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This morning, in the Los Angeles Times, we finally got to hear from "Patient Zeta", the performer at the center of the latest scare. His real name is Derrick Burts, though he has performed under various porn pseudonyms such as Derrick Chambers, Cameron Reed, and Cameron Reid.
As you are well aware if you've been keeping up, Burts was a performer from the gay side of the genre who somehow got infected with the HIV virus, then showed up doing a straight scene without testing first. Fortunately for everyone involved, all testing has turned out negative, and no one else was infected.
The story would end there....except that somehow and for whatever reason, Mr. Burts has decided to launch himself squarely into the ongoing debate over whether the government should step in and mandate condoms for all performers on set. And as you would guess, it's not on the side of performer's choice, either.
Here's a sample of the article from the LA TImes website (which also includes a brief video interview with Mr. Burts):
The adult film performer who tested HIV-positive at a San Fernando Valley clinic this fall spoke out for the first time Tuesday, calling for mandatory condom use in porn productions, improved testing for sexually transmitted disease and follow-up care for fellow performers.So, you say...happy ending for all, except for poor Mr. Burts, right??? Not quite...because here's where the fun starts.
Derrick Burts, 24, said he tested HIV-positive in October at the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in Sherman Oaks after working in both gay and straight porn films for a few months. He had previously been identified only as Patient Zeta.
Producers of straight porn regularly check performers' test results using a database maintained by the clinic, known as AIM, to clear actors for work.
Burts, who performed in straight films as "Cameron Reid" and gay films as "Derek Chambers," said he was tested at the clinic Oct. 8, then received a panicked call from clinic staff the following afternoon, summoning him to the office.
When he got there, he said, clinic staff told him that he had tested HIV-positive. They wanted to perform a follow-up test and begin notifying performers he had worked with since his last negative test result Sept. 3. Those performers, he was told, would be placed on a quarantine list while they, too, were tested.
Burts said he gave clinic staff the names of about a dozen performers he had worked with in California and Florida in both gay and straight productions. The list included his girlfriend, who also works in the industry as a performer. He watched as clinic staff began scanning a performer database, notifying those he had named and placing them on a quarantine list.
The clinic has since said that none of the performers on its quarantine list tested positive. Burts confirmed that his girlfriend tested negative .
He said that when he returned to the clinic Oct. 23 to review the second test results, clinic staff told him that they had traced his HIV infection to someone he had performed a scene with whom they described to him as a "known positive."So, it seems that Burts was infected not through any hetero sex scene in porn, but through scenes in gay porn, where the standards are diameterically different than the "straight" industry. So, why is he so put off with AIM and calling for mandatory condoms in STRAIGHT PORN?!?!?
Although straight porn performers must show negative HIV test results before filming, the gay porn industry does not have the same restrictions, although condom use is typically required.
Burts said he asked who the performer was and clinic staff told him they could not reveal the performer's name or gender due to patient confidentiality.
Clinic officials could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday night. An attorney for the clinic was traveling outside the United States, according to an e-mail received from him earlier in the day.
Burts says he may have contracted the disease during a gay porn shoot in Florida. He said the performers used condoms during intercourse but not during oral sex.
Contrary to Burts' account of what he was told, clinic officials released a statement last month saying "Patient Zeta acquired the virus through private, personal activity."
"That's completely false," Burts said Tuesday. "There is no possible way. The only person I had sex with in my personal life was my girlfriend."
The next few paragraphs might tell the answer.
Before he left the clinic Oct. 23, Burts said clinic staff put him in touch with a doctor affiliated with the clinic and promised to arrange for his follow-up care.
Burts said no one followed up, and he felt neglected.
"AIM promised they would help me set up a doctor and get treatment," he said. "They did none of that."
Burts said AIM staff had warned him not to contact the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, whose officials have been among the clinic's chief critics. In frustration, Burts said he went to an AIDS Healthcare Foundation center in Los Angeles on Nov. 24 and saw a doctor, never identifying himself as Patient Zeta.
Pleased with the care he received at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Burts contacted the group's leaders last week, identified himself as Patient Zeta and said he wanted to speak out on their behalf and in favor of enforcing mandatory condom use in porn productions. Foundation officials have scheduled a news conference with Burts for 10 a.m. Wednesday.
"AIM likes to state that testing is enough. That's completely false," he said, noting that in the months before he tested positive for HIV, he had also contracted chlamydia, gonorrhea and herpes.
"It's very dangerous," he said of adult film work. "It should be required that you wear a condom on the set."
Hmmmmm. So...out of pique at AIM for not funding his treatment for contracting HIV outside of their jurisdiction and for his own refusal to test himself before doing that hetero scene, he just conveniently joins up with Michael Weinstein's group...and thusly becomes their new spokesperson for mandating condoms. Coincidence?? Conspiracy?? Payola?? Or just plain circumstance??
Which brings us to this very interesting article from Dennis Romero that appeared in the LA Weekly blog The Informer, in which Romero seems to partially question and partially support Burts' claims about how he contracted the disease and how AIM dissed him in favor of AHF. Some snippage:
Of course, Romero seems to ignore the fundamental differences between straight and gay porn. AIM tests EVERYONE in the straight scene (a negative test within 30 days is the normal requirement, but individual performers may require even stiffer requirements before performing scenes); whereas there is little or no testing in the gay scene, since they tend to rely on a mix of condom usage, seperating out HIV+ performers from HIV- performers, and explicit marking of bareback scenes as such.
Interestingly, while the porn industry claims its self-policing when it comes to STDs, Burts says he contracted the virus from a male actor who had not presented his test before a film shoot - a move the industry has argued is customary and part of its health-guards.
In fact, the actor says his HIV-carrying scene partner was a "known positive." How could this happen? In gay porn, condoms are the norm, but HIV testing of the type advocated by the Adult Healthcare Industry Foundation, the organization that tested Burts and provides a testing service the whole adult video business, is apparently not.
His gay scene in Florida involved oral sex - a long shot for HIV transmission. But that's his story, and it doesn't add up if you ask us. He's a mostly straight guy who's loyal to his girlfriend but had protected gay sex and still somehow came up with HIV?
AIM Healthcare's claim that he got HIV through his own extracurricular, off-camera sex life is B.S., he says: He only has off-camera sex with his girlfriend. (He says she turned up negative, too).
But, there is a legit inconsistency here...oral sex is actually one of the less noted ways to pass on the HIV virus; unprotecteed anal sex being the more favored means of transmission sexually). Yet, Derrick/Cameron staunchly denies that he contracted HIV through "extracurricular sexual activity", saying that he is totally monogamous outside of his work with his girlfriend, who happens to BE a porn performer herself. So...how did he manage to get infected in the first place, then?? Osmosis?? Handjobs?? Or. perhaps,. he got infected through a gay sex scene where condoms were absent?? And this is AIM's fault....how???
Or, perhaps, it's just Burts' way of pimping his new sponsors. Continuing the Romero article:
AHF stated that Burts also contracted herpes and chlamydia during his "brief" work in porn.
Remember, gangstas...AIM does not even test for chlamydia [UD (5-22-12): actually, they did...thanks, Darklady, for the correction!!] or herpes in straight porn, so how in the hell would AHF know about that unless either Burts told them, or he contracted that from gay porn, too?
Burts says the industry-backed AIM turned its back on him, allegedly ignoring its promise to follow up with treatment. That, he claims, pushed him into the accepting arms of the AIM's archenemy, the AHF, which has been battling to force adult video to use condoms.Some pics from that newsconference, complete with the usual crocodile tears from Mr. Burts, are included in Romero's article.
According to a statement from AHF:
Burts then anonymously sought medical treatment for his HIV through AHF, which arranged a medical appointment for him within 24 hours of his first contact with AHF at one of its Los Angeles-area AHF Healthcare Centers--without anyone at AHF knowing his role in the adult film industry.AHF scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. Wednesday at its office in Hollywood to discuss Burts' case.
AHF President Michael Weinstein:
"We are extremely glad to know that Derrick has been linked to care and is receiving appropriate medical care for his HIV infection through AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a government-funded non-profit health care provider. However, we are astounded that the multi-billion dollar adult film industry and its fig leaf of a clinic could not even get it together six weeks after his first positive HIV test to link him to appropriate follow up medical care and treatment, and that taxpayers--rather than the adult film industry--will be left holding the bill."
Now, the question of why AIM should be held to pay up for the treatment of a person who acquired HIV from outside their jurisdiction and who attempted unwittingly to infect others by performing without being tested to begin with, might enter the mind of some skeptics. But, if you're Mike Weinstein and you need a suitable victim to shed tears at your pressers and Cal-OSHA hearings in order to bust AIM and get those government grants and $$$$ for Durex.....errrrrrr, to alert the public about the dangers of porn and the evil of the industry....well, any port in a storm, I guess. Especially since using Shelley Lubben is blowing up in their faces.
And then, there is the fact that Derrick Burts is saying one thing for the public and another thing for other venues. The irrepresible Lydia Lee (aka Julie Meadows) has been doing yeoman investigating work all along on the Great Condom Mandate Swindle, and today at her blog she takes time from playing Shelley Lubben Whack-a-Quack-Ministeress to do a brief but effective expose of Derrick/Cameron.
Her main evidence is a lenghty post that she says was done by "Cameron Reed" over at a message board hosted by some haters of Derrick Hay, the former agent for LA Direct Models and notorious for hiring crossover gay talent to the straight side. The ensuing conversation is, shall we say, illuminating. Snippage:
So now, Derrick's putting up a front of being so proud of being infected, and even wishing an enemy to be infected, too?? Was that as much a performance as the tearful crying jag for AHF...or is it because of the audience??
"I'm proud to be HIV poz! [Cameron Reed speaks!!!]
I got as informed as I could about the disease – I attended the PLUS seminar hosted by the Stop Aids folks here in LA. I also "came out" about my HIV status to friends and my family. I'm fortunate to have a close relationship with my family and knew that as upset as they would be, they'd still love and accept me. For me, keeping my status a secret would have only added to the sense of shame I felt about it and would have cut me off form those close to me.
HIV/AIDS is an epidemic and in epidemics there will be casualties. It's nobody's fault that they seroconverted. Sure, I made a lousy decision to not insist on the guy fucking me to use a rubber, but I'm only human and humans make lousy decisions at times.
You say "there's no way back". Of course there isn't. There's no way back in anything in life. Dwelling on shoulda, woulda, coulda only spins me around in circles. I only have there here and now and I can either choose to make the most of what life has to offer or else wallow in self-pity. I find the fomer works much better than the latter."
"[responding to an angry person] They are all in this biz and should know the risks. Let them eat HIV if they get it. I took the risks and got burned and will live with it but I feel no remorse on anyone I put in danger. THEY made the choice to become a hooker. I can't stand people like you and your holier that thou attitude. I should fuck you up the ass while you sleep!"
"You are FUCKING IGNORANT! Yes, I will have to take pills the rest of my life, but I will live a normal lifespan thanks to meds. You are in this biz and you are this UNEDUCATED about HIV? No one wastes away and dies from AIDS anymore IF they are on meds and stay on them.
People don't know who you are, you moron. You aren't a household name. No one reads Playboy anymore you asshole.
And then, there is this video that was included from another therad in the Derrick Hay hatefest board, and reposted by Julie at her blog, where "Derick Chambers" (one of Derrick Burts' gay aliases) is interviewed on a porn set with fellow performer "James Jameson" (does Jenna know about this??) where "Derick" practically glows about how he has found himself as a gay porn star. Remember when seeing this that the real Derrick Burts said that he was monogamous outside of his work, and that he just couldn't get infected with HIV because condoms were the rule there. Ahhh...yeah. (Since the clip is kinda NSFW, only a link will be provided; or, you may go to Julie's blog to see it.)
[UD 5-22-12: That anti-Derrick Hay board happened to be XXXFilmJobs.com, which was one of Donny Long's sites. That would be the same Donny Long who was the force behind the original Porn Wikileaks.]
And leave it to Julie to cut through the bullshit and get down to the core of the issue.
I don't have an opinion of Derrick Burts/Cameron Reid beyond my heartbreak at this entire situation. Why the gay industry doesn't implement testing I will never understand, but clearly, testing does help. I would also like to point out that the gay community has a support system. The gay industry also has production pools for HIV-positive performers to work with each other. Straight men and women don't have this kind of support when they test positive. Derrick can continue to work and for many years. The whole thing is just sickening and I'm appalled at AHF's tactics to undermine the current testing system that should be testing the entire industry and not just one side. There are probably several workable solutions, including condoms, but this is how the discussion begins on that side. Insults, accusations and lies.
My favorite part about the "Derrick speaks for the first time" video on the LA Times website is the argument that AIM claimed he contracted HIV from his personal life, which has nothing to do with their detecting it and preventing him from spreading it, and the fact that the issues are conflated and that the language is vague. "They" don't want you to wear condoms, after talking about AIM would assume that AIM doesn't want talent to wear condoms, yet they offer free condoms on the counter at their clinic and have no say in actual production procedures beyond testing the actors, so "they" is the producers. And "barebacking" is a fetish on the gay side. He said that the gay side requires condoms, but that's not true. Some do not enforce condoms. Everyone in the indsutry knows that a combination of testing and condoms are a great way to go. How that comes to fruition should be the next steps taken, but because AHF, UCLA, Los Anegeles County Department of Health, CalOSHA and their affiliates are more intent on bullying and spanking the industry's [asses], we are left to stare at the same angry rehashing of a "condom mandate" though they keep saying it's already mandatory. The problem is that the rules don't suit the industry (condoms during felatio and goggles and gloves, all from a mandate set for clinics in the early 90s without regard to the specifics about adult work or any input from the people of the industry, which no other industry would ever tolerate), and there is an employee vs. independent contractor issue. Are these people talking about this? No. There is no "discussion." The adult industry was purposely kept from a "discussion" at UCLA where the only person invited was someone who had never spoken at any of the previous "discussions". Why? Because they don't like what the industry has to say, but they have to care because you can't regulate an industry full of adults without them protesting. You can overwork children on mainstream shoots, you can send them off to pageants and treat them however you like because they don't have a say, but adults do, and it's confounding that they would be surprised that adults in a legal industry would have a say in how they run their business. Compromise would be wonderful excapt that these sources are attacking. They don't care to discuss, they don't care for facts, they just need the next victim to serve as a mouthpiece for an industry they only intend to conquer and divide.
My sympathy and my heart goes out to Derrick Burts for getting infected. But, if he's going to allow himself to be used as a pawn for Michael Weinstein, Shelley Lubben, and those who would deny innocent performers of their rights, then he should be held accountable for his lies and distortions as much as anyone else.


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His only contact with the outside world is via his supervisor Delilah, and his contact with her is limited to conversing via a two-way radio. The story this game navigates you through is both about self-discovery and about exploring through the forest as things come up and Delilah has you investigate. Broadly speaking the story breaks down into three parts: the introductory arc where Henry and Delilah get to known each other and Henry learns around his responsibilities and the area around him (and incidentally teaching you how to operate the game and navigate the landscape). The middle part of the story complicates the situation and turns the story into a bit of a mystery — what's going on? are we in danger? none of this makes sense?
You spend some time digging into this mystery and trying to understand what's going on. you ultimately solve the mystery and lots of curious and loose ends all tie together quickly — not always satisfactorily — and the final piece of the story is where the relationship between Henry and Delilah sorts itself out and Henry hikes his way back out of the forest and to his future.
Overall, I really enjoyed the game. It took me about six hours of game play over a few evenings to play through. The graphic design is very stylized and I loved the look and gameplay. The world they've built isn't free-ranging — this is very much an "on the rails" game and not a "explore the world" like Tamriel, but given this is about interactively telling a story, it didn't bother me. Ambient music is used to great effect. This is a game that really requires the use of audio for the conversations, and I didn't check to see if it was closed captioned for the hearing-impaired, but if you're the kind of old-school luddite who mutes most of your video games (ahem) you'll find this game unplayable until you remember to put on the headphones.
As much as I appreciated the design and imagery of the world they built here, what made this game work for me was the characters. Henry is a wonderfully flawed person running away from his problems — except that he is his problems. Delilah is a strong counterpoint to that and you learn over time that she is effectively future Henry in a world where Henry decided to simply keep running. The story is really about Henry and his need to make a decision whether to deal with his inner conflicts and move forward, or whether to become what Delilah is, someone who chose to crawl in a hole and stay there. I found I really cared about Henry, to some degree rooted for him, and really wanted to see how he chose to move forward in his life.
The game isn't perfect, though. That middle part — there's a point where the game turns itself into a mystery. Things happen, maybe there's a conspiracy, maybe Henry is in danger, maybe, maybe… And in fact they build up a fairly interesting mystery and you run around the world trying to figure out what to do…
And then you resolve the mystery, and, well, thud. Because it's all really irrelevant to the story and it feels like they did a first cut of the game and said to themselves "we don't have enough here. What if we have a clown walk up and hit him with a pie and run off yelling 'your dog is next!'?" — it's filler, it's interesting at the time, but it ultimately doesn't really move the story forward or fit with the main story arc, and it just doesn't work for me. This story tries to be two things and it's really good at one of them.
Still, to me, that is a minor flaw, and I still give the game overall strong marks. It was fun to play, stunningly beautiful to look at and I ended the game satisfied that the time I spent on it was worth it.
Firewatch is highly recommended, especially since it's a fairly rare style of game in that it's character driven, non-violent and about story telling and mood more than finger twitching and violence. I'd love to see more games like this.
Fallout 4
One other game I've dipped my toe into is Fallout 4. This is a highly regarded game from Bethesda Studios, also the makers of the Elder Scrolls series of games I like so much. This is a future-dystopia first person shooter and world exploration game and what drew me to it was the open game exploration aspect similar to Elder Scrolls.
Running through the entry into the game, you're placed into a world that's very much "1950's in the future", a world with jet-powered flying personal robots, and TVs that are still glass-screened CRT style beasts. The game opens in a time of great world tension and threat of nuclear annihilation, and you're given access to one of the vaults designed to protect citizens in case of attack, and then the bombs start dropping and you run for the vault and then the world blows up and you end up in a stasis pod, and then you wake up some unknown time later and you're alone and the vault is abandoned, and…
I have to say I loved the design of the world, very detail-heavy and idiosyncratic. It really has that feel of a classic 50's movie of the future, and as I was starting through this I was impressed and really looking forward to exploring the world. And along the way through finding my way back out of the vault I found the gun and the ammo and started killing the things that were trying to kill me, and wandering the world, and then I ran into my first human raider and started getting shot at.
And I shot back, and by pure coincidence caught him with a perfect head shot, and his head exploded and the body fell over headless. And I put down the game controller and turned off the Playstation, and I found myself sitting there, raised pulse, stressed, and going Jesus…
We could have a fun philosophical discussion about why I'm okay with wandering around Tamriel with a bow and longsword hacking away at Orcs and giant spiders, but wandering around a faux-future with a rifle killing bandits freaks me out, but in reality, it doesn't matter. I long ago realized that I'm okay with fantasy violence, which is why I've always gravitated to the faux-medieval worlds like Dragonlance, but I just find the games with realistic human-on-human violence, especially the graphically gory ones, disturbing. And you can put down the reply buttons, because I want to make sure you understand this is a personal preference and I'm not making a judgement on your gaming preferences whatsoever. If you like those games, great. I'm cool with that.
But me? I stopped playing the first person shooters around Doom 2, and every time I dabble in them, I end up regretting it and moving on. Fallout 4 looks to be one hell of a game, and like Firewatch, I loved the graphic design and the world that they were building there — but it's not for me. I have this same reaction with fighting games; they've generally gotten either too platformy (massive finger twitchy button smashy play) or headed off into gore glorification, or both.
I'm not sure what's next on my list. I've got copies of Destiny and Star Wars Battlefront and dabbled a bit in both, but neither had dragged me into it and convinced me I want to spend my next few weeks there. We'll see.
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Q: Hey Savoy. Loved your text game video tutorial. I was already doing 3 of those 5 things, and callback humor and texting in the initial conversation sound great. What do you like to send on the very first text? - Patrick M., Mankato, MN
Hi Patrick. It depends on the situation, but I'll grab a few from my phone and Braddock's Ultimate Phone and Text Game Course.
"Emily! Family meeting tonight, wife #1 and #3 want to meet you. -Nick"
(We met at a bar the night before, I was joking and pretending that I had 5 wives already, and I was going to make her #6.)
"Nice meeting you Laura. Let's get together for a snuggle session. -Braddock"
(This one is from the Ultimate Phone and Text Game Course. When Braddock met Laura, they joked about pet peeves. One of Laura's was the word 'snuggle'.)
"Dear criminal mastermind Marie. The cops are on to us. Destroy the maraschino cherry immediately. -Nick"
(The bartender had been ignoring us when we were trying to order, so we "stole" a maraschino cherry.) You can probably see the pattern here. [Something about her] + [Callback humor] + [Name]. I only sign my name for the first text, so she doesn't have to ask "who is this?" If you don't have any callback humor and you're not sure how into you she is, Braddock advises keeping it simple:
"Hi Sara, it was great to meet you. Have a good night. -Braddock"
Q: Nick, thanks for everything you do. Without Love Systems, I never would have had the confidence to leave my failing marriage and start my new life, but I'm so glad I did. I learned a lot from the texting video lesson but I'm not as experienced with sms/texting as most people. Can you help me with what a "low investment" text message is? - Dennis Y., Oxford, UK
Hi Dennis. A low-investment text just means that there's not a lot of pressure on her to respond and that she if she doesn't respond, she's not blowing you off. Usually they will be short, and they will almost always be statements (or questions that don't require a response) and sometimes a bit humorous or silly. Here are some of Braddock's examples from the Phone and Text Game course:
"Why is the traffic in [city] so terrible? I need a helicopter - now"
"Just dominated two 60 year old men at racketball. My self-esteem = all time high"
"Is it 5pm yet? I've decided work is for the birds and I'm just going to find and marry a rich girl."
If she isn't all that into you when you first start texting, low investment texts are often best.
Q: Hello Savoy - been a big fan since 2010 and Love Systems has changed my life. I've been following your text game advice, but I just don't feel comfortable or confident sexualizing through text. I know it's my own inner game issue, but I'd like to get past it. Can you help me dip my toe in the water? - Eric P., Durham, NC
Hi Eric. First of all, there's no law that says you have to sexualize through text. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you have to. You'll drive yourself insane if your goal is to master every Love Systems technique. Master the ones you need to reach your goals. Everyone's goals are different and everyone needs different things. Love Systems isn't "one size fits all".
Second, sexualization through text is a big topic - it's an entire section in the Phone and Text Game course - and we've only got a couple paragraphs here. But I'll give you one way that will let you probe for interest without going too far out of your comfort zone and that ties into many women's fantasies for a confident, dominant man.
Start when she asks you to anything, no matter how minor (e.g., "can you resend that text? It came through garbled")
"Say please"
If she does anything other than ignore you or act offended, come back with:
"Good girl" (or "Bad girl" depending on what she does)
The "good girl" or "bad girl" is where the sexualization really can start. I started with "say please" because you'll usually have tons of opportunities to use it, and it's a perfect on-ramp to "good girl" or "bad girl". You can go straight to "good girl" or "bad girl any time the situation warrants it.
Once you have her talking about whether she's a good girl or a bad girl, and saying please under your direction, you have everything you need to ramp up the sexual tension. Or, if you're comfortable being a bit more direct, use this text from the Phone and Text Game Course anytime you've got a disagreement (even if the disagreement is a fake/silly one):
"I don't know if this is going to work out. We're going to be all fights and make-up sex. You'll be exhausted."
Sexualizing through text is about throwing out bait, and seeing what she does. If she doesn't respond sexually or in the same spirit as your message, then pretend it didn't happen and move on. In that case, remember from the video tutorial - act as is everything is always going according to plan.
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Matthew bickford-Smith
Matthew bickford-Smith
Matthew Bickford-Smith is Chairman of the Board of Directors, and member of the Appointments and Compensation Committee and Audit and Risk Committee. He is also a Director of Eastern Agricultural Australia and has been a Non-Executive Director of Ovato since 2009.
Before working at Ovato, Matthew was CEO of Ridley Corporation Limited and MD of Australian operations at Man Group. He also spent five years working with Phibro, the commodity trading arm of Salomon Brothers.
Michael Hannan
Non-Executive Director
Michael Hannan
Non-Executive Director
Michael Hannan was previously Executive Chairman of IPMG and was instrumental in taking the company into printing during the 1970's. Under his chairmanship, IPMG became the largest group of privately-owned marketing services businesses in the southern hemisphere.
As Non-Executive Director for Ovato, Michael manages several family interests such as industrial, commercial and rural and property portfolios as well as other key investments.
Dhun karai
Non-Executive Director BCom, MBA
Dhun karai
Non-Executive Director BCom, MBA
Dhun Karai's experience spans over 20 years in financial services and audit and risk management across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Before working at Ovato, Dhun held the position of Chief Manager of Personal Markets at Commonwealth Bank and Head of Group Financial Services at Woolworths Limited.
She is an active supporter of corporate diversity and woman in leadership programs and is closely involved with Sydney Fintech hub Stone & Chalk.
Terry Sinclair
Non-Executive Director, MBA, GradDipMgmt, MAICD
Terry Sinclair
Non-Executive Director, MBA, GradDipMgmt, MAICD
Terry Sinclair has significant experience across Industrial, Resources and Consumer Services, including 20 years in senior management roles in BHP and 10 years with Australia Post. Terry is a Non-Executive Director of Cleanaway Limited and NetGet Holdings Limited.
Previously he was the Managing Director of Service Stream Limited, Chairman of AUX Investments, Director of Sai Cheng Logistics, and Director of Asia Pacific Alliance.
Andrew mcmaster
Non-Executive Director, B Com (Hons), CA
Andrew mcmaster
Non-Executive Director, B Com (Hons), CA
Andrew McMaster joined the Board as a Non-Executive Director via the nomination of the Hannan family shareholders and brings extensive professional financial and accounting experience to the table, including 27 years of experience as a partner of KPMG.
Throughout his career, Andrew has worked with a range of clients in the public and private sectors and has also been able to indulge his passion for sports – as Director of Sydney Swans Limited for over 20 years, he led the team through one of their most successful periods. He also supported The Bradman Foundation and the Bradman Museum Trust throughout its formative years from 1996 to 2006 as Director.
Kevin Slaven
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Slaven
Chief Executive Officer
Kevin has played an influential role in print and marketing scene for over 15 years. He has a passion for bringing people together to use the latest technologies to gain a competitive edge.
Kevin has worked in chartered accounting and the commercial sector, including as Commercial Manager of CSR Timber and CFO of leading IT wholesale distributor Tech Pacific.
Outside of Ovato, Kevin is a Director of CompliSpace Pty Limited and the Deputy Chair of the Australasian Catalogue Association.
James hannan
Chief Operations Officer
James hannan
Chief Operations Officer
James has brought an eye for detail to our business since 2014 in his role as Chief Operating Officer at IPMG. He is responsible for the administrative functions that support all members of Ovato.
James has held operational and management roles in print and marketing services businesses internationally, notably leading the New York operations for Fivia and the property portfolio across the group. There, he worked with some of the largest publishers in America including Gannett, Time Inc. and Viacom.
Geoff Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer
Geoff Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer
As CFO for Ovato, Geoff brings his 30 years of experience to lead all things finance, from accounting and management reporting to treasury, taxation and investor relations.
Geoff has spent his career working with a range of blue-chip companies, including Iplex Pipelines, Fairfax Media and Goodman Fielder. He's also held a range of senior commercial and financial roles in Australia and abroad.
Adrian o'Connor
Chief Executive Officer, Print and Distribution Australia
Adrian o'Connor
Chief Executive Officer, Print and Distribution Australia
Adrian's strong leadership has guided our Print and Distribution team in Australia since March 2017 and his passion for customer-focused innovation has inspired our print division ever since.
His career has been wide-ranging, with Adrian holding roles in the finance, audit, magazines, publishing distribution and logistics industries.He brings his 12 years of experience managing and overseeing operations across Australia's largest printing businesses to our team.
Simon Ellis
Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand
Simon Ellis
Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand
Simon is the driving force behind Ovato's New Zealand operations, responsible for managing and guiding its development and commercial performance with his printing expertise.
Simon is a familiar face in the printing industry, most notably as CEO of Beacon Media Group and President of the Printing Industries Association of Auckland. He also served on national body PrintNZ, of which he is a Life Member.
Alistair Clarkson
Company Secretary & General Counsel
Alistair Clarkson
Company Secretary & General Counsel
Alistair's legal expertise is an essential piece of our Ovato puzzle. With responsibility for all legal and company secretarial activities, including internal audit, this legal eagle has an eye for what matters.
Alistair began as Corporate Counsel for PMP in 2001, before becoming Company Secretary and General Counsel in 2009.
Prior to joining our team, he worked as a solicitor specialising in commercial law in New Zealand.
Ben shipley
Chief Innovation Officer
Ben shipley
Chief Innovation Officer
With a focus on data-driven decisions and the application of cutting-edge technologies, Ben's work has inspired the future of our company.
His previous experience includes strategic, creative and advisory roles within Hill+Knowlton Strategies, KEA China, and ConfuciusSays in Shanghai.
He brings over a decade of experience working internationally across creative marketing, digital strategies, business, technology and communications to our team, along with his passion for storytelling and innovation.
Brendan Straw
Chief Sales Officer
Brendan Straw
Chief Sales Officer
Brendan has lived and breathed targeted marketing for over 20 years and has been part of the Ovato family since 2010. Under Brendan's leadership, his teams continually deliver innovative and targeted marketing campaigns for our customers.
As Chief Sales Officer, he champions a customer-first approach, improving all aspects of customer sales and service.
Julia farrant
Chief People Officer
Julia farrant
Chief People Officer
Julia's focus on people-based infrastructure has supported and guided Ovato's growth into a customer-focused, productive and engaging company.
Her expansive 25-year career in HR includes tenure across Australia and internationally in the FMCG, financial and service sectors, working with the likes of Unilever, Masterfoods and Ford.
Julia's breadth of experience includes designing and implementing People and Culture strategy, developing a performance and accountability culture and establishing a solid and understanding leadership framework.
Brad loder
Chief Corporate Development Officer
Brad loder
Chief Corporate Development Officer
For over 20 years, Brad has helped organisations build, execute and sustain customer-centric strategies, he joined Ovato in May of 2019.
As Chief Corporate Development Officer, he will work closely with the Executive Management Team executing corporate strategy, identifying and securing new revenue streams and driving Ovato's customer-first approach.
Christine Di Stasio
Executive General Manager, OHSE & Risk
Christine Di Stasio
Executive General Manager, OHSE & Risk
Christine is a leader in health, safety, environment and risk, bringing 25 years of experience from across the transport and logistics, manufacturing, motor vehicle, FMCG and pharmaceutical industries to our team.
Christine has been with Ovato since 2017 and aims to drive change for OHS&E as a value in the workplace. She believes strongly in culture change through rigorous engagement, and uses her technical expertise to guide her vision.
Justin Davies
Chief Information Officer
Justin Davies
Chief Information Officer
Justin has been an integral part of our Ovato team since 2015, providing much needed support to our I.T. business systems and infrastructure.
He has over 25 years of professional experience in the media and IT industries, with a broad range of skills including consulting, sales, product and IT management.
Justin's specialisation in workflow and progressive process transformation drives our company forward, guided by his years of experience.
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New Integration Platform Is the Best Medicine for One Firm
Metropolitan Health Corp. of Grand Rapids, Mich., had been using SeeBeyond's integration platform since 1997 and recently faced at least its third upgrade. "It's a good product, but the issue has been when [SeeBeyond] upgrades or enhances the product, it requires a significant migration," says Bill Lewkowski, Metro Health's CIO. "We can't afford the time, effort or money to change out the integration foundation each time."
The $260 million, 1,512-employee hospital uses the integration platform to connect core clinical, admissions and revenue applications and gain access to patient data as it travels through those systems. SeeBeyond responds that its latest package, ICAN, solves the migration problem.
Nonetheless, Metro Health decided to look around. Lewkowski and Gary VanderHeiden, manager of applications teams, discovered that a vendor whose database they were already using also made an integration platform. The platform, InterSystems Ensemble, is built on the same technology as the InterSystems Cache postrelational database, which the team is using to consolidate its core clinical systems.
"Once we converted, we did not have to rewrite our integration foundation," says VanderHeiden. Problem solved.


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This year's Los Angeles Marathon has been nothing short of brutal. Temperatures are in the upper 70°s, and runners are weaving across the finish line like Groucho Marx underwater. They are the lucky ones: 200 others have fallen victim to dehydration along the way. Now here comes Richard Bird, middle-aged and in the middle of the pack, limping from a broken blister but laughing.
"Whew, nearly cooked out there," chortles the 42-year-old Briton. Someone hands him a cup of water. "Where's the champagne?" he cries.
Champagne, for an overall 2,765th-place finish? Why not? Every marathon Bird completes now adds 26.2 more milestones to a remarkable feat of endurance. Last April 23, Bird set out to eclipse the Guinness Book of World Records mark for most marathons run in a year. When he finished his 54th marathon in Tallahassee on Feb. 11 (time: 3:29:55), Bird had his record, with more than two months left to run up the score. Last week in Belgium he tallied Nos. 66 and 67. Last weekend his schedule included marathons Nos. 68 and 69 in Yonkers, N.Y., and Boston on successive days. And starting April 22 (his 43rd birthday) Bird plans to finish his quest with a stupefying double play: one marathon in London in the morning and then, after a quick helicopter jaunt, another in Stratford-upon-Avon that afternoon, for a grand total of 71.
"All records are made to be broken," says Bird with a laugh. "I just want to make it a little harder for the next guy."
What is most amazing about Bird's flight is that only six years ago he couldn't run 200 yards without wheezing to a halt. He stood 5'10", weighed a flaccid 190 lbs. and smoked and drank more than he should. "I was a blimp," says Bird in disgust. "I had this tiny head atop a huge body. I looked ridiculous."
But this son of a London greengrocer, a high school dropout who had married at 18, was not ready to settle for the soft, bloated existence. He had made two fortunes in his 37 years—first with a chain of hardware stores when he was only 23, then in the mail-order business. And though he had managed to blow his money both times, he was still ready to rise to a challenge. Six months after enviously watching runners in the 1983 London Marathon, Bird had pared down to 150 lbs. and completed his first marathon in a respectable three hours, 42 minutes.
And that should have ended that. But Bird had been training with a friend who could finish a marathon in only 2½ hours, and Bird thought there was a way he could beat him. So he challenged the friend to run a marathon plus a 10-kilometer race in one day, or two marathons in two days. The friend accepted both of Bird's dares. "I blew him away in the second race every time," Bird says. "God did not make me fast, but I found out he did give me this remarkable ability to recover."
Again, that should have been that. But shortly after Bird hit 40, in 1986, he began to feel antsy. He and his wife had been separated for two years, their three children were grown and on their own, and Bird was prospering as a housewares salesman. "Life was extremely settled," he says. "It was no challenge." By that time Bird was running three marathons a year and still felt like a couch potato. So he cracked open Guinness and saw the record of 53 in one year, set by Jay Helgerson of California in 1980. "I'd gotten to that age," he says, "where I need to prove I was here. To leave a mark."
He began his training in 1987 by running one marathon a month and about 70 miles a week. In February 1988, training at night in his hometown of Luton, he came across the body of a middle-aged man in running togs lying face down in the road. The man had apparently died running. "I thought this was an omen," says Bird. "I wondered, 'Am I too old? Should I slow down?' "
Deciding that he wasn't, Bird quit his job in March 1988, sold some property to raise $36,000 and got himself three new credit cards and a used camper. He began his quest with the Shakespeare Marathon in Stratford-upon-Avon last April 23. He put 17,000 miles on the camper until its brakes gave out near Baton Rouge last February, and he reckons he ran up some 100,000 miles in the air. When he overslept on Jan. 27 in New York, missing a race there, he jumped on a flight to Holland to compete over there the next day. Then he caught another flight back to Las Vegas, where he recorded one of his best times ever (3:10:35) a week later.
But it hasn't been all tulips and sunshine. Bird ran through sleet in Tulsa last Nov. 19 (No. 40) and four inches of snow in St. Louis the next day. Then, after completing marathons 43 and 44 in two days just after Thanksgiving, he had to fly back to England for his ex-father-in-law's funeral. He ran again Dec. 3, then his legs and knees went on strike. Doctors told him he shouldn't try to walk, let alone run, for at least a month. Instead of taking to his nest, Bird flew to New Jersey to commune with his brother Bill, 47, who lives in Bayonne. Bill introduced Bird to a friend, Bethany Chapple, a former offensive lineman for the University of Texas at El Paso, who had become a high school athletic trainer.
After an examination, Chapple informed the marathon man that since he gave up the wheezy life he had run about 13,000 miles on a pair of mismatched legs—the right was half an inch shorter than the left. Chapple recommended weight training and water therapy. Massaged and stretched back into shape, Bird completed Marathon No. 46 in Tampa on Dec. 10.
For all the calories he burns, Bird does not have a big appetite. In fact, he takes in only 2,000 calories a day—mostly in pasta, fish, potatoes, eggs and fruit juices. No red meat. "I have to watch my calories," he says. "My body has become totally adjusted to the running. I can't eat whatever I want, or I feel incredibly sluggish."
After time runs out on April 23, Bird plans to cut back to a mere 50 training miles a week, building to a lifetime total of 100 marathons later this year. He also wants to spend more time with his girlfriend, Lorna Cullen, 30, whose avocation is standing in a harness atop biplanes and flying across the English Channel. Says the mad marathoner with just the hint of a smile: "Now, that's crazy."
—Jack Friedman, Lorenzo Benet in Los Angeles


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Presidential Papers, January/February 2017
In the fourth and final installment of his presidential papers series "The Academy and the Web of Professionalism," Past Academy President Tom Wildsmith writes about discipline, tracing the Academy's early efforts in this area that led to the founding of the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) and the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD). The ABCD, along with the ASB and the U.S. Qualification Standards, form the triad of the Code of Professional Conduct. "Dealing with disciplinary matters is never pleasant, but it is an essential part of any self-regulating profession," he writes. (Contingencies, January/February 2017)


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What I do know, is that you just can't go wrong with graham crackers, marshmallow and Hershey's chocolate squares. National S'mores Day is actually happening this Saturday, August 10. How could a foodie not honor such a worthy holiday?!
Here's the catch, August is by far one of our hottest months. So, I'm not quite itching to start up a fire and roast some marshmallows. In order to honor this holiday (because how could you not?!) I've been on the search for some campfire-not-needed S'mores recipes.
I'll have you know, Pinterest is full of S'more inspired ideas. This S'mores Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar recipe has had my taste buds dancing since first pin. Rather than prodding at a fire all afternoon, I managed to satisfy our S'mores craving with just a 30 minute stint in the kitchen!
S'mores Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
recipe from Say Yes to Hoboken
Graham Crackers
Cookie Dough
4 bars Hershey's Bars
1 bag Mini Marshmallows
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Layer bottom of pan with graham crackers.
3. Roll out cookie dough onto parchment paper. Then flip rolled dough over onto the graham crackers.
Bake the graham cracker and cookie dough layer for 10 minutes or until cooked almost through.
4. Remove from oven and cover with Hershey's bars. Then layer on the bag of mini marshmallows.
5. Finish by placing the layered dish into the oven on Lo broil for several minutes. *please watch this closely as every oven will broil at different rates.
I woke my husband from his nap to try this new dessert straight out of the oven. It is that good, y'all!
If you give this recipe a try let me know!
Also, stop by later this week for a S'more Recipe Roundup to get you all pumped for the weekend's National S'mores Day!
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Effective January 1, 2015, Indiana imposed new suspended license laws for drivers who are seeking limited access to drive. Under IC 9-30-16, the prior "hardship" privilege and "probationary" privilege laws have been combined into what is now known as specialized driving privileges. Perhaps most exciting about these new laws is that Indiana lawmakers have expanded the eligibility for specialized privileges, which means that even more suspended drivers could recover their ability to drive.
As with all new laws, however, comes some confusion and uncertainty—and many interested in applying for specialized driving privileges are unsure what action to take to make themselves eligible. At Keffer Hirschauer LLP, we know how frustrating it can be to apply for these privileges, only to have your application rejected because of some oversight. That is why we are prepared to help our suspended license clients take the proper steps in the application process and make sure they stand the very best chance of getting back on the road.
If you have a suspended driver's license and would like to explore the possibility of receiving specialized driving privileges, then contact our firm today.
Obstacles to Eligibility
Not all suspended drivers are eligible to receive specialized driving privileges. While the new laws have expanded the criteria for eligible drivers, there are still some circumstances where drivers must simply wait for their suspension to expire.
An Indiana driver is NOT eligible for specialized driving privileges if:
- They have never had a valid Indiana driver's license.
- They have a commercial driver's license.
- They have refused to submit to a chemical test.
- They have been convicted of an offense that resulted in the death of a person while you operated a motor vehicle.
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Alyssa C. and I have not watched Fireproof and we know that we will not be able to watch it anywhere in the near future. So, why a promotion in our blog?
I read the review made by the Harris twins in The Rebelution and I trust their judgment. Having also watched the Kendrick brothers' Facing the Giants, we know that they are only up to making movies that are Christ-centered and uplifting to viewers.
So, if you happen to pass by this blog and you live where Fireproof is showing, go and watch it. If it's not showing anywhere near, request for it. We can't help Fireproof directly by buying tickets but you who are within reach of Fireproof, go and grab the opportunity to watch! This is a movie not to be missed. Or as they put it in The Rebelution, this is a Drop-Everything-and-Go-See-It-Film.


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STS-134 Daily Mission Recap - Flight Day 7
A video recap of flight day 7 of the STS-134 mission of space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station.
Astronauts Talk to Students in Tucson
STS-134 Commander Mark Kelly and Mission Specialist Mike Fincke speak with students from Mesa Verde Elementary School in Tucson, Ariz. Approximately 400 students in kindergarten through fifth grade participated in the event and learned how the unique environment of space helps advance scientific discovery and exploration.
Washington College of Law 2011 Commencement Address
American University Washington College of Law 2011 Commencement Address by Stephen N. Zack, President of the American Bar Association
Capturing, Assessing, Transferring and Applying Knowledge of Good Practice in Crime Prevention: The
This conference was aimed at policy-makers and decision-makers who develop and provide interventions for children who are in conflict with the law, or are at risk of offending or re-offending. The conference focused on recent developments in theory and best practice in relation to interventions for these children and at reducing youth offending.
Get Wasted! - The Lives of Drugs that Go Untaken
Found unused or expired drugs in your cabinet? Flush it? Trash it? Or keep it? Your pharmacist probably did inform you how to take your medication properly. However, what should we do if we no longer need it, or even it's expired? Much more than the environmental consequences, what else might result from the improper medication disposal? Do you know that death related to the accidental ingestion of medication among children is skyrocketing in the past decade? Also, potential drug abuse, mis
Diet and Exercise to Better Health
Video for "The Pharmacist" show
Tides - by StudyJams
Tides are the rise and fall of the Earth's seas and oceans, and they are caused by the pull of gravity from the sun and moon. Tides cause changes in the depths of the water, meaning that the seas and oceans are continually experiencing cycles of high and low tides. Learn more about tides with this cartoon animation from StudyJams. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.
Planetary Mysteries
This fun Web article is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they explore the "mind-boggling mysteries" of our solar system. The article opens with a quick review of what we know about our solar system and how we've gathered that information. Students then "explore the mystery" of each planet within our solar system, which is presented though fun facts, evidence, theories, and NASA missions. The article ends with a nine-question quiz th
Sea star using tube feet to open a mussel at the California rocky intertidal zone
The concept that a sea star is a predator is hard to grasp because it moves slowly. It preys on other slow-moving animals by using its tube feet (like suction cups) to grasp the animals shell and open it.
Nutritional Health,Food Production,and the Environment
This course provides an understanding of the complex and challenging public health issue of food security and in a world where one billion people are under-nourished while another billion are overweight. Explores the connections among diet, the current food production system, the environment and public health, considering factors such as economics, population and equity. Case studies are used to examine these complex relationships and as well as alternative approaches to achieving both local and
Medical Careers : How to Become a Pediatrician
This two minute video explains what is needed to become a pediatrician. Information includes obtaining a science-related bachelor's degree followed by four years of medical school and three to four years of a pediatrics residency. A good video to motivate students to do well and as part of a career day.
22.05.2011 - Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainieren Sie Ihr Hörverstehen mit authentischen Materialien. Nutzen Sie die Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Sonntag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.Der Vorstandschef des Versicherungskonzerns Allianz, Michael Diekmann, fordert für das hochverschuldete Griechenland einen umfassenden Aufbauplan nach dem Vorbild der US-Hilfen für Westeuropa nach dem 2. Weltkrieg. Eine Umschuldung werde nicht genügen, mit Geld allein sei das Problem nicht zu lösen, sagte Diekman
23. Once Upon A Time (Listen Up & Learn)
Learn Italian with www.LearnItalianPod.com – Episode #23 of the fun-to-practice and extra-useful "Listen Up & Learn" lesson series is entitled "Once Upon A Time" – The expression "Once Upon A Time" (in Italian, "C'era Una Volta") is the classic opening line of a tale or a fable. This time, get ready to listen to one [...]
Good Night, Poppy and Max Read-Aloud Online Storybook (Counting 1-10)
This read-aloud is Good Night, Poppy and Max by Lindsey Gardiner. This cute story is based on a little girl named Poppy and her dog Max. They are getting for bed and count various objects as they prepare for bed. They count from 1-10. There is a play button to begin the story and a pause button on each page. Each word is highlighted as the story is read. This is a wonderful resource to help build a literacy rich environment in the early childhood classroom. This read-aloud would be a fun way to
How Different Forces Affect Aircraft
NASA Connect segment explaining how different forces affect aircraft. The video also explores team work and engineering for conducting research. (04:32)
" Fern Goes to India"- An Animated Storybook
This computer-animated storybook tells the adventures of Fern the Fox as she travels to India and experiences elements of the culture. The words of the story appear on each page and are highlighted as they are read. ( 2:14)
Felix Salmon: Hedge fund wisdom, or sales job?
Felix Salmon tells us what he really thinks about the Ira Sohn Conference.
Periodic Table - by StudyJams
The periodic table is a chart that scientists use to organize the elements. The chart shows each element's name and symbol, the number of protons in its nucleus, and its characteristics and room temperature. The elements are listed in order by their atomic number. Learn more about the periodic table with this cartoon animation from StudyJams. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.
Expedition 27 Undocks from the Station
After spending 157 days aboard the International Space Station, Dmitry Kondratyev, NASA Flight Engineer Cady Coleman and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Paolo Nespoli undocked from the station's Rassvet module at 5:35 p.m. EDT May 23, 2011, to begin their voyage home.


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See Each Other: A New Way of Thinking about SEO & Content
Ever heard of the red phone in the White House that serves as a direct hotline to the Kremlin? Well, there isn't one, and there never was. The infamous "red phone" is the stuff of Hollywood lore, hooey-based history, a crock of you-know-what. Still, I love to picture Reagan and Gorbachev sitting up yammering by phone in their '80s jammies at 3 a.m. (wearing long-tailed, old-timey night caps, if I'm being honest). It sounds like a good way to get things done, to curb crises, to cut through red tape.
I used to wish I had a red phone for clients. It was more of a longing to know them better so that I could write for them better. A copywriter can do only so much with some keywords, a site map, and a blank computer screen. That's why I now work hard to keep up my own kind of SEO. It's called seeing each other.
Successful content marketing takes root when the copywriter comes to the pow-wow
It's easy to hyper-focus on the high-tech side of digital marketing. That's where a lot of the magic happens. It's why we bother with things like keywords, inbound and outbound links, meta-tags, H1s, alt tags, page-load times, image sitemaps, and so on. But I've got to give those SEO geeks some good material to work with first! Much of their tech magic will be wasted if creative magic hasn't happened first. Creative magic has its best chance to unfold when the copywriter and client get face time.
Don't think I mean Face Time, the app. Video teleconferencing certainly does the trick, but just as Washington and Moscow never needed that red phone, we don't need LCD screens with each other's faces on them. A meeting or conference-call are just as useful. Talking with you will help me discern important truths about your brand and customers. When I say we need to "see" each other, I mean it in a Titanic way, like this:
Go ahead. Try to tell me what that food I've never tasted before tastes like
My sister is deathly allergic to fish. She's never eaten it, and no matter how many times she's asked, I can't explain to her how it tastes. A taste of salmon is a unique sensory experience. In many ways, "seeing" a client is the same. It can't be done vicariously, not with much accuracy. Yes, a salesperson or account rep can ferry their impressions to me. They can relay product descriptions or store photos. These are all to the good! But there's no substitute for a strategy meeting with someone in content-creation, a time set aside for the so-called creatives to "see" you and your business firsthand.
So, what does this content strategy meeting look like?
It's simple. We talk. Techies and creatives and you, together looking over existing marketing material and future marketing plans through the lens of content-creation. It's quick and painless. We're taking care of serious business, but it's not formal. Think one step up from Gorbachev and Reagan in their jammies. The ultimate goal is to stay true to your brand while giving it the byline for original, creative, and useful content. That's the kind of content consumers want, so that's the kind search engines favor.


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Elizabeth Cole
Elizabeth Cole is a romance author with a penchant for history, which is why she lives in an old house in an old city. She can be found hanging around libraries and archives, or curled in a corner reading, cat on lap. She believes in love at first sight. Then again, she also believes that mac 'n' cheese is a healthy breakfast, so don't trust her judgment on everything.
Books by Elizabeth Cole
A Heartless Design – A Secrets of the Zodiac Novel
A Voice at Midnight – A Regency Novella
A Winter's Knight – A Regency Novella
Lady in Pearls – A Regency Novella
Love Is Blind – A Regency Novella
Love On The Run – A Romantic Suspense Novel


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Today I am saddened because one of my followers died. I knew it was coming, from her posts, but I didn't have the courage to look at them until today. As I read her blogs, I was aware that her fate could easily have been mine and still could be. There is no guarantee that I have beaten this thing.
I did not know this person, she lived in Singapore. Behold the power of the internet. I am honored that she "dropped" in to my blog. She was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer in 2005 shortly after giving birth to a child. Her children are very young and I have been thinking about them a lot.
They will not remember their mother. She will live in the memories that she posted on her blog and those of her friends and family. But will they remember her touch or a song she sang to them? Probably not. As the years go by she will become a larger than life figure that could do no wrong. Not a bad legacy I guess. Except for the fact that she would have preferred to be the "mom that I hate" any day. We are all very fragile and yet we don't really recognize it until a tragedy strikes. This is a tragedy. A forty- two year old mother of two lost her life to this disease. She didn't deserve it and neither did her family. It is so unfair.
In spite of my desire not to be, I find myself being angry. Angry for the basketball games she will miss, angry for the first tooth that will come out that she won't get to see, angry for the ballet lessons that will go on in spite of her passing. I guess that I have the right to be angry about this. It is sad to see someone so young pass on to the other side.


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Giving Back is important to us, which is why we give back!
In addition to making it a priority to partner with Global Mamas, we often donate products to raise money for a good cause. This year, Oh My Balm became a Pledge a Product Partner for Behind the Scenes Charity, which provides financial support to entertainment technology industry professionals who are seriously ill or injured, or to their surviving family members. Grants are tailored to each individual and uses can include basic living costs, medical related expenses, transportation, and funeral expenses. Behind the Scenes brings help and hope in times of great need. We donate a portion of our specially formulated body butter "Crew" to the charity.
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ALL YEAR ROUND CHEEKS11 September
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I love the Body Shop blushers too! I have a very similar pink shade to this (might even be the same one!) Dandelion looks like such a lovely product. xoReplyDelete
Glad to see another fan of TBS makeup and blushers :) Dandelion would look AMAZING on you! xoDelete
I've still not tried NYX blushes but I really need to!ReplyDelete
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You really should! They have a gorgeous shade range - I'm hoping to pick up some brighter ones :) xoDelete
This is a great post! It's great to have a trusty blusher to last all seasons, no matter whether you've got a tan or you're rocking the pale and interesting look. I've not tried Benefit's dandelion, but it's so highly recommended I think I'll have to!ReplyDelete
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Thanks so much Jodie, really glad to hear you enjoyed my post! It really is so lovely - why not give it a swatch or ask one of the fab Benefit benebabes to apply it on you next time you're near a counter? xoDelete
You have some amazing shades! My all year round fave blushes are probably Benefit Dallas and the blush shade in the original Urban Decay Naked Flushed palette!ReplyDelete
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Thank you Jasmine! Ah, Dallas is on my lust-list, it looks so gorgeous! xoDelete
Dandelion is such a pretty shade. I am so desperate to try it! xReplyDelete
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Treat yourself! It really is gorgeous, maybe see if you can spot it in any of the gift sets they do around Christmas? Might be a budget-friendly way to try it (and lots of other Benefit products) before investing in a full size! :) xoDelete
I love Dandelion by Benefit but I hate the price tag that comes with it. Sadly mine has nearly run out and now I don't want to use it because I can't afford to replace it. I might try the body shop one. It looks like a similar toneReplyDelete
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I do think some Benefit products are a couple of £'s more than they should be - but if you think about how much product you get in a Benefit boxed blush, it's a lot more than other brands and works out good value for money in the long run, considering how long they last! The Body Shop's range is absolutely gorgeous, some really beautiful shades in there xoDelete
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These are such lovely picks. I really want to try Dandelion by Benefit!ReplyDelete
Chloe Andrews | Nail tutorials & Beauty PostsReplies
Thanks Chloe, really glad to hear you like my picks! Let me know if you decide to give Dandelion a try! xoDelete
I love my pink blushes, the bodyshop one looks so so pretty! xReplyDelete
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It's super pretty! :) I love how flattering it is, let me know if you give Macaroon a try! xoDelete
Love the NYX blush - such a perfect contour for me - I also love the Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush in Defused Heat, it's such a lovely all year round shade that just makes your skin glow beautifully!ReplyDelete
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I have that and seriously need to use it more often! xoDelete
I love the Benefit Dandelion powder, it is just such a delicate pink and I love it for a barely there look.ReplyDelete


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A easy idea by definition, if not execution, advertising and marketing is every means you contact a prospect or customer. So earlier than you make the choice to get into advertising, marketing and PR, you must firstly discover what it's actually all about. As well as a mixture of lectures, seminars, group work and presentations, you may work on reside advertising and marketing challenges, connecting merchandise, providers and brands to customers.
If you happen to go into advertising as a profession, you could possibly work on the creative aspect, developing the ideas, words and artwork for the adverts, or on the account management aspect, liaising with the clients and discussing what they're on the lookout for. Promoting is a single element of the advertising and marketing process It is the half that involves getting the word out regarding your small business, product, or the companies you might be offering.
Another distinction between online advertising and marketing and advertising is that online advertising is completed on your own time and in your personal area. A common entry point on the business facet of the business is a job as an account coordinator or assistant account executive.
Courses unique to the third year embrace Creative Branding, Promoting Marketing campaign Management, Advertising Legislation and Global Communications. Promoting, promotions, and advertising managers must be able to generate new and imaginative ideas.
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