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Dane DeHaan Debunks Rumors Of Him Returning As Harry Osborn In 'Spider-Man 3'
Derek Cornell January 26, 2021 2 min read
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Over the past few months, we have been getting a lot of casting and rumors for Spider-Man 3. One of which was Dane DeHaan, who portrayed Harry Osborn in Marc Webb's Spider-Man films, would be reprising the character.
Many of the suspected rumors have turned out to be true; however, these could be wishful thinking and hopes for certain characters to come back.
READ: Angela Bassett Talks Chadwick Boseman; Says They Should Not Recast Black Panther
While it's normal for actors to disregard and/or debunk rumors, every so often they're actually true. Remember, they have to keep tight-lipped about certain aspects of their involvement and debunk any rumors that regard the actor.
No further information has come out but just because he denied involvement doesn't necessarily mean it's true.
Will someone please tell my mom so she can stop asking about this. 🤢 https://t.co/EJXn1YJ4Y1
— Dane DeHaan (@danedehaan) January 26, 2021
Spider-Man 3 is growing quite a cast, as the film is also set to star Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, who will appear as a mentor to Peter, Jamie Foxx Electro, Alfred Molina as Doc Ock, Andrew Garfield as his version of Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane, with Tobey Maguire and Emma Stone both in talks to return in their previous Spider-Man roles. It is also being reported that Charlie Cox will reprise his role as Matt Murdok aka Daredevil.
The majority of the Far From Home cast is all set to return, which includes Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revelori, Angourie Rice, Martin Starr, and J.B. Smoove. It is unknown if Michael Keaton's Vulture, Michael Mando's idle Mac Gargan (a.k.a Scorpion), and Jake Gyllenhaal's Mysterio will all return, but it looks like they are setting up Sinister Six, so are guess is they're back. Spider-Man: Homecoming and Far From Home director Jon Watts returns to helm the third film, with Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal producing.
The third entry in the Holland-led Spider-Man franchise is expected to hit theaters on December 17, 2021.
Derek Cornell
Derek is an entertainment journalist based out of Los Angeles, California. For the last six years, he has been covering everything in film and television and has written for various news outlets, such as The Cinema Insider, That Hashtag Show, Full Circle Cinema, and is now the Co-Editor-in-Chief of The DisInsider. You can him on Twitter @derekcorneii.
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Wave of Anti-Fur Legislation All Over the World
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California, Gavin Newsom, Jeong Mi Lee
On October 12th, Governor of California Gavin Newsom announced that he had signed the most progressive animal rights law in U.S. history, and that bills like AB-44 had been approved on this day. Consequently, starting in 2023, it will be prohibited to
manufacture, sell, offer for sale, display for sale, trade, give, donate or otherwise distribute
fur products such as fur-trimmed clothing, handbags, shoes, slippers, hats, earmuffs, shawls, gloves, key chains, that are made from fox, rabbit, coyote, etc. in the state of California, with the exception of religious purposes or secondhand trades.
Infringement could result in a civil penalty of up to US $500.
Among other bills passed on the 12th are ones in which the use of wild animals, including elephants and tigers, in circuses is prohibited. Hunting bobcats and lynxes is also forbidden.
We enthusiastically support this bill, and consider this a crucial stepping-stone in stirring up a larger global movement that would not only raise awareness of the fur issue, but also of other controversial animal rights topics such as circuses and hunting.
Sales of fur products have already been banned in other U.S. cities like West Hollywood, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and there is a movement to ban fur in New York City, too. Fur production has already been banned for more than 10 years in various European countries: England and Wales (2000) and Northern Ireland (2002,) Austria (2004,) Croatia (2014,) and the Netherlands (2013.) In Switzerland and Germany, production of fur products from foxes and other animals is strictly regulated, and there are a plethora of other anti-fur movements around the world.
However, in South Korea, where the importing and sale of fur products is the highest in the world, most of the fur products are imported from China, where the fur is ripped from the animals while they are still alive.
Even dogs and cats, which we consider pets, are used in fur production.
The amendment to the South Korean customs law, which we have been advocating with Assemblywoman Jeong-mi Lee, to regulate the importation of dog and cat fur, has not even been presented to the National Assembly yet. The South Korean government as well as the fashion industry have been indifferent to the issue of inhumane fur production.
Unless representatives in South Korean politics, media, culture, and other walks of life take the lead in spreading awareness, this issue will remain stagnant.
There are critical misconceptions fostered by deficient and faulty policies, mass media, and popular culture that overlook the issue and generalize that South Korean animal rights laws protect all types of animals, while in actuality, the current laws are mainly focused on animals we consider "pets." Though there are ongoing debates on laws based on types of animals, there still aren't distinctive laws that protect animals that are not dogs and cats. Thus, we're at a stalemate with regards to laws that should be protecting wild and farmed animals as well.
We will continue to strive for the establishment of more foundational laws for animals that are often not in the spotlight, in the hopes that cruel practices such as fur production, wild animal circuses, and hunting are one day banned in South Korea as they are now in California.
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How Marico fought an aggressive giant
In this edited excerpt from 'Harsh Realities: The Making Of Marico', founder Harsh Mariwala writes about resisting the might of Hindustan Lever
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Marico founder Harsh Mariwala (Mint)
By Harsh Mariwala, By Ram Charan
Being an entrepreneur, especially one disentangling from a family business, teaches one many lessons. One lesson that Harsh (Mariwala) swore by was never to underestimate the competition. He had an insatiable curiosity regarding competitor thought process and what the consumer felt about the brand….
Hindustan Lever (now Hindustan Unilever Limited, or HUL) was and is the biggest and most respected player in the FMCG sector. Conditions seemed right for it to expand its product portfolio. The route it chose was acquisitions. In 1993, it acquired Tata Oil Mills Company (TOMCO), predominantly a soap manufacturing company, which also had in its portfolio a coconut oil brand, Tata Nihar Coconut Oil, with distribution mainly in eastern India. Hindustan Lever was the gold standard in FMCG marketing and distribution and the TOMCO acquisition provided it with a beachhead to enter the coconut oil and hair oil segments and expand nationally...
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Hindustan Lever had already proved its mettle as a marketer by unsettling consumer categories. It had done this in oral care. Colgate entered the India toothpaste market way back in 1937. It was the market leader in the oral hygiene market. In the nineties, Hindustan Lever upped the ante with huge investments in advertising behind its toothpaste brand Closeup.
'Harsh Realities: The Making of Marico' by Harsh Mariwala and Ram Charan, Penguin Portfolio, 272 pages, ₹699. (Penguin Portfolio)
Backed by its distribution muscle, it made big strides and rapidly wrested a significant market share from Colgate. Colgate, being a multinational with deep pockets, was able to match Lever's advertising spends and survive the onslaught. Colgate, almost a monopoly till then, had now to contend with a strong competitor forever.
Keki Dadiseth, who took over as the chairman of Hindustan Lever in 1996, built his career on corporate acquisitions. Along with mergers of some of the group businesses, he knew he could strengthen Lever's position by acquiring promising companies…. Prime among these targets was Marico.
War Breaks Out
When Hindustan Lever acquired TOMCO, one of the brands of that portfolio was Tata Nihar coconut oil. Nihar's attempts to grow its share in the coconut oil market (which then stood at 7 per cent) were being thwarted by Parachute (which claimed 48 per cent) and so Lever increased discounts to retailers, giving them a 35 per cent margin against Marico's 10 per cent. Hindustan Lever managers then outspent Marico on advertising by a 2:1 ratio. This amounted to a full-blown assault on Marico….
While Harsh's team was confident that Parachute would ultimately come up trumps, many outside the company believed that the direct assault by a multinational would seriously hurt Marico's long-term future and set the stage for a buyout. If Marico's management did not see the writing on the wall, they risked losing everything. Well-wishers approached Harsh and gave him their advice: take the buyout as an opportunity to sell….
Goliath Comes Knocking
Dadiseth knew how to apply direct and indirect pressure, and how to skilfully stoke fear to close a deal. He was confident they could add Marico to their own portfolio. As the weeks passed, Harsh saw that the situation had built itself to another unhappy consequence. Marico's stock price fell sharply, with the PE multiple slipping to a single digit. The market believed that if Harsh sold Marico, the share price could rise again. Undeterred, he stayed the course.
One evening, Harsh received a phone call at home. 'I am Dadiseth,' the caller announced. He had never met Dadiseth before. A startled Harsh asked, 'How did you get my home number?'
Dadiseth brushed aside the question and made his case. Hindustan Lever was making a compelling offer. Dadiseth hinted at a lucrative sale of Marico with significant benefits for Harsh's family. 'The consideration will ensure that you and the next generations will be well cared for,' he told Harsh. 'You know that we're in the coconut oil market. We're very serious about this. We have a far superior and deep penetrating distribution network,' he continued. 'I'm giving you an opportunity to sell out.'
Harsh demurred, but Dadiseth would not take no for an answer. He backed up his offer with a not-so-veiled threat: if Harsh didn't sell, he would lose everything he had struggled to build. 'Marico will be history,' he told Harsh. Even worse, Harsh's family would pay the price. 'Sell,' said Dadiseth. 'If you don't, you will live to regret it.'
At the end of the five-minute call, Harsh hung up the phone. He was rattled that evening. Sleep eluded him. He had built Marico himself. His vision for it was just as long-term as any multinational's plan. He wondered about the nerve of the caller.
So far, he had received only hints and innuendos. But now here was a direct threat from the antagonist himself.
Harsh woke up the next morning, his mind made up. The threatening call had had the opposite effect: there was no question of selling out. He and his uncle held 65 per cent share holdings. The only way Hindustan Lever could hurt Marico was by causing it to bleed in the marketplace. Harsh was hell-bent on taking them on, well aware that it would be a long-drawn battle….
Harsh's conviction was further bolstered by the fact that his team, like him, believed that Marico could take on Hindustan Lever. Strong rationale lay behind this conviction. Parachute was a high stakes game for him and Marico, comprising about 61 per cent of the company's revenues at the time.
A huge advantage for Harsh was his in-depth knowledge of branded coconut oil: consumer insights, sourcing expertise, a well-established distribution and marketing set-up, and the significant cost optimization achieved across the value chain. In contrast, for Hindustan Lever, this was one among several product categories that they had in India and it was far from being a significant component in their portfolio.…
As anticipated, Harsh discovered that his real competitor inside Hindustan Lever was two levels below Dadiseth. A manager at that level had limited flexibility over his budget—only the CEO could dedicate the budget needed for such a campaign, redirecting resources from other divisions of Hindustan Lever. That meant the multinational could not respond as nimbly as Marico to shifting conditions and tactics. Harsh, on the other hand, could mastermind his game plan, and manoeuvre tactics as per need…
Meanwhile, the brand positioning and packaging re-design of Parachute had been completed. The rejuvenated Parachute brand was launched, backed by big ticket advertising. A massive TV campaign was aired, focusing on the relevance of the sacred coconut in Hindu religion and tradition… The campaign struck an emotional chord with consumers, and Parachute not only strengthened its position, but also notched up a double-digit volume of growth. It reached 18 million households and increased market share to 52 per cent….
Marico's outlet reach was strong in the urban areas but was relatively weak as it went further into small towns and rural areas. It strategized a rural distribution thrust by appointing around 250 super-distributors who would sell, only to retail, in the rural markets and compensated them for the additional costs. With this structural weakness plugged, Marico would march on to build a distribution reach that matched the top FMCG companies in the country.
Another key ingredient in the mix was to enthuse and incentivize the sales force which experienced the Hindustan Lever aggression every day in the market, just like on a battlefield. A war room was created with dedicated telephone lines to get direct information from the field and respond to Hindustan Lever's moves in real time….
As Harsh prepared for battle with Hindustan Lever, Uday Kotak suggested that he should meet Karsanbhai Patel, the founder of Nirma, who had successfully taken on Hindustan Lever in the detergent space. He made a trip to Ahmedabad to meet him. As two Indian entrepreneurs fighting a multinational giant, there was an affinity and willingness to share counsel. Karsanbhai encouraged Harsh, telling him not to back down from the eyeball-to-eyeball fight. He added that in his experience, the Surf-Nirma fight did not result in Nirma losing. Instead the market for economy detergents expanded, with Nirma holding its own. Karsanbhai's advice was to fight on with grit, guts and tactics and a win against the colossus would definitely be within the grasp of Marico…
Finally, Hindustan Lever relented and after an assault lasting over six years, they stopped investing in the coconut oil business. During the period from 2002 to 2006, Nihar's market share in pure coconut oil plummeted from about 15 per cent to 8 per cent. The giant had lost his footing.…
When Hindustan Lever decided to sell Nihar, Harsh was ready... In 2005, Lever invited Marico to its data room at the training centre to start due diligence of the relevant documents… Two days later, Harsh conferred with Marico's board and the directors' stand was clear: they urged him to make an aggressive bid... The bid was upped to ₹216 crore… There was no contest as Marico's bid price was much higher than all others and frankly, even beyond Lever's expectations.
They gifted Harsh a top-of-the-line Mont Blanc fountain pen, with which he sealed the deal.
Excerpted with permission from Harsh Realities: The Making Of Marico by Harsh Mariwala and Prof. Ram Charan, published by Penguin Portfolio.
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Hibbitt: Wolves' return to Europe means everything
Wolves legend and UEFA Cup finalist Kenny Hibbitt is struggling to hide his pride in seeing his beloved club return to European football this season.
The club's second highest appearance maker was back at Molineux on Saturday, joining in the celebrations as Wolves marked 130th years of playing at the famous ground, as one of 10 club heroes.
During his return to Wolverhampton, the European goalscorer spoke about his own experiences of playing on the continent as well as his hopes for Nuno Espirito Santo's side as they take on Braga in the Europa League group stages on Thursday.
On playing in Europe with Wolves
"That was a dream come true for me, to play in major European competition was better than anything I could have expected.
"As a kid growing up in Bradford, it was a train journey to Blackpool or Morecambe for the day as a holiday, and here I was as a 19/20-year-old playing all around Europe. Flying to Turin, Hungary, going behind the Iron Curtain – we did all that, which was something I'd only read about in books, yet I was getting on the plane to go there to play football.
"Football gave me the opportunities to see Europe, and to be playing in Turin, against a Juventus side with World Cup winners in the team, was a remarkable period and I loved every moment of, getting to the final, only to lose out to an English team!"
On playing Spurs in the final
"If AC Milan would've beaten Spurs in their semi-final, we would've won the cup. We went to Juventus and because it was a two-legged affair, I remember John Charles telling us that if we got a result in the first leg in Turin, three or four of them wouldn't come over to England, and they didn't.
"We got a 0-0 draw out there and they had some players who didn't like playing against English sides because we were strong, we were aggressive, we talked hard and we fought hard, and they didn't like that.
"That's why we all believed that if AC Milan would've beaten Tottenham in the other semi-final we would've won it. But Tottenham have always been a pain with us throughout my whole career."
On Wolves' return to European football
"Seeing Wolves back in Europe once again means everything to me. I'm very proud to be a former Wolves player.
"Let's hope we can get to the final of the Europa League once again, and this time avoid Spurs!"
On Molineux 130 celebrations
"To be back at Molineux on Saturday to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the ground and being on the pitch; a fantastic pitch to play on in front of the great supporters who were there in their droves – over 30,000 there again – was fantastic.
"It was special times for me at Wolves and we've been through hell and back over the past 40 years, and the fans have supported us as much as they could in the 80s when things weren't too good.
"Graham Turner did a fantastic job with the players he brought in to get us back into the Championship. This gave the foundations for the managers who followed a chance to get us back to the Premier League.
"Now, we've got money to spend on good players, we've got a great squad of players, a fantastic manager; the whole club is functioning to how we want to see it, and I'm proud to be a former player of this magnificent club, in this current situation – which is only going one way, and that's up."
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A new opportunity has had me thinking that it's time to reinvigorate my old blog.
What better way to do that than to recap some of my favorite projects from the last several months. Read on, and I hope you enjoy!
Shown first, below, is a greeting card I made initially for a craft fair (The Market at the Milleridge) right before Mother's Day, but really — it could be given to anyone on any occasion. The image was originally posted to TheCountryCrab on Instagram, so I noted the main die cutting products to complete the card.
Next up is a custom topiary I made for my second cousin's First Holy Communion.
Seen next, is a framed art piece I just recently sold at a fair. I created the die cut card stock pieces via my Silhouette Cameo using a combination of cut files, and mounted on a fabric backed board. The finishing touch is the beautiful recycled frame I scored at a thrift store in Florida. It was just the right hue of yellow and had such great distress markings on it, I couldn't resist!
The following two cards were creating for family. My nephew, the most darling and handsome boy I know, is turning two this summer. For Valentine's Day, I created and cut the sailboat layers with my Silhouette Cameo, using a variety of digital papers for the sails. I adhered the layers to a rectangle of white card stock, and then layered that to the yellow card base, with a bright blue polka dot ribbon peeking out from underneath. For the other, I used the Sizzix Tim Holtz Tick-Tock Bigz die and die cut the shapes in cobalt blue card stock and a Kraft/red plaid patterned papers. A little strip of twill ribbon was glued to the base.
This is the card I presented sis and brother-in-law for their anniversary this year….right before they enjoyed a brief "joyeux anniversaire" in romantic Paris. Ah, amour! That black and cream base is flocked and added such a soft, luxurious feel to the card. The oval frame was cut from a digital french dictionary page using Sizzix Oval Framelits. The Eiffel Tower image was created in Silhouette, by using the sketch pens on cream card stock, then adding an external offset around the image. Dimensional adhesive foam dots were used to adhere it and the Taylored Expressions sentiment (It's a Banner Day 2), and black grosgrain ribbon with a tiny metal key finding was tied to the front.
Lastly, this cute little framed piece was made using an SVG file in Silhouette. I sized the image to fit into a charming little wood frame I got at an antique shop, and cut from plain white card stock. The backing is a beautiful blue toile fabric paper. I hated cutting into it, but it had the perfect bucolic scene needed for these two gazing (and grazing?) bunnies!


Samantha and David chose to get married at The Inn at Barley Sheaf, a beautiful wedding venue nestled in the town of Holicong in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The Inn features the main manor house, an outdoor wedding gazebo and acres of beautiful gardens. If you're visiting the area, The Inn at Barley Sheaf is only a short distance from New Hope, Pennsylvania, which is a wonderful town I grew up visiting quite frequently.
I absolutely adore shooting in Princeton, New Jersey. The architecture is gorgeous, the Princeton University Campus has an endless supply of nooks and crannies to shoot in and the whole experience of getting to walk through such a historic town makes for a great photography session. If you have never been, you simply must visit the Princeton University Chapel. The interior of the church is simply gorgeous. If any brides and grooms are reading this and are getting married at the University Chapel, please contact me, because I would LOVE to shoot there!
Samantha and David did great during their engagement session. One of the most important aspects of any shoot is to be comfortable with who you are and to be comfortable with your partner. If you are relaxed I can guarantee your photographs will turn out beautiful. If you're looking for a Princeton University Engagement Shoot please feel free to contact me at [email protected] and I will be happy to answer all your questions about pricing, weddings and engagement shoots and how my coverage works.
Samantha & David walk hand and hand through the Princeton University Campus.
David had no problems smiling for his photographs. Samantha made sure to keep him laughing during their entire engagement session.
Princeton has the most beautiful cherry blossom trees. They were a perfect backdrop for Samantha's portrait.
There was simply no need to pose Samantha & David. They were completely comfortable with each other and it shows in their images.
I enjoy shooting very shallow depth of field. It brings your eye right to the subject of the photograph, which in this case is our loving couple.
I can't say enough about the Princeton Campus. There are an endless supply of beautiful areas to shoot with. For this image, I placed my couple in a cute little scene and let them interact with each other. Real interactions yield the most natural moments.


At our 2018 Annual General Meeting we will be voting for the proposal to change the by-laws to our Royal Charter. For members unable to attend the AGM we are conducting an online vote so that as many members as possible can have their say in this important decision.
All members with a registered email address will be contacted by Mi-Voice, the organisation managing the vote on behalf of the Royal Society of Chemistry, inviting you to vote electronically.
Requests to submit or update your email address are now closed.
We must receive your postal ballot request by 17:00 on Wednesday 13 June 2018.
If you experience technical difficulties updating your email address or requesting a postal ballot then please contact Mi-Voice, the organisation hosting the nomination site. They can be reached at support@mi-voice.com or on +44 (0)2380 763987.


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On this special episode of the "VinePair Podcast," host Zach Geballe speaks with Misty Kalkofen, director of education for Another Round Another Rally, and Kevin Denton-Rex, head of mixology and education for Pernod Ricard USA, about the origins of the BarSmarts program as well as how it's been revamped to meet the needs of today's bartenders. Tune in for more.
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Zach Geballe: In Seattle, Washington, I'm Zach Geballe, and this is the VinePair Podcast. And today, I have the pleasure of being joined by two preeminent members of the drinks industry. I have Kevin Denton-Rex, who's the Head of Mixology and Education for Pernod Ricard USA. Kevin, thanks so much for joining.
Kevin Denton-Rex: Very happy to be here, Zach, thank you.
Z: Of course. And Misty Kalkofen, who is the Director of Education for Another Round Another Rally. Misty, thank you so much for being here.
Misty Kalkofen: Thank you so much for having me.
Z: Yeah. It's going to be a really interesting conversation. We're going to talk about something that I love dearly and we don't always get to on the podcast with as much frequency as I'd like, which is service and how it's done well. So let's start, actually, with the both of you. And maybe, Misty, you can start out by answering this question. Can you give our listeners a little bit of background on yourself, how you got into the bar industry and what you're doing now?
M: Yeah, of course. I grew up in a hospitality family. When I turned 16, my dad was like, "It's time to get a job." And so I went to the restaurant where my sisters were working and got a job as a bus person and never really looked back. All the way through college and graduate school, working in hospitality was the best choice for me because it didn't interrupt my classwork, etc. And that's how I got into bartending. I got this great job at a nightclub, where I didn't have to be at work until 8, and I'd be home by 3 a.m, and I could get all my studies done and I just fell in love with it, to be honest. I finished that master's program but really never looked back because I realized I'd found a job that I really loved. And there are so many people in the world who never find that. And it's been just a wild ride since then. Twenty-plus years on the bar and then working for Del Maguey Mezcal for about 10 years before turning my attention now to education working with the hospitality-focused nonprofit Another Round Another Rally.
Z: Excellent. And Kevin, same question for you.
K: Not too dissimilar from Misty, I was working at a restaurant in Ithaca, New York while I was going to school. And I did that through undergrad and grad degree also, and it was something that truly changed my life in the best possible way. I learned to appreciate the people that were making and serving food. I learned to appreciate the people that were washing the dishes, the people that were working the door. All those things were instilled pretty early on in school, and then I worked for the Municipal Regional Planning Organization in Philadelphia as a city planner for a couple years, and that wasn't for me. So I started back in hospitality in New York City around 2004 and concurrently was playing in a bunch of bands and touring and stuff like that. So that old thing where you played clubs, and then worked at bars is a really good life for a 20-something person in New York City. And then just as the industry was changing around me, I feel like I was in New York at that magical moment where mixology bloomed and happened, and I remember going to Milk and Honey early on and being like, "Holy cow, this is different." And it got its hooks in me. I just wanted to learn more. I was very lucky to be around a lot of those folks early on. I took the first BarSmarts course and then just never looked back, kept going with it. And I made the jump over to working on the brand side about seven years ago. So it's a life pursuit at this point.
Z: Very cool. Okay. So we're going to start with maybe the hardest question I'm going to ever ask a guest because it's so broad, but I think you two are both very well equipped to answer this. So maybe, Kevin, starting with you, what in your eyes are some qualities or characteristics that make someone a good bartender?
K: So I think, and we talk about this in the program, there's lots of good bartenders out there, and then there's great bartenders, and then there's amazing bartenders.
Z: Okay, well, maybe you can delineate.
K: Yeah, I would be happy to because I think that the distinction is important, but being a good bartender is showing up and doing your job capably, which I know sometimes we feel like that's difficult. But there's a lot of folks out there that do a good job. They show up. They're clean. They do the job dutifully, and that's what's expected. But great bartenders are there because they love it, and they can anticipate the needs of their guests. And even if their day isn't going great, they're there to help you have a better time to either celebrate those important moments of your life or to help you forget about those bummer moments, even for a little while. And then I think all of us on this call have probably been in the presence of amazing bartenders. And those folks have this preternatural sense for, not only anticipating your needs but for making every person that walks through the door feel special, feel seen, feel important. The drinks taste better. The food tastes better. The music sounds better. All of these things come to life when you're in their presence, and that special sauce for making an amazing bartender is probably beyond the scope of what we talk about at BarSmarts, but it's a magical thing to behold and I think certainly something to seek out.
Z: Misty, is there anything you'd add to that answer or elaborate on?
M: Yeah, I think that I would add on the aspect of what makes a great, amazing bartender as part of a larger team— because an experience for a guest to be really out of this world takes an entire team to be involved. And so a really great or amazing bartender is very cognizant of how they're working with the other members of their team and recognizing how their actions or inaction are going to affect the other members of their team so that they're not… You can be focused and be a really great bartender with one guest, but if you're doing it in such a way that it's making the other members of your team suffer, then there's a lot of guests who are probably not getting a good experience. And so a great or amazing bartender is really cognizant of their role in the overall operation of the entire establishment, and that's equally as important, and it's something that as guests, we don't always recognize and that's when you know you have a great or amazing bartender because they're doing it. They're moving well. They're in that flow, that dance behind the bar with their coworkers in a way that really seems effortless.
Z: Yeah. I'm wondering, too. This actually just prompted a follow-up in my mind. So is the definition of a great or even amazing bartender going to be also somewhat defined by the kind of bar they work in? I would wonder if someone in some of the cocktail bars, Kevin, that you mentioned that first drew you into the industry, what constitutes great or amazing bartending there might be different than in a neighborhood bar or even a dive bar where you maybe just need to do the job differently.
K: I feel like, like beauty, greatness can be found everywhere. And some of my favorite bartenders… Yeah, pretty good, right? I just came up with that.
Z: You must have practiced that one.
K: This stuff just comes out. I think that my favorite bartenders are neighborhood bartenders because they are the ones that know how to facilitate those good times. I think what Misty said is so spot on, that there is no individual great bartender. It's a team of people who allow each other to be great, so I would never say you have to go to the best bar in the world in order to find the best bartenders. I think just walk down your street, and that might be where that person is, and they most likely aren't going to reveal how great they are at first blush, which is what's so great about amazing bartenders — they can be in the background. They can be out front. They're all things.
Z: Very cool. So, Misty, let's shift gears just a little bit here and talk a little bit about some of the origins of BarSmarts and where this whole program came from, what it's set out to do and what it has done to this point, maybe. I know that's, again, a big, big, meaty topic, but we'll try and steer the ship a little bit if we have to.
M: Okay. Definitely. Well, BarSmart started in the fall of 2008, so obviously, it has a long history, and it was a partnership between Pernod Ricard and Beverage Alcohol Resource. And for those who don't know about Beverage Alcohol Resource, it's partners of BAR, as it is shortened as, are luminaries in our industry. I don't think there is a great or amazing bartender out there that doesn't count one of the partners as a role model. And so the partners of BAR are Dale DeGroff, Paul Pacult, Steve Olson, David Wondrich, Doug Frost, Andy Seymour. They've really touched so many lives, literally as far as mentors and role models, but through BarSmarts, they reached over 150,000 young bartenders or bartenders across the U.S. and beyond. And so it had two components. There was an online component, and once you successfully completed the online, you were invited to participate in one of the live components that would happen several times a year in various cities around the country, where there would be an opportunity for learning through seminars and tasting. And then in the afternoon, there would be a written examination and a practical examination where you would be making drinks for one of the bar partners or one of us who were working in the back of the house to make all of the nuts and bolts happen throughout the day. And it was pretty amazing because Kevin was talking about how fortunate it was to be living in New York and being a part of the scene as Milk and Honey was opening and everything. But in 2008, if you were living in New York, you had access to these amazing cocktail bars. But in smaller cities, that wasn't necessarily the case. You might find a few people who were interested in it and really trying to make a scene happen and take place, but it was a very young scene in most of the country. And so to really bring this education around and have these opportunities for young, excited bartenders to meet other people that were interested in elevating the craft was creating a really amazing atmosphere. But also giving them the opportunity to interact with people that they've been reading about and learning from, whether it was through books or online space, and have an opportunity to socialize with them as well was really inspiring and really started to create these small scenes throughout the country. And for me personally, to see the communities building, and for me to be able to reconnect with the other people that were working back-of-house with me, we were all growing together, those of us who were working and those who were attending as well. It's been very, very special and touched a lot of people over the last, 2008, do the math, 15 years.
Z: Obviously, you mentioned 150,000 people participated. So many people listening to this are going to have come in contact with BarSmarts in one form or another. But for those who haven't, I know you talked about the in-person component, but even just the online component, what were some of the skills and information that was being conveyed in that format for people that were, as you said, especially in the early days, just didn't have as much access to the beverage information and content that's now more widely available?
M: I think one of the things that was really remarkable is that the information around how to taste a spirit because that's something that, unless you have access to some of the really amazing, expensive programs that are out there that really require you to go and spend weeks with them, that wasn't something that was really being taught to the average person. And so to really be working with some of the best tasters in the industry, we're talking Steve Olsen, Paul Pacult, Doug Frost — they're amazing. And to have them really be training you on what to look for, whether or not you liked the flavor, to be able to discern whether what you were tasting was a good distillate or not, and what to look for in a good distillate in various categories. And I think that's a really basic component that is not necessarily taught all the time. And so that was something that I think really set a really great base level of knowledge for the people that are now creating beautiful back bars across the country.
Z: Okay. So, Kevin, now, when do you get involved with BarSmarts? And what does it look like at that point?
K: I was brought on board for this program in 2017 and it was full steam ahead. We were about to celebrate the 50th live event and coming up on 10 years of the program. So I think many of us have been in this situation before, where you have total imposter syndrome and are like, "Wow, I am way out of my depth here. What am I going to do?" And I do want to take this opportunity to call out a few people on the Pernod side who really brought this to life. Sean Kelly, who deserves so much credit for being the backbone of this program for so long; Laura Piazza; Michael Parker, who's still with us. He was the admin of the program from day one. There was a village on either side, on the brand side and the bar side, and the larger community of folks that were helping out, like Misty, etc. There's all these people, and this machine was already humming along really, really effectively. So I focused on not getting in the way, and that's a hard thing for some people to get their head around. But I just wanted to learn. I wanted to support. I wanted us to continue to reach as many folks, as Misty said, that don't have that immediate access to something like that. In the conversations that I'd had with the partners, it was like, "Let's figure out the little markets to go to that maybe don't make the most financial sense as far as 'You're going to get a ton of people and they have a great bar scene.'" You're there to build. You're there to connect and spread this love that was distilled by all of these folks. So we went to a lot of different markets, and then one of the first things that I wanted to do was make sure that we translated the program into Spanish because that felt super important to me to make sure that we were reaching as many people as possible and leveling the playing field a little more.
Z: And then, of course, I don't want to take this necessarily purely chronologically, but it would be sort of silly to have this conversation now, as we're having it in September of 2022, without acknowledging that the world of bartending, the drinks world has been pretty meaningfully upended by Covid-19 and a lot of what went on, and so we're here going to talk in a moment about some of the newer and relaunched elements of BarSmarts. But just in terms of what that early period of time was like, in terms of just maybe even wrapping both of your heads around what BarSmarts could be in this, maybe not totally new landscape, but modified landscape, maybe one or both of you could talk a little bit about some of the changes that have come out of this last two and a half year period or so, and say ways in which the changes that have happened to the bar industry and bartending as a profession have helped shape the current version of BarSmarts.
K: I'll jump in here because we were set to do a BarSmarts advanced course in Providence in April, and then everything shut down, obviously, around February, March. And we all were asking, "What do we do?" Just like everybody else. So we made the decision to make the online program free to out-of-work bartenders on March 17, 2020. And I reached out to all of our global affiliates and said, "Listen, for what it's worth, this program is going to be for free for the foreseeable future. We would love to get everybody taking this course that wants it." And within seven days, we had added 40,000 people around the world, so it just shows the immense appetite for bartender education. It shows that this program is important that people know about it, which was really awe-inspiring. But since we had so many new people taking it and we had so many people commenting to us about what they liked and they didn't because everybody was sitting around, so they had plenty of time to sit on their computer and tell us what they thought, which was the big catalyst for, okay, we need to have some structural changes here to how we approach the online portion of this. Because what passed in 2008 wasn't… And we made an update in, I guess, 2014, but the world had changed. The world had got a lot more savvy, and particularly online education, not just for bartending, but for everything was so much more advanced and so much more… It was less about being able to stare at a screen for as long as you can and read as much as you can and more about the way people consume information today, which is scrolling and watching videos. And most bartenders, maybe school wasn't their main gig. So you have to allow people to learn in different ways and at different speeds. So we took a lot of those comments to heart when we started to reengineer the program.
Z: And, Misty, for you, with your long involvement with BarSmarts, when it comes to revamping or just looking at a program like it and assessing both the legacy but also recognizing that any program that is going to remain vibrant and vital to the industry needs to adapt and evolve, were there specific things that you said, "Hey, we really need to work on making sure that this component is really up to date and feels really relevant?" Because I think one of the things that I would imagine is challenging, is that the drinks landscape does change relatively rapidly, even setting aside things like global pandemics. Things do change, but, of course, the fundamentals don't. So what have been some things that you feel like have been really important to highlight in this revamping process?
M: Well, I definitely think technique and tools are things that change very, very quickly, and so they definitely needed an upgrade. I think that even every three to four years, there are going to be things that we need to reevaluate because think about just, let's say, ice. How we were using ice, the ice we had available in 2008, and now, going out in just about any bar that has a craft cocktail, no matter where you are in the country, you're going to find an amazing ice program with large cubes and things like that. So the way you work with those different types of ice is different. So we have to constantly be recognizing that people need to know those techniques and how to work with the tools that are most relevant at that particular time. So I think that's a big thing. But I'd also like to go back to the previous question a little bit because I think one of the things that's very obvious in how Covid-19 impacted our industry is that we lost a lot of people. A lot of people left the industry because they recognized there wasn't a safety net there for them, necessarily, and so we're seeing such a young group of people coming into the industry right now, which is super exciting. Anytime you have a new generation coming in, they're coming with a fresh perspective. Us old guard, maybe we're seeing the same things and just thinking the same things over and over again. To have this young, youthful energy is really exciting. But they're coming in and being thrown into positions. And a lot of the managers, because they're so short-staffed, are saying, we just don't have the time to train. So really thinking about what are the tools that you would need, not just to move forward with the proper tools and techniques, but coming onto a bar, having never worked in hospitality before or even as a bar back, what are the things that you need to know? I think that was even more important coming out of Covid-19 than staying up to date, up to date, up to date just because our industry has changed so much.
Z: Yeah. And I'm wondering, hospitality is, I think, a thing that we've talked about a little bit on this podcast before and certainly chatting about this episode as we've been planning it. I wonder, hospitality, it is one of those things that is, I think, sometimes hard to talk about because it's such a thing that you feel as both a guest and, frankly, as a person working in an establishment, in the same way, that, Kevin, you said earlier, that beauty can be found anywhere or perhaps great bartending can be found anywhere, I also think that great hospitality can take on so many different forms that understanding it or defining it in any one way is tricky. So, Misty, for conveying both the importance of hospitality and maybe how to provide great service, what are some ways that BarSmarts does that while, of course, acknowledging that any given bar or restaurant setting is going to demand a certain kind of hospitality that another one might not?
M: Well, one of the things that I really loved as far as being part of the new BarSmarts was the opportunity to have Kevin interview me on video because he had really thoughtful questions as far as how to get out from all of us who participated what is hospitality because, like you said, there's no one thing. What is the definition of hospitality? It depends on who the guest is. It depends upon what night it is. It changes for every single person, but it's a recognition of more than anything about how to read the cues of your guest because they set the tone for what their expectations are, and then you have to rise above them in order to be good or great. And so I think really having those conversations with lifers, those of us who have been in the industry for a while, to really talk about what our experiences have been. Knowing that those experiences aren't going to be the same for every person but you can learn from them and you can take the nuggets that are going to help you to be a really great bartender and recognize opportunities to go above and beyond with your guests.
Z: Yeah, that's really cool. And, Kevin, it sounds like you guys spearheaded some of this. What were some of the takeaways for you in talking to people like Misty about hospitality?
K: Where do I begin? Misty had the whole studio crying, it was amazing. For me, it was super important when designing the program that we had someone that was able to speak to every type of bar experience. So, folks that worked in casual dining, like chain restaurants, in neighborhood bars, in fancy pants cocktail bars — someone like Misty who has done the gamut of the experience. And in crafting the hospitality section, the course is divided into basics and professional, and hospitality is a subset of the professional module. I knew there was no way to tell a young bartender — or any bartender, for that matter — what hospitality is. It was better to present folks that are like them having a conversation or talking about their experience in terms of different subjects. So whether that's collaborating with their team or building a diverse team or building regulars, all of these subjects that matter to us in this business and then having folks riff on it a little bit and then providing some study questions at the end, which a lot of places will do pre-shift. Bars and restaurants will get together and have a meeting about the night and talk about what to expect. I threw in some questions so that you can watch this module, you can watch this shorter clip of people talking about hospitality, and then you can answer some questions as a group. And I think that's a more conducive way to understand this emotional terroir that is hospitality rather than having someone dictate it to you.
Z: One piece of BarSmarts that I think is important to note, even if in some ways it's… I don't even want to say it's not the part that people are always excited about because I think there is a part of this that is compelling, and I agree with that. And that's the element of the bartender as this person who has a lot of responsibility in an establishment. You not only are responsible for making drinks generally and serving guests, but also for ensuring that you and the guests walk a line between enjoyment and safety, for lack of a better word. Alcohol is an intoxicant, and it's important that the people working at bars and serving alcohol have a real understanding of that role that they play in people's enjoyment and safety. And so how does that play out in BarSmarts without being… I think sometimes that can be the part of the conversation that seems un-fun.
K: It seems un-fun, but the dialectic of being the person who is helping to create the party and also the one that is making sure the party is under control, it's like that Spider-Man line: "With great power comes great responsibility." I feel like there's a lot of folks that really take pride in that and respecting the shift. To quote one of our luminaries in the industry, you have this awesome job. And a young bartender, maybe they think it's cool to give their friends free drinks and misbehave and stuff like that. But I think a lot of young folks are like, "This is my career, and I want to take it seriously. And I love that I can be the good time for so many people. I love that my job is to spread joy." That's so cool. What other job is your primary focus to bring joy to others? It's one of a kind. But the responsibility that comes along with that is the point of differentiation, again, between a good bartender and an amazing bartender. But I'm sure Misty has something much cooler to say than that because you're so good.
M: Oh, well, I agree with everything that you just said, but one of the things I really want to call out of what you said is that you said the word career, right? And one of the things that I love about the new BarSmarts and just this commitment to education that we're seeing throughout the industries, it's really a recognition that this is a profession. It's a career. Any of the old guards, like myself, how many times did somebody come in and say, "But what else do you do?" Because it was just that bartending was just supposed to be this means to something else that was going to be your real job. And it's really this recognition now that this is a career, it's valued as an honorable profession, as it should have been the entire time, and I think with that, you are willing to take on and recognize the responsibility that comes with that. But it also results in these really cool changes on a personal and professional level as far as how you're willing to advocate for yourself and your role and how as an industry, we're willing to organize as a community for rights, such as a living wage and health care, and that's something very different than when this all started in 2008. There were some of us who really felt a career profession. We were feeling that in our blood, but it wasn't the way that it is now as far as even the guests recognizing it as an admirable career and professional goal and path. And I think that's super important, and it changes the amount of responsibility that you're willing to take on because of that.
Z: Very cool. Well, this has been really interesting. I want to leave people with just a little bit of basics on how they get involved. So, Kevin, if people want to get involved with BarSmarts, what do they do?
K: You just head to BarSmarts.com. And if you're an individual, you can just sign up as an individual. We haven't changed the price since 2008. Try to make it super fair for everybody, given the work that we put in. And then if you have a venue or multiple venues, you can sign up under what's called Staff Certified, just fill out a short application. And what's great about that is you can track the progress of your team. There's a global job board so you can post open roles. You can track your team's progress. You can reward them. There's a profile function. You can build out your resume and then be able to share that with potential employers. The program's going to be live in Spanish in October. Lots more to come. My role continues to be to stay out of the way and let this thing keep chugging along. Our goal is to get it out to as many folks as possible and just continue to evolve the program to suit the needs of the industry because that's our responsibility.
Z: Awesome. Well, Misty, Kevin, thank you so much for your time. Really cool to hear about the history of BarSmarts, where it is now, and a little bit about where it will continue to go in the future. So thank you so much for your time. Really appreciate it.
M: Thank you so much.
K: Thank you.
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Rustburg shuts out New Kent in state Class 3 softball final
Rustburg scored in the top of the seventh inning to register a 1-0 victory at New Kent for the state Class 3 softball championship Saturday afternoon, completing an undefeated season.
The Red Devils' Eden Bigham edged the Trojans' Gracie Ellis, who has committed to Randolph-Macon, in a pitchers' duel. The loss kept New Kent from capturing its first state softball championship; the Trojans were the Group AA runners-up in 2007 and the Group A finalist in 1990.
Bigham, who recently completed her junior year and has committed to play for the Virginia Cavaliers, pitched four perfect games this year — including a 4-0 state semifinal home victory against Lord Botetourt. Her mother, Katie (Phillips) Bigham, a standout pitcher for Liberty University in the late 1990s, is Rustburg's head coach.
Amid off-and-on rain all day, the game was delayed with the Red Devils (19-0) batting in the top of the third. When the game resumed, the pitchers continued to be in control until Rustburg's breakthrough for its first state title since the Group AA championship in 1997, its third in five years.
In the seventh, Emily Coates singled to right field, stole second and went to third on Maggie Mayhew's bunt. Carly Hudnall then lined a ball to center field and Coates beat McKenna Mueller's throw home.
Bigham shut down a New Kent offense that had scored 41 runs in four playoff games, including a 7-0 semifinal victory Wednesday over Skyline.
New Kent runners occasionally reached base via walks or being plunked by pitches, but the Trojans never could get an RBI hit. In the seventh inning, Bigham struck out the side despite a one-out single to right field by Addi Rowe.


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5 Ways You've Missed Out On Sales Without Social Commerce
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Dig you know that social commerce represents 5% off all ecommerce sales? Social traffic has dramatically increased over the past few years, with leading think tanks finding that growth has surpassed a whopping 300% since 2012 up into the present day.
Social sharing and purchases have spiked by over 9%, revenue has seen uplift that's exceeded 18%, and referrals alone have generated over 200% more site traffic. From an SEO standpoint, over 90% of ecommerce stores now enjoy better rankings simply due to the Google algorithms that factor in the presence of social signals.
As it relates to the holiday shopping season, the most profitable time of the year for the ecommerce industry, a crowdtap poll found that 65% of people use social media and social searches to find gifts for their family and friends.
These statistics by themselves serve to illustrate the strong role that social media has in our lives today. So how can social media help your online store get more conversions today? Here are five ways that you are missing out.
1: No Presence On Facebook
Facebook is, by and far, the most popular social commerce channel out there, and one of the oldest, too. This social behemoth influences as much as 39.3% of all holiday purchases that are referred by social media, to give an accurate example of its might and muster.
Videos on Facebook generate over 1 billion views daily, explains a Marketing Land study. And comScore says that Facebook gets 1 billion more views than YouTube each month. By failing to advertise your product or brand on this social media channel, in particular by using video advertising, you are already missing out on a cash cow.
Shopping cart hosts like Shopify already offer direct integrations for Facebook ecommerce. With 53% of millennials relying on Facebook to find their next purchase, it's easily the top contender in this industry.
Here are four more reasons why you should maintain a strong Facebook presence and be featuring your products and services on this social engine.
Facebook also accounts for 64% of all US social media buy button referrals.
54% of consumers rely on Facebook to find out about new brands or learn about buying opportunities.
74% of US personal care brands maintain a strong presence on Facebook.
95% of US department store brands maintain a Facebook page.
The real proof in the pudding is the sheer dominance that Facebook has in regard to display ad impressions, as it relates to other top contenders. By and far, Facebook gets top billing, as is demonstrated in the chart we've included below.
2: Failing To Embrace Video Ads On YouTube
While Facebook very well may be getting more video plays, Google's YouTube service is still the reigning king of the video ad world. If you have not yet considered creating video ads for rotation on Google, you can add this entry to the list of times that you missed out on sales from social commerce.
According to a Business Insider report, 50 million people are now using their smartphones and tablets to watch video, accounting for 15% of all online video viewing hours. YouTube is growing in popularity with each passing day, with channels like Machinima attracting over 200 million viewers; as compared to major networks like HBO, which attracts just 30 million viewers.
But just how large a beast is YouTube anyways? Current statistics show that approximately one-fifth of all mobile internet traffic comes from YouTube, with a nice percentage of desktop traffic going its way, too.
Over the past three years, YouTube has grown by 40% year-over-year, amassing hundreds of millions of hours watched and billions of views daily.
YouTube's partner advertising revenue has increased by 50% year-over-year.
95% of major advertisers also advertise on YouTube due to strong referral traffic.
Rights holders have earned over $1 billion since the Content ID program was launched in 2007.
To further sweeten the pot, according to information that was culled by Sharaholic, YouTube has the healthiest referral traffic of all the social media giants. The report found that referral traffic from YouTube attracted the longest time spent on the referring site, and generated the highest amount of pages viewed with one of the lowest bounce rates, too.
3: Ignoring The Twitterverse
Twitter is another commonly ignored social engine by e-retailers, but it really shouldn't be. With over 1.3 billion active users, Twitter is one of the biggest players in the social media game, according to Expanded Ramblings. It routinely attracts over 120 million unique monthly visitors. Daily, over 100 million people are on the site, each with an average of 208 followers. Simply put, this is astounding for a micro-blogging engine.
As of 2014, Facebook was still commanding the lead by a large margin. But this does not mean that you should ignore the potential for strong sales and healthy referrals on Twitter, either.
Several reasons exist for this logic of thinking.
Twitter ads cost less and can get you more clicks for fewer dollars spent as compared to Facebook ads.
Twitter Cards offer a unique and interactive way to approach online ads, and differ from Facebook and other social engines.
68 industries await you with custom tailored analytics and rich demographics to choose from.
Twitter is ranked in third place for most valuable referrals from social commerce traffic.
Twitter users tend to remain highly active and are very responsive; they are always connected and updated via their mobile device.
4: The Tumblr Effect
A newer entrant in the social media gambit is Tumblr, a live blogging engine that was recently acquired by Yahoo! for $1 billion. If you have never heard of this website, make sure you take a look and check it out. It's grown from being a relatively unheard of name to becoming one of the larger players in the social commerce industry.
But just how large is Tumblr, and why should you be concerned about missing on out sales from it? Here are a few candid reasons why.
People spend 14 minutes longer on Tumblr than they do on Facebook or Twitter.
35% of people on Tumblr earn at least $50,000 per year.
Tumblr has grown over 70% in the past three years, and continues to get bigger each year.
Over 40 million of the site's visitors monthly are based in the U.S.
Tumblr is in the top-ten for most visited sites monthly in the U.S., receiving over 30 million visitors each month.
More than 120,000 people sign-up for Tumblr each day.
Over 900 posts go up on the site each second.
With virtually identical view rates between Tumblr and Facebook, it makes sense to consider this newer social engine for your advertising metrics. Back in 2015, Ad Week predicted that Tumblr ads would generate over $100 million that year alone.
The service offers a variety of ways that you can advertise your products, and also functions as a viable social bookmarking engine and re-blogging service. As such, it should be a viable part of your approach to social commerce.
5: Lack Of Social Logins
Previous to this paragraph, we really let you have it as far as all of the times that you missed out on sales due to a lack of a presence or a lack of advertising on social media channels. But this time around, it's actually in regard to your website. Of course, social media is still involved. We're talking about sales that you have missed out on due to not offering a convenient social login for your customers.
A social login is a method that you integrate into your ecommerce site that allows visitors to create an account by logging in with their preferred social engine. Now you may be wondering just how preferred this method is, because some stores offer a guest checkout and others force you to fill out long forms just to complete a transaction.
Here's the thing, the most current shopping cart abandonment rates hover around 65%. With the majority of people who visit your site already abandoning the shopping cart, the last thing that you want to do is make it more difficult for them to complete the transaction. With a social login, you appeal to over 70% of shoppers, who want a streamlined and easier, seamless shopping experience.
Offering a social login helps to reduce cart abandonment rates and improves your organic marketing by enabling you to more easily build your newsletter and email marketing list in tandem. Experts estimate that over $18 billion is lost each year simply due to cart abandonment, something that you can curb when you add a social login to your store.
As you can see from the chart above, most people prefer to login using their Facebook or Google accounts, with the remainder being scattered between various other social engines. Assuring that you have at least these two social logins present can help you decrease cart abandonment by making a simple update to your online store.
We leave you with this helpful infographic that can empower you to make a few simple changes so you can decrease cart abandonment and start getting the conversions you deserve.


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What are the best mechanisms for the City to fund its current and expanding transportation infrastructure needs?
The City of Lincoln seeks ideas and consensus on how to address current and future infrastructure needs. When making decisions that have a huge impact on the future of the City, the Mayor believes residents should be at the heart of the discussion.
Lincoln is a growing and thriving city. Many issues facing our transportation infrastructure were identified as part of the City's Long-Range Transportation Plan. The same growth that boosts our local economy and provides opportunity for our residents also puts a strain on its existing infrastructure.
To help answer some of the transportation related questions facing our community, the Mayor appointed a Citizens' Transportation Coalition. The members of the Coalition included a broad cross-section of Lincoln residents, business owners, advocates, and policy makers. The Coalition developed recommendations outlining the infrastructure priorities for residents of Lincoln and the revenue tools the City could use to pay for them. The Coalition was open to new ideas and innovation in this endeavor and will act as an independent deliberative body.
The Coalition met over a five-month period; took public comment and heard from technical experts; and review documents, system analysis, and budget needs as well as revenue generating mechanisms. Supported by City staff, the Coalition dove deeply into the transportation infrastructure issues facing the City. The Coalition delivered its final recommendations to the Mayor on Janruary 11, 2018.


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Tag: female filmmakers
Review: Fire of Love
September 1, 2022 September 1, 2022 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
Fire of Love (2022)
Director: Sara Dosa
You don't expect a documentary about volcanos to begin in freezing temperatures, but in the first scenes of Sara Dosa's enthralling new feature, Fire of Love, married volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft struggle to free a jeep mired in icy slush. Farther down the road is a fiery pool of molten lava. Much later in the film, they trudge through the gray ash of a recently erupted Mount St. Helens, a setting that looks cold even though it is baking hot. Both landscapes seem unreal, even with Maurice and Katia in the frame. Their footage is so remarkable that I would have watched a 90-minute slide show of their photographs. Fire of Love is much more than that, but the film and photo archive is at the heart of the story, and it's where Dosa looks for clues as she tells the story of the Kraffts' career, one that was inseparable from their romantic partnership.
Read the rest at The Common
Posted in documentary reviewTagged documentary, female directors, female filmmakers, film, Fire of Love, movie reviews, Sara Dosa
Review: Bitterbrush
Bitterbrush (2022)
Directed by Emelie Mahdavian
In recent years, female filmmakers have been carving out a space for themselves in the American West, redefining a genre and a place that is has historically been depicted as the terrain of lonely male cowboys and vigilantes. There have been period pieces like Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff and First Cow, as well as contemporary stories set in the west, such as Chloe Zhao's The Rider and Nomadland, and Reichardt's Certain Women. These films bring a new realism to the western as they widen the lens to center female characters and to incorporate themes of friendship, romance, and community.
Posted in documentary review, reviewsTagged Bitterbrush, Cowboys, Cowgirls, documentary review, Emelie Mahdavian, female directors, female filmmakers, film, Idaho, Western
Review: Petite Maman
April 26, 2022 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
Petite Maman (2022)
Writer & Director: Céline Sciamma
Petite Maman, Céline Sciamma's fifth feature-length film, following 2019's critically acclaimed Portrait of a Lady on Fire, is a time travel story that reminded me of one of my favorite movies from childhood: Back to the Future. Aesthetically, the two have very little in common—one is an art house movie with unknown child actors, the other a somewhat goofy studio feature starring Michael J. Fox—but at the narrative core of both films is a deep psychological wish that many children harbor: to know their parents when they were younger. In Back to the Future, a teenage Marty McFly accidentally travels back in time to meet his parents at the beginning of their high school romance. In Petite Maman, eight-year-old Nelly stumbles into a kind of woodland passageway through which she can visit her mother's childhood and play with her mother as an eight-year-old girl. In this alternate reality, Nelly also interacts with her maternal grandmother who, in Nelly's present-day timeline, has recently passed away.
Posted in movie review, narrative movieTagged Celine Sciamma, female directors, female filmmakers, female screenwriters, Petite Maman, women directors
Documentary Review: In the Same Breath
December 21, 2021 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
In the Same Breath (2021)
Director: Nanfu Wang
As Omicron descends, this is the documentary to watch–or avoid–depending on your temperament. Director Nanfu Wang takes viewers back to the earliest days of the pandemic, opening with eerie footage of New Year's Eve celebrations in Wuhan, where thousands of revelers, some of them likely already infected with Covid-19, mingled in close quarters, sang, cheered, danced, and generally did everything we've been avoiding for the past two years. Wang herself was there, celebrating with her family. On New Year's Day, a stray news item caught Wang's attention: eight people were punished for "spreading rumors" about a new form of pneumonia that had emerged in local hospitals. The punishment was the headline, not the pneumonia, and it wasn't a big story. No one gave it much thought, even Wang, who was preoccupied with her return to the U.S. where she is a naturalized citizen. It was only in retrospect that she realized she had witnessed the Chinese government's early response to the threat of Covid-19. Her documentary takes a close look at the Chinese government's failure to communicate the dangers of Covid-19 to its citizens and to the world, and compares it with America's response, three months later, which was dispiritingly similar, with political leaders downplaying the virus until the very last minute.
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Posted in documentary review, reviewsTagged Covid-19, documentary, female directors, female filmmakers, HBO, In the Same Breath, Nanfu Wang, women directors
Documentary Review: Through the Night
September 28, 2021 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
Through the Night (2020)
Director: Loira Limbal
I didn't have much awareness of overnight childcare centers until I watched Through the Night, a documentary about a married couple, Deloris and Patrick Hogan, who run Dee's Tots, a 24-hour daycare in New Rochelle, New York. Sadly, I don't think my ignorance is unusual, and is likely shared by the many members of Congress who have consistently declined to fund public childcare, even after the pandemic revealed how necessary it is to working parents. Although not overtly political, Through the Night is quietly radical as it shines a light on the work of caregiving. It's highly skilled labor that is essential to the health of children and families, yet childcare workers are often overworked and underpaid. To the extent that the government has childcare policies, they are designed to fit a model of a nuclear family with one stay-at-home parent. Director Loira Limbal shows the reality: many parents (usually mothers) are raising children on their own, and their jobs do not offer the pay, benefits, or flexibility to accommodate child-rearing.
Read the rest over at The Common . . .
Posted in documentary review, reviewsTagged childcare, female directors, female filmmakers, film review, Loira Limbal, PBS docs, Through the Night, women directors, women in film
Review: Girlfriends
May 7, 2021 May 7, 2021 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
Girlfriends (1978)
Director: Claudia Weill
Writers: Claudia Weill and Vicki Polon
I'd heard about this movie's status as an under-seen classic but now, after seeing it, I have to believe it is one of the most influential movies of the 1970s. With its quirky, artsy, twenty-something female lead and documentary-style camerawork, it is strongly reminiscent of early-aughts mumblecore, even down to the set design. I can't imagine Joe Swanberg's films without Girlfriends, and I'm sure it informed TV shows like Sex & The City, Girls, and Fleabag. Its theme is female friendship, and it follows two roommates, Susan and Annie, whose lives go in different directions when Annie decides to get married and moves out to live with her husband. Meanwhile, Annie has to find a way to cover the rent while also pursuing a career in art photography. Frances Ha clearly borrows from its structure, so much so that I now see Frances Ha as something close to a remake of it, but that just goes to show how universal this story is. In an interview at filmmaker magazine, director Claudia Weill said she wrote it (with screenwriter Vicki Polon) because she didn't see herself in movies, and apparently Weill had to carry around rolls of the film from studio to studio in order to sell it — just as Susan, a photographer, lugs around her portfolio from gallery to gallery.
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Posted in UncategorizedTagged Claudia Weill, female filmmakers, female screenwriters, Girlfriends, It's My Turn, Melanie Mayron, Thirtysomething, Vicki Polon, women directors, women screenwriters
Review: The Forty-Year-Old Version
October 17, 2020 April 29, 2021 Hannah Gersen3 Comments
Writer and Director Radha Blank
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
Written & Directed by Rahda Blank
I finally caught up with Radha Blank's debut feature after hearing good things about it all year long on Twitter and elsewhere. It premiered at Sundance and the buzz that followed it reminded me of the excitement that accompanied Greta Gerwig's Ladybird. As with Gerwig's debut, I was rooting for it, but worried it wouldn't live up to the hype. But a great movie has a way of making you forget the chatter and even your own expectations. From the first scene of this joyful, layered story of self-creation, I found it hard to believe that it was Blank's first film. It is so assured, and wears its influences so lightly, that it feels like the work of a much more seasoned filmmaker.
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Posted in narrative movie, reviewsTagged auteur, Debut, female directors, female filmmakers, female screenwriter, Forty-Year-Old Version, Netflix, Radha Blank, reviews
My Quarantine Binge-watch: Hillary
April 30, 2020 June 13, 2020 Hannah Gersen2 Comments
Hillary (2020) ★★★1/2
Director: Nanette Burstein
Streaming on Hulu
Ever since Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election, I've been somewhat obsessed with her, reading interviews and post-mortems, as well as Clinton's own memoir about the 2016 campaign, What Happened? I also read Amy Chozick's memoir, Chasing Hillary, about covering both of Clinton's presidential runs for the New York Times. When I heard that Nanette Burstein had made a 4-hour documentary about Clinton's life, I didn't think I'd be interested in revisiting material that I already knew so well. At the beginning of the quarantine, I gave the first episode a try, but it didn't grab me, especially when I saw how reliant it was on first-person interviews with Clinton, as well as Amy Chozick. I felt like I'd already heard from both of them and I wanted a new perspective.
But then quarantine started to wear on me. I kept thinking about what this period would be like if Clinton were president. . . Continue reading "My Quarantine Binge-watch: Hillary" →
Posted in reviews, UncategorizedTagged documentary, female directors, female filmmakers, Hillary, Hillary Clinton, Hulu, Nanette Burstein, Sundance, Sundance 2020
UPDATE: 2020 Movies Directed or Written by Women
April 23, 2020 October 9, 2020 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
I'm reposting this movie calendar, since a lot of the release dates have shifted over the past couple of months. The blockbusters and big-budget pictures have been delayed, but many independent films are having digital premieres. I'm hoping to catch with some of them over the next few weeks . . .
In the meantime, here's my ongoing list of 2020 movies written or directed by women. These are mostly narrative films, but I've thrown in some documentaries, too. I've included specific dates when available, and some color-coding to help make sense of all the postponements and streaming changes due to quarantine.
BLACK = theatrical release/virtual theaters
GREEN = originated in and/or intended for theaters, now available VOD
PURPLE = originating on a specific streaming platform, i.e. Netflix, HBO, Disney +
Continue reading "UPDATE: 2020 Movies Directed or Written by Women" →
Posted in lists, UncategorizedTagged 2020 movies, female directors, female filmmakers, female screenwriters, film, movies, women directors, women screenwriters
Hysterical Girl Lets Freud's Dora Tell Her Side of the Story
March 22, 2020 February 21, 2021 Hannah GersenLeave a comment
Originally slated for SXSW, the New York Times is now streaming Hysterical Girl, a documentary short about Freud's classic case study, Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria. Writer and director Kate Novack argues that instead of being a case study of sexual repression, Freud's Dora is actually a classic example of how men ignore, misinterpret, and cover up reports of abuse from girls and women.
I just watched it and was impressed by how many ideas it crammed into 13 minutes. The movie is anchored by a dramatic monologue that uses Freud's own notes to give voice to Dora's side of the story. The monologue is illustrated by a rapid collage of hand-drawn animations, images and clips from classic films and TV shows, and snippets of news coverage about Anita Hill, Christine Blasey Ford, and other women who have stood up to men in power.
Posted in documentary shorts, UncategorizedTagged documentary short, female directors, female filmmakers, feminism, Freud, Kate Novack, metoo, SXSW 2020


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Tonya Robinson
Vice Chair & General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance, KPMG
Tonya Robinson serves as Vice Chair and General Counsel–Legal, Regulatory and Compliance at KPMG LLP. As a member of the firm's management committee, she oversees the Office of General Counsel, Office of the Chief Compliance Officer, Office of Government Affairs, and Firmwide Security. She also serves as the Secretary to KPMG's U.S. Board of Directors and, in that capacity, is responsible for firm governance matters. In addition, Tonya, as Head of Legal and Compliance for the Americas Region, serves on the Americas Management Committee.
Before joining KPMG in 2017, Tonya served as the Acting General Counsel and, before that, Principal Deputy General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), serving as legal advisor to the Secretary and principal-in-charge of a legal office of nearly 600 professionals in HUD's Headquarters, 10 Regional Offices, and 40 Field Offices. Prior to her federal agency service, Tonya was Special Assistant to President Obama for Justice and Regulatory Policy at the White House. As Special Assistant to the President, she focused on a broad range of civil and criminal justice policy matters, including, for example, fair housing issues, sentencing reform, voting and election reform, and workplace equality. She also managed several interagency processes, including convening the President's National Equal Pay Task Force, which included the key federal departments and agencies focused on ensuring that American workers receive equal pay for equal work; co-chairing an interagency working group charged with addressing employment opportunities for individuals previously involved with the criminal justice system; and co-chairing an interagency roundtable to explore ways to leverage civil legal services to promote access to housing, education, employment, health care, and an array of other positive outcomes.
Prior to her service at the White House, Tonya was a partner at the international law firm WilmerHale LLP. Her practice at WilmerHale focused primarily on complex civil litigation and investigations, including Congressional investigations, as well as discrete civil rights matters. Tonya started her legal career as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Following her clerkship, she joined Wilmer (then Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering), where she worked on a range of litigation matters, including the ground-breaking University of Michigan affirmative action cases, Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger. She left Wilmer in 2001 (and later returned) to work as counsel to then-Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, where she focused on a mix of legal and policy issues, including corporate governance matters. Her work for then-Senator Biden marked Tonya's fourth stint on Capitol Hill, having earlier worked as a legislative aide to Senator Terry Sanford (NC), Congressman David Price (NC), and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (TX).
Tonya holds a B.A. degree in Public Policy Studies and a Certificate in Women's Studies from Duke University, where she also served as president of the undergraduate student body. She also obtained a post-graduate degree in African Studies from the University of Cape Town in South Africa as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar and her Juris Doctor Degree from Harvard Law School.


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Who Is P. Reign?
ByDharmic X
Dharmic X writes for Complex Music
@DharmicX / Google+
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Drake is a master strategist. Capping off a wildly successful 2013 which saw him win a Grammy, have Kanye West acknowledge him as a "Rap God," and take over the charts with his latest album, Nothing Was The Same, he set the stage for 2014 with a line off one of his end-of-year releases. On the "We Made It" freestyle, Drake put the world on notice: "OVO, Reps Up, and P. Reign is next up/Watch Gway go crazy."
This is not the first time Drake has referred to Galloway's P. Reign. On a 2009 song, "I'm Still Fly," he said, "My brother P. Reign knows we fuck with the same hoes/Plus he taught me how to spot an officer in plain clothes." Their relationship goes much deeper than that. Drake has been in Reign's corner throughout his career, taking him on the Away From Home tour across Canada in 2010 and helping him with his legal issues.
Legal trouble has been an obstacle in P. Reign's rise for years now. He has been battling drug possession and weapons charges for over five years and while most of the cases have been dismissed, they've prevented him from crossing the border into America. He's still trying to work out his situation, even as he released songs like his A$AP Rocky-assisted "We Them Niggas" last year. At the very least, it has resulted in a unique journey to stardom and has set the stage for his aptly titled upcoming project, Dear America
We hooked up with P. Reign to talk about his early beginnings in the music industry, his relationship with Drake, and Dear America. With Drake declaring him next up, it's time to find out Who Is P. Reign?
As told to Dharmic X (@DharmicX)
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Q: How can I switch order of 2 div using css only? I'm wondering how can I change the order of those 2 divs for mobile users only using css (or js) only (PHP is not an option because I'm using full page caching). and that should happen for variable products only (I think the lower div has a different class name for variation product so I think it should not be a problem)
This is the page:
https://bonmedico.net/products/bandages-orthoses/stato/
And this is a screenshot showing the 2 divs I need to switch places: https://ibb.co/mMdYw9

A: With flexbox you can change the order of divs inside a wrapper div.
Using @media queries you can do that dependent on the screen size.
I made a simple code sample. You should be able to adapt it.

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alternate earth
alternate earth - Stories
01-Spark
By albertnothlit, in Fiction. 04/27/2015 (Updated: 06/29/2015)
It was close. Humanity almost destroyed itself. Among the ruins there's only one Island city which still has technology the rest of the world can only envy. The entire city depends on spark. If anything were to happen to it… Well. it's better not to think about it. My name's Rick. I'm a Peacekeeper in that city. My city. I'll defend it from anyone who tries to destroy our source of spark. Even if it's a secret agent, deadly and cunning...
Thriller/Suspense, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
0300 Book 1 1. 0300
By David McLeod, in Fiction. 07/08/2013 (Updated: 09/25/2013)
psionics
Three Earth Analogues come together in "0300 Book 2." Here are beginnings of two of them.
The sequel to 0300 Book 1, formerly published as "Finding Danny," updated and revised.
Adventure, Sci-Fi
This is a continuation of "0300 Books 1 and 2," and parallels the second of those.
A Changelings Tale
By comicfan, in Spring - It Wasn't Me. 03/06/2012 (Updated: 03/06/2012)
A creature of Faerie sits down to tell their tale to a captivated listener. However, when the tale is done, things might be changed forever.
A Companion for all Time
By dianjin, in Fiction. 06/18/2015 (Updated: 06/10/2016)
Welcome to Elathia, a world where humans live on 8 islands that float in the sky. Capital Island is rich and orderly, while Zarch is, well, the exact opposite... A tale of magic and wonder to find oneself.
Drama, Fantasy, Creative Non-Fic
A Day in The Life of a Seer
By comicfan, in Fiction. 04/06/2014 (Updated: 04/15/2015)
What would your life be like if you could always see the future? Would you do your best to alter everything or knowing you could only save a few would it affect you? Meet Tom Cleary, this is his life.
Thriller/Suspense, Sci-Fi
A Different World: Part 1 - The Siege of Penthorpe Keep
By ValentineDavis21, in Fiction. 04/26/2018 (Updated: 11/19/2018)
Set in a mirror version of the 14th century, Paladin's plague has turned the world into a wasteland. With time running out and a war brewing, Commander Gil'eppsie races for Pen'thorpe Keep; mysterious dark forces are at work, and Catholicism is on the rise.
Fantasy, Historical
A Ruby by any Other Name
Wendy is a bit of a witch, and to be honest she so is not having a good day. What happens when Wendy's powers take over?
A servant's duty.
By NightOwl88, in Fiction. 04/07/2011 (Updated: 04/07/2011)
Amos and Byron have been friends since they were young but as they grew they has to assume their roles in life; Byron as a young noble and Amos as his man servant.
Through the years they each harbored a secret love for each other, something they both had buried due to thier positions.
The time is almost right though that secret to be uncovered. Can Byron over come a year of pain and guilt? Will Amos stay long enough to discover what he has known for nearly a decade?
Adamagika: The Spirit Within 1. Adamagika Series
By Hamen Cheese, in Fiction. 01/03/2011 (Updated: 04/11/2011)
Adam is a sixteen year old mage cast out from his village by a people sworn to hate and destroy all magic in the world. He is thrust into a world with people like him and has embraced magic as a good in the world. Now living in the city of Arantiva, he discovers that he is not truly happy until a boy much like him comes into his life. But with this chance meeting comes a web of secrets, lies, and prophecies that bind him and his new friend closer than he could have ever imagined...
Adventure, Fantasy
Aglanthol 1 - The Legend of Khaalindaan
By Dolores Esteban, in Fiction. 01/03/2012 (Updated: 01/24/2012)
The mighty wizards Khaalindaan and Norlorn fought the final battle. The Aglanthol wizard Norlorn won. Khaalindaan's spirit, however, is only banned for a thousand years. Once released, it will aim at Aglanthol's destruction. The time is over. The time for Khaalindaan's return has come. Only one man can stop him. The wizard Neldor, the royal soldier Qildor, his friend Magath, and the old woman Gwyn are getting involved in the fight.
Aglanthol 2 - Side Stories (The Legend of Murdock etc.)
Aglanthol 2 - Side Stories
01 The Legend of the Ancient Town
02 The Legend of Murdock
03 Gwyn's Silver Casket
Aglanthol 3 - The Castle of Saelethiel (The Law Cannot Be Shaken)
Ogol, the mighty Khalindash wizard is driven by thirst for revenge. He wants to seize a magical tool that is hidden in the Western Mountains. Ogol lived in secrecy for twenty years. Now he feels close to his ultimate goal. The wizard Neldor, the royal soldier Qildor and his friend Magath set out and chase him and the guardians of the Castle of Saelethiel are called to enforce the law.
Aglanthol 4 - Tyrnae (Journey to the Otherworld)
Prince Lyaris has disappeared. Inspired by the false magician Zhoron, the young prince set out to find the gate to the magical realm of Tyrnae. However, only the chosen ones may enter the otherworld and leave it again. Aaron, unhappy in love with the prince, sets out to find Lyaris. The wizard Neldor accompanies him.
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