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Just Plumerias Blog
Just planted my plumeria cutting from WG spring fling. I had a plumeria
that was amazing. Even shared broken off parts in pots with friends.
Started to get big because it was planted in the ground. Then we had one of
those rare florida hard freezes. Sad loss. One of its "offspring" still
lives on that wasn't frozen.
Looking forward to starting again but this time keeping it in a container.
I got the candy stripe hybrid. Can't wait for the flowers!
Just Plumerias Thank you - email us with any questions
Hi - I bought a couple cuttings from you at EPCOT last Wednesday. I'm
crossing my figers and hoping to have good luck with them.
I visited your webpage and also saw some of the tiles like you had on
display at EPCOT. Can you order those from your webpage also?
Just Plumerias Yes - the tile page will be up in about a month
We picked up some cuttings from you @ animal kingdom and live in wi. want
to get ours potted. info. i have found says to use cactus mix to plant.
does that apply for our region as well? really want to get these going,
just want to do it right. they will be symbolic of our honeymoon.
Just Plumerias - Cactus mix works great. Well drain soil is ideal. Give good light and heat, and keep dry to start out.
Thank you.It looks like a grow light may be the best way from your photos.
It's still pretty dark and cold here.
Just Plumerias - Grow light until spring breaks will work just fine.
Just got home to Delaware from the EPCOT Flower and Garden Festival. Can't
wait to plant my plumerias. Looking forward to sharing their progress (and
my questions) with you.
Just Plumerias - Looking forward to your progress, questions and pictures.
quick question. my cuttings are planted in pots with cactus soil. I've been
putting them out to warm during the day and bringing them back in during
the night (Delaware is still dipping down to the upper 40s at night).
Just Plumerias - Hitting at 50 at night, you are the point to just leave them outside. I suggest no more moving. Leave in full sun and let nature take its course.
Oh... Should I move them in if it rains?
Just Plumerias - Keep outside and let nature take its course. It is ok to get rained on. Just keep in a sunny location and in a well drained soil.
Thanks again.
Just bought 3 plumeria cuttings at Epcot on Tuesday, got cactus soil as
recommended and planted 3 inches deep in the soil with rocks at the bottom
of 6" pot, they are not wanting to stand up straight in the loose soil, I
put a couple of 2-3" rocks on the top of each to "prop" them up. Should I
put in a little water so I can firm the soil around them, or do you think
the rocks will be enough?
Just Plumerias - a little water will not hurt
Bought Lani's Beauty plumeria and Candy Stripe plumeria at Kanapaha in
Gainesville from you on Saturday and just commented on my wall with a link
to your website. Hope it brings you many new customers. Can't wait till
they leaf out and bloom. Thanks for all the info.
Just Plumerias - thanks. We had a great show at Kanapaha. Email us with any questions on your Lani and Candy
I have sixteen plumeria cuttings from Just Plumerias. I have had them since April and all the plumeria cuttings are doing fantastic. Seven of plumeria cuttings have bloom spikes on them. Three of my 4 Lani's have bloom spikes and One Nebel Rainbow has a plumeria bloom spike too.
Can the little part that broke off still be grown ? How long will that part thrive? Thank you!
I am so excited about the Mother's Day plumeria present I was given from Disney Epcot!
Thank you from PA!!!
Just Plumerias – Yes you can take the broken part and plant it. Let it dry for a couple of weeks before you plant it. Thank you and email us with any questions.
What were the varieties of the 4 plumeria hybrids you sold at the Disney Epcot Flower and Garden Festival? Please help. Thank you!!!
Just Plumerias – they were the Lanis Beauty plumeria, Celadine plumeria , Wailea and Samoan Fluff plumeria.
What do you put on the bottom of your cuttings? I notice a white powder on the cutting. By the way, I purchased 2 plumeria cuttings from you 4 years ago and had to cut them back this past March because they were each about Six feet tall I'm in Jax, FL. I now have 14 plumeria from your starts and they all are doing very well. I had a plumeria seed pod come on this past year. I just got 2 more plumeria varieties from you at the festival in Apopka . I love these plants and they have turned into my little personal passioin!.
Just Plumeria -The powder we put on the plumeria cuttins is root tone - it seals the cutting and makes dry out faster The root tonet protects the plumeria cutting as it has a fungicide .. That is great news on the plants from 4 years ago..
I have sixteen plumeria cuttings from Just Plumerias. I have had them since April and all the plumeria cuttings are doing fantastic. Seven of plumeria cuttings have bloom spikes on them. Three of my 4 Lani's have bloom spikes and One Nebel Rainbow has a plumeria bloom spike too.
Lou – "This is a lani's that i got bought a year ago from you"
Just Plumerias – "Lou - Great - They really like it up in NJ.. The plumeria look great!!"
Lou – "yes i have about fifteen plumeria cuttings that I bought from you."
Kevin – "I just left Winter Park Farmers Market and I purchased 3 plumeria...One plumeria was 3 headed and one was a 4 headed Plumeria cutting. If you can, stop by,, all the plumeria cuttings look fantastic."
Just Plumerias – "Kevin. Thanks - If you want too, post pictures when you see growth. Thanks again. "
Bought at EPCOT center on the 8th of April and planted in Fortaleza / Brazil on April 13. First flower on May 21. Thank you Just Plumerias. Very happy !!!
"Love it. Here is a picture of one of the 3 cuttings I bought from you 3 months ago. I followed your directions on the print out you gave me and they came right up. Thanks, Tom "
I bought m plumeria at Epcot, I was SO thrilled! I lived in Hawaii while my father was stationed over there - 1979-81 (Hickem AFB) and I remember stringing leis in my backyard! If I am chosen, I will send one to my sister, brother and parents.. it's like a little piece of childhood
Enjoying my plumeria view coffee and the morning view from our yard. Tim
"What an awesome view!! I bet it smells wonderful"
Leeandra I am so excited! We were at WDW for my sons Make-A-Wish trip and we purchased a root cutting from you. This will be an awesome way for us to never forget our trip. Cant wait for our beautiful blooms.
I live in Philadelphia area and bought two of my three plumerias from Just Plumerias . They were all starting to put out leaves and since the weather has been so nice I put them out in the garden as I have done for several years. When I came home from work tonight I found my newest plant , bought at the Epcot flower show in March gone from the pot. My oldest plant (around 6 years old) has all the tips chewed off . The middle plant bought around 3 years ago in Epcot was ravaged . The tips chewed down and the bark is all chewed off the length (2 feet) off one of two the branches I live very close to the city , but a neighbor believes it was deer. No other emerging spring/summer plants in my yard or neighbors yard were touched. Does anyone know if deer really eat Plumeria? I have to place on order to replace the stolen plant but can the two surviving plants come back with emerging leaves gone and the tips all nibbled down ? Sarah
We purchased our plumeria plant from you at the FLOWER AND GARDEN FESTIVAL and we have our first flower today! Wanted to celebrate and share with you!! Noel
Awesome!! The plumeria Looks very healthy. Nice multi tipped plumeria. Just Plumerias
My plumeria is blooming! The fragrance is so nice. Reminds me of my Hawaiian vacation.
Finally got some plumeria buds growing in Connecticut
We have plumeria! My husban Rich has been working hard growing plumeria from cuttings we got from you this year at Epcot's Flower and Garden Show. They are doing really well - and we have flowers! Doing the happy dance in Palm Bay, FL.
Great to hear on your plumeria success.. Just Plumerias
My plumerias finally bloomed! Thanks! Thanks Hannal
I bought 2 plumeria cuttings in DISNEY EPCOT in April. I planted them about 4 weeks ago and they already have nice, healthy shoots on them! We just recently got back from Hawaii and these beautiful plumeria plants remind me of that trip! I hope to be posting bloom pics soon! Thank you..
My Lani's Beauty Plumeria finally bloomed. Yeah!!
Hi, I just want to let you know that I ordered the Three pack plumeria special and am a Facebook member who would like to take advantage of the Four pack plumeria special! Thanks! Can't wait for the plumeria cuttings to arrive!
John - Where is the Plumeria care part of your plumeria website?
Just Plumerias - Check under plumeria rooting instructions. Thanks
I am thrilled!!, my plumeria flowers are now happily growing! I am seeing plumeria sprouts coming off of both tips and I am using Miracle grow every 2 weeks. They are awesome!!! Thank you!
Just Plumerias is ecstatic to be invited the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. Just Plumerias will be displaying all their plumeria hybrids from March 5th till May 8th. This is Just Plumerias 17th year displaying at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival. Please stop by and see all our beautiful plumerias. The plumeria will grow anywhere in the world. Keep it in a pot up North and store and protect during the Winter. In the South, the plumeria can grow to 30 foot trees. Each plumeria color has its own unique fragrance. Make sure you stop by and see Just Plumeria at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival.
Now that our plumeria cuttings have are growing, we would like to move the
plumeria to a bigger pot. would you recommend 3 plants to a 25 inch pot?
When is the best time to transplant the plumeria plants?
Just Plumerias – Do not transplant in the middle of the summer. The beginning of Spring is the best time to transplant. Not like other plants, you want to purposely root bound them, being root bound encourages the blooming of the plumeria. So it is fine to put all 3 in a pot.
Is the correct time to transplant my plumeria plants.
They plumeria cuttings we bought from you are so healthy!!
Thank you so much!!
Grow your own Plumeria Hawaiian Lei Flower Plant anywhere in the World.
Drought Tolerant and low maintenance. Size of pot = Size of plant
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Just Plumerias in the News - Orlando Sentinel
Plumerias Aplenty
The brightly colored and fragrant flowers can grow anywhere in the world.
By Tom Maccubbin, Special to the Sentinel
Treat yourself to a bit of the tropics by adding exotic plumerias to the home landscape. Mild winters in recent years have allowed the burly shrub-to-tree-size plants to flourish and open their brightly colored clusters of fragrant blossoms during the warmer months. Perhaps one of your first encounters with plumeria flowers was during a trip to Hawaii when you were greeted with a colorful bloom-filled lei. If you were a typical tourist, you probably brought home one of the plump greenish sticklike cuttings to root in a pot of soil or in the ground.
"I'm amazed it ever grew," After sprouting green leaves, the cutting eventually grew into a 14-foot container specimen of the yellow-flowered Celadine variety, a popular selection sporting a strong, citruslike fragrance. This one plant was also the beginning of their Just Plumerias nursery, which sells plants to gardeners through the Internet atJust Plumeria plus at theme parks, all the Florida Plant shows and the Winter Park Farmer's Market for the last 10 years.
"All are so unique, and there are so many different fragrances." She notes their popularity also might be because of the long flowering period April through November; plus, they are extremely drought tolerant.
Most landscapes should have room for one or more plumeria plantings available in an assortment of sizes, ranging from dwarfs less than 6 feet tall to treelike forms reaching 30 feet. Most grow to their full potential when planted in the ground, but remain smaller when raised in containers.
An addiction will grow.
Gardeners are sure to appreciate all the plumeria blooms with scents that can include gardenia, coconut and cinnamon fragrances. You probably also have to admit the plants are unusual too. "The bold greenish-gray trunks add an architectural feature to the landscape," say Eric Patz of Orlando, an Orange County master gardener who remembers plants growing around the family home for about 18 years. "I like their form when they lose their leaves; they become monsterlike plants."
The craze is growing, too
Most commonly grown plumerias have large leaves growing to 2 feet long and 6 inches wide. The veins are pronounced, and the leaves have a medium- to deep-green color. Locally, all plants drop their leaves and go through a period of dormancy during the fall or early winter months when temperatures drop to around 50 degrees. Patz says when they are planted near a patio, many grow tall enough to give shade during the summer months and allow the warming sun through for winter.
the warm winters persist, the interest in plumerias is expected to continue. Many gardeners are adding plants as a backdrop for perennial gardens, installing them along walkways and using them as accents near patios. They are also being grown in containers for deck and balcony displays. "We have been going through a plumeria craze the last few years," Most likely, it's because gardeners did not know they are so easy to grow."
Port St. Lucie Plant Show
PORT ST. LUCIE - Just Plumerias talks to a crowd about the ease of planting and growing plumerias on Saturday morning during the Bamboo and More Plant Sale at the Port St. Lucie Botanical Gardens.
Plumeria (common name Frangipani) contains 7-8 species of mainly deciduous shrubs and small trees. They are native to Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Brazil but have been spread throughout the world's tropics and have become the Hawaiian Lei Flower Plant. Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night. Plumeria species may be easily propagated from cuttings of leafless stem tips . Cuttings are allowed to dry at the base before planting in well-drained soil. Pruning is best accomplished in the winter for deciduous varieties, or when cuttings are desired. There are more than 300 named varieties of Plumeria.
Just Plumerias carries some of the most sought after hybrids.
The genus, originally spelled Plumiera, is named in honor of the seventeenth-century French botanist Charles Plumier, who traveled to the New World documenting many plant and animal species. The common name "Frangipani" comes from an Italian noble family, a sixteenth-century marquess who invented a plumeria-scented perfume. Many English speakers also simply use the generic name "plumeria". In Hawaii, the name is "melia". In Sri Lanka, it is referred to as araliya and (in English) as the Temple Tree. In Cantonese it is known as, 'gaai daan fa' or the 'egg yolk flower' tree.
We have many plumeeria cuttings that we have been propogating for about a year and one of the plumeria is in bloom!! It is beautiful and the flowers are very fragrant. This is Very exciting! Thanks Just Plumerias!!!
The very first plumeria we got has bloomed!!!
I was wondering when the plumeria bloom pod is finished flowering for the year, should I cut the bloom pod off?
The bloom pod will naturally fall off and it will branch double or triple tips next year where the bloom pod fell off. You will then have more tips for more bloom pods..
My plumeria little baby is blooming at my workplace!It is so beaautiful!! I work at a Tanning Salon so the plumeria get's the UV lighting and I water it from the plumeria from bottom so it can get moist . It has all the heat and has bloomed very beautiful plumeria flowers that smell up the place Ahhh Plumeria Heaven in my work place
My plumera plants that I bought from you at Disney are doing great! WE are so excited to see that we have blooms! Thank you so much for the plumerias ! I am so addicted to these plumeria plants!!!
WE bought two plumeria cuttings in Disney EPCOT from you back in April. I planted both of them about 30 days ago and they already have nice, healthy leaves coming out! We just got back from a trip in Hawaii and we cant wait to have these beautiful plumeria plants remind us of our Hawaii trip! I will be posting my blooming pics very soon!
I am very excited to to receive my second set of plumeria cuttings. The plumerias just arrived thanks..
"Hi Just Plumeria! I received my package of plumeria cuttings . Thank you . When they arrived they were all in great condition. They are the thickest, strongest cuttings I have seen... Thanks you so much for the package of plumeria cuttings." cristi m
People should know that these plumeria are very EASY to grow and take care of! We are up North and we take ours out of the ground each winter and store them dry root – no water needed in the winter when it is in storage. At the break of very spring we replant them again outdoors! These plants are absolutely magnificent! Most of ours now are anywhere between 4 and 6 feet tall now and are indestructible! This is a Incredible plant for beginners and almost foolproof! I HIGHLY recommend the plumeria to anyone anywhere! Harvey G.
Loreno - Wow!! Great picture of the plumeria flower It has nice thick petals... JustPlumerias
I got my Plumerias cuttings from Just Plumeria! One plumeria is blooming now! They smell SOOOO fantastic. You can grow them up north in pots because the plumeria only get as big as the pot. Linda L.
Linda - you are correct - since they they grow to the size of pot the plumeria makes an awesome potted plant anyhwere in the world. Thanks www.JustPlumerias.com
A few years ago a friend of ours had a plumeria and we were admiring his plumeria. Our friend explained how the plumeria are so easily started by a cutting. My husband also learned that they are used for making hawaiian leis in Hawaii. So, we took a plumeria cutting from our friend...and we have been hooked ever since! We have given plumeria cuttings to other friends and they all enjoy them as much as we do. We've also gotten other clippings of different colors whenever we see them anywhere. Plus.....who doesn't like a flower that smells like jasmine?!
We first saw plumeria this past Spring when we went to Hawaii and we fell in love with the plumeria! I kicked myself for not bringing one home to plant back home, but my sister saw them at Disney a fee weeks ago where you were selling them and bought a plumeria cutting. It grew so easy!!! Jennifer
I bought my plumeria at Disney, I was SO happy! I lived in Hawaii while my dad was stationed in the military. I always remember stringing plumeria leis in the backyard!
From new Blooming plumeria flowers to the old Blooming plumeria flowers. This is great to be able watch the plumeria flowers every week day.
I bought my wife a plumeria cutting and a few months later it bloomed. As soon as I smelled the flowers i was addicted to them. I now have bought eighteen different kinds of plumeria. This is the only flower plant I will have now…
I just had another plumeria tree bloom. Two plumeria trees now have plumeria seed pods. My last plumeria seed pod gave me seventy two seedlings.
My sibling got me hooked on the incredible plumeria. The plumeria is such an unusual plant. It has an exquisite fragrant.
This is 2nd year for my plumeria plants. The weather in New Jersey hasn't been great.
T. Snook,
I came across the plumeria at a local winter park farmer's market where you show them. I bought two entire set of 3 packs! I am overly excited to place the plumeria with my other plants on my deck. I steadily watch them grow. I love to spend time with the plumeria and the fragrant of the plumeria flowers is intoxicating
Do you know the name of this plumeria
I first fell in love with Plumeria when we traveled out to Hawaii.. My youngest daughter and I took classes on how to make plumeria leis. While we were in Disney in Orlando il, I bought 3 plumeria cuttings from and I just cannot wait for them to grow. The plumeria fragrance on my back patio is going to be incredible. !
My plumeria is still putting out plumeria blooms into September. Thanks
This is the 1st year that I will need to bring my Plumerias in because of the winter. Being it's the 1st year shoul I bring them in a protected environent or leave on a window sill in the kitchen? Just Plumerias – Leave on the window sill the first year to continue to get good light and heat.
My plumerias got here a month ago and they are already sprouting great leaves! I have watered them a half cup of H20 for 2 weeks now!!!
I am excited to see these great looking plumeria blooms,. Here is the first blooms from a Lani's Beauty.
One of my favorites plants – The Plumeria .. Thanks..
I cannot wait to see this plumeria bloom pod open and show all of its plumeria flowers.
My plumeria bloomed for 1st time this year. It is next to my windo so I can't smell the wonderful plumeria fragrance. I live in Missouri, I wish we had a little longer outside time, but it just gets too cold outside here. Being a potted plant – I can just move to protect. Thanks
My Jeannie Morange plumeria .. This is a beautiful plumeria.
A Late Plumeria Bloom. What a great way to finish the year than with the fragrance of a plumeria.
Hello. We purchased 2 plumeria cuttings at Disney Epcot during the Epcot Flower Festival in April. The plumeria plants grew just as you said they would. One with the flower shoot did bloom. We are back at our Winter home now in the Chicago suburbs and I brought the plants home and all the leaves fell off.
Just Plumerias – No worries as the plumeria is just going dormant for the winter.
I just found your plumeria website I didn't know it needed sunshine so I
have it growing off the porch, in mostly shade, so it is growing low
trying to get sun and the plumeria blooms lot at the top! I cannot wait
to order more of these plumeria cuttings . Is it a good time to order now.
I live in Florida . Thank you.
Yes now is a good time to order so you can get ready for Spring. We will have fresh plumeria cuttings in 2 weeks.


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Criminals are found throughout the corporate world and plenty of "white collar," or corporate, criminals are filling pretty posh minimum-security jail cells. With that in mind, let's look at the "criminal" lingo used in the dark alleys around Wall Street.
Perp Walk
The perp walk has become an increasingly common and popular media phenomenon. While wearing handcuffs, a suspect is arrested in full view of the news media and paraded about by the police. The media are often "tipped off" before the arrest, so they can set up their cameras and get the suspect with his or her jacket over the face, or sometimes proudly displaying handcuffs. Although the perp walk was once reserved for notoriously violent and inhumane crimes, it has been extended to CEOs and businessmen accused of crimes.
Golden Handcuffs
As many of us know from our cops and robbers days, handcuffs are used for restraining someone. In the corporate world, companies will offer valuable employees very favorable incentives to retain their loyalty. These incentives usually come as stock options in the company and can only be collected if the employee remains with the company for a specified time period (vesting). So, the incentives act like handcuffs for the employee, albeit golden handcuffs.
Godfather Offer
"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse." -Don Corleone (Marlon Brando), the Godfather.
In the cinematic masterpiece "The Godfather," Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) explains his father's simple way of making offers: "Sign or lose you life." It's not exactly ethical business, but it is extremely effective. In the corporate realm, a godfather offer is an offer made by a bidding company that is so generous it cannot be refused. If the target company does refuse, shareholders may initiate a lawsuit against management for cutting them out of good profits (which is every bit as effective as the Godfather's threats).
Smoking Gun
The expression "smoking gun" comes from the early 1900s, when the legal system began to solidify into a standard model. The burden of proof was placed on prosecutors and police rather than the defendant (suspect), meaning that some of the previous strong-arm tactics by police had to go. Naturally, the police and prosecutors were quite displeased, lamenting that they'd "have to catch criminals with the smoking gun [as in just fired] still in their hands." Fortunately, the legal system withstood the strain of having to prove people were guilty of a crime. Since then, a smoking gun has grown to represent any irrefutable evidence of wrongdoing. In the corporate world, smoking guns can include everything from office memos with compromising statements to complex accounting paper trails. Corporate criminals aren't usually stupid enough to leave smoking guns lying around, but it does happen.
Forensic Accounting
With the growing interest in forensic investigation, it was only a matter of time until "investigative" accounting was renamed "forensic" accounting. Much like its gritty crime-scene cousin, forensic accounting tries to piece together a crime's circumstances by reviewing physical evidence. In the case of accounting, the physical evidence is found in the numbers. Forensic accountants search for the elusive smoking gun in the company's financial statements. Even manipulators of numbers leave a palpable "fingerprint" behind when they change things.
Loan Sharking
Pure and simple, loan sharking is the illegal practice whereby a lender charges a super high interest rate on a loan. The level of interest legally permitted to be charged may vary, and it generally does not exceed 60%, but loan sharks typically lend out money at rates higher than these limits. Where does this tie into the corporate world? The Consumer Federation of America calls some pay day loans legal loan sharking. The Federation states that through payday loan companies, cash-strapped consumers run the risk of becoming trapped in repeat borrowing due to triple-digit interest rates, unaffordable repayment terms, and coercive tactics made possible by check-holding. These places get away with it by disguising interest payments as fees. If these fees were counted as interest, the rates would be enormous.
Before radio communication made it possible for police to call into a central dispatch, foot patrols prowled the streets armed with billy clubs and whistles. When these patrols came upon a crime or a disturbance they couldn't handle alone, they'd blow their whistle and any policemen within hearing distance would rush over to help. A whistle-blower in the corporate echelons works much the same way. Whistle-blowers are employees inside a corporation who know about the company's unscrupulous activities and then go to the public with that knowledge. This public admission brings on the media and usually legal repercussions for the company. Unfortunately, whistle-blowers also suffer, as they find it very hard to find jobs afterward despite being legally protected.
Corporate Espionage and Spies
Many of us have enjoyed watching Sean Connery shoot up bad guys with vaguely German accents, but espionage has changed a lot. The new spies are more likely to be wearing glasses and a "Star Wars Forever" T-shirt than a three-piece suit. At first glance, having your office memos read by an outsider seems harmless, but corporate spies sift through piles of junk for the one gem that can help their employer sink your company. This can be as simple as stealing R&D information, or it can get as dastardly as finding out job bids and undercutting them to the customer. Companies have to remain vigilant, because not all bad guys have steel jaws or pseudo-futuristic uniforms: most look just like you or me. Cyber-hacking and cyber spying are also a form of corporate espionage tactics. The problem of corporate espionage has become big enough for companies to employ counter-espionage agencies.
Well, that's all for our exciting trip down the thug-infested alleys of Wall Street. We hope you've found this informative and entertaining.

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Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour
(Plus standing and refrigeration time)
200g dark eating chocolate (chopped)
150g butter (chopped)
5 eggs (separated)
165g caster sugar
150g pecan meal
Ganache Ingredients
125ml cream
200g dark eating chocolate (chopped)
Preparation Method:
1. Preheat oven to moderate (180ºC/160ºC fan-forced). Grease deep 22cm-round cake pan; line base and side with baking paper.
2. Stir chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat until smooth; cool 10 minutes.
3. Beat egg yolks and sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until thick and creamy.
4. Beat egg whites in small bowl with electric mixer until soft peaks form; fold into chocolate mixture, in two batches. Pour mixture into pan; bake about 55-60 minutes. Stand cake 15 minutes; turn, top-side up, onto baking-paper-covered wire rack to cool.
5. Meanwhile, make ganache by bringing cream to a boil in small saucepan. Remove from hat; add chocolate, stir until smooth.
6. Pour ganache over cake; refrigerate cake at least for 30 minutes before serving.
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Last week, according to executives close to the situation, the board-or at least the seven external directors who sit on the nine-strong board-decided that the right man for the chairman-CEO spot was David Bell, Interpublic vice chairman.
Hearing Mr. Bell discuss his priorities on his first day in the job, the task ahead of him seems clear-cut: "Short-term, focus on key employees and key clients. More broadly, we've got to improve our margins, increase financial reliability and organic growth."
Prior to his Feb. 27 departure from the top job, reported first by Advertising Age on Feb. 26, Mr. Dooner frequently discussed those very same goals.
But, given his failure to deliver on the financials, his removal as CEO shocked few. More surprising was the decision to promote Mr. Bell, most recently a fairly low-profile vice chairman, and return Mr. Dooner to the helm of McCann-Erickson WorldGroup, the agency network where he built his career. Mr. Dooner's return is at the expense of McCann Chairman-CEO James Heekin, who left the company.
Frank Borelli, Interpublic's presiding director, was keen to emphasize that Mr. Bell's appointment is not an interim one: "David has just the skills we need." Prior to becoming Interpublic's vice chairman, Mr. Bell, 59, led publicly traded True North Communications, a holding company acquired by Interpublic in June 2001.
The job of a holding company chief, said Mr. Bell, requires being "highly visible, accessible, even aggressive in building and nurturing relationships with the Street." Those are widely said to be Mr. Bell's strengths.
Still, some Interpublic executives question whether the soft-spoken Minnesotan has the savvy to steady battered Interpublic. One agency executive said, "A lot of people are asking, `Is this the best we can do?"'
Don Elliman, former True North board member, said "I can understand why somebody would [ask] why David Bell. My answer is wait and watch. ... He's not going to be flashy or try to get his name in the paper every day, but David will get it done."
Mr. Bell said that in the coming weeks he and Mr. Borelli will interview candidates to fill the chief operating officer position, a job created last November. Executive search firm Spencer Stuart is handling the search. Both men said that current Chief Financial Officer Sean Orr will remain at the company. "He's not out this month, or two months from now," said Mr. Borelli. But executives close to the situation were not convinced, suggesting Mr Orr's tenure might end after the sale of Interpublic's market-research unit NFO WorldGroup.
That sale is key to one of Mr. Bell's other priorities-reducing the company's debt-which means pushing to sell assets now on the block, such as market research firm NFO WorldGroup. United Business Media confirmed Feb. 28 that it is looking at NFO.
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Every agency prides themselves on being on the cutting edge of creativity, innovation, and technology, and the hot topic as of late has been virtual reality. To have a fully immersive experience that tells your brand's story and connects with your audience in a new, exciting, and interactive way sure is tempting, no? The medium shows promise, but because it is so new it's hard to truly measure the impact and effectiveness a branded virtual reality experience or ad has.
Many tech experts have predicted virtual reality to be a multi-billion dollar industry by 2020, but right now the amount of people who actually have access to virtual reality is unknown. Some estimates put the number under 3 million globally, most of which are likely people developing content for virtual reality. So the question has to be asked: did we as an industry get ahead of ourselves developing all these virtual reality ads? Yes, it has the ephemeral 'cool' factor right now. Yes, it attracts clients and sure, it turns a lot of industry heads, but is it truly the most effective way to tell your story? The cost to produce a virtual reality ad, plus the means to get it seen by your audience, seems higher than almost any other medium except primetime television but there is no proof that the results stack up. Is creating a virtual reality ad truly worth it for both you and your client?
There are a lot of ifs and buts and unknowns surrounding virtual reality advertising, so lets look at what we do know. Most of, if not all of, your target audience probably do not have a way to view virtual reality in their own homes. The obvious (and usual) workaround here is to make the virtual reality ad a part of an installation. A large portion of people experience discomfort or disorientation (headaches, nausea, and the like) when using virtual reality headsets. So now you're asking your customer to come to you so you can give them a very expensive headache. There is no point of purchase or consumer journey with a virtual reality ad. They put a headset on, they experience what you've created for them, and they leave. There is no issue with providing entertainment, but it might be foolish to do so under the guise of selling them something. On top of these surface level issues, we should also address the oversaturation of virtual reality creative solutions in the industry. Seemingly as soon as people were receiving their first headsets, creatives wanted to start putting 360° video ads in them. Quickly, it seemed every major agency was touting a "virtual reality experience" which more often than not seemed like a retrofitted spot converted for virtual reality.
I am hopeful though, for how we can find amazing and creative uses for virtual reality in the future. As the adoption rate for the technology continues to grow and become more mainstream, we will eventually find more innovative and creative ways to deliver content. However until that point, there is no logical reason to sink so much time, money, and effort trying to out-do one another with similar content that has unverifiable results. Virtual reality will still be cool as it continues to get better, but it is still in its infancy. Instead, I suggest creatives look to the technology that is available now, ready to go and awaiting the types of ideas and budgets our industry can provide.
Augmented reality, altering, overlaying, or adding to live video, is already in place, and most Americans have a fully capable device to use it right in their pocket. The most common use of augmented reality, arguably, is Snapchat's filters. While they seem toy-ish, their use of facial and special tracking is unparalleled. Many took the wide spread success of the low level augmented reality in Pokémon GO! as a sign that the world was ready for virtual reality instead of pursuing the still vastly under-realized potential of augmented reality. With augmented reality, your audience doesn't need to buy any new gear, they don't need to go anywhere, they can simply download an app or visit a website on their phone. Not only is it more accessible, but you also have a more defined target, and the results are completely measurable. If you're idea does hinge on a virtual reality-esque experience, there are still options. Some companies like the New York Times or The Guardian used Google Cardboard, a cheap, customizable, direct mail piece that the recipient can combine with their phone, no tools required. Who would've thought the most laudable technology this year would have been a direct mail piece of cardboard?
Perhaps, if you are looking to make an innovative, emotional connection to your audience, don't look into the distant sci-fi future. Look closer to now, work with producers, developers, and studios that have a firmer grasp on the possibilities of current technology instead of banking on the latest and greatest virtual reality headset to be your ticket to a first-of-its-kind execution. The kind of work that actually connects with your audience is going to be accessed on the technology they are already using, with a device they already have. As the development and adoption of virtual reality continues, we will see it in more and more homes, that will be the time that we can truly make use of it's potential, instead of using it as a gimmick to gather buzz about our work.
TL;DR – The world is not ready for your brilliant VR ad yet, but we should keep experimenting with AR and more commonly accessible technologies.
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Is anyone surprised anymore when a carrier makes an executive decision that has a direct effect on the subscriber? No? Good. Then today's news about AT&T crackin' the old whip shouldn't come as a shock to anyone. And while we can sit here and talk about whether or not it's the right thing for AT&T to do, that's not really the point. It's a pretty cut-and-dry situation. Some subscribers are using tethering applications that circumvent AT&T's tethering plans. It's only made worse because these subscribers are also on AT&T's now extinct unlimited data plan. And that's just not fair. Okay, they're right; you shouldn't be doing things to circumvent the rules. But . . . Well, your phone's able to do it, and up until everyone and their grandmother started tethering using those free or paid-for apps, the carriers didn't seem to care much. So, is there a limit to cashing in a buck? Probably not.
And that's exactly what the major wireless carriers are doing, at least some of them. We know that Verizon cracked down on unauthorized tethering by literally blocking the applications within the Android Market. That was a bold step, but it seemed to work for them. As much as it could, anyway. Coupled with the talk that Big Red was doing sweeps to try and find folks who managed to get around their little detour, and then taking necessary action on them, the majority probably stopped any unauthorized tethering. Sure, it probably still exists out there, but you can't stop everyone from doing everything.
And AT&T's three-step plan actually doesn't seem all that bad. I mean sure, it's probably not the greatest moment to literally remove people from their plans, but at least Blue is giving them some options. If they decide not to act, then AT&T will do it for them. Pretty cut and dry, if you ask me. And like I said above, I don't really think the conversation is about AT&T's actions against unauthorized tethering, but more to the fact that the carrier is trying to significantly shut down one main reason people root their phones. Considering that tethering is one of the main features included in many custom ROMs, it's obviously a feature that people want. And with Android's inherent open nature, then people who have an Android phone and take the time to root it, add a custom ROM and whatever else, they should be able to use their phone as they see fit.
It's not like AT&T has always had tethering plans or Verizon for that matter. The wireless carriers saw that they had an opportunity to make money, so they jumped all over it. And there's nothing wrong with that, either. After all, that's the way business works. But the carriers shouldn't be going after those who have been using that particular feature, in that particular manner, just because they can. Or more to the point, just because they've now initialized plans that counter their current usage.
I'm not going to say that there's going to be a huge migration from AT&T (or Verizon) over this stuff, because as we are all well aware this only affects a small number of subscribers. But it's the principle of the thing. The truth is, when other carriers don't have these restrictions or actions, then that's one thing. But when the carriers that do have these restrictions actually start going out of their way to punish those who may be going around the fence a little bit, then those other carriers start to look a bit more appealing. After all, those guys aren't chasing down their subscribers.
AT&T's actions are sound, from the business side of it. It makes sense for them to do what they're doing. However, Android's ability to have open applications, freely available actions that do all sorts of things, or the fact that rooting your device opens that functionality, means that those users who take these steps shouldn't be sought after. It's part of the Android experience, and that's just the truth. If carriers start limiting the ways we use our mobile operating systems, then we've got a major problem. Is the next move for the carriers to shut down Apple's new iMessage, or even Research In Motion's entrenched BlackBerry Messenger? After all, that's free international messaging – shenanigans!
Anyway, what do you think of AT&T's next move with unauthorized tethering? Are they in the wrong even in the slightest here? Or should they have done this long ago? Let me know in the comments below what you think.


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Discrepancy 101
Before beginning construction of Brooklyn Bridge Park the Empire State Development Corporation and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation were required to prepare a draft and then a final Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS and FEIS). Many pages in the FEIS are devoted to the acknowledgment of the special views that exist in the environs of the park and the surrounding area. The following can be found early on in the FEIS, chapter 1, page 6.
Landmarks, Gateways, and Connecting Views
A carefully constructed sequence of visibility, both in the approach to the water and through the park space, is intended to make certain that Brooklyn Bridge Park is accessible and comprehensible both from a distance and within its confines. The proposed plan builds this sequence through landmarks that can be seen from afar, gateways that offer long views into the park, and connecting views that open up the experience of the space. The efforts include measures to fully protect the extraordinary views currently available within the park and its surrounding environs. For instance, the design intends to protect views at the Fulton Ferry and Atlantic Avenue entries, as well as the view plane and the existing views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the harbor from the Promenade. New structures have been carefully placed so that important viewsheds and protected view planes around the site have been fully respected.
It goes without saying that many in the community were very concerned about the survival of the unique views that exist throughout the area. The above paragraph clearly says the ESDC and the BBPDC also understand the issue and would be sensitive to preserving the views while building the park and other buildings. It even goes further and says that "New structures have been carefully placed so that important viewsheds and protected view planes around the site have been fully protected."
Clearly the addition of at least 3 additional stories that block the historic views of the complete Brooklyn Bridge roadway and suspension cabling from the Brooklyn Promenade have not been protected.
Even more to the point is the response to Comment 224 to the Draft EIS. The comment and response can be found in the FEIS, Chapter 24 pages 89 and 90.
Comment 224:
The ESC created photomontages based on the information in the DEIS and from the Sanborn Map Company. These utilize a digital CAD model and photographs of existing conditions. They assume a four foot parapet and penthouses of 25 feet. The montages show that the Pier 1 buildings will block more of the Brooklyn Bridge as viewed from the Promenade and the small building will break the Promenade's Scenic View Plane and will encroach on views from the Promenade and will partially block the view of the Empire State Building. Some views to Lower Manhattan from the Promenade would be improved. The view of the Brooklyn skyline from the water would be altered, obscuring the Watchtower from view. Views would be created from the water to the Promenade and Brooklyn Heights. The view from John Street towards the Manhattan Bridge tower would be obscured. Views to Lower Manhattan would be partially obscured. The view to Lower Manhattan from Atlantic Avenue and Furman Street would be obscured. (ESC)
As described above, the drawings generated by ESC are flawed and do not accurately depict the proposed building envelopes. Any required parapet and mechanical equipment would be included in the proposed building envelope. The proposed hotel-residential development on Pier 1 would be approximately one story shorter than the buildings depicted in the ESC visual simulations. The portion of the development within the protected view plane would be 55 feet high; the portion outside the view plane would be 100 feet high, which is approximately the height of the existing Cold Storage Warehouse buildings.
The response unambiguously states that any required parapet and mechanical equipment would be inside the building envelope and that the hotel building would be limited to 100 feet. The height of the hotel structure is currently estimated to be at least 130 feet.
Construction needs to be halted now pending a full review of the current construction, a remediation plan developed to bring the hotel building height into compliance with the FEIS and a review of the plans for the residential structure to insure that there are no impairments from all other important viewsheds.
The complete Final Environmental Impact Statement for Brooklyn Bridge Park can be found here.
To show your support to Save The View Now please click here to sign the online petition.
Creative Accounting 101
The developer of the Pierhouse is ignoring the building height restriction codified in the 2005 General Park Plan and Final Economic Impact Statement (FEIS) created for the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Before the Pierhouse construction started the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp ordered the demolition of the National Cold Storage Warehouse (CSW) that stood roughly in the same location. The building height restriction written into the Park plan was the result of 20 years of analysis and discussion designed to improve the views available of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Promenade relative to the now demolished CSW. That stipulation has been all but forgotten by the powers to be at the Brooklyn Bride Park Corp.
In a letter to the Brooklyn Heights Association dated Nov 7, the BBPC tries to explain why a building that was supposed to have a total height of no more than 100' when measured from the ground and now stands at a total height of 136.5' over the same spot is really only 100' tall. We do not buy the mathematics.**
The BBPC seems to be completely oblivious that the purpose of the height restriction was not some esoteric concept but something as simple as a view. Somehow they think that blocking a view to make room for mechanical equipment is more important than to follow the words that they wrote in the FEIS where they state:
The efforts include measures to fully protect the extraordinary views currently available within the park and its surrounding environs.
Maybe the BBPC thinks it is more important for the equipment to have a good view than the hundreds of thousands who visit the Promenade annually, or maybe they think we all have x-ray vision?
The BBPC is also ignoring the fact that they responded to a comment asking specifically about this issue with the following statement:
…Any required parapet and mechanical equipment would be included in the proposed building envelope…
A mistake may have been made when they allowed Toll Brothers to exclude the parapet ands mechanical equipment from the building height calculations. Hey, everyone makes mistake, however, the only thing to do when you make a mistake is fix it, not ignore it.
We are calling on Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo to:
- immediately call a halt to the construction of the Pierhouse complex
- develop a restoration plan to restore the Pierhouse hotel building on parcel A to the 100 foot height limitation "inclusive" of mechanicals with no adjustments as per the original plan.
- confirm that the Pierhouse residential building on parcel B will not pierce the 55' limit stated in the FEIS and will be in compliance with the Brooklyn Promenade Scenic View Plane regulation.
- form a community oversight committee with the power to approve or disapprove any future modification
**The Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. makes the point that the bulkheads only cover 15% of the building roof area. However, the bulkheads are placed across the width of Parcel A thereby substantially obstructing the view of the Brooklyn Bridge from the Promenade. The percentage of the building that the bulkhead covers is largely irrelevant as it is the impact of these bulkheads across the roof line that is of utmost concern.


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A young girl is being hailed a heroine after she saved the lives of dozens of children and residents.
Quick-thinking Abbie Stakem-Tuite helped avoid what could have been a devastating gas explosion at the 182-house estate of Belvedere Hills in Mullingar, Westmeath.
The nine-year-old alerted her mum to the possibility of a major leak when she noticed fumes hissing from an empty house.
The deadly gas was coming from a broken pipe locals believe may have been vandalised.
Abbie was out playing with her pal Sara Aserbane on the roadway between their homes when they smelled something unusual.
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Thinking about it further (it was 1AM when I watched the video), I have a feeling it's more a demographical question: i.e., everyone plays games, but the people who do custom car jobs and go to car shows are men and Michelle Rodriguez
Regarding the fact that it would eliminate jobs, do booth babes really take up that many jobs? I mean, there are a lot of conventions that happen these days, but when they happen they only last a few days at most and they are so scattered even HUGE cities only see them a few times a year at most. I'm not exactly sure what sort of companies contract these women out, but I'm fairly certain they aren't completely reliant upon conventions for a significant amount of their income. They just can't be--conventions are only for a few days. At most the cons probably give them a boost in sales. But otherwise if the convention lasts for 4 days, that still leaves 360 days they've got to keep the business running until the next convention.
Though Jim does bring up a fair point, but I think it is really a part of the issue. Yes, booth babes are autonomous human beings, and regardless of their purpose they should never be dehumanized to the point of degradation. However, unless something shady is going on, as Jim himself said that's their job. They signed on to be stared at by nerds who probably don't get to see women like that very often. That they're there isn't their fault, as well as the discomfort they cause. And because of that, their feelings on being there has little to do with whether or not they should be there. Yes, that is a bit dehumanizing, and as a female myself I'm having trouble wrapping my head around it. But while dehumanization in any form is bad, they aren't really the crux of the issue.
I mean, if this were anything else involved with conventions, we wouldn't be having this discussion. If the problem were, say, latex balloons being used at conventions and making problems for people who have latex allergies, and all conventions switched to using non-latex balloons, we would not be worrying about the loss of business for the makers of latex. But because the product in this case is autonomous human beings, suddenly we're worried about that loss of business.
Again, dehumanization is bad and is sort of the cause of this in many ways (it's not like their role at the convention has any humanizing qualities), but in some situations it's sort of necessary to fully comprehend a situation and make a fully- informed decision.
The reason I'm against Booth Babes isn't because I think it is sexist (it isn't) and it isn't because I find it uncomfortable to be around them, it's simply because it's immature and demeans gaming as a hobby.
Just about as much as cheerleaders do for the dignity of their respective sports.
I noticed that too, what's up with that Jim?
OT: Booth Babes are COMPLETELY unnecessary in video game expos and they're far more likely to drive people away in this day and age than they are to get people interested in a game. The whole "but getting rid of Booth Babes would put women out of work" argument is a load of crap, sex appeal is a endless job market, women like those booth babes would have no trouble finding work somewhere else.
I said this in the past, most of the booth babes at E3 work or trying to work as Models and Actresses/Actors(There are some guys at these events.) Video Games are far from the only industry that employs booth babes at large conferences at the LA convention center. For most of them it is regular side work. These are people who want to be known for their physical beauty and get these jobs through their talent agency. From what I've been told, E3 not the best conference to work at as a booth babe, but not the most degrading.
Although this is far from being the opinion of every booth babe, from those I have talked to seems to be a fair assessment in my opinion.
So, here's my thought (I apologise if it's been brought up already, I read through three pages and nobody had mentioned it in quite these terms or quoted it from somebody else). Lots of people have said that maybe cosplayers would be a better idea, hire models with some knowledge about the subject. MY issue with that (which is, I admit, a purely personal one) is that whenever stuff like this happens and people are involved in it for a job, I can't help ascribing to them a certain level of dislike for being forced by contract to pretend to be enthusiastic about it.
The answer? Hire fans. Hold applications or something when you want to start a booth so that gamers themselves can apply for one day of promotion. In return, give them a days' wages and free tickets to the whole thing, as well as costumes of the character they'll be promoting (whether male or female). That way, you get people there who actually want to be there, falling within the bounds of cosplaying and actually KNOWING about and being truly INTERESTED in the feild, some game fans get free tickets and some pay for the day, a mix of men and women (depending on characters, as I said) and everybody's happy. The professional models would lose their jobs, but as people have said it's not more than a few days work in fairly large time gaps, they can't be losing THAT much (I hope).
Personally, I've never attended a gamecon coz I'm too poor, but I reckon I could totally rock a Corvo Attano outfit, and for the chance to attend a con and earn a bit of money on the side, I would so damn there.
Just my two cents
What the cartoon at 4:19? It just gave me a major flashback as a child but I cant for the love of Christ remember the name of it.
Booth babes are really a nasty issue that surrounds most gaming conventions, and while I used to be fairly anti-booth babe since it kinda represents the industry in a negative light, I do have to admit that blasting them as such does kind of do the people that do the job injustice, and taking out the practice basically puts a bunch of people out of a job. While I should be saying that they should try and find some other kind of modelling career... the economy's tough, and you have to make do with what you get.
Though yeah, I do have to agree that this argument might have been improved if we had some actual booth babe commentary. Maybe some journalists should get off their ass and interview them like *gasp* actual people.
I had always thought the issue which people who want to end or at the very least decrease the amount of booth babes had was that they thought it made the gaming industry immature. Using sexiness pointlessly in games is looked down upon and I believe that it should be.
Is it wrong to have attractive male and female characters in video games? Of course not. Is the fact that the majority of female teenage and adult characters in video games these days have supermodel/pornstar level body types a problem with the industry? I certainly think so. This is purely my opinion, but I think that the gaming industry is saturated with the idea of "sex sells"; I find it immature and I think that "booth babes" are an extension of this problem.
No hate for booth babes, more power to cosplayers of any costume, and hope for good things on the horizon.
Tricky subject.
I'm opposed to booth girls because in general. These are women that for the most part have taken a generic modelling contract from an agency and have turned up for a week of wearing skimpy outfits to attract male attention. They distract from the games themselves and add little to nothing to the information that Exhibitions are supposed to convey.
I do though value cos-players including paid cos-players such a Jessica Nigri.
The problem is how you distinguish between the two situations. Does every event need to have some, probably quite prudish, arbitrator of what is appropriate? I thought that Gabe's treatment of Nigri at PAX was heavy-handed, even for a family event. But then it is his event and he makes the rules (And apparently change them at a whim.
I am also a monster.
2-2:40, nicely done Jim.
"Hell, I'm a white man at a gaming convention. It doesn't get more comfortable than that".
Quote of the day right there lol
That was Jessica Nigry not Juliet Starling....
With you on this one. The fact that booth organisers feel compelled to do this makes me feel dirty, but if some women want to do this I don't think we should be stopping them.
Not gonna lie, I was half-expecting you to suggest people cosplaying as you at the end because your undeniable charm attracts anyone of any sexuality.
First half pretty much neatly summarizes my feelings. My opinion of a convention goes down as a function of how many booth babes are there.
As someone who works with gaming, I can understand the fear mentioned in the RE6 video about how consumers' brains will be distracted for even six hundreths of a second if you don't present them with a cornupcopia of everything they want, but at the same time, can I get at least a little credit for not being a perverted troll with magpie tendencies?
I feel kind of like the disgruntled television watcher. The two things studios know will sell are sex and violence, because they always herald great change, and change is how a story happens. Shows that are JUST sex or violence or both tend to be viewed as the very worst kind of pandering. I feel like that's what happened here -- someone in the industry figured out however long ago that convention goers can and do notice booth babes as an attraction besides the actual product, and that we, the viewing public, might make a decision about which booth to go to based on quantity/quality of the sexy ladies there. So in order to have a successful booth, babes are necessary, regardless of the quality of the product.
My favorite TV show has very little sex or violence, and neither is gratuitous when it does arrive. I kinda feel like my opinions on booths would be the same.
Booth Babes really what people decide to complain about is getting ridiculous, is there really any different than a Booth Babe at E3 and the girls at a Car Show or the UFC girl's that hold up the ROUND signs?
No there isn't in fact those girls are actually less dressed and it's not like they're giving lap dances. If you're going to shut down E3 Booth Babes, than to be fair you have to shut down Boxing and UFC girls, Car show girls really anything with a girl standing next to it.
In fact lets follow this to its logical conclusion and just do what they do in the middle east and make all women cover from head to toe even in the dead of heat because they might cause impure thoughts.......
Great video. Both sides were explained quite well. When I saw the story on here about the Eurogamer Expo shenanigans a couple weeks ago, I found myself on the side that thinks getting rid of the booth babes is rather extreme.
I admit as well that I'd of course look at booth babes if I passed by them. I would find it rather odd if a straight guy like me said anything other than that. Looking at them though is far from the reason I say that we shouldn't get rid of them outright. I argued in the area of your point that they are people, not random things/aliens dancing about, and that they are working a job to make money for whatever reason.
It would be like if I found fast food workers morally offensive and said "well there could be other ways that I could get my order given to me and I impart my money for the goods. Why don't we get rid of the workers and do those things because they are cooler and don't make me feel annoyed/uncomfortable?" The problem is that as much as a problem I have with fast food workers, they are just that, workers, people with jobs that need them to make money.
Booth babes are workers too. You looked at the remove them and keep them sides, but I think there is one more side to be looked at....the worker side.
I think before expo's, cons, and whatever start doing away with booth babes, I think some kind of study should be done on how it would actually effect the people that do such jobs.
What would these girls be doing if they weren't jumping around for the game companies? Are they people with other skills? Could they be in some other line of work? Is there even any other kind of work out there for them? If so, what kind of work would that be?
It could be that some of them are doing it to make extra money until they can find the job they really want to do. Maybe some like the whole booth babe thing; they like games and like getting dressed up to show off the games for the companies that hire them.
Who knows, working as a booth babe seems like it would be a nice clean and cushy gig, for girls that really don't have any other skills and only know that they have a body that they can use. What would they be doing if they couldn't get the nice clean booth babe gig? They could end up working at some sleazy strip club or maybe doing some questionable video and photography gigs for the internet.
So, if we are going to even consider what we are going to do about this situation, I say we should ask the people that are at the heart of this matter and would truly be effected by the outcome.
What would the booth babes say?
I'd rather have people who actually know what is going on than pretty faces that are there for the sake of being a pretty face.
One of my friends is a model for car shows, and she doesn't know a thing about maintaining a car, but hey, she's pretty and she has a job, though she wished she was doing something else. She isn't there for her advice, she's there for people to take pictures with her.
The thing about her gigs is that they are pretty infrequent but they pay a lot. It is just a compromise that girls have to do. She makes in 2 days what many people our age make in a month (think minimum wage, 25-30 hours a week. So still not a lot). Problem is, she only gets calls like every other month because sometimes there just isn't a gig and she'll only have those 2 days in that month. Model at a Car Show isn't exactly something she can put on most resumes.
I personally think there is work every month, but the modeling agencies rotate the girls so they stay desperate. She thinks I'm right.
I'm fairly sure you supported my point by saying that the job itself is inherently negative.
If they were dressed to express violence or some other approved medium it would be acceptable, sexuality itself is stigmatized and it is that stigma that creates the atmosphere you speak of.
In all countries sexuality has a stigma be it religious or militaristic, it is as old as humanity but so are most of our failings.
In general if someone is treating others like shit they should have their balls stomped in, there is no justification and I don't think that 'booth babes' incite that kind of response, it is an underlying societal failure related to sexuality (among other issues).
Edit: We continually try to hide problems instead of actually addressing them, I find that unfortunate.
Double Edit: It's late, so I may have missed my point somewhere. But basically the problem isn't the women, it is people thinking the women are a problem or anyone that is making them a problem. Those folks are the instigators and the folks that should be addressed, and no I don't go to expos nor do I check out booth babes online so this isn't me trying to save the boobies or whatever.
This is me trying to point out that hiding women just so we don't have to address stigmas towards their sexuality (and sexuality in general) is pretty dark age bullshit.
compared to past videos, this seems like a really really minor issue, but ya, they need something more interesting than a set of tits and short skirts at booths
I agree, gaming conventions would be basically the same without them, but the issues I'd take would be with the ideas:
I think both points are rooted in the idea that an attractive woman making a job out of her physical beauty is a "bad thing". However, the people who complain about both don't consider women in the fashion and magazine industries as negative or sexist. What is different? In the case of booth babes, those women are ment to get men's attention and be appealing as a way to get people over to the game booth. A woman paid to look good in a magazine selling hair or makeup products is ok, but paid to look good on the floor of a game convention is "bad". I think there's a bit of a double-standard for them there.
As for B, well... let's put it this way; if any guy said they felt uncomfortable because they weren't as attractive when around some buff dude dressed as Kratos in his barely dressed state of battle outside a game booth, they would be told to stop being a pussy and deal with it.
I personally don't care one way or another, but I think people are giving the wrong reasons to stop using them
If only we could talk to booth-babes and knew their opinion on this issue
How about not have booth babes, but have members of the public dressing up in costumes provided by those publishers of games (of characters in those games - which is particularly easy for the mountain of sequel games out there) that are just coming out. People who don't just come from the top 1% or so of women in terms of "beauty" (which is at least partially subjective anyway), but who represent a broader cross section of appearance and are more defined by their enthusiasm for the genre? There's plenty of people willing to dress up as established anime and game characters out there. And there's employment for the dressmakers etc.
You can have competitions where the prize is to basically have the character costume and makeup 'makeover' and the standards for winning are to act (in front of one or more judges) in a way that best exemplifies the character being depicted or shows off your acting ability coupled with your enthusiasm..
I was at First Look 2012 a while ago and there were booth babes there, they made me uncomfortable. We should remove those, but that doesn't mean "remove all models". There was also a guy in a realistic Master Chief suit and another guy as Ezio Auditore. By assuming all models at expo have to be female and scantily clothed is another form of exclusion, we can have male models too. Somebody suited up as Ezio makes me a hundred times more interested than the winged booth babes Capcom had wandering around.
Have them cosplay as characters. Both men and women. I wouldn't complain if I saw a Gordon Freeman promoting HL3. I would feel uncomfortable if it was a female Gordon in an HEV bikini.
The beard would just creep me out.
I don't care about booth babes one way or the other. But their presence is a blatant admission that the companies are primarily seeking an audience of heterosexual men and boys*, which makes me a lot less interested in their products. Which is, of course, their prerogative, but it's dumb from both a marketing and artistic standpoint, considering that gaming as a medium has the potential to attract just about any demographic other than "Amish."
*and also that they think said men and boys are kind of dumb
There's another side to the people who feel uncomfortable about beautiful women.
You don't have to try and ask them for a date; you should just try talk to them and be nice. That's it.
Being a person with a bit of a selfesteem issue, I can absolutely relate to the people who feel awkward around beautiful women, but look at it as a challenge, not a problem.
Yeah, that's just what the world of gaming needs, less attractive women, more overweight losers with BO problems and no shame.
Seriously, gaming conventions will not be the same without booth babes, because without them we have yet another sausage fest. So fricken what if some people get nervous, so what if some gamer girls are threatened.
Frankly, I don't see how Jessica Nigri's lolly-pop jumpsuit can be taken as anything other than a good thing, an awesome thing - she looks amazing in it and has the perfect personality for these things. She started out doing cosplay, not being paid to dress like that, but actually choosing to dress like that for conventions etc - just like hundreds of other women who attend conventions. Why are anime, and comic books, and all types of transport conventions allowed to have booth babes, yet gaming conventions are so full of socially awkward neckbeards that the mere sight of flesh makes them uncomfortable?
Shouldn't gamers get the fuck over their own problems instead of levelling the playing field, like some sort of inverted master race. Don't show the pretty people, because the people who buy our products get a bit awkward around them.
Does anyone really think that getting rid of booth babes will improve the image of gamers?
Attractive women don't embarass me, the image of gamers does. All that will happen if they banned booth babes, is that they'd have to ban similar outfits for attendee's, no more cosplay hotties making the convention worthwhile, ohh no - but at least we'll still have hardcore-gamer chicks right? pffft!
Since we don't have cheerleaders in my country, am I allowed to think we are very mature or not? :p
Of course. And those industries have also been dealing with this very problem. Guess what? They're a lot more responsive to it.
Modelling as a profession will not go away. Perhaps the convention "booth babe" portion of the industry will. Industries move on.
A bad analogy is CGI in films. CGI means that puppeteers and practical effects people were needed less and less, as it tends to be more time consuming and therefore expensive. However - the effects houses that looked at their portfolio, learned the trade of CGI, were able to apply their knowledge of effects to a new and growing industry. Those that didn't lost out. Now the best effects houses uses a mix of both, and continuously innovate.
If Booth Babes are going away as a profession, it would serve modelling agencies to find out how best to serve their clients in other ways.
You take the argument out of context, add a bit of hyperbole and then add a tiny bit of Islamophobia just to make sure you sound like a calm rational human being!
That said...
Why exactly would removing eye candy from all of the above be bad? What does scantily clad woman have to do with UFC? What does it have to do with cars? Seriously?
Absolutely fucking nothing. The entire point is to pander to the majority male audience that watches UFC, attends car shows and turns up at Conventions. Whilst the argument saying "What would these poor women do without these jobs" is logical, I still think that the loss of the entire industry (As in, exploitative modelling industry) would not be a particularly bad thing.
I mean, when slavery was being abolished did anybody say "Oh, think of the poor slave traders and slave takers, what will they do to stay employed now!". Nope. We accepted that the entire industry was rather bad so we killed it.
I think this makes my point very clear: Booth babes serve no purpose other then eye candy. Jim is right, you get rid of the eye candy chicks and companies will have to be more inventive to attract views.
And as for your final argument? The abolishment of booth babes will not lead to the "Logical conclusion" of Abiya's being common in the west. You are being hyperbolic and you know it. There is a difference between someone being paid to stand around wearing next to nothing to attract nerds and someone wearing whatever the fuck they like. Like, there is absolutely nothing wrong with an unpaid cosplayer turning up as a Dead or Alive girl if she wanted to (Or he wanted to, lets be inclusive here) because there is NO coercive factor there.
Is this getting through?
There is a difference between society saying "I do not like the idea of people being paid to stand around wearing little to nothing in an attempt to advertise a product" and "I do not like women wearing skimpy clothes". You might not be able to see it, but then again, you do not know how to stop an ellipsis so your view is sorta invalid.
As Pratchett said, multiple punctuation is the sign of a diseased mind.
Loose the booth babes. Cause, well, all those who agree with me know the reasons, all those who don't do not give a shit about the reasons. Heh.
Same girls. Same agencies.
Difference is that game conventions are attracting more and more women then those others'. It's a marketing decision - alienate one audience to please another that could give or take them?
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