My Answer to Daniel's Question: How Did I Become a Top Selling (Nightingale-Conant) Author?
Thank you for asking this question, Daniel. My answer to your question is this: It is being at the right place at the right time, connecting to the right people who think you are the right person and that your message is right for them at that right moment and their marketing team agrees you are the right person with the right message for their customer base. The test marketing confirms you are the right person with the right compelling message too. And you work 24/7 writing your heart out and complete your program within five weeks. And the customers agree that all the above expectations are right and so your program becomes a Top Seller (for seven years and still running) because you are ahead of your time and your heart is in the right place and you had the right training as a speech and English/composition teacher and hypnotherapist who was able to channel the words that communicated the right things to the right and willing audience. Thus, your program provides positive benefits of self-empowerment and self-healing for the listeners. My part was to accept the responsibility of producing the 9-CDs on time. Please be aware that it took me over a year to produce my first CD, Relax, Release and Dream On, the CD that excited Nightingale's interest in my work. And recall that I completed nine CDs in less than five weeks to meet Nightingale's deadline. So Daniel, the only way I can explain how I became a Top Selling Nightingale-Conant author is to conclude it was Divine Intervention, a miracle and a true synchronicity.


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'From Stage to Screen': Lecture given by Phyllida Lloyd with Fiona Shaw
"Women at work in the arts default towards making community rather than making war."
In the second annual Directors Guild Peter Brook Lecture, Phyllida Lloyd CBE reflects on her career to date. Through a series of funny, heartfelt and deeply personal anecdotes, Lloyd explores the differences between working in theatre and film, with reference to the extraordinary journey of Mamma Mia from the West End to Hollywood.
Lloyd explains why time and space are essential for artists and artworks to flourish. She highlights the importance of time management, revealing why she believes Meryl Streep manages her time better than anyone in the industry, and speaks in detail about her directorial craft in the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady.
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[PDF] GB 12695-2016 - Auto immediate delivery.
Summary: This standard specifies the basic requirements and management guidelines for the locations, facilities and personnel of raw materials for the procurement, processing, packaging, storage and transportation of beverage production. This standard applies to beverages other than packaged drinking water and is not suitable for existing drinks.
This standard replaces GB 12695-2003 "Good Manufacturing Practices for Beverage Enterprises".
This standard compared with GB 12695-2003, the main changes are as follows.
- Added Appendix A, Guidelines for Microbiological Monitoring Procedures in Beverage Processing.
This standard specifies the basic aspects of raw materials for the procurement, processing, packaging, storage and transportation of beverage production processes, facilities and personnel.
This standard applies to beverages other than packaged drinking water and is not suitable for existing drinks.
The terms and definitions in GB 14881-2013 apply to this standard.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 3 of GB 14881-2013.
4.1 shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 4 of GB 14881-2013.
When the body is divided according to the product characteristics, the production process and the production process to the degree of cleanliness requirements set.
Library, testing laboratories. Such as the use of turnover of the container production, should also be set up a separate container inspection, pre-wash between.
4.4 clean operating area should be based on different types of beverage characteristics and process requirements to develop different air cleanliness requirements.
Logistics channel and so on.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 5 of GB 14881-2013.
To non-toxic, no smell, does not lead to water pollution of the material to build, anti-pollution facilities, and regular cleaning and disinfection.
5.2.1.2 Water supply facilities entrances and exits should be provided with safety and hygiene facilities to prevent foreign objects from entering.
5.2.2.1 There should be no water supply piping for food processing water in and below the drainage system.
The cleaning effect of the cleaning system was evaluated.
For footwear disinfection facilities, if necessary, should be set up air shower facilities.
Filling, filling, sealing (sealing) one of the equipment filling the entrance can be adjusted according to actual needs.
One of the above may not set up the above facilities.
c) non-direct drinking products [such as food industry with concentrated liquid (juice, pulp), food industry, such as beverage paste, etc.] filling the entrance of the protection zone.
(Wear shoe cover) facilities or work shoe disinfection facilities.
5.2.4.5 If air shower facilities are to be installed, they should be cleaned and maintained on a regular basis.
Warehousing facilities include own warehouses or rented warehouses.
5.2.5.3 Where necessary, refrigerated (frozen) reservoirs should be provided, and refrigerated (frozen) reservoirs should be equipped with facilities that correctly display the internal temperature and humidity of the reservoir.
(With wet production process), packaging equipment, production date marking equipment.
5.3.2.1 Filling, capping (sealing) equipment to encourage the use of automatic equipment, to avoid cross-contamination and direct contact with food to be packaged food.
In addition to recording the time of failure, cause and possible product batches.
6.1 shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 6 of GB 14881-2013.
6.2 Clean the operating area of the air conditioner and clean air port should be maintained regularly.
7.1.1 shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 7 of GB 14881-2013.
Procedures, and in the contract signed with them clearly the two sides should bear the safety responsibility.
Quality use as soon as possible. When the solid feedstock enters the feed, remove the outer packing or take effective measures to prevent cross-contamination.
Less than 6 months after the expiration of the shelf life of the product; if there is no clear shelf life, the shelf life shall not be less than 2 years.
Health requirements, to avoid cross-contamination.
7.1.7 Raw materials with adsorbent should be transported and stored with raw materials or other items with strong odor.
The packing gas shall comply with the relevant standards or regulations and shall not affect the safety and product characteristics of the food under specific storage and use conditions.
Transport cars and storage must be kept clean, not with toxic and hazardous materials mixed transport storage, should be dust, pollution prevention measures.
Product characteristics. Food contact with the packaging containers, materials, additives should be consistent with GB 9685 and related regulatory requirements.
Protect its activity, to prevent contamination of other bacteria. Fermentation should be based on the characteristics of bacteria in the appropriate temperature storage, in order to maintain the vitality of bacteria.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 8 of GB 14881-2013.
8.2.1 Water quality of food processing should be regularly tested. Drinking water to be dechlorinated, should be regularly tested to ensure that free residual chlorine removal.
8.2.3 There is a deployment process, need to check to confirm, to prevent the type of feeding and the number of errors.
8.2.4 Concentrate (juice, pulp), juice, sugar solution, water and other ingredients and food additives for the food industry to be used for deployment.
Its sensory traits no exception.
8.2.5 After dissolving the syrup should be filtered to remove impurities, adjust the syrup should be used as soon as possible.
8.2.8 The sealing of the product should be ensured during production.
8.3.1.1 Cleaning and disinfection methods should be safe, hygienic and effective.
8.3.1.2 Clean the work area Before the production should start the air purification system, the air purification within the workshop.
Recognize the dangers of pollution and prevent the importance of pollution, to ensure that the production workshop to meet health requirements.
8.3.1.4 Cleaning tools used in different clean areas shall be clearly marked and shall not be mixed.
With empty bottles or preforms and bottle cap sterilization function, no longer empty bottles and caps cleaning and disinfection.
As well as the handling of non-compliance, etc., the specific reference to Appendix A requirements, combined with the production process and product characteristics to develop monitoring content.
8.4.1 The use of detergents, disinfectants should comply with relevant national standards and regulations.
8.4.2 The production workshop should not use all kinds of pesticides in the production process.
8.4.3 Chemicals such as insecticides, detergents, disinfectants and other chemicals shall be clearly marked in their packaging and stored in a special warehouse.
Domain, usage, use and purchase time, concentration and so on.
Shall comply with the provisions of 8.4 of GB 14881-2013.
9.1 shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 9 of GB 14881-2013.
9.2 Filling capping (sealing) should be the appearance of the product, filling volume, container status, sealing (sealing) tightness and visible materials such as inspection.
Adjust jobs. Encourage enterprises to use online inspection equipment instead of manual inspection, such as empty bottles or finished product testing equipment.
10.1 shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 10 of GB 14881-2013.
10.3 The storage and transportation of the product should be recorded accordingly. The product should follow the principle of first-in first-out, and the storage should be recorded in detail.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 11 of GB 14881-2013.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 12 of GB 14881-2013.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 13 of GB 14881-2013.
Shall comply with the relevant provisions of Chapter 14 of GB 14881-2013.
A.1 Monitoring of microbes during beverage processing can be performed with reference to Table A.1.
A.2 sample sampling and treatment, test methods combined with the actual production to determine.


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Thymbra capitata — вид рослин родини глухокропивові (Lamiaceae), поширений у Середземномор'ї й Португалії.

Опис
Стебла підняті, 10–40 см завдовжки, дуже розгалужені, з короткими, білуватими волосками. Листки 5–10 × 1–1.5 мм, лінійно-ланцетні, з дуже рясними сфероїдальними залозами, рідко волосисті на нижній стороні, безволосі зверху. Приквітки ≈ 6 × 2.5. Суцвіття 11–15 × 10–12 мм густі, головчастоподібні. Чашечка 3.5–5.5 мм; трубка 2–2.5 мм. Вінчик 6–10 мм, волохатий зовні, багряний, іноді білий. Горішки 0.7–0.8 мм, кулясті, коричневі. 2n = 30.

Поширення
Поширений у Середземномор'ї й Португалії: Європі (Португалія, Іспанія, Італія, Мальта, Албанія, Греція, колишня Югославія), Північній Африці (Марокко, Алжир, Туніс, Лівія, Єгипет), Азії (Туреччина, Кіпр, Сирія, Ліван, Ізраїль, Йорданія).

Зростає іноді як піонер, в кам'янистих місцях, скелях або на вапнякових схилах, суглинках або глинистих ґрунтах, навіть у пісках, переважно кальцієвих.

Галерея

Джерела

capitata
Флора Європи
Флора Північної Африки
Флора Азії
Рослини, описані 1803

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Reading Article 20
TOEFL / IELT Reading Comprehension Passage 20 - Poetry
The answers to the following reading worksheet will appear in the box at the bottom of the page when you click on "Submit Worksheet".
Origins Of Written Literature
Homer Odyssey Troy
Answer the questions according to the reading passage.
People seldom feel neutral about poetry. Those who love it sometimes give the impression that it is an adequate substitute for food, shelter, and love. But it isn't. Those who dislike poetry on principle sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That's not true either. When words represent and recreate genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry's most insistent merits involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. One of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, "yes, that is just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but I have never been able to express it so well." Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.
1. One can understand from the passage that people ----.
A) seldom feel that poetry is an equivalent for life itself
B) rarely take a biased opinion about poetry
C) generally think that poetry expresses what might otherwise seem
unutterable
D) never differ in their opinions about a poem
E) generally think of poetry as extremely important or totally useless
2. One point made by the author in the passage is that poetry ----.
A) tends to make the reader disappointed
B) is an adequate substitute for food, shelter, and love
C) is only words and good for nothing
D) often captures real human feelings
E) is impossible to be defined
3. The author points out in the reading that ----.
A) poetry is not closely concerned with feelings
B) poems are primarily about how people think rather than how people feel
C) poetry can't be the expression of one's deepest feelings
D) few people think that poetry is neutral
E) poetry tries to express what people feel but find it hard to describe
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29th August to 2nd September 2022
What is QCrypt 2022?
QCrypt 2022 is the 12th edition of the yearly international scientific conference presenting last year's top results in quantum cryptography. See the list of previous conferences here.
August 28th. 2022 | About conference record
Due to time zone, We know that it is difficult for you to participate in the meeting all the time. All the talks will be recorded and made available on the online platform (EventX) a few hours later for our participants.
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QCrypt 2022 will be a hybrid conference to ensure participation is possible for everyone. To cater to the potential quarantine rule, the first half of QCrypt will be an online format, while the second half will be more (mostly) physical, with most events allowing for online participation (exceptions include an on-site poster session and an excursion, which will be organized if enough people can attend in-person). The registration site will be opened soon.
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Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Program, National Applied Research Laboratories
National Science and Technology Council
Taipei City Bureau of Tourism
CQT
QuantumCTek
QuICS
TWCA
Chinese Cryptology and Information Security Association (CCISA)
Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica


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British Royals 17th March 2017
Diana, Princess of Wales' body armour goes on display at Edinburgh Castle
Moniek Bloks
Bicentennial of UK and Nepal relations to be celebrated by Prince Harry
Prince William to open new remembrance centre at National Memorial Arboretum
Diana, Princess of Wales. Photo: Slagheap (CC by 2.0) via Flickr.
The body armour worn by Diana, Princess of Wales, as she walked through a minefield has gone on display at Edinburgh Castle. The image of Diana, Princess of Wales walking through the recently cleared minefield during her visit to Angola in 1997, is perhaps one of the most iconic of her lifetime. She died in a car crash just a few months later.
The armour has gone on display at the National War Museum at Edinburgh Castle alongside several decommissioned weapons, safety equipment and mine detectors. The items are all part of a new exhibition on the work of the HALO-trust, the world's largest mine-clearing organisation.
The Halo Trust was founded in 1988 and has more than 6000 personnel working in (post) conflict zones in 19 countries. The exhibition will examine the background of the organisation, their current work and the devastating effect landmines have.
Maureen Barrie, an exhibitions officer at NMS, which is staging the exhibition until March 2018, said: "This exhibition will offer a fascinating insight into the work of the HALO Trust. Over the past 30 years, it has been working all over the world decommissioning mines, providing risk education and helping vulnerable communities get back on track. The exhibition will highlight the importance of the organisation's ongoing work and how lives have been transformed as a result of this."
James Cowan, chief executive of the HALO Trust, said: "We are honoured to be the subject of this exhibition. It is a tribute to the work of tens of thousands of local people over nearly 30 years who have made their own communities safer by clearing landmines and the debris of war. I hope it will provide Scottish and international visitors to the museum with a picture of the dedication required to put countries back on their feet after conflict and of the great impact HALO has had, and continues to have, on people's lives."
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Surgical orthodontics, or orthognathic surgery, serves to correct jaw irregularities. Orthodontic treatment is always executed in conjunction with orthognathic surgery. This approach is necessary for fully developed adult patients with improper bites and/or aesthetic concerns. Pre-surgical orthodontic treatment can begin 1-2 years prior to surgical treatment. Following surgery, orthodontic treatment lasts 6-12 months. After braces are removed, the patient will wear a retainer.


Picture from @StaffsFire on Twitter.
A man has been taken to hospital after a HGV crashed into a Toyota factory this morning.
Crews helped free the man before he was then taken to hospital.
The incident happened earlier this morning near Burnaston.


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Fenway Sports Group, owner of Red Sox and Liverpool, agrees to buy Penguins
November 29, 2021Updated 11:07 AM EST
Fenway Sports Group has agreed to purchase a controlling interest in the Pittsburgh Penguins, adding the NHL team to a ownership portfolio that includes the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool FC. The sale is believed to be for around $900 million, The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun reports.
Current Penguins owners Mario Lemeiux and Ron Burkle will remain part of the ownership and will be "closely aligned with FSG," the team said in a news release. The deal is subject to approval by the NHL's Board of Governors. It's expected to close by the end of the year, the team said.
"The Pittsburgh Penguins are a premier National Hockey League franchise with a very strong organization, a terrific history and a vibrant, passionate fan base," FSG chairman Tom Werner said in a statement. "We will work diligently to continue building on the remarkable Penguins' tradition of championships and exciting play.
"We are particularly excited to welcome Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle to FSG and have the utmost respect for all they have done to build the Penguins into the perennially successful franchise we know today. We look forward to working with Mario, Ron and the entire Penguins front office team."
Lemieux and Burkle have owned the team since 1999. Lemieux will continue guiding hockey operations, the team said, and the club's senior management team will remain in place, including general manager Ron Hextall and coach Mike Sullivan.
Fenway Sports Group, principally owned by John Henry, is also a part owner of the Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing NASCAR team. In March, Fenway Sports Group confirmed an investment by RedBird Capital Partners that valued FSG at $7.35 billion. Fenway Sports Group bought the Red Sox in 2001 and has owned Liverpool since 2010.
(Photo: David Kirouac / Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
What we know about the Penguins' imminent sale to Fenway Sports Group, and what it means moving forward
Josh Yohe, Sean Gentille, Sean Shapiro
Fenway Sports Group is on the verge of purchasing the Pittsburgh Penguins: Here's what it means.
LeBrun: Details on the potential Penguins sale, opting out of the Olympics, Blackhawks' GM search
Pierre LeBrun
Plus, Samuel Girard's name has been floating on the rumor mill. It shouldn't be.
Fenway Sports Group: what's next?
Simon Hughes, Matt Slater and more
A new investment elsewhere is not close but one in the future was not ruled out altogether. Ultimately, FSG remains a growth orientated firm


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Introducing Peter Gouldthorpe
Peter has illustrated 19 Trade books, 45 Education books and numerous covers. His work has been featured in articles and reviews in national newspapers, regional newspapers, magazines including, "Island", "40 South", "Vogue", as well as many book trade publications. He has also been interviewed for television and radio around Australia. Four of his children's books have been featured on A.B.C. Television's, "Playschool". His latest book The White Mouse, which he wrote and illustrated, was shortlisted for the CBCA Book Awards. Other books he has written and illustrated include Jonah and the Manly Ferry, No Return: Captain Scott's Race to the Pole and Ice, Wind, Rock: Mawson in the Antarctic. Peter has also illustrated for other well known Australian authors such as John Marsden, Paul Jennings, Gary Crew, Libby Hathorn, Corrine Fenton, and Colin Thiele.
Author: Peter Gouldthorpe
Illustrator: Peter Gouldthorpe
Publisher: Omnibus Books
The Gestapo called her The White Mouse and they wanted her, dead or alive. Nancy Wake was an Australian who joined the French Resistance during World War II and became the most wanted woman in France. Parachuting behind enemy lines, blowing up bridges and smuggling refugees across borders, Nancy fought fiercely against the enemy and became the most decorated Australian woman in any war.
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Something positive that Peter encountered while researching The White Mouse:
The selflessness that people some people show in the face of in war. That the men and women who volunteered for the Special Operations Executive could display so much courage by heading back behind enemy lines after reaching safety and freedom. Torture for information and a slow death was inevitable for those who were caught. We don't know how many swallowed the cyanide pills they were issued with but we do know that about a third of them died.
Something tragic that Peter encountered while researching The White Mouse:
"The only good German is a dead German." I include this in my display. I found it very sad that Nancy could still feel that way fifty plus years after the war. Especially as I have been to Germany and seen that in all of their war museums there is no avoidance of the shameful truth about what happened before and during World War 2.
Whilst Google-ing images pertaining to Nancy's story, the photos that upset me the most were of French villagers taunting women who had been friendly with the occupying German soldiers. I can well imagine the villagers anger but my heart still went out to those terrified, shaved-headed women.
Another image that still haunts was of a German soldier shouting into the face of a boy soldier who is crying and huddled in absolute fear.
Something interesting Peter discovered while writing and illustrating The White Mouse:
Getting illustrator's Block. People imagine that it must be easier to illustrate your own words but when it came to making the finished pictures I got really stuck. Luckily for me the publisher had a patient and talented designer, Patricia Howes who talked me through it.
Peter Gouldthorpe Bibliography:
Jonah and the Manly Ferry – Peter Gouldthorpe, Methuen, 1983.
Don't Get Burnt! – Jack Bedson, Collins, 1985.
Walking to School – Ethel Turner, Collins, 1988.
Sheepdogs – Jack Bedson, Walter McVitty Books,1990. Japanese edition 1991. Picture Puffin edition 1995.
Hist! - C.J. Dennis, Walter McVitty Books,1991,2. Children's Book Council of Australia, Honour Book 1992. Picture Puffin edition 1995. Republished as a Walker Classic 2012.
Grandad's Gifts - Paul Jennings, Rigby Heinemann-1991, Viking-1992, Picture Puffin-1994, Children's Book Council of Australia, Shortlisted Book 1993 (Viking edition ).Reprinted 1993,97
First Light - Gary Crew, Lothian Books, 1993/4.Winner, Children's Book Council of Australia, Picture Book of the Year 1994. U.S.Edition, Gareth Stevens Publishing,1996. I.B.B.Y. Book 1995.
The Wonder Thing - Libby Hathorn, Viking, 1995. U.S. edition, Houghton & Mifflin,1995. Children's Book Council of Austrralia, Notable Book 1996
The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie - Gary Crew, Lothian Books, 1995. Children's Book Council of Australia, Notable Book 1996. Reprinted 1996,2009.
Norton's Hut - John Marsden, Lothian Books, 1998. Reprinted 1998. Children's Book Council of Australia, Notable Book 1999.
Pannikin & Pinta - Colin Thiele, Lothian Books, 2000. Children's Book Council of Australia - Shortlisted Young Readers category 2001. Reprinted several times
Queenie – Corinne Fenton, Black Dog Books, 2006. Reprinted 2006. Honour Book, Information Category – Children's Book Council of Australia 2007. Published Candlewick Press U.S.A. 2013.
The Dog on the Tuckerbox – Corinne Fenton, Black Dog Books, 2008. Children's Book Council of Ausralia - Notable Book. Reprinted 2008
No Return ; Captain Scott's Race to the Pole – Peter Gouldthorpe, Lothian Books, 2011. Children's Book Council of Ausralia - Notable Book
Lyrebird – Jackie Kerrin, Museum Victoria, 2012. Children's Book Council of Australia – Honour Book 2013
Ice, Wind, Rock ; Mawson in the Antarctic – Peter Gouldthorpe, Lothian Books, 2013, Children's Book Council of Australia - Honour Book 2014
The White Mouse ; The Story of Nancy Wake – Peter Gouldthorpe, Omnibus, 2015, Children's Book Council of Australia – Short-listed book 2016.
Our Dog Knows Words – Peter Gouldthorpe illustrated by Lucy Gouldthorpe, Lothian Books, 2015.


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The so-called "Baby Bronco" was just announced last week, but the company could be testing it already.
Don't let your eyes deceive you, this is not actually a lifted Ford Fiesta. Underneath all that bodywork is what we believe to be an early test mule of Ford's yet-to-be-named "Baby Bronco." The Blue Oval announced the all-new SUV last week at the its "Ford Uncovered" press event in Dearborn, alongside plans to "reclaim [its] rightful place as the off-road vehicle leader." Both the Bronco and the small SUV caught testing here should be well ready to take on the tough stuff.
Though the images don't show much of the final product, there are some key details that help reveal the prototype's true identity. For one, the Fiesta mule is wider and longer than the standard model, hinting at its more rugged underpinnings. The extended fenders, longer wheelbase, and unique details on the front and rear fascia are another key giveaway.
Another telling sign comes in the wheels; both the Fiesta and the Ecosport have four wheel bolts, whereas this prototype has five. Ford has suggested that the new "Baby Bronco" will be focused too on off-roading, so the Fiesta prototype's ride height suggests this could be small SUV in disguise.
Apart from the ride height and rugged cues, this prototype shares little in terms of design with the teaser we saw last week. The baby SUV will share a number of similarities with its larger Bronco sibling, while also rivaling the Jeep Renegade not only in stature, but also looks. The boxy styling pairs with a tapered grille and round LED headlights.
Of course, we won't know all the details until the final product arrives in full. Ford will continue to tease and test its new SUV over the next year ahead of a debut date likely sometime in 2019.


This pattern is inspired by the Black Widows roller derby team. Otherwise I never would have made it. Every time I looked at it, it gave me the heeby-jeebies. I gave it to a friend, hopefully she's braver than me.
This pattern uses black 8ply wool and a 4 mm hook. The spider was maybe 10 cm long (although frankly I got it out of the house before I had a chance to measure it). This pattern is written in American crochet notation.
Round 23: decrease until the hole closes.
Sew the fangs to the head and the legs to the body. Embroider on eyes.
Congratulations, you have made a cuddly toy tarantula. I hope you don't regret that decision as much as I did.


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Burgin wins third straight to start season
By Harrodsburg Herald | December 5, 2018 | 0
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The Burgin Bulldogs have started the 2018-2019 season with three straight wins against Danville Christian Academy, Christian Fellowship and Lee County.
Below is a of recap the first three games of the season for the Bulldogs.
at Lee County (12/1)
Burgin travelled to take on the Bobcats over the weekend and came away with a close 81-75 victory.
Senior Cameron Hurst had a game-high 36 points for Burgin, who led the majority of the game.
Lee County made it interesting by scoring 29 points in the fourth quarter, but Burgin was able to build a strong cushion early to hold off the run.
Trenton Combs led the Bobcats in scoring with 30 points.
Eighth grader Hunter Reed was second on the team in scoring with 11 points off the bench.
Senior Ethan Kestler and junior Wesley Tyler also complimented Hurst's 36 points with eight points each.
The Bulldogs were 3-for-9 from behind the arc and 18-for-42 from the free throw line.
SCORING: Cameron Hurst 36, Hunter Reed 11, Ethan Kestler 8, Wesley Tyler 8, Jackson Qualls 6, Seth Martin 5, Cole Mitchell 4, Matt Kirkpatrick 3.
vs. Christian Fellowship (11/30)
After the Eagles started the game on an 8-0 run, the Bulldogs staged a comeback and were able to pull away late to win 56-43.
Hurst was the top player, finishing with a double-double of 22 points and 11 rebounds.
Kestler was the other Bulldog in double figures with 11 points.
"I think it's the best defensive game we've played here in two years. We were really aggressive," said Head Coach Don Irvine. "The defense really saved us. If we don't have that, we don't come back out of that hole because our offense was nowhere to be found tonight."
The Bulldogs struggled shooting, but the defensive intensity and the ability to force turnovers was the deciding factor in the game.
Junior Matt Kirkpatrick, who is in his first season with Burgin basketball, made a big impact off the bench at the point. He played aggressive defense, deflected loose balls and forced turnovers that led to points on the other end.
"On offense, he's still trying to find his way because the game is so fast for him right now," said Irvine. "He's got every opportunity to improve as we go on and I think he will. He gives us a good day's work and it's infectious on everybody else."
Burgin was able to match Christian Fellowship's intensity and won the 50-50 balls late in the game. Hurst scored 13 points in the final period to secure the win. Sophomore Jackson Qualls stepped up to the charity stripe to hit two big free throws as the Eagles were trying to make a late push. Those were his only two points of the game, but they were the biggest points up to that point in the game.
SCORING: Cameron Hurst 22, Ethan Keslter 11, Wesley Tyler 8, Seth Martin 6, Hunter Reed 4, Matt Kirkpatrick 2, Jackson Qualls 2.
REBOUNDS: Cameron Hurst 10, Cole Mitchell 5, Ethan Kestler 4, Wesley Tyler 4, Matt Kirkpatrick 2, Jackson Qualls 2, Seth Martin 1, Hunter Reed 1.
ASSISTS: Matt Kirkpatrick 3, Jackson Qualls 2, Cameron Hurst 2, Wesley Tyler 1, Seth Martin 1.
vs. Danville Christian Academy (11/27)
Burgin opened their season on Tuesday, Nov. 27, with a dominating 73-31 victory over the Danville Christian Academy Warriors.
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) approved DCA's membership application in October of 2017, and the 2018-2019 academic year is their first season as members of the KHSAA. DCA was previously part of the Kentucky Christian Athletic Association.
Hurst dominated the game from start to finish, scoring a game-high 28 points.
Carter Preston led DCA in scoring with 15 points.
"I thought the first quarter was as good as we could play coming out," said Head Coach Don Irvine. "We shut them down pretty well defensively, we were aggressive offensively and we crashed the boards. We hit some shots that makes us look good when they go in. I want to give DCA a lot of credit because they played hard the whole time. It seemed liked they were a little shell-shocked with it being their first game, but I think they got better as the game went on and I think they will get better as the season goes on."
The Bulldogs scored the first six points of the game and held a 27-6 lead after the first quarter, with Hurst scoring 15 of those 27. He asserted his dominance in the paint, from mid-range and at the foul line.
Tyler also had a big first half, scoring 10 points, including two three-pointers. He finished with 11 points.
Burgin's third leading scorer was Kestler. He scored nine points and went 4-for-4 from the charity stripe.
The Bulldogs led 40-13 at the half, and outside of the Big 3 (Hurst, Kestler and Tyler), contributions were made from up and down the lineup. Juniors Hunter and Seth Martin each scored two points in the first half, with the latter making key defensive plays which led to points on the other end. Seth finished with two points, while Hunter finished with five points.
Jackson Qualls scored four points, two in each half. Qualls is responsible for the little things that do not show up on the stat sheet. Irvine has always referred to Qualls with the highest regard and his heart and hustle rubs off on his teammates.
"I just think our younger guys are more confident and more assertive," said Irvine. "We've really been working with them on believing in themselves. I think you're starting to see a little more maturity. I believe as they continue to mature and get a little older, they will continue to see development."
The second half was much of the same for Burgin. Hurst took over, and the rest of his teammates followed his lead. The Bulldogs outscored the Warriors 33-17 in the second half.
Freshman John Boursaw came off the bench and contributed three points, as did sophomore Levi Hale. Reed, who Irvine said has a bright future ahead of him, contributed five points, including a rainbow from beyond the arc.
The Bulldogs will be back on the court Saturday, Dec. 8, as they travel to take on the Walden Wolverines at 7:30 p.m.
SCORING: Cameron Hurst 28, Wesley Tyler 11, Ethan Kestler 9, Hunter Reed 5, Hunter Martin 5, Jackson Qualls 5, Cole Mitchell 3, John Boursaw 3, Levi Hale 3.
REBOUNDS: Wesley Tyler 9, Cameron Hurst 6, Cole Mitchell 5, Seth Martin 4, Hunter Reed 3, Grayson Mitchell 2, John Boursaw 1, Ethan Kestler 1.
ASSISTS: Ethan Kestler 6, Cameron Hurst 5, Jackson Qualls 2, Grayson Mitchell 1, Seth Martin 1, John Boursaw 1, Hunter Reed 1, Wesley Tyler 1.
PHOTOS BY ARPAN DIXIT:
Head Coach Don Irvine instructs his team out of a timeout against Christian Fellowship on Friday, Nov. 30.
Junior Seth Marth (30) shoots an open three pointer.
Sophomore Jackson Qualls hits two clutch free throws late in the game against Christian Fellowship.


Depression vs. Burnout in Diabetes: What's the Difference?
There's no denying that living with diabetes puts us at a higher risk for developing depression. Dr. Jen Nash, a psychologist at PositiveDiabetes and author of "Diabetes and Wellbeing," who also lives with type 1 diabetes, explains that we are actually two to three times more likely to experience depression compared to our nondiabetic friends and family.
In addition to those whose families have a history of depression or clear chemical imbalance that could be helped with proper medications, Dr. Nash adds that some psychologists connect depression in people with diabetes as a reaction to the loss of their once nondiabetic life and body.
While diabetes burnout behavior and symptoms revolve specifically around diabetes management, depression affects your behavior in many or most parts of your life.
From what I hear, the reason depressed people run the risk of becoming type 2 diabetic is, antidepressants have been linked to diabetes. Look it up, you'll see what I mean.
Also, let's not forget the fact that depression is a side effect of some medications like Lyrica, for instance. Side effects of Lyrica include depression, and suicidal thoughts and tendencies. Please read all warnings that come with meds, and please don't take meds with scary side effects–weigh your options, do the research. Be well.


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The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is among the very few universities that have six schools of the health sciences located on the same campus as the School of Engineering and UPMC-Hillman Cancer Center. The environment is incredibly rich in opportunities for learning as well as for translational and clinical research collaborations. Pitt ranks fifth among U.S. universities in terms of National Institutes of Health funding. The team of Dr. Shilpa Sant in the School of Pharmacy, is seeking a PhD or MD/ PhD scientists for NIH-funded Post-doctoral position. The team is centrally located in the PTC building near the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
Our research focus is to develop physiologically relevant three-dimensional microenvironments with the goal to elucidate how microenvironmental factors drive cellular behaviors in disease progression as well as in repair/regeneration. (See additional information here: http://santlab.pharmacy.pitt.edu/) Our research interests are driven by the desire to develop effective therapies to halt disease progression or harness normal repair/regeneration by instructing the patient's own cells. We utilize interdisciplinary biomaterial-, molecular/cell biology- and micro/nanotechnology-based approaches to achieve our research goals. Our work is currently supported by NIH R37 award along with internal grants at Pitt.
We are seeking a highly motivated, goal-oriented and hard-working post-doctoral candidate to work on a NIH-funded project developing organoid models of breast cancer (https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9605321&icde=41597765). Candidate should have PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacology, Materials Science or a related subject. The successful applicant should have a strong background in molecular biology and working experience with flow cytometry, immunohistochemistry and confocal imaging. The applicant must be able to develop innovative projects, design a hypothesis-driven experiment, develop new methods, interpret results independently, and maintain excellent documentation of the experiments performed and obtained results. The successful candidate will be expected to provide scientific expertise in various research projects involving tissue and cell culture, small animal models and human research while significantly contributing to the dissemination of research. The applicant should have strong publication record and grant writing skills. S/he should have good interpersonal skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment. S/he will be expected to work closely with the scientists having different experience levels (undergraduate, MS/PhD students, and technicians).
In addition to the competitive remuneration, the applicant will receive supportive and stimulating environment for developing new research directions, and participation in career development activities conducted by the Office of Academic Career Development, University of Pittsburgh.


Rhun, the son of Maelgwn Gwynedd, succeeded his father as ruler of north-west Wales. If we can trust the story in the Venedotian version of the Welsh Laws, only one historical episode is connected with him. When Clydno Eiddin and Rhydderch Hael returned to the north after despoiling Arfon in revenge for the death of Elidyr, Rhun is said to have retaliated by leading an army as far as the river Forth. Nowhere is there any mention of struggles with the English. By tradition Rhun was tall (cf. 'Rhun Hir') and huge of frame, occupying a predominant position among other native rulers (cf. the reference in 'The Dream of Rhonabwy'). His son BELI succeeded him.
Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales (1841), 50.


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Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" is a song written and performed by the British new wave music duo Eurythmics. The song is the title track of their album of the same name and was released as the fourth and final single from the album in early 1983. The song became their breakthrough hit, establishing the duo worldwide
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In this program she said she didn't regard "Sweet Dreams" as a song but as a mantra. In 1978, Squeeze had a UK hit with "Take Me I'm Yours," which features the line "Dreams are made of this" in the chorus. Hands up those of you who think Annie Lennox sings here: "Sweet dreams are made of cheese, who am I to disagree?" Relax, it's not just you. This tune's lyrics came top of a 2013 this site poll to find out which songs music fans most commonly hear people singing incorrectly.
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The Regal Cinema in my hometown is my favorite movie theater because it has those cushy, leather stadium seats. It's so much easier to see the screen when a taller person (which isn't hard, I'm 5' 2") isn't sitting directly in front of me. But now I may be going strictly for the snacks, because Regal Cinemas is launching Cheetos Popcorn.
Yes, starting this Friday, Dec. 15, participating locations across the US are selling Cheetos Popcorn. My first thought was that oh, it's just cheesy popcorn. Nothing new. But it's so much more, because it's a combo of popcorn and actual Cheetos, all coated in Cheetos dust.
According to Delish, Twitter user @cbranch89 posted a photo of the snack already in theaters back in November, and when Fox posted it to Instagram, user @rarebeauty_22 claimed to spot it in Silver Spring, MD. So, maybe you've tried this before. But if not, you definitely need to.
The new Cheetos Popcorn is a much needed upgrade to traditional movie theater popcorn that always leaves your hands all buttery. But then again, this popcorn is going to turn your hands orange, so pick your poison carefully.
Beginning December 15, participating outposts nationwide will sell Cheetos Popcorn, a neon combo of actual, crunchy Cheetos and light, Cheetos-flavored popcorn. It's the first national movie theater partnership for the Cheetos brand, and the concession has already been spotted in the wild. Twitter user @cbranch89 posted a picture back in November, and after a local Fox outlet blasted it on Instagram, user @rarebeauty_22 said she saw it at the Regal Majestic Stadium 20 in downtown Silver Spring, MD. The delicious mash-up has been a ballpark staple for a couple years now, too.


I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to find my way back here. I was reminded today about my blog and I thought "oh yeah, why haven't I been writing there?"
Partly it's because I don't feel like I have a good handle on things which makes me feel ashamed .... and like hiding away from everything and everyone. Strangely this is the same way I felt when I was drinking. Maybe this is what it means to be a dry drunk? I don't know.
Depression continues to be an ongoing problem although the meds do help somewhat. Ah yes, this is why I haven't been blogging. I'd rather not touch base with my inner landscape when it feels so bleak.
It's a funny thing ... on the outside my life looks pretty good. Plenty of people would love to have the things I have. I hear a lot about the need to practise gratitude and I think it's something I really really need to do.
Finding the joke above funny because my "little" sister was taller than me from the moment she stood up.
William is my youngest nephew. He is 9 years and one day old today. On Saturday he was 8 years and 364 days old. Numbers are important to William. I see his point.
Besides being his birthday-eve Saturday was also St Nikolaus day. In Germany children put their shoes out by the door and during the night 'der Nikolaus' comes by and puts a small gift or some sweets inside for the children to find the next day. William and Oliver do not put their shoes out preferring instead to wait by the window to watch out for the big man himself. William in particular loves this visit although when it comes to meeting St Nikolaus he is understandably nervous. A large stranger in a strange get-up will have that effect on the brave-but-cautious amongst us.
Being 8 and 364 days old and still being a firm believer in both Santa Claus and St Nikolaus, has opened William up to not a little teasing from his young friends … some of whom have fallen prey to disbelief after somewhat brutal disclosures from older children. William remains adamant however and I applaud his stance. He asked me the other day if I had ever seen the "real" Santa Claus. I told him that when I was a very little girl I remember going to see Santa at a shop near my house. I told him I wasn't sure if he was the real one or not. It's important not to lie I guess, but equally important not to be needlessly truthful.
As with many children William is a scientist at heart. When a hypothesis is thrown into doubt what is the appropriate course of action? Well of course evidence must be attained and evaluated … and therein lies the rub. What sort of evidence will do the trick if the annual piles of presents prove insufficient in themselves?
And there you have it. Yes it's blurry and yes it's indistinct. Even so. It's proof.
P.S. I was very nervous being St Nik this year. What if I was found out? I would be witness to emotional trauma at the very least. I need not have worried. Markus (William's Dad) being privie to The Plan took action … he turned down the resolution on his camera. Good man … where would we be without co-conspirators?
We're on holiday this week in deepest Devonshire .... although it's just called Devon theses days. I like the "Austenesque-ness" of adding the shire though.
Anyhow the "we" in this case is, Trev and I, my sister Kath and her mob, and my middle brother Brendan and his mob. All seemingly normal eh? Families are rarely if ever normal though. In the last 37 years I've spent less than five days in Brendan's company ... and that's a generous assessment of the time we've spent together.
T'is odd. He seems both familiar and unfamiliar all at the same time. And I feel the tug of those ancient deeply held resentments which would be all too easy to dwell upon. But that would detract from what is a HUGE opportunity to start a healing process both long overdue and much longed for ... at least on my part.
Like many children whose backgrounds are scarred by abuse we are ... or at least have been ... a fractured family. Long decades of not a word and now? It seems we have to choose. Shall we ask why? Why did you take yourself away and lock us out? Why did you compound the hurt already done?
Except I already know why. To stop more hurt it can seem like a good option to shut ourselves away from all that's gone on in the past, create a new persona and live that life instead. I get it. Compassion is not a soft option that's for sure.
I get to know my nephew Liam though as well so instead of two small(ish) boys I now get to play with three. I'm off to the beach to try to fly a kite.
Are we not social creatures.
How to refute the truth of it.
In the hope of metamorphosis?
When people talk about depression they aren't all talking about depression. Some are talking about the blues which is something entirely different. I don't talk about my depression much. In fact for years I didn't even know how to label what ailed me.
About 2 years ago I went to the docs and talked about what was going on in my head. I'm glad I did even though I was really scared. The meds don't make it all better but they do help. The thing is that when I start to deteriorate mental health wise I don't always realise until I am really quite unwell. It's hard to ask for help. I don't know why it's so hard ... it just is.
I know it's stupid to wish things away. It's what children do isn't it? I do wish though. I wish my mind was in better shape.
Some days are worth remembering.
Three years of making at least one decent decision each and every day.
Yeah, not too shabby Jos.
I think perhaps our view of death changes as we become more intimately acquainted with it. We are so flawed ... each and every one of us. To ask a human to reflect fully the nature of The Divine is surely to ask the impossible. That does not in itself change the nature of The Divine ... should such an entity exist.
I remember what faith felt like. I remember believing with (what I believed was) all of my heart. I was quite happy in my naivety as only teenagers can be. Faith seemed to me to be a simple choice. I chose to believe and in so doing I took a leap of faith. Thus I started the process of building a construct in my mind hinged upon certain inviolable truths.
The problem was twofold. The truths were not inviolable, and the builder wasn't either. The construct was too flimsy. It could not and did not withstand the batterings of Real Life. As the construct destructed a ground zero was created where once there had been the semblance of faith.
I am flawed. The people around me are flawed. Should I believe what they say? Should they believe me? The way we compensate for this "flawed-ness" is beyond me. There are too many things one can choose to believe in ... a menu of faiths too long and too complex exists to confuse and confound ... and yet there exists this yearning to believe.
I was watching a movie recently. The teacher in this movie was holding a cup of tea. He poured the tea onto the table and some of it dripped onto the floor. It was still tea. It had not changed it's nature by escaping the confines of the cup. He used this as an analogy for the life force that exists within us. It does not change when we die, it merely escapes the confines of our body.
Analogies always break down eventually under the pressure of ever closer scrutiny. Their purpose is not to withstand such scrutiny but to open our minds to new ways of thinking.
Some days I feel almost as if mum is watching over me. I imagine that I can hear her voice in my mind and I think I know what she is going to say before I hear the words. Very much as I did when she was alive. It still seems inconceivable to me that all of her is just gone. That there isn't something left over in some form beyond our collective memories of her.
I wish that what I used to believe could be made more believable so that I could once again take shelter in faith. Real life batters the heart that's for sure.
The reproduction isn't great but then this photo is over 70 years old! This is my mother as a young girl. I like this picture. It's the one we used for the final page on her funeral order of service. Can you see that stubborn chin and mouth configuration? Maybe it's just that I see what I see.
It's just over 8 weeks since I held my mothers hand and looked into her eyes as she died. Dying is not how they depict it in the movies. Maybe it is though and Mum just decided to die differently from all those others ... it wouldn't surprise me that!
What has surprised me is how I am feeling about things. I still cry first thing in the morning, last thing at night and at odd times during the day. I still feel wobbly and unsure of myself on an emotional level just generally. In other words I feel like I am not coping as well as I should be.
I don't know how to make it better ... maybe because I can't make it better. Grieving is hard that's for sure.
Yesterday we celebrated Oliver's 10th birthday. This is his Big Sister Kate with the rather magnificent pavlova she made for the occasion. Oliver has good taste when it comes to cake / pudding / whatever you want to call it. As long as you can put candles on it, it's all good. My Little Sister Kath is her mum and is standing beside Kate ... Kath is also Oliver and William's mum and the best sister in the whole wide world. The pavlova was totally scrumptious. Macerated strawberries inside which you can't see but created a cloud inside of pink loveliness.
Despite the sadness there is also joy and life carrying on. John was with us for the day which I'm very happy about. He doesn't like pavlova ... can you imagine that? At least he loves us! We love him too. William is being especially nice to his Grandad. Small children understand more about grief than we sometimes give them credit for. Amazing how a hand hold can be more comforting than any words could hope to convey.
Oh and one other photo just because this one makes me smile. Kaths three children all together. William (eyes closed aged 7), Oliver aged 10, Kate aged perfect.
Yesterday I was looking through the TV listings when I saw that the French Open tennis tournament was about to start. I very nearly picked up the phone to ring Mum. It's not like I used to ring Mum every day or anything but there were certain things that would always trigger one or other of us to call.
Top flight tennis was one of those things ... or a good movie coming to the local arts cinema, an interesting play opening at the theatre, the latest Welsh National Opera tour dates, advice on interpreting unusual recipes, some technical issue which Mum would always ask me to deal with (me being an engineer n'all), invitations to meet for lunch / coffee / a visit, invitations to call in on my way home from work for no better reason than we hadn't seen one another for a few days ... actually now I come to think of it there were quite a few things that would trigger a phone call.
Grieving is strange. It's like repeatedly forgetting and then remembering over and over again. The pain in those moments feels new, intense and raw. But the pain and the intensity are not constant. Sometimes I wonder if this is normal. It's like a lot of the time I'm OK ... perhaps because there's still some part of my brain that harbours this illusion that Mum is still here ... that I'll hear from her any day now. Like she's away on holiday or something. And then something will happen, like yesterday when I so nearly picked up the phone ... and I'll remember all over again.
The way the tears come these days is different from how I expected. I mean I've cried a fair amount over the years, but these tears ... it's like when I cried as a child. It's frightening, intense, painful, overwhelming, out of control ... and it feels endless. Bottomless. Like there's no safety net beneath me any more when I never even realised that I thought of Mum in those terms at all. It's not like she ever actually acted like a safety net ... certainly not since I started work at 16 anyway. I thought I was an adult back then ... ha! How little I knew ... how little I still know for that matter. Funny ... it seems that on an emotional level I am to some degree still very much a child.
This grief doesn't feel simple though which again I didn't expect. It feels fraudulent in a way. I ask myself "am I crying for the loss of the mother I had, or the mother I wish I'd had?" I feel guilty that my grief is partly one and partly the other. I guess I assumed that grieving would be less complex than it is. Something more akin to simple but deep deep sadness.
Isn't she beautiful. This was taken on my wedding day in September 2008. I love Mum's smile. There was such strength in this woman, I can't even to begin to tell you.
Mum died yesterday morning in the hospice. I was there with her and she knew it. I held her hand as she passed and talked of my love for her, I talked also of the love her most beloved John had for her as well as all my siblings by name.
I told her what a brilliant mum she's been ... despite the complexities of our relationship I truly believe that Mum did what she thought was best most of the time. She fought through some very difficult battles in her life. Some of those battles have had a lasting impact on me and my siblings. Family relationships aren't always easy. I did and do love my mother nonetheless and I am glad I got the chance to say so.
I talked too of some of the things she'd taught me. Mum was always a woman of great certainty and confidence in her own understanding of right and wrong. She taught me the importance of self sufficiency and self reliance. Perhaps too well. Some years ago I started to lose some perspective on that front but I am finding my way back towards a better balance these days.
Even if I sometimes found her manner distant and somewhat lacking in warmth I've come to understand in these last years just how important it was for her to stay true to herself. I came to understand too that love does not necessarily use words of a sentimental nature. Although Mum never said to me that she loved me I knew that she did.
One of the reasons I love this picture is because on the morning of my wedding day Mum told me she was proud of me. I think that was the nearest she ever came to telling me of her love. In the last couple of years Mum even started resting a hand on my shoulder rather than simply brush kissing my cheek. I don't think she'd have been particularly comfortable about me talking to her of my love for her. I hope she didn't mind too much that I did when the time came. I needed her to know.
Then I spoke of the things I would tell my nieces and nephews about her to help them remember her. I mentioned her strength and Independence. How she taught me the importance of acting on principles and not merely talking about them. I said some other things too. The nurse told me she was taking her last breaths and left me with her after closing her eyes. I continued talking for some time ... you never quite know when someone is truly gone. I'm glad I was there and that I had the chance to say so many things.
And I will talk to my nephews and neices about her life. I will show them some of her paintings. She loved to paint, loved to read Proust and other great writers of fiction. She loved going to her book club despite being quite vitriolic about some of the choices of reading matter chosen by other members. She loved robust intellectual debate on an incredibly wide range of subjects ... only conceding rarely and not always with good grace. She knew so much about so many things and was a very cultured person.
She also loved cooking and listening to all sorts of classical music, especially opera ... a love we shared more and more over recent times. She played the piano at concert level as well as the oboe, and played an awesome baroque recorder. Completely fluent in french after spending a year or more in Paris as a late teenager she was often taken for a Parisian by the locals when she lived for a time in rural southern France during the 80's and early 90's. John told me that she used to help their neighbours with their tax forms because they couldn't always understand the words on the forms.
An expert seamstress, knitter and embroiderer, mum loved to do craft and art at home ... something of a necessity in our early years when money was tight. I remember wearing clothes she'd made for us all. She was politically aware and an activist in both the anti-nuclear movement as well as Amnesty International. She studied history as an adult and gained first her Bachelors and then her Masters degree when I was about 6 or 7 I can't quite remember exactly. I remember going to see her graduation ceremonies and the funny flat hat and gown she had to wear. Somewhere we have a photo of her wearing them and holding a scroll. She looks as proud as proud can be ... and quite right too. She was a teacher, (French, English, RE and Maths) a health-food store owner, a believer in thrift, good simple nutrition, clear thinking, robust rule making and plain speaking. She was an environmentalist and practised recycling long before it was widely popular. I remember as a child wondering why we saved so much stuff to re-use.
One thing Mum loved was her garden. She grew flowers, shrubs, vegetables, herbs and berries for as long as I can remember. Regardless of how small a garden she had she always managed to grow something and took great pleasure from doing so. She loved creating order and her garden reflected this. I remember how she found it hard to leave her garden to take even quite short holidays away from home during the summer months ... worrying that Kath or I might unwittingly do something wrong in taking care of everything in her absense. I don't think anything ever actually died under our care but that thought never quite left her. My sister over-waters whereas I tend to under-water so in fact mum had the perfect duo of caretakers in a way!
In the time I knew her Mum was a mother, sister, aunt, niece, grandmother, daughter, wife, cousin, and friend. Her influence ran broad and deep. I've never met anyone more certain of her own mind.
I love you Mum. I am proud to be your daughter. I will miss you more than words are capable of conveying. Love always, Jocelyn.
It seems my time is less and less my own these days. I know it won't be like this always though. I shudder at the thought because the time is coming when the reason I'll have more time is because Mum is no longer with us.
It's been a strange time ... a healing time too altough that seems utterly ludicrous given the ravages cancer is visiting upon my mothers body. Her mind remains very much her own though, a blessing of huge value to us all.
In the lead up to Easter Mum was taken into the hospice. Family members were informed and in response to the clarion call my brothers hot-footed it with their families to England from their far flung homes in Canada and the US.
It's odd to be spending time as a full family again. Whilst most of us are close to my eldest brother my middle brother has cut himself off entirely from me for the last 20 something years, been out of touch with Mum for at least 15 years and remained in only the barest of contact with my sister during the last 10 years or so. Thus the dynamics are strange and somewhat uncomfortable but that's to be expected. What's encouraging though is that we are able to engage with one another as adults ... no re-hashing those ancient pointless animosities nor wilfully opening old wounds ... just kindness and tolerance. We are all so very different from one another and yet finally that seems to no longer be such a cause of conflict. For all of our sakes I am glad.
I am spending long hours with Mum, sometimes with other family members but more often just the two of us. I time my visits for later on in the day ... a time when she would otherwise be alone waiting for someone to come with food, bath or meds before bed. It can be a lonely time for someone unable to move from bed to chair let alone make her way to the communal areas where company might be sought. We spend time chatting, but more and more we end up sitting quietly. We are healing our bond in words and in silence.
I love my mother. I wish this were easier for her. I hope the end comes in a peaceful way.
18263. That's a biggish number.
50 x 365 + 13 = 18263.
There are 365 days in a year. But every 4 years we add an extra day to make the adjustment required to bring earth seasonal time into line with astronomical time …which is based on the earths revolutions around the sun.
We call it leap year because whilst normally we can track the day a certain date will fall on simply by adding a day onto the day that date fell on the year before, in a leap year dates after February 29th fall two days ahead, thus "leaping" a day.
Anyway you look at it there are a lot of days in half a century, and I have now lived that many days. Today I am 50.
Ageing is strange and wonderful. I have grey hair, I have wrinkles, saggy baggy wobbly bits and bobs … all that good stuff. My wrinkles are where they should be and there they will stay … more likely they will deepen and that's OK with me. My laughter lines are becoming deeper and hopefully will in time overtake the frown lines that furrow my forehead.
I laugh more these days. I have reason to. I always did have reason to but I forgot and then forgetting became something I did a lot. Now I try to remember instead and laughter comes from a good place as a result.
Mum and John came over for lunch on Sunday. It's the first time mum has left the house in weeks. She managed to walk from the car to the house and stayed awake for nearly 3 hours which is a long time these days. We mostly chatted about knitting. Under her expert tutelage my jumper is coming along albeit slowly. I knit at what might be described as at a deliberate pace at best.
John's brother died a couple of weeks ago and a week before that one of mums best friends died. It has become something of a regular thing now that one or other hears of a friend or a friend of a friend who has died. John is the last of his generation within his family, so is mum.
Time is strange isn't it? This time last year my sister and I were busily planning an all day outing for Mothers Day when the news fell that the cancer was back. It's like being sucker punched hearing news like this. There's nothing to say that's right because there are no words powerful enough to stop the feeling that nothing will be the same thereafter. So Mum started chemo and we were all dreadfully worried and scared for her. A year later she is frail and there is no denying the marked deterioration in her physical state. Mentally though she remains remarkably alert insofar as her perpetual fatigue allows.
Mum and I talk much more about the past now that the future feels so uncertain and to some degree an irrelevance. I enjoy hearing about her life. It feels odd and somewhat remiss of me that I am only now getting to know her in such a different way. She is an amazing woman and I don't know how I didn't fully realise this before. I guess I was so busy thinking of her as my mother that I forgot to look at the rest of who she is. I dread her becoming so frail that she is no longer herself. I hope that she will pass peacefully when the time comes.
In the meantime there is cake to eat and daffodils to enjoy … stories to tell and photos to look at … music to listen to and cross-words to puzzle over. And there are chats by the fire. Laughter is yet another way of saying "I love being here with you". Sometimes we just feel right don't we?
You wouldn't think that something as innocuous as secrets could make you sick ... or keep you sick. It seems totally counter-intuitive somehow as oftentimes we tell ourselves that secrets harm no-one and particularly those told in a bid to keep loved ones from being hurt or harmed.
So secrets told in a bid to protect from hurt or harm are if not OK then at least somewhat justifable, but what about others? What about those told for reasons to do with deeper darker motives? We are none of us perfect are we?
Maybe it's the magnitude that makes the difference ... or the motivation. T'is a tricky subject matter.
Does the keeping of secrets make one less well? What about collusion in the keeping of secrets ... that done by the avoidance of asking questions ... or the careful scripting of conversations to skirt around "difficult topics". Vagueness ... I have become adept at vagueness.
Today I listened to someone talk about their secrets and how those secrets had kept them trapped in a cycle of lies and deception. It made me think about how my own secrets weigh me down at times. And then I started wondering which came first ... the lies or the secrets ... for most assuredly those two go hand in hand ... cemented as they are in fear.
My heart is heavy with the witnessing of my mothers slow lingering deterioration. I think perhaps I am rumminating on the negatives as a result. So many secrets and lies from those early years have come back to the surface ... with my mothers' passing will they too pass I wonder?
And then mum and I were chatting the other day and it became clear to me that some of the things I thought were secrets were not in fact secrets at all ... that somehow I had missed the moment of revelation or misunderstood altogether .... which of course is how it is because I have always misunderstood pretty much everything from a very early age. I am quite angry about that.
I wish I knew what one is supposed to do with feelings of anger. I wish I knew a safe way to deal with it without causing hurt to anyone, including myself.
When Kath cries something deep inside me moves. She is my little sister even though we are the age we are now. It's a hard wired fact that it is my job to look after her. The years have not eroded that wiring despite rationality. On an emotional level I am her older sister and it's my job to make it OK.
Sadly it is not OK. Mum's scan this week shows bad bad news. Her abdominal area is filling with fluid. This is part of the "end game" when it comes to liver cancer. Her bone density is falling so we have to be extra careful about preventing knocks and falls. The chemo has been stopped now as it is no longer doing anything of value.
Thing is all this is happening and somehow or other I keep finding myself shut off emotionally from the enormity of it. But coming home to my sister in tears acts as a catalyst ... an unblocking of the damn within and suddenly all I can do is FEEL and blimey I wish it weren't so. And yet ... I am glad too because to be present is all about thoughts and feelings in the NOW.
Today is another day and one of the things I am thankful for is that I didn't cry or wail when Mum and I discussed her will yesterday. Still to have the discussions about her funeral and no doubt that too will be hard going but these things I learnt from Renee ... this process belongs to the person going through it ... my job is to show up and be there ... to show love and understanding but also to be ... well just me I guess. Dropping the pretence that all is well is actually quite a relief in some ways.
A couple of weekends ago Mum and I went to watch a live link up to the Metroplitan in New York. We went to see a performance of The Tempest by Thomas Adès. It's an amazing thing to see opera being performed live from half-way across the world. It's not as good as being there, but it's the next best thing.
During the interval we perused the up-coming performance schedule ... decided to book tickets for Les Troyens (Berlioz) in January. Then I spotted the fact that they are showing Handel's Giulio Cesare towards the end of April. "Shall I get us tickets" I said. "Oh I don't think so, do you?" said Mum.
Sometimes I allow myself to forget that time is ticking on, and that for Mum time has a different kind of meaning these days. Her health is crumbling in that seemingly unstoppable way that is the way with cancer. Her liver function is on the slide as the cancer progresses. She sleeps up to 18 hours some days and is tired all the time. Oh and soooo sick and weak, poor thing.
I remember Renee saying F.U.C.K. cancer and I can only echo those words. I hate seeing what it does, and I hate the fact that in some ways the treatment is worse than nothing being done. Several times recently Mum has talked of ceasing treatment altogether and I can see her point. I respect her right to choose but I can't help but to selfishly wish that she will choose to stay with us for as long as possible.
I wonder how I will cope as time marches on. I try not to dwell on what is to come but not altogether successfully. In the meantime I try to focus on the present. We are talking more and chatting less. Even though I cried in front of her the other day (still a HUGE no-no in our relationship), we are mending what can be mended. This is not a race against time. I refuse to see it that way. No, not as a way of denying what is going on, but I don't want to act with fear as my main source of motivation. This is just me and mum finding new ways to express our love for one another.
The end of October rolled around recently and so I celebrated my second year of sobriety. Sometimes I feel like I am not me any more. And then I remember what being me was like when I was trapped in my drinking days. Even the toughest days now are better than those dark times. I am still plagued by deep deep feelings of shame and remorse about the past and I think that is how it should be. Not because I enjoy feeling that way but because my moral compass is just functioning as it should. I cannot change what is done but I am working on making my amends. I am so grateful to be here NOW.
Ah but waiting is just so hard don't you find?
why Why WHY ... oh why can't I just ...?
a task in itself to be going on with I suppose.
As always time has gotten away from me. Suddenly it feels autumnal and we have had our first frost of the season already. I am well. It's funny how when the chips are down and I don't have time for introspection I feel mentally quite well, even whilst feeling emotionally and physically exhausted.
Mum's chemo has been suspended as her liver function is not good enough just now to continue. So whilst she actually feels better through not having the chemo, the outlook is less positive. We are enjoying some family time as my oldest brother is visiting from Canada along with his eldest daughter who is here for an exchange year as part of her graduate programme. It is good to spend time together although the tinge of sadness is an ever present back-drop.
We will be harvesting 4 frames worth of honey after all which is quite exciting news. As a novice bee-keeper I have never harvested honey but we have already done the hardest bit which is separating the bees from their cache! It is an absorbing and interesting hobby. I am so thankful to have Johns many decades of experience to call upon. He looks very jaunty at the moment having just celebrated his 82nd birthday. I bought him a rather dashing bow-tie which he has taken to wearing with some alacrity. Mum is not so impressed but we are secretly very pleased with ourselves nonetheless. T'is important to keep some small measure of positivity going despite going through difficult times.
Trev is going back into hospital this coming week for further tests. All in all though I think he is doing OK although naturally enough we are both feeling the strain of waiting for tests and test results in roughly equal measure. Nothing moves as quickly as we'd like in these circumstances.
I am learning a beautiful song on my battered old guitar at the moment. Dar Williams - If I Wrote You it's called.
There was a time when I knew diddly-squat. As I recall though I felt super smart ... pretty much as far back as I remember I've felt reasonably smart ... well if you discount knowing diddly-squat that is. This is a picture of me as a girl. I look kind of happy don't I? My trousers are patched and too short ... as is my shirt by the looks of things. Funny ... I didn't think we were badly off when I was little. And obviously there was a time when I was NOT scared of dogs. I look kind of relaxed here.
I don't remember much from my childhood. The bits I do remember are not of happy times. I think I spent a fair amount of the time "absent" ... there physically but elsewhere in my head. I look at photos of me back then and I don't connect at all. She looks so much more sure of herself than I ever remember feeling.
This week I have been dog sitting. Yes me!!!!!! My sister was desperate and I am a softie and no mistake. So I have been looking after Sasha and it has been a total delight. I think I might be becoming a doggie lover after all.
Life here is OK. Mums hair is falling out which has made her sad ... and scared. Even so she is readying herself for the inevitable and has bought a rather splendid looking wig. Her pic line is giving her some jip and she has feeling unwell much of this last week. On the up-side she is starting to re-gain a little weight despite her appetite continuing to be poor. We are trying new and interesting foods ... and lots of deserts ... this is no time to be shy with the ice-cream!!!
Can cancer that has spread not only into her liver but also into the cavity behind her breastbone ever be considered good news? Well it seems so ... when what she has been dreading more than anything is that the cancer had spread into the bones themselves.
I love my mother. For all the complexities and difficulties in our relationship, still ... I love her. And I love the fact that she tried to cheer me up in the face of the news this week. I've always admired her strength. I know that there will come a time when the need to show strength when feeling anything but strong will come. And I know that I want to be there to offer whatever strength I can muster.
Gratitude is a strange word to use today. I will have to follow my mothers' example in this regard. You know, I don't talk much about AA on here or anywhere else really. Which is kind of odd given how instrumental it continues to be in my journey towards wellness. One thing I've learnt from listening and sharing with others dealing with lifes curve balls is that there are times when "keeping it in the day" can really help.
That the cancer is not in my mums bones.
That the sun will rise tomorrow.
That mum and I are very likely to see the sunrise of another day.
That there is life beyond diagnosis.
I am not the worlds best photographer that's for sure but even I can spot that there is something rather special about roses. Not only do they remind me of a rather special blogger friend, but they fill the whole area at the front of our home with a heady fragrance at this time of year. It's almost overwhelming and is just so so lovely.
I know nothing about flowers. I know they are beautiful though. And I know that looking at them reminds me of important things. Pausing to appreciate the delicacy of a flower petal ... watching as the days pass ... seeing the inexorable transformation from almost bare twigs, to leaved plant through buds all the way through to full blooms. How amazing nature is. Truly it is just breathtaking.
My mothers health has taken a turn for the worse. She goes back into hospital on Thursday for tests on a mass that showed up on her scan last week. A few months ago she started feeling increasingly unwell but this last month or so the affects have started to become all too obvious ... very marked weight loss, low energy, loss of interest in things, lack of appetite, general listlessness, more than usual confusion etc etc. Hence tests and more tests. Mum tells me that she believes the cancer has spread into her liver (the area in which the mass has appeared). She may be right but we shall wait and see.
Some days it is particularly important that we take time to pause ... to look in wonder at the beauty all around us in the world.
... quite a "difficult" night was had with winds gusting up to force 9 but we came through relatively unscathed for which I am very thankful indeed. Trev was a total superstar and despite being soaked to the skin remained cheerful whilst we salvaged almost everything from the tent in the morning. We had had about an hours sleep all told. Normally this would precipitate loads of sniping and griping as we'd try to hold one another responsible for each of us feeling below par, I think we were both a bit subdued by the experience of sitting out gale force winds under a flimsy bit of cloth tied down with some rope and held up by a few fibre-glass poles.
... and William looking so pleased with himself that just looking at him makes me feel warm inside. He is such a surfer boy you wouldn't believe the waves he wanted to try for!
Unfortunately my surfing days are behind me since my ear problems have affected my balance but not to worry as body boarding is a "no skill required" sport ... blimey I mustn't tell William that as he thinks himself highly skilled and who am I to argue with the flawless logic of a 6 year old?
All in all a jolly good time. I am glad to be home in one piece that's for sure.
I realise that I am hardly ever here any more. It seems utterly ungrateful given how instrumental blogging has been in helping me to discover a sense of self I hardly knew existed before. Life is such a journey ... as they say.
We have recently received our new colony of bees at home. I can hardly wait to show you ... and don't you dare laugh at how silly I look in my bee suit! Pretty much everyone looks a bit silly in a bee suit though I guess.
OK, so now we've got over the laughing at Jos bit lets move on to the actual stars of the show ... the bees!
So there we are ... our bees look amazing don't they? They are so busy at this time of year, it's like Piccadilly Circus inside the hive, and with all the comings and goings it can be a bit scary just approaching the hive to take a peek to make sure all is well. It's so exciting being a beekeeper, and John my stepdad is like a man with a new lease of life since we re-established our beekeeping activities.


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Q: Unable to launch firefox with selenium grid 3.0.1 gecko driver 0.11.1 firefox 50.0.1 Trying to launch firefox with selenium grid is through exception as below:

org.openqa.selenium.sessionnotcreatedexception

Code I am using is as below:
if(useRemoteWebDriver){
        URL seleniumGridURL = new URL(System.getProperty("gridURL"));
        String desiredBrowserVersion = System.getProperty("desiredBrowserVersion");
        String desiredPlatform = System.getProperty("desiredPlatform");

        if (!desiredPlatform.isEmpty())
            if ((null != desiredPlatform)) {
                desiredCapabilities.setPlatform(Platform.valueOf(desiredPlatform.toUpperCase()));
            }

        if (null != desiredBrowserVersion && !desiredBrowserVersion.isEmpty()){
            desiredCapabilities.setVersion(desiredBrowserVersion);
        }
        webDriver = new RemoteWebDriver(seleniumGridURL, desiredCapabilities);
    }else{
        webDriver = selectedDriverType.getWebDriverObject(desiredCapabilities);
    }

and I am trying to run it from command line using
mvn clean install -Dremote=true -DseleniumGridURL=http://localhost:5555/wd/hub -Dbrowser=firefox -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver="E:\GeckoDriver\geckodriver.exe" -DbrowserVersion="50.0.1"

this is giving me the following exception
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities [{marionette=true, binary=C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe, browserName=firefox, version=50.0.1, platform=ANY}], required capabilities = Capabilities [{}]
Build info: version: '3.0.1', revision: '1969d75', time: '2016-10-18 09:49:13 -0700'
System info: host: 'exipc0006', ip: '172.16.12.123', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'x86', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_111'
Driver info: driver.version: RemoteWebDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:91)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:141)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:601)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:241)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:128)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.<init>(RemoteWebDriver.java:155)
    at com.HomLuvAutomation.WebDriverThread.instantiateWebDriver(WebDriverThread.java:89)
    at com.HomLuvAutomation.WebDriverThread.getDriver(WebDriverThread.java:40)
    at com.HomLuvAutomation.DriverFactory.getDriver(DriverFactory.java:46)
    at com.HomLuvAutomation.BasicSearchWD.exampleOfTestNgMaven(BasicSearchWD.java:22)
    at com.HomLuvAutomation.BasicSearchWD.austinSearch(BasicSearchWD.java:56)

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Q: Handling browser conditional JS with JS compressors in Django Essentially, a reasonably simple question. Like most websites which have to support old browsers, we have a bunch of conditional loading JS scripts:
<!--[if lte IE 8]><!--><script src="/static/js/toisostringshim.js"></script><!--<![endif]-->
<script src="/static/js/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="/static/js/jquery-ui-1.10.0.custom.min.js"></script>
<!--[if lte IE 8]><script src="/static/js/r2d3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script><![endif]-->
<!--[if gte IE 9]><!--><script src="/static/js/d3.v3.min.js"></script><!--<![endif]-->
<script src="/static/js/etc.min.js"></script>

We have quite a number of JS dependencies, and our plan was to compress these using django-compressor to reduce query load, and to improve re-loading the dependencies when the Javascript changes (avoiding browser cache issues).
The question really is, if you have a cascade of loading which needs to happen in order (i.e. Jquery before JQ-UI etc. and some of the components are conditional (D3 vs r2d3), do you just compress as many as possible of the non-conditional ones in order, or is there a more intelligent way of doing this?

A: Have you considered using some sort of AMD? Like require.js?


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Q: How to make an app use all cpu power available? I'm in a 4-core machine with Intel processor, Windows 10.
I've made an example app forcing a loop , just to check the task manager and see what happens, something simple like this :
while true do begin end;

I'd expect the cpu will be at 100% with my process running at 100% too ; this was what happened back then when processors have only one core.
But this is not what happens now, my app never uses more then 25% of total CPU power, as shown on task manager. Because it's a 4-core machine, i'm wondering if it's using only one core at full capacity.
Is this 'issue' due the fact i'm running only one thread ?
What should i make to my app really take advantage of all processing power available ?


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SportsCenter on Snapchat seems to be doing quite well
The mobile-only series is already reaching millions of visitors.
ESPNBy Matt Yoder on 01/19/2018 01/19/2018
ESPN has been searching everywhere and trying everything to try to increase SportsCenter's ratings on linear television. We've seen new timeslots, new hosts, new formats, new episodes, and much more to try to bring SportsCenter to a new audience.
While there are those of us who grew up as children of the 90s that long for the highlight shows of the good old days, it hasn't worked in contemporary times. NBCSN and FS1 have tried more highlight-focused shows that ultimately failed.
But ESPN and SportsCenter may have struck on a formula for highlights that may finally be working. They just had to get away from television to do it.
In the latest column from Jim Brady, the ESPN Public Editor takes a closer look at SportsCenter on SnapChat. Thus far, the shortened format for the mobile app is doing quite well. Extremely well even. In fact, it reaches 2 million visitors every day. And a stunning 75% of that audience are teens or young adults.
Via ESPN.com:
Overall, it's a nice, breezy product, though certainly not one that would satisfy the obsessive needs of a devoted sports fan on a daily basis. But that's not the point of the Snapchat SportsCenter offering. It's designed for a content grazer with a short attention span, and, to that end, the product meets the consumer need.
According to Nate Ravitz, ESPN's vice president of audience development, one of the reasons the Snapchat relationship has been successful is because both sides have been fully engaged since the partnership began.
"Snapchat has been an exceptional partner in working on this project together," he said. "They created a totally custom CMS, improved it over time, and have been receptive to feedback. … It's night and day from three years ago to what we have today. They've been terrific."
The Snapchat SportsCenter show is getting more than 2 million unique visitors per day, and, according to ESPN, 75 percent of viewers are between the ages of 13 and 24.
ESPN has to be very encouraged because that's the exact audience that has moved away from the traditional SportsCenter format (and traditional television as a whole). While they may not be sitting in front of a television screen to watch ESPN, they are on their smartphones all the time.
The SportsCenter-Snapchat partnership is a godsend for ESPN because it takes the product to a new platform and a new audience. It's a forward-thinking move for ESPN that takes an alternative approach to the traditional ratings struggles that everyone in television is dealing with at the moment. SportsCenter might not be useful on ESPNEWS anymore, but that doesn't mean there isn't a place for it that is still relevant.
This is likely just step one in the continued digital revolution that we're seeing at ESPN. And if this successful partnership is any indication of what lies ahead, it could be some much needed good news for the company at just the right time.
[ESPN.com]
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