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Preparing for The HRSouthwest Conference
Travel & Hotel Information
Speakers are financially responsible for their own travel, hotel accommodations and parking. We partner with airlines, ground transportation providers and hotels to offer special rates to our speakers and attendees. To obtain special conference rates, be sure to mention that you are part of The HRSouthwest Conference. Hotel blocks fill up fast, so please make your reservations as soon as possible. For more information, please visit hrsouthwest.com/housing.
Presentation Format
To bring uniformity to all presentations and promote the conference theme, all educational session presentations MUST utilize the official HRSouthwest Conference PowerPoint template.
Audio Visual Equipment & Room Set Up
New! Speakers are no longer required bring their own laptops. You will be required to submit your presentations in advance and can make last-minute edits at any time. When it's your turn to speak, you won't have to worry about connecting your laptop. The presentation will be preloaded and ready to go in your assigned meeting room. With this capability, you'll maximize your speaker time.
In addition to the laptop, the following complimentary AV equipment in each room includes:
- Projection screen
- LCD Projector
- 4-Channel Mixer
- Wired Microphone at Podium
- Wireless Microphone (1 Lavaliere or 1 Handheld)
Each room will be set up with theater seating. A podium and projection screen are at the front center of the room. A session coordinator will be present in each room to assist you in getting your presentation started and to help keep time.
Please Note: Any additional AV equipment is at the expense of the speaker and can be ordered through our audio/visual partner.
Technical Assistants
Should you need technical assistance to present your session, each speaker can bring one (1) technical assistant to help during your presentation. This individual is not a co-speaker and your assistant will only have access to your session.
Please note the technical assistant will be required to leave a photo ID in the Speaker Prep Room during your session and is required to return their badge immediately after the session. If you are bringing a technical assistant for your educational session, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Video Taping
As a reminder, videotaping is not permitted during your session. However, HRSWC reserves the right to capture educational content per the speaker agreement.
Session Materials and Handouts
Reference materials are highly valued by conference participants and you are strongly encouraged to make handouts available. Registered conference attendees will view session handouts via The HRSouthwest Conference mobile app.
Downloadable Handouts
Submit handouts through your speaker registration profile. The deadline to submit downloadable session handouts is September 14, 2018. Specific instructions will be distributed via email 4-6 weeks prior to the conference.
Online Handout Requirements:
- The max file size for documents is 10MB.
- The supported file formats are: pdf, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, png, jpeg and jpg
Paper Handouts
Distribution of paper handouts is the responsibility of the speaker. We encourage you to upload reference materials to the mobile app. However, if you prefer to ship your handouts in advance, conference organizers can deliver your handouts to the Fort Worth Convention Center:
The HRSouthwest Conference
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We will accept packages from August 6 – September 7, 2018. You are responsible for any materials needed for your session after September 7, 2018. We recommend the following:
- Ship directly to your hotel and bring handouts with you to the convention center OR
- Ship by FedEx to the FedEx Office at 901 Houston Street (one block away) and pickup when you arrive onsite OR
- Send the copy job the FedEx Office at 901 Houston Street and pickup when you arrive onsite
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Please remember that speakers may not use educational sessions to promote, market or sell a product or service, or to solicit attendee contact information. This includes distribution of forms, price lists or other marketing material. However, speakers are welcome to include their company name and contact information on the first or last page of their handout, reference books or articles that they have authored (if appropriate in the context of the session content) and distribute business cards upon request at the end of the session.
The Day of Your Presentation
Dress Code: Business Casual
When should I arrive for my presentation?
Location: The Fort Worth Convention Center (FWCC), 1201 Houston St, Fort Worth, TX 76102 (map)
Please allow plenty of time for rush hour traffic, road construction and parking. It is recommended that you arrive at the FWCC no later than one hour before your presentation is scheduled to begin to check in, get your conference badge, and confirm that your presentation is correctly loaded into the Presentation Management System.
There are many parking areas within walking distance to the Fort Worth Convention. The two closest are the Houston Street Parking Garage at 1200 Houston Street and the Commerce Street Parking Garage at 1301 Commerce Street.
Speaker Lounge Location
Please report to the Speaker Lounge (located on Level 1) to pick up your name badge and conference materials. An Educational Sessions Committee Member will meet you to help you check in, prepare for your presentation and help you locate your session room. Water and light snacks are also provide in the Speaker Lounge
The lounge is open the following hours:
Monday – 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday – 6:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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Enjoy the conference
As a speaker, you receive complimentary full registration. Your name badge grants you access to the entire conference. If you would like to bring a guest to the Sunday welcome reception or the Tuesday evening event, guest passes are available for purchase for $50 per event and can be purchased at the registration desk. *Please note that speakers are not eligible for prize drawings.
Onsite Printing
There is not onsite printing available at the convention center. It is recommended that you come prepared with your materials. Should you need to print something onsite, you are eligible to use this speaker discount code [#0479673926] for onsite printing with FedEx Office. The office closest to the FWCC is located at 901 Houston St., Fort Worth, TX 76102.
Who's Attending?
HRSWC is the largest regional human resources conference in the United States, attracting more than 2,000 HR professionals annually from more than 25 states and beyond. The majority of HRSWC attendees:
- Seek recertification credit hours for their professional HR designation
- Represent top industries such as health care, manufacturing, government and finance
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- Serve in the role of manager/director and above
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Happy 4th of July!
Last night I did something I haven't been able to do in a long time, and WAY overdue I may add. I got to make it out for my Thursday night SnB and see some old friends that I really missed and make a new one that was kind enough to shows me how to start off my FIRST EVER sock. With DPNs. Which I've NEVER done. Yay!
As a tip from another new knitter friend from my OTHER knitting group, I downloaded the Training Sock Pattern on Knitty by Kate Atherley to just get a feel for the basics 'cause I have no clue what I'm doing. Perfect patten for me. Heh.
Just before anyone asks, yes I belong to more than one SnB. They're like cats -- you can never have enough. ;-)
So I got the scrap yarn, pink stuff from the ol' stash-a-roo. Check. US size 7/4.5mm DPNs. Check. I'm good to go. The best part is I don't care how many messups I make because that's what this is all about. When it's done, it's getting stuffed with catnip for my little miss anyway.
I think the next thing I'm gonna try to work on is something for The Snuggles Project, of which I'm a member. They've got some basic snuggle patterns I'm gonna look through and I've found a couple of shelters in their database that accept snuggles. Now, I'm getting psyched!
That will be my knitting goal for the week. If I'm lucky in the upcoming weeks and months to come, I'll be able to control the body clock better and make it to more weeknight stuff because I need to de-stress and have a life.
I'm also trying to plow through my laundry-list of library books. Still working on An Inconvenient Truth but since the new Sookie Stackhouse book is way overdue, I'm trying to finish that up first. Charlaine Harris write a Southern Vampire series which, except for the last book, is pretty good. So far, this new one's a good one. I think it's called From Dead to Worse but I don't have it directly in front of me so I can't confirm. HBO is turning it into a series this Fall. OK, now I want HBO on top of Planet Green and Showtime. Time to upgrade the cable package!
One more major thing on my to-do list is to follow up with some comments and suggestions from my petitions on Care2's Petition Site (see sidebars widgets, DID YOU SIGN?!?!?!?). Actually, the feedback is mostly from the horrific website I'm trying to get shut down. I'll keep you all posted. Fingers crossed!
Friday, July 4, 2008
My New Knitting Project - Wrestling the Porcupine!!!
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You Dont Need Social Media: The Small Business Guide to Simplify Your Social Media Approach and Get Results
Social Media 101
Let's Get Started: Staying in touch and slides (1:20)
Social Media 101
Social Works System
The Social Works One Page System (4:23)
Understanding Your Business Needs
Setting Your Business Vision (11:07)
Setting Your Business Goals
Understanding Your Social Program
Social Media Vision and Goals (5:08)
Audience and Value
Understanding Top Social Media Platforms
Read This First: Social Media Platforms - A Primer
Social Media Platforms (8:23)
Developing Your Content Strategy
Content Style and Engagement Stategy (5:31)
Developing Your Social Media Program
Developing Your Social Media Program (8:09)
The Social Works(out) System
Setting Social Media Goals
Social Media Advertising
Social Media Campaigns
Tools for Distribution and Content Creatation
Developing Your Influencer Strategy
Developing An Influencer Strategy (10:21)
Influencer Partnerships: How to Identify Partnership Targets
Growing An Influencer Network
Influencer Network Goals
Developing Your Metrics
Developing Your Metrics (2:52)
Tools for Measurement
Launching and Reassessing
Iterating and Reassessing (3:43)
Social Media Success - More Ideas.
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Nathan is an excellent addition to the legal clinic. Since joining us last November, he has become an integral part of the team. Nathan consistently volunteers every week, supporting our participants and community callers who need access to legal services at the clinic.
New Beginnings: What do you do as a volunteer at New Beginnings? What does a typical shift look like?
Nathan: I volunteer with the Neighborhood Legal Clinic which allows our clients access to free legal advice from volunteer attorneys practicing in King County. In a typical evening I will prepare paper work, greet our clients, conduct intake and exit interviews, and print legal documents for the attorneys as needed.
New Beginnings: What sparked you to volunteer in the domestic violence prevention and intervention field?
Nathan: Working in the courts for several years. I became aware of the huge number of people and families affected by domestic violence. After reading and learning about the issues it was obvious that there isn't a singular solution to domestic violence. The solution is multi-faceted with advocacy as its keystone.
New Beginnings: What do you do when you're not volunteering?
Nathan: I enjoy spending time outdoors hiking in the mountains and splashing around in creeks in rivers. I also enjoy reading. Lately I've been reading lots of histories and biographies.
New Beginnings: What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
Nathan: My mother told me never to walk behind a horse (also mules and donkeys).
New Beginnings: What have you learned working to support survivors?
Nathan: Working to end domestic violence can seem very daunting at times. It's important to keep a positive attitude and remember that not only are we making a difference by helping individuals but also creating generational changes.


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At 10:53 +1200 10/05/2001, Miraz Jordan wrote: >As these are "technical" courses I need to use and explain jargon. >At the moment I'm doing that by means of extra "Tips" in the text >and with links to a Glossary page. However, I need more. > >Consider this text: > >"Click in cell B3 (ie Power for January) and enter 30 then press >Tab. Notice how the text label January lines up with the left of the >cell, while the number 30 aligns to the right." > >I originally wrote "aligns to the left", but in the interests of >making the content more accessible I replaced that with "lines up >with the left". Now I need to talk about "aligns to the right" and >want to use that term. After all, people need to learn the jargon >too. I've just realised the answer: my stylesheet now includes a class called Glossary and I just use span class="glossary" in the HTML. (sigh) Cheers, Miraz -- Miraz Jordan | email@example.com | http://www.firstbite.co.nzReceived on Thursday, 10 May 2001 00:04:44 UTC
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Design is the creation of a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system (as in architectural blueprints, engineering drawings, business processes, circuit diagrams and sewing patterns). Design has different connotations in different fields. In some cases the direct construction of an object (as in pottery, engineering, management, cowboy coding and graphic design) is also considered to be design.
Designing often necessitates considering the aesthetic, functional, economic and sociopolitical dimensions of both the design object and design process. It may involve considerable research, thought, modeling, interactive adjustment, and re-design. Meanwhile, diverse kinds of objects may be designed, including clothing, graphical user interfaces, skyscrapers, corporate identities, business processes and even methods of designing.
Thus "design" may be a substantive referring to a categorical abstraction of a created thing or things (the design of something), or a verb for the process of creation, as is made clear by grammatical context.
Bagian Pringgitan adalah bagian penghubung antara pendopo dan rumah dalem. Bagian ini dengan pendopo biasanya di batasi dengan seketsel dan dengan dalem dibatasi dengan gebyok. Fungsi bagian pringgitan biasanya sebagai ruang tamu.
Bagian Dalem adalah bagian tempat bersantai keluarga. Bagian ruangan yang bersifat lebih privasi.
JENIS-JENIS JOGLO : 1. Joglo Sinom ; 2. Joglo Jompongan ; 3. Joglo Pangrawit ; 4. Joglo Mangkurat ; 5. Joglo Hageng ; 6. Joglo Semar Tinandhu ; 7. Joglo Jepara ; 8. Joglo Kudus ; 9. Joglo Pati ; 10. Joglo Rembang [more...]
A work of art in the visual arts is a physical two- or three- dimensional object that is professionally determined or otherwise considered to fulfill a primarily independent aesthetic function. A singular art object is often seen in the context of a larger art movement or artistic era, such as: a genre, aesthetic convention, culture, or regional-national distinction. It can also be seen as an item within an artist's "body of work" or oeuvre. The term is commonly used by: museum and cultural heritage curators, the nterested public, the art patron-private art collector community, and art galleries.
Physical objects that document immaterial or conceptual art works, but do not conform to artistic conventions can be redefined and reclassified as art objects. Some Dada and Neo-Dada conceptual and readymade works have received later inclusion. Also, some architectural renderings and models of unbuilt projects, such as by Vitruvius, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Frank Gehry, are other examples.
The products of environmental design, depending on intention and execution, can be "works of art" and include: land art, site-specific art, architecture, gardens, landscape architecture, installation art, rock art, and megalithic monuments.
Carving is the act of using tools to shape something from a material by scraping away portions of that material. The technique can be applied to any material that is solid enough to hold a form even when pieces have been removed from it, and yet soft enough for portions to be scraped away with available tools. Carving, as a means for making sculpture, is distinct from methods using soft and malleable materials like clay, fruit, and melted glass, which may be shaped into the desired forms while soft and then harden into that form. Carving tends to require much more work than methods using malleable materials.
Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation of a wooden object. The phrase may also refer to the finished product, from individual sculptures to hand-worked mouldings composing part of a tracery.
The making of sculpture in wood has been extremely widely practiced, but survives much less well than the other main materials such as stone and bronze, as it is vulnerable to decay, insect damage, and fire. It therefore forms an important hidden element in the art history of many cultures. Outdoor wood sculptures do not last long in most parts of the world, so it is still unknown how the totem pole tradition developed. Many of the most important sculptures of China and Japan in particular are in wood, and so are the great majority of African sculpture and that of Oceania and other regions. Wood is light and can take very fine detail so it is highly suitable for masks and other sculpture intended to be worn or carried. It is also much easier to work on than stone.
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον métallon, "mine, quarry, metal") is a material (an element, compound, or alloy) that is typically hard, opaque, shiny, and has good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable — that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking — as well as fusible (able to be fused or melted) and ductile (able to be drawn out into a thin wire). About 91 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals, the others are nonmetals or metalloids.
Some elements appear in both metallic and non-metallic forms. Astrophysicists use the term "metal" to collectively describe all elements other than hydrogen and helium. In that sense, the metallicity of an object is the proportion of its matter made up of chemical elements other than hydrogen and helium.
Many elements and compounds that are not normally classified as metals become metallic under high pressures; these are formed as metallic allotropes of non-metals. [source : wikipedia.org]
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KRVS Local Produce Live at Cypress Lake Studios featuring Bas Clas "Dumptruck" written and performed by Bas Clas: Steve Picou, guitar, vocals; Donnie Picou, guitar, vocals; Geoff Thistlethwaite, bass; and Ted Cobena, drums. Bas Clas on Facebook. Producer/Director, Johanna Divine; Camera/Editing, Makemade; Audio Engineer, Aaron Thomas. Special thanks to KRVS staff & crew, Johnson's Boucaniere and Scott's Drum Center. © 2014 KRVS Public Media.
Local Produce Live: Bas Clas "Dumptruck"
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A Retrospective Blog
'Visible Traces', one of several works completed for the curated group exhibition Remnants of Presence, was shown at the new Sugarama Gallery, Australia Sugar Industry Museum, Mourilyan ( just south of Innisfail), Far North Queensland, 4 May - 29 June 2003.
This professional curated group exhibition, 12 months in the making, was a grand showcase of 19 artists work from the Innisfail, Mission Beach and Tully region.
|Visible Traces
Artwork is a triptych of mixed media on canvas and is currently held in the artist's collection. Overall size: H.122 cm x W.170 cm
Mediums used: charcoal, pastel, gesso, watercolour, acrylic, oil, collage, leaves, fabric, papers – rice paper, cartridge, 300 gsm rag paper.
Further information about the work and the exhibition can be found on my home website.
Print products have been made available for this artwork at my RedBubble gallery here
Centre Panel
|Visible Traces - centre panel
The work includes 'embossed' textured rice paper I printed and was collaged in several areas (mainly bottom and right hand side areas) on the centre panel.
Preview Publication
A preview article was published in the Arts Nexus magazine about Remnants of Presence.
|Publication 2003 RoP_p12.Arts Nexus.No.50
Non-digital documentation records of photos and a video do exist of this very successful exhibition but most of these have yet to see their conversion into relevant digital media production forms.
Here is a 'small' image I have to hand on file, taken on the opening day. The work in the foreground is titled 'Treasure Trove', an sculptural installation completed by yours truly with a collaboration involvement from all participating RoP artists, with each supplying representative 'personal' object pieces.
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Leading Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote has still got his sights set high with Sea Red who is on a mission heading towards the Group 1 $400,000 Queensland Oaks (2400m) at Eagle Farm during the Brisbane Winter Carnival.
Sea Red was able to win her second race last Saturday with a four and three quarter lengths victory over 1350m in a lowly Class 1 at Doomben, but Heathcote is adamant the filly is good enough to be considered for an Oaks campaign.
Because of the Magic Millions Race Day on the Gold Coast last Saturday carrying metropolitan status, the meeting at Doomben was classified as provincial with Sea Red only picking up a winning cheque of $8,450.
With Saturday's winnings, Sea Red has now earned a total of $20,500 which includes the $11,050 from her previous win plus a $1,000 for her third placing back in September.
But the premiership winning trainer says that he will be facing an uphill battle to earn enough prizemoney to secure a start in the Group 1 for the fillies if he continues to run Sea Red in Brisbane.
"I am sure it is one of the reason we struggle to win our own Oaks. The difference in prize money gives the southern horses a big advantage," Heathcote told AAP.
"I have to qualify Sea Red now. By that I mean she has to get enough prize money now so she can even get in the Oaks field."
Heathcote has been singing the praises of Sea Red since she broke her maiden status with a four and a half lengths win over 1350m in a Doomben Maiden in December.
Saturday's winning rider Cassandra Schmidt agrees with Heathcote that the filly is above average and told the top trainer that the winning margin could have been greater.
Heathcote will be looking to give Sea Red a break before preparing her for the Winter Carnival but will have to select suitable races to help her gain enough prizemoney to force her way into the Queensland Oaks field.
"That can make a difference. We start off behind the eight-ball but I have made it very clear she is the best chance I have ever had of winning the Oaks," Heathcote said.
One option is for Heathcote to kick off Sea Red's campaign in Sydney and work through the classes where there is more prizemoney on offer with Sydney midweek races worth $23,025 to the winner.


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Johnny McGregor (ジョニー・マクレガー)Age: Season 1: 15; Season 3: 17
Bitbeast: Salamalyon
The sarcastic Johnny is a true Scotsman and plays tennis and golf as side sports to beyblading. He was the last of the Majestics to be introduced. He takes no prisoners in battle both in and out of the beystadium. Although he acts like a big tough guy, he has a golden heart, as proven in the episode A Lesson For Tyson. He also has a very short temper.
Johnny is supposedly known as "The Gladiator of Glasgow" due to his phenomenal Beyblading skills. He loses to Kai during the Majestics vs. The Bladebreakers battle because Kai is given advice (much to his displeasure) by his team mates, while Johnny lacks advice because he only knows how to work as an individual. His Beyblade launcher is in the shape of an axe, and his bit-beast is Salamalyon.
From the Get-go Kai and Johnny don't get along. When Johnny wants a battle with Kai in the japanese version of the show Kai "declines" stating that Johnny is a "ignorant bastard" and that Kai only wishes to fight "tougher guys" To which Johnny gets angry and replies saying "You bastard...being cocky to me? Even the Queen pays her respects to me!"
From this we can gather that at some point Johnny had met the Queen and that the Queen respects Johnny. But Kai doesn't care anything about this impressive statment and replies to Johnny "You should be deepening your relationship with the Queen." Which shows how Kai doesn't care for ones status. Johnny responses by taking off his glove and throwing it at Kai's back, saying "that is unforgivable!"
One would think that the throwing of the glove is a childish thing to do, like when one is frustrated. But Oliver explains that "Johnny is requesting a duel" A duel is an engagement in combat between two individuals, with matched weapons in accordance with their combat style. In medieval times when one would demand satisfaction from the offender,in this case Kai, signaling this demand with an inescapably insulting gesture, such as throwing his glove before him. Other known ways to request a duel would be to slap a glove around your offender's face.
In the third season, he makes a cameo appearance when he discovers that the Barthez Battalion were cheating. He informs Tyson of this, but tells him that it is too late to report them, because if they were disqualified it would unbalance the entire championships too late in the game.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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A friend of mine gave me this the last week before the rehearsal, he told me that he had the chance to be part APOP staff.
About a month before this, I told him that I like APOP so much so he told me he'd give me this staff credential... just like a memory. I'd have been glad to be part of the staff just to see them closer and work with them.
Funny, but I wasn't able to attend to the concert. That hurts.


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Late point gives Donegal League semi-final spot
Donegal left it so late to seal a place in the semi-finals of the Allianz League Division One they would've heard their name being called on the tannoy in the departures lounge.
Mayo 0-12
Donegal 1-9
A point in the fourth minute of injury time from Stephen Griffin secured the draw that was enough for Donegal to reach the last four at their hosts' expense. It's the first time the county has made the knock-outs since 2007. Cork, who Donegal defeated 0-12 to 1-8 last month in Ballyshannon, are Sunday's opponents at Croke Park.
Back in Jim McGuinness's first match at the helm against Sligo in February 2011, it was Griffin who salvaged a 2-11 to 1-14 draw for Donegal. That result was often referred to as one that gave the regime traction. Rory Gallagher was number two in those days and now as manager would've been content with the spirit shown by his team yesterday.
Without a realistic threat of relegation, there was no sense of inhibition from either side in an open and entertaining first half at Elvery's MacHale Park in Castlebar yesterday. In the second, Mayo were dominant but nine wides meant there wasn't clear daylight between the teams before Griffin, making his first appearance since Monaghan visited Ballybofey in the 2013 Dr McKenna Cup, struck at the bitter end.
Gallagher had said in the lead-up to the fixture that he sought to put an end to what he termed as "the away-day hoodoo". Having not won on the road in the top flight since 2009, when Joe Joe Doherty's team won 0-15 to 1-7 at Westmeath's Cusack Park in Mullingar, at least that losing 10-match record was put to a halt.
A marvellous goal by Patrick McBrearty was the stand-out moment of the first half. The 21-year-old rightly got the back-pats for piercing a shot above Kenneth O'Malley in the Mayo goal. But the Kilcar forward was just the final link in the chain in what was an excellently constructed move.
Michael Boyle's crisp kick-out was gathered cleanly in space by Martin McElhinney, who made his routine turn and beeline for goal. The St Michael's midfielder linked with his clubmate Christy Toye. With yellow jerseys streaming from their defensive base, Frank McGlynn took up the possession and having played a neat give-and-go with Martin O'Reilly, fed McBrearty to his left and his finish pierced right into the postage stamp top corner.
That made the score 1-5 to 0-4 for the Ulster champions, who were facing Mayo for the first time since their 4-17 to 1-10 mauling in the 2013 All-Ireland quarter-final. Odhran MacNiallais wasn't privy to the painful memories of that particular afternoon but yesterday the Gweedore native was in splendid form, kicking tree first half points - the first of which was landed after only 19 seconds.
At the other end, Mayo, who were 0-2 to 0-0 down following 62 seconds after McElhinney had doubled Donegal's advantage, clawed their way back into the contest with four successive points. Jason Doherty posted two of those, with the hugely influential Barry Moran and Kevin McLoughlin also on the mark.
And after McBrearty's goal, the four-in-a-row Connacht champions finished the half strongly, with Moran, Donal Vaughan and Aidan O'Shea finding their range. By the break, Donegal held the slenderest of advantages, 1-5 to 0-7 ahead.
Without the suspended Michael Murphy, Donegal, for spells in the second half, looked to be missing the apex of their attack. Mayo were the dominant team in the third quarter and but for poor shooting would've been farther ahead than the 0-11 to 1-6 they were by the hour-mark. Moran, with his third of the afternoon, pointed with Diarmuid O'Connor, Mikey Conroy and McLoughlin also scoring.
Colm McFadden scored Donegal's only point of that spell but with Hugh McFadden black-carded for a tug on Conroy, Toye having been replaced and Neil Gallagher not featuring, there was a lack of physicality in the middle third. Only McBrearty, who was working manfully on breadcrumbs for scraps, kept Donegal ticking over with a pair of fine points. He was also out of luck when he saw a goal disallowed on 43 minutes for a push
Three minutes from time, McLoughlin, who was responsible for three of those aforementioned wides, had his cue chalked as he pointed to edge Mayo in front.
A frantic finish saw Vaughan dismissed for adding a black card to his earlier yellow and then Mayo tried to kill the game when O'Connor was black-carded for rugby tackling Paddy McGrath. With Donegal pushing forward, a breakaway saw Patrick Durcan shoot straight at Boyle when a point would've sealed the points. That, though, was only the prelude to Griffin's late leveller.
Mayo: Kenneth O'Malley; Brendan Harrison, Kevin Keane, Keith Higgans; Lee Keegan, Com Boyle, Donal Vaughan (0-1); Barry Moran (0-3), Seamus O'Shea; Kevin McLoughlin (0-3, 1f), Aidan O'Shea (0-1), Jason Doherty (0-2, 2f); Mark Ronaldson, Danny Kirby, Diarmaid O'Connor (0-1). Subs: Mikey Conroy (0-1) for Ronaldon (half-time), Stephen Coen for Harrison (46), Andy Moran for Kirby (55), Patrick Durcan for Boyle (65), Neil Douglas for McLoughlin (70), Michael Hall for O'Connor (70 black card)
Donegal: Michael Boyle; Neil McGee, Eamonn Doherty, Paddy McGrath; Eamon McGee; Karl Lacey, Ryan McHugh; Odhran MacNiallais (0-3), Hugh McFadden; Martin McElhinney (0-1), Christy Toye; Martin O'Reilly, Frank McGlynn; Colm McFadden (0-1), Patrick McBrearty (1-3), Martin O'Reilly. Subs: Anthony Thompson and Ciaran McGinley for Doherty and Toye (43), Mark McHugh for H McFadden (48 black card), Stephen Griffin (0-1) for McGinley (59)
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Check out this view of three, very rare, Texas Psych posters. We've got the 13th Floor Elevators - Grackle Debacle, the 'Elevators' Avalon - "Grace Slick", and the Grateful Dead Panther Hall. You're looking at between six to seven grand hanging next to that kitchen door. It doesn't get much better than this me boyos! This is a peek into the home of a big time collector.
The 'Dead Panther Hall poster promoted a 02/20/1970 gig with Quicksilver Messenger Service. This poster is easily two to three grand alone. Panther Hall was a concert hall located in Fort Worth, Texas and open from 1963-1978. As you can see, they produced their own psychedelic concert posters and these are highly collectible and sought after.


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How To Enjoy Your Vacation And Stay Healthy
Vacation is a time to take a break from normal routines. But that shouldn't mean throwing all of your health supportive activities out the window. It's possible to enjoy your vacation AND stay healthy. Here are my top 5 tips:
1. Try not to bring a strict set of rules with you.
Allow yourself to explore new cultures and cuisines! When in Rome…
2. Be mindful of your choices so that you don't suffer from negative consequences.
For example, if you eat foods that make you sick (such as gluten if you are sensitive), booze every night, and don't exercise, you might find yourself becoming tired and cranky and that's certainly no way to enjoy your vacation!
3. If you're flying to your destination, walk around on the plane.
This keeps your cleansing lymphatic system active, helping to move toxins, and keep you from feeling stiff and dull. It also helps to prevent the blood clots that are associated with prolonged sitting on planes.
4. When it comes to your food, find the balance, so that you stay on track with some things, and loosen up on others.
What works for me? I keep my usual healthy food routine all day, and then relax a bit at dinner with a lovely wine and a delicious dessert.
5. Prioritize what's most important.
For me, I make sure to exercise to release toxins and feel great. This is the antidote for extra calories and brain fog from any sugar or alcohol I consumed the day before.
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Courier Exchange has set the benchmark within the UK courier industry. Our website facilitates the exchange of information and jobs between freight forwarders, owner-drivers, courier companies and independent courier drivers. The platform enables parties to sub-contract work, locate empty vehicles and win courier jobs.
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For courier drivers, Courier Exchange offers a valuable service, helping you to find jobs in the most straightforward and effective way – leaving you more time to concentrate on your core courier work. You can rest assured all our operators are trustworthy and have been fully assessed. The easy-to navigate platform affords you the tools with which to grow your business and increase your bottom line.
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At Courier Exchange we recognize that, more than in any other industry, time is money for busy courier drivers. We make it easy for you to make the very best use of both, with our huge network of freight forwarders at your fingertips. You can search for work from the more than 186,384 jobs registered with us every month.
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White Oleander White Oleander is the story of a young girl who experiences loss, misfortune, and healing when her mother is convicted of murder and send to prison for life.
Astrid, a young girl lives with her artist mother, Ingrid Magnussen. Astrid is an artist like her mother who enjoys going to poetry readings, art openings and spending time with her mother. Astrid adores her mother and cherishes their private life.
Ingrid, is Astrid's mother. She is a poet and an artist, who works at the magazine, "Cinema Scope" to make ends meet. Using her luminous beauty she manipulates men.
Ingrid and Astrid live in Hollywood, California. They live in an apartment overlooking the famous Hollywood sign, in the 90's.
When Ingrid is rejected by her lover, she murders him with a poison of white oleander, jimson root, and DMSO. After that Astrid is bounced from foster home to foster home.
Astrid's first foster home is with Star Thomas and Ray. StarThomas was once a prostitute, and Ray is a carpenter. There Astrid receives her first pair of high heels, an introduction to religion, and a bullet wound to her shoulder. She also gets involved romantically with Star's boyfriend Ray.
Astrid's second foster home is with Marvel and Ed Turlock. Astrid considers them her first real family. Ed works at the local Home Depot, and Marvel sells Mary Kay cosmetics. There Astrid learns what her jobs are: babysitter, pot scrubber, laundry maid, and beautician. There she penetrates the mystery of the American family. When she is mauled by a dog things start to unravel. Marvel claims that Astrid is running around and doing drugs, Astrid then goes to her third foster home, with Amelia Ramos.
Amelia Ramos is Astrid's third foster mother. She is an interior decorator, who once lived in Argentina. When Astrid first arrives everything seems hunky-dory until she learns that they only get fed dinner. There she learns to stand up for herself, and beat on the bars until she gets what she needs. Astrid continuously calls child services to ask for replacement, then finally gets it when she receives a new social worker.
Her next home is with Claire and Ron Richards. Claire is an actress, and Ron produces a television show about paranormal events. Astrid and Claire do everything together. They go to the dry cleaners, the bank, and movies. They tell each other about their lives. Astrid starts school at Fairfax High, and starts taking classes at the local art museum. It finely seems that Astrid's life is coming together. Claire believes that Ron is having an affair, when Claire meets Ingrid it only fuels the fire. Claire commits suicide, and Astrid goes to yet another foster home. Claire showed Astrid that someone can have faith in her.
This time Astrid is placed in a children's center. Astrid is jumped and is beat up frequently Eventually Astrid meets Paul Trout, a fellow artist and friend, he turns 18 and goes to New York She also chops her hair off trying to look ugly. One day Astrid is interviewed for placementand she she picks a woman by the name Rena Grushenka.
Rena is a merchant at a local flea market. she is an immigrant from Russia, who only smokes Russian Sobranies, because they are best in the world. Rena runs a foster home similar to Amelia. She takes multiple girls. Every Thursday the girls go through the rich neighborhood's garbage. Susan Valerias is Ingrid's new attorney. She comes and asks Astrid to testify for Ingrid's new trial. Astrid says she will if Ingrid will tell her about her past. Ingrid tells her, about her father, Klaus Anders, Annie, the woman that Ingrid left Astrid with for a year. Part of the deal was for Astrid to testify, but Ingrid says to Astrid, that she will tell Susan to leave here alone. during her stay with Rena Astrid made friends with Nikki and Yvonne. The girls teach Astrid to laugh and they give her the real mother, the blood mother, that wasn't behind wire. Rena stole her pride but taught her how to salvage, and glean from the wreckage. when Astrid turned 18 she went to New York to look for PaulTrout.
When they found each other they moved to Berlin. There Astrid meets her father, finds out that her mother was released, and makes Musee de Astrid Magnussen. a collection of suitcases filled with things: money, jewels, 27 names for tears, pictures, sand, among otheer things. This is the climax of the book Astrid learns that each foster home she went to was for an utimate good, the challenges she faced made her who she is today.


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Does My Voter Registration Have To Move When I Move?
You've graduated from college, moved out of your parents' house, settled into a new job—and are looking to vote. You're living out of state, but passionate about politics back home. Do you have to change your voter registration to your new address? As it turns out, the answer is: …maybe. Each state has its own voter registration laws, so it depends on where you're from—and where you're planning on going in the future.
Most state voter registration laws center around one word: domicile. In the legal context, a domicile is a permanent residence and the place a person intends to return to if they temporarily leave. Your domicile might be different from your place of residence. For example, if you grow up and attend college in Montana, but move to California for a job with the intent to return home to Montana in order to raise your family close to your parents, Montana would be your domicile while California is your place of residence.
Every state is different, so it's important to see if you are allowed to claim a state as your domicile before Election Day. Some states, like Connecticut, require your "dwelling unit" to be located within the geographic boundaries of the district you vote in, meaning you must reside in the district to vote there, no matter what state you consider to be your domicile.
This isn't to say that you must (or should) continue to vote in your domicile if you are able — there are plenty of benefits of changing your voter registration to reflect your place of residence while you are absent from your home state, including having a say in the people and policies that shape your everyday life.
Choosing where to register to vote is a personal decision that can be especially complicated for young people on the move between college, family, and career. If you're still a student, you can probably register to vote either at your permanent residence (most likely your parents' address) or where you attend school (using your dorm or apartment address). Some states are a little tricky—for example, Illinois law has been interpreted to assume that a student's permanent residence, and therefore voting district, is their parents' address, though in theory students are free to register to vote on campus or at home — so make sure to get all the facts before registering.
If you're planning on leaving your hometown without looking back after graduation, effectively changing domiciles, you will need to register to vote in your new home. If you're only planning on being gone for a little while and your state allows you stay registered as long as you consider them your domicile, your voter registration can stay put — but don't forget to file for absentee ballots before each election to ensure your voice is heard while you're gone!
If your eligibility to vote is challenged on Election Day, most states will allow you to cast a provisional ballot which will be counted upon verification of your eligibility.
No matter where you're voting, make sure to pay attention to the details. Keep up with registration and address change deadlines, note which political party you are or are not registered with before primary elections, and be aware of your rights at the polling place. Your voice is too important to be silenced by an avoidable bureaucratic error.


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This is a Quick Lil' Post I have planned on doing for a little while. I am going to 'spotlight' some of my favoritest role-model photographers and also introduce you to some less-known photographers who are emerging and well-worth your follow.
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Walking Behind Ebola
It's protocol for royalty, right? The noble blood walks first, the spouse must lag behind?
Last night, Paris Hilton trotted her latest victim out for the paps, conveniently during a little visit with her parents who OF COURSE loved the Pizza Boy. As you can see, no photo opportunity was wasted, even though Ebola told Ellen yesterday that she was single.
His is Alex Vagamuffin – something like that. Poor thing will likely be bleeding from 7 orifices by the end of the year. This is a virus's effect on a person, see?
As for Kathy Hilton… did you read the incredibly dishy and SCATHING article on her in Vanity Fair last month? If no, click here. It is a LONG piece but worth every word. Promise.
Turns out the Hiltons aren't as rich as they'd like you to believe. And Paris is hardly an "heiress". Apparently, her father's yearly income from being a Hilton is only $400,000. It's a lot of money for you and me but for people who roll as they pretend to roll…$400K is a pittance.
Which is why they have to bust their asses workin' it. And workin' it hard. Workin' it with sex tapes. Workin' it on her knees and in her mouth.
And the biggest insult? They actually have to RENT OUT their house in the Hamptons. Oh the horror! Imagine owning a pad in the Hamptons and not being able to afford it without letting people stay there? Sweet Xenu, the shame! The shame!
Even worse – the place is reportedly an insect-infested hole! Windows are broken, dirt everywhere, spiders crawling… what kind of an heiress maintains a Hamptons slum?
It's all a fraud, y'all. But not surprising when you think of it, non? After all, only two sh*ts could raise a disease.
PS. Ebola has man legs. Like when a dude dresses up as a chick for Halloween and wears pantyhose? Totally.
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You already know how beneficial practicing yoga can be for weight loss, toning, flexibility and relaxation. Did you know it can also help with flat feet and balance? A number of different yoga exercises can help strengthen the feet and increase your overall fitness.
To try it, stand on a yoga mat and place your big toes together side by side, then squat with your feet, heels and knees touching as best you can. Drop your knees to the mat such that you're kneeling with your toes flexed, then sit back on your heels and hold this pose. This will help you strengthen the intrinsic (small) muscles in the bottom of the foot as well as the arch.
If you're looking for other ways to strengthen your arch, try lifting a towel with your toes. A strong arch not only helps with your balance, but can also help you avoid injury and pain. Licensed podiatrists like those at East Ocean Podiatry recommend regular stretching and exercising of the feet in order to increase your foot strength and fitness.
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I love when teachers are innovative and thrifty! Literacy&MathIdeas shows us how to be both with two cool ideas for classroom centers. Put old materials to good use by reusing plastic water bottles and old CD cases!
Her blog shows several examples of using water bottles for all kinds of centers. All you need to use are a few popsicle sticks and you've got a good way to have students practice math problems, sorts, spelling, vocabulary, place value and lots of other skills. Simply decorate and label the bottles, slide the sticks back inside, and you can easily store several activities and conserve valuable space. Her example photos are very helpful.
Another idea she had was to reuse CD cases. Instead of wasting paper and worksheets in centers, her students can use markers to write and wipe-off practice questions of the case itself, and then open it to reveal the answers inside. It's a great way to self-check during the activity.
I thought these ideas were highly recommendable, since teachers often look for ways to save money and space. Reusing materials shows a good example of not wasting resources, and may spark a good discussion on recycling.
For other interesting tools for classroom centers, be sure to check out how you can use paper cup stacking and clothespins for your activities.


text: Sunny Ravencourt 6 Posted December 6, 2017 Hey all, So back when I played xwing, I found the best way to improve my game and actually start winning some tourneys was to have a SOLID plan for the first 3 moves. In guild ball, that basically translates to the kickoff and maybe 2 activations afterwards, but that's enough. After that it becomes adaptation. If you're receiving, it's pretty much an entirely different topic because they have a lot of control. But the kickoff you can control. So there are 2 teams that I typically run. Against Brewers, Butchers, Union, Farmers, Masons I run a Shark all out scoring team; Shark tent/salt Jac Sakana oSiren Greyscales. Corsair against Alch, Mort (rethinking that one) hunters, engi, blacksmiths With Corsair it's him tent Hag Jac Sakana/Grey oSiren and the last one is all over the place. AG, Kraken, whatever. So if I have the ball on the Shark team, what's my general kickoff strategy. Who do I kickoff with? Where do I generally want to put it? Same question with the Corsair team. What are your strategies on the kickoff with these two teams? I'm really thinking that a better understanding of the kickoff will help me greatly. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Good Shepherd
Laconic and self-contained, Edward Wilson heads CIA covert operations during the Bay of Pigs. The agency suspects that Castro was tipped, so Wilson looks for the leak. As he investigates, he recalls, in a series of flashbacks, his father's death, student days at Yale (poetry; Skull and Bones), recruitment into the fledgling OSS, truncated affairs, a shotgun marriage, cutting his teeth on spy craft in London, distance from his son, the emergence of the Cold War, and relationships with agency, British, and Soviet counterparts. We watch his idealism give way to something else: disclosing the nature of that something else is at the heart of the film's narration as he closes in on the leak.
Genres: History, Drama, Thriller
Actor: Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin, Tammy Blanchard, Billy Crudup, Robert De Niro, Keir Dullea, Michael Gambon, Martina Gedeck, William Hurt, Timothy Hutton, Mark Ivanir, Gabriel Macht, Lee Pace, Joe Pesci
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In the Quebec maritime museum, a photo by Lar4ry on Flickr.
After the recent IETF in Quebec, I found htis poster in a maritime museum.
The problem with most of the Internet privacy initiatives is that they don't seem to start with a threat analysis: who are your friends (those with web sites you want to visit) and who are your enemies (those who would use your personal information for purposes you don't want), and how do you tell things to friends without those things getting into the hands of your enemies. It's counter-intuitive to have to treat your friends as if they're a channel to your enemies, but ... information leaks.
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Incoming: Dark Eldar Megaforce!
Look what I got in the mail today - a huge box packed with sprues, what could be better? Don't hold your breath though, starting my Dark Eldar warband will be some months away, still quite a few Skaven plus other goodies for my Ultramarines and Eldar to paint. But the deal was too good to pass.
I heard most online stores ran out of the megaforces they got, so who was lucky and got his copy in time? Which one have you bought and what do you intend to do with them? I'm curious, so drop me some comments!


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Monday, September 9, 2013
A Sad Loss
I didn't know Ann personally, but I was well aware of her work and her dedication to the industry. It makes me sad to lose one of the good ones. But as she lay dying, she left behind one final message of thanks.
It was sobering, not just because she had the presence of mind to reach out to her friends and fans, but because she did it with so much dignity and grace.
Losing her was sad. But the legacy she left behind--her work, her deeds, and her desire to help and teach others transcends her.
It was a life cut too short, but it was a life well lived. It serves as an example to us all.
RIP, Ann. You done good.
Have you read any of Ann's books or visited Writer Beware? When I started writing it was my go-to place for honest, no-bull information. I'll always be grateful to Ann Crispin and Victoria Strauss for all their good advice and warnings.
19 comments:
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Yes, I did hear about her death on Twitter. I never read her books but loved their blog!
PS. I AM LOVING Mistress of the Stone!!!
- September 9, 2013 at 7:23 AM
- Maria Zannini said...
Jennifer: I was stunned that her illness had taken such a sharp turn.
Re: Mistress of the Stone
I'm so glad! Thank you for letting me know.
- September 9, 2013 at 7:36 AM
- Angela Brown said...
I've visited Writer Beware and was vague aware of Ann and Victoria being the dynamic duo behind the site's existence. It is sad to hear of her departure from this life. With her words, she inspired. With her work, she helped so many others.
- September 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM
- James Garcia Jr. said...
I'm sorry to hear this. I definitely know of Writer Beware, and visited them often...
- September 9, 2013 at 7:55 AM
- Stacy McKitrick said...
Ann Crispin used to have a writers workshop at Dragon*Con, well she did the first two years I went. I thought about attending the first year, but it was rather expensive and at the time I didn't even know who she was (later on I realized she was behind this blog I follow - Writer Beware)! I didn't even realize she wasn't there this year since I wasn't looking for classes. It was quite a shocker to me.
- September 9, 2013 at 8:13 AM
- Maria Zannini said...
Angela: It's a legacy I'd like to leave behind.
- September 9, 2013 at 8:40 AM
- Maria Zannini said...
Jimmy: I feel sorriest for her friend and teammate, Victoria Strauss. It's always hardest on those left behind.
- September 9, 2013 at 8:41 AM
- Maria Zannini said...
Stacy: I didn't know she used to do workshops. I'd heard she'd been sick, but I didn't realize it was that serious.
- September 9, 2013 at 8:42 AM
- Sarah Ahiers said...
It seems like we lost a lot of people this week. Ann Crispin, Dave Kuzminski of Preditors and Editors and Carolyn Kaufman from QT blog and forum
- September 9, 2013 at 9:04 AM
- Rula Sinara said...
RIP Anne, Dave and Carolyn! I hadn't heard...
- September 9, 2013 at 9:53 AM
- Maria Zannini said...
Sarah / Rula:
Re: Dave and Carolyn
I hadn't heard about Dave. It's been a rough week for some of the leaders of our industry.
- September 9, 2013 at 9:55 AM
- Susan Gourley/Kelley said...
I haven't read her books but I was aware of her website and the work she did there for all of us.
- September 9, 2013 at 11:06 AM
- Cate Masters said...
Very sad news. And very poignant but lovely farewell message.
- September 9, 2013 at 2:26 PM
- Maria Zannini said...
Susan: I think it was the first author advocacy blog I ever read faithfully.
- September 9, 2013 at 5:39 PM
- Maria Zannini said...
Cate: I sometimes wonder if I'll be able to think so clearly and graciously when it's my time.
- September 9, 2013 at 5:41 PM
- Shelley Munro said...
Yes, I've been reading Author Beware for a while. It was sad to hear this news, and the last post was very poignant.
- September 10, 2013 at 3:27 AM
- Misha Gericke said...
I was so sad when I read about her death yesterday.
Wow, it must have been so brave of her to write that post...
- September 10, 2013 at 4:08 AM
- Maria Zannini said...
Shelley / Misha:
I read once about a poll they gave to doctors that asked them if given a choice between a slow death from cancer or a fast one, in say, an auto accident, the majority chose cancer. It would at least give them the chance to say goodbye.
I know in my own experience when my dad had cancer, we had never grown closer as a family than those weeks just before his death.
- September 10, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
Darn cyberspace ate my comment yesterday...
I'm aware of the blog, and have read it but not with any regularity. Ann definitely impacted a lot of lives. What a beautiful message to leave behind. You're right, dignity and grace!
RIP, Ann.
- September 11, 2013 at 7:35 AM


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Ambush and Amateurism: How Rugby World Cup Sponsorship Began
The closer we get to the start of the 2015 Rugby World Cup, which Synergy is working on for four of the tournament's sponsors and one of ITV's broadcast sponsors, the more I've been reminded of the very different commercial background to the 1991 Rugby World Cup, the first time the RWC was staged in England, and the huge impact the tournament had on rugby and sports marketing in the UK. So, being (I suspect) one of a fairly small group of people to have worked on both RWC 1991 and 2015, here's my take on the formative years of RWC sponsorship.
Ahead of RWC 2015, the eighth Rugby World Cup, we have a very good idea of what the tournament's going to be like off the field – consumer behaviour, media coverage, brand activations, and so on. But ahead of the 1991 tournament, the Rugby World Cup was an unknown quantity for UK marketers.
It was by far the biggest sporting event to have been staged in the UK since the 1966 World Cup, so it was our first taste of a world event for merely twenty-five years.
The first Rugby World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand in 1987, hadn't really cut through here at all: rugby was a much smaller sport than it is now – pro rugby was still eight years away – and the Antipodean time-zone meant that pre-Sky, pre-satellite media coverage in the UK was after the fact, and light.
There were no meaningful sponsorship benchmarks: only a handful of companies had signed up to sponsor RWC 1987, almost all of them Japanese brands motivated solely by strong TV coverage of the tournament in Japan. One, KDD, paid more than the others and effectively became the tournament's title sponsor. And as we shall see, in 1991 another Japanese brand repeated the trick.
These were also evolutionary times for sports marketing in the UK. Although the industry was growing fast, the supply of opportunities was still limited, rights holders were old-school and commercially under-skilled (not least in rugby), and among brands, sports marketing was very much a minority activity.
The result of all that was that many of the operating principles we take for granted today just didn't apply ahead of RWC 1991.
And the biggest difference was how RWC 1991 event and broadcast sponsorships were sold.
Today, it's well-established practice for rights holders to sell their event sponsorships well in advance, and give their major sponsors a contractual first option to buy sponsorship of the event's TV coverage. World Rugby been exemplary in this respect, and as a result one of the Worldwide Partners, Land Rover, has exercised their contractual option to become a co-sponsor of ITV's RWC coverage. Similarly, our client SSE was only able to buy the other ITV broadcast sponsor position after the other RWC Worldwide Partners passed on the opportunity and it went to the open market.
All very orderly. But there was nothing like that in place for RWC 1991. Back then, the ITV broadcast sponsorship was open to all from the off, and taken to market at the same time as the event sponsorships. The broadcast sponsorship sold relatively quickly, whereas most of the event sponsorships were eventually sold at the last minute.
Compared to today, it was chaotic.
Two events above all led to this happening.
The first was the organising committee's mysterious decision to award the tournament's commercial rights lock, stock and barrel to a (now long-defunct) company called CPMA. This proved to be disastrous in many ways, not least in relation to sponsorship. CPMA priced each RWC event sponsorship at a deluded £2m, got knocked back by the market, and never recovered. Although Heinz (then run by former Irish rugby international Tony O'Reilly) signed up in 1990 for £1million, there were no other takers, and as a result CPMA inevitably became a price-taker reduced to doing last-minute deals: seven of the eight RWC 1991 event sponsors signed up in the six months prior to the tournament (I was on the buying side of two of these deals) for an average of around £300,000 each, including three in the last month.
The second was ITV's coup in 1989 of winning the exclusive UK TV rights to RWC 1991, with a bid of £3million which the BBC could not, or would not, match: great business for ITV when you consider that the tournament was a big TV hit (over 13 million watched the England-Australia Final on ITV) and that this success paved the way for ITV to retain the rights to the RWC to this day. And even before the 1991 tournament started, ITV knew they were certain to make a profit when Sony bought the RWC broadcast sponsorship for £2million – two-thirds of what ITV paid for the rights.
This also turned out to be very good business for Sony, as David Pearson, Sony's UK MD at the time, later recalled:
'Various [Rugby World Cup] opportunities were presented to Sony including [being] one of eight named sponsors of the competition itself. However, what I felt was of much more interest was the opportunity to become the unique sponsor of the [ITV] broadcast rights…I decided to only sponsor the broadcasting and leave the event sponsorship to others…I believed that far more people would watch the matches on TV than in the stadia and I did not like the idea of sharing sponsorship with seven other parties. So it proved. The majority of people believed that Sony had actually been the event sponsor, giving rise to allegations by the official event sponsors that Sony had ambushed the competition. But that was false. We had chosen legitimately from the choices put to us by the agency representing the World Cup organisers and [ITV].'
I couldn't agree more: Sony did nothing wrong. They took a brave decision on a new tournament and a new advertising format – paying, let's not forget, far more than any of the event sponsors – and reaped the rewards. Ambush it may have been, but it was an officially-sanctioned and enabled ambush: the responsibility was wholly CPMA's owing to their mismanagement of the commercial rights.
As to the 'allegations by the official event sponsors', my strong impression at the time was that most of this was driven by Heinz, who were particularly aggrieved: not only had they been undercut by CPMA's fire-sale of the other event sponsorships, but they'd also seen the main benefit of being the first sponsor to sign up – the highest level of brand association with the tournament – blown away by Sony. (It's perhaps not entirely coincidental that Heinz has eschewed major sponsorship ever since).
So all in all a painful lesson for the RWC, and a wake-up call for sports rights holders and brands everywhere about how sponsorships should be bought and sold around major events.
But I don't want to leave you with a negative impression of RWC 1991 on or off the field: quite the opposite. The tournament was a huge success and left behind some very significant legacies.
It turbo-charged the UK sports marketing industry, accelerating its skills and giving it its first experience of activating the multi-sponsor major event model which was becoming the worldwide norm. Without that experience, for example, I have no doubt that five years later Euro 1996 would not have have been the huge success that it was off the field for sponsors in the UK.
But above all RWC 1991 was a watershed moment for rugby's profile, which took off and never looked back. Quite simply, the tournament electrified the country. Everybody was talking about it, everybody was watching it, and especially in the week of the Final, it was everywhere – back pages, front pages and everything in between. It was glorious.
Here's hoping for more of the same over the next couple of months. Good luck to everyone involved with RWC 2015.


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Warren Buffet shared the same thought and he has been heavily invested into the market since 2009. By early 2011 he is almost fully into the market. But everyone can see now that the market is NOT shooting up yet. On the contrary, most are expecting double dips now especially for the western worlds.
It appears that even Warren Buffet starts to get worry and he now appears more on media stating his opinion that there is nothing to worry about.
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There is no apparent hints which way market will go but then again, things should become much clearer before year end so its not too long from now. Warren Buffet will either meet his end or he will become so much richer than he already is.
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