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Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley has been elected by his peers to serve as vice president of the Entergy Regional State Committee (E-RSC), which is composed of state regulators from Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and the City of New Orleans. Presley has represented the Mississippi Public Service Commission on the E-RSC since its creation in 2009. Other members ...Read More »
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The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating Entergy Corporation's transmissions system and electricity-purchasing practices. The New Orleans-based company disclosed the investigation prior to the opening of financial markets Tuesday. Entergy says the investigation involves Entergy Arkansas, Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, Entergy Louisiana, Entergy Mississippi, Entergy Texas and Entergy New Orleans. The investigation also covers Entergy Services Inc. The DOJ investigation ...Read More »
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Space Cowboys
Space Cowboys is a 2000 American adventure drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older "ex-test pilots" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite.
|Space Cowboys
Theatrical release poster
|Directed by
|Clint Eastwood
|Produced by
|Written by
|Music by
|Lennie Niehaus
|Jack N. Green
|Edited by
|Joel Cox
|Distributed by
|Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
Running time
|130 minutes[1]
|United States
|$60 million[2]
|Box office
|$128.9 million
In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk" Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones) and Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress flying with navigator "Tank" Sullivan (James Garner) as they parachute to safety. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk for putting their lives at risk, but their fight is broken up by flight engineer Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland). Their supervising officer, Bob Gerson (James Cromwell), chastises Hawk for his recklessness, before taking them to a press conference, where it is announced that the Air Force will no longer be involved in space flight tests as this has now been handed off to the newly created NASA, ending the four's dreams of reaching space.
In the present day, NASA is tasked to prevent a Soviet communications satellite, IKON, from decaying out of orbit and crashing to Earth. The design of the satellite's electronics is archaic and based on those of Skylab that Frank had developed. Bob, now a project manager at NASA, sends NASA engineer Sara Holland (Marcia Gay Harden) to request Frank's help. Frank is initially hostile as he still despises Bob, but agrees to put aside his differences to help with the current situation. However, Frank insists that he have the help of his "Team Daedalus" including Hawk, Tank, and Jerry. Bob agrees to this, though discreetly plans to have younger astronauts shadow the four and learn from them so as to replace Frank's team before launch. When the press learn of Frank's team, however, the Vice President convinces Bob that Frank's team must be part of the mission for good publicity. The old and young teams, though initially competitive, soon work together, with the older astronauts showing off skills learned without the aid of a computer. As they train and undergo examinations, Hawk is found to have pancreatic cancer and given only eight months to live, but is still considered flight-worthy.
The Space Shuttle Daedalus successfully launches into orbit. They find the satellite but all agree it looks nothing like a communication satellite. They secure the satellite with the shuttle's loading arm and begin repairs, but soon find it houses six nuclear missiles, relics from the Cold War and a violation of the Outer Space Treaty. The mission is quickly put under secrecy. Frank discovers that the control system for the satellite originated from Bob's own files and was stolen by the KGB, and that the satellite's computers will launch the missiles at predetermined targets if the satellite falls out of orbit. NASA and the crew devise a plan to use the payload-assist rockets to push the satellite out of orbit and into deep space. However, as they prepare for this maneuver, one of the younger astronauts, Ethan Glance (Loren Dean), acting under Bob's original orders, tries to put the satellite into stable orbit himself, which is mistimed and sets off a chain reaction: the satellite collides with the shuttle, damaging most of the shuttle's computer systems and engines, destroying the solar panels on the satellite, and sending it faster into a decay orbit, while Ethan is knocked out and dragged along with the satellite.
While Tank and Jerry tend to the other young astronaut Roger Hines (Courtney B. Vance), who suffered a concussion on the impact, Frank and Hawk make a space walk and reach the satellite in time to activate a booster rocket and slow down the orbit. As they see to Ethan, the two realize that there is no way to restabilize the orbit of the satellite without power, and the only option is to have someone ride on the satellite as they fire the missiles' engines so that it falls into deep space. Hawk quickly volunteers to sacrifice himself, hoping that he will be able to land himself on the Moon to fulfill his life's dream. After helping Hawk to rig the satellite for launch, Frank takes Ethan back to the shuttle to be tended to. Frank, Tank, and Jerry say their goodbyes to Hawk as he engages the rockets, successfully propelling the missiles away from Earth.
Frank, Tank, and Jerry now work to bring the shuttle back to Earth, with the plan to achieve a low enough altitude to allow the shuttle to be evacuated over water since landing it would be difficult. Frank successfully pilots the Space Shuttle to reenter orbit but with too fast a speed. After safely bailing out Ethan and Roger, Tank and Jerry stay with Frank regardless of the risk. Frank recalls a maneuver Hawk had used before, purposely stalling the shuttle to drop its speed quickly and allowing him to land the shuttle safely. The crew is welcomed back as heroes.
Later, Frank talks with his wife Barbara and contemplates if Hawk made it to the Moon. The film ends with the Frank Sinatra song "Fly Me to the Moon", zooming in on the surface of the Moon showing that Hawk had indeed arrived, having died while peacefully watching the Earth.
- Clint Eastwood as Colonel Francis D. "Frank" Corvin, Ph.D., USAF (Ret.)
- Toby Stephens as young Frank
- Tommy Lee Jones as Colonel William "Hawk" Hawkins, USAF (Ret.)
- Eli Craig as young Hawk
- Donald Sutherland as Captain Jerry O'Neill, USAF (Ret.)
- John Mallory Asher as young Jerry
- James Garner as Captain the Reverend "Tank" Sullivan, USAF (Ret.)
- Matt McColm as young Tank
- Marcia Gay Harden as Sara Holland
- William Devane as Flight Director Eugene "Gene" Davis
- Loren Dean as Ethan Glance
- Courtney B. Vance as Roger Hines
- James Cromwell as Bob Gerson
- Billie Worley as young Bob
- Rade Šerbedžija as General Vostov
- Barbara Babcock as Barbara Corvin
- Blair Brown as Dr. Anne Caruthers
- Jay Leno as himself
- Jon Hamm as Young pilot
- Chris Wylde as Jason the birthday boy
- Anne Stedman as Girlfriend
Principal photography started in July 1999 and lasted three months.[2] Scenes were filmed on location at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.[2] Interior shots of the flight simulator, shuttle, and mission control were filmed on sets at Warner Bros.[2]
The 1958 portrayals of the characters are filmed with younger actors dubbed by their older counterparts.
The original music score was composed by longtime Eastwood collaborator Lennie Niehaus.
Box officeEdit
The film grossed over $90 million in its United States release.[3]
Critical responseEdit
Space Cowboys was well received by critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 78% based on reviews from 119 critics, with an average rating of 6.72/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "While the plot is overly cliched, the superb acting by the stars (especially the tense interactions between Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones) and the spectacular special effects make this a movie worth seeing."[4] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]
The film received a moderately favorable review from Roger Ebert: "it's too secure within its traditional story structure to make much seem at risk — but with the structure come the traditional pleasures as well."[6]
At the 73rd Academy Awards ceremony, the film was nominated for Best Sound Editing.
- ^ "SPACE COWBOYS (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. August 15, 2000. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Hughes, p.151
- ^ Hughes, p.152
- ^ "Space Cowboys (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "Space Cowboys Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Ebert, Roger; Roger Ebert (August 4, 2000). "Space Cowboys". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- Hughes, Howard (2009). Aim for the Heart. London: I.B. Tauris. ISBN 978-1-84511-902-7.


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Whilst the real world has seen me exploring the French capital lately, in cyberspace this week's posting is all about the German one. In our offering today, Mike and I explore the delights of Berlin, perhaps not the prettiest city on earth but definitely one of the most interesting. This visit however, was not my first: aside from a brief pass through in 2003, I spent an amazing three days there in 2007, the account of which can be found here and which is, incidentally, the most visited post on Uncle Travelling Matt. So check that out as well as my two V-logs of this trip.
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The next morning we breakfasted German-style on pastry and coffee and then took the train back into the centre of the city. This visit to the German capital was to be a bit of a whistle-stop tour as our train to Poland was scheduled to leave late in the afternoon but that didn't bother me particularly as I had pretty much blitzed – pun intended – the city back in 2007. There was however, one sight that I still wanted to see and so we headed for Alexanderplatz, once the heart of East Berlin.
Alexanderplatz had changed in the intervening six and a half years since my previous visit. Back then it had been a vast, grey, dismal, windswept and rain-drenched plaza of astonishing dreariness, topped off by a feature clock that would struggle to look good in Milton Keynes. Now, whilst perhaps not one of the continent's more memorable urban spaces, it was cheerier, brighter, busier and the sun was shining. Only the clock remained to remind me of past awfulness. It was still crap.
But we hadn't alighted at Alexanderplatz to admire the concrete, but instead I wanted to check out the one place that I hadn't managed to fit in on my 2007 city tour. The Fernsehturm (TV tower) is, at 365m high, the second tallest structure in Europe and a well-known symbol of the city. It was East Germany's proud boast of its modernity to the West, (from where it was clearly visible), but the gesture backfired since the sunlight reflected on the panels at the top to form a cross. The locals dubbed it "The Pope's Revenge". Proud proletarian statement it may have been, but I was dismayed to see the entry price of €13, something that this old prole could not afford. So, after mooching round the shop in its base, Mike and I left that Berlin box unticked and continued on our way.
I decided to take Mike on a walking tour of some of the highlights of the capital which was all new to him, so we headed down past the Marienkirche and impressive Rotes Rathaus to the wonderfully East German Marx-Engels Forum where sits one of my favourite statues in the whole world. I say that because not only does it feature the two granddaddies of the Left, but they are arranged in such a way – Engels standing on the right, then Marx sitting – that it seems designed for a third to join them – you! - and if you do stand by Marx then because they are so much larger than life – in more ways than one – then the downward pattern is maintained. However, here too, changes had taken place and for no apparent reason they'd been moved 180 degrees from their former position with the Palast der Republik as a backdrop so that they now face the building site that that great eyesore once occupied. And I don't know why, but that bothered me somehow, as if some great act of disrespect had been committed.
The Palast der Republik was the home of the East German parliament; an immense concrete monstrosity nicknamed Erichs Lampladen (Erich's Lamp Shop), due to the hundreds of lamps hanging from the ceiling of the main foyer and Erich Honecker being the resident dictator. Back in 2007 it had been an empty shell, condemned due to asbestos, but now it had been completely razed to the ground and work was underway on constructing an exact replica of the building that was demolished to make way for it: the Stadtschloss, the old imperial palace of Prussia. I need hardly say that, despite my left-leaning sympathies, I approve heartily although the least said the better about the Humboldt Box, an abstract angular piece of post-modern dross that temporarily occupies part of the site. Still, at least it is temporary and what was better, connected to the institution was a series of information boards detailing the lives of famous dead Berliners, most of the Jewish or socialist.
Over the Spree and we were now on the Unter den Linden, Berlin's most famous thoroughfare along which most of its finest building are located. Last time I visited I attended Holy Communion in the magnificent Berliner Dom to our right and then I'd visited the Pergamon Museum which is behind it and which I consider to be up there with the best two or three museums in the world. But Berlin has an amazing selection of museums and so this time I decided to hit another of them. Whilst the Pergamon is an exposition of all things Ancient and Classical from Greek temples to the Blue Gates of Babylon, the Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) charts, as its name suggests, the history of the German nation. Mike and I thus spent the next few hours exploring all things Deutsch, from the Pagan forest-dwelling tribes who fought the Romans to the Thirty Years' War, the Battle of Austerlitz, industrialisation and then, of course, the chaos of World War II and the divided country that emerged from its ashes. It was fascinating and it would have been the ideal introduction to an extended tour of the country. Alas though, our train out was that afternoon. Oh well, next time...
We continued our walk along Unter den Linden, stopping for some traditional Berliner sustenance at a currywurst stall before ending up in Pariser Platz in front of the Brandenburger Tor, the symbol of the city that once stood right beside the Wall which so cruelly divided it. Taking photos there we fell into conversation with an American couple who were touring Europe – and were most surprised and impressed when we told them how little we pay for flights in Europe – and then watched a rowdy demonstration by a large group of people waving Kurdish flags and complaining about some specific injustice which seemed to relate to political prisoners in Iraq.
Walking on, we then checked out my favourite Berlin landmark, the eerie Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. Now, generally speaking, abstract public art does little for me, this one really is the exception to the rule. Built to (superficially) resemble the Jewish cemetery in Prague, you enter it feeling that it is much like a normal cemetery, except that the "graves" are blank and, on the extreme periphery of the work, set into the pavement. But as you progress walking between them, before you know it, you are engulfed by the monument and those "graves", formerly only waist height, now tower above you, closing in, suffocating you. You are now in the midst of a hellish maze and to me it conveys as well as any art can how most Jews did not fully realise what was coming with the advent of Nazism – the rumours can't be true, they wouldn't really kill us, those stories of camps are exaggerated, we can always emigrate, this will pass, we are too useful to them – until it was too late and they were cast into the nightmare of the Holocaust with little or no hope of ever getting out.
Mike at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews
We finished our quick walking tour of the German capital at the redeveloped Potsdamer Platz where a section of the Berlin Wall still remains for tourists like us to stand next to and have their photos taken. We however, were far more taken by the impressive Sony Centre, a large circular courtyard with a tent-like roof and glass-covered buildings which reflect the multitude of angles spectacularly. I lay on my back on a bench and photographed and videoed it for it was well worth savouring.
Reflections in the glass, Sony Centre, Potsdamer Platz
Our time now limited and our feet sore, we jumped on the U-bahn to make one more stop. Mike had now seen a lot of the old East Berlin but nothing of the West, so we headed over to Kurfürstendamm, once the heart of the old capitalist enclave. To be fair though, the Osters had the best of it for there's not a lot to see save for an impressive array of sex emporia which are always worth a look around if only to broaden the mind – if you can think of it, there's a fetish devoted to it somewhere – before then heading to Kurfürstendamm's main railway station, Zoologischer Garten, in order to purchase our onward tickets to Poznań.
Except that there we hit a problem. On the internet I'd sourced the train times and found there to be one, very conveniently, at 16:29. upon investigation however, it transpired that this train did not in fact, exist: DB had not updated their website since 2009 (how very un-German!). However, there was a train leaving the Hauptbahnhof at 15:37, just half an hour or so away, so we got our tickets and jumped onto the next train up-track to Berlin's new central station.
I'd visited – and been bowled over by – Berlin's new Hauptbahnhof back in 2007. Then it had not just been new, but very new indeed, officially opened only the year before. I'd reached it then by walking across a wasteland of undeveloped real estate lots, the legacy of the area being the no-man's land in-between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. Now most of those lots are filled with towering office blocks and its title of 'Central' seems a little more justified. It is, unlike so many railway stations built since the Second World War, a station worth departing from with its enormous glass overall roof and layers of railways all running on top of one another. Back on my last visit I'd caught a local stopper service for Charlottenburg from there, a journey of only a couple of miles, but today we were doing the grand terminal justice by boarding the international express bound for Gdańsk and our destination – Poznań Główny – was a respectable three hours distant. So, climbing onto the white PNR coach, a currywurst each in hand, we said goodbye to Berlin and looked forwards to pastures new.
The journey to Poznań however, was not quite what I had anticipated. You'd expect Berlin, capital of the most populous and powerful nation in Europe,[1] to be like London and Paris, to be swamped by mile after mile of bland middle-class suburbs. But no, almost as soon as we were out of the centre, we plunged into a vast forest that lasted not only up until the Polish border, but a good way into Poland itself. It was dense and primeval and it made one rethink one's perceptions of Germany as this über-developed people-heavy land. But then again, we often forget that Germany is not like Britain and France just as Berlin is neither Paris nor London. Up until as recent as 1870 the country existed as a concept only and even today – in a process exacerbated by the traumatic post-war split into two states – the country is far less centralised than the other two great European powers. Berlin may be its capital, but the dominant West's government was situated in Bonn until 1990, the industrial powerhouse has always been the distant Rhine-Rühr conurbation, Munich is undoubtedly the boss in the south whilst Frankfurt-am-Main is the financial centre.
We soon passed through Frankfurt, but not the money-drenched one. Frankfurt-an-der-Oder is now the last city in Germany and as we rattled over the Oder River which gives it its name, we passed into Polish territory. However, things have not always been so and traditionally Germany has been more easterly situated than it is today. Prior to 1945, large swathes of what is now Poland was German territory and indeed the Prussian capital Berlin was chosen as the administrative heart of the new German Empire in 1870 primarily because it was geographically at the heart of the new entity. Even a cursory glance at the map today shows us that this is no longer the case. For centuries much of Western Poland has had a large German population and many of its urban centres were Germanised and had German names: Poznań – Posen; Gdańsk – Danzig; Szczecin – Stettin and Wrocław – Breslau. In moves not often talked about but still felt keenly by many Germans, the border was shifted to the Oder giving Poland East Prussia and most of Pomerania and Silesia in compensation for territory that the USSR annexed off it in the east. And with the shift in borders also came a shift in people. By 1950 between twelve and fourteen million ethnic Germans were forcibly uprooted from their homes in Central and Eastern Europe, often places where their families had lived for centuries, and resettled within Germany. The number from Poland alone was seven million. How many were killed in the process is up for debate. There are 473,000 confirmed deaths and some estimates talk of two million although the most accepted seems to be that of the Deutsches Historisches Museum which gives a figure of around 600,000. whatever the truth, one thing is for sure: wandering around the region between Berlin, Kaliningrad, Lvov and Budapest can often be a very sobering experience for much of the literature, art, culture, industry and architecture of those places was the product of two peoples conspicuous by their absence: the Germans and the Jews.[2]
Crossing the Oder, the (present day) border between Germany and Poland
If the journey to Poznań was a little contrary to expectations, the arrival was even more so. We drew into the dingy confines of Główny (Central) Station – as good an example of what modern architecture shouldn't be as Berlin Hauptbahnhof is of what it should – and then made the short walk to our pre-booked accommodation, Pension Xantier (PLN99 p/n). Except that when we rang the bell, there was no answer. So we knocked on the door. Still no answer. So Mike called the number on the booking confirmation. And we heard the phone ringing in the office, but, unsurprisingly, no one picked it up. Stumped, we waited, then we waited some more, then we went to the shop and then we came back to wait some more. And then, just as we were about to leave and seek alternative accommodation, a girl arrived. She didn't speak any English, but was dashed pretty which at least made up for our inconvenience a little. However, she wasn't the owner of the hotel, nor even did she work there. She was, I discovered through the fog of several Slavic tongues, sort-of living in the hotel and sort-of a friend of the guy who sort-of owned it. Nonetheless, all these "sort ofs" equalled one definite which was his mobile number which she duly rang for us and he promised to get down to us prompto and asked if his sort-of live in friend could sort-of open the room up for us. The question was, why hadn't he been there himself?
Hmm... it seems like he'd sort-of closed the hotel for the winter and most definitely forgot that he'd received an internet booking.
And so, after dropping off our bags, we were finally able to start exploring the second of our three cities. We walked into the heart of Poznań as the sun went down and ended up where every tourist does, the breath-taking Stary Rynek (literally "Old market, i.e. the central square), where, ensconced in one of the cobbleside bars, we toasted our return to the Land of the White Eagle, the country which we had enjoyed so much the year before, and then sat back to ogle the stunning mediaeval architecture and the even more captivating Polish women who passed by on their evening strolls.
[1]I exclude Russia and Turkey since they're mostly in Asia.
[2]I explore the subject of Eastern Europe's missing Germans and their legacy in far more depth in my travelogue 'The Missing Link' where I meet one of the few survivors, Anton Bremer, an ethnic German in Northern Romania.


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I have two projects to share with you today .The first is using the Window box Thinlits, great for sending a little gift.
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Facebook Said To Be Worth $50 Billion
Whether or not the number has any basis in reality, Facebook is now said to be worth an estimated $50 billion, according to a report.
TechCrunch reported reported that a share auction held by SecondMarket last week placed the company's worth at an estimated $50 billion.
How do these numbers emerge? Employees at private companies receive shares in the company, which are essentially valueless until the company sells the shares on the open market. According to a memo received by TechCrunch, the share price was $20.76. Extrapolated against an estimated 2.5 billion shares spread across Facebook shareholders, the valuation extrapolates to $50 billion.
In May 2009, Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies bought a 1.96 percent stake into Facebook worth $200 million, which valued the company at $10 billion. DST chief executive Yuri Milner told a Web 2.0 audience that about 80 percent of the company's investments are "secondary," meaning via the purchase of employee stock.
In April, DST took a stake in Groupon, leading a venture round that raised $135 million for the online coupon company.
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JLL upping its Retail game in Chicagoland
Crain's Chicago Business recently published an extensive report on the work the JLL Retail team is doing to expand its presence here in Chicago.
In the story, JLL Midwest Retail Director Mark Hunter details the group's plans to double the size of its Chicago retail team and leasing/management portfolio over the next five years.
(The firm got a head start on that effort earlier this month with the hiring of veteran retail leasing agents Claire Bitautas and Anne Imming.)
JLL currently leases more than 3.5 million square feet of retail space here locally, yet is not well-known for its retail prowess. As Hunter told Crain's in the interview:
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This two-time Emmy winner returns to Broadway in the acclaimed musical by Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson.
"If you were to tell this kid who was infatuated with community theater and didn't have any formal training that twenty-five years later, he'd be doing two original musicals on Broadway in the same year, would he have believed you?"
Michael Park ponders this question just a few days after he opened in Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, and Steven Levenson's new musical Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway. Park's role as Larry Murphy, which he originated at Arena Stage in 2015, is his second Broadway role this year. The first was Angus Tuck in Chris Miller, Nathan Tysen, Claudia Shear, and Tim Federle's short-lived musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting at the Broadhurst.
Despite perhaps being best known for a long-running television gig, Park is a self-described theater guy. "My big break was Hello Again at Lincoln Center in 1993. A couple shows after that led me to Smokey Joe's Café. I want to say it was my honest-to-goodness Broadway debut, but I understudied Billy Bigelow in Carousel prior to that, and I never got to go on, so I don't consider that my debut."
As Park's Broadway theatrical résumé grew, he started expanding his horizons. "I set a goal for myself. I wanted to continue to get better at television auditions and maybe land something." An initial screen test for the soap opera As the World Turns at first resulted in a rejection, but upon a second shot, he got it. In April 1997, he began what ended up being a 13-year run as Jack Snyder on the soap opera, finishing his time with the show when it ended in 2010.
His performance on As the World Turns netted him a pair of back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for the show's final seasons. "That was a special gift," Park says. "I'm most proud of the fact that not only did I receive an Emmy for our final season, but that my costar, Maura West, did too."
Not that he disappeared from the theater during his soap tenure. In fact, his experiences working on television, acting in hundreds of episodes in a single year, were just as vital as his theater jobs. "I studied more doing that show than I ever did in high school or college. Take notes, apply the notes, move on, get over yourself, you have another day tomorrow. When I was doing my first year and a half of As the World Turns, I did Little Me at Roundabout. I was amazed by how much they fed each other. It was a completely different rehearsal process, but at the same time, it was a beautiful thing to have them both."
When As the World Turns ended, Park returned to the stage in earnest. He appeared in The Burnt Part Boys, written by Tuck scribes Miller and Tysen, at Playwrights Horizons (where he originated the role of Monty in Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley's musical Violet in 1997). He played opposite Daniel Radcliffe, Darren Criss, and Nick Jonas in How to Succeed in Business Without Realy Trying. And he was Gooper to Scarlett Johansson's Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
"I've been blessed," Park notes, but there is perhaps no greater blessing than playing grieving father Larry Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen. It's a role Park performed at the show's first table read, opposite Ben Platt, Jennifer Laura Thompson, and Rachel Bay Jones, and played in Washington, D.C., but missed out on earlier this year when the show ran off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre while he was on Broadway in Tuck Everlasting.
It was a strange experience for him. "There was a part of me that was missing it, knowing that they were doing it without me," he says. But the theater is full of magic. John Dossett, who replaced Park off-Broadway and appeared with him in Hello Again, went on to star in War Paint this past summer and will repeat his work on Broadway in the winter. Park, who attended the Dear Evan Hansen off-Broadway opening as a guest, came back into the company for its Broadway run. Michael Greif directs both musicals.
While in Dear Evan Hansen Larry Murphy is a man accused of taking a blind eye to the struggles of his eldest son, Connor (played by Mike Faist), one can't accuse Park of doing the same thing in the real world. He says that perhaps the most important thing he's learned about himself through this process is how to be a better dad to his own children, ages nineteen, sixteen, and twelve.
"One really heartbreaking thing for me every night is knowing that my sixteen-year-old at one point was having a tough time last year," Park remembers. "And I said, 'Sit down, let's have a conversation.' I said, 'This isn't like you at all. What's going on?' It went on for five minutes with her not having the guts to tell me that sometimes she feels like Connor. That was a big wake-up call for me as a father. That conversation changed my life and it really opened my eyes to what these kids go through on a daily basis, doing anything to get out of bed [and to believe that] today will be a different day than the day before somehow."
That moment has proved to be the biggest reward Park earns from Dear Evan Hansen. "It lets you know in the best possible way, and sometimes in the worst case, that you are not alone in this fight to keep going." It's something he still gets emotional over. "I go home and hug my children every night because of [realizing] what this man goes through. Larry Murphy, as disconnected and aloof and taciturn as he is at times, has made me such a better parent."


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How to Share Your iPhone Internet Connection With Your PC
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If your carrier allows it, you can turn your iPhone into a personal internet hotspot. You can connect to this hotspot with your other devices wirelessly, through USB, or with a Bluetooth connection.
Creating a Wireless Hotspot
1Tap the Settings app. This may be located in a folder labeled "Utilities."
2Tap the Cellular option.
3Toggle Cellular Data on if it isn't. This will need to be enabled in order to turn on the wireless hotspot.
4Tap Set Up Personal Hotspot. This button only appears if you've never used the personal hotspot before.
- After setting up your personal hotspot for the first time, the Personal Hotspot option will appear in the main Settings list.
- If this is grayed-out or missing, your carrier does not support creating a personal hotspot or you need to upgrade your data plan. For a list of carriers that support wireless hotspots, see this Apple support page.
5Tap the Wi-Fi Password option.
6Type the password you want to use for your hotspot.
7Tap the Personal Hotspot slider to turn it on.
8Click the Networks button in Windows. You'll see this in the System Tray in the lower-right corner of the screen.
9Select your iPhone's wireless hotspot. The name of the network will be "Your Name's iPhone."
10Enter the password for the network. This is the password you created earlier on your iPhone. After connecting, the PC will be able to browse the internet using your iPhone's internet connection.
Using USB Tethering
1Install iTunes on your computer. If you're tethering your iPhone to a Windows computer, the computer will need to have iTunes installed in order to connect. See Install iTunes for details.
2Tap the Settings app on your iPhone. You can find this on one of your Home screens, or in the Utilities folder.
3Tap the Cellular option.
4Toggle Cellular Data on. You'll need this enabled in order to share your iPhone's internet with your computer.
5Tap Set Up Personal Hotspot option. If you don't see this, your carrier may not support personal hotspots, or your current data plan may not allow it.
- Once you've set up a Personal Hotspot for the first time, the Personal Hotspot option will appear in the Settings app.
6Toggle Personal Hotspot on.
7Plug your iPhone into your computer's USB port.
8Click the Network button on your computer. In Windows, you'll find this in the System Tray.
9Click your iPhone to select it as your computer's network. Your computer will now use your iPhone's internet connection as you browse the internet.[1]
Sharing Internet Via Bluetooth
1Tap the Settings app. This looks like a set of gears. It may be in the "Utilities" folder.
2Tap the Cellular option.
3Toggle Cellular Data on. Cellular data needs to be enabled to use Bluetooth internet sharing.
4Tap Set Up Personal Hotspot. If this option isn't here or is grayed out, your carrier or data plan does not support personal hotspots.
- Once you set up your first hotspot, the Personal Hotspot option will become available on the main Settings menu.
5Toggle Personal Hotspot on.
6Tap the < button in the upper-left to return to Settings.
7Tap Bluetooth.
8Toggle Bluetooth on.
9Click the Bluetooth button in your System Tray. If you don't have a Bluetooth icon, your Windows computer may not have a Bluetooth adapter installed.
10Click "Join a Personal Area Network."
11Click the "Add a device" button. This can be found at the top of the window.
12Click your iPhone. Leave this window open.[2]
13Tap Pair on your iPhone. You may be prompted to enter a code that is displayed on the other device.
14Return to the Devices and Printers window.
15Right-click on your iPhone.
16Highlight "Connect using" and then click "Access point." Your Windows PC will now use your iPhone's internet connection over Bluetooth.[3]
Community Q&A
QuestionMy computer has no wireless internet connection. What can I do?Community AnswerConnect your iPhone to your computer with the USB cable. Turn on the hotspot, and it should configure itself.
QuestionWhat should I do if my iPhone isn't showing the hotspot option as being available?Community AnswerThe first time you use the hotspot, it will not be available on the settings page. Instead, open the "Settings" app, tap on "Cellular", and tap on "Personal Hotspot". After that, follow the instructions in this wikiHow. After the first time, the "Personal Hotspot" option should show under "Cellular" on the main settings page. If not, you will have to repeat this process every time.
QuestionHow do I share WiFi with someone else?Community AnswerGive the person the password to access your WiFi, or if the WiFi belongs to them, ask them for the password.
QuestionHow can I connect the iPhone 5c internet connection to my PC using the USB?Community AnswerPlug the USB into the PC and then connect to the same wifi as the one on your phone. :)
How do I download my previously purchased downloaded apps on my iPhone to my laptop?
What do I do if my iPhone's hotspot doesn't show up in the network settings?
- Go to places that have good reception. It will improve the speed of the connection.
- It's a lot easier to burn through your allotted monthly data if you're using a computer. Desktop versions of sites and large downloads can quickly eat away at your data plan. Keep an eye on your usage.
Article SummaryX
To share your iPhone's internet connection with your PC, start by tapping the "Settings" app and choosing the "Cellular" option. Make sure that "Cellular Data" is on, which you'll need to turn on the wireless hotspot. Then, click "Set Up Personal Hotspot," followed by "Wi-Fi Password" to choose your own unique password. Once you submit your password, you'll be given the "Personal Hotspot" option, which you'll need to turn on in order to activate your hotspot. From here, all you need to do is click the Networks button on your computer screen and find your iPhone's wireless hotspot to connect to it automatically! To learn more, like how to connect to your iPhone's hotspot with a USB cable, scroll down!
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Red Bulls fan favorite and blue-collar midfielder Joel Lindpere will earn his 75th cap with the Estonia National Team this weekend in a two-leg series against the Republic of Ireland. With the winner moving on to Euro 2012, it's no wonder that Lindpere took note of the high stakes and answered the call for his nation. The act alone is not only an indication of his inability to shrug off a challenge, but also his allegiance to his fellow countrymen. However, it likely comes as somewhat of a surprise considering his prerogative since coming to New York, especially in light of recent reports that suggested his decision remained up in the air.
Lindpere has made his commitment to the Red Bulls more than obvious, as he routinely declined international call ups since making his MLS debut in 2010. With New York on the cusp of cracking the postseason, Lindpere did not give a definitive answer in October when asked about his international duties. He was quick to admit that he was focused on allotting enough time on his schedule for a potential MLS Cup run.
Had New York advanced to the MLS Cup, it's hard to say whether Lindpere would have elected to play for Estonia during the two week lull between the Conference finals and the championship match. When MLSsoccer.com approached him last month to get his input on potential involvement in this weekend's playoff, he maintained a wait-and-see approach.
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The future is now for Lindpere as he will look to lead his team past the Republic of Ireland in what would undoubtedly be categorized as an upset victory, should Estonia advance to the next stage. Regardless of the outcome, no one will argue against the fact that Estonia is a better team with Lindpere in the lineup. The 30-year-old midfielder is coming off a career year with the Red Bulls, scoring seven goals (third overall) and adding seven assists (tied for first). He also led the club in minutes played (3,048) and was the only player to start in all 34 matches, a sure sign of his durability and natural tendency to shake off the aches and pains of a long MLS season for the benefit of his team.
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If you know me then you know my dog, too. Bilbur. If you know me then you know also my passion for photography. You might also know my love for DIY, crafts, and almost anything and everything that reminds me of being a kid – from building blanket forts to dressing up (myself and my animals).
I stumbled upon a photo that I'm sure has made many ways around the internet by now – but it sparked an idea in me.
I've always been a lover of Vogue; you'll find piles of the magazines in my bathroom, loft, and coffee table books in my living room filled with post-it's and notes I've scribbled to myself about different inspirations and ideas. I remember laughing for at least 5 minutes when I first saw the image above, it was perfectly balanced between accurate and satrical and I once again found myself inspired by Vogue.
It was intended to start as "fashion" series, where I would dress extravagantly and Bilbur would be dressed to match. Soon though it sparked into a somewhat elaborate series in which we re-made fairy tales and built our own stories. It was a more short lived project than I had hoped due to varying circumstances, but also ended up being more fulfilling and fun than I had intended as well.
More often than not each photo was haphazardly thought and thrown together in less than 30 minutes. Sometimes I planned them for several days. What is left is a collection of raw images that show more than anything the patience Bilbur has, but also a glimpse into my own imagination and fairytale worlds. There are countless ideas that have yet to come to life, and there are some that didn't make the cut either. The executions are not perfect – with sometimes messy backdrops and bad lighting – but more than anything it displays how you can make anything from nothing and that the most imperfect and solitary things can be the most fun and rewarding.
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* Manfrotto Protection System keeps your gear safe.
* Perfect for SLR Cameras with attached lens
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Thanks to the top wraparound zipper, you will have no problem accessing your equipment and capturing those all-important shots. Better still, with the Manfrotto Protection System, your gear will stay secure when you are out and about. In fact, with this unique system, all of your bag's contents are guaranteed to be safe from shock.
Store your loose personal belongings like your memory cards, phone and cords in the numerous pockets so you can keep all your equipment nicely organised. Have everything you need at arm's length for your next shoot. Moreover, you can also adjust the comfortably strap to your desired height, or attach your bag to another carry-on via the handy rear belt loop. It also features a back handle for quick and easy transportation.
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Cannes Lions 2019: the WGSN talks you must see
Jun 10, 2019 | By Nina Giglio
Aug 12, 2015
Designers and casting agents have fallen for the up-and-coming crop of auburn-haired models, and they've fallen hard.
The initial evidence? Pre-summer collections. Louis Vuitton's extravagant show in Palm Springs opened with three of the first four looks modeled by redheads with another three spotted later on down the curving runway. Then, Gucci cast an incredible eight redheaded models in its pre-summer show, perfectly complimenting Alessandro Michele's second women's collection for the brand.
And now? The trend is huge across Autumn/Winter 15 campaigns with models such as Natalie Westling starring in Dior's campaign, Dani Witt for Zara TRF and Agnes Nieske Abma at Celine and MSGM. Meanwhile, Tommy Hilfiger cast Julia Hafstrom, Rianne Van Rompaey starred in Louis Vuitton's latest and and model/actress India Salvor Menuez did likewise for French Connection. Also worth noting is Chanel's latest advert for its Chance fragrance.
One reasons for designers' infatuation with red is that fact copper colouring perfectly suits the Autumnal palettes many are using for this 1970s-influenced season.
The latest A/W 15 campaign to be released is from Orla Kiely and also stars the redheaded Madison Stubbington, who had previously starred in last season's Saint Laurent ads.
The images were shot by Yelena Temchuk and show the up-and-coming model in an urban jungle location with Stubbington's hair colour contrasting with the lush tropical foliage to create a series of vivid images.
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Munipally, a village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, is situated 57 km from Vijayawada and 87 km from Guntur city. Velivennu (2km), Korupalli (2km) andKanuru (3 km) are the nearby villages that are easily accessible from Munipally. This village is mainly known for its agricultural produce, whether they are the fresh vegetables or rice.
Places to Stay
The hotels in Munipally are basic but you can get good budget hotels in Vijayawada. Some of them include Shri Ram Hotel (Tariff –Rs.500), Hotel Green Valley (Tariff – Rs. 1001), Hotel Golden Way (Tariff – Rs.1001) and Hotel G Square (Tariff – Rs. 1001).
Telugu is the main language spoken in Munipally.
The important festivals that everyone participates in Munipalli include Ugadi, the Telugu New year, celebrated in March/April, Dasara and Deepavali. VaralaxmiVratam in July/August is another popular festival.
Places of Interest
There are several places of interest in and around Munipalli. Some of them are Tanuku (13 km), Rajahmundry (17 km) and Kowur (19 km).
How to Get There
The nearest airport to Munipalli is Vijayawada Airport, which is about 40 km away.
Guntur Junction railway station is the major railhead located 31 km away. Vijayawada Junction railway station is 57 km from the village. One can take the train from nearby town Ponnur as well, which is 113 km away.
Daily buses are available from major cities like Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Guntur City, besides Ponnur, Chandol and Cherukupalli. Government-run APSRTC is the main bus operator that providesgood facilities to passengers. You can book bus online from various bus booking websites.


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Own this restaurant?
Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore's central Singapore location right by the river at Boat Quay is one of the family of restaurants that's blessed with an in-house Italian deli. This gourmet shop gives diners the chance to purchase and enjoy a range of premium products at home, many of which are used in the impeccable southern Italian dishes that are Pasta Fresca's bread and butter. The best way to indulge in ingredients like authentic burrata cheese, Parma ham, fresh gnocchi and an impressive selection of Italian wine is, of course, to be comfortably seated in Pasta Fresca's vibrant restaurant itself. Bookings are especially important here in the heart of the city. Note for the health-conscious: Pasta Fresca has been certified a Healthier Dining Partner by the Health Promotion Board!
See below for Pasta Fresca's special menus!
Food sounds delicious?
Get a table before they're gone
The first page of the menu proclaims that wholemeal pasta is available for substitution for any pasta. For dinner I ordered the Piccata Alla Milanese which comes with a side of spaghetti pomodoro. When I asked to substitute wholemeal pasta I was told that it was not an allowed substitution for this dish. If you are looking for a restaurant that will go out of its way to please a customer this is not it.
Kids enjoyed their pizzas and the pasta dishes were tasty as well. It was a nice atmosphere on the quayside. They were busy and sometimes difficult to get the waiter's attention, but once noticed they were quick to assist.
Take a look at Pasta Fresca's patented Valentine's Day dish!
At the time of writing, Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore's Boat Quay outpost had launched its all-you-can-eat Italian lunch special, a surefire hit with the Singapore central city crowds, harried workers and curious tourists alike. Featuring assorted antipasti, gourmet Italian cold cuts and cheeses (don't forget to browse the adjoining deli for some takeaway slices of these), breads, soup, salads and pasta, fish and chicken main courses, diners are also invited to upgrade to free-flow prosecco for a proper Italian lunch (with perhaps a small break before dinner). Indeed, while Pasta Fresca's Boat Quay restaurant offers the same generously apportioned, hearty Italian fare and superior, smiling service as its Siglap and Bukit Timah sisters, this particular member of the family boasts a dazzling number of deals that your should keep a watch out for.
While the all-you-can-eat lunch special (and the executive set lunch featuring the soup and pasta of the day) remains a hit down Boat Quay, Pasta Fresca Da Salvatore has a signature dish that it'd like to encourage regulars and newcomers alike to try. Given the extraordinary ingredients that are used to create this dish, the price is unbeatable. Let us introduce founder Salvatore Carecci's latest secret weapon, the deceptively simple and incredibly powerfully flavoured ravioli di burrata e tartufo nero, which translates for us laypeople as a mouthwatering dish of homemade ravioli (Pasta Fresca's pasta is its most famous drawcard) stuffed with burrata cheese and rare black truffle, topped with a creamy porcini mushroom sauce, crispy Parma ham and a spoonful of delicately truffled caviar. It's a piece of culinary luxury you'd be hard pressed to find elsewhere in Singapore at this price. Boat Quay's Pasta Fresca is a fantastic place to start your exploration of this beloved family of restaurants' superb Italian cuisine.


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City's all over the US are getting on the bandwagon to develop their local water resources into local revenue sources by building whitewater play parks. Since Oklahoma City has been working for years to make their city more attractive to young urban professionals, creating more urban kayaking options is a natural choice. On that subject, there is a bit of good news from the Oklahoma City Outdoor Network.
As of Nov 7, 2005, thanks to a lot hard work of people within the OKC-ON, Oklahoma City will be hosting the engineers from Recreational Engineering and Planning sometime in January to work on the conceptual plan for OKC's Whitewater Play Park on the Oklahoma River.
OKC-ON is a great organization, I wish them the best of luck in their efforts!
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"Your talk was much appreciated…I wanted to get teachers attuned to what Critical Thinking actually is and you helped a great deal with that process."
"Thanks for a great day yesterday – lots of excellent ideas."
"Thank you very much for the inset yesterday – how very refreshing it was not to have an Inset which slavishly followed the course spec. but actually engaged with 'the love' of the subject."
"So many courses these days are merely focused on outcomes narrowly measured by statistics – it gets so disheartening. It was nice to have some intellectual engagement."
"Thankyou for the recent course in London it was very exciting and creative."
"Thank you for the wonderful workshop you conducted for us at school. We are all geared to using critical thinking with better focus than before."
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The two videos on critical thinking that are already on this website can now be seen with Portuguese subtitles. They are already available in this form on You Tube, and will also be on our website shortly. The skills of …
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When I was presenting at the International Conference on Thinking in Wellington, New Zealand, in January 2013, I was asked to speak on critical thinking for a short video. In this video I talk about the central importance of creativity …
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How the Dutch Got Such Great Bike Paths (Video)
A thoughtfully executed, fully-functional urban bike path may be received as though it were a gift from the heavens to those city-dwellers among us who have come to embrace the cyclist's healthier commute -- but in reality, it is something more empowering than humbling: a gift to ourselves. Few nations on Earth have created such a usable system of bike lane infrastructure as has the Netherlands, home to the world's greatest number of cyclists, though it's all too easy to forget that it was the common will of the people that put them there.
The video above, released by the Dutch cycling blog Hembrow, offers a concise history of how the bike-loving Dutch dealt with the rise of motor-vehicles in their cities, and how the community grew to demand ways of getting around without them as a response to mounting road fatalities. Nowadays, the health-benefits to both commuters and the environment from the Netherlands's bike culture are a testament to the power of bike paths in transforming communities and community members -- both inside and out.Those specifics behind what inspired the Dutch to create their drool-worthy cycling infrastructure might not necessarily be shared in nations, cities, and towns throughout the world lacking in safe bike commuting options, but the desire for, and community support of such an idea is possible anywhere.


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Peggy is a graduate of Houston Baptist University and attended Southwestern Theological Seminary. She coordinates Hope House Ministry, Stephen Ministry and the Widows/Widowers Ministry. She is the wife of Rick Jones, the Minister of Pastoral Care. They have served at Houston's First Baptist for over twenty five years. Her life experiences through tragedy, disease and trials enable her to understand those who come through the Pastoral Care Ministry. As a colon cancer survivor, serving Hope House families is very near and dear to her heart. She has also owned an interior design and event planning business for thirty six years. In her spare time she loves playing with their five grandchildren. Her life verse is Psalm 27: "I have asked one thing of the Lord; it is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the lord all the days of my life, gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking Him in His temple."
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Viramgam city is 65 km from Ahmedabad district in Gujarat. It is famous for its lakes, dargahs and temples. It is well-connected to the rest of India by rail, road and air. Indian Oil Corporation storage tank depot lies in Viramgam.
Places to Stay
Viramgam is a small town and so does not have many hotels. There are homestays available and the some of the nearest hotels (located 34 km away) are Hotel Atithi Ahmedabad (Tariff – Rs. 600), Hotel Alpha (Tariff – Rs. 780) and Hotel New York (Tariff – Rs. 1080.)
The official language of Viramgam is Gujarati. Hindi is also spoken here.
The Anand Mela is very popular and is visited by people from all over the state. It is held at Viramgam in the Shravan month (July – August.)
Places of Interest
There are many places that can be considered as tourist attractions in Viramgam. Some of the popular ones are Nalsarovar Lake (40 km away from Ahmedabad), the Munsar Lake, the Balaji temple, the Kashi Vishwanath temple, the Balapir Dargah and Jumma Masjid.
How to Get There
The airport nearest to Viramgam is the Ahmedabad international airport which is 70 km away.
Viramgam has a railway station located 65 km away and which falls on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad-
Gandhidham route.
Viramgam is connected by bus to cities such as Surat, Ahmedabad, Nathdwara, Udaipur, Ankleshwar, Bhilwara, Rajkot, Vadodara, Junagadh and Gandhinagar(among others.) Some of the best bus operators in this region include Shrinath Travels and Shree Valam Travels. Browse through several bus booking portals and avail of cheapest bus tickets.


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June 25, 2012
4 Schweeet E-Commerce Marketing Tips
I won't waste your time by writing a generic introduction into e-commerce marketing and SEO. I think Matt Cutts (Head of Webspam at Google) sums up the state of play with most e-Commerce websites with his exasperation in this Google Webmaster Help video…
In a moment we'll get right into the good stuff but if you find this article interesting and useful, please consider sharing it via the Like/Tweet/Google+ buttons above.
1. Break-The-Mould Content
Producing exclusive, high quality content is the single best thing you can spend your time on if you want to succeed online, and this applies to EVERY site-type and niche. Unfortunately this concept is particularly ignored within the realms of e-commerce. In fact, many e-commerce sites do not even have the structure to support content without sacrificing the visibility of products and offer banners, yet this additional content can act like your very best salesman and lift your conversion rate.
Ditching manufacturer's product descriptions in favour of custom-written descriptions that go above and beyond the cookie-cutter descriptions that shoppers have seen elsewhere establishes your site as an authority. On top of avoiding dup-content issues, carefully crafted descriptions can illustrate your expertise and in turn, inject that little extra confidence that could result in a conversion.
However, long-winded descriptions can become tiresome for the customer and you may find you are repeating similar topics over and over again throughout the product range, particularly with highly technical products which require a lot of information to do the product justice. To break up the monotony consider the following;
- "A picture is worth a thousand words" – Visual and rich content like videos and images can often illustrate the product features and benefits far better than words can. This type of content can also be submitted to image/video-sharing sites which can help boost quality incoming traffic.
- Don't hide blog content – A blog provides the perfect area to add fresh content to show the search engines that the site is constantly growing and isn't stale. Most shoppers are guilty of ignoring merchant blogs and certainly won't inspect your blog feed if they are intent on finding the best deal as quickly as possible. However, by linking to appropriate blog posts within your product and category descriptions you can cut down on repetition throughout a product range, incite more click-through, help sell your product and build your list of ideas for blog posts!
- Build confidence by answering your customers' questions before they ask – If a customer needs to look elsewhere for the answer to a question they have about one of your products, what are they chances they will come straight back to buy from you? An F.A.Q section built on "real" questions (search forums, Twitter, Yahoo Answers etc.) further establishes your brand as an expert but can also attract hoards of extra traffic looking for answers.
2. Sharing the love (of discount codes)
Attract an audience of potential customers you may never have been able to reach before by offering third-party sites a unique (and customised) discount code to display on their site or send out in newsletters. They win because they can reward their loyal audience with discounts at someone else's expense with minimum hassle on their part. The opportunity to offer a discount code no-one else can boosts their site's value in their audience's eyes and they will be flattered you chose them – particularly if you are a respected and well known brand.
Needless to say, their audience/your customers win by saving money on products or services that they may have otherwise paid full price for.
And you, you are the biggest winner of all. As if reaching a brand new set of customers or client base with very little advertising work on your part is not enough, there is also the little matter of the link you will have gotten in the process which, depending on the nature and appeal of the offer and your business, could be further shared across other sites, forums and social media channels. If you are looking to raise the awareness of one particular product, consider having the coupon code entry field on the actual product page you are looking to target so that links point to this page rather than the homepage or worse, the often noindexed/nofollowed checkout page.
As a bonus, this tactic can be scaled across numerous sites, each with a unique code and audience reach allowing you to track the performance of a multitude of sites/audience types through Analytics or your e-commerce software. This means you can further develop partnerships and advertising deals with the best-performing ones further down the line, and drop or re-asses deals with under-performing sites and blogs.
3. Tweet my product
Most e-commerce sites tend to rank products within a category by relevance, price, date-added etc. In an increasingly user-generated and social world it seems only right to base the product list sequence on how your own audience deems correct. By sequencing products based on user interaction (Tweets, Likes and +1's) potential customers are encouraged by other customers to buy based on real-life ratings, and as the merchant, you see quickly how customers react to new lines, as well as which products are under/over performing allowing you to tailor your sales techniques accordingly.
Currently, from your shopping cart/Analytics software you will be able to tell what you most popular products are based on sales alone, but as these figures can be influenced by selling price and offers this doesn't give you a true representation of how your customers think if money were no object.
Consider this. Your top of the range (and therefore very expensive) Hi-Fi could is not selling as well as you'd hoped and you might be thinking of dropping it from your inventory next season. However, feedback from the social signals are telling you a different story altogether. This particular product has got 3x as many likes as the next popular product so you run a discount promotion to see if people put their money where their mouth click-fingers are and suddenly you are swamped with orders you wouldn't have gotten otherwise.
On top of this, you are naturally encouraging more social interaction which we know search engines are increasingly favouring as a ranking metric. And lastly, your customer's friends and relatives will be able to see exactly what products they like through their SM feeds…and…er…isn't their birthday coming up??
Killer relationship …or relationship killer? You could take this tactic one step further and 'warn' your suppliers that their products have been pitted against their rivals in a battle for supremacy. Not wanting their products to slip down in the rankings (and therefore lose sales) they may encourage their loyal followers to get involved on your site in support of their favourite brand which could lead to a massive boost in audience figures.
* PLEASE NOTE – This is not something I advise, I am merely putting thoughts to paper/screen…*
4. Let the (e-Commerce) games begin!
With social signals and on-site user behaviour becoming increasingly important to site authority and ranking, gamification should be the next logical step in your marketing strategy. Bringing gaming elements to various actionable-yet-mundane areas on a site will promote engagement, and the promise of rewards will encourage users to complete tasks they might otherwise ignore.
Points-based incentive schemes within the retail sector is nothing new and many retailers have been using this technique for years to increase customer retention, repetition & loyalty, order value & frequency, and more. By taking this concept a little further you can use it to manipulate and reward customers for positively increasing important metrics, thus improving your site's importance in the eyes of the search engines.
There is evidence to suggest that measurable site metrics such as increased time on site, high volume of direct traffic, high volume of returning visitors, low bounce rate, high number of page views, and a high visit duration (among others) are all positive signals that suggest a site is engaging and useful – and ultimately a site that is worthy of being ranked highly. There has also been much debate on how much social signals currently contribute to site authority – what is agreed by many leading online marketers however, is that they are likely to take over in the near future as the primary ranking metric. That means if you don't have a social presence or much buzz around your brand you will be left behind.
Rewarding points for certain actions that can be redeemed against purchases is one way of shifting the goal posts in your favour. The following is a list of areas you could award points for to increase customer loyalty, positive on-page metrics and social interaction – which ultimately leads to a bigger customer base and an improved conversion rate.
- Customer sign-up
- Customer profile completion
- Navigating through each step of the checkout
- Purchases
- Leaving a company/product review
- Upload of user photos/videos
- Like/Tweet/+1/Pin an item
- Points for every 10 minutes on the site (capped)
- Referring a friend
- "Interest" on banked points
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By: Rob Wertheimer
CAT dealer/retail sales in the three months ended December rose a remarkable 34%, up from the three month up 26% in November and 19% in October. Engines rose 19%, slightly less than in prior months. This magnitude of growth is similar only to post crisis, and to the melt up in 2004, a cycle that saw CAT underperform on margins as capacity and production systems proved inadequate to manage the growth.


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Source FM ParkLive
25 May 2014
'ParkLive' is a series of 6 vibrant, acoustic, free, daytime, live-music and performance events held on a regular Sunday afternoon, for 6 consecutive months throughout the spring and summer of 2014 starting on Sunday 25th May.
'ParkLive' showcases the creative talent living in and around the Falmouth and Penryn area. They are a community-centred, activity for local families and visitors to attend.
In 2014 'ParkLive' will have lots of activities for younger people to take part in, which will include a 'Storytelling Tent' and an 'Art Wall'.
Where: Kimberley Park
Time: In the daytime
Entry & Tickets: Free
Contact: www.thesourcefm.co.uk/parklive