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Jacob Howard

Jacob Howard joined the Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center at the University of Mississippi School of Law in 2015. He serves as Legal Director and works out of MJC’s office in Jackson, Mississippi. Jake has litigated civil rights and criminal cases at the trial, appellate, and post-conviction stages in state and federal court.

Since 2013, he has been the co-coordinator of an effort to ensure that all juvenile offenders serving life sentences in Mississippi’s prisons receive an opportunity for release on parole pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in Graham v. Florida and Miller v. Alabama.

From 2010 to 2012, Jake was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. As a Prettyman Fellow, he represented indigent criminal defendants in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, while also supervising student-attorneys and assisting with classroom instruction in Georgetown’s Criminal Defense and Prisoner Advocacy Clinic. Before the Fellowship, Jake was a law clerk for the Honorable Myron H. Thompson in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Jake graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he served as executive director of the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project and represented indigent clients in Boston-area criminal courts through the Criminal Justice Institute. In 2009, he was selected by a vote of the student body to receive the Gary Bellow Public Service Award in recognition of his commitment to social justice and public interest work while a student at Harvard Law School. In 2012, he received a master of laws degree in advocacy from the Georgetown University Law Center.

Prior to law school, Jake earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan and a master’s in teaching from the University of Washington. From 2003 to 2006, he was a social studies teacher at a public high school in Covington, Wash.

Jake is admitted to practice in all Mississippi state and federal courts and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is also admitted to practice in the District of Columbia.


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Rick Courtney

Rick Courtney is a founding partner of Frascogna Courtney, PLLC in Jackson, Miss.  He holds degrees from  Mississippi College and the University of Mississippi School of Law.  He has practiced law since 1978 and his practice areas include elder law, public benefits law (Medicaid, Medicare, SSI, Veterans), personal asset protection and estate planning (wills, trusts, property ownership), trusts and trust administration, special needs planning for persons with disabilities, guardianships and conservatorships for mentally incapacitated persons, nursing home and disability rights, and probate administration.  He is the first attorney in Mississippi to have received the designation of Certified Elder Law Attorney by the American Bar Association-accredited National Elder Law Foundation.

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About Golden Slipper Camp

Every summer, over 600 children ages 7-15 and 100 professionally trained staff from around the world, converge on Slipper's 600 wooded acres to experience the most memorable summer imaginable. Each camper and counselor brings his or her own unique background, character, and style to help make Golden Slipper Camp a fun, diverse and exciting place.

GSC has it all, including basketball, biking, boating, climbing wall, campouts, crafts and more! Thanks to the hard work of our members and supporters Golden Slipper is able to provide these children a summer of a lifetime they may not otherwise afford.  Please visit the Camp website for more details and information.

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Latest c++ runtime installer

File number: 57997

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“Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error” error message, After you install Microsoft Office XP or one of the Office XP programs, you may receive one of the following error messages: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library. You may input voice through your microphone or record computer audio with software, but the sound card is responsible for processing it all. Click on the button to browse your computer. Web Course Builder’s interface is clear but not very handy, making the design of long courses difficult. Although the questions and answers are all text and aren’t spoken aloud by the host, we were impressed by the game’s ability to match similar meanings even when the words weren’t exact matches. User adoption of any CRM system is more or less proportional to how simple it is to search, update and link to information. Import the document that you would like to convert. Turn on the heat-map overlay. PowerPoint lets you combine graphic flow charts, sound and video elements to create media-rich presentations you can deliver to your clients to help promote or sell an idea. Continue pressing this until you remove all of the edits you want.

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3D Printing

3D Printed Case

Are you looking for a way to protect your shiny new Circuit Playground? A 3D printed case can make it easy to keep your board safe and sound. You can mount the case to anything and embed it into other objects for quick projects.

The Shapes Edition

This is a series of 3D printed cases designed to house a Circuit Playground, battery and switch. Three different shapes can be used for different applications. The board appears recessed allowing the NeoPixels to have a wider spread of light.

Slim and Accessible

The Circuit Playground is exposed, allowing the buttons and sensors to be accessible for interaction and hooking up other components. A port opening allows a microUSB port for programming and powering.

Snap Fit Design

Each case features a "locking" cover that snap fits shut when the nubs on the inner edges mate with indentations on the lip. Cutouts allow cables to plugin to the various connector ports.

Prerequisite Guides

If your new to electronics and the Adafruit Circuit Playground, I suggest you walk through the following guides to get the basics. The Adafruit Circuit Playground guide will walk you through setting it up.

3D Printing Services

Don't own a 3D Printer? Download the STL files and upload them to 3D Hubs to order the parts from a local maker and have them shipped to you. You can also search for local hacker/maker spaces for getting access to a 3D printer.

CURA Slice Settings

Here's a screenshot of the settings used to 3D print the top and bottom halves of the case. To get the most accurate tolerances for the snap fit features, you'll want to adjust your slice settings accordingly. The parts were tested with PLA filament, other materials that have more shrinkage such as ABS or Nylon may have different tolerances.

Parts and Supplies

You want to use machine screws (sized M3 x .45 x 5mm) to secure the Circuit Playground to the case. If you'd like to add a battery, you can make a slide switch adapter to easily power it on and off.

2 x M3 Hardware Screws
M3 x .5 x 5mm metric Phillips flat head machine screws
1 x 500mAh Battery
Lithium Ion Polymer Battery - 3.7v 500mAh
1 x Slide Switch
Breadboard-friendly SPDT Slide Switch
1 x Battery Extension Cable
JST-PH Battery Extension Cable - 500mm
1 x Mounting Putty Tack
Loctite Fun-Tak Mounting Putty 2-Ounce

Fusion 360 Archive

If you'd like to make changes or upgrades to the 3d model, you can download the fusion 360 archives in many different formats such as STEP, SAT, Solidworks, Sketchup and more!

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Configuring the footer on myicourse sites

Description: This short course provides instructions for the footer section of myicourse site owners. We show how to remove the default examples on new sites, how to create column headings and links to sites on your myicourse site and to other locations on the internet.

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Category Archives: Human evolution

Human evolution: why we’re more than great apes

Palaeoanthropologists have used the anatomical signs of bipedalism to identify our earliest ancestors, demonstrating our shared genetic heritage with great apes. However, despite this shared history, human evolution set out on a trajectory that has led to significant distinctions from … Continue reading

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On the pan-African origin of Homo sapiens

Fossil evidence points to an African origin of Homo sapiens from a group called either H. heidelbergensis or H. rhodesiensis. However, the exact place and time of emergence of H. sapiens remain obscure because the fossil record is scarce and the chronological age of … Continue reading

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Neanderthals are an extinct group of fossil humans that appeared in Western Eurasia in the mid-Middle Pleistocene. They shared the stage with the first modern humans arriving in Europe from around 45,000 years ago, before disappearing from the fossil record … Continue reading

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Homo Heidelbergensis

Homo heidelbergensis is an extinct species of human that is identified in both Africa and western Eurasia from roughly 700,000 years ago onwards until around 200,000 years ago – fitting snugly within the Middle Pleistocene. Named for a piece of … Continue reading

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How Ancient Hominid Interbreeding has Shaped Humans Today

Over the past half-decade, ancient DNA research has revealed some surprising aspects to our evolutionary history during the past 50,000 years. Perhaps the most startling of these has been the extent to which the ancestors of living people across the … Continue reading

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Human Evolution – An Illustrated Introduction

The origin of modern humans continues to be a major topic in paleoanthropology.  The debate over the mode of the origin of modern humans – was it a single, recent origin or global and gradual – continues, but new genetic … Continue reading

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Human Evolution – A Very Short Introduction

Many of the important advances made by biologists in the past 150 years can be reduced to a single metaphor. All living, or extant, organisms, that is, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, viruses, and all the types of organisms that lived … Continue reading

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Wired for Culture: The Natural History of Human Cooperation

What explains the staggering diversity of cultures in the world? Why are there so many languages, even within small areas? Why do we rejoice in rituals and wrap ourselves in flags? In Wired for Culture Mark Pagel, the world’s leading … Continue reading

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Misspent Uke Concert

Raffle Prize Winners

Willy Russell helps St Mary’s Church East Window Appeal

Celebrity dramatist, lyricist and composer Willy Russell, best known for Educating Rita, Blood Brothers and Shirley Valentine, generously donated items that were raffled at the sell-out concert held at Lesbury Village Hall on Saturday 10th June.  The evening featured Misspent Uke, The Attic Band and Bob Bolam and was organised to raise funds for the East Window Appeal. It was a wonderful night of music and mirth enjoyed by an audience mainly from the villages of Lesbury and Alnmouth proving that local community spirit and cooperation is alive and well in this part of Northumberland.  £ 465 was raised towards the Appeal.

Misspent Uke in Action

Misspent Uke in Full Flow

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Employment Letter

Employment letter is also called the employment application letter. It is written by the candidate who seeks to acquire a position in the Company. It is always addressed to the HR of the Company who looks after the recruiting procedures.

The employment letters like other business letter have to be written in a very formal language. The qualification, last drawn salary, expected salary, the post for which the candidate is applying; work experience, contact details, and other required information have to be mentioned in the letter.

Sample Example:-

<Recipient’s Name>

<Name of the Company>

<Address of the Company>

Date: (date on which the letter is written)

Dear Mr. /Ms. <Recipient’s last name>,

This letter is written with reference to your advertisement in the Daily Newspaper you have published regarding a job vacancy in your esteemed company for the post of Data Entry Operator on 19th July 2014. I want to apply for this post in your esteemed Company. I have graduated in English and I have a 2 years experience in the same field in a small firm. My shorthand/typing speed is 120/60 w.p.m respectively. I hope the above-mentioned qualifications match with your requirements mentioned in the advertisement.

I am enclosing my resume along with this letter. There you can see the detailed information of my qualification and experience. Your Company is one of the renowned Companies in the country and I eagerly look forward to working in your Company. I assure you that if selected I will soon prove myself to be a valuable resource to your Company.

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Let's be real, this snow storm is going to be another long weekend to binge eat and watch away, let it snow!
  1. Coffee
    Birch Costa Rican
  2. Cookie dough
    Frozen Nestle (slightly harder to consume quickly)
  3. Cheese (see older lists for deets)
  4. Sparkling water
  5. Prosecco
    Better Bubbles
  6. Pretzel thins with kalamatta humus
    It's my carb salty jam
  7. Popcorn
    Oh how I love thee
  8. Clementine oranges
    Cute, sweet, healthy


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Pictures that perfectly describe each month of 2015 from my phone.
  1. January - Dance, dance, dance.
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  2. February - More rehearsals. Church film festival.
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  3. March - Performing at Nationals. Auditioning for college theatre programs.
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  4. April - Beach, relaxing finally.
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  5. May - Prom, dateless, with my BFF.
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  6. June - Summer. Taylor. Beach. YES!
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  7. July - Fell in love.
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  8. August - Fell in love, took slightly better pictures.
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  9. September - Rainy days in the mountains
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  10. October - Teched a show for the first time.
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1. Champagne supernova
    The reason for this list tbh because it just came on and I'm so??
  2. The smell of freezers
  3. Harley quinn
  4. Banana milkshakes
  5. Cartoon ghosts
    I have the cutest hand sanitizer holder and one tattooed on my hip
  6. Smelling like a manly tree
    Timber Old spice is amazing and I legitimately can't explain why I think that
    Why is this not number one now that I'm thinking about it
  8. Articles of clothing that come with a belt
    This is a weird phenomenon because I hate the too big belt loops but throw a belt on everything honestly
  9. Patterned shirts
    I have one covered in pineapples and it makes me feel like a dad and I love it
  10. Buttershots
    Butterscotch schnapps I mean idk man
  11. Movies about the music industry
  12. Tall ladies calling me terms of endearment
  13. Freckles actually
  14. Ohhhh high top sneakers


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1. Color your hair
    Not drastically but enough that it's different
  2. Read poetry
    Even Though I Don't Miss You Anymore, The Anatomy of Being
  3. Attempt to stop smoking
    Smoke more per day than you ever have before
  4. Work out
    A lot
  5. Eat really well for the whole day
    Arrive home, alone, eat an entire packet of Tim Tams
  6. Spend time with people that make your heart full
    And then think you're ok. Know you're ok.
  7. Masturbate
    At least once every other day
  8. Feel your sadness and tell yourself you'll be alright eventually
    Because you will
  9. Rinse and repeat


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Document Type

Conference Proceeding

2011 ASABE Annual International Meeting

Publication Date

Louisville, KY

The effect of ventilation rate (VR) on ammonia (NH3) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from composting piles of dead hens mixed with hen manure was quantified by measuring the gaseous concentrations and airflow rate through the compost bins. Three VR levels of 0.9, 0.7 and 0.5 m³/hr/bin (equivalent to the air exchanges per hour of 0.9, 0.7 and 0.5) were evaluated, each with three replicates. The compost piles were turned once (on day 58) during the 11-wk composting period. Gaseous concentrations of the inlet and exhaust air of the compost bins were measured using a multi-gas infrared photoacoustic analyzer coupled with a multi-channel sampler; VR was measured with a flow meter; and the emission rate (ER) of each gas was computed from the VR and the gas concentration. Decomposition of the carcass over the 11-wk composting period was found to be greater than 88%, as assessed by the reduction in carcass mass. NH3 ER was relatively stable when the compost pile was at high temperatures (~60?). Sharp increase in carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions occurred quickly after construction of the compost pile. VR was found to significantly affect NH3, CO2 and CH4 emissions (p<0.05). Specifically, cumulative emissions per kg of initial co-compost matter for the three VR of 0.9, 0.7 and 0.5 m³/hr/bin were, respectively, 2.4, 2.0 and 1.2 g NH3; 78, 66 and 42 g CO2; 120, 90 and 52 mg CH4; and 6.4, 6.1 and 5.1 mg N2O. Hence, the study results suggest that the rate of forced aeration can be adjusted to reduce NH3 and GHG emissions from animal mortality compositing.

This is an ASABE Meeting Presentation, Paper No. 1110759.

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American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers

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The Iowa Homemaker

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The Place of The Child

Table of Contents

This is the second set of a series of articles on the Nursery School. The two articles in this issue were written by two mothers who do and do not, respectively, send their children to the Nursery School. The series will be closed by Miss Anna E. Richardson, field worker of the committee for child development and parental education of the American Home Economics Association.

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Waverly – Cotton Laundry Bin With Fabric Handles – Laundry Hamper – Floral Print – Damask – Shabby Chic –

$45.00 $49.95

COTTON FABRIC LAUNDRY BIN WITH HANDLES: With an open top design, this laundry bin makes it easy to gather and collect dirty clothing, sheets, linens, and towels.
FABRIC HANDLES MAKE IT EASY TO CARRY TO AND FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM: Sturdy cotton fabric handles make this laundry hamper easy to carry from your bedroom to your laundry room.
AVAILABLE IN STYLISH FLORAL AND DAMASK PRINTS: Choose from floral prints or damask patterns to suit your personal style or coordinate with your bedroom decor.
ADDS A STYLISH TOUCH TO ANY BEDROOM OR CLOSET: Lined with a solid color, this laundry hamper adds both beauty and function to your bedroom and can be positioned in a corner of the room or concealed inside a closet.

Available in stylish floral prints and vintage-inspired damask patterns, this cotton laundry bin provides a stylish solution for dirty clothing and linens that need to be cleaned. The Waverly – Cotton Laundry Bin With Fabric Handles – Laundry Hamper is made from durable cotton fabric and features a structured shape with an eye-catching allover print, a solid fabric lining, and matching fabric handles that make it easy to carry to and from your laundry room. Perfect for placing in the corner of a bedroom or in the bottom of a closet, this laundry bin has a stylish, shabby chic look that makes it easy to coordinate into any casual room design. Use one of these laundry bins to collect all of your dirty items throughout the week or order more than one bin to create an organized solution where you can keep dirty clothing separate from dirty sheets and wet towels. Measures: L:15 in. x W:10 in. x H:16.5 in.
Item Number: STR-TM-10676-EX1-FBA-

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Gumball Girl (by one of our youngest writers)

23 Nov

by Katie Hangland, age 6

(We love her writing so much, we didn’t want to change the creative spelling of any words!)

Which color's your favorite?

Gumball Girl got her powers by a gint blue gumball that asplodid.  It was a axidint.  She axidently blue up a gint gumball in her lab.  She bloed it up so big that it asplodid.  She was doing an aspyrimenint.  Gumball Girl is a sintist.

If she was running she would sro gumballs evry where. Any time she moovs her hands she has gumballs come out of her palms and fingrs.  If she was eating brecfest she can have gumballs for brecfest and eggs and bacon.

The gumballs that are white are boms.  The others are ones that asplods posinis acid.  When you tucht it asid will come out of them.

Gumball Girl fits the Ruby Robbers.  The asid from insid the gum melts them.  The robbers are made of rubys and ston.  They are famos for steeling joolary from the joolary stor.

Thanks to Gumball Girl the Ruby Robbers have vaneshd from the planet into the jint hols created by the asid.

One Response to “Gumball Girl (by one of our youngest writers)”

  1. hiyacynthia April 6, 2012 at 8:13 pm #

    Oh my God, that is the cutest thing ever!

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living on both sides of a blog.

If one thing has been made clear throughout these last weeks, it is this:

The digital marketplace is  vast, comprised of numerous interactive platforms that are constantly evolving and adapting to better suit our digitally motivated culture. The Internet is accessible to more consumers than ever, and that fact, paired with the growing desire for global connectivity, has taken our marketplace into new territories of brand accessibility, reach, and experience. Take a look at this infographic that shows just how connected our digital world has become. Some of these interesting stats include:

-78.6% of Americans are on the Internet daily
-The use of mobile Internet access nearly doubles every year
-There is an average of over 3.2 billion Google searches every day

This information is probably not all that shocking. Of course there has been a shift in digital communication, with a great explosion of digital adaptation in recent years alone. That is why there is a clear place for everyone and everyone in the digital marketplace – for social-sharers, content creators, information disseminators, fact gatherers…regardless of how you use and peruse the digital marketplace, the one likely fact remains that you do, in fact, use it.

A very powerful “vendor” in this marketplace is found in the blog. Lifestyle blogs, fitness blogs, travel blogs, marketing blogs, inspirational blogs, and special-topic blogs. The blogs that exist in our digital marketplace are as unique and diversified as the marketplace itself. A few examples of blogs that I follow include:

The Londoner
The Happsters
Thought Catalog
Skinny Mom
What Have We to Lose (my personal blog)
*And of course, all of the lovely blogs by my classmates on my Blogroll

Why, though, are blogs such a powerful tool in the business world? Blogs are flexible, relaxed representations of a company. Blogs are a place for information gathering and sharing, but also for questions. Blogs are thoughtful, and are one of the great assets to the marketing mix. Again, why? Because to a consumer, a blog is one of the strongest ways to connect with a brand.

From a consumer’s perspective, I love that I can visit a blog and get exactly the information I expect. I never have to search for information and filter through a variety of Google results. I know that when I visit MindBodyGreen, for example, I’ll be met with a plethora of fitness and nutrition tips that I can utilize. I know that the brand I’m connecting with has valuable information I need, all of which I can sift through, save, pin, share, like, tweet, or otherwise hang on to. I also love the intimate nature of a blog. The words are written by someone I feel connected to, through our common interests. I feel like I’m valued enough to read their specific words that they took the time to write. It’s a very personal experience, which only makes me a more loyal consumer. I’m all the more invested.

From a brand’s perspective, there are several advantages to managing a blog. From bettering skills as a writer, to expanding reach to new audiences, brand representatives can learn quite a few things (actually, 20 things) from implementing a blog. A blog is an inexpensive way to create a personal relationship with  consumers. Businesses can take advantage of the conversational nature of a written blog, which welcomes readers and strengthens consumer connection to the brand. Andrew Davies wrote a blog post that confirms this, saying “We all relish the personal touch, and this is no less the case when it comes to the marketing we are subjected to online.” When consumers feel they are receiving personal and pertinent information to them, they are much more likely to engage with that brand long-term. Additional advantages of blogging include building brand network and database, enhancing company visibility, increased product exposure, solidifying and enhancing brand identity, and optimizing your search engine efforts. All of these ideas are explicated here.

I have a blog for my personal and professional life, and can speak directly to the truths of this post. Blogs are not only an excellent way to express your own thoughts and observations on life and work, but are an incredibly exciting “vendor” in our digital marketplace. We experience the familiarity of our social media favorites. Of course, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr etc. will always have a place in our everyday. Yet, a blog offers a slightly different experience. As both a consumer and a marketer, blogs are a vibrant representation of the digital world in which we live, interact, share, and learn.

social butterflies.

In this day and age, we’re all somewhat of a social butterfly, thanks to the two social media giants that we all love so much: Facebook and Twitter. These two platforms truly are giants, and as the two most popular social platforms in the marketplace, they offer users valuable, but vastly different social experiences.

Facebook is the social site where users go to connect with friends and family members, connect with acquaintances, RSVP for events, support causes, “like” pages, post pictures and videos, share content, find hilarious memes, and keep up with the world in nearly every way imaginable. It’s also a place for businesses and organizations to disseminate information, build cause-campaigns, engage with consumers and fans, listen to trends, augment brand awareness, enhance brand perception, and Facebook has integrated every aspect of life, and has created a digital version of our communities – local, national, and global. The following infographic characterizes this idea:

Facebook Stats1

This infographic comes from an article entitled 13 Mind-blowing Facebook Statistics.

Follow the link to learn the other 12!

With obvious reason, the size of Facebook alone makes it an incredibly valuable tool for marketers. Consumers are constantly accessible, and conversations are no longer one sided. Where brands used to communicate to the silent masses, the masses are now given a voice to communicate back. Facebook exemplifies 699 million voices, all of which are engaging with each other and with the brands they support on a daily basis. And the site continues to grow as well. In just the last year, Facebook has grown in the following ways:

Facebook Stats2

Facebook is all about engagement. Connect with others; share content; post content. However it’s used, it’s all in the name of connectivity. So, how do you use Facebook? What can brands do better to make you, the consumer, feel more valuable and more engaged with them on this social platform?

Now we turn to Twitter, which is equally embraced by our digital marketplace. Just as Facebook is about connectivity, Twitter is about information gathering and dissemination, and engaging with other information creators. The concept of the hashtag and the retweet speak directly to this idea, making information gathering even more simple through specific searches and tagging, and information sharing happen in the time it takes to retweet. With over 465 million Twitter accounts, and 175 million tweets per day, the potential that brands have to share and connect with consumers is enormous. What kind of content makes consumers willing to engage, favorite, or retweet? Check out the following infographic.

Just like Facebook, Twitter is also a social site that bridges national boundaries and connects people across the globe. Actually, Twitter has even more relevance in our global culture, from my perspective. Take a look at the following Twitter statistics that really highlight this global nature:

Twitter Stats2

In 2011, co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, talks about the intent of this social platform. He got to a point when he realized “‘this was not just something in the Bay Area for technical geeks to fool around with and to find out what [they’re all] up to, but a global communications system that could be used for almost everything and anything,’ Stone says.”

He continues to say

“People all around the world are realizing that we’re not just necessarily citizens of a particular state or a particular country, but citizens of the world. And this is a growing feeling, and I think that the Internet and social media tools are making the world a smaller place and allowing us to feel this empathy.”

This very truth is what makes our digital marketplace so exciting, and so valuable from a marketing perspective. Regardless of which platform you prefer, we are growing into a global world where we can connect and share. These social giants have transformed and continue to transform how we communicate; each makes our world seem bigger, making everyone accessible to everyone else. They also make our world seem a little smaller, too, instilling a digital sense of community and connection.

Today was truly a wonderful day to be a Mountaineer! Our Mountaineers took on number 11 Oklahoma State Cowboys, and played a great game! Though it was supposed to be a definite loss for our boys, we worked hard and finally became a team. We defeated our Big 12 competitor with a score of 30-21. It was a beautiful day, and a beautiful day for some old gold and blue!

What does this have to do with the digital marketplace? EVERYTHING. I’ll tell you a little story…

Once I got home from the game, I decided (like almost everyone else I know after our win today) to get online to make posts that illustrated my utter pride for our Mountaineers. I am hardly a fair weather fan, so I’m always proud of them. But today was a different kind of pride. The odds were not exactly in our favor, yet we proved an entire country of college-football-loving-viewers wrong. I logged into Twitter from my smartphone and composed a tweet:

“A stunning day for such a satisfying WIN! I’ll always love those #Mountaineers! #letsgo #WVU”

As I wrote my tweet and thought of hashtags to use, I started contemplating the recent discussions I’ve had and witnessed about the art of hashtagging. This contemplation began earlier this week, actually, as I viewed the YouTube video of a skit starring Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon. If you haven’t seen it, please watch! It’s hilarious.

My best friend and I were joking about this today at the game,  verbally “hashtagging” things like #blueandgold #letsgo #winning, among other ridiculous but appropriate phrases for the game. Just like JT and Jimmy, we had a blast doing it! But as I scrolled through Facebook and Twitter, taking in all of my friends’ posts about the game, I thought about all of this while I also composed my tweet. I realized that while it may be a ridiculous idea, and most people use hashtags more for humor or cleverness than suitability or tracking a trend, there is power in it.

The digital marketplace is booming with this idea. The concept is used on social networking/sharing sites, originating on Twitter, but having since found a home on Google+, Vine, Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook as well. Users can hashtag different phrases and ideas to add their content to brand/product communities, and make their content searchable by the tag they provide. But are they actually valuable to marketers? Yes and no.

blog entry by Lauren Hockenson describes the positive and negative aspects of the hashtag. “The problem with hashtags lie in their relative ambiguity: there’s no standard for hashtags and no long-running conversation.” This is exactly what kept me from understanding the validity of a hashtag in the first place. There are too many options, not enough stipulations for users to implement when forming a hashtag. The likelihood of a hashtag being absorbed in a trend is very small. However, when a brand utilizes the hashtag, a greater opportunity exists to realize success and value. Brands wishing to use hashtags should do so through promotion – paying for hashtags to be trending for a particular amount of time, or through hashtag campaigns. These hashtags should be specific, consistently advertised, and thoroughly integrated into all other aspects of the brand’s marketing mix. The consistency will yield a profitable result. Brands can monitor the effectiveness and trend success of their hashtags through a handful of hashtag analytics, and learn the frequency and nature in which they are used.

Still, social sites continue to figure out how to use these hashtags most advantageously. For example, the hashtag usage on Twitter vastly differs from that on Facebook. And to be honest, the Facebook hashtag hasn’t been too widely incorporated since it’s integration in June of this year. Take a look at the following infographic to compare:

hashtag comparisons

The digital marketplace is certainly thriving, growing and evolving day by day. The marketplace is a place for innovative connections to be made and concepts to be tested. The hashtag is just one concept that we’ve seen adapted by multiple vendors. What do you think? Do you find them troublesome and lacking value? Or do you think hashtags can be effective, when used well?

#SoManyQuestions #DigitalMarketplace #ThanksForReading

5 rules to reach your shoppers.

We’ve held thorough discussions in the last weeks of the various vendors and platforms that make up the digital marketplace. Now, though, it’s time to discuss those who experience it first hand, and who make it what it is. What would a market be without the people – the shoppers and the sellers who fully embody the success and growth of our marketplaces?

After discussing the topic with several people in my life, some from the Gen X population and some Gen Y, or Millennials, I’ve confirmed that the digital marketplace is experienced in different ways. Before diving into this, however, let’s look at the statistics of web users from 2010 to 2013  in the United States.

Clearly, the saturation of internet users in the United States has increased notably over the last three years. What does this mean? It means that the digital marketplace is growing, being utilized by a greater number of people who represent a wider range of demographics and psychographics. The uses vary just as much as the users themselves. A Pew Internet research study indicated that “Generation X is the most likely group to bank, shop, and look for health information online,” while Gen Y-ers are more likely to use digital media for fun, social engagement. This seems accurate, considering the conversations I have had recently.

While the Gen Y-ers in my life are perusing the marketplace with cautious intrigue, slowly but surely navigating social media sites, book marking sites, digital banking and billing, they are not fooled by seemingly impersonal nature of interactions. Our digital space is a platform through which we are connected 24/7 to the people and brands we love. Yet, this platform is not always conducive to personal, authentic experiences from their perspective.

Millennials, however, have expressed great appreciation for the digital marketplace. Having grown up without AND with new and emerging media, millennials have integrated nearly every aspect of life with the digital marketplace. Not a day goes by, for most millennials, where a blog, video, photo, hashtag, mobile app, advergame, or digital advertisement is accessed, used, posted, read, or shared. This is how millennials live and engage. Authenticity, for this demographic, is less important than accessibility.

Because of the diversity represented in our digital world, much more of which remains to be explained and researched, marketers must make great effort to understand how and where to reach their audiences. Here is a list of 5 simple rules to consider when establishing objectives for connectivity, engagement, and interaction across the board.

1) LISTEN – Establishing a qualitative and quantitative listening plan across social channels, blogs, and other digital platforms will, of course, inform marketers about the conversations and perceptions had regarding their brands and products. It will also provide results that will garner a numerical representation of what audience percentages are active on which channels. This allows brands to know who is present where, and therefore, can help them tailor messaging to suit the different kinds of engagement that different segments prefer.

2) REACH them where they want to be reached – This sounds SO simple. And it is! Once you’ve listened, follow through and serve your audiences where they prefer! This will let consumers feel more engaged with your brand, and will increase your accessibility.

3) Challenge ENGAGEMENT  Once you know where the different segments of your market are active, engage with them! How do we do this? Take a look at number 4!

4) Provide QUALITY CONTENT – The quality of the content you provide truly matters. Consumers can tell when a brand is being real. “Real success has always been about knowing ourselves and staying true to that core,” according to an article written by Forbes Contributor Meghan Biro. This kind of authenticity is captivating and magnetic. Brands who are not afraid to be real – in the good and the bad – will ultimately witness greater brand engagement and loyalty.

5) Keep it SIMPLE – Again, this is pretty simple advice. However, when you’re listening to your segments, reaching them through the digital avenues with which they are comfortable, providing authentic content, and challenging them to engage, there isn’t much left to be desired. Consumers want to feel valued by a brand. They want to engage and interact. Marketing campaigns, promotions, or engagement offerings shouldn’t be too complicated to accomplish this. Let your authenticity and desire for true connection lead your digital activity, and you’ll see benefit.

The following statement was made by Kathy Colvin, President and CEO of the United Nations Foundation, with regard to the at the 2013 Social Good Summit (happening now!). It speaks to the idea of community, and is a lesson brands can apply when considering their engagement with various “shoppers” in the digital marketplace.

having it all together.

There are always those few vendors at a Farmer’s Market that seem to have it all together – MORE than all together. The products are great, the people are helpful, and their business seems to be booming. They are an essential presence at the market, and it wouldn’t feel right without them there.

My classmates and I have similarly been discussing examples of brands in the “marketplace” that epitomize the successful integration of digital media. Amazon, Target, Joel Osteen Ministries, Samsung, Disney…all of these brands (and numerous others) have exemplified the trending belief that new and emerging media should be incorporated into marketing campaigns. These organizations hold a powerful presence online, through social sites, blogs, video/photo marketing channels, email marketing campaigns, and variations of each.

Let’s take a look at Southwest Airlines. This brand has received awards for such impeccable and substantial digital integration. With particular regard to Facebook and Twitter, Southwest holds its own, with over 1.5 million Twitter followers, and almost 4 million followers on Facebook. The brand operates a blog called Nuts About Southwest, and is thoroughly integrated across all channels. The following infographic compares Southwest to several domestic and international carriers, and claims that Southwest prevails when it comes to engagement:

Ramon Van Meer, the marketing director at Let’s Fly Cheaper, an online travel agency, stated the “Use of social media marketing demonstrates innovation born out of the simple need to do more with less. The social atmosphere is today’s cutting-edge low-cost/no-cost marketing environment…It’s no surprise to find Southwest at the forefront of social media marketing. Southwest was founded on ingenuity and has always been a leader in passenger and public engagement. Social media fits the Southwest culture perfectly, where older airlines seem to be playing catch-up in this powerful modern marketing arena.”

The Twitter site is one “that is customer-service driven and reactive to people posting their comments regarding Southwest Experiences” and the blog is all about ” improving connections between the Southwest Airlines Team and its clients.” All in all, Southwest strives to enhance its goal of superb customer satisfaction through its integration of various digital media. Needless to say, this brand is one of those marketplace “vendors” that just has it all together.

Pohlman, B. (15 April, 2012). Southwest Airlines Blog and Social Media Use. Retrieved from:

Rice, C. (27 May, 2012). When it comes to Facebook and Twitter engagement, which airline is first class? Retrieved from:


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Journal of Nanoparticle Research

, Volume 10, Issue 5, pp 715–728 | Cite as

Refining search terms for nanotechnology

  • Alan L. Porter
  • Jan Youtie
  • Philip Shapira
  • David J. Schoeneck

The ability to delineate the boundaries of an emerging technology is central to obtaining an understanding of the technology’s research paths and commercialization prospects. Nowhere is this more relevant than in the case of nanotechnology (hereafter identified as “nano”) given its current rapid growth and multidisciplinary nature. (Under the rubric of nanotechnology, we also include nanoscience and nanoengineering.) Past efforts have utilized several strategies, including simple term search for the prefix nano, complex lexical and citation-based approaches, and bootstrapping techniques. This research introduces a modularized Boolean approach to defining nanotechnology which has been applied to several research and patenting databases. We explain our approach to downloading and cleaning data, and report initial results. Comparisons of this approach with other nanotechnology search formulations are presented. Implications for search strategy development and profiling of the nanotechnology field are discussed.

Bibliometric analysis Nanoscience and engineering Nanotechnology publication Nanopatenting Research profiling Search strategies Nanoinformatics

Significant research assistance in search definition and database development was provided by Li Tang, Sharyn Finney, Pratik Mehta and Luke McCloud. Rich Kolar developed and generated the patent searches and databases. This research was undertaken at Georgia Tech with support by the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at Arizona State University (CNS-ASU), funded by the National Science Foundation (Award No. 0531194), and support by the National Partnership for Managing Upstream Innovation: The Case of Nanoscience and Technology (North Carolina State University; Award No. EEC-0438684). The findings and observations contained in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Alan L. Porter
    • 1
  • Jan Youtie
    • 2
  • Philip Shapira
    • 1
    • 3
  • David J. Schoeneck
    • 4
  1. 1.Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUSA
  2. 2.Enterprise Innovation InstituteGeorgia Institute of TechnologyAtlantaUSA
  3. 3.Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS-ASU), Program in Nanotechnology Research and Innovation Systems AnalysisTempeUSA
  4. 4.Search Technology, Inc.NorcrossUSA

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UI for getUserMedia()

From: Randell Jesup <randell-ietf@jesup.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:59:46 -0400
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To: rtcweb@ietf.org, "public-webrtc@w3.org" <public-webrtc@w3.org>
Changed title; see below for why.

On 10/19/2011 7:06 AM, Tim Panton wrote:
> On 19 Oct 2011, at 08:13, Randell Jesup wrote:
>> This example you give raises some security issues based on the current proposals.  We require that the user ok access to the camera and microphone; this is a call set up "on the fly" with apparently no individual certification from the user.
>> This use-case would require the JS application get pre-authorization of media access, before any actual access occurs, and have that access persist until<something>, across multiple individual connections.
>> So is this outside of the current security model, since it seems to bring in a number of new requirements?  To support this, we would need:
>> 1) pre-authorization of camera/mic access
>> 2) authorization continues until a particular active state with the server ends (leaving the game)
> Oh, I thought that there had been some discussion on preserving authorization for a site - so that I can mark a site as
> 'trusted' and not have to see the permission request again. Without that sort of feature, rtcWEB/webRTC will get annoying _really_ fast.
> Once it is 'trusted' the game can create and tear down calls at will, with no need to fork anything.
> (I have to authorize each call separately in the current model ?!?)

This has not yet been decided; people have certainly talked to wanting
to find ways to minimize or avoid user authorizations for certain
classes of services, and I have also pushed such efforts, both here and
within Mozilla.

However, at this point, no clear solution has been proposed; there are
several ideas in play (leveraging "installed webapps", etc), but without
some decision to modify the threat model it's tough.

Without that, the app will probably want to use UI generated by
getUserMedia() as part of their UI.  That would also mean that the app
would want to be able to present some indication as to *why* they're
being asked to enable (incoming caller id, name of application since
they may have many tabs open, etc), since they don't control the UI for
getUserMedia() itself.  This is W3C territory, so I'm cc'ing this to
that list.

Randell Jesup
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Stepping Stone – Dungeon Run review

People play games for many reasons, but I find you can generally split them into two camps; those who love the chaos of a dice roll against the folks who demand total control over their gaming destiny. Personally, I’m in the first camp – I don’t mind losing a game should a crucial dice roll not go my way. For me, the joy in a game comes from the playing and the stories that are told. The latest release from Plaid Hat Games, Dungeon Run, is a game that is very much reliant on dice – lots of dice, in fact – so before I go on, I’ll put my cards on the table and say that it’s not for everyone.

Originally a print and play title designed by the curiously named Mr. Bistro, it was picked up by Plaid Hat, given a very shiny makeover and is now available in your Friendly Local Game Store. Set in Colby Dauch’s Summoner Wars universe, it’s kind of halfway between co-op and confrontation with players becoming mighty(ish) heroes who explore a randomly generated dungeon in order to take down one of four Big Bads.

You kick off by choosing one of eight characters, each of whom begin with some standard powers as well as a small deck of extra abilities. Dealing a couple out before you start, you choose one then discard the other – there’ll also be the opportunity later in the game to trade in cards to get your hands on more powers, bolstering your character as you progress. Once selections have been made, it’s off to the dungeon…

All players begin in the entry hall and have a range of actions that can be performed, up to a maximum of two per turn. Should you choose to move, you pull the top tile from a pre-prepared stack – this pile is sorted out before the game starts and is a random selection of regular and special rooms. If a regular one appears, the active player rolls a single dice and checks if any cards will be put on the tile; these will either be monster to beat up, traps to disarm or gear to grab and will go on the room depending on what number comes up. Special tiles have instructions that need to be followed printed on them every time you enter the room and can cause some… interesting situations.

Should you come up against a monster, you’ll indulge in a little combat which is heavily reliant on dice. The enemy rolls first and will normally get a few hits on you. Your roll follows and dice can be spent either cancelling out the hits, getting in some damage yourself, or a combination of both. It’s an interesting little system that I think works quite well, but that’s not everything. Should a fellow dungeoneer be on the same tile as you, they can choose to assist you… or hamper your efforts.

Click this for a MASSIVE demo picture.

This is where Dungeon Run gets interesting. As I mentioned previously, it’s not a co-op game in the traditional sense – at any time, you can choose to be nasty and screw your opposition over, either affecting your side of a fight or even straight out attacking you. This is more important at the end of the game as once the Boss for the dungeon has been defeated, the player who dealt the killing blow recieves the Summoning Stone, essentially becoming the new target. Manage to get back to the entry hall with the Stone in your clutches and you’ll be declared the winner – and that’s it. You could make your way all the way through, get the hell beaten out of you one room away from the exit and still lose, but that’s the way the game goes.

Production quality throughout is excellent. You get eight plastic minis to represent your heroes, room tiles are nice and thick, cards are great quality. I personally like the artwork (which is splashed all over the place, cards, rulebook, everywhere!) but then I like how Summoner Wars looks too – your mileage may vary. The rules are clear and concise too; all available actions have also been condensed down onto little cards that mean you’ll barely look back at the book.

One (minor) down side, I’d like to have seen miniatures for the the baddies, but perhaps that kind of thing will come with expansions (and you just know they’re coming – Plaid Hat Games aren’t exactly shy about expanding Summoner Wars, so why wouldn’t they do the same with Dungeon Run?). Having them appear on cards is fine, plus it keeps the cost down, but there’s nothing like moving little dudes around a map.

Also on the (slightly) negative side, despite the rules saying it can be played from one to six, I’d say it’s only really good with three or four. Two players feels like an exercise in frustration and there’s just not enough in the box to spread between five and six. The solo experience is pretty good and functions as a kind of score-attack extravaganza, but the game really works best as a group experience.

I’ve found in playing Dungeon Run that you need a certain kind of person sitting around the table with you. As I said earlier, you need to be someone who doesn’t mind their game being predominantly ruled by the dice. Though some rolls can be mitigated or boosted by using equipment that you might pick up throughout your quest, most of the time it’s all down to the decisions you make with the numbers you roll and if you roll poorly, you’ll be pretty much boned.

You also need someone who will be happy to throw themselves into the experience. In order to get the most from it, you’ve got to be a bit of a swine from the get go. Yes, it’s nice to help each other out when someone’s in need, but don’t be afraid to get in there and start mixing things up a bit. After all, at the end of the game there’s only going to be one winner so you should do all you can in order to make sure you come out top. When you’re running through the dungeon everyone else will be doing what they can to cut you to pieces – it’s only right to get your attacks in first.

Last of all, your fellow players need to have a good attitude. If you know someone who is going to moan because people are picking on them, put Dungeon Run away and play something like Forbidden Island instead – this game NEEDS confrontation to work properly, so if that’s not your bag this won’t work for you.

Treat this like something hardcore like Descent and you won’t enjoy this at all. It’s light. It’s throwaway in the extreme. But it’s fun. If you don’t take it too seriously and just have a laugh, Dungeon Run will be a nice little addition to your collection. It’s an arcade game transferred to your table, but to me that’s no bad thing. Perhaps I should start putting 20p in a box every time I play – that might pay for the expansion when it comes out…

Dungeon Run, designed by the enigmatic Mr Bistro, was originally released in 2011 and is available through Plaid Hat Games for around £35/$50. Cheers to the folks at Plaid Hat for sending a copy over for us to play!

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  1. Dungeon Run? Bah, I say. Bah.

    You’re absolutely right about the confrontation thing, and that can be echoed in a bunch of games. In confrontational games, you really don’t want anyone who will smart if they lose. My personal theory is that you should be mad about losing a game for about five minutes afterwards, then the feelings should evaporate away.

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[PHOTOS] 50 shades of the Piemaker

Took me a couple of hours to select the best 50 out of hundreds pictures I got from Pushing Daisies >_<

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What does every great story really have?

Standing in front of a room of 30 ten year olds, I asked: ‘What do all great stories have?’

The children had come on a school visit to Live Tales, Live Theatre’s new creative writing centre, to take part in a pilot workshop on creative writing and we had just finished talking about our favourite stories (enjoying the challenge of remembering as many Roald Dahl titles as possible). We were about to zoom into the exciting, story creation part of the session when I asked it: ‘What do all great stories have?’ A hand shot enthusiastically into the air and I got ready for an answer that might launch us into a stimulating discussion about imagination. What the girl said … ‘Full stops’. My heart sank. Not adventure, not characters, not things to make you laugh and cry, not even goodies and baddies. ‘Full stops.’ It wouldn’t be so bad if this were the first time I’d been given this answer but, unfortunately, punctuation has been the instinctive response for many of the pupils who have visited Live Tales over the past few months. And it’s not even fun punctuation – not question marks or a good old exclamation mark – but a full stop. The one that says, ‘Enough!’, ‘That’s it!’, ‘I’m done!’.

It seems to me that this is the core of the problem we face when helping children in their creative writing. I’m not talking primarily about the emphasis on GPS (we all know the joys and challenges of fronted adverbials) but rather the harsh and restrictive response to creativity that the ‘full stop’ answer betrays. Does writing offer possibilities, introduce opportunities and open up a world of ‘What ifs…’, or does it impose constraints, reinforce limitations and reiterate the voice that says, ‘You can’t’? My fear is that, for many children, it is the latter. A desire to change this mind-set and, in doing so, to unlock the potential of children and young people, fuels the work I am involved in here at Live Tales. Let me tell you all about it…

On weekday mornings (Thursdays and Fridays initially), Live Tales will be visited by a Key Stage 2 class for a two hour workshop that are free for schools to visit. The children arrive, a little unsure of what to expect, and are soon up on their feet joining in with warm up activities to get ideas bubbling. There is a lot of noise and plenty of energy. They are ready to start making their story; however, this is soon interrupted.

Mr Roberts, the ‘Editor’ at Live Tales (or rather, a colleague in disguise), bursts into the room and announces to the class that children can’t write good stories. Galvanised by that powerful desire to prove a grown up wrong, the group embark on their task of creating a new story. There is drama, fast paced ideas generation and plenty of movement as the class work collaboratively to create two characters, to flesh out the world they inhabit and to establish what happens at the beginning of the story. Whilst these ideas are flying around the room in a buzz of energy and excitement, an artist is furiously scribbling away in the corner, completing illustrations to capture the weird and wonderful ideas of the group. There we have it, the beginning of a completely original story.

Mr Roberts returns, cynical and disparaging, but intrigued by the story beginning. He wants to hear more but will not be content with one story, he wants 30 different ones! Every child is tasked with completing their very own version of what happens next. A ‘Maybe Ball’ is thrown from person to person, enabling the children to verbalise their ideas, and then they’re off. The children split into small groups with designated writing mentors (grownups who, unlike Mr Roberts, are fully convinced that children have superb ideas) and they spend 30 minutes finishing their own story.

When their time is up, the writing is gathered together and taken to Mr Roberts. He returns to give his verdict on the stories: ‘I didn’t like them… I LOVED them!’ So much so, in fact, that he has decided to print the class story, complete with illustrations, ensuring there is a copy for every child – a copy with empty pages inside to finish off their story. The children leave Live Tales with a newly created story in their hand and a sneaking suspicion, or maybe even a newly found certainty, that they CAN write! We, the Live Tales team, are left with another striking reminder that children really do know what makes a great story.

In developing Live Tales, we have joined with a world-wide family of writing centres that started nearly 15 years ago.  In San Francisco in 2002, author Dave Eggers (Dave’s TED Talk, ‘My Wish: Once Upon a School’, is well worth a listen) and educator Ninive Calegari started 826 Valencia – the original writing lab housed behind a pirate store – and the 826 organisation now has nine writing centres across seven cities in the States. This has inspired centres to start popping up in other countries, including the UK and Ireland: Ministry of Stories in London, Grimm & Co in Rotherham, Fighting Words in Dublin and, now, Live Tales in Newcastle.

Live Tales is the North East’s first writing centre and is the result of many years’ planning and preparation by Live Theatre. Based in Newcastle, Live Theatre is one of the great new writing producing theatres on the international stage and is also deeply rooted in its local community. As well as championing the art of writing for the stage by producing and presenting new plays, it is committed to unlocking the creative potential of children and young people, making Live Tales an exciting addition to the wonderful work already being done by the Theatre’s Education Team including a successful playwriting course putting plays written by young people on Live Theatre’s main stage.  Whilst visiting one of the 826 writing centre projects in the US our Chief Executive Jim Beirne decided that this was exactly what Newcastle needed. He also envisaged a new use for a small, old, listed almshouse located behind Live Theatre, ripe for development as a dedicated creative writing centre, to develop creativity, confidence and story-telling skills in writers of the future. Live Tales has already been endorsed by over ten schools and several hundred children who have already visited in pilot sessions. And by locally based writer, Carnegie-Medal winning author David Almond who is a champion of the centre.

We have been working closely with other writing centres to get Live Tales up and running with our distinctive Live Theatre stamp and now, following months of pilot workshops, we’re launching officially this September.

This is an important time to be launching Live Tales. With creativity being increasingly squeezed out of the curriculum and teachers facing more and more pressure to focus on the bricks of creative writing rather than enjoying its architecture, we’re giving space for children to experience the fun and excitement of exploring their imagination. And crucially, we’re saying YES!

‘No! Children can’t write stories!’ is Mr Roberts’ confident pronouncement at the beginning of the session. The statement is unfair, it’s provocative and it elicits an, ‘Oh yes we can!’ from the children. I would hope the majority of adults would never say such words to a child, but are there ways in which we unintentionally whisper the same sentiment, leading to a, ‘You’re right; I can’t write’?

‘Can we think of a better idea for where the Ogre might live?’

‘Is there a more interesting word to describe the weather?’

What do these suggest if not, ‘Your ideas aren’t quite good enough’? Yes, we want children to push themselves creatively and yes, we have a dictionary of amazing words to choose from, but is there a way of approaching children’s creative ideas with a ‘YES!’ rather than a ‘Hmmm, I suppose so.’

At Live Tales, the children create a story opening collaboratively and we make a point of accepting every idea. We don’t pass judgement, we don’t impose our adult logic and we don’t wait for what we might consider to be a ‘better idea’ from another child. We task them with listening well to each other and with building on their classmates’ fantastic ideas, trusting that, working together, they will solve any problems in the narrative as they arise. Children are natural storytellers, they understand that a world they create must have its own internal logic, and they are more than able to spot what doesn’t work and why. We ask open questions: ‘Can you say more about that?’ ‘What made that happen?’ ‘How did the character feel?’ and we enjoy and celebrate the extraordinary:

‘His best friend is a piece of toast.’

‘Fantastic. And what does the toast look like?’

‘He’s got an afro.’

‘An afro?’

‘Yes and he can do gymnastics.’

As grownups, we are often concerned that stories ‘make sense’ and what we mean is that they should be sensible. Why? In giving children freedom to write about what they want to write about and enabling them to share this experience as a whole class, everyone is invested in the creative process and they are empowered as writers. Stories school groups have written in the past few months include: ‘The Adventurous Adventures of Jimmy Unicumber and Lady Unicarrot’ (unicorns adorned with cucumbers and carrots – of course – on the hunt for peanut butter), ‘Polly and Xena’ (a clumsy grandmother and her pet dog who take a stroll through the desert) and ‘The Mystery of the Stolen Trophy’ (a ballet dancing police girl who wants to change the world). Who would want a sensible story when you can have these?

Crucially, this attitude of acceptance permeates the entire session and is voiced repeatedly by a superb team of writing mentor volunteers. Once the class have created the beginning of their story, they split into groups of 3-4 and write independently for half an hour. Each group has a writing mentor who sits with the children, listens to their ideas and encourages them not to give up. The power of an adult voice saying, ‘That’s a wonderful idea, keep going.’ is extraordinary, particularly if the child doesn’t experience that encouragement in other areas of their life.

I am excited about the work we’re starting at Live Tales. In such an atmosphere of play and experimentation, children are learning that creating stories is fun and that writing isn’t boring but rather simply the means by which those beautiful ideas are put down on paper. In saying ‘Yes’ to the children’s ideas, something very significant is happening, we are saying ‘Yes’ to them as individuals. There is a very fine line between saying ‘Your ideas are valuable’ and ‘You are valuable’ and if, at this formative time in children’s lives, they can come to believe that they have something to contribute and that their suggestions are worth listening to, theirs will be a future of possibilities rather than limitations.

So, can children write amazing stories? Absolutely! FULL STOP

Christina Castling, Live Theatre, Live Tales

Christina is an experienced drama facilitator with a passion for enabling children and young people to express themselves creatively through writing and performance. She is the project lead for Live Tales and is responsible for developing the schools’ programme and teachers’ CPD model for Live Theatre.

Live Tales is based at Live Theatre, based on Broad Chare, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne. Visits to Live Tales are free for classes of up to 30 KS2 pupils, and we plan to diversify our workshops for different ages over the next few years.

For more information on visiting or volunteering at Live Tales, or to sign up for our Education e-newsletter see www.live.org.uk/livetales. We also offer CPD sessions for teachers to help bring creativity back to creative writing, find out more about our CPD sessions.

This article was first published in NATE, National Association for the Teaching of English Primary Matters Magazine, in October 2016.


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Jake Clasen of Alteras Interview

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1. For those who don’t know you, can you state your name and your role in the band?
My name is Jake Clasen and I’m the vocalist of Alteras.

2. How would you describe your band to those checking you out for the first time?
I’d say that it’s actually really hard to describe our sound, but that we hit genres like rock, alternative, and metal. I’d suggest that the most certain way to know our band’s sound is by having a listen to our music!

3. Your album Grief was released Aug. 5 through Revival Recordings, how would you sum up the release?
It’s been a long ride, but an exciting and stellar one. I truly cannot wait for Grief to reach out to as many individuals as it possibly can.

Grief_Cover4. If you had to choose one song off of the album to show to someone, which song would you choose? Why?
I’d probably choose “Could Ever Love,” not only because it’s a song close to myself, but because it is probably the most radio-friendly song and has the best chance to appeal to any audience.

5. Does the album title at all play into any overall themes of either individual songs or the release as a whole?
Absolutely, Grief is conceptual and follows the emotions surrounding the action itself. The album is a summary of the roller coaster ride through the stages.

6. What song off of the release stands out to you as your favorite? Why?
I really love performing “Broke” so it stands out a lot to me. It has a certain shock factor to it that makes the audience, the band, and myself erupt in the moment. It’s fantastic.

7. Is there anything else that you wish to say about Grief that you have not?
It’s an album for anyone and everyone, I truly believe there is a song on it for any type of listener.

8. Thank you for doing this interview! Before we go, is there anything that you would like to say to the people reading this?
Thank you so much for the opportunity and thank you for reading this interview and being a part of this amazing journey we are on. Please listen to Grief and share it with everyone!

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7 Days 7 Photos – A Black and White Challenge – Day 1

I want to thank Leigha Robbins for this challenge

The rules for the challenge are;-

  • Black and while photos
  • Photos of your life
  • No people
  • No explaination
  • Challenge someone each day

I don’t usually accept challenges so think it would be unfair of me to challenge others, but please do take up the challenge if you would like to, I’d love to see your black and white photos 🙂


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How to Log in to American Express

American Express, commonly known as Amex, has served the financial interests of its customers for the last 167 years. It is a part of the 30 components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Ranked as the 17th Most Admired Global Company by Fortune 2017, it accounts for as much as 23% of the total volume of credit card transactions in the US. It boasts of a customer base who owns a total of 109.9 million cards.

Via its recent online ventures, it has taken another leap into living up to its legacy and heritage. But what’s so exciting about Amex that almost everyone has an American Express card. Is it only because of the brand value it has or does it in reality have something to offer? Let’s try and assess the opportunities that the American Express card provides:

  1. Rewards and benefits: Let’s take a sample card to understand the type of rewards at store for us – let’s take for our case Amex’s Platinum card. With this card, you can get up to $200 credit to use for airline fees – the fees that usually bug you like the baggage, flight change, extra legroom, upgrades). You can also avail frequent flyer points every time you travel. Also while booking Uber, you are eligible to get $15 per month in credits (plus a $20 bonus in December).
  2. Get free access to Lounges: Many lounges only have VIP access. With American Express you can easily get access to lounges like these.
  3. Free hotel upgrades: You are eligible for free hotel upgrades if you use an American Express card.
  4. Join the elite class: Be a part of the elite class and get on the guest list of several happening parties.
  5. Shop anywhere and everywhere: American Express is accepted in all leading outlets and showrooms.
  6. Promos for new customers: New customers can avail from the promotional offers they have for first time users.

So follow the 1975 brand slogan would have you believe, ‘Don’t Leave Home without It.’

American Express Log In: How to Sign in to AMEX?

Here’s how you can easily access your American Express log in benefits online:

  1. Visit the website:
  2. Select the type of account from the drop down menu.
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  4. Check the ‘Remember Me’ box if you are accessing it from your personal computer for faster access.
  5. Click the ‘Log In’ button.
  6. You are now logged in and can start enjoying using the services of American Express card online.

American Express Mobile services: How to Use Them?

American Express has been a pioneer of the credit revolution. Hence the company understands the importance of being able to go cashless and yet have a 24/7 access to financial services on the go. Even when you open the American Express log in page, you would notice a small footnote: “Download the Amex app and manage your account whenever, wherever.”

So the Amex app is indeed a result of continued efforts in innovation and research.

What can you do with the Amex app?

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  • View and download your last 6 month statements in PDF.
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American Express Log In on Your iPhone:

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American Express Log In on Your Android Phone:

  1. Download the Amex app from the Play Store:
  2. When you open the app, the launch page will ask for your User ID and Password credentials.
  3. Enter them and click on the ‘Log In’ button.
  4. You will be directed to your account summary.

What if You Still Can Not Log in to American Express?

If you face issues during your American Express log in , do not panic thinking that your attempts at login might block your card. Most of the times, you can troubleshoot them yourself.

  1. Check if your caps lock is on.
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    • Go to Settings and then Apps.
    • Select Amex.
    • Then check ‘Clear Cache/clear Data’
    • Select Force Stop.
    Try logging in again.
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    • Android: 4.1

Forgot Your AMEX Password? Here is How to Reset it

Here’s what you need to do if you ever forget your AMEX Password:

  1. Go to the American Express log in page:
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  5. Then you will reach the final step: Finish. Here you can set your new password.

How to Enroll to American Express Online Banking

You would need an online account to reap the benefits of the 24/7 access to your credit card account. Here’s how you can do so:

  1. Go to the login page:
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  4. Click Confirm to proceed.
  5. Then you will set up your account by furnishing personal details and proceed to the final step: Finish

American Express Customer Care number: 1-800-528-4800

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Archive for April 2010

No Mean Feet

April 11, 2010

Another Tumblr rip off- same tumblr, so again I can’t credit the artist..

I love the movement in this shot, the repetition of all the dancer’s feet in the air at once – it captures the synchronicity of dance in a way that is difficult in a still shot.Obviously a fast shutter speed has been used to freeze the dancers without any movement blur.

The shot is obviously being lit by the window in the background which provides a very organic, earnest atmosphere – the floor appears nicely textured and gives the audience a sense of the countless hours of training that have been conducted here.

Dappled Light Portrait

April 11, 2010

I pilfered this image from Tumblr and the person hosting it hadn’t credited the photographer, so therefore I can’t….

It’s a beautiful portrait & I chose it because of the dappled light which I think adds a summery effect to the shot. Relatively shallow depth of field blurs the background, not so much that it is unrecognisable, but enough to make the model pop- the photographer has captured lovely catchlights in the models eyes- possibly through the use of a reflector as the sun seems to be on her back.


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Well Defined Lasts

My friend Kitti ( is a sage who says that raising kids is sad sometimes because, while you always record their “firsts,” you never really know when their “lasts” are happening, so you cannot mark them in time or savor them while they happen.  True.  When was my son’s last sippy cup?  His last snooze in a car seat?  His last, “sing one more song, mommy!” before bed? I really don’t know, and that makes my heart a bit nostalgic for what “last” I might have overlooked today.

Moving is different.  Well-defined lasts abound.  Tonight was to be our last family dinner in our home, but a track meet ran late, so we ate on the fly rather than around the table.  That just-missed-last has me choked up tonight.

I just took my second to last shower in my shower upstairs.  I’ve carted the last load of groceries into my big-‘ole kitchen.  And, this afternoon, I helped a twelve-year-old sort through the last of his scattered and under bed (even in bed!) toys to decide what stays and what goes.  Head in hands, half way through, he lamented, “downsizing is HARD, mom.”  Yes, son, today it is.

Dread is a pretty disgusting emotion.  It’s heavy and dark and lumpy and doesn’t really fit.  Not that I dread moving, but I dread leaving.  I dread my next 48 hours of last.

As with this whole move, I think of my refugee friends.  I wonder how many lasts were unable to fit into neatly labeled cardboard boxes or carefully sorted piles.  I wonder how many good-byes were whispered, lonely into nighttime pillows rather than offered with loving hugs or savored over coffee.  I wonder how it feels to be ripped rather than gently pried away from a home.  It must hurt deeply, and the dread must linger more fully, when lasts aren’t marked and counted.

So today, I am trying to appreciate my cognizance of all of the lasts.

“Who has done this and carried it through, calling forth the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord—with the first of them and with the last—I am He.” Isaiah 41:4

Human Venn Diagram

We are moving on Friday, and I am feeling a lot like a human Venn Diagram.

I know, that’s weird, but I teach English so cut me some slack.

Every time I drive out of my neighborhood in Peachtree Corners, I begin to mentally do the compare and contrast in my head.  It’s mostly contrast.Venn Diagram

Here’s what my head sounds like…

I love my brick house, but I’ve always wanted to live in a little frame house, too.

That silly crack in our garage isn’t going to be there to bug me anymore, but I wonder if living wrapped in asbestos shingles will be any less bothersome to my OCD self.

My closet now holds nearly four times the stuff that the new closet will hold. (Doug did the linear square feet…I love my accountant husband.)  Can I confidently say that only one in four pairs of my shoes are favorite-enough to make the cut?

Our dog will love having a fenced yard. Now she hates going outside in the wide expanse of the front yard, where small dogs feel perpetually unsafe.

The QT will be so far away! Ahh, but the Farmers Market will be around the corner!

Suburban aesthetics are so soothing sometimes, so symmetrical and clean.  But in Clarkston, I get to exercise my quirkiest decorating whims because it’s “all good.”

I won’t keep going. That would be painful for you (and for me), but you get the picture.  There is much in the way of contrast going on.  I could be a photo lab for all of the contrasting images I’m sorting through.

So, my Venn has big, wide outside circles and a pretty skinny overlapping part. Let’s see, what’s inside that little wedge?

My kids will be there. (Good, because I thoroughly enjoy them, 85% of the time.)

I get to take my favorite books, my Burt’s Bees chap stick, my pillow, and my coffee pot.  Oh, and my desk.  I think I’ve figured out where my desk will go.  That’s real progress, folks.

The accountant husband will be there, and I’m totally fond of him.

And, not to spiritualize this silly English teacher exercise, but I am so thankful that Jesus promises that He is Immanuel in all situations.  All yards.  All closets.  All gas stations.  All garages or asbestos.  Always.

So, I think I’ll have to say that the compare part wins.  Thank you, Lord, that stuff really isn’t central.


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