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St. Mark's Cathedral: skip-the -line guided tour of St. Mark's Museum with access to the external terrace
Duration: approx. 45 minutes
Why choose this experience?
|Because you will admire St Mark's Basilica from above, an unusual perspective that will allow you to capture new details and nuances
|To discover the techniques used in laying its precious mosaics and admire the original bronze horses of St Marks which came to Venice from Constantinople
|To admire the original bronze horses of St Marks which came to Venice from Constantinople and other precious objects that testify to the thousand-year old history of this extraordinary building
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from 1 April to 31 October.Departure point:
Venetoinside Info Point in front of St. Peter's door at St Mark's Basilica (looking at the Basilica façade, St. Peter's door is located on the left of the main gate).
From 1 April to 31 October 2018
- English
10.00 am, 11.15 am, 1.45 pm, 4.15 pm
10.00 am, 12.15 pm, 1.45 pm, 3.00 pm, 4.15 pm
10.00 am, 11.15 am, 12.15 pm, 1.45 pm, 3.00 pm, 4.15 pm
10.00 am, 12.15 pm, 1.45 pm, 3.00 pm
10.00 am, 12.15 pm, 1.45 pm, 3.00 pm
- Italian
11.15 am
11.15 am, 4.15 pm
- French
12.15 pm, 3.00 pm
11.15 am, 4.15 pm
Full: €21.00
Children from 6 to 12 years: €19.00
Children up to 5 years: free
approx. 45 minutes
- Guided tour
- St. Mark's Museum entry
- Skip-the-line access to St Mark's Basilica
- What is not specified under "Inclusions"
Before booking, please be advised that it is compulsory to print a paper copy of the voucher issued at the end of the online reservation and bring it with you the day of the tour.
No credit or refunds will be given in the case of a NO SHOW (if you don't show up at the meeting point at the time indicated on your voucher).
Please note that to access to St. Mark's Museum you have to climb a steep staircase therefore the tour is not recommended to people with limited mobility and wheelchair users.
In case of high water that prevents a normal access to St. Mark's Basilica, ask the Basilica personnel on the spot for directions.
In cases of religious ceremonies, exceptionally high tides or other special occasions, access to St Mark's Basilica may not be permitted.
In case of exceptional high water the tour will not take place.
To visit St Mark's Basilica it is necessary to dress appropriately (no shorts or vest or tops) and backpacks are not allowed for safety reasons.
This is a collective tour, which means there might be other participants going on the tour with you, up to a maximum of 25 participants.
At the meeting point you will find our assistants, easily recognizable by an identification badge with 'Insidecom' and their names.
In case you need assistance or further information when you are there, ask VENETOINSIDE INFO POINT located at St. Peter's Door, on the left of the Basilica main entrance, open from April 1st to October 31st, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9.45 am to 4.30 pm.
At the end of the guided tour you can remain inside the Basilica and continue the visit on your own. Please note that St. Mark's Basilica closes at 5.00 pm and therefore participants in the 4.15 pm tour will not have time enough to visit the basilica freely.
In exceptional cases and/or reasons of force majeure (i.e. acts of nature, strikes, exceptional closures,serious unexpected events or health problems experienced by the person in charge with the service after which it is really impossible to find a substitute) the service you booked might be cancelled. If this should happen, you will be informed as soon as possible and, according to the type of service you booked, you will have the possibility to choose between postponing the service on the first date available or receiving a total refund of the price paid, if the cancellation policy of the service itself allows a refund.
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Sorry, this tour is not available at the moment! As an alternative, we suggest you our two other fascinating experiences:
St. Mark's Basilica guided visit to discover the Golden Basilica during the day with an expert local guide. Skip the line entry and access to the Golden Pall included!
Vip guided evening visit to St. Mark's Basilica with access to the crypt to explore St Mark's Basilica in the evening and enjoy the intimate atmosphere behind closed doors. Access to the Golden Pall and exclusive entrance to the crypt included!
Before booking, please note:
- the skip-the-line access to St. Mark's Basilica is included in the tour;
- max 25 participants per group;
- to access to St. Mark's Museum you have to climb a steep staircase therefore the tour is not recommended to people with limited mobility and wheelchair users. We apologize for the inconvenience!
- the tour is monolingual (English, Italian or French).
A new and exclusive guided tour that will lead you to the discovery of St. Mark's Museum and St. Mark's Cathedral, the precious mosaics of St Mark's Cathedral and its famous bronze horses and enthrall you with the emotions of a unique panoramic view of St Mark's Square in Venice.
Founded in the late 19th century, St Mark's Museum in Venice houses a varied collection of objects of different origin belonging to the Cathedral. Throughout the exhibit, you will admire artefacts of great value such as the bronze horses of St Mark, originally located on the external loggia and later moved, Persian rugs, ancient codices and illustrated graduals, tapestries and fragments of the mosaics that were found and preserved from destruction during the restoration work carried out in the 19th century.
Everyone knows of the famous Venice St Mark's Cathedral in St Mark's Square, but the tour we offer will let you discover the history, the artistic techniques and important evidences of its past from a different perspective - from above.
Our tour will start from the narthex, where you will meet with the guide who will accompany you to discover an all-new side to the Basilica. Climbing the stairs leading to San Marco Museum in Venice, Italy, you will learn about the millenarian history and architecture of this fascinating building, and hear a brief explanation of the famous St Mark's mosaics and the different stages and techniques of their construction.
The guided tour of St Marks Museum will start from the external loggia, where, in the shade of the paired horses and the wonderful gothic frame that crowns the facade of the Cathedral, you will admire from above one of the icons of Venice: St Mark's Square. From this unusual panoramic view of St Mark's Square the tour will be wrapped up with an overview of the main buildings that make St Mark's Square one of the most fascinating and evocative places in the world.
A fundamental point during our guided tour of San Marco Museum in Venice will be the visit to the original gilded bronze horses - masterpieces of the Greek Hellenistic sculptures once used to adorn the hippodrome of Constantinople and today a symbol of the Venice Cathedral. Next to St. Mark's horses some architecture fragments are housed, dating back to the oldest construction phases of St Mark's Basilica in the IX century A.D.
This unique guided tour of St Mark's Basilica will continue with a view of the statue of the Madonna with child in gilded terracotta by Sansovino, whose fascinating history is linked to the collapse of St Mark's Bell Tower on 14 July, 1902.
The last part of our brand-new guided tour of St Mark's Basilica in Venice will take place in the Banquets Hall. Serving in ancient times as a connecting structure with the Doge's Palace, the hall was merged with the Basilica only in the 19th century. The guide will tell you about the history of the room and will explain the most important pieces of its design, in particular the wonderful Passion tapestries (1408-1427) and those with St Mark's stories, the 15th century Doge's wooden throne surmounted by an ancient golden lion, the Venetian-Byzantine painting of the Madonna Lactans and, finally, the Pala Feriale by Paolo Veneziano and sons displaying the story of the bond between St Mark and Venice.
At the end of the tour you will have the opportunity to trace back the display of Museum of St Mark's Square, in total autonomy, and the other areas of St Mark's Basilica, along the standard sequencing followed by visitors, without the need to leave the building. This way you will enter it again avoiding the queue at the main entrance.
Reviews for St. Mark's Cathedral: skip-the -line guided tour of St. Mark's Museum with access to the external terrace
Mature couple
Booking No. 1812096
Reviewed on 15 Oct `18
'Venice Trip'
We enjoyed the tour and the history of the buildings and its content.
small group
wish we could have taken pictures inside.
Booking No. 1828365
Reviewed on 25 May `18
'St Marks'
Skip the line worth every cent, excellent tour.
Mature couple
Booking No. 1833751
Reviewed on 20 May `18
'What a fantastic experience!'
We joined the tour named skip-the -line guided tour of St. Mark's Museum on 4th May 2018. A very charming woman guided my husband and me to the museum for about an hour. Her explanation was so easy-to-understand and interesting, that the time passed by in a blink. i really want to recommend this tour!
Mature couple
Booking No. 1826666
Reviewed on 09 May `18
'St Mark's tour'
Guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. Great tour. Well worth it.
Guide was great. Worthwhile to visit museum and terrace on tour. Skip the line definitely worth it.
Confusion on where to queue for the tour as it was next to very busy general queue. Had to get past that.
Mature couple
Booking No. 1821983
Reviewed on 30 Apr `18
'Amazing cathedral'
Excellent tour of the museum and history of the gold mosaics
Small group, knowledgeable guide
Had to push into queue to go up steps to Museum, felt awkward. Guide's accent a little difficult to understand
Mature couple
Booking No. 17151944
Reviewed on 28 Sep `17
'Informative tour!'
Guide presented a coherent historical story
Key highlights of the cathedral covered.
Occasionally too-low volume for hearing guide
Venice Tourist
Mature couple
Booking No. 17115718
Reviewed on 28 Sep `17
'Great tour'
I enjoyed the tour, we learned a lot and could hear our guide in spite of the crowds.
Mature couple
Booking No. 17128017
Reviewed on 19 Sep `17
'Good tour.'
Good tour with an informative guide.
Family with children
Booking No. 1766642
Reviewed on 02 Sep `17
'Venice in one day'
My family and I were in Venice for 2 days. No way we would miss St. Mark Cathedral. Excellent choice we made with VenetoInside!! Tour was long enough to see the cathedral and its beauty and learn its history plus enjoying the view of St. Mark square from above! Great deal!! Guide was knowledgeable and super kind!
Tour time is right! Price is fair
Booking No. 1755628
Reviewed on 09 Jul `17
'Great tour'
This is the best way to experience St Marks. No waiting in an extremely long line, the small group was great and the tour guide spoke English. She was very knowledgeable without giving too much fact. The tour wasn't rushed through, though it was hot inside. I would highly recommend using Veneto inside.
Easy booking online and loved the small group size


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One other thing about today's UT game: it's the first time the Vols have been on the road this season.
Adding to Tennessee's challenge is the environment, as the Vols will make their 2012 road debut today. Most of the Vols' offensive players, excluding receiver Cordarrelle Patterson and left tackle Antonio Richardson, played at Sanford Stadium in 2010, when a 1-4 Georgia team pounded the flat Vols 41-14. Most of Tennessee's defenders played at Florida, Alabama and Arkansas last season.
"I think the good news is most of our guys have been in these environments," Dooley said. "It shouldn't be as overwhelming as it's been in the past. At least I hope it isn't…"
Well, they've been in them. They just haven't won in them.
As for the overwhelming part, that'll be up to Todd Grantham's defense. He sounds ready, at least.
"I think the matchup's fine," Grantham said. "They've got some good wideouts, we've got some good corners. We've just got to understand routes, alignments, what can happen to you and be ready to play. I think we'll be fine in that matchup."
And his players sound like they're ready to get a little exotic on Tyler Bray's ass.
"Some of the errors that he's made recently had to do with him not seeing guys dropping out of coverage," linebacker Christian Robinson said. "We are going to have to bait him into throwing some passes sometimes. If we can change it up while keeping sound coverage and don't give up any big plays, then I think we'll have a good shot at limiting them through the air."
I'm guessing the defensive recipe involves a little heat, too.
The trigger man, Bray, is tied for first nationally with 12 touchdown passes and is ninth with 325.2 passing yards per game. But he has struggled at times against the blitz — he completed just 23 percent of his passes when Florida brought five or more rushers in the Vols' lone loss — and Georgia knows it must pressure and confuse Bray to effectively defend the pass.
It all begins with stopping Tennessee's running game. That opens up all kinds of fun for Grantham.

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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sand toy
Object Number:
ca. 1850
Cardboard, glass, paper, sand
Overall: 7 1/8 x 9 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 18.1 x 23.2 x 5.7 cm )
printed: on label affixed to back of box: "MECHANICAL BOX,/WITH AUTOMATON./DIRECTIONS FOR ITS USE./... [in English and French]/GERARD CAMAGNI"
Sand toy composed of viewing box made of cardboard with glass window containing colored lithograph of interior with fireplace in which a black man dances between two seated black musicians; sand-operated mechanism inside box makes head and arm of musicians and dancing figure move.
Gallery Label:
The term "sand toy" is used in Toys in America by Inez and Marshall McClintock (See Publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.


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Elliot Meets His Match
I own neither Torchwood nor Law & Order: SVU.
A/N: This idea came from the scene in "Meat" in Torchwood when Rhys and Captain Jack are arguing.
This can take place any time in Torchwood and in Law & Order: SVU.
Elliot Stabler looked through the window into the interrogation room and glared at the man inside. The man sat calmly in his big blue coat with a slight smile on his lips and humor in his eyes. He looked so damned smug and it made Elliot even angrier.
Before heading into the interrogation room, Elliot reviewed in his head what had brought him to arrest this obnoxious man. Fourteen women had been found dead; they were all naked and decapitated. After each discovery of a new body, the morale of the SVU squad shrunk and the frustration grew. The policemen had been getting pressure from all over to solve the case: their bosses were dropping by frequently to ask where the team was at, the newspapers had been giving the case front page status for the past two weeks which only served to amp up the public's fears and anxieties, and their own consciences were keeping them from sleeping.
The only thing the victims had in common was that they were all female and between the ages of fifteen and twenty-seven. The women were all different races, economic levels, and religions. The only thing that seemed to connect the women was the handsome man in the big blue coat who seemed to show up at every crime scene. He had managed to leave the scenes for the first twelve murders before the Elliot and his partner, Olivia Benson, had even arrived. They only knew of his presence because numerous people they interviewed asked why they needed to speak to two separate policemen.
SVU sat all these people down with sketch artists and now SVU had approximately ten sketches of the same man hanging up on their board. In each picture, the man had a strong cleft in his chin and a flirtatious grin on his face. They had begun to rush to the scenes in the hopes of catching the man. At the thirteenth murder they saw him. Elliot and Olivia gave chase but he was quicker and ten minutes later they had no clue where he was. They did however have a better idea of who they were looking for.
It was at the fourteenth murder that they caught him. He ran, they chased, and Olivia tackled. As Olivia got off of the suspect, he said to her, "Getting off so soon? Too bad." Then the suspect gave Olivia a huge, bright smile that would have made Olivia go weak in the knees had she not spent her days catching rapists.
As Olivia patted him down for weapons, he introduced himself, saying, "I'm Captain Jack Harkness. And you are?" He again gave her that dazzling smile.
Olivia's only response was to remove the old fashioned revolver he had stashed in a shoulder holster. As she handcuffed him, Elliot mirandized Harkness and prayed he would not ask for a lawyer. His prayer came true.
Now, Elliot took a deep breath and followed Olivia into the interrogation room. As they entered, Harkness leaned back in his chair and gave them a lazy smile.
Elliot decided to start, asking, "So, Harkness, what were you doing at the crime scene?"
Jack thought briefly about telling the detectives the truth but quickly eschewed the idea. He did not want to sound like a crazy conspiracy enthusiast by telling them that he was in New York City hunting an alien that killed and beheaded young women in order to feed off of their life energies. Jack simply answered, "Walking."
"Walking," Elliot repeated, disbelievingly. "You just happened to be walking past all fourteen crime scenes."
"Yes," replied Jack curtly.
"Are you sure you want that to be your story, Harkness?" asked Elliot with a smirk on his face and anger in his eyes.
Thinking about how dumb his excuse of "walking" had been, Jack changed his answer. "No," he replied to Elliot's earlier question. "I was out investigating the murders just like you."
"How did you know where to go?" Olivia asked, not wanting to tread on Elliot's metaphorical feet but also not wanting to sit this interrogation out. After the hell they had all been going through the past two weeks, everyone wanted a piece of this sicko.
Jack refocused his attention on Olivia and responded really slowly as if speaking to an idiot, "I went where the bodies were – just like you."
"Yeah," Elliot said, "but you knew where the bodies were before they had even been called in. Do you expect us to believe that you just managed to get to the crime scenes after the murders occurred but before the police got there every time?"
At that point Jack could have pulled the gadget that measures rift activity out of his pocket and explained how during every murder there had been a peak in energy levels but he didn't. Instead he said, "yep."
"You know what I think?" Elliot asked him, getting up in his face. "I think you killed those women."
"What?" asked Jack with an exasperated look splayed across his face.
Elliot's face was now so close to Jack's that Jack could see every pore on Elliot's face and every throbbing vein on his forehead. "You heard me," Elliot yelled. "I think you're a sick freak who gets off on stripping women's clothes off and then chopping their heads off. Then, you stick around at the crime scenes and interrogate the people in the surrounding area pretending to be a policeman so that you can be sure no one saw anything. What would you do if someone did? Would you kill them too?"
Jack looked at Elliot's red face so close to his own and raised one eyebrow. Then, turning to Olivia, he remarked with a smirk on his face, "This is quite homoerotic."
Olivia's mouth opened in shock. She had originally thought Jack was a deeply heterosexual man based on his earlier remarks to her and the nature of the crimes, however here he was making gay jokes.
As entertaining as Olivia's facial change was to Jack, it was not nearly as entertaining as Elliot's reaction. Elliot froze and the only movement Jack could see was that big vein on his forehead thumping up and down, up and down, beating an angry rhythm. Then, Elliot, who had been shouting a few seconds ago, lowered his voice to a deadly whisper and asked, "What did you just say?"
In response, Jack leaned forward and kissed Elliot on the lips, relishing the feel of Elliot's taut face.
At first, Elliot was too shocked to do anything but after perhaps two seconds he pushed Jack back violently, knocking over Jack's chair and sending Jack sprawling onto the floor. The look on Elliot's face was a mixture of shock, anger, revulsion, and fear. On the other hand, Jack's face was yet again sporting that flirtatious smile that all the witnesses had seen.
Elliot moved forward to hit Jack again and it was lucky that Finn had rushed into the room when he did to hold Elliot back. Finn and Olivia had to work together to get Elliot out of the room. He was so angry he was shaking.
Once out of the interrogation room, Elliot found himself looking into John Munch's grinning face.
"Not a word, Munch, not one word," yelled Elliot, his angry face warning John of the violence that would take place if he said anything.
Instead, Munch turned to Olivia and told her, "Liv, we have to cut him loose."
"What?" asked a perplexed Olivia. "Why?"
"We just got a call," explained John. "Apparently the U.N. granted Harkness diplomatic immunity about an hour after we arrested him. According to them, Harkness is an investigator who should be given leave to do as he pleases. I was told that if we interfere with him or impede him in any way, we could lose our jobs. We have to let him go and stay away from him."
Elliot, having recovered from the kiss, said angrily, "Fine, let him go. But you have to do it. I'm not going anywhere near that guy again."
There were two more murders after that and Jack was at both crime scenes. Each time Elliot saw him, he would set his jaw angrily and pretend he was looking at something vital on the ground in front of him. Jack just chuckled when the detective didn't return his waves.
The detectives didn't see Jack at the again because after that the murders stopped. While they were relieved that the murders had stopped, they were still on edge because they hadn't found the killer.
A few days later though, John Munch opened his mail and found a note from Jack. It read, "Hello SVU: Don't worry about the murders or the murderer. I took care of it. XOXO Jack Harkness – P.S. Tell Elliot I say 'hi.'"
All Elliot said to the rest of the team was "burn it" and then he walked out of the room.
"I'm going to put this in the file," John told the others as an amused grin threatened to conquer his face.


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Exciting Additions 2017-18
AXL Academy is excited to announce exciting additions for our 2017-18 Academic Year.
AXL Academy Awarded Safe Communities Safe Schools Grant
Bullying Prevention & Safety
With the generous grant through CU Boulder, the Safe Communities Safe Schools grant will be used for safety, bullying prevention and for the continued growth of our positive school culture. The grant will capture robust data and provide support to ensure bullying prevention and emotional growth for all scholars.
The focus for teacher professional development for 2017-18 will support Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs and activities and a positive school culture.
K-8 Expeditions Authentic Experiences for Every Scholar
Our core belief is that scholars learn both inside and outside of the classroom and expeditions bring authentic experiences from the real world. AXL Academy has increased the budget for K-8 to experience our founding belief of expeditionary learning. Our 7th and 8th Graders will also have an additional opportunity with the Community Adventure Program (CAP) elective. During CAP, scholars go on hikes, overnight camping trips, learn about and discuss local environmental issues, choose an issue to address as a class, and collaborate with other local organizations to design and implement a student-directed Action Project to positively address their issue. Our incoming 8th Grade Scholars will also experience the annual trip to Shady Brook to interact on the rigorous ropes course, canoeing and more.
Interactive Boards in Every Classroom
96% Increase in technology
AXL Academy's approach to a hands-on active learning environment will now receive an interactive display in every single classroom. Interactive Boards will increase scholar engagement through technological-based lessons. As the world becomes more tech-savvy, our scholars will interact with technology on a personal level.
Technology For All
K-8 Laptops, iPads, Chromebooks
In addition to interactive boards, AXL Academy is investing in an additional laptop cart for grades 5-6 which brings all of Middle School to Google Classroom. Google Classroom includes technology fundamentals while assisting scholars interact with a digital landscape.
AXL Academy is also investing in an iPad cart for grades 3 and 4 to bring interactive technology to Elementary and is dedicating Chromebooks for K-2.
We believe this will inspire our scholars and ultimately prepare them for our digital world today and our world tomorrow.
Robust Education for All K-8 Art & Adventure/P.E. Plus Middle School Music
AXL Academy's dedication to providing robust experiences for all scholars brings art classes to K-8. Creativity inspires scholars and our active support will have dedicated space and classes for each scholar. Additionally, we will be expanding our Adventure/P.E. from grades 5-8 to K-8. Physical activity and team building is paramount for each crew.
Our Middle School will also have the option for a technology based music elective starting in August.
After-School Club Additions
In addition to our highly-enjoyed after-school clubs, AXL is adding Spanish Club to provide support and continuation opportunities for any scholars who would like to learn or expand their Spanish-language knowledge.
Partnering with the community, AXL is also offering a free club on Wednesdays called High Five Club for children of divorce. This club will be led by the professionals of Kids 24/7 and will provide emotional support to put kids in the center of healing.


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Craving a healthy meal but can't decide what flavors you are in the mood for? Head to Spirit for a vegetarian buffet with lots of options.
Spirit Amsterdam • Vegetarian Buffet
I first visited Spirit a few years ago in Rotterdam and fell in love. The easy buffet concept means you help yourself to as little or as much as you want of each dish. Craving a plate full of brussels sprouts with a side of chocolate cake? That's ok! Help yourself!
You'll find dishes like Indian dahl, bulghur with pumpkin, lasagna, split pea soup, vegan ravioli, mushroom tempura and spring rolls. Since it is a buffet you can mix flavors on your plate or go with a theme.
Everything is vegetarian or vegan at Spirit and 100% organic. Each dish is labeled with ingredients so if you are trying to avoid certain foods it is simple.
Spirit also makes amazing rich desserts. Take a look at the cakes in their pastry case, they look divine. They also have vegan ice creams.
The menu changes regularly but if you have a favorite dish it is likely to return. Just be wary if your favorite dish is a chocolate dessert – it may be habit forming!
The location is large and bright with lots of windows and different seating areas.
Spirit is open from breakfast to dinner and the buffet closes at 22:00. Oh and it's located just a few steps from Brouwerij 't IJ, so you can fill up on healthy food after downing a few craft beers. 🙂
Spirit Amsterdam
Czaar Peterstraat 2, Amsterdam
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Only 10 years ago, social was considered the new frontier of digital advertising, but no longer. Banner ads have been proven to be the least trusted form of advertising, and Millennial users have conditioned themselves to ignore them on these platforms, glazing over the placements without absorbing the content in a state known as "digital ad fatigue." Experienced social media users have even begun to recognize and disregard the sponsored posts that marketers insert directly into their news feeds. Branded content on social is becoming more and more unnoticed. Adding to the issue, sharing is shifting from public posts to private messaging within and outside of social platforms.
Social media, while still an essential part of digital communication, is no longer a novelty – and pushing ads on these platforms doesn't cut it when it comes to reaching modern-day consumers. Last year alone, Facebook lost almost 2.8 million American users below the age of 25 – suggesting its "cool factor" may be on the decline.
With the challenge of finding authentic content in social news feeds amid the clutter of sponsored content, people are sharing in channels where they are guaranteed to directly reach their closest peers. In fact, 84 percent of content shared digitally happens through emails and messaging tools today. Marketers need to strategize beyond social to engage directly with users in the messaging space in order to cut through.
Also Read: The Changing State of Mobile Video Advertising
Here's what marketers need to know about the world beyond social:
Ads will be designed to share
It is not enough to create content people see. Marketers need to produce content people use. Social media users are ignoring pop-ups, banner ads, and sponsored content out of habit – assuming these ads are designed with the purpose of distracting them from what they came online to do. But what if ads were designed by placing equal importance on consumer utility and brand communication?
Social platforms revolutionized the idea of "sharing" with friends, family, and even strangers. In the world beyond social, marketers will seek to improve this experience by creating ads that double as tools for communication. This form of branded conversational content takes the shape of stickers, GIFs, and emojis to help people express themselves in conversation.
By offering a visual asset that consumers actively choose to share and use to connect with others, brands guarantee people see and process their content instead of ignoring it as online clutter.
The personal engagement with these stickers and GIFs, as well as the authenticity of receiving one from a friend, form a deep and positive brand association in the minds of consumers, taking social sharing to the next level.
Also Read: Key Metrics for Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Influencer Marketing Campaign
Messaging – it happens within and outside social
Facebook feeds and Twitter pages are not the only places people share. Direct messaging, be it in Facebook Messenger, iMessage, a dating app, or Gboard, accounts for the majority of digital communication today. When marketers think about where their content is showing up, they cannot assume social platforms are the extent of their possibilities.
In the future, it will be standard for marketers to leverage the messaging space by surfacing content across platforms directly in users' digital keyboards. By showing up where conversations are happening, brands gain increased exposure to their potential consumers.
This brand presence even opens up the possibility to alter conversations from a generic topic to discussions about a specific company.
Take for example McDonald's brand McCafé, an early adopter of marketing in the messaging space. McCafé discovered consumers were 70 percent more likely to share McCafé content over unbranded content during their morning routines discussing coffee. What began as a conversation about someone needing or wanting a cup of coffee became a conversation about McCafé.
Also Read: 5 Reasons Why Social Media Influencers are the Future of Digital Marketing
Tech will be the foundation for everything
The biggest thing marketers need to know about the world beyond social is that technology is what makes it possible. Showing up across platforms in the messaging space requires an underlying tech engine that can serve up relevant, engaging content in user conversations based on keywords and context.
This type of engine applies natural language processing (NLP) to digital conversations, connecting words, demographic, places and time to determine what content a user will want at any given moment, and proactively surface it within their keyboard to facilitate better conversations.
Understanding when and how branded content is shared gives marketers an unprecedented perspective of their consumer base – a more complete look at customer sentiment than engagement on social platforms could ever provide.
Social platforms have served marketers well, but the world beyond social is now ready to be fully activated. Now that technology allows brands to join messaging conversations within and outside of social, companies can connect with consumers by providing content that helps them connect with each other. Just think – by using branded content directly in conversation, traditional banner ads could disappear completely.
A future without pop-up ads may be on the horizon if marketers have the courage to leave behind what they know and try new approaches to reaching consumers.
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When the A's started winning, the jokes started. Moneyball II: Electric Boogaloo. The 2012 A's are a sequel to Moneyball! Moneyball this, and Moneyball that!
Here's the problem, though: Moneyball II would be boring. Unless you're gussing it up a bit and having Josh Reddick hot-wire a car to escape rogue federal agents, there's no overriding narrative. The A's were successful because Brandon Moss hit a billion home runs in 100 at-bats. Brandon Moss is almost 30, and the Pirates gave up on him for sensible reasons. He doesn't make sense. Neither does Sean Doolittle, A.J. Griffin, or Travis Blackley.
Nothing about the 2012 Oakland A's makes sense. But it's beautiful. The only way to make Moneyball II is if you go Fellini on it. Don't worry about making sense. Just tell the truth.
Some samples of a Moneyball II spec script I've been working on if you don't believe me:
Billy Beane: Mr. Wolff, I'd like to lay out a bold new vision of A's baseball.
Beane: Our current paradigm just isn't working.
Beane: Rookies. Especially rookie pitchers. They can't go wrong! Next slide.
Beane: Everyone likes rookies. They're new. They're fresh. They're exciting. Next slide.
Beane: If we trade our current pitchers for rookie pitchers, we'll have a leg up. This is called "exploiting the market inefficiency." And it always works. Just like young pitchers. Next slide.
Beane: This is our future. This is how we'll win the AL West. Thank you for your time.
Billy Beane: We'd like to sign Yoenis Cespedes for a lot of money. We'll present you with the best offer, and we'll outbid the other teams.
Yoenis Cespedes's Agent: …
Yoenis Cespedes's Agent: …
Yoenis Cespedes's Agent: …
Yoenis Cespedes's Agent: …
Yoenis Cespedes's Agent: Okay.
Billy Beane: We want you to pitch.
Sean Doolittle: I've only ever played first base.
Beane: It's not that hard, Sean. Tell him, Wash.
Beane: … Wash?
Beane: /dials cell phone
Beane: Wash, I need you to say "It's incredibly hard."
Ron Washington: **** you, Billy. I'm not going to ****** help your ***** *** ****** *******. We're rivals now, you hear me? I don't want whatever freaky project you have going on to bite me on the ass one day.
Beane: Come on. Just say it. We're taking our first-round pick, who's shown good power and patience as a first baseman, and we're making him a left-handed setup man.
Washington: For real? Well, that sounds ridiculous …
Beane: Come on. Say it …
Beane: /holds phone up
Washington: It's incredibly hard.
Beane: /pumps fist
Live studio audience: /whoops and cheers
Peter Brand: Okay. People who run ball clubs, they think in terms of buying players. Your goal shouldn't be to buy players, your goal should be to buy Brandons. And in order to buy Brandons, you need to buy Brandons.
Billy Beane: Wait, what?
Brand: You're trying to replace Brandon Allen. The Boston Red Sox see Brandon Allen and they see a Brandon who's worth seven-and-a-half Brandon bucks. When I see Brandon Allen, what I see is ... is... an imperfect understanding of where Brandons come from.
Beane: This isn't ...
Brand: There's a whole ocean of Brandons under our feet! No one can get at it but me! Brandon Allen, Brandon Moss, Brandon Hicks, Brandon McCarthy, Brandon Inge …
Brand: /does line of powdered Brandon
Billy Beane: When I met you in Moneyball I: The First Moneyball, I took a liking to you because you seemed to be smart.
Peter Brand: Okay.
Beane: You told Mark Shapiro to hold on to Karim Garcia in that movie.
Brand: Yes.
Beane: Karim Garcia looks like this now:
Brand: We're, uh, not selling roomy sweatpants here. Unless maybe we should. That could be a money maker.
Beane: You're fired.
Billy Beane: I think you need a top-of-the-rotation pitcher. I have one. Gio Gonzalez.
Mike Rizzo: What are you doing in my office? Why don't you just call me like a normal GM?
Beane: If you give me three or four of your best prospects, you can have Gonzalez.
Rizzo: Seriously, what kind of GM galavants around and personally visits 29 other teams?
Beane: I like Tom Milone, for starters.
Rizzo: Did you eat the pear I left on my desk? I was saving that!
Beane: Derek Norris is interesting.
Rizzo: Wait, your hair. Did you sleep here? What's that smell? I'm calling security.


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NATALIE MACLEAN Château Bellefont-Belcier Bordeaux 1998 ($45) is one to hold on to. It's full of spice, oak, leather, and all that old-world goodness. The 2000 Bordeaux had a lot of hype, but the 1998s and '99s are very worthy. For great value, you can't beat Australia's Yellow Tail Shiraz ($10). It's generous, juicy, and easy to drink.


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November 8, 2006
Alfonso Cuarón,
Starring: Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Claudia Ramirez, Luis de Icaza, Astrid Hadad, Dobrina Liubomirova, Isabel Benet, Toshiro Alberto Hisaki, Carlos Nakasone, Ricardo Dalmacci,
DVD ReviewJ.D. Lafrance+
Alfonso Cuaron's Solo con tu pareja (1991) was actually made in 1990 with state funding but was shelved by the government before finally being released in Mexico in 1991, becoming a minor commercial and critical success. Its North American debut was at the Toronto Film Festival and caught the notice of Hollywood where Cuaron made his next two movies, A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998) but they lacked the personal, intimate touch of Solo con tu pareja and Y tu mama tambien (2001). This is because both of these films were written by Cuaron's brother Carlos.
Tomas (Gimenez Cacho) is a self-absorbed lady's man who is so confident of himself that he runs down several flights of stairs in his apartment building naked and then back up again without getting caught. It's a scene that speaks volumes about his character. His friends invite him to a wedding where he ends up having sex with the bride. They call him on his offensive behaviour and tell him that he's got to change his ways.
Yet, Tomas maintains his womanizing ways, juggling two dates at the same time. He's a schemer and the film delights in showing how ridiculous he is by putting him in a series of farcical situations including his simultaneous dates where he fakes pains so that he can go to the next woman an apartment away. As the dates progress, he has a harder time maintaining the ruse until, at one point, he finds himself climbing along the outside of the building with nothing but a towel on.
However, when one of the women, his boss Gloria (Benet), finds out about what happened, she fires him. When the other woman finds out, a nurse named Silvia (Liubomirova), she alters his HIV test so that it reads positive instead of negative. This throws a spanner into the works of a future conquest for Tomas – a beautiful young flight attendant named Clarisa (Ramirez) whom he loves from afar. He sees her as his chance at redemption from a debauched lifestyle. The only obstacle is his positive HIV test. When Tomas first finds out, he's in shock and disbelief, then outrage and then acceptance followed by depression. He even tries to kill himself but his mother calls.
He tries again by sticking his head in a microwave oven but is interrupted by Clarisa. However, when she finds her boyfriend cheating on her, again, she and Tomas decide to take drastic action as the film races to its climax. Solo con tu pareja is an entertaining sex face but it is hard to feel sympathetic for Tomas because he is too much of an irredeemable cad. Clarisa does humanize him somewhat and they have a poignant moment together but it lacks the emotional resonance of his later film, Y tu mama tambien.
Special Features:
"Making Solo con tu pareja" is a retrospective featurette. Alfonso Cuaron and his brother Carlos came from a middle class family in Mexico. Cuaron had always wanted to make movies and saw The Bicycle Thief (1948) at an early age and it had a big impact – he was captivated by its neo-realism. Cuaron talks about how he got into the film industry and eventually started making his own movies. He wanted to do a comedy that mixed the sensibilities of Blake Edwards and Ernest Lubitsch. This is excellent look at the movie that touches upon various aspects including casting (with Daniel Gimenez Cacho being interviewed) and the production itself.
Also included are two short films, one made by Cuaron – "Quartet for the End of Time" (1983) about an isolated young man in his apartment – and one made by Carlos – "Wedding Night" (2000) about a recently married couple bursting in on a pair of lovers having sex in their hotel room.
Finally, there is a theatrical trailer.
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Satisfying eye candy
Salt Water Taffy
Through Dec. 18 at Atlantic Center for the Arts at Harris House
214 S. Riverside Drive
New Smyrna Beach
At first glance, the new exhibit at Atlantic Center's Harris House Gallery appears to be all fun and visual games. Barbie-pink vintage cars seem poised over inviting surf in Tammy Rejimbal's pastels, and stormy clouds are boldly decorative bands in Lesley Giles' oils. Edges curl gently upward in boat-shaped vessels by ceramist Robert LaWarre, the varied textures of their quiltlike surfaces begging for the visitor's touch.
But a closer looks reveals that Salt Water Taffy offers more than its eye-candy appeal. And that's a happy surprise. Too often Florida galleries — commercial and nonprofit — can drift along showing superficially pleasing "fine arts." Harris House's fall show is serious while still lively and accessible, and at the same time it's a satisfying look at current Florida art.
In Rejimbal's impressionistic pastels, nostalgia dances lightly with dynamic angles, hot hues and entertainingly dramatic compositions; she toys with her viewers' expectations. The muscular fin of a '50s-era Caddy becomes an amusing monster in "White Lightning," its shiny chrome reflecting distorted figures and its red taillights bug-eyed. The trunk of a Falcon convertible dominates "California Dreamin'," evoking a bygone surfer Eden. It's not just the New Smyrna Beach artist's subjects that delight, however; her handling of the pastel medium is superb, creating dense, atmospheric effects.
By contrast, Giles builds her compositions with solid blocks of color, reduced almost to pure geometric forms in a style reminiscent of American abstractionist Arthur Dove. The Daytona Beach painter reduces houses huddled under wildly flying tarps to cubes, and churning waves to jagged banners flecked with toothlike layers of white foam. Everything is animated in Giles' vivid canvases, capturing in a highly personal way the feeling of watching a storm approach and living though it.
Very different are LaWarre's exquisite ceramic vessels, the elongated boat forms in blends of salt-fire and glassy crackled glazes, flat and stamped surfaces that lend an intriguing quilted quality to his platters. Quieter (initially) than Rejimbal's animated bids for hang-ten sentiment and rich tactility and more cerebral than Giles' visceral oils, the Christmas, Fla.-based potter's works invite contemplation and deep respect.
They elicit a swift series of associations, while also denying them all. "A Stirring Too," with its matte-black pitcher-esque beak, is emphatically not capable of holding liquids of any sort. Instead, even as it suggests a classical form of functional pottery, there's also a leathery slab of clay that turns the "pitcher" into sculpture — art for art's sake. LaWarre entices his viewers with careful detail work, from glazes that push their limits to whimsical forms that seem to laugh at the idea of pottery as demeaningly utilitarian. Witty and wonderful are his riffs on the teapot, "Summertide Entanglement" and the equally loftily named "Salted Winter Path."
It's easy to see that this bright, energetic display, thoughtfully installed by curator Sarah Higgins, serves as a welcome-back: for snowbirds returning to the Volusia seaside; to locals ready for a cooler season.[email protected]


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Autumn Air Seeds A3 Giclee Fine Art Print
With poetry from the Seed SistAs, this print captures the life force encapsulated in seeds plentiful during autumn.
Embrace the air energy of autumn with all its potential year round with this beautiful giclee print on artist paper. Featuring birds scattering seeds and the celebration of harvest – the print represents the sowing of life force to be birthed anew. Part of a series of five prints that celebrate the seasonal wheel of the year. Spring, summer, winter and spirit are also available. A great gift for a plant lover, gardener or pagan. A3 print – 297 x 420mm. Portrait. Also available in A4.
With poetry from the Seed SistAs, this print captures the essence of life force that is encapsulated in every seed.
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Avnet Silica today announces partnerships with Arkessa
OREANDA-NEWS. Avnet Silica, an Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) company, today announces partnerships with Arkessa, a leading M2M managed services provider; Spica Technologies Ltd, who offer cloud based service solutions to capture, manage and present data; and UbiquiOS, supplier of embedded software to manage local connectivity and connectivity to the cloud. Avnet Silica has also signed an additional agreement with Sierra Wireless to expand the scope of products and services to include Sierra Wireless' entire device to cloud offering. Avnet Silica now provides Sierra Wireless SIM and Connectivity services, as well as Internet of Things (IOT) cloud platform services, in addition to the existing hardware cellular module business across Europe.
With the successful launch of Visible Things at Embedded World in Germany this year, Avnet Silica endeavours to become a key partner for customers looking for the complete edge-to enterprise solutions, from the chip level design, right through development and manufacture, ending in connected intelligent devices that can be deployed, monitored and managed out in the field.
"It is important to us to align to and partner with the right suppliers so we are able to offer the right technologies to support our customers," said Philippe Fremont, vice president Technical Marketing, at Avnet Silica. "These new partnerships with data connectivity, cloud services and embedded connectivity software companies along with the extension of the Sierra Wireless product range available through Avnet Silica, positions us as the most well-positioned distributor to offer a full range of technology and services to accelerate the development and deployment of edge-to-enterprise IOT projects."
The partnership with Arkessa adds secure global connectivity service to Avnet's integrated hardware and embedded software portfolio. This gives OEM companies the ability to design, develop and connect smart sensors and embedded devices and gateway solutions over cellular networking technologies, through to cloud and enterprise software applications. The Arkessa service offering enables OEMs and end users to access global radio network connectivity through a single provider. Managing large scale and multi-network connections via a single user interface simplifies product development and deployment.
"Avnet Silica and Arkessa are both dedicated to making it as easy as possible for customers to connect and scale their IOT products and solutions wherever they are in the world," commented Andrew Orrock, Arkessa CEO. "Avnet Silica's Visible Things Platform and their commitment to innovation coupled with Arkessa's proven track record makes this a compelling partnership for IOT solution development and operation in the field whether it be high-data or low-data applications."
Spica Technologies Ltd
Spica Technologies offers its devicepoint™ IOT application framework, which provides a set of composable services that can be configured to deliver any number of IOT solutions. Enabling customers to connect their devices into the cloud, and realise business value from IOT data in record time. Key features of devicepoint™ include: secured encrypted messaging, user security, white labelling, a comprehensive set of dashboards, and the ability to quickly and simply generate external reports and analytics, all in a monthly subscription cloud-based platform. Spica also offers "Professional Services" focussed on helping customers prototype, pilot and launch solutions as quickly and cost effectively as possible.
"We are excited to be working in partnership with Avnet Silica and providing decicepointTM as a core component of the Avnet Visible Things proposition," added Tim Streather, sales and marketing director, SPICA Technologies.
The UbiquiOS connectivity platform is a user-friendly, cost effective, and secure software stack for embedded wireless applications. The stack can run on bare metal or in a RTOS and has been optimized for Cortex-M, Intel Quark and Microchip PIC32 MCU's and supports BT, BLE, WiFi and cellular transceivers. In addition, the stack makes for easy integration into the leading cloud platforms for presentation of data and management of networks. The UbiquiOS solution can shorten time to market and provides a complete connectivity solution saving development time and money.
Rusty Stapp, vice president of business development at UbiquiOS pointed out, "Here at UbiquiOS Technology we are excited to partner with Avnet Silica to address the growing IOT market and deliver embedded wireless solutions. The breadth of semiconductor solutions offered by Avnet Silica combined with UbiquiOS' unique connectivity stack with unmatched interoperability, compactness and ease of use will allow developers the widest range of IOT development options in the industry."
About Avnet Silica
Avnet Silica is the European semiconductor specialist division of Avnet, Inc., one of the leading global technology distributors, and acts as the smart connection between customers and suppliers. The distributor simplifies complexity by providing creative solutions, technology and logistics support. Avnet Silica is a partner of leading semiconductor manufacturers and innovative solution providers over many years. With a team of more than 200 application engineers and technical specialists, Avnet Silica supports projects all the way from the idea to the concept to production.
About Avnet, Inc.
From components to cloud and design to disposal, Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT) accelerates the success of customers who build, sell and use technology globally by providing them with a comprehensive portfolio of innovative products, services and solutions. Avnet is a Fortune 500 company with revenues of $27.9 billion for the fiscal year 2015.


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Mamanee's Christmas Happiness
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Your family have wonderful smiles...thanks for sharing your happy times!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas too! 😄Delete
Your cupcakes look amazing!! I want some!! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you! Would love to share some with you. ☺Delete
Your cupcakes are amazing. I love the pictures of your sweet family and that Santa is a hoot.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for the kind words Neva! ❤ Pretty lucky we had that Santa, made the kids squeal im delight.Delete
Looks like you've had a lot of fun! Your cupcakes are just amazing and I would really really like to have the whole box just for myself, lolReplyDeleteReplies
So much fun! Hope you had a fun Christmas too! 😊 If you were nearer I'd definitely give you a box of cupcakes!Delete
It looks like you had a fabulous time. I'd live to go shopping at Farmers! The cup cakes look delicious.ReplyDelete


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Quartet For Strings By Julia Smith
Mabel Daniels - Miriam Gideon - Julia Smith - Louise Talma
The National Federation Of Music Clubs under the Ford Foundation Recording-Publication Program
Recorded by David Jones
Desto Records DC7117
Performed by:
Evelyn Mandac - Soprano
Beveridge Webster - Piano
Kohon String Quartet (Harold Kohon - violin, Isadora Kohon - violin, Eugenie Degel, viola, W. Ted Doyle - cello)
Fortunato Arido - cello
Fritz Jahoda - piano
Karl Kramer - flute
Donald McCord - bassoon
Joesph Rabbay - clarinet
Karl Kraber - flute
Ronald Roseman - oboe
From the back cover:
Miriam Gideon has written extensively in all media and has been performed by leading chamber groups, orchestras and soloists in the United States, Europe and South America. She is the recipient of an award from the National Federation of Music Clubs for her contributions to symphonic music. She is on the faculty of the Jewish Theological Seminary and the Manhattan School Of Music.
Julia Smith is a native of Denton, Texas where she attended North Texas State University. At the Juilliard School she held a Composition Fellowship with Rubin Goldmark and Frederick Jacobi and studied piano with Carl Friedberg and Lonny Epstein. Her musical compositions include works for orchestra, five operas (all performed), piano, solo, chamber music, band, vocal and educational works. Her compositions have been performed by leading American orchestras and by orchestras in Latin America and Europe.
Louise Talma is Professor of Music at Hunter College of the City University of New York. She is the first woman to receive two Guggenheim Fellowships and the Sibelius Medal awarded to her in London. She has composed in all forms for orchestra, solo, a piano concerto and an opera "The Alcestiad" (libretto by Thornton Wilder) which was produced in 1962 at Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, where it received eight performances.
After a sensation as Liu opposite Birgit Nilsson's "Turandot," Evelyn Mandac was immediately re-engaged for the 1971 season by the Seattle Opera Association. Her recent accomplishments have been a debut with the San Francisco Opera, two recordings with the Boston and Philadelphia Symphonies, Seiji Ozawa and Eugene Ormandy conducting and featured soloist with orchestra of Pittsburgh, Dallas, Boston, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, among others. She will be seen on national network coverage as Lisa in Tschaikowsky's "Queen of Spades."
Born in Pittsburgh, Beveridge Webster, who is universally acclaimed, studied under Isidor Philipp at the Paris Conservatoire, where he was the first American ever to win first prize in piano, and with Nadia Boulanger at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, where he also won first prize in piano. He has played with the major American orchestras under such eminent conductors as Koussevitzky, Rodzinski, Golschmann and Stravinsky and has given recitals in all the leading cities, including several series at New York's Town Hall with programs ranging from Bach and Beetoven to Bartok and Schoenberg. Recently, he recorded for Complete Piano Work by Claude Debussy for Desto Records – "a superb achievement."


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Trudeau won't send the Canadian Navigable Waters Act to Transport Committee for study
[ https://canadians.org/blog/trudeau-wont ... ttee-study ]
March 28, 2018 - 6:57 pm
Council of Canadians water campaigner Emma Lui writes that Bill C-69 includes changes to the Harper government's Navigation Protection Act, now named the Canadian Navigable Waters Act by the Trudeau government. She says, "Despite Justin Trudeau's commitment to restore protections and implement modern safeguards, the bill does neither."
Lui notes, "The Trudeau government introduced a Time Allocation motion at the end of February that shut down debate on the bill after just two days of debate. [And] on March 19, Members of Parliament voted to send the bill to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development."
On March 27, the NDP issued a media release that states, "Last Thursday [March 22], [NDP MP] Linda Duncan gave notice of a motion to divide the bill and send those parts of the bill to the relevant committees. This would result in parts of C-69 dealing with the new energy regulator to the Natural Resources Committee, and the Navigation Protection Act to the Transport Committee." She highlighted, "Making the Environment Committee alone hear witnesses on three separate laws and consider amendments on over 800 clauses would be counterproductive and would make it impossible to carefully study the bill."
Hearings into C-69 started on March 22, continued on March 28 and March 29, and then are expected to start again on April 17-19 and then on April 24-26. With some digging, Lui found out that the deadline to apply to speak to the Committee is on March 30 and the deadline for written comments is April 6.
For details on how to call for an extension of the deadlines, request to speak to the Committee, or make a written submission, please see Lui's blog.
Interestingly, C-69 is already being hammered by the right-wing.
Today, Globe and Mail columnist Konrad Yakabuski wrote, "There are obvious reasons to be skeptical about the Trudeau government's promise to speed up the environmental-review process for major resource projects all while broadening its scope. Tougher environmental standards, no matter how appropriate, will not make it easier or faster to get Canada's resources to market or attract investment to the oil patch. It is disingenuous on Ottawa's part to suggest otherwise."
And also today, Ron Wallace, a former oil industry executive and past member of the National Energy Board, wrote in the Financial Post, "[C-68 and C-69 ignores] the professionalism and regulatory competence demonstrated by the NEB over almost 60 years as it delivered one of the safest and most efficient energy pipeline systems in the world. Ottawa proposes to replace the NEB with a new, untested bureaucracy to assess all resource projects in the country with an estimated additional cost of $1 billion over five years. Regrettably, such ill-considered legislation will unquestionably saddle investors and the Canadian public with continued regulatory uncertainties, mounting delays and increased costs leading to more abandoned resource projects."
The Council of Canadians is calling on the Liberal government to scrap the Canadian Navigable Waters Act and table water protection legislation that would protect all lakes, rivers and drinking water sources; protects oceans; respects the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and free, prior and informed consent; enshrines the UN-recognized human right to water; and appoints a federal water minister.
To join with the 7,179 people who have already signed our petition with these demands, please click here: [ https://secure.canadians.org/page/20064/petition/1 ]
Brent Patterson's blog
Political Director of the Council of Canadians
[ https://canadians.org/blogs/brent-patterson ]


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Abstractoil on canvas84x63cm1973
Um AL Edham Detailwatercolor on cnason35x25cm1976
Al Jawahiri PoetRed Ink on paper20x30cm1973
Sea life Abstract,oil on canvas
Bash Tabia Fortes, oil on canvas,24 cm x 34 cm. Musul, Iraq,1978
Sunset dialogue, modern composition,oil on canvas,64.5x49.5 cm.1971
Um Al Etham village river banks,oil on canvas,Baghdad1971
Dinamic Abstract,oil on canvas,1971
Modern city perspective, abstract,oil on canvas,130x35 cm.1973
The alley shop,oil on canvas,85x61cm.1977
Baghdadi Shanasheel (1),oil oncanvas,85x61 cm.1978
Abstract modern composition,oil on canvas
The alley Mosque,oil on canvas,1977
Native village in northern Iraq,oil on canvas
Baghdadi Shanasheel (2),oil on canvas,1977
Arabic textile motif,oil on canvas
Tigris river Mesanaya (river houses),oil on canvas 63x52 cm. 1977
Running horses,oil on canvas,80x70cm.1978
Darbandikhan lake,oil on canvas,68x54 cm.north Iraq, 1978
The cross, modern abstract, oil on canvas,
Baghdadi Alley,oil on canvas,61x85 cm.1977
Um Al Etham water channel,oil on canvas,1977
The coffee shop, Baghdadi Contemporary School,oil on canvas
Artist's self-portrait,oil on canvas,63x51 cm.1973
The Mountains of northern Iraq,oil on canvas
Abstract modern composition, oil on canvas, chosen by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Media to be printed as a tourist postcard during the seventies.
Shakey Movsesian artist wifeOil on canvas97.7x44.4cm1973
The tale of the Iraqioil nationalization (panoramic perspective)oil on canvas
Baghdadi Shanasheeloil on canvas85x61 cm1978
Artist Son FarisOil on canvas40.6x29cm1973
Tigris river of Baghdad city,oil on canvas,1977
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Guide to financing an accessory dwelling unit
Here is nicely formatted summary to the ways ADUs are being financed in Portland today. Even if you don't live in the area, it should provide some ideas and precedents you can use. Enjoy!
A Practitioner's Guide to Appraising ADUs
Appraisals for ADUs have always been tricky. Here is a new guide to help appraisers, real estate agents, and finance professionals understand current "best practices" for appraising ADUs.
Renovation loan: a new way to finance ADU construction
Financing your ADU has become easier. I am sure that when someone mentions financing, or budgeting, or anything to do with numbers for a project there is a slight shudder … Continue reading
Breaking Bad is over. It's Time to Break Even.
Cooking meth is apparently one way to make money fast. But, for many of us, this option is far less appealing now that we've finished watching Breaking Bad. After the … Continue reading
Finally, A Loan Product That Works for Constructing ADUs
In most markets, financing the construction of ADU's is notoriously difficult. When constructing an ADU, you need to have all the cash upfront to pay a contractor for the cost … Continue reading
Refinancing an ADU – a mortgage broker's perspective
As a mortgage broker in the Portland area for almost 8 years, I've learned "the harder I work, the luckier I get" is really true. In this instance hard work … Continue reading


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Benefits: Reduce melanin, dark spots and intensely hydrates. Just right after ONE facial mask, you can see your skin brightening up with healthy glow.
Bird's nest essence with rose hip is rich in collagen, anti-oxidants and amino acids, effectively removing dark spots, acne scars and reducing melanin to reveal a fair and bright skin tone. It also deeply hydrates skin to keep it firm and supple. Using daily protects skin from UV and darkening of skin tone.
Active ingredients include bird's nest, aloe vera, cucumber , grape fruit and rose hip extract, as well as hyaluronic acid, which is known for firming and hydrating skin. These ingredients act to reduce pigmentation of the skin caused by sun damage, as well as brightens the skin.
Note: Facial masks are sold in packs of 5


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Whether it's a blog post or a YouTube video, I can't help but love tags! Recently on Twitter, I happened upon a Tweet from a blogger, they were complaining that they have 'never been tagged', and their complaint stuck with me. This morning when I woke up I knew right away what I wanted to do for today's blog post - a popular 'tag' that I have not actually been tagged in. I ended up choosing the 'This or That - Beauty Tag'. Where I have not actually been 'tagged', I ended up searching YouTube for this particular tag, and took the questions from this video by Meredith Foster (StilaBabe09). So, without further adieu, let's get to today's post:
Make Up
Blush or Bronzer - Bronzer. No, blush. No, bronzer. How is a girl to choose?
Lip Gloss or Lipstick - Lipstick.
Eyeliner or Mascara - Mascara.
Foundation or Concealer - Foundation.
Neutral or Color Eye Shadow - Neutral.
Pressed or Loose Eye Shadow - Pressed.
Brushes or Sponges - Brushes.
OPI or China Glaze - OPI.
Long or Short - Medium.
Acrylic or Natural - Natural.
Brights or Darks - This is more difficult than deciding between blush and bronzer. It really, really, really depends!
Flower or No Flower - No flower.
Perfume or Body Splash - Perfume.
Lotion or Body Butter - Lotion.
Body Wash or Soap - Both.
Lush or Other Bath Company - Don't make me choose between Lush and Bath & Body Works.
Jeans or Sweat Pants - Jeans.
Long Sleeves or Short - Short.
Dresses or Skirts - Dresses.
Stripes or Plaid - Plaid.
Flip Flops or Sandals - Flip flops.
Scarves or Hats - Scarves.
Studs or Dangly Earrings - Studs.
Necklaces or Bracelets - Necklaces.
Heels or Flats - I love all shoes equally.
Forever 21 or Charlotte Russe - Forever 21.
Cowboy Boots or Riding Boots - Like I said, I love all shoes (and boots are shoes) equally.
Abercrombie or Hollister - Hollister.
Saks Fifth Avenue or Nordstrom - Saks.
Curly or Straight - Straight.
Bun or Pony Tail - Bun.
Bobby Pins or Butterfly Clip - Bobby pins.
Hairspray or Gel - Hairspray.
Long or Short - Long.
Light or Dark - Dark.
Up or Down - Both. It's such a perk to long hair.
Side Sweep Bangs or Full Bangs - Side sweep.
Rain or Shine - Shine.
Summer or Winter - Summer.
Fall or Spring - Spring.
Chocolate or Vanilla - White chocolate.
East Coast or West Coast - East Coast!
And that is the end of the 'This or That - Beauty Tag'. Now, TAG, YOU'RE IT! Rather than singling out individuals, I'm tagging you all. So if you want to do the 'This or That - Beauty Tag', do it. Be sure to leave a link to your answers as a comment below, or, if you don't have a blog or YouTube channel to post your answers to, you can simply leave them as a comment.
I look forward to reading your answers.


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When the world was nicer, where people were honest , where the working environment was cleaner, when there was goodwill in the world, when small things satisfied us and when the path to success was not very complicated, people followed a set of rules that worked then. But in the present when conditions are different from what they were earlier, the same rules and techniques do not work. So if a present day entrepreneur were to work according to the older rules, it would be difficult for him to make the cut.
There are some specific yesteryear rules that are completely out of place in today's entrepreneurial life and it may be a good idea for us to go through them now. These are the rules that we need to throw out while we internalize new ones.
Old Rule No 1 – Slow and steady wins the race; New Rule No 1 – Be steady but be quick-witted and fast-acting
This does not work anymore. In today's fast-paced world, you have to be steady no doubt, but you have to be quick-thinking and quick-acting to keep others from overtaking you.
Old Rule No 2 – Be patient, not restless; New Rule No 2 – Be impatient and challenge your limits
Successful entrepreneurs, today, hate sitting around waiting for things to happen. They go out and do things, they push the boundaries and climb greater heights.
Old Rule No 3 – Everything is under control; New Rule No 3 – Chaos and bedlam rule
When businesses are rolling along gently , without any major change or growth, then things are definitely under control. But is this what an entrepreneur wants? Today's successful businessman is ambitious and innovative and hungry for growth – he craves chaos and unpredictability that will create conditions for his business to grow fast. He does not believe in safe controlled conditions.
Old Rule No 4 – Have steady fixed work timings; New Rule No 4 – Work all hours, make work your life
Yesterday's businessmen believed that working fixed hours – a 9 to 5 work day – was sufficient to achieve their business goals. Today's entrepreneurs realise they do not have that indulgence. They have to work round the clock. They have no time for personal or leisure time. Work is the new religion.
Old Rule No 5 – Stay within your limits; New Rule No 5 – Push the boundaries, overstep your limits
Older wisdom suggests that you set reasonable limits and work to attain those. But today such an action will pull you back. You need to push your limits and fly higher to meet bigger challenges so that you stay ahead.
Old Rule No 6 – A good product will sell as long as distribution is good; New Rule No 6 – Innovate, modify and renew your product/s constantly to have new offerings continuously
Staying with a product because it is successful is unwise. Others can and do get onto the same bandwagon. So innovate and find new products or product extensions to sell and distribute.
Old Rule No 7 – Stay with your dreams; New Rule No 7- Modify and adjust your dreams
Stay with your dreams but remember conditions and situations change all the time. So adapt, amend, and reformulate your dreams to stay on track with the new world of entrepreneurship.


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I missed the last one in the spring and still regret it. If you are interested in Esoteric Freemasonry or Rosicrucianism, then this will be a great conference for you.
I have my ticket - will I meet you there?
The Details...
Date: October 4th, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Location: Masonic Hall, 71 West 23rd St., New York, NY 10010
View an inspiring installation of esoteric fine art, followed by a fascinating series of presentations and discussions on the impact and intersection between the public face of Freemasonry and the hidden work of Rosicrucianism.
- 12:00pm – 2:00pm "Ambiance" - an esoteric fine art installation by David Lindez
- 2:00pm – 5:00pm Lectures and Q&A
- 6:00pm Salon de Rose Croix (separate event)
Lecture Topics:
- R. A. Gilbert - Beyond the Image: the Spiritual Reality Behind the Symbol of the Rose and Cross
- Piers A. Vaughan - Spiritual Alchemy and the Lodge
- David Lindez - Setting the Record Straight: The History of the Masonic Rosicrucians in the USA
About the Speakers:
- R. A. Gilbert - British author of numerous masonic, historical and Rosicrucian books, journals and articles, Gilbert most recently co-authored 'Freemasonry: A Celebration of the Craft' with John Hamill, Director of Communications for the United Grand Lodge of England. Gilbert is England's foremost book antiquarian, and will shortly defend his Doctoral thesis at Oxford University. As former Librarian and Archivist to the SRIA, he became well known for his numerous contributions to Rosicrucian Scholarship. Gilbert is an expert on Freemasonry, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn & Christian Esoterica in general. He is a Past Prestonian Lecturer (1997) & former editor of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum (AQC) while currently serving as chairman of QCCC Ltd.
Articles by Gilbert:
Books by Gilbert:
- Piers A. Vaughan - Masonic speaker, writer and noted translator of rare French Rosicrucian and Martinist texts. High Council officer for the SRICF, noted high grade member of numerous Chivalric and Esoteric Masonic Orders, expert on Rosicrucian Healing and noted for his liturgical
contributions as an Arch Bishop in the Old Templar Catholic Church. Vaughan is currently the Director of IT & Operations for Globecon in New York City's financial district and has served a distinguished career in the banking industry as a Project Manager and Program Manager for Deutsche Bank and other Fortune 500 companies.
- David Lindez - an artist & author hailing from Montclair, NJ. Lindez's fine art installations have been shown in galleries throughout the world, including the Kinkeleba in NYC, Bayonne, Hoboken, New Brunswick, San Juan and Puerto Rico. His works are a permanent installation in the Kurt Art Gallery in Kingston, Jamaica. Lindez serves as the Grand Archivist for the Societas Rosicruciana In Civitatibus Foederatis (an invitational Order for Christian Masons in the US) as well as the Grand Chancellor for the Military & Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus. Lindez's poetry and writings on the anthropological & historical views of various subcultures in the rustbelt of the Northeastern United States, the Western mind & ancient spirituality, Freemasonry and other orders, have been published around the world in various academic journals, magazines and encyclopedias. Currently, David is working on two authoritative books documenting the histories of the SRICF and the Scottish Rectified Rite in the USA.
This event is open to all interested in Esoteric studies. No affiliation with any particular order or body is required. Seating is limited, so please buy your ticket today as we expect to sell out in advance.
Tickets are only $40. Buy your ticket here.


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Earth Hour has been making news for a few years now. Encouraging us to switch off lights at a given hour every year for an hour- that is exactly what is called Earth Hour.
I have been reading books on ecology like Ecology & Equity by Ramchandra Guha and Madhav Gadgil or Churning the Earth by Aseem Srivastava and Ashish Kothari or Green Wars by Bahar Dutt and Dar Dar Gange by Abhay Mishra and Pankaj Ramendu. All these books tell me how what we are doing to the earth by taking non-renewable resources is shifting the balance of elements on earth in such a way that the earth may not be suitable for Homo Sapiens for a long time.
'Save the Earth' is a common phrase. But my interpretation is that 'Earth will survive with or without us', but we human beings may not survive unless a certain climatic range is maintained on the earth.
So what does Earth Hour do?
While you think, let me share what initiatives like Earth Hour are doing. Earth Hour is a non-profit organization under WWF. And has been running since 2007. They are headquartered in Singapore but have a pretty much global team that is working on creating a tangible change in the world. They partner with various corporate houses to drive home this change. Check out their website for more details.
This year they are collaborating with DU group for the 10th time to support of Earth Hour and C-Plan environmental awareness campaign. This year they are extending their campaign to the digital realm to drive home the point. DU Group have hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Together with WWF they want to engage individuals to create exponential change with a strong climate story. DU group has launched the H5 game to engage users & create social buzz to raise awareness. Through this game they are inviting users to switch off lights on famous monuments in the world like Eiffel Tower. To understand the concept watch this video.
When I was reading the website of Earth Hour and exploring this H5 game, I realized that even the climate change initiatives are slowly moving away from the pages of the books to our mobile phone screens.
This post has been written in collaboration with DU Group.


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While it is possible to use the 1/4 inch launch rod for early TARC rocket development, when your team gets to the finals in Virginia next May, you will be required to launch your rocket with rail buttons from a 1 inch square tube launch rail. For convenience, we suggest developing and testing your rocket concept to the desired objective with a 1/4 inch launch rod device, but then complete your "finals" model with these rail buttons attached. Assembly is easy with two screws, two spacers and four washers that are attached to the outside of your rockets main body tube. One set contains three pieces of nylon rail buttons and one black 8-32 x 1/2 inches long stainless steel screw.
RB1010 – Rail Buttons
• Complete "finals" with easy to assemble rail buttons
• Two sets
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There have been a few photo booth apps in the past for BlackBerry smartphones and the PlayBook but the latest comes to us from ToySoft. Their new Photo Booth Pro simulates a photo booth by taking four consecutive photos automatically with a delay between pics. You can then apply one of the eight effects to the pictures and edit them up. Effects include blur, emboss, flea, greyscale, negative, and more.
Features include:
- Simple and functional interface
- Zoom in and out before taking the pictures. Not available if the Flash is on
- Built in 8 special effect filters
- Set delay before each take for Quick Take
- Set vibrate notification before each take
- Change the background color on the final picture
- Save in JPG format to system Pictures or your own folder on the SD Card
- Email picture
- Supports Flash to take pictures in the dark (very cool)
- Load your own saved pictures
- Run Pictures app directly in Photo Booth Pro
- Best Photo Booth simulator for the BlackBerry(R)
You can pick up Photo Booth Pro in App World for $0.99 for OS 5.0+ devices.


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We spend a lot of time thinking about how much people get paid. That number is central to any job negotiation: potential employees want to make sure they can meet their financial needs and goals while potential employers want to attract and retain key talent while remaining under budget. There is another fundamental tension in these negotiations, however, and it's not how much, but how you get paid. Are you paid hourly, a contractor, or salaried? Is your bonus (or a future raise) based on company performance, team performance, or whether you hit your individual goals? There are so many ways to pay, and economists had some hand-wavey ideas about why some were preferable to others, but it wasn't until the late 1970s that researchers started gaining clear insight into why contracts are structured the way they are, and when certain types of contracts outperform others. (As with basically all economic research, the answer is "it depends", but now we have a clear idea what "it depends" on.)
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday. The awardees, Oliver Hart and Bengt Holström, were responsible for making major advances in how economists understand contracts. Some of Holmström's earliest work is particularly insightful when considering how your pay contract is structured. In the model, employees like income but dislike risk (meaning income could be higher or lower depending on factors partially outside the employee's control). The owner of the business has an appetite for the risk, but wants to ensure that the employee is working which can be hard to monitor. By tying compensation to performance, the employer can ensure the employee has the incentive to work hard. This tension between risk and incentives determines how much of a manager's or executive's pay is salary and how much is variable based on individual, team, or company performance.
The same insight explains why insurance contracts have fixed deductibles before your policy kicks in and pays a claim. In that case, your insurance company wants to encourage you to avoid dangerous behavior by driving safely, so there's a base amount you have to pay in the event of an accident. This mixture of fixed and variable payouts follows the same logic, but works in opposite directions – your employer uses the mix to encourage positive behavior that hopefully leads to better economic, while your car insurance mixes to discourage potentially damaging behavior.


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How to Love Animals: In a Human-Shaped World
By Henry Mance
A personal journey into our evolving relationships with animals, and a thought-provoking look at how those bonds are being challenged and reformed across disciplines We love animals, but does that make the animals' lives any happier? With factory farms, climate change and deforestation, this might be the worst time in history to be an animal. If we took animals' experiences seriously, how could we eat, think and live differently? How to Love Animals is a lively and important portrait of our evolving relationship with animals, and how we can share our planet fairly. Mance works in an abattoir and on a pig farm to explore the reality of eating meat and dairy. He explores our dilemmas over hunting wild animals, over-fishing the seas, visiting zoos and saving wild spaces. What might happen if we extended the love we show to our pets to other sentient beings? In an age of extinction and pandemics, our relationship with animals has become unsustainable. Mance argues that there has never been a better time to become vegetarian or vegan, and that the conservation movement can flourish, if people in wealthy countries shrink our footprint. Mance seeks answers from chefs, farmers, activists, philosophers, politicians and tech visionaries who are redefining how we think about animals. Inspired by the author's young daughters, his book is a story of discovery and hope that outlines how we can find a balance with animals that fits with our basic love for them.


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The Chamblee Open Data Portal provides you with access to useful datasets that are managed and used by the City of Chamblee.
City of Chamblee GIS Open Data Portal
All maps and data available from the City of Chamblee have been compiled from the most accurate sources available. Maps and data are presented "as-is," for informational purposes only, without warranty or representation of timeliness, accuracy or completeness, and should not be interpreted as a legal document.
The City of Chamblee assumes no legal responsibility for the information presented herein, and makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to the use of the maps and data available for access through this website. There are no implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The user acknowledges and accepts all inherent limitations of the maps and data, including the fact that the maps and data are dynamic and in a constant state of maintenance, correction and revision.


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Listen, love, and dance in a time of occupation.
You, you, you
Are a part of me
The good part, the right part
The part that I like to see, now
Three, three, three
Three enemies
I face three, I face three
I fight three to keep you with me
Got a place, got a place, got a place
I got a place in my heart for you
With the things
That are secret to me
I, I, I can see
I can't really be
I can't be, I cant… be
I can't be without you baby
Occupy me / occupy me / Occupy ME!
I give up, I give up my sovereignty
We are 3 / We are 3 / We are 3
The love, the hate, the love, the hate, the harmony
Dissonance is, dissonance is synthesis
And how I feel is just like this
Featuring special guest bassist Krys VanSlyke


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Bike Diva's new ride?
When you are a true bike addict, like I am, you can never have too many bikes. Right now, I only own three bikes. That barely qualifies me as a bike enthusiast, let alone a bike addict. I have been thinking about getting a triathlon bike for the past year. I am currently racing in time trials and sprint duathlons on my road bike. Someone of my age, and ability, probably doesn't need a fancy time trial bike to race on, but I'm the Bike Diva - come on!
Bike Diva's Rides
1. 2006 Nirve Lahaina. 3-speed beach cruiser with coaster brakes. A pretty Hawaiian themed bike, which weighs ten tons compared to my road bike. For fun, casual rides in the neighborhood. Mostly used by my daughter's friends when they come over to visit. My daughter rides a turquoise blue, Townie Electra beach cruiser most of the time.
2. 2008 Felt Breed. A single speed cyclocross bike. This bike weighs about 19 pounds, about the same as my very first aluminum frame, Cannondale road bike. The cyclocross bike is used mostly for night time urban rides, and off road riding, such as along the rim canal that starts at the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach.
I sold my Cannondale mountain bike in December of 2008, and bought the Felt from my friends Matt and Julie Goforth, owners of the On Your Mark bike shop. Single speed riding is fun, no need to worry about which gear you should be in, you only have 1 gear!
3. 2008 Trek Madone 6.5 WSD. I ordered this bike the end of 2007 from Bike America in Boynton Beach, and received it February of 2008. It is a full carbon, woman's specific road bike, which weighs only 14.1 pounds - CRAZY! I recently added a set of Reynold's SDV66C deep dish carbon clincher wheels to this bike.
I've been having a recurring problem with the bottom bracket of this bike, and have had to change the bearings 3 times since purchasing it. Trek has finally agreed to send me a new frame. I could get a 2009 frame ASAP, or wait a month or two for a 2010. My LBS says to wait for the 2010 frame, which is supposed to be lighter, stiffer and have a better bottom bracket than the 2009 frames.
Race Bike Diva Race
I started racing in time trials on the Trek, the beginning of 2008. In 2009, I started racing in duathlons. I LOVE duathlons; run-bike-run. Kind of like a triathlon, but while the triathletes are swimming, duathletes are running. The biking and second run of duathlons are the same course as the biking and running section for the triathletes.
There are quite a few sprint races in Florida, which can be done as either a triathlon or a duathlon. Sprint duathlons are typically a 1 mile run - 10 mile bike - 3.1 mile run distance. On November 8, I will be competing in my very first half Ironman duathlon at Miami Man. That will be a 1 mile run - 56 mile bike - 13.1 mile run. OMG - I hope I can finish the half marathon before getting swept off the course. I'm not worried about the first run, or the bike portion, but running a half marathon after doing 56 miles on the bike - YIKES!
Frankenbike? I always wondered how you could be fit for a bike before ordering the bike. Spent about 2 hours at Racer's Edge getting fit for my new triathlon bike. Racer's Edge owner John Palmquist uses the Serotta bike fit system shown above.
Time for a Triathlon Bike
Since my main racing focus is on duathlons, I have decided to bite the bullet and purchase an entry level triathlon bike. Well, maybe more of a mid-level bike. My budget was $3000 or less, so even though the 2010 frames have been released by most bike manufacturers, I was hoping to score a good deal on a 2009 frame.
Since tri bike geometry is way different than road bike geometry, I decided to spend the money and go to a high quality bike shop that specializes in custom triathlon bike fits. On Tuesday, October 6, I went to the Racer's Edge in Boca Raton for my preliminary fit. This was simply to see what size bike I would need, and then find a frame that would fit me, and build it out according to my measurements.
Name your poison. Selection of bike frames at the Racer's Edge. Notice the brown, Calfee bamboo frame top row, second from the left - NICE!
Although I am only 5' 5" tall, apparently I have very long legs for someone my height. Based on my height, a couple of other bike shops thought I would probably need a size 48 frame. After being fit on the Serotta system, John decided I needed a size 54 frame, with shorter crank arms. My road bike is a size 52, so I always thought a tri bike would be much smaller, but I trust the expert to get me in the optimal riding position.
Cervelo P2C
John gave me three options for triathlon bikes in my size and price range. I decided to go with the Cervelo P2C tri bike, using a 2009 frame. I didn't know that was going to be one of the bikes he recommended, but I had been doing quite a bit of research on this exact bike during the past week or so.I decided to take that as a sign that this is the bike I'm supposed to ride. It was also the least expensive of the 3 options. The Cervelo P2C is shown in the photo at the beginning of this blog post.
I'm going to move the Reynold's SDV66C deep dish carbon wheels from my road bike to the triathlon bike. I'll put my Bontrager Race X-Lite wheels back on the Trek. I got the Reynold's wheels, barely used, from the owner of Bike America. He was selling them for a racing friend of his. They were only $1400, pretty sweet considering this wheel set retails for $2400-$2800 online.
Uber triathlete Chrissie Wellington used to ride a Cervelo P2C, so it must be a pretty decent bike. She now rides a Cannondale Slice triathlon bike, but I guess they made her a sponsorship deal she couldn't refuse.
Here are a few reviews of the Cervelo P2C:
Chrissie Wellington's Cervelo P2C
Cervelo P2C; Cervelo Hits a Bullseye2008 Cervelo P2C
Customers shopping at Racer's Edge.
I pick up my triathlon bike next Friday, October 16. I go in around 4 PM, to pick up the Cervelo, and do a final fitting on the actual bike. I will also bring my Trek with me, so they can swap out the wheels. I can't wait!
Take care,
Lynn Smythe AKA the Bike Diva


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Posts in "Outbound Sales" Category
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Say it with an infographic
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Make it memorable…3 tips
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Every name counts … when did you last vet your database?
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