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Makkelijke SEO voor beginners, een geweldige API voor experts.
WordPress SEO voor iedereen.
This plugin provides an automated, accessible, unbranded and extremely fast SEO solution for any WordPress website.
For more advanced SEO tools and output, check out our free companion plugin Extension Manager.
Many extensions are included, among others are:
- Focus helps you write targeted content with focus keywords, their inflections, and their synonyms. A great addition for bloggers and businesses alike.
- Local helps you set up local SEO business information. This could expand your business' "Knowledge Graph" card for local search listings.
Visit our Extensions overview page for more information.
This plugin strongly helps you create better SEO value for your content.
But at the end of the day, it all depends on how entertaining or well-constructed your content or product is.
No SEO plugin does the magic thing to be found instantly. But doing it right helps a lot.
The SEO Framework helps you doing it right. Give it a try!
The default settings, found within the SEO Settings page, are recommended. If you know what you're doing, go ahead and change them! Each option is also vastly documented.
Don't forget to set up the Social Meta Settings and a homepage description; those can greatly increase conversion.
This plugin:
- Improves search presence by ranking your website distinctively.
- Is preconfigured, providing a suitable starting point for most websites.
- Listens to all WordPress gives to automatically configure SEO.
- Allows you to adjust the SEO through global options.
- Allows you to SEO every public page, post, taxonomy, and term.
- Shows you how to improve SEO with a beautiful SEO bar.
- Helps your pages get shared more beautiful through Facebook, Twitter, and other social sites.
- Supports custom post types, like WooCommerce and bbPress.
- Allows for easy SEO plugin switch using a tool.
Read this guide on transferring SEO Content using SEO Data Transporter.
Unbranded, Free and for the Professional
This plugin is unbranded! This means that we don't even put the name "The SEO Framework" anywhere within the WordPress interface, aside from the plugin activation page. This plugin makes great use of the default WordPress interface elements, like as if this plugin is part of WordPress. No ads, no nags. The small and hidden HTML comments can easily be disabled with the use of a filter or extension.
Nobody has to know about the tools you've used to create your or someone else's website. A clean interface, for everyone.
Completely automated
By default, this plugin automatically generates:
- Titles according to your settings with archive prefixes.
- Descriptions with anti-spam techniques and detection that informs you when it can be improved.
- A canonical URL to prevent duplicated content; with full "domain mapping", subdomain, and HTTPS support.
- Various Open Graph, Facebook and Twitter tags.
- Special Open Graph descriptions, which organically integrates within the Facebook and Twitter snippets.
- Open Graph images, they are automatically resized and optimized when needed.
- Structured Data for Google Search and Chromium that adds extended on-site search support.
- Structured Data for Google's Knowledge Graph; like Personal/Business site relations, names, and logos.
- Structured Data for Breadcrumbs that extend pages and categories relationship support in Google Search.
- Structured Data for Google Search that lets it know your preferred site name.
- Publishing and editing dates for social sites and search engines alike.
- Paginated content relationship links, to help visitors going to the right page.
- A sitemap with all your pages, posts and CPT, which listens to their page settings.
- Feed excerpts and backlinks within, to reduce automated content theft.
This plugin goes further, behind the screens it:
- Prevents canonical errors with categories, pages, subdomains and Multisite Domain Mapping.
- Discourages 404 pages and empty categories from being indexed, even if they don't send a 404 response.
- Automatically notifies Google, Bing, and Yandex on website updates when sitemaps are enabled.
Generously personal
This plugin allows you to manually set various values for each post, page, public CPT, and term.
This plugin allows you to adjust over 100 site settings, including:
- Automated title output options; they encourage you to follow the guidelines.
- Automated description output options.
- Schema.org structured data output options.
- Various robots meta output options.
- Many home page specific options.
- Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest social integration options.
- Google, Bing, Pinterest and Yandex webmaster verification codes.
- Sitemap integration with personalization.
- Robots.txt sitemap integration.
- Feed anti-scraper options.
- And many, many more settings.
Openly pluggable
The SEO Framework has been built to go further than just itself.
Take a look at the API documentation located at The SEO Framework API Docs.
The SEO Bar
This plugin helps you to create better content, at a glance. By showing you:
- If the title is too long, too short, duplicated, and/or automatically generated.
- If the description is too long, too short, duplicated, has too many repeated words and/or automatically generated.
- If the page is indexed, redirected, followed and/or archived, while looking at other WordPress settings.
We call this the SEO Bar. Check out the Screenshots to see how it helps you!
Hardcore caching
This plugin's code is highly optimized on PHP-level and uses variable, object and transient caching. This means that there's little extra page load time from this plugin, even with more meta tags used.
A caching plugin isn't even needed for this plugin as you won't notice a difference; however, it's supported wherever best suited.
This plugin supports:
- PHP 5.3 and higher.
- WordPress 4.4 and higher.
- Internationalization through WordPress.org.
- Multibyte calculation and rendering, including Emoji and CJK.
- Right to Left (RTL) languages, through its interface and generation.
- Extended color vision deficiency accessibility.
- Screen reader accessibility.
- Multisite, this plugin is in fact built upon one.
- Detection of robots.txt and sitemap.xml files.
- Both up-to-date and outdated themes.
- Detection of various other popular SEO tools to prevent duplicated output.
- Translation plugins like WPML, Polylang, WPGlobus and MultilingualPress.
- WooCommerce, for free, in all its glory.
An additional sitemap
The sitemap generated with The SEO Framework is sufficient for search engines to find posts, pages and supported custom post types throughout your website. It also listens to the "noindex" settings on each of the items and works great with various translation plugins.
However, if you require a more expanded sitemap, feel free to activate a dedicated Sitemap plugin. The SEO Framework will automatically deactivate its Sitemap functionality when another (known) sitemap plugin is found. If it is not automatically detected and no notification has been provided in the Sitemap Settings, feel free to open a support ticket and it will be addressed carefully.
Hidden breadcrumbs
The Breadcrumb script generated by this plugin on Posts will also make sure Google easily finds related categories which aren't included in the Sitemap of this plugin.
This plugin requires:
- PHP 5.3 or later.
- WordPress 4.4 or later.
Installation instructions:
- Install "The SEO Framework" either via the WordPress.org plugin directory or by uploading the files to your server.
- Either Network Activate this plugin or activate it on a single site.
- That's it!
This plugin auto-configures its global settings, but:
- Check out the SEO settings page to fine-tune your settings.
- Do fill in the Schema "General" and "Presence" settings.
- Do fill in the Home Page "General" settings.
- Do fill in the Social Meta "General", "Facebook" and "Twitter" settings.
- Notice that red checkboxes are recommended to be left unchecked. And green checkboxes are recommended to be checked.
- These color-coded boxes are shown in non-Gecko browsers, i.e. everything but Firefox.
This plugin auto-configures SEO meta settings, and:
- You can fine-tune each page with the provided meta box.
Get more SEO power
- Optionally, also install the Extension Manager for additional SEO solutions.
- Installation Instructions
This plugin requires:
- PHP 5.3 or later.
- WordPress 4.4 or later.
Installation instructions:
- Install "The SEO Framework" either via the WordPress.org plugin directory or by uploading the files to your server.
- Either Network Activate this plugin or activate it on a single site.
- That's it!
This plugin auto-configures its global settings, but:
- Check out the SEO settings page to fine-tune your settings.
- Do fill in the Schema "General" and "Presence" settings.
- Do fill in the Home Page "General" settings.
- Do fill in the Social Meta "General", "Facebook" and "Twitter" settings.
- Notice that red checkboxes are recommended to be left unchecked. And green checkboxes are recommended to be checked.
- These color-coded boxes are shown in non-Gecko browsers, i.e. everything but Firefox.
This plugin auto-configures SEO meta settings, and:
- You can fine-tune each page with the provided meta box.
Get more SEO power
- Optionally, also install the Extension Manager for additional SEO solutions.
- Is The SEO Framework Free?
Absolutely! It will stay free as well, without ads or nags!
This plugin is all-inclusive without upsells.
- Is there more?
For more advanced SEO options and output, we offer the free plugin Extension Manager.
- I have a feature request, I've found a bug, a plugin is incompatible…
Please visit the support forums and kindly tell us about it.
We'll try to get back to you within 72 hours. 🙂
- I am a developer; how can I help?
Any input is greatly appreciated, and everything will be considered.
Please visit the GitHub project page to submit issues or even pull requests.
- I want to modify how this plugin works.
The SEO Framework is very pluggable in many fields. Please refer to the API documentation.
- The sitemap doesn't contain categories, images, news, etc. is this OK?
This is not an issue. Search engines love crawling WordPress because its structure is consistent and well known.
If a visitor can't find a page, then why would a search engine? Don't rely on your sitemap, but on your content and website's usability.
Check out our Extension Manager.
It contains extensions, like Articles, that fill in the gaps with newer techniques.
- The sitemap contains unwanted links.
The SEO Framework takes all publicly queryable posts, pages, and CPT and puts them in the sitemap.
If you don't want a page in the sitemap, consider enabling the
noindexoption. This will also remove the page from search engine result pages.
If the link shouldn't be in the sitemap because it's meant for structural reasons, then inform the plugin or theme author that created them.
You should tell the author to check out the "
rewritepost type arguments". The plugin or theme author should know that that means.
- What's do the application/ld+json scripts do?
The JSON-LD scripts are search engine helpers which tell search engines how to connect and index the site.
They can tell the search engine if your site contains an internal search engine, what sites you're socially connected to and what page structure you're using.
This is also referred to as "Structured Data".
- The metadata is not being updated, and I'm using a caching plugin.
All The SEO Framework's metadata is put into Object cache when a caching plugin is available.
The descriptions and Schema.org scripts are put into Transients.
Please be sure to clear your cache or adjust the plugin's caching settings if deemed necessary.
- I want to transport SEO data from other plugins to The SEO Framework, how do I do this?
Please refer to this small guide: SEO Data Migration.
Transporting Categories, Tags and other terms' SEO data isn't supported.
Simple, efficient and fast
I wanted to check one alternative to the Yeost SEO plugin I found too heavy (although good). This one did the work in a blink and was able to provide a very simple and efficient setting page. I checked the page source code and things where right. Speed analysis with GTmetrix was also good.
Perfection is Simple…
In spite of my title the plugin is not perfect, HOWEVER – darn close to it. Just about everything I need to do in SEO for a web page is included in this plugin. Webmaster verification, social media meta, control of my SERP – very nice indeed. Now keywords have been added – that's a huge bonus. So thank you to the developers and keep up the awesome work – thank you!
Better than others
Firstly, thank you for this awesome plugin.
A plugin which is lightweight, simple, and it includes all SEO features.
Also I like Yoast SEO plugin too. But The SEO Frameworks plugin is better than others I think. We should support this perfect plugin and also developers.
Best regards!
Almost the best
I have tried experimenting between The SEO Framework and Yoast and after that I choose TSF. But there are still things that worry me.
I have more than 2k posts but in my sitemap, it shows only 1200 posts. Another thing is the breadcrumb output, it does not output breadcrumb like Home> How To> How to install TSF.
I have not tested it for long but those two thing worries me a lot. How can that be fixed?
And thank you for the great plugin.
Simple and powerful
Everything is in its place!
Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars
"The SEO Framework" is open source software. De volgende personen hebben bijgedragen aan deze plugin.Bijdragers
"The SEO Framework" is vertaald in 8 talen. Dank voor de vertalers voor hun bijdragen.
Vertaal "The SEO Framework" naar jouw taal.
Interesse in ontwikkeling?
Bekijk de code, haal de SVN repository op, of abonneer je op het ontwikkellog via RSS.
3.0.6 – Lionize
Release date
- May 6th, 2018
- TSF now integrates completely with attachment pages.
- Non-personalized Facebook profile links can now be set via the Social SEO settings and user's Authorial Info settings.
- Seven bugs have been fixed, mainly involving descriptions and the sitemap.
- The plugin now suggests, once, that you can use Focus keywords via the Extension Manager.
For everyone, about the suggestion:
- We believe not everyone is up-to-date yet with the current progression of the extensions. Some of which can help you out greatly with SEO.
- So, from this update, all sites will get a one-time-only auto-dismissing suggestion for TSFEM.
- This suggestion has many conditions attached before being shown. So, it's likely you won't ever see it.
- We understand that not everyone welcomes this introduction. However, this suggestion is to help this plugin and your site grow, from which we all will benefit.
For developers, about descriptions:
- If you're using description-related filters or functions from TSF on your sites, check out the detailed "for developers" log.
- Many functions have been silently deprecated, and you should now use simple caller functions.
- No action is needed from your side until the next major release (ETA July 2018).
For developers, about titles ETA July 2018:
- In the next major release, we're going to change how we handle titles.
- This change won't affect users directly. But it will allow us to manipulate the titles better.
- For more information, view and subscribe to issue 202.
3.0.5 – Rectified
Release date:
- February 27th, 2018
3.0.4 – Illustrious
Release date:
- February 25th, 2018
Did you know?
- We're working on an extension for keyword and subject analysis, named Focus.
- In its current state, it's already on par with other solutions, but we are going to take it even further.
- More details will follow in a blog post, which we'll link to on our Twitter page when the features are ready.
- This is a maintenance release with over 10 bugs fixed. Most notoriously were pixel guideline calculation errors and home page title errors.
- Open Graph and Twitter custom title and description options have been added to every post, page, and CPT.
- The description character count and pixel length guidelines have been updated.
- All publicly queryable CPT posts and pages now support SEO settings and are included in the sitemap. No more messing with filters is needed.
About the new description guidelines:
- Google increased their SERP's description length a few months ago, so we've updated the upper-limit guidelines.
- We recommend enforcing these new guidelines for new pages, cornerstone pages, and the home page.
- Although the description lengths have been updated, the transient cache isn't invalidated.
- Over time the cache will refresh itself, this is done automatically by WordPress, or via your caching plugin's transients handler (if applicable).
About the social meta input:
- There are new Open Graph and Twitter inputs in the SEO Settings.
- The Twitter settings, when left empty, will use the Open Graph output.
- The Open Graph settings, when left empty, will use the SEO meta output.
- As always, auto-generated Open Graph and Twitter descriptions won't use prefixes.
Found unwanted links in the sitemap?
- If you find posts in the sitemap that shouldn't be there, please refer to our renewed FAQ.
- The FAQ entry title is "The sitemap contains unwanted links".
3.0.3 – Diligence
Release date:
- December 6th, 2017
- This update implements a workaround for an issue with bbPress, and various UI bugs have been fixed as well.
3.0.2 – Esteem
Release date:
- November 23rd, 2017
- This update fixes an issue with wpForo found in the 3.0 release of TSF.
3.0.1 – Renown
Release date:
- November 20th, 2017
- This update fixes a few issues found in the 3.0 release of TSF.
3.0.0 – Eminence
Release date:
- November 19th, 2017
Did you know?
- Since about a week ago, 3 new free extensions are available in the Extension Manager.
- Finally, after 8 months of preparation, experimenting, testing, and coding, TSF 3.0 is here.
- This update focuses on improved social site interaction, WordPress' API coherence, and optimizing UX.
- To improve social site interaction, social site links can be added through author profile pages.
- The Open Graph protocol has been updated, so will your meta output.
- The canonical URL generation has been revised, and it now works mostly through WordPress' API.
- For improved UX we've added pixel counters, better tooltips, and admin color scheme adherence.
- Oh, you can also select the primary term for each hierarchical post type.
New primary terms:
- In WordPress, terms are generally known as categories.
- The primary term influences how canonical URLs are generated for the post, and how breadcrumbs are constructed.
- Next to each term selection list, you'll now see radio buttons pop up aside each selected term.
- The selected term will be assigned as the primary term.
- If no primary term is selected, an assigned term that has been implemented earliest on the site will be used.
Revised canonical URLs:
- The canonical URL generation has been completely rewritten. Most users won't notice anything from this.
- It now uses WordPress' 4.6+ canonical URL generation (backward-compatibility is provided), instead of an in-house "guessing" version.
- So, the Canonical URL should now always be compatible with any plugin, out of the box. This is great news for translation plugin users!
- Note that canonical URLs are no longer outputted on private or unpublished posts.
- Note that if a query isn't registered correctly, the URL will also stay empty. Or, in unlikely cases, it will link to the home page.
- Contact the respective plugin author on such issues. I'd love to help them correct this.
Finally, author SEO:
- On profile pages of users with Author capabilities (or higher), two new settings have been added under heading "Authorial Info".
- Here, authors can set their Facebook profile page and Twitter profile page.
- These links will be used in Open Graph and Twitter meta output.
- Note that the author's profile must be public for it to be used when sharing links.
- When no author links are set, the "new" fallback URLs from the Social Meta Settings will be used.
- Expand your authorial presence using the free Articles Extension.
A better admin experience:
- This plugin now uses your chosen admin color scheme, subtly. You can see it being used as highlights and for tooltips.
- About tooltips, they've been completely rewritten:
- They now look for boundaries, so they won't fall off the page or bound box. They can also face down when needed.
- They try to center themselves based on your initial pointer position.
- They work perfectly on any touch screen, also using Windows Touch.
- They no longer gulp down RAM, they use cutlery. Basically, fewer DOM items initiate them and they self-destruct as they disappear.
- Tooltips are now used on every
[?]mark, so you can instantly see what those marks convey.
- Title input and preview generation has also been completely rewritten, and this was a big challenge to implement:
- Titles now update on various actions, like updating the visibility or name of the page.
- Titles now show prefixes, like "Private:" or "Protected:". They'll try to fit neatly, wherever.
- Character counters are now always correct; they no longer "guess", they "know".
- Pixel counters have been added too. More on that below.
- The CSS and JS scripts implemented by TSF have been optimized even further. So your admin experience should be a little speedier.
The pixel counter:
- A character-count guideline is nice to have. But it remains a guideline, and you want facts… correct?
- So, we've added a pixel counter. This pixel counter knows exactly how much space your titles and descriptions take up in Google's SERP.
- To explain this difference visually: Five characters of "WWWWW" take up more space than five of "IIIII".
- Hover over the pixel counter to see how many pixels you've used.
- Through testing we found that time-sensitive items (i.e. articles) have less space available for descriptions.
- You can enable and disable the character and pixel counters at the Layout settings.
- Note that new installations won't get to see the character counter by default anymore.
- Note that the pixel counter isn't represented (yet) by the SEO Bar. So, you shouldn't have to worry about yellow or even red items.
AI good structure:
- You can now upload a square website logo. This is used in the Articles Extension, too.
- The "Site Name" project has been dropped, and this data is now fetched through other means, like the "Sitelinks Searchbox".
- Breadcrumbs have been revised, too. The generation is now smarter in tree selection, and only one breadcrumb is outputted, which uses your primary term selection.
- WooCommerce 3.0+ products are recognized correctly by search engines, once more.
Privacy everywhere:
- When you click on any link outputted by TSF on your domain, you can be certain it no longer carries any traceable information.
A note on browser compatibility:
- As we want to move forward, we don't believe we should be supporting insecure browsers.
- So, your admin experience will be degraded when using an outdated browser.
- Be sure to use at least IE 11, Safari 10, iOS 10, or better.
- We expect only a few users to be negatively affected. For everyone else, we welcome you to the future of browsing.
- After updating and playing around with the update, feel free to fill in our update survey. Tell us what you like or what could've been done better.
Detailed log:
- Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.
Full changelog
- The full changelog can be found here.


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(Note: This is part three of a three-part analytical series looking at Michigan's 2013 regular season. From Wednesday: What went wrong? From Thursday: What went right?)
ANN ARBOR -- So, now what?
We've already been over what went wrong for Michigan in 2013, and what went right.
There was plenty of both, as is often the case when a team finishes 7-5 during a regular season. So, what happens now?
What does Michigan need to do in order to turn several close losses into victories? And what about Devin Gardner? What about the staff?
On we go.
So, Devin Gardner will "be back?"
Brady Hoke basically stopped the question before it was even finished earlier this week in Detroit.
Will Devin Gardner be back next season?
"He'll be back."
Have you talked with Gardner about this then?
"No. But he'll come back."
Well, OK then. I suppose we'll have to wait to hear from Gardner, specifically, on the matter here. Until then, let's keep in mind that this is a player who has already been graduated for a year, who has already been in college for four years, who took an absolute beating this year and will still have a season that finishes with more than 3,000 yards and 20 touchdown passes.
Would he have any shot at being drafted right now? Probably not. But, hey, you never know, I suppose. Different people have different motivations.
In any event, assuming Hoke's right and Gardner will be back for a final year at Michigan, what needs to happen for him to eliminate some of the errors that haunted him in 2013?
Well, an improved offensive line wouldn't hurt. But there's also plenty for Gardner to work on as well.
He was extremely dedicated to improving his footwork midway through the season, and for the most part, he did get better with it in some instances. In others, not so much.
What are Gardner's strengths at this point? He can throw an accurate deep ball more often than not. When healthy, he's incredibly elusive and becomes a very difficult dual-threat player to defend. When his feet are set and he's calm, there aren't many throws he can't make. And, he's tough -- like, sacked 34 times and still standing tough.
What are his weak spots? He stares down primary targets far too often. He doesn't always read coverages properly on the spot. He hangs onto the ball too long in the pocket. He doesn't get to the line fast enough, which doesn't allow him time to survey the defense. He has a really hard time forgetting about one bad play.
So, basically -- Gardner still has all the physical tools he needs to become a very, very good college quarterback. And, the general experience he gained from all the "bad stuff" that happened this season should go a long way in helping him turn the corner.
But, can his teammates help him? Can they block? Can Al Borges help him? Can he develop him? Can he put him in the right spots on the field every Saturday?
This brings me to my next point.
So, what about the coaching staff?
Brady Hoke wasn't about to speak in complete sentences earlier this week when he was asked about the future of his coaching staff.
Here is, exactly, how the question-answer session went down between Hoke and three reporters earlier this week in Detroit.
Q: Are you happy with your staff, do you anticipate any (changes)?
A: Yeah. I anticipate the staff (being here).
Q: So, no changes, you don't expect any changes?
A: Correct.
Q: You do not expect any changes?
A: That's what I just said.
Q: Or, are you saying "we'll see?"
A: No.
So, after about a minute of back and forth, Hoke said that -- as we live and breathe right now -- he does not anticipate any coaching staff moves prior to next season.
However, he will in fact go through an evaluation process with the staff (and every player on the roster), as he does every season. That process will be underway soon, and may well last beyond the end of the bowl game.
So, will Michigan's coaching staff remain the same next season? I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Hoke didn't elaborate any more than he felt necessary earlier this week, but he didn't exactly stay completely vague either. At this point, it appears he will at least take a look at everything and go from there.
And while everyone (and their mother, brother, sister, dog, pony, turtle and hamster) wants to point at schematic issues and playcalling problems within Al Borges' offense, to me, the question of individual development speaks louder.
Can Michigan's staff develop the talent it has on its roster? Can Darrell Funk make these interior offensive linemen better football players? Can Borges help Gardner turn the corner and get Shane Morris up to speed as the team's quarterback coach? Does Michigan need to get Borges help, and hire a quarterbacks coach separate from the playcalller's duties?
There is a ton of young ability on this football team, and that youth needs to -- at some point -- turn into real on-field production. Strides need to be made. Gains need to be seen.
You saw this happen, for the most part, on the defensive side of the football this season. You didn't as much on offense. This is the question staring Brady Hoke in the face right now.
Is this the staff to turn talent into victories?
Sweating the small stuff
Michigan spoke quite a bit this season about how many points it was away from winning 10 or maybe even 11 games. That four of the team's five losses came by a combined 11 points. And, in turn, critics responded by screaming that the Wolverines were also a handful of points away from winning 3 or 4 games.
Both sides are right. So, Michigan just went ahead and met everyone in the middle -- and went 7-5.
Michigan was routinely a few plays away from glory, and a few plays away from disaster in just about every game it played -- save for the Central Michigan win and the Michigan State loss. Even Michigan's lopsided win over Minnesota wasn't really as uneven as it seemed.
This is, like it or not, the mark of a young football team. But, it's also the mark of a team that wasn't quite prepared to do whatever it took to win a football game.
Look at Michigan State, as an example. The Spartans went 7-6 last season. And they were in the same boat. Five of the team's six losses came by a combined 12 points. And, at the same time, four of the team's wins were by four points or less.
Mark Dantonio talked about "inches" after the season ended. Finding up all the missing inches that make up the difference between winning and losing. And, while it seemed like he was stealing a line from Al Pacino, he was right.
His team eventually turned close losses into close wins, and close wins into convincing victories. It took the next step.
Michigan needs to do the same.
Its defense needs to be more seasoned to not allow a last-minute desperation touchdown drive against Penn State. And its quarterback needs to be smart enough not to turn the ball over three times in the first half.
Its offensive line needs to be stronger enough to not allow a second consecutive negative yardage day against Nebraska. And the defense needs to be tough enough to get a stop on fourth and short with the game on the line in the fourth quarter.
The offense needs to be mature enough to play with a 21-7 lead at Iowa, and the defense needs to be mentally firm enough to make sure a two-touchdown advantage doesn't turn into a three-point loss.
Little things. Technique. Execution. All the boring stuff Hoke tells us about every day -- these are the things that have to start happening.
Instead of chucking a pick-six, Gardner needs to throw the ball away or just take the sack. Instead of allowing a jailbreak blitz on 3rd and short, the offensive line needs to be mature enough to read what's happening and engage properly. Instead of missing tackles or having coverage breakdowns by one or two players -- the defense needs to be strong, as 11, all game.
This team isn't that far off. It's not.
But sometimes, those small inches are the toughest ones to find. And Hoke's Wolverines need to be mentally strong enough to figure them out.
What's next up front?
Michigan will be without its two best offensive linemen next year when Taylor Lewan and Michael Schofield graduate.
So, can it survive?
While it seems difficult to see this offensive line being terrific next season, it's not impossible for it to be at least adequate or respectable. Kyle Kalis, Kyle Bosch, Graham Glasgow and Erik Magnuson all played a lot of football this season. If everything happens the way it should, all four of those players should be competing for starting jobs next season.
Expect Magnuson to bounce back out to tackle. Expect Kalis and Bosch to compete at guard. And expect Glasgow to battle with Pat Kugler at center.
What about left tackle? Michigan abandoned the Ben Braden experiment at guard to allow him to strictly work at tackle during the season, with hopes that he gets a strong grasp on that position.
Beyond that? Can any of the Wolverines' current redshirting freshmen develop? David Dawson? Chris Fox? Logan Tuley-Tillman?
This is one of the most crucial offseasons for a Michigan offensive line in recent memory. As of now, as in -- today -- Hoke expects Funk to be the guy leading them through that process.
How he handles all of it, and how the players respond, will be the biggest factor as to whether or not Michigan finds success next season.
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Members of the Owen County Council learned Monday night of an unexpected financial windfall due to a state-level error.
Totaling $389,084.68, the funding is Owen County's portion of a $206,000,000 miscue by the Indiana Department of Revenue, which now resigned state budget director Adam Horst credited to a computer programming error. The mistake shorted Indiana governments nearly $13,000,000 in tax revenues each month dating back to January of 2011.
Owen County Auditor Angie Lawson explained to the council during Monday night's meeting that she was awaiting word from the Department of Local Government Finance in regards to how the money is to be distributed to local government entities such as the towns of Spencer and Gosport.
The money heading back to counties and towns was collected as county option income tax, which is paid by local taxpayers and was inappropriately withheld at the state level. The money helps fund local government operations, the Owen County Public Library and other local organizations.
Owen County received $63,732.25 from undistributed funds from calendar year 2011 in the County Economic Development Income Tax (CEDIT) fund, and 25,884.76 from the same funding source withheld from January through April of 2012.
In county adjusted gross income tax (CAGIT) funds, the county received $212,440.75 not distributed in 2011 and $86,174.91 from the first four months of this calendar year.
The totals listed above do not include accrued interest also paid to local government entities.
Interest on 2011 undistributed funds amounted to $601.92, and $54.44 thus far in 2012.
"Last year in August we received an email from the state telling us what we were going to receive on EDIT and the amount you'll receive on CAGIT," Lawson told the council. "Now they are reformulating that and they're going to give it to us through the rest of the year, other than this initial pot of money. They also included interest on the money."
Lawson also spoke to the council about the importance of residents who benefit from a property tax homestead credit turning in the additional information request, or 'Homestead Verification' forms to the county auditor.
Those who do not return the state-required form by January 1, 2013, will see their homestead exemption removed for the 2012, pay 2013 property taxes, resulting in a significant increase in property taxes that cannot be retroactively corrected or credited.
Owen County Treasurer Tami Snodgrass noted that approximately 1,400 additional forms were mailed with tax statements just a week ago to residents who have yet to have such a form on file.
In appropriations and transfers, Owen County Circuit Court Judge Frank Nardi received an inter-budget transfer request to help cover the costs of completing additional transcripts.
Also related to the circuit court, the council voted 7-0 to appropriate $5,048 to help cover a $14,048 cost for recording equipment for the court. Owen County Circuit Court Referee Lori Thatcher-Quillen explained that $9,000 of the cost was in place, budgeted for in the commissioners' court fund.
"We just received our cost allocation for 2010 to be used in 2012 from Maximus. We're getting $68,313 back on our programs. When they brought the report in, they asked if we had a problem with them using Owen County as a model around the state to other counties in how to get reimbursement back," Lawson explained.
The council also heard from Dave Newgent, who spoke on behalf of the Owen County Local Coordinating Council for a Drug- Free Indiana. Newgent presented findings from a public survey conducted during the annual Spencer Lions Club Apple Butter Festival, as well as an update on the organization's current budget.
The county auditor's office deposited $18,961 into the LCC's Drug-Free Community fund from fees collected in 2011. A total of $3,382 rolled over from unused funds, plus an additional $605 remained in the account, bringing the total amount available to $22,948. Of that, $3,000 was approved for administrative costs, leaving $19,948 for programs in 2012.
The council voted 7-0 to approve the following distributions, totaling $15,350:
Afternoons Rock, coverage of transportation costs to attend summer camp, receives a total of $2,000. The Hooked On Fishing program was provided $1,000 to fund give-a-ways, field trip expenses and awareness education materials.
The Owen Valley High School SADD Club received $800 to help cover the cost of a guest speaker, while the Owen Valley Sports Complex received $600 for outdoor advertising.
The Drug-Free You & Me Council also funded a pair of scholarships, totaling $250 each, to be awarded to essay contest winners. A total of $950 was provided for give-a-ways and messaging materials for Red Ribbon Week.
The Hamilton Center received $4,000 for evidence-based chemical dependency treatment materials and financial assistance incentives to clients.
For criminal justice services, the county prosecutor's office received $2,000 for a data retrieval program, while drug court received $2,000 for various needs. The Owen County Sheriff's Department received $1,500 for K-9 drug dog training and maintenance.
Listening to an update on health insurance options from Bill Stockwell of Bill Brown & Associates, the council later learned of a partially self-funded health insurance policy offered by SIHO Insurance Services. Attending on behalf of SIHO were Sarah Ely and Tom Pollert. SIHO is offering a total maximum cost of $965,257.49, a two-percent savings from what was offered as a fully insured plan by Anthem. The anticipated cost is $831,410.28, with a difference of approximately $130,000, which would remain with the county if claims do not total the maximum amount.
The council voted 7-0 to make a recommendation that the county's board of commissioners move forward with the insurance coverage offered by SIHO.
Following a discussion with Owen County Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Denise Shaw, the council voted 7-0 to adjust tax abatement procedures to incorporate the county's redevelopment commission into the process. The move comes after a tax incentive request was received by the county for 'Project Centerpiece,' which is the as yet publicly unidentified project just off of State Road 43S.
Following a discussion with Owen County Health Board member Shelley Edwards, the council voted 5-2 against approving a request to adjust the hours of a parttime food inspector position and to send the issue to the county's wage committee for a recommendation.
In regards to the ongoing Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility improvement project at the Owen County Courthouse, the council voted 7-0 to pay a $2,500 invoice from March to architect firm Architura.
The Owen County Council will meet again on Monday, May 14, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Commissioners' Room, located on the second floor of the Owen County Courthouse.
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The combined financial debt of households in Britain has jumped to over £90 billion, with people owing thousands of pounds on credit cards, overdrafts or loans, according to new research.
Just over half of households had some form of financial debt, with the median amount being borrowed increasing by £400 to £3,200 between 2006/8 and 2008/10.
Total financial liabilities increased by more than 10% to £94.7 billion in the same period, said the Office for National Statistics.
Households in Wales had the lowest financial liabilities at £2,000, compared with £4,200 in the South East.
People living in the least wealthy households were 13 times more likely to regard their financial debt as a heavy burden as those in the wealthiest households.
Households headed by younger people owed the most, while those with over 65-year-olds had the lowest proportion of financial liability.
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What do you expect from News Media & Decoration? Well, you can use news media to gather information about decorating tips, that's for sure. And one of the topics you will find yourself needing a guide about would be decoration flowers. Why? Let's see; on the first glimpse, flowers are easy pick when it comes to decorating a house. They are cute, refreshing, and colorful. But the problem is this: the decay. Fresh flowers are not known for their durability so unless you have a garden full of flowers at the backyard, you need a reliable form of floral decorations.
Even when your garden is flushed with flowers, they only bloom at certain time. They are not always there—which is another reason why you need something else if you truly are fond of decorating your rooms with flowers. The first thing about decoration flowers is that they should be of the type that you love. Some love roses, some love orchids, while others stick to ones with smaller petals. But picking solely the flowers you love personally is not the end of the problem here. You need to be able to arrange the color so as to avoid making it all look too tacky.
As for longevity and durability, plastic decoration flowers are your go-to option in this case. They last longer and are reusable. When springtime springs forth, take them out. Once it's over, tuck them away. Now, news media provide information about how you can arrange these flowers to get the best impact on the look of your house, especially when it comes to appropriateness toward the ongoing season. But the most certain thing you can obtain by using media for this purpose is where you can purchase a set of floral decorative elements that are not only gorgeous but also affordable.
The apparent meeting point between News Media & Decoration is not readily observable, to say the least. But the connection between the two is there, you just need to see what role media have in your day to day life. For example, you must have encountered problems with decoration lights for more than just once, right? Now, the reason why you find it a little frustrating with the matters of lighting a room decoratively is that you do not have enough sources that guide you in getting the best way to do so. And news media could be a great tool to gather info about this particular subject.
The way you choose a set of decoration lights and set them up really affects your mood. A minimally lit room using a couple of yellow-colored bulbs would imbue a room with romantic atmosphere but only when paired with correct type of furniture. In other cases, a room completely lit with white bulbs is indeed bright but at times it can be aggravating as well, especially when the room is too tight and too cluttered with furniture sets. So, really, the matter of getting appropriate lighting (both in volumes and brightness intensity) is a rather sensitive thing that needs your undivided attention.
The shape of decoration lights fixtures is also of great importance to take notice of. Simple set of lamps could add a minimalistic sense of style to a room while highly ornate one would create a very lush and classic theme. This, in turn, will also work along with the type of color the bulbs emit when you switch them up. Combination and proper installment are something that takes a great deal of esthetic values from you but by looking up some tips and suggestion from news media, you would be able to achieve what you want about decorating your room with the best lighting fixtures.
There is this subtle point where News Media & Decoration converge. If you try to separate one from the other, then there really is nothing that ties the two aspects together. But once you are willing to let go of the needs of having to make sense of everything, then they can work along just fine. Let's put this theory into something more perceivable. What do news media provide for people? That would be information, wouldn't it? Now, as the media is where information is located, you can use them to search for ideas for some decoration games, for instance.
Now why would you need decoration games if you could just truly decorate your house? First and foremost, a game of decoration is simply what it is: a game. It is a source of entertainment, for sure. If you are not the gaming-kind, you can install the games and have your kids play them while you are busy doing something else. In a manner of speaking, as a game of decoration normally employs quite engaging gameplay, your kids would be preoccupied with their gadget. As a result, you do not have to split your attention between the tasks you have in hands and watching over your kids at the same time.
That is only one of the benefits you can derive from decoration games, anyway. You can also try to play the games yourself for fun. If you are lucky, one way or another, the games would inspire you with ideas on how to upgrade the look of your house. Well, maybe not directly; but at the very least, you can get some ideas on how to deal with decorating your house by playing the games. News media, therefore, have an indirect impact on the way you can improve your house's appearance.
On paper, there is really no telling where News Media & Decoration can intersect. One is totally different from the other and to try to find a link between the two is probable but perhaps to no avail. At least, that is what you are going to get if you do it literally. Try to look at the two beyond their literal definition and purpose and perhaps you will have a picture on how the two can merge. Here is one way to look at them: news media are always about information while decoration is mostly about how to make your house look pretty, especially on a holiday. So the two can work together: news media can supply you with ideas of, say, decoration for christmas.
The subject of decoration for christmas is often the source of headache for a lot of people. Every time the date nears forward, you would be hard-pressed to come up with something other than the usual such as the Christmas tree. The problem is that you may be too busy and too preoccupied with other more pressing matters to be creative and resourceful regarding this subject and you would end up doing nothing at all to decorate your home for Christmas.
This is where media outlets can help you out. When Christmas time is closing in, websites are chock full of articles about the way someone can make their home pretty for the most festive day of the year. You can resort to old articles that discuss past trends of decoration for christmas but it is advised that you stick to the latest ones. But that does not mean that past trends are not useful, either. The big idea here is to mix and match every element that you find suitable and is approximately close to your own liking.
News Media & Decoration do not really match one another in a traditional sense. News media usually involves, well, new reporting and whatnot while decoration mostly revolves around how you can improve the look of your house or building in general. But you can use media that report news to derive some decoration ideas. Such ideas would be beneficial for you in that they will help you to transform your average home into something else, something that bears great artful qualities. In doing so, your house would be much more comfortable to be inside. Learning about the ideas will improve your life quality as well.
For example of decoration ideas, you can take a big plank table. This kind of table is as useful as it is decorative in nature. On the table, you can arrange the entire collections of china and porcelains you have. In this way, the table works as a display. At other time, you can use it the way a dining table is supposed to be. This is where its functionality is put into good use. You can also choose a table whose feet are stunningly ornate to make it the focal point of a room.
Use of curtain would be sweet touch to a room as well. In this case, a curtain works the same way as the table we talked about previously. A curtain is a functional in that it obscures the interior part of the house from being seen. But it does not mean that a curtain cannot lend a room such a magnificent upgrade. As part of decoration ideas, choose a curtain that has intricate motifs on it in order that your room can be imbued with such a character. There are literally so many ideas you can try to apply to a room. You only need to get creative about it and work your way elegantly.


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Today was Book Reading Project Day. The Crafty Mom's dream, the Mommy Issue's Mom – nightmare and crafts, projects and hair conundrums are my nemesis. I really try and the adage "our last mistake , is our biggest lesson" never comes to fruition for crafty craftsmanship, in fact it progressively gets worse and there is neighborhood concern that I may one day super glue my hands to my daughter's 'french braid'.
I post this undoubtedly adorable picture of my children on social media and directly beneath it, from a neighborhood mom (or Dad, I'm very PC) is Cindy Lou Hoo HERSELF.. (Do not ask me what my son is, something from Harry Potter, a squawking phoenix? His screeching squawk can break the sound barrier, so have fun today Teach!) .
You could run a roller coaster through the loops, hoops, dips and hops on my neighborhood's daughter's hair. It is truly magnificent. I am not in any way disrespecting her craftsmanship with this blog, I'm blown away by its aesthetic artistry.
I am just curious though, what happened to me when they were handing out the gene that they give to Mommies ( and Daddies!! Again PC) that makes them so prolific at crafts and hair? Was I in the bathroom? Was I break-dancing? Did I pass out? Are my hands not shaped in craftsman "craftymanship" crafty form?
I am sure there are a few of you out there too that were break-dancing with me when the "craftonator" descends upon earth and hands out crafty craftsmanship genes to all the new Mommies (or daddies, I'm extremely PC you see, as I have repeatedly mentioned to thee) . I'm here to tell you, do not sweat it bro, just go with the to and fro, YO! We all have or loops and hoops dips and drops AND POPS AND LOCKS because we know how to break dance!!! Remember???
In my defense, if there was any pretense in my husband's mind that I posessed the crafty, hair , pottery~ barn decorator gene, he simply missed the pre~marital signs because he was smitten with my transcendent beauty. Signs such as:
- Burping
- Wiping the counters with bottom of my t-shirt
- Brushing my hair with a plastic fork
- Heating up food in oven, IN STYROFOAM
- Identifying, WAY TOO MUCH, with the crazy, younger mom in Divine Secrets of the Ya Yas (you fell asleep honey, The signs were ALL THERE)
- And so on so forth- henceforth.
I'm not lamenting the fact that I missed the "Craftonator's" calling. I'm not complaining. I'm not sad. Or mad. Or blue with a shoe. I'm actually moving more money into Cindy Lou Hoos bank account so she has enough for her therapy sessions, and break-dancing.
End of the day conversation with my Cindy Lou Hoo:
Daughter: "Mommy, um, people kept asking me who I was..And Mommy, so & so's Mom put a cup on her head and then the hair to look like Cindy Lou Hoo and Mommy so and so (aforementioned in.blog) REALLY looked like CINDY LOU HOO"
Me: "I'm sorry baby, Mommy has bad hair skills, but do not fret child , Mommy & Daddy have tucked away a rainy day fund for therapy and break-dancing"
Daughter Shrugs: "okay"
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This blog is like the ridiculous sweater I bought at Anthropologie a few years ago. It was on sale and the sales lady told me "it looks awesome on you." It's the most bizarre sweater, and whether it looked good on me or not, is highly debatable. Like these blogs, I look at them at say "Yeesh, what was I thinking,," or laugh or bath in their cathartic qualities. The sweater stays for the same reasons.


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What Is Store Atmosphere?
Always have professionally written signs
Lighting can create the right mood for your store
The right scent motivates customers to spend and return
The key is not to go overboard
Just as important as store atmosphere, is making sure you
stock what your customers want to buy!
Once you've nailed store atmosphere,
you can take a well earned break and reap the benefits
The correct store layout is vital, it creates a need within the customer
The right music makes you feel relaxed and happy
Store Atmosphere is the design and layout of a store or an environment that stimulates all 5 human senses. It arouses a customers' perceptual and emotional responses and affects their purchasing behaviour.....
What is Store Atmosphere?
Store Atmosphere is the creation of a shopping haven where customers feel welcomed and comfortable. Merchandising and creative displays influence spending, they build a strong, emotional, subconscious desire to purchase a product or brand. It encourages spending and return visitation regardless of a customers' frame of mind when entering the store.
Signage is an important factor of store atmosphere both internally and externally. From catching the customers' eye from the outside and drawing them in to assisting customers in identifying product locations and sale items, store signage needs to capture the essence of the store brand, it needs to be factual and professionally made. Handwritten signs are a big "No, No" when it comes to signage as they make both your store and your product look cheap and tacky.
Store Atmosphere
-Atmosphere creates an overwhelming desire to have an object - I need that item, not just want it, without it my life is nothing.
There are 5 essential design elements that must be considered when creating store atmosphere. Before we get to that, we must first look at the layout of a store. The store layout must create a feel, a buzz about a product which leaves the customers wanting more. Any layout faults can deter shoppers from not only buying but from entering the store in the first place. How a store is furnished and planned affects how the merchandise is presented and can influence sales significantly.
Layout and the
5 Essential Design Elements
Lighting is essential to highlight specific merchandise or to flood an area with light to draw the customers' attention to a certain area. Natural light gives the feeling of openness and provides customers with an idea of what an item might look inside their own home. This is great for furniture or home-ware type stores. Hanging lights work well for fashion stores as it replicates lighting in our own bedrooms. Different shades of lighting also affect the way a product looks. Too yellow can give a sickly look to your products while too bright a white can make a store feel clinical.
Atmosphere encourages customers to buy
Scents and aroma's can have a strong impact on a customers' moods and emotions. It invokes thoughts and brings memories to life, like the smell of rain, perfume/aftershave or even hot cross buns, encouraging the customer to relive a special moment. It entices customers to purchase items they might normally walk straight past. Customers tend to spend more time in a scented store without even realising and it tends to motivate the customer to revisit more often. Store merchandisers should be mindful not to make the scent too over powering otherwise it will drive customers away.
Music can influence both conscious and unconscious actions. The right music can affect customers to the extent where they feel comfortable and relaxed within a store. Customers who feel comfortable in a store have a tendency to linger longer and increase their spending. The wrong music on the other hand will have the complete opposite effect and will deter customers from even entering your store. Music also needs to be at the correct volume as customers do not want to be blasted with music that is too loud but it needs to be audible.
Colour is the final element in creating the right store atmosphere. The right colour combination, like scent, can arouse emotions and affect the customers' moods. The right colour scheme stimulates memories, thoughts and experiences. Similar to the other elements, if you overdo the colour scheme, it can be quite hard on the eye and deter shoppers from entering. Finding the right combination is critical - too much colour can make your store look like a childs' playground whereas stark white will give your store a clinical feel.
Tips for Creating s Great Atmosphere in Your Retail Store by Meaghan Ringwelski ,2011. Retrieved from: http://blog.cashierlive.com/2011/08/08/tips-for-creating-a-great-atmosphere-in-your-retail-store/
The Importance of Retail Stores Design and Atmosphere by Fredrick A. Babb, May 2008. Retrieved from: http://www.insidebusiness360.com/index.php/the-importance-of-a-retail-stores-design-and-atmosphere-3-24774/
Journal of Retailing - The effects of wait expectations and store atmosphere evaluations on patronage intentions in service-intensive retail stores, D. Grewal, J. Baker, M. Levy & G. Voss Sept 2003, pages 259-268
About.com/Retailing by Shari Waters, blogger and freelance writer with over 25 years experience in retailing and owning businesses
Creating an attractive display can draw customers in, promote slow moving items, announce a sale or welcome new season stock. A store front window is one of the most proven and least expensive forms of advertising your products. The following points are essential to bare in mind when creating an effective visual display.
* Make sure your store is free of clutter and is clean and tidy, including the ceiling
* keep displays balanced - asymmetrical rather than symmetrical
* Place larger items into your display first
* Keep things simplistic, less is more
Finally, here are a few tips that are vital to creating the perfect store atmosphere...
1. You never get a second chance to make a first impression
2. It's the small things that make the biggest impact
3. No one is ever under any obligation to buy from your store, put a little extra effort into creating a space that people like to encourage spending
4. Consider your ideal customer when creating an identity for your store
5. Stick to the same theme throughout. Miss matched themes look messy and complicated
6. Ensure your staff are happy, they will create a more pleasant environment for all
7. Make sure any music you play matches your stores theme and design. No point playing classical music if you're trying to sell grunge clothing
8. Are you stocking items that your customers want? Items that only you like will sit on your shelves for months so be careful when selecting stock
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Andy Oliver, 64, ran, swam, and bicycled along side his daughter, and much younger nieces and nephews Jan. 20 during his fifth Indoor Triathlon at the Rochester Older Persons Commission (OPC).
During the event the public participated in 60 minutes of swim, bicycling and running along side members of the OPC, who are all ages 50 and older.
�The beauty of this event is that it is open to the public; an all ages event,� said Jeremy Ridky, of the OPC. �We had families with three to four generations participating. Our youngest this year was 11 years old, and our oldest was 83.�
See the action from the event here.
The indoor triathlon is different than a typical outdoor event. Instead of lines marking the start and finish, this indoor tri was timed. Participants tried to cover as much distance as possible in the allowed 20 minutes per event.
Participants stated in the lap pool, followed by 20 minutes in the stationary bikes, and finished with 20 minutes on the track.
Triathlons represent one of America�s fastest-growing sports, and more people 50 and older are eager to try. Recent statistics from USA Triathlon, the national governing body that oversees more than 3,500 tri events, show the number of participants age 50 and above has more than doubled in recent years, soaring to nearly 18,000 in 2010 from 8,278 in 2005 � a 117 percent increase. And nearly 4,000 are in the 60-to-69 age range. Those 50 and over make up a growing 14 percent of USA Triathlon membership.
At the OPC, 58 people participated in the 2018 Indoor Triathlon, making it the largest in terms of participant size since the first one eight years ago.
�Some love to compete against others or themselves and their personal bests,� Ridky said. �Others do it simply for the exercise and challenge, or to get the family together for an experience.�
Those who tried the Tri trained by either taking on extra laps in the pool, through Spin classes, or by spending more time on the track. Others didn�t train at all, as participants completed the triathlon at their own pace, Ridky said.
�It�s not the Iron Man where you swim two miles in the ocean and then run in a 100 mile marathon,� Oliver said. �It just gives you a taste of what that�s like, and it�s very invigorating.
�They are without a doubt an inspiration to others,� Ridky added. �I think this is supported by the fact that we had generations of families participating. �If Grandpa can do this, so can I.��


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The Mutant Jello meets its creator after a year apart. Hans is wise and takes precautions.
It's been a year.
On April 26, 2011, Hans, our resident mad scientist, came by the social media and t-shirt monkey's office with a bowl of extra strength jello leftover from mocking up the Edible Gummi iPhone Case. As a joke, he plopped this 3x strength Jello out of the bowl and slapped it onto the glass door.
It stayed up there for 112 days.
We watched in horror as the Mutant Jello sagged, grew crusty, then craggy. A semblance of a mouth appeared on its surface. It curled up around the edges and became more loathsome as time went on, but it did not budge. We documented its ominous progress via Twitter to keep a record of its changes. Just in case it succeeded in dominating the world.
It escaped in August. Four months later.
We proceeded to catch the Jello in a net and hang it from the ceiling for observation. In the year since, we have not seen any further evidence of sentience, though the foreboding we feel as it looms above leads us to believe that it is not dormant, but waiting.
As a birthday present to our benevolent overlord, we decided that it was time to free it from its confines, if only for the day. This is what happened.
This has been the Mutant Jello's home since its escape. The lights would make it a cheery little nest, if the Jello didn't loom so menacingly.
It is down! Please note the gloves worn in careful precaution.
We carefully remove its restraints. Yes, we were afraid for our lives.
No Timmy! Don't touch it, you don't know what will happen!
A close up of the eldritch horror.
Its formerly squishy back has become a calcified and pockmarked landscape.
Yes! We remembered!
After its outing and several escape attempts, Timmy finally returns the Mutant Jello to its home. We rest safe in the knowledge that it is again restrained.
For more pictures, check out The Mutant Jello birthday flickr set. There are close-ups of its mysterious crags and pockmarks if you feel brave enough to embiggen them. We cannot take any responsibility for madness caused by gazing into the abyss, however. So proceed with caution.
Happy birthday, you loathsome thing! You make our lives...interesting. To say the least.


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Prepare to smite thine enemies! Age of Mythology to be Released in September 2002
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Ensemble Studios today released some new screens of their upcoming 3D RTS title, Age of Mythology. It's a series of four screenshots displaying one of the many Age of Mythology (AOM) god powers (GPs).


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I'm thinking about using my legal and blogging backgrounds to start a special kind of celebrity-inspired law school. Contracts, torts, even civil procedure could be worlds more exciting if you're studying cases based in tabloid craziness…and goodness knows there are enough celebrity legal spats to provide copious amounts of study materials. I specifically remember studying a case in my wills and trusts class which involved a troubled stripper turned Guess model as she vied for her much older husband's estate after his passing. Ring any bells? I'd even invite Harvey Weinstein to be a guest lecturer.
Of course, all 1Ls would have to take Kardashian Law. Think about it…the class could cover everything from employment to divorce to defamation. Kris Humphries could teach part of the course in his off-season! Speaking of Kris, we've got some news on his divorce proceedings from Kim. Also, if you recall, Kris Jenner recently filed a lawsuit against her ex husband's widow Ellen Kardashian for copyright infringement, claiming that Ellen sold portions of Robert Kardashian, Sr.'s private journals which were willed exclusively to his children. This family is a plethora of legal insanity, and I have more to share with you after the jump!
In light of Kris' new filing, Radar Online has unearthed a lost interview with Ellen in which Rob Sr.'s widow discussed spending close to half a million dollars of her own money to make sure that Rob, Jr. followed in his father's collegiate footsteps.
The interview took place in January 2012, and in it, Ellen recalls, "When there was no allocation for Robert's college [in Robert, Sr.'s will], I freely contributed the money for him to go to USC. I know Robert Sr. really wanted him to attend that school. That was one of his wishes."
In 2009, when Rob graduated from the USC's Marshall School of Business, sister Khloe blogged, "It was a day that made my family very proud. Now my baby brother is SC alumni… I'm so proud that he went to USC and finished in four years. He has honestly grown up so much and learned a lot along this journey of his and our family is so proud of him."
Ellen shares that she once had a "great relationship" with Rob, although she is unsure if he knows she footed the bill for his college education. She remembers, "He lived with us. I participated in his school activities. We were very close. I would take him to school in the morning, make his lunch. We always had dinner together at night when my husband traveled. It was just the two of us, so we enjoyed it."
Rob's former step-mother continues, "I felt like a mom to him and I felt very special to him. I would go to school when he had teacher conference and he treated me with respect and bought me beautiful cards and made me feel very special on our special days, like Mother's Day and Christmas," adding, "I have no regrets at all. Spending time helping my husband raise Rob. No regrets. You know, we had a terrific time.
Of Rob's sisters, Ellen admits, "I didn't have a special relationship with Kim, Kourtney or Khloé outside the fact that we traveled together and went on trips and had a great time."
I'm sure when Ellen paid for Rob's college or gave this interview she couldn't have imagined that Kris and Rob, Sr.'s children would be suing her, alleging a "despicable and unlawful scheme to hold in secret and convert, and now exploit … private personal and copyright protected" material. That said, there is a lot about this story that makes me wary of Ellen, notwithstanding the fact that she was only married to Rob, Sr. for two months before his death. However, next to some members of this family, I tend to sympathize with her! Krazy, right?
Kris isn't just an active participant in this lawsuit, but she's also planning to testify on behalf of her daughter her divorce proceedings. TMZ is reporting that Kim's legal team has comprised a witness list of several people–her mother included–that will attest to the fact that Kris was very aware of the "business side" of his marriage. The site claims that at least six witnesses will be called to testify that Kris was extremely involved in every aspect of the prenup. Besides Mrs. Jenner, two managers, an attorney, and a court reporter are set to share that Kris knew exactly what he was signing up for with the prenup. Yikes, Kris!
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When my mate Kaff got me up at stupid o'clock yesterday morning, I did wonder if the time had perhaps come to end our albeit immensely rewarding relationship. Not only did she get me up very, very early in the morning when most self-respecting squirrels – and even some of us reprobates – are heading to our hammocks, but she also told me we were going to London for the day. Yes, yes, I know. Wildly exciting and the place-to-be and all that congestion-charging traffic to dodge but really folks… I've lived there, I've done London like an American tourist could only dream of doing it, I'm an old squirrel and, quite frankly, not only do I have the t-shirt but I have the jumper as well (see picture if you don't believe me).
Still, days out with Kaff are almost always fun and they usually involve road snacks, which are not the same as road kill, in case that's what you were thinking. One of Kaff's better (only?) qualities is that she is happily very squirrel-friendly. No, road snacks means chocolate or nuts, and sometimes both combined in a deliciously-wrapped but easy to open package.
The beginning of the trip started off at Victoria train station. I know what you're thinking, less than auspicious. My thoughts, too, until we bumped into Kaff's very lovely Swedish friend, Catti and her colleague. Apparently, that's why we were there. Kaff and Catti (which is Swedish for Kaff – I don't know why she picks friends with the same name as herself but she will insist on doing so and it is confusing, trust me) hadn't seen each other for 7 years. Can't really be that great friends then, if you ask me, but Kaff insists it might have something to do with the fact that they live in different countries and she isn't a fabulously successful writer who can afford to jet around seeing her bessie mates yet. I told her, she shouldn't be gallivanting about in London but perhaps ought to stay home and finish my decalogy of books. That's when she zipped up the bag I was traveling in and wouldn't talk to me for a while. Some people just don't like hearing the truth.
So, she did let me out at lunchtime and we had a very pleasant, enjoyable time with Catti and colleague in benugo at the BFI on the South Bank but it was sadly over all too soon and we saw them off into a taxi so they could catch their flight home. But, en route to finding a taxi, Kaff and I stumbled across something rather wonderful – a Chocolate Festival! Yes, stall after stall of chocolate (and a goodly proportion of nutty) goodies. It was just the thing to wander around until it was time for us to wend our way homeward. We met up with a Twitter friend, the lovely @marmadale from Rococo Chocolates. This was brilliant because we'd only recently been unable to make it down to London for a chocolate tasting at Rococo when it fell on a school night. We made up for this by stocking up on some goodies and both Kaff and I love their Scorched Almonds and Scorched Hazelnuts – absolutely delish. (I have to say that neither of us were that sold on the Earl Grey chocolate though. Kaff drinks EG tea but doesn't think the mix with chocolate was great.) We also made new friends and discovered some amaretto chocolates, which were sadly a bit bleh due to the low cocoa content choc used. I was so disappointed with those – amaretto is, after all, my favourite tipple. However, we also found some lovely nutty chocolate from the fine folks at Artisan du Chocolat – they gave us a selection which were super-yummy.
As you can see from the picture, Kaff made sure that I brought home a fair stash of goodies for me and the crew and they all went down very well, and very quickly. I wonder where my next nuts are coming from…


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TICONDEROGA - Fort Ticonderoga and the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington will present "History Comes Alive!," a day-long theater camp for children entering grades 4 - 8 on Thursday, Aug. 12.
Participants will travel back in time to 1775 and imagine they are one of the Green Mountain Boys trying to decide whether to follow Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold across Lake Champlain to attack Fort Ticonderoga. Others will imagine they are one of the family members of the British soldiers living in the fort and unaware of this plan.
Over the course of the day participants, with the help of simple costume pieces, will create characters, both true and fictional, as they enact the historic capture of Fort Ticonderoga on May 10, 1775. This event was the first victory of the American Revolution.
The cost is $70 a child. For reservations call 585-6370 or 585-2821.


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By Chris Yuscavage, Complex Sports
It's September. And, you know what that means, right? Less than a month before we really start getting hyped up about the start of the 2012-13 NBA season!
Until then, this video should help hold you over. It features J.R. Smith and Tyreke Evans playing in a streetball game at Dyckman Park in New York City recently and pulling off a pair of pretty spectacular plays. Enjoy.
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You know I love a good, cute gift idea that you can give to a friend to brighten her day. This one is a big favorite for me. It's not only something yummy, but it packages it up all cute and fun too! And I'm giving you a Thanksgiving version, a Christmas version and an anytime of the year version! Tell your friend you are nothing BUNDT thankful for her (or him) with this cute gift idea:
There's a cute version that you can use any time for a friend and here's something fun for Thanksgiving time:
Or…need something fun for Christmas? Here you go!
This fun little Christmas one is a great way to spread the love this Christmas. Do you love to serve others at Christmas time? Show them how much you care? This is a great way to do that.
On December 1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is doing a Worldwide Day of Service to kick off 25 days to Light the World. The idea is to try to find ways to be Christlike throughout the month of December as you get ready to celebrate His birth. Here's a chance for you to show gratitude to friends, just like Jesus did. Want to take part in the day of service or the 25 days of activities? Find out more here. you'll find lots of ways to serve others there and you can find a way that works best for you!
Want to put one of these together for someone? Let's do it!
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Here's the tags for you to use. Just right click and save to your computer and then you can open them on your computer in a program like Word or Pages and size them how you want. I sized mine about 2 inches big to fit on the top of my containers.
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Sr Chief Bowes and his spotter wore our Advanced Combat Shirt in a recent precision rifle competition in Kodiak, Alaska. Read about it in the article below (originally published by the Kodiak Daily Mirror on Jun 27).
Kodiak learned an important lesson last weekend: Don't mess with Brady Post.The Coast Guard C-130 mechanic and one-year Kodiak resident outshot 27 of Kodiak's best marksmen to win the inaugural Kodiak Precision Rifle Competition."I was really surprised," Post said Sunday night during the competition's awards ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak.Before he hoisted his two-foot trophy, however, he had to run and shoot his way through a tough two- day set of courses set up by Senior Chief Petty Officer Tom Bowes and Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Harris.Bowes said he spent "hundreds of hours" since November lining up sponsors, competitors and creating events for a weekend of precision shooting.The "Run and Gun" course at the Salonie Creek Rifle Range was one.
Under Saturday's brilliant sunshine, Harris counted down for competitors: "Ready, ready … go," he shouted over and over as competitors, one at a time, took timed shots from a variety of shooting positions — standing, sitting, and kneeling with support and without.
Between each position was a 20-yard dash that left shooters with pounding hearts and sweat-streaked backs. Between each shot — and there was only one allowed at each position — competitors had less than 30 seconds to squash through the range's marshy field and steady themselves for the next round.
Behind the spray-painted starting line, participants peered through spotting scopes as Victor Wyszkowski ran down the field alongside Harris, who carried a stopwatch.
"I haven't done anything like this in a while," said Wyszkowski, who works as an instructor at Kodiak's Naval Special Warfare training center.
That was a sentiment shared by most of the shooters at the weekend's events.
Traditional marksmanship and target practice involves a stationary rest and a stationary shooter. Precision rifle competitions, which are held across the United States, emphasize practical shooting under conditions not normally found at a traditional range.
Many of the Kodiak competitors said they had seen ads for competitions but never had the opportunity to go because of their distance from Kodiak.
Bowes and Harris saw the same thing and decided to do something about it.
"We figured we're up here … and there's nothing like this," Bowes said.
In addition to the Run and Gun, Bowes and Harris drew up events like the "Heartbreaker," which forced competitors to run up and down a firing line between a can of bullets and a firing position.
The competitors and their weapons were as varied as the events. Coast Guardsmen dominated the field of 28, but civilians also participated, as did a team from the U.S. Navy.
The weapons ranged from Post's brand-new AR-15 to a century-old rifle carried by Kodiak Military History Museum director Dave Ostlund.
"You had your $3,000 rifles out there, all the way down to daddy's hunting rifle," Bowes said.
In all events, precision was key. Chicken eggs were a target in one event. In the Run and Gun, shooters fired at a paper target covered by three printed human heads: one "terrorist" and two "hostages."
Hit the hostages and you lose points. Hit the terrorist target area — a triangle no more than four inches wide — and you gain points.
"I've felt better on other stages," Wyskowski said when asked how well he shot the tough target.
On Sunday night, Post had a wide grin as he accepted the award for first prize in the Run and Gun, an honor that helped him win first prize overall.
Post served in a Marine Corps force reconnaissance company until an ankle injury sidelined him in 1995 and he transferred to the Coast Guard.
"It was really neat to go back to the way (that) feels," he said.
Post said he has never participated in a Run and Gun competition or had much opportunity to shoot moving targets — another event he won — but he would relish another opportunity.
Whether he will get that chance is questionable. Bowes said he hopes someone else will take charge of next year's events, since he doesn't have the time to do it again.
Regardless of whether the precision rifle competition returns, Bowes said it was worthwhile.
"This was a different door that was opened in their shooting abilities," he said. "They really found their limitations and where they excelled."
Kodiak Precision Rifle Competition Results
- Brady Post
- Steven Brown
- Zachary Painter
- Jason Humphreys
- Kristian Sather
- Shawn Callis
- Samuel Loska
- Michael Simone
- Benjamin Latimer
- David Ostlund
- George Best
- Bryan Ramstead
- Matthew Hilton
- Joshua Alder
- Jesse Glamann
- Edmond Cumplido
- Todd Hubert
- Jeremy Ballard
- Victor Wyszokowski
- Thomas Campbell
- Neil Horn
- Tamara Abler
- George White
- Robert Fielder
- William Lounsbery
- Brian West
- Adam Smude
- Sean Thomas