What is Affiliate Marketing? - Brigitte Belsky ~Helping You Create Your Laptop Lifestyle!
Affiliate Marketing is one of the most popular online ways people are monetising their websites.
It is a 'win win win' for the Customer, Company and Affiliate Marketer!
You sign up with one or more companies that have an affiliate programme, say for quilting patterns, fabrics, tools, etc… They supply you with a special affiliate link which you place on your site.
When your visitors click these special affiliate links and purchase within the pre-defined time frame, you earn a commission.
Win for You the Affiliate Marketer!
The commission comes out of the company's normal retail price, so it doesn't cost the customer any more for purchasing via your affiliate link. The customer gets what they want because of your recommendation.
In some cases, your visitors won't even have to buy anything. For you to earn a commission they may just need to request a free report, a free sample, fill in a survey or try some software. This type of Affiliate Programme compensation is known as "pay-per-lead", but more about that later.
Why do companies have Affiliate Programmes?
Simply put – by offering Affiliates a commission for the sale of their goods or services they reach a wider audience faster, make more sales, increase their customer base without the added marketing costs. The company only pays the commission when a product or service is sold, so it makes business sense.
As it makes business sense it's very popular with big and small companies alike, even High Street brands. You will find free to join Affiliate Programmes for whatever niche you cater for. One of the better known companies you might of heard of is … Amazon!
What is this special unique link & how does it work?
Once you sign up to a company's Affiliate Programme you will be given one or more unique links to direct your visitors to their website. Within that link there will be a code unique to you which will be automatically tracked by the power of the internet.
The last part 'zy987u94', is the unique identifier.
Whenever someone clicks on these links the computers browser remembers it by creating a 'cookie' with a date & time stamp. The company's website reads that cookie to identify who is due the commission if any. Even if the visitor doesn't purchase straight away but revisits & buys within the agreed pre-defined time frame the cookie will identify it's your commission.
A simple way is to search through your browser. In the example above for 'Quilting', I simply google searched for 'Quilting + Affiliate Programme' & got over 17 million results. Granted they won't all be relevant, however the first few pages gave me a lot of choices.
Affiliate Networks bring together companies that offer Affiliate Programmes & Affiliates who want to promote them under one roof. Sort of like a Supermarket for Affiliate Marketers.
They often run and manage the Affiliate Programme on behalf of the company.
Again Affiliate Networks will have their own look & feel and vary in what they offer. Some specialise in certain niches.
One of the better known market places for digital products. They offer over 6 million to choose from in a wide range of subjects.
Manages many of the affiliate programmes for some of the biggest companies in the world.
For High Street brands in the UK, USA, Ireland, Canada, Europe.
There are far too many to list. When I googled 'affiliate networks' I got over 10 million results. Of course you can fine tune your search by adding say the country you may want to focus on.
What Types of Affiliate Programme Compensation are there?
… An Affiliate Marketers visitor completes & submits an online registration, membership, or subscription on the Affiliate Programmes website via the Affiliate Link.
… An Affiliate Marketers visitor purchases a product or service from the Affiliate Programmes website via the Affiliate Link.
How do I sign up for an Affiliate Programme?
Affiliate Programme requirements will vary from company to company.
You'll apply by completing the chosen company's application form, normally found on their website. They will review your application, check you meet their criteria and then will notify you of their decision.
Some companies will not accept a new website, as it doesn't have a track record or enough visitors. But don't despair! Over time the work you do on your website will improve & strengthen it, you can then reapply, so really it's only a no for now.
Are they paying their Affiliates?
A great place to ask these types of questions and get answers from first hand experiences is within the Wealthy Affiliate Community.
Most Affiliate Programmes will also give you a login to their websites affiliate back office. Your 'for your eyes only' admin area. Each company will have its own look & feel.
Generally you'll have all the information relating to your affiliation with the company including the Terms & Conditions, banners (pictures) you can use to promote, your unique links, your sales, commissions due & earned.
You decide! It's all up to you & what you do!
However like any business it won't happen overnight. The more you apply yourself to growing your business, the more your earnings will grow. The work you do today & every day will have a compounding effect for your future earnings. So many people start part time.
Everyone is different. The Affiliate Marketers earning 5 & 6 figure incomes within 2-4 years, started out the same way as everyone else, but followed a consistent plan of action focused on helping people. Some started seeing a profit within a couple of months whilst others it took a year.
So you're excited about Affiliate Marketing and you now have an idea on how to monetise your website/blog. But where to start? How to put it all together?
Wealthy Affiliate has so much information on Affiliate Marketing, including step by step courses so you can start right and fast. A community you can reach out to for advice on 'how to & best of'. A great source for seeing a range of Affiliate Marketers websites, see the 'what & how' they do it.


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Plays for Two: Playwright Interview - Edwin Sanchez
Plays for Two is a unique anthology of twenty-eight terrific plays for two actors, by a mix of celebrated playwrights and cutting-edge new voices. I had the pleasure of speaking with playwright Edwin Sanchez about what inspires him to write, his new novel, and his play, Bea & May.
JACQUELINE LAWTON: Why did you decide to get into theatre? Was there someone or a particular show that inspired you?
EDWIN SANCHEZ: I had just done my first play as an actor, The Me Nobody Knows, and I really fell in love with the sense of community I found. When I got to New York I found the roles for Latino actors to be very limited, gang members, drug dealers, so I decided I would write plays that would reflect the world as I saw it. I have always been surrounded by a real mix of people and I wanted my characters and my plays to reflect that.
JL: Tell me a little bit about your writing process. Do you have any writing rituals? Do you write in the same place or in different places?
ES: I really don't have a ritual. The only thing that is a must for me is that I have to write the first draft in long hand. I love the idea of a character coming through me onto the paper.
JL: Can you tell me about the play that's being published in Plays for Two?
ES: Bea & May is a love story between two women. We open on the wedding of one of them and come to discover they will not wind up together.
JL: What excited you about being a part of this anthology?
ES: Eric and Nina have included my work in a prior anthology so I'm very happy to be back. What's so important about it is that short plays can just disappear into the ether. These anthologies give them a permanence that is really exciting and gratifying.
JL: What advice do you have for up-and-coming playwrights?
ES: Don't talk your play, write it. Don't tell everyone what the story is, write it. It's the sitting down and doing the work that matters. Also find out what works best for you. Silence, music, solitude.
JL: What next for you? Where can we follow your work?
ES: I have a website, edwinsanchez-writer.com and I've just finished my first novel, Diary of a Puerto Rican Demigod, which should be available soon. I continue to write and I teach at ESPA at Primary Stages in NY.
About the Playwright
Winner of National Latino Playwriting Award for LA BELLA FAMILIA, Edwin Sanchez's recent productions include TRAFFICKING IN BROKEN HEARTS at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angeles as well as the world premiere of my romantic comedy I'LL TAKE ROMANCE at the Evolution Theatre in Ohio. Other productions include, DIOSA, produced by Hartford Stage after a successful workshop by New York Stage and Film, TRAFFICKING IN BROKEN HEARTS at the Atlantic Theater in New York, UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE at the Intar Theater in New York, ICARUS produced by Fourth Unity in New York, Actors Theater of Louisville as part of their Humana Festival, and San Jose Rep in California. My play BAREFOOT BOY WITH SHOES ON was produced by Primary Stages in New York and was selected by the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference to represent the National Playwrights Conference at the Schelykovo Playwrights Seminar in Russia. My work has been produced regionally throughout the United States as well as Brazil and Switzerland. Among my awards are the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays (CLEAN), three New York Foundation for the Arts Playwriting/Screenwriting Fellowships, the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship (UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE), the Daryl Roth Creative Spirit Award and the AT&T On Stage New Play Award (UNMERCIFUL GOOD FORTUNE). I live in upstate New York where I continue to write as well as teach and mentor playwrights.
About the Anthology
Click here to order your copy!
It takes two to tango—or to perform a duet, fight a duel, or play ping-pong. The two-character play is dramatic confrontation stripped to its essence. These four full-length and twenty-four short plays feature pairs of every sort—strangers, rivals, parents and children, siblings, co-workers, friends, and lovers—swooning or sparring, meeting cute or parting ways. In a dizzying range of moods and styles, these two-handers offer the kind of meaty, challenging roles actors love, while providing readers and audiences with the pleasures of watching the complex give-and-take dynamics of two keenly matched characters.

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IMPORTANT: The pluggable shuffle and pluggable sort capabilities are experimental and unstable. This means the provided APIs may change and break compatibility in future versions of Hadoop.
A custom shuffle implementation requires a org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.AuxServices.AuxiliaryService implementation class running in the NodeManagers and a org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ShuffleConsumerPlugin implementation class running in the Reducer tasks.
A custom sort implementation requires a org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapOutputCollector implementation class running in the Mapper tasks and (optionally, depending on the sort implementation) a org.apache.hadoop.mapred.ShuffleConsumerPlugin implementation class running in the Reducer tasks.
Except for the auxiliary service running in the NodeManagers serving the shuffle (by default the ShuffleHandler), all the pluggable components run in the job tasks. This means, they can be configured on per job basis. The auxiliary service servicing the Shuffle must be configured in the NodeManagers configuration.
These properties can also be set in the mapred-site.xml to change the default values for all jobs.
IMPORTANT: If setting an auxiliary service in addition the default mapreduce_shuffle service, then a new service key should be added to the yarn.nodemanager.aux-services property, for example mapred.shufflex. Then the property defining the corresponding class must be yarn.nodemanager.aux-services.mapreduce_shufflex.class.


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 * Created by PhpStorm.
 * User: hrustbb
 * Date: 18.10.16
 * Time: 20:36
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namespace frontend\models;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;
use common\models\Task;
use common\access\AccessTask;

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    public $name;
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    public $description;
    public $project_id;
    public $parent_id;

    public function rules(){
        return [
            ['name', 'required', 'message'=>'Поле обязательно для заполнения'],
            ['description', 'required', 'message'=>'Поле обязательно для заполнения'],
            ['project_id', 'required'],
            ['project_id', 'integer'],
            ['parent_id', 'integer'],
            ['task_id', 'integer']
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            $child_task->description = $this->description;
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W e s t e r n C o n f e r e n c e - P a c i f i c D i v i s i o n
Der Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta
Rexall Place (max. Fassungsvermögen: 16.839)
Seit Ende Saison 12: Matej Rohac
bis Ende Saison 12: Sebastian Edel
Saison 15-17: Dan Bylsma
Saison 14: Terry Murray
Saison 12-13: Peter DeBoer
Saison 11: Marc Crawford, Peter DeBoer
Saison 9-10: Alain Vigneault
Saison 8: Mike Sullivan, Barry Trotz
Saison 5-7: Mike Sullivan
Saison 3-4: Craig MacTavish
Saison 1-2: Ted Nolan
Saison 15-17: Ralph Krueger
Saison 14: John Stevens
Saison 11-13: Kelly Buchberger
Saison 10: Esa Tikkanen, Kelly Buchberger
Saison 8-9: Esa Tikkanen
seit Saison 14: Oklahoma City Barons (GMHL)
vormals: Seattle Avengers (GMHL)
Saison 11: 113 Punkte
Northwest Division Winner:
4x (Saison 5, 6, 11, 12)
Pacific Division Winner:
Clarence S. Campbell Bowl:
1x (Saison 11)
10x (Saison 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17)
Saison 4:
0-4 vs. PHO (Runde 1)
4-x vs. STL (Runde 1)
4-3 vs. STL (Runde 1)
2-4 vs. CAR (Finale)
4-3 vs. CAL (Runde 1)
4-1 vs. CBJ (Runde 1)
4-0 vs. DET (Runde 2)
2-4 vs. VAN (Runde 1)
2x (Saison 11-12)
Bud Light Plus/Minus Award:
Saison 11: Paul Kariya - +38
GM Of The Year Award:
Saison 11: Sebastian Edel
King Clancy Trophy:
Saison 11: Jarome Iginla
Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award:
Saison 11: Cam Ward - 91,1% Saves
Saison 11: Cam Ward – 77 Spiele, 1 SO
Saison 11: Cam Ward - GAA 2,58
MVP der Saison:
Saison 1: Ryan Smyth
Saison 7: Kyle Calder
Saison 9: Jarret Stoll
Saison 10: Dion Phaneuf
Saison 11: Cam Ward
Saison 13: Patrick Elias
Saison 14: Erik Cole
Saison 16: Taylor Hall
Saison 17: Jordan Eberle
2002: Jesse Niinimäki (11st), Boyd Gordon (13rd), Jeff Deslauriers (25th), Johnny Boychuk (38th), Jason Ryznar (45th), Brock Radunske (61st), Jonas Almtorp (71st), Patrick Murphy (101st), Sean Collins (108th), Patrick Jarrett (136th), Ladislav Kouba (152nd), Glenn Fisher (163rd), Adam Taylor (172nd), Jean-Francois Dufort (201st), Josh Morrow (202nd), Scott Lynch (206th), Dwight Helminen (221st), Dan Glover (226th), Robin Big Snake (236th), Fredrik Johansson (255th), Ned Havern (259th), Diarmuid Kelly (270th)
2003: Dion Phaneuf (6th), Marc-Antoine Pouliot (9th), Colin McDonald (36th), Jean-Francois Jacques (50th), Zach Stortini (66th), Zack Fitzgerald (68th), Arsi Piispanen (79th), Kalle Olsson (114th), Ty Morris (116th), David Rohlfs (131st), Dragan Umicevic (132nd), Mathieu Roy (169th), Niko Vainio (189th), Troy Bodie (217th), Tanner Glass (246th), Zbynek Hrdel (272nd)
2004: Andrew Ladd (6th), Rob Schremp (7th), Geoff Paukovich (43rd), Sami Lepisto (53rd), Chad Painchaud (58th), Kris Versteeg (62nd), Justin Pogge (95th), Scott McCulloch (111st), J.D. Corbin (127th), Danny Taylor (178th), Bjorn Bjurling (194th), Craig Switzer (206th), Nick Tarnasky (215th), Brian Mahoney-Wilson (252nd)
2005: Andrew Cogliano (14th), Danny Syvret (33rd), Taylor Chorney (39th), T.J. Hensick (40th), Patrick Davis (41st), Chris Vande Velde (91st), Fredrik Pettersson (92nd), Mikko Lehtonen (98th), Robby Dee (109th), Colton Yellowhorn (114th), Johan Ryno (135th), Tim Crowder (166th), Mike Gauthier (192nd), Matthew Glasser (209th), Matt Generous (213th), Mike Duco (221st), Mattias Hellström (235th), Mark Louis (242nd), Mikael Johansson (252nd), Daniel Ahsberg (255th)
2006: Matt Corrente (19th), Ryan White (43rd), James Reimer (48th), Brian Strait (60th), Daniel Rahimi (83rd), Alex Biega (118th), Bryan Pitton (130th), Sebastien Bisaillon (132nd), Marc Cheverie (187th), Cameron Cepek (190th), Matthew Cline (192nd), Matthew McCue (213th), Keegan Dansereau (215th), Josh Gillam (217th), Kris Lazaruk (227th), Trevor Solomon (230th), Chris Huxley (241st), Ryan DePape (246th), Joel Gistedt (254th), Jean-Philippe Chabot (257th), Chris Ray (260th), Stefan Langwieder (263rd),
2007: Sam Gagner (6th), Jim O'Brien (27th), Drew Schiestel (49th), Drayson Bowman (56th), Spencer Machacek (57th), Nick Palmieri (62nd), Justin McCrae (77th), Linus Omark (79th), Matt Halischuk (91st), Bradley Eidsness (104th), Justin Falk (108th), Jordan Knackstedt (120th), William Quist (130th), Patrick Maroon (147th), Nick Larson (167th), Brett Bellemore (169th), Brent Regner (198th), Allen York (209th), Craig Smith (228th)
2008: Jordan Eberle (14th), Cameron Gaunce (41st), Patrice Cormier (50th), James Livingston (65th), Kelsey Tessier (68th), Michael Stone (78th), Brent Raedeke (119th), Philippe Cornet (120th), Matias Sointu (198th), Mark Goggin (211th), Andrew MacWilliam (213th)
2009: Ethan Werek (32nd), Stefan Elliott (33rd), Sami Vatanen (72nd), Alexander Urbom (90th), Edward Pasquale (98th), Ben Chiarot (99th), Tyler Randell (130th), Brandon Kozun (164th), Luke Walker (193rd), Beau Schmitz (209th)
2010: Taylor Hall (1st), Jakub Culek (88th), Adam Polasek 116th), Mirko Höfflin (134th), Mauro Jörg (149th), Kristians Pelss (194th), Lee Moffie (204th), Martin Ouelette (205th)
2011: Michael Paliotta (73rd), Samuel Noreau (159th), Patrick Koudys (163rd), David Broll (165th), Matej Stransky (173rd), Max McCormick (182nd), Aaron Harstad (193rd)
2012: Jordan Schmaltz (28th), Mitchell Heard (42nd), Chris Calnan (88th), Michael Clarke (148th), Riley Barber (187th), Vince Hinostroza (191st), Brady Austin (208th)
2013: Elias Lindholm (5th), Emilie Poirier (34th), Remi Elie (64th), Ryan Kujawinski (94th), Kyle Platzer (124th), Ryan Segalla (144th), Tucker Poolman (154th), Wiley Sherman (184th)
2014: Ryan Collins (Rd. 2), Joe Wegwerth (Rd. 4), Liam Coughlin (Rd. 5), Julius Vahatalo (Rd. 6), Julien Nantel (Rd. 7)
2015: Jonas Siegenthaler (58th), Matej Tomek (88th), Ales Stezka (118th), Niko Mikkola (148th), Nick Boka (178th), Adam Huska (184th), Chaz Reddekopp (208th)
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As we got higher into the Pyrenees, the road signs got gradually less French. Call it Occitan, call it Catalan – whichever way you look at it we were moving into new territory. As if to illustrate the point, we also quickly found ourselves in the middle of the biggest hailstorm I've ever seen. This, of course, was the perfect moment to discover that our sunroof didn't seal properly.


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Twitter suspends QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene for 12 hours after telling Trump supporters to 'mobilize and make your voices heard' before Biden is sworn in
Unseen Camelot: Nanny's never-before-seen private photos of JFK, Jackie, and their children go up for sale after decades under wraps
The candid images were owned by the family nanny Maud Shaw, who watched the Kennedy children from 1957 to 1965
The lot of 79 photos, a maternity dress worn by Jackie and an autographed copy of Maud's memoir go under the hammer on Thursday
Maud famously looked after Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. after their father was assassinated in 1963
By Erica Tempesta For Dailymail.com
A set of never-before-seen photos of the Kennedy family, which features images of former President John F. Kennedy, his wife Jacqueline and their two children, will be put up for auction this week.
The 79 candid images were previously owned by the family's nanny Maud Shaw, who watched the couple's children Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. for seven years, much of which was spent in the White House. The pictures, along with a custom-made maternity dress the First Lady wore while pregnant with John in 1960, are being sold as one lot by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on Thursday, June 25, and offer a rare and unique glimpse into the private lives of the former first family.
In one photo, Jackie can be seen wearing a white dress with light blue and purple dots while sitting on a manicured green lawn with her daughter, who is posed next to an Easter basket.
Style icon: This never-before-seen photo of Jacqueline Kennedy sitting with her daughter Caroline is one of the 79 images that are up for auction this week
Beach day: US President John F. Kennedy is pictured wearing a casual blue polo shirt as he enjoyed some time in the sun
The fashion icon, whose personal style is still revered after her death in 1994, is facing Caroline and looking over her shoulder as she smiles as the camera.
Another picture shows the active mother-of-two leading a pony, which Caroline is riding. It is unclear whether or not the pony was Caroline's pet Macaroni, which was a gift from Lyndon B. Johnson.
Jackie became an equestrian at an early age and horse-riding remained a lifelong passion, which she passed along to her daughter.
Other snaps include family moments at the beach, a casually dressed JFK, Caroline and John playing, as well as snapshots of Maud with the children.
The family frequently vacationed at the Kennedy Compound, a waterfront property on Cape Cod along the Nantucket Sound in Hyannis Port. JFK's parents Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. his wife Rose raised him and his brothers, Bobby and Ted, in the main home. In 1956, JFK bought a smaller property not far from his childhood home, while his brother Ted acquired the third home, which was adjacent to the other two, in 1959.
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Bidding war: The series of photos, including this one of Jackie leading Caroline's horse, will be sold by Nate D. Sanders Auctions on Thursday, June 25
Personal mementos: The pictures, which feature the former First Lady (center), were owned by the Kennedy family's nanny Maud Shaw
Presidential employee: Maud (left), who is seated next to JFK (center), cared for Caroline and John F. Kennedy Jr. from 1957 to 1965
The rare pictures are a part of the former nanny's personal collection of Kennedy moments. Maud was began working for Kennedys after the birth of Caroline in 1957. She famously cared for Caroline and John after the assassination of their father on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas.
Among the pictures in the lot is an image of a funeral procession, presumed to be JFK's, as well as a photo of his original gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1963.
Two years after JFK's death, Maud, who had never married, retired from her position and moved to her family home of London.
Shortly after her retirement, Jackie visited her former employee in London, where she gave her the cream patterned dress that is now up for auction.
The sleeveless, empire waist dress, which features a zippered rear closure and measures 18' across the chest, is lightly worn and was originally sold at Whyte's auctions in Dublin, Ireland.
Whyte's said the dress had 'no label indicating size or maker's name' but was of 'fantastically high quality'.
Country in mourning: One of the pictures in the series features a funeral procession (left), presumed to be JFK's, as well as a photo of his original gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery in 1963 (right)
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TOWIE's Demi Sims confirms romance with Francesca Farago
Firefighters respond to blaze at famous New York 'Halloween House'
Happy times: The candid picture include intimate family moments including this shot of John at the beach
Trip to the park: Another snapshot shows John wearing a Fair Isle sweater as he walks a dog
Full of energy: John was also snapped playfully crawling through a statue
While the origin of the dress is unknown, Jackie hired fashion designer Oleg Cassini in 1960 to create an original wardrobe for her as First Lady.
In her 1966 memoir, White House Nanny: My Years with Caroline and John Kennedy Jr., Maud wrote about receiving Jackie's maternity dress, and a signed copy of her book is also featured in the lot.
Maud dated the book '18 August 1967' and wrote: 'To Rose / With happy memories of our long friendship / My very best wishes for you [illegible],' before adding her signature.
When Maud died in 1988, her keepsakes from her years spent with the Kennedys were inherited by her relatives and sold off.
Bidding for the 79 photos, dress and autographed book start at 10,000.
The candid family photos are the latest in a long line of JFK images and memorabilia to go under the hammer.
Family pet: Caroline posed with her Welsh Terrier Charlie for this Christmas photo
Sun and sand: The Kennedy children are pictured enjoying a day at the beach
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Never-before-seen photos of JFK and Jackie vacationing with friends in Cape Cod went up for auction in Boston in Feburary and were sold for $32,500.
And in October last year, a set of 13 wedding negatives from the Kennedys' spectacular wedding ceremony and celebration fetched $34,000 at auction.
Five years after JFK's death, Jackie married the wealthy Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1968. In 1975, she became a widow for the second time after Aristotle died of respiratory failure.
Caroline and John grew up in New York City, away from their cousins in Hyannis Port. Caroline attended Radcliffe College at Harvard University. After graduation, she accepted a job as research assistant, where she met her husband, exhibit designer Edwin Schlossberg. She later received her J.D. degree from Columbia Law School.
Worn by an icon: The lot being auctioned off also includes this cream maternity dress, which Jackie wore in 1960 when she was pregnant with John
Presidential baby: Jackie gave birth to John, presumably pictured, on November 25, 1960, two weeks after JFK was elected president
Six years after he graduated from Brown University, John received a J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law in 1989 and worked at Manhattan district attorney's office for the next four years.
In 1994, Jackie was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and died in her sleep in May 1994.
A year later, John and Michael J. Berman co-founded George, a monthly political lifestyle magazine. In 1996, he married Carolyn Bessette in a secret ceremony.
Caroline, who has three children, Rose, Tatiana, and John, is the only living member of her immediate family. Her brother, along with his wife and her elder sister Lauren, died in 1999 after the small plane he was piloting crashed while they were on their way to a family wedding on Martha's Vineyard.
The author and attorney is a current United States Ambassador to Japan.
Coveted items: Bidding for the lot, which includes the family photos, Jackie's maternity dress and Maud's autographed memoir, starts at $10,000
Special momentos: When Maud died in 1988, her keepsakes from her years spent with the Kennedys, including these photos, were inherited by her relatives and sold off
Lot Detail - Jacqueline Kennedy Maternity Dress -- Worn While She Was Pregnant With Son John F. Kennedy Jr. in 1960 -- Includes Lot of 79 Never Before Seen Photographs From the Kennedy White House
Photos of John F. Kennedy, Jackie, and their children go up for sale
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In the majority of these cultural images, parents are perfect. We see heterosexual partners who are both present and divide their parenting tasks without effort. They are constantly involved in activities with their kids. All the children are beautiful, smart, and responsive. The house is always spotless, and dinner is always ready on time.
These idealized images are held out as the high water mark of who we should be as parents, and leave us inevitably feeling as though we don't quite measure up.
In real life, we must eal with responsibilities in addition to parenting — jobs to perform or jobs to find, bills to pay, grass to mow, meals to cook, phones to answer. Recognizing the tyranny of the idealized image, and how unrealistic it is, goes a long way toward relieving guilt, pressure, and stress.
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Be able to say, "I don't like my daughter when she does whatever it is." Seeing others nod in recognition will heal your heart.


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dis'-i-plin (mucar): In the King James Version only in Job 36:10, where it refers to moral discipline, the strenuous cultivation of the righteous life; the Revised Version (British and American) "instruction." the Revised Version (British and American) in 2 Tim 1:7 has "discipline" for a Greek word (sophronismos) meaning "sobering"; in 2 Tim 3:16 margin, for Greek paideia, "instruction." In classic Greek paideia means "education," mental culture. Through the influence of the Septuagint, which translates the Hebrew mucar by paideia, the meaning of "chastisement" accompanies paideia in the New Testament. Compare Heb 12:5,7,8,11.
See CHASTISEMENT; and for ecclesiastical discipline see CHURCH. Bibliography Information
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Naperville North unveils new 'arena' dedicated solely to esports competition
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Naperville North senior Sam Farran gives the high school's new gaming PCs a test run April 12, 2019 after the new esports facility was unveiled. Farran is a member of the Naperville North's varsity Overwatch esports team. (Suzanne Baker/Naperville Sun)
A seed planted by a Naperville North High School senior for a club in which students could gather to play video games has grown within months into a dedicated space at the school for esports teams to practice and compete.
The school Friday unveiled its esports arena, a room on the second floor of the school's learning commons that has 12 gaming desks, chairs, PCs, monitors, mice and keyboards and a mounted display television for post-game reviews.
Naperville School District 203 spokeswoman Sinikka Mondini said the district set aside $25,200 to fully equip an esports arena at each of the two high schools.
Naperville North's space is open because the school made the first request, and Naperville Central is on track to open this spring.
Mondini said Naperville Central has identified a location for its esports arena, and the enabling gear has been ordered and is starting to arrive.
"We anticipate the Naperville Central esports arena to be fully operational in a late April, early May time frame," Mondini said.
It's been a whirlwind few months since Michael Pater approached staff in the fall about a club for gamers.
Pater said he noticed a demographic around school that was not being met with the school's' current clubs, sports and activities. He approached first-year graphics teacher Alex Egan about starting a club.
About the same time, campus supervisor Andy Mendez was looking for a way to bring his passion for esports to Naperville North.
As a high school student, Mendez founded the esports club at Indian Prairie District 204's Metea Valley High School in Aurora. After graduation he worked as an administrative assistant at Metea Valley and became the club's staff sponsor.
When he moved to Naperville North in fall 2018, he wanted to create similar competition teams there.
Word got out and Egan and Mendez connected. Shortly thereafter, varsity and junior varsity teams were formed, with some students competing in tournaments in early November.
Egan coaches Rocket League, a vehicular soccer video game, and Mendez coaches League of Legends, a take on the game capture the flag. Overwatch, a multiplayer first-person shooter game, is coached by Naperville North paraprofessional Chris Terpstra.
Up until Friday, other than tournaments with a designated esports arena, Naperville North battled other schools from game stations at individual team member's homes.
The push to have their own space in the school started in the winter when students pitched their idea for a dedicated esports space to the principal and other school administrators.
"I teach graphic arts. We were trying to configure the computers in my classroom," Egan said. What the school offered was beyond what the students or the coaches imagined.
Naperville North junior Steven Figge plays a quick game of League of Legends April 12, 2019 after the high school's new esports facility was unveiled. Figge is member of the Naperville North's varsity League of Legends esports team. (Suzanne Baker/Naperville Sun)
Mendez, who serves with the Illinois High School Esports Association, said he believes Naperville North has the first dedicated arena in the suburbs.
In the new setup, League of Legends has access to the arena Monday and Wednesdays for practice and matches. Overwatch has the space Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Friday is open to the esports club's more than 120 casual gamers. Pater said a Super Smash Brothers tournament this semester at the school drew more than 100 students.
Pater, a member of the variety League of Legends team, said having a space where teammates can play side by side changes the dynamic and will help Naperville North better compete.
"You can run drills at home," Pater said. "But being able to be right next to your coach and teammates is much better."
The senior from Woodridge was in awe as he stood outside the room Friday. "It's a lot better than I imagined," Pater said.


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Local author's novel unfolds on your iPad
Kate Lynch's "The Birth" is a multimedia novel-in-progress
Updated: November 15, 2013 - 9:03 am
An enhanced e-book, "The Birth" combines prose with videos and music. Credit: Submitted image
WHITTIER — What is "transmedia fiction"?
That's the digital-age storytelling form taken by "The Birth," local musician and performer Kate Lynch's unfolding multimedia novel. Lynch has released two sections of the enhanced e-book — an interactive mix of prose, music and video — through Apple's iBooks Store, and it remains a work in progress.
"The Birth" is a work of historical fiction, with a story that begins in 1795 and traces five generations of a German family that emigrates to the U.S. and eventually produces a (real-life) key figure of 20th-century science, one whose innovations had unforeseen but devastating environmental consequences.
Lynch started writing what she thought was a screenplay about five years ago and said she was surprised when it turned into a novel. But it wasn't done evolving. Already onto the idea of "transmedia fiction," Lynch came across iBook Author, an app that allowed her to translate some of her multimedia ideas into an iPad novel.
Accompanied by musicians Chris Beaty and Ken Chastain, Lynch will perform songs from the e-book Monday night at a new Whittier neighborhood co-working space. She'll also show some of the short videos that are included with the iPad version of her book.
"This is a big experiment, but also unveiling something while it's still becoming," she said.
Lynch also plans to have several chapters available in chapbook form — the only way to access the work without an iPad, for now. Several of the chapbooks are available at Birchbark Books in Kenwood.
Minneapolitans might know Lynch from Clementown, her kids' music project with Beaty. She is a dancer, choreographer and composer.
She's also a first-time author, but one unafraid to dive into the research required for a work of historical fiction. On a family vacation to Europe, she took a solo side trip to Germany, where she stayed in the home of one of her characters.
The multimedia aspect of "The Birth" not only allows Lynch to use her talents for music and performance, it's a way to capture the interest of new readers.
"If it were a [prose] book, it would never have come into their world," she said.
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Info: "The Birth" e-book can be purchased through Apple's iBooks Store
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The Rockfish Games team first revealed they were working on the game earlier this week, and promised it will have "classic RPG elements". It will have the same "visual style" as Everspace, which means it will probably look very pretty indeed, and you'll battle a variety of enemies in an "everlasting quest for better loot"...
Everspace 2 is expected to launch on Steam Early Access in the second half of 2020, and won't go into full release until 2021
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Looks like the developer turned down Epic's request to delete the game from Steam and go EGS exclusive.
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/ever...ore-exclusive-without-steam-we-wouldnt-exist/
There's a trend starting where announcing "Don't worry we won't sell out to Epic" is becoming the new "don't worry our game won't have loot boxes".
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New gameplay along with a 2 hour stream talking about release schedule and features.
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This could be game of the year for 2021.
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Ha! But it does look good...
Everspace 2 (Early Access) comes to Steam and GOG on January 18th
2020 was a rough ride for the open-world space shooter Everspace 2...a Kickstarter campaign in late 2019 was very successful, pulling in nearly $620,000, but a planned Early Access release was postponed twice: Once because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then by Cyberpunk 2077's move from November into December, which developer Rockfish Games (along with a few others) had no interest in messing with...
The initial Early Access release "will be good for at least 25 hours of gameplay," Rockfish said, with core gameplay mechanics in place and English voice acting for the first 12 hours of the campaign and several side missions...
https://www.pcgamer.com/everspace-2-comes-to-steam-and-gog-on-january-18/
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Anyone know how well 1st person cockpit view is implemented in either the first one or this upcoming one? Like, can you pan your view around the cockpit? Thx.
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It's fully modeled and you can look around. They even turn off the regular HUD so you can use the cockpit instruments. The first one even has TrackIR support. It's going to be the same for Everspace 2.
I don't normally do EA games but I will be getting this as soon as it's available.
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Thanks for that info, I will look into this one
I have a Saitek X52 HOTAS that I would also want to use for this
They made a dev post about this a few weeks ago. Check the Steam page
Watching the gameplay it looks like combat in first person would be a lot harder b/c you wouldn't be able to see the ships off to your side and behind you.
Well that's part of the challenge of using cockpit view in any space combat game. You trade some immersion for combat awareness.
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agreed, I guess what I meant to ask but didn't is whether the game is really designed to be played in 3rd person based on the combat style, like for example how witcher 3's dodge/parry/roll/evade 3rd person combat would not work in 1st person, whereas Skyrim has less dynamic content and thus can be played in either 1st or 3rd person mode without a loss of combat effectiveness
I think it works just fine personally.
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Direct Cinema: Albert Maysles
Today, I was inspired all over again on making documentaries with simple equipment, but with head and heart fully engaged. In a TEDx talk, cameraman Albert Maysles lets us see documentary through his lens of a lifetime's experience – along the way making films about a young upcoming Senator J F Kennedy, Marlon Brando, the Beatles in America, salesmen in the dying trade of selling Bibles door-to-door…. you will likely have seen some of his footage at some time in your life.
"There's so many things out in the world that we need that direct representation of, so that we can all share in, not getting someone else's opinion of what's going on, but to have the experience of being there."
– Albert Maysles
What is Direct Cinema?
Made possible in the late 1950s/early 1960s by cameras light enough to carry on the shoulder, it uses the minimum of equipment and team to record what's happening, without voiceovers or interviews and place the viewer as if 'in the room'. It leapt into prominence with its use on the campaign trail with J F K in the film "Primary" (Albert shot some of the footage along with Richard Leacock and D A Pennebaker).
"If the camera person has the eye of a poet, and is very sensitive to what's going on and knows how to shoot it, that result for us is even better than having been there for ourselves because the eye is so good at detecting and getting it just right."
Albert's interest in filmmaking began as a professor in Psychology, and he brings that insight, interest and love of people into how he makes films. In the TEDX talk, he expresses concern that almost all news broadcast is solely bad news. At the time of speaking (2011) he wanted to record a documentary with Medea Benjamin (co-founder of the peace group Pink Code) "because she's totally engaged in peace-making – not war-making, not killing, but saving lives. And I know that if I had the opportunity to be with her in the process of peace-making, her experience would be the experience for everybody seeing that film, maybe 50 million people and get us in the mood for having confidence that peace is possible and that there are people who can do it" (timestamp: 13 mins in)
The more cynically minded media theorists will query all of this, especially that a documentary could change people's engrained life and political attitudes – but Albert has actually claimed that the shared experience is powerful, and that it opens the mind to other possibilities than our own experience alone would not grant us.
It is also worth considering whether the presence of a camera affects the action happening at the time. Do people over-react, knowing it's there?
In the end, Albert did not get to record with Medea Benjamin, as he died of pancreatic cancer some 4 years after this TEDx talk was released. Working to very near the end, there were 2 documentaries released in the year of his death: Iris (about fashion icon Iris Apfel) and one "In Transit" on a long train journey across America (which he proposed during the TEDx talk). "Iris" was given to me by a friend because of its subject matter, as I had recently become interested in the imaginatively dressed Iris ("My mother worshipped at the altar of accessories".)
It's worth watching this 22 minute TedX talk because Albert:
shows how to be a cameraman trusted by others to tell their life stories
helps you think through how to go about telling a story (most internet writing is on the tech to use, the latest camera software etc)
has the experience of standing at the shoulder of history-makers (JFK, Fidel Castro, Beatles)
is humane
is a good anecdote teller
worked at such quality that 2 of his documentaries received Oscar nominations
This is Albert's vision and can be seen in his style of shooting film, tightly framed and closeup:
"to humanise so that we could get that much closer to people… get closer, not as a diversion, but as an engagement"
He began this early – remembering a wonderful experience as a young child when his father put on classical music and the young Albert just looked at his father's face…. "the closeup of the face is such a wonderful way of carrying the experience across from the person in the film to the viewer".
What is good documentary filming?
Albert Maysles says that footage can be perfect technically: good focus, framing and audio – but if it isn't personally engaged and engaging, then it's a failure.
Further Ref
Check out the work of the Maysles Foundation, "dedicated to the exhibition and production of documentary films that inspire dialogue and action" here.
Check out a similar audio engagement with the human voice (especially the unfamous), listening without forcing the conversation, to Studs Terkel in another post on ,& here.
Creative Takeaway
Should there be narrative voice in your story making?
How much can be told only by vision?
Where is the "camera" or "microphone" or "writing author" recording from, in your making? Is the framing tight, closeup or faraway big picture?
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Colonels take care of Boone County in final home game for their coach
Dixie sends Chevalier off with a win Colonels take care of Boone County in final home game for their coach Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/2lsO784
Rick Broering, Enquirer contributor Published 11:25 p.m. ET Feb. 17, 2017
Boone Co. vs. Dixie Heights boys' basketball, Feb. 17
Tyler Schreck breaks his way to the basket for Dixie Heights. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Reed Bradfield finds an early basket for Dixie Heights. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Cameron Thornberry (22) of Dixie Heights gets held up by Justin Bowman of Boone County. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Hunter Meyer (10) of Dixie Heights picks up a free throw opportunity for the Colonels. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Andrew Cox of Dixie Heights is stripped of the ball and sent to the free throw line. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Tyler Schreck (12) finds a free path to the pasket for Dixie Heights. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Boone County's Justin Bowman eyes the basket. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Ethan Robbins puts back a rebound for a a Boone County basket. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Boone County's defense sends Dixie Heights' Tyler Schreck (12) to the free throw line. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Boone County's Alex Schwartz (10) finds the basket for the Rebels. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dixie Heights Athletic Director Matt Willhoit (left) presents retiring Head Coach Ken Chevalier (center) with a piece of the Colonel Gym Floor in honor of his years of service as previous Coloneks Coach Nick Benge (right) looks on. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dixie Heights' R J Schweitzer powers his way to the basket collecting a foul off of Booone County's Ethan Robbins (35). Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Reed Bradfield (left) of Dixie Heights grabs a basket and trip to the charity stripe as Boone County's Ethan Robbins commits the infraction. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Hunter Meyer (10) of Dixie Heights cruises past his teammate Reed Bradfield (24) for a layup. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Tyler Schreck (12) of Dixie Heights picks up a basket and an "and one" for the Colonels as Boone County's Parker Kyle commits the foul. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dixie Heights' R J Schweitzer (31) drives the paint and collects a foul. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dixie Heights' Tyler Schreck (12) picks up a basket and a trip to the foul line. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Retiring Dixie Heights Head Coach Ken Chevalier congratulates his Colonels on their win. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
The Colonels and Rebels of Boone County tip off at Dixie Heights. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
The Boone County Rebels huddle before the game. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Andrew Cox and Coach Ken Chevalier of Dixie Heights listen to the referees give out pregame instructions. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Coach Ken Chevalier (right), son and assistant coach Kyle Chevalier and his son stand at attention for the National Anthem. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
The Colonels cheerleaders pose for Senior Night at Dixie Heights. Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer
Dixie Heights Athletic Director Matt Willhoit (left) presents retiring Head Coach Ken Chevalier (center) with a piece of the Colonel Gym Floor in honor of his years of service as previous Coloneks Coach Nick Benge (right) looks on.(Photo: Geoff Blankenship for The Enquirer)Buy Photo
It was a special Friday night for Dixie Heights coach Ken Chevalier and his team as the Colonels beat Boone County at home, 85-55.
Chevalier is retiring from the sidelines at the end of this postseason after 13 years as Dixie's head coach. He's compiled a 250-141 record during that time, making him the winningest coach in school history. Friday night marked his final game at Dixie as the Colonels start district tournament play on Wednesday at Lloyd High School and the Ninth Region tournament is held at Northern Kentucky University's BB&T Arena the following week.
Dixie also honored its six seniors – Hunter Meyer, Cameron Thornberry, Reed Bradfield, RJ Schweitzer, Andrew Cox, and John Buechel – in their final home game. Meyer led the way against Boone County with 20 points while Thornberry added 17.
To cap it all off, the Colonels also set the school's regular-season record for most wins with 25.
"It's about our six seniors tonight," Chevalier said. "I'm glad they had the opportunity to go out in style. It really is about the kids. I know that sounds like a cliche or coach talk but I'm here doing what I'm doing because I love Dixie Heights High School and I love the kids that play for me – and that goes for all the ones in previous years as well.
"In the meantime, you get a couple presents and keepsakes along the way and that makes it special and it's something that I'll continue to appreciate weeks, months, years down the road."
Determined to make their coach's final regular season game a stress-free one, the Colonels blew the Rebels away from the opening tip, building a 30-point lead in the first half.
"It didn't seem real playing here for the last time," Bradfield said. "I'm sure it didn't feel real for Coach Chev either."
After the Rebels scored on the opening tip, Dixie held them scoreless for the next three minutes while going on an 8-0 run to take control. The Colonels never looked back as they had a 24-10 lead after the first quarter and a 53-23 advantage by halftime.
Boone County's fullcourt pressure was easily solved by Dixie's veteran backcourt and that led to high-percentage looks at the back-end of the Rebels' defense. Thornberry got hot in the second quarter and buried three 3-pointers in short succession. He nailed two more in the third quarter as the Colonels finished with 10 triples for the game.
"It was a great experience," Thornberry said. "I never really dreamed of this happening - getting to play my senior year and getting to start. I never started in middle school so just having this experience was amazing."
During halftime, Chevalier was given a framed portion of the hardwood floor from Dixie's gym with an interlocking "DH" logo and a memento at the top that read "Coach Ken Chevalier." The floor was the same one installed back in 2004-05, Chevalier's first season, when Dixie's gym was last renovated. A section of the floor had to be repaired this summer due to water damage, which made the keepsake a possibility.
During that presentation, a pair of letters from the administration and long-time assistant coach Roddy Stainforth were read over the public address system.
"It's a bittersweet night," said Stainforth, who's been an assistant under Chevalier since the first day he took the head coaching job at Dixie. "It's awesome because we knew we were going to be good but I don't think we expected to set the regular season win record in Dixie Heights history, so it's exciting in that sense for these kids and Coach Chev.
"It's sad at the same time too. For 13 years, I've spent from October to March with Chev. He became a huge part of Dixie basketball. He got us a regional title. He took us to new heights. He's built a first-class program. The not knowing what's next is tough. "
Stainforth added that Chevalier's faith in his players is what he'll remember most about his coaching style.
"The guy believes in every single team he puts out there," Stainforth said. "Even if nobody else in the region thinks the team is any good, Ken Chevalier believes that every team he coaches can win. That's special to have that type of conviction about your team and that belief."
On that note, Chevalier said he's most proud of his 2008-09 season, a team that finished 13-17 and was bounced in the first round of the Ninth Region tournament.
"We weren't very talented that year and we had a 6-foot-2 post player," Chevalier said. "NewCath had beaten us earlier that year by 30-something points and we took them down to the wire and they beat us on a buzzer-beater at NKU in the Ninth Region tournament. Looking back, it's a lot more rewarding to coach those teams that aren't expected to do anything and end up being a really tough out come tournament time. I'm really proud of those teams that finished 13-17 but gave it everything they have in the regional tournament."
He was also on the winning side of perhaps the most memorable Ninth Region championship game ever in the 2010-11 season when his Colonels took down Newport Central Catholic in a nearly four-hour quadruple-overtime thriller, 79-76. It marked Dixie's first region title and state tournament appearance since 1957. That team lost to Lexington Catholic in the first round of the state tournament, finishing with a 29-4 record.
"That was such an incredible game and a great moment for our program," Chevalier said. "But when I look back, it was really more difficult I think to coach the 3,000-point scorer (Brandon Hatton) and the team that's supposed to win the region."
Despite all the nostalgia in the gym, which included former players that came back to congratulate him and wish him well, Chevalier managed to hold his emotions in check throughout Friday night. Part of that, he said, is due to the fact that his team has it's most important stretch of basketball in front of it over the next two weeks.
"I'm a retrospective crier. I'm the type of guy that will think of something two or three weeks from now and get choked up about it," he said. "Usually, when the moment is happening, I don't get too wrapped up in it. This team, I couldn't be more proud of…we're 25-5 which set a record for the most regular season victories in Dixie history. Our focus is on getting better for the postseason and I thought our kids did a great job tonight with all that."
Boone Co. – Schwartz 1 0 2, Nyman 4 0 10, Rogers 7 0 19, Kyle 2 2 7, Robbins 2 0 5, Hicks 3 2 8, Velasquez 1 0 2, Wingo 1 0 2. Totals 21 4 55.
Dixie – Dilts 0 2 2, Buechel 2 0 6, Meyer 9 2 20, Schreck 5 4 14, Cox 0 1 1, Shumate 3 0 8, Thornberry 6 0 17, Bradfield 3 1 7, Jackson 0 1 1, Schweitzer 4 0 9. Totals 32 11 85.
3-pointers: D 10 (Thornberry 5, Shumate 2, Buechel 2, Schweitzer), B 9 (Rogers 5, Nyman 2, Kyle, Robbins). Records: D 25-5, B 7-21.
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Sleeping Beauty by Julia Leigh
M and I saw Sleeping Beauty at the Dendy on cheap skate Tuesday. I'm aspiring to Sid Field's recommended quota of two features per week, with at least one on the big screen. Cheap skate Tuesday makes it all possible. Friends and relatives take note – movies tickets make great gifts.
Last year, Australian short film 'Muscles' made the 2010 official shorts selection of the Festival de Cannes. While artfully made I found the story an uncomfortable and joyless experience, so I was interested in how Sleeping Beauty would affect me. It's a fascinating premise; a young woman who consents to being drugged so that old men can do what they wish with her, as long as they don't penetrate her in any way. Clearly, shoving ones hand into her mouth as one gent did does not count as penetration. The sleeping beauty in question is Lucy (Emily Browning). She does it for money, and the old men do it for – well, that's the interesting bit. One man reminisces over being in bed with his long dead wife, he's satisfied by a quick caress and sleep; another chooses to put his cigarette out on Lucy's neck. Over time Lucy wants to find out what happens to her while she's asleep, and this is what leads to the story's climax.
Sleeping Beauty is novelist Julia Leigh's first film as writer and director. As a contemporary novelist she has been highly successful, best known for The Hunter (1999) and Disquiet (2008). Both works won numerous awards and accolades and The Hunter is soon to become a feature film starring William Dafoe. Sleeping Beauty is 'presented by' Jane Campion who mentored Leigh in its making, giving it instant credibility. Campion certainly had plenty of good things to say about the film, including 'Heartbreaking, tender, terrifying. I love it', her other quotes can be found in the press kit.
I enjoyed it. And according to the marketing material so did the reviewers from The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph UK. But many did not. As we were leaving a woman from one row back shared her opinion with heavy sarcasm, 'Wasn't that a cheery film'. Online the reviews were blunt, news.com.au went so far as saying; ' A HIDEOUS art house snoozer, Sleeping Beauty strikes the rare double of being as pretentious as it is puerile'. I feel this is an incredibly rough summation, but each to their own.
I'll tell you why I liked this film, and offer an explanation to why it wasn't to the tastes of others.
I enjoyed it because it was unconventional; this is no hero's journey told in a classical 3 act structure. It is after all an art house film, which by definition are not popular because they defy the classical conventions most viewers feel comfortable with. I appreciated the absence of clichéd Australian content. There were no Australian diggers, outback psycho's, dogs, toilets or bromances in this film. Don't get me wrong, I can appreciate films with all of these things, yet it was inspiring to watch an Australian film set in Australia but that looked like it could have been anywhere. This made me focus on the story, not the location. The only thing that anchored the story in Australia was the accents, and even these were refreshingly neutral.
The aesthetic was appealing, to my layman's eye Geoffrey Simpson ACS did a fine job, as did Shareen Beringer in costume. (I wonder, does the costume designer have a say about the amount of nudity?). I found the restrained use of music interesting. In genre film the music tells you how to feel and what to expect. In all films it heavily impacts the emotional weight of the story. As it does through its absence. I found that the relative silence of Sleeping Beauty was an intellectual challenge to think about how I felt about the story, without be prompted into what I should be feeling. But I suspect that for some people this left them uncomfortable or confused.
Nakedness was essential to the story telling. It might be what drew many people to see it. The film was heralded with superlatives such as 'erotic', 'sensual' and 'titillating'. If you find the sight of a fat old man licking the face of an unconscious young girl all of those things then good for you. I found it interesting, but in a fascination for the grotesque kind of way. So I think that some people would have felt that they'd been under sold in the sensuality stakes. There was a fair amount of nudity, sure, but after the first quarter of the film or so it had a numbing effect. M, a hot blooded hetero male remarked, 'by the end of it I'd had enough of seeing Lucy's boobs'.
Ever unchanging the erotic becomes uninteresting and this is the point, because instead you focus on the story, not the naked. It's like a film that shows you that the protagonist survives at the beginning. Then you know the dramatic question is not about whether they live or die, but something else, usually (hopefully) something more profound. Sleeping Beauty is not a porno, its sole purpose is not to titillate, its story is not about sex or prostitution. It has other meanings.
So, to the story. The story's existential essence was always going to draw a negative reaction. Without a clear understanding of Lucy's motivation, the loosening of cause and effect, unresolved endings and by finishing the story on what would have been the second act turning point in a more conventional film, the story serves to muck up a mainstream movie goers mojo. Some blamed this on a poor script. I don't think it's the fault of the script if these were deliberate story choices, it's just that the departure from the rules of the classical narrative is not to everyone's taste.
You could argue that the story lacks a protagonist altogether. Undeniably the main character is Lucy, and the story is about her. But if you accept that a defining feature of a protagonist is that they allow the audience emotional access, then Lucy does not fulfil that role. I think this is why some people were not able to engage with the story, they didn't care what happened to Lucy, they weren't barracking for her to 'win'. I found Lucy unlikable (as did her ex boyfriend who remarked on her unpleasantness). Her actions weren't implausible, but we weren't granted access to see the story from her point of view and understand her motivations.
Mainstream audiences like a clear cause and effect progression and generally speaking they respond well to unity. When Lucy slept with her cafe boss it did nothing to further the story. The subplot of Lucy's relationship with the agoraphobic Birdmann (Ewen Leslie) was unresolved. Why didn't she prevent his suicide? Why didn't she report his death? Although this subplot is linked to the climax of story, it fuelled her horror in discovering her client's death, for some it people it would have left too many questions unanswered. Even in mainstream films these days it's ok to have an unresolved subplot , but only if the main plot is resolved, which in classical narrative terms Sleeping Beauty's main plot was not.
To stand by the rules of mainstream narrative Sleeping Beauty would have had another act. During this act Lucy would've learnt what was wrong with her life and come out of her ordeal a changed and possibly better person. The audience would know beyond doubt what happened to Lucy and through her have learnt something that expands the limits of their own life experience. Even if it's only, 'Gee, next time I try to save a planet of blue aliens I'll never do that…'. Instead, the story of Sleeping Beauty stopped. On a downer.
So that's why I thought it was great, but it's also why others responded negatively. For me, the sign of a good film is that it stays with me, that it causes me to turn it over in my mind for days on end. It certainly did that.
Transmission Films, 2011.
This entry was posted on 16/10/2013 by katewroteit in Film Analysis and tagged Art house, Australian Film, Cannes, Cinema, classical narrative, Disquiet, Emily Browning, Film Analysis, Film Critique, Film Review, Jane Campion, Julia Leigh, Movies, Sleeping Beauty, The Hunter.
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Kin + Carta acquires Spire Digital
Kin + Carta has acquired Spire Digital
Kin + Carta has acquired Spire Digital, the digital transformation consulting firm, for $14.8m.
The Colorado agency, which has more than 100 staff, is expected to fit well into Kin + Carta's 'Innovation pillar', the fastest-growing part of its business and the source of 56% of its 2019 net revenue. The acquisition will be integrated in the next year, expanding Kin + Carta's reach into the western US.
Adam Hasemeyer, president, and Nick Coppolo, chief operating officer, have been leading the business for the past three years and will remain as Spire senior management. Mike Gellman, Spire's founder, will remain an advisor to Spire Digital.
Kin + Carta's chief executive J Schwan, said: "The acquisition of Spire Digital is directly in line with our growth strategy, delivering a strategic foothold in the western United States with a best-in-class software design and engineering capability that adds to our fast growing Innovation pillar. Spire has a strong reputation of delivering highly innovative solutions and building a winning culture that's hard to find. We're looking forward to bringing the Spire Digital team into the Kin + Carta Connective."
Adam Hasemeyer, president of Spire, added: "We've grown Spire significantly in recent years and have established a strong reputation in the western US DX market. To realize our fullest potential, we recognized that we needed a partner with deeper resources and a broad geographic reach. We scouted the market from the largest global firms to niche players and decided on Kin + Carta as the perfect choice for Spire. We identify closely with the spirit of entrepreneurialism and agility that we found there and are excited to reach new heights as a part of this impressive organization."
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How NOT to do your Estate Planning!
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A New York trial court recently, and correctly I might add, held that that an incapacitated woman was unduly influenced by her agent under a power of attorney. The Court found that the testimony of an attorney who drafted a will for the woman on behalf of the agent did not carry much weight because the attorney spent insufficient time with the woman and failed to determine her knowledge of her estate. Matter of Mitchell (N.Y. Sup. Ct., No. 100163/14, June 3, 2016). Unfortunately, this is a scenario that plays out all to frequently across upstate New York and the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania as well.
Mary Mitchell appointed Gary Shadoian as her attorney-in-fact under a power of attorney. During the time he was her agent, she wrote him checks valued at more than $120,000, which he used to buy things for himself. Mr. Shadoian contacted an attorney on Ms. Mitchell's behalf to draft a will. The attorney had one conversation with Ms. Mitchell over the phone and met her once in person. The attorney allowed Mr. Shadoian to be present when Ms. Mitchell executed her will, even though Mr. Shadoian was a beneficiary of the will.
After Ms. Mitchell was repeatedly hospitalized for neglect, the court appointed guardians for her. The guardians filed suit against Mr. Shadoian, arguing that he unduly influenced Ms. Mitchell. At the trial, the attorney who drafted the will for Ms. Mitchell testified on behalf of Ms. Shadoian that he didn't know Ms. Mitchell was incapacitated, but admitted that he didn't make inquiries about her knowledge of her estate.
The New York Supreme Court, Kings County, recently ruled that Mr. Shadoian exercised undue influence over Ms. Mitchell. The court determines Mr. Shadoian's testimony was not credible, and that the testimony of the attorney that prepared Ms. Mitchell's will "was too threadbare to carry much weight." The court notes that the attorney "failed to make even elementary inquiries as to the actual size of [Ms. Mitchell's] estate, her medical condition, her social and familial history. Contrary to usual practice, he allowed an unrelated person, designated as beneficiary, to orchestrate the completion and execution of the will."
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How to get things done when it feels like you're being pulled in a million directions at once
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Not every task is as important as it seems in the moment.
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Running a business can be pretty intense.
In many cases, the work that goes into early stage venture eclipses sleep, exercise, and proper eating habits.
Thiago Olson, managing director of Engage Ventures, says he's learned firsthand that it's hard for entrepreneurs to achieve an effective work-life balance. You need a method for prioritizing important tasks over those that can wait.
"It's so easy to get pulled into the burning fires," he told Business Insider. "You just have to remind yourself it's a marathon. You have to step back and invest in your health."
At the age of 17, the 'teen prodigy' built a homemade nuclear fusion reactor. Before moving to the venture fund space, he worked for the US Department of Defense and then became the CEO of digital payment card company Stratos. Today, his venture fund is backed by Delta, UPS, Invesco, AT&T, Home Depot, and Intercontinental Exchange.
He said earlier in his career, he often focused more on his work than his own well-being. Now, he makes sure to get in 30 minutes of exercise every morning.
"Mentally, it's hard, because you go, 'I just need to get to work. I'm so busy,'" he said. "But you end up being so much more productive, if I just did even 30 minutes of that exercise."
Olson said there are some situations and crises that you will need to jump on immediately in an early stage business, even if that means you skip dinner or miss a workout.
But in order to achieve some balance, you've got to find a way to determine what requires immediate action and what can wait until after you hit the gym.
Olson said he has a method of prioritizing tasks and setting boundaries:
"Fast forward 10 years into the future, 15 years into the future," he said. "The thing that was on fire — you have a much different perspective looking back at it. That's the way I'd look at things."
If you treat every small, forgettable task like it's high-priority, you're setting yourself up for burnout.
"It's always good to take a step back and think, am I running in the right direction?" he said. "Take a strategic look at what you're doing and whether it's big picture."
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