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The physical act of breaking a golf club is very easy — you simply raise the club in your dominant hand, shout something obscene and whip the traitorous implement as hard as possible into the earth. If your technique is sound, the shaft will snap in half, and you will feel a deep satisfaction that lasts approximately three seconds.
The entire process, as I discovered perhaps a dozen times in my brief but torrid love affair with golf, is a cinch.
The hard part comes beforehand, when an endless procession of bad shots forces you to submerge your gnawing frustration time and time again, the white-hot rage building by degrees until it reaches that beautiful, cathartic boiling point. This pre-eruption stage will include the poison of false hope, a warm chemical reaction spurred on by the rare but addicting accident of a perfectly struck ball.
Pay no attention to this fleeting optimism — in golf, the brightest hour is just before dusk, and these flashes of competence will only add fuel to the anger when it comes rushing back.
The hard part also comes afterward, when the excruciating shame sets in. You will apologize to your playing partners, who are inevitably very calm people with very low handicaps. They will look at you with a mixture of fear and pity, and then they will fall into an awkward silence. Later you will march into the clubhouse and hand your broken club, along with a credit card, to Joe the club pro. You will try to grin nonchalantly as you say, "It happened again." Joe will bite his lip rather than cast judgment, but that gesture will be a judgment of its own.
And one day — one fine day — you will quit.
I played golf for three years. Watching the British Open — staged this week at Royal Birkdale, north of Liverpool — never fails to remind me of that strange, volatile period. The memories it conjures are vivid, especially when the seaside weather is nasty, and it takes me back to the dim origins of my introduction to the sport.
My stepfather was, and is, a golf addict who would gladly brave the rain, sleet and (light) snow in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. He often tried to get me hooked, the way an enterprising drug dealer peddles his wares to youths, but as a child I preferred the faster sports — basketball, football.
One day, with my mother out of the house, he asked me to go with him to the driving range. Sure, I said, as long as I can take my baseball glove. He agreed, and soon I was standing on an empty range, 120 yards out, trying to catch his soaring 9-irons. I found them difficult to judge, and it took several shots before I successfully planted myself beneath the descending white dot, at which point I neglected to raise my glove in time. The ball hit me just above the right eyebrow, I went down in a bloody heap, and 20 stitches later, I disavowed golf.
But the game could not resist me. Slowly but surely, I began to follow the majors on TV. When I landed a writing job at the sports website Grantland in my late 20s, I begged my bosses in 2012 to send me to cover my favorite event, the Ryder Cup. Nobody else was interested, so they agreed. That trip went well enough, so I covered more golf the next year, and by the end of 2013 — almost by accident — I landed a book deal to write about the young stars of the P.G.A. Tour.
At some point in this process, I decided that if I were going to write a whole book about the sport and spend a year traveling with the P.G.A. Tour, I should probably learn to play. I found a good, inexpensive public course near my house, bought some clubs, took lessons and worked up the courage to attempt an actual round.
Even with the benefit of age, golf and I had not become soul mates. I grew obsessed with the game, but it was a toxic relationship. It didn't take long to learn that golf required a serenity that was not my natural state and that to excel, I'd have to contain the nervous energy that had been my dubious gift since birth. A wise onlooker, watching me swing too hard or hearing me curse on the driving range and suffering a lecture from a pious old man — this happened twice — might conclude that the sport and I were fundamentally incompatible.
Nevertheless, I had my moments. There's a kind of poetry to golf that becomes apparent when you divorce it from its larger American cultural niche, and there were days when I could feel my soul align with this quieter aspect. On the rare mornings when I maintained a Zenlike mind-set for an entire round, I'd leave the course with a sense of fulfillment and dignity, as opposed to the shame and humiliation that accompanied so many of my rounds. And I improved, too — I broke 100, then I broke 90, then I shot 85, and perhaps a round in the 70s wasn't far off.
But even as I fell deeper under golf's sway, it became harder to ignore the ugly political side of the game. A few events happened in tandem. First, I finished my book, and it caused a small stir among the conservative golf community. It was labeled "controversial," though it would have been merely "interesting" by the standards of a normal sport. Among golf's literati, though, the mere fact that it wasn't a paean stuffed with quasi-spiritual hokum — that I was actually critical of certain players — meant it was treated (for a day or two, anyway) like the second coming of Martin Luther's "95 Theses."
The miniature uproar was good for sales, but the burnout I felt after a year of constant travel, coupled with the months spent giving interviews in defense of my "radical" approach, led me to conclude that I never wanted to cover golf again. This crisis of faith coincided with the dual rise of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump, which pushed me further to the political left and cast the sport's rigid conservatism in a new and unflattering light. The red flags I had been able to ignore — the endless evidence that American professional golfers are, with few exceptions, the entitled products of a selfish, insular and elitist culture of wealth — now struck me as offensive and enraging. I tried, but I could not reconcile my awakening with the values inherent in the professional game.
Politically and personally, the chasm widened. I deluded myself that I could separate the sport from its millionaires and that on a personal level I could achieve mastery over my mercurial disposition. In reality, it was only a matter of time before some new flame swept me off my feet.
Ironically, the seduction came from another sport with a white-collar reputation: tennis. But on the public courts of Durham, N.C., tennis was free, and democratic, and wonderful. I could run, I could sweat, I could shout, I could laugh, and where a mistake in golf could ruin a whole round, on the hard courts it never cost me more than a point. I lost weight, I made new friends and I felt happier. I was rejuvenated in the original sense of the word — I'd gone from old to young.
It engrossed me totally, and the day came when I told myself that I'd have to split my time between sports. And then came another day, not long after, when I realized that I wouldn't be splitting my time at all. The golf clubs took up new residence in the closet of a spare room, and they have languished there, untouched, for more than a year.
But there's a seed that, when planted, never quite dies, even when the bloom has faded. I'll still watch the British Open this weekend, and I will still be intrigued. There will come a moment on Sunday when I forget my political hang-ups, and the drama hooks me completely. Just as there will come a time, if I can live long enough, when even the forgiving surface of a clay tennis court is too hard on my knees, and the endless sprinting after the yellow ball is more than my lungs can handle, and the green fairways, plush and long, shaded by oaks and pines in the late afternoon sun, appeal to me again.


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First Week Assignment
"What are some of the social networks you use and why do you use them?"
"How have technologies like sms/text messaging, youtube, and myspace changed the way that we interact?"
The social networking age has dropped on me like a pile of bricks recently; within the last two years I am sms-ing at breakneck speed, facebooking everyday, a myspace page i never look at, you-tubing more than watching TV and the ever-present, nerve-wrecking expectation that I should already be blogging about my band, or have an itunes page, or at least a video on you-tube nags at my conscience constantly. You see I'm trying to lead a band of 20-somethings, who already know about most of this but aren't willing to do the PR, and at 35 I'm still kinda impressed with the notion of a cell phone. It is overwhelming and intimidating to me, yet the possibilities of marketing to so many without the need for money or connections is exhilerating. I am intrigued.
I am also living in Norway and have needed to stay in touch with family and friends in the US while having to create a social network here in Trondheim quickly and efficiently. I couldn't have accomplished these tasks with speed and efficiency if I had moved in 2000 (at least I couldn't), yet today I have been able to use e-mail chatting and Skype to speak with family across an ocean without any delays or cost. And I have been able to meet and stay in touch with over 80 people in Trondheim, Norway by utilizing Facebook. It is exciting to be living in what Henry Jenkin's describes as a "Renaissance culture". And I think our interactions with each other and expectations of one another have been radically transformed by our recent ability to inform one another about every aspect of our lives in real-time.
"I have developed these concepts of media and cultural convergence to describe the present moment as a kind of Renaissance culture, one being transformed — for both better and worse — as the social, cultural, political, and legal institutions respond to the destabilization created by media change" (Jenkins, Henry. "Media Convergence.")
September 6, 2008 - Posted by hclong | social networking | convergence, media, network, social networking
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I use Facebook all day everyday. Its very addictive and I'm always checking out new applications and watching the way brands are adapting to it.
I was on Myspace before but didn't like it so much as back then there were no restrictions about who got to see my page.
Comment by ayvak | September 6, 2008 | Reply
Well I love the Internet and technology. I use AIM, Facebook, not into the Myspace anymore. Myspace just had to many hackers, and it was too flashy.
I recently got my self a Second Life and that is interesting. Still trying to figure out the kinks to it. I was at one point on friendster(I don't know if anyone remembers/knows of it) and Livejournal.
I got a Myspace to that is why I stopped using friendster and I got tired of keeping up with a Livejournal.
Comment by itsstephanie | September 6, 2008 | Reply
hclong: It sounds like you are the perfect example of someone that has been able to use these new social networks to your maximum benefit to make connections in Norway quickly as well as stay in touch with family and friends in the U.S. Do you use find yourself using skype, sms, chat, facebook with different sets of friends, or do you use a little of everything with everyone you know?
I can relate to your self-imposed pressure to blog or promote your band in some way. Even though I do not have a band, I feel some pressure to more effectively use the different social networks and technology that are available to market myself in some way.
Comment by unoq | September 6, 2008 | Reply
I've tried out a lot of different social networks but usually they don't have staying power. These are the ones I still use regularly and why:
– Facebook.com: I use Facebook every day in a compulsive manner, constantly checking up on my friends via the news feed and their status updates. People poked fun at online social networks early on but I can honestly say that Facebook, unlike MySpace or Friendster, has become the node through which I manage my social life online. That's not nearly as ridiculous as it sounds.
– Twitter.com: Twitter also appeared to be a big waste of time initially. This was mostly because there were only two of my friends on it. Now, however, a lot of my friends are on it and all day long my phone is buzzing with SMS messages (along with the Twitterific desktop app on my Mac) with snippets of info from people I know and some I don't know. I follow my friends on Twitter because I like hearing about the minutiae of their days or whatever's on their minds. I follow people I don't personally know too but they're all people (or brands, political campaigns, etc.) that I am interested in and curious about. When I try to explain Twitter to people who aren't on it I tell them it's like Facebook status updates and nothing more. A better explanation is this: I blog significantly less because I'll post my ideas to Twitter because it's quick and easy and the brevity necessary makes things interesting. That's not really something I wished for but it happened nonetheless.
– Delicious.com: In my mind, the purpose for Delicious is twofold: 1) I can keep track of all the sites/stuff on the web I'm into from any computer, and 2) I use it, lately, to populate my blog with content when I'm too lazy/busy to write a real entry. Every day I have my blog software/service, Typepad, grab all the links I've added that day as an entry. So now people who read my blog are still getting a piece of my mind despite the face that I'm not really posting all that much. Nowadays I use the notes function in Delicious to give my commentary on the linked material. This way it's not just me posting links with no thoughts on them.
– Flickr.com: I love photography and I'm a bit of a camera nut so Flickr lets me play around with that. I learn a ton just from looking at the photostreams of all my contacts.
– Last.fm: I use this site to keep track of all my music listening habits. When I listen to songs on my iPod or in iTunes, Last.fm analyzes all the tracks I play and based upon those makes recommendations of stuff I may like and points me toward other people with similar taste.
– Ffffound.com: I guess I'd call my self a pretty visually oriented person, so when a former coworker showed me Ffffound I was instantly hooked. It's been in private beta for almost a year it seems, which is unfortunate because it's a great inspirational tool. You can bookmark any images you find on the web to your Ffffound account and it keeps track of them archived for you and then makes recommendations for images you may be into. What I love the most is that it's this really bizarre crossroads where highbrow art and design meet really lowbrow stuff like LOLCatz and pictures of women in various states of undress. The internet is a strange place indeed.
The ways in which these new social technologies are numerous and I'm probably not fully aware of the extent to which I've been altered by them. However, I can say speak to one interesting consequence of all of this. People used to (and still do) like to say that technology is just putting up walls around us and making us all a little less human. I understand the sentiment but definitely disagree. These technologies have to potential to broaden and deepen our face-to-face relationships. We spend more and more of our waking hours in front of a screen. Rather than let that separate us, we're finding ways to use this to solidify communities, like in the reading examples of Japanese youth. I know from my own experience that the web has allowed me to connect with people I probably wouldn't have otherwise and to take those relationships off the screen and into the realm of flesh and blood.
Comment by justincharles | September 8, 2008 | Reply
The changes communication technology have made on our physical spaces is unquestionable. Physical environment and virtual activity are now merging and will continue to do so in our immediate future. The fact that Swedish gamers are now challenging each-other on the internet depending on where they are in physical space is a great example. Also, as Rheingold spells out on the topic of telecommunications "The mobile phone creates its own user-culture which in turn produces new urban culture," and I feel examples of this can be seen in countless circumstance, despite the first text message being sent only 16 years ago.
Once incredibly threatened and outraged at technology's hold on developing society, I am now excited at the opportunities arising, which will especially aid activists and artists to come together and share creative inspiration and information. However, aside from providing tools for specialized groups, we will see how technology will continue to remodel our daily interactions in shopping, transportation, human interaction, and entertainment (to name a few).
It is already possible to order a pizza from one's seat at the computer (not to break the stream of kills and gathering of virtual status among online peers when hungry) and although I consider this an outlandish ability, it goes as one more example business makers are devising ways to contact their end-users and generate profit and specialization.
I myself spend a lot of time on the web for research and media-related arts. Due to the project I manage, I do a great deal of my work, especially in networking, planning, and exchanging information online. As for the web, I've been successful in my professional endeavors because I could manage the projects from anywhere in the world. I recruited filmmakers from California sitting in Switzerland, and planned the itinerary with travel agents in Africa sitting in Arizona. I use skype for interviews, business meetings, and planning. I used matador travel to build a profile for the project to network with volunteers and seek-out similar organizations. Also, in researching film equipment I used platform's such as DVXuser to get feedback and exchange information with other filmmakers on what to purchase. For packaging of the film's I go through sites that allow me to place custom orders and discuss the layout through online customer service. For printing books I use Blurb, which is a free bookmaking software program that enables users to design their own books and upload the outlines to the internet, then Blurb puts them into print and promotes/sells them on the site. Not to mention I am continually devising ways of implementing multi-platform programs in the humanitarian world, such as streaming live video of classroom's where benefactors donate funds to support the school. This is something I've recently grown an interest for and plan to pursue.
I also use the Internet quite often in my free time. I get my news from the web, so I'm usually on daily. I use networks such as facebook and myspace when making appointments or plans with friends, or call them on skype instead of a cell phone. Also, if I have maintenance issues with something, need a recipe, directions to a location, or instructions I use tools such as mapquest, googleearth, I follow specialized blog's, or view an online tutorial on "How To" or "Lydia," for example. I use stumble, youtube, and Only2Clicks, but am aware of further tools such as Flickr, Digg, Live Journal, and others. I've used online travel guides, planned travel online, made sales, do my banking, found apartments, jobs, restaurants, bought tickets, do my taxes, and keep up-to-date on the latest gadgets and technology in sustainability using an assortment of multi-platform software programs.
I am highly fascinated with the readings so far in Smart Mobs, as I have grown a self-started interest in how to generate wealth (financial and educational) using advantages brought to us by the internet. I found it especially interesting when Reingold brought to our attention Docomo's reason in launching mobile internet as they did; providing incentives for the third-party developers to be responsibly in building solid sites, which in-turn allows the cell-users to investigate on their own the applications they want to use in finding directions, restaurants, and other mobile tools. This alleviates the cost for the entrepreneurs and allows the cell-user freedom of selection. Not to mention it provides business for the third-party and motivates them to cater specifically to the cell-user in delivering a functional, aesthetic online pocket-service. Due to the bandwidth now in mobile internet, I can't wait to see and devise for myself new tools to hit the market born from the demand of the end-user.
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Comment by kelboa | September 9, 2008 | Reply
It's great to read about the different ways we're using the internet. Especially how justincharles uses it for social purposes compared to kelley who's mostly commercial. Both adoptions are equally valid and that's what's exciting about current technologies and the new ones that are continually being developed. The user takes what's best for his needs. If an implementation is too difficult you can look around and find something easier to use, maybe without all the bells and whistles but it serves your purposes. I've done tech support at the university where I'm employed and one of the things I tell people who become frustrated with technology is, you don't have to try to do everything with your device or computer. Just find what you need and squeeze the juice out of it until you're comfortable with it. Then as you become more at ease with the technology, try something a little more complicated. The goal is to work through the initial intimidation. And find help from someone who won't make you feel stupid. The advantage of network collaboration tools is that it provides a way for people to become more techie without their realizing it. After a while of Facebooking or IM'ing or sending pics or video over the cellphone, it becomes second nature. People want to have fun using devices and that is the challenge for developers, to make the 'net easy to use and cheap to use.
Comment by nancyajones | September 11, 2008 | Reply
I mostly use the social networks for keeping in touch with people rather than networking. Although I find that they are also a great way to network. This is why I have a music myspace. It's really amazing how I can show it to anyone if they ask.
Even though I use facebook for social reasons, I also have used it to advertise like I would on craigslist. I found people to sublet my apartment on facebook and I sold my necklace on facebook as well. I definitely like how facebook has all of these options. Craigslist is definitely another good site to go to to sell, buy, find jobs, etc. I got some furniture for my apartment through criagslist!
But getting back to facebook…
Planning events is now a simple task and I love making my own groups. I just recently made a group for people who want to go on a free trip to Israel. I need to recruit 10 people and facebook will help me.
I just hate the new layout as many others do. However, I thought about the reason why we all are against it and it's simple. We aren't used to it!
Comment by isrellyrel | September 12, 2008 | Reply
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This year's Emmy category for Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie boasts a star-studded lineup of contenders: Laura Dern (The Tale), Jessica Biel (The Sinner), Michelle Dockery (Godless), Edie Falco (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Regina King (Seven Seconds), and Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story: Cult).
Several actresses in this category have years and years of Emmy nominations under their belt — though Biel isn't one of them. This year marks the first Emmy nomination ever for the actress, who has primarily worked on the big screen. Her lead role on USA's The Sinner as Cora Tannetti, a woman who stabs a man to death on a beach without realizing why, represented a new range for her, but she's got her work cut out for her going up against these fellow nominees.
Dockery is no stranger to the Emmys, having been nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three years in a row for Downton Abbey. Now that she's exchanged stately old Britain for the the Wild West of Netflix's Godless, she's also changed Emmy categories, though she still has yet to win one. Maybe this year will change that.
This year represents King's graduation to Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie, coming off three straight years of nominations in the related Supporting Actress category for her work on American Crime. She won that award in both 2015 and 2016, playing two different characters on subsequent iterations of the anthology show. Her new nomination is for Seven Seconds, another show about the intersection of crime, race, and class in American life. It was enough to boost her into the Lead Actress category, but whether it was enough to actually secure her a win remains to be seen.
This category loves Dern and Paulson. Dern's first nomination came in 1992, for HBO's Afterburn, back when this category was called Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special. Her second nomination in this category came in 2008, for her performance as Katherine Harris on HBO's Recount. After winning this award last year for her role on Big Little Lies, Dern is now on her fourth nomination, for HBO's The Tale, in which she starred as the onscreen avatar of director Jennifer Fox, coming to grips with the sexual abuse she suffered as a child in the '70s.
Paulson, meanwhile, has spent the last few Emmy Awards shuttling back and forth between this category and the related Supporting Actress category for her work on Ryan Murphy's anthology shows. This year marks her fifth nomination for the American Horror Story franchise, though her only win in this category was for her work on Murphy's other FX anthology, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson.
In general, though, it's a bad idea to bet against Falco at the Emmys. After winning Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series three times on six nominations for her starring role on The Sopranos, she went on to earn Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominations for every single season of Nurse Jackie, winning on the first. She's switched categories once again thanks to The Menendez Murders, but It's hard to imagine a Falco TV role that the Emmys wouldn't nominate her for. Winning is another matter, of course.
So, which of these accomplished actresses do you think should win the category this year? Vote in our poll below!
The winners will be announced live on the 70th annual Emmy Awards — hosted by Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost and Michael Che — on Sept. 17 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.


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Burbank, CA, July 30, 2008
– Chace Audio, a full service audio post-production facility well-known for sound preservation and restoration, completed new 5.1 and 7.1 near-field mixes for the High Definition Blu-ray disc release of Mr. Woodcock from New Line Home Entertainment. The comedy, which stars Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott and Susan Sarandon, is one of a series of recent and upcoming New Line releases that Chace Audio has re-mastered into 7.1 for Blu-ray release and presents a new level of fidelity that is an ideal complement to High Definition picture.
Billy Bob Thornton stars as Mr. Woodcock, a tough-as-nails middle school gym teacher who delights in taunting and humiliating his less-than-athletic students. When former Woodcock student turned successful self-help author John Farley (Seann William Scott) returns home to visit, he is dismayed to discover that his mother (Susan Sarandon) has fallen in love with his old high school nemesis. Still afflicted with the insecurities and awkwardness that plagued his youth and panicked by the inevitability of his mother marrying the one man he despises most, John enlists the help of an old schoolmate in an attempt to foil Mr. Woodcock and a series of hilarious confrontations ensue that ultimately force him to confront and overcome the demons of his past.
Mr. Woodcock takes advantage of the 7.1 format, which is the latest evolution of multi-channel sound for home theater and features Left, Right, Center, Left Surround Side, Right Surround Side, Left Surround Rear, and Right Surround Rear channels mated to an additional LFE (Low Frequency Effects) channel, routed to the subwoofer. "New Line is one of the first studios to embrace the 7.1 format for Blu-ray and the ability to present this film in this way makes a tremendous difference sonically,� says Chace Project Manager Doug Johnson. "7.1 gives you a lot of options for programming directionality and has a different spatial quality that delivers more depth. By having two discrete additional channels it's possible to take directional cues beyond merely the right or left speakers and actually pan them to go past the side of the viewer's head in a way never before possible.�
"It's not just a matter of divergence to simply 'fill up' these additional channels,� explains Chace Conform/Mixing Engineer Wade Chamberlain, who has mixed several feature films in 7.1, "We have developed several methods here at Chace to actually unlock a whole new level of fidelity and space, especially with regard to a film's music, which opens up significantly in 7.1 and has a larger feel to it that truly envelops the audience.�
There are several different codec options for Blu-ray. For Mr. Woodcock, New Line selected the DTS-HD Master Audio format, a lossless audio compression codec that delivers a much higher fidelity than anything available previously. Dobly also offers its own lossless codec – Dolby True HD. These two formats offer lossless compression that results in soundtracks that sound less compressed and digitally processed than standard AC-3 or DTS streams that are used on Standard Definition DVDs.
Work on Mr. Woodcock began when New Line delivered the 5.1 theatrical stems that would serve as source material for the new mix. These elements included dialogue and music, as well as background and Foley effects that were each meticulously evaluated by Chace technicians before mixing commenced. Once the stems were conformed by Carl Grana, Conform/Mixing Engineer Chris Reynolds got to work in one of Chace Audio's near-field mix rooms, Studio G, to give Mr. Woodcock's soundtrack truly distinct side and rear surrounds. The mix was supervised and reviewed by Alex Junco, DVD Director for New Line Home Entertainment.
Mixing was done primarily in Pro Tools. "One of the current limitations of most DAWs and mixing consoles is that the 7.1 panning technology is currently set up for SDDS – where the two additional audio channels are not a Left Side Surround and Right Side Surround, but rather a Left Center and Right Center channel,� explained Reynolds. "Because of that limitation, it's difficult to fluidly pan discrete effects around the soundfield, so we had to develop a hybrid panning technique in order to pan sounds around the audience and still have it sound as organic and realistic as possible.� In a near-field 7.1 environment, certain imperfections that weren't noticeable in the original theatrical mix can also become more apparent. Reynolds performed some precise processing, targeted to rid the new soundtrack of a variety of issues such as background noise in the production tracks, and other minor audio anomalies.
Music for Mr. Woodcock includes memorable songs from a diverse collection of artists including Wayne Newton, George Thorogood, and Creedence Clearwater Revival, complemented by an original score composed by Theodore Shapiro. The soundtrack required a variety of different mixing techniques depending on the original mix of the music, be it original score or source material. Reynolds was careful to point out that there was no simple universal technique. Every style of music demanded a different approach. For example, an orchestral score might play well with a long decay time whereas a straight rock or pop song might sound washed out if treated the same way.
New Line wanted the deleted scenes to be fully posted and mixed in 7.1 as well. Chace Sound Editor Nick Beljic recorded Foley and cut effects for all of the additional scenes that are included as Bonus Features. Beljic's material was then mixed with mono production dialog and edited music from the film to complete the process.
As 7.1 is still a relatively new offering, Chace Audio also supplied a 5.1 down-mix for Mr. Woodcock. To accomplish this, the additional channels from the 7.1 mix were "folded� into the 5.1 mix but the key for Chace engineers was to achieve the proper balance. It was critical to find one setting that gave the best compromise between 5.1 and 7.1 and that became the new 5.1 auto down-mix. In the 7.1 encoding there are metadata parameters that allow one static setting for the auto down-mix to 5.1. "We can determine how the audio is down-mixed and then set it. Sometimes this requires folding the additional side channels back into the left and right front channels. It relies on blending different percentages of sound from one channel to the next and spacing them through different speakers. Mr. Woodcock down-mixed pretty well and while audiences listening to the 5.1 will not be able to hear the added directionality that 7.1 offers, they will benefit significantly from the lossless compression and overall sonic improvements made during the near-field mix. The down-mix will never match the 7.1 exactly but we work hard to ensure that it sounds as good as it can possibly get.�
About Chace Audio
Chace Audio is a full service audio post-production facility. In addition to the restoration, up-mixing, and re-mastering of film and television soundtracks, Chace provides transfer from nearly 100 formats, synchronization and varispeed conforms/laybacks, multi-track mixing, Dolby® AC-3, Dolby® True HD, DTS, DTS-HD audio compression, music and effects construction, Foley/ADR recording, and optical soundtrack recording services and more.
Contact Chace Audio at: 201 S. Victory Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502-2349; Phone: (818) 842-8346; Fax: (818) 842-8353; Website:


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It could have been a big weekend for the movies this weekend, but for some reason it did not turn out that way. We had two openers that received great reviews, had connections to pop culture, and carried some buzz, but neither lived up to expectations. Openers included The Social Network from one of the better directors of the last 15 years in David Fincher, and Let Me In, which was based on the international hit, Let The Right One In. The other opener, Case 39, was a traditional September/October dump – shot in 2006 and barely worth a mention. Holdovers didn't fare much better, as Wall Street 2 collapsed, and the Owls of Ga'Hoole started their long march toward obscurity.Before I looked at the Friday box office results, I pictured in my mind what they would look like. I was expecting a $30 million plus weekend for The Social Network, so the Friday number had to come in at least $10 million. For Let Me In, I was expecting a $10 million plus frame, so I was expecting a $4 million Friday. I was also expecting Ben Affleck's The Town to rise above Wall Street 2. I was wrong on all counts. The Social Network had a Friday gross of around $8 million (easily 20% lower than I was expecting), and Let Me In bombed – barely grossing more than a little-marketed Renee Zellweger horror flick that feels dated (and is). Finally, The Town failed to get by Wall Street 2, even though the Michael Douglas sequel fell more on Friday than the expected 50%. North America, I am disappointed. Forgetting The Social Network under-performance (it will play forever), we have shelved a good, smart, horror film in Let Me In in favor of Disney pap like You Again.


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The Permian: America's "Super Basin"
DUG Permian Basin explores what's working for West Texas producers and more, as the industry's top experts and analysts join the region's most active producers and service and supply companies. Among 10+ hours of networking, 30+ executive-level speakers will discuss the pulse of the market, forecasts and best practices looking ahead.
A prolific resource stacked deep with oil and natural gas, the Permian Basin is a proving ground for producers seeking to reduce drilling costs, improve technology and expand acreage. U.S. shale players continue to fine-tune processes and add value. Many are streamlining portfolios by shedding strong assets in other regions — just to get a better foothold in America's "Super Basin".
A geographically gargantuan area larger than South Carolina, the Permian Basin was recently dubbed "Saudi Texas". It holds between 500,000 and one million barrels of idle oil production capacity (compared to Saudi Arabia's 1.5 million bbl/d capacity, via Bloomberg). Numerous pipeline new-builds and expansion projects will soon alleviate this bottleneck as midstream companies invest "tens of billions" in a field that was once declared dead.
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The 2019 DUG Permian Basin conference and exhibition included FOUR events across three days. Check out this past year's agendas and make plans to join us April 6-8, 2020 at the Fort Worth Convention Center!
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Today we had tickets purchased for The Colosseum, so we hopped on the city bus to it. It was even hotter today than yesterday, I checked at 10am this morning and it was already thirty degrees!
You can only imagine how hot it was, walking around the colosseum. But it was definitely worth it, it was so interesting. It's also pretty big! The outside doesn't look anything compared to what the inside looks like. The outside is a rustic cream colour, while the inside is all a brown brick coloured. The bottom of it almost looks like a maze, but we learnt that it's actually where all the animals were kept until they were to go on stage to fight. The "stage" was actually the entire wooden floor of the colosseum, which no longer exists. Leaving us with the view of the caged areas.
It's so neat to think, who else has walked in this very spot thousands of years ago? Julius Cesaer?
After The Colosseum we went to the Palatine Hill, where Romulus and Remus first started the city. The remains of old buildings were scattered all over. A lone pillar stood in the distance, or a crumpled brick building stood like a tree stump.
The Roman Forum also was in the same place. The place of political power. It was also the place where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of rival Roman senators.
This spot alone in Rome, is full of so many interesting stories.
It's really too bad that the weather was so humid, we got really tired around 4 and decided to head back to the hotel.
Our air conditioning isn't the best so we had a quick rest and then we went to a nearby laundromat, this way we'll have clean clothes for Greece.
While we waited for our clothes to dry we decided to go have one last good piece of pizza in Italy, since it's our last day here. Our waiter was really outgoing and fun, singing to us, bringing us flowers and calling us his girlfriends. It was a fun last night! We topped it off with a piece of tiramisu cake.
We grabbed our laundry on the way back and walked back to our hotel.
Tonight we decided to throw a bunch of junk out of our backpacks since they seemed to be getting heavier. It seems such a shame to throw away a perfectly fine sweater, but I bought a new one so I guess, in with the new and out with the old!
Bedtime, as we have to get up at 630am to catch our train!
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that within 100 days , more than 3,000 villages across the country have been provided electricity by the government. At the inaugural function of Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2015, Modi said, "Against a target of 1,900, we have electrified over 3,000 villages in around 100 days. Modi said: "Even after 70 years of freedom, ...Read More »
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Nitish orders to electrify Bihar for free
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in a bid of keeping up his election promise, has directed officials to provide free electricity connection to everyone in Bihar by November 2017. During the election campaign , Nitish Kumar promised of providing free electricity connection to all the households and eventually his Grand Alliance won the assembly elections. The connections would be free, but ...Read More »
Chhath pooja : A powerful hindu ritual
On the last day of Hindus famous festival "CHHATH POOJA" the enthusiast devotees along with family and friends goes to river bank sunrise, in order to make the offerings (Arghya) to the rising sun. Chhath Pooja is yet another main Hindu festival celebrated each year mainly in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.It is the most historic Hindu religion festival dedicated to the ...Read More »
Nitish Kumar resigns , Bihar to be dissolved
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday submitted his resignation to Governor Ramnath Kovind after the cabinet decided to recommend the dissolution of the outgoing assembly. "Nitish Kumar met the governor and submitted his resignation to him and informed about the cabinet decision," an official said. The governor accepted the resignation perhaps requested him to continue as caretaker chief minister ...Read More »
Modi: NDA is a 'ray of hope' for people in Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) according to people referred as a "ray of hope" and it indicates that "people want change". "Atmosphere in Bihar indicates people want change. The people see the NDA as a ray of hope. Will campaign in Madhubani, Madhepura and Katihar," Modi tweeted. He also appealed every young ...Read More »
Modi seek people to vote for corruption free Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ongoing assembly elections in Bihar on Friday asked the people of Bihar to vote for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in order to outroot corruption from the state. While addressing a rally in Gopalganj district, about 165 km from capital Patna , Modi said, "I have come here to tell one thing to the ...Read More »
Lalu: Shah has gone mad
Former chief minister of Bihar RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday accused BJP president Amit Shah, referring him Narbhakshi, claims of insulting nearly 11 crore Biharis by saying firecrackers would be burst in celebration in Pakistan if the BJP loses in the Bihar assembly polls. He said Shah has "gone mad". "Amit Shah has insulted all Biharis, including Hindus, Muslims, ...Read More »
Women are new vote bank in Bihar
A large number of people voted in the first and second round of Bihar assembly polls on Monday (October 13) and Friday (October 15) respectively.With women voters outnumbering male voters in the first two of the five-phase Bihar assembly polls, they have emerged as a prominent vote bank – more powerful than the youths and caste factor in the state. ...Read More »
Second stage heads in Bihar polls
Voters in large numbers queued up at many polling stations in Bihar, hours before the start of the second phase of assembly election on Friday, though women are yet to come out to cast their ballot. Polling began at 7 a.m. in 32 of the 243 constituencies, including Maoist-affected areas, spread across six districts, officials said. Most of the 8,849 ...Read More »
Ajay Devgn doesnt expect overwhelming turnout at Bihar rallies
Ajay, who was supposed to address a meeting in Biharsharif on support of BJP candidate Sunil Kumar earlier this week. He just waved at the crowd from his helicopter which was reportedly not allowed to land on security grounds. Actor Ajay Devgn feels the organisers were not prepared for such a large meeting and urged better arrangements in future."Didn't expect ...Read More »


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Career Cruising/ILPs
The Individual Learning Plan (ILP) is fully integrated with the Career Cruising career guidance system. Career Cruising is an Internet-based career exploration and planning tool your child uses to explore career and college options and develop a career plan. Career Cruising can be accessed from school, from home, or wherever your son or daughter has access to the Internet. Features of the program include:
Interest and Skills Assessment - a world-renowned career assessment tool to help people identify suitable career options based on their interests and skills
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College and Financial Aid Information - comprehensive college and financial aid information, with a number of useful search tools to help students find the right college and the right scholarships
Individual Learning Plan - available online, so students can develop their education and career plans from wherever they access Career Cruising
Resume Builder - integrated with the ILP to help students format and print professional-looking resumes quickly and easily
Accessing Career Cruising from the Student ILP
To access the Career Cruising website, you must first log into your Individual Learning Plans (ILPs). To do this, you need your ILP username and ILP password. The ILP username is your 10-digit state student ID number. Teachers, counselors, and other authorized school staff can retrieve ILP passwords through the School ILP Administration Tool (SIAT).
To log into the ILP, go to www.careercruising.com/ILP and type in your ILP username and password. Then click the Login button. If you do not know your ILP username or password, you will need to contact your teacher, advisor, or other authorized school staff. Career Cruising cannot provide you with that information. If you have forgotten your personal username or password, click on the Forgot Your Password? link on the login page.


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Love yourself and your gutGreat health starts in the body's digestive system, where nutrients from food and supplements are broken down, absorbed and distributed to the rest of the body. We are all aware of how the food that we consume today has deteriorated in vitamin and mineral value.An unhealthy or damaged digestive tract and diseased organs will starve the rest of the body of essential nutrients and allow toxins into the bloodstream.
Probiotic means 'for life' in Greek.These friendly microorganisms, when taken in adequate amounts, form the core of nutritional supplements, as their use positively influences the whole body and your overall health.As much as we think that we are healthy, most of us have a deficiency of some sort.Before we consider taking any
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Your start to a new youYou might have heard of OptiCLA and wondered what it is all aboutLet me explain: OptiCLA is a safe fat burner that contains no stimulants or unhealthy weight-loss or performance enhancing ingredients. It is specifically formulated to reduce body fat and increase lean muscle mass, resulting in improved body shape.Well, when I first read these specs, I was blown away. How can a capsule do so much?A brief summary is that it prevents fat from accumulating in fat cells.Now, who will benefit from this?I think the obvious answer would be all men and women who would like to lose weight.My investigations showed the following benefits:Weight loss and increased metabolism (yay!)By combining OptiCLA with a good diet and excercise regime, weight loss and decreased body fat is speeded up ( yes please!)Enhanced muscle growth ( mm, looking toned sounds good!)Decrease the fat percentage and enhance the growth of lean muscle mass ( sounds so lovely!)Supports the immune system especially for those who exercise regularly (always needed!)Shorts and t-shirts expose so much skin....While I am concentrating on looking good before the summer arrives, the skin that will be exposed also needs to be looked after!When I see the orange-peel like dimples, my Circulex Cellulite Treatment is applied before shower time by rubbing onto the affected areas vigorously.After removing the unwanted rough skin the application of Lipo-Sculpt+ Body Toning Creme, breaks down the fat stored by the body on the stomach, upper arm and thigh areas. (gym in a tube!!!)The results are awesome! I have lost centimeters without much effort ( I do love healthy living, though) I do drink plenty of Metabolism tea ( this is an appetite suppressant as well)This month I have put together a package to help you to get started on your weight loss regime:
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Happy Republic Day to all Indians!
Its Day Two of Denver and I got myself to go to the gym! Last night, we had Indian food at this place called India Tavern. V and I both enjoyed the food- it was really good and the host was a very sweet and friendly guy. We both ended up overeating, so gym today was definitely in line! I also tried eating healthier (as much as I could)- fruits and bagel with light cream cheese (yes, yes – "light" cream cheese- I really do need to lose weight!). (FYI dinner still awaits so I shouldn't be jumping my gun.)
And, if you think I am bad with my weight issues, V is paranoid. He found a teeny weeny bit of paunch- and he has been freaking out since then- standing in front of the mirror, frowning at his almost negligible waist! And then, today on being asked what did he have for lunch, prompt came his response – a salad! Like, he could dream of eating anything else! (and here I am rejoicing for choosing "light" cream cheese instead of "regular") Oh, the shame he brings to the Punjabi in me 😉 (Punjabi people in India are known for eating a lot- and eating food full of butter and cream!)
So to keep the spirit of being healthy (or well, trying to be), I decided to post the low-carb zucchini pasta recipe I tried a few days back. I remember hearing/reading (memory fails me here) about this pasta a long time back. The idea stuck on my mind for some time, and the other day when I passed the zucchinis at the supermarket I thought I'll give it a try. Luckily, I found a similar recipe online too. (Click here for the link).
The recipe is quick and easy to make. It would have been quicker had I a mandolin, but since I did not, cutting the zucchini into long strands did take some time. Loved the flavors, and more so because it is so healthy!
Adapted from here
- 3 zucchini
- 6 cloves, mashed
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- 1/2 tsp basil
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- Black pepper, as per taste
- Grated parmesan cheese, optional
- Cut the zucchini lengthwise into fettuccine like strands.
- Heat oil and butter in a skillet. Add the smashed cloves of garlic and sauté.
- Add the zucchini strands and mix.
- Add the seasoning, basil, oregano, salt, pepper and mix well.
- Add 2 tbsp water, if required and cook zucchini till it is tender. (I did not need to add water, since the zucchini cooked in its own water.)
- Top with grated parmesan cheese and serve.


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High School (2010)
- 100 min
- Comedy
- June 3rd, 2010
Latest 'High School' News
Matt Bush Talks High School [Exclusive]
The actor plays a valedictorian who tries to sabotage his school's new drug test in this comedy, debuting on Blu-ray and DVD September 4.
High School Blu-ray Deleted Scene [Exclusive]
Michael Chiklis has an unusual conversation with Colin Hanks in this bonus scene from the Blu-ray and DVD arriving September 4.
Second High School Red Band Trailer
Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks, and Michael Chiklis star in this comedy about a student who gets his whole school to fail a drug test.
First Look at the Red Band High School Trailer
Michael Chiklis plays a smarmy high school principal who suddenly institutes a zero-tolerance crusade, introducing mandatory drug tests for all students.
3 Sent to High School
Matt Bush, Camille Mana and Julia Ling join John Stalberg-directed indie.
Yeardley Smith and Luis Chavez Enroll in High School
Teaming with Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis for the stoner comedy.
Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis Go Back to High School
John Stalberg Jr. is directing the stoner indie comedy.
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- Release Date
- June 3rd, 2010
- Director
- John Stalberg
- Writers
- Erik Linthorst
- John Stalberg
- Stephen Susco
- Cast
- Adrien Brody
- Michael Chiklis
- Colin Hanks
- Matt Bush
- Sean Marquette
- Adhir Kalyan


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Moorim School
[2016 Korea Series]
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Action, Drama, Fantasy
Lee Hyun-Woo, Shin Hyun-Joon, Seo Ye-Ji, Hong Bin, Jung Eugene
The Moorim School isn't focused solely on high academic scores. The school teaches its students virtues including honesty, faith, sacrifice and communication. The teachers and students at the school come from different countries and each have their own stories.
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Fashion By Double A Presents: DK Designs
The weekend is here! Are you ready to party?
On this Thursday only, this sexy dress called Nuria, from DK Designs, will be only 55L. It's because the store is participant of the FIFTY5 THURSDAYS event. But you better hurry, because it will be available until tomorrow (Friday), at 9p.m. SLT.
There is also a new release from DK Designs, that will help your party weekend! It's a very sexy dress called Emma. It's available in 8 colors: beige, red, green, black, blue, purple, light purple and pink.
Shoes: Classic Leather Boots by RedGrave
Skin - Kristten by Unique
Eyes - Kristten by Unique
Hair: Thalia - by Madesigns Hair
Earrings and Necklace - Hypnose by Milady's
Eyelashes: Flirt (Brown) - by Laqroki
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"One Shot": In the 75th century, long after earth has been destroyed, the immortal Wildfire leads a group of raw Legionnaires on the planet Rimbor. The new team consists of Nervosa, a Bismollian; Graft, a Durlan; Phase, a Bgztlian; Metrox, a Coluan; and Membrain, who apparently is one of the Bra
Appearing in "One Shot"
Featured Characters:
- Legion of Super-Heroes
- Wildfire
- Membrain
- Magno-Boy
- Lode-Stone
- Triad III
- Triplicate
- Argent
- Silver-Wing
- Shape
- Shift
- Phase (Only appearance; dies)
- Graft (Only appearance; dies)
- Nervosa (Only appearance; dies)
- Metrox (Only appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Gizi
- Ziga
Other Characters:
Synopsis for "One Shot"
In the 75th century, long after earth has been destroyed, the immortal Wildfire leads a group of raw Legionnaires on the planet Rimbor. The new team consists of Nervosa, a Bismollian; Graft, a Durlan; Phase, a Bgztlian; Metrox, a Coluan; and Membrain, who apparently is one of the Brain Globes from Rambat. Their first mission is to stop the mysterious, planet-sized cannon that appears every century to destroy a star and whose creators have disabled communications throughout the former United Planets, causing member worlds to distrust one another. The Legionnaires fight the robots that guard the cannon but cannot overcome their own mutual distrust. Their mission fails – and only Wildfire and Membrain survive.
With help from Membrain, Wildfire enters a trance to recall his origin and the Legion in their 30th century prime in order to remember how they worked together as a team. He then recruits another batch of Legionnaires from former UP worlds, but this time decides to go Noah's Ark by selecting two of each, a teen-aged male and a teen-aged female: Magno-Boy and Lodestone from Braal; Triad III and Triplicate from Cargg; Argent and Silverwing, who are "Reniians"; and Shape and Shift from Durla. He orders them not to fraternize with each other, knowing that they will disobey him; soon, he spies the Reniians kissing.
The new Legionnaires stop a water pirate, but this success prompts the UP's hooded enemies to send the star-destroying cannon to Rimbor's sun 97 years ahead of schedule. Although Wildfire had hoped that it would be the descendants of these Legionnaires who would face the cannon, he marshals his troops anyway. As Wildfire and the Legionnaires approach the cannon, they are attacked by robots, as before. But this time Wildfire realizes that the robots are actually Durlans, and that the two Durlan Legionnaires, Shape and Shift, are spies. While Membrain and the other Legionnaires distract the Durlans, Wildfire destroys the cannon from within.
On Winath, a long dormant viewscreen is activated as Wildfire announces that "75 years ago," the Legion was victorious and the restoration of communication between UP worlds.
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- No trivia.
See Also
- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Legion of Super-Heroes Annual Vol 4 7 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Legion of Super-Heroes Annual series
Recommended Reading
- Legion of Super-Heroes Recommended Reading
- Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
- Adventure Comics (Volume 2)
- The Legion (Volume 1)
- Legion Lost (Volume 2)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 2)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 3)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 4)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 5)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 6)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 7)
- Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 8)
- Legionnaires (Volume 1)
- Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)
- Supergirl and the Legion of Super-Heroes (Volume 1)


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I didn't get a thing done on the road but talk to a million people, find my way to a new location daily, and make sure my two girls were fed and decently clean. I'm home now so let the blogging begin…
The grey skies of Portland spit upon me to say – no one is coming out on a weekday night to see Chicks On Bikes. But the warmth and welcome of the small crowd at Cascade Moto proved me wrong. Laurie Winslow the water restistant avon lady rode in on her nicely styled Triumph:
Here's a link to her Avon website. All Portland Bikers should go to Laurie for their Avon needs.
This photo is by my 9 year old Ella. The perspective and composition are spot on. The gentle giant who welcomed us:
And my name in lights!
And these two sisters have been riding dozens of years. I love this kind of family and biker bonding.
And a special thanks to the R.A.T. Pack for coming out.
More to photos and adventures of the northwest to come… because sometimes you just have to get started.


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In this mini-series, I'll be talking specifically about how you can use Facebook to grow your business. Tools on Facebook allow you to connect more easily with colleagues, collaborators, and your followers. You can finally have an excuse for logging into this social media site if you're using it for business, right? So stop guilting yourself and put Facebook to work for you!
An easy but surprisingly beneficial thing you can do for your business is using Facebook for advertising. I didn't like using Facebook advertising before I started my business, the page boosters nor promoting in groups, and only Twitter was on my social media agenda because I'd heard all the horror stories on Facebook and it's scary algorithm. I was told by many business advisors and coaches that you basically had to spend $30 a week on ads to get your content even seen. Well, I'm here to tell you that the horror of Facebook's algorithm is a very real thing, but that doesn't necessarily mean you should remove the platform from your social media plan. Facebook groups are very important for business.
If you're in the stage before you've launched your business and you're just setting up your website and thinking about your content, Facebook groups are your best friend. They are the perfect places to gain inspiration, ask for help without judgment, and gather advice from other business owners, in preparation for your launch. I think groups are also the best place to find eCourse recommendations from other business people (there're lots of wonderful, free eCourses out there).
If you're past that stage, and you've written your content, your services, your products, then you need some promotion, right? Facebook groups will help you grow your traffic. Other members will be interested in what you have to offer and check out your content. If you do it often enough and play it well, you can get a lot of readers from a Facebook group and market yourself effectively, just by participating in discussion threads.
Engage with others!
Offer your help and advice on as many posts with business queries as you can. If you offer your services at discounted prices, or just help someone out within your area of expertise, your name will be remembered as someone to mention when they see someone else in need. Helping people is sort of what you need to do in exchange for getting your own help. My experience with Facebook groups is that they are very loyal, and no one likes a self-promo nut who drops their link occasionally and then disappears. If you know the answer to someone's issue, tell them. They'll remember you as a source of information (they might even ask for your blog link for future reference).
Doing this will help your business. If you notice that someone is asking advice about your specific expertise, i.e. bettering your business, reply to the poster letting them know what you think of how they're currently monitoring their business and how they could improve it, then offer your further services with something like, "If anyone would like further advice on SEO, please visit my contact page at www.[insertyourbloglink].com". The emails should drop in if you word yourself well. Then, you can offer further paid services after your email exchange.
Tip: Make sure you're dropping your blog links and offering your services strategically. Don't comment on a post about logo design with your writing services. It's irrelevant and if you do this one too many times, other group members will start to get annoyed. A great way to help you promote yourself strategically is to look through your tags. Hopefully, you'll have tagged your blog posts specifically. If you see someone asking about creating business plans, and you know you have that information on your blog, click on your 'Business Plan' tag or type it into your blog search bar to bring up the right article. This is a great way to answer someone's query quickly and gain those extra pageviews.
Another thing you can do is create a spreadsheet in excel with these and separate all your posts into; Title of Post, Tags, and Link. This will help you to distinguish between all of your blog posts and get quick access to the specifics of the post and the correct link, ready to go to the rescue! Of course, you'll need to set a day or two (depending on the amount of blog posts you have) and organize them.
Participate in Promotion Threads!
Promotion threads are great – they give you an opportunity to support other business owners while promoting your own work and gaining extra traffic. They can get a little busy with many people posting all at once (and the notifications will drive you crazy) until you realize just how brilliant they are. I've submitted my 'Work With Me' page on a promotion thread before and, within an hour, received two emails inquiring about my work. If you find it's too busy and you're finding your work is drowning in a sea of comments, try commenting outside of peak times!
Tip: What you write along with your link is important. Spend some time making sure your words speak to your target audience. If you just throw the link on the thread, all your potential readers only have your title to decide why they should click on it. Provide a small summary on what the link contains. What is the post about? What's in it for them? These are the questions you need to answer to persuade people to read your content. Capture their attention. If you're selling a service, I'd write something along the lines of "I'm a business coach for entrepreneurs on a budget. My prices are ___, ____, and ____. Email me at ___ to receive a quote."
Some people don't like having to click on your website to find your prices, so answer their question before they ask it.
Make Your Promo Pretty
Utilize all the options you have. You have the means to upload a great photo that goes with your branding, so why not do so? It will help your comment stand out amongst all the others. Your photo will take up more space and make your comment larger, and will catch people's attention too. Overall, joining Facebook groups makes for a much less lonely business journey. You'll find plenty of people to connect with this way, and if you're using Facebook correctly (joining in on promotion threads, helping people out, and keeping your profile consistent with your business), then chances are – people will get curious and check out what's going on in your corner of the internet!
Leave a comment and tell me which Facebook Group is your favorite!


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