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Jeremy Wolf RA Work
Mode Effects
Web Panels
Web Survey Design
Field Experiments
Wygant 2005 finds that incentives (in this case, entrance into a drawing for multiple $100 awards) consistently improves response rates in the context of a college campus. Across three modes (paper, phone, and web) response rates were consistently higher when the incentive was mentioned.
Goritz 2006a conducted an experiment (or really, a series of six experiments) focused exclusively on the use of cash lotteries as incentives in online panels. These experiments involved a control group to which no incentive was offered, as well as two versions of the cash lottery incentive: one in which the total payout of the lottery was mentioned, and another in which the lottery was presented as divided into multiple prizes. Goritz points out that one advantage of offering incentives in the form of a lottery is that expenses are capped, as the total prize money to be awarded is determined in advance and is not dependent upon the response rate for the panel (unlike per capita awards). She cites previous meta-analyses (Goritz 2006b) indicating that lottery incentives significantly increase response (OR=1.19) and retention (OR=1.26). However, she also notes that the studies involved in this finding used a number if types of lotteries, of which the cash lottery was only one. She cites a number of other studies, with lottery incentives ranging from $10 to $50 (in groups of tiered prizes), which show an extremely wide range of effects on retention (OR between .98 and 2.60). She sums up the evidence she presents as showing that cash incentives tend to increase response rates in Web-based studies that do not involve panels. However, the present study examines panels specifically, addressing two hypotheses:
1: Panelists included in a cash lottery as part of a study are more likely to respond to this study than are panelists who are not included in a cash lottery. That is, the response rate is higher with a cash lottery than without any incentive.
2: Panelists included in a cash lottery as part of a study are more likely to stay with the study until the end than are panelists who are not included in a cash lottery. In other words, the retention rate is higher with a cash lottery than without any incentive.
She also addresses the question of the way in which the cash award should be distributed with two additional hypotheses:
3: Raffling one big cash prize rather than splitting the lottery into several smaller prizes influences invitees' likelihood of responding to a study.
4: Raffling one cash prize rather than splitting the lottery into multiple prizes influences respondents' likelihood of staying until the end of a study.
The method was as follows:
Six experiments were conducted in a university-based, opt-in online panel (cf. Couper, 2000). The panel had been in operation since 1999 and contained people from all walks of life. Most panelists had found the panel through banners, search
engines, links on other Web sites, newsgroups, or word of mouth. New members could continuously sign up with this panel. Approximately 10% of the panelists had been recruited on the basis of probability samples using e-mail, fax, and letter (cf. Göritz, 2004b).In each of the six experiments, experimental groups were offered a cash lottery as incen- tive for participation, and a control group was not offered any incentive at all. In each experiment, there were two different versions of the
cash lottery. In Version 1 the payout of the cash lottery was mentioned as one lump sum prize, and in Version 2 the lottery was announced as being split into several smaller prizes. The two versions of the lottery did not differ in expected value.
The respective incentive information was mentioned in the e-mail invitation. There were two dichotomous dependent measures: invitees' response status (responded or refused) and respondents' retention status (retained or dropped out).
The study found essentially no statistically significant results in any of the six experiments:
In each of the six experiments, the control group's response and retention rate was com- pared to the averaged response and retention rate of the two lottery conditions. Next, the two versions of the lottery, which differed in the number of prizes but not in total payout, were contrasted with regard to the response and the retention rates. With one exception, no statisti- cally significant effects were found in the six experiments. In Experiment 4, the response rate in the 4 × €25 lottery (39.0%) was significantly smaller that in the €100 lottery (45.7%), φ = .07, n = 927, p = .04. However, because as many as 24 statistical tests were performed, this one effect might have been significant because of chance. To find out whether the six experi ments were underpowered to detect any small effects, the individual studies were meta-analytically summarized.
Thus, none of the four hypotheses enumerated above are confirmed by this study. Goritz concludes with the following:
To conclude, in nonprofit online panels with occasional studies, cash lotteries relative to no incentives do not reliably increase response and retention in a study. Moreover, the attempt to significantly influence response and retention by splitting a cash lottery into multi- ple prizes needs to be regarded as failed.
Finally, Gatny 2009 points out that, if one decides to use incentives, reloadable debit cards may be a more cost-effective way to distribute them than checks.
Wygant 2005 - Comparative of Analyses of Parallel Paper, Phone, and Web Surveys: Some Effects of Reminder, Incentive, and Mode
Goritz 2006a - Cash Lotteries as Incentives in Online Panels
Goritz 2006b - Incentives in Web Studies: Methodological Issues and a Review
Gatny 2009 - Using Debit Cards for Incentive Payments: Experiences of a Weekly Survey Study
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This would be easier to do if Google Analytics would support negative lookahead, but unfortunately it doesn't.
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As you can see, the complexity increases as the length of the words you don't want to match (in this case 4 characters) grows.

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Being a true LSU Tigers fan is a lot of work! With Bye week getting close it's time for you to take some time with friends and family to say 'Hello' to Florida's Space coast.
Kick off your day watching an amazing sunrise on the beach. After you have soaked in the beauty, you and your friends should head to the Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier for the best libations with a view.
No trip to Florida's Space Coast complete without a trip to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex- A little east of the most popular Orlando attractions and theme parks, NASA's launch headquarters is the only place on Earth where you can view the Shuttle Atlantis, tour launch areas, meet a veteran astronaut, see giant rockets, train in spaceflight simulators, and even view a live rocket launch.
After Kennedy Space Center run an audible to Brevard Zoo or the Historic downtown Areas.
At the Brevard zoo you can kayak through Africa or zipline on the Treetop Trek through South America, over gators and crocs. Adventure around animal exhibits, see the animal residents up-close and personal. Let a giraffe eat right from your hand, pet a rhino, touch a baby gator, or have colorful lorikeet birds land on your arms.
The Historic Downtown Area boasts several historic downtown areas located in Titusville, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie and Melbourne. All of these districts are great destinations for dining, shopping, catching a play, perusing an art gallery or just taking an afternoon stroll. These hearts of their prospective cities also host free events regularly.
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Archive for the Realm of Haunted Minds Category
The Realm of Haunted Minds Forever a Classic Treat
Posted in 2015, Realm of Haunted Minds, Review with tags 2015, huron turkey farm, Living Dead Girl, Rob Zombie, romulus, The Realm of Haunted Minds on June 6, 2016 by bluefall8
By dollar and distance it's hard to best The Realm of Haunted Minds at the Huron Turkey Farm in Romulus. The place has never undergone a major overhaul instead change comes in drips and drabs. The country store has retained its humble but powerful atmosphere and the miniature town, just outside the haunted attraction, is still an interesting, fun and somewhat eerie curiosity that I will always take a few moments to explore. This year there was a two-story castle with an attached slide. How am I supposed to resist that?
The haunted attraction itself featured a simple but effective facade and as always has been the case, the wait to enter The Realm of Haunted Minds was very short. As it was with my most recent visit in 2013, patrons must listen to a series of instructions and rules delivered by a holographic bust that I have affectionately dubbed Ghoulface. When his booming monologue had concluded we boldly stepped through the unique iron maiden entrance.
The strong suit of The Realm of Haunted Minds has always been the application of haunt fundamentals — a solid, unpredictable layout reinforced by tight passages, hanging visual obstructions, engagement of the tactile sense and well-timed jump scares. These elements can comprise a strong foundation for a haunted attraction of any size and shape.
As we roamed the haunted attraction, the driven sound of Rob Zombie's Living Dead Girl blared through the speakers and that, ladies and gentlemen, is always a good thing. A few scares of note included the chained zombie who broke free of his bonds near the beginning of the haunt and his cell-bound counterpart near the end of the attraction who surprised us when he breached the enclosure. Each of these scares was well-timed and seemed to be direct reactions to the taunts we had hurled at the monsters and there's not much I love more at a haunted house than improvisation and interaction.
Elsewhere inside The Realm of Haunted Minds, we enjoyed a cretin in a sheep mask who surprised us in various ways from inside of a cage. There was also an unsettling doll shrine. And best of all was a frenzied, cackling clown who shot out of of drop panel as if powered by a piston! We would later discover this same harlequin delivering scares amidst the miniature town outside, and would you know it, he was kind enough to pose for a few pictures.
Realm of Haunted Minds & The Extreme Scream
Posted in 2008, Extreme Scream, Hallowblog, Realm of Haunted Minds, Review with tags dark horse award, extreme scream, homer, homer mill, huron turkey farm, Lon Chaney, michigan, realm of haunted minds, romulus, taylor, The Phantom of the Opera on September 16, 2014 by bluefall8
This entry was originally posted on Sunday, October 12, 2008 and chronicled an enjoyable night of haunting that took place at The Realm of Haunted Minds in Romulus and Extreme Scream in Taylor.
This particular trip through The Realm of Haunted Minds would later notch the 2008 Horrorlust Dark Horse Award.
On October 4 (the Saturday before last) the same group of haunters that survived the Homer Mill one week prior braved the terrors of two local attractions: Realm of Haunted Minds and The Extreme Scream.
Jason, John, and Cherette arrived at my apartment just past dusk and we set out for Realm of Haunted Minds at the Huron Turkey Farm in Romulus. When we arrived the area was nearly deserted but the sound of Michael Myers' haunting music reassured us that the ghastly denizens of RHM were awaiting the arrival of some unlucky souls. There was a type of country store in which customers purchase their tickets and the decorations here were noteworthy. A number of realistic, life-size dummies dotted the walls on the left side of the room one of which appeared to be Lon Chaney's portrayal of the title character in the 1925 production of The Phantom of the Opera.
After buying our tickets we hit the grounds were various clubhouse style buildings dominated the landscape, we would explore these after we exited the Realm of Haunted Minds. Upon entering the haunted house guests listen to the wisdom of a slightly creepy animatronic wizard. The haunt features a recurring theme of hallways speckled with neon paint and lit by black light; I think it works fairly well here achieving a disorienting effect without seeming repetitive or disjointed.
One major drawback was the timing of the actors, often off it served as a double dose of disappointment when paired with lackluster deliveries which plagued numerous workers. However, one particular actor was dead set on precision. After being herded down a narrow passage guests approach a turn to the right that forces them to crouch very low to the floor; all would've been fine if it hadn't been for a hungry, undead girl stooped in the corner. The position of the corner and the low ceiling forces the haunt goers to come face-to-face with the frightening creature who barred her teeth in a menacing snarl. As we passed she made her desires known stating, "I want to bite your ankles". She proceeded to follow us through several rooms, dragging her body across the floor as if her legs were useless. Her persistence was appreciated and I thought it only proper to offer her a just reward, shaking my exposed ankle at her as we rounded a corner I said, "Earn your meal biatch." She didn't just steal the show at RHM; she made the show and will no doubt be remembered as one of the top actors of the haunt season.
The rest of the haunted house featured passable if not forgettable scenes perhaps the most awe-inspiring was the room that contained a massive Frankenstein strapped to a medical table. I also was struck by a hallway that featured a high arching ceiling with bright pink tube lights running up either side of the walls and crossing over guests' heads. As with the Homer Mill there was a "Womb of Doom" just prior to the end of the haunt. Upon exiting haunters wind their way through a small maze comprised of wooden fence posts. We eventually escaped the maze albeit by questionable means when Jason insisted on ducking beneath a wooden structure and barreling through a rather small opening between wooden planks, that opening needless to say increased in size once we had made our hasty exit.
The Realm of Haunted Minds has potential. It's a great place for someone looking to get into the spirit of the Halloween season who isn't quite prepared for the scares offered at more intense or graphic attractions.
We departed the Huron Turkey Farm and began the trek to Taylor for the Extreme Scream. The Extreme Scream wasn't open in 2007 but during the 2004 Halloween season Branden, John, Amanda, and I discovered just how effective this haunt could be. Needless to say I was very excited to return to this haunt with an old school slant.
The Extreme Scream still features a lot of plain, dark hallways and the desired effect is pulled off here better than any other haunt I've visited. The operators here smartly allow haunters to psyche themselves out allowing them a lot of time to think about what lies around the next corner while feeling their way through these basic but effective hallways.
Prior to entering the haunt the guy at the door runs a shtick in which he cons the party weakling (typically the girl in the group) out of their name. Once he has the name he announces it to the foul ghoulies inside and as you may have guessed such dubious honors were bestowed upon Cherette. The monsters wasted little time in taunting Cherette, one depraved creature suggested that we, "Take Cherette to the bedroom". I'm fairly certain I heard a satisfying slurp escape Jason's lips.
The Extreme Scream features a strong blend of dark passages, props, actors, and simple yet effective gags. This haunt really starts to hit its' stride at the midway point with a series of shrinking hallways that force guests to turn sideways and push their way along. While this occurs an agile clown scampers across the tops of walls taunting visitors below. Another neat feature of the Extreme Scream is the various locations at which haunters are forced to crawl their way along, sometimes while grunting creatures pursue you from a parallel path separated by intersecting wooden planks. The timing of the majority of actors is precise here and most seem committed to scaring the guests.
At one point we entered a room where the walls were lined with lockers, a single door stood at the far corner. We went through it and immediately suspected that we had strayed from the haunt. We were staring at the haunt's sound system and standing in what seemed to be a type of access pathway to numerous rooms throughout the attraction. I could also hear the distinct chatter of employees; in fact I spotted two of them not far from me. After several attempts to find an alternate path and failing to do so I simply approached one of the workers and he directed me back to the locker room where I reunited with the group. Apparently there was a small door near the floor; we had to crawl to get through it. I'm fairly certain that haunt goers aren't expected to find this for themselves because a ghoul had now appeared in the room behind the secret door this room was actually visible from the employee pathway we had mistakenly entered but it was so small I wasn't sure that we were supposed to enter it. The ghoul who had suddenly appeared I assume was suppose to have jumped out at us and then directed us in the right direction in the first place, I guess he was busting a ghoulie feke.
The haunt concluded shortly and suffered from a terribly anticlimactic finish. Guests enter a room where a man in an electric chair, bathed in red light slowly raises his head. The prop is merely meant to distract you as a plainly visible slot in the wall houses a masked actor who provided a would be mild scare.
The misguided trip into an employee area as well as an uninspired finish put a blotch on what was an otherwise very enjoyable and well done haunt. I did miss the cart ride that the Extreme Scream featured in 2004.
Elements and Ambience Rule Realm of Haunted Minds
Posted in 2013, Realm of Haunted Minds, Review with tags 2008, 2011, fear finder, halloween, haunt guide, haunted house, horrorlust, house of the dead, huron turkey farm, realm of haunted minds, romulus, terror town on October 28, 2013 by bluefall8
When I set out late two Fridays ago, it was to visit a pair of local haunts, and first on that list was the pride of the Huron Turkey Farm — Realm of Haunted Minds. Twice before I've visited this location (2008 & 2011) and I found each trip to be memorable and fun.
This time around I brought my sister-in-law Madison along, who's a creep in her own right but inexperienced in the ways of haunting. Earlier this year she began reading Horrorlust; shortly thereafter I introduced her to the Haunt Guide and Fear Finder. She seemed fascinated by the images on the pages; I knew then I might have a budding haunter on my hands.
So there we were on a chilly Friday night as we soaked in the idyllic atmosphere of the Huron Turkey Farm. The county store was adorned with it's usual lights, inside a ghoulish array of characters lined the walls. As we made our way to the haunted attraction we explored the miniature town scattered over the grounds, which is something of a playground for kids and big kids alike. The quaint structures provide an excellent place to stage a spur of the moment prank and can also be used for a unique photo op.
Once we had entered the queue area, we were asked to stand at the blood line. A quick glance at the floor indeed revealed there to be a blood soaked stain on the ground, but before we could ask any questions a ghoulish bust flickered to life and began regaling us with the rules of the house. This particular effect utilized a projection system and is immensely more effective and entertaining than having an exhausted employee recite the same rules to each group of patrons every night for the duration of the haunt season. I've always advocated that the show should begin before a guest even enters the haunted attraction and indeed Realm of Haunted Minds has put that philosophy to good use.
Realm of Haunted Minds isn't the type of haunted attraction that's going to overwhelm guests with high tech animatronics or eye popping props, that kind of thing is sprinkled in to be sure but the driving force here is simply old fashioned haunting. Realm of Haunted Minds successfully fused the mood of a fun house with the ambience of a classic haunted house.
Neon splattered walls and a robust sound system set the scene quite well, while the use of tried and true haunt troupes such as drop panels, misdirection, and hidden passageways further supplement the concept of bedrock fundamental principles. When done correctly, there's simply no substitute for these time honored elements.
The attraction was of an ideal length and featured a fair amount of actors and if jumping and shrieking can be interpreted as enjoying oneself then Madison had a blast, I was amused to see a fresh haunter caught off guard by a bounty of techniques that are so familiar to me. In one early room a zipper-faced clown stood slightly slumped over, his wrists chained to a wall. As we turned our backs and began in the direction of the next room I waited patiently for the payoff and without missing a beat ole Zipper Face struck! Maddie, convinced the figure was a prop, nearly leaped out of her shoes.
Later, we were pursued by a tongue-wangling fiend who gave Maddie a serious case of the heebie-jeebies when he determinedly scaled the walls of his cage and began to crawl over the top of the structure. In another instance we traversed a narrow hallway and at the end, where the path took a turn to the right, tucked into the corner sat a stone skeletal bust a top a pedestal. I first encountered this gag last year while touring House of the Dead at TerrorTown — it startled me then and without fail it put a little pep into Maddie's step.
The Realm of Haunted Minds is a good haunted house at a wonderful location and is suitable for all ages. I would suggest that fog and strobe lights be put to greater use as a means to disorient and confuse; the tight quarters would be very conducive to this effect and would serve to ratchet up the tension.
I also felt that the opportunity for a big scare was missed at the conclusion of the ghoul's rules at the beginning of the attraction. There was a door to the left of us as we stood at the blood line, it bore something of a resemblance to an Iron Maiden. When our decrepit host had finished with his speech the doors opened automatically and we plunged into the attraction, but how wonderful would it have been if a chainsaw wielding nut, for example, had burst forth from the same structure and forced us to scramble around him?! The timing was perfect for just such a scare and what better way to keep haunters guessing than by turning a vintage staple on its ear?
Rating: 3.75 stars
Realm of Haunted Minds and Funeral Home a fitting pair for Windswept Outing
Posted in 2011, Funeral Home, Realm of Haunted Minds, Review with tags haunted hollows, jaycees, john carpenter's halloween, realm of haunted minds, saw, scream machine, the funeral home on October 2, 2011 by bluefall8
The night was chilly, a steady rain fell, the wind reminded us that we were not alone. Our first stop brought us to Realm of Haunted Minds at the Huron Turkey Farm in Romulus. The building adjacent the parking lot is decorated with a variety of illuminated outlines — ghosts, bats, and an assortment of Halloween fixtures welcome you to this enclave of fright. Inside guests purchase tickets amidst a gallery of rogues — full sized replicas of some of Hollywood's greatest horror icons mingle along side obscure creatures such as one oddly slouched harlequin. As haunters make their way to the main attraction they wind a path through a series of miniature structures, here an old school house, a jail, and even a saloon — this year a swamp creature even lurked the grounds. After some brief exploration we entered the Realm of Haunted Minds.
The front foyer bears resemblance to dungeon has changed slightly since our last visit in 2008. Instead of the house rules being delivered by a creepy animatronic wizard they are now presented to guests by a large Frankenstein monster which partially rises from its slab when addressing guests. Upon finishing his message Frankie falls back into a slumber and a pair of doors open to the left. Realm of Haunted Minds is comprised mostly of black hallways splattered with neon colored paint, a good balance of classic haunt fundamentals mixed with a modern carnivalesque edge. Like a number of Jaycees productions Realm of Haunted Minds isn't going to blow guests away with sleek animatronics or a slew of gory props but what haunters will enjoy is the creative carpentry that is put to use. A haunted attraction is one of the few forms of entertainment where patrons can actually interact with the environment but if operators fail to implement ways to facilitate this then the show can be diminished. Here guests are confronted with a room full of doors, all of them false save for one. This technique forces haunters to face the mystery of each possibility and in a sense find their own way out. It doesn't hurt either when the minds behind the show go the extra mile and add a twist like making the doors child sized. I'm also a big fan of ramps and slopes in haunted attractions, part of the success of any haunt is in frightening patrons which can be accomplished in a litany of ways. In the case of ramps or slopes haunters can be thrown off balance or forced to exert themselves more than normal which will in turn require them to be even more aware of their environment. These are subtle strokes but they can make all the difference to a small haunt and Realm of Haunted Minds does these nicely.
Realm of Haunted Minds also uses paint in effective ways. One area of the haunt featured a vortex tunnel, something that a lot of haunts now have (in fact we just saw one last week at the Scream Machine.) What sets this one apart is the paint pattern on the fabric of the tubular wall. Most haunts will give you the star pattern or a similar design but here their were multiple designs with the most prominent being a series of swirling ribbons that coiled the entire length of the tunnel. It was a nice touch that truly enhanced the feeling of traversing a portal. Another area where the paint pattern stood out was located near the middle of the haunt. After rounding a corner we came upon a purple and yellow polka dotted room lit entirely by a black light. The room had a strange glow about it and the light made the dots look almost as if they were floating in mid-air. To our immediate left a small window featured an elaborately painted clown and when we paused for a closer look it disappeared in a blink to reveal a clownish ghoul.
In 2008 my biggest criticism of Realm of Haunted Minds fell to the actors therein and I'd be lying if I said the criticism is no longer warranted. On the whole the haunt could use more warm bodies, the first half of the attraction in particular was scant of breathing beings. The most glaring examples of squandered opportunities came early, first in a dungeon scene that included a pair of empty stocks and then in the meat locker chucked full of hanging corpses. There can't be a live actor in each room not every dark hallway has to have a ghoul. Different rooms serve different purposes, a darkened hallway for instance allows a guest's imagination do the work. The purpose of the scenes described above however build anticipation through visual cues — in these instances the stocks in the dungeon and the bodies hanging from the ceiling in the meat locker — when there's no payoff such as a screaming ghoulie what anticipation was built is now lost. The second half of the haunt was more accomplished in this area but here often times the delivery of the actors left something to be desired. That's not to suggest that they were bad, some even managed to deliver mild startles, but as a whole the cast was pedestrian. Few of them offered much else than a scream or a growl and seemed resistant to engage us as individual haunters as opposed to a mindless horde. The best exception to this was of course our favorite ankle sniping dark dame. Three years ago she professed a desire to bite our ankles and her performance didn't disappoint this year either. She entertained us with on the spot vocalizations and when I let John's name slip she pounced on the chance to personalize the experience. As we exited her area she gave chase through three other rooms, all while crawling of course.
Near the end of the attraction there are several dead ends (an underutilized trick in my opinion) which eventually lead to the ever enjoyable 'Womb of Doom', this year I decided to plant my feet about halfway through the structure and cause what I'm pleased to learn was quite a confusing backup.
Realm of Haunted Minds is a fun, family friendly haunted attraction. There's a lot of good aspects here grounded in fundamental haunting but there's also room for improvement most namely the issues concerning placement and delivery of the actors. Undoubtedly though a nice place to have so close to home.
Rating: 3 1/4 stars
"Ohhhh, Johnnyyyyy!"
-Realm of Haunted Minds' Creepy Crawler, after I let John's name slip.
"Is there anything down there?"
"No. All I see is Lon Chaney's face as the Phantom of the Opera painted on the wall."
-Cikalo and I realizing we'd stumbled upon a dead end.
The second and final stop of the night brought us to Inkster's Funeral Home. This attraction has only run for a couple of seasons and in all honesty it's not a place I've ever seriously considering visiting, but sometimes half the fun of this whole season is in taking unintended adventures — for proof of that I have no further to look than our 2009 visit to Haunted Hollows in Armada. The Funeral Home is indeed held at a true to life, former funeral parlor — an ideal place for a haunted attraction. The front of the building is garishly trimmed in red and has a large window displaying an array of a dummies. We parked in a lot behind the funeral home where John was the recipient of a ghastly scare before we had even exited the vehicle — more on this later. We proceeded to a small, sliding window on the side of the building from which haunters purchased a ticket. I couldn't help but wonder what purpose such a window would have served at an actual funeral home. Was this drive-thru urn pick up? Did loved ones of the deceased schedule services this way? Had severed heads been chucked unceremoniously out this window for little more than shits and giggles??!! One can never truly be sure of such things.
After we had our tickets we proceeded to a back door which oddly served as the entrance to the haunted attraction. A man dressed in a suit appeared from behind the door — the funeral director, of course. It's always a nice touch when the ticket taker is also a character. It's the same idea behind line entertainment, a chance to engage the guests before entering the attraction itself. This particular doormen was dressed the part but he wasn't playing the part and that dampened the effect. Once inside the haunt we were treated to a fair effort at a location with promise. I was initially surprised that the haunt was comprised of dark hallways with black flaps hanging above the openings between rooms. I was expecting and hoping for more of a traditional funeral home decor and that is definitely something I think the operators should change going forward. There were a few areas where this was showcased but it wasn't nearly enough. What good is it to run a haunted attraction out of an old funeral home and not play to that fact heavily. That's not to say the show was unenjoyable but it was a show that could have been put on in any building. There was a neat scene in one hallway where a narrow strip of floor was actually thick plexiglass. Below a slab was visible, a bloody smock thrown haphazardly across it — and that's precisely what I would have loved to see more. Send me to the morgue, a room full of caskets, the incinerator!
There were a lot of actors in the Funeral Home and some of them were serviceable like the shouting creep who emerged from what looked like a bar? Collectively however the cast was underwhelming. Most of the actors wore masks, masks of horror movie icons to be precise, which can work under certain conditions but certainly there was a better option to fit the theme of this haunt. A large number of the actors lacked the knowledge of a proper scare, for example on several occasions we entered a room and encountered what we believed to be a prop but what was in fact an expertly still actor. In more than one instance I even leaned in for a closer looked and wondered aloud whether it was a prop or not and when nothing happened I proceeded through the room. The actor finally delivered the scare when we began to depart the room. The result was a barely there scare in fact those of us at the front of the line were more confused than anything else. In these instances it would have made much more sense if the actor were to have sprung to life when being inspected. Here I was wondering aloud whether it was a prop, what better set up could you ask for?!
I did take note that the theme from 1978's Halloween was playing throughout our journey in the Funeral Home and any haunt operator in doubt over music can't go wrong with that choice. On an amusing note there was a ghoul playing a piano near the end of the attraction, he had his back turned to us as we entered the room and therefore I was not able to immediately peg him for a genuine fleshy. Another rather humorous moment occurred when I spotted a window to my right, what appeared to be a macabre bedroom lie beyond the threshold. I asked a nearby creep if perhaps that was the rape room. Funeral homes have those right? We turned a corner, walked down a hallway and then spotted a door to our right. There was also an apparent path that led straight ahead and for a moment we wondered where we were supposed to go. An actor dressed as Jigsaw's Puppet from Saw had lurked into the hall as well but he was apparently in no mood to offer assistance.
We decided to go through the door on the right and found ourselves in imminent danger. We had unwittingly waltzed directly into the aforementioned Rape Room! I saw a door at the other end of the room and decided to go through that as well. It lead to another hallway and here there were two doors, one directly in front of us and a second to the left. I tried the one on the left (a bathroom if the sign on the door can be trusted) and called inside but heard nothing in response. I even tried the light switch but nothing so we ventured on. The next door led us to a similar hallway and I was sure we had taken a wrong turn. Why hadn't that damn overgrown puppet warned us I wondered. Did he want us to go into the Rape Room? We had noticed a doorway that led back into the haunt in the previous hallway, strangely enough this doorway led back to the room on the opposite side of the Rape Room — the room we'd first glimpse the Rape Room. Possessing no desire to be defiled by man-sized puppets (well maybe Alec desired that) we beat a hasty retreat back to the proper path.
The monsters seemed momentarily caught off guard but recovered quickly enough and soon we came to the haunt's conclusion, yet another point of strangeness. The path turned to what seemed to be a dead end. A new age Michael Myers stood menacing and silent near the only thing that appeared to be a doorway but it wouldn't budge. I figured we were being held in the room for a moment to deliver a scare so after a couple of attempts at the door Cikalo and I simply plopped down on an old couch. Mr. Myers remained as still as a statue, ignoring our questions just as that pervert of a puppet had earlier. Then suddenly he darted from the room as if he had somewhere better to be. Pounding could be heard from the other side of the door so I thought it was time to give it another try and just then it sprang open and nearly blasted me in the face. An unseen force had propelled the door in my direction but luckily my face was spared a proper smashing. We proceeded into a dark room and for a moment all was silent but then a loud noise jarred the room to life, a red light bathed all, and a large cretin delivered an inspired final scare.
The Funeral Home was enjoyable but the same show that we witnessed could have been held in any old building. This was a funeral home! A FUNERAL HOME!!! The possibilities here are awesome to behold! Here's my vision: drop the masks entirely and put the cast in face paint, death hues only. Only use the narrow, black hallways as a means to transition from one room to the next and otherwise let the funeral home decor shine. Show me a deranged mortician, a rampaging necrophile, an army or reanimates! Let the haunters participant in a wake only to be chased from the room by grief crazed widows! My mind teems with the possibilities of what could be done with such an attraction. Alas, some day my haunt friends.
"John, look. There's genitals on the window."
-Richard, calling attention to the fact that Cikalo had "brained" the passenger side window.
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Prediction: Draw
In their last 4 home games in A-League, CC Mariners have managed to keep a clean sheet
Unbeaten
Melbourne Victory haven't lost to CC Mariners in 18 of their 20 most recent games in A-League
CC Mariners haven't lost in 11 of their last 13 home matches in A-League
Melbourne Victory are unbeaten in 8 of their 9 most recent matches (A-League)
Macarthur FC - WS Wanderers
Draws at HT
All 6 of the most recent A-League matches of WS Wanderers have resulted in draws at half time
Winless
WS Wanderers have managed just 1 wins in their last 10 away league games
WS Wanderers have achieved just 1 wins in their 7 most recent games in A-League
In their last 6 games in A-League, Macarthur FC have been undefeated on 5 occasions
Melbourne City - Sydney FC
All of Melbourne City's last 3 A-League clashes have finished in draws
Melbourne City have outplayed Sydney FC in their last 3 home matches (A-League)
Melbourne City have not been beaten in 19 of their 22 most recent matches in A-League
Melbourne City are unbeaten in 16 of their last 18 home A-League games
Melbourne City are unbeaten in 8 of their 9 most recent matches (A-League)
In their last 6 games in A-League, Melbourne City have recorded only 1 wins
Perth Glory - Newcastle Jets
Perth Glory are undefeated in their last 6 home league games
Perth Glory have managed to win their last 4 home games against Newcastle Jets in A-League
Perth Glory haven't lost in 26 of their last 29 encounters with Newcastle Jets in A-League
Newcastle Jets are on a poor run of just 3 wins in 20 matches (A-League)
Perth Glory have managed just 1 wins in their last 9 league games
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Prediction: Puebla FC @
Puebla FC haven't lost a match in 6 of their last 7 matches in Primera Division
Puebla FC have been drawing at half time their last 8 home matches in Primera Division
Lost at HT
Puebla FC are on a losing streak at half time of 3 consecutive encounters with Club Tijuana in Primera Division
Club Tijuana have won just 5 of their last 30 matches in Primera Division
Puebla FC have achieved just 1 wins of their last 10 games against Club Tijuana in Primera Division
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Prediction: Gavilanes FC Matamoros
Coras de Nayarit are on a run of 3 consecutive home defeats in their domestic league
Scored None
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Kitchee SC - Southern District
Prediction: Kitchee SC
Kitchee SC are undefeated against Southern District in their last 9 home encounters (Premier League)
We have seen 4 straight Premier League wins in a row for Southern District
In their last 7 games in Premier League, Southern District have been undefeated on 6 occasions
HT/FT wins
Kitchee SC are on a run of 3 consecutive home HT/FT wins in Premier League
In Kitchee SC's last 3 home Premier League matches, they have managed to keep a clean sheet
Kitchee SC are unbeaten in 18 of their 20 most recent matches (Premier League)
Kitchee SC haven't lost to Southern District in 15 of their 17 most recent games in Premier League
HT wins
Kitchee SC have managed a series of 5 consecutive wins at half time in their games in Premier League
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Prediction: Trang FC
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MH Khon Surat City have not suffered any defeats in their 6 most recent away Thai League 3 matches
MH Khon Surat City are on a run of 4 consecutive half time wins in Thai League 3
In all of their 3 most recent home matches in Thai League 3, Trang FC have managed to keep a clean sheet
Trang FC are unbeaten in 6 of their last 7 home Thai League 3 games
Sisaket FC - Mashare Chaiyaphum FC
Prediction: Sisaket FC
Conceded 1+
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Sisaket FC have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 5 home games in Thai League 3
Mashare Chaiyaphum FC have seen over 2.5 goals in their last 4 away games in Thai League 3
Scored average
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Conceded average
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Prediction: Under 2.5 goals
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Hua Hin City are conceding an average of 0.33 goals in home Thai League 3 games
Pathum Thani University are conceding an average of 0.57 goals in their Thai League 3 games
The average number of goals conceded by Pathum Thani University is 0.67 for their away Thai League 3 matches
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Assumption United have conceded an average of 1.71 goals in their away Thai League 3 matches
Assumption United have been conceding an average of 1.64 goals in their league matches
Kanchanaburi FC score an average of 2.00 goals in their home matches in Thai League 3
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Thonburi United are on a poor run of just 2 wins in 17 matches (Thai League 3)
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Thonburi United are unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 matches in Thai League 3
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Prediction: Nonthaburi United
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Nonthaburi United's last 6 games in Thai League 3 have been high-scoring, with over 2.5 goals scored
Nonthaburi United have scored an average of 2.11 goals in their games in Thai League 3
Assawin Kohkwang United - Saimit Kabin United
Assawin Kohkwang United haven't lost any of their last 7 home matches in Thai League 3
Undefeated at HT
A period of 12 straight games without a loss at half time marks the Thai League 3 campaign of Saimit Kabin United
A run of 3 straight home wins at half time was achieved in their latest Thai League 3 matches by Assawin Kohkwang United
Saimit Kabin United are unbeaten in 10 of their last 11 matches in Thai League 3
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Prediction: Nara United
Nara United's most recent record of 8 consecutive away games in Thai League 3 consists of no losses
HT/FT lost
There have been 4 straight losses in HT/FT in Thai League 3 for Young Singh United
Nara United haven't lost in 13 of their last 15 games in Thai League 3
Young Singh United have won only 1 of their last 9 Thai League 3 matches
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Prediction: Banbueng FC
Marines Eureka have lost all of their last 8 matches in Thai League 3
We have seen 5 consecutive away defeats in the most recent games in Thai League 3 of Banbueng FC
Marines Eureka are on a run of 4 consecutive home defeats in their domestic league
Banbueng FC have been defeated at HT/FT in their last 3 Thai League 3 matches
In their last 15 games in Thai League 3, Marines Eureka have a poor record of just 1 wins
Banbueng FC have won just 1 of their last 9 matches in Thai League 3
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Prediction: Bayburt Ozel Idare @
Turgutluspor have allowed 1+ goals in their last 9 away matches in TFF 2. Lig
The team of Bayburt Ozel Idare are on a poor run of 8 matches in TFF 2. Lig in all of which they have conceded 1+ goals
Over 2.5 goals were seen in Turgutluspor's last 3 away matches in TFF 2. Lig
The team of Turgutluspor have conceded an average of 1.60 goals in their matches in TFF 2. Lig
Somaspor - Adıyamanspor
Prediction: Over 2.5 goals @
Somaspor have scored 1+ goals in all of their last 9 home league matches
There have been over 2.5 goals in 5 of the latest away TFF 2. Lig matches of Adıyamanspor
Somaspor have scored an average of 2.11 goals in their home league games
Adıyamanspor are conceding an average of 1.85 goals in their TFF 2. Lig games
Van BB - Afjet Afyonspor
In 3 of their most recent home matches in TFF 2. Lig, Van BB have seen over 2.5 goals scored
On average, Afjet Afyonspor have scored 2.00 goals in their last matches in TFF 2. Lig
Hekimoğlu Trabzon - İnegölspor
Prediction: Under 2.5 goals @
Hekimoğlu Trabzon are on an unbeaten run of 22 home games in their TFF 2. Lig participation
In their last 27 home games in TFF 2. Lig, Hekimoğlu Trabzon have recorded 26 undefeated encounters
Hekimoğlu Trabzon are unbeaten in 18 of their last 20 TFF 2. Lig games
Corum Bld. - Ergene Velimeşe
Prediction: Corum Bld. @
Ergene Velimeşe have conceded at least one goal in their last 27 away league games
There have been over 2.5 goals in Ergene Velimeşe's last 8 TFF 2. Lig games
Ergene Velimeşe have conceded an average of 2.44 goals in their away TFF 2. Lig matches
Sariyer SK - Sakaryaspor
Sakaryaspor are undefeated in their last 20 league games
We have seen 4 consecutive defeats in the most recent games in TFF 2. Lig of Sariyer SK
Sakaryaspor have won their last 4 TFF 2. Lig games in a row
Won by 2+ goals
In their 3 most recent matches of TFF 2. Lig, Sakaryaspor have managet to win by 2+ goals
Sakaryaspor have kept a clean sheet in their last 3 games against Sariyer SK in TFF 2. Lig
Sakaryaspor are unbeaten in 29 of their 30 most recent matches (TFF 2. Lig)
Sariyer SK have managed just 1 wins in their last 13 league games
Sakaryaspor are unbeaten in 6 of their last 7 matches against Sariyer SK in TFF 2. Lig
Sakaryaspor are undefeated at HT in their last 20 league games
Ankaraspor - Nigde Belediyespor
Prediction: Ankaraspor @
A poor streak of 13 matches in TFF 2. Lig where they have conceded at least 1 goal marks Nigde Belediyespor's recent performance
Over 2.5 goals have been scored in the 3 most recent games in TFF 2. Lig of Ankaraspor
The team of Nigde Belediyespor have conceded an average of 2.78 goals in their away matches in TFF 2. Lig
On average, Nigde Belediyespor have allowed 2.45 goals in their most recent games in TFF 2. Lig
Bodrumspor SK - Diyarbekirspor
Diyarbekirspor have lost their last 3 away TFF 2. Lig games
Diyarbekirspor are in an unfortunate period, having won just 1 of their last 9 away matches in TFF 2. Lig
Sivas Bld. SK - Serik Belediyespor
Prediction: Sivas Bld. SK @
Sivas Bld. SK have been winning at half time their last 3 home matches in TFF 2. Lig
Serik Belediyespor have achieved just 3 wins in their 20 most recent away games in TFF 2. Lig
Kahramanmaras - Etimesgut BS
Prediction: Etimesgut BS @
An unfortunate run for Etimesgut BS has seen them allow 1+ goals in their last 8 away TFF 2. Lig games
In 3 of their most recent home matches in TFF 2. Lig, Kahramanmaras have seen over 2.5 goals scored
In Etimesgut BS's last 3 games against Kahramanmaras have been scored over 2.5 goals (TFF 2. Lig)
On average, Kahramanmaras have allowed 2.22 goals in their most recent home games in TFF 2. Lig
Etimesgut BS conceded an average of 1.80 goals in their away matches in TFF 2. Lig
Anadolu Selcukspor - Isparta Davrazspor
Anadolu Selcukspor are unbeaten in all of their last 6 home matches in TFF 2. Lig
In their 9 most recent home matches of TFF 2. Lig, Anadolu Selcukspor have been undefeated 8 times
Anadolu Selcukspor are in an unfortunate period, having won just 1 of their last 9 matches in TFF 2. Lig
Şanlıurfaspor - Eskişehirspor
Prediction: Draw @
Şanlıurfaspor are unbeaten at half time in all of their last 14 home matches in TFF 2. Lig
In their last 11 home games in TFF 2. Lig, Şanlıurfaspor have recorded 9 undefeated encounters
In their last 10 games in TFF 2. Lig, Şanlıurfaspor have recorded only 1 wins
Eskişehirspor are in an unfortunate period, having won just 1 of their last 9 away matches in TFF 2. Lig
Eskişehirspor have managed just 1 wins in their last 7 league games
Kırklarelispor - Ankara Demirspor
Prediction: Ankara Demirspor @
Kırklarelispor are unbeaten in their last 8 home TFF 2. Lig games
A period of 6 straight games without a defeat marks the TFF 2. Lig campaign of Ankara Demirspor
Kırklarelispor have not been beaten at half time in their last 13 straight matches in TFF 2. Lig
There are no losses for Kırklarelispor in 28 of their most recent 33 games (TFF 2. Lig)
Kırklarelispor are unbeaten in 22 of their 25 most recent home matches (TFF 2. Lig)
Kırklarelispor are unbeaten in 15 of their last 16 matches in TFF 2. Lig
There are no losses for Ankara Demirspor in 11 of their most recent 12 games (TFF 2. Lig)
Ankara Demirspor have achieved just 1 wins of their last 10 away TFF 2. Lig games
Kırklarelispor have achieved just 1 wins of their last 6 TFF 2. Lig games
24 Erzincanspor - Tarsus İdman Yurdu
Prediction: 24 Erzincanspor @
No defeats can be found in 24 Erzincanspor's 8 most recent home games in TFF 2. Lig
24 Erzincanspor have won by a margin of 2+ goals in 3 of their most recent home matches of TFF 2. Lig
Tarsus İdman Yurdu have failed to score a single goal in their last 3 away TFF 2. Lig games
In their 21 most recent away matches of TFF 2. Lig, Tarsus İdman Yurdu have achieved just 3 wins
24 Erzincanspor are unbeaten in 10 of their 11 most recent home matches (TFF 2. Lig)
Amedspor - Kırşehir Belediyespor
Prediction: Kırşehir Belediyespor @
Amedspor have not been beaten in their last 10 straight home clashes in TFF 2. Lig
Kırşehir Belediyespor have not suffered any defeats in their 6 most recent TFF 2. Lig matches
In their last 11 games in TFF 2. Lig, Kırşehir Belediyespor have a poor record of just 2 wins
Kırşehir Belediyespor have won just 1 of their last 7 away matches in TFF 2. Lig
Buca FK - Akhisarspor
Prediction: Buca FK @
No defeats can be found in Buca FK's 7 most recent games in TFF 2. Lig
Buca FK have achieved a run of 3 straight home wins in TFF 2. Lig
Akhisarspor have won just 1 of their last 7 away matches in TFF 2. Lig
Akhisarspor are on a poor run of just 1 wins in 6 matches (TFF 2. Lig)
Kastamonuspor - Utas Usakspor
Prediction: Kastamonuspor
Kastamonuspor are on a run of 4 consecutive defeats in their domestic league
In their last 6 away games in TFF 2. Lig, Utas Usakspor have been undefeated on 5 occasions
Utas Usakspor have failed to score a single goal in their last 3 away TFF 2. Lig games
Utas Usakspor are unbeaten in 10 of their last 11 TFF 2. Lig games
In their last 10 games in TFF 2. Lig, Kastamonuspor have a poor record of just 1 wins
Utas Usakspor's performance has been disappointing of late, as they have won just 1 of their 7 most recent away TFF 2. Lig clashes
Utas Usakspor have finished their last 5 away TFF 2. Lig matches in draws at half time
Şile Yıldızspor - Malatya Yeşilyurt Bld.
Prediction: Şile Yıldızspor @
No goals have been scored in the last 5 away TFF 3. Lig matches of Malatya Yeşilyurt Bld.
There are no losses for Şile Yıldızspor in 11 of their most recent 13 games (TFF 3. Lig)
Malatya Yeşilyurt Bld. have won just 1 of their last 12 away matches in TFF 3. Lig
Malatya Yeşilyurt Bld. have achieved just 1 wins of their last 9 TFF 3. Lig games
Şile Yıldızspor are undefeated in 5 of their last 6 home TFF 3. Lig games
Catalcaspor - 1954 Kelkit Bld.
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Major League Soccer Eastern Conference
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L GF GA +/-
New England Revolution 73 34 22 7 5 65 41 24
Nashville SC 54 34 12 18 4 55 33 22
Philadelphia Union 54 34 14 12 8 48 35 13
New York City FC 51 34 14 9 11 56 36 20
Atlanta United 51 34 13 12 9 45 37 8
Orlando City SC 51 34 13 12 9 50 48 2
New York Red Bulls 48 34 13 9 12 39 33 6
DC United 47 34 14 5 15 56 54 2
Columbus Crew 47 34 13 8 13 46 45 1
Montreal Impact 46 34 12 10 12 46 44 2
Inter Miami CF 41 34 12 5 17 36 53 -17
Chicago Fire 34 34 9 7 18 36 54 -18
Toronto FC 28 34 6 10 18 39 66 -27
FC Cincinnati 20 34 4 8 22 37 74 -37
Major League Soccer Western Conference
Colorado Rapids 61 34 17 10 7 51 35 16
Seattle Sounders 60 34 17 9 8 53 33 20
Sporting Kansas City 58 34 17 7 10 58 40 18
Portland Timbers 55 34 17 4 13 56 52 4
Vancouver Whitecaps 49 34 12 13 9 45 45 0
Minnesota United 49 34 13 10 11 42 44 -2
Real Salt Lake 48 34 14 6 14 55 54 1
Los Angeles Galaxy 48 34 13 9 12 50 54 -4
Los Angeles FC 45 34 12 9 13 53 51 2
San Jose Earthquakes 41 34 10 11 13 46 54 -8
FC Dallas 33 34 7 12 15 47 56 -9
Austin FC 31 34 9 4 21 35 56 -21
Houston Dynamo 30 34 6 12 16 36 54 -18


Warlord Game Night This Coming Weekend!
Join us for a fun evening and meet your fellow warlords!
The alliance is on the 11/11/2017 running a special event for all warlords only in the alliance.
We are hosting the first causal game night for warlords only where you can hang out and meet other warlords. Join us in the warlord game night voice channel that we will setup for the day and just chill with us for a chat about whatever, jump between each others dojo's for a dojo fight or just casually game with us.
We will start at 20:00 GMT and run all night long and depending on how many that turn up we will run different missions and just have fun in general. Don't miss this opportunity to get to know your fellow warlords better and have some great times!


How to find your purpose for a life with meaning?
Did you even ever have time to think about a life purpose? I can imagine you, busy, juggling a career and family or just the latter, thinking about purpose seems like a luxury, although I invite you through this post to think about how you want to be remembered in this life. I can hear you hey I don't want to think about death and I get you, no one wants to, it's part of life though and taking time to determine your purpose now will give you the feeling of a life well lived.
Finding your life purpose isn't an easy task and the answer is not obvious to find, you will get a clue when taking more time for yourself, being on your own, journaling, meditating, thinking about what you want to achieve in this life. You might quickly discover that it is not climbing the career ladder or have a mansion, no it will be more simple, in relation to making a difference to people.
When we're young we don't have time to think about a purpose, too busy partying, chasing boys or dreaming about climbing the career ladder until we wake up one day with the feeling of a huge hangover, thinking is this it? The wake up call is usually in relation with milestones in our life, having our first child, getting married, moving, the loss of a loved one, getting older and wiser.
What we want is our life to be useful, bringing changes, a life with meaning. Finding your purpose will give you a different insight on life, motivate you to get up in the morning, and fulfil you with happiness so what are you waiting for?
Explore who you are, for this you will need to dedicate time to yourself, start, with meditation, yoga, go running in nature, everywhere where you're a 100% focused and not multitasking thinking about the latest groceries shopping list or the evening menu.
What makes you happy, when do you feel alive? What are you doing? Feeling is the key, think about the last time you were overcome by emotion when someone said thank you about something you did for them, where you having a dinner party? Cooking for friends? Volunteering?
Read about topics you would never touch, get out of your comfort zone, be curious, think why not and try it. Then investigate, how do you feel trying new things , did you discover a new passion?
If you walk to work the same way everything day, find a new one, try new activities on the weekend, take time off with the kids, put the wash load at the back of the priority list, get out in the park with the kids, the dog, read new books, go to the movies, have conversations, the idea here is to help you discover what makes you tick.
Write about your findings, what did you find out, what don't you like, what do you love? If you want to try a new direction in your career why don't you start talking to people who're doing what you would love to do, find practical ways to put in action.
If it all gets too much and you need someone to hold space for you to think about your life purpose, where you want to go next and how to get there, get help. Coaching helps to look into the future and create a plan to take action about the goals you would like to achieve, it can be a great way to finally get you unstuck and find your life purpose.
If you're still can't find your purpose give it time. Don't force it and spend more time meditating, journaling, trying new things, be connected to your feeling, your emotions and build up from there.
Have you found your life purpose please share it the comments, I would love to hear about it.
PS. I have completed my training as a life coach with the Beautiful You Academy and have 2 pro-bono coaching series of 6 session for grab. Visit the coaching page for more details and book your free consultation.


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SubTopic Primary and secondary storage
Solid-state drive prices still hinder adoption
Customers want the space savings and fast speed of solid-state drives, but high SSD prices and lack of widespread testing hurt adoption, VARs say.
For space-saving qualities and speed, it is hard to beat the value proposition of solid-state drives (SSDs) as a corporate storage option, but SSD prices still put off potential buyers.
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SSD prices, compared to traditional storage, are a major hurdle to broader adoption, according to VARs and analysts. Buyers are also loath to trust their most valuable data to a medium that is still relatively untested.
"We all understand that everything moves at the speed of light until it gets to the electronic arm and spinning platter," said Paul Clifford, president of Davenport Group, a storage and data VAR in St. Paul, Minn. "This has always been a huge bottleneck, and nothing takes care of it as quickly as enterprise flash. In the enterprise space, there are a lot more discussions than there used to be about this. Still, it comes down to balancing costs. Every IT decision comes down to the money you have and what you can get for it."
Scott Winslow, principal of Winslow Technology Group, a storage VAR in Boston, said businesses are still hung up on the cost-per-megabyte expense associated with enterprise SSDs. These devices typically use the more expensive sort of single-level cell (SLC) flash memory because of its higher life expectancy and reliability profile than multi-level cell (MLC) formats. Enterprises are also concerned about its minimal track record as a reliable form of enterprise storage, he said. Still, more of Winslow Technology Group's customers are considering proof-of-concept installations and asking its team to put together quotes that include SSD options.
"The way that we see it, you'll have a choice of different media," Winslow said. "You can have15,000 Fibre Channel. You have SATA. You have different uses for each. This is another tier. It all fits into the hierarchical storage management approach. Put the most active data on the fastest drives."
EMC Corp. is credited with sparking interest in enterprise flash drives in mid-2008 when it introduced them as an option to its Symmetrix and CLARiiON storage lines. In March 2009, the company introduced 200 GB and 400 GB options for Symmetrix; they'll be added to CLARiiON and the Celerra line later in 2009.
EMC touts several factors as benefits of these drives, including reduced access time, latency and power consumption. It figures that it would take 30 or more 15,000 RPM Fibre Channel drives to deliver the same performance as one flash drive. As for price, although the cost per megabyte for SSDs in mid-2008 was 30 times more than its nearest alternative, EMC said in March that the cost per megabyte compared with Fibre Channel drives has been reduced by 76% since that time.
Both Davenport Group and Winslow Technology Group say they are beginning to quote solutions including SSDs more frequently from network storage vendor Compellent. The value proposition of Compellent's offering is that it can help businesses automate the sorts of data that are handled by different drive technologies throughout their storage installation.
"The data that is inactive will move into SATA. Solid state will handle the most current data," Clifford said.
Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst for The StorageIO Group in Stillwater, Minn., said while the price premium for SSDs has shrunk, the manufacturing infrastructure still does not exist for this technology to be priced at the levels that businesses would like. That's why the market will continue to expand slowly and it's why SSDs will carve out a niche in a storage hierarchy that will include many different tiers. After all, the enterprise tape drive was declared dead 20 years ago, and it is still here, Schulz said.
Mark Peters, an analyst with consultancy Enterprise Strategy Group in Milford, Mass., said one vendor to watch closely will be STEC Inc., an enterprise SSD supplier that has relationships with EMC, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and several other serious contenders in the enterprise storage market. "STEC has been doing stunningly well. Someone is buying these things somewhere," he said.
In early August, STEC reported second-quarter revenue of $86.4 million, up more than 50% from the year-earlier quarter and up more 35.9% sequentially from the first quarter of 2009.
While the turning point for SSDs likely won't be until after 2010, Peters believes the current economic climate is prompting every business to reevaluate how it makes storage buying decisions.
Infographic: 2019 Europe IT Priorities, Storage –ComputerWeekly.com
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Pipo de Clown is een personage bedacht door Wim Meuldijk, dat bekend werd door de gelijknamige Nederlandse televisieserie. De vertolking van Cor Witschge is het bekendst.

De naam 'Pipo' is sindsdien in Nederland verworden tot veelgebruikt synoniem voor het woord clown.

Kenmerken
Pipo is een optimistisch gestemde clown. Zijn kleding bestaat uit een bolhoed, flapschoenen en een jas met ruitmotief. Op zijn linkerwang is een zonnetje te zien.

Hij heeft altijd een luciferdoosje bij zich met "Miesje" erin waar hij tegen praat.

Achtergrond
In 1964 trad Cor Witschge als Pipo op in het circus van Rudi Carrell. Omdat hij geen clownsact had, vroeg Carrell aan de broers Bas en Aad van Toor of zij een act wilden schrijven. Dit deden ze, maar in die act schreven ze ook nog twee andere clowns. Rudi Carrell stelde voor dat de broers Van Toor die twee clowns zelf zouden spelen. Jaren later zouden zij bekend worden als het duo Bassie en Adriaan.

Om de concurrentie met Circus Bassie en Adriaan aan te gaan, trok Circus Mariska in november 1980 Cor Witschge als Pipo de Clown aan samen met het duo Peppi en Kokki. Dit bleef Witschge tot augustus 1981 doen.

De laatste keer dat Cor Witschge Pipo de Clown speelde, was op 17 februari 1990 in het programma Rondom Tien, waarin hij voor het laatst het clownspak aantrok. Het was een programma vol clowns en Witschge vond het de ideale gelegenheid om zich voor altijd te ontdoen van de flapschoenen, de ruitjesjas en de bolhoed. Voor het oog van de camera gaf hij ze aan het omroepmuseum, waar het kostuum sindsdien te bewonderen is. Een jaar later overleed Witschge onverwachts.

Rolverdeling serie/film

Bekende uitspraken
 "Sapperdeflap!"
 "Dit lijf kan niets."
 "De lekkere soep met de sliertjes van mevrouw Mammaloe" (bedoeld is vermicellisoep).
 "Hou 's even vast, Mammaloe."
 "Dag vogels, dag bloemen, dag (lieve) kinderen..."
 "Hup, Nononono, vooruit met de voetjes."

Externe link
 Wimmeuldijk.nl

Personage uit televisieprogramma
Nederlands clown

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Peninsula Police Blotter: Neighborhood crime log
By BY Examiner Staff • January 8, 2008 12:00 am
These are excerpts from Peninsula police departments' daily log of activities. Incidents are listed by police precincts and the neighborhoods they patrol.
Bad breakup? A call was placed at 7:58 p.m. Dec. 22 from Carmen's at 757 El Camino Real that a subject had been hit by a bat by two men wearing black hoodies and possibly driving a black four-door black sedan northbound on Perry Street, a commercial alley. The incident possibly involved an ex of the subject. Medics were called for major head wound and a possible broken leg, and the subject was transported for injuries.
A big pane: At 4:27 p.m. Dec. 24 a caller reported that a male subject believed to be Polynesian had broken all the windows at the home at 1400 E. Third Ave.
Hit-and-run: A party called police at 9:19 p.m. Dec. 24 from the 1300 block of Palos Verdes Drive stating that he had hit a parked car on Saturday night and left the scene. He stated that he had a glass of wine at 2 p.m. and was really tired and had side-swiped the car.
Ticket home: Two subjects reported on Dec. 22 that they turned in their passports to San Francisco Immigration Office and were later told by Immigration that they had lost their passports and they now needed a case number from the police to be able to apply for new passports from Fiji.
Loud pop: Four residents claimed to hear approximately five to six gunshots to the east of their houses at 9:50 p.m. Dec. 22 from the rear of 2 Wilshire or possibly Wilshire Walkway. Two residents stated it could have been a car backfiring. The area was checked and cleared.
Homemade auto shop? A caller reported at 12:43 p.m. Dec. 21 from Evergreen Drive that a neighbor was possibly running an auto body shop out of his home with a station wagon in the driveway, another vehicle being worked on in the garage and a flat bed had just pulled up with another vehicle.
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By James Salazar Examiner Staff Writer


It's a familiar scene around the holidays—thousands of stranded passengers milling around the airport waiting for the next flight out.
While those winter blizzards are certainly a major (if unpredictable) factor in grounding flights, the worst airport for flight delays and cancellations this holiday season is actually Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in Georgia, according to research from InsureMyTrip.com, a travel insurance retailer. And that's even before this week's power outage in Atlanta caused thousands of delays on Sunday.
According to InsureMyTrip, 2017 marks the first time in five years that Chicago O'Hare doesn't top the list of airports with the most flight cancellations. Weather was top reason for cancelled flights in 2017, accounting for more than 45,000 cancelations this year. But ground control and the airlines themselves accounted for more than 30,000 cancelations too, the company found.
Here's a list of the 20 airports with the most flight cancellations thus far in 2017. InsureMyTrip predicts that these airports will also be the most stressful in the days ahead because the likelihood of seeing your flight cancelled during the holidays is so high.
If you are looking to avoid delays and cancellations on your next trip, try to skip the airports above. What if that's impossible? You could at least try to book a direct flight that departs early in the morning, says Charlie Leocha, chairman of the consumer group Travelers United.
"Definitely fly early in the day," Leocha says. This will help lessen the risk of the domino effect, as flight delays pile up as the day wears on.
Your airline can also make a difference. Southwest, for example, is the only airline that does not make customers pay a change or cancellation fee. "For bargain prices they treat customers like full fare fliers when it comes to changes," Leocha says.
It may also help to read up on airlines' on-time statistics for flights, something all U.S. carriers are required to include with their routes. Most airlines have a link to that information on or near the flight number.
If you are worried about a cancelled flight, you can always purchase trip insurance prior to departure too. There's even an app for that. Travel + Leisure recommended Freebird as one of the top apps for 2017. Starting at $19, you can insure your flight, and if it's cancelled or delayed by more than four hours, the app allows you to immediately book on any airline with no fee.


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Home / Entertainment News / Latest News / Court denies new trial in 'Serial' podcast murder case
Court denies new trial in 'Serial' podcast murder case
Maryland's highest court has denied a new trial for a man whose murder conviction was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial."
In an opinion Friday, the Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that Adnan Syed's legal counsel was deficient in failing to investigate an alibi witness, but it disagreed that the deficiency prejudiced the case. The court says Syed waived his ineffective counsel claim.
The court reversed the Court of Special Appeals' judgment, sending it back to that court with directions to reverse the Baltimore Circuit Court judgment granting a new trial.
Syed is serving a life sentence after he was convicted in 2000 of strangling his ex-girlfriend and burying her body in a Baltimore park.
Syed's case was at the center of the "Serial" podcast's first season.
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