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PADI 5-Star SCUBA
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Experience the Belize Barrier Reef
Go diving in the largest barrier reef in the Caribbean and the second largest in the world! We take you to all of the top diving spots in Placencia and Belize. The Belize Barrier Reef offers all ranges of diving and snorkeling, from shallow water cayes to the Great Blue Hole. Belize offers excellent diving for beginners and experts, the many dive sites offer a range of dive types. As one of the top dive resorts in Placencia, Belize, our PADI dive shop can offer custom diving expeditions with prior notice, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com. Our dive team is highly experienced and has a passion for providing the best dives in Belize - or anywhere. Whether SCUBA diving or snorkeling in Belize, we've got you covered.
Not certified? Still want to dive?
Belize is one of the world's top diving destinations. With The Placencia Resort, a PADI 5-Star Dive Resort, you'll experience Belize's best scuba diving and snorkeling during the day and spend your evenings taking advantage of our top notch service. We work closely with Belize Underwater's PADI certified staff to take you to all the best sites in Belize, including the Blue Hole, miles of the Southern Barrier Reef, and the best of the Caribbean's atolls. We dive Ranguana Caye, Glover's Reef Atoll, the Elbow, Lighthouse Reef Atoll, and the Blue Hole. Visit us during whale shark season and we'll take you swimming with the largest fish in the sea!
Although fishing in the protected areas is not permitted, divers do have the option to add spear-fishing lionfish to any dive! These invasive lion fish are hazardous to our reef and you'll be helping the Belize Barrier Reef by catching them. We provide tridents for divers who want to spear-fish lionfish.
Rent your gear from our world class dive shop or bring your own - our guides will set up everything, you just hop on the boat and go! Lunch is provided on all SCUBA and snorkeling excursions. We offer diving certification and specialty lessons.
We also offer Discover SCUBA, for those of you who want to try diving before getting PADI certified!
For serious divers, check out our SCUBA vacation packages for the best deal. We offer resort packages and charter options. Deep Blue Charters offer unlimited SCUBA diving at Ranguana Caye, Glover's Reef and the Blue Hole. You can stay overnight at the dive site or just visit for the day.
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Area Attractions
Chattahoochee National Forest, Vogel State Park, Blairsville, GA
The Chattahoochee National Forest covers almost 750,000 acres and spans 18 Georgia counties. Our part of the forest is home to Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia. It contains the headwaters of every major river in North Georgia, and offers hundreds of waterfalls, mountain lakes and dales, and abundant wildlife. Vogel State Park, within the borders of the Chattahoochee National Forest, is Georgia's second oldest state park.
Blairsville Chamber of Commerce Points of Interest
Love architecture? Love history? Both elements come alive for you when you visit this Romanesque brick/granite courthouse built in 1899 on the square in downtown Blairsville, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Recently restored, it's now a local history museum, cultural center, and summertime concert hall. One Town Square, PO Box 35, Blairsville, GA 30514, 706-745-5493.
Brag to your friends that you've been to the top of Georgia's highest peak at 4,784 feet! Reach the summit via trails or shuttle bus. Hiking trails, picnicking. Visitor Information Center open weekends in April-May, full time Memorial Day-October, based on weather. 706-745-6928.
North Georgia Waterfalls, North Georgia
North Georgia waterfalls are located in Lumpkin, Banks, Dawson, Union, Fannin, Gilmer, Rabun, Towns, Stephens, Habersham, Murray, White, Walker, Pickens and Dade Counties.
Trackrock Archeological Area
Walk a mile in the moccasins of Native Americans within this two-acre area with preserved petroglyphs of ancient native origin carved or pecked into soapstone boulders. You'll marvel at the variety of symbols made by hunters that represent Native American beliefs. Brasstown District Ranger Station,1881 Hwy. 515, Blairsville, GA 30514, 706-745-6928
Blue Ridge Scenic Railway, Blue Ridge, GA
This world-famous scenic train ride takes passengers alongside the Toccoa River from Blue Ridge to McCaysville.
Chattahoochee National Fish Hatchery, Blue Ridge/Suches, GA
Tour the hatchery and visitor center free of charge from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily to learn about the fascinating local natural habitats, fish for trout. Established in 1938 by the U.S. Forest Service, this facility is used to product one million trout per year.
Babyland General Hospital, Cleveland, GA
Known the world over as the birthplace of the "hand-stitched" Original Cabbage Patch Kids, Baby Land General Hospital is a very real place.
Consolidated Gold Mines, Dahlonega, GA
Take a tour and learn about the mines and mining, even pan for your own gold.
Alpine Helen, Nacoochee Village, Helen, GA
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the Chattahoochee River, this Northeast Georgia village has a rich history linked to the Cherokee Indians and Indian burial mounds as well as early settlers who arrived to mine for gold and cut virgin timber for a thriving lumber industry in the early 1900s. Helen is a re-creation of an alpine village complete with cobblestone alleys and old-world towers.
Helton Creek Falls
Bring your camera, because you'll want to capture this natural wonder! Not just one, but two beautiful falls set in our deep hardwood forest with a total drop of 100 feet. An easy 300-yard trail leads to the falls.
Great Smokey Mountain National Park, Gatlinburg, TN/Cherokee, NA
Straddling the border between North Carolina and Tennessee, one of the largest protected areas in the Eastern United States. Beautiful flora and fauna, one of the foremost recreation areas in the United States.

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Playing it Safe With Your Toddler at the Playground
We moms just want our kids to have fun. But we also know that with every baby step towards independence comes increased risk for our children, especially with toddlers, for whom everything is a new adventure or discovery.
Moms like Jodie K. say they are excited for their toddlers to head to the playground, but concerned for their safety.
"When I saw the playground equipment I was sick to my stomach," says Jodie K., a member of the Moms of Toddlers, about a recent trek with her three-year-old to the preschool play lot. Her concerns stem from two towers with slides and fire poles. "The standing platform is about nine feet tall with open sides, where it would be easy to fall. I have almost considered not sending her (to preschool). Am I being ridiculous?
Safety experts and other Circle of Moms say probably not.
While playgrounds are fun and an important place to enjoy the great outdoors with your toddler, not all of them are safe places for very small children. Each year in the United States, hospital emergency departments treat more than 215,000 children for playground-related injuries, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
But careful planning, parental oversight and proper maintenance of your child at the playground can increase toddler safety.
Safe Kids USA, a nationwide network of organizations working to prevent unintentional childhood injury, has some great tips for parents on keeping one-to-four year-olds safe on the playground, including:
1. Consider a playground's safety from the perspective of a child: With so much to explore, every part of the playground is an enticing new discovery for toddlers, so when you look for safety concerns, think through the eyes of a child. Consider what they might want to put into their mouths (for example rocks, or how they might want to climb the stairs, but they are not safe for them to do so without you holding their hands.)
2. Design matters: Make sure that the playground surface protects your child when they fall. The ground beneath the play equipment should be soft, made from sand, wood chips or recycled rubber and not cement. Bars should be placed so that young children can't get their heads stuck in them. Also make sure equipment is sturdy enough so children can't tip it over and that there are no sharp edges, protruding bars or loose ropes.
3. Make sure equipment is age appropriate. This especially applies to a play area you may build in your back yard, where you install equipment that is for their age group. For example, play areas for children six months through 23 months should offer places where children can have space to move and explore. Play areas for children two to five should offer areas with smaller steps and crawl spaces.
4. Remove hood and neck drawstrings from all children's outerwear to avoid strangulation hazards.
5. Become trained in emergency first aid and CPR. It is smart for parents to train themselves so that they are prepared in an emergency. Classes in emergency first aid and CPR are available through local park districts, hospitals and other organizations.
6. Teach proper playground behavior: no pushing, shoving or crowding.
7. Keep toddlers under age five in a separate play area fenced off from equipment designed for older children.
Circle of Moms community member Rhonda S. also says moms should express any playground safety concerns to the park district or director. And Tiffany D. suggests having your child finger printed. But the single most important rule for playground safety, experts from Safe Kids USA say, is supervision: Never leave your young child unsupervised in the backyard or at the playground.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, POPSUGAR.


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Kovačić, Zrnka and Henigsberg, Neven and Pivac, Nela and Nedić, Gordana and Borovečki, Andrea (2008) Platelet serotonin concentration and suicidal behavior in combat related posttraumatic stress disorder. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 32 (2). pp. 544-551. ISSN 0278-5846
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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious and global problem, a psychiatric disorder that frequently occurs with different comorbidities, and is associated with a high suicide rate. Pathophysiologically, both PTSD and suicidal behavior are related to disturbances in the central serotonergic system. Serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) controls emotional behavior, anxiety, impulsivity and aggression, and nearly all known antidepressants and antianxiety drugs affect 5-HT transmission. Platelet 5-HT can be used as a limited peripheral marker of the central serotonergic synaptosomes, since it is related to particular basic psychopathological characteristics of several psychiatric disorders. Platelet 5-HT concentration has been reported to be similar in PTSD subjects and healthy controls, but suicidal patients across different psychiatric diagnoses have reduced platelet 5-HT concentration. This study examined platelet 5-HT concentration by the spectrofluorimetric method in male subjects: 73 suicidal and 47 non-suicidal veterans with current and chronic combat related PTSD, 45 suicidal and 30 non-suicidal comparative non-PTSD subjects and 147 healthy men. The presence of suicidal behavior (score=0, non-suicidal; scores >/=1, suicidal) was assessed with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-17 (HDRS). Platelet 5-HT concentration was significantly lower in suicidal PTSD and non-PTSD patients compared to non-suicidal patients or healthy controls. Since the majority of patients scored very low on item 3 of HDRS, no significant correlation between suicidal scores and platelet 5-HT concentration was found. These results show that reduced platelet 5-HT concentration is related to suicidal behavior in PTSD, and suggest that platelet 5-HT concentration might be used as a peripheral marker to predict suicidal behavior across psychiatric diagnoses.
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Since she was a little girl Tomomasa Rie had loved playing Cops and Robbers.
Yes. Tomomasa Rie had always been the type of child her seniors and adults had trusted to do the right thing. She was the epitome of justice that little girl.
She had decided on her path in life when she was barely seven. She knew she'd wanted to wear those starched blue suits, be a top-notch cop and catch the bad guys and put them away forever. She wanted to be a hero.
By the time she was sixteen she had so strongly believed in eradicating the presence of evil from her society that she barely remembered that without the existence of evil there would be no good.
She did not want these horrible things like murders, robberies, rapes and other things existing in a society she wanted to raise her children in. She had always been a believer in good things, like pink clouds of cotton candy, blue water you could soak your feet into with your loved one and white extravagant wedding days. She was an eternal optimist, a strong source of good and she touched everyone whose life reached hers.
It was impossible not to be touched by the purity of a heart like hers.
So you see…she had never expected something like this to fall upon her. She had never expected to be strapped to a chair, blind folded as she struggled to breathe slowly knowing that her entire body was facing a gun with a full barrel now finally in her twenties. The atmosphere around in the dingy dark room palpable as the countdown reminded her of that one fact.
That she loved to play Cops and Robbers.
A game she had immersed her life in completely, and perhaps that was her fault. After all… you were bound to get out one day.
Today was her turn to get out. She had never expected that she would run to save those very bad men from sure death and take the bullet herself for them.
She had never expected to end up here waiting for her last moment to hit her as she envisioned the man's face and asked herself over and over again.
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Choque Cultural held its first show in 2004 and since then it has a remained a safe harbour for artists coming from different places such as tattoo art, graffiti, graphic design and illustration. Based in the heart of São Paulo, the gallery is an ever-changing space with a rich programme of exhibitions and installations across three floors
São Paulo has long been known for its graffiti art and particularly since the late 90s many of its home-grown artists have become known worldwide. Talented artists such as Os Gemeos, Herbert Baglione and Vitché have brought deserved attention to Sao Paulo's wider graffiti art culture
Choque has an important role in valuing new art forms, which have developed on the street or from street culture. Its secret is the respect it has for the artists, even if they don't have a conventional professional background, or their proposals are sometimes subversive.
The artists vision is important to Choque therefore experimentation is encouraged, whether its in their artwork or materials. Every detail is considered from the paper stock to special metallic inks. Sometimes hand drawn details are added directly on to the silk-screens or printed papers, while some artists have also developed their own embossed symbols for these editions.


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Oscar Winners
I watched several videos of the Oscar Grant shooting and read the stories a couple of years ago when the incident took place. Grant was involved in a fight on a transit train.
I do believe the BART cop, Johannes Mehserle, intended to use his taser, not a pistol. The look on Mehserle's face at the sound of the gunshot shows his shock at what he had done. Most videos uploaded online or played on the evening news did not show Mehserle's shock, simply because it did not fit the agenda of those making a case for racism and police brutality, or making political brownie points.
What irritates me is that Oscar Grant was an Oakland gangbanger with a thug sheet for drugs and violence, some baby's daddy, the stereotypical dependent on the same "system" that activists have convinced so many to disrespect - as a dead "victim" he is worth millions to his family and their attorneys, a martyr for the cause, support for a politician pimping votes.
Of course Grant's young daughter and her momma will need some support, not that he was contributing much support anyway. Of course BART should be held responsible for not training their rent-a-cops better - but who is responsible for not training Oscar Grant better?
While the Grant and Mehserle families grieve over the tragedy, the lawyers line up for lawsuits, the Grants go shopping, "justice seeking" pols pander the black vote, and the taxpayers bend over. Squawking about the "system" calms down, all the way to the bank.
It's a sad, sad day when you're more valuable dead than you are alive.


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Coming up in 1 week! I'll be hosting a LIVE online discussion of Misty Copeland's new memoir, "Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina" on Friday, December 19th at 12:30PM PST/3:30PM Eastern. It will happen at Dance Advantage where my review of the memoir will be posted along with some possible topics for discussion. Here are a few to think about:
Racial diversity in ballet
Economic discrimination in ballet
Teachers: external challenges we face with students
Students: dealing with and overcoming family obstacles
Parents: How far should parents go to encourage their children?
Curves and growth; how do we handle body changes in young dancers?
If you've got more, let me know so we can be sure to include them. I loved Misty's story and can't wait to talk about it with other readers. Book Troupe: put it in your calendar!
Next up: 2 Holiday classes with me!
On Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve mornings, I will be teaching at Vonder Haar Center for the Performing Arts in La Canada, from 10-11:30AM. It will be suitable for beginners through intermediate level dancers and you know I'll have fun music to celebrate the holidays!
So come all ye ballet faithful and dance with me! And for more class schedule info, be sure to check the calendar below or email me about specific classes, if you want to know more.
Coming in January: Elementary Ballet Workshop
For all of you (or 12 of you actually, since this is a limited number workshop) who have wanted to take class with me but have no experience at all, this workshop is for you. For 3 Fridays in January, I will offer a workshop that covers just the basics of ballet barre and center.
What: Elementary Ballet workshop
Where: Dance Arts Academy, 731 South La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036
When: January 9, 16 & 23, 2015, 6-7PM
Attire: Ballet slippers (thin socks if you don't have them) and leotard and tights (or leggings/shorts and tank top if you are more comfortable)Cost: $60 for the entire workshop
You will need to sign up in advance through PayPal. I will post the link this weekend when signup officially opens. I am limiting the class to 12, with a minimum of 6.


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From childhood, my brother Don and I heard tales about Ole Man River from our mother, Naomi Marshall, who grew up just blocks from the Mighty Mississip'. She and her siblings swam in the river, but they made their mark as the swimming Damontes at the expansive Audubon Park pool just down the block.
On October 27, 1929, Naomi and her brother Lowell won the men's and women's divisions of the cross-river swim from near Avondale to the foot of Canal Street, held to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the setting of the Eads jetties in 1879 that would keep the mouth of the river from closing up with silt.
She told us of the swift currents and eddies that made swimming the last 50 yards to shore as difficult and time-consuming as the actual long-distance crossing of the river.
On that foggy October morning, the foot of Canal Street became a sacred spot for her; and years later, as she engaged in trade with Latin American countries, she thought of it as New Orleans' true Gateway to the Americas.
Following her dictum, "Act like a woman and think a man," she told her story of infatuation with the river, but based her opinion on a conviction that the new structure should grace the heart of the city's foreign commerce, where New Orleans had welcomed explorers, visitors and trade for almost 250 years, embracing the Mississippi River at the foot of Canal Street.
It worked, and International House selected noted architect Edward Durell Stone, born and educated in Arkansas, but a convert to Modernism after a tour of Europe and North Africa following college, to design the tower on the river.
The first design for the trade center was a square, 19-story building topped with an open colonnade and decoration that, in architectural renderings, seemed to echo the mosaic adornments of towers at the University of Mexico in Mexico. A wide surrounding plaza, stretching to the river, was tiled in a pattern suggesting the lines of latitude and longitude in a Mercator map of the world. In concept, it was closest to Stone's marble-clad 2 Columbus Circle invocation of a Moroccan palace.
The final design, a 33-story tower topped by a revolving restaurant -- later a lounge -- dubbed the Top of the Mart, offered views of the river, Vieux Carre, business district and Lake Pontchartrain and served as a visual link between the river and the lake, the city's defining bodies of water.
Often described as cruciform because of its four wings, the shape actually represents the four points of the compass, and Stone oriented the building to these points, emphasizing the concept of trade across the world.
Dedicated on April 30, 1968, the tower was a focal point of the celebration of New Orleans' 250th anniversary celebrations, which attracted dignitaries from around the world. And it served as a bold vertical complement to the ingenious, river-flow-echoing Rivergate convention center, now demolished. With the gilded statue of Joan of Arc, placed later, the combination echoed Jackson Square with its equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson.
That same year, Paul Fabry of International House met in his Vieux Carre residence with representatives of several countries to form the World Trade Center, of which the new International Trade Mart was the first member structure. Twenty years later, Bob Carr, then heading International House, suggested changing the name to World Trade Center when International House and International Trade Mart merged in 1968.
Today, the World Trade Center stands alone and forlorn, its brilliant counterpoint, the Rivergate, replaced by the mock-historic Harrah's Casino.The design-defining but frequently-maligned aluminum louvers that actually function to screen out the sun's rays are a clever combination of Le Corbusier's brise soleil and Vieux Carre louvered shutters; they undoubtedly could be spiffed up. The unbuilt balcony-level grand staircase, designed to span the railroad tracks that isolate the tower from the river, could be redesigned and installed to link the tower to the riverfront.
The World Trade Center deserves to, and can be, saved.
Even if historic tax credits are used for redevelopment, the exterior could be freshened up and design flaws mitigated. Modifications might be made to the spindly columns that support the wrap-around balcony that, with the original staircase finally in place, would make an airy promenade with views of Canal Street, the edge of the French Quarter and the river itself for visitors. The mezzanine level inside could host foreign trade delegations, as the original building at Camp and Common did.
Even as the lobby of an upscale hotel and residence, the upper level could become an international bazaar; and celebrations of national holidays could be held in the spacious lobby or the Spanish Plaza -- or any replacement that might be developed.
It's a question of respecting the concept of "stored energy," the idea that each building contains the stored energy used to create the building materials and the labor to construct it. Demolishing a structure wastes that energy, as well as energy necessary to bring down an iconic structure like the World Trade Center.
Better the evil we know than the one we don't. The World Trade Center, though imperfect, embodies not only stored energy, but also the aspirations of a city once known as The Gateway to the Americas. To lose it would be to lose history, heritage, and the belief that New Orleans can do great things.
"How's Bayou? the secrets of remaining sane while running an upscale B&B on Bayou Lafourche," is written weekly for NolaVie by Keith Marshall, a former Rhodes Scholar and graduate of Yale and Oxford universities who now runs Madewood Plantation House in Napoleonville.


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We've been away from blogging on this site for a few months and have been posting on our FACEBOOK and Twitter Account. We are still fighting the good cause in our efforts to make all building owners responsible in making thier buildings ADA compliant. Visit our FB page at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Access-Technologies-Services-Inc/268659564730 and at Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/AccessTechLV.
Our 2011 goal is to file 100 cases per week by the end of the year. Please join us and together we can make buildings ADA compliant one building at a time!


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Bring your students to see
Tears of Joy Theatre at
The Sherwood Center for the Arts
Located at 22689 SW Pine Street, Sherwood OR 97410
This beautiful new home for the arts serves Sherwood and its surrounding communities.
Its gorgeous new theater provides a perfect home for Tears of Joy Theatre's main stage productions.
Coyote Tales
Nearly every indigenous culture in the world tells 'trickster tales'. Prevalent in North America are stories about the famous Coyote! Coyote Tales is an adaptation of two hilarious stories derived from Clatsop/Chinook and Okanogan tales and is performed with puppets, masks and costumes inspired by Pacific Northwest Native American art. Learn Native American words, songs and trickster tales of how things came to be!
Title 1 discount also available!
To schedule call or email Deborah Browne at
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The Toad Prince
April 4-7, School Shows, call for reservations.
April 8, Public Performances, 2pm.
A "Beauty and The Beast" story set in China. The son of a magical water sprite and the Prince of Toads, Indri must learn to place another's needs before his own. Inspired by the compassion of a courageous friend, Indri discovers that true beauty is found within the kindness we show and accept from others.
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Located in southeastern Connecticut, the City of Norwich is a charming 350-year young community with a history that predates the founding of the nation. Within its borders it offers an urban living environment with a rural and small town feel. We proud of our historic downtown center, our beautiful harbor and marina in the downtown where the community hosts numerous festivals and concerts, our growing arts community comprising museums, galleries, a Black Box theater performing all new musicals, and restaurants that represent our cultural diversity.
For those who want a quiet shaded place to rest we have parks and town greens, for fishing enthusiasts our river is host to fishing tournaments and home to some great fishing holes, for boaters the newly upgraded Marina is convenient to reach. We have a newly renovated shopping mall, and shopping plazas with stores of all kinds and a seasonal Farmers Market downtown.
Our residents have access to public and private neighborhood elementary schools, a world-class privately endowed high school, a technical high school, and a community college. Additionally, we are home to the William W. Backus hospital, a 213 bed acute care facility that serves nearly a quarter-million people and is the only trauma center east of the Connecticut River. You are invited to discover all that Norwich has to offer. Visit our galleries, revisit our history, enjoy live theater, and cheer on the hometown baseball team.
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Bug!: The Adventures of Forager (Review)
Written by Paul Murphy, May 11, 2017
Bug!: The Adventures of Forager DC Comics, May 2017 Writers: Lee Allred and Michael Allred When American publisher DC Comics announced "Bug!: The Adventures of Forager," readers may or may not have needed a reminder of just who "Forager" is. The character was part of celebrated American creator Jack Kirby's "Fourth World" saga, a collection


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Pakistan Army is the most battle-hardened army in the world: COAS
General Raheel Sharif stated this while visiting Abbottabad to witness the finals of 4th COAS Young Soldiers Inter Central PACES (Physical Agility and Combat Efficiency System) Championship at FF Centre, said the ISPR statement.
COAS also awarded prizes to the winners.
Speaking on the occasion, the army chief appreciated participants of the competition and trainers for achieving very high standards of physical fitness and professionalism.
India to face strong response in case of any surgical strike: DG ISPR
COAS said that Pakistan Army is the most battle hardened army in the world and this is primarily due to highest standard of physical fitness, professionalism and motivation of our officers and men who face the challenges dauntlessly
A total of 406 contestants from 22 Regimental Centres participated in this event. Sepoy Sheeraz Khan did 1214 Push Ups in 30 minutes to clinch 1st Position in this category.
Sepoy Jamshaid Khan stood 1st in Chin Ups competition by doing 68 Chin Ups. While Sapper Akmal Hussain did 2134 Sit ups to secure 1st Position in this event. Sepoy Muhammad Asif was declared fit of the fittest in the competition by securing 2474 marks.


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Philippa Oliver-Dee BA(Hons) MBACP Accredited Counsellor. Supervisor
About me
COUNSELLING: As an experienced counsellor, I offer a nurturing environment where you will be listened to, valued and accepted as you work through issues. In the important client-counsellor relationship my aim is that you experience empathy and authenticity during the counselling journey. This creates a safe environment where issues can be worked through without fear of judgement.
I am an integrative counsellor which means I use a range of counselling approaches. This will enable counselling to be suitable to you as an individual, the issues you want to focus on and the goals you want to work towards.
Perhaps sometimes you struggle with negative self-beliefs, such as 'I'm a failure', or 'I'm not good enough'. Counselling can help you understand how your thoughts, beliefs, emotions, choices and behaviour all impact on each other and how this is lived out in your everyday life. Gaining this self-awareness can help overcome controlling negative self-beliefs and open up new choices and new approaches to life issues.
Do you ever say to yourself, 'Why do I always react like that', 'Why do I always feel so bad about myself', 'Why do I always say things like that' or 'I feel so isolated'. Through counselling you can develop self-awareness by reflecting on and exploring aspects of your development as a person and your relationships. This can give you a greater sense of self-understanding by helping you to uncover buried aspects of yourself which cause you to feel and act the way you do. Once you gain this self-understanding you can then work on developing reactions and responses that are understood and desired.
This therapeutic process seeks to promote a growing sense of self, aiming for you to recognize you own needs and be more assertive in stating and fulfilling them, while acknowledging others needs also.
Training, qualifications & experience
BA(Hons) Counselling and Theology - BACP accredited course (2012) London School of Theology/Middlesex University
Diploma (Level 7) Supervision (2017) Waverley College/Roehampton University
Diploma Counselling Children and Adolescents (Distinction) Lindum College, Lincoln. (2018)
Other qualifications:
Registered Midwife (The Royal London and Newham Hospitals/City University)
Registered Nurse (The Royal London Hospital)
Continual Professional Development and Training:
I am committed to ongoing development as a counsellor. This has included further training regarding: emotional regulation and resilience, addictions, eating disorders, personality disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety and working with suicidal clients; challenging behaviour and conflict resolution.
Solution Focused Training
Creative Gestalt Training
Regular advanced safeguarding training.
Areas of counselling I deal with
- Abuse
- Addiction(s)
- Affairs and betrayals
- Anger management
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anxiety
- Attachment disorder
- Bereavement
- Binge-eating disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Bulimia nervosa
- Bullying
- Child related issues
- Depression
- Disabilities
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emotional abuse
- Family issues
- Feeling sad
- Generalised anxiety disorder
- Infertility
- Learning difficulties
- Low self-confidence
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriage
- Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- Panic disorder
- Passive aggressive behaviour
- Physical abuse
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Postnatal depression
- Pregnancy and birth
- Redundancy
- Relationship problems
- Self-harm
- Separation and divorce
- Sexual abuse
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal thoughts
- Trauma
- Work-related stress
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Christian spiritual accompanying
- Close relationship conflict and/or abuse
- Spiritual formation
- Cross-cultural counselling
Other Therapies offered (besides those listed below)
- Creative therapy: using a range of interventions including toys, pictures, creative writing, drawing, painting.
Self-Awareness Through Creativity Workshop: Individuals / Groups
- Each session is 90 minutes and is designed to run for 4 weeks.
Location of workshops:-Individuals at counselling room.
- Groups at client workplace or agreed community setting booked by clients.
Therapies offered
- Cognitive and behavioural therapies
- Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
- Couples counselling
- Gestalt therapy
COUNSELLING Fee per hour:
Payment for the first and last session required at the first session. Payment then continues weekly from the second session until the last session which you will already have paid for.
Individual: £50
Couples: £60
Six session block booking available at £280 - payable at first session. (Individual therapy)
SUPERVISION Fee:
Individual: £50 per hour.
Group: £30 per counsellor for a one and a half hour session (up to 4 counsellors in a group). Please contact me if you wish to have group supervision, even if you do not have others to make a group with, as others may do the same and a group can be created.
Self-awareness Through Creativity Workshop:
Group members (at least 4 members) £30 each per 90 minute session
Individuals: £70 per 90 minute session
Further information
I adhere to the BACP Ethics and Principles for good practise framework.
I attend regular supervision to support a high standard of counselling service.
I have enhanced DBS (formerly CRB) clearance.
Client comments:
"Philippa came highly recommended to me and now I can see why! Her friendly and calming manner put me at ease and gave me a space to talk about difficult emotions and experiences. Together, we worked through my goals and Philippa's guidance and reflections enabled me to develop a greater understanding of myself. I have finished feeling happier, more confident and more aware of who I am. I would certainly recommend her!!"
"I would recommend Philippa as a counsellor - she is friendly, empathic, supportive and has encouraged me to recognise the significance of losses that occurred during my early life which has given me a greater understanding of myself."
Maps & Directions
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Types of client
|Young people
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Supervision & training
SUPERVISION: My aim for supervision is to work collaboratively with qualified and trainee counsellors, providing an opportunity to reflect on and explore counselling work with an experience practitioner.View supervision profile


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The bill authorizes the addition of Bob's Pocket in McDowell County, Warwick Mill Bay in Robeson County and Salmon Creek in Bertie County to the state parks system as state natural areas.
"From the mountains to the coast, our state parks and state natural areas protect North Carolina's treasured natural resources for all of us to enjoy," said Governor Cooper. "I'm proud to continue this tradition by adding these three unique properties to our state parks system."
North Carolina's state natural areas preserve and protect areas of scientific, aesthetic, or ecological value with more limited recreation. Facilities are limited to those needed for interpretation, protection, and maintenance.
The three new state natural areas will protect some of North Carolina's most distinctive natural resources. Bob's Pocket is a series of sheltered coves and ravines with rare flora and geology. Warwick Mill Bay is home to herons, egrets, amhingas, alligators, and the federally threatened wood storm among other wildlife. Salmon Creek features cypress-gum swamps, freshwater tidal marshes, and several archaeological sites. These three properties will offer minimal impact access for birdwatching, photography, and scientific research.
The bill directs the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation to study the feasibility of establishing a state park on the Black River in Bladen, Pender, and Sampson counties. The park would be home to some of the oldest trees east of the Rocky Mountains—cypress trees more than 1,600 years old. The study will explore the natural resources, land use, costs, and impacts on surrounding communities that would result from a state park designation."These additions to our state parks system are truly special," Mike Murphy, state parks director, said. "Not only do they represent outstanding natural communities, but they also protect lands in areas of the state that are currently underserved by our state parks system. State natural areas help preserve North Carolina's heritage for future generations, and they provide living laboratories for our state's students and scientists."


text: The Haunted Mansion façade at Disney World has been of some curiosity to me. The left and right wing of the façade holds the Stretching Rooms, but I was wondering if the façade front door can open at all. If it does, I wonder what is behind there. Chances are the door is fake and actually doesn't open, or if it does it would obviously be maintenance access. But are there any former or current cast members who can confirm if the façade front door can or can not open and what might be behind it in the façade?


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Photo Galleries
RCA Design Show 2011
The Fashion School ushered in the design shows at the Jay Mews and Stephens buildings. Whilst the music faded the schools of fine art were showing 'down in Battersea' at the same time as the Design faculties filled the Galleries in Kensington to bursting point. The grandeur of ''Automative design' and 'Architecture' jostled with the intimacy of textiles, ceramics, precious metalworks and jewelry as a video of the Fashion Show ran alongside a foot relieving hour and half programme of animations.
RCA Fine Art Shows 2011
Fine Art: Sculpture - Painting - Printmaking - Photography
This was the first year that 'Fine Art' Degree shows took place in the new purpose built Studios in the College's Battersea campus*. All these disciplines converged in Howie Street - merging practice boundaries and interspersing performance and zany kinetic installations with the more traditional wall works and static monoliths.
John Kaine "Artists Talk" at EventSpace
LEXICART: word as object
An exhibition of word art presented in the form of dry cleaning. There are two original aspects to this exhibition the first being the word as art itself and the second dry cleaning as the form of presentation. There is some historical precedent for words as art objects both in mediaeval illuminated manuscripts in Europe and in Islamic texts. The "Artists Talk" event took place on Wednesday evening - 4 May 2011.
John Kaine at AND eventSpace
LEXICART: word as object
The central point of the exhibition is word as a portable object, and not as encrypted information expressed as writing on a flat surface. These are words as entities divorced from semantics, these are cricket bats used as murder weapons and kitchen knives used as screwdrivers. They are the foreign languages you cannot read and can only comprehend the aesthetics of the forms.
art works showing at eventSpace
1. Not yet
2. Teeth
3. A coat
4. A little dress
5. Medium height
6. Suet
7. Failure
8. Pyramid
9. Oh
10. Grease
11. Custard
12. Piss
13. No dogs
14. Egg
"400 Women"
400 Women is a project conceived by artist Tamsyn Challenger in response to the brutal murder and rape of more than 400 women over a decade in the U.S. border town of Ciudad Juarez and the region of Chihuahua in Mexico. Some 200 artists have each painted one of the murdered women, confronting us with a safeguarding in our memory the dead and disappeared.


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Check out my newest you tube video for Out Central! To find out more info and how you can help go to outcentral.org
peace and love,
I am a almost full time MTF (male to female) non-op transsexual or something.... (all subject to change.)
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Nashville's new glbt center: Out Central
Monday, October 29, 2007
Rep. Anthony Weiner - Employment Non Discrimination Act
I found this on Donna Rose's blog and I just had to share it too.
The whole LGBT community should see this! Especially the HRC and Barny Frank. I am proud of Rep. Anthony Weiner!!
Donna Rose - Does Videos
Donna is giving a heart felt description of her transition.
My goodness this was recorded yesterday (I bet she got the day right even tho she got the date wrong. LOL.)
She is talking about her "TransLives Project: Our Stories, Our Selves" project. I wish I had her nerve to be as open as she is. She open and Donna to the whole world. I wish I had that kind of courage.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
'Gay' baby triggers row.
ninemsn.au - Posters of a rosy, puffy cheeked newborn baby have provoked controversy in Italy because the infant is shown wearing a wristband name-tag with the word "homosexual" written on it.
The photograph of the baby is part of a anti-discrimination campaign launched by Tuscany's regional government and is accompanied by the slogan: "Sexual orientation is not a choice."
"Homosexuality is not a vice and hence should not be condemned nor marginalised, or worse still persecuted," the Tuscany region's civil rights councillor Agostino Fragai told Milan-daily Corriere della Sera in a interview published.
Thousands of copies of the poster have been printed, and will go up on city walls and public offices around Tuscany with the sponsorship of Italy's centre-left government's Equal Opportunities Ministry.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Transgender Children-Out Of The Shadows
I saw Jenn Burleton at SCC this year and was very impressed with he dedication and her work.
In it's original release, this film by Jenn Burleton was viewed more than 300,000 times and translated into several languages. This Director's Cut version includes additional material more in line with the filmmaker's original vision.
It is a timely film about an issue facing children and youth that is far too often overlooked or sensationalized for political reasons.
If you support this film and the children and families it represents, then please consider supporting the organization that is working on behalf of these kids, TransActive Education & Advocacy.
Here is her almost unused blog transactive.blogspot.com/ Hopefully it will get better.
Here is another of her blogs with her SCC speech. transadvocate.com/transjennpdx Cool!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Donna Rose's
"The TranSelf Project:
Our Lives, Our Selves"
Friday, October 12, 2007
I do want to share a couple of things today. One, I think, is particularly important.
As a follow-up to my discussion yesterday about the need to education others about ourselves and how critical that effort will be on an ongoing basis I'm planning to begin something I'm calling it "The TranSelf Project: Our Lives, Our Selves" (or TLP, for those of us who are techie like me need acronyms). I am inviting people from around the country to provide video of themselves and the people in their lives, telling their story. Tell me how you feel, what you think, how you're doing. Share your struggle. What have you lost, what has disappointed you most, what has hurt you? On the other hand share what you've gained, your perspective on yourself and your gender. All in all, this is free form so there is no fixed format. There is no "right" way to do this. Take all the time you need. Share your story, your life, the people in your world, and how you're feeling.
HRC has launched a similar effort as part of their "Coming Out Project". But as long as we allow others to tell our stories we find ourselves dependent, and the fact of the matter is that nobody can tell our stories better than we can. We need to own that, and that process starts now. I know a doctor who lives in North Carolina whose wife has stayed with her during transition, who was forced to leave her church, who was forced out of the medical practice that she helped to establish only to move across town and start all over again. I know someone in Dallas who was outed by a friend at work and showed up the next day and was told that she was no longer welcome at the company, despite a 12-year history of excellence there. I know someone in Phoenix who struggled with her gender issues but it wasn't until she was arrested for DUI, sitting in the Tent City jail, that she realized what she had to do. I know of people who are the children of a trans parent who are proud and supportive. I know of spouses who have struggled to accept something they can't begin to understand, and who come to a sense of peace. We need to tell these stories. We need to share them with each other, and with the world.
Watch the HRC video outlining what they're looking for (see it here, note: there isn't a single transgender face there). That's what we're looking for, too. Personal stories. Not necessarily simply of coming out, but of anything you want to share. Your life. Your family. Your job. Your relationships. Your spirituality. Your perspective. Your dreams and your fears. We want whatever you can share. If you go to that YouTube page and click on any of the Video Responses below it you'll see what people are doing. One is here.
Take the video. Use a webcam if that's all you have. You can buy a neat little camera that records video meant for uploading to the web (see one here) for less than $100. Or, use a regular video camera if you've got one. Video quality isn't necessarily important but audio quality makes a huge difference. Be creative. I'll edit them if necessary so don't worry too much about that.
I'm setting up a couple of different ways to get the videos to me. I'll be setting up an ftp site for those who know how that works. Also, I'll be providing a mailing address if you want to burn your video to a CD or send the raw video from your camera. Or, upload it yourself onto YouTube or some other video site and send me the link so I can post it. Don't trash people. Don't be disrespectful of others. But most importantly, be honest.
Our Lives, Our Selves. It will be as successful (or not) as the videos that you provide. I'll provide the hosting. I'll provide the effort to get the videos ready, and to upload them. All you need to do is to share. It's not that sharing our stories makes a big difference - it makes all the difference. I'll have more detail on this as it becomes real, but the time to start thinking about it and working on it is now.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Tvals is on the ENDA list!
United opposition to sexual-orientation-only
nondiscrimination legislation
Recent Signatories, Oct. 16
The United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns
Knox Boyz of East Tennessee
Tennessee Chapter of Transgender American Veterans Association (TAVA)
Alternative Counseling Center
TransMasculine Community Network
Pride At Work, Martin Luther King County WA Chapter
University of Minnesota Transgender Commission
American Veterans For Equal Rights
Pride Foundation
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG)
The Tennessee Vals
Santa Cruz County Task Force for LGBTIQ Youth (Santa Cruz, CA)
National Sexuality Resource Center
See this link for the whole list:
The Right Brain vs Left Brain test
The Right Brain vs Left Brain test ... do you see the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.
Most of us would see the dancer turning anti-clockwise though you can try to focus and change the direction; see if you can do it.
uses logic
detail oriented
facts rule
words and language
present and past
math and science
can comprehend
order/pattern perception
knows object name
reality based
forms strategies
uses feeling
"big picture" oriented
imagination rules
symbols and images
present and future
philosophy & religion
can "get it" (i.e. meaning)
spatial perception
knows object function
fantasy based
presents possibilities
risk taking
Friday, October 12, 2007
God of Love - Produced by my new friend Joni Christion
God of Love/Dreams Happen


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Welcome to the Franklin Pierce Early Learning Center 2018-19!
The Early Learning Center is in full operation at 12223 A Street South. It is both state of art and beautiful with impressive, new furnishings, a functional and safe outdoor play area, and color coordinated with a jungle theme throughout. It is comfortable, full of light, and most importantly, child-friendly. The students in all of our preschool programs: Head Start, ECEAP, Developmental Preschool and Title 1 love coming to school. It's a great place to learn and work.
We are a Kids At Hope school. We believe that ALL children are capable of success, NO EXCEPTIONS! We are also a center that uses research-based teaching strategies and methods to give your child the best methods and opportunities for a jump-start to their Kindergarten year and beyond.
You'll find that our Office staff are ready and available to support and assist you. They are:
Tami McLean, Office Manager
Sarah Blanchet, Office Assistant
Carol Miller, Director of Early Learning Program
Sandy Dickson, Head Start/ECEAP Coordinator
Office Hours*:
Mon-Fri: 7am - 4pm
*Office hours vary during school breaks. To confirm hours please call our mainline
(253) 298-4675.
Franklin Pierce Early Learning Center Welcome Video
2019-2020 applications are available now. Space is limited and children are selected on a first-come, first-serve basis. To find out more about the Title 1 program and/or to determine whether you qualify for this program please stop by our office or give us a call at (253) 298-4675.
We are continuing to enroll students with IEP's who live in the Franklin Pierce School District. Pleasecontact us to ensure the best fit between our services and the specific needs of your child. To find out more about our Developmental Preschool Program feel free to stop by our office or give us call at (253) 298-4675.
Upcoming Child Find Screening Dates
February 6th - 8:30 am February 13th - 9:30 am
February 27th - 10:30 am March 6th - 8:30 am
March 13th - 9:30 am March 20th - 10:30 am
April 3rd - 8:30 am April 17th - 9:30 am
To request a "Child Find" appointment call (253) 298-4658.
We will return your call then set it up. For the complete 2018-2019 schedule and more details about our "Child Find" program click here
Ready for Kindergarten Classes are being offered again during the 2018-2019 school year. This is the second series of classes. Mark your calendars now!
Mar 5th (6p-7:30p)
Mar 12th (6p-7:30p)
Mar 19th (6p-7:30p)
For the complete "Ready for Kindergarten" schedule and more information Click here
The "Triple P" program has replaced "Love & Logic" this school year. Triple P is a parenting program that helps parents choose strategies to raise happy and confident kids as well as create ways to enhance family life. More information is coming.
(For a description of the program, hover your cursor over it)
Head Start & ECEAP:
AM 8:30a-12 noon
PM 12 noon-3:30p
Developmental Preschool:
AM 8:30a-11a
PM 1:00p-3:30p
Title 1 Preschool:
AM 8:30a-11a
PM 1:00p-3:30p
Unless specified otherwise, classes are held on Monday, Tuesday,Thursday and Friday of each week . To view our 2017-2018 school calendar click here. If you're unsure which classroom you're child is in feel free to call the office for assistance at (253) 298-4675.
Franklin Pierce Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
Questions and complaints of alleged discrimination should be directed to James Hester, Compliance Coordinator for State and Civil Rights Laws; Wendy Malich, Title IX Officer; or John Sander, 504/ADA Coordinator at 315 129th ST S, Tacoma, WA 98444-5099 or at (253)298-3000.


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UPDATE: I just compiled my servers from some old scripts, with a few modifications, and it all went fine..... Case closed.
I'm old, not very smart, so be gentle...ok?
I have been running a web and mail server for a long time using Slackware Linux. Designing and hosting sites has become a big part of my small income and my mail server is way out of date; bringing it up to date is beyond me without the help of a tutorial. I found one for FreeBSD and I got FreeBSD up and running (even installed Gnome - I like to be able to read things while I'm fiddling).
So - finally - my question: On Slackware I include a lot of arguments so that PHP, for instance, will find the freetype library, include certain functionality, etc. When you install things from ports....well, how do you specify....anything? I'm not knocking FreeBSD (seems to run faster than anything I've seen in my life). I really just don't get it... I don't see how you would integrate the various components. I know you can compile - but everyone seems to say that you should use ports.
Thanks for any input.


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Our Story
The Northwest Inter-Nation Family and Community Services Society "NIFCS" was established in 1999, following a three-year community consultation process focused on developing and taking control of child safety services for children and youth registered to the Tsimshian, Haisla and Tahltan Nations. Elders and leaders guided NIFCS with traditional teachings as part of the consultation process.
In March 1999, NIFCS signed a Delegated Enabling Agreement "DEA" with the Provincial and Federal Government to provide Statutory child welfare services on reserve for children and families. The funding comes from Indigenous Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and the legislative mandate comes from the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD).
NIFCS signed a guardianship agreement with the Province in 2007, to manage the guardianship needs of forty children in continuing care registered to NIFCS member Bands.
In January 2011, NIFCS signed an operational protocol agreement with MCFD as it pertains to the roles and responsibilities of NIFCS and MCFD respecting the provision of services to NIFCS children and families. While NIFCS does not have full child protection delegation, the province has delegated the agency to assess for voluntary and support services, provide guardianship functions for children and youth in permanent care, and provide support services to foster parents. The agency currently provides these services to its member Nations under C4 delegation.
The Tahltan Nation removed its membership from the agency in 2016, to embark on their own Nation's governance plan and to receive all child welfare services from the Ministry of children and family development (MCFD), rather than NIFCS.
NIFCS has received its C6 delegation in November 2017 and is now providing full child protection services within our member band communities. The service delivery model is community based and prevention focused which to include: Family Support Workers and Child and Family Teams in each community who will support children and youth in care to make cultural connections with their extended families, culture and communities.


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My Friend Peter - Live At Komet Hamburg
My Friend Peter - Live At Komet Hamburg
My Friend Peter live at the "Is It Severe?" Record Release Party 2017 in Hamburg, Germany.
Performing an awesome set of his psychedelic Dream Pop. My Friend Peter's Live Band consist of members of Swutscher, Dolphin Lovers, Melting Palms and wearemarvin.
Track Listing
- Strange
- Dance in the Winds
- I Lost my Train of Thoughts (in your Eyes)
- Take a Look on the other other Side
- Please, don't let me fall in Love
- Groovy Kind of Stonedness
- Monsters and Gold
- Oneway Glass


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Bless Me, Ultima
A drama set in New Mexico during WWII, centered on the relationship between a young man and an elderly medicine woman who helps him contend with the battle between good and evil that rages in his village.
Actor: Luke Ganalon, Miriam Colon, Benito Martinez, Dolores Heredia, Castulo Guerra, Joaquín Cosio, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Reko Moreno, Luis Bordonada, Joseph Garcia, James Victor, Raúl Castillo, Miguel Gomez, Alex Cacho, Diego Miró
Director: Carl Franklin
Country: USA


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Can someone tell me if the photos i attached are normal. The mechanism appears to be bent. If it is i will purchase new one
Don't want to spend money needlessly. Thanks for any help. It is part of the jackpot ass'y on a Mills high top special award 777. The jackpot paid out but the reserve didn't drop. The rear chute has a bad lever, it needs replacing as well. Someone tried to weld it back together. Binds up
Thanks for any help.


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LAWRENCE MORROW | General Manager
Hometown: Birmingham, Alabama
Favorite CulinAero dish: I love the Chicken Lollipops and the Cornmeal Crusted Tilapia Tacos.
At home, I like to cook: Italian and Southern Cuisine
Must-see Atlanta site or location: Atlanta has lot to see! There's something for everyone. But my favorites are the Martin Luther King, Jr. historic sites, The Aquarium and the World of Coca Cola
Here at the GICC, I always get to see our staff at its best. The food and the service will exceed your expectation. We do everything we can to ensure each event is personalized to your specific needs. For food,fun and great service give us a try you will be glad you did.


text: Omnicom Group reached an agreement late on Wednesday to acquire Ketchum Communications Holdings, the Pittsburgh-based marketing communications group. Financial terms were not disclosed, but there is a letter of intent to merge through an exchange of shares and the merger will be accounted for as a pooling of interests. Ketchum consists of Ketchum Public Relations, Ketchum Advertising and Ketchum Directory Advertising, with a total of $1 billion in billings and 1,100 employees. The entities will operate as wholly owned subsidiaries of Omnicom.


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Product Description
The Buntine Fox and Dog Trap
Australian designed, Australian made, multi-purpose for foxes, wild dogs, feral cats
1200 x 450 x 450 mm
Please phone IT'S A TRAP on 1300 487 287 for a shipping price of the big fox/dog trap to your delivery address. We require your town and postcode for the shipping quote.
Click here to see the ABC 7.30 Report on the wild dog and sheep production major problem.
- Premium quality design and build, heavy duty metal mesh, built to last
- Big enough to be serious about fox and dog trapping - gets the body and tail in before the trap door drops
- 10 kg of hot-dipped galvanized Australian One Steel
- Simple and smooth to operate
- Lockable side access door for easy access to bait basket at the far end of the trap
- Sturdy enough to withstand foxes inside the trap trying to find a weak spot to escape
- Will also trap the other feral meat eaters - wild dogs and feral cats
- Live capture - reversible if your own dog is trapped - simply let it out, no harm done, no broken bones or poison (one fox trap customer had to get her daughter out of this trap)
- Poison-free trapping - no unintended secondary kills
- Quality spot welding and galvanizing, attention to detail
- Solid sheet metal back wall to deter animals from trying to access bait at the far end of the trap
- Check traps daily to remove stressed wild animals from exposure
- Size is 1,220 x 510 x 510 mm, 10 kg weight
The European Red Fox is an introduced feral animal and is not native to Australia. It is legal to trap and shoot feral animals. It is illegal to trap them and let them go alive. There are millions of foxes in Australia. They are beyond extermination and are here to stay. Management is your area is what you can do.
After trapping the first fox, more will be back so The Buntine can be used over and over again. The fox is a very efficient tracker, hunter and killer of native Australian wildlife and livestock. A real fox trap needs to be long enough and large enough to get the fast moving fox body and tail inside the trap before the trap door drops behind it. Smaller traps for possums or cats will not trap smart, adult foxes. The trap door will come down on their back on smaller traps, they reverse out and you just educated that fox to never go near a trap again for the rest of its life.
Suggestions for trapping foxes
Keep human scent off the trap as much as possible. Smoke or spray the trap if needed - see below.
Cover the floor of the trap with sand, not soil, (soil rusts it eventually) and throw in a few nearby leaves or small twigs on top of the sand to make it look more like normal ground. The sand prevents the fox from feeling the metal mesh under its feet which is unnatural for it.
Anchor the trap firmly to level ground with a tent peg in each corner to prevent the trap from moving in the wind - movement will make a suspicious fox unlikely to ever go in. Tent pegs also anchor it to prevent the trapped fox of dog from rolling the trap and escaping. When the trap is upside down, the locking bar can drop the other way, the door is opened and the fox walks out, never to return for seconds.
When you are ready to attract a fox, lure a fox/dog/cat to the trap by dragging something rotten (sheep's head or other smelly meat) on a rope in a large circle right around the trap from a distance and lead the continuous scent trail right into the entrance of the trap. Foxes have the best canine nose on the planet and naturally follow scent trails.
Bait the trap in the bait basket. When the fox has a go at this bait, it triggers the trap door behind and CLANG, you have this fox.
Customer feedback on what they find is a successful fox bait for the Buntine includes Kentucky Fried Chicken (the smell wafts around), same for cooked liver, raw meat, bacon, chicken necks, road-kill rabbit with the head still attached - tied to the bait basket, and according to a customer who bought this trap from us a couple of years ago and who has trapped over twentyfive foxes in it so far (he is also a hunter and buys ammo from us), feral cat is a very highly regarded food by foxes. He says they will go for feral cat before they go for chicken.
Once a fox finds live poultry, it will keep coming back until the last of the poultry is killed or taken, unless you trap or kill it. The sooner the better for the poultry, lambs and native wildlife, especially birds and small marsupials.
Chook pen trapping
Build the Buntine fox trap into the wall of the chook yard or pen. Have the open end of the trap in line with the outside wall of the pen with the body of the trap inside the chook pen.
The fox thinks it has found the easy way in to get a chook or twenty and heads in to the trap opening, no digging or no climbing needed. Use bait in the bait holder to trigger the dropping of the trap door behind the fox. The external locking bar then drops and the fox cannot get out.
Trapping in a yard or paddock - outsmarting neo-phobic foxes
Foxes (and rats) are neo-phobic – suspicious of new things. They are clever, wary survivors. Younger foxes are easier to trap, the more experienced foxes take a bit of understanding of their behaviour to trap them.
To outsmart an older, smarter, cunning fox in an open area of a yard or paddock, place the trap where you think the foxes are active. Anchor the trap to level ground with four tent pegs, lay sand on the floor so they do not feel the metal mesh of the trap underfoot, set the trap door up and tie it up with wire so that the trap door will not drop. Some people make a darkened fox trap by laying leafy branches down both sides of the cage, some people don't. As long as the darkening does not interfere with the trap mechanism. If the sand on the floor is smoothed out, you will see footprints if something has gone in.
Walk away from the trap for a few days, even up to a week. Let the suspicious fox get used to seeing the same thing in the same place to increase its familiarity and reduce its natural suspicion. Then educate the fox.
Still keeping the trap door wired up so it will not drop, place a piece of bait just inside the entrance on the floor. Let the fox have a free feed. When this free feed is taken, good. Place another piece of the same food half way inside the trap. Repeat this for a third time, placing the bait three quarters up inside the trap. The foxes confidence is now up to fully enter the trap. When this food has gone, set the trap.
Without changing the type of bait, unwire the trapdoor mechanism so the door will drop and place the bait in the bait basket. The confident fox comes back inside the trap for its usual easy feed and CLANG, you trapped it. Older foxes are smarter, warier and more experienced than younger foxes and can be harder to trap so it is worth the effort.
Know your enemy
Male foxes can take one chook or water bird one at a time for a meal then come back repetedly for more during the same night until they get the lot. Vixens with young to feed can take many chooks in a raid. Mother fox can demonstrate how to kill chooks to her young and then they practice killing on what is left. Owners can wake up to twenty or more dead chooks. Mostly foxes are nocturnal but they are brazen enough to take poultry literally from under your nose in a paddock in broad daylight. Foxes thrive around people and are often seen on verandahs and around houses, day and night, in the country and the suburbs. They will know your habits, routines and behaviour. The night that you leave the chookshed door open is the night that they are likely to raid.
Foxes can keep taking chooks/piglets/goat kids/water birds in the one raid and burying the carcasses in a stash somewhere else for a feed later on. Same applies for a paddock of newborn lambs, especially with the first born of twin lambs. While the ewe is giving birth to the second twin, the first born is defenceless and easy prey for a waiting, watching fox.
Never under-estimate the cunningness and intelligence of a fox, just understand their nature and then outsmart them. They have the best canine nose on the planet for detecting smells of other animals, including you.
Give it one to two weeks (depending on weather) after trapping the fox and its scent fading away, another fox will move in and take over the same territory. They are quite territorial and mark their boundaries with urine and scats to send a message to the other foxes to stay out of its territory. There is no shortage of foxes (or feral cats) out there. Research from a Melbourne Age article said there were 10 to 30 foxes per square kilometre in Melbourne, especially in the leafy eastern suburbs, and four foxes per square kilometre in country Victoria.This area has the distinction of having the highest number of foxes per square kilomtere than anywhere else on the planet.
Foxes know where to get a feed and where to hide in plain sight, often living within metres of people. Along rivers in cities is a favourite fox habitat, on top of large cut hedges looking down on unsuspecting pedestrians, inside compost bins, in hothouses etc. They are known to come out of the hills and follow railway lines, peel off into the suburbs during the night, have their killing spree on backyard chooks and head back before dawn.
Foxes mark their territory by urinating and depositing prominently-placed, easily-recognizable pointy-ended droppings on top of objects like rocks, other animals droppings, even on the top of a farm gate. This happened to us, it was placed right where the scent of the hand grabs the gate to open it (picture that acrobatic feat), as a highly visible warning to other animals (including property owners) to stay out of its territory.
The higher up off the ground that a fox marks their territory, the more aggressive is the signal to other competitors. Their warning scent fades in time if not regularly freshened up by the fox, or until you trap it.
An old timer in the shop confided that in his day, they used to use human droppings at the base of every second fence post around the farm to mark off their human territory to keep the wary fox at bay. Scent is a language that the fox understands.
Why get rid of human scent from the trap
If a fox smells human presence on or around the trap, especially the older, smarter foxes, they are too suspicous to go inside for the bait. Their nose is hundreds of times keener than yours. Just by standing next to the trap, you leave a fog of human scent behind when you leave.
If the trap has been handled with bare hands or if you swipe your jeans against the trap, the detergent residue scent from the washing machine is enough to put them off. If you walk through a petrol station or workshop and there a scent of is grease, petrol, paint or synthetics on the soles of your boots, if you then walk around the fox trap to set it up, they are not going in it. Scent matters to a fox. So wear clean-soled footwear for this job.
Give the trap a light spray of eucalyptus oil to mask the human scent after setting it up. Or make a small smoky fire of dried gum leaves and twigs (not on a high fire risk day), put a rod through the end of the trap and hang it over the smoke for a few minutes. This will mask the human scent. Only handle the trap with chemical-free clean gloves thereafter.
If you do not have gloves to hand in a paddock, grab a bunch of fresh gum leaves off a tree, crush them and rub them over your hands to help mask the human scent before handling the fox trap.
Major wildlife losses
Foxes do not just live on farmed animals like sheep and poultry. Along with feral cats, they consume millions of native animals, small mammals and birds, unseen, literally every day, in the Australian bush. These meat eaters are not thriving on fresh air. Australia is very good at species extinction. Introduced feral animals are a large cause of native animal decline. The native animals did not evolve to have a defence against the introduced feral predators.
What to do with a trapped fox
Be careful. Forget the cute animal photos and cartoon clichés. The trapped fox is a dangerous wild animal intent on savagely biting anything it can, especially you. If you have to move a live fox in the trap, wear solid, protective gloves and use the external handles on the trap. It will be heavy and the fox will shift its weight around. Be prepared for serious aggression. This precaution applies equally for feral cats and wild dogs that you trap. They fight to the death and will attack, even through the bars on the trap. If you get scratched by a feral cat or kitten, assume you are going to hospital as serious infection is highly likely from the putrid meat under their claws.
The best kill of a feral animal is a quick humane kill. Shooting while still trapped in the cage is the fastest and safest way. Watch out for ricochets. If you do not have a .22, ask a neighbour who does have one. Or contact your local council Ranger or the RSPCA for assistance and information, before you trap the animal. Speed is important once any animal is trapped. You don't leave trapped animals in the cage for days.
Nothing eats a dead fox. Compost is a disposal solution as long as it has not been poisoned. Recycle it by turning it into nitrogen fertilizer for the garden. Bury it soon and deep to keep out the flies and other predators.
The fox bounty is back
As of 1 October, 2011, the Victorian government is paying $10.00 per trapped/shot fox and now $100.00 per trapped/shot wild dog. Conditions apply. Ask the DPI, Department of Primary Industries, for details.
Some hunters who shoot foxes have fox traps set as well to maximize the number of foxes for bounty payment.
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This is 'John Jenkinson Close' which is on or - rather - within the Middlefield Lane estate. Unlike the rest of the estate which was completed in 1965, John Jenkinson Close was built in early 2009 by the local social housing company that is now responsible for Gainsborough's former council housing. The close consists of 21 sheltered housing bungalows that are part-rented, part-shared ownership. So far so reasonable, but JJ Close raises a number of questions and problems in relation to the estate's history and its continuing survival and preservation. Here's the Close from further behind where I was standing above:
This shows some of the original flats in the foreground with the new development ahead - and what is, to all intents and purposes, a new, half-hearted, gated/fenced community, segregated from the 60s Modernist housing that remains. The rural historian, Jeanette Neeson, once referred to the eighteenth century parliamentary enclosures that enclosed and privatised England's common land as having 'a terrible and instructive visibility'. The same can be said for these fences here, which are clearly meant to 'instructively' demarcate the nice new bungalows from the nasty old council flats beyond.
But what used to be there before John Jenkinson Close was built? Well, this:
This was 'The Precinct', a Modernist block of shops with some nicely recessed, balconied maisonette flats above. For a remote Lincolnshire market town, this building was adventurous and impressive in its time - as a child it always reminded me of Marineville. The flats that are now segregated from the new-build bungalows can be seen here in their original setting to the left of the shops. I have a whole load of stories about these shops that will have to wait until another time, but I do want to briefly consider the original landscape planning around here. This is The Precinct on a 1975 map ...
... within what is a plain but clearly ambitious example of council estate landscape planning that is akin to a baroque country-house landscape garden in scale and geometry, with the Precinct set centrally within the estate as its focal point, and with green avenues reaching outwards from it: the 'Parades' either side and 'The Green' ahead.
Gerry Anderson's beautifully designed 21st Century world was made manifest in The Precinct, but they are aberrations now, a strange, lost, parallel alternative to what we have in the real 21st century. On Wednesday the 18th of October 2000, a meeting of the West Lindsey District Council Planning Services Committee granted consent to demolish The Precinct. The minutes of that meeting noted that the application to demolish was made by the social housing group responsible for John Jenkinson Close, who stated that The Precinct and its flats had "a long history of low demand, serious vandalism and unlettability [sic] and, in view of the declining condition of The Precinct in recent years the applicant considers it important to look to replace such buildings with higher quality and more appropriate accommodation."
These minutes give us an insight into the attitudes of those who had spent the previous 20 to 30 years running down the estate they'd created: "In view of the applicants' wish to carry out a proactive role in regenerating and redeveloping the area, it is considered that this demolition work is appropriate and acceptable and helps to open up the centre of this residential area, creating a more pleasant and less enclosed environment."
I'm at a loss as to understand how the apparently 'enclosed environment' of The Precinct and its environs needed 'opening up'. By the 21st century however, places like these had come to be perceived as 'enclosed' not only because the type of Modernist planning involved here had been discredited, but also because it was now negatively equated with the 'communal' and the 'sociable'. From a corporatised council's point of view such qualities are now viewed as dangerously progressive and backwardly 'socialist' - whereas the 'opening up' of the area was clearly understood to create a more 'appropriate' spatial environment of individualistic self-determination.
And so The Precinct was demolished to make way for a development that turned out to actively reinforce the notion of an 'enclosed environment' rather than to open up what used to be, in any case, the open-plan centrepiece of the estate. In the 1960s even an ordinary market town like Gainsborough could have its own exciting and progressive Modernist structure in a carefully designed landscape, but not any longer. There is a particular lack of vision in John Jenkinson Close that has created nothing other than a dull, bland subtopia.


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As part of an effort to combat billions of dollars in fraudulent transactions, IBM today announced it has acquired IRIS Analytics, a provider of fraud detection software that makes use of machine-learning algorithms to make it possible to detect fraud in milliseconds.
Bob Griffin, general manager for the IBM Safer Planet initiative, says IBM is looking to more broadly apply artificial intelligence to combat fraud in a way that is simpler for IT organizations to consume. Instead of requiring months of upfront consulting work to set up, Griffin says the IRIS Analytics software is designed to increase the amount of fraud transactions detected by as much as 40 percent right out of the box. The machine-learning algorithms over time become more fine-tuned to the point where just about all fraudulent transactions are identified before being processed, regardless of the online or offline channel used.
That's critical, says Griffin, because the goal is to not identify fraudulent transactions after they have already taken place, but rather prevent them from occurring in the first place.
In general, as machine-learning algorithms advance and the amount of compute horsepower required to process transactions and analytics becomes more broadly available, the volume of transaction fraud being perpetrated should decline substantially in the years ahead. Of course, the criminal enterprises that have turned fraud into a multi-billion industry will no doubt be making IT investments of their own. But at the very least, most of the low-level fraudulent transactions that plague everything from local retail outlets to health care facilities should be little more than a bad business memory.
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Raymond "Ray" Kurzweil (/ˈkɜrzwaɪl/ kurz-wyl; born February 12, 1948) is an American author, inventor,futurist, and director of engineering at Google. Aside from futurology, he is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments. He is the author of several books on health, artificial intelligence (AI),transhumanism, the technological singularity, and futurism. Kurzweil is generally recognized as a public advocate for the futurist and transhumanist movements, due to his stances on life extension technologies, his efforts to forecast future advances in technology, and his interest in the concept of the technological singularity. At the same time, he has attracted significant criticism from scientists and thinkers.
Kurzweil has been described as a "restless genius"[2] by The Wall Street Journal and "the ultimate thinking machine"[3] by Forbes. PBS included Kurzweil as one of 16 "revolutionaries who made America"[4] along with other inventors of the past two centuries. Inc. magazine ranked him #8 among the "most fascinating" entrepreneurs in the United States and called him "Edison's rightful heir".[5]
Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flatbed scanner,[6] the first omni-font optical character recognition,[6] the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind,[7] the first commercial text-to-speech synthesizer,[8] the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments,[citation needed] and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition.[citation needed]
Kurzweil received the 1999 National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation's highest honor in technology, from President Clinton in a White House ceremony. He was the recipient of the $500,000Lemelson-MIT Prize for 2001,[9] the world's largest for innovation. And in 2002 he was inducted into theNational Inventors Hall of Fame, established by the U.S. Patent Office. He has received nineteen honorary doctorates, and honors from three U.S. presidents.


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Archive for Starters & Snacks
Raw wraps with cashew cheese and pear
From Maria Carin Gala's Organic Kitchen: Nearly raw, fresh, crunchy, full of vitamins and antioxidants, delicious finger food or a ridiculously healthy snack.
Whenever you find yourself with leftover risotto, here's what you do to make a great starter.
Warm Chickpea Salad
Adri says: "Simple and nutritious. You can have it as a side dish, salad or snack."
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Here's a gentle seated yoga sequence you can do in the morning or if you're feeling under the weather. It stretches the side body, the spine, and the front body to get the blood flowing. If the last pose is too challenging, just bend the knees and bring the feet until the knees for reverse table pose.
PS- Another gentle yoga sequence, a balancing yoga sequence, and if photo sequences aren't your thing, here's a 6 minute yoga video for balance.


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|Leather vest,necklace,ankle cuffs-H&M/ Bag-VJ-STYLE/ Skirt,watch-NEW YORKER
Today I'm finally packing and hit the road again.I'm going back to Vienna,to hubby and my real life.I miss everything!This is so strange,when I'm in Vienna I'm craving for my hometown,and when I'm here I can't wait to run away:) I want to bring my family with me and that would be it:-S
I have a lot of things to do today,so I'm gonna run now.
Danas se pakujem i put pod noge.Idem nazad u Bec,mom muzu i mom stvarnom zivotu.Nedostaje mi sve!Sto je cudno,kad sam u Becu nedostaje mi moj mali gradic,kad sam ovdje ne mogu docekati da pobjegnem:) Najradije bih spakovala i porodicu u kofer,ali ta nece ici:-S
Obaveze zovu,trcim sad.
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Beautiful!Green looks great on you!ReplyDelete
rolka je vau, super ti stoji zeleno :)ReplyDelete
divno! :) ogrlice su sjajne.ReplyDelete
ankle cuffs su mi predobri :)ReplyDelete
Great pics! You look adorable, dear!ReplyDelete
Love the combo of black,green and gold!:)ReplyDelete
I love greeeeeen!ReplyDelete
Sretan put!!!
Kombinacija je fenomenalna. Zaista si je docarala u pravom svetlu..ReplyDelete
ps. pratim te ;)
Amazing outfit, i love it!!ReplyDelete
Great look sweetheart!! That colour of green suits you so well and i really like they way you teamed it with the panelled skirt!!! Ah and your vest,i am in love! :)ReplyDelete
Take care,Daniella xox
great skirt!ReplyDelete
Great look. Love the bagReplyDelete
greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen, looks amazing on you. bas mi se svidja :)ReplyDelete
Kako su mi dobr ata tvoja zlatna cuda na nogama... ufff! daju celom outfitu neku novu dimenziju!ReplyDelete
The whole look is beautiful and so are you!ReplyDelete
Lovin' the color combination!
hugs and kisses by Mani.
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so great the touch of green ! fab ! fab !ReplyDelete
Ankle cuffs are amazing! i never saw before like that)ReplyDelete
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Predivan outfit!!! Sretan put i piši ima li sniženja u Beču...ja idem 19-tog do Beča službeno pa bih rado nešto i kupila :DReplyDelete
Thank you so much for your comment :) Glad I found your blog!ReplyDelete
Amazing shoes!
Zelena ti super stoji:)ReplyDelete
Hi! happy days!:) Loves from Turkey!:)ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous place to take pictures! Lovely outfit!ReplyDelete
have fun in your trip! I am going back to China soon, I bet that might be the same, I can't wait to go visit China soon, but then I might miss the home in USA here like crazy, hehehe...ReplyDelete
i really love that green! you look great!!ReplyDelete
x jamie
beautiful outfit but i don't like the bracelets on the socksReplyDelete
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Don't be a penguin.
A penguin walks into a bar, and asks the bartender if he has seen his father. "I don't know," the bartender replies. "What does he look like?"
The point of this joke, of course, is that all penguins look pretty much alike. And the problem with much of today's advertising is that it looks pretty much like what everyone else is doing. Which is why so many marketing efforts are basically invisible. I can fix that. I develop creative marketing ideas that will make your organization stand out in a marketplace that is packed with competitors often offering virtually identical products and services.
Change your marketing from bland to bold.
I've created advertising in over 35 product categories, for companies as large as General Mills and as local as Dallas BBQ. And I have learned over my long career that it's usually not the budget, not the technology, not the medium that makes the difference. It is the power of the marketing idea. (Richard Florida calls creativity, "The decisive source of competitive advantage.") I know first hand what it takes to make a small business—with smaller budgets, limited resources and personnel, often family owned— stand out. And combining my small agency experience with my years at large advertising agencies on national brands provides a creative perspective that is unique.
How much more do good ideas cost?
It's a funny thing about good ideas — unexpected creative solutions are usually extremely powerful. So though they start off costing the same as bland communications, they end up worth much more, since they are more effective in increasing marketing share and building a brand.
If you need nametags, the meeting's too big.
Do you really have time for wasteful layers, or endless meetings to change one word or graphic — followed by more meetings that eventually change everything back again. Without costly overhead, I work more economically, to more quickly pay back a strong return on your marketing investment. Perhaps most important, I don't rely on the weight of a large budget — I rely on the power of the idea. So you get big ideas, not big media schedules.
Getting to Know You
Traditionally, there is that complimentary meeting to discuss your needs—but I have always been a little leery of that "free" offer. It always seemed, to admittedly cynical me, just a way to slip in front of a prospect and then invariably try to sell them your services. Yes, I would like to meet with you, but it is a two-way street; you will find out more about me, but I can determine if I honestly think I will be a good fit for your needs. If yes, then great. If not, then I might be able to recommend someone whose skill set is more in line with your needs.


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text: DigitalCandidates Tap Google for Last-Minute Push on Election DayBy Mike Shields|November 2, 2010 ShareBy Mike Shields|November 2, 2010 ShareWhile the 2010 midterm election season has been mostly a dud when it comes to online advertising, Google has been seeing a flurry of last-minute activity from candidates trying to motivate voters to come out to the polls on Election Day (Nov. 2).According to sources, several dozen candidates have executed what Google calls "blasts" across its content network; in other words, display campaigns that run on thousands of sites at once, yet are hyper-locally-targeted. Though a handful candidates in the recent past have utilized the blast tactic, including Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the level of activity on the Google Display Network has ballooned tenfold versus 2008. Among the candidates ramping up their activity at the last minute are Michigan Representative John Dingell.Several candidates are also attempting to reach potential voters via the mobile Web, a tactic used sparingly if at all in recent elections. For example, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has been running mobile ads encouraging voters to click and call into his campaign.In this year of heavy spending by organizations outside of official campaigns, some political action committees are getting wise to the Web. The right-leaning Business Industrial Political Action Committee (BIPAC), which dates back to the 1950s, is running a national, highly prominent ad on the homepage of YouTube. Per sources, BIPAC has spent half of its total media budget online. Sharehttp://adweek.it/2l4IVHu copy Adweek Adweek