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How do I activate click segmentation?
Click segmentation is activated by creating a link in the Third-Generation Editor and selecting the box labelled "Enable Click Segmentation" on the insert link screen. From here you will be asked to choose a list to use.
Can someone be added to multiple lists, including for automation, via click segmentation? If so, will they receive multiple emails?
Yes, your contacts can be added to multiple lists. Our system recognizes the same email address across multiple lists and will only send them one copy of the email.
Does the recipient of an automated email need to open it in order to receive the next email in the automated series?
Nope! All emails in the automated series will send no matter if the previous email in the series was opened or not.
How can I use email automation with customers at a physical location?
It's always a great idea to ask your customers for their email address at checkout. Once you have their email address you can add them to the list of contacts receiving your automated emails.
Does click segmentation work on my website?
Click segmentation will only work for emails created with Constant Contact's Third-Generation Editor.
How do I trigger an automatic survey email?
Can I automate event reminders for my registrants?
You sure can! Add your Event registrants to their own list and create a series of emails that will automatically be sent to them at certain intervals. Please keep in mind that you cannot choose a specific date for the automated emails, only the intervals between sending, so you'll need to plan your emails accordingly.
How can I use email automation to have people sign up for my event?
Make sure to add your event URL to the emails in your automated series. You can create a button or use an image with a call-to-action to sign up and have it hyperlinked to your event URL — just an idea!
How are birthday and anniversary emails automated?
Great question! If you have your contacts' birthdays and anniversary information you can set up an email that will send to them on those dates. Here's more info on how to get started.
How do I get people to provide their birthday or anniversary?
Your contacts won't share that information unless you ask them to! You can incentivize them by hinting at a special birthday or anniversary mailing that offers a special benefit to them. Also, make sure to have the birthday field available in your Update Profile Form (the link displays in the footer of all of your emails) so people can add the information that way.
What's the cutoff time for adding people to a birthday email?
Good question! Let's say you have a contact whose birthday is on Friday. You need to have their birthday entered into our system by 10 AM ET the day before their birthday (in this example, Thursday) as it will scan for those contacts and get everything ready to send the email at 10:15 AM ET on their birthday.
If I send a coupon via automated birthday or anniversary emails will they have their own unique coupon codes?
When using the our Trackable Coupon each contact will receive a unique coupon code sent directly to their email address.
How can I leverage birthday or anniversary emails when I'm not a brick-and-mortar or online retailer?
You don't have to sell physical goods to make use of these automated emails! Everyone likes to be acknowledged, so even if you can't offer a coupon you can still say happy birthday and leave a memorable mark on your contact. Perhaps instead of a product you can offer them a best practice or tip that relates to your industry or theirs? When it comes to birthdays and gifts, remember — it's the thought that counts!
How do I send out an email to collect birthday and anniversary dates for my existing contacts?
Make use of the Update Profile Form. This link is located in the footer section of your email so make a call out in the body of your email so folks won't forget to click and update their information.
Can I use Constant Contact to send out emails once a customer has placed an order on my website?
It depends on what integration you have connected. I would check out our Marketplace for some great first and third party options. If, where the contact information from the purchase is stored is connected to your Constant Contact account, and the list they are added to is connected to an Autoresponder, then it would be possible.
Is it still legal to use an enticement in an email regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?
It is still legal. GDPR just covers transparency in how a person's data is used and that they provide express permission to be contacted. If you promote an enticement in a way to draw in new contacts, if they sign-up for the enticement then they are giving permission to be contacted. Click here to learn more about GDPR and how it relates to Constant Contact.
How can I update my contact list and remove contacts who have not opened an email after a certain date?
Please click here for a video tutorial on how to gather a list of contacts who haven't opened your emails over a period of time. After creating this list you can then delete these contacts from your account, or re-engage with them to get them interested again!
How do I connect Constant Contact with my website?
Make sure your website is linked within any campaign you send out so your contacts have an easy way to connect directly to it. In addition, you can add one of our sign-up forms to your website to grow your contact list, and/or add links or buttons for any events, surveys or polls you're running.
Could I set up targeted customer lists and send different sets of automated emails to each list?
Yes! Segmenting contact lists is a marketing best practice. If you subscribe to the Email Plus plan you have unlimited access to all of our Automation features. With this you can set up a series of automated emails for specific lists.
Is there a way to update a list of clients from my website into Constant Contact without having to upload it to Excel?
There are several ways to add contacts to your account including integrations that can automatically sync contacts from your own contact management system. These are all available to find and research in our MarketPlace. Click here to visit.
Can I change the colors of a pop-up sign-up form?
The text color and background color of the sign-up button, and the background color of the pop-up sign-up form can be customized.
When will the pop-up sign-up form work properly on Internet Explorer 11?
Internet Explorer 11 is a web browser supported by Constant Contact. If you're experiencing troubles with your pop-up sign-up form please reach out to Customer Support so we can further assist you.
When I upload additional contacts to a list that is setup for automation, will these contacts get the automation flow?
Yes! Automation emails are triggered to automatically send when a new contact is added, either manually or through a sign-up tool, to the list(s) associated with that series.
Can I add my LinkedIn or Facebook contacts to an email automation? If so, how?
If I have a customer with one email address (parent) but the clients are two kids, how can I include an email for each kid?
You can only have one email address per contact profile. You would need an alternate email address for the second kid, in this scenario. You could create custom fields on the initial contact profile to store the second child's information (or have the contact profile be the parent and then the kids' name and info are stored as custom fields). If the same email address is being used for both kids then this would be the most effective way, currently.
How can I automatically update my lists? Both for new clients and clients who have gone from active to inactive, etc.?
It depends. If you're using a third-party program that stores your client information and it has an integration with Constant Contact, it would be possible to automate any changes in the third-party program to reflect in Constant Contact. Otherwise, you would need to update spreadsheets manually and then re-upload them to Constant Contact.
There are first and third-party integrations that connect Constant Contact with many other programs. These are all available to find and research in our MarketPlace. Click here to visit.
What if I have an issue with or need help setting up a third-party integration?
As the integration is developed and managed by the third-party, we recommend you contact the support team for the third-party directly as they will best be able to assist you. Their contact information can be found on their MarketPlace page.
Can I link Constant Contact to my website to get contacts if someone visits my website?
Yes! You can add one of our sign-up forms to your website! Click here to learn more.
Can contacts who sign up through Facebook trigger an Autoresponder series?
If you assign an Autoresponder series to a list that is associated with your Facebook sign-up form, it will trigger the series to send when a contact signs up.
Is there a way to automatically add leads to Constant Contact that are gained through Facebook Ads?
At this time there isn't an integration that will automatically transfer contacts picked up by Facebook Ads to a user's Constant Contact account. You can, however, add our Facebook sign-up form to your Facebook business page. Click here to learn more.
When I make a change to a contact (like their name) in Constant Contact, if they're associated with the same contact in Shopify, the next time the integration connects Shopify wipes out my changes in Constant Contact. What do I do?
You will want to update the contact in Shopify instead, so when the integration connects it will push the change to Constant Contact.
Is it possible to automate a newsletter email campaign to go out every Monday? Without copying and making it another campaign?
This definitely is possible! In fact, this would be done through an Autoresponder. Autoresponders allow you to create, schedule and automate a series of emails in your account. When you are scheduling the first email in this series you will have to create a custom timeframe. You can set the first email to be scheduled for Mondays with every other email in the series to go out a week after the previous.
Where do I find how to resend to non-openers?
That's a great question. We have recently made updates to help streamline resending emails to non-openers. On the scheduling page of your email campaign is where you can activate your email to automatically resend to these contacts. If this email has already been sent, we suggest resending your email through a QuickSend instead. However, our QuickSend feature is only available to a list with up to 5,000 contacts. If your list of non-openers is over 5,000 contacts you would have to create a new list of these non-openers and schedule a copy of your email campaign to them.
Does the automation work for the people I add manually to the list (from another database — legally of course) or do they have to sign up with the Constant Contact sign-up form?
Yes! There is definitely more than one way you can trigger your Autoresponder series to the contacts in your selected list. These contacts can be added manually in your account, through a sign-up form, or even pulled in from a different program by a plug-in or integration. When you activate your series, you'll even be given the option to send this series to the contacts already existing in this list.
If a contact takes action will the rest of the automated emails keep sending to them? For example, a contact takes action on email #1 will they still receive email #2 and #3 in the automation series?
That is correct. They would need to be removed manually.
Can automation emails be set up for contacts who are added to a list manually?
Yes! As long as the contact is not on the list when the Autoresponder is activated then adding their contact to the list would still trigger the series.
How do I start an anticipation series? Other automations are triggered by opt-in but anticipation would require my first email to go out ????
Our Autoresponder series is triggered by opt-in, so you would have to provide a link to a sign-up form landing page in your initial email where they would fill it out and get added to the list associated with the Autoresponder series.
Automated series are only for people who sign up online, correct? I use a database that imports to Constant Contact every evening. Would this work for those addresses that are added daily?
Automation emails are triggered to automatically send when a new contact is added, either manually or through a sign-up tool. This also includes any third-party integrations that sync contacts to your account.
Are the automation emails being sent after it's opened?
All emails in the automated series will send (at the frequency selected) no matter if the previous email in the series was opened or not.
Is there a way to set up an automatic resend to non-openers from an email campaign?
Yes! If you subscribe to the Email Plus plan you can automatically resend an email to contacts who did not open. On the scheduling page just place a check next to "Resend to Non-Openers", select the number of days you want to wait before resending, update the subject line, and click confirm.
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We have an entire page dedicated to webinars and seminars. Check it out here.
Where is the Send to Non-Openers feature located?
You can find the Resend to Non-Openers option right on the email scheduling screen. This option will be just below the time to send section.
Can I use coupon codes in an event registration?
Can I use a Poll Block in a Welcome Email series?
Yes you can! This is a great way to get feedback right away from your newest subscribers.
I assume you have to manually move current customers to a former customers list when their subscription ends?
Do the trackable coupons have a unique code for each person?
That is a great question! Each person will be provided with a unique code and a QR code for easy redemption.
How do I get more customers to come in to my store?
Providing a trackable coupon with a discount and an expiration date will give a sense of urgency to redeem a deal that will not be around for long!
What if my account has not been updated to the new editor?
We will be happy to assist you in getting updated to the Third-Generation Editor. Just give us a call or start a chat with one of our agents.
How can I personalize the subject and the email with a contact's name?
You can personalize the subject line right from the Header Options when working on your email campaign. Click here to learn more.
I am working on a campaign and trying to change the background and it keeps getting stuck on a color I didn't choose. How can I fix this?
I see a lot of suspended emails, what exactly does that mean?
Suspended email addresses happen when we repeatedly try to send to the same email address and it comes back as non-existent. We place them on a suspension so sending to them does not negatively impact deliverability rates. Click here to learn more.
Could a brick and mortar store use just the review email for feedback on the store and staff?
If you subscribe to the Email Plus plan you can set-up a Poll or Survey within your email campaign in order to collect direct feedback. This allows you to capture the information you're specifically interested in, and better engage and understand your customers.
If the greeting tag was from the email address then there is no need to ask for the first name on the sign-up forms, right?
Because a greeting tag pulls the name stored from the name field in the contact record, you'll definitely want to include the first name field on any sign-up forms.
Can I use custom email templates for autoresponders rather than Constant Contact templates?
At this time only Constant Contact templates are available to use with Autoresponder emails.
Can I text wrap around an image yet?
Text wrapping is available in the Third-Generation Editor. Simply drag and drop the image to the text you want to wrap around it. You'll see the guide boxes to position the image to the top right or top left side of the text.
When trying to take a survey this is the message I receive "We're sorry. You have already taken this survey." What's going on?
Typically, a Survey can only be taken one time on the same computer. If you want to allow multiple submissions of a Survey from the same computer, you can select the option to enable it to allow multiple responses from the same computer. Note: Anonymous participants can automatically retake your Survey multiple times.
At the moment this level of Automation is not on the road map, but it's a great idea! I have forwarded it to our developers for review.
Is the Send to Non-Openers option coming to all accounts? Or must I subscribe to the pricing plan for autoresponder services?
At this time both Resend to Non-Openers and Email Automation are only features of the Email Plus plan but upgrading your account is easy! Just go to the Plans and Pricing page in your account.
Is the autoresponder only available in the more expensive monthly account?
The Autoresponder feature is only available with the Email Plus plan which allows access to the entire suite of Constant Contact products.
Can Autoresponder send out my weekly blog posts from my website to my email list?
Thank you for reaching out to the Community. That is a great question! Autoresponder emails are geared towards sending out automated emails when a new contact joins your list. You can set up several automatic emails to be sent for example on the first day they join your list, and maybe another email automatically sent a few days or weeks later.
You can certainly set up an Autoresponder and add a link to your blog posts. After your new contacts have received your initial automated emails, you will want to send out regular emails that you schedule out going forward.
I hope this information helps! In the meantime, if you have any further questions please feel free to reach out to us here. We are always happy to assist you in any way we can.
Is it possible to move contacts from one autorespond list to another based on actions they take? For example, if they are a prospect in a nurturing sequence, and they make a purchase, could we move them to a post-purchase autoresponder sequence? If so, how do you recommend going about this? (Please don't say it's manual).
Thank you for reaching out to the Community! Unfortunately, this is not something our product can do. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Another option is if you have an integration set up to sync contacts from another system and you also have your website set to add people to certain lists in that system based on a purchase. The only other option is if you turn on our Click Segmentation feature as well.


After having worked for famous brand of the three stripes with the young Selena Gomez for the collection Adidas Neo designed by the singer, the brand decided to rehabilitate its potential " fashion trend ", and teamed up with Top Shop for capsule collection !
20 pieces will be available from now on the website and in store brand Topshop or Adidas. They are the fruit of a collaboration between Adidas and creators of the brand. Note that Top Shop is adept collections made in collaboration, as it has already experimented with Kate Moss !
We wanted to bring more femininity to the product range. We are experiencing a revolution in sportswear, as it is a thriving new inspiration in the fashion industry. Having the opportunity to work with Adidas Originals has proven to be a great experience!
A collection that manages to harmonize materials dedicated to the sport and flowing cuts with modern prints and trendy! Ideal for jogging or esthetic , comfortable fit while still being elegant in its casual approach !
Here is the video presentation of this capsule collection, you can see that there are patterns of ultra colorful and dynamic which combine perfectly with iconic pieces such as Adidas track suit with three stripes or Superstar shoes .
But the capsule collection also offers ultra zipper jackets with very esthetically oriented street art forms, but short enough to remain glamorous. Sometimes simple and small touches that give improved as the logo colors or striped sleeves with a colorful and vibrant fabric!
A great way to brush up on the classics of the famous brand of three stripes!


CRU's client was a global metals association with members mainly engaged in the primary production of non-ferrous metals. Education on end-market issues is a portion of the association's mission so they commissioned CRU to better understand the impact and extent of counterfeiting in downstream wire and cable markets.
Counterfeiting is becoming a larger issue for downstream wire and cable producers, so the association wanted to know what drives counterfeiters and make recommendations of best practices for different actors to combat counterfeiting for industrial goods.
With a long-standing reputation for quality and depth of regular analysis in wire and cable markets, the client set out to engage CRU . Further, the client noted our abilities to clearly analyse new developing areas of study including electric vehicles, battery metal markets and renewable energy where primary research capability is a necessity and which is a specialty of CRU Consulting.
The client and their membership were able to understand how their value chains could be influenced by counterfeiters, what drives counterfeiters to a certain market and the impact of counterfeiting on wire and cable markets. The client's membership was also provided with set of best practices to combat counterfeiting in their value chains.
The study involved extensive desktop research to compile CRU data, to gather publicly available information on counterfeiting and how to understand how it applies to complex industrial products like wire and cable. However, most of the information gathered for this study was from an extensive number of phone calls to speak to industry participants both fighting counterfeiting directly and those studying the issue at major institutions. The primary research was focused on Europe, North America and China. Other regions were included where contacts existed. The survey targeted a wide geographical spread and coverage of the industry participants. We used this research to construct an estimate of the effected portion of overall wire and cable demand by product category. This estimate was then combined with CRU pricing data to determine the total market for counterfeit traded wire and cable.
In studying the counterfeiting issue, CRU was able to develop a list of best practices for owners of intellectual property, governments and non-governmental associations. These best practices give the client and their membership a clear road map for taking effective action to combat counterfeits infringing on owed intellectual property, being found in the supply chain, and/or being seized at ports.
After delivery of the report the client responded positively to the work's quality and originality in a developing field of study. The client appreciated the report to the degree that the team was asked to present on the report at a meeting of the membership in the fall of 2018. Responses from those in attendance at the presentation ranged from those interested to learn more about counterfeiting in other industries to an appreciation and understanding of the problem those involved downstream wire and cable markets are dealing with and how it can affect primary producers.


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When genetic algorithms (GA) are used to produce music, the results are limited by a fitness bottleneck problem. To create effective music, the GA needs to be thoroughly trained by humans, but this takes extensive time and effort. Applying online collective intelligence or "crowdsourcing" to train a musical GA is one approach to solve the fitness bottleneck problem. The hypothesis was that when music was created by a GA trained by a crowdsourced group and music was created by a GA trained by a small group, the crowdsourced music would be more effective and musically sound. When a group of reviewers and composers evaluated the music, the crowdsourced songs scored slightly higher overall than the songs from the small-group songs, but with the small number of evaluators, the difference was not statistically significant.


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Roofing Code: Section 1507.2.9.3 Drip Edge
KEYWORDS Drip edge / shingle roofs
Section 1507.2.9.3 Drip edge. Provide drip edge at eaves and gables of shingle roofs. Overlap to be a minimum of 2 inches (51 mm). Eave drip edges shall extend 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) below sheathing and extend back on the roof a minimum of 2 inches (51 mm).
Section 1507.2.9.3 Drip edge.Provide drip edge at eaves and gables of shingle roofs. Overlap to be a minimum of 2 inches (51 mm). Eave drip edges shall extend 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) below sheathing and extend back on the roof a minimum of 2 inches (51 mm). Drip edge shall be mechanically fastened a maximum of 12 inches (305 mm) o.c.
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This code implies that all steep-slope shingle roof systems require the application of a drip edge metal at the gables and the eaves. The intent of the drip edge metal is to secure the underlayment and to protect against moisture from infiltrating the system at these vulnerable points.
The drip edge is typically fabricated from aluminum or galvanized metal in an L-shape configuration that is secured to the deck and down the face of the eave or gable edge. The code specifically states that the drip edge shall extend a minimum of 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) down the eave and a minimum of 2 inches (51 mm) over the deck. The metal shall overlap a minimum of 2 inches (51 mm) and should be fastened with the appropriate fasteners every 12 inches (305 mm) on center.
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Roofing Code: Section 1504.5 Edge Securement
Roofing Details: Drip Edge at Rake and Eave
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Apr 10, 2019 by Jack Stack 0 Comments
in Leadership, Open-Book Management
Excerpted from The Great Game of Business.
We've all heard how you have to be an S.O.B. to succeed in business. How you have to step on other people to get results. How it's okay to throw your weight around because it's a tough world and you win through intimidation. It's all a crock. I've worked on the shop floor. Believe me, nobody there wants to hear a guy telling you to bust your butt if he's rolling around in a Mercedes and beating up the people he works with. When you flaunt what you've got, when you intimidate, when you treat people badly, you lose power. I've watched guys like that throughout my life. I've learned it's just a matter of time before they get theirs.
Whenever I see someone take advantage of other people, whenever I see a boss acting like an S.O.B., I know his days are numbered. People like that take themselves out of The Game. They don't understand The Game. They've no idea.
But there are enough jerks out there promoting this garbage to keep the myth alive. I think it's one of the reasons so many people hate management, which is a big problem because that keeps good people from becoming managers, and businesses need all the good managers they can get. Moving from a line job into management can be scary. One of your biggest fears is that people won't like you anymore. A lot of workers turn down management jobs because they're afraid of losing their friends. It can be a real identity crisis. They worry that, when you're a manager, you can only associate with other managers.
I had those concerns, too, when I first became a manager, but my reaction was to get angry at the guys who suddenly didn't want to sit around and bullshit with me anymore. The problem wasn't me. I hadn't changed. They were the ones who were different. Their attitude was, "You're the boss, and we can't sit with you anymore." Eventually I got fed up and called them on it. I said, "What is this? You mean, because I have a title, my underwear's different now?" I overcame the problem, and I forced them to overcome it, too. But it wasn't easy.
To tell the truth, it's seldom easy to make that transition from a line job into management. That's another myth: managers have it better than workers. There's a reason you get paid more when you become a manager. You're taking on more responsibility, and you're giving up some of your freedom. You're moving into a glass house. When you become somebody else's boss, everything you do gets scrutinized in a way it isn't when you're on the line. You have to set examples. You have to walk the talk. If you don't, you're going to fail as a manager. Being an S.O.B. gets you nowhere. That's why I get angry at the loudmouths who talk about winning through intimidation. Not only are they dead wrong, but they are promoting one of the most destructive myths in American business.
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Written by Jack Stack
Jack Stack is President and CEO of SRC Holdings Corporation, which remanufactures gasoline and diesel engines for the automotive and off-highway markets, distributes engine kits, manufactures power units and remanufactures electrical components, and conducts seminars and training programs specializing in all aspects of teaching people how to implement open-book management. SRC has sales of over $550,000,000 a year and currently employs 1,600+ people. He is known as the "father of open-book management", having developed the concept at SRC in the early 1980s. He is the author of two best-selling books, "The Great Game of Business" and "Stake in the Outcome," and working on a third book, Change the Game coming January 2020.
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For the first entry into my fancy new column, I'm going to remind you of a great band that has always been one of my favorite groups, and remain so to this day:
A rock-jam band formed in New Jersey back in 1987, BT has seen some definite ups and downs in their career. While Blues Traveler is best known among us fans for their improvisational live shows – I've been to five of them, and each one is different and amazing – the general public is probably most familiar with the group from their hit singles "But Anyway", "Run-Around" and "Hook;" the latter two songs came from the same album. BT hit the peak of their mainstream popularity from this disc, their fourth studio album – appropriately-titled Four – released in 1994.
The group's current lineup includes three of the four original members: founder, lead singer, and insanely talented harmonica player John Popper, guitarist Chan Kinchla, and drummer Brendan Hill. Bassist Tad Kinchla and keyboardist Ben Wilson joined the band following the death of BT's original bassist, Bobby Sheehan, who passed away in 1999 of a drug overdose in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sheehan's death wasn't the only major obstacle the group had to overcome. Popper's long-time struggle with obesity also put a damper on the group's success, and these and other issues compounded to the point where A&M dropped the band from their label in 2002. Fortunately, instead of folding, both Popper and the band took this transition period as an opportunity to start in new directions musically, going largely independent and releasing on smaller experimental labels, while still maintaining their "core sound" that made myself and many other fans fall in love with them in the first place.
Blues Traveler had a great success story from the get-go: in the mid-'80s, high school mates Popper and Hill formed "garage band" group they called The Establishment, with Hill's brother on bass and a rotating roster of guitarists. The band produced a few cassette tape demos; in addition to some original songs, their repertoire included upbeat covers of "Gloria" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." The group soon added guitarist and football player Chan Kinchla; although he was a promising athlete, Kinchla decided to commit to playing music instead after a knee injury sidelined him from sports. Popper soon met bassist Sheehan and the two became good friends, with Sheehan becoming the new bass player for newly-christened Blues Band in 1987. The quartet held a basement jam session, later christened "The Black Cat Jam." which spawned the core grooves for several songs on their first album. A black cat happened to be nearby, and the group took this as a sign and adopted the Black Cat as their iconic mascot figure. The group soon changed their name to Blues Traveler, taking the "Blues" both from their style and from their love of the film "The Blues Brothers," and the "Traveler" from the name of the primary demon in the film "Ghostbusters," Gozer the Traveler. As a nerdy sidebar, Gozer was also known in the film as Gozer the Gozerian and Gozer the Destructor, but I don't think that "Blues Gozerian" or "Blues Destructor" has quite the same ring to it. Well, maybe "Blues Destructor…"
Between 1990 and 2008, BT has produced 14 different albums, including 3 live albums and one album, 2007's "Cover Yourself," where the band uniquely decided to do cover versions of their own songs. Their best-known (and sometimes only-known) album is easily 1994's "Four," and the disc's singles "Run-Around" and "Hook" reached #8 and #23 on the Billboard chart, respectively. The album itself reached #8 on the Billboard chart, going 6-times Platinum. Only one other BT album, 1997's "Straight On till Morning," went Platinum.
To this day, Blues Traveler continues to tour and perform live shows. BT is also one of the few groups that encourages their fans to record and exchange fan-made productions of their live shows; they only ask that it is a free exchange and that no one attempts to profit from it. You can legally download recordings of Blues Traveler's live shows at www.archive.org and bt.etree.org. You can view BT's complete discography here, and you can learn more about the band on their website, www.bluestraveler.com.
I love BT, and I have all of their albums, as well as having seen them live on five different occasions. This is one band that I am proud to say that I have not abandoned!
Currently Listening to: Blues Traveler "Four" (1994)
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Robin Trower - Coming Closer To The Day (140 Gram Vinyl LP)
Vinyl LP pressing. Coming Closer to the Day was recorded at Studio 91 in Newbury, England, with engineer Sam Winfield. Regarding the new songs, Trower said, " 'Diving Bell' is probably my favorite track on the album. 'Truth Or Lies, ' that one was quite hard to pull off. I love the song, but I recorded it once and wasn't happy with it, so I started from scratch again. It's got quite a strong early R&B flavor to it. That song is not really about me. I'm writing from the viewpoint of a guy whose loved one has been messing around. 'Someone Of Great Renown, ' again, that song isn't about me, but it's maybe someone that I'd like to be." - About the subject matter of the title track, the 73-year-old Trower said, "I'm saying that I'm nearer the end than the beginning. But that doesn't scare me. Not at all. If I went tomorrow, I'd feel like I'd been blessed with being able to achieve an incredible amount as a musician."
1 Driving Bell
2 Truth Or Lies
3 Coming Closer To The Day
4 Ghosts
5 Tide Of Confusion
6 The Perfect Wrong
7 Little Girl Blue
8 Someone Of Great Renown
9 Lonesome Road
10 Tell Me
11 Don't Ever Change
12 Take Me With You
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Al Roker shares health update after latest hospitalization
The "Today" show co-anchor was first hospitalized last month because of blood clots in his leg and lungs.
Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
NBC weather anchor Al Roker attends the 30th annual Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame Awards gala at the Ziegfeld Ballroom on Thursday, April 14, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Author: Andrew Weil
Published: 11:57 AM EST December 8, 2022
Updated: 8:31 AM EST December 9, 2022
WASHINGTON — Al Roker shared Thursday afternoon that he is back home following a second lengthy hospital stay.
The "Today" show co-anchor and meteorologist was first hospitalized last month because of blood clots in his leg and lungs. He was initially released on Thanksgiving, but was reportedly rushed back to the hospital a day later due to "complications."
"Home! So incredibly grateful to family, friends, medical folks, @todayshow family and all your thoughts and prayers," Roker wrote in posts on Facebook and Instagram, accompanied by photos of him and his family.
Hours earlier on Thursday morning, Roker had shared that he was "Hopefully coming home soon but when your spirit sags a bit, you get to see that and recharge. God Bless you all for all the prayers and well wishes for me and my family."
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The health issues caused Roker to miss his first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 27 years — an absence noted by many longtime parade viewers.
During the parade broadcast, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb sent well wishes to Roker.
"For the past 27 parades, at this moment, we would turn to Al Roker, who's our TODAY show colleague and our best pal, but as a lot of you have heard, Al's recovering and he's recovering very well from a recent medical issue," Kotb said during the parade. "We just want to say, 'We love you Al, we wonder if you're watching, but we wish you a full recovery.'"
On Thanksgiving, Roker posted to social media saying he was at home watching the parade on TV after being discharged.
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Back in 2020, Roker was off the air for a couple weeks after undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. Roker revealed at the time that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer but that they had caught it early. Roker explained at the time that he decided to publicly share his diagnosis to encourage others at risk — particularly Black men — to ensure they see a doctor and get the proper checkups to stop a cancer that is very treatable if detected early.
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Here's a very quick one for you. I'm dashing about all over the place right now so, for supper last night, I threw together these Turkish-style eggs. It's another perfect dish for these cooler autumnal evenings or brunch.
Heat an oven to 180C.
Heat a large frying pan and add a generous splash of olive oil. When the oil has come up to temperature, add the cumin seeds and stir around for a couple of minutes until they become golden and fragrant.
Add the chopped peppers, tomatoes and pepper paste and simmer for around 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and season to your taste.
Divide the mixture between two oven-proof dishes. Crack one or two eggs in each of them and bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes (until the whites of the eggs are set).
Remove from the oven and garnish with fresh dill.
Here, I've served it alongside a cute plate of leaves dressed with a very simple lemon vinaigrette, a bowl of cool Greek yoghurt garnished with pul biber and fluffy Arabic bread. Traditionally, this dish would be served with feta cheese or a plate of soft and unctuous fried onions.
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*You can buy biber salçası in jars from Mediterranean food stores.
Good morning beautiful people, I'm open for my Mallorcan lunch service from 12pm today, please come to see me! In the meantime, so many of you have asked for the recipe for this week's super moist #glutenfree Spanish orange and almond cake so I'm gifting it to you. Let's go. Here's what you need: 2 medium oranges, scrubbed and roughly chopped 5 eggs, separated 200g unrefined caster sugar 225g ground almonds 2 tbsp flaked almonds Here's what to do: Put the chopped oranges into a small saucepan and add 1 tbsp water. Cover and cook gently for 30 minutes or until the oranges are soft and the excess liquid has evaporated. Rememeber to keep an eye on it so it doesn't catch. Preheat the oven to 180ºC and line a 23cm springform cake tin with olive oil and baking parchment (the boring bit, sorry). Finely chop the oranges in a food blender to form a smooth paste. Set aside to cool. Put the egg whites in a large bowl and whisk until they form stiff peaks. Gradually whisk in half the caster sugar for one minute. Using the same whisk, mix the egg yolks with the remaining caster sugar in another bowl for 2–3 minutes until they are pale and quite thick. Whisk in the finely chopped oranges then carefully fold in the ground almonds. Stir in 3 spoonfuls of the whisked egg white to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the remaining whites with a large metal spoon. Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and level the top. Sprinkle with the flaked almonds and bake for around 30 minutes. Boom!


A study was carried out by the Department of Energy in association with the European Commission, the Ministry of Agriculture and Haut Commisairat au Plan (HCP) to know the agricultural sector's energy consumption.
According to the Department of Energy, Morocco ought to provide accurate and timely statistics on the types, sources, amounts, production, procurement, processing and energy consumption in several strategic areas to control including the influences and consequences of its energy policy. It is time to start concentrating on improved knowledge and the final energy consumption by sector.
The agricultural sectors consumption in the national energy is about 6% coming from dryers and livestock buildings, tractors and engines, and also from irrigation equipment. Indirect energy consumption like the use of fertilizers and feeds, and effects of investments in buildings and equipments are also included. The energy usage can also affect the environmental quality of rural areas and economic competitiveness of the Moroccan agricultural sector.
Through the Green Morocco Plan's investments and projects, the energy utilization of the sector is likely to grow more. Therefore, the new study is expected to present reliable and detailed information on energy consumption in the agricultural sector that will guide the Department of Energy and its partners on how to take action on regional and national issues.
The data collected will be divided by cultural orientation, form of energy, farm size and use. The study will be considered as the reference for the development of future energy policies by evaluating among other future energy requirement in agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions in the sector. On the other hand, the transport in the agricultural sector is not affected by this investigation.


Op internet is het mogelijk om ieder kansspel, dus ook gokkasten, te spelen. Club 2000 spelen met echt geld is hier niet mogelijk.
Having familiar faces there to meet you when you land is a major benefit in a new country, and they may be able to speed your visa application process. In many cases, the path to getting a visa can be shortened by a sponsor. This is usually an employer or close family member, sometimes a good friend, who is already resident in the country you're moving to. They usually have to provide some kind of guarantee that you will not become a drain on the country's resources. This means that if you have a friend who can find you employment in Singapore or a cousin who can sponsor your visa for Canada, then you may be able to jump the queue.
English is the language of global business, and many people use English at work, whether they're based in London, Singapore or Kabul. However, you also need to consider what you'll do in your leisure time and the education of your children if the local language is one you don't speak. Many countries offer free or cheap language classes for new immigrants, and large cities usually have community centres and online message boards where people in similar situations meet.
Many countries have lists of jobs that they are struggling to fill. For example, skilled migration to Australia is a relatively quick process and they are looking for professionals of many kinds, from nurses to IT workers. Conversely, some countries insist that you have a local qualification, particularly to practise law or medicine.
It may be surprising what a difference the weather can make to your mood. You may expect so see a difference if you're moving from southern India, near the equator, to Norway, near the Arctic Circle, but even less dramatic changes can mean a climate with a very different pattern of seasons and weather. If you choose somewhere that allows you to continue your favourite pastimes, you may be happier to put up with the inconveniences.


Traditionally used in storerooms, Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs) are expanding their appeal to large-scale distribution activities.
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VLMs can increase your retrieval time by lessening the manpower needed to find products, significantly reduces replenish/picking travel times while keeping your slow moving items well-organized and free from debris. All you have to do is enter the items you need and the system will deliver the tray of products right in front of you.
By storing up not out, VLMs help you save space using nominal square footage and incurring minimal construction costs when building a new facility.
Think of it this way: If you can design a building using 200,000 square feet instead of 250,000 square feet, you'll save 50,000 square feet times the cost of construction over the life of the building. With construction costs ranging from $50 to $70 per square foot, it's easy to calculate the substantial savings VLMs offer.
Need customized attributes? VLMs can accommodate many needs, such as protective sprinklers, or temperature controlled trays. We're seeing applications by manufacturers and distributors that store items like pharmaceutical samples, electronic supplies, and other parts that need to be kept in pristine condition.
As you think about your growing distribution needs, consider how VLMs may help optimize your operations. In the last 24 months, we've designed distribution integrations using Logimat® from Schaefer. The results have been successful. In one integration alone, our client was able to open up nearly 100 pallet positions, each valued at almost $1,000, using a VLM. The client has gained significant savings, increased capacity and fulfillment, reduced picking times, and decreased labor costs by using the VLM within their facility.
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More Custard WIth That Trifle?
You've got to love this game of ours. The Gunners travelled to South London on Saturday with everyone and his dog expecting us to romp past a managerless Palace outfit, utterly bereft of spirit and confidence. Yet what actually transpired couldn't possibly have been more different, as we encountered the stiffest of tests, against a team that was somehow magically transformed from the gutless relegation fodder that has rolled over and played dead in so many of their matches thus far. Even Chamakh, possibly the most reluctant goal-getter I've ever seen, was witnessed putting himself about a bit.
Superstitious doughnut that I am, I must admit that I first started fearing the omens weren't great and that fate might relish taking a bite out of the backsides of all those who'd foretold a walkover in this potential banana-skin derby, when watching TV on Friday night. Less than scientific perhaps, but no less accurate than all those experts, the piece of bread representing the Eagles predicted a shock result, when it popped up out of the toasters before ours, amidst the flim-flammery of Dannys Baker & Kelly's whacky footie show.
Mercifully, in spite of the Eagles admirable determination and with the aid of the massive gift of a penalty resulting from a mindless challenge in the box in the opening minute of the second-half, the toaster prediction method was proved fallible.
As was also apparent in our Champions League defeat to Dortmund in midweek, the Gunners are far more permeable in the absence of the protective midfield demolition work of Mathieu Flamini. The Flamster's ability to remain out on the park, by avoiding injury and suspension, could prove to be one of the most pivotal aspects in deciding whether this is to prove a successful season.
Doubtless his early retirement on Saturday contributed to Sczcny's opportunity to shine between the sticks and indeed, it will be a worrying blow if Flamini is ruled out for our crucial forthcoming fixtures. We're likely to be significantly disadvantaged without the Frenchman at his ballistic best, to snuff out the prolific firepower of the likes of Suarez, Sturridge, Rooney and Van Persie. But then with the Gunners new 'homme dur' already being only one yellow card away from suspension, at least his substitution on Saturday postponed the almost inevitable booking that will invoke this ban.
Yet prior to an enticing and perhaps telling encounter with the Scousers (that could go some way to establishing either side's genuine credentials) and a trip to Old Trafford, we've the trifling matter of the Mourinho circus coming to town on Tuesday night.
My instincts are that momentum is everything and that it's best not to mess too radically with a winning formula. Besides which, fatigue isn't usually a factor, so long as a team continues to triumph over all and sundry. Nevertheless, we struggled to muster an effort on goal against the Germans in midweek, compared to a sparkling opening 15 minute spell that knocked out Napoli. We lacked the sharpness and vigour necessary to combat an unrelenting Dortmund side.
Perhaps it's a sign of old age, but never mind the players, I find the relentless drain on the reserves of adrenaline of twice weekly outings thoroughly exhausting. And with the weight our manager ascribes to the science of reading our players' gas-tank dial and identifying when this is "in the red" and Arsène's track record of treating the League Cup as a welcome opportunity to rotate regular first-teamers, thereby affording youngsters like Serge Gnabry the chance to grasp the nettle, I'll be amazed if this philosophy changes just because it's Chelsea that we're playing on Tuesday.
Even if he is "not special anymore", I can't envisage Mourinho doing likewise, since the Chelsea manager will know that a win against a weakened Arsenal side won't detract from the Blues delivering the first psychological blow, in his efforts to put a spoke in Wenger's wheel.
I'm praying Arsène's team selection demonstrates his appreciation of the importance of maintaining our winning momentum and his affinity with our yearning for a trophy of any description, in the knowledge that victory on Tuesday night will leave us only two wins away from an opportunity for our long-awaited deliverance from the silverware-starved doldrums. By contrast, there might be considerable repercussions, should we have the wind knocked out of our sails, in the event we get stuffed on home turf, by a side that are title favourites for so many.
Hopefully our encounter with Chelsea will prove to be the sort of trifle that hits their Bozo the clown boss full in the face!
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Preaching To The Converted
Apparently Dennis Bergkamp's media blitz to promote his new book includes Garry Richardson's Sportsweek on BBC Radio 5 at 9am this morning and in light of yesterday's amazing goals, you can't help but feel that there's a certain Kismet to the timing,
I'm sure I could wax lyrical with several hundred more words about yesterday's breathtaking efforts, but (some might think fortunately!) I'm limited by the Irish Examiner's requirements, which left me struggling to squeeze in as much as possible, on a day when contrary to popular opinion, after taking the lead, we took our foot off the gas, when we really should've put Norwich to the sword, without giving them the opportunity to drag themselves back into the match.
A word for the incredibly unfortunate Abou Diaby, as while I refer below to our squad's gradual return to full-strength, it transpires that poor Abou's has suffered a cruciate injury that's condemned him to continuing to be our "Invisible Man" until at least next March! Can there have been a more unlucky Arsenal player (taking into consideration Diaby's failure to fulfil his potential)?
Meanwhile, I'm still revelling in yesterday's sumptuous goals and here's hoping we've more of the same to celebrate come Tuesday night
With each passing week that the Arsenal remain unbeaten, it's becoming ever more of a struggle for us Gooners to keep our feet on the ground. I'm constantly repeating the mantra "let's see where we are in a month or two", before daring to risk the potential custard pie of gloating prematurely that "the Gunners are back", or presumptuously predicting any impending relief from eight barren seasons of this wearisome silverware-starved era.
Nevertheless, you don't need to be a footie pundit to appreciate the impact of the Gunners blossoming confidence since the arrival of Mezut Özil. The inexorable rash of last-minute spare tickets that we've grown accustomed to seeing offered in recent times, has fast begun to evaporate, in inverse proportion to the number of begging requests from returning glory-hunters.
Moreover, it seems I can't walk into any of my regular local emporiums, without getting a thumbs up from behind the counter, with every storekeeper seemingly intent on engaging me on the subject of whether this might be our season. Even my local newsagent has started questioning the Arsenal's title pretensions. Although I suspect that he might be less interested in Aaron Ramsey's ascension to Shiva-like, destroyer deity status, than whether the buoyant mood on Blackstock Road might inspire the quaffing of sufficient tinnies to pay for a family reunion in Amritsar this summer!
Yet after securing our pitch astride the Premiership summit for yet another week, by beating Norwich on Saturday, courtesy of some of the most breathtaking goals that we've witnessed since the days of Dennis Bergkamp, I must admit that I'm beginning to lose my own argument for keeping our powder dry. Even if this should eventually prove to be another false dawn, we've not savoured such a blindingly brilliant sunrise, since those heady days of a decade or so back and there's no mistaking the puff-chested swagger of all those in North London who can't help themselves from preening with this renaissance of Gooner pride.
Who knows whether the Gunners were flagging somewhat on Saturday, after schlepping all around the globe during the past fortnight of an interminable Interlull. Or if, after having scored one of the team goals of the season, the somewhat "hand-brakish" display that followed, was due to the fatal error of complacently casting an eye on Tuesday night's testing European encounter? However, even if the sum total of Saturday's performance proves eminently forgettable, all four goals were testament to the sort of scintillating quality that will guarantee this game lives long in Gooner memories.
It felt like more than just a coincidence that Bergkamp was all over the British media this weekend, promoting his new book. Dennis and some of his most awe-inspiring strikes, were shown on the box just prior to Saturdays game, as the Dutch master revealed to Martin Keown his ambition to return to his Arsenal "home" in a coaching role.. Before Wilshere found the back of the net (with his weaker foot), the combination of one-touch football in the build up to such a wondrous opening goal was so exquisite and left me feeling so privileged that I could've sworn it involved the participation of the ghost of Bergkamp-past.
After witnessing Mezut Özil's lung-bursting break from the back, to casually creep into the box with perfect timing to head home our second, I feel more than a little sheepish about having dared to question the former Real midfielder's willingness to roll his sleeves up. While Ramsey left virtually the entire Canaries defence laying eggs on the floor of their penalty area, dare I say, with almost Best-like "chutzpah", as Aaron nailed all three 3 points with our third.
It would be hard to pick a better fixture than Norwich at home, for the potential banana-skin of our return after such a hectic International break. Still our guests gave as good as Houghton's plucky side have got. Contrary to what some absent pundits perceived, believe me, at 2-1, with the Canaries' choler up, after Howson bagged a stunning goal and with us urging more effort from the leadenfooted-looking Gunners, this game really could've gone either way.
But then the Weetabix of winning when performing below par is the breakfast of champions. What's more, after bemoaning the lack of strength in depth on our bench for so long, with the recuperation of the likes of Cazorla et al, suddenly our opponents might be afraid of knobbling any of our star-turns, for fear of inviting an even stiffer test.
I adore Flamini's commitment but was hardly disappointed when Ramsey replaced the dazed Frenchman and after Cazorla was afforded a much-needed hour of game time, Rosicky's introduction lent us some much needed forward thrust. Additionally, although Giroud continues to convert a legion of Gooner non-believers, suddenly even the inscrutably blasé Bendtner is being viewed as a slightly more credible stand-in.
As evidenced by the wonderfully entertaining unpredictability of the competition thus far, if the Arsenal are to take one lesson from Saturday's triumph, it's that it doesn't matter if you are currently the best in the land, you're likely to be punished by the commitment of lesser Premiership mortals, should you fail to treat every opponent with maximum respect.
Hopefully the Arsenal's rapidly burgeoning team spirit will ensure that we don't suffer from such altitude sickness and combined with the beautiful game performed at its gobsmacking best, the view from up here is pretty close to perfect.
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STILL Top of the League (even if only on goals scored)
Having bashed out the following missive immediately after Sunday's match for an 8pm deadline and having since seen the highlights on MOTD2, the replay of our goal at the Hawthorns shows that it was Mezut Özil's doggedness in winning possession of the ball back in front of our own penalty area, which enabled him to begin the attack that eventually lead to our all-important equaliser.
After having taken a certain amount of stick for daring to question whether our new German superstar might prove to be a bit of a luxury player, as I pondered whether the fact that Mezut barely ever breaks sweat might be indicative of a lack of industry, I feel its behoven of me to set the record straight. Özil demonstrated in the build up to the goal this afternoon that he's more than willing to roll his sleeves up and get stuck in when required.
What's more, with us having marvelled at several more triumphant displays since I questioned Mezut's overall contribution to the team in the amount of graft he's willing to undertake, it has subsequently occurred to me that he possesses the same Bergkamp-esque quality of doing most everything on a football pitch with such deceptive ease that it's very plausible to perceive him as not putting in much of a shift.
There's a serenity about everything Özil does on the pitch that he never really looks like he's working his socks off and I must admit that my jaw dropped, when a mate suggested after Tuesday night's sensational victory that according to the stats regarding distance covered, Mezut was only 2nd behind the Flamster. I am therefore most happy to bow to the far greater insight of others on this particular subject.
It's been a while since we've enjoyed a smattering of stunning Arsenal contributions to MOTD's Goal Of the Month selection, testament to an absolutely magical month. Long may it continue
International breaks.....who needs 'em
A big thank you to the Irons, since dropping two points at the Hawthorns didn't seem nearly quite so disappointing as it might've done, if it wasn't for Spurs drubbing at home to West Ham. Moreover, after going in at the break a goal behind against West Brom, it felt far more like a point gained, than two lost.
I guess the Gunners were always at risk of suffering something of an "after the Lord Mayor's show" reaction, following the neutering of Napoli in midweek, with a scintillating fifteen minute spell of football, which was as wonderful as anything we've savoured for some time.
Most pleasing on Tuesday night was the way in which we set about our Champions League opponents at such a high tempo, with an intensity which resulted in us blowing away Benitez's side, without them having barely had a kick of the ball. By contrast, we appeared to lack the same high adrenaline level going into Sunday's game, with some perhaps guilty of reading too much into the extravagant flattery of the recent media hype.
Instead of setting about the home side, determined to put the Baggies under the cosh, I got the distinct sense that we were guilty of waiting for the game to come to us. In the absence this high-energy, fast-paced opening to the game, of the sort the could've quietened the home crowd and put their team on the backfoot, buoyed by the confidence of their triumph at Old Trafford, the likes of Berahino and Amalfitano required no further encouragement to ruffle a few more prima-donna feathers.
Yet all credit to le Gaffer and his stubborn tendency to stick to his guns because if football management was a democratic process, the vast majority of us Gooners would've given Jack Wilshere a clip around the ear at halftime, consigning him to the bench to give our midfield prodigy time to get his head straight. Who knows whether the distractions of the overblown "fag-gate" saga were to blame, or whether this was just symptomatic of Wilshere being found wanting for the necessary blinkered focus on his football.
Nevertheless, despite it being obvious that Jack doesn't enjoy being asked to do a job out on the left flank and although his effort on goal would've ended up going straight down the goalie's throat, if it wasn't for a fortunate deflection, Wilshere was responsible for dragging us back into the match after the break. Not to mention conjuring up the deliciously perfect pass that might've resulted in Giroud scoring the winner, if it wasn't for Myhill's determined goal-minding.
Yet we mustn't forget that we had Anelka's profligacy in front of goal to thank. In days of yore, you could've bet your shirt on the prolific French striker finding the back of the net and bagging all three points for the Baggies. Moreover, despite the contrast in the verve and vigour of our midweek victory, compared to Sunday's somewhat flat-footed display, even when we were undone at the back, the Gunners continued to display the composure that we've accrued in recent weeks, in recovering the situation and this bodes well for the rest of the campaign.
Meanwhile, with Walcott confined to the treatment room for the time being, young Serge Gnabry appears to be our only natural wide-man. There's no doubt that we look a far more resilient outfit with both Flamini and Arteta offering protection in front of the back four. But this leaves Wenger with a bit of a conundrum, perming three players from our glut of talented midfielders, when all of them possess the instinctive tendency to want to play through the middle of the park.
Still our hard-earned point at the Hawthorns was sufficient to take us into the Interlull, sitting pretty atop the league table (even if only on goals scored) and completely aside from the psychological significance, my Spurs pals can rest assured of me making the very most of another couple of weeks worth of crowing time.
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When The Moon Hits Your Eye Like A Big Pizza Pie....That's Amore
With Naples being the home of the pizza, it seemed appropriate to head to Il Bacio in Blackstock Road for some pre-match grub. But they were full when I phoned and it was only thanks to a cancellation that they managed to squeeze us in. I guess we should count our blessings that we didn't instead opt for some more local cuisine from Piebury Corner's new pie shop in Holloway Road, where the lovely Paul, Nicky and their local punters were attacked by 50/60 cowardly Napoli Ultra scum before tonight's game.
But then, as was evident with Napoli's utterly gutless second-half performance this evening, I guess their fans are a reflection of their heartless football team. It might prove a slightly different story in Naples, with Higuain back as a focal point for their attack. Still, when everyone was talking up this match as an encounter with our most onerous opposition of the season thus far, quite frankly I was amazed quite how easily we managed to roll over Serie A's high-flyers.
I'm assuming it must be related to the confidence currently coarsing through the club right now, but when we've so often been guilty in the past of commencing Champions League matches at such a low tempo and have as a consequence struggled to inject some real zest into games, most pleasing for me was the way in which we went about this match, right from the KO, with such wonderfully high-energy and gusto, that the Fat Spanish Waiter's football team were already two-nil down, without barely having had a kick of the ball.
I would have loved us to have finished the game off with a third goal, while we were so dominant, as I feared (needlessly it subsequently transpired!) that Napoli must have a period when they'd come back into the match and I was worried that if they did nick a goal, it might offer the visitors the necessary encouragement to drag themselves back into this match.
Nevertheless, despite the fact that it was inevitable that we would take our foot of the gas second half and frustratingly drop far too deep for everyone's liking, the fact that our feint-hearted guests never once bothered us with the sort of swift counter that would've previously ended all hopes of a clean sheet, is perhaps an optimistic indicator of the improving maturity of an Arsenal team that is finally beginning to learn from so many consecutive years of Champions League lessons.
I have to admit that when I discovered that Wenger had included both Flamini and Arteta in the starting line-up, thereby having to omit the likes of Jack Wilshere, I was initially disappointed because this seemed like a somewhat negative line-up on our home turf. However I'm happy to be the first to admit to being wrong because after the evidence of tonight's performance, this would appear to be the perfect combination for Champions League matches.
Both players are perfectly willing to get forward and contribute to attacking movements when the opportunity presents itself, but they both have the experience and the nous to know when to sit and offer themselves as a protective wall in front of our defence. This also appears to have the effect of liberating the three midfielders in front of them, knowing they can count on Flamini and Arteta to stop at home and ensure that our free-flowing attacking football cannot be undone, by being left short of numbers for the swift counter.
Moreover, as has been evident since Flamini's reintroduction, the Frenchman's presence and his maturity, in offering himself as such a wholehearted and committed screen in front of our back four and the snowball momentum of that special "winning feeling"has leant our entire defence a certain poise and unflappability that has previously been sorely missing amongst the frantic, panic-stricken footballers who've been so accustomed to conceding goals as a result in the past.
That breathtaking fifteen minute opening spell of football this evening, where the jaw-droppingly intuitive interchanges between Ramsey, Rosicky and Özil were as good as anything we've witnessed from Wenger's teams in the past, left everyone, bar the noisy Napoli fans in the corner, positively purring with pleasure.
What's more, as someone who has often knocked Olivier Giroud in the past, believing that our "oh so fabulous" French striker would never amount to a top draw centre-forward, I simply have to doff my hat to the man. I don't know how obvious it will have been to those watching on the box, but Olivier produced the epitome of a perfect centre-forward performance this evening. Giroud is proving himself to be the ideal foil for our ticci-tacca midfield and I barely recall a single instant in tonight's game, where he failed to either hold the ball up and open up the play for incisive forward movements, or induce a cunning free-kick from the clumsy opponent up his backside.
And in the second-half, where his team mates weren't quite as enthusiastic about advancing in front of our central striker, Giroud produced a trojan effort, winning the vast majority of aerial battles and ensuring that we weren't guilty of gifting our guests the sort of sloppy possession that would've made this a much harder workout for the whole team. Olivier might enjoy making sure that everyone is patently aware how much work he gets through in a match, with all his far too blatant and typically Gallic huffing and puffing, but as far as I'm concerned, he'll never come in for criticism from me, so long as he continues to put in such an industrious shift.
The only slight reservation as far as I'm concerned, is that both Rosicky and Arteta seem to begin to show obvious signs of heavy legs after the hour mark, with Thomas deprived of the vitality to continue making lung-bursting runs into the box and a little too guilty of giving the ball away, while Mikel's fatigue is too often evident in him ending up on the wrong side of his opponent, forced to make the sort of challenges that will inevitably result in us being forced to defend set-pieces in dangerous positions.
Never in a million years would I knock Flamini's commitment, with him producing the sort of biting challenges that set the tone for all his team mates and snapping at the opposition's heels, to the point where they're only too delighted to lay the ball off like a hot potato. Admittedly the incident occurred on the other side of the pitch to me, but I've no idea how Matty managed to avoid a yellow card this evening. Perhaps Champions League officials have received similar instructions to their Premiership colleagues this season and are making a concerted effort to keep their cards in their pockets. But in the past, the over-officious Champions League bods who seemed to want to promote a non-contact sport, would've been guaranteed to book our French midfielder.
Here's hoping Mikel and Thomas can last the course and that Matty might stay on the pitch long enough to maintain our stout defensive record. But then with the likes of Wilshere and Gnabry on the bench this evening and with Cazorla, Walcott, the Ox, even Diaby to come back, it could be argued that the current team is as balanced an outfit as we've witnessed in the Champions League to date and one that is capable of sustaining a proper challenge (instead of settling for qualification to the knockout stages as the height of our limited ambitions!).
Obviously you'd have to qualify any such euphoric optimism, with reservations over whether the likes of Nick Bendtner can contain his ego long enough, to offer sufficiently enthusiastic and conscientious cover up front, or if the likes of Vermaelen, Jenkinson and Monreal can slip seamlessly into this picture when required.
I assume Dortmund will present a far stiffer test than a Napoli side who surrendered quicker than the Italian army, but meanwhile, with each successive triumph, it's becoming harder and harder to contain the rapidly burgeoning mood of rapture. Considering the bonkers media bandwagon means that modern sides are only ever one defeat away from lurching between Arsenal legends and also-ran losers, I for one intend to make the very most of enjoying the moment while I can
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Many original cultures in the world have always shown their interest in preserve the wisdom of ancient traditional activities. Senior men play the role of the memory of accumulative experiences about life and artistic manifestations of their villages. The knowledge and techniques pass to young artist learners with the hope they are able to preserve the practices, and in the best of the times, with the hope they can add new elements that improve their perspectives and their aesthetical values.
From fanatic, art lover point of view, it is common to underestimate the work done by native people on fragile living conditions, either by discriminative activities or by the lack of professional education that give them the "authority" to build aesthetic objects. So, we used to refer these objects as crafts and not art, in consequence we considered them as nice souvenirs at no expensive prices. But, if someone shows you a Mark Rothko's famous "emotional abstract paintings" that was probably made in a fancy well established studio in New York, then, we feel with the necessity to pay millions of dollars for the incredible image with only two or three colored rectangles. That's the force of mainstream academic art assessment.
As part of its role as exhibitor of artworks and artefacts that help to increase recognition in the value of historical and contemporary aboriginal art from around Australia, Aboriginal & Pacific Art Gallery at Sydney has prepared "Four senior Man: One Strong Story", a selection of abstract paintings made by senior artists of the communities. This way the spectator could appreciate the simplicity of the earthy colors linked to natural and cellular geometries. The kind of shapes that in other context the reviewers will determined as a result of a high aesthetical academic language from the artist.
The acrylics by Peter Mungkuri presents depictions of the veins of the natural world, the trees are showed as a nervous system that connects external air with the mother earth. In their roots her nutritious message flows at symbiotic rythms. Alec Baker depicts landscapes, forgotten any tridimensional aspect, the roads, the fields and the villages take its places on the canvas to be hieroglyphic maps tracing memories for the future. Taylor Cooper paintings are more about equilibrium, the shapes move, grow and stand into the image without lose the candid light of the orange hue. But Witjiti George is darker, we could lose any optimism from the last pictures, now, the compositions are tentacle ghosts, dark depictions of the ancient gods.
The exhibition will be open until March 31, 2018.


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Biochemistry can be defined as the science that deals with the chemical basis of life and hence it is inextricably intertwined with human health and disease. Advancement of medicine and that of biochemistry are inseparable, and much of modern medicine would not be practiced in the ways, as they are known today, without our understanding of how genetic, pathogenic and environmental factors affect the human body at the biochemical level. Our preclinical training of prospective medical practitioners aims to provide students with fundamental biochemistry concepts and principles that serve as a knowledge foundation enabling them to better study and understand the complexities of diseases and medicine. The mission of the department is to produce scientifically literate medical doctors who have the ability to evaluate claims of efficacy and safety of new therapeutic strategies.
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Sitting on a well-worn couch inside trendy Fort Lauderdale coffee shop Brew Urban Cafe, Maxence Doytier cuts to the chase. "I was born with the eye," he says.
It's a bold declaration for the otherwise humble Doytier, the 30-year-old founder of arts-focused agency Twenty6North Productions. In less than two years, the organization has catapulted to the top of Fort Lauderdale's growing arts scene by showcasing promising talent at prime locations such as Las Olas Boulevard, BB&T Center and Himmarshee Village among an atmosphere of trendy cuisine and entertainment. This year, when the Montreal-based entertainment group Cirque du Soleil needed a memorable way to market the South Florida run of "Alegria," it turned to Twenty6North Productions. In less than two weeks, Doytier had Miami-based artist Ernesto Maranje on scaffolds painting Rebirth, his interpretation of a character in the show as a vibrant phoenix, on the west-facing facade of Broward College's downtown Fort Lauderdale building. The public unveiling of the mural even brought out costumed Cirque du Soleil performers in full "Alegria" regalia.
The way Doytier sees it, if he's going to introduce an artist and piece of work to an culture-hungry audience, there might as well be some spectacle surrounding the moment. Equal parts arts agency and events curation, Twenty6North Productions aims to be "the arts connector," Doytier says. And as I come to find out, it's also an energetic conduit whose prime objective is to jolt meaningful bursts of art into run-of-the-mill events.
Doytier's connection to the arts is perhaps hereditary. Born in Cannes, France, to a mother who taught art for 20 years and a father who would later become an arts curator in Wynwood, Doytier says art immersion was a natural occurrence in his household. "It was always homework first, get creative and then play," he says.
When Doytier was 4, the family moved to California to "live the American dream" and create new opportunities, he says. A year later, they relocated to Fort Lauderdale, where Doytier's father was recruited to help run the now-shuttered French Quarter restaurant. Fort Lauderdale left an impression on the French boy. After graduating from South Plantation High School and studying marine biology at Florida State University, Doytier returned home to follow in his father's footsteps in the hospitality world.
In 2018, then a server at One Door East, Doytier and the management team noticed a blank wall at the restaurant that was practically begging for a new identity. He saw not only the opportunity to transform a blank space but also to generate a certain air of pomp and circumstance that could electrify the restaurant, artist and artwork in ways Fort Lauderdale had never experienced.
"We give life where it's needed," says Doytier of his arts agency, Twenty6North Productions. "Give us a canvas, and we'll do a project."
He consulted with his father, who curated the mural, and convinced artist Herbert Galarza to create the artwork. South Florida Jeeps also sponsored the event and brought a Jeep Wrangler for a live painting session at One Door East. The textured night earned the restaurant $25,000. And thus, Twenty6North Productions was born.
Named after Fort Lauderdale's geographic coordinate— 26 degrees north latitude—Twenty6North Productions is Doytier's sincere attempt at spotlighting the Greater Fort Lauderdale arts community. Though a relative newcomer to the scene, the company has already worked with the Florida Panthers to curate a pop-up art walk during a hockey game and has partnered with The Apothecary 330, The Wilder and the Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach to host art shows.
It could be said that Doytier's most grandiose projects are to come. He recently inked an agreement with B Ocean Resort to curate art in the hotel's renovated public spaces. In addition, he's working with Knallhart Management Group, whose portfolio includes entertainment venue Rhythm & Vine and The Whole Enchilada restaurant. Knallhart is transforming a former church off Andrews Avenue into a nightclub, complete with a 60-by-40-foot curved ceiling that will feature an ode to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling.
"Some people say I am a dreamer," Doytier says. "I think the bigger you dream, the more vivid it can get."
For a man who works with some of Fort Lauderdale's nightlife elite, it's surprising to hear the location of perhaps Doytier's most ambitious project yet: Virginia Shuman Young Elementary School. Doytier drives past the magnet school frequently and says he's often looked at the building's colorless facade and felt there should be artwork on the barren wall. The spot has what Doytier calls "an energy."
"After all, art—or the lack of it—can affect everyone, including the parents who wait every day to pick up their kids," Doytier says. "They have nothing to look at or be inspired by while they sit there."
Doytier called his mom, a Broward County arts facilitator who had a direct line to Principal Cynthia Felton. She agreed it was time to resurface the facade, and thus began Doytier's tireless efforts to organize artists and fundraise for the project. Set to be completed in phases this year, the overhaul entails painting benches inside the school's courtyard, adding art to the cafeteria and transforming more than 7,500 square feet of mural space, including the exterior wall that faces the high-traffic Broward Boulevard.
"The inside will inspire the kids," Doytier says, "and the exterior will uplift the community."
If leading Twenty6 North Productions isn't enough, Doytier is also the creative director of Society 8 Hospitality Group, a restaurant and nightlife organization that recently opened the food hall Sistrunk Marketplace & Brewery. With 40,000 square feet of multiuse space, the new facility is a massive canvas to—you guessed it—showcase art.
Constantly surrounded by creatives, Doytier says he's often mistaken for an artist. He finds himself correcting people who have that miscalculation. But upon reflection, he has a second thought. "When the music, artist, food, guests, atmosphere and everything else come together in beautiful harmony, it's the perfect form of art for me," he says. "So, I guess you can say I'm an artist."
This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 Issue.
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