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TO Jeremy Scott, the rebel designer from Los Angeles, the plastic shackles that he designed for a pair of orange-and-purple Adidas sneakers were inspired by a toy monster from the 1980s.
But to critics like the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the sneakers looked like "slave shoes."
"The attempt to commercialize and make popular more than 200 years of human degradation, where blacks were considered three-fifths human by our Constitution, is offensive, appalling and insensitive," Mr. Jackson said in a statement Monday.
Hours after that statement was released, Adidas said it was canceling the $350 shoe, the JS Roundhouse Mid.
News of the cancellation prompted widespread coverage, with plenty of finger wagging. "The shoe design appears to glorify so-called 'thug wear,' " said Mary Mitchell, a columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times, who added, "The JS Roundhouse Mid shoe exploits the same ignorance that made showing one's underwear in public a fashion trend when it really is an assault on public decency."
But is it racist? In addition to the condemnations, images of the sneaker (which were posted on Adidas's Facebook page last Thursday) received more than 38,000 likes through Wednesday, and many of the 4,300-plus comments were positive.Continue reading the main story
"They're cool shoes, and some people might get offended, but that was in the past," one commenter wrote.
In a statement, Adidas said, "We apologize if people are offended by the design" and noted that Mr. Scott's previous designs for the brand had included panda heads and Mickey Mouse. The shackle design is "nothing more than the designer Jeremy Scott's outrageous and unique take on fashion and has nothing to do with slavery."
Mr. Scott did not respond to a request for comment, but he defended his design on Twitter, where he posted a photo of what he indicated was the shoe's true inspiration: a stuffed toy animal called My Pet Monster with nearly identical orange shackles. "My work has always been inspired by cartoons, toys & my childhood," he wrote.
Among the fashion cognoscenti, Mr. Scott is known for his outlandish club-kid look, and has dressed celebrities like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj. Though he owns his own label, Mr. Scott also collaborates with mainstream labels like Adidas, Swatch and Longchamp that want a pop of color. "People don't want quiet fashion from me," he said in a New York Times interview last year. "They want the whole nine yards."
Some fashion blogs and media outlets have rushed to Mr. Scott's defense. "Jeremy Scott is not racist," Foster Kamer wrote for The New York Observer. "He just enjoys '90s kids cartoons."
The Styleite contributor Rachel Tension also defended Mr. Scott, saying that critics often see "racism where racism isn't necessarily hanging around."
Still, fashion is certainly not insulated from charges of racism. Last August, Vogue Italia published an article entitled "Slave Earrings," citing "the decorative traditions of the women of colour who were brought to the southern United States during the slave trade." Editors quickly blamed it on a bad translation; the text accompanying the online slide show was removed, its headline replaced with "Ethnic Earrings."
Adidas might have tempered the criticism if it had better acknowledged the misunderstanding instead of merely invoking Mr. Scott's "outrageous and unique" style, said Monica L. Miller, an associate English professor at Barnard College and author of "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity."
Though the design's offensiveness was most likely unintentional, it was still "shortsighted," Dr. Miller said. "This is one of the legacies of living in a post-slavery and post-colonial world," she added. "Talking about these moments honestly and openly will be the only way to reduce them in the future."Continue reading the main story

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So, All of you in school know how the end of the year works, right? The last two weeks are absolute bullcrap, basically watch movies and talk in every class. not my school. We did that before, so now, the last two weeks are crap loads of work and I get almost no sleep or free time.
I missed Sunday's update, and I'm gong to miss next Wednesday's too. bare with me here, May 29Th, I'm out of schools and we may never see a late update ever again.
That is, until August.
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Discussion in 'Off Topic [BG]' started by doktorfeelgood, Oct 30, 2013.
Congratulations Boston Red Sox......2013 World Series Champions.
Moved to Off Topic. Miscellaneous is for music related topics.
When Victorino banged that one off the Green Monster, I pretty much knew it was a done deal.
But, St. Louis went on to surprise and disappoint with more little league play in the field. I'd never seen an MLB player survive a rundown after being picked off.
Is it me of did Big Papi bat .733?
Mental, mental, mental!
And if you're into the Boston red Sox - ALREADY this morning, tons of World Series 2013 winner Boston Red Sox merch!
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Colin Cowherd this morning was talking about how the question must be asked if Big Papi is juicing. I agree, it should be asked. 99% of guys don't have a career resurgence at 37 or 38. Cowherd was mentioning how his bat speed was incredible.
Is Cowherd a Yankees fan?
Ortiz also batted .091 against Detroit. Guess the steroids weren't working in that series...
But in this day and age, probably good to ask the question
Congrats, Sox fans. And good on Boston for not freaking out too much and setting the city on fire.
Oh boy..already? Color me so surprised. :/
Imma brand Cowherd an opportunistic Jackazz.
He's been saying it all year.
Congrats to the Red Sox and their fans.
"Career resurgence"--meh. Compared to his career numbers, his stats this year aren't much above average, and they're not as good as his peak years.
I hope it isn't true. He is a hero in New England. Very accessible and active in the community. People love that guy. Heck, I love him and I don't have any affection for the Red Sox.
B(eards) STRONG!
Best season, playoff run and world series ever. Everybody is celebrating except for the owner of this car.
Ok, Well I don't follow his radio show but just the same can you just give them at least a day of celebration before braying on about speculations?
MAN am I glad they finally won the dang thing so I can SHAVE! This thing ITCHES!
Wow, those must be some defective drugs he is on. They only work SOMETIMES. He has been on a roller coaster this year. Some days it looks like he sees a beach ball being thrown at him (in other words he can't miss). And some days it seems as though the ball could BE a beach ball and he wouldn't be able to hit it.
The latest in drug technology. "Selective Enhancement" I guess that is so he a plausible deniability?
Gimme' a break.
I have no Boston ties, but eff Gawker. Cheap, shoddy cynicism, 24-7.


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Despicable Me Minion Earflap Hat with changeable Goggles
One hat with many different faces by changing goggles, Or, changing eye positions. Have fun!
This pattern includes hats (Beanie and ear flaps with arms and hands) and removable goggles.
Skill Level – Advance beginner to intermediate.
I added lots of instruction photos and tutorial videos to help you throughout the project.
This crochet pattern includes 4 sizes: 6 month- Teenage : 17 ", 18.5", 20", and 21"
(Hat Circumference. Approx. fit head circ. 18", 19.5", 21", and 22" )
Check pattern baby minion overall to march this hat
The hat made by Suturegirl is lager than the pattern's size. That give me an idea of adding large size into pattern for adults who love minions, too :-)
Worsted yarn
Hook: US G / 4.25 mm,
Yarn sewing needle
2 buttons
This pattern is inspired by the characters of Despicable Me and it is copyrighted. This pattern is only for personal use. You may not rewrite, resell or trade.
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A must listen to conversation with my friend, Mike McCormick who talks about his participation in the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday and his time in Selma with President Obama, John Lewis and his own personal tour of the Civil Rights movement.
PoliticusUSA's Justin Baragona, who witnessed last night's shooting, is live from Ferguson to talk about it. The music fills the spaces in between. Enjoy.


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Born in Gaza in 1959. Tayseer Barakat studied fine arts in Alexandria, Egypt. Since 1984, he has held solo exhibitions in Jerusalem, Rome, Sao Paolo and Vienna and has participated in most of the exhibitions of the League of Palestinian Artists in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia, Kuwait, Germany, Japan, England, Italy, Spain and the USA. He lives and works in Ramallah.
"In his attempt to reveal the unknown, Tayseer travels far away from the perceived and the intellectual to roam freely within the soul, burning into the wood some of the questions of existence and being. As certainty vanishes into vulnerability, the artist moves away from words, letting free his imagination and dreams to express its legend in a colour different from all others. A colour that does not express itself vividly, but uses an idiom overflowing with endless signs that have, since the beginning of time, been used by man to overcome worries and concerns through charms and magic."
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1. All pets in my house have had very strange names. Laffete, Zydeco, Zephyr, Zen, Luca, Jellicoe. The only pets I've named were when I was six: two cats--Peaches and Cream.
2. I'm double-jointed. Thumbs and toes.
3. I'll eat just about anything and like it, except for tiny whole fried fish, orange sea urchin goo, and polenta.
4. The sound of tapping rain on windows always lulls me to sleep. Also, the backseat of a car as we ride over a bridge, morning meetings, and hot afternoon baseball games.
5. I refer to bad special effects as "like 1996".
6. I learned how to make a mean tomato sauce through many experiments in a cramped Florence apartment with sautéed spinach, whole tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, and spicy sausages from the market square.
7. I applied to be a zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo, but they never called me back. Even though I clearly printed on my application that I was willing to clean any cage necessary.
8. Shopping makes me feel better. No matter if it's peep-toes, art supplies, or books.
9. I've gone to two middle schools, three high schools, and attended semesters at four different colleges.
10. I save folded notes of praise and encouragement to reread when everything feels impossible. Though I never can find them when they're really needed.
11. When I am old and successful, I vow to give every single inexperienced kid who asks and is willing to work hard, a chance. I don't understand why people in power usually aren't willing to mentor someone who wants to break in but doesn't have the country club connections.
12. I like boy-movies like T2, Predator, and Fight Club. I also love watching Food Network, particularly Barefoot Contessa. She's always doing something delicious with lemons, asparagus, or biscuits.
13. Everytime my hair grows past my elbows, I cut it all off, and get really distraught with the results.
14. I'm a bad driver, made worse by the easy access of public transportation in the city and semi-controlling boyfriends who love their cars. But I love driving through winding country roads in the summer, whipping past green with all the windows down.
15. My first word was "no".
16. I approve of plastic surgery if it makes you feel good and you've tried everything else. I especially approve of enjoying trashtastic plastic surgery shows and not being ashamed.
17. I was on the swim team when I was six, painting when I was eight, and riding horses at twelve.
18. I wish the following things were acceptable: sweatshirt dresses and jeans at work, daily naps, mandatory birthday vacations, singing in public, portable heaters, French fries from Shake Shack for breakfast.
19. I wish the following things were not acceptable: eating while on the subway, derogatory names, kissing up, full-time anything, all-nighters, extremely expensive purses, pricey drinks light on alcohol, bragging.
20. My bark is worse than my bite. Though I typically bite off more than I can chew.
21. At my first real media party, Pink signed my cleavage. At my second, Adam Brody asked, "what I was doing later". I haven't had as great of a story since.
22. The prerequisite for anyone who dates me is that he must give good foot (rub). Followed closely by being witty and loving animals.
23. Though funny, smart, and pretty are lovely descriptors, I secretly lust after being called talented.
24. I love the smell of cut grass, tomato vines, lavender, peonies, fresh laundry, hot coffee, pumpkin pie.
25. I love the taste of grapefruit, strawberries, cherries, avocados with balsamic, garlic and mozzerella, cold clementines, vanilla yogurt, and unsweetened iced tea.
26. I love the sight of stacked book spines, a made bed, flowering gardens, umbrellas for the sun, crashing surf, and moss on my mother's antique stone benches.
27. I'm a packrat. I hold ripped pictures, single-wrapped pieces of gum, and various coins in all of my handbags.
28. I always wanted an older brother. But I love my younger one.
29. I wish I had one of the following careers: marine biologist, novelist, sous chef, artist, teacher, surfer, designer.
30. I'm not that fond of old movies, particularly those in black and white, no matter how hard I try to be that girl.
31. I have lots of jewelry but I never wear any of it. My grandmother's sapphire ring, my mother's ruby earrings, my own gold watch gifted to me on my 21st birthday…I just don't feel like I'm old enough to wear it yet, I'm scared that I will break it all.
32. I think I'm a good listener, advice-giver, and dancer. Also, bathroom cleaner, menu planner, photographer, multi-tasker, and mess-maker.
33. I went to religious sleep-away camp and was not asked back.
34. I learned to drive stick on a tractor at a banana farm in backwood Australia.
35. I live my life in spurts. Creative, happy, inquisitive, productive, and sometimes, lonely.
36. I've never tried POM juice because I don't like the bottle's shape.
37. I go off on tangents. All of the time. And I say too many words when I shouldn't say any.
38. Even when I was a little girl, I would pick the most expensive item in the store, without looking at the price tag, as the one I wanted. I remember this best when picking out an Easter dress, and slipping my fingers over flowered satin when my mother asked me to choose.
39. I like yellow roses tinged with pink and orange, nicely wrapped packages, wooden boxes, wheelbarrows filled with earth.
40. I think everyone looks better with freshly washed hair, bare feet, and slight sunburn.
41. I admire New Yorkers who are polished and can navigate in the West Village. Also those who go on spa and ranch vacations.
42. Pet peeves are poor grammar (though mine's far from perfect), interrupting (ditto), and people who look over your shoulder for other people at the party (this, I never do).
43. My net worth is nearly nothing, but I also have no debt.
44. I often get myself involved in life-threatening situations (on the catamaran dragging on treacherous coral reef in the middle of the Dominican Republic, falling asleep in a tube in the Cape, riding donuts on iced parking lots).
45. I believed in another character besides Santa and the Tooth Fairy. He was the Golden Mosquito, he would reward me with a toy in the kitchen when I was good for the babysitter, and he looked just like C3PIO from Star Wars.
46. I believe that everyone deserves a second, third, and fourth chance.
47. I try to believe everything happens for a reason, but that reason is never revealed until many months or years later.
48. My friend and I pierced our tongues in high school, just to spite our parents. It worked.
49. I want to live a good and honest life, whether doing something I love, helping other people, or generally making this world a better place.
50. I love stationary stores, vegetable markets, dog runs, hot chocolate in outdoor cafés, walks around the block, scary stories and campfires, dangling my legs into a pool, fleece blankets in winter, the Fourth of July, fountains, and learning something new.


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Future Climates: Graduating to Numbers
How can the use of financial tools lead to emancipation from public subsidies and private donations for small-scale organizations and networks? How can new forms of transparency and redistribution be obtained through the use of financial design?
Invited by KADIST, State of Concept in turn invites Future Climates to present its second chapter entitled Graduating to Numbers (or How Grass-Root Organizations Intervene in Financial Affairs), a day of presentations and discussions with Antonia Alampi, Galit Eilat, iLiana Fokianaki, Victoria Ivanova, Giulia Palomba, Vermeir & Heiremans and W.A.G.E.
The issue of low wages, exploitation of immaterial labour and self-exploitation, the use of symbolic value as currency and its translations in terms of exclusion in institutions of visual arts is a recurrent debate with little effect on a structural level, in a field that seems to have transformed only slightly in how it operates and reproduces itself.
Future Climates was founded in early 2016 by Antonia Alampi and iLiana Fokianaki to address such questions -particularly precarity and inequality of small scale not-for-profit organizations, by understanding how their surplus-value, for the most part produced by voluntary labour may be profited by larger and socio-economically stronger organizations. In this one-day meeting we present and discuss examples of grass-root organizations, collectives and artworks that are experimenting with the derivatives market so as to become self-sustainable, use block chain technology, while committing to ethical banking, transparency, horizontal forms of decision-making, collectivization and equal distribution of funds.
Inspired by the thinking of Arjun Appadurai, Enric Duran, Victoria Ivanova, Common Practice and Andrea Philips among others, we will address the urgent need for a wide-spread financial literacy. Because we are already bearers of financial markets; the question is how do we become makers.
Contributions in order of appearence:
Future Climates discusses its research program in Athens and introduces its next step towards constituting a core group for engineering a new small-scale nor for profit model to be adapted in places with weak infrastructures for arts and culture.
W.A.G.E presents WAGENCY, a forthcoming initiative that will introduce new tools for self-regulation into both the non-profit and for-profit sectors, in an effort to organize artists and institutions along with buyers and sellers of art, around a shared politics of labor.
Giulia Palomba will present the Cultural Cooperative Network an international circuit designed to facilitate social and economic relations between cultural actors and provide them with a common mutual aid fund, as well as with complementary payment and credit tools for self-management, self-employment, and economic autonomy.
Galit Eilat discusses the weak points in the acceleration of "the chase for visibility" and how this affects institutions, from small non-profits to museums and large scale events, whilst proposing other methods of working.
Vermeir & Heiremans work at the intersection of contemporary art and finance markets. The artists will present "Art House Index",and discuss fragments of their film MASQUERADE, a narrative on trust and confidence. The film focuses on the financialisation of the artists' house, which in their practice they have defined as an artwork. MASQUERADE is live-edited through the actual performance of the Art House Index, a financial tool that measures the value of the "art house."
Victoria Ivanova's presentation will focus on financial reorganization as a key battleground in fostering a more diverse and sustainable art ecology.
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At the Word of Faith Christian School, students of every age, in every grade, participate in the creation of the Holocaust Museum. They are taught about the Jewish people and the nation of Israel, and they are especially interested in the events of the Holocaust. Our children study the lives of children of the Holocaust, with an emphasis placed on hidden children. Besides their studies and their participation in creating the Holocaust Museum, our children have the privilege of traveling with our Holocaust Museum staff and students, meeting people and sharing face to face what they have learned about the Holocaust, the Jewish people, and the nation of Israel.


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You can't build a house if you don't have the right tools. But who wants to build houses when you could just be surfing all day anyway? Gold Coast native Noa Deane definitely prefers the latter, but the previous (albeit terrible) tools metaphor does hold some validity. Because when you're surfing as much as he is, you have a pretty well-refined idea of what works under your feet, and what doesn't. We caught up with Noa recently and he filled us in on three boards that he favors at home, and why each one suits a certain niche of his surfing. So check the boards above and dive in to Noa's breakdown of each one below.
Noa Deane
21 years old // Gold Coast, Australia
6'1" , 176 lbs.
Board 1
Use: When it's firing
Shaper/model: Wayne Dean/Cheese
Dimensions: 6'0" x 19" x 2"1/4"
Volume: 27
Board material: PU
Fin setup/model: Thruster/Dane medium
Where do you surf this board? Snapper and Straddie. Those are my two favorite waves around here. What makes this board work well when it's firing? It's a pretty hi-fi board, I guess. It's not too thick, has hard edges and goes fast. Any other reasons you picked this board? It has a SLAYER spray.Photo: Andrew Shield
Board 2
Use: Day-to-day
Shaper/model: Rusty/Sista brother
Dimensions: 5'10" x 19" x 2 1/4"
Volume: 27 or 28 L
Board material: Normal
Fin setup/model: Thruster/Futures/Dane Reynolds medium
Where do you ride this board? Mostly Snapper, or down toward Cabarita. What characteristics make this a good day-to-day board? It's a pretty flat board so it goes fast all the time. Also, it's a pretty standard bottom so it's easy to surf anywhere. Any other reasons you picked this board? Rusty gave me a lot so I always ride them!
Board 3
Use: When it's tiny
Shaper/model: LSD/Twin-fin fish thing
Dimensions: 5'4" x 19" x 2 1/4"
Volume: Not sure
Board material: Normal
Fin setup/model: Twin fin/Gold Captain Fun keels
Where do you surf this board? This board is good for small Snapper, back Fingal and the backwash at Froggies. What characteristics make this a good board when it's small? It's really flat and fast, but not so chunky that you can't do airs. Any other reasons you picked this board? I've had it for a few years and it's really reliable. It's saved me on many trips


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I love SUMMER! And you? Hot days, blue sky, green grass, the sea and pool, sunny weather. A lot of sun and pleasure, trips and holidays. Summer 2010 is beginning!
The popular swimsuit fashion shows 2010 are already flooded the stores and boutiques.
Swimwear Fashion Trends 2010 were not changed from 2009 and repeated trends from previous years.
I want you to show what need to prefer for stylish look on the beaches and pools on Summer 2010!
The hottest looks come in a myriad of bright gem-like colors such as blue, which is the key color for the spring-summer seasons.


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Thursday, May 21, 2009
We can tell if a girl is from Revere just by looking at her hair.
And I just want to say that this is true. Something in the air, or the water makes our hair stick straight up. We have to wear it long to keep it from looking like we stuck our toe in a light socket.
This is me in the morning before I tame my hair. It's after I have my coffee, because I can't operate a camera before I have my coffee.
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Serena Ehrlich's May 25 MCSMN webinar, Converting Coverage Into Actions – Search, Social and the News Release, was packed with practical tips for using social tools to generate and amplify news coverage.
So our Mayo Clinic Social and Digital Innovation (SDI) team, a.k.a. the "Star Wars" team, decided to conduct a LinkedIn experiment using the tactics Serena had recommended.
Essentially, we staged a LinkedIn flash mob to maximize the reach of our post. Lee Aase had asked me to coordinate the experiment, so here's what we did:
We extended the reach of the story through this coordinated approach, because LinkedIn algorithms recognized that it was being shared by multiple people in overlapping networks, and therefore placed in more users' news feeds.
We definitely will be using this tactic in the future, particularly for priority news stories. We'd love to hear about you experience with this and other tactics Serena suggested.
Editor's Note: Audrey Laine Seymour is a member of Mayo Clinic's Social and Digital Innovation team, based in Florida.
Editor's Update: In the "going Meta" department, we published this post just before our Star Wars team meeting, and thought it would be fun to do a LinkedIn Flash Mob about the LinkedIn Flash Mob. People in our network are already talking about this!


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Our Mindfulness Community Meditation groups are open to everyone, beginners and experienced meditators on a drop-in basis-no need sign up or have prior meditation experience. In these groups, we draw from many traditions, science and sources as we explore together how mindfulness can be a healing presence in our lives and allow us to meet our lives with greater skillfulness, resilience, wisdom and kindness. We gladly accept donations for these meditation groups. If appropriate for you, consider $5-$15 per meeting, but any amount, more, less or none is welcome. The groups are on-going. If for some reason we are not meeting on a particular day, it will be posted on ccimindful.org/community-meditation-group.
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Marketing DefinitionPosted by Mike Lewitz in Out Of The Box
Marketing Definition:
by Mike Lewitz
The art and science of understanding the needs, wants and desires of what makes individuals take action, then applying that understanding in communicating a message that inspires the existing emotional and irrational drivers of individuals to elevate a psychological need, want, or desire for a perceptively external, tangible and logical satisfaction, and enticing the action of satisfying that need, want or desire by acquiring specific knowledge, products, or services provided by a specific individual or group.
- Marketing is both an art and a science.
- Emotions are the powerful, unconscious forces that drive us to make decisions and take action. Thus, all decisions we make are emotional.
- Emotional influences result in psychological needs, wants, and desires.
- Psychological needs, wants, and desires cannot arise from emotions that do not exist.
- We humans do not function within any 'fixed' or common reality. We function only on an individual perception of reality each of us has uniquely created in our mind.
- We rationalize, validate and justify our psychological needs with logic.
- Logic is external, rational, tangible, and measurable.
- Our logical, rational conclusions drive us to seek out solutions that satisfy our perceived needs, wants and desires.
- Since solutions are perceived to be logical, solutions are expected to be found through external, rational, tangible, and measurable means.
- External solutions are (perceived to be) found though acquiring products, knowledge, and/or services.
There is no globally accepted marketing definition, and the most widely accepted version evolves over time. As my personal understanding through study and application of how psychological triggers are activated to cause people to take action, I have developed this current model marketing definition. The goal is to help people understand the incredible significance of the irrational mind in the decision-making process.
Modern brain science has only recently come to discover that we are exponentially more emotionally directed than anyone ever imagined in addition to clearly understanding the parts of the brain that control the decision-making process. In fact, our emotions are so critical to decision-making, modern brain science has discovered that people who lack the ability to connect to the emotional part of their brain, such as from a severe brain injury, are incapable of making decisions at all.
Many former definitions relate marketing closer to consumerism and the buying and selling process. While this is certainly the purpose for doing marketing, buying and selling activities are NOT marketing, they are simply the the end result of applying proper and effective marketing principles that facilitate the emotional desire to purchase specific things.
In his book, Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1974), Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, wrote (p. 64):
"The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself. Ideally, marketing should result in a customer who is ready to buy."
NOTICE: The RESULT of marketing is: "A customer who is ready to buy."
To illustrate the overshadowing emotional factors of marketing, here is an excerpt from the description of Seth Godin's book "All Marketers Are Liars" found on amazon.com:
"Every marketer tells a story. And if they do it right, we believe them. We believe that wine tastes better in a $20 glass than a $1 glass. We believe that an $80,000 Porsche Cayenne is vastly superior to a $36,000 VW Touareg, which is virtually the same car. We believe that $225 Pumas will make our feet feel better-and look cooler-than $20 no-names . . . and believing it makes it true."
People will not buy unless they have an emotional association with something.
Some definitions suggest that marketing creates and/or delivers value. The statement is somewhat ambiguous, as value is determined only by each individual. Value is subjective.
Value is only created in and determined by the mind of individuals.
Marketing only facilitates the understanding that value exists within a given product or service or piece of information. Marketing does not create or deliver the value itself, although marketing does …and SHOULD always… direct the creation of value through the understanding of what consumers want.
For example: Suppose I write a book about how to change your oil in your car. First of all, the ONLY reason I would write such a book is because I initially did some research and discovered there are many people who would like to learn how and don't really know where to find answers. (…just go with me on this…) Since you cannot acquire the actual value of the content until you read the book, you must first purchase it based on your value perception.
If you were a master mechanic, what would your value perception be of this basic, fundamental book? Probably zero.
If you knew nothing about cars …AND… wanted to learn how to change your own oil, what would your value perception be, now?
What if I inadvertently titled the book: "Pepperoni Pizza: A Love Story."
What is your value perception of the book, now?
Here's where marketing comes in:
Marketing fills the communication gap …in both directions!
The real value of the book, as determined by the person who has a want or desire for the information in the book, is not based on the title. Regardless of the title, the content of the book is the same. Yes, the perception of the value of the book is changed …and this why understanding marketing is so important: it's about activating the emotional triggers to get people to take action.
The job of marketing is to come in and demonstrate, or paint the picture of, the value; to give you the perception that the book is valuable to you …based on YOUR needs.
While I've used an absurd example, it's important to recognize and acknowledge that people DO evaluate value based on first impression or 'the cover.'
So, ask yourself: "How many of your products and services, even your business name, have you named in such a way that people don't instantly recognize the value?"
If you've done this, you're walking an uphill battle.
The ThighMaster is a great real-world example.
The original inventor of the item (whatever he originally invented it for) couldn't sell it for pennies. A smart marketer came in, bought the patent, made a couple minor modifications, got a sexy, young girl to model it (Suzanne Somers), and called it the 'Thigh-Master.' They created a message that communicated the value to others in a way the original inventor was unable to accomplish.
They made Millions.
Why? Because they understood what their potential buyers wanted and then slightly modified the product and created a message that spoke directly to the wants of their potential buyers.
But, the original product was essentially the same. The intrinsic value never changed and the marketing did not actually create any value. The marketing simply communicated the message that the item has value to those who were looking for an item that provides the value they sought after.
The value itself is actually created by the business or individual. In a large company, marketing tells engineering that consumers prefer and value the color red and engineering creates what marketing research has discovered will motivate consumers to buy.
Sadly, too many business got it backwards. They create their product, then go figure out a way for people to "market" (read: sell) it …often by the time things aren't going well.
Because nobody knows what is going on inside the mind of others, research is necessary to determine the value triggers.
Understand what your customer wants, figure out the emotional triggers, build what they want, create a message that leverages those emotional triggers and entice them to buy …in that order.
That's the application of the definition above and a proven model to get consumers to chase you to the ends of the Earth. …now GO take action.=========================
Mike Lewitz is an innovative marketer who truly 'gets' the mental and emotional buying process of consumers. He's shown thousands of global business owners proven, cutting-edge marketing methods that bring abundant results. Mike is formerly a Google Certified Advertising Professional and holds two Bachelor's degrees (business & marketing) and an M.B.A. in Management.
You may freely distribute, copy & share this article with acknowledgment/referring link.Tags: decision making process, emotional influences, emotional triggers, marketing, marketing definition, Mike Lewitz, Peter Drucker, Seth Godin


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U.S. House passes bill to establish House Select Committee on Benghazi
It's clear that Ann Kirkpatrick is not interested in uncovering the truth about the attack on our U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi on September 12, 2012. This marks Kirkpatrick's latest vote against the interests of her district, state and country.
Despite Kirkpatrick's "no" vote on Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 567, establishing the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Kirkpatrick has repeatedly supported Nancy Pelosi's left-wing agenda to obfuscate the truth about what happened in Benghazi. It is now clear that she is also part of the cover-up.
"The tragic 2012 attacks in Benghazi, which led to the deaths of four Americans, cannot and will not be swept under the rug," said Andy Tobin. "It is critical that we pry the truth out of the Obama Administration's grip so that we can pinpoint the failure of leadership and ensure that an attack like this never happens again. The American people have a right to know what happened. We have seen nothing but dishonesty and political spin from this Administration, further shaming the brave sacrifice made by Ambassador Stevens, Sean Smith, Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods."
Tobin Continues, "Ann Kirkpatrick has continually voted against our seniors, our veterans and the best interest of Arizona's 1st Congressional District. She has gone too far with her latest vote to aid Nancy Pelosi and the Obama Administration in their blatant cover up of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi. It matters how and why our diplomats were killed. I will never stop fighting to help uncover the truth about Benghazi."
Andy Tobin and his wife of 28 years, Jennifer, are the proud parents of five children- three daughters and two sons. Tobin is a small business owner who has devoted his life to positively affecting his community through job creation, public service and advocating for conservative principles. Tobin's focus has been on creating sustainable jobs, helping small businesses succeed, building a stronger middle class and putting Arizona back on track. While serving as Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, Tobin drastically cut government by 25 percent, balanced Arizona's budget and presided over the largest tax cuts in Arizona's history, saving Arizona taxpayers millions of dollars.
Tobin has fought for your family's freedoms, your prosperity and your community for the past six years while serving in the Arizona Legislature. He continues to lead the fight to stop the implementation of the disastrous ObamaCare. As your Representative in Congress, Andy Tobin will represent your voice, and lead the charge in fighting for you against the wasteful spending, government intrusion, and out-of-touch insiders that are taking away your freedoms.
Join Andy Tobin today!
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Montgomery Gentry Lyrics Uncovered
The Legendary Live Music Fest is May 21st in downtown Owensboro. Kentucky born and bred Montgomery Gentry will headline the festival!! Taste of Country has uncovered the story behind their 2008 chart-topping hit Back When I Knew It All. It is one of those songs that strikes a chord in all of us. The single hit the top of the charts in July 2008, marking the duo's fourth No. 1 hit.
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Former Islanders second-round pick G Mikko Koskinen may be seeing a reunion with his only NHL team as he is reportedly leaving his KHL club SKA, per Sport-Express' Igor Eronko.
Though multiple sources have said Koskinen is expected to sign somewhere in the NHL next season, The Athletic's Arthur Staple says the Islanders haven't spoken on him yet. Eronko believes Koskinen signing with the Isles isn't a likely scenario.
After the team drafted him back in 2009, Koskinen played just four games with the Islanders during the 2010-11 season. But that was all the action he saw with the NHL club before shipping off to Finland to play in the SM-liga, or Finnish pro league.


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Taylor's last day of highschool is today!!!! They will have a cookout at school to celebrate.
WOW...I can not believe she is a senior and will graduate this Sunday, and before we know it August will be here and we will be sending her off to college.
Congrats to the class of 2010!!!!!!
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Annie's Mountain Retreat, owned by Annie Vest, caters to couples by providing a romantic getaway and a home away from home in Estes Park.
In 1999, Vest purchased three cabins in the Big Thompson Canyon and added another in 2006 that borders Rocky Mountain National Park. Using her previous experience working with a bed and breakfast and as a registered nurse, Vest focuses on delivering the best service possible to her customers. She has adapted with the times and continues providing a romantic escape with modern amenities.
Three of her cabins remain for couples only. Vest says that a large percentage of her business comes from honeymooners, but also for others looking for an escape or to reconnect. Honeymooners from their 20s to their 80s have stayed at Annie's Mountain Retreat. However, for some of her guests, a stay in one of the cabins has been a life saving experience.
"At least twice I have had people write 'this cabin saved my life,'" Vest said.
Vest provides a journal in each room where a guest can leave a comment if they feel so inclined. This is just a part of the personal experience she wants to provide for everyone who stays at Annie's Mountain Retreat.
"If I know that I have made somebody's trip great and they go home fresh and renewed, that is what makes me happy," Vest said.
There are many amenities that come with a stay at Annie's Mountain Retreat that allow her guests to relax and enjoy their vacation or honeymoon. Each cabin comes with plenty of options to unwind. A guest can enjoy the beautiful surroundings and use the private hot tub that comes with each cabin. Vest also offers a large satellite television package for those who want it. Vest says that she learns something different with every guest and that has helped her keep up with the changing demands of customers.
Annie's Mountain Retreat faces more competition in Estes Park with the increasing amount of options and the popularity of Airbnb. This past winter was especially difficult because of the road construction in Big Thompson Canyon.
"We had a 20 percent decrease [in revenue]," Vest said.
The road construction caused guests to cancel, thinking it was not possible to reach the cabins. Vest is bracing for another difficult winter when road construction starts again on Oct. 2.
"This year is going to be different," Vest said. "Everyone is being told a different section or time, some people are told Mall Road some people are now being told Noels Draw."
Not knowing where the road closure will appear and what restrictions it could have for access to her cabins is frustrating for Vest. Her business just recovered from the 2013 flood in Big Thompson Canyon and is now facing another hurdle.
"The part where [Colorado Department of Transportation] is going to work with local business owners to work something out so that businesses can move forward is not happening," Steven Vest said.
The frustration for the Vests is not knowing what will happen and how it will impact their business. When they contact the department of transportation, they can not reach someone with the authority to say what is going on or can work with them to find a solution. Recently, the Vests have connected with the Estes Park Economic Development Corporation to work on finding a solution.
When asked for comment, CDOT regional communication manager Jared Fiel said the closure information has been available at their public meetings. Fiel added the confusion is understandable because the press releases were written for those traveling to the area.
"This is understandable because most of the press releases were written to tell them it is basically at Mall Road, … but it is further down the canyon," Fiel said.
While the closure and construction on U.S. Highway 34 has put this winter season in jeopardy for Annie's Mountain Retreat, they have showed the ability to overcome and adapt. Their personal relationships with customers and excellent amenities provide a quality of experience that will overcome this challenge.


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Uncensored (2018) - Season 1
This edgy new docu-series explores the intimate lives of some of today's most notable personalities. Celebs personally reveal their own stories, in their own words, in the places where their stories unfolded.
Genre: History, Biography, Documentary
Actor: Tamar Braxton, Charlamagne Tha God, Tiffany Haddish
Director: Todd Williams, Rhonda Baraka
Country: USA
Duration: 60
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I'm a very happy señorita looking at
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with their beautiful colors!
Soon they will be available on my Etsy store
as greeting cards, prints and other lovely things!!!!
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*Custom sizes prints are available through request.
You can see them all on my Flickr.
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Prauge Home / City Guides Home / Bullz-Eye Home
Prague is a wild town and you'll see tons of strip clubs and cabarets all over town, even close to the main tourist areas. Prague has very liberal standards so you can expect just about anything. Remember, this is Europe, not the uptight United States.
Not surprisingly, given this atmosphere, Prague has also become a popular destination spot for bachelor parties and stag party trips. Before hitting the clubs, you can start your evening at one of the many beer gardens to get you and your gang ready for a night of fun.
Darling Cabaret
This is one of the nicest clubs in Prague, with beautiful décor and tons of beautiful dancers. The atmosphere is very fun and laid back, with many different rooms.
Goldfinger's Club
Another elegant club located in the heart of Prague.
Prague Experience
This site has a useful guide to all the clubs in town, with descriptions and useful maps. It's a good resource when planning your evening.
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Scott Sackett
Director of Instruction
McCormick Ranch Golf Club
Scottsdale, AZ
Controlling distance with Irons is important. Among other things, the key to consistency in this part of your game is keeping the loft being delivered to the golf club relatively the same each time. Let's first define a few terms to better understand this tip.
Static Loft: The amount of loft on the golf club at address. In this example, it is an 8 iron with 40 degrees of static loft.
Attack Angle: The amount up or down a player is striking the golf shot. In this example, the player strikes the golf shot with a downward strike of -6.6 degrees. This is indicated by the blue line in picture 1.
Dynamic Loft: The actual loft on the golf club when the ball is struck. Dynamic Loft changes as the contact point on the clubface changes.
Spin Loft: This is the difference between Dynamic Loft and Attack Angle.
In determining how much loft is on the golf club at impact it is important to recognize what comprises this and how we get from 40 degrees of Static Loft on an 8 iron to 25.7 degrees of Dynamic Loft or actual loft at impact.
The Dynamic Loft is comprised of how much you hit up or down on the golf shot and how much shaft lean you have either backward or forward. You take Attack Angle and subtract it from the Static Loft. 40-6.6=33.4 degrees. You then take the Dynamic Loft number Trackman gives you and subtract that from your answer of 33.4. This gives you 7.8 degrees. This number equals approximately how many degrees of shaft lean you have. In this example, it is 7 degrees. This shot was hit slightly thin, which registers a Dynamic Loft lower than if the ball was struck in the center. Had it been struck in the center, you would see approximately 1 more degree of Dynamic Loft thus getting a number much closer to the 7 degrees of shaft lean.
*7 degrees is the approximate amount of shaft lean. This number is a calculation based on data reported from other parameters. It is one of 2 components of Dynamic Loft.
I take all my students through a distance training assessment to get a better understanding of how consistent they are at delivering the same amount of loft to the golf ball each time, as we work through the golf bag. I recommend every player get on Trackman and see this data. I rent Trackman 2 days weekly on Thursday and Sunday. To learn more about this program or more about Trackman, visit my website www.scottsackett.com.
Scott Sackett, GOLF Magazine Top 100 Teacher the past 14 years. Voted as one of Golf Digest's Best Teacher in the State the past 17 years. Trackman Master Certification. Titleist Certified Club Fitter. Director of Instruction at Park Meadows CC in Park City, Utah and while in Scottsdale teaches at McCormick Ranch Golf Club. If you would like to reach Scott, visit his website at www.scottsackett.com.


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2018 4R Summit in Des Moines, Iowa
June 11, 2018 @ 8:00 am - June 12, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
Mark your calendars! The 2018 4R Summit will be held June 11-12 at the Embassy Suites in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. As the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program continues to grow, the Summit provides opportunities to learn more about the 4Rs and hear how stakeholders across the country are implementing the 4R principles.
Attendees will hear from speakers about in-field implementation of the 4R principles, linkages to cover crops and soil health, agribusiness involvement, government- and non-governmental organization-supported initiatives, and research results assessing 4R effects on productivity, profitability, and reduced loss from the field. The agenda will feature concurrent breakout sessions, offering participants a choice of speakers and topics.
Registration will open in the spring of 2018 on The Fertilizer Institute website. A block of rooms will be available for attendees at the Embassy Suites when registration is open.
Further details on the 2018 4R Summit will be available in early 2018.


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BINUS University is offering full tuition scholarships for 10 deserving students who are able to demonstrate their leadership capability. These scholarships are available for pursuing undergraduate programme at Binus International, Binus Business School & Binus Northumbria School of Design.
Scholarship Benefits: This scholarship is given to up to 10 deserving students who are able to demonstrate their leadership capability.
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Publication: Mies van der Rohe - Barcelona 1929
Mies van der Rohe Foundation, Tenov Publishing House, 2017
"We are pleased to invite you to the presentation of the latest publication of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe together with the Tenov Publishing House: Mies van der Rohe - Barcelona 1929, a reference work to understand the 1929 Pavilion.
We will have the participation Juan José Lahuerta and two of the authors of the publication: Laura Martínez de Guereñu doctor architect and professor of the IE School of Architecture and Design and Dietrich Newmann, doctor architect of the Brown School and member of the Architecture Committee and Design in the MoMa.
An extremely careful edition brings together the articles derived from the papers presented at the symposium on the figure of Mies van der Rohe and the German Pavilion of the International Exhibition of Barcelona in 1929 curated by Juan José Lahuerta and Celia Marín on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of its reconstruction. Texts that include the latest research by the most outstanding specialists: Remei Capdevila-Werning, Beatriz Colomina, Laura Martinez de Guereñu, Dietrich Neumann, Fritz Neumeyer, Spyros Papapetros, Carmen Rodríguez Pedret and Lutz Robbers, with special emphasis on the genesis of the pavilion, the extraordinary creative moment of Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich, the analysis of the historical and cultural and the value of its reconstruction.
No other critical study provides a comparable overview of Mies´s work in Barcelona. This profusely illustrated book presents unpublished images of the pavilion, which complete the visions of internationally recognized Miesian experts, accompanied by new authoritative voices that will revive interest in one of the works, which has become a myth, most influential of the 20th century."
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He was killed by a demon posing to be a castle's lord during one of the Yōkai Taijiya's missions and was made to kill every Yōkai Taijiya that was there.[2] He is later revived by Naraku as a human puppet and has a Shikon no Tama shard embedded in his back to keep him alive and under the control of Naraku without memory of what he had done.[3] Kohaku, at first before being slain, was inexperienced with his weapon, a kusarigama (a demon bone sickle on a chain). He then becomes a rather advanced wielder with the power of the Shikon Jewel shard.
He encountered his sister a few times not long after being under Naraku's control and at first he was unable to recognize her at all, although her face does seem familiar to him. Early on, Kohaku was ordered by Naraku to kill Kagome, but he was prevented from doing so.[4]
Kohaku is later used as a guard to keep an eye on Rin when Naraku kidnaps her;[5] he was to kill her or be killed by Sesshōmaru, only to fail at that.[6]
He later served as Naraku's messenger, along with Kanna for the Band of Seven. He encountered Sango again during this time, and protected her by leading her outside Mount Hakurei without revealing his identity. He is later charged with keeping the Infant safe, along with Kanna, by staying in a human castle. When the castle is attacked by Princess Abi, Kohaku fights against Naraku's order to kill everyone and take back the Infant, crying as it's not what he wants. The time he spent in the castle, along with killing comrades awoke his sleeping memories; he nearly fell to his death from Kagura's feather before she caught him.
Deciding to redeem himself by killing Naraku, Kohaku pretended to still be under his control. This was put to the test when Hakudōshi released a swarm of demon rats, and he was left to keep the shrine they came from open. Luckily, Kikyō destroyed the shrine, allowing him to continue his ruse. Later ordered to kill Parasitic Nymphs, Kohaku revealed he regained his memory to Kagura, gaining a shard of demonic energy to track the Fuyōheki with; Naraku's heart, the Infant had it in his possession, and if the Infant was slain, Naraku would die with it. Kohaku was then tasked with slaying demons, meeting a father and son who helped bind a wound he received while tracking a parasitic demon; it possessed the boy, who Kohaku chased after to free him from the demon. His sister arrived and drove the demon out, forcing him to leave to continue the ruse.
He eventually ran into Kagura again, and she tried killing him for his shard; Hakudōshi and the Infant had turned on Naraku and needed shards to gain power for their plan to replace him. When his determination showed Kagura the truth about their situations, she sent him away on a feather for his own safety. Sango followed, but a confrontation with Mōryōmaru forced him to reveal the truth to her. Kohaku then sought to find redemption for himself by traveling with Kikyō, and remains by her side until she tells him he must leave her to keep his shard pure. Saved from Byakuya by the timely arrival of Sesshōmaru, Kohaku forms a friendship with Rin and helps to protect her. In chapter 529, Kohaku's jewel shard was removed but surprisingly, he did not die or wither away. This was due to Kikyō's light releasing the jewel shard and remaining in Kohaku's body, as explained by Kagome.
Despite not serving a combat role in the final battle with Naraku, Kohaku helps guard Rin after her rescue and gives Miroku his mask to protect him from the miasma.
Later life
In the last chapter, Kohaku is revealed to be traveling around with Kirara, slaying Yōkai for those in need. Tōtōsai gives him a new weapon, although he says it's heavier than his old one; Kohaku is thankful regardless. The old swordsmith then asks Kohaku if he still visits his sister Sango from time to time. With a smile, Kohaku laughs, saying "no, their home is kind of crowded."
Kohaku is a humble and kindhearted boy who cares for his family and is very close to his sister Sango. When Naraku controlled his mind he was forced to kill everybody including his own father, leaving him in a state of shock. Naraku then used the guilt-ridden Kohaku as a pawn and puppet for his dirty work. Though Kohaku was a gentle boy, he was easily manipulated by Naraku to commit terrible acts because of his weak heart. He desired to forget the memories of killing his father and companions and allowed Naraku to erase them so his mind would be more at ease. After several encounters with Sango and her comrades as Naraku's pawn however, he begins to remember his sister and his life as a demon slayer. The memories bring back his extreme guilt and sorrow, thus, he decides to kill Naraku and redeem himself. Kohaku is also very self-sacrificing about his own life compared to others, such as giving his own life to save Kagome, who had been taken hostage by Naraku. Kohaku's greatest desire is to face his father and comrades in the afterlife with an apology and be forgiven.
Powers & Abilities
Kohaku, like his sister and father, has been trained in demon-slaying from a young age, although initially his skills were far inferior to Sango's. His further training during his time as Naraku's puppet further enhanced his skills, turning him into a formidable warrior able to swiftly eliminate both human and demon opponents.
Kohaku's weapon of choice is a kusarigama (a large sickle made of demon bones, attached to a long weight-tipped chain) which he is equally adept with at either distance or close quarters. His other equipment includes a demon-slayer's armor, filter mask and a demon-bone wakizashi (short sword), virtually identical to Sango's.
He is very close to his sister; though he was brainwashed by Naraku who resurrected him from death. Kohaku meets Sango and realized her as his older sister, though he hid himself from her. Once he regains his memory, Kohaku is determined to kill Naraku secretly without letting Sango know. He feels great guilt for causing Sango much emotional pain and believes he is unworthy of life. By The Final Act, he begins to feel the burning desire to live once more and redeem himself.
Miroku, like Inuyasha, has desperately tried to save Kohaku several times during their meetings, even risking his own life in the process. Because he is in love with Sango, Miroku is aware what Kohaku's death would do to her and thus does everything in his power to protect his life. Kohaku later acknowledged the monk's bravery during his possession by Magatsuhi as well as his sister's love for Miroku. After Naraku is destroyed, Kohaku asks Miroku to take care of his sister for him in his absence, clearly showing he trusts the monk.
Kohaku is close to Kirara. After Kohaku regained his memories, Kohaku would spend time with Kirara. He seems to have trusts and close relationship with her, and cares for her. Kirara also feels the same, trying to save him through dangers.
After she was abducted by Kagura, Rin met Kohaku in the shrine. They soon befriended each other. In fact, Rin lost her entire family who were slaughtered by thieves and Kohaku struggled to recover his memories when Naraku controlled him. At first their relationship started off rather horribly when Naraku ordered Kohaku to kill Rin in front of Inuyasha, Kagome and Sesshōmaru, but he refused to. They encounter each other a second time in a cave on Mount Hakurei. Kohaku protected Rin from the emerging demons, but also urged her to escape before she was killed. Later, he joined Sesshōmaru and Jaken after Kagura and Kikyō's death. In the later portion of the series, Kōhaku becomes protective of Rin, keeping their friendship alive.
Kohaku joins Sesshōmaru after Kikyō's death and stays as part of his group for a considerable length of time the Final Act. Kohaku is respectful and admiring though wary of Sesshōmaru and spends much time guarding Rin when Sesshōmaru cannot. Kohaku is not afraid to beg Sesshōmaru to spare others' lives, an example being when his sister Sango nearly killed Rin trying to kill Naraku. Kohaku is the first to offer an excuse for her and desperately tries to convince Sesshōmaru not to kill Sango in anger. This shows that he very much cares for and would do anything to protect his sister, much like she did for him when he was young, and is in essence a role reversal (i.e. Sango settling down as a housewife and her brother becoming the dominant protector).
His first meeting with Kikyō as an enemy, Kohaku was unsure of Kikyō until he fled from Naraku and refused staying with Inuyasha's group. He came across Kikyō and begged her to use his life to destroy Naraku, thus, redeeming him of his guilt and sins. He was not phased by her warnings her plan would lead to his death, he even accepted it gladly. During their journey together, Kohaku begins to have respect and concern for Kikyō, even worrying when she puts herself in danger. Kohaku mentions his main purpose for staying with Kikyō to Sango as, Kikyō's presence calms his spirit and he feels as if sins are cleansed and redeemed around her. When Kikyō dies, Kohaku is guilt-ridden that he could not protect her and is resolved to carry out her mission to destroy Naraku with his shard.
Though he willingly obeyed Naraku for much of the series, Kohaku always despised him for manipulating him and causing him to kill his father and comrades and wound not only Sango but countless others. Over the course of time, Kohaku's memories return and he becomes determined to kill Naraku and avenge his loved ones killed by Naraku and also to redeem himself for being used as a killer. Kohaku betrays Naraku and escapes with Kagura's help and from that point Naraku hunts Kohaku for his jewel shard. Once Kikyō uses Kohaku's shard as part of her plan to destroy Naraku, Kohaku becomes a major threat to his great enemy and Naraku is forced to plan carefully when dealing with him.
Inuyasha has tried to protect Kohaku from death several times including a time with Sango and with Sesshōmaru. Inuyasha is determined to keep Kohaku alive for two reasons: he does not want Naraku to get what he wants (i.e. the Sacred Jewel shard in his back), the taking of which would lead Kohaku's death and also because he knows that Sango will be grief-stricken if her brother dies. Kohaku comes to respect Inuyasha greatly.
Kohaku gets along with Kagome very much, as Kagome risks her life to save Kohaku because she knows that Kohaku's death would be devastating for Sango, whom she cares deeply for. Kohaku says that Kagome reminds him of how Kikyō was, which meant that he always felt calm when he was around her. Kohaku also protects Kagome because she is best friends with Sango and gains respect when he sees how powerful Kagome can really be. There was a time when Kagome asked Sesshōmaru to spare Kohaku's life when he was going to kill him instead, that was when Kohaku was still under Naraku's spell.
- "I want to remember her, and everything else. Still, why do I feel this way? It's like I'm scared. There's something I don't wanna remember."
- ―Kohaku
- "What a shame that you're all out of arrows..."
- ―Kohaku
- "Still, I can't erase that woman's face from my mind."
- ―Kohaku
- "Sister!"
- ―Kohaku
- "No sir, I'm not a ninja."
- ―Kohaku
- The new kusarigama that Kohaku received from Tōtōsai is extremely reminiscent of the corrupted weapon that he had when he was possessed by Magatsuhi.
- As stated by Sesshōmaru's mother, Kohaku can't be revived by Tenseiga because his life has already been unnaturally prolonged.
- In the early series (manga and anime), the jewel shard that kept Kohaku alive was in the middle of his back. Towards the end, it was at the top of the neck.
- His seiyū, Akiko Yajima, voiced Inuyasha and Kagome's enemy Yura.
Media appearances
- Chapter 86 (First appearance)
- Chapter 87
- Chapter 92 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 105
- Chapter 106
- Chapter 107
- Chapter 108
- Chapter 109
- Chapter 110
- Chapter 111
- Chapter 122 (Illusion)
- Chapter 177
- Chapter 178
- Chapter 179
- Chapter 180
- Chapter 181
- Chapter 182
- Chapter 219
- Chapter 222
- Chapter 223
- Chapter 224 (Appears in thoughts)
- Chapter 234
- Chapter 235
- Chapter 238 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 249
- Chapter 250
- Chapter 252
- Chapter 253
- Chapter 254
- Chapter 258
- Chapter 263
- Chapter 266
- Chapter 287 (Appears in thoughts)
- Chapter 303
- Chapter 304
- Chapter 311
- Chapter 312
- Chapter 313
- Chapter 314
- Chapter 326
- Chapter 327
- Chapter 328
- Chapter 329
- Chapter 330
- Chapter 331
- Chapter 335
- Chapter 336
- Chapter 337
- Chapter 338
- Chapter 352 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 359
- Chapter 360
- Chapter 361
- Chapter 367
- Chapter 368
- Chapter 369
- Chapter 371
- Chapter 372
- Chapter 373
- Chapter 374
- Chapter 375
- Chapter 376
- Chapter 377
- Chapter 378 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 403
- Chapter 404
- Chapter 405
- Chapter 406
- Chapter 408
- Chapter 409
- Chapter 411 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 440
- Chapter 441
- Chapter 442
- Chapter 443
- Chapter 444
- Chapter 447
- Chapter 448
- Chapter 449
- Chapter 452 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 453
- Chapter 455
- Chapter 456
- Chapter 464
- Chapter 465
- Chapter 466
- Chapter 467
- Chapter 468
- Chapter 469
- Chapter 470
- Chapter 471
- Chapter 472 (Appears in thoughts)
- Chapter 488
- Chapter 489
- Chapter 490
- Chapter 491
- Chapter 492
- Chapter 493
- Chapter 495
- Chapter 496
- Chapter 497
- Chapter 498
- Chapter 499
- Chapter 500
- Chapter 503
- Chapter 504
- Chapter 513
- Chapter 514
- Chapter 515
- Chapter 516
- Chapter 517
- Chapter 518
- Chapter 519
- Chapter 521
- Chapter 521
- Chapter 522
- Chapter 523
- Chapter 524
- Chapter 525
- Chapter 526
- Chapter 527
- Chapter 528
- Chapter 529
- Chapter 530
- Chapter 531
- Chapter 536
- Chapter 537
- Chapter 540
- Chapter 542
- Chapter 543
- Chapter 544
- Chapter 545
- Chapter 546 (Appears in a flashback)
- Chapter 547
- Chapter 548
- Chapter 549
- Chapter 550
- Chapter 551
- Chapter 552
- Chapter 553
- Chapter 558
- InuYasha Since Then
- Episode 24 (First appearance)
- Episode 25 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 29
- Episode 30
- Episode 33 (Illusion)
- Episode 40 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 41 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 49
- Episode 50
- Episode 51 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 78 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 80
- Episode 81
- Episode 82
- Episode 83 (Appears in a flashback)
- InuYasha the Movie: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
- Episode 100 (Illusion)
- Episode 102
- Episode 103
- Episode 104 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 107
- Episode 109
- Episode 110
- Episode 111
- Episode 113
- Episode 115
- Episode 116
- Episode 117 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 118
- Episode 127 (Appears in thoughts)
- Episode 142 (Appears in thoughts)
- Episode 144
- Episode 146
- Episode 149
- Episode 151
- Episode 152
- Episode 153
- Episode 157
- Episode 158
- Episode 159
- Episode 163
- Episode 164 (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 165
- Episode 167 (Credits only)
- Episode 1 (FA)
- Episode 2 (FA)
- Episode 5 (FA)
- Episode 6 (FA)
- Episode 7 (FA)
- Episode 8 (FA)
- Episode 9 (FA)
- Episode 10 (FA) (Appears in a flashback)
- Episode 13 (FA)
- Episode 14 (FA)
- Episode 15 (FA)
- Episode 17 (FA)
- Episode 18 (FA)
- Episode 19 (FA)
- Episode 20 (FA)
- Episode 21 (FA)
- Episode 22 (FA)
- Episode 23 (FA)
- Episode 24 (FA)
- Episode 25 (FA)
- Episode 26 (FA)
- ↑ In the anime only
- ↑ Zusetsutaizan Ōgikaiden, page 104
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 24
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 29
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 49
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 80
- ↑ InuYasha anime; Episode 81
|Yōkai taijiya
|Kirara • Kohaku • Sango • Sango and Kohaku's father • Shako
|Yōkai taijiya village • Midoriko's cave
|Unique Items
|Hiraikotsu • Shikon no Tama
|Kanna • Kagura • Goshinki • Jūrōmaru • Kagerōmaru • Musō • Infant • Hakudōshi • Byakuya • Akagane
|Rejected parts
|Unnamed incarnation • Hair monster • Eye monster • Onigumo (reabsorbed)
|Saimyōshō • Sesshōmaru (formerly) • Tsubaki • Hakushin • Shichinintai • Abi • Tekkei • Mōryōmaru • Mirror demon • Magatsuhi
|Kikyō • Inuyasha • Kagome Higurashi • Miyatsu• Miroku's father • Miroku • Sango • Kohaku • Kōga • Sesshōmaru • Kaguya • Mōryōmaru • Hitomiko • Kansuke • Kaede • Midoriko
|Shikon no Tama • Kazaana • Onigumo's cave • Naraku's castle • Mount Hakurei


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Pakistani Nabeel Shaukat Ali won Sur Kshetra Grand Finale
Sur Kshetra singing competition between Pakistani and Indian youngsters. which was started more then 12 weeks ago has been ended with a winner is from Pakistan.
The two last contestants of the teams were Nabeel Shaukat Ali form Lahore Pakistan and Diljaan from Jalandhar India. After 3 hours of power packed performances and tough Competition between both the teams, the battle was ended as Nabeel Shaukat Ali crowned as the winner.The Battle came to an end on 20th December after the Grand finale of the show .
Boney Kapoor, the producer of the show said,
The last episode of his music reality show will be more exciting than an Indo-Pak cricket match,"Whoever wins in the season finale will be hero not just in their own country but in the entire region of South East Asia,"
Captain of Pakistani team, Atif Aslam said,
"I have learnt so much from my students … and I had a great time performing with some of the biggest legends in the music industry."
Abida Parveen, Pakistani Sufi singer expressed her views about the show and said,
"The concept of the show is so unique that it can boost affection between two countries. That's a great feat."
Nabeel Shaukat Ali, Declared The Winner of Sur Kshetra,Nabeel Shaukat Ali, participant of Sur Kshetra from our very own city Lahore, after overtaking all the hurdles has lifted the winning trophy.


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Airborne lidar-aided comparative facies architecture of Yates Formation (Permian) middle to outer shelf depositional systems, McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico and west Texas
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The eastern side of the Guadalupe Mountains, located in New Mexico and west Texas, represents an erosional profile along the Capitan reef margin. A complete shelf-to-basin exposure of the Upper Permian Capitan shelf margin is found on the north wall of North McKittrick Canyon, which is nearly perpendicular to the Capitan reef margin. An excellent 2-D sequence stratigraphic framework for upper Permian backreef facies has been developed by previous workers for North McKittrick Canyon (Tinker, 1998) and Slaughter Canyon (Osleger, 1998), forming the basis for observations in this study. The goal of this study is to describe the sequence stratigraphic architecture of the Yates Formation, focusing on the Y4-Y6 high-frequency sequences (HFSs) found in the middle to outer shelf depositional systems, and to illustrate the use of airborne lidar data to quantitatively map at the cycle-scale. Seven measured sections were taken in North McKittrick Canyon. From airborne lidar, 3-D geometries of key sedimentary and structural features were mapped in Polyworks, in addition to the sequence boundaries delineating the Yates 4-6 HFSs. In general, major cycles exhibit asymmetry and shoal upward. Cycle boundaries are sometimes hard to delineate due to amalgamation, particularly in the shelf crest. High-frequency sequences are commonly asymmetric; they deepen and thicken upward toward the maximum flooding surface, and the boundaries between HFSs are usually marked by thick siltstones. Major HFS boundaries can be mapped across the entire dataset, and some component cycles can be observed for minimum distances of one kilometer in an updip-downdip direction. Also, some facies tract dimensions can be estimated directly from the lidar data. Measured sections indicate that the shelf crest facies tract shifts seaward with each successive HFS, while the outer shelf facies tract steps landward. Future work that could be done with the Y4-Y6 HFSs includes 8-10 more measured sections, collection of samples for thin sections, and tracing out of contacts between facies tracts. Extensive lidar data interpretation needs to be done so that digital outcrop models demonstrating facies distributions can be produced. This would enable the development of an outcrop analog model to mixed carbonate-siliciclastic reservoirs, which would be unprecedented in this area.


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Former England captain John Terry has been cleared of racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.
Terry, 31, faced a charge of racially aggravated assault following claims he called Ferdinand a "f*****g black c**t" in a match between QPR and Chelsea at Loftus Road in October.
Chief magistrate Howard Riddle said: "The issue for the court to decide is not whether John Terry is a racist in the broadest sense of the word.
"The issue is whether Mr Terry uttered the words f*****g black c**t as an insult. If he did, the offence is made out.
"Overall,l I found Anton Ferdinand to be a believable witness on the central issue.
"The prosecution has built a strong case. The question is whether the defence has established a doubt.
"Even with all the help received, it is impossible to be sure exactly what were the words spoken by John Terry at the relevant time.
"Terry was angry when he said "f*****g black c**t" to Ferdinand but it is impossible to say exactly what the exact words were.
"It is a crucial fact that nobody has given evidence about what Mr Terry said or how he said it. John Terry's account has been subject to the most thorough questioning. Nobody has been able to prove he is lying. He is a credible witness."
Allegations of racial abuse were reported to police 48 hours after the game. It was revealed in February that Terry would stand trial for the public order offence, a charge that saw him stripped of the England captaincy by the Football Association.
During the trial the prosecution alleged that Terry had shouted the racial remark in the direction of Ferdinand after being riled by the QPR defender.
The defence claimed that Terry had misheard Ferdinand insulting the Chelsea player and that the obscenity was merely in reply.
International and club teammate Ashley Cole was called as a witness. He said he had seen Ferdinand shout the alleged remark at Terry. In a written statement 19 Chelsea players and former manager Jose Mourinho supported Terry's good character.
Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London, said: "The very serious allegation at the heart of this case was one of racial abuse. It was our view that this was not "banter" on the football pitch and that the allegation should be judged by a court.
"The chief magistrate agreed that Mr Terry had a case to answer, but having heard all of the evidence he acquitted Mr Terry of a racially aggravated offence. That is justice being done and we respect the chief mMagistrate's decision."
Kick It Out founder Lord Ouseley said: "We respect the verdict, the judgment is what it is. I'm glad for the players it is over.
"The language in this case reflects on the sport badly because there are eight million people who play it in this country. We do not get this behaviour in women's football or disabled football.
"They are role models and they have to behave better."


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Choosing the best music volume: when to TURN IT UP and when to turn it down
Posted by John on June 28th, 2013
One of the easiest things you can do to improve the audio environment in your business is to change the volume of the music. Turn it UP or turn it DOWN. Of course, it helps to have a on-target music mix, which is what we specialize in at Custom Channels. So we'll assume you've got the right songs in the right playlist.
Turn It Up!
Most businesses we've visited could stand to turn the volume up a notch to improve the atmosphere. When there's lots of customers talking, laughing and employee noise, keep the environment filled with music by turning up the volume as more customers enter. It's a simple adjustment that's the perfect "ambiance maker".
When customers can actually hear the song being played, rather than just hearing "something playing in the background", it can add to the customer's subconscious enjoyment to shopping or dining. We've often caught customers in our client's grocery stores singing along as they push the shopping cart and happily browse the aisles. It's because they can hear the songs being played at the proper volume; the tunes don't fade into the background.
We know that most often the volume control isn't conveniently located. It may be in the back room or in a closet. Still, with almost no effort a quick trip to the volume control on the sound system can make all the difference in your store or restaurant's atmosphere. Tip: mark the volume control with tape, marker or paint to clearly show the optimum volume.
If you're building a new space or remodeling, put a volume control or remote control in a place that's convenient to turn up or down. One of our clients installed fader switches in several wall locations around the business. We recommend adjusting volume manually but you might investigate an automatic volume control or stablizer that adjusts the volume up or down as the room noise increases or decreases.
Turn It Down!
When the music is too loud often it's because the volume was turned up when there were lots of people in the store or restaurant and now they've left. So with fewer customers talking the music is now too loud and sounds off-putting. Make sure the volume matches the busy-ness and activity of the room. Our previous above tip of marking the volume control helps avoid loud music.
Some businesses equate high volume with energy and enthusiasm so they turn the music up too loud. The high volume actually hurts the atmosphere making it difficult to talk and think. Don't try to be louder and energetic when the products, services and space really call for medium to lower volume. Loud music can be like bold, conflicting paint colors it makes you want to stand back or turn around and exit.
And yes, sometimes the volume needs to be turned down because the music mix isn't that good. By turning up the volume you'll expose the lame song choices. Turning the volume down is a short term solution to poor song choices a music mix switch and/or change in music services is what's needed. That's when it's time to contact Custom Channels.
Our customers LOVE to TURN IT UP to that sweet spot because the MUSIC MIX is SO GOOD. Find out more by contacting us for a free evaluation of your music service.Share this: