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Sell Your Film As Art/
The NY Times has an intriguing article on the owners of the copyright of "Kiss Of The Spider Woman" who have packaged the film, it's rights, and various other support materials, and have hopes netting a windfall. I have always wondered why more filmmakers don't go the Matthew Barney route and focus first on selling to "collections" as opposed to audiences. The Spider Woman's team's approach of going at long after the initial run and sales cycle is another route altogether. As library values decline faster and faster, perhaps all that will be left in the way of hope for some pension-esque fund will be those wealthy patrons and their butterfly collections.

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Maxx is a 5 year old Doberman owned by local barber, Dewayne Mercer. Just like his name Maxx, he was given to his human by a client because he was too maxximum to handle! His life Mutto... "If you can't be good, be good at it."
What's it feel like being nominated to be Fur Ball's King? I never not feel like a king.
Favorite four-legged film or Celeb dog? Zeus & Apollo
Why do they call you Maxx? Because it would be dumb to be named Sue.
Worst habit? Plucking feathers from my dad's throw pillows
Favorite treat? Anything that I'm not supposed to have
Best playmate? My other fur siblings
Top trick? Making toilet rolls disappear
Those funny dreams where you kick and bark, what are you dreaming of? Martini's & bikini's
What do you like most about your Humans? The butt scratches & his dashing good looks.
If you had a human job, what would it be? Definitely not a mailman
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Does anyone not know the story? The man-cub Mowgli (Neel Sethi) flees the jungle after a threat from the tiger Shere Khan (Idris Elba). Guided by Bagheera (Ben Kingsley) the panther and the bear Baloo (Bill Murray), Mowgli embarks on a journey of self-discovery, though he also meets creatures who don't have his best interests at heart.
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If Web 2.0 is about collaboration through online tools and and "the market as a conversation", then DonorsChoose.org is a shining example of Philanthropy 2.0. This innovative website connects public schools in need of resources with donors, who can fund any of the educational projects posted online. Requests for classroom range from pencils and paper to digital cameras and computers, and potential donors can search for projects by the school's geographic location, subject area, keyword, or amount of the funding request. In an age of charitable and corporate accounting scandals, the transparency of DonorsChoose.org is refreshing. After a proposal has been fully funded by one or more donors, the organization purchases the necessary items and ships them directly to the school. Donors then receive thank-you notes from students and teachers as well as an expenditure report so donors know their tax-deductible gifts were spent as intended.
But if 100% of the contribution goes directly to classroom materials, who funds the overhead expenses of DonorsChoose.org? According to a recent Slate.com article, 93% of donors elect to add 15% to their donation to cover operating expenses.
To date, DonorsChoose.org has raised more than $12 Million for students across the country, and has funded 3000 proposals for art and music classrooms. A quick search for the keyword "technology" in "art and music" subjects yielded 233 open proposals, including "Writing Pictorial Instructions For The Technology Center". In this proposal, a high school teacher requests funds for the materials needed for her students to create a manual for the school's technology center. The students will write a description of a task's step-by-step process, take a photograph of each step, and develop a PowerPoint presentation of the task for the teacher. The Technology teachers will use the work instructions to help teach new procedures to technology students.
With many grassroots arts organizations also struggling to purchase materials for administration, education, and community outreach, there is a clear need for a similar service to connect these organizations with potential donors. And indeed it may not be far behind. DonorsChoose.org has already inspired spin-off websites in China to find donors for small rural schools. Can arts managers work together to form a similar philanthropic network for the arts community?


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An Apology for "The Hovel"/
I think my husband is tired of letting me name things. Our life is becoming a living encyclopedia for the work of William Shakespeare. We have a car named "Hal," a plant named "Brutus," and I'm trying to figure out how to convince Ian to let me use "Miranda" as the middle name of a future daughter. (I have a particularly soft spot in my heart for The Tempest.)
Needless to say, when it was time to dream up titles for all of our new endeavors at CenterForLit, nothing was safe. I suggested an alternative Shakespearean title for every new product we're releasing. Most of them got shot down, but as a consolation prize everyone was kind enough to let me name the blog.
I had an excellent professor introduce me to Shakespeare. His passion for the Bard's language and art was contagious. He burned into my memory that every word of Shakespeare's has significance—every last word.
It was this professor who first walked me through the chaotic story of King Lear, a man whose own pride strips him of authority, family, and ultimately the roof over his head.
One of my favorite moments of the play takes place in Act 3 Scene 3, right in the center of the King Lear's five acts. It is an uncharacteristic moment of peace. Abandoned by his daughters in the forest during a fierce storm, with nowhere to go, Lear is comforted by Kent, his one loyal companion:
"Gracious my lord, hard by here is a hovel. Some friendship will it lend you 'gainst the tempest"(3.3.61-62).
Following Lear's unbridled rage and preceding his ultimate death and loss, he is offered comfort in the middle of confusion. It is no palace, but it is somewhere to find relief from the rain and wind.
This show of compassion seems to inspire a glimmer of sympathy in Lear. At the door of the hovel, before entering, he observes:
"Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm,
How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides,
Your looped and windowed raggedness defend you
From seasons such as these? O I have ta'en
Too little care of this. Take physic, pomp,
Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel,
That thou mayst shake the superflux to them
And show the heavens more just. (3.4.28-36).
For once the king turns his eyes outward and takes pity on his suffering subjects who have never enjoyed the luxuries of a palace. He counsels himself to "expose" his own royal person to the elements to "feel what wretches feel," so that he may sympathize with their plight. He then immediately puts his thought to action, befriending "Poor Tom a' Bedlam" and insisting the disguised son of Gloucester join him inside the shelter of the hovel. There we are led to believe Lear and Tom hold quiet discussions of philosophy, and wait for the storm to pass.
It is our hope that the CenterForLit blog, and our community in general, will offer this kind of shelter from life's tempests. Perhaps in the middle of all the chaos and pressure to perform, The Hovel may be a place to gather together and dry ourselves from the wind and rain. Instead of responding with fury and despair at our inability to measure up, we can find comfort in the grace of common human experience as we share our personal stories with each other, as well as look to the example of literature's Great Stories.
And perhaps like Lear's Fool, we can eventually end up dancing and singing in the rain, joyfully aware of our own imperfection:
"He that has and a little tiny wit,
With heigh-ho, the wind and the rain,
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
Though the rain it raineth every day." (3.2.74-77).
So I hope that Ian forgives me for fan-girling over Shakespeare once again. And I hope that this Hovel will lend you some friendship against the tempest.


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The desert in Las Vegas was nothing less than scorching hot for the 2014 World Wake Surf Championship. The event was held at the beautiful Hilton Lake Las Vegas. Every rider from amateur to pro came in from around the globe to show the world what they have and claim their spot on the prestigious podium. With the winds kicking up it added a whole new challenge to locking down a spot as the best wake surfer in the world!
Two specific riders came into the event with perfect records from the competitive season. Ashley Kidd & Keenan Flegel both had a flawless year on tour, mowing down everyone in their path. They both were fiercely focused on finishing out a perfect year by throwing their biggest and baddest trick awing the crowd. Keenan was the reigning surf style champion and kept a perfect season in both skim and surf by taking the top spot in both disciplines. Ashley has been focused and on fire this year on her goal to win her first ever world championship, and she did just that with her huge air 180's and clean shuvs.
It was a dramatic comeback for veteran skimmer Sean Cummings and veteran surfer Jimmi Sparling after a long awaited return to the podium. Both athletes surpassed their younger competitors to achieve standings in the rankings. The award ceremony was both harmonious and exuberant as all the athletes and sponsors took to fashion to ring in the announcements. From sparkling dresses and high heels to tuxedos and flip flops, it was the best of the best at their best celebrating the best.
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The LifeQuake Phenomenon: Shifting From Disastering to Mastering Any Change Successfully
Based on Dr. Galardi's book, The LifeQuake Phenomenon, this presentation outlines the seven stages that we—our bodies, minds and spirits—move through as we convert intense, unasked for change into a passionate, purpose-driven life.
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- Pro-actively choose change yourself before it chooses you…
- Emerge from personal and professional quakes with resilience and new purpose…
- Defy age and build prosperity by becoming an agent of change in the workplace and the world…
The Abbondanza Method:
- Secrets Learned From My Italian Grandmother for Thriving In Abundance, No Matter What Life Throws At You
- Transform the natural fear of change into a process that is both exciting and creates passion for what comes next.
- Experience the easy to use techniques and watch emotional resistance to any breakdown instantly disappear.
- Learn the actual neuroscience of what creates change mastery through increasing oxytocin, our body's natural stress reliever.
Eight Italian Practices For Successful, Effective Leadership
Dr. Galardi shares 8 Italian practices that translate into successful leadership during crisis-driven transitions and daily breakdowns.
Connezione means connection. How do you build rapport and make genuine contact in a high stressed, fast paced environment?
Sprezzatura means appearing to make things look easy in a difficult transition or change.
Abbondanza means finding the gain in every breakdown or loss and you will still increase bottom line job satisfaction, loyalty and healthy employees.


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Striped maple trees can change sex from year to year; the female trees have a much higher mortality rate. more...
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The agger nasi, also known as the nasal ridge and the nasoturbinal concha, the agger nasi, is a raised ridge found in the nasal cavity. It functions along with other nasal conchae, or nasal turbinates, to divide the nasal passage and force inhaled air to travel in a steady controlled pattern around the temperature-controlling nasal tissue and the cilia. Cilia are hair-like protuberances that project from the larger cell bodies that line the nasal passage and serve to push air through the nasal chamber.
The nasal fossa, or the nasal cavity, is a large air-filled cavity that extends behind and above the nose. The purpose of the nasal cavity is to permit respiration and to warm cool air, cool warm air, and to filter out the debris that's in inhaled air before it reaches other areas of the respiratory tract. Within the nasal fossa are a series of nasal conchae which are long, thin, curled, and sponge-like shelves of bone that protrude into the nasal pathway. Conchae are located on both sides of the nasal cavity, which is divided into left and right sides by the septum, commonly known as the nose bone.
The nasal conchae extend out from the lateral nasal wall toward the middle of the nasal chamber and turn downward, which helps push air through the nasal cavity. The formation of the lateral wall can be variable, but generally it has three pairs of conchae in addition to the agger nasi. The superior nasal concha is the smallest and is located closest to the nose. The inferior nasal concha is the largest and is located above the maxilla, or upper jawbone, from which it arises. The middle nasal concha is situated between the superior and inferior conchae, and the agger nasi is located toward the middle of the anterior, or front, edge of it.
The atrium of the middle meatus is an opening or chamber that leads into the middle meatus, which is a crevice or passage located between the middle and inferior conchae. Directly above the atrium of the middle meatus sits the agger nasi, which is formed by a mucous membrane, or a sheet of mucous-producing tissue, that covers the ethmoidal crest of the maxilla. The ethmoidal crest is a bony peak that connects the ethmoid bone of the skull to the middle nasal concha. The ethmoid bone separates the brain from the nasal cavity.
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If you are someone who struggles for an outfit perfect for both day and night, or that you are not sure how to mix and match with one signature item, the new Am:Pm series will be perfect for you. Or to be more accurately, this is something I have been looking for. I live far away from the city centre. And that's why I always need an outfit I can wear for daytime office work and afterwork party life.
Without further ado, let's get started with the Topshop Metallic Pleated Skirt!
Metallic items have been on the trend for a while now. But the thing about metallic items is that you don't need many of them, or you don't wanna get many of them and end up chucking them away because they are out of trend the next season. So here's the day and night styling of the same pleated skirt!
11:00am Office / Cafe Hunt
Since it's a daytime look, I'd recommend a lighter colour tone and a softer texture to make your look more classy and sophisticated. Avoid items with an overly edgy touch or style which breaks the harmony of a peaceful morning. At the end of the day, all we want is just a cup of perfect coffee which wakes the city up.
7:00pm Party Time
Well, it's 7pm so coffee away and cocktails please. Say bye to lighter tones and soft textures. Bring out the bold and darker side of you. So here I go with a sexier top and leather jacket. Elevate the whole look with a pair of metallic heels and big earrings too. No one can say no to too many accessories at this time of the day, can you?
If you find this post useful and inspirational, perfect! That's all because I have the same struggles too! Say no to being overdressed in the morning but too dull for parties from now on. Look for the Am:Pm rules!
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Hello friends! It is time to share my Scrapbook Circle Designer's Choice layout for August.
To begin this project, I cut the patterned paper into strips and then sewed them to the base paper.
Next, I began to layer papers behind my photo. If you look closely, you will notice that I used the triangle stencil with molding paste to create a unique background.
I also loved the number stickers but wasn't sure how to incorporate them, so I ended up cutting them into strips and layering them with the other patterned papers at the top and bottom of the photo.
And since that wasn't enough, I also used some of Scrapbook Circle's exclusive cut files to create the tags that flow across the page. The tags we attached with foam squares but do have thread going through each one, behind the title, and then through the right-hand side of the layout.
I finished with some of the puffy stickers, the leather-look badge, and a bit of journaling.
While this is one of my busiest layouts to date and is about five inches high, I think it's fun and captures the mood and setting of the photo.
As always, thank you for stopping by today and I hope you are inspired to create!


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Buffet Recipes
Tarragon-flavored Grilled Vegetable Party Platter
Tarragon is a wonderful perennial herb. Last year, I was telling Lulu my wish to add tarragon to our herb garden. We were clueless about how to plant it. First, we made a big mistake when we bought Russian tarragon, which is very weak in flavor. The best is the French variety, but of course it is . It has a nice anise, "licorice-y" flavor. Anyway, now we have 4 beautiful French tarragon plants that are very vivacious. We have so much that I came up with a recipe for grilling summer vegetables that uses tarragon in two ways; first on the grill while I'm grilling the vegetables, and second as a tarragon-flavored vinaigrette. The result was, surprisingly, very nice.
I need some more ideas on how to use all the tarragon left I have. I'm open to any suggestions. I'll try to make your recipe and post a picture.
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Savory Goat Cheese Panna Cotta with Beluga Lentil Relish (Panna Cotta au Chevre et sa Macedoine de Legumes)
Panna cotta de chèvre frais et sa macédoine de légumes is a summery dish. It was such a sunny day today in the Bay Area, so I decided to make something refreshing and light.
In case you don't know, panna cotta is a firm jelly. It can be either be savory or sweet. Instead of using gelatin, I used agar for the vegetarians in the house. I paired the panna cottas with mixed vegetables and lentils to get a balanced meal with proteins, dairy and veggies.
I served them in little verrines. Verrine is just a fancy word for glasses but they are the latest trend in French cooking. If you host a buffet-style dinner, it's the ideal way to run a stress free party as this dish can be prepared in advance.
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text: Moderate Efficiency Gas Furnaces Offer Energy Savings and Reliable Performance If you've decided on one of our moderate efficiency gas furnaces, Mountainwest Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning in Salt Lake City has a wide selection of options for you. Each of these gas furnaces will help decrease your energy bills, and they'll operate smoothly for years to come. See more details about each product below, or call Mountainwest Service Experts at 385-399-0280 to learn more. EL296V Nowadays, a variable speed motor should probably be at the top of your list of must-haves if you're shopping for a new gas furnace in Salt Lake City. Paired with this motor, the EL296V has earned an AFUE rating of 96% and uses 66% less electricity than a standard motor. That means you'll see your energy expenses decrease for the same amount of heat. It doesn't get much better than that…until you hear about some of the other amazing benefits of this system: ENERGY STAR® designation Stainless steel secondary heat exchanger – to boost efficiency and bring additional heat SilentComfort™ technology – helps you notice the warmth, not the sound Enhanced humidity control – changes its speed to precisely control the air in your house Duralok Plus™ heat exchanger – for high reliability and energy efficiency EL195E Quiet. Reliable. Energy Efficient. What's the common thread in these words? They're all primary features of the EL195E gas furnace. First things first: this furnace has a completely insulated cabinet and secondary heat exchanger to bring warmth and comfort to your home in Salt Lake City with minimal operating sounds. You may not even hear it working – you'll only feel the warmth. Reliable performance is also one of the best features of the EL195E. Its Duralok Plus™ heat exchanger and SureLight® technologies make these gas furnaces reliable, durable and more efficient. 95% AFUE rating 33% increase in efficiency than average motors with Power Saver™ technology1 Sealed blower compartment minimizes losses for more comfort and energy efficiency Dual-fuel capability – combines electric and gas heat to optimize energy usage Stronger overall system efficiency with Power Saver™ technology, which could bring a higher SEER rating EL280 Wouldn't it be nice to have a furnace that produced higher heat on bitterly cold days and lower heat on more balmy days without you being required to do extra work? Lucky for you, the Lennox® EL280 does exactly that with its two-stage heating. With an energy rating of 80% AFUE, these gas furnaces will help Salt Lake City homeowners save on their energy bills. The dual-fuel capability can be combined with an electric heat pump to further lower heating costs by alternating between the systems depending on outside conditions. Continuous low-speed fan – circulates air for better indoor air quality Duralok™ heat exchanger – helps lengthen product life and increase reliability Durable steel cabinet – for sleek style and high-quality paint finish Sound-absorbing materials – to reduce operation sounds ML195 Yes, it's quite the investment to replace your Salt Lake City home's gas furnace. But have you researched how much you can save on utility bills with a new, high-efficiency furnace? It's a lot of money. The Lennox® ML195 has an AFUE (that's Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency) rating of 95%, and it can save you thousands every year . Don't thank our team. Thank the plethora features that make up this system: Duralok Plus™ heat exchanger – made of aluminized steel to ensure efficiency and reliability SureLight® ignitor – for longer product life and smooth operation Stainless Steel Secondary Heat Exchanger – allows higher efficiency levels by capturing extra heat Robust blower assembly – exceeds industry standard airflow for even temperatures Sealed blower compartment – allows just 1% leakage to cut down losses 1 When running at rated speed and capacity


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Photography Classes in Mildred MT
Interested in learning about photography in Mildred MT? No matter if you are a professional, beginner, or hobbyist, the best approach to improving your photography skills is through hands-on training with skilled instructors.
Montana offers many recognized and accredited photography schools. Topics taught in photography classes include lighting techniques, digital capture, outdoor photography, exposure, composition, and many other basic and advanced camera techniques. Becoming an experienced photographer can lead to a lifelong hobby or a booming professional career.
There are numerous Photography Classes in Mildred MT:
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125 College Dr
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How to Be a POWER Couple
Now I am not, NOT, going to tell you that you and your fiancé can easily become akin to Beyonce and if only you just XYZ. Uh, that's weird gang, I mean I think it's weird because being a couple has nothing to do with being famous and rich and adored by millions.
No, there is a different kind of 'power couple' I am going to explain. This kind is like Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard. It's like the Obama's or like Chip and Joanna Gaines. YES, they are all famous and likely rich, and definitely adored, but they are also genuine, and supportive, and make each other LAUGH. Read on for my tips on How to Be a Power Couple, as inspired by Julia + Chris.
Be in sync. How do you anticipate next moves and finish each others sentences? By being together A LOT. After all if you are married, or getting married, that should mean you like each other. It should also mean that you like spending time together. So, max it out. Run errands together, support one another's hobbies, hang out with friends together, etc. etc. You are now your partner's strongest advocate, their biggest fan, and, eventually, the one that knows them better than anyone else in the Universe.
Being in sync means that you make time for one another, no matter how busy your life is or gets you always find time and you prioritize it. Even if it means making less money, doing fewer things with people who don't matter, and, ultimately, falling deeper and deeper into LOVE.
I knew you were going to say that!
Compete for fun. Not, run a race together and just before the finish line push your hunny bear onto the pavement so you can stomp over them and win. No. That sounds horrid. Compete for fun, like make little bets for small amounts (one dollah), see who can get to the car first, make grocery shopping a race. Simple + fun.
Make everything in the future about 'us' and 'we' not 'you' or 'me'. I don't just mean joint bank accounts, I mean where you're living, where you want to go for vacation, what your goals are and how you define your purpose in life. The 'I' game doesn't fly in this scenario, think about how the two of you can accomplish goals and what would make the two of you healthy and happy, huzzah huzzah.
I promise to foster a life together that is full of adventure, simple joys, silliness...
Get over the awkward by being open and honest, almost to a fault. That means having no shame and no embarrassment. I'm a strong believer in telling the truth, softly, in keeping the bathroom door open and talking about tummy aches and bad dreams. If you really want your spouse to nurture and provide for you, mentally and spiritually, then you'll have to open the f up.
Stay on the bright side, together. You know those people who are like, 'Wah we have no money, everything is expensive, we don't like each other, we can never agree on stuff, his family doesn't like me' etc. etc. That is no power couple. If you are finding yourself trapped in negative cycle of woes and whines try starting with some positives. Say 5 things you're grateful for in the morning and then at night 5 things you liked about your day or that you are looking forward to for the next day.
You can start by doing this alone, but I like to leave my list where my hubs can see it, and read it if he wants (open book). Then upgrade to randomly saying, 'You are handsome', 'I like your hair today', 'You are my favorite' and 'Thank you for our life together'.
Push each other to a better place. I don't mean nag and point out short comings, I mean inspire and support and tell your loved one 'you can do it honey' or 'that's a great idea! I'll do it with you!' It's easier to reach goals when you feel supported and when someone holds you accountable.
YOU can do it >> honey <<
Complement each other. Like by being two halves of a whole. But also compliment each other. Say thank you, for anything warranting a thank you. Say please, whenever you ask for something. And tell each other compliments, especially when the other feels down or discouraged, always in the morning or when you leave each other. And vow to kiss consistently.
But most of all, love each other.
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I made a little D&D campaign for my friends in the town of Nyflot. Nyflot is a small town in the bend of a river. It has small amounts of retail, residential, and agricultural areas, but much of the town is devoted to the warehouses and docks that traffic in goods up and down the river. A lot of people come through Nyflot, but it's a only home to few.
Nyflot drew inspiration from the vast repertoire of media I've consumed lifelong, and I wanted to broach three of the specific elements I used. This is an exercise in writing, and it allows me to test/play with posting images in the blog. Let's go.
My very first idea for Nyflot was derived from the scene from the original X-Men film where Magneto puts Rogue into his machine. That image of Marie D'Ancanto with her hands stuck atop Liberty's torch became the story of the young hedge witch who'd been kidnapped and forced into a machine of sorts that used her as a magical conduit to wreak havoc on the town. Think of the machine as a laser, and she was the focusing crystal it needed to work. Where Magneto's machine mutated humans, this was designed to create a bisecting crevasse straight through the middle of town. My players raced to stop it.
The second element that I weaved into my story was that of the ghostly elf lord whose tower appeared at the edge of the town. His story wasn't directly relevant to the havoc-wreaking, but the players had to traverse his tower to reach the girl at the tip-top. Long ago, the elf lord's wife was poisoned and he encased her in a crystal to preserve her while he researched a cure. He died with this work unfinished, and so he continues to sit amongst his dilapidated books and papers fruitlessly trying to finish his life's work. I wrote this whole story for the elf lord before I realized it's mostly Mr. Freeze's story from Batman: The Animated Series. Whether it was conscious or unconscious, I embraced it and named my elf lord after Mr. Freeze: Victor.
In the end though, everything that had transpired was the work of a group calling themselves "the Danes." Mangled from "the mundanes," the Danes work to exterminate magic as an unfair advantage in the world. They do this by killing magic users and sowing distrust of magic among the common people. That's what they were doing by moving the tower to Nyflot: showing people how dangerous and destructive magic is. This was sort of a coda for the story, a "to be continued…" if you will. Anyways, this—almost exactly—would have been the story arc of 17th Precinct, had it been picked up. I considered it my way of continuing the show which had enormous potential.
Someday I'll actually write up what happened in Nyflot. Telling people what happened in D&D requires a lot of care so as not to scare or bore people, so it may be a while.
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I had never driven through the center of Zion National Park. Always on the outskirts at different borders. In October, on a chilly morning, I parked my car at the side of the road and carved the time to sketch the landscape with pencil on watercolor paper.
I've been sketching with pen and pencil while traveling for years now. Knowing that my next step, is to sit still, at home, and paint. From memory, with heart, and attempting advanced practice, with pictures.
It's time to study the country of my home state.
Art comes alive when you paint people, things, and places you love. Stay on top of the things you love!


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3. Relax with a bedtime ritual
If you find it tough to shut off the stress of the day, try slowing down with a bedtime routine that promotes relaxation. Take a hot bath or sip on a warm cup of chamomile tea. Do some slow stretches or deep breathing. Listen to some calming music or meditate. Make simple plans for the next day. Read or do a favorite hobby. Lower the lights to induce production of melatonin, the hormone that helps you fall, and stay, asleep. Every small effort you make in the direction of calm will add quality to your sleepy time.


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I'm not a big fan of winter, but one of the highlights for me is the NCAA Tournament! I always look forward to it. Although I don't pay all that much attention to the regular season, I love the tournament. I fill out my bracket and try to watch every game. I love pulling for my favorite teams and the underdogs! Bridget gets in on the fun too. If not for Mario Chalmers, she would have won her bracket last year!
I'm sad UT Martin didn't make it into the tournament. It would have been great letting the entire nation see just what a talent Lester Hudson is.
I'm keeping an eye on Memphis, Bridget's alma mater. Although many pooh-pooh their record because they play in the weak Conference USA, I keep seeing their opponents held to 30 and 40 points, and defense wins championships. We'll also be pulling for Bridget's other alma mater, Syracuse! My alma mater, Middle Tennessee didn't make it again this year. My "internet" alma mater, Mississippi State, might have a shot to get in. We'll see.
Louisville plays great defense too, and look to be peaking. North Carolina has great talent and if they can focus, they'll be hard to beat. I think U Conn would have a better showing if one of their best players hadn't gotten injured. Of course, I'll also be pulling for Tennessee. I'd like to see them have a nice run, although I think they had a much better shot last year.
It really does seem to be wide open this year for many teams. We'll just have to see how the basketball bounces.


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Managing my own social media profiles online is hard enough, so taking on a few more accounts may not initially seem like the best of ideas.
For the next few weeks, I will be running the social media profiles for interhacktives.com, a website operated by City's Interactive Journalism MA students, the Twitter and Facebook accounts for 'From Student to Startup', a website for students interested in starting their own business, as well as – for just one week sometime in November – the social media presence of the Hackney Post.
Oh yeah, and my personal accounts.
Chaos, you may think. Well probably. However, here is my rather basic plan on how I will try and avoid it.
After having a test run on the Hackney Post social media accounts last month, I made a few notes and suggestions on how to do it once things did eventually get a little more serious.
Social Media management applications
Yes, you do need them. Using twitter.com via a web browser is not particularly suited to twitter "power users" who want to monitor customised twitter lists, hashtags and more in one place and not having to switch constantly between tabs or windows, but becomes almost impossible when having to switch between a number of accounts. Managing social media profiles will end up taking most of your waking day if you do not organise and streamline it via some type of social media management application.
TweetDeck (excellent if you have to run a number of twitter accounts) and Hootsuite (where you can manage a range of social networks and ideal for brand management in particular) are the two most popular social media dashboards.
I will not wade into the Tweetdeck vs Hootsuite debate, a lot has been said about this already, some analysis here and here – and I have precious little to add.
I am a big fan of Tweetdeck, which I have used for some time, and just starting out on Hootsuite but just one tip. If you are using a Mac and prefer Tweetdeck because it is a desktop based application instead of Hootsuite's browser based interface, you can make a Hootsuite application by following these very simple instructions.
Act like your mother is watching you
One major thing to always look out for every single time you post something, whether Tweetdeck or Hootsuite, is the account you are posting from. As social media editors from established media organisations will testify, it is pretty much the easiest mistake to make – and not just in the media. This is what happened to automotive industry giant Chrysler a couple of years ago.
As Erik Qualman, author of 'Socialnomics' says:
"act like your mother is watching you. Assume that whatever you post will be seen by everyone. Then, if you do make a minor mistake (e.g. posting to the wrong account) the damage is minimal".
Wise words indeed.
Different Browser Accounts
This is really useful if you have a number of different gmail accounts linked to the different social media accounts you are running. If you are using Chrome, and for this I recommend you do, add new user accounts for each of your different profiles. It's pretty straightforward, here are some simple instructions.
By having different Chrome accounts, you can have different browser extensions (such as bitly, delicious, storify, gmail) linked to each account, meaning your life becomes much easier by just switching chrome account. You can also log in to each account on whatever computers and have access to your account bookmarks, history and extensions, wherever you are.
A little forward planning goes a long way. If circumstances allow for it, schedule tweets and Facebook posts in advance. Unless you are dealing with time-sensitive information, you can prepare content to go up on social media accounts at different times of the day, ensuring that your content will reach a variety of audiences, instead of a barrage of tweets or posts within the short time-frame, which could miss some people altogether.
Both Tweetdeck and Hootsuite offer the possibility to schedule posts. What I tried out for the Hackney Post (with a mishap along the way) is to schedule tweets even for just a couple of minutes after instead of posting directly. This is just so you can double-check the link is working before it goes live.
Helping others out
It's very easy to get sucked into the social media world and actually forget why you are actually there. Make sure you keep your audience in mind whenever you post online. Don't monitor reactions and interactions online for the sake of vanity, but let others on the team – and in particular the individual writers – know what has been said about their article and the sort of traction it got on social media. They will thank you for it.


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How often does WPCS hold auditions?
Auditions are typically held in the summer before the start of each Concert Season. If you are interested in auditioning, please fill out the online audition application for the most up-to-date information on auditions.
What does the audition process consist of?
Auditions will consist of sight singing exercises, vocalises, and aural skills testing and are approximately 10-15 minutes in length. There is no need to prepare a solo piece for the audition. Singers may be asked to return for a group callback audition. All auditions are conducted by WPCS Artistic Director, A.J. Keller, in collaboration with our section leaders.
When and where does WPCS rehearse?
WPCS rehearses every Wednesday evening from 7-9:30pm at Wicker Park Lutheran Church, 1502 N Hoyne Ave, Chicago, IL. Each concert cycle typically requires one additional Saturday rehearsal as well.
Is there a fee to join WPCS?
Nope! WPCS asks that choir members participate in all fundraising events and encourages members to sell concert tickets. Many members enjoy contributing donations or services to the choir, but this is not required to participate.
Are singers paid?
Members do not receive monetary compensation for participating in WPCS rehearsals or performances, but are occasionally presented with paid performance opportunities not related to WPCS.
Is WPCS affiliated with a certain church or is it open to people of any faith or non faith?
WPCS is not affiliated with any church or religious belief, and is open to everyone.
I don't live in Wicker Park. Can I still join WPCS?
Yep! WPCS has had members travel from as close as three doors down and as far as one state over! Our rehearsal space is conveniently located near highways 90/94 and 290, as well as many public transportation options, so it is easy for anyone to be a part of WPCS.


text: The 2012 Designer collection was a birthday gift from my Cocktails, Polish and and Sisterhood international birthday group. And the only Zoyas I kept when I had a big selloff. I had a hard time deciding between these six beauties, but went with the grayed out green/teal Evvie for my first "real" post in a long time. Two easy coats, still loving this color. Funny, this year's muted dark collection Entice doesn't do anything for me? Maybe this collection satisfied my murky dark needs. :)


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Here is an interesting question: "How do we organize the underlying trading platform so as to achieve the following desired dynamics: a large number of little bets guided by robust models built upon imperfect data leading to many small but early and sure wins?" Notice that we are not interested in "one big win from one big bet", nor are we concerned with perfect data that may be expensive to collect or maintain. The focus here is on building robust models that are useful for trading.
Failing forward is a well-known empirical approach of learning from mistakes and failures in order to find the way forward. It is not so much that one intentionally try to fail, but rather that one knows important discoveries will be made by being willing to be imperfect, especially at the initial stages of exploring new ideas or markets. Rough prototyping is often the method of choice for embracing the learning potential of failure, while affordable small bets are used to uncover unpredictable opportunities. The fast pace of change in a constantly evolving market highlights the value of the little bets approach, where moment-to-moment, creative opportunity-seeking can have no substitute. Working from the ground up and learning from the environment, the trading platform crafts new tactics to address the opportunities as they are discovered.
This is a whole new way of looking at the problem: one of experimentation and discovery, a creative approach to trading. Pre-conceived templates or strategies are obsolete. Two fundamental advantages of the little bets approach, according to Professor Saras Sarasvathy, are that: (i) it puts the focus on what we can afford to lose rather than make assumptions about how much we can expect to gain, and (ii) it facilitates the development of capabilities as trading opportunities are sought and discovered. In short, affordable loss and capabilities development are the bedrock foundation of the little bets approach to trading.
Dr. Carol Dweck, a professor of social psychology at Stanford University, initially developed the fixed versus growth mind-set distinction by studying how schoolchildren reacted to failure and challenges. To her surprise, she found that some students relished difficulty and challenge. Dozens of studies later, Dweck's findings suggest that people exhibiting fixed mind-sets tend to gravitate to activities that confirm their abilities, whereas those with growth mind-sets tend to seek activities that expand their abilities. People with fixed mind-sets want to appear capable, even if that means not learning in the process. People with a growth orientation, on the other hand, are willing to take more risks since challenging experiences represent chances to grow.
We wonder if the "electronic brain" of a trading platform can be programmatically imbued with an inherent growth mind-set, anthropomorphically speaking, so as to more easily capture new opportunities for growth through experimentation, exploration and improvisation? After all, the market environment already specifies the underlying design constraints. Depending upon the time of day or the specifics of the trading calendar, one can learn a little from a lot of venues, or learn a lot from just a few venues. From this perspective, robust models that exert computational efforts probing the market for answers via little bets (i.e., which provide the foundational capabilities development and affordable loss protection) are beginning to look like a winning combination deserving of further investigation.
Perhaps the most important question that we can ask is this: What is the purpose of a trading platform? Is it to supply data and facts and to run models and strategies? Or is it to support experimentation and effortful problem-solving, facilitate growth of new trading opportunities, and nurture a capacity for continuous learning from the market? It seems that little bets could be potentially interesting as a central organizing principle for a novel trading platform that can learn and adapt quickly.
- Sims, Peter (2011). Little Bets: How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries. Free Press.
- Maddock, Mike (2012, October 10). If You Have To Fail — And You Do — Fail Forward. Forbes. Retrieved from: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemaddock/2012/10/10/if-you-have-to-fail-and-you-do-fail-forward/#6a66f0e97a9a
- Sarasvathy, Saras (2005). What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial? Retrieved from: http://www.effectuation.org/sites/default/files/documents/what-makes-entrepreneurs-entrepreneurial-sarasvathy.pdf
- Dyson, Freeman (2016). Doing More with Less. Edge. Retrieved from: https://www.edge.org/response-detail/26738
- Carden, Michael J. (2010, May 7). Petraeus Describes Changes in Army Structure, Doctrine. DoD News. Retrieved from: http://archive.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59063


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If you are not sure what I am referring to, please read this. The short of it is that my partner has had another reoccurance of cancer, and we are all hip deep in doctors, treatment, etc.
Some of you may have noticed a bit of delay in some of your orders. I have tried to keep up, and not put this announcement up, but I am simply getting behind. So, here is what I know so far, in regards to how shipping, orders, etc will be affected.
Surgery is scheduled the week of March
23 30. There will be NO orders at all shipped that week. I will leave the store open, you can place orders, etc, but I will be out of town with no ability to ship, and limited ability to respond to e-mails and problems if they occur. Previously it was the week of the 23rd, but it was pushed back and I will be shipping.
Getting ready for surgery will require me to also not ship new orders next Monday-Wednesday. You probably WILL see shipping notifications as I process the orders but it is only that. Getting the order ready. Nothing will actually ship before then. All orders currently in I hope to have out by next Monday on my trip out of town. I don't yet know what the week of the 30th will hold. I am not sure what the following week will hold for us here.
Please be patient. Ask questions if you have them. I will do my best, but as before, my family comes first. I hope you understand.
Thank you.


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Colts charity game supports St. Vincent de Paul
The Cornwall Colts junior 'A' hockey team joined several community partners to help raise $4,500 for St. Vincent De Paul Cornwall. The money was raised through the 4th Annual Colts Charity Hockey Game held last Sunday afternoon.
The Benson Group, Scotiabank, and Shoeless Joe's Cornwall headline the list of supporters for the event. Each local celebrity paid $100 for St. Vincent De Paul to participate.
Team MacInnis has bragging rights over Team McBride this year, thanks to a 10-8 victory.
"The players have a lot of fun getting to know some of our community partners," said Coach Ian MacInnis. "The local celebrities get to see just how good some our players are. It's a lot of fun for everyone involved."
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What do you do when your dream job doesn't live up to expectations? Olivia Coleon thought she had landed hers in the music industry: glamour, excitement and late nights spent meeting emerging artists in New York City.
During her eight years in the music industry, she managed and produced partnerships for brands like PUMA, Ray-Ban, Nike, Guinness and American Express, handling key brand relationships with artists and overseeing marketing campaigns.
Her job was to figure out the core values of the brand and create a music strategy around it. But like many jobs in the creative industry, she found herself increasingly overworked and underpaid.
'I was burning out,' she explains.
She quit her job but then landed a new one for the London-based online music streaming platform Boiler Room, setting up their new office in NYC.
Three months into her job, she booked a flight to the Dominican Republic with her friend.
'We were staying in a treehouse village. It was amazing but the music they were playing was awful. I spoke to the manager and said, tell you what, I'll get you with some better music.'
'My friend said to me, This is what you're good at, you're great at figuring out the right vibe. So I went back home and quit my job at Boiler Room.'
She'd heard about Lydia over two years ago after spending time at Hubud, a coworking space in Bali. And decided she needed to return to Bali to work with her to get her business of the ground.
'I arrived in Bali and hit up Lydia in the first week and immediately we started working together.'
'We essentially did her 90 day launch program over seven sessions.'
The best bit
'The most valuable aspect of working with Lydia was putting my idea on paper, deciding on my audience and how to package my services.'
'After working together, we decided it should be music and atmosphere curation for restaurants, coworking spaces and events.'
'Lydia also made sure I got test clients. We got positive feedback which gave me confidence.'
'She helped me to keep me focused which is huge. She helped to keep me accountable. She brought up things that I hadn't thought of and came up with suggestions of how and where to launch my business first. Her approach really helped me think about services and think about the brand as a whole.'
Olivia now runs the Vibe Project, a company that provides atmosphere curation for restaurants, coworking spaces and events.
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text: Abstract This study shows that children make use of the content in play to get a superior position in their peer-culture. Observations of children age 3-6 years were accomplished during their free playtime and both field notes and videotape recording were used for data collection. Analysis of communication was carried out through a sociocultural perspective. The social structure in childrens peer-culture is of great importance and by interpreting the implicit communication in play I found different strategies where status positions developed. Negotiations of roles and role-characters were also negotiations of positions and children used both the environment and props in play to position themselves as well as their peers.


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On this site we try and identify the key steps in process and workflow in a typical agency. However, agencies are anything but typical. Part of what makes an agency special (besides the characters that work there) is the agency's approach to how they create work.
We use to identify agencies by either being account or creative driven. Now we identify agencies in dozens of different ways including creative, account, digital, data-driven, interactive with varying 360° experience or general agencies with varying degrees of interactive experience, to name just a few. This fragmentation has lead to a greater variety in workflow paths among agencies.
As experienced managers we know the dangers and pitfalls of having a workflow process that leans toward one of these extremes. It's no wonder that many agencies are re-examining project management and redefining traditional roles within the agency. In the quest to better manage our agencies, we are tearing down traditional silos to create cross-functional teams, on the opposite end we are also creating new digital silos with technical teams that seem to have a narrower creative function.
One of the struggles of the emerging digital agency has been to create balance. We lock in strong technically skilled project managers that can succeed on specific interactive projects, but too few can also can succeed on the larger creative client perspective. We are also asking a lot of our project mangers and lets face it, times have changed, agencies have become leaner. Combined with the perception that interactive projects have unique workflow needs that mirror the software and gaming industry with the need for less people to take on more responsibility, project managers have evolved into jack-of-all-trade producers.
A producer in the new agency model can be part account manager, project manager, production manager, technical advisor, finance manager and psuedo creative manager. From a workflow perspective, this presents new challenges that can be hard to implement in agency environment steeped in older traditions. However, I counter that each agency can find its own balance in re-assigning responsibilities. A producer is only as good as his/her team and support system. For example, while producers may take over part of the role of account executive, they should not be relied upon as someone that has the sole ability to manage the client/agency relationship. While they may be great at identifying potential new opportunities for client growth, an agency still needs to have a strong account planning and strategic account presence to build on those opportunities.
The key is to find a balance that works best for your agency. Hire smartly. If you want to be known for more than just a specific digital space, its important to hire great general critical thinkers to supplement your technical producer team. Its similar to the way we think about creative hires. Great digital space people often need larger space thinkers. Breakthrough digital creative also require highly technical project managers to tackle a project in the digital space. However, that breakthrough often comes paired with a larger tactical idea that may go beyond digital. The craft that exists in broadcast and print production often trumps the digital content space. Finding the proper mix for your shop requires a bit of alchemy to create a larger creative production environment.
Remember, today's Facebook fan page project is yesterday's sitelet, which might be tomorrow's targeted mobile activated digital OOH advertising. What makes your agency valuable is its ability to continue to grow into these new spaces.
So even in the digital space, projects change. What your agency managed five years ago is different than what it manages today. Stong project management theory applied to your workflow will help to maintain an environment where new projects can be managed successfully.
Silos (functional managers) and teams (cross-functional teams led by PMs or producers)
In the old days, we use to think very functional when it came to managing things in the agency. Production department, account management, creative department and so on. In the new nimble world of advertising where creative content is so intertwined with production, it doesn't necessarily make sense to have so many separate silos. More agencies are replacing those silos with cross-functional teams, headed up by project managers or defined producer chains. The downside to having no silos, is that advocates and specialists are highly sought after on particular projects. There is also an organic need for support teams for functions. Even project managers benefit greatly from a strong PMO. Also, the bigger the need for project managers who are highly technical, perhaps the smaller the ability to hire project managers who can go beyond their own unique experiences. Depending on the size of your agency, your matrix (mix of functional managers and project managers) will be different. You may no longer have a need for a managed print or studio department, instead you may have created a need for functionally managed backend team. At the end of the day, the most important thing that you can do in this situation is to identify a clear reporting structure that supports the team environment.
Strong project managers have always been needed in the agency, we may not of always had defined PMs, but there was always proect management responsibility. It just wasn't always clear who was ultimately responsible for the entire project. Account people did one part, the creative director did another and production finished it out. This is why in the old days, traffic was so important to the workflow of a project. Remember, we still have the same stakeholders even when we do have a project manager or producer. In many ways, project managers have become a necessity to create a consistent pulse maintaining, guiding force in the agency. They also help to free up your key players. When you have dedicated project managers, creatives have more time to create and account people have more time to spend on planning and strategy and so on.
Producer vs. project manager.
While the word producer is common in today's agency world, what that word means in an agency can vary greatly. A producer can be a specialist in one area or a generalist. A producer's role can be production centric, or can be holistic and client facing. A producer can have limited responsibility (like an art buyer) or be identified as THE end-to-end project manager. Whatever flavor you decide on, it is important to identify and make clear who is ultimately responsible for the project and team. It needs to be clearly spelled out so that everyone has the same expectations. Moving to a producer model for client engagement can be a positive one. However, it doesn't mean there should be an absence of account management. I know I'm repeating, but its important to note, a producer who has the responsibility of managing the overall project, responsibility for the technical end and the added duties of a junior account person will have limited time to think strategically and to potentially grow the business as well as manage all of the client / agency experience.
In the job listings below, I've identified some top line responsibilities. Each of the line items may be included in a potential project manager roles within an agency. Roles, however, can be mixed and matched or even made into some sort of unique hybrid particular to your shop. When you are planning out responsibilities, list out all of the tasks for each key position, balance them out, identify one role to be the ultimate project lead and clearly identify how you are going to address potential short falls or funcational manager cross overs. Above all, when under taking a transition to a project management or producer model, make sure to support your new team leaders. Empower your team leaders. Ensure that you are supportive and your entire management team is supportive of your new model. Lastly, assign one person in your shop to whom the project managers ultimately report to.
Project management players in the agency may include the following:
Account manager
Chain (Assistant AE, Account Executive, Account Supervisor, Account Director, Head of account services)
- Client engagement (agency "face" to the client, presents estimates and SOWs, schedules, project status and deliverables).
- All backend correspondence such as meeting reports, creative briefs, strategic briefs.
- Client status reports and client meeting facilitator
- Internal meeting coordinator and lead presenter.
- Client advocate, understands clients business, clients goals, deliverables and strategies.
- Agency advocate, understands full agency process and how best to match it with client requests.
- Creative advocate, understands agency creative process and strives to maintain creative integrity.
- Production advocate, understands production needs of both agency and client and strives to maintain production equilibrium.
- Participates in pre engagement meetings.
- Participates in planning meetings.
- Develops or is an advocate for strategic goals, planning and positioning.
- Marketing advocate, understanding of clients business from a client perspective.
- Media advocate, understanding of the media space and media planning.
- PR and social media advocate, understanding of client and agency PR perspectives and risk
- Research and ROI advocate.
- Grows agency relationship. Seeks out new opportunities with existing or new clients.
Project Manager
- Owns and manage project production process (Advanced creative through production process.)
- Develops RFP and Scope document.
- Defines project steps, tasks, requirements against SOW.
- Tracks timeline and milestones.
- Tracks resources.
- Translates and presents specifications and project requirements.
True Project managers:
- Develop projects and plans, direct, manage and monitor project execution. Control changes in scope and end of project closing requirements.
- They have full authority over project scope, time, cost, resources and team members.
- Write SOWs, assesses and manages requirements and content development.
- Manages project steps, tasks, requirements against SOW. (Scope management)
- Manages resources, timelines and milestones. (Time and cost management)
- Manages and monitors project lifecycle. (Time and cost management)
- Manages risk assessment and risk management. (Including time, costs and resources)
- Manages project quality.
- Manages actual team members. (The human resources)
- Manages project communications
- Manages project procurement.
Chain (producer, senior producer, executive producer, production director, head of production services)
- Estimating and project management of outside production related resources.
- Estimating and project management of internal production resources
- Production timelines, production schedules.
- Manage budgets.
- Technical and creative partner.
- Manages production process and tasks.
- Manages production tasks, activities, risk, quality control and production team member.
- Manages project procurement.
- Estimates all aspects of project and creates SOW.
- End-to-end project management responsibility (see project manager responsibilities below).
- Skilled in advanced production or technical aspects in one or more specialties.
- Non-client facing: Owns project from creative through production and delivery but does not have account management responsibilities. (Typical Interactive, budget > schedules > creative > wireframes > design > development / CMS > delivery)
- Client facing level 1: Engagement (typically from presenting estimates and SOWs, project planning, correspondence, scheduling, meeting assignment)
- Client facing level 2: Account management with basic or advanced functions and responsibilities of the account manager.
- The full deal: Faces client and has full engagement and ownership of project: Owns and directs all project tasks, activities and risk centers. (project scheduling, project planning, resource and task assignments, time and resource tracking)
- Art Buyer / Photo production
- Specialty
Production Manager
Chain (production coordinator, production manager, senior production manager, production director)
- Manage production portion of a project life-cycle and production teams as it relates to specific production experience (print, interactive, or broadcast).
- Estimating and project management of outside production related resources.
- Estimating and project management of internal production resources
- Production timelines, production schedules.
- Production advocate.
- Manage production budgets.
- Technical and creative partner.
- Manages production process and tasks.
- Manages production tasks, activities, risk, quality control and production team member.
- Manages project procurement.
- Interactive example: Ownership after hand-off of creative development. production budget > schedules > wireframes > ui > development / CMS > delivery)
- Print example: Ownership after hand-off of creative development. production budget > schedules > art or photo buying > retouching > mechanicals / prepress > print > fulfillment >delivery)
- Advanced technical background in one or more specific areas.
- Creative partner, contributes to the creative process.
- Full circle SOW, estimate all costs
- Full Project management responsibility
- Owns production management from a technical and creative development standpoint, advisor and partner of the creative process.
- (Interactive example: creative development > production budget > schedules > wireframes > design > ui > development / CMS > delivery)
Traffic Manager
Chain (traffic manager > junior AE, project or producer)
- Collects project information.
- Formats project information from stakeholders.
- Collects status information and records.
- Creates client and agency status.
- Tracks resources from a logistic background, flags issues.
- Keeps project records.
- Schedules internal meetings.
- Responsible for gathering and tracking internal creative or project approvals.
- May create master agency status.
- Tracks task assignments, but has no responsibility from a project manager standpoint.
Resource Manager
- Tracks project assignments and time records for staff and freelancers.
- Assesses which team members are available and appropriate for specific projects.
- Works with project managers to assess best usage of resources.
- Heads up human resource management risk.
- Seeks and maintains freelance base.
- Can be specific to teams (by client(s) or full agency.
- Human resources background.
- Recruits and has a background in an agency specialty.


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Rock 'n' Roll Heaven
Orchard Theatre, Dartford, September 22, 2014
When Danny And The Juniors sang 'Rock 'n' Roll Is Here To Stay, It Will Never Die' it was as much in hope as belief, music experts gave it a year, let alone seeing the 50s out, and now as the 60th Anniversary approaches it remains the most popular form of entertainment on the planet, and with tribute shows aplenty, and getting better all the time you have to be great to stand out from the crowd.
'ROCK'n'ROLL HEAVEN' at The Orchard Theatre, Dartford, does exactly that, recalling 6 of the eras biggest names authentically it reminded the audience of the huge legacy they left for us to enjoy.
Ricky Nelson (EDWARD HANDOLL) eased us into the evening with 'Stood Up', 'There'll Never Be Anyone Else But You', 'It's Late' and 'Hello Mary Lou' before making way for Eddie Cochran (JONNY LABEY)upped the pace to maximum with 'C'mon Everybody', 'Twenty Flight Rock', 'Cut Across Shorty' and 'Somethin' Else', he was relentless.
'Hey Little Girl' began Del Shannon's (DAMIEN EDWARDS) set, often overlooked when talking about the greats, most of his biggest hits were featured including 'Keep Searchin', 'Swiss Maid', 'Hats Off To Larry', 'Little Town Flirt' and of course, 'Runaway'.
Handoll re-emerged as Buddy Holly, as good as any I've seen, a short dip into the hits 'Maybe Baby', 'It Doesn't Matter Anymore', 'That'll Be The Day' included, everyone hitting the right spot.
I was aware of LEE 'MEMPHIS' KING by reputation but I'd never seen him before and from the moment he stood, back to the audience for the start of the '68 Special' he delivered everything faultlessly, Elvis Presley was back in the building, the medley's were performed to perfection, every movement, twitch, shake, plead and smile, exactly as seen on TV, 'If I Can Dream' the King at his best closed his brief set.
After the break Eddie returned with 'Summertime Blues', 'Hallelujah I Love Her So', and 'Three Steps To Heaven', Buddy was back 'Raining In My Heart', 'Peggy Sue', 'Not Fade Away' and 'Oh Boy' within his set, and then it time for The Big O.
Over the past 15 years Edwards has established himself as the UK's premier Roy Orbison tribute and opening with 'I Drove All Night' he maintained his standing throughout, 'Crying', 'California Blue' and 'Only The Lonely' with 'Running Scared' being the standout performance, as always.
Elvis in Vegas closed the show with 'Burning Love', 'Suspicious Minds' and 'The Wonder Of You', only Elvis himself has delivered it better. Eddie, Roy and Buddy joined Elvis and began trading hits with each other, 'Jeanie, Jeanie, Jeanie', 'Rave On', and 'All Shook Up' had the audience on their feet, stomping as the beat for 'Oh Pretty Woman' started the final number.
There must have been 40 plus hits, sang in their entirety, music was never better than this, and 'Rock'n'Roll Heaven' does them justice in every way.
Catch the show in Dartford until Saturday 27, and Eastbourne the following week and leave the venue feeling as good as tonight's patrons did.
Jim Stewart 2014


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Groups Ask: "Please Protect Our Privacy from E-Verify"
Citing a variety of privacy concerns, a broad coalition of advocacy groups from across the political spectrum including libertarians, consumer groups and privacy advocates sent letters to both the House and Senate Monday opposing a mandatory E-Verify system. Problems with the system include increased identity theft and the danger of a national ID system. The letters include a full list of signatories and in-depth description of the privacy problems with the legislation.
The letters highlight the growing realization that E-Verify will affect all of us. Every American will have to be checked against the government's error-prone E-Verify database before being hired. The system is so error-prone that an estimated 770,000 Americans would have been wrongly denied their right to work last year alone if the system had been mandatory. And if something is wrong with your record, such as a name change or data error, you will have to wait in line at the Social Security Administration or deal with the Department of Homeland Security to get your record fixed. Sometimes that's impossible and, if so, you'll be out of luck and out of work. Rarely does a policy so detrimental to the American people come along as to unite a coalition such as this.
Both the House and Senate are planning to debate this counterproductive and invasive policy this year, and could very well pass it. Let them know that you're watching and take action here.
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Tor Hershman
Might makes right, that is all & the ACLU stands for (Here in Wheeling, for sure thingy) American Christian Liabilities Unfathomed
- June 30, 2011
Americans can not afford to have any more of the rights taken from them. E-Verify must be opposed by every American, even to the point of civil disobedience.
- July 1, 2011
First, everyone should understand that that E-Verify ststem is more than 99.5% accurate. The argument put forth that the system is error prone is not correct.
Second, the argument that people could be the victim of identity theft is not correct either. The E-Verify is already available to employers for the purpose of identifying illegal workers in America, but it is only optional, not mandatory. In 1996, when the immigration reform was being debated, it included a mandatory E-Verify system, but the corporate lobbyists got it changed so they could continue hiring illegal aliens. President Clinton signed the new law without making the E-Verify system mandatory.
Third, Americans concerned about their privacy rights should look no furhter than the Patriot Act. We have no privacy rights anymore.
- July 2, 2011