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ONARCHITECTURE- Too much, too late? Behind UVA's $2 million Blue Ridge demo
UVA will save the Lyman Mansion and eight other buildings on the old Blue Ridge Sanatorium site, but want to demo 23 others.
After a decade of what one of its own professors considers reckless neglect, UVA seems to have decided to show a little love for its property at the old Blue Ridge Sanatorium. As recently reported, the UVA Foundation (the development arm of the University) plans to spend $2 million demolishing 23 buildings on the 142-acre, 45-building site just off Route 20, supposedly to make room for a research park. But the Foundation has also promised to preserve nine of the buildings and "stabilize– mothball– them to ensure no further deterioration," according UVA spokesperson Carol Wood.
Buildings that will be saved, says Wood, include the Lyman Mansion, the Wright Pavilion, the Chapel, the Director's House, the three Bradbury houses, the Brick House, Apartment Building #2, and a barn and silo.
While critics of UVA's past treatment of the property– which they have called "demolition by neglect"– agree it's better late than never, they aren't sure wether to laugh or cry.
"Ten years ago, it would have cost $200 to repair the roof of the Lyman Mansion," says says UVA architectural historian Daniel Bluestone. "Now it will cost millions."
It appears that UVA was not eager to publicize its latest plans. In fact, news of the proposed demolitions first appeared on the Hook's news blog after a reporter found the application in a summary of County permit activity.
The planned demos were news to Bluestone, whose students conducted a comprehensive historic survey of the site five years ago and presented an adaptive reuse development proposal for the buildings to the UVA Foundation (faculty.virginia.edu/blueridgesanatorium/). Even more surprising, Kathleen Kilpatrick, director of the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, says she knew UVA wanted to demo some buildings, but did not know they had already applied for a permit. When asked why she hadn't been informed, Kilpatrick politely defers, noting, "You'll have to ask the UVA Foundation that."
UVA Foundation president Tim Rose says they simply applied for the demo permit to keep the process moving, not knowing how long it would take to secure approval.
"We had already decided what buildings they wanted to save," says Rose. "We also knew that if a decision was made to keep additional buildings, we could do that regardless of whether we had received a permit to take them down."
According to Wood, the UVA Foundation "consulted closely" with Kilpatrick's office to determine which buildings to save and which to demo and that approval for the demos is expected "in about a month." UVA's list of doomed buildings, Kilpatrick explains, has triggered a state review. "We will comment when it's complete," says Kilpatrick. "I don't want to short-circuit that process."
According to Bluestone, the UVA Foundation could have saved itself a lot of trouble and money by taking his students' development proposal more seriously.
Does history make money? Bluestone thinks so.
"My argument is partly cultural in this case," he says, citing his concerns about preserving the history of the site, "but I also think it's economic. It's obscenely wasteful to tear down these buildings. They would make more money by adapting them. Developers all over the country have figured this one out."
The students' proposal recommended saving 14 structures, including the Lyman Mansion, all staff houses, the old boiler plant, the east wing of the infirmary, the chapel, and a "colored servants'" dormitory. The proposal was based in part on Albemarle County's Neighborhood Model, a planning scheme which calls for pedestrian-friendly development.
Philosophically, the 2002 proposal embraced the idea of "reviving and re-imagining" the historically rich site by taking advantage of the "narrow streets, human-scale buildings, and pedestrian-oriented center" already there. As the proposal noted, the historic fabric of the site already "corresponds directly to the core concepts of the Neighborhood Model."
At the time the students were surveying, the UVA Foundation, which took control of the property in 2000, was planning to locate the Thomas Jefferson Foundation headquarters on the site, including a new visitor's center for Monticello. However, when the TJ Foundation elected to build the center elsewhere, the adaptive reuse proposal was tabled, and the property was again left to crumble. In 2004, UVA unsuccessfully offered the Blue Ridge site to developers.
Bluestone doesn't mince words about why preservation efforts weren't undertaken years ago,
"Bungling. Incompetence," he says. "Not stabilizing them has promoted the original desire, which was to be rid of all the buildings."
Indeed, in 1988 UVA applied for a demo permit to take down all the buildings on the site, but the request was denied because of concerns about its historic significance. UVA hospital operated a few mental health and substance-abuse facilities, as well as a childcare center, on the site, but they were closed permanently in 1998. Since then, little effort has been made to "stabilize" or "preserve" the property. In fact, that's when some say the deterioration began to accelerate.
"The buildings were vandalized," says preservation activist Steven Meeks. "Paint began to peel, roofs started to leak, and the grass and weeds grew uncontrolled. The only thing anyone at UVA saw of any value were the boxwoods, as they were dug up and removed from the site, leaving big holes where they once graced the complex."
But according to Rose, the Foundation has been actively trying to preserve the site since 2001. He says that historic preservationists were called in, "continual repairs" were made to the Chapel, and asbestos was removed from the Lyman Mansion and Wright Hall.
"Stabilization of the buildings has been made more difficult by vandals and trespassers," says Rose.
The Foundation's concerns about trespassing are legendary. In 2004, Rose had 23 UVA students and their English professor arrested for trespassing. Justin Gifford, a graduate assistant who was teaching a course on detective fiction, had led his students to the site for inspiration. Charges were later dropped, and the University covered the students' court costs according to news stories at the time.
Several years ago, Meeks says, he toured the property with fellow preservationists and representatives of the UVA Foundation, and it wasn't the work of vandals that alarmed him.
"The conditions at that time were bad," he says. "Nothing was being done to stabilize the Lyman Mansion or mothball any other buildings. They should have been mothballed the day they were closed down. It has been a complete waste of usable buildings for the past ten years. As stewards of historic and useable buildings, the UVA Foundation gets a grade of F-minus."
TJ Foundation vice president Kat Imhoff says that "design concerns" over how a tourist attraction would fit into a business park, as well as "cold feet" about having to bus visitors up Route 53, nixed the decision to locate the visitor's center on the Blue Ridge site. Recently, construction of the new center began on the site of Monticello's old ticket office.
But Imhoff also cites UVA's dithering.
"UVA wasn't ready... they had no real vision for the site," she says. "I think they're still trying to decide what to do with it."
Indeed, as Wood has said, not only is there no timetable for the research park project, but nothing is being actively planned.
However, Rose says things are still on track. "The property was transferred to the Foundation by the University with the direction of creating a research park," he says, "and that has not changed." As for the "demolition by neglect" charge, Rose suggests that may be an exaggeration. "The most dramatic view of what appears to be a result of neglect is a deteriorated section of the Lyman Mansion," he says, "that was never considered as being historic or intended to be restored."
As far as Bluestone is concerned, it appears unlikely that the UVA Foundation will choose to do anything creative with the site. "This simply does not fit the UVA Foundation model of development," he says. "They are clueless and over their heads when they get beyond the Fontaine or North Fork model of a suburban office park." #


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The mayor of Springfield, Ill., was found dead in his home on Tuesday after failing to show up for a court-ordered appearance in a pending estate case.
Tim Davlin was found dead about 9:10 a.m. local time, the State Journal-Register reported police as saying.
Police would not confirm a report that Davlin died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Davlin, who was the trustee for a late cousin's $845,000 estate, was supposed to have appeared at a court-ordered meeting on Tuesday after failing to earlier provide a financial accounting.
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I called my mother the other night and inquired what she was doing. To my surprise, she said, "I'm watching Keyshia Cole on BET." I said you mean you're watching a music video? She responded, "No, her reality show." I couldn't believe it.
My highly-educated sixty-year old mother, a kindergarten school teacher in Central Louisiana, was spending her precious spare time glued to the big screen because she is "so vested" into the R&B singer's real life drama playing out before the world with cameras rolling. "This is very interesting," my Mom said.
Truly – that's just the way it is. From six to sixty, it seems like everyone is watching the BET hit docudrama, Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is. Give much credit to Keyshia and her compelling life story and how she was able to rise from a very rough and tough beginning in Oakland, CA, dealing with a drug addicted mother, and sister and lots of other drama to become a critically-acclaimed, platinum-selling R&B superstar.
But most of the accolades should also go to the show's LA-based executive producer James DuBose of DuBose Entertainment. It's Dubose who each week keeps the series from becoming another reality show embarrassment a la "Flava Flav and Flava of Love" and instead he delivers a compelling and cleverly produced series that shows the real side of this young lady's life – which is ironically a rarity in reality TV. In doing show, DuBose shows he really cares about Keyshia and her seemingly hard-to-love-at-times family.
For the 40-year old DuBose, the owner of the highly successful Dubose Entertainment, this isn't his first time dipping into the reality show pool. He helped produced other hit shows like "Blind Date", "Fifth Wheel" and most recently MTV's "Run's House," but this time he's come up with pure gold and he knows it.
"I'm most proud of this show," he says. "In terms of pure story telling and just reality, it's a real organic, heart-wrenching story that everyone, black, white, brown and otherwise can take and learn something and apply it to their own difficult situation they may be going through. There really hasn't been a show that has done that and it happens in every episode of this series."
The first season gave viewers insight into Keyshia early life's and how she got to the top of the music charts which was an amazing story all by itself. Keyshia Cole was created for reality TV. She appears so real, so unaware of the cameras and like her or not, she's just being who she really is and her fans get to watch the "realness" or some say "ugliness" in her life unfold on national TV.
This season, Keyshia has invited several members of her family to live in her multi-million dollar Atlanta mansion, including her mother, recently released from prison after serving three years for drug-related charges, and her sister, Neffie, who suffers from alcoholism. As you might imagine, no good can come out of this especially since the star is also trying to deliver her next CD.
This is also the first time Keyshia, her mom and her sister have all lived under one roof.
"If I were writing a script I wouldn't have been able to do what happened naturally in each of these shows," says DuBose.
The show could have been called "Keyshia and her kin and all their issues" because that's what everyone in the star's life seems to have. "The issues the mother still has and the sister still has and Keisha having to bear this on her shoulders while trying to put out a new album and still trying to advance her career – it's phenomenal."
Interestingly in the first show, Keyshia's mom and sister have to play by her rules — one of which includes no men in the house. Their response: "No company? Are we just going to look at each other? Are we in prison? We don't get no conjugal visits?" Neffie complains. "I still feel locked up," says her mother Frankie. "That's not a good way to feel, especially since I'm free. I don't want to feel locked up, so I gotta do me."
Keyshia soon questions whether her efforts to provide her family with such a cushy existence are really worth the toll it is taking on her personally. When she realizes that she cannot balance the pressures of her career with trying to help her mother and sister adapt to their new surroundings and sobriety, she seeks professional help.
Who's idea was it to bring in counselors? You guessed it: executive producer James DuBose. (Any other Hollywood producer would have just let the train wreck pileup every week hoping for blockbuster ratings). Starting with this week's show, the family is in therapy. "They were willing to do it and I was happy about that," says the Wake Forest University graduate. "They all agreed it was best and even said people can learn from us and what we're going through."
Executives from BET and Interscope Records approached DuBose Entertainment a few years ago to produce the show. After working with P. Diddy and Bad Boy Entertainment overseeing "Run's House," Dubose went down to Atlanta to meet with Keyshia and her manager Manny Haley. While the execs may have anticipated "train wreck TV," DuBose says he saw so much more substance and went for it."
If you've seen the show, you know it does get pretty heated – lots of screaming, lots of tears and lots of conflict. "My biggest concern with the show was trying to find some laughter, some comedy to offset all the drama and all the conflict – usually it's just the opposite. I've never been in this kind of situation."
What makes Keyshia likable? DuBose with his team of producers have managed to soften her image and help everyone get to know the pint-sized singer with the giant-sized attitude. "She's been hardened by her circumstances. I understand her. Any young woman who's had to endure what she's had to endure – you'd have a greater appreciation of her and why she acts the way she does sometimes," DuBose says. "Deep down, she's a very loving, caring individual. She wants to have the best life for herself and her family and she has forgiven her mother."
How Keyshia and the fam cope with all the cameras in the house and on them most of the time – well – that's something that will play out in future episodes (you'll have to watch, I don't want to spoil it for you). Obviously, there's more drama to come for Keyshia. "I'm thankful that she trusted me enough to allow me in her life and for them to open up like that." DuBose says.
BET must be thankful for DuBose as well. Right now, the savvy producer and his company are responsible for two of the network's highest rated shows. In addition to "Keyshia," DuBose is also producing the hit "Hell Date" and a new comedy show is on the horizon.
For the Greensboro, North Carolina native who came to LA in 1992, he's living out a dream. "I wanted my name on the door" and now he's got that and more.
So will there be a Keyshia Cole 3? "Absolutely," DuBose says. "We're talking about it right now. I would love to do a spinoff with Keyshia's mom and her sister and show their growth, show them changing their lives after battling all their demons."
Well, I know one person will be watching and that's my mother. She's hooked and "That's the Way It Is."
Keyshia Cole 2: The Way It Is airs Tuesdays at 10:30pm on BET.
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Ukraine, Russian Baptists remain united
UKRAINE (BP) -- Baptists in Ukraine and Russia will likely maintain unity beyond contentious political elections and Vladimir Putin's nationalistic aggression, but the U.S. could do more to contain the crisis, said historian Albert W. Wardin Jr.
"I'm sure the Baptists will try their best to retain their Baptist relationships, not only in Ukraine itself, including both the Russian-speaking and the English-speaking, [but] they would have a relationship with the Russian Baptist Union which is under Putin's control," Wardin told Baptist Press. "I think that's very, very important, and they may be the peacemakers."
Wardin, the author of many books on the history of Baptists and other Protestants in Eastern Europe, has close ties to Baptists in the region. His latest book, "On the Edge: Baptists and Other Free Church Evangelicals in Tsarist Russia, 1855-1917," was released in 2013, and his great-great granduncle, Gottfried F. Alf (1831-1898), has long been credited as the pioneer of the Baptist Movement in Poland.
"The All-Ukrainian Union of Associations of Evangelical Churches-Baptist is a united union, even though members may speak either Ukrainian or Russian as their first language," Wardin said. "With the Russian Baptist Union in the Russian Republic, the All-Ukrainian Union is seeking a peaceful resolution of the political crisis fueled by contending forces from Western Europe and Russia that [threaten] the division of the country."
Still, U.S. President Obama would do well to impose more stringent sanctions against Putin to stop any attempts to annex portions of Ukraine or provoke a civil war, Wardin said, characterizing Putin as a bully.
"The way [Putin] does things.... He doesn't negotiate," Wardin said. "To stop that ... we need to have a more robust ... position to say, 'Putin, we cannot just have you just go ahead with this without consequence.'"
Without sending in troops, the U.S. could send material aid to strengthen Ukraine's military, Wardin said, and could get Putin's attention through much stronger sanctions on Russian industries including oil and banking.
"I certainly would not want to send American troops there. America doesn't want that," he said. "We would try to negotiate as much as we possibly can and see if we can resolve it without confrontation. But I do think that since Putin is a bully ... it's like any bully on the playground in school. That bully just goes ahead and takes advantage of the people [whom] he considers weak. But if somebody really stands up to him and knocks him down ... it's a different message."
As Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine seek to separate from the free republic and unite with Russia, Baptists are working to maintain unity and will likely continue fellowship across borders, Wardin said.
Ukrainian Baptists comprise the largest Baptist body in any one country in Europe, even more than in England or the Russian Republic, according to the East-West Church and Ministry Report from spring, 2013.
Baptists in Ukraine numbered 151,000 and were dispersed among 2,517 congregations in 2010, according to the report, and are very well organized with an association in each of the country's 25 provinces. The 25 associations are grouped into six regions, each headed by its own superintendent, Wardin said. Another 16,000 worship as unregistered Baptists, refusing to comply with government regulation of churches.
A third of the Baptists in Ukraine are located in region five of the Baptist union. It includes the eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk where pro-Russian forces held a rogue and largely unrecognized May 12 election declaring independence from Ukraine.
As Ukraine approaches elections May 25, the country has a Baptist presence in its parliament, according to a Baptist World Magazine 2013 article. About 15 members of parliament from different political parties have comprised a prayer group since 2008 that has met for prayer and Bible study each Thursday before parliamentary sessions.
In Crimea, annexed by Russia, Baptists number 3,836 and maintain 469 churches, according to the ministry report. Churches in Crimea would be welcomed in the Russian Baptist union, as would Baptist churches in eastern Ukraine provinces where pro-Russian forces are active, Wardin said.
"If they (eastern provinces) were actually annexed I am sure the Russian Baptist union would accept them, even though the Russian Baptist Union wants peace and doesn't want disruption," he said. "No doubt a lot of Baptists would not like to be with the Russian Republic either, politically, so there's those things."
Baptists would enjoy enough religious freedom in Russia to continue fellowship and evangelism, Wardin said.
"I think even if (Ukraine) were gobbled up in Russia, Baptists are kind of a small minority so I think they would get as much freedom as it is in Russia itself," Wardin said, "and Baptists are doing pretty well when it comes to freedom in the Russian republic."
Ukraine's population of 44.8 million is nearly 70 percent Orthodox Christian, and only 2.4 percent Protestant, including Baptist, Pentecostals and others, according to the Ukraine census.
In April, Baptist leaders from Russia and Ukraine met for the first time since the February overthrow of the Ukrainian government, and drafted a joint statement encouraging prayer and peace, according to the Russian Baptist union.
"All of our congregations pray continually for peace between our peoples as well as for those who have suffered during the course of the recent political stand-off," the statement reads. "We pray for the maintenance of lasting peace and understanding between the citizens of our countries independent of their national and confessional affiliations....
"We call on our brothers and sisters in the churches of Russia and Ukraine to pray for a peaceful resolution of the political confrontation between our two countries," Ukrainian and Russian Baptists stated jointly. "We call on our people to make every effort to avoid any provocations, to retain in their hearts love for the neighbor, to respect his human dignity and religious beliefs. We are ready, regardless of our circumstances, to cooperate further in proclaiming the Gospel in our own countries and throughout the world."
Wardin's interest in Eastern European Baptists soared after he learned of his ancestral ties to the spread of the Baptist religion there.
"My great-great-granduncle, named Gottfried Alf was the first ordained Russian Baptist minister in the Russian Empire. He was living in what today would be Poland, which then was a part of Russia," Wardin said. "And on his own study of the Scripture he had a religious experience. Nobody came to convert him. And he was so excited about what he felt about the Lord and salvation and so on, he began to preach. He became a kind of revivalist on his own and he got response."
Wardin recorded Alf's Baptist work in the 2003 book "Gottfried F. Alf: Pioneer of the Baptist Movement in Poland," published by the Baptist History and Heritage Society of Brentwood, Tenn., and Fields Publishing Inc. of Nashville.
Diana Chandler is general assignment writer/editor for Baptist Press, the Southern Baptist Convention's news service. BP reports on missions, ministry and witness advanced through the Cooperative Program and on news related to Southern Baptists' concerns nationally and globally. Get Baptist Press headlines and breaking news on Twitter (@BaptistPress), Facebook (Facebook.com/BaptistPress) and in your email (baptistpress.com/SubscribeBP.asp).


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I Design Awards Winners
This Round-Up Article Highlights Some of The Winners From I Design Awards-The Premier Design Awards in India
I stands for India, as well as innovation, intelligence and much more, the I Design Awards were presented for the first time during the Product Design Days exhibition in Chennai India where the young designers were able to meet both the exhibiting design studios and also the manufacturers and press who were visiting the fair. [First image: Knowledge Tree Bookshelf by Hardik Gandhi]Bpl Studylite Led Table Lamp by Abhijit Bansod: Halo takes an inspiration from a guru or guide, which directs you to right path in the difficult situation. Form is designed on the round glow on the head of sage or guru. It has a clear ring at the top which glows when the lamp is in use. Every element is designed around the halo ring, and resulted into spectacular light ring without any hub. Specially designed to create a unusual neck, which is very interactive and playful.Butterfly Harmony Mixer Grinder by Vipul Sharma: The inspiration for the product was a thought of both generous and dynamic shape at the same time. Play with superimposition of different parts, to hide the technical parts as ventilation holes and integrating all the different elements together to have a nice and feminine harmony of the product..Aer Home and Car Fresheners by Hardik Gandhi: the objective of this project was to design home and car fresheners with fresh and intuitive designs. these was purely derived from studying various market analysis and user survey. Interactive Electronic Lock Door Lock and Home Automation by Chandrashekhar Nadgouda: At home user always hate running around for little things and keep looking for smart ways to cut down on effort and save time. It's important to simplify life. This inspired team to design Trane interactive electronic lock that will address the high degree of security, convenience and home automation that user always wanted and will make everyday living simple and intuitive. Interactive Lock interacts with Air conditioner and other home appliances through Remote control and make way for better and comfortable living experience.Noblock Powerplug by Sanbid Golui: Mosquito Repellent Device with power extension point and provision for mobile placement.Ebr4 Motorcycle by Riten Gojiya: Futuristic design of an eco-sensetive motorycle with properties such as: 1) Bacterial Fuel cell : Bacteria eats pollution from the air and generates electricity. 2)Two wheel drive : Both wheel have electric motors which helps in fast acceleration and cornering. 3) Roadster position : easy to ride in city and outside.Khoj Tracking Victims in Mass Casualty Management Scenarios. by Mohit Yadav: The primary function of identifying victims in mass casualty scenario, uploading the data to a National Database Server, providing almost precise information about victims, within no time, and eventually reducing the panic struck people is what makes this concept different.Zeit Wall Clock by Uttam Banerjee: All the existing clocks are just clocks and are more or less same. They feel like an extra equipment added to your living room / bedroom. ZEIT doesn't fall into the category of the existing clocks. It blends with the modern interiors / architectures. It's a LED based clock where the display is reflected on the wall. Tele Range Post Operative Knee Brace by Manojkumar a G: Current products in market are doctor friendly but not patient friendly in terms of adjustments. There was a market gap for a more intuitive Post operative knee brace.Lumed-Bobble Table Lamp and Reading Lamp by Bambooed India: The Lumed bobble lamp is an LED based table lamp. the uniqueness is in its playfulness and its functionality. The bobble lamp is made using a bamboo stock and concrete to give it a raw and natural feel. It has the necessary electronics and a battery pack inside that can be charged using a separable bundled wire.Plug-in Camera Case by Ankit Vyas: It is the only soft camera/lens case which can withstand load up to 100 kg.Batter Made Kitchen Accessory For Preparing Dosa Batter by Vidhi Goel: The practice of making batter for various dishes in India is very common especially in the south. It was seen as a common need and opportunity to create an aid to make this process better. Ovi Domestic Mixer-Blender-Grinder by Shilpa Marathe : A compact kitchen appliance that occupies very little counter space while making the space look better by its presence.Mushroom Collection Serve Ware Range by Swati Gakkher For Arttdinox: his collection is inspired from Nature utilizing the traditional Indian Craftsmanship married with modern technology. The textures of this collection have been translated and derived from 'Mushroom' using traditional hand working 'Chitai' technique done with craftsmen from 'Riwari' married with modern Industrial techniques. The handwork technique gives it an elegance and adds a design character which will be definitely admired on the table and also the whole collection shimmers when laid to serve. Wank-El Moto Motorcycle by Riten Gojiya:Wankel Hybrid : This futuristic motorbike uses Wankel engine with Electric assistance. More projects could be seen from iDesignAwards.in website.During the Product Design days events, jury members and organizers came together with the winning designers, and their award kits were distributed.The kits contained the trophy, the book, and the certificate. The book was prepared by Designer Press and was distributed during the event to winners and press members. The I Design Awards was a great event for both cultural communication, and to create awareness for design.Exerpt:I stands for India, as well as innovation, intelligence and much more, the I Design Awards were presented for the first time during the Product Design Days exhibition in Chennai India where the young designers were able to meet both the exhibiting design studios and also the manufacturers and press who were visiting the fair. [First image: Knowledge Tree Bookshelf by Hardik Gandhi]Bpl Studylite Led Table Lamp by Abhijit Bansod: Halo takes an inspiration from a guru or guide, which directs you to..
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Via Panda, Penguin and other subtler algo updates, Google are hammering home the message that content is everything when it comes to judging the worth of a site and how often they are prepared to return it in the search results for its target keywords.
Savvy marketers have been using a variety of methods for years to attract visitors, both on and off page but the latest report from ContentWise and the Custom Content Council shows that it is video content that is proving to be an invaluable addition to their branded marketing repertoire.
The graph below, courtesy of emarketer.com, clearly shows the intent from US companies to utilise video to increase brand visibility in the coming year:
Video marketing is becoming much more of a viable and affordable option to many brands these days as they compete to get their message across. As part of an integrated marketing plan, good video content can work wonders for promoting a product or service, and with YouTube viewers watching 18.6 billion videos in January 2012 alone, it has the potential to reach a huge market.
You don't have to blow the budget on a set of professional videos (although investing in really well produced film is never wasted if the content is right and it's promoted well) but those on a tighter spend can produce their own. For a business looking to benefit from online video, they could start with the following ideas:
* Create a video, or even better, a series of videos that demonstrate what your product or service can help with and why there is a gap in the market for it. Show potential customer WHY they need you.
* Encourage or help satisfied clients to produce video testimonials for your brand
Creation AND curation
However, we all know that marketing budgets aren't always as large as we'd like but the great thing about video is that Google not only loves the creation of it, but also the curation of it. Brands can use their blogs or YouTube channels to collect and distribute other videos that compliment and support their message. The recent and hugely significant change to the way Google indexes video means that websites who embed others' video content on their pages get the credit, so there has never been a better time to show other content creators a bit of love whilst benefiting yourself.
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Winning is so much better than the alternative…
Playing better while waiting for an old friend…
With news that Andy Pettitte will be starting on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners, it's good to see the Yankees starting to play with more consistency. It's no coincidence that the Yankees better play of late comes during a month when Robinson Cano's bat has started to heat up. He is essential to the team's success given an inability to consistently depend upon Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez.
CC Sabathia was in prime form against David Price and the Tampa Bay Rays as the Yanks took the final game of the series this week, and 2 of 3 from the Rays after getting swept in the season opening series in St. Petersburg. I realize that David Robertson was not available to pitch on Friday night after his previous workload, but Rafael Soriano's performance in saving the game does help illustrate the Yankees might be better served by having Soriano close and returning Robertson to his highly successful setup role.
I am not ready to condemn Robertson for the failed save that gave the Rays their only win of the series, but Soriano simply has much more experience closing games. Robertson is great in the 7th and 8th innings, and perhaps he'll be a future All-Star closer. But for now, I'd rather go with experience at the end of the game and ensure that the 7th and 8th innings are covered. It's tough because I think very highly of Robertson, but his ability to weave in and out of trouble plays better in the earlier innings than it does the 9th. Soriano is being paid like a closer, and it would be easier to fill his setup role than it is Robertson's.
When I first heard Friday's pitching match-up was Seattle's King Felix against Hiroki Kuroda, I wasn't sure what to think. Felix Hernandez is among the best pitchers in baseball and Kuroda has been inconsistent since his arrival in the AL. But it turned out to be one of Kuroda's better performances as the Yankees defeated the Mariners, 6-2. The game did see a home run from former Yankees prospect Jesus Montero. I hope this is not a sign of things to come. It was never fun watching Jay Buhner taunt the Yankees after they traded him to Seattle, and I was glad when Buhner finally retired. But now, with Montero in Seattle, it is Buhner revisited as I am sure he'll become the latest Yankee killer.
I was relieved to see the Yankees option Eduardo Nunez to minor leagues after his continued errors. I am not sure what he can do to improve his fielding but I'd rather see him work on it in the minors rather than at Yankee Stadium. Nunez's exit meant the return of Eric Chavez from the DL, which is good for Alex Rodriguez.
I am anxious to see what Andy Pettitte is able to do on Sunday. Based on his late start in the minors, he didn't appear ready. But then again, with a professional like Pettitte, you can't really judge his performance in a minor league game. Andy knows when he is ready and he would not have accepted the advancement back to the Bronx if he didn't feel that he was ready for major league hitters. I was listening to John Smoltz on ESPN Radio today and he said that it would probably take 3-5 starts for Pettitte to get back up to speed. I am sure that Joe Girardi will have David Phelps on call during Pettitte's starts in case he needs long relief, but I am hopeful that Andy can keep his team in games while he works his way back. At any rate, best of luck to Andy on Sunday!
Billy Beane's working the bargain bin once again…
What's Brandon Inge good for? All he does is hit grand slams! Seriously, it is good to see Inge start off his Oakland A's career in grand fashion. I haven't followed the Detroit Tigers closely this season but admittedly I was very surprised when Inge received his release from the Tigers. He had been such a mainstay in Detroit over the years, and was always there to fill a need. From afar, he seemed to be the consummate professional. After he was cut by the Tigers, I didn't expect him to be unemployed for long and of course the A's signed him shortly thereafter.
When I first heard this morning that Inge had hit a grand slam, I thought they were referring to the one a few days ago. But he had hit his second slam in three days on Friday. If getting hits had been a problem in Detroit this year, Inge doesn't seem to have the same affliction in the Bay Area.
Hopefully, this is a start of good things for Inge in Oakland….
Role model for not how to act…
I have never been a fan of Josh Beckett. I may be a Yankees fan, but there are players on the Red Sox roster that I respect. Beckett just isn't one of them. Beckett played a key role in the September swoon that cost the Red Sox a play-off spot last season and he showed no remorse for his actions. So, it should come as no surprise that Beckett was dismissive of the public's negative perception of his decision to play golf after missing a start due to a lat muscle. Regardless of whether he was physically able to play golf is not the issue, it is the negative perception that it created in the minds of the Red Sox Nation as well as the rest of the country.
I agree with the backlash against Beckett. His comments after getting pummeled by the Cleveland Indians last night came across as very smug. His comment that he only gets 18 days off a year was ridiculous. If baseball isn't important to him, then he should return his $17 million annual salary to the Red Sox. I just don't understand why he couldn't say something like he was physically feeling well enough to play golf and the golf swing had no impact on the muscle soreness that he had been experiencing, and he was sorry for putting himself ahead of the team. I know that's just not Beckett's personality, but these types of incidents are creating a wedge between Beckett and the RSN. I've heard some say that the next time Beckett racks up 13 strikeouts or throws a shutout, all will be forgiven. Perhaps there's some truth to it, but I don't see Beckett ever fully repairing the damage he's done.
I am surprised that Bobby Valentine is not saying much, but then again, he probably learned his lesson after he made negative remarks about Kevin Youkilis. Or maybe Bobby doesn't want to completely alienate his pitcher, given how critical he had been of Beckett when he was part of the media.
Beckett deserves much credit for the success the Boston Red Sox have enjoyed in recent years, but he is doing his best to put a sour note on his legacy.
After being sacked on third down, Vikes toss a Hail Mary…
Congratulations to the Minnesota Vikings and the city of Minneapolis, as well as Vikings fans everywhere, for the passage of the $975 stadium deal through the Minnesota House and Senate. This has been an incredible roller coaster ride for years. Just a couple of weeks ago, it looked as though all might be lost. Then , NFL Commissioner Roger Goddell came to Minnesota, and helped to reignite talks. The bill still has to be signed off by the governor, but that's a foregone conclusion as he's been in support of a new stadium. I am glad to see that the Vikings will be staying in Minnesota and won't be a flight risk to Los Angeles.


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ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands (AP) -- Freshman Breanna Stewart had 20 points and 10 rebounds to help No. 2 Connecticut continue to roll through the Paradise Jam tournament with an 81-39 win over Marist on Friday night.
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis added 15 points for UConn while Kelly Faris and Moriah Jefferson each had 10.
Marist (2-3) was led by Emma O'Connor who had a career-high 18 points, but fouled out with just over 4 minutes left in the game.
Connecticut blew the game open early, holding Marist without a field goal for more than 13 minutes while building a 42-14 halftime lead.
UConn (4-0), which routed Wake Forest 95-34 on Thursday, will close out the tournament Saturday against No,. 14 Purdue. The Boilermakers also are undefeated in the tournament and beat the Deacons 67-53 earlier Friday.
UConn opened the game in a full-court press and hit four of its first six shots from 3-point range. They used a 9-0 run to jump out to an early 17-5 advantage.
It was 22-9 before the Huskies went on their decisive 18-0 run, sparked by back-to-back 3-pointers from Stewart.
But it was the defense that dominated. UConn forced 15 first-half turnovers, and Marist shot just 23 percent from the field for the half and just over 25 percent for the game.
The Red Foxes made a little run to open the second half, scoring the first five points. But they went on another scoring drought during a 9-0 run put UConn up 64-28 midway through the half.
The Huskies shot 50 percent from the field hit 13 of 29 shots from 3-point range. They outrebounded Marist 42-23.
Stewart made eight of her 12 shots. It was the first career double-double for the 6-foot-4 freshman, who is averaging 18 points a game.
Junior guard Bria Hartley, who played in her first game of the season Thursday after missing the first two with an injured left ankle, played just 13 minutes and finished with a single point, but led the team with five assists.
The Huskies haven't lost a regular-season tournament game since being beaten by Vanderbilt in the 1992 Hilton Head Super Shooting, a streak of 48-consecutive games.
UConn improves to 316-4 in its last 320 games against unranked teams, and are now 4-0 all-time against Marist, a team they hadn't faced since 2005.
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5 Things To Do With Manhattan Special Espresso Coffee Soda
When John and I wrote about Manhattan Special Espresso Coffee Soda earlier this year, we found out just how many coffee soda fanatics there are in the world. (Even just among the Serious Eats staff.) And unlike many other sodas we tried, we kept coming back to Manhattan Special. There it was at a bodega... okay, we'll grab one. It showed up at our favorite sandwich shop; we're grab one there, too. There it was at our grocery store, in big bottles! It's gotten to a point where he keeps the larger bottles in his refrigerator and in mine.
Needless to say, we've had fun drinking it—but also coming up with more ways to drink it: blended with ice, poured over ice cream, and, of course, with a little something to booze it up.
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Nothing New Under the Sun: Continually Rediscovering the Good Ways to Build Software
Keith Braithwaite proposes ways to integrate ideas successfully applied in software in the past but later discarded, like analysis, architecture, and modeling, into current technology and practice.
RESTful Business Process Management
Cesare Pautasso proves that BPM can be used to compose and implement REST web services, showing the relationship between business processes and stateful resources accessed through a RESTful API.
Sharpening the Tools
Dan North advices on how to advance from beginner to expert: practice the basics, learn from others, understand trends, share knowledge, maintain the toolbox, learn how to learn, and re-do everything.
Fighting Layout Bugs
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Breaking Your Agile Addiction
Rachel Davies believes there is not one Agile solution for everybody, but rather each team should learn how to evolve their own methods and process that fit to their environment.
Modeling Concurrency with Actors in Java - Lessons Learned from Erjang
Kresten Krab Thorup discusses functional and interactive concurrency, the message-based paradigm vs. OOP, a new way of doing programming based on concurrency, state encapsulation, and cheap processes.
The Cloud Silver Bullet: Which Caliber Is Right for Me?
Chris Read takes a look at clouds from the operations perspective, presenting various types of clouds and their tradeoffs, and the process change the organization needs to go through.
Mobile Testing Challenge: Why Mobile Apps Need Real-World Testing Coverage and How Crowdsourcing Can Help
Doron Reuveni presents how to use crowdsourcing for testing mobile applications, the specific characteristics of the In-the-Wild testing accompanied by a live demo, and some real-world success stories
Test-Driven Development of Asynchronous Systems
Nat Pryce exemplifies how he dealt with flickering, false positives, slow, and messy tests appearing in asynchronous testing when trying to perform end-to-end testing.
Product Development in the Land of the Free
Simon Baker and Gus Power point out that many projects fail due to organizational complexity, proposing ways to improve product development and business agility in order to make the customer happy.
Avoid a Failed SOA: Business & Autonomous Components to the Rescue
Udi Dahan addresses SOA from both a technological and business perspective by introducing business and autonomous components, basic elements of a service-oriented solution for the enterprise.
Obscured by Clouds
Russ Miles and Toby Hobson outline many factors to be considered when adopting a cloud solution, creating a wider view of the cloud from the development and business perspective.


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You know you wanted it. Now you can help name it. Syfy has announced that it will once again team with The Asylum to unleash a "Sharknado" sequel onto the world.
The new film is set to premiere in 2014, the network announced Wednesday.
Because the July 11 broadcast of "Sharknado" caused such a social media frenzy, Syfy also announced a Twitter contest to give "Sharknado 2" with an appropriate subtitle. Fans can tweet their subtitle suggestions to @SyfyMovies using #Sharknado. Syfy will select the best submission as the subtitle for "Sharknado 2."
Here's a piece of info that might help with your subtitle: The new storm will throw flying sharks on the citizens of New York City.
"Every once in a while, there is a perfect storm--on television," said Thomas Vitale, executive vice president, programming and original movies at Syfy. "The fans are clamoring for a sequel. Or perhaps it will be a prequel. What we can guarantee is that 'Sharknado 2' will be lots of fun. We'll be announcing more details very soon. But we didn't want our fans to worry they wouldn't get their fill of more shark fin, I mean, fun next year."
Syfy will rear the original "Sharknado" at 6 p.m. CT Thursday. In it, regulars of a beachside bar including owner Fin (Ian Ziering), bartender Nova (Cassie Scerbo) and local drunk George (John Heard) team up with Fin's ex-wife April (Tara Reid) and their kids to put down the sharks falling from the skies during a freak hurricane/tornado storm over Los Angeles.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Pops Says Stay Sober...
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Showrod Sunday...Buckets
I'm a huge fan of '23's. Over the years I contemplated building one several times. They're really impractical, so I've always convinced myself if I had one in the garage, I'd probably just take the bike instead.
Not many T's look right with a normally aspirated engine, but this one works. Perfect proportions and killer paint. Hmmm...
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Who the hell doesn't? Fuck over paying with eBay's prices. Check this out! I've been scanning my 70's collection over the past couple months. Tech, show
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A couple of people I have spoken with online have looked at my book, website and asked what is Kamitic/Kemetic Shamanism and how did I come up with it? I couldn't clearly actually sum it up in a few words or sentences because it was something that I just sat down one day and decided to make. It was something that was given to me and at the same time, something that I was initiated into. Let me explain.
Like so many, I had read and studied all sorts of books regarding the Kamitic/Kemetic way of life. The only difference from most is that I am the son of a preacher who was prophesied upon by numerous people that I too was going to be a preacher. This of course is something I staunchly and stubbornly rejected, as if I was the biblical Jonah before being swallowed up by the whale. I refused to follow in my father's footsteps for a number of reasons; one of the main ones was because I was disgusted with Christianity and God in particular. After undergoing a few episodes of depression because I felt that God didn't give a hoot about me, a voice spoke and inspired me to study the Ancient Egyptians in order to learn how they used the power of God to build their society. And, every since then, I read and studied about the Kamitic/Kemetic tradition with no true purpose or reason in sight.
It was after years of reading, studying and overcoming a few experiences that I met a priestess of Oshun who did a reading for me. It was through the reading that this priestess told me that I was supposed to be a shaman. Now, I didn't know what a shaman was supposed to be. My idea of a shaman was a Native American medicine man or woman brewing some bubbly, smelly concoction with peyote mushrooms inside in order to induce a state of trance, like the one Wade Davis claimed to have experienced in the movie Serpent and the Rainbow when he visited the indigenous people of South America.
Naturally I didn't want to believe what the reading had told me either but it wasn't until the priestess convinced me to stop running from my calling and accept it; that I decided to read about shamanism. Upon doing so, I learned that the basic understanding of shamanism is that it is a generic term that has been used throughout the world by anthropologists to describe practitioners that communicate with the spirit world in order to resolve problems that exist in the physical realm. Michael Harner author of The Way of the Shaman gives a better understanding of what a shaman is and defines a shaman as "a man or woman who enters an altered state of consciousness, at will, to contact and utilize an ordinarily hidden reality in order to acquire knowledge, power, and to help other persons."
When I first read this definition it took me a little while for me to truly understand what it meant. Then when I became deathly ill and had my near death experience (twice because I didn't listen the first time) I began to get a better understanding what shamanism was all about and why the practice was needed.
As I submitted to my calling and allowed the Spirit to lead me, I was reminded of how I watched a number of preachers prepare to give their sermon. It was randomly picked as some may think. Many of them especially from the Pentecostal background that I had observed said a prayer to God and allowed the Spirit to guide their hands and eyes to turn to a page in the bible that the people needed to hear from. This practice is what is known as bibliomancy a form of divination.
As I submitted to my calling another thing that I was shown was that I was quite fond of certain ministers in my childhood church especially the ones that had the ability to lay hands upon individuals.
Another important aspect I saw but didn't understand at that time was that my experience in the church gave me a unique understanding about Christianity, but my research and study gave me new type of theology. This allowed me to receive messages in my dreams, see omens and be able to explain them.
It was this experience and understanding that convinced me that the reason it was prophesized that I was supposed to be a preacher. Is because the African American preacher is the contemporary shaman of the African American community. The reason I was inspired and instructed to read and study the Kamitic/Kemetic tradition was because the theology of our ancestral ways had been lost or temporarily misplaced due to slavery. As a result, the spirituality of many of our people lies in jeopardy, evidence of the social issues plaguing our families, community and society, as various churches compete to become the next super church for souls. It was through the intervention of my ancestors and guardian spirits that I was able to learn and establish a relationship with God that could not have been established through books. The only purpose the books served in this whole experience was that they helped me to understand the ancient ancestral philosophy behind the experience.
It is for this reason out of respect for the traditions of old that a new general term had to be created to give some idea as to what I had experienced. That term is what I refer to as Kamitic/Kemetic shamanism.
Kamitic/Kemetic shamanism is not a reconstruction or resurrection of the old Kamitic/Kemetic kingdom and the cultural practices of ancient Egypt. It is not dedicated to reviving the old Kamitic/Kemetic religion or religious ways, nor is it a New Age appropriation with pagan and European deities. Kamitic/Kemetic shamanism simply put is an ancestral practice based upon the Afro-American cultural experience that focuses upon attaining and maintaining balance according to the Kamitic/Kemetic philosophy. It is the spiritual practice that helped me to greatly improve my life because our ancestors preserved this knowledge that they acquired as part of our legacy.


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Samsung has announced the launch of a new flagship television, the ES9000, that measures in at 75-inches.
"The definition qualities greatly improve in clearness, contrast and brightness by adopting Diamond Black Panel to provide best visual qualities in the ultra-sized screen," says Samsung on the new model, which will come in a rose gold colour rather than boring silver.
The new television showed off at the John Lewis Christmas party in London yesterday for Pocket-lint to get a gander, will sport a 7.9mm thick bezel around the edge of the HD screen and pack all the usual Smart TV features we've come to know and love from the TV company.
That means apps, a webcam for video conferencing, face recognition and Samsung's gesture control among other things.
In the flesh, the 75-incher looks stunning. The size not only takes your breath away, but the vibrancy and clarity of the images is also very impressive. Of course, we were watching demo footage, so we can't judge how well it will cope with an episode of EastEnders.
Samsung has also been wonderfully attentive to the design. The miniscule bezel means this Minster television is all about the screen.
The pop-up camera on the top means the design stays clean: simply pop the camera out if and when you want it.
Samsung confirmed to us that the 75-inch Full HD model would be the largest the company would offer in the UK this year. No word from John Lewis as to when it will be available in the UK officially, but considering it was shown as part of the company's Christmas line-up we would expect it to appear in store before Christmas.


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i really like your Droid army. it looks pretty cool. you could probably pull a nice looking battle scene with all those figures
Quick update on my Imperial Army:
454 pieces out of a 576 piece goal (1 battalion)
1st company
- All platoons; Stormtroopers - 144 of 144 (all Votc, and converted Saga2 sandies)
2nd company
- 1st platoon; Sandtroopers - 36 of 36 (Evo and Saga2)
- 2nd platoon; Scout troopers - 36 of 36 (all Vtsc)
- 3rd platoon; Snow troopers - 36 of 36 (POTF2 and Saga)
- 4th platoon; special ops (EU)
- 1st Squad; Blackhole/Shadowtrooper - 9 of 9
- 2nd Squad; 501st stormtroopers - 9 of 9
- 3rd Squad; concept troopers - 2 of 9
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It's a figure like many from its era while it was an improvement, but it also had major flaws, at least in my eyes... I'm a little bored with Bespin Luke getting rehashed at this point, and I would love seeing a new versatile sculpt... One that a new torso on him could yield a nice new poseable Dagobah Luke, or a damaged Bespin Luke with just a crafty paintjob on it. The old Saga sculpt of him though just isn't interesting to me at all, especially now.
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I'm going to structure this quite simply...
What I hope happens with coffee in 2011
- Volume of sales
- Green bean purchasing and management
- Marketing (coolness, buzz, brand, etc)
- Preparing coffee the right way
- Roasting
"This is where the commodity speciality coffee companies are killing the artisan ones. Sure, Peet's coffee is usually not good. But it is 100% consistent in how it's not good."
Don't you think this is a little bit fallacious? That's like saying, "We need to increase production of 85-90 point coffees. See how much 80-84 point coffee there is?"
Nick: I think you're missing the point.
By focusing on consistency (even at decreased quality), commodity companies are satisfying a basic desire in customers. Most customers are likely to choose a consistent experience (of lesser max quality) than an unknown experience with large range (and greater potential max quality).
Keep in mind that customers care about the experience and the end result - not the process behind it.
Thanks for this post, it puts into succinct words a lot of what I'm feeling about coffee today as well.
I think I might argue that points 1 and 2 are essentially the same - if coffee vendors can find a way to get their heads out of their asses and focus on customer service, then the problem with elitism goes away.
Or, from the other side of the room, elitism is a human constant. There's no real way to get away from it in any field, let alone a field like coffee (or any other totally aesthetic area like food or fashion where "good" is completely subjective). The trick is to make it possible for customers to choose the level of snobbery they aspire to, and to provide a good (and respectful) experience no matter what level they choose or achieve.
I'm not sure I'd hold up Peets as a model of consistency, at least as far as espresso is concerned. But maybe they've improved since I started boycotting them 8 or 10 years ago. When Peets did their first big push to become the Pepsi of the coffee world (to Starbucks's Coke) espresso consistency (and, I guess, barista training) was a casualty and I switched to Starbucks for my "predictably bad espresso" experience :) Peets is definitely consistent for brewed coffee though.
You seem to be pretty damn comfortable with your own elitism. Commodity specialty coffee companies...is that code for the company's size or a roast style you don't like? Such a weak, cheap shot.
One of the great things about being an ex-insider is that I have a little more perspective than those who work in coffee - and those who don't.
As a result I'm both the most elite (one of one) and the least elite (part of neither).
This is, in fact, something I'm quite comfortable with.
In response to the question hidden in the insults...
"Commodity speciality coffee" is not code for anything. It's exactly what it sounds like -- the (large) segment of speciality coffee that sells coffee as a commodity and buys commodity green coffee. These companies are very big, very small and all sizes in between. They roast very dark, they roast very light. But they treat coffee as a commodity. End of definition.
Enjoy your paranoia and bitterness my friend.
What's the opposite of a commodity coffee company?
On the buying side, how does a company avoid buying commodity green beans? Do they have to forge individual relationships with individual farmers or collectives?
On the selling side, does this mean selling directly to the public instead of in bulk to other resellers?
On the elitism side, again elitism/tribalism is a human constant. For some domains, like science, elite status should be tied to something objective - like intelligence or research results. Obviously there are other considerations in science, but it's at least a partial meritocracy.
For something like coffee, elite status has nothing to do with anything objective. What you choose is an exercise in tribal affiliation and nothing else. So if you choose *NOT* to care about what makes a good cup of coffee you're being JUST AS ELITIST at the snobbiest barista.
I like what you had to say here. I've seen several industry blogs talking about customer service lately. Maybe some of the big wigs (the 'elite') will listen. Probably not though, until someone new actually builds a business model on the customer first, coffee second, WITH great coffees.
I think it's been proven that you can have a successful model with customer service and consistency first with terrible coffee. So who's gonna take the leap and focus on customer service, consistency, AND great coffee?
Nothing gets under my skin more than being treated poorly at a coffee shop that has great coffee. It's not a great coffee shop unless i can get great customer service. Period. Doesn't matter how great the coffee is.
I believe that consistency and customer service go hand in hand. The experience has to start with consistently good coffee, otherwise it's all smoke and mirrors. I'm not into "white glove" service, but customers should be seated and waited on if staying, and not hurried to be in and out. Allow them the chance to experience something new rather than the same old same old coffee shop experience.
I think the goal should be for the customer to know they are encouraged to stay and truly understand what they are getting and enjoy the coffee, espresso, capp, latte, etc, rather than just be another volume customer in and out the door.
Agree on your consistency issues. The sad truth is Starbucks, Peets, and Dunkin Donuts are, on average, better than most indies.
Espresso should ideally have flavors that you could enjoy any time of the day. I think there is a balance between daring and boring, it's finding it that is often tricky.
Best to you in the New Year.
Post more. Whether I agree or not, I always enjoy your well-articulated opinions.
I think most folks in the industry can appreciate your hopes for 2011. However, as a barista I know there is only so much I can personally do. Of your four points, it seems as though your first is the most achievable goal for a barista.
The difficult part for a barista though is understanding what makes a great customer experience, especially for a guy like you. What is the ideal?
It's unlikely that I'm a representative sample of your customers - so I think it would be a bad idea to try and create a customer experience based on what I want / like. Talk to you customers (and ask them what could be better and what is great) - and talk to the folks who aren't your customers (and ask them whey not).
This is a good place to start - http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/10/grass-fed-a-few-beefs/
Customer Service and the Eliteism definitely goes hand in glove. The one big issue that "coffee snobs/baristas" don't realize is that when you break it down to brass tacks - you are selling the experience, atmosphere, and the product. Just because the barista is a (self imagined) coffee expert doesn't mean that the commerce that they engage in has some sort of higher calling for the customer. Maybe the customer just wants to download for a few minutes and relax in your business establishment. Light'in up you self proclaimed coffee experts - its not like you just "pulled" the cure for cancer or solved world hunger or poverty - its just a shot your SELLING TO A CUSTOMER !!!!
I'm fascinated by some of the responses you've received, especially those who question the validity of consistency and then point out that certain companies are the Coke and Pepsi of the coffee biz.
To my mind, Coke and Pepsi are the EPITOME of consistency. On a worldwide basis. Quite ironic…
It's nice to see someone else thinking about the customer experience rather than the "barista experience." When I started training the people who would become the baristas of Spro Hampden, the first lesson I taught them was that pretentiousness and condescension were not allowed and if anyone had ideas of Third Wave elitism, they would be routed out and released.
As I tell my staff, our first priority is the customer and the experience of the customer, second is coffee quality.
For us, everything is geared to our guests. We want them to feel welcome. We want them to feel as though they are being taken care of. We want to cultivate an environment of warm hospitality. We want them to be comfortable and to enjoy their visit. To achieve this, one must do away with all the trappings of the Central Perk and Third Wave mindset.
One of the best examples I can offer is that of music. Spro offers no music in either of our environments. Our new baristas keep trying to convince me of the "need" for music. Truth be told, unless carefully programmed, things such as music are not presented for the enjoyment of the guest but rather at the personal pleasure and whims of the baristas - who without a doubt, believe that their taste in music is superior to that of others.
Playing your own music is not caring for the guest. It's placing your needs above those who provide your living. It's selfish and arrogant. Not to mention a perfect example of forgetting the desires of the customer.


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MADISON – The University of Wisconsin Law School is launching the Wisconsin Business Law Initiative to better connect faculty and students with business lawyers in Wisconsin and beyond.
Jonathan Lipson, the UW Law School Foley & Lardner Professor of Law and director of the Business Law Initiative effort, says the idea for the initiative came about in part to honor former Law School Dean Ken Davis, a renowned business law scholar, and in part to coordinate, promote and bolster the business law work done at the school.
Because other disciplines often get the spotlight at the UW Law School, Lipson says the Law School's distinctive approach to business law sometimes is overlooked despite the school's long history of pioneering study in the field. The UW has a distinctive, grounded approach to understanding how the legal system affects business practices. That approach has been influential at other elite law schools, Lipson says.
"The current trend in legal scholarship, especially business law scholarship, is to be more interdisciplinary. But that is something the University of Wisconsin has been doing since before Willard Hurst started to write about commercial practices in Wisconsin's north woods in the middle of the last century," Lipson explains. "What we have not been doing is telling the world about it, and that is what I'd like to change."
Lipson, who has done major empirical studies of lawyer's closing opinion practices and the use of examiners in large, complex bankruptcies, believes the time is right to raise the profile of the Law School's business law program.
"We have terrific teachers and scholars doing important, cutting edge business law work," Lipson says, citing the work of Wisconsin faculty such as Stewart Macaulay, Bill Whitford and Darian Ibrahim, among others. He also noted that the initiative will support the training efforts of the Law School's popular Law and Entrepreneurship Clinic and Real Estate concentration.
The initiative formally kicks off on Nov. 18-19 as a co-sponsor of the 2011 Wisconsin Law Review Symposium. The symposium will focus on major changes in the nature and role of in-house and general counsel in the legal departments of businesses. Lipson says one of the benefits of hosting the symposium is that students will have the chance to engage with internationally recognized business law authorities and business lawyers, both at firms and in-house.
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* Microwave for 30 secs or untill,cheese starts bubbling.
* Now take it out and add egg to the bowl.
* Keep in the microwave for 1 more min or untill the egg is cooked well.
* Simultaneously, in a pan add butter and saute the chopped bell peppers and mushroom.
* Sprinkle some salt and pepper on the veggies.
* Now the egg will be cooked well.
* Just dump in the sauteed veges on top of it and cook for 20 sec again.This will help the veges to stick to the eggs.
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