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A care-free day sunny day can suddenly end when something in the environment, or a thought, brings a memory back from the actual trauma-such as a look, color or a smell.
Trauma & PTSD can be debilitating, but treatable. The residue of past traumas can live on indefinitely consciously, or unconsciously, and can mis-cue danger at any moment— igniting animal defenses. Intense emotions like fear ensue.
The body can shut down with PTSD, go numb and mimic a numbness, like playing dead (submit). It can also fuel an anxious hyper-vigilance. Often a person with PTSD bounces between both states
Trauma and PTSD symptoms can include: racing thoughts, vivid flashback memories, nightmares, intense anxiety, poor impulsive control, explosive anger, an impending sense of danger or doom, feeling guarded, numb, spaciness, loss of concentration, insomnia, emotional overwhelm, easily startled, racing thoughts, a racing heart or feeling clammy.


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I feel sorry for cats in summer. It seems as though they'd get awfully hot under that thick coat of fur. I ask Lily, every once in a while, if she'd like to take off her coat. However, I guess the hot weather isn't as hard on cats as it would seem—well, except for those who live out of doors or in pens without any cooling relief. And removing their coat is one of the worst things we could do. (More about that in a minute.) When I mention my own two cats, we're talking cats kept inside with various cooling methods in place.
Here are a few facts with regard to cats and hot weather. While, of course, they can be overcome by heat, just as we can (we discussed this a few weeks ago), they are also engineered to handle the heat to some degree. Licking their fur, for example, is a method they use to cool down. They also seek out cool places to spend their days. A cat knows to conserve energy in the heat. So you might see your cats—especially those who live outside—sleeping more.
Are you thinking of shaving your cat in the summer so she'll be cooler? Don't do it! Cats' fur is designed to keep them warm in the winter and provide insulation from the heat of the summer. This is not to say that cats are completely self-contained and the heat won't harm them. It will. And it is up to us to make sure they have plenty of water to drink and to play in, if they're so inclined. You may recall my post about water features you can provide for your cat on a hot day—ice cubes or ping pong balls floating in a pool of water, for example. Some cats will bat them around and stay cooler in the process.
What are some of your cat's cooling habits? Have you used a cooling pad? Does she allow you to spray water on her to cool her down? Lily loves to drink from a spigot and generally gets sprinkled in the process. Katy used to lay inches from the swamp cooler or a fan. Winfield liked to poke his paw in a bowl of water. Most cats will simply sleep a hot day away and become more active when the sun goes down.

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Google Announces Tensor Processing Unit Accelerator for Raspberry Pi
Google Offers TPU Accelerators
Ultimately, Google seeks to deliver an array of custom hardware to allow developers to create machine learning projects such as speech and image recognition. By rolling out TPU chips for edge devices, Google offers machine learning products at the hardware, software, and server levels. TPU devices from Google include the Edge TPU Dev Board, and Edge TPU Accelerator.
Google's Edge TPU Accelerator is a USB device which boasts compatibility with Linux operating systems (OSes). It's compatible with the likes of Raspberry Pi boards, but only at USB 2.0 speeds.
Google Edge TPY Accelerator and TPU Dev Board: Final ThoughtsOverall, it's clear that Google seeks to make machine learning more accessible. Additionally, Google is poised to control everything from hardware to server-side machine learning for developers. Unfortunately, limiting the Edge TPU Accelerator to USB 2.0 speeds could provide a bottleneck. Still, both the TPU Dev Board and Edge TPU Accelerator make machine learning with a variety of SBCs totally feasible. This is a huge win for developers seeking to experiment with machine learning and AI.
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Daytona PD: Man Maces & Pours Gasoline On A Teenager
Daytona Beach, FL – A man is arrested after he pepper sprays a teenager before trying to douse them in gasoline.
Daytona Beach police say they responded to a call shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday (September 5th) at Henry Butts Drive and Heron Street near Butts Temple Church of God, about a disturbance between a male and female subjects.
When they arrived on the scene, police located 46-year-old Conrad Massey, who matched the description given by dispatch.
Shortly after locating Massey, officers made contact with the 17-year-old female victim.
According to the report, Massey took a can of pepper spray from the teenager, prior to police arriving that night, and proceeded to spray her. He then chased her down the street, trying to pour gasoline on her.
The victim says that Massey has also caused another disturbance with her yesterday, in the same area over $3 owed to him by her.
Massey is currently being held without bond at Volusia County Jail on child abuse charges.


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text: This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. There's a search for permanence on Hurry's new album, Every Little Thought – each of album's ten tracks a vital piece in the journey. And it's really the album's opening song (and title track) that encapsulates this desire perfectly. At five minutes long, it's the album's best song as Matt Scottoline (formerly of Philly emo band Everyone Everywhere) achingly sings, "Every little thought I have about you / And what the future brings / Every little thing I knew about you / Doesn't mean anything," over slight reverb drenched in melancholy. It's Hurry at their very best, as the band is in no rush when it comes to creating luscious melodies and captivating hooks, letting each one breathe and build on its own until Hurry's bittersweet pop is ringing within your ears for days. The band's third album, Guided Meditation, was 2016's best-kept secret, but that shouldn't be the case with Every Little Thought, as Hurry delivers some of the year's most contagious power-pop rock songs. "Read Between The Lines" surfs into a chill, upbeat vibe that'll have listeners longing for the beach, while "Heatwave" will undoubtedly bring comparisons to bands like the Gin Blossoms as Scottoline's guitar simmers throughout. After surrounding the first two Hurry albums with walls of reverb and fuzz, Scottoline's songwriting boasts a new confidence on Every Little Thought. The charming "Time and Time Again" is a delicious slice of breezy dream-pop and "Waiting For You" features an infectious hook that'll be impossible to shake. Cousins Joe and Rob DeCarolis provide the backbone on the record, playing bass and drums respectively, which allows for Scottoline's guitar work to really shine (the duo is fantastic on the absolutely groovy "Jamie" and guitar-driven closer "The One I Want"). "On The Streets" effortlessly picks up the pace on the record, resulting in a very Sidekicks-esque jam. The beauty of Every Little Thought is found within the album's balance. While the pace of the album rarely changes, it's the little guitar flourishes, slinky bass lines, and perfectly-placed drum fills that separate Hurry from their peers. It's sneaky good, because once that "aha!" moment hits you'll be hard pressed to ever remove this record from the turntable. Expand - View Original


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A Pen is mightier than any weapon; no one knows that better than the Fascist/Nazi Donald Trump. This is exactly why he is constantly attacking the press; no one will bring him down but the press. We have experienced how useless our Congress has been.
With my pen, I write in drops of my blood fighting for our Constitution that is is so disrespected by that man in the Whore House; and with drops of blood I write fighting for our laws and order. We had always been a country of law and order until this idiot bout his position – not for long, I am sure.
Also, with a pen, we can fight corrupt American Corporations; this includes all of them. There is no one decent American company -except perhaps American Express to whom I have written many times to change the word American because it is an insult to their integrity – and they do have integrity, indeed.
There are no needs for guns or weapons to protect our freedom. Case in point: I have sued An apartment building company in Long Beach called Channel Point Apartments, LLC. The owner of this building, owns many others and he is a multi billionaire. Hoe did he become one? Well!! like most rich Americans: Lying, Cheating and Stealing. Not with me. I sued and I won because I was on the right, the company was on the evil wrong trying to cheat and steal, perhaps thinking I am a foreigner and I would be scared. I wrote to their lawyer the following: "…is it because I am a non-native American Citizen and many intellectually challenged Americans believe foreigners are stupid? No. I have better education and better background than any US President, Congress or Senator or, in fact, any American."
Well, the court has just published its verdict and protected me from the abusive American Corporates. You must not be afraid and do the same. Never allow Americans to abuse you. It is in their innate character to use, abuse, steal, cheat, and even commit the most heinous and wicked of crimes – just look at the people at the Whore House.
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On 06/27/2017 a Small Claims – Other case was filed by Dr Sabri G Bebawi Phd against Channel Point Apartments Llc in the jurisdiction of Los Angeles County Superior Courts, Downey Courthouse located in Los Angeles, California.
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- Other – EXHIBITS RECEIPT; Filed by: Non-Party
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- Authorization to Appear on Behalf of Party (Small Claims); Filed by: CHANNEL POINT APARTMENTS, LLC (Defendant)
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- Minute Order (Non-Jury Trial)
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- Non-Jury Trial scheduled for 09/11/2017 at 08:30 AM in Downey Courthouse at Department SE2 updated: Result Date to 09/11/2017; Result Type to Held – Taken under Submission
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- Court orders judgment entered for Plaintiff Dr. Sabri g Bebawi, PhD against Defendant CHANNEL POINT APARTMENTS, LLC on the Plaintiff's Claim filed by Dr. Sabri g Bebawi, PhD on 06/27/2017 for the principal amount of $690.16 and costs of $115.00 for a total of $805.16.; Other: THE COURT WRITES A STATEMENT OF DECISION, A COPY OF WHICH IS INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND MAILED TO ALL PARTIES. EXHIBITS TO CUSTODIAN.
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Ben Conniff is President and Co-Founder of Luke's Lobster, a Maine-bred lobster shack with a mission to make the world's best lobster rolls by using traceable, sustainable seafood and respecting its providers and communities. Luke's has 24 locations in the US and 6 in Japan. Ben is also the author of Real Maine Food, a cookbook compiling 100 recipes from across the state using local bounty. @lukeslobster
First memory of campfire cookery
Believe it or not, I was a Cub Scout. So my first campfire cooking involved hot dogs on sticks in various state parks around Connecticut. There's no better way to make a hot dog.
Favorite memory around a bonfire
Every winter we take our most senior Luke's teammates up to Camden, ME for the U.S. National Toboggan Championships. We spend the day hanging around a giant bonfire, grilling lobster tails and chowder, and racing toboggans. It makes February worth living through.
Worst experience in the outdoors
It's hard to have a bad memory outdoors...but I guess my worst execution was a cross country skiing yurt trip friends and I took in Colorado in college. We trekked up the wrong canyon, parallel to the one where the yurt was, and had to bushwhack over the ridge after sundown in a few feet of snow. Dinner in that yurt in the middle of the night was the most satisfying of my life.
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Today, I am comparing two liquid eyeliners that to me are very very similar - Ink Liner by Make up Forever (AED 120) and the best selling Long Lasting Eyeliner by Sephora (AED 69). As you can see there is a huge difference in the price of the two products, so let's see if it's worth paying almost double?
Have a look at the picture above. I think that it's hard to spot many differences and to be fair on the eyes they look exactly the same! They are both carbon black, matte and long lasting, both dry very quick after application and you can draw thin and thick lines with both. The reason why I drew three lines with each eyeliner is because I wanted to show you what thickness you can achieve with them. I believe both are doing great job and the results are pretty similar. However the tip of the Sephora eyeliner is very thin and allows you to get the thinnest lines ever, which sometimes can be really helpful if let's say you want to achieve very defined and precise winged eyeliner. Actually, there are two liquid eyeliners by Sephora that are exactly the same but the only difference is the brush, so you can buy this eyeliner with even thinner brush in case you find it easier to use (link here).
Even though I prefer the shape of the Sephora eyeliner brush, I really like the Ink Liner brush. It's very soft and I don't know why but it just feels nice on the eye lids, plus I find it easier to use. I have to admit as well that the MUFE packages are way better then Sephora's. I know that packaging isn't that important, but I think it does matter sometimes that's why decided to mention it.
I always thought that "baking" is too heavy for my taste (at least the way the YouTube bloggers are doing it). But seeing how flawless the model's completion looked after Mario "baked" her skin I decided to give "face bake" another try. And to make it more fun I "baked" my face in front of the camera.
I loveeeee Jennifer Lopez so much, not only because she always (I mean always, always) looks flawless but also because I really admire how balanced, healthy, ambitious, smart, intelligent and sweet she is.
I saw this picture of Rihanna few weeks ago and I was like WOW! Believe it or not I couldn't wait to film a tutorial…
You have no idea how many messages I receive regarding foundation for oily skin!!
I'm so sick of seeing Instagram makeup tutorials where they literally shower in foundation, so I decided to film video to explain you how to use foundation.
In this video I'm sharing with you four concealers that I've been using for few years and I absolutely love!
In this step by step video I did full face makeup, showing you all the products that I used and as always I made sure that the video isn't too long.
Glitter eyes isn't something I would wear every day, but it's definitely great for special occasions.
I love adding a little (or a lot) blue to my eye makeup!
Last week we were four days in Istanbul I was inspired to create this blue eyeliner look 💙
Do you suffer from dark circles? Me too! But the good news is that I know how to cover them the right way without any creasing, dryness and heavy makeup.
The spring is here and it's time for some PEACH MAKEUP 🍑
Lovely ladies 💜 I filmed 20 min long eyebrow tutorial where I tell you everything I know about the eyebrow makeup + I do a little bit tweezing too.
I recently filmed an eyebrow tutorial (scroll down to watch it) and in the video I am using some of these products so I thought that it might be helpful to review them on my blog.
Aishwarya Rai makeup on this picture is gorgeous and I immediately wanted to film a tutorial for it.
Today I'm showing you 5 makeup brushes for beginners and their uses. Also while I talk about each brush separately I apply makeup using the same brushes.
This red lips makeup look was the most requested from my clients on the NYE, so I decided to film a makeup tutorial for it!
Let's talk about makeup organization & makeup storage!
Yesterday I uploaded tutorial on YouTube on how to cover acne and acne scars (without your face looking cakey) with the help of colour correcting.
When it comes to mascaras I've always been using expensive ones, simply because I was never pleased with the results of those from the drugstore.
As I told you in my last post I received two complimentary boxes of full-size products by Max Factor from Insfluenster Middle East and I decided to review all of them on my page (yep, the ones that I don't like too).
The colour that I have is called Lavish Mauve, which for me is a lovely combination of dark rosy pink and purple.
I can't believe that it's almost the end of the year already! I feel like yesterday was August then I turned around and it's now December.
I filmed this video about a month ago, but totally forgot to share it on my blog!
I've been planning to talk about the Breast Cancer in my blog this October but I didn't know how to do it.
Few weeks ago I posted this picture of Kim Kardashian in my Instagram stories and I asked my followers if they want a tutorial for it.
In this post I will share with you my experience with the foundation and if I think it's worth the mind-blowing price tag.
There're so many affordable good lipsticks on the market and I am so excited to share with you few of my favourite.
I've always wanted to try Double Wear because I've heard a lot about it and I know that some ladies absolutely love it.
If you live in Dubai then you've probably seen the lash brand Pinky Coat in the drugstores.


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Part of the Refined Kensington collection, these Mary Jane shoes pairs a classic tasseled loafer with a sling-back style. Choose from our signature polished smooth or high-shine rub off-leather that will customize as you wear.
A twist on the classic Dr. Martens leather: durable, with a smooth and polished finish.
Care Instructions
[Smooth] = Clean Away dirt using a damp cloth, allow to dry apply correct coloured wax based shoe polish to restore shine as desired.
This is a Goodyear-welted product. The upper and sole are heat-sealed and sewn together, not merely glued like many footwear constructions.


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Gratus maintains the tradition of tipping. We simply innovate the process. We modernize the tip payment transaction by replacing cash with mobile payments. No longer does a guest need to dig around his pockets, rifle through her purse, or look around for someone who might have change for a $20.
QR codes. Our platform is powered by an innovative payments process that utilizes QR codes. Every QR code is uniquely assigned to individual employees or departments.
Three taps. No app. With Gratus, no app or QR code reader is required. Just point camera phone at QR code and follow the prompts
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Current POS systems or delivery-services "force" tipping. Customers have to enter a tip before receiving their purchase or service. Tipping is a reward or expression of appreciation, of gratitude (or we call it, Gratus). We enable customers to leave a gratuity with personalized feedback, as the wish, at their convenience. On or off location.
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Unlike other P2P systems like Venmo, we do not require both parties to exchange and share information. Our financial technology enables payment transactions to be made anonymously, in the security of a closed transactional loop. A guest can't tip a doorman or valet if they are not employees of an authenticated business.
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text: Oppikoppi 21: The Fantastic Mr. VOSVOS is coming for you, and you! South Africa's iconic music festival is going down in August, and we urge you to write it down in your diary!! We here at Why Ed are already preparing ourselves by trying to sleep on nothing but thorns and screaming "Koppi" 259 times in a row. With that said, we're asking Oppikoppi artists 7 questions about the festival, and sommer delving into past experiences. Their answers may serve you well in the quest to make your very own Oppikoppi experience one of the most memorable. We took some time out of our festival preparations to ask Steve East, from Crystal Park, a few questions about Oppikoppi 21: The Fantastic Mr. VOSVOS! Crystal Park is a 6-piece Alternative Country outfit from Benoni, South Africa. Their music roams the deep, dark, dangerous world of the suburbs, streets and myths of Benoni's city and suburban life – from the famed "Benoni Werewolves" of the 80s, to the most popular pubs, drinking holes and takeaway joints, to the ladies of the night (if you're looking for a good time). What song excerpt would you use to describe the feeling that Crystal Park is performing at Oppikoppi for the first time since 2012? "Mr. Phillips found old Johnny Cash and he was high, High before he ever took those pills and he's still too proud to die. Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back, like 'Dammit Elvis, don't he know, he ain't no Johnny Cash'…" – That's a line from a Drive-By Truckers song called Carl Perkins' Cadillac Have you ever picked up any injuries at Oppikoppi? If so, mind telling us what happened? Let's see… 4 o' clock Ear Infection… The usual "Lost for 3 Hours, Fell a Couple Times" stories… Brad once fell out of a tree with a full leg cast on, onto his crutches. Take in that beard, take it all in! Do you have any advice for people who are attending the festival for the first time? Bring beer and nice people. Treat Oppikoppi's stages almost like a Food Market. Go from one to the other trying out all the different flavors. Even if it's something you read up about beforehand and it sounds like something you cannot stomach, go try it out anyway. What's the weirdest thing you've ever seen at Oppikoppi? Brad beer-bonging a Vienna, a can of baked beans, and some tuna. If you had no choice but to participate in the naked mile this year, what would your fool-proof plan consist of for winning the event? Fred reckons it's simple: One Cock Push up… only… that's all you need Any surprises that we can expect from Crystal Park at Oppikoppi? Naked handstands, luminous beer funnels or midget tossing? We always include surprises at our Festival Sets. At Sweet Thing 2012, we gave away over 80 free Boerewors Rolls in front of the stage while we played… Stay tuned to our Facebook page or on Twitter, for announcements on this year's surprises… 🙂 What's the most random question you've ever been asked at Oppikoppi? Steve: Around the fire once at about 4 am, a guy asked me "Hey man, can you do any magic tricks?" I was like "Um… yeah, I mean, I guess so…?" He then replied "Good. Then why don't you fucking disappear?" I was speechless. So then I just walked away into the night without saying a word. Ha! Joke's on him! We would like to thank Steve and the rest of the guys for their time! Be sure to watch Crystal Park perform at Oppikoppi – you might even get a lekker Boerie roll with the show!


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Walking alone into a crowded room to mingle with strangers leaves most introverts drenched in flop sweat —which is precisely why many of them are such gifted storytellers. It's a survival mechanism.
A lesson in humanity ... from a robot
Machines have two primary functions: they perform the task they were built for or, failing that, they serve as emotionless objects through which we can vent our pent-up rage and frustration.
Who among us hasn't wanted to go all Office Space on the company printer? We slam our car doors, punch parking meters, and throw our remotes against the wall. (You guys do that, right?) And we take out our aggression without a hint of remorse because these are victimless drubbings. We're thrashing machines, not people.
As novelist Richard Price said, "The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance."
Say what? How social media platforms affect what you say ... and how you say it.
You already know that your audience influences what you say and how you say it when you're telling a story. (That googly-eyed baby talk that entertains your girlfriend will get you tazed if you use it on a cop.)
But did you know that where you tell your story is just as important as whom* you're telling it to?** Think about how the following venues affect what you say and how you say it:
VENUE: Your favorite noisy pub
APPROACH: Loud, off-color comments that you practically spit in your friend's ear.
VENUE: Sunday Mass
APPROACH: Fidgety whispering about how bored you are, accompanied by crude illustrations drawn with those bowling-alley pencils on the back of the church bulletin.
VENUE: Elevator
APPROACH: Vapid comments about the weather directed to the top of your shoes.
VENUE: Men's room
APPROACH: There is no approach. The first rule of "Men's Room" is you DO NOT talk in the men's room.
The same is true with social media venues. You wouldn't post a video of a shark-cat riding a Roomba on LinkedIn would you? Of course not. Different venues require different approaches.
To help you navigate the rocky waters of social-media etiquette, the good folks at My Clever Agency created an infographic to help you "Create The Perfect Pinterest, Google+, Facebook & Twitter posts."***
Check it out.
*Full disclosure: I don't often use "whom," even when I know I should. Just as I don't say, "It is I," when asked "who is it?" But my sister-in-law occasionally reads these posts, and she's a stickler for proper grammar, so I figured I'd go all highfalutin for her this one time.
**But don't come after me for ending a sentence with a preposition.
***Relax. It's a quote. They capitalize, I capitalize.
Today's Lesson: Lessen the Lessons
Want to kill a kid's interest in something he enjoys? Make him take lessons "to get better at it."
When I was a kid, I liked to swim. My technique was appalling but I could cut through the polluted water at Ideal Beach with no effort at all. And whenever I stepped on a crab, I was a regular Mark Spitz.
But apparently this wasn't good enough for my mom, who signed up the four of us kids for swim lessons at the Red Bank YMCA.
Everyone who takes swim lessons at the Y starts as a Pollywog before advancing to Minnows, Flying Fish, and then the ultimate achievement—Sharks. Being a Shark in and of itself was pretty cool. But they also got to use the high dive, so you just had to get to Sharks.
First, however, you had to graduate from Pollywogs by demonstrating that you could swim … their way. Apparently, what I was doing did not qualify as swimming, so I got stuck with the five-year-old Pollywogs while my brother and two younger sisters advanced to Minnows. I was 12 years old.
It gets worse.
Before they even let me paddleboard with the other kiddies during free time, I had to demonstrate that I knew how to hold my head underwater without breathing. To do that, they had me bend at the waist with a paddleboard in my outstretched hands, take a breath, put my face in the water, exhale, turn my head to the left to take in a breath and repeat the process 10 times.
I couldn't do it. For six weeks I couldn't do it.
Those six weeks passed slowly. I'd watch as nervous new kids—"fish" we called them—entered the pool for their first day of swim lessons. And then, when they learned their lesson, I'd pat them on the back and wish them well as they advanced to Minnows. Sure, I was envious at first. But I knew I was never getting out of that hell hole so—over time—it made me happy to see those little tykes get over the wall, so to speak.
As the summer--and our swim lessons--were coming to a close, I asked my instructor in a final act of desperation if I could turn my head to the right to breathe. "Sure," she said. "A lot of good it'll do ya."
Well, it worked. I could swim—their way. In one day, I graduated from the Pollywogs, blew through Minnows and became a Flying Fish. By the end of the week, I was a Shark.
True story.
But now I hate to swim. And I'm afraid the same thing is happening to people who enjoy telling stories. You can't swing a life guard's whistle these days without smacking into some self-described expert who wants to teach you how to tell a story.
Well, I'm here to tell you that you already are a great story teller. Sure, there are ways you can improve your unique technique, as you'll see in this video*. But when it comes to telling stories, you're incredible. A regular Mr. Limpet.
* This video originally appeared in our QuASAR Method Video Series.
Internet Killed the Hollywood Star: Why being a star is not enough in the Interactive Age
To be a success in the 20th century was to be a star. Whether a movie star, a rock star, or an NBA All Star, your job was to shine brightly and be worshiped by "the little people" below you. Feedback from the masses was next to impossible and that was OK by you.
Many stellar Fortune 500 corporations operated in much the same way, preferring target demographic marketing over actually engaging with their customers.
Then the Internet—which abhors one-way communication—snuffed out many of the 20th century stars and gave birth to a new celestial model of success: the quasar.
Unlike a star, which only radiates, a quasar has an enormous black hole at its core that sucks matter and energy in while shining light out--more light, in fact, than any star in the universe. This two-way flow of energy is the foundation of successful communication in the Interactive Age. Dictatorial monologues are out; thoughtful and empathetic dialogues are in.
As it happens, "QuASAR" is also an acronym for the five-step process that can teach you how to become a thoughtful and empathetic communicator yourself. QuASAR stands for Quest, Audience, Stories, Action, and Results.
Quest—Most meaningful communication begins with a quest. Unlike a mission—which is a directive from an external source, usually a framed piece of paper nailed to the break room wall—a quest is driven by a passion that comes from within to achieve a purpose that you hold dear. By discovering your quest, you will attract people who share your goal and your passion.
Audience—Until very recently, an audience's primary function was to serve as a barometer of success. They were counted, not consulted. Today, however, the audience you attract will actually give you invaluable insight and helpful advice as you share stories during—and about—your mutual quest. You cannot overstate the importance of your audience. They are no longer passive observers of your communication "campaigns." They are your new partners and active participants in your quest.
Stories—Press releases, official statements, and talking points don't initiate conversations; they kill them. To engage in a dialogue you need to share stories. In fact, now that you're on a quest with new friends who share your objective, it would be almost impossible not to.
Action—Woody Allen famously said "80% of success is showing up." In the Interactive Age, it's closer to 100%. You need to take the time and energy you're spending on quarterly magazines, monthly newsletters, and staged press events and spend it on developing organic, ongoing dialogues with your audiences. As Jay Baer, best-selling author of The Now Revolution, said, "Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social."
Results—Success used to be measured by the number of clips your press release generated. But that metric (and most press releases) are far less important in the Interactive Age. Successful communication isn't measured in "hits," it's measured by your audience's reaction.
Take Molly Katchpole. Ms. Katchpole was a part-time nanny in 2012 when she decided that she didn't want to pay Bank of America $5 every month just to use her debit card. So she started an online petition opposing the surcharge that generated more than 200,000 signatures in one week. It's a safe bet that BofA's media team reached tens of millions of people that week, but that wasn't enough to keep bank CEO Brian Moynihan from crying "Uncle" and dropping the $5 fee.
Interaction is the currency of the Interactive Age. After years of talking at your targeted audience, you and countless others are going to have to adjust to talking with both your targeted audiences and with the many new people and communities you will meet as you venture on your quest.
It will be difficult, but it's not impossible. If Daniel Pink can learn how to draw a passable self-portrait by using his right brain, you can learn how to mechanize the magic of meaningful and effective communication through the QuASAR process.
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If you've spent any time in Washington DC, you've heard of David Rehr. When he ran the National Beer Wholesalers Association, Fortune Magazine ranked that organization as one of the "top ten most influential lobbying organizations" in America. When he was president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, Radio Ink magazine named him one of the "top 20 most influential people in radio." And Washington Life magazine put him on their "Power 100" list. Yeah, he's that good.
But what makes David Rehr so special (besides his eerie resemblance to Matt Damon) is his uncanny ability to identify talent. Take this book review he recently posted on Amazon.com.
"Megan McDonald & John Doyle break through all the communications clutter and treat the reader to the essential "you have to get these right" elements in this easy to read, yet fascinating book. I have been in organizational communications my entire professional career but found myself shaking my head (while reading the book) and saying to myself, "yes, I have to be sure I do that..." This book is a great investment. It's has some lighthearted moments but the content is serious - we do live in a cluttered communications environment and virtually all organizations are terrible in getting their positive messages out to the public. I am certain I will continue to refer back to it on important communication projects. It's that good. No, it's really, really, really good."
Now the fact that he was talking about our book is just icing on the cake. In fact, I didn't even realize he was referring The TV Guide to Telling Your Organization's Story until Megan pointed that out to me.
But it was our book he was talking about. And if a man as busy as David Rehr could find the time to order our book, read it, and post this brutally candid and informative review, you can too.
So go ahead and get yourself a copy. As David said, "It's really, really, really good."
Storytelling in the Interactive Age: TV as Teacher
As the television industry navigates its way through these tectonic changes, it can teach us how to respond to similar challenges. The static monologues delivered via press releases, white papers, and the vetted and sanitized "statement from the CEO" are rapidly being replaced by genuine dialogue between organizations and the audiences they want to reach.
Similarly, TV is restructuring its programs so that it can engage in a dialogue with its audiences. The signs of this restructuring are on every channel:
- Folks watching Hawaii 5-0 can determine the ending of the program in real time by selecting the bad guy via Twitter.
- Netflix uploaded every episode of House of Cards to allow people to watch it when they choose to.
- A number of programs (including my favorite, The Blacklist) post Chyrons (those messages on the bottom of the screen) prompting you to download the episodes and the show's soundtrack on iTunes.
- Vine superstar Logan Paul took over the Today Show's Vine account … live. (Don't understand that sentence? You will.)
- CBS's Showtime Network partnered with LG Technologies to develop a system that allows viewers to participate in polls and trivia games about Showtime programs such as Dexter and Ray Donovan as they watch the shows.
- Connect TV has an app that lets viewers capture six seconds of the show they're watching and send that clip to their friends.
- The app Viggle identifies the show you're watching and then connects you to others watching the show via Facebook and other social media. It also allows you to rack up points for every minute you watch the show, which can then be redeemed from the show's partners.
- Engaging TV ads are no longer restricted to the Super Bowl as advertisers fight for viewers' attention with better content and real-time interactivity.
- TV networks are partnering with content distribution platforms—from YouTube to Apple TV—to ensure that their programs can be viewed anywhere on myriad devices.
- Television manufacturers are taking the dialogue concept one step further with social television technology that allows you to literally talk to your television system.
Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey best summed it up when he said, "For kids growing up, there's no difference between watching Avatar on an iPad or watching YouTube on a TV and watching Game of Thrones on their computer. It's all content. It's all story."
"The audience has spoken," he said. "They want stories. … And they will engage with it with a passion and an intimacy that a blockbuster movie could only dream of—and all we have to do is give it to them."
You don't need to invent an app to remain relevant. But you do need to share compelling stories with your audiences if you want to attract and hold their attention. And TV can show you how.
For concrete tips on how to improve your storytelling, check out our new book, The TV Guide to Telling Your Organization's Story: Insights and tools to help you navigate the Interactive Age.
Expertise is not enough in the Interactive Age
To understand how communications have changed so quickly and why it is virtually impossible for expertise alone to cut it in the Interactive Age, you have to think of information as a commodity.
For most of human history, the information market was functionally an oligopoly: a few information producers and brokers (royalty, the church, scholarly institutions, etc.) dominated the market. Their production systems—chiseled stone, monastically scribed books, a limited run of hand-pressed Bibles—were expensive and labor-intensive. As a result, there was an extremely high "price" for accumulating information, which restricted learning to those who had stature and wealth.
During the Industrial Age, the supply of information gradually broadened as universal education became widespread. During the Information Age, however, the supply of information exploded as technological advancements lowered the price for the production and accumulation of information.
The supply of information greatly outpaced its demand long ago. Anyone who's ever been to a library has seen a vast amount of information languishing on dusty shelves.
Ironically, in the Information Age, information became less valuable than ever before. But because the channels over which this "cheap" information flowed was until recently controlled by corporations, the media, Hollywood, and the recording and publishing industries, the price for that information could be artificially manipulated. As long as they controlled the distribution of information, these multi-billion-dollar industries thrived, generating profits that would make a banker blush.
The Internet broke the lock on the flow of information and people began freely sharing ideas, images, videos, music, and art. Where consumers once paid money to receive information (via subscriptions, cable fees, telephone bills, movie tickets), they are now getting it and giving it away for free.
Today, the value of information is not predicated on how much people are willing to pay to receive it. It is determined by how many people want to share it.
The consistent delivery of relevant, accessible, and/or entertaining content will build "brand loyalty" that can be used to earn revenue the old-fashioned way, while also creating an emotionally invested community of supporters.
To learn more about how to communicate effectively in the Interactive Age, check out our new book, The TV Guide to Telling Your Organization's Story.
TV or not TV? Why your television may be your best social media mentor
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- In 2011, part-time nanny Molly Katchpole told Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan and the online world that she didn't want to pay a new $5 monthly debit card fee. Moynihan was "incensed by the bad press," and vowed that he "won't budge on the new fees." But the banker budged … and the nanny won.
- In 2012, Hollywood's top lobbyist Chris Dodd blasted his former colleagues in the US Senate for killing his signature legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would have allowed the government to censor the Internet. Upon losing what had appeared to be a slam-dunk deal, an enraged Dodd said, "Don't ask me to write a check for you [politicians] when you think your job is at risk and then don't pay any attention to me when my job is at stake." This refreshing candor resulted in its own online petition on the White House website calling for an investigation into Dodd's alleged "open admission of bribery.
- In 2013, Canadian PM Stephen Harper announced that he "has a lot of fun twerking," but only with close friends and "every now and then with President Obama." Before a media aide could update the PM on early 21st century parlance, he added that he "would like to twerk with every Canadian but that of course is impossible."
There was a time when emulating society's leaders was a viable strategy for success. But those days are truly gone. The 20th century leadership skills that catapulted people to positions of power—being unilaterally decisive and hogging the megaphone, to name just two—are liabilities in the Interactive Age, where collaboration trumps intimidation.
The sense of unassailable superiority by those in power is resulting in regular digital spankings as the once-untouchable establishment titans go head-to-head with "little people" who may lack executive prerogative, but more than make up for it in social media savvy.
But if successful business and political icons of the 20th century can no longer guide us to success, who can?
Yup. The faithful companion that taught you how to run faster, jump higher, and build strong bodies 12 ways can now help you navigate the roiling waters of social media.
Think about it. The world is changing faster and more dramatically than at any point in human history. Every aspect of communications is changing in ways we could never have imagined a decade ago. Keeping up with the changes is next to impossible and the struggle can overwhelm the strongest of us.
One way to get grounded and to regain a sense of balance is to filter these new experiences through the lens of something familiar; something that is feeling its way through this brave new world like you are. And there's nothing more familiar and universal—in the 20th century, anyway—than television.
As the television industry navigates its way through these tectonic changes, it can teach us how to respond to similar challenges.
Coming up ... "Channeling your inner TV show." Stay tuned!
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"I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts." — Orson Welles
"If television's a babysitter, the Internet is a drunk librarian who won't shut up." —Dorothy Gambrell, Cat and Girl Volume I
"The difference between TV and the internet was how far you sat from the screen. TV was an 8 foot activity, and you were a consumer. The internet was a 16 inch activity, and you participated." —Seth Godin
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The Capital City Development Corporation has been leading an effort to add so-called "wayfinding" signs to Downtown Boise for more than five years.
The Boise Weekly first wrote about the effort in 2013 - but progress was anything but quick.
After a multitude of delays - the project is finally starting to inch forward.
The agency is set to put up a set of signs all across the downtown core and beyond to help make it easier to find top attractions in the City of Trees.
The signs will actually look somewhat like trees - with metalwork designed to look like branches.
They will feature an olive color, with accents of purple, orange and other colors (typical Boise colors like blue and green are harder to use due to federal highway sign standards).
CCDC, the Ada County Highway District and the City of Boise have approved the sign program - and will start with a test sign in front of Julia Davis Park this fall.
The original Boise Weekly story noted that Missoula spent $100,000 on its sign project. The Boise project will cost taxpayers quite a bit more - $1.465 million according to CCDC estimates.
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These large signs would be more than twelve feet tall and would be located at the major entrances to the downtown core. They would extend the tree theme on to the sign face and would feature large "Welcome to Boise" messaging.
Downtown would be split into five "zones," which each would be color-coded.
- The central business district would sport purple
- The currently largely-vacant western area would go with yellow
- The area around the Capitol would be deemed North and take on a red hue
- The eastern part of downtown around St. Luke's would be orange
- The area south of the Boise River, which includes Boise State and several major parks would be themed in blue.
Signs to help bicyclists would be added throughout, giving approximate bike-riding distances to major attractions. These signs would carry the themed district colors.
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A number of map kiosks are planned, with local areas as well as a downtown-wide map. The samples included in public documents say "City Wide," but only depict downtown.
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Abandoned Train In Bellowsfalls, VT (VT Part 1/4)/
This is the first installment of a 4 part blog post from my last-minute trip to visit my family in New Hampshire for Thanksgiving. (Photos from the NH part of my trip will be on the blog sometime soon.... as well as some new trail photos I have from NJ... I've been seriously slacking on my posts these past few months with my new promotion and the move.)
Dad, Kristopher and I went on a one-day excursion to NH to visit family for the holidays. Dad and I planned a few hiking stops along our way home (much to Kristopher's dismay). Our first mini-hiking experience was (what I'm dubbing) the Alien Head Carvings about 100 meters down from these abandoned train cars in Bellowsfalls, VT. A small Vermont town my father grew up in, and knows well.
As we drove past the shiny silver train cars, awfully reminiscent of an Airstream camper, I asked if we could stop for a few minutes so I could take some photos of the outside of the cars.
As I looked around the cars, I noticed what looked like a cracked door to one of the cars, and, lo & behold! I got inside! It was absolutely beautiful inside, and next time I'm up I would love to throw a model or two in my car and photograph them in there. (A hint to any NH/VT friends reading this!)
Of course, there was ample graffiti for my brother to eagerly photograph with my new X100 I "let" him use. (By let, I mean that I wanted proof of myself being somewhere for once, so I coerced him into taking my photos.)
As we explored the car and graffiti, a middle aged woman pulled up asking if I was a photographer. When I replied "Yes!" She told me she had her older friend in the car who used to work on the tracks we were standing on, and that he'd like to tell me about the history of the station and the train cars we were walking through if I was interested.
Unfortunately, I don't remember this lovely gentleman's name, but he worked on these cars since 1965. The train car we photographed was called an RDC car, and it used to run between NYC and VT for years before being retired to this rail yard. (Train yard? Not really certain what these are technically called.)
After they pulled away, Dad and I climbed up on top for a few minutes for a different view of the place, and we headed out for the Alien Carvings. (Dad took photos of me on the top of the cars with his iPhone, which you can find posted on my Instagram @asiaantelope.)


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Shifting our inherent perception of reality to those of others: A Failed Attempt
To play with the challenge of intuitive prejudices, inducing empathy in others, and understanding those with different intuitions I had to start by looking at an aspect of our lives that informs and shapes our personal perspectives, prejudices, and realities. I found an exciting opportunity in the form of linguistic relativity theory(which I also used as my theory assignment). The basic ideas behind linguistic relativity theory are pretty straight-forward, and have become a new minor obsession of mine. The theory is built on the idea that the language we speak, and how that language treats words and concepts, shapes our perception of reality, and therefore our perception of ourselves and each other. So, how could I create an experience that changes your perception of reality through a change in the language you use to understand it?
There are many examples of how linguistic relativity shows up between different cultures and the languages they use: how the concept of time is spoken about, how many names for colors there are, how complex subjects like emotion and love are spoken about. Each of these areas provides an exciting opportunity to play with shifting our perceptions, but for the sake of this small project I chose to focus on one: time.
The way in which we speak about time varies between cultures, and in theory changes the way we understand time as a concept. In European languages time is objectified, spoken of as a thing we can quantify the same as any object, where other languages, such as the Hopi or the Aymaran language in Peru, speak about time not as an object but as a passing duration, with no objectified noun. Another aspect of this linguistic different is the Aymara see the past as in front of you, and the future is behind, where our European languages say the reverse. Making time conceptually feel like a linear march forward.
Could we use technology to give a glimpse, or filter, of someone else's reality? And can that glimpse inform or change how you live your reality?
To look at a first draft to answering these questions I turned to a Chrome Extension, to look at what language replacement could look like very easily. Starting with an example from Dan Shiffman's Programming A to Z class, I built a simple extension that finds certain words regarding time and replaces them with new phrases of a different time concept.
This approach turned out to be very tricky and did not capture my desired effect at all, which didn't feel too surprising. The context in which time is being spoken about in the replaced text is completely lost, making the replacement feel incongruent with the rest of the phrasing and not allowing it to shift your perspective. It was also lacking something that I found to be very important, affecting the outputs and inputs of your personal conversations. This test was only looking at how the broader outside world of the web spoke about time, not how you and those you have conversations with spoke about time.


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1. Cartier
This brand was called by England's King Edward VII as the "emperor's jewelers, jewelers of the Emperor," the famous brand in more than 150 years, it created many works of dazzling beauty. These works is not only creative boutique jewelry, but also has a very high artistic value, it is worth pondering appreciation, often because they had ownership of celebrities, which were covered with a layer of legend. Fron a huge necklace ordered from Prince India to the tiger-shaped glasses that go hand in hand with Duchess of Windsor, and large civilian Cocteau French Academy sword that full of symbols, Cartier tells one after another legend.
2. Tiffany
On September 18, 1837, Charles Lewis Tiffany loan 1000 U.S. dollars as the capital, opened a company called Tiffany & Young's stationery and daily boutiques at No. 259 Broadway New York City, in opened the day's turnover is only 4.98 U.S. dollars; the property left behind by 3,500 million U.S. dollars when Tiffany died in 1902 . No wealth fall from heaven, from a small stationery boutique to today the world's largest jewelry companies, "classic" has become synonymous with TIFFANY, because there are too many people are proud to wear jewelry TIFFANY. It is a common sedimentary history of the development so far.
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The Triangle Offense, an existential basketball strategy so complex that it was quite simple, and so simple that it was maddeningly complex, died of complications related to confusion on Wednesday. It was ∞ years old.
The Triangle, also known as the Triple-Post Offense, the Sideline Triangle Offense, and the Trade-Me-Coach Offense, reportedly collapsed under the weight of its own pretension in the front office of the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden. But no one with the requisite training in astrophysics and Zen Buddhism could be located in time to provide resuscitation.
Its demise coincided with the decision by Knicks management to dismiss Phil Jackson, the team's president for the past three years and the Triangle's closest living relative. Mr. Jackson was so attuned to its almost mystical intricacies that he became the "Triangle whisperer" — although critics say that his channeling of the offense could not be understood at any volume of voice.
The Triangle Offense was born on the hardwood courts of the University of Southern California in the 1940s, the offspring of the university's innovative basketball coach, Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry. It was then raised and refined by one of Barry's many acolytes, Morice Fredrick "Tex" Winter, who attempted to capture its many mysteries in a book called "The Triple-Post Offense," published in 1962.
Since the publication of Winter's book, others have attempted to explain, clearly and concisely, what the Triangle entails. But many have gone mad in this pursuit; trying to do so is the basketball equivalent to gazing at the face of Medusa.
In 2014, Scott Cacciola of The New York Times provided a short primer, saying that the Triangle was "predicated on reading and exposing soft spots in the defense." He continued:
"The triangle — and there is an actual triangle formed by the post, wing and corner players on the strong side of the court — revolves around seven guiding principles that include maintaining proper spacing (about 15 to 20 feet between players), penetration by passing and the interchangeability of positions. Every player ought to be able to score, and from different angles."
In 2015, the writer Nicholas Dawidoff in these pages immersed himself in the "sacred text" that was Winters's book. Part of his search for enlightenment included asking the basketball analyst Jay Williams — who played in the Triangle Offense while with the Chicago Bulls one season — to explain.
"You hand me a piece of paper and say, 'Jay, define the Triangle for me,' it's kind of like a kid with Magic Markers drawing a cartoon. It's all over the page. So many series of actions, I get lost trying to explain it. Now, give me four guys who know how to run it on the court, I can get out there and do it."
Still, even the harshest critics had to acknowledge that Mr. Jackson had carried out the Triangle Offense to astounding effect during his long basketball career. As the coach for the Chicago Bulls and then for the Los Angeles Lakers, his insistence on running the Triangle paid off with a combined 11 N.B.A. titles.
(It is reported that Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, of the Bulls, and Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, of the Lakers, also played roles in those championships.)
When Mr. Jackson joined the Knicks' front office in 2014, he celebrated the Triangle Offense — new to the city — as the key to basketball success. Hopes were high, given that the once-proud Knicks had for years been adhering to a style of offense technically known as lousy.
But the Triangle Offense struggled to find acceptance in its adopted city, where even the most astute basketball fans did not appreciate the suggestion that watching a Knicks game meant keeping a protractor close at hand. Nor did it help that the Knicks star Carmelo Anthony was reluctant, if that's the word, to embrace the Triangle.
By November 2016, Anthony didn't even want to hear the phrase. "We're just playing basketball," he said after yet another Knicks loss. "We're making adjustments offensively regardless of what we're running. At this point I'm getting tired of hearing about the Triangle. Just getting tired of hearing about it."
The Knicks ultimately proved resistant, even allergic, to the mysterious charms of the Triangle Offense. During the three-year tenure of the Triangle whisperer, the team posted three losing seasons and never reached the playoffs. In order to survive, it seemed, the offense required elements that were in short supply in the Garden: discipline, patience, and flowing movement.
In addition to Mr. Jackson, survivors include a player in the post, one in the corner, one on the wing, and two on the weak side. Funeral services, which are private, will include a shaman, several popcorn-scented candles, and the ritual burning of a Chuck Taylor All Star high-top.


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The 2017 Nottarally took place between September 28 and October 1. As usual it was a great time. The weather was perfect (perhaps a little chilly Friday and Saturday night). Food was excellent and prepared by knowledgeable cooks and no one that I know of went hungry. It was a great weekend filled with a lot of good riding.
|The Honey Wagon arrives!
|This little minibike with a sidecar was all the rage at Nottarally!
|The days were quite warm and sitting in the creek was a good way to cool off.
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|The Kermit Chair ride. No injuries this year!
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Naomi Campbell made an appearance at Badgley Mischka's show, which also marked its silver anniversary, while a trio caused a stir with a no-clothes fashion moment.
|U.S. Open 2014 tennis champion Serena Williams (center) with Vogue editor Anna Wintour (left)
during New York Fashion Week. (AP-Yonhap)
From grand slam to grand fashion
Fresh off her third straight U.S. Open win, Serena Williams took on New York Fashion Week with her first runway show, as a celebrity crowd that included Vogue editor Anna Wintour watched from the front row.
The tennis champ said she was working on the collection, a mix of casual and dress clothes for the shopping network HSN, even while she was mowing down competitors at the U.S. Open ― casting models and choosing their looks. She was inspired by couture shows like Dior, but with a toned-down vibe, she said.
She captured the title on Sunday by defeating good friend Caroline Wozniacki, who showed up at Tuesday's show to support Williams. Williams said she planned to return the favor by coming back to New York when Wozniacki is scheduled to run the New York City Marathon in November.
|The Tory Burch Spring 2015 collection (AP-Yonhap)
Tory Burch's artistic inspiration
There were sequins, there were fringes, and there were, of course, purses. Tory Burch's spring collection was an eclectic mix of bold patterns and looks that could morph from a day wedding to a cocktail party to the red carpet.
Among the key looks: A shirt minidress with color blocks of red, black, blue and orange; cream pants with dark tree prints with a dark-blue solid waist stripe; black-and-white patterned cotton shorts with a fringe; an ankle-long taupe dress accented by metallic designs; and pants with blue, black and cream vertical stripes and tuxedo-like black stripes running down the side. The fabrics were varied too, from knits and cottons to canvas and linens.
Naeem Khan's fashion oops
A king of brilliant and bejeweled red carpet dressing, Naeem Khan mixed his signature sparkle with gowns of sporty stripes Tuesday at New York Fashion Week.
He had a single oops moment ― for most women, anyway ― in a shorty short outfit of open red panels that exposed an intrepid model's thonged backside.
Khan rolled out the dazzle in silver, gold and a starburst of white in a beaded cocktail dress. There were shiny satins in kelly green and sunny yellow in several styles.
For that Hollywood moment when only megawatt gold will do, Khan provided a fully sequined, body-skimming gown, flaired at the bottom with an open, sexy back.
|The Thom Browne Spring 2015 collection (AP-Yonhap)
Sheer luxury at Oscar de la Renta
There was lots to see on the runway at Oscar de la Renta's Fashion Week show on Tuesday evening. But you were even luckier if you could see into the wings.
There, the 82-year-old master designer sat on a chair and looked intently at a monitor as he supervised the movements of each model traveling down the runway. At the end, he emerged smiling ― with supermodel Karlie Kloss on one arm ― to take a bow. He kissed Kloss on the cheek, then another model. He went back into the wings, and the models stood and cheered him loudly.
|The Oscar de la Renta Spring 2015 collection (AP-Yonhap)
As for his spring 2015 collection, it had all the sumptuous, rich detail that de la Renta delivers every time. And the designer seemed happy to show some skin, with a number of his lacy skirts and gowns revealing the entirety of the models' endless legs, and occasionally more.
The designer began with more casual designs, pairing a large buffalo check print, in pink, light blue or black, with more delicate looks such as a white lacy skirt.
He got fancier as he progressed. An ivory organza embroidered dress was beautifully embellished with hand-painted flowers and ostrich feathers. Another dress, in white tulle, was covered with crystal and ostrich-feather embroidery.
De la Renta's three final looks were all in a bright key-lime green, with Kloss closing down the show in a glamorous ivory silk gown, shorter in front, with green organza leaf embroidery.
Jenny Packham serves up Monroe in sparkles
Jenny Packham served up Marilyn Monroe on a celebratory platter Tuesday in sparkling showstoppers of blue, silver and red.
The British powerhouse designer is known for dressing the Duchess of Cambridge, Nicole Richie and most recently Anna Gunn for the Emmys. For the red carpet, she was true to her signature shimmer in silhouettes Marilyn would have appreciated.
Packham even wrote a "Dear Marilyn" letter she included in her show notes:
"I've read the book and listened to the recordings, visited your bungalow at the Beverly Hills and sat in your chair at the Max Factor building where you became a blonde, all the while challenging why you are still so relevant in this brave new world," it read in part. "For me, it's that smile that makes you ever relevant and time enduring."
Along with body-skimming gowns expertly embellished to glisten under lights, Packham used a playful baby pink for day looks.
She went to hot pink for a slinky off-the-shoulder dress one can picture Monroe wearing with big black sunglasses.
This being a New York Fashion Week for spring collections, Packham used a burst of white and yellow flowers on a grand ball gown and a maxi dress with half sleeves and a high center slit.
Packham said in a backstage interview that Monroe's "technicolor imagery is endless." She went with obvious references and is proud of them.
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Leadership in Self-Managing Virtual Teams
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Self-managing virtual teams are becoming commonplace and they embody several unique dynamics. Virtual team leadership literature tends to borrow heavily from organizational theory, which has considered some of these different dynamics and developed distinct and non-overlapping leadership theories for them. In this conceptual article, we integrate these different theories in a coherent whole to explain how leadership contributes to team formation, continuing change, and transformation in self-managing virtual teams. Building on the virtual team literature, leadership theory, and structuration theory, we present a theory of leadership in self-managing virtual teams that describes leadership as a process that results in the reinforcement, creation and evolution of ongoing structures. We further distinguish between two types of leadership that empirical research suggests jointly influence team process and structures in these types of teams. We identify first-order leadership as leadership that works within and reinforces existing structures to elicit and guide group contributions. We identify second-order leadership as leadership that results in changes in the structure that guides group action. We argue that second-order leadership is enabled by first-order leadership, is action-based, and is enabled by substantive team member contributions. We propose that effective self-managing virtual teams will exhibit a paradoxical combination of shared, distributed first-order leadership complemented by strong, concentrated, and centralized second-order leadership.


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Screenplay by: Dheeraj Rattan
Starring: Gagan Kokri, Aditi Sharma, Anita Devgn, Sardar Sohi, Karamjit Anmol, Ashish Duggal, Hardeep Gill and Harby Sangha
Music by: Jatinder Shah
Cinematography: Akashdeep Pandey
Edited by: Rohit Dhiman
Production Company: Farid Entertainment, New Era Movies
Release date: 16 November 2018 (India)
Country: India
Language: Punjabi
Genres: Drama
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Laatu is an Indian-Punjabi Period Drama film directed by Manav Shah and co-produced by Farid Entertainment and New Era Movies. The film stars Gagan Kokri, Aditi Sharma, Anita Devgn, Sardar Sohi, Hardeep Gill and Karamjit Anmol in pivotal roles. The film is scheduled to be released on 16 November 2018. Also, the film marks as debut for singer Gagan Kokri as an actor.


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We had the chance to shoot some more promotional photos recently for our good friends, Altameda. We photographed the band in a very cool, unused, building in downtown Edmonton. There were countless amazing places to photograph if you could get past the heat, smell of pigeon poo and creepy items looming around every corner. This shoot was a great opportunity for us to use our new godox flashes. This shoot required them mostly just for a little bit of fill light.
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Alameda Adventure at Almanac Brewery
When was the last time you went to Alameda? Maybe for the flea market, or to taste some gin at St. George, but have you ever just wandered around? It's not really that far away, and the ferry ride is relaxing and quick from Downtown SF. It's usually outside the fog belt, which makes it the perfect city escape—and you don't even need a car!
We took the ferry over on a recent Saturday morning, and found a couple of Lime Bikes waiting for us right at the dock. We rode through the nearly deserted remains of the old military base, and met up with friends at Almanac Beer Company's new brewery and tasting room. The beer selection manages to touch on everything from sour to stout, and the prices are very fair for the Bay Area. We got to sit outside, catch up with friends and taste some really good beer. But, the best part was not having to worry about sitting in traffic or driving back over the bridge.
There are two other breweries on the island, and at least when we were there the Lime Bikes were plentiful. Faction Brewery is basically next door to St. George, and there are a couple of wine tasting rooms nearby. I can't wait to head back to the island and taste more creative beers.
I can't believe it took me nearly 10 years to ride the ferry for the first time! One-way fares are $5.30 on a Clipper Card or $7 cash. We spent less than $4 on our Lime Bikes, so the ferry + bikes ended up much cheaper than taking BART and then an Uber/Lyft.


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MASS is a Specialist Provider of Managed Workforce Services and Labour Hire for the Resources, Energy and Construction Industries. MASS are experts in providing the manpower for large scale projects. MASS Recruitment understand the complexities of delivering a project on time and just as important, on budget.
About our client: Our Client has proudly become one of the leading Electrical, Civil and Mining companies in Australia. They offer their services nationally and as such they are now actively seeking Auto Electricians for works in the Perth CBD.
About The Role:You will be working in the workshop installing, maintaining, identifying faults and repairing electrical wiring. It is preferred for the successful candidate to have atleast 5 years experience within the field.
About You: The successful candidate will be available immediately. Candidates will be able to submit to and pass drug and alcohol screenings and national Police Clearance. The successful candidates will work well under pressure, have a keen eye for details and be highly safety conscious. To be considered for the role you will need to provide both the FRONTS and BACKS of the following:Current Australian Passport and/or Birth Certificate Current Drivers Licence Current White Card Electrical Licence Current National Police Clearance or willingness to obtain immediately Current LV/CPR Current Working At Heights Current EWP Current Forklift Licence (Requirement for the TA)
If you feel that you meet the minimum requirements of this role and you wish to be considered PLEASE APPLY TODAY Alternatively, if you would like to discuss this role confidentially please contact the MASS Talent Management Specialists on (08) 9381 4525 or visit our website www.massrecruitment.com.au
Required SkillsProvide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (HLTAID001)
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