text: Restroom's Role in Today's Office: GP Pro Series #3 10/22/2019 | By Janelle Penny The restroom is the one part of your facility that nearly everyone will see. It plays an outsized role in how people perceive your building. Darin Squires, GP Pro's general sales manager for commercial real state, and director of segment insights Abhijeet Jadhav discuss common restroom pain points, transformation tips and what to expect from the restroom of the future. Listen now >> *This podcast was created in partnership with GP Pro. Listen to the other episodes in this series: Generation Z and the Office of the Future Upgrading Amenities and the Impact on Your Business Watch our related webinar on amenities and premiumization. Get started here! Rather read what they have to say? [Start transcript] Janelle Penny: Hi everyone. This is Janelle Penny, I'm the editor-in-chief of Buildings Media. Today, I'm joined by Darin Squires, who is the general sales manager of the commercial real estate for Georgia Pacific Professional. And Abhijeet Jadhav, who is the director of segment insights for GP Pro. And today, we're going to be talking about the role of the restroom in an office building. It's that one part of your facility that just about everyone will see. And it's so important to keep it clean and functional and refreshing. So, today, we're going to be talking about how to do that. This podcast was created in partnership with GP Pro, and I'm really happy to welcome you today. Hi guys. Darin Squires: Hi there. Thanks for having us. Janelle: So, let's start with the basics. What role do you find that the restroom plays in today's office space? Why does it matter so much? Darin: Sure, yeah. I'll start with that. Today's office environment in general is commonly opened up or densified. And what that means is you're putting more people in an office area and creating a situation where you need to keep up with more people using the restrooms as well as high capacity systems that will allow you to not run out of products, such as towel, tissue, skin care, soap and sanitizer. So, it's becoming more and more important as we put more people in the same space as well as considering hygiene is more and more important now because of the germ spread, having more people in an office space. Abhijeet Jadhav: I totally agree with Darin. The office restroom is really important because it really shows how much your company cares about its employees. The employees' perception of the company is totally based on overall the kind of experience or ambiance that they get in the office building and because employees spend time in the restroom, it becomes a very important part of the overall experience. Janelle: Definitely. That kind of leads into my next question. Why is it so important to maintain the restroom as being clean and up to date? And why do you think that tenants and employees care about that so much? Darin: Maintaining a clean and updated restroom is vital to a building, whether you are the owner of the building or the property management. It really does have an impact on tenants as most of the complaints come from a restroom—whether you're out of products, towel, tissue or skin care, or you have malodor or just an upkept restroom, it really sends a negative message or an impact to somebody visiting the building or an actual office or tenant in the building. Janelle: I'm glad you mentioned that because I wanted to dive in a little bit deeper into some of these pain points that you've mentioned. Are there certain ones that you hear about more than others? Or things that maybe people complain about more often? Abhi, I think you've done some research on this area, right? Abhi: Yes, we do a lot of research in this area. In fact, the recent research we did was among 700 office building employees. Some of the common themes and pain points that they referenced were around bad smells or malodor, lower quality of consumables, so be it the paper towel or toilet paper or the quality of the soap. That's a big deal for a lot of the employees. The third thing I would like to call out is automated systems. So, a lot of employees are agitated about the fact that they have to use manual systems, because manual systems mean more contact points within the restroom usage area. "Maintaining a clean and updated restroom is vital to a building, whether you are the owner of the building or the property management." - Darin Squires So, you have to literally touch the paper towel dispenser or touch the manual soap dispenser. And those contact points can relate to hygiene issues and contamination. So, overall, having more automated systems in the restroom usage area is a big, big deal for employees. Darin: Yeah. I would say, I know the No. 1 complaint is being out of a product in a washroom and a No. 2 is a bad smell or malodor. So, it's important as we're seeing more premium properties and we're seeing more people in the same space as I mentioned earlier in office buildings, it's important to keep all of these systems with larger capacity and as Abhi mentioned, mostly touch-free as often as you can. Janelle: So, how does that apply to the building service contractor or the janitorial staff? What are the pain points that they're looking at? Darin: Just as Abhi mentioned where we did a survey with office workers, we do the same with custodians. You really realize some of their pain points are fairly simple. One is just having one key for all the systems. GP Pro has moved to one key across our washroom bundle. You see a lot of keychains and having to find keys, losing keys, having to realize which key goes to which dispenser. So, that was something simple. Also, we try to keep a lot of things in terms of loading, whether it's several features or loading automated systems or towel and tissue and skin care. We try to keep it as simple as possible because time is of the essence when it comes to labor, and they really need to be efficient when they're maintaining the washroom. And then also, large capacity because you just don't want that complaint that you're out of towel, tissue or skin care product. So, if you've got large capacity systems, typically with lighting on the front of many of the systems, indicating when you're running low or when you might be running out, or if there's a problem such as batteries are out or there's a jam in a towel dispenser, just at a glance, you can maintain the washroom without having to open and check for supplies. There's actually a stat on that, 77% of all dispensers that are opened, towel, tissue and skin care, are unnecessary because the custodian's only doing that to determine if there's product in the dispensers. And so, if you've got either IoT, connected systems such as GP Pro's KOLO system, which are alerts and notifications to smart devices, that eliminates the need to open dispensers just to see if they do need refilled. And/or, like I mentioned, there's LED lights on our skin care systems and our towel systems, so you can simply just look around a washroom to see if something needs to be done to one of the dispensers. Janelle: Awesome. You touched on this a little bit already, but what are the needs of a tenant and employee pertaining to the restrooms? So, they're maybe not experiencing some of these pain points in the first place? Abhi: More and more as employers think about the experience that they offer in different usage areas; they want to maintain the level of experience throughout. So, in years past, the bathroom design or the restroom area was often overlooked area of the overall office building. But more and more, it is becoming an area where there is a lot of focus. So, some of the research that we've done among property managers has pointed towards the restroom. Used to be the last place potential tenants used to see when they did their office space tours. But nowadays, the tour starts with some of the common areas like the lobbies and includes washrooms because the features and amenities and design of the washroom plays a big role. So, nowadays, a lot of office buildings try to mimic the experience that consumers get in hotels or in the lodging space. You see stone counters and floors; you see hotel style lighting and a bunch of really good quality products that raise the overall premium-ness for the whole office space. So, it's becoming more of a place by which the overall property value, and the experience that the office employer is being judged by. Darin: Yeah. I would also add that a quality washroom really does reflect well in a company's investment in people. And there's a saying that the real test of an office space sits behind the bathroom doors. And I think that's true, right? That's really—if you consider the impression that a washroom gives on you when you visit even a restaurant, if it's an unkept washroom, it reflects on how clean the kitchen is. And I would say the same could correlate over to an office building. You can really create a nice ambiance and experience in the lobby, but the real impact on someone would be when you use a washroom, how well kept is that? What is the ambiance within the washroom itself? Abhi: Yeah. So, you see a lot of the mainstream media and even organizations like the CDC picking up on the state of the office restrooms. So, here's a quote that we have from the CDC, "The health and safety of the American workforce is vital to the US economy." The office restroom kind of plays a role in providing that and that level of experience and hygiene. The other thing that is happening is a lot of the mainstream media, even major publications like the Wall Street Journal, they just released a piece of article which talked about how the office restroom is not the dark, dingy usage area, not an afterthought. It is becoming a way in which office buildings are differentiating themselves. So, you see a lot of office restrooms being renovated or premiumized or finally getting a makeover, which was not the case in the past years. Darin: Yeah. And I would say if you work for a company, like a single tenant occupied office building or campus, a quality washroom really reflects well on a company's investments in their organization and their people as well. Janelle: Now, what about the needs of a property manager or the cleaning staff or the building's service contractor? I imagine some of their needs probably dovetail with some of the things that employees are looking for as far as premium appliances that are easy to maintain and use and things like that, right? "We do a lot of research in this area. In fact, the recent research we did was among 700 office building employees. Some of the common themes and pain points that they referenced were around bad smells or malodor, lower quality of consumables, so be it the paper towel or toilet paper or the quality of the soap. That's a big deal for a lot of the employees." - Abhijeet Jadhav Darin: Yeah. I would say, when you talk about premium buildings and premium products, we're kind of seeing a blending of retail and commercial. So, people that work in a building are really expecting maybe to see a name brand product and we're seeing more and more of that from GP Pro where we're branding our products from retail over into commercial space. And in terms of the BSCs, I mean they're really looking for systems that are simple to maintain, that are reliable, not having issues with jamming or breakage. So, that keeps them efficient, keeps their day going better. And they get less tenant complaints, which at the end of the day, that's their biggest concern, that they're going to have an occupant or a tenant complain about something in a washroom. And so, anything we can do from the manufacturer's perspective to make that role as a custodian simpler and just run more smoothly through the day without complaints is of utmost importance. Abhi: So, if you think about how systems are being used in office restrooms, there is a shift towards more proprietary dispensing systems. And the reason for that is these systems can help you reduce the usage and waste. That is a big deal, not only from a total cost of ownership perspective, but also from a sustainability perspective. [Related: Pro Tips for Workplace Hygiene] A lot of these employers do want to communicate their sustainability initiatives back to their employees, and the market and the community. So, any investment that helps them achieve usage and waste reduction is highly valued. And that's what they're asking their property manager or building service contractor to really adopt into their facility. Janelle: Let's explore that arena a little bit with people trying to get their needs met. What are some of the trends that are affecting the future of restrooms, looking specifically at office buildings? And what kinds of things are people asking their building managers for? Darin: The No. 1 trend right now I would say is technology. There's a lot of notifications and alerts that can help custodians with their upkeep of a facility, whether it's in the washroom, which is obviously our space, so towel, tissue and skin care systems, you know when they're going to run out, if they're out, if there's something that needs to be taken care of in a washroom. But also, outside the washroom, you're seeing a lot of technology evolve with smart fibers, notifying when a room needs to be vacuumed, by either a custodian or even a robot alert that can send a robot to clean an area. There's biometrics scanning when you walk up to a building, the glass knows that you work for that organization, you're through security just by a biometric screen. So, we're seeing a lot of efficiencies through technology. And I would say the conferences that I visit for major property management groups, it's the No. 1 focus. It seems to be what is out there for manufacturers or what is in the industry in terms of technology. Currently, there's over 2,500 IoT platforms that connect something to an office building and some of them I just mentioned. That seems to be the major trend. And Abhi, you've done a lot of research on this as well if you want to speak to it. Abhi: Yeah. So, Darin, like you mentioned, we continuously do a lot of some of the trends that are happening in away from home restrooms. And not just in the US. We look at from the global standpoint and we truly understand markets that are ahead of us when it comes to a commercial restroom, so what's going on in those areas. So, the five trends that we have identified, Darin, you spoke to technology, that's one of the biggest trends that is out there. The second trend is around hygiene and I will give you a few examples of how that is coming to life. We have innovations that speak to sensor-stimulated doors and faucets. We have antibacterial door handles, digital flushing, all of that really makes the overall restroom experience much more hygienic and less prone to contamination. Some of the other things around, we talked about sustainability a little bit. So, some of the innovations that we are seeing around biodegradable supplies, recycled materials, on-site recycling that you'll see typically in colleges and universities. Darin, you mentioned KOLO, our IoT system, which kind of addresses some of the usage and waste and alert systems. But there's also part of it is the sustainability angle as well. Finally, when it comes to a lot of the custodial staff, they do care a lot about operational efficiency that can help them get more out of their labor. So, you see especially in public toilets in like a park, you see self-cleaning automated public toilets, which have a retractable seat that goes into the wall, is cleansed, is made sure that it's contamination free and it comes back. So, a lot of the labor is deployed to kind of clean and maintain the restroom, just as the labor cost goes up in the US, you might see a lot more automation in the restroom. And finally, the last one is sensorial experience. So, experience when it comes to—we talked about like malodor being one of the key pain points. A lot of innovation is happening in the area of providing a better overall sensorial experience in terms of aesthetics, odor, noise control as well. All of these things really help facilitate a better restroom experience for the average consumer. 5 Office Building Restroom Trends1. Technology: IoT platforms and automation, LED lighting that shows when supplies are out, one-key that works for towel, tissue and skin care 2. Hygiene: sensor-stimulated doors and faucets, antibacterial door handles and digital flushing 3. Sustainability: biodegradable supplies, recycled materials and on-site recycling 4. Operational Efficiency: self-cleaning automated public toilets 5. Sensorial Experience: aesthetics, odor, noise control Janelle: Now, Abhi, you touched on this a bit just now, but what does that restroom of the future look like if we're talking about Class A buildings specifically? And do you see different things happening in the near term versus the medium or long term? Abhi: Yeah. So, we spoke a little bit about the overall sensorial experience. So, what you are seeing actually in some other countries is apps, mobile apps that really drive sound masking. In certain cultures, it can be very embarrassing to be in the stall next to your co-worker and some of the sounds that just happen in the restroom—could be really uncomfortable and embarrassing. So, there are apps right now that do the sound masking. In the near term, you might see just like we have white noise in office buildings that have an agile work environment and open floor, you might see some of that happening in the restrooms as well. In terms of the design innovations, you see a lot of offices now have almost like a lounge area. So, that is kind of making it's way into the restroom and you have almost, especially for women's restrooms, you see there is, like, a lounge area where a woman can use her makeup, and it provides an overall better experience for them. Janelle: So, what kinds of innovations do you foresee in the really futuristic restrooms if we're talking about really innovative things that people are doing now, or even things that you think will be embraced more, longer term into the future? Abhi: I think a lot of this, we have to look outside the US to see what's happening. A lot of interesting technology is coming into play. We see some emerging business and service models out there, especially in countries like Japan and the UK. A couple examples of that are digital revenue. So, a lot of the away from home restrooms, there is an opportunity to drive digital advertising to really monetize the captive audience that is in the restroom. Some other things are also around vending revenue. So, it's not just the typical products that are sold in commercial restrooms. Some of these vending machines are pretty high tech and they sell not only the basics, but premium products. And there's gaming as well, which Darin can speak to. Darin: Yeah. I know. And that sounds kind of out there, but it's something we ran across on social media. There's a company that put gaming stations in the men's restrooms, like an Xbox or a Play Station. And they were quickly removed after a couple months due to, I suppose, a downturn in productivity. I think fellas were spending a little too much time in the washroom. But really, if you consider the impact of a washroom on tenants and try to improve that experience, something that far out there, I would see down the road is probably being considered, how to make a washroom a place where maybe you want to visit. Janelle: So, how does GP Pro stay on top of the changes that are happening with restrooms? I know you guys have done a lot of research and we've talked about some of it that Abhi has done. But how do you keep an eye on everything happening out there? Darin: Abhi does a great job researching on behalf of GP Pro for the office buildings. I mean we also come out—through our innovation, we do a lot of market back innovation, so we realize what's happening in the market and we look down the road of what's going to happen. And if you look at some of our newest innovations, such as enMotion Flex, so you really never run out of product because you have two rolls and when one expires, the next one automatically is dispensed when someone waves. But we also look at form and function. So, if you look at some of our newest systems and our family of premium systems, they really are aesthetically pleasing. They're sleek, they're ADA compliant, and they're very, very reliable. And so, we want things to appeal to a consumer, but we also want them to function appropriately. Janelle: I think that's a good place to touch on some of the more concrete strategies that people can use to renovate their own restrooms. What are some of the upgrade strategies that you'd recommend or that you've done with clients? Darin: There's quite a bit of that going on since we're in a booming economy. There's a lot of new builds or renovations of office space. And we really think that everyone should consider running power to the walls in the washroom as an example of an improvement. You're going to eliminate the need for batteries as most of the market is moving to automated roll towel systems. And so, you're going to need some power in the walls, you're also going to want to run power to the sink areas because you're going to have automated soap systems. As touched on earlier, consumers through our survey don't want to touch manual soap dispensers. So, everything moving to automation, be aware of that. And it's a simple add on just to run wiring to these areas and eliminate the long-term cost of batteries. So, we focus quite a bit on that when we talk to an architect or design or even a general contractor. We keep ADA in mind and then we also keep, let's power to wherever we need power in a washroom. And if you think about the connected devices that are happening, we're going to more and more be concerned about not having to use batteries. Abhi: And to add on to what Darin was talking about, we have to connect this back to some of the frequently mentioned pain points by office employees. So, we talked about how malodor is a big pain point. So, you see a lot of odor masking technology out there, which really helps address the malodor issues. BUILDINGS EducationPremiumization Primes Growth: Watch now The office of the future promises intelligent workspaces which improve employee engagement while simultaneously delivering operational efficiencies. Learn more here. We also know that sustainability is a key driver for a lot of the younger workforce. So, systems that are helping reduce the usage and waste, low-flow systems, some offices are also using solar panels and other renewable resources to power the restrooms. So, things like these really help in thinking about what kind of upgrades are really big for office buildings in restrooms. Janelle: Let's talk about prioritizing some of these strategies too, because not everyone can renovate the whole restroom at once. So, do you find there are certain upgrades that really provide the most bang for the buck if you need to start investing in the most higher priority stuff first? Darin: Yeah. I would say in terms of improving a washroom, you can start with stainless steel and automation. It gives a very positive impact on the washroom without major expense. Also, if you consider you have to have reliable systems. GP Pro really prides ourselves on reliability of our systems. So, large capacity, reliable, stainless steel, automation, those are kind of top of mind when we're talking to an office building customer or property manager. Janelle: Thank you to Darin and Abhi for joining me today. And thanks to all of you for listening. This has been Janelle Penny, editor-in-chief of Buildings Media and we'll see you next time. [End transcript] Listen to the other episodes in this series: Generation Z and the Office of the Future Upgrading Amenities and the Impact on Your Business About the Author Janelle Penny Editor-in-Chief at BUILDINGS Janelle Penny has more than a decade of experience in journalism, with a special emphasis on covering facilities management. 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I made another patchwork basket.
With my oldest off at college and my youngest at a birthday party sleepover,
my Saturday morning was a sewing morning.
There is definitely a sense of satisfaction with starting and finishing a project in one day.
These are my colors! I can't help but gravitate to them.
I recently made my kitchen curtains with these same colors!
The lining is on the left and the patchwork basket is on the right. I sewed the lining in three times before I go it right. I almost left it when I sewed it in backwards the first time. I couldn't. I cut it out and then sewed it in backwards again! What is wrong with me? So the third time I started to sew it in backwards AGAIN, and stopped myself. I even said out loud, "What are you doing?"
I am glad I fixed it. I just love that lining fabric.
This guy waited patiently under the sewing table. Then we were off to "Harbor Hounds" - a dog walk and park event in downtown Gig Harbor. Duke received a reflector for his collar for our night time walks. We walked the harbor and met all kinds of dogs. Duke did the "sniff over" which is always embarassing but his way of getting to know his new friends. There were lots of booths advertising their services for dogs. I came home with a pocket full of treats since he won't eat a treat from a stranger's hand.
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Have you ever heard the expression that everybody has a story to tell? Well, I have a similar saying: Everybody has a freak flag, you just have to find it. Freak flag is a phrase that came about in the 60's referring to unconventional behavior that goes against what is considered normal. An example of this was men having long hair in the 60's. I remember my Dad telling me that he had long hair growing up and there were places that wouldn't hire him for work because of his long hair. It is crazy that something as simple as long hair can be considered unconventional. God help those like me that have a different hair color every few months.
I don't know why, but when I heard the term freak flag I fell in love with it. I liked that, in so many ways, it described my personality and my appearance. I liked that it could be used to describe my pierced and tattooed friends. I liked that it took something that a lot of people see as unusual and turned it into something empowering. It was great to see that I had so many friends that dared to be different and let their freak flags fly.
I started using this term in a slightly different way. I would use it do describe something about someone that you wouldn't be able to assume on looks alone. I have a friend that pretty much looks like a homeless man that may or may not be a serial killer and in reality he is a huge animal rights activist. Several days a week he is working with an animal rescue team on top of another job. His soft spot for animals is his freak flag because you wouldn't guess that about him in a million years. I have another friend that is young, covered from head to toe in piercings and tattoos and looks like she could win a bar fight in a biker bar. She is a new mom with an on-line business that is doing very well and that is her freak flag.
This post is about a girl I met through Etsy and she has a freak flag too. She makes amazing jewelry. She is pretty much a ninja when it comes to beading. Now, since I have never met her in person, I began making assumptions about her based on her work. At first glance I assumed she is a beach lover who enjoys sporting events, and a night out with family and friends. Then, I decided to check out her favorites. This girl loves horror! I was tickled pink by this. This is like meeting a friends sweet mother who is your typical Martha Stewart type and then finding out she is the human pin cushion at the circus. How freaking cool would that be!?!! So I am very excited to let you get to know a bit more about this lovely lady, Katie, her shop, and her freak flag when it comes to horror!
Hi, My name is Katie and I live in the Berkshires in Western MA. My husband and I just got married last July 4th. I work for my husband in his locksmith business 2 day a week so I have the rest of my time for my jewelry work..In the small amount of spare time I have, I love to read, watch movies and spend time outside when the weather is nice.
I make chain maille and hand woven seed beaded jewelry. My chain maille is all aluminum so it's light weight and easy to wear. The seed beads I use are all glass beads and I love to pair the necklaces with both natural and dyed stones. I also recently added key chains and Para Cord to my work.
2. How long have you been making jewelry and how did you get started?
I started making jewelry in 2006 as gifts for friends and family. I worked at a craft store back then and was in charge of the beading department. We had just put a bunch of products on clearance so I picked up quite a bit along with some books. When the new products came in, I fell in love with them. As I was working/ shopping, I became friends with one of my regular customers and the more I talked with her the more I knew jewelry was what I needed to be doing.
3. I know that chain maille jewelry has becoming a popular trend. What about this type of jewelry making appeals to you the most?
I love making chain maille because there is so much variation with it. There are so many different weave and ways to add color to it. I am always trying different techniques with it and getting great results.
4. One thing that makes your necklaces stand out are the chains and ropes that make up necklaces themselves. The pendants seem to be the color inspiration for the necklaces they hang on. Apart from having a pendant to work off of, where else do you pull inspiration from?
Aside from the pendants I use, I draw inspiration from just about anything that catches my eye. The area I live in is wonderful for natural colors, the fall foliage is great. Also, when ever I am out shopping, I look for anything that has great color. Even if I don't buy it, I make a mental note of it and when I get home I translate the colors into my jewelry.
5. The spiral rope necklaces are very impressive. How long does it typically take to make one?
The spiral rope chain is one of my favorite bead weaving techniques. On average an 18 inch necklace will take me about 6-8 working hours. I usually need a break at least once but I can get one done over a day or so.
6. Is there any other type of jewelry making techniques or supplies that you haven't tried out yet, but are looking into? Tell us more.
I am always looking to work with new materials. Right now I am thinking about working with Polymer clay. I want to start making some of my own beads and pendants. I love to create and I would love to add another one of a kind aspect to my jewelry.
7. What advice would you give to someone who wants to start making jewelry?
My advice to anyone looking into starting jewelry making is to never give up, keep learning and find a niche that you love, In the 7 years I have been making jewelry, I have learned so much and I know I need to just keep learning.
8. Etsy is filled with amazing shops filled with one of a kind items, jewelry included. What do you try to do as an Etsy seller and crafter to make your items stand out?
I try to stand out on Etsy by having a little something for everyone. From teens to adults, men and women. I have fun, funky necklaces and earrings, delicate looking bead work, Para Cord for the survivalists and chain maille necklaces for men and women.
9. So I decided to get to know more about you prior to this interview by checking out your Etsy profile and your favorites. I noticed coffins, skull charms, a haunted pillow, and Nightmare Before Xmas stuff.This goes to show that my theory that "Everyone has a freak flag, you just have to find it" is true. What else would I be surprised to know about you if I had to base a judgment of your personality and interests solely on your handmade jewelry?
A surprising thing about myself would be that I have a zoo at home. I have 2 bearded dragons, Gwen and Ringo, and 3 ball pythons, Miss Diva, Stryker and Samhein, my Piedbald. They are a huge passion of mine. Also, I have 4 dogs, Molly, a yellow lab, Lady, a Golden Retriever, Jack, an Olde English Bulldog and Shadow, a blue nose pit. And last but not least, I have Smokey, my Maine Coon/ Siamese cat.
10. In case you didn't know, you don't get to be interviewed by A Ghouls Best Friend without a horror related question or two. What is your favorite part about Halloween and why?
Being part Irish, I find the Celtic influence on Halloween awesome. Particularly the history and lore of why we celebrate Halloween the way we do. Also, seeing the trick or treaters is pretty cool too.
11. What is your most favorite scary movie and why? It's okay if you can't name just one, lord knows I can't!
At the top of my favorite scary movie list are House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. Rob Zombie is one of my favorite guys out there. Also, I can never decide but I love Stephen King so any movie made from his books. I always read the books and then watch the movies to see how the books were translated into movie form.
Here is a quick word from Katie on how to get in touch with her and get the 411 on her shop!
Thank you for taking a few moments to get to know me better. You can keep up with me on Facebook at www.facebook.com/katiescustomjewelry1
Follow me on Twitter at twitter.com/KatiesCustom
And check out my own jewelry site at www.katiescustomjewelry.com/
If you like what you read or have a question, leave a comment!


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Hi guys! This week the rain finally stopped for a couple of days and I am so happy. I can't believe how much flooding there has been in the past week. It's pretty scary for me because I have a good deal of anxiety about water, especially dirty water that I can't tell how deep it is. It's been a phobia of mine as long as I can remember. Thankfully, since the Corinth flood in May 2010, the city has really fixed things up so that even though everywhere around us was flooded, we were fine in the city.
Anyhow, I have been wanting to do something about my yellowed cloudy headlights for a little bit now. I feel like the lens really dulls the brightness of my headlamps. I saw a "life hack" somewhere that said to use baking soda to clean them. I love the Mrs. Meyers Clean Day baking soda cream cleaner and vinegar gel cleaner for lots of uses around the house. I couldn't resist trying them out on the headlights to see how well it did!
I have to say I have mixed feeling about the end result. It did take the yellowing off but it left the cloudiness. Darn I really thought for a minute I had found something perfect! At first, when the plastic was wet, it was clear again and I thought it worked but as it dried down the cloudiness returned. I guess I'll have to go get some stuff from Auto Zone or Wal-Mart. At least I didn't waste any money and very little time!!
Have you heard of any hacks you'd like me to try out? I love finding easier ways to do things. Let me know in the comments!! Have a great rest of the week friends!!!


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BMC have been offering a competitive, friendly and professional vehicle recycling service to members of the public and the motor trade for over 10 years! We know exactly what to do when it comes to selling your vehicle, and you can rest assured you are in good hands when its time to sell your.
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First Ever Marketing to Women Session at JD Power Automotive Internet Roundtable Event
A few weeks ago the first ever Marketing to Women breakout session took place during the JD Power Automotive Internet Round Table at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. A number of marketing-to-women experts were called to take part in a JD Power Automotive Roundtable panel discussion as well as share trends, tips and tools to help auto makers, dealerships and automotive internet website executives learn how to listen and respond to the needs of female car buyers.
The expert panel aimed at the automotive industry's 700+ most influential internet players. J.D. Power established several ways for participants to connect to each other at and after the Roundtable including a blog, micro-blog, social networks and website. I joined the event discussion on Twitter and came across this quote: "Today women not only tell 20 friends about a bad experience, they twitter or blog to 200!" -Marketing to Women
Another example of a long time male focused industry waking up to the importance of discovering what women want. Kudos to JD Power and Associates.
Stephanie Holland is President and Executive Creative Director for Holland + Holland Advertising, Birmingham, Alabama. Working in an industry that is dominated by men, she is one of only 3% of the female creative directors in the country. Stephanie works mostly with male advertisers, helping them successfully market to women. Subscribe to She-conomy by Email
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About me - Hi, I'm Madison
Hey!! I'm Madison. Full-time business owner and college student. As always I'm surviving life on coffee and dry shampoo (Not even kidding). One of my dreams has always been to own a business of my own. I'm so excited that I have Bella Noelle and I'm able to share my fun-loving, sarcastic sense of humor with you all through shirts. Seriously though, you guys are the reason Bella Noelle even exists! I love our customers!!
Make sure to find us on Instagram and tag us in your Bella Noelle tees so we can share them! Instagram: shopbellanoelle
Get to know us!
How I named our shop
I thought about it for months (No joke) because I wanted it to be perfect! I had 3 main criteria that it needed to meet:
1.) Easy to pronounce
There's nothing worse than people not being able to help promote your business because they don't know how to pronounce your shops name.
2.) Have meaning
I wanted a business that has part of "me" in it. That's where the "Noelle" came from in Bella Noelle. Noelle is my middle name.
3.) Catchy
What goes better with "Noelle" than "Bella"?! Nothing.
I'm kind of obsessed with the name Bella...and the shirt brand we use is Bella + Canvas. Can you say perfect?!
As for me I'm a pretty simple lady. Livin' in T-shirts and leggings. Most of our shirt sayings come from my own life and the people who I love most. Life as a college student I would say equals no sleep, constant stress, living in leggings and not ever having enough caffeine to conquer the day (You could say it's going well). I'm currently working on my Bachelors in Business with a specialty in applied management. I am also working on my prerequisites for nursing school (Yeah I know, big change) Likewise I'm currently enrolled in training courses to become a certified nursing assistant.
I am a huge travel junkie. I don't care where it is, I'll go. I've always been told that traveling the world is one of the best type of education you can get. Experiencing new cultures, countries and the people in them is something I'll never forget.
Anyways, thank you for reading through my life novel and I hope you are able to see a little piece of me in Bella Noelle.
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Necessity Of Care
As this tumult cannot be seen but a few days at most, it is well--yes,
it is necessary--to make it a duty to glance at the hives at this
period after swarming, _every morning_; a glance is sufficient to tell
you of the fact. Remember to reckon from the date of the first issue;
this occurs when the first royal cells are sealed over, and is the best
criterion as to when the queen will leave. If the first swarm issue and
return, it can make no difference; reckon from their first issuing.
When you discover a loss, first ascertain if there is any after swarm
to be expected from another stock, (by listening for the piping); if
so, wait till it issues, and obtain a queen from that for your stock;
even if there is but one, take it, and let the bees return; they would
be likely to come out again the next day; if not, it is very often no
great loss.
Should no such swarm be indicated, go to a stock that has cast a first
swarm within a week; smoke it and turn it over, as before directed,
find a royal cell, and with a broad knife cut it out, being careful not
to injure it. This must now be secured in the other hive in its natural
position, the lower end free from any obstacle, that would interfere
with the queen leaving it. It will make but little difference whether
at the top or bottom, providing it is secure from falling.
I generally introduce it through a hole in the top, taking care to find
one that will allow the cell to pass down between two combs. It being
largest at the upper end, the combs each side will sustain it, and
leave the lower end free. In a few hours the bees will secure it
permanently to the combs with wax. This operation cannot be performed
in a chamber hive, as it is impossible to see the arrangement of the
combs through the holes. To put it in at the bottom is some more
trouble; the difficulty is, to fasten it, and prevent it resting on the
end. I have done it as follows: Get an _old_ thick piece of dry comb
some three inches square; cut out an inch of the middle. At right
angles with this, in one edge in the centre, make another to intersect
it, just the size of the cell, and have the lower end reach into the
opening. This comb will keep it in the right position, and may rest on
the floor-board. It can now be put in the hive, cutting out a piece of
comb to make room for it if necessary.
Soon after such cell is introduced, the bees are quiet. In a few days
it hatches, and they have a queen as perfect as if it had been one of
their own rearing. This queen of course will be necessitated to leave
the hive, and will be just as liable to be lost, but no more so than
others, and must be watched the same. It is unnecessary to look for a
cell in a stock that has cast its first swarm more than a week before,
as they are generally destroyed by that time, (sometimes short of it,)
unless they intend to send out an after swarm.
Necessity For Further Observation No Danger Of A Sting By The Queen


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NIELSEN, Gail Patricia (nee Emmett) – While surrounded by her loving children, Gail passed away peacefully at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre on Monday, February 3, 2020 at the age of 73. Loving and devoted mother of Christine Nielsen and Ray Nielsen. Dear sister-in-law of Kelvin Dowd. Loving aunt to Stacy Hughes and Tasha Dowd. Predeceased by her sister Maureen Dowd and parents Henry "Harry" Emmett and Hilda Mann. She was not only a loving mother, but a second mom and best friend to many and a wonderful confidante. She was a force to be reckoned with and loved spending time traveling the globe; she would be disappointed that there are still places she never got to see. She was a faithful member of the Optimist Club of Ennismore for decades, a proud Red Hat and a dedicated volunteer. She loved work as she loved life. On retirement, she missed her Shoppers Drug Mart family every day. Her smile and laugh lit up the room and her love will continue to be felt by all who knew her. In keeping with Gail's wishes, cremation has taken place. There will be a celebration of Gail's life at HIGHLAND PARK FUNERAL CENTRE, 2510 Bensfort Road, Peterborough, on Sunday, February 9, 2020 from 1:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M. with eulogies being shared at 2:00 P.M. As this is a celebration, please consider wearing something bright and cheerful (she would love that). In memory of Gail, a contribution to the MS Society, Lakefield Animal Welfare Society (LAWS) or the Peterborough Humane Society would be greatly appreciated. Expressions of condolence may be made at www.highlandparkfuneralcentre.com
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Gail Patricia (Emmett) Nielsen, please visit our floral store.
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We compared two sport-specific measures of competitive orientation, the Sport Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ; Gill & Deeter, 1988) and the Competitive Orientation Inventory (COI; Vealey, 1986), and an alternative 4-item version of the COL Male and female athletes and nonathletes at two small colleges completed questionnaire packets. Competitive-orientation scores were similar to those reported in previous research. The 4-item measure correlated with the COI, and neither of those measures correlated with the SOQ. As in previous studies, males scored higher than females on SOQ competitiveness and win orientation, and athletes scored higher than nonathletes on all SOQ scores. Our results suggest that the SOQ and COI do not assess the same competitive-orientation constructs. The SOQ assesses sport-specific achievement orientation; the COI assesses the relative importance of performance versus outcome. Our 4-item measure is comparable and provides a reasonable substitute for the more complex COI.
Diane L. Gill, Jeffrey J. Martin, and Christina M. Caruso are with the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC 27412. Betty C. Kelley is now with the Department of Physical Education at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901.


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This year is an exciting year for us as Amelie will be starting school and will be getting her first school uniform. She is at pre-school already so we have had our many uniforms over the last two years, but her first uniform is exciting for us both.
As I have found over the last couple of years with Amelie at pre-school, kids and Amelie can be very particular and do funny things with and in their uniforms.
I'm so excited to be working with M&S on their Life Isn't Uniform campaign which aims to bring together all of the funny moments and mishaps kids have with their uniforms as they know for kids and parents, life isn't uniform.
I had a wonderful day in London a few weeks ago filming some of our 'life isn't uniform moments' and in M&S uniform here are some of the funny things Amelie has done or does in her current uniform.
Our gift giver
Amelie is our gift giver, she is very caring and always thinks about others and what she can give them.
Whenever she comes home from pre-school she brings someone a gift, recently we have had stones from the playground for Nanny and Grandad, a full family picture for Daddy and cards for me. Whenever her cousin comes to play she always leaves our house with a present. It can be anything she wants, Amelie and her cousin decide on a gift and they leave with it. My sister gives me a bag of our things every week and it really makes me laugh at how many gifts Amelie gives her.
Playing, whatever, whenever
The pink dress of dreams
Amelie absolutely loves this summer school dress and since we bought it, for this very blog post she always requests to wear it. When she gets home from pre-school she runs into her room or our utility room finds this dress and says 'it's really hot Mummy, I need to wear my Summer school dress'. She even wanted to wear it to a birthday party last weekend!
It's the heart zip that makes it so special for her I think, she's always saying how pretty it is!
We picked up some essentials from M&S for her and I have been so impressed with their range of school clothes and how nice everything was that we ordered.
The essentials we ordered were; a Grey pinafore (£10.00) which felt super soft and looked really smart with the White polo top (pack of two) £7.00 underneath. Over this Amelie wore one of M&S's super soft cotton Red cardigans (£9.00) and finished the look with some ballet shoes (£20.00). Finally, we bought a girls pleated gingham Summer dress for £9.00.


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There are currently around 20 major excavator manufacturers, many of whom supply quick hitch control systems. However, they're all different and none of them match Engcon's tiltrotator hitch protocols.
With a direct mount tiltrotator this isn't a problem but with a twin hitch setup there's a clear risk of incorrect operation. That's why we've standardised on fitting QSC on all twin-hitch installations using DC2 controls over 6 tonnes.
With Engcon's Quick hitch Standard Control (QSC) locking system, the hitch control function is standardised, irrespective of the make and model of digger. Whilst specially designed for so-called twin-hitch arrangements (where the tiltrotator is mounted on a hitch that is permanently attached to the excavator), the system works equally well for direct-mounted arrangements.
Ergonomically-designed, QSC has an intuitive sliding cover which immediately identifies the hitch to be operated – either the top (machine) hitch or the lower (tiltrotator) hitch.
In each case, the hitch operation is the same; with the requirement for two buttons to be pressed simultaneously to open, or close, the hitch. The system also uses a boom ram pressure sensor to detect ground pressure, which in turn establishes the requirement for the attachment to be grounded before the hitch can be opened – thus preventing buckets from being accidentally dropped.
Together with the Q-Safe quick hitch, the QSC further increases safety by means of an audio visual alert system. If both bucket axles are not in the correct position, the system uses sound and light alarms. It is also possible to specify boom and slew lock when the hitch is in an unsafe state as an optional extra.
A Q-Safe quick hitch, when combined with QSC and the QLM light module, means Engcon delivers one of the world's safest quick hitch operating systems. This means the operator always knows what is happening and when it happens.
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System engcon, centred around the tiltrotator, saves both time and fuel.
Fewer machine transits and less need for manual work increases safety at the workplace.
The tiltrotator's ability to tilt and rotate makes the machine a good all-rounder that carries out most tasks with greater precision.
Fewer machine movements and faster jobs mean less wear on the machine.
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It's not all doom and gloom. This just means publishers will have to reevaluate the ways in which they engage with audiences instead of having to rely on social platforms. The biggest lesson publishers can learn from being dumped by Facebook is not to build their business on someone else's real estate.
For far too long, Facebook has been the ideal panacea providing media houses a distorted view of reality. Publishers thought they had audiences, when what they really had was traffic. Reach and clicks were the focal points of social media strategies. In reality, focus needed to shift from drive-by traffic to growing the total number of actual subscribers.
- Move from 'in-feed' to 'on-site'. Build long term relationships by producing content that is so good readers become subscribers just to read it
- Capitalise on regional news. Facebook's latest strategy to get more local content on the network is a great opportunity for regional news publishers
- Start Facebook Groups for high engagement. Produce niche content in sports, gaming, fitness and travel
- Go hard at Email. Talk regularly to actual bona fide readers – people who value their publishing brands and return to their content regularly
- Better discovery mechanisms. Create more contact points and relevant engagement with customers
- Build a lovely garden. Encourage paywall-enabled articles
- Find alternative distribution platforms. Experiment with other ad venues like the open web, Snapchat, LinkedIn and even Facebook's own Instagram
- Build on trust. Unlike social media platforms with their poor track record of fake news. Publishers have a clear advantage when it comes to public trust. Need to leverage this smartly.
- Algorithmic content discovery. To reclaim audiences, publishers need to move away from chronological content flow and innovate by personalizing the editorial experience. Social media platforms made the jump from chronological to algorithmic content display years ago.
- Think like marketeers. Publishers can grow valuable high margin inventory, monetize new and archived content. Truly market specific content instead of simply feeding articles for traffic.
- Premium customers. Need to come up with new premium products – Washington Post offers software services and New York Times is investing heavily in VR technology.
- Invest in video a strategy. Choose formats cleverly and choose formats that can be automated easily; videos and images are formats that can easily be automated.
In conclusion
If Publishers seriously develop their own brands, who knows, one day Facebook might realise it needs publisher content more than it thought. Maybe it'll even consider a proper partnership, paying for content the way it has long been suggested.
In the long run, Facebook's News Feed changes aren't such a bad thing for publishers. One might even say it's great news.
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Eco-friendly products are booming across California, we have scoured the state for our favourites and are meeting the organic beauty brand Deep Roots and retailer Credo Beauty.
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63 Percent of Healthcare IT Security Professionals Experienced a Data Breach, 96 Percent Feel Vulnerable
Continued Focus on Compliance Ahead of Data Breach Prevention
2016 Vormetric Data Threat Report - Healthcare Edition
Apr 13, 2016, 03:01 ET
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Vormetric, a Thales company, and a leader in enterprise data protection for physical, virtual, big data, and cloud environments, today announced the results of the Healthcare Edition of the 2016 Vormetric Data Threat Report (DTR). The report is issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research, reporting responses from 1,100 senior IT security executives at large enterprises worldwide, including over 100 in U.S. healthcare organizations. This edition of the fourth annual report extends earlier findings of the global report, focusing on responses from IT security leaders in healthcare, which details IT security spending plans, perceptions of threats to data, rates of data breach failures and data security stances. Key findings:
- 96 percent feel vulnerable to data threats
- 63 percent have experienced a past data breach, with nearly one in five indicating a breach in the last year
- At 61 percent, meeting compliance requirements was the top IT security spending priority, with preventing data breaches well behind at 40 percent
- Complexity at 54 percent and lack of staff at 38 percent are identified as top barriers to adoption of better data security
- Bright spots include 60 percent increasing spending to offset threats to data and 46 percent increasing spending on data-at-rest defenses this year
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Healthcare data has become a prime target for cybercriminals. With records selling for hundreds of dollars, it's no wonder healthcare professionals feel they are in a cybercriminal's crosshairs. When asked about concerns with external threat actors, 72 percent chose cybercriminals as a top three selection, 39 percent as the number one selection.
Compliance continues to drive healthcare organizations – But compliance is not enough
With adherence to a myriad of federal and industry regulations as well as compliance standards creating a minimum requirement for doing business, it's no surprise that IT security professionals in the healthcare field are focused on meeting compliance requirements including HIPAA-HITECH, EPCS, PCI DSS and FDA CFR Title 21. With this in mind, the top three reasons to secure sensitive data were:
- Compliance (61 percent)
- Reputation and brand (49 percent)
- Implementing security best practices (46 percent)
The problem? 69 percent of U.S. healthcare respondents view meeting compliance requirements as a 'very' or 'extremely' effective way to protect sensitive data, yet slow moving compliance standards consistently fail to stop today's multi-phase attacks.
"Compliance is only a step towards Healthcare IT security," said Garrett Bekker, senior analyst, information security at 451 Research and the author of the report. "As we learned from data theft incidents at healthcare organizations that were reportedly HIPAA compliant, being compliant doesn't necessarily mean you won't be breached and have your sensitive data stolen."
Times have changed – security strategies, not so much
"IT security professionals are spending heavily on what has worked for them in the past," said Bekker. "They are continuing to invest in defenses like network and endpoint security offerings that offer little help in protecting data once perimeters have been breached."
- 79 percent rated network defenses as 'very' or 'extremely effective' at protecting data, and 64 percent rated endpoint and mobile defenses
- The top category for increased spending over the next 12 months among healthcare respondents? Network defenses at 49 percent
What's keeping healthcare professionals from implementing data security?
A perception of complexity was identified as the number one barrier to adopting data security widely, selected by 54 percent of healthcare respondents. To some extent, this may be a misconception, as modern data security solutions no longer have the deployment and maintenance problems of older solutions that respondents may be familiar with.
Complex deployments also typically require significant staffing, and 'lack of staff to manage' came in as the second highest barrier at 38 percent, followed by lack of organizational buy in at 33 percent and lack of budget at 30 percent.
IoT, Cloud and Big Data challenge healthcare IT security practices
IoT: With more work being done on mobile devices by medical professionals, and more connected wearables for general health and outpatient use, this is becoming a prime area of concern for the future of healthcare. Data needs protecting on the device, in transit as well as within backend repositories and analysis sites.
- 38 percent of healthcare organizations are planning to store sensitive data in IoT environments
- Their number one concern? Privacy violations related to IoT data (37 percent) and protection of IoT data (36 percent)
Cloud: Healthcare providers have many concerns with cloud usage but are storing sensitive data at breakneck speed. Top concerns included:
- Privileged user abuse at the cloud provider level (74 percent)
- Meeting compliance requirements (72 percent)
- And security breaches at the cloud provider level (69 percent)
Even so, 48 percent will use Software as a Service (SaaS) environments, 52 percent Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and 52 percent Platform as a Service (PaaS) resources within the next 12 months.
Encrypting data and maintaining local control over keys was the number one factor that would increase healthcare respondents' willingness to use public cloud, at 48 percent of responses.
Big Data: 51 percent of respondents were planning to store sensitive data within these environments, but few were worried. In spite of this high level of use with sensitive data, only 15 percent regard big-data implementations as presenting a top three risk for loss of sensitive information.
Getting some things right
A number of positive results indicate that healthcare organizations are taking steps in the right direction to recognize and deal with the problem.
- 60 percent are increasing spending to protect sensitive data
- 46 percent, more than any other vertical, plan to invest in data-at-rest defenses this year
- 46 percent are looking to implement data security to follow industry best practices
- Many are planning to implement 'newer' security tools that are more effective at protecting data even when other defenses have been compromised. These include cloud security gateways (39 percent), Security Event and Information Management (SIEM) systems (36 percent), tokenization (35 percent) and data access monitoring (34 percent)
"With the boom in black market sales of healthcare data, the potential for financial harm to patients' privacy and security from inadequately protected data is growing fast," said Tina Stewart, vice president of marketing for Vormetric. "Yet compliance requirements that can't completely safeguard data continue to be the driver for healthcare industry IT security practices. For healthcare organizations, they now have to prioritize the safety of patient data and privacy as part of patient care, and realize that meeting compliance requirements is only a start."
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Christine Blasey Ford will testify first at Thursday's event, but other issues remain unresolved
Lawyers and congressional aides have spent days haggling over the terms of Thursday's hearing featuring Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault in the 1980s. The judge has denied the allegations.
Republicans have agreed to some of Dr. Ford's requests; others remain in dispute. Here's a further look:
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Actually, Tom posted his update several hours before I posted, so I figured ok to. Thank you Red, for shaming me for being exited about it, it really made my morning. And actually, I have found a small problem....the bloomery worker is listed as the Blacksmith and won't work the bloomery.
So I don't need to build the bloomery then? The blacksmith will make iron bloom out of ore, as well as metals and weps?
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I'll admit I'm not a particularly talented food reviewer.
I certainly enjoy eating food and writing about it as evidenced by my posts on Balena, Pie Hole and The Counter, but I also realize I simply don't have the palate for reviewing food well. I try my best, but restaurant food to me falls into one of just three categories – YUM! (a large portion of my meals); meh, but I'm going to finish it anyway (most foods not in the YUM! category); and yeah, I'm not going to eat this (very, very rare and usually involves avocado or feta cheese, neither of which I can handle in bulk.)
When I was editor of the Kane County Chronicle in St. Charles, part of my job was to occasionally play the part of the Mystery Diner – the newspaper's shadowy food reviewer. I always found the reviews ridiculously tough to write well without devolving into caveman speak. ME LIKE. ME WILL GO BACK AGAIN. SUBSCRIBE TO PAPER, MAYBE?
I'd finish the reviews, certainly, but I can't think of one I was particularly proud of. And then there were the restaurants that were terrible. I still feel bad about sending one of my staff members to review a now-defunct restaurant in which the tastiest thing it probably had in the entire place was the toy train that motored across the dining area.
As such, I have the utmost respect for those who review restaurants for a living and do it well. Furthermore, I don't like writing negative things about the food at a restaurant because – as I just detailed – who am I to judge, really? This, finally, brings us to Bar Toma, 110 East Pearson St., which my wife and I ate at recently.
Bear in mind, I'm not a particularly talented food reviewer. Bear in mind, I put food into one of just three categories.
But Bar Toma served me the sole margherita pizza I've had in Chicago that ended up in the "meh, but I'm going to finish it anyway" category. This might not sound bad to some, but for any pizza I eat not to end up in the YUM! category speaks very ill of that pizza. Very ill.
It was just … off. (There I go with my excellent food description.) The crust was good, but the rest fell flat. I didn't really like the sauce. I didn't really like the cheese. And the basil was either lumped together or non-existent.
Yet, even I know that one mediocre pizza does not a restaurant make.
My wife had the treviso and goat cheese crostini – which was creamy and delicious and easily landed in the YUM! category – and actual food reviewer, Phil Vettel of the Chicago Tribune, positively glowed about the restaurant in his three-star (excellent) review.
It seems – in this case, at least – that maybe I just ordered the wrong thing. Bar Toma is worth another shot, or as I might say in my soon-to-be-patented caveman food reviewer speak: ME WILL GO BACK AGAIN.
• Joe Grace is a writer and journalist who lives in Chicago with his wife. Write to him at email@example.com.
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One year ago last week, I began doing webcomic reviews on Da Blog.
Recently, I've been having a crisis of confidence about the whole enterprise.
This should be obvious enough to anyone who read my 8-Bit Theater review. Quite frankly, I completely stalled while writing it. I found myself trapped in a place where I couldn't say much more than "It's a webcomic, and it's not Order of the Stick. Um… it loves non-sequitur. Um… it… structures its updates well. Um… I got nothin'." Roger Ebert (or even Eric Burns(-White)) I'm not.
Now, maybe that's just a symptom of how dull and repetitive 8BT is. But 8BT really just put into focus a trend that's been dogging me for some time. Quite frankly, I'm not entirely sure what my audience is or what it should be. Am I writing for the average person to let them know what's good in webcomics? Or am I writing for Aspiring Webcomickers Everywhere to identify what certain webcomics get right and wrong?
It shouldn't be that difficult to do the former – is a webcomic entertaining and captivating? But not only is the answer to that question dependent on each person's tastes, it's actually a lower bar than a lot of people give it credit for. People in English courses and otherwise preoccupied with deconstructing every layer of meaning out of a story will find things to object to in strips like Ctrl+Alt+Del by nitpicking every ounce of it. But to be honest, most people don't care about all that. All they care about is that it's funny. As long as a comic meets the relatively low bar that it be entertaining (for a humor strip) or addictive (for a strip with continuity), it's probably going to attract an audience. I really don't need to say much more than answer those two questions for you to know whether or not you'll want to follow a given strip. (This is where I keep trying to condense the size of my reviews, yet I keep feeling they're too short.) This may explain some of the popularity of Twilight despite geeks hating it with a passion: it's really a romance novel and no better or worse than any other romance novel, but because it happens to have vampires it attracted geeks who expected a sci-fi story and held it to a standard it should never have been expected to be held to.
(Note that Ctrl+Alt+Del, at the moment, is starting to turn even me off. Yes, of course it's a good idea to give Zeke a mate! It's not like that's a hokey, boring stock plot for man-made life going back to the original novel of Frankenstein! What's that? Why aren't you making a she-Zeke (only now you are)? Of course, it's because Zeke owes his sentience to a myste-e-e-e-erious X-factor that can't be easily duplicated! Because that's completely original and not at all hokey and boring itself, and certainly not a lame attempt to jack up the melodrama you'll probably bust through and give us a she-Zeke anyway! On the plus side, at least we have the beginnings of an explanation for why Zeke could be created by freakin' Ethan…)
A lot of my reviews have been written with an eye towards teasing out the differences between webcomics and other art forms, and with no small eye towards what lessons I myself can learn as an aspiring webcomicker. My reviews have typically been written with this as a base: am I continuing to read this comic going forward, and why or why not? But answering the latter question tends to lead me to present the answers as things that other webcomics can follow.
I don't do a lot of saying, "This webcomic is good and here's why you should read it". I honestly can't answer the latter question. I can only say, "Just read it, I found it good." (CAD is a good example; I started reading it because I found it entertaining – and you can't really explain what makes a joke funny – and addictive, which basically translates to, "I want to find out where it goes from here," regardless of what "it" is.) What I teased out as the reasons why tends to be technical stuff that would bore the average reader and says little about the content of the comic, and is more suited towards Aspiring Webcomickers Everywhere, so I end up saying, "This webcomic is good and here's what they're doing that you should be too." At least one other webcomic review blog embraced this whole-hog and frames its reviews as the answer to a question: "What did I learn?" I'm not convinced, though, that this is the best way to review webcomics, or anything.
I think I need to go back to my heady early days when David Morgan-Mar was praising me for my review of Darths and Droids, and even six months ago when Robert A. Howard was praising me for my review of Tangents. If you read my Darths and Droids or original OOTS reviews, you see that a key element of the former is a deconstruction of the key elements of the strip, attempting to tease out exactly what it is that makes it tick (a similar element to what made my Tangents review stand out, in fact – I think my review of the Floating Lightbulb might be my best review in a while for this same reason). It's almost a "just the facts, ma'am" approach to reviewing webcomics, as long as it's also balanced with an attempt to find out whether or not I like it, and if it's popular, trying to find out why that is (indeed my original OOTS review is little more than straight description). I took my original inspiration from Websnark and it's the Websnark model I need to at least try to return to.
I think my real problem comes when I try to review something I don't like. I've said this in the past, but I don't like making an impact on anything, and whenever people seem to think I want them to change their sites they often belligerently respond with variants of "it's MY site and I can do what I want". (This is one reason why my Tangents review seemed to go horribly wrong after Robert A. Howard himself showed up – even when he took me seriously it freaked me out a little bit.) One of, in my opinion, my better reviews is my Dresden Codak review (which I think did a better job than the similarly negative, but more disconnected, 8BT review – I probably should have re-read my DC review once I decided to make my 8BT one negative), which broke down everything that I saw as going wrong with the strip. Does that mean I want Aaron Diaz to change any of it? Not necessarily. If that's the way he wants to take the strip that's the way he wants to take the strip. I'm merely reporting on what I see as wrong with it, for the benefit of shoppers who are considering adding to their webcomic plate (or starting one). But even in that review, there's an element of "what did I learn?" in there, trying to take lessons from Dresden Codak and apply them to webcomics in general.
Part of the difference is that originally, and lasting all the way through my post on art in webcomics, the general statements I was making were directed towards the webcomic community. But as I had run-ins with Robert A. Howard, and (in February) with David Morgan-Mar over a slow patch in Darths and Droids (the latter of which I'm not sure will subside until Attack of the Clones does), I needed to defend the negative statements I was making towards webcomics that I didn't actually expect any action on, and I decided I was really writing for Aspiring Webcomickers Everywhere to help them avoid the pitfalls. If I'd reread my Dresden Codak review I'd have seen that sometimes the problems are just too endemic to fix, and I wasn't always making negative statements to help anyone "avoid pitfalls" at all. I need to restate my mission: I'm writing reviews to deconstruct a webcomic's elements to determine whether or not I like a given webcomic and why, with an eye to observe a webcomic in motion and with an audience of potential webcomic readers first and the webcomic community second, with maybe a tertiary audience of Aspiring Webcomickers Everywhere.
But first I need to rest my brain from the heavy work I've been putting it through, especially given the class I'm in at the moment and the paucity of work I've done for it. So it's likely that – with the exception of a post when the current book of OOTS ends – there will be no more webcomic posts until late July at the earliest. I'm hopeful that with this re-examination I can return to my roots and create webcomic reviews more on par with what I've written in the past. I may even re-review some comics I've given subpar reviews to, though that's likely more of a long-term project. (For me to give a more meaty review of Girl Genius than the one I originally gave, for example, I'd probably need to go on a fairly lengthy archive binge.)
By the time I do return to webcomic posts, though, it will be a rebirth of sorts in more ways than one, because in all likelihood I should have completed a relaunch of Da Blog and the web site, which could be perhaps the most major development to come to either before or since, finally taking Da Blog and the website off of Blogger and Freehostia. (Not that my new file manager completely fixes all the problems I had with Freehostia's.) One development that will result from this will be the merger of Da Blog with the web site, allowing all my major online presence (outside Twitter) to be housed under one address and one banner title, instead of awkward names like the Morgan Wick Online Universe or the Morgan Wick Sites.
I don't intend to give away too much right now, but one reason this relaunch hasn't occurred already is because I intend to blow up some of my more common labels into full-fledged sub-sites (and the software I'd need for that isn't as up-to-date as I'd like). For example, my sports posts should be merged with the Morgan Wick Sports section of the site. As a result, my webcomics posts will become an entire site of their own (still connected to Da Blog though), with the potential for a comparable level of support material you might not necessarily expect from a blog alone. So I'd like to ask you: what would you like from a webcomics review site? I definitely hope to include an index to my reviews to aid in finding them, and maybe links to better organize access to the Webcomics' Identity Crisis series, but what else might I include to take advantage of having an entire site devoted to webcomics as opposed to a blog, even a glorified one?
By way of analogy, I could look at the web site of a movie reviewer, such as Roger Ebert's site. That site contains reviews (obviously); the Answer Man column, answering people's questions about the movies, which might not be terribly portable to webcomics, which I wouldn't be qualified for because I don't read that many webcomics consistently, and which would be more of a blog feature anyway; the Great Movies columns, which might manifest into a list of links to the good webcomics and webcomic blogs; the Movie Glossary, but we already have TV Tropes, though a guide to some of the terms I use might still be useful, akin to Eric Burns(-White)'s own glossary; "people", a home to some biographical vignettes, suggesting it might be useful to help tell, say, Phil Foglio apart from Tim Buckley apart from Rich Burlew and Randall Munroe and David Morgan-Mar and Ryan North and Tom Slidell and Jerry Krahulik and Mike Holkins and Scott Kurtz, though that might be a lot of work for little gain (and again, might be more of a blog feature pending the execution)…
…the blog of someone not named Roger Ebert for some reason; "commentary", not always by Ebert himself or about movies, and probably close in concept to Da Blog itself; guides to film festivals and the Oscars, the former of which isn't completely applicable (concepts like Zuda perhaps?) and both of which are more appropriate to blog posts (though things like sub-indices might be appropriate); "editor's notes" that are basically comments by the author of the aforementioned blog; "one-minute" (short) reviews; and the equivalent of "letters to the editor". There's also places to search the review archive and get movie times and tickets (again not applicable). Are there any things I could add to a new webcomic review site other than straight-up lists of links? What do you think?
Whatever comes of it, let us plow forward into the second year of my webcomic reviews… and hope it comes out better than the second half of the first.