text: Microtopographic features known as terracettes are found throughout semiarid rangelands. Their soil properties and hydrologic function, however, are virtually unknown. This research aimed to quantify whether or not terracetted hillslopes retain more soil water. The objectives of this research were to: (i) assess soil moisture measured at two terracetted field sites comparing bench and riser; (ii) identify to what extent microtopography, soil properties, and land use affect soil moisture; and (iii) quantify differences in soil moisture at the field scale between terracetted and control sites (grazed and ungrazed) in eastern Washington. We measured volumetric water content (θv), bulk density, soil texture, saturated hydraulic conductivity, and organic matter in addition to compaction, vegetative cover, and cattle density. Our results show significant θv differences between terracette benches and risers in the upper 10 cm, with benches exhibiting higher mean θv than risers across all sites during both wet (+6.14%) and dry (+6.63%) seasons. Soil texture and organic matter did not vary between bench and riser features, and microtopography itself was not driving observed soil moisture differences. Soil moisture differences were attributed to land use (i.e., cattle) impact on soil bulk density and vegetative cover. Greater water content on terracette benches is partially attributed to shifts to smaller pore sizes with compaction and a reduction in transpiration resulting from lower vegetative cover due to root impedance. However, this increased water storage is not plant accessible and does not contribute to increased forage production. This work is intended to provide a mechanistic understanding of terracette hydrology for semiarid rangeland management.


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This New 'Plant Simulator' Game Is Designed To Make You Relax
If you're anything like me, you get stupidly wound up playing video games. Perhaps 'Viridi' could be the game for us stressheads…
I tend to think of video games as being fast paced and intense, and they can often wind me up.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't rage quit. Often.
A nice, calm, relaxing game might do me some good.
Enter 'Viridi'. A plant simulator.
It follows in the footsteps of other simulator games, like Goat Simulator, Sim City, Rollercoaster Tycoon and y'know… Sims.
Ditching first person perspective, guns and violence, it focuses on surreal graphics to use plants to make you relax.
The game's developer, Ice Water Games said:
Viridi is a safe haven, a place you can return to for a moment of peace and quiet whenever you need it.
You basically pick a pot, and some plants, then tend to them over a week a spray them with water. It's like a hoticultural Tamogotchi.
Personally, I can't see myself getting too hooked on this one, and with the new COD, Star Wars Battlefront and FIFA 16 on their way, it'll take a lot to capture my attention. I'll give it a go, though. It'll take some doing to rage quit on this!
Hopefully, it'll stop me from turning into this guy…
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Centerbridge Partners
Centerbridge Partners is a multi-strategy private investment firm focused on leveraged buyouts and distressed securities.
|Private ownership
|Hedge fund, Private Equity
|Seagram Building
New York City, New York, United States
|Leveraged buyouts, distressed securities
|Total assets
|$25 billion
The firm manages over $25 billion of assets[1] and is based in New York City, with an additional office in London. The firm invests in both control (private equity and public debt with a "loan-to-own" strategy) and non-control (public market debt, public market equities, and other publicly traded securities) opportunities.
The firm [2] was founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Aronson and Mark Gallogly. Aronson had previously been the head of distressed securities and had founded the leveraged loan business at Angelo, Gordon & Co., which he had joined in 1989 from L.F. Rothschild & Co. Gallogly was formerly a senior managing director and head of private equity investments at the Blackstone Group from 2003 until his departure. At Blackstone, Gallogly was heavily involved in the firm's investments in New Skies Satellites and Sirius Satellite Radio among others and had joined the firm in 1989 from Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, where he worked in acquisition finance.
In September 2006, the firm raised its debut fund with $3.2 billion of investor commitments to focus on control investments in distressed securities as well as leveraged buyout transactions.[3][4] The firm also raised a $2 billion noncontrol, activist-oriented credit trading fund known as Centerbridge Special Credit Partners through 2009 and 2010.[5] In 2010, the firm announced plans to begin marketing a second investment fund with a target of $3.75 billion of investor commitments.[6] In 2011, the firm closed its second flagship fund, Centerbridge Partners II, on $4.4 billion, including a commitment from the GP.[7] This was followed by a closing of its $2bn second Special Credit Partners fund in March 2012.[2]
In 2010, Centerbridge won control of Extended Stay Hotels, a company that Gallogly had been involved with at Blackstone.[8] That same year, Centerbridge acquired 'GMAC Commercial Finance', a subsidiary of Ally Financial[9] as well as Rock Bottom Restaurants and Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, merged to form CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries.[10] In 2012, Centerbridge acquired P. F. Chang's China Bistro, a chain of Chinese casual dining restaurants.[11] Three years later announced its agreement to buy Senvion SE from Indian wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon[12] and acquired Great Wolf Resorts, the world's largest chain of indoor water park resorts for $1.35 billion.[13]
- ^ Centerbridge Closes $6 Billion Private-Equity Fund Wall Street Journal, October 30, 2014
- ^ a b Split in Private Equity Funding. WallStreetJournal, August 21, 2012
- ^ Centerbridge Raises $3 Billion for First Buyout Fund. Bloomberg, September 26, 2006
- ^ Centerbridge recruits for auto investments. Financial News, Nov 30, 2006
- ^ Investors Buy Into Centerbridge's 'Do Nothing' Strategy. Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2010
- ^ Centerbridge Aims For $3.75 Billion On Distressed-Debt And Buyout Fund Archived 2015-11-19 at the Wayback Machine. Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst, August 6, 2010
- ^ Centerbridge in lightning-quick fundraise. Private Equity International, May 25, 2012
- ^ Centerbridge Snares Extended Stay. Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2010
- ^ "Centerbridge Acquires Resort Finance Business From GMAC Commercial Finance". prnewswire.
- ^ "Gordon Biersch brewer in merger to become CraftWorks". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Evelyn M. Rusli (May 1, 2012). "Centerbridge Buys P.F. Chang's for $1.1 Billion". New York Times. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Deals of the day - Mergers and acquisitions". Reuters. Retrieved 2014-01-22.
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/us-great-wolf-m-a-centerbridge-idUSKBN0MK1V220150324
External linksEdit
- Centerbridge Partners (company website)
- Centerbridge Partners (NYT Deal Book)


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Caught your breath yet?
No, me neither.
A modern day classic at Anfield saw goals flying in from all angles and ended with the Gooners taking home a point I didn't expect them to get, especially after the Wembley disappointment.
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The Hair Bar Blows into 2013 With a Week of Festivities
fter a serious bout of hair envy while watching last night's Golden Globe Awards, a week of glamorous activities is more than welcome, especially when they're from The Hair Bar. In celebration of their "New Year, New You, New Location" in Dallas, the lovely ladies of what is sure to be the next best place to "treat yoself" are hosting a week's worth of festivities including a grand opening soiree on Thursday, January 24.
Find out more about The Hair Bar and make sure to RSVP for Thursday's event for a chance to win a 4-pack of blowouts valued at $140. See you there!
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U.S. Balks On Biowar Treaty
The Bush administration said it supports a decades-old biological weapons treaty even as it splits with key allies by opposing a draft agreement on ways to enforce it.
"We are party to the Biological Weapons Convention from 1972," State Department spokesman Philip Reeker said Monday. "We think this is very important. We strongly support that convention.
"But as we've said for some time now, more work needs to be done on steps taken to strengthen that, to respond to the threats that are out there," he said.
Discussions on how to enforce the treaty are taking place this week in Geneva.
American envoy Donald A. Mahley was expected to tell negotiators Wednesday that the Bush administration supported the convention but feared the enforcement rules would be burdensome to some universities and industries and might expose American businesses to commercial theft.
China and Russia on Monday appealed for cooperation on treaty enforcement. Libya, Cuba, Iran and Pakistan oppose the proposed enforcement language, while the United States' traditional partners in Europe and Latin America support it.
The Bush administration is already facing criticism from European nations for rejecting initiatives on climate change and small arms trade.
This week it stood on the sidelines as 178 countries approved a deal to salvage the Kyoto Protocol on global warming, which Mr. Bush has called "fatally flawed" because it targets only developing countries and could cost American jobs.
Reeker Tuesday tejected the notion that the germ weapons issue was another example of the United States walking away from multilateral agreements.
"We haven't walked away from anything," he said, contending the country remains involved in numerous multilateral organizations and agreements and has the right to voice concerns when it feels proposals will not work to attain the treaties' goals.
"The United States has an unparalleled record of, first, supporting multilateral nonproliferation objectives and efforts," he said, citing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and the Chemical Weapons Convention in addition to the germ weapons convention.
The treaty, ratified by 143 nations, prohibits the development, production and possession of biological weapons. Negotiators hope to develop enforcement rules by November.
The Clinton administration had supported the protocol.
The Biological Weapons Convention requires signatories " never in any circumstances to develop, produce, stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain" biological weapons or vehicles for their delivery.
In 1976, federal agencies reported that they were in compliance with the treaty. But the lack of verification led to efforts over the years to try to bolster enforcement.
Domestic opponents contend efforts to enforce the treaty would violate the U.S. Constitution. A Cato Institute policy brief says any attempts to check on what U.S. companies were manufacturing could impinge upon "the right to privacy reflected in the Fourth Amendment, the separation of powers principle found in the appointments clause, and the right to intellectual property found in the Fifth Amendment."
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Michael Reno Harrell
It just doesn't get any better than the tales, wisdom, wit and guitar melodies that Southern songwriter and storyteller Michael Reno Harrell weaves for his captive audiences.
About Michael – courtesy of www.michaelreno.com
"Michael Reno Harrell is an award-winning songwriter, as well as a veteran storyteller and entertainer, and he's from the South… the Southern Appalachian Mountains to hone it a bit finer.
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One could compare Michael's performances to his granddaddy's pocket knife: well warn and familiar feeling, but razor sharp and with a point. His brand of entertainment appeals to a very diverse audience. A typical day for Michael might include a program for 4th graders in the afternoon and a concert for a mixed audience that evening.
Michael's recordings top the Americana Music Association charts year after year. His original songs and stories have been described as "Appalachian grit and wit" but, as his writing shows, Michael's awareness is much broader than the bounds of his boyhood home or even the Southern Experience. Having toured throughout the British Isles and much of Europe, as well as most of the US, the songs he writes and the stories he creates reflect an insight into people's experiences that catch the ear like an old friend's voice.
Michael's natural knack for storytelling, in print, song and spoken word has earned him praise from not only the music community but from the literary and storytelling worlds as well, having had the honor of being a Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival and to be Teller In Residence at the International Storytelling Center, as well as performing at major music events like MerleFest and the Walnut Valley Festival. Along with his performances, Michael often conducts workshops in songwriting and storytelling as well.
Michael's recordings have for years received and continue to garner awards in Country, Americana and Folk circles. His humor and wit, as well as the emotional depth of his work, keep his fan base growing and staying tuned in for whatever comes next. Don't miss the chance to experience what those faithful fans keep returning again and again to enjoy."
We're so very grateful to Michael and to Jack Lawrence for recently taking a few minutes to play two Lichty Guitars. Thanks go out to Phil and Gaye Johnson of the KingPup Radio Show, as well, for helping to make this happen. Michael played an Ancient Kauri OM and Jack played the Chechen dreadnought that is the 2011 raffle guitar to benefit the non-profit organization LEAF. It is all part of raising awareness and raising funds for LEAF and these guitars never sounded better.
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10 SEO Tools for Visual Learners
In high school, I got a D in algebra. This was astonishing considering I aced geometry. Chemistry? Barely passed. Physics? You better believe I was the star student.
Moral of the story: I am a visual learner.
Approximately 65 percent of the population are visual learners, which means they respond most to what they see as opposed to what they hear or touch. Some of them, like me, respond more to pictures and photographic representations of information than written words.
Visuals make hard-to-understand concepts suddenly make sense. Not only does this mean a lot for your onsite SEO and marketing efforts, this also means a lot in how you best understand information you need to make data-driven decisions for your clients. For all you visual learners out there, I've put together a list of 10 great SEO tools for visual learners. Enjoy!
1. Google Analytics
This one is kind of a no-brainer. Google Analytics is a wonderful tool for any business owner, let alone any SEO professionals. Everything is completely visual so your reports actually make sense, and you can watch the effects of what you're doing in real-time.
2. MozCast
Mozcast tracks the "weather" of Google algorithm updates. In short, the "hotter" and "stormier" it is, the more change Moz saw in Google rankings. In terms my dad would understand, Moz is tracking where search results appeared yesterday in the SERPs compared to where they appeared today. The more change there is, the more the Mozcast reflects Florida in October. Perfect for someone who needs to be shown—not told.
3. SERPmetrics.com
SERPmetrics is essentially the same as MOZcast but displays its data in a little more technical manner and compares search engines Bing, Google, and Yahoo! (and more if you pay for it). It also looks at the fluctuations over a longer period of time, if you were wanting to see long-term trends. You can upgrade for a price and have a better look at more search engines, if you wanted to do some research across the board.
4. Keyword Eye
If you like to research your keywords using pie charts and bar graphs, Keyword Eye is the way to go. It lets you enter your keyword and actually SEE how popular it is and some other variations of it.
5. Heat maps
I love heat maps. I love maps in general (I went through a phase in college when I wanted to be a cartographer), but heat maps are the best at literally showing you where people are clicking on your site. Every spot people click on your site leaves a little footprint. The more footprints there are on a certain spot, the "hotter" it gets.
This is great for insight to see where people are clicking where you may not have a link and need one, or the topics that people are more interested in.
6. Mentionmapp
If you're a Twitter user (and if you're doing SEO, you should be), sometimes it can be hard to really get a good visual of what's happening around your account. Mentionmapp is an amazing tool that gives you a great visual of who is talking about you and what topics are trending around you.
7. Google Trends
Are people still searching for your keywords? Are certain keywords more popular now than six months ago? Google trends can let you know in one awesome visual graph. I prefer to see data in graphs to better understand what it means to me. In this example, "heating repair" tends to be gaining momentum, while "heating maintenance" seems to be losing it. Helpful for blog posts.
8. Google Webmaster Tools
Google Webmaster Tools is another must-have for any site. Not only does it give you good visual insight into search queries, it also gives you some great visualization on the bots crawling your site, compared to what's considered low, high, and normal.
9. SEOThat.com
SEOThat shows you where your keywords are ranking in Google and Bing side-by-side and links them together. It's pretty interesting to see that visualization of one word that's in the number two spot on Google but the number 14 spot on Bing.
10. Sprout Social
Sprout Social is my social media savior. For some reason, whenever I'm not on my own accounts humble bragging about how many miles I ran, I've found that keeping up with social media can get daunting and a bit stressful. Sprout Social not only puts all your social media in one place, but it allows you to SEE what you're doing.
And there you have it, folks, a few of the tools I use to keep up with everyone who for some reason understands words and numbers. Just because we work with a lot of data doesn't mean we can't find ways to make that data simpler and more pleasing to the eye. In fact, infographics are a great way to get shares and likes across the web.
If you find all the information involved with SEO overwhelming, no matter how visual it is, don't worry. That's why there are professionals. Like me.
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Arras, France - Main Square Festival - 01/07/2011
Linkin Park returned to France for the second time in ATS touring cycle on july 1 to perform at Arras at Main Square Festival . There was an interestiong variation to the setlist . For the third time in ATS touring cycle "One Step Closer" was dropped from the setlist . First one being MTv EMA Awards in November and the second occasion was Moscow show on premiere of Transformers 3 ( show page here )
01. The Requiem
02. Faint
03. Papercut
04. Lying From You
05. Given Up
06. New Divide
07. Empty Spaces
08. When They Come For Me
09. From The Inside
10. Jornada Del Muerto
11. Waiting For The End
12. No More Sorrow
13. Wisdom, Justice, And Love
14. Iridescent
15. Numb
16. The Radiance (Live Version)
17. Breaking The Habit
18. The Catalyst
19. Crawling
20. In The End
21. What I've Done
22. Bleed It Out ('A Place For My Head' bridge)
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Using the same pattern from before but using different pattern pieces to create this checked high neck top. I followed most of the instructions that were in the packet but for some stages, I did it my own way.
Step 1
Firstly, cut all the pattern pieces needed to make this garment. For one of the patterns, you have to iron on the interfacing before doing anything else. Afterwards, add where the tailor tacks are needed.
Step 2
Using a sewing machine stitch the shoulder seams together.
Step 3
Stitch the two pattern pieces for the collar just at the top where it will sit on the neck. Place the fabric right sides together.
Step 4
Pin the collar with the interfacing on to the neckline of the garment and sew.
Step 5
Place the zip where it needs to be and pin it down. Then change the foot of the machine to a standard zip foot and stitch. Then changing the foot of the machine again to a normal foot, stitch the back seam to close it.
Step 6
Finally, for the collar fold and iron the other half of the collar to the other side to make it easier to sew. Fold the collar back so both right sides of the fabric are touching and sew down the collar so encase the zip tops and do this to the other side. Trim a bit of the edge and then flip the fabric so it's the right way up then fold in the excess fabric at the bottom of the collar and encase it in between the wrong sides of the fabric and dip stitch.
Step 7
Next, I pinned the sleeve to the armhole and straight stitched along for both sleeves.
Step 8
I then stitched the side seams for the sleeve and the top so that it was neater on the inside making sure you match the seams of the sleeve from when you stitched earlier.
Step 9
Finally, to finish off the hem and the ends of the sleeves I did a double turn hem.
This top was very easy and straightforward to make, just like the other top that I had made using the same pattern just different pattern pieces.
Here are some photos of me wearing the top which I paired with a fur coat, an A-line skirt and a pair of heeled brown ankle boots.


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First, buy or make the strips
There are several ways to tackle this tough chore, but bending wood and laminating several thin strips to create 3/4-in. nosing will give you the best results. The first step is to buy or make thin stock (1/8 to 3/16 in.) for the nosing. For the counter shown in the photos below, we planed 1/4-in. x 2-in. red oak down to 1/8 in. thick. You can also create thin strips by ripping 2-in. thick stock on a table saw with a high-quality, smooth-cutting ripping blade. The strips should be at least 1/8 in. wider than the finished nosing to allow for sanding. They should also be long enough to leave tails that will run a few feet along the straight part of the countertop where you'll splice in the remaining nosing.
Be sure to select boards with fairly straight grain and no knots so they can bend without breaking. To make the boards even more pliable, we soaked them in hot water in a 10-ft. aluminum gutter. However, if the radius is large enough, you may be able to skip this step. Just make a few extra strips and do a dry test to find out.
Next, glue up the laminated trim
Prepare the hardwood strips
After cutting and soaking the hardwood strips, apply a coat of polyurethane glue to one side of each strip.
Gluing up the laminated hardwood trim
Using three-way edge clamps, begin clamping the stack of strips at the center of the half-circle.
If you soak your boards, use polyurethane glue to laminate them together. Polyurethane glue, which needs moisture to work, gives a long working time and fills gaps well. Be sure to wear gloves; this stuff tends to make a mess.
Spread the glue, stack the strips together and attach them in one step. Using three-way edge clamps (available at home centers), begin clamping the stack of strips at the center of the half-circle. Leave all the clamps in place for at least 12 hours. Remember, you can't have too many clamps, especially for this job.
Bending Wood with Water: Finally, keep it wet while it dries
Periodically run a wet sponge over the finished assembly
Since the outside dries first, it's a good idea to wet the outer face frequently for the first three or four hours.
If you soak the strips, it's a good idea to wet the outer face frequently for the first three or four hours. This will help prevent the outer strip from cupping away from the face, since the outside dries first. An even better option is to clamp an unglued sacrificial strip on the outside so the layers can dry evenly.
Even though this wood-bending technique is time-consuming and challenging to master, it's so cool that once you've tried it, you'll probably find some excuses to try it again.
Tip: The polyurethane glue will begin to foam as it cures. You can easily scrape the foam off when it's dry.
Required Tools for this Project
Have the necessary tools for this bending wood DIY project lined up before you start—you'll save time and frustration.
- 3-way edge clamps
- Air compressor
- Air hose
- Belt sander
- Brad nail gun
- Clamps
- Miter saw
- Paint tray
- Paintbrush
- Sawhorses
- Table saw
- Tape measure
Required Materials for this Project
Avoid last-minute shopping trips by having all your materials ready ahead of time for bending wood. Here's a list.
- Hardwood boards or strips
- Polyurethane glue


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Who can resist learning Spanish using the five senses: hearing, smell, touch, sight and taste?
Yes, we've done it. We invite all those who want to learn spanish cooking to take part in our innovative classes. In fact our motto is "Learn Spanish cooking and cook learning Spanish".
Cocina Estudio-2 is not only a cooking school but goes beyond. Besides our Spanish courses, and after 20 years of teaching this language, we decided to expand our activities with a classroom-kitchen, so that our students can break the daily routine of classes and can have fun and aquire a better knowledge of our gastronomic culture at the same time.
Do you dare to try?
According the organization of classes, we establish two types:
Upcoming classes are listed below:
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Cheer up! See our calendar to choose the class or classes that interest you, or gather your friends to arrange a class "a la carte". In either case please fill out the registration form. Remember that you must do so more than 2 days before the holding of the class.
Este curso ha sido desarrollado por Hispania Estudio-2, escuela de Español para extranjeros.


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Apprenticeships are a great way to combine working with learning new skills and qualifications for your career. Apprenticeships are becoming increasingly popular as employers recognise the value of training staff to professional standards. It is a great way to start your career and an opportunity to develop broader skills.
Tameside College is the leading Apprenticeship provider in Greater Manchester and offers a range of apprenticeships to suit a whole host of interests including: Engineering, Health & Social Care, Motor Vehicle, Administration & Management and ICT.
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In a city filled with plenty of non-cheap attractions, it's not always easy to find a free activity to bolster your budget. Cue the wave of summer outdoor movies hitting virtually every corner of D.C. this summer and, at some spots, into September.
Scroll on to see the endless (really, the list just keeps going) movie-watching possibilities in D.C.
NOTE: Film schedules are subject to change due to weather and such things. Please check with the venue to verify dates and times before you head out.
The Scene
Adams Morgan Movie Nights -- Marie Reed Elementary School Field, corner of 18th Street NW and California Avenue NW. Movies begin half an hour after sunset.
June 10: "All the President's Men"
June 24: "Rushmore"
Capitol Riverfront: Front Flicks -- Canal Park, 250 M St. SE. Movies begin at sunset.
June 26: "Wimbledon"
July 10: "Balls of Fury"
July 17: "Space Jam"
July 24: "Invincible"
July 31: "Bend It Like Beckham"
Aug. 7: "Rudy"
Aug. 14: "A League of Their Own"
Aug. 21: "The Blind Side"
Sept. 4: "Moneyball"
Golden Triangle: Golden Cinema Series -- Farragut Square, Connecticut Avenue NW and K Street NW. Movies begin at 7:30 p.m.
June 13: "My Date with the President's Daughter"
June 20: "Legally Blonde 2"
June 27: "Annie"
July 11: "The American President"
Family Night at Sursum Corda -- Loree Grand Field, 2nd and L streets NE. Movies begin at 7 p.m.
June 24: "WALL-E"
July 8: "Frozen"
July 22: "The Lego Movie"
Aug. 5: "Despicable Me"
NoMa Summer Screen -- Loree Grand Field, 2nd and L streets NE. People start gathering at the field at 7 p.m. for music, giveaways, food trucks and other activities before the movie begins.
June 18: "Up"
June 25: "When Harry Met Sally"
July 2: "Clueless"
July 9: "The Muppets"
July 16: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
July 23: "The Dark Knight"
July 30: "Pitch Perfect"
Aug. 6: "Top Gun"
Aug. 13: "The Sandlot"
Screen on the Green -- National Mall, Constitution Avenue between 7th and 12th streets NW. Movies begin at 7 p.m.
July 21: "The Karate Kid"
July 28: "Lover Come Back"
Aug. 4: "Key Largo"
Aug. 11: "A Soldier's Story"
U Street Movie Series: Harrison Field Under the Stars -- Harrison Recreation Center field, V Street NW between 13th and 14th. Movies begin at sunset.
June 18: "Marley"
July 16: "Talk to Me"
Aug. 20: "The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown: Put Your Hands Up"
Sept. 17: "The Bayou: DC's Killer Joint"
Bethesda Outdoor Movies -- Woodmont Triangle, corner of Norfolk and Auburn Avenues, Bethesda. Movies begin at 9 p.m.
July 22: "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
July 23: Moonrise Kingdom"
July 24: "Citizen Kane"
July 25: "Pitch Perfect"
July 26: "Top Gun"
Columbia's Lakefront Summer Festival -- Columbia Lakefront Stage, 10275 Wincopin Circle, Columbia. Movies begin around 8:30 p.m.
June 16: "Brave"
June 20: "Moonrise Kingdom"
June 23: "The Incredibles"
June 27: "Saving Mr. Banks"
June 30: "Mary Poppins"
July 7: "Monster's University"
July 11: "Frozen"
July 18: "Thor: The Dark World"
July 21: "Despicable Me 2"
July 25: "Iron Man 3"
July 28: "Dolphin Tale"
Aug. 1: "Superman: Man of Steel"
Aug. 4: "Ernest and Celestine"
Aug. 8 : "Gravity"
Aug. 11: "Rio"
Aug. 22: "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
Aug. 23: "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
Aug. 29: "The Princess Bride"
Aug. 30: "Wreck-It Ralph"
Aug. 31: "The Lego Movie"
Sept. 5: "Mr. Peabody and Sherman"
Sept. 6: "The Monuments Men"
Sept. 12: "Muppets Most Wanted"
Sept. 13: "Captain America: The Winter Soldier"
Greenbelt Moonlit Movies -- Greenbelt Aquatic and Fitness Center, front lawn, 101 Centerway, Greenbelt. All movies begin at 9 p.m.
June 14: "Meet Me in St. Louis"
June 28: "The Princess Bride"
July 12: "The Wizard of Oz"
July 19: "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
Aug. 2: "Raiders of the Lost Ark"
Aug. 16: "The Muppet Movie"
Sept. 6: "Singin' in the Rain"
Sept. 20: "Ernest and Celestine"
Oct. 4: "Up"
Laurel Department of Parks and Recreation Outdoor Movie -- 8th and Montgomery streets, Laurel. Starts at dusk.
Friday, Sept. 19 -- "Muppets Most Wanted"
Laurel Friday Flicks -- Granville Gude Park, 8300 Mulberry St., Laurel. Movies start around 8:15 p.m.
July 11: "Frozen"
July 18: "The Nut Job"
July 25: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2"
Aug. 1: "Smurfs 2"
Aug. 8: "The Lego Movie"
National Harbor Movies on the Potomac -- National Harbor Plaza, 137 National Plaza, Fort Washington. Movies begin at 6 p.m.
June 8: "The Incredibles"
June 15: "Father of the Bride" (1991)
June 22: "The Parent Trap" (REPLACED BY WORLD CUP VIEWING)
June 29: "The Princess Diaries"
July 6: "Freaky Friday"
July 13: "The Wizard of Oz" (REPLACED BY WORLD CUP VIEWING)
July 20: "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
July 27: "Annie"
Aug. 3: "Singin' in the Rain"
Aug. 10: "Goldfinger"
Aug. 17: "From Russia, with Love"
Aug. 24: "Dr. No"
Aug. 31: "You Only Live Once"
Sept. 7: "Finding Neverland"
Sept. 14: "Peter Pan" (1953)
Sept. 21: "Peter Pan" (2003)
Sept 28: "Hook"
Rockville Town Square: Movies on the Square -- Rockville Town Square, 200 East Middle Lane, Rockville. Movies start around 8:30 p.m.
June 12: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2"
June 19: "Saving Mr. Banks"
June 26: "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
July 3: "Frozen" (sing-a-long version)
July 10: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
July 17: "Gravity"
July 24:" The Great Gatsby" (2013)
July 31: "The Lego Movie"
Aug. 7: "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues"
Aug. 14: "Star Trek Into Darkness"
Aug. 21: Despicable Me 2"
Summer Movies at the Wine Bin -- 8390 Main St., Elliot City. Movies start at 9 p.m. in June, July and August, and at 8 p.m. in September.
June 14: "Sideways"
June 21: "Dirty Dancing"
June 28: "Risky Business"
July 5: "Iron Man"
July 12: "Moonstruck"
July 19: "When Harry Met Sally"
July 26: " Grease"
Aug. 2: "Mr. Peabody and Sherman"
Aug. 9: "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"
Aug. 16: " To Catch a Thief"
Aug. 23: "Life of Pi"
Aug. 30: "The Princess Bride"
Sept. 6: "Star Trek"
Sept. 13: "Chocolat"
Sept. 20: "Rock of Ages"
Sept. 27: "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
Cinema Del Ray -- Mount Vernon Recreation Center, 2701 Commonwealth Ave., Alexandria. Movies begin at sunset.
June 21: "Despicable Me 2"
July 19: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2"
Aug. 16: " The Lego Movie"
Crystal Screen: In Flight -- Crystal City, 1851 S. Bell St., Arlington. Movies begins at sunset.
June 16: "Planes, Trains & Automobiles"
June 23: "Red Eye"
June 30: "Top Gun"
July 7: "Hot Shots!"
July 14: "Up in the Air"
July 28: "Con Air"
Aug. 4: "Red Tails"
Aug. 11: "Executive Decision"
Aug. 18: "Flight"
Aug. 25: "Snakes on a Plane"
Lovettsville Movies on the Green -- Lovettsville Community Center, 57 E. Broad Way, Lovettsville. All movies begin at dusk.
June 13: "Ghostbusters"
July 11: "Frozen"
Aug. 8: "Babe the Gallant Pig"
Sept. 12: "The Lego Movie"
Loudoun Station's Cinema Under The Stars(Plex) -- Loudoun Station, 43805 Central Station Dr., Ashburn, Va. All movies begin at sunset.
June 28: "Frozen"
July 5: "The Lego Movie"
July 12: "Monsters University"
July 19: "Enchanted"
July 26: "Despicable Me 2"
Aug. 2: "TMNT"
Aug. 9: "Nut Job"
Aug. 16: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2"
Mosaic District: Films in the Park -- Strawberry Park, 2910 District Ave., Fairfax. Movies begin at 7 p.m.
June 13: "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"
June 20: "Man of Steel"
June 27: "Gravity"
July 4: "The Rookie"
July 11: "Apollo 13"
July 18: "Jobs"
July 25: "Captain America"
Aug. 1: "Julie & Julia"
Aug. 8: "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
Aug. 15: "Fried Green Tomatoes"
Aug. 22: "Frozen" (sing-a-long version)
Aug. 29: "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"
Movies Under the Stars -- Pinn Community Center Tennis Court, 10255 Zion Drive, Fairfax. All movies begin at 8 p.m.
June 21: "Willow"
July 26: "The Sandlot"
Aug. 9: "Finding Nemo"
Aug. 23: "Princess Bride"
Rosslyn Film Festival -- Gateway Park, 1300 Lee Highway, Arlington. Movies start at 8 p.m.
June 13: "Horrible Bosses"
June 20: "Thank You For Smoking"
June 27: "Two Weeks Notice"
July 11: "The Internship"
July 18: "How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days"
July 25: "Up in the Air"
Aug. 1: "9 to 5"
Aug. 8: "Empire Records"
Aug. 15: "Miss Congeniality"
Aug. 22: "Anchorman"
Starlight Cinema Centreville -- 5875 Trinity Parkway, Centreville. Gates open at 6 p.m.; movies begin at dark.
Aug. 2: "Casablanca"
Aug. 9: "Despicable Me 2"
Aug. 16: "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2"
Aug. 23: "Frozen"
Aug. 30: "The Lego Movie"


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I have managed to craft my 1st epic on anvil of artifacts yesterday and guess what... cost of transmutation is 850 dust per attempt- that was slight shock at 1st but after few secs it was hilarious (that's a bit more than You get by doing entire observatory raid on easy) especially when You know there is a Symbol of Abundance in boutique shop
Usually I was stopping at epic set mixed with some legends/fableds but it looks like this time I'll end up with full rare+some epic drops and just wait for 9.1 to come which will probably happen at the time when I'm too busy to play anyway.
I feel really sorry for all those people who want to be top geared for PvP purposes...since in addition to boutique/crafted hammers they have to pay for Symbol of Abundance's too.
My opinion about gear progression changes from "+" to big "-" now for epic gear.
P.S. Yesterday I've made a joke on guild chat regarding gearing up progress for legends in present system.I have written it will take half of the year to get full legendary set and it looks like I was right after all
Sunday, May 20th 2018, 4:10pm
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I am casual donator too and I do not like to spend my gold for perishable stuff like premium hammers, symbol of abundances etc. After all those years in game I've lost interest in taking part of "rat run" of gearing up asap (especially after those mini seasons...) and I'm not going to devote the most precious resource I have (my time) for doing tons of obs just to gear up slowly for the n-th time.
P.S. Try to do 1h long raid at evening with wife/husband and kid(s) in the same room. You will understand why some ppl do not have time to participate in those events
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You're grossly oversimplifying it. Nearly everyone that plays Allods has a life outside of the game, whether it happens to be social or not. Even in Asc, it's not that uncommon to have a raid or dominion day where someone is occupied by duties OR pleasures beyond the game. There are avenues to help compensate for that, although they tend to be annoying or time-consuming. But for some people, there IS a certain level of relaxation and sense of accomplishment to be had from being notably good at one game in particular. It just so happens that for some, that game happens to be Allods.i'm really surprised at what i read here.
what kind of people are playing this game?
playing a game and working in a job.
living a life with only 2 options in an infinite universe.
that's the thing what some people should work on to fix.
pointless lives... so sad...


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The Mount Garnet Tin Project is completing a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) on the Gillian Deposit.
The project has:
- Essential infrastructure already in place.
- Potential long life with two other deposits Pinnacles and Windermere in advanced stage of exploration development.
- Overall JORC Mineral Resource of 13.12Mt @ 0.4% Tin (Sn) (0.58% Sn equivalent including iron and fluorine by-products).
- 2013 Prefeasibility Study (PFS) on the Gillian and Pinnacle deposits shows the ability to support an initial 9 year mine at a one million tonne per annumore throughput.
- The 2013 PFS shows the ability to produce an estimated volume of 2,944tpa of tin (Sn) in concentrate at 68% Sn and 234,970tpa of iron (Fe) at 65% Fe for export, and 53,860tpa Fluorite @ 86% CaF2 (Acidspar quality achieved in metallurgical testing).Potential to extend mine life with further development of the Windermere/Deadman???s Gully deposit and other prospective company tenements.
- A 15-tonne sample from the Gillian site was processed at a rotary kiln at FEECO International, based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. This facility provided processing to optimise Sn roasting and recovery. This sample was taken from 14 pits using a 25-tonne excavator along the entire outcropping strike of the Gillian deposit. It was processed through a mobile crusher to less than 25mm and loaded onto pallets for shipping to Greenbay, Wisconsin. The ore has progressed to the testing phase.
- The Company has installed a lab scale tin fuming test facility at the Mount Garnet Mill which is now operating constantly to provide improvements and optimisation of the final tin recovery process.
Tin JORC Resource Table
NB: Tonnes may not add up to totals due to rounding
Mount Garnet Tin Project Sn equivalent grade tonnage summary, as at June 2014
NB: Tonnes may not add up to totals due to rounding
This tin equivalent value is based on the following formula, product pricing^ and metallurgical recoveries:
Sn %+ (Fe%*FREC*Fe$/t/Sn$/t) + (F%*FREC*F$/t/Sn$/t)
(Sn %) + (Fe%*0.75*(150/20,000)) + (F%*0.7*(400/20,000))
Sn 70% recovery @ AUD 20,000/tonne
Fe 75% recovery @ AUD 150/tonne
F 70% recovery @ AUD 400/tonne
REC Recovery
^ Pricing has been based on an approximate five year average commodity price. In the case of Iron, the price is based on Iron Ore Pellets as the reduction process produces high grade iron pellets which sell for a premium over Iron Ore Fines. Product marketing will continued to be reviewed and revised as part of the DFS process. Consolidated Tin Mines considers the??assumed Sn metal equivalent values for Fe and F are reasonable based on recoveries of these by-products during testwork on respective ore bodies.Conservative recovery values of Sn 70%; Fe 75% and F 70% have been used. CSD is confident reasonable potential exists to achieve these recoveries. An initial market review indicates that concentrates can realistically be sold for values used in the calculation.
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SANTA MONICA, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 18, 2012) - Eventup, the leading online resource helping event planners and consumers find and book one-of-a-kind venues, while also generating income for owners on underutilized properties, today announced its expansion to Atlanta. Since its February launch, Eventup has quickly grown to seven major cities nationwide, including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Miami, Boston and now Atlanta.
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Some of the notable venues available in Atlanta include Atlanta Acropolis, a private estate with nearly two acres of outdoor space -- featured in the movie "Zombieland"; the private 14,000 acre Little River Plantation hunting lodge and The Corry House, the 1860's historic home near Union Point.
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I love the smell of roses. My ideal perfume is where I smell like I've walked through a rose garden. This scent is as close as I've ever gotten to that. I researched multiple rose perfumes for over a month to find a perfume. After many reviews read on multiple brands, I found Penhaligons, I was sad to know they're no where near my area (Pittsburgh) to be able to sample sniff all their lovely looking scents, so I blindly bought this perfume. When it arrived today I sprayed it on a piece of paper and gave it a wiff....I fell in love. After I had a shower I put it on, and I'm overly pleased. It's beautiful. Some may say it doesn't last long, I think this is a kind of scent that you personally won't notice all the time as you wear it. Except you'll make a movement and you'll get a wiff of lovely roses, so you'll definitely be noticed as you walk by someone, it's not over powering it's just gentle and alluring. I'll definitely be testing other scents from Penhaligons but I have a feeling this will end up my signature scent.
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This past week, for the first time in months, I have been able to go without my puffer jacket, woolen beanie, and leather gloves. It's been warm in these parts. In fact, it's been downright hot, and I love it.
My joy over the ushering in of spring/summer after a long winter can't be overstated. My toes are painted, my sun dresses are out in full force, and–perhaps best of all–I can drive around with the windows down while blasting my favorite tunes. Sidebar: Do you also secretly hope that someone will drive up next to your car when you're blaring your 90s alternative mix and think, "Wow, I am totally impressed by this stranger's musical selections and can tell that she is unquestionably, effortlessly cool." No? Just me? Okay, moving on…
I bought the ingredients for this risotto when it was cold out. I made it when it was 90 degrees. So I speak from experience when I say that this dish is awesome in any weather. It's hearty and flavorful and everything a risotto should, nay, must be. And this is coming from a risotto aficionado.**
**Just so we're clear, in my world, "risotto aficianado" = eats a lot of risotto. But you probably figured out that for yourself.
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Grilled Buffalo Chicken - chicken marinated in butter, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and onion powder. Seriously delicious!! Drizzle with a little ranch and you have a light and healthy meal!! #grilling #chicken
When I saw this recipe in the January edition of Cooking Light I knew we had to make it. Since it is finally grilling weather, we gave it a try. We LOVED it!
It wasn't as spicy as I thought it would be. It was actually pretty mild for us. Next time I will pour some of the reserved buffalo sauce over the chicken after we take it off the grill. I also want to try this as a sandwich and top it with lettuce, tomato, bleu cheese or ranch dressing and pepper jack cheese. That sounds like the perfect Sunday lunch.
Grilled Buffalo Chicken
- 3/4 cup hot sauce (such as Crystal)
- 1/4 cup butter, melted
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- Cooking spray
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Light ranch dressing (optional)
- Combine hot sauce, melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, and onion powder in a bowl. Reserve 1/4 cup hot sauce mixture; pour remaining hot sauce mixture in a zip-top plastic bag. Add chicken breast halves to bag; seal. Marinate at room temperature 20 minutes (don't refrigerate it - the butter will harden).
- Remove chicken from bag; discard marinade in bag. Sprinkle chicken with salt. Grill chicken until done. Brush reserved marinade over chicken. Serve with light ranch dressing, if desired.


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Helena called me one morning last week in panic. Her voice was low and slow. She sounded like someone who knew her fate. She sounded like she did two years ago before the first procession down Ticsley Road. I heard her words and fear rose in my soul, not fear of what she said, but fear of what I would do. Two years ago when she called and spoke this way, I was with mother in the hospice, holding her hand. I grabbed mother's black prayer beads and began to work my way through them, an act to hold the spirits at bay. But that morning last week was different; mother's procession down Ticsley Road had lit a liquid fire in my soul. Perhaps it was the way Helena lingered by phase one of Ticsley Road, dropping a rose stem on the tiny tombstone, or maybe it was the arrogance and temerity with which Okey showed up, standing by her and rubbing her shoulders. What meant an act of love to others was to me, an act of defiance and shamelessness.
I rode my bicylce to Asata, my mind a red blur of anger cycling through the busy streets, past the oranges, the mounds of groundnuts and the rusty yellow buses going in the same direction as me. My phone was ringing; a familiar piece starting from the bottom of my anger and rising to a crescendo of what I could not control. I climbed up those stairs, breathing for all those trips to Ticsley, I barely noticed the neighbours standing around, making feeble attempts at opening the door. But when I heaved my weight against the door, I had help.
It was a shabby one bedroom flat, smelling heavily of alcohol, resignation and tears. It was not Helena I saw, no. It was the face of pain and helplessness, a purple and red mess, clutching onto Okey's legs, muttering gibberish as he kicked her over and over again by the kitchen door, somehow missing the mound below her chest. My heart broke and the devil took over. The bile rose in me as I took the pestle resting inside a mortar under the kitchen table. I may have hit him over and over, I am not so sure. But I heard the neighbours and I heard Helena, a sea of unrecognisable voices, roaring in my ear.
There was another procession on Ticsley Road today. There was a barbeque at our flat after the procession. I poured myself a large one as I watched the marinated beef spit into the fire I made, a fire which no longer burns in my soul.
"The ONLY "rule" is that you use the picture to make the story (or poem (yes yes ill allow poetry:)), That's it. I know that there are a good few writers amongst you and I think that I would be really interested on other angles. You don't even have to do a story as such, it could be a thought, a memory or a feeling that you get from it, basically anything involving words."


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So a recap of what we did this week in school...not much. My focus with the girls have been Math and Spelling. I threw in some Bible, Science, and Writing also. They really like the new notebooking thing that we are doing and I will share about that at another time. Easton has continued to learn how to read beginner words. His attention span is pretty short, so we are doing as much as we can before he gets distracted. He likes playing games the best over sitting and reading.
Here are a few pictures from our week:
I made little flashcards with Easton's new words. I called them out and he had to run across the room and put them in a different location. I gave him 2 minutes to get all of the words right. It was kind of like a Price is Right game. I would ding if he got it right. He enjoyed that game.
|I saw this idea on pinterest. I saved bottle caps and put the letters on it. I then called out his words and spelled them with the lids.
|The boys both played a phonics game on the Ipad
|Jocelyn practiced cursive
|Since the girls are doing the same spelling this year, they can play games against each other. Pretty tense!
|We had a little play dough fun! Jocelyn is pretty creative...she made a cake here!
Apples! Tis the season!! We have an apple tree out front...don't ask what kind. I have no clue. We made several apple recipes...carmel apple crisp and strawberry apple sauce were the kids favorite!
|To make applesauce...we peel the apples, slice them, put them in a cover pan on medium heat with just a little bit of water. After 15 mins we toss them into the blender. Puree them. Add sugar and strawberries and whoola!!! Easy peasy!
|We are still out enjoying outside activities! We went to the sprayground and beach this week!


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I love the boots that you picked up! I pretty much avoided the sales this year - I got quite a few bits for Christmas which set me up nicely for the start of the year - I hate online shopping at the moment too, there's just so much for sale it's all a bit overwhelming and I often can't find anything! Much prefer in store sale shopping I think!ReplyDelete
sale shopping is a battle haha! I often end up in the full price section as I can't be bother to go though all the rails! :) xxDelete
That bag is lovely, and those boots are such a great find too! xReplyDelete
thanks holl! I wasn't 100% sure until I tried them on but they are super soft which is such a bonus haha :) xxDelete
Fabulous purchases!ReplyDelete
ah thanks you! :) xxDelete
That bag is so cute and those shoes! Great finds.ReplyDelete
thanks nicola! I don't get much in the sale usually but I was chuffed with these little bits :) xxDelete
Love the bag and shoes, you found some great things xReplyDelete
eleanor's adventures // UK Fashion & Beauty BlogReplies
thankks so much eleanor! :) xxDelete
The tea tree toner sounds perfect - I gotta get to Lush and try that out. Can you believe I've never bought anything from Lush? It seems like it's a blogger's requirement at this stage but I have yet to try it! Next pay check though... I'll be there!ReplyDelete
Claire // Technicolour Dreamer // Bloglovin'Replies
haha oh you must- get your bum down there ;) I recommend the shower gels, shampoo bars and fresh face masks to start with too (but there's so many other things to try!) xxDelete
That bag is so cute. I own way too many duffle bags already though!! Cant wait to see an outfit post with those boots. Love them. Nic x frecklesnfrolics.blogspot.co.ukReplyDeleteReplies
thanks nic! oh ditto- I don't know why but I bloody love buying duffle bags haha :) xxDelete
Beautiful boots! <3 I've never braved the Lush sale, but despite all the troubles they've had - I might well attempt it next year. The shampoo bars are amazing, I took one travelling and it was so much better than carrying around bottles!ReplyDelete
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the online sale is a mixed bag- the site is very temperamental! if you pop in store you can pick up their gift sets in the sale- that's one of my fave sale buys! :) xxDelete
You can never have too many shoes right? Fab picks! I can't face sales but searching for accessories seems like a perfect way to shop them!ReplyDelete
Rachael xo
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same- all those rails argh!! I much prefer sneaking off to the shoe section ;) xxDelete
i'm generally not much of a fan of topshop (for myself) but i am loving those boots!ReplyDeleteReplies
They can be a bit hit and miss- sometimes I find nothing I like at all :) xxDelete
I absolutely love that soap from lush.ReplyDeleteReplies
I haven't tried it yet but it looks the business :) xxDelete
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Can you believe this is the last Monday in June already and that Friday is already the 4th. We are planning on having a cookout with the family. Hubby's brother is coming in from Texas...The kids are so excited!! They only get to see their uncle a few times a year, mostly on holidays, and they are over the moon for him. They don't get to see my two brothers as one lives in New York and I haven't seen the other one is close to 18 years even though he lives only 30 minutes to an hour away.
We had a quiet week last week. We have been having lots of wonderful rain off and on and when it is not raining the kids are outside, in the pool, or finding something fun to do inside (like reading!!) when it gets hot in the afternoon. I have been trying to walk at least 30 minutes a few times a week. Didn't make it out this morning because I slept in till...8:00. The little man woke me up at 4:30 this morning coughing. Not sure what was going on. Lulu wondered if little brother might have been snoring like their Papa and choked on his slobbers. Usually when he coughs like he was this morning he is getting ready to blow chunks so I high tailed it out of bed and into his room but he was out cold. Of course the adrenaline was ramped up by that time and I had a wee bit of trouble going back to sleep.
Once I got up and running we had a late breakfast of chocolate chip pancakes with butter, syrup, cool whip and cherries. YUMMY!! This is the second time in my life that I have ever made pancakes and didn't burn them. I'm so proud!! I have discovered the secret of pancake cooking...are you ready...it is... patients grasshopper. I always want to crank up the heat and get them done as fast as possible but that DOES NOT work.
I have also been working on some new items for the Storybook Felts shop. I will share them as soon as I get more ready. I also have a book to share with you sometime this week (I hope).
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It's been a busy week at The Tank Museum due to Tank 100 celebrations, a hundred years since the first use of tanks at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette during the Somme. Here are our favourite photographs of the occasion.
On September 15 1916 the new mysterious weapon – the Mark I tank – was unveiled. 49 were earmarked, 32 made it to the start line and, of those, only 18 went into action. For many of the men in the tanks, it was their first experience of war. For some, it was their last. 150,000 men fought at Flers and there were 30,000 casualties, including those of the Heavy Section of the Machine Gun Corps.
To pay tribute to the centenary, the Museum's Mark IV replica traveled to Trafalgar Square to mirror the 'Tank Banks' of the First World War. Past and present met at noon, when it then drove to Horse Guards to meet the Challenger 2 – the tank currently used by the British Army. The Royal Tank Regiment were joined by the Household Cavalry, representing the move from the warhorse to the horsepower of the tank.
Commemorations continued two days later at The Tank Museum in Bovington at the Tank 100 event. Before a display of historic vehicles since the First World War, the British Army shared the vehicles currently in use. The public also saw Ajax – Britain's newest armoured vehicle – for the very first time.
The day closed with a re-enactment of First World War trench warfare using the Mark IV replica alongside the Gordon Highlanders and Great War Society, after which the Royal Tank Regiment and the Challenger 2 came onto the arena. Following a moving ceremony and minutes silence, a replica First World War aircraft scattered poppies over the soldiers and tanks with a simultaneous poppy explosion.
The events were a huge success; thank you to all who were involved for helping us create such a fitting commemoration for the brave men of our first tank crews, who are honoured in the Tank Men exhibition at The Tank Museum.


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Panic At The Disco Takes Cues from the Golden Age of Rock For 'Pretty. Odd.'
Having retreated to the mountains outside of their hometown following an intense period of touring, Panic At The Disco was determined to shed some of their emo-rock skin, and instead, focus on writing an album that would reflect their admiration for the music of their parents' generation (the group's members are all under, or barely of, the legal drinking age).
"We talked about how all of our favorite records, sonically, were probably from between 1965 and 1970," says guitarist and main lyricist Ryan Ross. "That was where we started—thinking about how to make a record that sounded more timeless than our first album."
Drawing inspiration from the Beatles, the Kinks, and the Plastic Ono Band, as well as the lush and eccentric scores of group hero Danny Elfman, Panic At The Disco decided to stand on the shoulders of giants to look for its future sound. As a result, the story behind the making of Pretty. Odd is one of traditional analog-recording tools, classic studio techniques, an affinity for Beatles-era production effects, and elaborate arrangements utilizing non-traditional rock instruments.
Recognizing that they could not concoct songs to the scale of their imaginations alone, Panic sought the council of musical mentor/producer Rob Mathes—the orchestral arranger for the likes of Lou Reed, Jay-Z, Yo Yo Ma, Ghostface Killah, Pavarotti, and Avril Lavigne. Mathes had done his fair share of producing in the past, though pretty consistently for artists of the adult contemporary ilk (Vanessa Williams, Carly Simon). The pairing was a bit unlikely—one that would leave many wondering what the common ground was that attracted these two musical forces.
"An opportunity to record a cover with the band came up for the re-release of Danny Elfman's The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack," explains Mathes. "Ryan and Brendon [Urie, guitarist] had done a work-up of the song 'This Is Halloween,' with guitar and vocals, and my manager had suggested to Ryan that he work with me, as I could orchestrate the song straight down the Elfman route. I got the demo, and I was delighted. They'd totally gone for it—recording all kinds of crazy vocal parts. Ryan and I traded emails, and I told him I was just going to go nuts on it, and write a full orchestral score to match their tracks."
Mathes met Ross for the first time in the studio during the "This Is Halloween" orchestral tracking sessions. "I had scored these strange licks for contra bassoon and bass clarinet—the kind of parts most pop bands would kind of dismiss, and instead ask me to bring up the guitars in that section," says Mathes. "But Ryan was like, 'Let's take the guitars out of there, and bring the woodwinds up.' He was really into it."
At that point, Panic had already begun working on songs for its second album. Being so totally enchanted with Elfman's soundtracks, Ross and the rest of the band had originally wanted Elfman himself to produce the record. But, at the beginning of last year, Mathes got another call from his manager, asking if he'd like to produce the band's next release.
"At that point, I'd started doing some more producing—trying to branch out a bit," says Mathes. "But this is a business of typecasting. If you have a Vanessa Williams credit, it's almost impossible that you'll get to produce a Panic At The Disco record. It's like the motion-picture industry. 'Rob Mathes? He has done David Sanborn and Michael McDonald. He's the last person we want.' So, of course, I said yes."
Panic first demoed the Pretty. Odd songs at the band's home studio in Las Vegas.
"We have a pretty basic demo-recording setup in Spencer's [Smith, drums] house," Ross says. "We have a few mics, and we use Apple GarageBand and Pro Tools LE. Our demos never sound that good, but we like the process of recording ourselves."
As the main songwriter for A Fever You Can't Sweat Out, Ross says that he collaborated much more with his bandmates on the songs for Pretty. Odd.
"Jon and I wrote a lot together on guitar," he explains, "and we both did a lot of writing on our own, as well. Brendon has a couple songs on the album, too. This time around, we were all really involved."
Functioning as producer, guitarist, keyboardist, and arranger on Pretty. Odd, Mathes dug in deep with Panic to mold their rough songs into elaborate orchestral numbers.
"Rob was a total fountain of knowledge for us," says Ross. "Anything we wanted to know, he either already knew, or he could help us figure it out. He has gotten me closer to the music in my head than anyone else. He's the first person I've met who truly understands the music we're trying to make."
"Conceptually, they wanted someone who could make their music into an event," adds Mathes. "They wanted to say, 'Welcome to the sound of Pretty. Odd. They wanted the record to be this festival of vibes. People will hear references to Sgt. Pepper and Brian Wilson's Smile—in that the music is so peculiar in this beautiful way—but it's still so Panic At The Disco."
Working closest with Ross throughout the entire production, Mathes says he was enthralled with the young artist's tastes.
"When Ryan goes home at night, he's listening to Danny Elfman and Alfred Hitchcock scores," says the producer. "If he's listening to the Beatles, it's a George Harrison solo record, or the song on Yellow Submarine that no one likes. I told him early on that anything he wanted to do musically—anything at all he could dream up—we could do."
In order to achieve such lofty goals, Mathes needed to find an amazing recording engineer. Enter NYC-based engineer Claudius Mittendorfer, once the assistant, and then tracking engineer for Rich Costey (Muse, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, The Mars Volta). With the right personnel in hand, Panic hit their hometown's top-of-the-line recording facility, Studio At The Palms in October 2007 to begin tracking.
Laying Down Basics
As soon as the members entered the studio, the band went straight to work on "Nine In The Afternoon," the album's first single. Everyone had agreed in an early meeting with Mittendorfer that the band would track live to tape.
"In our initial conversations—and on 'Nine In The Afternoon' specifically—the biggest point we wanted to get across was that we wanted to sound like a real band," says Ross. "Tracking this album live to tape was totally new to us, and it immediately made everything more organic sounding. It also helped us change and develop our parts during tracking, because we'd do ten complete takes of a song, instead of comping every little piece together, and we tended to change what we were playing each time. We ended up with some really cool stuff that we wouldn't have played had we recorded the parts separately into a DAW."
"We just recorded a bunch of takes—circa 1968 recording style," adds Mathes. "I would listen to all the takes, put together an edit, and then we'd do a few overdubs. But the basic tracks—guitar, bass, drums, and piano—were preserved as one performance we could work from."
Like many songs on Pretty. Odd, "Nine In The Afternoon" is energetic pop rock super-sized by huge vocal harmonies and enormous string and horn sections. However, at the core, Panic is a naturally animated band, and having been captured honestly, theirs is a rock sound that stands out even within the lush Mathes arrangement.
Mittendorfer captured a variety of sonic personalities by first meeting with each member to discuss a variety of possible sounds for their respective parts.
"You always want to have a few options in the end," says Mittendorfer. "You want to get an edgy sound, and go for an extra flavor, but you want to have a way out of that sound, too. So I always had two amps running when recording Ryan's guitars. For example, one would be a traditional clean Fender Twin sound, and the other would be some glitch-y, freaked-out amp. Most of the time, the two amps summed together would make up the sound we were going for."
The tracking setup placed Smith's drum kit in the large live room, guitar and upright piano in the two isolation booths, and bass in a third isolated alcove. All tracks were cut to a Studer A827 Gold Edition two-inch, 24-track recorder using RMG 900 tape aligned to +6/185, and synced to Pro Tools using Audio Kinetics synchronizers. This left Mittendorfer a total of 22 tracks to work with (minus two tracks for a click and timecode).
"Every song's core was tape-based," he assures. "Only the overdubs were done straight to Pro Tools. On certain songs with minimal overdubs, such as 'That Green Gentleman,' about 75 percent of the song was actually cut to tape live in the studio."
Guitar Tracks
There is a ton of variety in the guitar sounds on Pretty. Odd. For example, for the lead guitar on "That Green Gentleman," Ross wanted a dirty fuzz guitar sound or, as Mathes describes it: "Something like the old Hiwatt amps Pete Townsend used where the sound is like metal, but it's not hyper distorted. It's edgy, but clean enough so that you can hear the chords. To get that nasty, yet really close and direct-sounding distortion, I ran the guitar into a Radial DI with a Jensen transformer, and then routed a Neve 1081 preamp into another 1081. Even though hitting the tape mellowed out the sound a bit, I still had to use a low-pass filter, because fuzzy guitars can get unbearably bright."
For the pop-rocker, "When The Day Met The Night," Ross wanted to make a unique sitar sound with his guitar. The guitarist describes his signal chain as "a combination of a Korg Kaoss pad used as a filter, and a Danelectro sitar pedal mixed with an EBow to get a smooth sound with almost no attack, and some reverb to really widen the track."
On most of Ross' lead-guitar parts, Mittendorfer miked the guitarist's Fender Twin Reverb with a Royer R-121, and his Vox cabinet (with either a Vox head, or a 36-watt Satellite Atom head) with an active Royer R-122.
"I mic the amps roughly two inches from the grille, and a little off center of the cone," describes Mittendorfer. "It's always helpful to use a flashlight to actually find the center, before you try to go a little off to the left or right of the cone. I try to get as close as I can without annihilating the microphone, but as the active Royer can't take as much volume level as the passive one, I can only get within two inches. To combat phasing issues, I have to place each mic at an equal distance from the cone—hence my two-inch rule."
Drum Sounds
On Smith's drums, Mittendorfer switched mics on a song-by-song basis. Mimicking his approach to recording guitar, sought to capture two disparate drum sounds per song—the first being a clean, straight rock kit, and the second being a more distorted, vibey kit that would ultimately be mixed slightly under the straight sound.
"I would get a core drum sound—kick, snare, overheads, and room mics—that was pretty clean and uncompressed," he says. "I wouldn't even EQ the overheads. I'd just get a nice level to tape, and be done with it. But, I'd add a second kit sound that was heavily compressed, vibey, and dark to help fill out the mix, and give the drums some character."
For his room sounds, Mittendorfer used two stereo pairs, one near and one far.
"A lot of times, the bombastic room sound didn't fit with the songs we were recording, but I wanted to record them for the fills," he notes. "I used a pair of Coles 4038s that would naturally create this other 'mono-fat-compressed' kit sound. I'd run them through the Chandler TG1, and that would be my 'exciting drum sound.' In that sense, the close mics I used were really just for extra attack on individual parts of the kit."
The main kick-drum mic was a Soundelux ifet7, which Mittendorfer switched off with an AKG D12 if the sound needed a bit more of a modern edge. Mittendorfer got a "vibe-y" alternate kick sound using a Brauner Phantom C that, due to the proximity effect, added some sub low-end sounds, and a bit of natural distortion.
As for mic placement on the kick, Mittendorfer says, "I placed the two mics directly next to one another, about two inches back from the front head—which had a hole that wasn't directly in the middle. I would generally keep the mics centered, looking at the beater. If that didn't give me enough attack, I would move the 'clean' mic to the side of the hole, angled in and aimed directly at the beater."
Mittendorfer miked Smith's snare with a Josephson e22.
"I don't really mic the top and bottom of the snare, but, sometimes, I'll hang a Crown PZM mic below the snare to pick up a little of the kick, and a little bit of the snares," he explains.
"Because the PZM is not set on a surface, it sounds really weird, and, actually, it can be quite a useful sound. On one song, I put the PZM on the side of the snare and heavily effected it with reverb. On another, we put a PZM inside a big metal trash can right next to Spencer, and that sounded really good. Basically, as every song was a clean slate, and, as we were tracking live, I was changing and tailoring the setups for the edgier sounds on each song."
Mittendorfer says that he, in part, applied the Glyn Johns technique to mic the drums on the last three songs of the album, using two Coles 4038s—one set up above the kit, and one off to the side, next to the floor tom.
"I would add in two mics to capture the cymbals better—two DPA 4011s as overheads—measured out to be the same distance from the snare as these two 4038s," he explains. "It's pretty simple. That ended up being the overall setup on the kit and cymbals."
Recording the Bass
Mittendorfer usually had three signal paths going for Jon Walker's bass—one capturing a clean direct sound (courtesy of the Radial JV DI), one for Walker's main Ampeg SVT amp (miked by a Neumann FET47 placed about a foot away), and the last from the back of the SVT head (which he would later effect for Walker's "weird" bass sounds).
"Jon brought this Gibson SG bass guitar that had literally no top end—which, at first, concerned me, because that modern rock bass sound is all about that fret-buzzing, heavy attack sound," says Mittendorfer. "But, ultimately, the bass he used was a welcome change, because it was totally out of the way of the guitar and piano. It just sat really low, and never got lost."
Walker's creative use of bass effects added a whole new dimension to the album.
"On a few songs, he used this tiny little combo with reverb on it—which was kind of interesting," says Mittendorfer. "I don't think I've ever put reverb on a bass track, but this made for a springy, bright bass flavor that didn't really sound like reverb at all. We'd run this effect, or I'd add a little distortion to the top end on the third channel, to get a livelier sound. But, of course, we always had the clean DI to fall back on in case we wanted to re-amp him or something. It's wise to always have at least one direct sound recorded in case you get too crazy with effects."
The Piano
Recording Panic's upright piano to tape was a "rare treat" and "opportunity to use some interesting effects" for Mittendorfer. Once the instrument was set up in the studio's isolation booth, Mittendorfer says he removed the piano's front panel to expose the hammers.
"For a traditional piano sound, I placed a stereo pair of mics on the hammer side. But for my weird piano sound, I'd have one mic at the hammer side, and another mic in the room. The second mic was run first into a Lexicon PCM 42 delay before going into a DI to get a weird modulating delay on the piano."
Vocal Sessions
Urie's lead vocals were recorded in a deadened portion of the main live room that was closed off with tall gobos. The signal path was a Neumann U47, Neve 1073, and a Universal Audio 1176 (set to light compression) before hitting tape. Changing his approach ever-so-slightly, Mittendorfer set Ross up for his lead vocals in the piano booth for a closer, more intimate sound. He captured the guitarist's voice with a modified Apex 460 sent through the same 1073 to 1176 chain.
The three-part harmonies and group vocals were tracked around a single mic.
"Doing the harmonies with three of us singing at the same time was really hard, but I really like how it sounds—it's not exactly perfect," notes Ross.
To capture the background vocals, Mittendorfer set up a Neumann M149 in the middle of the main live room, and placed the three performers in a triangle around it, allowing a few feet of space between the singers to bring some of the room's ambience into the vocal track.
As with every other basic track, Mittendorfer recorded an effect-heavy alternate to the main clean vocal.
"Walker came up with a cool trashcan vocal sound for 'The Piano Knows Something I Don't Know,' says Mittendorfer. "Next to the U47 vocal mic, I set up an SM57 plugged straight into this tiny Orange practice amp placed face-up at the bottom of a four-foot tall metal trash can. Then, I placed a U87 set to omni at the top of the trash can. I patched the signal through the PCM 42 in the "x2" mode for a lo-fi sound, and I also put a tiny bit of a delay on it—about 250ms—to give the vocal some extra space."
Strings in the Beatles' Hood
Throughout the songwriting and recording process, Mathes sang or played his orchestration ideas for the band, leery of using any kind of synthesized stand-ins.
"We did our best to hear what he was coming up with in our heads," says Ross. "Some of the parts he arranged are based on melodies that were on our demos, and some are just his ideas, or his interpretations of our suggestions. For example, we wanted 'When The Day Met The Night' to sound like summer. On another song, I asked him to make it sound like you're in the middle of the ocean."
Abbey Road Studios One and Two happen to be Mathes' preferred environments for string sessions, and so it was his suggestion—not the band's—that they do orchestral tracking there. But the band became excited about the sessions when the members discovered that senior engineer Peter Cobbin mixed two records that piqued Ross' interest: the 1999 re-issue of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, and Elfman's Charlie & The Chocolate Factory soundtrack.
"Ryan was passionate about not making the record sound too 'good' in the mixing stage," says Mathes. "He wanted it to sound like the Plastic Ono Band records, and the early McCartney solo records, where you're actually hearing the songs as they would have been performed—not some kind of astonishing sonic manipulation."
Mixing at Abbey Road
Mixing Pretty. Odd in Studio Three at Abbey Road on a 96-channel SSL 9000 J console, Cobbin says he also utilized the room's other console—an original EMI TG 12345—as well as EQ units, compressor/limiters, and effects held over from the Beatles era.
"Based on my talks with Rob and Ryan, I was prepared to be experimental," says Cobbin, "They wanted me to go a little wacky. After spending some days going through the songs, I scoped out my gear and began to set up a mix chain."
Cobbin took a kind of minimal approach to the main rhythm tracks.
"There was enough proper acoustic perspective, because everything had been recorded so well, that I was able to keep everything fairly natural, but still build on each sound using some of the distorted and grittier options Claudius captured. I wouldn't use all of the bass tracks, for example, but I would filter the bass DI track, and pan that very low-end sound up the middle. Then, I'd take one of the edgier bass sounds, and pan it off to the right to spread the sound of the bass throughout the stereo image."
Cobbin adds that he also employed some mixing tricks from the Beatles heyday.
"I fed the drums through a pair of antique EMI RS 124s, which are heavily EMI-modified Altec compressors. As far as limiter/compressors go, that's the sound of the Beatles."
Ross feels Cobbin had the biggest impact on the vocal sounds on Pretty. Odd.
"The vocal sounds changed quite a bit during the mix stage," he says. "For example, I really like the dryness of the reverb on the vocals for 'Pas De Cheval'. It sounds like one of those old Animals records, with that R&B kind of soul reverb."
"How I did that was by running the vocal through the RS 124, and then sending the signal to a tape machine for some tape delay," explains Cobbin. "Actually, the tape acts like a pre-delay, and, in effect, that keeps the perspective of the vocal quite dry. I'd also vary the tape speed to match the delay to the pace of the song. Then, I brought the pre-delayed signal back to the console, and sent it to one of the studio's tube plate reverbs. That signal chain gives you this very pleasant 'after sound,' without the reverb effect washing the vocal out."
In some cases, the original tracks were so well isolated that Cobbin simulated some track bleed to create a more vintage live-in-a-room sound.
"For example, I might have the piano panned hard left," he says, "but I'd run the signal into a chamber reverb, and pan the reverberated sound hard right. That added some faint ghosting that sounds like signal bleed, and it also adds a bit more character to the piano sound. In addition, I ran most of the piano through an original EMI RS 127 EQ—arguably, one of the first pieces of outboard gear. It's an EQ that was used extensively through the '60s, and it was one of the main EQs used on Beatles sessions."
Cobbin didn't stop there. He constantly added some choice Abbey Road signature touches to the Panic mixes. To make "I Have Friends in Holy Spaces" sound like it's playing on an old record, he sent the console mix to a single Celestion greenback speaker (famously used in guitar cabinets), and miked it with one of the oldest ribbon mics in the world—an EMI double ribbon stereo mic designed and built by Alan Blumlein. On a couple of songs, Cobbin ran the guitars and vocals through a 1968 Leslie cabinet miked with the Coles 4038 that was used as Ringo Starr's mono overhead mic. He also employed Beatles-era effects such as ADT (Automatic Double Tracking), and tape phasing and flanging. For "Nothern Downpour," he cut an acetate of some vocals and acoustic guitar from the song's end, tossed the disc on the carpet, and swirled it around with his foot until it played back with just the right balance of static. Then, he made a loop of the sound for the song's introduction and outro. ("It plays low in the mix throughout the song, as well," Cobbin reveals.)
Arguably, it's Cobbin's skillfully devised effects and creative use of panning that adds the enduring quality to Pretty. Odd, leaving listeners with a lot of sonic quirks to rediscover on repeated listens. Is Pretty. Odd modern rock's answer to Sgt. Pepper? That's a lofty claim that would leave many critics scoffing, but Panic At The Disco's latest album undeniably stands heads and shoulders above most other radio-ready releases you're likely to encounter this year.


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Top Ten RealtyLab Posts for 2013
Every year, around this time, I surf through my blog statistics and try to get some idea of how I did over the course of the year. Did I pick up subscribers? what posts got the most views? which received the most comments? The goal of this exercise is to see what's working and what isn't. Pretty simple, really. So, without further ado here are the top ten posts of 2013.
Number 10. We have seen it a fair bit this year, and lets hope the tide is turning as more and more people get reported but it still never fails to surprise me when an agent uses other agent's pictures to create fake ads on 3rd party sites like Craigslist or Kijiji. Surprisingly, the public hasn't heard the old expression….if it is too good to be true, it probably is. We call it Gaming the System.
Number 9. I had a lot of fun with this one because it combines two of my favourite things; office meetings and infographics. I asked agents at my office how they went from a phone call at the office to a listing a home. I called it The Ultimate Pricing Guide.
Number 8. My friendly neighbourhood Coburg agent Dave Chomitz, who follows me everywhere (or is it I that follows him) gave me the idea for this post. He had an idea…and doesn't it all just start with an idea, on how to build his own real estate market. Check out his success and then come up with your own Niche Marketing Ideas.
Number 7. Surprisingly 3 of my top 10 of 2013 were actually written and published in 2012. Talk about longevity. But when the content is still relevent, that can happen. In this case I wrote about a seller who wanted to sign back for more than the asking price. What should stand out in any agent's mind is that if you list a home low in order to get multiple offers, you need to explain to sellers what could happen if the plan doesn't work.
Number 6. Saw a few cases of this during the year. A house is sold and the appliances that were thought to be included were different when the buyer took possession. This made us conclude that listing agents need to CLEARLY educate sellers about inclusions and exclusions,but more importantly, buyer agents need to do their own due diligence in marking down the important stuff. I called this one, The Old Bait and Switch
Number 5. Another hit from 2012. I did a bunch of research on this one and then, while attending NAR in Orlando I learned a fundamental thing about open houses. After 20+ years in the business it never occurred to me that people who went into your open house weren't there to look at the house. They were there to check you out. I guess it is true…Open houses aren't for suckers.
Number 4. How many times have you heard Sellers say 'boy, I should have taken that first offer'? Probably never because that would be like admitting defeat. Still it was fun to write about The First Offer is the Best Offer.
Number 3. This one is my proudest blog post because it's a video (featuring ME!) and most viewed video on YouTube. The content is pretty good too and drove this post to become the most shared on 2013. Nuff said. Here's your opportunity to watch How to Become a Real Estate Super Hero. Blammo
Number 2. The last man standing of 2011. The anatomy of a Canadian Realtor. Funny how two of the top ten posts are infographics.
And finally, drum roll please, the Number 1 blog post of 2013 remains my post on agent statistics that I did in 2012. Probably due for an update soon but I suspect the ratios will remain pretty consistent. It seems that agents want to know how they stack up to the other 38,000 agents in their market.
Well thanks everyone for a fun year. Look forward to another year of fun and discussion.