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Not much has changed on the mantel since right after Thanksgiving. I did get the Holly cut and arranged in some of my ironstone pitchers. I had had 5 of them lined up, but when the Holly went in, it was too much. I've tried adding greenery and several other little accents to the mantel, but each time I've taken it down. It just felt like too much "stuff". So, this is my version of "understated".
Sunday, December 15, 2013
Christmas Mantel
Not much has changed on the mantel since right after Thanksgiving. I did get the Holly cut and arranged in some of my ironstone pitchers. I had had 5 of them lined up, but when the Holly went in, it was too much. I've tried adding greenery and several other little accents to the mantel, but each time I've taken it down. It just felt like too much "stuff". So, this is my version of "understated".
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What a beautiful room. I feel the same way about decorating this year -- and I've heard many other bloggers say it as well! Are we all... coming to our senses? =) LOL Merry Christmas Debra!ReplyDelete
Stunning!! I love the green inside the lanterns!ReplyDelete
Beautiful mantel and I just adore those lanterns ~ReplyDelete
I adore those lanterns from Pottery Barn, just adore them. Oh, your Guy Wolff pot is absolutely stunning, I've wanted one forever! I love your simple decorating and there are days I sure wish I were snowed in - of course living in the desert that would never happen. Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!ReplyDelete
Very pretty and I like the simplicity, Debra! Nothing wrong with understated. I kept things simple this year, too, using what I've already got. I think I bought one new thing this year for Christmas décor. Love the lanterns. They are a great size. Love the cuttings of holly you added in. I had planted two holly bushes, at our old house the year before we moved, with hopes of cutting some for Christmas.ReplyDelete
Heavens, if you're snowed in, you might as well stay in your comfy pjs. It looks very pretty. I need to learn "understated..."ReplyDelete
Your mantel looks just beautiful Debra!... love your holly berries... and your new white lanterns are fabulous!... sorry you are snowed in... but isn't it nice you can "travel the world" on the internet!... I think I decorated a bit "over the top" this year, dragging out ALL of my stuff... but Jack likes it... and he's my "little boy" at Christmas time, hee hee hee... next year, I AM paring down... remind me of that next November, 'k?... love you!... xoxo JulieReplyDelete
Everything looks lovely, and love your lanterns and what you did with them. Wish I had your snow! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
I think your mantel is just right! It looks very pretty with the boxwood trimmings in the pitchers. Sometimes less is more especially if you're doing a country theme. Love your new lanterns on the fireplace too. They look pretty with the paperwhites in them. Hopefully, you'll be able to get out of your house soon so you won't get cabin fever. Thank goodness for online shopping though!ReplyDelete
Your Home is So Beautiful, it's Award WinningReplyDelete
Hope your staying warm
It really looks gorgeous, Deb - every single thing looks perfectly put together.ReplyDelete
Sad about holly- I had the hugest most awesome holly bush in my back garden and I had a landscaper do some re-designs and I came home to it GONE - chopped up and tossed. I about died. Now I don't really have a perfect place for one, dang it every single Christmas I get mad all over again, haha. They never even ASKED me - oh it was the worst landscape designer ever - half the stuff she put in we replanted elsewhere or it died. I could go on and on, but this is about your gorgeous world. AWESOME.
Now, tell me, how the HECK do you get your pictures so light and bright? Seriously on the sunniest of days I can't get mine to look anything like that, love them.
Beautiful! I love those big lanterns especially.ReplyDelete
Stay warm in all of that snow. Wish we had just a little here in Tennessee.
Blessings, Amy
The paperwhites in your lanterns are such a creative surprise, much more beautiful than the usual candles. I love the simplified look of your living room and mantel.
Merry Christmas,
We are getting similar weather to you. Lot's of snow and now very cold temps moving in!!! I love your mantel and I love when I see our whole living room it is so pretty. Love the paperwhites in the lanterns. They will look so beautiful when they bloom. Very pretty.
It looks beautiful, Debra! I used to like lots of decoration but recently tend to enjoy the less is more look as well. Your new lanterns are wonderful and look gorgeous with the paperwhites inside. It's very sad that things get stolen from your front porch. That takes quite a bit of fun out of decorating it.ReplyDelete
Have a lovely Sunday and stay warm!
Oh, how wonderful to go outside and cut your own holly! I think the lanterns look perfect with your paperwhites just starting to grow. Imagine how pretty they'll be when the flowers bloom! The roads have been clear here, but it's been below zero since Thanksgiving, so getting out to shop hasn't been pleasant. I hope your roads are cleared so you can get out to join the madness at the malls this week, Debra!ReplyDelete
love the big lanterns, debra! and the topiaries and hydrangeas look sweet with the holly bits:) so sorry about the pumpkins:(ReplyDelete
It's pretty. Merry ChristmasReplyDelete
I like the understated look....It looks elegant and timeless. I'm sorry to hear that you've been snowed in, I definitely know the feeling! We got 9 inches dumped on us Friday and Saturday but thank goodness by noon they had the plows on the side streets and the roads were salted. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you get some strong sun and milder weather to help clear your street so you can run free lady :-)ReplyDelete
We really do operate with a shared brain my sister from another mister! I challenged myself to do a more subdued front room and boy oh boy was it a challenge. I kept reaching for the jar of glitter and had to slap my own hands more than once! The rest of the house was an "anthing goes" theme and it's just that, but I was glad I held back in the living room. It centers me.ReplyDelete
You have just proven my point. Your mantel is beautiful in its simplicity.
Love the understated elegance of your fireplace. Stay warm and cozy in your home. No sense risking icy roads. xoLauraReplyDelete
What a pretty mantel Debra. I am loving those big lanterns with the paperwhites.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 15, 2013 at 8:41 AM
Debra, this is such a beautiful mantel! I adore your room! It's so inviting and serene!ReplyDelete
Debra, you do understated very well-it looks gorgeous! And I'm really loving those big lanterns :)ReplyDelete
I love those big lanterns with the plants. Those are gorgeous and so unique.ReplyDelete
I like simple decors. your mantel is perfect and the view in the mirror is amazing.ReplyDelete
I love your mantel, Debra...and such a great idea to use the lanterns for paperwhites!ReplyDelete
Your mantle is extremely calming amidst all the "hussle~and~bussle" of the Christmas Season!
I adore your Pottery Barn Lanterns!!!
Thank you for sharing your lovely home with us!!!
gorgeous! those ceiling beams are amazing! I love how they are reflected in your mirror. the paperwhites are the perfect addition to your lanterns, very clever!!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love the lanterns!ReplyDelete
As always, this room is just amazing. I love your big lanterns, and the paperwhites are just heavenly. Such a pretty touch of green, and the anticipation of that scent is just too lovely...ReplyDelete
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"This is not a hotel" – Share economy exploits loopholes
by Nophakhun Limsamarnphun
Explosion in short term rentals causes problems for hotels and reduces tax revenues.
Legal loopholes and lax regulation of the hotel business have led to a large number of unlicensed hotel operators and unregistered guests in major tourist destinations in Thailand, according to government and private sector officials. In addition, the widely-popular sharing economy has prompted new generations of property owners, consumers and holidaymakers to use online and mobile platforms to rent out their units or to book holiday rentals and other forms of accommodation.
Supawan Tanomkieatipume, president of the Thai Hotels Association, said the 'sharing' economy could not be stopped, because more and more consumers preferred to use these platforms rather than continuing to use the services of traditional hotels. However, she said, many hotel operators have also adopted the new technology behind the sharing economy and various online platforms to accommodate consumer behaviour changes.
"We're not discriminating against online sharing and other platforms but we hope all the parties concerned abide by the law," said Supawan.
The government is supposed to ensure that accommodation owners register their guests properly and follow other regulations on safety, as well as forwarding their guests' identities to immigration authorities, she said. In addition, they are required to pay local and other taxes as licensed hotel operators do.
So far, the government has been lax on enforcing these regulations while the number of condominium and other privately owned accommodation units serving tourists and other guests continues to skyrocket. At present, the Interior Ministry and local government agencies have jurisdiction over hotel and other rental accommodation operators.
Tourism and Sports Minister Weerasak Kowsurat says current Thai hotel law allows individual property owners a maximum of four rental rooms that can accommodate a maximum of 20 guests. They can operate like a hotel or other accommodation providers without having to register as operators.
This is seen as a legal loophole and has led to a fast-growing number of condo and apartment units being rented to tourists, especially in Bangkok and other popular tourist destinations, as online booking and sharing platforms experience phenomenal growth, including Airbnb, Booking.com and Agoda. Airbnb and Booking.com representatives could not be reached for comment.
Critics have said unregulated accommodation operators have contributed to the rise of visa overstayers and cross-border criminals using the country as a hiding outpost. According to Supawan, Thailand has about 300,000 to 400,000 licensed hotel rooms but the actual number of hotel rooms and other rentals being used is thought to be double those figures.
A huge but largely unknown number of hotels and other forms of accommodation are neither registered nor paying taxes properly, said Supawan. This has negatively affected law-abiding hoteliers due to the widespread unfair competition.
"We have reported this situation to the government which is losing a lot of tax revenues from these unregistered hotel and accommodation providers," she said. Regarding Airbnb and similar private rental accommodation services, a court in Prachuap Khiri Khan province has ruled that renting out condo units to tourists is not legal.Udom Srimaha-chota, vice president of the THA and a hotel owner in the tourist resort of Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan, recently submitted a letter to the province's governor, urging local authorities to take legal action against those turning their condo units and other private properties into daily tourist accommodation.
Udom said some condo projects in Hua Hin and other nearby resort towns were also allowing tourists to stay in their unsold rooms and charged them on a daily basis, in violation of the hotel business law. The unregulated service, says Udom, has led to safety, security and other problems for tourism and other authorities, since guests are not properly registered with local and immigration authorities. There is also no proper tax collection.
Many online and other advertisements promote condo units and apartment rooms as tourist accommodation in Hua Hin without having the proper licenses, Udom added. On the sharing economy, Weerasak said the fast-growing trend among tourists to use online platforms such as Airbnb for accommodation had multiple consequences. In his opinion, the sharing economy was supposed to enable people with surplus accommodation to rent it out but this was being widely abused.
"For example, you may rent out a room at your own house to guests but this has turned into a commercial activity for many people who buy or invest in multiple condo units and rent them out to tourists on a daily basis, just like hotels," he said.
He admitted that there were legal loopholes in the Thai hotel business law, including an allowance for landlords to not need a hotel licence unless they had more than four rooms or guests exceeding a total of 20. In response to this trend, authorities have encouraged unlicensed operators to report their guests to authorities, but enforcement of this has not been strict.
Weerasak also noted that licensed hotel operators had faced unfair competition from these operators, who should be required to report the names of their guests to immigration officials as well as pay local government fees and taxes.
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Every year, the Missouri Valley Conference puts on one of the best shows in college basketball in what fans know as Arch Madness. St. Louis has played host to the MVC tournament since 1991, with the Scottrade Center as the venue since 2006. This year the tournament features two teams likely to earn an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament if they don't win the automatic bid in Creighton and Wichita State.
Both Creighton and Wichita State made the big dance last year, with Creighton winning the conference tournament and winning its first game in the NCAA Tournament as well. SB Nation's Chris Dobbertean has Creighton as a nine-seed and Wichita State as a 10-seed in his latest bracket projections.
MVC teams have a history of success in the NCAA Tournament. On top of a Creighton victory last year, Northern Iowa made a Sweet 16 run in 2010 and Southern Illinois doing the same in 2007.
The first round features the bottom four teams in the conference, but the MVC was tightly packed this year and any team is capable of knocking of anyone else over the course of the weekend.
First Round - Thursday, March 7 (all times central)
No. 8 Bradley Braves vs. No. 9 Drake Bulldogs - 6 p.m., MVC TV
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Quarterfinals - Friday, March 8
No. 1 Creighton Bluejays vs. Game 1 winner - 12 p.m., MVC TV
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We know about extremely strong materials such as carbon nanotubes. However, this is only in tension. What are some high strength-to-weight materials (both available and hypothetical) in uniaxial compression?
Such a material would be useful in supertall structures and vacuum airships.
Of my research, PVC pipe seems to be a good bet at 100MPa and only 1.3 g/cm^3. However, this is still inadequate for a vacuum airship.
Beryllium is also a likely candidate as it is 1400MPa and only 1.85 c/cm^3, making it doable in a vacuum airship. However, it is very toxic to work with (I don't know if bulk beryllium is safe) and expensive.


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So, what happened to me? first, I was incredibly busy, then it was my sweetie's birthday and we ended up with an overabundance of awesome books to read, and then I fell out of the habit of posting.
Anyway, a while back, I was rooting through some old literature and came across this response to a paper published in Ground Water (Correlations of permeability and grain size, R. G. Shepherd, Volume 27, No. 5, October 1989):
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Cat Sanctuary In War-Torn City Just Got Bombed
They need our help now more than ever.
A cat sanctuary where hundreds of animals and dozens of people have found refuge and love in the midst of war and disorder has been bombed, according to an update on social media today.
"I'm so sorry to tell you that today our shelter was bomb[ed]," Alessandra Abidin, who runs the private Facebook group for Il Gattaro d'Aleppo, a cat sanctuary in Aleppo, Syria, wrote today. From her home in Italy, every day, Abidin updates fans of the sanctuary across the world. "Some cats and our beautiful dog Hope is dead," she said.
The cat sanctuary made international headlines when Mohammad Alaa Aljaleel, an ambulance driver also known as the cat man of Aleppo, was discovered feeding and taking care of as many stray cats as he could.
There are so far no reports that Alaa is hurt.
Alaa has also provided a space for the children of Aleppo to find joy while their city crumbles. Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, has been an almost constant battleground since 2012 as opposing forces have tried to gain control of the city. To save their own lives, people fled the city of Aleppo - an estimated 40,000 of them.
"When people left, the cats started coming to me," Alaa told BBC News.
Alaa started out with about 20 cats who were left behind as people ran for their lives, in addition to the strays he'd taken in. A year later there were over 100 - and Alaa started the sanctuary. Now, after today's bombing, it is uncertain what the future of the sanctuary will be.
Another page, which supports Alaa's candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize for his work for animals and people in the region, posted video of smoke billowing from a near skyline and the sounds of bombs going off. "Excuse us today we can not show you the cats," the caption read.
"We need to tell Alaa that we'll support him if he finds a somewhat safer place," one commenter said. "We all knew this could happen. The most important thing is for Alaa, his brother, helpers and children to be safe. It's a vicious war."
The extent of the damage is still unknown. We will update you when we have more information.
If you'd like to help, you can request to join the private Facebook group and request donation details via message. If you have the email address to donate, for the security of the sanctuary, the group asks that you do not mention "Aleppo" or "Syria" in the note and that you do not share it with anyone else.
Recently, when a bomb fell near the sanctuary, The Dodo asked what people could do for the Alaa and the sanctuary, and Abidin replied: "For now just pray and support him."
Update: Abidin reports that Alaa's home and his ambulance was bombed. Alaa and his family are fine. The animals who were killed are the two cats and one dog mentioned in the article. The article has also been updated to reflect important information on keeping the donation address private.


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Peak, Peek, and Pique
What is the difference between peak, peek, and pique?
- A peak is the highest point of something.
- A peek is a quick look.
- To pique means to arouse interest or curiosity.
PeakThe noun peak is the maximum point, degree, or volume of something. (The word peak can also be used as a verb.)
- I grew up climbing mountains in Montana. My wife and I were engaged on top of a mountain peak.
- It's been a career filled with very low valleys and some wonderful high peaks. (Pat Morita)
- I hate to sound self-involved, but I feel like I haven't peaked yet. (Q Tip) (This is an example of peak being used as a verb.)
PeekThe noun peek denotes a quick look or glance. (The word peek can also be used as a verb.)
- It's fun to peek into other people's worlds and see how they go about doing things. (Norah Jones)
- I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much. (Paul Thomas Anderson) (This is an example of peek being used as a verb.)
- We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport. (Alberto Salazar) (This should be peak.)
PiqueThe noun pique denotes a feeling of irritation or displeasure. It can also be used as a verb meaning to irk or displease. Pique can also mean to arouse or provoke interest.
Examples of pique meaning irritation or displeasure:
- If someone starts agreeing with me, I don't like it. Out of pique, I become something else. (Alexei Sayle)
- In a fit of pique, I said to my agent, "I'm going to write something you can sell."
- It piqued me.
- A great way to pique people's interest in nutrition is to involve them more in the cooking process.
Common Terms with Peak, Peek, and PiqueHere are some common terms which feature peak, peek, or pique:
PeakCommon terms with peak:
- Peak of fitness
- Peak hours
- Mountain peak
PeekCommon terms with peek:
- Peek a boo
- Take a peek
- Sneak a peek
PiqueCommon terms with pique:
- Piqued my interest
- Piqued your interest
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Building Deck Stairs
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It is summer project time and many of you are probably in the middle of building a new deck or modifying an existing one. If that is the case, you might want to read up on how to build stairs. The technique to build stairs is about the same for any project, but a refresher is always in order.
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The term Colloid was first used by Graham (1861) to include the substances like starch, gum gelatin etc; whose glue like solutions have little or no tendency to pass through parchment membrane or collodion. But the term colloid refers to a heterogeneous stable mixture which intermediate between suspension and true solution.
A colloid may consist of a mixture of solid in liquid in which solid form is called dispersed phase and the liquid component is called dispersion medium. This colloid has a fluid like consistency. The particles of dispersed phase is called Colloidal particles or Micelles, The size of particle is 10 -10 cm; which can visible under ultramicroscope but invisible under light microscope.
Colloidal solutions may be Lyophilic (solvent loving) or lyopholic (solvent hating ). Lyophilic colloids are called emulsoods and later are called suspensoids. The colloidal solution in which water is the dispersion medium called as hydrophilic colloids.
Colloidal solutions may attain two physical states one is sol state and other is semisolid gel state. There two states can be inter conversible in reversible colloids.
Agar-agar when boiled in water gives a sol like colloid. But when it is cooled attains semisolid consistency. But egg albumin is irreversible colloid.
Living cell protoplasm is a colloidal solution in which water is the dispersion medium and cytoplasmic organells and inclusions are the dispersed phase.
A colloidal solution shows following properties.
i) Filterability:z
Colloidal particles (dispersed) never pass through the parchment membrane or plasma membrane.
ii) Adsorption:
Colloidal particles have a tendency to attract and retain at their surfaces other particles with which they come in contact.
iii) Tyndall effect:
lf a strong light is passed through a colloidal solution. The path of beam is illuminated by a bluish light come due to defraction of light by particles.
Under ultra microscope it shows bright spots on dark field.
iv) Brownian Motion:
In colloidal solutions the particles of dispersed phase exhibit characteristic zig-zag motion called Brownian motion, which due to uneoual bombardment of particle by the molecules of the dispersion medium.
v) Electrical properties:
Colloidal particles constituting the dispersed phase carry electric charge probably due to the preferential adsorption of ions to it, All colloidal particle of a particular colloidal solution carry either + ve or-ve charge.
vi) Coagulation or Flocculation:
The precipitation of colloidal particles constituting the dispersed phase of the colloidal solution by the addition of an electrolyte is called Coagulation or Flocculation.
vii) Osmotic pressure:
Colloidal solutions shows very low osmotic pressure as the concentratiois higher than normal solution. Protoplasm is a polyphase complex colloidal system exhibit all above properties of colloids.


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A Letter from Milwaukee
I was in Milwaukee for the Ecological Society of America National Meeting, seeing a lot of really fascinating research papers. Since I was there, I thought "Why not a Skepchick meet up?"
First, some advice to travelers. You might think that because your hotel room is on the 16th floor, you don't need to draw your curtains. Especially if it's a lovely sunny day. And you are taking a shower.
You would be WRONG.
I did not get a shot of the guys on the scaffold, but like all the people I met in Milwaukee, they were very friendly.
We had our meet-up at a hotel bar called "Knuckles." I had a great plan to print out a sign, but the printer did not cooperate. So I had a book with a large roach on the cover, and a cocktail napkin with "Skepchicks!" scribbled on it to signal my location. I also had killer shiny red heels on.
Fortunately, my lame napkin was enough to allow VulcanWay from the JREF forum, Rhiannonrevolts, and Jtradke to find me. As you can see, Milwaukee skeptics are a good-looking bunch!
We had a great time chatting, and they tried to convince me that Milwaukee is a relatively woo-free zone. I was…..skeptical. :D
We had a really good time playing "spot the ecologist" since about 3000 scientists were in town for the ESA meeting. We also discovered that you can see up the skirts of girls riding in the glass elevators near the bar.
The photo you see above was taken just before the Debauchery turned into a Debacle.
I wanted to get a picture of my cute red shoes (standard Skepchick issue) and the folks that showed up….so I stuck my foot up in the air and took a photo with my foot in the shot.
Of course, I normally have coveralls or pants on because of my work, and forgot I was wearing a skirt. I don't wear skirts much, actually. Like, never.
Here you see the looks of utter shock and horror over my Sharon Stone-like cooter flash.
Now you know why the title of my Autobiography is "It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time."
Fortunately, they forgave me, and we went off and had some really awesome Thai food. I had no idea Wisconsin was the place to go for a good curry!
Milwaukee is a lovely town–Thanks so much guys! We must party again, and I'll wear pants next time so you'll be safe.
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More than half of mobile news consumers are using their devices daily to keep abreast of the news, a study shows. And they're more than happy to tell you why and what they're viewing.
Jacqueline Soteropoulos Incollingo, assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Journalism at Rider University, examined the habits, practices, and desires of the mobile news users in a major metropolitan newspaper company on the East Coast.
The author first conducted an online quantitative survey of the newspaper's 632 digital subscribers. Later, qualitative telephone interviews with 30 users were conducted to provide additional information, context, and the users' voices.
Results showed that about 56 percent daily read "in-depth articles" on a range of mobile devices.
Around half of the readers used tablets to check headlines daily. Another 35 percent used tablets to read in-depth articles.
On smartphones, 48 percent of the participants checked headlines daily, while 21 percent read in-depth articles.
Readers also said that mobile content from was useful (relating to notions of surveillance — a theory that news consumption is related to our need to monitor our world), entertaining, enjoyable, convenient and accessible. Participants also noted the conversational value which was reflected in their self-reported desire to discuss the content after consuming it.
Surveillance remains a prominent need among most of mobile news readers. An 81-year-old retired nurse who is a digital-only consumer via her tablet said, "I read the newspaper every day via a tablet. … I just like to keep up on the news—what's going on locally as well as in the world."
Readers also cited the convenience of digital access to news via mobile devices as one of the central aspects of their news use on tablets or smartphones. This convenience also led them to be more deeply engaged with news and consume more news. A reader using his tablet to get news said, "I love the convenience of it. I love how it's updated… I'm not sitting down at my desk. I can sit in my living room, I can sit in my garden, I can read it anywhere."
To read the full text of the study: https://bit.ly/2EAK5DR
Incollingo, J. S. (2018). "I'm a news junkie… I like being informed": Mobile news use by a newspaper's digital subscribers. Newspaper Research Journal, 39(2), 134-144.
From Users to Creators On the other side of the mobile devices are journalists. Gregory Perreault of the Department of Communication at Appalachian State University and Kellie Stanfield of the Department of Communication Arts at Salisbury University studied how mobile journalists articulate their role within the broader journalistic field. Researchers conducted an online survey with 39 mobile journalists in six countries: the United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Argentina, and the Netherlands.
The authors found that journalists were motivated to do mobile because it includes "a combination of better storytelling, ability to share information easily across platforms, working remotely." They also saw mobile as a role that lent itself toward "community and breaking news reporters" as well as sports reporters. A journalist said the role of mobile journalists required them to "know how to be flexible and work from the field as needed."
But this role is often seen as "burden" because perhaps it requires newsrooms to "modify the workflow to adapt it to the new habits of consumption."
Journalists also said three factors—personal, environmental, and audience motivations—influenced the use of mobile journalism. A journalist said mobile journalism helped him stay up to date and be faster and better than others. "I am able to do my own thing and to publish stories others can't realize."
Journalists also considered audience need while doing mobile journalism. A journalist said, "My audience is varied. I've looked at data on my stories and I hit a big 18–35 audience, but in the evening my stories do really well with Boomers. People seem to interact more with my stories when they find them via social media, so I tend to get a younger, female audience during the day."
To read the full text of the study: https://bit.ly/2UmkPtU
Perreault, G., & Stanfield, K. (2018). Mobile Journalism as Lifestyle Journalism? Field Theory in the integration of mobile in the newsroom and mobile journalist role conception. Journalism Practice, 13(3), 331-348.


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India scrubs historic moon mission less than an hour before liftoff
Just 54 minutes before launch, India postponed a historic unmanned mission to the south pole of the moon on Monday due to a "technical snag."
The Indian Space Research Organization, or ISRO, said a problem was detected in the launch vehicle system of Chandrayaan-2, the country's first attempt to safely land a rover on the moon.
The agency said that the decision to scrub the launch, which had been scheduled for 2:51 a.m., was taken "as a measure of abundant precaution" and that a revised date would be announced later.
The postponement marked a temporary setback for India's efforts to join a growing global space race.
Built entirely with homegrown expertise and technology, and for the relatively low price of about $140 million, the lunar mission has been designed to gather detailed information about water frozen inside large, shadowy craters pocking the unexplored lunar south pole, discoveries that could be crucial to realizing the vision of humans living on the moon.
Nearly 50 years after NASA's historic Apollo 11 moon landing, a crop of extraterrestrial missions are being planned by the U.S., Chinese and other national space agencies, along with private initiatives financed by tech billionaires. India had been aiming to become just the fourth country after the United States, Russia and China to safely land a probe on the moon's surface.
"Globally this is a pioneering mission for human habitation beyond Earth," Chaitanya Giri, a fellow of the space and ocean studies program at Gateway House, an Indian think tank, said before the launch was scrubbed.
Carrying more than a dozen scientific payloads, including a NASA tool designed to gather precise measurements of the distance to the Earth, the spacecraft was due to land near the lunar south pole around Sept. 6, according to ISRO.
Scientists said the lander would deploy a 60-pound, six-wheeled rover to roll slowly across the lunar surface for about two weeks collecting information before its solar battery runs out. An orbiter is expected to circle the moon for about a year, relaying information and capturing high-resolution images.
Besides measuring quantities of water — which could help in the manufacture of potable water and rocket fuel to sustain future manned missions — the Indian mission is also expected to gather data on deposits of materials such as helium-3, which Indian scientists say could be harvested for use in nuclear reactors on Earth.
India's space program is small and known for its low-cost missions. But ISRO has embarked on a series of more ambitious deep space projects.
The Chandrayaan-2 mission follows the 2008 launch of the Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter, which blasted a probe near the south pole that sent back information that helped confirm the presence of water molecules inside the craters, which have been shielded from sunlight for eons.
Six years later, an Indian satellite went into orbit around Mars. This year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the successful test of an antisatellite weapon, India's first noncivilian space initiative and a sign that the country — soon to surpass Britain to become the world's fifth largest economy — aims to become a comprehensive space power.
The civilian missions have also won attention for being much cheaper than those of other countries, largely because of low labor costs. India's space scientists are paid one-tenth the salaries of their NASA counterparts, according to Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, head of the nuclear and space policy initiative at the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi.
India's $74-million Mars mission cost roughly 11% of NASA's Maven Mars orbiter.
The lunar landing "is clearly a fairly big achievement if everything goes as per the plan," Rajagopalan said.
Most previous lunar landers have touched down near the moon's equator, but the south pole's unexplored craters and ice deposits are of growing interest to scientists and explorers. Over the next five years, seven more space missions from the U.S., Russia and China are planned for the south pole area.
In January, a Chinese probe was the first to land on the far side of the moon, close to the south pole, a mission that state-run media described as a major step toward the establishment of a manned Chinese lunar base.
Partly in response to China's advances, President Trump has called for the U.S. to return astronauts to the moon by 2024, and his administration has said it would consider employing commercial rockets to meet that goal. That could include rockets such as the kind being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, two of the world's best funded private space initiatives.
India has also announced its intention to launch its first manned spaceflight by 2022 (an Indian citizen, Rakesh Sharma, went into space aboard a Soviet craft in 1984) and plans to establish its own space station in about a decade. Experts say the missions and aggressive timetables will test ISRO, the low-profile space agency.
"ISRO is still a very small community with a limited capacity and growing sets of demands," Rajagopalan said. "These growing numbers of big missions, especially a space station by 2030, still seem a bit unrealistic and we have not seen the funding allocations for it."
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Security guard at Atatürk Airport steals sacks containing millions of Syrian pounds
ISTANBUL - Doğan News Agency
The airport's security unit has started an investigation to find the whereabouts of the suspect, identified as C. G. Hürriyet photoA security guard working for a private company at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport has stolen two sacks containing between 2.5 million and 3.5 million Syrian pounds, Doğan news agency reported May 2. The money was transported on a plane that departed from the southern province of Adana and belonged to a company that specializes in transferring money, company sources, who preferred to remain anonymous, have said.
The cargo plane was carrying four different sacks containing the equivalent of 20 million Turkish Liras in euros, dollars and Syrian pounds. The guard, identified as C. G. had legal access to the cargo shipment and took two of the sacks – both containing Syrian currency – put them in the trunk of his private car and fled, according to witnesses.
Part of the money was reportedly being transported to Frankfurt, Germany, while the other part was to be transferred to several banks.
Following the incident, the airport's security unit has started an investigation to find the whereabouts of the suspect.


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Thanks to modern analytical methods and growing interest in this field of research, more than 400 different mycotoxins have currently been identified. The toxicity of different mycotoxins brings serious risks to humans and animals. Mycotoxicoses are animal or human diseases caused by mycotoxin ingestion, inhalation or skin-contact. In animals, these range from immunosuppression and performance effects to hepatotoxic, nephrotoxic, neurotoxic, dermal, carcinogenic, reproductive, teratogenic and gastro-intestinal effects depending on animal-, environmental- and toxin-related factors.
Mycotoxins and decreased performance
Poultry are farm animal species sensitive to mycotoxins as they suffer from several toxic effects. Broiler chickens are more resistant to aflatoxins than other poultry like ducks, geese or turkeys.
Predominately, aflatoxins are the most immune suppressive. Type A trichothecenes (T-2 toxin, HT-2 toxin, diacetoxyscripenol) are of major concern to the poultry industry as they cause economic losses in productivity. They are highly toxic to poultry, especially for chickens, because of the LD50 values (2 mg/kg for diacetoxyscirpenol and 4 mg/kg for T-2 toxin). Particularly, T-2 toxin reduces feed intake, body weight, egg production and causes oral lesions.
Young chicks and turkey poults are highly sensitive to ochratoxins. These nephrotoxins can suppress feed intake, growth and egg production. In addition, it causes poor egg- shell quality.
Fumonisins are associated with spiking mortality in poultry. Signs of dietary fumonisin are decreased body weight and average daily weight gain as well as increased gizzard weights. In comparison to other species like pigs, poultry are less affected by zearalenone and also appear to be less sensitive to type B trichothecenes such as deoxynivalenol.
Mycotoxins increase the costs of poultry production
Modern broiler operations are under enormous pressure to produce chicken meat at the lowest possible cost. Feed conversion, growth rate, mortality and hatchability are all monitored carefully and strategies are constantly reviewed to maximize efficiencies. As production is fine-tuned, there is increased attention placed on the effect of mycotoxins on the bird. Consumption of even low levels of mycotoxins can lead to decreased feed consumption, poor growth rate and increased susceptibility to disease challenges. Higher levels lead to clinical signs such as beak and intestinal lesions, fatty liver, kidney disorders and mortality.
However, the effects of mycotoxins in poultry depend upon the age, physiological state and nutritional status of the birds at time of exposure. Unfortunately, mycotoxins often occur in low concentrations that are difficult to detect, interactions between individual mycotoxins are not well characterized and unidentified mycotoxins may be causing sub-optimal performance. The dilemma for broiler producers is to counteract the risks associated with mycotoxins, against the cost of ensuring that they do not adversely affect bird performance.
Prevention is more than just treatment
Although extensive efforts and preventive actions are taken during growing, harvesting and storage periods, the likelihood of mycotoxin contamination is real. Therefore successful detoxification procedures after harvest are important. Detoxification procedures are divided into three categories: physical, chemical and biological (adsorption and biodegradation) methods.
Deactivation of mycotoxins
The addition of adsorbent materials to animal feeds is a very common method to prevent mycotoxicosis, especially aflatoxicosis. These compounds bind the toxin during the digestive process in the gastrointestinal tract, resulting in a reduction of toxin availability absorbed into the blood stream. Efficacious adsorption of mycotoxins requires that polar groups of the adsorbent and the mycotoxins are in suitable positions to bind together. Due to this, only a few mycotoxins can be adsorbed efficiently (e.g. aflatoxins).
So far, no single adsorbent was tested to be effective against most types of mycotoxins. Usage of binders, for example, resulted in almost total protection against aflatoxicosis but limited efficacy against zearalenone and ochratoxin and practically no protection against trichothecenes.
Biological detoxification of mycotoxins by microorganisms and/or enzymes has been researched for over thirty years. This method is based on the deactivation of mycotoxins directly in the gastrointestinal tract and offers a very specific, irreversible, and efficient way of detoxification. Consequently, less or non-adsorbable mycotoxins have to be treated by enzymatic deactivation and only a combination of different strategies will lead to success.
Successful mycotoxin risk management
Mycofix product line represents a complex solution for successful mycotoxin risk management. The bio-transformation may become the technology of choice, as enzymatic reaction offers a specific, irreversible and very efficient way of detoxification that leaves neither toxic residues nor undesirable by-products. The elimination of adsorbable mycotoxins, such as aflatoxins and ergot alkaloids can be achieved through adsorption while selected plant and algae extracts that counteract the effects of non-degradable mycotoxins complete the picture for the successful control of mycotoxins.June 2012


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"The Beautiful, Barren Matriarchs"
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
In this week's parasha, parashat Lech Lecha, G-d commands Abram and Sarai (their names had not yet been changed), to give up their past in Mesopotamia and to travel to a new land, an unnamed land, where they will forge for themselves a new future.
Life is difficult in Ur Kasdim for Abram's father, Terach. His son, Haran, dies there. His surviving sons, Abram and Nachor, each marry, but Abram's wife, Sarai, is barren. Terach takes his son Abram, his grandson Lot and Abram's wife Sarai and begins to make his way to the land of Canaan, stopping in Haran, where Terach dies.
It is at this point that our parasha, Lech Lecha, opens with G-d's dramatic command to Abram, Genesis 12:1: לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ וּמִבֵּית אָבִיךָ, אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר אַרְאֶךָּ , Go for yourself, from your land, from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
At age 75, Abram sets out from Haran, making his way to Canaan.
Despite G-d's promise to Abram that he will see great success in the new land, Abram is immediately faced with a famine and must go down to Egypt. Scripture relates that when he is about to enter Egypt, Abram says to his wife Sarai, Genesis 12:11, הִנֵּה נָא יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אִשָּׁה יְפַת מַרְאֶה אָתְּ , See now, I have known that you are a woman of beautiful appearance. Abram is concerned that the Egyptians will kill him and take his wife. He therefore schemes to have Sarai claim that she is his sister, so that his own life might be spared.
For the first two thousand years from the time of creation, the world was filled with anarchy, murder, idolatry, and rebellion. Now, with the selection of Abram and Sarai by G-d and their mission to settle in Canaan, a new chapter of creation dawns. For the first time there are G-d-fearing human beings–Abram and Sarai, and the destiny of the world is about to be reshaped.
Based on the information provided in scripture, we have no idea what were the unique characteristics of Abram that merited that he be chosen by G-d. We do however know two things about Sarai–-she is barren and she is beautiful.
What is the significance of these two factors that will play an important role in the future history of the Jewish people? Furthermore, not only is Sarai barren and beautiful, so are the other matriarchs–Rebecca, Rachel and Leah.
Why are the matriarchs barren? The Talmud, in Yevamot 64a, states that G-d desires the prayers of the righteous, and wants these righteous women to pour out their hearts to Him. The Midrash Rabbah in Genesis 45:4, cites Rabbi Meir, who suggests that G-d wants the matriarchs to be beautiful so that the patriarchs will benefit from their beauty, and pregnancy reduces from their beauty. The commentary Yafei Tohar on the Midrash Shir Hashirim 24, explains that the patriarchs were so wrapped up in their sacred thoughts that they withdrew from the pleasures of this world. The matriarchs' beauty was meant to arouse their husbands in order to perpetuate humankind.
The Torah testifies that all the matriarchs were beautiful. Genesis 24:16 states regarding Rebecca: וְהַנַּעֲרָה טֹבַת מַרְאֶה מְאֹד , and the maiden was exceedingly beautiful. Similarly, in Genesis 29:17, scripture describes Rachel: וְרָחֵל הָיְתָה יְפַת תֹּאַר וִיפַת מַרְאֶה , and Rachel was beautiful of form and beautiful of appearance. Likewise, regarding Leah, Genesis 29:17 notes, וְעֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת , and Leah's eyes were soft, explained by the commentaries to mean pretty or beautiful.
The rabbis are perplexed why now, as Sarai and Abram approach Egypt, does Abram realize that his wife is so beautiful.
The Ramban suggests that it was because they were approaching a royal city where every beautiful woman was first brought to the king for inspection. Acknowledging his wife's beauty, Abram grew fearful, lest they would slay him in order for the king to take her.
A Midrash cited by Rashi on Genesis 12:11, states that Abram noticed Sarai's beauty at this point because normally women lose their beauty due to the exertion of the travels, yet Sarai retained her beauty. Other commentaries say that because of their extreme modesty, Abram would not have noticed her beauty previously. Now, on the journey, says the Midrash Tanchumah, Abram happened to see that Sarai's reflection in the water was resplendent as the sun. Targum Yonatan suggests that parts of Sarai's body were exposed while crossing the river, while Mizrachi maintains that it happened when Sarai fell while crossing the stream.
The simple reason seems to be that now is the time for Abram to become anxious about her beauty, because they are coming to a land whose people are accustomed to seeking out beautiful women, and he will be harmed.
With the opening of a new epoch of creation with Sarai and Abram, the Torah confronts the most vexing issue facing women–how they value themselves. On the one hand, the matriarchs are very beautiful; on the other hand their natural beauty is challenged or compromised by their barrenness and their painful inability to bear children.
Beautiful women who are unable to bear children may lose their comeliness in the eyes of their spouses. On the other hand, those who may not be particularly endowed with beauty can gain beauty in the eyes of their spouses when they have children. In Samuel I 1:8, Elkana says to his barren wife, Hannah, that he is more precious to her than ten children. That great compliment fails to satisfy Hannah, and she goes to Shiloh to pray for a child.
The Al-mighty has blessed humankind with eternal hope. Through the miracles of modern medicine, barren women today are giving birth even in their later years. Both men and women who are considered physically unattractive, can become comely through fashionable clothing, cosmetic enhancement and corrective surgery.
Abram and Sarai inaugurated a new era in human history. That era continues to evolve, improve and even blossom in our days and in our times.
May you be blessed.


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In January of 2019, I was scheduled to go to Mangalore, Karnataka, for some work. Since it is just 350 km, instead of taking a train or a bus, I decided to turn it into a bike ride from Bangalore to Mangalore. Since I love the twisties, I also ended up taking the Hassan route and then onto Sakleshpur.
The plan was to cover Bangalore to Mangalore on Thursday, finish my work on Friday and enjoy the weekend, and head back on Monday. But, as luck would have it, my work spilt over into Monday, and we ended up going to Udupi as well. Here's an account of what happened.
Bangalore to Mangalore
The route
To get to Mangalore, you have three options. The first is the route via Hassan (350 km), the second goes through Hiriyur and the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary (480 km), and the third via Madikeri in Coorg (390 km). We took the Hassan route as that is the most popular one and the shortest.
What you do is to head out of Bangalore from Nelamangala and head towards Hassan on NH 75. The road up to Hassan is broad, straight, divided, and in good condition, making it the fastest part of the ride. After Hassan the road is not so good because it's narrow, has potholes, and is under construction as part of a road-widening project.
Once you reach Sakleshpur, the road gets twisty, and on a nimble bike, the fun begins. You will catch glimpses of the river Netravati as you head down the road towards Mangalore. This road is generally good but be careful during the rains.
The ride from Bangalore to Mangalore should take you about 6 hours. The ride up to Hassan is fast but once you reach the ghats, you will slow down. The road between Hassan and the ghats will also slow you down a bit.
Places to eat in Mangalore
There are two places that you have to check out when you are in Mangalore or heading towards it.
Hotel Laxmi Niwas (KT Niwas) in Kalladka: This is a small pure veg restaurant that you will come across just before Mangalore. This place is known for its 2-layered tea – it tastes the same as normal tea, but is served with the tea concentrate floating on top of the frothy milk.
Once you reach Kalladka, keep an eye to the right; you'll see a board with a picture of the tea in question. That is the shop you want to stop at.
Machli in Mangalore: This is a restaurant that serves some awesome Mangalorean food. We went there for dinner and tried the fish thali with a slice of fried fish and serving of crab ghee roast. All of which was finger-licking good!
The restaurant is in a small lane near the Passport office in Mangalore. It has parking available for both cars and bikes so you can drive/ride up to it in peace.
Things to do in Mangalore
Well, it's Mangalore so it should come as no surprise that we ended up on the beaches. We first went to Panambur beach. It was ok, but we didn't enjoy it much. I guess the entry to the beach being an industrial area with pools of black water all along the road put us off.
After Panambur we went to Tannirbhavi Beach, which was actually quite nice. This would be the place you'd probably go to if you wanted to get away for a while. After hanging around there for a while we went further down to Bengre beach. It is the last beach on that sliver of land, in line with Tannirbhavi. It's not really a beach but more of a rocky platform from which you can watch the sunset.
Speaking of which, since I wanted to try and film the sunset, we headed back to another beach that we had passed earlier. This was New Tannirbhavi beach. It is located between Tannirbhavi and Bengre beaches.
The approach to this beach is through a grove of trees and is about 100 m long. All along the approach, you can see stalls selling food, snacks, and other little knick-knacks. The beach itself is broad and not crowded so you can find a quiet corner for yourself.
Having had a good time, we headed back to the hotel to rest up before the ride the next day.
Mangalore to Udupi
The next morning, we got up, had a leisurely breakfast, and started packing the bikes for the ride to Udupi. I may not recount everything we did in detail here, but you can watch the video below to help you visualise the experience.
The route
Since Udupi is just about 60 km from Mangalore, we were in no particular hurry to get moving. We had until 12 pm to check into our hotel. Once we were all packed up, we headed north along National Highway 66. The road is nice and wide. It also offers up occasional glimpses of rivers or backwaters. I couldn't tell which, but it was fun riding.
Places to stay in Udupi
The place we booked was called Malpe Sea Front Cottage. It's a nice resort that allows you to reserve a double occupancy cottage. It is located right next to the Paradise Isle Resort and is right on the beach, making trips to the sea very convenient.
Things to do in Udupi
Well, Udupi is famous for its temples like Sri Krishna Matha and Anantheshwara. Once you have visited the historical landmarks, you can spend the evening on the beach. The list of activities that you can do is quite satisfying because you can:
- Take a ride on a jet ski
- Go parasailing
- Take a banana boat ride
- Take a ferry over to St Mary's Island
- Go diving
- Just take a cycle and ride around
Places to eat
Since our resort was a part of the Paradise Isle Resort, we went to check out their in-house restaurant called Ocean View or something. It was a disappointment because it was overpriced, and the food wasn't very tasty. A better bet is Seashells, the in-house restaurant attached to Malpe Sea Front Cottages.
The tables are all out in the open, so you get to see the sea and the beach. The food is really tasty and the prices, though not cheap, are not too high.
The highlight of the trip
The highlight of the Bangalore to Mangalore bike ride had to be Udupi. It was a completely unplanned extension of the ride, and we ended up trying something new too. When we were at the hotel in Udupi, we came across a poster that advertised diving. For some reason, my friend and I immediately decided to give it a try.
So, we made the call to the number mentioned on the poster. It belonged to West Coast Adventures who told us that they would be happy to host us for the dive. We set a meeting for early the next morning and set about the business for that day (checking out St Mary's Island).
The next morning, we headed out to Kapu, where we were to meet the folk from West Coast Adventures. The map told us to take the highway back, but we saw a tiny sliver of land connecting Malpe and Kapu and decided to try it.
Trust me, it turned out to be the right decision because this sliver of land, hardly 100 m across, was dotted with peaceful looking fishing villages. The road itself was not good, but it had the sea on one side and a river on the other. What more could you ask for from a great morning ride?
The ride from Bangalore to Mangalore was supposed to be for work, but it turned itself into a good little vacation. And, I am glad we went to Udupi because, little did I know that in just a few months I would end up getting certified as a diver!
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In Quarter 4 2014 there were 24,990 new house building starts on site in England, and 33,040 completions.* HCA Monthly Housing Market Bulletin, February 2015
The majority of these 33,040 new homeowners will be overjoyed to receive the keys on handover day and they will step over the threshold over their new home with a great sense of excitement and pride.
Unfortunately, as the volume of new home buyers increases, then so too does the relative percentage of potentially disgruntled customers. You will never sell thousands of homes every year and achieve 100% customer satisfaction.
The National New Homes Survey, carried out by NHBC in 2014 asks a question specifically regarding issues (defects / snags). Of those 32,137 new homeowners surveyed in 2014, 92% of those had reported problems (snags / defects) to their house builder since moving in. It is the accepted norm that there will be issues, its the poor communication with their homeowners on these reported issues that is a major headache for a lot of companies.
In this article, we'll take a look at how to handle a customer care crisis and provide some suggestions on how to tackle complaints in a way that reflects well on your house building business.
Even mildly unhappy homeowners can very quickly become extremely vocal and take to the web to create campaigns to highlight poor service. However ignoring social media altogether is not a good idea.
A simple search from your search engine will return numerous discussions and threads regarding poor customer service from house builders. These opinions are published and the public are entitled to air their views whether you join in the debate or not, so it's far better to be aware of them and be in a position to respond.
Having an action plan in place is critical, agree who is going to respond to the negative criticism, have a plan in place to deal with escalated issues, resolve the issue and ensure that you protect your companies' reputation in doing so.
At clixifix, we have advised many of our house-building clients on the value of providing the on-line resources to empower their new homeowners to find the answers they need in real time. If the homeowner can't find the information, they can create a discussion for their house builder in real time from their portal, and await a response.
This approach is much more effective than providing the traditional customer care email which "someone" manages as and when they are received from the Customer Care section on your website, but many fall through the cracks.
Dealing with a 'Customer Care Crisis':
1. Anticipate.
This is something we discuss with many of our clients. As a Customer Care team be proactive and prepare in advance for a crises. We are all aware that a difficult client is just waiting to pick up the keys to their new home so it's a good exercise to gather the team for a brainstorming session on what should be done if a customer care situation starts to spiral out of control involving social media and press.
There are at 3 immediate benefits to this session:
2. Identify your Customer care crisis communications team.
Who should be involved? A small team of senior management should be identified as your companies Crisis Communications Team. If your in-house PR executive does not have sufficient crisis communications expertise, you may need to to retain an agency or independent consultant with that specialty.
3. Establish Notification and Monitoring Systems.
Intelligence gathering is an essential component of both crisis prevention and crisis response.
Knowing what's being said about you on social media, in traditional media, by your employees, customers, and other stakeholders often allows you to catch a negative "trend" that, if unchecked, turns into a crisis. There a variety of paid monitoring services that provide not only monitoring, but also the ability to report results in a number of formats. (Brandwatch, Trackur, Viralheat)
4. Remain engaged.
Many smaller house builders have set up social media profiles and then do not monitor them on a regular basis. This approach can cause some real problems, how will you know what's happening or what people are saying?
Your companies social channels can be found on can be found very easily on search engines. This means that people, visit, comment and if not monitored then get no response. Make sure you continue to monitor platforms or close them down and re-direct people to more current ones.
5. Take prickly conversations offline.
Embarking on a war of words on-line with an unhappy customer is not a good idea
I recently observed a disgruntled homeowner hijack a thread on LinkedIn to air their disgust at their house builder and the poor service they were experiencing. As the owner of the post, the house builder should have responded to the client on-line and taken the conversation off-line and removed the thread.
Make a friendly apology and a promise to try to resolve the issue, give them a contact number and a person's name for them to call and encourage them to ring you to discuss it in person.
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Why First Impressions Are Difficult to Change: Study
There is more than a literal truth to the saying that "you never get a second chance to make a first impression," suggests emerging international research.
Experts have discovered that new experiences that contradict a first impression become "bound" to the context in which they were made, whereas first impressions still dominate in other contexts.
"Imagine you have a new colleague at work and your impression of that person is not very favorable," said lead author Bertram Gawronski. "A few weeks later, you meet your colleague at a party and you realize he is actually a very nice guy. Although you know your first impression was wrong, your gut response to your new colleague will be influenced by your new experience only in contexts that are similar to the party. However, your first impression will still dominate in all other contexts."
According to Gawronski, our brain stores expectancy-violating experiences as exceptions-to-the-rule, such that the rule is treated as valid except for the specific context in which it has been violated.
To investigate the persistence of first impressions, Gawronski and his collaborators showed their study participants either positive or negative information about an unknown individual on a computer screen.
Later in the study, participants were presented with new information about the same individual, which was inconsistent with the initial information.
To study the influence of contexts, the researchers subtly changed the background color of the computer screen while participants formed an impression of the target person.
When the researchers subsequently measured participants' spontaneous reactions to an image of the target person, they found the new information influenced participants' reactions only when the person was presented against the background in which the new information had been learned.
Otherwise, participants' reactions were still dominated by the first information when the target person was presented against other backgrounds.
Although these results support the common observation that first impressions are notoriously persistent, Gawronski notes they can sometimes be changed.
"What is necessary is for the first impression to be challenged in multiple different contexts. In that case, new experiences become decontextualized and the first impression will slowly lose its power," he said. "But, as long as a first impression is challenged only within the same context, you can do whatever you want. The first impression will dominate regardless of how often it is contradicted by new experiences."
According to Gawronski, the research also has important implications for the treatment of clinical disorders. "If someone with phobic reactions to spiders is seeking help from a psychologist, the therapy will be much more successful if it occurs in multiple different contexts rather than just in the psychologist's office."
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Dave Krieg's Strike Beard: Top 5: The Best Defenses in Seahawks History
What began as a hushed, conspiratorial whisper is growing louder every day among Seahawks fans: "Seattle might have the best defense in the NFL in 2012." That unit was among the league's top 10 last season, and appears primed to make the leap into the NFL's stratosphere. That got me thinking- What are the best defensive units in Seahawks' history?
Cosell Talks: The Evolving Chess Match : NFL Films Blog
With training camps opening in less than a month, I've begun to think about what I expect to see in the 2012 NFL season. I'm speaking more broadly, in terms of the continuing growth of the game. It's become axiomatic to say the NFL is a passing league. The numbers certainly verify this statement, but there's more to it than that. I want to drill down deeper and put a fine focus on the transformative relationship between offensive concepts and defensive reaction/adjustment.
Wilson facing long odds to be Seahawks' starter in '12 - Yahoo! Sports
From Yahoo! Sports: It's worth noting how difficult it is for a player chosen after the second round to start on Opening Day in his rookie season. The last time a rookie selected after the second round started a season opener was way back in 2005, when Kyle Orton, a fourth-rounder with the Bears and the 106th prospect off the board that year, opened the campaign.
Playbook: This is how you 'finish' a run in the NFL | National Football Post
Taking a look at Marshawn Lynch's TD run vs. the Eagles.
The Shutdown Corner Podcast: Greg Cosell on the NFC North Draft | Shutdown Corner - Yahoo! Sports
With the draft way in the rear view and training camps just a few weeks away, we continue our rookie personnel series with Greg Cosell of NFL Films and ESPN's "NFL Matchup," and talk about the NFL by division. Who did themselves the most favors in the draft, and who came up short when addressing their roster deficits?
Ten offseason transactions that could make a huge difference - CBSSports.com
Sometimes, teams just need one piece of the puzzle to make a great work of art and maybe win a Super Bowl. Maybe the men we list here are just that piece.
Training-camp itinerary will feature young quarterbacks, especially RG3 - NFL - CBSSports.com
How eager is Jason LaCanfora to start his training-camp tour? So much so, he's ready to reveal his stops. He plans on a double dose of RG3, plus viewings of Cam Newton, Peyton Manning and a potential Jets circus.
Which seven teams make the 3-win jump? Texans, Eagles, Broncos look best - CBSSports.com
As the season approaching, most fans are optimistic, and it made me think of a conversation with a coach this past weekend, punctuated with: "We're all undefeated right now."
2013 NFL Draft: Iowa State Preview - CBSSports
Although not considered early round draft picks, senior linebackers Jake Knott and A.J. Klein form one of the best defensive tandems in college football
2013 NFL Draft: Baylor Preview - CBSSports
Without RGIII in Waco, the Bears are expected to take a step back in 2012, but Baylor still has several NFL-quality players on their roster.
Lofa Tatupu back in game with Falcons - The Boston Globe
It seemed a bit curious. A Pro Bowl player his first three seasons in the NFL — including an All-Pro berth in 2007 — Lofa Tatupu's career appeared to be over at 29 when the phone didn't ring after he was released by the Seahawks nearly a year ago.
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Late Lions president Bob Ackles spent more than 50 years in the football business, including significant
Oregon backs Packers - JSOnline
The state of Oregon does not have a National Football League franchise. You would assume NFL fans in that state would adopt the neighboring Seattle Seahawks as their favorite team.
Josh Gordon one to watch in the supplemental draft " Seahawks Draft Blog
The supplemental draft takes place in seven days time with a handful of prospects hoping to get their chance in the league. Josh Gordon might be the only one who gets that chance as a 6-4, 225lbs receiver with reported 4.3/4 speed. He also recorded 714 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore with Baylor. That's pretty much where the positives end.
WR Josh Gordon: Hands are for more than catching the football | The Rookie Scouting Portfolio
Josh Gordon's current skill and style of play reminds me of a mix between a raw Terrell Owens and Demaryius Thomas. However, his potential could be as limitless as Calvin Johnson. Gordon has a fascinating amalgamation of strengths and weaknesses for a wide receiver and this post begins a series that will examine the strengths and weaknesses of the former Baylor wide receiver, who is the wildcard of the 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft.
Buzz Building Around NFL Supplemental Draft Wide Receiver Josh Gordon | Bleacher Report
As 32 NFL franchises are putting together their research to fix a draft pick value on former Baylor wide receiver Josh Gordon and the other seven NFL Supplemental Draft picks, two of the most respected talent evaluators in the draft community are putting Gordon in lofty company.
2012 NFL Supplemental Draft: Josh Gordon Character Check | Articles
With such a short turnover from Supplemental Draft entries to the actual live auction draft itself (on July 12th), it's not easy for scouts in both the NFL as well as non-NFL scouts to get the necessary information to make an informed opinion on a prospect.
Offseason Breakdown: San Francisco 49ers | Audibles
Raise your hand if you thought San Francisco would go 13-3 and host the NFC title game last year. Everyone but Jim Harbaugh, keep your hands down. In his first season at the helm in San Francisco, Harbaugh brought a brash bravado — see: The Handshake War with Jim Schwartz — that helped rouse the 49ers from a longstanding slumber. Prior to their 2011 breakthrough, the 49ers had not finished above .500 or made the playoffs since 2002.
Expect defenses of Bills, Giants, Panthers to climb the charts - NFL - Sporting News
If improving at and around the quarterback position is the key to a team executing a big offensive turnaround, it only makes sense that making a similar jump on defense also revolves around the passing game. Last season provided the best example of this defensive formula, as it helped one team end its franchise playoff drought.
NFL - Franchise tag decisions getting complicated - ESPN
Saints quarterback Drew Brees cleared up a vague part of the franchise-tag rules this week. With his successful challenge to the franchise rules, no player can be franchised more than three times during his career, no matter if he moves to another team. Brees was franchised once with the San Diego Chargers and this year by the Saints, who felt they also had the ability to franchise him next year at 120 percent of his 2012 salary and possibly a third time in 2014.
Young and (better be) ready in the NFL - NFC East Blog - ESPN
There were doubts, this time last year, about Cam Newton as the No. 1 pick, about Newton as an NFL-ready starting quarterback, but they were all external. In the offices of the Carolina Panthers, who had taken Newton with the first pick in the draft, any and all doubts were outlawed. Newton was their guy, and they were all-in on him. After a rookie season in which he threw for 4,051 yards, ran for 706 and totaled 35 touchdowns, they have no regrets.
Three Years of Tackling Efficiency: Interior Rushers | ProFootballFocus.com
As we head through the weekend we reach the end of our three-year look at tackling efficiency. Already this week we have given you a detailed breakdown of the tackle numbers for linebackers, defensive backs and now we're breaking out the big guys – the defensive interior.
Three Years of Tackling Efficiency: Edge Rushers | ProFootballFocus.com
Sam Monson of profootballfocus.com breaks down three years of data to reveal the best and worst tacklers among the NFL's edge rushers.
Three Years of Tackling Efficiency: Defensive Backs | ProFootballFocus.com
Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus has a look at the DB's with an eye toward which have been the best and worst tacklers over the past three years.
Three Years of Drop Rate: Running Backs | ProFootballFocus.com
With receiving backs being more important now in the NFL, Khaled Elsayed details who the most effective & least have been over the last 3 years.
Three Years of Drop Rate: Tight Ends | ProFootballFocus.com
PFF's Khaled Elsayed uses our Signatue Stats to reveal the tight ends with the best - and worst - hands in the NFL.
Three Years of Drop Rate: Wide Receivers | ProFootballFocus.com
PFF's Khaled Elsayed runs the numbers on dropped passes for the past three seasons and highlights the standouts, good and bad.
ProFootballWeekly.com - Bucs banking on progress from Foster
After a tough introduction to the NFL during his rookie season, Mason Foster is getting another chance to prove he is the answer at middle linebacker for the Buccaneers.
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NFC West links: Jenkins-Rams dispute - NFC West Blog - ESPN
The Seahawks don't need Matt Flynn to be a top 5 quarterback, because they can lean on their solid running game and strong defense, writes Rosenthal. If Flynn is just average, that'll be a big upgrade for the Seahawks, and might be enough to get them to the playoffs.
Podcast: From Aldon Smith to Russ Grimm - NFC West Blog - ESPN
The latest Football Today podcast from Ross Tucker and Matt Williamson contained conversations of note for the NFC West. Let's consider a few of them while hoping for a safe Fourth of July holiday here in the U.S.:
Matt Flynn has what it takes to start for Seahawks - NFL.com
Matt Flynn has a good shot to start in Week 1 for the Seahawks. Gregg Rosenthal believes Flynn's accuracy and poise will push him past Tarvaris Jackson and Russell Wilson.
Doug Flutie still flustered by discrimination against short QBs - NFL.com
Doug Flutie says the NFL is biased against short QBs, and he doesn't understand why. The ex-Pro Bowl pick hopes rookies Russell Wilson and Kellen Moore get a fair shake, Ian Rapoport writes.
Al Davis' life celebrated in Las Vegas memorial service - NFL.com
Friends and family gathered in Las Vegas to memorialize the former Raiders owner, who would have been 83 years old today.
How much does familiarity give Jackson an edge? - Blog - MyNorthwest.com
Bob Stelton and Dave Grosby discuss how much Tarvaris Jackson's familiarity with Seattle's offense and its receivers gives him an advantage in the Seahawks' quarterback competition. - Blog 710 ESPN Seattle at MyNorthwest.com
Counters to NFL passing games? Elusive - NFC North Blog - ESPN
Mike Tomlin's smile slipped into a smirk. During breakfast at the NFL owners meeting, we were discussing the league's inexorable shift toward the passing game. A longtime defensive assistant before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2007, Tomlin refused to concede. "There will always be [a counter]," he said. "It was amazing a few years ago that we sat in here and we talked about the Wildcat. Ohhh, the Wiiiiiildcat. I bet no one has a Wildcat question today, because there is a counterpunch defensively. That's the awesome thing about football. There are guys in labs right now, like [Steelers defensive coordinator] Dick LeBeau, working on that and responding to things."
Seattle Seahawks Blog - Hawk Blogger: Matt Flynn's Path To Starting
Ron Jaworski, of ESPN, has been ranking the Top 30 NFL quarterbacks the past few weeks. He chose to rate Matt Flynn as the Seahawks starter and put him at #27 on the list. Flynn enters training camp as the #2 quarterback on his own team. Jaworski is not alone in assuming Flynn will win the starting role. Nearly every media member that covers the Seahawks and most fans expect the same thing. It may prove harder than most expect.
Seattle Seahawks Blog - Hawk Blogger: Breaking Down Seahawks QB Tarvaris Jackson
Inconsistency can be a funny thing. It is often used when a person cannot detect any predictable pattern in a person or thing. The real question is whether there truly is no pattern to a person, or whether the observer is simply is unable to recognize the pattern. Tarvaris Jackson is a perfect example. Analysts ranging from Brock Huard to Tim Hasselbeck to this blogger have talked repeatedly about Jackson being better than expected, but maddeningly inconsistent.
Ron Jaworski: Tom Brady is NFL's No. 3 quarterback - NFL.com
Ron Jaworski has studied the game film and calls Tom Brady the most "comfortable pocket quarterback" in football. However, Jaws has two other QBs ranked higher than Brady for best in the NFL.
A.J. Jenkins, 49ers rookie WR, reportedly needs to get stronger - NFL.com
A.J. Jenkins, the San Francisco 49ers' top draft pick, lacks the necessary upper-body strength to beat physical coverage at the line of scrimmage, which has caused him to struggle early on, according to a report.
ProFootballWeekly.com - Niners WR Jenkins looks like major work in progress
Based on his extremely inconsistent play in the early stages of the offseason, it's hard to imagine surprise first-round WR A.J. Jenkins making anywhere near the kind of impact that surprise 2011 first-round draft pick Aldon Smith made for the Niners in his rookie campaign.
ProFootballWeekly.com - Irvin already opening plenty of eyes in Seattle
Granted an enhanced opportunity to show off his skills so far this offseason — with disgruntled DE Chris Clemons nowhere to be seen due to contract concerns — it appears controversial first-round draft pick Bruce Irvin has made a very favorable impression.
ProFootballWeekly.com - RB Williams impressing Cardinals with special will
We hear RB Ryan Williams is right on schedule, if not a little bit ahead, in his recovery from the torn right patella tendon that wiped out his rookie campaign. "They were thrilled that he was able to participate in 11-on-11 drills at the mandatory mini, and the medical staff just raves about his work ethic," said one source on the scene of Williams, the team's surprising second-round draft pick last season.
Has Philip Rivers Peaked? - Matchups - Rotoworld.com
Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers tied for third in the NFL in interceptions in 2011, an out-of-character distinction for one of the league's most historically efficient passers. In-season rumors swirled that Rivers was hiding an injury, speculation both he and the Chargers' organization adamantly refuted. In late November, ESPN's Adam Schefter published a story stating that "numerous NFL executives and coaches around the league" believed something was wrong. "Based on the opinion of people around the league," wrote Schefter, "Rivers has to be playing hurt, no matter how much he denies it."
Maximize Your Starting Lineup - Football Daily Dose - Rotoworld.com
I know. I know. You should never go into a fantasy football draft with a set plan as to when you will target certain positions. That's true.
Running Backs to Avoid - Draft Analysis - Rotoworld.com
For too many owners, the default position on draft day is set to "safe." That means rolling with a proven commodity rather than a fresh face. It can mean reaching for someone that's led us to success in previous seasons, or buying into the theories of the mainstream media's talking heads. It also leads to overvaluing certain players.
Prospect Notes: Keenan Allen | NFL Draft Hub
There are so many good things to say about Allen, it's hard not to like him as a prospect.
Ryan Williams ready to make up for lost rookie season - NFL.com
The Cardinals had high hopes for Ryan Williams as a rookie before the RB suffered a knee injury in the preseason. A healthy Williams is gearing up to be a big contributor in the backfield in '12.
Playbook: Raiders' Heyward-Bey vs. Cover 0 | National Football Post
Using video to breakdown the 'hot read' vs. Texans.
Pick your poison: Lynch vs. Richardson | National Football Post
Would you rather take a shot on the rookie from Alabama or the proven veteran?
Playbook: Victor Cruz vs. Eagles' Cover 4 | National Football Post
How did Cruz beat the Philly secondary? Let's take a look.
There's plenty of value at the quarterback position | National Football Post
Three later round options who are currently going at an excellent price.
Nike's 'The Opening' takes center stage | National Football Post
The nation's best prep players are on display.
Breaking down a '3-Man' rush scheme I trust | National Football Post
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Beer lovers, this one's for you.
Cheltenham beer week just got a whole lot more exciting.
Due to its popularity last year, the event which is usually held in Cheltenham will this time be held in Gloucester as well.
The beer week is an exciting collection of beer related events which will be held in different venues across both Cheltenham and Gloucester.
It will run for ten whole days, from 15 – 24 September.
Who is taking part in the beer week?
There will be a lot of breweries, companies and drinking establishments taking part. Just some of those are:
Velvet Owl Brewing Company
Wild Beer Jessop House
Favourite Beers
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Brewhouse and Kitchen
Cheltenham Motor Club
Will there be a collaboration beer again?
Yes, CGBW2017 is are hoping to have at least two collaboration beers this year. For CBW2016 three Gloucestershire breweries (DEYA, Prescott and Gloucester) together with Favourite Beers, joined together to create a collaboration double IPA. This year it looks as though there will be more breweries engaged, including Cotswold Lion, Battledown, Hillside and more.
Is there a full list of events?
Yes there is. There's a whole host of amazing beer-based events and you can see them all here. http://www.cgbw.beer/events/
Can my venue join in with the beer week?
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– All venues need to commit to hosting at least two events during CGBW2017 – one of which must be held midweek (Monday-Thursday).
– All events must be unique for the venue (i.e. venues cannot include normal weekly events as part of beer week unless they are specifically enhanced to fit in with the core values – e.g. a weekly pub quiz could be run to be about beer).
– All events must fit in with the three core principles of beer week
– Each venue must pay a £150 up-front fee to be involved with Beer Week. This fee is used to cover costs for programme production, marketing and other sundries. For this fee your venue will get a half page write-up in the event programme, a listing on the website, social media sharing from the central CGBW accounts and a venue-specific, self-inking stamp for use during the week (for beer trail authentication). A reduction of £20 in this fee (£130) will apply for all payments made by the end of April 2017.
To find out how to enter, visit this link. http://www.cgbw.beer/frequently-asked-questions/


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NFC and contactless chip specialist Inside Secure has announced the availability of a new chipset that enables NFC payment capabilities to be added to standard mobile phones.
New PicoPulse NFC RF front-end booster chips work in combination with Inside Secure's VaultSecure multi-owner secure element chips, introduced last month, to enable all the elements needed to support card emulation and peer-to-peer mode transactions to be fitted into a standard SIM form factor.
"SIM cards based on the PicoPulse chip can be plugged into current mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices to cost-effectively transform them with the power of NFC functionality to enable more people to engage in mobile payment, transport, access control and other secure transactions," says Inside Secure.
"The innovative PicoPulse chip significantly reduces the effects of the metals and electrical noise typically found within mobile phones and other mobile devices, enabling the Inside solution to use an antenna that measures 10mm by 5mm, yet still achieves industry-standard transaction performance, even when the SIM card is inserted into devices under or beside the battery."
"SIM cards enhanced with our breakthrough PicoPulse chip offer a compact, cost-effective solution that mobile operators and other service providers can use to boost the deployment of devices that can be used for EMVco-compliant NFC mobile payments and other services, complementing NFC smartphone deployments," explains Inside Secure's Pierre Garnier.
PicoPulse and VaultSecure chips are available today in volume quantities, along with a complete reference design that OEMs can use to create SIMs, microSD cards and solutions in other formats.
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