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sarai mitnick is a user experience specialist who has worked with both small clients and high-profile companies like google and youtube- and today she's here to share a great idea for all of you biz ladies and biz guys: customer profiles. getting to know your clients, keep your client base organized and understanding their needs is crucial to any business, so today sarai is sharing her tips for creating customer profiles and taking advantage of some of the opportunities they create. it's a great thing to start doing whether your business is brand-new or has been going for years. thanks to sarai for her advice!
CLICK HERE for sarai's full post after the jump!
Profiles: A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Customers
by Sarai Mitnick
For small businesses, there are many challenges in really understanding your market and using that information to focus your business. Some basic questions you have might be:
Who are my current customers? What are their wants and needs?
Who are my target customers? How can I satisfy them?
How do my customers differ from one another, and how can I design my business – products, marketing, brand, advertising – to appeal to all of them?
How do I keep my business focused on real people, rather than going all over the map trying to appeal to everyone?
I'd like to introduce you to a really simple, practical tool for actually using market research to help answer these questions: customer profiles.
Now, if you've developed a business plan or are thinking about one, you've probably done at least a little market research. There are a lot of great resources out there for how to do market research on an indie budget. And if you have customers, you've probably got some good ideas about how to get feedback from them. But what do you do with that research? Do all those data points really help you focus your business on a day to day basis? Do you think about that data all the time?
Let's talk about what a customer profile is. Profiles are concrete depictions of specific, fictional customers that are based on real customer data. Each of these fictional people represents a whole segment of your customers, or potential customers. You base them on real research, but give them lifelike details such as a photo, a story of their typical day, personal details, and quotes. They bring together market research and real customer needs. They're fun to create, easy to use, and extremely valuable.
Profiles work well because they are concrete. Our brains are great at interpreting people and stories. Abstract data just doesn't stick as well, and it's harder to apply in decision making. Thinking about a specific, archetypal person is a much easier way to bring your research and insights into your decisions.
For example, let's say you have a business selling your handmade camera bags. You have lots of information about potential customers: market size, demographics, etc. But imagine how much easier it would be to make decisions if you knew your target customers were Monica the style maven, Jillian the semi-pro photographer, and Jane the minimalist. You could use these concrete depictions of your customers to design every aspect of your business: product development, marketing, branding, advertising, you name it! Your business would be more focused and your brand more consistent.
Here's how to create them. I think you'll find it a fun process, and it really doesn't take long.
Start with research. There are basically two types of research you can use. Primary research is any research you do yourself on your customers or potential customers. This can include things like surveys, interviews, customer-initiated feedback, stats from your website, or observations of people using your products. Make sure you solicit a wide range of people, not just the folks who email to say how much they love or hate your work! Secondary research is all the data that's out there already. You can find research on the web, in newspapers, in trade magazines, and other sources. I highly recommend doing your own primary research in addition to any secondary research you have.
Cluster that information. Now divide all this data into different types of customers. A good starting point for dividing them up is thinking about their different goals and priorities. Because this is more about customers' goals, attitudes, lifestyle, and behavior than pure demographics, you can see why your own primary research is so important. Try to just focus on the facts about each group that you've learned through research. Include any characteristics that are particularly important for your business. For example, since my small business, Colette Patterns, sells sewing patterns, my target customers' level of sewing expertise was an important factor.
Prioritize your profiles. You may feel that some of your groups are more important than others. Or you may realize that a large, important group could be split up into multiple groups. If you have a very niche market, you may need only one or two profiles. A broad business could have many more. And don't forget, users and customers are not always the same thing. You may have a business selling fancy ladies' underwear, but one of your most important customer groups could be husbands/boyfriends who buy gifts! Create more profiles if you need to, split them up, get rid of some, or note which are the highest priority and which are secondary. Do what makes sense for your business goals.
Fully develop your profiles. This is the creative, fun part. Now that you know the key facts about each group, you want to turn each one into a real person. Give them a name, a specific age, gender, income, profession, hobbies, interests, goals, likes and dislikes. Give them personal details to really fill out the character. Just write a little story about who this person is, what their life is like, and how they spend their time. It's very helpful to include a little photo as well. Include anything that will really make you feel like you know this person.
Use them! Get to know them and use them to make decisions. Ask yourself questions such as "Is this something Monica would want?" or "Is this advertising something Jane would respond to?" It may feel a little silly at first, but in time it will become second nature and you will always have your customers at your fingertips. Think about them when considering new products, building your brand, developing advertising, working on publicity.
Adapt them. Markets change, so be sure to update your profiles periodically. Create new profiles when trying to expand into new markets. And always continue to gather customer response to feed into them. Plan ahead to determine how often you will update your profiles.
Customer profiles are an invaluable tool for small businesses, and can help you whether you're starting up, growing, or pursuing new directions. Best of all, you'll find yourself really understanding and connecting to your customers the more you use and adapt them.
Sarai Mitnick is a User Experience specialist who has worked for both small clients and high-profile companies such as Google and YouTube. She is also an avid seamstress and blogger, and has just launched her own line of beautiful boutique women's sewing patterns, Colette Patterns. She writes her personal craft blog at Sweet Sassafras.
Thanks for all of this great info…I needed this :-)
hmm . . . I'm thinking "Teri and Ted the Travellers", "Archie the Architect" and "Hilda the Hipster". Fun, and actually very helpful.
Great article. Thanks for your insight. Now, where do I start? Surveymonkey? ;)
oh-i left a comment earlier today but apparently it didn't go through ok. just wanted to let you know i appreciate these biz tips. :)
Important stuff! I've read about this before and it sounds like a really good idea but I just haven't done it yet. Nevertheless, thanks!
Question about primary research… got any tips for doing this before you have a company? If you don't already have a customer base to survey and learn from, where do you start when you're on a budget?
These Biz lady posts are priceless. Thank you Design Sponge!
Thanks for these great suggestions. Now to put it into action….that is such a challenge.
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Wow…that really simplifies things!
Kelly, that's a great question! The first step is to decide who your target customers are, in a pretty broad sense. Then talk to those people. Find the places they hang out online and learn from them there, start conversations, see what they say. If you want quantitative info, you can still do surveys on a budget.
Good luck to everyone!
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BenQ's all in one iMac like nScreen i91 was announced last month and has finally arrived in Asia (though we think its also available in Australia, please confirm if anyone knows!). Though we don't exactly know whether this iMac competitor may be arriving any other countries at the moment, the i91 does look to be a piece of cool gadget for websurfing and daily use. The i91 contains two key "Yukon" parts: the Sempron 210U processor and the M690E integrated chipset. The Sempron runs at 1.5GHz and is coupled with 1GB of 667MHz DDR 2 memory. The i91 can be picked up with either 4 to 16GB of solid-state storage, or 120 to 250GB hard drive capacity. On board is also 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 10.100Mb/s Ethernet and a pair of USB 2.0 ports.
BenQ has tipped the nScreen i91 to be a web access machine and just to add abit of bonus to it, the all in one desktop pc will be available with a choice of Linux or Windows XP. The display is an 18.5in, 16:9 aspect ratio panel believed to have a 1366 x 768 resolution. The whole thing measures 454 x 361 x 61.37mm, including the stand. We'd love to know if this will become available to those in the UK, if any of you folks are BenQ users, you might know more about it than we do, so get in touch!
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I have never understood why reporters so rarely ask Jenny Lewis about the rich religious critique that has pervaded her work since the earlier days of Rilo Kiley. There is just so much there. I think I will scream if I hear another reporter ask her what it's like to look hot in indie music, why Rilo Kiley really broke up, and whether or not her indie purist fans think the country album/major label/Jenny & Johnny project was a sellout.
Here's the band singing their 2004 single, "It's a Hit":
The first song is about the simplistic way in which serious political issues are broken down and consumed in popular culture. That is, the moralistic framing of issues like war and peace obscures deeper analysis and makes us hypocrites. The second verse makes this clear, as I think the last two lines are meant sarcastically: "But it's a jungle when war is made/And you'll panic and throw your own shit at the enemy/The camera pulls back to reveal your true identity/Look, it's a sheep in wolf's clothing." I always think of the repeated line, "It's a holiday for hanging," when I see a deposed leader's remains displayed in the news media as spectacle and celebration. Then the last verse seems to be about both political and religious hypocrisy:
Any fool can play executioner for a day/And say with fingers pointed in both directions/'He went that way'/It's only a switch or a syringe/I'm exempt from eternal sins/But the pardon never comes from upstairs/They're always a moment too late/But it's entertainment/To keep the crowd on their toes/It's justice and we're safe/It's not a hit but a holiday.
Ultimately, then, religion can be manipulated in the name of political causes that, whether good or bad, are not innocent. Whatever the complexities, it all gets consumed as entertainment: War as reality TV.
While "It's a Hit" is about the hypocrisy of a culture, I think "The Absence of God" is about what happens to a diverse range of individuals for whom god is literally absent. "The absence of God wil bring you comfort," the song begins. And it's not as if there's no conflict or disagreement without god since "we'd still be ruled by our dueling perspectives."
"Rob," the song goes on, "says you love love love/And then you die/I've watched him while sleeping/And seen him crying with closed eyes." I think the meaning here is purposefully ambiguous. At one level, Rob weeps "with closed eyes," like a believer conducting an emotional prayer; I think this suggests that his interior life is just as rich and meaningful as it could be with god. But the weeping may also hint at some kind of disappointment with the feeling that death marks the end.
Friend Morgan meanwhile "says maybe love won't let you down/All of your failures are training grounds." She believes that hard knocks ultimately bring salvation: "And just as your back's turned/You'll be surprised, she says/As your solitude subsides."
But the absence of god, as the song makes clear, also leaves room for personal choice: "We could be daytime drunks if we wanted," she notes. The absence of god means a degree of personal freedom that would not be possible with god, and it's up to us to figure out what we believe and how we should live.
If religious themes were frequent in Rilo Kiley's work, they emerged even more prominently when Lewis stepped out on her own as a solo artist. On the 2006 release, Rabbit Fur Coat, Lewis teamed up with the Watson Twins to release a gospel-tinged album that continued to ask questions.
In "The Big Guns," Lewis take on the theme of betrayal, seemingly alluding to the figures of Jesus and Judas Iscariot: "Then you kiss his lips/ He forgives you for it/He forgives you for all you've done/But not me, I'm still angry." I think this contrasts a very normal human reaction to betrayal with Jesus' forgiveness of Judas, who betrayed Jesus with a kiss.
"Rise Up with Fists!!" is another fascinating song. I'll post a video here because I think it highlights the song's tongue-in-cheek tone:
I'm particularly partial to the rather straightforward verse on religious hypocrisy: "It's hard to believe your prophets/When they're asking you to change things/With their suspect lives, we look the other way/Are you really that pure, sir?/Thought I saw you in Vegas/It was not pretty, but she was..." Then, in perfect harmony, the Waton Twins chime in to finish the phrase with, "Not your wife." Plastic surgery is then juxtaposed with religious faith, both conceived as salvation via cosmetic quick fix.
"The Charging Sky" has a similar mocking tone, now directed at people who pursue faith as a form of insurance: "And it's a surefire bet I'm going to die/So I'm taking up praying on Sunday nights/And it's not that I believe in your all might/But I might as well/As insurance or bail." This mindset seems to facilitate what she critiques next—faith as capitalist vehicle: "But what if God's not there?/But his name is on your dollar bill/Which just became cab fare/For the evangelists, the communists, the lefts, and the rights."
But the mocking tone is not found in every song. I understand this album as a genuine engagement with the frustrations and questions that any thoughtful person with—or without—faith must engage. "Born Secular" is probably the most gorgeous song on the album, and it is certainly one of the most heartfelt:
I love the plaintive cry of this song. I am not entirely sure what it means, but I suppose it is, at least partly, a recognition of the way that god—whether "real" or not—permeates culture for better or worse. The pervasiveness of god forces even those without faith to grapple with the questions it raises. The narrator may want to believe, but does not feel the presence of god that others describe. Instead, she has to come to terms with god's role in her own life—that of absence: "I was born secular and inconsolable/I heard that he walked, he walked the earth/God goes where he wants/And who knows where he is not/Not in me."
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So glad you wrote this!
PAYNE.KATHRYN replied on
I have always loved Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis because of their ambiguous inclusion of religious themes, references, etc. As someone who grew up very involved in the church and who has only recently left that behind, I find a lot of comfort in Jenny's lyrics. I remember reading an interview in Nylon magazine when her first solo album came out and if I recall correctly, the interviewer did ask her about the religious aspect. I can't for the life of me remember her response though!
P.S. I have really enjoyed your column in general. It is refreshing to read about christianity/god/religion through a feminist lens without mockery or hatred.
Good post. I've long
Emily McAvan replied on
Good post. I've long wondered at the lack of decent discussion of this myself.
"The Absence of God" is one of my favourite songs ever, and it's interesting because at first I thought the whole "Rob says" "Morgan says" was just hipstery winking at her friends, but then I thought that you can also read as about invoking community - that there's a shift from the transcendent G_d to the imminent bodies of the people we care about, in daytime drinking rather than church.
Oh, interesting, I really
Kristin Rawls replied on
Very smart analysis, I think
Ellaarethaowner replied on
Very smart analysis, I think Lewis is one of the smartest songwriters out there, and she has a lovely voice. One question,can anyone tell me what the full narrative of the song RABBIT SKIN COAT is about? I tried to puzzle that song out many times, but I always seem to lose the thread...
I think she has said that
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I think she has said that it's about her childhood - growing up as a child actor and her relationship with her mother.


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In an effort to make the issue of climate change a top priority on public and political agendas around the globe, the 10th Assembly of the World Council of Churches made a statement on climate justice at its meeting last week in Busan, South Korea, which calls on the United States to reject construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The Rev. Sarah Campbell, team lead minister of Mayflower Church United Church of Christ in Minneapolis, was one of the UCC delegates at the WCC Assembly. She played an integral role in getting the language about the Keystone XL Pipeline included in the statement and says it is the single most strategic and powerful action the WCC could make at the 10th Assembly regarding climate change.
"This is a very big deal that the World Council Assembly, a unified voice of moral authority, decided unanimously to call on President Obama," said Campbell. "The WCC includes 45 U.S. denominations, so he will want to listen to the voice of WCC. Also, sadly, ironically, this vote happened in Southeast Asia as the worst hurricane in the Philippines was gestating."
The Keystone XL Pipeline would carry heavy crude oil from Canada's oil sands region to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Obama denied a permit for the project last year, but supporters of the pipeline have continued to fight for its creation. Many environmentalists say the completion of the pipeline would signal "game over" for the environment.
The WCC's statement continues the environmental advocacy work the WCC has engaged in for the past 20 years, when the organization was among the first to warn about the dangers of climate change.
"Climate change is today one of the most challenging global threats affecting especially the most vulnerable," the statement reads. "Despite being a most crucial issue, climate change has lost priority on the public and political agendas. While there are some encouraging signs, nonetheless climate change negotiations at the international level have not realized the stated goals."
The statement calls upon President Barack Obama to reject the building of the Keystone XL Pipeline, and welcomes the president's plan for combatting climate change. It also encourages member churches to support the role of the WCC to strengthen links between churches and communities in various parts of the world that are working to combat climate change, calls upon churches and ecumenical organizations to ask their governments to look beyond national interests to preserve God's creation, and reiterates the concerns of the churches about climate change and its adverse effects on the world and its people.
"Victims of climate change are the new face of the poor, the widow and the stranger that are especially loved and cared for by God," the statement reads. "When creation is threatened in this way, churches are called to speak out and act as an expression of their commitment to life, justice and peace."
Campbell agrees. "The most vulnerable suffer first and hardest – the birds, monarch butterflies, and the polar bears – the poorest of humanity," she said. "There will be more and more climate refugees in the future, those with no choice but to move to countries that already don't want them, and, most vulnerable of all, the seventh generation, our children's children."
Read the full statement on the World Council of Churches website.
The UCC is one of the 345 members of the WCC, and sent a team of almost two dozen representatives from across the life of the church to the gathering in Busan. The WCC assembly, which occurs once every seven years, took place from Oct. 30 through Nov. 8. The assembly is the highest governing body of the WCC, and is a moment when member churches come together for prayer, celebration and to set the future agenda for the council. More than 4,000 delegates, visitors, event staff and media members from more than 100 countries traveled to South Korea for the assembly.


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SVVSD mill levy override
What it costs
Amount: $14.8 million per year, or an increase of no more than 6.27 mills. In 2013, the district will collect 6.082 mills.
Cost for residents: For every $100,000 of home value, residents will pay $48.41 in 2013.
Cost for business owners: Business owners will pay $176.38 per $100,000 of property value.
How it will be spent
$4.2 million: Maintain teacher positions and class sizes
$4.35 million: Attract and retain high quality teachers
$3.65 million: Upgrade technology to enhance learning, including added three instructional technologists and five computer technicians
$1 million: Expand and enhance early childhood education
$1.6 million: Charter schools, based on percentage (10.8 percent) of district enrollment on Oct. 1, 2011
For more information: See the websites for the St. Vrain Valley School District, Grassroots St. Vrain or Yes on 3A.
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If the mill levy override passes, the St. Vrain Valley School District will implement a program that allows seniors to work off part of their property tax bill through volunteer work.
Who can apply: Residents of the St. Vrain Valley School District who are 60 years old or older, or who have a disability. One applicant per household.
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Pay: Participants, who will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis, will earn $8 per hour, for up to 40 hours during one school year.
Work involved: Participants will be working in classrooms, one to three hours a day, two or three days per week. Participants will be assigned to teachers who request volunteers, but the district will attempt to accommodate requests for specific schools or duties.
Fournier starts and ends her shifts with small groups of students, all of whom are below grade level in math.
"It looks different every time I go into a classroom," said Fournier, a math interventionist who works half-time at Mountain View Elementary and quarter-time at Blue Mountain.
Last year, Fournier worked half-time at Blue Mountain to provide extra support, or intervention, in math for students who previously scored in the unsatisfactory range on the Colorado Student Assessment Program exams.
Her assistance was productive: None of those students had unsatisfactory math scores on this year's Transitional Colorado Assessment Program exams, the current version of the CSAPs.
But after the St. Vrain Valley School District decided in May to reduce the number of full-time positions at all schools this year, Fournier's job was one of those eliminated.
She has her job now only because Blue Mountain's Parent Teacher Organization raised the funds for her to work two hours, 15 minutes a day.
"Without my PTO, I would have no math interventionist, no (paraprofessional) support," Blue Mountain principal Kristie Venrick said in September. The PTO also financed jobs for two paraprofessionals who work one and a half hours a day helping second- and fourth-grade teachers who have large classes, Venrick said.
State funding reduced
The staff cuts that resulted in Fournier's position at Blue Mountain being eliminated saved $2 million last year and $4 million this year, according to superintendent Don Haddad. In 2011-12, high school and middle school class sizes were increased by an average of one student; for 2012-13, all schools had to increase class sizes by an average of one student.
Those moves were a result of the Colorado Legislature's funding of education. For 2012-13, St. Vrain receives $6,332 per pupil, the same amount it received in 2011-12. State funding has fallen from its peak of $6,945 in 2009-10.
If the Legislature had continued to fund schools as it had under Amendment 23 -- lawmakers changed the formula in 2010 -- St. Vrain would be receiving $32.5 million more this year. That would have meant a 32 percent increase in state funding, which equals a 16 percent increase to the district's general fund.
Despite reducing costs and increasing revenues in several ways, "We haven't been able to completely avoid the classroom," Haddad said.
Many of the cost reductions have involved moving programs that were outsourced back into the district, superintendent Don Haddad said. For example, the district took a program for expelled students from Alternatives for Youth, saving $200,000 to $300,000 a year; moved high-needs students from various providers to the Lincoln Street School, saving $500,000 a year; and discontinued its relationship with Tiny Tim, bringing special-needs preschool students back to district schools, saving $200,000 a year.
The district also ended its contract with Centennial BOCES, a cooperative that provided some administrative and payroll support, saving $500,000 a year, Haddad said.
Switching from an Outlook-based email system to Google saves $300,000 a year, and moving students services from a leased location to a building the district owned (and had shared with Centennial BOCES) saves $130,000 a year, he said.
On the revenue side, the district has pursued and received several large grants, including the $3.6 million Investing in Innovation federal grant that is being spent to close the achievement gap and enhance STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) programming in the Skyline High School feeder system.
"We don't have a grant writer that we pay," Haddad said, pointing out that district employees write the applications.
In addition, the district is moving toward being self-insured, which will save a considerable amount of money, Haddad said, although he could not give a definite amount.
School board president John Creighton said the district saved $1 million immediately because the decision to become self-insured gave the district an advantage in negotiating with insurance companies.
"The efficiencies and the innovation only go so far," Creighton said. "We are running a very lean ship."
According to the district's budgets, 2.9 percent of its expenditures are allocated to central support and administration this year, compared with 2.4 percent in 2008-09. During those four years, enrollment has increased to an estimated 27,893 this year from 24,917 in the fall of 2008, a 12 percent increase.
In the fall of 2008, Blue Mountain, Black Rock and Centennial elementary schools opened; since then, Red Hawk Elementary and Mead High School opened, and Frederick High School moved in to a new building.
Looking forward
After voters approved the $16.5 million mill levy override in 2008, the district added honors classes and focus programs, raised teachers' salaries and added technology.
As district and school officials have worked on where to make cuts and how to fill in the gaps, they haven't been able to think about offering students new opportunities such as a criminal justice program at the Career Development Center or Mandarin classes outside of the Erie schools, assistant superintendent Mark Mills said.
"That to me is the saddest part of where we are," Mills said.
Haddad agreed that the funding cuts are limiting the district.
"There are things we know we could do tomorrow that are game-changers," Haddad said, citing smaller class sizes, extended hours and accelerated programs as examples. District leaders should be focusing on excellence instead of managing insufficient resources, he said.
"We want excellence in our school system," Haddad said.
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Arlington police responded to calls about gunfire in the 1100 block of East Arkansas Lane about 2:35 p.m.
As police were heading to the scene they spotted an SUV that matched a description from the reports. Police pulled the SUV over and found 10 males inside, ranging from teenagers to young adults, said police spokeswoman Tiara Richard.
Two of the men had gunshot wounds to the leg and one had a gunshot wound to the back. They were taken to Medical Center of Arlington. Their injuries weren't believed to be life-threatening.
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The Los Angeles Unified school board approved the drastic overhaul of one of California's lowest performing high schools, a plan that will require teachers to reapply for their jobs. Tuesday's unanimous vote gives Superintendent John Deasy the green light to transform Crenshaw High School in South Los Angeles starting in the next academic year. The curriculum will be replaced with three magnet schools, which Deasy says is the district's most successful model. If teachers are not rehired, they can transfer. Just 3 percent of students are proficient in math and 17 percent in reading at the school. Teachers and parents protested at the meeting, saying a reform model already in place is starting to yield results.
Coach charged with molesting skater
A youth ice skating coach who has worked at rinks throughout Southern California has been charged with molesting one of his skaters, and authorities say they're looking for more possible victims. Sheriff's Captain Mike Parker said Donald Vincent, 29, of Torrance was charged Monday with three felonies including lewd acts with a minor, and is being held on $1 million bail. It's not clear whether he has hired an attorney. According to Parker, the victim, now 17, says he was molested at the coach's home in Hacienda Heights repeatedly from ages 12 to 15. Parker said Vincent has coached for seven years at rinks in Lakewood, Norwalk, Paramount, Harbor City, Anaheim and Riverside. Sheriff's investigators asked anyone with knowledge of other possible victims to come forward.
Teacher with past in porn loses appeal
An Oxnard middle school teacher who was fired after students learned she had appeared in pornography has lost her appeal to return to the classroom, her lawyer said. A three-judge panel unanimously decided Stacie Halas, 32, was unfit for the classroom. Halas was fired in April from her job as a science teacher at Haydock Intermediate School after online videos of her in porn were discovered by students and teachers. "Although (Halas') pornography career has concluded, the ongoing availability of her pornographic materials on the Internet will continue to impede her from being an effective teacher and respected colleague," Judge Julie Cabos-Owen wrote in a 46-page decision issued by the Commission on Professional Competence.
LAPD headquarters closing its doors
Parker Center, the iconic building that housed Los Angeles police operations for nearly 60 years, is closing its doors. The boxy, glass-windowed structure, often seen in "Dragnet" and other TV shows, is considered a classic representation of 1950s architecture. A new headquarters opened nearby in 2009, however, and Parker Center's last employees left earlier this month. Opened as the Police Administration Building in 1954, Parker Center centralized LAPD operations downtown. It was renamed in 1966 to honor the city's longest-serving police chief, William H. Parker. LAPD spokesman Richard French said its fate has yet to be determined.
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WAS IT THE COFFEE YOU WANTED?A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.
Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups--porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal; some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite--telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.
"What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups.
"Now consider this: Life is the coffee, and the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.
They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and do not change the quality of Life. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided.
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I must respond to those who would deny our Spanish speaking friends and neighbors access to local news.
Our best chance for peace in this crazy world must start in our own community with compassion and empathy for each other.
The fact is, we live in a more diversified community, along with the rest of the country. The world is getting smaller.
It would serve us better to embrace and try to understand those differences. Don't we want to encourage a positive contribution to Craig by our Spanish-speaking (members) by making them feel welcome.
The news belongs to us all, and by picking up the local paper I'm sure they will pick up some more English on the other pages.
Sadly, they will be smarter than you or I who, sadly, only know one language.
The Press should be commended for expanding our horizons, and maybe teaching us a little Spanish. With greater knowledge and understanding, instead of our being residents of Craig, we may someday be greater and part of The Family of Man.
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Reduced version of the 1861 painting in the Musée de Picardie, Amiens; companion to Peace, in the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Cat. 1062), and the paintings Work and Rest, in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French, 1824 - 1898
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* Gallery 151, European Art 1850-1900, first floor (Colket Gallery)
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John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
This painting is one of a series of four, each representing an aspect of the human condition: Peace, War, Work, and Rest. Here, the state of War is shown as a dark, barren landscape where impoverished and starving people mourn their dead, raising their sorrowing eyes to the skies.
This work is a reduced version of an allegorical painting that Puvis executed in 1861 for the monumental staircase of the Musée de Picardie in Amiens, France.
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Gio Ponti to Stand at Castleton Lyons
Castleton Lyons' three-time homebred champion Gio Ponti has been retired from racing to stand at stud in 2012 at the Lexington farm.
Castleton Lyons' three-time homebred champion Gio Ponti has been retired from racing to stand at stud in 2012 at the Lexington farm.
Craig Bandoroff of the Paris, Ky.-based Denali Stud, paid $950,000 for Bon Jovi Girl, a stakes-winning daughter of Malibu Moon at the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale.
Flashing, thought to be making the final start of her career, popped the gate in front and never looked back, drawing away from Unrivaled Belle through the stretch drive to easily win the $300,000 Gazelle Stakes (gr. I) by 4 1/4 lengths at Aqueduct Nov. 28.
Donver Stable's Careless Jewel won just as a 3-10 favorite is supposed to, as the talented filly led every step of the way in a no-doubt-about-it 3 1/2-length victory in the $750,000 Fitz Dixon Cotillion (gr. II) Oct. 3 at Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack.
The brilliant filly Careless Jewel, a romping winner of Saratoga's Alabama Stakes (gr. I) in her last start, heads the field for the $750,000 Fitz Dixon Cotillion Stakes (gr. II) at Philadelphia Park Oct. 3.
Donver Stable's Careless Jewel opened up an early lead and never looked back, going gate-to-wire for a convincing 7 1/4-length victory in the $250,000 Delaware Oaks (gr. II) July 18 at Delaware Park.
Payton d'Oro and Bon Jovi Girl, who took turns beating each other in their last two starts, will do battle once again in the $250,000 Delaware Oaks (gr. II) July 18 at Delaware Park, where they will meet a solid group of 3-year-old fillies.
Jockey Terry Thompson had one mount at Pimlico May 16 and he made the most of it, controlling the pace aboard Payton d'Oro to win the biggest race of the day, the grade II Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
She keeps winning so easily, it's difficult to gauge just how good Rachel Alexandra is. Her four rivals in the $245,000 Fantasy Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park didn't provide any answers April 5.
Rachel Alexandra, expected to be among the favorites for next month's Kentucky Oaks (gr. I), drew the rail against four opponents in the $250,000 Fantasy Stakes (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park April 5.
The powerhouse duo of champion Stardom Bound and Rachel Alexandra figured to be the top stories in the only pool of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Oaks Future Wager of 2009, but it was rising star Justwhistledixie who stole the show and ended up as the favorite over that duo as four days of Oaks Future betting drew to a close Sunday evening.
Trainer Larry Jones and his wife Cindy picked the right spot for their 3-year-old filly Just Jenda, who dominated six rivals in winning the $100,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) by three lengths at Oaklawn Park March 15.
Seven 3-year-old fillies, led by probable favorite Just Jenda, will try to earn their first grades stakes victory in the $100,000 Honeybee Stakes (gr. III) March 15 at Oaklawn Park.
Mani Bhavan, a clear-cut winner of the Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga last time out, cuts an imposing figure over a cast of six other 2-year-old fillies entered for the $500,000 Darley Alcibiades Stakes (gr. I) Oct. 3 at Keeneland.
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Carl Philipp Emanual Bach ( 1714 - 1788 )
C. P. E. Bachs reputation as a writer of keyboard music was established by the two sets of sonatas that were published in 1742 and 1744: the Prussian and Württemberg sonatas, respectively. Both are fine sets, containing much innovation for their time, although the later Württemberg sonatas are arguably the more interesting, featuring a wider variety of musical textures and compositional techniques. The latter set also includes more sonatas in minor keys (the Prussian sonatas contain only one sonata in a minor key, as opposed to the three written in minor keys in the Württemberg sonatas), which prove to be a more effective vehicle for expressing the emotion and feeling of Empfindsamkeit. Both sets are faithful to Bachs style of composition, in which his true compositional genius shines through: they are more virtuosic, in general, than his other sonatas and less simplistically galant, containing more weight reflecting an intellectual approach.
C. P. E. Bachs compositional style was greatly admired by his contemporaries and subsequent masters of the Classical period, such as Haydn and Mozart, and his influence is particularly evident in the early keyboard sonatas of Haydn, which display a pleasingly vocal, two-part texture. C. P. E. Bach was instrumental in the development of sonata form and his keyboard sonatas are the forerunners of the true sonata form works of the mature Classical period, which reached their zenith in the hands of Beethoven.
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Harrison Barnes soars in 1st half
Updated 11:52 pm, Saturday, January 12, 2013
The Clippers had no one who could stay with Harrison Barnes.
They tried three different defenders on three consecutive possessions Jan. 2, and the Warriors' rookie small forward came away with four points, three rebounds and a trip to the free-throw line.
But the sequence played out during one minute, 21 seconds of a 48-minute game. A blip on the radar compared to a balanced study. A brief glimpse of what the Warriors need for an extended view.
"It takes us to a different level when he's attacking and aggressive," Warriors head coach Mark Jackson said. "At all times when he's on the floor, I want his foot to be on the gas pedal. I want him to force me to tell him, 'Slow down, young fella.' ... He's a good enough player to have his imprint on the basketball game when it matters most."
All too often, Barnes has thrown down a dunk that echoes toward Bristol, Conn., in the first half, only to go silent in the second. The past five games are an even more marked example as the No. 7 pick has made a mockery of his second-half stats with his first-half numbers.
Barnes is averaging 8.8 points on 58.6 percent shooting and 4.2 rebounds in 14 minutes a game during the past five first halves. He's posting only three points on 46.2 percent shooting and 1.6 rebounds in 12.2 second-half minutes during the same stretch.
In almost the same amount of playing time, Barnes attempts more than 55 percent fewer shots in the second halves of games, grabs 62 percent fewer rebounds and scores 66 percent fewer points.
"I think he's feeling the game. I think he's having respect for what's taking place and who he's on the floor with in important moments," Jackson said. "At times, I think he's probably having too much respect for it."
Barnes has been the best player on his team since he was a freshman in high school, though he almost chose not to play varsity that season and asked to come off the bench. He's now the Warriors' most athletic player and the team's best at creating his own looks, but he often defers those shots.
He deems himself as the Warriors' sixth-best offensive option. Barnes says if he wants to score, he should get a swipe-and-swish or fill a lane in transition. He thinks isolations and post-ups are reserved for Stephen Curry, David Lee and Klay Thompson.
But Barnes recognizes the differences between the forceful player, nicknamed "Black Falcon" at a high school All-Star Game, and the one who defers to teammates and has a politician's name.
"When the 'Black Falcon' is out, there are a lot of dunks and a lot of 'showtime,' " Barnes said. "When Harrison is out, there's not as much. I'm trying to keep on the 'Black Falcon' side a little bit more."
Sunday's game
Who: Warriors (23-12) vs. Nuggets (22-16)
Where: Denver
When: 5 p.m.
TV/Radio: CSNBA/680
Of note: The Nuggets, who trail the fifth-place Warriors by 2 1/2 games in the Western Conference, won twice when the teams met three times during a 20-day span in November. ... Denver has won 15 of its past 17 home games in the series. ... The Nuggets lead the league with 55.8 points in the paint per game. They have 10 games with at least 60 points in the paint and set NBA highs of 74 and 78 points in consecutive games against Portland and Charlotte last month. ... Denver is tops in the league with 14.2 offensive rebounds and 17 second-chance points per game and has had a plus-15 rebound margin in six games. ... Warriors backup center Andris Biedrins (right groin) is questionable, according to the team.
- Rusty Simmons
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Warriors small forward Harrison Barnes has scored double-digit points in three of his past five first halves and then disappeared in the second. Here's a game-by-game look at the rookie's splits:
First half | Second half | ||||||
Date | Opponent | FG-FGA | Pts | Reb | FG-FGA | Pts | Reb |
Jan. 11 | Portland | 4-6 | 11 | 4 | 1-3 | 2 | 3 |
Jan. 9 | Memphis | 1-3 | 2 | 2 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 |
Jan. 5 | Clippers | 3-7 | 7 | 2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 |
Jan. 2 | Clippers | 5-8 | 11 | 7 | 0-5 | 2 | 2 |
Dec. 29 | Boston | 4-5 | 13 | 6 | 1-1 | 2 | 2 |
Totals | 17-29 | 44 | 21 | 6-13 | 15 | 8 | |
Averages | 58.6% | 8.8 | 4.2 | 46.2% | 3.0 | 1.6 |
Rusty Simmons is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @Rusty_SFChron


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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Go Nuts For Doughnuts- Daring Bakers Challenge For October 2010
This is my successful third month with Daring Bakers. I never expected I would be able to complete three challenges with Daring Bakers. I know there are some brilliant bakers who have been baking with Daring Bakers for years completing so many delicious challenges but for me three itself makes happy ( Alhamdulillah).
This month our challenge is by Lori of Butter Me Up. She challenged us to make doughnuts. A person with sweet tooth will definitely go nut for doughnuts. We were given two options one with yeast and the other one is old fashioned buttermilk doughnuts. Since I had everything available for yeast doughnuts, I went for the yeast option. We were also given other options to change the flavour and shape of the doughnuts. I just used the traditional one , I dint go for any additional flavours or shape. Actually I dint have the regular doughnut cutters, so I used a glass for the bigger round and and small cap of the bottle for the small round.
Since doughnuts are my favourite which I always enjoy from a bakery, these freshly home made doughnuts are simply irresistible. There is something really special when it's fresh and homemade...
White bread flour- 400 g / 16 oz
Wholemeal flour- 250 g / 10 oz
Dried yeast- 14 g/ 6 tsp
Warm water- 80 ml/ 1/3 cup
Milk- 300 ml/ 1.5 cup
Eggs- 2
Sugar- 50 g/ 2 oz
Salt- 1/2 tsp
Butter- 70 g/ 3 oz
Nutmeg- 1/2 tsp grated
For the icing:
For the vanilla glaze:
Icing sugar- 250 g/ 10 oz
Warm water- 1 tbsp
Vanilla extract- 1 tsp
Pink colouring- a pinch
Sugar sprinkles( optional)
For the chocolate glaze:
Plain chocolate- 50 g / 2 oz
Butter- 1/2 tbsp
Icing Sugar- 150 g / 6 oz
For sugar doughnuts:
Sugar- 1/2 cup
Cinnamon powder- 1 tsp( optional)
Oil for deep frying
Prepare the dough:
Sift the flour in a large bowl, add the sugar, yeast and salt mix well. Heat the milk, add the butter to the warm milk and mix well until the butter gets completely melted. Add the eggs to the flour mixture, add the warm water and milk mixture. Beat with the electric beater fixed with dough hook until you get a smooth dough.
Place the dough in a clean oiled bowl and cover with a cling film allow it to rise for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
Prepare the doughnuts:
Once the dough has risen knock the air back. Divide the dough into two equal halves. Roll out the dough into 9mm thickness. Cut the doughnuts using a doughnut cutter. I used a glass and small cap of bottle to cut the circles.
Place the doughnuts in a tray, cover loosely with a cling film and allow it to rise for another 30 minutes or until it looks puffed up.
Heat the oil in a skillet or whichever pan you use for deep frying would be good. Drop the doughnuts one by one and deep fry it until reaches a golden brown in colour.
Prepare the glaze:
For the glaze:
Vanilla glaze
Sift the icing sugar in a bowl, add the extract and hot water, mix well. Pour the glaze on top of the doughnuts, or dip the doughnuts in icing.
For colouring, add a drop of colouring to the icing.
Use any sprinkles of your choice.
Chocolate Glaze:
Melt the chocolate and butter in a bowl sitting on top of pan of simmering water. Stir until the chocolate and butter gets completely melted.
Remove the bowl from water. Add the sifted icing sugar and mix well without any lumps. Dip the doughnuts in the icing and sprinkle with sugar sprinkles or chocolate or chopped nuts.
For Sugar Doughnuts:
Mix the sugar and cinnamon powder together. Roll the doughnuts in cinnamon sugar.
Have fun in making the doughnuts and enjoy the doughnuts.
If you are interested in Daring bakers and want to join click here.
This recipe goes to Yeastspotting.
39 comments:
- Angie's Recipes said...
These doughnuts look great! I am going to have some tea and how I wish taste one of these doughnuts!
- October 27, 2010 at 4:28 AM
- Jaisy James said...
wow looks yummy n loved ur presentation
- October 27, 2010 at 4:30 AM
- Priya Sreeram said...
Ayeesha the doughnut rocks and how! wow- lip smacking, droolworthy and lip smacking!!!!! superb
- October 27, 2010 at 4:50 AM
- Uma said...
cute doughnuts.. loved the pink ones..
- October 27, 2010 at 5:08 AM
- Ms.Chitchat said...
I love doughnuts and urs look picture perfect.
- October 27, 2010 at 5:09 AM
- girlichef said...
Wow! Your doughnuts are fabulous :D
- October 27, 2010 at 5:53 AM
- nandini said...
Gorgeous!!. Floored by the assortment of pretty looking donuts!. Great job!.
- October 27, 2010 at 6:01 AM
- Suja Sugathan said...
Delicious irresistible doughnuts..that pink glaze looks so good...feel like grabbing one..
- October 27, 2010 at 6:06 AM
- Dimah said...
These look so beautiful and delicious!
- October 27, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- veena krishnakumar said...
wow Ayeesha!!!!! they look so so so good and once again lovely pics!!!!!
- October 27, 2010 at 6:49 AM
- Raina said...
Oh wow! These look incredibly delicious. I love donuts and have always wanted to try making them at home. I have been wanting to joint Daring Bakers too. Great job. They are gorgeous:)
- October 27, 2010 at 7:15 AM
- Nitha said...
Thats a lovely box of doughnuts Ayesha...
- October 27, 2010 at 7:58 AM
- Satya said...
wow dear those donuts looks awesome ....love the way u made them ,present them ...yummy
- October 27, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Priya said...
Irresistible doughnuts, looks absolutely divine..
- October 27, 2010 at 8:23 AM
- Biny Anoop said...
Most of the time the things i consider the toughest happen to be the most simple....thesee doughnuts are the perfect example...u did it soooo effortlessly....great presentation of urs...looks like a jewel.
Biny - October 27, 2010 at 8:36 AM
- Anncoo said...
Oh..I love doughnuts and the doughnuts here make me hungry ;D
- October 27, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Kurinji said...
Wow my favorite. Looks yummy...
- October 27, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- aipi said...
whoo..perfect doughnuts..love the cute pink ones:)
US Masala - October 27, 2010 at 8:57 AM
- Torviewtoronto said...
you have used beautiful colours wanting to make doughnut for a while every time we crave we just run out and buy I have become a little lazy :)
- October 27, 2010 at 9:35 AM
- Sushma Mallya said...
so professional...yummy doughnuts..you have done an excellent job...
- October 27, 2010 at 9:39 AM
- Sayantani said...
awesome work Ayeesha.
- October 27, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- simply.food said...
wow fantastic clicks , your doughnuts look awesome.Really cute and very pretty.
- October 27, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- kothiyavunu.com said...
Awesome doughnut dear and great presentation..doughnuts are hubby fav..so bookmarking this..will try to do it..btw i am glad u liked vellayappam and thx for trying from my space and letting me know that..
- October 27, 2010 at 11:46 AM
- Ananda Rajashekar said...
i was jwondering how will I manage without donut cutter? fantastic idea :) and pretty looking donut :D
- October 27, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- G.Pavani said...
oh! looks yummy n like to grab the box..
- October 27, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- Amritha Kalyani said...
woowwwww.. fantastic... great work ya...my god.. doughnuts look perfect .. very cute..
- October 27, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Shalini said...
amazing lip smacking doughnuts:)
- October 27, 2010 at 1:53 PM
- Reshmi Ahmed said...
beautiful doughnuts !
just wondering to give this a try this weekend....any idea at what temp should we bake them in oven ? - October 27, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- Tamanna said...
oh my goodness....those are some cute and pretttyyy and yummy donuts! love the variety =)
- October 27, 2010 at 4:54 PM
- NIDHYA said...
Irresistible doughnuts..lovely presentation..
Aaha Oho - October 27, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Divya Vikram said...
Donuts look pretty in pink :) Lovely photos.
- October 27, 2010 at 7:36 PM
- Rachel said...
You sure enjoyed making these. they all look wonderful.
- October 27, 2010 at 7:51 PM
- Suhaina said...
my son saw these doughnuts and he said that he wants all of them... now I am in big trouble.. hehehe..
- October 27, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- Suhaina said...
doughnuts look wonderful dear.. i love the colours and the way u have presented them. simply remarkable.
wonderful clicks too. - October 27, 2010 at 8:25 PM
- Gayathri's Cook Spot said...
Do Nuts look great.
- October 27, 2010 at 9:21 PM
- An Open Book said...
looks delish
- October 28, 2010 at 2:59 AM
- Reshmi said...
woww yummylecious doughnuts...i became such a fan of it...i hve bookmarked this n will try it soon...
- October 28, 2010 at 8:04 AM
- Happy Cook said...
You have such a delicous and beautiful blog, The doughnuts look absloutley delish.
- October 28, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Mahi said...
was searching a recipe for doughnuts! thanks for sharing.
- October 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM


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Movie SummaryThe Slipper & The Rose (1976)
Description: Filmed in Austria, this British-made musical retells the story of Cinderella as it is found in books of fairy tales. The Prince, Edward, is played by Richard Chamberlain, Cinderella by Gemma Craven. In her role as the Prince's witty mother, Dame Edith Evans provides many of the movie's highlights. The musical score and songs written by Richard Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, who also provided the music to the movie Mary Poppins, were nominated for Academy Awards.~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Movie summaries and listings powered by Cinema-Source
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Blu-ray Sales: Star Trek's Next Generation Debut
August 7th, 2012
There was very little activity from the new releases on the Blu-ray sales chart this week, but slightly more than there was on the DVD sales chart. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight remained in the top two spots. Batman Begins added 253,000 units / $2.53 million over the week for totals of 2.1 million units / $26 million. That would be really good for a first run release, for a film that predates Blu-ray, it is awesome. The Dark Knight sold 213,000 units / $4.53 million over the week for totals of 7.5 million units / $121 million. It has likely sold more units than Avatar, but will need a few more weeks like this to top Avatar's total revenue.
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol rose to third place with 110,000 units / $1.26 million for totals of 2.38 million units / $49.40 million after more than three months of release. The best new release of the week was Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season One, which sold 95,000 units and generated $5.73 million in revenue. This revenue was tops for the week. This is an excellent start for a TV on DVD release, especially one that's not a first-run release. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows rose to fifth place with 86,000 units / $2.14 million for the week and 2.52 million units / $57.62 million after more than a month of release.
The only other new release to chart was Silent House, which earned 13th place with 42,000 units / $836,000. Its opening week Blu-ray share was 43%, which is excellent for a suspenseful horror film, as opposed to a visually flashy horror film.
There were no first-run releases in the top ten, so it should comes as no surprise the overall Blu-ray market declined this week down 31% in terms of units and 23% in terms of dollars. On the other hand, Blu-ray again saw triple-digit increases over last year up 183% in terms of units and 151% in terms of revenue. DVD sales were also down from last week by even greater amounts than Blu-ray fell, plus they were only mixed compared to last year. This helped the overall Blu-ray share, which was just over 50% in terms of units and 58% in terms of revenue. I wasn't expected this. I was expecting the overall Blu-ray share to retreat this week.
The new releases next week are again really weak with Total Recall: Mind Bending Edition possibly leading the way. Or maybe Forever Marilyn will generate the most revenue. Or perhaps Batman will still lead Blu-ray. Last year, the new releases were dominated by Rio, which sold 1.34 million DVDs and 766,000 Blu-rays. I don't see any film matching that figure and we could have one of the worst weeks on Blu-ray this year.
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Wear You Live™. Mix a hand screened figure-ground map with a movable "pin" button and you have a contagiously analog civic tool to talk about your city.
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What's your favorite place and why? CityFabric is a simple, yet effective way of using maps to talk about your place, physically and experientially. CityFabric uses diagrammatic figure-ground maps to depict cities in an abstract and graphically innovative way via T-shirts and hand stretched prints. Deemed "urban landscape and design" you can wear, CityFabric presents a set of valuable tools for any citizen (not just designers) to visually tell a story and initiate a dialogue about their place.
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Intended Purpose
Provide a simple and effective, yet innovative communication tool for community members to talk about their place. Through a simple, educational map infused with different products, individuals are provided with a means to talk about their city via a contemporary take on the historic Nolli map. The Nolli map-type "figure-ground" has served as a vital tool for landscape architects, architects and planners alike for centuries. CityFabric examines the value of the figure-ground with the non-designer, attempting to introduce a new visual language to better understand and talk about the urban landscape.
Everyone, especially the non-designer. As much as we are landscape architects, planners and designers admire and love maps of our place, these figure-grounds reach is beyond the design niche market. The intended audience for CityFabric is any who wants to talk and learn about the place that they love. The simplistic and non-touristy map is meant to encourage resident tourism while helping build civic pride for your city. To date, community action committee members, middle-schoolers, soccer moms, doctors, city councilmen and design enthusiasts alike are all currently supporting the idea of CityFabric.
There are different ways to look at, talk about and support the place that we live. The physical environment, open space and real estate development patterns have a profound impact on the way that we translate the place that we live. CityFabric offers a new and innovative way to examine, observe and analyze your city. Each product is coupled with "nutritional facts" about each city's past events that have led to each particular figure-ground.
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Aus 22 Designs von 10 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Logo for the natural healing charity ARHF working in Africa needed.
Theme is resonance/waves/healing.
You can see very rough idea/starting point for a logo here: http://www.arhf.nl/images/logo-idea.gif
Website preview: http://www.arhf.nl/index.php
Amma Resonance Healing Foundation
Desired Color Scheme:
Purples (see website menu), blue? Open to ideas. Flexible!
Desired Style:
Something clean, clear, relaxing, healing, wave-like!
Accepted File Formats:
vector, jpg, print ready appreciated.
You will see from this http://www.arhf.nl/images/logo-idea.gif idea that all four letters have an upper and a lower part. The lines separating upper and lower could be connected to each other in the form of a wave.
From the beginning of the first wave to the end of the last half a circle could be drawn below the four letters.
The line of the circle should not be visible, but from the line of the wave down the colour (possibly blue?) could get thinner and thinner until it disappears.
In this way the logo includes both the idea of the wave (fluid, dilution, resonance) as also the idea of the circle (wholeness, healing, globule).
This is just one idea. Would like to work in this direction but am open to and would appreciate your ideas!
Note the current top title Amma Resonance Healing Foundation http://www.arhf.nl/index.php is only temporary and will go.


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Subareolar abscess is an abscess or growth on the areolar gland. The areolar gland is located in the breast under or below the areola (colored area around the nipple).
Abscess - areolar gland; Areolar gland abscess
Subareolar abscess is caused by a blockage of the small glands or ducts below the skin of the areola that result in infection of the glands.
This is an uncommon problem that affects younger or middle-aged women who are not breastfeeding. Risk factors include smoking, diabetes, and nipple piercing.
The health care provider will perform a breast exam. An ultrasound of other imaging test of the breast is recommended in some cases. A blood count and a culture of the abscess, if drained, may be ordered.
Subareolar abscesses are treated with antibiotics and by opening and draining the infected tissue. This can be done in a doctor's office with local numbing medicine (anesthesic). If the abscess returns, the affected glands should be surgically removed. The abscess can also be drained using a sterile needle. This is often done under ultrasound guidance.
Prognosis is good after the abscess is drained.
Subareolar abscess may return until the affected gland is surgically removed.
Contact your health care provider if you develop a painful lump under the nipple or areola.
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Gollapalli V, Liao J, Dudakovic A, Sugg SL, Scott-Conner CEH, Weigel RJ. Risk factors for development and recurrence of primary breast abscesses. J Am Coll Surg. 2010;211:41-48.
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You've already seen a proper Singaporean wet market; now it's time to take a look at another way Singaporeans shop that's more familiar to Westerners—no fish gut-strewn floors, to start.
FairPrice, owned by the National Trade Union Congress trade cooperative, is one of the largest grocery chains in the country, with 100 supermarkets and additional convenience stores.
There are plenty of Western goods on the shelves (cereal and Aunt Jemima), but also some distinctly Southeast Asian goods: samval, shrimp paste, pandan, and the like. You see some curious juxtapositions in the aisles: brie and gorgonzola alongside twelve types of tofu, or ketchup next to sambal, but that's just how they roll in Singapore.
Take a tour through a typical FairPrice supermarket in the slideshow.
More Snapshots from Singapore
- A Tour of a Singaporean Wet Market »
- An Introduction to Singaporean Food »
- Snapshots from Singapore: 25 Singaporean Dishes You Should You Know »
- Snapshots from Singapore: 10 Must-Eat Singaporean Breakfasts »
- Snapshots from Singapore: A Must-Try Pork Jerky-Kaya Toast Sandwich Hack »
- Snapshots from Singapore: The To-Go Bag »
- Snapshots from Singapore: A Guide to Singaporean Coffee »
About the author: Max Falkowitz is the editor of Serious Eats: New York. You can follow him on Twitter at @maxfalkowitz.
Note: Max's recent trip to Singapore was arranged by the Singapore Tourism Board. Special thanks to our awesome guide, Garry Koh.


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Nina McMurray | |
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"Reciprocity" |
First appearance with dialog |
"Reciprocity" |
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Occupation | Freckle's Mother, Rocky's Aunt |
Nina[1] McMurray is Freckle's mother and Rocky's aunt. She first appears in "Reciprocity" and is inadvertently responsible for Freckle's later involvement with Lackadaisy.
In the comic
In "Reciprocity", Rocky visits Nina and Freckle to drop off laundry with Nina. In exchange she asks Rocky to bring Freckle with him while he runs errands, explaining that Freckle has been depressed since an "incident" during his training to become a police officer.
Apperance and personality
Nina is Freckle's mother. She is inadvertently responsible for Freckle's involvement with Lackadaisy, as she suggests that Rocky take Freckle with him when Rocky goes to "run errands", believing this might help Freckle with his depression over being kicked out of the police academy.[1]
Nina is Rocky's aunt. While she is willing to do his laundry, there appears to be little love lost between them. Nina is the only person to refer to Rocky by his real first name, Roark, though this may be due to other characters not being aware of Rocky's real name.
Rocky has not been fully honest with Nina regarding his occupation; she believes he plays the violin for a living.[1]
- ^ a b c "Reciprocity"