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The 2019 World Science Festival featured 60+ events, gathering great minds in science and art throughout New York City. We celebrated the 100th anniversary of the astronomical observations that confirmed Einstein's General Theory of Relativity with the powerful theatrical experience, Light Falls. Over 150 participants tackled some of science's toughest questions through eye-opening discussions, vibrant debates, mind-expanding explorations, insightful films, hands-on experiments, and outdoor events. We sat down to discuss the promise and perils of CRISPR with its co-discoverer and got up-close with an American legend and Apollo 11 Astronaut. NASA scientists took the stage to discuss traveling to Mars and we shed new light on black holes. Girls had the chance to tour women-run labs, and working biologists counted fish throughout the New York waterways. We explored the richness of time, the reality of reality, the intelligence of animals, and so much more.
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Analytical solution for the steady-state diffusion towards an inlaid disc microelectrode in a multi-layered medium
Issue date1997
Gavaghan, David J.
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The rigorous analytical expression for the steady-state diffusion-limited current produced by an electroactive species diffusing towards an inlaid disc electrode through a multi-layered medium (such as the membrane covered sensor) is presented. This theoretical approach reformulates the problem in terms
of a dual integral equation and takes full account of the edge effect that one-dimensional formulations cannot include. The solution is found by solving a linear system of equations where the entries of the matrix are integrals involving Bessel functions, and can be easily and quickly computed with standard software such as Mathematica. Comparison of this analytical solution (corresponding to the axisymmetric geometry) with previous models (linear, spherical and mixed) for the membrane-covered gas sensor allows us to demonstrate the restricted ranges of applicability of these previous models. Through a variety of approximations, we show that it is possible to obtain accurate estimates of the current (also valid for liquid samples) using very simple expressions, which in turn allows procedures such as the fast estimation of a medium permeability. The model can be easily extended to any number of parallel layers with a variety of boundary conditions in the interface or layer furthest away from the insulator plane; thus some interesting limiting cases are analysed (such as the validity of ignoring a very thin layer next to the electrode or the unattainability of steady-state just by horizontal radial diffusion).


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WINNECONNE, Wis. -- The old saying goes that it's not how often you fall, it's what you do once you get back up.
Lawrence University cross country star Josh Janusiak was tripped up in the first 1,000 meters of Saturday's NCAA Division III Championships, but the senior from South Milwaukee, Wis., recovered to finish 32nd and earn All-America honors.
Janusiak covered the 8,000-meter layout at Lake Breeze Golf Course in 24:55.3. Dvruvil Patel of North Central (Ill.) College won the race in 24:24.5, and his team also captured the title.
"It was my goal to be an All-American in cross country since I started here at Lawrence, and given the circumstances, I'm proud of how I persevered and never gave up," said Janusiak, who was making his second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships.
Janusiak found himself in a tangle of runners very early in the race.
"It was surreal at the biggest meet of my running career that I end up trapped under a pile of 10 or so runners for five to 10 seconds," Janusiak said. "I'm really proud that I was able to work my way back to All-American. It was the most mentally and physically difficult thing I've ever done."
Janusiak becomes just the second runner in Lawrence history to earn All-America honors in cross country. The first was Lawrence Hall of Famer Jim Miller, who finished 12th back in 1978. Janusiak was also the top finisher from the Midwest Conference. The closest league runner was Cornell College's Mason Wicker, who finished 36th.


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It's true! And not because I am pregnant…
As I prepare myself and my family for a move half way across the country, I have started to realize what big changes we are facing and how this lines up with the support needed during pregnancy and childbirth. There are definite and distinct similarities and as the date draws closer and tensions rise, I think my whole family could use a little doula-ing. Especially me!
So I ask myself – what support would I be offering a client?
First and foremost, remembering to breathe. Moments of anxiety can creep up when thinking about all of the unknowns ahead. Dynamics between family members can become unpredictable as everyone is dealing with a huge array of emotions on a daily basis. It does me well to remember to slow down for a moment and take some deep breaths to calm and ground myself.
Planning for the unknown. As much as I like to consider each and every logistical aspect of our travels, my partner has to remind me not to over plan! There is something to be said maintaining a sense of adventure and being ok with not knowing what is ahead. I want a doula to tell me what life will be like, to reassure me that it's all going to be alright, that we are not making a mistake by deciding to uproot our family and seek new ground to settle on. Can anyone tell me what the future holds? I know, I know – I can only take each step and each moment as it comes, allow space for things to evolve and take shape as they need to, and accept help when it is offered.
Feel all the feelings. There sure are a lot of them. Each person in my family shows different emotions bubbling to the surface every day. And what about those that are brewing beneath the surface? I know that it does no one any good to keep them suppressed. I know that emotions are like water – they simply must flow somewhere. I am trying to let there be space for them all, to validate what comes up and to keep the lines of communication open.
I can do this. We can do this.
Wait… did I just doula myself?
I have the sneaking suspicion that I will have to do that more than once in the coming months.
Wish us luck! You can now find me through Toronto Family Doulas.


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The #MeToo campaign placed a necessary spotlight on sexual abuse and rape. The #MeAt14 campaign followed on its heels after politician Roy Moore was accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old when he was 32 and district attorney. The point of the latter campaign was to show what 14 looked like, reminding everyone that a 14-year-old cannot legally consent in any state.
However, there were problems with the #MeAt14 campaign that I sensed but couldn't identify for days. Women posting pictures of themselves at 14 and telling what they were interested in during that time in life was powerful. It drew attention to how serious the allegations against Moore were, an important accomplishment since he somehow still has defenders.
Why, then, did this campaign leave me with a sinking feeling?
I stumbled across an article in the Washington Post and immediately saw part of the problem. While most girls were posting pictures of themselves with phrases about being carefree and waiting to get their braces off, a slew of already-abused girls were underrepresented. The pictures of innocence and carefree living weren't real for girls who had already been preyed upon by the age of 14. They couldn't put up a picture of their young virginal selves because that reality had already been taken from them.
Purity culture, an unfortunate sub-culture within religious establishments that I am all too familiar with, leaves these women on the sidelines, much like the #MeAt14 campaign unintentionally did. As a woman who survived multiple rapes during her teen years, Elizabeth Smart said her upbringing in the purity culture made being repeatedly raped even harder to endure. "After that first rape, I felt crushed. Who could want me now?" she said, pointing out the dangers of equating a woman's worth with her status as a virgin.
The other problem with the campaign hit me the day after reading the Washington Post article. It wasn't only problematic for those who had already been sexually assaulted or raped by the age of 14. It was also problematic for girls who weren't innocent, as many described themselves in the #MeAt14 campaign, by choice.
I knew girls who fit the image of the nerd who was listening to New Kids on the Block and trying to record songs from the radio onto cassette without getting any of the commercials. Some version of that saccharin-sweet image appeared constantly as the #MeAt14 campaign rolled out.
I also knew girls at 14 who were giving blow jobs after school. These girls didn't seem to be represented at all in the campaign, even though they also shouldn't have been preyed on by a 32-year-old district attorney. The sexual desires and perceived innocence of girls aren't factors when we're talking about rape.
This campaign, though well-intentioned, played into the idea that "good women don't get raped," a belief that Yolanda Moses, anthropologist and consultant for preventing sexual assault, says is prevalent in our society. It's a major reason that women adopt the approach of looking innocent, don't talk about masturbation, and don't express their desires. Exploring those issues is normal and expected for boys, but they aren't largely welcome topics coming from girls.
This is especially true of women who have been raped or sexually assaulted. There's an instinctive need to appear like sex doesn't cross our minds, that we didn't do anything to "deserve" what happened to us. Moses says "society tends to blame victims," and it's easy to look across the landscape today and see how true that statement is.
The world has a problem with girls who want: they don't fit into the desired view of female innocence that is still seemingly necessary in order to cultivate sympathy when a woman is harmed. When a woman accuses a man of sexual assault or rape, people try to cast her as a girl who just might have sexual desires and who just might have had consensual sex at some point before being forced to do it against her will, as if these are horrendous acts comparable to her attacker's decision to rape her.
What would be the reaction if women actually stepped forward and said they want and that they figured out how to want at a young age? Those women know instinctively that they will not be listened to when sex is forced on them because, in the eyes of many, to express sexual desire means giving up the right to say no.
What do we do for our girls?
Girls need support, and psychoanalyst and author Joyce McFadden says that moms not talking about sex with their daughters can be life-changing in all the wrong ways. She's found that grown daughters "felt resentful that, without support, their sexuality couldn't be assimilated into their sense of self like other facets of living could, like their intellect, creativity, kindness or athleticism."
We give our girls permission to be anything they want in most cases, but we still don't want to talk to them about sexual desires and where that fits into their lives. McFadden confirms that the consequences are many, because daughters will not likely turn to their mothers for support after sexual abuse or rape if the conversations about bodies and desires aren't taking place under normal conditions. McFadden said that the daughters "reasoned, if my mother couldn't even talk to me about normal sexual stuff she certainly won't be able to handle being there for me around sexual complications or traumas."
What can we say and do to help our girls express desire and give them permission to come to us when they are harmed? Here are some ideas.
Talk about sex like it's a good thing
Every parent is going to come at sex talks from a different place based on their values and religious beliefs. It's still universal that sex can, in fact, be awesome.
No matter what we are telling our girls about sex, we don't need to forget to let them know that it's okay to have desires, to be excited about sex when it's the right time, and to feel free to ask every question on the planet.
We also need to eliminate the idea of what Shulamit Almog and Karin-Carmit Yefet call the "humiliation scale." This scale rewards girls who engage in sex that is considered acceptable for their gender and seeks to humiliate those who step out of line. It's a way to keep girls who want to talk about sexual desires in line and, unfortunately, silent.
Don't make girls the gatekeepers
The words that seeped into my brain when I was younger stuck, and they've resurfaced lately. They aren't pretty. As a child and teen, I heard:
- Women might not get raped if they dressed modestly.
- That guy has three kids by three different women. When will these girls stop spreading their legs?
- Boys can't stop. They get turned on, and if a girl lets them go too far, they can't stop themselves.
- Normal girls don't want sex. Boys are the horny ones.
That's a lot of responsibility for girls. Females aren't supposed to want, plus they are supposed to keep men's desires in check at all times. That leaves very little room for girls to talk about and understand their own desires. It also paints men as uncontrolled animals with a testosterone overdose, an unfair depiction and a cop-out.
Don't make girls the gatekeepers for boys or men. Don't ever make them feel like if something happens and they come for help, they are going to be questioned about their roles in their own rapes or abuse.
Don't give permission for others' bad behavior
There are always going to be people who believe women constantly lie about being raped, that they somehow ask for it, or that what they wear or how they act means they deserve their fates. Speak truth boldly in the face of these lies.
There are times to let people agree to disagree, but this isn't one of them. Speak up and speak out to help others understand the absurdity of their words and the thought processes behind them. Whether or not minds are changed, it's important to put the truth out in the open so people who choose to be willfully blind won't have any excuses. We need our girls to see us stand up for what is right so they will know we take no part in a mindset that says they deserve to be harmed.
The #MeAt14 campaign wasn't bad, but like many things we try to do to prove we shouldn't be victims of sexual assault, it put the pressure back on women to provide innocent pictures with innocuous anecdotes to safeguard them from judgment. Moore should have been the one on the defense, not women, even those who were thinking about more than Caboodles and getting perms at the age of 14. When we're living in a world where a woman is comfortable saying she loves sex and people still understand this in no way gives someone the right to force her into sex, we'll be making real progress.


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Trump says United States "will take additional action" in Syria
Residents said warplanes returned to bomb them on Friday and Saturday. After the United States launched cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base alleged to have launched a deadly poison gas attack on Syrian civilians, Trump administration officials said they were prepared to take further actions if necessary.
Asia stocks slip amid N. Korea concerns, dollar up on Mnuchin comments
Trump Family Pulls Off First White House Easter Egg Roll
Trump's son-in-law meets Iraq's PM with top US military officer
Argentine soccer fan dies after attack and fall over stadium's edge
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Trump alleges tax return protests were 'paid'I think that this time we just have someone who doesn't keep his word. It's the same thing that was discussed during the campaign trail. I'm under a routine audit, and it will be released. Although it's not legally required for a president to release his or her tax returns, all presidents in the last 40 years have done so. Asked what she suspected was in them, Turner replied: "Maybe something to do with Russian Federation?" Trump repeatedly promised to release his returns during the ...
French say imminent "terror attack" thwartedPARIS (AP) Security concerns shook France's presidential campaign Tuesday as authorities announced arrests in a thwarted attack on the eve of the vote, and candidates urged tougher counterterrorism efforts for a country already under a state of emergency.
Kay Ivey takes Alabama governor's seat after Bentley scandalThe husband of Rebekah Mason, the alleged mistress to former governor Robert Bentley , is one of the first to lose his state job in the changing of the guards. "Though I have sometimes failed, I've always tried to live up to the high expectations the people place on the person who holds this esteemed office".
Pence: US won't rest until N. Korea gives up nuclear weaponsAdvocates for the TPP, negotiated by former President Barack Obama, said it would have dramatically reduced tariffs on USA goods and opened new markets. Pence told Abe that the US administration is determined to work with Japan, China and South Korea on the issue to find a resolution, and that all options are on the table.
Two terror suspects arrested in Marseille, guns are foundMacron and conservative candidate Francois Fillon have pledged more robust counterterrorism efforts, but remain committed to Europe's open borders. The men, born in 1993 and 1987, of French nationality, had the intention of committing an attack on French soil within the next few days, he said.
Turkey's main opposition says to formally seek annulment of referendumOpposition parties complained of a number of irregularities in the voting, including an electoral board decision to accept as valid ballots that did not bear the official stamp. Monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, who also listed numerous problems, said the move undermined important election safeguards.
Five US states launch manhunt for suspected Facebook killerIn a rambling video, Steve Stephens said, "I snapped, I just snapped". Osofsky said Facebook disabled Stephens' account "within 23 minutes of receiving the first report about the murder video, and two hours after receiving a report of any kind".
Cleveland police hunt for man who streamed fatal shooting on Facebook LiveThis story has been corrected to show the name of the victim is Robert Godwin Sr., not Goodwin. Stephens is a member of the assertive community treatment team at Beech Brook , a mental health organization in northeast OH, a spokesperson for his employer said.
Dancing David Ross does it againFrom there, we found out that Normani & Val were safe, which seemed correct. Erika and Gleb had to dance immediately after finding out they were in jeopardy. Julianne called it "conceptually gorgeous", and Carrie Ann said it was "epic" and "perfection". If you did we have them all, right here for you! Nancy Kerrigan didn't know what to expect when she chose to share her fertility struggles with the world .
Iraqi police accuse IS of chemical weapons attack in MosulDrones are being used to locate and direct air strikes on the militants who are dug in the middle of civilians, he said . Iraqi government forces, backed by United States advisers, artillery and air support, have cleared the east of Mosul and half of the west and are now focused on the Old City.
Turkey referendum: European Union urges Ankara to probe illegal vote claimsThe U.S. State Department said it had taken note of the European monitors' concerns and looked forward to a final report, urging the Turkish government to protect the rights and freedoms of all citizens, however they voted. Birol Akgun, a political scientist, told Al Jazeera that the ruling AK Party now faces expectations following the vote to fulfill its promises of stability and security, and to implement changes following a divisive campaign.


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After a few months they could be seen cuddling together in Murphy's favorite spot- the window box. Everyone would joke that Murphy just didn't realize that Boo was there, but he knew. They had become buddies.
Boo, like the rest of my family, was so sad when Murphy died. He would roam around the house looking for him, but he was still only 2 years old. I thought he would eventually forget..
A long time later when Boo and I were getting ready to go to sleep he walked to the edge of my bed and let out a long sad howl. Something he'd never done before and hasn't done since. I really think he was missing his friend.
Boo's ears still perk up at the sound of Murphy's name. <3
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Awww that is the sweetest thing ever. I'm sure Boo thinks of his bud everyday.ReplyDelete
What a sweet story. I'm so attached to my pup. That'll be me when she passes away. I'll be a mess. xo, rvReplyDelete
aww this is such a sweet story of the two of them.. how sad too that he still misses Murphy :/ poor little Boo.ReplyDelete
Aww so sweet& sad at the same time. Especially since my old fart is getting up there in age, too!ReplyDelete
It's so crazy (and I love it) how emotionally similar we are to dogs. They are the most similar to us out of any other animal- emotionally. That's probably why we get along so well. This story was so sweet, and breaks my heart. Also makes me miss my Pixie. I need a dog...ReplyDelete
Such a sweet little story. His buddy isn't around anymore. I don't think we realize how much a puppy can miss somebody.ReplyDelete
my baby turns 14 in a couple of months and i can't believe how time flies. he hasn't lost a family member but whenever one of his girlfriends' names is mentioned he definitely remembers and gets so excited - even though they are long gone...he is all about the ladies :)ReplyDelete
Aw!! This is so sweet!!ReplyDelete
aw murphy was so cute, i love that picture of him & boo. Dogs definitely have some sort of 6th sense, they're pretty intelligent :)ReplyDelete
Katie x
<3 The sweetest/saddest thing ever.ReplyDelete
That left me with a lump in my throat... so beautiful and sweet!ReplyDelete
Have a lovely weekend!
Much love, Bailey from Vanilla Blonde
aw, this is just the sweetest post. dogs are just the best. and they always remember. such a precious picture!ReplyDelete
xo TJ
aww, this made me tear up. i'm not looking forward to the day i have to face that situation. my two are completely bonded & i don't know that they would know what to do without each other.ReplyDelete
- Marissa McCayOctober 23, 2011 at 3:45 PM
this was so sweet, sarah! I miss murphy too :( he was the greatest white dog everReplyDelete


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Renfre is a Spanish railway company based in Madrid which operates both passengers and freight services. It is a fairly new company only being founded in 2005 by the government of Spain, it is stately owned and the only company of its type within the country.
If you are planning to travel regionally within Spain or even across to a neighbouring country Renfre would most probably serve those routes and serve them cheaper than any air carrier.
I took this train a lot in my "France-Spain travels 2017" for many different destinations. Firstly my Marseille to Barcelona train was an SNCF-Renfre cooperation, then it was Renfre train for all my Barcelona to Pamplona, Pamplona to Zaragoza and Zaragoza to Barcelona trips.
Booking for these trains is simple, just like anywhere in the world just go to either their webpage or a third party websites such as trainline.eu and others alike. Renfre has plenty of destinations and plenty of journeys within the day to choose from, so timing your trip isn't too difficult. Once you have chosen your journey you will also be able to choose your preferred seat, there are forward facing, rearward facing, window and aisle seats to choose from with no extra charge. Tickets are instantly available, you can print them after check out or even print them out in the many ticket machines available at the stations.
At the stations all procedures were the same, and weren't much different than if you were to go on your local train. As long as you have your ticket come at the correct time (advised 2 minutes before departure) to get on your train, as simple as that. However there is a small ticket inspection, before being allowed onto the platform which is usually open only 5-10 minutes before departure. There is no point arriving one hour or half an hour early as boarding only happens a short while before departure time. No special checks are performed and no extra documents needed, even on my Marseille to Barcelona train there was no additional checks and no immigration control needed.
All of the trains I took were similar, the arrangements, seating's and services whether out of the country or regional journeys. There were plenty of leg room and space to move around, huge tables (larger than aircraft tables) are also available in front of every seat here your laptop can fit with many more room available for drinks ect. Every seat also have sockets for laptops or phones which is a big plus in my opinion, there is just many amenities on the seats which add to the comfort of passengers. Away from the seats there is a café/bar where you can buy food and drinks, on my Marseille to Barcelona journey the café was huge in a modern carriage however in the regional journeys it looks as if it was just vending machines. All food was very expensive with coke costing 2.80 euros and sandwiches costing 5 euros. Huge luggage storage space near the doors were available and there is a place for smaller bags above your seats. There was also many toilets available some carriages have one and others may have two. Toilets were relatively clean, and didn't smell as bad as I thought it would. The carriages itself were more or less new, it was well illuminated and had large windows to enjoy the nice landscapes. Renfre was good in punctuality and only got delays once in while but not too much to affect any plans maybe 10 minute happen but not frequently.
Overall I enjoyed my journeys with Renfre, the ease of bookings, the comfort of their trains and the punctuality were of high standards. The scenic views of France and Spain were huge plus marks and something you are unable to see on an airline. Renfre trains are longer than taking flights, however much cheaper. Trains are also more frequent than flights so planning journeys are easier, journeys also go direct to the centre of cities whereas airports are outskirts where you would need to travel in to reach central.


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Jeff Wieringa (JW), business manager for 3M Scientific Anglers and a long-time fly fishing industry insider, has been appointed to fill a vacant position on AFFTA's Board of Directors. JW's appointment was effective January 6 and will run though the September business meeting when JW and any other interested and qualified AFFTA member will run for election.
AFFTA Nominating Committee Chairman David Heller with Ross Reels USA/Ross Worldwide noted that Jeff is well know by members of the industry and committed to allocating whatever time is necessary to be a contributing member of the board. Wieringa is passionate about growing the sport and helping the IFTD show to have the same level of success it had in the "glory days". He is exactly the type of professional we need on the Trade Development Committee.


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hirty years after the rape-murder of his childhood girlfriend Coleen Brennan in his West Side Chicago neighborhood—a crime for which a retarded African-American man was executed—young Latino cop Bobby Vargas finds himself accused of the killing.
Meanwhile, Coleen's twin sister Arleen, an actress, is targeted by criminal elements after fatally shooting a member of the Korean mafia on a police sting she was forced into by Bobby's older brother Ruben, also a cop. Bobby's and Arleen's chances of survival: not great. Doing for the Windy City what
The Wire
did for Baltimore and James Ellroy's novels did for Los Angeles, this book uncovers with sardonic intensity the deep and seemingly irreversible connections between crime, politics, business and tabloid journalism. Chicago is re-bidding for the 2016 Olympics (Rio, which won the bid in real life, has dropped out in the novel), meaning the City Hall will do anything to protect its image. With star crime reporter Tracy Moens on the prowl for juicy exposes for the fictional Chicago Herald, that's going to take some doing. Hardly a page is turned in this headlong melodrama without someone getting threatened, beat up, shot, killed or, in Bobby's case, framed for the abuse of a 7-year-old "peewee gangster." Even with matters of life and death playing out around him, Bobby, a blues-guitar aficionado since a childhood encounter with Howlin' Wolf, is desperate not to blow an opportunity to perform with the legendary Memphis Horns. Arleen is equally desperate not to ruin her odds-on chance of winning the role of Blanche DuBois in a major revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" (opposite Judd Law!). In the midst of all the violence and madness, these career concerns seem unrealistic. But in fiction as audaciously dialed up as this, a little more fantasy can't hurt.
Following up
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I have seen The Jungle Book twice. The first time I saw the film it was in the best possible movie theater available to me (you can read about my experience here) and then I had the privilege to screen the film during the world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre. Since I've come back from Los Angeles the main question I've received from my friends (many of whom are parents with young children like mine) as well as First Time Mom fans is if the movie is appropriate for their child.
Can my child(ren) see the new The Jungle Book in the theater?
It's honestly a challenging question to answer; every child is different and what a child can handle really is an individual decision that you as the parent must make. Growing up my sister and I had very different tastes in movies. I have a vivid imagination and will often dream about a movie that I see if it's disturbing to me. Because of this, I have only watched one of the Harry Potter movies. My sister, who is younger than me, has seen all of them. Yes, she essentially screens movies like that for me. As I've aged and matured (hopefully I've matured!) I've been able to watch more on TV and on the theater screen. I probably could watch all of the Potter movies and perhaps I will but at the time they were releasing the movies I was a teenager and in college. My overly active imagination would have run wild with the images on the screen, therefore, Laura, felt that it would be better to not watch the movies. Here's what I suggest:
Age 7 years and older
My oldest, The Boy, is seven-years-old and I do feel that this is an age appropriate movie for him. He has seen many of the Star Wars movies as well as a few other very visual films. With enough prepping in what to expect he is able to separate the fictional characters and plot on the screen with reality. There are a few intense scenes in The Jungle Book and many of those have Shere Khan in them. He's the villain of the story after all plus he's a tiger out for vengeance and that paired with the extremely well done CGI effects makes for realistic fight scenes. King Louie is also not the King Louie of the animated Disney film and there is a chase scene with the King that is also intense.
What I want for The Boy to learn: I want for him to recognize the value in family, even if that family doesn't look the same; family sticks together and fights for each other. I also want for him to see how Mowgli throughout the movie learns to fight for his place in the Indian jungle. It's his home, he may be different from his friends but he accepts himself for who he is and embraces that. He stands up to Shere Khan and demands for the tiger to let him stay in his home.
Age 6 years and younger
If you have a child who is age six or younger my suggestion is what screen the movie first. Again, this all comes back to how each child is different. My middle daughter, Pippy, will be five-years-old in June and she is far braver when it comes to watching movies than her two and a half years older brother, The Boy. She desperately wants to see the movie. Both kids have watched the trailers and featurettes countless times and obviously since I went to Los Angeles for the world premiere they are just as excited for the movie as I am. Pippy will be seeing the movie. Sure she's going to hide her face every once and a while during the film but I will be sitting down with her before we go to explain to her how the movie was made. During my interview with Neel Sethi, the amazingly talented actor who plays "Mowgli", my son wanted me to ask if there were any scenes during filming that scared him. His answer was that there really wasn't because he was only ever 30 inches off of the ground. He wasn't acting with real live animals, he was acting with puppets and using his imagination. I've explained this to my kids several times so they understand both the beauty in how the film was created as well as the technology used to create the very real looking scenes.
What I want for Pippy to learn: I want for her to see how strong and gentle, Mowgli's mother, Rhaksha (voiced by the talented Lupita Nyong'o), is. Plus, I want for her to see all of the lessons that I hope my son sees.
Age 4 and under
My youngest will be two-years-old in May. I will not be taking her to see the movie. Her brain isn't developed enough to understand CGI, imagination, real verses fiction, etc. Plus, there's no way she'd sit through an entire movie in a theater! My nephew will be three-years-old in July and his daddy showed him the trailer for the movie. He is obsessed with all things Jungle Book now as well as Shere Khan. I'm not sure what my sister intends on doing; I know she will be going to see the movie first and most likely she'll decide after viewing it whether or not his little three-year-old brain can handle it.
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Bottom line: I can't tell you whether or not it's appropriate for your child to see the movie. I, unfortunately, don't know you personally and I don't know your child. My suggestion is to see the movie first (and yes, it must be in the theater) and then you can decide what to do.
Tidbits for the Grown-Ups & Why This is a Must-See Movie
We all grew up with the animated classic The Jungle Book and for many seeing the remake, a live action remake by Disney, seems sacrilegious. I personally didn't love the animated film; I liked it, don't get me wrong, but I was more of a Disney Princess girl. Sleeping Beauty was my jam. After seeing The Jungle Book twice now, I much prefer this version. Here's why:
There are hints of the animated classic.
And the way director Jon Favreau has intertwined the story we know from the animated movie with Rudyard Kipling's story is beautifully done. There is a richness and depth (like finally understanding why Shere Khan hates Mowgli so much) to Favreau's film that just didn't there in the animated film.
You have the same characters as the animated film, however, they feel more developed. Bagheera and Mowgli have a tender and deep relationship in this version whereas the animated film always made me feel like Begheera was annoyed with Mowgli. Baloo is still the comedic escape but with a little more swindler in him than silliness; yet when the time comes to save his friend, Mowgli, he steps up multiple times. Raksha and Aklea, the wolves who take Mowgli in as their own, have a more important role in this version and it really adds a level of humanity to the film. Shere Khan is played brilliantly by Idris Elba and you truly end up hating him.
King Louie is gigantic and contrary to his animated character is not quite as silly. Kaa's eyes…there are still there and just as hypnotizing as the animated film!
While the film is not classified as a musical, remnants of those iconic songs are still present. In fact, after seeing one of the versions, Favreau's wife encouraged him to add a song to the movie. She insisted that he just simply could not have the live action film without including the song. I'll let you figure out which one it was and then you come back and guess.
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In with the new.
Favreau did a beautiful job of keeping the characters, scenes and even songs that we associate with The Jungle Book but he also added a few new things. I'm not going to tell you them all but here are a few things to be looking for:
- This little fella – Mr. Pangolin. He has a minor role in the film but he has majorly stolen my heart. Pangolins are the most illegally poached mammals in the world – even more than elephants and rhinos combined. They are used for their scales in Asia for status, food, Eastern medicine and clothing. It may seem like a simple, solution, just capture a few and help them breed under protection in a zoo, however, that doesn't work for pangolins. They are solitary creatures, nocturnal and shy. They have not survived in captivity nor have they been able to reproduce while in captivity. They're really very sweet harmless creatures and currently have very limited laws that are protecting them let alone the resources and awareness to enforce those laws. For more information and to get involved visit IFAW's website. So be on the lookout during the film for Mr. Pangolin, the adorable walking artichoke-looking mammal!
- There is one prop that Favreau told us he wished he would've taken from the set. If you know your Saturday Night Live history you'll figure out which prop it was.
- The ending is not similar to the animated film's ending at all. I like the live-action ending better.
The Jungle Book opens TODAY in theaters everywhere! Get thee to the theater and see the film, with your kids or without. Either way I'm claiming that The Jungle Book is a theater viewing movie so don't miss it.
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It had been a few years since we'd last spent an evening with the Bunnymen, so a chance to hear the whole of the classic "ocean rain" was too tempting to resist...
Cast in 80s shadow, Ian pulled off a great set, with a warm up section of songs including bedbugs and ballyhoo, never stop and rescue.
After a short intermission (toilet break for an aging audience?), ocean rain was performed... epic!
A couple of encores followed the album recital, with nothing lasts forever, lips like sugar and the cutter completing a fantastic evening.
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[Series] Considering the Church in Corinth in the 21st Century (pt. 3)
[Speaker] Pastor Gary Freel
[Date] 2/3/19
[Scripture Reference] 1 Cor. 2:1-5
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We visited Wat Thepnimint at 7:30 in the morning.
It was a busy morning with the Monks in the temple praying and the local people waiting patiently to give their gifts, inside the temple with the monks, making small offerings outside and buying breakfast from the numerous motorbike stalls.
Then the monks emerged from the Wat. I do feel blessed simply visiting a Wat and visiting a Wat is a must for all people visiting Phuket.
Gifts are given to the monks as they walk round.
Then the gifts are loaded into a truck behind, hung on the bolts, flowers place on the front seat and it works seamlessly well - beautiful.
Then it was time to complete;
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3: the lighting of the candles (for people who have passed way?)
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5: the pouring of the blessed water over the small Buddha statue placed at the front
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In this guide, you will learn how to get set up and start working with Datasmith for Unreal Engine 4 (UE4). This guide covers the following topics:
Prerequisite: Before you try downloading or installing anything, make sure that you've signed up for the free Unreal Studio beta. Visit the Unreal Studio site and click Get the Free Beta Now.
If you've already completed some of steps listed below, you can skip on to the sections that are relevant to you.
Installing Unreal Engine 4
To get started installing Unreal Engine 4, start by following this How-To guide for Installing Unreal Engine 4. It shows you how to do the following:
When you're ready to install Unreal Engine 4, go to the Library tab of the Epic Games Launcher.
Click the + button next to the Engine Versions heading:
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Show Reviews
In The Night Garden Live – A Celebrity Favorite
In The Night Garden is probably the only lullaby-filled children's TV programme that has almost cause a parental riot. Why? Because when CBeebies once moved the tots' favourite – featuring the adventures of Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and friends – from its bedtime slot to an earlier one, it prompted parent petitions, outrage, and a swift u-turn from the BBC.
Igglepiggle and co returned to their popular evening slot, and they've remained there ever since: In the Night Garden is the BAFTA award-winning series that's been one of the Beeb's most-watched shows for a whopping 12 years. Only 100 episodes were ever made – so toddlers and their parents around the country will be elated that, following 2010's sell-out live touring show, In the Night Garden Live is coming to Blackpool's Grand Theatre with a brand-new show and a brilliant new story to tell this September.
It's part of a tour of 40 regional theatres which promises to thrill toddlers and their parents or grandparents: there's a reason celebrities including singers Adele and Robbie Williams, Rio Ferdinand, Billie Piper, Scott Mills and Amanda Holden are amongst those who have flocked to see In the Night Garden Live.
But it's the puppets on stage who are the stars of this show. Whilst the average grown-up might watch In the Night Garden and see a strange plot of cuddly characters apparently speaking gobbledegook to a soporific backdrop, it's all sophistically-tailored linguistics to captivate pre-schoolers. Andrew Davenport, the show's creator, explains: "The characters speak almost entirely in play language, which is hugely important to language development. Children recognise the nursery rhyme silliness of it, they love the funny language and characters, and the attention to detail that's within them, and they love the whole fantasy of the Night Garden world – but I think, at the end of it, that it's the comedy that draws them in."
It might be all about having fun, but the makers of In the Night Garden Live took the responsibility of putting on what will be a lot of the audience's first trip to a theatre very seriously. As Oliver Seadon, producer of In the Night Garden Live, puts it: "It's such a heart-meltingly brilliant thing to hear the hysteria when Igglepiggle first appears on stage in front of his little fans – there's a sort of glow of happiness throughout the theatre. In their minds he exists – he's real – and they're all so excited to see him.
"Making shows for two-year-olds is brilliant – they're so vocal when you get it right (and when you get it wrong). My favourite ever clip that one parent shared on social media after seeing In the Night Garden Live had her two year old repeating over and over 'Mummy, it's amazing. Wow, it's amazing. It's amazing.' I think she says it around fifteen times! As a theatre producer you can't really wish for a better review than that."
To guarantee that reaction with the latest show, the producers called in world-renowned theatrical experts to create the show, which is written by Bing Live writer Helen Eastman, with the puppets' costumes designed by Tahra Zafar. A costumier, puppet and animatronics expert whose career spans the blockbuster Harry Potter and Star Wars films, Zafar even worked with the Queen on her first (and only) acting role, as she was head of costumes at the 2012 London Olympics and Elizabeth II starred in the Opening Ceremony. Yet ask the creative whiz what character she's most proud of working on in her three-decade-long career, and the answer isn't Hermione or Obi Wan-Kenobe – it's Upsy Daisy.
The always-happy dolly with red, pink and yellow hair who Zafar helped create for the original In the Night Garden TV show is, she explains, "just smashing. She's a girl character who avoids the usual stereotypes – she isn't overly bossy, or stuffed with props".
Working on Upsy Daisy was Zafar's first job after maternity leave with her now 14-year-old – "so the character is a bit like my other daughter," she laughs. The designer is passionate about the importance of children's theatre under the shadow of cuts to the arts in schools. "Straitened budgets and a 1950s-style emphasis only on reading, writing and arithmetic means that creativity is being sucked out of schools," she believes. "So it's more important for us on In the Night Garden Live, and in children's arts in general, to make sure we do our jobs really well. We have a responsibility to get everything to right to fill that gap. Children's theatre is about being together, taking in a shared experience, escaping everyday worries, being taken somewhere different."
That somewhere different is Igglepiggle's Busy Day, as In the Night Garden Live tells the tale of Igglepiggle's search for his friends, following their funny sounds until he finds them all. Fans will spot all of their favourites. Zafar has spent months working on the design of the characters "because, to the children in our audience, In the Night Garden's characters are like friends that they know really well: they have to look exactly as they do on their screens at home." And the show's writer, Eastman says her biggest challenge was "creat[ing] something which will feel completely familiar to our young audience, who know the world of Night Garden and its characters intimately, but is also fresh and exciting. All our favourite characters feature in the story, as do the rituals of the Night Garden."
That sense of responsibility is echoed by Will Tuckett, the Royal Ballet stalwart, Olivier award-winner, and one of the Royal Opera House's top choreographers, who is director of the new In the Night Garden Live stage show. "It's not just the actual show that we want to be perfect for our young audience, but the whole theatre experience," Tuckett explains. "We've trained all the front-of-house staff to make sure everything runs smoothly – after all, it's not every show that sees hundreds of buggies arrive! We needed to make it clear that we can't delay the start as other shows might because of a glitch, for example, because parents may have to pick up older kids at a set time. We're making sure the show works for parents as well as their children."
Tuckett's favourite thing about In the Night Garden Live is that "its style is perennial – a make-believe world, all about how friends operate, how small children play, how they learn about texture, communication – it's very relaxing to watch. Parents might initially think it all looks a bit weird – but kids absolutely love it, and parents love watching their kids love something."
Like the rest of the In the Night Garden Live crew, Tuckett knows he has "a really precious audience for Night Garden. For so many this will be their first time in a theatre; we want the families to go back to see something else, for the theatre to feel like a place they all enjoy going to, to see magical shows. It's a big responsibility."
In the Night Garden Live, 7 & 8 September 2019
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Kersuze Simeon-Jones, Africana Studies & World Languages
Kersuze Simeon-Jones, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Africana Studies & Word Languages
College of Arts and Sciences
Teaching Philosophy
My teaching philosophy is based on three principles: 1) appropriate education, for
the purpose of individual development and social transformation—one's immediate community
and the global world; 2) conscious responsibility and conscientious pedagogical approach
of the educator; 3) the significant process of cultivating each student's practice
of responsibility for his/her education.
The concept of appropriate or relevant education was theorized by Black scholars and activists throughout the twentieth century. It is the philosophy that students of African descent should be taught the comprehensive history of Africa—pre-slavery to current era—as well as the political, social and intellectual histories of African descendants of the world. Such crucial component of their education would be to their benefit and the benefit of society. In 1964 Malcolm X took it further to explain that the history of African descendants, along with the history of other groups, should be available to all students—also for the benefit of society. This philosophy influences my teaching as I seek to legitimize a curriculum that presents non-western thoughts.
I view the university setting as the space where students prepare in particular fields or disciplines, with a community and global vista. The practice of an appropriate education, particularly in reference to the Africana Studies courses that I teach, refers to the process of being grounded in historical knowledge in order to better contextualize the world, and live an informed and constructive life in one's own era.
In all courses, I have adopted pedagogies that are defined by diverse teaching and learning methods. Aware of the various ways of learning among the student body, a diverse approach gives students the opportunity to be engaged with the course content and to learn actively. Each of the courses include: lectures, class discussions, small-group activities, presentations, short weekly written analyses throughout the semester, and a final-research paper. As a scholar and educator I understand that part of my responsibility is to continuously further my knowledge, in order to reflect on and revise my analyses when necessary. Students are also encouraged to go beyond the given materials (from the syllabus) in order to expand their intellectual horizons. Preparation, the acquisition of new knowledge, the revision of pedagogical strategies, and the thorough articulation of critical thoughts are crucial for both the educator and the students. Sound research and analysis are skills and practices from which students can benefit every day, in any profession.
In terms of social participation and transformation, students are responsible for their respective intellectual development. Certainly, I understand my role in assisting them to that end. Such lesson is vital, as accountability goes beyond the classroom. Students are required to read assignments attentively before class in order to participate in informed discussions, and acquire a greater understanding of the subjects of study. The course discussions offer students the opportunity to individually, as well as collectively examine and interpret facts, ideas and theories. Contextualizing their acquired knowledge, students develop and apply critical thinking skills to examine the relevant lessons of the 19th and 20th centuries on contemporary (twenty-first century) social evolution: leadership, service, the lessons of social and political organization, and humanism in a global framework.
The national and transnational dimensions embedded in the courses require students to distinguish national specificities while recognizing the common aims of various social movements as well as the lessons of constructive leadership, for the purpose of social transformation. The in-depth and careful study of movements and leadership help contribute to continuing community building objectives. By the end of the semester students gain detailed knowledge that enables them to conduct their own research projects and formulate theories and programs of social transformation. Ultimately, the students influence my teaching philosophy. As we continue to evolve as a society, and their modes of acquiring knowledge change, I will continue re-examine my analyses and methodology.
Thus far, their intellectual needs and the adopted pedagogical method seems to work well, as their evaluations reveal. The following two philosophies from W.E.B. Du Bois (American sociologist, historian and civil rights activist) and Kwame Nkrumah (first president of Ghana) influenced and support my intellectual approach. In 1940 Du Bois wrote, "Manifestly, the civilized people of the world have got to be characterized by certain things; they must know this world, its history and the laws of its development. They must also be able to reason carefully and accurately..." With a similar viewpoint in 1948—in his effort to organize for a successful nation—Nkrumah reasoned: "As never before we want thinkers—thinkers of great thoughts. We want doers—doers of great deeds. Of what use is your education if you cannot help your country in her hour of need?" The philosophy of critical thoughts and careful deeds examined in the classroom can be extended to the global world community. It is the union of conscientious academic work and the improvement of the global human condition. To that extent the courses meet the University's goals of: "well educated and highly skilled global citizens," and "High-impact research to change lives...and foster positive societal change."


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Intro Mouse Plug In
Wonderful membership platforms have to be simple enough to use when membership sites are established, but will need to provide the space for these sites to grow as they achieve success. In this MemberMouse Review, we'll go over the pros and cons of utilizing MemberMouse for WordPress membership websites, and the way that MemberMouse fits the requirements of different users. Mouse Plug In
Getting Started
The cool thing about this is that you are able to change the registered URL, so in the event that you want to utilize MemberMouse on a staging site before migrating to a manufacturing site, you can register the staging site URL and fully setup your website and associates for launch, then migrate to the URL to the live site. As soon as your website URL is registered on your MemberMouse account, you may then download the MemberMouse plugin in your dash and then install it in your WordPress website. From there, you're ready to start configuring your website.If you do not want to establish the site yourself, you can purchase Quick Start service out of MemberMouse for $299, which includes a WordPress installation (optional), MemberMouse installation following a consultation telephone, and also an optional migration of registration data out of an existing site. Mouse Plug In
MemberMouse Overview
It supplies a full-featured alternative for memberships, such as content restriction, flexible billing options, content dripping, restricting logins, and supports developer tweaks and adjustments. In addition, MemberMouse can provide upsells to members, or automatically offer downsells to customers that want to cancel in order to boost client retention and optimize earnings. MemberMouse also allows members to upgrade or downgrade memberships themselves.You may take a look at a complete feature listing from MemberMouse for each of the juicy details in one spot, or see our summary of some MemberMouse attributes.
Configuring MemberMouse
MemberMouse generates several pages when installed (like an eCommerce plugin), such as voucher pages, login/out webpages for members, and much more. You can customize these pages so as to check the most effective approach for your shop, but I chose to first get setup.You can check out your membership dash once you log into observe some compacted information about your site, but since I haven't put anything up yet, I headed down to the General Settings menu to see what choices I had.Under general settings, I navigated to"Other Settings" and was able to change that which members see when logged in, including the page they are redirected to and if to display protected menu items (by way of instance, if you're shielding products from non-members). One setting that many of you will find interesting is that the"Access Sharing Protection"This little box permits you to limit how many different IP addresses may log into your website using the very same credentials in a 24-hour period. I'd allow more than one IP address in case members use a computer and a cellular device to look at your content. That way they do not get frustrated by being locked out of your website when using another device. For some membership websites, the ability to restrict login info is non-negotiable, so MemberMouse becomes an attractive option.MemberMouse also lets you create Worker users under General Settings to ensure sales or support employees can log in to your website and member center in order to create or assist members, but do not have access to web site configuration options. When support or sales people log into, they only have access to the"Manage Members" menu, MemberMouse Dashboard, and Task Logs.As a last note on installation, MemberMouse includes a few built-in widgets that you can use to exhibit content throughout your site. For instance, the"Protected Content" widget can display upcoming content to members according to which membership level access they've so they understand what to anticipate (date could be included as well). Mouse Plug In
"Click here to sign up to MemberMouse.com"
Creating Products with MemberMouse
One word of caution for those of you trying MemberMouse: see the tutorial videos. I make a habit from jumping into with a new plugin without reading documentation or watching movies, but I ended up going back and forth between the products and memberships that I created and wasted time. Usually documentation is excellent for when I get stuck rather than as a beginning point, but I was not sure why memberships and products were split in the way that they were.MemberMouse provides membership access to unique products. If you're new at this, it might appear redundant to different memberships out of goods initially; however, this permits you far more flexibility in pricing your membership products. You can create a"Bronze" membership access level and connect it to multiple products, such as a normal product (at one cost ), a discounted product (with a promotional price), and an affiliate merchandise (with a price for users referred from an affiliate). After watching the movies and understanding this structure, I really liked the flexibility provided by separating membership access from products.Products are created under Product Settings. Both physical and virtual products are handled from the same page, and after your goods are set up, after that you can create membership access levels and assign them to your own products. To begin, delegate your"Associated accessibility" for your merchandise to"none" because you'll be setting up memberships later.Together with MemberMouse, you can create sign-up fees or trial intervals. If you allow"Trials", you can optionally specify a price for a trial period (which could be 0 ), then determine how long trial period will operate. If you only want to use this for a lump-sum payment, then it's possible to set a one-day trial then start the membership. This is not ideal, because the monthly charge won't be shown immediately at checkout because just the signup fee is revealed, but it works well enough that it shouldn't be a problem. Your product description should clarify fees and billing anyway.You can also make products"shippable" to make the most of the limited shipping approaches accessible MemberMouse for memberships which involve bodily goods. Mouse Plug In
Creating Membership Access with MemberMouse
Once products are created, you may then create membership access levels to connect to some of your membership solutions. These membership levels will establish the content restriction principles for members. However, you can also edit the accessibility rules onto a per-post or even per-page basis.When you make a membership level, you may assign that access level to a specific item. This is precisely what I had been talking about in terms of flexibility — you can assign an access level to as many products as you need, so if you offer promotional pricing for email readers or testimonials from the affiliates, you can tie the identical accessibility to every one of these products.You will also select which categories will be shielded for that entry level in precisely the exact same screen. Multiple post categories can be selected for access. Consequently, MemberMouse supports both tiered and topic-based memberships.As a default option, access will be limited for the whole article for every single post in the class. Access can also be put on a per-post or per-page foundation while editing a page or post. The post / page editor is where you are going to manage content dripping. Dripping is elastic and super-simple, since you may specify a delay in access for each membership level in terms of days.Once content dripping is installed, you can view schedules for each membership level below Product Settings > Content Dripping Schedule to find an overall view of if each access level can see content. This webpage will also allow you to bulk edit access rights for each membership level, and personalize content dripping occasions for each access level. It's really useful for all those that already have a good deal of content generated, and only want to assign trickle occasions and get rights from one display.Not certain how it will look to every member? MemberMouse includes a cool feature where you can preview articles from a certain entry level's point of view, and even from many of days into the membership (to determine how your content leaking will influence what members see). Examine the top of your screen when previewing your site.
MemberMouse Smart Tags
Before you begin setting up your website in order to sell membership products, you will want to check out some of the built-in shortcodes for MemberMouse, called Smart Tags. You can use smart tags to insert purchase links for your merchandise, selectively restrict (or eliminate restrictions from) specific parts of content to create excerpts, and display member data. For instance, you can demonstrate an associate's name on emails or welcome pages, content according to their membership level, or show content based on which affiliate referred the member to your website.Smart tags also allow you to insert links that allow members to manage their own subscriptions, upgrade memberships, or even buy new products. Since you're able to personalize the member's"My Account Page", you can upsell bundles for all members, or dynamically display upsells for every membership level.
Selling Packages
MemberMouse has yet another sales option of which you may take advantage. Participants can't purchase more than one membership degree using MemberMouse. However, you may use a different content limitation instrument, called a bundle, to provide a topic-based membership. This is also how you're able to provide upsells to present members. You may assign multiple goods to a package in precisely the exact same way that you can assign multiple products to a membership accessibility level. Bundles permit you to enlarge the material accessibility that a product provides when used this way.Because Packages are tied to goods in the same way as membership access, bundles can also benefit from material dripping. The benefit to using bundles is that members may purchase more than 1 package at a time.
"Click here to sign up to MemberMouse.com"
Selling and Handling MemberMouse Memberships
While MemberMouse automatically creates a lot of pages, it does not create a catalog or page. For me personally this is a good thing, as I think selling memberships to potential users needs long-form content anyway — members probably aren't likely to visit your website and browse for memberships right away.To market memberships, you'll need to create posts or pages with purchase links. It's possible to replicate purchase links from the merchandise settings for each item, or create a buy link employing a smart tag if the link has been posted in your WordPress website (that is what we've done in the screenshot). You can even use MemberMouse's built-in button fashions rather than the ones from your motif (mine are a bit lackluster since we're using the default theme).
MemberMouse prices are dependent on the number of consumers for your membership website, yet MemberMouse isn't a true SaaS solution, as the MemberMouse plugin operates on your own servers. You install the plugin on your site, but may also possess a MemberMouse account; your site then assesses with the MemberMouse licensing server to send information on site usage. Because of this, website performance is entirely dependent on your hosting and surroundings.MemberMouse pricing ranges from $20 per month for 1,000 users as much as premium and professional plans at $300-600 a month for websites with over 100,000 users (support is included for all programs ). You can try MemberMouse free to get a 14 day trial before committing to using it. Each pricing grade provides different advantages (like premium support starting with advanced programs ), but here is a rough breakdown of cost based on number of users.
Managing Staff
Among the great things about MemberMouse is that members may manage themeselves, which helps free up time you'd otherwise spend on site management. By way of example, member upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations can all be accomplished by members in the"My Account" page. You can also personalize the manhood"My Account" page to mechanically upsell your products for you, or to attempt to save sales if members want to cancel.When members make adjustments to their accounts, these changes are automatically reflected in your email lists or other integrations built to MemberMouse so that you don't have to manually handle changes in membership (i.e., moving from the"gold" listing to the"platinum" email list). The members centre is geared towards simplifying and simplifying your site direction, which may save massive amounts of time for sites with thousands of members.If you'd like to downsell members who would like to cancel, you are able to make the most of the MemberMouse Save the selling page, which lets you produce a downsell that will be revealed to associates who are looking to cancel a membership. If members do cancel, you can choose to difficult cancel the membership, which blocks access to the members area and logging in, or you can pause the membership. When a member pauses their accounts (or you opt to set cancellations to membership pauses), their membership is actually frozen so they have access to some material that has been released up to this point, but are removed from the drip program and cannot access any new content. Mouse Plug In
Billing and Payments
Billing is very flexible with MemberMouse, and bicycles are completely customized. You can continue to charge on a recurring basis indefinitely, or you can set a number of cycles for the membership (for example"3 payments of $19.95″). Additionally, you can bill a one-time fee for memberships (though I'd recommend avoiding this unless you're just starting out, since you'll always have to chase new members, which kind of defeats the purpose of some recurring billing model ).You can also use coupons with MemberMouse, and decide whether to apply them to the first billing cycle or the life of the membership. Coupons can provide a percentage off or a dollar-amount reduction. Coupons are also made to deliver an entirely free membership, or you might make a membership to get a customer yourself and deductions which subscription instead. Coupon usage can be limited to specific products or a number of uses.The very best thing about charging is that you can control recurring billing activities, such as refunds, straight from MemberMouse rather than logging in to your account with your payment processor. By way of instance, you can issue refunds from in your MemberMouse admin instead of logging in to Stripe or PayPal to accomplish this, and MemberMouse automatically interacts with the correct processor. It's possible to use one onsite payment system, for example Stripe or Authorize.net, and in precisely the same time use PayPal or ClickBank to supply up to 3 payment options.As cards are tokenized and saved to get associates, MemberMouse can also help automate overdue payment handling to save your client management team time and keep your revenue stream flowing. When MemberMouse detects that a card has been declined, it marks the member's account as overdue, then sends the member and email asking him to login and update the card info in the account. The member can then update billing information from the"My Account" page. The penis is then immediately charged the amount due and the member account is reactivated.
MemberMouse is not designed to become an eCommerce system, but it does allow you to sell some physical goods through your site and also to sell physical products with subscriptions, like magazines (though I believe it does a far superior job with virtual goods compared to physical products). When you produce your product, you mark it as"shippable", subsequently set up fundamental shipping prices (like standard and expedited shipping).As for me, I'd just include shipping as part of the membership prices a month (and advertise this actuality!) To simplify my shop management, but the delivery methods can be helpful for promoting'swag' items and other bodily products for your site.
MemberMouse includes a couple of integrations built in to help you with your website management. First, email is essential for communication and engagement. It is possible to use this integration to manage your relationship with members having an email platform you are already acquainted with, and moving members between lists is automatic to help save you time.MemberMouse also incorporates with iDevAffiliate to manage affiliates for your membership site. When customers have been sent from an affiliate, this can automatically be mentioned in the member accounts, and you can choose to dynamically display content or offers to associates based on which affiliate referred them to your website.
Talking of Developers
If you're an advanced user, or possess a programmer on staff, it's possible to further automate a lot of MemberMouse functions. In addition to smart tags (shortcodes from WordPress lingo), there are plenty of actions and filters available, as well as a well-documented set of international functions for use in templates and other custom code.Additionally, you can make push notifications for site administrators and members for occasions such as new member signups or charge receipts. This means that MemberMouse can always be the heart of information for your membership-based business.MemberMouse also has an API that developers can utilize to incorporate MemberMouse with external programs, which is not true with all plugins. This permits you to create, get, and update information regarding members.
MemberMouse includes email support with all programs, also offers some other resources for users. Total documentation is available, and was fairly helpful for me. Some documentation includes movie walkthroughs, and all settings and functions are recorded. I only used the service desk time for an problem with the wise tag libraryand received an answer to the question I filed at the morning after the same afternoon, and got a followup email to let me know the issue would be resolved within the next release.Furthermore, there is developer documentation accessible for site customizations. If you're running a membership site with thousands of members, odds are you have a developer on retainer or a single on team, so having docs handy for tweaks and customizations is a plus. Mouse Plug In
MemberMouse Review
MemberMouse provides enormous functionality and will allow you to treat your membership site like a business instead of a hobby. Setting up a website and basic content limitation is easy (especially with the help of the"Getting Started" videos), but far more customization is possible if you are willing to generate a time investment in site setup and optimization. There is definitely a learning curve involved in using MemberMouse, but it's in proportion to the sum of performance you escape the plugin, as it has virtually everything you could desire in a membership stage.
MemberMouse makes it effortless to enhance the Lifetime Value of your loved ones by giving the capability for same-sex earnings. By eliminating obstacles to purchase for present members, you are able to drastically increase conversions. When members are logged in, buy links only open a pop-up confirming that the order will be billed to the card on the account to make the purchase essentially a one time sale (account info is currently prepopulated with the payment information tokenized in the customer account). As you've gone through the time and expense to obtain these members, up-selling them is made as simple as possible to create additional revenue and to help them find different products.Another intriguing feature is the ability to email buy links to members, so that when the link is clicked, then members are logged in and delivered to a pre-populated cart to again remove as many barriers as possible to purchase.The degree of support MemberMouse provides was interesting for me personally, as many membership solutions offer you the plugin / integration and support, and that is it. The Fast Start agency is a white-gloved setup and installation, which is offered by a few different providers, but MemberMouse also provides a list of experienced builders, and supports current users to become affiliates to advertise the services. Developer tools are also a excellent addition, and help you to customize, tweak, or expand your use of MemberMouse beyond WordPress. Mouse Plug In
"Click here to sign up to MemberMouse.com"


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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Transitions: comings & goings at JFK
Posted by monica/paul at 8:25 PM
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Hello, well this is hot off the press news. Hello to everyone there. Glad to see all arrived safely. It's a big trip. Will talk to Jen about skyping as we now have the little duvalacky camera thingy. Paul, my footy tips this week only 3 right so far. I may as well throw a dart at them.ReplyDelete
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Great to see that Marie and Gen arrived safely. My goodness Mon and Paul, you have been busy with all the comings and goings. We look forward to the next installment of photos on the blog.
Stephen, it is hard enough picking the winner (strike rate around 60%); it is ridiculous having it with the start. tell them to get over it.ReplyDelete
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Summer turning to fall — that means it's time for South Milwaukee football.
The Rockets open their season at 7 p.m. this Friday against Sussex Hamilton at Spaltholz Field. The next week, it's at Nathan Hale, then at home against Greenfield.
And mark your calendars for Sept. 23: Homecoming vs. Cudahy, with the parade, bonfire and other festivities planned for the evening before.
It's football season, and I love it. Go Rockets!
Check out the full South Milwaukee schedule here. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has team capsules here, and it calls South Milwaukee, behind first-year head coach Mike Bertok, a "contender."