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I missed "Marketing Monday" so welcome to a Marketing Tuesday...
Four years ago I wrote a post about educating your target audience, and after some of the conversations with artists at the recent ShutterFest conference, I'm long overdue to get back to the topic. The Internet has given people more choices when it comes to shopping, especially finding a professional photographer.
On a relatively regular basis in some of the Facebook forums, the question will come up about ideas to educate your clients on quality. A lot of customers don't see the difference between mediocre and great, but the challenge goes so much deeper, and there's so much you can be doing.
Two previous posts are great to read. The first is Zach and Jody Gray's article, You're Not a Second Class Shooter. The second is by Simon King from the U.K. Time to Act Like a Head Chef.
The challenge, in addition to thoughts from Simon, along with Zach and Jody comes from the instant fulfillment, I-want-it-now society we live in. People are willing to settle and often let themselves get sucked into the issue of price and believing a picture is just a picture! Your challenge is to convince them that nothing could be further from the truth.
Everything starts with your presentation!
Galleries: Most consumers are going to visit your website first. Uncle Harry might have the same gear, but that's where the comparison ends. Start with your galleries - and NEVER show anything but your best work! Every image should be so good; it's the only one you'd have to show to get hired!
Ideas on displaying images: You've got the finest suppliers in the industry to choose from for albums, frames, and the actual printing quality of your lab. They're companies who should all be in your network and most of them Uncle Harry doesn't know about. From my perspective, the way a client sees your work initially has a lot to do with how quickly you're going to get them educated. So, utilize your website and blog to share ideas on displaying images.
There's no such thing as "just an album." If you're a wedding photographer, you've got to help them understand what an album really is. Think about this; a wedding album is the first family heirloom of a brand new family! Come on; you should be able to hear the angels blowing trumpets right now in the background. It's NOT just a book of photographs. It's a collection of memories. It's the first and most important story of the start of a new family. It's the first family heirloom to be handed down to future generations.
Leslie Milk wrote a book called "It's Her Wedding But I'll Cry If I Want To!" Published in 2005, it's still worth reading. Her target audience was brides, and she starts out the section on photography by saying:
"Here's the most important thing you need to know about wedding pictures: Book, the best photographer you can afford as soon as you set the date. The wedding music will fade, the flowers will die, and you won't even remember if you ate, let alone what you ate, at the reception. But the wedding pictures last forever."
Pricing - You get what you pay for! Let's move down the list. My wife and I love a great bottle of wine, and there is a difference between "Two Buck Chuck" and a decent cabernet. There's also the same comparison between a photographer who's going to shoot a wedding for $350 and hand the bride a disk versus photographers who know what they're doing. It's another point to be made as you're showing a client your images.
It's all about not missing the shots and capturing the memories. It's about storytelling versus just handing over a bunch of pictures. It's also about knowing what to do when things go wrong. Calling yourself a professional is a big responsibility and the best artists have backup gear if a camera body, lens or flash go down. They know how to get the shots they need no matter what happens or where they're shooting. They even have a backup plan should something happen to them personally and they need a friend/associate to fill in during an emergency.
Every wedding is unique. Every story of each couple is unique. As a wedding photographer, your goal is to make sure your potential client understands there are no two wedding albums anywhere in the world that are the same and you need some great props to make your point.
Do a marketing slideshow for your website and blog. Today, thanks to great companies like Photodex, you've got the ability to create great slideshows demonstrating your work. Combine their technology with today's camera features, like switching from still images to video with just the push of a button on Panasonic's LUMIX cameras, and you've got all the ingredients for a hybrid experience to leave clients speechless.
You should always have at least 2-3 different albums for your clients to see. This is about marketing, and you've got to show your very best work. Every album company and lab on the planet will cooperate with you on reduced costs for additional albums to show clients.
Remember you're a storyteller. In fact, you're the ultimate storyteller, and if a picture is really worth a thousand words then a good wedding album should match the works of Shakespeare!
If you have a home studio or some kind of showroom, have a couple of large images matted and framed for your walls. This applies to your booth at a bridal fair as well. It's Tiffany's window concept. You don't need to show everything in the store, just your most beautiful work. A few large images on display will do two things. First, they highlight your work and really show your skill set. Second, they plant the seed for big prints, something you might want to work on selling later on.
And, if you're having a hard time educating clients about printing images rather than just going digital, then read Michele Celentano's "I Believe." She's even given you the right to plagiarize and use it with your clients. Click on the jump drive image to the right to read "I Believe."
Remember to sign those big prints on display. Joe Buissink does one for every client when they come in to look at their proofs. He picks one of his favorite shots just to surprise them and have it on display.
Why does he sign it? Because he wants to establish himself as an artist, not just a photographer. A signature adds to the perceived value of the image and sets the tone for the work being more than just a photograph. It becomes original signed art.
Coverage of any wedding should always start with an engagement session. When engagement sessions first became really popular a lot of photographers saw them as an additional income stream. In fact, I remember one well-respected young photographer planning to just shoot engagement sessions, but in all honesty, that's not the biggest benefit.
An engagement session builds trust with your clients. This is about getting to know the couple and them getting to know you. By building confidence in the relationship early on, it positions you as a friend on the wedding day. The bride and groom already know you, and you know their tastes, their style and have already established their comfort level months before the actual event. The result is a more relaxed couple, better expressions and a far easier wedding day than if you just showed up cold for the first time.
The last point to remember - Stay on top of new products from all the manufacturers you work with, along with your lab, frame company, and album company. Keep working on your skill set, so you learn how to really tell the story!
I've used wedding photography for most of my examples, but the truth is, they apply to just about every photographic specialty. Professional photography, especially in the portrait/social categories is a word of mouth business. It's all about exceeding client expectations and never compromising on the quality of the story you've been hired to tell.
When it comes to quality, your clients do know the difference, but you've got to help educate them and teach them to recognize what makes your work the best!
Clients don't measure you on hard you tried. They measure you on what you deliver!
Steve Jobs
5/9/2017 02:10:42 pm
Excellent article, and something everyone who wants to be labelled a "Professional" should read. There's a lot of competition out there. Why? People perceive photography as "easy". Why do they see it that way? The better you are at it, the easier you make it look to outsiders. This instills the idea that we just click a shutter and work one day a week. Then, they go out, buy a camera and mimick what you did. Sadly, over time, tastes have gone lax and as said in the article, people want it now, so, they settle for less than the best. This huge proliferation of "less than good" work waters it all down. Still, a good photographer can and should be able to make themselves stand out.
5/19/2017 09:16:10 pm
WOW... when I saw the name of your article I expected another crap, but this is one of the best one I ever read on this topic. I only can agree with everything you have said.
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text: This year's final supermoon 1 was supposed to become full this morning at 3.45 am pacific time. But it appeared large and bright to me last night. According to Space.com, May's full moon has many nicknames, such as the Flower Moon. I was standing outside after an early dinner and saw the moon rise. I took quite a few photographs with my Lecia SL(2) and SL 90-280 lens. I even mounted the lens on a loaner Leica TL2, but these three images were most appealing to me.

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With her music, a mixture of Samba, Jazz and Rap, this powerful brazilian singer and songwriter defends and fights for black women. Her smooth and at the same time rough voice, is mesmerizing and inspiring. There is nothing like seeing her live shows.
Even if you don't understand the words, she still fills you with shame for being part of a society so inhuman. She fills you with rage and power to be proud to be a woman, and to fight against everyone suppressing and disrespecting others, due to their femininity, due to their colour.Tweet


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I am very grateful to work for a company that cares deeply about our mental health. We had a team building event recently, and I wanted to share some of the lessons learnt from a very fun day away from the office.
The day started with guided tour of the Q Station in Manly. It's a hotel now, but it used to be a quarantine station for infected ships entering our country. We were given a tour of the facilities, and educated on how patients were being treated there. During the tour, I felt really grateful for the improvements in science and technology that enabled us to overcome COVID today. COVID deaths in the world today (3M, 0.04% of world population) pale in comparison to deaths during the Spanish flu (50M, 2.7% of world population).
Interestingly, doctors used to be a superspreader. It wasn't until the mid-19th century that doctors began to wash their hands before examining patients. Doctors ranked highest in the workplace hierarchy of a treatment center, and no one dared to question their actions; people get fired for doing it. Ego is damaging - it gets in the way of progress.
The tour ended with locally made healthy drinks and snacks in one of the rooms in the facilities. It was the first time that some of my colleagues have met in person; we have been working remotely since the pandemic. After a good catching up session, we were led into a meditation room to start our next activity. We had a performance coach explain to us the benefits of breathwork in context of mindfulness and meditation. I learnt that diaphragmatic breathing increases oxygen saturation in the body which then eases physical and mental stress. We did a Wimhof-style exercise of inhaling slowly and exhaling very very quickly, repeated 40 times. According to the internet, its designed to help us focus on the things that matter and to let go of stressors that cost us energy.
Unlike other peaceful meditation sessions, this felt pretty stressful; and we had to do three rounds of it. In the rest between rounds, I felt my body slowly surrendering control to my mind. At the end of it all, I felt pretty good and peaceful on the inside. From this activity, I've learnt that my body is capable of letting go of stress that gets in the way of clear thinking.
Next up on the agenda is a physical activity - kayaking. Being new, I made common mistakes like bumping paddles with my teammate, and paddling hard but not moving the boat by much. Halfway in, instead of figuring things out on my own, I started to paddle according to the rythm of my teammate. Paddling in sync immensely increased our speed. I started shouting 1-2-1-2 to double down on this newfound cadence. We paddled our hearts out and came in third place despite having a late start. All this have shown me that a concerted team effort always triumphs over one man's effort.
Arriving on shore, I noticed that someone was filling up buckets of water with ice cubes. The next activity is an ice bath. Before today, I googled what to expect of an ice bath. They all said the same thing - it's really painful when you get in, but it feels so good afterward. Apparently ice baths strengthtens our sympathetic nervous system. This system governs involuntary physiological responses to fear and anxiety. More ice baths equals less fear. After signing a liability waiver form, I stepped into the bucket and lowered myself into the ice. I was instructed to stay still for more than 90 seconds to produce the desired effect. My legs were freezing and my body was telling me to quit.
Remembering what I learnt from breathwork exercises this morning, I started to shift my mind away from the bodily stress and stay calm. That helped. I managed to stay in the bath for 2 minutes. Getting out from the bath, I went straight into the winter sea and it never felt warmer. My colleagues experienced it with me and we had a good time chatting about what we felt. Sometimes, choosing fight over flight produces an unexpected reward.
The day ended with a another meditation session. At the front of the room were some skillful musicians playing zen music using singing bowls and other percussive instruments. They lighted some Frankincense which filled the meditation hall with a scent of calmness and relaxation. Everyone was tired. Most of us fell asleep during the session. It was a good day.
At night, I took the ferry back to Sydney city. With my AirPods plugged in with my favourite music, I stood on the deck to enjoy the fresh night breeze on my face. As we cruise back towards the city lights, a group of seagulls were flying alongside the ferry in a very distinct formation. Apparently, flying this way enables them to spend only half of the energy than if they flew alone. I wanted to know - why do they fly all the way back to Sydney alongside my ferry amidst the strong headwinds. I've since found out that they use the lights of the ferry to see fish underwater, and occasionally dive down and catch their dinner.
I had a good day, and a profound realisation that happiness comes easy from observing the beauty in everyday things.


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If you are a freelancer, an indipendent knowledge worker or you run a small business, BitTorrent Sync may be a better alternative to cloud hosting for your files.
BitTorrent Sync allows you to sync folders (hence, files) between your computers using the P2P protocol. I'll tell you shortly why this is an advantage and in which situations are particularly favorable to use BitTorrent Sync with one or more NASs.
What you get is essentially faster data access and minimal data loss, since all computers in your LAN will be able to quickly retrieve files in case of need. You also benefit from increased security, because there is no external cloud source to store your files (and thus potentially access them).
Below I explain how to install and use BitTorrent Sync to connect two or more NASs — or two computers — in your network and why you may want to opt for this solution.
How to use BitTorrent Sync to link two NASs
Pick a Linux or BSD version for your NAS, as it's free and community-supported. The most common distros for the NAS are FreeNAS, NAS4Free or Open Media Vault on your current Debian system.
If you have a Synology NAS, you may want to read the backup tips Arne Preuß of Cloudwards.net explained here.
Both my laptop and my netbook use Linux-based systems – Arch Linux and CentOS 6.5 – so I'm going to use the Linux version in this tutorial. My computers play the role of two NASs in this case, called NAS1 and NAS2 for convenience.
BitTorrent Sync is easy to install on Linux: just download the right package for your architecture (NAS1 is an x64, NAS2 an i386), extract the .TAR.GZ file to a folder of your choice, open the terminal and type this (customize it with your own paths first!):
cd /home/username/your-btsync-folder/
That will get you to the /your-btsync-folder/ of choice so you can operate in it. That folder contains two files after you extracted the .ZIP file:
- the btsync executable
- a License file
Now type in your terminal:
This is a command that executes btsync in the background.
Repeat this procedure on your other computer/NAS.
Once BitTorrent Sync is installed on both NASs, open the web UI by entering the address localhost:8888 in your browser. I did it on NAS2 in the photo below:
Your computers/NAS may take a while to connect to each other. Make sure your ports are open on your router firewall, or the computers/NAS won't sync.
I had this problem when I installed BT Sync on NAS2, because the software didn't make it to open the port automatically (happens!), so check the router firewall manually — you can generally reach your router admin panel at the address 192.168.1.1 in your browser — and open a port for BitTorrent Sync if necessary.
3 situations to use BitTorrent Sync with a NAS
Whether you decided to use BitTorrent Sync with two NASs or to link a personal computer to a NAS or two computers over a LAN, there are a few situations this solution would wind up beneficial in terms of both data loss reduction and privacy concerns.
Situation 1: You want to keep a local copy and a NAS copy synced
This is a basic situation where you want your files available at any time, not only on your personal computer. Maybe you're the type who travels a lot or is out for work all day long — I understand, been there done that. 🙂 Syncing your local copy with your NAS copy allows you to access your files anywhere, as all you need is remote access to your NAS.
Situation 2: You have a work group and you need to sync files between all machines so that everybody can have a copy
Basically, you and your work team would use the NAS as a private Dropbox, with the difference that a NAS (or a computer you use as a NAS) is even faster than Dropbox.
If you run a small business or a noprofit with a handful of employees, contractors and volunteers, this solution allows you to keep everybody up do that and share company files, brochures, software and anything else you need everyone to keep handy to keep things going.
Situation 3: You need a cheap solution to replicate important data
This is the situation when you need two or more NASs in different locations that are synced to each other — if one is faulty, there are other copies available in the other NASs, and since it's unlikely that all NASs will fault at the same time, the risk of data loss is close to none. Also, the protocol is fast and doesn't use too many resources per sync.
Situation 3 is more likely to be the situation a typical business find itself into. If you run a company, syncing more NASs will minimize the risk of data disaster and it will make file recovery easy. Since there is no central node, a faulty NAS doesn't compromise data.
This is an advantage for both business and private solutions and it can be done by using recycled computers as NAS drives.
Pros and Cons of using BitTorrent Sync with NAS/computers
- Minimize data loss (multiple copies across the computers in the network)
- Inexpensive architecture if you buy a good NAS or a computer and use a free and open OS
- Increased security (no external access, everything stays network)
- Data transfer is fast!
- Requires some tech savvy skills to setup
All in all, I have to say that my life as a busy freelancer with naughty computers has improved considerably since I installed BitTorrent Sync. Moving work documents and file backups stopped feeling like a chore and I no longer have to rely on remote backups — which proved unreliable in my case, because sometimes the connection comes and goes, so I lost a lot of data with the transfer — and I don't have to spend nights to copy stuff on my external hard disks only to spend the following night copying everything back in.
Have you tried BitTorrent Sync? If you have, did it help you reduce data loss?
I would love to hear your story. 🙂


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Fulfilling every stereotype of the hyperactive Silicon Valley CEO, Stephen Kelly took a run along the Mississippi ahead of his keynote at the firm's first conference with him as its boss.
What followed after Kelly had taken the stage was a flurry of information around the company's stated pivot towards modernity, including greater cloud adoption and a renewed focus on the American market.
Here's what you need to know.
1. Sage Live rapidly launched
Perhaps the strangest turn in Sage under Kelly is the company's partnership with cloud software firm Salesforce, which was revealed earlier this spring.
After a short honeymoon, the marriage has led to Sage Live, a "real-time" accounting product that operates off the Salesforce1 platform with a collection of apps catering to a range of business functions.
The product will be available immediately in the US, but the British and Irish will have to wait until the end of the summer.
2. ERP means 'Expense. Regret. Pain.'
In a somewhat obtuse move Kelly criticised the enterprise resource planning (ERP) industry, saying: "Honestly, it's been a well-padded meal ticket for the big five."
That SAP and Oracle are arguably the only two big software companies still operating out of that five did not diminish Kelly's distaste, with the chief executive renaming the letters: "Expense. Pain. Regret."
As such, the initialism is now dropped from Sage's product line. Many were understandably baffled by the move, the weight of opinion among analysts that spoke to CBR being that it was a marketing flourish.
3. Turning to the west
Some people are surprised to learn that Sage is a British company, the firm having been founded in Newcastle back in 1981.
Judging by the early US release of both Sage Live and the ERP package Sage X3, the company is doing its best to reinforce this impression, and wants to be treated like an American company when it does business Stateside.
"I think in the US we're like an American company," Kelly said to CBR. "I think we've got momentum in the US; I think we're ready for prime time in the US."
4. Champion of British SMBs
Sage has long been oriented towards small and medium businesses (SMBs), and now is seeking a role for itself as the champion of the segment, particularly in its home country.
"The economies of the world demand the success of the small and medium businesses, and pretty much these guys have done it on they're own," Kelly said during the keynote.
However in later remarks to CBR he noted that the British government was not doing enough to support smaller companies, highlighting business rates for office space and plans to raise the minimum wage as issues.
5. Tech support not up to scratch
It is rare for vendors to admit serious problems with their services unless they are seeking to turn a previously weak element into a selling point for the company.
According to Kelly: "Every technology company has done a mixed job on support." As such, it is something that he wants his company to improve on, and will likely factor into whether he can maintain the "Customers for Life" central to his business plan.


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Over the past couple of years, I've written a bit about the London-based JOVM mainstays Ten Fe, and as you may recall, the act, which was initially comprised of founding members and primary songwriters Ben Moorhouse and Leo Duncan can trace their origins to when they met at a party. Bonding over their experiences playing in a number of London-based bands in which they felt as though there was pressure to fit into a particular scene through a way of playing or a certain way of looking, and they hated it, as they felt it was unnatural and unnecessarily labored. They became busking partners, playing in the London Underground. And in those days, they enjoyed the simple pleasure of playing music they loved — mostly early rock, early Beatles and the like — and earning cash while doing so. They noticed a profound simpatico and began to play their own original material. "We had a very clear idea of what we wanted. For things to be simple, based around songs that are unashamed in their directness, and that we love: The Cure, U2, Springsteen and The Stones. We'd spend years playing through these on the tube, realising you don't need to break the mould. Its best to ignore all the voices telling you that you need to for the sake of it, and go for something deeper," the duo explained in press notes. And with Ten Fe, Moorhouse and Duncan wanted to focus primarily on the song with style serving the song —and while centered around rousingly anthemic hooks, their sound is often difficult to describe as it possesses elements of the classic Manchester sound, Brit Pop, electro pop, contemporary indie rock and 70s AM rock.
Moorhouse and Duncan then spent the two years, writing, revising and recording in each other's bedrooms, which included prolonged writing sessions at Duncan's dad's house in Walsall, UK, relentless busking, hustling and saving, and an impossibly lengthy list of band members and producers before they signed a publishing deal and briefly relocated to Berlin, where they recorded their Ewan Pearson-produced full-length debut effort Hit the Light. "Its no coincidence that the name of this band means 'have faith'" says Leo Duncan. After spending 18 months touring to support their critically applauded full-length debut effort Hit the Light, the project officially expanded into a full-fledged band with the permanent additions of touring members Rob Shipley (bass) and Johnny Drain (keys), who are two of Duncan's oldest friends from Walsall, and Alex Hammond (drums).
As the story goes, the members of the band felt a renewed sense of confidence when it came to preparing to write and work on their follow up effort Future Perfect, Present Tense. They set up shop in a vacant driving license office in East London, where the majority of the writing was done, and as they were nearing the end, they went to Oslo, Norway where they tracked the material before returning to London to finish the album with producer Luke Smith, who has worked with Foals, Depeche Mode, Petite Noir, and Anna of the North— and mixed by Craig Silvey, who has worked with Arcade Fire, Florence & The Machine and Amen Dunes. Thematically, the material reportedly is a mediation on everything that has brought them all to the point of their sophomore album, and everything they've willingly (and perhaps unwillingly) left behind in actually getting there.
The album's second single "Won't Happen" was centered around jangling guitars, a bouyant groove and a soaring, arena friendly hook while Duncan laments and repents for his past indiscretions — although it's difficult to determine who he's repenting to: is it a lover? or to himself? But one thing is certain, there's a sobering sense of the passing of time and what it means to get older, even if it doesn't necessarily mean getting wiser. "No Night Lasts Forever" Future Perfect, Present Tense's third and latest single is an atmospheric track that hints at New Order and Unforgettable Fire-era U2 — but with a soaring, 70s AM rock-inspired hook; however, emotionally the track may arguably be the most ambivalent and uncertain they've ever written. As the band notes "There was a debate when we were writing the song as to whether that's an optimistic or a pessimistic statement. But we decided we liked the ambiguity — that it didn't have to be one or the other."Interestingly, much like its immediate predecessor, the track is imbued with a the sense of time rushing by and not quite knowing if you've spent it well or if you've pissed it away. And while sobering, all experiences whether good or bad are part of the story of a life lived.
The band will be embarking on a Stateside tour to support their highly-anticipated sophomore effort and it'll begin with a March 19, 2019 stop at Bowery Ballroom. Check out the rest of the tour dates below.


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Actress Nicole Eggert recently accused fellow actor Scott Baio of sexually assaulting her while she was underage. Baio, determined to clear his name, appeared on "Good Morning America" on Weds. and demanded that the former co-star stop the accusations for the sake of his 10-year-old daughter.
People reports that Eggert, 46, claimed that Baio, 57, took advantage of her and started molesting her when she was 14, on the set of the 1980s CBS show, "Charles in Charge." It's an accusation that Baio says is "100% lies" and "ridiculous."
Here is my full response to Nicole Eggert's false charges. pic.twitter.com/EdemHl6L70
— Scott Baio (@ScottBaio) January 28, 2018
"Why somebody would come after me, my reputation and stop me from doing something that I love doing, and more important than that is my wife and I have a 10-year-old daughter," Baio said during a Weds. morning interview on "GMA."
"And my 10-year-old daughter does not need to be hearing about this from friends at school, these false allegations. Her job is not to defend me. My job is to defend my daughter. Her job is to be 10 years old and that's why this has got to stop."
Baio also questioned Eggert's version of events, which he said has changed several times. Baio admitted that he did indeed have a sexual relationship with Eggert, but it was after she became an adult. He said Eggert first said she had sex with him at age 17, then later changed it to age 14.
"So I'm trying to figure out which times she's lying and which times she's not lying because the story seems to change quite a bit," Baio said. "I can't keep up with it quite honestly."
Eggert, however, is sticking to her story. In an interview with "Today"show's Megyn Kelly, the actress said she wasn't ready to tell her story until now, and that she spent many years covering up the truth.
"My truth is is that I wasn't ready to tell my story. And for me it was always protecting the show and protecting the legacy that nothing happened there. That was my delusion, and that was my cover up always. And that's not the first time I covered it up. I did it my whole life."
Eggert recalled that the first alleged incident happened in Baio's car when she was an impressionable teen. She also said Baio knew what he was doing was illegal and warned her not to tell anyone.
"We were at his house, in his car, in his garage and he reached over and penetrated me with his finger, and that's when sexual touching and abuse started after that."
Eggert also mentioned she's considering going to the police, but Baio indicated that he wasn't worried, claiming he did nothing wrong.
"Why would I have a concern over something I didn't do?" Rather than take your case to social media, where people tend to beat up people like me, why not do it through the proper channels? You put up allegations like that, and it becomes like wildfire."
The story is still developing. Check back with CrimeOnline as additional details become available.
[Feature Photos: Scott Baio via AP/Amy Sussman/Invision, Nicole Eggert via AP/Star Max]


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Your Beaver Creek home is like a book – it gets judged by its cover.
And a big part of that is the look of your lawn.
Our network of lawn care companies in Beaver Creek, MN will give you a lush green lawn and can improve the overall look of your home, improving curb appeal and even increasing your property value.
To ensure that you have a vibrant and healthy lawn is to maintain and care for it. Everyone is familiar with the act of mowing the lawn, but there is a lot more to lawn care including:
- Seeding
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- Aerating
- Fertilizing
- Pest Control
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The Importance of Lawn Care in Beaver Creek
Lawn care is an important thing for homeowners. There are many rewards that come with having a great lawn. Your home will look much better, to start with. The worth of your property can even improve. Furthermore, it's beneficial for the atmosphere, and it helps to create more oxygen. In addition, you'll have a nice outdoors space to enjoy spending time with friends and family. You'll need standard lawn care services if you want a great lawn. On the subject of lawn maintenance in Beaver Creek, Minnesota, Trugreen is the innovator in lawn care services.
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TruGreen is a team of lawn care experts who are highly qualified to provide the best recommendations for you and your lawn, no matter which part of the United States you live in.
TruGreen can take a look at your lawn's grass type and soil condition and come up with the best plan for your lawn's specific needs.
In fact, we've connected more than 200,000 customers over the last 12 years with TruGreen which has helped them get a lawn they love.
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See what happens when a school's lunch food goes on strike as a result of students' poor lunchroom behavior. This video shows young children that behavior in the school cafeteria matters. Learn what children can do to improve cafeteria behavior.
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AMC are embroiled in yet another big bucks legal battle involving the lucrative "The Walking Dead" franchise, but this time Frank Darabont doesn't have anything to do with it, at least not yet.
The cable network, "TWD" creator Robert Kirkman and his Skybound shingle, Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment and executive producer David Alpert are all among those named in a copyright suit from Mel Smith that says the second season of "Fear The Walking Dead" was lifted from his "Dead Ahead" comic series. "Within the last three years, defendants, and each of them, infringed plaintiff's copyright in 'DEAD AHEAD' by, among other things, broadcasting or otherwise exploiting the second season of 'FEAR THE WALKING DEAD,' " says the succinct complaint filed in federal court in California this week (read it here). "Portions of that season's 13 episodes were copied from plaintiff's copyrighted literary work 'DEAD AHEAD.'"
Like most dead letter office rip-off claims, Smith is seeking a wide array of damages and a jury trial. Unlike most dead letter office rip-off claims, Smith says that "FearTWD" EP and Kirkman biz partner Alpert used to be his "agent representative for the purposes of consulting with motion picture and television studios on the use or exploitation of 'DEAD AHEAD.'"
"Defendant ALPERT violated and continues to violate his fiduciary obligation to plaintiff by engaging in a pattern and practice of self-dealing, placing his own interests ahead of the interests of his principal and client, wrongfully depriving plaintiff income from the use and exploitation of 'DEAD AHEAD,' including the ideas embodied therein, and using his principal's and client's intellectual property to enrich himself," says the complaint from San Francisco firm Phillips, Erlewine, Given & Carlin LLP. "In so doing, defendant ALPERT failed both to preserve his confidential communications with plaintiff and to disclose to plaintiff the conflict inherent in his business and creative involvement with the other named defendants," it goes on to state.
"All the other defendants named above knew or, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have known of defendant ALPERT's fiduciary relationship with plaintiff," the seven-page filing adds in a line that carries greater weight based on how close professionally Alpert and Kirkman are.
AMC had no response to a request for comment on the latest lawsuit when contacted by Deadline Wednesday.
However, in a franchise where ex-showrunner Darabont and CAA have been after AMC in court for nearly $300 million over owned "TWD" and "FearTWD" profits for almost five years and Kirkman, Hurd and Alpert are also locked in a legal fight over money with the outlet since last summer, this could get very interesting.
Besides the Alpert connection, a significant portion of the second season of "FearTWD" was actually set on the ocean as Kim Dickens' character and others sought to escape the chaos enveloping L.A. on the spinoff. Well, guess where most of the 2008 – 2010 running "Dead Ahead" comic series took place? Think about it a sec, are you swimming in ideas?
Yep, zombies at sea in a world besieged by a living dead plague.
That's got to bite.
On one more note, while various AMC units, Kirkman, Skybound, Alpert, Vahalla and New Circle of Confusion Productions are all named as defendants in Smith's suit, "FearTWD" co-creator and now former showrunner Dave Erickson interestingly is not. Expected to be a Comic-Con next month along with all the EPs and "TWD", "Fear The Walking Dead" returns for the second half of its fourth and now Dickensless season on August 12.


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Mayor de Blasio announced Monday that he wants to extend his pre-K program — promising free full-day child care for all city 3-year-olds by 2021.
He just doesn't know how to pay for it.
Hizzoner said it would cost about $1.1 billion annually, and offered to put up an additional $177 million on top of the $200 million the city is already spending on seats for low-income families with 3-year-olds.
But de Blasio expects that the remaining roughly $700 million would come from the state and federal governments — where he has few friends and little clout.
De Blasio noted that he had not yet gotten around to broaching the matter with political frenemy Gov. Cuomo.
And any such solicitation would come amid a ferocious feud with President Trump, with whom he has been exchanging insults for months.
The mayor said he had not reached out to the Trump administration for funding.
The initiative, called 3-K for All, is the latest in a string of hazy election-season proclamations de Blasio has made that have been long on ceremony but short on specifics.
He wants to shutter Rikers Island, add 100,000 city jobs, and build 90 homeless shelters — all over the course of the next decade. But how? Don't ask.
De Blasio said he was confident he could expand the existing pre-K program — his pet project — and assured reporters that an inordinate attention to "reality" was defeatist.
"I'm not going to be held back by our current reality," he said.
Despite the question marks, de Blasio's press office issued a 6,259-word press release bursting with praise from supporters.
City Hall even spiced up the statement with a liberal TV pundit, enlisting CNN's Van Jonesto to laud the mayor.
"Mayor de Blasio's decision to expand early-childhood education for young New Yorkers is a game-changer in the fight to close the achievement gap," he said. "This initiative will help build a better future for our children — I hope other communities will take note."
While the grand plan might prove a stiff challenge, de Blasio said the city would roll it out this September in the South Bronx and Brownsville, Brooklyn, for a less daunting $36 million.
It's still not clear how he will enact some of his other plans, such as replacing Rikers Island with new jails around the city.
He has already rejected some of the proposals in a report on the closure idea by a blue-ribbon commission, such as decriminalizing prostitution and putting one of the new jails on Staten Island.
He also has given few specifics on how he would create 100,000 new jobs that pay an average of $50,000 a year.
Meanwhile, he has acknowledged the uphill fight for his 3-K plan, saying it would prove tougher than his pre-K initiative.
"Pre-K was no walk in the park to put together," de Blasio said. "This is going to be even harder, and it will take a little more time."
The move may serve to remind voters of his pre-K triumph while allowing the mayor to later blame state and federal officials should funding dry up.
"I think it's an incredibly savvy move," a Department of Education source said. "If anything, he gets a few districts signed up and that alone will win praise. If he doesn't get the money to expand, he blames his enemies."


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And now the conclusion of the tale of Iðunn's abduction, which was begun in part 1 and continued in part 2.
The Abduction of Iðunn, Part 3
"But the falcon flew,
fast to Ásgarð
and reached the safety
inside its walls.
Then set the Æsir
a sawdust blaze,
but the eagle was unable
to end its flight.
With feathers burned,
in the fort it crashed,
and quickly slain
was the sire of Skaði.
The gods and Lopt
then gathered around
the precious cargo
he placed before them."
"A charm I speak
to change you back,
from nut to goddess again,
from nut to Iðunn anew."
"Eat my apples,
Asgard dwellers;
regain your glorious youth,
regain your vital vigor."
"Finally refreshed
and full of youth,
the gods were happy
and again carefree,
till Skaði with weapons
wended to Ásgarð,
thirsting for vengeance
for Þjazi her father…"
"Gods of Asgard,
my grievance you'll hear —
I seek to avenge my sire.
Let the bane of Þjazi
in battle face me;
he will pay the price in blood."
"Let us avoid
that vengeful bloodshed
and seek to settle with peace.
The Æsir now
will offer weregild —
atonements three for Þjazi."
"The gods and Skaði
agreed on the terms:
a memorial, a husband
and making her laugh."
"Here now choose
a husband from us
by simply seeing the feet."
"I choose this one
with charming feet;
they ought to be on Baldur."
"Njörðr of Nóatún
you've named as husband,
I'm happy to hear your choice."
"Now release a laugh
from my lonely heart;
I don't know how you'll do it."
"I'm master of mischief
and making laughter;
with goat I'll get it done."
He bound his balls
to the beard of that goat;
back and forth,
both were squealing.
He fell in her lap;
finally she laughed,
and another part
of the payment was filled."
"As final payment,
I fashion now
for your father a fine memorial."
"For Skaði's weregild,
into the sky above,
Óðinn threw
the eyes of Þjazi,
shaped into stars
shining at night;
these bright beacons
are a brilliant tribute.
With atonements three
was Þjazi's daughter
with the ruling Regin
reconciled and joined.
Thus Skaði we honor
for skis and snow
and wild winter's
wondrous delights."
[The end.]
Copyright © 2012 Eirik Westcoat.
All rights reserved.


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Sure, there's safety in the wharf
And many a peaceful sight.
In the capricious waters though,
I find the exciting invite !
There's comfort in surety
But I'd any day take a scare.
Diving in despite the dread,
reassured that I dare.
For inertia soon becomes dull
With its slumbering sing-song lull.
Its activity that has the exciting bait,
Hooks you into journeys that can't wait !
Anchored and happy, that's what you say ?
I'd take Unmoored and awaiting any day.
Now I'll follow the stars and waft into the sea,
For I hear its cacophony calling out to me.


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The winning idea from Alec Conway looks to create street-lockers that can act as an infrastructure for the homeless community, giving them secure storage spaces for their possessions, but more importantly they will double as PO boxes that provide the user with a permanent address. The provision of a fixed address is a key part of preventing the homeless from being permanently excluded from society, as it allows them to open a bank account, access essential services and employment opportunities. These digital lockers will also act as a hub for the community to find local information and resources as well as a donation point for the general public.
Alec's idea began three years ago when he was interrailing around Europe. He saw homeless people carrying all their possessions and he began to question why they didn't have any place to store them. It deeply affected him, and when he returned to the UK he began exploring the issue as part of his final year project at University. It was here that he became aware of the vicious cycle that homelessness creates and how difficult it can be to end this awful situation without a registered address.
Alec's Solve for Tomorrow journey for Project Dignity began at the end of last year when he, along with 585 other teams of young UK innovators, submitted a technology-focused idea to help tackle one of four key challenges faced by society: Education, Social Isolation, Diversity & Inclusion, and Sustainability. After initially being shortlisted, Alec has taken part in six months of judging and mentor workshops to help him develop and evolve his concept. Alec's win, over the four other finalist teams in the running, has made his dream of making Project Dignity a reality.
Alec commented: "I honestly can't believe that I've won. When I first became aware of how difficult it is to break the cycle of homelessness three years ago, my street-locker idea was just a pipedream. It's been inspiring to have had the chance to work with experts who believed in my idea and I can't wait to take it on to the next level. In the next six months we'll hopefully see the first set of lockers being installed – I'd like them to be in London because that's where the issue is most prevalent in the UK."
Since being shortlisted, Alec has worked with his Samsung mentor, Joanna Jaudie, to develop both his business proposition and its design, and he will now begin crowdfunding for the next iteration of the lockers after receiving a lot of interest from people that would like to invest in his innovation. Alec has also had interest from the Salvation Army regarding potentially setting them up in Bristol. After winning the competition, Alec will be working with Samsung and Digital Catapult alongside a startup partner to build a prototype for the locker over the next six months.
Jessie Soohyun Park, head of corporate social responsibility at Samsung UK, commented: "Our goal for Solve for Tomorrow has always been to give the next generation the opportunity to develop a technology-based idea that will help tackle societal issues. Alec has, from the beginning, shown himself to be a true innovator, understanding the issues facing our society, and creating a deeply insightful approach to finding a technology-driven solution. Samsung is incredibly excited to see how he progresses through the next six months, and where his journey will take him."
Geraldina Iraheta, chief commercial officer at Digital Catapult added:
"Delivering Solve for Tomorrow with Samsung for the first time in the UK has been a rewarding experience for the whole team at Digital Catapult. We firmly believe that technology has a crucial role to play in solving society's biggest challenges and creating long term sustainable solutions. We've been inspired at every step by the young people involved and the ideas they've presented, and the judges have had an impossible task to pick a winner!"
Previous winners of Solve for Tomorrow include Hope of Detroit Academy (Detroit, Michigan) who created an app called the Green Warrior to track locations with excessive amounts of garbage and report them to local organizations that help lead clean-up efforts, the GEMS World Academy (Dubai) who devised a multi-purpose vest with built-in cooling pads to help manual workers to help maintain body temperature in sweltering conditions, and Team A.I.R. (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) who developed a sensor able to monitor and transfer data on pollution levels in the water supply using an Internet of Things (IOT) application that measures contamination in real-time. Alec now joins these inspiring young innovators who are using technology to help improve the world around them.


text: Digital Mammograms Offered Close to Home With Mobile Health Vehicle September 19, 2019 September 19, 2019 – Time, transportation and expense are no longer obstacles to obtaining comprehensive breast care. The Southeast Georgia Health System custom-designed Wellness on Wheels (WOW), a completely self-contained mobile health vehicle that features the same advanced digital mammography equipment found at the Health System's Breast Care Center, travels to rural locations in Brantley, Camden, Glynn, Long and McIntosh counties to offer breast imaging services. The WOW is staffed by female mammography technologists specially trained to perform breast imaging, and all mobile unit mammograms are read by the same group of radiologists who review Breast Care Center mammograms. Most insurances are accepted and financial assistance is available to patients who qualify. In March 2019, the Health System's commitment to fighting breast cancer was recognized with a generous $50,000 grant from Coastal Georgia Affiliate of Susan G. Komen. The grant helps the Health System provide screening and diagnostic breast imaging services for uninsured and underserved patients in Glynn County and rural areas of Southeast Georgia. For more information about the Komen grant and low or no-cost mammograms for uninsured or low-income persons, please call 912-466-5235. The WOW will provide mammograms at the following locations during the month of October. Please note that all mammograms require a physician's order. Thursday, Oct. 3, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. McIntosh Family Medicine Center, 1022 Miller Lane SW, Darien Call 912-466-5857 for information and appointments. Friday, Oct. 4, 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Wellness Way Medical Office Complex, 7000 Wellness Way, St. Simons Island Call 912-466-5235 for information and appointments. Monday, Oct. 7, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Glynn County Health Department, 2747 4th St., Brunswick Call 912-264-3961 ext. 3249 for information and appointments. Tuesday, Oct. 8, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. McKinney Community Health Center, 9355 N. Main St., Nahunta Call 912-462-6222 for information and appointments. Monday, Oct. 14, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Brantley Family Medicine Center, 21300 Hwy 82, Waynesville Call 912-466-5941 for information and appointments. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. IGA Supermarket, U.S. Hwy 84, Ludowici Call 912-545-2107 ext. 233 for information and appointments. Wednesday, Oct. 23, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Perry Park Clinic, 2215 Bartow St., Brunswick Call 912-275-8028 for information and appointments. Thursday, Oct. 24, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. McKinney Community Health Center, 711 Charles Gillman Ave., Kingsland Call 912-510-9728 for information and appointments. Categories Featured Press Release Wellness on Wheels Previous Next


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Admission is open to everyone irrespective of caste, creed and religion. However, the school reserves the right to admit or refuse admission to a candidate at its discretion as per its own criteria of admission.
For admission to class Pre- Nursery, a child should have completed the age of 2 years on 30th Nov 2021, for class Nursery a child should have completed the age of 3 years on 30th Nov 2021 and for Prep, the child should have completed the age of 4 years on 30th Nov 2021. Corresponding increase in the age will apply for higher classes. For admission to class Xl (if any) the eligibility criteria will be on the basis of merit.
Registration is normally done for classes Pre-Nursery, Nursery, Prep, I, VI and IX only. An advertisement in the local newspaper regarding the registration normally appears in the month of August/ September every year. The registration form duly filled, along with the non-refundable processing fee should be submitted in the school by the due date.


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SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has called up Paok of Greece midfielder Anderson Esiti as a replacement for the injured Wilfred Ndidi for the September 10 friendly encounter against Ukraine in Dnipro.
In what will be the first senior meeting between the two sides, Nigeria will face Ukraine's national team in the southern city of Dnipro during next month's Fifa window. Ndidi of Leicester City has had to pull out of the match after picking up a hamstring injury that saw him miss last weekend's league match.
Coach Rohr has thus called up Esiti, 25, as a replacement and has also handed an invitation to leftback Bryan Idowu increasing the number of players invited for the friendly to 24. Esiti, who joined Greek champions, Paok from Gent in Belgium last month, has featured twice for the Super Eagles in the past.
A Nigerian Football Federation spokesman said: "Coach Gernot Rohr has called up Paok FC of Greece midfielder Anderson Esiti as replacement for the injured Ndidi. Bryan Idowu has also been added to the list to make it 24 players for Ukraine friendly."
Ndidi picked up an hamstring injury in Leicester City's penultimate Premier League game against Chelsea at the Stamford Bridge where he netted the Foxes' equalising goal. He subsequently missed out on the club's 2-1 away win at Sheffield United last weekend and is expected to spent few weeks on the sidelines to recover fully from the injury.
Idowu, who plays for Russian club, Locomotiv Moscow, is making a return to the squad after over a year. Idowu, 27, has been consistently snubbed by Rohr since the 2018 World Cup in Russia for falling to feature regularly for his club.


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Bees Wax
A beautiful soft bees wax bar from a local London farm.
Use as I do for running your threads lightly through.
This technique adds a light coating of the wax and strengthens your thread.
It also helps to stops all those knots!
This is a must have essential, in my personal embroidery kit.
Each bar measures roughly 8cm x 2cm.


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The Speedway Revolution R120 UHF RFID Reader delivers the performance, quality, and reliability necessary for maximum visibility of tagged inventory and assets. Able to maintain high read rates regardless of RF noise or interference as the readers adapt automatically for optimal functionality, Speedway readers are a powerful piece of item visibility platform solutions. Impinj's innovative Speedway® Revolution RFID reader with Autopilot automatically optimizes its operation to the environment—delivering peak performance at all times.
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21 february 2020 / presentation at Halting the loss of pollinators conference
Venue: Brussels, Belgium
Frank Stubbe ( Vlaamse Landmaatschappij (VLM)) presented the BEESPOKE project and participated in the panel discussion:
Conference: Halting the loss of pollinators: the role of the EU agricultural, regional development and cohesion policies
Venue: European Committee of the Regions - Brussels
Overall objective:
The need to maintain and restore habitats for pollinators in rural and urban areas has been long established in the EU policies, in particular, the EU biodiversity strategy to 2020. The EU Pollinators Initiative looks to strengthen the integration of this need by promoting and facilitating the uptake of effective measures and projects under the EU agricultural and regional development policies. The BEESPOKE project has been invited to explain their approach to tackle bee decline.
Specific objectives:
1° Take stock of the contribution of the EU agricultural and regional development policies to the conservation of pollinators in the programming period 2014-2020;
Different projects were explained and discussed. The power of peer learning is at the core. Communication solutions is the most important, and find way to do that. Better identification of needs and better strategic planning.
2° Discussion on how to build on lessons learnt to ensure more effective measures and projects in the 2021-2027 period.
Is the full potential of all European funds delivering the full potential to tackle the pollinator decline. These discussion was at the core of day and how can we increase our impact with cohesion money to enhance biodiversity across Europe.
An important conclusion was that a better coordination is needed between the 2 big European funds: the cohesion fund and the CAP.
For the next program period more coherence in the policies, better complementarity and integration is necessary.


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I think it's very suitable for the slogan, and also very suitable for male groups, plus it's free for personal use.
FF Clan Font Family
The FF Clan font has been around (virtually) since the 1980s. It was created for use in word processing programs before being made available commercially to the masses. It's a fun and funky font that can add some serious flair to commercial products as well as personal ones.
Fans of Final Fantasy are in for a treat today. After the huge success of the previous theme pack, the team at Gaming theme now returns to you with another pack, FF Clan font.
This is a collection of fonts that are based on characters from various FF games. If you ever dreamed about seeing your favorite game's character to be represented by a pictogram, here's your chance.
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This font is also the world's largest typeface family.
By now I have a lot of them, so I am very familiar with many styles and colors. If you really want to create an awesome logo for your clan, then you should definitely take a look at my fonts.
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The most important of which is its perfect compatibility with some modern browsers. I was not surprised to discover that many people use it to make beautiful websites and online portfolios.


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Q: Can a parent request a particular teacher for their child because they like that teacher or because they want their child in a particular class with their friends?
A: Yes, under TEC 26.003(a)(2) a parent may make a request that their child be in a certain teacher's classroom for the upcoming school year; however, that request is not required to be granted if there is a reasonable justification for denying the request.
As a general proposition, Chapter 26 of the Texas Education Code (commonly referred to as the Parental Rights Chapter) strongly encourages, and in some places mandates, parental involvement. Section 26.001 states that "Parents are partners with educators, administrators, and school district boards of trustees in their children's education" and parental involvement and participation in the education process "shall be encouraged." Applicable to the specific question posed is Section 26.003(a)(2), which states that parents are entitled to access to the appropriate administrator at a school to make a request to reassign the student to a different class or teacher. However, the parent is not entitled to having that request granted if the reassignment would affect another student's assignment. To the extent a parent might grieve an administrator's denial of a particular assignment request, the Education Code provides that a school board's decision on an assignment issue is final. Practically, this means that a parent is entitled to speak to whomever has the ability to change their child's schedule, and request that a change be made. The District may consider classroom makeup and whether the change would affect another student's assignment when deciding whether to grant the parent's request. If the request reaches the District Board of Trustees, any decision it makes is final and cannot be appealed to the Commissioner.
TEC Chapter 26 entitles parents to additional rights and responsibilities. Generally, Section 26.003 addresses parental rights concerning the academic programs the parent's child will have access to. Parental rights under Section 26.003 include:
The right to petition a board of trustees regarding which school in the district the parent's child will attend
The right to allow a parent's child who graduates early to participate in graduation ceremonies at the time the child graduates
The right to request the addition of a specific academic class within the required curriculum, if economically practical
The right to request that the parent's child be allowed to attend classes above the child's grade level, unless the board expects the child cannot meet the academic expectations, and
The right that the parent's child be allowed to graduate early from high school so long as the child completes the required courses for graduation. Section 26.003(a)(3) provides that the board must not "unreasonably deny" a request under this section.
Additional parental rights under TEC Chapter 26 include:
the right to enroll the parent's child in a virtual school network under Chapter 30A
access to the parent's child's student records and to full information concerning the parent's student
the right to require consent for certain activities, such as psychological examination, videotaping or voice recording of the child (except for safety purposes), among others
access to teaching materials and tests (after the tests are administered) distributed to their child
the right to remove the parent's child from a class or school activity that conflicts with the parent's religious or moral beliefs
the right to information concerning special education and education of students with learning difficulties
the right to supplemental educational services
access to state assessments (except as provided by TEC Section 29.023(e))
access to board meetings
the right to complain using the District's grievance process
the right to request public information under Public Information Act, and
the right to student directory information, if such information is designated, in accordance with FERPA
School districts should keep these parental rights in mind as the school year begins, and remember that parental involvement is not only acceptable, it is statutorily encouraged. Documentation of these efforts, when applicable, is strongly advised.


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Several times in 2011, I considered reading Room by Emma Donoghue, but always ended up avoiding it. Knowing that the story was about a young woman kidnapped and kept in a locked room for years, I didn't want to expose my emotional self to the material: my over-impressionable subconscious is already haunted by comparable real life cases. I knew the book was entirely narrated by a five-year-old boy, which supposedly created moments of humour that made the grim story bearable, but still — I stayed away from it.
In early 2012, feeling braver, I picked up the audiobook of Room at the library, thinking that I would give it a chance.
Listening to the opening chapter was a revelation. The actors who read this book are remarkable — in particular, Michal Friedman, who reads the part of five-year-old Jack, who was born in Room, where his Ma has spent the last six years of her life enduring the visits of the man who snatched her off the street when she was a nineteen-year-old student. Jack is smart and happy and full of curiosity, since the life he knows is full of interest and new things. Ma has created an ordered routine that makes sense of their days. She does her best to teach Jack about the world while maintaining the fiction that they and the man ("Old Nick") are real and everything else is "TV." They have a television, but Jack's watching time is limited, since Ma tells him that if they watch too much their brains will rot. She is a survivor and she is waiting and biding her time for some future possibility of escape. Donoghue lets the reality of their situation dawn gradually and I envy readers who came to Room before the elements of the story became widely known.
Jack's voice is convincing — the voice of a five-year-old who is at the same time precocious and observant but necessarily limited in his understanding:
Spider's real. I've seen her two times. I look for her now but there's only a web between Table's leg and her flat. Tables balances good. that's pretty tricky, when I go on one leg, I can do it for ages but then I always fall over. I don't tell Ma about Spider. She brushes webs away, she says they're dirty, but they look like extra thin silver to me …
I still don't tell her about the web. It's weird to have something that's mine-not-Ma's. Everything else is both of ours. I guess my body is mine and the ideas that happen in my head. But my cells are made out of her cells so I'm kind of hers. Also, when I tell her what I'm thinking and she tells me what she's thinking, our each ideas jump into our other's head, like colouring blue crayon on top of yellow that makes green …
Ma's down on her knees, looking under Table. I can't see her face till she pushes her hair behind her ear. "Tell you what, I'll leave it till we clean, OK?"
That's Tuesday, that's three days. "OK."
"You know what?" She stands up. "We've got to mark how tall you are, now you're five."
I jump way in the air.
Usually, I'm not allowed draw on any bits of Room or furnitures. When I was two, I scribbled on the leg of Bed, her one near Wardrobe, so whenever we're cleaning up, Ma taps the scribble and says,"Look, we have to live with that forever." But my birthday tall is different, it's tiny numbers beside Door, a black 4, and a black 3 underneath, and a red 2 that was the color our old Pen was until he ran out, and at the bottom a red 1.
The eponymous Room is a garden shed. Old Nick has reinforced it to make it soundproof and added a steel door with a coded entry lock: you come to the chilling realization that he must have created this above-ground dungeon while making plans to abduct someone. Their only natural light comes from a skylight.
The horror behind the bright little voice is a steady presence in the background. Jack knows that Old Nick is to be avoided: he sleeps in the wardrobe and has to keep quiet if he is still awake when the man comes in, his arrival heralded by the beeps of the door lock. Nick sometimes hurts his Ma but usually he just creaks the bed. Jack lies awake and counts the creaks.
Ma takes painkillers ("killers," to Jack) to deal with physical ailments like toothache and a damaged wrist, and perhaps also to dull other kinds of pain.
Around Jack's fifth birthday, Ma learns from Nick that he has lost his job. Since he already keeps them on a tight budget, she fears that he will stop bringing them food and other necessities. He may even lose his house, and then they will die: they have no way of contacting anyone in the outside world. Jack is too young to learn the truth about their lives, but there is no option: she has to come up with a plan and drill Jack into playing a part he is not really ready for.
The second half of the book is about life on the outside. You might think it would be anticlimactic, but no: it's equally compelling. Much of the outside story reflects the imperfection of person-to-person communication, made more striking by the gulf between the normal world and the world Jack and Ma have lived in. Well-meaning medical staff and relatives find that their ideas and language fall short of what is needed. Ma is hostile and defensive; Jack can't bear to be parted from her, because she is his world. The outside is not at this stage a paradise: it is strange and difficult.
Jack's learning about the world is poignant and often funny. He has never worn shoes; he has not been socialized to think in terms of what the world thinks is appropriate behaviour for a five-year-old boy. His relating of what other people say and do points out absurdities in a delicious way, like an anthropologist describing the mores of a newly discovered society:
"Maybe one that's not pink?" says Paul to her. "What about this one, Jack, pretty cool or what?" He's holding up a bag of Spiderman. I give Dora a big hug. I think she whispers, "Hola, Jack." Deanne tries to take the Dora bag but I won't let her. "It's OK, I just have to pay the lady. You'll get it back in two seconds."
It's not two seconds. It's 37.
Ma's reintroduction is much harder. She is angry and she makes mistakes. In the audiobook, we hear Ma's voice (and others' voices), though only when Jack is present. A lot of what we pick up is through Jack: "Ma twists her mouth," "Ma puffs out her breath," "Ma is mad."
The actors are stellar. Michal Friedman* as Jack is flawless. Ellen Archer is Ma; Suzanne Toren and Robert Petkoff play a whole cast of characters, from Nick to Doctor Clay, Officer Oh to Nurse Noreen, Grandma and Real Grandpa and Stepa, and more. In hindsight, I wish I'd read the book and then listened to the audiobook: there's not much point in doing things the other way around as the audio interpretation would override the reading experience.
Room was a significant literary success: winner of the 2010 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize among other prizes and a finalist for the Booker. Those successes are entirely deserved. Emma Donoghue has taken on a monster and she gives us glimpses of the evil that lies in the background but, by telling the story from Jack's perspective, she focuses primarily on the relationship between mother and child and the absurdities of human behaviour.


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How to Do 2 Side Control Escapes in MMA Fighting
All right, guys. Now, what we're going to do is start our series of escapes. This is very important. So we're going to have a couple videos on this explaining our entire philosophy of escapes.
Now, we talked about striking combinations. What people don't think about is combinations are essential for defense too, all right. Especially in jiujitsu. If you do one move, most likely he'll counter you. Now, first thing is, Chad has got me in side control. You're going to bridge, just like the moves we did before in the drills. Bridge, hip escape, slide your knee under. Come to guard, all right? One more time. Bridge, hip escape. Slide your knee under, come to guard. Okay.
Notice what I did, guys. First, the fundamentals. Okay? Do not do this. Bridge, hip escape. Come to guard here. What happened? Chad is postured and he's going to punch me in the face. All right. So that didn't really protect me. The guard is only effective if you control his posture. Bridge, hip escape. Start pulling him in from here, home. Now Chad, attack. Nothing, nothing. Okay. There. Now I can start working my attacks, okay? That's escape number one.
Now, escape number two. I'm going to put them together. Escape number two is the same thing, but I'm going to use my arm when I bridge. So Chad has me here. This was number one, in this position. Two. Here, hip escape, same thing. I use that to come in. Okay, one more time. Okay, escape number two. Boom, I tried one, I got my whizzer, I try two again. I pull him in. One and two.
So they look like this together. I try one, it's not working. He's driving, I try one, I get my underhook. I try two, and I come here. Side control escape one and two together. Next, we're going to continue with escape three, four, and five.


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This post brought to you by Andre Champagne. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Taylor House.
Hey, guys! I am thrilled to share this delicious new recipe with you today. I made French Macarons for the very first time and guess what!! They turned out amazing! To be honest, I've been scared to death of making these little goodies but decided it was time to face my fears and see what happens. To all of you that have been in my shoes and are worried about having a disaster in the kitchen, I'm hear to tell you that if I can make these – anyone can! Seriously! They're not that bad! Check out our recipe with this amazing raspberry champagne filling that you're going to want to eat by the spoon full out of the bowl. It's that good!
There are a couple things to keep in mind when you start this recipe. First, you really do need to use almond flour/meal. I thought I could just use a normal all purpose flour, but you really can't. You can find this at several grocery stores or order it off Amazon if you don't want to go on a hunt.
Second, give yourself a few hours to make these. They are time consuming but totally worth it!
Third, if you want your filling to turn out amazing like mine did, you MUST use Andre Extra Dry Champagne. I swear it made all the difference. This recipe was a total win because of the amazing ingredients! Plus, you always need to have a delicious drink in your hand while you're in the kitchen. Right? I made myself a Mimossa while I was baking with some fresh orange juice and Andre Brut. YUM!
How to Make Chocolate Macarons
Ingredients For Macarons
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup almond flour or almond meal
- 3 tablespoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 3 large egg whites, at room temperature
- Pinch cream of tartar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
Step 1 – Line two baking sheets with parchment paper
Step 2 – Fit a food processor with a blade attachment and add the powdered sugar, almond flour/meal, cocoa powder and salt and pulse several times to aerate.
Step 3 – Process about 30 seconds to combine well
Step 4 – Sift the mixture and set aside
Step 5 – To make the meringue, you place the egg whites in a clean bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment. Beat on medium speed until they are foamy and opaque which is about 30 seconds.
Step 6 – Add the cream of tartar and increase the speed to high and beat until they are white start to hold a line which is about 1 minute
Step 7 – Continue to beat slowly adding the sugar until it's all combined and the peaks are stiff with the whites shiny. Do NOT overwhip.
Step 8 – Using a rubber spatula, gently fold the dry mixture into the egg whites about a fourth of the batch at a time until it is combined.
Step 9 – Transfer the batter to a pastry bag (1/2 inch plain tip) and pipe out 1 1/4 inch rounds about an inch apart. Bang the baking sheet on the work surface a couple times. Let them sit at room temperature for 30 minutes to dry the tops.
Step 10 – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 7 minutes, rotate the pan and bake another 7 minutes. Cool on a rack completely.
Recipe adapted from Chow.com
How to Make Raspberry Champagne Filling
Ingredient You Need
3/4 Cup Butter, room temperature
3 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon Raspberry Jam
2 Tablespoons Andre Champagne
Step 1 – Cream the butter in a stand mixer
Step 2 – Add the powdered Sugar 1/2 cup at a time
Step 3 – Add the raspberry jam and Andre to the butter mixture and mix well until you have a frosting consistency
Try not to eat this all before you frost the Macarons! After the Macarons have cooled completely place a cherry sized amount of frosting on the bottom of one Macaron and top with a second. Enjoy!
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Tiffany Stone
By pairing my real estate knowledge with the support of the largest real estate company in Georgia, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers, I offer my clients everything they need ¿ real estate, mortgage, insurance and closing services.
By pairing my real estate knowledge with the support of the largest real estate company in Georgia, Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Metro Brokers, I offer my clients everything they need ¿ real estate, mortgage, insurance and closing services.
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Working with Tiffany was comfortable, informative and thorough. She is honest and works with you to ensure that everyone is on the same page. She took us on a walk through, explained the process in detail, worked with me to make sure I had the proper documents. Stayed in contact throughout the entire process and did it all in a very friendly professional manner. 04/27/2016 - ELLEQ76- Helped me rent a Single Family home in Powder Springs, GA.
Tiffany helped my family find a rental when we first moved to the area. She was efficient and professional and made our move fast and simple. So when we decided to buy this year, we knew we wanted to work with her again. She helped us through every single step (finding a lender to close), and made the long process of first time home buying so much smoother. She found us the perfect home and negotiated a lower sales price, a home warranty, AND closing costs to be paid. Great experience and I'd recommend her to anyone thinking of dealing with anything real estate related. - 04/15/2016 - KristinaTheusMurphy- Bought a Single Family home in 2016 in Temple, GA.
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Tiffany sold a house for me and was a great agent. The purchasers seemed to very much like her as well. She took care of business on time, and as she promised she would. She's a very good real estate professional. - 03/11/2015 - hrs82- Sold a home in 2010 in Carrollton, GA 30112.
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- BHGRE Metro Brokers office team leader
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DENVER (KDVR) — The mountains have seen several rounds of snow the past few weeks, bringing a huge increase in the snowpack.
On Dec. 6, 2021, Colorado only had 49% of the average snowpack. The low amounts of snow at the beginning of the season kept drought conditions high and brought impacts like late opening days to some of Colorado's ski areas.
Thanks to a few big snowstorms from mid-December through New Year's Day, Colorado has seen its snowpack go up 68% in just 4 weeks. Some of the southwest mountains have seen totals as big as 10 feet in the last two weeks.
Colorado is now at 117% of the average snowpack as of Jan. 3. The southern mountains have seen the biggest improvement, with the San Juan River Basin going from 27% of average to now 142% of average.
More rounds of snow showers are expected in the mountains this week. The first will move in Tuesday evening and will last into Thursday.
Another storm system will push into Colorado on Saturday. After a dry start to the winter season, these rounds of snow are a welcomed sight.


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I was lying unused for a year,
Dejected and non descript me,
The poly pack holding me is icy cold as the iron rods of a doors to the jail,
It chided me " Hey! You useless piece of fabric!
Be ready to be used as wiper for Collins cleaner!
Mostly, i get separated from my twin,
Like long lost Kumba mela sibling,
I am mismatched with a similar colour cousin and worn under another hard cover,
Hiding from limelight,
Sweaty and dirty i get thrown here and there,
My bums is scratched on hard surfaces,
Slipping on polished floors i barely can stand i feel like a ballerina,
But one thing, i just love the colours humans give me,
But when they soak me in muddy water and forget to wash me,
Lying there being pushed with those white detergent who smell even bad than me,
How they try to occupy my nudges and curves,
bloody hell! When you come out of water all edges smoothened you are hanged like gymnasts on their balancing slabs
I keep dripping those extra water to offload those extra pounds like sportsmen,
I am happiest on my long treks on mountains where i meet my natural parents, the trees!
Alas! What's a life worth a few years or so!
Yours loving,
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A prospective open label study of efficacy and tolerability of topical tacrolimus in Vitiligo
Background: Vitiligo is a cosmetically and psychologically devastating clinical conundrum with various hypotheses of etiology inclusive of an immunological one too. Long term clinical visits, various adverse effects and cost of therapy are the major limitations of current treatment of vitiligo. Topical Tacrolimus which has been tried and found useful in various skin conditions with immunological basis was evaluated for its efficacy and tolerability compared with the available standard treatment of Topical Betamethasone.
Methods: The study was done in the outpatient unit of Department of Dermatology, Stanley medical college, for duration of six months. Newly diagnosed vitiligo patients attending the outpatient clinic were taken for the study. A randomised, open labelled, comparative study of efficacy and tolerability of Topical Tacrolimus in vitiligo was done.
Results: Early onset of repigmentation, higher mean repigmentation with no significant side effects systemically or topically were observed in the study group compared to the control group.
Conclusions: This study shows that Topical Tacrolimus produces rapid and significant repigmentation with less significant side effects in vitiligo. Topical Tacrolimus is more efficacious and better tolerated than available standard Topical Betamethasone.
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Panuncio AL, Vignale R. Ultrastructural studies in stable vitiligo. American J Dermatopathol. 2003;25(1):16-20.
Seung-Kyung Hann, Mark G Lebwohl.Diseases of Pigmentation. Dermatol. 2005;4:1-10.
Simpson D, Noble S. Tacrolimus ointment- A Review of its use in Atopic Dermatitis and its clinical potential in other inflammatory skin conditions. Drugs. 2005;65(6):827-58.
Lepe V, Moncada B, Castanedo-Cazares JP, Torres-Alvarez MB, Ortiz CA, Torres-Rubalcava AB. A double-blind randomized trial of 0.1% tacrolimus vs 0.05% clobetasol for the treatment of childhood vitiligo. Arch Dermato. 2003 May;139(5):581-5.
Grimes PE, Morriser. RNA expressions of proinflammatory cytokines. J Am Academy Dermatol. 2004;51:52-61.
Tangetti, EA. Tacrolimus ointment produces repigmentation in patients with vitiligo: Results of a prospective patients series. Cutis. 2003;71(2):158-62.
Lisa B, Travis BS, Weinberg JM, Nanette BS. Successful treatment of vitiligo with 0.1% Tacrolimus ointment. Arch Dermatol. 2003;139:571-3.


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Your garage door may not cross your mind until is suddenly fails to function. In the event that you are in need of emergency garage door repair, it is essential to know the facts about garage door maintenance . For example, if a garage repair professional recommends that you install a lifetime spring, you should be sure to ask for more specifics. Additionally, you should only repair your garage door rollers in the event that they are broken. A garage door repair company can provide you with quality services and garage door hardware in Wyckoff. With the help of a trained garage repair technician, you will be able to restore your overhead door to proper working condition in no time. To learn more about the fundamentals of garage door maintenance, be sure to check out this short video.
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NFL Scouting Combine: Vertical Jump Record
The NFL Scouting Combine has come a long way from when it first started in 1982. Gone are the days when college football players would show up and run drills for the first time while coaches with stopwatches would time them in relative obscurity. Today, athletes practice drills like bench press, 40-yard dash and vertical jump hundreds of times before arriving and having their performances featured in front of a national television audience.
Related: 5 Fast Facts About the NFL Scouting Combine
After canceling the event last year due to the pandemic, the NFL Scouting Combine is back at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis with this year's showcase set for March 1-7. With the "Underwear Olympics" set to resume, we decided to look back at some of the records set in individual categories. Here's a look at the vertical jump record, which measures how high a player can jump or leap, along with the next closest heights.
NFL Scouting Combine Vertical Jump Record
- 46 inches: Gerald Sensabaugh (2005) North Carolina, S
The East Tennessee State University safety bounced back from watching his program being disbanded his junior year to having a good senior season at North Carolina. At the Combine, the former Tennessee state long jump champion had a vertical of 46 inches on the nose, the best of all time. That performance led to Sensabaugh being drafted in the fifth round by the Jaguars. He played in Jacksonville and with the Dallas Cowboys for eight seasons.
- 45.5 inches: Cameron Wake (2005) Penn State, LB
- 45 inches: Chris Chambers (2001) Wisconsin, WR
- 45 inches: Chris McKenzie (2005) Arizona State, CB
- 45 inches: Donald Washington (2009) Ohio State, CB
- 45 inches: Chris ConleyGeorgia (2015) WR
- 44.5 inches: Byron Jones (2015) UConn, CB
- 44 inches: A.J. Jefferson (2010) Fresno State, CB
- 44 inches: Obi Melifonwu (2017) UConn, S
- 43.5 inches: Marcus Williams (2017) Utah, DB
- 43.5 inches: Speedy Noil (2017) Texas A&M, WR
- 43.5 inches: Jay Hinton(1999) Morgan State, RB
- 43.5 inches: Jerry Azumah (1999) New Hampshire, RB
- 43.5 inches: Kevin Kasper (2001) Iowa, WR
- 43.5 inches: Dustin Fox (2005) Ohio State, S
- 43.5 inches: Dorin Dickerson (2010) Pittsburgh, TE
- 43.5 inches: Kashif Moore (2012) UConn, WR


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2 Contents: meaning of the verb to be forms of the verb: positive forms negative forms interrogative forms drills reflection
3 meaning of the verb to be быть быть являться являться находиться находиться
4 Forms of the verb Forms of the verb be amisare be amisare be amisare
5 Positive forms I am He is She is It is You are We are They are
6 Negative forms Negative forms I am not He is not She is not It is not We are not You are not They are not
7 Interrogative forms Interrogative forms Am I he he Is she it it we we Are you they they
8 Drills I am a dog. I am not a cat. Am I a rabbit? He is a dog. He is not a cat. Is he a rabbit? She is dog. She is not a cat. Is she a rabbit? It is a dog. It is not a cat. Is it a rabbit? We are dogs. We are not cats. Are we rabbits? You are dogs. You are not dogs. Are you rabbits? They are dogs. They are not cats. Are they rabbits?
9 Reflection Reflection a) I (is/are) nine. b) Tom (is/are) a boy. c) We (am/are) merry. d) (Are/is) you a parrot? e) (Is/am) Kate slim? f) The children (is/are) not at home. g) The bear (is/are) not angry.
10 Good luck! Bye! Bye!
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