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I have to admit it's pretty shocking to me that I will turn 70 years old the first week of October, 2017! Almost equally shocking is the fact that come January, 2018, I will be beginning my 18th year here at Advantage Personal Training!
I think the best news about this BIG birthday is that I certainly don't feel 70 … or 60 … or, most of the time, even 30. I know I certainly was never in the shape forty years ago that I'm in now, and I know how much of that I owe to this gym.
My story, sadly enough, begins on the school playground. When you're only 4'10" in high school AND terminally shy … and there is no Title IX, no tennis, no track, no basketball, no anything for girls but field hockey … or field hockey … you can imagine I was not a big draw for anybody's team. I grew up thinking that not only was I a sports failure but probably the most unathletic kid on the planet.
I started playing racquetball when I was nearly 40 and found out I wasn't too bad, but until my early 50's, I didn't do much more than that. Then, on a day that changed my life forever, I saw a small story in the Mystic River Press about a gym that had opened in Old Mystic. Who knows why, but I called … and the rest is history.
Although the owner was the same age as my kids, he had such an appreciation for creating a program tailored to each individual client and that client's specific needs, even us middle-aged moms! And so began my career in weight training.
As I became stronger and suddenly saw muscles … REAL muscles on my arms and legs!!! … I couldn't wait to get to the gym and work out! More than that, however, I discovered that exercise had become a real lifestyle change for me. As I worked through my program, I realized I wanted more and more, and so I added more fitness classes coupled with outdoor cycling, then weekly power walking with a group of other women. AND I have hiked extensively in the White Mountains, the Canadian Rockies, Sedona, and the Atlas Mountains of Morocco all in the past 14 months!
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Each week in 4KM and 4KJ we focus on a CAFE strategy. CAFE stands for
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We learn and practice strategies under these four areas as these are the strategies that good readers use.
This week's comprehension strategy in 4KM and 4KJ is
When we are reading, we can use the clues, our background knowledge and our imaginations to guess what will happen further on in the text. As we read on, we can see whether our predictions were correct, almost right or way off.
Good readers are always thinking about the story as they read.
We invite students and other blog readers to read the story introduction below and then write your prediction in the comment section.
The door creaked as Sam carefully pushed it open. It took a few moments for Sam's eyes to adjust to the dark. Her heart was beating rapidly and she could hear herself breathing heavily.
Sam's mind was racing with thoughts of what she might find inside the small room. She made herself take a step forward. Suddenly, something caught her eye and she jumped…


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Dear Professor Chanturia,
I am back in Pune after a memorable trip to Moscow. Thanks to you and your team, we thoroughly enjoyed our five day stay in Moscow.
I had a jam-packed schedule from the time I arrived in Moscow to when I got the flight back to India but it was all well worth it. It was indeed a well-organized congress and that is why it went without any major problems. There are always minor glitches in organizing such a mammoth event. Kudos to your team who had worked so hard to prepare for the congress. For me, it was not only a pleasant experience but these five days were also professionally rewarding in every sense of the term.
I would like to convey our heartiest congratulations to you and your team for doing such a wonderful job in organizing this memorable IMPC in Moscow.
Our grateful thanks to you and your colleagues for your very kind and gracious hospitality extended to us, during our stay in Moscow. I would like to take this opportunity to convey my personal thanks to Tamara, Maria and Svetlana with whom I had an opportunity to interact quite extensively not only during the congress but over the past few months since the last congress held in Quebec City. I am grateful to them for all the help and support.
I sincerely hope that Russia will not have to wait another 50 years for hosting the next IMPC in the country. Cheers.
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A classic romance with a Hobbit twist!
When Tamsyn left for Somerset that morning, little did she realise that she'd end the day somewhere she didn't even realise existed. Nor did Perry know when he set out for a stroll that day that his life would be utterly changed. Thrown together by chance and torn apart by their responsibilities, their future lies in Tamsyn's hands.
Note to Readers: This is the first full-length novel I ever wrote. It's a few years old, and I know it's far from perfect. That was never the intention either, since it isn't something I can publish traditionally due to copyright issues. I like the story, however, so I hope people reading this will enjoy it on those terms. Please be aware it contains explicit language and scenes.
"Mother, where are my riding trousers?"
Tamsyn sighed and stretched her back, wincing at the stabs of pain shooting upwards. "I'm washing them, dear," she called back, pulling the last of the garments through the wringer attached to the washtub, then placing them in the basket next to her.
Her son walked into the washroom, looking contrite. "I'd have done that, mother. I promised, didn't I?"
"Faramir, I'm not yet so old that I can't do my son's washing for him," she replied. "Besides, you should be packing. We're leaving tomorrow."
"I'm done," he said, brightening up.
She put her hands on her hips and raised an eyebrow at him. "Really?"
He squirmed. "Well, mostly. I mean, we'll only be gone two or three weeks, right? I don't really need to take that much, right?"
"Which I take to mean that you packed one spare shirt, one spare pair of trousers and probably about seven cheeses, am I right?" Tamsyn said sternly.
Faramir tried to meet her gaze, but looked down after only a few seconds. "Only six cheeses," he muttered, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
Tamsyn shook her head at him, then smiled and tousled his hair. It was the same as hers – straight, thick and stiff as a brush when short, meaning that it usually stuck in every direction. "You and your cheese," she said fondly. "You should have been a mouse. Go on, go pack again, and properly this time. If you've done it right you can have a shower, but I will check first."
"A shower?" he said, eyes bright. "Can I?"
"Yes, you can, just this once. This is a special occasion, after all. It's not every day that my eldest son goes off to Bree to get his Gondorian livery."
"Thanks, mother, you're the best," he said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek, then dashing off. He nearly ran into Perry, who came in just as he left, but ducked under his father's arm and scarpered down the corridor.
"Did I hear you give away our hot water?" Perry asked, walking up to his wife.
"I'm afraid I did, my love," she replied, smiling at him. "Unless he leaves enough for us to use the shower after him, but somehow I doubt it."
In the first few years of their marriage, Tamsyn had used her engineering skills to design and build a primitive solar-heated water system with an insulated storage tank, which had been dug into the hill above Great Smials and connected to the big bathroom. It was virtually invisible from the outside, but once enough water was pumped into it, it was heated by the sun and stored, ready to provide a warm shower. It was a fair amount of work to keep it going, but still less than manually filling a bath, and the rule of the house was that the shower was for Perry and Tamsyn's use only, unless special permission was obtained.
"Shame," Perry said, pulling her into his arms. "I was looking forward to our shower."
"We could have a bath instead," Tamsyn suggested with a sultry smile. "It's been a while." She kissed him, then sighed and tried to pull away. "But I need to sort this washing first."
"Do you?" Perry asked, refusing to let go. He nuzzled her neck and whispered, "What if I have other plans? Surely you can spare five minutes?"
Tamsyn gave him an indignant stare. "Five minutes?"
"Okay, ten?"
"I won't settle for anything less than fifteen, and you'll have to make up for it tonight."
"Make up for what?"
"For rushing me. Lock the door, will you?"
Twenty minutes later they lay in each other's arms on a big pile of blankets in the corner, sated and content. Tamsyn shifted position and let out an involuntary grunt of pain when her back sent another protesting stab upwards.
"Are you alright, my heart?" Perry asked.
"I'm fine, it's just my back," she grumbled. "I'm not as young as I used to be, and washing takes it out of me a bit."
"You ought to have let Faramir do it," he reproached her.
"Don't you start," she muttered. "I'm not decrepit yet. It's nothing you can't fix with a massage tonight."
He gave her a slow smile. "I'm sure I can do that." Then he turned serious again. "Are you sure you want to come with us tomorrow? You would be the first Took wife to go to Bree."
"Oh, Eä, not that argument again, I thought we'd settled this. You're not leaving me behind, Perry," she said, glaring at him.
"But it's a long way to Bree."
Tamsyn snorted. "It's only three days further than Buckland, and we've gone there lots of times. I can ride as well as you and Faramir, and I'm coming with you, period."
"But I'm still not sure we should leave the children on their own for so long."
"Oh for…" She sat up and turned to him with an exasperated look. "Paddy is twenty-seven and will be delighted to not have his parents around for a few weeks. I'd worry about him trashing the place, but Frodo and Lily are around and I'm sure they'll keep him in check. You know Paddy adores his uncle. Iris and Esme will be fine over at Donna and Tommy's, and they'll love spending time with Peony and Ruby."
"And Andy? He's only nineteen, Tam."
"Andy is a very sensible child, nothing like his father. He'll be fine. He'll help Lily look after Addy and Vinca, and he'll love every moment of it. He's fascinated by the twins, and you know it."
He still looked dubious, and she leaned forward and stroked his face, studying it like she still so often did. There were a few more lines, and his eyes had little crows' feet at the corners, but at seventy-two his hair was as coal-black as it had been at forty-one, and to Tamsyn he was still the same young man she had fallen in love with so long ago. "Perry, my love, if all of that doesn't convince you, I have one last argument that you cannot possibly counter," she said quietly.
"Which is?"
"I have not been away from you for more than a day in over thirty years, and I still don't think I could bear to be. So do you think that you could do without me for several weeks?"
He looked at her for a moment, then pulled her close. "No, I couldn't," he admitted.
"So it's still settled, like it's been for weeks. I'm coming with you to Bree. Besides, I've always wanted to see–"
She was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Mother? Father?" Paddy's voice was hesitant. "There's someone at the door, and… and he looks like one of the big folk. Says his name is Radagast. Should I go and call the shirriffs?"
Perry and Tamsyn stared at each other, then scrambled up and began pulling on their clothes. "It's fine, Paddy," Perry called back. "Give him something to eat, we'll be there in a moment." He was up and out the door while Tamsyn was still lacing her bodice, but she followed soon after and rushed up to hug the old wizard, sat awkwardly at the kitchen table on a just-too-small chair.
"Radagast, we haven't seen you in thirty years!" she exclaimed. "What brings you here today?"
"I'm about to go through the portal, and I thought I'd check here first, to see how you and Peregrin are faring. You're looking well, Tamsyn. You're as beautiful as ever."
"See?" Perry said triumphantly. "It's not just me who thinks so."
Tamsyn waved him away, suddenly intent. "You say you're going through the portal?" she asked, grabbing the wizard's sleeve. "Can you do something for me, please?"
At Radagast's nod she dashed away and returned a few minutes later with a flat piece of paper, placing it before the wizard. "I've had this ready for years, hoping you'd come by. Please take this and put it in a postbox somewhere. You know what they look like?"
Radagast smiled. "I know what they looked like thirty years ago, yes. What is this?"
Tamsyn opened the makeshift envelope and took out a drawing. Years before, Frodo had discovered a talent for drawing, slowly honing his skill. The picture before her was evidence of just how talented he was.
She looked at the image, at herself and Perry, then brushed her fingers past all five of her children. Faramir, with his unruly hair and his father's eyes, and the quiet, shy character of Donna and Izzy. Paddy, who was such a carbon copy of Perry that it was uncanny sometimes. Iris, with Tamsyn's hair and Perry's eyes, and a quiet confidence that made heads turn even though she was only twenty-five. Esme with her hobbit hair and black eyes, and with the same calm confidence as her sister.
And last but not least, Andy, who looked as much like Tamsyn as Paddy looked like Perry. He was easygoing and cheerful, and Tamsyn knew that once he had grown out of his puppy-fat he would be even more handsome than Perry. They all sported the same midnight-black hair as their parents, and Tamsyn felt a fierce pride for all five of them.
She showed the picture to Radagast, then put it back in the envelope. She had addressed it to Andrew McIntyre, at her old address in London. "It's been a long time, and he may not live there anymore," she said with a shrug, "but it's worth a try. I'm sure he won't mind paying the postage." Then she walked back into Perry's embrace.
"I never really got to say this to you at the time, Radagast, but I cannot thank you enough for bringing Tamsyn back to me," Perry said. "I never knew I could be as happy as I have been these past thirty years. Is there anything at all that I can give you, or do for you?"
Radagast smiled. "Seeing the two of you together and happy is reward enough. I'm glad to have been of service." He sighed and stood up, remembering at the last moment to stoop, then picked up the envelope. "Farewell Peregrin, farewell Tamsyn. I do not think I shall see you again."
They watched him disappear into the woods, then turned to each other. "Come, let's finish packing," Tamsyn said. "Tomorrow we're off to Bree."
Perry smiled. "Tomorrow we're off to Bree," he agreed.
Andy sat on the sofa, engrossed in a book, when Rhys walked in. "Andy, there's a really strange letter for you here," he said. "It looks like it was delivered to the old place, but I guess the porter must have remembered where we moved to. There's no postage or anything."
He held out the envelope and Andy accepted it, bemusedly taking in the stiff, parchment-like paper and the makeshift nature of the envelope. Then he saw the handwriting and lost all strength in his legs, dropping heavily onto the sofa.
"Andy? Are you okay?" Rhys asked as Andy ripped open the envelope with trembling hands and took out a picture, hand-drawn in pastels and charcoal. There was a dedication at the bottom:
To Andy, with love. These are Thain Peregrin Took and his wife Tamsyn. Also their children, Faramir, Padraig, Iris, Esmeralda and Andrew.
Andy stretched out his hand and drew Rhys down onto the sofa beside him. "Rhys," he said, "there's something I have to tell you…"
A Shire Romance was written by Erica Dakin. You can find out more about Contrary Erica on the Guest Reviewers page and check out her website to find out more information about her work.


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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Friday Humor: Jim Meskimen Does Shakespeare Jim-pressions
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End Times for Dummies
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These videos are about 3-5 minutes long. They were created by a professor from the Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary " Simple and to the point (and cartoonish). All of the following are in Vimeo format (online video).
Amillennialism (2:46)
Dispensational Premillennialism (4:29)
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Postmillennialism (2:24)
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The Six Truths about Temptation
12Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 13No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it (1 Corinthians 10:12-13, ESV).
- Dear Christian, never fall under the notion that you are beyond being tempted.
- Dear Christian, however you are being tempted, know that you are not alone.
- Dear Christian, God remains faithful even when you are being tempted to become unfaithful.
- Dear Christian, God will keep you within bounds.
- Dear Christian, God always provides you a way of escape from overpowering.
- Dear Christian, God may not take away the temptation, but will give you the strength to persevere.
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The Gospel Song–An Animation
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Radon Is Real and Causes Cancer—Part 1
This article is the first of two addressing the number-one environmental hazard in the home, radon gas. The first part addresses radon gas, the scientific evidence of radon as a known carcinogen and general background information. The second part discusses radon testing, radon mitigation and the business case for radon testing as an ancillary home inspection service.


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1. Botany Not cyclic. Used especially of flowers whose parts are arranged in spirals rather than in whorls, as in magnolias.
2. Chemistry Having an open-chain molecular structure rather than a ring-shaped structure.
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1. (Chemistry) chem not cyclic; having an open chain structure
2. (Botany) botany having flower parts arranged in a spiral rather than a whorl
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A Killer Location: A Home Sweet Home Mystery by Sarah T. Hobart
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
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When I saw that Sarah T. Hobart had a new 'Home Sweet Home Mystery' I was excited. A Killer Location: A Home Sweet Home Mystery is a pleasurable read, and cozy mystery. In doing this review, I noted that Sarah T. Hobart writes under Muriel Wills.
The story line includes nosy but helpful neighbors. Body parts, and "those people" who come to open houses for free stuff. Sam's bumbling ex-husband is still in town. Max, Sam Turner's teenage son is a good kid.
I had several other books ahead of "A Killer Location," but went ahead and put dessert before dinner.
I love this author's work. If I ever get a couple of hundred thousand dollars, I will see if she can get me into a fixer-upper on the Golden Northern California Coast.
Sam is the type of person I identify with; not perfect, but willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.
I look forward to further work from this author, and will recommend our library buy this series.
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In line with the above, the US FDA and European EMA have released guidelines in 2004 enabling the development and registration of botanical-based drugs, not only traditional remedies, but also novel botanical-based actives.
We therefore focus on looking into nature to identify new botanical-based actives and we put them through our research to develop safe and effective health solutions, making the best possible use of nature's legacy.
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More recently, Legacy has embarked in the development of the first topical treatment for chemotherapy induced alopecia and persistent chemotherapy induced alopecia, two side-effects of cancer treatments which affect over 3m people every year.
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The Republic of Seychelles with its many small islands and abundantly rich tropical seas makes it an ideal location for seabirds to thrive. They can use the islands to rest and breed whilst food is readily available offshore. Continue reading "The effects of climate change on seabirds in Seychelles"
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Diary of a seychelles magpie robin
The Seychelles Magpie Robin is one the most popular and charismatic birds found on Cousin Island. It also heralds another of the Seychelles great conservation success stories. Once down to as few as 19 individuals, found only on Fregate Island, the Seychelles Magpie Robin has rebounded in magnificent form. Continue reading "Diary of a seychelles magpie robin"
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Alpha's client had grown from an orphaned small-cap company near death into a rapidly growing mid-cap concern within just a few years. Growth had been achieved both organically and through a number of intelligent acquisitions. The IR function and the Company's materials were fairly reactive as a result of such a rapid transformation. The executive team felt their messaging and materials had grown stale and reactive and hoped to create a more strategic approach to their IR messaging and program in general.
Alpha IR spent several weeks evaluating our new partner's strategic plan, inclusive of board materials, all historical communications, executive interviews, and key buy-side interviews. Based on this analysis, our team developed a new platform for the Company's key investment thesis and overhauled its investor presentation. This presentation was highly received only one month into our engagement at the industry's top sell-side sponsored conference. Alpha's team then used the new platform to redevelop all other investor materials, including the IR portion of the website, a new investor factsheet, and a series of educational pieces designed to help new investors get up to speed on investing in the industry.
Alpha was engaged to help a client communicate around the strategic acquisition of a significant interest in another public company. This deal was both creative and somewhat unique, so the client's investor communication was fairly complex. Further, the primary audience for this transaction was the investment community. Thus, the client wanted to avoid the excessive fees that a crisis/PR firm would charge for an event that was 90% IR-oriented.
Alpha IR created the messaging platforms for all key stakeholders for both the acquired entity and the acquiring entity as the transaction was friendly. Our work included the development of the key investor messaging and materials for both companies. Next our team developed numerous materials for the employee and customer bases of both companies. As a result of this combination and a highly effective messaging campaign, both stocks increased over 30% within one month of closing the transaction. Equally as important, our client avoided $500+ per hour in crises fees.
Alpha's client was an energy Company and a recent IPO. Within a few months of becoming a public company, the Company had a large fire that caused a death at one of its facilities. As a newer company, the client had a series of crises mechanisms in place to handle the event locally, but not at the national level (i.e. the investor level).
Alpha IR is an expert at IR crises, both large and small. Be it an executive transition, a strategic direction shift, a significant earnings miss, or any other significant IR crises, our team has seen it all. In this situation, our three team model put us in a unique position to immediately drive the internal board-level conversation and deliver a thoughtful external disclosure plan. Ultimately, three communication vehicles were used over the course of a month long investigation and Alpha IR helped communicate all of these proactively with the client's core buy-side holders. The management team was able to maintain and even enhance its credibility by handling this situation with class and in open manner with investors.
Alpha's client was a rapidly emerging small-cap company, with a dominant (near monopoly) position in its core business. The Company had few direct peers and had also invested the large majority of its profits over the prior three years on a new product that could dramatically shift the Company's profile. That said, investor confidence had become extremely negative through this "investment phase," driving sentiment to an all-time low.
Alpha IR was hired to develop a strategic approach to both today's IR program, and to consider tomorrow's strategic IR needs when the new product would become a meaningful revenue contributor. This evolution would result in the client shifting from a product/device company into a SaaS (Software as a Service) concern. To build the strategic IR plan, our team first evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of the current shareholder profile and performed a comprehensive Wall Street perception study.
Our findings were presented to the board of directors and were used to create more impactful investor materials. Further, in an effort to improve the Company's investor visibility, we evaluated the last two years of sell-side sponsored NDRs/conferences to assess the quality of each analyst's efforts and developed our own buy-side and sell-side targeting priorities. Our work directly resulted in the initiation of coverage by a new sell-side analyst within two months of our engagement.
Ultimately, Alpha IR developed an IR plan that balanced short-term needs with the long-term transition that was expected in the business. The IR plan focused on rapidly rebuilding the credibility of the management team. Six quarters later, our client's stock appreciated several hundred percent through the strength of the IR effort, the performance of the Company, and through the Street's broad recognition of this exciting transformation.
Alpha's client was a highly regarded large-cap company that had used a quantitative and anonymous approach to perception studies in the past. However, the client wanted to improve the sophistication and impact of these periodic studies, so the Company hired Alpha IR to perform both a qualitative and quantitative review of all of its key investors and analysts.
Using our in-house staff of IR consultants (we never outsource any of our work), the team contacted 18 of our client's high profile investors. To complement this qualitative work, we also used a quantitative survey that received over 50 responses from smaller shareholders. Our team was very careful to make sure our phone survey was diverse and a fair representation of the client's full investor constituency.
Our results were summarized through three distinct deliverables. The first included 60 pages that identified each of our phone participants and outlined our complete conversations. The second document examined all of our quantitative results in full. Our final document was a board ready PowerPoint that combined the results of our two surveys. Our analysis included strategic discussions around the IR messaging that was working, components that received mixed feedback, and areas that needed immediate improvement. Lastly, our report offered a few key suggestions to improve the client's overall approach to its IR efforts and its materials/core messaging platform. One year later, the client has appreciated roughly 30% and a subsequent survey of investors have shown significant progress in the overall understanding of the Company's core investment thesis.
Alpha's client was considering a significant one-time dividend at a time when the stock had been under pressure for several quarters. Further, the stock had significant inside ownership and our senior counselors were concerned that the Street might misconstrue this shareholder friendly action incorrectly.
Alpha IR proceeded to query several of our clients' influential shareholders before the Board of Directors was set for a final vote. We were very careful not to hint that this action was imminent, and thus our team developed a sophisticated set of questions around investors' expectations for free cash flow. We held seven conversations with key shareholders over a two day span and packaged these conversations, as well as a detailed financial analysis on the historical impact of one-time dividends into a PowerPoint package that was delivered to the board. This work helped the Board determine the scale and scope of the dividend, and also supported a broader communications need around future uses of cash.
Alpha's client was a mature mid-cap company operating in a consolidating industry. As a result, sell-side coverage was fairly minimal. The Company had gone public in a non-traditional way, and its resulting shareholder base was primarily composed of special situation hedge funds. Lastly, the Company's IR messaging resembled that of a private company and lacked any real investor hook.
Alpha IR's challenge was to rebuild the overall IR messaging platform and subsequently develop a long-term strategic targeting platform that would help transition the Company's shares into long-term supportive shareholder's hands. Using our proprietary IR Audit methodology, our team delivered several high level projects over a three month time frame that supported the future foundation of the IR plan; which included a perception study, a targeting study for both buy-side and sell-side, and a peer messaging review. Alpha also developed the Company's first ever approach to quantitative guidance that helped investors better understand the Company's strong free cash flow position and optionality. Lastly, we developed an IR plan that was submitted to the board of directors and has been in place for over two years.
One year after the implementation of the new messaging, guidance and IR plan, our client's stock appreciated by 200%. We welcomed Fidelity as a top new shareholder and transitioned out nearly all of the special situation investors, replacing them with long-term value and GARP-oriented investors. We remain a true partner for this client and continue to focus every day on taking their IR program to the next level.
Alpha's client was a recent mid-cap spinoff in an industry that was about to undergo significant growth. This client had used a purely quantitative and software-based approach in the past, and wanted a more sophisticated and tailored answer to its targeting needs. Most importantly, the client wanted a targeting solution that would maximize its IR efforts and reduce management's time spent at conferences and non-deal roadshows (NDRs).
Alpha IR first held a series of due diligence sessions with the leadership team to better understand the Company's three-to-five year plan and projected growth strategy. Next, we evaluated the composition of the current shareholder base and its ability to support that vision. Several current growth investors were identified and prioritized as having significant buying potential (i.e. "low hanging fruit"), while others were identified as being at-risk of future sale based on being a poor fit for the future vision. Lastly, Alpha IR used its proprietary targeting methodology that included both quantitative and qualitative inputs to identify over 50 institutional shareholders with a long-term focus. Our team pre-qualified each of these targets to determine their overall level of interest in the stock and to identify the key contact(s)/fund(s) at each institution.
The year-end feedback from our client was extremely favorable, as they acknowledged that it was the first year they didn't see the same investors at every conference or waste significant time with small hedge fund friends of the sell-side. Most of the new buyers of the stock one year later were members of Alpha's targeting list. Our client's confidence in Alpha's program led to a long-term partnership which we're grateful for today.
Alpha's client was a mid-cap niche technology player, who was a true thought leader in both the tech and telecomm communities. One of the goals of our co-developed IR plan was to drive increased investment by tech-specific investors (i.e. San Francisco based investors). Alpha IR reached out to a handful of the client's sell-side constituency, including one that was San Francisco-based. Most suggested several of the smaller-hedge funds in the region, most of which had 200+% turnover. Therefore, we suggested that our team drive the Company's visibility in the region by setting up an Alpha IR NDR.
Alpha IR was tasked with developing a plan that would capture San Francisco tech investors' attention. Our strategy was to drive a long only non-deal road show that would last a day and half. With a two week time frame, we identified and pre-qualified the best fit investors in the region and engaged them in pre-pitch conversations. Most of our targets received a factsheet that our team developed in-house, and all needed our team to "sell the story" as this Company was somewhat off Wall Street's radar.
As a result of our sophisticated knowledge of the buy-side, our team was able to arrange for seven one-on-one meetings for the management team with long-only potential shareholders. None of these institutions had ever met with the Company in the past. These encompassed some of the best and most influential institutions in the region, including Cap-Re, Dodge & Cox, Franklin, and Delaware Investments. We also helped satisfy the appetite of the client's sell-side by organizing a group breakfast that they were allowed to invite their smaller clients, which was well attended. The management team called it, "One of the best of NDR's we've ever had!" Six-months later, we started to see some initial buying out of several members who were at the event.
Alpha's client was a niche small-cap company that had recently undergone a management transition and restructuring plan. The shareholder base included a combination of legacy investors (one of which had filed a 13D) and ten new activist-oriented holders (two of which had filed 13Gs). These new investors were led by one primary activist who had courted others to the stock.
Alpha IR first initiated several conversations with these new activist followers and learned that most had very limited knowledge of the Company or its investment thesis. Our client was not interested in being consolidated and believed there was a significant opportunity to generate shareholder value if given time. Alpha worked with the new executive team to better articulate both the strategic goals of the restructuring, as well as the milestones that the Street could use to measure their implementation success. Through this process, several messaging tweaks were needed to provide qualitative direction and guidance, while keeping investors focused on the long-term path. Alpha IR also participated in several board discussions around the use of a poison pill, a staggered board, and other defense mechanisms.
As a result of Alpha's communication strategy, the primary activist exited the stock within two quarters. Most of the naïve activist followers exited soon thereafter. Our focus has now turned to rebuilding the shareholder base with higher quality shareholders and our team has already been instrumental in securing ownership by long-term value-oriented investors like Royce, Tocqueville, and Kennedy.
Alpha's client was a small-cap company, spun-off by a large-cap concern. This spinoff was highly unusual as it included a merger with another entity on the day the Company IPO'd. While the executive team had some public-company experience, it was not very deep.
Alpha IR was hired four months before the spinoff and was focused on the development of both a tactical and strategic IR plan. Tactically, our team helped develop the investor website and identify/manage many of the future vendors that our client would retain for newswire, conference call, surveillance, IR website and other services. Strategically, we focused on broad investor visibility and developed several strategies to handle the anticipated investor churn.
In terms of the sell-side, Alpha IR drove a pre-public analyst day that hosted over 15 potential sell-side analysts that could initiate coverage of the stock. We also helped manage the non-deal roadshow with spinoff investors as well as high priority targets. Lastly, we periodically followed-up with all Wall Street participants to attain feedback from the Street, which was used to help better educate and coach the executive team.
Following a highly successful debut, our client received more sell-side coverage than we initially expected and we are in the process of shifting large-cap holders of the stock into long-term small-cap shareholders hands.
Alpha's client was a high-growth small-cap Company that had never held an Investor Day. While its products were well known, the stock had fallen off Wall Street's radar. Further, the client had a new product in development that could positively alter the future growth profile of the Company and wanted to better articulate its three-to-five year vision to both current and prospective shareholders.
Alpha IR was hired to support the in-house IRO and the executive team roughly three months prior to the event. Our team helped drive the event both tactically and strategically, and even identified and managed all vendors for the event (hotel, IT, webcast, etc.). More importantly, we drove the strategic messaging of the event. These messaging decisions were driven by an initial pre-event perception study during which our team asked investors to identify the components of the story they found most confusing. The results were delivered to our client, along with basic disclosure and investor day training for all divisional heads that had no prior experience with Wall Street.
Alpha also helped the client better articulate their three-to-five year vision, inclusive of a guidance framework that we developed. Given the uncertain nature of the Company's new product, this guidance platform included a pessimistic, middle of the road, and optimistic set of forecasts, designed to better level set the Street's expectations. This guidance has been instrumental in helping the client manage its sell-side analysts over the subsequent two years.
Using a perception study post event, our team validated the success of Investor Day and proved Alpha's communication strategy was effective. The Company incorporated the content that Alpha created for the event in all of their outgoing communication and is still using it today. We are looking forward to holding the second analyst day soon to provide a comprehensive update on the Company's progress, roughly two years after our last event.


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{via Food & Cook / Carolina Prep / Martha Stewart}
I can't get enough of sugarcoated mint and blush at the moment… wear it, cook it, decorate with it. This is what spring looks like to me this year!
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Previously the prettiest colour combo in the world ever, coral and turquoise
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Give the gift of life! This is easy to care for, as well as eye catching. This can hang or be set on a tabletop. Air plants need to be dunked in water 1-2 times a week and given a bright location but not direct sunlight. These will do well with office lighting or near a bright window. They are also very forgiving plants and can tolerate some drought. Plant leaves will tell you they need water by curling. Perfect plants for the active modern lifestyle. *Everything is included to recreate this lovely terrarium. Kit will include the following: You choice of glass - air plant - bag of black sand - dried flower pods - purple amethyst crystal - light green reindeer moss 1- detailed care and instruction sheet - twine to hang. Your Bliss Gardens air plant terrarium will be one of a kind and may not exactly resemble the one in the photographs but will not doubt be beautiful. GIVING THIS ITEM AS A GIFT? Mark this as a gift to have your note printed on a gift receipt.


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This new novel from Jennifer Lee Carrell, continues the adventures of Kate Stanley. At the end of Interred with their Bones, Kate and Ben Pearl had parted ways after a harrowing search for Shakespeare's first folio.
Haunt Me Still starts off with Kate being invited to direct a private production of Macbeth. Also known as the cursed play. And cursed it is in this book. Kate goes to Scotland at the request of her friend. She is meeting with Lady Nairn, who was a Shakespearean actress before she left the stage to marry a Scots lord with a large collection of Shakespeare memorabilia. Once Kate and Lady Nairn agree to stage the play, things start to happen.
An elderly woman from the village (whom is widely considered to be a witch) is murdered. Kate finds a mysterious 1,000 year old knife that seems to possess magical powers. Lady Nairn's 15 year old niece is practicing witchcraft. And Ben shows up. The play seems to be coming alive, along with the curse.
From Scotland down to London to New York and back, through the British Museum and the Scottish highlands the hunt for the magical mirror, the lost play and the missing 15 year old goes on. All must be found before more people connected with the production die.
The book is filled with references to Macbeth, druid and wiccan witchcraft and ancient Scots history. The pacing if fast, the characters are interesting and the story just moves along.
Haunt Me Still
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UltraTech Cement is rumoured to be in advanced talks to buy Jaiprakash's 2.2Mta grinding plant in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh state, according to local press.
Citing sources familiar with the matter, the reports state that the two companies are waiting for approval from state-run steelmaker Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL), which owns 26 per cent of the plant, before finalising the deal.
In December, UltraTech agreed to acquire the Madhya Pradesh assets of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd, which represents an entreprise value of INR54bn (US$852m). The acquisition includes an integrated cement plant with a clinker capacity of 2.1Mta and a cement capacity of 2.6Mta in Bela and an integrated unit at Sidhi with clinker and cement capacities of 3.1Mta and 2.3Mta, respectively.Published under Cement News


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The Montreal Sexual Assault Centre takes part in various activities in the community, primarily by sharing its expertise with committees, associations, concerted actions and forums.
Table de concertation sur les agressions à caractère sexuel de Montréal
Created in 1977, the TCACSM is an association of regional organizations dedicated to promoting the cause of sexual assault victims. The MSAC became a member in 1983, and its director has served as president of the association since 2008.
The general objectives of the TCACSM are as follows:
- Promote and foster respect for the rights of sexual assault victims
- Promote the existence and consolidation of high-quality services
- Foster the exchange of information and cooperation among resources and the distribution of this information to all organizations concerned
- Act as consultants, resource persons and experts on crimes of a sexual nature, and voice opinions and recommendations
- Promote the maintenance and development of prevention programs
- Encourage training of members and other caregivers/practitioners
As of 2001, the Table has been sharing its members' knowledge and wide-ranging expertise on sexual assault by publishing several documents on the subject:
- A multilingual pamphlet in French / English, French / Spanish and French / Arabic, and various resources were made available to victims of sexual assault in Montreal.
- The Information Guide for Sexual Assault Victims, available in French, English and Spanish was launched in 2007. Distributed throughout Quebec, this invaluable guide is a comprehensive, accessible resource now in its third edition.
- Since 2014, the website agressionsexuellemontreal.ca has provided information on resources for sexual assault victims in Montreal for caregivers and practitioners in various milieus.
Designated Centres Committee
The Montreal Designated Centres Committee is a sub-committee of the Table de concertation sur les agressions à caractère sexuel de Montréal. Created in 1992, it is made up of representatives of each of Montreal's designated centres and the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale (Montreal forensic sciences laboratory).
This committee has had several mandates over the years. While some were more local and regional, others were province-wide: conceptualizing a network of designated centres in Quebec, updating the tools used in medical-social services for sexual assault victims and training for medical-social teams working in the designated centres.
The Director of the MSAC is the spokesperson for the Montreal designated centres committee.
L'association des centres d'écoute téléphoniques du Québec
The MSAC has been a member of the Association de centres d'écoute téléphonique du Québec (ACETDQ) since 2011. The coordinator of the crisis line has been a member of the Board of Directors of the association since June 2013.
The Association des centres d'écoute téléphonique du Québec, founded in 1999, was created to group together and support all the province's confidential, anonymous helplines. The association contributes to develop the expertise of its members through consultation, cooperation and sharing of knowledge and expertise. Recruiting, training and supervising volunteers are also an important part of the association's activities.
Réseau d'action bénévole du Québec
By virtue of the MSAC's participation in the ACETDQ, our crisis line coordinator is also a representative to the Réseau de l'action bénévole du Québec (Quebec volunteer network).
This network represents an association of 21 organizations in various sectors who are involved in volunteer activities.
The Réseau de l'action bénévole du Québec (RABQ) fills several different roles:
- influential representative of volunteer action to the government
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While the static nature of Dufnering is elemental to the awesomeness of this internet sports meme, Dufnering did manage to make the Videos Of The Week. Bubba Watson and D.A. Points probably get biggest kudos for facial expression and timing.
If you don't know the Harlem Shake yet, you're not missing much but you do have to know your memes.
GVOTW also gives cleverness points to the Vikings of Berry College in Georgia by mixing memes (and also managing to put a twist on the annoying Harlem Shake video memes with the static second half Dufnering of the video).
Cool this week was the PGA Tour putting up a bunch of HD slo-motion swings they captured at the 2012 Barclays. Here are some of the more interesting ones, being Tiger and defending Masters champ Bubba Watson. It's best if you select the highest definition in the YouTube settings for the videos.
Sergio Garcia's swing is also interesting because his finish seems almost haphazard for a guy known for precision ball-striking. It is amazing to see how wild he seems at the finish and it is amazing how much he rotates around at the end. Very cool video. It reminded me of another swing:
Here are a couple more interesting comparisons: Tiger's swing from the old Nike ad from mid-2000s and his current swing from 2012.
It is always interesting to see a clean swing like Mahan (or Luke Donald) alongside another classic.
As noted above, it is best to make sure you have the YouTube setting on the highest definition possible for full effect. Alas, we can only dare to dream of this video in HD.
It just made the GVOTW last week and is almost getting stale for this week but in case you missed it.
Of course we shouldn't be that surprised seeing that Mickelson has shown how to go backwards, so the straight up shot is not that big a deal (unless you're the person standing in front of him).
It appears one of the unintended consequences of the TSA allowing golf clubs back on board flights is that it may have got Southwest Airlines thinking in advance.
It turns out the TSA should extend restrictions to include kids plastic clubs or maybe require that Gary McCord do in-flight commentary. Indeed, one of the funnier moments of Tin Cup is McCord grabs the bar-soda-dispenser as a microphone to start comentating the bar bet and Roy tells Romeo "to get control of that guy". Sadly, the Internet only provides audio.
More interesting is that there is now a Team Adams-Southwest with the bigger names being Aaron Baddeley, Jeff Overton and Kenny Perry. Baddeley and Perry should be given high marks for feigning genuine enthusiasm.
There is something positive here though. As suggested by TheTeeSheet, sponsored groups of golfers could make for actual teams and an interesting season long team format that could run concurrently with stroke play tournaments. Now this team would probably not have a chance against a powerhouse like Team RBC with the likes of Ernie Els, Luke Donald, Brandt Snedeker to name just a few or even the ubiquitous RocketBallz guys ... well, at least until they reach the pearly gates because at first glance the Adam-Southwest team appears to be based on Christian faith over world golf rankings.
Danish golfer Andreas Harto got serious last week to make this greenside shot.
The really issue is not that it answered the boxers of briefs question (realistically Harto does not have an important enough job for that to be relevant). I does raises the question as to why Harto runs like a 8 years old scurrying from the swimming pool to his mom holding a towel. Just saying.
Now, Harto is positively modest compared to Henrik Stenson back in 2009 at the WGC CA Champtionship in which he stripped right down to his Bjorn Borgs (I would assume that is a Swedish euphemism for underwear, just like referring to your Calvin Klein's now ... well, at least in the 80s). What is notable about Stenson's Borgs are that times have changes such that Borg brand underwear is actually longer than the shorts the tennis great used to wear -- and not as upsettingly revealing.
While we have yet to see an LPGA player get down to the unmentionables, we are on the way to seeing some skin on the cover of Golf Digest with GolfChannel personality Holly Sonders getting skimpy for the May issue.
While the cover is not exactly pin-up stuff, Golf Digest appears to be promoting the sex appeal of the photos on the inside. Is GD is going to go the way of GQ? In the 90s, GQ had to start competing with lad-mags like Maxim, Stuff and FHM so it started putting sexy women on its covers. It probably started around 1995 with Uma Thurman and Sharon Stone (granted, there were a few comediennes prior to that). Now there is a steady stream of half-dressed women (or less) on the cover of the leading men's fashion and clothing magazine. Granted, the come-hither look is going to be a bit more challenging to put in context for a golf magazine. It looks like GD is willing to try. We may be headed to eye-candy in general as the Golf Channel budget for peroxide looks like it is starting to challenge Fox News.
Speaking of men's roles and peroxide blondes, the best video of the week is not golf related: one of the original unaired pilots for Three's Company hit YouTube this week. It turns out there were a couple pilots for this remake of a successful British comedy at the time (the importation of television concepts to the U.S. continues today). It is fascinating to see how different this pilot was compared to the actual version that hit the air. This version seemed a bit sharper and better written (although it probably would not have been as successful then or now - we haven't evolved that much if you consider Two Broke Girls).
[alas - as of Tuesday late afternoon, it appears a copyright block went up on this. I hope holder or someone puts it back up or it can be found elsewhere because it is amazing and to everyone's benefit]
While small-town and Indian casino musical dinner theater would have suffered in the subsequent decades without Joyce Dewitt, the original character and casting for the brunette had a bit more edge and comedic chops than Janet/Dewitt by today's standards. Of course, it is not possible to argue with the ultimate casting of Suzanne Somers and her ultimate contribution to pop culture (even beyond Chrissy and She's The Sheriff).
The Shake-Weight seems positively PG by comparison.
No Masters teaser video this week. No need - we're only 8 days away! Look for an extensive Masters preview items all week at TheTeeSheet.com.
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Long time no write! I'm planning on getting back to this blog business as quick as possible. Up to now, I've been taking photos for Gooften with the camera on my phone, which is why the picture quality up to now hasn't been too spectacular. I have now procured for myself a compact camera for amateur use, with 14 megapixels. Of course I still have to avoid uploading photos too big, but even then, the difference in quality is quite astounding:
With this hardware update, I hope the readers are looking forward to my photos from future tournaments (eg. congress in Bonn). I, for one, sure am!
Apart from such an update, I'm also considering if I should finally make some changes to the layout to the page, possibly also getting a self-taken banner photo or something. Nothing is certain yet on this part, but I'll keep on thinking about it.
Also, in my mind I'm currently developing an idea of a new essay, about either joseki or suji (I couldn't decide yet). Now that I read back to my own texts, I see I wasn't really able to collect my thoughts (and present them in clear form) in the previous kikashi essay, so sooner or later I may also return to have a second try at that.


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Today is an historic day in the life of America. Regardless of your political affiliation or feelings about an election outcome, as Americans we must honor our government and the leader of this land. We must not minimize our duty, responsibility and even respect to those in authority. It is an unbelievable sight to watch this very peaceful passage of power every 4 or 8 years. Though the campaign trail may at times feel like a war zone, there were no shots fired, political coups or unnecessary violence leading up to this transition. We are blessed to live in the United States of American and today we should clearly remember that fact.
As Americans, we have a duty to do the following:
1) Support Your President. This means you must stand behind the man who is in authority over this country. (Romans 13:1-7) You do not have to support each policy or action, but supporting the office of the President is critical to the strength of America.
2) Pray for Your Government and Its Leaders. Take time each day to thank God for this county and ask Him to give supernatural guidance, wisdom and direction to the leaders placed in power.
3) Get Involved and Make Your Voice Heard. Though the election is over, policies and decisions will be made that directly affect you. It is up to us to let you government know how you feel and what you believe.
I thank God that I am a citizen of the United States of America. This is the greatest country on earth and on this inauguration day, I am proud to be an American.
Striving for The Best! –mwr


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Mental health conditions prevalent in paediatric patients with hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism in paediatric patients is associated with an increased likelihood of being diagnosed with mental health conditions (MHCs) such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), adjustment disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression and suicidality, a study suggests.
Researchers used data from the Military Health System Data Repository and calculated the prevalence of hyperthyroidism and MHCs in military beneficiaries between 10 and 18 years old who were eligible to receive care for at least 1 month.
Hyperthyroidism was diagnosed in 1,894 female patients and 585 male patients. Of note, more patients with vs without hyperthyroidism had comorbid MHCs. The prevalence ratios were 1.7 for ADHD, 2.5 for adjustment disorder, 3.4 for depression, 3.6 for anxiety, 4.8 for suicidality and 4.9 for bipolar disorder.
Except for suicidality, MHC diagnosis was more likely to be established prior to the diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. This is especially true among patients with ADHD (68.3 percent).
The present data underscore the importance of evaluating paediatric patients with overlapping symptoms, the researchers said. This also points to the need for effective mental health screening tools and resources so that clinicians can better recognize and treat a potential coinciding hyperthyroidism diagnosis.
The researchers also added that thyroid disorder be considered in patients presenting with a positive screen result for anxiety or depression or symptoms suggestive of another mental health condition.


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Schenectady suspect in Rome double slaying charged with murder
ROME — An upstate New York man accused of killing the mother of his child and a friend who tried to save her has been charged with murder.
A court official says 26-year-old Aaron Welch Sr. of Schenectady was arraigned Tuesday on single counts of first- and second-degree murder after being released from a hospital where he was taken with self-inflicted wounds to his throat after the June 4 attack in the city of Rome.
Authorities said he fatally stabbed 22-year-old Stephanie Morrison and 31-year-old Shawn Kessler of Camden.
They said Welch attacked Morrison as she returned home from work. Kessler, one of two friends babysitting Morrison's young daughter, rushed to help the woman.
Welch is being held without bail for a hearing Friday. A message left for his lawyer wasn't initially returned.


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Since rain was forecast for Thursday, we decided to do something indoors. There were a few art exhibits I had read about (the Stein exhibit at Le Grand Palais and Edvard Munch at Beaubourg) but in the end we stayed true to our roots and opted for a food exposition at La Porte de Versailles conference center way in the 15th. We had visited this huge combination of buildings last year when the bi-annual Paris Car Show was in town, so we knew how to get there.
The exhibit was called Cuisinez avec M6 and is being held in Hall #2 until October 9. M6 is the French equivalent to our Food Network and many of the celebrity chefs were on hand, giving cooking demonstrations on air as well as offering smaller classes which you had to pay for (I think). In addition, there were lots of producers of wine, champagne, foie gras, charcuterie, chocolate, spices, cheeses offering samples. There was also kitchen wares suppliers, from knives, mixers, beautiful stoves, aprons, food preparation products, and lots of cookbooks from all the various celebrity chefs and other well known chefs. I almost bought a beautiful book on Parisian restaurants and bistros from Alain Ducasse (well, not from him personally, lol) but it was so big and heavy that I was worried about our luggage allowance and sadly had to pass.
We spent about 3 hours wandering around, tasting and chatting, watching some demonstrations and really enjoying ourselves. There really weren't too many tourists at this show since it is geared to the locals who watch the TV shows, so it was a fun way to mingle with locals in a totally different atmosphere.
|Hot French Celebrity Chef!
|Some of the demonstrations scheduled
|kids' cooking class
|foie gras stuffed magret de canard ~ OMG!
|they were so cute!
We left the expo around 2pm, planning to walk along rue de Vaugirard to find a little place for an easy lunch, but it was quite windy and spitting rain, so we decided to just take the metro back to the apartment, pick up some baguettes and eat in. Den got his baguette but I just scarfed some leftover comte and grapes from last night in addition to part of a magret saucission that we bought at the expo. Den had a little nap and I surfed the net and we whiled away a few hours in our little Parisian apartment. Sometimes a great trip is just about the down time as well as being on the go and "seeing" stuff. We really haven't seen any notable tourist places in Paris this time, but our time here is more now about just wandering around with stops for food and wine, lol. We still can't get enough of the little streets and and the fact that almost no matter where we end up, there's something beautiful to see. Oh, and we kinda like the food too, :)
Our very kind landlord, Thierry had invited us to what he called his favourite little wine bar near La Bourse for a little get together with some of his regular clients. We left the apartment a little after 4pm, intending to wander slowly through the Marais and into the 2nd, stopping along the way for a little expresso to give us a little boost. We really took our time, exploring some little streets and some bigger boulevards and just being happy to be in Paris. The air was much cooler than earlier in the week so the very chic Parisians had their fall finery out, including lots of leggings tucked into high black boots and of course the ubiquitous scarfs!
When we finally got to Passage Vivienne, we had a little trouble finding the place where we were to meet Thierry. We were looking for a little corner wine bar ~ when we finally matched the address he had given us to the actual building we were happily surprised to find that the GTG was at Le Grand Filles et Fils, one of the premier wine caves of Paris! They are well known for stocking very rare and expensive wines and it was a pleasure to be able to enjoy time in their beautiful environment.
Thierry had invited about 6 couples as well as his parents and his brother, who he works with. His dad was in the wine business and his mom is a retired school teacher. I spend most of the evening talking with this tiny, vivacious woman, who shared many intimate stories of her life with me, including the hardship her family endured during the war, her belief in hard work but also in the importance of family and her glowing pride in her husband and three sons. She is one of the truly nicest people I have ever met and it was a priviledge to get to know her. I told her that it has been our great pleasure to get to know her son and that she was right to be so proud of him, since he is a truly caring, honest businessman. We enjoyed a few glasses of excellent wine, including a Saint Emillion that was a revelation. We also got to know a few of Thierry's other clients, include a couple from San Francisco who have been renting from him for about 10 years and a couple from Australia and one from Vancouver. The only thing we all had in common was our love for Paris and our admiration for Thierry.
It was such an honour to be invited to this intimate gathering and it will be a special memory for both Den and I for a long time.
We had dinner reservations for 8:30 at Au Passages, a relatively new little wine bar in the 11th opened by some Spring alumni. We reluctantly left our new friends and started making our way to our destination, strolling through the 2nd and 3rd arrondissments, taking our time and enjoying Paris once again. You can probably tell by this time that we love to walk and only take public transportation if our destination is really too far away to walk to.
Au Passage is on tiny Passage Saint Sebastian off rue Amelot and if you didn't know it was there, you would never find it. In my obsessive search for new eating experiences in Paris, it had come up several times on a few parisian food sites that are very reliable since they are hosted by locals and ex-pats who love all things related to the food and restaurant scene in Paris. They serve a 4 course lunch for about 16 euros and the evening menu is mostly small plates (tapas) along with a nicely chosen wine list. The decor is very eclectic, with mismatched chairs and tables, bare white walls decorated with little prints and start white lighting fixtures. We were about 30 minutes early for our reservation but the place quickly filled up with very young, very hip locals. We probably upped the average age of the patrons by about 20 years, lol. There was a real buzz to the place once it was full, and we sat and ate our way through about 8 little plates and a lovely bottle of white Sancerre seemed to disappear easily through our almost 3 hours there. We tried urchin for the first time (Den liked it so much, he ordered another portion), we had burrata which I mistook for belotta (maybe too much wine today?) but it was so good, served with an excellent olive oil and very smooth and unctious. We tried bonites, which is a type of raw tuna which was out of this world ~ so silky and fresh, we also ordered another portion. We had little cockles served over inky black squid ~ the bread we dipped in came out jet black. Dessert was a little quennelle of chocolate ganache served over a pool of caramel sauce (oops, I think I just had an orgasm!) and fresh rapberries in a creme fraiche. All these little plates were served in perfect intervals, giving us lots of time to talk, sip wine and take in the fun, kicky atmosphere. I ended up talking to a young guy who sat at the bar and made his way through several courses. He just finished an apprentice at one of the Michelin starred restaurants in Paris, Taillevent but has to return to the States for now due to Visa issues. He is so passionate about food and told us that he worked 16 hour days at the restaurant but loved what he was doing and learned so much about French cooking technique. He also said that he actually prefers these tiny places where the chefs are doing new inventive things with food and we talked about some of the places we've been (Spring, Frenchies, Papilles, etc) and he told us we had to try Le Chateaubriand. Maybe next year!
|sea urchins ~ who knew!
|Bonites with eggplant ~ so good, we ordered it twice!
|cockles with squid in ink
|don't get this stuff on your clothes, lol
|chocolate and caramel sauce ~ OMG!!
Dinner was a very reasonable 93 euros for all the food and wine and fun we had and we ambled home through the Marais and were home before midnight. We didn't really do much today but walk around, eat, drink, and meet wonderful new people. To us, that's a perfect day in Paris.
Tonight looks sunnier and cool and we have reservations at Chez L'Ami Jean at 1:30 with friends we met last year at Spring. After that, well, who knows where Paris will take us today.


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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art
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Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri
circa 1929 - 1984
Language group
Anmatyerr, Central Desert region
Artist profile
Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri was born in Napperby Creek and grew up around Napperby Station, around 200 kilometres north west of Mparntwe (Alice Springs), in his traditional Anmatyerr country. After working at Narwietooma Station as a stockman, he moved to Papunya in the late 1950s with his wife Daisy Leura Nakamarra and their young family, when the construction programme for the new settlement began.
Tjapaltjarri was already known in Central Australia as a brilliant craftsman in wood before the painting movement began in Papunya in 1971. He presented himself to schoolteacher Geoffrey Bardon and asked to do a painting. The two men became friends, and TjapaItjarri went on to play a leading role in the emerging Papunya painting enterprise. Bardon recalls Tjapaltjarri encouraging his younger brother, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (their mothers were sisters), to join the 'painting mob'. They went on to collaborate on some of the landmark paintings of the era, most notably the 1976 work, 'Warlugulong'.
In the mid-1970s, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri served on the Aboriginal Arts Board of the Australia Council as a Papunya Tula representative.
Bardon's book, 'Papunya Tula: Art of the Western Desert' contains a detailed map drawn by Tjapaltjarri. It shows his country and the sacred sites of the Rrpwamper (possum), Anek (yam), Rwang (fire), Lhwelk (blue-tongue lizard), Atwern (sun), Atay (moon) and Morning Star and other Tjukurrpa. Tjapaltjarri's paintings were often sombre in both colour and content, which some observers believe reflected the artist's profound sadness at the loss of the old ways of living. However, Dick Kimber, who knew Tjapaltjarri over a long period, contends that it was '... more a deep sense of family attachment, and strong recall of his father and grandfather and their association with the country'.
The bold heraldic design of 'Kooralia', 1980, is in some ways atypical, but its subtle evocation of a moonbeam failing across the striped sands of the Napperby Creek bed exemplifies the artist's interest in atmospherics, particularly night effects.
Despite a painting career cut short by his untimely death, the paintings of Tjapaltjarri remain a telling influence on the work of many Western Desert artists.
Vivien Johnson in 'Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia', Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2004
© Art Gallery of New South Wales
Place where the work was made
Cultural origin
Media category
Materials used
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
187.0 x 154.0 x 2.3 cm stretcher
Signature & date
Not signed. Not dated.
Gift of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1995
Not on display
Accession number
© Estate of Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri. Licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd
Where the work was made
Shown in 11 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Painted Dreams, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1982–1982
Face of the Centre (1985), National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne, 1985–1985
Copyrites - Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technology:
- Cairns Art Gallery, Cairns 02 Feb 1996–03 Mar 1996
- Northern Territory Museum of Arts & Sciences, Australia 15 Mar 1996–07 Apr 1996
- Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs 26 Apr 1996–26 May 1996
- Tandanya, Adelaide 07 Jun 1996–07 Jul 1996
- Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill 16 Jul 1996–11 Aug 1996
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 21 Aug 1996–10 Nov 1996
Spirit and place: art in Australia 1861-1996, Museum of Contemporary Art, Australia, 21 Nov 1996–31 Mar 1997
Papunya Tula: Genesis and Genius, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 18 Aug 2000–12 Nov 2000
One sun, one moon, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 03 Jul 2007–02 Dec 2007
Country Culture Community (2008-09), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 12 Nov 2008–19 Apr 2009
Great collections (2009):
- Campbelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown 12 Dec 2008–18 Jan 2009
- Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre, Murwillumbah 06 Feb 2009–15 Mar 2009
- Western Plains Cultural Centre, Dubbo 03 Apr 2009–10 May 2009
- Albury Regional Gallery, Albury 29 May 2009–05 Jul 2009
- Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat 24 Jul 2009–30 Aug 2009
Our spirits lie in the water, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15 Nov 2014–01 Nov 2015
Papunya Tula Artists (1988), Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Australia
Papunya Tula, Ala Mazzoniana Stazione Termini, Rome
Referenced in 13 publications
Edmund Capon AM, OBE, Steven Miller, Tony Tuckson, James Scougall, Mollie Gowing, Harry Messel, Craig Brush, Ronald Fine, Alison Fine, Gordon Davies, Rosalind Davies, Christopher Hodges, Helen Eager, Rosemary Gow, Sandra Phillips, Daphne Wallace and Ken Watson, Gamarada, Sydney, 1996, 70.
Jonathan Cooper (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales Bulletin, 'Yiribana Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Gallery', pg. 26-29, Sydney, Aug 1996-Oct 1996, 26 (colour illus.).
Hetti Perkins, Education Kit - Papunya Tula: genesis and genius, 'Anmatyerre icons', pg. 6, Sydney, 2000, 6 (colour illus.).
Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art', pg. 208-241, Sydney, 1999, 222 (colour illus.).
Vivien Johnson, Painted Dreams, 'Collecting Western Desert Art - a personal view', pg. 8-13, Sydney, 1995, 8, 14 (colour illus.), 15 (colour illus.), 46. plate no. 1
Vivien Johnson, Tradition today: Indigenous art in Australia, 'Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri', pg. 150, Sydney, 2004, 150, 151 (colour illus.).
Vivien Johnson, Copyrites - Aboriginal Art in the Age of Reproductive Technologies, Sydney, 1996, 42 (colour illus.), 54.
John McPhee, Great collections, Sydney, 2008, 115 (colour illus.).
Ross Mellick and Nick Waterlow, Spirit and place: Art in Australia 1861-1996, Sydney, Nov 1996, 148.
Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink (Editors), Papunya Tula: genesis and genius, Sydney, 2000, 79 (colour illus.), 286. no catalogue number
Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink, Art and Australia (Vol. 38, No. 1), 'Covering ground: the corporeality of landscape', pg. 74-83, Sydney, Sep 2000-Nov 2000, 78 (colour illus.).
Hetti Perkins and Hannah Fink, One sun one moon: Aboriginal art in Australia, 'Genesis and genius: The art of Papunya Tula artists', pg. 181-188, Sydney, 2007, 187 (colour illus.).
Hetti Perkins and Ken Watson, Aboriginal art collections: highlights from Australia's public museums and galleries, 'Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney', pg. 40-45, Sydney, 2001, 42 (colour illus.). plate no. 23


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A former member of the Navy SEALs who wrote a best seller about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is under criminal investigation for possibly disclosing classified material, according to federal officials and his lawyer.
The lawyer for the former SEALs member, Matt Bissonnette, said the investigation was focused on whether Mr. Bissonnette had disclosed classified information in the book "No Easy Day," published under a pseudonym in 2012. But other people familiar with the inquiry said investigators seemed more interested in paid speeches that Mr. Bissonnette, who says he was one of the members of the Navy's SEAL Team 6 who shot Bin Laden, gave at corporate events.
They include at least one talk last year, at a golf club in Atlanta, in which audience members were asked to turn in their cellphones before he spoke so that nothing could be recorded, according to people who attended the event.
Mr. Bissonnette has apologized for failing to have the book vetted through the Pentagon's required security review process.
His lawyer, Robert D. Luskin, said he thought he had reached an agreement in the spring with Justice Department and Pentagon officials to settle the dispute over the book's disclosures by having Mr. Bissonnette forfeit some of the millions of dollars in royalties he had earned. He said he had also sought to insulate Mr. Bissonnette from any criminal charges in that deal.
But rather than approve the deal, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation in May or June, and federal agents have since interviewed Mr. Bissonnette and others, Mr. Luskin said.
Mr. Bissonnette plans to publish a second book, "No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEAL," under his pen name, Mark Owen, on Nov. 10. Mr. Luskin said Mr. Bissonnette had submitted the manuscript, as well as slides that he prepared for his corporate speeches, for Pentagon review. He said he knew of nothing improper about the speeches and expected the criminal investigation to be "resolved favorably."
Mr. Bissonnette's disclosures have been denounced by some other members of the elite SEAL team, who have watched as numerous former teammates have rushed into print with tales of their exploits. But Mr. Bissonnette questions why the Justice Department is singling him out when White House and military officials provided similar details for other books and a Hollywood film, Mr. Luskin said.
"Matt is not complaining about the fact that he was required to follow the rules," Mr. Luskin said. "His beef is that others were not, and that they were leaking prodigiously for their own purposes."
Brian Fallon, a Justice Department spokesman, said that he could neither confirm nor deny the investigation, but that it was well established that a federal employee who failed to clear a book could "be prevented from profiting" from its publication.
Mr. Luskin said Mr. Bissonnette had decided to write "No Easy Day" after Leon E. Panetta, then the C.I.A. director, urged some of the members of SEAL Team 6 to cooperate with the producers of the film "Zero Dark Thirty." The filmmakers benefited from extensive assistance from the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.
"Matt's view was: 'Wait a minute. This is our story, not their story,' " Mr. Luskin said. "And why should that story be told through the mouths of others?"
Mr. Panetta could not be reached for comment.
Many longtime SEAL members dismissed Mr. Bissonnette's concerns, saying that he was bound by oath to keep the raid secret and that the disclosures in his book and in an interview on "60 Minutes" in 2012 could have endangered SEAL units.
"It was ingrained in us to be 'silent professionals,' " a retired SEAL Team 6 operator said. "Guys getting out and writing books, going on TV or doing other things this public flies against that core value."
Mr. Bissonnette also arranged for SEAL Team 6 members to work on promotional films for a video game, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and 11 SEAL members were disciplined in late 2012 for releasing tactical information.
Jerry Hendrix, a retired Navy captain and a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, agreed that when operators "come out and write a book, whether you mean to or not, you're going to reveal tactics, techniques and procedures."
When high-level officials talk about operations, they usually "talk about policy, decisions and strategy" and "are not revealing the mechanism," Mr. Hendrix said. "They are at 30,000 feet. The mechanism is at ground zero."
Mr. Hendrix also said that if Mr. Bissonnette and others ignored their pledges to safeguard secrets, others would feel less compelled to remain silent. "You don't want to be the chump, the last guy standing, the Dudley Do-Right," he said.
Rick Nelson, a former Joint Special Operations Command official who is now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said Mr. Panetta's encouraging operators to talk to screenwriters was not an excuse. "That in no way provides justification for writing your own book," he said. "If you think what you're being asked is improper, you can go up the chain of command or call the inspector general. Two wrongs don't make it right."
Mr. Luskin countered that many details similar to Mr. Bissonnette's about how the raid unfolded were included in a New Yorker article in August 2011; in "The Finish: The Killing of Osama bin Laden," published by Mark Bowden in October 2012; and in "Zero Dark Thirty," which premiered in December 2012.
"Given the movie, the Bowden book and the New Yorker piece, it's very clear that a lot of people who had access to classified information talked in great detail about the raid," he said.
Still, Mr. Luskin said Mr. Bissonnette, who rushed to release his book before Mr. Bowden's, had apologized to officials for not letting the Pentagon vet his book, which would have delayed its publication. He said Mr. Bissonnette had received bad advice from another lawyer that he did not need to do so, and added that a negotiated settlement was still likely instead of charges.


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First of all, I'd like to thank the lovely Miss Decadent for having me. She asked me to write on a very interesting topic, and boy let me tell you, it certainly lit a fire under my theoretical rear end. "One marketing thing you've done that works. One marketing thing that hasn't worked so well. Finally, do you plan to try something new with this book?"
I think I'd like to answer the questions out of order in an effort to make a point.
One marketing thing that hasn't worked so well. I can answer that in two words—Not Marketing. I went through this phase for a while where I came up with every excuse in the world to do nothing in regards to my books. I feared treading that line where I was always up in people's faces text screaming, "Buy my book. Includes free puppy on the cover!" So I immersed myself in working for my day job. Would you be surprised if I said my sales barely existed? Well, I wasn't surprised, but I was disheartened. The disheartened led to a lack of desire to write ("Waaaa, no one likes my stuff!") and that led to even less marketing and sales. Don't be that guy. There are ways to market that don't involve "Hey, pay attention to me! I have a book for sale. Buy me!"
I ran a poll on my social media page, asking for guidance in finding a key word or phrase that people thought of when they thought about me. I received "editor, animal lover, animal rescue, Breathless EiC, and purple." Notice what isn't there? Out of over 300 people who have access to my social media profile, not a single one said "writer" or "author." Things had to change. I needed to remind people I'm an author, and in turn, that meant reminding myself. So I did what any writer does...I wrote. I have found that putting more work out, even if you don't shout loudly to buy said work, reminds people you do, in fact, have books for sale. This is my Marketing that has worked. Post an excerpt (a small one), laugh about the stupid mistakes your editor caught, throw key things out like "Whew, writing this book makes me never want to eat a cupcake again." Trust me, curiosity and camaraderie work wonders.
Decadent's question did open up a good deal of internal struggle within me though. Was I playing it too safe still? What were other ways I could use to market that were new for this book. I don't have a great deal of money, so buying a billboard or expensive ad space was out of the question. I do have one thing, though, that I remembered with a smile. I have friends. I have access to word of mouth, if only I asked. And so I did. I asked as nicely as I could if anyone was willing to host me or my new release on their blog for a tour. I mentioned in the post the day my book was scheduled to release, and gave a time frame of when I'd like to play on the blogs. What was supposed to be a one week blog tour ended up in a two week tour due to the sheer amount of people who stepped up and volunteered their blog. I've had more than one person tell me a key factor in deciding to host me was my willingness to write whatever kind of post they wanted about whatever topic they chose. The point I'm making is if you want to be a guest, you need to act like a guest. Cater to your host, be willing to step out of your comfort zone of author interviews and excerpts. Most of all, be gracious and grateful.
Will this new marketing create more sales? I have no idea, but I can certainly say one thing; the sheer amount of support I've received has made me want to write even more, and we all know that certainly leads to more sales. ~ D. F. Krieger
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Brown: I'm the Daddy
Having clarified yesterday that Bobby Brown has no sense of humour when it comes to suggestions of even the mildest boy-on-boy action, we today discover that he does like a good laugh, nevertheless.
Despite his seemingly constant periods spent in jail for falling down on fatherhood when it requires little more than sending off a cheque every month, Bobby is suing Whitney to get more access to their daughter, Bobbi Kris.
Brown is keen to beat down the suggestion that he's a deadbeat dad. Although his reasons for seeking a change in the terms of the custody agreement don't entirely inspire confidence:
Yes, his case is "sorry I didn't say anything at the time, but I was living like some sort of tramp in a lay-by". That'll work.