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Haudricourt: Dodgers hit Brewers where it really hurts, scoring late against vaunted bullpen
The Brewers had lost only three games all year when taking a lead into the eighth inning but the Dodgers made it four by pulling out Game 2 of NLCS.
Haudricourt: Dodgers hit Brewers where it really hurts, scoring late against vaunted bullpen The Brewers had lost only three games all year when taking a lead into the eighth inning but the Dodgers made it four by pulling out Game 2 of NLCS. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2018/10/13/haudricourt-dodgers-stun-brewers-getting-their-vaunted-bullpen/1601668002/
Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 8:46 p.m. CT Oct. 13, 2018 | Updated 11:40 p.m. CT Oct. 13, 2018
Justin Turner (10) is greeted by teammate Chris Taylor after he hit a two-run homer against the Brewers in the eighth inning that gave the Dodgers the lead for good in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday.(Photo: RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
It's not so much that the Milwaukee Brewers lost a game. They had won 12 in a row, an incredible streak at this time of year, and it was bound to end at some point.
It's how the Brewers lost Game 2 of the National League Championship Series that caused gnashing of teeth, blowing a lead out of their vaunted bullpen. And this after the bullpen nearly blew Game 1.
Yes, the area of biggest strength for the Brewers is suddenly leaking oil, after getting them this far, after "bullpen-ing" had become a common modus operandi. And stop with the "they must be tired" stuff. Yes, the relief corps has been heavily used, but the team had four days off after sweeping Colorado in the NL Division Series.
So, the Dodgers' 4-3 comeback victory Saturday at Miller Park did more than merely even the series, 1-1. It put another dent in the armor of the Brewers' bullpen, which had shut down opponents with machine-like regularity throughout the year.
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How dominant had the Brewers' relief corps been? When taking leads to the eighth inning, they were 84-3, including the postseason. That streak ended when Justin Turner belted a two-run homer in the eighth off Jeremy Jeffress, erasing the Brewers' 3-2 lead.
"It's definitely shocking because they've been so great, all season long," said centerfielder Lorenzo Cain, who helped "initial out-getter" Wade Miley in a big way by stealing a two-run home run from David Freese with a leaping catch at the wall in the first inning.
"It happened; we've got to move on from it. You can't hold it against them. They've been doing a great job. We'll go to L.A. and try to start another winning streak. We'll be ready to go."
It was yet another struggle this postseason for Jeffress, who has not resembled the dominant reliever who went 8-1 with a 1.29 earned run average and 15 saves in 73 appearances in the regular season, holding opponents to a .182 batting average. In four appearances this October, he has allowed 11 hits and four runs in 4 2/3 innings, which computes to a 7.71 ERA.
Photos: Brewers vs. Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS
Former teammates Ryan Braun and the retired Prince Fielder share a moment after Fielder threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Brewers played the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday at Miller Park. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Former Brewers slugger Prince Fielder throws out the first pitch before Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon at Miller Park. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Opposing third basemen Justin Turner of the Dodgers and Mike Moustakas of the Brewers share a laugh before Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Justin Turner of the Dodgers sends a single to right field against the Brewers during the first inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon. Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers centerfielder Lorenzo Cain takes a home run away from the Dodgers' David Freese with a leaping catch against the wall in the first inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Starting pitcher Wade Miley acknowledges Lorenzo Cain after the Brewers centerfielder took a home run away from the Dodgers' David Freese with a leaping catch at the wall in the first inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernandez gets ready to throw out Lorenzo Cain of the Brewers for the first out of the bottom of the first inning during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Dodgers first baseman David Freese and Brewers centerfielder Lorenzo Cain share a laugh as the teams in between the top and bottom half of the second inning during Game 2 of the NLCS. Earlier in the first inning, Cain's leaping catch at the wall robbed Freese of a home run. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers third baseman Mike Moustakas throws out Matt Kemp of the Dodgers at first base for the first out of the top of the second inning during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brewers pitcher Wade Miley shoots a double down the left field line against the Dodgers during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers starting pitcher Wade Miley hustles past the Dodgers' David Freese on his way to second for a double in the third inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Wade Miley of the Brewers has a word with Dodgers second baseman Enrique Hernandez after doubling in the third inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Rob Carr, Getty Images
Lorenzo Cain of the Brewers isn't happy with himself after striking out with a runner on second during the third inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday afternoon. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers shortstop fields a grounder during the fourth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia throws to first for a force out of the Dodgers' Justin Turner as second baseman Travis Shaw looks on during the fourth innings of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar gets ready to drill a single to left field against the Dodgers during the fourth inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Jesus Aguilar of the Brewers lines a single to left field during the fourth inning against the Dodgers of Game 2 on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers starting pitcher Wade Miley kept the Dodgers off-balanced during his 5 2/3-inning outing during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Orlando Arcia squares up on a pitch from Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu and sends it over the wall in center field for a solo home run in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu watches Orlando Arcia's ball sail over the wall in center field for a home run in the fifth inning that gave the Brewers a 1-0 lead in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
A ball hit by the Brewers' Orlando Arcia just eludes the glove of Dodgers centerfielder Cody Bellinger during the fifth inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
An excited Orlando Arcia of the Brewers circles the bases after hitting a solo home run to straightaway center field against the Dodgers in the fifth inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Orlando Arcia circles the bases as the Miller Park faithful goes nuts after the Brewers shortstop hit a solo homer in the fifth inning against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Orlando Arcia is jacked up after hitting a solo home run in the fifth inning to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Orlando Arcia (left) celebrates his solo home run against the Dodgers in the fifth inning with Hernan Perez during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers starting pitcher Wade Miley collects his second hit of Game 2 of the NLCS against Dodgers with a line drive single to center in the fifth inning on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Lorenzo Cain of the Brewers whistles a drive to left field for a double during the fifth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Lorenzo Cain of the Brewers reacts after hitting a double against the Dodgers in the fifth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ryan Braun hits a tapper to shortstop with the bases loaded in the fifth inning to drive in Wade Miley and give the Brewers a 2-0 lead over the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brewers starting pitcher Wade Miley is congratulated by Mike Moustakas (center) and Orlando Arcia as he waits for manager Craig Counsell to get to the mound for a pitching change in the sixth inning. Miley threw 5 2/3 shutout innings against the Dodgers during Game 2 on Saturday, allowing just two hits with no walks and three strikeouts. \ Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Travis Shaw gives the Brewers a 3-0 lead with a solo home run against the Dodgers in the sixth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Rick Wood / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Travis Shaw of the Brewers and Dodgers reliever Alex Wood watch Shaw's blast sail out of the park for a solo home run in the sixth inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Dylan Buell, Getty Images
Travis Shaw looks skyward as he heads home after hitting a solo home run against the Dodgers in the sixth inning of Game 2 on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Manny Machado sends a single to left field off Brewers reliever Corbin Burnes to give the Dodgers runners on first and second with no outs in the seventh inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Joc Pederson greets Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress with a bloop a single to right field that loaded the bases for the Dodgers with no outs in the seventh inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers rightfielder Christian Yelich fields the ball after second baseman Hernan Perez was unable make a sliding catch a bloop single off the bat of the Dodgers' Joc Pederson in the seventh inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers catcher Erik Kratz watches as Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers breaks his bat over his leg after striking out with the bases loaded in the seventh inning of Game 2 on Saturday afternoon. Rob Carr, Getty Images
Coby Bellinger drives in the first run of the game for the Dodgers with a single to center off Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress during the seventh inning of Game 2 on Saturday. Benny Sieu, Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia turns an inning ending double play after the Dodgers had already scored twice in the seventh in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brewers shortstop Orlando Arcia reacts after turning an inning ending double play against the Dodgers in the seventh inning of Game 2 of the NLCS. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Justin Turner turns on a pitch from Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress and sends it into the left-field seats in the eighth inning to give the Dodgers the lead during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Justin Turner knows he just gave the Dodgers the lead in the eighth inning on Saturday as he watches his two-run homer off Brewers reliever Jeremy Jeffress sail into the left-field bleachers during Game 2 of the NLCS. Benny Sieu, Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Brewers second baseman Hernan Perez looks on as Justin Turner makes his way around the bases after hitting a two-run homer in the eighth inning that put the Dodgers ahead to stay in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. Jon Durr-USA TODAY Sports
Justin Turner (10) is greeted by teammate Chris Taylor after he hit a two-run homer against the Brewers in the eighth inning that gave the Dodgers the lead for good in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Justin Turner (10) gets a hero's welcome upon his arrival at the Dodgers dugout after his two-run homer against the Brewers turned the tide of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Corey Knebel finishes the eighth inning for the Brewers and prevents the Dodgers from doing anymore damage after they had taken the lead earlier in the frame on Justin Turner's two-run homer during Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Max Muncy of the Dodgers upends Hernan Perez but is unable to prevent the Brewers second baseman from turning a double play in the eighth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Dodgers reliever Kenta Maeda retires Curtis Granderson, the only batter he face, on a deep fly to right field for the Brewers' final out of the eighth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Brewers manager takes Xavier Cedeno out of the game after the reliever allowed a hit to the only Dodgers batter he faced in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Orlando Arcia looks up as he pops up for the Brewers' first out ninth inning during Game 2 of the NLCS against the Dodgers on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A frustrated Lorenzo Cain walks back to the Brewers dugout after striking out against Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday at Miller Park. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Christian Yelich sends a grounder to third base that becomes the final out for the Brewers in their 4-3 loss to the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLCS on Saturday. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Kenley Jansen is congratulated by catcher Austin Barnes after he closed out the Brewers in the ninth inning of the Dodgers' 4-3 victory in Game 2 of the NLCS that evened the series at 1-1. RIck Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Manager Craig Counsell and Jeffress keep getting asked about this disturbing trend, and the answers continue to be the same: Everything is fine. Jeffress is getting bedeviled by soft contact. There is some truth to the soft contact thing, but Jeffress also is constantly pitching behind in the count and paying for it.
It was unconscionable to walk No. 8 hitter Austin Barnes with the bases loaded in the seventh, forcing in a run that cut the Brewers' lead to 3-2. Barnes showed little interest in swinging when ahead in the count, but Jeffress declined to challenge him, throwing a low curveball for ball four.
So, with a rare late failure by the pen, a sterling effort by Miley was wasted and a crowd of 43,905 departed frustrated. Miley was cruising along with a two-hit shutout and 2-0 lead when Counsell removed him with two down in the sixth inning and a runner on first base, with Turner up.
"You want to stay out there but all year long it's the route we've taken and it's worked," Miley said. "If you do it again, you'd probably do the same thing. Those guys have been so good down there. They're going to be fine the rest of the way."
Asked if it were easier to come out of games early because that plan has been so successful for the Brewers, Miley said, "I don't think it's ever easy. You want to be in the game. But, at the same time, there's more understanding with the bullpen we have down there. As effective as they've been all year long, you trust them."
The pitching plan after Miley was thrown out of whack immediately when rookie Corbin Burnes, who was so strong in the NLDS with four scoreless innings, didn't retire any of the three batters he faced in the seventh, leaving with a run in and two on. After that, it was a scramble for Counsell to piece together the remaining innings.
"We were in really good shape with the effort that Wade gave us," Counsell said. "The seventh was a tough inning. They used a pinch-hitter (Max Muncy), and then (Manny) Machado and (Cody) Bellinger. So, we knew that was going to be a tough inning."
As for the decision to remove Miley when he did, which brought out the second-guessers on social media like the Oklahoma land rush after the bullpen faltered, Counsell said, "Look, you're either too early or too late. At some point, you've got to make a decision, and I thought he was going through the heart of the lineup for the third time.
"We had a fresh Corbin Burnes, who has been wonderful for us this year."
This is the way Counsell has run the bullpen all year, like it or not. Analytics show that most pitchers struggle the third time through an opponent's lineup, and nobody crunches the numbers more than the Brewers. So, at that point of games, the "initial out-getter" usually gets the rest of the night off.
Accordingly, only two "initial out-getters" have covered six innings since the start of September – Miley on Sept. 4 against the Chicago Cubs in an 11-1 romp and Gio Gonzalez on Sept. 19 in a 7-0 breeze over Cincinnati. Operating in that manner, the Brewers went 20-7 that month to catch the Cubs and then take the NL Central crown from them in a one-game showdown.
Wade Miley talks about his outing and coming out while still pitching well. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
That pitching plan also resulted in a three-game sweep of Colorado in the NLDS, with no "initial out-getter" going more than five innings. It had been exactly three weeks since the Brewers' last defeat, so if you want to criticize Counsell for yanking his pitcher too soon, go for it. But consider that your team is 100-68 and playing for a berth in the World Series against the defending NL champs.
"You've got to give some credit to the Dodgers," said Miley. "That's a pretty good lineup over there. It happens. It's baseball. They had some good at-bats. That's how you score runs."
So, it's a best-of-five series now. First team to win three more gets to play for the big trophy. These teams are evenly matched. You didn't really expect another sweep, did you?
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FIVE TAKEAWAYS: Rare letdown by bullpen leads to Game 2 loss
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15 Mile Road Sink Hole
On August 22, 2004, a portion of the Romeo Arm Interceptor sewer, an eleven-foot-diameter, 65-foot deep, concrete sewer pipe suddenly collapsed on 15 Mile Road just west of Hayes Road in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The Romeo Arm Interceptor is part of the larger Oakland Macomb Interceptor, which serves 830,000 residents in Oakland and Macomb counties. The collapse created a giant sinkhole that was more than 50 feet deep and hundreds of feet wide. The growing sinkhole threatened to cause the collapse of nearby homes in the Villa Fontana Subdivision. As the sinkhole spread, police evacuated the nearby homes and closed off access to nearby businesses. In response to the emergency, the Detroit Water and Sewage District ("DWSD") contracted with Inland Waters Pollution Control, Inc. ("Inland"), to repair the sewer.
Inland then contracted with L. D'Agostini & Sons, Inc. ("D'Agostini"), which served as a first responder to the emergency too, among other duties, create a temporary limited bypass system, construct a tangent pile caisson shaft 60' wide by 280' long around the area of the collapsed sewer and reconstruct the damaged portion of the interceptor and restore flow to the system. With the interceptor carrying as much as 30 to 55 million gallons of combined storm and wastewater daily, the repair project called for emergency around-the-clock work for eight months, involving dozens of contractors, suppliers, utility companies, engineers and others to reconstruct the collapsed interceptor and restore full flow in the system and thereby eliminate the serious threat that the collapsed sewer posed to persons and property.
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15801 23 Mile Road
Macomb Twp. MI 48042
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THE EXPONENT • February 14, 2019 • https://bwexponent.com/news/2019/02/14/bw-department-of-safety-and-security-aims-to-provide-both/
BW Department of Safety and Security aims to provide both
Colleen Kost, Contributing Writer
Students walk across campus each day at Baldwin Wallace University, passing multiple public phones with bright blue light bulbs and buttons to press, designed specifically to contact the Department of Safety and Security in the case of an emergency.
There are over 16 of these blue light phones on campus where a list of locations for these emergency contact stands can be found on the BW website.
All residence halls also have outdoor phones near their entrances; outdoor phones are just one of the services that BW's Department of Safety and Security put in place to keep students out of harm's way.
According to FBI statistics, BW has one of the safest college campuses in Ohio. Safety is a top priority for the school and an important asset for increased enrollment and decreased retention rates. The campus' reputation, said Dan Mouhlas, safety and security officer, is not that of a party school. Berea maintains a safe environment for both city residents and students. "I joke with people and say BW stands for 'boring weekends.' But it's perfect for the neighborhood, perfect for residents who live here and for everyone involved." said Mouhlas. "The focus is on education and that's what it should be."
The 2018-2019 Crime Log, which can also be found on the BW website, shows that the majority of reported crimes this year were liquor or drug law violations, theft or harassment within or near residence halls.
The Berea Police Department, located in Berea Commons, works closely with campus security to provide the best coverage for the city of Berea and BW's campus. Safety and Security also maintains solid, communicative relationships with resident advisors and the Department of Building and Grounds.
The Safety and Security office, located on the first floor of the Tudor House at 296 Beech Street, is staffed 24/7 by both security officers and student workers. The Department of Safety and Security hosts a student staff of approximately 25 people.
This staff includes student auxiliaries who provide escorts and general safety services, as well as student dispatchers who answer calls and connect with campus security officers. The officers' main daily activities include patrolling the campus in cars and helping students who have been locked out of their rooms.
Walking escorts and other forms of help can be ordered on the blue light campus phones at any time of the day. To summon an escort, dial 2336 on any campus phone and tell the dispatcher of your current location and destination.
A security officer or student auxiliary, clad in blue and yellow, will be dispatched to the caller's destination to provide a walking escort to any campus building or parking lot. For liability reasons, security officers do not transport students in their vehicles unless there are two officers present or in case of an emergency.
For urgent situations other than need for an escort, anyone may dial 2000 on a campus phone or (440) 826-2000 from a non-campus phone and be connected to the Department.
Junior Ben Ladaika, criminal justice major and student dispatcher for Safety and Security, said he receives anywhere from 10-25 calls during a typical four hour shift, depending on the time of day. Most of these calls are requests for help from students who are locked out of their room or car.
Occasionally, serious situations will arise such as overdoses, attempted suicides, and assault, said Ladaika.
One issue that often occurs between students and security officers is the intimidation factor of a person in uniform. The Department of Safety and Security exists to assist and protect BW students and nothing further.
"I think a lot of students come here with their own misconceptions about safety and security and what we're all about," said Mouhlas. "We don't kick down doors and take names. That's not us, that's not our profile."
Tension can arise between the student body and campus security officers simply because of the negative attitude taken on by some students, said Ladaika, and it may be evident that some students do not feel safe enough and would appreciate improvements within the department.
"I think we can improve on relations with the student body," said Ladaika. "Most situations we are involved in are negative, so if we can show that we are good people we may get a better perception from the student body."
A concern that the university has is the number of unreported campus crimes, and some incidences that are reported too late to handle. Lateness is the primary reason for any lack of action by the department.
Katy May, safety and security officer, said "We're here to keep the campus safe and we need to know about things 'asap.' Even if they think it's nothing, it could be something. You come to us immediately with any problem or concern you have."


The 1st of June - the first day of summer - the most favorite day of the year for everyone (and especially for us who live in St. Petersburg)! Also 1 st of June – it's a wonderful holiday – The Children's Day!
On this day, the staff of our hostel is going to get back to the childhood and invite you to join us!
Watch for our announcements and subscribe to our groups in social networks, the cutest contest of the month is going to be held - the competition for the best children photo. The contest start - June 1, participate and win interesting prizes!
Dear guests and friends of the Graffiti L hostel!
We continue our series of different useful workshops.


A couple of weeks back, while driving my way back home in the evening, I was waiting for the signal to turn green in the busy Trinity Junction in Bangalore. A couple of pedestrians were waiting for their signal to cross the road too, when a middle-aged guy with a huge bundle of pamphlets walked in to that place. He thrust a pamphlet in everybody's hand, with no exception. He offered me one, I signaled him a 'no' and he went on to insert a pamphlet in my car's wiper!
I read what it was from my windshield – it was for some computer course with a promise of software jobs as soon as the course was over…that too in leading technology companies in India. The interesting thing to note here is that it was being handed over to people of all ages in that busy junction, regardless of whether it is appropriate for them or not. After this charade was over, the man started running across the junction…when everybody else was patiently and carefully waiting for the signal to cross!
Isn't it odd that both those acts are also being performed online in India, when it comes to Facebook page management?
In the past 6 months alone, I have come across 7 proposals from oddly named 'digital agencies' that have a 'cost per fan acquired' commitment. 3 of these are from Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad, and 2 each, from Delhi and Mumbai. The 'cost per fan acquired' ranges from Rs. 7.50 to Rs. 13. One of the proposals even had a 'your money back if we do not get the numbers committed'!
I have been asked by some of my clients about our 'cost of acquisition per fan'. As ridiculous as it may sound, I have always tried to explain the basics patiently – that we do not own or acquire fans in Facebook and that focusing on the bean counter of likes is a completely pointless exercise not worth anybody's time. But I have also noticed that many of such questions start from the marketing department – we (as in a PR agency dealing with corporate communications department) get to hear stories about how the marketing team is pressurizing the communications team to up the numbers in their Facebook pages, particularly when the communications team has a head-start in social media initiatives within the organizations while the marketing team, with help from ad agencies is still scraping microsites and 'viral' videos.
Marketing team's focus stays on the numbers, as always, and communications guys, in a hurry to prove themselves, opt for one of the proposals mentioned above, because they promise numbers. The plan is usually similar across proposals – they commit to getting X fans within Y days, for Rs. Z.
We have been asked for such proposals too and we have always flatly refused. And, after explaining and educating clients, we have also told them to go ahead try these agencies on their own will and risk – after all, everybody is entitled to make their own mistakes and learn.
The modus operandi of such plans seem similar – they fall within the following 3 methods.
Create a master page for the social media company based on the most popular theme in India – films/TV shows/film or TV personalities and flog that endlessly to get 'likes'. When that becomes popular, use that as the base media to promote clients of all kinds. So, even if the client is a hotel chain, post information about the hotel chain in what is a film/TV show page and ask people to 'like' hotel chain's page using gifts from the hotel client.
The 'agency' hires an army of college kids for one single task – join as many Facebook pages or Groups and even popular communities outside Facebook, and cross-post the client's Facebook page URL with a 2 line context…all over the place. Any number of 'likes' the client page gets is a bonus.
Create fake Facebook profiles using college/school kids and get 'them' to like Facebook pages of clients.
Actually, the 2nd method is a legitimate tactic, if we choose the right forum to cross-post, along with an appropriately worded context, but the 1st and 3rd tactics are as bogus and pointless as the traffic signal situation I explained in the beginning of this post.
Imagine – if you equate the online happening with the traffic signal situation, tactic 1 would read like this: The middle-aged guy puts up a small roadside stall with pictures of film personalities to draw people's attention. When they do walk up to him, he hands over his 'computer course' pamphlet to them.
Tactic 3 would be…the middle-aged guy dumping all his pamphlet bundles in a garbage bin and informing his client that all of them have been individually handed over to people!!
The focus is on mindless acquisition of 'likes', even as content and engagement is being handled at a rudimentary level.
The kind of people 'gathered' is mostly utterly pointless and is the wrong target audience.
It spoils client contacts given that it feeds their already ignorant need to add numbers to their efforts…and becomes a completely wrong example to follow.
The fake Facebook profile menace seems to be a recent entrant in India and it is interesting that fake profiles are being used for very different purposes across India and other western countries.
An October 2009 post on Read Write Web talks about fake Facebook profiles being used to infect visitors' systems with virus. An older report from October 2008 refers to spammers and malware makers creating Facebook profiles to make people click on malicious site URLs.
In India? Here, fake profiles are being created to satisfy greedy, ignorant client-side marketers who have only one thing in mind when it comes to ROI from Facebook – number of 'likes'! Don't believe me? Here are a few samples!
There are common traits among the 6 samples above (click on the thumbnails to see the larger version) – there are many, many more, incidentally!
Most of these fake profiles do not have a display photo.
I do understand that since I'm not 'friends' with these characters I can see only limited information about them on their profile. Even taking that benefit of doubt into consideration, a simple check of the proportion of friends vs. likes would make it clear why these profiles exist!
This is a menace that has to stop since it topples the level playing field that legitimate social media/digital agencies have in India. The irony is that many of the pages they join may already have a legitimate agency working hard to build a worthy community using relevant and interesting content…but, bowing to internal pressure, the client may have contracted a snake-oil agency to bump numbers. Result? The legitimate agency's effort in community building gets severely impacted by the sudden influx of people with no friends, no profile picture and most importantly, no engagement or intent of purchase.
That is the crux, actually. A Facebook community is something we sell to our clients, after doing thorough homework on the need for one, as a place to gather relevant people online and build on two factors – purchase consideration and purchase intent. The former is done using consistently relevant content and an interesting narrative to communicate the client's story. The latter is activated using appropriate offers/freebies and sharing exclusive information to make the community feel special. A sudden influx of fake profiles topples all percentages within our legitimate community building efforts and suddenly, our effort seems to be reaching and impacting much lesser fans than what it should be!
@dina: @beastoftraal @twilightfairy @prolificd – and the industry sits and watches quietly?? why aren't we exposing THIS scam too???
…I really didn't have much to say! Chances are…as long as there are clients who need 'numbers', the snake-oil social media agency committing to getting fans will survive…and thrive. After all, it is just an extension of what happens to political rallies in real life, in India. Crowds are gathered not based on ideologies or party relevance, but on the promise of money and a meal!
For clients, one strong reason to not go for an agency is to see how they respond when you intentionally pose the 'cost per fan' question. If they answer in the affirmative, you know what to do. The fact is there are enough good and legitimate agencies to help brands make prudent use of social media tools and the Indian market is big enough for all these players. It is the sneaky, fly-by-night agencies that spoil the game…but anyway, we (and clients) have at least one confirmed way to identify them now…pop them the 'cost per fan' question!
'FAKE' picture courtesy: Paul G via Flickr.
Why is the Air India fiasco video terribly bad PR, but its equivalent online, completely routine?
The audacity of assumptions – Facebook's and ours!


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Increased Use of Low-Contact Services May Prove Permanent
by Zach Hrynowski
All low-contact services measured continue to be used more frequently
Pickup services see highest increases in use
A majority of more frequent users will continue using these services
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As social distancing guidelines persist in the U.S., growing numbers of consumers are increasingly turning to virtual, delivery and pickup options for essential goods and services. Gallup began tracking six of these measures on its probability-based web panel in late March, and the latest April 13-19 update finds Americans reporting more frequent use of each.
Americans' Low Contact Behavior During COVID-19
During the coronavirus situation, have you been doing each of the following more often, less often or about the same? % More often
Restaurant or pizzeria delivery
Picked up takeout from a restaurant
Curbside pickup at a store
Medicine or medical supply delivery
Virtual visit with a doctor
8 10 26 16 4 11
Mar 30-Apr 6
12 14 27 20 5 12
Gallup Panel
Among these services, Americans are most likely to report increased use of pickup services now than before the COVID-19 situation. Thirty-two percent of Americans say they are ordering takeout from a restaurant more often than they used to, and 28% say the same about curbside pickup from retail stores. Over the last few weeks, reports of greater reliance on curbside pickup have grown the most -- 12 percentage points from the initial reading on March 29.
All Low-Contact Services May Enjoy Permanent Gains
Americans' expectations of whether their increased use of each of these services will continue after the coronavirus situation is over vary from service to service. For all six items, a majority of more frequent users say they will continue to access these services.
The Likelihood Americans Will Continue to Use Low Contact Services After COVID-19
Once widespread business closures and social distancing practices are ended, how likely are you to continue to do each of the following on a more frequent basis? %Very likely/Likely
Order groceries by delivery
Order food from a restaurant or pizzeria by delivery
Pick up takeout from a restaurant
Order medicine or medical supplies by delivery
Have a virtual visit with a doctor
Use curbside pickup at a store
18% of Americans say they are having virtual visits with a doctor more often than in the past -- an increase of seven percentage points from recent weeks. Moreover, 70% say they are likely to continue using telemedicine services -- including 35% who say they are very likely -- suggesting that more of these new users are being converted into permanent patients.
Conversely, 7% of respondents report having medicine or medical supplies delivered more often than usual. Seventy-one percent of these more frequent users say they will continue to receive medical supply deliveries even after the coronavirus situation subsides.
Finally, the percentage of Americans having groceries delivered more often (14%) has increased six points since March 29. However, the percentage of new users likely to continue doing so in the future is lower than all other items at 59%.
Learn more about how the Gallup Panel works.
Results for this Gallup poll are based on self-administered web surveys conducted April 13-19, 2020, with a random sample of 5,725 U.S. adults, aged 18 and older, who are members of the Gallup Panel. Gallup uses probability-based, random sampling methods to recruit its Panel members.
Gallup weighted the obtained samples to correct for nonresponse. Nonresponse adjustments were made by adjusting the sample to match the national demographics of gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education and region. Demographic weighting targets were based on the most recent Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older U.S. population. For results based on any individual sample, the margin of sampling error is ±2 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. Margins of error for subgroups are higher.
In addition to sampling error, question wording and practical difficulties in conducting surveys can introduce error or bias into the findings of public opinion polls.
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U.S. Adults Now Divided on Status of COVID-19 Situation
Americans are increasingly likely to say the coronavirus situation is getting better and are now evenly divided on whether it is improving or worsening.
COVID-19 Quickly Becomes Most Important U.S. Problem
COVID-19 has quickly surged to the top of the list of the most important problems facing the U.S. with 45% citing it.
Americans' Reported Use of Face Masks Surges in Past Week
The percentage of Americans who say they have worn a mask outside of their homes has increased sharply from 38% to 62% in the past week.
Gallup Blog
Americans' Social Contacts During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Americans practicing social distancing have 90% fewer contacts with other people per day than those who are not attempting the practice.
Gallup https://news.gallup.com/poll/309203/increased-low-contact-services-may-prove-permanent.aspx


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by Darryl — Saturday, 12/28/13 , 12:11 am
Young Turks: Edward Snowden declares, "Mission Accomplished".
White House: Favorite GIFs of 2013.
Top ten things FAUX decided will lead to the "Wussification of America" in 2013 (via Media Matters).
Newsy: Poll finds 113th is the worst Congress ever.
Maddow: The Koch brothers now funding & "polluting" Florida State University:
Michael Brooks and Michelle Goldberg: The Right's war on "White trash" the the poor.
Holiday Residual:
Mark Fiore: Saint Ayn Rand visits the day after Christmas.
Ann Telnaes: The real war on Christmas.
Red State Update: Episode 58, A Duck Dynasty Butthole Christmas.
David Pakman: Obamacare signups soar.
The GOP's most terrible Christmas gift.
Sam Seder: Why don't we have universal health care?
Young Turks: Alan Turing is pardoned.
How the conservative media treated women in 2013 (via Media Matters).
Newsy: NSA phone metadata collection ruled unconstitutional and then ruled constitutional.
Women to watch for 2014.
Sharpton: Cartoon combatant Sarah Palin defends racist 'Duck Dynasty' star.
The Jibjab 2013 Year in Review.
Pontificating on the Pope:
Young Turks: The Pope's approval ratings, and why it matters.
Sam Seder and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: Republicans fear progressive Pope.
Sam Seder: Why Pope Francis' rhetoric is encouraging.
Sam Seder: The Tea Party is just the Republican base.
Why a "do nothing" congress? Republican nutjobbers blame Obama.
Photos found from photographer killed in Mt. St. Helens blast.
Lawrence O'Donnell: The "teaching moment" in Duck-Dynasty racism and homophobia.
Matt Binder: After children die in tornado, GOP still blocks tornado shelters by cutting taxes.
David Pakman: Congress ends least productive year in recent history.
Sharpton: The "bully bridge politics" of N.J. Gov. Chris Christie.
Climate Change Chump Change:
Young Turks: Who funds climate change deniers?
David Pakman: $1 Billion against climate change?
Lawrence O'Donnell: Debate about opting out of health insurance:
Sam Seder and Cliff Schecter: A trip to the Creation Museum.
Young Turks: Tea Party happily uses poster mocking them in popular video game.
Newsy: Obama looks ahead for 2014.
David Pakman: 13 states raising minimum wage in 2014.
Saturday, 12/28/13 at 12:23 am
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A roll of film lost for 33 years, undeveloped? Better late than never. At least their are people around that know how to develop it.
During Superstorm Sandy, the New York City Transit Authority did a good job, for the most part, moving the massive subway fleet to higher ground. New Jersey Transit, not so much. NJT left coaches and locomotives in low lying yards like the Meadowlands, and they flooded. Some of the locomotives that were underwater included brand new ALP-45's, a dual mode design capable of running both in Diesel and Electric territory Now it turned out that NJT was warned that the yards at Kearny and the Meadowlands were a flood risk. Governor Christie is blaming a low level official.
http://www.masstransitmag.com/.....fore-sandy
@ 3 ER
Oh dear, another incompetent administrator. TskTskTsk. Whatever shall we do?
"Off with his head!"
Noodles forbid Christie ever actually take responsibility for anything happening on his watch. It isn't his job to run the Government. He's just there to make nice for the cameras and the little old ladies while his pals loot the treasury.
On another note, Zombie-Enron, now calling itself Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, has purchased two "smaller" oil tanker companies (totaling nine tankers, none less than 15 years old) at bargain-basement prices from the private-equity firms that are now desperately trying to dump energy-related assets as fast as they can. Due to a very poor transshipment market, especially for oil, the industry has been losing money for several years now.
Bitumen is really turning out to be a really nasty, shitty product that nobody really wants. It's super-expensive to produce, it costs a fortune to process into diesel and heating oil (it's primary uses) and nobody really wants it. The Vietnamese, Koreans and Pacific Island Nations are willing to buy the crap, but the latter there have no means to process it domestically. So they purchase the bulk product and are contracting out the refining to the Japanese and Koreans.
The upshot of all this is that Zombie-Enron is now applying to the Canadian and Unites States Governments, to bypass local regulations concerning transshipment of this bitumen out of the terminal in Northern Burnaby. The pipeline from Alberta is already under construction and has approval from the B.C. Government. This would bring several tankers through the channel between Lummi and Orcas islands, down past Lopez Island before they turn right to head west though the Sound.
Although the route is well-charted, there are several rock formations that barely poke through the surface at high tide in that channel. There is zero room for error along the route.
How about no, Mr Kinder.
Too. Much. Risk.
If you ever get the chance to go to Miami plan on bringing your own coffee. The coffee around here is complete swill.
And watchout for Death From Above. The new condos that were built durning the housing bubble are so poorly consructed that pieces of cornice and fascia are falling from the buildings.
Ten Years After - Roger Rabbit is just a liberal progressive troll. spews:
I think of the Tea Party people as Republicans pretending they are Libertarians. They're not.
Saturday, 12/28/13 at 12:22 pm
@6 I think of Boehner as a con man pretending Teahadists aren't Republicans. They are.
Seattle had 29 homicides this year, compared to 27 last year. In Chicago, that's a busy weekend. 6 of the 29 were killed by cops. The police chief that on blames lack of mental health services.
I see that prevaricating dirtbag MOT is back. With this cold spell, all the vermin are crawling indoors to keep warm.
Saturday, 12/28/13 at 5:36 pm
Boehner is unimportant.
We are going to have a tax evasion problem when pot goes on sale. A heavy tax will support the underground market in the same way as people try to avoid the tax on cigarettes by buying cartons of cigs from guys selling them in the parking lot out of the back of a '77 Ford Edonoline.
But, it's a tax evasion problem, not a drug problem.
@10 That's wishful thinking. Last month's government shutdown was a one-man show; Boehner could have prevented it, but chose not to. He could have blocked the Murray-Ryan budget bill, but chose to let it go through. Boehner, and Boehner alone, will decide whether we have a debt ceiling crisis about a month from now. It all depends on whether he, as Speaker, allows the House to vote. The votes are there, from Democrats and moderate Republicans, to stop the Tea Party cold if Boehner chooses not to pander to the Teahadists. But he also holds the power to disrupt our government from functioning. The voters of his district and future historians should hold him accountable for the government shutdowns in 2011 and 2013, and for whatever choice he makes in 2014.
@12 We're also gonna have the state collecting a lot of pot taxes. I would much prefer the state funded public needs by taxing now-grossly-undertaxed high-income households instead of selling lottery tickets to the poor and relying on sin taxes, but our Democratic governors and legislators seem to have a spine problem, and some of our voters aren't the smartest either. And even if they want to let the rich skate, let's at least stop paying billions in ransom to the pirates in Boeing's Chicago headquarters building.
Yes – legalize, regulate and tax marijuana. We could also say that other victimless "crimes" should be treated the same way.
As for Boeing's extortion campaign, the State should call their bluff and let them move their damn plants wherever they want. The world doesn't revolve around Boeing.
Maybe we should introduce legislation for all lottery players whereby they have to prove they can afford to gamble??
Nah, probably too difficult to enforce.
After months of investigative journalism, the New York Times concluded al Qaeda was not involved with the Benghazi attack, and substantiated the White House's original version of events.
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_new.....ttack?lite
Roger Rabbit Commentary: Poof! goes another Issa "investigation."
Sunday, 12/29/13 at 8:00 pm
@4 "Bitumen is really turning out to be a really nasty, shitty product"
Don't you really mean "even nastier, shittier product"? Even "sweet light crude" is pretty God-awful stuff.
Looks like maybe Harper's plan to become the King Fahd of the Great Grey North is running into some trouble.


The Michigan PBB Cohort 20 Years: Endocrine Disruption?
Title: The Michigan PBB Cohort 20 Years: Endocrine Disruption?
This project will examine the cohort of women and their offspring who were exposed to polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) as a contaminant of cattle feed in l973. The Michigan Department of Community Health has followed this cohort for more than 20 years. The project will ascertain the occurrence of a number of outcomes in the women and their offspring in order to determine if there is evidence of endocrine disruption associated with PBB exposure.
The study will include the administration of a telephone interview to the approximately 1900 women currently in the cohort to ascertain the cumulative incidence since exposure of endocrine sensitive endpoints such as endometriosis, benign breast disease, abnormal Pap smears, uterine fibroids, thyroid dysfunction and infertility. We will ascertain time to pregnancy for each pregnancy following exposure. Medical records will be obtained and reviewed to verify each of the clinical conditions. The occurrence of each of these outcomes will be modeled by multivariate methods as a function of PBB serum level in l976 controlling for potentially confounding variables.
This cohort, by virtue of its well-characterized exposure to PBB and the long follow-up period, can provide valuable data on the potential endocrine disrupting effects of halogenated hydrocarbons.


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Share this Story: Ten dead in Brazil school shooting, including two gunmen
Ten dead in Brazil school shooting, including two gunmen
Latin America's largest nation has the largest number of annual homicides in the world, but school shootings are rare
Mar 13, 2019 • March 13, 2019 • 1 minute read
A man comforts a woman at the Raul Brasil State School in Suzano, Brazil, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Photo by Mauricio Sumiya/Futura Press via AP
SAO PAULO — The governor of Sao Paulo says two young men, wearing hoods and carrying several weapons, opened fire at a school in southern Brazil, killing eight people before taking their own lives.
Wednesday's shooting happened in a public school in Suzano, a suburb of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city.
Ten dead in Brazil school shooting, including two gunmen Back to video
Gov. Joao Doria says the two attackers were believed to be between 20 and 25 years old. He says authorities don't believe the two were former students.
Doria says the dead included two teachers and six students, and several more people had been hospitalized after sustaining injuries.
Latin America's largest nation has the largest number of annual homicides in the world, but school shootings are rare.
Brazil's new President Jair Bolsonaro recently announced that gun ownership controls would be loosened.


10 years ago, screening for as many diseases as possible was the method used to keep the population healthy before they became ill. Now, have we moved towards over-prescribing medication and trying to treat diseases before they have caused any problems. Is this sensible for our long term health, or is it causing more problems than it solves?
Mass screening was common to catch diseases (especially cancers) before they progressed to more serious stages. However, now only a few screening tests are used due to the problems associated with it. This included harming patients as a population, by exposing them to hospital bugs and using damaging screening techniques such as x-rays. It also included some false positives, leading to unnecessary treatment and trauma to the patient, and occasionally false negatives, preventing patients reporting symptoms of the disease – because they've been told they are 'all clear'.
Currently medical check-ups involve a myriad of tests, for all sorts of things we don't need to have checked, and often this leads to an abnormal test result. This easily ends up with a doctor prescribing a drug or supplement which isn't always needed (as the condition may resolve itself and often hasn't been causing symptoms). Not only does this involved vast costs to the NHS with expensive drug prescriptions, but it also means people will continue to take these 'preventative drugs' such as statins to reduce cholesterol, or aspirin to lower the risk of blood clots, without knowing about the long term effects of taking these drugs. We simply don't understand what will be the effects of taking these drugs long term and what taking a cocktail of preventative drugs (as more abnormal tests are done) will do to our health. The way drugs interact with each other is poorly understood and the risks and harm associated with this may outweigh the benefits.
Overall, should we learn from the mistakes we made in preventative medicine with screening and take a more careful and considered approach to prescribing these preventative drugs? Do we risk over-medicating a healthy population?


I have to say that the most popular new fundraising event idea in 2012 has been the Hunger Games fundraiser. I don't know if its just the extreme popularity of the books and the movie, but I'm getting more questions about how to do this type of event than all the other ones combined.
It's probably because, at its core, a Hunger Games style event is extremely adaptable to all the fundraising variables such as group size, age of participants, amount of funds needed, available space and number of volunteers.
Schools are doing this one with an academic component. Teens love it because they can identify with the characters and make their own Hunger Games outfits. Adults enjoy it because its new and different. Organizers see a Hunger Games competition as easy to promote and get sponsorships from local businesses.
And most importantly, its a huge draw for the event itself because everyone gets to passionately root 0n their favorites in all the different phases of the competition.
Big crowds + fun events = Successful fundraiser!
To see for yourself how successful this could be for your group, read the full article on FundraiserHelp.com along with my tips on how to get publicity and all the different ways to monetize your event.
If you are looking for something new and different for your next fundraising event, then I'd definitely recommend doing a Hunger Games fundraiser.


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Anisogammarus amchitkana är en kräftdjursart som beskrevs av Edward Lloyd Bousfield 200. Anisogammarus amchitkana ingår i släktet Anisogammarus och familjen Anisogammaridae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Ann Rule Presents: The Stranger Beside Me (2003)
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While working at a Seattle clinic for women in the 1970s, Ann Rule becomes friends with Ted Bundy. Based on a book by Ann Rule.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Director: Paul Shapiro
Actors: Barbara Hershey, Billy Campbell, Brenda James, Jay Brazeau, Kevin Dunn, Maureen Thomas, Suki Kaiser
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he…
Never Die Alone (2004)
A drug kingpin's return home touches off a turf war.
The Last of the Finest (1990)
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved…
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade…
A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.
Country: Algeria, Belgium, France, USA
Talvar (2015)
A hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
Airheads (1994)
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until…
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case. What they discover is that there…
Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss, discovers her car has been…
6 Bullets (2012)
An ex-mercenary known for finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped.
Dangerous Mind of a Hooligan (2014)
Five criminals unknown to each other are hired to complete a bank robbery. What should have been a smooth operation soon descends into paranoia, violence and horror.


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If Not Now, When? — сьомий студійний альбом американської групи Incubus, який був випущений 12 липня 2011 року.

Композиції
 If Not Now, When? - 5:05
 Promises, Promises - 4:26
 Friends and Lovers - 4:07
 Thieves - 4:17
 Isadore - 4:35
 The Original - 5:05
 Defiance - 2:19
 In the Company of Wolves - 7:35
 Switchblade - 3:27
 Adolescents - 4:48
 Tomorrow's Food - 4:19

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 If Not Now, When?  allmusic
 If Not Now, When?  last.fm

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> I have a tech-savvy art teacher who wants to do clay animation videos with elementary students (he teaches K - 4 but I'm not sure who he intends to do this with).
> What PC software have people used to for this? We don't have Macs in our elementary schools so that isn't an option.
> I'd appreciate any suggestions about software as well any experiences  teachers have had with the process.


Richard Elliot Fleming passed away peacefully on September 5, 2012 just days shy of his 98th birthday. Predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Margaret "Connie" Fleming, Elliot is survived by his children Richard, Douglas, and David, four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. Elliot, a graduate of Princeton University in 1935, spent his career at International Nickel, Inc. (INCO) in New York City, retiring in 1976. He has resided in Chatham, NJ and Stuart, FL prior to locating in Lancaster, PA. Elliot will be remembered for his quiet demeanor and his kind and generous love for his family. A sincere word and smile were always present for everyone he met. He was a gentleman of intelligence and grace, and he will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Private interment will take place at the Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, NY. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Macular Degeneration Foundation.


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Material type: BookPublisher: St Lucia, Queensland : University of Queensland Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 290 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780702259999 (paperback).Other title: Water hole.Subject(s): Mothers -- Death -- Juvenile fiction | Missing persons -- Juvenile fiction | Ghosts -- Juvenile fiction | Family farms -- Australia -- Juvenile fiction | Australian fiction | Young adult fictionDDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Sixteen-year-old Sunny Maguire is dreading the school holidays. She used to love visiting her grandmother's farm but ever since her mother died in a tragic car accident, Sunny doesn't feel at home anywhere anymore and the farm is a constant reminder of what she has lost. She knows it's going to be a long summer. Worse, she has to spend it with her distant stepfather, Kevin, the only family she has left. On her return to the small town of Kelly's Crossing, Sunny is distracted by a new resident Matthew Bright and the disappearance of local teenager Dylan Koslovski. She gets involved in the search for Dylan along the mysterious Constant Creek Gorge, a beautiful location tainted by tragic drownings. Complications arise when Kevin becomes a suspect in the case and rumours begin to circulate. Sunny doesn't trust him and she's beginning to lose faith in herself, too, especially when she starts to see her mother's ghost.
Sixteen-year-old Sunny Maguire is dreading the school holidays. She used to love visiting her grandmother's farm but ever since her mother died in a tragic car accident, Sunny doesn't feel at home anywhere anymore and the farm is a constant reminder of what she has lost. She knows it's going to be a long summer. Worse, she has to spend it with her distant stepfather, Kevin, the only family she has left. On her return to the small town of Kelly's Crossing, Sunny is distracted by a new resident Matthew Bright and the disappearance of local teenager Dylan Koslovski. She gets involved in the search for Dylan along the mysterious Constant Creek Gorge, a beautiful location tainted by tragic drownings. Complications arise when Kevin becomes a suspect in the case and rumours begin to circulate. Sunny doesn't trust him and she's beginning to lose faith in herself, too, especially when she starts to see her mother's ghost.


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package status_handler

import (
	"testing"

	. "github.com/bborbe/assert"
	booking_handler "github.com/bborbe/booking/handler"
)

func TestImplementsHandler(t *testing.T) {
	r := New()
	var i *booking_handler.Handler
	err := AssertThat(r, Implements(i))
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
}

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I just wanted to say a tremendous thank you to the whole of Living Waters staff. I just returned from a trip with my class at New Life Academy and I want to say that you changed my life. I appreciated everything you guys did. Serving meals, leading nature classes, and hanging out with us at the rock wall and swing.
I was - and still am - so amazed at the selfless, serving attitude shown by staff and Siler family. I personally feel convicted of being extremely selfish, and after spending a couple days with all the wonderful people I want to change myself more than ever. I never thought that such giving, humble people could effect me so much.
I've prayed for you all so many times since I have come home, just asking the Lord to keep you sustained, doing the amazing work you do and touching so many lives. Again, thank you for that unforgettable weekend.
Thanks, Macayla, for your kind words. We hope to see you back at camp in the near future!


Has the climate crisis and the higher temperatures affected snow conditions in Aspen Highlands?
For the last 5 years, week 9 has been the most insecure with 165 cm snow depth on average in Aspen Highlands.
Aspen is our favourite American resort. It has everything we look for – well, everything except convenience. Our affection depends heavily on the presence, a little way down the valley, of Aspen Highlands – and on Snowmass, much further down the valley (and covered in a separate chapter). So most days you have to ride a bus; that doesn't worry us – or you, we gather: most people who try it are captivated. Lack of crowds is part of the appeal of America in general, but in Aspen the quiet slopes are particularly impressive. Many rich and some famous guests jet in here, and for connoisseurs of cosmetic surgery the bars of the top hotels can be fascinating places. And the place does seem to be drifting even further upmarket, with ever fewer funky bars and ever more international-brand shops. But, like all other 'glamorous' ski resorts, Aspen is actually filled by ordinary holidaymakers. Don't be put off. Aspen was built on silver-mining – in 1892 it had 12,000 inhabitants; it declined until skiing started here in the late 1930s, when there were only 700 inhabitants. The first lift was opened shortly after World War 2, and Aspen hasn't looked back. Aspen Mountain is right above the town, its access lifts starting yards from the main street. But most of the slopes covered by the ski pass are a bus ride away. Around 3km away are Buttermilk and Aspen Highlands. Buttermilk has the Inn at Aspen hotel at the base. Highlands has a limited amount of lodging (including the very smart Ritz Carlton Club). Snowmass, 14km away, is a proper little resort beneath a big mountain that gets its own chapter.


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Matt Brindley – Design Architect for the Rice Daubney Group.
This boutique office building is located in Wentworth St Parramatta. It has 7 storeys with a 1300sqm gross floor plate. Each floor has on floor plant at the rear of the core against the recessed external façade.
The curved front façade is a response to the narrow street. The sides of the tower element are set back which allows terraces at the podium level. The mid section curves out to touch the street boundary. The design provides a signature presence in the street in contrast to the more rectilinear buildings surrounding it.
The glass skin is the "modern" containment of the office space emerging from the "traditional" brick enclosure, which anchors the building to the ground. Colour, reflection and texture were all juxtaposed in the choice of materials. The use of brick was recognition of the history of Parramatta and the heritage buildings in the immediate area. The green glass complemented the brick.
The ground floor lobby is set back from the street boundary to provide a colonnaded protected walkway for pedestrians.