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"Now, don't get me wrong. Expertise has an important place in any advanced economy, but we've taken it so far that even many of the best experts are highly dependent on other experts for anything outside their specialty. The result is that people defer to the experts on almost anything, so getting the 10 percent to lead in government is a major challenge, because business leaders will always wonder why the political experts don't just do it."
-Leadershift, by Orrin Woodward and Oliver DeMille
The point that Woodward and DeMille make here in Leadershift is a big one. In reading that paragraph this morning, I found myself drawing comparisons with my own experience, both in the corporate world and in my social circles. What I would like to postulate here is that perhaps some of the Millennials whom everyone apparently thinks are terrible, are actually just very useful generalists stuck in an economy and a culture that doesn't know how to use them because they aren't experts in any small niche.
Now, don't misunderstand me. There are some Millennials who are definitely not stepping up to the plate. Anyone who neglects the "hard work" step of the "follow your heart and do what makes you come alive" process of living one's life, or who thinks that now that they've got a degree, they should have a job, is clinging far too closely to a credentialist view and is well overdue for a study in meritocracy (that is, being judged based on one's performance and results as opposed to the titles or degrees one has).
But there are some folks around my age who have degrees in things like "Communications", "Interdisciplinary Studies", or in my case, "Comparative Cultures and Politics." These degrees don't necessarily fit square peg in square hole with jobs in the corporate world. (Bing "Communicator Jobs", "Interdisciplinarian Salary", or "Jobs for Culture and Politics Comparer" and you'll see what I mean). But what a lot of these folks have, that isn't spelled out letter for letter in their degree, is a wide-angle lens that's been keenly developed by studying something that isn't as much the ABCs as it is a can of alphabet soup, with which they've been allowed to do with what they please. These people may not be able to design, build, and launch a rocketship, but they can put together the right team to do it, and they can probably manage the whole project cradle to the grave, because they can see the way it's all supposed to happen. More importantly, the Millennials with all these silly, vague degrees often understand the "why" of doing things, in addition to the how.
No doubt, this creates tension between employers who are looking for specialists to come in and do a specific task and Millennials who know THAT they can do, but may not know WHAT to do just yet. And I would argue that their feeling of confusion and apprehension isn't altogether their fault. They've been trained to succeed in ways that our current economy doesn't always know how to handle. But consider this: were you a company, would you rather hire someone with a set of individual skills, or someone who has learned how to learn skills and is adaptable? If you're a huge, gigantic company that's been around since the stone age, you'll probably go for the specialist. And that's not inherently wrong. They'll probably be great at what they do. But if you opted for the more adaptable, wide-lens generalist, you'd have someone that will probably be great at what they do, and will have a good handle on what a lot of other people in your organization do as well.
Now, I'm not saying that Millennials with pointless-sounding degrees should be hired in droves because they can all do everything. That would be ridiculous. What I am saying is that if most hiring decisions are made on the basis of qualifications (credentials), and most firing decisions are made on the basis of character (merit: lack of work ethic, morals, teachability), then maybe it's time to give a shot to the people who have the character to learn and adapt, even if they don't have a degree with the same name as the job posting. We'll probably find that the generalists who understand "why" things are done just as much as the how, and who have a good grasp on the organization itself, its goals and its fit in the world, make for better long-term business partners because they can more easily align with the purpose of an organization and come alongside it to take ownership of the cause. After all, aren't most people who hate their jobs really just lacking in purpose and fulfillment? If our organizations looked at "why" just as much as "how", and we hired people who did the same, wouldn't we all feel more fulfilled and have more purpose? Again, just postulating here.
As to Woodward and DeMille's point about leading in government, what they're really talking about is top leaders in society taking ownership for watching the government to make sure they aren't overstepping their bounds (something that we do sorely need in this country). But I would go as far as to say that we need people taking that sort of ownership at all levels of our society, and that perhaps Millennials are starting to do it. We do live in an age where information is just a click away (the determination of its quality, much more distant), and internet activism to the tune of "Facebook likes" for change, but it's a start, even if a misguided one. Even if it's just because they have nothing else to do, or because they don't have a "why" in their role as a Junior Assistant Flippity Flop at XYZ Services, Inc, there are Millennials paying attention to "stuff" and doing "things." Even if they can only digest serious, high-concept issues in the form of lists of GIFs on Buzzfeed, Millennials want to feel like they know what's going on and they want to feel like they're doing something to make the world a better place. They've seen the world of experts with blinders on, toiling away as Senior Executive Flippity Flops at XYZ Services or Founder and CEO of MNO Tech (XYZ Services' competitor, founded by a former Senior Executive Flippity Flop at XYZ, fed up with feeling underappreciated and undervalued in her old role). They've been told that they should go to school, get good grades, get a degree, and get a safe, secure job, and follow that same path, and they asked "why?". They're looking for more. And I would go as far as to say that if they can leverage their vagueness and indecision and frustrating apathy with things that credentialists think matter, then maybe they can dig out their own, wide-lens, community-based niche in the economy and rise up as conscious leaders in a country that needs more people who understand why we do things, and not just how.


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Giggle Therapeutics Packaging Design
Project Goals
To create a packaging design that expressed the elements of Giggle Therapeutics product: natural, playful, giggle-inducing. The packaging design also needed to inform the customer about ingredients, highlight the gluten-free aspect, and express the company brand.
Sources & Inspiration
Giggle therapeutics wanted to explore the imagery of the Hindu goddess Kali with illustrative pieces that highlight ingredients of the product. The client jumped at the opportunity to have their packaing design entertain through playful artwork.
A Gorilla Goddess with a banana skirt perched on a peanut. Need we say more? The Hybrid Creative had a blast bringing this concept to fruition. Not only was the finished packaging design colorful and entertaining, it also clearly expressed all of the required information from ingredient lists to THC content to portion size.
Playful expression captures attention and creative packaging
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Watch As The Steamboat Natchez Honors 'The Game Of Thrones' By Playing It On The Calliope
August 9, 2017
Does it get anymore NOLA then this? I dont think so.
According to YouTube user Barrett DeLong:
In honor of the new season of Game of Thrones calliopist, Matt Dow prepares New Orleans for Winter in August with his cover of the infamous theme only aboard the one and only Steamboat Natchez.
The only thing that could make this video better is if thoes three dragons were flying around in the background. LOL!!!
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These three puppies were found stuck in a tar puddle between some scraps of sheet metal and concrete barrels. They were located only by their desperate cries, and rescuers worked tirelessly to free, clean, feed, and hydrate them.
Three terrified puppies that were crying out for help were stuck in a small puddle of tar, and were completely immobilized. Luckily, a team of rescuers came to their aid before the situation turned dire.
As the puppies were lifted from the slab, you can see one of their mouths was stuck open by the tar, as seen in the image below. It's impossible to fathom how much pain was inflicted on this tiny, helpless animal.
Each puppy had to be carefully cut out of the sticky puddle. After bringing some of the tar slab back with them to the cleanup facility, rescuers continued cutting off the tar. The puppies were extremely dehydrated and hungry; veterinarians used a syringe to administer drinking water to them.
After the puppies were pulled out from the tar puddle, it was time to start the cleanup process.
The tar was loosened with repeated oil massages and a lot of baths. All that massaging and petting made these little guys sleepy.
Over the next three days, they kept receiving oil massages and baths.
The puppies were completely exhausted from the whole ordeal. Veterinarians were unsure whether they'd survive the trauma they endured.
But in the end, they did survive, and their transformation was night and day. They were hardly recognizable after the tar was removed.
With a stroke of good luck, rescuers were even able to locate and reunite the puppies with their mother.
This rescue was made possible by Animal Aid, an organization founded in 2002 by Jim, Erika, and Claire Abrams-Myers. According to their website, this Seattle-based family began making trips to India in the early 1990s.
Eventually, they purchased a home in Udaipur, Rajasthan, where they made a life for themselves. However, in their daily commute, the Abrams-Meyer family noticed innumerable amounts of injured street animals.
Wanting to help, they founded and grew Animal Aid from just four volunteers and no equipment to over 50 full-time employees. As of 2015, the team at Animal Aid have treated more than 50,000 animals so far, per a statement on their website.
The street dog population in India grows year after year, and the work that animal rescue organizations do is critically important to their welfare.
Thankfully, the caring team from Animal Aid is what allowed these three adorable puppies to survive a potentially life-threatening experience. Without their services, who knows what would've happened to these adorable little pups.
Thank you for all of your extremely difficult and charitable work, Animal Aid!
Watch the incredible rescue and reunion below:
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The photo was reportedly taken during the family's private viewing time at the Whigham Funeral Home in New Jersey, where she was laid to rest on Sunday.
According to the New York Daily News, the photo shows Houston's body lying in a half-opened bronze casket, wearing a purple dress, $500,000 worth of jewels and gold slippers.
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton and singer Ciara posted comments on Twitter, calling the photos tasteless and crude.
Houston died last Saturday in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton hotel on the eve of the Grammys at the age of 48. A cause of death has yet to be determined pending toxicology reports.
Her death marked the end of a life that was marked by stunning career achievements and a public battle with drugs.


text: …yes, the journey down was exhilarting, the best ever, the cyclists said… there was a smell of rubber in the air. A wheel problem and change of bike for Andy L, followed by a fast and busy journey to meet at our destination on the ouskirts of Turin. Nonie and I were parked up, vergeside by a roundabout. What joy it was to see our yellow jersey cyclists beating down a cycle to path towards us, yes all there, all 28 of them. It was then a mere 15 mins or so (much longer by van) to reach The Lingotto building where we descended with exuberance and fulfillment to celebrate with Pip's favourite Elderflower Champagne from Polgoon, thankful to be there and with dear Gill and Tim to welcome us - it was a moment to cherish. Journey not over yet… and more of Gav's video to come.


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On Sunday's "Meet the Press" on NBC, new Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred sat down with host Chuck Todd and was asked about the diversification of Major League Baseball and how the number of African Americans is dwindling in the league.
Manfred stated that Major League Baseball is opening up urban youth academies, hoping to attract more African-Americans back to baseball.
"Baseball Tomorrow has built $10 million worth of youth fields in the last decade. Maybe most important, our clubs and partnership with baseball have opened a number of urban youth academies. It's a fantastic program. An after school program that includes baseball, educational support, nutrition support and through those sorts of programs we hope to attract more people, more African Americans back to the game.
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A battle for control of MGP Ingredients in Atchison apparently has ended, with an agreement to oust the CEO and drop all lawsuits.
The company announced Tuesday that CEO Tim Newkirk will leave, with two other executives serving as co-CEO until Newkirk's replacement can be found.
MGP's board of directors has been battling for most of the year with descendants of the company's founders, the Cray family. Six board members and Newkirk had proposed trying to sell at least part of the company. Two other board members, Cloud Cray Jr. and Karen Seaberg, opposed that plan.
The deal also requires both sides to drop lawsuits and limits potential sales or purchases of corporate assets.
And a long-delayed shareholders meeting will be held Dec. 17.


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Written by: Mohd. Ali Faraz, Voluntary Action Network India (VANI), Progam Officer
The Voluntary Sector in India is passing through very challenging times. On the one hand, there is a high demand from Voluntary Organization's (VOs) due to socio- economic realities at grass roots level, and changes in resource availability. On the other hand, there have been numerous changes in the laws as well as its interpretations by the enforcement agencies. Questions are also being asked about the accountability and transparency within the sector. The image of the sector plays very important role in how people in the society think of us. In addition to strengthening internal structures and operations, self-regulation can help build public trust in the sector.
The self-certification model is required as a response to increasing pressure and scrutiny of the quality and legitimacy of VOs from donors, beneficiaries, the media and government. It is an expression of commitment of voluntary organizations to uphold the highest standards of professional conduct and accountability.
Apart from the self-certification model, there are two more major forms of certification: accreditation and peer-certification. In case of accreditation, there is an independent third party that provides a "stamp of proof or 'seal of approval' that the VO complies with the requirements set forth in the accreditation system. Usually there is a rigorous assessment process and the organization getting accredited needs to pay money for the process. This form of certification ensures the highest level of compliance, that is, it can be trusted that organizations with such a seal or accreditation are truly compliant with the self-imposed regulations. In essence, accreditation is a form of, or another name for third-party certification.
However, accreditation provided by organizations like Give India, Credibility Alliance and CAF India lacks universal acceptability. Currently, there are no mechanisms of accreditation which are verified and accepted by the Government of India.
The next level of compliance is peer-certification, when the members of a network or other membership organizations verify compliance of their fellow organizations. This is usually done on a voluntary basis for ex: an elected certification committee and with fewer resources like no payment involved, or it is paid for as part of the membership fee. This is sometimes called self-certification, referring to the "in-house" nature of the assessment, but that is somewhat misleading since there is a third party involved. Also, this third party (the other peer/s) is not fully independent, they belong to the same network organization and there are competing interests at play. For instance, to maintain the good image of the organization as a whole, or to keep the members happy. Self-regulation may also seek to fill gaps in government regulation and protect civil society from burdensome and inappropriate government intervention.
The absence of culture of internal governance and management system in the voluntary sector has reduced transparency and accountability of these organizations in the eyes of the government, new donors and even public. CSO development effectiveness speaks to the impact of CSO actions for development. These actions for development will be effective if they bring about sustainable change that addresses the causes, as well as the symptoms, of poverty, inequality and marginalization. For CSOs, development effectiveness is linked to multi-faceted human and social development processes directly involving and empowering people living in poverty and discriminated and marginalized populations. CSOs assume no single development model, but rather focus on people and their organizations, empowering them to make choices over how they will develop. For CSOs, development effectiveness requires openness to many development alternatives, which are increasingly informed by human rights, environmental sustainability and opportunity for all.
VANI organized various meetings and workshops at different regions of India and involving stakeholders, experts and social activists asking for their view and suggestion also to acknowledge the outcomes of Open Forum process and endorse the Self Certification Principles as an essential basis for their policies of engagement and support of civil society in development. Civil society organizations are a vibrant and essential feature in the democratic life of countries across the globe. CSOs collaborate with the full diversity of people and promote their rights.
The essential characteristics of CSOs as distinct development actors – that they are voluntary, diverse, non-partisan, autonomous, non-violent, working and collaborating for change – are the foundation for the Self-Certification of CSOs. These principles guide the work and practices of civil society organizations in both peaceful and conflict situations, in different areas of work from grassroots to policy advocacy, and in a continuum from humanitarian emergencies to long-term development.
Principle I: Organizational Commitment Standards
Each organization should have a written standard of conduct for its directors, employees, and volunteers. The organization's activities should be open and accessible to scrutiny by its donors, beneficiaries and other stakeholders (except for personnel matters and proprietary information). Organization should have a copy of annual report, financial report and its activities' reports, which is known to all the people associated with the organization and shared with the public.
Availability of organization's registration documents (Society Registration Certificate/Trust Deed/Certificate of incorporation), Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) certificate [if registered with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)], 12A and 80G certificate (if exempted from tax) is an important indicator of organization's commitment to reporting and complying with legal reporting and registration standards.
Principle II: Governance and Administrative Standards
A) Role and responsibility of the Board
Each organization should have an independent, active, and informed Board, selected based on merit and skills. The organization should have policies which specify the frequency of Board meetings (at least two per year) and adequate attendance by directors (at least a majority, on average). Not more than one member of the governing board should be a paid staff person of the organization and no paid staff person should serve as a board chair or treasurer. The Board may designate an Executive Committee, define its role and review its reports. The Board should have policies restricting the number of employees who are voting members of the Board; providing limits for directors being related to one another, the Founder, or the Executive Director; and establishing limited terms of service for directors and officers.
B) Management and Human Resources
Organizations should follow sound management and business practices appropriate to its mission, operations, and governance structure. They should have clear, well-defined, written policies and procedures relating to its employees and volunteers. Such policies should clearly define and protect the rights of employees by assuring their fair treatment in all matters. Fair procedure for hiring and managing employees needs to be followed to maintain transparency. Copies of advertised job openings from newspapers, website or any other medium, job description, resumes and appointment/contract letters issued to fulltime, part time, volunteers or consultants should be in place.
Principle III: Financial Resource Management/Financial Controls
The Organization should conduct its finances while assuring appropriate use of funds and accountability to donors. The indictors for financial accountability would include a copy of annual audited financial statement by a qualified and independent chartered accountant; copy of financial manual/policy containing written procedures, financial rules, routines and process; minutes of annual general meeting containing financial statements; copy of auditor's report; copy of balance sheet and treasurer's report.
Principle IV: Communication to the public
Organization should be committed to full, honest, and accurate disclosure of relevant information concerning its goals, programs, finances, and governance. Fundraising solicitations should be truthful; accurately describe the organization's identity, purpose, programs, and only make claims which the organization can fulfil; and avoid placing excessive pressure on donors. There should be no material omissions or exaggeration of facts, no use of misleading photographs, nor any other communication that would tend to create a false impression or misunderstanding.
Principle V: Program standards
Minutes and reports of programs conducted should be made available to participants, donor agencies and other stakeholders to improve the efficacy of the programs. List of public policy and advocacy activities in which the organization is involved, especially if lobbying, are important indicators to ensure that organization's activities are consistent with the mission and defined public interest. Documentation of best practices or case studies depicting the impact of advocacy, photographs or any other relevant document is also a good practice. Availability of monitoring and evaluation reports of programs, which includes well defined evaluation procedure for the board, staff and projects is an important indicator of mutual accountability/regular monitoring.
Challenges for self-regulation
The diversity of self-regulatory initiatives reflects the fact that their form is shaped by contextual factors such as the level of development of civil society, the resources that are available, and the nature of relations with the state. The different initiatives represent the efforts of the organizations to raise the standards of the sector and their accountability priorities. For example, most of the initiatives involving development organizations still give precedence to governance and financial management. There is still much work to do on focusing on beneficiaries and letting them shape priorities.
Self-regulation is a rapidly evolving field, with the clear majority of initiatives having emerged over the past decade and many still currently in development. While the research methodology for building, the inventory was designed to minimize oversights, the inventory is a work in progress and will rely on its users to keep it up to date.
The landscape of CSO self-certification is much more populated than expected, CSO self-certification is a rapidly evolving field with many initiatives having emerged in the past ten to fifteen years. Developments need to be monitored closely and globally to keep pace with these changes. Self-certification is influenced by factors such as the level of development of civil society, the resources that are available, and the level of debate on quality and accountability issues and the nature of relations with the state. Finally, CSO self-regulation has not permeated the sector evenly.
The challenge of bringing about the renaissance era of Indian CSOs is a daunting challenge: resources are scarce, spirits are low and bad habits are deeply ingrained. It is not suggested here that increasing the accountability of NGOs is the panacea to remedy this crisis. Rather, the premise is that promoting good governance among NGOs could be an important step in regaining and enhancing their public credibility. Voluntary Action Network India- (VANI) could play an important role in this process since it is already internationally recognized as good player in NGO self-regulation and have a mass reach. At the same time, it has built the necessary infrastructure to carry out a sector-wide campaign to shore up accountability practices as a measure of regaining public trust and recapturing the NGO community's essential role in development.
VANI, as part of the IFP network, aims at giving to the Indian CSOs sector a new era where everybody's voice is considered.


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Do this: before you call me, spend the money on family date nights. Try to reconnect and really listen to each another. And after that, if you still need help, call me.


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"The Fam" on our one snowy day this winter.
This is not actually Bailey's first snowman. I just threw this together in a few minutes while Bailey was inside warming up. When she's ready we'll build a "for real" snowman.
Bailey contemplating who-knows-what.
Bailey and Ava got to spend some time together in the snow. Neither was really interested in playing with the other. I think they were too busy trying to make sense of what all this cold, white stuff was and why the rest of us kept making them keep their gloves on.


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Good Kisser
By: Thought
Disclaimer: no
A/N: …yeah, yeah, I knew I said I wasn't going to do another one. Bla bla bla.
Summary: Because playing with people's minds is the highlight of her life.
Abby's POV.
When she inhales, her throat is clogged with smoke and the sent of sex and cheep alcohol and sweat. The cool feel of the tiled wall against her overheated skin is like heaven as an unidentified dancer presses her up against it. He? She? Is something that is not gentle, and Abby can feel the bruises forming on her shoulders and arms. She needs to get home. Call someone. Get out of here before the entrancing brutality of the rushing adrenaline and dream-like anonymity pulls her too far in. If the world were perfect, she would be able to slip away easily, call Gibbs and hide in a corner until he came to pick her up in his car that smells of cigarettes that she knows he doesn't smoke and sawdust. And the next morning she would wake up in his spare room and they'd laugh about her drunken escapades even as he tries to convince her that she shouldn't be going out like that. Unfortunately, predictably, Gibbs is in California on a case, and the man in front of her is fascinated by the smooth black leather collar around her neck and she isn't going to be able to leave for a while yet.
Through a haze of smoke and heat, she can see the exit doors, swinging open and closed with a repetitive motion that she finds scarily hypnotic. She can imagine the feeling of the icy air against her skin, cold, hot, cold, hot as unnamed individuals moved on and entered and pushed outside because they haven't had Gibbs tell them if they ever drink and drive they'll be out of a job. She feels her unwanted partner's teeth graze the vein in her neck, and she shutters involuntarily. She has always had a vampire fixation. And then, just as she thinks she might be able to enjoy this, the guys girlfriend, or at least that's the only person she can think to associate with that amount of possessiveness, pulls him away, leaving Abby cold and leaning up against the wall with angry marks on her body.
She uses the opportunity to slide through the roiling masses, pushing aside people in her haste to get out before the seductive atmosphere wins her over. The chilly night air is a familiar shock to her flushed skin, and she takes in great lungfuls of it, trying not to choke on the smog and fumes from trucks and late-night busses. Her cell phone had been forgotten in the rush to get out of the lonely silence that is her apartment, and she has to walk five blocks in her stiletto hooker boots to find a pay phone. Shaking from a combination of exhaustion, caffeine and cold she punches in the only other number she can think of at the moment.
Earlier that day, when everything was still fairly normal, before the surprise case that sent Gibbs and Ducky to California, McGee, Kate, Tony and Abby had gone out for coffee at a miniature Starbucks that was stuck in the entrance to a Safeway. It had been a slow day, and Gibbs had been in a particularly good mood. Kate had pulled out her club card, and read off her phone number for some contest or points or something that Abby couldn't remember. The girl behind the counter, however, had a faulty machine, and Kate had had to repeat the number for what seemed like forever to get it to work. Abby had joked that they would all have it memorized, which had been promptly followed up by one of Tony's flirtatious shots at the former secret service agent.
"Hello?" a sleepy voice comes through on the other end of the line.
For one, insane moment, Abby is tempted to hang up, unable to believe that she is, at this moment, calling a woman whom she barely really knows at three-thirty in the morning to get a ride.
"Hello, is anyone there?"
"Kate?" Abby is still shaking, and grips the side of the phone booth to ground herself.
"Who is this?" Kate asks.
"Uh… It's—It's Abby. I'm really sorry to bother you like this. I mean, I remembered your number 'cause of the thing today and I would call Gibbs but he's not here 'cause he's in California and I'm really sorry and oh my God I probably woke you up and I can't believe I actually called you and I should really probably just hang up and you can forget I called and go back to sleep and—"
"Whoa…Abby, calm down. What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" her voice is too high, too forced as she bounces on her heals.
"Where are you?"
Kate sighs. "Abby, don't take this the wrong way, but are you drunk?"
"I think so," Abby admits.
"And you want a ride?"
"Uh… No. No, it's okay. I shouldn't have called. I'm going to go find somewhere else to be and get a ride with someone and I don't know even what I'm saying and I'll go…" her hand moves to drop the receiver, but Kate calls out sharply.
"Abby, no." Abby brings the phone back to her ear. "I'll come get you. Just tell me where you are, and then don't go anywhere. Can you do that?"
Quickly, as if afraid she will lose her confidence, Abby relays her current location to the other woman, and hangs up with a promise not to go anywhere. A light drizzle starts up, and she tries to remember if she had started the night with a jacket, but can't.
It takes somewhere around fifteen minutes for Kate to pull up, and by this time Abby's shivering violently and the desire to run back to the club and never leave has made itself very known.
"You cold?" Kate asks when Abby slips into the car.
She shrugs, trying to control her shivering even as her teeth chatter together.
Kate turns the heater on, and Abby spends a few minutes just basking in the small warmth it offers. "So, where should I drop you?" Kate asks uncomfortably after a few minutes.
This is knew. Gibbs never took her home, always to his house so he could make sure she got off to bed alright, and lecture her in the mornings. Cursing her delayed reaction, Abby tells Kate in as few words as possible where to go and what the fastest route is to get there.
"It's funny," Kate says as they pull out into traffic. "I always pictured you as a happy drunk."
Abby made an effort to not allow the semi-hysterical giggle to pass her lips. It ended up coming out more like a strangled gasping noise. "I am," she explained. "That's the thing."
She wants to leave it at that, and Kate seems to realize this, for she doesn't pry any deeper.
Abby notes that she was right in her assumption that Kate had just gotten out of bed, the other woman's ragged sweat pants and mussed hair a clear testament to this. The dark circles that Abby covers up with makeup every day are not present beneath her eyes, and her lips are not bitten raw or bleeding. Her creamy skin, from what Abby can see under the tee-shirt, is unblemished and soft, and her well-defined muscles and competent hands draw her attention more than once. Abby has a sudden, inexplicable urge to reach out and cover one of those hands with her own, small slender one, with it's translucent skin and adept little fingers with their black painted nails.
"Abby, can I ask you a very personal question?" Kate asks out of the blue. Abby, surprised by the interruption of the silence, finds herself agreeing before she can truly process the request.
"Sure. Shoot."
Kate says it quickly, as if she has been rehearsing the question mentally for weeks. "Are you and Agent Gibbs sleeping together?"
Abby isn't exactly unused to this particular question, and always she gives the same answer. "What do you think?"
And Kate looks efficiently cowed, no doubt feeling as if the answer should be clear, though she has no idea what, in fact, the answer is. Abby smiles to herself, because playing with people's minds is the highlight of her life. They pull up in front of Abby's dingy apartment building, and Kate leaves the car running.
"You okay from here?"
"Uh huh," Abby nods. And then, because the opportunity is there, and Abby's never been shy, she leans over and kisses the other woman hard and fast, leaving black lipstick smeared over her perfect lips. Kate, always the good little Catholic schoolgirl, looks very shocked.
Smirking, Abby looks directly into her eyes. "So I suppose you could get your answer by telling Gibbs about that and seeing his reaction," she murmurs playfully, and then jumps unsteadily out of the car, swinging the door shut with a little more force than is really necessary and hurrying, giddily up to her apartment with the smell of smoke in her nostrils and the taste of Kate Todd on her lips.


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Good afternoon,
So we are in the champions League proper after pretty much a dull 3-0 win if that's possible. I suppose we didn't need to turn on the style after grabbing an early goal.
Theo looked bright in the early stages and done fantastically well for Rosicky's goal, there are not many players in our squad who can do that. But unfortunately Theo faded from the game and began to show his weaknesses, like giving the ball away. He is still young and there is plenty of room for improvement.
The good news is that the midfield players are getting amongst the goals, long may that continue.
What the hell was up with Sparta Prague?? They were losing the tie for the whole match and they stayed being defensive! What kind of tactics is that? I'll never quite get that to be honest.
I am looking forward and nervous to the draw which takes place later this afternoon, lets hope we get nice favourable draw. But to be honest there are not many easy teams in the draw. I will update the site later.
Well didn't we do well? Not a bad draw to be honest.
Slavia Prague
Sevilla or AEK Athens
We really should be good enough to come through that group. If Sevilla are get through then they will obviously be tough. Slavia Prague finished second to the very attacking and exciting Sparta Prague that lit up the Emirates *ahem*
As much as we should get through we will need to be at our best and not take anyone lightly. It will be interesting. Right, I am off. Back tomorrow.


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Jayson SteeleEdit
The muses are missing, possibly kidnapped and being held against their will by this person
Brock GarrethEdit
Someone has stolen the Fates sheers, as they were the children of Nyx, Nyx has asked Brock to help. The real culprit is Moros, he feels jilted that though he's the god of "doom" the fates get to control the sheers.
Watson SawyerEdit
There's a ton of mischeif going on up on Olympus, items going missing, tricks being played on the gods, no one's fessing up, but the evidence is currently pointing towards Apate, it wasn't here, so she's sending her son to find out who's behind it, end game Dolos is behind it all
Rex GadwayEdit
A soul of a dead camper was meant to be granted access into Elysium by Persephone, but the soul never made it to her, she's worried what happened to him, he can't be found anywhere in the underworld (Josiah "Joss" Oliver)
Takeo IzamaEdit
Someone has been kidnapping children of Athena, at the very least Cassiopeia Black, Troy Johnson and possibly 1 more if anyone's interested in having their charie kidnapped. Arachne is to blame, however, she laid a trail to try and put the blame on Poseidon.
Edwin BrownEdit
The gods Hekate, Persephone and Haides presided over the oracles of the dead and the art of nekromankia (necromancy), the summoning forth of the ghosts of the dead.
The Oracle of the Dead: The Necromanteion of Ephyra
The location was thought to be closed off when the gods moved west, but someone has been using it, lots of activity has been seen around it, and ghosts/spirits of demigods and heroes have gone missing from the underworld. End game would be a couple of underworld demigods working on behalf of Charon, who is sick and tired of being just a ferryman sitting at a desk and is attempting to amass a dead/ghost army to force Hades hand in allowing Charon better pay and a wider scope
Alassëa NobleEdit
Someone has stolen Nemesis's sword, the sword is used to grant retribution for evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. It gives whomever weilds it great strength. It has been reported as being used to kill mortals and demigods. The end game will be something along the lines of a child of Poine who is sick of the gods taking such a hands off approach to ruling the world, and decided to take action in their own hands, killing any they believe deserve it.
Tacey PerditaEdit
Someone is causing new demigods and satyrs who help bring demigods to camp to forget who they are and what they were doing. Some demigods have ended up dead because of this. End game is Lethe is angry that she has no children at camp, and is causing new campers and satyrs to "forget" who they are and what they were doing.
Kendra CrawfordEdit
So someone is causing droughts, floods, earthqakes all over the world (Japan, Midwest, New Orleans). Blame is being placed on children of Poseidon, and Poseidon's trident has gone missing, he has no idea who took it, but doesn't believe it was one of his children. Kendra needs to find out who's behind it. End game is that it's his wife Amphitrite , who is sick and tired of his affairs with mortals, and has stolen his trident in secret, and with the help of Triton and some nymphs is wreaking the havoc. She's hoping that perhaps the gods will consider doing another no kids pact for the big 3 or at the very least pressure Poseidon into not having anymore.
Sasha Taylor (10/26/2012)Edit
Eris has gone off again and decided to be pissed at the other gods like back during the trojan war, she threw an apple at them addressed "To the smartest". Now everyone's bickering up on Olympus who that is, Athena and Koios particularly are at odds over it, as well as a few others. Now Eris can't be found, and in order to avoid all out war we need to convince her to take back the apple.
Coralynn NicolaeEdit
Someone has stolen Hermes' Cap of Invisibility. End game Dolos took it, using it to cause more trickory and treachery amongst the mortals, being invisible to even the gods and demigods, he hoped to get away with it.
Felicity BrandenburgEdit
Someone is wreaking havoc in the casinos of Las Vegas, causing an unusally large amount of people to win, others who should have won to lose, the fates are pissed, Nemesis is pissed cuz most didn't deserve to win and it's causing imbalance. End game, Felicity has a twin who was given up for adoption because her father didn't want to raise 2 kids. Felicity's sister learned who her true mother was 2 years ago, after a quest, she decided to go out and find her birth father. When she found out he kept her twin but not her, she was angry and is out to ruin and bankrupt him.
Ryker ThovainEdit
This quest will take them to Pripyat, where numerous ghosts are completely out of hand and leading humans to their death. Ryker and Tobias already had a run in with these ghosts, and the ghosts are the reason their father is dead. They will need to steal Radiation suits to do this quest, if necessary Melinoe will try and work it out with Apollo to grant the questers temporary protection to radiation if they need to go into the more severely radiated areas of Pripyat. They need to either convince the ghosts to cross over or stop their antics.
Catarina LaRue (BC) (10/26/2012)Edit
Catarina's been having dreams of Waco, Texas for months now. A mission has come up that will bring them near there to investigate a group of demigods considering joining the BC ranks. On the frront this seems like just a recuriting mission, but while there, when they go to Waco, to an abandoned and burnt building, Catarina will suddenly get her memories back, and things will get a bit crazy, as her real father is revealed to have been David Koresh.
Anamika (BC)Edit
Marina Sanchez (BC)Edit
Conor Fames (BC)Edit
Serenity BloumEdit
She's received word from <insert goddess name here> that she actually has a half sister, a few years after she was born, her father had an affair with another goddess but gave the child up for adoption. The child has been stuck in the Casino all these years and <insert goddess> has asked that she go get her out and bring her back to camp.
Persephone is tired of how drab the underworld is, she's asked Harmony if she would get together some music nymphs/spirits and brighten up the place with music.
Cerebus is gone missing, Hades wants Gage to help find him, along with a child of Hades and whomever else they need to help. End game, Chiron was tired of just being a ferrymen, never being allowed time off, so he was hoping to use Cerebus as ransom.
Aristaios's bees are missing, he's asked Abella to help find them. this guyis the real culprit.
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- Owlz - Ryker's and Jayson's.
- Lottie- Rex's and Alas'
- Minxie-Jayson's and Felicity's
- Miggy - Helping in Takeo's and Joining in Ryker's
- Nicki - Rex's and Ryker's
- Mika - Helping out and Joining All 'Cause Bachy Said So :P
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Aphrodite KidsEdit
Objects That could be stolen or missing:
- DOVE-DRAWN CHARIOT OF APHRODITE Aphrodite's jewel-encrusted, golden chariot was drawn through the sky by a team of doves.
- TRITON-DRAWN CHARIOT OF APHRODITE Aphrodite was a goddess of the sea as well as the heavens, and according to one author, she possessed a sea-going chariot drawn by fish-tailed Tritones.
- CLOTHING & JEWELLERY OF APHRODITE Aphrodite clothed herself in rich, brightly-coloured clothing and adorned herself with fabulous jewellery.
- MAGICAL GIRDLE OF APHRODITE The magical girdle (or cestus) of Aphrodite was woven with the irrestistable powers of love and desire.
Hades KidsEdit
- The Three Judges of the Dead are missing, one of them, Aiakos held the keys to Hades, it is paramount they are returned to do their job, otherwise there is no one to judge the dead.
Hebe KidsEdit
- Someone has stolen the cup of the gods that gives them eternal life, it seems as if it was Ganymede not doing his job, but Hera suspects it's much more than that, though she's being a bit evasive as to why. End game is it's actually hebe who took the cup and hid it, hoping to frame Ganymede and get her old job back
Morepheus KidsEdit
- A large amount of Hypnos's poppies have gone missing, which isn't the only problem, there have been accounts of mortals across various states suffering from nightmares and falling into comas. Ultimately http://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Epiales.html is responsible


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About Me
Working with children through young adults is my true passion. I provide psychotherapy for kids, tweens, teens, young adults, and their families. I utilize talk therapy as well as various expressive techniques (including art, writing, and play).
Through warmth, humor, empathy, and compassion, I will help you explore, understand, and transform areas in your life that seem to be causing you distress. I provide a safe, confidential, and nonjudgmental environment where you are free to fully express yourself.
Educational and Professional Background:
I am a licensed clinical professional counselor with a private practice in Frederick, Maryland. I established my practice in 2010.
I have Undergraduate Degrees in both Education and Art. I received a Master's Degree in School Counseling from Gallaudet University. I have held various education and counseling positions working with parent/infant groups, as well as preschool, elementary, middle-school, and high school students. Through these experiences I obtained considerable clinical perspective.
~ I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
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Coming up at the Big Night Out
We're coming into the last few weeks of Granny Green's Big Night Out for 2010, but we'll be saying goodbye to the year in style! If you haven't made it to a Monday event yet, feel free to come along – we're on between 6-9pm at The LOT, 4-6 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2JU. Just drop in and say hello – there's no charge and no need to book your place in advance!
Here's what's coming up for the rest of the year – assuming we're not all snowed in!
Monday 29th November 2010 – Book Group and Craft
This week we'll be discussing the latest pick from the Granny Green's Book Club, One Day by David Nicholls. If you like to plan ahead, or just want something to escape into over Christmas, our next book is Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. Don't let the slightly deep subtitle, "A novel about the histroy of philosophy" put you off – it's also a really good read (or is it? Come along in January and tell us what you think!)
We'll also be running our craft drop-in between 6 – 9pm. Bring along a crafty project, idea, or just yourself for crafty and creative chat!
Monday 6th December 2010 – Film Group and Craft
Top billing for film week is Random Harvest, in which "an amnesiac World War I vet falls in love with a music hall star, only to suffer an accident which restores his original memories but erases his post-War life." If you don't happen to own this1942 classic that no-one's ever heard of (okay, possibly just me), and do enjoy watching movies in ten minute bursts, You Tube might be your friend – just don't tell anyone I told you that!
Craft drop-in will also be running between 6-9pm!
Monday 13th December 2010 – Christmas Crafty
Finally, we're rounding off the Granny Green's year with a Christmas Crafty (a party with crafts. You mock me now, but it'll be what all the kids are saying next year!) We'll have a few Christmassy mini-workshops running plus general Christmas cheer (a.k.a. food!) Anyone interested in participating in a hand-made secret santa should register their names with Sarah either by emailing email@example.com by Sunday 5th December or at Granny Green's on Monday and we'll get organising that!
(Note: one proposed workshop may have a small fee – around £4 – if it runs, but there will be flashing Christmas tree ornaments and solder involved…! Let us know if you're interested!)
Even if you're not a crafter – come along and join us anyway for some festive fun!
Christmas holidays
Monday 13th December is our last Granny Green's of 2010, but we'll be back on Monday 17th January 2011! Thank you so much for all of your support in 2010, we genuinely appreciate it (and you!) and look forward to seeing you in 2011!


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I: The Rick Eva Music Project.
Thank you for your support! Your gift will specifically be used to support the recording and production of my new EP "Because Everything Speaks." Costs associated with this project are things like musician fees, studio time, mixing and production to final product. Learn more about this project here. There are also some song clips at Rick Eva Music
II: Yesrising Foundation for Love & Possibility.
Your gift will be used to enhance the Foundation's mission and vision. The primary three areas of service are:
- to provide support to our LGBTQ youth.
- education and relief to cancer survivors and their families.
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In recent years, we have been recognized for our ability to light trail running and mountain bike races using the latest photographic and lighting technology. We venture into the bush to capture high quality action portraits. These images are very dramatic, unique, and highly detailed, producing spectacular action portraits.
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Sandy is an avid sports videographer and photographer with nearly a decade of experience shooting professional ice hockey and other sporting events. Sandy has a background in fine art, and studied in England at the South Devon College of Art & Technology and the Plymouth College of Art & Design.
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In years past, Steve has been an officially licensed ECHL/PHPA ice hockey photographer. Steve is currently a photojournalist and freelance photographer covering Gwinnett Braves baseball, (triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves), Georgia State University Panthers NCAA Division I football, and various high school and youth sporting events around the metro Atlanta area. Steve has experience in both small and large venue settings ranging from high school gymnasiums to the Georgia Dome. Steve also shoots high school sports for MaxPreps and is a member of the MaxPreps Professional Photographer's Network.
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The best is "galette" to come! As in an Apple & Cinnamon Mascarpone Galette. If your anything like myself you might be asking yourself, "what the heck is a galette?" Well its a French term that describes a flat round cake of pastry or bread. I wasn't sure what it was the first time I heard the word either but I knew once I visually saw one that I needed to try it ASAP.
Have you ever tried apple pie or apple tarts? Of course you have that was a silly question. Well this Apple & Cinnamon Mascarpone Galette resembles the flavors of an apple pie/tart but its just on the lighter side. It's like a cool rustic version of your traditional apple pie. You get the nice flaky crust, sweet apples, and the richness of the cinnamon flavored mascarpone cheese. And the beauty about galettes is that you can make sweet or savory ones and have fun with the different flavor combinations.
So if your looking for an easy straight forward dessert then look no further because this is the one! It's less demanding then an pie from scratch yet you still get all the same robust flavors. You simply mix your mascarpone cheese mixture and spread down through the center of the dough. Layer your sliced apples. Fold over the edges, brush with egg, sprinkle with sugar and bake.
Now, make a pot of coffee and enjoy!
- 1 Pillsbury Dough
- 1/3 Cup of Mascarpone Cheese
- Dash of Cinnamon
- Pinch of Brown Sugar
- 2 Apples Sliced Thin
- 1/4 Cup of Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tbsp of Cinnamon
- 1/2 tbsp of Honey
- 2 tsp of Fresh Lemon Juice
- Raw Turbinado Sugar
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Roll out your pillsbury pie dough.
- Mix your mascarpone cheese, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
- Spread onto the center of your pie dough leaving a couple inches room around the outer edges.
- Now add your apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, honey, and lemon to a bowl and toss so that they are evenly coated.
- Layer apples in a pinwheel shape around the center of the pie dough.
- Fold over the edges of your dough.
- Brush the edges with egg and sprinkle with raw sugar.
- Bake for 45 minutes or until browned.
- Serve with an additional scoop of cinnamon flavored mascarpone cheese.
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HSE Joins ARWU Top-100 in Two Subject Areas
The Higher School of Economics (HSE) has entered the Top-100 in Sociology and Mathematics of the Shanghai Ranking. It is also now the leader on this ranking among Russian universities in Economics, Political Science and Management.
New Registration Rules Now in Place for Foreign Citizens in Russia
On July 8, amendments to Russian migration legislation regulating the registration of foreign citizens coming to the Russian Federation came into effect. They concern, in particular, HSE's international employees and students. The most important change: you now must be registered at the place where you actually live.
How It Was: Graduation 2018
The theme of this year's HSE graduation party, which was held at Moscow's Izvestia Hall, was 'Bond'. Party-goers enjoyed espionage contests, British humor and, of course, plenty of music.
HSE Among Top 40 in QS Young University Ranking
The Higher School of Economics ranked 38th in the QS ranking of young universities, up from 48th last year.
Increased State Academic Scholarship: What Сhanges Can We Expect?
Applications for the Increased State Academic Scholarship open in May. The main changes to the scholarships to be awarded this summer concern those for social achievements. Students receiving Russian government scholarships (quotas) are eligible to apply. Increased State Academic Scholarship is not applicable for students who pay for their tution.
Results of Competition for Research and Teaching Laboratories Announced
This year, HSE has supported the founding of 10 new Research and Teaching Laboratories (RTLs) in various fields, from cognitive psychology and computer modeling, to international justice and economics of sports.
HSE Hosts Russian National Award in Applied Economics
The winner of the 2018 award is Ina Ganguli, Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The American researcher stood out for her series of articles analysing the productivity of Russian scientists in the 1990s, as well as their decisions concerning emigration and the impact that emigration had on the diffusion of Russian science in the United States.
How the State Scholarship Students Can Get an HSE Bank Card
Starting from June 30th, 2018, HSE undergraduate, master's and doctoral students will be able to get their state scholarships only with their MIR cards. There are three ways to reissue the card, including getting a unique HSE-designed card. The main thing to remember is that, no matter which way you choose, you need to finalize everything by June 30th, 2018.
HSE among the World's Top 200 Most International Universities
The Higher School of Economics has been ranked 162nd in a new ranking of the world's most international universities compiled by Times Higher Education.
Celebrating 4 Years with Coursera: HSE's New Online Courses
By early spring, HSE will have launched a range of new courses on Coursera in psychology, computer language analysis, economics, media and international relations.


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Curriculum Ideas
Technology is not magic and does not automatically make a powerful learning experience unless it is used with good teaching and curricula. It is not usually a good idea to simply replace a traditional lab with an equivalent one using handheld computers and/or sensors. This kind of "substitution" is easiest to implement, but can simply make a lab more difficult and expensive by the inclusion of technology with little educational gain. Handheld computers and sensors add capacity and flexibility that, to be exploited, requires the activity to be reconceptualized, giving students more opportunity to explore and learn through their investigations. This, in turn, often requires a change in teaching style that takes time and institutional commitment. These changes are central to the reform envisioned by the new standards and curriculum frameworks.


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Scuffy The Tugboat™ 6.5" Plush & Golden Book
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$15.00 - $17.00
Birth & up. Set out to sea with this huggable little tugboat plush from Yottoy.
Scuffy the Tugboat Plush features: a bright red tanker with a tall, blue velvet smoke stack, a soft, hand-stitched chenille body and expressive, embroidered eyes. Scuffy is inspired by the classic Golden Book, Scuffy The Tugboat.
The Golden Book features: Adorably illustrated pictures and fun stories about Scuffy's adventures. Size: 6.5" Long. Book is 24 pages long.
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The Daily Mail reports:
Britain's leading universities are on the verge of breaking ties with the National Union of Students (NUS) after it elected a left-wing president who refused to condemn the Islamic State group.
Students at Oxford and Cambridge universities declared on Thursday that they would be holding referenda to determine whether they should remain associates of the NUS.
The announcements were made after Malia Bouattia, 28, was made the first black Muslim president of the national body.
Ms Bouattia has courted controversy in the past for attacking "Zionist-led media outlets" and suggesting that non-peaceful "resistance" is the most suitable solution to the Palestinian conflict with Israel.
In 2011, while she was still studying at the University of Birmingham, Ms Bouattia co-authored an article in which she said that the university was "a Zionist outpost in British higher education".
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Grooming report
Snow is melting extremely fast. Our lower level elevations are disappearing quickly causing us to scale back in areas. For the Alpine loop, we are done grooming this area because of the lack of snow around trailheads and down around Cascade Springs which is what we have to pass through to get there. We are done going out of Soldier Hollow as well. For the remainder of this week we will continue to go out of Snake Creek down low and then evaluate. We are continuing to groom Snake Creek and over into American Fork Cyn down to the top of the narrows. Below the narrows we are done grooming do to lack of snow and number of rocks down in areas. Tibble Fork is getting too thin as well for us to warrant a trip down there. We are also doing across Cummings Parkway as there is still enough snow up there.
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Zombie Apocalypse NowIt's a battle for hearts and brains
sure, there's a giant zombie blowout, with entrails flying
hands bursting through spines
and rotting flesh
but playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun
in post-zombie America.
And it's a metaphor
you can poke a gun at
a world overrun by infected zombies
defending human freedom against the Musically Undead
(or any other undead for that matter)
Time to employ the double tap
a useful weapon against the zombie horde
or will they rise again?
maybe it would be more ethical
to train a zombie and keep it as a pet?
poem by various people with zombie blurbs
compiled by A.J Ponder
This all came from a stray, I hesitate to say brainless thought that crossed my mind as a marketing strategy. Convoluted, and probably insensible reasoning is below, but for the more sane members of my audience now's a good time to discover all the fantastic poems on the Tuesday Poem blog
"Why Book Publishers Need to Think Like Amazon" talked about branding, but what it didn't talk about the downside of Amazon's shady employment practices, and cutthroat business model. But it did get me to wondering that if branding was going to be the number 1 focus of publishers, and that maybe small brands focussing on one type of novel might actually find their own little niches in the market. And given the Zombie craze doens't seem to be collapsing any time soon: Zombie Apocalypse Now, seemed a great imprint for the proposed model.