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Given the prevalence of foot infections in patients with diabetes, aggressive and judicious management with antibiotics is crucial. These authors discuss the recent Infectious Diseases Society of America guideline on diabetic foot infections, emphasize the importance of a team approach in managing inpatients with diabetic foot disorders and investigate the efficacy of promising new antibiotic agents.
Individuals with diabetes have an approximately 25 percent chance of developing a foot ulcer in their lifetime and about half of these ulcers are clinically infected at presentation.1-3 Foot wounds are now the most frequent diabetes-related cause of hospitalization and often lead to amputation.1,4 Hospitalizations are usually required for moderate or severely infected diabetic foot ulcers. When these patients are hospitalized, aggressive management is critical to increase the success of limb salvage.
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"Come Fly With Me" generated some controversy when it debuted in Britain. As in their earlier hit series, Walliams and Lucas spend a fair amount of time in prosthetics creating oddball characters. And in this case, several of the characters are of color, like Precious Little above, leading to complaints of racial insensitivity. In a spot on review, the Guardian's Balaji Ravichandran offers:
Imagine the BBC commissioning a new television series composed of the following elements: a rich Middle-Eastern billionaire who owns the busiest airport in the country, but who is so mean and stingy that you have to pay to access the safety equipment; an Asian man (with a beard, of course) who attempts to enter the country using the passport of a white teenage girl (which the white, racist and xenophobic immigration officer allows); a middle-aged black woman played yet again by a "blacked-up" white man, who utters "Praise the Lord" at the end of every sentence, is too lazy to run her coffee shop and who spends her time shopping for cheap bargains at the airport; two Japanese schoolgirls – you guessed it right, white men with modified eyelids, eyebrows and lip-curves – waiting anxiously at the airport for an ostensibly minor celebrity's autograph and photos; and of course, the token sexist Muslim who, in his inability to talk in complete sentences, calls every female "a bitch" and sexualises anything in a skirt. Read more...It is easy to think the problem here is simply black face or brown face--that it is always wrong for white people to darken their faces and take on mannerisms associated with black, Latino, Native or Asian people, particularly for humor. I'm not sure I agree with that. I think it depends on context. I have seen Tracey Ullman get it right, as in the following clip satirizing America's aggrandizing of white celebrities who
And I actually thought Robert Downey Jr.'s turn in "Tropic Thunder" was hilarious. In that case, the joke wasn't "Aren't colored folks and their culture funny?". It was: Imagine the privilege and ridiculousness of a white, Australian actor who wants to embody a middle aged black man as his next Oscar-baiting star turn, refusing to break character and culling "black wisdom" from the Jefferson's theme song; and imagine the cluelessness of the Hollywood executives who would hire him without blinking an eye. (The film had other racial fails; Downey's makeup just wasn't one of them in my opinion.)
It would be odd, I imagine, if in a metropolitan English airport (where the mockumentary "Come Fly With Me" is set) there were no black or Asian workers. And, since Walliams and Lucas play most every character in the show, it would stand to reason that they might play some characters of color. The problem is that while the pair's white characters are meant to be funny because of their quirks, the characters of color are funny mostly because of their non-whiteness, or rather quirks that seem culled from stereotypes.
Racialicious introduced me to the Kate Rigg rule that helps define a difference between a joke that involves race and a racist joke:
When someone tells a joke about Asian people and there's no actual joke – the joke is the Asian people. The joke is [racist-comic voice] the funny way they talkie-talkie! "They don't use proper diction! Only verb and noun! Verb and noun!" I just heard a comic that I respect doing that fucking joke the other night. An Asian comic. And I was like, "Dude! Write a punch line or you're just being racist!" Read more...With some exceptions, in "Come Fly With Me," Walliams and Lucas are merely mimicking what they believe to be the accents and mannerisms of people of color and throwing in dash of stereotypical quirkiness. That fat, black, afroed woman is hyper-religious and lazy, sometimes taking time off from her job to go to the nail shop and get brightly-colored, impractically-long fake nails. Hilarious! Edgy! Never done before!
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Longtime readers of What Tami Said, know I have an answer for those who will cry "free speech," "political correctness" or "equal opportunity" humor. So does Ravichandran:
I cannot understand the logic by which things we would find otherwise objectionable in the extreme are deemed permissible, at their offensive best, in comedy alone. To say that it is for the sake of art is to escape artistic responsibility, even when one subscribes unconditionally to art pour l'art. For what exactly is the point of reiterating a conventional set of racial and sexual stereotypes? Do they promote integration or tolerance? Do they make a worthwhile statement on the dynamics of our society? Are such reiterations even witty? Not art by any stretch of the word, but mere exploitation of the artistic licence for cheap laughs.
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"The raids we currently have will become outdated content the day Firelands becomes available, the same way Naxx became outdated when Ulduar came out and Trial of the Crusader became outdated when ICC came out."
There's a difference between "outdated" and "irrelevant" or "trivial." Outdated just means exactly that: it's no longer up-to-date. But there were still weekly, if not daily Naxxaramas PuG's while Ulduar was current. There were ToC PuG's while Icecrown was current. ToC 25man dropped the same ilvl as the Icecrown heroics. Naxx 25man still dropped better than 5man heroics.
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Help me generate ideas for delicious meals that are designed to be frozen. Specifics inside.
The background:
My grandfather had a stroke nine years ago. Since then, my g-ma has been his fulltime caretaker: a selfless job she does without complaint. For the past nine years, my great aunt (grandpa's sister) has filled the freezer with sumptuous meals on a monthly basis. This meant that all g-ma needed to do was boil, bake or reheat the professionally frozen dishes (great aunt was a chef). My great aunt passed away a week ago which means that not only is everyone missing her terribly, but now g-pa has no more ready-made meals.
This is where I come in. I know that I cannot recreate what my great aunt did, but I would love to help my g-ma in some way. I've read everything I could find on MF about freezing meals (this thread
was particularly helpful), but still feel lost. I'm just not sure where to start.
Pertinent details:
-I am a mediocre cook whose experience with freezing food extends only to ice cubes.
-G-pa likes things like soups, meat-based dishes and wraps (can these be frozen?). He is not huge fan of vegetables, but will eat them if they are in things. He has no dietary restrictions.
-Tupperware looks like my best bet for storage. Does the food go bad if the container is not filled to the top?
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Whenever I make (always meat-filled) spaghetti sauce or chili I always freeze half of it. Both freeze and re-heat really well.
I use quart-size ziplocks myself because I can portion just the right amount for a meal, freeze them flat, and label them, making my freezer look like a food filing cabinet. As far as freezing in tupperware goes, I don't know if this is procedure, but I always place a piece of saran wrap directly onto the surface of the food before I cover it so there's no air in direct contact with the food. Seems to work well for me.
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Random tip -- food expands as it freezes. Don't add so much to the container that it no longer fits when frozen, or in the case of glass storage, breaks. I do 3/4 inch from the top when I freeze stuff.
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German meat sauerkraut mashed potatoes casserole.
1 layer sauerkraut (optional white wine and bay leaves) (ground layer)
1 layer mince meat, some pepper
1 layer mashed potatoes, some nutmeg
some cheese on top
Funny thing is that it tastes BETTER when it gets re-heated.
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Wraps, you say? I make this half-arsed excuse of a Mexican-style wrap and freeze it:
Spread a wrap with cream cheese, top it with refried beans, mixed with mince (ground beef? whatever you call it) if so desired - I then add a layer of garlic, grated onion, capsicum and other favourite vegies but your Grandfather's mileage may vary - top with lots of nice cheese, roll up, and freeze whole wrapped in cling wrap or in slices in a container. Preferably reheat in the oven with a slosh of salsa over the top and covered with foil. And then add a dollop of sour cream before serving. Scrum-diddly-umptious.
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You can't cook all these meals at once. Buy a larger pot, and whenever you cook for yourself, cook in larger batches so you can freeze a portion for your grandparents.
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Sorry to hear about your great-aunt. Is it possible that she had a collection of recipes that you could peruse for the dishes she used to make?
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A google term that might help you is "
once a month cooking
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is delicious, freezes well, and is relatively straightforward to make.
My condolences for your great aunt's passing.
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I did not fully grok the art of freezing until I went through a number of extremely dated guides on the subject. The golden age of freezing was some decades ago, it turns out. If you are going to do this as more than just a one-off thing, something like
this Ball Freezer book
for under $5 all in will be well worth it. There will be lots of "I had NO idea you could freeze THAT" epiphanies, many wonderful ideas for how to package it up, lots of interesting old recipes, ones much better suited for a fan of meat-n-potatoes stodge than the curried lentil etc Googling will turn up.
Do use top-notch ingredients -- stuff that starts with mediocre, or already processed, food, is not going to be improved by freezing. But if you hit a farm and scoop up fresh food and rush it to your kitchen and into the freezer, adding better cheese on the way? Yes.
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These are all wonderful suggestions . . . to recite so charmingly, I didn't even think about using my aunt's recipes--what a great idea.
leigh1, I took a great big breath when I read your response . . . for some reason I'd been feeling like I needed to make all this food at once and was freaking myself out.
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Small tip: you can freeze things like soup, chili, etc. in ziploc bags rather than tupperware style containers. (Lay them flat until they freeze, then stack them.) They take up much less room.
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Just about every soup recipe out there will freeze well, with the exception of ones containing pasta or rice, as the starch will turn to mush. It's pretty easy to cook the pasta or rice right in the soup later, though. Potatoes fall apart in reheated soup, too, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I regularly freeze split pea soup, gumbo, tomato soup, tortilla soup (without the tortilla chips), lentil-spinach soup, etc.
Also, casseroles and stews like enchiladas, lasagna, and jambalaya freeze well. For sandwiches, you can freeze prepared sloppy joe filling and baked falafel patties (not sure if your grandpa would be into those, but they're worth a try.) Burritoes and wraps will freeze well if all the vegetables are thoroughly cooked, otherwise they'll get watery. I *think* you could even freeze a wrap with scrambled egg in it, but you might want to test that first.
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One of my go-to freezer cooking plans is marinara sauce and meatballs. Freeze the marinara sauce in 2 cup ziploc bags (as others have noted) and freeze uncooked meatballs on cookie sheets then store in large ziploc bags. Your grandma can then use the marinara for pasta, chicken, etc.; she can also cook only as many meatballs as she needs.
This default meal comes in handy (even for us, who do not have your g-parents' challenges). Let me know if you'd like recipes.
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The great thing about soups is that they freeze wonderfully.
Pea soup: Simmer 1 pound split peas, and about 1 1/2 pounds ham hock or 1 smoked turkey leg for about 30 minutes. Add 1 cup each carrots, celery, and onion, and a bay leaf. Season.
Beef vegetable soup: Sear some cubed beef. Sautee some carrots, celery, and onion, then transfer the beef. Add some beef stock, some tomato juice or puree, and simmer. If you like, you can add some barley for bulk.
These can easily be portioned out into single serving glad containers that can just be popped into the nuker to heat and eat. I've got a little experience with this.
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I don't know where you are but I go once a month to a place called SupperWorks where I prepare 12 to 24 meals at once designed to be kept in the freezer (this is 6 to 12 family meals divided in half). They have the recipes and have prepared all the ingredients, I just have to assemble the meals which takes about 1 to 2 hours. If these guys are not near you there is likely to be a similar supper club around you. This has been a huge help around our house this year.
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Here are a couple techniques for cooking large batches of food that freeze well.
First, cook in large batches, as long as you're cooking you'll be making roughly the same size mess whether you're cooking a few meals, or a month. Dedicate an evening to prep, a day to cooking, and a spouse (or child) to cleaning (just sayin').
Second, reuse every bit of what you buy. For instance, buy family packs of whole chicken thighs (I suggest thighs because they're cheaper and more fatty than breast meat, you'll find out why later). The evening before, bone the thighs, (it takes about three minutes, don't bother being too accurate, you want to leave some meat on the bones). Immediately throw the bones into a large stockpot with water, mirepoix (carrots, onions, and celery), and a good amount of spices (salt to taste), you're making chicken broth. (If your grandfather doesn't like the skin, throw that into the stock, too.) As you're chopping up the other vegetables that you might use (eggplant, potatoes, skins, whatever), throw them in the pot, too. Bring it to a boil, and let it simmer for at least an hour, preferably two. Strain out all the solids. Half a gallon freezer bag of bones, and half a gallon of vegetable bits makes about 1 gallon of broth. This is the stock you'll use for everything. You can even use it in place of water for mashed potatoes.
For stews, you're going to start with a basic roux. If you don't like massive amounts of butter, this is going to gross you out a little, but it's worth it. Melt several sticks of butter at the bottom of a large pot (preferably cast-iron, or enamled cast-iron like a french oven), once it is melted, mix in an equal part flour. Stir on low heat, don't stop it'll get darker in color the longer it cooks. By the way, if you want to make a proper gumbo, just keep it going until it turns brick red, normally a blond roux will be perfectly fine.
As others have suggested, pasta dishes tend to freeze really well, as do stews. Take a look at how the Bertolli dinners are packaged, they use a process called individual quick freezing (IQF), basically, all the components are cooked separately, frozen separately, and then packaged together. This is what you want to do, too. Make a huge batch of pasta sauce (basic recipe below), and then freeze it in ice cube trays. Boil up lots of pasta (don't forget to salt the water!), keep it al dente, then freeze. Chop up your vegetables (or if you're particularly lazy, buy pre-frozen, they quick freeze them to preserve quality pretty well), sautee the vegetables that may normally take longer (such as eggplant), and mix with a little sauce and freeze.
Cook the chicken you boned earlier any way you want, it cooks really quickly since it's pretty thin and the bones are gone. (I've included a few recipes below.)
For pasta dishes, you can just package the frozen sauce with an amount of pasta, vegetable, and protein. You can mix all different proteins and vegetables to keep variety. Alternatively, you can mix everything together in individual portion sizes on microwavable plates, as you would plate for an actual meal, wrap well in plastic, and have homemade microwavable dinners.
Lasagne is another dish that freezes amazingly well, I've know people that like preparing huge batches of lasagne, portion them in individual meal sizes and freeze. Homemade TV dinners.
For a basic stew recipe, take some oil, quickly sear the outside of whatever stew meat you want to use. (I suggest finding the cheapest well-marbled cuts of meat you can find, the fat helps keep it tender and flavorful.) Add in whatever vegetables you want, a cup of wine (whatever tasty wine you have lying around) fill with the chicken stock you made earlier, and 1 cup of roux to about 3.5 quarts of everything else, salt and spice to taste. Bring to a boil and simmer for at least 45 minutes. Once it cools, freeze in ladelful portions, I like freezing them in some sort of cup-size tupperware container (like the 1 cup ziplog containers), and then repacking them into larger buckets. The basic idea is that the smaller the frozen stew cubes (ew, but yum), the faster you can unfreeze them. Again, an alternative is to store them in single-serving tupperware so they can be reheated in the microwave. (Instant homemade stew!)
Stews of any kind go really wonderfully over rice, which is quite freezable, especially if stored with a liquid. Just cook the rice as you normally would, except take it out when it is about 5 minutes from done. If you are freezing the rice separately, put them in freezer bags in 1-cup portions, flatten, squeeze out all the air, and freeze. To cook them, open the bag slightly and microwave for 3 minutes. Alternatively, you can put the rice at the bottom of a flat-bottomed tupperware container, ladel some stew over it, and freeze, another microwaveable homemade meal.
A couple tips:
Salt and spice early and vigorously. As people age, their tastebuds die off, so spice a more heavily than you normally would. Go for big and bright flavors.
As you experiement and learn your recipes, don't worry about exact amounts, instead, remember ratios. It is much more useful to remember the ratios of major ingredients than x cups and y pounds, especially when you're cooking in huge volumes.
Use different spices for the same ingredients. A stew that has all the same basic ingredients, but uses soy sauce, ginger, and a dry sherry is a completely different dish from a stew that uses red wine and herbes de provence.
Freeze your leftover broth in ice cube trays, just remember to skim off any oil at the top. If anything else, it is the beginning of a really great chicken soup, your grandmother just has to add chicken (which can even be torn from a leftover grocery store rotissery chicken), frozen vegetables, and something like bowtie pasta.
Use fattier cuts of meat such as chicken thighs, they have much more flavor, are more forgiving when cooked, frozen, and recooked. If you think there is too much fat, cut off anything that is excess and throw it in your stock
A few recipes to get you started:
Basic pasta sauce
Get a can of whole tomatoes look for cans that only have tomatoes on the ingredients list, run it through a food processor until the tomatoes are in chunks.
In your saucepan/pot, heat some olive oil and garlic, pour in the can of tomatoes once the garlic is fragrant, also add a small can of tomato paste (again, look for something with only tomatoes so you can flavor and salt to taste). Add half a cup of dry red wine, a few bay leaves, basil, oregano, pepper, whatever else you want. Salt to taste.
Bring it to a boil and then simmer, and let it reduce to the thickness you want. If you're too impatent and it stays too thin, add more tomato paste. Start with a ratio of 3 parts tomatoes to 1 part tomato paste.
This terrific as a basic red sauce, be it for pizza, baked ziti, or lasagne, just play around with the consistency.
A great way to riff on this recipe is to use different boozes (vodka, etc). Also, you can saute different vegetables to mix into the sauce to pour on top of pasta.
Breaded chicken
Mix some flour, salt and dried herbs of your choice. If you have it, also mix a batch of salt, dried herbs with breadcrumbs (I love using panko for extra awesomeness).
Pat dry the chicken and dredge in the flour mix. This mean just lightly coat the chicken in the flour, just whatever adheres to the chicken when you put it into the flour.
Beat a few eggs, dip chicken into eggs and then dip into the breadcrumb mix, cover well. If you don't have breadcrumbs, dip it into your original flour mixture instead (if you do this, you'll have more of a fried chicken texture).
Place chicken onto a baking sheet and bake at 375 until they're 165 degrees in the middle (about 35 minutes).
Freeze on microwavable plates with pasta and sauce for an instantly microwavable meal. I haven't tried it, but you couple probably freeze it with the pasta and sauce in the disposable pie tins to bake.
Chicken curry
Prepare a basic mirepoix, also dice a few medium potatoes, and whatever other vegetables you like (I like also adding butternut or acorn squash for some sweetness)
Heat your pot and add some cooking oil (I prefer canola oil for its high smoke point). Add in about two tablespoons of curry powder, and then add the chicken. cook the chicken until it is almost done, and remove. Add a little more oil and add in the mirepoix, sautee until fragrant.
Add the vegetables that take longer to cook, and then add broth and roux. (Don't forget to salt!)
Cut up the chicken and add it back into the pot. It should be close to boiling, once it starts boiling bring it down to a simmer.
After about 5-10 minutes add everything else (such as potatoes and squash which don't take as long to cook).
The dish will be ready to serve or prepare to freeze once the potatoes are finished. (I like freezing this one with rice.)
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I really could mark all of these as best answer.
Thank you so much for the ideas!
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There are so many images of the 2009 college footbal season that are going to stick with me for a long time:
**–The season ended, of course, with a wild celebration on the field at the Rose Bowl with Alabama holding up the crystal ball symbolizing the BCS national championship, the school's first since 1992. There were a lot of really happy people on that field.
**–But this season really began with a punch. It was delivered, sucker variety, by Oregon's LeGarrette Blount to the chin of Boise State's Byron Houts. What followed was an angry young man out of control, who wanted to take on a hostile crowd. Oregon had no choice but to suspend him indefinitely. But there was redemption. Late in the year he was reinstated to the team and first-year coach Chip Kelly took the Ducks to the Rose Bowl.
**–It was the year that the SEC appeared to be snakebit when it came to bad officiating. It started with the phantom excessive celebration call against Georgia's A.J. Green against LSU, which the SEC admitted was missed. Then came another phantom call of personal foul against an Arkansas player against Florida which the official and the league had to admit was not there. Officials were suspended after that call and later in the year Florida coach Urban Meyer was fined $30,000 for violating the edict that coaches would not comment publicly on officiating. It was a tough year for commissioner Mike Slive but he guided the league through those choppy waters.
**–I was on the field in Tuscaloosa when Terrence Cody blocked a Tennessee field goal on the last play of the game to preserve a 12-10 win for Alabama. That was the game when Mark Ingram, the Heisman Trophy winner, lost his only fumble in more than 400 career carries.
**–There was the night of Sept. 26 when, for the first time in 20 years, I stayed home and watched football instead of going to a game. I watched Tim Tebow lay on the turf of Kentucky's Commonwealth Stadium motionless for a few seconds. I started getting text messages asking what I thought. When Tim got sick on the sidelines I wrote "it's a concussion." All sorts of negative things go through your mind. But two weeks later I was on the field at Tiger Stadium when Tebow led Florida to a 13-3 win over LSU.
**–There was the ugly sight of Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes sticking his hand inside the facemask of Georgia running back Washaun Ely during the annual game in Jacksonville. Florida gives Spikes a one-half game suspension against Vanderbilt. After a national media backlash Spikes requested that his suspension be extended to a full game. What should have been a one day story was turned into a five day story and Florida took a credibility hit on the national stage.
**–There was the death of Connecticut player Jasper Howard. The coaching manual does not tell a man how to explain to players that one of their teammates has been murder. But Randy Edsall got his team through that and the Huskies eventually beat Notre Dame and went to a bowl game, where they beat South Carolina. At every stop along the way Jasper Howard's jersey was there.
**–There were LSU's inexplicable problems with time management at the end of the game with Ole Miss and again in the bowl game with Penn State. Les Miles had better get that aspect of his program fixed.
**–There were Tim Tebow's tears at the Georgia Dome when he realized his storybook career would not have a storybook ending. But he came back with the best game ever against Cincinnati.
**–There were Mark Ingram's tears when he accepted Alabama's first-ever Heisman Trophy. He thanked his coaches and his teammates and his family. His father, Mark, Sr., was watching from prison. You can bet there were tears there as well.
**–There was Idaho coach Rob Akey making a big decision. His team trailed 42-41 with four seconds left in the Humanitarian Bowl. He decided to roll the dice and go for two. The Vandals made it and beat Bowling Green 43-42. People tell me that these bowls don't mean anything. Try telling that to the kids at Idaho.
**–There were coaches behaving badly. Now there have been three–Mark Mangino of Kansas, Mike Leach at Texas Tech, and Jim Leavitt of South Florida–dismissed for alleged mistreatment of players. This should be a cautionary tale for coaches everywhere. Don't step over the line with players because now they have the power, particularly if the coach in vulnerable.
**–There was the disappointed face of Colt McCoy after the BCS championship game. He had won more games as a starting quarterback than any player in Division I-A history. He had been playing football all of his life to get to this position and now he was out after six plays with a bad shoulder. Very sad.
**–There was the smiling face of Kirby Smart when we met briefly after the national championship game. He wanted to get to his family. He knew the question I wanted to ask him and I knew he couldn't answer it. So I let him go thinking that hi life, no matter what happened in the coming days, was going to change.
**–And finally, there were my tears when I saw Bobby Bowden, one of the greatest ambassadors in the history of college football, plant that flaming spear into the ground at the Gator Bowl, his last game as head coach. I never through Bobby Bowden would be forced off the stage. All he wanted was one more year. He didn't get it and that was sad.
So it was a great year and I'm glad you were along for the ride. As I normally do after the season I have to step away for a while. I make a family commitment this time of year and make room for all of the recruiting news which I know you love. I will huddle with the AJC folks and we'll decide when it makes sense for me to come back. I hope it won't be too long.
Again, I want to thank you for your participation in this effort. My friends in other areas of the country are envious because you are so passionate about the game. In other markets they have to fight to get any kind of college football on the front page. That's why I tell them that in the South college football is not a game, it's a way of life.
And thanks to you, it's a helluva life. I hope to see you again soon.
January 11th, 2010
8:22 am
January 11th, 2010
8:25 am
I must be the only person on here. Going to be a slow day.
January 11th, 2010
8:27 am
good column TB- was an up and down year. i would say the officiating was the biggest story for the SEC. Hopefully the "refs" will spend some time during the offseason going over plays they missed and calls that were considered "excessive". this off-season should be exciting with all the coaches changing locations and the impact it has on recruiting.
January 11th, 2010
8:30 am
Thanks for all of your outstanding coverage this season and for doing what you do.
January 11th, 2010
8:31 am
Enjoy your time off, Tony. I'm already looking forward to September 2010! And, before all the amatuer editors start blasting, please, folks just relax… hh
January 11th, 2010
8:32 am
…Finally, Tony "I am the next Furman Bisher" Barnhart writes a column with his own thoughts – and, I gotta admit, it was pretty good! See what you can do when you use your own brain??!?!?!?!?!?
January 11th, 2010
8:39 am
I sure enjoy your insights. Have a good offseason, Tony.
January 11th, 2010
8:41 am
Thanks, TB! Another great year from the best game in the world! Despite our Dawgs' shortcomings, watching the rest of the nation revolve around southern football makes us all appreciate how blessed we are to live and tailgate here. Only a man like Tebow and a game this grand could make a confirmed Gator hater pull for Florida (even against some northern invader!) Enjoy your well-deserved time off. When you come back, we'll be waiting!
Go Dawgs!
January 11th, 2010
8:46 am
donkey balls
January 11th, 2010
8:52 am
So of your 15 images of the 2009 season nine of them dealt with the SEC, compared to only one each for the Pac 10, Big East, and ACC (and those all dealt with off-the-field issues) and none for the Big 10???
Man, you need to get out more.
January 11th, 2010
8:53 am
Tony, how could you still be surprised at the coaching blunders of Les Miles. 2 years ago against Auburn, he demonsrated the same lack of common sense and just got lucky. This time he didn't. He is, and has been since arriving at LSU, the dumbtest coach in the SEC.
January 11th, 2010
8:54 am
Hire a proofreader.
January 11th, 2010
8:54 am
What a college football year, indeed. For all the situations, events, and problems, college football season is STILL the best season of them all. While my wife counted down the bowl games one by one, happier with each succeeding game ending, I was at the other end of the spectrum.
But I'll remember UGA-Tech, the LSU celebration penalty, the pain of Kentucky, the pain of Florida (and UT, too), and the satisfying ending in Shreveport (hey, it WAS a win). The last of Tebow, who, with nods to Herschel, may be the greatest college player), brought mixed emotions.
The countdown is on, however. Recruiting is next. Braves in the intervening time. And of course the GSEF must be fed (or whatever they call it now). Looking forward to your return.
Any time.
January 11th, 2010
8:54 am
This truly was a magical year. Let's do it again next year. RTR!!!
January 11th, 2010
8:56 am
We will never see another Class Act like Tebow again.
This is someone who truly plays with HEART!
Enough Said!
January 11th, 2010
8:57 am
The strangest part of this whole season is that the incessant Tebow coverage wasn't nearly as annoying after the SECCG. I was actually rooting for him in the Sugar Bowl.
January 11th, 2010
8:59 am
Good job Tony, enjoy the time off, looking forward to our commentary next season.
January 11th, 2010
9:00 am
Anyone see the replay of that Boise punch? Looked like the guy got what he deserved. Bet that dude doesn't mouth off to anyone after a game again.
January 11th, 2010
9:02 am
The call against UGA in the LSU game. Isn't that the one where you said,
"the excessive celebration call on Georgia's A.J. Green last Saturday against LSU is the single worst officiating mistake I have seen in my three decades of covering the sport."
Yes, Tony, it was a great year for hyperbole. Who knows what kind of incredible declarations you'll make in 2010.
January 11th, 2010
9:02 am
January 11th, 2010
9:05 am
Naw, I don't think he needs to get out more. He's covering what his audience wants. We're in the heart of SEC country here. He may be a bit skewed towards the SEC, but how many Pac10, Big10, etc.. fans read the AJC for info?
January 11th, 2010
9:07 am
Thanks TB – enjoy your off time
January 11th, 2010
9:09 am
Thank you TB for all of your work in this forum and others. You sir are a fine writer and a Southern Gentlemen, Grizzard would have been proud. Nuff said
January 11th, 2010
9:09 am
Tony…good work this year…always enjoy your "Five" or "Ten" questions sections you always had concerning upcoming games and your usually excellent prognostications. As for Tebow and McCoy, it's a shame that we won't be seeing these guys playing college football again. And to all these "experts" out there, don't be surprised what these two fine young men do in the NFL. Believe me if you gave me a choice of taking Jimmy Clausen, Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy or Tebow…it sure as heck wouldn't be the first one. And probably not Bradford either. As for my Longhorns…look out for that Gilbert kid. He was Gatorade and USA Today and EA player of the year and offensive player of the year…he is big and has a cannon for an arm. He will be the next big thing on the collegiate horizon. Oh, his dad, Gale Gilbert was a QB in the NFL and is the only NFL player to be on five straight Super Bowl teams…Bills (4) and Chargers (1) The kid, like Mark Ingram, has the talent and pedigree to make it huge in the pros some day. Finally, Tony, my all-time collegiate backfield" Tebow (QB) and the running backs…Earl Campbell, Bo Jackson and Hershel Walker…I would run the triple option…think anyone could stop 'em?? Have a good rest and see ya when you get back on the pages. Oh forgot…best bowl games?? Sun Bowl (kid from Stanford made me a believer) and the very best was the one in Boise. Idaho's comeback and going for two was unreal!! For any readers out there who have never been there…go. It's a gorgeous city and state and I would live there in a second were it not for winter. Boise State also has cleanest campus ever seen. Too long-winded…God bless you TB!
January 11th, 2010
9:10 am
90% sec stuff. I see where you're allegiance lies.
January 11th, 2010
9:11 am
**- So odd it was to me the tears from Tebow in response to a loss would garner the attention and ridicule while tears shed by Ingram winning the Heisman did not even register a peep. Winners are allowed to cry, losers aren't..? Emotion within the game is a concept many 'fans' can't grasp. Tells me these 'fans' don't really have a clue of what football means to each individual that suits up for the game, only to their own thoughts of what it should be or what they want it to be…Thank you for this format, Mr CFB…
January 11th, 2010
9:21 am
That, Tony, was a great read!!!!!!!!
January 11th, 2010
9:22 am
"I will huddle with the AJC folks and we'll decide when it makes sense for me to come back. I hope it won't be too long."
Tony, you need to make your plans, at least part of them, public: You're going meet with the AJC and decide what role, if any, you should play with the paper during your extended leave of absence. While you don't owe the public or the media all of the details of that plan, it would spare you some aggravation to at least share the outline of what you plan to do. In the absence of any specific information, speculation fills the vacuum. Speculation will cause this story to get out of control if the media decides to start hounding you.
Gee, did that sound petty and invasive? It's actually a copy of what you wrote about Urban Meyer on January 4th.
We're still waiting for you to make your medical records public, Tony….
January 11th, 2010
9:30 am
You forgot about Alabama's Brandon Deaderick being shot before season opener but still able to play in Bama's first victory over VT at the Georgia Dome in route to their BCS National Championship.
January 11th, 2010
9:34 am
Ugh….I'll be happy to forget this season. It was pretty uneventfull for all except a few teams.
January 11th, 2010
9:34 am
Sorry, but I think Colt McCoy showed ten times more class than a crying Tebow. Guess Tebow didn't remember his hurt feelings while running up the score on Cincy in the Sugar Bowl. I walk away from this season wishing that Colt McCoy had won the Heisman after his thoughtful comments after the BCS Title game. Very glad that I stayed up to hear his words that were so gracious in defeat. I didn't hear any of that from Tebow except, "Waaahhhh! Waaaaahhhh! Waaaahhhh!"
January 11th, 2010
9:37 am
What about the image of my players holding folks up at gunpoint for a hamburger?! That was a classic!
January 11th, 2010
9:37 am
Nice thoughts, Tony. We will miss you. You are indeed correct on the LSU-UGA penalty call against AJ Green. I was there and it was one of the worst calls I have ever seen in watching both college and pro football. No hyperbole, just plain fact.
January 11th, 2010
9:38 am
Is that an unbiased opinion, Spike? You know, just like Tony's?
January 11th, 2010
9:43 am
I wanted Bama to win, but I really hated that Colt McCoy got knocked out of that game. He truly deserved to have the opportunity to play for a national title. Also, people will always question whether the outcome might have been different if Colt had been able to finish the game. That must have really hurt McCoy to lose the Heisman to Ingram, then just watch as his beloved Longhorns lose the title to Ingram's Tide.
January 11th, 2010
9:52 am
Nice job, Tony. You make SEC football a joy. Keep it coming next season.
January 11th, 2010
9:53 am
Tony, thanks for keeping college football at the forefront here and also for the great insight that you provide both here and on your show.
Bobby Bowden planting the spear at midfield was truly an emotional moment for me. I have seen him standing on the sidelines since I was a kid and it will be odd to turn on an FSU game and not see Coach Bowden. Best of luck to a legendary coach and a fine gentleman.
January 11th, 2010
9:55 am
God I hate basketball. Eight and a half more months until college football. ugh!
January 11th, 2010
9:57 am
Thanks for the good read, Tony. Hope to see you back soon. Enjoy the family!
January 11th, 2010
9:58 am
I was at the Rose Bowl for our NC. My father played on that same field 65 years ago as a member of the 1935 Alabama Rose Bowl team (well, he didn't actually play being a freshman, but he ran on that field in a crimson jersey by god)! He died while I was still in my 20's, and yeah I cried when the TIde took the filed. Like you said Tony, I the south the love of our Team, is all mixed in with memories of our families and friends.
My season's memory is those 5th year seniors, none of which were highly recruited, guys who endured the "worst of times" at Alabama hugging each other after the game. Nick Saban coached those boys he did not select into men and champions. I believe he is the greatest coach in college football.
January 11th, 2010
10:00 am
God speed, Tony. Well done, as usual. Looking forward to hearing from you again very soon. All the best during some well-earned time off.
January 11th, 2010
10:04 am
Really nice column Tony.
The two memorable moments for me was the Randy Edsel news conference after the death of Jasper Howard. I managed to catch the news conference live. And then his comments after the Notre Dame game.
He is about as impressive a fellow as I have ever seen.
And yeah the treatment of Bobby Bowden. Disgraceful is the only word I can come up with that fits the occasion.
I trust we will do this again next fall.
January 11th, 2010
10:07 am
You obviously didn't actually listen Tim Tebow's comments after the SEC Championship game. He congratulated Alabamama for their win, and later said they played well and he made mistakes.
Now it's your turn to show some class.
January 11th, 2010
10:10 am
TB is the best in the bidness.
January 11th, 2010
10:15 am
I will always remember this season as the strangest season I have ever seen in watching 45 years of watching Florida football. Every week there was new drama and alot of it seemed to involve my Gators. I kept thinking "when is this gonna stop"?! but it never did. The straw that broke the camels back for me (and I think the coaches and team as well) was Carlos Dunlap's arrest that Monday before the SECCG. I knew that to beat a great team with the motivation like Alabama had that there was no margin for error, that we needed all hands on deck fully focused. Well, obviously, that didn't happen. Bama played brilliantly and the Gators never really showed up. Felt a little better after the Sugar Bowl but that Bama game will sting for a while…
January 11th, 2010
10:18 am
What, did Georgia Tech not play football this year? The UGA/SEC bias is obvious. How about the Tech shootout with FSU, and Josh Nesbitt stealing the ball back after the fumble? How about knocking off VaTech and the first home victory against a Top 5 team in decades? How about the gutsy 4th down conversion against Wake? Or the ACC championship victory against Clemson? If you have to stick with UGA, then I guess you could always go with the dirty play twisting Nesbitt's knee in the pile (every bit as heinous as the eye gouge!)
January 11th, 2010
10:21 am
Old dawg is right about mr leslie…what a twit. Three biggest disappointments of the year-Auburn's loss to Alabarn, Tenn's loss to Alabarn, Texas's loss to Alabarn. Just kidding. I love the Alabarn. I especially love their toilet paper and washing powder motif.
January 11th, 2010
10:25 am
Goose to Gander……. – Tony B. does not owe you anything. He is not recruiting you or trying to hire you unlike Urban. At least Tony does not say he is taking a break when he is not. Tony – thanks for all your insights and columns this year.Your readers always know how much you care about Southern football. Even the Tony haters on here will miss you if you do not come back. They might actually have to go and get real jobs.
January 11th, 2010
10:26 am
Unless he wants to get traded for cigarettes, Mark Ingram's father probably tried to limit the tears in prison.
January 11th, 2010
10:27 am
Team sports are supposed to build character. You saw that in Tim Tebow, Colt McCoy and Mark Ingram this year. All three play like champions, behave like champions and have nothing but respect, affection and kind words for each other. Unfortunately, some fans don't always follow suit.


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Fayetteville police are searching for four suspects they are shot two men during a home invasion on Oct. 8.
Officers with the Fayetteville Police Department responded to a shooting call just before 3 a.m. in the 1100 block of Ayton Place, police said. Officers learned that four unknown suspects forced their way into the residence.
The suspects began to assault 27-year-old Jarvis Baldwin, who was shot during the assault. Jarrett Leach, 24, was also inside the residence at the time of the incident and was shot by one of the suspects, police said.
Fayetteville police sad the four suspects left the residence with personal property of the victims.
Baldwin and Leach were transported to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center for their injuries. Leach was released later but Baldwin remains hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.
Police said the suspects were described as black males who were dressed in all black clothing.
The suspects vehicle collided with a fence as they fled the residence. A tail light was damaged in the collision. Police said pieces of the tail light are from a 2011 Ford Escape.
Fayetteville detectives do not believe that this incident was random.
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I found 2 female numbers in my boyfriend's phone. Does that mean he is cheating on me?
I want to bring it up but I know its gonna start an argument so what do I do I feel like he hiding something and he know I know?
What's Your Opinion?
Most Helpful Opinion
Maybe he wants to setup a four-some. Why you being so judgemental? You might enjoy it too!ok... sorry.. couldn't resist. :)One is probably his mom, and the other is his sister. You should be jealous, because he will never feel the same way about you as he does his mother, or feel towards you the same way as he does his sister! ok... sorry... couldn't resist.I'll be serious this time. Maybe. These two girls could be hookers, and he is helping them find clientele for a comission (basically, that makes your Boyfriend a pimp). lollll OK ok OK, no more jokes!The REAL reason why he has two female numbers - because at some point or another, he intended to call or did call them, or the numbers were given to him with an expectation that he would call.hahhaa :)
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No, those are probably family members or friends of his.
well it's going to start an argument because of invasion of privacy. Would you like it if he took your pads out of your trash can in your bathroom and threw them outside your door? No?He should have locked his phone better for cases like this. If he is cheating he should tell you if not, There can be obvious clues you can Google them.
Sorry but if that's all you got then that's just paranoid and unfounded mistrust. Do you not have any guys number in your phone?I have about 50 numbers of girls in my phone. Does that make me a VERY BUSY cheater? I don't think so.
Seriously? paranoid much?
nope. they can be his friends or acquintances
these are females you don't know correct? like there not friends of his... and no it doesn't mean he is cheating on you. Sometimes I get numbers for projects at work or people I go to grad school with that happen to be female and I don't think twice about telling my girlfriend because their not my friends just acquaintances and a resource I can use to help me at work or grad school
No, Trust him. If you Trust and ask frankly, he will tel true
Whose to say?
You're trolling, right?
No, it means you invaded his privacy. If you brought it up with me I would dump you.
What Girls Said 5
All you found is numbers? REALLY? Unless you found incriminating messages attached to those numbers, you're overreacting. Just because your boyfriend is in contact with females doesn't mean he's doing anything with them. You should try to trust your boyfriend because you could quickly make a problem where there isn't one.
You kidding me?If he had an all male phone list I'd be worried he was gay.It just means he has 2 girl friends. Calm down.
call them. say something like, " hi, I'm checking on my boyfriend, as we all should do, before we wreck our brains out.' oh, he's not seeing you? that's great! OK, thanks!, bye!
That works.
First calm down. It's probably tnot a big deal, but I'd call them. Say your checking on your boyfrined. And then go to recent calls and delete them, and the avidence is gone. And if he is cheating on you, approach him about the numbers.
Very probably not - I've had bf's with female friends and its never a been a bad thing - a mix of friends of both sexes is generally a good thing. Give him the benefit of the doubt, concentrate on your relationship with him and get to know his friends - it will probably help ease doubts.


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Public Street fight
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Posted by ttimfs3 on Feb. 22, 2007
...: that is sum getto fighting,, arnt u spose to hit with ur fist? not ur forearm ???
wat a bunch of pussys: if you got beef with someone you do it yourself. dont get your boys in to jump the guy.
LMFAO: LOL bloke with the blue hat owned that big bastard. but what really makes me laugh is the guitar dude just keeps on playing =D bitch ass niggas
thats how the niggers do it: always more than 1, fucking bastards
Respect to black people: But these duche bags are straight up niggers. I agree with infidelcrusader - lynching in order.
Why: are the homies calling the dude that two of them are jumping bitch ass. It's the other way around PATNUH's!!
sterotype: that black people are pussies that only jump ppl bc there mass bitches ... whats new
Jeezus: What a worthless fight. Another 2-on-1. No wonder everyone hates your fucking guts.
oh jesus: more sparkling wiggles
lol: more monkeys fighting
highly: uneducated cowards jumping 2 on 1...wow..and they can't fight worth a shit either...nice goofy thrown punches...I'ld knock the piss right out of both of those well spoken dorks
Fuck: 2 Vs. 1 AGAIN...Pussies
Yo PATNUH: wreck that fool Ongo style, UUNNNHHH.
they're all pussies: not one of them could fight worth shit
What is the music?: It's quality.
do: I even have to say it.
.: pretty great, till that shit happens to you.
That: music is great
the music: is totally perfect !! it's completly unrelated and it gives the video such an awesome vide
lol at: true: that guitar player is one cool fella... just kept on playing. Every good fight needs a soundtrack, I suppose.
true: that guitar player is one cool fella... just kept on playing. Every good fight needs a soundtrack, I suppose.
...: thats been put in u fuk head..
god damn....: i bout pissed myself when i read your comment. definately wasnt expecting it. thank for that.
.: ha thats funni....sparkling wiggles....lol thats good
I: don't fuck with the nigs cause I know they're crazy. Not likely to happen to me.


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date 14.03.2013
On christmas day Dejan was riding a street rail and things got sour, when he fell 4 meters into a bank of snow that stopped him on a dime. Luckily the injury wasn't serious and he was able to recover in less than three months. Last weekend he was out in the BC catching the last patches of powder. Good to see you back in full effect Dejan!


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Business Ideas in the News / October 9, 2008
People have wished on stars, or made a wish before blowing out a candle, but now they can say they have lit their wish on fire and watched it float up into the sky. Well, if they have tried out Julia Lambie's Flying Wish Paper they can!
The potential that this simple invention holds is amazing. Having not stopped at wishes, Julia has made it easy to watch your prayer fly with her set of Flying Prayer Paper as well. If this sounds familiar, her product was also featured on The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch and on this blog back in September. However, her paper made its official debut in May of last year at the National Stationery Show in NYC.
What inspired you to launch Flying Wish Paper™?
I had seen an activity like this in a movie about five years ago, called 'The Big Night.' It's about two Italians who open a restaurant and it isn't going so well. So they put together one last shebang and throw all their money into this make-it-or-break-it evening. In one scene, very subtly in the background, this lady eats something and then lights the paper wrapping on fire and it flies. My husband and I saw that and thought…'that was really cool.'
Then, just two years ago – it's the holiday season – and we're invited to a handful of parties. Four parties all had the White Elephant Gift Exchange, the game where you bring a gift – either a joke or a real one – put it under the tree, take turns opening one and then you can steal someone else's and such. I actually like that game quite a bit…but not four times in a row! I thought, there's got to be something else to bring to the party. I remembered the flying paper in the movie, and I starting developing the idea into a formal product.
How did you discover paper that would float into the sky once lit on fire? Was it something you figured out by accident, or was there a plan behind finding a way to make it work?
The initial discovery goes back to that Italian movie. I knew it could work, but I had to figure out how. My background is 24 years of print production for advertising agencies and design studios, so I have experience with paper and the manufacturing and conversion processes. But this is definitely a specialty paper. I spent over six months researching, testing and finessing papers to get it just right. There was a lot of trial and error. I ended up with a few options, but settled on the current formula because it has a very thin ash – it virtually disintegrates – and this paper flies the highest and most dramatically.
Tell us about some of your other Flying Wish Paper™ products. What is included in the Flying Prayer Paper, Holiday Little Wishes, and Best Wishes Party Favor kits?
The original product is Flying Wish Paper™, which we sell as 'a wishing kit' for holidays, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, bachelorette parties, any kind of party. The wishing kit includes 50 sheets of Flying Wish Paper™, 25 Wish Platform cards™, 5 little gold pencils, matches and instructions. It's designed for 25 people, but I provide extra Flying Wish Paper™ because people usually want to do it again. I created three styles of this original product, simply a variety of package designs to suit different tastes.
At the same time, I recognized a strong second market for this activity among spiritual people. I felt it was important to distinguish between making a wish and sending a prayer, so I developed Flying Prayer Paper™ as an individual product. It is the same concept, just a different marketing angle and talking points, for use at prayer meetings, Bible classes, daily devotions, retreats, or personal use. One client uses it with recovery groups, which I think is brilliant. Just like the party sector, the religious sector is also in need of 'something new to do' and Flying Prayer Paper™ is it.
My pet project is the Holiday Little Wishes™. This is a precious pack of Flying Wish Paper™ perfectly sized (and priced!) to stuff into a stocking, fit into a card, hang on the tree, or to give as a small gift. Again, the same concept overall, just smaller packaging and fewer contents: 12 sheets of Flying Wish Paper™, 6 Wish Platform cards™, one pencil, matches and instructions.
This is where my print production background comes in handy: I had plans to introduce this smaller, individual version down the road but found that I had room on my print form to squeeze it into the same print run as the main packages. Needless to say, that was an excellent value. So I worked with my printer at the last minute to design the snowflake package. It is fantastic to have it available this year for the holiday season.
The Best Wishes Party Favor™ is a product I created in direct response to feedback from event planners I met at the National Stationery Show in New York City last May, where Flying Wish Paper™ debuted. Many planners recognized the value of a little wishing kit that could be customized for a special event and used either as a promotion or a party favor.
I immediately developed a small kit with similar contents to the original kits, but smaller packaging at 4×4" and made of blank white ultra glossy stock. Contents are all the same, just fewer in number: 6 sheets of Flying Wish Paper™, 3 Wish Platform cards™, a pencil and instructions. Matches can be provided at an additional cost, but most brides – for example – choose to customize their own matches.
And, this little product also fit on the same print form, so I was able to develop it quickly and inexpensively. Still, I don't actually make profit on the Best Wishes Party Favor™. I keep the cost low but I benefit from exposure when 100 guests at one party get to experience Flying Wish Paper™ first hand. It has been a very effective publicity strategy.
What kind of feedback have you received from those who have used your product?
Flying Wish Paper™ is a very visual and interactive product. I can describe it and show you a picture, but seeing is believing. I knew I was onto something based on the response from ten ladies at my first focus group. There is a lot of anticipation as the paper burns down and then a great moment of surprise when the paper lifts off the platform. It is truly enchanting.
That was the same response from buyers at the NY Tradeshow. They were infatuated with the experience.
And it's new, so people are excited about that. There is nothing else like it in the market place. So many new products are really just an improvement of something that already exists, a variation in design or function. Flying Wish Paper™ is a brand new concept in what I think is a very stale market, and that has people talking.
What are some of the goals you have for your business? Is there a special milestone you'd like to reach within the coming year?
My original milestone, in retrospect, should probably be my five-year milestone. I came into this with both guns blazing, but now I have a better understanding of the market. Frankly, it moves slower than I thought.
My biggest goal – in addition to reasonable sales, of course – is to create awareness. Because I am introducing a new concept as well as a new product, it needs special attention. I am focusing as much on public relations as I am on sales.
I have three working goals: I would like to be on press again in March; I want Oprah to identify this as a favorite product; and I want Flying Wish Paper™ to become a household name – a tradition at holidays, a mainstay at parties, as common as blowing out the candles on a birthday cake.
What was it like having your product featured on The Big Idea? Has anything good happened directly or indirectly because of that exposure?
Since we were just talking about goals, let me say that being on the Donny Deutsch show was an early goal right out of the gate. I was thrilled to be selected and to get the job done without blustering my way through it…because Donny doesn't give you a second chance.
It was a crazy few days of preparation. I applied one day, got a call from their producer the next day, then three days later it was show time. The one thing I had to do was remember my 30-second pitch. I can talk for days, but I can't memorize very well. But I did it, and you'll never know the parts I left out. I was very nervous to see myself that night on TV – it aired the same night – because the actual taping is so fast and frenzied I really didn't know how I had performed. I found myself standing in the studio parking lot after taping and thinking, 'What just happened there?' Watching the show, I was very happy with the outcome, specifically winning the Viewers' Favorite.
Impact on sales has been good. More importantly – and this goes back to one of my goals – the exposure has been fantastic. Saying that I've been featured on the show and that I won the Viewers' Favorite is a great lead into a conversation, a letter, a press release, any communication.
How has your experience in advertising helped you grow this product into what it has become? What are some specific bits of knowledge that have helped you that other entrepreneurs without your background might not realize?
After 24 years, a lot of what I do is second nature to me, so it is actually hard to get specific. In addition to the print production side of things, my background is project management and studio management, so just understanding the scope of the process has been very helpful. I'm used to juggling not only my own projects but also those of others in the studio and how they all flow together, what comes first, what can wait. It requires a great deal of troubleshooting on one end and problem solving on the other. I've described it as having a million things swirling in my head and just knowing intuitively when to pull one onto the front burner. I've been self-employed for seven years now, which requires a different kind of focus, but a lot of juggling as well.
Specific to my advertising background, as far as I'm concerned there is one rule: Know your audience. What do you have without the right audience? Talk to them. Focus group with them. And above all, listen to them. I went into my first focus group with my product DIALED. For me, it was just a show and tell. I came out of that meeting and completely changed the product name and the product packaging. It was invaluable.
Your business really seems to have taken off quickly, with only a year since you developed your product. Do you think moving so quickly has helped or hurt you? How?
Moving quickly has definitely helped me. I thrive on momentum, and in the past year there was never a lull. I went from concept to delivery on this product with very little help. My husband Bob is a great sounding board, and my designers, Hether Dunn and Mike Lepis, are perfectly attuned to the vision and to the market. Otherwise, the pressure was on and I challenged myself to get to that tradeshow in May and hit the market in August. It was tight.
Given the current economics, I have kept my price point at $15 – very low for the value – and I am bringing something inspirational, new and exciting to the market. Consumers are very choosy right now, and I believe Flying Wish Paper™ is the kind of product that can really thrive in this kind of market.
What have you learned from starting Flying Wish Paper™ that you did not expect? How has that experience helped you?
I have learned that it never hurts to ask. Let's be honest, business can be tough. But, there are a lot of great people out there and for the past year it seems like their sole objective was to work with me. Some people are still 'getting back to me' but most were exceedingly generous with their time and expertise. That helped me get to market in one year. And that kindness gave me a great boost of energy and optimism throughout the process.
I also learned that I love to work on my own idea. I can't wait to get started in the morning and I have to pull myself away at night. This project is my passion, and I believe that will have a lot to do with its success.
Has your success inspired you to consider any other start-ups?
I have enough going on at the moment. There are many things I can do with the Flying Wish Paper™ concept – in terms of design, usage, marketing – and I plan to do them all for many years to come. If the question is 'Would I do it again if there was an obvious opportunity?' the answer is yes. It is exciting and extremely fulfilling.
What advice do you have for other entrepreneurs thinking about starting up their own business?
My first advice comes not just from this project, but from the hundreds of other projects I've worked on through the years: take your total estimate of time and money and double it. Then there are no surprises later. You can focus on doing it right instead of how to get out of the hole you dug. That's important to consider before you find yourself in too deep.
My other advice is to really ask yourself if this is the right time, in terms of the economy, personal commitments, family, your own financial standing, your personal chi…everything. If the answer is yes, then commit. You can take your time, but don't hesitate or the idea can get watered down or die on vine. Be resolute, think positive and always move forward.
In closing, here's Julia's Flying Wish Paper's appearance on The Big Idea:
Originally posted by Angela Shupe on October 9, 2008 in Interviews / Inventions.
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There's a special gleam to Bell & Ross' new WW1 Argentium and it's because the manual-wind timepiece bears a case made of Argentium - a new oxidation-resistant alloy that's brighter than platinum, white gold and traditional sterling. A domed sapphire crystal on its front and wire handle-like lugs further reassert its vintage nature.
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A huge hello to all the friends, family, acquaintances, UD students, distant facebook friends (lest I forget them)… and all others who have stumbled upon my new blog! My name is Joseph Zarraga, a Junior Biological Sciences Major at the University of Delaware. As some of you know, I traveled to Guatemala in July 2011 for a Medical Mission called "Now Is The Time," hosted by Christian keynote speaker and songwriter Shawn Smith.
I am going to Guatemala again this year for a week, from July 15th to July 22nd. I intend to share all my experiences before, during, and immediately after through this blog.
This blog also aims to accomplish three additional tasks:
1. Damage Control: By actively updating this blog while on my mission, it'll serve as proof that I am still alive in Guatemala to all those worrying about my current state and condition (IE my beloved mother, who took much convincing to go on my original mission).
2. Reminders And Memories: After last year, I discovered that something concrete is the only way to remember everything that occurs on trips like these. This may seem obvious… and it is - as that is the whole reason why we take pictures at milestones in our lives. But on a journey in a different country - a medical mission in a third world country - there is so much that happens in such a short week. A combination of mixed emotions, culture shock, and sheer differences between our worlds… you tend to forget small details until you relive them through pictures or words.
3. Document My Experience In Guatemala: This is not only for my own benefit, but also to serve as a token of appreciation for the generosity of the University of Delaware Honors Program, who have assisted greatly in funding my trip. It is because of their kind donors that I am able to visit Guatemala once again.
At the time of me typing this - June 18th - there are 27 days until I depart for Guatemala. I will try to keep this blog interesting for people to read… although I literally have no idea what I am doing. Although being a complete nerd… I've never used my 5 year old twitter (where I have an impressive 2 followers), the format of Google+ have my head in circles (terrible pun), and I still have no idea why I keep getting notifications on FB from Instagram, Classmates, and that farming game thing.
So, despite my lack of experience of "blogging," I'll try to keep this spontaneous, organic (for lack of a better word), and true to what actually goes on in my mind, at least regarding Guatemala. So for what it's worth, I hope some this blog provides some enjoyment, even if only for a few (my parents HAVE to like my stuff, right?). Thanks again for taking the time to visit my blog, I hope you continue to do so. Welcome!