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Ever wondered how to turn communication into commercial? With over a million followers on social media the Danish shipping company Maersk Line turned their very successful communication into commercial.
At Super Content Marketing 2016 in Stockholm Davina Rapaport, Pulse and Social Media Manager at Maersk Line Denmark, gave us her best tips for a blooming social media strategy.
Identify your customers and their needs
To begin, you need to know who your customers are and what they want. When Maersk Line started off with their social media strategy they had no idea who their followers were. Through a social media order the company found out that they had five key demographics and that their audience were interested in regular updates from the company. More specific they were interested in news from within the company and the industry, opportunity to discussion and service updates.
Identify your customers' social media habits
After identifying their customers the Danish company wanted to learn more about their social media habits. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter proved to be the main channels used by their customers.
LinkedIn was recognised as the "jewel in the crown" where almost 20 per cent of the followers belong to their key demographics, compared to six per cent on Facebook.
Rapaport also stated that LinkedIn's key features are their demographics, the functionality, the sophisticated targeting and the mindset that people are in when using it. On the platform Mearsk Line communicates to their customers and also reinforces their brand positioning.
In addition to their official presence on LinkedIn the company also started to use Pulse as a blogging format for their chief commercial officer where he talks about what is topical in the industry, as requested by their customers.
Facebook serves in a very different way to LinkedIn. Rapaport explained:"[Facebook] is a inherently personal platform, so you need to be a bit more settled and a bit more entertaining in your approach."
Facebook has therefore become a way of supporting the, sometimes, direct messages on LinkedIn but in a much more entertaining way. It is also used in order to engage with their employees, followers and fans.
With 122 000 followers on Twitter the channel serves as the best way to communicate with their customers, the media and their fans. It has also become a vital platform for service updates and dicussions among their audience.
Listen to your customers
A key element behind successful communication, according to Rapaport, is listening. She said: "I think we tend to forget that 50 per cent of communication is listening and perhaps it's the most important part."
Attract customers to your landing pages
To conclude, Rapaport talked about the importance of attracting your customer to the company's landing pages. Likes and follows on social media will not generate any money and therefore all visitors need to be referred to the landing pages, where they can engage with your services or products.
By transforming their communication into commercial Maersk Line has increased their social media presence by almost 50 per cent, which is reflecting directly on their PR efforts. Even though the improved numbers, Rapaport believed that their biggest achievement is the way they have affected the shipping industry. By introducing social media into the industry they have moved it from being closed and analogue to being more open and engaging with its customers.
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The Blue Hour by Douglas Kennedy
As a young girl, my inclination toward reading developed as a way for me to get out of whatever space I physically and mentally inhabited; I've never been a huge fan of crowds, noisy places and loud voices but, while reading, I can tune all of that out and focus on a completely different world. The more this environment differs from my own, the more deeply entrenched I seem to become, and that feeling of being swept away is delightful. Other than it being described as "completely absorbing and atmospheric" and one of the "best books about Morocco," I didn't know a lot about The Blue Hour; since I love being transported to other countries, cultures and environments through reading, I thought I'd give it a try.
The story begins somewhat predictably: Robin, an accountant who has just hit the big 4-0, is married to Paul, a hipster artist who is 18 years her senior; she loves that he's completely ruled by his creative tendencies...until she doesn't. These things rarely work out, even in the movies, because no accountant can handle being around a flighty creative type who can't seem to get their life organized.
So, the first impression I had of Paul Leuen was someone who - unlike the rest of us members of the workaday world - had somehow managed to avoid all the pitfalls of routine life. And I had always wanted to fall in love with an artist. We are often attracted to that which runs contrary to our nature.
Paul receives an offer to travel to Morocco and, in an effort to rekindle their relationship, Robin decides to tag along. She lines things up at work and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime; those of you who have traveled to foreign countries know that these adventures rarely pass without a few wild rides, and I was highly entertained by the vivid descriptions of their travels.
As we drove off we ran into a small flotilla of geese and chickens, herded alongside the city walls by a man in a white djellaba and skullcap. The driver honked his horn in a short, nonchalant manner, indicating that the shepherd should get his livestock out of the way. Nearby was a man wheeling a barrel filled with unrefined cotton. And - this was hallucinatory - a fellow sitting in front of a basket, intoning a tune on a reedy instrument as a python ascended upward from the straw hoop.
Just as I began to fear that this was going to be a beautifully-written, yet somewhat boring, tale...Paul goes missing. I'm not going to share any spoilers, other than to say that this event marks the beginning of a completely different narrative and journey for Robin which is dangerous, ridiculous, scary and questionable. It's no secret that I enjoy flawed, broken characters, but this was a little over the top for me and wandered into some strange combination of romance/suspense territory.
Regardless of whether you enjoy the story line, I have to say that it was (mostly) worth reading for the scenery; I've never traveled to Morocco, but Kennedy had me dreaming. I could hear the noises along the street, smell the sidewalk vendors and see the locals as clearly as if I were in front of all of them.
The lawn-mower chop of motorbikes and scooters, their drivers beeping manically as they negotiated the dirt-surfaced potholed terrain, dodging stands piled high with van Gogh-ish oranges and mangoes, and vegetable stalls where the tomatoes were primary in their redness.
It didn't take me long to finish this one and I found that Kennedy shares plenty of life lessons via his struggling heroine. I might not suggest this one for a book club read (due to mentions/descriptions of sexual violence that may be tough for some) but, when it's windy and cold and wet outside, a trip to Morocco might be just the thing you need.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Book Review: Queen Victoria - Demon Hunter by A.E. Moorat
I started reading Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter right after seeing Young Victoria (what can I say, I'm a sucker for period dramas!) and was delighted to find that this book parallel the film in many ways. Well, at least in historical accuracy regarding the Queen's ascension to the throne, members of Parliament as well as those of Royal Family and other historical figures, her falling in love with Prince Albert and their subsequent marriage! Of course, the book also featured many fictitious twists and turns involving the undead, demons, werewolves, succubi and the Queen's own demon-slaying team, called the Protektorate, all of which were heartily welcomed by this horror fan!
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London 1838 – Queen Victoria is crowned; she receives the orb, the sceptre, and an arsenal of blood-stained weaponry. Because if Britain is about to become the greatest power of the age, there's the small matter of the demons to take care of first.
But rather than dreaming of demon hunting, it is Prince Albert that occupies her thoughts. Can she dedicate her life to saving her country when her heart belongs elsewhere?
With lashings of glistening entrails, decapitations, and foul demons, this masterly new portrait will give a fresh understanding of a remarkable woman, a legendary monarch, and quite possibly the best Demon Hunter the world has ever seen…
From the first moment I picked up Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter I did not want to put it down! It is packed with vivid imagery, fierce battles, villainess characters, clever quips and the gripping story of how Queen Victoria ascended to the throne and her struggles of not only ruling a kingdom, but also slaying demons. I love the re-imagining of her as a demon hunter, and though the revamping of period pieces or historical figures into more horror-themed books seems to be all the rage (see Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and so on) Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter is still an extremely engaging novel.
Author A.E. Moorat has done a seamless job weaving blood and guts with a royal biography. He also offers up plenty of twists and turns that kept me entertained and on my toes. Highlights include a Lord that employs a zombie manservant (with a fake zombie leg, no less!), a thrilling battle on horseback between the Queen's Protektor and demon horsemen, a trip to the dreary mental hospital, Bedlam, an intriguing backstory on demon lineage, a bloody zombie battle at the House of Commons, and many, many more exciting tidbits.
As you can see, this is not just a book for history buffs, but one that horror fans will definitely fall head over heels for. It's got everything you could possibly ask for – drama, political intrigue, romance, action and loads of gooey gore! All is seamlessly woven together by author Moorat, coinciding with a nail-biting climax where the Queen must rescue her Prince from evil's clutches, but not before she learns an awful family secret.
I cannot recommend this book enough! It kept me up into the wee hours of the morning, as I devoured chapter after chapter to find out what was to become of Queen Victoria and the many other characters that bring the story to life. I just could not get enough of the novel, and as the end drew near I was both excited and sad – excited to see the conclusion of the story but also sad that it was coming to an end! I do hope that perhaps we get a sequel out of Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter, because it deserves one (and I would love to see the Queen battling demons as she grows older!).
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iGEM teams are known for incredible innovation and for achieving an amazing volume of work in short periods of time. Though several teams have gone on to form startups, they represent a small percentage of the overall number of participants. Incubators and accelerators for startups exist, but not all iGEM teams have fully formed ideas or are ready or able to drop out of college to participate. The iGEM Entrepreneur program aims to fill the gap in both time and knowledge for iGEM teams who want to start a business but aren't quite ready. This virtual accelerator will allow teams to continue to work on their ideas and provide them with resources from community members who have already gone through the process. The program would greatly benefit from the SynBio entrepreneurship community's help with creating a series of videos, providing a mentorship program, and participating in the final evaluation. This evaluation could be virtual, or it could take the form of onsite presentations so teams have a final "demo day" on which to focus their efforts. The overall aim of the program is to allow iGEMers to leverage our brand and network to raise funds for their company while preparing them to enter a business accelerator.


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They say timing is everything. I am not sure who "they" are, but I tend to agree…especially in the case of this image.
After spending an hour photographing sunset at Wat Chedi Luang, my wife and I started making our way out of the complex, past this beautiful temple and toward the center of Chiang Mai.
We noticed the sidewalk and streets were much busier than when we entered the complex hours ago. Worshipers had filled the temple and the city had come alive with street vendors, locals and tourists. Several Tuk-tuk drivers were yelling nearby, trying to solicit fares, while the already-employed Tuk-tuks whizzed by loudly on the street. Reaching the sidewalk, I turned around for one last look at the temple and immediately asked my wife to "wait a sec"...she knows that "wait a sec" really means "Jim spotted something he needs to photograph"…
I quickly moved to a position in-between the crowds and the temple. Seemingly oblivious to the mild chaos behind her, this solitary figure kneeled in prayer. It was her beautiful red clothing that first caught my attention, then her pose and concentration. In front of her the golden Buddha was illuminated by the nearby lights and, fortunately timed, the blue hour had begun. What a beautiful scene!
From observation to capture, this image took no more than twenty seconds. A scramble into position, a quick change of camera settings and a silent prayer of my own as I released the shutter.
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I used to hate the outdoors until I moved to NYC
As a born and raised Coloradan I had access to some of the country's finest outdoor activities so it usually comes as a surprise when people find out that not only do I not have a lot of experience in the outdoors I also wasn't particularly enthusiastic about it. Whether it was skiing, snowboarding, hiking, kayaking, or rock climbing, the foothills of Boulder, Colorado had it all. Growing up my friends were incredibly active whether it was the ski team, bicycling, trail running, competing in triathlons/marathons/decathlons or camping on the weekends there was no shortage of outdoor activities for me to partake in. Yet, I generally showed little interest in participating. Of course, in spite of myself I still was wrangled into the occasional family hikes, weekend camp outs or school ski trips but I never seemed to understand what the big deal was about it all.
My parents were city people, my dad from Los Angeles and my mom from Hong Kong so besides hiking (it's walking but on rocks) all these other outdoor activities seemed alien and frivolous to them (it's HOW much for a day pass to slide down a mountain?). My parents were more concerned in investing their money on our education and sent us to whatever after-school program or symphony performance was available at the time. I thrived in this artistic community and threw myself into as many school arts programs as I could - orchestra, choir, creative writing, or theatre - as long as I was performing and creating art I was happiest.
So in many ways it makes sense that I ended up pursuing a formal music education and setting my roots down in New York City, the mecca for many overly ambitious artists and culturephiles. While I was able to find the artistic inspiration I was looking for one thing I didn't expect to find was a love for outdoor activities. Shortly after moving to NYC, I started Pop Up Yoga NYC, a yoga company that takes yoga of the studio and well… into the outdoors.
When asked to participate in OutdoorFest I was excited to bring yoga to the Bronx and as a partner I also got first dibs on some of the festival's activities. I went stand up paddle boarding on the Hudson River (the fear of the falling into chemical water kept me on my board)! I went surfing at the Rockaways and continued to overcome my long standing fear of the ocean (because growing up landlocked can do that)! And of course, bringing yoga to the lovely folks of the Bronx is still a top highlight for for me in my history of Pop Up Yoga NYC classes. Through these experiences I realized that living in a city meant limited access to these types of activities and it helped me appreciate the value of enjoying the outdoors all the more. I also realized that not only am I no longer afraid of the ocean (still a little afraid of sharks) but I love surfing and have made plans to do more of it in the future.
As a health professional I'm always looking for more ways to incorporate health and fitness both organically and naturally. Thanks to the great programming of OutdoorFest I found that outlet I was so desperately craving. It would appear that as the saying goes, you can take the girl out of Colorado but you can't take Colorado out of the girl. Maybe now I'll go back to my home state for a visit and tackle some slopes with some of that famous Colorado powder. After my next surf trip to the Rockaways of course.


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My dream starts off in an apartment, and I'm with two women, whom I cannot remember but are of no great significance in my life. We talk, and then suddenly I'm walking in a park with Frank Ocean, who's singing "I've been thinkin' bout you". We walk to another apartment building, then Frank Ocean rings the doorbell and this sexy girl that I know (but don't interact with or have a significant crush on) answers the door. Frank asks for the girl that I like, and if she's home. We enter the apartment and the girl who answered the door went to work. The girl that I like is standing there in the room with two of her kids and is pregnant with a third. She apparently became a single mother. (We're still both in college) Then I wake up for a while and the dream repeats itself in the same night.
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Ah Monday, a fresh new start to a fresh new week. I can't say that Monday's are my favorite days but what can ya do? Maybe posting a card I made last week will help get rid of my Monday blahs... it's worth a try anyways. ;)
This is another altered Miss Anya fairy and the card is following my summer goal to use up as much of my paper scraps as possible. In fact, I took it a step further on this one, see the wood grain pattern in the background? That is actually the packaging from a Making Memories stamp set I had gotten recently. I thought it was too pretty to throw away and I was very proud of myself for putting it to use so quickly... yeah me!
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cardstock: Bazzill, GP
paper: Scenic Route, MM packaging
stamps: The Greeting Farm Miss Anya, Hero Arts sentiment
ink: Memento tuxedo black, Colorbox dark brown chalk ink
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misc: ribbon, pearls
Hope your Monday is wonderful!
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Labels: altered, cards, greeting farm
2 comments:
- Angie said...
Another one that I favorited in the TGF galleria!
- July 25, 2009 at 5:33 AM
- donna mikasa said...
So this is where your recycling started.....love that woodgrain pattern
and altered fairy.
- January 10, 2010 at 11:04 AM
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Wedding Song Recommendations: Garter Toss
The Garter Toss is a tradition you either love or hate. And, it can be conservative or extremely sexy depending on how modest a Bride and Groom want to be. Often times, Grooms are left to decide on the song for the garter toss, since it's their "moment", but they come to us begging for suggestions. Here are a few ideas for either contemporary or classic garter toss songs.
Song: The Moneymaker
Artist: Rilo Kiley
Song: Fever
Artist: Michael Bublé
*Of course, this song has many renditions, including the original by Peggy Lee


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Though they hark back to classical sculpture, Tom Price's bronze figurines and claymation portraits could only come from the present day. Instead of idealised young heroes looking down from temple walls, he depicts ordinary black men with slouching shoulders and sagging bellies, whose body language subtly speaks of urban life. They are often nude and do almost nothing: they simply stand and stare. Yet these quiet works are exactingly nuanced. Small details – cornrows, forbidding frown lines or the legs-apart, hands-grasped pose of a bouncer – suggest specific social and cultural experiences.
These are not people who usually make it to art galleries, either as subjects on the walls or spectators in the crowd. Price, of white British and black Jamaican heritage, has recalled the frustration he experienced as an art student, being the only non-white person at gallery events where he was serving drinks or waiting tables. He is less interested in the politics of representation, however, than psychology.
Perhaps the first things his portraits make us think about are our own presumptions – in the wake of the London riots, might a mobile phone held to a figure's ear signify dodgy dealings, someone recently asked Price – as well as who we do and don't choose to look at, and why. Price's men – composites of people he knows or has observed near his home in Brixton – have far greater mystery than stereotypes allow for. They're shown lost in their own thoughts, those moments when we think no one is looking and the character we assume in public starts to melt. It's the inscrutable workings of another mind, so adroitly suggested by Price, that really captivates.
Price has recently returned to the clay animation portraits from which his work with bronze first evolved, four years ago. Near-motionless heads are set against black backdrops. They might be the least animated animations you're likely to see, but something as simple as a blink can point to a tumultuous shift in someone's inner world. The diminutive bronzes also say a lot about sculpture's lost traditional role. In place of a memorial to a great event or emblem of spiritual and social values, we get ordinarily overlooked moments, experienced by men written out of the history books.
Why we like him: For Angell Town, Price's 2011 series of bronze figures. These characters are fully dressed, yet their neutral casualwear is surprisingly less class-specific than his previous nudes. These everymen leave us to fill in the blanks with our own beliefs and opinions.
Got it licked: Before he turned to portrait sculpture and animation, when he was studying at the Royal College, one of Price's early investigations into invisible states of mind was a three-day performance in which he licked the walls of a gallery until his tongue bled. Looking at the expressions of people visiting the gallery quickly made him realise that the face was where it was at.
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Currently it takes about 20 million dollars of government support to get a single human being into Low Earth Orbit, and only robots have gone beyond the moon. Aside from the massive cost there are supply considerations because getting just about anywhere takes months if not years. However, in many stories involving space (and nearly all outside of literature), even if interstellar travel is hard, interplanetary travel is easy, taking a couple days at most and within the range of at least an upper-middle class person cost wise.
In context, it's not that bad; historically, Christopher Columbus' first voyage cost less than two million - and once you reach orbit, you're halfway to anywhere. Once the infrastructure was in place, the original American immigrants made their journeys on personal funds - so there's no reason that the phenomenon shouldn't repeat itself by the 2050's so long as we get a "space Mayflower" by the 2020's. Better get to work on that.
Sister Trope of Casual Interstellar Travel. Sometimes there's minimum range limitation that makes only interstellar transit easy (say, wormholes), sometimes interstellar travel is still sublight or very difficult, but this is easy. At the other end of the spectrum, see Interplanetary Voyage (where interplanetary travel is treated as so difficult that it takes up the whole story) and Generation Ships.
- Aria has people from Earth regularly visiting Mars (now called Aqua) for business or pleasure. A girl the main cast meets returns in the first season just to go to a New Years festival.
- Cowboy Bebop has this, with the constantly broke protagonists nevertheless able to afford to operate an interplanetary fishing(!?) ship. This is facilitated by hyperspace, however.
- Subtle examples can be found in the Gundam series, which likes to use Lagrange points around the Earth for its colonies, with the furthest ones at the L2 point (where the Principality of Zeon is located) being past lunar orbit. The L3 point (where Mobile Suit Gundam begins for example) is on the opposite side from the moon at any given time. Travel between these points, or from one to the Earth or the moon, takes a few days at most. Going out past the immediate area of lunar orbit, however, takes several months.
- In the UC timeline, there exist colonies out at Jupiter, for gas-mining purposes. Travel out to the Jovian colonies is therefore fairly common and not much of a big deal, though it does take about six months on average to make the trip.
- Lyrical Nanoha series is a bit vague about its cosmology but it seems that "dimension", "world", and "planet" mean the same thing in the setting. Spells like Dimensional Transfer are readily available to Magitek mages, and in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vi Vid, the heroes take a shuttle to another planet like one would take a bus to another town.
- Wonder Woman (1987): The Sangtee Empire covers at least two star systems and have shipping lanes through space, however interstellar travel is still a large undertaking for them especially to places outside the Empire's borders.
- In A.A. Pessimal's Discworld and The Big Bang Theory crossover The Many Worlds Interpretation, HEX (via the Travelling Engine) makes it easy for the Roundworlders to experience the Discworld in small, well-escorted parties. Things still go wrong, especially when Sheldon twocks the Engine and randomly programs it in such a way that HEX has to spend time untangling things. Penny gets to be First Woman on the Moon. At first, she is not greatly impressed.
- Gattaca has the eponymous company launching several spacecraft a day, including one to Titan, and is in no way implied to be the only company in the business.
- Alien in a Small Town: A trip to Mars on a passenger ship takes weeks, and doesn't seem terribly expensive.
- Averted in The Children's Crusade by Robert Reed. The three superpowers attempt manned landings on Mars - all of which fail. The American ship manages to reach Mars, but finds their lander inoperative - they leave back for Earth, while systems on the ship fail and kill 4 of the 7 crew. The European Union launches two ships. One of the landers explodes on entry, and the other lands - but is bogged down in extremely fine Martian dust, causing it to sit at an odd angle, making it impossible to lift off again, stranding the crew on the surface. The Chinese build an elaborate, highly efficient ship powered by a fusion rocket, which explodes from impurities in its reaction chamber as it leaves Earth's orbit.
- Robert A. Heinlein
- His "Future History" has regular interplanetary travel available to the majority of humanity, but also repeatedly details how much work it took to make it Casual - see the quotes page.
- In Heinlein's juvenile The Rolling Stones, buying a spaceship capable of flying from the Moon to the Asteroid Belt is roughly equivalent to buying a sailing vessel big enough for a family to go on an ocean voyage.
- In the Honor Harrington series, travel between planets is casual to the point of day trips to other planets by middle class people being possible (with favorable orbital positions). Midway through the series Honor commutes for a time between the Naval Academy on Manticore and her home planet of Sphinx.
- Due to space itself working differently in Larklight (Space Is an Ocean and also breathable for short periods) and faster-than-light speed a matter of mixing the right chemicals together in the engine room, travel across the solar system is not significantly more difficult from travel across the sea in finest Space Opera form.
- In Alastair Reynolds' novels, interstellar travel is very arduous, as he is strict about there being no FTL travel in his stories. However, interplanetary travel is portrayed as relatively casual.
- Slowly seen coming about in Arthur C. Clarke's Space Odyssey series. 2001 A Space Odyssey has the first manned mission ever to Saturn (retconned to Jupiter in the rest of the series to match the film), by 2061, the third book, interplanetary travel is evidently much more common, with colonies or outposts on several planets and moons and book opens with the protagonist as a guest on a luxury commercial cruise to a comet. By 3001, interplanetary travel is fairly routine.
- In Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312, a trip from Mercury to Pluto via terrarium (hollowed-out asteroids containing largely self-sufficient biospheres) is measured in weeks. Relatively fast, but still leading some of those travelling to get temp jobs for the duration.
- Averted in the more hard sci-fi novels of Stephen Baxter, particularly Voyage.
- Averted in the The Lords of Creation series by S.M. Stirling. Space travel and colonisation is so expensive only the superpowers can afford it, using up the resources that would otherwise be spent on the East/West arms race or Third World conflict.
- The Expanse takes place in the 2300s, where the Epstein drive, a fusion drive capable of constant thrust have enabled the colonization of the Solar System. A single person can have their own mining ship, most trips take a couple weeks at most, and there are regular passenger services between population centers.
- Firefly has this, as The Verse is confirmed to take place in one large, multi-star system. Although it stretches the definition of "casual" somewhat as transit times are often measured in weeks.
- In Killjoys all the action on the show takes place in the neighborhood of a single inhabitable planet and its three inhabitable moons. The protagonists have no problem moving between them extremely fast.
- From what we see of Lister's past in Red Dwarf, interplanetary travel is quite casual, with people living on several different planets and moons and often moving or having vacations to another. However, interstellar travel is not casual, and requires being sealed in stasis as it takes years.
- Or at least it wasn't casual in Lister's home period. By the time Kryten left the solar system things must have become a bit easier, since his ship crash landed a long way from Earth (almost as far out as Red Dwarf itself got in 3,000,000 years.)
- Though it is heavily implied that the crew had been dead for a good long time, and the ship might have been adrift for who knows how long, so it might not have been that much more casual.
- Or at least it wasn't casual in Lister's home period. By the time Kryten left the solar system things must have become a bit easier, since his ship crash landed a long way from Earth (almost as far out as Red Dwarf itself got in 3,000,000 years.)
- The Stargate-verse has various shuttle-craft (Al'kesh, Puddle-Jumpers, etc.) that make it a breeze to fly from a planet's surface to say, the nearby moon. Not that every galactic Joe can own one, since they're mostly in the hands of organized militaries, empires, and crime syndicates, but it's not unheard of for a particularly enterprising individual to have their own private spacecraft.
- For Earth specifically this is averted for several seasons until we have time to build our own ships, despite long since having become an interstellar power due to the SG teams and the stargates enabling Casual Interstellar Travel.
- In the Canadian show Starhunter, interplanetary travel is semi-realistic but casual; push on the gas and you go faster, but it does take a couple of days to get from the moons of Jupiter to Mars. Interstellar travel exists (via Hyperspace), but is very new, cutting edge, rare, and dangerous.
- Eclipse Phase plays with it. Physical travel from one planet to another takes weeks or months and is expensive, but most people upload to a rental body at their destination which can be just as pricey but only takes a few hours.
- In Hc Svnt Dracones interplanetary travel takes a couple weeks and costs around a hundred credits (like a thousand bucks).
- In Traveller travel within a star system takes a couple days, a week at most. While interstellar requires at least one week in jump plus the time to travel to/from the edge of both systems.
- In Rodina, the Limnal Drive upgrade to your ship allows you to fly from one end of the solar system to the other in a matter of minutes.
- Exo Squad has people travel between Earth, Mars, and Venus, as if it were to another country.
- Used for a few gags in Futurama (which flip-flopped between Interplanetary Voyage as the plot or humor demanded), most notably in the second episode, when Fry is still new to life in the future, and the crew is getting ready to take-off and make a trip to the moon.
Fry: Can I count down?
Leela: Huh? Sure.
Fry: Ten...nine...eight...seven...
Leela: We're here.
Fry: *quickly* Sixfivefourthreetwoone blast off!
- Interplanetary travel is like crossing the street. Cubert and Dwight built a craft capable of doing it; they found it in an ad in a comic book. In another episode, Fry laments that he'll "never get into space" because his brother got to Mars first. Leela points out, "You went [to space] for donuts this morning."


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Decordots is an interior design and lifestyle blog with a Scandinavian touch. How does your Scandinavian edge differ from other design blogs?
There are quite a lot of blogs out there that are focused on Scandinavian style. I manage to incorporate my own style into the photos I take and share on my blog. I curate material but I think it still reflects what I find inspiring and is in line with my aesthetics.
Where are you located and how has your environment influenced your style?
I live in Estonia, a small country in the northern part of Europe. We have long cold winters during which daylight is really scarce. I think it's one of the reasons why I like to use lots of white while decorating as it really helps to enhance the little light available in those dark periods. I think the tendency to love simple clean aesthetics and subtle color palette are both coded into the DNA of people living in Nordic countries.
Can you describe Nordic style? What sets this apart from its western counterpart?
Nordic style is centered on simplicity, functionality, clean lines, natural materials and muted colors. The use of light is extremely important and we try to get everything out of it through big windows with minimal curtains and light surfaces. I think all of these features combined create a distinct Scandinavian style.
What are the top three online shops you visit to find great items for the home and why?
Finnish Design Shop has a wide selection of furniture and accessories from different Scandinavian designers and brands. Artilleriet and Stillleben both have a perfectly curated selection of different things for the home. There are also many smaller brands represented in the selection and if something is trending in the Scandinavian interior design scene you can be almost sure to find it.
You seem to have mastered the art of minimalism. Can you describe your style secretes?
I try to keep the color palette I use in decorating simple and monochrome; I use shades of grey, black, and white the most. I try to add neutrals, muted hues and wooden tones every now and then to add warmth. Different textures, natural materials, lots of cozy textiles and green plants also find their way in my decorating or styling routine.
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When Mathew Busby '09 was a student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, the Lyle School's alumni mentor program paired him with Joe Novoa '71.
"On field trips to building and construction sites, we talked about what was going on and why things were constructed the way they are, which proved to be invaluable insight as I was going through classes and then later when working as a civil engineer," Busby says. "I think 'talking shop' gives a glimpse of what someone has learned in the field – knowledge you usually don't have as a student. I learned that engineering isn't just about producing a set of plans, but about focusing on how people will utilize something and how it will make their lives better."
Now Busby is paying that favor forward through SMU Connection, a new partnership between the Office of Alumni Relations and Engagement and SMU's Hegi Family Career Development Center. The program links alumni mentors with University undergraduates.
As of early November, 312 Mustangs across the country have signed up as Connection volunteers.
"Through SMU Connection, alumni have an opportunity to reinforce the strength of the University by mentoring current students and passing on the passion we have for our alma mater," says Busby.
During winter break, alumni from coast to coast will host student externs for a day of on-the-job experience. Students applied through the Hegi Center and have been matched in their preferred fields. They will spend the day "shadowing" alumni, who have the flexibility to decide how to make their time together beneficial.
The 40 students participating attended a mandatory orientation session conducted by Allison Dupuis, career coach with the Hegi Center. There are 10 first-years, nine sophomores, 12 juniors and nine seniors in the group, representing SMU's five undergraduate degree-granting schools.
"Most of the students have never done anything like this before, so it is important that they understand how to maximize the experience," Dupuis says. She encourages them to prepare by looking at alumni's LinkedIn profiles, reading about their companies and developing questions based on that research.
Externships assist students in making well-informed career decisions, according to Dupuis. "I tell students that in just one day they can absorb so much that it can be truly life-changing," she says. "They'll have a chance to network, make important career connections and learn that they can take the initiative to create these kinds of opportunities for themselves."
Through SMU Connection, alumni also can serve as career resources, offering advice and information throughout the school year to students interested in their professions. More than 170 alumni have committed to participate.
Dallas alumni can be part of these career-preparation activities sponsored by the Hegi Center:
- Résumania: Volunteers meet one-on-one with students to provide feedback about their résumés.
- Speed networking: During this job-focused spin on "speed dating," students practice their interviewing skills with volunteers from various industries in a fast-paced, informal setting.
- Work abroad panel: At events designed for students interested in the global job market, alumni offer valuable information about their international experiences.
- Industry specific panel: At events centered on specific fields, such as law and education, alumni offer their perspectives on their professions.
Alumni interested in participating in SMU Connection should fill out the online form. More information is available by contacting Lindsay Scanio, SMU Connection alumni coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com or 214-768-ALUM (2586).


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It is with a very heavy heart that I pass on this piece of news. Brother David Creath passed away in his sleep early last night. He leaves behind his wife Lindsay, and three small children. I believe their ages are 5, 3 and 10 months.
David joined in the fall of 1998 after attending Doane College for a year or two playing football. He initiated11/20/1998. Roster number 567.
As of right now the family does not have a cause. They are awaiting autopsy results. He was only 37 years old.
Please keep his wife, kids and friends in your thoughts and prayers.
I know Brothers Brian Munchrath and John Wright have been assisting the family and we will keep us all updated on what we can do as a Brotherhood to assist the family. We will also update this site when arrangements have been made.
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Searching for new ways to increase revenue for your concession business? The often-forgotten craft show could be the answer to unlocking consistent profits in your area. In today's post we show you where to find these craft shows and things to look for when determining whether or not you want to test these events for your existing food business. Enjoy!
Advantages of Art Shows
From an economic standpoint, people at craft fairs are an ideal customer for a concession vendor. People that can purchase hand-made necklaces or custom paintings have expendable income. There are cheaper ways to buy similar products so being able to afford to enjoy lunch at your truck, trailer, or cart won't be an issue from a financial perspective.
In addition to the socio-economic factors, many art shows don't have much in terms of ready-to-eat foods. There will usually be some take-home products like jelly, honey, or beef jerky. But as far as something hot and ready to eat on-site, the options are often limited.
A lot of food truck owners have seen success by vending at well attended food truck rally's in their area. Don't get us wrong, these are terrific events that can attract large crowds and be extremely lucrative. But there is also something to be said of being one of maybe two dining options around lunch time. The crowds may not be as big, but if you can get a large percentage of attendees to give your food a try this can work.
Finally, art shows are usually cheap to vend at. A vendor's fee of between $15 – $45 will apply depending on popularity. A big reason for the low-cost is that artists couldn't afford to pay the fees if they were any higher than this. This is an advantage to you as a concession vendor because you can usually break-even after just a few sales. If you discover that an event is not profitable you can quickly move on.
Challenges of Craft Fairs
Naturally there are some hurdles to overcome within this type of event too. The first is timing. A lot of craft fairs are not held during lunch or dinner time hours when you'll generate the most sales. If a certain craft fair only runs from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. and you serve hot dogs, you may want to continue to look elsewhere.
Other craft fairs, especially those held in-doors, will have a strong self-interest to keep food vendors out. It's no secret that selling food and beverages through a snack bar can be lucrative endeavor for the owners and management of the event. Before you pay any event fee's, be sure to confirm with the promoter that selling ready-to-eat food is acceptable.
Where To Find Local or National Craft Shows
Ready to explore the art scene for your own business? Here are some of the best resources we know to source these events in your area:
https://www.sunshineartist.com – From their home-base in Wisconsin, this companies mission is to serve the arts and crafts industry. One of the nice features of this website is that there is a search engine that allows you to look up events by keyword and date.
http://festivalnet.com – Website with a list of 26,000+ art fairs and craft shows happening across the United States and Canada.
http://artandcrafts.com – Based out of Edgewater, Florida, this is your professional guide to art and craft shows. At the time of writing there is a fee of $49.95 per year to access the information in this guide. You can also enroll for a 10-day free trail to check out there system. This sounds like a square deal if you want to make a serious attempt at vending at these kinds of events.
http://craftshowyellowpages.com – This is the art and craft show yellow pages. You can browse descriptions of different events across all 50 states here. If you really want to take your knowledge to the next level, you can also sign up for their magazine to be shipped to your house.
http://www.craftmasternews.com – This website includes listing for art and craft shows, but also home improvement, garden shows, farmer's markets and more!
http://www.eventlister.com – At the time of writing, this website had over 130,000 upcoming events published online. This is an enormous U.S. Searchable database for art shows. You can also shop for thousands of hand-made products from local artists online through their website.
http://www.localharvest.org – This is a website that provides farmers market listings. Not quite the same thing as a craft fair, but there is some overlap here. We were able to find dozens of markets within a 25 mile radius of us that we never knew existed. This is a very powerful resource.


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Elegance Chapel is a charming satin edge veil. If you're wanting a fuller veil with a satin edge, this is a lovely choice for you!
This very elegant three tier veil has a 6mm satin edge.
It can be worn high on the head for a fuller look, or towards the back of the head, if desired.
The top two tiers are 80cm and 100cm long. The chapel length tier is 210cm long, and is available in longer lengths. Made in extra fullness.
Special feature: This veil has detachable layers, which enables you to remove the long layer, and wear it as a shorter two tier veil at the reception.
Made from Bridal tulle. Available in White and Ivory.
Chapel length veil is pictured.
This veil is worn by Crystal M, as shown on the Our Brides page.


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Bottega Organica's 100% organic, all-natural skincare concept was born in 2013 from Dr. Alimonti's pivotal scientific discovery on the powerful ant-aging effects of salvia haenkei.
Dr. Andrea Alimonti, a world-renowned geneticist, screened thousands of different plants for their ability to maintain human cells in a youthful state. He was ultimately able to identify a handful of plant extracts with intense anti-aging action: salvia haenkei, also known as prawn sage, was by far the most active extract and now is the backbone of our skincare line. Dr. Alimonti's research on salvia haenkei is published in the December 2016 issue of the US scientific journal Aging: Identification of Salvia haenkei as gerosuppressant agent by using an integrated senescence‐screening assay: "The most potent of these hits was an extract of Salvia haenkei (SH) a member of the family of Salvias, native of Bolivia. SH decreased senescence by 50%…"
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The Attic Tent is the ultimate attic access insulation cover ever invented (attic stairs, scuttle holes, knee-wall doors, and full-size doors). Its primary design is to stop air infiltration between the home and attic, the most common medium for wasting costly residential energy, during both hot and cold seasons. The HVAC systems in homes are designed for a closed envelope making air balancing with supply and return air, very critical. Every time these systems are operating they creat e a positive or negative pressure, thus forcing conditioned air out or drawing outside air in the home. It also keeps out unhealthy insulation and dust particles from the attic.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee Titans receiver Kenny Britt is busy strengthening his surgically repaired knees so he can rejoin his teammates.
He says he's not worried about not hearing from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell or what punishment he might receive for his latest brush with police.
"That's just another bump in the road, another pothole in the road that we've got to go over and smoothing that out," Britt said Tuesday. "That's something I'm not putting in my head right now, just hoping to recover from these knee injuries."
Britt met with NFL officials Aug. 6 to discuss his arrest July 20 for driving under the influence when he tried to pass through a security gate at the Fort Campbell Army post on the Tennessee-Kentucky state line.
It was his eighth incident with police since the Titans drafted him in the first round in 2009, and he also visited Goodell a year ago with a stern reminder to behave.
The receiver said he doesn't watch or read any news so he isn't tracking what the league office is doing, trying to divine what punishment might come his way.
"They said they'd get back to me when he can," Britt said. "I'm not waiting for it. That's not where my mind is right now. My mind is just get back on the field."
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Hello Kitty Overload /
Kanani "Kitty" was a natural for our second model! She not only LOVES all things kitty, (she even brought her own stuffed Hello Kitty) she's a big follower of ViVi Magazine and Popteen! Once again, Sean Watson photographed and I styled and designed for this shoot. ♥ Let's also give a shout out to Lil Star, she was a huge contributor in the prop department. ♥
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So I've begun hoarding books for winter. Normally I wouldn't buy so many because the library is fine, but I hit the motherlode at Whitcoulls a couple of weeks ago (2 books for $2.00 each and one for $5.00) and I'd already ordered one off Fishpond and one off Trade Me. Most of these are for series I'm slowly collecting because it's rare that I'll actually buy a book that I'm not sure I'll enjoy - that's what the library is for. So, from the top we have:
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare - the first in the Mortal Instruments series. I haven't actually read this book or any in the series, but it was cheap on the sale table and I know it's quite popular, so I'll give it a go.
The Demon's Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan - second in the Demon's Lexicon trilogy. I enjoyed the first in this series with its mix of magic and supernatural elements and plenty of wisecracks reminiscent of a Buffy episode. Bonus points because the main characters (two brothers who fight demons) remind me of another of my favourite shows, Supernatural.
Lies by Michael Grant - third in the Gone series. I got totally hooked on this series about a small town in California where one day, everyone over the age of 15 suddenly vanishes. Those left behind have to somehow survive without their parents, and to top it all off some kids start developing freaky powers. These books are somewhat on the horror side but very compelling - think Stephen King.
Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness - book 3 in the brilliant Chaos Walking trilogy. I managed to read this series in order from the library, a rare thing, but I knew I had to own it! I already have book 2 but the first book hasn't popped up anywhere cheaply enough yet.
Silvermay by James Moloney - first in a trilogy. Fantasy/magic/adventure/romance. This book seems kind of hard to come by, perhaps because the author is Australian it hasn't been released widely in the northern hemsiphere. I snapped it up off Trade Me.
Well that's me set for the next week or two, after that I'll be off to the library. What are you reading right now?


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Research: Who were the Medici's
This is a very late addition to my blog as I am literally submitting for assessment tomorrow but I cannot forget to add an albeit very brief piece on the Medici family who I have read about so many times … Continue reading
Long-lost Caravaggio ….
This is an unexpected blog concerning an article discovered as I have been checking over my essay in preparation for assessment! In 1599 Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio painted Judith Beheading Holofernes which is based on the biblical story. Now it … Continue reading
Summary or overview of the final 3 chapters from 1900 to post World War 2
My tutor suggested in her final feedback I did a summary of the final 3 chapters with a concentration on 4 headings: Art as a social commentary Art as a cultural property How politics shapes art and art shapes politics … Continue reading
Notes and questions regarding ways that artistic representation expresses cultural values – Tutor Report Assignment 5
My tutor, in her report on my final assignment, has asked me to reflect on the ways that artistic expression represent cultural values and this was in response to the Mexican muralists and their celebration of their mixed-race heritage (mestizaje) … Continue reading
Tutor Report on Assignment 5 with my response
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Question asked in Tutor report for Assignment 5 – "How have twentieth-century photographers balanced the camera's capacity for documentation with its aesthetic possibilities in order to convey a variety of social and cultural messages?"
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Comparison between annotations of the Discobolus of Myron and Boxer at Rest
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Hold on to your hats – the green deal has launched! However, there is still some finessing to do, and only two major energy providers have signed up. But I can give you the gist: instead of paying for costly energy-efficiency measures for your home up front, from 2013 you can apply for a loan of up to £10,000. Then the cost of expensive stuff from cavity-wall insulation to boilers and possibly solar panels (it's still to be confirmed as to whether microgeneration will be included) will be added to your energy bill. You then pay off this loan (and the compound interest) through savings to your energy bill. Should you decide to move, the green deal loan attaches itself to your house. But eligibility rests on the golden rule: the estimated savings on your bill must be equal to or more than the savings you'll make from the loan.
When it comes to old houses this gets complex. By old houses we mean pre-1919, with solid walls. They were built to "breathe", with moisture evaporating through lime plasters. After 1919 houses were built with cavity walls, and under the green deal these should be easy to insulate.
Given that they make up a quarter of UK housing stock, we need to brush up on how old properties work. Our current thinking (and the calculations that make up the green deal) is biased towards newer homes – the ones we have the data for. If you live in an old tenement building where big windows form most of the exterior wall, to qualify for the green deal you'd have to install wall insulation first even though it would make better use of your money to install secondary glazing to those large windows.
The things that stop old houses from leaking energy – draught proofing, internal shutters, secondary glazing – would not meet the golden rule using green deal's calculations. So homeowners would need additional funding from the energy company obligation scheme. We don't know how this would work.
We're preoccupied with preserving the aesthetic of old buildings (if you live in a listed property you must fight to install solar panels). But building conservation doesn't equal energy conservation. Make the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (sdfoundation.org.uk) your friend. It formed, appropriately, at London's historic Somerset House last year and is now advising the Department of Energy and Climate Change on how to make the green deal less ageist.
Green crush of the week
Will the electric car be overtaken by the e-bike? "On the continent they have been," says James FitzGerald. "In Germany last year consumers bought more than 1,000 electric cars with state subsidies, but 320,000 e-bikes without subsidy." Globally 31m bicycles with a labour-saving electric motor were sold in 2011 (worldwide sales of all cars was 60m). These figures inspired FitzGerald to open justebikes.co.uk. "Only about 3% of the UK population cycles regularly," he explains. "E-bikes are for the other 97%…"


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SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Syracuse fired football coach Paul Pasqualoni on Wednesday, eight days after a 37-point loss in a bowl game -- and less than a month after giving him a vote of confidence.
"Sometimes you just know you need to make a change," athletic director Daryl Gross said. "He's had a long tenure here. He served the student-athletes well. He is a tremendous man. The things he's done here, you can marvel at.
On Wednesday, Beano Cook learned of Pasqualoni's firing during his chat as part of "The Show" in SportsNation:
bob (Syracuse, NY): Reaction over the firing of Paul Pasqualoni at Syracuse?
Beano Cook: Thanks for the news. I have no reaction because I just learned it from you. My reaction is that the Syracuse fans overrate the material they get. It's not outstanding. In basketball it is, but football it isn't. If this is true, I would hire Tom Bradley from Penn St.
Andy, Syracuse: Hey, Beano: I don't know why you beat up on 'Cuse as much as you do, but at least be accurate. SU has a rich history filled with a Heisman winner, major bowl victories, undefeated seasons and a National Championship. We don't expect to play for the NC every year, but we aren't wrong to expect more than we have received in the last few year. Thank God Dr. Gross doesn't share your vision.
Beano Cook: That might be true. I might agree with you. But its like Spain. They were a big power until 1588 and Sir Francis Drake changed all that. Syracuse does not get the material the other programs get. I'm not knocking them, just telling you what I think.
Click here for full transcript of Beano's chat.
"I just think it's time to go in a different direction. We're going into the heart of the recruiting season right now. We needed to act one way or another," he said.
Pasqualoni, who was unavailable for comment, departs after 14 years with a 107-59-1 record and a 6-3 mark in bowl games. He is the second-winningest coach in school history, behind Ben Schwartzwalder, who had 153 victories.
But the Orange struggled to break even after going 10-3 and finishing ranked No. 14 in 2001. They were 4-8 in 2002, Pasqualoni's only losing season, and 6-6 the last two years.
Gross, a former assistant at Southern California who was hired only two weeks ago to replace the retiring Jake Crouthamel, cited several factors for his decision, including declining attendance and the team's inconsistent play.
"Obviously, there has been some success here, but as of late it hasn't been on a consistent basis," Gross said. "In looking at the past few seasons, there were some inconsistencies in there. At the same time, there were some opportunities to do some great things that didn't materialize, and that's unfortunate. And that's
part of coaching. Sometimes it's just bad luck."
Gross said a search for Pasqualoni's replacement will begin immediately, adding that he will look for a defensive-minded coach with experience in both college and the NFL.
Southern California offensive coordinator Norm Chow told ESPN.com's Ivan Maisel that he is not interested in the job.
Pasqualoni, who had one year left on his contract, becomes the 11th Division I football coach to be fired this year. His firing came after chancellor Nancy Cantor announced Dec. 6 that he would return for his 15th season. But Gross was hired 11 days later, and the Orange's humbling 51-14 loss to Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl helped seal Pasqualoni's fate.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that that game would get that sideways," Gross said. "Sometimes that happens in a bowl game situation."
Crouthamel, who hired Pasqualoni to replace Dick MacPherson, gave his coach a positive evaluation after the Orange upset then-No. 17 Boston College in the season finale. That vaulted Syracuse into a four-way tie for the Big East championship and made the Orange eligible to play in the postseason.
Syracuse began the season with a 51-0 loss at Purdue on national television, the most lopsided season-opening defeat in the program's 112-year history. And after nearly upsetting Florida State and beating Connecticut and Pittsburgh, Syracuse lost for the second straight time at lowly Temple, a team with a total of 13 Big East wins that has been booted out of the conference. That loss ended up costing Syracuse the Big East's BCS berth in the Fiesta Bowl, which instead went to Pittsburgh.
Dwindling home attendance was also a problem. For five home games this season, the Orange averaged just over 37,000, about three-quarters of capacity in the 49,000-seat Carrier Dome and nearly 10,000 fewer than 1998, Donovan McNabb's final college season. Since McNabb left for the NFL after the 1998 season, the Orange have an overall record of 39-33 and 21-20 in the Big East
"There is some restlessness in the community about football," said Gross, who left town immediately for the Orange Bowl in Miami. "You want to have some hope, and we hope to do great things with a new coach."
Only Penn State's Joe Paterno, Florida State's Bobby Bowden, Air Force's Fisher DeBerry, Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer and Kansas State's Bill Snyder have longer tenures at the same school than Pasqualoni, whose firing also ends a Syracuse tradition of continuity. The Orange were the only Division I team to have the same head coaches in both football and basketball since 1991.
Basketball coach Jim Boeheim, in his 29th year and a supporter of Pasqualoni, watched the news conference from a side room but declined to comment and walked away while it was still in progress.
Pasqualoni was slated to become president of the American Football Coaches Association in 2005. AFCA executive director Grant Teaff said the association's bylaws prevent Pasqualoni from taking the position unless he obtains another job.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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Prior founding Metro Dynamics, Mike was the Chief Executive of New Economy in Manchester, and central to the Manchester devolution deals. He has a distinguished background in the political and economic arena, having worked in academia, setting up a governance institute at the University of Manchester; consulting with Ernst and Young; and as a Civil Servant.
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First, there are opportunities for Red Hook at TechCrunch, May 9-11, 2016!
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We brought up this goal with the special events manager of BCT Jason Scharf when the Ringling Brothers circus RVs were parked next to the MARY A. WHALEN a few weeks back, and we got to work making connections. We introduced the circus staff to local suppliers and helped them get a discount at Kevin's Restaurant.
Soon after that, Scharf brought over Ned Desmond, COO of Tech Crunch. We told him how entrepreneurially great Red Hook is, that Red Hook wanted to be involved with events at BCT, and that Red Hook businesses were great at pop-ups and would likely be interested in vending at Tech Crunch's Disrupt NY. We provided contact info for neighborhood players in the biz and non-profit sectors, told them about the Brooklyn Spirit Trail which includes several Red Hook businesses, and offered our famous historic ship, the MARY A. WHALEN, as a venue and proposed partnership ideas with PortSide. We also said ferries to Atlantic Basin could dock at our ship if Pier 11 is full.
Our ship on Pier 11 is next to the cruise terminal on Pier 12 and figures prominently in the TechCrunch video about why Red Hook is such a cool place for Disrupt NY. (A little cheer for us... Red Hook has lured TechCrunch out of Manhattan! Go Red Hook, go Brooklyn, go PortSide NewYork!)
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Nationals Suffer An Early Knockout
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
In the detritus of the Washington Nationals' 15-1 lambasting at the hands of the Detroit Tigers last night, there were scarcely any subtleties to dissect. The Tigers, as Nationals Manager Manny Acta noted, are "flat-out, your typical American League power machine," and they showed why in a clinic in which they put up more runs and collected more hits than Washington had allowed to anyone else this year.
"Anything and everything I threw up, it was hit hard," said right-hander Jason Simontacchi, who matched a franchise record by giving up 10 earned runs in three-plus innings. "Just see you later. It's just ridiculous."
But as the Nationals showered and filtered out of a quiet home clubhouse at RFK Stadium -- ready to put behind Magglio Ordoñez's 3-for-3, two-RBI performance, to forget about Sean Casey's three-run homer or a 17-hit Detroit attack -- a long, lean body sat folded on a chair in the back corner.
"Abreu!" veteran reliever Ray King barked, smiling. "Another one tomorrow."
Winston Abreu, a 30-year-old reliever who made his major league debut last year and badly wants to remain here, reached to softly bump fists with King. He wore red workout shorts and a red T-shirt, and his beleaguered right arm was heavily wrapped. He stuck his head back in his locker.
"Abreu," King said. "Let it go, dude."
These are the lessons the Nationals must learn from such nights. At the beginning of the season -- when the Nationals were frequently compared not to the 2007 Tigers, the defending American League champs, but to the 2003 version that lost 119 games -- it figured there would be more experience with the bad side of blowouts. But in 70 games before last night, Washington had lost by eight runs or more only three times.
"Shower, go home," Acta said, "and be ready to play tomorrow again."
For someone like Simontacchi, who has been to baseball purgatory (independent ball) and back, that is a bit easier to do. "For me, it's another four or five days," said Simontacchi, who tied a mark set by an obscure Australian right-hander for the Montreal Expos named Shayne Bennett, who allowed 10 earned runs to the Colorado Rockies in a game long forgotten, back on Aug. 15, 1999.
So the Tigers' three-run first was rinsed away in the shower. Casey's three-run homer was rubbed away by his towel. And by the time he considered the three men he allowed to reach base to start the fourth -- a parade that had Acta on his way to the mound to save his pitcher from himself -- Simontacchi was able to joke about an outing that lifted his ERA from 4.84 to 6.31.
Do anything differently after the first inning?
"I tried to miss their bats," he said.
He had moved on. For someone like Abreu, though, that process is more difficult. It is the duty for the few veterans in a developing clubhouse to teach the Nationals how to absorb such a pummeling. Acta preferred to put it on the Tigers, who now lead majors with a staggering .295 batting average -- 48 points higher than the Nationals.
"We've got to keep it in perspective, too," Acta said. "That's the best team we have played so far. They're the best hitting team in the world."
So it is left to players such as first baseman Dmitri Young, a former Tiger himself, to get across that somehow, the Nationals must arrive at RFK for the series finale tonight ready to salvage one game.
"They may take it a little more personally, seeing a team like that do what they did to us tonight and knowing that they can do it again," Young said. "You have to have the mind-set that, 'We can get them out. We can hit these guys.' "
It's a mind-set that seemed lost on Abreu, even as King tried to pick him up. Called up from the minors in May to help an ailing pitching staff, he has shown flashes of promise. But Marcus Thames, a platoon player for the Tigers, tormented him for two nights. On Monday, Thames hit a towering upper-deck homer off Abreu in Detroit's 9-8 victory. Last night, with the game long since decided in the ninth, he hit another upper-deck shot, this one good for two runs.
Abreu has now given up runs in each of his last six appearances. His ERA is up to 6.38, and opponents are hitting .306 against him. "I'm struggling," he said quietly.
And with reliever Luis Ayala set to return over the weekend, with starter Jason Bergmann on the way back next week, roster spots are becoming precious.
"Sometimes, you start looking at what guys are close, who's coming back," King said. "You start thinking, 'If I don't do this, this could happen.' It can really eat at yourself."
Thus, a meaningless homer at the end of a throw-away night -- one that took a 12-run lead and made it 14 -- meant much to Abreu.
"I can't think about the guy who comes back," Abreu said. "I know I can pitch. It's like I say: It's a struggle."
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Strong muscles are a high-motivation fitness goal; bulky muscles, not so much. Work your legs to be lean and powerful with exercises and strength-building systems that provide plenty of resistance, attention to control and effective stretches to increase flexibility and range of motion. Many leg exercises are do-anywhere and require little or no equipment. Other routines use well-known fitness regimens and even classical dance to sculpt leg muscles with some kick in them.
Joseph Pilates designed a program he called "controllology" to emphasize strength from the core muscles through the toes. His mat and machine workouts are favorites of ballet dancers who rely on lean power to execute difficult choreography designed to show every line and angle of the body. Pilates exercises that are particularly good for toning and toughening up legs include supine single-leg circles with a strong extension toward the ceiling, cross-body and to the side; prone double leg kicks, in which you flex, extend and raise both legs off the mat; single-leg-lift side kicks that target the inner thighs; tables and tendon stretches on the chair that strengthen the hamstrings, calves and Achilles tendons; and knees-off knee stretches on the Reformer to strengthen legs and core.
Workouts at the ballet barre are not just for tutu-clad princesses in pointe shoes, although those elite athletes go for grace and strength in every position. Take an open beginner class if you've never tried ballet before -- classes accept men and women -- and work to master the details of every move. In relevés, you balance on the ball of one foot, raising and lowering the heel as you stretch and strengthen your foot, ankle and leg. While standing with a turned-out bent leg, toes-to-knee of the supporting leg, developpé, or slowly extend, the working leg to the front, side and back. Keep hips square, core contracted and both legs long. Changements emphasize explosive moves as you demi-plié in fifth position -- hips squared and turned out -- propel yourself straight up very powerfully, switch legs front-to-back and land back into fifth position demi-plié. Increasing strength pays a dividend in grace at the barre.
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Balance and Resistance
Fitness gear can intensify legwork in your long-and-lean exercise routine. Balance balls engage multiple muscles at once as your body works to maintain stability on the wobbly surface. Hip adduction and abduction target your hard-to-reach inner and outer thighs. Stand sideways next to a wall for abduction, knee bent and thigh squeezing the ball between your upper leg and the wall. Press your leg against the ball, then release but don't let the ball touch the ground. For adduction, balance on one leg as you place the opposite foot on the ball. Move the ball to the side and back by bending and extending your leg, keeping the foot firmly on the ball. Resistance bands are light, portable and increase the tension on muscles as you deepen your stretch. Standing leg extensions, with the band anchored to a stable object and your ankle in the band, work your abs along with your thighs and lower legs.
- George Mason University: Classical Ballet Terms and Definitions for Beginning Ballet
- Yoga Journal: Poses, Legs
- The Pilates Method; Gallagher and Kryzanowska
- Pilates Body in Motion; Alycea Ungaro
- Ball Exercises.com: Ball Exercises for Legs
- American College of Sports Medicine: Selecting and Effectively Using Rubber Band Resistance Exercise
- ACE: Standing Leg Extension
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Noto is a charming baroque town on the southeast coast of Sicily. The town was originally 8 kilometers away but in 1693 a 7.4 earthquake struck Sicily and shook Noto to the ground.
When it came time to rebuild the crown of Aragon, which ruled Sicily at the time, hired architects for the new site by the Ionian Sea. The rubble that was once Noto was renamed Noto Antica.
As the new Noto and the other damaged towns were reconstructed, there was architectural revival on the island. The local architects designing the towns had been trained in Rome and contributed new baroque elements, like curved walls and ornate details that had been popular in Italy for decades. This kicked off the Sicilian Baroque era which is now one of the most characteristic architectural styles of the island.
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Master Plan, Phase Two: Cradle Avenue
Chad Wright, July 4th, 2016.
"A hero is someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom."
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In a series titled Master Plan, I am conflating a child's sandcastle with architecture typifying postwar American suburbia. The series culls artifacts from my childhood, investigating suburbia in its vision and legacy. Phase One reexamined the mass-produced tract house as symbol for the model American Dream. In Master Plan, Phase Two: Cradle Avenue, I transformed Main Street. Where once one would have expected to see trees, I planted two rows of franchised drive-thru restaurants. Situated in Death Valley, California, Cradle Avenue leads to a monumental big-box store which features an obese obelisk facade.


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It is of keen interest because the Mellow situation is a perfect example of how partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett's woefully mismanaged and arbitrary bonus investigation can and will inhibit the investigation of even the most blantant violations of the law.
First, we should discuss how Mellow's self-dealing is clearly illegal.
Mellow renting a building for his district office from a company owned either by himself or his wife is illegal. The ethics law can't be any clearer. Read it for yourself here.
And, if you think there is any ambiguity, the Ethics Commission spelled out why Mellow's arrangement is illegal in a 1989 ruling involving former State Representative Italo Cappabianca's attempts to collect rent for his district office, as well as collect a 10% commission through the travel agency he owned by purchasing airline tickets for his travel to and from Erie for legislative business.
Mellow attempts to throw up a smoke screen of confusion in an effort to say he didn't break the law by trotting out Senate Resolution 2 of 2009.
However, this ploy is dripping with disingenousness when you consider that in 1990, CJ Hafner, Mellow's chief counsel, was part of an ethics ruling seeking to revisit the 1989 Cappabianca ruling. Hafner was turned down and told unequivocally that a member of the state legislature could not pay themselves rent money for their district offices.
This would all seem reason enough for Attorney General Tom Corbett to investigate Mellow for his conflict of interest, but that is not all. You see, Corbett has a keen interest in how members of the state legislature pay for their district offices.
In March, Corbett charged Mike Veon with three felonies (see the charges here) for splitting his district office rent with the Beaver Initiative for Growth (read the relevant section of the grand jury presentment here.)
So, if Corbett believes Veon's district office rental arrangements rose to the level of illegality, then surely Corbett will launch a full investigation of Mellow and begin dragging the Senator and relevant staff into the Grand Jury?
Don't count on it.
Corbett's train wreck of an investigation of the bonuses has backed him into a corner of political expediency for his gubernatorial campaign.
Even though Mellow clearly should be investigated and charged with a crime, Corbett's political handlers are telling him that he can't because he has yet to charge any Republicans after more than a year after arresting Veon and eleven other Democrats.
Political expendiency is preventing Corbett from charging any Republicans for bonus related crimes ahead of the GOP primary because the Republican legislative caucuses and their leaders have been among his largest financial supporters and they in turn are very close with Bob Asher, Corbett's top political adviser and donor.
Consequently, Corbett can't investigate and charge Mellow because his blatant disregard for Republican illegalities would be highlighted even further if he arrests yet another Democrat without any Republicans or even Republican window dressing.
Corbett thought he would have an open and shut case when it came to arresting only Democrats in relation to bonusgate. One that would make for great tv commercials and glowing editorials. Instead, his political miscalculations and the ineptitude of his investigators have made it possible for blatant violations of the law like Mellow's to go uninvestigated and uncharged.