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There's more than one way of doing customer services on social media:
- some don't bother at all;
- some do it using just a single account to handle both brand engagement and customer services;
- some separate their customer services from their brand account.
This isn't usually a problem on Facebook, as a lot of brands just resort to posting on their timeline, while reserving their Facebook wall for any customer care issues (e.g. Hotels.com, Virgin Media, EasyJet). Other pages, however, have a closed wall (for various reasons), leading customers to vent their frustrations as comments under brand posts (e.g. TalkTalk, British Airways, Uber).
Things change when you look at Twitter, and it's interesting to see what brands do on the platform when it comes to customer services.
Take BT for instance: they have a separate account for brand messages (@bt_uk) and one for customer services (@btcare); they also have an account for their B2B division (@btbusiness) and one for B2B customer services (@btbusinesscare). In total, BT owns over 30 Twitter accounts, including one for the BT Tower, a popular London landmark. The main reason for this division is that all of these accounts are handled by separate teams, each with their social media/community manager. So, to cater to this separation of ownership, each community manager has a dedicated channel – and the same applies to their customer care counterparts.
This is just one example. The reasons and approaches may differ from brand to brand.
Perhaps you're wondering what the pros and cons are for you: maybe you're just getting started on social media, or maybe you already have an account and you don't know whether to consolidate or divide. Before you make a decision, there are mainly 5 things to consider:
- How will you handle customer queries?
- How will you communicate issues to your followers?
- How will you own your account(s)?
- How will you manage your community?
- How will you handle your tone of voice?
One account for both:
This is by far the most common approach on Twitter: tweeting out branded content, handling customer care and brand engagement from one account. Most brands start with just one account, to consolidate their followers and to not spread themselves too thinly with too many profiles. Splitting this account in two (branded vs. customer care) is more of an afterthought once the follower count reaches a certain threshold, or once the number of customer queries gets so high that it justifies having a separate channel to deal with them properly.
While you'll often find one person doing all of this work behind a single account, it's not uncommon to find two (or more) people or teams "handling custody" of one account – on one side taking care of branded content, engaging with the community; on the other side, taking care of customer services.
The main misconception in having one account for both branded content and customer care is that potential customers will land on your account, see you replying to a long list of customer queries and issues, and be turned off from either following you or buying anything from you. A lot of brands have split their customer care account for this very reason, so that all their service replies are "hidden" from the main account. Others have stopped responding to customers' issues altogether, as if that made those queries disappear.
Don't forget that these potential customers can still find these service queries by doing a quick search on Twitter anyway. Besides, they can find a lot more outside of Twitter about you too, both positive and negative. The reality that you have flaws and customer queries to take care of is not something to worry about: if you're selling a product or providing a service, you're guaranteed to have customer queries regardless. If anything, seeing how well you deal with this demand may attract customers to you. You'll be surprised by how many people choose a brand because of their customer service standards.
- Handling messages: if you have only one account, you will receive all sort of messages, including replies to your branded content and customer queries. All of these will come into one bucket: your inbox of notification. If there's only one person taking care of this account, then you won't have much to worry about. However, if ownership is split between two or more people (or teams), you have joint responsibility. When dealing with one account, you need to have workflows that list what type of messages to expect, and who needs to deal with each type of message. Failure to have such workflows can lead to either or both of these:
- "double-handling": when both the social media manager and a customer service representative reply to the same message. Not only is this confusing to the customer, but it also clearly shows that there are some internal issues when it comes to handling customer queries;
- ignoring messages: when the social media manager assumes that the customer service representative is dealing with a message, and vice versa. This leads to the message not being dealt with, and the customer being ignored.
- Communicating issues: if you only have one account to post from, then that will be the one you'll use to communicate any issues to your community: faults, outages, resolutions etc. By having just one account, your customer care team knows to only look at mentions coming to that profile (unlike when you have more than one account).
- Ownership: you can either have one team taking care of one account, or split ownership between two teams – one taking care of branded messages, and one taking care of customer services. This will undoubtedly lead to a few questions internally: where does social media sit in the company? Does it belong to a dedicated social media team, taking care of all social aspects (marketing, community management, customer care etc.)? Does it belong to the customer care team? The answers to these questions may help you justify having one account.
- Community management: as you're managing your community from one single account, the lines between community management and customer services may blurry. Sure, a good community management does include customer services. However, if customer care isn't part of your workflow, you don't want to come across to your community as the "this is not my job" type. That's anothe reason why having seamless workflows is key to good community management.
- Tone of voice: tone of voice is incredibly important if you're going to handle everything from one account, even more so if community engagement and customer services are going to be handled by two different people/teams. EE are an example of a company that uses a jovial tone of voice in their branded messages as well as their customer replies. The same tone you use when interacting with your community should be the same when handling their issues. Even if it's different people, teams or departments, your tone of voice should be consistent in the messages coming out from your account:
PS: We know it's not TECHNICALLY Summer yet but the sun's out and we're British so… *sunbathes*
— EE (@EE) April 15, 2015
@SamKingteen #EpicWiFiConnectionSheWrote hmmm nah that didn't quite work *I'll get my coat*
— EE (@EE) December 21, 2014
Separate account for all:
The main misconception in having a separate account for customer care is that people's timelines will start being flooded by all your customer care replies. That is inaccurate. People won't see your customer service replies unless:
- You're replying to them,
- You're replying to their followers,
- Someone they follow retweets you,
- You tweet a message out to all your followers. With the exception of #3, these points have one thing in common: they require these people to follow your customer care account, thus opting in to receive your messages in their timeline anyway.
Some points you need to take into account include:
- Handling messages: having a separate account for customer services is a sensible decision if you're having a large number of customer queries. While people may still contact your main account, it's up to you to manage their queries and hand them over. For instance, notice how NOWTV seamlessly pass customer queries (see right) from their branded account to their dedicated customer care account (@NOWTVHELP). Even if you've split your accounts, people will still mention your main brand account, mainly because that's what will appear as the top result when people search for your brand name on Twitter. Most customers who are looking for help won't care if they're tweeting to the "right" account or not: as long as it belongs to the right brand, they'll use it. These customers believe that it is your responsibility to dissect brand engagement from customer service mentions. That's why you need processes to handover and intercept these messages:
- Handover, i.e. having processes in place so that customer queries get handed to your customer care personnel, and other mentions to the appropriate teams;
- Intercept, i.e. keeping an eye on mentions of both accounts, and if the care team sees a message towards the brand account that needs to be handled, they'll reply from their own account and take care of it, without the brand social manager needing to hand anything over, knowing that any mentions that aren't for them will be handled anyway. The same applies to messages that don't explicitly mention you, messages that you can find through social listening (e.g. someone complaining about your brand while not mentioning any of your brand handles).
@mdchoulton Hi Mark,Wild Things expired on the 19th. If you think you saw the wrong countdown for the eps, please raise this with @nowtvhelp
— NOW TV (@NOWTV) May 22, 2015
- Communicating issues: now that you have more than one account you need to decide where to communicate issues from – the brand account, the customer care account, or both? If it's a major customer care message then it usually gets retweeted by the main brand account, and if it's a major brand announcement (e.g. change of name, acquisition, product release) then it usually gets retweeted by the customer care account. Retweeting these messages is a way of keeping comments down to one thread, instead of duplicating the message. Take this Tweet from BT as an example, and notice how this message (see right) got retweeted by the main BT account. Now that Twitter gives you the ability to add your own comment to Tweets, you also have the option to retweet and add your own commentary – while that will create a new Tweet, you're also linking customers to the original Tweet.
We're aware of a power outage at Ealing exchange causing disruption to BT Mail, BT TV & Internet access. Sorry, we're working to fix it asap
— BTCare (@BTCare) January 29, 2015
- Ownership: separate accounts, separate ownership. That is the case for most brands out there with multiple accounts, usually to reflect the internal team structure: if you have different people/teams taking care of brand engagement and customer services, then having separate ownership of these accounts will make it a lot easier for each team to take full responsibility and ownership of their processes and messaging.
- Community management: care accounts aren't immune from community management. In fact, customer services is still part of good community management. This will become more and more evident as you start noticing the number of people following your care account. There are mainly two reasons why people follow these accounts:
- DMs: even though this is technically not required anymore, it's still the norm for people to follow care accounts if they want to exchange private information via DMs (e.g. mobile number, email address, date of birth). A lot of people who follow these accounts for this won't unfollow after their issue has been resolved: while some genuinely do forget to unfollow, others will still follow a customer care account if they're regular customer, meaning that they'll be contacting you often. Rarely will you find a customer care account that gives you any other reasons to follow it, and Tesco Mobile Care is one of them – with its witty, quirky and informative Tweets, it's no wonder why 9.5k people follow the account. (I genuinely wonder how many of these 9.5k people have a Tesco Mobile account.)
@LiyahSummers When you realise your mates are ignoring you LOOOOOOOOL #nojoke
— Tesco Mobile (@tescomobile) June 30, 2013
- To keep track of any issues: some of these care accounts post regular updates on any faults, so it's handy to follow them for updates on downtime and uptime. For instance, 352k people follow the @nationalrailenq account on Twitter, an account dedicated to National Rail updates and enquiries. Most of these people don't follow the account because they're looking for quirky facts about National Rail trains: these people follow the account because they want to be kept up to date on any train disruptions that may affect their journey. Also, bear in mind that people who follow a care account won't automatically follow your brand one, especially if they're only looking for updates and not marketing posts in their timeline.
- Tone of voice: while you may want to be consistent in your tone of voice between marketing messages and customer care handling, you do have the option to tweak your tone of voice a little when dealing with customer care. You may want to be colloquial in your brand messages and have a slightly different tone when handling customer care issues. If these messages aren't handled by the same team, having a slightly different tone of voice may come naturally.
So, which one is better?
Both options are great, and they're definitely better than the tone-deaf approach that quite a few brands take: posting a lot of brand content, ignoring customer services, thus turning their Twitter account into a one-way street.
A study from Simply Measured in 2013 showed that 30% of the top brands have a dedicated customer service account, an increase from 23% in 2012. (See their study here.) The number has jumped to 43% this year, showing an increasing trend of brands separating the two. These brands understand that when dealing with customer services you need to give customers your undivided attention and care.
Now that we've compared both approaches, there's one aspect left to talk about: tools. What are the best tools to use for customer services, whether you're doing it from a joint account or a separate account?
There are quite a few professional tools dedicated to social customer care. Here are some of the best ones:
- Conversocial: Conversocial have recently announced their partnership with Synthesio, a best-in-class social listening tool. Thanks to this partnership, you'll be able to be more proactive in customer services: instead of waiting for people to explicitly mention you for help, you can monitor any mentions from people who need you, or people who may need your help, or people who may be potential leads.
- Engagor
- Sprinklr
- Lithium
- Hootsuite Enterprise: Hootsuite Pro is fine, but I definitely recommend Hootsuite Enterprise mainly for the integrations with other customer service and enterprise tools (e.g. Yammer, Attensity, po.st, Google Analytics).


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Rajinikanth's Next Titled As Kabali In Telugu Too
Superstar Rajinikanth's next in the direction of Pa.Ranjith has been titled as Kabali in Telugu as well. Since Kabali is the name of a person, the makers probably did not find any reason to change it in Telugu. Also, because the project has already become popular with the name Kabali, it is surely a good move to go with the same title in both the languages.
Kalaipuli S Thanu, the producer of the film in Tamil, is releasing the movie on his own in Telugu as well. Check out some of the working stills of Rajinikanth from Kabali in the slides below along with the Telugu posters of the film.
Kabali Telugu
It is known that the Rajinkanth is the only Tamil actor who holds an equally strong fan base in Telugu states and the makers of Kabali too are trying the encash the craze.Though everybody thought there wouldnt be a Telugu version for Kabali as the makers initally did not so any interest in the Telugu market, now it is official that there is a Telugu release too.
The film initially was rumored to be titled as Mahadeva in Telugu. However, Kabali has been locked.
A fan was seen interacting with Thalaivar Rajinikanth in Bangkok. Few important sequences were shot at the capital city of Thailand.
The film was extensively shot in Malaysia and speaking to Malaysian fans and media before his departure from the country, superstar Rajinikanth apologized to those, with whom he couldn't pose for photographs. This statement has come after the superstar obliged most of his fans for thousands of selfies.
The film also stars Radhika Apte, Kishore, Dhansika, and Dinesh Ravi.
Malaysian fans had organized a grand send-off party to the entire team of Kabali when they came to know that the shooting had reached its final stages in the country. Hundreds of pictures of Rajinikanth with fans are in circulation.
Fan Moments
Everyday is a fan moment for the cast and crew of Kabali too as many young and upcoming talents are part of the film. Not only fans but also the cast and crew of the film are stunned to know Rajini's simplicity and extreme warmth.
According to the Chennai film sources, the film is slated to release in April but since Tamilnadu elections are going to happen in the month of May and Vijay's Theri is also hitting screens in April, Rajnikanth's Kabali is likely to release after the elections some time in the first week of June. Makers are planning to have a simultaneous release in Telugu and Tamil.
On the other hand, Rajinikanth kick started shooting for Robo 2.0, which is a sequel to 2010's Robo, directed by Shankar. Amy Jackson is playing the female lead and Bollywood star hero Akshay Kumar is donning the negative mask. For all the Rajini fans out there, we would want to remind you that some really joyous days are ahead of u.

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Newcastle United have confirmed the signing of Ipswich Town forward Daryl Murphy.
The 33-year-old, who has scored 50 goals for the Tractor Boys since June 2013, signs a two-deal with the Magpies after a reported £3 million fee was agreed between the two clubs.
Murphy's arrival will likely signal the end in United's pursuit for a striker as Rafael Benitez had identified the Republic of Ireland international as the man to bolster his side's attacking line.
The ex-Sunderland player will have two weeks with his new team-mates before they head to the iPro Stadium to face Derby County in the Toon Army's next Championship fixture.
Delighted Murphy
At this late stage of his career, Murphy will no doubt relish the opportunity to play for a club such as Newcastle United as well as having the honour of playing in-front of 52,000 fans every fortnight.
The striker spoke to NUFCTV after signing on the dotted line and was quick to show his joy by saying he was "absolutely delighted and really looking forward to it."
Murphy also explained that as soon as he knew the Magpies were interested in his services, "it was a no-brainer" for him to join the club. He added he's "happy it's all done."
The Irishman, who was a part of the Sunderland side that gained promotion from the Championship in 2007, will have the task of contributing goals to aid the Magpies' promotion challenge.
And Murphy suggested that there is no reason why the Geordies can't bounce back to the Premier League at the first attempt.
"I think with the squad of players that the club have now, there's no reason why we shouldn't be there or thereabouts come the end of the season," he continued.
Benitez signs an "experienced" head
Recent weeks have saw Newcastle linked with a European striker in Bas Dost, however, Benitez has opted for Championship experience rather than European reputation.
Out of United's striking department in Dwight Gayle, Aleksander Mitrovic and Ayoze Perez, Murphy has the strongest knowledge of what it takes to score in the Championship, which is why the Spaniard moved to sign the player.
Benitez highlighted Murphy's second-tier experience as a big factor. And he also insisted that the striker "has proven that he can score goals in the Championship."
After both Gayle and Mitrovic suffered concussion in mid-week, causing them to miss the 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion, Benitez selected Ayoze Perez as the man to lead the line on his own.
Benitez said Murphy gives his team "another option in attack" which was needed as everyone "could see from this weekend's game against Brighton that we needed more bodies up front."
"Daryl has a good attitude and he can be very important for us this season," Benitez added.


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These 9 National Parks Receive the Fewest Visitors Per Year on Average
You've heard of Yosemite, Yellowstone, and Zion. You could name in which state you'd find the Grand Tetons (Wyoming), the Grand Canyon (Arizona), and the Great Smoky Mountains (Tennessee). You've been to Bryce Canyon, Glacier, and Rocky Mountain.
Okay, maybe not that last one, but the point is that these national parks have most likely been on your radar for one reason or another at some point in time. You've either been there or thought about going. You're aware of their existence in some way, shape, or form.
But the most-visited national parks — the ones mentioned above being among them — constitute just a fraction of the beautiful federally-protected lands that you can visit in the United States. There are 59 of these suckers, after all, and I present you now with a list of nine that attract the least amount of visitors annually on average (per National Park Service data).
1. Great Basin National Park (~97,000 visitors/year)
Have you ever dreamt of being plopped down in eastern Nevada, right in the middle of the dry and mountainous Great Basin region? No? Well you might want to change your mind about that. Located off of Nevada State Route 488 in White Pine County, Great Basin National Park, which was established in 1986, constitutes more than just desert landscapes. There is also the 13,000-foot summit of Wheeler Peak, the subterranean wonders of the Lehman Caves, and countless views of some of the darkest skies in the country (hello, stargazing).
2. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve (~72,000 visitors/year)
The largest by land area compared to any other national park — and it's not even close — and yet Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve remains the eighth least-visited of all the nation's federally-protected lands. This place, with its 13.2 million acres in south central Alaska, is the same size as Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks and the country of Switzerland combined, so says the National Park Service. Beyond the volcanoes and the glaciers and the extremely diverse wildlife population, you can also check out Kennecott, an abandoned copper mine located within the park.
3. Dry Tortugas National Park (~63,000 visitors/year)
With a name like that, how is this place one of the least visited national parks in the country? Answer: the 100-square-mile park is almost entirely comprised of open water, meaning it is only accessible by boat or seaplane.
Dry Tortugas National Park is about 68 miles west of Key West, Florida, in the Gulf of Mexico, and home to historic Fort Jefferson, which is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas. Plus, with all the corals, seagrass, shipwrecks, and whatever else is beneath the deep blue sea within the park, diving and snorkeling must be absolutely fantastic.
4. Katmai National Park & Preserve (~41,000 visitors/year)
Another stop in Alaska, this time at Katmai National Park & Preserve, another one of the larger national parks in the U.S. at four million acres or so. Home to thousands of Alaskan brown bears and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes — a landscape created by the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century — Katmai is named after its centerpiece stratovolcano. The park is almost exclusively accessed by plane or boat, according to the National Park Service, but the opportunities for incredible wilderness experiences make getting there worth it.
5. North Cascades National Park (~23,000 visitors/year)
If you're at all familiar with the psychological thriller video game Alan Wake (okay, that's probably just me), this one is especially intriguing. A few hours north of Seattle, close to the border with Canada, North Cascades National Park features plenty of mountainous terrain, over 300 glaciers, and the glorious sound of cascading waters rushing through forested valleys.
Fun fact: three notable mountains that stand over 9,000 feet in the southern portion of the park include Goode Mountain, Buckner Mountain, and Mount Logan (!!). Camping, hiking, and climbing are not in short supply here.
6. Isle Royale National Park (~17,000 visitors/year)
Isle Royale National Park, situated on the largest island in Lake Superior, has been on my radar for a couple years now. I'm guessing the National Park Service is not lying when they describe the island as offering "unparalleled solitude" — it is the fourth least-visited of the U.S.'s 59 national parks, as the numbers will show.
Moose, grey wolves, red foxes, beavers, mink, and a host of other wildlife species call the island home, and so too did a community of a little more than 100 people in the late 19th century when the Wendigo Mining Company was in operation. Tip: skip the boat, take the 35-minute scenic seaplane ride.
7. Lake Clark National Park & Preserve (~12,000 visitors/year)
I promise Lake Clark National Park has more to offer you than a fun rhyming name. Take, for instance, the fact that this is another national park in the great state of Alaska — that's reason enough to be excited — and that it features a variety of characteristics not found together in any of the other parks in the state (according to the Wikipedias): the junction of three mountain ranges, a coastline with rainforests along the Cook Inlet, a plateau with alpine tundra on the west, glaciers, glacial lakes, major salmon-bearing rivers, and two volcanoes. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.
8. Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve (~11,000 visitors/year)
Goodness gracious, Alaska is killing it on this list — which is not a good thing (or is it?) because that means its parks aren't getting a ton of visitors. But that probably makes preservation efforts easier, so I don't know how to gauge that exactly. Anyway, Gates of the Arctic National Park wins the coolest name award out of these nine parks and distinguishes itself further by virtue of the fact that it contains no roads or trails; it is just vast wilderness in its purest and most beautiful form. Located entirely above the Arctic Circle, the U.S.'s northernmost national park is also its second largest at 8.4 million acres.
9. Kobuk Valley National Park (~8,000 visitors/year)
Finally, we have the winner (or loser), Kobuk Valley National Park, the least-visited park in the country, drawing less than 10,000 visitors per year on average. Would you like to guess which state it's in? That's right, five of the nine least-visited national parks in the country are in Alaska, so shame on all of you for showing no interest in The Last Frontier.
Half a million caribou migrate through this Delaware-sized park (I'm assuming every year?), which is home to the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes and which is typically only accessed via chartered air taxi from nearby communities, such as Nome and Kotzebue. In other words, when you're here, you're really out there.


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Milepost 297 – Blue Ridge Parkway
Julian Price Campground is the largest campground on the Parkway. There are 68 RV sites in six loops and one dump station near where you check in. See Site Map.
June, 2007 – Loop A (35 sites) is the only one with some sites along Price Lake and easy access to lakeside trails. It is across the parkway from the other loops and from where you check in. I opted for Loop A because I wanted easy access to Price Lake. This loop is mostly shady, but there are a few sites on the meadow that are open and sunny.
It was woodsy enough that I didn't even try for satellite TV, but Verizon cell phone and air card worked fine here.
Although no loop is designated for tents only, it seemed to me that Loops B, C & D had the smallest sites and all I saw there were tent campers.
Loops E & F are limited to RVs. Loop E was the smallest (16 sites) and the most sunny and out in the open.
Loop F has total of 46 sites and was a lot more woodsy. Picture shows a pull-through on the right (F6) and a back-in across the street (F7). I think the pull-throughs here are pretty narrow, especially for being right on the road.
Price Lake was quite tranquil and beautifully decorated with trees, too. No swimming or motorboats are allowed, but I saw some people in kayaks that made me jealous. I also wish the pictures showed better how beautiful the rhododendrons were here. Large bushes just covered with the light pink blooms.
Being able to be in this spot in two seasons was especially wonderful. As a southern gal, I'm used to rhododendron and mountain laurel, but fall colors are always thrilling to me since it wasn't something I ever saw until I was an adult.
Doesn't my mom look so happy to be here among the mountain laurel? She's about the only other person I know to love flowers and trees as much as I do. She taught me to be a tree hugger from childhood and the sight of these kind of flowery bushes can bring us both to tears of joy.
Going back through these memories now make me a bit melancholy and miss my mom more, but also make me incredibly grateful I had these times with her. It was here that my mom told me she had a brush with angels, and I loved her story and excitement so much, I'm going to include that story that I wrote back then here:
Dime from an Angel
Whenever there were things I wanted to do that she couldn't manage, she was happy to stay in the RV and read or sit outside enjoying the views. So we were at a pulloff and I wanted to walk up the road a little ways because there was a bridge you could view. She stayed in the motorhome, but when she wanted to get something out of the car, she used the key to unlock it instead of the remote which is the way I lock it. This makes the car think someone is trying to break in, so it starts sounding the horn alarm. She didn't know how to stop it and when a couple pulled over, she explained the dilemma. He asked if I had taken the remote and at first she didn't even know what he was talking about, but when she showed him what she had, he took the remote and pressed the button to stop the horn. She told him "I feel like a perfect idiot – I don't know what I would have done if I would have had to listen to that noise until she came back!" She profusely thanked him while he reached in his pocket and handed her a dime. He replied, "It's our pleasure – I want to give you this for letting us help you." My mom was flabbergasted and said "Why are you paying me for your helping me???" He replied, "It's just a little thing to help you remember to pass it along." I think this just blew her mind, but when they later returned from their walk, she thanked him again and laughingly said, "I've never heard of anyone doing what you did, but you're not getting your dime back – I'm going to keep it to remember your kindness." He laughed and said that was OK and that he wouldn't have taken it back anyway, but he did hope she would pass along the kindness. She was so excited when she told me this story and she made sure she kept that dime separate so she'd never forget. Isn't that just great?
She told that story so many times after she got back home and she always had the dime around. When her dementia and memory got worse, she remembered the story but at one point, she couldn't find the dime. She was pretty upset about it, so I finally got another dime and put it on her vanity and showed it to her, saying it was the one. She was very happy to have her angel dime back. And I think I can be forgiven that little white lie for this cause.
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Caitlin Jackson resigns as girls varsity lacrosse coach
WILTON -- In less than one year, Caitlin Jackson taught the players on the Wilton High girls lacrosse team quite a lot.
She taught them new skills. She taught them ways to dig deeper, both mentally and physically, than they ever had before. She taught them a new way to love the game.
This summer, Jackson taught the Warriors one more very important, but hard and hurtful lesson: Good things don't last forever. And, sometimes, they don't even last an entire year.
Jackson, the Northwestern product whose resume included four NCAA Division 1 championships as a player, submitted her resignation to Wilton High athletic director Christy Hayes on Tuesday, stunning the Wilton lacrosse community just two and a half months after the rookie head coach led her team to its second straight FCIAC championship.
"She felt bad and we're very disappointed, but she wants to work at the college level," said Hayes. "I didn't expect her to be a lifer, but I was hoping for a few more years out of her. I certainly don't regret hiring her. We're very thankful for the year she gave us."
The 24-year-old Jackson, who lives in Manhattan, cited both the commute to and from Wilton and her yearning to work at the college level as reasons for leaving.
She was recently hired as an assistant coach at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
The Warriors went 18-2 under Jackson in her only season, beating Darien for their second straight FCIAC championship. Wilton bowed out of the Class M state tournament in the quarterfinals following a loss to New Canaan.
Players were stunned, though understanding, about the news.
"I was a little bit upset, but I thought about it and it's good she got an opportunity like this to coach at college," said Liz Reda, one of the team's returning seniors. "We'll miss her and I definitely learned a lot from her. It's sad she left, but she just got a great opportunity which she should take."
Junior Casey Pearsall, who has been named one of the team's captains with seniors Piper Logan and Sammi Blicht, said she was shocked when she first heard the news, but felt fortunate to have played at least one year under Jackson's tutelage.
"It was kind of a shock, yeah," Pearsall said. "She was a great coach and we were fortunate enough to have her for at least a year. She's taking her career to the next level and that's something we can all respect. We all support her decision."
None of the players saw the news coming this summer.
Jackson has called players individually to give them the news.
"We didn't see it coming, but it's OK," Pearsall said. "She explained her career path and she has to do what she has to do. At least we had a great season last year."
Reda isn't worried about who will end up replacing Jackson.
The school, after all, has proven it will reach out to find the best candidate possible.
"The school will find a good coach, just like they found the past coaches," Reda said. "Whoever we get, we'll learn from and work with, and we'll come out and have another great season."
Wilton's 18-2 record was its second-best season, percentage-wise, in the program's 17-year history.
Only the 2004 season when Wilton went 21-1 with both the FCIAC and state championship was better.
"The kids loved her," said Hayes. "I'm sorry to see her go."
The Wilton AD said while the lacrosse season is still a ways off, he was hoping to hire a coach during the fall.
Jackson could not be reached for comment as of press time, despite repeated attempts and messages left to her cell phone.


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Classes Pre Nursery to VIII Circular no.- 512
Date – 11/03/13
Dear Parents,
The academic session 2012-13 is on the verge of completion. We furnish herewith some information for session 2013-2014.
- The report card will be issued on 22nd March 2013 i.e. Friday for Classes Pre Nursery to VIII between 9:00a.m. to 11:45a.m. Students to come in school uniform with parents.
- The academic session 2013-14 will start from 1st April 2013 for Classes II to IX & for Classes Pre Nursery to I on 2nd April 2013.
- Parents are requested to collect the I Card form from the respective class teachers and fill it correctly on Report card day and return.
- Parent can collect the text books, exercise books, stationery, bow, belt, tie etc from 22nd to 26th March 2013 between 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Parents of students from classes Pre Nursery to III have to handover the complete set of text books properly covered with brown paper labeled with names and class pasted on top right hand corner and exercise copies covered with plastic transparent sheet to the respective class teacher on 30th March 2013 between 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Students of classes IV to IX have to submit books and exercise copies on 1st April 2013.
- Parents can check the new transport route, stoppages and timing on the notice board from 22nd March 2013.
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With US election year upon us yet again, the timing could not possibly be better for a comedy satirizing the extreme excesses of politicians who will say or do almost anything to get elected.
Despite this, The Campaign is a hit-and-miss affair that falls far short of the mark. Absurd, abusive and annoyingly familiar, this latest Ferrell film had the potential to be witty, sharp and incisive… but, with director Jay Roach (Fockers franchise) at the helm, it ends up being nothing more than another run-of-the-mill film of the jerk-off genre.
Will Ferrell plays Cam Brady, a North Carolina congressman who has run unopposed for many a term, enjoying the perks of power with very little regard for actual public service. When Cam's philandering ways land him in the media cross-hairs, his rock-hard platform of "Family, Jesus, Freedom" shows enough cracks to motivate money hungry business types Glenn and Wade Motch (John Lithgow and Dan Aykroyd) to sponsor a new candidate to oppose Brady.
Enter Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), the eccentric son of a wealthy family, who actually does care for his community. At first Marty seems to be nothing more than a simple-minded small-towner drowning in the treacherous waters of American politics, but under the guidance of a cutthroat campaign manager (Dylan McDermott), the oddball newcomer starts to gain serious ground on the favored incumbent.
Though not as side-splittingly funny as some of Ferrell's earlier films, The Campaign does serve as a chillingly accurate (if slightly exaggerated) portrayal of US elections. The films genius lies in its premise – that a go-for-broke, no-holes-barred comedy might just be the only way to deal with the harsh reality of modern-day politics…
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Directed by: Jesse Johnson
Starring: Scott Adkins, Lous Mandylor, Vladimir Kullich, Michael Pare, Tony Todd,
A martial arts instructor called French is desperate to keep his dojo open, so he turns to a friend with shady connections to set him up with some extra work. He finds himself partnered with Sue, a debt collector working for Tommy, one of the local crime bosses.
The Debt collector marks the third collaboration between director Jesse Johnson and Scott Adkins, a pairing which was already given us the flawed but action-packed Savage Dog, and the near flawless Accident Man. This third outing gives Scott one of his most dynamic roles.
French is an British ex-Para now living in LA and desperate to keep his dojo from financial ruin. As the film starts, he's visited by a trio of Asian heavies trying to muscle in on his premises. They are led by up and comer David William No, who did a great job in the short BLINDSIDED: THE GAME. The purpose of the fight is part exposition and part to show that French definitely knows how to handle himself.
French is given a big speech by his new boss, Tommy, and told to wear a suit - Tommy likes the people representing him to look respectable. However the job doesn't put French in touch with respectable people and the idea of wearing a suit is pretty much trashed on the first day - something that Sue pretty much tells him as soon as the pair meet.
A lot of the film's run-time is taken up with French driving Sue around in his Oldsmobile as they tick off the various debtors on a list of names. The pair constantly banter and bicker but slowly develop a level of respect for each other. A number of colleagues have likened the pair to Vince and Jules (Pulp Fiction), Hallenbeck and Dix (Last Boy Scout), Healey and March (The Nice Guys), and even Riggs and Murtaugh (Lethal Weapon). The fact that the pair bring up these comparisons speaks very highly about the quality of the dialogue the pair share.
While Accident Man showed that Scott Adkins was very articulate as an actor and could handle lots of dialogue, The Debt Collector takes things a step further by giving him a counterpart to bounce off of. French's experience in the Paras and the traditional martial arts that he teaches have molded him into a man working within rigid codes, whereas Sue has loads of experience working the streets for Tommy. He's seen it all and approaches the job with a laid-back attitude which is really at odds with French's outlook.
There are numerous fights in this film - as you'd expect from a film starring Scott Adkins! - and they are ably choreographed by Jesse Johnson's long time collaborator Luke LaFontane. Luke gives Adkins a different fighting style for this film - gone are the fancy jumping spin kicks, everything is much more grounded, brutal and efficient. It's clear also that Sue has some boxing in his background, but likes to rely on some old school weapons such as brass knuckles and a kosh!
It would be remiss of me not to mention the clips featuring the cows, which are spread out like chapter headings. They start innocuously enough - some black and white footage of some cows grazing in a field - but develop into something really dark. Jesse has stated that he wanted to give the audience a shock, providing them with something visceral and real. He certainly did that, as well as provided a big metaphor for the film itself.
The Debt Collector is a fun mismatched buddy movie which favourably calls to mind some of the classics in the genre. It also serves as a great introduction to Louis Mandylor, who is likely to have a great year starring in three films being released. Most of all it shows off the versatility of Scott Adkins.


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Come on now, you know I'm {mostly} kidding.
I tried to find a picture of a mom holding a baby and a martini and a cigarette but I guess they only have expert level parenting pictures in places I'm not looking for them.
Ah well.
That being said, I welcome all your Cancer stories in the comments. Speaking of cancer, if you haven't yet read The Fault in Our Stars you can wish you had and check out some amazing nail art inspired by the book.
My mother and my grandmother spoke fondly of their experiences taking diet pills when they were young and married and had to be able to fit into all those "structured at the top, poofy at the bottom" Mad Men dresses from the first few seasons. I would love to have been able to wear those.
So I guess what I really wish was still in fashion was speed. My house would look great, I'd be thin as a rail, and I'd be supermom. I know they say dear Betty on the Mad Men used Weight Watchers but if you saw their success rates…well..between you, me, and the gum tree… that era was the era of skinny women who used to be fat women on speed and booze, smoking like their lives depended on it and lord did they party.
At least my family did.
Cheers, speed-prescribed-as-diet-pills, I never knew you but I wish I had.
Disclaimer: The ignorance of how amazingly unhealthy all the things mentioned in this post are is PART AND PARCEL of why I wish it was back in fashion. Feel free to comment with your cancer stories, your rehab stories, or your gun accident stories and I'll totally publish them, but really, I know. I promise. One day I'll tell you the story of the doctor that did prescribe speed to me as a way to lose weight and how much of a BEAST it made me. It's just a fantasy as much as wishing Madonna's cone-boob bra was back in style.
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11 Comments on Fashion I Wish Was Still In Style – Come Play in May
I would have made a lousy 50s housewife. Getting laid back is so much more interesting to me than getting cranked. Also, this is why I'm fat. 🙂 Thank you for the shoutout! I have been greatly digging the reading of your blog!
I love, love the 50s dresses. I would so be all over those. If I had the speed because that's about the only way these hips would ever fit in them.
Such cool clothing. Much more pulled together looking than my yoga pants and t shirts!
Man, I wish I could still pop some Dexys too! There is always adderall!
You crack me up. I do like her hair. 🙂
I love this. All of this. Pass the martinis.
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The Activity Trap: Benefits or being fit?
Posted: Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:00
Almost half of disabled people (47%) fear losing their benefits if they are seen to be physically active, according to new research published by Activity Alliance.
The research is particularly important as disabled people count for one in five of Britain's population, almost 14 million people. However, they are currently the least active group in society, and twice as likely as non-disabled people to be inactive.
The study, entitled 'The Activity Trap: Disabled people's fear of being active', shows that four in five disabled people would like to be more active (83%). Respondents' reasons include that it enables them to manage impairments, pain, and to maintain and improve physical and mental health.
Almost two thirds (65%) of disabled people who participated in the study said they rely on benefits to be active. Without this financial support, they would not be able to afford travel, paid-for exercise and the specialist equipment needed to be active.
However, almost half of those who responded (48%) fear being seen as "too independent" for a disabled person. This could see them lose access to the benefits they need such as the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA).
Some participants in the study told Activity Alliance that they live in fear of having their benefits taken away and worry about being reassessed, even if their reassessment date is years away.
Disabled people can find out more about the benefits of being active, who to contact and ideas on where and how to get started on Activity Alliance website, visit www.activityalliance.org.uk/get-active.
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N.O.W. Tone Therapy System special sounds (New Origin Waveforms) to help shift the listeners focus from problematic thinking to a non-judgmental awareness. That in return drives brainwave frequencies that have been observed in the brains of experienced meditators. No training required. You can try it for free by clicking on this demo or buy it here.
The goal is to tame your "monkey mind" and bring a non-judgemental awareness to the present moment.
Joly describes your monkey mind as a state when your brain quickly jumps from one thought to another. Joly highly suggests Personal sound therapy (PST) if you're the kind of person who is comfortable being alone with yourself. "If you prefer being with groups of people," he said, "then Group Sound Therapy (GST –– i.e. sound baths or group meditation) may be more to your liking."
But you can develop your own sound therapy at home too.
Here's Joly sharing four ways you can use sound therapy to come to greater peace with your monkey mind:
1. Simply notice the world is filled with sound. Do not analyze or think about what you are hearing. Do not judge what you hear to be good or bad. Simply observe the sound field around you without judgment. Putting aside judgment for just a few seconds brings instant relief to a mind that is endlessly sorting, classifying, accepting and rejecting as it moves from thought to thought. Just listen. Really listen.
2. Feeling trapped by a limitation of any kind (financial, relationship, housing)? Try this: Wherever you are, close your eyes and image a "Do Not Enter" sign. Then notice how sound still reaches you. Sounds are unbounded by signage. This is not a metaphor for freedom. It is an actual experience of the freedom of sound to travel to you, unbounded.
3. No time for meditation? No problem. Personal sound therapy does not require time. The benefits of PST are instant. Bring your focus to the sounds around you. Notice how these sounds are happening NOW. Not in the past, not in the future, but now. And NOW is the only time you are alive.
4. Tired of all the transactional deal-making in your relationships where there is always a winner and loser? Personal sound therapy is not transactional. It does not take from anyone. Try this: Gently hum a single note to yourself. Notice the "is-ness" of your own voice. Notice you are aware of both the sound and vibration of your voice. There is no deal making, there is no winner or loser.


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China Press reported that superstar Andy Lau took time off from his busy schedule to accompany his two-year-old daughter Hanna to attend an interview that is part of requirements to enrol at a pre-school facility in Hong Kong.
According to other parents at the school, Hanna looked exactly like her 47-year-old mother Carol Chu, who is a former Malaysian beauty queen.
So far, there have been no published photographs of Hanna as her parents had refused to allow it even though some media outlets had offered a high price for them.


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10 Beauty Products and Treatments to Combat Cellulite and More
If you caught our swimsuit guide, then you already know that the season is near. But don't let dressing room trials and tribulations get you down about hopping into your itty-bitty bikinis (and one-pieces). As always, the beauty industry has got your back(sides) covered with problem-solving body oils, treatments like the booty facial, and more to prep you for boardwalk season. Whether it's paleness, lack of tone, or general residual winter body woes, these 10 products and treatments can help. Along with body-slimming practices like dry brushing, you can use them to help you feel your best and keep your fun-in-the-sun anxiety-free this summer.
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While US officials deny any "ground forces" are deployed to Libyan soil, you've got to think this may technically correct, but the statement may be objectively misleading.
Here's what I'm thinking: The US is pretty risk averse as it is to put bombs on a civilian target -- even when it has ground forces down there to protect. The ROE over Afghanistan is highly restrictive and most jets are relegated to executing low passes to frighten the bad guys rather than actually drop ordnance.
But in a UN-mandated situation with very limited goals and objectives, you'd have to think the level of confirmation of targeting has to be even higher. We all know the only way to do that is with eyes on the ground. US commanders are tiptoeing around the whole "contact with rebel groups" issue, so it's unlikely we have some guerrilla jundis punching up 9-lines with their PRC-117s.
So who's got eyes on? While DT isn't sourced well enough to know for sure if the snake eaters are in there, you've gotta assume they are. One of our sources tells us it's likely SEALs have been deployed from submarines using SDVs to infiltrate rebel-held shorelines. We know the US Navy has subs in the area since they lobbed TLAMs out of SSGNs and we know SSGNs can accommodate SDVs and teams -- sometimes 2+2 does = 4.
We also know that a few weeks ago, a British diplomat was briefly detained with his SAS security detail. The press often doesn't distinguish between SAS and SBS (the UK equivalent of SEALs) and the British government never confirms nor denies either's operations. So, let's bet dollars for doughnuts some of our Brit friends are poking their heads out of urban hides painting targets.
But given that the French have taken such a prominent role in the air campaign, we're thinking the special Berets Verts are probably also helping designate targets. And they may also be camped out at the end of runways in places like Bengazi and Sirt relaying when airplanes -- like the Galeb that was shot down today -- take off.
Bottom line, it just doesn't pass the smell test that there aren't NATO eyes on the ground in some manner. With the eyes of the world so focused on this battle and the risk that it could all go to hell in a handbasket with one errant 500-pounder, there's just too much risk to not have spec ops in there.
After all, these units aren't technically "ground forces" -- they're "naval forces" which happen to be on the ground...hmmm?
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Oolong is rich in powerful antioxidants called polyphenols and flavonoids, which may account for its efficacy.5 Today, evidence continues to mount on oolong tea's ability to ease eczema flare-ups. In a month-long study in Japan, people with eczema who drank three cups of oolong tea felt relief from their itching in just one week.6 Aside from eczema, oolong has also shown potential for helping treat diabetes and high cholesterol.7
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Vastu Shastra is the textual part of archaic VastuVidya, the latter being the broader knowledge about architecture and design theories from ancient India. The underlying roots of this terminology mainly comprises of two Sanskrit words: 'Vastu' which means a dwelling or house with a corresponding plot of land in terms to the site or foundation of a house, site, ground, building, habitation, homestead etc. And 'Shastra' refers doctrine or teaching.
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The HDFHS are planning a special family history fair to celebrate their 30th Anniversary. If you are interested pencil in the date in your diary. There will be a lot of stalls from the family history world including various family history societies, local organizations including Kirklees Library services and professional companies dealing with family history publications and software.
Come along and have a chat with any of the above experts. I should also be there to chat to anyone tracing their Colne Valley roots and have my database available.
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to allow the RNAi molecules to be released into the cytoplasm of cells so they can go to work, Murray says.
Last month, Alnylam started the first significant clinical trial in 55 patients, for an RNAi drug that can circulate throughout the body, built on Tekmira's delivery technology. The drug, ALN-VSP, is designed to treat liver tumors by blocking two critical genes for that type of malignancy. Alnylam has run tests in mice that show its drug can suppress the intended genes, shrink tumors, and help the cancerous animals to live longer. ALN-VSP also passed safety tests in rats and monkeys, Alnylam says.
Tekmira stands to gain milestone payments for every drug candidate Alnylam or its partners advances using its lipid nanoparticle delivery technology, plus royalties on sales if they ever become marketed products.
That could generate some income to mitigate the company's need to burn through its cash, but Murray says it's only part of Tekmira's business strategy. It hopes to keep some of the delivery technology in-house for its own drugs, including one RNAi drug to block a protein called ApoB that carries the so-called "bad" LDL cholesterol in the blood.
This drug—which hasn't yet entered clinical trials—aims to be a competitor to Genzyme and Isis Pharmaceuticals' mipomersen, which uses a different technology to block ApoB. That drug is years ahead in development, as those companies have said they aim to seek FDA approval in the second half of 2010.
There are plenty of competitors looking to solve the RNAi delivery problem. London-based Silence Therapeutics, Seattle-based PhaseRx, and Palo Alto, CA-based Intradigm are a few companies with different technology approaches to the problem, Murray says.
Like I do with every company without a product on market, I had to ask how Tekmira's cash is holding out. The company had about C$30 million in the bank at its last financial update, which is enough to run into mid-2011, Murray says. The market gave the company a lift when it announced the Roche deal, but now investors want to see promising Phase I data. The company deserves a valuation of more than $75 million, Murray said, but he didn't sound whiny about it.
"If we continue to put products into the clinic and build value there, we'll be sustainable," he says.
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The Spaniard complained that an eagle and two birdies had stopped him from walking in.
Garcia eventually finished with a 67 to stand at nine-under three off the halfway lead held by the South African Richard Sterne. But only after a round that was bizarre even by the standards of his colourful career.
"On the 14th green [his fifth] I told my caddie that if my shoulder didn't get any better we would walk in," Garcia said. "Then unfortunately I started making birdies and eagle and I thought 'What do I do now?'"
Garcia actually picked up four shots in three holes, birdieing the 16th and 17th, before eagling the par-five 18th. It was at this point when he called on the European Tour's chief physiotherapist, Rob Hillman for treatment.
"He worked on it and it felt a little bit better," said Garcia. "But it needs to get better by tomorrow."
If Garcia does recover he will be the favourite to go one better than last week in Qatar.
He will have to overhaul not only Sterne on 12-under but the trio on 11-under who comprise England's Tommy Fleetwood (68), Scotland's Stephen Gallacher (70) and the highly-rated Dane Thorbjorn Olesen (66).
Paul Casey is on eight-under after a 70, while Lee Westwood is back on six-under following a 71. The world No 8's afternoon was blighted by a double bogey on the 17th which came courtesy of a wild drive and a missed three-footer.