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Bullen Merri is still suffering from an above average size algae bloom.
Signs around the lake still warn visitors not to use the lake and definitely not to eat fish from the lake. There are still a few skiers using the lake but there are no anglers to be seen. More pressure is put on Purrumbete and Ellingamite with this situation, but both lakes seem to be coping ok.
Purrumbete is fishing extra well for a smaller run of browns and rainbows. The trout are ranging from 700g-2.5kg for the browns and from 700g-1.5kg for the rainbows.
This past month has seen Bob Baring and Leo Westernlaken taking good numbers of fish trolling. The pick of the lures has been the clown coloured Tassie Devil. For those not familiar with the clown it is white with red and black spots.
The fish seem to be holding at 20ft, so a lead keel or downrigger may help get that bit deeper. There have are a few fish still being taken on mudeyes fished around the weed beds and there are plenty of redfin for those who like to catch them.
Warmer water means more insect life and in the next couple of months we are sure to see a lot more surface action.
My best tip to get into this action is to fish late, and use every bit of daylight possible. If you are coming in before you need your boat lights on, you are coming in to early. This also applies to Ellingamite were there is quite often an evening rise.
Ellingamite continues to fish well for trout. Flies and plastics seem to be proving successful, with the plastics accounting for redfin as well.
A water that I usually give bit of a mention deserves a bigger rap this month and that is Wurdi Bulloc. Some lovely browns to 2.5kg have been taken of late with Jensen Insect spinners being a stand out fish taker.
Small vibes and bibbed lures have also worked. Local flyfisher Colin Witcombe has been catching some nice fish along the southern side where he has found them smelting during the day.
Local rivers are still fish ok for browns from 700g-1.5kg with a couple of even bigger fish coming from the Mt Emu Creek. The bigger fish are taking bibbed lures with Rebels and Rapalas in the brown trout colours best.
Let's not forget the opening of the river blackfish season at the beginning of January. I mention this because the Gellibrand River is the best blackfish stream in Victoria. Now that should make a few Gippsland locals get their hackles up.Reads: 1069


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This blog will be a journey of sort. Yep you're in for the long haul folks. Time to sit down, shut up and hold on.
In this Journal de KellI, I'll share my favorite things, kind of like Oprah! Maybe even with giveaways. I'll rehash my favorite places, foods, comforts and "The Glue" that hold my life together.
As mentioned in one of the blogs I follow, I will be leaving out the bad and negative, cause who needs to dwell on the things we can't change. This will be something to enjoy, lets look at the bright side of life/things folks. I'm also going to share the reasons "why I work" that way for when my mind ever starts to wander, I can pull myself back in.


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Friday, December 9, 2016
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Coffee Filter Leaves
Fall is here and this is my ease back into the week after fall break project. It works across all my grade levels....K-4!
I'm almost more enthralled with the by-product art on our papers for the drying rack than the actual coffee filter leaf! Using HP photo paper is really absorbing the bright colors!
below are kindergarteners....wow!
Monday, October 10, 2016
Rousseau Tigers
Totally stole this project idea from
Cassie Stephens and her amazing blog. This was a two-day project that turned out amazing! I looooove them.
Monday, October 3, 2016
Beginning the Year with Kindergarten
Kandinsky line paintings....this year we only used black oil pastels to draw our lines. I think I like this better.
Catch-up Day
So this class was wayyyy behind on getting to paint three things, therefore we had a triple painting day. Amazingly enough they were able to paint all three with cool colors and got them done in an hour. There's a first time for everything!
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Monochromatic Portraits
These mini portraits are being created by 3rd and 4th graders.
Eventually I plan on installed these in big rainbow hallway display.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Cezanne Inspired Still-Life
We talked about still-life drawing and created a quick still-life in our idea books. Then we looked at a still-life with apples as a class to draw from.
We also talk about warm and cool colors and how to use them to show contrast in our paintings.
Teacher Portraits
Each 4th grader painted a portrait of either their classroom teacher or the principal. These are a big hit!
Kinder Self-portraits
We did these little "free draw" activities when we finished painting our Royal Self-Portraits.


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If Celia Franca were alive to read this wonderfully candid book about her, no doubt she would hate it.
The British-born founder of the National Ballet of Canada had a phobia about people knowing too much about her, learning early on to create a flamboyant persona to distract from the truth of her origin as the daughter of poor working-class Jews in London's rough-and-tumble East End.
It's not that this former ballerina with more spit than polish feared the spotlight – far from it.
She just needed, always, to be in control.
Being authoritarian was both a blessing and a curse, at least as revealed by this biography, the first written on this matriarch of Canadian ballet, and largely because Franca herself vetoed earlier attempts by demanding of publishers the final say on what could be said about her.
Luckily, Toronto-based dance scholar Carol Bishop-Gwyn has skirted around this imperious command by publishing four years after Franca's death in 2007 at the age of 86.
Writing her book, Bishop-Gwyn ironically received much invaluable help from Franca herself in the form of tapes made in the early 1990s by the late Frank Rasky.
The former Canadian Jewish News entertainment editor interviewed Franca for a biography that never made it past their arguments over disputed facts; Bishop-Gwyn relies heavily on these irritable and irate conversations, often quoting Franca verbatim on such contentious matters (for Canadian ballet aficionados anyway) as who founded the affiliated National Ballet School, Franca or her one-time loyal and admiring sidekick, the late Betty Oliphant.
Franca, not surprisingly, toots her own horn: "No, it was my goal. Let's get that one straight. Betty was helping me. She approved of what I was doing. She could see what I was leading to and she was helping me achieve that goal."
Bishop-Gwyn also presents Oliphant's side of the story, and it makes for poignant reading; Franca does appear to have skewered her former friend, just one among many. She also sacrificed three husbands and her health. Her excuse was always that she did it for the company.
Franca was ruthless, devious, manipulative, callous and prone to smoking and, especially, drinking too much. She was also a Canadian ballet pioneer both driven and proud, a diva of the highest order.
It is this nuanced portrait that makes this ballet biography a must-read. So many ballet biographies veer often in the direction of sycophancy, making them rarely reliable as documents of objective truth. But this one is both superbly insightful and judiciously written, despite an embarrassing number of spelling mistakes. (For the record, it is Françoise Sullivan, not François Sullivan; Robert Desrosiers, not Robert Desrossiers; Deirdre Kelly, not (ahem) Deirde Kelly – just saying.)
There were two other classical dance troupes in Canada when Franca arrived in 1951 to create a Toronto-based company at the request of three local society women married to men of means. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, the country's oldest ballet troupe, and Montreal's Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, which was the most avant-garde, were then creating homegrown ballets that reflected regional themes, putting them more in touch with Canadian sensibilities than Franca's imported and parochial British ballet style did. But Franca arrogantly persisted in assuming that her upstart company was superior.
A fascinating part of this well-researched book details Franca's fight for supremacy through the fledgling Canada Council, which, in 1961, invited a trio of formidable ballet observers to help Ottawa decide which companies, if any, to support financially.
Lincoln Kirstein, the American philanthropist who brought George Balanchine to North America to found New York City Ballet, wrote in his report that Franca was so far out of her league that the plug should immediately be pulled on the National Ballet, because it would amount to nothing.
English critic Richard (Dickie) Buckle, while professing to be Franca's friend, said essentially that Canadian ballet was an oxymoron, that it was "quite incompetent to deliver anything that would be interesting on a normal international level."
The public was never made aware of these scathing critiques. Franca knew, but for her it was all part of the bitchy, backstabbing world of the ballet about which she, as one of its principal players, was all too familiar. She ultimately steered her company through these obstacles strewn in her path, fighting tooth and nail – and also Rudolf Nureyev, an especially eye-opening chapter – every inch of the way.
The National Ballet is a lasting testament to her tenacity and ambition. It's her blood staining the pointe shoes.
Toronto-based dance critic and Globe and Mail staff writer Deirdre Kelly is the author of the bestselling memoir Paris Times Eight and of Ballerina, a backstage history of ballet's leading dancers, to be published later this year.


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This is a whiteboard to jot down notes and bits of information that you might want to share with the users about alpha 1. What works, what doesn't, etc.
Perhaps this should be included in the released iso, image and vmdk zip files as a standard text file, that way when the zip file is located years from now there will be these release notes in it explaining what it is. -scottmc
Haiku Alpha 1 Release Notes
The goal for Haiku R1 is essentially, a fully working and stable operating system. A viable replacement for BeOS R5 (and later). For Haiku R1 Alpha the goal was to be a usable version of Haiku that is self-hosting, that is, that can check out the sources from SVN, and compile them, and to enable current and future Haiku developers a (mostly) stable operating system to work on their software projects. Therefore we have included the basic build tools, along with clients for cvs, svn, git and hg. This release of Haiku is capable of running binaries built with either GCC 2 or GCC 4. Use of GCC 4 is discouraged, as no compatibility is guaranteed with future versions of Haiku (eg, post-R1).
System Requirements
Haiku currently only works on x86 systems. Minimum memory required is 128Meg. (aldeck: please adjust, that's the smallest i tested) If compiling Haiku within itself, 1GB of memory is recommended. Haiku has been tested to work on CPU's as slow as a Pentium II 400MHz, and requires as little as XXXMeg of drive space.
Known Issues
The ATA stack in use by Haiku has known issues with some chipsets. If your system fails to boot with the "did not find any boot partitions" message, please try to disable DMA in the safemode settings of the bootloader. To enter the bootloader menu press space as soon as Haiku starts to load (before the splash screen appears). In any case, please report this issue to our bug tracker (see below).
It is known that Haiku doesn't even begin to load on some media/BIOS combinations. The symptom for this specific problem would be that the system stalls or resets before the splash screen comes up. This has been observed when trying to boot from some USB sticks in combination with some BIOSes. It is possible that the very same USB stick works fine on other machines. The problem is not yet identified.
Missing Features
Haiku does not yet have support for wireless networking.
DriveSetup does not install a basic bootloader when partitioning a disk. This requires bootman or another MBR bootloader to be manually installed on hard drives that were previously blank.
It doesn't have an up-to-date web browser (Firefox/BonEcho 2.x).
USB Keyboards attached to OHCI or to USB 2.0 hubs do not work in Kernel Debugging Land (KDL). They need to be connected to UHCI root ports to work in KDL. Also note that when entering the kernel debugger by means of a panic it is possible that the keyboard does not work. To work around this issue you can manually enter the kernel debugger once and leave it again to enable the USB keyboard.
There's no package management yet.
List other important missing features here.
The Haiku boot manager (bootman) supports a single hard disk drive only.
Printing to printers connected via USB port or parallel port wont work, because device drivers are missing.
Reporting Issues
There are over 1000 open tickets on Haiku's bug tracker and over 3000 closed items. If you find what you believe to be an issue please search our trac to see if it has already been reported and if not file a new ticket: http://dev.haiku-os.org/
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Monday, July 23, 2012 op 11:58 PM
Labels: Fanfiction, Story
Remember that Faithful Farmer Rhythm is Heaven video from a while back? Someone has converted it into a playable game! Now YOU can control Applejack and aim for HIGH SCORES, or Rainbow Dash's opinion at least.
Check it out here!op 9:00 PM
Labels: Game, Media, Not-Fanfiction
Octavia and Vinyl are best sea buddies.
Plushies coming at you! Check after the break for the rest.
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op 8:00 PM
Labels: Art, Not-Fanfiction, Plushie
Usually when I see a three minute long PMV, I expect it to be reasonably good. It's hard to keep the heavy editing going for such a long duration without fading off a bit near the middle.
Imagine my surprise when Feedsy kept the ball rolling for the entire duration. Seriously, this PMV is badass.
Check it out above, or here!op 7:00 PM
Labels: Media, Not-Fanfiction, PMV
It looks like we are all about to get our craft on with some new molded ponies in the near future as part of the Crystal Empire set! So far only Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash have shown up. Sadly it looks like you may need to grab your own paint, as the sets only include a couple of colors each, all of which don't appear to be the correct ones. These are pretty early images though, so who knows, maybe we will see an update?
Or maybe they will give us lazy people a version without the need to color them? I know my Twilight/Applejack/Pinkie Pie molded ponies would love to complete their set with these two and a Rarity.
Thanks to Anon for the images!
op 6:02 PM
Labels: Merchandise, News, Not-Fanfiction
Pinkie Pie invaded Earth, and while travling the world sampling all sorts of desserts, she discovered the Summer Olympics. Along with hundreds of new recipes, she has returned with plans of making Twilight Sparkle run it for the citizens of Equestria!
Griffons, Donkeys, and Ponies around the world will be competing in the ultimate test of skill, strength, and Showmareship. They need a banner though!
Head on past the break for information on submitting your design!
op 4:53 PM
Labels: Event, News, Not-Fanfiction
We have a shorter merch post this time around, but also a really... odd one! First off, as you can see above, Hasbro has decided to take over your MP3 players with a new pony microphone. I have no clue how well this thing works, but it has ponies on it, and it exists, so you colllectors might want to pick it up! This was found at a Target in Texas. Thanks to Tentacle Master (kinda scary name there!) for the picture.
And on the other side of the pond at FYE, a new set of pony... suspenders has been added. I didn't know people still wore suspenders to be completely honest, especially in the age group that these appear to be for! As I have said in the past though, I such at fashion trends. Maybe they are making a comeback over there in Europe? Thanks to Michelle Bartlett & Sonny Oliveira for the image!
And finally, in the more normal news sector, Pixelkitties has joined the Welovefine artist league. It's about time too, she already had a bunch of stuff up there anyway! You can find her page here, along with a few new ones (Including the one found above). I still say that Fluttershy shirt is the best one they have on the site. It's too bad the one I got is too small! It makes a good poster at least.op 4:00 PM
Labels: Merchandise, News, Not-Fanfiction
From ponyoftheday
Xengk over on Youtube picked up a bunch a couple of new random pony toys from Taobao. Each one has a button you can push to do various actions. It looks like Rainbow Dash flaps her wings, Twilight Sparkle bobs her head, and Applejack... Applejacks. These are either prototypes, or knockoffs, but either way, they look like your normal pony toys.
Check out the video of them in action after the break!
op 3:28 PM
Labels: Merchandise, News, Not-Fanfiction
Instrumental Music: Returning The Chaos / Octavia's Morning / She Calmed Down / TtEoAP Animation Intro Songby Sethisto
Time for some instrumental originals. We have all sorts of genres this time around. Find them all below!
1.) Returning The Chaos - Nix_Spark (Ft. Dredda) (Drums and Bass)
2.) Octavia's Morning (Étude 654)
3.) Neighsayer - She Calmed Down (Chill/Ambient)
4.) TtEoAP Animation Intro Song (Video Game Orchestral)
op 2:00 PM
Labels: Media, Music, Music: Instrumental, Not-Fanfiction
Derpy replacing everyone in Final Fantasy 7? I'm alright with this.
Have some art!
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And remember to visit sources and like+comment! That's what they are there for!
op 1:00 PM
Labels: Art, Drawfriend, Not-Fanfiction
Welcome, welcome, one and all, to the third pre-readers round stable Q&Neigh! We have an eclectic mix of odd questions and odder answers for you tonight.
Join Aqua, Cray, Cassius, Seattle, Argem[censored] and Alexstrasza (who must have done something wrong in a previous life to end up editing this) and myself, Midnight, as we attempt to bring light to the darkest corners of a round room.
op 12:00 PM
Labels: Commentary, Community, Media
We've been getting this one in our inbox all day! Apparently, a Swedish news program on TV4 spent some time on a short interview with some bronies and asked them some questions about the show and the community. It's presented very nicely overall and definitely worth a watch! It's certainly nice to see our European pony fans getting attention from the media as well.
Check out the subtitled segment above for the interview!
Click CC for subtitles!op 11:00 AM
Labels: Media, News, Not-Fanfiction
We have two short ones this time around! The first one involves Fluttershy drinking out of a straw. You guys like that sort of thing don't you?
And below is Celestia being ridiculous.
op 9:00 AM
Labels: Flash, Media, Not-Fanfiction
Hey there, everypony! Welcome to a fresh, new episode of The Brony Show. We have a preshow treat for all of you, so show up early (about 5:00 PCT/8:00 EST) for fanfiction reading by Anchors. Then, our guest interviewee will be none other than Toxic-Mario, whom the majority of you know from his fantastic work as a comic artist! Check out and watch his deviantArt page if you haven't already: http://toxic-mario.deviantart.com/
We'll also be playing some abridged series and giving them our critique, then watching some awesome PMV's and music videos. Be sure also to stick around for CrimsontheWolf's Oatmeal Galore Afterparty, where we will continue our crazy party long into the night with video games and random shenanigans..
Check it out at www.thebronyshow.net or www.livestream.com/thebronyshow
It all starts at 5:00 PCT/8:00 EST Can't wait to see you there!op 8:30 AM
Labels: Not-Fanfiction, Podcast
op 1:26 AM
Labels: Fanfiction, Story
Author: Coconutswallow
Description: The Mane-Event, a popular stage show in Manehattan, has acquired a rare creature they intend to use as part of a new act. Their typical animal handlers prove inadequate for the new job so they invite Equestria's best to be the caretaker-- Fluttershy. Moving to a new city requires the inconvenience of finding a new place to stay, however. What fortune that Trixie, one of the primary acts of the Mane-Event, just so happens to have free space at her apartment.
Hostile Takeover (New Part 6!)
Additional Tags: Too Much Kindness, Attempted Rivalry, Nightmares Made Real, Revenge, Homemade Foodop 1:23 AM
Labels: Author: Coconutswallow, comedy, Complete, Fanfiction, Fluttershy, Star-5, Story, The Great and Powerful TRIXIE
op 1:17 AM
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Although they may not be mainstream, there is a trend for designers or creatives to offer a visual CV. But what are the pros and cons of 'creative' résumés for the rest of us? Let's kick off the discussion with a case study of a CV that went viral across the internet (click graphic to view larger).
You can also view 16 more examples of visual CVs on Cool Infographics.
The pros…
Michael Anderson's infographic CV provoked a massive amount of social bookmarking and online sharing, elevating him to a top ranking on Google for those seeking 'geek résumés'. In fact, the CV has earned him 36,250 page views since July 2008, with up to 3,000 visitors looking at his work on some days. That is A WHOLE LOT of people, and presumably potential employers, looking at his CV.
Michael successfully tapped into the fact that everyone has to create a CV at some point, that many of us HATE doing this with a vengeance and that we all still want to stand out from the crowd.
This innovative infographic 'shows' rather than just tells future employers what the candidate can do in that it demonstrates his skill in creating visuals.
The cons…
But while TechMynd deems it awesome and says that "when you're talking about creative jobs, there are simply no rules on how to present yourself", we disagree.
The problem for hirers and human resources departments is that may struggle to process such complex visual information or be unable to compare it with others presented in a more traditional CV format. The stats on coffee intake and humour levels, and 'lunyboy' in his email address, may have raised a smile, but risk appearing unprofessional.
Even the creator said on his blog: "This is just concept art, as there are almost no real metrics represented except for time." (Hence he offers a traditional CV for download.)
What happened next?
We contacted Michael Anderson to see what happened when his visual CV went viral and this is what he told us: "The strange thing is, I got a job from the résumé about four months BEFORE it started getting traction on the internet. I have landed a few freelance gigs, mostly fun ones. But because I now work 45+ hours a week, I have missed a couple of truly golden opportunities, too."
We hope to have Michael – now known as 'The Résumé Guy' – guest blogging his viral CV experience here on the Firehead blog soon (subscribe to the Firehead feed).
The professional recruiter's view
What do the professional hirers think of such tactics? CJ Walker, Firehead's CEO, had this to say:
"I've seen a few different takes on IT/Web CVs, and although the idea of presenting your CV visually is appealing from a creative point of view, it's definitely not the best approach to take when looking for a corporate or agency job.
"It's good that Michael presented it as part of his portfolio rather than as his main CV because a CV is a document meant to provide certain information that hirers find useful, and in a format they can process in their established systems. Chances are, they would not be able to do this with an infographic. And if they can't, you simply won't be present in the review.
"Gimmicks are for getting noticed, sure, but they are risky. I believe that in the world of job search, they brand you as an outsider trying to go around the rules. Not a favourable view when you're competing to land a job.
"Michael's infographic certainly caught people's interest, though, and might lead candidates into thinking this is what they have to do. I can see a Firehead mission statement on CVs coming soon – so if you have any other thoughts or questions, please post them in the comments and I'll respond in a future post."
What do you think?
We'd love to know what you think of visual or non-traditional CVs, whether you are an employer who has received them or a job-hunter tempted to create one. Perhaps you've used a gimmick as part of a job application, or included unusual content or innovative design on your CV? More importantly, do they work? We'd be interested to know if it helped or hindered in getting the job?
NOTE: We've now created a form under Candidate Services where you can fill in your details and upload your CV quickly and easily – we have new content and communications roles in Europe becoming available every day.
And subscribe to our Twitter account for tips, tech comms conversation and job news.
For once, I can feel forward thinking. I did an infographic CV about ten years ago. Ok, so I ripped off the London tube map, but it did the trick and got me the job that taught me a lot that forms the basis of what I know.
My problem with these sorts of approaches to a CV is that many of them seem to be the antithesis of what infographics are about, which is making information simpler than it was in its original format.
If the worst should happen, and I ever become an employer, I'd look at overly designed CVs with an element of suspicion, and assume they were a case of style over substance – but I would look at them, that's for sure!


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Greek life activities cancelled at Tufts amid hazing reports
Spring recruitment for all Greek organizations at Tufts University has been voluntarily suspended, and all social events have been cancelled for the Fall 2016 semester, amid accusations of hazing and discrimination, as well as investigations by the university and law enforcement.
According to the university, four fraternities have also been issued cease and desist orders pending the outcome of the investigations.
In a campus-wide email sent Dec. 2, the university affirmed the Tufts Interfraternity and Panhellenic Councils' Nov. 16 voluntary decision to suspend social activities and recruitment.
"The Dean of Student Affairs Office, Office of Equal Opportunity and the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) have launched multiple investigations of several Greek organizations," the announcement, obtained by USA TODAY College, read. "The University continues its investigations into these organizations and a number of separate reports that have been received by the Dean of Student Affairs Office and Office of Equal Opportunity regarding incidents of hazing and/or sexual misconduct."
In light of the suspension, Tufts said all fraternities must participate in a sexual misconduct prevention training, an alcohol education session with the school's office of Health Promotion and Prevention and a training with a national hazing prevention expert.
"These preliminary steps do not preclude further appropriate action being taken by the University, but have been implemented as interim measures pending the outcome of the current investigations," the announcement continued.
Su McGlone, director of the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life at Tufts, tells USA TODAY College she can't comment on the suspension of recruitment for Greek organizations.
The Tufts Daily reported Dec. 1 that Meaghan Annett, president of Tufts' Panhellenic Council, said the council is undergoing changes in structure and policy for the remainder of the academic year.
This announcement and the statements by both the campus Interfraternity Council on Nov. 16 and the campus Panhellenic Council on Nov. 9 came on the heels of an opinion piece called "Abolish Fraternities" by Tufts student Ben Kesslen, published in the Tufts Observer on Nov. 7.
In the piece he describes alleged hazing he experienced after joining a fraternity in January 2015 and calls for the elimination of fraternities at Tufts. One alleged incident Kesslen describes is a "tradition" in which pledges and members are allegedly forced to watch and engage in sexual acts with women in front of their fraternity brothers. He also described alleged instances of discrimination based on gender, race and sexual orientation.
Related: Purported fraternity scavenger hunt list prompts investigation at Michigan State
On Nov. 8, following the publication of Kesslen's piece, Tufts released a statement, calling the conduct described in the article "deeply disturbing" and stating it had launched an investigation into the allegations. The school also encouraged others to come forward and report.
The next day, the Tufts' Panhellenic Council published a statement in the Tufts Daily condemning the actions Kesslen described and stating that all of its organized events with fraternities and sports teams would be suspended.
"We, the members of the Panhellenic Council, want to acknowledge the current state of toxic hyper-masculinity in our country and in particular within Greek life at our university," the statement read. "We are thankful that Ben Kesslen courageously brought this to light in his Nov. 7 Observer article. … We condemn both the sexual assault and the sexual harassment reported by Kesslen. We are disgusted and horrified that this is happening within the organizations with which we work."
The council included a list of demands for fraternities, including an apology, increased accountability, attendance at the Inter-Greek Council (IGC) Sexual Assault Task Force meeting, the creation of a diversity inclusion chair who will receive training from the university and a change in language used by fraternities (such as "pledge").
"We demand you actively hold and engage in consistent, mandatory programming that challenges hetero-patriarchal structures and ideologies," the statement continued. "We expect you to uphold your mission to form a society committed to becoming and cultivating better men, or rather, better humans."
A week later, the InterFraternity Council released its own statement and agreed to:
- Suspend social operations through the end of the Fall 2016 semester.
- Initiate new members recruited in the fall immediately, ending the new member process.
- Mandate members undergo sexual assault education.
- Implement a diversity inclusion chair.
The statement also read:
"On behalf of all fraternities on Tufts campus, the Interfraternity Council (IFC) would like to issue an apology. The issues highlighted by the recent articles regarding Greek life have impacted everyone in a variety of ways. This news has disgusted our classmates, marginalized groups on campus and hurt our very own Greek community members. For this, we are deeply sorry."
According to reporting by the Tufts Daily, Annett stressed that the ongoing details of changes in Greek life are not yet finalized. She said that the IGC plans to release a statement next week outlining how Greek life members and organizations plan on improving as a community at Tufts.
Sophia Tulp is an Ithaca College student and a USA TODAY College digital producer.
This story originally appeared on the USA TODAY College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. The blog closed in September of 2017.


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Today (April 30.) starts a new Hello! Project channel on YouTube. Green Room channel has a new H!P show every Thursday night at 21:00 Japan local time and what's even better the regular MCs of the program are Miyabi and Chinami.
Besides our dynamic duo there is gonna be a guest MC every week and of course every episode has for example interviews, footages from rehearsals, concert clips plus other H!P related stuff.


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Lindenwood University's shotgun sports team has claimed an unprecedented 11th ACUI Clay Target National Championship. The team accomplished its mission Sunday in San Antonio, Texas at the National Shooting Complex.
Lindenwood, under the tutelage of Coach Shawn Dulohery and Assistant Coach Steve Wolk, posted one of the programs best overall shooting totals in the history of the event, hitting 2,278 targets out of 2,350. That bested Bethel University by 58 targets. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University finished third.
The Lions swept all six major team competitions, including American and International Skeet, American and International Trap, five-stand, and sporting clays. Lindenwood earned 21 individual medals and collected eight individual championships.
Sarah Hughes won the ladies High Overall title as well as the women's five-stand and combined International events. Casey Van Sant was the top International trap shooter and he also won the sporting clays competition. Drew Feig earned top honors in American trap, Ryan Smithart took the combined skeet title, and Morgan Craft won the women's combined skeet championship.
One of many championship celebrations will occur at the Shotgun Sports Clays Classic Saturday, April 26 at St. Louis Skeet & Trap.


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Marketing budget allocations should, of course, always be based on the unique a company's unique situation: its specific needs, experiences, strengths, market position, market conditions and trends, etc.
That said, it can nevertheless be helpful to know how one's competitors and peers in other industries are planning to split up their marketing dollars for the coming year. This knowledge can help marketing executives identify gaps and opportunities within their own plans, as well as providing "ammunition" for high-level budget battles.
So it's helpful that MarketingSherpa recently asked a large number of marketers how they planned to change tactical allocations over the next 12 months.
Among the key findings:
Digital budgets are growing. While the trend is hardly shocking, it is striking how pronounced this shift is. All of the top seven growth areas for marketing dollars are digital, with more than half of all marketers planning budget increases in 2014 in five of these areas.
The top three areas for budget increases—and five of the top seven tactics—are focused on a company's "owned" media.
Taking the top six categories as a group, the strategy being embraced by the majority of marketers in 2014 will primarily consist of:
- • Attracting relevant visitors to their websites using valued content.
- • Converting those visitors into leads by optimizing calls to action and other elements of landing pages.
- • Promoting content using a mixed of organic search, paid search, and social media tactics.
B2B vendor websites have come a long way since the days of serving as essentially online brochures. Given that 70% of the b2b purchasing cycle is complete before a vendor's sales team is even aware of the opportunity, websites are now expected to accomplish much of the pre-sales heavy lifting.
One-to-one tactics are holding steady. More than half of all survey respondents plan no changes in spending levels for direct mail, trade shows and telemarketing in the coming year, with larger shares of the remaining respondents planning budget increases rather than decreases.
Each of these tactics enable one-to-one communication with sales prospects. Direct mail and telemarketing also permit careful targeting.
Old school marketing continues to decline. The two tactics for which the largest shares of marketers plan to cut budgets in the coming year are print and broadcast advertising. These channels share three characteristics:
- • The content is interruption-based rather than sought out.
- • They permit only general targeting.
- • Their results are difficult to measure.
Taken as a whole, this survey indicates that marketers will increase efforts on content marketing (online) and targeted one-to-one (online and offline) communications over traditional, mass-market media in the coming year. While every company's situation is unique, few B2B vendors are likely to stray too far off this general path in 2014.


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Quiet Faith is written, directed and performed by David Williams. Attending the opening night, hosted by Riverside Theatres in downtown Parramatta, was a welcoming experience on the corner of Church and Market Streets. The gathered audience consisted of regular church-going Christians alongside Mormons, self-confessed lapsed Catholics, former Orthodox believers and at least one punk proudly turned 'anti-institutional- ist'!
Local boy, David Williams, shared how he grew up attending church at St Matthews Anglican, Merrylands West, much to the delight of some audience members after the show. He, and they loved the effect of the random nature of the places mentioned throughout the production as the characters, embodied by David and his gifted companion Rose Maher, told their tales of quiet and, on occasion, courageous faith which could be otherwise literally 'tripped over' in life.
Quiet faith is a collection of interviews and conversations about people, Christian faith to illustrate how 'faith' and 'state' are usually more integrated into people, life decisions, political motivations and work choices than this often publically made distinction normally suggests. Williams's work is based around three key questions: 'How would you describe your journey of faith?', 'How does faith manifest itself in your everyday life?', and 'What do you think is or should be the relationship between religion and politics?'. The play challenges the notions that 'All Christians vote liberal' through to 'Can Christians vote Liberal?' by means of peoples faith-soaked life stories being told. In line with Williams's hunch that social ideals and ideas are closer to Jesus' values, one of his main reasons for embarking on the project, we hear from a variety of Christians, many with progressive views ranging from abortion to homosexuality. They play key roles in life from the ordinary to the inspirational, so the audience finds itself hearing from card- carrying unionists, priests, social workers, artists, musicians, drunkards, doctors, divorcees, would-be councilors, and social activists, their take on life challenges the audience to their core at points. Many flavours of Christianity are represented and a conundrum is presented at one point as to whether one can 'save' a life by not 'saving' a life from a Christian perspective.
Audience members described the performance experience as informative, evocative and provocative all having experienced moments of both consonance and dissonance afterwards. A standout moment, literally, was when politically motivated prayer vigils were described as civil disobedience under the proviso, "we will break the law, to shine a light on a higher law that is being broken," all under the banner of the hashtag #LoveMakesAWay.
The two performers Rose and David played multiple characters, each of whom remains nameless to the audience, but well known to David. The performers were authentic and compelling as they walked amidst, sat with, contemplated, cried with and ultimately shared their life stories with the audience. The strafe of stories came initially from a Christian couple, an avowed atheist, a bombastic baby boomer and a spiritually abused divorcee… all of whom were voiced by the two performers from different seats amongst the gathered audience. For 70 minutes, our performers sustained this game of 'spiritual chairs' without losing momentum or our interest for a moment.
It is refreshing to have a writer, director and performer take the Christian faith seriously. David and Rose were deferential to and respectful of the characters they played in propinquity. Our proximity to and empathy with the performers quickly gave the audience a sense of familiarity and sympathy. Both are clearly seasoned and serious performers, moving from spot to spot and story to story with fluidity and apparent effortlessness. Given the specific nature of the environment, one wonders how they will manage this intensity of staging and "choreography" across multiple venues in quick succession.
All the senses are put to good use during this performance with effective use of light and dark under a 'halo-like' main element and candles as markers signify how the story-tellers themselves are like Christ's lights in the world. All-encompassing sound makes you part of the drama from the beginning alongside the unavoidably intimate setting of the modular furniture, intensely drawing the audience into the centre of the action. Wearing 'plain-clothes', performers are unified with the audience until you can taste and feel the stories being told first-hand, making the most of this Riverside creative art space.
At points, the audience resembled a church congregation, especially when, having stood together unexpectedly to sing Amazing Grace, we waited in awkward uncertainty for one of us to take the lead in sitting back on the 'pews' provided. The circular arrangement of hardwood, backless seats found older members 'bum-shuffling' during the performance and as the physical discomfort began to set in, the stories, likewise, escalated in their discomforting content and intensity, with deeply moving stories shared of spiritual responses by some characters to the life-changing events of desertion and suicide.
Thankfully, each soliloquy was given room for relief with intermittent sensory experiences interspersed with sounds of congregational chatter, choir song, church bells and real interviewee recordings or invitations to join in with the prayer, singing or church practice as people wished to. This technique broke up the interview style monologues to create reflective spaces within the performance itself, which is, otherwise, intense and intimate. The overall effect can seem as if the audience is the interviewer and so these spaces allow people to remember to, 'Be still and know that I am God.' Williams himself does not confess to a Christian belief in God but does to having been changed through the process of exploring and seeking to understand the 'quiet faith' of those he interviewed and conversed with along the way. Quiet Faith is a deeply enriching and real experience.
The David Williams website lists the performance venues for the days ahead across Australia accessible at davidwilliams.net.au/portfolios/quiet-faith/.


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Elsevier announces Polish Research Impact Leaders Awards 2017
Five universities recognized for their continued growth in international excellence and research impact
Five universities recognized for their continued growth in international excellence and research impact
Warsaw, November 28, 2017
Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, has announced the winners of this year's Polish Research Impact Leaders Awards. The awards, organized by the Perspektywy Education Foundation (PEF), are part of the conference Polish Universities in International Perspective, Rankings and Strategic Management of a University, recognize universities for their global impact and visibility in research.
The awards ceremony, now in its second-year in Poland, is part of an Elsevier global initiative aimed at supporting research and development, and helping advance scientific research across a broad range of disciplines.
The winning institutions in the six research disciplines are:
- University of Rzeszów – Agricultural Sciences
- Gdynia Maritime University – Engineering and Technology
- University of Rzeszów – Humanities
- Medical University of Gdańsk – Medical Sciences
- University of Zielona Góra – Natural Sciences
- Gdańsk University of Technology – Social Sciences
The awards recognize institutions outstanding in their fields for high-quality research, while also contributing to the international visibility of the institution and Polish research overall.
"Elsevier is honored to work with its partners in Poland in order to contribute and support execution of research strategies identified on national or institutional level. These awards are an example of such cooperation, showcasing results of universities in key areas, such as internationalization, research impact and quality of research in general," said Felix Haest, Elsevier's Vice President of Emerging Markets.
The evaluation criteria are based on a combination of bibliometric indicators collected from Elsevier's SciVal. Indicators needed to reflect an increase in the number of publications in the most prestigious scientific journals, and showcase a high-level of international cooperation and impact, as measured by the Field-Weighted Citation Index. Universities whose authors published at least 50 publications in the period 2014-2016 in the given disciplines were considered for the award.
"We have been cooperating with Elsevier in preparing the Perspektywy Ranking of HEIs in Poland for years. Elsevier's Research Impact Awards are a natural consequence of a wider co-operation of Perspektywy with Elsevier," said Waldemar Siwinski, President of PEF. "As ranking experts, we know very well that it is difficult to think of Polish universities' significant advancement in rankings without their improving the visibility and reputation. Therefore we strongly support universities that make efforts to be present in the best publications, to collaborate with authors from around the world, and to have citation rates of the highest level. Such universities are awarded in the Elsevier Research Impact Award competition. It is an excellent idea, much needed for Polish universities," Mr. Siwinski added.
The winning institutions were honored at a gala awards ceremony hosted Monday evening by PEF. Below is a selection of comments from the Polish universities' representatives:
Agricultural Sciences & Humanities: Professor Sylwester Czopek, Rector of the University of Rzeszow referring to the information that the university won in the Humanities category, among others, wanted to thank the highly-rated publications covering martial arts, and added, "it's great, I thank Elsevier and ... we are still fighting."
Engineering and Technology: Professor Ireneusz Czarnowski, Vice-Rector of the Gdynia Maritime Academy indicated that "the award for my university is not only a great honor, but also a commitment to further intensive work."
Medical Sciences: Professor Marcin Gruchała, of Gdańsk Medical University stated that he was "extremely pleased that the publications of scientists of Gdańsk Medical University are one of the most cited in prestigious journals and directly influence the recognition of Polish science in the world."
Natural Sciences: Professor Giorgi Melikidze, Vice-Rector of the University of Zielona Gora, expressed delight in winning a category that was heavily contested. "I am surprised and very happy! We have won in the category with a lot of competition, which is another reason for us to be proud."
Social Sciences: Professor Jacek Namieśnik, Rector of Gdansk University of Technology, was pleased to accept the award for a second year in a row on behalf of his institution and said "this is proof that we are going in the right direction. I am proud of our scientists!"
Additional information
2017 Polish Research Impact Leaders Awards short list
- Agricultural Sciences: University of Rzeszów; Warsaw University of Life Sciences; University of Agriculture in Krakow
- Engineering and Technology: Gdynia Maritime University; Lublin University of Technology; University of Zielona Góra
- Humanities: University of Rzeszów; University of Szczecin; University of Gdańsk
- Medical Sciences: Medical University of Gdańsk; Jagiellonian University; University of Rzeszow
- Natural Sciences: University of Zielona Góra; University of Warsaw; Jagiellonian University
- Social Sciences: Gdańsk University of Technology; Poznan University of Technology; Silesian University of Technology
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a global information analytics business that helps scientists and clinicians to find new answers, reshape human knowledge, and tackle the most urgent human crises. For 140 years, we have partnered with the research world to curate and verify scientific knowledge. Today, we're committed to bringing that rigor to a new generation of platforms. Elsevier provides digital solutions and tools in the areas of strategic research management, R&D performance, clinical decision support, and professional education; including ScienceDirect, Scopus, SciVal, ClinicalKey and Sherpath. Elsevier publishes over 2,500 digitized journals, including The Lancet and Cell, 39,000 e-book titles and many iconic reference works, including Gray's Anatomy. Elsevier is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. www.elsevier.com
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We need your help to make what we do happen.
We at Hands on London are here to make volunteering an easy and manageable reality for hard working Londoners. We all have busy lives and having all this information at your fingertips makes it a more straightforward experience, but HOL also make it possible for individuals to give the amount of time they want, without a big commitment.
Hands On London challenge the norm with a unique way to volunteer, one day at a time. When you want, where you want, as often as you want.
We need your help. The nature of our goal makes funding Hands on London difficult through the traditional channels. We rely on individual and corporate donations and sponsorship to fund our services.
If you feel passionate about making your city a better place, there are a number of ways you can help:
Donate your time
By becoming a Hands On London volunteer champion and giving your time to the many worthy causes we have available.
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Hands On London relies on the charitable contributions made by individuals and corporations to fund our work in the community. We are a small team supported by volunteers to reach our goal, and continue our annual Wrap Up London campaign.
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There is no shortage of boilerplates and frameworks that web developers can choose from to use in their projects. I don't know about you, but I have usually felt like many of these frameworks were bloated and sometimes difficult to understand.
That's why I have fallen in love with the Drought boilerplate from James Fleeting. I could say Drought is a stripped down boilerplate that lets you get right into development, but that wouldn't be a completely fair assessment. So, please allow me to explain by breaking down Drought into the three main components of any website: HTML, CSS, and Javascript
The HTML Framework
The HTML framework that is included with Drought includes many solid principles that have been combined from other top quality boilerplates. Here are some that stand out to me.
1. Open Graph Support
One of the first things that you will notice when looking at the index.html file is that there is Open Graph support. The Open Graph protocol was originally developed by Facebook and is a way for your website to integrate with social media website such as Twitter and Facebook. Have you ever noticed that when you share a link on Facebook that your link is also published along with a title, description, and image? This is due to the Open Graph protocol.
2. DNS Prefetch for jQuery from Google's CDN
All articles that I have looked at suggest that this feature will allow the browser to parallelize the DNS lookup and potentially saving your website precious load speed.
3. Chrome Frame
Prompt users of old Internet Explorer browsers to upgrade their browser or install Chrome Frame for a better experience.
4. HTML5 Elements Included
Have you wondered about how to use the latest HTML5 elements? Drought provides an index HTML file that demonstrates how to use many of the most popular HTML5 elements.
Making Things Pretty With CSS
When I first started working with CSS, it scared me. I remember getting the CSS Zen Garden book and being amazing that these websites weren't created with tables. That being said, CSS can be a gigantic pain to code as well as to manage on a complex website. Drought starts you off with a solid CSS foundation.
1. Formalize CSS
Have you ever tried styling forms? Yea, it's a gigantic pain in the rear end. I completely agree with James' choice of including the Formalize CSS and JS to help designers create forms that are appear consistent across browsers and operating systems.
Personally, I don't care if you use SASS or LESS, but if you're a designer and you're not using one of these CSS preprocessor languages… you're missing out. LESS gives you many advantages over regular CSS. One of these being the ability to nest selectors, which acts very much like a built-in organization method.
For those of you that prefer to rock it old school with LESS, James has even included an unminified CSS file so you feel comfortable.
3. Mixins
Mixins work like functions and allow you to easily write complex CSS code by using one mixin. Here is some example code from the LESS CSS website:
// This is the mixin .rounded-corners (@radius: 5px) { -webkit-border-radius: @radius; -moz-border-radius: @radius; -ms-border-radius: @radius; -o-border-radius: @radius; border-radius: @radius; }
// This is code you would write #header { .rounded-corners; } #footer { .rounded-corners(10px); }
Which will compile to:
#header { -webkit-border-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius: 5px; -ms-border-radius: 5px; -o-border-radius: 5px; border-radius: 5px; } #footer { -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -ms-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px; border-radius: 10px; }
I don't know about you, but I hate writing vendor prefixes. Having Less and Mixins is a lifesaver.
4. *{Box-sizing: Border-box;}
Have you ever worked with a website that every time you adjusted the padding of an element, you also ended up changing the width? Yea, I hate that. Drought, by default, uses *{box-sizing: border-box;} which allows me to keep my sanity! Read what Paul Irish has to say about border-box.
Javascript Makes Websites Fun
Javascript has become a necessity on today's website. From analytics to awesome jQuery effects, javascript is king for making websites useful and fun.
Drought does a good job of separating javascript into different files. For example, there are main and plugin javascript files as well as jQuery, Modernizr, and a box-border polyfill for IE6 and IE7.
I like how James had the foresight to separate out the plugins and main javascript files. I'll be the first to admit that I'm usually guilty of just dropping all of my javascript into one file, which then takes forever to go back and find code in.
Overall Thoughts
Drought is a very flexible and robust boilerplate that will help you quickly build all of your web projects. Once you get in, you'll appreciate not only the way the project has been organized, but also some of the convenient CSS classes that James has added.
I personally have used this project on a few sites in the past couple of months and find it to be a very powerful framework.
Be sure to check out the Drought Boilerplate on Github.
What Do You Think?
What do you look for in an HTML5 boilerplate? What framework are you currently using? Leave a comment below and let us know!


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So, while I had hoped to play the Ever Expanding Dungeon tonight, I'm not sure how up to it I am. Never the less, I spent a fair bit of time creating the following for use in said dungeon as a means of generating more varied traps in an attempt to move away from what I now perceive as an overuse of Save or Die poison of types X and XX. I still need to add the actual trap details generation portion, this first part is simply a mini-game of chance for determining if a trap is present and how it is triggered:
At the very least, you must state how you will attempt to open the door/chest now. If no trap is detected, the PCs will carry out this action and they can not change their mind.
Step 1: Play the GM for a minute:
1. Determine if a chest or door is locked:
Locked: 01-30
Stuck: 31 - 66
Easy to open: 67 - 100
2 Determine if the item is trapped, roll 1d100:
|Check Lock is Trapped
|Check Lid is trigger
if lock not trapped
|01 - 34
|01 - 66
|Check Lock is Trapped
|Check Door is Trigger if Lock is not Trapped
|01 - 25
|01 - 25
|01 - 25
I'm fairly certain in my congested head-feels-like-it's-buried-in-peanut-butter state, I've missed something obvious. I'm sure that will come out in testing, but if anyone sees something glaring, please let me know.


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Try these healthy eating resolutions for a healthier you in the new year.
It's easy to get overwhelmed with the "New Year, New You" phrase that comes with the change of the year. It's even easier to let that phrase fizzle out by the third week of January or so. Why not attack the age-old "lose weight" and "eat healthier" resolutions from a different perspective and cut them into more manageable pieces? Knowing that you can manage an effective diet plan year-round, not just when the new year comes around, then life might be a little easier. These following steps can help even someone who is scared to take the leap into dieting.
- Up Your Fiber Intake Getting enough fiber may help prevent cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and may help you slim down. With all these benefits from fiber, the average American eats about 14 grams of day – the recommended daily intake is 21 to 38 grams. One of the easiest ways to up your fiber intake is to eat more whole grains. Quinoa, whole-wheat couscous, bulgur and polenta are all quick-cooking options to add to your weeknight repertoire. Solution: experiment with whole grains.
- Pile on the Veggies The majority of Americans don't eat the daily recommended 3 or more servings of vegetables. If you're of the mindset that "vegetables don't taste good," but know you should eat more of them since they're packed full of healthy nutrients and fiber, get a roasting pan. Roasting vegetable caramelizes their natural sugars so they taste fantastic. It's an easy way to cook veggies for dinner–pop a pan of them in the oven and make the rest of dinner while they roast.
- Cook at Home When you cook your own food, not only do you know exactly what goes into it, you appreciate your meals more. So, hop onto Pintrest and whip up something you have been craving! With all the food blogs out there, there is a healthy hack for about every recipe! Have fun with experimenting with new things!
- Reduce the Sugar Get your sweet fix with fruit or try other natural sweeteners such as honey or agave, steering away from refined, processed white sugar. Going on a 30 day sugar detox can help reset the body from craving the sticky stuff! Keeping sweet stuff out of reach can better help you control your sugar intake, so try to stay clear of the donut and candy aisle at the grocery store.
- Eat More Omeg-3s Upping the amount of omega-3s will help keep your blood pressure down and also has been studied to improve your mood. Omega-3's can be found in seafood and have the good kind of fats! Try to eat two servings of fish per week. If you're not into seafood add some flax into your smoothies.
Stay connected and follow @MiamiUDining on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram!


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Do You Want To Grow Your Instagram Account?
We're here to show you how you can build a dedicated and loyal tribe of followers.
You've probably heard about how Instagram is a great marketing channel….
BUT maybe all you've experienced is lots of hard work, loss of time, and no real returns.
If you're a business owner or marketer who wants to generate leads, or drive foot/web traffic to your website…
We'll show you how to leverage the power of Instagram to build the loyal and dedicated following that you've been looking for.
How Ace The Gram Helps You To Boost Your Engagement And Increase Sales
Instagram recently announced they had reached 1 billion monthly and 500 million daily users.
It's fair to say that with such massive increases in competition, strategies for growth have changed…
You can't just post good content and expect hundreds of followers overnight anymore
Gone are the days of 2014 when @colour_me_creative got 50k followers overnight after her drawing was reposted by @bethanynoelm
Forums and experts will tell you to 'show up everyday, be authentic, and produce good content'.
While these are all true, they're no longer enough.
If you want to grow a thriving Instagram account, there's a few extra things you need to do:
- Know your ideal audience
- Understand how you can use the Instagram Algorithm to your advantage
- Create a solid Insta-strategy
You can post your best photos, but if you don't have a strategy…
…Or know how your audience is using Instagram,
How will you find your tribe and how will they ever find you?!
You could spend years waiting to be shouted out or regrammed by another big account – but as mentioned earlier – that's not as effective as it once was.
Once you understand the workings of the Instagram algorithm, you'll no longer dread 'algorithm changes'
Or another infamous 'shadowban'
When you understand how Instagram works, you can use this to your advantage and build your ideal strategy.
When you're clear on what you need to do to achieve your Insta-goals, you'll save a ton of time and see faster account growth.
Have we got your attention? If you'd like to read some case studies and discover ways that you can improve your account right now..
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We share the same methods we used to:
- Grow accounts by more than 3,000 followers per month
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If we can do it, there is absolutely no reason you can't get results like these, too!
About Tasha Meys And Vivien Conway (The People Behind Ace The Gram)
Tasha (Tash) and Vivien (Viv), are Instagram Experts and Co-Founders of Instagram Specialist company, Ace The Gram.
Tash and Viv met at Otago University a few years ago whilst studying Food Science.
At the time, Vivien was using Instagram to drive traffic to a website for her sportswear brand, @vividsportswearofficial, and Tash was using Instagram to showcase her food styling/recipe creation for the upcoming job hunt at the end of her degree @tastefullytash.
As it were, Viv and Tash became committed to figuring out how to best grow their Instagram accounts so that they could drive traffic & make sales, and build an influencer profile respectively.
Many hours were spent researching, learning, testing, (and repeating).
Viv once woke up on the hour every hour from 2am to test new theory
And Tash would spend any spare moment at work on her phone figuring out the latest methods for growth.
The girls would speak everyday about what was and wasn't working, and discuss new growth tactics.
After University and when others started to ask for help and advice, Viv and Tash took on clients alongside their 'regular' full time jobs
(Viv worked in the Deer Industry in NZ, and Tash at a Gym in LA).
This process of intense learning continued as they began to successfully manage Instagram accounts for other businesses.
Their dedication and passion for results is what lead them to achieve rates of 3,000+ new followers per month for some accounts,
And more than 6,000 posts from other Instagram users using a client's branded hashtag.
It quickly became clear that Instagram was a massively under-utilised marketing platform and for the most part, those that were trying to use Instagram were struggling.
With numerous positive testimonials and a growing client base, Tash and Viv left their 'real' jobs and began to focus on spreading value and knowledge about Instagram so that more could take advantage of the platform.
Tash and Viv have since built a community of those wanting to learn about Instagram in their Facebook Group, Instagram Growth and Engagement
Their Podcast, Ace The Gram, interviews people from around the world that have successfully used Instagram for business or personal branding, and is available on itunes, the Podcast App, (apple) and Stitcher (andriod). And of course on our website here.
If it's your first time visiting the site, we suggest you check out our resources section
It will walk you through how to overcome the problems we just mentioned, all FREE and highly actionable.


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Roofing is an imperative part of your house in terms of the time you expect your house to last and the quality of service you anticipate, whether commercial or residential house. In planning for it, your contractors may direct all the focus on other enticing features such as the general house appeal, quality of foundation materials and modernity of the structure, while focusing less on the kind of roofing your house need to have. In fact, most of the contractors may take up the entire house contract even if they lack roofing specialist because they deem house roofing a simple aspect of your house. The aftermath is when leaking begins unexpectedly, and worst of all, at a time you have no time and money to cater for the repairs. Furthermore, this creates an inconvenient and absurd scenario at how your property is damaged and the total unpleasant atmosphere that robs you and your family peace of mind you require to lead your normal life.
Leaking may as well occur to your commercial roof causing destruction to your expensive business stock which results in tremendous losses as well as inconveniencing your staff and customers. And leaking is only but one of the problems you can experience under a poorly made roof. Other inconveniences such as susceptibility to accidents caused by hail or storm may also arise carrying away your roof or making it unstable. You, therefore, need a trusted roofing company that will put up a strong and reliable roof for your commercial and residential house and make it stable to avoid such unpleasant scenarios.
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Preventive Roofing Services
These services are meant to safeguard your roof from any possible danger of damage or destruction. We do this in combination with free consultative and advisory services on the appropriate measures to undertake so as to maintain your roof in a safe, stable and secure condition. For example, we strengthen weak areas of your roof to keep it stable and increase its lifespan. Other preventive measures may include the elimination of all factors that may cause damage e.g in the case of an accident such as falling of a tree branch on your roof. We can, therefore, advice you to cut off any weak branch that may fall on it and cause damage.
Roof Installment Services
We install new roofs to both residential and commercial roofs. Our roof installment services entail careful consideration of the kind of roofing materials used for initial roofing of your house. We understand that several manufacturing companies are coming up with low-quality roofing brands and advertising them in eye-catching information. We would not like our esteemed customers to get trapped into such kind of misfortunes. Our highly experienced and specialized experts will select the best roofing materials from reputable manufacturers and recommend them to you. You don't need to worry about the quality of materials used for initial roof installment, provided you entrust Beneficial Roofing to do it for you.
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Roof Inspection
Our roof inspection services are meant to safeguard your roof from possible dangers such us unexpected leaking or roof destruction. Our roofing specialists conduct thorough roof inspection, focusing on all aspects to correct any loophole identified as well as strengthen its weaker parts. We are highly experienced and understand where most roof problems arise. Our experts will straight away focus on such areas.
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Roof Repair
Roof repair services offered by Beneficial Roofing Company are meant to restore the previous stable condition of your roof after any damage, destruction or generally when it is in a poor condition. Our roofing specialists do it in a highly sophisticated and creative way and make your roof appear new again. We ensure that the amount of stability we accord your commercial or residential roof is higher that the initial stability it had, which may have probably resulted in the damage. If your roof is too old or is in a condition in which repair may not so much help, we advise you to replace entire or part of your roof.
Roof Replacement
Roof replacement is meant to substitute an old roof or a roof that has been damaged or destroyed beyond repair. It may involve either part or whole of the roof, depending on the magnitude of the damage. For instance, if your roof has been repaired more than once, it may not be of much benefit to repair it again. The best option may be replacing the whole or part of your roof that is in a poor condition.
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We've raised this subject before - people are already going insane about GTA 6 even though we don't even know when the release will happen. Whatever, this game series is a legend itself, and people keep rumoring and discussing all the things about it. Let's learn a little bit about the top 10 things fans would like to see after GTA 6 Release Date.
GTA 6 Release - Where?
Of course, Rockstar could use previous locations as a base and make them wider. Or even unite all of those old (maybe even oldschool) ones, like Vice City, Liberty City, and San Andreas. But fans expect something remarkable and new. There were rumors about Tokyo, but apparently, those were just rumors.
GTA 6 Release - A story set across multiple cities
Yeah, that's what I've mentioned in the 'Where?' part. Modern consoles and PCs can run a GTA game that has multiple cities in it. That'd be really cool.
GTA 6 Release - Smells like feminism?
If you dip into the past, you will see that the last (and the only) strong female character was Catalina in GTA 3. And every single GTA game has had a strong male protagonist, whether it's the trio Franklin, Trevor, and Michael from GTA 5, Niko from GTA 4 or good old Carl "CJ" Johnson from GTA San Andreas. There were also a lot of critics for Rockstar because of they don't support female characters at all, that was kinda sexist. The point here is that the only way to calm the crowd down is to introduce a female lead.
But I forsee already the feminists' anger from all around the world: this time, Rockstar will be guilty of using women to attract and encourage males to buy the game. Well… Developers must make a choice whether they fight with unsatisfied gamers of with feminists.
GTA 6 Release - Vehicle variation
Come on, seriously, let's pay attention to the age of audience that play GTA: half of them are skater boys (12 - 18 years old), the other half are the inner skater boys that can't afford skating now. Probably, because they're not 18 anymore? Give'em this opportunity. We need more vehicles!
GTA 6 Release - Time to wake up: no more infinite gas
How about a pinch of realism? Imagine panicking because of you're running out of gas. Not cool, yeah, but that's what life is in general. Remember all the funny lets plays where you see how the character jumps off the bridge and SOMEHOW he survives. I mean, WHAT??? Is that what Newton fought for with his apples? We need more in-game realism, let the fuel gauge appear.
GTA 6 Release - Another interaction level - part 1
Keep it cool with the extension trend! Previous GTA games were rather big, but the only thing you could do there is to ride through the city and… And that's all. There were a few shops and houses that were open for interaction. The 5th part was better than the others concerning this question, but it was still not as gamer-friendly as it was expected to be.
GTA 6 Release - Another interaction level - part 2
Let's continue the question of friendliness: GTA 5 is really a remarkable leap among older parts, but the city seems empty anyway. The thing fans expect here is the NPCs to have a purpose maybe? (as in Skyrim) Or at least become more helpful, like, if you're accidentally bleeding and you don't have any might to get up and help yourself suddenly a passer-by calls you an ambulance or chucks you a med-pack. And later when you're feeling better he asks you for a favor, that will be your side mission.
GTA 6 Release - More side jobs
Now the side mission question: as fans expect the game to extend its horizons there might appear a bigger variety of those. If there will be multiple protagonists, there might be the more serious approach to their side missions, they must be kinda like subplots.
GTA 6 Release - An FPS option from the start
As we already know GTA 5 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC introduced an optional First Person Shooter (FPS) mode for the game. It's a great way to have a really immersive GTA experience and it's impressive that Rockstar has implemented it in such a way that it's possible to play through the whole game in first-person.
Although it might not be for everyone. It will be better if you have a choice how to play the game and to customize your viewing angle to your particular playing style.
GTA 6 Release - Simultaneous PC release
Nothing to add here. Just stop irritating PC gamers with waiting.As a conclusion, fans expect the next GTA installment to be wider that all the previous ones, and that is actually possible. More details, the NPCs that are ready to interact, new vehicles. We hope that Rockstar will choose the right direction.


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When you hit the field this spring, why not add a data logger? You won't just be planting seed but you will be logging data that will drive decisions on your farm during the rest of the crop cycle.
We have written about them before, but a data logger is a device that plugs into a tractor's diagnostics port and collects all of the information that flows across your equipment's controller area network. On planters they collect such information as seed population, variety planted, acres planted (also known as what's called "as planted data") and also, ultimately, soil properties such as soil moisture, organic matter, nutrient levels and ground hardness.
A number of companies make these devices, and we wrote about a sampling of them in the story "New tools logs data." The data loggers record the machine data and then send it, wirelessly, to your iPad, where you can monitor the planting operation in real time.
So, why would you want this planter data, and what could you do with it?
Jeremy Leifker, manager of product strategy and marketing with John Deere's Intelligent Solutions Group, walked through several examples in the stories "Get ready for digitized farming," and "Dashboard driving." Their planter logging product, called SeedStar Mobile, collects and monitors up to nine layers of information on a planter including population, singulation, seed spacing, downforce, variety and ground speed on a row-by-row basis. The information appears on a high-definition map and can be used, for example, to fine-tune planter settings or diagnose problems with the planter.
Data loggers also can be used to drive management decisions. Specifically, data collected by the loggers can be fed into crop modeling software, and, when combined with types of field information, can be used to predict the yield response of different management practice, such as adding more nitrogen or spraying a crop with a certain pesticide.
Doug Sauder, Climate Corporation's senior product director, walked through some of those examples during a demo of the company's new data logger called FieldView Drive, which you can watch here.
The best thing you can do to find out more about this is to ask your farm implement dealer or precision farming provider. If they don't have a way to do it now, you can bet they are working on it.


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Monday, January 5, 2009
My Ten-Best List for 2008
In terms of sheer volume this year saw the proverbial bumper crop of Jewish music recordings in release. Fortunately, the quality was outstanding as well. In fact, the only reason this year's best-of list has only ten recordings on it – each of them awarded five stars here earlier this year, is because the backlog of CDs in our office is so huge. That said, it was another annus mirabilis for diversity as well. This year's best recordings include everything from jazz-meets-hazonos to European-style klezmer, from Yemenite songs and poetry to liturgy set as electric blues. In short, the usual wildly variegated auditory rainbow that is Jewish music. May 2009 be as fertile!
Afro-Semitic Experience, The: "Yizkor – Music of Memory" (Reckless DC Music). From the opening bass notes of this set, stating the theme of David Chevan's "Mah Adam," you know you are in the hands of some powerful musical voices – centered, focused, inventive. I've always thought that bassist Chevan and pianist Warren Byrd, the band's founders and leaders, derived a lot of their inspiration from the mystical wing of the '60s jazz avant-garde, from the likes of John and Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders. This brilliant recording confirms that notion. Unlike Sanders and some of his groups, though, this band is calm even when storming, precise yet loose. Add to the mix the radiant voice of Cantor Alberto Mizrachi floating above the churning rhythm section and cooing reed players, and Chevan's forceful settings of the Yizkor liturgy and you have the Afro-Semitic Experience's best CD to date and one of the most fruitful fusions of jazz and hazanut yet recorded. (Available from www.cdbaby.com.)
Greenbaum, Adrianne: "FleytMuzik In Kontsert" (self-distributed). I recently wrote a lengthy piece on the rise of "old-world" klezmer" in which I managed to discuss at length the violin and the tsimbl and the search for new sources of repertoire without once mentioning the place of the flute in this music. This live set from Adrianne Greenbaum offers an hour's worth of testimony to my . . . let's call it an oversight since there may be children listening. Greenbaum probably knows as much about klezmer flute as anyone in the world today, and with nine flutes in her collection used on this set she gives a double meaning to the old jazz compliment, "she plays a lot of flute." Excellent performances by Greenbaum, Jake Shulman-Ment, Pete Rushefsky and Brian Glassman, and a wonderful collection of new and/or unfamiliar tunes. What more could you asked for in a klezmer album? Available from http://cdbaby.com/cd/greenbaum3.
Ljova and the Kontraband: "Mnemosyne" (Kapustnik Records). When you make a first record as good as Ljova's, there's always a worry of "second album syndrome," or what ballplayers call the sophomore jinx. Don't worry about it. As good as "Vjola: World on Four Strings" was, this new CD is even better, with the band itself gelling beautifully and Ljova's writing stronger than ever. You can tell from the opening notes of the album, a strange, scratchy but muted cacophony of percussion effects, that this will be an edgier, nervier package than its predecessor, and there is plenty of risk-taking present. But the simple beauties of the first album have multiplied here into something more complex and richer, reaching for the sublime. Much of the first two-thirds of the record is somber, almost melancholic, but the last two cuts ""Gone Crazy" and "Bagel on the Malecon Reprise" are almost giddy by comparison. All the pieces fit together here, from guest artists like William Schimmel and Frank London to the contributions of the other band members, Patrick Farrell on accordion, Mike Savino on bass and Mathias Kunzli on drums, and Inna Barmash's three vocals are all superb. Most important, Ljova himself is an extraordinarily expressive violist and a gifted composer. Available from CDBaby.
Monk, Meredith: "Impermanence" (ECM). Monk is one of the giants of the post-'60s avant-garde, a brilliant performer, composer, choreographer, filmmaker, who has created some remarkably theatrical events using a hand-picked, personally trained ensemble of singer-dancer-performance artists. Monk has said, ""I work in between the cracks, where the voice starts dancing, where the body starts singing, where theater becomes cinema." The new CD preserves (in defiance of its title) her 16-part suite written in the wake of the death of her long-time partner Mieke van Hoek and, as the title suggests, it is a meditation on the evanescence of our lives. The piece begins with a somberly beautiful piano-and-voice by Monk and pianist Allison Sniffin, an astonishing showcase for her vocal pyrotechnics that never loses sight of its intent. With each additional selection, she adds more elements to her palette and the suite builds slowly in a manner that occasionally recalls the early minimalism of Steve Reich et al. In addition to her always superb vocal ensemble, the performances by Sniffin on piano and violin, Bohdan Hilash on woodwinds and John Hollenbeck on percussion are more than noteworthy. Monk's work has always been refreshingly open in its feelings, even when there are few words, but she has never been more emotionally naked than she is here, and the result is a triumph, the capstone to a brilliant career.
Red Hot Chachkas: "Spice It Up!" (self-distributed). Here's the kind of frustration that makes the lives of musicians who dedicate themselves to Jewish music so thankless: this second set from the Bay Area-based Chachkas is their first in over five years. Their last CD merited one of my infrequent five-star reviews, and the wait for the new one was downright painful – but definitely worth the pain. This is a playful group with a sense of humor; as proven by such little gems as the reggae intro to "Chosidl Diddle," or the crazy clockwork and fractured square dance riff of "Stomp It Up," written by their new clarinetist Barbara Speed. Another fun recording with great musicianship. Available from www.redhotchachkas.com.
"Shtetl Superstars: Funky Jewish Sounds From Around the World" (Trikont), I count it significant that several of the most interesting records under review here come from European or Israeli artists, one of the signs of health that I mentioned above. This sampler ranges all over the place, from thunderous hip-hop of Balkan Beat Box to the ornately rhythmic-romantic klezmer of Oi-Va-Voi, from the mash-up inventions of Solomon and So-Called (featuring Oi-Va-Voi's Sophie Solomon) to the ska-and-reggae stylings of King Django and Dave Gould. Some of these bands will be familiar, others less so, and you probably won't like everything on the CD, but as an introduction to the newer trends in post-klemer-revival Jewish music, this is an excellent collection. Available from Hatikvah Music (www.hatikvahmusic.com or phone 323 655-7083).
"A Song of Dawn: The Jerusalem Sephadi Baqqashot at the Har Tziyon Synagogue" (Jewish Music Research Centre). This is an extraordinary package, six CDs preserving a unique and little-known liturgical-musical tradition practiced in a small number of Sephardic congregations on Jerusalem. The baqqashot are poems/prayers of petition to God and, like the piyutim, a specifically Sephardi tradition. The recordings here have the double value of being authentic field recordings (Har Tziyon performs its baqqashot on Thursday mornings, so Essica Marks, the ethnomusicologist involved in this project, was allowed to record during a service) and the work of a surprisingly accomplished choir of non-professionals, led by Abraham Caspi, the synagogue's cantor. From the throbbing, pulsating "El mistater (God is concealed)" that opens the first CD, through to the final cut, a melancholy Kaddish sung by Caspi, this is powerfully moving music and, unlike most field recordings, the performances are surprisingly polished. Not to be digested in a single sitting (there are nearly eight hours of music here), this is a rich resource to be dipped into at length and leisure. Available from Hatikvah Music (www.hatikvahmusic.com or phone 323 655-7083). .
Sway Machinery, The: "The Sway Machinery EP" (JDub). If your only exposure to Jeremiah Lockwood and his band was their first CD, a creative but uncompromising excursion into post-punk crash, or his brilliant solo album, with its strange, fractured delta blues, then you are not prepared for this EP. Quite simply, this record is dazzling, a genuinely unique reinterpretation of Jewish religious music that draws on the sinister drone of North Mississippi bluesmen like R.L. Burnside, classical hazanut, post-rock instrumentals, funk horn charts, David Bowie circa "Let's Dance" and Hasidic storytelling. The set has only six tunes and last a little over 25 minutes, but it's as striking as anything you'll hear this year.
Veretski Pass: "Trafik" (Golden Horn). This is a veritable Old World Klez supergroup, with Joshua Horowitz, Stuart Brotman and Cookie Siegelstein together for a second set of Yiddish dance music. Like the first one, which was a five-star effort according to this column, this is a collection of 30 brief tunes, brilliantly played. Siegelstein brings real fire to the threesome, with a biting tone (imagine Jackie McLean as a fiddler) and deft touch. Brotman's arco playing conveys an underlying melancholy to even the jauntiest of tunes like "Curly Wolf Patch" and Horowitz is equally at home on tsimbl and 19th-century accordion. On a tune like "Noisy Dog," you hear uncanny echoes (or anticipation) of the American fiddle standards that are the staple of bluegrass jams and square dances, but with the tang of fresh garlic. What else can I say? They've done it again, so go buy it.
"With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen" (Jewish Music Research Centre). In Yemenite Jewish society, the diwan is a collection of men's poetry, song and dance, passed on orally and in writing. This two-CD set from the Jewish Music Research Centre at Hebrew University, is a particularly beautiful example of the genre (albeit without dance of course). In the half-century since the Yemenite Jews were brought to Israel, their traditions have undergone several major changes, but the music is still quite lovely, ornate, pulsating and, on this recording, handsomely song and played. As usual, the scholars at the JMRC have oudone themselves in the packaging of this set, which includes a hard-back book of some 200 pages in English and Hebrew. This is one occasion when the music itself is every bit as good to hear as it is to have preserved. Available from Hatikvah Music (www.hatikvahmusic.com or phone 323 655-7083).
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Great list and wonderful blog on Jewish Music...thanks! Have you heard of The Klezmer Company Orchestra?ReplyDelete
Take a moment to listen to Klezmer Company Orchestra at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHHO4AFT1c to hear something special.
This professional ensemble-in-residence at the Music Archives of the FAU Library takes Klezmer to a whole range of places through refreshing arrangements that honor the music's tradition yet push the envelope with renewed sophistication --- appealing to traditionalists and those looking for a musical experience.
Click http://klezmercompany.com/media.html and listen to "2nd Avenue Hoedown" among other great cuts that'll get you hooked.
Their performances are defined by well crafted arrangements passionately performed by the KCO, whose marvelous Jazz and Classical musicians under the leadership of music director, Aaron Kula, are based in South Florida and have received critical praise for their CD, "Beyond the Tribes."
500 to 3,000 seat multi-media concert halls have hosted their ethnic hybrid of Latin Jazz infused Orchestral Klezmer...plus a dash of Mediterranean, Arabic and Gypsy influences to add even more flavor. KCO is a favorite amongst South Florida audiences.
The following link --- http://www.pbartspaper.com/search?q=aaron+kula --- is an article that appeared in the Palm Beach Post in anticipation of a recent Klezmer Company Orchestra concert that was extremely well received.
"Beyond the Tribes" is on iTunes and available at Cd Baby among others.
Listen and enjoy!