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Dame Joan Sutherland: Grieve, Heart, and Rejoice in Happy Memories
October 13, 2010 By Guy St. Clair
Dame Joan Sutherland
(Credit: Noosa Federation of the Arts)
Dame Joan has died, and many of us are very sad. Our lives were so enriched – made so beautiful and so much happier – by that glorious sound, and while none of us is surprised about the aging process, true fans keep wanting the inevitable to be put off… and off… and off.
The memories are many, and mine – just another fan's but including several occasions when Dame Joan and I actually interacted with one another – are I suppose no more or less than anyone else's.
Still, it pleases me to think now about Dame Joan and share some of those memories.
They began many years ago, as she was first making her name in America. I'm not sure of all the specifics (I'm relying on my memory here), but my first encounter was when I was at university. Joan Sutherland was travelling about the United States under the sponsorship of her managers and participating in something called the Columbia Artists Series. It was the organization that brought artists to the Grounds of the University of Virginia, and I was a student at Mr. Jefferson's University at the time.
Several young performers gained valuable name recognition with these recitals (I remember Marilyn Horne was another singer who visited us in Charlottesville), and the recitals – held in the University's famous Cabell Hall – were very popular. I don't remember my connection with the Music Department (I was a liberal arts major not a music major) but for some reason some of us were asked to volunteer for particular tasks, like insuring that the route to the dressing rooms were clear, dealing with backstage visitors, and similar little tasks.
And for some reason, after the recital and when the crowd was moving away, I was still in the area with someone from the music faculty (don't remember who it is was) and we were chatting with Miss Sutherland. She expressed an interest in seeing a little more of the Virginia countryside, and as she did not have a train out of Charlottesville until late the next afternoon, she asked if it would be possible to have a drive. As it turned out, the faculty member wasn't available (or perhaps he didn't have an opportunity to offer since I – not being a shy fellow – possibly forged ahead with my offer – I don't remember, thankfully!).
So I volunteered my little Hillman Minx, and we agreed on a time to meet at her hotel. I got there on time, and Miss Sutherland and Mr. Guy had a delightful drive all about Albemarle Country (and beyond). We spoke about everything under the sun, and she made me promise to come to see her whenever she was singing somewhere and I was in the audience (and it was a promise she kept, for whenever I sent a note backstage – even at the Metropolitan Opera – I was admitted to join the group congratulating her on her performance, and she always greeted me warmly). She always remembered me, and even years later, when I would send a newspaper clipping or a birthday card, I always had a nice note back in return.
Not only a great singer, a great lady.
And the performances! I cannot begin to enumerate all of what I heard over the years. It so happened that my time in New York began just as her career was in its very best years, and for more than two decades I got to hear her in so many spectacular performances in New York and even – sometimes – in London and a few other places. Memories – performances – I'll never forget.
On the mantle in my sitting room there is a lovely photograph of her – signed to me – in that voluminous white gown from "La Traviata," to me one of her greatest roles. And across the room is a happy photograph – also signed to me – of her in costume as Marie in "La Fille du Regiment," which the Met mounted just for her and Luciano Pavarotti. One of her greatest successes (not surprisingly, since Joan Sutherland had a rather wild and very delightful sense of humor – she loved to laugh and have fun!).
And far too many other performances to list, but oh, how I loved her in the famous "Lucia," the three heroines of "Les Contes d'Hoffmann," "Norma" (with the great Marilyn Horne – who could ever forget their "Mira O Norma"? – hear them sing it it here in a 1979 recital) and so many more. And after an absence of a few years from the Met, she came back with Alfredo Kraus for a revival of "I Puritani," which was worth the wait. And as my then-wife and I walked across the Lincoln Center Plaza to go into the house, we were approached by a man with a big sign: "$1,000 for a ticket." My wife suggested we sell him our tickets and go off on a great vacation. No way. We were going to hear Joan Sutherland and Alfredo Kraus in "I Puritani." A vacation simply paled by comparison.
Then, toward the end of her singing career, a splendid Sunday-afternoon recital at the Metropolitan Opera House. Two memories: In the first, I knew someone who worked in the house and he happened to be standing next to her as she and Richard Bonynge were speaking before she went on stage. She was having great difficulties with the huge blue hoop skirt of her gown, and she turned to her husband with a great frown on her face and said: "I'm getting too old for this!" He simply smiled and gently pushed her out on to the great Met stage.
And the second memory: Not so nice. Two uninterested older ladies were seated just behind me and my friends. They spoke all through whatever prelude was played to start the recital off (I don't remember what it was) and they continued to speak during the first aria, even when Miss Sutherland was actually singing. As my friends tell it, I kept getting more and more agitated, and my friends were actually looking at me, worried about what I would do. I wasn't aware that they were watching me, but I didn't disappoint them. When the aria ended, during the applause, I jumped up in my seat, turned around, and screamed at the ladies: "If you don't shut up I am going to kill you!" We didn't hear another sound from them (and they didn't return after the intermission!).
OK. Perhaps not a Joan Sutherland story. Or perhaps it is. Perhaps it demonstrates the kind of passion this lady's talent brought out in her fans.
Thank you, dear Dame Joan, for all you gave us. We have been so blessed to have you with us.
Filed Under: Music, Personal History Tagged With: Beautiful Singing, Bel Canto, Dame Joan Sutherland, Joan Sutherland, Metropolitan Opera Association, Opera, singing
Guy St. Clair is a writer and editor living in New York City. In his blog, Sharing Guy's Journey, Guy writes about any subject that crosses his mind (some friends refer to the blog as "Guy's online journal"). In his professional life, Guy is the Series Editor for Knowledge Services, from De Gruyter Saur in Munich and Berlin.
Opile says
Guy, be strong. She lived her life to the fullest. I read your tribute with such a delight on what kind legacy she must left on you life.
The challenge is: Will others talk of our life the same way when we are gone.
Guy St. Clair says
Thank you, Geoffrey, for your kind comment. Appreciate it.
Dellie says
I love this it makes Dame Joan even more special to me … because she was Mr. Guy's friend. Big famous people show their humanity by remembering and honoring the folks who they meet along the way. I'm sure that Dame Joan was also better for the time she spent with you…. just like all the rest of us :).
DStanley says
Such a fine tribute. And what a pleasure it must have been to know her and enjoy her rare talent in the way that you have.
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Siren will wail in Hawaii test for possible nuclear attack
Posted on 11/30/17 by scitechshaw
A Hawaii Civil Defense Warning Device, which sounds an alert siren during natural disasters, is shown in Honolulu on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2017. The alert system is tested monthly, but on Friday Hawaii residents will hear a new tone designed to alert people of an impending nuclear attack by North Korea. The attack warning will produce a different tone than the long, steady siren sound that people in Hawaii have grown accustomed to. It will include a wailing in the middle of the alert to distinguish it from the other alert, which is generally used for tsunamis. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
HONOLULU (AP) — Just days after North Korea tested its most powerful missile yet, Hawaii is dusting off a relic not heard on the islands since the end of the Cold War.
The monthly test of Hawaii's siren warning system for tsunamis and other natural disasters will have a new tone when it sounds Friday — one designed to alert residents of an impending nuclear attack.
"We believe that it is imperative that we be prepared for every disaster, and in today's world, that includes a nuclear attack," Hawaii Gov. David Ige said, adding that the possibility is remote.
Ige said the new test will ensure the public knows what they should do in case of an imminent attack. If a missile is launched, residents and tourists would have less than 20 minutes to take shelter, officials said.
"There needs to be different action taken should there be a nuclear attack than what is expected for a hurricane or tsunami," the governor said this week.
The attack warning will produce a different tone than the long, steady siren for tsunamis and other events that people in Hawaii have grown accustomed to. It will include a wailing sound in the middle to distinguish it from the other alert.
Vern Miyagi, administrator for Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, said the state delayed the test for a month to let people know it would be happening. Hawaii turned to public service announcements on TV and radio, town hall meetings, information on agency websites and media stories.
"The public can handle it. They're not going to panic," Miyagi said.
The test comes the same week that North Korea fired a powerful nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile it calls the Hwasong-15, leading analysts to conclude the nation has made a jump in its missile capability. The weapon would have a range of more than 8,100 miles (13,000 kilometers), easily reaching the U.S. mainland.
Hawaii is the closest state to North Korea, and its large military presence could make it more of a target. The island of Oahu is home to the U.S. Pacific Command, the military's headquarters for the Asia-Pacific region. It also hosts dozens of Navy ships at Pearl Harbor and is a key base for the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps.
Miyagi has previously said a nuclear strike on Hawaii would result in thousands of deaths, thermal radiation, severe damage to critical infrastructure, widespread fires and other chaos.
Hawaii lawmakers have been urging emergency management officials to update Cold War-era plans for coping with a nuclear attack.
"I think it's responsible to do this," Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said of the tests, though adding the chances of an attack are slim.
The tests will continue on the first day of every month. If the siren sounds because an attack is imminent, residents and tourists should get inside and stay tuned for further instructions, officials said.
Hawaii no longer has any nuclear shelters. When the Cold War ended, funding for maintaining them ran out as the threat of attack ended, emergency officials said.
Lorraine Godoy, 75, who was born and raised on the Big Island, said she vividly remembers the air raid sirens that used to blast during the Cold War. She said the upcoming tests will bring back memories from her childhood, when she had a curfew and the sirens blared often.
"It's very scary. It's loud. It's frightening," Godoy said. "I'm just glad I don't have any children or grandchildren living here . because it was very scary to hear as a child."
She said the tests are a "reminder that this is not a safe world anymore. Even here, in Hawaii, it's not safe."
Tourism officials disagree, saying travelers "should not be alarmed by the testing."
"Its implementation is consistent with the state's longstanding policy to be prepared and informing the public well in advance of any potential threat to Hawaii's well-being," George Szigeti, president and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, said in a statement.
Some residents and visitors expressed confusion.
"I'm not sure then what we're supposed to do after the siren happens," Justine Espiritu of Honolulu. "That would be useful information. Am I supposed to like find a bomb shelter? Am I supposed to go to the mountains? Should I jump in the ocean? I'm not very sure."
Tourist Bruce Jelsema of Grand Rapids, Michigan, also didn't know what to do.
"Not living in Hawaii, I'm not familiar with the different sounds of the test so I would probably be confused as to how to respond," he said.
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We will be recognized as a community that is cooperative, creative and conscientious that enhances the quality of life through planning and implementation in preparation for the future while maintaining our heritage.
We will provide a collaborative, courteous, friendly environment where citizens, elected officials and governmental bodies strive for shared excellence in leadership, governance, insightful planning and timely implementation. With properly managed and balanced growth we will provide opportunities and benefits for all community citizens in education, employment, and quality of life.
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We are here to completely support individually and as a council the vision, mission and values. We will work with all citizens to reach the goal of shared excellence in the Town of Appomattox. We are accountable to the citizens and will be available to them to move toward needed constant change and improvement. We will support existing businesses to grow and be able to maintain their commerce while also striving to bring new businesses and industry to our area. We will work to recognize the talents and unique abilities of all while cooperating in trust and open communication to enhance qualify of life in our town.
Small-town comfort meets large-scale Southern hospitality in Appomattox. No matter your age, background or walk of life, there is a place for you in the Town of Appomattox. We may be little in size, but we are large in caring. After all, good things come in small(er) zip codes.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,761 people, 716 households, and 469 families residing in the town. The population density was 808.7 people per square mile (311.9/km²). There were 767 housing units at an average density of 352.2/sq mi (135.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 66.89% White, 32.14% African American, 0.28% Native American, 0.11% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity accounted for 0.23% of the population.
In relation to households make-ups, 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.7% were married couples living together, 20.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 30.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.92.
In the town the population was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 82.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.2 males.


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Of Mice and Men
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Daphne du Maurier and Rebecca Background
Summary Chapters 1-4
Rebecca begins with the sentence, "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again." The heroine, dreaming, sees herself as a ghost, flitting through the charred ruins of the once-beautiful mansion Manderley, where she once lived. When she awakes, she resolves not to speak of the dream, for "Manderley was ours no longer. Manderley was no more." The only person to whom she could speak of it, we realize shortly, is her husband, whose name we have not yet learned. Together, the couple is traveling through Europe, staying in small hotels to avoid meeting people they both know. They have recently been through a period of great suffering, connected to the destruction of Manderley, but the heroine does not reveal the nature of their predicament. Pieces of a vanished life float vaguely about: the heroine misses her dog, Jasper, and remembers how meals were prepared at Manderley, and then she thinks of a Mrs. Danvers, and a man called Favell, and wonders where they are now. Mrs. Danvers, we learn, was always comparing the heroine to someone named Rebecca, but details are not forthcoming. Instead, the heroine's thoughts turn to her younger self, years before, and then the real story begins, told in a flashback.
As a young woman, the heroine (whose given name we never learn) travels across Europe as a companion to Mrs. Van Hopper, a wealthy American lady. (It was a common custom in the 19th and early 20th century for wealthy, unmarried older women to pay young girls to travel with them, as both a servant and a friend with whom to converse. During their travels, the two women come to Monte Carlo, a resort city in the south of France. Mrs. Van Hopper, a nosy, gossipy, vulgar woman, recognizes a handsome middle-aged man who is staying in their hotel, and points him out to the heroine. He is Maxim de Winter, the owner of the famous estate known as Manderley, and he is reportedly in mourning for his wife, who died the previous year. Mrs. Van Hopper invites him to tea, but shows her most vulgar and crude side, to the great embarrassment of the heroine. Maxim treats her coldly, but later that day he sends a note to the heroine, apologizing for his rudeness at tea.
The following day, Mrs. Van Hopper is ill, and so the heroine has the day to herself. At lunch she runs into Maxim, who insists on eating with her, and then invites her to drive with him along the beautiful coastline. He shows warm and courteous demeanor--except at one place on the road, a place with a particularly striking view, where a bad memory seems to trouble him. At the end of the drive, the heroine notices a book of poetry in the car, and he insists upon giving it to her. She reads it that night, and notices that it is inscribed, "Max--from Rebecca." Then she recalls what Mrs. Van Hopper said about Maxim's dead wife: her name was Rebecca, and she drowned, accidentally, in a bay near Manderley.
A sense of loss hangs infuses the opening pages of Rebecca. The narrator and her husband, neither of whose names we know yet, find themselves in exile from Manderley, a place of great beauty that now lies in ruins. But their exile owes not only to the physical destruction of their home; a house can be rebuilt. Rather, their exile is a spiritual one, and one freely chosen, to escape the ghosts that haunt Manderley's ruins. "We can never go back again, that much is certain," the heroine says. "The past is still too close to us. The things we have tried to forget and put behind us would stir again... " Indeed, their exile is not an unhappy one, despite the tinge of regret for what has been lost. "We have come through our crisis," she asserts, and exile is the price they must pay for their triumph over the forces that once oppressed them.
The narrative does not supply names for these distressing forces--though it briefly mentions a Mrs. Danvers--but the reader's foreknowledge of Manderley's destruction nevertheless creates a mood of foreboding as the novel's action veers into the flashback, and the meat of the story begins. In the heroine's memory, the scenes shifts to sun-drenched Monte Carlo, where Mrs. Van Hopper holds sway. We quickly gain insights into the characters presented: the old lady is hardly a nice person, certainly, but her disagreeableness contains no real malice; indeed, her ghastly, gossipy behavior around Maxim, while embarrassing to the heroine, is amusing to the reader, as are Maxim's coldly cutting replies. For his part, this man shows himself to be intelligent, sophisticated, unflappable--more than a match for the Mrs. Van Hoppers of the world.
Rebecca is a gothic novel, meaning that it belongs to the same genre as books like Wuthering Heights , Jane Eyre , and even Dracula , in which dark, ominous landscapes and architecture are the setting for violence, fiery passions, and supernatural events. Rebecca's characters, too, fit the gothic pattern: already we see that in Maxim de Winter, the author has created the perfect gothic hero--the broodingly handsome nobleman with a terrible secret. "His face," the heroine relates, "was arresting, sensitive, medieval in some strange inexplicable way... [C]ould one but rob him of his English tweeds, and put him in black, with lace at his throat and wrists, he would stare down at us in our new world from a long distant past--a past where men walked cloaked at night, and stood in the shadow of old doorways, a past of narrow stairways and dim dungeons, a past of whispers in the dark, of shimmering rapier blades, of silent, exquisite courtesy." He is thus the perfect person to own Manderley, a place where that medieval world of shadows and secrets lives on.
But while Maxim is painted vividly, the heroine--"with straight bobbed hair and youthful unpowdered face... trailing in the wake of Mrs. Van Hopper like a shy, uneasy colt"--seems to vanish into the background. We are told neither her first name, nor the family name that she gives up to become Mrs. de Winter; this lack of a name symbolizes her search for identity, a search that constitutes one of the novel's main themes. Indeed, Rebecca is in large part the story of the heroine's psychological quest for her own selfhood; and our constant sense that the heroine is in danger of failing in this quest provides much of the novel's suspense.
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I've been playing with the Xadow wearables which I received as a present. I have run into a brick wall trying the cool light project and any other projects using the led light strip and the ws2812.h library. Initially the the Cool Light ino or RainBowCycle.ino or any other project using the ws2812.h library doesn't compile and complains that it cannot find arduino.h. I have tried putting various versions of arduino.h into the Seeed_WS2812b library directory but none work properly, always another library is missing.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get this led strip working?


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Cleveland Student Awarded Scholarship
December 1, 2017 January 5, 2018 | Feature Stories
By Elizabeth Margolis
Peter Za, senior at Cleveland High School, spent Tuesday afternoon as he usually does, studying with the other members of his homework club at the Kateri Park Apartments.
Study time turned to party time when he learned he is the most recent winner of a $25,000 Bridging the Dream Scholarship from Sallie Mae, one of the nation's saving, planning, and paying for college companys.
On hand for the announcement were Za's mother and sister; staff and volunteers from Catholic Charities of Oregon (which runs the homework club); Jennifer Rockwood, a long-time volunteer at the Cleveland High School College and Career Center; and representatives from Sallie Mae, who brought pizza for the club and surprised Za with the news and a very large check.
"As I've worked with Peter, I see a young man who is committed to getting an education, and I cannot think of a student more deserving of this scholarship," said Rockwood, who nominated Za for the scholarship.
"In the eight years I've spent at the College and Career Center, I have never worked with a student who was as motivated, hard-working, and passionate about caring for his family and community."
Za, 18, is taking the most rigorous academic path available at Cleveland High School, where he maintains a 4.0 GPA. He is an international baccalaureate certificate candidate, a member of the varsity soccer team, a volunteer math tutor, and a drummer at his church's worship services. He is fluent in several languages, and actively works with others in his community who are learning English.
"I am so incredibly grateful to Jenny for nominating me for this scholarship and to Sallie Mae for providing me the chance to continue my education," said Za. "College is possible now, and I look forward to the new opportunities it will bring."
Peter Za surprised by award
The scholarship recognizes inspiring high school juniors and seniors nationwide who excel in academics, athletics, community service, or school activities, but whose financial circumstances may not permit them to fulfill their college dreams.
For more information visit SallieMae.com/BridgingTheDream.


Hibiscus flower tea like many other herbal teas, has a lot of health benefits that can be derived from it. Not only do we treasure the beauty of the plant, we also use its extract for medicinal purposes. The general appearance of the hibiscus flower is quite attractive but within the flower is a gold mine of natural compounds with plentiful immunity boosting, appetite enhancing, skin nourishing, and cancer repellant as well as anti-ageing properties. The hibiscus flower teas might a common household name but all of its benefits might not be particularly common. In this post, we shall look at some of the benefits of hibiscus flower tea that you need to be aware of.
There aren't as many natural source of powerful antioxidants as you might think. Lucky for us, we can get nearly all the antioxidants our bodies' need from the hibiscus flower tea. The purpose of antioxidants in our body are plenty and we cannot exhaust all of them at once. However, it helps to know some crucial uses of these antioxidants to our health.
Antioxidants presents in hibiscus flower tea help to get rid of free radicals. Free radicals are a group of atoms with unpaired electrons. These free radicals are highly reactive and they can start a chain reaction inside the body which eventually leads to cell damage. Damaged cells are the primary causes of aging, inflammation and eventually cancer.
Lucky for us, anti-oxidants which are provided by the hibiscus flower tea can effectively and harmlessly interact with these free radicals hence neutralizing their effect.
From your high-school biology you do remember that our body is made up of 90 percent water. However, we are too lazy to abide by the doctor's recommendation of drinking 8 glasses to maintain the fluid balance in our body.
Since we have to balance the fluids in our body it is recommended to use the hibiscus flower to achieve this. The Indians are well known for their Ayurvedic science of healing. According to this healing process, the hibiscus tea can be used to maintain a healthy balance of our body fluids. This magical tea was and can still be used to treat excessive water retention as well as pulmonary oedema.
Mention any common liver disease and I will tell you the best way to remedy it, hibiscus flower tea. The liver lesions as well an oxidative liver damage can be reduced significantly used hibiscus flower tea.
Inflammationof the liver is one of the most common liver conditions you might come across. Inflammation in itself is not an enemy to our health, in fact it results from the body's attempt to eliminate toxic substances from our body. However, when these substances don't get a way out, they result into inflammations which can be detrimental to our health.
To curb inflammation one needs to a cup of the popular hibiscus tea on a regular basis. The B1, B12 and B16 contained in the hibiscus tea provide a sufficient remedy against inflammation. This eventually helps you keep a healthy liver.
Are you looking for the most natural and tireless way of losing weight effectively? Are you frustrated with the tedious exercises and worthless supplements which promise to help you lose weight but fail to? Well, today you have to just found what you have been looking for, hibiscus flower tea.
For years now, for those who knew, hibiscus has helped many to lose excess weight and maintain a healthy BMR. The extract present in the hibiscus flower retards the absorption of glucose and starch. Studies point to glucose as the main cause for obesity. Amylase an enzyme that is known for promoting absorption of carbohydrates is inhibited in production by hibiscus tea. As a result many products which are used to help in weight loss tend to contain hibiscus flower tea.
Ladies will be happy to know that you no longer need to suffer in silence. Menstrual pains can be quite frustrating and extremely painful. People avoid using painkillers due to the chemical substances present in them. Well, with the hibiscus flower tea, you have a great source of natural relief against menstrual cramps.
You will also be happy to know that hibiscus flower tea helps to keep the hormones in check. This is ideal for control of depression, overeating as well as mood swings.
With these health benefits of hibiscus flower tea, why look for chemical supplements to aid boost your immunity, regulate your hormones or balance your body fluids? Choose natural, choose hibiscus flower tea.


Tamil Nadu Tourism, Tamil Nadu Tourist Places, Tamil Nadu Tourism Packages.
Home to glorious monuments, a dazzling culture, a rich tapestry of history, and natural bounty in the form of fabulous beaches and clear skies, Tamil Nadu is an excellent destination for incentive groups wishing to enjoy both culture and environment. The eastern and western tips of the state are defined by the Point Calimere and Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuaries, while the northern extreme is Pulicat Lake and the southernmost tip ends in the beauty of Kanyakumari.
Tamil, the official state language, is spoken by most of the population, and although Tamil Nadu is one of the most urbanised states in India, it is still a rural land and agriculture is the mainstay of life for about three-quarters of the rural population. Tamil Nadu is rich in handicrafts such as handloomed silk, metal icons, leather work, kalamkari (hand-painted fabric, using natural dyes), and brass, bronze, copper ware, carved wood, palm leaf, and cane articles.
Bharatanatyam, one of India's major classical dance forms, and Carnatic music are widely practiced in Tamil Nadu. Painting and Sculpture are less developed, although there are schools that teach the art of sculpture in stone and bronze. Tamil literature rapidly adapted to the Western literary forms of the novel and the short story. Since the 1940s, cinema has become the most popular form of mass entertainment.
The state capital, Chennai(formerly known as Madras) is a vibrant city and home to a rich architectural legacy and a dynamic arts scene, combining centuries-old traditions with modern-day technology. The city makes an excellent base for visiting sights of interest nearby when time is of a premium, including the Vedanthangal water birds sanctuary, the famous Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple of Madurai, and the Alagar Hills, home to the Tirupparakunram Rock temple.
However, Tamil Nadu is not only about the past. The state is developing rapidly in the areas of economy, social, human resources, and culture. Tamil Nadu is one of the top three Indian states that receive the highest foreign investment in automobiles, information technology, power, and telecommunications.
Chennai, along with other southern cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad, has established itself as a centre of technological excellence. The dynamism and forward-looking vision of its people ensure that any incentive program is assured of success through the availability of knowledge, skills and infrastructure.


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A Brief Remembrance of a Beautiful Mind
David R. Weiss, May 24, 2015
Yesterday John Nash and his wife Alicia were killed in a car crash in New Jersey. Nash was a brilliant mathematician who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994.
Like most of you, I knew of Nash by way of neither math nor economics, but film. His life story was featured in A Beautiful Mind, which chronicled not only his mind's brilliance, but also its fragility. Both his career and marriage were nearly lost to schizophrenic paranoia and hallucinations, which plagued him in his early thirties and accompanied him for years afterwards, although he eventually struck a sort of uneasy peace with them. The movie also told the story of his love for Alicia—and hers for him. (They were married from 1957-63, then divorced during the height of his illness, but remained lifetime companions and were remarried in 2001.)
Everything I know about Nash I learned from the film or the internet, which is to say, not all that much—and, as several internet articles remind me, not entirely accurate. Although according Sylvia Nasar, author of the biography on which the film was based, the internet critiques often lack the same nuance they find wanting in the film. Without aiming to sort out fact, fiction, and film, I owe John Nash a word of gratitude, and I intend to offer that here.
I saw A Beautiful Mind in 2001 at Main Theatre & Pizza in Waukon, Iowa. I took my then 13 year-old son, Ben, and his best friend, Forrest. I knew little of Nash at the time and went innocently, thinking I would share this film about a brilliant man with these two kids, bright minds in their own right. We ordered pizza and watched the film. At some point I realized I was watching more of my own inner life projected on the screen than I had thought possible. I was trembling for the second half of the film. As I walked to the exit with two teenagers I had never felt more publicly exposed in my life. I couldn't talk about the film until a few weeks later when I took Margaret to see it up in Saint Paul. Even then, the words came only tentatively and after we both sat out in the car in stunned silence for a good while.
I need to be careful here. I am not paranoid or schizophrenic, and probably not brilliant to anywhere near the degree Nash was. But this much is true: my mind is almost always chaotically overfull with ideas, opinions, suggestions, even accusations … voices that stop short of full personages but make for a very crowded room in which I am sometimes at a loss to say with any confidence "this one is me." Like Nash, my life is a 24/7 engagement with an inner cacophony in search of patches of calm and moments of clarity. I am not without occasional success in this searching, though consistency still eludes me.
I suspect I am, at least in part, such an introvert, because I can only juggle so many conversations at one time, and I almost always have several going on before anyone else walks up to me. That sounds like wry humor, it feels like weary exhaustion many days. People read my essays, poetry, hymns, stories and think me creative. For me, the experience is rather different. Most days I just wish I could mute the incessant chatter long enough to pick one strand of thought and follow it to completion. And most days I fail.
But besides showing me a dim though overwhelmingly recognizable reflection of my most vulnerable self, the film was also was deeply affirming. In two ways. First, simply that there was such a story of fragile brilliance. Each of us dwells in a story that is singularly ours, but we know ourselves as we find points of recognition with other stories. I know myself better for knowing John Nash's story. Second, to see the exquisite love between John and Alicia, strained at times but each reaching past what was possible to be present. Simply, sufficiently, miraculously present.
The movie concludes with Nash offering remarks at the 1994 Nobel awards. The scene is fictional, but the remarks ring true: "I've always believed in numbers and the equations and logics that lead to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I ask: 'What truly is logic?' 'Who decides reason?' My quest has taken me through the physical, the metaphysical, the delusional—and back. And I have made the most important discovery of my career, the most important discovery of my life: It is only in the mysterious equations of love that any logic or reasons can be found. [Looking at Alicia] I'm only here tonight because of you. You're the only reason I am … you are all my reasons."
No film before or after has ever affected me so deeply. After perhaps a dozen viewings, each time I still tremble. Each time I still sob. Each time Margaret and I know in a most vulnerable and visceral way that there is a mystery that binds us together, deeper than words. Although she is so much more than this, she, too, is the reason I am. And although neither of us fully understands it, we both know it—and know it better because of John and Alicia Nash. May they rest—side-by-side—in peace.
David R. Weiss is the author of To the Tune of a Welcoming God: Lyrical reflections on sexuality, spirituality and the wideness of God's welcome (2008). A theologian, writer, poet and hymnist, David is committed to doing "public theology" around issues of sexuality, justice, diversity, and peace. He lives in St. Paul and speaks on college campuses and at church and community events. Reach him at drw59mn@gmail.com; read more at www.ToTheTune.com where he blogs under the theme, "Full Frontal Faith: Erring on the Edge of Honest." He recently published a playfully profound and slyly subversive children's picture book, When God Was a Little Girl (2013). Learn more at www.WhenGodWasaLittleGirl.com.
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Beautiful…I will need to reread it several times to bring it all "in".


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Glasgow store assistant who 'stuffed cigarettes down trousers' to avoid fraud charges has been jailed
Kameran Kader, 42, avoided paying over £41,000 in cigarette tax
A convenience store assistant who was found with non-duty paid cigarettes stuffed down his trousers and inside popcorn boxes has been jailed after an investigation by HM Revenue and Customs.
Following a joint operation with Trading Standards in 2015, officers visited the Kurdistan Shop on Westmuir Street, Glasgow, where Kameran Kader, 42, was working behind the counter.
After initially giving officers a false name and address, he was then found to have 1,400 non-duty paid cigarettes down the front of his jogging bottoms.
Man in serious condition in hospital after 'targeted' attack by gang with weapons
Following a full inspection of the premises, another 137,160 non-duty paid cigarettes were discovered in popcorn boxes. The total duty evaded was £41,259.62.
Joe Hendry, Assistant Director, Fraud Investigation Service, HMRC, said: "Criminals like Kader undercut legitimate retailers and deprive the UK of money needed to fund our public services.
"HMRC will continue to target the supply of illicit tobacco, which costs the UK around £2.5 billion a year. Anyone with information regarding the smuggling, storage or sale of illegal tobacco can report it to HMRC online or call our Fraud Hotline on 0800 788 887."
Kader was charged in May 2015 but absconded for a preliminary hearing on 8 March 2017 at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
A warrant was issued and Kader was brought into custody on February, 7 2018. Kader pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court on June, 13 2018 and was sentenced to 346 days in jail when he appeared at the same court today.


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This article is about the search engine. For the children's game, see Duck, duck, goose.
Screenshot of DuckDuckGo home page as of 2018
20 Paoli Pike
Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States
Duck Duck Go, Inc.[1]
Gabriel Weinberg
duckduckgo.com
September 25, 2008; 13 years ago (2008-09-25)[2]
Perl,[3] JavaScript, Python[4]
DuckDuckGo (also abbreviated as DDG) is an internet search engine that emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy and avoiding the filter bubble of personalized search results.[3] DuckDuckGo does not show search results from content farms.[5] It uses various APIs of other websites to show quick results to queries and for traditional links it uses the help of its partners (mainly Bing) and its own crawler.[6][7]
The company is based in Paoli, Pennsylvania, in Greater Philadelphia and had 149 employees as of October 2021[update].[8] The company name is a reference to the children's game duck, duck, goose.[9][10]
3 Instant Answers
4 Tor access
5 Bangs
6 Business model
7 Source code
9 Traffic
DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.[2][11] Later on, in 2018, a mobile web browser was introduced.[12][13] Weinberg is an entrepreneur who previously launched Names Database, a now-defunct social network. Initially self-funded by Weinberg up until 2011, it was then "backed by Union Square Ventures and a handful of angel investors."[14] DuckDuckGo gains revenue via advertisements and affiliate programs.[15] The search engine is written in Perl[16] and runs on nginx, FreeBSD, and Linux.[3][2][17] DuckDuckGo is built primarily upon search APIs from various vendors. Because of this, TechCrunch characterized the service as a "hybrid" search engine.[18][19] Weinberg explained the beginnings of the name with respect to the children's game duck, duck, goose. He said of the origin of the name: "Really it just popped in my head one day and I just liked it. It is certainly influenced/derived from duck duck goose, but other than that there is no relation, e.g., a metaphor."[20] DuckDuckGo was featured on TechCrunch's Elevator Pitch Friday in 2008,[18] and it was a finalist in the 2008 BOSS Mashable Challenge.[21]
In July 2010, Weinberg started a DuckDuckGo community website (duck.co) to allow the public to report problems, discuss means of spreading the use of the search engine, request features, and discuss open sourcing the code.[22] The company registered the domain name ddg.gg on February 22, 2011,[23] and acquired duck.com in December 2018,[24][25][26] which are used as shortened URL aliases that redirect to duckduckgo.com.
We didn't invest in it because we thought it would beat Google. We invested in it because there is a need for a private search engine. We did it for the Internet anarchists, people that hang out on Reddit and Hacker News.
— Fred Wilson, 2012 TechCrunch Disrupt Conference in New York[27]
DuckDuckGo was self-funded until Union Square Ventures and angel investors invested in DuckDuckGo in October 2011. Union Square partner Brad Burnham stated, "We invested in DuckDuckGo because we became convinced that it was not only possible to change the basis of competition in search, it was time to do it."[11][28] In addition, Trisquel, Linux Mint, and the Midori web browser switched to use DuckDuckGo as their default search engine.[29]
By May 2012, the search engine was attracting 1.5 million searches a day. Weinberg reported that it had earned US$115,000 in revenue in 2011 and had three employees, plus a small number of contractors.[30] Compete.com estimated 266,465 unique visitors to the site in February 2012.[31] On April 12, 2011, Alexa reported a 3-month growth rate of 51%.[32] DuckDuckGo's own traffic statistics show that in August 2012 there were 1,393,644 visits per day, up from an average of 39,406 visits per day in April 2010 (the earliest data available).[33] In a lengthy profile in November 2012, The Washington Post indicated that searches on DuckDuckGo numbered up to 45,000,000 per month in October 2012. The article concluded:
Weinberg's non-ambitious goals make him a particularly odd and dangerous competitor online. He can do almost everything that Google or Bing can't because it could damage their business models, and if users figure out that they like the DuckDuckGo way better, Weinberg could damage the big boys without even really trying. It's asymmetrical digital warfare, and his backers at Union Square Ventures say Google is vulnerable.[9]
GNOME released Web 3.10 on September 26, 2013, and starting with this version, the default search engine is DuckDuckGo.[34][35]
At its keynote speech at WWDC 2014 on September 18, 2014, Apple announced that DuckDuckGo would be included as an option for search on both iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite in its Safari browser.[36][37][38] On March 10, the Pale Moon web browser, starting with version 24.4.0, included DuckDuckGo as its default search engine, as well as listed it on the browser's homepage.[39] In May 2014, DuckDuckGo released a redesigned version to beta testers through DuckDuckHack.[40] On May 21, 2014, DuckDuckGo officially released the redesigned version that focused on smarter answers and a more refined look. The new version added many new features such as images, local search, auto-suggest, weather, recipes, and more.[41]
On November 10, 2014, Mozilla added DuckDuckGo as a search option to Firefox 33.1.[42] On May 30, 2016, The Tor Project, Inc made DuckDuckGo the default search engine for Tor Browser 6.0.[43][44][45]
In July 2016, DuckDuckGo officially announced the extension of its partnership with Yahoo! that brought new features to all users of the search engine, including date filtering of results and additional site links. It also partners with Bing, Yandex, and Wikipedia to produce results or make use of features offered. The company also confirmed that it does not share user information with partner companies, as has always been its policy.[46][47]
On January 23, 2018, DuckDuckGo revamped its browser extension and mobile app in an effort to keep Internet users safe "beyond the search box". The revamped extension and app include a tool for rating websites based on their use of encryption and ad-tracking networks as well as the ability to block ad-tracking networks. The extension also provides Terms of service summaries from Terms of Service; Didn't Read.[48]
In December 2018, it was reported that Google transferred ownership of the domain name Duck.com to DuckDuckGo. It is not known what price, if any, DuckDuckGo paid for the domain name.[26]
On January 15, 2019, DuckDuckGo announced that all map and address-related searches would be powered by Apple Maps, both on desktop and mobile devices.[49]
In March 2019, Google added DuckDuckGo to the default search engine list in Chrome 73.[50]
In July 2021, DuckDuckGo introduced its email forwarding feature Email Protection, which lets users claim an "@duck.com" email address generated by the service. That inbox will receive emails and strip them of data trackers before forwarding them to the user's private email address. The feature launched in beta for users of the DuckDuckGo iOS and Android apps.[51]
As of November 2021, it had 101 million daily searches on average.[52]
Search results[edit]
DuckDuckGo's results are a compilation of "over 400" sources,[53] including Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wolfram Alpha, Bing, Yandex, its own web crawler (the DuckDuckBot) and others.[3][53][54][55] It also uses data from crowdsourced sites, including Wikipedia, to populate knowledge panel boxes to the right of the results.[55][56]
Weinberg has refined the quality of his search engine results by deleting search results for companies he believes are content mills, such as Demand Media's eHow, which publishes 4,000 articles per day produced by paid freelance writers, which Weinberg states to be "low-quality content designed specifically to rank highly in Google's search index". DuckDuckGo also filters pages with substantial advertising.[57]
Instant Answers[edit]
In addition to the indexed search results, DuckDuckGo displays relevant results, called Instant Answers, on top of the search page. These Instant Answers are collected from either third party APIs or static data sources like text files. The Instant Answers are called zeroclickinfo because the intention behind these is to provide what users are searching for on the search result page itself so that they do not have to click any results to find what they are looking for. Instant answers are created by and maintained by a community of over 1,500 open source contributors. This community has come to be known as DuckDuckHack.[58] As of July 2019[update], there were 1236 Instant Answers active.[59]
In the DuckDuckHack documentation, four types of Instant Answers are described: Goodies, Spices, Fatheads, and Longtails. These types of Instant Answer extensions are differentiated by how their data is retrieved. Goodies do not retrieve data from a third party API, whereas Spices do. Goodies instead use some form of the aforementioned static data sources, such as text files or JSON files. Fathead Instant Answers are key-value answers hosted on DuckDuckGo's backend. Fathead key-value pairs function similarly to a trigger for showing the respective Instant Answer. Longtail Instant Answers are full text queries to a DuckDuckGo database of articles. Paragraphs or snippets from any matching articles are returned, and the section that matches the user's query is highlighted.[60]
Tor access[edit]
In August 2010, DuckDuckGo introduced anonymous searching, including an exit enclave,[61] for its search engine traffic using Tor network and enabling access through a "Tor hidden service" (onion service).[62] 3g2upl4pq6kufc4m.onion (Accessing link help)[63][64] is the DuckDuckGo v2 onion service on Tor.[65][66][67] This allows anonymity by routing traffic through a series of encrypted relays. Weinberg stated: "I believe this fits right in line with our privacy policy. Using Tor and DDG, you can now be end to end anonymous with your searching. And if you use our encrypted homepage, you can be end to end encrypted as well."[68]
In July 2021, DuckDuckGo introduced a new v3 onion service, with a new link: duckduckgogg42xjoc72x3sjasowoarfbgcmvfimaftt6twagswzczad.onion (Accessing link help).[69]
Bangs[edit]
DuckDuckGo includes "!Bang" keywords, which give users the ability to search on specific third-party websites – using the site's own search engine if applicable. As of August 2020, 13,564 "bangs" for a diverse range of internet sites are available.[70] In December 2018, around 2,000 "bangs" were deleted. Some of them were deleted due to being broken, while others, such as searches of pirated content sites, were deleted for liability reasons.[71]
Business model[edit]
DuckDuckGo earns revenue by serving ads from the Yahoo-Bing search alliance network and through affiliate relationships with Amazon and eBay.[72] As a privacy-focused search engine, the ads served on DuckDuckGo are based on keywords and terms of the search query.[73]
The company supports charitable organizations that work to improve privacy, In 2021 they donated US$1M to these causes and had donated $3,650,000 over the previous decade. Major donations for 2021 included $200,000 to the Center for Information Technology Policy, $150,000 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, $75,000 to European Digital Rights (EDRi) and $75,000 to The Markup.[74]
Source code[edit]
Some of DuckDuckGo's source code is free software hosted at GitHub under the Apache 2.0 License,[75] but the core is proprietary.[76] DuckDuckGo also hosts DuckDuckHack, a sister site for organizing open source contributions and community projects. The search engine's Instant Answers are open source[77] and are maintained on GitHub, where anyone can view the source code. As of August 31, 2017, DuckDuckHack was placed on maintenance mode; as such, only pull requests for bug fixes will be approved.[58]
In a June 2011 article, Harry McCracken of Time commended DuckDuckGo, comparing it to his favorite hamburger restaurant, In-N-Out Burger:
It feels a lot like early Google, with a stripped-down home page. Just as In-N-Out doesn't have lattes or Asian salads or sundaes or scrambled eggs, DDG doesn't try to do news or blogs or books or images. There's no auto-completion or instant results. It just offers core Web search—mostly the "ten blue links" approach that's still really useful, no matter what its critics say ... As for the quality, I'm not saying that Weinberg has figured out a way to return more relevant results than Google's mighty search team. But DuckDuckGo ... is really good at bringing back useful sites. It all feels meaty and straightforward and filler-free ...[78]
The bare-bones approach cited in his quote has since changed; for instance, DuckDuckGo now has auto-completion, instant results, and a news tab. McCracken included the site in Time's list of "50 Best Websites of 2011."[79]
Thom Holwerda, who reviewed the search engine for OSNews, praised its privacy features and shortcuts to site-specific searches as well as criticizing Google for "track[ing] pretty much everything you do", particularly because of the risk of such information being subject to a U.S. government subpoena.[80] In 2012, in response to accusations that it was a monopoly, Google identified DuckDuckGo as a competitor. Weinberg was reportedly "pleased and entertained" by that acknowledgment.[9]
In November 2019, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey revealed his preference for using the DuckDuckGo search engine rather than Google, stating, "I love @DuckDuckGo. My default search engine for a while now. The app is even better!"[81]
Traffic[edit]
Traffic chart
In June 2013, DuckDuckGo indicated that it had seen a significant traffic increase; according to the company's Twitter account, on Monday, June 17, 2013, it had three million daily direct searches. On average during May 2013, it had 1.8 million daily direct searches. Some[82] relate this claim to the exposure of PRISM and to the fact that other programs operated by the National Security Agency (NSA) were leaked by Edward Snowden. Danny Sullivan wrote on Search Engine Land that despite the search engine's growth "it's not grown anywhere near the amount to reflect any substantial or even mildly notable switching by the searching public" for reasons due to privacy, and he concluded "No One Cares About "Private" Search".[83] In response, Caleb Garling of the San Francisco Chronicle argued: "I think this thesis suffers from a few key failures in logic" because a traffic increase had occurred and because there was a lack of widespread awareness of the existence of DuckDuckGo.[84]
Later in September 2013, the search engine hit 4 million searches per day[85][86][87] and in June 2015, it hit 10 million searches per day.[2] In November 2017, DuckDuckGo hit 20 million searches per day.[2] In January 2019, DuckDuckGo set a record of 1 billion monthly searches;[88] and in November of the same year, it hit 50 million searches per day. As of November 2021[update], DuckDuckGo was receiving 101,277,289 queries per day on average.[89] On January 11, 2021, a record of over 102.2 million daily searches was achieved.[90] A new record of 108,882,447 daily searches was set on November 29, 2021.[89]
Comparison of web search engines
List of search engines
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One suspect arrested, two more at large after Halloween shooting in Windsor
Windsor police have arrested one suspect and are still looking for two more "armed and dangerous" individuals after a shooting on Halloween night.
Trevor Wilhelm
From left: Security camera images of man identified by Windsor police as Guled Ismail, 25, of Toronto, and a second unknown suspect - both wanted by Windsor police in relation to a shooting at 1666 Ouellette Ave. on Oct. 31, 2018.	Courtesy of Windsor Police Service / Windsor Star
One of the men still at large following the shooting behind an Ouellette Avenue apartment building is Guled Ismail, 25, from the Toronto area. He is wanted for attempted murder, robbery with a weapon and five counts of breach of recognizance.
From left: Guled Ismail, 25, of Toronto in an undated mugshot image, and a second male yet to be identified by Windsor police. Both are suspects in a shooting incident at 1666 Ouellette Ave. on Oct. 31, 2018. Courtesy of Windsor Police Service / Windsor Star
Investigators are still working to identify a second man involved. Police said he is black, between 20 and 25 years old, about five foot 10 with a medium build.
The man had dark haired pulled back into cornrows. He also had scars above and below his left eye.
Police said both are still at large and should be considered armed and dangerous. If you seem them, stay away and call 911.
Officers made their first arrest in the case on Friday near Park Street and Ouellette Avenue. Julia Sweeney, 19, from Windsor, is charged with attempted murder and robbery with a weapon.
Investigators have not said how the three suspects are involved in the shooting.
Police received a report of shots fired around 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 31. Investigators learned a vehicle had been parked behind an apartment building at 1666 Ouellette Avenue. After shots rang out, the vehicle took off northbound on Dufferin Street.
Around 10 p.m., a man arrived at hospital in Windsor with a gunshot wound. Officers met with the victim, a 22-year-old Windsor man who was being treated for a single gunshot wound. Police said the injuries were not life-threatening.
Police then found the vehicle in the hospital parking lot.
Investigators believe the shooter got into the car, which was parked with the victim inside it, behind the Ouellette Avenue building.
At some point, that person fired shots in the vehicle before fleeing on foot toward Dufferin Street.
Anyone with information about the case can call the Windsor Police Service at 519-255-6700 ext. 4830, or Crime Stoppers at 519-258-8477 (TIPS). You can also leave tips online at catchcrooks.com.
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Interview with a Gen Zer: What Insights Can a 14-year-old Share with Marketers?
Ever wonder what a real, live teen in 2019 is doing on her phone all day? Listen in to learn a little about Gen Z online behavior from one young lady's experience..
This week, we interview a real, live teenager to learn what she thinks about social media and Gen Z online behavior.
Stacy Jackson: Hey there, this is Stacy Jackson.
Alanna Jackson: And I'm Alanna Jackson.
Stacy Jackson: We're co-founders of Jackson marketing. We're also sisters and we're bringing you Episode Six of The Marketing Mix. Alanna, what's this very special, extended-family episode about today?
Alanna Jackson: Today we are going to dig into the mind of a fourteen-year-old and find out what makes them tick when it comes to social and how they use the internet and just different things like that.
So we have our nice here. Her name is Kira Jackson. She is 14 years old, and she is a Snapchat Guru. And she is going to share with us her thoughts on some of the different social media channels, and we are excited to have her today.
Stacy Jackson: So, at least this is a fun way to finish out spring break, Kira. We're not listening to that book you have to read.
Stacy Jackson: So Alanna and Kira, why don't we take a quick break to hear about today's sponsor. Then we'll come back and start talking about what Generation Z is doing online. Sound good?
Alanna Jackson: Let's do it.
Alanna Jackson: All right, and we are back. So Stacy, what should we start off with talking to care about.
Stacy Jackson: Let's see. Well, one thing I always wonder about kids your age, Kira, and people in Generation Z . . . . It doesn't seem like you use social media the way older generations do. Do you like to talk to your friends on social media, or what are you doing when you're on your phone or on the computer?
Kira Jackson: When I'm on my phone, I usually talk with my friend and chat with them and send them videos or, like, silly photos of me on Snapchat. And we talk a lot in the group chat.
Stacy Jackson: So, you're mainly chatting through some kind of chat app. You guys don't get on, like, Twitter or Facebook, right?
Kira Jackson: Well, I don't personally use Facebook or Twitter, but I know my friends have them but they don't use it a lot.
Stacy Jackson: Why is that? Is it because it's mainly old people, or you don't want your parents to see it what you're talking about?
Kira Jackson: No, I don't really know.
Stacy Jackson: Well, I think last spring break you did tell me that Facebook was for old people.
Kira Jackson: Well, I don't really see my friends using it that much or anybody, like, my age using it as so often as older people do. Oh, I don't mean to sound mean or anything.
Stacy Jackson: No, you sound honest, and that's okay.
Alanna Jackson: So Kira. Snapchat is your choice of social profile to go use and talk to your friends on. So what kinds of things about Snapchat do you like, and what is it that you guys are talking about? Are you sure are you actually sharing information with one another about what's happening or are you just sending silly pics to one another?
Kira Jackson: I talk with my friends a lot about different things like stuff that's going on with school or, like, what's happening when I saw on Snapchat. Like, they have stories and if I see something funny or interesting, I'll share that post with them. And also I do like to send a lot of silly photos of me and we go back and forth.
Stacy Jackson: Are you guys spilling the tea?
Kira Jackson: Yes. We are spilling all the tea.
Stacy Jackson: And why don't you tell our audience, just in case it's a bunch of old people like me, what does that mean?
Kira Jackson: It means, like, spilling gossip or spilling something that like . . . or, like, telling somebody, like, what happened your day that was really interesting or, like, something that's just really mind-blowing.
Alanna Jackson: So Kira, on Snapchat I know that we do streaks. Maybe you can explain for the audience what streaks are and why they're so important to you and your friends and what's the longest one you have?
Kira Jackson: Okay. Streaks are when you send Snapchats between someone daily. Like people will send morning streaks and, like, goodnight streaks. And after three days, it'll pop up, like, next to the person's name, and it'll say how long you have a shake for. So, like, I have a streak with Alanna; it's 55 days. And I have a streak with Stacy that's nine days.
And if you don't keep repeating to send Snapchats, then it will show up with a little time bar thing. I forgot what it's called, but it'll pop up with one of those and if you don't send one while that's up, you'll lose the streak. And I just think streaks are really fun to have and stuff and my longest streak . . . . My longest past streak was like 200 days or something, but my longest streak right now is a hundred and sixty-one.
Alanna Jackson: Okay, so that's kind of crazy. And one thing that I've heard from someone that's a parent who their kid was going on a trip for church or something like that . . . . They left their phone and gave it to a friend so that they could keep their streaks going.
Is that something that you might do?
Kira Jackson: I don't think I would do that. Like if I have the person's, like. If my friend was right next to me and I had my phone and I could log in and stuff and then, like, log back out; I would do that. But I wouldn't let them if they're, like, across the country or something, log into my stuff. I would not let them do that.
Alanna Jackson: Okay, so I think we're good on Snapchat. What do you think, Stace?
Stacy Jackson: Yeah, I think so except for one question. So Kira, if you have a favorite brand . . . like I know you like Vans shoes or Dr. Pepper . . . would you like it or dislike it if the brand sent you a Snapchat or was reaching you through Snapchat?
Alanna Jackson: So in other words, if you got a Snapchat — you know how, like, I might send you a Snapchat, you get a chat from me?
What if like somebody like Adidas or somebody like that like . . . a big brand . . . sent you a Snapchat directly? Is that what you're meaning Stacy?
Stacy Jackson: Yes, or if you were to encounter an advertisement in Snapchat from one of those brands, would you feel like "gross," or would you be cool with it?
Kira Jackson: I would be cool with it.
Like some like if it's like something really new and cool, I would probably, like, swipe up or, like, look it up online to see what it's about.
Stacy Jackson: Okay, that's that's what I wanted to know. I don't ever interact with brands on Snapchat, and I was interested in what someone your age who use a Snapchat a lot more than I do might think about that.
Kira Jackson: Also the other day, I just realized this . . . . There was an ad that came up about this game, and it was on Snapchat. I thought oh, it looked really cool, so I swiped up and it's and I downloaded on my phone.
Stacy Jackson: So the power of advertising is alive and well on Snapchat. Good to know.
Alanna Jackson: Exactly. So yeah, it's good to know. So for those of B2C companies, especially listening to this, your audience is telling you what they would do. So make sure you're taking advantage of those opportunities.
Stacy Jackson: So Kira, I know you spend a lot of time watching videos on YouTube. Is YouTube your favorite place to go see videos, and are you just browsing or are you looking for specific things on there?
Kira Jackson: I'm not really looking for a specific thing. I'm just looking for things to watch because sometimes I get bored of, like, my regular shows and want to find something, like, really funny now, will make me laugh and that's just, like, crazy.
Stacy Jackson: Do you skip the ads in the videos, or do you watch them?
Kira Jackson: If I'm forced to, yes, I do watch them. But if there's one side of a skidpad, I usually skip it. If it looks really interesting, I'll watch it.
Stacy Jackson: Have you ever used YouTube for, like, homework or to learn new things? Or are you just using it for entertainment?
Kira Jackson: I've been using it for entertainment so far. If I want to, like, learn how to do something, I think I would usually go to Google. But if I want to learn how to, like, build something if I bought something from Ikea, I would definitely look it up on YouTube.
Alanna Jackson: So that's interesting because the other day, we were talking to someone who . . . I think they have a sixteen-year-old son. And she said that if he has anything to look up, he never goes to Google. He only goes to YouTube, which I thought was kind of interesting because not everything is a video that you might want to look up.
So you're saying here that you mainly would only use YouTube If like there's something you want to learn how to do and maybe there's a video for; but, like, if you want to go look up a restaurant or something, you might go to Google.
Kira Jackson: Yes, like maybe if I was really confused in, like, math, which I struggle with, I think I would go to YouTube because they have . . . do have some helpful videos, but I would usually go to Google.
Alanna Jackson: Okay, so that's, that's interesting good to know.
Stacy Jackson: So Kira, of the people that you like to watch on YouTube, are they like "YouTube famous" kind of people, or are they just everyday people doing crazy stunts? What kind of people are you watching on YouTube?
Kira Jackson: I guess I'm watching, like, some that have, like, a million or, like, more than that. But I also do watch some, like, lowered or not, like, lower channels, but they have, like, fewer subscribers.
But they're also funny, and I also like to watch like "try not to laugh" challenges.
Stacy Jackson: I think you mentioned people like Shane Dawson and other people . . . . Do they ever talk about brands or things on their videos that they want people to try?
Kira Jackson: Definitely because on YouTube, they'll get sponsored by someone, and they'll mention in their video.
Stacy Jackson: So do you feel like that's a commercial, too, or you just . . . it doesn't bother you that that commercial's happening? You don't care about skipping that because you like the entertainment they provide?
Kira Jackson: Well, it depends on, like, what they're talking about.
Like, if they're talking about, like, any sponsored by, like, a car brand or something, I think I would skip that part of the video.
But I know Shane Dawson came out with a video, and it was talking about an app where it like finds super, good deals on websites. And it helps filter stuff for you, and I was really interested in that.
Alanna Jackson: There's a makeup guy, right, that you, you watch, and he's supposed to be pretty popular. I think that he talks about specific kinds of makeup.
So does that make you, when you see. . . like the different things that he does and how he might use it . . . does that make you want to try the specific makeup he is talking about?
Alanna Jackson: Well, I can say that you would look good no matter what you use for your makeup. I'm a little biased, but I think you're gorgeous.
Kira, when you think about the programs you're going to take when you enter high school next year. . . . I know you're going to do some culinary classes. Do you think you'd want to start your own YouTube channel to show people how to cook, or start your own podcast or even a blog? I know you're not going to write a blog, but what do you think about making yourself into some kind of YouTube or podcast star?
Alanna Jackson: I'm not sure because I feel like I would be really awkward, but I think it would also be fun to do it.
But, like, I know that people can be very hateful, so that's something that I'm . . . I wouldn't like. I would be really scared to do it.
Alanna Jackson: So one thing we previously talked about doing was the "As Seen On TV" stuff and starting a YouTube channel for that. Is that something you still want to do?
Stacy Jackson: When you think about yourself in the future and whatever job you might have, how do you think you might use the internet or social media to do your job? Do you have any ideas?
Alanna Jackson: So put another way, let's say you started working a job, and you had to learn something new. Or maybe they ask you to use Excel in a way that you didn't know. How — are there ways that you might . . . you think that those might apply for you to use the internet in those situations to get the answers to some of the questions you might have?
Stacy Jackson: Or even to make a purchase of something that you've never bought before that you have to learn about so that you make the right purchase.
Kira Jackson: If it was something that had to do with, like, Excel or like one of those formats, I would definitely use YouTube because I know there's a lot of tutorials about it. And for, like, a purchase, I think I would use Google because I don't think there is not many tutorials and stuff like that on YouTube, but I think Google would be more a reliable source for me.
Stacy Jackson: Do you think you would ask your friends or colleagues that might be in your business about "what's a good product I should purchase for this purpose?" Would you rely totally on Google?
Kira Jackson: I would definitely get it from another person's perspective because Google may tell me one thing, but somebody who's had experience with that might tell me another.
Stacy Jackson: And do you think you would see yourself in the future still ask your friends . . . when you're older . . . through like WhatsApp or Snapchat, or do you think you would move into a more public type of forum like a Facebook if that's still around or Twitter?
Kira Jackson: I think if I got older . . . I think I would use Snapchat and stuff like that less, and I would use more text messages.
Stacy Jackson: Okay, so that's interesting. So you'd still try to keep the conversation between you and your friends or whoever you want to speak with and not put it out in public like Alanna and I or [the] millennial generation might do now with Twitter or LinkedIn or Facebook.
Kira Jackson: I think I would use . . . . If, when I got older, I think I would use text messages more than anything, but I think I would still try to keep up with other platforms, like, just post once in a while but not, like, be like post after post after post after post.
Stacy Jackson: Got ya. And have you heard of LinkedIn?
Kira Jackson: I've heard of it, but I'm not really sure how it works.
Stacy Jackson: That's okay. There's a lot of people that are on it that aren't really sure how it works either.
Alanna Jackson: So I know that you mentioned you would ask others about if you wanted to know more about a project but . . . not a project, but a product . . . would you look up reviews? I know, like, if you're going to look at a restaurant, you might look on Yelp just to check out the reviews, but if you wanted to find out about a product, would you look up reviews on Google or anything like that? Is that something that would be of interest to you?
Kira Jackson: Definitely because I got new Crocs, and I went on Amazon, and I was looking at these I like like really cheap . . . like a hundred Crocs charms. And, like, I went through the reviews, and they look really reliable because they added, like, photos onto them. And, and one person gave it a really bad review because they got like the same charm, so I was not sure about that one.
Stacy Jackson: What are Croc charms?
Kira Jackson: It's the stuff you see at the Croc store if you ever go and one. And there's this stuff that you put in the holes in the Crocs.
Stacy Jackson: Okay, you learn something new every day.
Stacy Jackson: Oh, I thought it was a crocodile. Thank you, Alanna.
Alanna Jackson: Some people may not know what Crocs are.
Stacy Jackson: I'm just making a joke. I wasn't being a smart aleck.
Okay. Well, you've given us some interesting insights here, Kira. What do you think in the future? Do you think people will mainly rely on their phones and not even use computers, or do you think people will still need computers in the workplace and at school.
Kira Jackson: I definitely think computers will be there because they're very reliable, and you can do a lot more on a computer than you can do on a phone.
Alanna Jackson: It seems like most of the time, you like . . . you would prefer to watch shows and stuff on your TV — I mean, on your phone instead of the actual TV. So, you don't, you don't think that you would have that same kind of feeling of wanting to just work on your phone as opposed to a computer or laptop or something?
Kira Jackson: I think for me it all depends because like sometimes I don't feel like doing stuff on the computer because, like, I have to, like, load it up, and then I gotta do all that. But my phone, I could just, like, grab it and, like, do that and I'm done.
But computers are also really nice to use because you can have multiple tabs open, and you can click on each one. But on the phone, you can only have one open at a time, and it takes some time to open the new tab. And I think it's easier to use the computer for, like, multiple things online than a phone, especially with like Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Alanna Jackson: Yeah, I agree and it's good to hear that. We're not going to lose the computer.
Stacy Jackson: Although, mobile search on Google has overtaken desktop search. So who knows when they happen?
Alanna Jackson: Yeah, but I mean, just searching for something is different from actually working. You know?
Alanna Jackson: Kira, is there any other knowledge you want to drop on us today about social as far as how teenagers use it or just in general marketing kind of stuff that you can give your knowledge on?
Stacy Jackson: I'd be curious to know what you do with technology at school, too, before we wrap.
Kira Jackson: In 6th and 7th grade, there was a game called Kahoot where the teacher would set up a whole quiz of, like, how many questions they wanted, and it would be on the interview projected to the Smartboard, and there would be a question and it would be timed.
And there are four choices you could choose from, so you have to pick the right one. And after the time ran up and after everybody answered the question, it would show it, like, kind of like, a bar graph. It would, like, show how many people answered this question, not answer, how they answer that answer.
So, like, in my science class, we would take it and whoever got, like, first, second, and third [place] got extra credit.
So, you like to do the quizzes at school, but I know you also like to take those personality quizzes. Who were you the other day when you took the Harry Potter quiz?
Kira Jackson: First time I took it I was Hufflepuff the second time. I'm Slytherin. I'm just not sure anymore.
Stacy Jackson: And which Office character were you?
Kira Jackson: I was between two of them, too. Like, I was either Toby or Andy, but I don't think that's right at all.
Alanna Jackson: That's a big difference with Toby and Andy.
Stacy Jackson: I could see Andy. I could see Andy, but not Toby.
So, Lane, any other questions for Kira before we go?
Alanna Jackson: Are there any other knowledge that you would like to drop on us today about how teens use social or just technology in general?
Kira Jackson: I don't think so.
Stacy Jackson: Then thank you very much, Miss Kira, for joining us today on your last day of spring break. We both appreciate it greatly.
Alanna Jackson: Yes we do.
Stacy Jackson: So, everybody there you have it. Our little Gen Z Jackson giving us some insights.
I think some takeaways that even B2B marketers can have are that these younger generation individuals like to take quizzes, so keep those quizzes ready for when those people get into the job market and getting into purchasing roles or research roles. That's still going to be relevant.
You're going to need to rethink some of your social media strategies, perhaps, to work around more of a "messenger" type of strategy or text messaging, which that has its own issues with opt-ins. But just start thinking about how you might reach those individuals in a more closed type of system.
Alanna Jackson: And another thing to think about is on YouTube and different places like that where you have ads come in on videos. You want to create an ad that is more catching and that will draw their attention so that they'll go and check it out because while that it seems to be a given, it's not always a given for certain brands.
Stacy Jackson: And on the YouTube front. . . . Yeah, the influencers they like today as teenagers or even people in their college years . . . Those influencers are going to change. They'll either evolve with the audience or new people that are influencers in their industry that they choose will become top of mine to them.
So think about as you grow or begin to create influencer programs, who are those influencers in your industry that can start cultivating a younger audience of new people that enter your industry and how can you use video and that influencer to reach people. Because like Kira said, she might skip a commercial but if she's hearing from someone she either finds entertaining or that she respects, she and other gen Z people will engage and listen to what that influencer has to say.
Alanna Jackson: And let's not forget Snapchat. If you're not currently using Snapchat, it's an easy thing to get involved in and you don't want to miss out on certain opportunities.
You can set up filters as a brand and the people that are using Snapchat will see those filters and possibly be using them. And it just creates a different way of connecting with and engaging with your audience.
Stacy Jackson: I think another way that people could use those filters, not just as a brand, like a lot of consumer brands do, but say you're HubSpot or some kind of like software brand or another brand that does a big B2B event. You could create those geofilters in Snapchat for people to use. So even if you don't directly advertise or create those custom filters, there's always geofilters that you can set up start getting those younger people involved in your B2B brand through the platforms that they like to use already.
Alanna Jackson: Right, and as they start to get a little bit older, getting that name recognition out there for your brand so that once they get into that working get into the workforce, they will have a better sense of knowing who you are . . . who you are as a brand. And if they hear that name, they'll be like, "I know that name," and it won't be a [completely] new experience for them.
Stacy Jackson: And even if you're not a brand that a 14-year-old is going to notice today — like if you create industrial widgets, at least you'll be getting used to using that . . . those new social outlets that those younger people as they mature and enter the workforce and your industry — they'll be there when they're ready to learn about you.
Alanna Jackson: Kira wants to add something.
Kira Jackson: Also, make sure you don't over advertise because I know I've seen so many ads over and over, and it just gets annoying.
Stacy Jackson: Good to know.
Alanna Jackson: So that's a good thing to know, to know your audience.
Stacy Jackson: Right? I wonder she hates the same brand advertising over and over again or the same commercial over and over again?
Stacy Jackson: Okay, so mix it up, people.
All right, so I think those are some of the main takeaways I had in mind about, "what could we learn from a Gen Z person" whether you're trying to reach them now at this age they are or in the future when they enter your different industries and workforces.
So thanks everybody for joining us today. I hope you got a little something out of it. And even if you didn't, we had a good time hanging out on spring break with our niece.
Alanna Jackson: Yes we did, and if you want to give us some comments or leave us a voicemail you can do that. You can reach Stacy on Twitter at stacy_jax, or you can reach me on Twitter at alanna_jax.
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