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Abracadabra! Hocus Pocus! I Was Spoofed Once, Never Again

By Alphonzo A. Albright

Email is undeniably one of the most efficient and secure means of communication in our professional and personal lives. But how we arrange those insecure emails to make them easily accessible could also leave us exposed to high risk within the cyber world, as Hillary Clinton and Democratic National Committee have learned.

A few years ago as a matter of habit, I often sent myself emails, especially valuable documents, as backups so they would be at the top of my inbox. This simple practice worked fine until one day I realized that I never received a particular message.

As a globetrotter in both my personal and professional lives, I kept emailed copies of my passport, insurance cards and other travel documents as a precautionary measure should they get lost or stolen. Surprisingly, it gave me the right amount of reassurance if a “just in case” scenario arose. As exact replicates of the originals, the emails can be used for verification in most countries.

So I decided to email myself this particular document, along with copies of my travel documents. An upright habit with no consideration for the possible consequences, I then realized something I’ve never noticed before. Upon selecting my name from my contact list, the email address that appeared in the highlights was not my own. This caused great alarm and anxiety. “How long has this been the case?” I wondered.

My immediate first action was to scan my sent folder for this fictitious address. Results showed that one email was sent to this address a few weeks earlier. Luckily it was not a classified email, nor did it contain valuable information.

I fell victim to the classic email ploy known as “spoofing,” a common practice of scammers. Email spoofing allows someone to forge your email address, and makes it appears that the email it was coming from you when it is coming from someone else. A “spoofing attack” is a situation in which one person or program successfully masquerades as another by falsifying data, thereby gaining an illegitimate advantage.

Another typical example of email spoofing that many individuals fall victim to is the notification of an inappropriate email by a friend that you have no knowledge of sending. You may wonder who, where and when this could have happened. This may cause great embarrassment and misrepresentation of one’s character. Additionally, email spoofing is a source for virus and all recipients in receipt of this email are susceptible as well as all the beneficiaries who receive the forwarded email.

The thought of how this is possible if scammers don’t have access to your password or direct access to your account is very hard to process, much yet understand. The unfortunate answer to this question that many ask is, it is very easy, and anyone can fall a victim, even an IT security professional.

Let just say I learned my lesson, and began following expert advice to avoid this from happening again. So much of your online security really hinges on your email address,’’ says John Bonora, owner and founder of Privacy Solution Partners, a privacy consultation and identity theft prevention firm based in New Haven, Conn. “The Federal Trade Commission tracks all fraud and identity theft, and about half of all fraud originates via email.”

If your email account is compromised, you should strongly consider the following:

  1. Recognize the signs. Occasionally, a sender’s address (and other parts of the header) is altered to hide the true source of an email. You can see evidence of this spoofing, for instance, when you receive a spam email that appears to come from your own address. If your friends tell you they’ve received spam from your email address, it’s safe to assume your computer’s security has been compromised. You’ll want to proceed as if your computer has a virus or other malicious software that places all the personal data at risk.
  2. Notify friends. Use a different email address or another form of contact to warn friends and contacts not to open anything from your compromised email address.
  3. Create a new email address. If you don’t mind losing the email address, the best thing to do is close it down and open a new one, Make sure you use a strong password, combining numbers and letters, for your new account.
  4. Maintain an inventory. Your email address is likely tied to many of your online activities. If your account is compromised, you don’t want the bad guys asking your bank to send a new user name and password to that email account. Keep track of every activity tied to your email account, and if the account is compromised, notify your bank, your credit card company and your other online accounts that you’ve changed your email address.
  5. Make sure your computer is clean. Run a strong anti-virus, anti-spyware program. Check to make sure your firewall is turned on.
  6. Use your email user name wisely. Many of us try to simplify life by using the same user name as our email address on many accounts. If your email is compromised, you’ll need to adjust those user names and vary the names you use in the future.

Think this seems like a hassle? It’s true that you’ll have to do some recovery work, but the alternative can put you at risk for far bigger problems.

About Alphonzo A. Albright

A former New York City executive government official, Alphonzo A. Albright, today as Vice President of Global Justice Services for the Canadian-based firm Abilis Solutions, meets colleagues across the world to engage in conversations that highlight thought leadership focused on driving government performance.

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Rocks, Blood, and a Dead God

September 28, 2015

“Go, go!’ Jack shouted and the six remaining members of his team hurried to reach the bottom of the wide spiral staircase before the colossal flying horror could attack them. They didn’t make it.

Jack couldn’t be sure what happened to the rest of his group. A couple of them launched flint-napped spears at the thing, but it was like throwing pine needles at a crocodile. But before most of them could do more than look on in terror, a giant toadish limb the size of a rotting tree crashed into the wall and swept them off.

Jack’s world become a tumbling vortex of falling people, stone, and shouts. He hit the floor hard, but that hadn’t hurt as much as the thigh sized stone that bounced off his lower back. He wanted to moan for about a half an hour while he caught his breath, but didn’t have the time for the supposed dead God loomed over him.

Beelzebub II

Knowing that his Earth powers were all but useless in this cursed temple, Jack hurried to his feet as his eyes attempted to pierce the dust ridden stygian pit. A single torch shouldered on the floor casting a dim light, which allowed him to see Tynilia as she struggled to push a pile a debris off her pinned legs. Jack hurried to her side as ear rending screams filled the air. He was just pushing away a large stone with the edge of his battle axe when a wave of liquid showered down over both of them. Tynilia opened her mouth to scream for they realized at once that it was blood.

Before she could empty her lungs, an ebony hand clamped over her mouth. Jack looked back just in time to see Shadowknife behind her before the Darcarre shrouded them all within his darkness Bestow. Whispers of his mental speech feathered at the front of Jack’s mind.

“Be silent, be still. The Dead God is busy devouring my apprentice. We…” but then his telepathic voice faded away for the creature had flown off.

Bruin II

The trio watched as the titanic flying horror returned down the tunnel it had erupted from.

As its loud buzzing faded, again Shadowknife was the first to speak. “It might be returning to insure your allies of Yig do not escape, that is, if they still live.”

Jack growled in anger and then said, “Help me get her free.” He saw that Tynilia’s bare legs had become a gruesome mess and hurried to use his Ki to heal her.

“Jack, don’t waste all your mystic strength on me.”

“With how limited I am down in this pit, there isn’t much else I can use it for.” He said, but then stood at full height and looked around the base of the pit. He located the torch and held it aloft. The fire burned brighter, but still did little to illuminate much of the vast darkness.

Of the rest of there party there remained no sign. “Did anyone see what happened?”

Tynilia didn’t say a word and just shook her head no as she hugged her arms around her narrow form.

Shadowknife took a step forward and kicked a severed hand out of a lingering pool of blood. “As I have said, Strike has fallen prey to the Mad God. I believe I may have seen Huth running into the tunnel the Mad God just entered. He might have been attempting to save your allies.”

“He was guarding the rear of the party. Of him I have seen no sign. If he was close I would sense him. Perhaps he was the first of us to fall during this most recent assault.”

“Perhaps,” Jack said. “I’m not ordering or expecting either of you to follow me, but I can’t leave here when so many of us could still be living.”

“But Jack,” Tynilia began, “How can you hope to stop that thing?”

“I don’t have to stop it to rescue my allies. We’re Yig worshippers. If we all became serpents, you two could snatch us up and could fly us out right?”

“In theory such a plan could work,” Shadowknife said, “but there is no guarantee I can fly faster than the Mad God.”

“I have to try. Tynilia if you feel this is too much for you…”

“My whole life is too much for me, but if you think I’ll be staying here alone, you are out of your mind. Let’s just get this over with. The building dread is worse than anything.”

With silent nods the remaining three warriors set off into the tunnel the beast had returned too.

Fly God

To be continued next Monday

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Into the Pit of the Dead God

September 14, 2015

The scattered warriors regained their footing and looked own into the stygian pit that loomed beneath them. Jack could still make out Vel-Lenna’s cries mixing with the insane buzzing of the horrific creature that had just flown into the deep hole with two of their party grasped within its warped hands.

“We have to rescue them,” Jack said. “Vel is still alive and Quez could be as well.”

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“From that thing?” Stalker said. “I’m not one to back away from a fight, but I’m not suicidal either.”

“A minute ago, you wanted us all to head down there,” Tynilia said, with a hint of awe in her voice as she gazed in the direction of the pit.

The remaining six members of their team gathered together and tried to read each other’s expressions in the dim dancing light. The gruesome statue of the foul beast hung over them and the pit like a sick reminder of what they would face if they traveled below.

Fly God

Tynilia spoke again. “We can’t just leave them, can we? I know I wouldn’t want to be abandoned down there. Besides we’re going to need every one of us to make it to the Lava Dragons.”

Jack looked at her, but spoke to everyone. “We’re going to rescue them for more reasons than we need them for our quest.”

“If we lose three more of us trying to rescue two, how will that help out cause?” Stalker asked.

“I…” Jack started and then paused.

“What is it?” Shadowknife asked in a low voice.

“I think I sensed someone casting an earth spell below.”

“That means she’s still fighting,” Tynilia said.

“I’m going to head down there right now,” Jack said. “Either way it will be one less evil beast haunting your world. Who’s with me?”

“If we are going, I think we all should go,” Shadowknife suggested. “I doubt staying up here would increase one’s safety. We already know that the creature has means of reaching the surface.”

Huth nodded without saying a word and began to descend the steps.

“Hold up Huth,” Jack said. “So I’m following him.”

Tynilia looked uneasy, but she moved behind Jack.

“I will go, as will Strike.”

“You’re all a bunch of fools,” Stalker started. “But there’s no way in hell I’m staying up here alone.”

*         *         *

The narrow staircase lead down into the complete darkness. They had fashioned some torches, but the Tezcatlipoca warriors as well as the Splinter Darcarre could see through the blackness or so Jack had been told.

Creepy Pit II

Jack’s hand reached out to stabilize himself as he stepped over a half crumbled stair. The stone wall felt wet and he could have sworn it shifted at his touch like a lung drawing in air. Before they had lost sight of the orange halo of light above a stench had already begun to fill their nostrils. It smelled part rotting corpse with a mixture of feces and other things somehow worse. It left them gagging.

Every inch of him screamed out that this place was wrong. He knew instinctively that his powers of Yig were weakened here. He wasn’t sure what Vel-Lenna had attempted to do, but if the malign forces blocking his abilities were any indication, he doubted her attack could have been to successful.

Twenty minutes later found them still descending. Jack began to question his sanity. Could they really be going this far into the earth? How could such a long staircase have been constructed? Why would anyone make a tunnel like this to help the monster they had seen escape? Had it been worshipped like some sort of mad god?

Darcarre Darkness

This and other questions would have to wait for no one wanted to be the first to break the building silence.

And yet the stairs went down.

The stench grew as they pressed on. He was just wondering if he should allow the group a break when the buzzing started again. Low and dull at first, but them like an explosion he grew to horrific volumes and came right toward them. The idea of fighting the giant toadish fly from a three foot staircase filled him with dread.

Huth cried out something.

“He says he can see the bottom,” Tynilia translated.

“I can see it too,” Stalker yelled.

“Make for it!” Jack shouted. “We have to get there before the thing in the dark reaches us. Go. Go!”

Fly Good III

To be continued next Monday

Crrepy Dungeon

Find out how Jack’s Adventures Started Here!

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Pigs as Family Pets

Planning for Pigs as Pets

Bringing a pig into your home as a pet takes planning and easy preparation to make the pig's transition successful.

Remember to take the following steps before you bring your new pet home.

  • Create a sleeping area for your pig that is safe and worry-free for you.
  • Check with your local veterinarian for vaccination information.
  • Get nutrition guidelines from your family veterinarian so you have the proper foods on hand.
  • Patrol your home to remove choke hazards and small objects that can hurt your new pet.
  • Create a plan to litter-train or yard-train your pig.
  • Educate family members so they can help your pig be it's best intelligent, playful self.

You and your family may be charmed with the thought of adding a pet pig to your home.  Many people have moved forward with finding their new pet, yet not taken the steps to provide appropriately for their pig.  And themselves.

As small and unassuming as a small pig might seem, there are considerations that can make your new pet more comfortable.  They can also create less worry and apprehension for you in the long run.  Also, consider that your city or town may have regulations to be followed by pet pig owners.  You'll want to know any requirements in advance of bringing your new pet home.

Maryann Miller, in Thinking About a Pig, says, "They are very fast learners. The house must be "pig proofed" and you will learn new things like not leaving your purse on the floor where a pig could get into candy, cosmetics, pins or medicine.  A pig can use a doggy door to go outside at will to a safe fenced, dry and clean potty and exercise area. Young children must be made to understand that a pig is not a stuffed toy, but truly an animal to be respected."

Children in your home will eventually outgrow the stage of putting everything from crayons, marbles, coins, string and paperclips into their mouths.  Your pet pig will always be enticed by these choking hazards.  Fastidious housekeeping will become necessary in your home to maintain your pig's health and wellness.

The Joy of Pigs suggests that pet pigs, especially potbellied pigs, were first imported into the United States from Vietnam in 1985.  They were originally intended for public display in zoos, but became a craze and still maintain their popularity as household pets.  Pigs can be small and cute when you adopt or purchase them.

Know that realistically, they may become 300 pounds.  Overfeeding can increase their weight.  Watching their weight can help them maintain it somewhere between 100 and 150 pounds.

Your pet pig is smart and teachable.  With proper training and guidance, you will be able to teach it to use a litter box, and walk beside you in your neighborhood to keep it healthy and fit.  Playing with your pig will delight you, especially when it returns a toy that you've thrown across your room or yard.  Dog-like habits can be encouraged, including snuggling near your chair or on your lap.

Your pig will be virtually non-allergenic to family members, clean, generally quiet, playful and clean.  Regular grooming will help them maintain their odor-free hygiene.  In hot weather or sweltering summer months always remember to provide plenty of fresh water for your pig to refresh in.  Yes, a mud bath is also a good choice. Integration with household dogs or cats should be fairly easy to accomplish.  Your pig will be mild mannered and want to be everyone's friend.

Veterinarian Lorrie Boldrick said, "There are more pigs around than one would guess."  She sees an average of 5 miniature pot-bellied pigs each day, "so I'd say there are more than several hundred in Orange County (California) alone."  And, in just the United States there are an estimated 40,000 family potbellied pigs.  Because they've been abandoned and sheltered or adopted, Boldrick said, "Maybe 30% of the pigs I see are in their second homes."  This is not devastating news to Raena Barry, founder of the National Committee on Pot-Bellied Pigs.  "Pigs will be better cared for," she asserts.

Check with your local veterinarian before you bring a pig into your family.  They may know of a well-mannered pig in need of your good home.  Your vet will also advise you on nutrition needs and vaccinations to create and maitain good well being for your new family pet.

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About Jamie

biopic3I was raised in a very small town in Nebraska where my passion for all things creative developed. My grandmother owned a charming flower shop and I spent countless hours watching her design works of art right before my eyes. As a child, I dabbled in art but didn’t find my niche until I picked up a camera. At that point it was evident that photography would serve as my creative outlet.

A childhood dream was realized when I opened my studio loft in the quaint downtown area of Hudson, Wisconsin. Inspired by the charming details in my grandmother’s shop, my boutique style studio offers the capability for unique custom photography. With that came a client base who came to expect a wide array of products to preserve and showcase the images from their session. As my photography business grew so did the number of inquiries from other photographers interested in purchasing my designs for use in their own businesses. Thus, Jamie Schultz Designs was born.

Using my signature style, I create templates that are clean and simple with a splash of defining detail that will undoubtedly impress your clients. These timeless designs include collections of holiday cards, birth announcements, graduation announcements and coffee table books for engagements, high school seniors, families, and babies.

Jamie’s portrait work can be found at www.jamieschultzphotography.com, you can follow her on Instagram. She also authors the blog, This Lunch Rox, where she showcases healthy lunch ideas for kids.


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Model Card House

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Needed a nice new image for my profile pic’s, so I did a bit of mucking around with sketchbook pro on the iPad to add the hand drawn feel to my card house model.

Built it up in max, unwrapped the parts I needed to paint, then exported to the iPad for painting in sketchbook pro with the touch screen.

Then applied the them as a mask in a Vray blend material to adjust the felt tip like texture when rendered.

To finish a tiny bit of colour correction in Photoshop to bring out the saturation of the card texture and enhance the lighting.

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Top 5 Nutty Treats

Honey Nut Bars

So this recipe I have only just recently come across. It was meant to be! I love granola bars + nuts + honey! This is a combination of all those things. It’s the easiest thing to make and substitues for all the unhealthy snacks you reach for when you feel like munching in between meals.This food blog has some really interesting finds, go check it out!

Peanut Butter Granola Bar

At the sprouted kitchen, I came across this recipe for granola bar that incorporates peanut butter. I’m always looking for recipes that include peanut butter as I love love love the taste but can’t stand eating it straight from the tub or spreading on toast. I also love chocolate ( I mean, who doesn’t?!) so this is a win win! A healthy treat that includes all of my most favorite ingredients.

Almond Joy Granola

This recipe for almond granola is super fun. I’m always stuck for healthy breakfast ideas and since granola is one of my favorites, I’ve opted to start making it at home instead of store bought. I love a good crunch and this goes perfectly with almond milk – yum yum. The minimalist baker is one of my most favorite food blogs to visit on a regular basis for some inspiration! Go check out their impressive set of recipes.

Savory Roasted Almonds

Almonds are my favorite nuts, next to pecans and this savory recipe is everything! It looks so deliciously satisfying, I can’t wait to make a batch since I have everything I need! This is another recipe from the sprouted kitchen which I love (and you probably guessed how much I love the sprouted kitchen!). These will probably only keep for about 5 days if stored properly in an air tight container then upto a week but will they last a week? THAT is the question!

Buffalo Spice Almonds

Ok, so I have yet to try this recipe out but how amazing do these buffalo spice almonds look?! You’ll find this recipe over at the almond eater, she knows what shes talking about! I am going crazy making nutty treats to stop myself binge eating while I’m bored at home and almonds are the quickest, easiest, most nutritious treat I could ask for. Add a little flavour and BAM! Yum, yum.

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Discovering the Elementary, my dear Watson! – Bread Pizza!

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Mind you, I said, ‘Bread Pizza’ and not ‘Pizza Bread’. If I had said the latter, that would mean that I have the superior skill-set it takes to make pizza dough from scratch, that I would know what is yeast (including its properties, and why the heck exactly we need it in this recipe – I have no idea why), and that I have the upper arm strength to actually make pizza dough!

You know me too well, so I won’t elaborate on that!

Instead, what I did was, used my normal bread slices that I always have lying around at home, and turned it into something that would satisfy my perennial pizza craving. Yes, I do have a perennial craving for pizza. I think I was born with that technical fault! Something about the cheese and the sauce and all those carbs…

Anyway, if you suddenly have a craving for pizza, and want to fix a quick and painless dinner, make Bread Pizza.

Bread Pizza

Things you need:

– 1 tbsp oil – either olive oil or normal sunflower oil.

Psst, you could also use butter…or pretend I said nothing…

– bread slices (obvsly!)

– onions diced into not-so-large pieces

– green peppers (capsicum) diced

– red peppers (capsicum that’s red)diced

– yellow peppers (capsicum that’s … you get the idea.)

(you don’t need all of them, just one kind will also do just fine)

– 1 tsp black pepper (ha! No. This time it’s the black powder!)

– 1 tbsp ginger-garlic paste

– Pizza Sauce 1 tbsp per slice (I think FunFoods has a product that some Ngl grocery stores carry – Lynns to the rescue!)

– Mozarella cheese grated

– chopped canned-meat of your choice – chicken frankfurters, luncheon meat, or even cooked and shredded chicken – whatever you want your topping to be. As long as it’s not sweet – I don’t dig sweet pizza! Sorry, there are some things my palate won’t accept…

– oregano flakes

– soy sauce

– 1 tsp red-chilli powder, or 2-3 finely chopped green chillies

Here’s what you do:

Just make the topping and arrange on the bread, then microwave! Ba-ding! You’re done!

Okay. So making the topping takes a little longer…:P Sorry!

I just threw stuff together on the pan, and improvised as I went along. So, anything that caters to your taste/craving should do.

1. In a pan, pour in a tbsp of oil or melt some butter. When the oil heats up, drop in the diced peppers.

2. When the peppers are well sauteed, add the onion and a tbsp of ginger-garlic paste.

3. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on this, and saute well.

4. Now pour in the soy sauce. Then add the green chillies or red chilli powder if you need more heat. Note: if you have a palate that doesn’t take much heat, STOP with just adding black pepper powder.

5. Throw in the meat, and let it cook with all the veggies for a while. If you want to go vegetarian on this one, or if you didn’t have any meat on hand when your craving struck (you know who), skip this step.

6. Let the whole mixture simmer for a while, till all the water content in the veggies have released and reduced. Now you have yummy pizza-topping! Yaay!!

Note: You know, you could also arrange all the toppings raw on the slice, but what’s the fun in that?

7. Next, grease a baking pan or microwave dish that’s flat and arrange bread slices on it.

8. Spread some pizza sauce on the bread slice. Go easy on the sauce, because it has a distinct tangy flavor that you might not like too much of. I got so excited that I slathered on the sauce for a couple of slices, and regretted it with every bite. One spoon sauce per slice will do.

9. Place some of the pizza-topping on the bread. Arrange greens olives or just leave it like it is.

10. Finally, for the glorious part of the entire thing – grate some Mozarella cheese onto each slice. You can over-do it or under-do it, but I’d think you were weird, if you didn’t want too much cheese on your pizza! Hence, my culinary contempt for a certain cheese-hater’s preferences…

11. Now, just stick it into the oven or the microwave for 3 minutes or till the cheese melts. Let it sit for a while after you remove it from the oven.

12. Eat. And thank me for this pizza short-cut. Or not. Don’t have to thank me if your mouth is too full with wonderful pizza! I’ll understand 🙂

Just want you to know that I failed, AGAIN, to take a picture of something I made! So, your pizza could look like this…

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Or this…

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…based on how colorful your pizza-topping is. Mine was pretty amazing – emphasis on ‘pretty’. Unfortunately, you know what transpired. I ate, and forgot everything else…sigh. This is getting to be a problem.

Note: These pictures are not mine.

Anyway, enjoy, until I come bug you with another recipe, complete with MY OWN pictures of the food! 😀


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Dead Are Alive Prologue

I just accepted the proof copy of Dead Are Alive today. It’ll be available on Amazon next week! I honestly can’t believe it’s finally here. Many of you already know just how long it has taken to get to this point, so it feels like a hard earned victory. Now, to the good stuff that I promised last week for this blog post… Here is the entire prologue for Dead Are Alive. No, this is not just a tiny sample, this is the whole shebang. I hope you enjoy!

Percy McAndrews would normally be a drunken mess after a fishing trip at the river, or at any other time for that matter, but this hadn’t been his normal empty-handed trip. He proudly carried ten fish on a string over his shoulder. Percy’s mouth watered at the thought of the fish sizzling in a frying pan later that night. It would be the biggest dinner he’d ate in quite some time. He whistled as he walked across the wooded ridge top on the way back home to Hazel. A soft breeze blew through his white, dirty hair and scruffy, white beard. Water still dripped from the fish and drenched the back of his blue, button-up shirt. Percy’s brown, tattered pants, rolled up to the knees, revealed his scrawny legs. The grass felt cool against his bare feet; a more welcomed feeling compared to the sharp, pointed rocks he crossed down by the river.

Percy came to a sudden stop when he heard what sounded like a woman’s scream. He stood still as the scream once again echoed up from the small grassy meadow right below. Percy ran behind a large tree that overlooked the meadow. Four men stood in a circle around another man, who tugged on an old woman’s hair as she lay face down on the ground.

“Come on, granny! Scream so the whole town can hear!” said the tall, muscular man as he pulled the woman’s long, gray hair even harder. Percy recognized the woman as her head snapped back. It was Reverend Hopkins’ wife, Gwen.

Percy whispered to himself, “What are they doing with the Reverend’s wife out here?” He nervously licked his lips and glanced all around. “I gotta help her.” Percy took a step from the tree. “Who am I kidding? They’d stomp me into the ground. I need help.” He eased back into hiding.

The man leaned down and forcefully kissed Gwen on her lips. Her screams continued to echo through the woods. He held Gwen under the chin as she struggled to move her face away. The other men cheered like savages as Gwen begged the man to stop.

Suddenly the man jumped up as he shouted, “She bit me! The old hag about bit my lip off!” Percy was close enough to see the blood running down the muscle-man’s chin. Gwen tried to crawl away.

Another man with a long scruffy beard laughed as he said, “I don’t blame her, who’d wanna kiss you anyways?” He walked over, grabbed one of Gwen’s legs, and pulled her back to him. “Where you think you’re going, woman? I think you need to be taught a lesson in manners.”

The muscular man smiled with his bloody teeth. “Teach her!”

All of five of them ganged up and started kicking Gwen all over her body. She screamed in agony as the men relentlessly pummeled her.

“That’s it. This has gotta stop.” said Percy as he started toward the gang. Just as Percy stepped from behind the wide tree, he noticed a large man on a horse approaching them. Percy took cover once again and watched the horse come closer to the group. Percy squinted his eyes. “Uh-oh boys. You’re in for it now. That’s Sheriff Wellman coming.”

Sheriff Wellman was known for the noticeable attire he always wore. He had on a bright red jacket and matching vest over a white shirt. His black pants matched the leather hat on his head. He kept a thick, neatly trimmed, gray mustache that ran all the way down to his chin.

The men finally stopped their attack as the horse came to a stop. Percy saw the anger on Sheriff Wellman’s face.

Wellman looked at each of the men in disgust as he said, “What do you idiots think you’re doing?” The men looked at each other, embarrassed.

Gwen could barely move, she gasped for air as she whimpered, “Sheriff. Thank goodness.”

Just then, the man with the hooked-nose spoke up in a raspy voice, “We were just having a little fun, Sheriff. Don’t be mad.” He seemed to be the leader.

Sheriff Wellman threw his hands in the air. “Fun? I thought I was clear when I last spoke with you boys.”

The hook-nosed man looked around at his other comrades, then down at Gwen, who still struggled to get to her feet. “Sheriff, we didn’t do anything wrong. We did what you asked.”

Sheriff Wellman rolled his eyes as he shook his head. “You moron. I specifically told you not to get caught!” He pointed down at Gwen. “That right there is Reverend Hopkins’ wife!”

The leader bit his bottom lip. “Well, she was there when we got inside. We had to bring her with us or else we’d been caught for sure.”

Wellman gritted his teeth as he looked to the sky and mumbled curse words. The men stood there and looked at their leader uneasily.

“So when do we get our pay for this, Sheriff?” asked the man. Gwen managed to rise to her knees, and struggled to stand up. Sheriff Wellman watched as he seemed to think of an answer for the man.

“Shew,” said Wellman as he reached down for the pistol hanging from his belt. He drew it from the holster and fired one quick shot at Gwen. Blood sprayed as she instantly fell limp and hit the ground.

Percy felt a cold chill rush down his spine as he watched Gwen‘s body collapse. “What?” His body started to shake. “Why in the world would Sheriff Wellman kill Gwen?”

As Wellman placed his gun back into its holster he asked, “Now where’s the money?”

The hook-nosed leader looked to the shortest one of the men and nodded. The short man untied a cloth bag from the saddle on his horse and handed it up to Wellman.

“I suspect all of it’s here?” asked Wellman.

The leader nodded. “Of course it’s there, Sheriff. Now when do we get to see our part of it?”

Wellman placed the rugged cloth bag inside a brown, leather saddlebag. “When the job’s done.” The men seemed confused. “Get rid of her and we’ll talk payment. I can’t have the blood of the preacher’s wife on my hands along with a church robbery. Meet me at the jailhouse around noon tomorrow; unless she hasn’t disappeared. I don’t want to see none of you until then!”

The men looked at Wellman with long faces. Their leader replied, “Sure thing, Sheriff. We’ll see you tomorrow at noon then.”

Wellman turned his horse around as he said, “Don’t get caught this time!” He started on his way back toward Hazel as the men dragged Gwen’s lifeless body across the ground.

Percy dropped his fish and ran in the other direction. His heart pounded as he started to envision the men catching up to him and killing him too. Percy knew he needed to tell somebody about what just happened, but with the sheriff involved, he wasn’t sure who.

And that’s it! Keep an eye right here, my Facebook, or Twitter because as soon as the book is avaliable, I’ll let you know. Until next time, take care!

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did you ever feel fat?

5 Jan

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Did you ever feel like this?(look above)…Well was feeling like that yesterday.If you’re still blur and do not undertsand what i mean….let me help you….FATTTTT hahahahhas.Felt just fat and biggie in size.Like everything you touch and eat will turn into big bags of fat that will stay in your body foreverr.Especially since i dont exercise,believe me that affects me alott hahahas constantly thinking of how much fat there is.I still eat it anyway of course i absolutely love all the fatty foods but there is still there ‘you are gaining……’although i have a bummed look i am quite amused by the picture and this post.hehehes

footnote :shall eat less this week

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Archive for the category "Butterflies"

Butterfly “hello”

Attila Ovari

Loving Life and Inspiring Others

The Camera Life

Photography Magazine

the war with sarx

thoughts on flesh vs. Spirit and other topics that concern a disciple of Jesus

Hiking Photography

Beautiful photos of hiking and other outdoor adventures.

Photographies from my soul

I see, I love, I shoot :)

in our cinematic moment

Attenti al Lupo

Phil Lanoue Photography

I previously worked as a news and sports photographer. Recently I have been enjoying wildlife photography. My approach toward bird photos is similar to sports photography. I attempt to capture mostly action and hopefully a unique perspective.

Hopping Across Cultures

The World is just ........ Awesome !!


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Monday, June 08, 2009

Linux Monday Links

Linux Monday Links

My way too big inbox tells me it's a year ago this past weekend that I made The Big Switch to using Linux as my main (not yet only) operating system. To celebrate here's some Linux Monday links:

  • Linux ate my RAM! Actually it didn't. The best basic description I've seen yet on how Linux uses memory (and why you don't need a third-party add-on memory manager like you do in Windows):
    Linux is borrowing unused memory for disk caching. This makes it looks like you are low on memory, but you are not!

    Both you and Linux agrees that memory taken by applications is "used", while memory that isn't used for anything is "free".

    But what do you call memory that is both used for something and available for applications?

    You would call that "free", but Linux calls it "used".

    If your applications want more memory, they just take back a chunk that the disk cache borrowed. Disk cache can always be given back to applications immediately! You are not low on ram!

    Too many exclamation points! But that's just the kindergarten version of the page; the geek page is here.

  • Ubuntu keyboard shortcuts on a page unfortunately named "Windows tips tricks tweaks and hacks." But a lot of the common ones are Windows-similar.

  • Distributions for your old low-resource machine. I've got a Celeron 700 MHz happily detecting aliens with Puppy Linux.

  • A former Mac fan switches to Linux:
    On a Mac, it is easy to do the small things, but once you become a little more savvy, the Mac is harder to use and harder to learn.

    Macs have this weird, non-liner learning curve that starts very low and stays shallow for a while, but then gets “super-steep” - it is very difficult to be in the tech-savvy but non-pro middle ground.

    Linux’s learning curve starts a little higher - you really have to be able to install your own operating system and brave enough to try.

    However, Linux gives you a much smoother transition from novice to native, with very helpful people to guide you on the way.

  • After trying Windows 7, this writer stays with Ubuntu: "Much of what I would consider the pros of using Windows 7 are the pros of using any windows, except now it actually feels like using a modern OS that doesn't feel as bloated as Vista so I would say that Windows 7 is merely a "bonus". Perhaps those who characterize it as a service pack to Vista aren't too far off."

  • "I think all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortune," says Bill Gates, but giving away Microsoft software and source code is apparantly a non-starter.

  • In response to a common "Linux isn't ready for the desktop," here's why Windows isn't ready for the desktop.
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~ Let’s Stay United ~

Thought I’d respond in regards to a few comments that were made last night and let you know how much your support is appreciated……not only by me but the families of all the victims as well.  I need to forewarn you though……this post is really long!

I would like to thank those of you that posted yesterday evening in support of this blog.  There are several here that have been involved since it’s inception and have remained steadfast in support of it and the victim’s families as well. You have been fiercely loyal in aiding to keep the story of the many unsolved murders in JDP alive even when there was very little news forthcoming.  This blog would have probably been virtually useless if you all hadn’t stuck around and continued to breathe life into it.

cp mentioned about my brother who recently passed away and I wanted to tell you all that during his last few months, before he became heavily drugged and incoherent, he loved to listen to me talk about the JDP cases and wanted to know everything about them.  He even became very familiar with many of the names and would refer to them in our discussions which sometimes would go on for 2-3 hours at a time.  Like my self, and many of you, he felt there was possibly more to these killings than just how it appeared on the surface.  Some of my family members have not been too “keen” about me maintaining this site due to their concerns but, my brother supported me 100% and encouraged me to continue on.

I would like to welcome the many new readers and posters that have been finding their way here and encourage each and everyone of you to continue to visit the blog regularly.  Please don’t be shy about posting either.  It’s always interesting and many times enlightening to hear others opinions and viewpoints regarding these crimes that have been taking place in Jeff Davis Parish for way too long.  “fedup’s” comment:

“As time goes on and more victims have appeared my discomfort with the situation grows”

greatly mirrors my own feelings.

By the way, “fedup”, your comment did not fall upon deaf ears.  I understood exactly what you were saying and the point was well taken.  I trust whole-heartedly that any and all endeavors that are being undertaken in the name of justice for the JDP victims are being done with utmost sincerity and concern.  You mentioned following the cases on Topix for some time now and I can tell you, I and several others here did as well.  We also tried, without much success, to get discussions going on several of the major crime forums.  There were just too many other higher profile cases being discussed and we could not seem to generate enough interest in the JDP situation.

Early on when we first began discussing these cases on one of those forums (which I won’t name) apparently someone in local LE had been monitoring the discussions.  Someone said something the LE person didn’t like and he somehow managed to track that poster down and actually called and threatened them that they had better watch what they were saying!!!  Needless to say……the majority of the locals that were posting QUIT.  So that forum went to hell in a hand basket (whatever that means :D).  Anyway, to make a long story even longer….that’s how I/we ended up here.  Even though there may not have been much going on, at least whatever we’ve been able to get our hands on is here in one spot…….for the world to see, share in and get involved in.

And “fedup”, if you don’t mind being the messenger, please let MeShon and the rest of the growing army she is amassing on the Facebook site know that they have my full support and that I, and others here, will back them in their endeavors just as I know and feel they will back us.  I would tell her myself but, I don’t have a Facebook account set up and honestly have not had time to.  Truthfully, I didn’t even realize the site had been formed until Scott Lewis (Jennings Daily News) mentioned it.  I will be posting a link to the Cease Fire in Jefferson Davis Parish site and encourage all reading here to pay a visit there.

We have to remain united and every single person that gets involved can help make a difference!!!

And, in closing, I’ll leave you with  “mysterious” (Crystal’s mother) words as she summed it up much better than I:

mysterious, on September 3rd, 2009 at 7:20 AM Said:

Everyone wanted more media coverage on this case. Now that they are more involved please don’t chase them away. The more coverage the better. Thank God that it’s finally happening. This sight has been here the longest, and has kept people informed.

It does not matter that they are just starting. I say it is answered prayers. We need to be positive about this. I hope the coverage continues to grow.

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  1. I was wondering about the woman they found in Deridder a couple of weeks ago.Did she have a connection to the other victims?

  2. Check out my post on thread 31 imo, this has become stay united or unconditional support for pi no le is , heck I don’t know how to descrive the feeling or way I see it. I for one do not believe all of le is an enemy on the other hand I see crap happening in le that should not be. This started out so nice but now it is united if you…..

  3. After looking at all the evidence,watching the interviews ,crime scene photo.s.timelines and looking at maps.if he hasnt done it already.this person’s going to kill AGAIN and SOON, end of year is coming up.this person probably already has his next victim targeted.im even going as far to guess this person has made contact with the next victim already.this is opinion of course.but by what im seeing,i feel im not far off base..

    • Yes and the private investigators and the sheriff’s expert Dr. Godwin have noted that and from what I understand they’ve sent that information to the task force. It’s up to them to take the information seriously.

  4. i again feel time is running out for somebody in Jeff Davis parish.The person responsible is a loner,blue collar worker,The women this person kills are for control.they are women that would normally find him unattractive.or not appealing.He has money or drugs,or the promise thereof,so he feels that since they live a less than desireable lifestyle that he has a hand up on them ,once again a control issue.They all share a common bond with one special person,some ultimate goal,someone that is probably unobtainable.So this person looks for women that have similar traits that his ultimate victim has or had.Im of the opinion, that since his last actions were in aug,that the high he got from this act are wearing off and he is starting to feel the need to find another victim,Strictly Opinion,Hopefully he is caught before it happens again….

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Toy Dorks

Category:  Stores – On-line

Score:  3 / 5

If you are pending on some figures to complete early modern lines of Star Wars action figures this on-line store may be interesting for you. Prices are quite expensive but the stock they have of lines from 1995 down to the Vintage Collection of 2012 is very significant. They do not have neither Vintage figures nor most recent figure lines like TFA, Rogue One or The Black Series. Worldwide shipping.

This store has stock of these figure lines (in bold those with significant stock):

  • Power Of The Force 2.
  • Episode I.
  • Power Of The Jedi.
  • Saga.
  • Unleashed.
  • The Clone Wars (animated).
  • The Clone Wars (realistic).
  • Original Trilogy Collection.
  • Vintage Original Trilogy Collection.
  • Revenge Of The Sith.
  • The Saga Collection
  • Vintage Saga Collection.
  • Saga Legends 2007.
  • 30th Anniversary Collection.
  • The Clone Wars 2008.
  • Legacy Collection 2008.
  • Saga Legends 2009.
  • The Clone Wars 2009.
  • Legacy Collection 2009.
  • The Clone Wars Saga Legends.
  • The Vintage Collection.
  • Comic Packs.
  • 12″ figures.
  • Sideshow Sixth Scale.

Leave your comments here if you had some experience shopping in this store.

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Adam is a super cute film
dealing with loneliness, independence, love, comfort zones and a man named Adam *le gasp* with Asperger’s syndrome. I now officially love Adam. I mean, the guy has a planetarium inside his house. What is not to love?

During the first 20 minutes of watching this film, I hugged my screen three times. I am very fond of cyber-hugs. Adam seemed like I could need a few of them. Hugh Dancy did an incredible job portraying frustration in an aspie way. Even though this film, like most other aspie/autism-inspired art, is quite stigmatising, I still loved it and I could see myself in many of Adam’s little quirks.

The only problem I had with the film was the female lead – I didn’t really like her – and that the script was perhaps a little weaker than it could have been (I was kind of hoping to get to cry a bit at the end). All in all, it was a very good film with a realistic approach to an interesting person.

This is the type of film I wish more people would get a chance to see. It has so much more to offer than the over-hyped Hollywood junk that gets forced down our throats at the local megaplex. Adam won’t crack the $200 million gross, but Adam will have an impact on you and create some interesting after-film discussion. Isn’t that the real fun of movies anyway?” Taken from the user reviews on IMDb (David Ferguson). Just what I wanted to say, so no reason to rephrase it.

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Just Keep Swimming

The lock screen on my computer right now says “Just Keep Swimming:  Own Finding Dory” with a pretty photo of lots of colorful fish.  It’s a Microsoft ad that changes randomly, but I was thinking about it as I was dozing off to sleep last night.  (Who knows why…).

We all just need to just keep swimming.  No matter what.  No matter the circumstances (that we sometimes feel that we can’t handle but we always do).  So, just keep swimming, even if…

  • One of your children has the stomach bug
  • You entire family has a cold that won’t go away
  • You’re tired
  • You feel like you have too much to do
  • Your husband is always working
  • You child isn’t doing well in school
  • You aren’t doing well in school
  • Your house is a wreck
  • Your finances are controlling you, instead of the other way around
  • Your job is stressful
  • Your business isn’t doing as well as you wish it were
  • Fill in the blank “_____”

The list goes on and on, but you’ve got this.  Just slow down, BUT just keep swimming.  Illnesses will get better.  Get some rest.  Make a plan.  Learn to say no.  Ask for help.  Take care of yourself and keep taking care of those who depend on you.  Prioritize.

Please be honest with yourself.  It’s not all going to get done, and it’s certainly not all going to get done perfectly.  But, choose what’s important to you right now and work on those things and maybe dedicate a small amount of time to the other things. I don’t believe that people can “have it all,” but I do believe that people can have what’s most important to them.

Today’s blog post was brought to you by Dory.

Just keep swimming.

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Dear readers, I’m currently in the process of compiling a selection of my songs and poems, with the intention of creating a volume that will include both. However, the songs to choose from vastly outnumber the poems—I’ve been involved with the songwriting much longer. Consequently, I’m in the process of writing poetry, to help the balance. Happily, I’m in a poetry writing mood.

So I wanted to share my newest poem here, for the words, which is about my spiritual practice and is in memory of my great Friend and spiritual Master, Ajaib Singh.

Thanks, as always, for coming by to read my blog. I welcome your comments.
                                     Namaste,   jesse s. hanson

the author's spiritual Master, Sant Ajaib Sing (Sant Ji)

for the words
–jesse s. hanson

How can I go forward
how can I be quiet
with a mind that will not
I close my eyes but the words fall from my ears
and will not stay inside
I’m so afraid of my imminent destruction
the awful risk of spiritual failure
I’m afraid of being driven from Your love
onto the featureless plain, alone
where no conversation with a friend of God remains
where no one sings and all songs are in vain
A most insistent, utterly silent voice is calling out in mourning
in anxious petition
In such uncertainty I scrabble about
unable to focus
on trembling hands and knees
for the words
that could catch Your ear
bring Your attention to me here

I can’t speak for fear of losing something
I can’t be still for the hope of seeing someone
I’ve lost all fascinations
but too late
too late, too late, too late…
Don’t let it be too late
Ajaib,  strangely wonderful, mystical lion
I’ve no recourse but Your good graces
I’ve haunted this place behind a million faces
and still, no one recognizes me
though I’ve appeared again and again with my relentless longing
although I’ve married their sons and daughters
fought beside them in their wars and died with them
filled their skies with my crazy raucous laughter
and then filled their bellies with my fetus
looked into their eyes, playing the infant
I’ve learned their ways, holding their faith
lost my way on their bitter streets
fell beneath their heavy feet
to return without their sympathy
I’ve lost all fascinations
but now my back is old and weak
and will not stand for dedication
to Your purpose
to Your perfect words of love

so… You repeat them in me
until I’m stronger
Having said it
having asked it
I lie down in exasperation
and dream a dream of realization

Across the glamorous sky in perfect silence
the moon in pallid dream reveals the course
the stars in all their brilliance cannot match her subtle bloom
flower of the night
keeper of the secrets
long held by the lovers and those inspired
to seek the distant truth within
O gentle light, so wan and thin
under which to weep for boys and men
whose character is never spent in vain
by whose delicate form my heart is soothed again
Ignite a pale spark of my resolve
a reminder, after all
What else is there to do
out on this trail of incarnations
I’m going to leave, for now, ambitions
concerns and dangerous missions
release them to the earth below
forget the things that I remember
and remember that I’ve come here searching
for words that tell no story
words that speak the truth
in the stillness of silence
in the music of unborn conscious spirit
no clinging now
no owning
no question how
no thinking
collecting words in mental silence

Kabir was the first Saint to manifest in each of the four ages (Yugas)

Dear Reader,
     I came to the conclusion that certain parts of my poem, below, were too cryptic. I like cryptic, but it was not my intention here.
     For one thing, the transition at the end was too abrubpt. Other things too, that I first perceived as subtleties, were making the meaning sort of ambiguous. So I made a few changes.
     Should anyone be kind enough to take another look, I hope these changes facilitate understanding.      jesse

It’s long been my understanding that the Kali Yuga is the most auspicious age. It is really the winding down or the growing old time of the creation, or that part of the creation that is sometimes called the material world. Russell Perkins, former editor of Sant Bani Magazine and author of Impact of a Saint, once used a beautiful analogy of a spring that is unwinding until, unchecked it simply flies apart, to explain the parodox of Kali Yuga.

The beauty of it is that the grand illusion that we’re under is becoming more obvious all the time. The impermance of things is very much in our face these days–these years–it very much has been so from the beginning of the age, I think. And with the illusion coming undone, the idea of spirituality gains popularity, and the implementation of various types of spiritual practices becomes more prevalent. Kirpal Singh, the great Mystic Saint of the Path of Surat Shabd Yoga (Sant Mat), told us that in Kali Yuga there would be more “fragrant Saints” coming into the world to show us the Way.

So, in a way, we could say the world is gone into it’s twilight years. It may still be coming to it’s very dark years; some folks certainly believe that it is, I don’t know. In any case, some of us have been practicing (or more accurately, attempting to practice in cases such as mine) spirituality for the better part of our lives and we are now entering into our own twilight years. For many of us, our Masters who have loved us and inititiated us, years ago, have now left the body. They haven’t left us in the truest sense, but physically we have had to go on without them. It is natural to seek out “our old friend in a new coat”.

With that long introduction in place, I do hope you will appreciate my little poem, the path in twilight, which I dedicate to all of my old and new brothers and sisters, who, touched by the love of the fragrant saints, is going forward in the shelter of the same.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I invite you to comment if so inclined.
                                                                                jesse s. hanson

the path in twilight
                   jesse s. hanson

I am your true kin
your brother
your sister
taken in by the same mysterious and otherworldly benefactor as were you
we were brought together by the wonder of, in the awe of that love
Who took us into the home
where we were fed and clothed and taught right from wrong
told stories of lovers as well as of cruel lords
and of the true gravity of our ghostly lives in this world of ghosts
of our perpetual births and deaths
told stories of lovers by our hero of love
until the time when the embodiment of that love left us
orphans…  again
confused, disoriented, wandering, as before, over the parched wasteland
in fear and sickness and terrible dread of our future

 long times go by
by remembering we live, but forgetting we near perish.

in the distance, shadows cross the path in twilight
remind us of our loved one
you turn that way and I turn this
chasing shadows in search of bliss
He asked if we would not recognize our friend, come in a new coat
but also added, “Don’t follow the false one.”

in love, I send you greetings, I write a letter
my old friend, my brother, my sister
will you, in turn, write me off at worst
or worry about or worry for me at best
saying, truth is truth, is it not?

so has the perfect love from the perfect lover become imperfect
by our imperfection
by some fatal mistake?
do our anguished cries of separation and longing that caught our beloved’s ear now fall on deaf ears?
has the heart that would melt like wax at the pain of the children, of the dear ones, now become as hard as the stone?
are we thrown back to the wolves?
what then of love
what then of perfect love

perfect love is perfect love, is it not?
so if my friend wears a coat of cotton
and yours a coat of mail
and if now you’ve found you’re not forgotten
I’ve also found that love can never fail

Sant Ajaib Singh Ji Maharaj, July 31, 1996, Italy on Vimeo

Here’s a very nice video I found of my Spiritual Master giving Satsang in Italy in 1996:

Jesse S. Hanson’s spiritual fiction novel

Jesse S. Hanson's spiritual fiction novel

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Though I have German roots, I am embarrassed to say that I really have not spent much time in Germany. I did study German in college, so I can get basic travel phrases across my lips when shyness is not ascendant.  There is so much history and emotion tied to Germany that it is a destination I approach with care and lots of research.  Let’s see if I can work it more into my itineraries – now that it is the leading country of the Western World.

The Rote Rathaus, Berlin City Hall.

Berlin (2014)

Marksburg Castle – look at the gateway. You can see how the gate was once much bigger -to allow mounted men to enter!

Trier & Bernkastel (May 2015)

Cochem & Koblenz (May 2015)

Castles on the Rhine (May 2015)

Rothenburg & Wirtsburg (May 2015)

Bamberg and Nuremburg (May 2015)

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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, someone ironically uses the term "He speaks American," a True Beauty contestant confirms one of Judge Judy's theories, and a woman names her daughter after Jennifer Aniston.

1.) Mall Cops is so awesome.
Mimicking the formula of Cops, TLC's Mall Cops follows around the security team of Mall of America. It's like Reno 911! only it's real. In this scene, a mall cop is dealing with a lost little boy, who's sitting with a Good Samaritan type lady. Then another passerby walks over and insists that the little boy is Mongolian. He and the lady get into an argument about it. He tells her to bring the little Asian boy to the sushi section of the food court. In the end, the boy was reunited with his mother.

2.) "Robin is gonna show you how to do something very, very fancy with a banana!"
Also on Mall Cops, the creators of the Fancy Nancy books made an appearance in the mall to read to children. One of the authors informed the children that they were going to be given a banana demonstration (which is totally almost always sexual in nature, right?), and then she turned around and fell flat on her face. Seriously, this show is wonderful!

3.) Judge Judy's Akinyele moment
I usually get her Judyisms but this one was weird.

4.) Beauty fades, dumb is forever.
Speaking of Judyisms, this girl from the show True Beauty is like the embodiment of one.

5.) Big Brother is back!
I'm already loving this new batch of idiots.

6.) I blame Kathy Griffin for this.
I hate when girls talk like this about gay guys. For the record, I have many gay friends, and we never talk about Broadway shows, Sex and the City, or shop together. (Rich is way too impatient to put up with me in a clothing store.) Instead, my gay friends and I talk about reality TV, horror movies, eat buffalo wings, and smoke weed. Actually that's what I do with pretty much all of my friends. Because gay men are people, not pink flouncy robots serving only as accessories to our girlie-ness.

7.) You know this lady named her kid after Jennifer.

8.) Betty White rules.

9.) The phrase "Bifidus Regularis" was invented by the poop yogurt people.
I refuse to believe that it's a scientific term. It sounds like a spell you'd learn at Hogwarts.

10.) Keith Morrison is the best narrator in the world.
His dramatic delivery and distressed jeans make Friday evenings so much more enjoyable.


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GLAAD Slams SNL For Transgender "Jokes"

The abysmally unfunny Estro-Maxx commercial that aired Saturday night totally pissed off the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the organization has demanded an apology and started an online petition. Read the statement from GLAAD after the jump.

In the January 29 episode of Saturday Night Live, NBC broadcast a dangerous and blatantly anti-tansgender segment which they called 'Estro-Maxxx' - the punch line of which was the lives of countless transgender people across the country.

The piece was a mock commercial for estrogen replacement therapy and featured men with facial hair wearing dresses, meant to represent transgender women. This segment cannot be defended as "just a joke" because there was no "joke" to speak of. The attempted comedy of the skit hinges solely on degrading the lives and experiences of transgender women. Holding people up for ridicule simply on the basis of their identity fuels a hurtful climate and puts people in danger, especially given how infrequently the media shines a fair and accurate light on the lives of transgender people. "The violence, discrimination and harassment that transgender Americans experience each and every day is no laughing matter," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "Saturday Night Live is a touchstone of American comedy, but Saturday's unfunny skit sends a destructive and dehumanizing message."

We have already been joined in speaking out by the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and the Human Rights Campaign as well as many other advocates and groups; now it's your turn. Take action and tell NBC it is unacceptable to dehumanize transgender people by turning their lives into a punch line.


text: In ninth grade, my friend and I used to turn off the sound on Rocko's Modern Life, turn on Sublime's self-titled album, and watch as Rocko and his friends wandered through their melancholy, chartreuse world. Now you too can ennui it up like it's 1996 with the show's first season, coming out on DVD June 21. Sure, you can watch reruns of classic Nick shows like Clarissa Explains It All and Rugrats this fall, but why settle for comedy when you can also have despair?


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And I use the term "mutant" as X-Men's Magneto would: a superrace that will eventually dominate the rest of humanity. Sort of. Britain has given the OK to "three-parent" fertility treatments that would implant genetically modified embryos into women in order to avoid passing on incurable diseases to their children.

Britain will be the first country in the world to put the technology—which is in research stages in the U.S.—to practice. There are different approaches to three-parent IVF treatments. One, called a maternal spindle transfer, swaps DNA between a mother's egg and a donor egg, whereas pronuclear transfer swaps DNA between two fertilized eggs. The latter raises ethical concerns, particularly among the pro-life crowd, while others are critical that the methods could lead to "designer babies," in which parents genetically modify their children's hair or eye color.

But three-parent IVF is intended to help families with mitochondrial diseases—a group of devastating and incurable disorders (some of which include a rapid decline in function, dementia, hearing loss, visual loss, earning disabilities, heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, gastrointestinal disorders, respiratory disorders, neurological problems, autonomic dysfunction, muscle weakness, etc.)—that are passed on through the maternal line. (Ali Simms, one of the twins on Teen Mom 2, is believed to be suffering from some form of the disease.)

To avoid any ethical issues about designer babies, the British government is currently drafting regulations for the treatment that are expected to be published later this year.

Image via Dabarti CGI/Shutterstock

Britain plans world's first go-ahead for '3-parent' IVF babies [NBC News]


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Tag: choose happiness

Do Actions Follow Feelings or do Feelings Follow Actions?

I’ve just finished Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and must publicly thank my favorite sales trainer, Jeffrey Gitomer for the recommendation. I only wish I’d have read Dale Carnegie when I was younger. I attended a sales rally years ago with my former company where Jeffrey Gitomer stated that if you only read one sales book, to read that one.

Jeffrey Gitomer and me

As I read more of Dale Carnegie’s books, I find that he frequently quotes Dr. William James, philosopher and psychologist. Mr. Carnegie cites one particular quote in “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living” that has such positive implications:

William James said “Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling seem to go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.”

Dale Carnegie summarized James’ quote “In other words William James tells us that we cannot instantly change our emotions ‘just by making up our minds to’–but we can change our actions. And that when we change our actions we change our feelings.”

Although this may initially seem somewhat counter-intuitive, there is considerable wisdom lurking within the above statements by both men.  They’re not touting the popular “Change your thoughts change your reality” wisdom. What they are saying is that we can much more easily control our actions than our feelings.  By effecting our actions, even if simply going through the motions, we can practically conjure up the anticipated feeling.

To cite only a few examples of this I will reflect on my own experiences. I’ve been a runner for most of my life but it’s so easy to come up with excuses not to run. If I think about it too much, I’ll never run. But if I simply change into my running attire and lace up my shoes, I’m a lot more inclined to actually do it. Why? Because every time I go through those motions, my body remembers and responds. My desire to complete the task increases. I’m not sure how or why this metamorphosis takes place but it would seem that my mindset transitions as a result of my actions. Did my thoughts cause me to feel like running? No way. Did the action of suiting up? Maybe not directly, but as William James suggests, perhaps indirectly.

But this wisdom is not only limited to exercise, it can also be directed in other areas of life. Like helping one cope with depression and grief. Years ago I heard radio talk show therapist Dr. Laura Schlessinger counsel a caller who was having difficulty moving beyond the death of a loved one, Dr. Laura’s advice was to begin engaging in an activity focused on others by volunteering at a senior center or at a homeless shelter. Dr. Laura knew that if this woman went through the motions of a positive action focused on others, she would gradually immerse herself in the activity. Focusing on the activity would help remove the focus on herself and her own sadness. Notice Dr.Laura didn’t tell her to think happy thoughts so that she would feel better, but rather the exact reverse. If she engaged in the positive action, the desired mental state would follow.

When I wake up in the morning I have my coffee then shower. After completing those two tasks I’m much more enthusiastic about starting my day than when I was languishing in my bed.  This strategy even works when I’m in a bad mood. In an effort to bring myself out of the bad mood, I’ll intentionally go through the same motions I would normally undergo when I’m feeling happy. I’ll greet people with a friendly “Good morning,” I’ll smile when I don’t necessarily feel like doing so. This is not being insincere, it’s simply drawing on previous behaviors in an effort to conjure up an improved frame of mind. Then almost in response, my mood will have shifted.

I imagine there is a scientific explanation-perhaps it’s simply that our habits have trained our brains how to respond.  And I’m not suggesting this is a foolproof method for curing all of our woes. But it is a practical technique worthy of implementation.  Two great thinkers, Dr. William James and Dale Carnegie recognized that actions precede feelings many decades ago. I’m glad they did because in my experience, it’s a lot easier to modify our actions than it is to modify or change our thoughts.


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Rolling Bubbles

I just ran across an article on the recent collapse of the “emerging art” scene, which revolves around works by young artists, many still in their 20s. An art dealer bought a work by a hot young artist for $100,000 back in 2014, and is now trying to sell it for $20,000, before it goes to zero. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

This week, estimates for three Smith pieces are as low as $7,000. One, from the series he made by spraying more than 200 canvases with paint from a fire extinguisher, is estimated at $12,000 to $18,000. A bigger spray work sold for $372,120 two years ago.

Who knew that one episode of spraying paint from a fire extinguisher could create art worth more than $74 million at the peak? If the nomination of Donald Trump was not enough proof, this seems like persuasive evidence of the apocalypse to me.

This is also a good reminder to every would-be speculator about the risks of buying any asset simply because it is going up, without regard for its intrinsic economic value. When bubbles burst, they do so without warning, and they can trap even the most sophisticated investors.

We have been defensive in our portfolio commitments for several years now. As a result, we’ve missed some of the apparently easy money, in emerging tech stocks in particular. Right now we’re observing a global tendency for some of the most over-inflated asset markets to head south. This broad decline has already affected some of Silicon Valley’s “unicorns,” the term for non-public companies valued at more than $1 billion, as well as real estate in recently red-hot markets like Vancouver, which was down as much as 17% in a single month.

When considering any investment, the two questions we always ask are:

Does this investment represent an underlying asset or business with real and enduring economic value?

Is the price I’m paying reasonable in relation to that underlying economic value?

If the answer to either question is “no,” our practice is to stay on the sidelines. This causes us to miss out on some apparently easy money, but also helps protect us from permanent and irrecoverable losses.

I’ve been in the investment business since 1978. Time and again, I’ve observed greedy individuals chasing over-priced nonsense, solely based on the fact that it has recently gone up. They always seem to believe there will be some sort of warning before the bottom falls out.

Let’s all consider ourselves warned.


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CIDP, Encouragement, Sports, Things I Love

Welcome, August!

It’s still hot here in Las Vegas, so I’ll still be inside having a love affair with my air conditioner. A big shout out to the hubby who fixed our a/c and saved us lots of money.

Looking forward to many things in August:

School Supplies

School starts back this month, so there are sales on school supplies. Even though I don’t have children whenever I walk into the store and see school supplies I go nuts…

I want more pens, markers, folders, and oh my god…journals! I need it all even though the hubby reminds me we have plenty at home. Never can have enough…Need more.

Preseason Football starts – Yes! Love watching pro and college football. The hubby who is from Nebraska is a big Nebraska Cornhuskers fan and by marriage so am I.

It’s just fun to sit down with family and friends and watch a good game with good food and drinks.

Anti-Inflammatory Diet

People who have auto immune diseases usually have a high sedimentation rate which I do because of my CIDP. So I have decided to start incorporating more anti-inflammatory recipes into my life. I hope it helps. I’ll let y’all know how it goes.

Writing and Reading

I have two WIP I will be starting this month. Thinking positive thoughts, it goes well. I’m excited to work on these stories.

I also know that there will be many new releases from the many authors I follow. Reading soothes my soul and makes me happy.

Also, we are a step closer to Fall and cooler weather (yes), Ice hockey, new fall tv season, and the holidays.

Smiles, Happy/Positive thoughts, Laughter To All.

JK Burch

CIDP, Uncategorized

I’m Back!

Sorry I have been away from my blog. Had some medical issues, painted and fixed up my office, and then my computer died. I so wanted to give up. After a small pity party and encouragement from my husband…I am back.

Medical Issues:

I have an autoimmune disease called CIDP – Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. It is the chronic version of GBS. I was first diagnosed with GBS – Guillain-Barre Syndrome in July 2011. In October 2011 my diagnoses was changed from GBS to CIDP. Here is a website for all information on GBS/CIDP

I receive IVIG – Intravenous Immune  Globulins – infusions for three days, every three weeks. The common side effects are flu like symptoms and migraines. I have notice that for me, when the weather changes the side effects hit me harder. With the weather changes here in Las Vegas, the side effects have hit me harder recently.

Make Over For Office:

Since I was down with side effects, my husband decided it was the right time to paint and fix up my office for me. I pick the paint color of Twilight Mist and the hubs did the rest. Here are some pictures.

My Office Pic 3This picture shows the wall color, sofa from Ikea, and the cork board & part of the white board.

My Office Pic 2This picture shows the magnetic board, white board and the cork board.

The hubby did a real good job. Loved how it turned out.

Computer Crash:

I started writing again for about a week and then my computer crashed. Then I had a bad reaction to the side effects of the IVIG. I was so disappointed and just wanted to give up. After a small pity party, I now have my computer back and I’m feeling better.

I’m excited to be writing again. Have a great day.


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Today I have no video for Day 11. It was a simple new gesture. I bought Girl Scout Cookies. Oh I’ve bought Girl Scout cookies before and lots of them! But today I bought some for the Marines! My little friend Teagan is a Daisy in the Girl scouts. She’s excited about selling cookies and she and her mama are letting us know if we don’t want the cookies ourselves we can donate them to the Marines! So that’s my new thing for today because I have never bought Girl Scout cookies for the Marines! It feels good to do something nice that not only helps Teagan reach her cookie goal, but gives someone else a little joy in their life. Cookies from a stranger! And YES of course I bought some for me too!

About jlturtlerunner

12 plus Years Surviving Stage IV Oral Cancer. I have become a "Turtle" runner since that diagnosis, as a way of saying, "Take That Sucker!" After 12 years of being a Turtle Runner, I'm adding a new title, Turtle Rucker!

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The Global eCommerce Newsletter 02.20.17

[China] Mattel to sell toys on Alibaba’s Tmall
Barbie maker Mattel Inc became the latest U.S. company to sell products on Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s Tmall. Mattel and Alibaba will begin product development immediately, with products set to be available from mid-2017. No. 1 U.S. toymaker Mattel reported holiday-quarter sales and profit far short of analysts’ estimates last month.

[U.S.] Exclusive: Wal-Mart to tear down walls between store, online buying operations – sources
The store and online buying teams of the world’s largest retailer currently operate independently. Going forward, Wal-Mart’s store buying team based at Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters will place combined store and Web orders with suppliers who sell on both platforms. Under the new system, an item available for sale in the store will also be approved for sale online. Wal-Mart has been trying to expand its online assortment. It grew from 8 million items at the start of 2016 to more than 20 million items at the end of last year. This compares with more than 300 million items available on Amazon.

Related: Wal-Mart coordinating e-commerce, brick-and-mortar supply operations
The effort is not quite the merging of e-commerce and brick-and-mortar buying operations as described by vendor sources to Reuters. “The stores and buying teams will not be merging and will continue to operate as two separate teams,” Wal-Mart spokesperson Lorenzo Lopez told Retail Dive. “We are merely simplifying the process that allows for products in stores to be included in the assortment.”

[Europe] UK among biggest ecommerce complainers in Europe
Last February, the European Commission launched the Online Dispute Resolution Platform, aimed to help online shoppers settling disputes with merchants across Europe. Until now there have been submitted a total of over 26,000 complaints. Most complaints came from Germany, but per capita the United Kingdom is one of the biggest complainers about online purchases. 61% of the complaints are national complaints (vs. cross-border). For more stats, click here.

[U.K.] Amazon’s business rate to be cut while 500,000 other businesses across UK see rises
The first overhaul of business rates will take effect in April, the first change in nearly 10 years. According to an analysis by business rates specialists CVS, high street retailers in parts of the country are facing rises of up to 150 per cent and many smaller business fear being pushed out of business altogether. By contrast, Amazon is expected to see business rates fall at six of its nine major distribution centers. Other online retailers which may benefit from the rate change include Asos and Boohoo.

Related: Rise in business rates favours online retailers over high street
The typical London shop is facing a 14 per cent rise in rates, while online retailers operating from out-of-town warehouses will only pay an extra 2 per cent, according to analysis by CVS, a business rates and rent consultancy.
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Rain Bird Corporation

Contractor Account Manager – Central Southern Africa

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South Africa

The Contractor Accounts Manager (CAM) will be responsible for ensuring specification of Rain Bird products in the assigned territory, and will also build and maintain relationships with key Influencers, Specifiers and Contractors.  The successful candidate will be technically competent, results-oriented, and will have experience in the Irrigation or related industries in South Africa.

Responsibilities include the development & implementation of a strategic plan, distribution management, and new business development. CAM’s work independently within a geographic territory, and are measured on revenue production and market share improvement.  The successful candidate must be willing to travel extensively, and must be technically competent, a sound presenter, results-oriented, and highly self-motivated.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Grow sales revenue and market share ahead of the market.
  • Analyze the market as it relates to market share, penetration and growth opportunities and develop a territory specific strategic plan to achieve corporate objectives.
  • Ensure a high level of specification share, and develop and maintain a project database. Successfully develop and execute sales and promotional strategies together with distribution, to grow Rain Bird sales with all irrigation contractors and dealers in the assigned territory.
  • Successfully develop and execute unique, impactful, and targeted programs to capture incremental sales.
  • Educate and influence the Irrigation Contractors and Specifiers on the value of Rain Bird’s landscape products, their application and key benefits to drive product preference.
  • High visibility participation in strategic contractor events, tradeshows, and regional industry events.
  • Differentiate Rain Bird from its competitors by providing superior customer service, and an aggressive call coverage cycle.
  • Travel extensively within the territory of responsibility, at a rate which is commensurate with market needs.

The successful candidate must have a “hands-on” approach to management, must be a highly motivated individual, and a self-starter who thrives on challenges. The successful candidate will also provide support to landscape customers by developing a thorough understanding of their businesses and the industry, identify their needs and identify Rain Bird products, services or systems that meet those needs. Customers include Investors, Developers, Distributors, Contractors, Landscape Architects, Specifiers and Consultants.

High level Landscape industry experience will be a major advantage. The successful candidate must also have a demonstrated ability to build rapport and develop strong customer relationships, and should have a proven track record of delivering results.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Degree or Diploma in Engineering, Science or Management.
  • 6-10 years successful specification or sales in Irrigation or similar industry.
  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills in English.
  • Ability to work independently, and as part of a team to deliver results.
  • Self-motivated individual with independent decision making capability.
  • Good working knowledge of personal computers and commonly used business software (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Willing to live in assigned territory while traveling extensively.
  • Desire to grow in the organization and willing to accept new challenges.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Post Graduate Business degree.
  • Desire to grow in the organization to a managerial position.
  • Good presentation skills and public speaking.
  • 10 years successful specification and sales in the landscape irrigation industry.
  • Working knowledge of irrigation design, installation, repair, and product application.
  • Experience in working within a multinational organization.

Rain Bird is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Rain Bird Corporation

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I Found My Home in Tech at Disney

Polina, Staff Software Engineer

Polina has laid her hands to an impressive number of technology projects with The Walt Disney Company over the past 18 years. Present-day, she resides in Seattle and innovates as a Staff Software Engineer. We caught up with her, to learn more about the work environment, team dynamic and breadth of opportunities Disney Tech offers.

“I love being part of a company that has always invested in me,” affirms Polina. “I have had a small contribution in every fantasy game, mobile app and trip to a Disney park! Once I get comfortable with a domain, product or role, it is time for me to try something new or else I grow bored. The ability to stay where I know I enjoy the people and environment, while constantly growing my skills and experiences, has been fantastic. Throughout my time here, I have had so much support from my leaders at every turn. Developing people is a top priority at Disney.”

The Seattle-based Disney offices have representation from several business segments, including: ESPN, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney|ABC Television Group and Shared Services. Described as a “people-centric atmosphere,” office-wide events allow for employees to share diverse ideas and increase collaboration on all levels.

“We have rotating Learning Sessions where all groups contribute topics and anyone can volunteer to teach a session,” Polina remarks. “Also Innovation Weeks encourage cross-group collaboration where a small team builds a prototype or solution based on any topic the team chooses - then demonstrates their project to a panel of peers and executives. On many occasions the presentation or proof of concept created during Innovation Week becomes an effort that makes its way into production or every day use for employees.”

Developer events, where individuals and small teams brainstorm on topics that have potential to improve processes or the environment, offer continued collaboration. “Everyone, whether intern or lead, is engaged and all opinions and suggestions are heard and considered,” explains Polina. “Tangible changes frequently come out of those events. Our culture of openness and transparency encourages dialogue on change and improvement.”

Equipping women in the tech space is top-of-mind too. Polina shares, “In the last year, we have established a women’s group in Seattle. Past events have included sessions on negotiating salaries, networking and mentorship. This is an incredibly positive and supportive group - we share tips, articles and our experiences in order to promote all women, regardless of role or stage of career. It has been a source of great energy and inspiration for me!”

When asked about the longevity of her career with The Walt Disney Company, Polina divulges, “There are multiple reasons for my long tenure, but the primary reason is the incredibly collaborative and respectful culture that exists (at Disney). The leadership and policies here encourage employees to forge both careers and lifestyles that create well-rounded and happy individuals. Happy employees are able to focus on creativity, innovation and be their most productive selves!”


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Recruitment Revolution.Com

Digital Brand Manager - Exciting Fashion eCommerce Brand

Manchester, Greater Manchester
£25,000 - £35,000 + 40% Staff Discount + Perks
20 Mar 2017
20 Apr 2017
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Digital Brand Manager - Exciting Fashion eCommerce Brand (Manchester)
£25,000 - £35,000 + 40% Staff Discount + Perks

++ Are you Creative, Passionate and Switched on? Are you ready to join an exciting ladies fashion eCommerce brand? ++

With the recent merger of a Private Investment group and established .Com site, we have funding in place to grow to in excess of £50 million turnover within the first 2 years of trading.

We put Fashion and Style First, and we pride ourselves on being First/Fast to the Market!

We have ambitious plans and we want to take you on our journey. If you have a creative eye and are able to work in the fast-lane of fashion please read on and apply!

The Digital Brand Manager will be responsible for developing and implementing engaging marketing communications to drive customer acquisition and retention. This covers website content, newsletters, app content and all social media. An excellent understanding of the different social channels and what each is best used for is really important.

Digital Brand Manager Key responsibilities:

+ Producing engaging concepts and content for the brand website, app, newsletter, social media and blog posts in order to drive
+ Develop the social media calendar and CRM calendar
+ Manage relationships with external digital agencies
+ Ensure all campaigns/digital marketing activity is completed within set time frames and to managed budgets
+ Bring brand message and stories to life online

Digital Brand Manager Key skills required:

+ Proven experience in social media and CRM communications
+ Creative approach and a flair for storytelling
+ Good understanding of customer journey/consumer life cycle
+ Experience in agency management
+ Team orientated and a hands on approach
+ Passion for digital and social media

The Perks:

+ Generous holiday with holiday trading
+ 40% staff discount
+ Access to sample sales
+ Regular team and company social events

We are informal whilst professional and believe in letting people be themselves. Throughout your career with us we will help you develop, and give you the chance to influence our future. Our people are at the heart of everything we do.

Interested? Just Apply Below...

In 2005 we ripped up the rule book to deliver a recruitment agency experience that makes everyone feel just that little bit happier. By applying you consent to us processing & passing your application to our client for review for this vacancy only. If your skills match the role you will hear back from us within 2 business days. Good luck, Team RR.