're wonderful and an admirable person for trying to stay there and save the cats and the house," she told the museum's seventy-two-year-old general manager, Jacqui Sands, via The Mercury News of San Jose on September 8th. (See "Mariel Hemingway to Manager at Ernest Hemingway's Key West Home: Take the Cats and Go!") "This is frightening. This hurricane is a big deal. Get in the car with the cats and take off."
Although sans doute well intended, that bit of unsolicited advice was hardly practical given that the museum is home to fifty-four cats, many of whom are polydactyls. Evacuating them therefore would have required a corresponding number of cages and at least eight to ten passenger cars.
Besides, by that time U.S. 1, the only road in and out of the Keys, was already clogged with evacuees and petrol was in short supply. Greyhound, even if it was still operating, does not allow cats on its motor coaches and there is not any train service in the Florida Keys.
Even some staffers of the museum were forced into remaining behind because they either did not have cars of their own or were unable to get seats on flights out of Key West International Airport. As catastrophic storms such as Katrina, Irene, Sandy, and Harvey have more than abundantly demonstrated, the United States has become so crowded that individuals who wish to flee them must make up their minds to do so almost immediately upon learning of them or otherwise hunker down and do the best that they can in order to survive.
All things considered, what the staffers decided to do was actually the wisest course of action that they could have taken not only for the sake of the cats but themselves as well. In particular, by remaining behind they were able to take full advantage of the museum's elevation at sixteen feet above sea level, the highest point on the island, and its impregnable construction.
|Grace Kelly Calls the Roll of Her Fellow Felines
"I have been watching the news, and people keep talking about how low-lying the Keys are. We are not in the flood zone," the museum's curator, Dave Gonzales, afterwards pointed out to The Washington Post on September 11th. (See "Hemingway's Six-Toed Cats Survive Irma, Still Have Nine Lives.") "This is an eighteen-inch block-limestone building that has been here since 1851 and is still standing."
It therefore is safe to conclude that the old mansion has weathered quite a few hurricanes over the years. The historical record is not easily unearthed but on September 10, 1960 Hurricane Donna made landfall near Marathon, eighty-one kilometers north of Key West, where it killed one individual and injured seventy-one others. The storm also demolished five-hundred-sixty-four houses and damaged another one-thousand-three-hundred-eighty-two of them.
More recently, Hurricane Georges came shore as a category two storm in September of 1998 and Wilma roared through town on October 24, 2005. Staffers at the museum therefore knew not only what to expect but how to prepare for it.
"I think we are going to be fine," Sands confidently predicted to The Mercury News.
There also is an awful lot of truth in Gonzales' observation that houses, commercial enterprises, and public buildings constructed in the nineteenth century and the early part of the succeeding one were intended to endure throughout the ages. The fact that they even were built in the first place is all the more remarkable given that the limestone and other minerals that their construction required had to be not only mined but transported long distances as well. Plus, just about all of the actual work was done, not by heavy equipment and modern machines, but rather manually.
Most of them have long since succumbed to the wrecking ball and as a consequence there are not all that many of them left standing, but that does not alter the fact that old, decrepit-looking hotels and other properties that were constructed out of bricks, mortar, and other durable materials are often still far safer than their contemporary rivals which, in most cases, have been built using synthetic and highly inflammable materials. Old buildings therefore cannot be blown down by hurricanes and any conflagrations that erupt are easily contained at their points of origin. (See Cat Defender post of July 3, 2017 entitled "Paucho Somehow Made It Out Alive of Grenfell Tower but the Fate of the Dozens of Other Cats That Resided at the High-Rise Firetrap Remains Shrouded in Secrecy.")
"This isn't our first hurricane," Gonzales defiantly added to The Mercury News. "We're here to stay."
|The Museum's Dedicated Staffers
None of his reassurances, however, impressed Hemingway in the least. "It's just a house," she retorted to The Mercury News. "None of us likes to lose things we treasure (but) ultimately you've got to protect your life."
In spite of Gonzales' and Sands' public bravado, once push finally came to shove they were not quite willing to completely entrust their hides to either limestone or the museum's stellar track record. On September 7th they accordingly had the Reverend John C. Baker of the Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea at 1010 Windsor Lane to come by and bless the cats, staff, and house itself.
"We answer to a higher authority and we feel very confident the outcome for us is going to be very good," Gonzales predicted to The Washington Post.
That was good thinking on his part because it never hurts to try and appease the gods. Besides, Baker likely gave the museum a generous discount considering the circumstances.
So, after stocking up on food, water, and medicine, all that remained for staffers to do was to bring the cats inside and that proved to be a far easier task than initially expected. It also disproved the age-old notion that cats cannot be herded.
"The cats seemed to be more aware sooner of the storm coming in, and in fact when we started to round up the cats to take them inside, some of them actually ran inside, knowing it was time to take shelter," Gonzales later told the Los Angeles Times on September 11th. (See "Hemingway House and Cats Spared by Hurricane Irma.") "Sometimes I think they're smarter than the human beings."
In some ways they actually are superior beings and that is especially the case when it comes to their sense of smell. In particular, they can smell a rainstorm approaching long before their human counterparts have so much as an inkling as to what is about to occur.
|An Anti-Looting Sign on Duval Street
Their excellent sense of hearing likewise allows them to detect thunder and great gusts of wind long before the sound of either reaches their owners' ears. That particular ability of theirs can be a bit uncanny, however, in that the very same cat who is capable of hearing the lid being pried off of a can of tuna from as far away as a block also can be as deaf as an adder to the entreaties of an owner sitting only a few feet across the room.
They also are capable of picking up on rumblings underground that presage the arrival of earthquakes and they can sense abrupt changes in the atmospheric pressure. (See www.pethelpful.com, April 2, 2017, "Can Your Cat Predict the Weather?")
Not surprisingly, they usually are the first members of any household to detect conflagrations and gas leaks. (See Cat Defender posts of October 31, 2007, November 30, 2007, and April 23, 2007 entitled, respectively, "Bacon Shows His Appreciation and Love for His Rescuer by Awakening Her from a Burning Apartment," "Cuddles Saves a Saskatchewan Family from a Blaze in a Faulty Fireplace That Destroys Their Home," and "Winnie Saves an Indiana Family of Three from Dying of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.")
In more recent times, cats have proven themselves to be adept at detecting the presence of diseases such as cancer. (See Cat Defender posts of April 11, 2009, March 27, 2010, and April 20, 2012 entitled, respectively, "Tiger Saves His Owner's Life by Alerting Him to a Cancerous Growth on His Left Lung," "Taken In Off the Street by a Compassionate Woman, Sumo Returns the Favor by Alerting Her to a Cancerous Growth on Her Bosom," and "Grateful for Being Provided with a Loving Home, Fidge in Turn Saves Her Mistress's Life by Alerting Her to a Malignant Growth on Her Breast.")
They additionally have demonstrated themselves to be capable of anticipating both emphysema attacks and diabetic seizures. (See Cat Defender posts of April 18, 2009, May 18, 2009, and April 21, 2012 entitled, respectively, "Blackie Stays Up Nights Monitoring His Guardian's Breathing for Emphysema Attacks," "Elijah Teaches Himself How to Detect Low Blood Sugar Levels in His Guardians and Others," and "Adopted from a Shelter Only Hours Previously, Pudding Saves His Rescuer's Life by Awakening Her from a Diabetic Seizure.")
Most amazing of all, at the Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Providence, Rhode Island, a cat named Oscar is able to predict the arrival of the Grim Reaper with far greater accuracy than the trained physicians on staff. (See Cat Defender posts of July 30, 2007 and May 27, 2010 entitled, respectively, "A Visit from Oscar Means That the Grim Reaper Cannot Be Far Behind for the Terminally Ill at a Rhode Island Nursing Home" and "When Lovers, Friends, Health, and All Hope Have Vanished, Oscar Is There for Those Who Have No One and Nothing Left.")
As if all of that were not sufficient in order to establish them as savants, cats know a good deal more about a variety of topics that are totally beyond the grasp of humans. For instance, they are able to find their way home from great distances without the assistance of either maps and GPS or stopping along the way in order to ask directions. (See Cat Defender post of April 27, 2007 entitled "A French Chat Named Mimine Walks Eight-Hundred Kilometers in Order to Track Down the Family That Abandoned Her.")
|Hairy Truman Contemplates Writing His Memoirs...
Cats additionally can tell the time of day far more accurately than either Breitling or Tag Heuer and they are especially good judges of character. For example, if a cat should develop a dislike for either a lover, roommate, or visitor, it would be a good idea to get rid of that offending individual as quickly as possible.
Members of the species also are blessed with many admirable character traits that mankind never has seen fit to emulate. "There intelligent, peace-loving, four-footed friends -- who are without prejudice, without hate, without greed -- may someday teach us something," is how that celebrated author Lilian Jackson Braun once summed up the matter.
Once all the cats had been brought inside and accounted for, staffers boarded up the windows and doors and settled in for the long haul. "The cats are also accustomed to our voices and our care. We're comfortable with them; they're comfortable with us," Gonzales told the Los Angeles Times in the article cited supra. "We love them. They love us. We all hung out last night together."
Although the staffers had done all that they knew to do in order to prepare for what was to come, it would be only natural if they had not become more than a little bit anxious when Irma rattled the rafters and shook the foundation of the stately old mansion with her powerful gusts and biblical downpours. At least they had the cats for comfort.
In that respect, their plight and reliance upon something other than their own resources is reminiscent of how that a pair of men of god behaved during an earthquake that shook the Bay Area in the late 1800's. In chapter fifty-eight of his semi-autobiographical work, Roughing It, Mark Twain describes the following scene:
"The first shock brought down two or three huge organ-pipes in one of the churches. The minister, with uplifted hands, was just closing the services. He glanced up, hesitated, and said:
'However, we will omit the benediction!' -- and the next instance there was a vacancy in the atmosphere where he had stood.
After the first shock, an Oakland minister said:
'Keep your seats! There is no better place to die than this...'
And added, after the third:
'But outside is good enough!' He then skipped out at the back door."
|...while an Orange Cat Has Found a More Mundane Use for the Printed Word
If it should have been the karma of the staffers to have perished, they could not have picked better company to have exited this vale of tears with than their loyal and loving cats. Besides, unlike the minister in Oakland, turning tail and running was no longer a viable option for them once Irma had begun to bear down upon them.
As things eventually turned out, she quickly moved on up the Florida Keys and in her wake not only was the museum still standing tall and proud but the cats and their minders had come through the terrifying ordeal without so much as a scratch. The only known casualties were running water, electricity, and Internet service.
Thanks to a backup generator, the museum's air conditioning system continued to hum along as usual. Moreover, even if it had given up the ghost the house's thick, limestone walls would have insulated it from the heat.
The remainder of Key West was not nearly so fortunate. For example, the water was said to have been hip-deep at Mallory Square, boats were overturned at Galleon Marina, and downed trees and footloose coconuts were scattered all across the city. (See the Miami Herald, September 16, 2017, "Fears Mount in Florida Keys over Damage, Possible Deaths from Hurricane Irma.")
Electrical lines also lay on the ground, traffic signs, propane tanks, and Dumpsters littered the landscape, roofs had been blown off of houses, and numerous trailers and RV had been overturned. Generally speaking, however, those structures that had been made of concrete and wood fared considerably better than their mobile counterparts.
"The good thing is everything can be repaired," fifty-three-year-old Alex Rivero told USA Today on September 13th. (See "Damage Heavy on Key West, but Booze Still Flows.") "But it's going to take months to put back together."
As it is always the case in times of natural disasters, it was the poor throughout Key West and the remainder of the one-hundred-seventy-seven kilometer chain of islands that make up the Florida Keys that bore the brunt of Irma's rage. (See The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 17, 2017, "Irma's Toll on Dreams," The Press of Atlantic City, September 15, 2017, "Irma Pushed Poor Closer to Ruin," and the Philadelphia Daily News, September 12, 2017, "Irma Leaving Big Messes Behind.")
|Irma Tried Her Best but She Was Unable to Add to This Hallowed Ground
Evacuees were allowed to return to Key West on September 17th but they were told beforehand to bring with them food, water, medicine, and insect repellents. In addition to those spartan circumstances, some of them have been reduced to living in either their cars or sleeping in tents because of the extensive damage that was done to their houses.
Key West and Marathon high schools as well as Island Christian School and Sugarloaf School have been transformed into makeshift homeless shelters until at least September 28th when classes are scheduled to resume. At last report, curfews were in effect throughout the Keys and there was a heavy police presence in order to deter would-be looters. (See the Sun-Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale, September 16, 2017, "Marathon Reopens to Residents; Key West to Reopen Sunday.")
Regrettably, it has not proven possible to ascertain the fate of all the cats that were cruelly and irresponsibly left behind in Key West and throughout the Keys in order to fend for themselves. The same likewise is true for both those that are homeless as well as those that were incarcerated at shelters operated by the Florida Keys SPCA in Key West and Marathon. The city's large contingent of homeless chickens sans doute also were left to their own devices.
As far as Hemingway's cats are concerned, they are accustomed to dodging bullets. For instance, they recently survived, albeit bloodied and bruised, an almost decade long battle with the feds. (See Cat Defender posts of January 24, 2013, July 23, 2007, January 9, 2007, and August 3, 2006 entitled, respectively, "The Feds Now Have Cats and Their Owners Exactly Where They Want Them Thanks to an Outrageous Court Ruling Targeting the Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West," "A Cat Behaviorist Is Summoned to Key West in Order to Help Determine the Fate of Hemingway's Polydactyls," "Papa Hemingway's Polydactyl Cats Face New Threats from Both the USDA and Their Caretakers," and "The USDA Fines the Hemingway Memorial in Key West $200 a Day for Exhibiting Papa's Polydactyl Cats Without a License.")
Last year Martha Gellhorn was jailed after she became involved in a physical altercation with a visitor to the museum. (See Cat Defender post of June 5, 2017 entitled "Martha Gellhorn Is Locked Up for Ten Days after Biting a Tourist in the Latest Calamity to Befall Ernest Hemingway's Star-Crossed Polydactyls.")
As of yesterday, the museum was still closed to the public but, according to its Facebook page, it hopes to reopen soon. In the meantime the cats are enjoying a well deserved respite from the throngs of grasping tourists who invade their cherished home every day of the week much like a horde of hungry locusts in search of a good feed.
As they have demonstrated through their ability to withstand whatever Mother Nature, the feds, and other enemies of the species are able to throw at them, the cats are true survivors in every sense of that word. If against all odds the spirit does in fact endure, Papa Hemingway surely must be extremely proud of them.
Photos: Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum (house and Hairy Truman), Facebook (Grace Kelly and staffers), Trevor Hughes of USA Today (anti-looting sign), and Trip Advisor (orange cat and the museum's cemetery).


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Pete Forde says:
I've known the family in this article well for a decade; one sister I met at a 2600 conference and became my roommate — twice — and the other joined me at RailsConf last year and made me promise not to tell anyone about her grandparents.
Of key interest from the article:
"For the last year of her life, Moos' mother allowed Eva to skip her mortgage payments when money was tight, which was nearly always. The mother, Kathleen Mauchly Antonelli, had programmed the first electronic computer, ENIAC, which her first husband and Eva's father, John Mauchly, had developed with his partner, J. Presper Eckert."
So, the direct descendants of some of the key figures in the origin of digital computing are getting fucked by the banks, the day after their autistic brother drowned in the bathtub. It's an emotional, sad story and their outlook is extremely bleak.
I'm really hoping that this story can make make the rounds in the hope that someone might "do something".


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Saturday, August 10, 2013
Trending Body Mods
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I've definitely seen both of those trends (unfortunately and quite by accident, in the case of nipple piercings), and I'm not even a body modder! I don't know if there's any real cause - maybe just one of those things?ReplyDelete
I love my nipple piercings, had them for a few years, but I can't get into rib tats, it's so hard to show off, and that area tends to get mushy quite fast as you age lol. My aunt, who is 43, just got a small nose stud, so yeah I guess older folks getting work done is on the rise.ReplyDelete
40s is old? Seriously? Maybe for someone in their early 20s, but I can assure you that 40s (and 50s) in this day and age is not old and it's certainly not too old for piercings and tattoos ... says the 41 year old who will be getting more tattoos very soon. ;) MUAH!ReplyDeleteReplies
ah jeez. i guess I did sound a bit agist up there. if it makes any difference, i'm not in my early 20s. i (and the piercer) was referring to the typical market demographic of folks who get piercings--which was traditionally people in their teens/20s. if the demographic's getting older, they're continuing to get more piercings. if the older folks are getting piercings (especially something more extreme like nipple piercings) for the first time, that still seems unusual to me.Delete
Actually it's really not that odd because by the time you're 40 and 50 you have the money to do the things that you really want to do. Most people my age and older who start getting piercings and tattoos later in life are doing so because 1. these things represent a major milestone like a birth or death of a loved one, overcoming sickness, etc., 2. are representing who they are and where they've been and how hard they've worked to get there (it's just not a whim), and 3. are sometimes going through a midlife crisis. Tattoos and piercings are the new sports car for this generation, especially if done after a particularly messy divorce. This age bracket these days is a much younger, more vibrant age bracket than it used to be. A good bunch of us were punk rockers "back in the day" and still have that youth, spirit and sense of rebellion. Sometimes we get stuck in a situation that robs us of that and therefore we are trying to find ways to feel like our old self. Piercings and tattoos can be covered up (as long as they're in the right place) and can lend themselves to acts of self-expression.Delete
Words on your ribs, own, triangles and all those tumblr shit tattoos make me so mad! if one is going to lack originality, tattooing a scorpion or a tiger would look much more original than all that conceptual crap. seriously i do believe that trend tattoos are such a sad thing. in 5 years from now they would look pathetic. strong words from a person who dislikes body mods in general XDReplyDeleteReplies
lol tumblr makes me hate everything I once loved or thought was cool. black milk, jeffrey campbell, pastel goth, crosses, and i'm even getting tired of nail art (well maybe not yet!). soft grunge. yeah, and i'm very, very glad I didn't get the finger tattoos... I saw them on tumblr, thought they were awesome... and now i'm very tired of seeing them.Delete
I've definitely seen a lot of the first one. I don't think the second one applies to where I live though, then again, my area of The Netherlands is rather conservative, so not a lot of people have piercings (besides the navel or nose piercing) to begin with.ReplyDelete


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News Release — September 27, 2012
David Foster Wallace Materials Related to
"The Pale King" Now Open For Research
AUSTIN, Texas—Materials related to David Foster Wallace's posthumous novel "The Pale King" (April 2011) are now open for research at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
The materials related to "The Pale King" were acquired as part of the Wallace (1962–2008) archive in 2010 but were retained by publisher Little, Brown and Co. until after the book's publication and the subsequent publication of the paperback edition.
"The Pale King" materials fill six boxes and include handwritten and typescript drafts, outlines, characters lists, research materials and a set of notebooks containing reading notes, names, snippets of dialog, definitions, quotations and clippings.
The materials have been organized according to a spreadsheet developed by Wallace's editor, Michael Pietsch. Pietsch, then-executive vice president and publisher of Little, Brown and Co., spent months reading through and organizing the material and found what he called "an astonishingly full novel, created with the superabundant originality and humor that were uniquely David's."
In conjunction with the publication of "The Pale King," the Ransom Center partnered with publisher Little, Brown and Co. to offer an online preview of materials from the archive in April 2011.
High-resolution press images of these materials are available.
Media Contacts for members of the press
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American Sign Language: "ink"
There is an old sign that I swear I saw in a book in my youth. Maybe it was in Martin Sternberg's old ASL dictionary classic -- will have to check. Anyway the sign is:
INK: Dominant hand: upside-down-"i"-handshape-(as if representing a pen or quill), Non-dominant hand: sideways-(pinkie-edge-down)-"O"handshape-(as if representing a small bottle). Movement: Dip the pen into the ink twice.
Of course, these days most experts would say to simply "spell it.
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A look back... favourite posts from 2009
2009 was an, erm, interesting year for me. I got engaged, made the muy prudent move to peel away from my start-up, got married, went around the world, climbed a mountain, made wine, set up home in a second city, started this site, started various other projects and have another little company in the works... it's probably been the most eventful year of this beauty blogger's life to date. Oh yes, and there was this little annoying thing called a RECESSION. Not the first in our collective lifetime, not going to be the last.
Amidst all the clamour, there was time to post and, more for myself than anyone else, I've complied a little list of my favourites from 2009. For my favourite blurbs from the last year of the first decade of the 21st century, see my list below:
January 2009
- Year in review 2008
- Beauty vending machine from U*tique
- Top beauty trends for 2009
- Scented advertising smells like a bad idea to me
February 2009
- Aram Dikiciyan's ethereal beauty
- London fashion week 2009 beauty roundup
- Adult acne... does it ever end?
March 2009
May 2009
August 2009
September 2009
October 2009
- Smell this now: Bois d'Alexa by Alexa Rodulfo
- Young, hip and thoughtful... meet evolve beauty eco smart skincare
- A bit of beautiful inspiration
- From the source: Marilyn Monroe's fitness and beauty secrets
November 2009
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Asian markets ended in the red ahead of the US presidential election and the leadership shift in China, despite improved economic indicators from both countries.
Japan's Nikkei ended 0.48 percent or 43.78 points lower at 9007.44 while South Korea's KOSPI dropped 0.55 percent or 10.50 points to 1908.22.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 0.47 percent or 104.93 points to 22006.40. China's Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.14 percent or 3.02 points to 2114.03.
India's Bombay Stock Exchange traded moderately higher by 0.01 percent or 1.99 points to 18760.80 at 09:54 GMT.
The uncertainty over the US presidential elections, set to take place this week, weighed heavily on investor sentiments. Reports based on various polls suggest that the contest between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is set to be a close one.
The country's official jobs data, which showed that nonfarm payrolls increased by 171,000 in October beating estimates, raised concerns that the Federal Reserve may abstain from further monetary easing measures.
China's leadership change is also set to take place this week. Although there is no uncertainty over the leadership, investors are waiting to know the new regime's policy decisions.
Markets reacted negatively even after official data showed that the country's service sector purchasing managers index (PMI) had increased to 55.5 in October from 53.7 the previous month. China's manufacturing PMI, released in the previous week had also shown improvement.
News from the eurozone too remained discouraging. Reports suggested that Greece's public and private sector workers plan to go on a strike against the government's proposed austerity measures. The country has to reach a consensus on the issue to secure the much needed bailout package from international lenders.
Major Movers
Electronic stocks were down in Tokyo. Shares of Sharp fell 6.67 percent while those of Panasonic were down 5.60 percent. Sony ended 2.25 percent lower.
Shipping related firm COSCO Pacific and food products manufacturer Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding were the major losers in Hong Kong, dropping 5.01 and 2.39 percent.
Automobile majors in South Korea ended in the red after a US agency found that the companies had exaggerated claims on mileage. Shares of Hyundai ended 7.21 percent lower while those of its rival Kia were down 6.94 percent.
Metal stocks dropped in China. Shares of Chingqing Iron and Steel Company were down 4.53 percent while those of Aluminum Corp of China were down 0.40 percent.
Pharmaceutical firms Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Cipla gained 1.37 and 0.74 percent in India.


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On-line Exhibits
Welcome to our on-line museum. We will be showcasing various exhibits here, both as on-line versions of exhibits currently open in the museum area of our building and as Web-only presentations on the history of Lutheranism. The exhibits will change periodically, so check back regularly to see what's new. If you would like to be informed about new exhibits and other updates to this site, fill out our Guest Book form and check the box to add your name to our electronic mailing list.
Please be aware that these exhibits are graphically richer than most of our pages. We have done everything possible to speed up their load time, but it still may take a few minutes.
A Sword Will Pierce Your Own Soul Too
An exhibit of two series of original prints from woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer: The Life of Mary and the Small Passion.
My Lord Katie: Katharina von Bora Luther (1999)
An exhibit celebrating the 500th anniversary of the birth of Katie Luther, the nun who became the wife of the great reformer Dr. Martin Luther.
The LCMS National Youth Gathering: 20 Years of Grace Growth & Good Times (1998)
A look at the past twenty years of the Synod's national youth conferences. (Note: The actual Youth Gathering exhibit is no longer on display in the CHI Museum.)
Presidents of the Missouri Synod: Past & Present
Biographical sketches and pictures of the men who have served as the Missouri Synod's presidents.
The Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod at One Hundred and Fifty Years (1997)
An overview of the history of the Missouri Synod emphasizing the Church's growth and expansion.
500 Year of Philipp Melanchthon (1997)
An exploration into the life of one of the Reformation's greatest workers and Martin Luther's closest friends. (Note: The actual Melanchthon exhibit is no longer on display in the CHI Museum.)
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Tina Loves: Okay, so why don't we just start from the very beginning? How did you get into fashion? Why did you want to get into fashion? And how did that lead you to Jimmy Choo?
Sandra Choi: The beginning! I've always loved fashion. As a young girl, I grew up in Hong Kong and at a young age I was into Japanese magazines. I moved back to the UK when I was 13 and I love designing, but getting into shoes was by accident. I saw a John Galliano outfit in a magazine, and it was the piece with the asymmetric buttons. It was really abstract and I loved it. I think I was about 14 years old, so I thought okay fashion is what I want to do.
My uncle is Jimmy Choo and as a Chinese, you go and help your family. He designs and makes shoes. His forte is making really beautiful shoes and that's when I got into helping him to make things and learn the trade and how shoes are constructed. That's how I kind of merged the two together and the rest is history!
TL: And you?
Simon Holloway: I grew up between England and America because my family lived there. So we went back and forth a lot. I was in boarding school reading fashion magazines like i-D, The Face and Vogue. I left and went to art school to study fashion when I was 16. I did two degrees in fashion design and then I started working and I went to Paris for about a year, then moved back to the US. I worked for a number of designers over there like Narciso Rodriguez and Ralph Lauren. I moved back to London almost three years ago and started at Jimmy Choo.
TL: Nice! How has it been so far?
SH: It's been really fun! We work with really great people and it's a real pleasure to go in to the office every day to create beautiful things for stylish women and men around the world!
SC: We work in a way that we're very complimentary to each other, because I have only been at Jimmy Choo and that's been for the last 16 years. Simon's experiences are very much brought in to balance everything that we want to create going forward. There is so much to do at Jimmy Choo, whether it's with the image, whether the it's branding, whether it's with the actual product itself. So we found that we balance each other very well.
TL: What do you think makes a covetable shoe?
SH: It has to have an element of fantasy to it and it also has to be something that makes your feet look beautiful.
SC: I think shoes are a form. There is a fine line that you don't cross. Objects in a way today, you can see very many crazy things out there. I think whether it is good or bad, I think you can still make it in to magazines sometimes and it's a matter of taste. For us, we always respect every product that we do because they are beautiful and creative.
TL: And how do you guys test whether it's comfortable or things like that?
SH: Having lots of people trying them on!
SC: I actually try them all on and all the samples are made in my size and the girls in the office actually trade them around to make sure that they're okay….
SH: And even the handbags are all tested as well. Everybody uses them to make sure that they work before we sell them.
TL: So can you just take me through a typical day at the office?
SH: I dont think we have a typical day. Typical season is, we start with a story and we put it together using lots of visual elements from movies, old magazines, people on the street, music… We work on color a lot, and then we just go through step by step in building a collection.
SC: We we come up with a concept or a story. We go on a inspiration trip. So we go shopping up the road to Portobello or we'll go to a different country.
TL: So you spark your inspiration by going on a trip first?
SH: It's a chance to get away from the office and really think of what we want to do next.
SC: I like to call it a 'decleanse', because we just worked on our last collection and we don't want to think about it.
TL: So for this SS13 collection, where did you guys go?
SH: Oh, we took a trip to Rio de Janeiro, but we didn't want it to feel like the collection was inspired by Rio. For the Cruise and Spring/Summer collection, we wanted….
SC: …a free spirit, a sense of travel. We really wanted to approach romance. Romance for us is a slightly different species. It is very rare and we wanted to mix it into our own aesthetic.
TL: What do you mean by rare?
SC: Rare meaning we do shapes that are harder, a bit more aggressive…
SH: We didn't want obvious sexy. We wanted to make it softer and more subtle.
SC: Exactly.
TL: Will you guys be expanding to other areas like, say, jewelry?
SH: We just very recently launched men's shoes and we also very recently launched women's fragrance. We're starting now to build out these other pieces of the lifestyle of Jimmy Choo and I would say the door is open to any possibilities at this point. But those are the two main focuses for us right now, men's shoes and obviously maintaining the success we have in women's and also working very hard on our beauty area too.
SC: And we have sunglasses…
SH: It's interesting when we take these steps into new products like sunglasses and, in particular perfume, and men's too…its gone very, very successfully. So we are very lucky!
TL: How would you describe the Jimmy Choo look?
SC: I think she is sexy, glamorous, and confident. I like to think there is a certain attitude to the product that we do and the girl who is wearing it. And I think she's serious about fashion and at the same time, she wants to have fun! She wants to have a laugh, she wants to hang out, she wants to go out.
SH: There is definitely a sense of modern glamor; its never old fashioned. It's very now. It's very happening. It's definitely not an intellectual place. It's very easy to understand. Hopefully, we're always on the right side of tasteful and I think that's very important. And also theres a diversity in the collection that appeals to many different types of women. So we dress those who are very social, who work very hard, and you know, women who lead real lives, not just a fantasy…even if there may be a little fantasy to the story each season.
TL: So is there one woman you think that epitomizes the Jimmy Choo brand?
SC: Hard to say. It's every woman I think.
SH: I mean there are lots of amazing women who wear Jimmy Choo. Everybody from Michelle Obama to Gywneth Paltrow and fabulous women that we've never met.
TL: Well, like Shu Qi! Let's speak a little about that collaboration. How did that come to be?
SH: Well, she's been wearing Jimmy Choo shoes for quite some time now. So I think there was a natural affinity for her to the brand. Obviously we think she's a very glamorous person.
SC: She's also a respected actress, who's a little bit more international. So in that sense she's the right fit.
SH: There's also a side to her that's very natural and very approachable, which we love as well.
TL: So I heard you had design meetings with her yesterday? How did that go?
SH: Well, she liked so many things. It was really exciting!
SC: It was a nice meeting just to get to know her. Ultimately, a celebrity or the personalities, the people you've seen in magazines, we don't know them…
SH: Because you know there are a lot of times that the stylist does all the work with the client, so it's very rare for us to deal with them directly. So it was a very nice meeting, and she was enthusiastic and sweet.
TL: So what happens next? You guys meet now and…
SC: We talked about the things she likes, the color range, and what she expects to wear.
SH: What kind of heel height… And she kind of wanted us to surprise her.
T: Oh wow! Nice. Lots of freedom!
SH: She was explaining to us that sometimes she likes to build the outfit from the shoes first, and then find the dress to match. So that's perfect for us!
TL: Oh yes, perfect! How many styles are you doing?
SC: I think we are going to do maybe about six or seven, one for every day of the week. And they'll all be totally different and dynamic.
TL: So it's going to be for next season or it's not a seasonal thing?
SH: It has a special timing all on its own.
TL: And it's not going to be sold to anyone else later on or…?
SH: No, there might be some similarities and things in the collection, but these are made exclusively for her. I mean there is one picture that we showed her and she said I want that one just like that, so that's already in the collection.
TL: On to social media, what do you guys think of it? How do you think Jimmy Choo uses social media to their advantage?
SC: I love the fact that everything is quite instant. So it's a moment, it's a feeling that you've just captured. So there's no turning back. There's no time actually to edit anything, it's immediate. It's almost like instinct, which is nice. It's that connection to everybody. The world is getting smaller and smaller and it's actually nice to know what the general public people think about what we do. And we want to share our moments with everyone else too. It's a language.
SH: So it was a couple of months ago that we launched the site called 24:7 Stylemakers. It's a micro site, part of the Jimmy Choo online world. And it's a great social media space where fans of Jimmy Choo can take pictures of themselves wearing our shoes and upload their photographs to the site. So we are already working in a very interactive way with fans of Jimmy Choo and customers of Jimmy Choo. Each season we also work with a stylish woman in a great city and they do a great fun photo shoot using all of our products, but styled in their own way, which is also part of this micro site.
SC: It's very nice to see how normal everyday girls around the world today put on our shoes with whatever they're dreaming of. I mean it's kind of like breaking down the barrier of magazines with the individual styling. We sometimes look at the pictures and think, oh my gosh, she looks good!
TL: So with this SS13 collection, what is your favorite shoe or bag?
SCL I love the lace up gladiator sandal high heels.
TL: And do you have any other future plans for Asia specifically?
SH: Probably just more store openings!
TL: Nice! Is there anything else you would like to add?
SC: We are aware of Asia, let's put it that way!
TL: Okay, perfect! Thank you so much guys!
SH: Thank you. It was so nice to hang out with you!
TL: Yes and with you!


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Swaps, swaps and more swaps!
Not too long ago Mandy Vlak of Modern Mini Mind was looking for advise on how to make a modern kitchen. So, I offered to do a swap with her. I would make her a kitchen set and she would make something for me...and did she ever!
Of course, I did not do the "customary" thing and open one each day....does anyone really do that? It would have taken me a week to open all of these!
She basically showered me in wonderful accessories and food!
Mmmmmmm...ice cream!
Orange!, My favorite color!
Thanks Mandy!!! I can't wait to put these to use!
Here is what I sent to Mandy:
I made her this kitchen set complete with bar stools, pots and pans and some colorfully filled jars. The bar stools are actually made by Avi from Mini Models on Etsy. I bought several of them for the HBS Creating Contest, but ended up not using them.


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Our last morning in the tent!
The kids sleep so great while camping.
Grammy happily walked around and played with Esther while we took down camp.
Taking down a tent is a little longer process than preparing the RV to drive back home.
James 1:27 says, "Religion that God accepts as pure and faultless is this; to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." God desires for orphans of all nations to be loved, cared for, and adopted into Christian families-ultimately so they can become saved, and be adopted into His eternal family through Jesus Christ!


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Fourni Pebbled beaches
Location: 1 km south of Fourni Town
Description: Kambi is one of the most beautiful and popular beaches of Fourni, due to its closeness to the capital of the island. Surrounded by some greenery, Kambi has sandy seashore with soft pebbles.
Location: 15 km north east of Fourni Town
Description: Long and sandy, the beach of Chrissomilia is a great place to relax, totally secluded from the main village and port. Few trees line the beach providing shade to visitors.
Location: 4 km south of Fourni Town
Description: One of the island's most intriguing and beautiful beaches, Petrokopio is known for its transparent blue waters and the white pebbles.
Location: 13 km north east of Fourni Town
Description: Agia Triada has crystalline waters and it is located near Chrissomilia, on the north eastern part of Fourni. It is a long sandy beach with some shaded areas under the trees.
Location: 5 km north east of Fourni Town
Description: Found within a short distance from the capital, Bali offers an incredible location with direct access to the rocky landscape and the verdurous hills. The water is shallow and ideal for all ages.
Location: 8 km south of Fourni Town
Description: As it is surrounded by high rocks, Vlihada is sheltered from the strong winds. Small coves can be found in the region that are frequently used by naturists.
Location: 4 km south of Fourni Town
Description: This is the first beach to meet after Kambi, one of the main beaches on Fourni. Ellidaki has crystal water and sandy seashore with small white pebbles.
Location: 10 km north east of Fourni Town
Description: The beach is surrounded by a rocky landscape and green environment. There are few tourist facilities in Kamari, and the peaceful surrounding and rare beauty will compensate visitors.
Location: 5 km north east of Fourni Town
Description: Ampelos is a small beach surrounded by greenery, olive trees and ravines. Hidden between the cliffs covered with vast plantation that reaches the edge of the shore, Ambelos is an ideal place for nature lovers and naturists.
Location: 4 km north east of Fourni Town
Description: The beach of Koumara is relatively close to Fourni village, the capital and main port of the island. Nice and quiet, Koumara has crystal waters and it is surrounded by lush green landscape.
Location: 7 km south east of Fourni Town
Description: Due to its rocky landscape and the distance from the town, this beach is not much frequented therefore it is very relaxing and secluded.
Location: On the opposite island of Thimena
Description: The beach of Keramidou is located in a walking distance from Thimena village, on the second largest island of Fourni. The thin sand and almyrikia bushes are some of the main characteristics of this beach.
Location: 6 km south of Fourni Town
Description: Located on the southern side of Fourni island, Agios Ioannis Thermastis is a seaside settlement with few rooms to let.
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As devices like Netgear Orbi and Eero have shown: the age of routers and range extenders has ended. The future is tri-band or Wi-Fi mesh systems. And, surprising no one, the smart-home obsessed Google is all over it with the eponymous Google Wifi
And, it turns out that Google may have very well crafted the best Wi-Fi mesh system yet. Google's managed to create a system that offers more mesh units than competitors at a lower price, and a focus on simple setup and management. The result? We never want to look at another router again.
Price and availability
Unsurprisingly, Google doesn't ask for a lot of money for what's on offer. Google Wifi costs $279 (about £197, AU$360) for a set of three units – that's one primary 'WiFi Point' (the one you hook up to the modem or gateway) and two secondary WiFi Points.
In the UK, Google Wifi comes with a two unit set costing £229.
A single Google Wifi unit can be had for $119 (around £84, AU$153). Google promises that three Wifi Points can cover up to 4,500 square feet (418 square meters) in a home.
Unfortunately, at the time of writing, Google has made no mentions of pricing or availability in Australia. However, when we spoke to Google just before the UK launch, it suggested that it was looking to release Google Wifi globally in the future.
Google offers more units for less money than any competitor, like the Netgear Orbi, with all others costing at least $400 (about £320, AU$520) for the same amount.
Design and setup
Not only does Google have the clear advantage of pricing on its hands, but it also has the best-designed individual units and easiest setup of any offering. Each Google Wifi unit, a tiny, unassuming cylinder with a simple white LED band in its center, is capable of the same functionality.
This means that any of the three units could function as the "router" of the system, while the others can bestow wired internet (which is beamed to the unit wirelessly) with their included Ethernet ports as well as wireless internet. All three units are powered via USB-C.
Setup is as sublime as Google's hardware design, using a free iOS and Android app to facilitate the process. While we won't belabor you with the entire procedure, but the app configures your Wi-Fi network by first scanning the QR code on the Wifi Points connected to your modem or gateway and power.
From there, the app tells you to name your network and set a password, then pair the additional Wifi Points and label them in the app for reference. Again, it takes seconds for the "router" to recognize the Wifi Points and for them to begin broadcasting.
But, you're not going to get the same depth of access as even Netgear Orbi provides, so no band switching for you. However, Google Wifi handles this in the background automatically.
However, the app offers plenty more useful features, like constant monitoring of your network, its Points and the devices connected to it. The app has an included internet speed test similar to that of Ookla's, a mesh test that measures the health of your Points' connections as well as a Wi-Fi test that measures your connection strength from within the network.
You can also prioritize bandwidth to one device for a time, control smart home devices and pause internet access to certain devices in a family setting – all from within this app.
By far, this is the most complete and elegant suite of control settings we've seen from a Wi-Fi mesh system so far, despite its lack of dropdown boxes and toggles.
We've seen just as impressive, if not better, performance from the Google Wifi system as we have Netgear Orbi. Google Wifi draws the absolute most from our 100Mbps Wi-Fi service that we've seen any router able to, but can do so from every room of our, albeit small, house.
We've been able to stream 4K video through Netflix to our Roku Premiere in the basement as well as we've been able to play Overwatch in the office where the modem is located: without issue. Wi-Fi mesh systems like Google Wifi aren't focused so much about throughput as they are coverage, but this product delivers regardless.
The traffic prioritization feature can ensure that your gaming session is getting more of that crucial bandwidth than the other devices in your house that are Facebooking and streaming HD video.
Plus, the network can automatically repair itself should one or more of the Wifi Points be accidentally unplugged or otherwise lose power.
While we know that Google Wifi operates its mesh system over existing Wi-Fi bands (2.4GHz and 5GHz) over the 802.11s mesh protocol rather than Netgear Orbi's tri-band system that communicates over a second 5GHz Wi-Fi band, we haven't found a terrible difference between either's performance. We do see slightly faster download speeds in MB/s on the 2.4GHz band from the Orbi over the Google Wifi, but that could also be an anomaly.
The true benefit of Google Wifi over others is, simply put, its coverage for the price. You can get equal amounts of coverage in pure square footage from competing systems with fewer units, but the versatility having more units gives you in terms of shoring up dead spots can't be ignored.
We liked
Google Wifi is incredibly easy to setup and manage on a day-to-day basis despite its lack of some finer control. The fact that the system includes three units for less than some competitors charge for two or fewer is also a huge benefit. Finally, these units look even better in terms of design than systems like Netgear Orbi, and are much easier to hide in plain sight.
We disliked
While there isn't much to gripe about regarding Google Wifi, some might like finer control over Wi-Fi settings, like controlling which bands are broadcast and when. Also, as it uses AC1200 technology, Google Wifi isn't capable of the AC3000 or even AC2200 throughput that Netgear Orbi and Linksys Velop are, respectively, which might turn off those paying big for super-fast internet speeds.
Final verdict
Google Wifi is the easiest router that we've ever set up, period. And, that's considering the two extra devices required to complete it. For a relatively affordable price, Google offers more units than most competitors and the best setup and management app by far.
For all of the finer hardware controls it lacks, Google considered every toggle and test it could present in an easily understandable way through its app. (There's even bandwidth priority control.) Couple that with a hardware design that's easier to hide in plain sight than any we've seen yet, and you're looking one of the best Wi-Fi systems that money can buy today.
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Great guest blog post from our friends at the Digital Skills Academy
Digital Marketing is not going away. Some companies continue to stick their head in the sand, but while they do, others that are where their audience is will reap the benefits. Here are some key trends to be aware of for 2016.
Targeted mobile advertising
If you hear someone say '2016 will be the year of mobile' you'd be justified in quietly laughing to yourself. Safe in the knowledge that you know more about this subject than the person speaking. Of course it's mobile, what device are you using most of the day to check your status updates, watch videos, vines and message friends, it's rarely the work pc is it? It's not just in Europe or the US either, mobile is already used heavily globally in Africa, Asia and Latin America for ecommerce micro payments, business, pleasure and more. (See here for a detailed illustration of how mobile is booming in Africa).
To just say 'mobile' it would be a truism. The important thing is to know which mobile device is the choice of your target audience. Then you need to drill into the analytics to learn which operating systems they are using, what time of day, from what location and more. Do you have a predominantly iPhone audience, or an Android using one? Do they engage with your content before work, at work, on the way home, at the weekend, across multiple devices? All of this is vital information to carefully plan your digital marketing strategies.
Digital marketing will be able to be laser targeted on exactly the right audience for the type of products and services you are trying to sell for your clients. Successful digital marketing will discover where the ideal target audience are, and develop campaigns that are interesting, targeted and relevant to their intended audience.
Virtual reality and Augmented reality will become much more common
The twin tools of VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) are continuing to rapidly develop as bandwidth capacity increases for our mobile devices. Tomi Ahonen, leading digital commentator and author passionately explains how Augmented Reality will be the 8th form of mass media (following on from predecessors such as print, radio, and tv). The business case for augmented reality grows clearer to see as more and more businesses develop practical applications for its use, as recently demonstrated by Canon at its Paris Expo in October.
The annual European Augmented Reality Marketing Conference, held in Dublin is already into it's third year. Demonstrating as always that the future is already here, you just may not have had a go on it yet! As bandwidth capacity increases, 4G becomes more widely available, and 5G begins to emerge, so the capability of AR/VR will only improve. Follow it's organiser Alex Gibson for a constant insight into the world of AR/VR initiatives.
Amazing demo of Microsoft HoloLens capabilities in a typical domestic setting https://t.co/Db0SO2SL0s #augmentedreality
— Alex Gibson (@thepersuaders) December 5, 2015
Content is vital, develop good relationships with content creators
As the ability to make a website and an app become easier and easier, this returns the focus to the quality of what you find there. Digital marketing will be the way to bring attention to your sites. However you will need better, funnier, more interesting, more visual, and more engaging content than your competitors. At the recent Dublin Web summit it was interesting (and great) to see that the Content Stage was packed every day, with long queues waiting outside to enter.
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Whatever your particular digital marketing sector. You will still need to make sure you have got good 'talent' lined up. Bloggers, instagramers, vloggers, youtubers, pinteresters are already in demand, gauged by their digital footprint. You will need to have good talent in house, and good relationships with other, third party, content creators who like the brands you are trying to promote.
Successful digital marketing campaigns will cross multiple social media channels
Some companies declare 'we don't do mobile', 'Twitter is not where our audience are'. Fortunately this just provides the more nimble and agile digital marketing strategists the opportunity to achieve great success while the ostriches around them keep their head in the sand. Your readers are viewing your content across multiple devices, laptops, mobile phones, tablets. It makes sense to be viewable across these different devices and also across the various social media channels themselves, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and wherever else your audience roam. While this makes it harder and more fragmented, if you don't carefully consider where to have a presence you may find someone else taking your place!
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— DigitalSkillsAcademy (@DigitalSkillsAc) December 21, 2015
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That got your attention, didn't it? Does the term "blind as a bat" hold any meaning for you? Not that you came here for a history lesson, but it originally meant "to have bad eyesight" because it was thought that bats can't see. That clearly isn't what this post is about.
You probably are wondering what bats have to do anything.
Previously I talked a bit about having a plan, and today I'm going to show you a little of it. I am not an expert at planning. I didn't plan my best friend's wedding or plan any birthday parties. Hell, I didn't plan on doing lots of things that I wound up doing.
I am, however, going to plan this out.
I've learned over the years that planning makes things happen. I've also heard things like, "If you fail to plan, you plan to fail," or something along those lines. That's most likely true. Most businesses, I don't care what it is, have some sort of plan. It can keep you on track, keep you from getting stuck. Kind of like outlining (which, coincidentally, I haven't done much up either), you already know where the book is going so you don't have to make it up on the fly and hope it's good. (Not debating the "pantsing" versus outlining here. They both have merit.)
With a business, you can't "pants". You can't (or shouldn't) throw things up and see what sticks. Since I'm treating this as a business, and I want to be successful, I'm going to do some preliminary planning. I may break this into several posts and cover different aspects.
Part 1: Writing
I usually wing it when it comes to writing. This year (all of 2017) I'm trying something a bit different. I'm actually going to give outlining a try, in the hopes that it will speed up my writing process. I wrote a process based on some feedback from some questions I made in a writing group I'm in. Here it is:
- Outline as much as Possible.
- Write a careful draft. (I always discuss the plot with my wife as I go to keep from having holes, etc.)
- Read it out loud, line by line edit.
- Give it to my wife for proofreading, minor fixes, etc.
- Go through it and fix any issues she finds.
- Give to beta readers. Fix anything that comes up.
That basically covers the writing, and in what order I'm going to do things, although I may make changes as I go, specifically in the editing part. Currently, my budget is zero in regards to editing. That will most likely change as I get further into 2017. The list also includes time away from the list also includes time away from it, there will be several weeks between completing the draft and doing the line editing, that will (hopefully) allow me to come back and read(after much coffee) with fresh eyes.
That's it for the writing. Next time I'll go over my book release schedule. Feel free to leave me any questions in the comments. Thanks!


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The below excerpts come from e-mails between Marshall Manson, of Edelman, and Rob Port of the Say Anything blog. They span a two-month period in 2006, though the first four selections all come from the same, original e-mail.
1. The intro (establish credibility and disclose who you are):
Rob: Hello. I hope you're well. I just wanted to drop you a line and introduce myself. I'm a blogger myself (I contribute to Confirm Them and Human Events' blogs among others), but for my day job—I do online public affairs for Wal-Mart, working with Mike Krempasky who runs Redstate.com.
2. The flattery (show familiarity with the blogger's work):
Just wanted you to know that your post (http://sayanythingblog.com/2005/11/11/why-wal-mart-works/) taking notice of "Why Wal-Mart Works" was noticed here and at the corporate headquarters in Bentonville.
3. The FYI (connect your client's interests to the blogger's interests):
As you probably know, Washington-based union bosses have been running a campaign against Wal-Mart. And it's always a challenge when opponents organize to attack corporations. The companies always seem to have one arm tied behind their backs when they try to respond, so it's nice to see folks like you defending them when it's the right thing to do.
4. The ask (intriguing but soft):
If you're interested, I'd like to drop you the occasional update with some newsworthy info about the company and an occasional nugget that that you won't hear about in the MSM. Let me know.
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(BTW—I hate to ask, but if the temptation arises, please resist the urge to cut and paste text from this. Others have fallen into that trap, and I'd be sick if someone ripped you because they noticed a couple of bloggers with nearly identical posts.)
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Information about shopping for cheese and cheese shops in Calais, France – Day-tripper.net, the web magazine which saves you money when crossing the channel to Calais, to buy wine, beer, spirits and food, travelling by ferry or Eurotunnel.
When telephoning from the United Kingdom begin all numbers with 0033 –
The variety and price of cheese in French shops and hypermarkets is considerably better than in the United Kingdom Expand your horizons by trying new cheeses – you will enjoy the experience!
There are surprisingly few specialist cheese shops in Calais and Boulogne. Most people it seems head for the supermarkets. However these shops are well worth a visit. We would recommend making the effort to visit them.
– Essential web site. www.univers-fromages.com
Another list of French cheeses. www.fromages-de-terroirs.com
CREDIT CARDS – we suggest you ring your credit card company before shopping in France – increased fraud means they are turning down shoppers cards if their spending deviates from the norm. Take your mobile – you can often sort the problem out over the phone.
Shopping in Calais; Shopping Centres • Centre Auchan • Cite Europe • 4 Boulevards • Centre l'Usine • DIY – Leroy Merlin • Gardening Centres • Regional Products • Foot passengers • Sunday shopping
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The ten most popular cheeses in France (figures from 2000 – tonnes); Emmental – 123,773, Camenbert – 64,372, Coulonmiers – 39,073, Chevre – 13,877, Saint-Paulin – 26,154, Comte – 23,213, Portions – 21,503, Brie – 18,616, Fromages Fraise nature – 18,473, Mimolette – 18377.
Largest producing regions; Normandy and Pays de la Loire.
Did you know? – that 84% of Fromage Frais is water? That there are four types of goats cheese which depend on the length of time they matured? – tendre (new), demi-sec (semi dry), sec (dry) and dur (hard).
Pont l'Eveque. www.pont-leveque-aoc.org
Liverot. www.livarot-aoc.org
Camembert – Camembert factory tour – Camembert reo, Cessary. Tel: 0033 333 46 41 33. www.camembert-aoc.org
– La Maison Fromage et des Vins, 1, rue André Gerschell. Tel: 0033 321 34 44 72. Closed Tuesday. www.restaurant-lechannel.com
Nathalie Pinheiro, 1, rue Montaigne. Tel: 0033 321 97 03 30.
Boulogne has a better selection of good cheese shops.
Roland Delannoy, 88, rue Colonne. Tel: 0033 321 31 95 48.
– Philippe Olivier, 43, rue Thiers, 62200 Boulogne-sur-Mer. Tel: 0033 321 31 94 74. Open: Tuesday – Saturday 8.00am – 12.30pm. 2. 30 – 7.30pm. Famous for its range, including over 30 local cheeses. www.philippeolivier.fr
Maroilles has been made since the 12th century – they make it in squares from local cows milk. It's soft and moist with a tangy flavour and quite a string smell. The Abbey of Maroilles near Avesnes used to collect its dues (tithes) from local peasants in cheese, which the monks then matured for at least 3 months in the abbey cellars. During this time each cheese is individually brushed with salt water so the orange rind and special flavour develops.
Today the monks' tradition is carried on by one local farm, the Ferme du Verger Pilote – which (for best flavour) uses only the unpasteurised milk from its own herd of 120 Friesian dairy cows.
Elsewhere in Nord/Pas-de-Calais they make local variations of this famous cheese:
Le Vieux Lille or "Maroilles-gris" is soaked in local beer while it ripens. It ends up with a soft grey almost slimy appearance and an extremely strong smell. Sometimes called "Vieux Puant", "old stinker" – it's an acquired taste! We have found it bakes well with pasta, or as a topping.
La Boulette d'Avesnes is made from reject pieces of Maroilles, mixed with black pepper and tarragon, and rolled in hot red paprika to the shape of a cone – it's a strong firy taste.
Le Dauphin – a dolphin-shaped Maroilles with added herbs and spices. Originally created when Louis XIV and his son (The Dauphin) visited the region.
Sire de Crecuy – Made on one farm near Fruges in the "Sept Vallées" area, this is not an "appelation d'origine controlée", but highly rated as one of the great farm cheeses.
Mimollette. Mont de Cats. www.abbaye-montdescats.com
Other local Cheeses
Cremet du Cap Blanc Nez, a white creamy cheese.
Le Beval – from St. Pol sur Ternoise.
Le Coeur d'Arras – fine flavour (heart shaped).
Fromage Fort de Béthune – good with beer.
Rollot – from the area around Montreuil.
Le Vieux Boulogne – made from the milk of cows raised on salty coastal pastures. Smelly.
There are the mass-produced products you buy in the hypermarkets – and then there are the small "artisanal" producers. They use local fresh ingredients and traditional techniques to produce something distinctive that helps preserve local crafts, and the culture and heritage of how the area used to eat.
There are 22 named French cheeses entitled to use an officially run quality control system known as "appellation d'origine controlée" producing about 500 cheeses from cow, goat and ewe's milk.
Thick, soft squares of moist cow's-milk cheese with a vigorous tangy flavour and strong bouquet.
Invented in 1790 by a local farm woman Marie Harel near the village of Camembert, this is a soft cheese with a rind and is France's most famous cheese. Made in an area around Neufchâtel-en-Bray, less than an hour from Dieppe. Other cheeses from this region; Brillat-Savarin, Neufchâtel, Petit Suisse.
Also known as 'Le Colonel', Livarot is one of the great rind-washed cheeses of France, with a characteristic reddish-brown crust, a pungent odour and deep, but not overly strong flavour (Normandy).
This cheese has been in existence since the 13th century. A soft cheese with a washed rind, strong odour and a clean and pleasant taste (Normandy).
One of the oldest cheeses from the Ile-de-France, Brie is a soft, creamy cheese with a white rind and a full, nutty flavour.
This cheese from Alsace has a creamy consistency and is made from cow's milk with a pronounced flavour.
This mild, smooth cheese with its orange rind is made throughout the NorthWest, and is particularly popular in Brittany and the Loire.
Now made throughout North-West France, this pressed cheese has its origins amongst the trappist monks at Abbeye d'Entrannes in Mayennes. Creamy, mild and characterised by its bright orange rind.
About half the size of a Brie de Meaux, this cheese is bloomy, made from cow's milk and tastes faintly of almonds. There is a "brie market" every Sunday in the center of town.
Based on the classic Swiss cheese with its large holes, this cooked, pressed cheese should not be rubbery to the touch but have a slightly grainy texture and a fine nutty flavour.
Outstanding farm-produced goat's milk cheese, usually pyramid or cone shaped, aged for a month or so, when it develops its characteristic, pungent goat aroma.
A delicious Gruyère-type cheese, made from hard-pressed curds of cow's milk, produced in huge rounds and aged for more than a year, during which time the sides of the cheese become concave.
Classic, huge wheel of mountain cheese from Central France, traditionally made in mountain huts from unpasteurized milk, virtually straight from the cow, curdled (not cooked) and aged for over a year.
Mild and creamy in flavour and can be bought in flat discs weighing 340g.
A famous blue from the Montelimar region, made from goat's milk.
This small flat disc of cow's-milk cheese (once made of goat's milk) is made in Isere outside Lyon. Best eaten well aged and runny.
A blue cheese, slightly piquant with a fresh flavour made in the shape of a flat cylinder.
From the slopes of the Alps and the Jura mountains comes this white cheese with a pure, slightly salty taste.
This goat's-milk (or mixed goat's and cow's milk) cheese comes from the Banon region and is sometimes wrapped in fresh green or dried brown chestnut leaves and tied with raffia.
There are two cheeses from the Pyrenees. Appellation d'Origine Controlee (AOC) is a cylinder with a light rind made from ewe's milk. lt has a tang of the soil. The other cheese has a natural black rind covered with plastic or wax. Made from cow's milk, this cheese has a more subtle flavour.
Roquefort: 'The King of Cheeses', is one of the worlds most famous blue cheeses. It is made exclusively from ewe's milk and is smooth, firm and creamy with a mild piquant flavour.
– Chèvre – made from goat's milk, these are smooth and tangy. "Chévres frais" is from fresh young goat's milk, matured for 3 or 4 days. As they matur they become harder, developing into "Chévres secs" with deeper, stronger flavours. Couturier, Chèvretine, Chèvre de Bellay, Soignon. Valbreso Feta is made in this style, but with sheep's milk.
– Soft-Ripened – Best known for Brie and Camembert and their distinctive, snow-white rind. Claudel, Fleurs de France, Joan of Arc, Louis XIV, Marquis de Lafayette, Martin Collet.
– Semi-Hard – These cheeses, with a mild, even nutty flavour, hide a firm, supple texture under their crust. SAFR Port Salut.
– Hard – Made in the mountainous regions of France such as the Alps and Jura, these cheeses are very large, with a golden exterior and a pale yellow interior. Grosjean Emmental, Président Emmental, Madrigal.
– Blue veined – Distinctive blue-veined cheeses are produced in the mountain regions of France and often aged in caves. Consistency of blue-veined cheeses is allowed to vary from moist and crumbly to dry and creamy. Société Roquefort.
– Fresh Cheese – Neither cooked nor cured, these come seasoned, spiced or laced with fruit.
– Processed Cheese – A blend of various cheeses, they are mild, meltable and come in a variety of flavors and textures.
– Remove cheese from the fridge at least an hour before serving to allow it to come to room temperature.
– Vary the types of cheeses on your cheese tray. A good selection will include 3-5 examples from the 7 cheese types.
– Re-wrap each cheese separately and tightly, ideally in the packaging in which you bought it, which is designed to keep it fresh.
– Worry about eating the rind – it's perfectly safe to consume.
– Freeze cheeses – it kills the molds that have been carefully cultivated to ripen the flavour of the cheese.
There's a lot less fat in cheese than people think. When a label says "60% fat," what it really means is that 60% of the dry matter (the non-liquid part of the cheese) is fat – not 60% of the entire cheese.
Made from milk, a liquid, the dry matter may represent less than half of the content of the cheese.
– Check out the latest catalogue / leaflet offers (PDF). www.bonial.fr
Cheese.com, a useful site. www.cheese.com
Fromages.com, a useful site. www.fromages.com
– French Cheese. www.frencheese.co.uk


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