Today'sFirst Line Friday is by an author who is a favorite of mine. Still Missing is Chevy Stevens debut and it's one you can't put down! I re-read it last year and reviewed it here. It is a difficult read, but well worth it!
You know, Doc, you're not the first shrink I've seen since I got back.
On the day she was abducted, Annie O'Sullivan, a 32-year-old realtor, had three goals—sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she's about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.
Still Missing is Chevy Stevens' first novel and is my favorite of hers. You feel every emotion Annie has and Chevy's writing is compelling! With Never Let You Go, Chevy really does showcase that she is a master at what she does.
Never Let You Go is about Lindsey and her daughter Sophie. Lindsey is in an abusive marriage and wants to get out but isn't sure how. Eventually she leaves with Sophie and her husband Andrew goes to jail. Eleven years later, Andrew is released from prison and Lindsey begins to feel that she is being constantly watched. She believes it is Andrew even though he says he has changed.
Never Let You Go is narrated by Lindsey and her daughter Sophie. In addition to both narrators the novel also takes place in the past when Lindsey was in her marriage and present day. Both transitions of the points of view between Lindsey and Sophie and past and present are seamless. They merge together well and there is no confusion when each chapter occurs or who the narrator is.
As with all thriller/suspense novels there are twists that you may or may not see coming. My suspicions were narrowed down to two characters as to whom I thought was stalking Lindsey. I just was not sure why they might have been doing it. I was excited to see that one of my suspicions was right! I normally do not like it when I guess who the guilty party is, but I think because I was not sure of the motive, that was why I still had my mind blown. When I read who was stalking Lindsey and why I had two reactions: "I knew it! and OMG!" The OMG thought was the motive that I did not see coming.
Chevy Stevens does a great job with you having empathy for Lindsey. At the beginning you really want her to get away from Andrew. Chevy pulls you in and takes you for quite a ride with Lindsey and Sophie. You want Lindsey and Sophie to come out fine at the end.
This is a very intense book that I never wanted to put down!
If you have issues with domestic violence you may want to stay away from this book. Some scenes are very intense.
If you are an animal lover there are a couple of scenes that may bother you. I had a hard time reading those scenes, but a lot of the feeling was fear as to what was going to happen next.
With Never Let You Go Chevy Stevens shows how superior she is with her writing in the suspense/thriller genres. With this book, she is becoming a favorite of mine!
Never Let You Go is very highly recommended! If you have not read her novels and interested in reading them, then start with Still Missing and then move onto Never Let You Go!
**Thank you to St. Martin's Press for my e-arc via NetGalley and my print arc copy!
I listened to the audiobook Still Missing by Chevy Stevens a couple of months ago and I was blown away (I had listened to it several years ago, but did not remember much about it). I decided that I wanted to listen to more of her books since my local library offers hers on audio. Always Watching is another good one by Chevy Stevens, but it does not live up to Still Missing.
Heather Simeon becomes Dr. Nadine Lavoie's newest patient after a suicide attempt. As Heather tells her story, Nadine realizes they have some similar circumstances in their lives. Heather was part of a commune (a cult) which Nadine was a part of when she was younger as she, her brother, and mother joined. Heather's story brings to light some of Nadine's repressed memories. And because of these memories which include sexual abuse, Nadine sets out on a mission to discover if there were any other victims. This decision brings danger to into her life.
Nadine's daughter Lisa has been on her own for a while and she has been a drug addict. She comes into the story and Nadine also tries to save her in more than one way. Lisa becomes very important to this story.
Will Nadine find out if there are other victims, and will she save herself and her daughter from the dangers that come about in the novel? You will have to read to find out.
Always Watching is written well and I wanted to know what was going to happen. Maybe I expected a lot out of it after listening to Still Missing, but I just wasn't pulled in to the story as much as I would have thought as I find cult type stories intriguing. I think I just wasn't as attached to Nadine's character. Always Watching did not have as much of a shock factor as Still Missing did. There are some intense scenes in Always Watching.
Warning: If you have issues with sexual abuse of a child, you might want to stay away from this book. There are not many scenes, but enough to possibly bother some more sensitive readers. There is also a tough scene involving an animal death.
If you want to check out some of Chevy Stevens' work, I would say read Always Watching first then read Still Missing. I don't really like to compare books, but I think having recently 'read' Still Missing affected my enjoyment of Always Watching. I do plan to read/listen to more of Chevy Stevens.
I would say overall that I would recommend this book.


Join Bilbo and 13 dwarves on their perilous journey to take the treasure from the evil dragon Smaug in the Lonely Mountain.
Reiner Knizia, the acclaimed author of the bestseller The Lord of the Rings has reworked based on Tolkien game.
Join Bilbo and 13 dwarves on their perilous journey to take the treasure from the evil dragon Smaug in the Lonely Mountain. Along the way the group will encounter all sorts of dangerous adversaries as goblins, Wargs, Trolls or giant spiders. In this exciting board game, the characters have to gain strength, courage and resources to fight these enemies to get the treasure!


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How To Prepare Successful Arts Grant Applications in the 21st Century
November 5, 2015 (1538 days ago)
6:30-8:30 pm at the Dorma Showroom, 1040 Sixth Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York.
Panel discussion with reception to follow.
There is no charge for admission but all attendees must register in advance.
This event is open to the public and is supported by the Yale Alumni Association of New York.
Topics to be discussed:
The changing funding environment.
Reductions in corporate and government support for the arts.
The need for reliable tracking of grant performance.
The stress on artists to generate income for themselves.
Lisa Robb, Executive Director, New York State Council on the Arts. Lisa joined NYSCA after a long career as an executive in arts organizations. Most recently she served for 11 years as Director of the Pelham Art Center, a community arts center in Westchester County. She was also Director of Operations at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and The Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center in San Francisco.
Kerry McCarthy, Senior Program Officer, Arts and Historic Preservation, The New York Community Trust. Before joining The Trust in 2009, Kerry ran a consulting company serving City nonprofit arts organizations. She has more than 20 years' experience in museum and performing arts. Currently, she is a board member of Grantmakers in the Arts and a member of the City Department of Education's arts education committee.
Linda Earle, Executive Director of Ohio Wesleyan University's New York Arts Program (NYAP) and board member of Poets House. Before joining NYAP, Linda served as the Executive Director of Programs for the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, one of the nation's leading organizations for emerging visual artists. She was a senior Program Director at the New York State Council on the Arts.
Christa Blatchford, Chief Executive Officer, The Joan Mitchell Foundation. The Joan Mitchell Foundation celebrates the legacy of Joan Mitchell and expands her vision to support the aspirations and development of diverse contemporary artists. It works to broaden the recognition of artists and their essential contributions to communities and society.
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Cornerstone foundation on standby to assist Okla. tornado victims
FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (3/27/15)--Wednesday night's tornadoes and severe storms in Arkansas and Oklahoma were the first recorded in this year's tornado season.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency for 25 counties after Wednesday's severe weather that resulted in at least one death, school closures and power outages for thousands in Oklahoma.
Northwest Arkansas was the location of the first touchdown by a tornado for 2015, the National Weather Service reported (Associated Press March 26.)
The Cornerstone Credit Union Foundation said it is prepared to assist credit unions and their employees affected by the storms. "In times of crisis, the foundation is here to help our credit unions and their staff get back on their feet so that they in turn can be there for their members," said Courtney Moran, foundation executive director (Leaguer March 26).
The disaster relief program has three phases:
Emergency grants are provided to credit union employees to assist with immediate disaster relief needs, such as out-of-pocket costs that may result from being evacuated.
Disaster relief grants are intended to assist credit union employees with significant needs. Phase two grants are intended for credit union employees with significant needs and will follow the distribution of phase one grants; and
Phase three grants are set up for credit union employees who suffered catastrophic loss and are still needing assistance after phase two grants have been distributed.
One of the areas affected by Wednesday's storm was Moore, Okla. In May 2013, a Tinker FCU branch was destroyed in the Oklahoma City suburb when a half-mile wide tornado ripped through the area (News Now May 22, 2013).
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The war is very much in Warcraft now. The burning of Teldrassil has come and gone and there were many revelations along the way. I've had a chance to talk about the events but this episode is a deep dive into where I stand on Sylvanas.


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Less is More - Nendo Reinvents the Chopsticks
Your chopsticks can make your food taste better, claims Hashikura Matsukan, a chopstick manufacturer steeped in 400 years of history. But how can you improve on, or reinvent, something that's been around for so long? Something that's been refined so many times? It's just 2 sticks that taper to a point, right? Well that's exactly where Oki Sato from Nendo turned to, when he was asked to redesign a series of chopsticks.
"Chopsticks ordinarily come in pairs," explains Sato, "but the rassen chopsticks are a single unit. They're separated into two for eating, then rejoined into one form when not in use." Rassen means helix, and refers to the DNA-like shape used to link the two together.
Another design in the series is kamiai, or interlock. "We put a gap on one of the four sides of the square shaped chopstick, and embedded a magnet, so that the two would snap together in one piece when they are flipped and fitted to each other.
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» Mountain Exchange
Revelstoke ski resort takes its time
REVELSTOKE, B.C. – Last spring, the bold headlines about the new Mount Mackenzie resort complex appeared across Canada. Now, some of the locals in Revelstoke are starting to wonder when the ski lifts will appear.
Those lifts and gondola won't show up until 2007, says Hunter Milbourn, one of two primary partners in the $680 million complex, but not to worry, the necessary work is getting done.
As of March, when the news hit, Milbourn and a partner had spent $4.2 million; today, the tab is close to $15 million, he told members of the local Rotary Club. A dozen consultants have been hired to plan the ski runs and the all-important real estate component at the base, notes theRevelstoke Times Review.
"I know people would be happier if there was more that was visible, but there has definitely been lots of progress," Milbourn said. The town's mayor, Mark McKee, agreed, saying that "people who still have their heads in the sand" should look at what has already been accomplished.
Bark beetles hammer Vail Mountain
VAIL – The way bark beetles are munching through the forests on the front side of Vail Mountain, they could look something like the Back Bowls in 10 to 20 years, reports theVail Daily.
Fires in the 1870s caused the great expanses of openness in the legendary Back Bowls. In the wake of the bark beetles, fires also pose a major threat to the front side of the mountain, says Cal Wettstein, the district ranger for the U.S. Forest Service. "There's potential for large, bald mountains," he told theVail Daily.
If not fire, then many of the dead trees will rot at the base and eventually fall over, says Mark Morgan, a forest management contractor. "Either way, you're going to have a dramatic change in the landscape. It's the inevitability of it all at this point."
A spokeswoman for Vail Resorts, the ski area operator, seemed to think that the devastation caused by the beetles will not be anything as bad.
Rocky Smith, of Colorado Wild, who has been monitoring forest management in Colorado for almost 25 years, agrees that fire is possible, but cautions that it is not likely. He questions whether any "treatment" of the lodgepole pine forest could have averted the beetle epidemic.
Ketchum begins to lose retail sector
KETCHUM, Idaho – Like most ski towns, Ketchum has been sliding from a tourism economy to a real-estate based economy for a couple of decades. There are almost no shops left on the town's main street that sell things like stocking hats or other staples of the tourism trade.
And just this year, one of the town's two remaining grocery stores closed, reflecting a down-valley migration of the more permanent residents. At the same time, construction began on two banks.
In an attempt to take stock of these changes, reports theIdaho Mountain Express, the City Council has enacted a six-month moratorium on reviewing two types of projects in the downtown areas: 1) single-family homes, or 2) any projects that include first-floor residential units.
"We want to maintain the viability of retail in the downtown," Mayor Ed Simon said. "There's a concern that all of the retail will go away."
Telluride frets about downtown
TELLURIDE – Telluride continues to fret over the viability of its downtown district. While there is no compelling evidence that the downtown merchants are on the brink of despair,The Telluride Watchdoes note that a low-snow winter can push some over the edge, as can foul weather that deters attendance at the town's various summer festivals. The newspaper notes that restaurants and retailers there account for 65 percent of municipal sales tax revenues, and the town government in turn bankrolls a large share of town activities.
Cloud seeding continues in C.B.
CRESTED BUTTE – When drought occurs, cloud-seeders are called. When the storms return, cloud-seeders start losing their jobs.
In the Gunnison Valley, where Crested Butte is located, the
storms returned last year – a 30 percent increase in snowpack. But the cloud-seeders, who claim 18 percent of that increase, will also be returning. A consortium of local governments, the ski area and ranchers are footing the $92,500 bill.
The story, according to county administrator John DeVore, seems to be that nobody is absolutely convinced that cloud-seeding works, but after several years of sub-par snow and the painful economic repercussions, nobody is willing to bet that it doesn't work.
"I don't know if it works or not, but I'm afraid to not fund it and then find out it had been what gave us our snow," said one stockman.
Tahoe second homeowner murdered
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – More details are emerging about a case of road rage last summer on the highway between Truckee and Lake Tahoe that ended in the fatal stabbing of one of the drivers.
Near the turnoff to the Squaw Valley ski area, one of the drivers, Robert Ash, who was driving a sports car, passed the other car. What exactly happened on the road and soon after didn't come out in an initial court hearing. What is known for sure is that Ash went to a bagel shop in Tahoe City. Soon after, he was stabbed to death by the other driver, Timothy Brooks.
The victim was a second-home owner. The accused murderer was staying with his parents, who have a second-home in the area. He was described by his lawyer as somebody who was a "good, young man" who "was in the wrong place at the wrong time." The defendant, who is 26, had recently graduated from college and become married. He had planned on enrolling in graduate school.
Aspen shores up sagging bed base
ASPEN – A new hotel will be opening in Aspen before Christmas, the first new hotel there in 10 years. But it won't be the last.
The Aspen Times' Janet Urquhart says that new lodging projects are lined up in Aspen like limos outside the Oscars. At least 10 hotel/real estate projects at the base of the ski mountain are in some stage of review or construction.
It means that Aspen's long-eroding bed base is being shored up, although not returned to the heyday of skiing tourism. Similar to Vail and other ski towns, Aspen has lost much of its short-term lodging. A decade ago it had a "pillow count" – literally, the number of pillows where guests can lay their heads – of 10,000. Now, it has 7,300 pillows in the rentable lodging pool.
Much of the loss has been in smaller lodging properties. A decade ago, there were 73 lodging properties. Now, there are 48. Every year, the newspaper carries stories of lodges being sold and often converted into condominiums and townhomes that may or may not be rented out.
House surfs vacant lots in Frisco
FRISCO – You know the old expression "couch-surfing" to describe what some people do when homeless.The Summit Daily News reports something similar with a little old white house.
The house in Frisco has been home for 35 years to a woman described as both important and colorful. A developer bought the lot and made plans to build a duplex. Meanwhile, another real estate agent arranged to have the house moved before the bulldozers moved in.
The temporary home of the wandering house is a vacant lot owned by two sisters who are fourth-generation Frisco residents. Where the house will end up, nobody seems to know.
Cougar put down in Jackson Hole
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. – A cougar was killed recently in Jackson Hole by state wildlife officials – apparently some think without proper cause.
The issue was human safety, state game warden Bill Long told theJackson Hole News & Guide. The lion had visited the ranch where rare trumpeter swans were being raised last winter, killing two swans. While wildlife researchers transplanted the cougar, trying to discourage it from being near people, it returned to the ranch and loitered – apparently unafraid of people. That's what sealed his fate.
– compiled by Allen Best
In the Gunnison Valley, where Crested Butte is located, the storms returned last year – a 30 percent increase in snowpack. But the cloud-seeders, who claim 18 percent of that increase, will also be returning. A consortium of local governments, the ski area and ranchers are footing the $92,500 bill.
Commissioner returns free ski pass
PARK CITY, Utah – A Summit County commissioner has decided to return a ski pass given to her by Deer Valley. That pass is worth $1,345 if bought in early season. Although she skied with a free pass last year, the county attorney says state law forbids accepting gifts worth more than $50, reportsThe Park Record.
–compiled by Allen Best


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Weekend Round-ups
Weekend Round-up: 11/30/18 – 12/2/18
Ryan Giacobbi and Jack O'Brien
Ryan Giacobbi, Contributor
MOON TOWNSHIP — In case you didn't follow what happened with RMU sports over the weekend, here is a quick round-up to bring you up to speed.
Men's Hockey: RMU – 1; Sacred Heart – 2
Stack the Pads: Quick update
Colonials burned by Dragons
Quick Hits: Dragons fly past the Colonials
Gebhard leads Colonials to much needed win over Penn State 3-2
The RMU men's hockey team (5-7-1, 4-4 AHC) faced some misfortune on Friday when they dropped the first game of a weekend set against the Sacred Heart University Pioneers (3-7-2, 3-5 AHC) 2-1. Neither team was able to score in the first period. In the second period, however, the Pioneers were able to pick up their first goal of the game thanks to Matt Tugnutt, who had assistance from Austin Mcllmurray and Ruslan Rakhmatov, at 16:40. The third period is where the scoring began for the Colonials. RMU was able to tie the game in the third period when Luke Lynch was able to score by himself at 0:48. Unfortunately for the Colonials, Sacred Heart ran away with the victory when Austin Magera scored with help from Liam Clare and Mcllmurray at 15:46.
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The RMU men's hockey team's (6-7-1, 5-4 AHC) misfortune from the first game with Sacred Heart turned into fortune when they flipped the score against the Pioneers (3-8-2, 3-6 AHC), winning 2-1 on Saturday. The first goal scored in the game was SHU's lone goal of the game. Jordan Kaplan scored on a power play at 1:04 in the second period, with assistance from Liam Clare and Austin Mcllmurray. Robert Morris tied the game in the third period when Alex Tonge scored at 15:50 with help from Daniel Mantenuto and Eric Israel. After finishing the third period in a 1-1 knothole, RMU won the game in overtime when Michael Louria scored with help from Mantenuto and Tonge. RMU men's hockey plays at home next weekend when they face Holy Cross on Friday, Dec. 7 at 7:05 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 8 at 4:05 p.m.
Women's Basketball: RMU – 63; Iowa – 92
The RMU women's basketball team (1-6) continues to have a rough start to their season after they dropped Sunday's contest against the No. 14 Iowa University Hawkeyes (5-2) by the score of 92-63. The first quarter involved getting out to a quick 9-7 start, but Iowa ran away and won the first quarter 23-11. The second quarter involved the Hawkeyes continuing to run away with the lead until the Colonials partially caught up to end the second with a score of 48-36. After coming very close to tying the game, the closest difference being when the score was 56-52, the Hawkeyes won the third quarter 67-58. The final quarter involved the Hawkeyes holding off the Colonials completely until they won 93-62. Nneka Ezeigbo had 13 points in the game and went 6 for 8 in field goals. The Colonials return home Friday, Dec. 7 at 7:00 p.m. to face Kent State University (3-4).
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Home > Topics > Compact > News > Wi-Fi enabled Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ50 announced
Wi-Fi enabled Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ50 announced
April 16, 2008 by David Rasnake Reads (39)
Since CES in January, we've been speculating on the impending release of a Wi-Fi enabled compact camera from Panasonic. The official announcement came today, with the unveiling of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ50.
Built around the compact long-zoom TZ platform that has been a popular line for the manufacturer, the new TZ50 features the TZ5's basic specs sheet: 9.1 megapixels, a 10x Leica wide-angle zoom, and the ability to record HD video. What it adds to this highly successful formula is the ability to upload images to the web directly from the camera via built-in 802.11b/g wireless LAN.
While specifics about the implementation of the TZ50's Wi-Fi connectivity haven't been fully spell out, it looks like setup options will be relatively limited. Users will be able to connect the camera via their home wireless network, or through T-Mobile's HotSpot wireless service in public locations, but depending on how connectivity is configured in-camera, accessing free public Wi-Fi may or may not be an option. In either case, the TZ50 comes with 12 months of free HotSpot service.
Images from the TZ50 are uploaded directly to Google's Picasa Web Albums, and can be automatically forwarded from there to friends, family, or your own smartphone via email.
Of course, all of the TZ5's headline technology, including it's advanced Intelligent Auto mode, Mega O.I.S. image stabilization, and Venus Engine IV processor make the transition to the wireless capable model as well.
With Nikon's recent announcement of the Wi-Fi equipped Coolpix S52c, we'd assumed that this wasn't far in coming, and it will be interesting to see if these latest Wi-Fi models represent a maturing of this technology as applied in the digicam space.
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Sensor 9.1 megapixel, 1/2.33" CCD
Lens/Zoom 10x (28-280mm) Leica DC Vario-Elmar, f/3.3-4.9
LCD/Viewfinder 3.0", 460K dot TFT LCD
Sensitivity ISO 100-1600 (High Sensitivity mode to ISO 6400)
Shutter Speed 60-1/2000 seconds
Shooting Modes Intelligent Auto, Normal Picture, Scene 1, Scene 2, Motion Picture, Clipboard
Scene Presets Portrait, Soft Skin, Scenery, Sports, Night Portrait, Night Scenery, Food, Party, Candle Light, Baby 1, Baby 2, Pet, Sunset, High Sensitivity, Hi-Speed Burst, Starry Sky, Fireworks, Beach, Snow, Aerial Photo, Underwater, Multi Aspect
White Balance Settings Auto, Daylight, Cloudy, Shade, Halogen, User Set
Metering Modes Intelligent Multiple, Center, Spot
Focus Modes Face Detection, Nine-Area, Three-Area High Speed, One-Area, One-Area High Speed, Spot, Macro
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Havering Council's planning committee threw out plans for a huge 2,900 home development in the south of the borough last night (Thursday, April 5) over concerns about the height of the proposed apartment blocks.
The borough's regulatory services committee refused the council's own plans for the Beam Park development, which is a cross-borders development in Rainham and South Hornchurch that would see funded and developed by both Havering and the neighbouring borough of Barking and Dagenham.
But last night the application for planning permission for the entire site – which would include two new primary schools and nurseries, a number of new community spaces and a new Beam Park Station, operated by C2C – was rejected.
Councillor Graham Williamson, of the Independent Residents' Group, sits on the committee, and said it was the developer's decision to build apartment blocks ranging from five to nine storeys that the committee could not bring itself to agree with.
He told the Recorder: "We are not opposed to the development in principle, but it has to be done properly, with the views of what residents want taken into account.
The report presented to the committee accepted that the current plans breached the borough's planning guidelines for the development, but still recommended councillors approve planning permission as these guidelines were "a comprehensive and flexible plan".
It read: "Whilst the heights proposed in places exceed those suggested in the [guidelines] it is considered that the development exhibits none of the characteristics of overdevelopment.
But Cllr Williamson added: "If built as presented it would be more fitting of something in inner-London rather than an outer-borough.
The application will now instead go before the Mayor's Office, who will either force it through or reject it entirely.
If the proposal is approved the work would be carried out in eight phases, and is not scheduled to be completed until 2030, although only phases one and two of the building work would be carried out in Havering.


Last week I participated in a workshop titled "Writing Vertically." The facilitators are both dream analysts, one a non-fiction writer and the other a poet. Each workshop participant was asked to bring a scene from a current work and/or a dream.
I am four years out from completing the rough draft of my teen memoir about how drawing and other creative pursuits served as a life preserver, and only recently have I begun the revision process. Getting down the bones of the story (thank you, Natalie Goldberg) required reliving those years, awakening every cell of my being. Channeling my younger self, this first draft was written in present tense. The time has come to revise, to deepen the story with the reflections and perspective of an older, wiser voice.
I wish someone could have photographed my face as I watched my scene of a 1960s music festival come to life as others in the group took on roles of the cannonballing swimmers, festival revelers, my companion, Sheldon, and me. Twined with a re-enactment of a childhood nightmare, the effect was stunning. 3-D. Big. Awe-some.
So what does this have to do with the garden photo here and Ansel Adams quote? The fastest way for me to find my way in to the emotions of a scene, a memory, is with a visual. For this project, it might be one of my father's carefully crafted black-and-white portraits or a Kodak Instamatic print from my mother's photo albums. Although I have no photos from the Strawberry Fields music festival, I now have that marvelous episode of the workshop's live theater on which to focus. The journey back to those emotions is like rappelling down into a dark unknown. Here I go!


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By Adrian Warren
September 11, 2019 — 9.31pm
New South Wales Swifts coach Briony Akle is happy Sunday's Super Netball decider is being played in Brisbane rather than on the Sunshine Coast, but Lightning captain Laura Langman says it still feels like home.
The much larger capacity of the Brisbane Entertainment Centre means the grand final will be played there and not at the Lightning's local home venue.
Paige Hadley (left) of the Swifts takes on Phumza Maweni of the Lightning in Round 11. Credit:Darren England/AAP
"Its a bit of an away game for both teams, it's not their home ground and we've got loads of Swifties fans travelling up there," Akle said.
Acting Swifts captain and midcourt general Paige Hadley, who was part of Swifts teams that lost the 2015-16 trans-Tasman grand finals to Queensland Firebirds in Brisbane, also thought it helped her team to play there.
"I think it is a better crowd, not as as on top of you and loud," Hadley said.
"There's still obviously going to be a lot of Lightning fans that we're going to have to block out and just focus on what we're doing on court.
Lightning won the inaugural Super Netball grand final in 2017 at the same Brisbane venue.
"Some will say it's neutral ground," Langman said.
"It does feel like home for us and what's quite exciting is it's a real Queensland affair.
"We might even get a mix of Firebirds and Sunny Coast Lightning fans at the game on our side."
Two-time defending champions Lightning will start favourite having won six of their seven games against the Swifts, including all three this season.
The Queensland club is also on an all-time competition record nine-game winning streak.
"They've obviously got everything in their favour, but I like coming in as an underdog," Hadley said.
"I think this team has got nothing to lose. We go out there and play our best netball and play with freedom and enjoy it and I think that's what you re going to see on Sunday."
Hadley is looking to build some happy memories of the venue following the two nailbiting losses to the Firebirds in deciders.
"Those two grand finals really really hurt, to go up to Brisbane and lose two absolutely fabulous games by one and two goals respectively," Hadley said.
"'I want that that trophy back in Sydney. I want it for a club that I've grown up playing for and watching. It's long overdue."
Swifts English shooter Helen Housby didn't train on Wednesday but Akle expected her to do so on Thursday and be fine for Sunday.
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Bombshell Photo of Kavanaugh Accuser Says It All, Deep State's Blaseygate Exposed as Seditious Black Op
"The Left has gone stark raving mad!"
It appears that these Blaseygate co-conspirators have even coordinated their revolutionary colors.
"Let's look at the Kavanaugh accusation and take it at face value. A drunk 17-year-old boy improperly touches a 15-year-old girl at a party. The girl goes to a notorious high school where they are literally turned into sex objects. This "most common episode in America" allegedly happened 36 years ago. The accuser doesn't remember where it occurred, when it took place or who was there. And the Democrats have turned an unproven 3rd degree misdemeanor into a first degree felony conviction with not a shred of proof." (See video:5 Woman Weigh in on Kavanaugh accusation and nail it)
— A former 17-year-old boy
Kavanaugh Hearing Exposes the Utter Insanity of the Democratic Party
Who in their right mind can argue with the above subtitle: "The Left has gone stark raving mad!"?
Who said it? Just about every rational person watching the Kavanaugh confirmation circus.
Here's the most recent outrage:
The Republican leaders have asked again to see the most important piece of evidence — the original unredacted letter submitted by accuser Christine Blasey Ford — that unexpectedly triggered the postponement of the confirmation vote for SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The Democrat ranking member — Sen Diane Feinstein — has steadfastly refused to hand it over to her peers or the GOP leadership.
Not only that, but Feinstein et al. are calling for a new FBI investigation into the matter which the FBI has refused to conduct—there's nothing for them to investigate. It's a 36 year-old case that was never reported in the first place, and Ford herself refuses to testify.
All the while, the growing phalanx of female social justice warrior attorneys surrounding the accuser is making more demands by the day. One would think that these lawyerly feministas are running the Senate Judiciary Committee, so brazen and unprecedented are their unreasonable requests.
KEY POINT: Christine Blasey Ford and her feminazi lawyers who have carried out this charade have profoundly disrespected the Senate and the SCOTUS justice confirmation process. They have made frivolous demands and requested relentless accommodation by the Judiciary Committee regarding her promised testimony that everyone knows are nothing but stalling tactics. Would the Republican majority still cut her so much slack after seeing the photos in Blasey Ford's high school yearbook?
Here's the link that provides the back story to what really went on in the accuser's high school. The exposé also contains many other telling photos of Christine Blasey's high school environment which ought to be seen by everyone.
MBSHELL REPORT: Blaseygate Exposes Shocking Sex & Booze Culture at Christine Blasey Ford's High School
There really is something very wrong with these people!
A quick scan of today's headlines clearly shows that the Democratic Party is so out of control it's scary. Their sheer desperation to thwart the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh is unlike anything the country has witnessed before.
The only conclusion that one can come to is that they have lost their God-given capacity to apply human reason or to utilize common sense. Hence, this obstreperous tribe of political bolsheviks can no longer be allowed to exercise political power in these United States of America. The most corrupt and criminal need to be removed from their key posts within the U.S. Federal Government before they do something really dangerous if not cataclysmic.
KEY POINT: These agents of Deep State have already launched a full-blown soft coup against President Trump with daily black ops and psyops. They have been unrelenting in their brazen attempts to delegitmize the POTUS with every news cycle. The real concern now is that the bolsheviks will conduct a violent coup d'état as a result of so many failed initiative to topple Trump.
The entire Democratic Party has been taken over by extreme left-wing radicals, ultra-liberals, hyper-progressives, socialist demagogues, communist provocateurs and balaclava-covered bolsheviks who bear no resemblance to the party of John F. Kennedy.
Christine Blasey Ford
If there is one ultra-liberal persona who has come to represent everything that is wrong with the Democratic party it is Christine Blasey Ford. Her fastidiously planned charade was carried out as a psyop to disrupt and alter the outcome of what was shaping up to be a slam dunk confirm for Brett Kavanaugh. Ford's every move has exposed her as either a complete fool and/or an unwitting dupe who tried to fool the American people, as well as a tool of Deep State who has ruined her reputation forever.
Blaseygate: A Rogue Faction of the CIA Coordinates a Psyop Against the Trump Administration
Every step of her sex assault allegation has been fraught with duplicity and deceit. So much has gone wrong with this Deep State scheme that they really had to be crazy — collectively speaking — to even try to stage it in broad daylight. Really, how stupid does she (and Deep State) think we are? This purposeful sham had made a complete mockery of the SCOTUS confirmation process. It will never be the same again because of how the cultural marxists have pushed the edge of the envelope. See: Yet another left-wing conspiracy to lampoon the candidacy of Brett Kavanaugh
There's no question that Christine Blasey Ford now has a very serious problem. Once she consented to being the public face of this extremely dangerous conspiracy, she, herself, put a target on her forehead. The Right is justifiably furious with her transparent deception and there are lone rangers everywhere who may act out that anger. The Left, on the other hand, will not be happy until there's blood — LOTs of it — and Ford is the only ultra-liberal hitwoman involved who can draw that blood. Hence, her Deep State handlers have put her future and her life is in very serious danger. There's even a strong case why the rogue CIA would want to suicide her. See: Will the C.I.A. suicide the Kavanaugh accuser?
Perhaps Blasey Ford ought to stay away from water sports for the time being, the CIA loves doing drownings.
There is a very telling exposé which may have the clues as to what really went on here. The underlying theory is that the Left is extremely consistent in projecting their own sins onto their enemies. They have followed this sociopathic pattern with extraordinary reliability over decades. You pick the scandal that the Democrats have fabricated in Congress and you can be sure they are really the guilty party. They know the best defense is an aggressive offense as the whole nation has witnessed with the utterly fake "Trump-Russia collusion" scandal. The real scandal is not only that the DEMs invented it from thin air, they are guilty of collusion with criminal elements in Russia, not the Kremlin. Now it appears that Blasey Ford has perpetrated the very same type of despicable hoax with the likes of Feinstein et al.
How Feinstein is conspiring to destroy Kavanaugh
Perhaps the most damning aspect of this self-made scandal for Blasey Ford is her proven connections to the abortion pill. This piece of the puzzle may very well reveal the whole megillah because of the massive revenue streams that would be put into jeopardy were Roe v. Wade to be overturned by a Supreme Court with a new pro-life judge—Brett Kavanaugh. This radioactive exposé lays it all out: Christine Blasey Tied To Abortion Pill, Big Parma Profits Threatened by Kavanaugh.
The longer this goes on, the worse it gets for the Democrats
The critical point here is that so many Democrat politicos have shown their true bolshevik colors throughout this saga, and it's really much worse than we thought. The Left has revealed just how many certified wackadoodles populate the upper echelons of the Democrat Party. For example, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has really come out of the closet of craziness. As follows:
STUNNING SENATORIAL FARCE: "I believe Dr. Blasey Ford because she's telling the truth" — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Senator Loses Her Mind About Kavanaugh During Prime Time
There is a silver lining in this dark cloud hovering over the Washington, D.C. The Left has gone so far out-of-bounds that more voters are leaving the Democratic Party—-for good. Who would ever want to be associated with such stone-cold bolsheviks. And this is happening quite conveniently just before the midterms. As follows:
My Mom a life-long 88 year old Democrat said tonight she is changing her party to Republican. She said she is thoroughly disgusted with the Democrats and is sickened by what they have become.
She said the Democrat Party is going to be losing many many votes over this. My Mom is very smart and sharp as a wit.
Its over, Democrats, all of Ford's corroborating witnesses have no recollection of this [party].
— Commenter at this ZeroHedge.com link
Then you have another unintended benefit for the Republicans who have always feared being politically assassinated via false sex crime charges without any proof. Blaseygate has brought this exceedingly important and urgent issue into stark relief. In so doing, the American people will no longer permit the Democrats to float false allegations without any evidence whatsoever. See: Blaseygate draws new line in the sand, Democrats can no longer destroy an opponent with accusations without evidence
There is also a HUGE unintended consequence to the Deep State Democrats. They have unwittingly neutralized the most powerful weapon in their political arsenal. They have turned US all into "Bret Kavanaugh". This unparalleled debacle has shown — in glowing color during prime time — the perilous risk that every man in America now faces. As a result, Patriots and Nationalists, Conservatives and Christians, Tea Partiers and Libertarians, Independents and Republicans have coalesced around eliminating this Soros-funded existential threat. In so doing, they have collectively decided that they won't take it anymore.
We are all Brett Kavanaugh!
The older sister of the author is an ultra-liberal leader of her extremely fervent LGBTQ community. She grew up as the most heterosexual (and sexually active) girl in her high school. Then, one day she became a lesbian. From that day forward, she methodically re-wrote her personal narrative so that she no longer remembers her heterosexual past. She now says that she was always a homosexual which is demonstrably false, and the entire family knows it. This highly self-deceptive type of behavior is all too common in the LGBTQ community.
Over the past few years the same older sister has made many public statements on Facebook whereby she claims to have been the victim of all sorts of rapes. I only remember one instance where she claimed to have felt threatened by the father of a high school friend, but was never touched. This single incident eventually gave way to her being a victim of a literal crime wave of rapes and attempted rapes. This is what happens to many of these hyper-progressive Social Justice Warriors when they smell blood in the water. The funny thing is that it always ends up being their own blood in the end.
The crucial point of this personal sharing is that it reflects the strong tendency of the Left to revise history wherever it suits their LGBTQ agenda. Then they repeat the factually false account so often that they start believing it. Then they convince others of the same ilk to believe it whereupon it politically metastasizes and creates a fiasco like Blaseygate.
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Love affair between ride-hailing and bike-sharing
For quite a while now, we can read every month news relating collaborations between bike-share companies and ride-hailing companies. Agreements can vary in content, but we clearly feel that many actors of the shared-mobility sector want to propose a complete solution to their users.
In China, Didi Chuxing is THE ride-hailing giant: they even acquired Uber China in 2016. They also are an early investor in several funding rounds in their bike-sharing equivalent Ofo. In april 2017, Didi Chuxing announced that Ofo's bicycles would be available in their main app, from registration, to account authentication, to payment and even to getting customer support. And remember Bluegogo, formerly the third main dockless bike-sharing company in China, that went bankrupt in late 2017? In january 2018, Didi announced that they "reached agreement with Bluegogo on cooperation arrangements.", meaning that Didi users will have access to Bluegogo's bikes. In fact, all this is part of a clever strategy to take control over the bike-sharing companies. One proof: Ofo and Bluegogo's bike are now available in Didi's app… unbranded! They became Didi's bikes…
Didi's in-app bike sharing option totally obscures Ofo And Bluegogo branding (they're the only two services that have integrated for now). They're all Didi bikes now ???? pic.twitter.com/umgR3cT1jV
— Eva Xiao (@evawxiao) 17 janvier 2018
Wanting to challenge their main concurrent Ofo, Mobike partnered in october 2017 with ride-hailing company Shouqi Limousine & Chauffer to integrate the service into their own app. In addition, Mobike launched in december 2017 its own electric car renting service! Available as a test in Guizhou, a southern province, they aim to develop the service in other cities.
In India, two major ride-hailing companies launched their own bike-share solutions. Ola, the leading local company operating more rides than the world leader Uber in the country, operates a trial dockless bike-share scheme in IIT Kanpur and other large universities called Pedal. In a congested indian city (there is plenty…) you can now choose to avoid it. Zoomcar (which is not a ride-hailing but a car renting company), did the same with PEDL. Here the situation is clear: ride-hailing companies want to take their part of the bike-sharing cake, and propose alternative options to their users.
oBike then announced a partnership with Grab, the leading ride-hailing company across Sout-East Asia. Grab was already a major investor in the singaporean dockless bike-share operator. The collaboration, restricted to Singapore, consists so far for oBike in integrating GrabPay, Grab's mobile payment service, into its app. Further information about this partnership should be released "in the following weeks".
And finally, after a long and controversial procedure, Jump Bikes obtained an agreement to operate 250 E-bikes in San Francisco. It was not the only breaking news of the day, as Jump announced simultaneously a partnership with… Uber, the ride-hailing world leader! Renamed Uber bikes, they will be available through Uber's app for all users, making the demand potentially huge for those 250 bikes.
All these examples show that ride-hailing and bike-sharing are two complementary solutions for the first/last mile trips. The fight is tough between the different actors, with ride-hailing companies developing or acquiring bike-sharing services, bike-sharing companies developing ride-hailing services… And the ties between many companies makes it harder to get the big picture: Didi is an investor in Ofo and Grab; Grab is an investor in oBike; Didi, Grab and Ola are part of a gloabl partnership to fight Uber by working together on technology and services. Difficult to understand all the links and what is at stake, right??
Considering the financial power of major shared-mobility companies, we can imagine that in the future, the major ones will operate all private shared-mobility services in a city, from ride-hailing to scooter or bike-sharing, car-renting and others. Uber, Uber bike, Uber scoot, Uber E-car renting, Uber eats… I really wonder if it would be a good thing, as competition is really needed to improve and develop services…
Perpetual motion in shared-mobility… towards walled gardens
Every morning, when you turn on your computer, I guess you really wonder what news you'll get on the mobility sector. That's how I feel. The current moves from ALL actors (E-scooter/bike/scooter/car manufacturers, shared solution providers, software and tech companies…) are changing the landscape everyday. Focusing on bike-share only, last year saw Uber buying Jump […]


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Thus sang Jonathan Richman on one of the dozen best songs ever recorded, "Roadrunner".
I encountered the same spirits on a soggy Thursday night in Leek. It's not what you expect, really and I would have appreciated fair warning but there it is.
A modest but politely enthusiastic audience was more a reflection of the night rather than 'the turn'. Leek, one of the highest towns in England – 'Queen of the Moorlands', baby – was sloshing about in the remains of the tropical storm which had brought a well-morphed spirit of the Caribbean many miles away from source. This exotic and fantastical weather 'bomb' was well named by the time it reached these climes.
Doris. Queen of the wet and windy.
So one for the hardy, very local or true believers.
First up, support from a local musician and leading light in the Leek Blues Fest – end of last week in September 2017 for those of you young enough to believe in the idea of forward planning – Mike Gledhill, an affable singer-songwriter who played an amiable bunch of self-penned songs, one of which he entertainingly claimed he wrote with J.J. Cale…."he just doesn't know it yet…!" all of which amounted to a pleasant enough starter-upper.
John Lewis is, in his solo incarnation, a revelation from the second he hits the strings. Within the first four songs it is pretty obvious we're in the presence of something a bit special here. His repertoire wanders with total comfort between 1956 rockabilly skeletons, Hank Williams-esque country painfests, straight-ahead four on the floor R'n'B – tinged rock 'n' roll that Chuck Berry made his own, and the prehistoric pop sensibilities of Buddy Holly. How does he manage this?
Well, for a start, this guy has A Voice. And it's usually the voice which lets down a perfectly acceptable 'Americana' (hate the term – but bear with me) act, especially the blues. But this guy has got the whole thing going on. I find it incredible that one bloke's voice can capture the essence of the pained ache of the aforementioned Hank Williams (done badly it just sounds like mawkish sentimentality – and John Lewis doesn't appear to do mawkish sentimentality), the tremulous, vulnerable majesty of Roy Orbison, the mean, gritty swagger of some of the other Sun-era originals like Sonny Burgess, Charlie Feathers et al, and the popped-up sweetness of Buddy and yes, at one point, Elvis and of course, Johnny Cash. Not only that, he is positively expert on a range of guitars that look like they really ought to be nailed to the wall in a museum in Nashville or used as agricultural instruments.
Here is a man who is on top of his game, big style. You don't have the likes of Imelda May helping out on his beautiful celebration of dadness, "Waltz Around the Kitchen", or The Jets providing back-up on some of his recordings without knowing your chops. What I find similarly astonishing is the authenticity which having a 'stamping board' – which looks like a heavily-modified pallet – as your rhythm section. And to keep that going with metronome precision throughout a set which requires a variety of pace changes mid-song can't be easy, not to mention physically exhausting.
What is it about the Welsh? Why do they produce such brilliant rock 'n' rollers? Crazy Cavan and the Rhythm Rockers; the much-maligned Shakin' Stevens; Geraint Watkins; Ricky Valance (first Welshman to have a UK number 1 hit; ask your grandma.) Even Sir Thomas The Jones started out with beat-group derivatives of old-school r and r. And John Lewis sits fairly and squarely in the middle of this tradition. Already. And you feel there's still plenty to come.
Perhaps the best compliment you can pay an artist who features a number of 'covers' in their set is that the originals are not fillers you sit through politely before he chucks in a crackling, impatient "Help Me" or an incendiary "Baby Please Don't Go". By focussing on the fundamentals, family relationships ("Waltz") paying the bills or not ("Money Troubles") or social exclusion ("Not Quite the Not") his own stuff sits in perfect context with a whole range of classics which span early skiffle, work songs, blues and country. Modern sensibilities, mark you; "Money Troubles" is a beaut, naming the beast in a direct and modern setting. I mean, if he was writing 'baby left me and mah mule got lame, lost mah money in a poker game' you'd wonder quite what the point was. So he doesn't.
And that quite stunning voice enables him to interpret an old and well-worn song with vision and flexibility. I mean, "Always on My Mind" sung by Elvis always sounds to me like 'I may not be perfect but regarding our relationship I'm always Elvis Presley.' Sung by Willie Nelson, it sounds like 'I'm nowhere near perfect but regarding our relationship, this is the about the best I can manage.' Here is an interpreter of other people's songs who thinks about what they mean to him, not just his own material, and that isn't necessarily a given.
Note to self; go and see The Real John Lewis, as the microphone stand proclaims, as a trio and see how that changes the dynamic of things. I'd imagine that freed from having to be his own personalised rhythm section there'd be some real pyrotechnics then. And also, must go see him in an over-full, sweaty cave somewhere filled with the drunk and the raucous rather than the sparsely-populated but admittedly lovely high-ceilinged Victoriana of the Foxlowe Centre.
But neither of these things are the artist's problem and neither are they particularly within his control, either.
And the latter might be a nice problem to have. It would be no more or less than he deserves.


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By: Matt Carolan | January 16, 2002
The company on Wednesday blew past consensus estimates for its year 2001 fiscal fourth quarter.
McAfee.com Corp. on Wednesday blew past consensus estimates for its year 2001 fiscal fourth quarter.
The Sunnyvale, Calif., provider of security and other products and services for personal computer users and small businesses announced pro forma earnings (excluding non-cash charges related to stock-based compensation and the amortization of intangibles) of nine cents per share on net income of $4.2 million.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial/First Call were expecting earnings of five cents per share.
In the previous quarter of 2001 McAfee.com reported pro forma earnings of six cents per share, or three cents per share under generally accepted accounting principles. It was the first positive earnings per share for the company since the second quarter of 1998.
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Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $18.6 million, up from $16.2 million in the third quarter.
Benefiting from growing concerns about online security, McAfee.com has seen its share price rise from a 52-week low of $4.75 in March of 2001 to $36.40, and its revenue rise from $46.9 million in fiscal year 2000 to $62 million in fiscal year 2001.
Eighty nine percent of McAfee.coms revenue in the fourth quarter was derived from subscriptions to McAfees online services and software licenses, said the companys Chief Financial Officer, Evan Collins, in a conference call with analysts Wednesday. Paid subscribers were 1,345,000, up from 1,220,000 last quarter, an increase of approximately 125,000.
"This can be attributed in many ways to the awareness generated around security because of major virus outbreaks in the third quarter of last year," said Srivats Sampath, CEO and president of McAfee.com.
Sampath also noted McAfees success in attracting enterprise customers. "MacAfee.com for business, our managed security offering for small to medium sized businesses, launched in April, did very well in this quarter," he said. "I am very happy to note that in the third full quarter of this service going live, we acquired over 1,400 new small-to-medium-sized business customers, up from 1,200 the previous quarter."
Collins said he expects first quarter revenues for 2002 to match consensus estimates of $19.1 million, and that earnings per share will hit six cents on a pro forma basis, one cent better than consensus estimates.
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Faith can be a source of great comfort for people but it can also be a source of tension between people too. And yet look at the underlying principles of all the major world religions and it seems to me that essentially they are all the same.
Think about it. The major world religions provide people with a moral framework and a philosophy by which they can live decent and productive lives. In that sense I think religion is an essential part of civilization, surely? Without a moral framework to which people adhere, all there would be is barbarism.
However each religion underpins the culture of its adherents. By definition culture is simply the way things are done around here. That implies difference between groups of people and of course human beings often struggle to accept difference.
One of the most basic human needs is the need to feel secure. Unfortunately difference tends to makes people feel insecure, which creates a tension. Coupled with the emotional bond people feel towards their own religion this can create significant problems between groups of people, as we have seen all too often throughout the ages.
Yet we are all much more alike than we might imagine. If only we could focus more on those things we all have in common, perhaps the world would be a much better place. Well I think it would anyway.
Here are seven inspirational quotes about religion for you to consider today.
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Oil, Weddings and Exit with Akouba Credit CEO, Chris Rentner
Many entrepreneurs can validate that they have been a part of many different fields, or at least had a hand in a small process of many projects. For Chris Rentner, Founder and CEO of Akouba Credit and Chicago Founder's Circle Cohort 2015, that is an understatement pertaining to his background. Upon graduating from The US Merchant Marine Academy (one of the five federal military academies) Chris entered the world of the oil and gas industry, working for British Petroleum in over 60 countries around the world.
After leaving BP at the age of 25, he founded a logistics company, Chicago Marine Asset Management (CMAM). Generating a few million in revenue in the first 12 months, Chris was on the fast-track to growing his business even further and his success was catching the attention of larger competitors.
After successfully exiting CMAM, Chris invested in an early age startup, WedSocial, a mobile app company designed to help couples plan and execute their entire wedding experience. By advising WedSocial with daily operations, brand strategy and media relations, Chris helped the early stage startup move toward being acquired. Dignitas asked Chris what that process was like and how he and WedSocial approached the challenge of being acquired by WeddingWire in 2013.
"We looked at the market from a competition and acquirers perspective. There were two companies doing something similar to us, one was WAY better funded and the other had built a relationship with a mid tier partner to help drive traffic. We knew we were not going to be the winner in the space but that our technology was better, so we didn't want to get left behind. We reached out to the main players that could acquire our company, pitched a partnership and showed them the holes they had in their business. The goal was show them their issues, and show how we could fix those issues through partnering but then start to really show how acquiring the company would be the best in the end from a value position for them,"Chris stated.
"Be prepared for everything to take much longer and cost more than expected,
even when you are being conservative."
— Chris Rentner
The exit process is different for everyone, but there are two ways you should be looking at your company in this process: retrospectively and prospectively. The first should focus on financials, your business model and historical performance of the company. The prospective is to focus on edge. This means your growth (rate and prospects), technology, lines of sight into high value markets, nature of revenue (transactional vs. contractual, frequency) and the types of clients your business appeals to. All of these factors help tell investors the right story about your company. From there, the key is to find the right market to tell your story to. There are several different markets that could be an option for your company. The graphic below illustrates the different types of buyers that could work for your business.
As we dove deeper into Chris' story, topics of founder's emotions came into play. Exiting can be a complicated and stressful situation for any founder at any entrepreneurial level. Dignitas asked Chris what his biggest challenge was throughout the exit process and what were some factors that he didn't expect?
Chris answered, "Be prepared for it to take much longer and cost more than expected, even when you are being conservative. We actually had to raise money during our M&A deal to ensure we had enough capital to take us through the process."
Some founders look at an exit opportunity as a negative experience. There is the idea that you're leaving something behind that you created or rustling with the feeling of what do I do next? Exiting should be viewed as a successful endeavor. While it has its challenges and perhaps even the opportunity to not happen, exiting should be viewed as an accomplishment, not a failure. At this point, founders have accomplished all they want to and are ready to move on to bigger, more advantageous opportunities. To shed some light on thinking about exiting with a positive perspective, Chris shared his outlook on his process.
"The entire process was actually very stressful. We had limited options and were concerned we would have to fight our competition if we didn't get a deal done with the "A-Level" players in the market. At the end of the day, our product lives on today (3 years later) and has been improved upon greatly since the sale. The rewarding side is knowing people still use the product we built today and the money in our pockets."
By raising capital from the help of friends and family, Chris, and his co-founders started Akouba Credit in 2013 with the idea that there was a better way for small business to receive the credit they needed. Startups were raising capital by lending money directly to individuals, but the Akouba Credit team knew there was a better approach. By partnering with community banks, Akouba Credit provides an automated underwriting platform that helps banks issue loans in under 48 hours with an interest rate lower than other online vendors (between 7-14%).
Almost two years later, Akouba Credit is growing substantially, promoting new employee hiring, a new office and exciting new partnerships. As you can see Chris has come a long way from his beginnings and his success today has relied on making the right decisions at the time the opportunities approached him. What is Chris' advice to other founders?
"If you want to be involved in something, you just have to dedicate yourself to it.
That seems obvious, but unless you put in the work, your business won't become
what you want it to. You have to have passion about what you're doing and
have a true belief that you're doing something good."
Can you relate to Chris' story or have questions about the exit process? Dignitas would be happy to help. Contact info@mydignitas.com to learn more about how we can help you make your next business move. Please share Chris's story below on social media.
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recently, I read one interesting Chinese article online, I really want to share this to most people, so translate it from Chinese to English.
the question is that who will do not replace a new cell phone after using his phone 3 years.
1 the ones who use nokia phones. nokia phone is the "best" phone of the world.
2 the ones who use iphone4 or iphone4s. Steve Jobs will be very proud of iphone4/4s.
3 the ones who only use cell phone to send messages and give calls. these phones are are designed simple, "if you dont use it, it is just something like a brick".
if you ask them why, the answer will be that "there are no reasons, we are just fans"
5 the dawdlers. the dawdlers are so lazy that they dont even want to buy a new cell phone on the web store.


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Whoa. Halfway there.

Last week, I dove deep into Twin Peaks. Here's an explanation / outcome of what I did:
[http://alizauf.herokuapp.com/twin-peaks](http://alizauf.herokuapp.com/twin-peaks)

Going from scraping IMDB, to scraping the scripts to doing the visualization, to making a simple site and putting it up on the internet took a week.

I have more I want to do with the Twin Peaks data, and I really want to learn React. I tried to start this morning but I was feeling deeply unfocused. Tomorrow! Tomorrow. So instead, I did a lot of tiny things. It's funny how the day felt extremely unproductive (it was in terms of large things) and yet I guess I somehow did all of the following:

 - Did a CSS challenge that someone mentioned awhile ago their company uses when testing front-end candidates. It was easy! Nice.

 - Used the NYTimes API to query some articles. Found a letter to the editor that my grandparents wrote in the 90s while searching my last name.

 - Investigated the APIs of the NYPL and a bunch of museums.

 - A random gchat from my brother about idNYC while I was doing that gave me a good idea for a mini project: a twitter bot that tweets out things you can see with your idNYC perks.

 - Set up said Twitterbot. Sent out two tweets from the command line!

 - Spent about an hour reading about unit testing. Wrote a few simple python unit tests.

 - Realized why anagram generators take so long... n! time!

 - Read a lot of articles about Scalia...

**So... despite feeling like I got nothing done today, I somehow did all that.**

Here are a few things I want to do based on my profound rambling today, and I'm not sure the order:

 - Truly tackle React and build out my Twin Peaks epic project.

 - Set up the idNYC bot to tweet from museum archives that are covered by idNYC.

- Get new contests and emails automated for the cartoon website.

- Write unit tests for the cartoon website.


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