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Hopes and Expectations for Sons and Daughters
Andre Spruell, Opinion Editor
Having a family is a goal most people strive for, whether it be planned or unplanned. With that being said, does the gender of a child determine how their parents raise them?
According to Psychology Today, it is often difficult to do this type of research because parents tend to be reluctant to admit that they treat their sons and daughters differently, especially in an era of greater gender equality.
Nowadays, it is common for couples that are planning to have a family to have a gender reveal for a baby that is on its way. The way in which the gender is revealed takes many forms, with the end result being blue, which signifies a boy, or pink, which means the couple is expecting a girl.
Due to something like gender reveals, is it safe to assume that hopes, standards and expectations are already being placed on a child before they are even born?
Personally, I do not think it is a stretch that couples expecting a child are already placing expectations on their children once their gender is revealed because simply put, girls are treated differently from boys.
Something as simple as toys contribute to stereotypes among sons and daughters. For example, boys are discouraged from playing with dolls and makeup, while girls are discouraged to do physical activity and are discouraged to play with "boy" toys like G.I. Joe action figures.
Another factor as to why boys and girls are treated differently from each other is the fact that dads are males and that mothers are females.
According to Time Magazine, fathers tend to use more analytical language when speaking to their daughters than when talking to sons.
In other words, by using more analytical languages towards daughters, it indicates that fathers have more complex types of discussions with their sons as opposed to their daughters.
Fathers also talked about sadness more with girls than boys, and they were more likely to engage in rough physical play with their sons than with their daughters according to Time Magazine.
Boys engaging in physical play while girls are generally taught to avoid physically demanding activity is something that I believe has always been around in society. This develops the stereotype that since boys are genetically stronger, they are more capable of doing physical activity to the point that it seems girls cannot do the same, which is just not true.
This particular idea is evident on the adult level as well, especially back in the early 1900s when men typically went out to work physically demanding jobs, while women stayed at home to tend kids because they were seen as too delicate to work the same jobs as men.
According to Time.com, mothers may be more comfortable talking about their emotions than fathers, thus children might therefore think it is more appropriate for girls to talk about feelings.
Due to this, daughters were more likely than sons to speak about their emotions with their fathers when talking about past experiences. Since this is the case, another stereotype developed as that women are more emotional.
Since fathers and mothers are more emotionally available for their daughters than with their sons, girls tend to be more emotional because they are allowed to be more emotional. On the other hand, boys are generally not taught to be emotional because being emotional is something that is typically not seen as "manly."
According to CBS News, there is a ton of research indicating that it is really good for children to talk about their emotions and so if we're doing that less with out boys, that's a good thing to realize.
Parents being emotionally available for their children no matter their gender is something I think is truly important.
Girls are more emotional, but they are allowed to be emotional, which I like. Girls comfortably having the ability to show their emotions in any situation allows them to express themselves more freely and makes them feel more comfortable in doing so.
Boys meanwhile are less emotional because they are taught to not be emotional. Teaching boys to be more emotional I believe is becoming more common today, and is something that is important to do because allowing boys to be more emotional allows them to express their feelings more which is important to their health, especially their mentally health.
Being a son to two parents who both have been extremely active in my life, there was a difference in how they raised me.
My mother has always been there for me emotionally and always made it a point that if there was something going on to let her know about. She made it an emphasis to be my emotional outlet.
Meanwhile, my father taught me toughness and whenever he taught me lessons growing up as a kid, he always hammered home, "I'm raising men, I'm not raising boys."
Having both forms of teaching is extremely beneficial because showing emotion is something that everyone has to do in order to be healthy, but also having that hard nosed upbringing from a father serves as reminder that when the going gets tough, to keep pushing through to find a solution.
Through research, it can be inferred that teaching sons differently from daughters also creates different hopes and dreams. While these hopes and dreams may be similar, it can be inferred that the hopes and dreams towards daughter is more emotionally based than a boy's hopes and dreams.
Andre Spruell is a senior communication studies major with concentrations in broadcast production and multimedia journalism. He also has a minor in sociology.
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Thursday 6 March – Owen Kohl – "Sounding Like an Uncertain Future: Hip Hop Economics in a Post-Industrial Context of Scarcity"
March 3, 2014 by lshearing
Please join us this coming Thursday, 6 March, for our penultimate EthNoise presentation of the Winter Quarter.
We are delighted to host Owen Kohl, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago
GOH 205, 4.30 – 6.00pm
"Sounding Like an Uncertain Future: Hip Hop Economics in a Post-Industrial Context of Scarcity"
The Yugoslav music industry, which continues to be locally portrayed as once the envy of other Eastern European states, underwent a dramatic transformation during the 1990s. The biographies of ex-YU artists, consumers, and distributors straddle a period of seemingly never-ending 'transitions,' not only from self-managed state socialism to neoliberal democracy, but also within a regional music industry whose business models have radically changed in the wake of new forms of legal, quasi-legal, and primarily illegal digital distribution. Music scholars have explored in detail the war-time politicization of musical differences along national lines (e.g., Baker 2010, Čolović 2008, Gordy 1999), but the ongoing transformation of the socialist-era industry has yet to be as systematically thematized. Artists often narrate the transformation of the record business in ex-YU in terms that run parallel to the trajectories of other regional industries that have been subject to bankruptcy, offshoring, and forms of 'rational' restructuring. Despite the recent proliferation of music festivals, independent labels, and clubs that distribute and support 'alternative' genres, pursuing hip hop in any sort of professional capacity demands that most artists must have other sources of income. Ex-YU remains a region in which Apple's iTunes, Spotify, Amazon, eBay, and other legal online distributors of music remain largely absent. Regional music rights organizations now try to curb rampant illegal download in order to recoup profits. However, a vociferous debate rages among artists as to whose future the support of intellectual property law, the crass mass mediated promotion of pop genres, and a more integrated EUropean future best serves. Now that gigabytes of music are downloaded with swift mouse-clicks as opposed to painstakingly collected, older DJs lament the increased competition for scant gigs and the deterioration of listening practices. In Chapter 2, I analyze artists' articulations of present-day professional limitation and argue that the past, sometimes including an era of 'good life' socialism, often emerges as a nostalgia-inflected historical epoch during which music could be more than just a hobby for a broader demographic of performers.
Owen Kohl: As a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology, Kohl attends to the shifting significations of 'urban' music, national identity, and economically re-structured local culture industries on EUrope's southeastern periphery. His dissertation research is focused specifically on a newly transnational network of hip hop musicians in Zagreb, Croatia, Belgrade, Serbia, and Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. This follows on his earlier investigation of global manifestations of hip hop social practices in France, Senegal, Croatia, Russia, and Mongolia.


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poetic sepia! one of your nicest captures, rob.
.. thanks doc! so sepia can also create a dramatic effect.
.. thanks, i wish i can write as good as you.
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.. it just let me remember an old love, lol. been trying to post more pm, it's just difficult doing it at work! hehe.
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The current-generation Mitsubishi Strada is one very fine example of the pickup truck's evolved form. For starters, it's the sleekest model in the segment in terms of exterior aesthetics. There are relatively few questionable angles or edges to take in, and the whole front appears to sweep back, highlighted by a large grille flanked by nice headlight designs.
Inside, there's a nice mix of style and practicality. There a modern, curvy dashboard design with some decent trim, fabric seats, no-frills door panels, and a dark overall vibe about it. There's the option of modern convenience features such as a touchscreen infotainment system with Bluetooth audio, cruise control, and a reverse parking camera, too. It looks like Mitsubishi has all the basics here covered.
Perhaps the biggest area of improvement for the modern pickup truck is in terms of comfort. The Strada, for example, remains stable across typical road imperfections and corners. Sure, the worst of EDSA might still have passengers bobbing up and down a little bit. But the point is ride quality has come a really long way. In fact, don't be surprised to see that some people have turned to a pickup for their daily driving needs.
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By O. Craig Tierney Jr.
Editor's note: This article appeared originally in The Advocate, the newsletter of the NCBA's Young Lawyers Division.
Fundamentally, your client cares little about litigation drama. Your client cares about getting a good result that is cost effective and timely. Mediation can deliver all of that in spades. But, like almost anything in life, getting there takes some work and prior planning. Several hours of careful thought, strategy and planning about 60 days prior to a mediation will greatly increase the chances of having a successful mediation.
Know your facts. Going into mediation you should know the facts of the case backwards and forwards. You want to be the person in the mediation that has control of the facts and can smoothly respond to fact questions asked by the mediator. Typically, I prepare a single sheet of paper with a time line of important events, party names and witness names as an easy reference. Have copies of important documents, medical records and transcript testimony available to support your opening statement. It's one thing to say it; it's another thing to show it.
Managing Liability Expectations. After the pleadings are closed and the first set of written discovery has been exchanged, it's a good time to talk with your client about expectations. Talk to your client about the uncertainty of jury trials and how different jurors may interpret the same facts differently. Also, share your opinion about how the opposing side will use the same facts to bolster their view of the case. Don't assume your client remembers your sage advice and liability evaluation from six months ago when the Complaint/Answer was filed. Spoon-feed them again prior to mediation with your pros and cons on liability and the risks of leaving that decision in the hands of 12 unknown jurors.
Managing Value Expectations. Similarly, spend time in advance of mediation talking to your client about value expectations. In the majority of claims headed to mediation, there is a "ballpark" for a reasonable negotiation. Rarely do I go into a mediation without having first "spit-balled" value ranges with several lawyers that I know and trust. Talk to plaintiff's lawyers and defense lawyers to get a broad base of feedback. Why waste time making a demand for the moon and the stars and then spend an hour just getting into the Earth's atmosphere? Same thing for defendants. If a plaintiff makes a demand within the "ballpark," why come back with a low ball? Take time with your client in advance of mediation to explain that nobody can force them to take a penny less, or pay a penny more, at the end of the day than they agree to regardless of starting points. If your client appreciates that they control the end game, then they are less likely to push back on your advice to start with a demand that is in the ballpark.
Also, be aware of prior negotiation history. Nothing chills a mediation like a demand/offer that is significantly different from the last settlement number. If you go backwards, the other side will respond in kind. This is not a great way to start a mediation.
Conflict or Cool and Calm. Well, the conflict is certainly covered. You are in a lawsuit and everyone is lawyered up. But mediation is not the place to fan the flames of conflict. Effective lawyers at mediation are calm, cool and collected. Badgering and finger pointing is counterproductive. Certainly, you want to press your points, but consider directing the more contentious facts of the case to the mediator. Use the mediator as a safe harbor to expose the lightening rod facts of the case. By addressing contentious facts to the mediator instead of to the defendant's face, you have used a safe harbor to diffuse emotions, rather than throwing gasoline on the fire.
At mediation, the lawyer has a unique opportunity that is unavailable at any other stage in litigation. You have the floor. No judge, no jury, no objections, no rules of evidence or procedure. In the opening session you can, without interruption, lay out your best case and persuade the opposing party that your view of the case has merit. Before mediation, the opposing party has never had an advocate like you look them in the eye and calmly explain to them why they face a significant risk of an unfavorable outcome. Take advantage of this opportunity. I like to address my opening statement directly to the opposing party including my view of how the facts, law and value will play out at trial.
Authority. Going into mediation, you and your client should have discussed reasonable settlement ranges and I advise against locking into a predetermined number for a settlement floor/ceiling. Mediation is all about keeping an open mind, listening for new facts and making value adjustments where warranted. Hopefully the parties come to mediation with informed value expectations. Neither side is likely to substantially deviate from their informed value expectations. Therefore, if you have information that you want to use to lower the value expectation of the opponent, then do not wait until the day of mediation to disclose it. Think ahead and provide that information to the other side well in advance of mediation.
An insurance company typically requires a very thorough pre-mediation report 30 to 60 days prior to a mediation. That report includes evaluations of liability, damages, a proposed settlement range, and some type of "best day/worst day" for trial verdicts. As a defense lawyer, you should make sure you have scheduled discovery well in advance of the mediation report deadlines to properly prepare the claim representative's expectations for not only the good stuff, but the bad stuff learned through discovery. Claim representatives loath late information that requires them to send a second report or to make a phone call to their managers for more authority.
Similarly, for both the defense and the plaintiff sides, do not fall into the trap of sugar-coating the case facts to your client and overestimating your chances of a favorable verdict at trial. The facts are the facts and you can't change them. Tell your client the good, the bad and the ugly prior to mediation.
Medical bills, Rule 414 and liens. Don't assume that your adversary has all the information for medical bills, liens, setoffs, credits etc. At least 30 days prior to a mediation, I call the other attorney and ask for updated information on all bills and liens. If there is a dispute on the Rule 414 "bills paid" number then clarify the difference well before mediation. Is the Workers' Comp carrier on notice of the mediation? Is Medicare in the loop? Is the case a UIM arbitration? Does Rule 414 even apply to a UIM arbitration? Always try and narrow down the scope of the mediation before the mediation. If your mediation turns into a 3-hour discovery tour, then your client is not being served.
Dr. Doolittle, Mr. Wonderful and the back pocket. If you want to get the best possible settlement at mediation, you may have to open up your bag of facts and voluntarily disclose some of the good bits before mediation. Holding back the good bits before mediation and springing the trap at mediation may feed your inner Hollywood, but it does little to effectuate settlement at mediation. Parties, their lawyers and carriers need time to digest and evaluate adverse information.
If the plaintiff shows up to mediation with a letter from Dr. Doolittle that relates an ulnar nerve problem to the accident with a $12,500 future surgery, then a claim representative is going to roll his eyes and look for an exit.
The "undisclosed expert" is also a dead letter at mediation. Suppose the defense counsel shows up to mediation and proclaims in the opening statement that she has "hired the best accident reconstructionist in the state and Mr. Wonderful will testify . . ." Well, the mediation is now a wounded duck. Why should the plaintiff give any weight to Mr. Wonderful? How can a mediator find anything useful from a lawyer's statements about an undisclosed expert?
Often times, certain bits of information are revealed to the mediator in a closed session by one party and the mediator is told to "keep this in your back pocket." It's usually something like, "We have a recorded statement from an ex-girlfriend and she says . . ." Like the undisclosed expert, "back pocket facts" are pretty useless for a mediator. If you have good facts and want the case to resolve, then disclose them at mediation and let the mediator do his or her job using those facts.
The mediator is a sounding board. A good mediator is always open to talk with you about strategies for negotiation. After the first couple of breakout sessions, the mediator will have a "feel" for the other room. Ask the mediator who the decision-maker is in the other room. You may want to speak to the mediator privately and ask for help in your room because your client is as crazy as a loon or as stubborn as a mule. Often times, meetings with just the lawyers and the mediator are helpful to work through bumps in the road at a mediation.
Remember, you and your client do not have to take one penny less or pay one penny more that you want. You are free to stop anytime. Don't let the other party dictate how you negotiate. Go in with a plan and stick with it.
Bring a draft Release. Try and avoid a post-mediation mediation over the settlement documents. There is plenty of downtime in a mediation. Consider drafting a settlement agreement while you attend mediation. If you are getting to the short rows at mediation, give the draft to the mediator with your next offer. The other party can review it and tweak it during their downtime. Who wants to spend 45 minutes after a long mediation dickering over the language of a Release?
Dry-run for AV presentations. You want your presentation to run smoothly and to make the best impact. Technology glitches are annoying in mediation and lessen the impact of your presentation. Call ahead to the mediation location and make sure all of the equipment you need is available. Get to the mediation early so you can do a dry-run with the AV presentation. Finally, do not overkill the AV presentation. Keep it direct and to the point. Do not use 10 photographs to illustrate a point when 1 or 2 photographs is sufficient. Put your presentation and photographs on a thumb drive so that, during a breakout session, the other side can take time to review it if they like.
If you plan ahead, know your facts, manage expectations and stick to your plan, then you will have a successful mediation. Good luck and have fun.
Craig Tierney, Jr. is a NCDRC certified mediator and an attorney with Brown, Crump, Vanore & Tierney, LLP in Raleigh. He can be reached at ctierney@bcvtlaw.com or 919-890-4482.


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Anthony has over 15 years of experience in parking lot management with 12 years of experience in property management and maintenance. Anthony is a Colorado native growing up in the Westminster area. He has been the parking and property manager with Focus Property Group for over 6 years. Currently Anthony is living in Fort Lupton with his wife on their 300 acre ranch where they raise a heard of 36 black angus cattle and three quarter horses. He enjoys fishing, hunting, riding horses, going to rodeos, working out and spending time with family.
Katie joined the Focus family in February of 2017. For the past few years Katie has grown her career and Real Estate experience in Denver after graduating from the University of Iowa. Her divergent aims and interests allowed her to gain experience in sales, operations, human resources and most recently the coworking movement. Katie attended and graduated the Armbrust School of Real Estate in 2016 and received a Colorado Broker's License. She is passionate about the city of Denver and enjoys skiing, hiking, fly fishing, and all other outdoor activities colorful Colorado has to offer. Katie is excited to work closely with tenants and brokers and further develop her Commercial Real Estate career.
Originally from Chicago, Andrew received his bachelor's degree from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2013. After beginning his marketing career in Chicago, traveling through Europe for 6 months, and establishing his own digital marketing agency, Andrew moved to Denver where he joined Focus Property Group in January 2018. Enthralled by the mountains and Denver culture, Andrew's determined to make his mark on the community by furthering FPG's city enhancements and garnering awareness of their property developments. On his free time, Andrew enjoys snowboarding, hiking, climbing, and exploring his new home state and city.
Colleen started her career as a corps member for an educational non-profit called City Year, where she mentored and tutored high school students in Northeast Philadelphia. Colleen then studied Environmental Science with a focus in Biology and Anthropology at Whittier College in California, after which she decided to volunteer with City Year by leading a group of 10 corps members through their service at a middle school in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. She moved to Denver in May of 2017 to begin her career with Focus. When Colleen isn't working, you can find her biking around Denver, enjoying the RiNo Art District and taking advantage of the various activities Denver has to offer.


While in Brighton, I stumbled upon some street art, which I got photos of.
A mural of James Brown. What's not to like?
Was in Brighton over the weekend just past for a short break and managed to catch some excellent sunsets, which I got photos of from the pier and the beach.
A fantastic city worth visiting. The only downside was that I was unable to get a ticket for the match at The Amex.
Couldn't believe my luck when the UEFA Cup draw had Hearts playing a home match while I was in Edinburgh. The only downside was, with Tottenham Hotspur the opposition, getting a ticket could prove tricky.
I managed to get one with one hour to go before kick-off and headed into Tynecastle.
The atmosphere was fantastic, with the Hearts fans cranking up the noise for a marvellous atmosphere, which lasted for a whole four minutes before Rafael Van Der Vaart put Tottenham 1-0 up.
The match was a complete mismatch as Tottenham romped to a 5-0 win. I felt quite bad for laughing to myself.
Managed to get some good photos.
If it's August, then it must be Edinburgh.
As is now annual, I headed to Edinburgh for the festival recently. Having taken in the last week (2009) and the first week (2010), I decided to take the middle week, and it turned out to be an inspired choice.
Instead of the festival just getting started or winding down, it was in the full swing of things when I arrived.
If I could afford to stay in Edinburgh for the whole month. I would.
I flew in on an early morning flight on Saturday 13th. So early in fact, I managed to be at the ticket office before it's 10am opening time.
Pleasantly, I was surprised to have been able to get tickets for all the events I wanted tickets for, without resorting to second choices.
Like the previous two years, I was sad enough to make a timetable of what I wanted to see, and it helped me plan my time in the city.
It was time to leave the culture to one side as I headed to Tynecastle for Hearts v Aberdeen. A blog of the match can be found here.
That night, I saw Ed Byrne at the EICC, and he was very funny, even if he did rehash a couple of jokes from Mock the Week, giving his views on immigration, pointing out the irony of Irish people complaining about immigration and stating he has no problem with the number of Eastern Europeans living in Dublin ……… except for the fact they work as doormen and don't watch Mock The Week, meaning he can't pull the "Do you know who I am?" line.
After a nice relaxing sleep, I headed to see some free shows on the Sunday afternoon.
One which caught my attention in the programme was Him and Me TV which turned out to be an inspired choice, as it was laugh a minute stuff.
It was a live sketch show poking fun at television and popculture, much in the style of The Kevin Bishop Show, but if the exception that it was brilliantly executed, such as the sketch of a superhero called "Councilman", a masked vigilante who fixes road and infrastructure, that the local council won't, and the continuity announcement of an upcoming movie premiere of Batman Biggins, a superhero epic starring Christopher Biggins.
The next show I saw was "Ze Hoff Und Friends", which to be honest, was dreadful.
Yes, the Germans love David Hasselhoff and yes, they speak in what appears to be funny foreign accents, but it's hard to do a show about such a thing.
Later that night, I saw David O'Doherty who I saw in 2010, and he was as madcap and erratic as ever, a must see.
Following on from his facts about Panda Bears, he moves on to facts about Sharks, pointing out that 9 out of 10 shark related injuries happen at sea, clarifying that the remaining 10% include incidents such as people falling out of bed after a shark related nightmare, or stufed sharks in museums/aquariums falling from where they are displayed an injuring people.
From there, I headed to EICC to see Jason Byrne who was one of the star turns in 2009.
He didn't do the joke about how he injured his knee while doing a poo (Youtube it) but still managed to entertain in the most novel of ways, most notably, how many audience members can they fit into a pair of spanx.
If you don't know who he is, he's the voice effects guy from Police Academy, taking his live show to Edinburgh for the first time.
He enters the arena with a great opening line, informing the audience that it is a crime to impersonate the PA system on an airplane, a fact he found out the hard way, and then saying he is banned from every Tesco and Sainsbury in Scotland for the same reason.
A fantastic show well worth seeing if you get the chance, Winslow managed to interact with the audience, pointing the spotlight on people leaving to go to the toilet while doing comedy sound effects to their footsteps.
And yes, he even did his much famed Jimi Hendrix tribute.
The next show I saw was by Jason John Whitehead , title "Letters From Mindy", going through the story of a break-up, but, as he entered the stage holding cue cards for the audience to see, it wasn't the story of a breakdown, it was a breakdown of a breakdown.
I'd previously seen him before, and this was a darker show by comparison, but there was still heartwarming moments as he spoke about his companionship with his dog, a relationship where he forgives his dog for pooing in the kitchen, something he wouldn't do for his human friends.
Unfortunately, on the Tuesday, I managed to sleep in and miss MacAulay and Co which I had tickets for.
At teatime, I went to see Isy Suttie, best known as Dobby in Peep Show, for a musical tale of a holiday romance brought back to life later in life via the internet.
That night I went to see Neil Delamere, who i'd seen before in Edinburgh. The master of the quick witted banter, he managed to tease and taunt his audience in equal measure.
It was one of those types of shows.
I then went to see Rich Hall who was typical Rich Hall, ranting away at all the things he hates about America, complete with all the things he likes about Scotland, before bemoaning the fact that he couldn't think of a good way to end the show, and that he should have possibly ended when there was racaous laughter at a joke he did five minutes earlier.
On Wednesday, I saw Rosie Wilby in a show called "Rosie's Pop Diary" recalling her days as columnist at a magazine called Making Music, whilst persuing her dreams of music stardom.
It wasn't laugh a minute, but there were still some enjoyable moments.
Next up, was Seann Walsh, currently being seen on 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
The show seemed to struggle at times as he had nobody to bounce banter with, as came be the case when panel show regulars do their own shows.
However, the magic moment of the show came when an audience member left to go to the toilet. In such an intimate setting, it's hard to escape unnoticed.
If there's a moral to the story, it's to never leave during the middle of a show to go to the toilet.
Walsh hatched a plan where the girls friends would swap with another group.
There was another woman also going top the toilet, so Walsh sat in her seat, talking to her friend in a Kilroy style whilst waiting for the other woman to walk in, only to find someone else sitting in her seat, and her friends nowhere to be seen.
It was a prank that Jeremy Beadle would have been proud of.
Later that night, I saw my favourite show of the festival, by Angelos Epithemiou, star of Shooting Stars, wheeling out his segments into a laugh a minute, hour long show.
The show began on a travel theme, explaining that he'd come back from Afghanistan, entertaining the troops, and that The Taliban were a hard audience to please.
He also spoke that he was heading to the North-East after Edinburgh, and hoping it was nothing like the Middle-East.
What was in his bag? A blind man's walking stick, which Epithemiou boasted the victim he stole it from never saw it coming.
On the Thursday morning, I managed to see MacAulay and Co, where guests included Michael Winslow and Jimeoin, whose Northern Ireland accent was mocked by Winslow, which made me smile that one of the voices of "The Man Of 10,000 Voices" was North Coast accent.
That night, I went to Tynecastle to see Hearts take on Spurs, and thus, my Edinburgh adventure was over for another year.
Already counting down to August 2012.
I didn't go to Edinburgh in search of Street Art, but I did managed to find some at Potterow which caught my attention.
Was in Edinburgh last week taking in some culture, and nothing gets more cultural than Hearts v Aberdeen.
As a bonus, it also meant I could tick off Aberdeen as number 28 in my UEFA 100 Club. Hopefully, next year, the SPL fixtures will be kind to me and see Dundee United travel to Hearts or Hibs when i'm in Edinburgh in 2012.
I headed to Tynecastle after leaving my stuff at the hotel and got a ticket easy enough, behind the goal to the left of the TV screen, if you know Tynecastle that way, right beside the away fans, and then headed over the the other end where Hearts were attacking in the second-half.
Tynecastle is one of my favourite grounds for that reason. I thought you could only move around at Irish League grounds.
It was my third time at Tynecastle, having been there in 2009 for the match against Dynamo Zagreb and last year, on a non matchday to get some portrait shots of the ground.
In the warm-up, I was literally yards away from Jim Leighton as he put the Aberdeen goalkeepers through their paces.
A gentleman beside me pointed out Jim Leighton to his son, who looked as if he wasn't born when Leighton retired in 2000, and seemed unimpressed at being in his presence, despite his dad pointing out he played for United and Arsenal.
The match was a pretty routine 3-0 win for Hearts, and I managed to get some not bad photos. My favourite chant was from the Hearts fans to their Aberdeen counterparts "We're from the capital, you're from a shithole", a song I hope catches on at Windsor Park.
And thus, I was a lucky charm for Hearts, having attended two games, with them winning both, scoring five and conceding none.
Little did they know the scud that was coming their way.
Edinburgh in August is a celeb spot goldmine, so behold the list of moderately known comedians and panel show contributors.
And as a bonus, Sky Sports News reporter Dharmesh Sheth was behind me in the queue to go through security at Gatwick Airport on Monday night.
Or rather, The Pat McCourt Show.
Was at Windsor Park last night for the Euro 2012 Qualifier against Faroe Islands.
Got some photos, nothing special. Was in the Railway Stand, so it was always going to be limited what I would get.
Was at Mourneview Park today for Linfield's opening match of the 2011-2012 season, as Linfield began a title defence for the 50th time.
Lurgan was dark, grey and miserable, nothing new there, as it rained from the first whistle until midway through the second-half.
For some reason, Linfield attacked the Crescent End in the second-half, rather than in the first-half, as is usual.
When Linfield were attacking the other end, i'd hoped to stand behind the goal and get some photos as it is a good spot, but there wasn't a hope in hell I was going to stand in a monsoon to get photos.
It wasn't the best of phototaking conditions, but I did manage to get some not so bad ones.
Of the game itself, Linfield won 2-1, and deservedly so. Lovers of last ditch throwing your body in the way of shots defending will have loved Albert Watson and David Armstrong today.


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A fantastic opportunity to purchase a home ideal for the growing family in the seaside village of Saltfleet. This modern semi-detached house has been extended by the current vendors to provide five bedrooms and two reception rooms with ample off road parking and a pleasant rear garden.
With a staircase leading to the first floor landing and a radiator.
With a uPVC double glazed bay window to the front, radiator, TV and telephone point, modern wall mounted electric fire.
A spacious room with room for dining and seating and having two uPVC double glazed windows to the rear, uPVC double glazed door with frosted glass panels opening onto the garden, radiator, low level cupboard housing the stopcock, consumer unit.
With a close coupled WC, wash basin with single taps and tiled splashback, vinyl flooring, extractor fan.
Fitted with a range of light wood effect base, drawer and wall units, roll top worktop, breakfast bar, one and a half bowl resin sink with mixer tap and drainer, tiled splashback, dishwasher, cream and black Range style cooker with six ring gas hob and a black chimney style extractor fan above, space for an under counter fridge or freezer, radiator, tiled floor, uPVC double glazed window to the rear, door to the garage.
With two loft accesses, radiator, smoke alarm.
uPVC double glazed window to the rear, radiator, built in sliding wardrobes, corner vanity unit with double cupboard and wash basin with mixer tap.
uPVC double glazed window to the rear, radiator, mirror fronted sliding wardrobes fitted to one wall.
uPVC double glazed window to the front, radiator, built in storage cupboard over the stairs. The current vendors use this room as a study.
With an up and over door to the front, uPVC double glazed door with frosted glass panel to the side, wall mounted gas boiler, light and power.
To the front of the property is ample off road parking with a border to the side and fencing to the boundaries.
The rear garden is laid to lawn with a patio area leading out from the door in the dining room. There is fencing and trellis to the boundaries and the oil tank is also situated in the garden. To the side is a paved area which currently houses a wooden shed.
The property is believed to be freehold and we await solicitors confirmation.
Mains water, drainage, electricity and gas are understood to be connected. The agents have not tested or inspected the services or service installations and buyers should rely on their own survey.
By prior appointment through Hunters Turner Evans Stevens office in Louth.


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Woosung's unveils star-studded tracklist for 'Genre'
It'll feature collaborations with KARD's BM and Ladies' Code's Ashley Choi
By Angela Patricia Suacillo
Woosung. Credit: Woosung
The Rose frontman Woosung has unveiled the tracklist for his upcoming project 'Genre'.
READ MORE: Woosung talks creation of new single 'Lazy', how "sacred" touring is and his upcoming album
The record will feature seven tracks, including previously released songs 'Dimples' and 'Lazy', which were released in September and July, respectively. The forthcoming solo release will also feature collaborations with KARD's BM on 'CWS' and Ladies' Code's Ashley on 'Oh'. 'Genre' will be released on December 9.
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The singer's collaboration with BM may not come as a surprise for some, as Woosung had seemingly teased a collaboration with a cryptic Instagram Story of him and BM in the studio earlier this year. In it, the singer tagged BM alongside producer Lee Gyuho, who also co-wrote his latest single 'Lazy'.
'Genre' will comprise songs that Woosung has been working on for the past few years, according to his interview with NME. "It's all songs that I wrote before I went to America," the vocalist shared. "All the songs that I'm about to release for my new album, after 'Lazy', are songs that I already had for at least a year – like longer, like three years."
"I want to show my progress, I want people to hear the different sounds and the different vibes," Woosung elaborated in the same interview. "So yeah, definitely something to look forward to."
Earlier this year, Woosung announced that his band's lawsuit against their former agency J & Star Company has been settled. In an interview with the South China Morning Post, the Korean-American singer said that "everything's been figured out", adding that "we're not under contract with anyone any more".
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The best baseball stadiums for craft beer.
As the weather warms up, there's not much we'd rather do than spend a Saturday at the ballpark. Going to a game is always thrilling, from the rush you feel the first moment you walk through the tunnel and that emerald green field opens up before you to the memories brought back from games you experienced years ago. Even for the casual sports fan, baseball is the perfect excuse to chow down on a hot dog, nibble some nachos, and wash it all down with a beer… or three.
This year, we've got an exciting season in baseball: we'll see if the Boston Red Sox can defend their title as the World Series champs (although of course we'd love to see those poor Cubs get their turn), and we'll be saying goodbye to Derek Jeter after this final season on the Yankees. Even more excitingly, we'll be able to drink more craft beers at stadiums across the country this year than ever before.
Last year, you may have seen a photo going around featuring the "Craft Beer Destination," a concession stand at Yankee Stadium that didn't actually serve any "craft beer." Of the four drinks sold at the stand, one wasn't even beer (it was cider) and all of them were produced by MillerCoors, a giant company whose beer cannot be considered "craft" for several reasons (detailed here.) And Yankee Stadium decided to rename the "craft beer destination" as the "beer mixology destination," which also makes us cringe — but we digress.
[slideshow:The photo became a symbol of the sad state of beer at baseball stadiums: it's always expensive and it's typically nothing special. Although that might be what most of us think about ballpark beer, it's not always the case. Several ballparks are featuring better and better beer — you just have to know where to find it. With that in mind, we explored Major League Baseball stadiums across the country to find the 10 best spots for beer.
Granted, you should probably have to have a reason aside from beer to actually go to these places — say, you want to see a baseball game? But if you end up at one of these ballparks, you can count on finding a good pint of beer instead of the lame beer options you'd have to settle for elsewhere.
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Additional reporting by Jess Novak, Drink Editor.


9" Flowerhorn cichlid that I have owned and cared for since he was a 1/2 inch big.
I am moving to chicago, and cannot take him with me, I am looking o find him a new home.
He needs a large tank by himself, he does NOT play well with others.


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Мечислав Лазарський (; 1 січня 1852, Єлесня, коло Живця — 7 травня 1930, Краків) — польський науковець, доктор філософії Львівського університету, професор нарисної геометрії, у 1896—1897 роках — ректор Львівської політехніки, на той час Вищої політехнічної школи.

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Народився 1 січня 1852 року в Єлесні (нині Сілезьке воєводство, Польща). Навчався в Краківській гімназії. У 1874 році отримав диплом інженера, закінчивши Політехніку в Карлсруе. Викладав у Станіславській (зараз м. Івано-Франківськ) реальній школі та з 1885 року в 4 гімназії м. Львова. Ступінь доктора філософії отримав у 1883 році у Львівському університеті.

З 1886 року працював у Львівській політехнічній школі на кафедрі технічної хімії спочатку приватним доцентом нарисної геометрії, з 1887 року — надзвичайним, а з 1889 року — звичайним професором. Наукову роботу вів у галузі синтетичної та нарисної геометрії. Автор більш ніж 20 наукових праць.

Неодноразово був деканом різних відділень Львівської політехнічної школи, а саме: в 1889—1894 роках — будівельного відділення, а в 1894—1895 роках — архітектурного (перший декан відділення). У 1896/97 навчальному році був обраний ректором Політехнічної школи. В 1911 році залишив роботу у зв'язку з важким станом здоров'я. У 1926 році отримав титул почесного професора Львівської політехніки. Мечислав Лазарський брав активну участь у науковому та громадському житті міста Львова.

Помер 7 травня 1930 року у Кракові.

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Kate Middleton and Prince William Taking Royal Train Tour Across Britain to Thank Frontline Workers
Yui Mok/PA Images/Getty Prince William and Kate Middleton at a holiday party in 2018
Kate Middleton and Prince William are taking the Royal Train for a three-day tour around Britain to salute those who have led the way in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Departing on Sunday, the couple will make stops in England, Scotland and Wales (traveling 1,250 miles in the process!) to meet frontline workers, volunteers, care home staff, teachers, schoolchildren and young people to hear about their "experiences, sacrifices and the inspiring work they have done throughout this challenging year," their office says.
Staying overnight on the train as they go, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will make stops in towns and cities around the country, celebrating the resilience of communities as they prepare for Christmas – and also pay tribute to those who have coped with the worst that the COVID-19 crisis has brought. More than 60,000 people have died in the U.K. after contracting the virus.
RELATED: Kate Middleton and Prince William on Surprise Outing to View Kate's Lockdown Photo Exhibit
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"The Duke and Duchess are very much looking forward to shining a spotlight on the incredible work that has been done across the country throughout this difficult year and to sharing their gratitude on behalf of the nation for all those supporting their local communities ahead of the Christmas holidays," a spokesperson for the couple said in a statement.
As they make their final preparations before leaving on Sunday, the couple's office has released a doodle from Joe Whale, a talented 10-year-old who calls himself "The Doodle Boy" and has summed up the journey in his cheerful artwork.
Joe Whale/The Doodle Boy Joe Whale's doodle
Many of the events that William and Kate are to take part in will celebrate local spirit and demonstrate the impact of the public's generosity this year. The couple plans to showcase organizations and initiatives that have been supported by community relief funds, including NHS Charities Together.
Prince William and Princess Kate also hope to highlight the art, heritage and live performance sector, which has been supported throughout the pandemic by the Government's $2.1 billion Culture Recovery Fund. There will be a number of festive performances over the three-day tour from local artists, their office says.
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It's the first time that the couple has traveled to royal engagements on the Royal Train. Queen Victoria was the first reigning British sovereign to use the train in June 1842 — that journey was from Slough, which at that time was the closest train station from Windsor Castle to London Paddington.
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My son Erik blew me away this summer when he unveiled a 2 year restoration of my first real guitar amplifier - a 1974 Peavey Mace. The Mace is a tube amp beast with two 160-watt channels you can run in series and with the matching bottom my rig has six 12-inch 20 oz magnet speakers. Lynyrd Skynyrd and .38 Special used them on a tour and when I heard that "crunch" it was down to the store with my life savings. I also had an AIMS Les Paul custom made for me that I still like over any of the Gibsons I have played since. You kids in your cute little Hondas with a trunk full of Chinese subwoofers think you are loud? pffffffffft! Fire up the old growler here…….brain damage, baby.
Nice captures of the guitars and that beast. I remember them, but the jazz and blues groups I played with didn't have the peavey.
I'm sure memories flooded the room.


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Member Engagement Model
Defining and Measuring Member Engagement
Increasing member engagement is a key objective for many membership organisations, though most are yet to define it let alone measure and grow it!
Over the years many experts, both industry and academic, have written and refined definitions of consumer engagement and employee engagement (for example, Vivek et al. 2005, Economist Intelligence Unit 2007, Dwivedi 2015; Forrester Consulting 2008, Witemeyer 2013) but it seems that no-one has distilled this work and applied it to the membership sector. Until now.
Research by Design has combined its extensive research experience of the membership sector with an in-depth review of the literature to create a member engagement definition that provides clarity and scope for measurement.
Research by Design's member engagement definition has four key components that integrate behavioural, cognitive, emotional and social characteristics:
Behavioural characteristics identify levels of activity and effort invested by members in their organisation. Behavioural measures can include, for example, the time spent on the website, the number of training events attended in the past year, and a member's email open rate. These measures provide insight into how members are transacting with an organisation.
Cognitive characteristics help define how aware members are of their organisation and the extent to which they 'get the bigger picture'. Cognitive measures establish, for example, how members perceive the organisation and how well it captures their attention and stimulates their interest. These measures help understand what members are thinking in relation to their membership.
Emotional characteristics establish the depth and meaningfulness of the relationship members have with their organisation. Feelings are tricky things to measure in any context, yet critical to the decision to renew, recommend and upgrade. Emotional measures include questions that understand feelings such as passion and pride. They give insight on how members feel about the organisation and their membership.
Social characteristics identify how connected members are – both to the organisation and to other members. The ways we connect and build community have been extended and transformed by digital technologies, making this a critical component of engagement. Social measures tap into the analytics provided by these platforms as well as assessing a member's sense of community and connectedness.
Research by Design has brought these four components together to provide the following definition of member engagement:
"Member engagement is the creation of a deep and meaningful relationship between the member and the organisation, that endures over time and drives renewal, upgrade decisions and advocacy. It goes beyond joining and includes member involvement and interactions as well as their connections with the organisation and its member community. Engaged members are aware and 'get the bigger picture'; they are passionate and proud to be associated with the organisation."
The behavioural component is the recognised need for member involvement and interactions. Cognitively, members are aware and 'get the bigger picture'. Emotion is captured through deep and meaningful relationships, and the passion and pride that members hold. And the social component is the overall connection with the association and its wider membership, and their sense of community and belonging.
Not explicitly part of the member engagement model but still important to the definition, we have added the purpose of engagement (which is of course to help drive renewals, upgrades and advocacy), and recognition that engagement needs to be sustainable and endure over time.
Get in touch to learn more about Research by Design's member engagement model.


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Keiko Taguchi (born 26 February 1979) is a Japanese former professional tennis player.

Taguchi, who won 12 ITF doubles titles, made her only WTA Tour main draw appearance at the 2006 Japan Open, where she partnered with Ayami Takase in the doubles.

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

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1979 births
Living people
Japanese female tennis players
20th-century Japanese women
21st-century Japanese women


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This winter I decided to make a body of work using the visual vocabulary of the horse that I have acquired over the years in a fashion that would take me out of my usual habits and pursue a few ideas about process that I haven't had a chance while doing the 'plein air' thing.
Working towards a group show at Emerald Downs this summer I have found it a challenge to contain the size of my efforts to the allowable largest size in the show permitted of 48".
I have discovered roller brushes and acrylic latex which has enabled to get me out of the habit of muscle memory. I only wish I had more space. Perhaps 100' long walls. Wouldn't it be a gas to splash colorful horses all over?!
It's unfortunate that the process I'm using isn't more handy and I could use it 'en plein air'. Maybe that is what I will try next?
This piece is 30x40, I use Greek names to elevate the poetic substance of the piece. It helps me to think of the horse out of my conventional context. I used acrylic latex over a previous oil painting with heavy body. There are some cool impasto layers that imprinted on the roller bushes and made tracks across the surface of the canvas.
I later exploited this element and made stencils. Truley establishing the vocabulary of images into a lexicon of visual vocabulary. I actually have a box of stencils I can bring out anytime they fit. I'm thinking stamps might be cool but the roller has done well as a stencil tool.
Jazzed, I used the roller directly and ran out of room on a 30x40 canvas so I got out a 18' roll of canvas but my wall was too short and I could only use 14'. Guess I better find a bigger wall!
Unfortunately taking a photo of a large canvas in my cramped studio doesn't make for a very good representation. Sorry. I don't quite know where I will go with this piece and I wish I had spent some time doing an underpainting so maybe this one will go away and that will happen but it sure was fun!


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ou plus simplement  est le nom de la société privée du groupe ferroviaire japonais chargée de l'exploitation du transport ferroviaire de fret sur l'ensemble de l'archipel nippon. Issue de la privatisation des JNR (Japanese National Railways) en 1987, elle fait partie des entreprises constitutives de Japan Railways (JR).

Contrairement aux autres compagnies qui sont régionales, elle opère sur l'ensemble du réseau métrique, standard au Japon, qu'elle partage avec les trains de voyageurs. Le transport de fret ferroviaire japonais a affaire à une très forte concurrence du transport maritime car les grandes villes et les grandes industries sont essentiellement localisées sur la côte.

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Le matériel roulant

Malgré l'écartement métrique utilisé et donc un gabarit limité, la compagnie JRF dispose maintenant d'un matériel assez performant avec des locomotives électriques capables de remorquer des trains de plus de 1000 tonnes à plus de 110 km/h. Son matériel moteur est en général identique à ceux des autres compagnies et ce n'est que récemment qu'elle s'est équipée de locomotives spécialement destinées au fret comme la classe diesel DF200 ou les classes électriques EF200 et EH500.

Avec la compagnie ferroviaire allemande DB et ses CargoSprinter, c'est une des seules compagnies mettant en œuvre des rames électriques rapides destinées au fret et connues sous le nom de « Rail Cargo » (série M250).

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5 amazing writers whose travels influenced their writing journeys
By Krystina Pecorari-McBride April 13th, 2020 No Comments
Right now I'm on a plane, flying from Sydney to LA and it got me thinking about writers and travel and how their experiences on the road influenced their writing journeys. Here are 5 amazing writers whose experiences travelling shaped their work.
#1 Jack Kouriac
Kouriac was the first writer I came up with because I immediately thought of his semi autobiographical novel On the Road. The book, describing Kerouac's adventures road tripping across the US and Mexico is just one of his works inspired by travel.
According to Kerouac, On the Road "was really a story about two Catholic buddies roaming the country in search of God. And we found him. I found him in the sky, in Market Street San Francisco, and Dean had God sweating out of his forehead all the way. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY OUT FOR THE HOLY MAN: HE MUST SWEAT FOR GOD. And once he has found Him, the Godhood of God is forever established and really must not be spoken about."
Woolf visited the seaside village of St. Ives (in southwest England) with her family as a girl and the carefree summers there seem to have been some of the most positive and uplifting parts of her life. In 'A Sketch of the Past' from Moments of Being Woolf wrote "…I could fill pages remembering one thing after another. All together made the summer at St. Ives the best beginning to life imaginable."
It is thought these travels to Cornwall inspired her novel To the Lighthouse from which comes this beautiful quote about taking a journey alone:
"For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of – to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others… and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures."
White is well known for his children's books Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little but he was also a man who liked to travel, honouring the natural beauty of New England (in particular Maine) in The New Yorker.
One of my favourite White quotes on travel is:
Hemingway spent much of his life travelling abroad and there are so many extraordinary places associated with him because of his writing; Spain, Paris, Cuba, East Africa and various parts of the US.
He said; "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." Words also relevant when thinking about your writing journey!
Born in France to Cuban parents, Nin spent her early life in Europe. She moved with her mother and brothers to Barcelona before they relocated to New York city where she eventually abandoned school to work as an artist's model.
She married her first husband, Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba before the couple moved to Paris in 1924 where Nin pursued her interest in writing. She remained in Europe until 1939 when she returned to the US due to the approaching war.
One of her most well known quotes was inspired by her journeys: "We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls."
Do your travels get you inspired to write? What are some of your favourite writers whose works were influenced by their experiences travelling?
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Owen Loft, owner of Grade Media Group, manages close to $1 million per month in ad spend. Here's how he does it.
Ryan Shank: 00:01 All right guys, welcome back, episode four of growing your agency. I'm your host Ryan Schenk. Today I have a, the founder and CEO of Grade Media Group. Oh, and loft one. Thanks for joining us today.
Owen Loft: 00:18 Happy to be here on the ground floor of this podcast.
Speaker 1: 00:21 Yeah, I mean this is, you know, in the single digit episodes right here. This is, this is good stuff. Um, so, so, so tell us a little bit about, um, tell us about the business, but I'm also curious, you know, how you got into, into the marketing game, um, and, and why I'm just interested in learning that.
Speaker 2: 00:43 Sure. So just a quick story. I graduated from college, worked in finance in New York City for about a year on the side. I was playing online poker. I figured I was good enough and make enough money there to be a pro and I quit my job. Did that for six years. Um, traveled the world, had a lot of fun, kind of live the uh, dangerous area in life. No, not like that I wish, but no, like, you know, the digital nomad kind of typical thing. Um, so that was fun, that was cool. It was ready for some more stability, wanted to get into the startup world, a tried coding for a bit, learned a little bit but wasn't something I wanted to do every day. And so I learned to drill marketing and then I joined like a good reputable agency. Uh, I was the oldest intern in company history, but I quickly rose the ranks, uh, was there for a few years doing only paid search one to another agency where I was doing more a facebook paid social cro type work. And then, uh, just over a year ago started my own agency. So that's the, uh, the one minute version and that's how I ended up where I am today.
Speaker 2: 02:04 I mean, I didn't really know it well enough to do anything effectively. I basically went to a general assembly class which gives you a good overview. It was like a 10 week program where you kinda like learned the different channels you learn, like what a utm is, that kind of thing, uh, how to segment the different areas for growth. But I really didn't get any hands on experience until I started this agency and you know, just started like everybody else doing negative keywords, a sqrs learning how to um, build campaigns from scratch. And uh, yeah, so it was a good training program within three months. Internship was over. I got a full time role and was like managing my own accounts within the next few months after that.
Speaker 1: 02:48 That's awesome. And it's, so, it's always nice when you're at the agency because they kind of feed you the accounts and you can really specialize and I think that's where, you know, once you start your own agency or you go out on your own, it's like you suddenly become, you know, got to do everything you gotta sell you gotta go and get the clients. You got to manage the accounts, you've got to do the reporting. How are you managing it? Um, you know, how a curious time allocation, but also to tell us about, I guess, how, you know, how do you think about going after new business for managing the clients that you currently have?
Speaker 1: 04:30 existing client work because I actually think there's a difference between on the business and in the business. Meaning I would say on the business is more strategy where you're planning, but I was more referring to like I guess kind of what you're saying client work, existing client work versus going out and getting new business. Because I know a lot of marketers, one of the big pain points is turnover and churn, especially with smb clients, which, you know, I'm also curious to know type of clients that you're working with, but you know. So that's the biggest question I think I have like, you know, going out and getting new customers versus managing existing accounts.
Speaker 2: 05:06 Right. So I've been lucky to have some good referrals coming in, but basically when this three month sprint started, it was kind of a big pitch for my small agency, for a client, which I ended up getting, um, right after that, uh, they're, they're a luxury hotel chain. They have like 15 properties, uh, right after that I ended up.
Speaker 1: 05:28 And how did you get them referral?
Speaker 2: 05:30 Believe it or not, they were, they posted on upwork. And so I think upwork for getting clients is usually a giant waste of time. And I don't know what made me go and look on there that day must have been been a slow day in the office. But uh, yeah, I just, I, I had my old agency, I actually used to manage a luxury hotel booking site and so I really liked the world of that. I liked the industry and so it seemed like a good fit. Hopped on the phone with them, did my pitch, ended up getting the contract and then right after that, like the week after, two weeks after, I ended up getting a client who's a huge seriously ecommerce startup and that's been, uh, you know, we're talking 500 K in monthly spend. Um, and so that's been a big kind of ramp up.
Speaker 2: 06:23 And then right after that, 10, 20 percent of that, just $5,100 a month management and no big deal. Um, no, but, uh, and then right after that it was a, I got a referral and so that just started to. And with paid search especially, I think it was that for me. Or was that another one? That was you? That was the shank referral. So yeah, I think it's um, with, with new accounts especially like there's so much work that goes into setting them up, getting them where they need to be a, it always helps if there's existing data. But one of the things that, like, one of the reasons why I'm in business pretty much is because almost every single time that I look at an account and an audit or whatever, I just see like tremendous amounts of adspend being wasted or ms dot allocated or things aren't being segmented properly. So, uh, there's always a ton of upfront work. That's why I've been in this kind of three month sprint and now I'm hoping to shifts like working on the business kind of going forward strategy and longterm planning, trying to get that into like the, the 20 percent range. Yep. My first hire and then really kind of create a financial model and roadmap for growth next year.
Speaker 2: 07:59 all performance. Mostly Edwards and a much smaller percent facebook. I would say that like my core, my best skill is totally paid search. I would say that like I'm not total total expert level at facebook. I think I'm probably top five percent but not like top one percent sure. So, and honestly I prefer working in Edwards more. Um, I like the interface more and more familiar with, uh, um, I don't like building things in facebook. I don't, I actually don't really like using facebook as much. So that'll probably be like higher number two is getting somebody who's just like a total facebook stuff.
Speaker 1: 08:41 I think it also depends, you know, curious to hear your thoughts. So this, but I think it does depend on the actual business. Like a few episodes ago we had on will in the heat. He manages the spend a for A. I'm an art comedy pricing on instagram called iconic. They just raised a bunch of Gary Vee and scooter and everything. And that's, that's not something you're necessarily searching for, right? Like motivational wall art, like four apartment, like I don't know, maybe there is search volume, maybe there's not, but it's something where you're kind of like shopping and you see it versus like seeking it out and I think like, you know, they're, they're a bunch of verticals and a bunch of products that I think are going to be better on facebook versus in paid search. Like Edwards.
Speaker 2: 09:29 I totally agree with you. I mean ultimately like what channel works really depends on what kind of business it is with something like that. I listened to the podcast with will. I think that makes total sense. He's probably crushing it there. Uh, and if I was managing that client, if I got that referral, I would recommend, you know, all almost all facebook, um, maybe some cool shopping. But yeah, it's much more of a visual thing. I think just with the way it's worked out with my current clients, there's just not as much facebook activity happening. Um, I am only really managing facebook for one ecommerce client and then I'm doing kind of like dynamic remarketing or um, just regular remarketing for several other clients as well. Uh, but yeah, ultimately it comes down to the business. I think mostly ecommerce is better for facebook, whereas like B to b Sas, it's like tends to be a lot more difficult.
Speaker 1: 10:19 Got It. So you're, you're managing hundreds, you know, greater than $500 for the one client, plus all your other clients, you probably managing what, almost three quarters of a million dollars a month in ad spend. I'm ballpark. That's uh, that's pretty good for one year in um, and in branch out on your own. So. So tell me about, she said upwork, you said some referrals, what other channels have worked for you? Because I know by the way, just so everyone listers or I met you at an event in New York where you went to like a tech stars Demo Day event. Right? So I'm assuming he went there for, for networking. Um, potentially. I don't know, you know, so I'm curious to know channels where you're acquiring customers.
Speaker 1: 11:13 but it didn't start because you saw us there.
Speaker 2: 11:18 Uh, yeah. So you do your pitch on stage. Were you, did you created a dynamic phone number and somebody called you while you're on stage showing how easy it was? It was, it was like magic. Now I'm just kidding. Um, yeah, I dunno, I've been really lucky to get referrals. Uh, we're talking about churn before a lot of my clients, I've only been in business like I incorporated October third, 2017. I'm in my one year anniversary with several clients. Yes.
Speaker 1: 12:44 probably. I hate when people talk in acronyms. Okay. No, no, no, not like hate like that, but it's like I feel like people almost tried to over. I hate it, the dynamic of when you do it as a marketer to a business owner, like don't expect them to know it. Like is and stuff like talk to them like a human being and it's like don't try like I get it either you either are trying to sound smart or like maybe you just really talk to your, your friends like that, but it like people you have to dumb it down in my opinion.
Speaker 2: 13:15 There's tons of education involved. Um, and it, it's also if you're in a room with several different people and one of them might be the marketing manager, one of them might be the Cmo who used to know add roads, but it has been since from you. So like when I'll say something that our quality score improved, I'll say, and as a reminder or quality scores have googled judges, you know, how relevant our key words are to our ad copy into our landing pages. And the higher the quality score, the lower we're going to pay for clicks. So I'll say the acronyms or whatever and then I'll usually do a little explainer. And then judging by how many times I've said it's the person I can drop the explainer after awhile. So yeah, there's.
Speaker 1: 13:51 Yeah, that's self awareness is important of like, Hey, I'm, I, I say it, I'll, you know, this is what I do. And then explaining to them and just having the context for them, I think that's great.
Speaker 2: 14:01 Yeah. Like I said, you know, most people can't navigate their way around Edwards too well, but I think that most of my clients know the tactics and that, you know, sometimes come to me with different ideas based on things that they've learned along the way. So now the education components big. Um, and then also in terms of of turn, I don't sign any long term contracts. Uh, I did without oil company, but that was their request, which what's a longterm contract a year and then. But usually I'll do like two months if it's a brand new account and then after that it's like if you want to fire me, that's fine. And you have like a one day out clause, like I'll transfer all the assets, get out of it in Sun. Thankfully that hasn't happened. Um, but yeah, no, so I sales was something I really have to figure out. Um, I know you're the sales master, you're the grinder over there, so you're going to have to give me some tips. Uh, and that time comes.
Speaker 1: 15:03 Yeah. So what, talk to me about pricing. How are you pricing? Are you doing percentage of ad spend? Are you doing just flat retainers? Is there like tiers based on scope? What do you, how do you think about pricing?
Speaker 1: 15:34 spend the same flat fee for all clients.
Speaker 1: 16:56 just finished basis or less than an absolute dollar. Nevertheless, total.
Speaker 2: 17:50 price, throw money in the garbage and they were doing a max cpc of $6 and fifty cents, which on the display network is absolutely crazy. And um, you know, they were probably making a percentage of that, like the customer they got no, I mean that you can call that brand awareness, but it's just really like lighting money on fire. They got no conversions from it or anything. Um, so in those cases, yeah, like if you're doing brand awareness or something, percentages spent is just asking for trouble, but if it's performance space and you can't spend, unless you're like hitting your goals and it can make a little bit more sense there.
Speaker 1: 18:25 Yes. Yeah. I think that's where it makes sense. If there's some, like if there's some kind of levers in there that is checks and balances, right. It's like, you know, you're only going to continue to spend if we're continuing to get some type of conversion rate or some type of like, you know, acquisition cost, target, cost to acquire the customer, um, as the, as the checks for that. So what kind of tools are you building? You know, obviously the ecommerce has their own site. How, how, how do you think about kind of breaking out the scope of work? Like what do you do with creatives? Are you doing the copy on the site? So the lenders, if you're doing the landers, what kind of software are you using? Are you using like an unbounce? Um, talk to me about that.
Speaker 2: 19:04 Yeah. I'm, I'm not as much of a creative type so not doing a ton of like the copy or any of like really the creative work. I'm more of like a data and numbers guy. I can give direction based on things I've seen in best practices, but I usually leave the implementation up to the clients or I can recommend different contractors or freelancers if they need that. But in terms of tools like unbounce, definitely, um, for, for like landing pages, ab testing, um, other tools that I just kind of like use all the time that I couldn't really live without a super metrics which is, it's like Api hookup to a adwords analytics, bing ads, linkedin ads, facebook ads, everything, and it hooks up to Google sheet so you can just create these automated reports really easily. It also hooks up to Google data studio. Um, so you can set up reports that way. But that's good for client reports. It's good for daily budget tracking. It's good for pacing, it's good for a lot of things. So I used that a lot. I'm good old fashion ad words editor, use it all the time for like oak editing, getting things done quickly there. I'm pretty much, I keep.
Speaker 1: 20:19 What about keyword research?
Speaker 2: 20:22 You know, I've flip flopped a lot. There's not, I don't think any of the solutions are that great. They're all kind of directional. Uh, I liked this thing called keywords everywhere, which is a chrome plugin and as you're just searching Google, normally it'll tell you what the average CPC and volume is for that search and I think they connect to like sem rush or something like that. And then on the side they'll list a whole bunch of similar keywords with volumes and CPC estimates. So I think that's good. I think Stm Roche, they have this keyword magic tool and I think they're actually really good if you're building out an account from scratch that doesn't have any history, they're really good at finding an anticipating negatives before they even happen because you can use their tool and they'll just give you all these searches and you're like, wow, that would definitely show up for my phrase match or broad match keyword so you can kind of get the jump on that. But in terms of actually doing competitive rate research and seeing how much other people are spending and what they're spending it on a, I don't think there's any solution that's like really that great.
Speaker 1: 21:22 Got It. I saw Neil Patel just launched a, a keyword. I think it's a keyword research tool similar to like sem rush or age refs haven't checked it out. I think it's that I actually haven't even really looked into it that much. This is awesome. So we're just going to wrap it up with three, three questions. First question, what is your morning routine?
Speaker 2: 21:46 Morning routine is it's kind of a work in progress. It used to be really bad. It used to be a me waking up to my phone, alarm clocks and using a bunch of times and then picking up my phone and actually using it in bed for half an hour before getting out of bed. So now my phone charges in another room at night. I use an old fashioned alarm clock. Oh, and I get it. Yeah, it's good. No, no ipad, no phone anywhere close to bed and then try to workout in the morning before work like once or twice a week. That's really ideal. Like if I could have an ideal morning, you would just be wake up. Um, what time are you waking up? It depends. I try to get eight hours, so sometimes if I'm up later all wake up later, but usually it's around like 7:30 years ago. It used to be more like nine and now I'm, I don't like getting to the office at 10 and like working for two hours and eating lunch. It's not like super productive so I'm trying to get to the office a lot earlier and like get a lot of stuff done in the mornings. Um, yeah. So that's. And then I don't eat breakfast. I have a to caffeine pills and I'm just ready to go.
Speaker 2: 22:54 just coffee and caffeine pills. The depends on how much sleep I get. I'm on, I'm on three hours of sleep last night. So I've thought about three coffees this morning. So.
Speaker 1: 23:03 Oh Wow. And you were four hours the night before? I know it's bad week. That's crazy. Um, second question. If you were lot of people listening, watching, following along, they want to break into the scene. If you were one piece of advice, what would you do to get started? How do you get off the ground? How do you become, how do you do what you're doing? How do you get your first client? What, what do you do?
Speaker 2: 23:25 I would say before you quit your job to get a couple of freelance clients that you're working on apps for work. That's how I got started. I had one client that was paying me a thousand dollars a month and then I got a second one that was paying me something similar. Uh, I probably quit my job a little too early, but I, uh, I have some, some risk in my dna so I didn't mind. And the first month that I actually quit I pitched one of my, my one k clients and an 20 web redesign and a package that I've just figured out how to do it. They accepted it and so that got me on my way, but I would say try to get some clients on the side, um, before, you know, going out on your own completely [inaudible] sales. I don't know. I think for some people it might be more natural. For me it takes a little bit more time and I think once I get the connection, like once I get the referral I usually do pretty well and I think my close rate's really high, but I'm just getting that initial meeting or having a big network is something that I don't really have feeding the top of the funnel. So you're good? Yeah. Middle Funnel. While I'm doing this podcast right now at the top of the funnel. I'm alright. Awesome.
Speaker 1: 24:38 Oh, appreciate you joining us. Where do we find you and how can people connect with you?
Speaker 2: 24:44 Um, people can just email me directly@grademediagroup.com or, um, just give me a call. Three four slash seven, six three, six, four, one seven, five. Awesome. And your website? It's great. Media Group Dot com. Grade Media Group Dot com. Awesome.
Speaker 1: 25:03 Great Media Group. Thank you so much for, for joining us. And uh, that is the fourth episode of growing your agency. Thanks Owen.
Speaker 2: 25:12 Thanks for having me.


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