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Eavesdropping in Maine Jails
Maine lawmakers, defense attorneys say jails 'must stop' recording and listening to attorney calls
Gov. Janet Mills instructs the Department of Corrections to work with lawmakers to protect attorney-client privilege in jails and prisons.
by Samantha Hogan | March 2, 2022
Aroostook Sheriff's Office. Photo by Samantha Hogan.
Maine county jails "must stop" recording and listening to calls that inmates make to their attorneys, Maine lawyers and lawmakers said this week. Gov. Janet Mills instructed the Department of Corrections to work with legislators on a solution.
Troubled by a months-long investigation by The Maine Monitor that found jails routinely recorded attorney calls, and shared some with prosecutors and law enforcement, state lawmakers are considering a bill that would penalize a person who "knowingly eavesdrops" on a conversation between an attorney and a person in custody.
Prosecutors asked lawmakers to reject the bill, which would remove them from cases and potentially expose them to felony charges if they listen to a jail recording of an attorney-client conversation.
Yet the state risks systematically depriving jailed defendants of their constitutional right to counsel by continuing to allow jails to record calls with their attorneys unchecked, said Justin Andrus, the executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services, who proposed the bill.
"Gov. Mills believes that Maine state prisons and county jails must protect the confidentiality of privileged communications between an inmate and their legal counsel, a right afforded to them under the Constitution," Lindsay Crete, press secretary for the governor, wrote in a statement to The Maine Monitor.
Mills asked the Department of Corrections to work with the bill sponsor "to ensure that the legislation properly protects these privileged communications without unduly hampering the department's ability to protect its facility staff and other residents," Crete said.
Rep. Thom Harnett
Rep. Thom Harnett (D-Gardiner), who is sponsoring the bill and chairs the state Judiciary Committee, had not heard from the department as of Tuesday. The committee was scheduled to discuss the bill on Wednesday.
"Doing nothing is not an option. It is simply not acceptable to have the specter of attorney-client calls being recorded by the state, because one has no control over what happens to them after that occurs," Harnett said.
Three murder suspects awaiting trial in Maine jails were recorded speaking to their attorneys, and some calls were shared and partially listened to by Maine State Police, a Maine Monitor investigation revealed. The detectives heard enough to recognize the attorneys but not the substance of the conversations, police and prosecutors said.
The bill as drafted would stop investigators and prosecutors who were given attorney calls, "whether or not the person has reviewed the substance of the document, recording or information," from continuing to work on the investigation or prosecution. Eavesdropping on attorney-client conversations would be a felony and punishable with a $10,000 civil fine.
Assistant Attorney General Megan Elam, the prosecutor assigned to the three murder cases identified by The Maine Monitor, strongly opposed parts of the bill during a recent meeting of the Criminal Law Advisory Commission that advises the Legislature.
"You're criminalizing inadvertent behavior. You're making it a crime when someone gets information that they had every reason to believe didn't include confidential communications and the second they hear the confidential communication they stop listening. That seems wrong to me," Elam said.
Elam previously told The Maine Monitor she did not listen to the attorney calls in the three open murder investigations.
The Maine Prosecutors Association, on behalf of the state's district attorneys, said it supported the intent of the bill but not the penalties.
"All jail phone calls are recorded," said Andrew Robinson, the District Attorney for three Maine counties. "… It's not because the jails are targeting the discussions between an attorney and their client. It's because everybody who calls into the jails, their calls are recorded."
Prosecutors already have an ethical obligation to alert defense lawyers and the court if they receive privileged material, Robinson said. The Maine Monitor found that the state attorney general's office and many district attorney's offices did not have written policies on what to do when recordings of attorney calls are discovered.
"Eavesdropping on phone calls between legal counsel and an incarcerated individual should be against the law. Shame on the Maine Prosecutors for opposing it," said Rep. Jeff Evangelos (I-Friendship).
'Scope of the problem'
Nearly 1,000 attorney calls were recorded by Androscoggin, Aroostook, Franklin and Kennebec county jails between June 2019 and May 2020 — affecting nearly 200 defendants and 46 law firms, records obtained by The Maine Monitor show. Court records in other counties show the monitoring dates to at least 2014.
The number is almost certainly much higher: Eight county sheriffs who operate jails did not cooperate with The Maine Monitor and denied multiple right-to-know requests for data.
"We're never going to understand the scope of the problem if we don't look at what's occurred in the past," Harnett said.
He also was concerned by the lack of transparency and inconsistency in the counties' response to The Maine Monitor's requests for records of recordings of attorney calls.
Many defendants were recorded by jails while calling their court-appointed attorneys, data and court records show. Maine is obligated to provide a lawyer at the state's expense to any person who cannot afford to hire their own attorney. Andrus, the head of indigent legal services in the state, said he was "disappointed and horrified," by The Maine Monitor's recent reporting.
Justin Andrus, the executive director of the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services.
"We need a legislative solution, and if we cannot have that then someone needs to obtain a judicial solution," Andrus said.
The fear is not that a prosecutor will try to use a recording of a privileged call as evidence at trial, but that information from the conversation will be used to advance an investigation.
The Maine Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, a professional organization for members of the state's private defense bar, supports the legislation and said it gave "teeth" to rules and laws that already prohibit listening to their calls with jailed clients. The bill would also improve access for lawyers and clients to review documents together in jail.
Civil rights lawyers also support the bill. Meagan Sway, policy director of the ACLU of Maine, said despite decades of decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court interpreting that defendants have the right to privately communicate with counsel, "jails in Maine and the for-profit phone companies they contract with are not obeying the constitution."
Both groups recommended the bill not make it a felony to eavesdrop on conversations because it could be broadly applied, and they oppose the expansion of the criminal code.
Notably absent was any comment from the Maine Sheriffs Association. Sheriffs are in charge of operating Maine's 15 jails and contract for phone services from private companies.
"I think silence can speak loudly sometimes," Harnett said. "I can't speak for what they are going to convey with their silence. Again, you have prosecutors, you have legislators, you have the head of (the) indigent legal services statewide program all saying, 'We have a problem here.' It's not helpful when the place where that problem exists to the largest degree choses not to weigh in."
The Maine Sheriffs Association did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Sheriffs have previously said the surveillance of inmates' phone calls and mail helps prevent drugs from entering the jails, and stops the harassment of victims and witnesses of crimes. In domestic violence cases, calls are monitored to ensure court orders that no contact be followed.
The legislation as written would require jails to look back several years and determine if their phones recorded attorney calls.
Defendants would then have two years to file a post-conviction review in response to learning their attorney-client calls were recorded by a jail. All other post-conviction reviews have a one-year limit. Prosecutors have asked lawmakers to amend the bill to say defendants must show the recordings had a "substantive impact on the outcome of the defendant's case."
Lawyers are having a difficult time figuring out if they were recorded by a jail, let alone gathering enough information to suppress evidence that may have been gleaned from those calls. Several defense attorneys said they learned they were recorded by a jail when a Maine Monitor reporter contacted them.
Even when an attorney is alerted to recordings, there is no simple way to get a case dismissed.
Steven Clarke has been fighting for five years to undo a guilty plea. He said he did not understand that by accepting a plea deal, the court would stop reviewing whether his charges should be dismissed because the Somerset County Jail recorded and shared with prosecutors the 79 calls he had with his defense team, The Maine Monitor reported.
The recording and distributing of attorney calls has a chilling effect on communication between jailed defendants and their attorneys, Andrus said.
"It needs to be very, very costly for law enforcement or a prosecutor's office to make this mistake," Andrus said.
Samantha Hogan
Samantha Hogan focuses on government accountability projects for The Maine Monitor. Samantha, who was named 2021 Maine Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association, joined The Maine Monitor as its first full-time reporter as a 2019 Report for America corps member. She spent 2020 reporting exclusively on Maine's court system through the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Samantha previously worked for The Frederick News-Post, covering state politics, agriculture, the environment and energy, and interned twice for The Washington Post.


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Prospects for Belarus-Kyrgyzstan cooperation outlined
BISHKEK, 8 December (BelTA) - Belarus is setting up facilities to produce elevators and transformers in Kyrgyzstan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Kyrgyzstan Andrei Strachko told the media, BelTA has learned.
The diplomat noted that Kyrgyzstan is a traditional partner of Belarus in the Central Asian region. Last year, trade between the countries reached almost $100 million, with Belarusian export accounting for 88% of it. In 2022, it is expected to grow by one and a half times.
"This year we are working quite successfully too. Export continues growing. But this year we see a trend (something we have long been striving for): supplies from Kyrgyzstan to Belarus have begun to grow. Kyrgyzstan is our reliable and friendly partner, and we have always wanted not only to sell more. We wanted our partners to supply more goods to Belarus too. We import dried fruits, wool, and radiators, which is their main product," the ambassador said.
Assembly of elevators and transformers
Today, the two countries are seeking not only to build up trade, but also to make joint products.
"We are not giving up on the topic of assembly plants, because it is interesting. Kyrgyzstan is a logistics hub, a gateway to other markets," Ambassador Andrei Strachko explained.
Belarus and Kyrgyzstan have already outlined the key areas: assembly of transformers together with the Kozlov Minsk Electrotechnical Plant and elevators jointly with Mogilevliftmash.
"There is a huge market for our elevators and for our transformers there. Kyrgyzstan seems to be a small country, but all the old Soviet elevators were produced by Mogilevliftmash. Bishkek alone needs to replace about 1,500 elevators. In recent years, we have sold about 20-30 elevators a year. But today we have agreed with Kyrgyzstan on the joint production. A memorandum has been signed with Bishkek, and a government order will be placed for elevators. Therefore, we are planning to produce up to 200 elevators next year. If this venture proves successful, we might tap into the markets of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan because they, too, operate Belarusian elevators," the ambassador said.
With the help of Belarusian transformers, Kyrgyzstan is planning to refresh not only the existing fleet but also to use them to increase its hydropower capabilities.
Food and light industry
Kyrgyzstan is also interested in Belarusian meat and dairy products. "Here we have great prospects. We are planning to suggest them to set up some kind of exemplary agricultural holding company, like those we have in Belarus, to launch supplies of our equipment for meat and dairy industries. To do this, they need to tackle certain internal problems. All their facilities are small-scale. Meanwhile we propose to set up a large agricultural holding company that will have great opportunities and potential to be competitive," Ambassador Andrei Strachko said.
Kyrgyzstan also considers itself a dairy country. They provide their market with dairy products and also supply Kazakhstan. However, the production volume in Kyrgyzstan is still not as large as in Belarus. "They would like to expand their product line and make the same products from milk as we do," the diplomat added.
According to Andrei Strachko, two Belarusian stores Belovezhsky Gostinets have been operating in Kyrgyzstan since 2020 and their products are very popular with the locals.
"More and more customers are coming here; they appreciate our products, even though they are more expensive. The most important thing is that our products made it to the local market. Our cheeses, milk, butter, and sausage products have become very popular, and they are praised by every Bishkek resident. We have also great prospects in food supplies here," the ambassador said.
Light industry is seen as another promising area for bilateral cooperation. Belarus shows interest in working with the local producers of wool, cotton and leather. According to the diplomat, the countries can set up a joint venture in the industry. Companies of the two countries may work on direct supplies, as well.
Infrastructure and transport
Kyrgyzstan has been actively increasing its hydro power capacities. The construction of Kambar-Ata Hydro Power Plant has been launched this year. Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov said in October that once the construction was over, the country would become an independent, fully self-sufficient country, which will export electricity.
"We expect that this investment project will actively develop, and we see here the prospect of increasing the supply of our haulers and other quarry equipment. We are very mobile in this regard and we are ready to work with them," said Andrei Strachko.
According to the ambassador, Belarus and Kyrgyzstan are developing cooperation in urban transport. Kyrgyzstan is interested in Belarusian electric buses, but their price is still quite high. In this regard, Belarus suggests setting up a joint production. By the way, the Eurasian Electric Bus pilot project has been launched as part of the industrial block of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
"Kyrgyzstan is interested in our experience, our best practices, so we have big plans here. We should be more proactive," the head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission stressed.
Another topic that the countries are actively discussing is Belarus' participation in the local infrastructure projects, the railroad in particular. This issue was discussed at a recent meeting of the joint intergovernmental commission. "This is an important issue for Kyrgyzstan. The country is a member of the SCO and has agreed with China to build the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad. We offer both our machinery and our equipment for producing cross-ties and rails," the diplomat explained.

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"+" sign makes it work but above syntax give an error. It works fine when I add Render transform using xaml but I want to do it in c#. Any suggestion?

A: Just putting the solution proposed in the comments into an answer:
They way you did it was to assign a new CompositeTransform on every call of the event handler. This is not what you want. You want to manipulate an existing CompositeTransform instead.
In order to achieve this, you have to manually assign the CompositeTransform once outside your eventhandler:
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Esdeveniments
 26 de desembre, València: Col·locació de la primera pedra de la Llotja de la Seda, obra de Pere Comte.
 Viatge de Colom a Guinea.
 Navegació pels espanyols del Riu Congo.
 El fill de Vlad Ţepeş, Vlad IV, puja al tron de Valàquia com a rei.
 Predicació de Savonarola a Florència.

Naixements
 Utiel: Abraham ben Selomó ibn Torrutiel, historiador de l'Àfrica del Nord i dels jueus originaris de la península Ibèrica.

Necrològiques
 25 de març - Florència: Lucrècia Tornabuoni, poeta i noble italiana que s'emparentà amb els Mèdici de Florència (n. 1425).
 27 de març - Bruges: Maria de Borgonya, Duquessa de Borgonya, Brabant i Limburg, Comtessa de Flandes, i Holanda.

Referències

Anys del segle XV

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Fanfiction And Fanfiction Ideas
By Pataponvideo,
May 25, 2016 in Writer's Corner
Gerrion
Location:Portugal
Interests:Taking naps, writting, music. And orange-flavoured honey!
Hi ho!
My, this thread has grown in quite the awesome way since my last visit. A huge "thank-you" @DrYuriMom for gathering all info on the Morgana that has been unveiled so far (as well to all that contributed to the insightful discussion that followed) - it helped me grasp what i missed about Morganas and adapt my work to whatever lore i missed.
Also, @ninjapacman: i forgot to say that i've grown as an open-minded person, so it's alright to speak your mind while considering the other side's freedom and feelings (which you did ;-) ).
One of the reasons i'm this open to people is because i ackwnoledge myself as a person with "quirks" (i blame My Hero Academia for using that word) and "flaws", with one flaw being the limitation of my knowledge and logic to what i've personally experienced or learned, which can be complemented (or corrected) with the work and logic of others. This is the primal essence of a community, in which a group of people with something in common (survival, a goal, etc.) cover each other's flaws while contributing with their quirks, making better results than what a single person could do.
Now, back to topic. I understood that the Hendecagon term was a bit off. The name came from a side reference to the Pentagon, and it would indeed be more as a forced writting plot other than something that emerged naturally. The "First 11", however, seemed a more natural expression to the first wave of captains from the INPF (short for International Naval Protection Force) - which you agreed as well due to the analogy with the Battle of Britain's "first few", so i'll be more reliant on using it rather than the former.
As for the "inherent bias against self-inserts", i don't mind it at all. It shows how stories have to be made with thought and naturality to be more authentic, and writters who exert things such as their characters unto a world can often make the natural feel of their piece weaker. I'll take that into consideration when making my work, hoping to make Belfast as real as how she is depicted in-game, how the captain will behave with her according to his behaviour and feelings, and the results of those interactions. I only showed the resumed version because, in all honesty, i would only start the true work once the Backer Beta begins - that's when i'll have more reliable information to write my work accordingly, all while making the "beginner's guide" to be featured later on (if BCS deems it worthy enough, of course).
And sorry for my really long post. Hope it's okay with you guys.
Legate of Mineta 22 posts
DrYuriMom 16 posts
Ninjapacman 13 posts
Fifrein 24 posts
Ninjapacman
Location:Close enough to make daily trips to the USS Iowa if I wanted to.
Interests:History
Gerrion: It's a good thing that you are open minded, because I'm as brutally honest as I can be to everyone when critiquing writing. It has gotten me some less than mature responses in the past from salty writers.
Also, they weren't the "First Few" in the Battle of Britain. Their name is "The Few" deriving from Winston Churchill's speech about the battle when he said "Never before has some much been owed by so many to so few." They are "The Few" that the people of Britain owe so much to.
Fifrein
Location:Jumping Around
Idea the third:
Victory Belles: Stolen- A battleship skipper is being ferried to his task group September 1st, 1939. A mist appears close to the destroyer ferrying him, and the destroyer manifests a Belle, claiming him as her captain. During the battle, his task group arrives and he moves to his battleship who knew her candidate and was waiting to manifest her own Belle. The Morgana is defeated but shortly after the two boats realize there's a bit of a property dispute. Both think the captain is their own, and neither will allow the other to have him. (The destroyer claims she claimed him first, the Battlewagon claims he was assigned to her and therefore he is officially hers) Hilarity that comes from a love triangle involving large and small caliber naval artillery ensues.
It occurs that none of my stories have to be long, just small one-shots for scats and gags.
Location:Pensacola, Florida, USA.
Interests:Alternate history, military science fiction, grim-dark military dramas.
@Fif
When belles give in to their anger and fight to the death
Nah but we would get to see the product of a 5-in vs 16-in catfight should someone actually write it up.
RockyArby
Location:Florida
Interests:Military History, Naval history, Video Games, WarThunder, Reading, and writing.
I need this story in my life ?
Waltzcarer
Interests:Professional Amateur & Amateur Professional
Knowing about the mists and such, how effective would a carrier be? Judging from what has been said, the early days would prove difficult for carrier operations.
On another note, seeing as the mist leaves stuff on one's clothes. Would a ship suffer from the same fate? IE: Having to be scrubbed down if it manages to exit the mist due to having stuff all over it.
Waltzcarer;
In the early days of '39: carriers are almost entirely ineffective in the Mists (warning: not true for the Morgana carriers.)
Yes: when you leave, you have to give the ship a once over to get the residue off.
Location:Ohio, USA
Interests:PC video games, playing guitar, military history, anime, writing stories in my free time, British naval vessels
I hope you mean "skits"
I know what I said.
What implications does this have for gameplay? I see a carrier that was introduced, so I assume they have some purpose in '39
From the first Kickstarter update, I can safely say scouting and the striking of targets not in their mists.
I believe they mean regular Carriers. Belle carriers can sense the Morgana so the planes would sense them to.
As Fifrein noted, Operations tend to have significant areas not under Mist (some have no Mists at all), so there is a lot for a Belle Carrier to do. But when you go into those Mists, they become very limited.
RA;
Aircraft launched from a Belle's ship are still regular aircraft, with human pilots and the like. They can only aid them to a certain degree, although they can provide a little help, here and there.
The Belle herself can sense the Morgana, though.
That makes a lot of sense, good to know.
Now, time to ready all of the Kickstater material.
Good reading.
I assumed and proved the saying right. Sorry about that.
No need to apologize! That's what these forums are for.
Wait, every time we send planes into combat and one gets shot down, we're losing real live men with families? New game mode: hard- don't send home a single letter of regrets.
Fifrein;
Every time your Belle is hit, it's likely you're writing letters. That would be a crazy hard Achievement, if ever I've heard of one.
Yeah, I bet it would. It just occurred to me that most fantasy games (especially RPGs) have a hardcore roleplay crowd, and now that you have to worry about the lives of your men instead of the ship girls alone and/or the generic drone faeries that would pilot them that just got a lot more serious.
It certainly would provide a more sobering experience!
I believe I am part of that crowd. I'm never going to lose a ship, not one. Couldn't bear it. I lost one in Kancolle once, and spent 2 weeks doing nothing but trying to get her back to repent for my mistake.
Ninjapacman;
I know how you feel. Don't mess around with Death Dates is my advice.
Thinking something related to Enterprise. Probably related to what Wellington and DrYuriMom has written, but I wonder if I shouldn't diversify a bit.
I want to explore the fact that a random person being chosen as captain will probably not sit well with the existing crew regardless of what regulation says. I want to explore that aspect a bit more, but I'm not a very good writer so coming up with ideas for a good drama is what I would need to pointers about.
It also helps that the ship is quite new if we look at her commissioning date.


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Bill Everett's Humorous Look at the First Days of His Career at the Post
My first day on the Post-Dispatch was almost my last.
The city editor was completely charming. He told me in a fatherly manner that nothing much would be expected of me for a time, that I was just to sit quietly and study the paper and the style. He cautioned me against hurt feelings in the event that he might find constructive criticism necessary. It would be in my best interest – nothing personal, he assured me.
He kept his word. No one noticed me, but after about six hours, I began to feel hunger pains. I approached the desk to find out about eating arrangements. I didn't find out at once.
The assistant city editor was addressing one of the staff. "Mr. Dresser," he was saying, "it is a cardinal principle that our reporters read the Post-Dispatch, and I hope you will, you may observe that when we refer to a man as a Corporal, we spell it out. When we refer to his rank before his name, we abbreviate it with Cpl."
There was much more. Mr. Dresser was trying to say something, but rank had him whipped. He sounded as futile as Jack Benny trying to interrupt his sponsor. Finally brass ran out of brass, and more important, out of wind. Mr. Dresser had his chance. He said, "but sir, I did not write that story." This information left the editor quite cold. He removed his glasses, wiped them, and then in measured tones said, "I think it is a damned good thing for you to keep in mind anyway." Mr. Dresser left and I almost did.
My First Volunteer
The city editor summoned me to the desk and told me that there was a volunteer in the hall. He advised me to handle the situation with great acumen. Some of our biggest stories came in that way, he warned me.
I was a trifle nervous. This was a new and tremendous responsibility.
It turned out that the volunteer was more nervous than I. He peered over my left shoulder, then my right shoulder. I decided to follow suit. To the astonished persons in the hall waiting for the elevator, we must have looked like the pioneers of rock 'n' roll.
He told me his trouble. Every time he walked in the streets in south St. Louis, people called him bad names. I asked him for a few samples. They were bad. I suggested that he move to north St. Louis. He told me he had tried that, but they called him even worse names. I asked for a few samples. They were much worse.
I was worried. I could tell from his clothing that it would not be wise to offer the advice of Greeley, and it would not be seemly to tell him to jump into the river. I compromised. I told him that the Post-Dispatch would keep him in mind and that no one would call him such horrible names again, unless justified.
He was extremely grateful, shook hands with me and wept a bit. He started for the elevator, and then it dawned on me that he had asked me for my name. I rushed back to him. "How," I asked, "did you happen to ask for me?" He said it had been quite simple. He had been in the day before and was told that Mr. Everett, the man in charge of the "Bad Name Department," would be in on the following day.
The Strike That Failed
I was a full-fledged reporter now. I had been there one week and called the assistant city editor by his first name. He told me to meet a photographer in the lobby and to be careful. He said there was information that eight meat packers were to cross a picket line at a cold storage firm in north St. Louis. He warned me that heads could fall and blood flow in the streets.
It was a hot August morning, and I was scared. The photographer didn't do much to reassure me. He advised me that strikes could be nasty. He said we should look the situation over. We did. Finally, after driving in the area for 20 minutes, we saw one picket with an umbrella, and he was about 75 years old. We gathered courage and approached.
Soon we were joined at the one-man picket line by a young Irish cop who had a pencil, a crossword puzzle and a gripe. The cop said he had only four words to go to finish the puzzle, that he had never finished one and that his wife always made fun of him because he couldn't finish one.
I interrupted to ask the picket what would happen if the packers crossed his line. He pointed to some men entering the storage company. "Them fellers have already crossed, now how about the puzzle?" he asked.
I went to the nearest telephone and called the desk. It was too early for a beer, but the phone was in a tavern. I told the editor that the only controversy was with a young cop, a picket and our photographer over a crossword puzzle. "Stay there," Sam said.
I went back. They were down to two words and were becoming very excited. I went back to the tavern. I reported that they were down to two words. I was told, grimly, to stay there. I went back to the trio. They were wildly excited. They needed only one word to complete the puzzle. I went back to the friendly tavern and telephone. "Sam," I said, "all they need is a three-letter word for the Queen of Fairies."
There was a silence for the matter of a few seconds. A deep intake of breath, and then: "It is M for moron, A for addle-brained, B for bastard, MAB, and you, you SOB, you come on in, and now!"
(Originally published in Page One, 1958. Bill Everett began working as a general assignment reporter at the Post-Dispatch in 1944.)


Through these photos, I attempt to capture the fragility of individual moments and the short period between teenage years and adulthood. Small moments are often accepted as just a part of the day, but what we don't realize is that that very well may be the last time that moment will happen. I knew I wanted the subject of my piece to be my best friend of the past four years, because she has been a part of these tiny moments and we are able to experience the transition into adulthood together.


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"A no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of thriller..........................A new year at Hogwarts."
A new year at Hogwarts.....................After a weary journey through the "Hogwarts Express", all the students found themselves in the main dining hall, where in front of them, in the middle of the long teachers' table, sat Albus Dumbledore , smiling to see the children back at Hogwarts. Many innocent people (stone) among a few vicious ones. Malfoy gave a disgusted look at Harry, who was busy talking with Hermione and was soon joined by a boy. With that red hair, it was not difficult to identify Ron.
alright awesome!!! lets start this year at hogwarts!!
So, what was the decision on when N1 ends?
N1 ends at 9 PM my time Saturday. Current time for me: 2:36 PM Thursday.
My calendar says Monday... probably a good thing I'm not playing.
Just writing enough to say that I can be moved to backup and I'm somewhat paying attention and shutting up now before anything actually happens.
Also, you forgot the roster and roles. Might want to get them posted while they will still be on page 1.
Hopefully others will refrain from posting until you do so.
I know I tend to keep going back to the role list during the game and having to hunt for it would be annoying.
Someone once told me I was funny and I believed them...big mistake on their part.
putting these in spoiler because they were really unnessesary.
...and off to the side stood percy making out with penelope ravenclaw.
I love how somewhat random the relationships are in the books. not the main character ones, but bill first fleur in book 4, and then they get married!
And once again a time-check.
Er, curr3nt, how is that possible?
My time keeping device is a Tardis.
Can you do me a favor and stop George Bush from making "No Child Left Behind"?
Not without there being dire changes in what you know as recent history.
No, she's not. Emily, it's nice to meet you, but you've stumbled into the midst of an ongoing game that doesn't really accept additions. I hope you understand.
Not really - that's a bot advertising for the link. Check her other posts here. In any case, Rookie will make her disappear.
Woah, I found the thread!!!
and why would anyone say that?
I assume I'm allowed to wonder out aloud as a backup.


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Katrin Knop,abc Georges M. Pavlov,ab Tobias Rudolph,ab Karin Martin,bd David Pretzel,ab Burkhard O. Jahn,e Daniel H. Scharf,bd Axel A. Brakhage,bd Vadim Makarov,f Ute Möllmann,d Felix H. Schacherab and Ulrich S. Schubert*abc
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Amphiphilic star-shaped poly(ε-caprolactone)-block-poly(oligo(ethylene glycol)methacrylate) [PCLa-b-POEGMAb]4 block copolymers with four arms and varying degrees of polymerization for the core (PCL) and the shell (POEGMA) were used to investigate the solution behavior in dilute aqueous solution using a variety of techniques, including fluorescence and UV/Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, analytical ultracentrifugation, and isothermal titration calorimetry. Particular emphasis has been applied to prove that the systems form unimolecular micelles for different hydrophilic/lipophilic balances of the employed materials. In vitro cytotoxicity and hemocompatibility have further been investigated to probe the suitability of these structures for in vivo applications. A novel fungicide was included into the hydrophobic core in aqueous media to test their potential as drug delivery systems. After loading, the materials have been shown to release the drug and to provoke therewith an inhibition of the growth of different fungal strains.
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It was simple, just a brown piece of cloth that had been on the body of a man as he was sold to a farmer in North Carolina in 1789. There was really nothing special about it at this point. It had originally been a shirt, but after many years his wife cut the shirt to make her husband a cloth to cover his head and neck from the burning sun. The man had to use it often but would sometimes lend it to others if he saw them in need. The color began to fade as the sun bleached it. His son watched as his parents worked themselves to the point of exhaustion. Every holiday his parents made sure to put smiles on. The love he felt from his parents had no measure. The cloth was handed down to the son when he started working in the fields. It went with him when he was sold to another farmer and married there.
The cloth had been worn down in many places from being tied and untied so many times, but the son just sewed a red patch on it and passed it onto his daughter. His daughter was sold as a maid to a rich man and his family. She used the cloth to keep her hair out of her face as she cleaned. She forced smiles on her face and tried to treat everyone politely. She felt like she had vinegar in her mouth but she forced a smile as she dusted and cleaned after the family. Eventually, she started to help other slaves escape. She snuck information and distracted masters as people ran for whatever freedom awaited them. The daughter was eventually freed after the man died and left in his will for all of his slaves to be released. A kind act to tie off a life of hatred.
The daughter brought the now greying cloth with her when she married. She and her husband established their house as a safe house. They worked hard to help people escape from their masters. Through searches and angry masters knocking down their door the family survived. Eventually, the girl passed it onto her son as a patch on a quilt filled with other scraps of clothing. Her son brought the quilt with him as he worked as an assistant to a historian. The boy worked hard and slept in a small room with nothing more than a bed and a box in it. The quilt kept him warm on the late winter nights where the fires and furnace did not reach his room. The historian taught the boy to read and write so he could do more complex work. The historian liked the boy and kept him employed until he died. The boy was left with nothing but what he had with him when the historian passed. Despite his vast knowledge, he began working on a farm and eventually married. The quilt was passed onto his son. His son watched as his father and mother worked long hours and got very little sleep in order to support their family. However, they still found reasons to smile and laugh even in their struggles. The son smiled as well and began to dance with the other kids just to see his dad's face light up with pride.
The quilt was passed on through generations before the cloth was cut out and worn on the head of a female fighting for her right to vote in 1918. The quilt was so worn and tattered and she had heard stories of the grey piece of cloth with the red patch. Stories that told of her ancestors. She fought alongside women of all shapes and sizes as they bonded together for a common cause. When that cause was reached, the friendships she had formed with women of different races and ideals seemed to crack. The cloth followed her family as they moved to Oklahoma. It was sewn back into a quilt in 1930 as the entire family gathered under it to try to avoid the dust leaking in from windows and doors. The mother tried to fill every hole in the house but to no avail. Dust made its way through every single crack and breach. The quilt couldn't mask the coughing coming from each member of the family. It couldn't mask the cries and heart-wrenching coughs of the young baby. The quilt was left inside as the family buried their baby in the same dry parched earth that killed him.
It continued to pass through the family, eventually going along with a son to fight in the Second World War. He had heard the stories his grandmother told, the tales no one believed. That this cloth was originally used by his ancestors as they worked the fields as slaves. He told the same stories to his fellow soldiers, and they all wondered silently if they were just going to be stories someday or if they'd be lost to time. They all hoped they got the chance to see their families again but as bullets rained down upon them they felt fear mask hope. The quilt and the rest of his possessions were sent back in a box to his family. A letter of thanks and a box. The son did not come back. Part of the quilt was ripped due to the grief of his wife, left alone with her young children. The old cloth was not harmed and the wife stitched the quilt back together, determined to keep at least one thing of her husband's. Her children continued to tell stories about their father and how brave he was.
Eventually, the cloth was cut out again and a child kept it in his pocket as he walked into a white school for the first time. He clutched it as he walked past protesters screaming words he couldn't fully comprehend. He stared at the faces of angry men and women and wondered what could put so much hate in someone's heart? He gave it to his older brother as he went to a sit-in and it stayed with him as he peacefully protested. He continued to protest in different ways but always peacefully. He never raised his voice to officers and just kept his head down as he sat where he was told he shouldn't and marched with his brothers. The cloth was sent back to his parents when he was thrown in jail. His little brother passed it onto his daughter.
The cloth was passed through the family, each parent not knowing exactly what it was but knowing enough to not throw it away. It had been handkerchief, a quilt, a hair tie, and a symbol of hope throughout the years. It was now framed and hung in the hallway. It was just a dirty, patched, and stitched rag that held the history of a family in its fabric. A small boy looks at it every time he passes it and wonders when he will get to have it. His father had found it lying at the bottom of a moving box and had it appraised. When the boy found out it was over two hundred years old he was in awe. He'd never seen something two hundred years old before. The boy wonders what all the small cloth has seen. He wonders what it will still have to see. What hardships will it witness in the future? His mother told stories of her uncle keeping it on him while fighting for the rights her son now has. The cloth is over two centuries old and held together by small stitches and patches. It's held together by the strength of this family and the hardships they have been through. It's not certain how much of the cloth is still the original from the shirt but it has still been a part everything. Gathering dust on a wall is easily the most effortless situation the cloth has ever been through. It waits passively for it's next chance to be worn in a seemingly unending fight.
I'm E.L. Barker. I was born and raised in Virginia for the full sixteen years of my life. I'm currently going to Spotswood High School but dream of going to Mary Baldwin University to Major in English. I've been writing and telling stories since I could hold a pen, though most are barely legible. I hope to continue having something meaningful to write about for the rest of my days.
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Bao T, Li SQ, Dearing JL, Piulson LA, Seluzicki CM, Sidlow R, et al.
AIM OF THE STUDY: Breast cancer survivors who take aromatase inhibitors (AI) often suffer from chronic pain. Emerging evidence supports the use of acupuncture as an effective pain management strategy for this condition, but its acceptability among cancer survivors is unknown. We evaluated breast cancer survivors' preferences for acupuncture as compared with medication use and identified factors predictive of this preference.
METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study among breast cancer survivors who were currently, or had been, taking an AI. The primary outcome was degree of preference for acupuncture as compared with medication for pain management. We conducted multivariate logistic regression analyses to evaluate the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) factors and health beliefs on treatment preference.
RESULTS: Among 592 participants, 160 (27.0%) preferred acupuncture, 153 (25.8%) preferred medication and 279 (47.1%) had no clear preference. In a multivariate analysis that only included SES, higher education and white race were significantly associated with greater preference for acupuncture. When health beliefs were added, SES effects were attenuated, while greater expectation of acupuncture's effect, lower perceived barriers to its use, higher social norm (endorsement from family members and healthcare professionals) related to acupuncture and higher holistic health beliefs were associated with greater preference for acupuncture.
CONCLUSION: We found similar rates of preference for acupuncture versus medication among breast cancer survivors for pain management. Specific attitudes and beliefs predicted such preferences, highlighting the importance of a patient-centred approach to align patient beliefs and preferences with therapeutic options for more effective pain management.
TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01013337; Results.
Hilfiker R, Meichtry A, Eicher M, Nilsson Balfe L, Knols RH, Verra ML, et al.
AIM: To assess the relative effects of different types of exercise and other non-pharmaceutical interventions on cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in patients during and after cancer treatment. DESIGN: Systematic review and indirect-comparisons meta-analysis.
DATA SOURCES: Articles were searched in PubMed, Cochrane CENTRAL and published meta-analyses.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR SELECTING STUDIES: Randomised studies published up to January 2017 evaluating different types of exercise or other non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce CRF in any cancer type during or after treatment.
STUDY APPRAISAL AND SYNTHESIS: Risk of bias assessment with PEDro criteria and random effects Bayesian network meta-analysis.
RESULTS: We included 245 studies. Comparing the treatments with usual care during cancer treatment, relaxation exercise was the highest ranked intervention with a standardized mean difference (SMD) of -0.77 (95% Credible Interval (CrI) -1.22 to -0.31), while massage (-0.78; -1.55 to -0.01), cognitive-behavioural therapy combined with physical activity (combined CBT, -0.72; -1.34 to -0.09), combined aerobic and resistance training (-0.67; -1.01 to -0.34), resistance training (-0.53; -1.02 to -0.03), aerobic (-0.53; -0.80 to -0.26) and yoga (-0.51; -1.01 to 0.00) all had moderate-to-large SMDs. After cancer treatment, yoga showed the highest effect (-0.68; -0.93 to -0.43). Combined aerobic and resistance training (-0.50; -0.66 to -0.34), combined CBT (-0.45; -0.70 to -0.21), Tai-Chi (-0.45; -0.84 to -0.06), CBT (-0.42; -0.58 to -0.25), resistance training (-0.35; -0.62 to -0.08) and aerobic (-0.33; -0.51 to -0.16) showed all small-to-moderate SMDs.
CONCLUSIONS: Patients can choose among different effective types of exercise and non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce CRF.
Influence of family on expected benefits of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer patients.
BACKGROUND: Cancer patients often use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) based on recommendations from family. However, the relationship between family endorsement of CAM and the patient's expectation of its benefits has never been quantified.
METHODS: Between 2010 and 2011, we conducted a cross-sectional survey study among patients with a diagnosis of cancer recruited from thoracic, breast, and gastrointestinal medical oncology clinics at a single academic cancer center. We performed multivariate linear regression analyses to evaluate the relationship between perceived family endorsement of and expected benefits from CAM, adjusting for covariates.
RESULTS: Among the 962 participants, 303 (31.3%) reported family endorsement of CAM use. Younger patients and those who had college or higher education were more likely to report family endorsement (both p < 0.05). Patients with family support had expectation scores that were 15.9 higher than patients without family support (coefficient 15.9, 95% CI 13.5, 18.2, p < 0.001). Participants with family encouragement of CAM use were also more likely to expect CAM to cure their cancer (12 vs. 37%) and prolong their life (24 vs. 61%). These relationships remained highly significant after adjusting for covariates).
CONCLUSIONS: Family endorsement of CAM use is strongly associated with patient expectation of its clinical efficacy, including expectations for cure and improved survival. These findings underscore the importance of including family in counseling and education on CAM use in order to achieve realistic patient expectations, maximize benefits, and avoid potential medical adverse effects through herb-drug interactions or rejections of conventional care.
RESULTS: Findings point to key areas where the concerns and priorities of cancer patients, cancer nurses, and oncologists converge and diverge in ways that reflect core personal and professional interests regarding patient care needs, the evidence base for CAM efficacy and safety, and rising healthcare costs.
CONCLUSIONS: Understanding points of convergence and divergence could assist clinicians and service providers in negotiating ways forward for integrative cancer services.
Shaw JM, Sekelja N, Frasca D, Dhillon HM, Price MA.
Being mindful of mindfulness interventions in cancer: A systematic review of intervention reporting and study methodology.
OBJECTIVES: While mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) have demonstrated efficacy in clinical populations, the potential therapeutic benefit of mindfulness in the context of cancer is less clear. The aim of this review was to critically appraise mindfulness intervention reporting and study methodology.
METHODS: Studies using randomized control trial design and/or a control arm were included. PubMed, Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Embase databases between January 1999 and April 2017 were searched. Studies were assessed on (1) reported theoretical framework, (2) intervention description, and (3) justification of modifications to standardized MBSR/MBCT. The overall quality of study design and research methodology were also assessed.
RESULTS: Of 30 studies identified, none adhered to MBSR. Modified versions of MBSR were reported in 19 studies. Five studies reported variants of MBCT, 1 used a combination of MBSR/MBCT, and 5 inadequately documented the intervention/ theoretical framework. Overall, component and timeline modifications were poorly documented and justified. Mean intervention contact time was less than standardized MBSR/MBCT protocols. Target outcomes were poorly justified, and 12 studies failed to identify a primary aim, reporting multiple outcomes. Only 9 of 15 studies recruiting clinical populations included clinical cutoffs, and an active therapeutic control was included in 4 studies.
CONCLUSIONS: Mindfulness is increasingly considered a standard therapy in psycho-oncology. While many studies proclaim benefits, considerable variability, modification to standardized protocols, and claims of benefit often reflect decreases in sub-clinical supportive care symptomology rather than therapeutic relief of clinically significant psychological disorders.
Stomski NJ, Petterson A, Kristjanson L, Lobb EA, Phillips M, Williams A, et al.
The effect of self-selected complementary therapies on cancer patients' quality of life and symptom distress: A prospective cohort study in an integrative oncology setting.
CONCLUSION: A self-selected complementary therapies intervention, provided in an Australian public hospital by accredited therapists, for cancer patients significantly improved quality of life and reduced symptom distress. The effect of this intervention on quality of life has particular salience, since cancer impacts on many areas of people's lives and impairs quality of life.
Hansra DM, McIntyre K, Ramdial J, Sacks S, Patrick CS…Ahn ER.
Evaluation of how integrative oncology services are valued between hematology/oncology patients and hematologists/oncologists at a tertiary care center.
Evidence regarding opinions on integrative modalities by patients and physicians is lacking.
Methods: A survey study was conducted assessing how integrative modalities were valued among hematology/oncology patients and hematologists and oncologists at a major tertiary medical center.
Results: 1008 patients and 55 physicians were surveyed. With the exception of support groups, patients valued nutrition services, exercise therapy, spiritual/religious counseling, supplement/herbal advice, support groups, music therapy, and other complimentary medicine services significantly more than physicians.
Conclusion: With the exception of support groups, patients value integrative modalities more than physicians. Perhaps with increasing education, awareness, and acceptance by providers and traditional institutions, integrative modalities could be equally valued between patients and providers. It is possible that increased availability and utilization of integrative oncology modalities at tertiary hospital sites could improve patient satisfaction, quality of life, and other clinical endpoints.


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A novel Transverse Field RF Surface Coil for Clinical 1.5 T MRI and MRS Applications.
A novel Transverse Field RF Surface Coil for Clinical 1.5 T MRI and MRS Applications. / M. Alfonsetti; V. Clementi; S. Iotti; G. Placidi; R. Lodi; B. Barbiroli; A. Sotgiu; M. Alecci. - STAMPA. - (2004), pp. -----. ((Intervento presentato al convegno European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology, 21th Scientific Meeting tenutosi a Copenhagen nel 9-12 Settembre 2004.
Titolo: A novel Transverse Field RF Surface Coil for Clinical 1.5 T MRI and MRS Applications.


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namespace Simonetti\Rovereti\Tests;

use Simonetti\Rovereti\TransferenciaCaixaBanco;

class TransferenciaCaixaBancoTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{

    public function testValidarDadosPassadosNoConstrutor()
    {
        $data = [
            'codEmpresa' => 1212,
            'codIntegracaoFilial' => 2,
            'codIntegracaoContaCorrente' => 11,
            'datTransferencia' => '01/01/2017',
            'vlrTransferencia' => 125.04,
            'codIntegracaoTransferencia' => 121
        ];

        $transferencia = new TransferenciaCaixaBanco();
        $transferencia->populate((object)$data);

        $this->assertInstanceOf(TransferenciaCaixaBanco::class, $transferencia);
        $this->assertEquals($data['codEmpresa'], $transferencia->getCodEmpresa());
        $this->assertEquals($data['codIntegracaoFilial'], $transferencia->getCodIntegracaoFilial());
        $this->assertEquals($data['codIntegracaoContaCorrente'], $transferencia->getCodIntegracaoContaCorrente());
        $this->assertEquals($data['datTransferencia'], $transferencia->getDatTransferencia());
        $this->assertEquals($data['vlrTransferencia'], $transferencia->getVlrTransferencia());
        $this->assertEquals($data['codIntegracaoTransferencia'], $transferencia->getCodIntegracaoTransferencia());
    }

}

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There's a new young man in my neighborhood that will be celebrating his first Christmas this year, so I made a card for him to note the big occasion. I used a cute digital image I had in my files but it had no name attached, so if anyone knows who created this, please leave a comment and I'll give credit to the artist. I colored the image with Copics, adding some gold paint pen accents to the ribbon on the gift, then added some liquid applique to the fur on his cute santa hat. The sentiment was computer generated and die-cut with MFT fishtail flag frames. I embossed the background with a retired SU! snowburst ef, and punched a bitty banner and added a die-cut letter "P" to represent his first name initial. I coated the initial with some glossy accents and called this one done.
I'm sharing this with the Snippets Playground weeks #311 and 312 because everything was created with snippets from my stash.
Thanks for stopping by and make it a great Sunday!
Totally adorable Carol! A perfect card and what a kind thought for his first Christmas.
This is adorable! I'm sure this card will be treasured!
An adorable card Carol, such a sweet image.
How adorable and cute! I am sure this one will be a keeper and treasured as well.
So cute, Carol. I am sure this will be treasured. Very thoughtful.
This is socute and a lovely card for his very first Christmas. Hugs Mrs A.
This is so stinkin cute! They are sure to cherish this card. Been ages since I used liquid applique wonder if my tube is still any good?!


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Japanese Manga vs American Comics
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What are the first variations between Japanese Manga (Comics) and American Comics?
There's a big distinction in artwork types between Manga, which is more stylized (exaggerated) and American comics, which tend to be more "realistic". There are also quite a couple of severe differences between the 2 types of comics. Some of the variations, just to mention a number of of them are the price, creation, various audience and genres, presentation and even size.
The creation of Manga as well as its presentation is quite totally different than American Comics. Manga is printed in black-and-white format while American comics are the majority of the time in full color. Additionally, if you look at a graphic novel or Manga you will discover a distinction within the size. Manga is often smaller than traditional American comic books, normally digest-size and roughly half to one-third the scale of American comics. But the place the American comics are generally thin like a small magazine, running about 32 pages, Manga comic books are thick and will be hundreds of pages in length!
In web page depend, Manga is quite much like graphic novels, which are sometimes just collections of the ongoing American comics. However unlike American graphic novels, which are usually just a group of month-to-month comics in a single unified story or story arc, Manga books are often apart of a good bigger story and an entire Manga storyline can run hundreds of pages.
One other distinction between traditional American comics is that mainstream American comics are often created in a sort of assembly-line fashion. They've a writer (story), a penciler (initial sketch), inker (makes use of a pen to ink over the sketch), letterer (adds dialog) and a colorist (colors the inked sketch). Most Manga books are finished by a single creator, who combines all these chores (besides coloring).
Also Manga story lines normally move at a a lot quicker pace. As a result of high web page depend, one reads a Manga book at an accelerated pace. Manga books nearly always have fewer panels and less dialogue (rambling) per web page than American comic books. The worth for Manga can be more than the typical comic book and a bit more than a normal paperback novel, the small measurement of Manga and black-and-white printing quite than full colour keeps the fee down. The lack shade is made up if you consider the story development that it'll have with the quantity of pages it has.
In Japan, Manga shouldn't be seen as just for kids unlike the American stereotype. There pretty much is a Manga for everyone. With that being said there are three most important genres in Japanese Manga: Shonen Manga (boy's comics), Shojo Manga (girl's comics) and Hentai (adult comics).
Shonen Manga is pretty much comics that are primarily motion and/or adventure geared. When you'd like to view some examples of that style, I might suggest "Bleach" and/or "Full Metal Alchemist". Shojo Manga is for the opposite sex; they are often about relationships and/or love interests. Please note that regardless that a particular genre is geared towards a sure viewers it's not limited to just that audience (unless in any other case said). Finally Hentai Manga, I won't delve much into this since it is primarily for adults and NOT suitable for children (just to be safe in case a child is reading this). Anyways, Hentai Manga is typically sexually explicit and/or adult-themed. In different words, don't buy this to your child.
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[CASE STUDY] Digital Marketing for Television: Battle Castle
by Annelise Larson
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In 2011 a grand experiment in transmedia and social TV launched in Canada. It was a documentary television show called Battle Castle that told the story of six pivotal sieges of European castles throughout medieval history. It was also a slick website, a couple of different online games and a very robust social media campaign. This kind of transmedia storytelling experience had not really been tested before for a factual TV series and saw the Canadian television producers bring together international, digital and transmedia partners to realize their vision. This issue of From Search to Screen takes a look at the biggest digital marketing success of the Battle Castle story, the social media campaign. It broke new ground and was held up as an example of what social TV should aspire to at the recent Storyworld Conference in California.
To Insource or Outsource?
Outsourcing is second nature to screen media. Production tends to be a collaborative art, bringing together many people with different skillsets to create a unified work. And with the new and wide scope of Battle Castle the talent pool had to be expanded even further to include digital and transmedia talent. While the social media was initially outsourced it did not attract much attention. That is when producers quickly realized there were members of the internal production team at Parallax Film Productions who had intimate knowledge of both the onscreen and behind-the-scenes stories. These personnel were actually the biggest asset Battle Castle had for the kind of interactions social media demanded. When writer Nicole Tomlinson and executive producer Maija Leivo took over the campaign that is when it really started to take off.
Leveraging Passion and Knowledge
Maija and Nicole were on a big learning curve in terms of social media, but they took the leap and weren't afraid of looking foolish. They had some initial digital market research to point them in the right direction, but it was really their deep and rich knowledge of the material that carried the day. Not only were they able to come up with great tidbits to share, they also came up with creative campaigns like their medieval soup contest (where they challenged followers to make one of three authentic soup recipes and submit their experiences) to engage their audience and get them excited in ways that had nothing to do with warfare or siegecraft.
Opportunity Where Digital & TV Meet
Creating synergy between both the digital and television elements provided several unique opportunities for the Battle Castle team:
Data. Even before the show was on the air, the online presence for Battle Castle was generating data on who was interested and what got them excited and involved. Maija and Nicole paid very close attention to the other "likes" of people who became fans on Facebook. This allowed them to do very small and targeted ad campaigns to others who liked the same kinds of things, very effectively growing the Facebook Battle Castle fanbase (which soon surpassed the "likes" of their Canadian broadcaster). The data also gave the team an understanding of what kind of content fans wanted and that's what they gave them, resulting in a high percentage of fans also "talking about" Battle Castle and sharing that content even further.
Structure. The online audience was being built long before the television series premiered in Canada. But they were very aware of the benefits of synchronizing and timing their efforts to the structure the TV schedule provided, wanting everything to peak on the night of the premiere driving up the numbers. This initially gave them an organizing principle and framework for their social media content strategy, and a very specific goal.
Reach. Once the show was on air it also fed the social media and online presence for Battle Castle through network promotion on the History Television website and by including the URL in the show credits. The social media team also actively engaged in conversations with fans during the broadcast through Facebook and Twitter creating an early social TV success story (without any specialized app).
Challenges in the New World of Social TV
It was not all smooth sailing however. Early challenges included finding the right balance in the content that was provided online so that Battle Castle gave enough away to keep the social media audience interested, but not so much that they would not show up for the TV broadcast . The show was also lucky enough to be picked up in the UK and Australia, but these broadcast schedules were not synchronized whereas the social media campaign was a constant throughout. Some of the international challenges for the Battle Castle team were:
Fewer resources. The team was reduced to one and other broadcasters were not able to invest or support the Battle Castle digital marketing in the same way as in Canada (and did not even include the URL in the show credits). This meant Maija had to do the same/more with a lot less. Luckily the digital footprint of Battle Castle was fairly well established at this point and it was being found more naturally through online searches. But it likely would have done even better with either synchronous broadcast around the world or continued investment by the other broadcasters.
Keeping it fresh. With new audiences finding Battle Castle's social media profiles, a new balance in content needed to be found – between giving the original core fans new stuff to get excited about, but also introduce and recycle older content for those who were just discovering the show. Luckily some of this was carried by the conversations within the community itself, but Maija was still required to manage most of this.
Different countries/different audiences. Not surprisingly, different audiences in different countries have different sensibilities and expectations. Whereas the Canadian audience was primarily positive and loved the show's style and content, the UK fans have been a tougher sell – demanding higher academic standards and less appreciation for the pop culture appeal. Maija has had to again find a balance when talking to all these disparate voices through the same forum.
Despite the challenges, Maija has done a great job at continued engagement, supporting a core audience that has not diminished in its enthusiasm or dedication to the show. Are there things she would have done differently? Not with the social media. Although she and Nicole were new to this promotional tactic, they were smart and listened to their fans (and the data they generated). This created well-informed instincts that guided the social media campaign and continues to grow and engage its fans to this day.
However, if there was any lesson learned, it was to trust herself more and the overlying vision for the project. As with any traditional media company breaking new online ground, there was a steep learning curve. It is easy to not trust yourself in these circumstances. Outside expertise is critically important, but it needs to defer to the original vision for the project. Finding a better balance between these two elements may have led to more success for Battle Castle's transmedia and other digital assets.
Have you had experience with marketing a TV series online using social media? Did you find similar or different digital marketing challenges as those experienced by Maija and Nicole? What were the results? I'd love to hear from you. Share your thoughts, ideas, questions below or send them to me at annelise (at) veria.ca or on Twitter @veriatweet.
Next issue: Defining Digital (and what it means for the screen media business)
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Annelise teaches, writes, collaborates and consults on digital marketing issues throughout North America, with a specialty in search and social media for film, TV, web series, transmedia experiences and other screen based storytelling.
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The International Companies Using Only English
March 21, 2017 By David Pierce Hallahan in Cross-border, Culture, Executive Search, Leadership	Leave a comment
A growing number of global firms are using as English their main language – even if they are based in Japan or France. By Bryan Borzykowski.
Nearly every meeting Keiko Claassen must attend at work is held in English. No big deal – except that her company is based in Italy and she's Dutch.
At one recent meeting where she was the only non-Italian in the room, her colleagues stopped speaking English – the common language between them – because someone had trouble following the conversation.
"It was like watching a movie," says Claasen. "As soon as they switched… you could see their culture come to life."
It'll be English-only for the leadership teams responsible for 500,000 employees across 80 countries
At ITT Motion Technologies, an Lainate, Italy-based engineering company where Classen is executive director of communications, every senior staffer is expected to speak English and most communications are delivered in English. While it's not considered an official corporate language, with 4,500 employees working in several countries, including Japan, China, India and Germany, it's the only language that everyone can generally speak in common – even if speaking doesn't mean always fully understanding.
In other firms, such as France-based food services company Sodexo, English is being adopted as an official language. After years of translating emails, webinars and other materials into as many as eight languages, including French, English and Spanish, or holding massive town-hall meetings in multiple languages, the company announced in January that its senior leadership team would be embracing English. By year-end, it'll be English-only for the leadership teams that are responsible for its 500,000 employees across 80 countries.
Board members of French food services group Sodexo, which is adopting English as an official language for leadership teams by the end of the year (Credit: Getty Images)
Others that have made the shift to English-only, despite being based in non-English-speaking countries, include Yokohama, Japan-headquartered Nissan, which implemented an English-first strategy in the late 1990s. In 2015, another car maker, Tokyo-based Honda announced that its corporate language would become English by 2020. German electronics company Siemens also made English its official language years ago. It's likely many more companies will adopt English-only, says Jia Lin Xie, a professor of management at Toronto's Rotman School of Management in Canada.
English is an enabler
For most of these companies, including Sodexo, the aim is simple: by communicating exclusively in a single language, leaders in South America can collaborate with colleagues in France or the US. It's also part of a larger cultural shift for the company, says Kim Beddard-Fontaine, Sodexo's group vice-president of employee and change communication.
"Business are organised globally and not regionally these days," she says. "We want to become more efficient by collaborating across geographies. English is an enabler of that."
This shift is not a throwback to colonialism or a play for cultural superiority. In Europe, nearly 80% of children in their primary years are learning English, while a 2013 survey by the 21st Century Education Research Institute in Beijing found that 70% of Chinese parents want their children to learn the language to help them get into to better schools.
From 2020, Japanese carmaker Honda will use English as its corporate lingua franca (Credit: Getty Images)
"It's also one of the most succinct, simple languages to learn" says Lin Xie. "It's a required formal language of study in many schools in different countries."
Sodexo, in theory, could have made its official language French – it is a 50-year old French company, after all – but only 35,000 of its staff work in France, while 125,000 live in the US. Says Beddard-Fontaine: "I think if we decided to make French the company's global language we would have had a revolt on our hands."
It's an absolute must that we move to English
Since the change is primarily for the company's 200 executives and its 1,600 senior leaders – and in many companies English-only policies are for senior staffers who are expected to know the language – lower level staffers, many of who don't speak English, will continue to receive communications in different languages. Still, that may change at some point, too, she says. As well, materials might be translated into fewer languages in future.
"It's an absolute must that we move to English," says Beddard-Fontaine.
English dominates business as the language of choice – but in countries like Brazil and Italy, it's not commonly spoken (Credit: Getty Images)
Sense and making sense
English might be the dominant language of business, but it's not used everywhere or prioritized as a language learned all over. In a country like Brazil, only about 5% of people learn the language. In Italy, just 29% of people speak English.
Lin Xie suggests that if a company wants a smooth changeover and aims to promote people from within the firm, it ought to offer English lessons to staffers lower down the corporate ladder, and not just focus on executives. When Nissan adopted English as its official language, it did just that, in part to recognise that the transition would not be easy for everyone. "They understood that there is a language barrier and if they want to be truly global they'd have to help people do something to overcome it," she says.
Both Sodexo and ITT Motion Technologies offer English courses to some staffers who want to get a better grasp of the language.
Compassion and nuance
Even so, when an entire language changes, a dose of compassion is necessary – imagine having to suddenly speak in a language that isn't your own or which you don't quite speak fluently.
Using a single language lets leaders communicate clearly, no matter where they're based (Credit: Getty Images)
Bosses and peers alike should realise that others might not fully understand what's being said, says Claassen. That could lead to misunderstandings or feelings of awkwardness. She's been on plant tours where the person showing her around began the conversation by apologising for not speaking English well, even though the employee had an impeccable grasp of the language. "They have to cross this wall for themselves because they don't feel their confidence is high," she says.
In some cases, the perceived language barrier holds employees back. When Claassen has group meetings with Chinese colleagues, many of them remain quiet until they're asked directly for their input. They don't want to lose face by using the wrong word or accidentally saying something funny, she says.
If a Chinese person meets someone from the Middle East, they will speak English
"You have to be conscious of that and really invite them in," Claassen says.
As well, non-English speakers will likely fail to pick up on some of the nuances of the language, but it's more important they understand the overall message and that everyone feels comfortable working together, says Sonita Lontoh, a vice-president of marketing at Siemens. It's up to the native and experienced speakers, she says, to repeat and make sure others understand. That's especially true of native English speakers, who are deemed to be the worst communicators.
Lontoh has worked at several global companies where English has been the main language and has never encountered a problem. But, there have been some humorous moments, like when one her German colleagues was discussing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions mentioned finding "low carb solutions," – the term refers to a low carbohydrates diet in.
But, the move to English as a corporate language just make sense, she says: "If a Chinese person meets someone from the Middle East, they will speak English. They don't expect to know each other's language."
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