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Breaking into Advertising
Breaking Into Advertising
by Helen Borel, Ph.D.
Now that you know you must get on staff at an ad agency if you want to be paid for your writing or graphic talents for campaign concepts you are creating (see my hub "Freelance Ad Writing," subtitle "Freelance Ad Creation: for Client or Agency?"), here are some tips that could help you break into this exciting field of work - where artists and writers are paid well every day for work they love to do.
If you've never worked in an ad agency, let me tell you it can be quite exciting work and you get to meet all kinds of interesting people (read, "characters"). Here are some tips to get yourself ready for job interviews at ad agencies:
As a creative person, if you have some terrific ideas, and you're a graphic artist, do some rough drawings with suggested headlines and proposed content for body copy (the paragraphs under the headline). Do a number of these - create ads - on various types of products or services, say about 6 to 10 different campaign concepts.
Buy a portfolio in which you will put the graphic renderings with their headlines and suggested body copy. And bring this demonstrative portfolio, along with your resume to the interviews, preferably with Creative Directors. ("Human Resources" people are the last personality types to understand creative personalities or the concepts you are displaying in your book. So steer clear of them whenever possible. You'll meet them to fill out the necessary employment forms once the Creative Director decides he or she wants you on board.)
You'll want to call each agency in advance to find out who the Creative Director (full name) is on the accounts you wish to work on. As an artist, you'll want to see the Art Director or Creative Director-Art.
Follow the same procedure if you are a writer. To interview for an advertising copywriter job, get your portfolio ready as above, with a few differences relative to writing skills.
Unlike the graphic artist, you can clip out pictures - from 4/C (4-color = full color as opposed to 2/C = black/white + one color) magazines - that have a direct relationship to your copy concept. Print your headline in LARGE UPPER CASE LETTERS on white paper that fits the size of the page-sleeves of your new portfolio.
Then, write some fantastic body copy to explicate your headline (campaign) concept, type this up, with boldface subheads where needed. Remember, the headline, usually in the fewest words, sometimes only one word, should say everything about the product or service necessary to grab the reader's attention if he/she is quickly flipping through the periodical and not reading the body copy at all. Memorable. An idea tied uniquely to the product or service you are selling.
So, even if the reader doesn't buy it right now, remembering this captivating idea (of yours) about it can assure customers will buy it in the future. (Often, customers "buy" the product or service because of a great ad campaign's compelling invitation to do so, not because they otherwise would. And once they try the product or service, only then will they buy it for what the product or service actually does for them.)
The wanna-be copywriter should create 7 to 10 campaigns on different kinds of products and services, making sure the headlines are exceptionally enticing and give a rapid idea (to a page-flipper) what a product/service is about. And, even though many readers may not read the body copy of ads, the Creative Director interviewing you for a writer's job definitely will. Make it superb. Make every word count. Nothing extraneous. Pull it tight as a drum. Use humor or puns for appropriate subjects. But use puns deftly and surgically, where they allow multiple meanings while using an economy of words, particularly in your HEADLINES.
And Good Luck with your interviews. As time goes on and you find yourself working in an ad agency, you will accumulate fully produced and published examples of your work. Then, you will be able to discard (or move to the back of the book some of your early ideas that are exceptional) these initial work samples - and replace them with actual work done for actual clients. That is, for future interviews, when you are moving on up to other challenging ad agency jobs.
For any creativity questions, write me: email@example.com
For emotional health information related to Self-Growth and relationships, as well as to the unique issues artistic personalities face, please visit my hub group PSYCH NEW YORK at: http://hubpages.com/hub/PSYCH-NEW-YORK
Hi Helen - love that - 'The Baked Apple'! Funny.
Your frustration is ringing through, loud and clear. Personally, I have not had issues with writer's guidelines. I read them before submitting so I can decide if my work is right for that publisher. Would writing e-books be better suited to your needs? I haven't checked them out much, but I think you have total freedom with them, and you can sell them online. There are sites to do that at. Or maybe submit your work in the form of essays (literary mags usually put out calls for essays), which will also give you a little more freedom.
You own your content on Helium, but they have the right to keep it on their site forever. I have articles there, but I was completely green when I started with them and didn't know that using traffic exchanges was considered 'illegal', so I've been banned, but they keep my stuff on their site. I can use it elsewhere, but I don't want duplicate content, so I have links on my website so I can at least use them as clips. A few months ago, someone copied one of them and used it in a British print mag in Spain.
Can't wait to read your hubs on this subject, I have a feeling they're going to be extremely interesting!
Thx, Helen.
Hi Shirley: Thanx for your response. Yes, seeing our work in print is very special for us writers. I'm really enjoying HubPages because of the total freedom, here, to do whatever we want - as well as to make hub "groups" to focus numerous articles in one umbrella subject area. So far, I have created these groups:
and 4. ASK THE NURSE Most of my hubs are in the PSYCH NEW YORK group.
I plan to develop other hub groups as well in which I will include, fiction, satire...and who knows what else.
Also, thanx for your encouragement for me to attack, with another hub, the problem of book agents' and publishers' excessive demands on writers' creative time to do their (the agents' and publishers') marketing tasks. As soon as I get some of these psych and health ideas off my chest, that will be on my agenda.
Reminds me of the annoying fact that the public, WE, pay most of the salaries of restaurant waiters and waitresses through the protocol of tipping (which I believe should be extra for them, in addition to a decent salary from the restauranteur, based on special service rendered to us customers). Why this industry is permitted to get away with low wages while we support the owners baffles me...and it's the same kind of frustration I feel with the publishing industry.
Oh, by the way, I left out periodical editors, who often put so many constraints (called "writers' guidelines") on potential contributors to their publications that it feels cumbersome and time-consuming when their parameters feel like girdles around my creative process or my straightforward concept. And that's another reason I am so very much enjoying HubPages. I CAN START TO GET RID OF YEARS OF ACCUMULATED FILES OF IDEAS IN VARIOUS AREAS of knowledge OF BOTH MY MEDICAL-RELATED WRITING AND FICTION AND HUMOR IDEAS. How? By writing them each as hubs. Getting the ideas off my chest. Having the satisfaction of knowing others can benefit from them coming out of the many file folders, no longer gathering dust behind closed drawers, setting them free to be useful to others (and, maybe, who knows? get rich from Google ads...it's possible LOL...one more thing which I hope you know about Shirley:
At HubPages, WE OWN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR WRITINGS HERE. I found this out some days ago by emailing the owner of HubPages, he sent me to FAQs, and there it was...You own all your hub-published works. I own all of mine. This makes me very happy...because, as much as I can publish here, that's what I'll send any future prospective agents and publishers' editors to go visit. I refuse to waste my time anymore mailing out manuscripts to these people. The world can read my works here...and if a publisher wishes to buy any of it, I can then delete from my hubs the material they want and sell them the rights. That's my plan.
Shirley, I hope this is not too long-winded, but I'm excited to share these thoughts with you and hope they help you too: I have approx. 48 articles at Helium.com; but I noticed at the bottom of each article they print (c) 2008 copyright Helium.com I don't know if they believe they own my works (and I have some short fiction there, a really good satire, that is buried somewhere in a mountain of other unrelated work so no one will ever see it), but Helium is not organized anywhere near as well as is HubPages, so there are no groupings and there is an arbitrary rating system with stars (are we in kindergarten?)...anyway, that's Helium.
Another problematic content grabber is something called AssociatedContent.com Forget them, Shirley. They have an online contract a writer must sign and all manner of protocols and parameters that constrict a writer like a boa constrictor. After being enticed at their site, and downloading their information, I registered and never wrote anything there because of the constringencies they impose on writers. So, now that I found HubPages, which thoroughly respects their content providers (us writers) and doesn't interfere in what we are trying to create, nor tries to rob us of our creative and monetary rights to our works, I believe I've found a creative home. Well, it's 5:47 a.m. here in The Big Apple - which if it gets as hot as it's supposed to here in the next few days I'll call The Baked Apple - so I'm signing off now to go visit your hub and see what you're up to, and then I'll check out the forums where I left a note yesterday on yet another topic. Best, Helen
Hi Helen - sorry, I didn't realize you'd written a reply. Yes, by all means, write that hub! I'll read it, and I'm sure others will too.
You're right about seeing your work in print - it is one of the biggest rushes ever, I can't imagine ever tiring of that.
Wonderful newbie info! Thx again, Helen! I will passing this on.


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Brand Building Secrets | Branding Your Photography Business With a Simple 4-Step Formula
Brand Building Secrets | People enjoy telling others about the brands they love and buying a certain brand says a bit about the individual who buys it. At the core of a great business is a first class product or service and each business wants to be a client's 'first choice'. Building and managing a brand can play a big part in making this happen and if you want to reinforce and manage the perceptions of your business, then a strong brand is desired. To succeed in branding you must recognize the needs and wants of your clients and prospects. You do this by integrating your brand strategies through your business at every point of public contact. If you're remembered as a quality supplier, then you will be encouraging repeat business. Branding is a great way to encourage this recognition because people are busy and tend to stick to familiarity.
Brand Building Secrets | Website Design – www.medianovak.com
Visual Elements | Brand Building Secrets
Colors and logo can play an essential role in brand recognition and brand loyalty. Every color has a different feel and various associations. By choosing a color or a combination of colors for your brand identity, you will take on those associations. Typography and font choice can affect whether the right message is being transferred and these should conform to the overall visual brand style. Wrong choices can be devastating. If you want to make a lasting impression on your target audience, making the right decisions when it comes to visual brand identity is crucial.
There are many components of a brand identity: logo, color palette, font choice, and the visual expressions. And all of those brand components should follow a consistent visual style throughout.
RELATED: High Quality Logo Design | 5 Tips for Designing Logos That Don't Suck
Distinction | Brand Building Secrets
Brands that are prosperous create a gap between themselves and their competitors in the minds of the consumers. In distinguishing your brand, you will have to work against other brands in your field. You need to find that small difference between your service or product and that of your opponents. You can't produce the same product or the same service as everyone else. You can't have the same business model or the same business culture. Difference often comes from passion. If you can authentically transfer your passion, and why you do what you do, then you can set yourself and your business apart.
Even if your product or service is considerably related to the business next door, you need to create a character that will make you unique amongst your market. So before you get everything else happening take the time to sit down, research, and think about your genuineness and what it is that will make your business extraordinary.
Brand Voice | Brand Building Secrets
If you aren't determined on how you appear, then your potential clients will be impacted by your inconsistency rather than your message. A consistent brand voice will help reinforce the business's character and clarify its offering so clients are aware exactly what to expect from the product or service. Every brand needs to engage an audience. And the best way to do that is to stop trying so hard. Allow the brand voice to relax, kick off its shoes, and just be existent. Even the most serious businesses should not shy away from an informal, friendly tone that articulates personality. Your brand voice is the way your business will say things.
Pretend your company is an individual. Think about what character this person should have in order to connect with your ideal audience. Once you measure all your feedback and define which brand message and image works best, have all your correspondence and client accessed sites reflect the same image, voice and message.
RELATED: Website Homepage Design Tips | Essential Tips for Designing an Effective Homepage
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Get Inspired | Brand Building Secrets
Look to places outside the photography business for inspiration. It will stop you from imitating your competition. Also, take a look back at your sturdiest work which has, in the past, brought you the most business. Think about the motives those clients choose you over other photographers and why you enjoyed shooting those assignments. It's these images, the clients, the appealing, and the why, that will begin to reveal the spirit of your brand.
When we talk about the field of professional photography, we can say that it has grown exponentially in the last few years. However, there is a method to take a stand, by differentiating and describing your fantastic service, product superiority, and the unique creativity you bring to the industry. So developing your brand is now as essential as purchasing a professional camera.

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The Key's Year-End Mania: Bruce Warren's favorite reissues of 2014
Year-End Mania is the Key's survey of the things below the surface that made 2014 awesome. In this installment, XPN Program Director Bruce Warren shares his favorite reissues of the year.
Some of the best "new" music I heard this year was old music. Led Zeppelin, The Velvet Underground, Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Tears For Fears all got the reissue/remaster/bonus track treatment in 2014. Dylan released The Basement Tapes Complete, and Miles Davis completists must put their hands on every second of his 1970 Fillmore concerts. Personally I think 2014 was better in the reissue department than the new music department. Here's a list of some of the best reissues of 2014. Continue reading →


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ReaderFactory and Readers
- WarcReaderFactory.java: This factory can be used to create the various types of readers with optional buffering. You can either get compressed or uncompressed readers. There are also methods which can auto-detect whether or not a compressed reader is required.
- WarcReader.java: Abstract reader class which is the base for the all the readers. It also defines the options which can be set on a reader. Currently only digest options.
- WarcReaderCompressed.java: A reader implementation for reading compressed records.
- WarcReaderUncompressed.java: A reader implementation for reading uncompressed records.
This class contains the record parser, fields and validation.


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Gmail SMTP server can be used to send emails from any of your favorite email client.You can send email. using any email address, from any network that lets you connect to the Gmail SMTP server.
The following are the Gmail SMTP server and port settings for sending emails through Gmail from any email client program:
- Under Outgoing mail, set Gmail SMTP server address as smtp.gmail.com.
- Configure Gmail SMTP user name as: your full Gmail address (including @gmail.com) Google Apps users may have to enter username@your_domain.com.
- Configure Gmail SMTP password as: Your Gmail password.
- Configure Gmail SMTP port as: 465 or 587.
- Configure Gmail SMTP TLS/SSL required as: yes.
If you tried configuring your SMTP server on port 465 (with SSL) and port 587 (with TLS), but are still having trouble sending emails, try configuring the SMTP server to use port 25 (with SSL). But make sure SSL is active for SMTP in your email client. Also ensure "allow authentication" is active for the SMTP server in your email client.
Check out how to troubleshoot Gmail SMTP Server connection.
Before using your Gmail Account as your SMTP server, make sure that you have enabled Gmail POP3 or Gmail IMAP through settings in your Gmail Account.
You can also check Hotmail SMTP and Yahoo SMTP settings to send mails via Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail respectively.


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Arcata Fire District Captain George Alan Davis,1952-2015
Obituary provided by Arcata Fire District:
The Humboldt County Fire Service lost a great leader, mentor, and Volunteer yesterday with the passing of Arcata Fire District Captain Alan Davis. Captain Davis unexpectedly passed away Saturday night, April 11, at his home in McKinleyville.
A 41 year veteran of the fire service, Alan began his career as a Volunteer in Arcata in 1974 and was hired full time by the District in 1976. He moved on to the City of Milpitas Fire Department in 1981 and retired in 2004. While still employed by Milpitas, Alan return to the Arcata/McKinleyville area to Volunteer with Arcata. He promoted to the rank of Fire Captain and had been working as an Acting Battalion Chief to provide leadership and incident command with the personnel of Arcata Fire.
Known for his nearly boundless energy and his amazing dedication to the fire service, Alan taught hundreds of recruits from Volunteer Firefighter Academies and was active with the Humboldt County Fire Instructors Association. He gave countless hours to the Arcata Volunteers and also worked closely with the United States Forest Service, Orleans Fire, the County Radio Co-op and many other groups. A vocal advocate for the Volunteer Fire Service, Alan was equally dedicated to the personnel of the International Association of Fire Fighters. He provided tremendous guidance and input to both groups in the Arcata Fire District.
A memorial service is planned for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 at the McKinleyville High School Gym with a reception to follow. Memorial contributions may be made to the Arcata Volunteer Firefighters Association.


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Talk about a family heirloom. Are you having a video done on your wedding day? We just love the nostalgic quality of Super8 films like this one of
tara & chris from joel serrato on Vimeo.
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Ah! So sweet! Makes me want to get married!
thanks for checking it out cheryl and thanks once wed for featuring this clip! ;)
Sooo pretty! Joel, you captured the emotion and love so well!
I love this! It's so personal feeling without the perfection of a more modern camera.
Where was the wedding? what a beautiful place!!
This is absolutely incredible.
that was pretty.
it just gets better and better


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Changelog [text version]
- Business Account Admin Panel: We'll start with an enhancement to the Admin Panel of the SEMrush Business Account. When you enter this area, you'll now see an array of new information associated with the users connected to your account licenses including how many projects or keywords their using. It's a nice little touch and is a step closer to achieving our vision for the Business Accounts.
- Keyword Difficulty Tool - SERP Elements: Personally, I love our Keyword Difficulty tool. I find it to be extremely reliable and now we've made it even better by showing you exactly which elements appear on the SERP for the keywords you're analyzing. After entering your keywords, you'll find a few extra columns in the main table that show you when elements such as Site Links, Carousels, Images, News, etc. appear in the SERP for each keyword. Pretty handy!
- Position Tracking - Multiple Enhancements: It's been a really big week for our Position Tracking Tool. First, the local pack designation icon next to a keyword is now included in the PDF version as promised. Next, we've revamped the way we gather CPC and Search Volume data within your Position Tracking campaign. It now gathers it on the fly and is adjusted to your geographic location so you may see differences in volumes considering the old method used national-level keyword data. Also, you can now click on a keyword within your reports to open up a much larger positioning trends graph. The old method wasn't as user friendly or obvious so we've found something we hope you like as much as we do. Finally, you may notice some changes to the weekly emails you receive for Position Tracking updates. The new format allows for better consumption of the information as well as much more of it. Wow! That's a lot for one week.
- Brand Mentions Tool Open Beta: As if SEMrush didn't already have enough features, we're proud to say that we've opened the Brand Mentions tool to the public. You can expect a ton of more information in the next couple of weeks but I'd encourage you to go to your Projects and add a Brand Mentions campaign. It's incredibly simple and may even replace some other tools you use. Make sure to send us feedback as well.
Let us know how we're doing — You can reach our Technical Support team Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. EST by phone at 855-814-4510 within the United States and, for our international users, 408-844-4633 from 4 a.m.-12 p.m. GMT. We're also available by email at [email protected] during both of those business hours and on Twitter using the hashtag #SEMrushCare.


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If you run a food-related enterprise and aren't yet using social media to boost your business, now is a great time to start. Not only are most social platforms like Facebook and Twitter free, but many are also oriented toward visuals – and there's nothing as visually tantalizing, tempting, stimulating and piquant as the sight of a well-prepared meal. That's why we called in a panel of experts for the dish on social media for your food biz, and this was their sage advice!
Whether you are just starting an online food-zine, or run a well-established restaurant, each business has different social media needs. For Alex Vallis, Digital features editor of FoodandWine.com, a top priority is using social media to drive more traffic to their already popular site (the more hits, the more advertising space is worth) as well as expand to new demographics. In contrast, Dhruv Singe, Founder of !Savory, turned to Social Media when he was just starting out to develop brand awareness and forge relationships with customers. Similarly, Joe DiStefano, founder of Chopsticks + Marrow, is a one-man shop and manages his own social media. His focus is on creating buzz to build an audience. When his blog posts are referred to by other publications like the NYTimes, he shares it on his Social networks and sees a spike in site traffic.
Consider your target audience when choosing your social media platforms. If it is customer engagement you're after, Facebook and Twitter are wonderful tools. To reach your business contacts, use LinkedIn. A great way to explore ways to use the different platforms is to browse through profiles of businesses similar to yours.
In the food business, don't underestimate the power of great images. For example, Food and Wine's Fantastic Pasta board has over 25,000 followers, which translates to more site traffic. When it comes to food, presentation is (almost) everything, and that's why Food-related businesses lend themselves so well to visual platforms like Pinterest, Instagram and increasingly Facebook.
While it can be difficult to measure the ROI (Return on Investment) of your social media activities, they can certainly impact your bottom line. Sometimes it's all about timing. After Hurricane Sandy, many restaurants were struggling from damage and loss of product. In response, a group of New Yorkers in the restaurant industry created an online campaign called Dine Out NYC (#DineOutNYC on Twitter) to encourage people to dine at restaurants throughout New York. The campaign had a combined 4 million impressions.
For Dhruv, the use of social media was an organic process that helped define his brand. Through his engagement with his growing consumer base, he learned what worked and what didn't, and used it to tailor his branding efforts. What he discovered? An irreverent, playful and daring tone worked best for !Savory.
This post is based on an event organized by Gotham Media Strategies that took place at the Wix Lounge NY.
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Week 5 all ready, only another 6 to go before our first term break! Goodness, the time sure does seem to be flying away from us as we run through this school year. Term one is our longest term this year, but then again, as Mr S pointed out, it also holds the most amount of public holidays as well. One of which we started this week & runs into the beginning of Week 6.
Math this week was slow & steady as Morgan practice his 3 family division facts. He's much quicker with them as multiplication facts, but I suggested we slow down this week to give him an extra week to really focus on them as division facts. Jayden didn't really need to slow down this week as he worked with estimation, a rather important skill if you use Australian money, but he really knows this material. Anyway, try convincing one child he should keep up a heavier math pace when someone else is doing less. Oh my they do try revolt sometimes, don't they? And yes, our table is often this busy until I say, "30 second tidy up fellows!"
We've been using both of these books since the start of term 1, but I just haven't remembered to share them. The top book is scheduled through Morgan's current Sonlight core. We read the introduction in week one, & since then have been praying for a variety of people in Asia. We do this during our morning Bible time. We discuss the plight of the people & read some of the basic statistics & the prayer requests before praying for a particular city for the day. The bottom book is our current Bible study. The book is meant to be written in, but rather then buy each child one I've chose to make up little notebooking pages with the questions on them. As they each spread out in areas of study this year they'll have individual books, but when we are together this process works well for us & helps our budget go a little farther.
A new month, a new hymn! We use this cd for musical purposes as we don't, at this time, have a piano. We do have an electric keyboard, but it's not currently hooked up & this works for us. I have typed up the songs so each person has their own little book/paper to use because it just helps keep things simple. This month's hymn is Christ The Lord Is Risen Today. I think their favourite parts are all the al-le-lu-ias.
Jayden wrapped up The Finest Horse In Town with a few notebooking pages he hadn't finished last week. You can't see his flag waving in the wind which he glued to the bottom of the Overlapping page. We were all caught up in that activity for a while, but only felt a few attempts were really worthy.
Morgan & I spent the week reading chapters from these books. He's really loving The House Of Sixty Fathers, we're a bit behind with it, but that's all right. I'm enjoying Young Fu more, to be honest which is set a bit farther back in time, I think. Mission to Cathay was so-so, we've decided to drop the book to be honest. Morgan wasn't really into it & we'd all ready about Hudson Taylors journey into China & the struggles he faced entering & maintaining a position there. We may, or may not, come back to the book later.
We're still reading My Father's Islands for Australian History. We're moving a bit slower through my plans then I'd intended, but that's okay it'll all work out. I set Jayden up with the assignment to use his playmobil to make something from the chapters we read on Thursday while Morgan was working on a writing assignment. He pulled out his pirate boat & made the boat look as it was described when they saw the coast of Tasmania & bits of New Zealand, notice the barrels of mead? You can't see the fellow sitting up towards the crow's nest looking for land, this was important in our chapter because they were pulling long shifts keeping an eye out for land. It kept him busy so Morgan could concentrate on his writing assignment.
Both boys are moving along with their writing. Jayden is still doing a rotation of: oral narration, copywork, dictation, dication/narration/outline each week. He's getting better with his narrations & learning that in this instance less is not more. Morgan was nervous about learning to do outlines, but in Writing With Skill it's taught in such an easy & gentle manner he turned down a job offer to get back to outlining. We had a few interruptions this week with people coming in to do odd jobs. One such person was here to fix a bit of the drywall around the windows so curtain rods could be hung up & when he fixed the one in our room he was distraught that there was no middle clip for the rod. Morgan said, "Well while it's missing you could just get a bit of string to attach it to the middle bracket, it would work until the clip is found." I chuckled because Morgan could rule the world if he had a large enough supply of tape, sticks, & string. Would you know though, the man took him up on the idea & then offered him a job, Morgan was tickled pink, but declined for need of attending to that pesky outline.
There was also much free time with art this week. He's making some kind of lego ninja warrior blocking something secretive.
No meet in the park with our Home Ed group this week, but we did have swim lessons. Morgan is in the yellow cap there behind Mr H. Jayden is farther down in the deep end with the blue cap on, a miracle of it's own. Morgan was working on a combination of kicking {straight legs} & arm movements. Jayden finally made his first official "jump" into the deep end. Mr H jumped in, twice, with him & Jayden was relieved to learn that water really didn't go up his nose when he jumps in. He's still worried about water in his ears but doesn't like it when I put his ear plugs in. We purchased silicone ones, I find them quite nice to be honest, but the chemist was intent I get the child sized ones & I think they are a bit too small & thus require them to be in the ear a bit more then the adult sized would.
Friday evening we headed out with our home ed group for the Annual School Trip. We go off into the bush & camp for the weekend, all be it this was our first time to join them. We were the only family in a tent, if you could our trailer tent. The boys were delighted to be let off of camp set-up duties to go play a game of Fresh with their friends. They spent many hours playing such games & swimming in the ice cold creek. Morgan participated in tye dying & created his own t-shirt. Jayden backed out & asked us to do his shirt for him so I obliged. They both were game enough for the fashion show that evening though where you showed off your tye dyed item{s}. Morgan was also a willing participant in the Mini Bush Dance some of the girls put on, all though he had second thoughts when he was lifted off his feet & went flying through the air when he misjudged which direction to go into. I'm not sure who was more horrified the other adults watching or the poor little girl who whipped him off his feet. Mr S & I, however were simply laughing because if you know Morgan you know it's kinda normal for him. We also enjoyed a hike on our final day there, all though we set off earlier then part of our group in an attempt to beat the heat. We had a lovely walk & ran into a family from our group on the way back.
Thus, me being me noticed another group coming & suggested we hide behind the nearest man fern & just stand there cheesily smiling for when they passed by. I told my boy several times they were not to cal out boo so the younger children didn't get frightened & not wish to carry on with their walk. Would you know that it was not our group coming but a group of random strangers with lots of children & adults?! Yeah, the kids were non-plussed by a group of people standing behind ferns acting like weird-os, but the adults were a bit more freaked. One father asked us where on earth we'd come from & if we had taken the wrong trail. Another one said, "Oh look, random people hiding in the bush!" Yeah, once they passed us we took off running up the trail to put quite a bit of distance between us & them. Mr S spent the rest of the hike back rolling with laughter, while I spent the rest of the hike praying our friends wouldn't disclose they were homeschoolers so that the rumor running around the trail wouldn't turn into something like, "Random homeschoolers lurking in the bush trying to scare people.." Ahh yes, good times, good times.


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Here at IU McKinney Legislation, we are devoted to making ready our college students to achieve success, ethical professionals in Indiana and around the globe. This college is regionally accredited by the DEAC and is registered with the CBE. Keep away from this school the same means that you would steer clear of meth-addicted prostitutes. There may be never a need to attend the varsity until a pupil would like to stroll for graduation. Then again, if the college had real requirements, it will have shut down operations already.
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Paul Jacob, President of Citizens in Charge Foundation, was presented with the "Charlton Heston Courage Under Fire Award" from the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Jacob was honored by CPAC for his commitment to citizen-led reform and his recent fight to uphold initiative rights in Oklahoma, where he had been indicted for helping citizens gather signatures for a state spending cap measure.
Paul Jacob, President of Citizens In Charge Foundation, responds to a participants concerns on individual/constitutional rights with regards to the initiative and referendum process. http://www.youtube.com/CitizensInCharge
Attorney – Licensed in Conn. and Mass, Adjunct Professor teaching Political Science at Central Connecticut State University.
A video called "Recall Fever: Stop the Madness" was premiered last week at the National Press Club in Washington by the U.S. Conference of Mayors as part of a "public awareness initiative" to convince folks that recalling their mayor — which citizens are attempting with greater frequency around the nation — is "destructive" and "costly."
Destructive? At worst, it's creative destruction … or destructive creation. Costly? Latent here is the argument that democracy is too expensive and, thus, we'll have to settle for the incumbent, no matter what.
In addition to grassroots, media and lobbying efforts Citizens in Charge Foundation works through the courts to protect and expand initiative & referendum rights around the country.
Recent and Ongoing Legal Action
Taxes and spending aren't dominating just the federal debate. Months after an election marked by tea-party activism and a huge backlash against incumbents, they continue to roil local politics too.
At the end of this month, Jim Suttle, the brash first-term Democratic mayor of this prairie city, will face a recall election financed by backers of the opponent he defeated a year and a half ago. Critics are angry at a series of local-tax increases he instituted last year to balance the city budget.
As we look to success in 2011, here's some of what we've accomplished over the last two years.


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(BLOOMINGTON) - Two armed men robbed the CVS Pharmacy store on South Walnut Street in Bloomington Sunday night.
According to Bloomington Police Department Sgt. Steve Kellams, the first suspect is 5 feet 8 inches tall, wore an orange hooded sweatshirt and a blue ski mask.
The second suspect, 5 feet 6 inches tall, wore a letter jacket and a Tampa Bay Rays baseball cap.
Kellams says the man in the orange hoodies showed the store clerk a handgun, while the other man walked behind the counter and stole cash and cigarettes.
The men then left fleeing toward the 1000 block of Sunny Slopes.
The armed robbery is still being investigated and anyone with information is asked to call Bloomington Police Detective Chris Ryan.
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It's time. Family, friends and colleagues are well supplied with home-made unique pieces. Your cabinets are bursting at the seams. But quit sewing / Design / felts / crafts? Thing is not to think! What to do? The next logical step is to "make diy crafts to sell". But: how does it best, easiest, fastest?
Online Stores for diy crafts to sell
These are online stores that specialize in handmade unique diy crafts. They are super good, are easy to use and work quickly. Nevertheless, they have disadvantages: as a buyer, you cannot touch the products and thus not convinced of the quality; as a seller you run the risk of going underground.
Homemade sell in our store: drawers and shelves can be rented!
A great alternative is the very traditional retail. Unfortunately, it is not easy to find a place in established boutiques – and if so, the commission is often so high that it's hardly worth. This problem and the potential that lies behind some shops have recognized meanwhile, various surfaces such as boxes, shelves, hangers or walls offered for rent. So you can rent as young designers, artists or creative head of a subject or a hanger and so bring on very favorable terms its products to the man.
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- 20 Beautiful & easy diy Bracelet Tutorial
- 19 Attractive Craft ideas for Home decor
- 21 Yummy Wedding Cake Designs
Offer handmade products for Sale
The great thing is that in those shops you will find a wide variety of products that you usually get nowhere in sight. In order to find a niche that can occupy no great store: unique, special products, which we look at the attention to detail. Each large and many small towns have now shops selling box rental.
18 Awesome DIY Crafts to Sell 2015
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Your Step by Step Guide to Run a Street Party
Prepare for the day of the Street party.
Begin to gather supplies based on your theme - decorations, bunting, cutlery, plates, tablecloths, serviettes etc
Start thinking about the programme for the day and the layout of your street party. How much room do you have to congregate? Where should the food be placed?
What games and activities will serve to bring the community together? Don't leave it till the day of the Street party - start thinking about it now. Does your selection of games include icebreakers, all-age activities, something physical for the kids, an activity to stretch the mind, some friendly competition, some weather appropriate games, and a group activity? See Fusion Y&C UK's Street Party Games & Activities resource for further explanations and assistance.
Start with an activity to get people circulating. An "icebreaker" such as "the Autograph Game" is a pen & paper activity with lots of questions and is a great way to break the ice. Or you could play Celebrity Heads. When people arrive a sticker with a name is put on their back or forehead and they must circulate and ask questions to find out who they are. Be sensitive. Some may be new to the street and not know many neighbours whilst others may be quiet and need encouragement to join in. As new people arrive, make sure someone is on hand to explain the current activity so they can participate, too.
Try to involve all ages, the kids, too. Choose some different activities for younger age groups – e.g. face painting, badge making, Play Doh, a small sand pit. Have a rug and some soft toys for any babies. Don't forget some chairs so those looking after the little ones have somewhere to congregate and some shade if it's hot.
Having a variety of activities is likely to keep the kids busy and happy. It will also help to involve everyone so the Street Party is not just talking and eating. Have different people supervise an activity as well as participate.
Some other ideas to include in your Street Party include a Quiz, Face Painting, Balloon Modelling, Lego Competition, Cake Competition, Biscuit Decorating, Dog Show, Plant Swap Stall, Giant Jenga, Pass the Parcel, Tombola, Talent Show, Hat Competition, Puppet Making, Musical Chairs - include an adults game for a bit of fun, Pin the tail on the Donkey, Coconut Shy, Splat the Rat, Aunt Sally, Bouncy Castle, a History of the street (board/display), matching facts/baby photo to neighbours and Karaoke.
If you want to increase face-to-face contact with neighbours, have someone take group photos of each family and then print and deliver them to each family home.
After a time, everyone will relax, be less self-conscious and more willing to participate in some fun games with others. Make sure you've checked the street for its suitability e.g. running races on tarmac (asphalt) may not be a good idea. Suggestions include "In the Pond/Out the Pond", Water Balloon Volleyball, Limbo, Sack Race, Egg & Spoon Race, Tug of War, a 3-Legged Race with family members, "What's the Time Mr. Wolf?" Duck, Duck, Goose, Giant Beach Ball in the Air, Wellie Boot Throwing competition, Giant Tug of War - men against women, under 15's against over 15's, one side of your street against the other side.
Put up A3 sized Street Party posters in several house windows along the street as a reminder.


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Stepping On Mars: An Evolving and Unauthorized Elon Musk Biography by Damien Darby. $6.99 from Smashwords.com
From fleeing apartheid, sleeping on floors and showering at the local YMCA, to becoming perhaps the most prolific man in the modern world; Elon Musk is an exemplary figure. Everyone should hear about his tale, and be exposed to the prolific changes he is bringing forth into the contemporary human condition. From SpaceX Rockets to Tesla electric automobiles, Elon will soon have us stepping on Mars.
Those of you have read Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged (Penguin Modern Classics) will know exactly what I'm taking about in the headline – or at least you will after you read this book about entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Just to get you started, Elon Musk is the founder of Pay Pal and Tesla Motors. This is the man who will soon have us driving electric cars – despite the best efforts of the oil companies, the auto industry, the auto dealers and crooked politicians to stop him. The Tesla Moden S and Model X – and the Tesla Roadster – are the cars of the future. And it will take more than a few crooked politicians in Texas and elsewhere in the United States to stop him from selling these cars or the customers from buying them.
But he is more than just a one-trick pony – or even a two-trick pony. He is a visionary, like Steven Jobs or Ray Kurzweil – more far-sighted than the former and more successful than the latter. If you want to know more about him, this book will get you up to speed. You will be hearing a lot more of Elon Musk in the future.


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Chiropractic Office Design, Pediatrician Office Design: Various Options Of Doctor Office Design
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From stunning historic locations to glistening modern surroundings, temporary ice skating rinks pop up in iconic settings right across London in the run-up to Christmas and well into the New Year.
The ice skating rinks listed below are London's top annual open-air ice rinks. Most open in mid-November and last at least into early January - but make sure to check back towards the end of the year for all the confirmed locations, dates and themes for Christmas and winter 2017.
Somerset House Ice Skating
15 November to 14 January
Glide on one of the most popular ice rinks in London with Skate at Somerset House. Set in the beautiful Edmond J. Safra Fountain courtyard with the famous neoclassical facade as backdrop, this Central London ice rink runs day skating sessions and a programme of cool club nights under the stars, when the rink comes alive with top international DJs. There's also a rink-side food and drink lodge and a Christmas pop-up shop, courtesy of Fortnum and Mason.
Natural History Museum Ice Rink
26 October to 7 January
Get your skates on in the east lawn of this iconic museum, transformed for winter with twinkling fairy lights and a magnificent Christmas tree. The ice skating rink at the Natural History Museum opens all day and well into the evening. After your session, warm up with hot chocolate or mulled wine in the cosy museum cafe which overlooks the rink.
Hampton Court Ice Rink
Drop by Hampton Court Palace for a quick spin on the ice, or make a day of it with family and friends by exploring the former home of King Henry VIII, before heading out onto the rink. The Hampton Court ice skating rink is located in front of the spectacular Tudor facade, which lights up with beautiful colours as darkness falls.
Ice Skating at the Tower of London
Take to the ice at the Tower of London's ice rink. This gleaming Central London ice skating rink is nestled in the attraction's famous dry moat in the shadow of the 1,000-year-old London landmark. Visit the rink for an evening skating session to see hundreds of snowflake lights illuminate the walls of the castle.
Winter Wonderland Ice Skating Rink
17 November to 1 January
Skate around Hyde Park's Victorian bandstand to the sounds of a live band in an enchanting festive atmosphere. The biggest open-air ice skating rink in the country, Winter Wonderland's ice rink in Hyde Park is surrounded by bustling Christmas markets, fairground rides, wintry food and drink stalls and many more festive attractions. Enjoy a day skating session on a crisp winter day, or see the park lit up for Christmas with an evening skate.
Canary Wharf Ice Rink
Enjoy a post-work spin or a quieter ice skating session on weekends at Ice Rink Canary Wharf. Flanked by gleaming modern glass buildings, this London ice skating rink usually stays open until the end of February and, thanks to its clear roof covering, you can continue to enjoy the ice whatever the weather. In winter 2016-2017, thousands of colourful LED lights sparkled beneath the ice and all around the rink for a dazzling LUMINOCITY skating experience set to music.
There was no temporary ice skating rink at the Coca-Cola London Eye in 2016, though there are always plenty of festive activities to enjoy around London's famous observation wheel.
Discover more London ice rinks or get more ideas on what to do at Christmas in London with our guides.


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Rotterdam Festival Lineup Features Nakata Hideo, Cristi Puiu Films
The 42nd Rotterdam Film Festival runs Jan. 23 to Feb. 3.
COLOGNE, Germany -- New works by acclaimed Japanese horror director Nakata Hideo (The Ring), Romania's Cristi Puiu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) and French filmmaker Marion Hansel (Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea) will unspool at the 42nd International Film Festival at Rotterdam (IFFR).
Hideo's latest horror fest, The Complex, will have its world premiere in Rotterdam, as will Hansel's Tenderness. A trio of new titles from Puiu: The Cat is on the Chair, The Monkey is on the Branch and The Mouse is Under the Table will all have their international premieres at the IFFR.
Other highlights at Rotterdam include Japan's Tragedy, a family drama from director Kobayashi Masahiro (The Rebirth), which is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 tsunami; Il Futuro from Chilean director Alicia Scherson, which stars Rutger Hauer as a rich but lonely actor and Frankenstein's Army, a zombie film from first-time Dutch director Richard Raaphorst.
Rotterdam will announce its full 2013 line up on Jan. 9. The acclaimed art-house festival runs Jan.23 to Feb.3.


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