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You've heard of Groupon, haven't you? Have you ever tried to unsubscribe from those emails? Go ahead, try it. You'll be glad you did.
Once you unsubscribe, there's a video you can play of a Groupon employee named Derrick, and supposedly, he's the one who's been sending you all those Groupon emails. If you want to punish him, just click the button and watch another employee come over and throw hot coffee in his face. Sensing that you're feeling better, Groupon then asks you if you want to resubscribe to its emails.
This was just one example of a company's touchpoint marketing that Club Industry 2011 keynote speaker John Moore pointed out in his presentation last Thursday in Chicago.
Moore, the former marketing whiz at Starbucks and Whole Foods, offered a packed room some more examples of how companies differentiate themselves. A cough syrup company's slogan is: "It tastes awful. And it works." A hamburger restaurant in Texas has a "hand Jacuzzi" to wash your hands. A crumpled, crushable New York City map can only be folded up by crumpling it again.
All of these companies leave their thumbprint, and health clubs can do the same, Moore says. Locker rooms, membership forms, membership cards, towels and locker room keys are all potential touchpoints for clubs to leave an impression on members.
Word-of-mouth marketing is paramount to Moore—and it should be to companies as well, he says. The three drivers of word-of-mouth marketing are great advertising, great customer service and great customer experience. Moore says 27 percent of consumers would pay 15 percent or more to receive a superior customer experience. (Which may be one of the reasons why Whole Foods has been tagged with the "Whole Paycheck" moniker the past few years.)
Another stat from Moore: 55 percent of consumers recommend a company because of its customer service. "Buzz" should be eliminated from a business's vocabulary, Moore says, because that's not how to build a brand.
"The best word-of-mouth marketing is doing good business every day," he says.
Zappos.com is one company Moore touted (and not just for its crossword puzzle employment application, although that doesn't hurt). Another company that Moore noted, Apple, may very well be the epitome of word-of-mouth and touchpoint marketing. Apple has proven it's never too late for a company to reinvent itself.
"Apple was on its deathbed in 1996," Moore said. "What a second life they are leading now."


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First it was dodgeball. Now the age-old tradition of father/daughter dances at school is being phased out. But don't worry! Mother/son traditions are getting the heave-ho too.
A Rhode Island school district is blazing the trail, calling these gender-specific activities "discriminatory" after a single mom complained that her kid was left out of a daddy/daughter event because she didn't have a dad to accompany her. As a married mom, I can't agree with them more.
We live in a world where 11.7 million households have a single parent at the helm. We live in a world where same sex couples are finally making headway in the fight to adopt and raise kids. Telling girls they need to bring a daddy to an event or boys that they need a mommy is automatically cutting out a whole lot of kids, distancing them from their peers in a time when kids are already so split that we have a bullying epidemic on our hands.
These kids don't need another reason to feel uncomfortable around their classmates, especially not in the so-called "safe space" that a school is supposed to provide.
And quite frankly, neither do parents ... any parent, whether single, gay, or partnered up with someone of the opposite sex.
We don't need to hear from the school that one gender of parent is more important than the other. Maybe it's because I grew up in a poor school district that didn't have the fund for these gender-specific events anyway, but I've never quite gotten the allure of one parent in particular being lauded over the other.
Last year my daughter's teacher sent home an invite to help make gingerbread houses that specifically stated there was room for only one adult helper per child. We let our daughter choose, and she picked my husband. Technically it was better for us based on work schedules, but I won't say it didn't hurt a bit.
I want to be there for the moments big and small ... and so does my husband. That's part of being a parent. The two of us have made a point of deciding who goes to events at school based on our family's needs, not on some outdated notion that little girls need their daddies more and little guys are mama's boys.
What's your take on daddy/daughter and mother/son events at schools?
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The iconic green wooden houses of the Zaan region are traditionally small and modest. Anyway, the Delft based architect Wilfried van Winden (WAM architecten) found a way to integrate the characteristic architecture into an eleven-storeyed hotel complex providing 160 guest rooms, a bar-restaurant, conference accommodation, a swimming pool and a wellness centre with a Finnish sauna and a Turkish bath. Constructed of timber and Eternit fibre cement cladding, the edifice is expressive, with varied fenestration, wide protruding sections, and elegant white eaves and barge-boards.
Here is what the architects say:
A stack of traditional Zaandam houses Wilfried van Winden envisages the hotel as a temporary home, alluding to that transience with the stack of houses. Visually speaking the structure is built up from a varied stacking of almost seventy individual little houses, executed in four shades of the traditional green of the Zaan region. The hotel is unique, familiar yet original and idiosyncratic. It is a design that could be realised only in Zaandam but at the same time transcends and reinvigorates local tradition. It was, moreover, specifi cally tailored to this site. 'The Blue House', inspired by the work Claude Monet painted at Zaandam in 1871, is the ultimate attention-grabber. The overall result is striking, the building exemplary for the Fusion Architecture that Wilfried van Winden champions. Fusion represents an inventive way of linking present and past, tradition and innovation, high culture and low. This generates a novel expressiveness that corresponds to specifi c local practices but is at the same time universal. 'But architecture naturally makes a direct appeal to the emotions as well,' notes Van Winden. 'An acquaintance recently commented, "When I drive into Zaandam and see the building standing there a smile inevitably spreads across my face." You could hardly ask for a more wonderful compliment.'
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The Woodhaven-Brownstown School District is now using a Standards-Based Report Card (SBRC) at the elementary level. This is an exciting step for our schools as we work towards ensuring that all students are successful at meeting grade-level standards.
Standards describe what a student should know and be able to do at each grade level in all subjects, and this new report card is designed to give parents more and better information about how their children are progressing.
On the report card, parents will learn whether or not their child is meeting, approaching, or beginning to master grade level expectations. The report card will also provide information on student work habits.
This new report card is helpful in multiple ways. First, it will ensure that there is more consistency of expectations from teacher to teacher, and from school to school. Second, it will help teachers and students focus on the standards from the very beginning of the year, giving students a chance to get help sooner if they are not making adequate progress. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, parents will learn exactly how their students are doing based on the standards—they'll learn which big ideas and concepts their children have learned and what they need to work on to ensure they are ready for the next grade level.
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C# Day Returns on September 13th
Michael de la Maza is returning to Waltham, MA to run a 3rd "C# Day" event. Previous C# Days have been great opportunities for attendees to become familiar with the C# language using an approach quite different from standard lecture-focused events.
Here's a description from the C# Day home page:
"Join us for a relaxed, no cost introduction to C# programming. By engaging in participatory activities, you will learn some of the most common and powerful features of the C# language. This day is not lecture-based. There will be fewer than 60 minutes of lecture material -- almost all of the time will be spent on participant-guided activities. Everyone who attends will learn what interests them at their own pace in a relaxed, tension-free environment with an experienced C# developer and trainer available to answer questions."
Here's a summary post from the first C# Day event in June.
RSVPs are required, so please head to http://learn2learn2program.com for more details and to register.
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I tried. I really did. I wanted to post about ALL the books I had planned for Halloween. But the last week of October was absolute and total crap. I felt mentally and physically like a giant pile of steaming cow dung. I hope you guy's had an awesome Halloween and managed to avoid the haunted masks and the evil pumpkin heads and the murderers who prowl Fear Street like wolves searching for carrion. I've started reading Party Games, the first of the new batch of Fear Street novels. So far, it isn't horrible. But there are so many more pages to go... Anyway, look for the review coming up soon.
Until next time...
P.S. Did anyone enter the giveaways on the Goosebumps Tumblr? I managed to win one day! The contents of the box I got: a copy of Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost DVD, a copy of Goosebumps Most Wanted: Night of the Puppet People (that R.L. Stine SIGNED!), a T-shirt with a picture of the Goosebumps book Welcome To Camp Nightmare on it, a bookmark, and some temp tattoos. I'd love to know what anybody else got...I think each box was different.
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Monday, October 26, 2015
The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps #11)
How ugly is Carly Beth's Halloween mask? It's so ugly that it almost scared her little brother to death. So terrifying that even her friends are totally freaked out by it. It's the best Halloween mask ever. It's everything Carly Beth hoped it would be. And more. Maybe too much more. Because Halloween is almost over. And Carly Beth is still wearing that special mask...
Carly Beth and her friend Sabrina are eating lunch and discussing the fact that Carly Beth is scared of damn near everything on this sweet green earth. This fact is proven when she screams twice within five seconds: once when some kid drops his tray and again when this dude Steve (star of The Haunted Mask II!) grabs her shoulder. Steve and his friend Chuck like to scare Carly Beth even though it requires no effort whatsoever. Steve asks Carly Beth if she wants his sandwich and she takes it because the mac and cheese she got is gross and she's still hungry. But of course this sammich is no good: "Then she pulled the bread apart--and saw a big brown worm resting on top of the turkey." She thinks she's going to puke and runs from the cafeteria.
After school, Carly Beth heads home where her mother shows her the Plaster of Paris head she made in Carly Beth's likeness. Her mother also made her a duck costume even though Carly Beth wanted to be something really SCARY this year and ducks are just...quacky (yes, that made plenty of sense). Anyway, Carly Beth remembers the new party store and the creepy masks she saw in the store window. Before she can think anymore about that, her duck costume bursts out of her closet. IT'S ALIVE! QUAAAACK!! But no, it's just her stupid little brother Noah. After Carly Beth's "terrifying" duck encounter is over, Sabrina calls and they talk about their science fair project. I was the QUEEN of shitty, lame, uninspired science projects and even I think their project is pretty damned crappy--the solar system made out of painted ping-pong balls. It's just the planets dangling from strings. How is that a project? Seriously, how could anyone, even a kid, confidently submit that to a science fair? I'm embarrassed for them. I'm even more embarrassed for Carly Beth who nearly wets herself when Steve pinches the back of her leg after some kid announces his tarantula is loose (uh, I'm lost...is the science fair happening NOW or did this happen earlier?). Everybody, even the teachers, laugh at her...she responds as she usually does--by running away and silently vowing revenge. AND REVENGE SHE WILL HAVE! Otherwise we wouldn't be reading this...
It's now Halloween and Carly Beth is on the phone with Sabrina. The girls will meet at Sabrina's and then go trick-or-treating, but Carly Beth has to make a stop at the party store first to buy the scariest mask she can find. The HAUNTED MASK, you might ask? Yes. Thank you for paying attention, dear. Carly Beth creeps out into the cold, windy darkness to run to the store which is closed. But the weirdo shopkeep allows her to come inside and browse because she is absolutely desperate and pathetic looking. When he's distracted by the telephone, Carly Beth sees a door at the back of the store. She enters a small room full of the ugliest masks she's ever seen and OF COURSE nearly poops her pants when she thinks a mask cries out after she touches it. The noise came from the shopkeeper who is not pleased to find her in this room. These particular masks aren't for sale because they're "too scary" and "too real". Carly Beth whines until the man gives in and sells her a mask even though he MUST have an idea of what's going to happen to her. Is it possible she's so annoying he just wanted to get rid of her AT ANY COST? Wow.
Carly Beth scurries back home to try out the mask on her brother. He's in his room, checking out his cockroach costume in the mirror. (Yes, the kid's going as a COCKROACH.) Carly Beth scares the crap out of her brother, the roach, which pleases her to no end. She gets the idea to impale her Plaster of Paris head on the end of a broomstick so she can pretend she was decapitated by this evil beast. "I will be the terror of Maple Avenue tonight!" Big dreams do come true! Unfortunately, so do big nightmares...sorry, Carly Beth.
It's time to go out and Carly Beth wants to make a run for it without explaining to her mom why she isn't wearing the homemade duck costume. She bounces outside while her mom is on the phone and dashes to Sabrina's house where she spots Chuck and Steve on the sidewalk and can't resist scaring them. She scares the shit out of the two boys...who aren't even Chuck and Steve. The kids' mother gives Carly Beth a verbal lashing and Carly Beth considers tearing the woman's skin off, but the lady marches off before that can happen. Sabrina comes to the door in her Cat Woman costume and is shocked at Carly Beth's appearance--the mask is as ugly as sin, after all. Sabrina says Steve and Chuck will meet them later and the girls leave.
Carly Beth notices the mask is making her feel odd. She becomes enraged when Sabrina keeps yapping on and on and Carly Beth attempts to choke the life out of her before catching herself and pretending she was joking. At the first house they go to, a mother with two small kids (who are terrified of Carly Beth) answers the door. Carly Beth ends up telling the mom and little girl that she'll eat them up. Nice. She keeps acting crazy and by the time they see Chuck and Steve, she's stolen some kid's candy and thrown apples at an old man's house. "The mask made me do it." Well, yeah, but no matter the reason, YOU'RE BEING AN ASS. Finally, Chuck and Steve show up. Carly Beth hides behind some bushes, jumps out, and scares the crap out of them both. She demands they give her their candy and then...her plaster head speaks. "Help me. Help me." What. The. Hell. The boys lose their minds and run away while Carly Beth dances and runs around in victory. I guess we're just ignoring the fact that the head can talk? Okay then. Eventually Sabrina catches up to Carly Beth and they go back to Sabrina's house to admire their piles of candy. But Carly Beth can't get the mask off. The girls get particularly scared when Sabrina sees that there is no line between the mask and Carly Beth's skin...the mask IS her skin.
Carly Beth panics and runs out into the night. She runs until she remembers the party store man (who knew something was going to happen but sold her the damned thing anyway)--surely his weird ass can help! "The strange man in the cape. He will help me. He will know what to do." Never trust a man in a cape. The man is waiting for her at the party store because he KNEW she would be back! He tells her the mask is a real face, made by him in his lab and part of a collection he calls The Unloved. He calls them that because they're hideous and no-one wants them...no-one except for the unfortunate souls who venture into the back room and decide to take one. Yes, this asshole has done this before. He tells her the mask can be removed with a symbol of love which means NOTHING to Carly Beth, but before she can beat the answer out of him, the Unloved masks come alive. She runs, but they float after her in the night. She remembers the Plaster of Paris head and realizes THAT is her symbol of love--her mom loved her enough to make a creepy likeness of her that somehow gained the power of speech. Yay! She searches for the head that she dropped earlier when it began begging for help. She finally finds it as the creepy, jabbering, floating masks surround her. She yanks the head down over her REAL head and when she pulls it off a moment later, the floating Unloved are gone and she's able to pull off her own mask. She heads home and has some nice hot cider with her mom. Her stupid brother bursts into the kitchen wearing the mask: "Look at me! How do I look in your mask?" You look like a kid who's about to know HELL.
Thoughts: We need to round up a posse, burn that party store to the ground, salt the earth where it stood, and run that caped nut out on a rail.
Up Next: "The Haunted Mask II" Steve gets his own haunted mask and, well, we already know how that story ends...why the hell does this book exist?
**Note** I'm not going to be doing "Zombie Halloween" or "Wanted: The Haunted Mask" this time around. Those will have to wait until next year to ruin my Halloween. So after "The Haunted Mask II", there will be "Trick Or Treat" and after THAT, you won't be exposed to any more Halloween-y tales. You can stuff your face with candy and watch your scary movies in peace. **End Note**
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (Goosebumps #48)
Nothing beats Halloween. It's Drew Brockman's favorite holiday. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year. Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke. A nasty practical joke on Drew and her best friend, Walker. Yes, this year Drew and Walker have a plan. A plan for revenge. It involves two scary pumpkin heads. But something's gone wrong. Very wrong. Because the pumpkin heads are a little too scary. A little too real. With strange hissing voices. And flames shooting out of their faces...
We begin this pumpkin headed story with Drew getting pissed at her dad for calling her Elf (because she has positively elfin features, see?) before going outside to wait for her friends to come over, admire the scent of autumn air, and contemplate how much she hates Tabitha Weiss and Lee Winston, the corroded pieces of crap who keep ruining Halloween. Two years ago, perfect little Tabby ("perfect creamy-white skin and perfect green eyes that sparkle a lot") and the oh-so-cool Lee ("struts when he walks and acts real cool, like the rappers on MTV videos") invited Drew and her BFF Walker to a Halloween party. They agree to go even though they hate the assholes who just invited them and vice versa. (Really, they should have seen what was coming.) Lee and Tabby got two high school dudes to crash the party by pretending to be burglars (I guess?). They burst in, one wearing a ski mask and the other a gorilla mask, and make everyone...do push-ups. That's it. Finally everybody looks up and sees Lee and Tabby laughing at them because they're evil little goblins. Unfortunately, Tabby and Lee screw over Drew and her friends the following year, too, by failing to show up to a party where Drew and the gang were going to mess with them. Their ideas were kind of lame, though--covering Lee and Tabby with slime, playing a tape with a creepy voice beckoning them to the grave, rubber snakes, a giant papier-mache monster, etc. It doesn't matter, though, because Lee and Tabby decide to go trick-or-treating with Lee's cousin. Another Halloween down the sloppy, slime covered drain.
Interrupting all the MIND BLOWING ACTION of this book is a nice little daydream sequence that Drew has. In the dream, she, Walker, Tabby, and Lee are trick-or-treating. They've got one more house to go. Unfortunately, it belongs to an elderly couple who plan on keeping all of the children that came to their home for candy. The old lady leads Drew and the other three to a room where her wrinkly husband can see their costumes. The room is full of sobbing trick-or-treaters. Has no-one in this (dream) town taught their kids NOT to go skipping into a stranger's house? I don't care how cute and old they are! Drew really enjoys the thought of Tabby and Lee disappearing forever (in the dream, she and Walker manage to get out of the house...what exactly was keeping the others there then?).
Drew snaps out of it when Walker arrives with their other friends, Shane and Shana (twins whom Drew's charming father refers to as "roly poly"). The twins have the perfect plan for revenge this Halloween, a plan we just have to assume is good because we get ZERO details. The twins promise they'll take care of everything. Walker and Drew just have to get Tabby and Lee to come trick-or-treating. This plan is almost derailed like all the others when Drew's mom says she doesn't want her going trick-or-treating because a bunch of people around town have disappeared. Drew says all those missing people are adults so there's nothing for a young girl to worry about! Yes, I'm sure a small group of 12 year olds wandering around alone after dark wouldn't be a target AT ALL. Eventually, a few days later, Drew's dad thinks it'll be okay if she goes out on Halloween because getting candy is so important it's worth the risk of getting kidnapped. Drew goes over to Lee's house where he and Tabby are working on his bumblebee costume ("He looked really stupid.") and gets them to agree to go trick-or-treating with Drew and Company.
Halloween FINALLY rolls around. Drew is going as "Super Drew", a superhero who wears boxers on the outside instead of stretchy underpants. There's absolutely nothing else to say about this costume. Drew doesn't give a shit about the costume anyway--this night is about REVENGE. Walker shows up and his costume is far worse than Drew's--he's dressed in all black, even his face is painted black (no comment). He's a dark and stormy night. The stormy part comes in when he sprays you in the face with a squirt gun. If this were real life, Walker would've gotten his ass kicked about ten times by now.
While Walker and Drew are waiting on the corner for Tabby and Drew to show up, they're attacked by vicious wolves!!! Oh. Never mind. It's just those fuckwits that made them do push-ups that time. Yes, these high schoolers are still doing this. Shouldn't they be getting wasted at a party or something? Maybe they're CONSTANTLY wasted...that would possibly explain why they're so easily talked into doing this crap by a couple of kids. It's also possible they're just plain stupid. Of course Tabby and Lee are close by and pop up laughing while the two morons run away in their wolf masks. They all finally start trick-or-treating even though Shane and Shana never showed up. They don't get too far before two robed figures with jack-o-lanterns for heads block their path. Lee and Tabby automatically assume it's Shane and Shana even though Drew and Walker start screaming like banshees (they also think it's the twins; they just wanted to scare Tabby and Lee which didn't work because they're a wee smarter than that). The pumpkin people lead them to a new neighborhood where they all get boatloads of candy. Eventually, Tabby gets tired and wants to stop, but the pumpkin heads say nay: "You can't quit! You can't EVER quit!" They force the kids to keep going. Drew finally has had enough and screams that the pumpkins can't be Shane and Shana, but Tabby and Lee think they are and in an attempt to prove it, they yank the pumpkin heads off...only to find NOTHING UNDERNEATH! BWAHAHAHAHA! Everybody screams as the pumpkin heads start to giggle: "Hee hee hee heeeeee." Dude. Seriously.
The pumpkins, now back with their respective bodies, surround the kids and inform them that they will be trick-or-treating forever. They try to tell a couple of adults that they're being held captive by horrifying pumpkin creatures and being forced to trick-or-treat forever, but the grown ups only laugh because they are sane and believe it's just a joke. The kids start complaining to the pumpkins about how heavy their treat bags are. The pumpkin solution: "Start eating." So they do until they're nearly puking their intestines up. Once they stop eating, they beg for their freedom again which is pointless because these pumpkin monsters are really intent on these kids getting all the Kit Kats and Jujubes their little bags can carry. None of this makes any damn sense, by the way. You can't really trick-or-treat forever. People aren't going to keep coming to the door with candy day after day. And what would the pumpkins do if the kids just sat down and refused? So far, they've done nothing but swirl around and harass them with their annoying hissy voices. Then again, it's pointless to search for logic in a book about flying jack-o-lantern creatures so back to the story!
The kids have reached a new neighborhood...and every person who answers the door has a jack-o-lantern for a head. Swing low, sweet chariot... Yes, there are more of these freaking things...so many more. Drew, Walker, Tabby, and Lee soon find themselves inside a circle of flying pumpkin heads who keep chanting "Trick or treat!". Four of the creatures step inside the circle carrying a pumpkin each. "These are for you!" Yeah, no shit, Columbo. They ram a pumpkin on Tabby's head and then Lee's. Both of them run down the street, screaming. Drew and Walker...start laughing as their two pumpkin captors transform into Shane and Shana. All four laugh and laugh because they finally got their revenge on the devils known as Tabby Weiss and Lee Winston. Shane and Shana are literally aliens from another planet who agreed to use their powers to scare their enemies. All those other pumpkin heads are relatives. Drew makes a joke about how she and Walker will get to eat all that candy and she wonders aloud what Shane and Shana eat. Remember those missing adults? "People from our planet only like to eat very plump adults. So you don't have to worry for now." It's always nice to threaten your friends with imminent death.
Thoughts: I really liked this one as a kid, but the story is pretty ridiculous reading it as an adult. That might be one of the craziest Goosebumps twists ever. Damn jack-o-lanterns...WHY JACK-O-LANTERNS, OF ALL THINGS?!
Costumes Found in This Book: princess, Klingon, snowmen, mummy, Silver Surfer or Statue of Liberty (no-one can decide which one this person is supposed to be...), Batman, pirate, "blobby creatures", space princess, Superman, ghosts, milk carton, ballerina, bumblebee, generic superhero, "dark and stormy night", monsters, goblins, skeleton, robots, gorilla, "chubby clown", and about 10,000 giggling pumpkin headed aliens. *sigh*
Hee hee hee heeeeee
Up Next: The Haunted Mask
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Saturday, October 3, 2015
Hello? Is It Me You're Looking For?
I can see it in your eyes...
Ahem. ANYWAY. I'm back! Yeah, you look real excited. And you should be because after almost an entire year of doing diddly squat here, I'm going to make an actual effort to update this month. Because this is October! It's the month of Halloween and Stine's birthday and such and such. I'd like to do at least some miniature reviews. The books I plan on reading/reviewing: The Haunted Mask, The Haunted Mask II, Wanted: The Haunted Mask, Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns, Zombie Halloween (Goosebumps Most Wanted Special Edition #1), and Trick or Treat (a Point Horror novel from 1989 by Richie Tankersley Cusick). There could be more. I know there's a Halloween Night II by Stine that I never got around to reviewing. Unfortunately, I don't currently have a copy, but if I get my greedy, greasy paws on one, I'll definitely be throwing that into the mix as well. I'm also going to update the design around here...something pumpkin-y.
So...yeah. Stick around. If you want. I'll try not to lie to you anymore by promising reviews and then disappearing for a few light years. I SAID I'LL TRY!
Also: if you're interested in f*&!ing awesome giveaways--the Goosebumps Tumblr is having a prize pack giveaway every single day this month. The list of things you could win is pretty cool...if you love Goosebumps which I assume you do if you're here. If you don't...well, I can't help you, buddy, you're too far gone.
I'll see you ghouls soon...
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News you can use for Valentine's Day: When you gaze into your sweetheart's eyes, look for enlarged pupils. Psychologist Bruno Laeng, of the University of Oslo, says our pupils don't just respond to light, but to thoughts too. Studies show that our pupils dilate when something captures our attention, including when we feel strong emotions. Laeng discusses how psychologists are using "pupillometry" in the lab.


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There are few poets or poetic traditions that can evoke the magic of wine in more poignant and elegant fashion the the great poets of the early Chinese tradition. Some 1200 years ago, some of the most beautiful poems I have ever had the joy, honor, and pleasure of reading were written, and Li-Po is perhaps the greatest Chinese poet of them all. I love his writing for so many things, certainly one of which is his love of wine, and his uncanny ability to weave it into the stunning context of his otherworldly wisdom and insight. Never has wine seemed so mystical, so perfect, so holy, so infused with pathos, so real, than in the following:
"Drinking Alone Beneath The Moon"
Among the blossoms, a single jar of wine.
No one else here, I ladle it out myself.
Raising my cup, I toast the bright moon,
and facing my shadow makes friends three,
though moon has never understood wine,
and shadow only trails along behind me.
Kindred a moment with moon and shadow,
I've found a joy that must infuse spring:
I sing, and moon rocks back and forth;
I dance, and shadow tumbles into pieces.
Sober, we're together and happy. Drunk,
we scatter away into our own directions:
intimates forever, we'll wander carefree
and meet again in Milky Way distances.
This particular translation is by a gentleman named David Hinton, who is, for my money, absolutely and unqualifiedly the most brilliant translator of ancient Chinese poetry into English working today, or ever. The art and craft of translation is a vexing one, and there are traditionally thought to be two schools existing on two ends of a spectrum: on one end is the idea that one translates for accuracy, to the letter, regardless of how the poem may read in English. The goal is to get the poem right linguistically. On the other end is the idea that you translate not the letter of the poem, but the spirit. The idea is to get the poem right conceptually. Given how different are the English and the Chinese languages, this conundrum of how to translate is all the more front and center, and it's all the more difficult to reconcile the two sides.
There was a great wave of translation of both Chinese and Japanese poetry in this country starting in the late 40s through the 60s; it seemed essentially to accompany the rise of The Beat Generation, and their slow morphing into what later became The Hippies; the counter-culture through this period became fascinated with, for lack of a better term, "The East"; Zen Buddhism, Meditation, Yoga, etc., and poetry came along as an integral part of the experience. To my mind, the most notable translators of this era were Gary Snyder (whose translations of Han-Shan's "Cold Mountain Poems" pretty much remain the gold standard), Kenneth Rexroth, and Robert Bly, among others. In varying ways, all three of these translators were essentially "spirit" translators. Alternatively, academia was the realm of the "literalists," Burton Watson probably being the most influential.
David Hinton for me does the seemingly implausible; he perfectly constructs a balance between the two schools, managing to maintain what might be said to be the awkward structures and ungainly phrasings of the original Chinese, yet manages to extract exquisite English poems from this source material. Put another way, they may be in English, and read beautifully as such, but they still feel Chinese. Reading them, they unfold unlike any other translations I've ever read; I think he's done an extraordinary job, and accordingly, given us all an extraordinary gift from an extraordinary time.
I'll leave you with one other example, a beautiful poem by T'ao Ch'ien called "Drinking Wine," as translated by David Hinton:
"Drinking Wine"
I live here in a village house without
all that racket horses and carts stir up,
and you wonder how that could ever be.
Wherever the mind dwells apart is itself
a distant place. Picking chrysanthemums
at my east fence, I see South Mountain
far off: air lovely at dusk, birds in flight
returning home. All this means something,
something absolute: whenever I start
to explain it, I forget words altogether.
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Raiders tight end Brandon Myers happened to have the best season of his career just as his contract expired.
Myers had an exquisite sense of timing with quarterback Carson Palmer and his 79 receptions (or 806 yards) were the most by any Raiders receiver since 2002 and the most for any franchise tight end since Todd Christensen had 92 receptions in 1986.
Although Myers concedes he's new to unrestricted free agency, he's not so sure the timing is right to return to the Raiders _ although he's hoping for the best.
"Obviously, I'd like to stay," Myers said by phone Monday night. "I've got a lot of friendships and know the coaches really well. They took a chance on me when I got drafted. I'd like to be there but it's not looking like that right now. I guess I just have to stay patient and figure some stuff out. We're pretty confident I'll have ajob here in a couple of weeks, but I'll just try to sti back and not stress about it."
A sixth-round draft pick out of Iowa, Myers caught 32 passes in his first three seasons. It appeared he would be a starter in his third year when Zach Miller signed with Seattle, but the Raiders signed unrestricted free agent Kevin Boss instead. When given the chance to start in 2012, Myers showed an ability to find holes in zone defenses and on a snap-by-snap basis played more than he had ever played in his career.
`You work so hard in the offseason and during the season and during camp to be in that position," Myers said. "I've worked extremely hard to get to that position and I just always knew that when I was given an opportunity I'd be ready and make the most of it."
The deadline for putting franchise or transition tags on players expired Monday. Myers' franchise tag was $5.9 million, the transition number was $5.1 million. The Raiders as of Sunday were just under $1.5 million under the cap. After dealing with contracts of players with big cap numbers such as quarterback Carson Palmer, wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, defensive tackle Tommy Kelly, there might be room for Myers.
Or perhaps not.
"I'm not very familiar with this. That's why I have an agent. I'm optimistic that they might give me an offer, but I guess they had a conversation at the combine and it didn't sound like they were ready to do that," Myers said. "We'll just see where it takes is."
The other tight ends on the roster last season, David Ausberry and Richard Gordon, did little to inspire confidence they could replicate what Myers put up in terms of production as a receiver in 2012.


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A particular area of interest for me is women in the workplace. It hasn't always been the case though. I spent the first 15 working years focused on my work and career. I wanted to move myself forward. It is only recently that I started to think of the careers and experiences of other women. I want to see us all move forward.
It has been inspiring to watch a woman accept the nomination to run for president of the United States. I loved what Arianna Huffington said – another ceiling broken. I hadn't thought about it that light until I read what she wrote. It's an amazing time to be a women. We're watching history unfold. There is still work to be done. And they may feel like baby steps to some, but they feel like steps to me. Small movements forward, towards equality. And they're beautiful movements!
Can't wait to see another Canadian woman prime minister, maybe for a longer tenure, though.


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BGTG 81 - May 23, 2008 - Games of 2007
Memorial Day Weekend is pretty late for a 2007 recap show, but here it is anyway. I said I'd follow this show up sometime with another blog entry to have a written summary of my games played, too. I found that I enjoyed re-reading my reports from earlier years . . . and missed not having them for 2005 & 2006.
In a nutshell, I'm still playing 400 games per year, about 180 different titles--the same as it's been since about 2000. The only thing different in my numbers last year is the number of new-to-me games dropped from around 90 to less than 70. It's my little battle against the "cult of the new." :-)
I recap some of the 2007 titles that are definite winners with me, and some losers. Then, there's a whole raft of games I still need to try for the first time! (Collateral damage from that battle I just mentioned.)


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Square Gets Into Gift Cards for the Holidays
Mobile payment service Square just rolled out digital gift cards that can be exchanged between both Square and non-Square users and can be redeemed in various ways, Lauren Goode reports on digits. Photo: Square.com
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Nason P5A PRR electic loco in oo gauge 1934-40May 9th, 2012
In 1934 Nason introduced a machined bronze kit to make the model of The Pennsylvania Rail Road's P5A locomotive. The kit cost $37.
I've had this loco for years, and it's certainly my favorite OO loco.This is set up for outside 3rd rail, and has one large motor with field windings. The advertisement on the American OO site for this loco says it came with 2 motors in 1935. Here's a link to the ad.
When I got this loco it was wrapped in newspaper from 1957 so I'm pretty sure this is an unmolested model. I bought this from an elderly woman who's dad had built the layout when she was a girl in the 1930s.
I have lots of OO gauge trains assembled kits, and this loco along with the other locos I got from the same seller show the best workmanship of any OO trains.
A few of the pieces of window glass have fallen out over the years, and there are a few scratches that allow the bronze casing to show through, but otherwise this is in wonderful shape.
Here's another picture from the end:
Here's the top so you can see the details of the pantographs and the electrical stuff on the roof:
Lastly here's a bottom view:
I think this engine was made between 1934 and 1940. Nason was in New Rochelle NY. Here's a bit of history on Nason.
This loco doesn't run and I don't have instructions for the kit. If you have the instructions for this loco, I'll pay you for a photocopy. I don't want to just start pulling out screws trying to get inside and end up damaging the pain needlessly. You can send me an email salesATnalrooDOTcom
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This is how it was meant to be: Wall-E and Eve, hand in flipper, together in perpetual robot harmony. At least until I take a fork and knife to their delicious, cake-filled cores.
This Charm City Cakes creation goes so far as to make the ground beneath their treads out of graham cracker and chocolate. Bonus points for Wall-E's bow tie; just because you live in a dystopian wasteland doesn't mean you can't class it up now and again. [LikeCool via Walyou]


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Gilman Street Project, 1987 July 31
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Cometbus: Flyers, posters, magazines, files, and zines relating to American punk and alternative culture collected or created by Aaron Cometbus, including his own work as a writer and musician. The archive contains hundreds of fanzines and small magazines, plus cassette tapes and original manuscripts and paste-ups for Cometbus and related publishing and distribution records. Board games, business cards, set lists, and venue histories provide a personal, behind-the-scenes view of punk both as music and as a movement, from 1980 to the present.


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Hua Ma cave in Quang khe commune is ranked among the most beautiful and interesting caves in Babe national park because of magnificent stalactites and the legend that has been told for generations
Day 1 : Hanoi – Ba be lake (250km) (L,D)
We depart at around 7 A.M in the morning from Hanoi and drive to Babe national park. On the way we make several stops when ever you want to take photos and visit beautiful sights and villages along the way. We arrive in Babe at noon. We have lunch on the Babe lakeshore in local restaurant, after lunch we will go a boat trip for 3 hours to visit Babe Lake and row kayaking at Pelu bay, have dinner and stay overnight in a local Tay minority family in their traditional wooden stilt house
Day2: Hua Ma cave & Hanoi (B,L)
After breakfast we go past Ba Be forest, you can discover spectacular rivers, deep valleys, natural caves undulating mountains, On the way, we stop at Huama cave to see one of the most biggest cave in Vietnam, you can compare with Phong Nha – Ke Bang, then drive back to Hanoi. On the way, we also pay a visit to the Thai Nguyen minority and Culture Museum where we can learn something about the culture and traditions of the different minority groups in Vietnam. Have lunch in a local restaurant on the way. We arrive in Hanoi at about 8 P.M and the car will drop you off at the Hotel.
Included : A/ C transfer, entrance fees, Boat trip, all meals as mentioned, English speaking guide,
Home - stay
Excluded : VAT, travel insurance, drinks, personal expenses, Kayaking, Tips
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Hi again :P back with another Fruba tut :D. next time its Momiji XD Kind and friendly at first, Haru Seems rather nice. just don't get on his bad side or he'll become black Haru. Haru has a deep Affection for Yuki, although they didn't always see eye to eye. despite his mixed personality Haru is almost good mannered and helpful, especially in the hour of need.
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Put deposit to resell a spot in the future
Put deposit to resell a spot in the future
Well, new reservations are probably safe bets, doesn't make sense... cents? to tie up $5k for the sake of a couple hundred at this point.
I made a $5k reservation for my dad after he saw my Model S. It was love at first ride!
Makes no sense whatsoever.
ylyubarsky | JANUARY 8, 2013 NEW
To put $ 5,000 to make $ 5,000 in 9 months, sounds not bad
That would mean selling your $5J res for $10K. Hasn't happened, AFAIK.
typo: $5K (not $5J!)
Several such offers have appeared on eBay as well as offers for the actual car before and after delivery.
But I don't know if any were actually sold. My Tesla rep. Has always said that selling a reservation was not permitted.
You can't sell your reservation, so you have to buy the car and then have the buyer buy it off of you. Which means you'll probably gonna end up paying the tax twice and then who will get the rebates?? and when?
You forfeit the rebates when you resell immediately or even a little after purchase and who will but a reservation for so significantly more and forfeit the rebates for maybe less then 6 months of wait at this point?


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Monday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers wasn't merely a homecoming for the road-weary Jazz it a reunion for two Jazz starters who played for the Clippers each of the last two seasons.
However, both Randy Foye and Mo Williams downplayed competing against their former team following Monday's shootaround.
"I'm concentrated on trying to win tonight," Foye said. "[We've] lost two in a row, so my biggest focus is trying to win tonight."
Foye and Williams both played for the Clippers for all of last season, after joining forces midway through the 2010-11 season when Williams was traded to Los Angeles from Cleveland.
With the Clippers, all conversations lead to All-NBA point guard Chris Paul, and in two years sharing the backcourt with him, Foye and Williams became experts.
"People don't realize the nastiness that he has," Foye said. "He's always smiling, really professional, but he has a nastiness about him, where he always wants to win, no matter what."
Foye said whether Paul is smiling or not, "he's out there trying to rip your heart out on the court."
Said Williams: "He's very crafty. He's just a good player all around. He's a good teammate. ... Everything advertised about him is true.
Last year with the Clippers, Foye averaged 11 points in 65 games, including 48 starts. Williams moved to the bench when the Clippers acquired Paul prior to last season. As a reserve, he scored 13.2 points per game.
Injury plague continues
The Jazz played their third game on Monday without Marvin Williams as he continues to battle concussion-like symptoms. Derrick Favors, meanwhile, did not dress for the second straight game after an MRI was inconclusive and an ultrasound confirmed he has plantar fasciitis in his right foot.
All these injuries have resulted in a season of mixing and matching, basing lineups on who's available, rather than whom the Jazz are playing.
Coach Tyrone Corbin utilized six different starting lineups through the first 18 games, and center Al Jefferson was the only player to start every game of the season at his natural position (Paul Millsap started two at small forward).
"It's frustrating," Corbin said, "but it is what it is. It's a long NBA season, things happen. One of the best things that we have on this squad is a lot of guys I feel good about putting in the game. We've always talked about everybody being ready to play."
So far, they have been. However, the Jazz eagerly await the day Favors and Williams are ready to play, as well.
The Jazz were noticeably deficient on defense without Favors against Houston and could have used Williams on Friday to check Oklahoma City star Kevin Durant.
"It's a bigger ... hit on the defense than the offense," Corbin said. "They're two guys that make their hay on the defensive end."
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Wearing Zara tee, Aqua skirt, Topshop clutch and Marc Jacobs shoes.
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Wearing Zara tee, Aqua skirt, Topshop clutch and Marc Jacobs shoes.
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- AnonymousMay 21, 2010 at 7:32 AM
love the mix of colours and the full skirt with that topReplyDelete
wonderful pics delmy, specially the first one, you look adorable in it! un beso preciosaReplyDelete
Love the simple top with the frilly skirt! Looks beautifulReplyDelete
Aaaaaw these shoes...! They are quite show-stoppers! Oh, and I really really love the choise of words in every post of yours!ReplyDelete
Love, Lena!
Gorgeous outfit, gorgeous images! Never disappointing!ReplyDelete
I love this entire look, especially the shoes!ReplyDelete
Oooo. I love the deep purple shoes, they are killer!ReplyDelete
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everything looks so soft! Love it. :)ReplyDelete
you always create the best outfits ! Love everything from head to toe....especially the 'toe' part! Those shoes are making my mouth watery!ReplyDelete
Have a great weekend!
you look lovely:) so natural and feminine:)ReplyDelete
love the quote and those are great shoesReplyDelete
I love the skirt, and the colors of the outfit are simply fabulous!ReplyDelete
My lust for those shoes is out of this world!ReplyDelete
Beautiful pictures and great look!ReplyDelete
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la combinacion de colores es espectacular y los zapatos increibles!!ReplyDelete
Great photos! I love your outfit, especially the skirt and the shoes!ReplyDelete
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girl you are STYLING in those amazing heels! gotta love the splash of color and cute heart detail. i truly find all of your outfits inspirational... keep up the wonderful posts!ReplyDelete
I love the skirt!ReplyDelete
And the shoes. Oh, the shoes.
stunning..love itReplyDelete
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Very pretty photos, purple heels are my fave!ReplyDelete
oh my...u r gorgeous, do u know that? love the way the first photo was editted!ReplyDelete
Loving this look, I am so inspired to recreate!ReplyDelete
The light colors with the bright heels work so well for you! It's like Delmy, refreshed for spring.ReplyDelete
And I'm really enjoying your little inspirational snippets :)
I love them shoes!!!ReplyDelete
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those shoes are to die for!ReplyDelete
this is such a lovely outfit, the shoes are killer!ReplyDelete
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Those heels, WOW! They add a completely new dynamic to the outfit and I love it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 28, 2010 at 4:10 PM
That skirt is so pretty =)ReplyDelete
That skirt rules.ReplyDelete
The colour of this shoe is amazing!ReplyDelete
I remember reading the post where you purchased them and was jelous!


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Mar 19, 2011
Ryan Returns from Walt Disney World
Not much happening in today's post because I'm still tired and I have to unpack and such... but you can expect a full update on all the (few) Muppet things that were happening at Walt Disney World in the five days I was there. A preview: Not much was there, but I and a few Cast Members I spoke to were quite hopeful for what was coming with the wave from the upcoming movie.
Anyway... what is happening in this post is me reminding you to go vote in the first round of The Muppet Madness Tournament, which ends at midnight tomorrow, March 20th. There are some CRAZY close races currently--especially Alistair Cookie vs. Dr. Bob, which is currently only separated by two votes. So get over to http://muppetfans.com/tournament a vote, darn it! It's some of the most fun in the Muppet fan world all year and The Muppet Mindset is beyond thrilled to be a part of it this year. Who am I voting for? Well... I won't type it out but...
And, to end our post, we have to show off this fantastically amazing piece of work the incredibly talented Susanne Ritchie, who is behind the Black Cat Balloon Company blog, created. Check out this AMAZING balloon representation of everyone's favorite gargling gargoyle and bonafide Muppet Mindset mascot, Angus McGonagle:
How crazy awesome is that? I MUST have one. Someone call someone about that, okay? Be sure to check out the rest of the blog for even more amazing Muppet balloon representations and we'll see you all later here on The Muppet Mindset!
The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier
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Seriously, Ryan?ReplyDelete
Not only does she introduce herself in her first blog post, but every post on the balloon blog is signed "Susanne Ritchie," and you're not sure if it's the work of several people or just one person?
I mean, seriously? ;)
Ah! That is a major error on my part. I guess I didn't really look... I was too distracted by the balloon.ReplyDelete
...I like balloons.
I love the Kermit one and the Mahna Mahna BalloonsReplyDelete
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This is my favorite place to see all of my 100 Acre Wood friends — Pooh, Eeyore, Piglet, and Tigger! Crystal Palace is a buffet restaurant in a stunning location: a building in the middle of the Magic Kingdom resembling England's Crystal Palace, which was erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Crystal Palace offers some of the best buffet food on property. It's a great place to start your day in the Magic Kingdom or close out a wonderful day of rides and fun.
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- Crystal Palace touts a "live, on-stage kitchen," meaning cast members will prepare some customized items for you, such as pastas and/or omelets.
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The NYT described how the post office is responding to reduced demand as customers increasingly turn to alternatives for exchanging letters. The action is late, arguably decades late, and not at all uncommon. When organizations face limited competition (in the case of the post office, it was literally no competition), they often suffer from what I like to call service complacency. Service complacency is the malaise that infects a culture when good service feels like a choice rather than a business necessity.
While this conclusion may seem reasonable on its surface — you have nowhere else to go, dear customer, so delighting you needn't be my goal today — it denies an important truth. Even if your competition is not visible today, your increasingly dissatisfied customers are a beacon for them. And the new entrants that you can't yet see often don't show up in the form of direct competitors, but rather as enablers of the workarounds your customers have already resorted to using. This is a much more serious threat since the rules of engagement aren't immediately obvious.
In the case of the post office, customer dissatisfaction had been brewing for decades, but regulation literally gave customers no alternative. This mix of high retention but low satisfaction was the perfect breeding ground for service complacency. The post office's most demanding customers started to get creative, which is often a red flag. They started using fax machines, then e-mail, then e-mail with attachments. When FedEx finally entered to deliver original documents quickly and reliably, the dynamics of the entire industry had already changed. At this point, FedEx was not the post office's biggest problem.
On the one hand, you could say this is just the march of technological innovation, and the post office could do nothing about it. I think there's more to the story than that. Customers are typically slow to embrace innovation when existing solutions meet their needs. But when an existing solution disappoints and disrespects them, which was the service experience that many post offices were delivering, then adoption of alternatives can happen at lightening speed.
How should the incumbent respond? The are two enormous hurdles standing in its way. First, it has to learn how to treat customers as if they have a choice. And, second, it has to create an operational culture where controlling costs is a matter of survival. Neither of these steps will be easy for the post office. Competition has not forced the post office to care deeply about cost or service, and it's hard to develop these muscles simply because Congress decides it's time to start using them.
Today, the post office relies heavily on sending junk mail and packages that we order online. This will not be enough to sustain it. Unless the organization recognizes the intensity and range of its competitive threats, a fear that should show up in every single line item and every single customer interaction, then I'm not optimistic it will overcome its service complacency.


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$1750 was the purchase price, drove it "home" 112 miles, even though it was recommended to me that I shouldn't do that. Probably should not have, and here's why...
About 3/4's of the way back, was getting on an off ramp to exit one interstate and switch to another one (I684-I287), entering a corner, hit a fairly large pothole and heard a very loud bang, knew something wasn't right but couldn't immediately pull off.
Got on the interstate, was stuck in middle lane after the on ramp, traffic was to my right as well as a large two lane exit. Nearly 5 seconds after I got on the interstate, I heard another loud bang, the car swerved a bit, and the rear sank.
I gradually slowed down and attempted to pull off while trying to avoid oncoming cars. I made it onto the shoulder and hopped out to examine the situation, praying that it wasn't the transaxle or some part of the drivetrain. As soon as I hopped out, I whipped my phone out and rang my father to come back, he was about a quarter mile in front of me. As I checked the car out, I noticed that the body of the car was riding on the rear left wheel, and that all but two of the lug nuts from that wheel were gone.
After that initial damage inspection, I stepped back from the car and started to think. Knowing that I don't yet have a AAA card and didn't feel like waiting for them, I attempted to think of other ideas. Then it hit me that the NYS Thruway system and the DOT offer (free?) H.E.L.P. assistance. Not wanting to get slapped by a tractor trailer, I called 911 to dispatch me a H.E.L.P. truck for some roadside visibility and help, which didn't work because they're apparently off on weekends.
Soon enough, my father pulled up and we did a temporary fix so we could continue on our way.
TL/DR: my left rear wheel fell on on my 944 at like 50MPH on an interstate
Notes about the car's design:
-Rear seats are more useless than those in the FRS/BRZ
-Still not used to the side mirrors on it, they seem weird to me, and awesome, like some HD movie, hard not to stare into them for long periods of time
-I really don't like the steering wheel in the 86
-Pretty epic otherwise, so far
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That tech is SO far off it's sad. The Oilheads of that vintage should easily get 40mpg and better. Until I messed with the TPS setting on my RS I never got worse than 40 mpg no matter how hard I rode it. I'd check the O2 sensor, and the TPS voltage setting. If your bike is running that rich though, I'd expect you'd see lots of black soot around the muffler outlet. Mine did that when I had messed with the TPS setting, oh my fuel mileage also dropped to the mid-30's.
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A few of the things are going on around these parts recently...
This little lady started second grade last week. It seems like yesterday that she was born and now she's reading chapter books and doing multiplication.
This little guy starts school in about 10 days. We took him to pick out a new "pack pack" and he is over the moon with his choice.
He also moved into a big boy bed. And yes, his room is pink. Sue me.
Noah's dino/nativity set obsession has now expanded to include Smurfs and fairies. He is spending hours upon hours a day on these scenes of dinosaurs and "Jesus People".
My new bed and mattress came in and I am in love with it. I can lay crosswise on the bed and there is still room for my husband in it. I try not to be too materialist, but this bed is changing my life. I get in it as soon as the children are asleep and I lay there and think about how much I freaking love this bed. My husband asked me if I was spending so much time in bed because I'm depressed. He didn't understand that my pure happiness is what is keeping me bed ridden. I have years and years of lost sleep to make up for. Ahhhh... serenity.
No officer, they did not learn to treat babies this way from me...
I attempted to put some twists into Miles hair (which looked awesome, but only lasted for 3 days). I wanted the twists to dry lying down and didn't have one of those fancy nets that they use at the salon, so the boy got his head wrapped in a clementine orange produce bag. It worked remarkably well even if he did look like rescued wildlife tangled up in litter for a few hours.
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Grades K-1 Student Center Activities
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards
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These activities were designed as small group activities to provide students with additional opportunities to practice skills that were previously instructed.
Sometimes an activity will be appropriate for reinforcing a standard in multiple grade levels (e.g., one of the activities designed for grades 23 may be usable in grade 1). However, the activity may contain materials such as vocabulary or text that is above a first grade reading level. We suggest that teachers adapt the materials to suit their students needs (e.g., change the vocabulary to more appropriate words). These activities are designated in the table by an asterisk (*).
The standards are coded in the following manner: The first letter(s) designates the strand (e.g., L = Language). The first number or K indicates the grade. The second number indicates the standard. When a lower case letter follows the second number, it indicates that it is a grade specific expectation of that standard.
Other Resources
Refer to the Center on Instruction documents for the alignment of SCAs to the CCSS.
The English Language Arts Common Core State Standards can be downloaded here.
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Former Rep. Sara Gagliardi, Councilwoman Rachel Zenzinger aim for seat vacated by Sen. Evie Hudak
The field of Democratic candidates vying to replace Sen. Evie Hudak, who resigned from office on Wednesday to avoid a recall election, has narrowed to two candidates.
Former state Rep. Sara Gagliardi of Arvada and current Arvada City Councilwoman Rachel Zenzinger are vying for the seat.
State Rep. Tracy Kraft-Tharp, an Arvada Democrat, considered the Senate District 19 vacancy, but on Friday announced via Twitter she would remain in the House and endorsed Gagliardi. In 2010, Gagliardi lost her re-election bid to Republican Rep. Libby Szabo in House District 27.
Zenzinger announced on Friday the endorsement of Sen. Mary Hodge, D-Brighton.
A Democratic vacancy committee will select Hudak's successor. The replacement would serve in the upcoming legislative session but would have to run for the seat in November 2014 to keep it.
Democrats hold a single-seat majority (18-17) in the Senate after former Senate President John Morse of Colorado Springs and former Sen. Angela Giron of Pueblo were ousted from office in September recall elections.
Organizers in the Hudak recall said on Wednesday they still plan to submit signatures to secretary of state's office next week, despite Hudak's resignation.
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Charlton Heston 1924-2008
Alzheimer's Association statement
The Alzheimer's Association extends its deepest sympathies to the Heston family on the passing of Charlton Heston on Saturday, April 5. In 2002, Mr. Heston courageously announced to the public that he was suffering with symptoms consistent with Alzheimer's disease.
Currently there are as many as 5 million Americans living with Alzheimer's disease and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Alzheimer's disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.
Researchers are close to developing accurate ways to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's, but current Alzheimer funding is nowhere near enough. Significantly increased federal funding for Alzheimer research, education and care is imperative to reach the goal of a world without Alzheimer's.
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Following the sudden death of socialite Casey Johnson on Monday, Paris Hilton took to her Twitter account to express her grief.
"I feel so sad right now, my heart is in pain. Just lost a longtime friend. My heart goes out to her family. R.I.P. Casey Johnson Love you," Paris Tweeted on Monday after hearing the news that Casey, a member of the Johnson & Johnson dynasty and Tila Tequila's fiancee, died in Los Angeles.
"In bed crying, looking at baby pictures of Casey, Nicky and I. I feel so upset. I feel like I've lost a sister. My heart is broken. Miss her," Paris wrote in another Tweet early Tuesday morning. "God has another Angel by his side. Casey, we all Love and Miss you and know that you are in a better place. R.I.P"
Tila, who announced her engagement to Casey via her Ustream account on December 9, was also expressing her pain on Twitter early Tuesday morning.
"I can't stop these haunting visions of her and I. We made such a lovely couple, only beginning to spend the rest of our lives together," Tila wrote.
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the news of Casey's death to Access Hollywood on Monday night.
According to TMZ, the body of the 30-year-old socialite was discovered on Monday morning. No details were immediately available about the cause of death.
Shortly after the news broke, a rep for the Johnson family issued a statement.
"The Johnson family is mourning its tragic loss, and asks for privacy during this very difficult time," the statement read.
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A college educated, professional, black man faces a unique challenge as he bridges two worlds. In one, he must be smart and action-oriented, direct but not intimidating, and careful never to slip into ebonics or slang. In the other world he must be careful not to seem too "educated" and 'uppity', or act too "white", and should absolutely slip into ebonics or slang where appropriate. I want a shirt for that man, a shirt for me. The shirt says in effect, "I'm a black man, I'm educated, and I still got plenty of soul".
I happen to be a college educated black man with a BS and an MBA in Marketing. I'd like a t-shirt design that contrasts the "non-stereotypicalness" of an educated black man, with stereotypical black themes. For instance, one concept I thought of includes a profile of an afro'd old school brotha wearing a graduation cap. Like http://www.barsputnik.com/admin/ima…erookk.jpg and http://www.cscc.edu/ets/graduation%20cap.jpg, love to see someone bring that concept to life.
I'm also interested in other ways the overall theme might be represented however. Manipulate and message freely using any black related themes like hip-hop, the barbershop, chicken, ribs, and watermelon, etc. I won't be offended, and indeed, I'm looking forward to it. I've seen some great designers on this site and I'm excited to work with you all.
- "Educated Black Man" is the only wording that can be included on the design. If you think your design is strong enough to carry the message w/o words you don't have to include them.
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How to Set Epic Goals
You've heard about goal setting already, and probably do it at the beginning of each New Year, maybe at the start of each quarter, and often when you want to stop coasting and get into action.
The purpose of setting a goal is to grow, and getting clear on what that goal is is the first step to reaching it.
But why does goal setting sometimes fail to work? Or why can you sometimes set a goal and then a few weeks down the line feel like you're not even bothered about achieving it anymore?
I've worked with entrepreneurs and athletes for more than a decade, to help them outline, move towards, and smash through their goals, and there's a few things I've learned as a result.
Here's my EPIC formula for goal setting success:
Let's take each element in turn:
You must create a goal that excites you and you feel you are able to work towards for a length of time without getting bored. Your excitement and positive emotion helps enhance your creativity and problem solving skills and means you'll be more likely to stick to your goal for longer.
Why is your goal important to you? Even if your goal is financial in nature, there will still be an underlying meaning to the money. Consider what this is for you and get connected right in with it. This is what's going to keep you motivated over time, and remind you on those days you feel like quitting, exactly why you began.
This part is important because you need to make sure your goal feels true for you and comes from your heart. I've had other people set goals for me before, and because I didn't create them myself I didn't feel connected to them which meant I didn't achieve them. Close your eyes and think about a goal that feels really "right" for you. Your goal should definitely stretch you outside of your comfort zone and challenge you, but it has to have your buy in right from the start.
The final piece of the puzzle is to set your goal and then commit to making it happen, no matter what. You must develop an unwavering commitment to the things you desire to achieve in your life and business, and by following the three steps prior to this you will be able to do this. It's the person that continues to show commitment even when they encounter a challenge or roadblock, who ends up reaching their goals.
With Gratitude,
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