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Competition among private label sellers using Amazon is tougher than ever, with sellers around the world jumping into the fray. As we all jockey for any advantage, it's no wonder that some sellers ignore the rules.
Ethical Amazon sellers — we know that's you! — need to be aware of black-hat tactics that may be used against you as you grow your business. Battling the bad guys starts with recognizing when a dirty trick violates Amazon policies.
The top seven black hat tactics used by unethical Amazon sellers:
1. Review manipulation.
2. Search manipulation.
3. Negative competitive tactics.
4. Draining competitors' ad spend.
5. Listing gamesmanship.
6. Account manipulation.
7. Bribes of Amazon representatives.
Let's explore each and what you can do to fight back and successfully grow your business.
Anyone who shops Amazon frequently learns to spot fake, or at least suspicious, reviews. They praise features that aren't part of the product, include the same cut-and-paste phrases in review after review, and may be suspiciously short.
But other review sabotage is less obvious. A competitor's product may go from a few to hundreds of five-star reviews in a week. Or your highly rated product suddenly earns a rash of one-star reviews with vague complaints that make little sense (or can't indicate a problem in a particular shipment). Even obvious fake reviews that are negative hurt the product rating and reduce the prominence of positive reviews.
Black-hat sellers obtain such fake reviews by paying or otherwise incentivizing shills. Review incentives are prohibited, with the exception of Amazon's own programs, such as Amazon Vine. But incentivized reviews are posted, often via fraudulent user accounts, by people paid off-Amazon. Companies have built black-market businesses around an army of mercenary reviewers—who post positive or negative reviews simply to earn a buck (or other currency unit).
Another common related tactic is brushing. In this scam, a customer who makes an authentic purchase later receives odd, low-cost products—or empty envelopes—usually from China. The customer didn't order this stuff. Instead, a supplier has used their information fraudulently to boost sales volumes or create fake user accounts for posting fake reviews. The shipment to the real customer merely creates fraudulent purchase records. It become so common among online marketplaces in China that they made it illegal. But there's little to stop it here.
It's not that hard to mislead the A9 algorithm, since it assumes every Amazon user is a) human and b) searching for stuff they're actually interested in. Unfortunately, neither are always true.
Unethical sellers can have humans in click farms searching, clicking, exploring item details, and adding items to lists with no intention of buying. Instead they increase click-through and engagement ratings, which boosts the product's Amazon keyword ranking. Bots do the same work for even lower wages.
This grab-bag of bad behavior amounts to direct attacks on competitors. The attacks may be as simple as up-voting negative reviews of competitors' products.
Or the black-hat tactic could be listing hijacking. The fraudster changes product details to gain an advantage, including driving negative reviews from your customers when what they receive doesn't match the deceptive listing detail.
Another is a false claim of intellectual property (IP) infringement. Since Amazon tends to suspend the seller account before asking questions, counterfeit claims can cause major damage while you straighten it out. In the meantime, the black-hat competitor captures your sales and market share. At minimum, false counterfeit claims suck up time and energy you'd rather use to grow your business.
Yet another technique is to buy and return a product with, let's face it, lies about product ingredients or components, safety, or regulatory status. Again, Amazon may suspend the product, with all the ramifications on product ranking, while you document the truth.
Another name for this black-hat tactic is PPC click fraud. The fraudsters click competitors' ads just to use up their ad budget. Secondary damages include bad data on the effectiveness of the campaign, so your future advertising success can be harmed as much as the current campaign. In the worst case, you might draw faulty conclusions about the relevance of those keywords and make listing changes that could harm the product's Amazon keyword ranking.
These tactics start with product images that violate guidelines by including text and colorful logos on a main image to attract attention and conversions. Or putting multiple disparate products together as variations of each other, which used to combine reviews and can still be used to "slingshot" momentum from an old product to a new one. AmazonBasics themselves have used these tactics, even though Sellers can be suspended for them.
More clearly black hat is taking a discontinued product with momentum and reviews, and completely changing the listing images and description to that of a new product. This is becoming a common attack on other people's discontinued or abandoned ASINs, especially those with lots of positive reviews.
Many fraudsters create dozens of Amazon seller accounts, using VPNs to hide IP addresses and cover their tracks. Then, if they get caught and suspended for black hat tactics, they just switch to another of their seller accounts.
As a way of greasing the wheels of commerce, favors and bribes are common in China and India. This makes it hard for Amazon to keep their large support teams there clean. Account managers and support agents have a lot of control over everything from mysterious product disappearances to the handling of support tickets. That control can be manipulated.
Wherever there are large amounts of money at stake, marketplaces face a challenge keeping black hats at bay. There will always be people who value shortcuts over honesty, fair play, and customer service. Here are five steps you can take if their black-hat tactics are used against you:
1. Be vigilant. Monitor your products and those of competitors. Use tools to know when new reviews are posted, for instance. Make fraud monitoring part of your daily routine to help protect and grow your business.
2. Report. If you find something evil, let Amazon know with customer service tickets or seller support tickets. Contact Seller Performance or other relevant teams. If you have an account manager or other direct Amazon contacts, use them.
3. Provide details. When you can, find and include the Amazon seller ID of the black hat or the permalink of a fraudulent review.
4. Squeak. Follow up with Amazon repeatedly. Escalate fake reviews to the Product Review Abuse (PRA) managers. Enough squeaky wheels may eventually prompt Amazon to find more systemic solutions.
5. Excel. The best defense may be a powerful offense. Develop unique products, know your customers, and give them products and enhancements tailored to niche uses. The hostile sellers tend to live at the generic, low-quality end of the private-label business. Leverage the things you can do better than they can — especially customer service. Encourage happy customers to leave positive reviews to overwhelm the efforts of black hats. In addition to providing some black-hat defense, these strategies will also help you grow your business.
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NEA's Writers' Corner
This is cool . . . The NEA recently posted this page featuring links to samples from all the recipients of this year's Translation Fellowships.
Here's just a sampling of the samples:
Esther Allen's translation from Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto (Spanish):
The governor remitted an incomprehensible case to me. No sooner had he asked that I consult then I complied with the request. I had no wish to ponder the question of whether he, the governor, had the authority to remove a man convicted of murder from prison and have him escorted to my office with only a single guard at his side to "explain the situation to me," in order to see "by what manner and how to proceed to the staying of the charges." It was of utmost importance that I attend to him without evincing awareness of how he had reached me, nor with what high recommendations and designs on the part of the recommender. I had to attend diligently to my stability, my post, precisely in order to disencumber myself of him, and of the post.
I was also obliged to hear the prisoner out, which very shortly revealed itself to be impossible, for it is not possible to listen to one who does not speak. On the marrow of the question, that is, the narrative of his crime, he was closed up, not with steeliness but in absence and silence.
Edward Gauvin's translation from L'Angoisse de la première phrase (Fear of the First Line) by Bernard Quiriny (French):
It was while reading Bartleby & Co., by the Spaniard Enrique Vila-Matas, that Pierre Gould found his calling. This astonishing book took the form of numbered sections that the narrator, a lowly bookkeeper, conceived as footnotes to an imaginary text. They all concerned a single subject: Bartlebys, named after Bartleby the Scrivener, who spent his time doing nothing in an office he never left. Bartlebys, as the narrator saw it, were writers "attracted toward nothingness" who never managed to set a single line down on paper or who, having done so, gave up writing in the end. Thus Vila-Matas invited readers on a sort of stroll "through the labyrinth of the No, down the roads of the most disquieting and attractive tendency of contemporary literature": that of inquiring into what writing was, and "prowling about its impossibility."
After a few pages of acclimation (Gould liked to finish books, not start them; what he needed was that all-encompassing book, the dream of demiurges and philosophers that rendered all further reading pointless, since everything had already been written in it) — after a few pages, then, Gould was hooked by the Spanish writer's game. He came across names well-known (Walser, Rimbaud, Keats, Salinger) and less so (Bobi Bazlen, Gregorio Martínez Sierra, Enrique Banchs); he was surprised by the attitudes of these authors without bodies of work, or with aborted ones; admired their obstinacy in refusing to consort with writing despite their obvious talents. In his eleventh footnote, Enrique Vila-Matas' narrator mentioned a collection like his own: Literary Eclipses, by the Frenchman Robert Derain, a volume entirely devoted to writers unique in having written one book and one alone before renouncing literature forever. "All the authors in this book are inventions," the narrator adds, "just as the stories attributed to these Bartlebys were in fact written by Derain himself."
Gould re-read this passage several times, wondering if Derain and his book really existed, or whether they too were inventions. That Vila-Matas spoke of them so casually and seemed to think so little of the fact a Frenchman had had his idea before he did made the latter hypothesis more likely. At any rate, Gould found the idea behind Derain's Eclipses more interesting than that of Vila-Matas, whose selection criteria were looser. After all, his Bartlebys could have had the respectable beginnings of a career before giving up, whereas Derain's eclipsees had had the willpower to quit after the heady exaltation of a first attempt. The former might well have confirmed the promise of a first book; the second, with superb hauteur, had not even conceded this much to literature.
Jason Grunebaum's translation from The Tale of the Missing Man by Manzoor Ahtesham (Hindi):
Apart from cops and robbers, another popular game at the time was playacting cinema in the outer room of the grand house. Here, too, [the deaf and dumb cousin] Apyaya played a prominent role….
Whenever someone walked outside the door, the opening permitted the shadow to be projected onto the wall behind it…the image was small, elongated, and topsy-turvy.
This game of light-and-shadow held such magic that it never got stale. On top of that, the family elders considered real movies to be an evil thing, and only rarely, by accident, did anyone receive permission to see an actual film; therefore, this outer-room cinema was a means of entertainment just as TV is now. No need to buy a ticket, and no fixed show times. Watch as long as you like, and leave when you've had enough. The children greatly anticipated the long summer afternoons when the sun was at just the right angle, and when the outer room was free for use as a cinema. But there were also unspeakable afternoons when some grownup dropped by and dashed the children's most fervent prayers. He'd waste priceless hours talking about nothing, laughing at stupid things, chewing paan, spitting away; all the while the group of kids slouched in the corners, flashing one another quizzical glances, and growing despondent, thinking only of the approaching sunset . . .
Elizabeth Novickas's translation from Frank Kruk by Petras Cvirka (Lithuanian):
"An incident with a pig"
It happened one fall when the pigs were being butchered. The dickens only knows how or why, out of all the decent Krukelis pigs, there arose one mischievous, unutterably disobedient pedigreed sow, who thought up all sorts of trouble for the Krukelises, as if the devil himself had in truth beset her and wagged her tail. Zidorius's pigs were always white, but this one was as black as tar. True, she did farrow twelve at a time, but then she'd crush half of them, and even eat a few. If you left the door open for a second, the sow would run inside, knocking over the benches and the table. One time Zidorius returned from the fallow field to find the sow lying in the bed, and around her, wiggling all at once were black, spotted, and even white piglets! Full of gratitude and fatherly joy, Zidorius called to his wife:
"Just look, what a lady! She even knows to put her head on the pillow! Really now, Elziuk, what a clever little thing!"
He counted them up — there were twelve, but four were already crushed to death. When they tried to get her out of the bed, the proud lady showed her teeth, since all her family were spoiled that way: Zidorius's farrowing sows were always put in a warmer and softer spot. Zidorius and Elzė decided to leave the sow indoors for a few days, while they settled down for the night in the kitchen or the granary. What ungratefulness! The next morning the sow chewed up Zidorius's Sunday coat. There was a leather wallet and several dozen bills in its pocket.
"She ate it, that creature of the devil!" Zidorius screamed, shaking the empty wallet.
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What is the one thing holding you back from reaching your goals?
What is the one thing holding you back from reaching your goals?
Simple, just look in the mirror.
That's right. The biggest stumbling block to our success is often the person looking right back at us.
Why? Because change is hard. Real long-term change, the grind isn't easy.
It takes us out of our comfort zone. We have to work, force ourselves to do it when the easy option is to quit, sit back and take it easy.
I mean it's much easier to sit in front of Netflix and eat junk food than it is to go get some exercise and cook a healthy meal.
When we start something that's the fun part. This is where that wonderful word motivation comes in to play. Motivation is a nice and fluffy word that we all have in abundance when we decide to start a new project.
After all, starting a new weight loss program, diet …is fun. We are ready to dive with both feet in and see the change happens before our eyes.
Now for a few of us, this might be enough. Maybe we see enough consistent change to coast through on motivation alone.
But for most of us, this just won't happen. It can't be relied on.
But you know what can. What gets the job done every time?
Discipline beats motivation every time.
Discipline doesn't care if you are motivated or not. All discipline cares about is getting the job done, seeing out the task at hand.
Discipline truly can guarantee you success in almost any endeavor. It allows you to stay true to yourself. True to your goals. True to your values.
Now that's all very easy to say – just be disciplined but not everyone feels that way all the time.
Well, the good news is that discipline, like any good habit, can be cultivated and nurtured.
All it takes is some commitment to do it.
So how to develop discipline?
Let's make this goal specific. If we put this in context of a weight loss goal with a diet and training program to elicit the desired effect.
Step 1- start off by asking yourself how important is the goal? Why is it important? Really dig down not only on what you want to achieve but why.
If the what and the why is not important enough it will be hard to develop discipline around that particular goal.
Step 2- make a commitment to yourself. Write it down. Sign a contract. Be able to pull it out and see it on a daily basis. I mean you are a person of your word aren't you? Just having this visible reminder is easy enough to reinforce discipline.
And by writing your goals down you are 70% more likely to achieve them, especially if you revisit them.
Step 3- put yourself in an environment to succeed and celebrate the wins. Sometimes we forget how far we have come. Change often happens slowly around us and often we take our success as the new normal but never take the time to look at how far we have come. Celebrate the wins no matter how small, they reinforce that the discipline is worth it. The more success we generate from being disciplined the easier it is to develop more discipline.
In my opinion, discipline leads to success in any aspect of life. It doesn't guarantee it but without it, we are almost certain to fail.
What are you working on right now that you are needing to be disciplined about – I would love to know.


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Whether you like it or not, sunshine and summer fun are long gone, and it's time to buckle down for the winter - and that means some seriously heavy, seriously intense music, possibly with a bourbon back. If this week's election didn't satisfy your itch for powerful female performances, then join us tomorrow night at Jammin' Java for Cold Specks, a tremendous new vocal talent in one of the area's most intimate venues.
Cold Specks is 23-year-old Al Spx on vocals, surrounded by a revolving cast of musicians and instruments, and she's touring to support this year's debut effort I Predict a Graceful Expulsion. If you missed the album when it came out in early summer, you can read our review here, but don't take our word for it - the album was recently short-listed for Canada's Polaris Prize (and in case you've been living on the Moon, Canada's been exporting a lot of pretty decent artists these days).
So if your hipster arms are still sore from all the Rocktober fist-pumping and your ears are raw from all the stormy summer noise, bring your weary body parts on out to the suburbs for a late show that promises to deliver a packing wallop of soul-melting vocals and some pretty amazing musical back-up to boot. Tickets are available HERE.


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A Photo Album of Our Favorite Places and Things
(as well as a few of our favorite people)
A collection of photographs showing some of our favorite places, travels etc. Images can be viewed in the form of "Slide Shows" or individually by clicking on the thumbnails. Hope you enjoy the sights as much as we did


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The 9th Annual Colon Screening for Life 5K Run/Walk is taking place on June 13th at 8 a.m. starting at Old National Bank in downtown Evansville. This event aims to raise awareness about colon cancer and the importance of early screening and detection.
Early registration (through 06/12/15 at midnight CDT) is $25.00 for the 5K Walk & Run and 1 Mile Walk and $5 for the Kids Dash. Registration for the 5K Walk & Run and 1 Mile Walk is $30.00 after midnight CDT on 06/12/15. Participants who preregister are guaranteed a CSFL race t-shirt. For more information and to register online, please visit Colon Screening for Life.


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Activists march in Bed-Stuy against use of K2
Activists took to the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant Tuesday as they continued a push to rid the area of synthetic marijuana.
The Doe Fund marched to reclaim an area widely viewed as a Ground Zero for the drug epidemic.
The renewed efforts come after dozens of people were hospitalized for overdosing on the drug last month.
"We want to take the streets back from all these dope dealers. Most of the people that are on drugs, show them that there's a better way," says George McDonald, president of the Doe Fund.
Activists say if their efforts are to be successful, they will need grassroots support from local businesses.
The fund also handed out fliers to businesses who are proud to be K2-free.


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Only lately could Will Smith play the sort of world-weary con artist at the center of "Focus" without seeming like he was trying on a jacket three sizes too wide. The Fresh Prince is now in his mid-forties, older than George Clooney in the first "Ocean's 11," and clearly aiming for a similar character here: game-tired, lucky to have made it this far in one piece, still able to turn up the charm, still able to notice a good woman when she descends a flight of stairs in a fabulous dress.
For Smith in "Focus," the dame is an eager hustler-in-training, Jess (Margot Robbie), who tries to rustle him only to come pleading for tips when she realizes he's the Yoda of petty thievery. Wouldn't you know it, they develop a thing.
Clooney would be fine in this role a few years ago, in fact, but it suits the Smith of 2015. His Nicky doesn't have the same chuckling pluck that you've come to know Smith for, though he's still wry enough. Early on he discerns that his meeting with Jess is a setup — a basic honey trap, wherein they meet and head to her hotel room to snuggle before her partner bursts in with a gun, playing the jealous lover, to scare a wallet up.
Anyway, Nicky, back on the bed, facing down a chump with a pistol, cajoles the guy to pull the trigger, which of course was never going to happen, and then critiques the ham-handed ruse. He could've pulled off the same scene 10 years ago, but it would've contained 100 percent more smirk. Something happened to Smith since then. Maybe it was making only one noteworthy movie (and that's being generous to "Men in Black 3") during the past seven years or so? The hustle takes its toll.
In "Focus" the lady turns out to be a quick enough study, and even though writers/directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa don't give her much to work with — it's hard to flesh out a character with a threadbare past, nothing monumental to say in the present and no definable future plans — Robbie is enough of a charmer herself to make the part pop. (You may know her previously as the bombshell wife on "Wolf of Wall Street" who had Leonard DiCaprio all-foursing across the floor.) She turns out to be a natural at the street-hustles and pickpocket misdirection that, in quantity, can make small scores accumulate into big ones.
The week of the Super Bowl the pair descend on New Orleans with Nicky's crew and make a lucrative team. There an encounter with a high-rolling compulsive gambler (BD Wong) builds into the movie's most memorable scene, albeit one that revels in such contrivance that you can't take the rest of "Focus" seriously.
Maybe you don't have to, to enjoy it. After a falling-out with his protege, Nicky's next big score takes him to Formula One racing in Argentina, all cacophony and color. Will romance get in the way of work? (Would a romance even qualify as such if it didn't?) The secret of a good heist movie, or even a passable one such as "Focus," is to throw some impediment of the heart or conscience in front of a mercenary's path: for what's the fun of seeing anyone but the crook him(or her)self unwittingly make the collar?
Following that formula while adding enough cuteness for a proper date movie, "Focus" might best be seen as a stealth rom-com. Come for the grifting and the gunplay, stay for the boy-meets-Bonnie.


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Control new and terrifying groups like Bloggers, Reality Shows, and Intelligent Design. Will you use Embedded Reporters and FEMA to destroy the Webcams, or will you be defeated by Bird Flu and Bobbleheads? Fans of the mega-hit INWO will recall the Deprogrammers and Science Alarmists, as well as more of the best groups from the best-selling conspiracy CCG.
BFD also introduces a new kind of card: Artifacts! Some are magical, some are technological, some are just . . . strange. But all of them give their owners an unfair advantage in the struggle for world domination. Hitler's Brain, the Spear of Longinus, the Screaming Meme – and these are just the beginning.
Bavarian Fire Drill. You know what it means, but your cover demands you pretend not to . . .
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By now you will have received an email (or two, because one got caught in the interwebs for a day, sorry!). This email has a link to our 2017 membership survey for you to complete. The data we have received already has been particularly interesting so please keep it coming!
This survey is the most important thing we ask you to do because it helps the current and future committees to make informed decisions that represent the wishes of the membership.
The survey will be closed on the 1st December, 5PM.
You can expect questions in the following categories:
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Additionally there's going to be a random prize draw afterwards as a bit of an added incentive to complete the survey.
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Military Officer CR 4
Elf aristocrat 6
N Medium humanoid (elf)
Init +2; Senses low-light vision; Perception +8
AC 20, touch 12, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor, +2 Dex, +2 shield)
hp 36 (6d8+9)
Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +7; +2 vs. enchantments
Immune sleep
Speed 20 ft.
Melee rapier +4 (1d6/18–20)
Ranged stunner +6 (1d8 nonlethal sonic) or military pistol +6 (1d8/x4)
Before Combat A military officer directs her troops from behind, often mounted on horseback or a similar combat-trained animal or in a vehicle, saving her personal attention for the toughest foes. She uses potions of cure light wounds to save her most wounded subordinates from death.
Str 10, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 11
Base Atk +4; CMB +4; CMD 16
Feats Deadly Aim, Iron Will, Toughness
Skills Diplomacy +9, Intimidate +5, Knowledge (nobility) +5, Perception +8, Profession (soldier) +9, Ride +5, Sense Motive +5
Languages Common, Elven
SQ elven magic, weapon familiarity
Combat Gear potions of cure light wounds (3), potion of cure moderate wounds; Other Gear stunner, military pistol with 1 extra magazine, rapier, masterwork trooper armor, heavy wooden shield, courtier's outfit, bit and bridle, light horse (combat trained), military saddle, saddlebags, studded leather barding, 87 gp.
A military officer is a capable and seasoned commander and has earned the loyalty of her troops.
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Pop up gigs are one of my favourite things. Dressing up as a Ghostbuster even better. Combine the two on Halloween and I'm like a kid, high on sweets on…well Halloween.
That was monday. This is what happened.
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Are we really brave enough to tackle diversity and gender issues in the workplace?
The diversity dilemma debate continues...
How do we increase the % of women and decrease the % of men in boardroom positions and everywhere else it seems, but is it right there should be male and female dominated professions?
Key Root Question - Is this an oversimplification because we can't cope with anything other than these fixed and stereotyped images of masculine and feminine roles in society, gender, sexuality and ethnicity? Is that what stops us acting or doing more on the diversity agenda?
In the latest article on guidance for gender % on boards, Lord Davies's recommendation of at least 33% should be female by 2020 or is that aiming too low? Should our boards be better represented in diversity terms both in gender and other minority groups?
The answer logically is yes. However does that mean every organisation, every profession, every situation be balanced like this, or should there be room for certain professions or situations where that blanket rule shouldn't apply?
Are we forcing square pegs into round holes?
There is another interesting piece of research (just released) from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on male and female brains. It compares earnings and suggests different ways of working linked (systemising vs empathising, defined as male brain and female brains), but of course it's not that simple.
Pigeon holes keep us sane (or do they) ...
So in our desire to simplify our understanding of gender roles and gender characteristics and avoid confusing the diversity agenda, in fact what we are being forced into is stereotyping individuals into pigeon holes, males and females, the masculine and the feminine ways of doing things (and perhaps why we seem to have many issues with getting to grips with the concept and practicalities of transgender) into these pockets so we don't have to deal/discuss with issues in the public domain - i.e. in the workplace, because they are out of our comfort zone and also are stiffly protected by legislation that scares us into not even being able to talk about it openly.
Challenging and changing times for Leaders at all levels
These are real issues for individuals and HR functions and Business Leaders as they so deeply affect the way individuals are treated not only in the workplace but by society as a whole. However, until we can discuss issues more openly, but in a supportive and admit, we don't yet understand everything but are open to that learning process unfortunately so many aren't).
Education and learning supported by effective process
When you feel more or less completely comfortable, a balanced diverse profile of employees at every level makes sense, until then, education and learning is the only pathway, combined with underlying balanced processes that support this process can help deliver better outcomes for everyone involved.


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STAMFORD, Conn. (CBS.MW) -- Gartner Group shares were unchanged Tuesday after the technology consultant reported that first-quarter earnings declined one-third as it fattened its payroll.
The company said it earned $20.2 million, or 22 cents per share, excluding a $6.1 million charge for measures taken to keep employees around. Gartner earned $30.1 million, or 29 cents per share in the same quarter last year. Including the charge, Gartner earned $16.5 million, or 18 cents per share.
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The stock IT, +0.39% was unchanged at 15 1/2.
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The last I heard, she up and moved to the South, and got herself hitched. I don't know if our paths will cross any time soon, but here's to hoping! Continuing on, she sent me back on down the coast to see an old friend...
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I left the sunny (and very warm) days in the southwest and ended up way over on the east coast. The north-east coast, to be more correct. OK, Boston, if you're going to force me to say it. There, I found myself in the company of the very lovely, and very leggy, Monalicious! There do seem to be an awful lot of long legged ladies out there! Anyway, this particular LLL was not only a looker, but she has smarts, too! While I didn't get to meet any of her friends (which was fine with me), I got the impression that she could make them wherever she went. I spent about a week here, but didn't get to see many of the sights. Just as well. I was getting plenty of sights right here!
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That one on the bed is awesome! Your shirt is having more fun than any man on earth, lol
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Thank you for your interest in registering your contingent for the "Call to Action Alley" for the march and rally on January, 18th 2020!
Women's March Sacramento is a 100% volunteer led event project of Social Good Fund 501(c)(3). We're asking tabling organizations or "Call to Action" listed Contingents to please raise at least $100 for the march and rally, and to provide volunteers for set-up and clean-up.
As a thank you, we'll list your organization as a Call To Action Alley Sponsor on our website! Sponsorship of over $500 will additionally uplift your organization through logo placement, and web features. All donations cover costs of stage and sound, equipment rentals, logistics, and insurance to help make Women's March Sacramento 2020 a success.
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Optical "color" sorters date back to the 1930s and were used initally to improve quality and safety of food products. Growth in PET recycling paved the way for their use in plastics—first to remove green and other colors from clear PET in beverage containers, then to remove PVC and other polymers that may be the same color as the clear PET, but exhibit different melt temperatures.
As optical sorting became commonplace for PET, other sectors of the industry started realizing the potential of separating regrind by color. One of the early adoptees was the PVC window regrind market, as they generated a lot of potentially high-value regrind that had rubber attached to it. This material tended to be light in color with black rubber attached, making it an ideal application for color sorting.
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While several sectors of the industry had ideal applications for color-sorting equipment, the vast majority of processors and regrind handlers had a number of hurdles to overcome before being able to realize the significant benefits that this technology could offer. A couple of the more common hurdles were:
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we've been buying plants left and right recently. one of the plants we bought was a large fern to fill this bit of dead space on the lawn, and this pretty pink plant you can see just to it's right. but as you can tell, it's not very well defined, and we even had the issue of the gardener weed-eating our poor plants a bit. so we decided to build a bit more separation into the area to highlight our pretty plants.
technically, it was a project we started back in december and never finished. it's a good thing too, because we probably would have just edged a straight line the entire way and not done what we decided to, which is to add a nice curve to add a home for the new plants. so we dug a 4 inch deep trench, put down the edging, and filled things back in.
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The "New and Hot" section was created to enable Turning Vendors to notify turners of new products that they have recently released. This allows turners to stay in touch with all the newest products.
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Chucky Vacuum Cone
Rubber Chucky Products has recently announced its newest product. The Chucky Vacuum Cone threads directly to your lathe spindle and offers unique turning opportunities.It is available in 1" x 8 TPI, 1 1/4" x 8 TPI and M33 3.5 TPI spindles.
Of course, you must provide your own vacuum pump, but when combined with this new vacuum cone, it can hold small boxes, bowls and other turnings. It can be used with the taper end towards the tail stock or turned around to hold an item on the tenon side.
The Chucky Vacuum Cone is available now and has a list price of $29.95.
To get more info, watch a short video of the cone in use or to purchase, visit: www.rubberchucky.com
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Powermatic has just announced a new product designed to help you remove the heavy tailstock when you want to turn from the end of the lathe. With the Powermatic Tailstock Swing Away, you just loosen the handle and swing it out of the way. Afterwards, just pull the tailstock back up to the bed and lock it in to place. What could be simpler?
This Swing Away is designed to fit Powermatic 3520, 3520A, 3520B, and 2020 lathes.
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Carter and Son Toolworks has just announced the release of a 1-1/4" Spindle Roughing Gouge.
The spindle roughing gouge is machined from solid M42 High Speed Steel. It is designed with a deep 'U' shape for easy stock removal. It is the largest tool that they make.
The gouge comes with a solid aluminum handle. The handle has been designed and machined to fit your hand for comfort.
The 1-1/4" Spindle Roughing Gouge is shipped sharp and ready to use!
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Specifications:Blade measures: 1-1/4" dia. x 13" overall Tang size: 3/4" Handle size: 16"
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Many of you will have already heard about Dick Webber's Flute Master. It's been available on the market for over a year and is becoming very popular with people wanting to decorate the outsides of their turned pieces. Dick has also released the Spiral Master for those interested in adding spiral flutes to their turnings.
The Flutemaster has recently been given a series of updated parts which will expand its use and improve its performance. These version 2 improvements include:
Like you, we're always excited to see a manufacturer improving their products. Making flutes on your turnings is now easier than ever!
You can check out both the Flutemaster and the Spiralmaster on this web site:
New From Ken Watson
One way to embelish your turnings is to add an inlay. You can use real stone or you can use man-made materials. The man-made materials can be pricey depending on where you find them. And often the size of the packages are rather small.
We have just found out that Ken Watson, the President of the Southern Arizona Woodturners Association, is now selling man-made turquoise and copper powder in 1 pound sizes for very reasonable prices.
Ken has sold around 300 pounds of these materals already so he's a good source for buying your inlay materials.
For more information or purchasing, click here.
New From Jim Rodgers
Woodturning is one of the fastest growing hobbies in the United States, but most beginning woodturners don't have access to formal training or experienced teachers.
Jim Rodgers is the wood turning instructor for the Mt. Diablo Unified School District's wood turning program where he teaches several semester-length turning courses. Jim also coaches wood turning at the high school level in the Acalanes School Districts and offers one-day courses at local woodworking dealers.
Jim is currently the President of the Segmented Woodturners, an AAW virtual chapter.
"A Lesson Plan for Woodturning" provides a complete, self-directed course in woodturning safety, tools, and techniques that will help any beginning woodturner learn the basics on his or her own time. Using methods proven in the classroom, "A Lesson Plan for Woodturning" provides the equivalent of three semester-length classes in one book.
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New From Ron Brown
Laser Cut Glue Up Kits©
These laser cut images can be glued to a core block and then turned round. The images stand proud and become the highlight of your turned piece.
According to Ron, they are good for: fancy Christmas Ornaments, turned lidded boxes, pendants, segmented work and bowl or platter inserts.
You can purchase them in a kit with a single image or 4 images with Ron's DVD or all six images with Ron's DVD.
New From Beall Tool Company
The Big Chuck
The Beall Tool Company was the first to offer ER32 collet chucks and collets to woodworkers. Now they are making available the largest ER collet chucks available, ER50s.
This chuck is capable of holding stock up to 1-1/4" in diameter. The chuck is sized to fit the most popular lathes -- 1"x 8, 1-1/4" x 8, 1-1/2" x 8 and 33 mm.
These whopping chucks have nose nuts equipped with thrust bearings, which make them practically effortless to tighten and release.
A selection of collets in 1/8" increments is being available beginning with 7/8" and going up to 1-1/4."
New From Rubber Chucky
The Tool Rest Adjuster - AKA The Step Chucky
Each step is marked in a 1/8" increment
It even has a magnet so you can hang it on your lathe
Easily adjust to the proper tool height when changing chisels
New From Flute Masters
Spiral Master
After inventing the highly successful Flute Master, turner Dick Webber was asked by users to find a way for it to make spiral cuts.
With the aid of an innovative engineer, the two finally solved the challenges to design a tool that is economical and makes spiral cuts of any length, both clock- wise and counter clock-wise, on lathes from 12 to 25 inch capacities.
The heart of the Spiral Master is an assembly that contains four bearings that allow the piece being turned to rotate pinned to an index wheel or to turn freely to index from cut to cut.
The assembly installs by its Morse Taper into the tailstock of the lathe and the other side holds a spindle fastened to the user's chuck.
As the Flute Master is moved along the lathe bed the turning is rotated by the Spiral Master. following the profile of the turning.
You can see a YouTube video of how the Spiral Master works at this location: http://youtu.be/Ge4Izs1PnE0
Prices start at $295.
Click here to check out the Spiral Master
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Why to Coach Instead of Criticize/
Are you planting seeds with your child today that can grow with his growth? Or are you cultivating weeds that will get in his way?
It can be tempting to focus on what a child does wrong. It can be tempting to criticize: to show the error of his ways, to point out faulty thinking, and to lecture about unfavorable outcomes. But this approach generally just impedes the child's healthy development, like weeds getting in the way of a plant's healthy growth.
Another approach is to simply offer information. Information can be given about what the child did, what happened, what other options were available, and what the alternative outcomes might have been—and then provide narration in real time, in a benevolent and instructional manner, as the child tries again. This approach is like planting seeds that facilitate the child's healthy development.
The difference between taking the two approaches is the difference between being a critic and a being coach. The critic might berate a child for knocking over a vase, demand an explanation for the child's carelessness, and give a sermon on the value of the broken vase. The coach provides information in ways that are helpful. The coach might find out what the child did, verbalize which choices resulted in the broken vase, offer ways it could be prevented next time, and then get involved with repairing the vase with the child.
There are several reasons why giving information like a coach works better than giving criticisms like a critic. A few are highlighted below.
Criticism is emotionally negative, while information is neutral.
Criticism makes a child feel unworthy. Why does this matter? Because feelings of unworthiness can lead to unworthy behaviors.
The child who is mocked, disregarded, or chided by his parent may become angry or fearful. He may retaliate against the source of his anger, his parents, every chance he gets. Or he may become fearful of his parents, which can incentivize him to conform to his parents' expectations when monitored, but to behave differently when left to his own devices. He may develop sophisticated methods to get away with doing things without getting caught.
By contrast, information cannot impose negative self-assessments on a child. It can't impose any assessments at all. It is not a judgement on the child or on anything. Information just is. It is neutral. It doesn't force itself on the child. Through words of encouragement, a coach can even impart information with some positive emotional energy. But mostly, information is merely available for a child's consumption whenever he is ready for it. That quality gives information a great deal of potential.
Criticism is personal, while information is not.
Criticism is linked to the both the criticizer and the criticized. As just discussed, it is a negative assessment of the criticized. It may become the child's own self-assessment, but it was still imposed upon the child by the criticizer. Even when the child internalizes the criticism, it is as if by the will of the criticizer.
Contrast this with information, which is factual and unbiased. Facts weren't authored by anyone. They are not a painting with someone signature in the corner. They at once belong to no one and everyone. This is important because when a child internalizes information, it becomes an authentic part of his being; he owns it.
Criticism is controlling, while information is empowering.
Because criticism is personal, and linked to the criticizer, whatever behaviors arise from it arise from the force of the criticizer. Criticism is a controlling tactic. It strips the criticized of his volition.
By contrast, giving information is an autonomy supportive tactic. When a child uses neutral information to enact good behaviors, it is unambiguously because the child elected to do so. There is no parental-induced shame or guilt attached to it. The child can perceive that his behaviors are from within. With nobody else pulling the strings, the child is free to direct is development of his own accord.
Weeds and Seeds
Development is a natural process of life. We are continually exposed to new information as we go through life. Assimilating that information into our psyches and organizing it for optimal effectiveness are the crucial steps for this natural and never-ending process.
Criticism interferes with this process. It acts like weeds that choke out the growth of other plants by using up the soil's valuable nutrients. A child cannot concentrate on doing things right when he is preoccupied with harsh reminders of what he has done wrong. Criticism is also a means to control a child's behavior, like weeds that physically restrain a plant from growing to its natural potential.
Information, by contrast, is like seeds. It contains all the ingredients needed for someone to grow. All it needs is a child's internal energy and natural will to develop. Free from the interference of a critic and with the help of a good coach, the information—and the child—can flourish.
How to Cite this Article: Brian Vondruska, "Why to Coach Instead of Criticize", The Kind of Parent You Are, accessed [date], https://www.thekindofparentyouare.com/articles/coach.


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Coach collaborates with four contemporary artists based in China to reimagine our beloved mascot Rexy. This special collection debuted in Shanghai, fusing the creative energy of the magical city with the bold attitude of New York. Music collective Yeti Out puts Rexy right on the nose in their signature graphic round face on this polished pebble leather Dylan 10. Inspired by flight bags from the 1970s, this compact, hands-free design features exterior zip and slip pockets for easy access to essentials.
About the Creative: Music collective Yeti Out bridges east and west with its series of pop-up raves and record releases. The euphoria of late nights are transformed into utilitarian designs in reflection of youth movements that shape creative culture in cities that never sleep.
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- 4 1/2" (L) x 6 1/2" (H) x 2 1/4" (W)
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Note: Coach Leather Cleaner should not be used on Sport Calf, suede or haircalf leathers. Coach Leather Moisturiser should not be used on buffalo, calfskin, suede or haircalf leathers.
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Clean with a suede brush and suede eraser. Use the eraser to gently rub away spots and the brush to remove surface dirt and scuff marks and to revive the nap.
Do not expose to water or moisture. If the leather gets wet, immediately wipe dry with a soft cloth, wiping with (not against) the direction of the scales.
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One child under 2 years stays free of charge in a child's cot/crib. One older child or adult is charged EUR 10 per person per night in an extra bed.The maximum number of extra beds/children's cots permitted in a room is 1.Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
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U.S.-China Climate Talks Creep Forward, But Justice in Question
With the US and China responsible for 40 percent of global carbon emissions, the future likely turns on bilateral diplomatic progress towards the December 2015 global summit. With tensions increasing between the US and China over the South China Sea and cyber-espionage, it was at least a hopeful sign that the recent negotiations toward a climate agreement were not being sacrificed to a new Cold War. The presence of John Podesta, President Barack Obama's top climate change specialist, on last week's US diplomatic delegation to the strategic dialogue with Beijing, was a guarantee of the Obama administration's growing seriousness. But differences over equity between rich and poor nations may be more insurmountable than technical and scientific ones.
What little climate news leaked from the summit was positive, although ambiguous. The two parties signed eight agreements including increased efforts on fuel efficiency in cars and trucks, greater efficiency in power distribution, carbon capture, and ambiguous collaboration towards "clean coal." The Chinese insisted, as they have before, on far greater equity from advanced countries towards the lesser-developed Third World where pollution calls most heavily. China is linked to a group of 77 nations, led by Bolivia, who are demanding a renewable development fund, like the New Deal or Marshall Plan, to help them survive eco-catastrophes, which they see as the fault of the rich. That aside, the New York Times reported, "The Americans appeared pleased about what they called serious discussions on how to reduce carbon emissions."
California has multiple teams of experts collaborating with China on air pollution and emission reductions strategies. The NRDC alone has 30 staff engaged with Chinese scientists and environmental experts. A rising citizen's movement against suffocating air quality has Chinese officials worried. What has triggered the new interest in bilateral progress was President Obama's issuance of regulatory guidelines which ratchet down carbon dioxide emissions from mainly coal-fired power plants. As soon as Obama made that commitment public, the Chinese announced their intention to take the climate negotiations seriously. According to Tim Wirth, a former senator and close ally of John Kerry, "If we want to make a global impact, we just need to cut a deal with China…Once we have China on board, that kills the whole argument that cutting carbon in the US would give China an economic advantage." In the meantime, China is scouring the earth for imported oil and planning for what it calls a "revolution" in shale gas exploitation.
Only a global New Deal, with government funding from the advanced industrial countries, would seem likely to unleash the necessary financial resources to combat the most devastating effects of climate change. But ideological and political considerations seem to point towards conservative market solutions in the short term. Many environmental advocates have proposed a Green Climate Fund of $100 billion per year, a small sum compared with the $60 billion spent by Congress on rebuilding the East Coast after superstorm Sandy. China and the developing bloc known as the "Group of 77 and China" are likely to insist on that sort of fund in the climate talks approaching 2015, but the US has flatly rejected such an approach, at least for now. In a speech laden with scorn last year, US climate negotiator Todd Stern said, "lectures about compensation, reparations and the like will produce nothing but antipathy" from the elites and publics in the advanced nations. Recent calls for carbon pricing mechanisms by American billionaire Wall Street investors signal the opposite of a New Deal approach as well. The climate guru James Hansen also calls for a market approach to saving the planet, and one built into the core of US-China energy relations. "We must demand that the liberal left keep their hands out of our pockets and off of our wallets," he told an approving audience at the Ridenhour Courage Awards in 2013, a speech which was published in The Nation. In Hansen's scheme, an across-the-board carbon tax will lead to 60 percent of the American public getting more money in their monthly dividends than they would pay in higher energy prices, but only if they "make wise choices." His recommendation for the other 40 percent who won't be able to afford higher energy prices is a work in progress. But "not one dime of the carbon fee should be used to make the government bigger." China has "many reasons to join" this new order, he says, without evaluating the social impacts of a deregulated energy market on either the Chinese people or their statist political order.
As the US and China take tentative steps towards limiting carbon emissions, in other words, it is assumed that "free enterprise" or neoliberalism will be the only framework considered. Ideological considerations, above all the primacy of private markets over public governments, are as central to the debate as scientific, environmental or health considerations. But that's not how the New Deal or the Marshall Plan were carried out. How will poor countries, or island nations facing rising seas, gather the revenues needed to mitigate the coming disaster? From tourist revenues? If the West hopes to attract China and its allies to a global climate agreement, the richer nations will have to explain how to assist those who will be hardest hit during the global Katrinas ahead.


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The First Omega iN Space Watch Was Worn By Wally Shirra, American Astronaut, On The Sigma 7 Mission Where He Orbited Planet Earth.
Case Is Made Of Both Brush-Finished & High-Polish Finished Stainless Steel With A Stainless Steel Bezel Mounted Atop Which Is Equipped With A Tachymeter Scaled Black Bezel Insert. The Case Back Is Solid Stainless Steel With The Speedmaster Sea-Horse From '62 Embossed iN The Center. Watch Is Water Resistant Up To 50 Meters (165 Feet).
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May 22, 2017
Argento Reserva Malbec 2015 has been awarded a prestigious Silver Medal at Decanter World Wine Awards 2017.
Now in its 14th year, the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) is the world's largest and most influential wine competition. Judged by the top wine experts from around the globe, the DWWA is trusted internationally for its rigorous judging process.
Tasting notes:
"Pure, floral nose. The palate flows well with an array of liquorice, black fruit, herbaceous and leathery flavours. A real charmer with elegance."
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Mexican Bus Ride (1951)
Directed by Luis BuñuelGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Road Movie, Satire | Run Time - 85 min. | Countries - Mexico | MPAA Rating - NR
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Better known as Ascent to Heaven, Luis Bunuel's Mexican Bus Ride is a genial surrealistic comedy with many of the earmarks but little of the elegant cruelty of Bunuel's later works. Esteban Marquez plays a young bridegroom who is called away from the altar. Marquez's mother is dying, necessitating a bumpy two-day ride in a rickety bus to the little village where mama resides. En route, Marquez meets many eccentric characters, and is detained in a variety of mirth-provoking ways. Once he's arrived, Marquez is prevented from returning to his wedding by legal squabble's over mama's will.
inheritance, big-city, brother, bus, ceremony, death, family, honeymoon, journey, lawyer, mother, on-the-road, passenger, peasant, race-against-time, seduction, sibling, slice-of-life, temptation, traveling, wedding, will [document], busing [school integration], Mexico, youth


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Bookstock II Remedy, 5121 Butler St 10 pm, 21+ donations
A benifit for the local libraries.
with Arrington De Dionyso's Malaikat Dan Singa / Dean Cercone Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue 8 pm all ages $7
Indonesian trance-punk-dance party More info: "http://www.myspace.com/arringtondedionyso":http://www.myspace.com/arringtondedionyso "http://www.myspace.com/deancherconay":http://www.myspace.com/deancherconay
with for Wet Mango / Andy the Doorbum / The Ex-Monkeys / 8Cylinder Most Wanted Gallery - 5015 Penn Ave - $5 - All Ages - 8PM
A night of electro, chiptunes, and the Apocalypse. More info: "http://www.myspace.com/thisiswetmango":http://www.myspace.com/thisiswetmango "http://www.myspace.com/andythedoorbum":http://www.myspace.com/andythedoorbum "http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys":http://www.myspace.com/theexmonkeys "http://rhinoplex.org/8cylinder":http://rhinoplex.org/8cylinder
The Pittsburgh Visionary Arts Festival - August 7th, 8th and 9th Schenley Plaza - Pittsburgh PA
The first "Pittsburgh Visionary Arts Festival":http://pghvisionaryartsfestival.com/ is bringing together more than 50 local visionary artists and art innovators into a single venue. For three full days, these artists will share their work, vision and unique ideas in a friendly outdoors festival setting. I will have a booth at this event, as well as playing in the hiTec Orchestra all three nights.
HiTEC (Histrionic Thought Experiment Cooperative) The Nerve - 500 Dargan Street
HiTEC (Histrionic Thought Experiment Cooperative), the 22 member experimental orchestra founded by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE will be playing its 2nd gig as part of "The End of Television event":http://theendoftelevision.blogspot.com/
Be Well Benefit Brillobox - 4104 Penn Ave - Pittsburgh
Love is Wet New Amsterdam - 4421 Butler Street - Pittsburgh
Slippery Edits / Moist Oddities / Damp Discos Projections by Balfun Dyngusdae and Michelle Fried