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Top 10 Best Resorts in Ooty
A holiday in Ooty is made special when you choose to stay in any of the best resorts in Ooty. In South India, most of the best resorts are found in Ooty, Goa and Kerala. A holiday in Nilgiri Mountains offer more pleasure and fun when spent in a resort than in a boutique hotel or conventional lodging house.
The Queen of hill stations is home to hundreds of resorts with some of them ranked among the best hill resorts in India. Destiny Farm Stay and Red Hill Nature are some of the best resorts near Avalanche Lake. Red Hill Nature tariff is little high at Rs. 10000 per night during peak season. Compared to conventional hotels, those nestled in deep woods offer a adventure like experience. We have picked list of best resorts in ooty READ THIS LIST ONE BY ONE FROM NUMBER 10
Havelock Leisure Boutique Villa offers complete bungalow for rent ideal for large group for partying, barbeque along with amenities like mini theatre, snooker and a heated swimming pool. Willow Hill is an old establishment, but definitely a beautiful place for spending your vacation. It also has an in house restaurant and bar which caters to your taste buds with tasty cuisines which can be counted among the best in nilgiris. Most Ooty resorts are located outside of town limits and hence are often quite larger than lodging houses and hotels near botanical garden.
Gem Park Holiday Inn is a preferred choice with very high occupancy rates even during off season. It is highly rated in Tripadvisor with positive guest reviews. The indoor swimming pool with transparent roofing is great for kids to play. The open spaces have motifs, walk-on chess board and ornamental flowers are good for photography enthusiasts. Taj Savoy, the popular choice among rich and the famous is a 200 old property with spacious lawns and landscaped gardens. Sterling holiday's Fern Hill is highly recommended for families especially with kids. For honey moon couples, off season is the best time to visit the Nilgiris. However, they should select hotels near Charring Cross for safety purpose.
Deccan Park is a beautiful property and the landscaping alone ranks it among the best. The lounge bar is a nice place to hang out in the evenings. Individual cottages which are separated by optimal distance to provide sufficient privacy without compromising security makes it a good choice for families, honeymoon couples and bachelor groups alike. Health club, snooker tables, table tennis and carom boards provide enough recreation during the stay.
The Greenery located in Gudalur road is like a mini palace built entirely using rock stones and designed with the inspiration of colonial structures. Fortune Sullivan Court by ITC hotels preserves the majesty of the prominent hotel chain. The lobby resembles that of a European castle with stairs and elevator side by side visible in the elevation.
The choice of furniture, lighting and canvas colors add to the beauty. A well stocked bar, conference room snooker and pool table makes it a definite attraction for a corporate vacation. Delightz inn is comparable as a B&B place but for the cost it ranks among Treebo Yantra Leisures and Treebo Rosefield Heritage which offer more value for money. Hill Country Holiday in Lovedale is worth the try for the sheer pleasure of time spent in a wonderful location.
Destiny Farm Stay and Red Hill Nature are some of the best resorts near Avalanche Lake. Red Hill Nature tariff is little high at Rs. 10000 per night during peak season. Compared to conventional hotels, those nestled in deep woods offer a adventure like experience. Havelock Leisure Boutique Villa offers complete bungalow for rent ideal for large group for partying, barbeque along with amenities like mini theatre, snooker and a heated swimming pool.
Willow Hill is an old establishment, but definitely a beautiful place for spending your vacation. It also has an in house restaurant and bar which caters to your taste buds with tasty cuisines which can be counted among the best in Ooty. Hotel Sinclairs is one of the resorts in Ooty which is synonymous with a wonderful stay and fine dine. The white building with huge glass windows, open air dining spaces has elements borrowed from British architecture and royalty. The location is an added bonus as it stands on a hilltop with most rooms opening to fantastic views all around making it ideal for bird watchers and nature lovers. Food costs a bit high matching 5 star hotel prices.
Accord Highland Residency, an amazing property with wonderful staff is truly exceptional. Perhaps the best location to watch sunset and sunrise (only for early risers), the management strives hard to make your vacation a pleasant one. In the wee hours, a stroll across the campus can make you feel like a night watch in Game of Thrones.
Kurumba Village, a hideaway in a spice estate built without disturbing the natural surroundings makes you feel one with nature. Kurumba is equally modern with a pool, ayurvedic spa (Ayrushala) and a coffee house (Chai Kadai). Global village presents marvelous views on all sides of the property.
The newly constructed hotel is far from the bus stand. However, if you are traveling by car you would really appreciate the spacious resort. Food prices are high with not many choices around. King's cliff offers lot of activities besides it's location that guarantees a refreshing atmosphere away from urban influence. Club Mahindra Derby Green sits amidst the must visit tourist spots in Ooty.
As with all Club Mahindra properties, the TripAdvisor reviews are in praise of the friendly and lovely staff which directly contributes to the joy you derive from your vacation. The landscaped areas add to the beauty of the place while the sit outs provide space for relaxing sipping a tea or coffee. Bonfires are set up in specific locations during winter and on request as well. Horse riding is available with guide.
West Nature Resorts offers home stays at attractive deals ideal for honeymoon. The package includes accommodation, complimentary food, candle light dinner and sightseeing. Sterling Holidays (now Thomas Cook) has two properties in Ooty, Fern Hill and Elk Hill. Monarch is designed with customers from metro cities who would still want amenities found in a downtown 5 star hotel even while spending a vacation.
Owned by yesteryear bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty, it has 59 spacious rooms decorated to please the rich and famous. Maneck hotel, Woodberry Residency, TTDC hotel TamilNadu and Nahar are some of the places with mixed reviews, but depends upon your length of stay, preferences and budget, experience differs from one traveler to the other. However, these places are not spacious enough and offer very less to explore.
Kluney Manor and British Cliff Club are architectural marvels comparable to Taj Savoy and WelcomHeritage but much cheaper options. Hotel Darshan is the best budget property near the lake. Destiny the farm is unique in many ways and located near Avalanche.
One of the advantages of choosing a hill station for vacation is the adventure it offers. A stay in a tea estate bungalow is not only different but very refreshing too. It offers a chance to retreat and de-stress. Without standard amenities, it may disappoint if you expect conventional service, but for the adventure traveler it is all fun. Nonsuch estates, Tranquilitea Tea Lounge, Red Hill Nature and Palaniappa Tea Estates offer accommodation in bungalows nestled among hundreds of acres of tea gardens.


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Copies of rare and interesting newsreel items of local interest have been deposited, usually film on cellulose nitrate stock. The discovery of large holdings of nitrate newsfilms by British Pathe has prompted a rescue project by WFSA to duplicate items of local importance, so that they may be viewed in the search room and cinema. Military and naval subjects are particularly well covered, and these have been given priority, but there are also many topographical items showing the beauty and fascination of the area, along with the usual local events.
Examples of newsreel items deposited in WFSA include the following: King Returns from Durbhar (1912); Prince Edward visits Enham (1926); Mary Rose and Tidworth Tattoo (1930); Northumberland Fusiliers at Portsmouth (1913); Cowes Regatta (1913); Record Storm of 1910.
Locally-produced films of this early period in cinematography are even rarer, so they are cherished as surviving examples of early local records. Alfred J West is a pioneer of cinematography who began his career as a photographer in Southsea, and made his first moving film for the Royal Navy in 1897, showing the testing of the Whitehead torpedo off Portsmouth. He went on to make many more films under the banner of 'Our Navy' and 'Our Army', which were used as recruiting aids by the military, as well as subjects taken abroad and locally-commissioned items like Masonic Ceremony (1902), which showed a procession of freemasons in Southsea.
West's films were shown throughout the British Empire, but when he stopped in 1913 and sold all his stock, most of it disappeared, probably melted down for use in ammunition during the Great War, leaving only his catalogue and unpublished autobiography to show what had been achieved. WFSA holds copies of all known surviving films, of which there are sadly few.

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Genre: Instructional
Cast: Jessica Drake (non-sex role), Kali Karinena, Jay Taylor, Chanell Heart, Mickey Mod, Ryan McLane
Length: 60 minutes (interview segment, informative talk, and demonstrations), 60 minutes (sex scenes and optional commentary)
Extras: There is a very good bonus sex scene from the film Jessica Drake's Guide To Wicked Sex: BDSM For Beginners. It features Casey Calvert and Derrick Pierce. Several trailers and a Wicked Sensual Care Collection promo.
Audio/Video Quality: The audio and video quality are solid. The outdoor evening shots enhance the romantic mood of the Chanell Heart-Damon Dice scene. There are not watermarks.
Condoms: Yes
Final Thoughts: The Kama Sutra has always had a stigma and complexity to it. Jessica Drake brings a friendly and down to reality analysis about it in this film. It is the reason why her Wicked Sex seminars are so popular. In this film, the Kali Karinena-Mickey Mod performance is the most steamiest on account of their their sensually erotic behavior. The Chanell Heart-Damon Dice performance shows a lot of sensuousness too especially in the dark outdoor setting with the lighted fires in the background. This film is a recommended production for those who want to learn about Kama Sutra and to use this art form to have sex in a more pleasurable and connected manner with your partner.
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What is the Value of Clinical Time?
Posted by September 17, 2014 at 12:21 PM
In his provocative NYT piece, "Busy Doctors, Wasteful Spending," Dr. Sandeep Jauhar tackles an issue addressed in NPA's July 2014 policy brief, Value and Values in Health Care. NPA leaders have endorsed the principle that clinicians needs more time to understand patients better and to create and maintain healing relationships.
Does Jauhar nail it or not? Read his op-ed below and tell us what you think. Your responses to NPA blog posts help us refine our communications about important issues and influence the choice of initiatives we undertake.
"Busy Doctors, Wasteful Spending"
By Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, a cardiologist,
New York Times, July 21, 2014
Of all the ways to limit health care costs, perhaps none is as popular as cutting payments to doctors. In recent years payment cuts have resulted in a sharp downturn in revenue for many hospitals and private practices. What this has meant for most physicians is that in order to maintain their income, they've had to see more patients.
Racing through patient encounters, we practice with an ever-present fear that we will miss something, hurt someone and open ourselves up to legal (not to mention moral) liability. To cope with the anxiety, we start to call in experts for problems that perhaps we could handle ourselves if we had more time to think through a case. The specialists, in turn, order more tests, scans and the like.
And therein lies the sad irony of the health cost containment paradigm in this country. There is no more wasteful entity in medicine than a rushed doctor. For the full op-ed, click here.
Do you agree with Dr. Jauhar?
6 Responses to "What is the Value of Clinical Time?"
"Rushed" is only a partial description of the problem. Deeper causes are fee-for-service and lack of collegiality. Too often a referral is made because it generates specialist income (as well as further studies) when a 'curbside consult' would have been able to answer the technical question on the clinician's mind. As long as volume is the primary source of income, "rushed" will be the name of the game.
Hillary Clinton recently stated, "The fee-for-service model, which made a lot of sense for a long time, may not make sense for physicians, for hospitals, or any other providers and may not make sense for patients and other payers." Dr. Jauhar is correct about the waste in healthcare that results from a doctor being rushed. It takes time to take a history, do an exam, and then explain to the patient the 'working diagnosis' and 'differential diagnosis' and the benefits, if any, of ordering tests to reach an 'accurate diagnosis'. With the present fee-for-service model, many physicians and mid-level providers take the easy road and look for the answer through a plethora of labs and imaging studies. Osler said, "One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine." I would add to that by saying one of our first duties is to listen to the patient story and only resort to ordering tests when absolutely necessary and only when the tests will be used to determine the next step.
I agree with the other 2 posters that the problem here is not "rushed" physicians, but a fee-for-service payment system that makes no sense for patients, payers, or providers. I admit to having an understanding of healthcare economics that is not good enough to understand why capitation and accountable care cannot be adapted to work for the best interests of those three groups. As long as you have FFS, payers will try to cut their expenses by paying less per service, and providers will ramp up the # of services provided.
But it makes no sense to complain about being rushed. The real problem is the way you are paid — you are choosing to rush to sustain what you believe to be a reasonable reimbursement. As long as you and the payer disagree on what that should be — you will feel rushed.
Look to the recent (and soon to be reintroduced) report of the National Commission on Physician Payment Reform (http://physicianpaymentcommission.org/) for clear guidance on how we can move past FFS and get to a future where we again have some control over the service we provide, the costs, and the outcomes.
I agree with Dr. Juahar's views as expressed in the editorial. His book, "Doctored…" is really impressive. His renunciation of the complicity of many physicians and administrators in the needless extortion of money from patients may not make him popular in some circles. As one who (a) entered medical school fifty years ago this month and (b) is retired, the most important point that I would like to make is that the older patients whom I know personally are often very discouraged by what they have experienced in medical care to the point that they delay in seeking needed medical help because it has become such an unpleasant experience. Delays can often cause exacerbation of disease patients resulting in greatly increased medical expenses.
I should comment on Dr. Juahar's observation that "One option is to hire doctors as employees and put them on a salary, as they do at the Mayo and Cleveland Clinics, which takes away some of the financial impetus to cram more and more patients into a workday." As one who worked as a full-time academician for his entire career, I do not regret the fact that I was paid a salary without bonuses. I would point out that friends of mine who practice at the Cleveland Clinic tell me that they get very significant bonuses annually. Some of them think that these bonuses are related to the amount of money that they generate at the Cleveland Clinic. Upon his retirement I was told by an internist specializing in infectious diseases at the Cleveland Clinic that, if he spent fifteen minutes with a patient, an administrator came and knocked on his door. When I repeated this to another friend who is a Cleveland Clinic clinician, his response was: "Fifteen minutes for Clinic patients: nine minutes for Kaiser." In short, even when clinicians are paid salaries, they can be manipulated by a variety of other approaches including generous bonuses.
When relating to patients, physicians need time to observe the patient during the history and physical examination, time to think, time to discuss the patient's condition with the patient. These activities are considered by some to be "unproductive," i.e., unreimbursable.
As a single payer enthusiast, I would suggest that there are many ways to save money on administration, insurance, and pharmaceuticals without harming patients.
I hear from many colleagues about the feeling that they're on a treadmill, focused on 'production' and the speed keeps getting turned up. We need to re-define 'production' from RVUs to relationships, healing. RVUs don't measure value, they measure activity.
I agree wholeheartedly that more time with patients is essential, but I think that fixing this issue goes far beyond simply paying doctors for their time and abolishing fee-for-service; a siloed and physician-centric model of healthcare is simply unsustainable and sometimes harmful to patients. We need to focus on means of care delivery that give more power to patients and their communities, including community health workers (which I've written on before: http://afpjournal.blogspot.com/2014/06/guest-post-future-of-family-medicine-20.html & http://mereorthodoxy.com/beyond-pink-police-state-community-health-workers/). This is going to take sacrifice from doctors– sacrificing the easy patients on our schedules so we can spend our time and energy helping the really sick ones. It will take some power sacrifices and financial sacrifices as well. But we have to lead the charge in humbling ourselves or else these things will be taken away from us by the cost cutters.


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Appalachian Trail: Delps to Blue Mountain Ski Area is a 10.9 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Danielsville, Pennsylvania that offers the chance to see wildlife and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, camping, and backpacking and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Was there supposed to be water at the spring? This was my first time up this way. Got cut short due to storms. Brutal. Didn't even make it to the AT. Lots of cool woodfrogs and newts along the way.
We could only get a little way in before the trail disappeared completely. And the 'no trespassing' signs with the sounds of nearby gunshots from hunters was ominous.
The first .8 miles is a killer! The Delps spring was nice to sit, breathe, and cool off at. The 2 vistas were beautiful though.
starting to get a little over grown
I did some recognizance tonight for a future hike. Easy to find, But my Honda Civic hit bottom several times. If you don't have a vehicle with a lot of clearance, this is not the parking lot for you. I am looking at Smith Gap a little farther down the trial, to enter the AT.
We loved this one. The parking lot is... secluded. The first 0.8 miles is a bit strenuous as it's about 850ft of elevation gain. There is a nice spring half way up. It's pretty much all flat on the AT. Once you hit the AT its 1 mile to the great lookout spot. Our two dogs, pit mixes, did great here and most dogs should be just fine.
I"m meeting a friend at the Leroy A Smith shelter on Thursday morning.
If anyone can give me some info on where I would enter the AT to get there and how far it is from that enterance and if you know a good place to stay near by on Wed night. I sure would appreciate it. Thank you. Tom
nice trail
The trail to the overlook is really easy to miss. From the parking lot you go straight up the blue trail until you reach the Appalachian, then you make a left on the Appalachian white trail and after about a mile keep your eyes open for a small rock pile on the left ground. At the rock pile the trail forks to the left and right, the right continues on the Appalachian white trail and the left is a blue trail that leads to the overlook. When you get to the overlook spend a good amount of time taking it all in, it's definitely one of the best views I've seen in the PA NJ area. Afterwards you can go back the way you came, back to your car or you can continue further down the Appalachian and turn around when ever you feel like, there is no way to make this a loop only an out and back.
coordinates to the overlook are N40° 48.792' W75° 28.687
This is a nice out and back hike with a few challenging rock scrambles in the first mile in from Blue Mountain Rd. In order to get to the overlook, go down the AT until you come to a rock pile, approx 3.4 miles, marking a trail on the right marked with blue blazes. We did come across a rattle snake on the AT in this area so definitely keep an eye out.
When you first get on the blue blaze trail be prepared to go up ta rocky climb, pretty steep. There is a good portion of the trail that is straight up. Once at the application trail we went left. Hiked down to the view ( which was honestly amazing) once on the application trail super easy hike, but be prepared to sweat your butt off getting there. Overall great experience ! Going back to explorer more places we didn't get to here.
If you are looking for directions, type in game land Rd, Danielsville pa on your GPS system. once you pull onto the Rd from Mosier Rd or delps Rd, wherever you're coming from, take it until it becomes gravel. you will see no trespassing signs on literally all the trees. stay on this road, it will then turn from gravel to pavement again and you will see a sign pointing left to trailhead parking. when you reach the parking lot, they're 2 trails. take the blue blazed one! ascend until you make it the AT. turn left. keep going until you see a blue blazed sign saying view which will also be on your left. enjoy!
The directions provided to parking lot are great. I thought this trail would be a little more challenging, it was easy to find but a little overgrown until you reach the AT. Beautiful hike. I found the view about a mile or so after reaching the AT going left. Took about 3 hours, cannot wait to do this one again and explore more of the AT.
Went hiking for quite a bit of time but gave up. Couldn't find overlook. Instead we saw 3 rattlesnakes. ..scart
Anyone know if dogs could easily maneuver this hike?
directions to the parking from the previous post was right on! when traveling on delps rd from 539, go past mink(?) rd and turn left on the road he mentions. then immediate left to the gravel road. When you reach the parking lot, blue trail is on the left side when looking at back of lot.
I took my 9 yr old and it was great. steep rocky way up, stairlike in some spots. When you reach the top, go left on the AT and follow the white markings until u see the blue arrow that says View. Take a rest in the area I like to call Fred Flintstones living room. Off to the right is the smaller trail to the overlook. it is great! about 3 hrs round trip.
The Delps Trail and parking lot are easy to get to, but there are no signs whatsoever. In the town/village of Delps, take Moser Rd north across Delps Rd and onto the unmarked gravel road. This is called Game Land Rd on online maps. In about two tenths of a mile, bear right at the fork in the road, and in another ~quarter-mile you'll enter the parking lot. There are a few other places that you could turn off, but they're all plastered with Do Not Enter and Private Property signs so it's pretty easy to stay on the right road. The parking lot and the trail are totally unmarked, but you'll see the trail (which eventually has blue blazes) at the north end of the parking lot.
The trail is flat for a few minutes then goes straight up, about 800 vertical feet in a half mile, and joins the AT. I didn't actually make it to the overlook on this trip (it's not at the top of Delps Trail but apparently is a couple miles away on the AT) but hope to next time.
Ethan K.
7mi / 5hr. Icy, snow , fog, black bear, view, funn
Ethan K.
9mi / 4hr. Snow, ice, nice view
Barbara S.
I have done this hike 3 times and it never gets old. It starts out with some fun climbing up rocks with many views along the way. Once you get to the top it is a fairly easy walk for awhile to get to Delp overlook your final destination. The first time I hiked I was almost ready to give up when I saw the blue blaze for the side trail to the overlook. Awesome view of the valley below and mountains in the distance!


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Recently, some of my insecurities have been bad. I've removed myself from the main situation that was causing it, but you cannot always avoid people. The more I try to ignore my insecurities, the more I find myself walking with my head down, clutching my folder begging people not to notice me. I don't honestly think that any human being can lay the claim to not have ever feeling insecure. There are however, ways to deal with it.
Remove yourself from the situation that causes you to feel insecure
Up until this week I hung out in the library with two friends at lunch. However, often about 10 boys from another crowd would normally join us. They were noisy, rude, made comments, whispered and talked about other people ruthlessly. They rarely mentioned me to my face, but I knew that I was probably ripped apart behind my back.
This week, I finally made the decision to stop hanging out there, because it just made me feel very insecure in myself. What should have been a lunch break with friends was turning into 45 minutes of tension, while I hid behind my hair and counted the minutes to the bell, praying that they wouldn't make me the subject of a joke.
I've lost the time to hang out with my friends, but at the same time, I feel more relaxed about myself and I don't feel like I want to disappear. And in the end, not feeling miserable and insecure about myself is more important, which is why I removed myself from the situation.
Learn to recognise when you are feeling insecure
Ignoring your insecurities will not make you happy. Learning to recognise that you feel insure will help you understand your insecurities and what sets them of. Some people start to point out faults in others, some people say they don't feel insecure and some become very defensive when something they feel insecure about is raised.
Different situations set insecurity off. It may be having to wait for something, which gives you time to think, it may be other people talking about it or pointing it out. Recognise that feeling insecurity is only unhealthy when you let it rule you and that once you recognise it, you can start to try and control it.
Don't hang out with people who point your insecurities out to you
Often I tie my worth up in doing well, so I feel insecure when I don't. This week I failed something for the first time that I can remember and nothing drastic happened. I am still me, and my friends are still my friends and they don't care that I failed. They also haven't pointed it out to me because they know me well enough that I hate to fail and it's not something I talk about.
Someone who points your insecurities out is going to make you feel worse and more aware of them. It's very unhealthy and unproductive toward your self confidence. People who point yours and others insecurities are probably doing because of their own ones. That doesn't mean that you should put up with it.
People who support you are the people you need in your life.
Understand that insecurities are invisible, but very real
You see all your own insecurity, but that doesn't mean that others do, which is often our biggest worry. Everyone else has insecurities, and they are just as busy trying to hide them. What you feel insecure about specifically is invisible to other people. They might guess you are insecure, but unless you tell them, they will probably never know what about.
I struggle a lot with this, but many people tell me it's true: what you think people are seeing, they probably aren't. But just because other people don't notice them most of the time does not make them any less real.
Speak positively to yourself
Tell yourself that you can be strong, and that your insecurities don't rule you. When I feel like a day is going to be bad, I make myself look in the mirror, make eye contact with myself and tell myself that the day is going to be good. This might sound like it's not a big deal, but making eye contact shows confidence and interest, and it's harder than it sounds- especially with yourself. Give yourself a quick, positive pep talk before you leave the house; you can do this, you are strong, you have people who support you.
God loves you no matter who you are
And it hurts Him when you hurt. He wants you to tell Him about it and rest in Him.
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10 Social Media Tips for a Financial Planner
Why use social media to grow your business? It's where your customers are. There are nearly 2.5 billion social media users across the globe. And more than 50 percent of small business owners in the U.S. rely on social as their primary digital-marketing technique because of its effectiveness for finding and connecting with new customers. It also doesn't cost an arm and leg to use like some traditional marketing methods.
If you haven't already, it's time to join the many small business owners who are using social to build awareness, drive sales, and gain new customers. This collection of social media tips for small business will have you well on your way to do just that.
Social media for small business: 10 tips to set you up for success
1. Start with a plan
Just like a business needs a business plan, your social media actions need to be informed by a carefully crafted strategy. As we establish in our six-step guide to creating a social media marketing plan you must:
- Set social media goals and objectives. It's important to go beyond vanity metrics such as likes and retweets and also focus on factors like leads generated, conversion rates, and web referrals. Use the S.M.A.R.T goal framework—goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely—when establishing your social media goals.
- Conduct a social media audit. This means determining who is already connecting with you on social, which networks your target audience uses, and how your social media presence measures up against your competitors.
- Create or improve your existing accounts. After choosing which social networks are best suited for your small business, build up your social presence on each network, in accordance with your broader business goals and audience. If you already have existing social accounts, ensure they're updated to reflect your brand values.
- Find inspiration. Look at what content those in your industry are already sharing, and use social listening to discover insights about appealing to prospects and setting yourself apart from your competition. It's also advisable to look at industry leaders (Nike, Coca-Cola, Amazon, etc.) to see what they're doing right and how to implement those tactics in your own strategy.
- Create a social media calendar. This is an essential part of your all-important content marketing plan. It should include the intended dates and times that you want to publish Facebook and Instagram posts and tweets, as well as any other social media content.
- Test, evaluate, and adjust your strategy. You should be constantly fine tuning your strategy based on performance metrics. Analyze things like number of clicks per post, the reach of your social campaigns, and the number of page visits resulting from social— then adjust and improve based on this data.
2. Decide which platforms are right for you
Not all social media platforms will be suitable for your business and the goals and objectives you've set. Below we offer a high-level look at the most popular platforms.
- Facebook: The world's most popular social media network with more than 2 billion users as of September 2017, it features the largest number of regular users, making it the most appealing network in terms of sheer reach.
- Instagram: Instagram's claim to fame is its visual-centric approach, where successful marketing is based in large part on the aesthetic appeal of the content you share. This platform also boasts the best engagement levels among all social networks at 59 percent, according to the 2016 Bloglovin' Global Influencer Survey.
- LinkedIn: The world's largest social networking site for professionals with more than 467 million users.
- Twitter: Twitter is renowned for its brevity thanks to the 280-character tweet limit.
- Snapchat: A disappearing content platform that's especially popular with younger demographics.
- YouTube: An excellent resource for brands who have the resources to take advantage of the popularity of online videos.
- Pinterest: What makes Pinterest unique is its users, who are searching to find ideas for all parts of their lives. This makes Pinterest ideal for driving action, such as a purchase or a visit to your website. With this information, you can begin the process of whittling down which social sites make the most sense for your business. It could end up being one, some, or all.
3. Know your audience
Determining the traits of your target audience is a critical component of market research. Without this information, you'll have no idea how to appeal to them.
You need to know things like age, gender, location, pain points, goals, average income, etc.
One of the best ways to conduct successful market research is by creating audience personas for your customers. You can create an audience persona by:
- Collecting demographic data from social media, surveys, focus groups, and customer interviews
- Looking for trends within this data (behaviors, ages, occupations)
- Establishing their pain points and goals
- Turning these traits into representations of people, complete with names, job titles, career histories
4. Use social media to promote and sell your products or services
Using social for promotion isn't as easy as simply tweeting about your brand every once in a while or using Facebook advertising. You need a strategy in place to optimize your results.
For starters, use the famous 80/20 rule (also known as the Pareto principle) of social curation: 80 percent of your social promotional and selling success (the event) comes from just 20 percent of the cause (your social curation). Therefore, your social content across all your channels should be no more than 20 percent promotional. The other 80 percent should be about your customers—engaging with them and sharing relevant content that they will find valuable.
Then, you must use each social channel according to its strengths.
For instance, if you're selling T-shirts or jewelry, your best bet is using Instagram or Pinterest due to their image-centric nature. If you're an apparel, beauty or jewelry retailer in the U.S., you now have the ability to tag your images in Instagram, so detailed product information, as well as a link back to your site, appears alongside the image.
Similarly, on Pinterest, small businesses can sell their products directly on the site, thanks to Buyable Pins, allowing customers to make a purchase in only a few clicks.
5. Incorporate images, videos, and graphics whenever you can
Use visual elements as much as you can, no matter what social platform you're using. Sixty-seven percent of marketing decision makers say that they use visual content on social media for its engagement value, according to Lewis' The State of Visual Communications in 2016.
Incorporating visuals—from static images to videos, GIFs, and memes—in your social media content is easy. Just make sure that whatever visual asset you're using is relevant to your content and the audience.
6. Choose quality over quantity
It's tempting to put your brand on as many social platforms as possible in an attempt to reach as large an audience as possible. But there's no benefit to spreading yourself too thin.
When quantity increases, quality usually drops because you're more focused on quotas: a certain number of tweets per week or a certain number of Facebook posts per month.
Instead, focus on quality over quantity. Go where your audience is and deliver them value. You'll be rewarded for it.
If you've done your research and created audience personas, you should know which platform(s) your target customers prefer. Focus your efforts there, sharing quality content that solves their problems, makes their lives easier, entertains them, etc.
Remember the Pareto Principle: The majority of your social content shouldn't be promoting yourself, it's about adding value for the audience.
7. Use the right tools
Save time and effort by using the tools that make social media easier.
In 2017, the average daily time spent on social media by users was 135 minutes. Running a small business demands your time and attention in many other areas—you can't afford to get sucked into social longer than you have to.
8. Monitor and respond to all social media conversations around your business
Social media can act as a stand in for the face-to-face conversation in today's digital world. Responding directly to the audience allows you to humanize your brand. Fail to engage your audience and they might think you're not invested in what they want. And that's not good for your bottom line.
More than 80 percent of all customers expect a business to reply within 24 hours of a social media posting, according to Altitude Software's 2016 The Omnichannel Evolution of the Customer Experience.
Social media engagement also offers an opportunity for you to demonstrate your brand's unique personality.
Don't hesitate to reply with a bit of humor, all the while showcasing your business' expertise. Using photographs of you and your employees at work is also an effective way of connecting with the audience, as data shows that image-rich social content drastically increases engagement.
9. Schedule content to free up more time for engagement
Sharing relevant content is important, but it shouldn't get in the way of the time you need to actively engage the audience.
10. Find inspiration from successful brands and those in your space
There's no shame in using winning strategies on social that other brands have used to great effect. Taking inspiration from established brands on social media and experiment with some of their tactics on your own channels.
You can also monitor and take inspiration from what your competitors are doing. If you see a great idea, you can adapt it for your own campaigns.


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In partnership since 2012, Auckland City FC and the Butterfly Trust have together raised nearly $7,000 over the past four years for education and relief projects in Vanuatu.
The Butterfly Trust supports developing world communities to attain improved standards of living by facilitating access to education and primary health.
In doing so, the Trust seeks to transform the lives of countless men, women and children struggling to survive and grow under impoverished circumstances in many parts of the world today.
Auckland City FC has also committed donations of football kit to Vanuatu that includes playing strips, equipment, balls and boots.
Spokesman Steve Vuksich said the fund raiser was key to how the club perceives itself within the context of the Oceania football community.
"Last time we raised $1,100.00 NZD via a match day raffle and this year we've approached the same mark.
"On top of that, the club has donated $4,000.00 NZD over the past few seasons as well as the playing kit donations.
"Auckland City FC takes its role as a member club of the Oceania Football Confederation seriously and believes part of that responsibility means lending a hand where necessary.
"Our club has a long tradition of signing players from countries like Fiji, the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea which only serves to strengthen our commitment to making a difference in those communities," Vuksich said.
Butterfly Trust representative Vijay Satyanand was happy with the commitment made by Auckland City FC.
"The Butterfly Trust is delighted to be involved with Auckland City FC for not only the professionalism the club shows in its dealings with us but its well-run organisation and great family spirit.
"We know that the children and people of Vanuatu appreciate the actual support in terms of the football gear the club donates because they're absolutely mad-keen on football.
"Auckland City FC's act of generosity also brings forward a useful message when the football kit is being distributed because the recipients combine that with a healthy message about playing sport that they put into their everyday lives.
"Auckland City FC has a profound influence in relief work in Vanuatu and as an organisation the Butterfly Trust thanks the club again and we hope to continue our association long into the future," he said.
Last year, Auckland City FC player Takuya Iwata donated 14 hampers of football kit from Japan to schools in Suva during lthe 2016 OFC Champions League.
In previous seasons, Auckland City FC has also made similar contributions to the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea football communities.
Auckland City FC ended its ASB Premiership regular season campaign with a 4-1 win over WaiBOP United on Sunday creating a new record of 27 games undefeated and another record of the highest points tally ever attained in a 14-game season of 38.
The club also equalled its own record of finishing a regular season campaign undefeated set in 2011-12.
Butterfly & Auckland City raise funds
In partnership since 2012, Auckland City FC and the Butterfly Trust have together raised nearly $7,000 over the past four years for education and relief projects in Vanuatu.


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Harvest round-up: Finally finishing?
For many farmers, harvest 2012 will be one to forget, with just the last few fields left to cut in northern Scotland before it can be officially drawn to a close.
Having started two weeks later than normal, it would go on record as one of the latest harvests in recent years, with Scottish farmers still needing to cut 12,000ha of wheat as of the middle of last week, said the final HGCA / ADAS report of the year.
Winter wheat yields were expected to average 6.8t/ha – 1t/ha below the five-year average.
Later cut wheat in the East Midlands had dropped even further in terms of quality, said Rob Munro, marketing director at Fengrain.
"It's becoming evident that there's another lurch down in quality – it's going to be a harvest that we'll remember for all the wrong reasons this year."
About 40% of milling wheat varieties were just about reaching the required specification, he said.
Millers were therefore increasingly looking to imported wheat to make up for this year's poor specific weights, added David Sheppard at Gleadell Agriculture.
"Wheat quality ranges from fair to moderate to appalling – we are seeing bushel weights down into the mid-50s in some samples," he said.
"It's a massive sorting job for the whole industry: working out what you have got and allocating the correct quality to the end user is key."
In Scotland, Eric Haggart had finished harvest at Bailielands Farm, Auchterarder, Perthshire, but his neighbour was still busy combining wheat.
"He's got quite a large acreage, and was cutting yesterday and today (8 October)," said Mr Haggart. "The beans are still a while away, too."
Yields had been very disappointing, with spring barley some 30% down on average.


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The biggest oil users over this period were the United States, followed by Japan, the Russian Federation and Germany. The lowest oil usage per person was recorded in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Other territories probably used less oil than these three, but were missing data to confirm that.
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The 2013 season was a landmark for the Legacy football program. The Broncos won 10 games and advanced to the regional round of the playoffs, setting numerous school records along the way.
The team added another milestone to its dossier last week when 11 senior members of the squad signed national letters of intent to play football in college. Coach Chris Melson said the most players previously signing in a single year had been just four.
"Those kids were really good when they were freshmen. They just kept developing and developing and getting better, and this year was really a culmination of these young men working hard and it's a reflection of our program," he added.
Indeed, it illustrates the lengths Legacy has come in terms of the local high school football landscape. And as the team gets more attention, additional opportunities are sure to follow.
"The more success the team has, the better chance guys have of getting attention from college coaches," Melson said. "I think this year has definitely shown that."
"People come here to recruit because of the reputation of the MISD and the athletic programs and the kind of athletes we turn out," he added.
Four of the football players are headed to FBS schools. Everett Williams signed to play with Minnesota in the Big 10. He could potentially play against former teammate Jared McGee, who will attend fellow Big 10 member Northwestern. Chad Pursley will stay relatively close to home at SMU, while Terrance Ivery will head north of the Texas border to attend Tulsa University.
A particularly unique aspect of Legacy's signing day was that four student-athletes inked letters with the same school. Chris Smith, Mike Sanders, Bryson Sheffield and Josh Conrad all signed with Texas A&M University-Commerce.
"It's the first time we've had anybody go to the same school, let alone four of them, so that's really neat," Melson said. "Those kids will get a chance to play football together and go to school together, and I think that's pretty awesome."
Also signing were Kenton Mayberry with Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Okla., and Harris Tafah with Navarro College. Kijana Amous is still deciding between schools, but will likely opt for the University of Northern Colorado or join Tafah at Navarro.
Melson concedes that it's probably a special year and that Legacy won't produce 11 football signees every year, but he hopes the general upward trend continues.
"We hope that several young men that want to will have the opportunity each year to play college football and continue their education and play a game that we all love," he said.
It wasn't just football players that inked letters of intent. Several athletes from other sports also affirmed their commitments to colleges and universities.
Three members of the Broncos girls soccer team signed: Madison Brinkman with Oklahoma Christian; Danielle Hightower with Central Baptist College in Conway, Ark., and Alyssa Pios with St. Gregory's University in Shawnee, Okla.
Boys soccer player Daniel Moore will move on to play for Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla.
Corey Murray, the District 15-4A Offensive Player of the Year last season in baseball, signed with Weatherford College.
Legacy's 16 signees was the most of any Mansfield School, and Melson is happy to see his students continuing their sports and academic pursuits.
"It's exciting for those young people to further their athletic career and their education on the next level," he said.
You can find a complete listing of all the MISD signees online at the MISD Athletics blog, yourmansfieldisd.blogspot.com.


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Photos of Aaron Horkey's New Prints!
I decided to try out my new camera on Aaron Horkey's newest prints for True Grit and Deadwood. As you can see, the metallics on the True Grits are AMAZING. Remember, these all go up for sale tomorrow (Wednesday, December 29th) at 2pm CST. Visit Postersandtoys.com.
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Awesome indeed. Looks like you have a good hang of the new camera Mitch. Pics are great!
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The school year has reached its final stage, with the English exam already done. Students are dreaming of summer holidays (as are teachers). More interesting things are happening outside school, and who could blame them for wishing to be part of real life?
To say good-bye to school 2012/2013, I am posting here a video made by one of my students. Their task was to make a short speech on a topic of their choice.
"Everyone should believe in something" - that is what Dzenita [dʒenɪtɑ] is speaking about.


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Lists, lists and more lists! Everyone publishes year-end lists. Top tens, best of's, worst of's, likes, dislikes and so on… I want to play!
Here are my Top Ten songs of 2010. The criteria is simple – I bought and/or downloaded the song and it was released in 2010 and it found itself in very heavy rotation on my iPod.
1. F*ck You – Cee Lo Green
Maybe the only time the "F-Word" sounds so happy and cheeky. The Gnarls Barkley vocalist sings an ode to rejection and recovery. The "clean" version was everywhere this summer and even covered by Gwyneth Paltrow on Glee! Musically, it wouldn't be out of place in 1974.
2. How I Got Over – the Roots
The best live band in Hip-Hop and maybe in America, as well as Jimmy Fallon's house band. Cool Philly soul, with a Rap breakdown in the bridge propels this contemporary urban protest song.
3. Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) – My Chemical Romance
An ear-worm of the worst kind! I challenge you to get this chorus out of your head. Bubblegum pop meets alt-rock meets post apocalyptic comic book adventure. MCR comes roaring back from the Black Parade!
4. Paris (Ooh La La) – Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
My Break Out artist of the year! Grace Potter and her band the Nocturnals are just starting to get the national exposure they so richly deserve. Featured on VH1's latest Diva concert, Grace stole the show and duetted with the Wilson sisters of Heart.
5. What We Do – Devo
Everyone's favorite De-Evolutionists from Akron Ohio are back. Unmistakably Devo and catchy as hell!
6. This Too Shall Pass – OK GO!
Maybe the coolest video of the year, and an amazingly well crafted pop nugget.
7. American Slang – The Gaslight Anthem
An E Street band for the 21st century? The Gaslight Anthem lives up to the hype, if not that tag. This is the song that the Boss would have recorded if he had fronted the Clash instead of that little combo from Asbury Park.
8. Hold On – All That Remains
Heavy metal continues to make inroads into the mainstream and this song from the Massachusetts metalcore outfit shows why.
9. Say You'll Haunt Me – Stone Sour
Stone Sour is the side project of Slipknot's lead singer. Yeah, Slipknot – that scary, mask wearing band from Iowa. Who imagined that a singer in a thrash band could have such a well developed pop sensibility and gift for melody?
10. Darling, It's True – Locksley
I discovered this power pop band from Madison Wisconsin while listening to Little Steven's Underground Garage. The legacy of the British Invasion lives.
Honorable Mentions;
Zebra – Beach House
Hailing from Baltimore, Beach House's sound is a shimmering haze of soundscapes.
Let's Go Surfing – The Drums
You've heard this song… now you know who it is. You're welcome.


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Chicken Pasta Recipes – Mac 'n' Chicken
Mac 'n' Chicken (Serves 4)
What you need:
2 cups cooked, shredded chicken
1 tsp. olive oil
250 g macaroni
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 yellow onion, medium-sized
1 cup diced apples
2 cups cream cheese
This recipe calls for a little apples in your childhood favourite.
What you need to do:
Mince onion. Mix cream cheese and chicken.
Cook macaroni according to package instructions.
In a pan, heat onions in olive oil until brown. Add the apples and cook for a few minutes. Combine the apples and onions with the al dente macaroni and the chicken-cheese mixture.
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"Detonator" to Be Featured at New England Film & Music Festival at SHU
The new independent film, Detonator, will be featured on April 13 at Sacred Heart University as part of a special preview of the New England Film & Music Festival (NEFMF). The festival will continue to screen selections at theaters across the region. Viewers will experience an advance screening of its curated feature and short films and vote on their favorites as part of the process of choosing which will be highlighted at the festival's culminating event on September 28 at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford.
The Sacred Heart event is generating extra excitement this year as it coincides with the university's launch this fall of the one-year film and television master's program (FTMA).
"We plan to be a hub for regional production and entertainment. This festival is the kind of experience our students will be exposed to in the new graduate program," said Damon Maulucci, co-writer/co-director of Detonator. Maulucci helped design the FTMA program with fellow faculty member Justin Liberman. Both are accomplished filmmakers, Connecticut natives and graduates of Columbia University's master's film program.
The two have designed the graduate program to foster the kind of talent that is hailed at NEFMF and that will draw national and international attention to the burgeoning New England film industry.
"It's our primary focus to create a culture and community of filmmaking in Connecticut," said Liberman, who grew up in Connecticut and filmed Tobacco Burn, his latest project, locally. "We want the program at Sacred Heart to be a place where filmmakers come together, activate one another and galvanize a culture of success."
Like Detonator, the films being previewed at Sacred Heart have already gained notoriety at other prestigious festivals like Sundance, Cinequest and the Toronto International Film Festival. Audience members can look forward to seeing films belonging to categories that include drama, action/crime, comedy and documentary.
In the category of comedy/drama, Detonator, which is being shown at 8:15 p.m. on April 13, is a gritty thriller with a punk-rock vibe set in Philadelphia. The movie is about old friends, divergent paths and what can happen in one hellish night when everything collides. It is part of a new wave of indie cinema, telling naturalistic and character-driven stories on a "micro-budget." With its action lit by the glow of streetlights, the film uses clever camerawork and authentic locations to achieve a unique style and production value.
As his movie is making its way to distribution and through the film festival circuit, Maulucci has a message for aspiring filmmakers and their fans. "I want to inspire and empower. We demystify the process. You can tell your own stories," he said.
"Whether you want to study how to write and direct and produce films and television or be a viewer who expands your own awareness of the growing market, Sacred Heart is making that possible," concluded Joanne Kabak, communication professor.
New England Film & Music Festival – Film Preview – Sacred Heart University, Schine Auditorium, 5151 Park Ave. Fairfield, CT.
Ticket prices: $5 with student ID, $10 general admission; advance all day pass special: $25 or $20 with student ID. Pass is limited to one per student.
To get information about Sacred Heart University master's program in film and television (FTMA): http://ftma.sacredheart.edu
Buy a Sacred Heart University Student VIP ALL-DAY Movie Pass for only $20 in advance. (The VIP ALL-DAY Movie Pass is $25 at the event, a limited number of VIP ALL-DAY passes are available.) A Student VIP ALL-DAY Pass gets you advanced seating and guaranteed admission to all films.
*This special is for students using a sacredheart.edu email address only - Limit one $20 pass per person. Print your receipt and bring it with you to the festival.


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Chicago is the latest city to pass a resolution to hold hearings on whether to use eminent domain to seize underwater mortgages from private investors.
On Wednesday, Chicago's City Council adopted a resolution to explore a plan that would "purchase underwater mortgages out of securitized packages of loans at a steep discount, write them down to fair market value, and then create a new mortgage with a much reduced principal and monthly payment."
The Chicago resolution comes on the heels of a proposal last month by San Bernardino County and the cities of Fontana and Ontario, in California, which created a Joint Powers Authority to explore whether to use eminent domain to buy mortgage loans.
San Bernardino officials are expected to hold a public meeting on Aug. 16 and issue a request for comment on the plan that would use private funds raised by a San Francisco venture capital firm, Mortgage Resolution Partners, to acquire and restructure underwater mortgages. Bondholders have objected to the plan, in part, because the homeowners are not in default and are still paying their mortgage even though they owe more on their loans than their homes are worth.
Chicago's three-page resolution calls for mortgage industry representations to testify at upcoming hearings regarding the implementation of a program "under which the city of Chicago would acquire underwater mortgages through eminent domain."
Such a plan recognizes that "the best way to keep troubled homeowners in their homes is by reducing the principal on their mortgages, thus lowering their debt burdens and more closely aligning their mortgages with the true value of their homes," the resolution states.
The resolution was proposed by Edward M. Burke, an alderman of the 14th ward, and Carrie M. Austin, an alderman of the 34th ward.
Isaac Boltansky, a policy analyst at Compass Point Research & Trading, described the backers of the eminent domain plans as "well-connected, well-funded industry veterans."
Graham Williams, Mortgage Resolution's chief executive, is a former director of residential lending at Bank of America (BAC), while Steven Gluckstern, its chairman, was a "bundler" for President Obama's 2008 campaign, helping facilitate between $200,000 and $500,000 in donations, Boltansky wrote in a recent research report.
Other notable backers of the venture capital firm are Willie Brown Jr., former San Francisco Mayor; Donald Putnam, founder of Putnam Lovell Securities; and Phil Angelides, former California Treasurer and head of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Angelides served as Mortgage Resolution's executive chairman before stepping down earlier this year, Boltansky says.
Boltansky, for his part, says he doubts plans to seize mortgages through eminent domain will succeed, though he expects more municipalities to announce their intent to do so in coming weeks. City officials in Berkeley, Calif., have requested meetings to examine options to slow foreclosures, he says.
Mortgage experts say only loans held in private-label mortgage-backed securities are being targeted because such investors lack the same degree of legal protections as investors in whole loans and those backed by Fannie and Freddie.
Chicago has tussled with banks and mortgage servicers before.
Last year, Chicago's City Council published an ordinance, backed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, that required banks, mortgage servicers and institutional investors to maintain vacant properties before the homes had even gone through the foreclosure process.
The ordinance, widely viewed as the most stringent in the nation, required mortgages securitization trustees to assume liability for the maintenance, security, and upkeep of properties in their trusts within 30 days of a property becoming vacant.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, filed a lawsuit in December against the city, claiming the vacant property ordinance is unconstitutional. The suit is still pending.
Illinois has the fifth-highest foreclosure rate in the nation and nearly 667,000 Chicago homeowners were underwater on their mortgages as of March, according to Burke.
"Given the size of the foreclosure epidemic in Chicago, the city should explore every possible avenue to keep families in their homes and reduce the number of vacant properties that breed crime and erode the stability of our neighborhoods," Burke, the resolution's co-sponsor, said in a press release.


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- On the high road outside Novigrad Geralt came across a merry band of troubadours who invited him to join them around the campfire and partake of tasty beverages. The witcher naturally never turns down such propositions and so gladly took them up on it.
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Peanuts fans of all ages are invited to submit photos of themselves or their children looking like one of these Peanuts characters: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Schroeder, Franklin, Peppermint Patty, Marcie or Pigpen, or one of Snoopy's classic alter-egos, Joe Cool or the World War I Flying Ace. Submissions will be accepted through November 3.
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If you're putting together a presidential-debate drinking game, there are at least six things you shouldn't even bother to include, because they're not happening.
President Obama and his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, meet Wednesday night for a highly anticipated episode of Kabuki theater, also known as a "debate." It will ostensibly be about domestic issues, or whistling, or fishin' holes, or whatever else the moderator, National Treasure Jim Lehrer, decides it will be about. The constraining rules of the debate, along with the debaters' natural aversion to saying anything interesting, will leave the audience hungry for knowledge, beyond the usual "zingers," "gaffes," "sighs" and "too much tanner."
Unfortunately, there's a lot of interesting stuff you're not going to hear at the debate, because the candidates aren't even discussing them out on the campaign trail or at fundraisers. Here are just six. There are lots more, but these are the most important economic issues that aren't getting talked about:
Thing One: I Can Haz Moar Stimulus? The economy needs more fiscal stimulus, and it needs it now. Job growth has slowed lately, even with the unemployment rate stuck above 8 percent, not far from where it was a year ago. Economic growth has ground to a dangerously slow rate, leaving the economy vulnerable to shocks.
The Federal Reserve, for its part, has traveled through the looking glass to find increasingly exotic ways to provide more stimulus, recently saying that it is just going to keep buying bonds and pumping cash into the economy until the Rapture or a real recovery, whichever comes first. But what about President Obama and Congress? They've stood back and wished the Fed luck, not lifting even a finger to help. Obama proposed a stimulus plan of sorts, the American Jobs Act, more than a year ago. But he has apparently given up on even mentioning that the Republicans have been blocking it. Now the only thing serious people want to talk about is reducing the budget deficit. Which brings us to Thing Two:
Thing Two: The Deficit Isn't Going Anywhere; Leave It Alone For Now: Everybody's worried about the budget deficit, but doing anything about it right now would be economic suicide. For more details, see the European debt crisis, where austerity measures have hurt economic growth, leading to lower tax revenues and wider budget deficits. Rinse, repeat, weep. As Mattea Kramer at Mother Jones puts it, "the hard truth of the matter is that deep deficit reduction anytime soon will be a genuine disaster," adding that "any move to immediately reduce the deficit does increase the likelihood that you will lose your job."
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A couple of things are shocking about the political obsession with cutting the budget deficit: First, it is having absolutely no effect on U.S. borrowing costs right now. Interest rates on Treasury bonds are near record lows. All of the bond-market vigilantes that caused trouble back in the 1990s are underground like Morlocks, counting their gold. Second, voters do not care about the budget deficit. They really don't! Every single poll that asks about this -- what do voters care about the most -- finds that voters overwhelmingly care about the economy and jobs and care very, very little about the budget deficit. And yet, lots of hot air will be expelled over the budget deficit at the debate. Not once will you hear somebody say it's a pointless, even self-defeating, discussion.
Thing Three: End The Drug War: Here's an idea for stimulating the economy: End the drug war immediately, then tax legalized drugs to raise government revenue. Take some of that revenue, along with the savings from not having to incarcerate millions of drug offenders, and help those former drug offenders get treatment and/or education. Put monstrous for-profit prisons out of business. You may find this plan full of holes, but one thing we can agree on is that these problems probably won't even get an argument this debate. Meanwhile, we will continue to have more black men in prison, on probation or on parole today than were enslaved in antebellum America, as Adam Gopnik of the New Yorker noted earlier this year. Think Progress rightly put this at the top of a list of un-discussed election issues recently. This is the new (not so new, really) slavery: A national disgrace. And, again, it's also an economic issue.
Thing Four: Do Something About Global Warming: This is another issue that directly affects the economy directly, about which you've heard bupkus in this election. Americans and their insurance companies face billions of dollars in losses every year as a result of droughts, fires, floods and devastating storms, which are increasing in frequency and severity as a result of global warming. As Neil Katz points out, Mitt Romney once flirted with the idea of a cap-and-trade system in Massachusetts -- a market-based approach to cutting carbon emissions. Now, even the idea that such a thing might be necessary is taboo. Instead, we'll hear a lot about energy independence, a goal that too often involves increasing reliance on domestically produced oil and gas. Maybe Lehrer will raise this issue at the debate, but the candidates have studiously avoided it.
Thing Five: Extend The Payroll Tax Cut: At the end of the year, about 160 million Americans will suddenly see an alarming drop in their take-home pay, when a two-year payroll-tax holiday abruptly expires. This will represent a $920 annual tax increase for the average family, as the Washington Post's Ezra Klein notes. And yet both parties have apparently lost their appetite for doing anything to stop this, because of their aforementioned self-destructive obsession with the budget deficit.
Thing Six: Prosecute Wall Street Fraud: Since the financial crisis that began more than four years ago, nobody from Wall Street has gone to jail for any of the wrongdoing that caused the crisis. It's probably never going to happen. This apparently only makes people on the fringes of both parties, like Tea Partiers and HuffPost bloggers -- oh, and most voters -- angry. Obama plainly doesn't want to spend a lot of government time and money chasing down evildoers from the financial sector, and Romney, who happens to be from said financial sector, is probably just fine with that. This matters, because if there's not a real deterrent to bad behavior on Wall Street, then it will happen again, and we will have more financial crises and bailouts.
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We've all seen the bad ones; the over dramatic Lady Gaga 'dance off', the 200 strong Christmas carol sing-a-long in a shopping mall - even the staged 'proposal' in New York's Central Park. It's all been done before.
You won't find those types here. This is a list reserved for the cream of the crop, the flash mobs that are both original and have garnered the attention of media around the world.
So the next time your director of marketing proposes another 'Britney Spears' flash mob product launch, JUST SAY NO and refer them to this list of stellar examples. Of course, assuming that your product isn't Britney's latest CD.
Let me know in the comments section if I've missed any off the list.
1. Dare to fight a ninja
Dare to fight a ninja is brilliant. There's no dancing, no music, none of the painful moments of boredom that are usually associated with a typical flash mob performance. There's just ninjas - and there's a lot of them.
Best of all, this type of flash mob can be cheap to produce and is easily repeatable for big brands. Can you imagine if Best Buy ran a campaign where a stranger is flooded with presents? Maybe the 'stanger' is a local hero or a working man down on his luck? Or maybe Best Buy stations a child by himself, and whoever stops by to help is flooded rewarded? Any one of these things would be a huge PR win.
2. Happy birthday for a bus driver
Flash mobs can occur anywhere - even on a bus. If you want to attract media attention, make sure your location (as well as song choice) is unique.
3. Freeze mob in Paris
It's the world's largest freeze flash mob - and it's by the Eiffel Tower. Enough said.
4. The Bristol lightsaber flash mob
Music and dance based flash mobs can be expensive - you have to train the participants, hire a dance team and sometimes even pay for the right to sing the music. If you want to save on costs, involve 'regular' people. Put out a call to arms on your Facebook page or on Craigslist.
This is a great way to create a flash mob at scale, and these participants are likely to tweet about your event, link to your site, and even share pictures online.
Here's another great example of a flash mob in Poland, using no music and lots of 'regular' people.
5. Hopper invasion by Sony Ericsson
I'm not sure if this is real (particularly the ending), but it's an amazing example of a unique flash mob. Imagine if you were sitting in your car and hundreds of folk came bouncing down the street. It would certainly be a pleasant interruption to your morning commute at the very least.
6. Improv everywhere invades Best Buy
If you have a similarly well-known brand image to Best Buy, use that and flood the streets with it. Imagine what a statement it be for McDonald's to have 200 people dress up as Ronald McDonald, and had them invade Times Square, handing out Happy Meal toys. Scary, but definitely memorable.
7. Dancing inmates
If you're going to do an Michael Jackson inspired flash mob, it had better be good. One way to do this is to think about who's going to perform. If you have a unique 'who', then you'll most likely be saved from being a cliché.
Getting inmates from the Philippines to perform a well choreographed dance to They Don't Care About Us is most definitely that.
So for the next Lady Gaga 'dance off', why not have it performed by a 300 strong biker gang like the Hell's Angels? Just a thought...
8. Thriller, with 13,957 people
Another way to escape beng a cliché is to increase the amount of people you involve in your flash mob. Note that if you're going to try this tactic, you'll need to beat at least 13,975 if you want to garner any real attention.
9. Flashmob dominoes
Another flash mob created with 'regular' people. Cheap to produce and very memorable.
10. Bounce by Monster.se
This flash mob, powered by Monster.se, is a great example of how to create a stunt based around dance. It distinguishes itself by taking what you'd normally expect, and turning it upside down. Literallly in this case since most of it is performed when people are on their backs.
11. The flash Haka at Sylvia Park
What's more memorable than seeing 200 people do a Haka war dance? The great thing about this example it's no fuss, since the 'dance' already exists.
12. MP3 flash mob
Another Improv Everywhere stunt. Just a bit of out of the box thinking. If you're thinking of doing a flash mob at scale, you should probably hire them to coordinate it.
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Missed one. Here's a pop song inspired flash mob - performed by senior citizens. It came out last week and already has close to 1 million views. Rock on.
Hi Cleo,
Have you got any info on the impact of these flash mobs?
I personally thought the Ninjas one was a bit lame, like a group of mates on a stag do who run out of enthusiasm after a few hours of doing exactly the same thing.
Is there any strong evidence of lasting impact from this type of social promotion? Or tangible benefits to brands?
Is there any evidence that this can work as well as other forms of brand awareness? I'm not that convinced by flash mobs, they come across as rather self-indulgent but I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise.
Great questions James. I searched around for "impact" case studies but couldn't find any.
I suppose to get a rough estimate of impact we could analyze the number of organic and YouTube search queries that include each campaign's name (e.g. Hoper Invasion) - looking at the before and after. And if it were our own campaign, we could set-up Google Analytics and figure out what type of traffic we've acquired. But all that would need to be set-up beforehand.
Sounds like the beginning of a great Digital Vision entry ;) If anyone from the states reads this, please give me a shoutout if you submit this idea and win.


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