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They say that you don't know a man until you have walked two moons in his shoes, but what about spending three nights on his couch?
Couchsurfing is building a global community. With 3.3 million users in almost every country, Couchsurfing is an online social network connecting travelers to local hosts. Think of it as a short 3-5 day exchange program where the visitor stays with a local host and is welcomed into their everyday lives. For example, if you stay in Rome, your host will probably show you around the city, help you access public transportation, reveal their favorite local spots for gelato and cappuccino and share their culture. You'll see places you would have never thought of had you been glued to your guide book. In short, you see the city as your host does. For many Couchsurfers, however, the experience goes much deeper then a brief exchange. Personal relationships have grown into a global community with large organized events. Couchsurfing has even brought together local communities of people who are excited about learning new cultures and sharing their own. Last year, Couchsurfing communities coordinated picnics, hikes, camping trips, and even a "Couchsurfing Invasion", where the Berlin community visited the Paris Couchsurfing community en masse. The Couchsurfing community is so close that change can be difficult. When Couchsurfing decided to transform from non-profit to social enterprise, co-founder Casey Fenton and his team were apprehensive but excited about the opportunities social entrepreneurship provides for the community to grow and sustain itself. B Corporation certification shows the company's commitment to keep its non-profit spirit. It also provides opportunities to develop in ways that benefit all users. Fenton just completed a tour of ten Couchsurfing cities around the world to explain the transition from non-profit status. He hopes that over the next year Couchsurfing will demonstrate the power of becoming a B Certified social enterprise.Be Sociable, Share!


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The Ultimate Dinner Party Checklist
Give us a reason, and we'll plan a dinner party. Birthday? Dinner party. Work promotion? Dinner party. Change-of-the-seasons or just-because? Yes, that sounds like the perfect reason to host a dinner party! There's something intoxicating about the combination of good food, good friends, and classic hospitality.
Are you dinner-party prepared? Having the right supplies in your entertaining arsenal is crucial to making the experience stress-free and enjoyable. Besides the basics like wine glasses and napkins, there are a few entertaining investment pieces that are worth a splurge. Use this list as a wedding registry checklist, or as a reason to hit Sur La Table this weekend.
Beautiful China
Nothing makes entertaining more worth-it than being able to showcase your gorgeous good china. Pulling out your good set is like hanging a Degas for the night – so beautiful, and such a rare treat. For many couples, the china set is the focal point of the wedding registry, and one of the first things their friends and family think to purchase for them. If you have a set, don't let it languish on a shelf or in a china closet! Take it out and put it to good use. If you already have a set but your design and décor taste has changed, or if you have not yet invested in a set, splurge on a design that makes your heart skip a beat. We have a theory that all food tastes better when served on a beautiful surface – and we haven't been proven wrong yet!
A Good Cookbook
In this day and age, it's easy to rely on technology for recipes and cooking tips. We all have a Pinterest board of recipes and foodspiration, after all! But investing in a classic hardbound cookbook serves three purposes. First, you know that all of the recipes will be good if they made it past the chef and the editor. Second, cookbook pages are usually easier to work with (and much more forgiving of tomato sauce splatters or floury fingers) than a device that needs to be charged, has popup ads, etc. And third, cookbooks have a classic aesthetic appeal that your guests will admire. Purchase one classic American cookbook like The Joy of Cooking or Mastering the Art of French Cooking and you'll feel like a total domestic diva.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking: the 40th Anniversary Edition by Julia Child from Sur La Table
Bar Cart
A well-stocked bar cart is one of the secrets of effortless entertaining. Bar carts come in so many styles and designs, from sleek modern stainless steel to rich classic hardwood. This will almost certainly come to be a focal point in your living room or dining room, and the more you love it the more you'll use it. Stock it with a citrus juicer, a fine mesh, a julep strainer, a jigger, a muddler and a cocktail shaker. Build up a liquor collection of 50% inexpensive staples and 50% top-shelf treats so you'll be prepared for any occasion, any guest, and any drink request.
Creative Co-Op 2-Tier Bar Cart from Sur La Table
Copper Mugs
Moscow Mules are a cocktail hour staple that you can easily master to impress your guests. These simple, refreshing cocktails are made with vodka, lime juice and ginger beer and they are always served in a copper mug. Why? The mug keeps the drink colder longer without needing as much ice but also because the acidic lime juice tastes a lot more sharp and crisp against the metal cup… but we just think it looks beautiful!
Moscow Mule Copper Mugs from Sur La Table
Wood, Marble or Slate Cheese Board
Appetizers and hors d'oeuvres are probably the first thing your guests will be served as they enter the party. Make sure your presentation makes a good first impression. An elegantly designed cheese board elevates antipasti, bruschetta, and other small bites.
Wood and Slate Cheese Board from Sur La Table
Entertaining is a snap when you have the right pieces. Don't skip these essentials when creating your wedding registry! The more you love them, the more motivated you'll be to put them to good use and show them off.
What entertaining staples are in your arsenal? What pieces do you have that inspire you to break out the Chardonnay and invite guests over?

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Sunday, February 25, 2007
Baguio: Baguio City in full bloom for Panagbenga 2007
Since hotels would have been fully-booked and buses filled to the hilt, we decided to drive up on the morning of the float parade, just in time to find a good vantage point for festivities. We left Pampanga at about 12 midnight. It was a sleepy but smooth drive given that heavy traffic was factored out of the picture. So we made it to Baguio close to 3:30 a.m. if I'm not mistaken. We took a quick nap at a place where some friends were staying and at 6 a.m., we were off to Session Road for breakfast.
Our plan was to try out the breakfast meals at Swiss Baker. But since they had a catering service that morning, they did not offer breakfast that day and we were left with the turnovers from the night before. As we were eating, we noticed that the sidewalk was slowly being filled-up so I rushed out to reserve a place for us. To make the long story short, we waited for close to two hours before the parade reached us. By that time, there was layer upon layer of people behind us. So it really paid to come early.
First came the city officials and the superintendent of the Philippine Military Academy followed by the colors borne by cadets from the PMA. Then came two great floats from the Baguio Country Club and Chowking, both in the Hall of Fame. I especially liked the Chowking float which was very creative.
The parade was so orderly and there was enough crowd control and police to keep people within the rope on either side of Session Road. Of course, the floats which were out of place were those of the candidates. When the people carrying the letters CHAVIT passed by our area, everyone shouted "boo!" with their thumbs down. I thought it would have been the same reception when the float with the candidates passed by. But then, Cesar Montano was on it, so the boos became shrieks from fans.
For some reason, we managed to get out of the rope and find a great vantage point in front of the Baguio City Market. How we were able to do that without being noticed by the police is a trade secret. Haha! Anyway, we saw even more floats. I liked the ones from Greenwich and SM (even though I still could not forgive SM for demolishing the Pines Hotel and chopping hundred of pine trees on top of Session Road all in the name of money).
It was nearing lunch and the parade was not yet done. So we decided to call it a day and headed towards St. Joseph's Parish where my SSEAYP batchmate Tanjo Tambol was waiting for us. He treated us to lunch at Villa Cordillera which is of the best-kept secrets of Baguio (for the meantime). Managed by the Baguio Country Club, this hotel and restaurant offers a relaxing view of the green golf course and pine-covered hills.
I was surprised to find out that you could get a room for two here for as low as PHP1000. But that is an introductory price which would change by April. I regret booking elsewhere since there were rooms available when we arrived since as I predicted, everyone would have checked-out and were on the way back to Manila by Sunday afternoon. Anyway, lunch was great and the prices were quite affordable.
Since Baguio City was jampacked, we decided to stay at a spa for the afternoon. Spa Ultima at the top of Session Road was very recommended. We got a full-body massage for just PHP340! By the time we were done, it was already dark so we had dinner at the restaurant above the spa, Broad Meadows Cafe. But the food was nothing special.
After dinner, we went back to our inn to rest for a while. At about 10 p.m., we met up with my China-ASEAN batchmate, Dr. Ryan Guinaran who brought us to this cool hang-out called Kaffeeklatsch. The place was very homey with live acoustic perfomances entertaining the guests. The place was out of the way but it had its regular denizens which was not a surprise since it had a very cozy ambiance. After a few ours of chatting, we called it a night.
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Hi Alex, I did not want to waste space in my camera on them. So I did not take their photos!ReplyDelete
I miss the old Baguio! I miss Session Cafe. I miss Gingerbread Man folk house at Magsaysay Rd. I miss that charming old lady seer at Old Pagoda Shop along Session, next to the PAL Office. I miss Pines Hotel where I used to have afternoon swims. I miss BUSURRCA, that cooperative store along Kisad that sold rabbit's foot keychains and the most delicious cinnamon rolls. I miss D&S Fine Foods. I miss Valiram's & Pohomull's Indian stores. I miss Pines Thrift Shop on Abanao managed by Mr. Woelke. Is Sunshine Bakery/grocery still there? Fireplace? Tesoro's snacks and their famous spaghetti bun on Assumption Rd? Vallejo Hotel? Ayayayayy, those were the (pine-scented) days!ReplyDelete
I hope the Baguio City Council approves that Heritage Bill we drafted before it's too late!ReplyDelete
Too many fiestas... I will not have enough time in my life to cover them all! ;-)ReplyDelete
Great to see that you had a pleasant stay in Baguio!
The flower festival in Baguio is getting better every year.Especially with the conceptualization of some flower floats. But too bad Baguio is not like before, where the shrubs and beautiful flowers just sprout everywhere even in the highways.Nowadays there are more denuded mountains than pine trees. I just hope the goverment of Baguio can do something about these unsightful sceneries.ReplyDelete
@sidney: Thanks for dropping by! I'll see if funds would permit me to join you in Masbate.ReplyDelete
@airgem: Yes, I hope the City Government of Baguio would do something about it. We already filed a draft ordinance that would protect certain heritage areas of Baguio and prescribing some measures to fix the problems.
Sigh....would you believe that I've never been to Baguio?ReplyDelete
I'm now an OFW in Singpore.
Hope I can save a lot so that I can tour the Philippines one day...
Cultur Shiok!
- Anonymous5.3.07
Hello Ivan, there is now a plan to construct a multi-level parking structure in Burnham Park. I wonder what you and the Heritage group have to say about this. Would appreciate very much your comments. -Resty RefuerzoReplyDelete
That is really bead news. Let me ask around. Shame on the proponents for thinking of such as thing.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7.3.07
Hello Ivan, the following I read from our local paper, Baguio Midland Courier. There will be a public hearing on the proposed multi-level parking area in Burnham on March 14 at 1 p.m. at the City Hall. I hope a Heritage representative can come to contribute to the hearing. Regards, Resty RefuerzoReplyDelete
- Anonymous18.3.07
baguio's population in 1990 was only 120,000.. last 2000 it was 250,000...lately it's 400,000ReplyDelete
It's too much... most like the population increase is brought about by migration rather than birth rate.
The best thing for this : In-migration law. Hey, Baguio is only 50 square kilometers.
If Baguio passes a in-migration bill, this might just prompt local officials in the neighboring lowlands to do better for their respective places. Baguio started amany times from scratch.. ww2, earthquake... if Baguio can do, why not in other areas? There's just to many excuses that there's no job; but when they come here to Baguio, they become illegal peddlers. Who don't they just invest their money in their places? I mean, not only will it help them economically, but also their place.
- Anonymous25.3.07
Could I have a copy of the draft ordinance and circulate it at the Baguio Webbers International forum?ReplyDelete
You might also want to check this recent photo of a historical Baguio house scheduled for demolotion:
Hi Khristine, you can download the ordinance at http://www.heritage.org.ph or http://www.geocities.com/heritageconservationsociety/files/baguioordinance.pdfReplyDelete
- Anonymous25.3.07
Thanks, Ivan. Maybe you'd like to join us at BWI:ReplyDelete
Ok, will do. Hope you can push for it. The person sponsoring it is Councilor Tenefrancia and I heard it was approved on Second Reading. But if it does not pass before June 30, we're back to zero.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous26.3.07
We've been active writing and circulating petitions at BWI. We have some 400+ members scattered all over the globe. See you there!ReplyDelete
The petitions are good but in the real world of politics, we need the approach the councilors themselves. That's what I've been telling the petition proponents. If I didn't approach my SSEAYP batchmate who was former Baguio City SK President to give the draft I made to his contacts, there would be no draft ordinance pending in the city council. Hope you could mention that sa group. Thanks!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27.7.07
I bet, you need more than just lobbying for this Heritage Ordinance to be approved.ReplyDelete
First we have to get a strong heritage group in Baguio organized. HCS can't lobby for it here from Manila. We'll need to set up a local chapter there.ReplyDelete
Three weeks ago I gave a lecture to a conference of lawyers in Baguio & I could not avoid giving my observations about the city because I had not been to Baguio for over two years. The Baguio of my grade school years (at STC Baguio, now gone) has lost its unique charm. Gone were Dainty Restaurant, where the politicos and businessmen of Baguio would gather in the afternoons for the best Benguet Coffee; the Session Cafe, the Mido Restaurant and all those mentioned in arcastro57's comment. The Vallejo hotel is still there and it should be saved. In the 60's our family rented (from a woman named Mrs. Lim the entire second flr of Pohumul's) and lived there after our house in Kayang St. was razed by the big fire of '62. In high school (St. Louis Boy's High Science class), I treated my friends once to the famous cinnamon bun at Tesoro's. On Saturday's at about 2pm, we would go to Session Rd. to look for the boarders from STC, since Sr. Bertin (Sr. Yvonne to another generation of Baguio Theresians) would take them out to the city for a walk. Up to a certain point in the 70's, when I had ceased to live in Baguio to become part of the Diliman Republic, one recognized about every four persons walking down Session Road. It is emblematic of Baguio's decay that when I walked down Session Road three weeks ago, I did not recognize anyone, except the proprietors of Star Cafe, who moved from their original site to the opposite side of Session Road.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30.8.08
time has changed and baguio migrants residing overseas who visit pines city would become a stranger in his/her own hometown.ReplyDelete
baguio city has been commercialized in the past decade and its landscape has dramatically altered. baguio of long ago has long been gone. only the memories remain my friends. only in memories.
- Anonymous11.2.09
just want to ask if you know another hotel or even a small inn whose rate is just about PhP1000 apart from the one you mentioned that has this rate as an introductory price.
thanks :)
- Anonymous21.2.09
Hi to everyone thats posting here. we seem to have the same views and grievances. Just came back from Baguio a few days ago after 18 years of absence. I'm shocked up to now on how crowded session rd. is, and the smog is horrible. I used to drive up and down Session rd. with my windows opened. Same as arcastro, I miss the places he mentioned. RAA, I was also a student of STC for Gr 4 to Gr 6. I miss the old Baguio, the smell of pine trees, and most of all, is the time when everyone knew everyone.ReplyDelete


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Target Store Finds: Spring 2019 Farmhouse Decor Under 15 Dollars
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. If you make a purchase after clicking a link I will earn a small commission but it won't cost anything to you! Check out my full disclosure policy for more info.
Don't you just love Target and their decor pieces? I know that Target is one of my favorite stores to hit for home decor. And the Farmhouse decor selection is off the chain, especially with the Heart and Hand line. Shout out to my girl Joanna Gaines. There is just one problem. Things can start to add up pretty quickly in there. Hold on, don't throw in the towel just yet. I found a few farmhouse goodies that are all under 15 dollars. Thats pretty sweet considering most of the items there are 20 and above.
The Under 15 Dollar Finds
The first find is this Fax wood lamp. Now I believe it comes with the bulb, but you will have to double check that. The tones of the wood brings in warmth to any all white room, which tends to be a theme for farmhouse style. This find comes in at $14.24.
The second find is by Hearth and Hand at Target. This piece is perfect for your cute farmhouse bathroom. Comes in at $14.99.
This next find is a classic small milk crate. I don't know if I ever see a farmhouse room or kitchen without one. They are awesome for just about anything. Like fruit or vegetables, cook books, or magazines. And the copper handles give it a little swag. Price comes in at $13.49 at the moment since its on sale. Regular is still under $15 at $14.99.
This find is probably a must in a home. You will be amazed how some greenery will bring your space alive. My kitchen has a farmhouse vibe and it didn't really feel homey till I add a few plants. The fiddle leaf is a staple to any farmhouse decor and this one comes in at $14.99.
Lastly, I had to add some textiles to the list. This square throw pillow will bring in more color to your farmhouse feel room. This color will go great with seasonal decorating. Just in time for spring. At the moment its on clearance at $10.98, so snag some before they are out. Regular price is $19.98, that looks like a deal to me. *This item is not longer available but I did link another option that is still under $15.
Honorably Mentions
Here are some honorable mentions that didn't make it into the picture above.
Another cute storage bin by Hearth and Hand. Great for storage. Priced at $12.49 regular price $24.98
This laced vase is so unique, but felt more boho than farmhouse. Although, I still believe it deserves a mention due to its beauty. I'm definitely feeling some rustic vibes. Priced at $14.99.
And lastly, as I said before greenery will bring a space to life. You can add a bunch of these lemon stems to a large vase add to a table and you just tapped up the feel of the room. These are just $4.99 each, but remember if you have a debit or credit Red Card you will get an addition 5% off your purchase. Just Saying.
So there you have it my farmhouse decor under 15 dollars finds at one of my favorite stores. I'm thinking of making this a series. So every season I will pick some finds for you guys and maybe even add other stores. What do you think? Let me know in the comments below your ideas. And speaking of ideas, if you are having a tough time deciding how to decorate your small space, sign up on our newsletter and get access to my free printable on My 5 Crazy Easy Tips to Design a Small Space, plus you get access to the resource library and free furniture plans.
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Coupling with other models (OASIS, SAS, ...)
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NEMO currently exploits OASIS-3-MCT to implement a generalised coupled interface (Coupled Formulation). It can be used to interface with most of the European atmospheric GCM (ARPEGE, ECHAM, ECMWF, Ha- dAM, HadGAM, LMDz), as well as to WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting Model), and to implement the coupling of two independent NEMO components, ocean on one hand and sea-ice plus other surface processes on the other hand (Standalone Surface Module - SAS).
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It hasn't been the best of seasons for Martin Kelly, with the young fullback suffering a ruptured ACL against Manchester United only to watch Andre Wisdom step up and take his place as the club's second right back and third fullback on either side of the pitch.
Things have begun to look up for him in the new year, though, with the player on schedule to return to action towards the end of March and having just signed a new contract at the start of February. And when he does return, Kelly isn't worried by facing the added competition at fullback provided by Wisdom.
"It's always good at any club to have competition for places," he said. "Whether you are looking to take someone's place, or you are looking behind at someone who is pushing for yours, it's always a great thing to have. It helps you progress as a player."
Both Kelly and Wisdom spent most of their time at Liverpool's academy playing at centre back, and now both appear to be set to compete back up Glen Johnson on the right, either for when the England international cannot play or for when he shifts to the left to cover for Jose Enrique.
For many, though, there is an assumption that despite both youngsters appearing increasingly at home in wider areas, their futures involve a move back into the heart of defence. It's a thought Kelly seems to have in the back of his mind as well.
"Once I'm fit," he added, "if I just keep working and stay injury free, my game can progress really well and I can be dangerous as a fullback and at centre back."
With a looming shortage of centre backs, as Jamie Carragher prepares for his retirement while Martin Skrtel and Sebastian Coates are unfavoured by the manage, it could open the path to just such a move for at least one of them—maybe even over the final months of the current season.
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ImageWare to provide corporate update for Q3 on November 14
Mobile and cloud-based identity management solutions developer ImageWare Systems will conduct a conference call on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. PST) to provide a corporate update for the third quarter ended September 30, 2016.
The company will report its results in a press release prior to the call.
ImageWare Chairman and CEO Jim Miller and CFO Wayne Wetherell will host the conference call, followed by a question and answer period. The conference call will be broadcast live and will be available for replay three hours after the live broadcast.
In September it was announced that ImageWare Systems partnered with Fortscale Security to deliver a combined solution that will leverage Fortscale's user and entity behavior analytics with ImageWare Systems' biometric platform to detect breached credentials.
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The Forgotten Oil and Gas Study, a new package built on robust statistical analysis of data from within GOM3, is now available in the Aug. 4th edition of Oil & Gas Journal. The study identifies the remaining producible oil and gas in all Gulf of Mexico reservoirs abandoned before 2010 based on well know decline curve analysis on the entire GOM. The original article can be downloaded here: PDF of article. The Oil & Gas Journal article can be accessed on their website if you have a subscription: Volume 113, Issue 8.
GOM3 Annual User Conference
The 9th Annual User Conference will be held on Thursday, October 30, 2014 in the Memorial City area of Houston. As always this event will present enhancements from the past year, particularly the development of the next generation of GOMsmart (for phones, tablets and beyond) and the storm analysis work, as well as future plans.
The conference is intended for geologists, geophysicists, engineers, land specialists, GIS professionals/techs, and managers. The exchange of ideas and directions for our future development are still the top priority of the conference; we will continue to aim for the informality and small size of past years. Registration is free, though limited, but we will do our best to accomodate those who wish to attend. More information will be included in newsletters in upcoming weeks.
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I came across Heather's bio when I was looking for a web designer/developer who was well versed with WordPress and the Genesis framework to help me create the vision for my blog. Her stunning and extensive portfolio confirmed my decision to hire her to design my blog. As a fellow female in tech, I thought Heather would be a perfect fit for the series. You can learn more about Heather's business and view her portfolio on her site, Viva La Violet.
How did you get into building websites? Did you take any computer programming courses in high school?
I started tinkering with animated graphics when I was about 16, and from there my obsession with websites began. When I started college, there was unfortunately not a web design curriculum yet available. I ended up studying fine arts and received a BFA in computer animation. During that time, I was building websites in my spare time and learning everything I could on my own. I also worked for a computer software company in college, so I was able to take some FrontPage and Dreamweaver courses to learn a bit more. It was very much a trial and error period for me!
What video games did you play growing up and what video games are you currently playing now?
Oh goodness- where do I begin? My favorite games growing up were Mario and Sonic games- my favorite game to date is still Super Mario World (for the Super Nintendo). In college, I began playing MMORPGs like Diablo 2 and Guild Wars- and I actually met my husband online playing Guild Wars! We're both gamers at heart, so with all of our games combined and the addition of our 7 year old son and his games- we've got quite the collection. These days I don't really have time for MMORPGs, so I usually play Wii U games with my son, and he's currently got me hooked on My Singing Monsters, haha.
What made you decide to start your own web design business?
I was working as a lead artist for a casual video game company when I got pregnant with our son, and I knew then that I wanted to pursue my dream of having my web design business and staying at home after he was born. However, I also knew that without a portfolio I was not going to get web design clients knocking down my door, so I decided to start-up an invitation and stationery business on Etsy to make income quickly. Viva la Violet was born in 2008 (as well as our son), and for the next two years I designed and printed invitations as well as slowly built up a web design portfolio. I can remember my husband always telling me back then that all I did was work, and he barely even saw me. Startups are no joke, but if I wouldn't have put in all of that time in the beginning, I don't think I would be where I am today.
Where does the name Viva La Violet come from?
My love for purple of course! I have had this over-the-top obsession with the color purple since I was a child. The flower 'Heathers' are purple, so maybe that's where the underlying love comes from? 😉 I was finally able to pass the name Violet along to my very own daughter this past September, and I can't wait to see how she feels about the color.
What do you like the most about having your own business?
The flexibility has to be one of the best things! I made the conscious decision in 2012 to have Fridays off, not work past 5pm through the week, and to make as many Starbucks runs as needed. I also truly enjoy helping other women achieve their dreams by launching their small businesses and blogs online because I was there once myself and I know how daunting it can be! Owing a small business can be very tough at times, because I do have to wear many hats, but I can't imagine going back to the 9-5 grind ever again. But probably overall, my favorite thing about it having the ability to stay at home and watch my kids grow up vs putting them in daycare as infants. I'm so grateful for this everyday!
Did you encounter any challenges when first launching Viva La Violet?
Oh definitely! From getting little to no sleep, working 7 days a week around the clock, and still sometimes feeling like I was just 'spinning my wheels', it was draining. It was more so I think, because my time was split between the invitation business and the web design business. And just getting yourself out there and in front of audiences was a HUGE challenge when you have no audience to begin with! I spent much of my time marketing, blogging, doing giveaways, interviews, and anything I possibly could to gain exposure. All the while trying to raise a child and keep my head attached to my shoulders, ha!
Where do you get your ideas and inspiration from for your WordPress themes?
My themes are tricky, because unlike my custom design projects, I don't have a client telling me what they want/need. For each of my themes I choose a certain blogging niche, and then come up with all of the different elements I think that blogger would need in a design. I usually change the design many times as I'm creating it, and I also reference top blogging sites throughout that particular niche to see what's working for them and what's not.
As a blogger, there are times when I get writer's block and the words just don't seem to come out or flow the way I want them to. Do you find yourself ever getting "designer's block?"
Yes! I also refer to this as 'burnout'. My number one go to for relaxation and to 'reset' is a hot bubble bath. Sounds silly, but it's just about the only alone time I can squeeze in. To me there's something therapeutic about being away from my computer screen in silence. I guess because I don't get that very often! Or I'll sometimes take a break and play games or just enjoy my children, because I know that time passes so fast when they are this young. But there have been times when I felt so burnt out that I just needed an entire weekend to shut off my web design brain and keep myself occupied with other things (I love DIYs!). That usually helps the most.
What would you say are the advantages to using the Genesis framework with WordPress?
That's a novel in itself, but to keep it short and sweet, because it's amazing!!! When I started designing for WordPress, I tried many different frameworks. There were many nights I wanted to pull my hair out and just couldn't understand why things were done a certain way. Then I tried Genesis, and it all just made sense. I fell in love. The ease of use, security, and community are probably the top three things I love the most about it. As long as it's around, I can't see myself developing for any other framework.
What advice would you give to women who are interested in a career in technology or starting their own business?
The best advice I can give is to research, research, research! Make sure you have a very good understanding of what your day-to-day tasks would look like before diving into a new business. Is it something you can see yourself doing day after day without getting bored/tired of it? Are you passionate about it? With the invitation business, by the time I had finally phased it out. I was SO done with it all. I have never felt that way about my Web Design business, and that's how I know that this is where I need to be. Another piece of advice is to never stop learning, this will set you back in your industry big time. Sure, you may know enough to keep your business hopping this week, but things are forever changing and evolving, especially in my industry. And you don't want to be left behind! A great example of this is mobile design- when I started out, it wasn't even a thing. Now with web design, it's usually a client's main concern- 'Will my website or blog look good on all devices?". It was something I had to spend many hours on, and I am STILL learning about it every day. (Just ask Karen =)
If you are thinking of starting your own business, know that it is so very rewarding, but it can also seem impossible in the beginning. Just keep your head up, be a GIRL BOSS, and own it! I'll be here cheering you on from the sidelines 😀


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AGOSTINO by Alberto Moravia and MR. BOARDWALK by Louis Greenstein reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin
by Alberto Moravia
translated by Michael F. Moore
NYRB Classics, 128 pages
by Louis Greenstein
New Door Books, 316 pages
reviewed by Nathaniel Popkin
In September 1980, military officers took over the Turkish government. Soldiers arrested 500,000 people, executed some of them, and installed martial law. Ultimately, the coup ended years of political and economic instability, but most remarkably it led to Turkey's integration into the global economy, and eventually its status as an emergent power. Gone were days of economic and cultural isolation—a shared national innocence that novelist Orhan Pamuk has so daringly and insistently memorialized in the novel Museum of Innocence (2008)—and before that in My Name is Red (2003) and the memoir Istanbul (2005). In these books he has rebuilt and recreated a deeply provincial, yet colorful and highly idiosyncratic world that otherwise was trapped in his head.
This same instinct seems to motivate the author Louis Greenstein, a playwright, whose first novel, Mr. Boardwalk, was published last month by New Door Books. Greenstein's museum of innocence is Atlantic City in the decade before 1978, when the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel was converted into Resorts International, the city's first casino.
Greenstein conjures this pre-gambling world of the fortune teller Madame Diane, Jimmy, the patriarch of a Roma family that runs a marionette theater, his wife "My Edna," their drug dealing son Bobby, Norman and Betty, Holocaust survivors who own the Two for One Arcade, the fudge stand, the Steel Pier, even the smell of the place in full fury: "Grease and sugar wafting from the takeout stands. Cigar smoke. Roasted peanuts."
The book's narrator is a former boardwalk juggler, Jason "the Magnificent," about seven years old when his parents open a pretzel bakery and stand in Atlantic City, in 1967. Each summer the family decamps from the Philadelphia suburbs to the boardwalk, a world of magic and wonder to the young boy, "the soul of America," according to Jimmy. At age eight, Jason is performing for crowds in front of the bakery and the marionette theater, perfecting an act while binding himself emotionally to a place, that like 1960s and 1970s Istanbul, is frayed by "inflation, crime and shit."
Greenstein, like Pamuk, extends the metaphor to a love relationship—in this case Jason's first love, high school classmate, Sarah—that will inevitably crash. As Kemal, the protagonist of Museum of Innocence, loses his love in the wake of the military coup, Jason loses Sarah just as the age of the casino begins. Jason, like Kemal, is a naïf in the sense that nothing will interfere with his obsession for his love—not the least of all practical concerns. At 16, he's planning on buying a house in Atlantic City for them to live in forever. Jason is rather stunningly oblivious, a character trait that is sometimes hard for the reader to bear.
Much of Mr. Boardwalk is indeed a fairly familiar coming of age story that follows Jason's journey through middle school and high school as he experiments with drugs and friendship, endures personal tragedy, and tries to make sense of a growing obsession with Atlantic City that no one else seems to understand. Jason's loss of innocence is ultimately anticlimactic; he gives up on the place, "expunging all signs of the Jersey shore from my professional resume" and his personal life, never telling his wife about the house he had bought, and still owns, for a life that never would be.
But perhaps the pain of loss of innocence is too much: one has to escape the source of the pain as well as that naïve self that still lingers, sore and dumbfounded. This is the reaction of Agostino, a 13 year old boy who is spending the summer with his widowed mother at a beach resort in Tuscany, and who is the protagonist of the eponymous novel by the late Italian writer Alberto Moravia. NYRB Classics has just brought out Agostino in a new translation by the accomplished Michael F. Moore.
Moravia writes with spare attention; the reader becomes enraptured in this sensual world just as Agostino himself begins to take notice of it. Each day, he rows his mother out from the beach so that she can sunbathe nude and they can swim together. "Occasionally she would open her eyes and say how good it felt to lie on her back with her eyes closed and feel the water rippling and flowing beneath her. Or she would ask Agostino to pass her the cigarette case," Moravia writes,
or better yet to light a cigarette and pass it to her, which Agostino would do with tremulous, painstaking care. Then the mother would smoke in silence, and Agostino would remain hunched over, his back to her but his head twisted to the side, so as to catch the little puffs of blue smoke that indicated where her head was resting, her hair radiating out in the water.
A handsome young man, a suitor, punctures the idyll, stealing the mother from the boy; soon after, a group of coarse urchins, sons of fishermen and laborers, will rupture it. Agostino is sensitive, sheltered, urbane. One day, this sort of boy will have to venture forth unprotected. He'll get beaten, he'll become the object of derision and pathological aggression, twisting him in such a way that he will lose "his original identity without acquiring through his loss another."
Moravia carries the reader through the process, as Agostino accidentally encounters Berto, whose father rents rowboats on the beach. Berto takes Agostino's mother's cigarettes, ridicules him for not knowing how to smoke, and burns him with one. They fight. Agostino is "not so much frightened as bewildered by the boy's extraordinary brutality," notes the author.
It seemed incredible that he, Agostino, who everyone had always liked, could now be hurt so deliberately and ruthlessly. Most of all he was bewildered and troubled by this ruthlessness, a new behavior whose monstrousness made it almost attractive.
The great, unnerving pleasure of this book is to feel this sublime shift take hold inside Agostino, to observe him contort to face the new reality, to sense his discomfort and desire rising as twins of coming manhood, as defense and vulnerability both at once. His mother's living sexuality, which he is forced to note as the summer wears on, acts like the opposite of blindness. Loss of innocence is seeing, finally, the wreck of adulthood. Meanwhile, the group of boys is pitiless and cruel. They turn him against himself. "The dark realization came to him that a difficult and miserable age had begun for him," says Moravia, "and he couldn't imagine when it would end."
Cleaver reviews editor Nathaniel Popkin is the author of five books, including the 2018 novel Everything is Borrowed, and co-editor (with Stephanie Feldman) of the anthology Who Will Speak for America? His essays and works of criticism have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Kenyon Review, LitHub, Tablet Magazine, and Public Books. If you are an author or publicist seeking reviews or a writer hoping to write reviews for Cleaver, query Nathaniel.


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BBC's History Extra published an article three years ago on George I and George II, the first monarchs of the House of Hanover, which stated:
In reality, George I and George II were just as excitingly dysfunctional as Henry VIII. Theirs was truly a dynasty, with plenty of children, giving us enough characters to fill out a whole soap opera. They were also reasonably good kings. They weren't flashy or showy, but under them Britain could truly claim to have become 'Great'.
The article correctly claims that the first two Georges are two of Britain's forgotten kings. Indeed, their house would become famous for George III and Queen Victoria, and perhaps even more so for founding the line that would so closely link the Royal Family's heritage with Germany.
But the real secret about the this time period and these reigns isn't captured in the last sentence above, but the first. And it's not that the Hannoverians were more dramatic than the Tudors, but rather that they were perhaps equally as brutal. Some of that is perhaps unfair, for the lives of men and women in the 18th century were better-recorded, at least for our purposes. The domestic dysfunction that has permeated the royal court for centuries is better gleaned through primary sources the closer we approach present day, and so, for better or for worse, the dirty laundry is more accessible.
The "Georges" had plenty of it and the 17th and 18th century are full of unhappy stories, cruelty, violence and tragedy. But the Tower of London was shut down, their apparel more genteel to modern eyes and the personal vendettas of princes and princesses muted by the growing separation of policy and monarchy.
I don't care for the claims that today's House of Windsor is inherently German. I find it smug, a tad xenophobic and, frankly, illustrating a poor understanding of how the Royal Family has always evolved. If the Windsors are German than the Normans and Plantagenets were French, the Stuarts Scottish and the Tudors Welsh. What is English? That's not how royalty works. And to follow that line of thought, the Royal Family's most patriotic unions were those between monarch and commoner, which wouldn't be in vogue until the 20th century and even then it was bound to raise some eyebrows.
But the fact remains that the House of Hanover is a bit of an anomaly in that their narrative has continued to be this idea that they were plucked from German obscurity and dropped on to the British throne. And they were, to a certain extent, but one could make the argument (to varying degrees of stretch) that so too was William III or James I or Henry VII or Henry II or William I, or any monarch that was not born to be king or raised abroad.
George I's claim to the English throne was distant, but firm. His mother was Sophia of Palatine, daughter of Frederick V, King of Bohemia and Elizabeth Stuart. Elizabeth was the only daughter of James I and Anne of Denmark; in 1613 she married Frederick of Palatine and left England, the Stuart succession supposedly secure through her brother, the future Charles I. And so it was, for a time. When he was executed in 1649 and the monarchy abolished, it was his son, Charles II, who oversaw its restoration in 1660. When he died childless in 1685 the crown passed to his younger brother, James II. James would be forced off the throne three years later; his Catholicism was abhorrent to the largely Protestant England and they called upon his eldest daughter, Mary Stuart, who had resided in the Netherlands with her husband, William of Orange, since her marriage 11 years before.
The Glorious Revolution brought about the last leg of the Stuarts. James and his Catholic wife and children ended up at the sympathetic French court, while William and Mary established a Protestant co-monarchy. They, unfortunately, were childless. When Mary died William established a solo rule, and when he died the throne passed to Mary's younger sister, Anne Stuart. Anne had married her Danish husband in 1683 and despite 18 pregnancies in all, was also without an heir. So, who should succeed her? Or, to put it more precisely, which Protestant should succeed her?
In order to find that the other children of James II were excluded. So, too, were the offspring of his late sister, Henrietta Anne Stuart, Duchess of Orleans. One generation up and you reach Elizabeth Stuart and her descendants, scattered throughout Europe. The rules of succession guided the British to Hanover where Sophia had married the Elector Ernest and successfully provided him with a healthy, flourishing line.
By the time Queen Anne died in 1714, Sophia was dead and her claim was inherited by her eldest son, George Ludwig of Hanover, who became King George I. He arrived in England thoroughly German and was as bemused by his new country as it was of him. He spent significant amounts of time returning "home," where things were done properly and he was less a fish out of water. But for what he lacked in popularity, and certainly affection, he made up for in competency.
His reign, however, would be marked by another sort of problem, one that became a recurring issue for the Royal Family going forward: a tense dynamic between the monarch and his eldest son. His heir, George Augustus, and his wife, Caroline of Ansbach, moved with the new king to London in 1714, younger and more enthusiastic about the British adventure that lay ahead. Indeed, they had also had the time to mentally prepare for such a turn of events, Anne's fertility having long been doubted by the time the two married in 1705.
Caroline became the highest-ranking woman in England, George I having divorced his wife 20 years before, and she and her husband attempted to assimilate as much as possible, in stark contrast to the King. Two rival courts began to take shape, and they attracted very different political sympathies. Unfortunately, the royal children got caught in the fray, and what they symbolized at this time was crucial.
George Augustus and Caroline were the first Prince and Princess of Wales in over 200 years, the last pair having been Arthur Tudor and Katherine of Aragon for a few months in 1501-1502. From that point on, monarchs had either come to the throne unmarried or not as the previous monarch's eldest son. As such, it had been a long time since there had been a young family so close to the throne that hadn't, as in the case of James II and Mary of Modena, signified political instability.
Two years after arriving in England Caroline suffered a stillbirth in November 1716. However, a year later she successfully delivered a son, christened George William, and greatly enhancing the couple's popularity with the public. Unfortunately, the young prince's birth also sparked the final break between the King and the Prince of Wales when they fell out over the choice of godparents. George Augustus was placed under house arrest, and though Caroline was initially given the option of staying with her children, she believed her correct place was beside her husband and as a result her children were "given up" to George I.
Caroline was understandably beside herself and the King quickly relented, allowing her unrestricted access, but not custody. The situation turned tragic three months later when, in February 1718, George William fell ill an died at Kensington Palace. A post-mortem autopsy revealed that the baby had been born with a heart condition, but the optics of him having died while separated from his mother did nothing to help the King's reputation. Caroline, who was pregnant yet again, suffered a miscarriage that same month due to her grief.
For another two years the cold war continued, and George and Caroline's three daughters remained separated from their parents. Finally, in 1720, Caroline and the politician Robert Walpole helped mediate a truce between George I and the Prince of Wales, but though it gave Caroline back her daughters, it did nothing to restore affection to either side.
A year later Caroline gave birth to a healthy son, William, and two years after that, on March 5, 1723, she gave birth to a fourth daughter, Princess Mary. The family would be rounded out by another daughter, Princess Louisa, in December 1724.
This was the dynamic in which Mary was born. Her early years were spent at Leicester House in London surrounded by her siblings, while her parents' home became a meeting spot for some of the most inspired and liberal writers and thinkers of their time. When she was less than four years old, her grandfather, George I, died and her parents ascended the throne as King George II and Queen Caroline. The young family left Leicester House for St. James's Palace and, over time, Hampton Court Palace, which underwent significant renovation to become a favored royal residence.
A year later, Mary's 21-year-old brother, Frederick, would finally join the rest of the family in England after a 14-year separation. Almost immediately his parents were put off, and it wouldn't be long before they found themselves on the reverse side of their feud with George I, politically and personally at odds with their heir. Caroline's younger son, William, was the favored child and she didn't hide the fact that she would have preferred to see him on the throne after his father.
It was an unfortunate dynamic, but one that Mary and her younger sister, Louisa, would have been fairly protected from due to their age. On November 20, 1737 Queen Caroline died at St. James's Palace in London, urging her daughter, Princess Caroline, to "do what she could to support the meek and mild disposition of Princess Mary," according to historian Michael Beatty.
What was done, however, was the arrangement of a marriage to Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, the heir of the German Landgrave William VIII. Mary and Frederick were married by proxy on May 8, 1740 at St. James's Palace and then in-person, once Mary arrived in Kassel, on June 28th. Mary was 17 at the time, thoroughly English and extremely reserved. The marriage was loveless, but worse, it appears to have been physically abusive.
Mary gave birth to a son, William, within her first year of marriage, however he died in infancy. In 1743 she gave birth to a second son, also christened William, followed by a third, Prince Charles, in 1744. At some point Mary's father was alerted to the full extent of the situation his daughter face in Kassel, for she made an extended trip back to England in 1746 to escape her husband. There was a limit, however, to what could be done, save opening both families up to a scandal.
Mary may have had some financial options so long as her father was willing to pay her bills, but legally she was beholden to her husband, and certainly if she wished to have access to her children she couldn't take too strong a stance against Frederick. She returned to Kassel in 1747 and conceived yet again, giving birth to a fourth son, Prince Frederick.
Shortly after the birth Mary's husband disappeared; at some point, months later, Mary received a letter in which she was informed of her husband's conversion to Catholicism. Or, more precisely, that her husband had long been in love with a Catholic German woman, to whom he had proposed before marrying Mary, but had been rejected when he refused to convert. When he had been betrothed to Mary, he had gone to see this woman to inform her in person and had the front door shut in his face. They left the matter by swearing that if either was near death the other would visit one last time.
Shortly after their youngest son's birth, Frederick was sent word that the former object of his affection was dying. He traveled to see her and finally gave in to her desire for him to convert so that they might, ostensibly, one day be united in Heaven.
This put Mary in quite the predicament. It's unclear what her emotional response to this news was, if she had any, but practically this created an issue. Her husband's Catholicism gave her a clear out from the marriage on religious grounds without losing her reputation, however logistically it still risked separation from her children. George II, furious, ordered that she return to England, but she refused, saying, "It was Her Duty to remain in the situation in which it had pleased God to place Her; but that she would make her own terms for the sake of her son, as they were brought up Protestant."
This is perhaps the most critical insight we have into Mary's character and what the children of George and Caroline took away from their feud with George I, for Mary, unlike her mother, chose her children first, putting her physical safety (and perhaps her perceived spiritual safety, depending on the depth of her own religiousness) at risk lest she be forced to leave behind her sons. The choice was clearly prompted by her children and not her sense of wifely duty, for Frederick and Mary formally separated a few years later, having long-lived apart.
Mary's father-in-law, equally as horrified by his son's behavior, gave her and her children a residence in Hanau.
On December 19, 1751 Mary's younger sister, Louisa, died in Copenhagen, having married King Frederick V of Denmark in 1743. She left behind four young children, including the future King Christian VII, and Mary eventually moved with her own children to Copenhagen to help her brother-in-law care for them. Splitting her time between Hanau and Copenhagen, her sons were raised alongside their cousins and her two elder sons, William and Charles, would each later marry Danish princesses.
In 1760 Mary's father-in-law died and her husband became the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. The inheritance did nothing to change the dynamics of the marriage and the couple remained apart, though Mary took the title of "Landgravine" for the next 12 years. She died at her home in Hanau on February 1, 1772 and was buried in Germany.
After her death, Frederick remarried to Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, a woman who appears to fare better as his wife. While the marriage produced no children, she did help to mediate a reconciliation between Frederick and his three sons, who continued to reside in Denmark. She also established her own court and conducted her own affairs, giving birth to an illegitimate son on March 1, 1777.
Mary and Frederick's eldest son, William, would only return to Germany when his father died in 1785 and he inherited the title of Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and the extensive fortune with which it came. He and his wife, Princess Wilhelmina Carolina of Denmark, and their children established themselves in Kassel after over two decades of living in Copenhagen. One of his first acts was to hire Mayer Amschel Rothschild to help him manage his estate, a move which played a significant hand in establishing the Rothschild banking and family dynasty. In later years, when Europe was mired in the Napoleonic Wars with France, William would use Rothschild to hide his money and divert it to help the British cause as needed – an interesting move given his own mother's British heritage.
In 1806 Kassel would annexed by Westphalia, ruled by Jerome Bonaparte, and William and his family returned to Denmark until the French were expelled from Germany. Following the Congress of Vienna in 1815 William took the title of Prince-Elector, ruling Kassel until his death in 1821. He was succeeded by his son, also named William.
Mary's choice to remain with her children was a bold one, which, for all of her supposed meekness, betrayed a strong will and an insistence on independence. Her sons' desire to remain in Denmark and aversion to their father is evidence of her influence, as is their closeness to their Danish cousins (who, in two cases, became their future wives). Louisa's son, Christian VII, would eventually marry a daughter of Louisa and Mary's brother, Frederick, a further sign of that generation's openness and comfort with Britain. (That the marriage was a disaster is a different matter altogether.)
And for all that the British Royal Family continued to be called German, the marriages of its princesses into German principalities served for a long time in strengthening friendship and preserving understanding between the two regions. It's a dynamic worth considering, particularly in light of Friday's news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be making a joint visit to Germany in July of this year, in a post-Brexit show of goodwill.


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Charles Matthews: From one-and-done to the national championship game
Kentucky transfer has been the glue for Michigan during the NCAA tournament
SAN ANTONIO — Michigan guard Charles Matthews was intrigued by Loyola-Chicago's shocking run to the Final Four, and why wouldn't he? He reps "The Chi," growing up on the South Side.
Naturally, he's familiar with a few of the Rambler players, and he enjoyed the team's run that helped portray his city in a positive light.
Enjoyed it until Saturday.
"It was great they had the season that they did, and I wish them the best in their future," Matthews said. "I just felt it was time for us to end that run."
It'll be Michigan against Villanova for the national championship on Monday night. And Matthews has a big part in making that happen, scoring 17 points in helping end the Ramblers' season in the 69-57 win.
Bye, Sister Jean, it's been a tremendous journey.
And Matthews could tell you about a tremendous journey as well, but he'd rather not discuss it.
"I don't really get involved with MY journey," Matthews said. "This is the team's journey, and I just want to help the team win."
While Matthews won't discuss his journey, it's worth recapping the trip to the Final Four for the guy who was named the Most Outstanding Player in the West Region and who's probably been Michigan's most consistent player during the NCAA tournament.
Three years ago he arrived at Kentucky as one of the top prospects from the state of Illinois after a strong high school career at St. Rita of Cascia in Chicago. Like all of the freshmen who commit to John Calipari and Kentucky, Matthews — a versatile, 6-foot-6 guard — had dreams of being one-and-done.
And he was one-and-done, although it didn't end with him being picked in the 2016 NBA draft like his fellow freshmen Jamal Murray, Skal Labissiere and Tyler Ulis.
Matthews was one-and-done because he barely played (1.7 points per game while playing just over 10 minutes a game). Still, Calipari saw his potential and wanted him to stay. Matthews decided to bolt, seeking a school he felt would be a better fit.
The school that fit best was Michigan, where Matthews sat out last season. It was during that season on the sidelines when Matthews discovered that the status he had entering Michigan was far different from what he held entering Kentucky.
"Here's a kid that was so highly recruited, and Michigan didn't recruit him at all," said Michigan coach John Beilein. "I had no knowledge of him until his high school coach called me after he had decided he was going to transfer."
In other words, there would be no star treatment at Michigan (although that was probably solidified by his barely playing and scoring fewer than two points a game at Kentucky).
In Beilein, Matthews found a coach who didn't hesitate to call him out.
"Last year all I used to hear in practice was 'turnover Matthews, turnover Matthews.' And go see 212," which was the section at the top of the bleachers to which Matthews often had to run.
"I stayed with it; Coach stayed on me," Matthews said. "He continued to believe in me."
Here's how much Beilein believed: Matthews was inconsistent toward the end of this season. He missed all five of his shots in a scoreless game at Penn State on Feb. 21, which concluded a three-game stretch where he hit 25.9 percent of his shots (7 of 27).
Yet Beilein stuck with Matthews, keeping him in the starting lineup at a time a change would have been justified.
While freshman Jordan Poole stills gets love for his game-winning shot in the second-round win over Houston and Moritz Wagner attracts the crowds with his dominant play in the middle (he had 24 points and 15 rebounds against an undersized Loyola team), it's Matthews who has been the team's glue since the NCAA tournament began.
"He was really struggling in January to understand what his role would be and what he should do," Beilein said. "Now he's got a pretty good, defined role."
It's a defined role that will surely catch the eye of NBA teams.
But that's far from Matthews' radar. Right now he's focused on enjoying Michigan's run to the championship game.
"There's really no rush for me," Matthews said. "Right now, I'm just trying to help my team win. And do whatever I can to get Coach B a national title."


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'Cars 3' Almost Featured Several Batmobile Cameos, Which Is Super Weird
The universe in which Pixar's animated franchise Cars exists is already confusing enough, and it was almost expanded to be even more perplexing in Cars 3 with several cameos inspired by a certain DC Comics superhero.
In a recent interview, director Brian Fee explained that a different version of Cars 3 almost saw Lightning McQueen end up in Los Angeles at a Hollywood party that would have been full of movie stars, including two different Batmobiles. That version of the story didn't survive, but if it did, the existence of Batmobiles in the Cars universe would have been supremely strange.
Find out more about the cut Cars 3 Batmobile cameos after the jump.
Here's what Brian Fee told Screen Junkies during their interview about the axed Batmobile cameos:
"At one point, part of the story took place in LA and we had a scene where McQueen went to a Hollywood hills party and it was full of actors, and we had the old Batmobile and the new Batmobile talking to each other at a party."
On the surface, that's a clever idea, because the idea of a Cars character based on an iconic movie vehicle being a real celebrity just makes sense. But when you think about it beyond that, it would actually be extremely weird and even sad.
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The late course of foreign events has probably made the same impression every where.5 If it should not render France less anxious to meet our advances, its good effects will be felt every way. If our Executive & their Envoys be sincere in their pacific objects, it will perhaps supply by their increased anxiety what may be lost on the other side. But there can be little confidence after what has been seen, that the negociation would be influenced by this temper of the Envoys, instead of that which perverted it in the hands of their predecessors. This possibility of failure in the diplomatic experiment, will present the most specious obstacle to an immediate discharge of the army. It would be useful for the Assembly to know how this matter is viewed where you are. Mr. Dawson will be good eno' to write me on the subject. I intended to have written to him by this mail; but my time has been taken from me till the closing of the mail is approaching. Yrs. affecly.
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3. Hugh Nelson, who represented Elizabeth City, Warwick, and York counties in the Virginia Senate, was replaced by Robert Saunders, who held the seat through the 1804–5 session. Robert Andrews, of the city of Williamsburg, served in the House of Delegates continuously from 1790 through the 1798–99 session (Swem and Williams, Register description begins Earl G. Swem and John W. Williams, eds., A Register of the General Assembly of Virginia, 1776–1918, and of the Constitutional Conventions (Richmond, 1918). description ends , pp. 32–66).
4. The Virginia Resolutions, along with those of other states, were committed by both houses of the North Carolina legislature to a joint committee early in the 1799 session. The committee seems not to have made any report (Journal of the Senate of North Carolina, Nov. 1799 [Evans description begins Charles Evans, ed., American Bibliography … 1639 … 1820 (12 vols.; Chicago, 1903–34). description ends 38124], p. 18).
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