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Jimmy Wyble and the Art of Two-Line Improvisation
THE EAST COAST HAD LES PAUL. Perhaps the West Coast's answer to the guitar kingpin was Jimmy Wyble. Wyble, who passed away January 16, 2010, was nowhere near as famous as Paul—he didn't have a namesake guitar played by legions of guitarists across the globe, and he didn't usher in the age of overdubbing—but he had a lot in common with the man. For one, Wyble was of the same generation. Born just six-and-a-half years after Paul, Wyble had a career that lasted well into his 87th year. And, as was the case with Paul, the guitar seemed to keep him young, as he played guitar and taught GIT students at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California, up until six months before his death. Secondly, having worked with everyone from Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys and Benny Goodman to Barney Kessel and Frank Sinatra, Wyble, like Paul, had a storied career. The biggest thing that he had in common with Paul, though, was that he was a true innovator.
"All it takes is one listen to Jimmy's recordings to realize what a creative genius the man was," says GIT instructor and Wyble disciple David Oakes. A brilliant fingerstylist in his own right, Oakes not only continues to teach Wyble's beloved GIT class, The Art of Two-Line Improvisation, he also performed all of the mind- bogglingly contrapuntal Wyble pieces on the CD that accompanies Wyble's Mel Bay instructional book of the same name. Best of all, Oakes has made many of Wyble's rare recordings, transcriptions, and lessons downloadable for free on his website, davidoakesguitar.com.
"What was amazing about Jimmy was that he was not only able to play completely contrapuntally, with simultaneous lines moving in opposite directions, but he could improvise contrapuntally, too," continues Oakes. "He could pull all that stuff off on the fly. When Jimmy first started exploring this kind of thought, there was no method or pedagogy for playing and improvising with two lines on the guitar. He developed it all himself."
The Wyble approach starts with the major scale. "All Jimmy was ever taught was that scale," says Oakes. "So when he lowered the 3 a half-step, no one told him that that was the melodic minor scale, or if he instead raised the 4 a half-step, no one told him that he had stumbled on the Lydian mode. He was before all that. He came up in the '30s and '40s. That terminology didn't really come into the mainstream of jazz education until the late '50s and early '60s."
Jimmy's first tool for exploring twoline contrapuntal playing—an approach he didn't truly develop until the '70s—was a morphed version of the major scale: 1, 2, b3, #4, #5, 6, 7—or C, D, Eb, F#, G#, A, B, in the key of C. "It has a real diminished sound," says Oakes. "He had an outside kind of ear, an ear that was always geared toward finding something more dissonant than typical melodic fare."
Starting on the simpler side and increasing in complexity, Examples 1 through 6 serve up several Wyble exercises that can help a guitarist build two-line technique. "The pedaled F# in Ex. 1 seves as the upper voice." says Oakes, "and, if you play fingerstyle, the plucking-hand fingering is shown between the staves. By example 3, the approach is getting a little more intricate, because you have to re-finger the pedaled note. Jump to the last example, and you see an obvious X pattern. That's created by the scale being played ascending and descending at the same time in both voices and crossing in complete counterpoint.
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"These are some of the most misunderstood exercises in the history of the guitar. A lot of people are like, 'How is this going to make me a better improviser? Can I use this when I improvise?' The answer is yes, but maybe not with these actual notes. One of Jimmy's main goals was developing the harmonic awareness, efficiency, and technique necessary to hear and play notes and lines in two voices. In that respect, these exercises are not actual improvisational devices. The obvious thing they teach you is how to move a line in the bass against another line up top. You're being taught the art of counterpoint, and all the re-fingering it requires."
Having multiple Wyble exercises is handy, especially if you follow one of the great teacher's favorite pieces of advice: Never practice the same thing two days in a row. "Jimmy had boundless energy for music, and he inspired countless people at Musicians Institute to open up their thinking about the guitar," says Oakes. "There was probably never a person who met him who didn't walk away feeling like he'd made a good friend. Jimmy was an absolute giant of jazz, but never carried that around with him. He was a truly humble, loving man, and I never met anybody who wasn't completely moved by his graciousness and by the way he lived his life."


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Many winters ago, there was a sad popular song which described our political situation at that time. The words went something like this: "It's been a long and cold December kind of day. With our hearts and hands all busy in our private little wars, we stand and watch each other now from separate shores; we lose the way." I want to weep when I think of the truth of that song just as applicable for this day, this month, this year! And yet, from my readings, ponderings, prayer, I keep noticing the word--"relationships"— reappearing over and over again! What has happened? Have we somehow lost the importance of relationships in our struggle to hold on to what we fight for? Might we be able to leave "our separate shores" and "find our way again," if we kept that one word in our consciousness?
Daily we pray the Divine Office at 7 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 7 p.m. We are the mouthpiece of the church for the world. We stand in silence preparing to chant the psalmody and listen to the Word of God. We pray the words of Abbot Marmion that give direction to our reason for coming together as a Benedictine community three times a day, day in and day out. Did you know that you are included in that preparation and actual prayer? Listen to what we say:
Before beginning the Divine Office,
let me cast a glance over the whole world:
leaders of churches and world religions,
monastics and contemplatives, missionaries
and those who teach and preach
the good News of Jesus Christ,
leaders of nations, the sick, the dying, prisoners,
the poor, the homeless, the lonely and discouraged,
all who are suffering in mind or body,
children of the world, sinners who wish to return to God
but are weighed down by their chains,
those who work for peace with justice
and long to grow in God's divine love and compassion –
for at this moment we are the mouth of the whole church . . .
I find Christ in everything and everywhere.
Christ is the Alpha and Omega of all.
I am so restless in myself and so rich in Christ.
To God be all glory forever!
Do come to join us . . . or in whatever corner of Mother Earth you find yourself, be blessed and be a blessing as you lift your mind and heart to God. The whole world awaits our prayer . . . and whether we recognize it or not, we no longer want to stand on our separate shores; we want to find a way back to God and that, with one another! Relationships matter!
Renée Domeier, OSB

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It was 2009 when the Cap'n and I last visited Manchester. He, a man with Mancunian roots, warned me about the weather, the people, the food and the architecture. But I've always had a soft spot for the place – it was where I first saw David Bowie in 2002 – and so, as part of a Grand Tour of the North (try it, it's more fun than it sounds), we headed up there. It wasn't a bad weekend, but it wasn't a terribly exciting one either. The city lacked interesting restaurants and pubs, the hotel we stayed at was identikit five star comfort mk 2 (and full of actors from Hollyoaks) and the overall feeling was that, for somewhere often calling itself Britain's second city, it could do with a much-needed spruce-up.
Fast forward six years, and that renaissance has now occurred. The city now boasts world-class galleries and museums, an array of restaurants to rival the capital, craft beer bars with enviably clued-up patrons and owners, and a feel of progress and affluence. Yet there's still a quirkiness and offbeat charm to it that reminds one that this is the city that spawned the Smiths and the Stone Roses; how else could one explain a new square next to our hotel being called Tony Wilson Place, after the hapless Factory Records boss so memorably played by Steve Coogan in 24 Hour Party People?
The hotel, incidentally, was the new Innside, the first British outpost of an upmarket Spanish chain that caters to a business and leisure market. Although it's not the last word in luxury, its sleekly minimalist rooms (including half open-plan bathrooms) and floor-to-ceiling Manchester views are impressively priced at a more than reasonable £99 a night. Just try and avoid the breakfast DJ who comes to torment the unsuspecting on Thursdays and Fridays. The location of the hotel, next to the new HOME arts centre, is also a big advantage; it is but a hop and skip from the Deansgate area, which has been the focus of much of the regeneration in the city, and where many of the new restaurants are located.
The first ones that we tried, both of which have opened in the past few months, were a pair of London favourites opening their first branches outside the city for the first time, Hawksmoor and Iberica. Everyone who's a carnivorous type (so probably not Morrissey) knows that Hawksmoor is the steakhouse for aficionados, and the outpost here is every bit as top-notch as the City and Knightsbridge incarnations, whether you're after the superlative cocktails, awe-inspiring steaks (the kilogram Porterhouse that we shared is a thing of beauty and wonder that the Lake Poets would have written odes to, had they been living at this hour) and an appropriately comfortable and clubbable atmosphere, which makes spending a few hours here, glass of red in hand, one of the most pleasant ways to spend an evening imaginable.
Iberica, meanwhile, has a slightly different approach. Conceived on a grand scale in the brand new Spinningfields development, it offers a range of tapas that alternate between the pleasant, the stunning and the slightly peculiar. In the first category are the confit of cod and the ham croquettes, while in the second are stunning, unmissable Iberica pork loin burgers (which rival even the mighty ones at the Opera Tavern) and a tasting of jamon, which, matched with a very fine Tinto wine, left both the Cap'n and I ecstatic. In the last category is the fresh hake, which is probably best avoided unless you're a real fan of fish. Service is endlessly pleasant and friendly and we fought a losing battle to stop our glasses being constantly replenished in true hospitable style.
There are other new openings as well, of which the ambitious Tattu is perhaps the most notable. Conceived on a grand scale as a Chinese restaurant to rival the Hakkasans and Yauatchas, it comes extremely close to matching their ambition but doesn't quite rank up there with the Michelin starred-likes of HKK. This is partially due to enthusiastic but slightly sloppy service (cocktails took far too long to arrive; our friendly waitress can't quite manage to convince us that having half the dim sum menu has run out is a testament to the excellence of the dishes, given that we can't eat any of them), and partially due to the feel that the hugely ambitious room, complete with blossom tree as its centrepiece, dominates the food. Yet nevertheless it's still vastly superior to most of its competitors and, given the frequently disappointing fare to be found over in nearby Chinatown, something of a must-visit for culinarily ambitious visitors. The highlight, by miles, was the Cap'n's Chilean sea bass, which uses black beans and chilli bean to create something remarkable. And it gets extra points for having English wine on its menu, an extremely versatile match that is an extremely apt one here.
We don't spend our entire few days in the city eating and drinking, naturally. There's the ever-excellent Manchester art gallery to explore, the revamped John Rylands library to indulge bibliophile fantasies, the Whitworth to examine a fascinating range of contemporary art at and the forbidding-sounding 'Museum of Science and Industry' to get a sense of the city's heroic past, both in the Industrial Revolution and, more recently, in its estimable contributions to Britain's post-war recovery. Perhaps there should be a new section dedicated to Manchester's hugely impressive 2015 renaissance; after years in which it seemed that the city hadn't kept up with trends, it has finally exploded into modernity.
And when it comes to the marriage of old and new, we had saved the best until last. Simon Rogan of L'Enclume fame is one of Britain's most thrilling chefs – a Northern Blumenthal, if you will – and The French represents another winning achievement by him. Set within its own splendidly opulent room inside the Midland hotel, the menus are predominantly tasting selections (aside from a decent-value 3-course lunch that's only served mid-week) that change all the time according to inclination and ingredient availability, but Rogan's enquiring mind (as translated by his head chef Adam Reid) means that there's a near-endless supply of delectable dishes. The ox tartare in coal oil is something of a revelation – it might sound revolting but it's utterly delicious – and a selection of cheeses skilfully reinterpreted as tasting menu dishes are a welcome late meal highlight. But to be honest everything here – staff, food, wine – is pretty flawless, and it's a wonder why on earth it doesn't have a Michelin star. Hopefully they will see sense later this year.
At last, our time was up, and Manchester Piccadilly and the journey back to London beckoned once more. As we headed towards the train, the Cap'n had a wistful expression on his face. 'It's all better now. The food, the architecture, even the people…it's just so much more pleasant.' I could have sworn he was disappointed.
Then we felt a drop of rain, and his face brightened. 'Some things never change.'
Innside Manchester is part of the Melia hotel group. For more information, visit www.melia.com. Further information on the restaurants Nancy and the Cap'n visited can be found at www.the-hawksmoor.com, www.ibericarestaurants.com, www.tattu.co.uk and www.the-french.com.
For more information about Manchester and its renaissance, visit www.manchestersfinest.com.


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The future of the automotive industry 3D Printed Car
The future of the automotive industry 3D Printed Car
When it comes to the automotive industry, additive manufacturing is a major game changer. The 3D printing technology used to be only a prototyping tool – and obviously, it still is. But now it's also starting to be used in car manufacturing. This is the result of a global tendency in the word of additive manufacturing: this technology is now recognized as one of the main manufacturing technologies, and not just as a way to build a good proof of concept or prototype. Both customers and manufacturers start to dream of a fully 3D printed car. This is made possible by the ongoing improvement of 3D printing materials and technologies. This leads to a real boom of interest towards the innovations around the automotive industry. Why is 3D printing so interesting for car manufacturers? What can be achieved today? What are the potential next steps for 3D printed cars? Get ready for the ride!
Why is 3D printing a great technology for the automotive industry?
This technology can be extremely useful for car manufacturers. Here are the main reasons why.
Iterating faster when prototyping
First of all, 3D printing is a rapid prototyping technology which is used in many fields. Building prototypes in a short lead-time is key for any company wishing to accelerate its product development process. Using 3D printers can be a great way to achieve this, since it builds parts fast, at a reasonable cost compared to other prototyping techniques.
Reducing the car's weight
Car manufacturers are always looking for new ways to reduce their product's weight. Indeed, a lighter car consumes less fuel, which makes it more environmentally-friendly. To do so, you can optimize the design of your parts. For instance, Volkswagen optimally redesigned a reinforced A-pillar window support. It weighs 74% less than the original part. You can either create lighter structures thanks to innovative design patterns such as lattices, either reduce the number of parts of the car thanks to a more suited design of the components.
Reducing material loss
With 3D printing, you build your part layer by layer. As a result, you only use the amount of material needed to build your car's component. With subtractive manufacturing, you would have lost material, which is less sustainable and has a financial cost. This is even more economical if you work with metal materials. With them, avoiding extra costs for wasted material can truly be a game changer for production processes.
Creating customized 3D printed cars
Many car lovers actually enjoy customizing their cars to get a unique vehicle. It can be some external design features, but also some options for the internal components of the car. Since it's a special order, this has a cost for car manufacturers. With 3D printing, creating only one version of a model is not a big deal.
Replacing spare parts easily
If some parts of a car get broken, replacing them can be a true challenge, especially if it's an old one: the parts might not exist anymore. What to do then? By combining 3D scanning and additive manufacturing, it's possible to reproduce rare spare parts for cars, and even to optimize them before 3D printing them.
3D printed car projects: What can be achieved today?
3D printed car projects are flourishing! For now, most of them are only using additive manufacturing for some parts of the car, not the entire one. Here are some of the projects we find the more promising.
Strati, the 3D printed car manufactured in only 44 hours
The Strati was created by Local Motors, an open-source think tank focussing on engineering and design. It is a 3D printed car which got produced in a very short lead time: it only took 44 hours to print it! The whole car was not made using additive manufacturing, which explains such a fast production. Indeed, the wheels and the battery were made using other manufacturing technologies. But the whole body was made using FDM 3D printers, as explained by Local Motors.
Light Cocoon, the extremely lightweight 3D printed car
Additive manufacturing opens new design possibilities for car manufacturers. That's exactly what the German engineering design studio EDAG understood when they created the 3D printed car called Light Cocoon. They combined 3D printing with generative design, inspired by nature. They successfully worked on the topological optimization of their 3D printed structures, which are then covered with a stretchy fabric which is extremely lightweight: only 19 grams per square meter. The optimized structure was made using the SLM 3D printing technology.
Genesis, the 3D printed car inspired by turtle shells
EDAG also created a 3D printed car called Genesis. But that one's not exactly a vehicle, it's more of an innovative physical concept. It increases the safety of passengers thanks to a revolutionary structure, inspired by turtle shells, produced using the Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) technology. Why such an inspiration? The turtles benefit from millions of years of evolution for their protective shell, which makes it quite optimized by nature. But reproducing such types of structures is not always an easy task. Additive manufacturing makes it possible to produce such complex geometries. What about the results? The optimized structures performed really well in crash tests.
Urbee, the environmentally friendly 3D printed car
Creating more sustainable vehicles is also a key concern when it comes to the automotive industry. Urbee is designing a 3D printed electric car which aims to achieve an impressive milestone. Indeed, the team wants the car to take two people and a dog from New York to San Francisco, using only 10 gallons of biofuel. How is it possible? The shell of the car is entirely 3D printed (using the Polyjet technology), optimized to be extremely lightweight.
Jaguar and its 3D printed car parts for old vehicles
Even traditional car manufacturers embrace the 3D printing revolution! For instance, Jaguar seizes the opportunities additive manufacturing can bring to its customers. The company used 3D scanning to recreate the classic XKSS model from 1957. The full recreation took 18 months. The only difference with the original car was due to modern safety requirements. This kind of applications of 3D printing can be also applied to any kind of spare parts reproduction, especially for old vehicles which might not be available on the market anymore.
Vision, the 3D printed wheel by Michelin
The French tire manufacturer Michelin decided to literally reinvent the wheel with its project "Vision". Their main goal is to lower the environmental impact of cars, as well as improving the recycling of their products. To do so, they created a wheel inspired by nature, with a honeycomb structure, and using only organic materials. It gives strength to the wheel, as well as a very good resistance, making it impossible to get a flat tire. The whole structure can be recycled. It is then covered by a thin 3D printed rubber layer, the tread, which can be recycled when it's used. It can be 3D printed and replaced in only a few minutes. Unfortunately, this project is not ready to be put on the market yet, and it should only be commercialized in 10 years from now.
Blade, the 3D printed car ready for production
Divergent 3D, led by its CEO Kevin Czinger, unveiled a very interesting 3D printed car at the CES 2017. It's the world's first 3D printed car which is fully functional. One of the main innovations of Divergent's 3D printed car is that it uses the "node" technique which involves 3D printing aluminum nodes and combining them with 3D printed carbon fibers, which results in a much lighter car but which is highly-resistant. The purpose of the project was to improve the sustainability of car manufacturing. The use of 3D printing in the factory helps them reduce emissions, produce a much lighter car, and waste less material. Their overall goal is to reduce the weight of a standard car by over 50% and the number of parts by over 75%, as explained by CEO Kevin Czinger. The car is currently at its prototype stage, so you'd better keep an eye on the next iterations!
Building 3D printed car parts successfully: Our special tips
For a successful 3D printed car parts project, here are a few tips we collected from our various customers working in the automotive field.
First of all, you have to really think about the function of your 3D printed car part. This will help you choose the right material for your project, according to the technical specifications of your objects and to the mechanical properties of the material. If you're using our online 3D printing service, you can find all of this information on our dedicated materials pages.
Moreover, if you're reproducing an existing car part, we strongly advise you to work again on it to optimize its design according to what additive manufacturing can allow you to create. You can rethink your 3D model in order to use less material, to lower the price of your part, to make it lighter with complex structures, or simply to make it look better.
Feel free to use different 3D printing materials for your projects. For instance, some parts might require metal 3D printing, while others could perfectly be manufactured thanks to plastic 3D printing even if they were originally metal parts.
Do you need a hand to optimize your car parts for your additive manufacturing projects? Feel free to contact our experts from Sculpteo Studio, our 3D printing consulting service and design studio!
Fully 3D printed car: When will it be possible?
As you've noticed, the era of mass-produced fully 3D printed cars is not a reality yet. The most advanced projects are either only 3D printed car parts or prototypes. But research in this field is going quite fast since there's a lot of interest in the value additive manufacturing can bring to the automotive industry.
A major difficulty is the cost of 3D printing. Indeed, additive manufacturing is not always the cheapest production technique for very large series of large parts. That issue is especially problematic for metal 3D printed parts, broadly used in the automotive field. But the ongoing decrease of 3D printing costs for all technologies is changing the current dynamics.
As a result, we might have to wait for a few decades for this technology to become a regular way to produce complete cars and to see the world's first 3D printed car to be sold. But to manufacture spare parts, 3D printing is already an impressive ally, creating bright possibilities, either in terms of design optimization, of lightweight, of sustainability, and of creativity.
Ready to start embracing the power of additive manufacturing for your 3D printed car parts projects, either to build a functional prototype, a proof of concept, or a finished product?
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Four Breathing Exercises to Increase Regulation/
Breathing is one of the simplest ways to come into the present moment and connect to the body. Breathing increases regulation when you are pulled into experiences of the past or are spiraling into worries about the future. It is also a way to focus the mind, even if is it only briefly. For these reasons, it is commonly recommended to spend time on breathing when one is anxious, angry, stressed, or overwhelmed.
While you can definitely just put your attention on your breath, there are other variations of breathing that can increase grounding and connection to the body. Try these breathing exercises and become familiar with them as both a regular practice and to use when you feel anxious or disregulated. Discontinue and return to your regular breath if you feel overwhelmed, dizzy, or short of breath.
1. Belly Breath
Lie down on your back or sit comfortably. Feel the connection of your body with the floor or chair, and feel your body getting a little heavier. Start to observe your breath as it is. You may want to close your eyes or let your focus be soft in front of you.
As you inhale, feel your lower chest, ribs, and belly gently expand. When your inhale is complete, gently draw in the navel to push the air out of the belly and chest. Continue at your pace. To increase relaxation, you can let your exhale be one to two beats longer than your inhale. You can put a hand on your upper abdomen or both hands on the side of your lower ribs to get the feedback of touch as you breathe. Continue for several minutes before returning your attention back to the room. Observe how your body is feeling.
2. Mainstream Breathing
Start in a comfortable seated position. Put your attention on your breathing without trying to change it. Just sit for about a minute with your focus on your breath. Gently bring yourself back to your breath if you get distracted.
Turn your attention to something you see that is pleasing to you. It could be a tree or the sky, an object in the room, a color. Give that your attention. Look at every detail, shadow, the perceived texture, shape, and so on with your full attention and curiosity. Then, turn your attention back to your breath for about a minute, imagining the air traveling in and out of the body through the nose.
Next, gently close your eyes and pay attention to the sense of sound. Imagine that you are opening your ears so you can take in all of the sounds, obvious and subtle, that are in your environment. Take a moment here just listening. Then, turn your attention back to your breath and listen to the sound of your breath coming in and out of your body through your nose.
Turn your attention to your sense of smell. Notice any smells in your immediate environment, even if they are very subtle or nonspecific. Just put your attention on this sense for a moment. Then return your attention to your breath, noticing the air coming in and out of your nostrils.
Place your attention on the sense of taste. This may be the taste in your mouth or imaging a taste that comes to mind. Just take a moment to notice this sense. Then return your attention to the breath, noticing the breath coming into the chest and belly on an inhale and leaving on an exhale.
Finally, place your attention on the sense of touch by touching something pleasant in your immediate environment. This could be the cloth of some of your clothes, an object in the room, or the surface you are sitting on. Notice all the details associated with touch such as texture, size, density, and temperature. After a moment here, return your attention to your breath. Notice how your breath feels inside your body.
You can opt to go through fewer than five of the senses. For instance, you can just pay attention to the senses of sight, sound, and touch.
I learned about this technique from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Somatic Experiencing readings and trainings.
3. Circle Breathing
Start in a comfortable seated position with the soles of your feet on the floor. As you inhale, imagine that you are breathing in from the bottom of one of your feet. The air travels up your leg on that side, through your leg and torso to your upper chest. The air then moves to the other side of your body, and you exhale it down and out that side, all the way out the foot. Repeat this cycle. It does not matter whether you start with the right or left side, and you can try starting with the opposite side the next time you visit this breathing exercise.
Circle breathing is a technique from Freedom From Pain by Peter Levine and Maggie Phillips.
4. Bee's Breath or Chanting "Om"
This breath involves making sound on the exhale. You can either put your lips together and hum like a swarm of bees (hence the name "bee's breath"), or you can chant a deep "Om" sound, with half of the exhale being on the long "O" sound and half the sound vibrating the "mmm." Inhale through the mouth and exhale "Om" or hum like a bee. Repeat four times and then observe the effects of this breath.
The louder that you make this sound, the more tension you create in the jaw, so try making a softer sound and being aware of how your jaw feels.
I hope you enjoy trying out these breathing practices and seeing how you experience them. While it is normal to notice some change in energy from doing breathing exercises, please discontinue any exercise that causes you pain, and consult a physician if you are concerned that you may not be able to do these exercises due to other health concerns.


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Kimberly Browne latest addition to the NZRAB
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We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Kimberly Browne to the New Zealand Registered Architects Governance Board. Kimberly was nominated by the New Zealand Institute of Architects, with effect on Monday 3 October.
Kimberly is a registered architect and Senior Associate with Jasmax Architects in Auckland. She has been involved in an ongoing role with the NZRAB Architects Registration Assessments as an Assessor.
Kimberly has been appointed for a two year term and will serve alongside fellow board member and Jasmax Principal Euan Mac Kellar. She will be replacing Callum McKenzie, who has been serving on the board since 2008.
The New Zealand Registered Architects Board is established under the Registered Architects Act 2005, and is responsible for regulating the architecture profession in New Zealand.
The Board develops and administers rules about competency standards, ethics, complaints and discipline of members of the profession.


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The Liz Borden Band play current original alternative, rock, country and punk music, with and emphasis on vocal harmonies, that combines the musical sound of the past with a modern day flair to create a sound for the future. Whether you seen a full band live show or one of the The Liz Borden Bands acoustic shows. You are sure to be entertained.
As the name implies, these local scene veterans take a variety of sounds and melt them together. The result is a melty rockstew that incorporates: swing jazz, world beats, novelty music, blues, tango, psychedelia and twisted takes on covers.
A few years back, guitarist Danny Modern and bassist Paul Pipitone got together to combine elements that were dynamic and jarring yet still melodic; but most importantly-fun. Now to find a singer who could handle the variety convincingly.....Enter Lindsey Kyte, classically trained soprano. Her background was musical theatre and in choirs. Using this as a springboard, and mixing them with her quirky personality - Lindsey immediately complimented the band in new and exciting ways. Later drummer John Kokas, who helped as a sub, signed on full time. John brings a dynamic rhythm that includes elements of prog, fusion, latin, mediterranean, and african drumming styles.
They've just finished recording a second EP at Yebba Studios in Norwood, Ma. It's 6 high powered, dynamic rock songs and it's called Earthquakes.


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2014 New Years Resolutions: Why Wait to Get Sober?
2014 New Years resolutions are already starting for some, and the most common resolutions are to quit something. Why not quit drinking, drugging or smoking? Why would you wait until the New Year to save your life? The best time to start your 2014 New Years resolutions of quitting substance abuse is now.
2014 New Years Resolutions Starts Now
Getting help before the holidays are the best time to do it! It's easy to put off getting clean and sober so you can have that last "hurrah" but it's not worth it; it can be very dangerous to your health, damage your relationships (if they aren't already) with family and friends, and many other consequences. Although it might seem more "acceptable" for people to be drinking a little more than usual this time of year, and the alcoholic might feel like they'll finally fit in, it's dangerous physically and emotionally.
Think back to your prior New Year's resolutions; did you ever actually end up following through with any of them? Starting in January, there will be many others just like you looking for an open bed at many treatment centers to get clean and sober. Get help now and you don't have to worry about that. This holiday season, why don't you give the gift of your recovery, your new life, to you and your family? Make your 2014 New Years Resolutions come true today!
2014 New Years Resolutions
- Get clean & sober
- Work a program of recovery
- Love myself
- Have purpose
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A very nice site, good information. GURTEEN – View: Knowledge-Log
I've subscribed to his e-mail newsletter for quite a while now, always some good info.
A very nice site, good information. GURTEEN – View: Knowledge-Log
I've subscribed to his e-mail newsletter for quite a while now, always some good info.
From Ray Ozzie, creator of Lotus Notes and Groove, comes this article, with extra references, on the death of e-mail. Some key points:
Anyone who is doing a critical business process online that involves substantial dialog between individuals should NOT be using email at this point in history, and many no longer are.
Think about the rate of increase of "noise" in email over the past two years, which is a very short time. Think about where we'll be in as short as five years. Can you imagine?
If you have work to do with others, online, try workspaces. There are many different types – from Groove if you like client-based mobility, to SharePoint if you like using Websites.
Ozzie definitely has a vested interest in everyone using Groove, but as you can see from the last quote he also believes in other solutions: whatever works for you.
The thought that hit me the most was the comments about noise in e-mail. The problem today isn't too much information, as many complain. Rather, the problem is too much noise.
What do traffic jams, obesity and spam have in common?
They are all problems caused by abundance in a world more attuned to scarcity. By achieving the goal of abundance, technology renders the natural checks and balances of scarcity obsolete…. {snip}
Any technology which creates abundance poses problems for any process which existed to benefit from scarcity.
Obvious ideas once they are laid out in front of you, but not necessarily obvious ahead of time. Think "long-term effects" from "short-term actions".
…if I cannot create it, I cannot understand it.
This is kind of a follow up to my last post. I played a round of golf today, a company sponsored event. I haven't played golf in over two years, and never really played that much. Imagine my surprise when it came back to me pretty easily.
Made me think of the saying, "It's just like riding a bike, you never forget how" (or something like that). Which got me thinking to the whole idea of explicit knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices. I realized, which I'm sure we all have at one point or another (or several), that you really can't know how to do something unless you learned how to do it yourself.
Of course, this brings up another old saying, "Practice makes perfect." Yes, you can read books, examine case studies, and otherwise look at how others have done something. Until you've held the club in your hands, though, and swung at (and missed, or topped, or sliced, or…) the ball yourself, you don't really know anything about it. As you practice more, and do the same thing over and over, making tiny improvements here and there, your body remembers.
The neurons, the muscles, the breathing, the posture. It becomes second nature. And once you've learned, you NEVER forget. Sure, it may take a while for your body to fully remember (it took mine about 13 holes), but it will remember.
It's the same with an organization, assuming you have the appropriate "infrastructure", i.e., sub-conscious (knowledge management).
Another article from Vol 40, No. 4 of the IBM Systems Journal, a special edition dedicated to Knowledge Management: Where did knowledge management come from? by Larry Prusak. As the title suggests, Prusak discusses the history of knowledge management as a field, and how it got to where it is today.
As important, he discusses the future of KM, where it is going. Though he says a lot of good things, I believe the most important view of the future of KM is summed up in this statement from the article:
Knowledge management seems likely to follow one of two future paths. The better one is the direction taken by the quality movement. Its key ideas became so deeply embedded in practices and organizational routines that they became more-or-less invisible.
Some commentators have assumed that the absence of quality from center stage in management discussion suggests its failure; in fact, the opposite is true. People do not talk about it much because it is a given, an integral element of organizational effectiveness.
Knowledge management may similarly be so thoroughly adopted—so much a natural part of how people organize work—that it eventually becomes invisible.
The challenge, it seems, is how to get KM to be such an integral part of operations.
Just as there are different temperament types for people, it seems reasonable to think that there are different "temperament" types for organizations. Understanding the temperament of the organization you are in – or the organization you are consulting for – can go a long way in helping you do what is best for the organization.
Of course, this leads to the question of how do you determine the temperament of an organization? I did a quick Google search on "Organizational Temperament Type" and I got a lot of results for individual temperament types in the context of organizational behavior, but nothing on the "type" of organizations. Maybe I just used a bad search term.
Is there a questionaire out there that could be applied to an organization? How would you apply it, since you can't really ask the organization questions. Observation, maybe, where you answer the question for them? Or would you maybe ask different people from different parts of the organization specific questions and then pull them together? Would you use the same 16 types? Or would it be a subset of these? Or would it be completely different?
I'll continue to search for more on that, but if anyone has thoughts on this or knows of something that has already been done, I'd love to hear about it.
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From Vol 40, No. 4 of the IBM Systems Journal, a special edition dedicated to Knowledge Management, is Views of knowledge are human views by Gunter Dueck. In the essay, he discusses the different types of knowledge and different "types" (in the Keirseyian sense) of people.
Bottom line, says that when you are working up your KM strategy you need to keep in mind what "type" of people are in your organization. More importantly, probably, is that you have to remember that your organization is likely made up of a bunch of different types of people.
In other words, there is no one-size fits all solution for KM.
Picked up the Matrix Reloaded DVD yesterday. Didn't have time to watch the movie (that's OK – I've seen it already), but I did have time to check out some of the extras. Unfortunately, the quantity of extras leaves something to be desired, but the quality is pretty good.
My favorite is the breakdown of how they prep'ed for and executed the huge (I should say HUGE, since the budget and time required for this one sequence probably rivals most full movies) freeway chase. As with any good story, they talked about what they were trying to do, how they set out about doing it, the challenges along the way and how they overcame those challenges.
What struck me while watching this, though, was the fact that this story was not told in retrospect – as in, "This is what we wanted to do, this is what we did, etc." – but as the story developed.
If you are familiar with DVDs today, you know that these making of features are pretty much expected, especially for big movies like the Matrix or Lord of the Rings. In the early days of DVD, before this caught on, many of the making ofs were somewhat retrospective. And if you look at new, special-edition releases of older movies, they've gone back to create these featurettes because they know that is what people want.
But today, making the making-ofs is as much a part of making the actual movie as any other part, again especially for big movies that are doing things that have never been done. Obviously, some movies don't lend themselves to a making-of featurette. Romantic comedies, for instance, are enjoyable to watch but very rarely have anything so new and cool in terms of film-making that make a making of worth making (or watching).
And this leads me (finally) to my point(s):
When considering story-telling as a component of your knowledge management or organizational learning strategy, are you looking at it primarily from a retrospective viewpoint ("Wow, this project worked out pretty good, we should tell the story to others so they can learn") or do you plan to tell the story from the beginning ("Well, we don't know how this is going to work out, but we've never done anything like this before so we should document it as we go so we can share with others")?
Do you consider the value of the story you are going to tell in terms of uniqueness of the event? In other words, do you bother trying to tell stories of things that have been done before, or do you focus on the new things that can bring value and competitive advantage?
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This is going to be a long running, multi-part stream of thought. Just a warning….
When I think of Organizational Learning, I can't help but start to think of an organization as something, an entity, that can learn. It doesn't have to be a conscious entity, think of ant colonies. But why not look at it from the context of it being a "conscious" entity?
Acknowledging the risks and short comings of anthropomorphism, I can't help but look at an organization – say a corporation – in the context of a complex, conscious system such as a person. Once you've taken that leap, you can start to consider all sorts of analogies and metaphors for how an organization works.**
To the point: If an organization is a complex, "conscious" entity, then I submit that knowledge management is the sub-conscious of the organization. Individual members, teams, etc within the organization make up the neurons, organs, etc., and knowledge management is what pulls it all together so the "mind-body" connection works.
The obvious example for people is driving a car. How often have you arrived at a destination only to wonder how you got there because you don't remember the drive?
In an organization, the analogy would be some process, any structured rote process. The 'know-what' of the process would be explicit knowledge that each member of the organization acts on, consciously determined by the organization: You do this, they do that, etc. The 'know-how' of the process, however, is the tacit knowledge of the organization, something that is embedded in the way the organization works. The organization just does it, with no conscious thought at the organizational level, only action at the 'neuron' level.
to be continued…
** It should go without saying (but I'll say it anyway): Just because I am looking at an organization as "conscious" for the purposes of this discussion does NOT mean the individual consciousness of the members of this organization is unimportant. If you stick around long enough in the discussion, I hope to get around to how to keep all that in mind to help an organization do what's best for the organization as a whole and for the individual members of that organization.


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The Most Important Email You Will Ever Write: Welcome Email
Email marketing is a great way to increase your revenue. Three-quarters of companies agree that email offers "excellent" to "good" ROI. However, many companies miss the most important email, the welcome email.
Your inbound marketing strategy is working. You are driving targeted traffic to your website, visitors are turning into leads through strategically placed calls to actions, and your landing pages are converting like crazy. Now, what do you do with all these leads? "Let's start emailing our new leads with coupons, promotions, and sales." High fives all around because we are going to drive revenue through the roof. Not so fast there over eager Spammy McSpammerson. This tactic can be almost as bad as buying an email list.
Let's first set the tone with a welcome email to your new subscribers.
Why Your Welcome Email Is Important
There is a very easy way to improve your email marketing. It all starts with the most important email you can send. The welcome email. The welcome email is the most important email in any email marketing strategy. It will help introduce your brand, set expectations, offer value, help you get social, and get personal.
Introduce Your Brand
Okay, some person just filled out a form on your website. You are ready to start pumping out the deals, offers and push the new subscriber through the sales funnel. Before you send one email to the new subscriber, make sure to introduce your brand to them. If you start to sell too quickly, you will end up in the SPAM folder or even worse get the dreaded unsubscribe.
Start the relationship by introducing your brand to the subscriber. Start with an email from the founder or owner of your company. Give the customer a reason to connect with your brand. If you really want to deliver a knockout, shoot a short video and link it to the email thanking them for subscribing. There is no better way to introduce your brand than through a video.
Set Expectations
Let the subscriber know what you are going to be doing. Let them know how often you are going to email them, what day you are going to email them, and what you will be emailing them about. Setting expectations will help the subscriber know what to expect and know if they even want your emails. It is better to email a person that wants your email than someone that does not want to hear from you.
Your email can state, "We are a company that provides ______ and we will be emailing you X times per month about _______." It can be as simple as that. Just make sure to tell them what you will be doing with their email address, put them at ease. We have all signed up for an email and gotten multiple emails per day trying to sell us or upsell us on a product or services. If this is your strategy, let the email subscriber know that, so they can find the unsubscribe button.
What Value Do You Offer
We have all received emails that have absolutely no value and those emails have a one-way ticket to the delete box. So don't let your email marketing strategy become a hook shot into the trash bin. Start adding value in the very first email you send to the subscriber. Present an additional free offer; a second ebook, another white paper, or an invitation to a subscriber-only webinar. Get creative, your setting the precedent from day one.
Let the subscriber know that your emails are going to add value from the very first email to the last email you ever send them. If the email subscriber knows that you are going to add value, they will be waiting, no wanting your next email.
Ask Them To Join You On Social
Your social media marketing strategy is very important for your business. While you have the email subscriber's attention with the welcome email, ask them to join you on social. Make sure to tell them why it would be beneficial for them to follow you on social media. If your social media plan consists of contest or giveaways let them know and tell them to follow you on Facebook, Twitter, or whatever platform you are using. Just don't tell them to follow you if you are only sharing the same information that is in your emails.
Ask them A Question, and Reply!
One of the best tactics that I have seen is to ask the email subscriber an open-ended question. "What are you currently struggling with," is a great way to prompt a reply. Asking a question does two things.
- Helps the email subscriber engage with you as a person or brand. Your email is being sent from a person within your organization (preferably owner or founder) and this gesture will help the subscriber know that you care, helping you engage with the subscriber one on one.
- Asking a question lets you know if your company can help the subscriber out. Does your product or service fit a need for the subscriber or is the subscriber just looking for information? If they need your product or service it could start the sales cycle. A quick follow-up could result in the addition of a customer.
Asking questions is a great way to engage with your subscriber and learn more about what your subscriber is looking for. Get personal and engage with your email subscribers.
How To Increase The Open Rate On Your Welcome Email
We now know that the welcome email is the most important email in any email marketing strategy. So how does your company get people to care about your email marketing? There are three items that can help you increase your open rate.
Deliver Value To Their Inbox
If you are adding value to the subscriber, they will open it. The very best way to kick off a welcome series is to deliver upon an offer. If your inbound marketing strategy is working, you have a call to action and landing page that the subscriber filled out asking them to do something. Use your welcome email to deliver the offer you promised (the eBook, whitepaper, video, etc.).
Make It Personal
Personalize the email if at all possible. If you have the first name and last name of the subscriber, use it. This will help your email subscriber feel like they are special. Even if the email is automated, it will help then feel as if it was sent from a person. If you can use their name in the subject line, even better. Personalizing the email will increase your open rate.
State The Value In The Subject Line
I am sure you are seeing a theme here. Add value and give the email subscriber a reason to open your email. It is not rocket science and we are not splitting atoms. Let them know in the subject line what value the email is adding. "Steve, here is your Social Media eBook, Enjoy!", is an example of a great subject line. It is personal and states the value of the email, getting my eBook.
Your welcome email is the most important part of your email marketing strategy and is a great small business marketing idea to generate more customers. Email marketing will help you generate new customers, grow sales, and generate more referral business. In order to get the most out of your email marketing strategy, create a value-added welcome email.


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Trying Out CycleBar/
For those of you who don't know, I'm a Pure Barre instructor and therefore, I love trying all sorts of new fitness classes and techniques! I was recently contacted by CycleBar to come try out a class and immediately jumped at the opportunity!
CycleBar is a premium indoor cycling experience that uses a mix of lights and music to drive you through a super intense class led by your CycleStar instructor. The facilities are super clean and bright and offer some really nice amenities like free water bottles and snacks, lockers, showers, and complimentary shoes. I was SO impressed by how nice the entire studio was and all the goodies that were available to riders.
I showed up on a Friday evening for a "happy hour" ride with Joanna and was helped upon arrival by Ally and the owner of CycleBar Chesterfield, Dave. They both made sure I got a great tour of the studio and provided me with shoes, a water bottle, and even helped me clip into the bike (first-timer probs)!
I got settled into the studio, which is equipped with stadium style seating and large TV screens (that periodically show your stats during class), and started warming up just as Joanna came in and started greeting each rider personally.
Once it was time for class to begin, the lights came down and the music went up, really allowing us to feel the beat of the music and ride along the entire time. As someone who is very in-tune with music, this was my favorite aspect of class. Joanna used her own playlist to guide us up and down throughout a very intense 50 minute ride, complete with some weight work for the arms, sprints and even a couple of races!
To say I was exhausted at the end of class would be an understatement! It was an amazing workout and I left feeling so proud of how hard I pushed myself. As soon as we got out of class there were snacks and a variety of adult beverages to choose from as riders hung out post-class and enjoyed a drink together. I also received an email almost immediately recapping my class and stats of my ride.
As I talked to Dave, the owner, once more after class, he said they do a lot of themed rides and special events like that day's happy hour in order to encourage community and foster an environment for their clients to not only come and workout but to also hang out. I thought that was so awesome and could tell by the way people were in no rush to leave that evening that they had done just that!
Outfit details: striped top // sports bra // leggings (similar here) // Nikes
If you haven't tried CycleBar yet, I would highly recommend it! If you are looking for a good workout, like fun music and don't mind a bit of competition, this workout would be perfect for you. I would also add that you shouldn't feel intimidated at all to try it out even if you've never cycled before, because everyone there is amazing and so helpful. I didn't feel nervous or "judged" for being new (and completely out of my element) one single time while I was there.
I cannot wait to get to another class and am hoping I can add this into my regular workout regimen as an awesome (and FUN) form of cardio! Thank you to CycleBar Chesterfield for having me. I'll be back soon to rock my next ride! ;)


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My mother wanted a redhead. My paternal grandmother, whom I never knew, had beautiful auburn hair or so we were told. Mama held out hope through four girls, but it never happened.
When my sister Beth, who had married a redhead, was expecting her first child, Mama renewed her hopes. Beth's doctor encouraged that expectation.
We were living in France on Al's first overseas assignment from the Army when Donna was born, and Mama sent an ecstatic letter telling us about Donna's red hair. She mentioned it from time to time in letters during the remainder of our two years in France and Belgium.
As luck would have it, Beth and Don were in New Jersey, quite handy for our family of three to visit as we landed in NYC on our return to the states. It was a nice diversion during our wait over the weekend for our car to arrive. Donna, by now, was a very cute two-year-old with light brown hair. Born exactly one year apart, she and her three-year-old cousin had a great time and began a lifetime bond. Not long into the visit, I asked Beth, "What happened to Donna's red hair?"
Beth laughed. "Donna never had red hair. Mama wanted it to be red so badly, she saw it that way."
It took another generation for Mama to get her wish, and she's not here to see it. Her two youngest great-grandsons, with a strawberry blonde mother, require no imagination to find the red hair. I'm just hoping the angels draw back the curtains of heaven now and then for her to watch and enjoy the ginger boys at play.


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By Wahab Akanji, Abuja
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris has ordered immediate deployment of a Special Strike Force to Kogi State to combat the menace of kidnapping in the state.
A statement from the force headquarters issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr. Don Awunnoron Tuesday said the new outfit will deal with other crimes within the State and its environs.
"IGP Idris said the deployment of the Special Strike Force becomes imperative as the Nigeria Police Force can no longer watch innocent citizens suffer in the hands of dreaded criminals rampaging within Kogi State and its environs.
"He further said that with the presence of the Strike Force, Kogi State and its environs will enjoy peace and tranquillity, but however advised those deployed on the assignment never to turn themselves as demi-gods, but servants to the people,†the statement reads.


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As I was walking through Whole Foods I came across a package of coleslaw (just chopped cabbage and carrots) I was immediately inspired! I grabbed the bag of coleslaw and read the back. It said "simply open the bag, add your favorite coleslaw dressing and serve". I decided to make my own coleslaw/mayonnaise dressing. Who knew it was so easy?!
I looked at many mayo recipes and put a few together. It worked out great, but the recipe made WAY more than I needed. I have leftovers that I will probably not use. Bah, I hate wasting but I also do not eat mayo every day!
I had some purple cabbage leftover in my fridge so I chopped some up and added it to the coleslaw mixture. I think the pop of color makes it looks so much happier.
In conjunction with the coleslaw I made baked cod and fingerling potatoes with Herbs De Provence. It was my version of "Fish & Chips"! The mixture of the flavors truly made me feel like I was on a little Cape Cod vacation, sitting by the beach and eating my fish and chips!
Mayo Ingredients: (for a smaller portion cut the ingredients in half and just use an egg yolk)
1 whole egg room temperature (or close to it)
1 tbs mustard (dijon works well)
1.5 Cups Canola oil (I bet you could use another type of oil. But I did read that EVOO has such a strong flavor that it might not be the best to use. Too over powering)
1-2 tsp cider vinegar or white wine vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar and it is fine)
Lemon - I think this is up to you. I gave mine a good squeeze. Maybe about 2 tablespoons worth. If you do not like lemon just use more vinegar.
1/2 tsp salt
Place egg and mustard in a mixer and blend. About 30 seconds.
Slowly add in oil as a constant stream. Magic will happen. Your mayonnaise will start to form. Add in vinegar, lemon, and salt. Blend until it looks like mayonnaise!
Have you ever made mayonnaise? Homemade coleslaw? What is your favorite mixture?


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I'd quite forgotten about the busy-ness of the big city. The bright lights. The color. The constant motion. The life.
And here I was. I am. In New Orleans. At the start of Mardi Gras. No less.
It took me awhile to re-adjust...to re-gain my balance...to re-focus.
I wondered - on what my eyes might rest?
I reminded myself to breathe. Just this. Just that. Just one and then another.
Stop. Look. See.
The details. The unseen. The dots in between the dashes. The spaces and the in-between.
If my art is my life...and my life is my art - how can I make this my own?
One thing.
This is my practice.
One day.
Tomorrow. I begin again. There will be more.
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Thrilled and honored to have been chosen and awarded Best In Show - Single Image
In Still Point Gallery's exhibition: The Simple Beauty of Nature.


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Hyperactive, extremely realistic and addicted to reading can best describe me. Life is all about the good memories and sitting around will not create them.
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SEO, social media, and content marketing are constantly evolving to almost the point of ridiculousness. Whether it's Google coming out with a new algorithm update, a never-ending onslaught of new technologies to adapt to, or just trying to keep up with what's cool, inbound marketers always have their work cut out for them as they start a new year. So why should 2015 be any different? Each month we like to round up the best content from the previous thirty days, and you'll definitely see that December's best had a focus on changes to make for the year ahead. Check out what you missed when you have a moment, and if you're looking for the same great content the rest of the month, join us on Twitter, Google +, or Facebook in 2015. Enjoy!
Images are an increasingly important part of the Internet landscape. Yet marketers are provided very little in the way of reliable metrics to allow us to understand their power and optimize accordingly.
SEO for Ecommerce: Why You Need Structured Data
Marking up product information using structured data to enhance search results with rich snippets has long provided a nice SEO benefit to a company's product pages. Adding structured data may provide an advantage over competing pages by giving some extra flair and thus a higher click-through rate than the other results on the page.
The Decade Is Half-Over: Where SEO Has Been & Where It's Going
Columnist Tom Schmitz takes an in-depth look at how SEO has changed over the past 5 years, complete with insights, observations and predictions for the future.
How SEO Actually Improves Content Quality
Having to factor in SEO while writing content weakens the content I produce. It takes away my artistic license and forces me to insert awkward, keyword-stuffed phrases into otherwise perfect, poetic content. By putting the focus on search engines, and not our users, SEO pollutes the Web and makes everything a little less relevant.
The Ultimate Guide to 2014's SEO Changes: How to Deal with a New Reality
2014 was definitely a busy year for Google. We went through many changes and had a lot of surprises. Some major updates caused shake-ups, some of Google's initiatives came to a dead end and, in some ways, SEO as we knew it the year before has ultimately changed.
How Do User Interact with SERPs on Mobile Devices
As search becomes increasingly mobile, getting closer to being the majority of search visits every month, how we think about user engagement on search results needs to be updated from the old desktop paradigms of the Golden Triangle (which suggest attention sticks to the upper left and decays down and to the right).
Bing has announced the launch of their new quality content algorithm aimed at reducing low quality content displaying in search results. This comes nearly 4 years after the launch of Google's Panda algorithm which also focuses on content quality.
Content Marketing
"There's a vast segment of America that wants to consume news, but isn't as savvy and app-happy as journalists."
The Un-Checkbox Approach to Content Marketing
Basically, I ask a lot of questions because I don't like or trust hard and fast rules. And while every last one of these posts offers you a little bit of knowledge to then take back to your marketing campaigns and apply in the way that works best for your team and your company, there's not a guaranteed formula for success or correct answer in the bunch.
Content Marketing Cure: How To Start A Blog To Remedy Decreased Organic Reach on Facebook
Have you noticed a drop in the reach of your Facebook posts? You might soon, and if you do, it's likely that your Facebook strategy involved a lot of promotional content. New algorithms for Facebook's News Feed aims to decrease the amount of outwardly sales-oriented posts a user sees, in order to improve their experience on the network.
How to Track Content ROI: A Step-by-Step Guide
There's no doubt that content marketing can boost your brand awareness and improve public sentiment towards your company and its product offerings.
9 Juicy Tips For Upping Your Content Curation Game
Today's businesses need online profiles, and having a simple website with your products, services and contact information just isn't going to cut it in the modern world of marketing.
Social Media Marketing
Social Media Bots Offer Phony Friends and Real Profit
I am the ruler of worlds. Let me rephrase that: I am the ruler of one very small world of social media bots.
What Small Businesses Can Learn About Twitter
In a recent "Small Business Technology Survey", The National Small Business Association divulged that while the use of social media in small businesses has risen in the last few years, 27% still don't use any social media platform at all to interact with potential customers.
8 Surprising Tips on Getting More Retweets Backed by Science
Have you ever come across a piece of marketing advice about social media best uses and wondered, "How could you possibly know that will work?"
For Success in Social Media, Conversation is Not Enough - You Need Narrative
Let's begin with a couple of "So What?" questions: A brand has 20 million Facebook likes. So what? A brand's tweet "breaks the Internet." So what? What's achieved, other than an honorable mention at Cannes? A paradigm shift is needed: from conversation to narrative.
How to Use Social Proof to Influence Visitors and Increase Your Sales
It's a cold evening on the town, and you're looking for a place to grab a bite to eat. You come across two restaurants - one is close to full, the other is almost empty. Which one do you choose?
The Simpsons recently celebrated its 25th Anniversary, so we'll leave you with the show taking a little poke at Apple. All in good fun of course :)
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One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting in the 2900 block of Myrtis Road about 2:30 a.m. Thursday.
The shooting took place in front of a vacant home where Jacksonville police found Louis "Wayne" Cherry, 43, of Melanie Avenue shot to death in a van.
A 26-year-old man was found wounded just down the road and taken to Shands Jacksonville, where he is in critical condition. The Times-Union is not identifying him because no arrests have been made.
Neighbors said they heard four gunshots and then someone screaming. When they went outside, they found the surviving man lying in the roadway, apparently shot in the back.
Myrtis is off Dunn Avenue near Lem Turner Road.
Clifford Davis
Stabbing near fish camp; man injured
A Jacksonville man is in critical condition following an early morning stabbing in the 8200 block of Heckscher Drive.
Police said the 37-year-old was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries following the stabbing on the riverbank near Sisters Creek Fish Camp. It happened about 2 a.m. The Times-Union is not identifying the victim because no arrests have been made.
Dana Treen
Man guilty of 16-year molestation of female
A St. Johns County jury took about 12 minutes to find a 66-year-old Marion County man guilty Wednesday of sexually abusing and molesting a girl over a 16-year span, beginning when she was 5 or 6 years old.
George Robert Lightkep Jr. was convicted of two counts of sexual battery on a person younger than 12. The State Attorney's Office said he will be sentenced to life in prison May 15.
Authorities said Lightkep, who once lived in St. Johns County, began abusing the girl in 1990 and continued until 2006. They said "controlled phone calls" and interviews with the victim and a Marion County victim led to his arrest and conviction.
Charles Broward


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Westworld Sundays, 9 p.m., HBO. Premieres October 2.
The 1973 sci-fi movie Westworld, written and directed by Michael Crichton, is not the most obvious source material for a serious HBO drama. A precursor of sorts to Crichton's Jurassic Park, Westworld was set in an amusement park where lifelike robots turned against the guests, causing chaos and death in themed areas replicating the Old West, medieval Europe and ancient Rome. From those pulpy origins, co-creators Jonathan Nolan (Person of Interest) and Lisa Joy and executive producer J.J. Abrams have come up with a somber, thoughtful and sometimes pretentious meditation on the nature of consciousness, along with Wild West gunfights.
In the HBO version of Westworld, there's only one theme in the park, a massive, completely immersive landscape in some unspecified location. There, incredibly lifelike cyborgs with adaptive artificial intelligence play hundreds of different Old West characters, with whom guests pay thousands of dollars a day to interact. Mainly those interactions involve killing and/or screwing the "hosts," as the park's powers-that-be refer to the cyborgs. Since this is an ongoing series and not a feature film, the hosts can't go crazy and kill everyone, so instead there's a slow process as some of them start recalling their past interactions with guests and staffers, in which they might have been programmed to play different characters and quite possibly have been brutally murdered.
As the hosts experience glitches, the staffers try to get them back on track—or at least some of them do. The most promising aspect of the show is the way that some of the human characters, both park employees and guests, encourage and explore the hosts' emerging consciousness, for reasons that aren't always clear. The dynamic between lead scientist Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright) and one of the hosts, melancholy rancher's daughter Dolores Abernathy (Evan Rachel Wood), grows more intriguing with each episode, and Anthony Hopkins brings a creepy quality to the enigmatic park director, Dr. Ford, and his mysterious projects with various hosts.
Much less interesting are the slowly doled-out hints about a larger mythology, investigated by Ed Harris' one-note sadistic villain, a nameless guest with apparently unlimited funds and a single-minded quest to uncover the supposed secrets of Westworld. The show doesn't need to be one of Abrams' mystery boxes in order to succeed, and the focus on revealing answers could end up derailing the more nuanced (and rewarding) character and thematic development. From a plotting standpoint, the show doesn't always make logical sense, but it looks amazing (every penny of the huge budget is evident onscreen) and features multiple strong performances (Thandie Newton and Shannon Woodward are additional standouts). Like most prestige dramas these days, it's slow to get started, but its world should be worth exploring.


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Lauryn Hill is putting herself back on the music trail and hitting the road for the new year.
The Grammy-winning artist has announced a series of intimate shows, kicking off right after Christmas and running into February.
Lauryn will appear with a live band on 17 North American dates.
Stops include New York and the famous Chicago's House of Blues, plus two dates in Canada.
Well aware that she "may never play venues of this size again," some of which she "hasn't played since the Fugees days," the star is excited "to see her loyal supporters up close and personal again."
She will perform reworked versions of Fugees classics and hits from her breakthrough solo debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.


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Kratom is identified as an evergreen tree which belongs to the Rubiaceae plant family and it is situated in Asia. Though kratom is hugely available in many parts of the world, yet there are many users who are still unaware of the wide collection of Kratom strains. You will find Kratom plants in three color strains and the colors differ based on the leaf veins, like red, green, and white. Red vein Kratom is considered more powerful than the white and the green vein varieties. The locals in Southeast use this strain in ritual worships and for receiving guests.
Presently, this kratom variety is getting huge popularity in the form of a mood enhancer and it can improve your sleep too. Red Maeng Da Kratom strain has got a unique history. It is believed to have originated from Thailand and it is considered the hub of Kratom cultivation prior to its spreading out all through Southeast Asia. It gets bred through a mechanism, known as grafting and it means merging a couple of plants for improving the properties. It is armed with stronger, potent and much intense impacts and the effects do last for a longer period also and this is the reason; numerous people attempt to take it.
Positive impacts
Red Kratom is found in powder and capsule form and you can choose any one of the two forms. Below is the list of its probable effects:
- Boosts energy – Taking this compound, users report a remarkable improvement in their levels of energy and they feel energetic all day long.
- Analgesic effects – People suffering from chronic pain illness do benefit a large from this strain and it helps in lessening pain sensation, particularly of joints and muscles.
- Stimulation – This compound is hugely helpful in offering optimal stimulation.
- Augments mood – The energizing and relaxing impacts of this compound can improve your mood, thus, removing all the pessimistic thoughts.
- Antidepressant and anti-anxiety – The pleasant and relaxing inner feelings of this compound help you in handling severe anxiety but you are required to take a particular dosage. This product is viewed as a natural antidepressant and so, it is hugely beneficial for uplifting your mood.
- Relief from stress – Besides improving mood, there are many users who report of lesser stress levels, both physical and psychological.
- Euphoria – When you take this medication in high dosages, then it can arouse a robust anesthetizing feeling plus happiness.
- Cognitive boost – This medication can improve your cognitive power through an ignition of your mental faculties.
Taking this compound
Taking high dosage of this medication look fascinating but taking too much doesn't ensure the best results. Like other Kratom strains, you should avoid taking high dosage of Red Maeng Da and exceeding a dosage of 7 grams is risky and stretching beyond 10 grams is never recommended. This strain has got a longer effect and the effects do last for nearly 10 hours. When you take this medication for medicinal purposes, you must take it only in your empty stomach for more effectual results. Again, you should avoid taking the capsules post a heavy meal as it can postpone the effects.


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Christof Migone
Christof Migone: Main page on UbuWeb
Undo (Christof Migone & Alexandre St-Onge), 2001-2002
1. Vito Acconci's Undoing (21:49)
2001, based on and inspired by Vito Acconci's video Waterways: Saliva Studies (1971). The soundtrack to the original piece by Vito Acconci as well as this "undone" version are included in a CD on squint fucker press (Montréal) 2001.
2. Disclosure (5:56)
2001/2002, audio documentation based on a three-part performance presented four times over three days for the PUBLIC SPACES/PRIVATE PLACES series curated by Paul Couillard for FADO in Toronto. Audio/text/visual documentation published in Surface Tension: Problematics of Site, Errant Bodies Press, 2003.
lie. site: corridor, second floor. laying flat on our backs with a small speaker coming down from the ceiling into our open mouths, the voice of one is heard via the mouth cavity of the other. as they come up the stairs, the audience encounters the longitudinal line of our bodies, they have to step over one set of feet to enter the site. we have closed all the windows and doors, during a heatwave. it is stifling. a dimmer jerry rigged with a small motor to dim up and down up continuously is our only source of light. the motor buzzes, it overheats at times interrupting the dimming temporarily. we have bare bulbs running down from the ceiling beside the speakers going into our mouths. the abandoned rooming house oozes its past. paul, the curator, had found a syringe and a court summons for a case of bodily harm in the kitchen as he cleaned up the place for us. to occupy an empty apartment is to fill it with its own emptiness, to saturate it with nothing. to disclose is to open yourself up to closeness, a reduction of distance, a proximate and narrow. how to read a corridor as a throat. duration: 30 minutes.
close. site: bathroom and closet, third floor. two, cramped. after lie we move upstairs and to begin we take unhinged doors and block ourselves in. one in bathroom, the other in closet. two small black and white tv monitors are in the room which includes closet and is adjacent to bathroom, they have a live feed from the enclosures and show details of the performances. two guitar amplifiers are in a windowless room diffusing the sound we produce inside. we swallow our mouths. a reduction of distance, a proximate and narrow. how to read a closet as a mouth. how to speak here, in the next room and in the other's mouth. in the closet we found a note written on the wall above the threshold, only visible if one is standing inside the closet: Whoever is reading this message, God bless you and congratulations 'cos you are one of the few in this world who has read this. This message was written by someone who is going to be very famous one day [illegible signature] 1992. duration: 20 minutes (variable).
hold. site: room on third floor facing street. one holding the other for as long as possible. hand to forearm. both outstretched. at the end of close, one ends before the other (we would alternate over the three days we performed). that person removes the door, and goes to the room, lifts one arm to stomach level, and leaves it outstretched. the other, once done, undoes the barricade and comes over to hold the awaiting arm. two bare speakers lie on the floor beside us, one sits on top of the other. one speaks, the other listens, they feed back and create a rhythmic tic. bare speaker, barely speaking. to enclose is both to hold and to be held by your own grip. we both shake and waver imperceptibly. It began getting very boring. Nothing happened. I felt like I was in a trance. I looked again. They seemed to exist outside of time. Then I became acutely aware I had observed them earlier as specimens, but now felt their humanity (lucie sparham reviewing the performance for lola magazine, fall 2001). after each performance we would get the mattresses we had stored in the abandoned restaurant on the ground floor and reinstall ourselves in this room. the only one where we felt comfortable, barely. on the last day we noticed a bullet hole in one of the windows, it seemed to have originated from inside. duration: 15 minutes (variable).


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GRAND MARAIS, Minn. – Lake Superior, propelled by a spring nor'easter, throws waves and aquamarine shards of ice onto the rocky shore a dozen yards from a modest shake-sided house.
Two years ago, after decades of living on a tree-lined avenue in Falcon Heights, Duane Hasegawa and Barb Heideman moved here for good.
Heideman's North Shore roots go deep. Her great-grandfather cobbled shoes in Duluth. An old photo shows her mother by a tar-papered tourist cabin in Silver Bay. "I have the old enamel coffeepot they always used, so it's come full circle," said Heideman, 60, a retired chemical engineer.
"You get drawn to the lake," she said. "For me, it's the rocks, and the further up the shore you go, the rocks get bigger. The cliffs get bigger. Planting a tree is pretty hard."
Planting anything, for that matter. Hasegawa, 66, a Denver native who spent 39 years as a pediatrician specializing in oncology and hematology, studied to become a master gardener when he retired. He's ready to go.
"But what we really need is dirt," he said, illustrating a cautionary tale about the North Woods dream: You need to think about things you never imagined having to think about.
The rich, black dirt of their old neighborhood is a daydream here. "Pretty much the only garden tool up here is a pickax," Heideman said.
But when one of the things you most miss about the Twin Cities is garden tomatoes, you keep trying.
Winter, however, was what kept drawing the couple to the North Shore.
"For 18 years, we were 'same time, next year' visitors at Bearskin Lodge," on the Gunflint Trail, she said. "When most of our friends were heading south, we were heading north."
They'd casually searched for property, but then a real estate agent showed them a shoreline lot. Heideman, whose exuberant demeanor complements her husband's reserve, whipped out her checkbook on the spot, joking that it took the whole trip home to bring him on board.
That was in 1997. Seven years later, they built a house that they used seasonally before moving permanently in 2012.
Retired? Look at the calendar
They're retired, yet are as busy as they let themselves be.
"Retirees keep the home fires burning for the young families who need three jobs to make a living here," she said, recalling how they made ends meet when they were young. With just over 100 nonprofit organizations in Cook County, volunteers are practically stalked. You can hide from society up here — and many do — but it's not easy.
"Small community actions are visible," she said. "It's not like when you do something in some neighborhood in the Twin Cities and only that neighborhood sees it. We are the neighborhood up here."
Such work may be part of what separates those who dream of Up North vs. Sun City.
"I think people who retire here seek some kind of involvement," Hasegawa said, then, with a slight smile, described a recent morning.
It began with a drill with the county's volunteer emergency response team. "I was just handling the paperwork, really, but there were 50 firefighters and I knew all their names."
Then it was up to the new YMCA to ponder landscaping that he's coordinating, which led to a chance meeting with a library board member who wanted to talk about a plan to sell used books on Amazon.
Up walked the fifth-grade math teacher whose students Hasegawa had coached for a math competition in Duluth. A spring blizzard thwarted their trip, though, disappointing the kids. So Hasegawa suggested staging their own event, which led to walking to the food co-op to reserve its community room.
"That's how business gets done up here," he said. "And there's something kind of cool about it. I feel like I know more people socially here than I ever did at home."
Still, Heideman allowed as how "I'm not sure we're ready to go to the VFW on Friday night. But as a result of our activities, we work with a lot of the locals. You get to know everyone."
Aging in place, with support
Medical care is a special concern in small towns, and especially among retirees conscious of emergency needs. That's one reason to keep an eye on the health of the North Shore Hospital and Care Center, the most remote critical care hospital in Minnesota. (The next nearest is 80 miles away in Two Harbors.)
Hasegawa noted that the hospital's role goes beyond residents' needs. "As a tourist, if you get a fishhook in your eye, you want care right now. Would you go out in the desert with no canteen?"
Still, Heideman feels good enough about the health care here to move her 91-year-old father into the care center this winter. (Hasegawa's mother, also 91, remains in Roseville.)
Clearly, they spring from good genes. Yet aging is inevitable and their graveled drive can have its challenges, especially in winter.
Would anything cause them to rethink their dream?
"Infirmity," Heideman said simply.
"It's hard work to live here," Hasegawa added.
For now, they keep fit with daily hikes with their two dogs through the forest and across vast whales of exposed rock to Sweetheart's Bluff overlooking the harbor. The hikes also fuel their love of the lake.
"Every day, I get up here and still say, 'Oh!' '' Heideman said. "The lake is always different."


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The Orthoptic Services Department provides a wide variety of hospital and community Orthoptic clinics, joint Optometry and Orthoptic clinics, Consultant led ocular motility clinics, general Ophthalmology clinics and pre operative clinics. We also provide a range of extended practice which include Stoke and Neuro-rehabilitation clinics, Low Vision Clinics, Primary visual screening, Specific Learning difficulties, Special educational needs and screening of premature babies and low birth weight babies (retinopathy of prematurity).
What is orthoptics?
Orthoptics is an Allied Health Profession (AHP). From its origins in England the specialty has spread world-wide. The first orthoptist was Mary Maddox who opened the first Orthoptic Training School in 1929, having received her own training from her father, the eminent ophthalmologist, E E Maddox. Orthoptics is now a graduate profession with three-year degree courses offered at Liverpool and Sheffield universities.
What do Orthoptists do?
Orthoptists are concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of ocular motility and problems relating to vision. Some examples of these problems are:
Orthoptists are recognised as the experts in childhood vision screening, and undertake primary screening of children aged four to five years, in line with the recommendations of the National Screening Committee (2001). Secondary screening is still offered in addition to primary screening.
Orthoptists are skilled in performing, and in the interpretation of, a variety of diagnostic procedures where an underlying ophthalmological condition exists. Such as, perimetry (assessment of field of vision), automated and non-automated and Low vision aids (assessment of the use of visual aids for partially sighted adults).
Orthoptists need to have highly developed levels of manual, communicative and analytical skills. Their expertise extends to patients with special needs, specific learning difficulties, maxillo-facial injuries, Stroke, low vision and neurological conditions.
Techniques of diagnosis and treatment
The orthoptist, having taken a precise ocular and medical history, will carry out a detailed examination of the patient and then select the appropriate diagnostic techniques.
These include tests to assess the position of the eye, the ocular motility and the state of binocular function (use of the two eyes together).
The interpretation of the results allows the orthoptist to judge the patient's ability to interpret visual information and to maintain eye control with the two eyes working in unison.
The orthoptist can also establish whether the defect is recent in onset and may consequently have neurological implications. Inaccurate diagnosis can have serious consequences.
Treatment techniques available to the orthoptist include:
During the time that a patient is under the care of an orthoptist, consultation and discussion with the ophthalmologist and optometrist may be necessary.
Patient/Client groups
The orthoptist deals with patients of all ages but has a particular interest and expertise in the very young and the elderly as these have a higher incidence of ocular pathology.
Orthoptists undertake vision screening in young children to detect defects such as a reduction in visual acuity in one or both eyes, small angle strabismus that may be difficult for parents to detect, and which may have a significant effect on the development and function of the visual system. Orthoptists undertake screening of the elderly population in settings such as stroke units to assist with detecting and treating the symptoms of cerebro-vascular accident (see stroke page for more information).
Children and adults with special needs have a higher incidence of visual defects and the caring and skilled approach of the orthoptist is vital with these patients. Orthoptists investigate the state of the visual fields in all age groups of patients with head injury, brain tumours, and systemic conditions, monitoring and interpreting their fields on a regular basis for any subtle changes.
It is important to remember that, while testing and screening for visual problems, the orthoptist can also identify and reassure those patients whose vision is good.
We have a range of patient information leaflets availlable to download by following the link below:
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