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How to Get Influencers to See and Share Your Content
published on June 17, 2014 in Content Marketing
On the Internet, messages are meant to be heard. From high-powered advertising agencies to in-house marketing departments to individuals with a few hundred Twitter followers, everyone yearns for their message to be conveyed and shared. Finding a high-powered industry influencer can help jumpstart a sharing craze and kick your message into viral overdrive. A single retweet, blog link or public compliment can do more than you think. Getting one, though, is a bit more difficult than tweeting what you strongly believe is the next "most epic" selfie at Ellen DeGeneres. (That stunt was a clever campaign by Samsung, anyway.)
So what can you do to improve your chances of an influencer noticing and sharing your content online? Start by following the five simple rules below.
1. Don't Expect a Social Media Miracle
Let's start with an unfortunate truth for those on the hunt for influencers' attention. Trying to reach out via social media likely won't cut it. With anywhere from a few hundred to a few hundred thousand twitter mentions and/or Facebook comments per day, influencers simply won't have the time or opportunity to see your message. You can go ahead and try, but the chance of an influencer hearing you might be slimmer than winning the lottery. As for an in-person encounter – forget it. You'd have to be in a situation as bizarre as that in season two of The Newsroom, when associate producer Maggie Jordan enlists the help of on-air talent Sloan Sabbith (along with her 450,000k+ twitter followers) to help take down an embarrassing viral video.
2. Instead, Get Creative to Get an Influencer's Ear
Since simple social media outreach likely won't do the trick, you'll need to find ways to get creative. Getting in touch with an influencer's official PR agency or management team is a decent step, as is mining closer connections for an introduction. But for most influencers, making contact in a unique or innovative way can be key to the introduction. Consider a self-promoting website with plenty of personality similar to Matthew Epstein's brilliant Google Please Hire Me.
3. Show Some Passion!
Hand in hand with showing off your creativity is finding a way to show insane amounts of passion for your work. Craft a pitch with just the right amount of passion and moxie so that the influencer you want to reach can't say no. Venture for America, a program that pairs talented college grads with startups in burgeoning cities, asks this of their new fellows, most of whom are just weeks removed from receiving their diplomas. VFA's "make contact" challenge saw one success story in a fellow who met with Dan Gilbert, CEO of Quicken Loans, by citing their mutual desire to rebuild Detroit, Michigan. Another got in touch with Joe Kennedy, CEO of Pandora, by conveying his passion for companies at the intersection of tech and music.
4. Keep Your Content Short and To-The-Point.
Obviously, your content needs to be razor sharp and engaging. More importantly, it needs to be easily digestible. Getting the attention of a major influencer is a difficult task by itself, but convincing them to wade through a lengthy introduction or setup to get to your main point is simply asking to be ignored. The elevator pitch (convey your value proposition is less time than the typical elevator ride) is a decent solution to this dilemma, but even that may be too long. Consider using various forms of micro-content to get your concept across in seconds.
5. Flattery Never Hurt Anyone
Who doesn't like compliments or a personalized pitch? Be sure to make any potential influencer feel good about why they should help you. Saying some nice words and having a good attitude is an incredibly low risk, high reward way to strike up a conversation with an influencer. A customizable, personal touch helped Visually make a splash when we first launched in 2011. We created the Twitterize Yourself tool, which helped us connect with an audience hungry for cool and engaging visual content. Here's me versus Lady Gaga – even though I know this isn't a close comparison, nor do I look very cool, I still can't help but crack a smile. And while the real Lady Gaga most likely never saw my graphic and never will, the media and industry influencers did take note and helped us spread the word.
Jon Salm is an associate client analyst at Millward Brown Digital in New York City and a freelance data journalist in the Visual.ly marketplace. He has a bachelor's degree in English from Washington and Lee University. You can follow him on twitter @Jon_Salm.


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I pause to watch you while you sleep just as I have done almost every night since you came into this world. The bed that once seemed to swallow you, now can barely contain you. I stand riveted to the side of your bed as flashes of your precious life flash before my eyes. The memories play in my mind like scenes from a movie. I can so easily see the eager little baby legs pumping in excitement as daddy brings you to me in the morning. As can almost feel the remnant of the sloppy kisses on my cheek – the ones you used to give so generously. I see your inquisitive toddler self asking me to "'s'plain" something that you wanted to understand. There in the forefront of my mind is your preschool self so carefree and full of laughter. I can see you on your first day of school. I can see the little boy on my counter who just lost his first tooth. I remember the fear your first ER trip brought. I am awestruck at the love you have shown for your family ever since you were born. You are my little boy, yet you're becoming a young man.
Where has the time gone? You will not understand this question until you are watching your own child sleep someday. I must confess that I grieve those days that have passed, and yet as I watch you sleep I also see other days – days yet to come – and it is like balm to my soul.
I can see you learning to drive. I can see you going on your first date. I can see you learning more than you ever thought possible. I see you reaching for your dream. I see you seeking out a comforting hug when those dreams are harder to reach then you thought they would be. I see us talking through your first broken heart. I see your smile at graduation. I hear the sound of you opening a college acceptance letter.
I can see your life as if a path stretched out before you. So far on this path I have walked closely beside you; holding you, taking your hand, urging you forward. Far to soon though, you will begin to walk along this path without me being so close. Oh, I will be available. I will gladly come running when you need me. But the path begins to narrow and I must begin to step aside.
Oh my sweet boy how I pray that you will stay on your unique path. While it is no longer going to be big enough for me to walk side by side with you, it is always big enough for God to walk with you. Stay close to Him my love. Know that He is there. You will not always be able to feel or see Him, but always trust that He is indeed there. He will show you the way to go.
As time goes on, friends will try and draw you onto their paths. The world will call out to you from what looks to be an easier and more fun path. Do not join them. God has you on your path for a reason. Your path will lead where God wants you to go.
I pray that you will always allow the Holy Spirit to guide you. I pray that I have loved you well and taught you well. I pray that as you continue to grow and become more man than little boy, that we will remain close. I pray that you will always feel comfortable talking to me – about anything. And I promise that I will always try to listen more than I lecture.
I never knew how much grief would be a part of motherhood. I grieve what our relationship used to be. I grieve the little boy you used to be. But at the same time I adore what our relationship is now and what it will be, just as I adore who you are and will be.
You are precious. You are smart. You are special. You are funny. You are a treasure. You are talented. You are a joy. You are loved. Please don't believe anyone who tells you differently. This world can hurt. Circumstances can hurt. People can hurt. But God heals, God holds, and God gives hope.
I will ALWAYS be here. Always. I am your biggest fan. Your biggest cheerleader. But God loves you even more than I can. He is love and He loves you.
I am so excited to watch your story unfold. I am so happy for this new chapter to begin in your life. I promise I will hold it together on your birthday. But tonight, just for this moment, I will let myself grieve your little boy era. I shed tears for those precious yesterdays. But tomorrow, tomorrow I will rejoice. I will cheer. I will sing – for you.
And I will always, always love you.


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The western Caribbean generally covers Jamaica, nearby islands and the Central American nations to the west of it that border the Caribbean.
Six of the largest destinations are Belize, Cancun, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cozumel and Jamaica.
Weather in the western Caribbean has an average high temperature throughout the year of nearly 86 degrees Fahrenheit and the low is about 70 degrees. Costa Rica is the coolest destination in the group.
Rainfall is lower and temperatures are higher on the Caribbean coast of most Central American countries. Rainfall climbs and temperatures fall away from the coast.
The region also has higher than average rainfall than the rest of the Caribbean at about 5 inches a month with Belize and Costa Rica leading the group at more than 6 inches.
However, the heavier rainfall also is why Belize and Costa Rica are lush and popular as eco-tourism destinations.
The average number of monthly rain days is 11, which again is higher than the rest of the Caribbean. But Cayman Islands leads the group with an average of 14 rain days a month.
The Mexican island of Cozumel is a major attraction for western Caribbean cruises, but it also experience major peaks and valleys with rainfall.
Average monthly rainfall exceeds nine inches in September and October during the height of the Caribbean hurricane season, making them the worst months to go.
The island has a a brief wet season in June with an average of more than seven inches of rain, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
March and April have less than two inches, making those months an ideal time for a trip.
The same pattern holds true for Belize and Costa Rica. Belize averages more than 10 inches of rain in June, September and October, although the heaviest rain hits the interior more than the coast. Less than three inches fall in February through April.


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Persistent Output Gaps: Causes and Policy Remedies
Thursday, 3 September 2015 to Friday, 4 September 2015
Cambridge (UK)
In many European economies, the recovery following the financial crisis has proven either sluggish or non-existent. Many countries suffer from persistently high level of unemployment, coupled with sluggish credit dynamics and stretched fiscal budgets. These outcomes put pressure on policymakers to step up the growth potential of their economies, so as to absorb the slack in labour markets and to stabilize debt dynamics.
The conference seeks to bring together academics entertaining different views about the likely sources and remedies to the European situation.
Gauti Eggertsson (Brown University), Bob Hall (Stanford University) and Alp Simpsek (MIT) have confirmed their participation.
Click here for the program.
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The Cubs have lost 5 of their last 9. That includes 2 losses in a 3 game set against division rival Milwaukee, followed by this weekend's series against San Francisco, where the Cubs dropped another 2 out of 3. Now Chicago travels to St. Louis for 3 more. The Cardinals are 3rd in the division,
May 20: Cubs Clobber San Fran 8-1; End Giants' 8 Game Win Streak
It was doom and gloom for Cubs fans not too many hours ago. The Cubbies had dropped 2 of 3 to the Brew Crew, and had not played up to their lofty standards in over a week coming into last night's game against the red hot San Francisco Giants. But all of the changed thanks
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The week is over which means another episode of the "Wave The W Show" with Tyler and Bo, a weekly internet show from the guys who bring you WaveTheW.com. This week we discuss the "Scared Baseball" controversy, Jake Arrieta's contract situation, Ben Zobrist's red-hot May, and what in the world to do with Jorge Soler.
May 8th: Javy Baez Walk-Off Bomb Completes Sweep of Nationals in 13 Inning Marathon
What a freakin' whirlwind that was. First of all, it's a miracle David Ross is still alive after that game. Had to have lasted at least 10 years, right? But in all seriousness, this was one hell of a ballgame. The Cubbies were certainly feeling their oats after beating the Nats the last 3 days
Anybody Else Feeling Hyped About Cubs/Nats? Thought So
I'm sure I won't be the only one to say this, but I think this is easily the Cubs biggest game of the year to date. For the most part, the team hasn't been challenged. Entering the series against Pittsburgh, Chicago had yet to play a team previously who at that point had a winning
May 3: Cubs Smack 7 Runs on Pirates AGAIN, This Time 7-1 is Final
Jake Arrieta took the hill tonight for Chicago, and he did some more of what he does. In 7 innings, Arrieta allowed no runs, and struck out 5. After a shaky start, allowing back to back walks to start the game, Arrieta settled in and was straight up nasty. Allowing only 2 hits, Jake did
Andrew McCutchen on Jake Arrieta "He looks like a grown man"
Damn right he does bro. You seen that guy pitch? But in all seriousness, Andrew McCutchen did give Jake Arrieta some respect for his recent success and rise from the ashes. On a sidenote, does this mean Arrieta and the bucks are cool after that little confrontation in the wildcard game last season? The Pirate's
Rizzo, Fowler, Arrieta Make List of ESPN April All-Stars
It's no secret that the these three have been killing the game this season. Anthony Rizzo has driven in a league-leading 25 RBI, and has smashed 8 homers, but more importantly he's hitting .354 with a .519 OBP and .757 slugging. Those numbers are BIG TIME. Dexter Fowler has played as well as any player
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Career Search
What do you want to become?
Alternate Career Titles:
Bodyguard, Executive Protection Professional, Close Protection Officer, Security Guard
Career Overview: Celebrity Bodyguards keep clients safe and happy. They must assess and deter possible threats from stalkers, paparazzi, and even ex-boyfriends (!) while also ensuring that the celebrity is relaxed and receives a high standard of service.
Average Annual Earnings: $100/hour is standard for top security agencies, although this varies with experience level and threat level.
General Earnings Range: $25,000 to $500,000+
Become a Celebrity Bodyguard
Career Description
A day on the job for a Celebrity Bodyguard can include anything from escorting the client to dinner, business meetings, music video sets, shopping excursions, or awards ceremonies. Often working in teams, the advance security team prepares an area for the client's arrival by making an initial sweep of the location, ensuring its security before moving on to their next location. The celebrity and Bodyguard then arrive together—the Bodyguard always careful to open the door and help his client out. "If they're safe but unhappy, you're not doing your job," says Richard Davis of The Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills, Southern California's longest running and most prestigious Bodyguard firm. He describes this approach to security as a protective bubble, policed by different layers of security professionals, all focusing on different things to ensure the team is getting the whole picture when it comes to client safety.
Celebrity Bodyguards work with everyone from Managers, Agents, Attorneys, Personal Assistants, Promoters, Producers, Actors, Film Producers, Film Directors, Bar/Restaurant Owners, and of course, Celebrities.
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Celebrity Bodyguards can be assigned to higher status or higher threat clients as their experience grows. That means a larger paycheck. Celebrity Bodyguards can also open their own agencies, or be promoted to executive positions within the agency.
Education & Training
Celebrity Bodyguards always have some form of special military or police training. Top security firms exclusively hire elite U.S. veterans and law enforcement officials, including Navy Seals, U.S. Army Delta Force, and other special ops vets. College is not essential, although some training programs do exist.
Experience & Skills
As mentioned above, military or law enforcement experience is essential, with the most prestigious firms accepting applicants only from the highest ranks of military service or law enforcement. Celebrity Bodyguards must possess higher than average strength as well as intelligence so that they can fight off an assailant as easily as they can zero in on potential threats in a crowded room.
Personality-wise, Richard Davis says that the most important thing needed to become a successful Celebrity Bodyguard is the training and desire to help those who can't help themselves "stand up against the bullies. Ex-boyfriends, the paparazzi 'stalkerazzi', psychotic fans." Essential qualities for a Celebrity Bodyguard include "composure, strength, stamina, the statuesque appearance of an agent on the Presidential Protection Division, and [the] common sense" to be a "consummate professional."
"The only consistent thing in our business is it's completely inconsistent," Davis says. The amount of time spent with each client depends on the celeb's personal preferences. Bodyguards can work eight or twelve-hour shifts. They can work shorter shifts, say, for example, if the client just wants protection while she's going to get her hair fixed before a Grammy appearance. And bodyguards can also work around the clock. "When they're awake, you're awake," he adds. To facilitate around-the-clock protection, Bodyguards work with Managers, Agents, Attorneys, Personal Assistants, Promoters, Producers, Bar/Restaurant Owners, and other Celebrity Bodyguards.
Employment prospects are strong, for those with the necessary background—which isn't everybody. "There's no entry level program. You start at the top of the game; you're either qualified, or you're not," Davis says. Successful applicants all come from the highest ranks of military service or are high-ranking, specialized veterans with a law enforcement background. At the country's most prestigious security firms, potential employees can wait up to two years to even get a first interview.
Bodyguards at elite firms start off at $100/hour and usually work 8-12 hour shifts. Earnings can vary based on the guard's experience level and the level of security threat to the company.
Unions, Groups, Social Media, and Associations
Groups like the North American Bodyguard Association (NABA) exist to provide support and networking opportunities to members. The NABA's Facebook page is open to non-members, who can ask questions and try their skill at assessing threats in photos posted by veteran Bodyguards. However, there is no one union or group that Celebrity Bodyguards must join. The majority of Celebrity Bodyguards are part of a community of veterans from their specific branch of service.
Getting Started
- Research groups like Navy Seals, US Army Delta, and other special forces command positions to see what the training and skills required are like.
- Start training with law enforcement or an elite branch of military service.
- "Make sure your alarm clock is set to the James Bond theme song so you can get in the right mindset."
Big Ideas
What is the single biggest suggestion you would give to someone wanting to get into this career?
"Tip every valet like you're having a love affair with them" so they keep the area free for celebrity security and the client never has to wait for parking. Treat restaurant staff right and tip them right. These people know their workplaces and if anything's out of the ordinary. "Everybody should be part of your team."
What's the #1 mistake people make when trying to get into this career?
"It's not about who's the bigger guy. Don't try to outfight or outrun, just outsmart."
What is one thing I should have asked which I didn't?
"Who's the nicest celebrity and who's the meanest?"
Richard Davis is the International and Special Operations Director for the Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills, southern California's oldest and largest bodyguard company, and the nation's only private sector firm to offer 100% free job placement service for elite veterans and law enforcement officers. An elite special ops veteran himself, Davis has been serving since he was a teenager on Catalina Island, and is a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars.


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Advertising and Marketing Lessons Learned From A Roofing Contractor
My late boxing coach and friend Richie Collins ("Crazy" to his friends) worked as a roofer his whole life. He installed roofing shingles since he was a kid. He was really fast with a hammer. He could keep up pretty good with people who used nail guns.
He ran an ad in the Lowell Sun Newspaper for almost 20 years. The headline read: " No Roof Over $1200.00″. Of course most every roof cost over $1200.00, but he would only work on ranches and walkable roofs. His price only included labor, so he could usually get the job done for less than $1200.00 if you only counted the labor rate.
If you recently re-roofed your home and the shingles cost 3600.00. Don't worry, you weren't ripped off, the cost of roofing materials have more than tripled in the last 6 years.
I worked for him lugging bundles of shingles up onto the roof when I was training to fight. I asked him if he really got calls from that ad? He told me his phone rang almost everyday. He said he learned from Don King (fight promoter), to always keep them hoping. Even though most people knew their roof would cost more, a small part of them hoped it would not, and called him.
He paid the Lowell Sun paper $450.00 a month for over twenty years and was glad to pay it. He actually gave the bigger tougher roofing leads to other roofing contractors for a kickback. When they got the job Crazy made money. His roofing ad in the local newspaper made him money two ways, by providing easy roofs for him to do, and by selling roofing leads for jobs he didn't want. win win
This was one of my first marketing lessons, and I learned it well. This tactic is used all the time. Consider the ads on TV for a no money down car lease. If you have ever looked into one of these deals you find that you don't have to make a down payment, BUT, most want the first payment plus taxes and other fees to the tune of $1500.00. No money down my you know what.
Roofing Contractor Advertising In 2013
If there are any roofing contractors out there reading this. The spring and fall are still good times to run ads in newspapers, and when you see the weather conditions likely to cause ice dam problems.
The same ad in the newspaper today will cost half what it used to, but delivers less than 10% of the results it used to. Nowadays you need to invest in local online advertising to get leads.
You want to be on top of Google for terms like "Roofing Contractors". Roofing Contractors (plural) gets searched 4000 times more a month than the singular version "Roofing Contractor". It is also searched mores than Roofing Company or Roofing Companies.
I suggest you have a different webpage optimized for every one of those terms, and make sure you rank well in a few towns.
You might like to read more about Contractor Advertising in this related post.


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HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the Manta Ray Advocates!
Just a few minutes ago, we launched our Advent Calendar on our Facebook page.
This is your invitation and we hope you will enjoy 24 days of cool Manta Ray education with videos, memes, graphics and story telling.
The first day starts with a BANG; it is a hilarious bloopers video where divers and snorkelers get touched or sometimes "slapped" around by the mantas. A MUST-SEE!
Update about Waimanu, the Hawaiian Monk Seal that visited us a few months ago during the Manta Ray Experience.
Remember? But if not click here to see the encounter.
She was pregnant at the time, and had her baby just a few weeks ago. Unfortunately we got word last night that the pup was found dead.
Here is some more info from the Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program:
"A young male pup that was born earlier this month was found dead on Thanksgiving morning. We have completed a necropsy, and though we are still awaiting lab results, there were no signs of severe trauma or indications of disease. We will be more definitive when the final results come in but as of now this looks like natural causes. We will keep you up to date as we learn more…"
Last but not least:
We just got re-invited to join the Waimea Ocean Film Festival 2016. We showed our Dolphin Rescue Hawaii video there last January.
This awe-inspiring and beautiful message continues to go around the world. As of yesterday, 23 Mill hits on YouTube (with re-loads).
How cool is that!
If you have not seen it, click here to enjoy the awe-inspiring and beautiful rescue in its entirety.
With Aloha and Happy Holidays!
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Marmite Lovers Don't Freak!
Sanitarium, the producer of Marmite in New Zealand, is supporting fans of the yeast spread through the suspension of Marmite production with an integrated advertising campaign with the tag line, "Don't Freak". Earthquake damage to the company's factory in Christchurch has led to the disappearance of Marmite on supermarket shelves in New Zealand and Australia. The campaign, launched in April 2012, includes a television message from All Blacks coach Sir Graham Henry, a series of street posters, and on the Marmite NZ Facebook page a collection of tips for surviving the shortage.
Marmite Don't Freak Credits
The Marmite campaign was developed at Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, Auckland, by executive creative director Antonio Navas, art director Cory Bellringer, copywriter Matt Sellars, graphic designer Barney Chandler, head of TV Jane Oak, strategic planning team Murray Streets, Sarah Hodgetts, group account director Shelley Winsor, senior account manager Natalie Gibb, account executive Ashley Zaragoza, working with Sanitarium marketing team Pierre van Heerden, Steven Read, Hayley Findlay and Jane Grayson.
Filming was shot by director Toa Fraser via Smasher Films with producer Claire Kelly. Editor was Dan Kircher at Sparks.
Visual effects were produced at Blockhead.
Photography by Steven Boniface was retouched by Nick Browne with production manager Paul Gibson and stills producer Loren Bradley.
Media was planned by Helen Brown and Fou Brown at Spark PHD.
Filed under: Commercials, Marmite, Print, Sanitarium
Tagged: Antonio Navas, Cory Bellringer, Matt Sellars, PHD, Saatchi & Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi NZ, Smasher Films, Spark PHD, Sparks, Steven Boniface, Toa Fraser
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The View From The Opposition: Watford
MILLWALL go into this game hoping for their first win since beating Premier League side Bournemouth in the third round. The Lions have been on an unbeaten run since the 3-1 win over Charlton in December.
Jake Cooper and Jed Wallace signed last week, and the latter could make his first start since re-joining the south London club.
Watford's form has been inconsistent and they are currently in 14th place in the Premier League table. Manager Walter Mazzarri will be hoping that the Hornets can pick up their first win since a victory over Burton in the last round of the competition. His side have not won in the league since the 15th December.
Lucas Ball spoke to Watford fan Ross White ahead of the clash at The Den on Sunday.
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What made you support Watford?: Growing up in my family I didn't really have much choice – my dad has been a season ticket holder since the early seventies, and started taking me and my brother with him as soon as we were old enough.
To be fair, I was also pretty lucky that my first full season coincided with the late great Graham Taylor's second-coming in the late nineties – so my first years watching the club involved a third-tier title, followed by a play-off win at Wembley, followed by a Premier League season with wins at Anfield and against Chelsea. I think it's fair to say I was pretty hooked from then on.
Watford are in quite poor form, what do you think has been the main reason for that?: The official line: injuries. There hasn't been a moment this season where we haven't had a first-team player on the sideline – a situation made all the worse by the fact that it's often been our most creative/attacking players who have suffered.
Roberto Pereyra, Isaac Success and Stefano Okaka have all looked like real threats when fit – it's just a shame they've mustered about 15 league appearances between them. The defence has suffered too, meaning we've had to switch between three and four at the back on a regular basis. We've looked disjointed, unsettled, and are rightly being punished.
That said, the injury excuse isn't washing with a lot of fans. It seems no coincidence that discipline has also deteriorated under Mazzarri too, so there's a feeling he's pushing the players too hard on all fronts. Plus, no one's quite convinced he's getting the best from what he's got.
Granted he can't be blamed for Odion Ighalo's apparent brain transplant at the turn of last year, but Troy Deeney continues to look out of luck and thin on patience, while some players frozen out of the team at the start of the season, such as Abdolaye Doucoure, are now getting a run and looking like they could have given so much more had they had the chance.
Do you think that Walter Mazzarri was the right appointment?: Despite the frustrations above, I think it's still too early to make a call either way. As much as Watford fans might be moaning, when we've had the majority of a team together we've looked like a real side: wins this season against West Ham, Everton and Man United attest to that.
One thing all Watford fans can agree on is that replacing Quique Sanchez Flores was the right move. There was lots of chatter in the press about us replacing a manager after we'd finished 13th and reached the FA cup semi-final. On paper it's controversial, but those who watched the team regularly knew that there was only one way we were headed this season if the Spaniard was still in charge – and it wasn't up.
Who will Millwall have to watch out for? And likewise, who do you think could pose a threat to Watford's chances?: Unfortunately, as a fan of any club nowadays it's difficult to know exactly how strong a side will be played in the Cup (although we will treat the tie with more respect than Bournemouth did, that's for sure).
Of the players that should feature, I think there's three that could stand out: Doucoure, a rangey midfielder, has been getting better every week, and could cause problems; Okaka is a lump of a striker with an eye for goal, who should be returning to full fitness on Saturday; and finally Jerome Sinclair, a young lad we signed from Liverpool in the summer who scored a belter in the last round against Burton and will be itching to do the same at The Den.
As for Millwall, against our creaky defence it'll be all about getting on the scoresheet early. For me, Steve Morison will be the man keeping the Watford centre-halves up at night – we can't seem to defend crosses whether they come from corners or open play, and while I know he's more than just an aerial threat, if the wingers get it in early and regularly he'll cause us no end of problems.
And finally, a score prediction?: 2-2 at The Den, Watford to win 2-1 in the replay.
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I remember having tea with my Grandma and my mother and aunts at Grandma's house. Sitting and listening them talk about people I didn't know, but being perfectly content. I didn't remember the teacups being so tiny though! Compared to my tea mug, this one contains about two big sips!
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Justin Bieber gets large tattoo of Jesus
Teen sensation Justin Bieber has been seen sporting some new ink, this time on the back of his calf.
The 'Baby' star is no stranger to body art and already has several tattoos, despite being only 17-years-old, but has now been photographed showing off a rather large portrait of Jesus done in black and grey with water shading detail during a recent day out (January 4) with his father, Jeremy.
In addition to this new religious portrait, Bieber also has the Hebrew word for 'Jesus' permanently etched onto his ribcage along with a small outline of a dove on his hip.
The talented singer spent the recent festive period helping charities and donating to worthy causes and he even visited a needy school, Whitney Elementary, to perform for the students.
Watch footage from The Ellen DeGeneres Show of Bieber's visit to the school below:
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Try telling the thousands of Pakistani fans that this wasn't the dream final. The match may not have been as close a contest as such a successful tournament deserved, but that won't matter a damn to them. Their chanting is echoing about the media centre as I type, loud and raucous enough to penetrate even these stultified, air-conditioned, confines.
Pakistan did not come into this tournament as favourites. Nothing like, in fact, and just a fortnight ago they were thrashed by the English on this very ground. After that defeat, Younis Khan provoked amusement, even a little ridicule, by saying that Twenty20 was "just good entertainment". It is a mantra he has stuck to throughout, and he's had every opportunity to recant because after each successive match he has been asked whether he still thinks that way, and his answer has always been "yes".
The carefree approach has worked. He publically exhorted his team not to take the competition too seriously, to enjoy themselves, and they have. It was after the England defeat that Abdul Qadir resigned from his post as head of selectors. In his sign-off statement to the press he spoke out about the factions in the side, saying he "would've kicked Shoaib Malik out of the side totally because I noticed in Dubai that he is conspiring and forming cliques against Younis."
On top of that, of course, there were more ball tampering allegations after Umar Gul's five-for against New Zealand, and uglier rumours questioning their motivation in defeat that night against England. A little like Italy in the last football world cup, Pakistan have grown stronger and closer as a team because of the adversity they've faced in the course of the campaign.
By the time of the final, they were near-irresistible. Crucially, they took Tillakaratne Dilshan's wicket in the very first over. They had clearly been paying close attention to his form so far, and concocted a good plan of attack to him. Dilshan's one failure in the competition had been a duck against Ireland – his lowest score other than that was 46 – when he fell to a bouncer from Boyd Rankin, miscuing an ungainly pull shot. He fell in exactly the same fashion today, after a string of five short deliveries from Mohammad Aamer.
Kumar Sangakkara rallied brilliantly, playing the second superb captain's innings this tournament has seen in three days. Each time, of course, the captain still ended up on the losing side. Still against any other team, Sangakkara and the revelatory all rounder Angelo Mathews would surely have done enough. Sri Lanka backed themselves to defend their modest total against anyone, and rightly so. Their attack has cowed more impressive line-ups in the course of this competition. But Mendis, Murali and Malinga struck no fear or uncertainty into men as cocksure as Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal.
Mendis' first over went for nine runs, and after that it was clear which way the match was headed. In the end he finished with no wickets for 32 runs from his four overs, and Murali didn't even get to complete his quota. The glory was all Shahid Afridi's instead. Afridi is a boy's own cricketer, a daredevil batsman, an inspiring team-mate and a devilish bowler. He's the perfect Twenty20 cricketer. The image of him standing, limbs spreadeagled and bat held aloft after the winning run will look very good on tomorrow's backpages.
So the tournament comes to a close. Twenty20 has won a lot of converts during the course of its three weeks. More important than that, it has helped rehabilitate Pakistani cricket, reminded the world of what they are missing out on by excluding Pakistan from the international game.


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Chess has been around for about 14 centuries, and while it's certainly evolved since its beginnings as 'chaturaṅga' in India, we haven't seen a massive change to the game in about 500 years.
Grandmasters and recreational players alike have constantly been unearthing new combinations, permutations and strategies – but big, fundamental changes to the gameplay haven't really taken off.
So Aussie chess-lover and entrepreneur, Aimee Simpson has decided to take on the traditionalists and introduce a modern twist on the game – Chessplus.
The big difference with Chessplus is that you can join pieces together to create 'merged pieces'.
So for example, if you merge a bishop and a pawn – this new piece can either move incrementally forward like a pawn or diagonally like a bishop.
It's a simple alteration but the result is a rapid, fast-paced game opening up a whole new universe of play options.
"There's no playbook for Chesspluss, it's exciting and unexpected. It's a real leveller of ability, and fun for everyone. The great thing is that you can also use the pieces to play traditional chess," Christian Simpson, Aimee's father and co-creator, said.
Not only is it made to shake up traditional chess, the pieces, designed by award-winning industrial designer Adam Laws, are utterly stunning.
"Together the merged pieces look like a complete chess piece, but take them apart and you see the beautiful waveform at the back – almost like a regal gown or robe. It's both modern and traditional and looks stunning laid out on the board," Adam says.
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The recent rise in oil prices is down to a weaker dollar and not ongoing efforts by Opec and selected non-Opec producers to curb crude production, according to Igor Sechin, chief executive officer of Russia's Rosneft.
Speaking to news agency Tass on Friday (8 September), the boss of the Russian majority state-owned oil and gas giant, and close confidant of President Vladimir Putin, added that the Opec deal has 'no impact' on the crude market.
At 12:15pm BST, the Brent front-month futures contract was up 0.37% or 20 cents to $54.69 per barrel, comfortably above the psychological $50 level.
"The Americans support their shale oil producers through dollar depreciation. I believe that the Opec deal has no impact on the market, it is the dollar devaluation," Sechin remarked.
On 25 May, Opec and 10 non-Opec producers, including Russia, decided to extend their 1.8 million barrels per day headline output cut to March 2018. Opec is scheduled to meet next on 30 November at its Secretariat in Vienna, Austria, amid market speculation that the deal might well be rolled over again for another six months.
However, Sechin said it would all depend on Opec heavyweight Saudi Arabia, and Riyadh's plans for a public listing of a minority stake in state oil behemoth Saudi Aramco.
"If it [Saudi Arabia] goes for the listing, they will be interested in higher prices and will probably encourage their Opec partners to extend it. If they don't, they will be less interested."


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Occasionally a concert detaches itself from the pack and inscribes itself in the memory. Sunday's concert by the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota at the Minnesota History Center was one of these.
Ostensibly marking the publication of Frederick Harris' formidable "Seeking the Infinite: The Musical Life of Stanislaw Skrowaczewski," the event seemed rather to celebrate the continuing vitality of the 88-year-old composer-conductor, who led the Minneapolis Symphony/Minnesota Orchestra from 1960 to 1979 and who, in an onstage question-and-answer session with his biographer, proved as quirky and disarming as ever.
Chamber music doesn't loom large in Skrowaczewski's catalog, but is more significant than its bulk might suggest. Sunday's program offered three works for small ensembles by the Polish-born musician, together with Olivier Messiaen's seminal "Quartet for the End of Time" (written in a German POW camp and first played there by its composer and three fellow inmates in 1941).
The first, "Fanfare for Ken" (2002), honors Skrowaczewski's friend and champion, the late Kenneth Dayton; more dissonant than most fanfares, it paints its dedicatee with a few strokes. The second, "For Krystyna," is a memorial to the composer's wife, who died in August. At once funeral music and love music, it is aching, ardent, almost too intimate for public performance -- and one of the most moving things to have come from Skrowaczewski's pen.
Concluding the program's first half was the 1984 "Fantasie per Quattro," its instrumentation identical to that of Messiaen's quartet. The piece, vintage Skrowaczewski, has a narrative thrust. Dense with ideas, sometimes romantic in inflection, it owes debts to Shostakovich, Stravinsky and even Samuel Barber, but has metabolized these influences so thoroughly that they scarcely register. The focus and intensity of Sunday's performers -- clarinetist Burt Hara, violinist Ariana Kim, cellist Anthony Ross and pianist Timothy Lovelace -- reflected the proximity of the famously exacting composer.
Skrowaczewski's sense of life is essentially tragic; Messiaen dwelt amid the bright certitudes of his Catholic faith. Their premises differ profoundly. Yet Harris' book tells us that Messiaen was among the composers who shaped Skrowaczewski's style. Sunday's program offered an invitation to hear the Frenchman with the Pole's ears.
There have been more meticulous performances of "Quartet for the End of Time," but none more attuned to its spirit. The depth and expressivity of Ross' tone seemed limitless. And Hara's inconceivably quiet playing, though ravaged by a cell phone, flowed from a place beyond time.


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[March 29, 2014]
you ever think about what God had on His mind before He created the
universe? Now of course none of us know the answer to that question
really, because we cannot know the mind of God. After Job and his
friends spent days talking and contemplating the attributes of God,
we see in Chapter 38 of Job where God begins to speak: "Where were
you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess
understanding!" (Job 38:4) Again we read in Isaiah 55:8-9 that we
cannot even come close to God's thinking:
I would like to think that God had a plan in mind even before He began the act
of creation. Some have said that a man like Michelangelo could look upon a raw
stone and see the moving, living form trapped inside. His statue of David is a
piece of art that has lasted through centuries of time; but once it was nothing
more than a large stone with Michelangelo walking around it, looking at it,
thinking about that first blow with the hammer and chisel. As he broke away the
excess stone, the lifelike image of David appeared.
Now we know that Michelangelo made something from something else; God, on the
other hand, made something from nothing. If He didn't have something He needed,
He created it. I suppose that is the essence of the difference between
"Creationism" and "Darwinism" or evolution.
Evolution must start on the premise that "something" was already available (Big
Bang, ocean, etc.), and from that available "something," life forms began to
evolve. In the beginning of many evolution books, especially textbooks, on
about the second or third page, tucked away in the middle of a paragraph, inside
a sentence, is a little phrase that usually says "the inorganic became organic."
The writer then moves, without fanfare, to build the theory of evolution on the
foundation of that little phrase without ever stopping to explain how that event
The difference is that God created something from nothing. He then formed
mankind from the soil of the ground. God then did something that answers the
question about the inorganic becoming organic: God breathed into the man's
nostrils the breath of life. The man came alive with actual life from the
Creator God, animated with a soul and spirit that gave him a conscience no other
part of the creation had. Man had a spirituality that had capacity to link with
God's Spirit and commune with Him and have relationship with Him. (Review this
by reading Genesis Chapters 1 and 2.)
God is credited with being all-knowing
(omniscient), all-powerful (omnipotent) and everywhere present at the same time
(omnipresent). Knowing that about Him, it only stands to reason that He doesn't do
anything haphazardly, unknowingly or without thinking. Therefore, I would like
to believe that He had very deep thoughts about what His creation would be prior
to His creative actions.
I wonder if He didn't see the fall of mankind from the perfect relationship even
before it actually happened; I wonder if He didn't see the entry of sin into His
creation at the beguilement from Lucifer (in the form of a serpent) long before
it actually happened. At that very moment when sin entered into a world of
perfection, God seemed to have a plan in mind that would heal that wound and
bring mankind back into a relationship with Him. (See Genesis 3:15 for details.)
He knew that there would be a great separation between Himself and His creation,
mankind. So He created a plan of redemption for those who wanted to choose Him
over Satan. Adam and Eve had chosen Satan over God and thereby brought death and
ruin into the creation. But God's plan was to reconcile all of mankind to a
position and opportunity to exercise free will and choice to choose God to
regain that close relationship and receive life with Him.
The Apostle Paul wrote a letter to the Christians in Ephesus and with the
inspiration of God the Holy Spirit explained the plan God had even before the
foundations of the world. The following is that account:
"1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which
are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us
with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestined us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will,
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6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us
accepted in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his
good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and
which are on earth; even in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the
counsel of his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in
13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth,
the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed,
ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of
the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory." (Ephesians
It seems that what God may have had on His mind prior to creation
was the plan to redeem us from sin and death. He wanted to establish
a plan where He completed the work that required sacrifice, and in
order to do that, He needed to do it Himself.
His plan, established prior to the "foundation of the world," was to
complete the requirements of sacrifice to pay the price of sin and
overcome the power of death and separation from Himself to His
creation, mankind. His plan made a way for anyone who believed in
Christ to accept Him, be washed in His blood and be saved into an
eternal relationship to be with Him forever. The plan was
"predestined" even before the presence of sin and became the only
plan acceptable to God as a means for salvation.
Those who exercised their choice to yield to Jesus Christ, the Son of
God, would be making their choice to be saved by God only on His
conditions of accepting the blood of Jesus and yielding to Him and
be covered by that specific redemptive blood. It is that blood of
Jesus that takes away our sins through the work that He did on
the cross to present Himself as a perfect, unblemished sacrifice (paschal
lamb) that allows us to be adopted as His sons (and daughters)
through Jesus Christ, because that is what He willed and was given
through His grace.
God does not "cause" us to be saved or unsaved by forcefully
directing us against our will. He has "predestined" His plan for
redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ, and only when a person
chooses to accept God's grace and yield himself to Jesus Christ
through accepting His sacrifice does the person enter into the
"positional" place of adoptive child and be justified in God's
From my perspective, to sum it all up, I think I know what was on
God's mind before He began the work of creation. I believe He was
thinking about me. And if you are reading at this very point in this
article, and you have accepted Jesus Christ and have been buried
with Him into His death and raised to a new life in Him, God was
thinking about you too.
Now if you are outside of Christ and have not yet believed in Him or
accepted Him as your Redeemer, you need to accept Him, be buried
with Him in His death through baptism, be raised up to walk in a new
life with Him, yield to Him as your Lord as well as Savior, and
receive the gift of His Holy Spirit so you can grow in Christ.
Associate yourself with a Bible-believing group of Christians and
begin to gather with them to worship and continue to learn and grow
in Christ. Submit yourself fully to Him and be assured that even
before the beginning of creation, God was thinking of you as well.
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One of the hottest markets for brick-and-mortar businesses is local marketing. In fact for most local businesses, it is the key market that keeps the doors open.
Exploiting the potential of social local marketing (SOLO) is one of the most productive uses of CRM software. Compared to general marketing on the net or Facebook, SOLO marketing is a good-news-bad-news situation.
The good news is that it's easier to bring in the customers and to build a community while you're doing it. The bad news is you've got a much smaller customer base and you have to use the tools CRM gives you, as well as social media such as Facebook to exploit it more productively.
In fact social media services like Facebook and Yahoo provide tools to make it easier to spread positive word of mouth and build local communities to support local businesses. Unfortunately these tools aren't as widely known or used as much as they could be by local businesses. Equally unfortunately, a lot of businesses largely ignore the potential of web and social media to build their customer bases.
The place to start is the least social of the social media: Your web page. Web pages don't have the tools for online interactivity like Facebook and Yahoo, but they do provide a base to build your branding and campaign around.
Make sure your web site is well-designed and up to date. That often means hiring a professional to design your web site. Although you can do your own web site, a competent professional can often do it better and give you a design that is both striking and easy to maintain.
"Easy to maintain" is important. To attract customers, you need to update your web site frequently with fresh content, new offers, etc. Keep in mind that unlike a magazine ad, a web page can change constantly to make new offers, updated content, or simply to make it look fresh.
Offers such as discounts and coupons are important for any social media. They help build customer interest and increase the propensity to visit your site and ultimately to buy.
Facebook, especially when linked to a web page, offers several programs to help build your community, and ultimately your business. It's important to establish a person Facebook page first and then set up a commercial page. Use offers to build traffic and make sure to keep the page up to date.
Yahoo is another popular site than can drive traffic to your door. With social media services like this, building a feeling of intimacy with potential customers is important. Some experts recommend only having 20 percent of your postings aimed at directly promoting your business and the other 80 percent posts that will interest your potential customers. This can be anything from phases of the moon to advice on gardening. It's best if they're locally focused, but the main thing is to interest your community.
One special class of sites are ones like Groupon that will help you extend coupon offers to your customers. Unlike the other ones on this list, these sites charge a fee. What you get in return is loads of demographic and other data to load into your CRM system to analyze for trends. This can be important information to help you shape your social media sites and to see which offers actually draw customers.
Finally, don't forget local sites, such as the Chamber of Commerce business directory. These are usually free and often a starting place for local customers looking at products and services.
Keep in mind that social marketing is synergistic. What you do on Facebook builds on your work on your Web page. Therefore the more sites you have offering fresh, interesting content, the more effective your campaign will be.
However it's important not to overextend yourself. Limit the number of sites you use to those you can maintain properly. It's better to have two or three sites that are done well than half-a-dozen sites that work in slipshod fashion.


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Study in LifeSaturday, June 25th, 2005
While Ive been off work, Ive had opportunity to become aquainted with people and places that I had not while my time was consumed by the man. Ive been looking into working for another man, but hopefully one that was more attuned to my dare I say, ergo artistic and creative talents. None the less I am reading about Entrepreneurship and small biz jazz, but that does not mean Im going to become an expert in the feild.
I hope no one has become bored with my site, as Ive attempted to add more drawings to my scrapbook and always a daily hominus stickus. Ive been talking with the good people at MIC (Maple Ink Comics Community). Hopefully I will learn much more about the comic book industry and perhaps begin scawling out a few comic book pages myself. We shall see.


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Everyone loves sharing their birth story. The more horrific, the better, … it would seem. I try and tell my doula clients to respectfully close their ears and not listen to anyone's birth story while they are pregnant. So it may seem weird when I'm sitting here typing out just that… But I do this for two reasons. (1) People keep asking about it. and (2) I need this space to process just what happened, what didn't happen, what could/should have happened, and how I feel about it all. Because the internets need to know … And away we go.
My first was born at 40weeks 6days. My second was 39weeks 5days. My third was 42weeks. So I was no stranger to waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I fully understand that, as my midwife so eloquently stated, I carry my babies a generous amount of time. So when the 40 week "due date" came and went, I was ok. But the thing that kept messing with me was the start and stop contractions. I never had real good "Braxton Hicks" or practice contractions with my other babies. But with this one. Oh this one. There were several times I was timing contractions for a couple of hours, trying different tricks to get them to stop (if they stop, they aren't for real, basically). I was so thankful for my doula training and personal research, because I would have been freaking out thinking it was time, each time. So for days, the mental question of "is it today, are these contractions the real beginning" was super annoying. I kept asking God for my water to just break, then I would just KNOW. And that's exactly what happened … sort of.
At about 2am on Wednesday morning (41wks 3days), I woke up to go potty, like ya do. But I felt that tell-tale "uh oh" little gush, and I was fairly certain I didn't just pee my pants. So I went potty, and laid back down, waited about 20 minutes, and got back up. Another small gush. Yep, this was it. But no contractions. So at 8am when the birth center opened, I called and let them know that my water had broken, but I was not having contractions steadily yet. Midwife said to check back in a couple of hours, and we'd see where we stood. So we did this all day Wednesday. We had the kids packed up and ready to go, my mom even came out and got them, just in case. It was nice, just Jamie and I, waiting and hoping. Wednesday night came, still nothing in a predictable pattern. So Thursday morning (41wks, 4days), Jamie and I packed up and headed to the birth center for an NST. NST was perfect, baby was happy. So we got settled into a birthing room downstairs, the same one #2 was born in, and I drank the dreaded castor oil. 4 ounces of castor oil. Mixed with juice and finessed by my castor oil barista Jamie. It tasted like a melted My Little Pony Doll. But down the hatch it went. … And up the hatch it went. We walked laps around the parking lot, in the drizzly rain. There was one moment, the wind was blowing through my hair, my eyes were closed, I was breathing through the contraction, the birds were singing. It was beautiful. Until I realized it was crow squawking and I was standing in a parking lot next to a Hybrid. Then I just laughed. And kept walking. Once the "digestive effects" of the castor oil began, we also began the 4 hour regimen of herbs (blue and black cohosh). Its a liquid tincture that you hold under your tongue until you can't handle the burning anymore, then you swallow it. And you do this every 15 minutes for 4 hours. Yippee. But they do their job. And they do it well. Contractions ramped up, got closer together, got more intense. We were on our way!
We called the doula (Caitlin), the photographer (Crystal), and my mama (Mom), and they all arrived around 5:30pm. At this point, the contractions were so close together and getting so much stronger, that I seriously doubted whether they were going to make it at all. Once everyone arrived, I stopped looking at the clock and lost total track of time. The midwife did one dilation check, but I had requested to not know what the dilation was. I have a totally unrealistic expectation of how dilated I should be, when my history has shown that I don't dilate terribly quickly. So she just encouraged me that I was making positive progress, and we continued getting through one contraction at a time. I was all over the place. The birth stool (magical invention, I tell you), the tub, the bed, the shower, the toilet, the rocking chair, standing. Everywhere. It was somewhere in here that I begin to feel like my hips were literally going to shatter. I understand that labor is hard work, it takes a lot of effort, and it can be difficult. But this was different. With each contraction I had to tell myself that I wouldn't break in half, I wouldn't break in half. But with each contraction, that truth seemed less and less, well, true. Physically, I was falling apart. Mentally, I was losing the battle. I wish I had the words to better verbalize this at the time, I feel there were some measures that could have been taken to ease the burden. But I was too involved within myself to express this adequately to anyone. So on I went. In retrospect, I was only 4-6cm dilated, and couldn't stop the urge to push, which is exactly what happened with #3. Something about the size and position of the baby's head versus my own anatomy just doesn't flow well apparently. I wonder if, with this knowledge in light of the progress of my previous labor, if trying the Nitrous Oxide at this point would have relaxed me enough to move past this hurdle and continue with labor. Who knows, though, really. The midwives were periodically checking baby's heart rate, and somewhere around 11pm (I think) baby's heart rate started going up. They hooked me up to an IV, because I was dehydrated from the castor oil, even though I was trying to eat and drink the whole time. But then, with one contraction, there was a big gush of amniotic fluid and with it came meconium (baby's poop). At seeing this, the midwife advised us that we should consider transferring to the hospital. These were not definite signs of distress, but the hospital could offer better monitoring in case baby were to get unhappy. The midwives are very cautious and would rather you walk into the hospital on your own two feet than be wheeled in by an ambulance. So we all agreed (and in my head I was relieved because hospital meant epidural), packed up, and away we went in a blur at midnight.
As my midwife was pushing me in the wheelchair through the lobby and up the elevator (while still holding my IV bag), there was another woman calmly walking into registration. I tried really hard not to scare her with my labor sounds, but I don't think I was successful. Sorry lady, I hope your labor was simpler than mine! They got me into a room; my mom had to verify my identity because I left my purse in the car (which was parked 8 years away in the parking deck); and before I knew it anesthesiology was in the room getting my epidural ready. When they were finished, they asked for my ID bracelet, but I didn't even have one yet. They laughed that that never happens, and I assured them it was because Jesus loves me! So 1am, epidural is in, baby is monitored, and everyone is doing great. Jamie, Crystal and Mom slept as best they could sitting up on the couch in the room. Every time I woke up, Caitlin was either watching the monitors or making notes. Because of baby's heart rate, I was limited in how I could lay in bed. Even with the epidural, my back muscles were screaming from being in the same position for hours. And I was starving. I hadn't eaten a full meal since breakfast on Thursday, and despite my snacks throughout the day, by early Friday morning, I was ravenously hungry. So empty stomach plus laying flat equaled ralphing from overwhelming heartburn. So good. And the ice chips I was so graciously allowed helped ever so much. Not really. Well, morning came, and I was almost fully dilated. I knew I wanted to let my body and the baby do as much of the work as possible without me (called laboring down), so I didn't want to tell them right away when I felt pressure. I pushed for almost 2 hours with my first two babies, but only 20 minutes with #3 because of laboring down, and I wanted to repeat that. But after about a half hour of feeling pressure with every contraction, I remembered that they were going to call in the NICU team (because of the presence of meconium and potential respiratory issues with baby) and that could take some time. So I graciously mentioned to my midwife around 7am that I was feeling pressure but wanted to not push forever. She agreed to that and checked to see if pushing would even be effective yet. It was. So away they went getting everything set up and the mass of people came flooding into the room. And yet… an hour went by. 8am came, my midwife's shift ended, and in walked my most favorite midwife of all. I was so happy to see her. She caught Emily and is simply amazing. She got me moving into different positions to see how to best get baby down and out. She's very proactive and even worked to physically shift baby's head to the best position for it's grand entrance. So another hour passed. At this point we were all still talking and joking between pushes (the beauty of epidurals). At around 8:45am, Jamie said he thought the baby was going to weigh 10 pounds 13 ounces. Every woman in that room told him to hush, it was hilarious. At 8:58am, Jamie suggested I wait and just push the baby out right at 9am. Again, all the women told him to hush, and I just laughed. So another push and the head was delivered, another push and the shoulders were out. I reached down, grabbed my baby and brought it into the world. Baby started wailing right away, so the NICU team packed it up and headed out. I had wanted Jamie to announce if it was a boy or girl, but I had the best view, so I told the world IT'S A BOY!!
Jamie and I both just cried. We were so happy. HE was here. HE was out. My sweet Ian Grant was here. I held him, so relieved it was all over. I don't remember what everyone else was doing, I was too wrapped up in this squishy little person I just met. But I do remember listening to my midwife quiz the new nursing student on different aspects of birth, I even remember trying to see between people to see the placenta (it's seriously the coolest thing. Your body makes an entire organ just for the purpose of growing this baby, then discards it when its done!). When the time came, Jamie cut the cord, we got Ian wrapped up, and Daddy got to hold his new boy. When they finally got him over to the scale, the scale first displayed his weight in grams, which meant nothing to us, but the whole medical team just laughed. Then they hit a button and converted it to pounds and ounces and that's when we saw it … 10 pounds 14.5 ounces. We all laughed. And I declared that we are DONE. The nurse measured his length. She looked very confused, then measured him again. She still wasn't satisfied, so she asked Jamie to assist her in measuring Ian. After a third measurement, she shook her head and declared him to be 24 inches long. What?!
By the time we reached the 5th floor (Recovery), legend had spread about this massive child that was just born NOT via C-section. Our nurse came in and just had to unwrap him to see just how big he really was. And she pulled out her little paper tape measure. She had heard that babies can be that long, but she just had to see it for herself. So she measured him again. And again. And one more time. And she said he was only 22 inches long (only, haha). After some investigating, she found out that the nurse in Labor & Delivery pushed his foot down and measured to his toes instead of to his heel. So he wasn't quite as ginormous as the legend would have it.
Well we're home now and getting into the groove of life as a family of 6! Ian is eating like a champ, sleeping like a boss, and we couldn't be happier! And we think he is quite legendary.


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Especially now with word from ShockTilYouDrop that the latest Friday the 13th - to be directed by TCM-remake-auteur Marcus Nispel - is not really a remake after all. Sayeth STYD:
"Platinum Dunes' Friday the 13th project. What do you label it? Remake? Re-launch?
After speaking to a source close to the project who wishes to stay outside of the spotlight (for now), we're striking the former term out of future reports on the film.
"It's not a remake," says our insider. Don't even expect an origin tale - as some production listings around Hollywood are pegging it as. Imagine if there was a story to be told somewhere between parts two and four, just add water (from Camp Crystal Lake, duh), insert a leaner, meaner, faster Jason Voorhees, set to "blend" and you've got the recipe for what Dunes, writers Damian Shannon and Mark Swift and director Marcus Nispel got cookin'."
Well there's already something "between parts two and four" and it's called Friday the 13th : Part III and it's in 3-D and it's awesome. Eyeballs a'poppin!
This whole "leaner, meaner, faster" nonsense is giving me Rob Zombie's Halloween inspired shivers, too. Jason's about the quick slice-n-dice, the slow lumbering build-up and the jump scare; he's not about seventeen-minute long torture scenes. Let's hope they remember the spirit of fun inherent to the series - these were never ever meant to be taken at any level of seriousness - and don't make it an ugly mess.
Maybe there's a juicy older camp counselor part for Patty? Or she could always don the mask and overalls! She'd certainly make for a leaner Jason!


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2. (1) An appearance to any plenary summons, or summary summons shall be entered within eight days after the service of the summons, exclusive of the day of service, unless the Court shall otherwise order.
(2) A defendant in proceedings commenced by special summons may enter an appearance thereto at any time, but shall not, without the leave of the Court, be entitled to be heard in such proceedings unless he has entered an appearance.
3. A defendant shall enter his appearance to an originating summons by delivering to the proper officer a memorandum in writing dated on the day of its delivery and containing the name of the defendant's solicitor, or stating that the defendant defends in person. He shall at the same time deliver to the officer a duplicate of the memorandum which the officer shall mark with an official stamp, showing the date on which the appearance is entered and then return it to the person entering the appearance, and the duplicate memorandum so marked shall be a certificate that the appearance was entered on the day indicated by the official stamp.
4. In the case of a defendant desiring to enter an appearance in person, he may in lieu of delivering to the proper officer the memorandum of appearance and the duplicate thereof, enter the appearance through the post by sending to the proper officer by pre-paid registered letter:—
(b) a postal order for the prescribed fee payable on entering an appearance;
(c) two envelopes each sufficiently stamped, one addressed to the plaintiff's solicitor (or to the plaintiff if he sues in person) at the address for service, and the other addressed to the defendant entering the appearance. On receipt of the foregoing the proper officer shall forthwith enter the appearance as of the date when he received the memorandum, and shall mark the duplicates with the official stamp showing the date on which the appearance is entered, and shall post one duplicate to the plaintiff or his solicitor and the other duplicate to the defendant.
(2) This rule shall not apply to a defendant entering an appearance through the post under rule 4, save in so far as therein provided.
6. The solicitor of a defendant shall state in the memorandum of appearance his registered place of business.
7. A defendant appearing in person shall state in the memorandum of appearance an address for service within the jurisdiction where summonses, notices, pleadings, petitions, orders, warrants, and other documents may be left for him.
8. If the memorandum does not contain such address as is prescribed by this Order it shall not be received; and if any such address shall be illusory or fictitious, the appearance may be set aside by the Court or the Master on the application of the plaintiff.
9. The memorandum of appearance shall be in the Form No. 1 in Appendix A, Part II.
10. Upon receipt of a memorandum of appearance entered by any party or person pursuant to the provisions of this Order, the proper officer shall forthwith enter the appearance in the appropriate Cause Book.
11. If two or more defendants in the same action shall appear by the same solicitor and at the same time, the names of all the defendants so appearing shall be inserted in one memorandum.
12. A solicitor not entering an appearance in pursuance of his written undertaking so to do shall be liable to an attachment.
13. A defendant, save in actions for the recovery of land, may appear at any time before judgement. If he appear at any time after the time limited for appearance, he shall not, unless the Court shall otherwise order, be entitled to any further time for delivering his defence or for any other purpose than if he had appeared within the time limited for appearance.
14. In probate actions any person not named in the summons may intervene and appear in the action on filing an affidavit in the Central Office showing how he is interested in the estate of the deceased.
15. No person served with a summons in a proceeding for the recovery of land shall be permitted to appear after the time allowed for appearance without leave of the Court.
16. Any person served with a summons for the recovery of land although not named as a defendant therein, shall be at liberty to defend the proceeding and to enter an appearance according to the foregoing rules of this Order, entitled in the proceeding against the party named in the summons as defendant, and shall forthwith give notice of such appearance to the plaintiff's solicitor or to the plaintiff if he sues in person, and shall in all subsequent proceedings be named as a party defendant to the proceeding.
17. An appearance entered without leave in a proceeding for the recovery of land after the time allowed for appearance has expired shall be void.
18. Any person not named as a defendant in a summons for the recovery of land and not served therewith may by leave of the Court appear and defend, on filing an affidavit showing that he is in possession of the land either by himself or by his tenant.
19. Any person appearing to defend a proceeding for the recovery of land as a landlord, in respect of property whereof he is in possession only by his tenant, shall state in his appearance that he appears as landlord.
20. Where a person not named as defendant in any summons for the recovery of land, and not served therewith has obtained leave of the Court to appear and defend, he shall enter an appearance according to the foregoing rules of this Order, entitled in the proceeding against the party named in the summons as defendant, and shall forthwith give notice of such appearance to the plaintiff's solicitor, or to the plaintiff if he sues in person, and shall in all subsequent proceedings be named as a party defendant to the proceeding.
21. Any person appearing to a summons for the recovery of land, save where the proceeding is brought for non-payment of rent, shall be at liberty to limit his defence to a part or an undivided share only of the property mentioned in the summons, describing that part or share with reasonable certainty in his memorandum of appearance, which shall be in the Form No. 2 in Appendix A, Part II. An appearance, where the defence is not limited as above mentioned, shall be deemed an appearance to defend for the whole.
22. Where any person entering an appearance in an action for the recovery of a holding or of lands including a holding, agricultural or pastoral, or partly agricultural and partly pastoral, in its character, for non-payment of rent, is in occupation of such holding as sub-tenant thereof, and merely claims to be entitled under the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896 (59 & 60 Vic., c. 47) section 12, notwithstanding judgement for the plaintiff in the action to retain possession of such holding as immediate tenant to the plaintiff, and not to have such judgement executed against him, he shall be at liberty to limit his memorandum of appearance accordingly. The memorandum shall state whether such person so defends in respect of all the premises sought to be recovered or part only thereof, and shall in the latter case describe such part with reasonable certainty. It shall also state full particulars of his sub-tenancy, including the rent payable in respect thereof, the gale days, and the amount then due for arrears of such rent up to the last gale day, and the name of his immediate landlord. An appearance where the memorandum is not limited as above-mentioned, or where it does not contain the statements prescribed by this rule, shall be deemed to be an appearance to defend generally, and in respect of all the premises sought to be recovered.
23. Where an appearance is limited in accordance with rule 22 the plaintiff shall be at liberty by notice to confess the right, under the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1896, section 12 of the person so limiting his appearance, notwithstanding judgement for the plaintiff in the action, to retain possession as immediate tenant to the plaintiff of the holding described in his memorandum of appearance. Such notice shall be served and filed in the Central Office within twenty-one days after appearance. The person whose right is so confessed shall, where the special indorsement on the summons does not deny such right, abide his own costs of appearance, unless the Court shall otherwise direct.
24. Save as in rule 22 mentioned, a defence to a summons for the recovery of land for non-payment of rent shall be a defence for all the lands and premises claimed by the indorsement thereon; and in case a defendant shall desire to take defence for part only of the lands and premises, upon the ground that such part is not included in the tenancy sought to be evicted, he shall make a special application to the Court for that purpose. Applications under this rule shall be made on notice grounded on affidavit, and may be made before appearance or within four days after appearance.
25. A party who has obtained an order under rule 24 shall describe the part of the lands to which the defence is limited either in the appearance or in a notice as prescribed in rule 21.
26. A defendant before appearing shall be at liberty to serve notice of motion to set aside the service upon him of the summons or of notice of the summons, or to discharge the order authorising such service.
27. In probate actions the plaintiff and defendant, within eight days of the entry of appearance on the part of the defendant, are respectively to file their affidavits as to scripts in the Central Office, whether they have or have not any script in their possession. Such affidavit shall be in the Form No. 22 in Appendix C.
28. Every script which has at any time been made, by or under the direction of the testator, whether will, codicil, draft of a will or codicil, or written instructions for the same, of which the deponent has any knowledge, information, or belief, is to be specified in his affidavit of scripts, and every script in the custody or under the control of the party making the affidavit is to be annexed thereto, and deposited therewith in the Central Office.
29. No party to the proceeding, nor his solicitor, shall be at liberty, except by leave of the Court, to inspect the affidavit as to scripts, or the scripts annexed thereto, filed by any party to the cause, until his own affidavit as to scripts shall have been filed.


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KTMay wrote:Hey Ladies!
So I had my IVF transfer on 10-16-17....It's now 11-2-17 and my stomach is extremely swollen.
We did get a BFP (WOOHOO!!!!) but I know it is extremely too early to be showing.
I have called my RE and she said it's normal but I'm not so sure anymore.
I have been having issues breathing, like I can't get a deep breath, and I am extremely uncomfortable!
Normally, I would believe the doctor and go with the flow, but it seems like it is swelling more and it's higher up now than it was, and of course it's worse after I eat....anything (big, small, heavy, or light), I bloat more.
Have any of you ladies had this before, or anything similar?
ANY help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks Ladies!!!!


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How should writers find space to write?
I suppose this is a matter of mental head space and physical space – both of which are a bit of a luxury. Once you're in a cycle of editing and writing – especially if you're producing one or more titles a year – you just have to get on with it in regards to both.
I prefer not to write at home. I like having a 'commute' even if it's just to a coffee shop. This means I have a separation between my home life and writing. I get very little done at home – there's too many distractions. I find that altering my physical space automatically changes my state of mind and enables me to start work.
In terms of time, I think two or three focused hours a day is more fruitful than sitting at a computer staring at a screen for nine hours. I'm sure some writers can produce quality all day. I am not one of them!
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African and African-American Studies Summer Courses
AFAM 1600 L11 - Understanding Historical Change: Africa
Session I, May 26 - June 25, 2020
Lincoln Center: TWTh, 1 - 4 p.m.
Introduction to the political, social, economic, and institutional history of Africa. Fulfills the Global Studies requirement in Fordham's core curriculum.
Instructor: Idris
3 credits
AFAM 3071 L21 - African Intellectual History
Session II, June 30 - August 4, 2020
Lincoln Center: MTWTh, 6 - 9 p.m.
This course will introduce students to some of the main currents of African thought since the 19th century. It examines different writers or groups of writers in context, ranging from Pan-Africans of the early 20th century in Africa and America, the exponents and critics of Negritude, feminist nationalists of the World War II era, African socialists of the independence era, critics of postcolonial society, the Black consciousness movement, and finally current assessments of the achievements of African intellectuals. It is expected that students will leave this course with a firm understanding of the main currents and key figures of African intellectual tradition. Fulfills the Global Studies attribute in Fordham's core curriculum.
Instructor: Idris
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Wednesday, March 14, 6:30 pm; Saturday, March 17, following Kiddush Luncheon (come to one or both) - Songs of the Seder: Join Cantor Bruce Halev in singing familiar as well as new songs. Learn brief history and customs from various Jewish communities. Free event, but please register here.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2018 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm
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