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La Société Bistro
No stars
1415 de la Montagne, in the Loews Hotel Vogue
Phone: 514-507-9223
Website: lasociete.ca
Open: Mon. - Thurs. 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Friday, 7 a.m. to midnight, Saturday, 8 a.m. to midnight; Sunday 8 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Reservations: Recommended
Wheelchair access: Yes
Cards: All major
Vegetarian friendly: Not especially
Parking: On the street with meters
Price range: starters $10-$25; main courses $18-$42; desserts $10
For the past few years, rumours had been swirling about who would take over the restaurant space in the Loews Hotel Vogue. Big names were courted: Carlos Ferreira, Normand Laprise. The Joe Beef guys were asked as well. Even Las Vegas chef Kerry Simon jetted in to have a look.
The first chef to cook at the Vogue at the time of the hotel opening in 1991 was Le Devoir food writer and former chef Philippe Mollé. After Mollé's departure, the hotel dining room changed hands often. I remember it as Les Quatre Saisons, then Chez Georges. Last I looked, it was an Italian restaurant called Cellinis. Then for about a year, it sat empty while the luxurious hotel continued to rank highly with visitors. Montreal hotels generally don't give good restaurant, but considering the Vogue's location right in the heart of the downtown core, it seemed a waste not to fill the space, especially considering the captive audience of tourists and biz types who are happy to dine in their hotel resto before hitting the sack.
In mid-June came the news that the Loews Hotel Vogue restaurant space would be taken over by La Société Bistro. The original Société Bistro is located in Toronto and has been going strong for two years. I've read some take-downs of the food, but generally the restaurant is lauded as a great place to eat drink and party — especially during TIFF time. Owned by the CEO of INK Entertainment, Charles Khabouth (the biggest individual restaurant and nightclub owner in Toronto), La Société Bistro is a T-dot import, a first, I believe, in our city. Montreal-to-Toronto restaurant projects haven't been that successful, and it doesn't appear that the reverse situation is any more promising. To be blunt: My meal at La Société Bistro was one of the most amateurish I have experienced in 15 years of restaurant reviewing.
What went wrong? Everything. Starting with my two calls to the restaurant to book a table. Despite my pleading messages, I'm still waiting for a call back. Does anyone work the phones here? I ended up booking a table through the concierge of the hotel. When I mentioned the reservation problem she said, "That's really not our responsibility. The restaurant is a separate entity from the hotel." Oh, okay, then. Next time, I'll use the Open Table feature on the website that doesn't require contact with a human being. And if all else fails … smoke signals?
Upon arrival, I stood in the entranceway and gawked. This is one beautiful space. No expense has been spared. La Société Bistro has been given the Disneyland bistro treatment complete with a stained-glass ceiling, zinc bar, marble-topped service stations, wooden tables and chairs, and the most gorgeous black-and-white tiled floor I've seen outside of Paris. Like New York's Balthazar, Société Bistro has that faux bistro look down to a T, save for the fact that everything here shines just a bit too much. And yet, despite the huge effort made to make this place look authentic, the background Buddha Bar-like tunes ram a stick in the spokes of the overall effect. If you're going to recreate a bistro, play Aznavour, Gainsbourg or Trenet, not loungy muzak.
Only a few tables were occupied, and when the hostess showed us to ours (next to a noisy group), I requested another a few feet away. She hesitated then asked me to wait while she asked the manager if it was okay. Really? She then pointed the three of us to a table for six. What?
Once seated, we scanned the offerings. True to form, the menu has been given the same faux bistro look, complete with the requisite curlicues, olde-worlde sketches and a stamp that reads — in English — "Warranted of Superior Quality." Trust me, that means nothing.
The menu itself is all over the place. Main courses are mixed in with starters, and dishes are listed over three pages for no apparent reason. When I ask the waiter if the dishes listed at the top of the main courses (mousse de foie gras, garlic snails, seafood ceviche etc.) are appetizers, he says, no, they are all main courses. Even the foie gras mousse? "Yes," he says, "it's very big." The waiter seems clueless, so much so that 10 minutes after selecting our wine, he returns to the table and asks, "Could you tell me again what wine you ordered." Groan …
After a 45-minute wait in a close-to-empty restaurant, the appetizers appeared. Hooray! First up, a dozen oysters that happily were both fresh and well-shucked. They didn't make them, but still it was the best dish of the night. A bowl of onion soup looked promising, yet the beef stock was bitter and dull. The croutons inside tasted stale and the cheese lacked the punch of the promised Gruyère.
I was optimistic about my pretty marrow bone and crab starter. Served in a hollowed-out half marrow bone, the dish was quite good, yet where was the marrow? My guess was that it was minced and folded into crab mix, robbing it of all its unctuousness. Instead, I concentrated on the accompanying salad, which was tart and crunchy and filled with cabbage. I didn't dislike the dish, but did it live up to its $19 price tag? No.
Prices at La Société Bistro are high when compared with Montreal's top bistros such as L'Express and Leméac. Served in an attractive Staub pot (the tableware here is gorgeous), a spindly duck confit leg served on a tiny portion of Puy lentils with a few cherries is sold for $32. Even $22 would be a lot for this. The steak/frites consists of an entrecôte of aged beef topped with maitre d'hôtel butter. The steak was good, but with nothing but a basket of lukewarm fries as accompaniment, the $32 price is also excessive. Our last main course consisted of braised veal cheeks with smoked quinoa and the exact same spring slaw served with my crab appetizer. The cheeks were mushy and fatty, the salad was all wrong for this dish (in French cuisine, hot and cold elements are rarely — if ever — served on the same plate). And the smoked quinoa? Just plain awful.
Though the waiter boasted that desserts were excellent and made by an in-house pastry chef, I was not impressed. The tarte Tatin was burned, the "Crispy chocolate pillow with salty caramelized ice cream" wasn't in the least bit crisp, and the deconstructed lemon tart looked and tasted like a failed cooking-school project.
As for the service, it only got worse as the night progressed: waiters taking away my wine glass before I had finished, no one bringing bread, nonsensical wine recommendations, different waiters showing up at the table throughout the evening. The works. I will give a thumbs-up to the wine list, which is both extensive and fairly priced. Yet, what's the use of a good wine list if the staff's wine knowledge is lacking, as in plunking down a pre-poured $15 glass of Chablis without showing me the label?
You may think I'm coming down hard on this establishment, but when dinner for three comes in with tax and tip at $344, a certain level of professionalism is expected. La Société Bistro didn't even come close.
And a final word about the restaurant's concept. While scanning La Société Bistro's website, I found a line of copy that states that a meal here is all about, "Trouver l'âme de Paris au coeur de Montréal." ("Finding the soul of Paris in the heart of Montreal.") Funny, all I found here was the Toronto version of a Paris bistro. And a poor one at that.
We already have a great bistro tradition in this city, and this restaurant does nothing to up the game. So I say to this soul-searching team: Perhaps in Toronto you need to replicate a Parisian ambience in your bistros to up the French quotient. But here in Montreal we already have the French bistro vibe down pat. So much so, in fact, that the last impression I'd hope a tourist comes away with after a meal in Montreal, is a night out in Paris.
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Welcome to Emotional Intelligence Guide
Emotional Intelligence Selfawareness Mood Managem Article
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Examples Of Multiple Intelligence Related To Emotional Intelligencefrom: Motivated Lifestyle - Archive Material
Aside from the conventional measure of intelligence that we know of as IQ, there are other factors of intelligence that we can use as the basis for assessing people.
The innate capabilities of human beings have various facets to them, and therfore should not only be limited to one or two measurements, and in fact there are multiple types of intelligence that may appear in various intensities and combinations for different people. Some may be lacking in one type of intelligence, and some may have a good mixture of most other intelligence.
That variety of combinations stems from the development of any particular individual, and is largely determined by the type of environment and the biological factors relating to his development and his upbringing.
Men have a mixture of different preferences and personalities, as well as different attitudes strengths and weaknesses and because of this, it is therefore not suitable for someone to typify one oarticular person into a single category of multiple intelligence.
One person might find his strength in intrapersonal intelligence, but might well find numbers or logical analysis boring, whereas others might be specially gifted with music, but on the other hand lack the skill to analyze spatial problems. Accordingly over reliance on the value of a single aspect of intelligence, will in the end prove to be counter productive.
Say for example that there are people who are intellectually competent, yet are unfit for social interaction, or there are those who have talents in kinesthetic, but not as good with language use and linguistics. These are cases though that one has developed skills in a single intelligence, and in the process has developed other types of intelligence as well. This holds true with music and kinesthetic, and vice versa.
The closest way that we can relate to emotional intelligence though is the interpersonal and intrapersonal intelligence, the latter of which has the closest association for us.
Intrapersonal intelligence is the ability to become self aware, to be able to delve deep into one's own personality, and to become capable of having a complete understanding of oneself. This also illustrates that people with high intrapersonal intelligence are good at personal cognizance, and at identifying changes and reactions to personal thoughts. They are also good at interpreting people's behavior patterns, and understanding their own behavior in any given situation.
These people also have the skills to understand others, and build harmonious relationships with those who surround them, while also being able to understand their emotions to use them in maintaining relationships.
Having said that it is obvious that our understanding of the concept of intrapersonal intelligence, is closely intertwined with our knowledge of emotional intelligence, because there is very little difference between the two. Intrapersonal intelligence is much more focused on self discovery and self reflection, while emotional intelligence deals more on the emotions that would create better judgments for someone.
Since emotional intelligence covers one's ability to maintain relationships, it would be good to discuss here in brief, examples of interpersonal skills that are crucial to developing emotional intelligence.
Central to this is the fact that people with higher interpersonal intelligence, are those who have heightened sensitivity to other people's feelings. This in turn helps them interpret reactions and those behaviors that are vital in sustaining good relationship with others. They usually also possess the skills to influence other people and to counsel them, and they may be able to affect others in ways that are to their own advantage.
The examples which we have given on both interpersonal and also intrapersonal intelligence, are deemed to find the links between emotional intelligence and various aspects of someone's personality. Please remember though that emotional intelligence is still a separate field which must be treated in ways which are applicable only to this relatively new area of psychology.
Nonetheless our knowledge on the relationships between these three will all lead to better judgements when discussing the concept of emotional intelligence.

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The Lindenwood University Theatre Department will present the musical "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 11-14 in the university's Emerson Black Box Theater.
Tickets cost $15 for general admission and are available at the Lindenwood Box Office, by phone at 636-949-4433 or online at www.lindenwood.edu/center. The box office and the Emerson Theater are located in the university's J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts, at 2300 West Clay Street in St. Charles, just west of First Capitol Drive.
Directed by Nick Kelly of the Lindenwood Theatre faculty, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" tells of six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, learning that winning isn't everything and that losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser.
The show is filled with great songs by William Finn with book by Rachel Sheinkin. At each performance, four audience volunteers are selected to participate as on-stage guest spellers, guaranteeing a unique performance each evening.
The cast includes Marlea Jenkins, Gina Greaves, Kayla Doeren, Catherine Neuhart, Devon A.A. Norris, Michael Dowdy, Wes Jenkins, Keith Parker and Adam Loyd. Dowdy is also assistant director. Pam Grooms is musical director, and costumes and set were designed by West Jenkins and Tim Poertner, respectively. Sound designer is Jennings Drew Matney. Other crew members include Danielle Bruns, Morgan Callender, Michael Ginsburg, Abby Powers and Nathanial Carlson.
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Don't Hate Me 'cause I'm American (if you must hate me hate me because I am me)
A few years ago I cut an article out of The News, the Mexico City English language daily newspaper. I like The News, it disappeared for awhile and is now back in a little different style. It must have been a slow news day back then because they published the article under the heading SOUNDOFF, which translates, roughly, to SHOOTYOURMOUTHOFF. The article was written by an American student studying in Canada. It has the headline; "Don't hate me 'cause I'm American" I added the subtitle because I'm a smart arse. You could tell he was a college student because he actually included the sentence: "Yet I am constantly castigated by your presumptuous and quotidian fulmination." Man, dey sure must talk funny up dere in Canada, ay?
After securely saving this article for more than four years, I recently found it folded up and tucked into a pocket in an old notebook. I'd like to share it with you today for several reasons, not the least of which is that I assume the author has finished college by now and has a real job somewhere reading dictionaries. I should add the disclaimer that I don't have anything against this guy because he is an American. Although technically, Canadians, Mexicans and even Hugo Chavez may be considered Americans, too, since they all live in the Western Hemisphere which is composed of the continents referred to as "the Americas". But I don't want to quibble (I have been waiting for the opportunity to use the word "quibble" ever since I started reading the dictionary!) The New York Times style book claims that the terms "American", "America" and the "United States" refer, in general usage, to the "United States of America". I know that some ultra-nationalist Mexicans don't like to hear that because their country is officially called "The United States of Mexico" (but trust me, no one gets the two nations confused) and, surprisingly, at least to me, there was, at one time, an entity called the "United States of Central America". (But I think that last one only existed for about 30 minutes, before there were several revolutions, probably precipitated by those damn Canadians.)
The author claims to be "a rather identifiable American" although in his picture he kind of looks like a French guy and he has a very French name, let's just call him "J. P.". He was attending classes at a University in western Canada, which may explain why Canucks "hated" him so much–the only people Canadians "hate" more than Americans are the French. It's like a double whammy, a French guy from the U.S! But I digress….
So I am just going to present the original article in its entirety (really, I should say, as it was originally published in The News, as I have to presume it was edited somewhat, at least I hope it was. I doubt that J. P. will ever see this but if he does he is welcome to offer any additional material he may feel is pertinent). The text of the article will be in red, since, for all I know, the Canadians may be Communist sympathizers, too. Of course I reserve the right to add any smart arse comments of my own, (in black), otherwise I wouldn't be here.


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We are finally getting around to posting the Easter blog.
It all starts off out at the cabin. The girls hadn't colored eggs yet this year, so we took the opportunity to make the mess at the lake instead of at home!
Violet mixing up the color tablets
Two artists at work
Dipping eggs
After nap it was time to check out what goodies the Easter Bunny brought. Since it was wet and muddy outside, the good Easter Bunny decided to hide the eggs in the porch.
On your mark, get set...
The girls did a great shop working together to find all of the eggs. The ones with the coins in them were a big hit! After some dinner we cleaned up and headed back home.
Easter Sunday was spent up at Grandma and Grandpa Chickens house. One of the few nice days in April!
The girls in their Easter outfits
Not to be left out, the chickens even joined in the fun...
We didn't get too many pictures, but their loot was pretty solid. Tons of jelly beans and chocolates to keep the girls wired for months to come!
Last weekend, we got together at the Tanious' house for one last Easter egg hunt. As with most days, the weather was cold and windy, but that won't stop some kids from hunting through the grass and bushes for some candy!
12 eggs / child was the quota. Violet needed to confirm...
Sylvia needed to help out her little sister...
Sylvia showing off the find of the day. The "Golden Egg" contained a bunch of candy and a $5 bill.


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Neurosis - Honor Found in Decay
Quote from: evenflow on February 6, 2013, 09:54 PMNeurosis - Honor Found in DecayOMFG....you're a Neurosis fan!?!?Dude, we really need to talk. I was just listening to the Tribes of Neurot/Walking TimeBombs split in my car yesterday!I used to work at Relapse Records in the late nineties when they were still signed and got to know those guys pretty well. Through Silver in Blood had just come out and they were getting a ton of hype. The multi-media live shows were freaking epic. Major props for your excellent taste in music, sir!
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I'm working on some new ideas for the blog. Want to make it much, much simpler. Might even change the web address. Taking a break from it for awhile to focus on some other things but I'll return with everything much different. 🙂
Mondays are for…
Mostly doing nothing, usually. After the weekend where I don't get to see Max too much we normally just take the day to totally veg out together. Today I'm thinking of getting a lot done…a LOT. There's a lot of cleaning and organizing I'd like to do around here! Our problem is space. We don't have a lot of it. But we could probably make better use of the space we do have. The problem is clutter. None of it is Dan's really. It's mostly my junk that I have collected, and lots and lots of excess toys for Max. My plan is to purge a lot of that before his birthday but since I'm not really sure what to get rid of and what to keep I'm just going to pay more attention to what doesn't get played with over the next couple of months.
Today is also an update on my food post from Friday. I did pretty well even though I was surrounded by delicious desserts for most of the weekend at work. I've done mostly raw all weekend. The things that weren't raw were: 1 hard boiled egg, 1 sliver of raw goats milk cheese, 1 sliver of raw cows milk cheese, 1 vegan whoopie pie, and 1 beer. Not all together. Probably obvious buuuuuuut I figured I would explain. Everything else has been greens, veggies, fruit, grains and nuts. I feel mostly pretty good so far. I'm about to start today with a green smoothie and steel cut oats with blueberries and maple syrup. I'm going to let Max get reaaaaaaaally messy in his booster seat with the oats while I do up the dishes and then it's an early bath time for that guy. I've found so far with this diet that as long as I add in extra meals I don't feel hungry or deprived and actually have pretty good energy levels for the most part. So, I'll have and extra meal between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner with lots of little snacks mixed in. Max will eat the same thing I am so we'll both be healthy and feeling good. Signing off now- we're hungry!
Thoughts about diet and food have been consuming my brain lately. Dan and I have had countless conversations about it. I have talked about it with my older sister quite a bit and with some other friends as well. There are always some people who are very set in their ways, and I have learned not to really bring up the topic of food at all with them. This makes me fee a little bit sad because I like to talk. And I like to talk about food. I like to think ahead (sometimes too far- and yes, living for now and in the moment is a treasure, but I can't help but plan and scheme, it's part of who I am!). I really like to make lists. I love different aspects of vegan, vegetarian and raw food diets. I was a vegetarian for 4 years as a teenager and mostly just ate lots and lots of junk food- lots of soda, carbs and soy-based meat replacement products. I try to stay away from all of that now. I do have soda here and there but it's not something I ever keep in the house. I try not to keep juice either. The only beverages I consume normally while at home are water, and sometimes unsweetened almond milk. I'm not really interested in fully committing to vegan or raw 100%. I love eggs and I really love goat cheese occasionally. After talking with Dan it seems like the best thing for us is a combination of those diets. So my revamped meal plan is coming atcha!
Breakfasts: steel cut oats with fruit nuts and maple syrup, eggs
Lunches: grain salads with beans and veggies or green veggie wraps
Dinners: Veggie and bean based, we'll bulk everything up with brown rice and grains.
We'll keep Greek yogurt and nuts for protein snacks and lots of fruit. I feel really good about this and I am really glad that Max will be coming along on this with us, too! I have plans to save for a really nice blender down the line for for now our cheapo one will do- not trying to sound like a snob here at all- our blender is really low quality and burns out easily and quickly and generally can't handle a lot of stuff. Nothing ever gets 100% blended in there but I'll try to have patience while it's what we have to use! I'd like to start green smoothies every morning, too. Let's see how this goes! I'll try to update about it once and awhile.
This time last year
So everybody put your best suit or dress on
Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once
Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn
As thirty dialogues bleed into one
I wish the world was flat like the old days
And I could travel just by folding a map
No more airplanes or speed trains or freeways
There'd be no distance that could hold us back
This is not a post about resolutions, don't be fooled! This has more to do with the seemingly obligatory idea that everyone decides to get fit! get healthy! lose 10 pounds! etc. on January 1st. Some people might really work at it and change their lifestyles for the better permanently but let's face it- most don't and their gym memberships and leafy green intake get kind of forgotten about. We seem to do mostly okay in the food department but we still get into ruts sometimes. One of the problems I have as far as food is snacking. Max and I spend a lot of time at home and if there is any kind of junk food in the house it doesn't last long. A bag of chocolate chips, plate of cookies or cake can become breakfast, lunch and dinner if I let it- not good at all! While grocery shopping last night I stocked up on super healthy snacks in an attempt to change my palette a bit. I got things that Max and I can both enjoy. Here's what was in my shopping basket:
seaweed rice crackers
cans of chickpeas and white beans to make bean dip for my crackers and to spread on sandwiches
grape tomatoes
dried mangoes
yogurt tubes to throw in the freezer (also great for soothing Max's poor teething gums!)
frozen peas (not so much for me, but Max loves them!)
Other items that have been really yummy for us in the past are mixed olives- I love the lemon and garlic variety, rice cakes with almond butter, apple slices and dark chocolate chips.
We often get into dinner ruts, too. We're cutting out most animal products and focusing our dinner time on vegetables, beans and fruit. This week we're going to have miso soup quite a bit. We make ours with barley miso paste, cabbage, carrots, green onions, soba noodles, ginger and a bit of rice wine vinegar. I think it'll be really yummy with lots of garlic, too. Veggie burgers were on sale so I bought a couple of boxes, but next week I'm going to be making a couple batches of homemade bean and veggie burgers to keep in our freezer. Another favorite meal for all of us is chickpea curry with brown rice. Lunch isn't a big affair- Max and I usually just have something light, Lately he has been loving avocado chunks and I like to roast sweet potato wedges for lunch. Grain salads are great for lunch and dinner! I can't wait for summer time and tomatoes with every meal!
Year's end
2011, you were jam packed with memories. You brought me peak anxiety levels and also showed me how amazing life really is. You brought a first birthday, first steps, family road trips and local food trucks. You helped me find my style and helped me figure out what it is I really want to 'do' in my life. You brought me diy heaven and you brought me an amazing wedding that I'll be remembering forever. You brought me a love of coffee that I never thought I'd acquire- that could be a problem. You brought me closer to the family I've known all my life and closer with a whole new half of my family. This year was a good one! I'm pretty stoked on all of the sweet things that are going to happen to us in 2012!
This time last year
I score this awesome old blackboard for $2 at a church yard sale last summer while we were in Maine visiting my mom. My mom, sister, niece and I all went and we scored big time. I mean, it was the motherload of yard sale finds. I'm tempted to plan any visits up there around that annual sale…
Anyway, since Max has been eating things less and less, I decided to break out the chalk and let him go to town. I wrote his name a drew the heart, but all the other lines are all him.
I have plans to hang this in the living room at his level, but for now it's in our bedroom. This place has been getting pretty cozy and homey lately!
Even though Christmas is over for this year, I still wanted to share this really awesome version of Blue Christmas. One of my favorite daily reads, Skunkboy Creatures, recorded this song with her husband. Their two-person band is called Gift Horse. I just love it!


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Store manager Sandy Wang said her family was forced to close their antique store because of exorbitant rent prices, among other reasons. Maspeth seemed like the perfect place to start over.
"I was driving around with my friend and we saw that people put out a lot of decorations. I think the people in this neighborhood are very traditional," said Wang. "It's a good and safe neighborhood."
Wang said the store has only been open two months, yet despite the recession, business has not been too bad; she sells something everyday.
"When you start this kind of business, I don't wish to make money; I wish to make people happy," said Wang. She added, "Even though I just opened, I already have regular customers."
She estimated that 80 percent of customers are women, 20 percent men. The latter generally buy larger items like chairs, tables, and sculptures, but women are all about the antique jewelry. And it's not only older women who are interested, either.
"Even students come in here to buy stuff, like necklaces for their friends' birthdays," said Wang. "I give students good prices because I know they don't have a lot of money."
She added that Sand's Antiques offers items for all price points, starting as low as $2, and for people of all tastes.
"A lot of reasons make you buy antiques. Some people buy things because they're cute. Some people buy for style. Some people buy for quality. My reason is I like to mix the styles," said Wang. "People will say 'that's interesting.' I think antiques are very beautiful but also classic. Mostly everyone wants to have some antiques in their houses."
Get some antiques in your own home now, at a discounted price. In honor of its grand opening, Sand's Antiques is offering customers 15 percent off all items for a limited time only.


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It is kindof crazy to think that 10 years ago I was just starting my PhD and just finishing Physics and the Pinewood Derby with Dr. Scott Acton (I guess I am a Dr. now too, but not that kind of doctor). Scott's son from the video is all grown up, James Webb Space Telescope is almost ready to launch (which Scott and I both worked on together at Ball Aerospace), and Scott took a sabbatical and rode almost all the way around the world on a bike last year (see http://jwstworldbicycletour.com/).
Well, we are celebrating 10 years and probably close to 2000 copies of the video by offering the download of the video for $9.99 through the month of January. Feel free to share on Facebook and Twitter. There are buttons on the page below to both get the deal and to easily share on Facebook and Twitter.
Link to the promotional page on our website.
10 year anniversary of Physics and the Pinewood Derby - Download for $9.99
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BACD Business Fundamentals: Marketing & Sales
December 12, 2019 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am
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This session is part of the Business Fundamentals Series and can be taken in any order. The Marketing and Sales session gives you a robust structure for creating your own marketing and sales strategy. These 3 sessions are the fundamentals of most businesses and presented by BACD's advisors.
Without a Marketing & Sales strategy, your marketing efforts could be wasted or money spent in the wrong channels.
In Marketing and Sales Strategy we will cover:
- How to create a brand for your buinsess
- Online and offline marketing strategies
- Marketing tactics for your business
- You client acquisition process
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What can/can't I bring to the event? You don't need to bring anything but your questions and a notebook if needed.
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