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Jason Hull has been a financial advisor for less than two years -- so he was surprised to find himself No. 4 on BrightScope's first-ever list of the 100 most influential planners on social media.
"I don't want to look the gift horse of free PR in the mouth," Hull said, "but if I'm ahead of Michael Kitces, Jeff Rose, Meb Faber and George Papadopoulos, then the algorithm is calculating the wrong result."
Roger Wohlner, too, says he was "beyond shocked" to find himself at the No. 3 spot. "It makes no sense to me," Wohlner says. "I said to them, 'Who are the other ones? The deaf dumb blind kids playing pin ball?' They should recheck the rankings."
BrightScope Advisor Pages, which aspires to become for planners what Yelp is for restaurants, says it developed a proprietary algorithm to gauge advisors' social media influence and then used it to analyze somewhere between 500 and 1,000 advisors for which it managed to collect sufficient information.
The 10 planners at the top of the list are as follows:
1. Josh Brown -- @ReformedBroker
2. Barry Ritholtz -- @ritholtz
3. Roger Wohlner -- @rwohlner
4. Jason Hull -- @hull_j
5. Michael Kitces -- @MichaelKitces
6. Russ Thornton -- @RussThornton
7. Charles Sizemore -- @CharlesSizemore
8. George Papadopoulos -- @feeonlyplanner
9. Cullen Roche -- @cullenroche
10. Jeff Rose -- @jjeffrose
"The list has really been designed to bring some more science to determining who's doing a great job and to give others an idea of who the role models are," says BrightScope co-founder Mike Alfred.
Alfred says the algorithm takes into account not only an advisor's reach on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, but also the way that influence is reflected in more traditional media outlets. "There are many different ways to get to the top of this list," he says.
The algorithm takes a dim view of some factors -- "If you have 10,000 [Twitter] followers and you are following 15,000, it's like you bought them," Alfred says -- and gives heavier weight to traditional media exposure. "Ric Edelman's a good example," Alfred says of BrightScope's No. 18 pick, the founder of Edelman Financial. "We didn't want to leave him out, even though he's been more recent [to Twitter] than Michael Kitces and Josh Brown ... but he influences advisors more."
Josh Brown, who takes the top spot, has a daily show called The Halftime Report on CNBC and often appears as a commentator on other shows on the network. He also has a high BrightScope score, which measures traffic to an advisor's profile on the site, according to Alfred, who says the site publishes profiles on 600,000 advisors nationwide (not including those who work for insurance companies) and gets 400,000 unique visitors a month.
"Josh Brown is, if not the most, then one of the most influential advisors in the industry. Nobody drives more traffic than he has," Alfred says. "He seems to be known even beyond the world of the financial services industry."
Brown's planning firm colleague, Barry Ritholtz, landed at No. 2.
Brown says he used social media to build his prominence online. "Someone like me, with no PR firm and no larger-firm pedigree, probably couldn't start off in the mainstream media," Brown says. "The only way I rose to prominence was with my own voice."
After he started blogging in 2008, he began using Twitter to promote the blog. He recently surpassed more than 75,000 followers. Brown said he was excited to land at the top of the list, although he doesn't think it will mean anything to his clients.
Other advisors also downplayed the impact of the list -- as well as of their social media use. Chicago-based Wohlner, who started using Twitter in 2009 and blogging a couple of years later, says he's only gotten about five or six good clients over the years from both his social media efforts and the column he writes once or twice a week for U.S. News and World Report.
Hull adds, "While it's nice to get approbation, it's a little like having a Klout score. It doesn't really affect the bottom line. I'd rather reach 100 potential clients than 1,000 advisors -- as the former group has a substantially higher probability of bringing in revenues."
That said, most of the advisors reached for this story said they were delighted to find themselves ranked alongside other social media savvy planners whose work they follow.
Kitces says he hopes the rankings will inspire other planners to be more active on social media: "I definitely do think it's a benefit to the advisory community to have a list like this, so that advisors can see examples of others who are having some success on social media and check out what they're doing."
At the very least, Alfred is hoping the list will help BrightScope build its own brand. "No one has done it and that has created an opportunity for us to create a branded list," Alfred says.
He also says he hopes the list will increase advisor engagement on the site: Any advisors who didn't make the cut but want to know how they would rank can go to the BrightScope website and submit their social media details. BrightScope will then run that data through its algorithm and calculate that advisor's social media rank. It then will publish the ranking on that advisor's BrightScope profile.
Even the list's top dog says he doesn't think social media makes sense for everybody. "The consultants would tell people that everyone should go do it," Brown says. "I'm not so sure that's the case. There are people who are doing a really good job with their clients and they probably don't need to go down that road. There are a lot of different ways to be a planner in 2014 and not all of them involve a social component."
For those who choose to, however, Brown offers the following advice: "Be clear about the message you want to put out there. Be fastidious about compliance. Just try to be authentic. Don't worry about the corporate reputation so much."
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Film theorist and writer. He teaches cinema aesthetics and film theory at the Department of Cinematography and Media, Faculty of Theatre and Television, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca. His main areas of interest are some major genres such as horror and fantasy (with a particular attention accorded to the cinematic representations of witchcraft) and the complex relations between cinema and literature. He focused some recent researches on the ways 19th and 20th century French literature nourished cinema, from the well-known problem of adaptation to the influence of poetry on the film discourse. From 2016, Ioan Pop-Curşeu is a member of the Academia Europaea, in the Film, Media and Visual Studies section (http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Pop-Cur%C5%9Feu_Ioan ). Ioan Pop-Curşeu is also very interested in theater, literature, social psychology and anthropology, being a member in various research groups in these fields. Personal academic page: http://ubbcluj.academia.edu/IoanPopCur%C5%9Feu
Filmmaker – documentary director, director of photografy, director, PhD. in visual arts, academician in cinema, member of the Association of Television Professionals from Romania (APTR) and the International Documentary Association (IDA – Los Angeles), founding member of the International Association The Explorer Society. He is a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts, Department of Film with the title "academician of arts". In 34 years of continuous activity, he conducted over 1000 TV newsfilms, over 400 various productions (monographs, documentary films, artistic short films, film essays), as director of photography, co-author, screenwriter and director, signed the image 5 TV movies. As a writer, art director and director of photography has made 92 author movies in various genres, especially documentaries. As director of photography and/or director participated in 29 international co-productions, with producers from the U.S., Australia, Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Germany.
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Leaving the Ngorongoro headquarters around 9 in the morning, we set off for the Serengeti gate. The Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) used to be part of the Serengeti National Park, but was annexed because the national park does not allow for human activity (which the NCA has with the Maasai living there). So the NCA shares a border with the Serengeti; it's just a matter of driving from the NCA straight into the Serengeti Plains.
|Maasai village in the NCA
The drive itself from a scenery point is nice, changing from the montane forest of the crater rim, to the dry open plains with a few gazelles and giraffes dotted around. The drive from a road point is an absolutely shocker...
The road is so, so corrugated that it felt like the poor car was literally going to fall to pieces. For anyone with a bad back, this is not the road for you! It's really bad, and with our roof rack just holding on, with every jolt we were wondering if the rack was going to come crashing down into the roof!
After what felt like a really long time (only about an hour though) we finally made it to the Serengeti boundary. It was still another 40 km or so to the actual gate, and one of the safari guys told us when we met him at the boundary, the part of the road we had just travelled was the good bit! He was right...
The road is so, so corrugated that it felt like the poor car was literally going to fall to pieces. For anyone with a bad back, this is not the road for you! It's really bad, and with our roof rack just holding on, with every jolt we were wondering if the rack was going to come crashing down into the roof!
After what felt like a really long time (only about an hour though) we finally made it to the Serengeti boundary. It was still another 40 km or so to the actual gate, and one of the safari guys told us when we met him at the boundary, the part of the road we had just travelled was the good bit! He was right...
|Boundary between NCA and Serengeti NP
The road from the boundary to the gate was actually more corrugated - hard to believe, but we finally made the Naabi Gate about 2 1/2 hours after we left the Ngorongoro HQ. The gate is on a little hill, and after paying everything, we got through and drove through seeing the mighty Serengeti Plains for the first time.
It's absolutely spectacular - everything you've ever heard about and more! For those that love wide open spaces, this is really the place to be. We could just imagine thousands and thousands of wildebeest on the plains during the migration. (Unfortunately for us, they were all crossing over to Kenya at this time)
It's absolutely spectacular - everything you've ever heard about and more! For those that love wide open spaces, this is really the place to be. We could just imagine thousands and thousands of wildebeest on the plains during the migration. (Unfortunately for us, they were all crossing over to Kenya at this time)
|Lilac-breasted roller
We still had another 56km to go to the Seronera River and the area we would be staying for the evening. The road was almost as bad as the previous one. Bear in mind that this road is actually a public road and connects the villages of the north to Arusha, so you actually see a few trucks and public buses in the middle of one of the most iconic national parks in the world... very odd :)
We didn't have to go far to see our first predator sighting. Driving through the endless plains, you suddenly come across a few koppies (small hills made of big rocks) along the road. It's appropriately called Simba (Lion in Kiswahili) Koppies since there were 5 lions lying on top. It was amazing to us, because it was so incredibly hot and the rocks were black - they must have been boiling - yet this lions were just lazing on them in the sun and heat. Awesome...
Not only that, about 500 m further down the road, we found another dozen lions lying on another rock... Wow, we'd knocked off 17 lions in our first hour in the Serengeti - we stopped counting lions after that :)
|Tree hyrax
The afternoon drive was everything expected – and more – of the Serengeti. After the lions, we found another pride of lions – about 10 of them just past the Seronera River, including some really small cubs. Just after that, there was a game drive vehicle stopped – cheetah under a tree…
It wasn't a good sighting but at least it was a cheetah. The height advantage offered by the safari vehicles that can lift their roof is very distinctive here, and I suspect we are going to miss seeing what others can because of it.
It wasn't a good sighting but at least it was a cheetah. The height advantage offered by the safari vehicles that can lift their roof is very distinctive here, and I suspect we are going to miss seeing what others can because of it.
|Serengeti Plains
We got to the tourist centre and went in to just check where the public campsite was. The tourist centre directed us to the office, within walking distance so we headed there. After the guy directed us to the woman, who in turn directed us to the man, who was by then on his cell phone for 15 minutes, we finally got directions to the campsite – basically drive further up and follow the signs.
We started heading there but decided half way to turn back – it was about 3.30 pm and prime time – we'd handle the campsite bureaucracy (if it was anything like the crater) when we got in at night… time to find more lions J
We started heading there but decided half way to turn back – it was about 3.30 pm and prime time – we'd handle the campsite bureaucracy (if it was anything like the crater) when we got in at night… time to find more lions J
We decided to concentrate around the Seronera River – we'd heard that this was the best and most popular of the drives. We headed down the river and then towards the Maasai Kopjes (unlike the Simba Kopjes with its lions, it didn't have any Maasai on it :) ) where we only found a couple of vultures. But we did see a couple of cars in the distance, so we headed that way. On the way we stopped one of them – 5 lions were there and one of them was eating a gazelle – awesome!
We headed as fast as we could – although these roads don't really allow for that, but soon enough came across a lioness near a gazelle kill. Unfortunately, she was no longer eating, but we were entertained by her – with her stomach so full that she could hardly move – attempt a half-hearted stalk on 2 warthogs that had wandered her way.
We finally left her and a few other lions sleeping and headed back to the other side of the river, where there were move game drive vehicles parked. And yes, more lions – 3 of them sleeping under a tree. Then one got up and walked toward our car, which gave us some great photo opportunities. While that was going on, Dru was checking out the other side and found 3 or 4 more lions! And not only that, suddenly 2 of them started running – they were hunting!
One of them made a serious attempt at hunting a gazelle but just couldn't make the corners that the Tommy could and he eventually got away. An exciting few moments which eventually had one of the lions lying in what looked like the middle of the road and the others relaxing nearby. And driving round we found them like that, sleeping after their hunting attempt J
As we meandered our way along the river for a while, and found our first elephants of the Serengeti – a nice herd of about 25 moving through, so watched them for a while. By then, it was getting onto about 6pm and since we needed to be in the campsite by 7 pm, so we wound our way back.
We reached the campsite in time, but found the drama of the campground that awaits self drivers – camping in the parking lot…
The Serengeti NP (actually most of the parks) is not geared for self-campers, especially guys with roof tents. Actually, throughout our trip we only saw a handful of self-campers, and even less with roof tents. They cater for the mobile safaris and organised trips, where everything is organised by the crew - the tourists just arrive back from a drive, their tent is set up, the food is made, and they eat in a dining hall. So essentially roof tent campers are relegated to the parking lot - not the most pleasant thing, especially when you're paying $30 pppn...
To make it worse, it actually started to rain – something we definitely didn't expect in the middle of the dry season. We waited out the downpour in the car, and once it eased we decided to put up the temporary shelter, although by the time we'd got it up it was no longer raining – typical J
We woke up at 5.30 am but it was just too dark to get out of the tent. Plus, none of the stack of campers including the guides, were up yet, so we decided to wait in the tent for a while. So we flashed around with the torch and there, about 100 m away from us, were about 10 pairs of eyes. Once we flashed they all got up and started to walk to our right – we worked out that they were lions… interesting start J
|Hot air ballooning over the Serengeti
The vehicle in front of us stopped and we spotted a couple of hyenas on the side of the road. But there was another vehicle coming from the opposite direction and he was flashing his lights. Turns out that there had been a leopard on the road, which had just disappeared into the bush when they arrived. Though we were hopeful that he would appear again, he seemed to have disappeared and even the Topis (Tsessebee) that were around had relaxed so we figured he had moved on.
We were lucky enough to see the pride of 10 lions that we had seen yesterday before we took a quick detour round the Maasai Kopjes (nothing) before heading north to Lobo, where we'd be camping for the night. When we had spoken to one of the tour guides, he'd said that it had been raining up north, and if we were lucky we may catch some of the wildebeest migration. So we were taking his advice and seeing what was around there.
From Seronera it was a bit of a slog north – again it's the main road between Seronera and Lobo and the safari vehicles hammer through the drive so the road is extremely corrugated, though not as bad as the one from the gate to Seronera.
Instead of going all the way directly to Lobo, we took a turn about 30 km up towards the
, the backdrop to many a documentary about the Serengeti. The signs are a bit confusing and don't quite agree to the map, but we finally found our way to the Migration Camp. It seems to be a private camp, for when the migration passes through there, but it was closed so after doing a precarious u-turn on a big rock we finally found the road to the Grumeti. Grumeti River
|Basking crocodile
The river is dry at this time of year, with only pools of stagnant water to support the animals, so we were surprised to find so many animals there anyway, especially zebra. There were hundreds of them on both sides of the riverbank. And tsetse flies – again thousands of them, with Dru taking the brunt of their attack. They're pretty frustrating – because their sting is painful you are constantly brushing them off to prevent getting stung, and it actually distracts you from enjoyment of the drive.
While there weren't that many predators we did spot a lone lioness and a cheetah under a tree. We actually spent some time with the cheetah, having lunch there, as there was a herd of zebra and impala heading his way, and we were hoping that he would hunt. But after waiting about 40 minutes with no sign of serious intent from him, we gave up and headed onwards, seeing quite a few elephants along the way.
|Tsetse traps
These are tsetse fly traps and are all over the parks, especially near the campsites – theory being that the flies are attracted to blue and black, so will buzz round there instead of people. Doesn't help if you drive a blue car…
We got to the campsite just after lunchtime. They have a bunch of houses there for the rangers and their family and so we stopped there and met Dennis the ranger. And after inspecting our permit, Dru asked him about the migration. "Oh, do you want to see the migration?" What a question! That's why we're up at Lobo in the first place!
He pointed out of the map where they had been seen a couple days ago, so our plan was to go in that direction and hopefully see them. Problem was that they were heading to the Kenyan border and we would have to be lucky to see them before they disappeared into the Maasai Mara for the next couple of months.
He pointed out of the map where they had been seen a couple days ago, so our plan was to go in that direction and hopefully see them. Problem was that they were heading to the Kenyan border and we would have to be lucky to see them before they disappeared into the Maasai Mara for the next couple of months.
|The elusive Eland
Turns out we weren't that lucky to catch the wildebeest migration on our first trip into the Serengeti… The way further North is a very scenic drive, with small springs coming out of the mountains so there is plenty of water around, supporting nice herds of zebra, some wildebeest and eland – that elusive antelope that we still haven't managed to get any good shots of.
Unfortunately for us, it has been raining up there and the roads are black cotton soil, which makes them as slippery as hell with a bit of water on them. And especially without 4WD, we just weren't prepared to take chances. So when we got to a small river crossing (apparently where the wildebeest were according to Dennis) we had to turn back (plenty of vehicles weren't prepared to take that chance either). So we meandered our way further, until finally we reached the boundary of the Serengeti.
|Wildebeest grazing - the black dots on the hill are all animals
|Young warthogs trying to suckle
After a while videotaping the wildebeest, we headed back to the campsite via the Lobo Hills route. It was a nice drive and we saw some zebra and (unusually) elephants climbing up the hills, but the road was too far away from the water springs to have many animals. We were lucky enough to encounter 2 spotted hyenas, and heard a lion roaring in the distance, but not much more than that.
We drove to the campsite just before sunset to find only one other tent there – a total contrast to the previous night's very busy Dik-Dik campsite.
Again a problem – cars aren't allowed in the campground, so that would mean we'd have to set up in the parking lot again – these guys really don't cater to the rooftents! The guys stopped us at the entrance to the campground to tell us our car wasn't allowed in, but then relented and allowed us to camp in the ground for the evening. So we got to set up camp in the actual campsite for the first time :)
We were up early again and wanted to catch a quick game drive in the area before heading straight back to Seronera. While the Lobo area is very scenic, it just doesn't quite have the action the Seronera River has. The one advantage is that it's nice and quiet with very few game drive vehicles, so apart from one safari vehicle who was looking for the airport (he was a bit lost) we had a nice quiet drive. And were lucky enough to come across 3 lions - the male and female were mating, while the brother looked on with a couple of fresh scratches - guess him and bro had fought for the rights J
|Mating lions
So after having our morning coffee with the lions, we headed back on the main road to Seronera and so started our action-packed day…
Along the way, we spotted a black-backed jackal on the road, heading like he was on a mission. We soon spotted another jackal, only this one – presumably his mate – was eating something. We watched her for a while before she disappeared with her spoils and her mate went in search of more food.
Not long after that we found a spotted hyena on the side of the road. He also looked like he was on a mission, crossed the road, and joined 4 others. A clan of 5 hyenas – besides the Ngorongoro, it was the biggest clan we had seen together – very cool.
We came across a troupe of baboons, and as they were pretty close to the road, wanted to photograph them – these are Olive baboons, not the normal
baboons that we're used to seeing, and the males have impressive "capes" making them look massive. We were just slowing down to get a good shot, when one came running towards us – not only that, but he was carrying a baby Thompson's gazelle! Savannah
Although baboons mainly forage, they do take antelopes every now and then – and this one was still alive and bleating. It was as if the baboon wasn't quite sure how to kill it and just kept trying to suffocate it or holding it like a ragdoll. The crying of the Tommy attracted other baboons and they started to chase him, so he ran up a tree holding his prize – it was quite a macabre, yet fascinating scene to watch.
Although baboons mainly forage, they do take antelopes every now and then – and this one was still alive and bleating. It was as if the baboon wasn't quite sure how to kill it and just kept trying to suffocate it or holding it like a ragdoll. The crying of the Tommy attracted other baboons and they started to chase him, so he ran up a tree holding his prize – it was quite a macabre, yet fascinating scene to watch.
At one stage he dropped the gazelle and jumped down after it. This attracted a bigger male who came after him and attacked for the antelope. Suddenly, there was an almighty chase, with the gazelle dropped and forgotten. Eventually the baboons returned to normal and one of the smaller baboons got hold of the gazelle. We don't actually know if anyone ate the poor Tommy, or if it was all just a powerplay, but still an action packed few moments.
After leaving them we drove further down, but our attention was captured by a couple of speeding game drive vehicles heading in the opposite direction. Considering that there were 5 lions right on the side of the road, we knew this was something special so we decided to follow them. They drove a lot faster than we normally do and we did lose them at one stage, but finally caught up with them and discovered about 10 other cars at the same spot – with the tourists all craning their necks in one direction.
Again, we had a height disadvantage with them being able to see from high up, but knew by the reaction of a small herd of gazelles that there was definitely a cat somewhere in the grass. It took us about 10 minutes to figure out what had been seen – a leopard up a tree had come down and crossed the road before disappearing into the grass. It seemed that only a couple of cars had seen it though – us and the rest of the Serengeti had been a bit too late.
After a while of fruitless searching, we finally gave it up and headed back in the direction we had been going originally. We got back to the lions who had moved down towards the river a bit, but were surrounded by almost of a dozen cars.
We thought about hanging around in the hope that they'd drink, but figured that even if they did, our view would be blocked by the other cars, so left them and continued downriver. Again we saw vehicles speeding, this time in the same direction we here headed.
And soon enough, we spotted a massive traffic jam of cars – about a dozen again – this has gotta be good… And it was – a cheetah had just hunted and killed a gazelle, and was now proceeding to eat it right on the side of the road! It took us a long time to actually get to the cheetah though.
With all the traffic on both sides of the road, it was like a peak hour traffic jam. The one advantage for us is that because all the cars are organised tours, they don't tend to stay at any one sighting for too long. Once the tourists have seen anything for a while, they move onto the next thing. Indeed, we actually heard a couple of Americans saying to the guide that they wanted to move on to something else. (even though you don't get much better than this!)
So as the vehicles moved around, we managed to inch our way forward, until finally (although not without some dirty looks from the safari guides) we managed to get right next to the cheetah. He was the only one who seemed quite unaffected by all the attention he was drawing, happily eating and only looking up in the opposite direction every now and then for other predators.
We spent a long time with him as he crunched through his lunch (yes, another Tommy – they were getting hammered today!) and we only left after he had moved the now almost eaten carcass to the other side of the tree. It was an awesome and one of the highlights of the day and our trip so far.
Once we left, we decided to head to the signposted picnic site for lunch, but never found it. Although signposted at 2 intersections, at the third one there was no indication of which way to go and we obviously took the wrong one. In the end, hungry we headed for the tourist centre, figuring we would have lunch there after stopping at the petrol station for fuel.
After visiting the petrol station, we decided to use our own fuel instead. Fuel here is expensive and it wasn't unleaded. Although we have taken out the catalytic converter in anticipation of this problem of not getting unleaded, when the guy needed to get a stick to jam in the fuel nozzle, we decided to use 40l of our fuel instead – it was going to be more of a hassle to get this fuel in that ours off the roof.
So we headed to the tourist centre, but when we got there it seemed like the whole of the Serengeti had the same idea – the whole parking lot was full. So we went to the rangers' office around the corner and used the shade of the tree to get the fuel down and fill the car up. That done, we decided to have our lunch on the run,– there was way too much happening to spend half an hour eating at the tourist centre.
Back on the road, we headed past the cheetah kill again. By this by this time the cheetah had disappeared and only a bit of the carcass remained. We backtracked our route of the morning along the river, finding the lazy lions again, this time on the other side of the road, lying under a tree sleep, kept company by some tourist cars. With them not doing anything, we carried on and found a nice herd of zebra drinking.
Although they all ran off when we arrived they soon settled down and came to drink again, giving Dru some nice shots. We made our way back to where the leopard had been sighted earlier on, but there was no sign of the cat, so we carried on, spotting another 3 lions along the way, including a male with a very blond mane before heading back to where the cheetah had been.
Again, the 5 lions had not moved and the cheetah kill was now gone, but we did spot a big group of cars again, so headed in that direction. More lions… but not where the majority of the cars were parked. We stopped briefly to check out the lions – it looked like the lionesses and her cubs that we had seen on our first day. While we were stopped though, a game drive vehicle told us that there was a leopard in a tree further on! Aah, that's the reason for the cars J
So of course we headed that way. We actually spotted a lioness with a freshly killed Thompson's gazelle in her mouth (the Tommys are really getting hammered today!) but because it was a bit far away – we're getting spoilt with the sightings – we decided to rather go for the leopard – leopard trumps lion almost every time!
And there we found him – unfortunately not as close as we'd hoped. Whoever spotted it has extremely keen eyesight – we always look specifically for leopards in trees, but don't think either of us would have spotted it, he blended right into the colour and shape of the tree.
We spent some time with him, hoping he'd get into a better position, or maybe even climb down, but after it started raining, which stopped us taking photos, we planned to head to the other side of the river – the quieter side as we called it. We headed to Maasai Kopjes in the hopes of catching another leopard – our own one ;) But as before, it proved a fruitless search. We did spot a nice black-mane lion though, sleeping in the grass. And it was nice timing since it was just when Dru was videotaping the Serengeti Plains.
The lion looked up when we approached – giving us a couple of nice shots – but soon afterwards he flopped back down and went to sleep, camouflaging him in the grass. We carried on a bit, but since there was nothing around, we soon decided to turn back and head towards the main road.
We hadn't gone far when we passed another game drive vehicle who had also been driving around the koppies. We stopped them and asked what they had seen, but the answer was nothing. The guide was most happy to hear about the lion though – they had missed him when they had driven past. After much thanks (we were blessed about 5 times), they turned and headed back, with the lion nice enough to sit up for them as well.
After all the excitement of the day, it was getting late and we had to head back to camp. Again we were at the Dik-Dik campsite, but luckily it wasn't as busy as it was the previous time, and we were able to have showers straight away. Unfortunately for us though, it started to rain... and not just lightly - it poured down!
We had the foresight to set up the temporary shelter (basically a canvas sheet attached to the side of the car) but the rain was more than it had ever handled. In the circumstances, I think it did quite well - we had to prop it up with our spare gas lamp pole, and we couldn't sit on the chairs because they had got soaked :) Didn't matter about sitting anyway, because the covered area is too small to sit and cook at the same time.
So there we were, standing under our dodgy shelter in the pouring rain, trying to make pasta while having a glass of wine J No doubt we entertained the organised tourists, who were watching us from the dining hall J Still, all in good fun, and after a good meal (when we finally got it cooked) it was time for bed - our last night in the Serengeti.
We got up to a beautiful day, with no sign of the rain from the night before. After packing up, it was time to head out the Serengeti. The plan was to head straight from here to Lake Manyara, and we estimated that it was probably going to take us about 5 or 6 hours to get out of Serengeti and then Ngorongoro - Lake Manyara is about 60 from the Crater gate. So aside from a quick stop at one of the Simba Koppies, we headed straight for the gate.
We arrived at the gate around 9am as planned but then it was permit and paperwork time, including paying to drive through the crater to get through. It's a blatant ripoff – we needed to pay $50 each and $40 for the car just to drive the NCA, just because there's no other way to get from the Serengeti to Arusha unless you do a 2 day trip from the West side. If the road was good, you could justify it, but this one big corrugation calling itself a road was a nightmare. And it's worse when you know what to expect...
Still, the Serengeti had been worth the drive – an absolutely awesome park. Time to see what Lake Manyara had to offer…


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Filled with giants, skeletons, dragons and so much more, this is one adventure you're not going to want to miss.
Last show is on November 29! Get your tickets now!
Filled with giants, skeletons, dragons and so much more, this is one adventure you're not going to want to miss.
Last show is on November 29! Get your tickets now!
I have been working professionally in theatre since I was 16 years old. The first show I directed was in highschool and I have continued directing and choreographing throughout my career. I have directed everything from experimental site-specific ensemble pieces to musical comedy.
The teamwork. You need other people.
Learning for all the students involved. A reinvigoration of interest in Greek myths and a chance for people to really think about some of the story's themes.
Be prepared to work really hard. Keep as balanced a life as possible. If you really really love it – don't give up. Theatre training has MANY uses and can be applied to almost any career… from being a salesperson to being Prime Minister.
Yes. But only when working in an ensemble I trusted entirely AND I always had an "outside eye" come in at the end to take on the directing role. It is really challenging and I am not sure I will ever do it again.
It's also the hardest part: Giving the show up on opening night and becoming a spectator. At opening the show belongs to the cast and crew – and the director's job is done. It's like being a parent and letting your kid go off on their own.
No single part. I simply love that the cast and crew are taking ownership of their work. It really is their show and it is fantastic.
Scheduling – H-E-L-L! Just no easy way to deal with this with the realities of the geography of this University and the calendars of a super busy group. We are always under pressure it seems.
She's pretty frightened of zombie skeletons, for one thing.
All of my experience is here at UFV, I've taken directing classes and was part of the UFV directing festival for the last 2 years.
I love that you get to work with people who have the same passion as you, and there are all these different opinions that create something so great. I love the storytelling aspect, and being able to create this experience for the audience.
Don't worry about skill level, that's not the point. It's so much fun, you won't regret it!
Just do it!
I've never done both, usually just one or the other.
I absolutely love the ensemble work. The strongest parts of the show are the Argonauts working together, rowing, fighting, joking together. It's great!
This is my last year, I'm taking an English major with a drama concentration.
The ensemble scenes have been the most challenging, as I've only directed 2 person plays before, so this is a big change for me. And traffic control , I guess you'd call it.
I love that I get to give my opinion and I'm there to support Colleen (Argo's director) in everything, but I don't have any of the pressure that Colleen does to be right, haha.
Talk about cool theatres – check out the Sumner Theatre in Melbourne and the Heath Ledger Theatre in Perth. Way to go Australia! #LoveTheatreDay
Opening night was a smashing success!!
Hope to see you at one of our performances! Shows run until November 29!
Argonautika is filled with giants, skeletons, dragons and so much more. This is one adventure you're not going to want to miss!
Jessica Fowlis tells us a little bit about the thought process behind designing
Argonautika's costumes!
Designing the costumes for Argonautika required us to be as flexible as possible to ensure that actors playing more than one character could easily become someone (or something) new as the play progressed. It was also important for us to honor our Greek Gods and goddesses by dressing them in golds, so that they stood out among our mortal heroes. By playing between the lines, the costume team tried to pull the histories the Argo tells us into even the smallest details. We hope you enjoy our work, and the journey we've all sailed.
Behind the scenes in the costume department, where everyone is working hard to create these beautiful pieces!
The costumes are backstage and ready for the show! Performances run from Nov 12 to 29. Get your tickets now!
It's true! We have a trailer! And it'll give you the chills!
The show has goddesses, dragons, flying harpies and sailboats — how can it not be fantastic? Come see this epic tale for yourself!


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Tom Martinson
Tom Martinson, 42, joined Rainbow Broadband as Chief Technology Officer. He was formerly Principal Systems Engineer at Active Broadband Networks.
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|May 1, 2015
|Newly Created Position?
|Job Function
|Systems Mgmt - Dir, Mgr Prog
|Former Job Title
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|New York, NY
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|In business for a decade, Rainbow Broadband now stands as one of New York City's largest and most experienced fixed wireless providers. Its reach includes 300-plus buildings in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island City, connecting 500-plus customers to a collective 12 Gigbs of capacity. Many of the fastest growing companies in social media, digital, finance and beyond count on Rainbow Broadband daily, including BuzzFeed, Vice, Kickstarter, Vayner Media, Samsung, Adobe, Twitter, SnapChat and many more. With its proven expertise in connecting New York City events to customized connectivity solutions, Rainbow Broadband has supported global brands including Google, Microsoft, HP, Samsung, Twitter, Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and many more. Rainbow Broadband frequently creates networks that support thousands of people in 48 hours or less.
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Bomb Arena
Bomb Arena (formerly known as Bomber Arena) is a minecraft style 3D bomberman game. Pick a user name and enter a block world in which you can move around and drop bombs. Kill other players to move up the leaderboard. Can you make it to the top spot?
Arrow keys to move around, space to drop a bomb.
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Mad Men continues to include real issues faced by advertising (and yes PR firms) in an incredible show. If I wasn't in this industry, I'm sure I would still be a fan of the show, but for me I get a bonus. I get to watch situations I encounter all the time dealt with by others. Tonight's episode, "The Arrangements" hit on several big marketing related themes:
Know who you're talking to:
The Sterling Cooper team is shown talking a prospective client who would like to spend $3m on promoting the sport of Jai-Alai. Turns out the prospective client is the son of a very wealthy friend of the agency founder Bert Cooper. Don Draper chooses to bring the matter to the attention of Cooper and his friend. Even though, the father chooses to go let them go-ahead, he does so, with what I read as the intention that his son is going to fail.
Make decisions:
The director slated for the Patio soda commercial drops out to direct another commercial, the account team is at a loss and goes to Don Draper. Don, gives the responsibility to Sal Romano who had created the storyboards for the shoot. This is a big leap for Sal, although not as big as he took in a hotel room in Baltimore.
Don't always give the client exactly what they asked for:
Patio asked for an ad that was an exact copy of the opening credits of the film "Bye-Bye Birdie." Sterling Cooper, with Sal directing, delivered exactly that. The client then says, "I appreciate that, but I don't know it's not what I thought it was going to be." This is a big issue. One of the most important services an agency can provide is understanding what is right and what is not. Sterling Cooper agreed to film exactly what the client asked for, knowing that it was not a good idea. My recommendation would have been to film exactly what the client said they wanted, and then what Sterling Cooper thought was right. Then, after the client was disappointed, they could show their recommendation, and possibly keep the account, instead of having it walk away. Turns out the client was in love with Ann Margaret, not the song.
Sell a Dream:
Perhaps the most important lesson was given by Joan Holloway to Peggy Olson in regards to Peggy's ad for a new roommate. The ad was describing Peggy, and not what the prospective roommate wanted to be. "This is about two young girls in Manhattan, this is about adventure," as opposed to "clean, responsible considerate, I have some nice furniture and a small television." Sell the dream, not the appliances.


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In the 1990s, Jim Connors easily won re-election twice as Scranton mayor despite the best efforts of The Scranton Times and the Pennsylvania Economy League to point out how poorly he followed the financially distressed city's recovery plans.
Connors and the city police and firefighter unions routinely ripped the newspaper and PEL in hopes of getting him re-elected.
Now, Mayor Bill Courtright is attacking the newspaper, and using the PEL's own words to help him.
First, a history lesson.
Connors handed the unions generous new contracts for 1996-2002 with significant pay raises and none of the tough concessions PEL thought necessary to fix the city's finances. PEL, which was and remains the city's financial recovery coordinator, criticized the new contracts mainly because the mayor never showed how he planned to pay for them.
Connors, a little bit, and the unions, especially, raged against the PEL and the newspaper for most of the 1990s. The voters rewarded Connors, first elected in 1989, with new four-year terms in the 1993 and 1997 elections.
A small city property tax hike in 1999, a massive one in 2000 along with income tax and trash disposal fee hikes, continuing deficits and the mayor's switch back to the Democrats in June 2000 altered the political landscape. So did the 1999 state sanctions brought on by the city's ongoing financial problems, sanctions partially lifted in late 2000, just before Connors had to run for re-election.
It wasn't enough.
Councilman Chris Doherty walloped Connors and former Councilman Gene Barrett (yeah, the same one who turned up later at the sewer authority during the Doherty years) in the 2001 Democratic primary election, and easily won election in November.
For the most part, Doherty stayed on the newspaper's good side for his 12 years in office while the unions and some union-allied council members blasted the newspaper and PEL again and again.
Doherty's successor, Courtright, certainly a friend of the unions, has enjoyed a rocky relationship with The Times-Tribune to say the least so it's no surprise to see him attack the newspaper.
The mayor's re-election campaign sent out a 6-inch-by-8-inch postcard this week titled, "Scranton News," and subtitled "True Stories You May Have Missed!"
One "story" carries the headline, "City In Crisis? Look Again..."
"Despite detractors, naysayers and relentless negative press for years, Mayor Courtright has gotten the city back on track and in the best financial shape in close to three decades," the story goes. "A spokesman for his administration said, 'They can't attack the results, so they attack the process!" He continued, "Even the executive director of the PEL said that THIS (the campaign's capitals) administration had done more in three years than any other had in the past 20 years!"
PEL did actually say that.
"The coordinator has seen more productive results in the last three years than it has through most of the preceding two decades," PEL central division executive director Gerald Cross wrote in a letter accompanying his recommendation for how the city may be ready to exit distressed status in three years.
The postcard goes on to list the mayor's accomplishments — settling Doherty's unresolved police and firefighter contract arbitration case, new LED streetlights saving $400,000 a year, PEL's recommendation for exiting distressed status, the largest paving program in city history, a better bond rating and other stuff.
Most of the accomplishments the postcard listed come with a back story far less rosy. If you regularly read the newspaper, you know the caveats so we won't go into all of them here. Suffice to say, the city remains far from in the clear, despite clear progress. Even PEL thinks it should stick around three more years because the city needs the oversight, while Courtright wants the city out of distressed status earlier.
You know all that because the newspaper wrote it.
Connors, Courtright and the unions are hardly the first to attack the press, and moaning about "negative press" represents a pretty mild attack anyway. Politicians cry about their coverage all the time, with President Donald Trump perhaps the all-time master.
Hey, we're used to it.
Now, mayor, about that sewer deal ....
McDade's earlier life
We got a call last week from someone who reminded us of something about former U.S. Rep. Joseph McDade that we had forgotten. McDade, a Republican, who won 18 straight races for Congress, ran for Lackawanna County district attorney in 1961 and lost.
The only results we could find in our library were still unofficial, but McDade lost fairly decisively to 14-year assistant district attorney Joseph J. Cimino, an Old Forge resident, who ran to succeed longtime District Attorney Carlon O'Malley.
O'Malley did not seek another term. The vote totals on election night were Cimino, 59,497; McDade, 51,786; a 7,711-vote margin.
McDade actually beat Cimino in the city by 1,032 votes, but Cimino dominated the rest of the county.
This was the same election that saw Republican William T. Schmidt defeat 16-year incumbent Democratic Scranton Mayor James T. Hanlon, still the longest tenured mayor in city history. Schmidt named McDade city solicitor.
Cimino won re-election in 1965, but did not run again in 1969. Three months after Woodstock — that's how long ago it was — Republican attorney Paul Mazzoni, with no prosecutorial experience, defeated another assistant district attorney, Robert W. Munley.
That ended a streak of 36 years of Democratic district attorneys.
Future state Supreme Court Chief Justice Michael J. Eagen began the Democratic streak in 1933. Mazzoni began the current 48-year streak of Republican district attorneys.
Attorney Mark Powell, who, like Mazzoni when he first ran, has never prosecuted anyone, is the latest Democrat aiming to break the Republican streak. He faces Gene Talerico, the former longtime former first assistant district attorney.
McDade's congressional winning streak began the year after he lost the district attorney race. He defeated Democrat William Gombar and succeeded William W. Scranton, who won the governor's office the same year.
BORYS KRAWCZENIUK, The Times-Tribune's politics reporter, writes Random Notes.


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You wake up in the morning,turn the radio on whilst you shower,turn it off when done,turn on the television for breakfast,turn on the ipod for your journey to work (no eye contact with the people on the train!)
Get to work,begin work,if in an informal environment the music keeps pumping,or the jazz keeps playing,lunch is a few phone calls to set up for the evening,back to work,work an hour more than required to catch up,get off work,ipod back on,meet up with some people for dinner,talk laugh,drink…..if not meeting people,get home make the quickest dinner,tv or computer on…..and on it goes till bedtime…then turn on that cd that sounds like the ocean…
The whole time you did not at all experience any silence….the elevator has music too.You have not had the time to listen to how you feel,to reacquaint yourself with your voice.Even time spent on the toilet (throne to some of you) is spent reading how to burn muscle fat (which you never get to 🙂
When are you going to put your name higher on the list of people you listen to…on a daily basis.You may have even forgotten how to listen to your body,you don't know when you are hungry,or when you have had enough,You only know to eat because its lunch time.
Not suggesting some sort of spooky sitting in the dark all by yourself,chanting,burning incense waiting to spiritually download some stuff……just take it easy,and be quiet for a little while everyday.What do you hear?


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At 11 am, the patrons started arriving and I was immediately back into the fun loving activity of being a vendor at a craft show. The people at Pink Parlour, the vendors and the audience, just seem to exude this amazing energy that is so contagious that you can't help but to catch it yourself. I must say that I was definitely feeling the love as vendors and customers stopped by and said to me, "I saw you here last year and I thought your soaps were so cute and unique!" or "I saw you here last year and I bought a soap from you and loved it!" It was great to catch up with other vendors that I haven't seen in a while and meet new vendors...all with some amazing products themselves.
Other than good people, there's nothing better than having good music and good food at an event. Since the Pink Parlour Festival is held on the same day as a race, the food court is open which has some delicious food. I had the Philly Cheesesteak sandwich and it was delish! The DJ is definitely rocking and I must admit, had me rocking too! She played Michael Jackson and James Brown back to back and I've got to love her for that!
There was a fashion show that was held at the event and unfortunately, I missed it but I'm hoping to catch some pictures of it on the internet. The day ended at 7 pm and I was in my car by 7:20. That's one other good thing I love about the Pink Parlour, move in and move out is just as easy as blinking.
There are always a few moments that I remember from Pink Parlour that will hopefully stick with me forever. Well, they're going to now because I'm writing them on the blog.
The first one was "Miss Pink." "Miss Pink" was this little girl around 7-8 years old with one of the cutest, sassiest, charming personality of a little girl could have. She came over to my table and said, "Oh those are cupcakes?" And I said, "They're soap cupcakes." And she said, "They smell really good." And I said, "Thank you." And she said, "I think I want one of the pink ones. Which one has some pink?" I then pointed out the Neapolitan Cupcake Soap to her and she said, "Ok, it has a little bit of pink. Pink's my color, you know?" I said, "I see," as I admired her cute little outfit in pink and black. Then she said, "Can't you tell? Look at my eyes." As I leaned in closer to notice her pink eyeshadow, she batted her little eyelashes.
The second one was Anna from Dulce De Tamarindo who reads my blog! She's the second person who has approached me at a show and told me that she reads my blog. I was so happy. I kept saying to myself as she left my booth, "She reads my blog! She reads my blog!"
The third one was when I did the interview for Indiespot.tv. I will be adding that to the blog in the next few weeks.
Well, that's my recap of the Pink Parlour Festival that was held this year. You can take a look at the rest of my photos in my Flickr album.


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The Marple Band Bierkeller Band – AKA Piste Hägen Brass is the German / Austrian / Tyrolean faction of The Marple Band.
They are a collection of enthusiastic Bierkeller, Oompah fanatics who love nothing more than to dress up in authentic 'Haus-von-Primani' traditional Tyrolean costumes. They will entertain you with German and Austrian music, seamlessly blended with other well known crowd-pleasers, rabble-rousing chants and maybe some yodelling (not parcel deliveries!).
This 'amazing' ensemble is descended from a long, distinguished and noble line of German/Austrian stock based deep in the Bavarian Reich…. ….pure thoroughbreds of Bierkeller music and expert waving of full-to-the-brim ale steins. Piste Hägen Brass will amaze and delight you with traditional Tyrolean music and competitive team events.
Audience participation ist keine option! Ve haf vays of making you join in! Ein guten time vill be had by alles.
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Multiple BSODs, usually error 0x000000e3 or 0x0000003b
Hi, I have been having BSODs ever since I bought my computer. I have spent many hours both chatting and talking with Dell's Customer Service and they were no help. I have done at least four clean installs of Windows 7 Home Premium x64 because that is always Dell's solution. I don't have any information on what is exactly causing the BSODs to occur because it seems random to me. Thanks in advance.
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|17 Nov 2012
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
Welcome aboard.
******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck E3, {fffff8000304f000, fffffa8010db7b50, fffffa8010c1ec20, 3} Probably caused by : ntkrnlmp.exe ( nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+19ecc ) Followup: MachineOwner ---------
Usual causes: Device driver
Your crash dumps are not showing any device driver as finite probable cause. In such a situation, it is better to enable Driver Verifier to monitor the drivers.
Driver Verifier - Enable and Disable
Run Driver Verifier for 24 hours or the occurrence of the next crash, whichever is earlier.
Let us know the results, with the subsequent crash dumps, if any.
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|17 Nov 2012
SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION (3b) BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff9600013bf1b, fffff88003daf0c0, 0} Probably caused by : win32k.sys ( win32k!ThreadUnlock1+b ) Followup: MachineOwner ---------
Usual causes: System service, Device driver, graphics driver, memory
|My System Specs
|18 Nov 2012
I have attached my most recent dump files. Driver verifier is still enabled.
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|18 Nov 2012
Some Windows drivers for the file system were found within the Call Stack, but couldn't find any third-party drivers which usually are the main cause in driver-related issues.
Test for memory issues:
Test each RAM stick individually, if an error is found then move the same RAM stick into the next DIMM slot and test again, if errors are found for the same RAM stick in every available slot then you have a faulty RAM module. On the other hand, if no errors are found in the next slot or the other slots for the same RAM module, then you have a faulty DIMM slot.
Test each RAM stick and every motherboard DIMM slot available.
Check and repair corrupted and missing Windows files:
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|21 Nov 2012
I ran MemTest86+ for at least 7 passes on all 4 sticks of RAM and on all four DIMM slots and found no errors. I also checked for missing Windows files but no problems were detected. Driver verifier is still enabled and I have included the most recent dump files.
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Bill Ramage is 2017 BOAT LEAGUE CHAMP.
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Australian newlyweds — Women far more violent than men
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Halford, WK., Farrugia, C., Lizzio, A. & Wilson, K. (2010). Relationship aggression, violence and self-regulation in Australian newlywed couples. Australian Journal of Psychology, 62(2), 82-92.
"Female violence was more common than male violence, with 76 women (20%) and 34 men (9%) reported to have been violent. A two x two chi-square showed a significant association between female and male violence, ײ(I, n=379) = 90.23, p<.001. In violent couples the most common pattern was for only the woman to be violent (n=48/82 or 59% of violent couples), next most common was violence by both partners (n=28, 34%), and least common was male-only violence (n=6, 7%)."


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FRENCH CULTURE NIGHTS takes you on another exceeding event. On July 14, come to celebrate BASTILLE DAY with us!
For the second year in a row, French Culture Nights is proud to invite you to enjoy the French National Day.
This thrilling event will take place on Saturday July 14, from 3pm to 3am. As for last year, it will be held on the Sky-Deck Terrace of the Times Square Novotel, from where you will enjoy an outstanding view on the whole square!
This unforgettable 12-hour long celebration will feature six live bands as well as a unique exhibition by Francophone Sculptor Pierre-Henry Guérard.
Olivier Ferlay, also known as DJ Mak-Len, will be present during the whole event to liven things up and make sure that, once again, everybody has a great time on the Novotel Hotel?s rooftop.
Register @ www.frenchculturenights.com with CODE: "VOILANY"
The admission fee of $10 is waived for those who pre-register online before 12pm on July 14th.?
For those of you who will be hungry, the Novotel menu will be available.
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DEMAREST, N.J. — There's not much that can come between Demarest's Dan Celestina and pizza night.
He hasn't missed the Tuesday event at Grant Street Cafe in Dumont since early 2015.
"No one is as dedicated to the cause as much as I am," said Celestina, 24, otherwise known as "Pizza Man Dan."
You could almost call it an obsession.
It started in 2014 just after he broke up with his then-girlfriend to help distract himself from the breakup.
"Then I got halfway through the year and looked back," he said. "I realized I hadn't missed a single Tuesday."
There was no stopping him then.
At the year mark, Grant's recognized Celestina's commitment with a picture on their social media page — in a pizza costume, of course — and a free round of beer.
He continues to give back to the cafe every week.
There was only one time Celestina cut it close.
"I wanted to go to a concert in New York City so I had a friend pick me up a pie," he said. "He was also coming to the concert so I had him leave it with the security guard.
"When I got to the front of the line I ate it next to the guard and then gave him the rest."
But his love for the food goes beyond the taste.
"It can always be different," he said. "That's why I love it."
Scroll through his Instagram account and you'll see countless pictures of the Pizza Man wearing pizza-themed costumes, shirts and eating dozens of pies.
Pugs with pizza. Pizza superimposed into landscapes. Babies eating pizza.
With Halloween just around the corner, Celestina already has his costume picked out. Can you guess what it is?
Stop in to Grant Street Cafe at 25 Grant Ave. in Dumont any Tuesday evening to meet the famed Pizza Man Dan.
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Indiana Pacers forward Paul George was fined $15,000 on Tuesday for kicking the ball into the stands on Saturday.
George was ejected for kicking the ball, which hit a fan in the face, during the Pacers' game against the Bulls.
He apologized after the game.
"I meant to kick the ball against the mat, the stanchion, I guess," George said after the Pacers' 111-94 win over the Bulls. "And my soccer skill isn't as good as I thought. I apologized to the people who I hit, and I'm glad my team was able to pick up this win and me not be at fault for the loss."
George said when he apologized to the fan, she told him she was OK.
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In a move that could dramatically alter the global pharmaceutical landscape and shake up Europe's sleepy drug market, Sanofi-Synthelabo SA Monday launched a hostile takeover offer for its larger French rival, Aventis SA.
Aventis rejected the bid, paving the way for a protracted battle.
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ABOUT THIS PIECE: Often times, I'll be woken up in the middle of the night with a strong emotion needed to be released. This painting woke me up- its inspired by passion, clarity and potency strong enough to turn and look at itself, instead of be spread thin and out.
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January 23, 2017 -- Hundreds of parents, teachers and students from the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD) participated in a "walk-in" at John Adams Middle School (JAMS) last Thursday to support public education.
The action was part of a national effort by the left-leaning Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools for a "day of action," not coincidentally scheduled the day before the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Trump is an advocate of school choice, an alternative to a public school system that generally assigns students to schools based on where they live.
"Our walk-in was to send a positive message to our newly elected leaders that education is important for all students and for our society," JAMS math teacher Barbara Ransom, who is the adviser for the school's associated student body (ASB), told The Lookout in an email.
The national website for the event lists several "demands."
These demands include opposition to closure or privatization of public schools, "more teaching, less testing," "positive" discipline, "quality" and "affordable" education from kindergarten through college "including for undocumented students" and a "living wage" for workers in education.
"Every student regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, immigration status, socio-economics, sexuality and abilities deserves a excellent education like we have here in Santa Monica," Ransom wrote.
She continued, "It is important for our society and our democracy that all student deserve excellence in education. SMMUSD is a shining example."
Trump's education platform calls for immediately adding $20 billion towards school choice and giving states the option to attach the funds to individual students, including those living in poverty.
Among the speakers at Santa Monica's event was Mateo Marquez, president of the JAMS ASB. He said he has been part of the SMMUSD's Spanish immersion program since kindergarten.
"I have so much respect for the teachers that spend hours translating material to enhance our learning and for my fellow peers that have to learn so much in a second language," Marquez said.
He added, "Programs like Spanish immersion, art, and music are vital to our society. We need to make sure the government knows that stuff like this matters and that in Santa Monica we are proud to have these programs and an excellent education."
Marquez also said "public schools need just as much attention as private and charter schools."
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Pastor's Message 10/30/2016
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Excerpts from Faithful Citizenship by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops:
First and foremost, however, we remember that we relate to the civil order as citizens of the heavenly Kingdom, whose reign is not yet fully realized on earth but demands our unqualified allegiance. It is as citizens faithful to the Lord Jesus that we contribute most effectively to the civil order.
The struggles that we face as a nation and as a global community cannot be addressed solely by choosing the "best candidate" for political office. No, in addition to forming our consciences, we must fast and pray, asking our loving and gracious God to give us the ability to effectively proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ through our daily witness to our faith and its teachings. Let us all take to heart the urgency of our vocation to live in the service to others through the grace of Christ and ask humbly in prayer for an outpouring of the grace of the Holy Spirit on the United States of America.
The work for justice requires that the mind and the heart of Catholics be educated and formed to know and practice the whole faith.
(1) Why does the Church teach about issues affecting public policy? (2) Who in the Church should participate in political life?
What faith teaches about the dignity of the human person, about the sacredness of every human life, and about humanity's strengths and weaknesses helps us see more clearly the same truths that also come to us through the gift of human reason. At the center of these truths is respect for the dignity of every person. This is the core of Catholic moral and social teaching. Because we are people of both faith and reason, it is appropriate and necessary for us to bring this essential truth about human life and dignity to the public square. We are called to practice Christ's commandment to "love one another" (Jn 13:34). We are also called to promote the wellbeing of all, to share our blessings with those most in need, to defend marriage, and to protect the lives and dignity of all, especially the weak, the vulnerable, the voiceless. In his first encyclical letter, Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI explained that "charity must animate the entire lives of the lay faithful and therefore also their political activity, lived as 'social charity'" (no. 29).
Father Dennis writes: We must use our informed consciences to vote. We must pray, pray, and then pray some more. "Sitting this one out" and not voting is not an option for Catholics. We must make our voice heard.
Stay tuned for Part 2 next week.
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Reverend Dennis J. Vincenzo
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Three Acts, Two Dancers, One Radio Host. This American Life host Ira Glass and Monica BIll Barnes & Company join forces for year four of RadioLoveFest, inventing an altogether new show combing art forms that, as Glass puts it, "have no business being together: dance and radio. One is all words and no visuals. One is all visuals and no words." The result is a funny, lively, and very talky evening of dance and stories from the team that brought down the house in its first performances at Carnegie Hall.


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The Hunger Games actor Sam Claflin has reportedly emerged as a frontrunner to star in the forthcoming Star Wars spin-off film, Rogue One.
The Theory of Everything actress Felicity Jones will lead the cast in the sci-fi action adventure, and now Claflin is being eyed to join the project, according to TheWrap.com.
Fellow British actor Riz Ahmed, who recently featured in Nightcrawler, is also in talks to join Jones and Ben Mendelsohn in Star Wars: Rogue One, which will be directed by Gareth Edwards.
Disney executives have declined to comment on the casting news.
The movie, the first in a series of films that will explore the characters and events beyond the Star Wars saga, will begin shooting in London this summer (15), ahead of a December, 2016 release.


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The Niger Delta Affairs, NDA, has given out award letters to 200 students for its 2016 Post-Graduate Foreign Scholarship Programme.
The successful graduates from the 9 states in the Niger Delta were, in addition to collecting their letters, given pre-departure briefings and put through formal orientation at a ceremony held yesterday at the Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt.
Addressing the NDA scholars, the Managing Director of the commission, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said that they represented what could be achieved through hard work, commitment and determination. "It is the story of what success can be achieved when men and women commit themselves to doing what is right at the right time," she said.
The NDA Chief Executive Officer said that the narrative surrounding the NDA Foreign Post-Graduate Scholarship Programme was woven into the very fabric of the Commission. She said: "It was borne of the need to bridge the huge manpower deficit in the Niger Delta region, especially in Engineering, Science and Technology, EST, the fields that drive the oil industry. It was conceived to build a pool of professionals whose intellectual mobility will be in tandem with global trend and procure proper and adequate space for the region as the goose that lays the golden egg.
"This Scholarship Programme, which commenced in 2010, is a good story to be told. And that is why today, as the latest beneficiaries prepare to embark on their pursuit of the Golden Fleece overseas, the NDA is proud that the Niger Delta is sending out the best and the brightest off a pool of about 3,000 applicants."
Mrs. Semenitari noted that the competition was keen and intense and was a proof that the narrative in the Niger Delta was not only about the negatives that daily occupy greater space in the news, but that youths in the region were among the most brilliant and positively mobile.
She further said that since the inception of the scheme 6 years ago, the NDA had trained a total of 1, 2411 scholars in the PhD and MSc levels from the 9 mandate states of the Commission, adding that 51 were for PhD, while 149 were for MSc programme.
She observed that some of them now enjoy overseas job placements with one employed as Graduate Assistant in a UK University.
The NDA boss stated that merit was the major consideration in the selection process. She added: "We are proud to announce that each of them is a worthy beneficiary having scaled the highly competitive Computer-Based Test; performed excellently in the tasking Oral Interview, and therefore, achieved a high aggregate.
"Interestingly, the candidate with overall best result is a lady. The lesson here is that under fair environment and competition, our males and females can excel and jointly transform our region into one of our dream."
The NDA Director for Education, Health and Social Services, Mr. Frank Eke-Spiff, urged the beneficiaries to be worthy ambassadors of the Niger Delta and use the opportunity to develop themselves and acquire technical expertise for the benefit of the people of the region.
Mr. Eke-Spiff, who was represented by Mr. Goshua Okejoto, deputy director in the directorate, reminded the beneficiaries that they owed the Niger Delta a duty to succeed.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr. Kingsley Amakiri, who is going to the University of Salford in Manchester for a doctorate degree in Petroleum Economics, thanked the NDA for making the selection process fair and transparent. He promised that they would put in their best to be good ambassadors for the region.
In her own remarks, Miss Genorosa Ibe, who came out tops in the selection process, observed that education was the most profitable investment in the country today, adding that the NDA had given them a rare opportunity to improve themselves for the benefit of the society.
The beneficiaries of this year's post-graduate foreign scholarship programme, had gone through a transparent electronic examination conducted at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt, before they participated in a selection interview.


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Ashton Kutcher: Coffee After Camping
Ashton Kutcher gets his caffeine fix with an iced drink from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf on Tuesday (October 11) in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old Two and a Half Men star went camping with wife Demi Moore over the weekend with their Kabbalah instructor, People reports.
The couple, who have been battling reports that their marriage is on the rocks, were spotted building a campfire at Cachuma Lake near Santa Barbara, Calif.
Ashton and Demi, 48, also reportedly attended Yom Kippur services on Friday at The Kabbalah Centre in Los Angeles.


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I'm excited! I reached 25 followers! That means it's giveaway time!
Because this is a giveaway to thank my followers, you must be following me. Either here or my LiveJournal. I don't care which.
Now, because I know some of you get excluded on a regular basis, this giveaway is International. The catch is, anything going to anyone not in the US will get their prize from The Book Depository. Sorry, but I can't afford the shipping outside the US.
There will be 3 winners & 1 International winner. (Assuming there are international entries.)
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International can pick any book of the list as long as Book Depository has it.
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The final winner gets 1.
If I get a ton of new followers I might add more winners & prizes.
A signed copy of The Dark Divine by Bree Despain & swag.
A signed copy of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
Evermore by Alyson Noel
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Suitte Scarlett -or- Scarlett Fever by Maureen Johnson
One of Rachel Caine's Morganville books
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