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Sooner or later, in the life of every leader committed to great online marketing, a startling realization occurs: "Holy cow! Content creation requires an awful lot of writing." At this point, whether the leader is an engineer, a scientist or a motivational speaker, this realization leads to a quick conclusion: "I need help from a professional Ghostwriter or Author!"
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Teddy bears are one of the first stuffed animals in America in the evolution of stuffed animals. Teddy bears first got started from a cartoon of Teddy Roosevelt refusing to shoot a bear. It appears that this cartoon even inspired Morris and Rose Michtom to make a bear in admiration of the president's actions. The Michtoms called their bear "Teddy's Bear" and placed it in the window of their store. It began to make a hit with the American public. By 1906 there were teddy bears everywhere and it was the hot object on the shelf (Clay).
This is saying that President Roosevelt was basically the starting point of the teddy bear and his name lives on through them. In here, I will discuss the background of teddy bears, how they are culturally important, how we can interpret them, and what teddy bears reveal about the American people. My teddy bear artifact is a treasured object that illustrates the presumed comfort in childhood in contemporary America.
The years 1920-1940 were a period where the teddy bear industry grew a lot and was a time where the manufacturing of them was also very affected by war, such as when the Great Depression hit the United States and when World War II broke out. The U.S. factories and workers turned to the war effort, which stopped the making of teddy bears. Instead, weapons were being made. In the 1920's, a Schuco bear (named after the manufacturer) that said the words, "yes" and "no" was designed. This bear shakes its head yes or no, depending on how you pull its tail. Also in the 1920s and 1930s, musical and mechanical bears were popular, because the bears were made to walk, dance, play ball, and even turn somersaults. (Clay).
In the 1950's through the 1970s, there was competition from eastern countries making inexpensive teddy bears, depending on the material and how complex they were made. Early teddy bears were filled with wood or kapok. Wood wool, made of thinly shredded wood, was once the most popular teddy bear stuffing. Wood wool can be dusty and is not washable, so it isn't recommended for bears that will be used by children. It works well for making collectible teddy bears, because real early bear details are popular with collectors, such as the stuffing and shape (Mann, Christine).
The desire for washable toys made from synthetic fibers was popular in the post-war years. Consumers liked the thought of washable toys, so bears were made from nylon or acrylic plush, and had plastic eyes and foam rubber stuffing. (Clay). In the present day, a new kind of manufactured bear called the artist-designed manufactured bear, are given to the public by certain individuals and others. They give collectors the chance to own artist-designed bears that cost cheaper due to mass production. (Clay).
Artists bring quality to teddy bears, but at an affordable price. Also in present day, polyester stuffing is cheap and easy to locate. Inexpensive, simple to use, and obtainable everywhere, polyester filling is today's most popular pick for making all sorts of stuffed animals, including teddy bears (Mann, Christine). Teddy bears have come a long way throughout their history, anyone can witness these changes if they have been around since they started. From simple bears, to mechanical bears, to the different materials, teddy bears really have evolved.
There is a process of how teddy bears are designed. Pieces of the bear are also drawn to be used in making a pattern. The pattern is cut out and put together, and the prototype bear is looked at for their defects. If the design stops the bear from sitting right, or if the prototype is not correctly cuddly or recognizable , the design is redrawn, shapes of pieces are remade, or different colors or fabrics may be used to make another prototype. More testing may be needed to get just the right design before it is ready for more extensive manufacture (Advameg). This shows us that teddy bear making is a fine art and that the manufacturers really want to make the finished product as perfect as can be. Perfection means that the teddy bear comes through the manufacturing process in one piece without any defects and is made with the idea of who it is being made for and what the audience is.
There are a number of famous bears who have been marked down in history such as: Baloo Bear from Jungle book ( a real bear), Barney Bear ( a dinosaur), Bernstein bears (a real bear), Goldilocks and the three bears (real bears), Winnie the Pooh Bear (a cartoon bear), and Yogi bear (a cartoon bear), (Chrissie). Prince Charles of England had a teddy bear that came with him to school. At Prince Charles 4th birthday party, they even played his favorite song, "The Teddy Bear's Picnic" (Bull 104). I think this helped him have an extra source of comfort (since after all his birthdays had much more publicity than ours). I never knew that even people in royalty cherished their beloved stuffed animal. I myself grew up with knowing about these bears and attach warm memories with them. I hope there continues to be more themes with bears in them for children in the future.
Some of the older stuffed animals are being recognized as collector's items and are worth a large sum of money if they are in good condition (D. Kevin). Adult collectors build on their childhood friends and often invest in limited editions or bears made from prized designs and rare materials (Advameg). "You may have some of them around your home or packed away that are more valuable than you ever imagined" (D. Kevin). I know a lady from my church who was in her 40s and had teddy bears all over her house of all different kinds. Almost anyone can get a teddy bear nowadays, so people of all cultures can have them.
Teddy bears can be a part of our lives in a variety of situations that occur over major life events. I think that kids are the first ones to use it. What birthday, anniversary, sickness, homecoming or departure would be perfect without a stuffed animal? As gifts, they mark and commemorate life events, from the most important to the smallest experience (Putnam). They give us feelings of safety because they were given out of love usually from a close family member. My mom had a teddy bear when she was little and so did I. We get them at different stages of our lives. I got a pooh bear when I was one years old. I got a teddy bear for my 13 birthday. I got another teddy bear when my mom died so that I could hug it when I felt sad. My bear certainly helped me by making the blow of her death a little less. I still have my mom's teddy bear, although it is falling apart. These soft toys are often very treasured to us and can help us get through the hard times that come our way in life (D. Kevin). We know this teddy bear is a trusted friend who shares in our happy times and stays by our side through the more difficult times (Starwise Creations).
I attach a lot of memories with my stuffed animals particularly my Pooh bear because my dad would play with him right before I went to sleep and he sang Winnie The Pooh Bear songs with me in the hospital when I was at my worst. My other bear I got when my mom died also helped me get through the shaky times in my life. I think of this object is a link to my past and keeps the past alive in my heart. Those memories are like a badge that I wear showing how I've changed over time.
Teddy bears suggest certain kinds of relationships. Girlfriend/boyfriends give them to each other as a symbol of their love. My sister still keeps her teddy bear she got from her ex boyfriend. She kept her bear not because of her boyfriend but because she liked owning it and didn't want to part with it. Why are they significant? These relationships are significant I think because of the memories that surround them being given to us. Our memories of love that we have whether it be from a childhood friend, a parent, or a girlfriend/boyfriend, are what keep us going and keep us strong.
Teddy bears tell us that kids still need to hang onto their childhood in some way. Its usefulness is important for kids. Donald Winnicott called such stuffed animals and blankets "transitional objects." He also said that transitional objects take up an important place in children's emotional lives as mechanisms by which they calm themselves as they separate their identities from those of their parents (Eallen). I think this is very true because when I was little I would hold onto my mom's leg before I went to school and cry. I decided to take my koala bear stuffed animal to school with me, so I would calm myself down. Many times, children grow attached to their animals and blankets, naming them and talking to them (Eallen).
A child can hold onto a teddy bear when he or she is sad and take it with them on their first day of school, when they travel, during their times of play, and to help them fall asleep. "As kids, we love our teddy bears as if they were real people and a member of our family. We name them, feed them, clothe them, care for them, and take them on all the family vacations. When our teddy bears get sick, we nurse them back to health. When our teddy bears get dirty, we give them a bath" (Starwise Creations). We learn a lot about relationships and how to take care of others through practice on them.
Teddy bears also have been given to children who go to hospitals for major surgeries. Russell McLean was one of them. He had been afflicted all his life with illness and in fact spent much of his childhood in bed. His dream was to give teddy bears as presents to children the first night they are left there, alone and frightened (Bull 62). Now some doctors even advise children undergoing operations to bring their bears with them (Bull 67). My friend Paige said, "I got my epilepsy bear when I was nine months old. Its name is Mr. Bear. It goes with me in the hospital. It's there during my M.R.I.'s and there before and after surgery. It goes through everything with me. When I am scared it makes me feel better. It's very worn out and loved." Teddy bears can also have beneficial effects on the suffering with mental distress."It would seem that adults willingly turn to inanimate objects when the human element has let them down (Bull 67). I think our teddy bears are our loyal friends who can take all our hurt and anger and still love us no
matter what we do to them. As one author put it, "It puts up with its owner's moods, doesn't complain about the odd cuff to its head, or being thrown into the corner in a fit of temper" (Severin 11).
We can explain the need for teddy bears because further here, through looking at an experiment done with monkeys. The surrogate monkey for example, contact-need or responsiveness has been shown for the monkey and chimpanzee in the experiment and is suggestive of the devotion often displayed by human infants to their pillows, blankets, and soft, cuddly stuffed toys (Harlow 2). A real mother or surrogate mother offers a safety refuge during times of danger. "This responsiveness in times of distress, disturbance, or danger may be used as a measure of the strength of affectional bonds" (Harlow 9). The results also of the experiment with the cloth mother and baby monkeys showed that love for the real mother and surrogate
mother appeared to be very much alike. The baby monkey if it is not near its mother when it's frightened, runs to her and in her presence finds comfort and restfulness (Harlow 19).
Just as Teddy bears get old and worn out when they are played, used, and handled–we also get old and lose our physical beauty. We can compare it to people. We all give and receive so much love throughout our lifetime and we all don't physically last forever. One of my stuffed animals is flat and not fluffy anymore because I loved it so much. An object that we just keep in a box or still in a case is neglected and never got the chance to be loved by a person, it might
hold less meaning to us. "Worn-off fur, patches, and other signs of a teddy bears age, only serve to increase its charm and strengthen its bond with its owner" (Severin p 11).
Teddy bears have a very protective symbol in America. In modern times, the bear is still considered an image of strength, courage, and endurance. Bears share many characteristics with humans, including the capability to stand on two legs and to hug, and they also guard and protect their cubs (Advameg). We all know how fierce a bear can get when it protects it's young and although mothers may not be fierce, most would do anything to protect and comfort their child when bad things happen. With these good connections to qualities we all need and want, bears serve as a good significance to all.
Teddy bears are toys that will never get outdated or old-fashioned. "In 1999, in just the United States, collectors purchased $441 million worth of teddy bears. Certainly, as we begin our journey through a new century, we certainly need the teddy bear's gift of unconditional acceptance, love, and reassurance more than ever" (Clay ).
This is a lot of teddy bears still being bought, which proves some things don't fade away with time. I think teddy bears will never get outdated or old-fashioned; I think they are classics in the long history of stuffed animals. That means I think people will always have an attraction to them and that they won't lose their appeal to all audiences. Teddy bears show us how our society has progressed. The people who have teddy bears and pass them down can see how toys have changed over time through advancements in technology. The people who created stuffed animals must have liked working with toys and designing things for children. They saw a call for teddy bears and filled that need. Now there are many more kinds of toys out there, not limited to animals. Even though kids today seem to be more attracted to electronic devices than using their imaginations to play, stuffed animals are still being bought in great numbers. (D. Kevin).
In a world with increasing importance on technology, (let me reiterate) teddy bears remind us of our childhood and provide an infinite amount of fuzzy hugs (Advameg). Today, there are thousands of different types including the teddy bear out there for us to choose from (D. Kevin)
If we think how Americans prize comfortable lifestyles, then teddy bears seem like a necessity for a little kids well-being. As we get older our prized object for girls becomes clothes, shoes, and accessories. For boys, it may become cars or sports equipment. Still at the same time I believe, there's not a certain age where we have to give away our teddy bears. I also think that teddy bears show that in our society people are naturally social creatures. We desire physical interaction and our sense of touch is important for us and children. For example, some people like the feeling of someone brushing their hair, rubbing their arm, doing their nails, or squeezing their hand. This means that some people's love language is physical touch as Gay Chapman said (who came up with the five love languages). Also I would like to mention a story about "The Rescuing Hug," that I got in an email. "There were two twins in an incubator and one was not expected to live. When they were placed together, the healthier of the two but her arm around the other and the smaller baby's heart returned to normal." We like to hug, play, and cuddle with these stuffed animals just as we do with people.
With all the books and movies about bears, as I mentioned earlier about famous bears, they permeate through our culture and they sure seem to have a lot of significance as an object. New versions of this dearly loved animal follow trends in movies, television, and toy fashion from character bears to beanbag like versions that are inexpensive and collectible (Advameg). A teddy bear has even flown on the NASA space shuttle in 1995 (Advameg). Most of the books and movies about bears also offer good morals and lessons for children that stay with them. This helps them hang onto their childhood. It is fun for kids to imitate something they see on T.V. or movies that are harmless. This shows that society in America still is aiming some positive messages to children, despite the bad stuff.
Teddy bears have made a great mark in history and still do today. Teddy bears have changed a lot through the years, as time went on, but that has only served to make them even more eye-catching to people of all ages. Teddy bears get old and worn out but that doesn't make them less lovable nonetheless. Most of us have had a teddy bear or are going to own one of them sometime in our lives. All of us need close contact because we are naturally social creatures. Teddy bears have a wholesome message to them and I think that teddy bears, even in our electronic age, will never become just a thing of the past.
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Chrissie. "I Love Teddies." Digital Environments Inc. 19th March 2010
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Eallen. "Teddy Bears Substitute for Emotional Work." Sociological Images. 2008. 19th March
Harlow, Harry. "The Nature of Love." Journal of the American Psychologist. Vol. 13. 1958. Pg. 2, 9, 19. Print.
Mann, Christine. "Guide to Teddy Bears Stuffing Materials." Suite 101. 2009. 19th March 2010
Severin, Gustav. "Teddy Bear." Hamburg; Transedition Books. 1995. Print.
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Years ago Joe Sinclair and Michael Mallows founded a little journal and named it 'Nurturing Potential'. It did rather well, and pushed on for several years publishing articles and book reviews about business and personal development, spiritual health, clean language, and a host of other wholesome things.
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She was the director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas. But she had never seen abortion until one fateful day in September 2009. Her clinic was shorthanded and needed somebody to man the ultrasound machnine. She was asked to lend a hand.
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If she worked at an abortion clinic–even serving as its director–and was ignorant about what abortion is and does, how much more ignorant must our teenagers be, unless we show them the truth?
At a webcast I attended last night, I heard Ms. Johnson describe the process of changing her mind. As we have observed in others, she required a "sink-in" period. Even after she saw abortion, she didn't become pro-life immediately. She started out by saying, "I'm still pro-choice, but abortion is wrong for me." A few days later, it was, "I'm still pro-choice, but maybe abortion shouldn't be legal in all cases. Eventually she realized, "Maybe I'm pro-life." It's a process.
Let me encourage you to purchase her book today. It's important because the first-day sales can determine whether the book shows up on the best-seller list or not, and also whether it is displayed at the front of the bookstore or at the back. The more sales it gets on this first day, the more attention it gets, the more publicity it gets, etc. All the juice means more people buy the book and learn the truth about Planned Parenthood. Get your 35% discount here.
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Abby Johnson censors those who don't share her beliefs. I wrote a dissent comment on her facebook and was deleted immediately. I then tried to contact her and was blocked not only on her facebook, but also her website. So don't bother debating her if you see through her blatant lies.
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Heavenly Hikes in the Red Rocks, Nearly Non-Stop Exercise and a Light Diet to Prepare for Fall
If the Red Rocks of Sedona, Arizona look familiar to theme-park goers, that's because the legendary Walt Disney envisioned his "Big Thunder Mountain Railroad" after seeing Sedona's "Thunder Mountain" rock formation. So say the guides from the Enchantment Resort, who also say that the prickly pear cactus plants – with their flat round pads – inspired Disney's Mickey Mouse.
I learned all this by hiking in the red rocks each morning at 7:00 a.m. during a stay at Enchantment, a charming and in many ways, magical resort, nestled in a valley sacred to native Americans. Also on the property is the luxurious Mii Amo Spa, offering exercise classes, fitness equipment, ultra-luxurious treatments, guided meditation and much more.
For me, all this is an ideal getaway, as no matter how careful I am about diet and exercise, I gain a few pounds each year. So a few days of a light diet and lots of exercise is just what I need to shape up and fit into my fall clothes.
Over the years, I've gone to spas – or hotels with spa and exercise facilities – throughout the world, often with a friend since my teen years, Janis Best, host of AZ Girlfriend on KQNA Radio. These past two years, we've visited Enchantment and the adjacent Mii Amo Spa.
All around are the majestic red rocks, named for the objects they resemble. So there's "Teacup," "Coffee Pot," "Cathedral Rock," "Courthouse" and many more wonders of nature. And while they're hell on cell phone reception, they make for a heavenly backdrop.
Although I've seen such formations in films and in pictures, nothing seems to capture the beauty of the American west better than seeing it with your own eyes.
It has been said the area harbors vortexes, or concentrations of energy that are so strong, their proximity can create a feeling of well-being, some say euphoria. So if you spot someone climbing the rock opposite the mystical "Kachina Woman," that's probably why.
As for me, I didn't come to absorb the power of Mother Earth, as much as to expend energy to lose a few pounds. I'll admit, however, I love the idea of energy vortexes and so, I participated in meditation circles and joined Native American Bob Bear's tour of the sacred property.
But these were the resort's bonuses. Bob Bear blessed us all, as the deer wandered out from behind the trees, joining us, he said, because they sensed the atmosphere of peace surrounding us all.
Aside from the beautiful hikes, stunning scenery and spiritual nature of the resort, there are also top-notch exercise classes at Mii Amo. And we took them nearly non-stop each day.
For those of us whose backs suffer after a day in high heels, Wendy's get-your-back-on-track classes were the answer. She started by having the group bounce on giant fitness balls and chant "Whee."
For raising heart rates, Zoe took the prize with her "Boot Camp," by alternating bouts of jump rope with floor and wall exercises. Sherry made pilates easy for beginners, such as myself, while Jan helped us stretch out and lengthen our connective tissue.
Given such a regime, it seemed only right to take care when dining, which we did at all the restaurants, with the result that now – feeling lighter and healthier – Janis and I are ready to face the fall.
Click here for more information about Enchantment in Sedona, Arizona.
Just a few tips…
* Sign up for the morning hikes in advance. Area regulations decree that the hotel can only take two groups of six on the hiking trails each morning and so, the spots fill up fast.
* If the hikes are full, show up anyway, because when the alarm goes off at 6:30 a.m., there are very likely to be some people who would rather stay in bed than slip into hiking gear.
* Don't miss the Portobello Quesadilla at the Mii Amo Cafe. Containing only 200 calories and combining marinated mushrooms, Monterey Jack cheese, avocado and caramelized onions. It has to be the world's best low-cal dish.
* Rent a refrigerator for the room. The classes are so terrific that on some days, you may not have time to enjoy a Portobello Quesadilla. So it pays to have a chilled salad or two on hand.
* It's OK for first-timers to Sedona to skip a few classes and head into town for lunch. The stunning l'Auberge de Sedona creekside restaurant is worth the trip.
Top photo: The rocks above the spa seemed to be watching over us through the treatment room windows at Mii Amo in Sedona
Second photo: That's me, in front of Thunder Mountain, near Enchantment in Sedona; this mountain, said the guides, inspired Disney's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
Third photo: That's not me, atop a rock formation opposite Kachina Woman. I'm a hiker, but not a rock climber, as are the people who climb this rock to absorb the energy at Enchantment in Sedona
Fourth photo: Deer came out from behind the trees during Native American Bob Bear's talk at Enchantment in Sedona
Fifth photo: The hiking guides from Enchantment in Sedona pointed out the cactus plants that inspired Mickey Mouse
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Here are three important pieces on Enterprise 2.0 from this week.
"E2.0: Unleashing the Potential" by Paula Thornton:
How is 2.0 thinking different? It relies on a shift away from many commonly held beliefs. It is not an abandonment of such beliefs, but requires that they be suspended to move to a more flexible, adaptive middle. It requires the ability to embrace dichotomy, to simultaneously consider opposing concepts to find new possibilities.Enterprise 2.0 unleashes the potential of corporate resources by shifting control. While management does not go away, it is not an activity in the hands of a few.While digital technologies contribute to the structure, they are only seeds. At the lowest level construct, Blog technology is not different than a Wiki: both provide functions to create and display content in a specific format. The main distinctions in Blogs and Wikis are the functions and formats they provide. But the same is true for all other common desktop applications. A Blog or a Wiki is no more inherently social than email.There is no prescribed starting point for Enterprise 2.0, but there is one capability that emergence fundamentally depends on: the ability for people to find each other by things that define relevance – work, topics, skills, affiliations, trust. As well, people must have ready access to relevant 'raw materials' for their work. Shorten the distance to finding relevant resources.To be truly emergent, Enterprise 2.0 must be seamlessly integrated with knowledge work. It cannot be an appendage; it should not require adoption.Enterprise 2.0 is inherently social. It is not about managing knowledge but is about rendering knowledge. It is enabled by, but is not achieved by installing a digital technology. It unleashes the potential of humans not with workflow, but by flowing work and thought on persistent conversations.
"Defining Social Media" by Mike Gotta:
Social media enables public and transparent participation models where people and organizations interact as peers.Social media possesses low-barriers to expression, engagement, and contribution to promote exchanges, relationships, and sense of community among its participants.Social media strategies include practices that facilitate behavioral and cultural contexts necessary for social media to be adopted and leveraged by its participants.Social media itself is not a single technology or set of technologies as much as it is a design point for the application of social tools or leveraging of social platforms. Social media leverages a variety of network and infrastructure services, including end-user devices and form factors, to deliver contextual and situational user experiences that bond people with other participants in a trusted fashion.
"Rules are for impatient people" - guest post by Stewart Mader on Dennis Howlett's blog "Irregular Enterprise":
To me, a term like Enterprise 2.0 is a nice label to affix once you recognize that there is something visibly different about how an organization functions. For example, universities that have encouraged wide adoption and use of technology in teaching and learning, developed online courses in addition to traditional ones, and changed the educational environment to emphasize learning for understanding instead of content delivery and memorization could conceivably be given the label "Enterprise 2.0." Universities are enterprises, and 2.0 represents a change from 1.0.In sum, here are several timeless patterns I've observed in my years of working with a variety of organizations on technology adoption. As Merlin Mann said in a recent speech, "This is not a list. It is a list of four things, but don't think of it as a list. Because that makes me mad. Item 1."
- Never underestimate how busy people are, and how quickly they will ignore or dismiss something they don't see as useful.
- What has worked for me, time and time again, is to work my way through an organization team by team, department by department, and find out what day to day problems people want to solve.
- Rules are for impatient people. You need to observe patterns to see what works well and where the weaknesses lie.
- The best strategy for long-lasting technology adoption comes from running a small pilot, working out the kinks, telling a good story with relevant examples from the pilot, giving people permission and encouragement to find the best uses, and letting them guide their peers.


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I am so excited to share with you all our Feature Friday #5 Blogger! Meet Lauren from Making Life Sweet! I found Lauren through the Shine Blog Hop and with Thanksgiving around the corner, it was a no brainer when I saw her 10 Must Have Thanksgiving Side Dishes post. It was so much fun going through her blog and discovering her unique recipes (many containing my favorite fall ingredient: pumpkin!) It was so hard to choose my favorites but here they are!
Obviously her 10 Must Have Thanksgiving Side Dishes was a hit. She puts a twist on the traditional Thanksgiving sides and I am so excited to try some of these! Pumpkin Swirled Mashed Potatoes, Fried Brussel Sprouts with Smoky Honey Aioli, and Traditional Stuffing are just a few of these mouthwatering recipes. Yes Please!
Next were her Homemade Reese's Peanut Butter Cups that I obviously couldn't leave out. You'll probably think I'm from another planet when I tell you that I refused to eat Reese's until this year. I never liked peanut butter until about 6 months ago (I went straight to eating spoonfuls out of the jar; don't judge, I had 24 years to make up for!) Well now, I am completely obsessed with Reese's. Now that I am pregnant, my cravings for them are getting worse. You get the point. This recipe is now on my To Make This Week list, and I'm kind of thinking it should be on yours too. Just saying!
Another great post that will be perfect for not only my pregnancy sweet tooth, but for Cal are these Pumpkin Dirt Pudding Cups! I had a sweet tooth when pregnant with Cal also, so naturally, he has a pretty strong one too.(That also may be why he came out at a whopping 9 lbs 1 oz. Yes, I may be superwoman) These are great for not only children but for adults too, and I can't wait to try them!
Not only does Lauren offer great recipes on her blog, she also offers some motivational and inspiring posts which I totally loved. One that particularly caught my eye was 5 Ways to Feel Better Now. It actually hit the nail on the head with me because I was feeling extra blah this morning. #1 was to pour a cup of tea, and I went through each step and to be honest, my day has completely turned around. I feel like I can finally get some things done around the house.
I decided to save this yummy recipe since I will be making it for dinner tonight. I woke up knowing I was going to make some chili, I even have an extra can of pumpkin in my pantry; it was meant to be! Check out Laurens Turkey Pumpkin Chili recipe for an fall twist to your dinner!


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In the last few months, the 'Right to Know' campaign has formed a central part of JRP's work. Voices Magazine sat down with JRP Programme Coordinator, Boniface Ojok, to get his insight on the campaign, its purpose and the hopes for the upcoming months.
Voices Magazine: Could you briefly tell us the history of JRP?
Boniface Ojok: JRP started in around 2004 at a time when the discussion around justice and accountability hit the floor in Northern Uganda, and then the issues were around peace versus justice, traditional justice versus international justice processes and the attempts being pursued at the national level by Ugandans for blanket amnesty.
So then, the discussion was centred around how do we pursue meaningful accountability process? JRP came in to add a unique perspective of how do we bring in voices of the victims in this discussion. This is why we always advocate for the inclusion of locally sensitive, but also culturally relevant approach to Transitional Justice for Northern Ugandans. That is the premise upon which JRP was founded around 2004/2005. But then more fundamental was our involvement in the peace process in 2006, particularly the accountability and reconciliation agenda that was discussed in Juba.
Since then we have been following and trying to engage as widely as possible, not only with the victims of conflict in Northern Uganda but also with those who should be trying to pursue a relevant mechanism in terms of Transitional Justice, with Government of Uganda and also regional and international bodies that can help the transitional justice process in Uganda,
VM: Talking about engagement with victims in Northern Uganda, how would you describe the situations of persons that are still missing as a result of the conflict?
BO: The 'missing persons' issue is a very crucial area that we as practitioners in Northern Uganda should begin to pay much more attention to. One thing to note is that the discussion around missing persons has never been on anyone's agenda, but I think in the past few months we have seen some initiatives and we have seen some momentum generated from civil society organisations and local organisations such as CAP Uganda to try and raise the awareness that the issue is real. Also, at JRP by engaging with victims on the idea of truth-telling at the local level is a clear testimony that missing persons should form part and partial of an agenda for truth-telling in Uganda.
In our studies on truth-telling we were able to find out from people that look, indeed people want to know something about what happened to their missing persons, their spouses, children and siblings. So ideally when speaking about truth-telling process, one fundamental aspect that ought not to be ignored for the case of Northern Uganda is where is the missing persons' debate here?
Right from 1986 when this conflict began, we have had people gone missing either have to being unaccounted for because of security agencies in Uganda or the rebels. So then till now we have witnessed situation where victims have remained silent, but not silent because they are happy, silent because they can't be given the opportunity to come out and express their grievance over their loved ones gone missing. So I think the question of missing persons remains an integral component of the truth-telling process in Uganda.
VM: Talking about these families who have persons still missing, what would you describe as some of the most important needs to these families who are going through every day with the knowledge that they don't know where their relatives are?
BO: I think for one, families of the missing living with the pain and agony of their loved ones gone missing is a very terrible scenario. Imagine an orphan left behind together with other siblings in the absence of their bread winner, living on a day by day basis for all these years is really something beyond which I can explain. For that matter, I think if you are looking at the whole question of Transitional Justice, the whole question of truth-telling, for instance, and ignoring the fact that the missing persons should be talked about, then we are really heading into a very difficult scenario.
Take for instance abductions that have happened. Plenty of children, elderly people or people with energy to carry load on their head, people who served as soldiers in the LRA, as an example, how many are they? Unfortunately we don't have the records. They really constitute a big number of people who went out there and were either killed or up to now no one knows their whereabouts.
Formerly abducted persons have come back home but without a detailed account of where their colleagues who were in the rebellion are. We need a situation where these issues are brought to our attention. How do we get to know their whereabouts, who is responsible for this? This should all be brought to the attention of victims and those who still mourn their loved ones. I think the situation we are left with is a family that is in despair, a family that is so desperate for someone they have really lost for a long time.
VM: You did mention that there are initiatives coming from civil society organisations. What is being done at the national level to address the issue of missing persons?
BO: The issue of missing persons, let alone the whole transitional justice arena is often a very much ignored subject. I think as civil society, you can bear me witness that the struggle to bring transitional justice issues, issues to do with accountability and reconciliation on the agenda of our national government has been a very difficult one. That alone was a milestone achieved at Juba. The next milestone is: are these issues going to be particular to the needs of those who are really affected? Are they going to address the real victims who still suffer to date? What about the issues of the missing persons that we are talking about, are they going to be fully incorporated into our proposed truth-telling formula that has been generated by JLOS? Are we going to ideally develop a transitional justice framework that doesn't look into the issue of those who are not with us here? These are real questions that victims will always ask us.
We still remain optimistic that something will be done. We still remain optimistic that finally Government will come up and say look this is what we have done. The NRA, the UPDF will come up and say look this is what happened to those who were abducted. This is a clear testimony that your children we didn't protect are really languishing in the jungles of DRC, or your children we didn't protect have actually died in our hands during battle and we should move forward as a nation and heal the wounds of those who still think that tomorrow my child will be back or where is the bones of my loved one so that I can bury him? These are issues that I think if well addressed at that level we shall have something meaningful.
VM: What is the way forward for JRP in this process?
BO: I think for local organisations like JRP together with others, it's our role to garner the support of victims and civil society so that we begin to look at these issues and see how best to confront them. How to push these issues to the agenda of government is the primary responsibility of the civil society fraternity. We act as an anchor between victims and our policy makers, so when issues of missing persons are not addressed then organisations like JRP and CAP Uganda remain quite irrelevant and even at the national level, the JLOS will actually be irrelevant.
So I think the way forward is for us to really work together as stakeholders, embrace the issue and try and generate momentum and, for once raise hope in the victims who still think they can be healed. I think this is the time for closure as victims. This is the time that we as civil society can become a relevant force in trying to reckon with the past that they have been through.
I think the campaign on missing persons should be a campaign that should continue and I think it should not only be JRP that embraces this. It's a campaign for all of us. It's a campaign to raise awareness among victims that, look, you can do something about this situation you are in. I think it's also an encouragement for victims that, look, there is hope at the end of the tunnel. This in preparation for their healing process is very fundamental. Again a message to victims is that these efforts do generate a lot of hope but also there is so little we can do as civil society apart from trying to get you together to respond or to walk for these missing persons. It's your campaign.
VM: Thank very much
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I wish you all a wonderful start to the New Year and may this year be bigger, better and brighter than 2012 🙂
How did you celebrate New Years Eve? ~ This year I decided to go low key for a few reasons 🙂 one being we had a huge Christmas party and I'think I burned out a little, and another reason is because Mr Bao is in Melbourne by himself I felt bad going out to a huge party without him ~ And finally it's because I hate 'CROWDS', they give me a huge headache 😀
That's why I decided to just have a quiet celebration with my best friend Sasa and Little Luk ~ It's so strange but Sasa and I haven't really spoken since May when I went back to Melbourne but as soon as we see each other, we just talk none stop just like olds times. I think that's the perfect example of a real friend ~ you may not see or talk to each other much but it doesn't mean you drift apart 🙂
I suggested Thai food as most people go for the more extravagant fine dining or buffets. I called a few places in Kowloon City and eventually booked a table at Cambo Thai Restaurant. We arrived at around 7:30pm and already it was quite packed ~ Definitely surprised me because I honestly thought people will choose other cuisines over Thai hahaha
I have also heard of Cambo Thai restaurant before and know that they are quite famous and well-known to Hong Kongers. Many celebretities from Hong Kong, Taiwan and China have visited and written their signature on the walls 🙂 This is a common practice in HK so tip number 1, if you see a restaurant with lots of signatures its safe to say that they are popular and probably wont disappoint you ~
*Cough Cough* not pointing my finger any anyone but *Cough Cough* Little Luk was late! LOL He was precisely 45 minutes late, so by the time he arrived we were starving, so we started off with a mixed plate of satays.
Cambo is definitely not fine dining and does not plate any of their food 🙂 The satays came on white plate with a side of peanut sauce. The satays were well marinated and we really liked the peanut sauce which was sweet and slightly spicy. However, they weren't very 'hot' and only 'luke' warm, I would've liked them more if they were piping hot ~
I immediately requested that we get the Curry Crab 🙂 Which had actually wont the Top 50 dishes to eat in 2008 in an article in Time Out Hong Kong ~ Even though the crabs were a little small but they still had quite a lot of meat. I am addicted to the curry, eggy and spicy sauce! This was soooooo delicious! Damn I forgot to take a photo of the garlic bread we ordered to scoop up all the remaining curry sauce 😀
We then go the Green Curry with prawns, we didn't know that there was the option to get chicken or pork ~ The flavours of this green curry was great and could tell that it was authentic as you could see all the fresh herbs they used. However, the sauce was as little watery and I usually like my curry sauce a little thicker 🙂 But I'm not really sure which ones more authentic hehe
Sasa recommended the Baked rice with seafood in a coconut 🙂 Like my fellow blogger friend Gem (Cupcake Crazy Gem) I love anything with coconut, whether savoury or sweet. I was so impressed when the waiter brought this to our table, it smelt so good!
The juice in the young coconut had been emptied and this delicious rice cooked with coconut and pieces of seafood and coconut flesh was filled to the brim. This was such a generous serving and could have easily fed 5 or 6 people 🙂 I am totally in love with this and kept scrapping the coconut to get more flesh!
Can't leave without dessert 🙂 I really wanted the mango with sticky rice ~ But we were so full. So we decided to get these little sago puddings with coconut and a taro filling inside.
I don't think I've had these before but really liked them they were soft, moist and yum! I think I can eat a whole plate by myself hehe ~
We all enjoyed dinner at Cambo and thought it was very reasonably priced! It was only $130HKD per head which is an equivalent of about $16AUD for all the food we had 🙂 Flavours were good and service was attention ~ Will definitely recommend you coming for a cheap, quick and delicious Thai fix.
Cambo Thai Restaurant
G/F, 15 Nga Tsin Long Road,
Kowloon City, Hong Kong
After dinner, Little Luk had to meet up with other friends so Sasa and I headed off to the Langham Place Hotel in Mongkok and grabbed drinks and more desserts to celebrate the last hour of 2012 and obviously the count down. I ordered the 'Piggy Hug' cocktail 🙂 I ordered purely because the name was super cute hehe not sure why they named it this. It was a cocktail with vodka, grand marnier and pineapple juice, it wasn't too strong and even though it had some bitterness the sweetness from the pineapple juice balanced it all out.
I simply HAD to end 2012 on a very sweet note 😀 Boo they only had two desserts on their menu, the apple crumble and the tiramisu. We went for the apple crumble which was served warm with vanilla ice-cream on the side that had maple syrup drizzled over it. Quite nice with bite-size apple pieces on the bottom and with a crumble topping and when paired with vanilla ice-cream super delicious. Even though I know some people will find it a little sweet especially with the addition of maple syrup 🙂
Portal Work & Play
5/F, Langham Place Hotel Hong Kong,
555 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok
Time for some reflections last year 2012 was a big year:Mr Bao then called just 5 minutes before mid-night (3am Melb Time) and we chatted and did the count down together 🙂 So that's my low key New Years Eve and how I celebrated it with my close friends ~
– Mr Bao and I moved in together
– Started my first full-time job
– Met so many amazing people through blogging
– Got a new blog design (FINALLY!)
– Got to travel to New York
Now I can't wait to see what 2013 has in store for me 🙂 In the new year, I wish for good health because that really is the most important and secondly for us all to be happy.I hope you had a lovely day with family and friends and may our days always be filled with laughter, happiness and DELICIOUS FOOD especially sweet ones!
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text: I recently purchased an '07 Ferris 1500Z 48/21. Love the machine, built like a tank and cuts great. One thing I would like to improve on is the clippings coming out of the chute. I do not bag, and the dispersal of the clippings from the chute is excellent, but the clippings are a little bit long. I was thinking that running doubles might chop them up a little smaller. Its not a problem now, but I think in the fall when the grass is s bit thicker, build up may be a problem. Anyway my dealer says there is no "doubles" kit for the Ferris, but I was wondering if anyone else could give there experiences and recommendations.


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1994 was an eventful year. The Commonwealth games were on, black holes were proved to exist, Richard Nixon kicked the bucket, F.R.I.E.N.D.S. premiered, Kurt Cobain decided to shoot himself in the face, however none of these events meant anything to me because I was only four years old.
When I was four years old my parents were separated, so I only got to see my Dad every second weekend. He lived in the city, so on weekends we usually went into town to shop or go to the zoo or something. In the center of town there is an enormous Target; which is basically a cheapo department store. One particular Saturday after shopping with my Dad we were heading back towards the Target car park. We reached the elevators, where Dad let me press the 'up' button; I LOVED buttons when I was young, the lights, the bings and dings. It was a riveting experience. I stood up on my toes to boost myself and still my stretched out fingers could only just press the button.
The elevator opened. I was generally a well-behaved (read 'trained') child; I had learnt not to enter an elevator until the current occupants had left. However this time it was empty, so I eagerly ran inside.
Now remember that, one, I was four years old when this happened, so my memory of the event is fairly broken and staggered, and two, this was the mid 90's, so my Dad would definitely NOT have had a mobile phone or other piece of handheld technology, so what he was doing to be so distracted is lost in my memory banks, but regardless the elevator doors closed with me inside and my Dad outside.
Sheer fucking panic ensued.
I was trapped in a cold metal world that was completely alien to me. Dozens of buttons covered the walls but I did not understand the symbols or their purpose. I may as well have been inside the TARDIS for all the good it did me. I couldn't reach any of the buttons, they weren't meant for my tiny four-year-old frame. My heart rate shot through the roof. I knew without a shred of doubt that I was going to die in that elevator, I would have to eat my own arms off to survive. I would perish but my legend would live on, they would write movies and countless books of my heroism in the face of adversity.
Meanwhile my Dad, still standing outside of the elevator had stopped being distracted and realised that his only child was no longer present. Luckily my dad was a calm and collected man, put two and two together and had pressed the 'up elevator' button for a second time, the doors had opened. There I was, wide-eyed and totally scared shitless. My dad didn't understand why I looked so terrified, or why I was so thrilled to see him.
Literally around 12 seconds had passed. He had barely noticed I was gone, but for me it was a long and horrific nightmare.
- Tom
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Two pieces of visual development art by Hans Bacher.
Media: watercolor on paper (left) and gouache on paper (right).
© Walt Disney Company.
When Hans Christian Andersen wrote The Little Match Girl almost 160 years ago it was at a time in his career when he was well past adapting spoken fairy-tales for the printed page. Like The Little Mermaid or The Ugly Duckling, many of Andersen's original stories often contained a moral.
However, unlike those fables, the moral of The Little Match Girl was not found directly within its storyline. Instead it was written to provoke thought and to gain the attention of Europe's privileged masses, many of whom could well afford to buy one of Andersen's volumes but treated their children like property or indentured servants.
Case in point: Andersen's own mother as a child was sent out to the streets to beg by her father, and on one occasion was so scared to come home empty-handed that she hid under a bridge during winter and nearly froze to death. Scenarios like this where children are treated like possessions are more common than we imagine and play themselves out today in many places that escape our day to day notice in the poorest parts of the world, in Africa, the Middle East and in Asia.
Like many visionaries before him, Andersen's story of the match girl was a societal wake-up-call, an artistic cry for help and a slap at indifference.
Director, Roger Allers understood the sentiment behind The LIttle Match Girl and discusses how he went about translating Andersen's written words to animation.
Also the people walking, the Russians walking with their fur coats and the elegance of pre-revolutionary Russia, which also romantically speaks to me; that era when Russia was all obsessed with France. It was just really beautiful. Incredibly beautiful, if you were of those classes.
Roger Allers:
When Don Hahn came to me with a proposal to set Little Matchgirl to music as a short, I was thrilled with the idea because it was a favorite story of mine. The idea of doing it as a musical piece and to do it justice was a thrill.
I was one of the three main board artists on this short. It was lovely to go back and spend time boarding since for many years at Disney that's what I did. As I started to break down the scenes and come up with the images to match up with the music, the color palette became really obvious. It simply presented itself to me while I was just drawing.
(I decided) that all the scenes of her daily life and her struggles in the city would be very cool and very colorless; a lot of grays, blue-grays and that sort of thing to help you feel the cold and to feel the emotional coldness of her existence.
I wanted her visions in the fire, in the flame of the matches, to be warm and bring out all the warm, earthy colors: the colors of comfort, of home and hearth.
At the same time I had Hans Bacher do some character sketch ideas for the match girl. He was working with ink and ink washes. He does this wonderful, quick shorthand when he's working with his designs. The way the ink would trail off and fade out and the texture of the paper that came up underneath was so exciting to see. That's what initiated the idea to do the whole movie as a watercolor wash and to really let the texture of the paper play underneath and to keep it very simple and very thin.
We had to look for techniques to accomplish that, even though our characters were painted in the computer. (We found) computer techniques that we could use to create a sense of texture and the way the color would bleed out towards the end of the outline of the character.
There were a few elements from Andersen's story that were altered for your adaptation of the story. The location of the story was changed to an Eastern European location, something that resembles St. Petersburg. What was the reason for the location change?
Roger Allers:
It was partly our choice of music [Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: Third Movement: Notturno (Andante)] and partly the opportunity of the visual allure of doing pre-revolutionary Russia in terms of the architecture and I guess also because, if you think about a place like Russia, that place looks so archetypically cold. Holland is so charming, not that it wouldn't have been grim to be poor in Holland I would imagine.
But setting it in Russia said something little bit more to me, (about) the division of the classes in pre-revolutionary Russia for one thing, especially before the revolution when the people were close to rioting on several occasions and were brutally put down. I thought it would be a poignant stage to play upon.
Much of Andersen's writing in The Little Match Girl is told in metaphors and with poetic license. One of the tools he uses in Match Girl is to contrast everything from class structure to the contrast of emotions: compassion and indifference and the worlds of life and death. An element from the story alluded to in the short is the love the match girl received from her beloved grandmother. In the short story it is further explained that her grandmother died a week earlier and that the match girl is left with an overbearing and cruel father. What sort of filmmaking decisions did you make in dealing with explaining her relationships at home?
Roger Allers:
Well, for one thing, it's a very short piece and we were doing it with no dialogue, purely to music where it all would have to be communicated in pantomime and it just seemed like a complication to start dealing with the parental relationship ahead of it. (It would have cut) into a lot of screen time.
As it is, I think of it as being so incredibly compressed. It was a rush to get through each of the four steps we did take through it. So we decided it would be better to jump into the middle of the story. I think it would raise more questions than it would answered for people.
Two early pieces of visual development art by Sue Nichols.
Both firmly illustrate the contrast of indifference and affection within the match girl's home life.
© Walt Disney Company.
Even if there was someone there, it was someone she could not go home to. I didn't want to have to address that it was abusive on screen. So it was better to just go right to the heart of it where it's this girl against the world. A girl alone. It seems like it made her pining for comfort and love much stronger when she was alone among all those people and then we can go to those visions of her being wrapped up in warmth of her grandmother.
One of the more poignant moments in the film involves the sequence where the match girl finally greets her grandmother after making several attempts. In many ways the emotion that plays out in this scene foreshadows the ending of the short. Could you explain what you did to layer the emotion from this scene into the next?
Roger Allers:
Ah, the scene where the match girl runs into her grandmother's arms, that was part of that whole thing of her traversing from one world to the other; from the cold world of reality to the warm world of her dream and her desire, and to be scooped up in the grandmother's arms as an image of comfort and everything.
And then there was the idea of the Christmas tree, which was to represent everything that was wonderful and warm and delightful about the way a childhood was supposed to be. The feeling of looking at your childhood Christmas tree and all that and she [the lIttle matchgirl] gets to light the candles on the tree.
When I showed the film to Glenn Keane at the studio, he got it right away. After it was over, Glenn and I talked about the scene where the grandmother was holding the matchgirl and lighting the candles, and Glenn said in that moment when she was in her grandmother's arms and lighting the candles and looking at the tree, he knew she was dead.
And I thought, "Wow, that was fairly perceptive," because that in my mind was also the moment at which the match girl was fully embraced by the spirit of her grandmother.
(Then) we went ahead and brought the grandmother (corporally) into the alley, and have her (the grandmother) symbolically wake up her (the little matchgirl) and carry her off. That whole thing of being held in her grandmother's arms was a symbol of giving herself up to the warmth and the spirit of her grandmother.
Roger Allers on directing The Little Matchgirl
© 2006 Ron Barbagallo
All story sketches were drawn by Roger Allers.
Media: graphite pencil and colored pencil on paper. Size: 5 1/2 inches by 10 inches.
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Roger Allers:
And then, I have to say one of my favorite parts was the idea that follows -- the idea of having the lit candles fade when we go to dark. The lights of the candles fall and become the snow as I transition back to the real world and we discover the girl dead in the alley.
It's funny because you do use small things like snow and other atmospheric elements, pinpoints really, whether it's the shooting star at the end of the film or the snowflakes from the beginning and throughout the film or the candle lights on the Christmas tree, as connective devices to link, move or float one scene into another. It becomes like a ballet of sorts and moves the short forward from beginning to end.
Roger Allers:
What you're talking about is the choreography, the motifs that lead you through the storyline. You have your two points of light that we play with in the picture.
First it's the snow. This is how the picture opens: with snowflakes. So it's the snowflakes and then flames. Each is the opposite of the other, emotionally and temperature-wise. You have the frozen snow and you have the warmth of the flame.
But in a way they're kind of the same thing and in the very end, our last light is both warm and cold: the falling star. There's almost nothing colder than the distant star but, at the same time, it is the symbol that she had gone to heaven. The ultimate warmth of her condition.
It's interesting (that) sometimes, when you're doing these things, you're not thinking about them entirely. I think these symbols come up more spontaneously, or maybe that's just the way I work. It's one of the things I love about doing animation just to music is that it is a dance. Animation and music complement the other.
All images are © Disney Enterprises Inc.
The author would like to thank Baker Bloodworth, Don Hahn, Roger Allers, Howard Green, Doug Engalla, Sarah Baisley and Ray Morton for their help.
This article and interview is owned by © Ron Barbagallo.
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Shedding Light on the Little Matchgirl traces the path director Roger Allers and the Disney Studio took in adapting the Hans Christian Andersen story to animation.
The Destiny of Dalí's Destino, in 1946, Walt Disney invited Salvador Dalí to create an animated short based upon his surrealist art. This writing illustrates how this short got started and tells the story of the film's aesthetic.
A Blade Of Grass is a tour through the aesthetics of 2D background painting at the Disney Studio from 1928 through 1942.
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2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs Provide Historical Google Search Volume. But Where's the PPC Advertisers?
Oooh, a story about two of my life's passions. NHL Hockey and Search Engine Marketing. Alright, regardless if you are a true Hockey Fan, BandWagoneer, live in the city of either Philadelphia or Chicago, or just Search Marketing Geek, the online searching behaviors of our society are making an impact on what is happening offline, especially with this year's Lord Stanley's Cup. (Yes, Semgeek is a huge Philadelphia Flyers Fan, regardless if they win or lose). According to a recent article in Forbes Online, there's been an increase of Google Searches of historical proportions for Lord Stanley's Cup. Let's discuss…
According to the Forbes "SportsMoney" article entitled "The Stanley Cup Playoffs Spark A Surge Of Google Searches" by contributor Maury Brown, Maury mentions that "not only have the Philadelphia Flyers and Chicago Blackhawks given solid TV ratings for the Stanley Cup Finals, they have also been responsible for the surge of Google searches, with 2010 going off the chart in terms of volume."
He also goes onto say that the spike in interest is not only being noticed in Michigan and Pennsylvania, but also surprisingly in Washington State (which is sort of strange, unless there is a huge hockey following)
But, when I replace my Hockey Helmet with a PPC Hat, I have the urge to do a Google search on HEAD terms such as "Stanley Cup Playoffs" as well as different concatenations of the term, and frankly I am SHOCKED!!!! There's NOBODY there! However, when you search on individual teams, regardless of Geographic locations, there is plenty of competition.
So what does this mean for PPC Advertisers? Well, first of all they are missing out on opportunities to not only sell Stanley Cup Merchandise or Stanley Cup Coverage to the Hockey Faithful, they are "most importantly" missing the very lucrative "un-seasoned" and "in-experienced" Hockey Fans where all they know is to search on terms such as Stanley Cup or Stanley Cup Playoffs and are frankly missing the "Zamboni" goldmines of reaching their audiences.
Furthermore, this is significant because throughout the history of the NHL, accumulating and increasing the general TV audience has been a difficult task, with the overall dominance of MLB, NFL, NBA, etc… This is an AMAZING accomplishment for the NHL and it needs to be talked about!
In Conclusion:
Paid Search Marketing is still evolving and the days of bidding on obvious search terms is long gone. We now live in a world that is not only viral but multi-channeled and whatever trends that are happening offline (Neilson Ratings) are also being mirrored online. Searching Behaviors are getting more complex everyday and search marketers need to be aware of these trends to maximize their clients/businesses performance.
- Fish where the Fish are!
- Test the waters.
- Learn from your experience through analytics
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- Always try different tactics to maximize your returns.
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Percy Jackson is a good kid, but he can't seem to focus on his schoolwork or control his temper. And lately, being away at boarding school is only getting worse-Percy could have sworn his pre-algebra teacher turned into a monster and tried to kill him. When Percy's mom finds out, she knows it's time that he knew the truth about where he came from, and that he go to the one place he'll be safe. She sends Percy to Camp Half Blood, a summer camp for demigods (on Long Island), where he learns that the father he never knew is Poseidon, God of the Sea. Soon a mystery unfolds and together with his friends -- one a satyr and the other the demigod daughter of Athena -- Percy sets out on a quest across the United States to reach the gates of the Underworld (located in a recording studio in Hollywood) and prevent a catastrophic war between the gods.


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BIG 92.7 FM Launches Sholapur Station
BIG 92.7 FM, India's No.1 FM Station, on Friday announced the latest edition to its kitty, with the launch of its Station in Sholapur. The launch of BIG 92.7 FM in the city marks the launch of the 38th Station of the network.
In the first phase of its launches, BIG 92.7 FM set up Stations in the metros of Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore and Mumbai. The second phase of launches has taken BIG 92.7 FM to several mini-metros including at the end of which, the total count will be taken to 45.
With its Hot Adult Contemporary music positioning, covering favorite tracks from across era's and its endeavor to create high aspiration and wholesome entertainment, BIG 92.7 FM has taken aboard several well-known personalities and has created an exciting programming mix that ensures relevant and credible information to their listeners.
BIG 92.7 FM promises not only to entertain but to inform and empower the listener with utilities that one may take for granted. The Station has designed utilities such as traffic and weather updates along with time checks and health tips to help optimize the listener's time management and health. Another important programme offering of the Station is the 'Acknowledgement of local Heroes in Society'. BIG 92.7 FM aims to honor the deserving common man who works relentlessly and voluntarily for the betterment of society.
In Sholapur, BIG 92.7 FM RJ's Ashwin, Pallavi, Mahesh, Baburao and Shekhar will be entertaining the city and the adjoining areas of which include Pandharpur, Akkalkot, Mangalwedha and Tuljapur.
The joyride will start at 6 am with Mansparshi by RJ Pallavi. This spiritual programme is to be followed by the Breakfast Show 'Kadak Chaha' with RJ Ashwin from 7am to 11 am. Other shows on weekdays include 'Hi Mazhi Life He" with RJ Pallavi from 11 am to 2 pm, "Chal Kalti Maar' with RJ Mahesh from 2 to 5 pm, "Bajjipav with Baburao' with RJ Baburao from 5 to 6 pm, 'Big Googly' with RJ Shekhar Suman from 6 to 9 pm and request show 'Meri Marzi' from 9 to 11 pm. There will be special shows on Sunday's as well like "Jo Fit He Wo Hit He' with Simmi Sakhuja, "The Best of Mansparshi", Krazy Kiya Re" and others
To ensure the highest aspirational appeal and connect with its listeners, BIG 92.7 FM has Abhishek Bachchan as the Brand Ambassador in East, North and West and super star Asin for Telegu and the Tamil markets and for the Kannada market – none other than Upendra.
"We are very excited about launching in the city of Sholapur. We are the first private Radio Station in the city and have already created palpable excitement among the people. The programming mix of the Station has been put together after much research and understanding of local requirements" Saurabh Doshi, Director – West, BIG 92.7 FM said .
A Rs. 400 crore investment in Transmission Equipment, Infrastructure and licensing, a plan for a 1000-strong national workforce – all geared towards an ultimate count of 45 stations in the nation's biggest private FM Radio Station Network that is poised to reach 200 million Indians through a pan-India presence across 45 cities, 1000 towns and 50,000 villages.


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Re: [new_distillers] Quality Spirits
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- In my experience, none to very little. I have had straight sugar washes that had to sit for weeks because I was offshore and when I ran them, I got the same amount of alcohol out of them that I did from freshly made washes. Just an added note, I never use an air tight container for my washes, no air locks, just open to the atmosphere with a cloth to keep the bugs out. I have a sour mash going right now and just finished the 4th run on it. Uncle Jess is right, its just keeps getting better and better with each run. Now I have a reflux still, but run it full open, no reflux and it tastes just great.James D. Graves
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How much Ethanol evaporates overnight by leaving it uncovered? My future plans involve industrial and non-industrial uses with heads and tails being use for industrial and hearts strictly spirits. Most guys like a kick in their spirits, but women prefer flavor and smoothness (Intended market group). Also known as loving whiskey rather than fighting whiskey.
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Please make sure you let you product set overnight, uncovered (just a cloth over it) before you judge your end result. I am running now and get in a 12 gal batch, about a quart of heads, three quarts hearts and the tails I stopped at 40% and got thee quarts of them. A very destinctive smell from each of the three. Today after letting them set over night, there is very little odor, smell, scent what ever you want to call it and a very destinctive taste between them. I mix them all back together and make apple pie and it is running around 110-115% and boy is it GOOD!Moral of the story is: don't be to quick to say something is not up to your standards, and if it isn't, lower your standards!!!!!James D. Graves
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As a test, I purchased 200 ml of the cheapest vodka from a local liqueur store as a base for my first finish run. Now I have a good idea what not to keep as drinkable spirits. That one small sip gave me a headache, so it has to be heads that was nasty stuff.
If you are a newbie to distillation like myself, I would suggest that you go out and sample the cheapest spirits you can find as a means of knowing what you don't want to produce from your still.
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Doing a professional courtesy for a doctor friend, Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe take their midnight ride to help him out. Have they just witnessed a murder over the phone? Who is Gloria? Comparing notes with the doctor, they find they've had the same phone call, from Gloria Farnsworth, a classmate of the doctor. Nero has long lost interest in the matter by the time the cops come calling.
The cops turn out to be kidnappers who take Archie and the doc to a remote place in the country. The situation could be a set up by a criminal who Nero sent up to the big house in the past. Back home, Archie and the doc review the events with Nero. What's the next move? Archie does what he does best by doing the footwork, and finding clues. What kind of criminal leaves behind incriminating recordings? Its enough for Archie to believe that Gloria is tied in with the abductors.
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Do you close the curtains at night? Do you have deep and fascinating intimate conversations? Do you make jokes sometimes that you most certainly wouldn't make if you knew strangers were listening? Do you pick and choose your friends carefully? Do you use caution when you write emails, knowing the connection isn't secure? Do you whisper sweet nothings to your dearest love?
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