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- 1 quart water
- 12 ounces kosher salt
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons pink salt (see note)
- 1 stick cinnamon broken into several pieces
- 1 teaspoon mustard seed
- 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
- 8 whole cloves
- 8 whole allspice berries
- 12 whole juniper berries
- 2 bay leaves, crumbled
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 3 pounds ice
- 1 4-5 pound beef brisket trimmed
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 1 large carrot, coarsely chopped
- 1 stalk celery, coarsely chopped
- Place the water in a large 6-8 quart stockpot along with salt, sugar, pink salt, cinnamon stick, mustard seeds, peppercorns, cloves, allspice, juniper berries, bay leaves and ginger. Cook over high heat until the salt and sugar have dissolved.
- Remove from the heat and add the ice. Stir until the ice has melted. If necessary, place the brine into the refrigerator until it reaches a temperature of 45 degrees F. Once it has cooled, place the brisket in a 2-gallon zip-top bag and add the brine. Seal and lay flat inside a container, cover and refrigerate for 5 days. Check daily to make sure the beef is completely submerged and stir the brine. I like to flip the bag and give the brine a quick massage everyday, but that's just me…
- After 5 days, remove from the brine and rinse well under cool water.
- Place the brisket into a large slow cooker, add the onion, carrot and celery and cover with water by 1-inch (about 2 quarts). Cover and cook on high for 8 hours.
- Remove from the pot and thinly slices across the grain. Store any uncut leftovers in the cooking liquid.
- Pink salt aka Prague Powder #1, aka DQ Cure is a combination of sodium chloride, sodium nitrite and a bit of pink dye (supposedly to prevent it being confused for regular salt) is readily available via the webernet, but may also be procured from your local butcher shop or kitchenware store. Technically, you can make corned beef without it, but I'd sure miss that color.
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Professor Das Narayandas Joins the Advisory Board of Tullis Health Investors
We are pleased to announce that Professor Das Narayandas, BTech, PGDM, PhD, has joined the Advisory Board of Tullis Health Investors. Das Narayandas is the James J. Hill Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean, Chair, Harvard Business Publishing, and Senior Associate Dean, Chair, Executive Education. Das has consulted and/or developed and executed in-house training programs for such companies as Areva, Alghanim Group, GE, Honeywell, IBM, ING, J&J, Mitsubishi Corporation, Linfox, Interbank, Stryker, Merrill Lynch, ThyssenKrupp, Zeiss, Fidelity, Liberty Mutual, 3M, and Microsoft, among other companies, in the areas of B2B marketing, customer satisfaction and loyalty management, strategic marketing, pricing, personal selling and sales management. Das' background includes management experience in sales and marketing that involved field strategic planning, field salesforce management, new product development, channel management and marketing communications. His academic credentials include a Bachelor of Technology degree, a postgraduate diploma in management, and a PhD in management. Jim Tullis, Chairman and Founder, said: "It is exciting for us to have Das join and bring his expertise and wisdom to our Advisory Board. We have known and learned from Das for many years. Many of us have benefited from his outstanding case study sessions. We give him a hearty welcome!"

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From the company's Seattle office, Dirker will oversee all North American operations, including sales, marketing, call center and product development functions as well as relationships with outside vendors and partners.
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So Easy It's Spooky! Halloween Treats For Kids
2013-10-22 by Allison MacDonaldShop the Story
As a blogger people usually expect me to make over the top holiday treats, birthday parties , and other celebrations. Nope. I am pretty chill when it comes to holidays like Halloween. I love just being with my kids and seeing the day through their eyes. That doesn't mean I don't do anything but like you I am busy and have a million different obligations pulling at me at any given time and need to prioritize. These Halloween snacks take minutes to make and require almost no planning. These are my kind of treats.
You will need some snack cups like pudding, mandarin oranges, gelatin in orange, white , and green. You may also need some acetone nail polish remover if you want to take the best before date and other printing off the cups. Don't forget your permanent black marker, it must be permanent or it will rub off and you'll have a not so spooky mess.
Start by wiping off any printing with the acetone and a paper towel. It came off super easily for me. I did 12 cups with one dab of acetone. Wipe the cups down with clean water after.
Next start creating! I made pumpkins on the orange cups, ghosts with the white and a Frankenstein type monster with the green. You could add googly eyes if you are ambitious, I am not that ambitious.
Even my 3 year old got into it!
Make sure not to rub the marker for a minute or two, but once it's dry you are golden.
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It was still 12 miles to Ketchum but on rail trail at least. Ketchum is a wealthy ski town-- celebrities have a fourth house in town so they can ski with the stars in the winter. We passed the airport and there were at least a dozen private jets waiting to take off. We found me some sun protection at the bike shop and then I passed out in a park for like two hours while Travis did homework. We found a campsite eight miles outside of town and set me up for a real rest day.
I dozed and rested the next day while Travis radically re-planned our route. We have to be honest-- this route is kicking our butts. We don't have the right bikes, and Idaho is rough country. It is very very steep and very very hot. We had big dreams of riding as much of the 550 mile route as we could in two weeks, but it just wouldn't be fun. So we decided to take our time in the Sawtooth Mountains, ditch our gear and ride single track during the day, and enjoy what we can out here without getting so tired I get sick.
Travis rode single track back into Ketchum to resupply, and enjoyed Idaho's official mountain biking system, which includes downloadable gps files (what?) and mileage and difficulty keys (gasp). He bought some ultralight camping essentials (new binoculars) and wanted to point out that customer service in a rich town is impeccable. We were resupplied with plenty of food and ready to spend the next few days riding in the Sawtooth Mountains.


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Only 363 days til next Christmas!
Another Christmas Day is behind us. All the build up and excitement, all of the expense and stress becoming a distant memory. I for one was glad to return to a full day of work and leave my little ones behind for a few hours.
Highlights, this year were plentiful, Shopping wasn't so bad. With so little money it was easy to make a list of the things that the boys really, really wanted. I asked them if they wanted a few good gifts for themselves or one really good gift for the family and one gift for themselves. There was no question. One thing for the family. (Wii wins) They really are great kids! I thought that plan would go over well until Christmas morning but nope..They were great then too. My family came through and bought the boys some things that they are really having a lot of fun with. This year Gavin woke me up at 9am and said. I've been up for hours can we wake the boys up now…(That never happened before~I'm sure it's because he wanted me to make the coffee.) Only a few things were broken or lost on Christmas Day (inevitable with so many boys stomping around.) The turkey was delicious and plentiful. We spent the day with family stopping by at different intervals and fell asleep exhausted after watching movies together as a family. All in all it was a really great day!
Favorite quotes~Hmmm…
On Christmas Eve instead of my reading stories the boys decided to tell their own. Ian's generally included a beautiful princess named Paula and always ended with Amen instead of The End…awwww…
Hayden asking if I needed to borrow some money from his Penny Bank to pay some bills if I came up short from buying stuff. (If he only knew)
When I asked Caleb what his favorite part of Christmas was, he responded…Just Wii and You Momma…Just Wii and You!
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Alan Forsyth sponsored by EVO Hockey
EVO Hockey is delighted to announce that we have teamed up with Alan Forsyth as an EVO sponsored player, coach and brand ambassador.
Alan is one of Great Britain's most dangerous forwards. He has 113 combined international caps for Scotland and Great Britain (with 64 international goals) and was named England Hockey Players' Player of the Season 2016. Read Alan's profile here.
As part of our work with Alan, we'll be supporting him with the tools needed to thrive as a hockey athlete and coach, including: coaching and playing development opportunities; mentoring support; media & social media training & exposure to a wide network of international playing contacts.
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Implementation Solution Consultant
About Market Logic:
Market Logic helps the world's best brands to make fast, winning decisions that accelerate growth. We do this with marketing insight platforms that automate innovation, marketing and research workflows, with the right insights at the right time. Market Logic supports brands in 190 countries across CPG/FMCG, retail, finance and media sectors, including Unilever, American Express, News Corp, P&G, Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola and Tesco. We employ 300+ software developers, data scientists, business consultants and marketing professionals at regional headquarters in Berlin, Chicago, and Singapore. For more information see www.marketlogicsoftware.com.
The Chicago office of Market Logic is anticipating dramatic growth for the foreseeable future as we acquire new business and transition support for US customers from Europe. We offer an opportunity to shape our future for those eager to make a difference in a cloud startup environment. We encourage an open-door policy with leadership and a collaborative office environment. Those with an entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude can expect a thriving career at the market leader in a burgeoning industry. Traditional perks include casual dress, a stocked kitchen, great healthcare coverage and more!
About the Job:
The Market Logic Implementation Solution Consultant is ultimately responsible for the successful implementation of the project, and the customer-experience along the way. The consultant will be considered a subject matter expert in the Market Logic Software application and will be called upon to consult on best practices in the Insights industry. The role includes three basic skill sets: traditional project management; consultation on best practice usage of the Market Logic application; and solution designing. Emphasis of each of these skill sets will vary based on project circumstances.
- Driving customer behavior towards best in class solutions
- Working with project team to present best practices
- Leading business requirements gathering sessions and design workshops with the customer
- Building, testing, and demonstrating business requirements in test site
- Ensuring that configuration and business requirements documents are accurate, complete, and signed off by the customer
- Manage configuration of the test and production environments
- Participate, often leading, user acceptance testing
- Requesting, analyzing, identifying, communicating, and reconciling gaps in customer requirements or data while remaining cognizant of project milestones
- Actively contributing to product knowledge through self-study, meeting attendance, and project participation
Traditional Project Management
Market Logic employs a defined methodology that has been fine-tuned for our cloud-based solution, but we take pride in our ability to flex our methods to fit the needs of our customers and partners. Our employees are empowered to make smart business decisions every day about how to balance what is best for Market Logic and our customers.
Market Logic project managers and consultants are primarily charged with setting expectations and influencing decisions and behaviors. This is done by combining disciplined use of the project managers' toolkit (e.g. scope documents, timeline, risk logs, etc.) with outstanding communication skills. When done well, our customers and other project resources know what to expect and when to expect it, and if something unexpected occurs, they are setup to take the lead of the Market Logic project team who can adjust plans to keep the project on track.
Best Practice Consultation
Market Logic is a market leader and valued for helping customers get more and more out of their analytics and marketing insights projects. Our implementation solution consultants must embody that value by demonstrating a strong understanding of market research and insights, and how marketing departments benefit from them. The best consultants can quickly identify their customers' business problems, and then access our vast support system and knowledge base to provide best practice consultation.
Solution Designing
Market Logic projects are very collaborative. All team members play an important role in designing the solution that they are implementing, but the implementation solution consultant takes the lead. To do this well, he or she must possess a deep understanding of how the Market Logic application can solve real world business problems.
Market Logic is always striving to improve our operations, so our employees are asked to continually evaluate our methods and tools, and actively work to improve our growing business.
The Market Logic company culture is a very important enabler of our success, and to that end, we are looking for articulate professionals who will thrive in our work environment. The best candidates will possess a can-do attitude, an entrepreneurial spirit, a balanced approach to the daily challenges of project work, and a contagious sense of fun.
Candidates must:
- Have a bachelor's or master's degree in the fields of Media Science and Technology, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Marketing, Communication, Social Sciences or similar
- 2+ years of related experience with an emphasis on cloud-based software implementation or integration
- Be willing and able to travel periodically to customer sites
- Demonstrate the attitudes and behaviors required to be successful in our environment
- Familiar with MS Office products, further software skills are a plus
- Proven ability to act independently and taking responsibility
- Knowledge of marketing or market research, customer support and consulting is also preferred
- Fluent in English
- Fluency in other additional languages is a plus, but not necessary
As a Market Logic employee, you can expect:
- Exciting and varied tasks, work with one of the leading market research software products
- A fun way to acquire new skills and expertise along the way
- The pride that comes with helping to shape the future of a thriving business for yourself and your colleagues
- We also offer a 401(k) plan and healthcare coverage
If you're searching for a company that's dedicated to your ideas and individual growth, recognizes you for your unique contributions, fills you with a strong sense of purpose, and provides a fun, flexible and inclusive work environment – apply now


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We are all very 'efficient' in our lives. We create our stuff from resources we extract, we use our stuff, and when we are done with it and nobody wants our used stuff, we dispose it. This was and is a very good system... works well for all of us... ok, maybe for some of us, especially if we live in the "first" world. Many say that if there was a better way, we would have already embraced it. In the end, the market will choose the best option...
As humans we are equal, we have the same basic needs and, deserve the same quality of life and the same bright future for our children. But, there is a challenge, if everybody on Earth would live as good a life as people in developed countries like Canada, we would need more resources....
About 3.7 more Earths to sustain the current system: making stuff, using stuff and disposing of stuff
As far as I know, there are no available planets, not even one to make this happen. Not to mention where would we dispose of all that stuff we don't want anymore?
Within the next 50 years there will be more of us, around 9 billion based on current trends, and we would like to ensure the same high quality of life for every person on Earth, most likely even better quality of life than the one we have today in Canada.
Embrace the circular economy
An economy where we constantly keep our resources in circulation and perpetually add and extract value from them. This is the simplest way to ensure that we have enough resources for everyone, and everyone can have access to all that wonderful stuff we, here in Canada are so used to.
There are many of resources that explain the benefits and demonstrate how a circular economy works, I will give you one example, an AlwaysBLU example.
The AlwaysBLU way to embrace the circular economy is to give perpetual life to atmospheric carbon dioxide embedded in food waste in the form of Carbon-Negative Plastics
The approach is very straight forward: let's recover as much of good stuff from food waste, use part of the stuff we recover to locally grow more food and part of the stuff we recover to create Carbon-Negative Plastics. Truly GREEN PLASTICS! Plastics made without air pollution, GHG emissions and freshwater. Plastics that will be locally made for locally manufactured stuff that can be infinitely reused and recycled into more stuff. And considering that most of the recovered good stuff that makes our plastics is atmospheric carbon...
we will help our planet to "keep its cool" by removing carbon dioxide from our atmosphere
All right, simple, so why nobody is doing it? That will be the subject for another post.
Imagine if we would approach everything we do, the same way AlwaysBLU will create Carbon-Negative Plastics and help to grow local food. We wouldn't need another planet to have enough resources for all humanity to live a better life.
If you like our story, we are looking for any help to accelerate our vision and bring it to reality, before some of us will need to go to Mars (not a particularity green planet) with Elon Musk... because we used up all the resources on Earth.


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|Anonymous permissions in Active Directory controlled by group Everyone
|Change the permissions on the parent container of the users to allow Read permission by Everyone:
You will need ADSI Edit to change the permissions on the container, install the Windows 2000 tools from the /Support/Tools directory on the Windows 2000 CD.
1. Go to Start->Run and enter mmc
2. Go to Console->"Add/Remove Snap-in"
3. In Standalone tab select Add
4. Select "ADSI Edit" and "OK"
5. Right click "ADSI Edit" and select "Connect to"
6. Accept the default "Domain NC"
7. Browse to the container you would like to change
8. Right click the container and select Properties
9. Select Security tab
10. Select Add, group "Everyone", Add, OK
By default, Read Access is allowed to the container object only.
11. Select "Advanced"
12. Highlight the entry "Allow Everyone Read This Object Only"
13. Select View/Edit
14. Next to "Apply Onto" select "This object and all child objects"
15. Check the option "Apply these permissions to objects and or containers within this container only"
16. Select Apply, OK
Sdaceldap will now be able to find and import users without binding as a specific user.
Warning: The changes above will make it possible to read all objects in the container that has been modified. Do not implement these changes if there is information in the container such as user attributes that need to be kept secure.
Security considerations for why you would implement the above to allow anonymous access:
- If you are not using SSL to connect to Active Directory do not send a username and password across the network.
- If you are scripting the use of sdaceldap to be run at off-peak hours you will not want to store the password on the system in a file.
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We love our Sphagnum in Wales, we certainly have a lot of it, and every year at North Wales Plant Group we have at least one Sphagnum session to make sure our ID skills are tip top! I went to the indoor session to chew over some slightly awkward specimens with the group and generally refine my ID.Sphagnum species are often considered difficult by novice bryologists. I don't think they are that bad, but then Sphagnum was the first group of mosses I ever tackled, and I have had the benefit of being taught by the legendary Martha Newton, which I'm sure must help in demystifying this group of plants. The thing to remember is that this is moss we are talking about. It is perfectly OK and normal in the moss world if you need to take something home and check it under the microscope. Once you realise you aren't expected to identify everything confidently in the field, the pressure is off.
I definitely recommend using a combination of the field key and microscope for identification. Why struggle for ages dithering about stem leaf shape when you can just put a leaf under the microscope and see whether it has fibrils or not ? These sessions are really helpful because someone always brings a funny coloured specimen, or something that's a funny shape. Brown Sphagnum subnitens is a classic, as is Sphagnum palustre pretending to be Sphagnum papillosum, or Sphagnum inundatum masquerading as green Sphagnum fallax until you see the stem leaves. Sometimes it's helpful just to be reminded that Sphagnum species can look rather alike at first glance and it's always a good idea to have a quick check to make sure.
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kiewit Offshore (Ingleside, TX) in February 2012.
The interview process was very laid back. KOS tried to make you feel very comfortable through the entire process. The interview consisted of talking to four managers individually for about half an hour each. Afterwards they gave everyone lunch which was great. No real complaints about the process.
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I applied online. The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Kiewit Offshore.
Phone interview with one person. Brought in to Ingleside for dinner then the next day a tour and a round-robin with 3-4 managers.
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Little room to negotiate. They have a lot of applicants.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kiewit Offshore (Ingleside, TX) in July 2011.
HR contacted me. Set up interview one week later. HR contacts me again a day before interview and they reschedule interview for the next week. Day of the interview they took me around the location in a car with 3 other applicants. Have 1 on 1 inter views with 3 department heads. They are short under 15mins each asking normal questions. (What do you want to do? Where do you see yourself? Classes from College, GPA, and class breakdown and the grades/knowledge gained). One of 3 left after a few interviews he felt he was doing bad. Another one left to go to a class. The last one and I went out to lunch with one of the heads. They contacted me about a week later. Mileage check about 2-3 weeks after that.
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The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Kiewit Offshore in June 2010.
Interviewed initially via telephone. Called 2 weeks later for a "panel style" interview with 5 individuals. Called back for interview with 2 individuals. The individuals I interviewed with were informative, pleasant, and asked a lot of questions. Office was in a good location and work environment seemed professional.
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Science Advisory Board, 32767-32767
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Digital television stations; table of assignments:
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Disaster and emergency areas:
District of Columbia, 32767-32767
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El Paso Natural Gas Co., 32767-32767
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Open access transmission service and standard electricity market design; remedying undue discrimination; technical conferences, 32767-32767
Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project; settlement process, 32767-32767
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Mortgage and loan insurance programs:
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Philotechnics, Ltd., 32767-32767
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American Stock Exchange LLC, 32767-32767
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If you've recently visited CrainsCleveland.com or opened a Crain's newsletter, you've noticed we have a new look.
That's because we've launched a completely new CrainsCleveland.com and updated our newsletter format.
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Regional Head(Corporate Disbursement/Bill Payment/Research and Product Development of ROCKET)
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Job Nature
: Full Time
: At most 42 year(s)
: At least 9 year(s)
: Both
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: May 30, 2019
: Jun 27, 2019
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- Regional Head is the key personnel of sales and distribution of Mobile Banking (ROCKET) & Agent Banking of respective Zone/Region of the Bank.
- He will be responsible for developing & executing Sales & Distribution, Trade Communication, Product Placement and Bank's business priorities in his respective Zone/Region.
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Sena Kalyan Bhaban (4th Floor), 195, Kamalapur Box Culvert Rd, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.
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Shannon Lush is the "Queen of Clean". A fine arts restorer, who's been scribbling down messy ideas since she was a kid, Shannon Lush can tell us how to clean EVERYTHING.
"I get stains out that are 50 years, 80 yrs, 100 yrs old," says Shannon. From the front of the house to the back, she advocates using virtually chemical-free old-fashioned home remedies that save you heaps of money.
The nation's aversion to dirt and how to get rid of it has made Shannon Lush's $20 book, "Spotless", a huge surprise hit. Amazingly, it's been a top seller for 2 months.
Mum of three little girls, Belinda Vincent, is just one of around a hundred thousand Australians who've snapped up Shannon's secret remedies. "The book gave me solutions to day to day problems that I had with the children, for example I had ice-cream, chocolate ice-cream down t-shirts, paint - they always have paint," declares Belinda.
"It means that I can stick to just 4 or 5 products and ditch a lot of the commercial products that I used to be using. I know that they will work, I don't need to panic. Children's paint - it's supposed to come out in water, but it doesn't once it's being there for a while. I had no idea how to get the stains out before. The book just gave me ideas on that and I don't have to use those strong cleaners."
Here's a tip Belinda's learnt for kid's wall art -- crayons on all sorts of door and wall surfaces. "It's simple -- just dry cleaning fluid on a cotton wool ball. Wipe it over, soft brush and dry cloth and the mark's gone."
Shannon says, "We're trying to turn around from being a throw away society to a keep it society."
So what are the most common stains? "Red wine and pet mishaps," advises Shannon. Coffee and cordial are very common disasters too. So, Shannon's cheap remedies?
"Most people think you put soda water on it. No you mustn't."
This dense chamois-like sponge called "Slurpex", which has been on the market for decades, is Shannon's little helper for all sorts of disasters. "Mop it up first with paper towel or a Slurpex and get most of the moisture out as fast as you can."
It's most important to act quickly, because if that moisture drops into the back of the carpet, the tannin is released from the jute or hemp backing and it stains the carpet. "After you've removed most of the moisture cover it with Bicarbonate of soda. Then once the colour is changed, you leave it to dry and you vacuum it off. If there's any remaining stain on it at all, you just use a cloth that's being damped in white vinegar and sponge it and it's gone."
You may have to repeat this process.
Simple bicarbonate of soda and vinegar clean all sorts of things.
Shannon demonstrates, "You use it for all your kitchen cupboards, the stove cleaning, and the saucepans. It will clean a stove down faster than any stove cleaner. You don't use caustic stove cleaners anymore - they don't work as fast or as easily as this does."
* LIPSTICK and GLASS:
Another old-fashioned and cheap cleaning whiz -- methylated spirits, from windows to lipstick.
"Now you've broken down the waxes and colours in the lipstick, all you've got to do is put it in the washing machine and it washes straight out."
Indelible texta on clothes - dry cleaning fluid works like magic.
"All you're doing is wiping it and then you leave it for 10 minutes and rinse it through with water. Then wipe it again leave it for ten minutes, rinse it through with water again."
* SOAP and DETERGENT SCUM:
"The best way to remove soap scum is with a pair of damp panty hose -- old ones will do -- you just damp them and wipe it."
"Plain old glycerin's really good for removing things like oxide stains .. that means tea, coffee, orange juice, fruit juices, anything that creates an oxide stain."
Now Belinda uses tea-tree oil a lot in the home.
"When toys get grubby just couple of drops of tea tree oil in water and you just wipe it over -- dry it off. It's safe then, when the baby puts those toys in her mouth."
For soaking away stains and dirt, Belinda finds Shannon's Napisan remedies a saviour. Just soak clothes for a few hours in dissolved Napisan, and they disappear.


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When it comes to your nonprofit's annual fundraising goals, securing major gifts is likely among your most pressing concerns. Where will they come from? How large will they be? Especially if your organization is carrying out a long-term fundraising project like a capital campaign, these questions are no doubt on your mind.
Luckily, by incorporating prospect research into your major gifts strategy, your nonprofit will be well equipped to identify likely sources of the types of major gifts you need.
Prospect research describes the process of compiling and analyzing data on potential donors that can inform your nonprofit of their giving capacity (how much they could reasonably donate) and their giving propensity (how likely it is that they'd choose to donate to your organization).
Once your nonprofit gathers a robust collection of data through prospect research, you can make informed decisions on things like which donors to cultivate, who to approach for major gifts, and what size gifts you should request as part of your overall fundraising strategy.
Want to learn more about how to leverage prospect research to boost your nonprofit's major gifts strategy? Let's go over some of the basics of prospect research and how it can impact the way your organization secures major gifts. These concepts include:
- Biographical indicators.
- Giving history.
- Giving capacity.
- Matching gift opportunities.
With the right prospect research in place, your nonprofit will be empowered to secure more major gifts and reach your fundraising goals faster. Let's explore these powerful prospect research concepts!
Bonus! Conducting detailed prospect research should begin during the feasibility study phase of any large-scale fundraising project, and no later! Visit DonorSearch to learn more about improving your feasibility studies moving forward.
1. Biographical information.
Before your team can begin to break down your prospect lists into specific, targeted segments, it's important to ensure that you have the right foundational data in place on your donors.
Particularly, ensuring that you have consistent fields of biographical information on file to reference is a key step in the prospect research process.
If your nonprofit has inconsistently collected data (such as duplicate fields of similar information), or gaps in your donors' profiles (including information that has been collected for some donors but not for your entire constituency), you may be missing key indicators of an individual's likelihood of donating a major gift.
With this in mind, it's important for your nonprofit to take the time to flesh out your donors' profiles to include some baseline biographical fields. Once you do so, you can more accurately assess an individual's viability as a major gift donor. These important fields include:
- Name. While it might seem obvious, it's worth confirming the legal name of your prospects from the get-go. Down the line when you may be researching their real estate holdings, tax history, or other publicly available wealth indicators, it's important to know that you are learning about the right person.
- Date of birth. Similarly, knowing an individual's date of birth can help you confirm that the person you are researching is the person you want to approach with a major gift ask. Knowing someone's real date of birth can also help when segmenting prospect lists by age or when planning a targeted donation request.
- Marital status. Whether or not a prospect is married can reveal a lot about their propensity to give, as well as outline their connections to other potential donors. If a female prospect has taken her husband's last name, learning her maiden name can reveal a relationship to her blood relatives that you wouldn't have known previously.
- Address. Having an individual's address on file is also quite helpful. By knowing where a prospect lives, you can more accurately estimate their net worth, uncover connections to friends, neighbors, or local schools, and better assess whether they might be inclined to give to regionally-focused fundraising campaigns.
- Institutional affiliations. Knowing the types of institutional affiliations your prospects have is crucial. In addition to learning what other philanthropic organizations they support, you might also want to learn the political party they support, their religion/house of worship, or their university alma mater.
The bottom line: When it comes to securing major gifts, building a strong foundation for your prospect research analysis is crucial. Be sure that you're starting the process with a comprehensive donor database in line!
2. Giving history.
After you've ensured that your initial prospect research is in place, another area of interest for your nonprofit should be prospects' giving histories.
When you have an accurate history of a prospect's philanthropic activities, your major gift officer can better estimate an individual's likelihood of providing a major gift to your campaign.
To build the most accurate giving history possible on your prospects, there are a few key areas of interest in which your team should investigate, including their:
- History with your organization. Have these prospects donated to your cause before? How much did they donate? When did they give? If they haven't donated, have they volunteered for your nonprofit or attended fundraising events? When targeting prospects for major gifts, you want to approach individuals with a proven history of support.
- History with other organizations. Which additional philanthropic organizations are they affiliated with? Are they active, recurring, or lapsed givers with this nonprofit? As you decide which prospects will make successful major gift candidates, extend asks to those who have previously supported organizations comparable to yours.
- Gift history. Knowing a prospect's gift history (the number and size of donations they have previously given) can be an excellent indicator of whether or not they are good candidates for major giving. Gift history is one of the most accurate metrics for predicting future giving behavior.
The bottom line: Determining the ideal candidates for major gift giving depends substantially on analyzing their giving history. Once you know their pattern of philanthropy, you can better predict whether or not they'll turn down your solicitation.
3. Giving capacity.
Assessing a prospect's giving capacity is a crucial step towards identifying major gift candidates. As previously mentioned, one's giving capacity reflects their economic ability to donate.
As your team looks for individuals to provide the major gifts necessary to reach your fundraising goals, knowing how much a person can give helps you avoid leaving money on the table.
When developing detailed prospect profiles, your nonprofit should be looking for publically available wealth information to inform how you assess giving capacity, with fields including:
- Real estate holdings. If a prospect owns substantial real estate holdings, that's a good indicator that they would be able to donate a major gift. Real estate holdings can be accessed through municipal records as well as through house hunting websites like Zillow.
- Political contributions. Just as past philanthropic donations are a good indicator of a person's likelihood of giving to your nonprofit, past political donations can indicate a person's giving capacity.
Stock ownership. SEC filings are publicly available and can help your team determine the wealth of your major gift prospects. Similarly, if your prospect's stocks have just gone up in value, that can indicate that now is a good time to make your major gift ask.
Bonus! Assessing the giving capacity of potential donors is part of a larger subfield of prospect research called wealth screening.
The bottom line: It's not enough to simply know whether or not a donor is likely to support your organization. When securing major gifts, it's integral to know prospect's giving capacity.
4. Matching gift opportunities.
One specific area of interest when it comes to maximizing the impact of major gifts is identifying a prospect's matching gift eligibility in your donor dataset.
Many businesses offer gift matching to their employees when they make donations. If your nonprofit doesn't know which prospects work for businesses of have a gift matching program in place, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to augment a donor's major gift.
Some donors may know that their employers match philanthropic gifts, and some maybe unaware that such a program is in place. Even more might know about the program but not be aware of how to complete the corporate gift matching process.
For these reasons, your prospect research process should include some of the following procedures to maximize your knowledge of who to approach for major gifts:
- Segment by gift matching eligibility. Create lists of donors whose employers match gifts, and then use this data to better prioritize prospects for major gift solicitation.
- Identify gift matching deficits. Do very few of your prospects work for companies with matching gift opportunities? Perhaps it's worth reevaluating your prospect lists and expanding your search to include more matching gift eligible donors.
- Determine matching gift awareness. If you uncover that prospects eligible for gift matching are not aware of their eligibility, this can indicate that they will need direction in completing the gift matching process in order to maximize their major gift.
Bonus! Looking to boost matching gift results for your nonprofit? Visit 360MatchPro to learn more about automating the matching gift pipeline.
The bottom line: When a prospect's major gift is matched by their employer, that's a win-win for both your nonprofit and the donor. Be sure to segment prospect lists by matching gift eligibility to make the most of your supporters' donations!
Finding donors for your nonprofit's major gift needs depends upon diligent prospect research. With this guide in mind, your team is ready to get started. Good luck!


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December Concerts December 3, 3:00 pm Musica Sacra (Brett Scott, conductor) "Musica Sacra Christmas Concert" Galuppi: Magnificat in G major, B.II/61 Finzi: In terra pax (A Christmas Poem), op. 39 Holst: Christmas Day (Choral Fantasy on Old Carols)...read more
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Novbember Concerts November 4, 1-6 pm Cincinnati Boychoir "All-City Boychoir Festival" Once again, the Cincinnati Boychoir will welcome more than 300 boys from all over the tristate area to the Aronoff Center for the Arts to sing, play musical games, and...read more
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October Concerts October 14, 8:00 pm Xavier University (Robyn Lana and Jason Harris, conductors) "Xavier University Fall Choral Collage" Join the Xavier University choirs for their first performance of the new year with traditional works by Tallis, Byrd,...read more
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Now that the warm weather is here, pool days are going to be happening on a regular basis. One of my biggest pet peeves of pool season is keeping up with unwanted hair! Whether you shave or wax, it can be a bit of a pain to keep up with but so worth it! Waxing is not only great for the warm weather seasons but also for boudoir sessions! It's an easy way to get rid of all that unwanted hair. Here are a few tips for your waxing session.
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Twitter is allowing users to send direct messages to other users that don't follow them to make private message convos easier to set up. Advertisers will no doubt see this as a golden opportunity to push their wares.
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July 19, 2013 at 4:21 pm
Wish I could be there. :i
July 19, 2013 at 10:12 pm
me too but i'm almost never free. wish he would put pre-post of when these things would come up.
July 19, 2013 at 10:14 pm
oh and james do you think that you can put these things closer south.alyssa walch
August 2, 2013 at 10:25 am
before I looked at the draft for $4688, I didnt believe that…my… neighbours mother woz like they say realy bringing home money in there spare time from there computar.. there brothers friend haz done this for under 18 months and just now repayed the dept on their mini mansion and got a new Lotus Carlton. read more at, Kℯℙ2.ℂoℳKennyM
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July 20, 2013 at 7:32 pm
to what?- Prove your the biggest idiot ever to leave a comment on here, or first on you block to turn really gay? What exactly are you first at?KennyM
July 19, 2013 at 4:27 pm
I couldn't get off work in time, not enough notice. Can you please post you upcoming events and dates please so I can have enough time to request off? I cant wait to meet you again in person, keep up the amazing work! Whats your next event coming up?
July 19, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Man! I never get to meet James!
July 20, 2013 at 4:14 am
Me too/
Man, I wish he'd made a world tour someday.
July 19, 2013 at 5:25 pm
Are you gonna post the roast on here at some point? That was so incredibly funny!
July 19, 2013 at 5:38 pm
So is kyle justin officially the nintendo dork now?Breaks
July 19, 2013 at 6:59 pm
The audience is aweful and just disrespectful. Let them talk when they have the word. I know you are excited to see those 3 guys but god damn be polite. Those shouts were so annoying, they almost ruined this wonderful video for me.taykel
July 19, 2013 at 9:54 pm
Hey James! I wish a friend of mine and I could meet you in person one day. I have never been to gaming convention before and these panels you go to seem like a lot of fun, especially with Mike and Kyle. If anyone in northeast PA can put one of those conventions closer to where I live, that will be my dream come true! See you later in the next video!
July 19, 2013 at 10:23 pm
Nice! Thanks for posting this!Tommi Heikkinen
July 19, 2013 at 11:41 pm
Nathan rules! I think that the guys in Mario and Luigi costumes were actually the security, making sure that Nathan doesn't go full metal Apicary on the panel.
July 20, 2013 at 12:16 am
James, were you actually thinking of doing Wizard Of Oz around the time of Master Chu & The Drunkard Hu? I ask because the was when you first introduced Shit Pickle. Or did you make a mistake explaining the creation of Shit Pickle? I hope you can settle this discrepancy.
July 20, 2013 at 12:55 am
Shit Pickle Was a chaacter in The Wizard of Oz 3 Dorthy Goes To Hell. http://cinemassacre.com/2006/06/11/wizard-of-oz-3-dorothy-goes-to-hell-2006/
We had been working on that since college. Years before the Master Chu episode.
Shit Pickle originated in The Wizard of Oz 3.
July 20, 2013 at 1:13 am
Oh, I must've never caught that. Well now I gotta go do that. Thank Mike! : )David Bettencourt
July 20, 2013 at 3:45 am
Where was this from what city and event?Entrenaturaleza
July 20, 2013 at 5:10 am
The Three Finest……..
July 20, 2013 at 6:25 am
Damn Kyle can really sing. I love his absurd songs!
Good luck Kyle, maybe you will break through one day if you carry on like that..
July 20, 2013 at 9:46 am
I've never posted a comment before. I like the AVGN series. The movies James did as a kid and college student are bad except for cooking with stoney. I feel that AVGN series has lost it's charm and it feels forced. We are all waiting for the movie and I feel that should probably be the end. On the plus, Board James is great, I like all the old AND new movie reviews, top tens, the Bullshit series shorts are funny and can always continue on, James and Mike play is hit or miss but always watchable and Mike has a good thing going and I hope he continues with his own personal content. Also need I mention "Monster Madness"? Hopefully there will be always be continuance of that whether it's every year or not. Point in case AVGN is great and had a great run and I enjoy re-watching them, but there is less played out content to view on cinemassacre I will continue to check in for that content. And what the hell is Kyle Justin there for? I find the singing slightly amusing but I feel bad for him because it would seem he has nothing going on. I know his website doesn't work. Good Day.
Lukas Sprehn
July 20, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Alright, I didn't want to say this at first, but I must give in. I think we've had enough of these melancholic comments. Can't you just let James decide what's the end and what's not? And by the way, I don't know if you've noticed, but James IS working on Monster Madness for this year, he announced in at ScrewAttack, at his panel there.Lukas Sprehn
July 20, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Also, I think that AVGN has actually picked up its charm again after Ikari Warriors, slightly at least, and I found the Bill & Ted episode hilarious. Let's just see where it goes… on the other hand, I fear that James may have too many things going on… normally, a 1-2 production (here, James and Mike) can usually only cope with two programs that air regularly. But that's where we're fortuante that they recorded so much beforehand, and that AVGN is less frequent. Anyway, I can't wait to see what's next James 😀
July 21, 2013 at 10:16 am
I'm glad that someone responded. I more expected however that someone would agree with me. I agree about the Ikari Warriors episode, that one was good. I can accept that he is busy and the AVGN episodes potentially suffer from that. I was not aiming for melancholy, in fact my point was that there are other things that he is going forward with other than AVGN and my honest opinion is that I love to watch the videos he regularly up to…. 2011 is when James slowed the pace down I think? But i'd rather see some newer projects continue. I love the AVGN episodes and I've watched each one hundreds of times honestly, but the games he actually played as a kid are reviewed in the AVGN style. However the Mike and James play is a good transition and they could review classic games and new games, whatever you know? And yes I know about Monster Madness and I will be checking in every day of October, as well as every Tuesday all year to support James Rolfe and his works.
July 20, 2013 at 9:09 pm
The creative cycle is an interesting thing isn't it. It's like a band that starts of in a garage and works its way to international fame, and then, for this or that reason, their albums start to sound a little different, and everybody starts whining how they've lost it and how the old stuff was better and the new stuff sounds overproduced and all that. Now the worst thing the artist can do in that situation is to bow to popular demand and try to emulate the "old stuff", because there is no old stuff, that's what led their work to become stale in the first place, trying to replicate the old formula for success when in fact the old stuff wasn't based on a formula, it was an experiment, and everybody went along with it wanting to see what would come of it. Experiments are captivating, formulas aren'tculwin
July 21, 2013 at 2:31 am
So in other words, you like some things and there are other things you don't like.
Congratulations, you're just like every other person!
July 22, 2013 at 5:05 pm
No that would be a watered down, very glib, and incorrect assessment. If I were like every other person I suppose I would misinterpret what other people post as has happened to me here. I was trying to invoke something that didn't involve people coming after me because I minimally criticized a guy who makes internet videos. For fuck's sake he's not Ron Howard or anything you bunch of knuckle dragging troglodytes, learn how to read.Cyberxion
August 3, 2013 at 4:09 am
Nobody misinterpreted anything here, Mason. It doesn't matter that you spent several hundred words to say it, that's a perfect summation of your posts. You like some of James' stuff, and you dislike some of his other stuff. Good to know. Now tell us why the fuck anyone should care, and while you're at it, perhaps you can explain why you expected us to agree with you.
July 21, 2013 at 2:16 pm
Why don't you do us all a favor and never make another comment again. It's amazing to see the amount of people who come on this comment section to bitch and moan about the stupidest shit possible. This website offers free content, so you should be grateful you have the opportunity to watch everything for free at your leisure. Not only that, but James is also interactive with his fan base. Yet people still find excuses to bring him down and bash him. Don't be such a rude asshole.
July 22, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Why don't you go fuck yourself and come back with a real response instead of bashing me for my opinion. The problem here is that I actually said almost nothing but positive things. If you can't handle a little criticism, that isn't even directed at you by the way, your going to have a tough life kid.
July 22, 2013 at 9:04 pm
Yeah right go read your first comment again. All you did was say how AVGN has lost its charm and feels forced. Well you know what Ive been hearing that for the past 5 years and I'm sick of people saying it. If you don't like it, then don't watch it. I also hate how you try to tell James what to focus on when that is none of your business. The dude is balancing raising a family with building a career in the very tough world of show business. You didn't offer any valid criticism whatsoever, all you did was say that AVGN should end because you don't like it anymore.. That my friend is bullshit. btw Im replying to my own comment because it won't let me respond to yours.Cyberxion
August 3, 2013 at 4:18 am
Wow, you're really in love with the smell of your own farts, aintcha, Mason? So you have an opinion. Okay, so does everyone else. What the fuck makes yours so special, dude?
I believe that you should be welcome to express your here, and that James' work is free shouldn't it or him criticism. The problem I have with you is that you seem to be having a really difficult time accepting that people disagree with you. I feel like you really ought to get that shit sorted out before you venture out of your basement and into the real world, because that sort of smug self-importance is only gonna get you into trouble out there. People don't like people who behave like you either online or off, but out there you run the risk of getting your teeth knocked the fuck out.
So yeah, if for nobody's sake but your own, learn how to handle being disagreed with.
I find it deliciously ironic that a dick-hole who can't handle being disagreed with would dare school others on how to handle criticism.Cyberxion
August 3, 2013 at 4:20 am
Wow, you're really in love with the smell of your own farts, aintcha, Mason? So you have an opinion. Okay, so does everyone else. What the fuck makes yours so special, dude?
I believe that you should be welcome to express your opinions here, and that James' work is free shouldn't shield either it or him from criticism. The problem I have with you is that you seem to be having a really difficult time accepting that people disagree with you. I feel like you really ought to get that shit sorted out before you venture out of your basement and into the real world, because that sort of smug self-importance is only gonna get you into trouble out there. People don't like people who behave like you either online or off, but out there you run the risk of getting your teeth knocked the fuck out.
July 21, 2013 at 11:30 pm
From the newer episodes my favorite ones are Ikari Warriors and Ghosts 'n Goblins.Lukas Sprehn
July 20, 2013 at 12:25 pm
Any chance we'll be able to see the unabridged, full recorded panel? Has anyone in the audience done such a thing? I'd love to see that.Davoo
July 20, 2013 at 1:40 pm
*grabs my Volume 3 AVGN dvd*
July 20, 2013 at 2:03 pm
I meant to say volume 4. Any way, I can't find the easter egg anywhere on the dvd!
July 21, 2013 at 2:33 am
He said it on the interview panel video before this video.dpolsrod
July 26, 2013 at 5:50 am
I just did the same thing. Happy to report I found the easter egg by myself and heard the uncensored curse. Oh yeah, it's that bad. 😉
July 20, 2013 at 3:01 pm
Seriously Kyle Justin song is annoying and James Rolfe is right, The fans is tired of hearing him sing that annoying song from 7 years ago !
July 20, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Men under 14 years should not be allowed to have access. There are fans who sit on the other side of the world who wanted to ask good questions but who can not afford to travel half the land around and then we hear people who get James to shout 'destroyer'.
July 21, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Agreed about the 14 and under but your argument for it is retarded. They should not be allowed in because there are persons on the other side of the planet with better questions?? The definition of a "good" question is subjective. Stop being a retardjorsh zavala
July 20, 2013 at 8:26 pm
The perfect trio Right there.Calavera
July 20, 2013 at 11:28 pm
This makes me feel kind of bad for these guys. Think how much that sucks for James. He wants to be this big film maker and thinks he is so talented and then sees that 80 percent of his fans are age little kids. Nobody is asking any real questions, and it all looks so cheap, especially the Keith part. Not because he was bad. He is supposed to be this half retarded person and this kid is trying to ask him shit like "will you review a shitty master system game and number 2 do you own a 3DS? Also, "whats your favorite swear" come on you gotta be kidding. None of them would even swear because there all little kids in there. I hate the little brat shouting "what is it" talking about the bleeped swear. I'm not dissing James Mike or the guitar guy they did the best they could for having to answer a 6 year old kids question. And what was up with those shitty mario bros. costume! lol, looks like some straight up dolla general!
July 23, 2013 at 12:07 am
Hey!! I work at Dollar General, and I must say that every bit of merchandise that we sell is of much higher quality than those Mario Bros. costumes. Don't drag my employer through the mud like that, haha.CAFFEINEOVERDOSE
July 21, 2013 at 12:31 am
I smell the smelly smell of a
Dream Cast 2!!!!!!!
youtube it! Now! Dildo jamming nipple pintchers!!!SNES Freak
July 21, 2013 at 5:58 am
totally awesone!Ben_from_G-town
July 21, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Nice panel. There were some good questions and the Kyle Justin songs were great! It's neat to hear what you guys' thoughts are on current games, too.UnholySanctuary
July 21, 2013 at 9:37 pm
As always, a good watch. Kyle Justin never ceases to make me crack up hardcore.Thifurious
July 21, 2013 at 9:51 pm
Loved being there for this event! 😀Dan021
July 22, 2013 at 11:23 pm
Man it sucks to be in a different country, all my favorite stuff is in the US while im in Canada. Wish I could there guys! 😀 Also, can't they spruce the place a bit because god the wall was bland and awful XD Nice video guys!Dan021
July 22, 2013 at 11:31 pm
James, Mike and Kyle have lots of grown-up fans, I would have some much questions about the movie, the cinemassacre specials like 80sATHON but we werent there so… Maybe James could do some livestream sometimes so we all get a chance to talk with them.CubeDogAssassin
July 23, 2013 at 1:19 pm
I broke out all my ANGN DVD's but I only found the "Lester" easter egg… Anyone know how to find the "Godzilla" one James mentioned?
July 26, 2013 at 3:54 pm
All that talk about Godzilla in this made me wonder what James' thoughts are on that new upcoming American Godzilla movie.Cyberxion
August 3, 2013 at 4:25 am
That person's reaction to Mike's opinions about the XBox One was fucking horrendous. You'd have thought that Mike had spit in his (her?) face the way he (she?) got all defensive. That was embarrassing to say the least…K6CTX
August 5, 2013 at 2:07 am
Mike didn't seem too impressed by the guy with the Chick-fil-a bag.
August 7, 2013 at 10:59 am
August 7, 2013 at 11:00 am
Where was it
August 8, 2013 at 5:29 pm
A friend of mine was at that video game con promoting his indie game, a 2D puzzle based platformer. Heh we didn't see you there James, a shame 😛nammm3
August 13, 2013 at 2:12 am
That looked fun to be at, great video! Cool hearing Justin sing 3 of his popular AVGN songsBrennan Martinez
August 14, 2013 at 9:33 pm
If I was there, and I got picked to ask a question, I'd ask him why he doesn't have Mike Matei do the title cards at the beginning of the AVGN episodes anymore. Those were creative!Kellan Mackenzie
September 25, 2013 at 9:01 pm
James, please leave some notice on your website next time! I would love to meet you. You should come to some expos in Canada sometime, you have some big fans here!
December 10, 2013 at 7:13 pm
I would always play as Sonic in SSBB.
My favorite swear is also Cokadookey. or however you spell it.
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Rachel Christ is the new Director of Education for the Salem Witch Museum - She is focusing her work on improving and expanding educational information at Salem's most visited museum!
The Salem Witch Museum examines one of the most enduring and emotional events in American History...the Witch Trials of 1692. The main presentation is based on actual trial documents. Visitors experience the drama of that dark time though thirteen life-size stage sets, figures, lighting and a stirring narration as they are witness to the web of lies and intrigue of the Salem Witch Hunt.
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While it may sound cliché coming from a Director of Education, I have always loved, and felt extremely passionate about, learning and education. To me, to fall in love with learning is one of the most exciting and valuable passions a person could develop throughout their lifetime. From a creative standpoint, my work is entirely based around finding a way to make visitors fall in love with learning, to make history exciting and a little addicting. As such, I am always looking for new ways to present complex and serious history in a way that is accessible, engaging, and interesting to an audience of all ages, backgrounds, and educational experiences.
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Our museum offers two presentations, one focused on the Salem witch trials of 1692 and one that delves into how the image of a witch has changed and developed over time. Our second presentation delves into how witch hunts follow a pattern of human behavior, a pattern that continues again and again with different names, dates, and locations. I think the main way our museum contributes to the Creative Economy is by challenging our visitors to think beyond what they would classically associate with a witch or witch hunt. We are asking that our visitors take the lessons of 1692 and see them in a much broader light. As such, our hope is that visitors leave our museum with a new perspective and a desire to know more.
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The Salem Witch Museum is in the midst of a massive update. As we approach our 50th anniversary (which will take place in 2022), our museum is focusing on an enormous project to eliminate some of the antiquated aspects of our exhibits, provide a wealth of new information and resources, focus on growing our presence as an educational institution within Salem, and generally breathing new life into our museum. This project will include substantial changes to both our first and second exhibits, new educational materials that will be available, new acquisitions to a growing artifact collection, and many more extremely exciting projects.
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Julz World: My Name Is Julie & I'm A Chocoholic
By Julie Symons - former Napier journalist, current world traveller who now bases herself in Switzerland.
Hello, my name is Julie and I'm a chocoholic.
Don't laugh. It's a serious matter, as any fellow sufferer will tell you.
At the moment my addiction is under relative control. I've reduced my intake down to half a block a day. On a good day, I can get by on chocolate bikkies alone.
At the peak of my addiction however, I was fully, 100% obsessed with the creamy, melting, sweet sensation of chocolate. The richer, the better.
My every waking hour, my dreams, my every thought centred on my next fix. I'd close my eyes and chocolate would be firmly imprinted on my eyelids. I learned to pronounce it in numerous languages. I discovered ways to hide my secret supply so well meaning friends couldn't rescue me from my addiction – when they tried, I'd turn into a crazed maniac with raving, lunatic eyes.
It all started in Israel. A kibbutz diet is mostly sugar free; a kibbutz day is routine and dull. It's a sure-fire recipe for cravings. I rationed myself to one block a day, but only because I was broke. The cheapest stuff was the dark cooking chocolate that most people find repulsive. But my eyes would light up at the very thought of it.
Sometimes I wonder if my nose led me to Switzerland. This is surely one of the most expensive countries in the world. On the whole, groceries cost three times more than in New Zealand. The one thing that's affordable is chocolate. My cupboards are stocked with blocks of the cheap 55 centime (NZ 70c) supermarket brand stuff. But so, I might add, are most people's.
One of my favourite places in Switzerland is the Nestlé factory at Broc. This is the chocoholic's ultimate fantasy come true. After watching a 3-day movie on the making of chocolate, while staff pump the sweet scent into the room, you then wander past giant vats filled to the brim with smooth chocolate mixture. But the pièce de résistance is the totally orgasmic chocolate tasting room. My pupils dilate and my heart beats faster at the very mention of it. Plate after plate of different varieties – white chocolate, milk chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate with nuts – all crying out to be sampled. And all for free.
Switzerland's also home to what is surely the world's best gourmet invention: chocolate fondue. And it's healthy, truly, because you add pieces of fruit!
As with any addiction, chocoholics are often in denial. Personally I refuse to accept responsibility for my insatiable cravings by blaming my genes (Mum has a sweet tooth as well). Mostly though I accept I'm an addict, I just deny there's anything wrong with the fact.
Fortunately for me, I can eat as much sugar as I like without gaining an ounce of weight. I also console myself with the fact that without chocoholics like me, a lot of dentists would be out of work. Having said that, researchers in Japan have discovered that certain antibacterial parts of the cocoa bean actually stop dental decay. Unfortunately, these parts are usually wasted during chocolate production, but that doesn't stop me from telling anyone who'll listen that chocolate is actually good for your teeth. Or at least, it has the potential to be.
Then there's the age-old theory that the chemicals in chocolate are a good substitute for sex. It's the perfect food to mend a broken heart, excellent company, it doesn't answer back or go to the pub with its mates, and you can have a spur of the moment rendezvous with a block of chocolate without worrying about your hair, make-up and clothes.
But you know, all this talk about chocolate is making me hungry…
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