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We now live in a world where Ben Affleck is Batman. Someone, somewhere, sat down and made that decision. But how did they come to the conclusion that, of the many talented actors in the world, the best choice was to ignore them all and go with Affleck? While we can't save the Batman franchise, luckily there's one deciding factor that should help you make the right decision on choosing your next-gen console this Christmas: the games.
With big hitters like Fifa 14, Battlefield 4, Call of Duty: Ghosts and Assassin's Creed 4 being released on both consoles, it's the platform exclusives that are going to make the difference. So let's take a closer look at Sony and Microsoft's offerings at launch and beyond:
Killzone: Shadow Fall -- Sony's first-party, triple-A offering is a game that stands out in my mind as being truly impressive during the February launch event. Traditionally the Killzone franchise has been all about washed-out colours and gritty sci-fi environments. Guerrilla Games are going less District 9 and more Minority Report with the style and tone of Shadow Fall, and we have to say, it looks stunning.
*This is in game and not a pre-rendered image.
Graphics aren't everything of course, but there are some interesting changes to the multiplayer that are worth noting. Gone are the standard XP progression and weapon unlock systems found in most modern shooters. Instead, players will advance by completing each of the 1,500 challenges, and while you'll be able to unlock upgrades, such as scopes or flashlights, your choice of death dealer will be available from the start.
It'll doubtfully reach the dizzy heights the Halo franchise has, but Killzone: SF is definitely one to consider if you're jumping from the Xbox 360 to PlayStation 4.
DriveClub -- Some things in life are certain. Nintendo will release a new Mario until all life on the planet dies out, or Jeremy Clarkson leaves Top Gear. Ben Affleck is Batman. And Sony will always have more than one racing game at launch. It's interesting (read: disappointing) that Gran Turismo 6 is only being released after the launch of the PlayStation 4, and only on its predecessor. The new console is not natively backwards-compatible and Gaikai, the cloud-based game-streaming service, won't be available to download previous-gen games until spring 2014.
As a result, it's left to Evolution Studios to shoulder the burden of introducing yet another new racing franchise into the market. The studio have some impressive credentials to back them up with this attempt, having developed several World Rally Championship games on the PlayStation 2 and the previous-gen's excellent launch title MotorStorm.
Sitting somewhere between the realism of Gran Turismo and the arcade-style of Project Gotham Racing, this isn't an attempt to take Microsoft's Forza 5 head on (more on that later). Rather it's built to take advantage of the social capabilities of the new console, such as the replay share function to show your friends all your big wins and epic fails. I suspect more of the latter, in my case.
There is a slight worry that purists who enjoy fine-tuning every aspect of their vehicles may be left wanting, but you'll be able to find out for yourself as all PlayStation Plus subscribers will get a free version of the game. Some of the cars and tracks from the box copy are missing, but it's essentially the same game.
Knack -- There is a strong suspicion that this is an attempt to recreate the glory days of Crash Bandicoot. None of Sony's mascots have been as recognisably "PlayStation" as everyone's favourite non-hedgehog-based-anthropomorphic animal.
And who could be better suited to bottling that lightning a second time, than a man who worked on franchises such as Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter, and Ratchet and Clank. That man also happens to be the lead designer behind the PlayStation 4, Mark Cerny. More than anything else, his involvement is cause to pay attention to a game you might otherwise have dismissed as being just for the kids.
What Knack is guaranteed to do is make full use of the raw power found in the PlayStation 4 to create an interesting, deep and ultimately enjoyable gameplay experience. There is a slight concern that the audience this sort of game is intended for no longer exists, replaced by a socially connected and online generation. Nonetheless, I expect Knack to be another critically-acclaimed masterpiece to add to Cerny's collection.
Sony has a history of excellent exlclusives. Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation; Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty on the PlayStation 2, and The Last of Us on PlayStation 3 are among my personal favourite games of all time. At Gamescom, Sony announced that Santa Monica Studios, Naughty Dog and Media Molecule are all in the process of developing next-gen games and this can only mean excellent things for the future of gaming.
Sony has also made it clear that it wants to cater to five man start-up developers in the same way it does multi-billion dollar corporations in order to provide several different gaming experiences. Rime looks set to capitalise on the success of Journey and Unfinished Swan and provide a point of difference to mass-market game experiences.
Juxtapose this with The Order: 1886, which has an intriguing CGI trailer that probably cost more than the entire budget for Rime, and it's easy to see Sony's master plan in action. That is to say, they are courting the developers of tomorrow, and endear them towards Sony by making it as easy as possible to get their game out to consumers. This way, when the sequel comes out or they're head-hunted by other developers, it's Sony at the forefront and not Microsoft. Very clever.
Dead Rising 3 -- I'll admit it: I originally bought an Xbox 360 for Dead Rising. It was exactly what I wanted to play at the time, and in no way do I regret that decision. It's easy to criticise the third iteration for removing the colourful fun of its predecessors but there's no denying that the trailers and gameplay videos make it look as fun as ever. The latest video shows the protagonist dressed as a knight, killing zombies with a lightsaber. I don't see how anyone wouldn't enjoy that unless they hate fun.
Will it be a classic? No. It will likely be one of those 'yellows' on Metacritic that are scored slightly higher than they would have halfway through a consoles lifecycle, just because they're a launch title. Does that matter? Not in the slightest. You can throw a sledgehammer with a chainsaw strapped to it at a zombie. Shallow perhaps, but entertaining? Heck yes.
Forza Motorsport 5 -- Of all the launch titles, I believe this is the one that will genuinely sell the most consoles. Forza is now the daddy of all racing titles, and I say that knowing that games are subjective and everyone has their opinion. That's fine, but if you're a racing fan and don't consider Forza the best in class then I would love to know why in the comments below.
This iteration's big feature is "Drivatar," which will apparently learn from Forza's human players via cloud-based technology, and emulate that behaviour through AI opponents. This means that even when you're away from your consoles, your avatar will race for you based on your own habits and mannerisms.
You'll earn in-game credits as a result -- or not, if you're as crap at racing games as I am. It's impressive tech if it works, although if my Drivatar wins more races then I do, then it sets an uncomfortable precedent. Why bother playing if my AI self is so superior?
Ryse: Son of Rome -- The protagonist is called Marius Titus. Slightly pretentious and very much mirroring Gladiator's namesake, but it works. Of all the games on this list, this is the one I'm most sceptical about. Again, because it's a launch title, it will likely receive more positive reviews than it perhaps deserves. With an emphasis on quick-time events and running on CryEngine 3, my guess is that this will be more a tech demo in the same way Kameo was on the Xbox 360.
Ryse started life as a Kinect-only current-gen game, which at least gave it a point of difference. Now Kinect is no longer mandatory, but players will control the Roman legions through voice commands and has the moniker 'better with kinect.' Mm. Because there have been so many games that have been better with Kinect. Why there's... and... hmm.
However, the multiplayer is quite interesting for those interested in living out that Gladiator fantasy. There's also no denying that CryEngine 3 is one of the most graphically impressive on the market. I would love nothing more than for Ryse to prove me wrong by being genuinely excellent. Improved games making use of Kinect can only mean better things for the future.
While Sony is keeping their cards close to their chest on what their main development teams are working on, Microsoft has no such qualms in announcing that, yes, next-gen Halo is in the works. However, with only a CGI trailer and next to no mention at Gamescom, it's a fair assumption that it's still at least another year away.
Microsoft isn't worried though, because they have another ace up their sleeve: Titanfall.
If there was one game on everyone's lips after E3, it was unequivocally Titanfall. Developed by most of the same staff who worked on Modern Warfare and Modern Warfare 2, this is EA's next great hope. With the likes of Epic and Cliff Blazinski now working on other, non-exclusive titles rather than Gears of War, and Bungie working on multi-platform behemoth Destiny, it could be argued that Microsoft needs Titanfall to be successful as much as EA does.
On paper, there's nothing to dislike about Titanfall. The CoD franchise itself has now gone near-future, and it's still selling more copies of each game than the combined IQ of every single person who watches 2 Broke Girls...times a million. And who doesn't like mechs? Add to this the fact that CoD does ten minute-burst gameplay like no other on the planet, and that Infinity Ward (which makes up the foundations of Respawn) has never made a bad game. Granted, they've never made anything other than a CoD game, but I'm inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt.
However, my alarm bells start ringing when the developers begin adding plot-line epilogues and a beginning/middle/end to each multiplayer match. It might be interesting the first few times, but eventually it's just going to become tedious. I'll also be fascinated to see exactly how the cloud-computing functionality of servers, physics and AI actually affect real time gameplay.
But considering we live in a world where Ben Affleck is Batman, I just don't know what to believe anymore. What games are you looking forward to at launch? Will it be exclusive games that sway you one way or another, or is it a function of the consoles themselves?


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Vicksburg National Military Park preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The park, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and Delta, Louisiana, also commemorates the greater Vicksburg Campaign, which preceded the battle. Reconstructed forts and trenches evoke memories of the 47-day siege that ended in the surrender of the city. Victory here and at Port Hudson gave the United States control of the Mississippi River.
The park includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, 20 miles (32 km) of historic trenches and earthworks, a 16-mile (26 km) tour road, a 12.5-mile (20.1 km) walking trail, two antebellum homes, 144 emplaced cannons, restored gunboat USS Cairo (sunk on December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River, recovered successfully in 1964), and the Grant's Canal site, where the Union army attempted to build a canal to let their ships bypass Confederate artillery fire. The Cairo, also known as the "Hardluck Ironclad," was the first U.S. ship in history to be sunk by a torpedo/mine. It was raised in 1964. The Illinois State Memorial has 47 steps, one for every day Vicksburg was besieged.
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07 November, 2010
the weather outside is frightful
14 comments:
- A Little Brighter said...
That coat is BEAUTFUL!! seriously I would die for a coat like that! Nt red riding hood at all, so lovely!
All those picks a the best too! I really wanted the duble breasted navy coat!
Ayesha x
- 08 November, 2010
- Penny Dreadful said...
No way, what a bargain! That coat is gorgeous, you got a real steal there.
Loving the faux fur too, I just bought a leopard print fur trapper hat with ears from Topshop, can't wait to wear it!
Penny Dreadful Vintage
- 08 November, 2010
- arnique said...
Absolutely lovely. I love the bow detail at the back and the colour is so cute!
Arianne from A + B in the Sea
- 08 November, 2010
- Vagabondiana said...
amazing coat. x
- 08 November, 2010
- ¶ Michelle said...
Oh my, that coat is absolutely gorgeous!
- 08 November, 2010
- softspoken said...
such a perfectly adorable find. i have such a thing for little fur collars this winter! i've started making my own - tons of fun - though bits of fur seem to constantly be floating round my house now.
- 08 November, 2010
- Jenny Morris said...
ooh i love these hats...gonna keep my eyes on the lookout in vintage stores. also: i didnt realize you are from saskatoon! i have a friend from there rachel reichel and i just met a new friend named dagan harding...he just moved from regina to montreal. i was told i give off "prairie vibes" haha
- 09 November, 2010
- head over heels said...
your coat is so adorable, be proud of being compared to little red riding hood!
I've never been that fussed on fur but the navy coat with the faux fur trim looks gorgeous :) x
- 09 November, 2010
- Louder Than Silence said...
That coat is amazing! And I'm loving faux fur everything at the moment too - luckily the charity shops have been kind to me recently and I've scored several faux fur collars and a cossack hat - yes!
I've only just stumbled across your blog but I love it already :)
Sally x
- 09 November, 2010
- Sarah said...
Jenny, I don't recognize either of those names but have several friends in common with Dagan on Facebook!
- 09 November, 2010
- asha said...
These are so cute! I'm glad I found your blog :) Will follow for sure x
- 10 November, 2010
- Megan said...
such a such a gorgeous coat :)
and what a lovely little room you have :) x
- 10 November, 2010
- The Velvet Bow said...
That coat is amazing! Wouldn't I kill for something like this. Great find.
I am so happy I found your blog because it is beyond lovely.
- 10 November, 2010
- Erica said...
faux fur accessories are my new love too! I just can't get enough of how comfy and warm they can be. I'll have to take a trip over to asos to take a look, thanks!
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Dragonair bell plush- grail 2
Dragonite bell plush- grail 3
Dragonite keychain
Banpesto dragonite 2010
Clear salamence kid picture from pheonixxfox
There is also a shiny salamence I would like these as well.
allso clear kids of flygon.
There is also a shiny salamence I would like these as well.
allso clear kids of flygon.
shiny latias kid only.
pic: happyjolteon
pic: happyjolteon
Dragonite pencilboard- picture from epsie LJ
this card- picture from jayceanime
the square stamp only picture from jayceanime.
This playset/figure- picture from jayceanime
this badge. Picture from jayceanime
this strap picture from jayce anime
this axew ratsuden stamp.picture from jayceanime
axew with you badge. Picture from jayceanime
flygon zukan
pic is from pheonixx foxx
salamence zukan
pic credit goes to happy jolteon
Goomy wants
tomy arts sleepy goomy,
Tokoyo exclusive gatcha goomy figures. - 3 and 5
one with swablu and cleffa
Banpesto Dragon plushies
us goomy tomy- Open mouth
02 patamon beanie- Open mouth
Growlmon ufo plush? Depends on price.. ( ebay pic)
There was one on ebay and I wasnt sure if i should go for it.
This Diarama. I gave away the first auction i saw to a friend.


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This has taken a while but I guess I have had rather a lot on my plate at the moment…
I am planning on doing some sort of "New Home" blog post which will feature our new home decor and what we have done with the place since moving in I guess. I would have like My New Home to be one big fat favourite, but I'm guessing it will be a fave of more than just April, but we have surely enjoyed our first month of living here and the stress has been all part of the fun! Here is what we got up to in the first couple of weeks of living in our new apartment from buying budgies to hosting my parents! It's been exciting stuff!
So, here is the rest of my little faves of last month- things I've enjoyed doing or using, most things are new experiences this month!
1. Hosting
You have no idea how long I've been looking forward to being the "hostess!" Making my home look tidy, serving drinks and preparing snacks is all part of being respectful of guests and I've been so inspired by my Mam and anyone's house I've been to and received thoughtful hospitality. I feel like guests are made to feel more comfortable when that extra effort is put in. So far, we've hosted a game of Dungeons & Dragons, my parent's visit and Dean's best friend from back home. This is another "Monica from Friends" trait I have and I can tell you the only reason we've not had a house warming yet is because it will be planned to perfection and I've not had time to sit and focus on it yet 😉
2. Having a Couch!
One of the best things about living here is having our own couch to just crash on at the end of the day, and have a TV (not just a laptop screen) to watch and a dining table to eat at! Anyone reading this whom still lives in shared accommodation will understand that these are a luxury when you just have a bedroom as your own private space. Not worrying about other people cooking when we want to eat and leaving our dishes out if we're feeling a bit lazy with no worry of disturbing someone else. Yes, so these day to day things I took for granted at home, I am now embracing the ownership of after experiencing a rather unnatural living situation.
3. My "Make it Happen" Planner
Moving was all a bit stressful and everything felt like it was piling on top of us and I was get anxiety with all the bills and things we needed to independently arrange now. This little beauty saved my sanity and allowed me to actually break things down and figure out what to aim for on which days and set some deadlines etc. There are plenty of spaces for notes, daily timetables, shopping lists and even space for reflection and planning. I got this from Waterstones but I believe it's also available on Amazon for £10.99 which is similar to what I paid.
4. Red Dead Redemption!
Yes! I have an Xbox 360 now as a little house warming gift to Dean and I to provide a little chill out time in between all the adult stuff we are having to do. I used to be a Playstation kid but since the new PS3 and PS4 are soooo expensive and there is so much more choice with Xbox, I went for that- but most importantly it's the only console that has Red Dead Redemption! THE BEST GAME EVER! Not only is it something I can actually attempt the missions on properly, you get to travel by horseback! Clearly they had excellent researchers on the equine side when designing this game, meaning the horses have amazing graphics and I love just riding around looking majestic, capturing a few bandits and lassoing wild stallions! BEST GAME EVER! I also got a couple of Tomb Raider games, GTA5, Fallout 3, Assassins Creed: Black Flag and Skyrim. But RDR is definitely number one! I'm just a bit obsessed with it…
5. Traveling Via Supertram
Since moving to an area with a tram stop, we have been cruising round via the Supertram! I like to walk into town when it's nice, but if we have a lot of bags or feeling lazy/ tired, its a nice smooth ride home. I enjoy the scenery as our tram route goes uphill like a rollercoaster ride, revealing the whole of Sheffield in all it's glory. Also the ticket prices are pretty reasonable and you only have to wait no more than 10 minutes through the day as the service is very regular! Once again, this might be just an everyday thing for people using this mode of transport for years, but I've only experienced trains and on the rare occasion, buses. I do miss having a car, but trams are making it so much easier 🙂


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Creating a budget may sound like a daunting task, but there are a lot of ways to create a budget and a lot of apps and websites to help you do so. Links to them are available below. What you use to manage your budget is entirely personal preference. The important part is selecting a tool and method that works for you. I have personally used a number of apps from You Need a Budget to the Quicken desktop software. Are you a fan of Dave Ramsey? Even he has his own app. In my case Quicken turned out to be far more complex than I needed and YNAB turned out to simplify things a bit to much.
In the end, the thing that ended up working best for me was Google Sheets. I know, "that's so much work!" you say, but that turned out to be exactly what I needed to truly grasp what my finances were doing. So, I will guide you though the basics of creating a budget. If you want to use a fancy program that is fine, but I ask that for at least your first iteration of this, you stay basic. Bust out Excel, or Google Sheets, or even a piece of paper and lets get down to business.
If you skipped the intro paragraph, grab a piece of paper or open up a spreadsheet and at the top right of it, write your net income a month. Remember that your net income is the amount you get to take home after taxes and any other deductions you or your employer make for things like medical coverage or company benefits.
Put down every bill and recurring expense you have. This is an important step in creating a budget. Things falling under this would be your phone bill, car payments, rent/mortgage, insurance, Spotify, Netflix, etc. Done? Next, right down next to it the date each are due.
Review your most recent statements across all your accounts. Checking, savings, credit cards, all of them. Make sure you correctly noted every recurring expense you have. Then order them by date. This is one of the most important steps you can do when creating a budget as it will allow you to see the expenses that you know will always come in and that are fixed or mostly fixed costs.
Now, using your statements, categorize all your other spending. For example if you are a frequent coffee drinker, find all the coffee purchases you made. Create a Coffee label on your paper or your spreadsheet and write the months sum of all coffee purchases next to it. Do this for all other purchases you have made. How exactly you break this out is up to you, the important part is to remain consistent with how you track things in the future. Here is an example of how your paper/spreadsheet should now be looking:
This one is really simple. Sum all the values under cost, this is your total monthly spending, and compare it to your net income you wrote at the top right of your spreadsheet. You did do that step right?
Now, is the amount you are spending greater than the amount you bring in? If you then you will have some work to do later. If not, then good for you! This likely means you have money that can be working harder for you.
Now that you have all your expenses listed and categorized, creating a budget is fairly simple. You can basically just rename your "cost" field to "budget" and a good chunk of the work is now done. You know your recurring costs are pretty static, for everything else it's just a matter of estimating how much you believe you will spend on each category you have created and then make that the budget. So for example, last month we spend $197.35 on Groceries. The month prior lets say we spent $205.67. So for our budget, lets say we will set aside $200 to be our grocery budget. For gas, we will say it will be $110 even and coffee we'll say we want to set aside $70. Continue in this fashion though all the non-recurring expenses in your list. Here is an example of how it should now be looking.
If in step 5, your expenses were more than your income, continue to Step 7. If your expenses were less then your income, continue to Step 8. Bet you weren't expecting a choose your own budget adventure were you?!
So your expenses are more than your income. If you are finding yourself swimming in debt, then this is actually good news! Why? Because it means you have identified a key problem to why you are in debt. To fix this, you simply need to adjust your budget until the amount you are spending is under what you bring in. Start this process by first seeing if you can reduce your spending under your categorized items.
For example, can you maybe reduce your coffee spending by half each month? Could you skip the potato chips at the store and reduce your groceries to $150? Don't just look at your categorized items either, look at your recurring expenses. Do you really need Netflix and YouTube TV? If you find yourself using one more than the other then you can look at cancelling the service you use least. If you are truly in a financial bind, you should consider cancelling everything except the absolute life necessities. This will suck big time short term but can provide much needed financial relief depending on your situation. There are some great hidden tricks you can use on some services which I will write about and link here at a later time.
Congrats! Your expenses are less than your income! This is fantastic, and a major milestone when creating a budget. Now the next step is to utilize that extra money to work for you. While you do want to make sure you are bring in more than you are spending, you also want to make sure that at the end of the month, you have utilized every free dollar you have.
For example, if you are in debt, then this extra money should probably go towards paying that extra debt down. This can be done through various methods such as the Snowball or Avalanche method or my own method which I will detail and link to later. If you are not in debt, then you should look at putting this extra money into a high interest saving account, retirement or investment account. This will allow you to not only put it away somewhere, but allow that money to accrue interest and grow over time.
Check your budget daily! An important part of creating a budget is maintaining it! To truly get reality on what is happening with your finances, check your budget daily. As your recurring expenses come in and you pay them, mark that they are paid by putting the amount paid in the column to the right of them. This basically makes this column your "Spend" column. For non-recurring expenses, as they occur, add this to the running total spend for that category. For example if today I bought chips for $5 and I had already spent $13 under groceries, then I would add the $5 to the $13, so my running total for groceries would be $18.
From here, budgeting is a balancing act between steps six through nine. The goal is to apply self discipline on your spending so that you do not overspend in any category you have defined. If you do, then you will need to rework your budget, reducing how much you will spend in another category to make up the shortfall for your overspending. Remember, your budget is based on the amount you bring in a month, so any overspend has to be either taken from something else in your budget or more money has to be earned to cover it.
Creating a budget this way can be a lot of work, but at least for me, this is what it took for me to really grasp what my finances were doing and how to handle it. However, as I mentioned earlier, there are many websites and programs out there that make this process a lot easier. My only recommendation is do make sure you understand the basics mentioned here so that you understand the principles with which these programs and tools operate.
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Welcome mat out for Welsh Society at choir rehearsals
Cor Meibion Llanelli were in fine voice this week to welcome visitors from Berkhamsted and District Welsh Society in Hertfordshire. The visit was organised by Dr Roscoe Howells and Marie Duro. The society members were staying at the Stradey Park Hotel and made the short trip over to Furnace Community Hall to sit in on the choir's rehearsals.


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Wickedly successful Halloween campaign beats 56% ticket sale target
Wyevale Garden Centres used dynamic lists to specifically target families with children and embedded animation for visual impact, making their Halloween event a success.
Brand: Wyevale Garden Centres
Agency: more2
more2 is a specialist multi-channel retail agency and consultancy with a passion for growing retail businesses.
Designed and developed by: Kashif Zaman
Website: wyevalegardencentres.co.uk
Campaign details
Subject line: Spooky fun for little ones this half-term
Clicks: 48% higher than the previous year
Sold 60% available tickets
Who is the campaign targeted at?
Customers who have purchased children's products or have engaged with children's content in previous emails.
- Raise awareness of Halloween events
- Sell 56% of all available tickets
What makes this a performing campaign?
Annual events are a great way to increase footfall in garden centres outside of peak times such as spring and summer. As Halloween is a good opportunity to attract families with children, more2 and Wyevale decided to focus on them as a target audience. more2 supported Wyevale in creating the necessary data feed for the campaign, allowing Wyevale to focus on tactical planning and creative.
First, they created a dynamic list to segment customers who had either purchased a children's product in the past or interacted with related content in their newsletters. A dynamic list was preferred in this case because it ensured the email was sent to the most up-to-date customer segment, while also gathering contacts from different pools of data.
To stand out in the inbox, Wyevale used a different email design to the regular gardening newsletter template, taking it one step further by embedding animation to grab the customers' attention. They designed moving Halloween 'monsters' illustrations with the title 'Little Diggers' and 'Little Monsters', making the target audience of the email immediately obvious upon opening.
The copy used was also playful in nature, with examples like 'make sure your Little Diggers don't miss out'.
The Results
Sometimes it's not only fun but effective to break away from the regular email template. This campaign proves that. With the right segmentation and visual strategy, email marketers can successfully stand out in the inbox and contribute to business results.
The subject line 'Spooky fun for little ones this half-term' clearly summarized the message of the email and resulted in a 31% open rate. The delivery of the message drove 48% more clicks compared to the previous year, also helping the team sell 60% of all available tickets – compared to a target of 56%.


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Italy's declining populationBambino boom
Italy's birth rate picks up
THE Italian government is hoping that cash will stimulate breeding. This week, it began handing out a "baby bounty" of €1,000 ($1,200) to couples for every child after their first. Even adoption qualifies, though—reflecting the scheme's parentage from the anti-immigrant Northern League—the mother must be either Italian or a resident with an EU passport. The hope is that more births will be an alternative to accepting millions of immigrants from beyond Europe.
Yet few believe that the plan will work. La Stampa calculates that €1,000 barely covers the cost of initial purchases for a newborn, plus nappies and food for the first three months. And there is no guarantee that the baby bounty will continue to be paid beyond the end of 2004. But with the world's oldest population, and the European Union's second-lowest fertility rate (1.26 children for every woman of child-bearing age, beating only 1.25 in Spain), Italy surely has to try everything. Or does it?
There are signs that the corner might have been turned without the need for more state intervention. The fertility rate has quietly crept up since 1995, when it bottomed at 1.18. Demographers say that about a fifth of the increase is due to immigration; some of it may also be a bounce-back after a one-off rise in average child-bearing age. But the main factors seem to be cultural and socio-economic.
Except for Germany, the EU's lowest fertility rates are all to be found in its southern countries. Feminists have long argued that women have cut out motherhood because they cannot combine it with work or study. They need such things as crèches, partners who are ready to help with housework, and employers who are willing to take them back after childbirth.
The latest figures seem to bear out this theory. While birth rates continue to fall in the poorer and more traditional south of Italy, they are rising in the north and centre, just where one might expect to spot the first effects of changed attitudes. Emilia-Romagna, which has some of Italy's most progressive local authorities when it comes to family support, has seen the biggest rise in births anywhere, up by some 28% since 1995. Maybe the baby bounty will prove unnecessary.


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We recently happened upon a great article titled "Level Up Your Strategy: Towards a Descriptive Framework for Enterprise Gamification".
Is gamification effective?
Umar Ruhi, an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and E-Business Technologies at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, Canada, has an interesting and clear answer: gamification is effective when it's meaningful. And when does that occur? Ruhi elaborates: "…where game thinking and game-based tools are used in a strategic manner to integrate with existing business processes or information systems, and these techniques are used to help drive positive employee and organizational outcomes."
Meaningful Gamification: Intrinsic Motivation
One of Ruhi's main points is that for gamification to be effective, it needs to be meaningful.
"Meaningful gamification should be a principal consideration for any gamification strategy to help sustain intended employee behaviours over the long term…"
He reminds that rewarding workers for tasks they already have to perform within their roles is dangerous – since it may negatively impact their motivation. He suggests ensuring "that game design elements …aim to increase intrinsic motivation among their audience."
Ruhi stresses that intrinsic in this context means personalized, in that "the system should be capable of providing multiple gratifications to end users, and offer features and functions that are aligned with various types of employee motivations to use the system". Indeed, at Gameffective we believe that different employee types respond to different game elements – and that as a result, a gamification platform needs to cater to all of them with a variety of game elements.
The MDA Framework
Ruhi's research – which focused on gamification initiatives at three organizations from different industries – uses an adaptation of a descriptive framework known as the MDA (mechanics, dynamics, and aesthetics) framework for enterprise gamification. This framework, which was originally used to describe games, "aims to explicate the connections between end-user motivations, interactive gameplay elements, and technology features and functions that constitute effective gamification interventions in the enterprise….and (it) details the key success factors for enterprise gamification."
The MDA framework facilitates a deliberation of differences between designer and player perspectives, writes Ruhi. "Designers who create gamified applications only have direct control over the features and functions constituting the mechanics of the game, and they work with system specifications (game mechanics) that would allow specific types of user interactions (game dynamics), and ultimately meet the organizational and end-user requirements of the gamified applications (game aesthetics).
"On the other hand, players view the system in terms of the goals they aspire to achieve and the gratifications they receive from these enterprise gamification applications (game aesthetics). Consequently, they engage in specific gamification activities (game dynamics) drawing upon their cognitive perceptions and affective attitudes (game aesthetics) and utilize system features that offer affordances (game mechanics) to participate in their desired gamification activities."
A great example of this can be a set of rules – such as a scavenger hunt narrative designed to encourage employees to 'collect' miles and uncover locations. Yet, by allowing a social game dynamic, the game can transform from a "race" to uncover the most locations to a social game where people help each other with hints as to which location they should unlock first.
Another interesting way to differentiate the perspectives of end users and designers are narratives:
- Embedded Narrative: "The embedded narrative represents the view of the game designer in terms of structured components and event sequences intentionally embedded in a system by the designers. Hence, embedded narratives align conceptually with game mechanics".
- Emergent Narrative: "Emergent narratives on the other hand are created by players during their interaction with the gamification application in a dynamic fashion as they perform different activities. In this way, emergent narratives correspond conceptually to game dynamics"
- Interpreted Narratives:. "Finally, an interpreted narrative characterizes the end user's ascribed meaningfulness of experiences with the gamification activities. Given that these narratives are mental representations of the players, they are logically aligned with the concept of game aesthetics."
The result is that when setting up a narrative in a gamification narrative such as Gameffective's care should be taken to account for emergent and interpreted narratives, and not just on the basic rules of the game. As with all Gamification efforts, we should always keep in mind how the game rules can be interpreted by employees – will they feel that they are treated unfairly with impossible goals or will they feel gamification is increasing their motivation, like a fitness tracker for work?
What seems to be a beneficial takeaway from this framework is the focus it entails on achieving a sense of meaningfulness associated with the gamification experience for the end user. Here are such two possible distinct outcomes Ruhi describes: "end users also showed interest in gamification activities as enabling mechanisms to meet organizational standards and requirements (compliance) as well as to achieve recognition for their knowledge, skills, and abilities (commendation). For example, the completion of gamified training and development modules enabled employees to fulfil mandated training requirements, and also allowed them to showcase their credentials and be explicitly recognized for their expertise. These aspects were highly valued by end users because they often translated into immediate real world benefits – perceived as useful "quick wins".
"In addition to the self-oriented game aesthetics, our study also revealed social elements that can motivate end users to engage in enterprise gamification activities. By participating in group activities, employees reported valued emotions related to making contributions towards a collective goal and experiencing a sense of community with their colleagues in the organization."
You can download Ruhi's article here


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Some of the most endearing images from the Euros were snapped after Wales beat Belgium in the quarterfinals, when some of the ecstatic Welshmen celebrated the feat alongside their adorable children. Naturally, the haters at UEFA didn't like these photos of pure joy and don't want the scenes to be replicated.
The director of Euro 2016, Martin Kallen, laid out his wrong argument for why cute pics with precious children and their beaming dads are actually bad thusly:
Kallen said: "It is a European Championship not a family party … a stadium is not the most safe place for small kids." He pointed to the risks involved to youngsters if fans invaded the field, and that stadium staff could be operating machinery on the playing surface.
Perhaps wary of the potentially unpopular nature of his request, Kallen added: "It is nice pictures. We are not 100% against it but we are cautious.
"It is getting more and more a habit that entire family members would like to go on the pitch or into the technical area. The principle is how far you go with having other people on the pitch than the players. People with accreditation cards should be on the pitch and not more."
Actually, Marty, I think you've got it all wrong. Bringing kids on the pitch should in reality make things safer for everyone, as no potentially absent-minded pitch attendant revving up the weed whacker or a mischievous Bad Fan looking to toss a firecracker or two onto the field would want the added baggage of doing something to harm a little kid; thus, any would-be injurer would be on their best behavior upon seeing the little ones.
Because really, who would hurt these angels?
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Proving that you don't have to finish first to be a winner Dylan Kwasniewski, age 16 of Las Vegas, picked up a victory in last Saturday's Graham Tire "150" NASCAR K&N Pro Series East & K&N Pro Series West combination race at Iowa Speedway.
Well, sort of anyway,.
Kwasniewski actually finished eighth overall, but was credited with the fourth win of his career as being the highest placing finisher out of the K&N Pro Series West drivers. Another young gun, 16-year-old Chase Elliott of Dawsonville, Ga., led the 36-car field to the checkered flag to earn the first win of his career.
"Eighth is typically not the best finish, but a good points day and I'm still in the lead now," said Kwasniewski who also won at Stockton 99 three weeks ago. "It was a fun race, I had a blast, and we came home with all the fenders on it."
It was not a good night for Escalon's Eric Holmes, who is seeking his fourth championship in the series.
Starting the race from the 10th row, Holmes began to march towards the front of the field until his No. 20 NAPA Toyota had a right front tire go flat on lap 35, causing him to veer into the wall coming out of turn two. The car had to go to the garage for repairs, eventually returning to the race for a disappointing 33rd place result.
"I knew something was not right when we took the green to restart the race after a caution," said Holmes. "The NAPA team did an awesome job getting us back out there and we were able to better our finishing position into ninth of the West Series teams. It was a team effort to be sure."
Despite his rough weekend, Holmes remains in the thick of the 2012 championship race. He now sits in fifth overall (195 points), but only trails Kwasniewski for the lead by just 24 points.
The K&N Pro Series West series will return to action this Saturday, May 26 on the 2.5-mile, 13-turn road course at Brainerd (Minn.) International Raceway before heading to the 3/8ths-mile Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway the following weekend.
The Graham Tire "150" is a 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series Combination race will be televised on SPEED Channel on Thursday May 31st at noon.
SPEARS Southwest Tour
Last weekend the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series raced at the Bullring and it was not a lucky place for the local entrants as well.
Derek Thorn, of Lakeport, started from the 11th position after setting fast time in qualifying at 14.475 seconds, drew an eleven invert for the 27-car field and promptly charged to the front, grabbing the lead from Prunedale's Jim Pettit II on lap 30. He never looked back as he cruised to the checkered flag 5 seconds ahead of Jonathon Gomez and Pettit.
A trio of Manteca drivers failed to crack the top 10 as Ross Strmiska finished 15th, Michael Sandoval 16th and Jacob Gomes dropped out after only 22 laps to place 27th.
MK Kanke, of Frazier Park, now sits atop the SRL season standings with 495 points while Thorn moves up to second with 488.
The next race for the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series is the "Strandwold Properties 125 presented by Wrapped Graphix" on June 9 at Stockton 99 Speedway.
Madera Speedway
Ladera Ranch's Cole Custer took off after the green flag and cruised to a win in the 100-lap Late Model feature of the Coors Light Late Model Open series on Holiday Inn Express Night last Saturday to become the youngest driver ever to win a main in that class at the Madera Speedway.
"It's just a dream to be able to race a car as fast as these are," said Custer, age 14. "Without my sponsors or my parents, I wouldn't be able to do any of that, they are all the people that help us."
Custer, who's been racing since he was five years old, made the jump from racing quarter Midgets and focus Midgets last year to the Late Model class this season.
The Madera Speedway returns to action on Saturday, May 26 as the local classes will compete featuring the Lunker Daddy Late Models, Toyota Sedans, Hobby Stocks, MSTs, Sports Mods and 4-Bangers.
Stockton 99
Stockton 99 will celebrate the Memorial Day weekend this Saturday night with round #1 of the Tri-Holiday Classic Series Presented by Financial Center Credit Union, with a 100-Lap Western Late Model Main Event. Also on the bill will be the Modifieds, Super Stocks, Bombers and Basically-4-Cylinders, combining for over 300 laps of main event racing action.
The Chowchilla Speedway will also be racing on Saturday with a huge program that includes the Modifieds, Sport Mods Wingless, American Stocks, 4-Bangers, Dwarf Cars, Super Stocks and Late Models.
Formula One
And of course it doesn't get any better on the tube this Sunday with the Formula One GP of Monaco, NASCAR Sprint Cup Coca Cola 600 and 96th Indy 500 all taking place.
Although last weekend's qualifying for the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" lacked the normal "bumping" drama with all 33 entrants making the field, Sunday's race could be one of the most competitive ever. Not only are the top 25 qualifiers within 3 mph of Team Penske's Ryan Briscoe's pole sitting 226.484 mph pace, but the record temperatures expected on race day will have crews scrambling for the right set up.
Although the Chevrolet powered teams dominated qualifying (and the season) we are picking Dario Franchitti (Team Target Ganassi/Honda) to take his third 500 victory at the fabled brickyard.


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Instep looks back at Shaheed, a film that brought about a revolution in cinema
The year was 1962. Pakistan was in its 'mid-teens' and the country was well past the troublesome infancy period. Films were no different. The productions and the people involved with them worked with relentless drive to establish an industry out of nothing. The need of the hour was a big film and with Shaheed's release on 5th January 1962, that miracle was achieved.
In December 1958, legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz was arrested for reciting his famous poem, 'Nisar Main Teri Galiyon Ke…' at a private gathering. Faiz sahib fell on the wrong side of the imposed martial law for having the courage to utter the words: "Chali hai rasm ke koi naa sar utha ke chale."
He was released from prison four months later but those associated with him also suffered. Faiz Ahmed Faiz was the first editor of Pakistan Times, one of the newspapers run by Progressive Papers Limited and big names like Sibte Hasan and I.A. Rehman were also associated with PPL. These left-leaning intellectuals criticized Pakistan's decision to join U.S. sponsored military alliances and had to face the music. Daily Imroze and Weekly Lail-o-Nahar, along with Pakistan Times were taken over by the Ayub regime in April 1959.
Shaheed was the product of those days. It was written by Riaz Shahid, who had worked at Lail-o-Nahar for some time while its director Khalil Kaiser had assisted the legendary Anwar Kamal Pasha during the 1950s. Kaiser bagged the best director's Nigar Award in 1959 for Nagin and was flying high. Ejaz Durrani, a rising star of those days, was selected as the lead. I got hold of Ejaz's phone number through a friend who has been associated with the film industry long before I was born.
"Being the same age, Khalil and I became friends when he was an apprentice to Anwar Kamal Pasha. We would sit and learn basics of film-making from Pasha sahab. Khalil understood his work well and because of assisting a veteran, he turned out to be a great director," an 86-year old Ejaz recollects the golden days of the industry from his home in Lahore.
The story of Shaheed begins when a foreigner aka 'Ajnabi' comes to a peaceful Arab land to extract oil. The Emir, played by Allauddin, is against foreign intrusion but is removed with the help of Laila, a dancing girl who usually steals for a living. Laila was superbly acted by Musarrat Nazir and accompanied by the music of the great Rasheed Attre, it quickly gained the status of eternal music.
Songs like 'Habibi Hayya Hayya', 'Meri Nazrain Hain Talwar' and 'Uss Bewafa Ka Sheher Hai', sung by Naseem Begum became all the rage in those days. Many decades later, Munir Niaz's lyrics from Shaheed still strike a chord.
Laila loves Haris (a role that was essayed by Ejaz) while he loves Aaliya, a daughter of a Jew. She joins forces with the 'Ajnabi' and plots the 'overthrow' of the Emir. And soon enough a man of their liking is made the Vice Emir. When Laila realizes her mistake, she ruins the plans by setting herself on fire and jumping into an oil well.
On one hand, Shaheed projected what 'foreigners' have done to regions as big as Middle East, China and India while on the other, it made these subjects relevant with powerful dialogues. Allaudin's monologue "Ajnabi haathon ko jub bhi kisi doosray mulk ki zameen khodnay ka mauqa mila, unho nay wahan nafrat ka beej bo dia" was delivered in the days when Pakistan 'gave' the Badaber Camp near Peshawar to U.S. for 10 years and the CIA used it for spying on USSR during the Cold War.
"We tried to show what was happening in the country. It was a national film made to awaken the people of the land and to prepare them for a long battle," the protagonist of the movie Ejaz recounts the motive behind the movie.
The direction, music, screenplay and editing were brilliant, and Shaheed was a complete entertainer. Released at a time when films like Guns of Navarone, Raj Kapoor's Sunehrey Din, Dilip Kumar's Aarzoo, Guru Dutt's Aar Paar and Dev Anand's Baazi were being screened in Pakistan cinemas, Shaheed not only survived but managed to complete its golden jubilee.
"It was a time when film makers had no interference as to what to produce, jo sochtay thay, who bana letay thay," recalls Javed Attre, son of the legendary musician Rasheed Attre who provided the music of this film.
"Shaheed was not the only film to have addressed international issues. The same production team gave another classic, a film called Farangi that released in 1964 and contained Faiz's immortal ghazals 'Hum jo tareek raho me maaray gaye' and 'Gulon Mein Rang'. Khalil Kaiser's assistant in Shaheed, Jamil Akhtar also turned director with a film called Khamosh Raho in 1964, which was scripted by Riaz Shahid and starred Meena Shorey, Deeba, Muhammad Ali and Yousuf Khan. The film became famous for Habib Jalib's poem, Main Nahin Manta.
Riaz Shahid's writing style and later direction enthralled the audience for over a decade. Ejaz went on to produce movies and has several hits to his credit. Musarrat Nazir got married before filming of Shaheed in 1961 and left for Canada. Khalil Kaiser was mysteriously killed one night in 1966 while returning from a shoot. Rasheed Attre died when composing for Shahid's Zerqa in 1967 while Riaz too left at a young age of 45 in 1972 after giving films like Yeh Aman and Gharnata.
The Pakistan film industry is desperate for a big film much like the needs of the sixties. The only way film-makers can counter the influx of Bollywood is by taking up subjects as big as the ones seen in films like Shaheed. Such themes can draw the audience towards Pakistani movies.
In the end, Shaheed is just one of the many films from the golden days of cinema and definitely requires a revisit from fans, both old and new.


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3: I inherited my mother's eyes and smile and my father's nose and mouth.
4: My Very First Photo
6: Marissa Federico Gabriella Carlos | Antonio | Shirley Fleming | Tyler | Kelly | Jennifer | Ryan | George Sr. & Lottie Cerny | Jeffrey Debra Michael Beth | George Jr. Cerny | Earl & Irene Fleming | Chris | Carly | Drake | Mommy's Family Tree
7: Xavier & Concepcion Herroz | Gloria Romero | Federico Patino | Marissa Federico Gabriella Carlos | Antonio | Taylor | Chris | Kevin | Gizelle | Jose Romero & Marciana Rosales | Daddy's Family Tree
9: My first outing was a doctor visit and I wore a gift from Aunt Marissa.
10: "A wee bit of heaven drifted down from above, a handful of happiness, a heart full of love."
11: I wasn't much of a sleeper and my favorite lullaby was an Oreck vacuum cleaner.
13: When I was 8 weeks old, we moved back to Chicago, the city where my parents met.
15: 3 months 14lbs 9 oz 26"
16: "You are so precious to me, sweet as can be, baby of mine"
17: Fav Foods sweet potatoes prunes bananas Not So Much green beans peas chicken Finger Foods tomatoes cheerios avocados tortillas
18: I was a very alert and bright-eyed baby.
19: 'Tis the Season
20: 6 months 18lbs 7oz 27.5" | I could sit by myself at 6 months.
22: I started crawling at 9.5 months and said my first word at 10 months. I said bye-bye.
23: I've always been my daddy's little girl.
26: I finally slept through the night at 10 months old! My parents were so proud and really super happy.
28: I took my first steps on 4/29/07 at Eero's house, but didn't start walking until 14 months.
29: My 1st birthday party at my cousins' lake house in Ohio. | 1 year 22lbs 5oz 30.5"
30: My 1st Birthday!!!


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Title: Shady Ridge and the Neon Sky (Second Edition)
Author: Chris Owen
Publisher: Pretty Muses Publishing
Release Date: June 6, 2017
Genre(s): Contemporary
Page Count: 125
Reviewed by: Gigi
Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
Hank is happy with his life in Shady Ridge, the small town he grew up in and now works as a police officer in. And if he has to go to the Neon Sky, a gay bar a couple hours away in the middle of nowhere once every six months or so to get his jollies, well it's working for him.
At least it is until Charlie joins the force. A giant of a man, Charlie has left the big city after a nasty break-up and come to Shady Ridge for a little peace. Hank's immediately attracted, and when he runs into Charlie at the Neon Sky, finding out they're batting for the same team… well it just might turn Hank's ordered world upside down.
This review is of my second read of Shady Ridge and the Neon Sky. I read this book for the first time back in 2010.
This is one of those lovely, slow to build, low angst, romantic stories that catches you a bit off guard in the end. Told from the POV of police officer Hank, he has decided his life is as good as it is going to get, a gay man in the closet and traveling out of town twice a year for a group hookup with casual friends. Along comes new officer Charlie who turns his life upside down. Watching these two fall in love was a delight.
Highly recommended for folks who love M/M romance on the light side without any angst and a nice, easy simmer into lust then love.
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A study of middle-school students that found for the first time that abstinence-only education helped to delay their sexual initiation is already beginning to shake up the longstanding debate over how best to prevent teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
"This is a rigorous study that means we can now say that it's possible for an abstinence-only intervention to be effective," Dr. John B. Jemmott III, the University of Pennsylvania professor who led the study, said Tuesday, hours after results of the study were released. "That's important, because for some populations, abstinence is the only acceptable message."
In Dr. Jemmott's research, only about a third of the students who participated in a weekend abstinence-only class started having sex within the next 24 months, compared with about half who were randomly assigned instead to general health information classes, or classes teaching only safer sex. Among those assigned to comprehensive sex-education classes, covering both abstinence and safer sex, about 42 percent began having sex.
Dr. Jemmott's research followed 662 African-American students at urban middle schools, who were paid $20 a session to attend the classes, plus follow-up and evaluation sessions. The abstinence-only classes covered HIV, abstinence and ways to resist the pressure to have sex.
"Because African-Americans tend to have a higher rate of early sexual initiation than others, we thought that within two years, a reasonable number would start having sex," Dr. Jemmott said. "If we went younger, we couldn't show that intervention works."Continue reading the main story
The research, published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, appears just as the Obama administration is eliminating federal financing for abstinence-only programs, and starting a pregnancy-prevention initiative that will finance programs that have been shown in scientific studies to be effective.
Recognizing the political sensitivity of the research, and how unexpected are its results, the journal ran an accompanying editorial cautioning that public policy should not be based on the results of a single study and that policy makers should not "selectively use scientific literature to formulate a policy that meets preconceived ideologies."
"The results may be surprising to some in that the theory-based abstinence-only curriculum appeared to be as effective as a combined course and more effective than the safer-sex only curriculum in delaying sexual activity," the editorial said. "None of the curricula had any effect on the prevalence of unprotected sexual intercourse or consistent condom use."
The executive director of the National Abstinence Education Association, Valerie Huber, said she hoped that the new study would lead to restored federal support for abstinence programs.
"The current recommendation before Congress in the 2011 budget zeroes out abstinence education, and puts all the money into broader comprehensive education," Ms. Huber said. "I hope that either the White House amends their request or Congress acts upon this, reinstating abstinence education."
Ms. Huber also said she found it especially interesting that African-Americans were the focus of Dr. Jemmott's study since, she said, "our critics would contend that the abstinence message would be least effective with the most at-risk youth."
Even longtime advocates of comprehensive sex education heralded the findings.
"This new study is game-changing," said Sarah Brown of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, in a statement. "For the first time, there is strong evidence that an abstinence-only intervention can help very young teens delay sex and reduce their recent sexual activity as well. Importantly, the study also shows that this particular abstinence-only program did not reduce condom use among the young teens who did have sex."
Ms. Brown noted that the abstinence-only classes in the Jemmott study centered on people with an average age of 12 and that unlike the federally supported abstinence programs now in use, did not advocate abstinence until marriage.
The classes also did not portray sex negatively or suggest that condoms are ineffective, and contained only medically accurate information. Dr. Jemmott's abstinence-only course was designed for the research, and is not in current use in schools.Continue reading the main story


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Slow Motion Towards The Exit
Elisa @ ICE² (Milan)
We might be the last two romantic minds in this business or the only ones we know right now using their keyboard to discuss such issues. Tired of reading about "potential" all the time. Potential, what does it mean exactly? Why so much overconfidence and a total lack of confidence mixed in the same word, the same judgement, why does this word sound like the promise nothing will ever happen? New faces with potential have been appearing in front of us, sometimes even walking next to us and then went away without goodbye. It's strange, sometimes funny and sometimes obscene. This morning we'd pick the latter to describe that circle (or can we write circus). Dead ringers to each others, army of bodies with no heart, with no soul and lots of people prentending they are in control. And then nothing and let's start the same again. All over again. What was a treasure hunt a few years ago became a tricky media game and we are all losers at the end. Gotta have someone to refresh that soon or we gonna get a little more bored again. Les dés sont pipés, it's only a mascarade here, there and everywhere. It's like a gigantic virtual chessboard and each player places his pawns as fast as he can, as randomly as it sounds. So, talk about "potential" in such a sick situation... The only happy feeling is to know on this chessboard we are still the jokers, in every game and now more than ever.
Lore @ ICE² (Milan)
It's a little sad to start this post (and this week) with such lines and that wasn't our initial intention to associate these words with the visuals but let's take thoughts and feelings as they come and it was time to drop a note (again?) on that matter. It's pretty tiring to read again and again about outstanding potential everywhere, see a legion of young ladies radiating this so-called potential and see the vast majority of them vanish even before they could get their first chance of serious exposure. Only the strong survive, then! But it shouldn't be so, shouldn't be as life was a show (and for a show it looks more like a cheesy soap opera than a thrilling thriller, sigh). Selection should begin earlier, focus should remain as tight as can be from first moment on. It should be art, at least craft and all we see is a kind of industrial wheel smashing everything and everyone on its way. Getting lost in thoughts again, but if there is one voice to disagree please shout it out loud now.
Lucia @ ICE² (Milan)
Okay, enough is enough, for once. Or it's already too much too fast too far. And there is no will from our side to overshadow the real topic any longer. Instead of brewing dark thoughts on modeling in general, let's take this last paragraph as a last opportunity to talk about an agency that has been supportive of our work as much we were of theirs over these last few years. Ice Models in Milan, especially the 'Squared' division which has been an interesting experiment in a city supposed to sleep a little on its image. The will to create a small, focused board with a direction and a precise image is remarkable where everything seems to abide by the law of the "more you try, more chances you get". It's not only a good sign some people are still able to claim their taste for taking risks, it's a statement. And if some will consider these three models (Elisa, Lore and Lucia) as three more troopers within the big legion, we prefer to see the people involved in that story and dedicate this post to them. The guys at Ice of course, the girls themselves and the photographer, Mara Corsino, who made possible that this whole feature makes sense visually speaking. Cheers. FDIB is dead a buried soon but its spirit is alive. Smells like pine tree but the holy smoke is rising in the air.


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Delayed Notice LISTen: An LISNews.org Program -- Episode #158
Submitted by Blake on June 19, 2011 - 8:42pm
Just a quick note, the LISNews podcast is going to be delayed a day or two this week. Stephen will have a new episode posted ASAP. In the meantime, here's a monkey washing a cat:


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The team has a large portfolio of clinical trials for patients with lung cancer, many of which are in collaboration with our worldwide commercial partners; these include chemotherapy, radiotherapy and biological therapies. We also have a special interest in research into therapies to control symptoms of lung cancer as well as studying biomarkers (understanding cancer cells) to deliver a more personalised approach to the treatment of lung cancer. In 2014 -2015 more than 350 patients took part in lung cancer clinical trials at The Christie
In July 2014, lung cancer research leapt forward with the establishment of a ground-breaking Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence that unites the strengths of Manchester and London into a single research entity with a common strategy for advancing progress in lung cancer. The centre will build on expertise at the Manchester Cancer Research Centre.
Our ambition is to provide personalised treatment for patients with lung cancer by developing a clinical and translational research programme. As our understanding of the molecular characteristics of lung cancer and tumour evolution advances, through early-phase clinical trials, we will continue providing leadership in the development of targeted agents delivering personalised medicine tailored to the genetic profile of an individual patient's tumour. We are determined to deliver national and international 'firsts' in lung cancer research and will focus on the delivery of cutting-edge scientific research, improving patient outcomes and quality of life. We strive to be at the forefront of lung cancer research globally and will continue providing clinical leadership for national, practice-changing, clinical trials.
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"Bottled Up!": While DeSaad celebrates the apparent death of Darkseid, Eradicator, Superboy, Supergirl, and Steel continue their search
Appearing in "Bottled Up!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Team Superman
- Freelance
- Leeya
- Mope
- Tolos
Other Characters:
- DeSaad
- Metron
- Buna
- Gatekeeper
- Lex Luthor
- Joker
- Apokolips
- Haven
- Tribunal homeworld
- Metropolis
- Kandor II (First appearance)
- She-Devil
- Pax Romana
Synopsis for "Bottled Up!"
While DeSaad celebrates the apparent death of Darkseid, Eradicator, Superboy, Supergirl, and Steel continue their search for Superman. They arrive at the Tribune's planet.
Aboard Freelance's ship, Superman is concerned about Mope's injuries. Along with Leeya, they arrive on Haven. There, the Gatekeeper, they are directed to the mysterious Tolos, who may be Mope's only hope for recovery.
Back on Earth, Lex Luthor and the Joker are trapped by Neron in something similar to a snow globe.
Tolos agrees to heal Mope for an unspecified price. After the work is done, Tolos reveals himself to be an ectoplasmic being capable of changing bodies. He attempts to siphon the Man of Steel's great power. While struggling against this unexpected foe, Superman notices that a bottle city in Tolos' lab is actually inhabited. The hero overcomes his new foe only by threatening its destruction, at which point Tolos' ectoplasmic form vanishes along with the city.
On the Tribunal world, the Superman Rescue Squad, minus the suspiciously absent Alpha Centurion, are attacked and defeated by the Cyborg.
- Superman navigation number 1995/48.
- This issue contains the second reference to Underworld Unleashed during this storyline.
- Superboy makes a reference to the television show "Gilligan's Island" in this comic.
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- Write your own review of this comic!
- Discuss Superman Vol 2 107 on the forums
- Cover gallery for the Superman series
Recommended Reading
Links and References
Superman: The Man of Steel #51: 1995/47
1995 Navigation
Adventures of Superman #530: 1995/49
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White knights, myths, and magic abound in Believe, a delightful classic from #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander. Tessa St. James thinks that true love is nothing more than a fairy tale . . . until she meets her knight in shining armor and finally begins to believe.
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I just got an email in my inbox about Oprah Winfrey being our commencement speaker for graduation this year. My first thought:
"Wow – the senior cabinet got the job done".
Everyone knows that Oprah is huge. But how huge? She's been called "one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th Century" and "one of the most influential people" of 2004 through 2007 by Time.
Her TV show is the longest running day-time talk show ever (22 seasons) and though I couldn't find any numbers, is watched by a enormous number of people.
She also has a really popular magazine called O which Fortune called the "most successful startup ever" in the magazine industry. (I personally find it hilarious that every issue has Oprah on the cover)
Yeah, her show is often "feel-good" and spiritual and people make jokes about how women always cry when the watch Oprah. But that doesn't matter. She clearly knows something about being famous and successful (something every Stanford student secretly or not-so-secretly wants to be).
Her success is even more impressive when you consider that, according to wikipedia, she was born to an single teenage mom and raised in the ghettos of Milwaukee.
Last year, the graduation speaker was Dana Gioia, a poet and the chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts. No sloucher, but not exactly what many seniors were looking for. And the while not everyone was disappointed by Dana Gioia, many were.
I'm glad the Class of 08 was able to step up.
Oprah Winfrey to Speak at Stanford 2008 Commencement
10 Responses to "Oprah Winfrey to Speak at Stanford 2008 Commencement"
Min says:
February 21st, 2008 at 12:21 am
i heart her!
Topham says:
February 21st, 2008 at 6:01 am
Dismissing Dana Gioia and celebrating Oprah Winfrey says a lot about Stanford and our culture. Have you ever actually watched her show? Without throwing up, I mean.
Shop Little Gifts says:
February 21st, 2008 at 11:31 am
How exciting! Can't wait to see her. Her ability to relate to people of different age groups, gender and ethnicity definitely represents the diversity at Stanford. And who better to encourage students to be themselves and live their best life. It's so easy to hop out of college, business school, law school, med school and just become what people think you should be. But I think Oprah will shed some light on seeking the truth about work, life and purpose.
blah says:
February 21st, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I would rather have j.k rowling (Harvard's speaker for 08)
Gaurav Ragtah says:
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm
OK great!
But one thing I didn't appreciate was that mention of Dana Gioia. Okay, if you don't like someone… but why does everyone like to stick up to the very famous people! come on, we can become like them one day ourselves! It's good to look up to them but that's it!
alum says:
March 22nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
She's not speaking due to the Senior Class Cabinet.
Her goddaughter (daughter of Gayle King, Oprah's best friend and frequent visitor of the show) is in the class of 2008.
tree says:
May 14th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Wow, Oprah is big big and i would like the chance to just listen to her in person. I need help so hoping some one can give me some idea as to how I can get tickets to her day at Stanford. If anyone one out there has 2 tickets I would be very grateful indeed.
temp says:
May 25th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
there are no tickets; it's free
Nancy says:
June 16th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Did Stanford run out of real smart people? Or did they need money from Ms. O.? And therefore conviently forget Oprah promotes pseudo-scientific theories like 'the Secret, the worst New Age crap imaginable? Stanford is supposed to be a university, not a provisional home for celebs, cult-followers and their weird ideas…Who will be next, Tom Cruise? Lecturing on Scientological wisdom?
Brandon says:
June 19th, 2008 at 5:10 am
I think the comment made by the alum says it all:
"She's not speaking due to the Senior Class Cabinet.
Her goddaughter (daughter of Gayle King, Oprah's best friend and frequent visitor of the show) is in the class of 2008."
Anyhoo, Oprah will create a bit of buzz for commencement which honestly, makes the day at least somehwat interesting. Commencement can be a bore, but having some spice which Oprah will bring will offset that a bit.


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Failure is delay, not defeat.
Better get a stiff neck from aiming too high than a hunch from aiming too low. Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. One cannot…Read More
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The difference between doers and dreamers is that the latter wait for the mood before taking action while the former create the mood by acting. Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity. Successful people act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel…Read More


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The Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook
The Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Handbook is an 850 page resource manual that covers the legal, accounting, management and tax-exempt aspects of starting and running an Oregon nonprofit corporation. The 5th edition, published in 2012, contains major updates.
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