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Launching an A-Lister's Web Series – Bryan Singer's H+
Yesterday Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, X-Men) released the first two of forty-eight episodes of his dystopian near-future thriller, "H+". Basic premise is that people now get chips implanted in their bodies. These chips basically replace their mobile devices. In one scene in a parking garage, a driver almost runs into someone. Wife suspects, then states, that he must be still watching the game. He explains that it's in overtime and that he had "the opacity down to five percent." Then, people start falling over dead and meyhem ensues.
The headline in The Wrap has Singer claiming, "We will change the way people view online content." Unless he's planning on selling the products of H+ himself, the claim is a bit…much. From Caprica's Hollo Bands to Jesse Cowell's Status Kill, the notion of accessing another world or transferring one's device features to something that connects directly to the body/mind experience is nothing new. Don't get me wrong; Singer is, as always, masterful at telling a story, creating an environment, and delivering very high quality production values.
FIRST EPISODE OF "H+"
I think his quote might have been better stated: we will tap into the way that people view online content, because they certainly do. It has long been understood in the online video industry that every episode is an entry point into a series. In The Wrap article, Singer explains, "You can reorganize the episodes, collect them and interact with the show." This postmodern, non-linear approach to storytelling may not be completely original, but it's darn smart. And we can be certain, given his pedigree, that Singer will be the master of it. Prepare to use your YouTube Channel's playlist function to create your own collections, orders, etc. Going with the notion that a rising tide lifts all boats, here's to hoping he's very successful in this endeavor.
A final note on something I usually find valuable: how did they preview and promote the show? Assuming there's a good PR engine operating in the background (note the article in The Wrap, above and numerous articles on release day), from a purely preview and release standpoint here's what a quick search on YouTube uncovered:
Trailer on Machinima a year before launch
Sneek Peek a month before launch
Official trailer a month before launch
H+ Test Subject Introductory Video 4 weeks before launch
Teaser 2 weeks before launch
1 min preview 4 days before launch
Episode 1 and Episode 2 on launch day
Welcome to the Series with call to action by Singer on launch day
Videos and Views a Day After Launch
Said another way, that's essentially nine videos to launch a 48-episode online video series. All that and countless articles in publications ranging from USA Today to Wired Magazine and the view count on the first two episodes the day after launch is at just over 50,000 views. One could begin to fret for Singer at this low view count for what was surely an expensive production by online video standards. However, there are still 46 more episodes coming, who knows how many additional supporting videos, and who knows how many re-orderings of the episodes on how many different viewing platforms? Time will tell if this plotline about something going viral will turn into the series going viral. But, I think we're only beginning to see what will be a long build for H+ and Singer's forray into online video.
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THE STATE OF SEXY: Nudity, Expletives, and Other Stuff YouTube Finds Objectionable
Recently, Brendan Bradley (Squatters) started posting a new series (Brief Coverage) on his channel. Of the six videos currently posted, thumbnails show the female host in various sexy underwear. Two of the thumbnails include her face. The thumbnail for one of these videos recently prompted the question on Facebook, "is this porn?" A heated discussion followed. For me, it became an opportunity to share some recent observations on the state of sexy.
For a long time, the going thinking regarding YouTube was that success was all about numbers, specifically numbers of views. Since hot-sexy (however that was defined by viewers) has tended to drive the highest number of views, videos with those subjects have driven views and notoriety. The flip-side of that coin is that the YouTube community (in some instances) and the YouTube advertisers (in other instances) have prevented material that some find offensive (in either category) from receiving monetization. In some instances, videos (like at least one in #BriefCoverage) have been completely removed from the site.
The impact can be broken down into two basic categories:
Stuff that gets removed from the website or sent to the purgatory of 18+ content
Stuff that doesn't receive monetization or gets low CPMs…
My sense with #1 is that you're on your own, it's community driven and you're videos remain posted at the mercy of the viewers (and YouTube internal reviewers, which number in the far-too-few). However, with #2 you are at the mercy of the advertisers and the demand for content in certain categories. We have two shows in the Ziz Comedy Network that each received monetization over the past month. One show goes after the thriving male-interested-in-slightly-sexy-content. That episode (The Largest Penis in the World) received something in the neighborhood of 22K views over a thirty-day period and made somewhere in the neighborhood of $26 – $30. The other video (Bun in the Oven) received approximately 2K (yes, two thousand) views during the same period and made virtually the same amount of money. What was the difference? This second video is aimed at new moms with a comedic message of women empowerment consistently targeting this audience with content, title, tags, etc. The other difference is that the first video captures the same audience as a gazillion (that's the literal number) other videos on youtube while the second is doing something that is a lot more unique (relatively speaking).
You can define success in a number of ways. There are great reasons to go after high view counts or high cpm rates (or both). YouTube (though often thought of like a utility) is first and foremost a business that needs advertisers to sustain itself and needs to grow beyond its reputation outside of the webseries community: as the place that you don't want your 13 y.o. to go alone. In that context, it's easy to understand why and how certain things happen on YouTube. Unfortunately, for now there are three basic categories for YouTube videos with anything that a user or advertiser might find objectionable: undiscovered, adult, and removed. My sense is that as the broader community of online video viewers evolve so will the rating system and the ways that certain kinds of content finds its way to users. As that happens, it will make room for a much broader range of high quality content that, while not necessarily perfect for the Disney set certainly might be perfect for a differentiated, intelligent, and discerning audience.
Whether or not Brief Coverage is designed to do more than showcase the assets of Liz Katz, I leave to the viewer to decide. But, the conversation it fostered on Facebook reminds me of a question our start-up consultant asked me when we were first forming as an organization: "Are you planning to do porn?" Perplexed and surprised by the question we answered with a resounding: no. "Good," came an immediate response from our smiling consultant. "There's just too much competition."
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Why I Love Politicians and What We Can Learn from Them
We are headlong into the silly season of presidential campaign politics. If you doubt it, it's time to crawl out from under that rock you've been sleeping under. Then, once you plop down on the sofa with your laptop, smart phone, or in front of your television, you'll figure out who the key players are. This week as we launch Puppet John Law, a series lampooning the process of running for President of the United States, it makes sense to explore why I love politicians and what we can learn from them.
I have worked in an integral way on numerous political campaigns; sometimes on the winning side, sometimes on the losing side. I count a number of politicians—in both political parties—good friends. Despite what you might think about their political positions, my experience indicates that (most) politicians start out wanting to make a difference and do right by their constituents. They believe they can further the cause of their electorate, that they can best represent their constituency, and that they will serve the people better than their opponent.
Money and influence sully campaigns and have since the beginnings of democracy. But even today, with all the influence and money that flows through political campaigns, one truism can be gleaned from politics and applied to web television.
"How do you win an election? One vote at a time." One only has to think back to the George Bush/Al Gore election to remember just how true that is. Even today, we see the Republican primary contenders traveling state-to-state, fair-to-fair, house party-to-house party. Why? To meet people! Raising money is part of the equation, but the goal is to win the support of opinion leaders in communities (communities of people living together, worshipping together, or country-clubbing together, or who share a common ideology). These politicians take their message out to various communities and make the case for how they are unique, different, and better than the rest.
When you listen to top YouTubers talk about keys to their success, it's not so different. Many of them spend inordinate amounts of time responding to comments and fans, outreaching to communities that would resonate with their show, and working to convert the passive viewer into an active fan who likes, shares and talks about their show. It's about what makes their show unique, different, and better at connecting with an audience.
Some may argue that the key is to simply create great content. But, discoverability also comes from knowing who would likely connect with that content and helping them find it. How do you build an audience? One view at a time. That's a great place to start.
Puppet John Law is created by J. Sibley Law with animation powered by HandTurkey Studios.
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Elements of a Hit Web Series
Branching out to other publications, please see my latest guest column in Tubefilter:
Elements of a Hit Web Series (And the One You're Probably Missing)
There's a secret to building a hit web series; to writing the perfect story or cultural commentary that people can't help but share. It's elusive and the people who accidentally stumble upon it grow fewer with each…
Continued at Tubefilter:
http://news.tubefilter.tv/2012/02/02/elements-of-a-hit-web-series/
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Tagged with entertainment, fiction, Goodnight Burbank, Hayden Black, IAWTV, J. Sibley Law, Marketing, Media, online, production, Rocket's Tail, Social Media, Streaming, Streaming Media, Tim Street, video, Viral, Viral Video, web series, Webseries, YouTube
IAWTV Opens Award Submissions
The following was released today by the IAWTV:
Recognizing content creators driving today's Web television industry, the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) announced a call for submissions for the inaugural IAWTV Awards to be presented on Thursday, January 12, 2012, in Las Vegas during 2012 International CES.
Submissions for the first-ever IAWTV Awards begin Tuesday, October 4, 2011 and must be received by 11:59 p.m. PST on October 31, 2011. For more information, visit http://www.iawtv.org/awards.
For its premier event, the IAWTV Awards consists of 33 categories honoring Web series and talent, both in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes. Submissions for the IAWTV Awards are open to qualifying individual producers, production teams and companies, major studios and networks, independent talent, YouTube stars and mainstream talent. A full list of categories for the first IAWTV Awards can be found at http://iawtv.org/awards/categories.
"The original online video industry is booming and the IAWTV is thrilled to produce the first awards for content creators by content creators, honoring the talented community behind the screens," says Paul Kontonis, Chairman of the Board of Directors for IAWTV, and Vice President/Group Director of Brand Content at Digitas. "As we open up submissions for our inaugural awards, we welcome entries from content creators who are changing the way we watch and from independent talent to distribution platforms and major studios."
Qualifications for IAWTV Awards eligibility include:
• Only episodes of a Web series as defined by the IAWTV that were released during the period of January 1, 2010 through October 31, 2011 are permitted to be entered for consideration in the inaugural IAWTV Awards and only so long as at least two (2) or more episodes of the Web series were released within the eligibility period.
• The IAWTV defines a Web series as a series of two (2) or more episodes held together by the same title, trade name or mark, or identifying personality common to all the episodes that initially aired and were distributed anywhere in the world via the Internet using website technology (e.g., .com, .net, .biz, etc.). Exclusions from this are works such as previews, trailers, sizzle reels, commercials, any sequences from feature-length films for theatrical distribution or home video release, aired and unaired episodes of established TV series delivered on free network broadcast television, pay television and all forms of cable television, and any unsold traditional TV series pilots.
• Both members and non-members of the IAWTV are welcome to submit their shows for consideration.
• All submissions and entry fees must be received by 11:59pm PST on October 31, 2011. All submissions must be received via the IAWTV's online entry system at http://submissions.iawtv.org from the owner or authorized representative of the Web series.
Active members of the IAWTV will vote on IAWTV Awards and nominees will be announced in December 2011 following preliminary voting. To become a member visit http://iawtv.org/join-us.
About the IAWTV Awards
The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) Awards is an official Web television industry awards and experience established for content creators, by content creators. The awards serve as a platform for members of the IAWTV to honor the best of their profession, foster collaboration with peers and industry luminaries and to support the IAWTV. Proceeds raised from the show are used by the IAWTV for the betterment of the community by providing more member resources as well as professional development and education for professionals working in Web television.
About The International Academy of Web Television
The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) is a nonprofit organization comprised of leaders in the field of Web television, Web video and the digital entertainment industries. Founded in 2009, the IAWTV is helping to shape the rapidly evolving Web television industry while providing a venue for the acknowledgement of artistic and technological achievement in original entertainment distributed on the open Internet. IAWTV members include actors, agents, composers, content developers, directors, editors, producers, technology innovators, writers, and other industry professionals all of whom joined the organization based on their passion and dedication to advance the craft of Web television. For more information, please visit www.iawtv.org or follow us on twitter @iawtv.
About CEA
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $186 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also owns and produces the International CES – The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org and www.Innovation-Movement.com.
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Trend-Setter Gets Invited to YouTube Partner Program
Melissa Gonzalez doesn't let the dust settle under her feet. She is co-founder of RS Pop-Up Shop, which blends online video, with fashion, branding, and a hot store front location in mid-town Manhattan on Lexington Ave. The former host of Latin Beat on BET also runs beautyfashionfitness.com. To call her a go-getter with vision would be an understatement. She's been a Wall Street Executive, a television host, a style maven, and a successful blended-industry entrepreneur. This woman knows a few things. However, recently, she and a friend started a comedy show "just for fun" called: The Glory Box Girls. Though the chit-chat might edge toward racy (they're on YouTube, afterall), something unexpected happened. One of their videos crossed beyond a thousand views, began receiving a lot of comments, and then YouTube invited them to include that video in their Partner Program. Melissa agreed to go on camera can talk a bit about their entry into the Partner Program, some of the choices the program is influencing, and she agreed to come back and talk with us in about six months to discuss how it's going.
Here is what Melissa has to say:
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Tagged with entertainment, film, Google, Innovators, J. Sibley Law, Lexington Ave., Manhattan, Marketing, Media, Melissa Gonzales, online, production, Rocket's Tail, RS Pop-Up Shop, Saxon Mills, Social Media, Streaming, Streaming Media, The Glory Box Girls, video, Viral, Viral Video, web series, Webseries, YouTube
The Definitive YouTube Guide
Building an Audience, Optimizing for Search, and Making Money
The title to this post is fairly tongue-in-cheek. The reality is that if you catch any well-known so-called "you-tubers" off-the-record, they'll tell you that all bets are off. Even panelists from last night's YouTube Partner's Meet-up, which was held at Google's New York City offices, confided that the ubiquitous platform and it's community seems to be very different from year to year. Panelists included: Michael Buckley (What the Buck), Ben Relles (Barely Political), Kevin Nalty (Nalts), and William Hyde (TheWillofDC). Each of these guys gave varying perspectives on their success and have taken different approaches to their content, much which I love. However, the most helpful part of the evening were two sessions lead by Margaret Healy, Google Partner, and what she shared about how their platform works and how to make the most of our shows. What follows are some of those insights:
Michael Buckley, William Hyde, Ben Relles, and Kevin Nalty
Early in the evening, Healy posted a TubeMogul pie chart depicting statistics about where video views come from (no, not from the lettuce patch). Additionally, a number of statistics were thrown out to the audience, like the fact that YouTube is the second largest search engine (ostensibly second only to Google), that 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute, and that 40% of online video views happen on YouTube. Interestingly, during the Q&A, one partner asked about securing placement on the YouTube platform. Healy's response was that videos didn't get popular because of a YouTube spotlight. Essentially, YouTube's perspective is, "you need to build your own audience." There was encouragement for partners to network, collaborate, and even form friendships. There was a lot of talk about inbound traffic to YouTube utilizing video embeds, links, and the new email option that partners were encouraged to ask their subscribers to opt-in to (note: it's a multiple-click process to opt in). There was talk about how to share subscribers and a ton of talk about interaction. Buckley pointed to how much time he spends interacting with his audience via the comments on his videos and that he is less focused on his website than on his YouTube channel. When a follow-up question was asked about how many hours a day he spends responding to comments he emphasized: "A LOT!" I was quickly reminded of a conversation I had last year with Joe Swanberg (Young American Bodies) when I asked him how building an audience was different online than it was in film. He responded to the affect that building an audience was just the same online: one viewer at a time. So, back to the TubeMogul pie chart: while 45% of video views come from within the site, 44% came from inbound traffic (ie. blogs, links, etc.). The next obvious question is, beyond sharing subscribers and getting people to link to a video or embed a video, what can you do to find an audience?
Optimizing for Search
How, exactly, does one rise above the noise and get her video found and seen? Healy had some interesting thoughts about optimizing for search (note the earlier statistic about YouTube being the second largest) and that Google search results now include video. Healy went onto say: "I know a lot of you guys spend about 10 hours perfecting you video," boy, does she underestimate, "and about 10 seconds writing a description for your video." That was when she introduced Al (short for algorithm). She explained that while the YouTube Algorithms do not watch the videos, they read all the text available (title, tags, and description). She gave CookingWithDog as an example of the kind of specificity needed in descriptions to help optimize a video for search. She did a quick Google search for "cooking bento" and the cookingwithdog video was available above-the-fold. Once on the video page she opened up the description and there was the entire recipe. Then she offered a tip for those of us with text rich videos: turn on auto-captions, copy and paste the captions into the description, correct the captions, save, and then turn off auto-captions. Other things that impact the YouTube Algorithms? Any of the following will help: inbound links, frequency of posting (the more you post, the more Al will like your video), and getting included in official playlists. Also, note that the algorithms are designed to identify spam and misleading behavior as well as copyright infringement, etc.
Once you've figured out how to build an audience all on your own and how to optimize your video so people will find it when they search for related stuff, of course you'll want to know: HOW DO I MAKE MONEY? If you want to make money on YouTube, you need to first apply to become a YouTube partner. Once you've done that, there's a lot of stuff to know and figure out:
The first question is how exactly one makes money on YouTube. Very simply: advertising. Wait. No. The TWO ways to make money on YouTube are advertising and rentals. Oh, but wait…the THREE ways to make money on YouTube are advertising, rentals, and paid placement. Yes, the list is still growing. But, don't worry…there is no comfy chair! (Special note about the third: YouTube allows partners to get paid for product placement but due to recent FCC regulations requiring the disclosure of paid content, please check the box during upload that says: "This video contains a paid product placement.") However, the main way that video on YouTube is currently monetized is with advertising (pre-roll, post-roll, and overlays, and in-stream ad-insertion in videos longer than 10 minutes, as well as with AdSense).
YouTube has three ways they package their video inventory for advertisers.
Category – When you go to upload your video, you should select which category your video is best suited for. Sometimes ad buyers will buy the entire category.
Video Vertical – This is determined by all the metadata on a per-video basis (ostensibly based on views, content, and other qualifying factors such as extensive descriptions)
Custom Packs – YouTube has an unlimited number of custom packs of videos that advertisers buy. Special interest right now for YouTube is video content geared toward moms.
Please note that the algorithms on YouTube/AdSense are designed to weed out racy content and other kinds of content that advertisers might find objectionable. It was difficult to get a clear read on what, exactly, racy and objectionable might be; but one must assume that objectionable will trend with the sensibilities of the culture at any given time. Healy's suggestion was to make videos TV-ready to make them appealing to advertisers.
There were approximately two hundred partners in the room for the session and many of us "old timers" could be heard saying things like: "oh, I didn't know you could do that now; that's helpful." Clearly, this was a great step for YouTube toward helping to build its collection of partners into a community. Hopefully, there will be many more YouTube Partner Meet-ups and YouTube will continue this more personal flow of information. I, for one, believe that it's incumbent on we the Partners to build our community.
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Tagged with Adsense, Audience, BarelyPolitical, Ben Relles, entertainment, Google, interactive, J. Sibley Law, Joe Swanberg, Kevin Nalty, Making money, Margaret Healy, Media, Michael Buckley, Monetization, Nalts, online, Optimization, Partner, production, Rocket's Tail, Saxon Mills, Search, Social Media, Streaming, Streaming Media, ThewillofDC, TubeMogul, video, Viral, Viral Video, web series, Webseries, WhattheBuckShow, William Hyde, Young American Bodies, YouTube
Beyond the Whips and Barbed Wire – Interview with Todd Norwood (Meet the Mayfarers)
Upon first meeting the creator of Meet the Mayfarers, Todd Norwood, I was stuck by this incredibly affable guy with a quirky sense of humor. It was at the LA Tubefilter Meet-up, Tim Street introduced us, and we talked plenty of shop. Then, a month later, deep in conversation with Brian What at Slap House Radio we decided to take a look at the front page of Blip.tv. There was Todd, lying on a bed in a penguin costume next to a very dominant woman. I remember being struck at the juxtapositioning of penguin suit, whips, barbed wire, and mom walking into the room asking, "what is this?" in the episode entitled: Family Revelations. Todd has spent years crafting the many episodes of the series, Meet the Mayfarers, and has promised to keep shooting episodes as long as they keep having fun.
Todd assured Rocket's Tail that the syndication of his show on Blip.tv has been a real boon to the work they are doing. Shooting along the short coastline of New Hampshire, Todd proves that interesting online video is coming from locations far from those A-list markets of New York and Los Angeles.
Meet Todd in this interview that was conducted in Cambridge, MA:
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Tagged with barbed wire, disfunction, entertainment, family, fiction, Innovators, interactive, J. Sibley Law, Mayfarers, Meet the Mayfarers, online, production, Streaming Media, Television, Todd Norwood, video, Viral, Viral Video, web series, whips
Interactive Video As Easy as Tagging Facebook Photos!
Rocket's Tail caught up with Roger Wu at the NY Video Meet-up this week. His company, Klickable.tv, has a unique take on making videos interactive. Inspired by pop-up music videos of the 1980's, Roger liked the idea of tagging a video and allowing people to engage with the content directly by then having pop-ups upon scroll-over or opportunities to click for more information or to even make a purchase. He described Klickable.tv as a wrapper that can take your already-published video (on say YouTube, or Vimeo) and allow you to create interactive opportunities as easily as tagging a photo in Facebook. The end-user experience is that of being able to click on a portion of a video to get information, links, and other fun interactions.
Here is the video interview with Roger:
Additionally, you can see Klickable.tv verion of the video by clicking here: http://rocketstail.tumblr.com/
I asked Roger a few additional questions just prior to this post:
1. Are their any limitations to the length or source of footage that can be used with Klickable?
Nope – we've had people stream 90 minutes through – just remember your audience, i'd rather watch 90 1 minute clips than 1 90 minute clip
2. When I wash a video through Klickable, and somebody watches that, does it count as a video view on the source video portal (say YouTube or something else)?
It does if you are using the video portal's video player, which our free version does for YouTube and Vimeo.
3. Are their ways for video creators to make money with Klickable?
Yes, affiliate links, advertising, analytics, engagement, etc etc!!
4. Does Klickable do any matching up of content with advertisers?
We do. If you check out the "free" version we utilize LocalPages to serve up contextually relevant Pay per click advertising…
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Tagged with entertainment, Facebook, film, Innovators, interactive, J. Sibley Law, Klickable, Marketing, Media, online, production, Rocket's Tail, Roger Wu, Saxon Mills, Social Media, Streaming Media, video, vimeo, Viral, Viral Video, YouTube
Bob Dylan Must Be Santa!
Some years ago I saw Bob Dylan play with Paul Simon in Northern California. It was a joy to see these sages play a double-bill and perform duets together. But, Bob keeps on playing and touring, constantly writing new music and giving new voice to old songs. Love him or hate him, he has been one of the most prolific song writers of my parents generation, my generation, and probably my children's generation, too. Yeah… WOW!
Last month, this musical American bard released "Christmas in the Heart" an album that will raise money for charities around the world.
Dylan has been much criticized for his music video of "Must be Santa" (see below). I have to disagree with the critics who think it's just too bizarre. What is Santa but play and merriment? This polka-infused version of the song is nothing but fun as Dylan oscillates from Sage to bartender to leader of a party of merry-makers! Pat Boone can sing about Mommy kissing Santa Claus and Dylan can't have a little fun with this Christmas myth? Bob Dylan has a long history of doing Christmas right with plenty of respect, even on this album. I, for one, finished the video and felt like gettin' up and dancing to celebrate Christmas. Not bad for a new rendition of an old Christmas Song.
Don't take my word for it, decide for yourself:
You can see the exact same version on Bob Dylan's page by clicking: here.
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Tagged with Bob Dylan, Celebration, Christmas, Fun, J. Sibley Law, Merriment, music, Music Video, Must be Santa, online, Santa, Streaming, Streaming Media, video, Viral, Viral Video
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Haiku #164
Dear Class of 1987 (or 1988), You've Got Moxie!


A shed has been placed in the Church Parking lot (1576 Main St., Pleasant Valley, NY) for used clothing. Donations are tax-deductible (receipts are on the shed), and will be sent to people who can use them throughout the United States and all over the world.
We accept any clothing, shoes, sneakers, belts, purses, blankets, sheets, pillowcases, drapes, and stuffed toys. If possible, we ask that donations be in tied or closed bags to keep them clean and dry.
Please NO rags, scraps, pillows, toys, or household goods. Such items are not usable by this charity and disposal creates both unnecessary difficulty and expense.


An area just for the kids that's perfect for a few moments of fun!!!!! The area comprises a bouncy castle, and wooden games and toys.
Kids can have fun in complete safety.
From 06/07 to 24/08/2019 between 10 am and 5 pm.


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A unique "quarter-car" trailer has been designed and built at the Belgian Road Research Center for measuring the rolling resistance of a reference tire on the road. Its design and performances are briefly outlined. It has been used for investigating the influence of road-surface characteristics on the rolling drag experienced by a car tire. On a wide variety of surface types and conditions on dry paved roads, the coefficient of rolling resistance ranges between 0.013 and 0.021. In terms of fuel consumption, this can be converted into 9% relative influence of the road surface. With respect to the intrinsic tire rolling resistance coefficient (0.010) as measured on a particularly smooth and even test track, the worst road surface can double the rolling resistance. The main surface-related influencing factor has been found to be surface profile irregularities in a wavelength range lying between macrotexture and un-evenness, namely megatexture (50 mm < wavelengths < 500 mm), which had already been reported as responsible for tire/road noise.
rolling resistance, fuel consumption, evenness, contact (tire/road), surface texture, apparatus (measuring), profilometer, road noise
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20 Year Old Found Dead After Kidnappers Held Him, Demanded Weed In Exchange For Release
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The grandson of a high-ranking Camden city official has been found dead, just days after he was kidnapped in what authorities described as a targeted abduction.
Camden County officials say the body of 20-year-old Curtis Jenkins III was found inside an abandoned home on the 1100 block of Liberty Street around 11 p.m. Tuesday. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
The discovery came a few hours after 32-year-old Brandon Beverly, of Westville, was charged with kidnapping and aggravated assault counts related to the case.
Jenkins was last seen Sunday night. His father said the alleged kidnappers called him Monday and sent photos of his son blindfolded and bound. The sender allegedly demanded 10 to 15 pounds of marijuana.
County police say they don't believe Jenkins' disappearance was a random act, but rather a "calculated plot to entrap and abduct the victim."
On Tuesday night, family and friends gathered at Farnham Park praying for his safe return.
"Curtis is a good kid. He's not out on the streets. He's trying to make something of himself," said his grandfather, who is the president of Camden City Council.
Jenkins worked in the Clerk's Office at City Hall. He also reportedly loved to cook, sell and deliver dinners in his spare time.
"Curt cooks a lot and advertises on Facebook and takes orders and apparently that last order he took is the last time he was seen," said Curtis Jenkins Sr.
Jenkins Sr. said he last talked to his grandson Sunday evening when Curtis called him to see if he wanted food. Family members said Jenkins later went to the Fairview neighborhood to make a late-night delivery, but never returned.
"There's a lot of people that know and love him and it's got me stressed big time. I mean you see this all the time on TV. You never expect it to happen to you," said Jenkins.
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An ultimate creation! I had plenty of odds and ends left in my fridge from my New Year's Eve feast. Isn't it wonderful how the same ingredients (plus a couple others) can create a completely different yet super delicious meal!
So check this out. I whipped it together in less than 20 minutes!
- add beef to the pan with the onions. brown the beef then add remaining flour, spring onion and mushrooms. Cook for another minute then gradually add the beef stock and beer.
Serve with crusty french bread (unless you're eating allot of dumplings, but I'd recommend to eat only a few dumpling so you have room in your tummy to soak up the gravy with warm crusty bread).
I will defo give this one a try! Is there a way to make your own dumplings?
Can't wait to try this tonight!!! I'll let you know how it turns out :) Thanks so much for being my "go to" blog for meal ideas.


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Jo Yi-jin (born Jo Bo-hyun on December 26, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for the films The Aggressives (2005) and Over the Border (2006).

Filmography

Film

Television series

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Awards and nominations

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External links
 Jo Yi-jin blog at Naver
 Jo Yi-jin fan cafe at Daum

1982 births
Living people
South Korean television actresses
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Vietnam: Rising Dragon
Bill Hayton (Author)
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An "enlightening and persuasive" (Jonathan Mirsky, New York Review of Books) survey of Vietnam as an emerging Asian power
The eyes of the West have recently been trained on China and India, but Vietnam is rising fast among its Asian peers. A breathtaking period of social change has seen foreign investment bringing capitalism flooding into its nominally communist society, booming cities swallowing up smaller villages, and the lure of modern living tugging at the traditional networks of family and community. Yet beneath these sweeping developments lurks an authoritarian political system that complicates the nation's apparent renaissance. In this engaging work, experienced journalist Bill Hayton looks at the costs of change in Vietnam and questions whether this rising Asian power is really heading toward capitalism and democracy.
Based on vivid eyewitness accounts and pertinent case studies, Hayton's book addresses a broad variety of issues in today's Vietnam, including important shifts in international relations, the growth of civil society, economic developments and challenges, and the nation's nascent democracy movement as well as its notorious internal security. His analysis of Vietnam's "police state," and its systematic mechanisms of social control, coercion, and surveillance, is fresh and particularly imperative when viewed alongside his portraits of urban and street life, cultural legacies, religion, the media, and the arts. With a firm sense of historical and cultural context, Hayton examines how these issues have emerged and where they will lead Vietnam in the next stage of its development.
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The enduring proverb 'two heads are better than one', traces back to the Bible, where in Ecclesiastes, 4:9-12 it says, 'therefore two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil', never has the saying been more acute than in today's business landscape, where standing out from the crowd has become increasingly difficult – the adage delivers a heady warning to us all that to truly compete, the three-legged race is perhaps most likely to deliver gold.
From one nostalgic childhood reference to teamwork to another, CellarDoor's recent trip to the Exploring a Classic: Winnie the Pooh exhibition at the V&A further reinforced the idea of symbiosis in a design relationship context across a visually stunning array of artefacts all leading to the inevitable conclusion that Milne and Shepard were among the first power couples in the world of literature / illustration where interplay between the structure and form of written word and accompanying drawings enriched reader experience – Milne's text was deconstructed in such a way as to intertwine with Shepard's character rich imagery forming free flowing rivers of beautifully indeterminable patterns.
"Both Milne and Shepard and Methuen realised it was this combination of illustrations and narrative together that made it so compelling. It's quite clear from the correspondence that they realised it was key to the success"
James Campbell, married to Shepard's great-granddaughter.
The mutual benefits of this relationship have since been seen to some degree with Dahl / Blake and more recently with Daywalt / Jeffers, where collaboration in its truest sense is readily observable and evidenced by the undeniable enhancement of one craft by the other. While to the onlooker the resultant beauty of this cross-disciplinary marriage appears effortless, it is doubtless that any marriage is not without its ups and downs.
The inherent difficulties with idea sharing often relate to ownership and authority – a power struggle of sorts between two fields of expertise and the reluctance to succumb to another's knowledge. In spite of a wealth of clichés, proverbs and everyday psychobabble loosely spewing Francis Bacon's assertion that "Knowledge is Power', there remains reluctance to introduce others into the fold, but if we could redefine our comfort zones in the context of skillset and know-how and nurture a forward-thinking environment in terms of being open minded to multidisciplinary approaches to project briefs [where appropriate], optimization of business capacity through collaboration and imparting knowledge offers thrilling possibilities for both client and employees alike.
Fostering an ongoing learning culture however requires curation, as Morten Hansen asserts in his book, Collaboration: How Leaders Avoid the Traps, Create Unity, and Reap Big Results; "the goal of collaboration is not collaboration, but far better results," so the success of resource pooling has a great deal to do with a solid understanding of the talents within your team and clear lines of communication between client and studio in order to facilitate collective thinking. This innovation will not only encourage 'blue sky thinking', but could help achieve far greater outcomes, boosting morale in the studio and building strong client relationships.


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Places of interest in Marbella
Marbella has much more to offer than its beaches and climate. The exquisite old town, the casco antiguo, with its winding pedestrian alleys with their hidden corners and tiny squares, laid out behind the ancient city walls, draped with bougainvillaea, jasmine, hibiscus and plumbago, is well worth exploring.
Ayuntamiento de Marbella Address: Plaza de los Naranjos (Marbella)
Established when Marbella was conquered by Catholic king Fernando V in 1485, in the style of those that already existed in Castilian cities elsewhere in Spain, although without arcades. Originally it housed the principal offices of authority: council, jail, chapel of Santiago, magistrates court, granary and market. A road was opened between the surrounding Arabic houses, the calle Nueva, to link the plaza to the Puerta del Mar city gateway.
Casa del Corregidor (magistrates court)
Address: Plaza de los Naranjos (Marbella)
Built in 1552, with an outstanding stone facade, mixing elements of Gothic and Renaissance architecture.
Convento Santísima Trinidad Address: Calle Viento (Marbella)
Situated on calle Viento (wind), this originally occupied the entire block in this part of the casco antiguo as far as the Plaza de la Iglesia. Built at the end of the 15th century, it was founded by the monarchy. Its monks cared for the sick in the nearby Hospital Bazán (now the contemporary print museum). The interior contains a beautifully preserved columnaded cloister as well as a chapel in Gothic style.
Ermita de Santiago
Considered to be the oldest religious building in Marbella (it is unconnected to the Plaza de los Naranjos, so it is assumed it was built earlier). It is a work from the 15th century, roughly contemporary to the reconquest of Marbella. A comparatively simple building, it consists of just one nave, the 'cajon' (box). It is the seat of the local religious fraternities of the Cofradías del Stmo. Cristo del Amor, María Stma. de la Caridad and San Juan Evangelista.
Address: Calle Calvario (Marbella)
Fuerte de San Luis
Address: Jardines del Hotel El Fuerte (Marbella)
Constructed in the XVIII.
Hospital San Juan de Dios
Address: Calle San Juan de Dios. (Marbella)
The hospital was built in the 16th century, and again was founded by the monarchy. Its original purpose was to provide help to needy travellers. The building combines elements of Renaissance and Gothic architecture, as well as the influence of Mudéjar style, combining Arabic and Spanish architecture. One outstanding feature is the carved stone porch, the great wooden door bearing heraldic shields of St John and of the monarchy, and the chapel roof, as well as a fascinating Mudéjar suit of armour. It is the seat of the local religious fraternities of the Cofradía (fraternity) de Ntro. Padre Jesús de la Misericordia a su Entrada en Jerusalén and María Stma. de la Paz y Esperanza.
Iglesia Mayor Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
Address: Plaza de la Iglesia (Marbella)
This was established as a church in 1505, but the current building was actually completed at the beginning of the 18th century. The structure is based on the classical Basilica plan, with three Baroque naves. The main entrance is stone in the Rococó style. And even though it is relatively new, the church organ is remarkable, one of the most impressive instruments built in Spain in the past 125 years.
Molinos de Río Real
Address: Río Real (Marbella Este / Las Chapas)
These grain windmills are dated approximately to the 18th and 19th centuries.
Murallas del Castillo
Address: Casco Antiguo de Marbella (Marbella)
This magnificent work was begun in the 10th century under the order of Muslim ruler Abderramán III. After the defeat of the uprising led by Omar ben Hafsun, the walls were built to prevent any further rebellion and also to protect the city against any possible attacks from other north African armies. Its construction recycled materials from the nearby Roman ruins in calle Trinidad, where you can still see three capitals, column bases, in the Greek Ionic style. The walls underwent modification in the 14th century. Following the reconquest of Marbella in 1485, the walls were further modified to enable archers to defend the city from emplacements on the walls.
Museo del Bonsai
Address: Avda. Doctor Maíz Viñals, s/n (Marbella)
Come along and enjoy learning about these amazing little trees.
The whole family will enjoy a visit to this museum – home to a large variety of different bonsai species.
Museo Cortijo de Miraflores
Address: Avda. José Luis Morales y Marín (Marbella)
Built on the foundations of a poor house run under the aegis of the nearby Convento de Nuestro Padre Señor San Francisco (where the Albergue África now stands), earliest documents suggest that the Cortijo del Prado de San Francisco was renovated in 1706, by D. Tomás Francisco Domínguez y Godoy. In 1756 the building was extended and gardens designed and planted on the southern flank of the property. The work was completed in 1850 with the introduction of a wide range of exotic plant life from the Phillipines, brought back by D. Tomás Domínguez Artola, the Spanish Intendent General of the Phillipines, on his return from the islands.
Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo
Address: Calle Hospital Bazán, s/n (Marbella)
Considered a work of the 16th century, when it is thought to have been a renovation of three neighbouring Arabic houses, hence the asymmetrical shape of its galleries. It was the residence of Alonso de Bazán, warden of the castle and governor in perpetuity of the city. The building is a mixture of Renaissance, Gothic and Mudéjar styles. It is now the headquarters of the Fundación del Museo del Grabado Español Contemporáneo.
Paseo Marítimo Marbella
Address: Paseo Marítimo de Marbella (Marbella)
Pila Bautismal Basílica Paleocristiana Vega del Mar (Baptismal font of the Paleo-Christian Basilica of Vega del Mar)
Address: Playa de San Pedro (San Pedro Alcántara)
Believed to have been constructed in the closing decades of the 4th century, coinciding with the renovation of the Roman settlement of Cilniana and probably destroyed by a tsunami in 365 AD, the Basílica and Necrópolis Paleocristiana de Vega del Mar had long been thought to be a Moorish cemetery. Discovered at the beginning of the 20th century during excavations to plant a eucalyptus tree plantation, it was later excavated further by Martínez Oppelt (1914 -15), Pérez de Barradas (1930) and Rafael Puertas Tricas and Carlos Posac, unearthing a lower level that revealed the remains of the basilica and a surrounding burial ground with over 180 interred remains of a distinct typology that date to the earlier Paleo-Christian era.
Plaza de los Naranjos
Sited at dead centre of the casco antiguo, the square is the site of the Casa Consistorial, ayuntamiento, as well as other sights, not least its orange trees.
Teatro Ciudad de Marbella
Address: Plaza Ramón Martinez , s/n (Marbella)
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The table lamp Tripod M3 edited by the firm Santa & Cole is another mythical series of lamps created by the team of the firm. The beam of three metal tubes joined together like a set of chopsticks that lifts a generous taped screen.
A family of lamps designed to create cordial atmospheres, awaken sensations and animate monochromatic spaces.
Details: Black metallic structure. Tape screen in different finishes. Metal upper lid in black color. Includes dimmer.
Santa & Cole designs and produces domestic and urban furniture and lighting elements.
For 25 years ago, she lives dedicated to industrial design, an art consisting of paying attention to everyday objects to look for a better experience. It defines itself as a knowledge industry, seeking to generate, protect and disseminate knowledge, expressed through products with good design, constructive solidity, aesthetic sobriety and functional quality.
Santa & Cole only works on original design that is protected, well registered by its authors or generated in its internal departments. His philosophy for the taste is before modern than futuristic; interests reason and balance, silence rather than stridency.
Spanish designers and architects, nowadays with international renown, are mostly the creators of the objects they edit.
Naharro furniture is official distributor of Santa & Cole in its stores in Madrid and online store.
Formed by the people who collaborate in the technical department of Santa & Cole and led by the Editors, the Santa & Cole Team signs all the elements of its own design. Examples are the Tripod lamp (1997), the Set Portes table (1999), the Nordic lamp (1987), the Smoke ashtray (2007), among others.
Naharro furniture distributes the pieces designed by the Santa & Cole Team in its Madrid stores and online store, with delivery and assembly service throughout Spain. Ask us any additional information.


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Raptors Announce NBA Summer League Schedule
Posted: Jun 15, 2017
The Toronto Raptors announced Thursday their schedule for NBA Summer League 2017 in Las Vegas. A record 24 NBA teams will participate in a tournament-style schedule which concludes with a championship game for the fifth consecutive year. Teams will compete in three preliminary round games from July 7-11, before being seeded in a tournament that starts July 12 and culminates with the championship game on July 17. Each team will play at least five games.
Toronto will open the preliminary round Friday, July 7 against the New Orleans Pelicans at Cox Pavilion. The Raptors will also face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday, July 8 at Thomas & Mack Center and Denver Nuggets on Monday, July 10 at Cox Pavilion. All games will be played on the University of Nevada Las Vegas campus.
This year marks Toronto's 10th appearance at NBA Summer League in Las Vegas (2006, 2008-10, 2012-17). The Raptors finished NBA Summer League 2016 with a 4-1 record after reaching the quarterfinals of the tournament. Toronto holds an overall mark of 24-21 (.533) at the event.
ESPN will present all 67 games from Las Vegas across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and the ESPN App, including 35 on its linear television channels. NBA TV will air 28 games, starting with the league's opener July 7, when the Raptors face the Pelicans at 6 p.m. ET. In total, 63 games from Las Vegas will air across ESPN and NBA TV's linear channels – a Summer League record.
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Children harvest vegetables in a Delaware school garden.
What do famed chef, Alice Waters, celebrated anthropologist Jane Goodall, and actress Meryl Streep have in common? All support school gardening initiatives that not only teach children how to grow food, but serve as outdoor learning centers and launch pads for lessons in everything from math to creative writing. From the Julien Elementary School Garden in Turlock, California, to Matty's Garden at the Matthew Whaley Elementary School in Williamsburg, Virginia, the Edible Schoolyard movement is spreading like summer crabgrass. School gardens of every size, shape and composition are springing up in urban, suburban, and rural school districts all over the country.
Celebrity endorsers and patrons are nice but not necessary to start a successful school gardening program. The critical components are adult vision, student involvement, and the ability to muster enough resources to establish and sustain the garden. If you think you can combine those elements, you are ready to get started.
School gardens are one of the best teaching tools for kids.
School gardens often start with a single person: a parent, teacher or administrator with a passion for gardening. But, no one—especially not a successful school garden organizer—gardens alone. Start by engaging others, including school personnel, parents, and students. Work on refining the garden idea. Listen to everyone. Define the purpose of the garden and what kinds of crops you want to grow. Successful school gardens often combine food and ornamental crops, with the ornamentals providing visual appeal and attracting essential pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. (Click here to learn how to create a butterfly garden.) Use some of the many online school gardening resources to help in the planning process.
A good school garden site should have quality soil.
Gardeners and gardening educators know that location is everything. Pick a sunny space on school property and make sure that space is reasonably close to a reliable water supply. If the soil in the designated spot is extremely compacted or contaminated, amend the soil with a quality amendment, like Fafard Premium Natural & Organic Compost. You might also think about using raised beds or containers filled with high-quality planting mix like Fafard® Natural & Organic Potting Soil. Large, well-watered containers will also work beautifully if the only available site is covered in asphalt.
Vegetables thrive in a school garden.
Before seeking approval from school authorities, your team should develop a clear, logical plan that includes as much of the stakeholders' feedback as possible, plus practical and logistical considerations. The plan should also include a mission statement and information about the garden's purpose, goals, size, and proposed location. Create estimates of the necessary resources—financial and human—needed for set-up and ongoing operation. Focus on maintenance, making sure to include provisions for watering and upkeep during periods when school is not in session. (It may help to recruit a team of volunteers to help with upkeep.) Your goals may be lofty, but keep the overall plan simple and present it in a positive way with as many stakeholders present as possible. Be responsive to school authorities' concerns and be prepared to make plan revisions.
You are going to need funding for garden supplies and seeds or starter plants. Many school gardens start with a contribution from the PTA or other parent organization. Local businesses may also be willing to donate supplies or at least provide discounts. Dedicated, well-publicized fundraisers are another possible funding avenue.
You can also seek out grant opportunities, some of the best being offered by Kids Gardening. This exceptional kids' gardening program also offers additional educational resources to help educators and parents start school gardens.
With all of these pieces in place, you should be able to start a thriving school gardening program. There's no better way to help kids learn and get them outdoors.
The best time to tap sugar maples is in late winter.
It's sugaring season across much of southern Canada and the northern United States. The sun is climbing higher, temperatures are moderating, and maple sap is starting to flow.
You don't need sugar maples to make good maple sugar, however. Purists may blanch at the thought, but several other maple species have sweet-flavored sap that flows on mild winter days and that boils down into delicious maple syrup (and other byproducts). For example, some of the best Vermont syrup is produced by farms that depend on red maple (Acer rubrum) for much of their sap. This is a good thing, given that Acer saccharum is in decline throughout most of its eastern Canada to Southeast U.S. range.
As its very name proclaims, sugar maple (Acer saccharum) is the traditional source of this arboreal nectar. It's also a Currier and Ives icon of the Northland, holding sap buckets in late winter and producing five-pointed leaves in spring that turn fiery hues in fall. Mature, scaly-barked sugar maples line the streets of many old New England towns, as much a fixture as the clapboard colonial houses.
Red maple has a lot going for it as a sap source – especially for do-it-yourselfers who want to grow and tap their own trees. Its sap is only slightly less sweet than sugar maple's, with about 50 gallons (rather than 40) required to produce a gallon of syrup. Moreover, red maple thrives in a much wider range of conditions, and attains tappable size (10 inches diameter at breast height) more rapidly. Plant a sugar maple in a fertile, humus rich soil in sun or light shade, and its trunk will broaden perhaps a third of an inch per year. A red maple under the same conditions will likely grow at twice that rate.
Red maple also more than holds its own as an ornamental plant, typically forming an oval-crowned, 40- to 50-foot tree with attractive smooth gray bark that becomes furrowed and scaly with age. The three-lobed leaves flush red in spring, deepen to lustrous dark-green in summer, and turn brilliant shades of red and orange in early fall. Conspicuous clusters of maroon-red flowers festoon the naked branches in late winter, providing pollen for early-emerging bees.
Numerous red maple cultivars are available from nurseries and garden centers, differing in characteristics such as size, habit, seed production, fall color, and cold-hardiness – so it's likely there's one that's a good fit for your yard. In nature, it's found over much of central and eastern North America.
Red maple's close relative silver maple (Acer saccharinum) is its equal as a maple syrup source, yielding sap of similar sweetness. Its massive mature size, invasive roots, and susceptibility to storm damage disqualify it as a yard tree, unless a yard is of park-like dimensions. On the other hand, if silver maple is available for the tapping, its sap is well worth the effort.
The same goes for another rather weedy, weak-wooded maple, box elder (Acer negundo). Its common name and poison-ivy-like leaves notwithstanding, it is indeed a maple, and it does indeed yield sap that boils down into delicious syrup. Although the sap is only half as sweet as sugar maple's, it's produced at more than twice the rate, resulting in higher syrup yield per tree. Additionally, box elders are ready for tapping at a much younger age (within 5 years or so of planting) and smaller size (6 inches in diameter). Box elder is also hardier and tougher than sugar maple, as evidenced by its coast-to-coast geographic range.
Box elder has minimal ornamental value. Nonetheless, it has given rise to several spectacular variegated and gold-leaved cultivars, which are well worth planting. Look for 'Flamingo', with white-streaked leaves that emerge shrimp-pink in spring. If you're considering growing 'Flamingo' for its sap as well as for its flamboyant foliage, keep in mind that it grows more slowly than the wild type.
The sugaring season continues sporadically from late fall to spring in the relatively mild climes of upland California and the Pacific Northwest. Here, the native species to tap is bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). Its sap has slightly lower sugar content than that of sugar maple, and flows most freely after relatively chilly nights.
Just about any residential district in the U.S. is likely to host Norway maple (Acer platanoides). Formerly widely planted for its rapid growth and tolerance of city conditions, this Eurasian native has become a noxious weed in many areas of the U.S., invading native woodlands with its seedlings. It's easily distinguished from sugar maple by its furrowed bark, plump egg-shaped terminal buds, and erect flower clusters, as well as by the thick milky sap that oozes from severed leaf stems. Its winter sap, on the other hand, runs clear, and boils down into surprisingly palatable syrup.
Of course, if you're fortunate enough to have some healthy sugar maples to tap, Acer saccharum remains the maple sugar tree par excellence – with the possible exception of its near-twin, black maple (Acer nigrum). Black maple differs from sugar maple in its yellower fall color; hairier leaf stems with droopy leaf blades; and more furrowed bark. Its sap, though, is equally sweet and delectable. In areas of the North-Central U.S. where it outnumbers sugar maple, black maple reigns as the most important sugaring tree.
You need a number of maples to tap for syrup. Each mature tree can produce between 10 to 20 gallons of sap per tree. It takes 40 gallons of sap to boil down to one gallon of syrup, so you need at least three trees to produce one gallon of maple syrup. Maple sugar houses require large sugaring pans to produce syrup. To learn more about how to process sap into maple syrup, read this article from Penn State Extension about Maple Syrup Production for the Beginner.
The best time to plant your own maple is in spring or early fall. Make sure the planting hole is the same depth as the root ball (or shallower in heavy clay soil), and at least three times as wide. Backfill with unamended soil, and mulch the area around the newly planted tree with an inch of Fafard Natural Premium & Organic Compost, topped with 2 to 3 inches of bark mulch. Water thoroughly, repeating when necessary (one or two times a week).


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Dinard (Dinarzh in lingua bretone) è un comune francese di 11.299 abitanti situato nel dipartimento dell'Ille-et-Vilaine nella regione della Bretagna.

Geografia

La costa su cui sorge Dinard è nota come Côte d'Émeraude, ossia Costa Smeraldo, per il colore delle acque del mare.
La città è dotata di un piccolo porto, servito da traghetti di linea verso i principali porti vicini, tra i quali quello di Saint Malo che si trova di fronte a Dinard, sull'altro lato del golfo di Saint-Malo.
La città conta poco più di 11.000 residenti, ma, essendo località turistica, nel periodo estivo raggiunge i 40.000 abitanti.

Storia

Per la sua fama di luogo di villeggiatura Dinard è nota anche come la Nizza del Nord. La notorietà di Dinard iniziò nel XIX con l'arrivo del primo turismo, soprattutto formato da inglesi che costruirono le prime ville sulla costa. Nel 1880 Dinard divenne la prima località francese balneare con i primi stabilimenti balneari ed alberghi.
In passato a Dinard soggiornarono personalità come Churchill, Picasso e Debussy.

Spiagge
La città ha molte spiagge, larghe e pulite. Le quattro principali sono: la Plage de l'Écluse, la Plage Saint-Énogat, la Plage du Prieuré e la Plage de Port Blanc.

Centrali elettriche
Dinard è molto famosa per la centrale mareomotrice che dà energia a tutta la regione e dintorni. Questa centrale si trova in La Richardais, un comune confinante.

Demografia

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Rights, Values, and Religion in Denmark
By: Katherine Marshall
On a May day in Copenhagen, the sun shining brightly, the greatest security risk seems to come from bicycles speeding along the streets. But not all is calm in the state of Denmark. Immigrants and refugees have provoked a national soul-searching about human rights, international responsibilities, national values, and the significance of religious freedom.
Danes are some of the world's most dedicated internationalists. Young people travel the world and speak many languages with ease and grace. International affairs and foreign aid priorities and principles are dinner table conversation. Equality and freedom are seen as synonyms for human rights. There's a strong strand of nationalism, however, that goes alongside this openness to the world. My Danish friends love their country with a fierce pride. They never hesitate to bring out their Danish flag and support the social and ethical principles that underlie the welfare system. They relish Danish traditions from cookies to masterful farming even as they embrace new ideas and adventures.
In conversations this week in Copenhagen, however, some of these heartfelt values seem to come into conflict with one another. This was evident in a thoughtful discussion at the Danish Institute for Human Rights and in discussions with colleagues and friends across a wide spectrum. Denmark was the first country to ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention and since the 1980s especially has welcomed refugees and migrants, offering generous support consistent with their commitment to rights, equality, and welfare. The violence around the 2005 cartoon crisis caused a first shock, and, I was told, concerns have multiplied since then. The terrorist attacks on Paris and Brussels were close by. In short, integrating newcomers has caused some bumps. Concerns have come to a crescendo with the current influx of refugees as Denmark welcomed about 15,000 refugees last year, in a national population of some 5.6 million.
There are plenty of matters to discuss about the rights and responsibilities of the current refugees, including recent measures that are viewed as rather draconian, for example in treatment of refugees' assets and approaches to family reunification. But the discussions extend beyond the new arrivals, to reflections on Danish experience with integrating or assimilating very different newcomers in a society that is open but hardly diverse. Most of these newcomers have adapted well, but a significant minority has not. The most complex issues swirl around the Muslim immigrants and refugees and thus involve what are aptly described as "tensions" between religious freedom and human rights.
No-one knows exactly how many Muslims there are in Denmark - perhaps 200,000-250,000. They enjoy a religious freedom à la Denmark that includes tax advantages for mosques and freedom of expression (although there are laws on the books against blasphemy). But a documentary filmed clandestinely by the state-owned TV2, on Islam as it is preached by some imams in Denmark, sent shockwaves across the society. Clips (aired earlier this year) show an imam preaching murder of apostates (seen as those who leave Islam), supporting the beating of women and stoning for adultery, and urging women beaten by their husbands to go to religious authorities, not the police. Women were urged not to work. Beyond this program, young Danes are fighting with Daesh, and crime networks are linked to migrants (as well as others). Some places are no-go zones because of hostility from new migrants. Some migrants criticize Danish and "western" society and values quite harshly, which puts Danish backs up. Even liberals, I was told, are concerned, above all because they see the basic values they have fought for called into question. And the right wing Danish People's Party is seeing sharp increases in popularity.
The implications for values and religious freedom emerge in different forms. Some question the high cost of supporting refugees as has become the custom in Denmark - perhaps $50,000 a year. What could be done with those funds to support people in countries of origin? And what about Danes who deserve support? A substantial part of foreign aid funds has been reallocated to domestic refugee support, limiting the scope of Danish capacity to support poor and fragile states. Treatment of refugees, most of them Muslims, have implications for international affairs, with tradeoffs rather starkly presented. One Danish kindergarten is required to serve pork, as an assertion of Danish culture and perhaps even values. There is discussion of overseeing or somehow controlling what is said in mosques as a security measure. These measures call into question the meaning of Danish values of tolerance and freedom of expression.
Thus a discussion about protecting persecuted religious minorities in the Middle East or in Myanmar flows easily into the rights of Muslims to practice their faith but also to be honored for it in a country where freedom from religious impositions seems as strong an impulse as defending the right to practice one's faith. The meaning of equality between women and men is fundamental to the understanding of human rights, which encompass the right to religious freedom. The compassion and concern for the plight of people fleeing from persecution that underlie Denmark's welcome of refugees opens up new questions about how far the human rights values that come close to taken for granted are called into question.
These debates in Denmark, as in many other societies, are far from settled. And not far from the surface is a keen awareness of the realities of climate change and warnings that the refugee and migrant flows we are seeing are just the beginning. The tensions involved need not be contradictions; there are ways to combine freedom and tolerance, religious and secular viewpoints, diversity and common values. But they demand an active, thoughtful, and probing examination and a willingness to confront difficult realities and to keep fresh and alive the visions that underlie the principles and values that we cherish in both human rights and religious freedom.
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1. It makes you feel good.
(^Article from Berkley citing several studies on why doing good deeds makes you feel good not just emotionally but biologically as well)
2. It's the morally right thing to do.
As in, it builds good Karma. (In the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson he talked about the point in which Apple was coming up with iTunes. Everyone was stealing music on the Internet and Steve didn't agree with that, he wanted a different solution. When the media was critical of iTunes in the beginning Steve was questioned about if iTunes was viable and if it would last, his response was "stealing music isn't going to last, it's bad Karma."
Stealing music hasn't stopped but iTunes has done very well since it's inception. Jobs was right, we don't mind paying a small amount for music, it's the morally right thing to do.
Everyone could use a little more Karma.
3. The more people you've helped, the more people there are out there to help you in the future when you need it most.
Reciprocity suggests that doing things for others is the best way to help yourself in the long run. We're all going to stumble in the future, we're all going to make mistakes, you can guarantee it. If you help people without expecting anything in return, when you're at your worst the people you've helped will step up and be there for you.
Go on, make some good Karma.
Help people, even when you know they can't help you back.
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Every time you come in contact with any brand, company, or organization you either like it a little bit more or like it a little bit less, the feeling is never completely neutral. The majority of these impressions (feelings) come from your sub-conscious mind, which makes it difficult to understand why you feel the way you do about some brands. Just assume everything is marketing.
They way the flight attendant smiles at you gives you an impression of the airline.
The way a hostess open the door at a restaurant changes your impression of the establishment.
The way the cashier talks to you while making a purchase changes your impression of the store.
The font you use on doors in your office changes our impression of your company. Read more
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I made sure to ask the girl I got her from what her birthday was so I could celebrate it each year. Less than 4 weeks after getting her she had a medical scare and I wasn't sure I would even get to see her celebrate her first birthday so now her birthdays just mean that much more to me.
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Longtime Alabama lawmaker dies
By Caroline Vincent • Nov 24, 2020
The once longest-serving member of the Alabama House of Representatives has died at the age of 81.
Former Alabama state Rep. Alvin Holmes was one of the first African Americans elected to the state legislature after the civil rights era and helped to remove Jim Crow laws from the state Constitution. He also got the Confederate flag removed from the state capitol.
Holmes served in the legislature from 1974 through 2018.
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For nearly 40 years, state Sen. Hank Sanders of Selma was a fixture of the Alabama Statehouse.
Sanders, 76, did not seek re-election last year after nine terms in office. When lawmakers convene next month, Senate District 23 will be represented by another member of the Sanders family. His daughter, Sen. Malika Sanders-Fortier, won election to her father's longtime Senate seat last November.
The long-serving Democrat said he has no regrets about leaving state politics, because he says he is leaving the district in good hands.
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Today is Confederate Memorial Day. Many across the South will recognize Confederate soldiers who fell during the Civil War. It's one of three of these uniquely Southern holidays. There is some controversy that surrounds these days of observance in Alabama and elsewhere in the South.
Confederate Memorial Day and the birthdays of Robert E. Lee Day and Jefferson Davis make up the trio of holidays related to the Civil War.
Steve Murray is the director of the Alabama Archives and History. He says Confederate Memorial Day has a long history…
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Alabama Rep. Alvin Holmes approached the House floor microphones during a contentious debate on an abortion bill and landed in the national spotlight by saying 99 percent of white lawmakers would want their daughters to have an abortion if pregnant by a black man. Holmes, who was one of the first blacks elected to Alabama's Legislature, has become known for statements — sometimes outlandish and sometimes funny — during a political career that has spanned 40 years in a conservative Southern state with a long history of civil rights struggles.


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Cerkiew św. Łukasza – drewniana greckokatolicka cerkiew filialna, zbudowana w 1826 w miejscowości Krivé w historycznym regionie Szarysz w północno-wschodniej Słowacji.

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Usytuowana na wzgórzu pośrodku wsi, otoczona cmentarzem. Została wzniesiona za czasów ks. Jána Halíka. Drewniana, na kamiennej podmurówce. Budowana w konstrukcji zrębowej, składa się z trzech części: prezbiterium, nawy i przedsionka, nad którym wznosi się, wpuszczona w jego strukturę, budowana na słup wieża, zwężająca się ku górze. Dachy kryte gontem. Zewnętrzne ściany nawy i prezbiterium szalowane gontem, wieża i przedsionek szalowana pionowymi deskami. Przebudowa z lat 1968-1970 zupełnie zmieniła pierwotną formę dachu, który obecnie nakrywa nawę i prezbiterium jednolitą połacią. Wieżę wieńczy barokowy hełm ze ślepą latarnią. W wieży dwa dzwony.

W roku 2003 wykonano remont podmurówki cerkwi, w roku 2006 była restaurowana wieża. W latach 2010-2011 cerkiew była ponownie remontowana, wymieniono m.in. gonty i deskowania.
Nad prezbiterium strop drewniany z belek, nad nawą – z desek. Przedsionek nie nakryty stropem, umożliwia wgląd w konstrukcję wieży. W prezbiterium podłoga drewniana, w nawie posadzka z płyt kamiennych na podsypce piaskowej, w przedsionku posadzka betonowa, wykonana w 1977 r. Ściany nawy nagie, bez polichromii.

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Ikonostas trójrzędowy, pochodzi z początków XVIII w., z jakiejś starszej i znacznie mniejszej cerkwi – zapewne z poprzedniczki obecnej świątyni. Ikony w ikonostasie pochodzą z początków XVIII w. Renowacja ikonostasu miała miejsce w 1992 r., wtedy też powstał nowy ołtarz główny z obrazem Świętej Rodziny. W świątyni znajdziemy też szereg cennych ikon z XVII, a być może nawet XVI w., m.in. Chrzest Pana, Pantokrator, św. Mikołaj, Hodegetria w otoczeniu postaci Proroków oraz ikony z rzędu Deesis, łącznie 13 sztuk, pochodzące z dawnego ikonostasu, które znajdują się na parapecie chóru.

Część ikon była wystawiana na wystawach sztuki cerkiewnej, m.in. w Osace i Montrealu.

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Od 1968 cerkiew posiada status Narodowego Zabytku Kultury (słow. Národná kultúrna pamiatka).

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Bibliografia
 Magdalena i Artur Michniewscy, Marta Duda, Cerkwie drewniane Karpat. Polska i Słowacja, Wydawnictwo Rewasz, Pruszków, 2003, ss. 263,264

Linki zewnętrzne
 Kościoły drewniane, Europa, Słowacja KRIVE

Cerkwie greckokatolickie na Słowacji
Drewniane cerkwie na Słowacji
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