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Abe, I just had a few suggestions that might alleviate a few of the issues that users are experiencing.
Allow the user to select Auto, Negative, or Positive for the type of film they are scanning, and default to auto. That way, an inexperienced user would still be able to make use of the automatic detection but could override if the detection isn't working as expected. This would also allow experienced users to simply say what type of image they are attempting to digitize
Allow the user to select Color or Black and white. Black and white negatives get some funny color casts during the detection process now and have to be corrected in an edit, making the workflow take longer.
Use the UI to indicate what frame you are scanning. A box around the scan area would be fantastic. I know in iOS they have event triggers for TouchDown and TouchUpInside, touch down could show the box around the frame you are scanning and touch up inside could execute the capture. That way, if I put my finger down I know what I'm getting, and I get a cancel option by dragging my finger off the frame. I don't know what kind of challenge the frame detection would add if you are doing it live though, might be a tough nut to crack performance wise.
Looks like a great first beta though, excited to see the update!
Example of an app that demonstrates this UI: "TurboScan" which BTW is an excellent "scan to pdf" app.
I am noting that if FilmLab is processing an image that has no border, it fails. For example, seeing only a portion of the original negative, or processing a shot that has already been cropped. FilmLab just shows the negative.
Suggest feature: If FilmLab can't find the frame, assume you are looking at the negative to be converted, just convert it.
Thanks for these suggestions! @dhopewell and @ColSebastianMoran, you guys are thinking along the exact same lines for I am.
This is actually a bug in the current version, it's using color negative conversion for black and white images. Correct black and white conversion is coming soon.
This is the direction things are going, although it will be a few more betas before the UI for all of this gets built out. Everything that's manually editable (film type, borders, exposure, contrast, etc.) should be adjustable after capture.
I've been thinking along these lines, and agree that this makes sense. I definitely want to provide as much real-time feedback as possible in the UI so you can understand what the automatic settings are doing and make correction as necessary.
Sounds great @abe, thanks for being so responsive


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Did it ever occur to you that your garden furniture iron or metal begin to show signs of aging?
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- To begin with, what we do is clean the entire surface with water and cloth.
- Once you're done, remove to rust by scratching it with a mop of metal.
- When you are removing the rust, pass a damp cloth to remove the debris.
- Now take the kerosene, pour a little of it on a cloth and rub it on the iron furniture.
- After you are done, let the furniture rest for some hours.
- Take warm water and soap.
- Make their mixture and rub it with a sponge or cloth on the iron furniture to remove the smell of the kerosene oil
Keep in mind that kerosene is flammable, so it needs to be handled with caution. Cover your eyes and nose while using it.
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- Keep hearing that David Backes and his Olympic friends T.J. Oshie and Kevin Shattenkirk were not exactly enamored with Kessel and van Riemsdyk as Team USA teammates.
- Two interesting situations to watch: 1) If Nashville fires coach Barry Trotz after all these years, how long before someone else hires him? 2) What happens if Pittsburgh has another unsuccessful playoffs. Does that make coach Bylsma available? Bylsma and GM Ray Shero weren't exactly on the same page at the Olympics. A change may be necessary with the Penguins.
- George McPhee is the only GM in the NHL without a contract for next season. Not that he hasn't tried to get an extension. But so far, nothing. Don't be surprised if the GM Brian Burke is waiting for in Calgary is McPhee.
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Reynaldo Robledo began working in the wine industry as a 16-year-old immigrant field laborer and ultimately owned his own vineyard management company.
In 1984 he and his wife Maria made their first investment in wine country land, and continued to seek out fine vineyard property. Today the family owns fourteen vineyards—about 300 acres—in Napa, Sonoma and Lake Counties. Much of the harvest is sold to other wineries, but the family also produces its own estate wine.
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New Delhi : Jagran engage has bagged the rights for the biggest hoarding in Noida. The dimension of this hoarding is 125 feet x 25 feet and is situated right at Sector 35 crssoing on Golf Course Road.
Speaking about the same, Tanmay Tiwari, General Manager, Jagran Engage said" Noida, till now has been short on good media options available within the city and till now advertisers have mainly looked at various entry points like DND Flyover or Kalindi Kunj to target Noida audiences. We feel, with this they would be able to target their audiences in much more targeted manner.
The location is also important given the fact that the stretch is used by commuters who visit various commercial establishments in Sector 59-62 where lots of corporates are situated. Also, due to many residential societies that have mushroomed over the years on this road, this adds to additional audiences that advertisers would love to interact with. This is also an important connecting road to Indirapuram and other residential pockets which are on the other side of NH 24"
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The summer blockbuster gets its fair share of criticism — a factory churn that favors big effects over high art — but every moviegoer looks forward to at least one big movie during the warm weather months. Despite my general dislike for sequel efforts (and reboots, the worst trend to hit film narrative in the last 30 years), I have my eyes on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, having been thoroughly impressed by the series' origin story entry three years ago. If you know anything about the Apes' alternate evolution story, recent Cannes winner White God, will sound familiar: The human race gets its come-uppance like in Apes, but this time the aggressors are dogs. And the story is told from two visual points-of-view, the people and the canines.
Man's best friend turning to man's vicious enemy? At first glance, the idea lands anywhere between creepy and ridiculous – but definitely intriguing, starting with this one-of-a-kind movie poster from Kornel Mondruczo's film, giving the hint of some sort of surreal coming-of-age tale. The trailer (couldn't find one with any English) is impossible to ignore. Could be a horror-thriller, a bizarre allegory… or both, confirmed by the reviews for the winner of the Cannes' 2014 Un Certain Regard prize.
Before you get too upset at the subject matter, we've got another video for you, a making-of peek at White God (in Hungarian, Feher isten)
As plans coalesce to bring White God to theaters around the world, I'll leave you with this photograph from Cannes, which includes the director and a pair of the film's stars.
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Since Quora likes to collapse my answers in an effort to keep me quiet, I'm copying and pasting some of the Quora Q and A's in which I've participated. Here's a question from Quora.
Question: With all the terrible self published books on the market, how can I show readers that mine are well written and edited?
Answer: The same way you sell your self published books…build a fan base. The question then is: How does one build fan base?
In the last post, I touched on the signs of a bad publishing contract, and I added that some of the smaller presses don't really employ editors. Editing is a huge part of becoming a successful novelist, which is obviously why someone cared enough to post this question on Quora.
Since I've been through the ringer, let's assume the writer in question is myself—it isn't, but that's not the point.
I did start off incorrectly with my career, so when my first books were released by Eternal Press, not only were they not properly edited (even though EP employed "editors"), but I had no fans to purchase my books!
First, I thought EP was going to market my books, and that's a tale for another time, and no, these books weren't truthfully "Self published books", but they were treated as such. I'll explain.
Here's what I did after publishing through EP, and after hiring numerous editors and actually landing a good one who taught me what editing is: I rewrote everything I had ever written, which included my short stories. This way I also had the chance to really apply the principles of proper editing, and pit them against unedited, or improperly edited, books.
I showed pieces of those short stories in their original form on my blog, and then I showed the rewritten segments. I also re-released those short stories, for free, with new covers and blurbs to Smashwords.
Without even promoting those stories, since they were free, people downloaded them, and people learned that my work is edited.
I also published a fanfiction novel to fanfiction.net, a site where serious readers are looking for serious authors to write new material for an existing franchise. My Skyrim fanfiction, also free, did well on fanfiction.net, and I also published, for free, to Smashwords, and since it passed the premium catalog, it is also available through all online retailers (with the exception of Amazon, which I don't use anyway), so people can download my fanfiction and learn that my writing is properly edited.
After building a fanbase through free short stories and fanfiction, I released new novels. Usually, when I release a new novel, I make it free for the first month so my current fans don't have to spend money on my new work; this also gets me a few more new fans.
At this point, everyone knows my work is properly edited because numerous people have been able to download my work for free, and I now have a substantial fan base; the two went hand-in-hand.
It is imperative that an indie author hires an editor, a competent editor, but it is perhaps more important for an indie author to amass an extensive fan base before publishing their first novel.
A fan base can be built in numerous fashions, but I suggest building a fan base as a reader who dissects and reviews all kinds of books (mainstream and indie). Other readers will take your critiques seriously, and you will build a fan base of actual readers that way, (not just other writers) plus you can actually sell Smashwords books while doing this, thus learning how to sell books along the journey. Then, once you have a fan base, you can begin showing your fans that you, too, have written something.
Use your blog; release your entire novel one chapter at a time, and show people how you edit. This worked splendidly for Chris Paolini. You can build a huge fan base through fanfiction. That was how E. L. James rose to stardom, right?
The truth is that anyone with even a half assed idea for a story, even an uninspired idea, can rise to witness mega fandom; build a loyal fan base before writing a debut novel, hire a competent editor, engage avid beta-readers, release tons of short stories, and other free bodies of work, and just work hard everyday.
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Better yet, they LOVE eating the peanuts they harvested! Baked, boiled or roasted–you name it, they liked it. And it all started with these beauties right here.
Once we pulled them from the ground, we allowed them to dry as part of the "curing" process. This is where you set them in the sun for a few days, then pull the peanuts from the plant, toss it into the compost pile and place them in a warm dry location where they can continue to cure. We do this to reduce the moisture content of the peanuts, especially important if you intend to store them long-term.
If you like boiled peanuts like we do here in the South, you can dig them up, clean them off and toss them into the kettle! Okay, that's old-fashioned lingo for big pot. But you do need to wash them because these babies have been sitting underground for months and if the bugs we discovered during harvest are any indication of what may be lurking there with them–we suggest a thorough cleaning before you eat them.
Boiling peanuts is simply a matter of covering them in salted water stove top, boiling them down until they're soft. Time will depend on your peanuts and the temperature of your stove, but plan for about 2-3 hours minimum. And don't be shy with the salt. If you want to minimize your salt use, allow them to soak in some salted water overnight before boiling.
Home roasting is a simple matter of placing your peanuts on a baking sheet in a single layer and cooking them at 350* for 20-30 minutes. Again, this depends on your oven. Some of mine were a tad burned and I'm going to fully blame the school oven. I'm sure this wouldn't have happened at home. 🙂
For our tasting today, each child received a few roasted and a few boiled and devoured their share within minutes. Verdict?
I'd have to say the boiled peanuts won, hands down! Probably because they were softer (and not burned). But you receive an A for effort, Mrs. Venetta!


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Points of Muse: recent works by New York artists: Amy Bennett, Peter Drake, Alex O'Neal, Jennifer Presant, Jim Rizzo, and Dan Witz.
Opening reception: Friday, July 30th, 2004, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Exhibition runs through Saturday, September 4th, 2004
Linda Warren Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Points of Muse, an exhibition featuring recent works by New York artists Amy Bennett, Peter Drake, Alex O'Neal, Jennifer Presant, Jim Rizzo, and Dan Witz.
In Points of Muse the audience will encounter an assemblage of paintings which figure strongly as portholes into worlds both personal and remote, psychological and conscious, mythological and real. Each artists' series display their well developed styles and sensibilities and introduces us to new work that have unique and clearly defined starting points, viewing points and musing points.
Amy Bennett's paintings of a modest, single-family home contrast the comfort and discomfort of the imperfect thing that is family. To begin her journey and exploration into this world, Bennett has built a carefully executed model house with removal walls and ceilings chock full of furniture and recessed lighting. On this self-built stage, in this quintessentially typical American home, psychological tensions of separate lives and emotions emerge. A privileged view into formative, definitive moments of this life: moments of innocence lost, transition, tenderness, loss, and isolation is offered.
Peter Drake's new work again utilizes his well-recognized style of covert surrealism. By using source material that comes from popular culture made during America's mythic post-war period to re-explore classical mythologies, Drake's work compares "small myths" about family and community to the "big myths" that have been handed down to us by all of the world's cultures. This way, a couple seated at a picnic table staring at a blank hedge row can be waiting for a "Revelation" and "Jupiter Arriving in a Shower of Gold" can be depicted as a man in a business suit holding a vial of golden fluid.
Alex O'Neal's highly expressive paintings and oil pastel drawings have been more lately influenced by musings on his studio's ghosts, the locale from which he explores an elaborate and personal language of symbols and images from his visually rich, chaotic Mississippi youth. Materializing in his latest works are bullet-marked stop signs, raucous hippies, homegrown terrorists, various enchanted animal mascots, stop signs and unusual references to American folklore. Like Drake, O'Neal is also captivated by the idea of the American dream, though his imagery is evoked from the pioneer era rather than of the image American advertising presents us, in Drake's work.
Jennifer Presant is interested in a sense of place. Like O'Neal, her muse is her environment, but in her case, it was Vermont and the light and snowy silence. There on an artist residency program, the seemingly indistinguishable barriers between exterior and interior inspired her to reflect on how that mirrors a psychological state. Like other artists in this exhibit, Presant is taken with the imagery of windows. It is as if these windows are windows to the present, past and future simultaneously.
Jim Rizzo's paintings on blueprints examine interpersonal relationships and how pieces of our lives assemble to create the architecture of family. The two paintings in this exhibit are the first produced for a new series of work entitled "The House that Joe Built". As in the past, Rizzo continues to delve into childhood memories, relationships with his family, and the transcendent connections with others and their own situations.
Dan Witz is fascinated, as the Early Renaissance painters were, with light. His is a light which travels through a lens of transparent color glazes, gathering strength, and then bouncing off the bright white ground, illuminating the canvas with its own private luminosity. Witz begins with the Clement Greenberg proclamation, "Paintings are not windows. " He then deeply personalizes the idea with his experience of homelessness during the simultaneous time he was taking the source photos of warmly glowing lamps inside suburban windows, which were not his home. Eventually, with time and refinement, the windows evolved into a personal metaphor layered with enough conflict and resonance to sustain him during the arduous process of making the paintings come to life.


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From Okinawa to Oil Spills
LISTEN to George Christman on Hometown Heroes
88-year-old George Christman of Northridge, CA appears on episode #375 of Hometown Heroes, debuting July 11, 2015. Christman joined the Navy at the age of 17, and experienced his first taste of combat April 1, 1945, the first day of the Battle of Okinawa.
Listen to Hometown Heroes to understand what he experienced on the shore of Okinawa that day with Beach Party Team 62. In actuality, one day became four days, as Christman and other sailors had no real sleep aside from an occasional brief nap. You'll hear how he saw a Japanese flag flying on top of a house near the beach, and went with a group of sailors to remove it. They used a knife to cut the flag away from a pole, replacing it with an American flag. Christman stuffed the Japanese flag into his pocket on that Easter Sunday, 1945, and still has it today. That flag and the story behind it even helped a young student win a national history competition, as you'll hear Christman explain on Hometown Heroes.
The first day of the invasion of Okinawa is often thought of as quiet, with the Japanese opposition that day regarded as light in comparison with what would follow during an 81-day battle that would claim more than 7,000 American lives. For Christman and the members of Beach Party Team 62, it proved quite eventful. You'll hear him nonchalantly remember the moment when he was hit by an enemy bullet.
"You reach down and pull it out with your teeth," he says about getting struck in the wrist. "Because it burns like it's on fire."
He had to handle his own first aid, something he also rendered to several more wounded on the beach. He never received the Purple Heart, because no one documented his injuries. One of the men George helped patch up had a severely wounded heel. He often wondered what happened to that Army soldier, and 40 years after World War II, that lingering question was answered. Find out how that unfolded, and why it still brings tears to George's eyes, by listening to the podcast linked at the top of this page. George went into underwater demolition training on Maui after his experience on Okinawa, and was expecting to participate in the invasion of Japan.
That changed at the end of July, 1945. "We knew something was going on because they disbanded the teams and we were sent back to Oahu," Christman remembers. Within days, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. George got to celebrate the Japanese surrender on Oahu, with naval ships in the harbor lighting up the sky with tracer bullets. He spent time on the USS Tortuga (LSD-26), before his discharge in 1946, and later he put his underwater experience to good use in a 50-year career with the Chevron Corporation. Diving underwater to examine oil pipelines in the wake of spills, he became an expert in the field. He traveled the world to troubleshoot potentially catastrophic situations, working closely with famed oil well firefighter Red Adair. His sought after expertise kept George diving until he was 73. Listen to Hometown Heroes to discover what it was that led to his hanging up his scuba gear. At age 88, he is still making a difference. At the Village at Northridge, where he lives, he speaks every Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Veterans Day, sharing his love for our country and explaining the significance of those holidays. "The Good Lord blessed me with the ability to do a lot of things," you'll hear him concede. His daughter, Linda Miller, who retired from a 28-year Navy career with the rank of Commander, remembers seeing some of those abilities on display as George built their houses, remodeled others, and even installed his own pool. "He really likes helping people," his daughter says. "He is my hero."
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President Barack Obama had a special visitor in the Oval Office on Monday: Golden Girl Betty White.
White, who stars in the TV Land show "Hot in Cleveland," is a big Obama supporter. Last month, she said she "very, very much favors" the president in the election.
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This Sunday, we'll be springing forward as we change the clocks for daylight savings time.
With this change, we'll be losing an hour of sleep which will leave plenty of motorists drowsy on the roadways. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) wants the public to be aware of the risks associated with getting behind the wheel when you're fatigued.
"When clocks are set forward in the spring, people often lose an hour of sleep," CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow said (via Victor Valley News). "Drowsy driving can have the same effect on a person as drinking alcohol, with equally deadly consequences. The skills required to be a safe driver are significantly reduced when you have not had enough sleep."
Sleep-related collisions are most common in young people, who tend to stay up late, sleep too little, and drive at night, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). Nationally, 55 percent of all collisions in which the driver fell asleep involved drivers 25 years of age and younger.
To prevent drowsy driving, the NSF recommends:
- Get enough sleep before driving. Most adults need seven to nine hours.
- Do not drive if you have been awake for 24 hours or more.
- If you feel sleepy, drink something with caffeine.
- Let a passenger take over the driving.
- If all else fails, find a safe place to take a short nap by exiting the freeway or pulling into a rest stop, or stay somewhere for the night.


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2013 NFL Draft: The Top 5 Draft-Eligible QuarterbacksAugust 8, 2012
2013 NFL Draft: The Top 5 Draft-Eligible Quarterbacks
While the beginning of the 2012 college football season is still three weeks away, it's never too early to start breaking down players who are eligible for the 2013 NFL Draft.
The position that is most publicized and most magnified during the draft process is the quarterback position. Elite signal callers can drastically change NFL franchises in a matter of just a few years.
Several teams will be looking for a franchise quarterback in next April's draft, and there are at least five quarterbacks who will likely be selected in the first two rounds of the draft.
1. Matt Barkley, USC
Heading into the 2011 college football season, the Stanford quarterback was undoubtedly the best draft-eligible quarterback. This year, that man is Matt Barkley.
After a stellar 2011 campaign in which he threw for 39 touchdowns, Barkley is quickly becoming a can't-miss prospect.
The only knocks on him are his size (6'2), and his arm strength. Of course, Barkley's lack of ideal height is out of his control, but his arm strength can certainly be fixed.
Barkley has reportedly improved his arm strength, and showed it while participating in the Manning Passing Academy, as reported by NFL.com's Daniel Jeremiah.
2. Tyler Wilson, Arkansas
While Matt Barkley is widely considered the top draft-eligible quarterback, that title could change.
One quarterback who could unseat Barkley as the top quarterback prospect in the draft is Tyler Wilson. 2011 was Wilson's first season as the starting quarterback for the Arkansas Razorbacks, and he greatly exceeded expectations.
Playing in the always competitive SEC West, Wilson threw for 24 touchdowns and just six interceptions. He won't wow scouts with his athleticism, but his pocket presence and solid accuracy make him a top 10 overall prospect in the 2013 NFL Draft.
3. Geno Smith, West Virginia
Geno Smith isn't getting the recognition he deserves, as he isn't even considered a first round quarterback by some. But that will change once Smith's 2012 season begins, as he will be able to showcase his elite skills at quarterback.
Not only is Smith one of the most athletic draft-eligible quarterbacks, but he's one of the most accurate. While he needs to improve his deep ball accuracy, Smith excels in short and intermediate throws.
In fact, Smith may be the most accurate passer on throws under 15 yards. He consistently puts the ball right on the receiver's numbers, so if he can improve his deep throws, he will undoubtedly be a first round pick.
4. Tyler Bray, Tennessee (Junior)
Out of all of the top quarterbacks eligible for the 2013 NFL Draft, Tyler Bray is the most raw. At 6'5, Bray has the ideal size to be a starting quarterback in the NFL.
With the right set of physical tools to be an NFL quarterback, Bray has plenty of potential.
But, that potential has not fully translated to the field. Part of the reason for that is because Bray has struggled to stay healthy. He missed five games in 2011 due to a broken thumb. In order to keep his draft stock as high as it is right now, Bray will need to stay healthy for the whole 2012 season.
He also needs to improve his decision-making this season. Bray routinely stares down receivers and drops his weight back on throws instead of shifting his weight towards the intended receiver.
If Bray can't stay healthy and fails to live up to his potential, he may consider returning to Tennessee for his senior season.
5. Logan Thomas, Virginia Tech (Junior)
Much like Tyler Bray, Virginia Tech quarterback Logan Thomas has immense potential. Due to his size (6'6, 262 pounds), Thomas has drawn comparisons to Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
While Thomas certainly doesn't match Newton in talent, his build is quite similar.
Thomas uses his arm strength to his advantage as he can complete deep throws to anywhere on the field.
Where Thomas struggles is with shorter throws. His slow feet decrease his chances of completing a throw into a tight window. However, footwork can easily be fixed over time. If Thomas can improve his footwork, he will be able to combine that with his quick release, making him a solid all-around passer.
Thomas could easily become the second-best quarterback in the 2013 draft by the end of the 2012 season. While it would be hard for him to become a better prospect than Matt Barkley, Thomas' athleticism and upside could easily put him in the conversation.


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This is the theme for the 2013 Summer Reading Program. A wide variety of activities and programs is planned for Pre-Schoolers thru Adults.
May 23 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
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May 30 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Special Craft Day
June 1 (Saturday)
This is the first day to turn in books for the Summer Reading Program.
July 9 (Tuesday) 12:00 noon Adults Only
Pizza Party with a Twist
We will be having the traditional meat and cheese pizzas plus a variety of dessert and vegetable pizzas. We've been collecting recipes!
July 10 (Wednesday)
This is the last day to turn in books for the Summer Reading Program.
Family Story Time
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June 5
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June 12
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June 19
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June 26
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Each program begins at 10:00 a.m. (except the Final Program)
June 6 (Thursday)
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June 20 (Thursday)
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It was 40 years ago this month that the Sex Pistols took the stage at Cain's Ballroom, the home of Bob Wills and Western-swing music, and turned Tulsa into a beacon for live music of all kinds.
Larry Shaeffer, the longtime local concert promoter who takes great pride in being "the only guy to book both Frank Sinatra and the Sex Pistols to play Tulsa," said he remembers his interaction with the band like it was yesterday.
"I absolutely loved the guys. Their style was rude and in your face, and they were unapologetic about it," Shaeffer said. "There wasn't anything else out there quite like it, and I wanted to bring in new stuff."
He'd begun operating Cain's Ballroom in 1976 and was looking to diversify the product. He saw a swing from country music to the burgeoning punk-rock movement as a radical departure that was needed.
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"I was making connections with agents who until then did not think of Tulsa as a stop for their bands touring in and out of Texas and other places," said Shaeffer, who was the first to bring "new wave"-era legends, including the Police and the Pretenders, to town.
"This gave them a place for those acts, and word spread that something was happening in Tulsa, with Cain's beginning to show acts you couldn't see anywhere else."
Seeing a performance by the Sex Pistols, which included such punk icons as vocalist Johnny Rotten and bassist Sid Vicious, wasn't easy.
Tulsa would be one of only seven stops for the Sex Pistols' U.S. tour, and Cain's Ballroom is the only location still operating as a venue for live music.
The boys from England came to Tulsa six weeks after the release of their notorious album "Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols," with hot-button songs like "God Save the Queen" and "Anarchy in the U.K."
The most controversial act to play Cain's before the band's arrival? "Maybe David Allan Coe," Shaeffer said of the outlaw country singer with a chuckle.
While the incendiary Sex Pistols would disband just weeks after this Jan. 11, 1978, concert, and Vicious would be dead a year later, at age 21, of a heroin overdose, Cain's Ballroom is still going strong.
And the fact that the Sex Pistols played there will always be part of its lore.
That's why Tulsa's historic Circle Cinema is showing a punk-rock documentary on Jan. 12, with Shaeffer on hand to talk about that night at Cain's, the Tulsa World reported .
He'll show off photos that Richard Galbraith took at the concert, and he's also promoting a night of live Sex Pistols music at nearby Beehive Lounge when the movie's over.
Shaeffer will no doubt tell the audience about warm beer, frigid weather, a protest, haggling over the band's payment and a hole punched in a wall.
"I didn't know much about them, but I was under the impression they would play New York and L.A. and that would be it," Shaeffer said of the Sex Pistols, "but Malcolm McLaren (the band's renowned manager) was bright" about their bad-boy reputation.
There was a reason the band was playing Atlanta, Memphis and Baton Rouge, along with Tulsa.
"(McLaren) wanted bad publicity for the band, so he put them touring through the 'Bible Belt' to stir up trouble. You know, the kinds of places where young Christians might protest — which is what happened here — and places full of rednecks.
"Here in Tulsa, they had no target audience. There was no punk scene here."
But there would be. The genesis for Tulsa punk music of the late 1970s and the 1980s, several people have said, was this event.
"I'll never forget that day because I show up to Cain's about 8:30 that morning, and guess whose bus is parked out front? It's like maybe they left their show in Texas and came straight here," Shaeffer said.
Maybe 15 people come rumbling off the bus and head inside Cain's, creating a bit of a carnival atmosphere.
"But they were just young kids. It struck me that there was a bit of an innocence to them, really," Shaeffer said.
John Lydon (Johnny Rotten) was the first one in the door, leading the group that noticed the promoter had some of their favorite beer on hand. It was for after the show, but there was no waiting.
"They wanted it then, so there they were drinking warm Heinekens, and things went pretty smooth after that. They drank them all and asked for more," Shaeffer said.
Then their agent had a question to ask.
"He calls and says, look these guys don't have any money, they can't get around. I know you're supposed to pay them $1,000, but is there any way that you can pay them $1,500 tonight?" Shaeffer recalled.
"I told him, you know this show is not going to sell out, and there's snow here, but I can do it if you'll let me raise the ticket price."
Sitting in his Sand Springs office full of concert posters and guitars, the promoter shows off three framed tickets from that evening, and it's obvious that the night's $2.50 ticket price has been altered, with a pen, to read $3.50.
He said he could probably retire if he had more of the "deadwood" — the tickets printed for a show that are not sold, he explains. He would have printed up 1,270 for the show (the capacity for Cain's at that time), and only about 800 were sold.
"We've seen these tickets being sold online for more than $1,000," he said.
Police officers were present "like they thought there might be a live sex act or something," Shaeffer said, and there was "what seemed like 50 professional photographers traveling with the group."
The small protest outside was highlighted by young Christian fundamentalists holding a sign that read: "Life is 'rotten' without God's only begotten/Jesus!!!"
The show went on without incident one night after Vicious — who punched a hole in a Cain's wall, an item that has been saved for posterity and will be on display at the Circle Cinema event — had reportedly been head-butted by a woman at a Dallas show.
"No arrests, just the protest, and that was a sign and a few snowballs being thrown by kids more than anything. But the band seemed intrigued by them," he said.
When the show ended, "I can tell you there were people who were fascinated by them, and there were people who thought, 'What's the big deal?' There were plenty of those," Shaeffer said.
But the perception of Tulsa as a diverse "music town" was forever changed, even if it took Shaeffer some time to realize "how big a deal this was to people because this is what people wanted to talk to me about. That night.
"There were a lot better shows at Cain's in those days," he said, naming Muddy Waters, Ry Cooder and the Police, among others, "but this was obviously the most notorious show."
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And the Winner is …
Thank you to everyone who participated in the "Where in the World is Daniel?" Contest during the month of August. You all were great at guessing Daniel's location, but only one person can win the prize package:
- a collection of sixteen postcards by wildlife photographer Thomas Mangelson (Remember how Daniel gave Alli a gift of a Thomas Mangelsen photograph, Maroon Bells Daybreak?)
- a $20 Starbucks gift card (Daniel keeps himself caffeinated while he travels the world!)
- a "Life is Good" water bottle (Daniel's motto — and he was wearing a "Life is Good" T-shirt in Chapter 1 of WYWH.)
- a $50 Visa gift card (Always good to have on hand if you're a traveling man like Daniel.)
- a Heart of Adoption necklace (The same necklace that we gave away at the Debutantes' Story Soiree.)
- a signed copy of Wish You Were Here
- a signed copy of my to-be-released in May 2013 novel, Catch a Falling Star
And the winner is:
Trisha Meagher!
Trisha, email me at [email protected] with your address and I'll send the prize package your way — well, everything but Catch a Falling Star, which doesn't release until May 2013! You'll get a copy as soon as I do!
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Congrats Trisha!! 🙂
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Great ideas and awesome contest–good inspiration for other authors to do similar things (maybe even me someday).
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Congratulations, Trisha! I'm with Delores, great contest.
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Congratulations Trisha!
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Congratulations, Trisha! Thanks for the uber-fun contest, Beth!
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Congrats Trisha!! Fun stuff, Beth!
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Yay! Congrats to Trisha! That's a killer prize pack. 🙂


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Steven Tandy played Tom Sullivan in The Sullivans
Steven Tandy has had a long and successful career in TV and theatre but perhaps his most well remembered role is that of Tom Sullivan, in Crawford Productions' wartime drama The Sullivans. Here is a selection of the some of the questions we asked Steven back in 2008.
In 1974 you did a show called The Unisexers.
Yes. It wasn't until the late Kerry Packer passed away and I read an article about him that it reminded me it was one of the first projects he put money into when he became the director of Channel Nine. It lost money, it wasn't very successful, and I remember it being pulled off after about a month on air. But it was a good series and it was lots of fun, we had a nice time doing it. I remember coming back from my lunch break one day, I went into town to collect my pay cheque, and when I got back everyone was standing around with glum faces and Tony Sheldon mimicked to me cutting his throat, as if to say 'it's over'!
The Sullivans started in 1976. How did the role of Tom come about?
My agent rang me on a Friday afternoon, she'd been trying to track me down, and said 'you're flying to Melbourne on Sunday night…you're screen testing on Monday morning for a role on The Sullivans. It's a new series about Australia in the wartime, it's a cross between A Family At War and The Waltons. Do the best you can, it could be three months work…' So, I flew up and I stayed in my motel room with a piece of white bread and a cup of tea till about three in the morning, learning the lines, then a taxi came to pick me up and took me to Crawford Productions and I screen tested for Tom Sullivan.
That very day they gave me some scripts, took my wardrobe measurements and said 'as far as we are concerned you are Tom Sullivan, but we need Channel Nine's approval'. That took two days and then my agent called and said 'you're Tom Sullivan'. When I found out the rest of the cast I was thrilled. Andrew McFarlane was playing my older brother (John) and I'd known him from NIDA, where he was a year behind me. I knew Maggie Dence (Rose); I didn't really know Lorraine Bayly (Grace) or Paul Cronin (Dave) very well and I didn't know Richard Morgan (Terry) or Susan Hannaford (Kitty) at all. I also knew Michael Caton (Harry) and Norman Yemm (Norm). So suddenly I was in Melbourne and I was part of Melbourne's favourite wartime family, which became Australia's favourite wartime family. It was lovely to be at that age and to be playing a hero and a good son and a good brother and a great lover and all that. It was wonderful, you couldn't ask for more.
Your character, and Norman Yemm's, were based on the various war fronts, while the other action was taking place at home.
We used to joke actually that we went through every theatre of war possible. We went from fighting the Germans to fighting the Japanese to going to Changai prison…boats in Java and Sumatra, working with the Dutch Verzet (Resistance). It was an amazing Boys' Own adventure story for us, and then we'd come back to Australia and be so loved. It was wonderful to be a part of a storytelling of real history, that's why The Sullivans is so unique, because it dealt with a real period in history. As terrible as it was at least it showed the humanity and the warmth and the love; it was a really unique series and I'm very honoured to have been a part of it.
The war locations were filmed closer to home than viewers were led to believe, weren't they?
Most of the locations were around Melbourne. We filmed at the beaches of Rye, I remember Crete was Sunbury, and the Dandenong forests of Victoria became the jungle of New Guinea. I remember weeks running round the Dandenongs, freezing cold! I think the worst period for me was portraying the Changai sequences, because we actually filmed them in the middle of winter at the Port Melbourne Gasworks and it was freezing. We'd stay up all night to do night shoots, huddled round these little heaters with ponchos round our shoulders and boots on to keep us warm. We were breathing vapour because of the cold so before the take they'd put ice blocks in our mouths to stop it, because we were supposed to be in Singapore in the middle of summer.
In 1979 Crawfords actually flew me, Norman Yemm and Olivia Hamnett (Meg) to Holland, to film for two weeks in Amsterdam. All we did was ride bicycles around everywhere, we didn't do a lot of dialogue, in fact the director David Stevens said 'we didn't come all this way to do dialogue!', they just wanted background shots. I remember it well because I turned 27 over there, and the film crew gave me a beautiful bottle of Dutch gin for my birthday.
Was The Sullivans on TV over there at that time and did they know who you all were?
I don't think they did, because there was one day when we had to do a scene with a few extras dressed as German soldiers and a lot of people in the streets weren't happy about it, they were being reminded of the war.
You did a lot of your work on The Sullivans with Norman Yemm, who played Norm.
We were great mates. He's a wonderful man. What you see on screen is what you get with Norman Yemm and me. He was like my uncle, and a protector, and we had great fun and laughs.
Presumably you didn't get to see much of the actors who were filming episodes based in Camberwell?
We didn't often. We were on location and then we'd come back to the studio to do some family scenes. The way it was shot was quite strange. We'd go back to rehearse studio scenes with the family, which were out of continuity, and suddenly we'd be doing scenes with Grace and Dave and then the next morning we'd be back in jungle huts in Sumatra.
When the war was over and Tom came back to Australia, did you enjoy working in the studio, or did you prefer the action era?
In a way I preferred the action. When Tom came back from the war he married Patty Spencer, an American from Boston he met in London. Then he went to Law School and it all became a story about postwar life in Melbourne.
There was talk that the action would skip a decade or so and then carry on from there?
I actually went to London after having talks with Hector Crawford about the future of the show in mid 1982. Mr Crawford had said to me that Paul Cronin was leaving us to go to Channel 10 and they were thinking of elevating Tom to be the head of the household. So I went to London for four weeks thinking when I got back to Australia I would be playing the head of the Sullivan clan. But during my absence the show was axed, and I returned to Melbourne to find I had only two weeks to complete the series. It was a bit of a blow, but I had to take it on the chin.
Is there anything you'd like to say to the listeners (of The Soap Show during this interview)?
I'd just like to say thank you so much if you are still thinking about me and The Sullivans in England. I love thinking about England and all the actors and the theatre, and the giants of the stage that worked in England. They still inspire me, even though I'm an Aussie!


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This attraction has quite a bit of history behind it and all the commercial and historical significance aside, its just a great place to walk around and enjoy with family & friends.
I am inclined to say Summer would be a better time to go there for obvious reasons, but again, i am not from Chicago and i have never been here during winter so i cannot vouch for your winter experience.
My take on this attraction:
Allow about 4 to 5 hours to leisurely enjoy the place.. its huge.
Try not to drive if you can.. if you do, be prepared to pay a few bucks for parking
[i think its around $ 30 for the day during summer time]
Not too far from most of the other attractions in the City
Take the Ferris wheel to get great views of the City
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Lately Rolex and I have been talking about homes,houses & lots, condominiums and infinity pools…with S para marami…haha! Being here in the "Land of Kaugahan" is a no-permanent-thing. As they say, "You can never can tell" what the future brings. So basically we are on a temporary-living-basis. We really do not have a choice but to make use and be comfortable with furnishings that are cheap and something that if you can not sell, you wouldn't mind throwing (ooops!). I was telling him, I wish someday we will have our own nook, somewhere I know we will live for the rest of our lives so you wouldn't mind decorating with the stuff you love to have which may come cheap or with a price tag…
Here are some of the furnishings I want ( not necessarily, will have ) in our living room:
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I love these sofas…pwedeng bed na rin. Ayan, kanya-kanya tayong bed. Sofas should be comfy because we just don't sit on it, we end up lying on it.
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This ottoman is so "otto-woman"…very dressy in a fabric which is sort of a jersey!
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Not the dog but the artistic portrait…"of myself " in my own house. Wala naman sigurong kokontra. Pipilitin ko si Rolex to take my photo. PS. I love dogs but I am not just sure if I can be a responsible pet owner.
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I would love to have at least one chandelier hanging on the ceiling. Peg ko ang high ceilings kaya medyo matayog ang bagsak ng mga dangling lights na eto. Lighting serves a major role in setting up the mood in your homes.
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This crystal lamp is also very classy. I want to have loads of regulated lighting effects at home. I want more lamps (incandescent). Di na talaga ako bibili ng bag, mag-iipon na ako para sa mga lamps and chandeliers na yan!
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I think having a photo wall is a nice idea. Here, I can display the travel photographs of the great places we've been to. Impossible naman na malibot namin ang buong mundo so hindi mapupuno ang wall if ever…parang nakakalula naman kung puro picture na lang…dagdagan mo pa ng gigantic self-portrait ko!choz!
One of my frustrations is not learning how to play the piano…one day I want to have one in our home…I know mahal ang grand piano so kahit second-hand vintage piano, im so fine with that. Rolex can play the piano though he's not good at it kasi when he was younger eskapo ang drama nya kapag piano session na with Nanay Esther.
I love both modern and classic, new and vintage…I don't want a specific theme, I want clutter-free space because I have a tendency to turn them into a warehouse (bodega), I want comfort and something artsy! These are the basics I want my living room to have: comfy sofa, sushal na ottoman (where I can put books/magazines ang guests can sit at the same time), gigantic self-portrait, a chandelier + loads of lamp shades, travel photo wall and a piano.
Speaking of infinity pools…dont you just love to have a view of the infinity pool from your living room?
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My daughters love robotics and coding. They play on the Google site putting codes together to make graphics, gifs and more so when we were offered the opportunity to review the brand new robotic toy Dash from Wonder Workshop we were thrilled! The only downside? Now they have to save their allowance so they can add Dot to the family.
Do you want to have first-hand experience and influence how your child will learn, build, and grow? Do you want to make it a fun and educational experience that you can both enjoy? With these new kids tech products/gadgets and learning apps, keeping your kids engaged couldn't be easier. Meet Dash – Dash is a real robot, charged and ready to play out of the box. Responding to voice, navigating objects, dancing, and singing, Dash is the robot you always dreamed of having. Use Wonder, Blockly, and other apps to create new behaviors for Dash — doing more with robotics than ever possible. No books or camps needed!
Now don't get me wrong. Our robotics workshops were a blast, but they only happen once a year and they can be expensive. Bringing Dash home to the family gives us the chance to get in on the learning fun together as a family. Personally I LOVE the cute little voice!
Here's what comes in your Dash Box:
- 1 Dash
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It was charged right out of the box and the kids were able to get started in just minutes. The only problem we had was who got to play with it first! The girls then got creative with the box and made it into a "home."
The quick start guide made it easy to get started. We started off with the Wonder Shop app, but there are several others you can use to code, create and play with Dash. You can also use codes created by others and posted in the apps to make it sing, dance, perform, roll, navigate and talk.
There are three basic types of coding and creation. You can use controller mode. In this mode you control it using your phone app "joy stick." You can move it around, make it different colors, make it talk or make animal sounds. Then you have the Quest/Challenge Mode and you have different quests which you accomplish. As you accomplish them you unlock more abilities and behaviors for Dash. Lastly there is a type of Freestyle where you can code Dash your own way from the abilities unlocked during the challenges. You do those things by putting the codes together.
To use coded games created by others you visit the main screen in the apps it is available to work with including Blockly, Xylo, Path and Go. You can also share your own.
You can learn even more about Dash and Dot online and for all the teachers out there there is even a teachers program so you can help bring STEM to your classroom.
A few of our favorite things about Dash is the continued ability to grow and learn. The girls are participating in learning play AND having fun. I've mentioned I love the cute little voice. I also love hearing the girls laugh and squeal whenever they do get the coding correct and Dash completes the tasks they are creating. They have offered to save their allowance to get Dash his friend Dot, but I think it would also make a great Christmas gift. Hopefully they aren't reading today's blog post – and it can be a surprise!
Dash and Dot are brand new products and if you are wondering where you can find them? BEST BUY! Order it online now and get free shipping through the holidays.
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Not often does the coach of a third-place team earn Coach of the Year honors.
That honor was accorded Kansas University's Gary Kempf, however, after the Jayhawks finished third in the Big 12 Conference swimming and diving championships last week in Austin, Texas.
"The way they finished third was the real key," Kempf said.
Kansas went into the three-day meet expecting to battle with Texas A&M; and Missouri for the third spot behind league powers Texas and Nebraska. Yet the Jayhawks blew both A&M; and Missouri away, compiling 575 points to the Aggies' 462 and Mizzou's 410.
Kempf credited his five seniors.
"It was far and away the best performance by any group of seniors I've ever had," Kempf said. "You write a script about how you want a year to end and this was it."
The Fab Five -- four swimmers and diver Deanna Beiswanger -- all finished with a flourish.
Two of the swimmers -- Jeanine Wilk of Bloomington, Minn., and Julie Tompkins of Reno, Nev. -- reached the championship round of a league meet for the first time ever while swimming their fastest career times.
At the same time, Adrienne Turner of Goshen, Ind., and Quincy Adams of Fort Stockton, Texas, posted personal bests in three events each. Turner was third in both the 100 and 200 butterfly races while Adams was third in the 100 breaststroke and fifth in the 200 breaststroke.
Turner was also eighth in the 500 freestyle and Adams eight in the 200 IM -- again with personal best times.
Also, Beiswanger, who hails from Derby, was eighth on the one-meter board, 10th on the three-meter and 12th off the platform for her highest placings ever in a league meet.
"Our seniors finished their careers the way every athlete dreams," Kempf said. "They provided the leadership we needed to dominate Texas A&M; and Missouri."
Because of the Jayhawks' unexpectedly strong showing, Kempf earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors for the first time. Five times previously he had been named Coach of the Year in the now defunct Big Eight.
None of those five previous awards compare to this one, Kempf stressed.
"This was the most enjoyable meet I've had with the women in my 23 years as coach," he said. "This was not a team of stars. It was a lot of good athletes and a lot of good kids."
Kempf will return to Austin late next week for the Big 12 men's championships. He's in his 17th season as the Jayhawks' men's coach.
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1. a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction (e.g.,faith unfaithful kept him falsely true ).
I'm writing this article with a supreme confidence. However, I don't mind saying the words come with some trepidation as well. Thus I thought it necessary to put the definition of the word oxymoron….. I'm just hoping the "moron" portion of the word is what you DON'T think of me by the time you're done reading this.
On the one hand, I have many followers and exposing a vulnerable side is not what a true leader makes a habit of. But I also understand a true leader seldom swims with the stream and a true follower is just a leader in waiting.
Just how do you tell 1400 raving Facebook followers, over 1000 Twitterites, 80,000 plus monthly blog reader and all the readers from the largest state industry association magazine in the country that hey, you're maybe not all you're cracked up to be…….that you're human and that on many, many restless nights you too, worry, over the future and just how you're gonna muster the strength to face another day?
Perhaps for some the "moron" part is starting to sound like it fits right about now, or maybe you've inserted your own word….braggadocios. I understand.
Recently I've had a few direction changing events happen in my life that have helped me tremendously. Sharing them here I can only hope they either help or nudge someone into a better direction, as they did for me. It is with a profound humility that I offer this article and with a heart full of gratitude I write these words. So if you're interested….please read on.
Six months ago I sent myself a letter. Just a quickly scribbled out stream of thoughts in a plain, self- addressed stamped envelope with no return address. It came today…….. more on this later.
Where to start?
How do you tell the thousands of friends who look at you as a rock and a stalwart that you get scared too? That there are days you don't see the light at the end of the tunnel or, just any damn tunnel at all? That the same darkness they are in is what your hands are groping through now!
What do you say to that guy who messages you on Facebook that says your writings are what spurred him on to fight another day and that he's finally broken through to the other side? Where do you draw an answer to help someone who clearly has achieved more than you but is looking to you as a beacon of hope to solve a dilemma that now faces them?
Am I a lie? A fake? A fraud, or someone who has inserted himself to a higher place because he's gotten more "likes" and "friends?"
Or, am I just what the doctor ordered and I have a place? Perhaps I am that small ray of hope that has helped many many small firms muddle through just one more day, and in doing so, that was the day their goal came to pass? Or at worst, they were just one day closer and the new strength they found gave them the momentum to push ever closer…. (you can insert your choice of the above words here 😉 )
Happy New Year
Six months ago I was a struggling business. Well, to be honest, for the past four or five years I've been struggling. I just had such minimal growth it wasn't even funny. In fact, it was worrisome. Ok ok, not struggling in the sense as when I first started 25 years ago but struggling nonetheless. I could pay all my bills and afford some nice trips, but hardly the Fortune 500 some thought me to be. Fat and happy may be a good description here, but lately as I looked around, I could see I was losing "the fat" at a pretty good rate.
It pains me to say this because I write many articles about growing your business and indeed I read everything I can get my hands on how to expand. But I wasn't doing any of that. I had been riding a couple of great scores that propelled my business. I kinda thought I was set for life and truth, be told..it was a nice 10 year wave. But eventually if you don't keep looking for the next great swell you're going to hit the beach sometime. I crashed there five years ago and basically sat to view the horizon and watch the rising seas from the shore. It was a beautiful place I must say— but a company's death isn't pretty no matter where it happens.
Then came the day I wrote the letter….. more on that in a minute.
The Under Tow
Recently on my blog www.pestcemetery.com, I held a promotional contest asking for articles. I can now admit, it was my selfish way to get content while not having to write so much. I had GREAT responses and the articles were well received by my readers. But one stood out to me far above the rest. Resonated in a way that made me think back many years to when I had those same exact frustrations, doubts and fears. It was as if I wrote some of the lines myself.
"The customers were supposed to come in droves. My community was supposed to see my flashy new truck lettering or my beautiful mobile responsive website and instantly choose my brand over the ones they had known for years.
'How foolish are these people?', I've often asked myself.
'I'm better!'
'I'm less expensive!'
'I'm more trustworthy!'
(Sigh)'What am I doing wrong???'
I spent much of my days and sleepless nights searching for the answers.
And I FOUND answers: A new widget on the website, newspaper ads, Groupon, Angie's List…
…but unfortunately, I just couldn't find the RIGHT answers.
I have yet to learn that reputation takes time.
So in that moment, the period I now call the dark ages, I continued to struggle.
'If I could just jump ONE spot on Google, the masses will come'
'If I could only afford a billboard on Watson Blvd, my phone would ring off the hook'
Thoughts like these filled my head over and over again.
I check the time. It's 3:04am."
I read those lines and it was as if a very bright light went on in my head. Here was essentially a brand new entrepreneur struggling in the same way I was….albeit for me, it was 20 years later. And something else. Although this was so fresh in my mind and the struggle so real— these words were something I had put in my past- AGAIN-
It suddenly dawned on me that his struggles were my struggles twice in my career but at that moment….. I was looking at my past for the second time.
One scene of my past was indeed back in 1993 where it was all I could do to scrape by, but the other past scene was just six, SIX months ago.
What this winning article writer doesn't realize is that he was the pinnacle moment of a momentous year. No, I didn't make the Top 100 list of PCT magazine but I'm damn sure back on my way. What dawned on me however is that even after years of a struggling and some great successes I again fell into to the trappings of those sleepless nights.. Logic tells me I should have been sitting pretty, but I felt alone, trapped and much the same EXACT way I did over two decades ago. It was a humbling succession of thoughts.
The Mailman Makes His Delivery
So I've teased you about this letter and it's time to explain. Six months ago I was asked if I wanted to attend a business course…specifically a Tony Robbins course. The commitment and price tag aren't for the faint of heart but neither was the future I was slowly realizing I faced as a pest control company.
Suffice to say I learned so very much. Everything from how to look at accounting to what the REAL status of my business was and why I was failing….better yet…How I could succeed. Now if you're not into Mr. Robbins that's ok, in fact that's great. In his own words…"Find SOMEBODY, ANYBODY or SOMEWHERE you can go to learn and be motivated so that you can enjoy all the great rewards of being an owner of a business and forgo the trappings that so easily take 95% of us. It's that simple, get off your butt and make it happen and DO NOT depend on your past failures or in my case, successes– both can be a downfall.
So, in the middle of this conference we were asked to write a letter to ourselves that envisioned where we'd be in just six short months. Ok, partly hype or wishful thinking but if you truly applied the principles just where do you think you'll be. Put that in writing! So I did!
I hadn't given the letter any thought until it came. Instead, I came home from the conference, and just put some new found plans into action while at the same time was pleased that I was doing quite a few things right…those things, I continued to do albeit with much more fervor.
So in six…SIX…. extremely fast months I accomplished what I could not in the last five years. All but one goal in fact, and, the others I simply obliterated. OBLITERATED!!!!
So how did I do that? Way too much to write all in one sitting but your keys are just a few sentences above. Mainly — "find and apply the principles."
But my success or failure is hardly the point of this article and if that's what shines through, I truly apologize. What I had hoped to accomplish was for you (and me) to realize that we're NOT alone in our struggles to succeed but that only WE ALONE can change the outcome. Six months or six years, it doesn't matter…… find the principles, get the drive and push
forward despite the obstacles in your way.
Your goals are only one decision away, only one thought and acting on your resolve is all that's needed to get the ball rolling. This, my friend is all that stands between you and your dream. It's that simple.
Perhaps you won't write yourself a letter like I did but maybe you will. If so, please feel free to send me a copy as well……. I'd be overjoyed to celebrate your grand success with you. I'll even pay for the postage.


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Getting to know your EquiFACTS
It is becoming all too common these days.
Each day there seems to be another instance of another security breach. Makes me nervous, you? As a tax preparer for the last 25 years, I know that identity theft issues are on the rise. What makes the most recent Equifax breach so alarming is the fact that they knew about it for six weeks before any announcement was made.
Body by plants
It happened exactly one year ago. My active, seemingly healthy husband was in the hospital recovering from totally unexpected triple bypass surgery. We were just beginning to get used to the fact that he'd had a heart attack as he was recovering smoothly ready to go home on February 14 when his heart stopped. (I later learned that is not totally unexpected after open-heart surgery: the heart apparently decided it had enough).
In living colors
I'd like to share my finding over my Architectural career regarding color perception and safety, especially for the seniors and the elderly.
New Girl in Town
I'm blond with brown eyes, cute, energetic and two years old. I am Regina the new female yellow Labrador guide dog for Sun City resident Mary Kozy, and I'd like to tell you a little about myself.
Go ahead, make my Christmas day
Merry Christmas! There. I said it. Now, before any touchy-feely, overly sensitive people tell me how politically incorrect I am, give me a chance to explain.
Our very first cruise (or: How young and stupid were we?)
I don't remember exactly when or even why my husband and I decided to take a cruise. We had never been on a cruise ship. We didn't know anyone who had ever been on a cruise ship. We knew nothing about cruising. I do know it was a long time ago. There weren't any cruise websites or message boards back then. Booking a cruise online was unheard of.
Aging in perfect harmony
It seems to me an awful lot of this whole aging process is overblown.
Staying hip and cool in Sun City
I love Sun City. I get to play with kids my own age. I still like to see an occasional man without earrings, one who limps like me in the morning and has a keg not a six pack stomach. However, living among our own generation has its drawbacks. You have to stay hip and cool or your grandkids won't understand you and you won't understand them. So, here are a few tips for living in Sun City without becoming a dinosaur.


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No matter how hard some people try, a self-shot just isn't right when the background used doesn't match. I'm not talking about open toilet bowls (complete with contents – ewww!) or even messy rooms although I've seen both, along with filthy bathroom mirrors, children and so on.
No, a self-shot is something special, something private to be shared with a (trusted) friend, perhaps to egg them on, to raise their spirits, to give them a little bit of inspiration.
But, without careful forethought and planning, it doesn't always work:
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Unless, of course, you want to hint that they are no longer the only one and that there is someone else ready and more than willing to keep their interests raised and active, their needs satisfied!
Love & Kisses, Viki.