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You've seen them before: a bad website.
You judged it before you even clicked any further. Whether the site looks too outdated, too confusing or whatever the reason may be,
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We take pride in making sure that we hear your vision and apply it accordingly. We also keep up with the latest trends in web design so your visitors could focus on your services and not be distracted by design flaws or out of date innovations.
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We offer affordable graphic design options to get your on-line presence completed. We are not in the business of print design. Our graphic design covers anything that is web-related.
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If your site is not mobile or tablet site friendly you are throwing away a good lead potential. That's because our generation has a very short attention span and need your info fast. Viewing a "desktop" site through your mobile phone or tablet is inconvenient and a hassle.
Why Mobile Matters
A mobile/tablet friendly site offers robust buttons, easy call to action buttons, large font, and no "pinching and zooming" is necessary. If you had to pinch and zoom a site in order to be able to read it better, than that site was not mobile/tablet friendly.
Atlanta Marketing Videos
Think of a marketing video as a commercial for your business. It allows people to get an inside glimpse of why your company is different from the rest. Take advantage by including a client to take part in your video. Show off your team in action, or interview the owner.
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There are so many uses for your marketing video, once you have one. Put it on your front page of your website, include it on your profile page for your local directories, share them on on all the social media outlets, use them as a footer for your email blasts.
Small Business Photography
Why small business? Because you still need high resolution photos of your business, your staff, your portfolio, but just don't have to pay high professional photography prices for them. Photos could make or break your image, so put down the cell phone and leave it to us.
When to use your Stock Photos
Use them for your website, brochures, on-line portfolio of your work. They make for great before and after shots. Photography of your business has so many benefits. We give you nothing but the highest resolution photos of your company. You decide how to use them effectively.
Custom Timeline Photos
Add some pizazz to your Facebook business page with a customized, fun timeline cover. Too many business will leave it blank or add a picture with no call to action. Turn your wall into an advertising opportunity by announcing a special, an event, etc...
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We keep this service affordable and quick. Tell us what you want on your timeline cover or let us decide for you. Our timeline covers will draw attention and are a good way of advertising a new promotion, highlighting a particular service, etc... The possibilities are endless.
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What good is a website if no one can find it? Today, it's all about Search Engine visibility, and we have all the marketing tools to bring your company to the forefront, ahead of your competition.
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Everyone should have a website that could be proud of. Your website however, should do more than just "look good." It should be generating traffic and bringing in business. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen without some professional help.
Search Engine Visibility
Over the past few years, our passion for getting our clients to the top of the search rankings has brought Webstuffguy.com to the forefront of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry. We offer free consultations and offer you free advice. as well!
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So everyone seems to think that writing endless blogs is going to help them get found on-line. Unless you know how to optimize your HTML, your blogs are most likely not doing anything. We offer a much more interactive alternative that will produce better results.
What is Video Blogging?
Instead of having to write a blog article, why not have us come to you to make a quick video where you could "talk" about it instead. Having videos does wonders for your company. And we're not talking videos from your cell phone. These are high quality vids!
Adwords Campaigns
Adwords allows you to show up on page one on Google instantaneously. You essentially leap-frog your way to the top without waiting. It's Google search advertising and you only pay when someone clicks on your ad.
How Does it Work?
Adword campaigns is a science, and we have the knowledge and experience to manage your campaigns for you. You set a monthly budget, and we take care of the rest. The only question is: How will you deal with all the phone calls?
Local Directory Listings
Everyone should have a website that could be proud of. Your website however, should do more than just "look good." It should be generating traffic and bringing in business. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen without some professional help.
Reputation Management
Over the past few years, our passion for getting our clients to the top of the search rankings has brought Webstuffguy.com to the forefront of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry. We offer free consultations and offer you free advice. as well!
Keep Your Company Fresh In Your Client's Memory
Just because you completed a service for a client does not mean the relationship is over. It is your duty to stay fresh in their memory by sending out periodical email updates. It's free advertising.
Email Campaigns That Work
Over the past few years, our passion for getting our clients to the top of the search rankings has brought Webstuffguy.com to the forefront of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry. We offer free consultations and offer you free advice. as well!
Social Media is the Key to On-line Success
Everyone should have a website that could be proud of. Your website however, should do more than just "look good." It should be generating traffic and bringing in business. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen without some professional help.
We Manage Your Social Media Profiles
Over the past few years, our passion for getting our clients to the top of the search rankings has brought Webstuffguy.com to the forefront of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry. We offer free consultations and offer you free advice. as well!
High Quality, Keyword Friendly Content
Everyone should have a website that could be proud of. Your website however, should do more than just "look good." It should be generating traffic and bringing in business. Unfortunately, that doesn't happen without some professional help.
Article and Blog Writing Services
Over the past few years, our passion for getting our clients to the top of the search rankings has brought Webstuffguy.com to the forefront of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry. We offer free consultations and offer you free advice. as well!
Client Testimonial Services
Isn't it so difficult to collect testimonials from your current clients? First, it takes you trying to send out the requests to your clients, then trying to direct them where you want them to go, then having to follow up with them to make sure they were able to do it.
Who has that much time? We do!
We have have come up with fail proof solutions to successfully collect testimonials from your past clients. All we need is an email list and we will do the rest. Where do you want your testimonials to show up? Let us know and we'll take care of it.
"Our Marketing Services are a complex set of tools all aimed at building your on-line web presence."
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You Are Not Just a "Ticket Number"
When you have a request, a question or suggestion, we are always one phone call, one email or even one text message away. Requests are taken seriously and get handled right away. Messages get returned in a timely manner. This is what has made the difference for us at Webstuffguys.com
Our Portfolio
Probably our most neglected area of the our website. At Webstuffguys.com, we are so busy keeping our clients happy, that it could become quite the challenge to update all of our work. Nevertheless, we find a way!
Services All Across the Board
From our great websites, to our logos, to our mobile sites, we cover it all. If it's web related, we'd find it difficult to turn it down. If you don't see anything you need, simply contact us. You never know, it may evolve into a new service we could offer the public!
Are You a Happy Client?
Let the world know! Reviews make the world go 'round. Plus Google makes them kind of a big deal. So much so that companies who spend more time collecting reviews get rewarded with higher visibility.
Services All Across the Board
From our great websites, to our logos, to our mobile sites, we cover it all. If it's web related, we'd find it difficult to turn it down. If you don't see anything you need, simply contact us. You never know, it may evolve into a new service we could offer the public!
Web Design FAQs
So many questions, so little time. We understand that most business owners are too focused on their business and have little time to understand how other things work, such as website design.
Webstuffguys.com's founder speaks
Here is a little Q&A section where founder Ish Laos goes over his most frequently asked questions. If you have your own questions, be sure to give us a call at 678-542-4394. Your question might even get added to the article.
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It's tough to get going. With so many things happening at once, it could be difficult to get your on-line presence going. We have made that process much more easier with our package plans.
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Nowadays, it's not enough "just" to have a website. The good news is, there are more ways then ever to get found on-line. Let us help you get started.
A successful business built on a solid foundation of experience, valued team members and a trusted reputation is certainly admirable, and an accomplishment to be proud of. With today's technology-centric lifestyles, it is crucial that a business owner also recognize the importance of establishing an online presence. What is most commonly the initial step an individual takes to locate a business or service that can address a particular need? More often than not, a potential customer or client will plug in a few relevant keywords into a Google search. Furthermore, it's quite likely that the individual will browse through the sites appearing near or at the top of the search results. A high ranking paired with an attractive and informative website will undoubtedly gain attention and interest. Chances are your phone will ring or a web inquiry will be submitted momentarily.
You may or may not know what "SEO" means. Simply stated, SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, entails ensuring that your site is unique in terms of web search visibility. SEO is fairly complex, with an array of guidelines subject to frequent modification. For instance, loading the content of your website with particular keywords relevant to your industry was once the principal method of securing SEO. As a matter of fact, the Webstuffguys site echoed the phrase "Atlanta Website Design" throughout each and every page, until the rules changed…
Even the most attractive websites, if lacking the proper SEO, run the risk of lagging behind the competition in terms of web representation. Here at Webstuffguys, we realize that keeping abreast of the world of SEO is a task for which most business owners simply do not have the time or resources. Fortunately, not only do we have the time and resources, it's our passion. Your business will be represented with a creative and attractive design, harnessed with captivating, professionally-written content aligned with SEO standards.
Chances are you have viewed a commercial or read an advertisement offering free web design and hosting. At first glance, this may appear to be the most sensible option – a no brainer. Why pay for a website when you can have one for free? We'll tell you why. There's an old adage stating that "you get what you pay for." "Cookie cutter"-designed websites have very little chance of achieving a high Google ranking. As mentioned previously, the further down the search results list your site appears, the less likely it is to be visited. Having a website with little or no traffic certainly will not increase your client base or industry recognition. In other words, saving money now will undoubtedly result in lost future revenue. Fortunately for you, Webstuffguys can build a visually-pleasing, informative and unique website to showcase your business – at a modest rate. With a collaborative effort, we will design (or, perhaps redesign your current site) a personalized layout utilizing your logo, desired color scheme and graphics. Our team remains abreast of the ever-changing SEO guidelines, and ensures your site continues adherence to them. In many instances, your website is your company's initial exposure to a potential client. An attractive, customized and professional design, coupled with rich content and an impressive Google ranking offers a positive and impactful first impression.
Depending on what you determine to make the most sense for your business model, Webstuffguys offers single service and recurring plan options. Should you elect a one-time web design or redesign, we will arm you with the knowledge, resources and skills necessary to update and maintain your site going forward. Perhaps you're more comfortable placing the responsibility of your site's upkeep in our capable hands. Either way, a client of Webstuffguys can be confident that their website is compatible with popular Smartphone brands and that the URL loads promptly and properly, with fully-functioning and intuitive links.
If you already have a website, then redesigning an old website could be more up your alley. There are many reasons why small business companies look for a newly designed website. Perhaps you have dealt with a disgruntled website designer, or one who lacks the integrity to return phone calls, respond in a timely matter, etc... Or perhaps you have become a bit embarrassed of how out-dated your site appears next to your competitors. Whatever the reason may be, call us today so we could help answer any questions you may have. We'd love to hear your situation.
For starters, we pride ourselves on a personalized and hands-on approach to customer service. We have built solid, withstanding relationships with our clients, and are readily accessible to address any and all inquiries, concerns and requests. In addition, we not only become familiar with your business, but we research your competitors to determine the strengths and weaknesses of their online presence. Doing so enables Webstuffguys to position your website ahead of the competition. Establishing local SEO is particularly important, and another step we take to enhance the relevance of your company's website. In other words, your Atlanta-based business will not be compared to those located in other states, or even other countries, as far as web searches are concerned. Last but not least, we are quite familiar with popular social media outlets, and utilize such networks to establish a following and increase your standing in terms of search engine hierarchy.
Be sure to check out our reviews and portfolio to see who we have served and what our clients have to say about us. We are based in Atlanta, Georgia but we work with businesses in other Georgia cities such as Marietta, Woodstock, Alpharetta, Roswell, Cobb Galleria, Smyrna, Powder Springs, Kennesaw and Dunwoody, among others. If you are out of state, no problem! Many of our clients are from other states. Thanks to emails and technology, creating a website or conducting Internet marketing within close reach is a thing of the past.
We look forward to providing you with cutting edge, yet affordable, Atlanta website design, website re-design, search engine optimization and search engine marketing.
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Bake and cool two-layer cake. Place on foil-wrapped board. Ice smooth with white buttercream.
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09-23-14 Creative Minds: Tony and Tom are in the news!
Congratulations to Tony and Tom for being in the NIH Director's blog. You can read it here!
07-11-14 Vidhu receives fellowship!
Congratulations to Vidhu for winning a competitive fellowship from the Bluefield Project to Cure FTD to research the effects of GCV on microglia!
06-30-14 Eva and Jinte win awards!
Congratulations to Eva and Jinte for winning this year's Alzheimer's Association for Excellence in Research Award and for Best Poster Prize, respectively!
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Saul Villeda's paper gets highlighed on the cover of the June 2014 issue of Nature Medicine. There is also commentary in the News & Views that can be read here.
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Immune responses and adult neurogenesis - Neurons and glial cells are constantly produced in small numbers in the adult CNS. In response to injury or tumor growth these numbers can increase dramatically. We discovered that TGF-β1, which is known to limit cell proliferation, is a potent inhibitor of both gliogenesis and neurogenesis in the aging mouse brain. TGF-β1 may have similar effects after injury and limit the potentially beneficial actions of newly generated cells. Current studies in the lab focus on other innate immune molecules as regulators of neurogenesis.


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It's no secret that the President of the United States, Barack Obama is a die-hard Chicago Bulls fan. Remember when the start of the 2013-2014 NBA season kicked off when the president famously tweeted:
Welcome back, @DRose. #BullsNation
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Yes, that's when the much anticipated return of Derrick Rose was in full swing and everyone was watching. The Bulls did end up loosing to the Miami Heat on the opening night (oh yeah this topic is about the Heat). So the Heat recently visited the White House on their annual trip after becoming NBA Champions once again (sigh…) and the President made it clear who his favorite team is:
Outstanding athletes, outstanding organization, outstanding team, but also outstanding members of their community," Obama said of the two-time defending champs. "We're very proud to have them back. We wish them great luck for the rest of the season…unless they're playing the Bulls.
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Debunking 5 Myths Within the P&C Sector
New survey results from Ernst & Young indicate that the majority of P&C insurers arent putting forth the effort to retain customers. The firm's report, Voice of the customer: Time for insurers to rethink their relationships, sets out to debunk myths within the insurance industry.
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Indeed, the responses in the Americas region indicate that the migration to online exchanges, in terms of insurance, is moving at a glacial pace. And even then, customers want to maintain a channel with personal interactions.
Twenty-three percent of customers in the Americas are currently using a range of online channels, including providers own websites and blogs, to research purchases. However, compared to other areas, the use of online channels is relatively low across the region. In Europe, 32 percent of consumers are already using online sources for research, and in Asia-Pacific, the mark stands at 39 percent.
The Americas region also lags when it comes to the percentage of people purchasing insurance through online channels: Seven percent in the Americas versus 14 percent in both Europe and Asia-Pacific. Even within the Americas there is some discrepancy: Consumers in Latin America are on average 20 percent more likely to consider buying through an online site than their counterparts in the United States and Canada.
The report suggests that because of the well established direct channels that already pervade the U.S. and Canada markets, newer, online channels arent being turned to as quickly. Perhaps this is why the report also emphasizes the fact that personal contact is still essentialespecially when it comes to claims, as 50 percent in the Americas want personal contact throughout the claims process. As a result, the report advises insurers to integrate online and offline communication channels while adapting to customer expectations across multiple platforms.
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"this is a bad town for such a pretty face." for the anti-heroines of an era of bathtub gin, organized crime, and jazz, clouded in the smoke of fired guns and cigarettes.
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The Divorcee (Leonard, 1930), starring Norma Shearer, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery, Conrad Nagel et al.
What to say about this delicious film? I don't even know where to start, except by saying that this is a truly interesting example of pre-Code cinema and that I think anyone interested in the era should watch it. At its very base, it deals with sexual freedom and especially with the idea of the "single standard" that came about particularly in the flapper age. The main character of this movie does not want to avoid the institution of marriage; she wants to remake it from the inside out. When she finds out that her husband's infidelity "doesn't mean a thing" but hers most certainly does, she walks out. This is, I think, crucial. She doesn't leave because her husband cheated; that, she could forgive. She leaves because he advocates a certain attitude toward infidelity that he refuses to put into practice once it's her in the guilty seat. I think that is what makes this film so interesting, and so modern. It is at its very heart about equality.
It is also interesting because it was the start of a completely different phase in Norma Shearer's career. Though she wasn't originally shortlisted for the lead role in this film, she campaigned for the role (against the wishes of her own producer husband, who didn't think she was glamorous enough) and eventually won it. It would prove defining for her star persona and pre-Code career, and she would reprise similar roles in Let Us Be Gay, Strangers May Kiss and A Free Soul.
In terms of Shearer's career, this film is also interesting in comparison to The Women, which she would make in 1939. The plots are so similar, and yet so very different. I think perhaps the main characters' names illustrate this difference nicely; in The Divorcee, Shearer is named Jerry, a man's name and certainly modern - in The Women, she's called Mary, the most feminine, classic, old-fashioned name in existence. The movies' plots mirror this contrast.
Penthouse (Van Dyke, 1933), starring Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Mae Clarke et al.
I really loved this film. I am unsure why, since it's a fairly run-of-the-mill pre-Code gangster movie, but it's just a very enjoyable watch. Good acting, good, fast story, interesting characters - and Myrna Loy as a crime-solving, high-class call girl named Gertie, what's not to love? I love Myrna - she was always a slightly upper-class Rosalind Russell, classy and clever and up for anything.
Some great lines, too -
"I'm afraid you think I'm taking advantage of you!"
"I'm afraid you won't!"
Our Dancing Daughters (Beaumont, 1928), starring Joan Crawford, John Mack Brown, Anita Page, Dorothy Sebastian et al.
This is a fascinating late silent movie which I watched mainly because it was featured quite heavily in the Payne Fund Studies, a series of 1930s sociological works on the cinema which I am currently reading. It is perhaps the quintessential flapper film, showing the young "modern" in all her glory. Diana (Joan Crawford) is independent, individualistic and an avid dancer, but she's essentially honest and virtuous, and as such stands in sharp contrast with Ann (Anita Page), who is deceitful and a gold-digger, though she pretends to innocence to capture the man they both - for different reasons - want to marry.
I loved the outrageous dancing scene near the beginning, where Joan dances in her underpants on a table in a ballroom filled with balloons. Crawford was a very good dancer, which few of her later films really highlight - plus what scene could illustrate "flaming youth" more clearly?
I thought it was interesting how the parents of the three very different girls were depicted and what the film indirectly says about parenting and its effects. Diana is wild, but virtuous, and she has a pair of modern, understanding, and trusting parents, who are really practically her friends. Beatrice is kind and basically decent, but she's Had Some Lovers (this is never really explained further) - her parents are extremely strict. Ann, who is a mean-spirited, ruthless gold-digger, has a mother who is at times silly and overly doting, yet at others as coolly calculating as she is.


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I saw people refering to the flower but nobody mentioned where he was from. They only said he was scary and weirdI figured mentioning sunflowers in conjunction with keeping zombies off your lawn was a pretty obvious reference. There are a couple of those.
Now... I play a troll warrior. Everything else looks brilliant. The T11 however, I have to admit, is the worst looking set I have yet to see. Honestly. Makes the planned race transfer to Worgen even more likely to happen. (for the love of god Blizzard, if you cant make helmets look decent on trolls, atleast update the look of their faces. Ive spent 5 years with the "show helmet" unchecked untill I got T9, dont make me uncheck it again)
That sunflower is so damn cute i want one!
I think warrior gear looks great, very earth-golemy :D...maybe a bit shamanish, but still, great
Looks like they're bringing back belts and boots to armor sets, but we can only hope :(
The tier 11 for Warriors must be and is the best lookin one yet, it got the things it needs and nothing else.The mounts looks meh good i guess, i rather have the Ashes o'Alar then that one tbh, but thats a matter of taste i guess.The shields looked sweeeeeeet, like a cross breed from Outland and Vanilla some sort, i get the AnQ/BwL feeling on the little ones, loooovly <3
The new Holy Hammer looks really unique for my paladin alt and to finish the paladin-like armor. I'd walk around with a sunflower that gives me it's deathly face of happiness. I love how well Blizzard is upgrading everything also...Everything looks like crap .______. All the models in Vanilla and TBC looked a lot more awesome then this %^&*... looks like all your wearing is boulders...TROLL TROLL TROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
0-60 Wow Raid drops were nice, if a bit over the top on the e-peen side.70 Wow Raid drops were shiney, but somewhat silly.80 Wow Raid drops have been dull in color and pretty ugly, in general.But ...This new Tier 11 stuff has to be the ugliest, most oil-smear/barf looking gear yet.Volcanic smudge on conic shoulders give no sense of what a Warrior is... a battle worn, repeatedly beaten and hardened veteran of tank and spank, or a hard hitting mele damage dealer.Why oh why did I think Blizzard might even consider a Real Artist for their graphics department, with some sense of style and even a toddler's artistic sense would be better.Go Blizz
So, Im wondering which of those shields is going to keep my hopes and dreams hostage at level 85, Ive been hunting Bulwark of Smouldering Steel for eons and its left me as nothing but a disheveled husk of a raider...
That boxing glove looks bad ass!
can't w8 to see the pally tier 11
That warrior T11....ew...no, just no, it's horrible. Call me a troll (I actually play Tauren)... but it's god awful.Skin-tight plate? NO. Not again, give the gear some meat, like T10. Sheesh Blizz, you can do better than this crap =\"
can't w8 to see the pally tier 11Indeed! What's taking them so long?
I THINK SO.BUT I'M ALSO REALLY WEIRD.D:meep.Edit: lolz, this comment is to reply to being told that flowers and skulls aren't romantic.x///x.
Glad they had the time to recolor Frostwolf Howler >.>
My thoughts of the sunflower in the words of Totalhalibut. IT WILL EAT YOUR SOUL!
I saw people refering to the flower but nobody mentioned where he was from. They only said he was scary and weirdI figured mentioning sunflowers in conjunction with keeping zombies off your lawn was a pretty obvious reference. There are a couple of those.How did you paraphrase a quote? =OI havn't seen a good looking T11 set yet.
the plant STARES INTO MY SOUL!
1. Who wants to bet that Al'akir's gonna look like one of the Djinn models? :D2. Theres a zombie on your lawn.We don't want zombies on the laaawwn~n!But seriously, if Blizzard screws up Al'Akir either by:A. Making him look like a djinnorB. Making his feet the same sort of swirling ciclone that gets thinner as it nears the torso, which will make him look hideousI WILL STAB THEM IN THE FACE. For starters, even the djinn model shouldn't have those swirly cones at the base. I liked them better when they didn't have anything below his torso, except for that ephemeral breeze that seemed to hang below them.The way Al'Akir should be done: Make his shape like a tornado, with the leg area occupied by an opaque hurricane that has a very small base that grows larger as it gets higher. In the shape of a V, basically. Then from the torso up, he should still be enveloped by wind, but make it seen-through so that his snake-like face is visible. His arms should reach out of the tornado and be thin, almost skeleton like. His general shape, not counting the arms that protrude out of his hurricane shaped form should be, again, a V.Adding some lightning to his model would also look good, and so would making his eyes spark with electricity.I think this would fit the few portrayals we have of him in a more accurate fashion.
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In "Tom Brown's School Days" (1) the evil bully Henry Flashman roasts young Tom Brown in front of the great fire in the Rugby school common room until Tom's trousers are seared onto his thighs. Flashman is soon expelled from Rugby—but for drunkenness, not for bullying. He goes on to become Sir Harry Paget Flashman, VC, KCB, KCIE, an "illustrious Victorian soldier" (according to Wikipedia) and the hero of a dozen novels.
Thomas Hughes, the early Victorian author of the Tom Brown stories, has Tom go to Oxford, fall in love, and come to no harm from his experiences at Flashman's hands. In this, Hughes's attitude is one held by most parents and teachers until quite recently. As part of the process of growing up to be "a brave, helpful, truth-telling Englishman, and a gentleman" (p. 69), being bullied is inevitable if not actually a good thing.
The Arseneault group (Takizawa et al. [2]) brings this Victorian view of bullying up to date. They use data from a 50-year-old study to document the adult consequences of being bullied as a child. Parents of a representative birth cohort of British children born in 1958, interviewed when their child was 7 years old, and again at 11, reported whether their child was bullied by other children never, sometimes, or frequently. After adequate controls for attrition and potential confounds, answers to this single question predicted many kinds of poor biopsychosocial functioning decades later: psychological distress at ages 23 and 50, depression at age 45, poor physical health at ages 23 and 50, and poorer cognitive function at age 50. It is worth noting that these are the ages at which these variables were measured; absence of effects at other ages means that variables were not measured, not that the results were nonsignificant.
So bullying predicts poorer functioning up to 40 years later. But how much does this matter in real-world terms? The authors have tested this by comparing the effects of bullying to those of other childhood problems known to bode ill for adult functioning: placement in public or substitute care; unattractive physical appearance; and being in the worst quartile on a scale of poor parenting, physical or sexual abuse, poverty, and parental mental illness or drug problems. The risk of problems in adulthood that were created by bullying was of the same magnitude in each case. Furthermore, the outcomes remained significant after controlling for a wide range of correlated risks.
In a 2010 study of monozygotic twins discordant for bullying (Bowes et al. [3]), the Arseneault group showed that there is a large genetic component to both bullying and being bullied. Thus, the present study, with its long timeline, suggests that being bullied may affect the environment in which the next generation of genetically vulnerable children is raised, so that children of bullied parents are doubly at risk of being bullied themselves.
How can bullied children be helped? Being bullied is not an illness or disorder; rather, it is an exposure to which some children are more vulnerable than others. Standard public health approaches to a dangerous exposure are generally grouped into three categories: 1) reduce the areas, places, times, or settings where people might be exposed (primary or universal prevention); 2) increase the resilience of those exposed (secondary or targeted prevention); and 3) reduce the damage caused by the exposure (tertiary or indicated prevention). Progress has been made in the first category, especially through various types of school programs, although the results are patchy (4). Professor Arseneault and colleagues have provided an example of secondary prevention in their elegant study of monozygotic twins concordant for being bullied (3). With genetic (and many environmental) factors held constant, the twin who received more parental warmth had fewer behavioral problems. Tertiary or indicated prevention of mental illness following bullying first of all requires clinicians to ask patients and parents about bullying, intervene if necessary, and treat the anxiety, depression, and sometimes even suicidality that bullying can cause.
A limitation of the article, caused by the restricted questioning 40 years ago, is that the authors can say nothing about the long-term consequences of being a bully. Nor can they separate out the children who were both bullies and victims, who have been shown to be at highest risk of later psychiatric disorders and poorer adult functioning (5, 6). It is to be hoped that the authors will use the range of data sets at their disposal to explore the long-term consequences of being a bully rather than a victim. This is a group to whom psychiatry has paid less attention, but who raise many interesting questions. Some research suggests that being a bully (but not a bully/victim) increases the likelihood of delinquent behavior and substance abuse in the late teens, but not all longitudinal studies agree (7).
Another important theme for psychiatric research emerges from this article: the value of longitudinal studies. Most clinicians will be familiar with the Framingham Heart Study, set up in 1948 and still going today (8, 9). This study of a population cohort is "a prospective study concerned with the incidence of coronary heart disease and with the study of those factors, both host and environmental, which may contribute to its development" (8; p. 539). The physicians who started the Framingham study were looking for "the cause" of coronary heart disease; what they found was best described in a risk algorithm that combined age, sex (male), systolic blood pressure, antihypertensive treatment, smoking, diabetes, high-density lipoprotein, and body mass index (10). The algorithm became more accurate as time went on and the participants aged.
The Framingham Heart Study completely changed the medical approach to coronary heart disease, from one based on treatment to one based on prevention. Would a "Mental Health Framingham" have similar results? Unfortunately, Framingham is one of only a handful of truly longitudinal studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. The United States has to rely on other countries, with perhaps a more patient view of public health, to provide data that we can use to answer questions that need time. The British 1958 birth cohort study used by the Arseneault group was the second such commitment by the United Kingdom, and several others have followed it. Fifty years later, the birth cohort study is still going strong and producing important information about childhood predictors of adult morbidity and mortality (11). This study of the long-term effects of bullying is just one example.
The Takizawa et al. study also provides an example of the value of serendipity in public health research. Over time, researchers were able to study the health effects of many events and interventions undreamed of when birth cohort studies began, e.g., the surge in out-of-wedlock births in the past 50 years (12). It has also been possible to link a series of birth cohort studies in the United Kingdom to test for differences in causal relationships over time, e.g., changes in the risk to children associated with having a teenage mother (13). The productivity of these birth cohort studies has been prodigious and their value beyond calculation. The Takizawa et al. article offers us another major contribution, by demonstrating the frightening long-term costs of childhood bullying.
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Confession #116.
Confession #115.
Confession #114.
I'd like to know this too, I mean wtf Toby.
Confession #113.
It…….it all makes sense now….. D:
Okay since I've calmed down from my post about Toby from last night (xD) I'm going to do a thoughts/opinion episode. I'm still in refusal that -A IS Toby, but last night I thought of some clues that did all add up now, but then there are some that don't connect at all. :c
Linden/Nate: Okay..okay what!? I had a really strong feeling Nate wasn't who he claimed he was, and I also felt confident he wasn't Maya's cousin, and I was right. Linden James, huh? He's crazy! He's so sneaky and crazy and evil o.o I was so scared for Emily there. And I guess Paige turned out good after all. Well, I suppose that's good. And now Linden's dead.
Caleb: …..Okay the second I saw he had a gun I KNEW something bad was going to happen to him. I kept screaming at the TV for him to put the gun down xD It didn't help aha. But seriously, Linden SHOT Caleb! It was awful. At first I thought Caleb would be the one to die, so I almost started crying but then I saw that Caleb was just injured and Linden was the dead one. But poor Caleb, -sigh-.
Ezra/Maggie/Aria: ..I was about to start this paragraph with okay but then I realized that's how I started all the above paragraphs xD So anyways, I'm not a huge fan of Maggie. There's already been enough secrets that Aria has had to hide from Ezra, and now there's another. I really want to know the whole story, the parts we don't know, but Maggie does. And also watching Ezria is really awkward because I'm just
waiting hoping that Wes and Aria get together. :3
Spoby: Well fellow Spoby fans, looks like we finally got our sex scene! ;D It was pretty freaking awesome, considering it was longest out of all the other couples. And Spencer FINALLY told Toby she loved him :3. It was so cute, I loved it. And shirtless Toby is always a nice sight(;
Toby & Mona: Quite the -A team, isn't it? As you know from my post last night, I was FREAKING out when we saw Toby in that hoodie. So that's the big betrAyel we've been waiting for. ….. ….. MARLENE KING YOU ARE ONE HORRIBLE YET AMAZING GENIUS. Gasp, Toby, okay now I'm freaking out again xD I can't believe it! What about that time -A did something to his car? And loosened those screws on that thing that he fell off of and ended up in the hospital with a broken arm? Was that the head -A? Did that person make Toby become part of the team? D; Maybe Alison IS alive, and maybe that's why after The Jenna Thing she thought she needed a favor from him or whatever? I sorta forget, but maybe she/Courtney/whoever is using him and he's not the head -A? What do you guys think?
That's all for now, have to go get ready for the first day of school!
Omg :o Literally freaking out I was so not expecting that I can't even I am so lost my man my love is -A. He's evil he's a killer but he's still hot and I actually cried and Caleb oh my goodness and Nate is Linden wtf EMOTIONS ARE GOING CRAY CRAY.
………TOBY. ;-; I can't, I literally can't. Omg I just can't process any thoughts whatsoever. TOBY. SPENCER. SPOBY. AAAAAAH. Toby! What!? This can't be it's a mask okay I'm going now enjoy this ramble I realize I totally made a fool out of myself…..TOBY. D:
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Spain 2014: A Big in an Itty-Bitty Living Space
At just under seven-feet Patson Siame looms large no matter the country.
Spain 2014: Back in Spain
From two different countries, Spain made them teammates for the first time, now both find themselves back in Spain with the Lions.
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Two months ago, Joshua Spiers had left his home country of Australia. Since, it has been a whirlwind, including day five in Spain.
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Lions partner with the Department of Health and Human Sciences to get detailed knowledge on how to get better in training.
MBB | Spain 2014: Back in Spain
From two different countries, Spain made them teammates for the first time, now both find themselves back in Spain with the Lions.
MBB | A Global Reach
Showing its reach across the globe, LMU continued its tour while sending back some well wishes as they spent their final day in Madrid before flying to Barcelona on Sunday morning. The Lions had a full pre game practice, followed by the coaches participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. They then took on the Angola National Team, who is participating in the upcoming FIBA World Championships in Spain.
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Working with the Department of Health and Human Sciences, the LMU men's basketball team is getting an in-depth look at their strength and conditioning, giving them the knowledge needed to perform better.
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Day 10 for LMU men's basketball in Barcelona Spain, a 97-52 win for the Lions over mixed Barcelona team.
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Game three for LMU's 2014 Spain Tour, a 97-75 win over a mixed all-star team from Barcelona, Spain.
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A big in an Itty Bitty Living Space. The Lions make the move to Barcelona.
Spain 2014: Day Six - A Global Reach
Day six featured the second game, this one coming against the Angola National Team.
Spain 2014: Day Five - A Big Day, Big Two Months
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BRIEFLY... Simon Krajcovic is in his first season of college basketball at LMU in 2014-15... a native of Slovakia, Krajcovic is one of eight international players for the Lions. He last played basketball at Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain...From Coach Dunlap: "Simon has been playing on his countries national team for several years and has had the chance to play basketball against top teams from all over the world," said Dunlap. "He knows how to run a team. He is a very high-end assist man and can play out of the pick-and-roll at the highest level," said Dunlap. "We are excited to have Simon as a part of program and he is a important piece to our puzzle at the point guard position."
BEFORE LMU... For the last three years Krajcovic has attended Canarias Basketball Academy in the Canary Islands of Spain. With the program he has the opportunity to play in top prep school tournaments in the United States, including the 2013 National Prep Showcase in November and the 2014 National Prep School Invitational in February... At the NPSI this past February, he averaged 13.3 points, 7.3 assist and 2.3 steals per contest. He finished the tournament shooting 47.2 percent from the field. In the final game of the tournament, he scored 25 points against St. Thomas More... In addition, he helped lead Canarias to the F4 Championship in Spain this past April... In addition, he has more than four years of experience within the Slovak Republic national team program, playing at national events around the world... He played in the 2001-12 U18 European Championships, averaging 12.7 points per game, 5.7 rebounds and 7.4 assist in playing all seven games. He averaged nearly 32 minutes a game and ranked first in the tournament in both assists and steals per contest. His best game in the tournament came against Norway, going for one of his two double-doubles with 22 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds. His other double-double was 13 points and 13 assists against Switzerland. The team with 5-2 in the tournament... Also Played for the Slovak Republic national team at the 2010-11 U16 Euro Challenge, playing all eight games and averaging just over 31 minuets a game. He averaged 17.5 points with 4.6 rebounds, 3.4 assist and 3.8 steals. His best game came with 24 points, six rebounds and seven steals against Bulgaria. The team with 5-3 in the tournament.
PERSONAL... Simon Kracjovic is a native of Slovakia... he is an undeclared Liberal Arts major.


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HOWARD — Samantha N. Perry, 30, of Terrace View North, Howard, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010, at her residence.
She was born Oct. 22, 1979, in Newark to Galen Perry and Denise Hurst. Sam was a 1998 graduate of East Knox High School and received her bachelor's degree in psychology from The Ohio State University. She enjoyed photography and working with her computer on photo enhancing and was in the process of opening her own business named Selective Memories. Sam was loved for her creativity, quick wit, strength and passion for family, friends and animals. She was the light in the life of many close friends in their time of need. When they were in the shadows of life's darkness, she brought them serenity and joy.
Besides her parents she is survived by her husband, Joshua Kramer; two sisters, Tracy Smith of Lake Charles, La., and Andrea (Marcus) McKay of Mount Vernon; a half brother, Galen (Sherry) Perry of Blacklick; half sisters, Dennise Ryan of Pickerington, Wendy (Terry) Perry-Ball of Etna and Kimberly Dunkle of Pataskala; maternal grandmother, Joyce Hurst; and nephews, James and Nathaniel Stimpert, and Dominic and Miles McKay.
She was preceded in death by her maternal grandfather, Robert Hurst; and paternal grandparents, Woodrow and Dorothy Perry.
Friends may call Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Dowds-Snyder Funeral Home, 201 Newark Road, Mount Vernon, OH 43050. The family will observe a private graveside at a later date.
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We're about to get the unofficial second half of the season going, so it's about time we look back at our picks at the start of the season.
Given the current state of the team, including injuries to Jay Cutler and Lance Briggs and just how bad the defense has been, I gave our writing team a chance for a mulligan and to update their predictions. Some thought there was a big change in their expected results, others maybe adjusted by a game or two.
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According to most metrics, the Downtown Development Trust was a bust over the past year: It sold only one building, which still sits empty 12 months later.
But those closest to the organization defend it, saying development is tedious work that must be measured in deals discussed rather than deals done.
It's all gestating, said Bob Walters, a trust board member. You really can't judge progress by looking at a year time frame.
The nonprofit was formed in early 2011 to buy and sell properties at a discount to entrepreneurs who promise to draw diners and shoppers to downtown Fort Wayne. Anyone who fails to make good on that promise within 12 months can be forced to sell the property back to the trust, Karl Bandemer said last year.
The trust's goal is to get some languishing properties into the hands of people with ideas and the energy to convert them into thriving destinations.
Bandemer, a senior development officer with the Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance, was interviewed again two weeks ago about the trust's accomplishments during the past year. The Alliance is now part of Greater Fort Wayne Inc.
Instant success?
The trust closed its first sale in May 2012, when Scott Glaze, chairman and CEO of Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp., bought the former Instant Copy building at 232 W. Wayne St. The price was not disclosed, but the Fort Wayne assessor's office recorded the sale at $250,000.
Bandemer said in the recent interview that trust officials might talk to the new owner about plans for the building if a business doesn't open there within 18 months – allowing six more months than previously stated.
Glaze has earned some leeway, Bandemer said. The entrepreneur is busy renovating another downtown building – bought without trust participation – and hasn't turned his attention to 232 W. Wayne.
Glaze, his wife, Melissa, and business partner David Corcoran are restoring 821 S. Calhoun St., creating two apartments each on the second and third floors. They also are prepping the first floor for a restaurant, which they would lease to someone else to run.
The 7,000-square-foot building was built in the 1890s. It has housed a bank, a brokerage firm and an art gallery over the years.
It's coming along well. It's just taking a lot longer than we had hoped, Glaze said of the Calhoun Street project.
He expects the apartments to be ready for renters before July, and he's talking to folks interested in operating a restaurant.
This isn't the Glazes' first downtown development project. They and their partners own and operate J.K. O'Donnell's, a popular Irish restaurant that opened six years ago in a formerly underused building at 121 W. Wayne St.
Glaze also owns another downtown property, which he declined to disclose.
We see buildings, he said, then paused. We just see promise in them.
Deals fall through
But for every success story, there is a tale of woe. Or two or three.
When he was interviewed last year, Bandemer had hoped that the trust could buy and sell two or three more buildings before the end of 2012. He tried to make it happen, but not all discussions lead to deals.
Bandemer, who devotes about half of his working hours to trust business, spent three months last summer putting together a four-building deal with a private developer. But, in the end, he said the developer dropped out.
It's an interesting process, Bandemer said of economic development. There's been a lot more activity than one might perceive.
Two trust board members and one former local development leader agreed.
Walters, who practices law with Barrett & McNagny, said the trust was formed to act as an encourager on small projects that would fill in the gaps left by splashier projects, such as Harrison Square.
We're not going to be doing $30 million development projects, he said.
Months of work go into identifying locations, negotiating with owners, lining up financing and finding buyers who are interested and capable of renovating buildings into something that fits with a busy, pedestrian-friendly downtown, Walters said.
We're trying to act responsibly to keep that process moving, he said. And it is a slow process.
Mac Parker, the trust's chairman, stressed that the nonprofit's board is comprised of volunteers who are committed to the community. He, for one, talks to Bandemer for trust business two or three times a week.
There are a number of things going on behind the scenes, some of them very big. But we can't release it yet, he said.
The trust's offer on a major downtown property has been orally accepted by the out-of-state corporation that owns it, Parker said. While the company waits for its next board meeting to make the sale official, trust officials are busy lining up financing and looking for a buyer.
There's going to be interest in it, Parker said of the property, which he declined to name. You can't negotiate a property sale like that out in the public.
The trust hasn't bought anything since the Instant Copy building, but it has that deal pending and options to buy four buildings, Bandemer said. The nonprofit will exercise those options if it can line up buyers.
Karen Goldner, Fort Wayne's former economic development director, was on the Downtown Improvement District's board when the trust was formed.
The former city councilwoman, who is now a consultant in Chicago, left her city development job because she longed to work on ventures from start to finish.
If (these projects) were easy and quick to do, by and large, somebody else would be doing them, she said of downtown development. There's so much work that's done behind the scenes.
The trust's priorities include getting a grocery, more restaurants and affordable apartments to open downtown.
The Harrison, which opened March 20 and was developed by New Harrison partners Mark Hagerman and Simon Dragan, includes 43 apartments along with retail shops, a restaurant, a bank and a law firm. The $18.5 million, four-story building on the southeast corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Ewing Street, faces Jefferson Boulevard on one side and Parkview Field on the other.
Another high-profile project will bring even more residential options to downtown. Tenants are already moving into the Anthony Wayne Building, a $15 million renovation project that created 39 condominiums, retail and office space. The developer of that project is RCI Development.
Economic developers know it's tough to get people to move into urban areas unless they have ready access to groceries and other needs.
Show me the money
Bandemer also knows the trust doesn't have enough money to get into a bidding war on downtown properties – although it does have some resources to call on.
In December, the City Council granted the trust $1 million of the $75 million Legacy Fund, which came from the lease and sale of City Light to I&M.
Parker emphasized that the trust started with no money and hasn't been supported by tax dollars. The Legacy Fund grant is from a pool of taxpayer money, however.
That grant doubles the pot of money the trust can access.
The nonprofit has a $1 million line of credit authorized by the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne. That credit allows the trust to acquire real estate that has been approved by a foundation subcommittee. The loan is structured so it doesn't have to be repaid until after the trust sells the property.
Trust officials are working with the city's Planning Department on accessing the Legacy grant, Parker said.
Despite support from city officials and a major local nonprofit, the trust prefers to stay out of the public eye. Any buzz surrounding a specific property could cause the owner to raise the price.
Also, Bandemer doesn't want to talk about potential deals that might not happen.
It leads to false expectations on everybody's part, he said. Until you have a project that's ready to go, you're chasing windmills.


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