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Travel With Me: Costa Rica/
Hey guys! It's been a minute, but I'm back with a Travel Guide. I'm excited to share with you guys my trip to Costa Rica. Last week, my friends and I, traveled to Costa Rica courtesy of Southwest Airlines. Southwest has international flights y,all! A lot of people didn't know and were very surprised to hear that we flew internationally with Southwest. Here's a list of International Destinations Southwest flies to! We also partnered with Teva and they sponsored our shoes for the trip. I've never had Tevas before and now I'm obsessed with them. They're super comfortable and stylish. The perfect shoes if you plan on walking around for a long time. I'll show you guys how I styled them in my Costa Rica fashion blog.
Where To Stay:
We stayed in Costa Rica 6 days. Finding somewhere for 7 girls to stay was a bit of a challenge. We all wanted to be together of course, so we decided that finding an airbnb was the best option. We absolutely loved the airbnb we chose. It was in a perfect location, shortly outside of Jaco. Only downside to the location was, it was about an hour and a half from San Jose airport. Other than that, it was beautiful. It was a 3 bed/3 bathroom house, equipped with a washer and dryer unit. Had a nice, relaxing patio and enough space for all of us to live comfortably.
What To Do:
Day 1: We explored the beautiful streets of Jaco. First, we stopped by a juice bar called Costa Juice. Next door there was an amazing Ice cream shop called Gelato Artesanal. The ice cream was like $3 for one scoop and it was so good. In this area they had a lot of local owned shops where you can get cute souvenirs for a really low price. I purchased a colorful backpack for $20 that I ended up using the whole trip. We ended our night walking down the streets of Jaco until it rained!
Day 2: Costa Rica Horseback tours "The Riding Adventure." This was by far the best horseback riding ever! It was so magical. Diego was our host and he was exceptional. Nothing beats riding your horse into a private beach. That was an experience I'll never forget, so you should definitely check it out if you're in Jaco area. After horseback riding we went bike riding. I don't know what we were thinking working out the same muscles, but it was fun! We rented bikes from Biciclo bike shop in Jaco. You can rent a bike for $6/day or $20/week. Super cheap!
Day 3: Costa Rica Waterfall Tours x Canyoning. You must experience this tour! The tour is in the Tropical Rainforest and it was everything I dreamed it would be. You start off by driving up to this cabin where they feed you a delicious meal. Then they take you for a ride to the top of the rainforest. You get to enjoy a beautiful once and a lifetime view. When we made it to the top, the first thing we did was ziplining. We went ziplining twice! My first time ever ziplining and then I got to do it twice! Then we hiked through the canyon until we arrived at a cliff. We had the option to jump into this little lake with a waterfall in the background, it's beautiful. Then we started hiking again until we made it to our first canyon to repel. You repel twice down the rocks and 4 times down waterfalls. It was the most fun I've ever had in a long time. Definitely something to check out!
Day 4: This day was pretty chill for us. We did a lot of activities prior, so we decided to stay at home while it rained. Later that night we went to a restaurant in Jaco called Senor Harry's. They have superb customer service and really good drinks! After that we walked down the street to Black Marlin night club. It was a Saturday night and the dj was jumpin'. If you're looking for a turnup, check out Black Marlin night club.
Day 5: We drove to Manuel Antonio National Park/ Quepos and went to the beach. We were bummed that we didn't come to this city sooner. It had so much culture. Quepos was a little more expensive than Jaco, but the city was very nice. They had a lot of picturesque places! The beach was really beautiful. It was more crowded than the beaches in Jaco, but it was nice to see how the locals live!
What To Eat:
The food in Costa Rica was amazing! We quickly learned that the Sodas (which are like a mom and pop restaurant) had the most affordable food. My first meal in Costa Rica was at Restaurante Pura Vida #3, which is right off of Highway 34. Our plates were only $7 and it was a full meal!
Our next meal was after the horse riding adventure. We went to a resort on the beach called Sunset Resort and the lunch plate was only $12. It was DELICIOUS! Probably the best meal I had the entire trip. No exaggeration!
We found a cute little gem, Jardine's Cafe, about 10 minutes walking from our airbnb. We only tried the breakfast food, but that alone was enough for me. I had "The Frenchie" which was french toast, potatoes, eggs and Costa Rica's signature rice and beans. All of that for $6! See what I mean by the food was amazing. Nothing beats, cheap and delicious.
The last restaurant we went to was pretty pricey. It was in Quepos, near the Manuel Antonio beach. Z Poolside Bistro, sounds expensive! lol. The food wasn't as amazing as some of the cheaper spots we went to, but it was still good. I had the ceasar salad with tuna and some fries. Total for that meal was about $22, but we used the space to take cute pictures so we couldn't complain.
We did some grocery shopping at Maxi Pali the first day, so we cooked a lot at the airbnb. If you're into saving money while traveling, I definitely suggest getting some groceries and cooking from time to time.
Overall, I had the time of my life! I really want to go back for 2 weeks and explore more of Costa Rica. I hope you guys enjoyed my guide and if you're planning on visiting the Jaco area, do all of these activities!! Stay tuned for my fashion post about what I wore while in Costa Rica, until next time...
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Photography by: Megan Tsang
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David Oyelowo plays a hapless corporate stooge kidnapped by angry cartel members in the new trailer for Gringo from Amazon Studios. Charlize Theron, Joel Edgerton, Sharlto Copley, Amanda Seyfried and Thandie Newton also star.
"Madcap" doesn't begin to describe the plot of Gringo (not to be confused with Mel Gibson's Get the Gringo). David Oyelowo plays Harold, a businessman in dire financial straits, who heads to Mexico on a business trip/vacation. But Harold doesn't know his shady drug company bosses (Theron and Edgerton) have been making side-deals with the cartel. When an angry cartel kingpin nabs Harold, his company sends in a grizzled mercenary (Copley) to get him back.
Related: Charlize Theron Needs Atomic Blonde 2 ASAP
Amazon Studios has dropped a wacky trailer highlighting Gringo's high-concept shenanigans. Nash Edgerton (Mr. Inbetween) directed the action-comedy from a script by Anthony Tambakis (Jane Got a Gun) and Matthew Stone (Intolerable Cruelty). See the video above.
David Oyelowo has built a solid reputation as a dramatic actor though performances in heavy stuff like Selma and A Most Violent Year. Here, he gets to cut loose a little bit, playing a regular guy thrust into a completely insane situation. Charlize Theron and Joel Edgerton also get to pour it on as Oyelowo's scheming superiors. Amanda Seyfried and Harry Treadaway pop up as young drug mules who try to help our hero out. Sharlto Copley plays the mercenary who may or may not have a grip on the situation. With his gnarly beard, Copley for a second looks like Matthew McConaughey (who apparently was not available). Theron looks in full ice-queen mode as Oyelowo's tough-as-nails boss. Thandie Newton also appears as Oyelowo's unfaithful wife (if you blink you'll miss her in the trailer). Somewhere in the middle of the madness, Paris Jackson makes her long awaited film debut.
Gringo kicks off Amazon's busy feature film slate for 2018. Later in the year, Amazon drops Joaquin Phoenix's brutal hit-man drama You Were Never Really Here. The studio's slate also includes the Eddie Redmayne/Felicity Jones reunion The Aeronauts. Terry Gilliam's totally unkillable The Man Who Killed Don Quixote also will arrive thanks to Amazon some time in 2018. Amazon currently has Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel and Richard Linklater's Last Flag Flying in theaters.
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Gringo promises very broad comedic acting from big stars, tons of violence and some crazy plot twists. The movie hits U.S. theaters on March 9th, 2018.
Source: Amazon Studios

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Gizhiigin Arts Incubator serves artists living on the White Earth Ojibwe Reservation. We help artists reach their marketplace goals by providing space, resources, and technical assistance for their entrepreneurial development.
Gizhiigin Arts Incubator is a project of the White Earth Reservation Tribal Council's Economic Development Division. Gizhiigin, which means "grow fast" in Anishinaabemowin, opened officially January 30th, 2015.
Gizhiigin is focused on achieving 3 major outcomes:
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With a new year, comes new customs. I have a half dozen ready that I'll be rolling out over the next couple of weeks. I figured that it would be fun to kick things off with another version of Cobra Commander.
Cobra Commander (Early Marvel Comics version)
I had a few issues of the old Marvel comic when I was a kid. Since I only had a few, I read and reread them often. My first issue was #5. It had everything a kid could want – lots of action, a tank, and a surprise ending. One of the pages that fascinated me included panels showing Cobra Commander sitting on his throne and shooting at wooden cutouts of the Joes. I remember thinking that Cobra Commander did not do that in the Sunbow cartoon (the version of GI Joe that I knew). Those panels stuck with me.
While putting together my Scarface custom (Spoiler!), I started re-reading several issues of the old comic and came upon issue 5. For some reason, I had never noticed how different Cobra Commander looked in the early issues next to his toy counterpart. It's not something I would have noticed when I was a kid and we have gotten official figures of that look since then. Dollar General Cobra Commander is a good approximation of that early look, so I started there. I updated the gloves and changed the legs. I also gave him a battle helmet head since he uses both his hood and his helmet in early issues. Lastly, I gave him his automatic pistol.
Head, battle mask: Retaliation Ultimate Cobra Commander
Helmet: PoC Cobra Trooper
Torso, upper arms: DG Cobra Commander
Lower arms: 25th Cobra Commander
Upper legs: Retaliation Kamakura
Lower legs: 25th IG Destro (2x left leg)
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We had a lovely first day in Paris once we figured out what to do. We had to go downtown to pick up our Paris Passes first so that we could get into a bunch of the stuff that we wanted to do. We then spent the rest of the day in two art museums, The Louvre and Musee d'Orsay. I am not much of a museum guy but these museums were really awesome.
On our way back from the museums, we came across this guy doing what I guess was a dance with pigeons. It was hilarious for some reason.
Also on our way back, we stumbled across one of the many bridges on the Seine that has loads of locks on it due to the superstition that if you put a lock on the bridge with the one you love and throw the key in the water, your relationship will last forever (or something along those lines). There were so many locks on these bridges, there must be a civil engineer panicking somewhere.


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Comedy for kids, that the grown ups will love! Every Saturday* and Sunday of the festival at the Perth Town Hall, Kids Club Comedy will feature different guests every show. Hosted by Bert Maverick and Lauren Bok! The show starts at 2:30 and runs for an hour.
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My sister recently asked me if I had to pick 10 books every child should read before they leave elementary school, what would they be. While I have a few ideas, I immediately thought the ideal person to answer this question would be a school librarian. So I asked ours. The list he gave me is fantastic and I am excited to share it with you.
Mr. Ford's Top 10:
Writing a list of books every kid should read before leaving elementary school is a tricky task because there are just so many good books. But based on my nine years as a school librarian and many more years as a teacher and reader here are ten of my favorites, plus a few more.
1. My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
This book was recommended to me by my elementary school librarian and it is the first book I remember being totally engrossing. I loved the descriptions and illustrations of nature along with the survival skills and problem solving.
Readers age 8 and up
2. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Everything Kate DiCamillo writes is incredible, but this is my favorite. India Opal and her dog Winn Dixie are surrounded by a rich cast of characters with just the right amount of humor, adventure and sadness.
Readers age 9 and up
3. Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
You can't go wrong with Roald Dahl. Everyone knows Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the personal relationship between Danny and his father in this story along with some wild pheasant poaching make for a great read.
Readers age 8 and up
4. Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Applegate's most popular title, The One and Only Ivan, is a well-loved, recent classic. But I feel Home of the Brave is just as good, if not better. Kek, a refugee from Sudan, tries to make sense of the foreign, frozen world of Minnesota. This book is a great opportunity to see life through the eyes of someone else.
Readers age 10 and up
5. The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket
The dry, dark humor of these books takes a little getting used to, but once I did I couldn't stop reading. Everything bad that can possibly happen does, yet the three Baudelaire siblings stick together and find hope in many places, including libraries!
Readers age 8 and up
6. The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems
This is Mo Willems only chapter book that I'm aware of and it is a delight. A cat and a dog become friends in Paris and learn the value of friendship and stepping out into the world.
Readers age 4 and up
7. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Kids have been loving these books for years and I just couldn't leave them off of my list. The stories of Frog and Toad are timeless and entertaining.
Readers age 4 and up
8. Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
This story of a pig that trains to be a sheep dog is like nothing I've ever read. The dialog between the animals is hilarious and the heart of Babe is incredible.
Readers age 6 and up
I realized that my list, along with most other lists like this I found online, consists mainly of fiction. So I wanted to save the last two spots for other genres.
9. Nonfiction
National Geographic has a series for kids called National Geographic Chapters. They focus on a theme, such as extreme adventures, animal heroes, animals behaving badly, and more. The books generally have three different stories based on the theme. I've read many books from this series and they have all been good. Other nonfiction favorites include Journey to the Bottomless Pit by Elizabeth Mitchell and anything by Jim Murphy.
10. Poetry
Sometimes kids can get overwhelmed by long chapter books. As a kid I loved the silliness and wordplay of Shel Silverstein in Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic. Bruce Lansky is another author of silly poems and Douglas Florian writes a bit more serious, but is still plenty of fun to read.
And because it is so hard to narrow it down to ten, here is a bit longer list from Mr. Ford: Brixton Brothers Mysteries, The Cay, The Tale of Despereaux, The Diary of Anne Frank, Who Was Harry Houdini?, Tales from the Odyssey, Stone Fox, The Trumpet of the Swan, Rain Reign, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, A Single Shard, Where the Red Fern Grows, Hatchet, The City of Ember, The Mad Scientists Club
(PS Reader age recommendations are just that, recommendations. I list them, oftentimes pulled right off of Amazon, to give you a general guide.)
(PPS All links to Amazon are affiliate links. If you like what you read here, using these links is a small way you can support the blog. Thank you!)


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New research today reveals that both our diets and gym memberships are going out of the window (note: gym memberships, not BMF membership…get to the park for a resolution you can stick to! Ah, what's a blog without a sales pitch, hey?!) – but why? It all comes down to our willpower, and our willpower (largely) comes down to sleep. I am one of THE worst sleepers in the world – not only do I struggle to sleep, but once asleep it's rarely good quality and wake up a lot. Absolute nightmare for focusing at work, staying positive and completing challenges…
So, imagine my joy at being invited by Whitworths to an evening all about sticking to our good habits in January, with focus on fitness, nutrition, sleep and hypnotherapy. The workshop was awesome as I learnt so many new tips and tricks! Here are some of my fave learnings:
Fitness (hosted by Lilly Sabri)
Lilly took us through a series of yoga exercises to begin the session. She reminded us that without recovery time, our body can't recuperate properly to perform at its best. Not only does yoga help with physical rebalance, but it also helps mental rebalance and allows us time to reflect. I've started adding 20 minutes of stretching into my routine before going to bed and it's just wonderful! It eases out niggles in my body from the day, it calms my over-active mind (that goes into 'think about everything you possible can' mode the second my head hits the pillow usually) so that when I finally hit the light switch I'm already super-chilled and ready for my zzz's.
Nutrition (hosted by Sian Porter)
Sian gave me a great tip that I'm yet to put into practice correctly. She suggested filling half your plate with salad or veg before adding carbs and protein. The idea being that you'll guarantee a great portion of the good stuff, and have less space to load up on carbs (as opposed to filling your plate with bad things and running out of room for veggies). I start many of my plates with a big handful of salad now, but I pile so much on top of the salad that I fear I may be defeating the object. That's one to work on…
Sleep (hosted by James Wilson)
Here we go…! Sleep! I get visibly anxious when I talk about it, eek….as try as I might, I struggle to sleep well (and it's one of those things that the more you try the worse you'll get!) and it really impacts my daily life. Sometimes I'll go a full night without actually falling asleep meaning that the following day I can't focus at work, I comfort eat on naughty foods and will either perform terribly when I work out or scrap the workout all together.
Our 'sleep speaker' James' job is sleeping. He gets paid…to sleep. So his tips were pretty spot on!
The hour before bed is key. This includes what you eat, what you see and what you do! What you're trying to do is help melatonin production as much as possible as that is what will give you your deep, quality sleep. Here's how you can help your melatonin production:
- Eat: Don't eat too soon before bed or your body will be processing that and melatonin production will be put on hold. But equally, eat too early and the hunger pangs will keep you awake or wake you up (these 'on-the-go' food shots are a great way to fill that gap).
- Avoid blue light: This is what you get from your phones. I now turn my phone onto sleep mode at 9pm and avoid looking at it until the next morning. I cannot tell you how much this helps! I don't always fall alseep quicker but my sleep is far better quality when I finally drift off.
- Have a hot shower or bath: Whilst the process itself can be relaxing, it's actually the point that you step out into the cold that can kick your body into melatonin-production mode.
- Head space: Clear your head. Don't read a complex book or watch a thought-provoking show. Instead, consider listening to some comedy or reading an easy-read book. That way your brain is literally just zoning itself out as you prepare to sleep rather than whirring away.
- Quiet: Your hearing is the last sense to go to sleep, so ensure your room is quiet or wear earphones.
- Temperature. Just a half-degree change in temperature can disturb your sleep so if you have your heating on a timer to go off just as you go to bed, consider putting it on a lower temperature that stays on a little longer and doesn't shock you into a 3am wake up when the temp totally drops.
- …and as I mentioned earlier, try including a 20 minute stretch too.
You can conquer points 5 and 6 with an electric fan – it works wonders! Not only will it keep you cool but the 'white noise' it creates can lull you into a relaxed sleep as well as drowning out arguing neighbours or traffic. I sleep so much better in the summer than the winter as a result!
My own little addition to this is that if you don't sleep, don't freak out. Lying in bed awake all night is still giving you hours and hour (and hours….and houuuurs) to rest your body. You might feel awful the next day but you can actually still function and push through. By worrying about how little sleep you've got or counting down the hours, you'll only add to your stress levels the next day (when you'll be less prepared to deal with stress) and put pressure on yourself to sleep the following night. The best thing is to put it to the back of your mind and just crack on as usual, as best you can!
We also got to have a little nap at this point. Bonus.
Hypnotherapy (by Darren Marks)
Hypnosis isn't all about swinging a clock in front of someone then making them do the chicken dance (as hilarious as that actually is). The clock just represents a focus point that totally engulfs all your thoughts so that you don't notice anything else. This is a prime time to work on your goals and ambitions as at this point your brain is really receptive to new ideas, and is why many people use this method to change habits.
I can't do Darren's session justice, but will do my best to explain the process he took us through. Basically (and, as I say, this really is a basic version), think of your end goal. The very end goal – crossing that finish line, announcing your promotion, seeing the number on the scales when you weigh yourself. Think of how you feel at that very time – at the end point. Now take yourself out of your body and see yourself achieving that goal. Take that person, that 'you' that you're looking at and move yourself down a 'time scale', seeing how you are changing and developing as you move yourself along the time line. Now look at yourself now and visualise how you will, step by step, get yourself along that time line.
I liked this as it felt realistic. It turned it into a reality and with a real focus on exactly how each step would play out it became immediately easier to achieve.
I still can't stop myself loading my plate up with food, but with all the other tips I'm now sleeping significantly better so feel driven and ready to tackle all that's thrown at me. Bring on 2016 and my continued focus on my goals and ambitions!


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Smales and Swagger
'Please Please Fondule Me'
Part 5
Warning: These continuing erotic explorations of elderly couple Penny Smales and Gerald Swagger are not intended for a younger audience. Please do not read if easily offended or aroused.
Recap for the slow of study:
Penny and Gerald are a wealthy, elderly couple. They have recently been told that an experimental and vigorous sex life will extend life in a fun and exciting way.
Gerald is still manacled to the bed. Poor Sod. And now he has a porno mag attached to his forehead with a coathanger.
MP for Firkbury, Corbin Nitley has insisted that Doctor Hilary Portions call the police to report that WPC Clumpfoot has been electrocuted, stripped and now lies decomposing under a rug in the living room. They have gone off to find a telephone for the purpose of.
The stage is now momentarily empty, except for the tin bath that fizzles and sparks occasionally. Then we see, through the door stage right, a fishing rod. This has a large boot attached to the end of it and it extends across the stage towards the tin bath. The boot descends into the water. Nothing happens.
The owner of the fishing rod, Harold Snout, now enters followed by his butcher's mate Dibbler. Both are dressed in butcher's aprons. Snout's looks like it might have blood on it. As he enters, he reels the boot in and makes to cast it into the corner, its usefulness over. The boot swings into Dibbler's face.
Dibbler: Ow! Why did you do that, Mr Snout?
Snout: Quiet, Dibbler. Take that boot out of your face and put it down over there. Shut your noise and listen. You're making more racket than the famous Amazon squawking bird.
Dibbler: Sorry, Mr Snout. I can't hear anything. Can you?
Snout: Only the sound of your filthy, heavy breathing, Dibbler.
Dibbler: Sorry, Mr Snout. But why did we have the boot in the first place?
Snout: Because, bird brain, it was a decoy. If we heard anyone reacting to the boot on the fishing line along the lines of 'Oh look! A boot on a fishing line!' we'd know that certain parties were still awake, wouldn't we? Then we could leg it.
Dibbler: What, like the famous Amazon squawking birds?
Snout: No, not them. I mean pensioners who carry on committing those acts of filth and degradation.
Dibbler: Then whack them in the face with the boot?
Snout: Good thinking, Dibbler.
Dibbler: But what if they'd caught the boot, yanked it hard and pulled us into the room, though? What would we do then?
Snout: What those two? Well, we would've improvised. Used our wits and intelligence, Dibbler. You could have said something like: 'Oh look, there's my lost boot. How did it get here? Here's your reward for returning it as promised.'
Dibbler: I see. But I haven't lost my boot, Mr Snout.
Snout: (irritated) I'll give you the boot in a minute, Dibbler. Shut up. I need to think. Now, nobody's home. Good. That Mrs Smales and Mr Swagger have buggered off to bed, the perverts.
Dibbler: I've got a funny feeling in my stomach, Mr Snout. Like we're being watched.
Snout: That's just nerves. When you've been on as many black ops as I have, Dibbler, you soon get used to it. Here. You didn't eat any of that bacon did you?
Dibbler: No, Mr Snout. I only ate the bacon that you gave me. I didn't touch none of that bacon you put aside for Mrs Smales with the sleeping powder on it.
Snout: They'll be out for hours. It'll give us plenty of time to find the loot and scarper.
Dibbler: Where shall we look?
Snout: I don't know yet, do I, Dibbler?
Snout sits down thoughtfully on one of the coffee table chairs and pats his pockets looking for his cigarettes. Dibbler sits on an adjacent seat and puts his legs on the table.
Dibbler: (sniggering) Are you looking for your snout, Mr Snout?
Snout: Yes I am, Dibbler, thank you, and I've told you before if you make that joke again I'll give you a thick ear.
Dibbler: That's cruelty to workers, Mr Snout, I'll have the union on you.
Snout: Are you a member of the union, Dibbler?
Dibbler: No, Mr Snout, you wouldn't let me join.
Snout: (clipping him round the ear) Then take that, you moron.
Ignoring the protesting Dibbler, Snout lights his fag and parks his boots on the table, calmly surveying the room and taking a deep drag.
Snout: Course, when I was inside, you understand, it was perfectly acceptable to call it snout. With a name like Snout, it could be very confusing for the cons. The screws would ask for snout and they'd be given me instead. You know, in a 'where's the snout, Snout' sort of a way.
Dibbler: Must have made life a bit confusing for you, Mr Snout.
Snout: Yes, I was in a right state by the end of it. They didn't know whether to give me a suck or a blow.
Dibbler: Mr Snout?
Snout: Yes, Dibbler?
Dibbler: I've been meaning to ask you…how do you know there's loot here, anyway?
Snout: (emphatically) Course there's loot here, Dibbler, those two are loaded. How else can you explain their comings and goings? Television celebrities, honourable members, the clergy: always around here in a constant state of arousal. Why do you think? They all want to get their snouts in the trough and cream off a bit of the action. And do you ever see them two down the bank?
Dibbler: No.
Snout: That means that somewhere in this house is wads of lovely loot. Well with those two out for the count, we've got plenty of time to search, bag it up and have it away. Clever trick of mine. Lace their bacon with sleeping potion then give it an hour.
(Snout stubs his cigarette out into the palm of his hand, then gets up)
Dibbler: Do you believe all those stories about dirty deeds, Mr Snout? I mean, once you get to your age nothing much happens in the trouser department does it?
Snout: You cheeky git. What do you mean my age? I'm not so old I can't cut the mustard you know? Right, Dibbler. We'll split up. You have a good poke around in here. Leave no stone unturned. I'll hunt around through the rest of the house. Don't make too much noise and leave the porn alone.
Dibbler: What if we don't find nothing?
Snout: Well, we'll drug those two buggers again and have another look next week, won't we.
Dibbler: I'm scared, Mr Snout. I keep feeling all this is going to end in disaster for us.
Snout: Don't be such a fanny, Dibbler. What can possibly go wrong?
Snout exits upstage centre, leaving Dibbler on his own. Dibbler starts to poke around.
He looks in various drawers, pulling out and playing with sexual toys of various shapes and sizes – dildos, vibrators, condoms, porn DVDs, electronic stuff, Some of which he pockets.
He finds the remote control to the bed. Bored, he collects a small armful of sexy stuff and, armed with the remote, he points it at the television, expecting porn to come on. He wriggles salaciously as though he might start to pleasure himself and unzips his trousers in a most suggestive way.
He points the remote at the TV and presses. As he does, the bed rotates so that Gerald is in the room and he is in the dungeon. The dungeon is darkened but what he sees is shocking. Dibbler screams and presses again, the bed rotates back. He is back in the living quarters
Dibbler: (loudly and in fear) Oh my God, what was that? Mr Snout! Mr Snout!
Dibbler jumps off the seat and immediately trips over WPC Clumpfoot's corpse. He tears the rug off and screams loudly clutching torn bra, stockings and panties. He runs around the room in panic, dropping the shredded clothes
Dibbler: Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, a dead body, a dead body, I touched a dead body. What's on my hands? The maniacs, the perverted maniacs! Shit, shit, shit….Mr Snout! Mr Snout! Must wash my hands…must wash my hands!
Seeing the tin bath, Dibbler plunges his hands into it. There is a flash, a sizzle and smoke as before. Dibbler lets out a blood curdling scream, falls next to WPC Clumpfoot and the lights go down once again.


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If you're the team admin or user management admin of a Dropbox Business team, you can transfer a deleted team member's files and folders to someone else on your team. You can use account transfer when you deleted the team member's account or later on.
Sections in this article:
Note: You can only transfer files from a deleted member's account within your extended version history limit. After this limit is reached, there will be no way to recover or transfer any files that belonged to the delete member.
What is transferred:
What is not transferred:
Note: If you use account transfer some time after a member's account was deleted from the team, the contents of these folders will be whatever is in them when you complete the transfer, rather than when the member's account was deleted from team.
A recipient can only receive files from a single deleted user at a time. If you've deleted several team members and transferred their files to a single user within a short period, then the file transfer may fail temporarily. You should be notified via email if a transfer fails, at which point you can attempt the transfer again.
To prevent file-transfer failures, it is best to request a single account transfer, wait a few minutes, and then request the next transfer for the next account, and so on until all of the files or accounts are transfered.
Alternatively, the team admin or the previous file owner can share individual files or folders as needed.
The deleted member's files will appear in a new folder labeled [Deleted User's] files at the top level of the recipient's Dropbox work account.
You will also see three subfolders within [Deleted User's] files:
If it doesn't make sense to transfer all of a former team member's files to a single person, you (the team admin) can transfer the content to your own account and then share the files with various different users who need access.
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We've talked before about using Pinterest for business research, and today we're unveiling our new Pinterest page. Give us a follow and we'll do our best to keep you informed not only with all things business research, but some fun things as well.
MEB's 10 Tips for Searching LinkedIn
Mary Ellen Bates of Bates Information Services recently posted a great presentation called "Top Ten Tips for Searching LinkedIn". Lots of really great tips and tricks. Mary Ellen will also be speaking at this year's Special Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago on Tuesday, July 17th. Her program is called "From Info Pro to Info Hero: 5 Easy Ways to turn Information into Insight". We're excited to hear her ideas. In the meantime you can check out her LinkedIn tips below:
LinkedIn Maps
Here at bizologie we are suckers for all things map-tastic, so we can't resist talking about one more that just crossed our radar. One of our favorite resources, LinkedIn, has come out with a map site in which you log in to your account from this page and see a nifty cloud of color-coded relationships that LinkedIn generates using your contacts. The great thing is that it's interactive. Zoom in and click on a node (i.e. a person) and see all of their shared connection to you. You can also assign labels to the clusters to help you remember, for example, what the green cloud means and what the orange cloud means.
So it looks good, but what does it do if it doesn't land you a job, or tweak your resume, or pinpoint your salary range? My advice is to take a few minutes to examine the nodes that are not densely interconnected. A handful of your links in disparate clusters might have really long lines that span a couple of colors (if these were airplane flights, they'd be the ones going from New York to Hong Kong).
By investigating those nodes you might find that people you wouldn't consider knowing one another are in fact connected. I myself discovered a couple of surprising links in my contacts between people that I know at different institutions. And from that knowledge you'll have fodder to start interesting conversations during the next office happy hour, which could lead to all sorts of new opportunities. Cue the Kumbaya!
Pinterest for Business Research
Clearly, we all love Pinterest. It's the fastest growing social network and shoppers spend more money via Pinterest than Facebook. But can you do more than pin recipes, shoes and interior design? Well, yes! You can do business research! Now of course, it's not the first place we'd turn for business research, but you can still learn plenty of interesting things about a company on Pinterest. You can find out about a company's culture, how they interact with their customers and what things they value. You might even pick up on future company plans. Even venture capital firms have Pinterest pages. Here are a few Pinterest pages and boards we think are good examples of using Pinterest to learn about companies and industries: Bessemer Venture Partners: Bessemer is a large venture capital firm and you can learn a lot about them on their Pinterest page. They've got their portfolios and exits pinned, and they even have boards dedicated to portfolio companies by industry.
Pinterest is a great place to find infographics. Here's a board dedicated to Social Media & Internet Infographics:
HomeAway, a site for vacation rentals, engages their customers not only with vacation homes to stay in, but also, contests and interior design ideas:
This board is dedicated to "Brands, Businesses & Blogs"--this is a quick way to see how lots of different companies are using Pinterest:
There's even a page to help businesses succeed with their Pinterest campaigns:
Networking for Introverts (and Extroverts)
This excellent presentation by Marcy Phelps at the Special Libraries Association Rocky Mountain Chapter Virtual Lunch, was titled Power Networking for Introverts, but really is applicable for even the most extroverted. Making a real connection at a networking event or association meeting can be difficult for anyone. Learn some myths of networking and how you can make the most of the time you spend networking. To see the archived virtual lunch presentation, visit the Rocky Mountain Chapter. I like how Marcy redefines networking as connecting. As librarians we are good at making connections for people and helping them find the information they need. If we think about those goals for networking, and not what we can get out of it by marketing ourselves, I think that makes it easier. Phelps also recommends putting your social network to good use too. Join groups and make recommendations on LinkedIn and use Twiter hashtags.
If you are an introvert like Marcy, fear not. She explains that you are actually better networkers, because you are much more likely to listen. If you are interested in more information about Introverts and their rise to the top, Marcy recommends the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
As the founder and president of Denver-based Phelps Research, Marcy Phelps provides business research and analysis for marketing professionals and info pros. Marcy is the author of Research on Main Street: Using the Web to Find Local Business and Market Information (Information Today, Inc., April 2011). She also blogs about turning information into insights at www.MarcyPhelps.com and publishes ResearchNOTES, a monthly email bulletin with tips and sites for web searching.This is not the first time bizologie has featured the good works of Marcy. Check out the post about her book Research on Main Street.
Social Media for Career Advancement
Whether you are looking for a job or just staying connected to your professional community, social media is extremely important to your image. Social Media is your new online resume. According to Jobvite's Social Recruiting Survey, 89% of US companies will use Social Networking for recruiting. And, 58% of these companies recruit passive candidates, so even if you aren't looking, they are! Will they find you? How can you use social media for your career advancement? First things first, check your online reputation because others are. Google yourself and see if what comes up is appropriate. Google has tips for you if you find something that needs to be removed. Use Reppler.com to help keep your Facebook page clean and safe. It reads your posts and rates how positive you are plus gives you tips on creating a more secure page.
Of the companies surveyed by Jobvite, 87% use LinkedIn and 2/3 use two or more networks for recruiting.
LinkedIn is really only useful if you build a robust profile and make it public so people can find you. Include detail and be keyword savvy by selecting words that are used in the industry.
- Photo - add a professional head shot
- Headline - slogan for your personal brand
- Summary - highlight your unique skills and specialties
- Experience - this should read like your resume
- Groups - be a joiner and contribute questions and answers, create your own group, you can edit the visibility of each group for more privacy
- Public Profile - claim your public profile URL and make it public then use address on cards, blogs, email sig
- Make connections - add your business cards, search by company, schools, association, add the app to your phone
- Ask for Introductions - write it up and then ask your contact to pass it on
- Ask for recommendations
- Add your company website, blog and Twitter account
Once you have your LinkedIn info added, you can use Re.vu to make a visual resume. A cool infographic of your work experience will really grab the hiring manager's attention.
Since recruiters also use Facebook and Twitter you need to make sure you have a professional presence there:
- Add the Branch Out app to turn your Facebook friends into professional connections
- Set up a professional account for Twitter
- Update your bio and link to your resume
- Learn to use Hash tags add keywords
- Twitter job search sites: TwitJobSearch, TweetMyJobs, jobshouts
- Follow people--OneDayOneJob has a nice list of 50 Twitter Users to Follow for Your Job Search
Glassdoor has free salary information by title and company. There are also company reviews. If you sign up and provide your salary information, you get access to all the salaries and reviews. You can also see if your Facebook friends have any company connections.
If you need help reworking or updating your resume, check out these resume guidelines from the Career Design Center of the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin.
Using LinkedIn for Company Research
We know LinkedIn is a great place to start when you're researching individuals but it's also a great place to find some pretty helpful company statistics. In the LinkedIn Search box, change the drop down menu to search for companies and plug in the company you're interested in finding out more about. Using Whole Foods as an example, on the first page I can find out who I'm connected to at Whole Foods, who some of the new hires are, new job postings and position changes within the company. One really cool feature is in the right hand sidebar: "Check out insightful statistics about Whole Foods Market employees". On this page I can see that 66% of Whole Foods employees have a bachelor degree and that before going to work for Whole Foods, most employees worked for Wild Oats Market and Starbucks. There's even a tab showing where most employees went to college. In this instance, most employees went to the University of Texas at Austin. Which, of course, makes sense as Whole Foods' home office is in Austin. What's interesting is that there are also several employees from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. This also makes sense as we know that most employees came from Wild Oats which had its headquarters in Boulder, Colorado and was for a time owned by Whole Foods. It's important to remember that these statistics are based solely on the information provided by employees on LinkedIn, but it's easy to start to paint a picture of the culture and types of employees.
Are you using LinkedIn or another social media tool in different ways to do business research? Tell us about it in the comments.
Social Media Plan Template
Marketo is offering a free Social Media Plan template. The plan includes the tactical objectives you can use to accomplish two primary goals of social media. Download the Social Media Tactical Plan Template below, and find out where to budget your time and resources to maximize your organization's social media efforts. The customizable social media tactical plan helps you:
- Measure the value of social media strategies
- Efficiently create tactical objectives
- Drive more unique traffic to your website
- Convert anonymous traffic to known visitors
It's a simple template, and you probably actually know what you should be doing already, but the template will help you outline the necessary steps to keep track of your social media and provide you with some ideas for how to measure your success.
Social Media Map
Trying to keep up with all the social media platforms available can be pretty overwhelming. Luckily the folks over at Overdrive Interactive make it easy for us with this great Social Media Map. You can download the map for free after providing some basic information and the downloadable PDF comes with live links.
Google's +1 is active--Do you "like" it?
Google just launched their new +1 service which allows you to "publicly give something your stamp of approval". Or in Facebook terms, "like" it. Right now it's still part of Google Labs and you have to opt-in to try it out, which you can do here. I gave it a spin today and there are some cool and not-so-cool things about it. It all depends on how comfortable you are having your name publicly associated with the links you choose to endorse. And "endorse" is a good word since your +1's can be used in Google Ads. So it's important to have your Google Profile set up with the right privacy settings so that you can make sure your Picasa Web Albums and the like aren't available to just anyone. That said, I like that once you've opted in, you'll have a new tab on your Google Profile keeping track of all the links you've +1'd along the way. Do we say +1'd now instead of "liked"? So hard to keep up. You can choose to make your tab public or not, but either way it's a nice handy list to refer back to: The video below will tell you a bit more about how it works and you can read more about it on Google's +1 Page. Tell us what you think about +1 in the comments section.
Famecount: Social Media's Most Popular Brands
Last week we talked about corporate use of social media and today we're going to see which brands and companies are the most popular. Famecount keeps track of brands, celebrities, media, sports, games, music and politicians on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They'll give you rankings for each service by region and they also break down each category so you can come up with some pretty specific charts. On the "Facebook Stars" tab, I can break down the brand category to Auto, Food & Drink, Fashion, Restaurant, Retail and Technology. These charts will show me the total number of fans as well as fans per month, week and day:
I can also see most popular brands over all channels combined:
And trends of the fastest growing brands:
Famecount gets their data directly from the sources and you can read more about how their data is calculated here.
Corporate Use of Social Media
Recently we talked about how SMBs are using social media and today we're going to take a look at how some of the larger corporations put social media to work for them. Burson-Marsteller has a great report out entitled "The Global Social Media Check-up 2011". It's a great report and gives us insight into how some of the Fortune 100 companies use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs, etc. Over the past year, they report "an 18% increase in FortuneGlobal 100 companies using Twitter, followed by a 14% growth in YouTube channels and a 13% growth in companies using Facebook pages." And typically corporations have more than one account: On average they have 5.8 Twitter accounts, 4.2 Facebook accounts, 2.7 YouTube channels and 6.8 blogs. IBM alone has 76 Twitter accounts! That's a lot of communication, but who's listening? Corporate accounts average about 5,076 followers on Twitter and 87,979 "likes" on Facebook. According to eMarketer, most people follow a brand "to get updates on future products":
Fans and followers can get anything from customer service to a new job. TiVo is among the many companies who post jobs on their Facebook page:
And Glaceau's smartwater is hoping their new YouTube video will go viral:
SMBs Double Use of Twitter
eMarketer reports that small and medium-sized businesses doubled their Twitter usage from 2009 to 2010. According the the "Local Commerce Monitor-Wave 14" study from BIA/Kelsey and ConStat, last year 1 in 5 SMBs used Twitter for local marketing. SMBs' overall use of social media is growing. "Twitter was still behind many other social media tactics, with nearly half (48%) of respondents using Facebook for marketing and a quarter using some other social network." 35% of the SMBs surveyed had increased their use of links and ads on social media sites over the past year, and "46% planned further increases in the next 12 months." 25% of SMBs increased their use of customer ratings and reviews in 2010 and 39% expected to increase usage of reviews before the end of 2011. Not surprisingly, younger businesses (those under 7 years) were more likely to use social media for marketing.
For more on corporate uses of social media, stay tuned to bizologie. Later this week Laura will cover The Global Social Media Check-up 2011 report from Burson-Marsteller.
2010 Digital Year in Review
comScore released their White Paper The 2010 U.S. Digital Year in Review this week. It's available to download for free (you have to provide some basic information) and contains information on Social Networking Trends & Demographics, Top Search Terms, the Online Video Market and the Mobile Market, as well as a look ahead at 2011. Just a few of the interesting facts available:
- Cyber Monday (Monday, November 29, 2010) surpassed $1 billion for the first time--$1.028 billion
- 2010 was the year for group buying (though you probably didn't need an official report to you that) with Groupon jumping over 712% over 2009; LivingSocial is a close second jumping 438%
- In 2010 9 out of 10 Internet users visited a social networking site each month with the average user spending about 4.5 hours a month on these sites
- Facebook grew 38% and became the 4th most visited web property
- The percentage of us who watch TV online continues to grow with Hulu leading the pack--up 17% over last year
- About 27% of us own Smartphones
As you can see, White Papers can be a great source of information and lots of companies provide them freely available on their websites.


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Ohams Stays Local; Commits to Fordham
Fordham University commit Chuba Ohams signed his National Letter of Intent with the Rams on Friday.
The ceremony was held at Wadleigh High School, where Ohams starred before departing for Putnam Science Academy (CT) this year.
Ohams, a local product, joins a talented Fordham program in 2016-17.


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Hong Kong Express
Vaporwave killed Hong Kong Express
Hihihi, hohoho, I'm doing a one-eighty with this review right at the beginning, and I don't feel the least bit stupid, especially so since I'm not physically able to deliver a ten-eighty, but that's beside the point. Instead, I shrug my shoulders and move on, but first things first: when it became clear around April/May 2015 that Dream Catalogue head honcho and vapor/dream luminary Hong Kong Express would kill off his moniker in favor of the short, crisp and no-meaning-attached form HKE, i jumped to premature conclusions, though in my flimsy defense, you cannot spell premature without "mature." Anyway, when the British artist released his four-track EP Zero as Hong Kong Express on DMT Tapes back in May, I acknowledged the fact, but nonetheless used the frilly new moniker HKE time and again. So look at the above headline, and analyze what I've done. Holler!
Now it's definite, final and over, the apotheosis is nigh: the purposefully weirdly titled This is the very final album of Hong Kong Express before he morphs into HKE. An additional single or two might surface with the full moniker, sure, but album-wise, that's it, and this time to everyone's surprise – or rather: not – the album isn't released on DMT Tapes which rests in bile-drenched pieces while Hong Kong Express is still alive. No, the album instead sees the light of night on Toronto, Ontario-based Adhesive Sounds. The original run of 75 tapes has sold out in a ridiculous timeframe, but before a second batch materializes eventually, you can still fetch the digital version at their Bandcamp page as it should be. So what is This all about? Naturally, the latter V rolls like thunder on this tape too, but since this is a good-bye, lots of genres are entwined and juxtaposed. Heard of Hip-Hop? Detroit? Jungle and Sheffield Rave? And what about Mallsoft, a genre that hasn't been linked to Homg Kong Express prior to this release. It's all in here, hear ye hear ye! Five solo tracks are included, with the remaining seven tracks featuring collaborations with close friends and experts in the field of dreamy music. But for now, let's enjoy neon-induced flickering city superstructures as provided by Adhesive Sounds and invented by Hong Kong Express: Analyze This.
Neon-induced flickering city superstructures as provided by Adhesive Sounds.
Hong Kong Express all alone…
Yes, cry me a river, but even in the grand finale, there are paths you have to walk alone, contemplating, absorbing the morphogenesis of the city's innermost core. The eponymous opener This would be such an instance. A kaleidoscope of zoetropic vitreous wind chimes, verglas gamelan bells, Oriental saffron strings and a medulla-emptying Hip-Hop beat that is less insoluble in water than camphene, the title is aptly chosen, answering the question what Hong Kong Express/HKE will be up to in the future. The answer, obviously is: This. Then there is Station, showcasing the artist's focus on dreams rather than the V-genre, although he still caters to the Vaporwave crowd in this ethereal speleo-lycopod. High-plasticity vincristine cloudlets flicker through a amicably bustling afternoon atmosphere, accompanied by a field recording of chirping birds. The big bonus, however, comes in the shape of an erinaceous laser interferometry whose glaring immediacy scythes through the cotton candy… in order to ultimately harmonize with the strata of cenobitism.
Dreaming meanwhile elucidates the progressive, shapeshifting epistemology of Vaporwave: gorgeously super-stacked synth sinews ooze around a laid-back breakbeat. Absorbing the British Rave rhizomes of 91/92, Hong Kong Express further pitch-shifts these longitudinal torches and lets them twirl in-between elasticized echoes, Mellotron marimbas and palearctic isospins. The adjacent Romantic Soul offers another change of pace. Believe it or not, but Hong Kong Express gives his salute to Mallsoft in this easygoing peritoneum of consumerism. Bongo grooves, synthetic sun-dappled guitar licks, distant snake charmer magnetotails and stratiform-rotoscoping lounge lozenges are the epigenetic constituents of an arrangement where clandestinity is shown the door while the listening subject is hustling through the marbled polymers. A favorite of mine, because it is so unexpected. The last solo submission is both an auspiciously titled one and the grand finale at once: 2048. It begs for the appearance of t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者, but is marked as a solo track. A mildly apoplectic breakbeat made of cautiously exotic Jungle patterns serves as the base frame for multicellular seraphic synth choirs, arpeggiated aurum aurorae and atomic clicks. This is sound-based pectin, the quieter moments are especially noteworthy as one can then fathom the caproic cataracts caulking the faraway darkness.
… and among friends
Show your fellow vaporwaver that you care: fraternize and collaborate! Without further ado, here's what you can expect, split up in two paragraphs. The first "expected surprise" would be the inclusion of a vocalist who is both haunting and skilled: V I R T U E. Represented and included in a whopping three tracks, Hong Kong Express seems to enjoy the virtual meetings, as her vocals were also included in a track of the artist's recent EP Zero. On This, the good omen continues: 6AM features a club-compatible midtempo placenta and dubby basslines which remind of The Orb's millenial adventures coupled with proto-Faithless fibers. Glacial emanations, granular torches and benthic-cerulean panpipes waft around V I R T U E, with her echo-alloyed vocals hailing back from orographic protuberances and lavabo plateaus. How different Neon City is by comparison! Here, Hong Kong Express establishes an arpeggiated helicoidal salvo of mellow tropical synths and rounds them off with vanillarific drone washes and square specks. Even handclaps find their way into the song. Bustling and busy, V I R T U E gyres between hopefulness, vicissitudes and elation. Broken Hearts puts the finishing touches on the triptych with a rather mucoid, dreamlike coppice with lofty lacunae, hollow ventricles and cinematic climaxes. There is no real beat, just a sizzling percussion layer, but despite this omission, the wideness and density – coupled with the occasional recess and decreased amount of layers – surround the chantress and influence the serenity of her voice.
The remaining collaborations are enormously versatile style- and texture-wise, Hong Kong Express wants this final tape to end with a bang, spanning as many niches, alcoves and complete planetesimals as possible. Future Funk fellow and vapor wizard Shima33 joins the ride on Island Side Drift, a synergetic Rave/Jungle rain forest that eventually finds its pace in a Hip-Hop hypanthium. The principal melodies are all comparatively scything but nonetheless benignant, with the Rhodes bokeh serving as the parallax background to the amethystine sunset. The following Basement features Chungking Mansions in a sound-based chlorotic metalization of steamy nebulae and bit-crushed static noise hi-hats. An alto saxophone holds the mechanical-municipal mass production reel together. With the appearance of the aforementioned t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 (this time for real) on Aftermath, the duo called 2 8 1 4 is united again and gives in to deep Detroit funnels and fluvio-lacustrine halides. The beat accentuates the ethereality and offers an earthbound anchor in an unreal troposphere where photoevaporation and ultramafic galactosamines simmer in endless depths. And finally, there's some newcomer called OSCOB who collaborates the living daylights out of the scene, always for good. While the US-expatriate from Germany is also known for his planned diffusion and limewashed treble-less thiazides, Exit HK is a more sizzling affair, sporting a dark-purple photometry made of rhombohedric Hip-Hop sentiments, four-note marimba coils and supernal layers of city lights, hidden pianos and pressure chamber superstructures. A glorious collabo-endpoint.
Goodbye Hong Kong Express, Hallo HKE
With the realization of the quirkily titled This behind, Hong Kong Express is history, even though it is a moniker that always inherited the pulse of the megacity, the sanctuary called megacity, the reflecting steel mills near the harbor side, the neon-lit smog-filled air and pixellated wisdoms of mega panels advertising a better tomorrow by means of retrogressive/retrosternal arabesques. This was the place of Hong Kong Express, this will be one possible destination for HKE as well. Even if he decided to leave Vaporwave and related dream-inducing genres behind, t e l e p a t h テレパシー能力者 would likely serve as a contrapuntal aggressor – in a playful way – and make technocracy-oriented Ambientscapes together with HKE as 2 8 1 4. Now that the remote and forlorn metropolis (!) of Hong Kong Express has been exposed to the limelight and found many fans, founded a label and funded the credibility of the genre, it is time to move on. If a look back is allowed, and it forever will be due to the free availability of Hong Kong Express material, one can safely say that This is the epitome – and epitaph? – of the concept behind the moniker, wildly roaming across Hip-Hop, Rave, Jungle, Detroit, Ambient and Vitamin V. Now HKE takes over, and since the artist leaves the meaning of this acronym up to the listener, I take a bow before thee, Holy King Eremite.
Further listening and reading:
- You can fetch the digital version of the tape at Adhesive Sounds' Bandcamp page.
- A heartfelt detailed revelation by HKE himself about all things, well, HKE can be read at his blog.
- Who's the very first follower of @HKEdream? Move over to Twitter and give them a holler.
Vaporwave Review 120: Hong Kong Express – This (2015). Originally published on Aug. 24, 2015 at AmbientExotica.com.


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Custody proceedings are often hardest on children, the very people around whom these proceedings center. Michigan passed the Child Custody Act in 1970 to ensure that children's best interests are protected.
Custody proceedings are often hardest on children, the very people around whom these proceedings center. Michigan passed the Child Custody Act in 1970 to ensure that children's best interests are protected. As knowledge about the needs of children whose parents do not live together has grown, the Michigan State Legislature has modified the act substantially.
Best Interests Standard
Michigan, like all states, uses the "best interests of the child" as the controlling standard when determining who should get custody of, and parenting time with, a child. Unlike many states, Michigan law sets forth specific criteria judges must consider when determining parenting time. These factors include the bond between the child and each parent, the parenting competence of each parent, the effect a particular visitation schedule or custody arrangement might have on the child, the child's wishes, and whether or not the child is under the age of one and currently nursing. There is no age at which a child's wishes become determinative of her custody arrangement.
Michigan law repeatedly emphasizes the importance of a child's relationship with both parents. Visitation is referred to as "parenting time," and it is extremely rare for a parent to receive no parenting time. There is no gender-based presumption in state law, and both parents have equal rights to their child. In cases in which a third party, such as a grandparent or government agency, seeks custody of the child, there is a rebuttable presumption that it is in the best interests of the child to be with either or both parents.
Michigan is one of only a handful of states that grants visitation rights to grandparents. Grandparents can petition the court for visitation with their grandchildren when someone other than the child's parent has custody, when the parents are divorced, when the parents never married, when the grandparent's child - also the parent of the grandchild - has died, or when the grandparent previously had either legal or de facto custody of the child.
Guardians ad Litem
When a judge feels that no one is adequately representing the best interests of a child, she may appoint a guardian ad litem. These are attorneys trained in family law who interview the parties, investigate the case and make a report to the judge. Guardians ad litem may also file motions on behalf of the child.
Parenting Time
There is a strong presumption in favor of giving parenting time to the noncustodial parent. State law codifies parenting time with the noncustodial parent as a basic right of children, and awards parenting time unless there is clear and compelling evidence that such time could be damaging to the child. Michigan courts tend to favor joint legal custody even when one parent is the primary physical custodian.
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Columbus Planning Department wins awards
The Columbus Planning Department recently won two awards at the Georgia Planning Association Fall Conference held in Athens, Ga.
The Warm Springs Road bike/Pedestrian Trail Project won in the Outstanding Plan Implementation category and the Zoning Handbook won in the Educational Tool category.
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In 1999, The Preservation Society of Newport County initiated an oral history project, "Keeping Home." It began as a community work appealing to locals who knew of men and women that worked at the Newport Mansions. We ought to have looked equally comical and adorable—my dad walking into the opulent homes once owned by the wealthiest persons in New England bearing evidence of the landscape job he had left behind to spend time with me, me in my tiny sandals, hiding behind his leg, gripping his hand, and following him around like that for the entirety of the tour.
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Two Bedroom Ljubljana Apartment Beethovnova
Just great!
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"An A+ in every regard. It's even pet-friendly!"
Brilliantly located, spotlessly clean, spacious, very quiet. The mattress was very comfortable. I give this apartment an A+ in every regard. It's even pet-friendly!
In about 5 minutes you can walk to Prešeren Square and the central pedestrian area, full of shops and restaurants, the base of the Ljubljana castle, and in the other direction to the national gallery, and the terrific Tivoli Park. It's a terrific property and for good value. Just keep in mind that if you have a car, there is no private parking, and you will need to park it in a public garage two blocks away that costs 22eur/day.
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The apartment was very nice and bright. All communication went through great in good English. The greeter showed us everything, was very polite and friendly and left a bottle of wine for us, which was really nice. The kitchen was nice with all the supplies provided. However, there were hundreds of ants everywhere. The master bathroom had no shower curtain which resulted in water splashing all over the floor. The bedrooms would also need blinds for all windows. We will come back if the ant issue gets resolved.
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featured artist in the Art Quilts International book Abstract & Geometric by Martha Sielman
Posted on December 29, 2016 | Leave a comment
It is a great privilege to have been included as a 'featured artist' in Martha Sielman's Art Quilts International book: Abstract & Geometric that was released on 28 December 2016.
Once Martha selected my work from images back in 2014 we did an email interview about my work and studio practice and have communicated regularly since to update any information that was relevant until the book went to print late last year.
It is a really informative book about the international art quilt genre with interesting interviews with the artists, high quality photographic images of their artwork and a well considered layout so you can see the images clearly which makes it a great reference book.
Available on Amazon: Abstract & Geometric by Martha Sielman
Introduction to the book:
"These engaging works of art represent a range of styles across the abstract art spectrum. 300 gorgeous art quilts, bursting with color and excitement, capture the work of 124 major quilt artists from 18 countries. In-depth interviews with 29 of the artists help us understand their inspirations, their techniques, and their challenges. Learn about how Denyse Schmidt makes her color choices. Find out how Fumiko Nakayama first discovered the mola techniques for which she is famous. Discover why Sue Benner is drawn to plaids and why Deidre Adams likes old books. Participating artists come from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the UK, and across the US."


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The following post is an entry by the Consumer Rights Intiative, a student-run scheme founded by Scott Girling [UWE STUDENT]
Looking to bag a bargain this November? If that's the case then you've probably got your sights set on this year's Black Friday. As you already know, Black Friday is perhaps the biggest shopping event of the year, with stores everywhere cutting their prices. In recent years, some shops have changed this to a whole week of discounts. This event also extends to online shopping, allowing you to find the best deals from the comfort of your own home. Due to its popularity, videos of shoppers scrapping over goods appear on sites like YouTube every year. Today however, we're not going to discuss unfortunate shoppers getting trampled, instead we are going to turn our focus to your rights as a consumer.
So, let's say you've seen a new HD TV on display playing various channels. It's advertised at a great price, has a well-known brand label on the box and is the latest model with built in Freeview included too. This is when you buy it, take it home and get it out of the box, only to discover that looks more like something from the early nineties. Not to panic, the Consumer Rights Act 2015 (CRA) is there to help. Under the CRA, any goods being sold must be:
- Of satisfactory quality (section 9)
- Fit for a particular purpose (section 10)
- Be as described (section 11)
- Match any sample provided (section 13)
- Match any model provided (section 14)
But what does all of this mean exactly, and how does this help you? Well, if any one of these sections were breached then you can use your consumer rights to get your issue sorted. Let's go back to that 'new' off brand TV you've got lying around. Since it's pretty clear that it is not what was advertised on the box, it's in breach of section 11, since the product does not match the description. Remember that Freeview that was advertised? Well it turns out that it can't pick up any channels, therefore section 10 has been breached. Section 14 has been breached because doesn't match what was out on display. If you argue that section 9 has been breached, whether or not it is satisfactory quality is judged by the normal person's standards. This may seem like a lot, but thankfully, you only need to find one section to be breached.
Now you've found that at least one section in breach, you can use section 22. This section gives you a 'short term right to reject', allowing you to seek a refund within 30 days of the purchase or delivery taking place. Perhaps it turns out (for whatever bizarre reason) that the wrong TV ended up in the box and you still want a TV. You can ask for the trader to replace the TV. Repairs are also available if appropriate. This right is covered under section 23 and requires the trader to replace or repair the goods at their own expense, within a reasonable time and without inconveniencing you. If you get it back and you get another broken, retro TV you can exercise your final right to reject or a price reduction. You'll find this right under section 24. You can use this if you've given the trader one chance to repair or replace the item and it's been no more than six months since you first purchased the goods. Once the trader agrees to provide a refund, they must do this within 14 days.
So there you have it. Now you know what to do if something really is too good to be true. Hopefully you won't face any problems with your Black Friday shopping and now, with these few bits of law behind you, there'll be a whole lot less to worry about.
Image 'Shopping' by Nick Verron © Creative Commons


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I'm a big fan of Airbnb. I always love living just a little bit like a local when I'm visiting a new place. I almost always go hunting for an Airbnb to stay at instead of hotels, so I'm always excited to do a project where I get to help out an Airbnb owner.
In this case, it was a little 3 bedroom house in North Bergen, NJ, for a very friendly fellow who was kind enough to make me an espresso while I was in there photographing the place. Fortunately it was already well staged, so I didn't have to spend much time moving things around, and instead got to focus on composition and light placement for each image.
What most surprised me was the level of precision and craftsmanship that went into the renovation, and it turned out that the owner did a lot of of the work himself. Very impressive. I remember one time I made a tile backsplash behind my stove, and let's just say it did not come out quite so polished.
I had a really good time on this shoot - I spent 4 hours on site totally absorbed in making images and finished up with around 20 great ones - Here are some of my favorites.
By the way, scroll down past my images if you're interested in seeing the "before" images of what the owner had posted before he hired me.
Tap on an image below to open lightbox, then you can rotate to landscape and swipe if on mobile.
Below are the images the owner had before he brought me in photograph his space. I'm really excited to see what impact this will have on his bookings. It's a bit too soon to know now, but I'm going to check in a few months down the road and then in a year to see what return he gets year over year. The difference in images is pretty drastic, and I'll bet the increase in bookings will reflect that. I'll put an update here once I've got that data (it obviously won't be for a while).


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Whadda day. Got the illos to Picture Salon as the Society of Illustration, Illustration 53 paperwork came today. Gotta get the Nutcrackers finished and ready to hang by December 20—so there isn't a ton of time. So, sending out for the both of these illustrations to be output and stretched on stretcher bars gets me getting that off the plate. Should upload the files this p.m. and get the paperwork done sooner versus later.
I am also thinking of applying for a NYFA Artist Fellowship (due 11/30) for kicks. They have a nice drawing/book arts section that maybe an exploration of imagery as it relates to imagery derived from 1700's folk art ( Russian, PA Germans, etc). The grants aren't huge, and the deal is to write a paper and deliver a presentation (which I could do at the library(?) or maybe even at the Museum Conference at Sagamore (as an afterdinner mint?). The grant seems very straightforward to write…along with 8 pieces of work to be submitted as well. There are 100 fellowships offered. And you know my thinking on this sort of thing…you cannot win if you do not enter. Thus, the thought. I do have extra work (all of it hitting the email box this afternoon with cheery notes saying "Happy Thanksgiving" here is the 200 pound pile of paper you need to bake into our little publication.
Another positive thing was this cool art director from NYC who was interested in the digital portrait style for some packaging. Turns out, he likes all my work and generated a presentation using my work as scrap with three different approaches. So, yogurt and milk packaging might be in my future! The presentation was being given this p.m. so we will see what happens. Neat, eh?
Tomorrow we are off to get Kitty from Amherst. The office is open. Alex has school, poor devil (along with a physics test, urg). So we leave early (at 6…zip over…get the princess…and zip back with cuddly dogs, cups of tea and happy chatter). I forecast a sleeping girl…
Wednesday night all of Thanksgiving gets thawed out. The gravy, pie, cakes, stuffing stuff, bread and stuff…all ready to roll. I got the massive turkey from the Regional today…all nice and polite in a clean brown box. The Regional also had pecans, wild rice and dried cranberries at a great price at their little broken case store by the door. The Turkey is in a crate with a few bags of ice…no need to defrost…and I really need to figure out how long it will take to cook…The container says 7 hours! Yikes! Next step, holiday decorating for the 17th.
It is all moving too fast!