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Real Estate Social Media Marketing
Real Estate Social Marketing is a key component of any real estate agents marketing strategy. The hardest part for most of the agents that we work with is managing real estate marketing content across multiple channels. This is where we come in. The Agent Sauce social media marketing for real estate agents platform makes it easy for agents to manage all of their social media channels in one place by providing a newsfeed/rss to social media platform, custom content, and listing scheduler.
How the Agent Sauce Social Media Marketing for Real Estate Agents Platform Works
Activate Real Estate Social Marketing Channels
Using the Agent Sauce Real Estate Social Marketing platform, the agent authorizes to Agent Sauce to manage their social media channels. Agent Sauce is currently integrated and able to manage Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest and YouTube channels.
Once an agent has authorized Agent Sauce to manage their social media channels they can select which channels get which content.
Add Real Estate Marketing Content
The agent can add multiple rss newsfeed urls to the system and select which social channels get the content from that newsfeed.
The agent can select the number of listings that they want posted to their social channels on a weekly basis.
Agent Sauce provides thousands of quotes and hundreds of wack holiday memes to select and have posted to an agents social media channels.
Agent Sauce Algorithm Schedules and Posts
Using a proprietary algorithm the Agent Sauce Real Estate Social Marketing platform determines the best time to post the content to the social media channels. The agent is able to change the post time and add comments to any post.
Watch Your Real Estate Social Marketing Go!
The social media channels are set, the content is scheduled all the agent has to do is let it post. Although if the agent wants to they can change the schedule or delete a post altogether. Depending on the media, new content will be created and posted on a regular basis.
Real Estate Social Marketing Podcast
Take Aways for Real Estate Social Marketing
- Listening: Make sure to monitor your real estate social marketing channels for mentions of your brand. Keep an eye on what people are saying about you and respond!
- Learning: Social media is a great place to ask questions and get responses. learn what your customers like and want through impromptu and informal surveying.
- Engagement: Interact with your social spheres! Get them talking to you so that it isn't just a one way street.
- Promotion: Promote yourself and your product, but do it in a way that isn't obnoxious.
Real Estate Social Marketing Show Notes
- Real Estate Social Marketing [00:10]
- What is Real Estate Social Marketing [2:00]
- Shifting technologies [7:00]
- Listen [8:30]
- Learn [11:45]
- Engagement [12:50]
- Promotion [20:00]
Real Estate Social Marketing Transcription
Adam Small: Good afternoon. This is Adam Small with the Agent Sauce Real Estate Marketing podcast. With me is Doug Karr of DK New Media.
Doug Karr: Hey.
Adam Small: How you doing today, Doug?
Doug Karr: Today's a good day.
Adam Small: Is it?
Doug Karr: Yes.
Adam Small: It's Friday. That's always a good day.
Doug Karr: It is Friday.
Adam Small: So, listen. Today, I was thinking that we could talk about real estate social marketing.
Doug Karr: Ooh. Good topic today.
Adam Small: It's a big topic. It's been up for a long time. For a few years now, social media marketing has been a big topic for real estate agents because they want to know how to get into it, what to do, what to post, and that sort of thing. On top of that, social media marketing, social media, in general, has changed a lot over the last couple of years. When it first came out, Facebook, early 2000s, and then Twitter, those were really kind of the big boys and the only ones out there, but over the last five, six years or so we've had a big explosion in additional social media platforms. Some of them have come and gone and others are still here and some are big and some are very, very niche and don't have a whole lot of reach, but are very specific.
I thought it'd be a good idea to do a broad overview of what real estate social marketing is, how to get involved in it. Not necessarily platform specific, although talking about certain platforms is never a bad idea.
Doug Karr: Right.
Adam Small: But just an overview, a generalization, as opposed to "for this platform do this" or "for that platform do that." It gives an agent an idea of what type of thing they should be looking at instead of exactly what to do.
Doug Karr: I like that.
Adam Small: I think one of the things that agents really get caught up on is, "Oh, well. I gotta do this on Facebook and I've got to do this on Twitter and I've got to do this on Snapchat and I gotta do this on Instagram and, and, and, and, and, and." By the time you're done with it, they're pulling their hair out because there are 50 different platforms and they don't know what to do on any one of them.
Doug Karr: And worse, after a few weeks, they don't see any results so they're wondering why they're doing it in the first place.
Adam Small: Right. They're putting a ton of effort into it and all that. One of the things I tell people, in general, is start with one real estate social marketing effort. Get it good. Get it rolling. Make sure you're effective at it and then work on incorporating the others and learning the nuances of each platform after that.
Doug Karr: Yeah. I like that.
Adam Small: Anyhow. Your thoughts?
Doug Karr: Well. Real Estate Social Marketing is a good topic because I think two things. One is it's very buzzy.
Adam Small: Always a buzz term.
Doug Karr: You always have everybody in the industry speaking about "Why aren't you on social media? What are you doing on social media?" I think the second part of that is that it's been really frustrating to a lot of companies. Not just real estate agents, but even regular companies trying to figure out, "Wow, I am spending a lot of time here and I'm really not sure-"
Adam Small: "Where's my return? Where's my reward for all of this effort?" Because it can be a tremendous amount of effort. Some companies hire, not only a person to do it, but entire teams to focus solely on it. Of course, it depends on the size of the company, but still.
Doug Karr: I think the reality of it is that some companies are now figuring out that there isn't a good ROI there and they are going back to some other, basically, investing time and effort in other areas. Now, the thing is you can't abandon social media.
Adam Small: Right.
Doug Karr: We'll talk about why.
Adam Small: Let's talk about for a moment there, too. There isn't a good real estate social marketing ROI. I think that that probably needs some qualification because what I think you mean is a financial ROI, a concrete financial ROI, whereas there's probably always going to be, if you're doing it well, there's always going to be some sort of reputation brand ROI.
Doug Karr: Yeah. When I talk about real estate social marketing ROI I'm really talking, let's say, as part of your goal to grow your network. Let's say that you skip going to event in town and you skip sponsoring things out in town, and all you do is sit there and follow people on Twitter and Facebook and everything else. Regionally, you might know 100 people and then through Facebook and Twitter, maybe you up that where you know 1000 people. Expecting to get a better ROI on the people that you're networked with online versus those people that you have met offline and in person is probably not going to happen.
Adam Small: Right.
Doug Karr: And that's what I mean, is that a lot of people in the real estate social marketing industry made it out like this was almost a replacement or the new way of networking.
Adam Small: This is how you're gonna make all your money.
Doug Karr: Yeah. The reality is is that a lot of marketers and real estate agents and we have home service providers, we have B2C companies, B2B companies are finding out that real estate social marketing is part of the overall solution in their marketing efforts, but they're still doing those traditional things that worked really well for them. We always talk about social media and we'll talk about four different ways to use it in this podcast, but we use social media to, obviously, build our networks and grow and things like that. But we're always trying to get people back to the handshake. Back to the event. Back to the we can meet them in person.
Adam Small: Exactly, because the whole point is truly to get in front of them and have the opportunity to present your business in a way that makes you money, that has an actual financial return. It's kind of funny because that's one of the things, you said, that it's kind of shifted from everybody trying to focus everything into real estate social marketing, getting back to some of the more, for lack of a better term, old school or-
Doug Karr: Yeah. Proven.
Adam Small: … proven techniques. That's, I think, behind one the recent trends that we've seen in the last year or two with real estate agents is the drive back to print. For awhile there, it looked like a lot of real estate agents were just going to drop print altogether. It's expensive and it's hard to measure the ROI. Who's looking at it as opposed to throwing it into the circular file? That sort of thing. In just the last couple of years, I've really seen an uptick of agents wanting to get back to print and throwing more money into print because it is something that works.
Doug Karr: Yeah. Well, I mean, ultimately, right. Everybody's goal from a marketing standpoint is to capture people's attention, build their awareness, drive them through to a conversion. With digital, with email and online and social media, there's so much noise and competition out there. With traditional, so many people abandoned print that now when you go to … Today, I checked my mail and I had no ads in my business mail.
Adam Small: I checked our mail today, too, and again, no ads.
Doug Karr: The thing is if I had one ad in there-
Adam Small: It would have gotten 100% of your time.
Doug Karr: Exactly. Exactly. Whereas on email, I think I'm sitting at about 300 unread emails right now.
Adam Small: So, about 1/3 of a percent of your time, right?
Doug Karr: Yeah. Yeah. The thing is as that number gets higher I just keep delete, unsubscribe, delete, unsubscribe, delete, unsubscribe because it's-
Adam Small: Zip right through them.
Doug Karr: … it's so unmanageable. Real Estate social marketing is that thing too. Anybody listening has found that, you know, "Hey, I'm going to go check Facebook for a second." Oop. Two hours later.
Adam Small: Exactly. Exactly. The reality of it is is that real estate social marketing does, in fact, have a place in your marketing efforts. Some of those places are probably listening.
Doug Karr: Listening is absolutely the first one and that's just monitoring for your own brand, for your own name, you know, that people when they call out to you that you respond in a timely manner to them and try to help them.
Adam Small: On Twitter, they'll do a hashtag, so if they do a hashtag with your brand on there, is having something that alerts you to that so you can then respond to it. Right?
Doug Karr: Yeah. Social media monitoring services, you know, if you have a unique name a lot of those services you can set your name and even your region. "If anybody says your name in this region, send me an email." Google Alerts for –
Adam Small: Another way of doing that.
Doug Karr: … google.com/alerts. Google Alerts doesn't have the full pipe of Twitter and Facebook, but it's one way of if someone mentions you, you get alerted.
Adam Small: Exactly.
Doug Karr: So listening and it's become an expectation by consumers, right. If I mention your company online, I really want you to come help me.
Adam Small: Right. What you're really doing is you're really calling for help. You see it all the time with people, whether it be Twitter of Facebook or whatever, they post something about the company. "Hey, I'm having trouble with this," or "Hey, what are you going to do about this?" And the companies respond to that. Hopefully, they respond. If they don't respond then-
Doug Karr: And then there's more tactical approaches like Google My Business, ratings and reviews, they are going to impact your business if you don't respond in a good manner. You've just gotta be listening so that you understand what your reputation is online and you manage that reputation.
Adam Small: Right. Right. Part of that listening, kind of the next piece of that is you're learning through that. Right? So that's another avenue of social media marketing for real estate agents. Right?
Doug Karr: Yeah. I mean, half of all business owners have found customers on Facebook, which is really an incredible number.
Adam Small: It's amazing.
Doug Karr: I don't go to Facebook and search real estate agents. This is I go to Facebook and I say, "Hey, anybody in my network know a really good real estate agent around town?" And I get 12 responses of people that love their real estate agent. Well, I want to make sure that I have a consistent appearance on Facebook and everything else so that when someone tags me in that post, someone clicks through to my page, they just see a great person that's updating and everything else.
Adam Small: They don't see a post from three years ago and that's it? Is that what you're saying?
Doug Karr: Exactly. Exactly. And then vice versa. For real estate agents and companies learning from Facebook is an incredible experience. We were talking to Dell, so there's a huge company, obviously, and they do these multimillion dollar use cases where they test and they go get a focus group and they measure the response of the focus group and everything else. Well, they've abandoned all of that and now they just listen on Facebook and Twitter. And so the thing is is on Facebook and Twitter you guys can learn about your business. You can put a question out there and say, "Hey, for anybody with kids graduating out there in the next two weeks or in this year from college, I'm curious. Are any of those looking to buy a home?" You'll get responses back like, "Heck, no," or "Actually, yeah."
There's an opportunity to push questions out there to your audience to basically learn a little bit more about them and then you can write about what's important and use that information to improve your experience online with them.
Adam Small: Cool. Cool.
What else?
Doug Karr: Well, the next one is engagement.
Adam Small: Engagement. Yes. Yes.
Doug Karr: Improving that experience. Engagement is one of those things I think, you're talking to a guy that just gets in trouble on Facebook all the time.
Adam Small: Yes. I know. I know.
Doug Karr: But I do think that …
Adam Small: Well, let's back up for a second. Let's define engagement. Is engagement just responding to somebody or is it putting stuff out there that makes people want to respond to you?
Doug Karr: Exactly. Exactly. When we're talking about engagement, we're talking about interactions with people that make them want to do business with you.
I always tell the story, if you were to go to a networking event in town and as soon as you walked in you said, "Here's my business card. Here's what I do. I'm a great real estate agent. I've closed 46 houses this year. Here's my phone number. 888." People would go, "Oh, my God. Get that jerk out of here."
Adam Small: That must be what I'm doing wrong.
Doug Karr: And the same thing goes online. If you're that person online that just goes, "I closed another house today."
Adam Small: And that's all you're putting out there.
Doug Karr: And that's all you're putting out there, there's nothing engaging about that.
Adam Small: There's no real value to it.
Doug Karr: Whereas, let's say, you share a different story. You share a story about, I was fascinated with one lady that she stages houses. I met someone else who's a real estate agent that will not sell a house unless you use a staging company.
Adam Small: Okay.
Doug Karr: Which is pretty incredible. Now, for anybody listening, I know real estate agents know what it is, but anybody else listening that's, they're going to rip out all your furniture and put in their own furniture, pictures, lights, everything else to make the house appear totally different. The whole idea behind it is if you have old oak furniture from Grandma and everything else, the house doesn't look as inviting as if you had really expensive beautiful furniture.
Adam Small: Well, it's really an attempt to allow somebody to walk in and say, "Oh, I could live here."
Doug Karr: Exactly.
Adam Small: Is what it really comes down to.
Doug Karr: "I could picture this as the place that I would want to live."
Adam Small: Right. Because what happens when you walk into a home that you're looking to buy is if it's really personalized to the seller, then it's hard to say, "This could be my home."
Doug Karr: Yeah. Exactly.
There's a great topic, right? And it's, hey, why you might want to go through the expense of staging your home when you sell. The real estate agent could go into detail about what kind of things they replace when they come in and then why there's a return on investment on staging and why she's able to close houses faster and for more money when she stages houses.
That's an engaging conversation to have on social media.
Adam Small: It's funny because it kind of goes back to a topic that we've talked about a number of times in that it's all about providing something of value. We talked about that on our email podcast. When you're emailing people, make sure that you're providing something of value in those emails. The same thing goes for social media. Putting out there that, "Oh. You know, I sold another house. This is my 48th one this year." That's all fine and dandy, but if that's all you're doing there's no value in seeing that because it's the same post, it's just a different number every time. Right?
Doug Karr: Right.
Here's the thing is people think, "Well, that's a lot of work. I gotta think of a hundred things to write." Well, no actually, you don't. If you subscribe to, and I'm sure real estate agents do, they subscribe to periodicals, they subscribe to newsletters, they subscribe to industry stuff.
Adam Small: Right. Right. Right.
Doug Karr: All they gotta do is go share that. They could say something like, I saw something with the housing market here regionally is way up. Well, that's a great news story to share with everybody online that, "Hey, it's a seller season right now." You know?
Adam Small: Exactly.
Doug Karr: The real estate agent didn't have to do any work. All they had to do was go out and put it out there to their audience.
Adam Small: Share that person's link.
That kind of gets into another thing that when you're doing your real estate social marketing, you need to be really careful of when you're putting something out there, if you're sharing links you're all fine, generally speaking, because all you're doing is linking back to somebody else's content and you're making a comment on it.
Doug Karr: Right.
Adam Small: Right? I have in the past been asked about, "Well, can't I just copy that and put it on my page or send it as an email?" No. No, you can't. The issue with it is a matter of ownership and copyright.
Doug Karr: And it's icky.
Adam Small: Well, it is icky, but in this case, I think it's just a matter of not understanding. Right?
Doug Karr: Yeah.
Adam Small: Even when they say, "Well, you know, what about with attribution at the bottom?" Well, copying the whole thing, even with attribution, is still a copyright infringement.
Doug Karr: It is actually. Yeah.
Adam Small: It's not really fair use.
Doug Karr: Yeah. Fair use says you can use a portion of it. Like a quote …
Adam Small: A portion of it for commentary, whatever.
Doug Karr: … a couple of sentences.
Adam Small: The entire article is not fair use.
Doug Karr: Yeah. You're going to get in trouble.
Not only that, it's just that if I was a consumer and I read that article, let's say on the Wall Street Journal, and then all of a sudden I see it pasted in your newsletter with no attribution, I'm just going to go "Ewww. This person is just stealing content and spitting it out." That's not a person that I want to work with.
Adam Small: That's not the intent. That's not the intent, but that's kind of the way it comes across. So when you're doing that, share the link and send them back to the other person's page.
It doesn't hurt you any at all. As a matter of a fact, it helps you because you seem like you're knowledgeable in finding good interesting content. Just the fact that it goes to somebody else's page doesn't mean they're going to get the business. It's probably going to be you because you're the one establishing authority-
Doug Karr: Perfect that you said that. [crosstalk 00:18:46] Yeah. That's a lot of-
Adam Small: What's the other one they're establishing?
Doug Karr: I love that because you're absolutely right. A lot of people say, "Well, yeah. But if I'm promoting somebody else's content." No. No. What you're doing is providing value to your audience.
I would say this, even if it's a competitor in town, if it's another real estate agent and they released some incredible article, you are not going to lose your client by saying, "Well, go read this article that Jane wrote. It's amazing and it really walks through the process that we use or whatever."
Your consumer now says, "Wow. That's really awesome. She provided me just exactly the information that I needed."
Adam Small: You're the resource now. You're still the knowledgeable resource. It just didn't happen to be yours. It's just like going to the internet and searching for the answer online.
Doug Karr: Exactly.
Adam Small: The fact of the matter is is that you are still the resource. It really and truly is a great way to interact on social media.
Doug Karr: Then the last one.
Adam Small: Last one?
Doug Karr: Last one is promotion. I think there's two sides to this. There's, of course, just promoting your content online. I think you guys do a good job with this that you have automated some material that automatically gets published online and that's a great idea. It saves a ton of time. People often respond to it and maybe catch you off guard. Go, "Whoa. I forgot that I even published that."
Adam Small: It happens.
Doug Karr: It's this great thing to keep active in front of people. With tools today, you can schedule post and you can schedule updates and you can do all kinds of crazy stuff that can get you ahead of that. So there's the promotion side of just using real estate social marketing to promote stuff that you're doing. I don't care whether it's philanthropy, whether it's going out with your family for dinner because that shows a human side to your business and everything. Whatever it is, sharing that online is a great way to promote what kind of person you are, what kind of business you run, all of those things because consumers and businesses, again, are making more and more decisions about who they're working with rather than what they're buying. Who they're working with is becoming more important and real estate social marketing provides you a way to show who you are.
So there's that side and then there's obviously the paid side. There's paid promotion. Things like that I would say that if you're, let's say you're sponsoring a regional fundraiser at the local fire station. Well, why not run a Facebook ad to people in your region, to let them know that you're going to be there supporting that?
Paid is another one of those ways to, again, extend your network and bring them back to you.
Adam Small: Exactly.
One of the things that we do with paid is whenever we do a blog post, which we generally tend to hope is of good value, what we do is we actually boost the blog post itself. So we're putting the content out on Facebook and Twitter to our audiences, in general, and then on top of that, we're boosting it so that it reaches other people that aren't necessarily following our page or seeing it or a friend of a friend that sees their interaction with it. It's kind of a hybrid of purely promoting on your page, promoting content, as well as the ad. So you're promoting a post as opposed to just an ad.
Doug Karr: The great thing about that, too, that you're doing is you're not sitting there trying to hard sell and making people make a purchase. We always talk to people about when people are going into real estate social marketing, when I go on Twitter or I go on Facebook, I don't go … we were talking earlier that I'm trying to find some funky door lock. I don't go to Facebook to go look for door locks. But I might go on Facebook and say, "You know what. Anybody with hanging barn doors, have you ever found a key lock scenario that really works well on there?" And then people will start that conversation and everything else.
The other side of it is that if I looked for door locks, now, Facebook ads are going to be showing me door locks. The reason why I'm saying that is that, let's say you had done an article on staging and I was talking about staging online and I went and visited a couple of staging sites, your ad would most likely be shown to me-
Adam Small: When I boosted the post, right?
Doug Karr: … when you boosted the post. So ads are contextual in nature in Facebook that what they're trying to do is match your interests and your recent activity with content that people are boosting out there. The great thing about that again is you weren't trying to hard sell them. You were just trying to expose and provide value to them. I love that boosted post scenario because it's not, "I gotta open house on Tuesday. Come to it." Instead, it's, "Hey, I wrote a fantastic article about running a successful open house and read that checklist here."
Adam Small: Exactly. It's yet another way of providing that value, that something of value, while establishing your authority at the same time. It's not even the hard sell because these are people that are reaching it that are contextually targeted by the fact that they were searching for the staging article, that sort of thing. It's not a sell at all. It's just, hey, here's my knowledge. Let me help you. And if you want to come talk to me about it afterwards, then that's great. If it's enough to convince you to say, "Hey, I really need to talk to this person because I've got to stage this house."
Doug Karr: I want to make a point here too for anybody listening. We're talking about social media here. When I talked about the open house, if I was on Google I might want to promote there's an open house at this time and date and everything else, but if I'm on Facebook it might be-
Adam Small: It's a softer sell. It's a more valuable thing.
I'm going to ask you since you said it. How would I go to Google and say, "Hey. Here's my open house." I'd have to create a blog post and a page and all that stuff.
Doug Karr: Or paid ads.
Adam Small: Or paid Google ad. Right.
Doug Karr: That's what I meant. I didn't want people to say, "Well. Wow. I wouldn't advertise an open house." Well, sure you would.
Adam Small: Exactly.
Doug Karr: You want to market an open house to people who are searching for an open house.
Adam Small: Right. So in the context of what we're talking about here today, it's really about social media marketing for real estate agents, as opposed to the other marketing channels out there like Google Ads or-
Doug Karr: There's tons of different ways to promote stuff online. We're just talking specifically with real estate social marketing.
Adam Small: Right. Right.
Any final thoughts on real estate social marketing, Doug?
Doug Karr: Well, just that. I think the hard problem that marketers and real estate agents have right now is that consumers and businesses both expect you to be on social media. It's not about whether real estate social marketing works or doesn't work. It's about whether or not your audience expects you to be there or doesn't expect you to be there. The problem that all of us have today is that we have to be there. That's the expectation from a business standpoint. If you're not there, your competitors will be there.
Yes, it's tough. It's more time in the day. It's all of these things and you're going to question whether it's worthwhile or not, but over time, you get really good, you get kind of a knack-
Adam Small: You fall into a rhythm.
Doug Karr: You fall into a rhythm and all of a sudden you go, "Wow." For real estate agents, honestly, right? If you sold one house off of a connection on Facebook, that might have paid for that time for the entire year.
Adam Small: Right. Exactly.
Doug Karr: That's the way I would look at it.
Adam Small: Cool.
Well, and just to kind of recap. The things that you need to look at when you're doing real estate social marketing is listening, learning, engaging, and promoting.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at agentsauce.com, email@example.com.
Thanks for joining us today and thanks, Doug, for joining us today. You guys have a good day.


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Ellen M. (Melletta) DeYoung, 82, a resident of Swanzey, NH passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, January 14, 2018, following a period of declining health.
She was born March 17, 1935 in Paterson, NJ the daughter of Arthur and Jessie Melletta. She was a 1953 graduate of Eastside High School in Paterson and went on to work as a Dental Hygienist for many years. On August 11, 1956 she married the love of her life: Samuel DeYoung and the two began their journey of nearly 62 years together.
After moving to the Monadnock region, Ellen worked for various businesses including the Cheshire County Welfare Department, the Keene Savings Bank and the Cheshire County Commissioner's Office. She was also elected to the position of County Treasurer for two terms. For several years she also served as the Director for the Monadnock Humane Society. She was also a member of the Keene Country Club and she and her husband were members of the First Congregational Church of Swanzey. Hard work and passionate services were two of her most admirable qualities.
She loved spending time with her family and was a very loving wife, Mom, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She is survived by her husband: Samuel DeYoung of Swanzey, her son: David H. DeYoung of Denton, MD, two grandchildren: Jeff and Bethany, three great-grandchidlren: Natalie, Noah and one on the way, her sister: Carol Anderson and several nieces, nephews and extended family members. She is predeceased by her son: Daniel S. DeYoung.
Family and friends are invited to call on the family on Thursday, January 18, 2018 from 4 to 7pm at the Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court St. Keene, NH. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2018 at the Bizub-Parker Funeral Home, 47 Main St. Little Falls, NJ at 11am. Family and friends are welcome to call on the family from 10 to 11am. Burial will follow in the Laurel Grove Cemetery, Totawa, NJ.
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I was checking my Amazon account today. Since opening the account in 2008 when I moved to the US, I've bought an average of sixty books a year. That's 420 books read through just Amazon in seven years; add to that, other random books I've picked up in bookstores and hostels and all the books I read in my pre-Amazon days, I guess I'm a bigger nerd than I thought! I'm sure each of these books has affected me in some way but the ten books below had an immediate, tangible impact on my life. I've read them at different stages but I'm grouping them in order of the age I wished I had read them:
<25: Three books that ensure you don't lose your sense of adventure as you enter adulthood
- Forrest Gump: Few know that this was a book before a movie, but I was lucky to read it as a teenager when my aunt visiting from the US left a copy at our home. Forrest with no sense of limitation and always saying yes to everything planted the seeds of what would become a wandering life for me.
- Into the Wild: I read this book in my twenties but I wish I had read it much earlier. The solitary, seeking Chris McCandless became a bit of a role model for me and inspired me to start hiking seriously. I did Macchu Picchu, Kilimanjaro, the Himalayas, and other non-technical climbs shortly after.
- Man's Search for Meaning: Happiness is the pursuit of a cause bigger than yourself. The deceptively simple analysis from the Nazi concentration camp survivor is a must-read for anyone about to pick a vocation.
25-35: Three books everyone should read to become successful in the world of men and hobbits.
- Rules of Work: This is one of those rare cheesy self-help books that actually help. While reading this, a light-bulb went off in my head that to have any sort of impact at work, I'd have to be a leader, basically take charge of every situation without inhibition. Just that one idea has helped me in every job since.
- Think and Grow Rich: The 2nd and only self-help book on the list, promise! This one is a keeper. Set a lofty, unattainable goal and be persistent through innumerable rejections (plus a host of other actionable tips the author discovered after twenty years of research!) helped me face rejection after rejection to get a major book deal for my US debut.
- The story of my experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi: An incredible book. Through him, I learnt the how self-restraint can topple an empire and how an ordinary man can become extraordinary by just setting an intention.
35+: Three books to confidently begin your inward journey.
- Buddha by Karen Armstrong: The book humanized the Buddha for me as a flesh and blood man who'd stop at nothing to answer his burning meaning-of-life questions. I pick up the book again and again when I lose momentum on my meditation practice to feel inspired by the Buddha, my hero, again.
- Mindfulness by Joseph Goldstein: Through the years, I've read a lot of books on meditation but this was the clearest, most practical of them all and gently pushed my meditation practice from being more concentration-based to awareness-based. And yet, it doesn't dumb down or excessively modernize Buddhist meditation. Consider this gem: "In the seeing, there's only the seen; in the hearing, there's only the heard, this just this is the end of suffering."—clear yet incredibly profound.
- The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Iyengar's commentary is a stand-out): For me, this is the most definitive thesis ever written on what it means to be a human. Without ambiguity, it lays out man's true purpose and gives us a step-by-step guide to achieve that. This was the only book I carried with me in our sabbatical—and it took me a year of almost everyday reading to begin to understand it.
And the tenth book? THE SEEKER, of course! I don't know if it holds a candle to the great books above but I planned and wrote this book over five years with the single-minded intent of writing a book that would make a dent in my readers' lives. Now, you are the judge! And if reading these great books above inspire you to write, don't forget to sign up for my full video course on How to get a Top 5 publishing deal here.
This is the first time I've offered a video course and the response has been delightful. Signing up is free!
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It's pop quiz time again, dear readers. Can you, off the top of your head, name 10 AV receiver manufacturers? I have no doubt that the Denons and Yamahas and Sonys and Pioneers and Marantzes of the world rolled right off your tongue. You probably didn't have to reach far at all for Onkyo and Integra, and even high-end offerings like Cambridge and Anthem are almost certainly on your radar. But Arcam? Unless you own or have owned any of the company's gear, or you happen to live in Europe, I'd be willing to wager that this UK-based manufacturer of high-end audio electronics isn't at the forefront of your consciousness when shopping for new gear. And that's a shame, really--because if the AVR750 is any indication, the company's offerings should be on the short list of must-hear gear the next time you're itching for an audio upgrade.
What makes the AVR750 so special? For one thing, it completely opts out of the features race by eschewing bundled apps like Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM, etc. The receiver lacks integrated WiFi, Bluetooth capabilities, and of course Apple AirPlay, although it does have a wired network connection and there is a nifty companion app for iOS devices that allows you to stream music over your home network (from computers, NAS devices, and even mobile devices).
Instead of spending its money on licensing brand-name streaming features (or brand-name room calibration, or fancy industrial design, for that matter), Arcam instead invests in pure performance capabilities, and it shows. The receiver's amplifier topology is just one example of this: it operates in less-efficient but sonically purer Class A mode at lower listening levels, then switches to a more advanced Class G topology with multiple power supplies when more oomph is required. That's a pretty huge deal, and it contributes largely to the AVR750's appeal, as well as its pretty staggering price tag of $6,000.
It's also one of the things that makes the AVR750's 100-watt-per-channel power rating difficult to compare with similarly specified AV receivers. Another is the fact that Arcam rates its power output honestly and conservatively, which few manufacturers in our industry do. The 100-wpc rating is measured with seven channels driven into an eight-ohm load at 0.2 percent THD. If you play the sort of numbers games that most AV receiver manufacturers play with power ratings, the AVR750 weighs in at an impressive 210 watts per channel, measured with two channels driven at one kHz into a four-ohm load. If you need a refresher on what those terms mean and how the relationship between amps and speakers works, you can check out our primer on the subject here.
Despite the undeniable focus on high-fidelity audio performance, the AVR750 is a quite capable video hub, as well--with seven HDMI 1.4 inputs, all backed by excellent (if somewhat finicky) video processing that includes two types of noise reduction along with independent picture controls for each input, along with video upscaling up to 4K.
The AVR750 also boasts basic multiroom capabilities, but only in the form of a single Zone 2 composite video output and a pair of RCA audio outputs. Only analog sources can be sent to Zone 2, and curiously enough the SAT and VCR inputs lack analog audio inputs entirely (yeah, you read that right: the only input for your VCR, if you still have one, is an HDMI connection).
The Hookup
Little quirks like that pop up frequently when exploring the ins and outs and what-have-yous of the AVR750, but the receiver does make up for those quirks with a nice complement of audio/video connections and control ports. In addition to its aforementioned seven HDMI 1.4 ins and two outs (with audio return channel functionality), it sports three component video ins (although no component outs), six stereo analog RCA ins, four digital coax and two optical digital inputs, an Ethernet port for control and network connectivity, an RS-232 port, two IR control ports, and two 12-volt triggers, along with a 7.1-channel preamp output section and a USB port for music playback from compatible sources. Curiously, it lacks 7.1-channel analog inputs, which would have made a bit more sense than 7.1-channel pre outs--given that the receiver's unique Class A/Class G amplification is the biggest part of its appeal and price tag. As such, I can't imagine why you would want to bypass it.
It's debatable, of course, as to whether or not that's an issue. A more objective criticism, I feel, would be its lack of balanced XLR inputs, which is strange given that all of the source components in Arcam's FMJ (Faithful Musical Joy) product line (of which the AVR750 is a part) do feature balanced XLR outs. Given that, the only inputs that I relied on during the course of my review were the Ethernet port and a handful of the HDMI ins. Sources mainly consisted of my Dish Joey whole-home DVR client, along with Arcam's own UDP411 universal disc player (review to come).�My original intention was to spend considerable time with my own Oppo Blu-ray player connected to the AVR750 before subbing in Arcam's player, but the receiver had some issues with the Oppo at first, a topic I'll discuss in more detail in the Downside section below.�
I won't dwell too long on the control capabilities of the AVR750, since I know that's not a primary concern for Home Theater Review's typical readership, but it's worth nothing that Arcam does provide control modules for both Control4 and Crestron, as well as downloads of its IR and RS-232 code sets, on its website. The receiver can be controlled via RS-232 or IP, but not both. You have to turn on such capabilities in the setup menus, and at that time you have to choose between the two protocols. You'll have to use IP, of course, if you want to use Arcam's ArcamRemote app for the iPad, which doesn't work, unfortunately, for the iPhone. (The company's iPhone app is for control of UPnP streaming of local networked music only.) The included remote control for the system is pretty basic and not terribly well laid out, even though I do have to give it kudos for providing direct access to toggling features like room EQ and Dolby Volume without having to dig through the setup UI.
In terms of hookup, I would be remiss if I didn't at least mention the excellent build quality of the AVR750 itself. It's a dense, robust, beautiful beast of a machine, perhaps a good bit plainer in appearance than other gear in its price class, but with exceptional fit and finish and lovely all-metal binding posts that made me almost lament the fact that all of my speaker cables are terminated in banana plugs and merely locked in place without the need for any twisting and tightening.
At the other end of those cables sat the Aperion Audio Intimus 5B Harmony SD speaker system that I used for the duration of the review. The speakers were set up, balanced, and equalized using Arcam's own proprietary Auto Speaker Setup software, which is a modified version of the Cirrus Logic Intelligent Room Calibration that applies the bulk of its processing power to the bass frequencies, where room correction does the most good. What surprised me most about the Auto Speaker Setup system, especially during the hookup stage, was the fact that it absolutely nailed all of the level, distance, and crossover settings. I honestly didn't have to tweak a single parameter, which is exceedingly rare even with the best of such systems. That, combined with the fact that Auto Speaker Setup only measures the room from one position (your main listening position), made the installation process a snap.
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"It's a calling, not just a living," said Hollie Merchant, licensed massage therapist and owner of Blue Valley Massage in Sugar Grove, Ohio. "Giving massages is not something that is taught in school. It's a gift either you have or you don't have." Merchant opened her business as the sole owner and employee in... Continue Reading →
How Peyton Manning has helped thousands of Americans
This excerpt about Peyton Manning is from my children's book, Celebrities Giving Back (Mitchell Lane 2010) ** Whenever someone enters the children's section of St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, they think of Peyton Manning, former quarterback for the city's football team, the Colts. They don't think of him for his ability to throw a football... Continue Reading →
Tribute to Laurel Clark
A few days ago my church lost a good friend to an illness. Laurel Clark was in his late 80's but a regular attender at church who always came with his wife, Laura. He was a dedicated Christian and an avid walker. Year-round he would trek the streets and sidewalks around our town. I wrote... Continue Reading →
Judy Clausen- Value of Exercise
This story of a friend appeared in a new publication, Sr Lifestyle. It is a powerful of the effectiveness of regular exercise. Do you exercise regularly? What have been benefits to you of regular exercise? ** When Bluffton resident Judy Clausen began walking for her health 37 years ago, she had... Continue Reading →
Joe McFarren runs for clean water
This story that appeared in the Bluffton News-Banner is about a young man who is sacrificing my time, effort, energy for a group of people he does not know so they can have clean water. It is so inspiring. Please let me know what you think of it. ** Devotion to a cause can... Continue Reading →
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Tuesday, November 30, 2010
THE DELL_COEDS ORIGINAL vs TWO VERSIONS
In September,1961 one obscure group from San Francisco,The Dell-Coeds formed by Janet Engen, Mary Ann Janovec, Linda Jonas and Richard George recorded on Enith Records the side_Love In Return. written by male member Richard George.(later re-released on Dot as (I Want A Little) Love In Return).
To Listen or Download please visit;http://www.box.net/shared/acnu94d2rk
Above; The Dell-Coeds.
The B Side was_Mr. Banjo.
In February,1962 the black girl group The Sweethearts under the group name of The Nightingales recorded the first version(with The Dell-Coeds Vocal arrangement) of this song for Ray Starr Records.
To Listen or Download please visit;http://www.box.net/shared/pshqsz0eod
Finally in April,1962 Christy Cummins release his version for Belaine Records.
To Listen or Download please visit;http://www.box.net/shared/444vpp3ove
Read a brief story about this song by Richard George from The Spectropop Group...
The original version of "Love In Return" was in September 1961 by my group, the Dell- Coeds on Enith International Records. It was produced by Steve Venet, brother of Nik Venet, who produced the Beach Boys at Capitol. We recorded at Gold Star Studios, where Phil Spector recorded many of his hits. Our record was then re-released nationally by Dot Records in January 1962. A cover record of "Love In Return" by the Nightingales (using the Dell-Coeds vocal arrangement) was released in February 1962.
Above;Gary Dawson, Marc Nelsen and Ken Parker DJ's with the Dell-Coeds, in the first recording act to appear at John's Drive-In, January 1962.
Jimmy Bowen produced a new arrangement of "Love In Return" with Christy Cummins, in April 1962. She was then a student at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. Because of some payola issues, the top 40 station in Los Angeles (KFWB) would not play the Dell-Coeds version of the song. However, their San Francisco counterpart (KEWB) gave it heavy airplay and sponsored our concert at the Cow Palace.
The Dell-Coeds live act at John's Drive-In, January 1962.
KDAY in Los Angeles featured the Christy Cummins version of "Love In Return". The Dell-Coeds version is now included on several retrospective CDs, and the Christy Cummins version is included on a "Dream Boy" CD retrospective. Thanks very much for your interest in my music! Richard George.
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Mr. Ben is napping and I am getting ready to go out, so Faith took it upon herself to make a lunch. Sounds good to me!
She also requested I take pictures and post it, so here you go!
She made a cream cheese and jelly sandwich on Honey 7-Grain bread and decorated it with a teddy bear. She drew the face with food-safe markers. To the right, she has a couple of chocolate covered strawberries and grapes from her Valentine's fruit bouquet, carrot sticks, and pretzels. I'm impressed!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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I'm impressed too! Great job, Faith!ReplyDelete
Great Job! The food-safe markers are my kids favorite!ReplyDelete
Awesome lunch! The teddy is so cute :D Well done Faith!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2011 at 9:42 AM
Wow! Faith is super-good at this. What a fun skill to pass on to your daughter.ReplyDelete
Shannon- I am wondering if Bento lunches would be best for my twins' Mothers Day Out lunches. Do they make containers with lids for easy travel? Where do I begin?ReplyDelete
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Here is Jacqui on her 22nd birthday, with her grandfather, Ron Pennington. Paper is by Imaginisce, embellishments by K & Company. Sketch by Laura Buckingham on the Pencillines blog. This paper, embellishments and these photos just sat in my stash for the longest time – then the right combination came along with the sketch, and well, it just all comes together and you know why it all remained waiting for you to begin !!!!
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EU Commissioner on effect of Brexit on Irish Agriculture: North and South
A packed house gathered recently at the Gibson Institute for Land, Food and Environment at Queen's University to listen to EU Commissioner Phil Hogan deliver this year's Gibson Lecture on Irish Agriculture and Brexit.
An audience of over 200 academics, agri-food specialists and scientists, farmers, rural development representatives, government departments and politicians gathered at Queen's University Belfast on Europe Day, the 9th May, to listen to the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan, deliver this year's Gibson Lecture. The Minister of State Ben Wallis MP was present and spoke afterwards at the dinner hosted by The Gibson Trust.
Entitled "Effect of Brexit on Irish Agriculture: North and South," the Commissioner began his lecture by emphasising the importance of the work of research centres such as the Gibson Institute at Queen's University as:
"research, development and innovation are more vital than ever, due to the acceleration in global population growth, the changing nature of consumer demands, and the threats posed by climate change."
Commissioner Hogan went on to highlight how the EU is responding to these challenges by increasing the overall EU budget from €50 billion to €80 billion for research and innovation up to 2020 and by aligning Horizon 2020 more closely with the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) via support under the Rural Development Programme and a concept called "EIP-AGRI". The EIP-AGRI network will share and disseminate research and innovation knowledge across the 28 EU Member States with a budget of €1.6bn for 2014-2020. The Northern Ireland Rural Development Programme aims to support 49 EIP projects under this priority.
According to Commissioner Hogan, the challenge before us in the 21st Century is to build sustainable food security for the citizens of Northern Ireland, the EU and the rest of the world. He went on to state that he believes that the Common Agricultural Policy remains the best hope to collectively rise to this challenge.
Commissioner Hogan pointed out that the agri-food sector in Northern Ireland produces a quarter of all manufactured goods in the region. As a result, farmers and agri-businesses are now at the epicentre of Northern Ireland's growth and job creation potential.
The Brexit Debate and Agriculture
It was at this point of the evening that the Commissioner referenced the "monumental" referendum on the UK's membership of the EU. As he pointed out, he was not advising anyone how to vote. His contribution was to present the facts regarding the EU's relationship with Northern Ireland, particularly as regards agriculture and rural development and how Northern Ireland farmers benefit from EU membership.
As regards the Brexit debate, he stated that while agriculture has not featured heavily in referendum debates in London, it is of critical importance to the debate here in Northern Ireland for the following reasons:
- CAP Single Farm Payments to farmers in Northern Ireland are worth in excess of £2.3 billion from 2014-2020
- Annual payments from the EU account for 87% of annual farm incomes, compared to 53% in the UK as a whole
- For every £10 sterling that Northern Ireland farmers earn, CAP accounts for £8.70 of that total
- CAP has helped to underpin the rural economy in Northern Ireland for many decades
- Under the 2007-2013 European budget period, 9% of Northern Ireland GDP was attributable to EU support. Of that, two thirds was accounted for by agriculture
- Northern Ireland drew down £144 million in EU structural funds in 2015 alone, to invest in crucial infrastructure such as rural broadband and water
- CAP is not only important from an economic point of view; it also provides consumers with safe, high-quality food to feed their families, and Northern Ireland is leading the field thanks to standards for traceability and quality in Northern Ireland being among the highest in the world
- The EU is the world's largest agricultural trader. It offers the world's largest agri-food markets, with exports exceeding €129 billion in 2015. By being part of this market, farmers in Northern Ireland have the opportunity to capitalise on over 53 trade agreements across the world, which allow for agri-produce to be exported and imported without any red tape
- CAP helps ensure the sufficient supply of safe, quality and sustainably produced food and helps farmers to face the traditional uncertainties of weather, animal disease and fluctuations in market prices
- Trade flows of food produce between the UK and Ireland are larger than bilateral flows that either EU Member State has with any other country in the entire world – accounting for almost £4 billion on a yearly basis. On a national level, the UK exports more to Ireland than it does to China, Japan, Canada, Russia, Saudi Arabia and South Korea combined
The Commissioner also posed the following questions regarding aspects of free movement in the case of a Brexit:
- How will the movement of people, goods, services and capital between Northern Ireland/UK and the Republic of Ireland be affected in the event of a Brexit? Over 600,000 Irish citizens travel back and forth on a regular basis for work in the UK and approximately 400,000 British citizens are resident in Ireland.
- If any form of land border is re-introduced, how will this disrupt the substantial cross-border trade in agri-food products? And will Irish farmers lose tariff-free access to the UK market and vice versa?
- How would the UK – including Northern Ireland – with a population of 64 million, fare in negotiating with countries like China, with a population of 1.3 billion?
Commissioner Hogan concluded the lecture by highlighting the role the EU has played in helping the peace process in Northern Ireland. He said that thanks to the PEACE programmes and the Structural Funds packages, European funding has helped communities of different traditions to come together and increase their understanding and appreciation of one another's positions, traditions and history…
"the building of a lasting peace on this island represents one of the proudest achievements of European cooperation. And lest we forget, that same European cooperation and unity represent the greatest peace project in the history of the world."
He also admitted that the CAP is not perfect but it is now more in tune with global reality than at any point in its history. It has evolved and for the most part, improved and can be viewed as a triumph of compromise and cooperation.
"There is no comparable agricultural policy scheme on this planet, either existing or hypothetical, than can continue to deliver for the farmers, rural communities and citizens of Northern Ireland better than the CAP."
Question Time
The Commissioner, who agreed to take questions from the floor, then spent the next 30 minutes responding to an avalanche of questions and comments, some supportive and some highly critical of the EU and the CAP. Perhaps the most insightful question of the evening was from a leading farmer who asked Commissioner Hogan how he could refer to the CAP as a sustainable agri-food policy when a figure of 87% and rising of farmers' incomes come from annual payments from the EU. The response that such payments to farmers can be justified by the public goods they provide and the fact that current market returns on food production are so low focuses respectively on major areas of research priorities at The Gibson Institute for Land Food and the Environment and The Global Institute for Food Security at Queen's University.
Pictured above: L-R: Ms Colette FitzGerald, Head of Office, European Commission Office in NI; Prof George Hutchinson, Director of the Gibson Institute at Queen's University; Mr Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development; Dr Judith Stephens, School of Biological Sciences at Queen's University; Prof Chris Elliott, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Queen's University.


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Maps doesn't believe in growing up.
He believes in his experiments, Benji's new driving skills, Perry's knowledge of "adult things", and his interstellar boyfriend, Lane.
Maps certainly doesn't believe in graduating. And he especially doesn't believe in his friends attending separate colleges.
Because if Maps believed in any of those things, it would mean he was growing up.
Todd's rating:
This book could have easily been re-titled, "Into the Mind of Maps: A Study in Severe Separation Anxiety."
Per Maps' usual, the way he approaches at his life, family, friends and dating a hot jock are nothing short of hilarious.
However, also per Maps' usual, he can't (or won't) communicate for shit about anything that actually matters. He could teach a master class in Avoidance 401.
When Maps thinks about the Big Life Changes that are on the horizon, he simply can't bring himself to face them head-on. Things like where does he want to go to college? How will he deal with the possibility of Benji, his best friend for forever, possibly attending a different college? And will Lane want to keep dating, even if that means long distance?
Yes, a lot of heavy stuff on a young man, for sure, but the majority of the book still felt light and fun, with Maps injecting his usual 'unique' brand of Maps-ness (Mapsnicity?) into every aspect of the story.
Every time I get an ARC from this series, I've always seem to have forgotten just how odd the way that Maps looks at the world truly is, but every single time, it makes me smile like an idiot from beginning to end.
I loved this series and hate to see it wrapping up, so I'm pray that maybe, just maybe, we'll get one more Maps book. Maybe something with Benji and Perry finally working out what's really going on with them.
As for this story, I absolutely adored the ending, where Maps and Lane sit in the dark and finally talk things out, deciding where their lives are going to lead after high school.
As in the previous books, there is no steam, as evidently these are the two least hormonal teenagers who have ever walked the face of the Earth, but that's perfectly fine. It seems to fit in regards to these stories and with Maps' innocent, often unrealistic, world view.
I'd rate this one a solid 4.25 stars, which would have easily been 5 stars, if only I had gotten more on-page time with both Maps and Lane present to help cement the true depth of their feelings in my mind.
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The inaugural Africa E&P Summit organised and hosted by Frontier Communications held in London recently was a tremendous success, full of thought provoking presentations, relevant debate, insight and high quality networking and was well attended with more than 200 participants
The organisers, Frontier Communications, said it was "our great pleasure and honour to host the Governments of Namibia and Cameroon in London, in the promotion of their licensing opportunities".
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Your carpets have a full time job. They are constantly being trampled on. So, it only makes sense to have a professional come in to clean your carpets. But, are you aware of what to search for in carpet cleaning companies or what the right way to handle them is? You'll learn in the article below.
If you are using a new chemical on your carpet, or if your cleaner is, make sure it is tested on a small area first. This will ensure that your entire carpet does not become ruined. This can make you pay more for your professional cleaning, so ask what they would recommend.
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Does Vitamin D Make A Difference?
A review (meta-analysis) published in October 2018 in "The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology", of 81 previously published studies found that both high and low dose vitamin D supplementation did not prevent falls or fractures or increase bone density. The majority of reviewed studies included women ages 65 and older that took more than 800 international units of vitamin D per day. Most of the studies were on Vitamin D alone, not in combination with calcium. The authors noted that smaller, shorter duration trials leaned toward finding stronger results from Vitamin D than longer duration, larger trials. The authors of the study believe Vitamin D supplement recommendations for bone health should be updated to reflect recent research findings.
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"Every period has its own optical focus." —Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Using a shallow depth of field in photography results in images in which not all fields (fore-, middle-, and background) are in focus. In a portrait, for example, a sitter might be sharp against a blurred background. This effect may be achieved in analogue photography by adjusting the focus on the camera lens, or in digital photography by incorporating blur effects in post-production.


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The Law School's unique and integrated curriculum has made it a national leader in progressive legal education. The curriculum engages students in a thoughtful combination of rigorous coursework in traditional substantive areas and a lawyering program that teaches the skills recognized by the American Bar Association as necessary for competent practice (problem solving, legal analysis and reasoning, legal research, factual investigation, communication, including legal writing and oral argument; counseling, negotiation, litigation and alternative dispute resolution procedures, organization and management of legal work, and recognition and resolution of ethical dilemmas). The basic premise of the curriculum is that theory cannot be separated from practice, abstract knowledge of doctrine from practical skill, and understanding professional responsibility from professional experience. There is a sophisticated, well-staffed Writing Center, and there are numerous opportunities for legal writing in the second and third years, including the New York City Law Review and Moot Court. An extensive Academic Support Program provides a Summer Law Institute for incoming students, one-on-one and group tutoring, facilitated study groups, and a special academic support course for students who may find themselves in academic difficulty after their first semester.


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Nautical Themed Christening Cake
My customer provided me with a swatch of material that she was making the invitations with, and the design came from there.
Extended height base tier with horizontal stripes, top tier with little boats and matching cupcakes.
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Photographer David Hamilton captures innocence and ease for the Spring 2010 Oysho line. The Barcelona brand is spot on with the styling in this shoot, feminine with an indie edge showcasing the beloved denim short and overalls which seem to be popping up everywhere editorially.
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For today's card I used a KJArting digi called "Baby Fae_00024" that I won recently. Isn't she sweet? 😀
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Ash's Totodile
Ash's Totodile
Ash's Totodile (Japanese: サトシのワニノコ Satoshi's Waninoko) was the fourth Pokémon that Ash caught in the Johto region, and his eighteenth overall.
- 1 In the anime
- 2 In the manga
- 3 Trivia
- 4 Voice actors
- 5 Related articles
In the anime
Original series
Totodile first appeared in The Totodile Duel. Both Ash and Misty wanted to catch it, and although Totodile was stunned briefly by Pikachu, it managed to escape from their Poké Balls and knock them down with a powerful Water Gun. Totodile then came across Team Rocket, devoured their lunch itself, and sent them blasting off. Finally tracked down by Ash and Misty, Totodile jumped into the bushes just as they both threw their Lure Balls at it. They then found out that one of the Lure Balls had caught it. They decided to have a battle to decide who would keep it. Ash's Chikorita and Bulbasaur defeated Misty's Staryu and her newly evolved Poliwhirl, winning the battle and earning Ash the new Totodile.
Totodile was shown to be fairly romantic, as it quickly fell in love with an Azumarill in Love, Totodile Style. Totodile's advances were spurned repeatedly by Azumarill, and Brock's decision to teach Totodile to be successful in love was no more successful. But when Azumarill and Pikachu were captured by Team Rocket, Totodile ignored Ash and Brock's orders for it to come back and single-handedly chased Team Rocket down, locating them in a log cabin. Totodile was captured itself, but managed to cheer Azumarill up at least. When Azumarill's Trainer arrived with Ash and his friends, Totodile blasted Team Rocket down to help rescue Azumarill, but discovered that Azumarill was in love with Trixie's Golduck, who had defeated Arbok and Weezing. Brock consoled Totodile that although it can't win every time, love is worth fighting for. Totodile seemed to take this advice in stride, falling for a Quagsire before the end of the episode.
Totodile was used fairly often during Ash's travels in Johto, but it wasn't used in many Gym battles, only once in A Goldenrod Opportunity against Whitney. However, Whitney's Miltank proved far too powerful, and her Rollout, already powered up in the battle with Cyndaquil, knocked out Totodile in one hit. In the rematch, Totodile performed better, launching itself into the air with Water Gun and landing on top of Miltank, but it was quickly shaken off and knocked out. Pikachu managed to win the battle. In Fight for the Light!, it was initially used against Janina, who Ash believed to be Jasmine, the Olivine City Gym Leader. Against her Onix, which had been coated in waterproof polish, Totodile was defeated by one Tackle.
As one of Ash's only Water-type Pokémon, it was the first choice for Ash's team in the Whirl Cup, along with Kingler. In the battle with Christopher and his Kingdra in Dueling Heroes, Totodile showed its skill by escaping a Twister and defeating Kingdra by using Bite on its snout while Kingdra used Hydro Pump, and the result of having too much water in its snout sent it off flying, and thus was defeated. In the head-to-head battle with Misty in The Perfect Match!, Totodile put up a good fight against her Poliwhirl by Headbutting it into a pillar, but was knocked out by a high speed dive and Double Slap.
Totodile was used briefly in a battle park in One Trick Phony!, where it defeated a powerful Charizard after using Scary Face for the first time. It also fought in the private Coastline Gym in Just Add Water, where it was revealed that it knew Slash. Totodile put up a very good fight in the underwater arena against Dorian's Lanturn, but Ash's inexperience in such battles and a type disadvantage caused it to lose.
In Pop Goes The Sneasel, Totodile was sent out to battle a wild Sneasel that was preventing the retrieval of the Sacred Fire needed to begin the Silver Conference. However, through a combination of Slash and Shadow Ball, Totodile and Ash were sent flying back. Harrison later defeated and caught Sneasel.
It joined Squirtle and Phanpy in Ash's battle against Macy in Love, Pokémon Style. It squared off against her Slugma, who was quickly swapped with her surprise entrant, Electabuzz. Later in the battle, the two matched up again, and the type disadvantage was evident - Totodile's water was blocked by Light Screen, and an attempt to Headbutt through resulted in a Thunder Punch knockout.
Totodile redeemed itself in a battle against Harrison in Playing with Fire!, settling the score with Sneasel. Totodile bit down on Sneasel's arm to prevent a Metal Claw, and knocked it out with its tail. Its victory dance was very popular with the audience. Totodile's Scary Face attack had no effect against Harrison's Hypno and it was taken control of with a Hypnosis attack. A Psychic took it out of the match.
Ash left Totodile at Professor Oak's Laboratory, along with his other Johto Pokémon, when he departed for the Hoenn region.
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Chronicles
In Showdown at the Oak Corral, Totodile was seen squirting Cassidy and Butch with a Water Gun attack, but it was fired back again. Totodile later had its revenge by squirting them again with Water Gun, this time landing a successful hit. Later, it was seen blasting Cassidy and Butch off and destroying their helicopter.
In The Right Place and the Right Mime, Totodile met and danced with Glalie.
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
In An Old Family Blend!, Totodile reunited with Ash. It was found dancing in a water fountain and affectionately nibbled on Ash's head before being recalled to its Lure Ball. Later, it helped to put out the fire caused by Cyndaquil, together with Corphish and Piplup. Totodile was not seen participating in the Lily of the Valley Conference.
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Totodile was reunited with Ash in The Dream Continues!, where it and the rest of Ash's Pokémon posed in a group photo with him.
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Totodile briefly appeared in Alola, Kanto!, swimming underwater at a pond near Oak's Laboratory with Corphish.
Personality and characteristics
Totodile is a highly energetic Pokémon. It is always happy and shows this by dancing, a theme that is focused on when it is released from its Lure Ball, even when being called into a battle. It also unabashedly introduced itself to Larvitar first in Entei at Your Own Risk, energetically swinging Larvitar around in a circle. However, when need be, Totodile can be a powerful opponent, as seen when it managed to defeat Harrison's Sneasel, who had been causing trouble for Ash and Harrison earlier on in Pop Goes the Sneasel.
Totodile also acts as a comic relief character, as its tendency to dance is shown in many important matches, frustrating Ash, and confusing its opponents. Its most significant battle, defeating Harrison's Sneasel, depicted it biting Sneasel's hand and dancing around whilst thrashing Sneasel into the ground. Its Scary Face attack has also been used as a joke a couple of times, one being in a battle with Duplica's Mini-Dit, where Totodile laughed at its imitation of the move before continuing the battle.
Totodile has been shown to be spend time with Ash's Corphish as shown in An Old Family Blend! where they were found near each other on Lily of the Valley Island and in Alola, Kanto! when they were seen underwater together.
Moves used
|An × shows that the move cannot be legitimately learned by this Pokémon in the games.
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
- While Totodile has itself never used Tackle, it was used by Duplica's Mini-Dit while transformed into Totodile in Imitation Confrontation, implying that Totodile knew the move at that time.
- While Totodile did not use Scary Face until One Trick Phony!, it was used by Duplica's Mini-Dit while transformed into Totodile in Imitation Confrontation, implying that Totodile knew the move at that time.
- Ash commanded Totodile to use Skull Bash in the English dub of Dueling Heroes, a move which Totodile cannot legally learn. In the original Japanese version, Ash commanded it to use Headbutt.
- Ash commanded Totodile to use Leer in the English dub of Playing with Fire!. In the original Japanese version, he commanded it to use Scary Face.
In the manga
In the Ash & Pikachu manga
Totodile appears in The Grand Rhydon Plan.
In the movie adaptations
Totodile appeared in Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei.
Moves used
|A † shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.
- Totodile was Ash's first Pokémon to be kept inside a Poké Ball variant. Although all of Ash's Tauros were caught with Safari Balls, they stay inside regular Poké Balls when with Ash.
- Totodile is the only one of Ash's Johto Pokémon that can evolve but hasn't evolved at least once.
- Totodile has been referred to as a male in Love, Totodile Style, but only in the English dub.
Voice actors
Related articles
For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Totodile.
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We've long been fans of the design and interiors blog Design*Sponge, and we thought we'd share some of the photographs from the beautiful Art Deco flat in East London, the home of trend forecaster and blogger behind The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Rohini Wahi.
Our linen and wool crewel embroidered Medina cushions in Pewter feature in her light and spacious living room, don't they look lovely - such a great mix of texture and pattern!
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