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“Cool Guy Game” vs Real Value | There are No “Hacks” in Game

For the second time today, I’m inspired by the Chateau Heartiste. Both times related to “pickup techniques.” And the theme for me today is VALUE.

Posted ^ earlier today.

That is about a Heartiste’s post where Chuck shows us how to game a girl by “telling her how you will seduce her.” It’s a great post. And it looks like excellent game to me. It’s an example of exploiting “the fourth wall,” but in a clever way that could actually work.

And what I like about it is the ironic relationship that Chuck’s game has to the samples of game techniques that it draws from. Here is an example to show what I mean:

CHUCK: “I can see your interest level is peaking. Here comes the best part. Right when I notice your interest level is high, I disqualify myself as a potential lover.”

In the post, Chuck says this ^ to the girl.

And that’s is hysterical “fourth wall” game, as I see it. Yes, it IS funny to point out to the girl the techniques you’re using to seduce her. But for me, it’s extra awesome to take a bunch of flat-footed pickup techniques, and run them all together, narrating your own game as you go. It’s funny for me… as it’s the “greatest hits” of newbie dreams of how to run pickup. And it’s funny to the girl… because she knows that stuff isn’t actually working on her, and his arrogant confidence in those techniques comes off as PARODY. It’s “I know that you know that I know I’m being a social retard” game… done so well, it’s social genius (aka, it’s “charming”).

All this is super funny for me… as many of the guys that advocate these techniques are actual social retards. When Chuck clowns all that, in a perfect way, I love it.

Per the example… here Chuck is specifically telling the girl he’s using disqualification to “make her chase.” She is not actually chasing at this point in the example. But she is probably terribly amused. It’s excellent.

But this is a vaguely subtle scenario here… as a lot of guys would take each of those “pickup truism” as gospel. They might get that this is supposed to be funny. But they might also falsely believe that those techniques are relevant to their own game… and for most guys… these techniques are not relevant at all.

And this gets me to the point I want to make in this post:

The pickup community, LOVES techniques where we are “elusive” and “mysterious” and we “neg” and we “give zero fucks” and “we say less than her” and of course all this… “makes her chase.”

There is some truth to all of that… but under one very important condition:

You have to have what we call VALUE… a LOT OF VALUE… or these techniques are empty bullshit.

For most guys… hungry guys… looking to get laid… who probably have few options and little experience or success… “make her chase” is completely irrelevant advice. It’s total and complete bullshit for most guys.

These techniques are what I call “cool guy game.” And they are cool… when high-value, cool guys use them. For everyone else (which is most times they are attempted)… they are demonstrations of poor social skills… or worse.

Let’s look at some specific examples of community voices pushing this kind of advice:

This ^ is from my Twitter feed today.

So, is that true? Is it true that in ANY SOCIAL INTERACTION, the one who exerts less effort has higher status? We know pickup guys LOVE to say this kind of thing… but is it true?

No. No, that’s fucking retarded. This is dipshit PUA advice of the worst kind. And the community is full of it. I feel bad for new guys… trying to wade through this garbage.

Every single leader, that is actively leading, is exerting more effort than his followers, and has higher status, at the same time.

Every time the quarterback from the football team walks up to the cheerleader, teases her, calls her a “brat,” snaps her bra and walks off with his buddies while she blushes and is passive and speechless… he was exerting effort, he was leading, she wasn’t chasing… and he had ALL the status.

We are not all “quarterbacks” but this ^ is much more practical advice for guys that want success with women than “cool guy game.” This ^ we can do. The “exert less effort” has some truth to it, but for most men, that is terrible advice.

And yet I see the “make her chase” platitude every single day. So boring. So “keyboard jockey.” So “one size fits all”… when that is NOT how game works. Game is NOT a one size fits all phenomenon. Game is about calibration. About who she is. About who we are. And how to connect the dots in each of those unique combinations.

Until you have real value… “cool guy game” doesn’t not apply to you. Not sure if I’m talking about you? If girls aren’t paying a lot of attention to you (which doesn’t necessarily mean they are chasing)… you don’t have the kind of value that would make “cool guy game” applicable to you.

I am taking a hard look at myself right now… and I don’t really have the kind of value that I need to make those techniques work. And I am a VERY successful guy in a dozen disciplines. Even in game… I’m a “proven” thing. I can find/meet/attract/close YHT… even in a foreign land. But even so… most “cool guy game” isn’t made for me. And that doesn’t mean I can’t get laid from game… it just means that these techniques mostly aren’t for me… I will run different game… if I want it to work.

Back to this example… what happens when you’re low or relatively-low value, and you “exert less effort?” What happens? Nothing fucking happens. You get ignored. And you should ignored. You’re a low value dude, doing nothing… that is not attractive and it never will be.

Most of us… myself included… A LOT OF THE TIME… and with almost every single girl that I cold approach (that didn’t give me an IOI)… we start at “low value,” or “unknown value,” and we build up from there. That is real for most guys. That is the reality of game for most guys. It’s not weird… but it’s a long way away from a place where “cool guy” routines will work.

I think “cool guy game” is most often the “go to move” for to two very different groups of men:

First, 1.) actual cool guys. They, by definition, have value. Could be they are good looking, or famous, or naturals, or their game is practiced and solid, etc. They can “exert less effort” and look like “the buyer” and all that. And let’s be real… this is NOT most of us. This is NOT me… in most situations. Sometimes this is me… but most of the time, no.

And the second group of guys that this “cool guy game” appeals to are 2.) Low value guys, that are looking for “tricks.” These guys are mostly fools. I’ve been that kind of “fool” before… back when I thought some significant percentage of pickup was about “the line” or some “hack” that would “work” to help me “get the girl.” I laugh at that shit now.

Over and over and over… game comes down to VALUE. Game is a way to “showcase value.” Sometimes your game itself IS value… and that is sort of what is happening with Chuck in the Heartiste piece above.

Game is active. It’s about going “towards.” It’s about creating something. It’s about taking risks… which means being real, in some way or another. Game is not about “hacks.” That whole line of thinking is “gamma bait.”

Here are some quotes from Krauser about gamma qualities that is close to the heart of this post:

“The gamma’s strategy, fundamentally, is to climb, not though having value… but to have a ‘secret system.'”

“The gamma knows that he is not tough enough or courageous enough or athletic enough to be like, say, an alpha fighter… So he’s got to sort his ego out to be tough in another way… so he figures out a ‘secret system.'”

“You can probably see why pickup attracts a disproportionate amount of gammas… it’s a way to get the hot girl without really deserving them. And that is like catnip to gammas.”

Notice that reference to VALUE in the first line above…

I’ll get back on track… but I think Krauser is nailing WHY this kind of technique is so overplayed, and has so much appeal, to so many community guys… they fundamentally don’t get the VALUE piece. They avoid that part of the work.

They get feedback that they are low value, consistently, so they avoid the value game… and look for a “hack.” I think this is very common for new guys (I did it… in part because I didn’t know better at the time). But for some guys… for “Super Gammas”… this will always be the preferred path. And avoidance of building value… avoiding the real internal work of game… and a search for a “technique” or a “hack” that will work with women that will otherwise reject them.

And of course… there is no such thing. There are no hacks to game.

Here is another example of this “cool guy game” thinking in the community:

“You need to show her you have all of that, and more… by being 100% chill, nonchalant, and non-reactive in the way you talk to her. No matter what she says, or does… you have to genuinely not give a fuck.”
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See guys? Just “don’t give a fuck” and she’ll chase you. It’s that simple.

Except it isn’t. This “don’t give a fuck” is another retarded meme from the community.

I’d argue 90% of the guys that say that… totally give a fuck. They really, really give a fuck. I know I give a fuck… I do. And saying “I give zero fucks” is a way of pretending. It’s completely transparent, and no one is convinced at all. It’s more lame “cool guy game” from guys that aren’t actually cool. And the community pushes this CONSTANTLY.

If you actually ARE high value, actually in demand, actually distracted by some kind of real abundance in your life… then your “not giving a fuck” will be a BYPRODUCT of your actual badass lifestyle. “Trying” to be a guy that just doesn’t give a fuck looks like “trying.” No one believes that stuff. It looks like a guy that is “laboring” to look at ease. It’s fake, uncalibrated nonsense.

The thing about pickup advice is this… most guys aren’t that cool. Especially not in the beginning. A lot of the time… even “cool guys” aren’t that cool. Even very cool guys, when they are “taking a risk” will show “uncool” sides of themselves. That is normal. And when you’re in an “uncool state,” all this “cool guy game” will not work for you. You will look like an ass.

Chuck’s “routine” in that Heartiste post is brilliant, in part because of that aspect of parody. A “straight” version of that could work… but it would be less over the top. And it wouldn’t have a jokey vibe. And there would be fewer “techniques” in it. And it would work when a very confident man delivered it in a solid, professorial way. And she would get quiet, not giggly… and she would get turned on. The whole thing would be slow, and quiet, and seductive… if those techniques were being shown in a “straight” way… which they are not.

Chuck’s version works… because most of those pickup platitudes are bullshit when implemented by “low value” guys… so they become a joke in this context… and she laughs. And then Chuck SHOWS VALUE, because he is breaking the rules, and she knows it, and he and she are sharing the joke, and his arrogance is humor (humor is a type of VALUE)… and she loves him for it.

Chucks shtick is bogus “cool guy” techniques transformed into humor. This ^ path will work for some guys that aren’t quite “James Bond,” but are close enough to parody “cool guy game” in an effective way. Their real confidence in this situation comes because they KNOW it’s a parody, not because they believe the tropes in those lines.

For non-cool guys… and for guys that can’t quite pull off the parody… don’t try this. It’s a setup to look like a clueless amateur. And don’t try any of these “cool guy game” techniques. They will fail. You will inspire disgust… not arousal or attraction. Nobody likes a fake.

So this brings me to the last example for the day… fresh off of Heartiste’s site. This is a brand new post called “Preemptive Rejection Game:”

HER: Can I pet your dog?
PLAYER: You’re not my type

HER: Would you like your receipt?
PLAYER: Stop hitting on me

HER: Press the button for 5th floor?
PLAYER: I’m dating someone

HER: Good Morning
PLAYER: Too bad, I’m gay .. Try that guy

He is rejecting her as the opener. Is this ^ good game?

I think it’s hysterically good game… for a very small group of high value guys that can pull it off.

Take the 2nd example: “Stop hitting on me,” as said to the girl at the super market. What kind of “vibe” would it take to pull that off? What kind of man would you have to be to make that effective?

If you are a badass guy, that is getting IOIs all day long, that is dripping with sexual threat… and you roll up to the checkout girl… and there is tension because of your presence… everyone in line can “feel” you… and she offers you the receipt and you accuse her of hitting you… it works. She gets it… even if she is not flirting with you. She gets it… because you are a guy that stinks of sex and is generally badass… so of course the comment makes sense to her. It’s arrogant, but it’s rational. That guy really IS that badass. So accusing her of hitting on him… is funny, but it’s also realistic… yes, she might want to flirt with a guy like that… most girls would.

The guy that can pull that off… is high value.

This mandatory quality that the guy be genuinely HIGH VALUE… is what is missing from all this game advice.

Now imagine some slightly nervous, average guy, with mediocre fashion, that is a bit unsure of himself when he drops that line… it will be flat. It’ll be worse than flat. It’ll be uncalibrated and weird. It won’t be “1/2 a point of value,” it’ll be -10 value. “Too bad, I’m gay,” from that guy, will come off as… creepy confusion for everyone involved. And more than likely, she’ll think you actually are gay, and that you are inappropriate about talking about it, and it won’t matter (other than you’ll be a social pariah), because it won’t be in the realm of flirting at all.

In the community, we do a terrible job talking about “types.” Types… as in “not everyone is the same.” Not the girls… and not the guys. We are all different types. And that means that we need game that applies to our specific place in the SMP.

We could start talking about “types” by saying there are “cool guys” and “intermediate players” and “game-aware newbies” and the totally clueless. Those are some “types.” And most of the techniques we’re highlighting in this post will ONLY work (in a predictable way) for the cool guys. And these techniques will work for the intermediate guys when they are “in top form” or with a girl that already likes them. And they will never work for newbies. Period. They will never work for gammas. Not at all.

Back to my point about BYPRODUCTS… I know from my own experience that when the girl already likes me (for whatever reason), I naturally do “cool guy game” without trying. It’s a byproduct of the chemistry with a girl when I really am high value, and she knows it, and I know she knows it. I’m not forcing it. It’s not a “hack.” The value is real… so the “cool guy game” byproducts are real too.

This ^ is how “cool guy game” actually works.

One last example to take us home…

TRUE OR FALSE: Telling a girl “no” is good game?

I can’t think of the source, but I saw this one in my Twitter feed in the last week as well. Some guy preaching how guys need to say “no” to girls more. So is that good game? Well… it depends.

I know, from my personal experience that I can tell a girl “no”… when she is already chasing me. There it is again… “chase game.”

It really can’t be done intentionally. Or rather… it will always be watered down when you try to “force it,” because it’s not coming from real value. Girls chase value. Girls will never chase sub-value guys using “techniques” that they are not ready to own.

This Korean girl I know… is a mess… and she chases me… and I tell her “no” all the time. And I can do that… because she is chasing me. She knows me very well, and can actually see all my real value (I used to be her boss, she has seen me “kill people” in business, she has seen my work drive real results in terms of big dollars, she has seen other girls chase me, she has seen my house, my art, all of it… this is real VALUE). Notice the order there… she knows I have real-life value. She chases me. Then… then… only then I get to say “no” to her in an effective way.

But how many guys point to the value that is required to make this work? Not enough guys.

For most guys that don’t come off as “cool guy” from the start… in that kind of situation… our job is to hustle. Or job is to “exert effort.” Or job is to SHOW VALUE. It’s an active process. Then, and only then… can we start in with “disqualifying” ourselves and other “cool guy game.”

Yes… we could get the value proposition right quickly. It happens to me, sometimes, instantly, right as I approach. And then I can jump right into “cool guy game.” But again… be honest with yourself… are you that guy? Most of the time, I am not… not instantly. Very often I become “cool guy” after a date or two.

My recommendation for all the guys out there that aren’t quite “cool guy” (yet) is… work on your goddamn value. That… is where the opportunity is for most of us. It’s one part “work on your value” and one part “go talk to girls.” We do both at the same time. We don’t need negs. We don’t really need more “funny lines.” Disqualifying ourselves to the girls will go exactly nowhere most of the time… until we have VALUE.

Keep talking to girls (don’t wait to start that… face to face skill with girls, is its own kind of value)… but beyond that… you need to work on developing value… and then REALLY FEELING IT, on the inside. This is INNER GAME. Yes, we back to that.

“Cool guy game” most works… when your inner game is so tight, that SHE CAN SEE IT… she FEELS how credible your value is… because you know it… you reek of value… you FEEL it… so then… and only then… does “chase me” game work.

Value… is a million things. Today… I talked to 17 girls on the street. It wasn’t hard for me. I am genuinely confident and comfortable talking to girls. I EARNED IT… by talking to over 4000 girls in my daygame sessions alone. I did the work… and that VALUE is mine. So when I approach a girl… not always… but often… it’s not my lines that she is responding to… it’s my dead calm at talking to her… which is rare…and she knows it… but it’s real… so she sees VALUE.

I strongly encourage guys to avoid these bullshit techniques… at least unless your “special meter” is maxed out. At least try to get WHY they work (when the work). When you’re super on… or she’s already into you… that’s the time to use this kind of “cool guy” shit. Yes girls… strong Maybe girls… when you’re feeling hot… those kinds of situations.

For the rest of the time… be real with yourself and the girl. Drop the cool guy gamma hacks. Be funny. Be bold. Step up and be earnest about something… earnest about your attraction to her… earnest about “giving a fuck,” because you probably DO, in fact, give a fuck… or you wouldn’t have stepped to the girl in the first place.

These “cool guy game” techniques are absolute shit advice… for 90% of guys. And yet, these techniques are “90% of the advice” in the community. Irrelevant platitudes preached out of context.

I love this community, but I would also like to help clean it up… brush some of the intellectual garbage off our streets.

Viva daygame.


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Championship survival and T20 Blast defence on Lancashire’s 2016 agenda

Championship survival and T20 Blast defence on Lancashire’s 2016 agenda

There was a buzzword around Lancashire’s media day. Everywhere you went you found someone talking about ‘stability’. By the end of the afternoon it had racked up more mentions than ‘likeability’ on a Louis Walsh-filled episode of the X Factor.

But it’s easy to see why Lancashire are so keen for a bit of stability as they head in to the 2016 season. Since clinching the Division One title against all odds back in 2011, the side have suffered two relegations and twice climbed back to the top tier.

That yo-yo run has to stop and so coaches and players have made Division One safety their number one priority.

They head into the season with a sense of momentum after a successful 2015. Promotion from Division Two was achieved with relative ease and the T20 side, consistently one of the best in the country, finally clinched the Natwest Blast title.

The club are hopeful that success can carry them on to achieve their goals this campaign.

Head coach Ashley Giles has acknowledged how difficult the step up to Division One will be, but is confident his side can survive.

“I think we are all aware that Division One is going to be tough,” Giles said.

“There’s no need to hide that but that doesn’t mean that we don’t go into every game trying to win it. We’ve got to play some really good cricket and maybe have to over perform but it’s possible.

“There are some strong sides, Yorkshire chasing a third title, Notts have a strong squad, Warwickshire have the strongest squad in the country I would say so it’s going to be challenging.

“But it’s important to look at what we are doing well. If we play as well as we possibly can and they do as well then it will be tough.”

Lancashire start the season with a clash against Nottinghamshire at Old Trafford next Sunday. They were keen to place an emphasis on making a strong start to the campaign and James Anderson, who can play the opening three games, believes the first few weeks will be crucial to their season.

“It’s important from my point of view to get some overs in before the Tests start,” Anderson said.

“But also it’s a big season for Lancashire in four-day cricket. We want to get a little bit of stability and stay in Division One. A good start to the season will be crucial to that and I’ll be trying to play my part in that.

“We’ve not quite got it right as a team since 2011, we’ve been too inconsistent in the four-day stuff. It’s frustrating as a supporter because you want success for your team.

“It’s hugely important for us to establish ourselves. If you’re stable in four-day cricket it lets you have a good go at everything else. That focus helps and being in a relegation battle is no good so getting off to a good start is crucial.”

After the opening rounds of Championship cricket, Lancashire will turn to the defence of their T20 Blast crown. No side has ever retained the trophy since the inception of the competition in 2003. They will also want to fare better in the Royal London One-Day Cup, having not reached a Lords final since 2006.

Captain Steven Croft insisted that while Championship success was important, challenging across all three formats was his aim for the season.

“We want to stay in this Division and compete to win it,” Croft said.

“We want to sustain our Division One status really for the foreseeable future.

“But I think all three forms are important really, any game you play for this club is a big game. Championship we want to win the Division, no one has ever gone back-to-back in the T20 so that’s an incentive and we haven’t been to a Lords final in quite a long time.

“Across the board we have quite a large squad and a competitive squad as well so hopefully we can keep people fresh, some may be more suited to white ball cricket and we can have different squads as well.

“The young lads are a year further on as well, they won a trophy in the shorter form but will hopefully be hungry for some more trophies.

“We’re all itching to get going and ready to go.”

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Hockey has been at the core of Deerfield’s culture since the program’s inaugural season in 1922. The rich history included numerous New England Championships, the most recent coming in 2003 for the boys program in 2001 for the girls program.

Both the boys and girls varsity hockey teams compete in the Housatonic West League, each playing a 25-game schedule that consistently ranks among the toughest schedules in New England.

Every December, both the boys and girls varsity hockey teams participate in their respective holiday tournaments. The boys varsity hockey team travels to Boston for the Flood-Marr Holiday Tournament. Deerfield won the 2016 Flood-Marr Tournament, defeating Nobles, KUA, and Milton in route to the Championship. The girls varsity hockey team competes in the Edward G. Watkins Tournament hosted by Cushing Academy. Deerfield won the Watkins Tournament in 2018, defeating the host team Cushing Academy, 1-0 in the championship game.

Playing hockey at Deerfield is a truly unique experience. A typical week consists of four practices (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday) with games on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The hockey program’s strong tradition and continued success combines to create an atmosphere that is second to none in the world of prep school athletics.

Winter 2020-2021 Athletic Awards

On Wednesday, during the first School Meeting of the spring term, students and faculty gathered virtually to celebrate the return of students to campus following

Doors of the Week

Congratulations to this week’s final Doors of the Week for the winter 2020-2021 term! Girls Varsity Basketball: Cate Shanahan ’23 This week’s athlete of the

Athletics Week in Review: March 1-7

Deerfield teams had a great final full week of winter practices and competition! Congratulations to students, teams and coaches on a great season! Girls Varsity

Where We Play

Deerfield opened its new state-of-the-art Athletics Complex in the fall of 2018. The new facility includes multiple film rooms, a dedicated shooting and goalie training space, as well as redesigned and expanded coaches’ and players’ locker rooms. Our boys and girls Varsity and Junior Varsity hockey teams compete in the Class of 1993 Ice Rink. Imbedded in cement just below the rink’s surface lie nine miles of plastic piping that circulate 1,000 gallons of ethylene antifreeze to maintain a constant ice temperature of 17 degrees Fahrenheit; a dedicated facilities staff makes sure Deerfield teams always have optimal playing conditions.

College Bound

Over nearly a decade, more than 30 Deerfield players have gone on to play hockey at the college level, the majority playing for Ivy League and NESCAC programs.

Boys Hockey

  • Henry Bishop ’17 – Suffolk University
  • Wiggle Kerbrat ’17 – Wesleyan University
  • Justin Marler ’17 – Hamilton College
  • Bret Pastor ’18 – Middlebury College
  • Noah de la Durantaye ’19  – Princeton University
  • Thomas Gale ’19 – Holy Cross
  • Mikey Holland ’19 – Miami University
  • Sean McAvoy ’19 – Hamilton College
  • Zach Milton ’19 – Middlebury College
  • Sasha Shogren ’19 – Hamilton College
  • Jake Higgins ’20 – Holy Cross
  • Keith Davenport ‘20 – Nazareth College
  • Eamon Doheny ’20 – Trinity College
  • Connor Guest ‘20 – Amherst College
  • Kyle Jarosz ‘20 – Bowdoin College
  • Alton Machen ‘20 – Amherst College
  • Alex Robert ’20 – Trinity College

GIRLS Hockey

  • Katherine Jackson ’15 – Middlebury College
  • Taylor Morash ’16 – Hobart & William Smith
  • Emily Yue ’16 – Harvard
  • Jenna Greenbaum ’17 – Colby
  • Meghan Halloran ’17 – Williams College
  • Ali Dugal ’18 – Bowdoin College
  • Mary Edmonds ’19 – College of the Holy Cross
  • Deirdre Mullowney ’19 – Boston College
  • Jordan Manning 19 – Sacred Heart
  • Christina Halloran ’20 – Williams College

Noteworthy Alumni

Deerfield Alums in the NHL

  • Paul Hurley ’64 (Boston Bruins 1969)
  • Craig Janney ’85 (Boston Bruins 1987 – 1991, St. Louis Blues 1991 – 1994, San Jose Sharks 1994 – 1995, Winnipeg Jets 1995 – 1996, Phoenix Cayotes 1996 – 1998, Tampa Bay Lightning 1998 – 1999, New York Islanders 1998 – 1999)
  • Marty Reasoner ‘95 (St. Louis Blues 1998 – 2001, Edmonton Oilers 2001 – 2005, Boston Bruins 2005 – 2006, Edmonton Oilers 2006 – 2008, Atlanta Thrashers 2008 – 2010, Florida Panthers 2010 – 2011, New York Islanders 2011 – 2013)
  • Ben Lovejoy ’02 (Pittsburgh Penguins 2008 – 2012, Anaheim Ducks 2012 – 2015, Pittsburgh Penguins 2015 – 2016, New Jersey Devils 2016 – 2018, Dallas Stars 2018 – 2019)
  • Alex Killorn ’08 (Tampa Bay Lightning 2012 – Present)
  • Kevin Roy (Anaheim Ducks 2017-2019, Florida Panthers 2019 – Present)
  • Sam Lafferty ’14 (Pittsburgh Penguins 2019 – Present)

Deerfield Alums Currently Playing Professionally

  • Antoine Laganiere ’09 (Straubing Tigers (DEL))
  • Casey DeSmith (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL)
  • Ty Kelleher (IK Oskarshamn (SHL))
  • Ben Masella ’12 (Florida Everblades (ECHL))
  • Trevor Yates ’14 (Reading Royals (ECHL))

Deerfield Alums Coaching Professionally

  • Ty Hennes ’98 (Skill Coach, Pittsburgh Penguins 2018 – Present)
  • Mark Dennehy ’87 (Head Coach, Binghamton Devils (AHL) 2018 – Present)

  1. Brooke Fernandez

    • Head Coach - (Girls): Varsity
  2. Tim McVaugh

    • Head Coach - (Boys): Varsity
  3. Toby Emerson

    • Assistant Coach - (Girls): Varsity
    • Drew Philie

      • Assistant Coach - (Boys): Varsity
    • Genevieve Pitt

      • Assistant Coach - (Girls): Varsity
    • Robertson Howe

      • Assistant Coach - (Boys): Junior Varsity
    • Sean Keller

      • Assistant Coach - (Girls): Junior Varsity
    • Joseph Lyons

      • Assistant Coach - (Boys): Junior Varsity
    • Brian Persons

      • Assistant Coach - (Girls): Junior Varsity

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Deerfield students are encouraged to step outside their comfort zone and try new experiences. If a student wishes to play a new sport, then he/she can participate in tryouts along with the other athletes, and will be placed according to their skill level. Most sports at Deerfield have multiple teams, so those new to a particular sport will usually have the opportunity to play at an appropriate level. Beginners should be sure to notify the coach if they require guidance in navigating a new sport.

    Students are required to participate in a co-corricular each term. “Co-curriculars” do not necessarily have to be an interscholastic sport. Other options include community service, dance, theater, recreational sports, or even managing a sport. Additionally, students with talents in certain areas such as the arts may apply for a co-curricular exemption, in which they pursue their talent under the guidance of a Deerfield faculty member. Freshmen and sophomores are encouraged to participate in at least two terms of interscholastic athletics per year.

    Varsity candidates will typically have preseason tryouts before school begins, and therefore should plan on arriving three or more days early. Coaches notify candidates during the summer if they should arrive early, and arrival dates are posted on the Deerfield Academy calendar.

    Deerfield does provide laundry services for athletic clothing. Students should be aware that due to turnaround time they may want to have multiple sets of clothing to avoid any problems.

    Each sport holds tryouts at the beginning of the season to determine appropriate placement for students trying out. Deerfield does its best to put all of its students in the position to succeed and grow as athletes, and these efforts are reflected in the composition of its teams.

    All students, faculty, and staff can seek help from Deerfield’s skilled athletic training staff regardless of their involvement in Deerfield athletics.

    Certain equipment, including game uniforms and practice clothing, is provided by the Athletic Stockroom. Some non-clothing items are also available for loan upon request, or available to purchase through the Athletic Store. Because each sport has varying equipment needs, students should be in touch with their coach or the stockroom staff when they arrive on campus. If students need to purchase athletic equipment or clothing not found in the Athletic Store or stockroom, they can usually find it at any one of several local retail stores.

    Recreational sports are typically open to juniors and seniors as a co-curricular option, but some may allow underclassmen to participate with the coach’s permission.

    The athletic facilities, including the gym, pool, tennis courts, and squash courts, are open to all students, faculty, and staff during their hours of operation. At the beginning of the year all students participate in an orientation that walks them through proper use of the fitness center, and all new students take a required swim test before they can use the pool. Hours for athletic facilities are posted online.

    Contact Athletics

    Office West Gym
    Mail PO Box 36
    Deerfield, MA 01342


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Newsletter Index and Archives

Copies of the newsletter of the Delaware Genealogical Society have been available online to members for some time now.  Thanks to some very hard work of long-time member Lloyd Maier, we now have an index to newsletters published between July 1978 and 2004.
There is volume index, a name index, and a subject index, all available as PDF documents.  To use these, you need to:
  • Search for a name or topic in the name or subject index,
  • Find the corresponding entry in the volume index, and
  • Access the online copy that contains the information you’re looking for.
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As an example, we find in the name index that Priscilla LeCompte is found at 11-2-4, which translates as volume 11, issue 2, page 4.  Looking at the volume index, we find that volume 11 was published in 1991 and that there were 5 issues during that year.  The second issue would therefore have been the March issue.  On page 4 of that issue, we find an entry for Priscilla LeCompte who married William Morris.
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Is Your Organization GDPR-Compliant?

The world of data will never be the same: on May 25, 2018,the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) came into full force and effect, changing the way individuals and organizations handle personal data, not only within the EU, but globally. The GDPR builds on existing law not only by standardizing and strengthening the data rights of 511 million EU citizens, but by extending enforcement of these rights to any company that processes or controls EU citizens’ data, with limited exception. The EU first adopted the new data privacy regime in April 2016 and, while penalties for non-compliance can be severe, The Economist estimates that 60% of covered organizations are “not ready” to attain compliance with the GDPR.

Scope, Goals, & Comparison

The goals of the GDPR are threefold: 1) enhanced protection of EU citizens’ data, 2) harmonization of EU data privacy laws, and 3) expanded and more stringent enforcement. Covered “data” encompasses any information collected that could directly or indirectly identify an EU citizen including, but not limited to, names, photographs, e-mail addresses, banking information, social networking posts, medical information, and IP addresses. Globally, the GDPR will extend the reach of the EU’s revamped data laws to all foreign companies that “offer goods or services to, or monitor the behavior of, EU data subjects,” regardless of whether the company or the data in question physically reside within the EU. Additionally, non-EU companies engaging in large-scale processing of user data may be required to appoint a compliance representative within the EU. Foreign companies, like their European counterparts, face the same penalties for non-compliance with the GDPR’s mandates.

User Autonomy: Right of Access, Erasure, and Portability

Several key user autonomy rights set out in the GDPR will have the most significant impact on organizations handling EU citizens’ personal data. These include the three complimentary user rights of access, erasure, and portability. Additionally, privacy measures will be required by default, where appropriate, in the collection, storage, use, and dissemination of data

First, right of access provisions allow end-users to require a data controller to provide confirmation that personal data is being processed, where it is being processed, and for what purpose. Upon request by an end-user, a data controller is also required to provide a copy of data to the user free of charge in an electronic format. Thus, covered companies will need to gauge the likely frequency of such requests and develop the means to ensure sufficient responses to user data requests.

Additionally, the right to be forgotten (“data erasure” within the GDPR) allows a user to require a data controller to permanently delete and cease further dissemination of the user’s personal data. Also, the user may require the controller to instruct third parties to cease processing the user data. In addition to developing policies and procedures to ensure compliance with first-party user deletion requests, companies will need enforceable and robust business associate agreements that provide a right for the company to mandate third-party destruction and ensure compliance. Additionally, the GDPR requires that controllers must simultaneously weigh users’ rights against the “public interest in the availability of the data.” The complete range of scenarios under which an organization could decline a user deletion request is unclear, but would certainly encompass evidence of a crimes or other major wrongdoing such aspublicfraud. Thus,companies may be required to implement some procedures to ensure that honoring a deletion request does not enable a criminal cover-up.

Further, the GDPR also requires data portability for users, i.e., the ability for a user to take data from one data controller to another in a “commonly used machine readable format.” In conjunction with the right to be forgotten, users should theoretically be able to move all their data from one provider to another as if it were a piece of physical property.

Facilitating the user rights of access, erasure, and portability will present significant logistical and policy considerations for companies. With the rapid growth and availability of cloud computing, some organizations will opt to provide an online portal whereby users can access, account for, obtain, and require deletion of their data. Specialized vendors will provide these services to the great proportion of companies who opt to not perform these sophisticated tasks in-house. Companies will need to assess the quality of services and legal implications for their use.

Privacy by Design/Default

In addition to the rights of access, portability, and erasure, meaningful privacy options must now be provided to users by data controllers through both technical and organizational measures by default. The GDPR will require controllers to limit their retention and processing of user data to only the extent “absolutely necessary” to complete the organization’s duties. Non-end-user access to data must alsobelimitedtoan“as-needed”basis. Onthetechnicalside,companieswillneedtoauditdatagathering processes and products to identify what types of data are being gathered and the privacy measures in place. Database encryption will also become a critical back-end technical component of ensuring privacy by default. HTTPS protocols should be implemented at all web-level interactions with end users. On the organizational side, an audit of policies and procedures and of external business associate agreements will be required to identify appropriate compliance with ensuring users’ privacy. Companies will need to curtail the sale of personal data to third parties without user consent. At the user point of contact, reasonable opt-outs must be provided and honored. Terms of service must clearly set out users’ privacy rights and how the organization ensures compliance with those rights.

Companies who wish to obtain, control, and process personal data must obtain clear and unambiguous consent to do so from users. Consent must now be obtained in a context not obscured by a volume of information or fine print. Users must be able to withdraw consent to the processing of data just as easily as it is given. Explicit “opt-in” consent must be required for obtaining and processing of certain sensitive personal information (e.g., data revealing racial or ethnic origin).

Data Breaches

Under the GDPR, a data “breach” is defined as an “accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.” Where a breach is identified, a covered organization must notify a state’s supervising authority within 72 hours of first notice of the breach. The GDPR will require mandatory notification of data breaches to the end-user “without undue delay” where a breach is likely to result in “risk for the rights and freedoms of individuals.” A likely example would involve disclosure of personal banking or financial information.

Given the frequency and magnitude of data breaches affecting companies in the U.S., inadvertent data breaches likely present the greatest source of future penalties and litigation under the GDPR. Other than HIPAA, the current legal landscape in the U.S. pertaining to data breaches consists of a 50-state patchwork of varying state laws and regulations. Despite recent efforts to pass and implement data breach legislation and a comparable “Data Privacy Bill of Rights,” U.S. Congressional efforts have proved unsuccessful. As data breach insurance has become increasingly available in the U.S., Companies’ evaluation of such products should include whether coverage includes enforcement penalties under the GDPR.

While a single set of rules now govern all EU member states, member states are required to establish their own independent supervisory authorities (SA’s) to adjudicate complaints and administrative actions (a state-by-state list is provided here). If a covered company commits a serious breach of the GDPR’s mandates—such as a violation of core privacy practices or rules pertaining to user consent—maximum fines can be as high as the greater of 4% of annual global revenue or €20 million (approximately $25 million USD, $31 million CDN). Maximum penalties are expected to be rare and reserved for the most serious breach of regulation. A system of graduated penalties exist for less serious infractions.

The impact of the GDPR on the business of information cannot be overstated. For organizations within the U.S., the most meaningful comparison that can be drawn to the GDPR is with HIPAA. Thus, companies that collect, process, and maintain protected health information may be the best positioned to become leaders in GDPR compliance. But for all companies, significant but attainable safeguards can be implemented. Organizational measures include development and implementation of policies and vendor contracts that ensure the principles of “minimum necessary” collection of user data and “as- needed” access by non-end-users. Internal policies should require non-use of external portable USB drives, appropriate storage of credentials, and locks on workstations with access to sensitive data. From a technical standpoint, measures such as two-factor authentication, database encryption, and HTTPS protocol at web-level access points will become expected practice. Ultimately, because of the size of the EU and the value of access to its citizens’ data, the GDPR may function as the model guideline for companies who work in the business of personal data. Facebook, for example, has announced that it will adopt the GDPR standards universally across its platform. Will your organization be ready?

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What I like best about this, is that the people doing the loudest complaining about the easy, effective, and CHEAP countermeasures are the least observant of those countermeasures. And that means that we all have to keep masking up, washing our hands frequently, and stay socially distant because they can't follow simple instructions. Then they complain some more.

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Breathe Well book is divided up into chapters of how we spend our lives, from breathwork techniques to practice in the shower, conscious breathing exercises for when we are at work, to breath-focused meditations for when our head hits the pillow.

Aimee was passionate about including a chapter about her School Breathe programme, which delivers guided online breathwork techniques straight into the classroom.

The school environment can often be a catalyst for our very first feelings of stress and anxiety.  From entering a new environment full of new faces to the added pressure of tests and exams, taking a breathwork practice into the classroom can allow children and teachers to learn new ways to manage stress for how we breathe has a direct effect on how we feel.

The School Breathe programme provides over 40 guided breath work and mindfulness techniques, in bite-sized video and audio formats, to help children and teachers learn effective and healthy ways to manage stress and anxiety.

Presented by a team of breath coaches, mindfulness teachers, mental health professionals and yoga teachers, the programme includes a full variety of scientifically proven techniques including breath count exercises for improved concentration, breathing meditations to encourage a calmer state of mind and breath-led techniques to manage emotions, along with audio visualisations to help develop confidence and help alleviate and manage mental health issues.

The School Breathe programme can help both children and their teachers to feel more present and focused, thus enhancing both the learning and teaching experience. Presented by one of the School Breathe experts, schools can receive a weekly breath-focused exercise, in video format, to practice throughout the academic year, accompanied by printable tips and advice to help you and your pupils integrate breathwork into your school day.

The programme already reaches over 2,500 children and Aimee is passionate about taking the programme into more schools this year.  If you think your school maybe interested, please tell them about www.schoolbreathe.com today!

We asked Aimee some questions as part of our Unwind Your Mind series.

  1. What helps you unwind the best?
    Breathwork and yoga aside, I literally feel the day melt away when I go for a solo walk in the countryside. Lone time is rare with two children in tow and nature is the best medicine. If I am lucky, two strolls a day is my ideal down time. A short brisk walk (I love  a hill!) in the morning for inspiration and a longer, slower saunter in the evening will see my mind let go of any over thinking and I always return a happier, calmer person. Any single moment I can grab in my newly purchased hammock is guaranteed to make me feel like I have not a single worry in the world.
    2. What part of the book writing did you enjoy the most.
    Practicing all the breath techniques as I wrote was fun and obviously calming on my frazzled (I had a 10-week deadline) nervous system. If the book had been about any other subject matter, I am not sure I would have coped so well. The most enjoyable part was being so involved in the design side of things, which I did not think I would have any say in. I really wanted the book to be a calming experience from the moment you opened the page. The simple, subtle illustrations along with the colour palette offers the reader a sense of peace and space and the publisher and editor made sure I was involved every step of the way.
    3. During Covid what would you suggest is a good way of unwinding when
    in close proximity to your family most of the time?
    From 7am – bedtime, there’s not much space in this house for solo relaxation so I make sure we do a few activities a day that make me happy. I take the kids out for a walk and we paint and cook. These are all activities they (now!) love as much as I do and I think if you can weave in a bit of ‘me’ into the ‘we’ of the group situation you end up going to bed a little happier each evening.


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Thursday, April 17, 2014

Garden Thursday

Hello and welcome to Garden Thursday with Virginger.

Welcome my friends to the winter that never ends! Yes, we got a little bit of snow this past week. The top picture is from the back on Monday evening.
 These next three are from Tuesday AM. You can just see my back sitting down below the fake gull! Yes it was cold out, but I am a hardy squillion who can take the cold.

But at least it wasn't cold enough to snow over the weekend when we got nearly 3 inches of rain! Man, if that had been snow, we probably still wouldn't be shoveled out!

 Like the boys showed on Caturday, we do have a few flowers. The older crocus are pushing up and blooming in the front bed through the old leaves.

 But here are a few new ones that mum planted, these are yellow. Mum even thinks some of our bulbs didn't get dug up with the destruction last fall, so some old and new daffs and tulips are up but not yet bloomed.
Ducky being my buddy and helping to snoopervise from inside. Love ya dude!

That is it for this week, see you soon. Love, Virginger.

  1. Ha! I love this garden post because it looked a heck of a lot like mine :)! A spot of color, a bit of snow!

  2. Ducky is the sensible one Virginger - snoopervising from the warmth inside!

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  3. meowloz virginger & hi ta D & D....good ta see sum signz oh spring bee headed yur way...we wood hate ta think ya had ta change yur blog postz two....veggies with virginger & due a grocery post ....tho food doez sound good !!! ...anyway...heerz hopin everee one haza safe, happee N burd free Easturr ♥

  4. 3 inches of snow on Monday! Today, the sun is out and the crocus are coming up. Yippee!

  5. You are right Virginger, you are hardy and don't let the cold bother you, not like those boys.

  6. The snow we got the other day is all gone now...YAY! And it is warming up a little. Now if only we could get some flowers blooming.

  7. Crocus are hardy plants. They survived our ice storm this week. Ducky knows that house cats should be inside where it’s warm.

  8. What a fantastic garden tour. Love your gull--much better than the real thing. You can't IMAGINE how much those things POOP! ;-) Hope you have a great evening, Virginger, Derby, Ducky and Mom too!

  9. We are glad the rain wasnt SNOW! Just think, 3" rain wouldda been 30" snow... EEK!

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GP EM at Anti Bedroom tax demo

Councillor Richard Mallander and candidate Katharina Boettge are among the Green Party people in this photo taken at Nottingham’s Anti-Bedroom Tax protest yesterday. Other party members were circulating, mingling and sharing leaflets about real alternatives to the cuts. Simon Hales and myself were stewards for the event, helping to ensure safety for those taking part. As this tax targets children and those with disabilities, young families and people with mobility and sight problems were in the crowds. People came in support of others. One little girl told me proudly that her Sylvanian family bunnies were ready to protest with banners against the bedroom tax she made for them herself. Nottingham Pensioners Action Group (NPAG) were out in force as people from different organisations and none joined to say ‘no’ to those least able to pay and least to blame for the financial troubles being expected to pay most. From the far…

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How refined tweakments might be the solution to ‘post-lockdown face’

A combination of too many video calls, stress and changing attitudes to the needle have created a so-called Zoom Boom for ‘tweakments’ that go the extra mile.

If you’re new to all this, or even if you’re not, it can be confusing. To some people, Botox still seems like the devil’s work. But frozen foreheads and an eerie absence of any crow’s feet are not de rigueur. Many patients request the opposite.

‘Most of mine just want it to give their eyebrows a subtle lift and make their eyes look fresher and more wide awake,’ says Dr Sophie Shotter, who has become an insiders’ favourite because her results are discreet but effective. The jury’s still out on whether Botox becomes less effective over time, but on aesthetic grounds alone, it’s not a bad idea to limit the frequency and amount. One added bonus is that Botox may help with depression, according to researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego, who analysed more than 40,000 patients’ experiences. It’s thought this is because Botox injections, no matter where you have them on the body, disrupt a feedback loop that reinforces negative emotions.

For seriously droopy eyelids, blepharoplasty is the best option. It’s less drastic than you’d think, with stunning results. Consultant ophthalmic surgeon Naresh Joshi sets the gold standard (he was responsible for Katie Piper’s facial reconstruction;

Double chins are another concern. A facelift is the silver bullet, but it’s a huge step and doesn’t improve skin quality. Alternatively, you could have a neck lift (see Rajiv Grover for both of these, A thread ‘facelift’ entails having ultra-fine threads inserted below the skin to tighten it. It takes about an hour and results last up to three years. Sometimes it’s combined with Ultherapy, which uses ultrasound to heat subcutaneous tissue and kick-start collagen production.

Dr Shotter can deliver threads and Ultherapy but increasingly prefers the latest tweakment that’s making waves – literally. Profound RF is a radiotherapy treatment that uses needles to penetrate the lower dermis where they deliver 67C of heat to stimulate cell repair. Results can be a third as effective as a facelift (measured in terms of ‘lift’), and skin quality should also improve. Full effects won’t be seen for six months, although you should begin to see skin firming within weeks. There’s significant downtime, depending on the individual –bruising and swelling for several weeks in some cases.

Ultherapy and Profound RF cause minor damage to cells, which triggers their own repair system. Not everyone likes the idea of deliberately damaging the body. But if sag’s an issue, the pros might outweigh potential drawbacks.

Other options include Cool-Sculpting, which doesn’t use needles, and Belkyra, a newer technology, which does. They can all achieve excellent results, depending on the patient and practitioner.

Lip filler – in fact, all fillers – have a terrible reputation, but Dr Michael Prager is the king of creating natural-looking results (

Understatement is key, which is why Profhilo has become popular – in this treatment, hyaluronic acid is injected into the face and neck to give the skin an almighty glow and fire up the skin’s own collagen production. However, if it’s injected too deeply, results are negligible. As ever, it’s about finding a practitioner who can create the effect you like. Word of mouth is always the best source.

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Author: Clin. Assoc. Prof. Amanda Oakley, Dermatologist, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2009.

Prurigo — codes and concepts

What is prurigo?

The term prurigo refers to intensely itchy spots. It may be used when the cause is known (see list below) or to describe a condition of unknown cause characterised by small itchy bumps.

Prurigo should be distinguished from pruritus (itch), in which there are no primary skin lesions.

What does prurigo look like?

Prurigo has primary and secondary skin lesions.

  • Primary prurigo lesions are dome-shaped papules.
  • Secondary prurigo lesions are scratched papules, scaly lesions, or thickened, darkly pigmented areas (lichen simplex or neurodermatitis). Scratching may lead to scarring.

Prurigo simplex

Prurigo simplex presents as symmetrically distributed, small, intensely itchy, dome-shaped bumps. Sometimes there are tiny blisters. They are most numerous on the outer aspects of the limbs and buttocks, but may occur anywhere on head and neck, trunk and limbs. Prurigo may affect children and adults.

Aternative names for prurigo simplex include chronic prurigo of adults, prurigo mitis, and Hebra prurigo. When the spots are dark in colour, it may be called prurigo pigmentosa.

Often the primary prurigo papule is no longer visible because scratching has removed it. Prurigo may cause considerable distress because severe itch can prevent sleep.

Nodular prurigo

Nodular prurigo presents with hard warty nodules, often showing increased pigmentation. As they are very itchy, they are often ulcerated or crusted. Nodular prurigo is very resistant to treatment.

Prurigo pigmentosa

Prurigo pigmentosa is characterised by an itchy rash with a net-like pigmentation.

Associated conditions

In some people, prurigo is associated with another skin condition or health problem. These include:

Treatment of prurigo

Treatment may include the following diverse agents.

More severe disease may be treated with immune suppressive agents.

Severe itch may be relieved by centrally acting medicines. These include:

  • Tricyclic antidepressants such as amitriptyline
  • Anticonvulsants such as gabapentin, pregabalin or sodium valproate
  • Opiate antagonists such as naltrexone.

What investigations should be done?

As there are several skin conditions that present with prurigo, investigations may be necessary to make the diagnosis.

Skin biopsy is often performed to look for specific features of dermatitis herpetiformis, which are diagnostic of that condition. Direct immunofluorescence is also diagnostic for dermatitis herpetiformis. The histology of other forms of prurigo may be nonspecific, or show hyperkeratosis (scale), acanthosis (skin thickening) and inflammatory infiltrate (lymphocytes in the dermis).

Blood tests may include general health screening and indirect immunofluorescence tests.

  • Blood count
  • Renal function
  • Liver function
  • Immunoglobulins
  • Protein electrophoresis
  • Skin antibodies
  • Thyroid function tests

Chest X-ray, CT scan or MRI may also be ordered. Further tests will depend on the results of initial screens.

Other types of prurigo

Itchy prurigo papules may arise in several other skin disorders.

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Facts About Video Production In Michigan

Video creation is a procedure of videography that catches affecting metaphors on digital networking and streaming media, which include direct to disc recording, videotape, solid-state storage such as a tapeless camcorder.

The term includes the methods of manufacturing and post-production. It's equivalent to filmmaking, but with metaphors recorded digitally in its location of film inventory. You can get professional video editing and recording in grand rapids Michigan.

The Who, What, Why, & How of Digital Marketing

This course of action is thought of artwork, making content company, movie editing, and delivering a finished video product; since it's the event of dispense tv programs for broadcast syndication. It may comprise the production of corporate videos, wedding videos, tv advertisements, and special attention home videos.

The Video Production can be ranged in size from a family creating home movies with a prosumer camcorder, a one solo camera operator with a professional video camera in a single-camera setup.

videographer with a sound person to multiple-camera setup shoot in a television studio; to a production truck requiring a whole television crew for an electrical field production with a company of production with set construction on the backlot of a movie studio.

The style of shooting contains a tripod for a locked-down shot; handheld to achieve a more on edge camera angle or looser shot, integrating Dutch angle, Whip zoom, and whip pan; on a jib that effortlessly soars to varying heights and with a Steadicam for smooth movement as the camera, operator integrates cinematic techniques.


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"Bonito a la Brasa"- Chargrilled Bonito tuna on dried eucalyptus wood. Canned with Arbequina de Castillo de Canena brand extra virgin olive oil.

Güeyu Mar chargrilled conservas are some of the most premium & exclusive in Spain. Hailing from Asturias, these limited tins are the first of their kind in the American market.

Using the finest seafood from the north of Spain and then chargrilling them, they are then canned through a complex and painstaking process. From the search for the most premium marine treasures, to the precise craft of chargrilling them to obtain a heavenly texture and flavor, this tinned fish will completely alter your perception of what canned food can be.

From the grill to the tin, an entire 100% homemade gourmet experience comes into being. Conservas Güeyu Mar’s canned products are created only to satisfy the palates eager for new and creative gastronomic approaches.

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A Letter to the Christian Family

Michael Jensen penned a letter to all Christians following the Sydney siege.

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

If you are like me, then I know you will have been appalled and saddened by the scene that unfolded in Martin Place this week. Many of you will have been working close to the scene. I myself alighted from a train at Martin Place just as the attack was taking place, oblivious to it all.

Our prayers must be with the families of those who died, with those who were held hostage – and who must surely be in anguish – and with those police who were directly involved in the rescue action.

But I am also concerned about how we now feel and act towards those of Islamic faith in the Australian community.

At one level, it is clear by now that the murderer was a renegade with no official ties to any Islamic group. This act was more criminal than terrorist. His behaviour was consistently erratic and had been for many years.

But much discussion on Monday and Tuesday focused on Islam and its links to terrorism.

This isn’t a straightforward issue. I admit that one of my first reactions was to feel angry: I wanted to grab the nearest Muslim and shout “why haven’t you done something about this?” There is at the moment in our world a strain of Islamic faith which is associated with, and is being used as the pretext for, the most hideous of evils. And from that evil, we in Australia are not immune. Our peaceful and prosperous way of life seems under threat from this terror.

And let me be clear: I do not think of the Islamic faith as an alternative route to the same God. I do pray for Muslims everywhere to come to know Jesus Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

I also do want to call on Australian Islamic leaders to continue to do all in their power to speak against the ideology of ISIS and their ilk.

At the same time, I think our response as a community will say a lot about the nature of our faith. We can be strong against violence and terror, but not label all Muslims as potential terrorists. If we pray for justice and peace, we must be people of justice and peace. If we want to repudiate the barbarity of ISIS and their ilk, we will not do so by becoming barbarians. A civil society – and Christian citizens in a civil society – will find a way to be neighbours even to the Muslim of whom we are afraid.

Our faith is in the Prince of Peace, who came not wielding a sword but as a baby in a manger. He came not as the head of an army to win territory and set up earthly kingdoms, but to establish a kingdom which includes people of every tribe, and tongue, and race. I must resist the feeling I have to retaliate, and instead pursue the most excellent way.

As Christians we can show leadership to our community on this. We can show that returning good for evil, as Paul would have us do, is not weak, or “giving in to terrorism”, but a peculiar and surprising form of strength. We might at this time by our actions win both Muslims and secular Australians for Christ.

That means in practice that we continue to pray for the situation in the Syria and Iraq, repudiating the gross evil that we see being practiced there. It means we continue to pray for those who govern us and those who protect us in their important work. It means we repudiate thuggish behaviour targeting especially Muslim women as they go about their daily business. It means we do not join in or pass on the anti-Muslim jokes (and these usually have a racist tinge to them) that will no doubt circulate in coming days. It means we do not give up on friendships with those we know who have an Islamic faith, and even taking up opportunities for hospitality.

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Eternity Editor-in-Chief. Cat lover.

What do you value most in life? I am probably not allowed to say my cats, so I will say those moments when God’s truth explodes into my brain.

Favourite verse in the Bible? “For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” (Isaiah 57:15) You need the King James because it uses the word Eternity!

Career highlight? Sitting at the dining room table and doing the first Eternity.

If you were a brand, what would your motto be? It will all make sense in the end.

If you could wake up tomorrow in the body of someone else, who would you pick and what would you do? Be in the body of any winner of the Tour de France except Lance Armstrong. Then I would win it two years in a row!

Favourite book (other than the Bible)? Life of the beloved by Henri Nouwen

If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Venice, but not during the Alter Aqua (floods)

What makes you laugh the most? Laughing to make my oldest kid, Hannah, laugh. Always works.


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Cycling cartoon

Comics, Sketch, Tanzania

One of my back burner projects is a comic about cycling in Dar es Salaam… Here’s a little preview, and meanwhile if you like the subject, you can join UWABA – the Dar cyclists’ association! (with more photos of this heroic organisation here.)

Familiar situation in Dar es Salaam

Familiar situation in Dar es Salaam

Mirerani hairdressers

Africa, fieldwork, Just for fun, Sketch, Street scene, Tanzania

This sketch was inspired by some hairdressers we interviewed in 2012 in Mirerani in Tanzania. Mirerani is a frontier-flavour mining town – the origin of all the world’s tanzanite, a precious stone. Our partner organisation was finding out about the social impacts of the tanzanite companies – and small-scale miners. Our interview with some women at the hairdressing salon turned into a major streetside spectacle.

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Sketch: Seven Survivor

Africa, Comics, Just for fun, Sketch, Street scene, Tanzania

Seven Survivor is a Tanzanian band who play the urban music mchiriku. This is a sketch from a gig of theirs in November 2013. (Another famous mchiriku band is Jagwa Music.) Mchiriku is a frenetic genre based on high-octane staccato drumming. The rest of the instruments and the rapping seem almost secondary to the drumming, which sounds as if the drummer is on speed; or as if he’s anticipating the end of the world any second and is trying to fit in a lifetime of drumming into a few short minutes. The pace and intensity of the drums ebbs and flows but never falls below ‘feverish’. It’s a rhythm that you can only dance to by jumping up and down, but you’d have to do that very quickly – almost vibrating! – to keep pace with the drums. The band also featured a lethargic mini-Casio keyboard player; a rapper (the lyrics are political and worth getting into), another percussionist using sturdy sticks on a small coffee table, and a guy shaking home-made maracas made with nailed-together bottle tops. Here’s a link to one of their gigs. And the main man – the drummer – was in some sort of trance with his head thrown as far back as possible. You’d need to really be at one with the flow to manage to keep that level of intensity going for hours.

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Post-Renovation Cleaning In Pembroke Pines

Renovating your Pembroke Pines home can be even more stressful than moving. Anyone who has ever made additions or changes to their home knows how chaotic it can sometimes be. Diamond Home Services is experienced in the process of cleaning construction and renovation sites during and after the work is completed. With a keen eye and focus on details, we will make sure your new living space is everything you wanted when you began your remodelling project.

Diamond Home Services will also thoroughly clean the rest of your home to ensure there is no leftover dust, debris or hazardous materials like nails or screws hiding in nooks and crannies. With our trusted staff and excellent service, you’ll have one less thing to worry about so you can get back to enjoying your Pembroke Pines home and relaxing with your family as soon as possible!

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About Personal Sessions:

A personal session with Diane is $145 and may last up to two hours. For an additional $20, you may have the session recorded onto a CD that you keep. Appointments are typically scheduled Monday through Friday during normal business hours.

I consider my clients some of the bravest people on the planet. It takes pure courage to walk though the doors of a hypnotist’s office and into the unknown! Usually, people who come to see me have tried everything else first; then in desperation, they seek the help of a hypnotist. The really cool part is after the session. When they first walk in, they are typically nervous and a bit anxious. They leave smiling, relaxed and hopefully happy. I have often thought of taking “Before” and “After” pictures of my clients so they could see the difference for themselves. Of course, they really don’t need to see it, as they can FEEL it! They are typically amazed at how good they feel!

Depositphotos_65040771_sMany people come to me to release something that is blocking them from achieving their goals. Goals can include just about anything, from speaking in public without anxiety, achieving your ideal weight, quitting smoking, overcoming relationship difficulties, you name it!

Extremely valuable sessions occur with clients who are undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy. When we access the powers of the unconscious mind and get all the energies working together, there are no limits as to what can be accomplished!

Other clients are simply curious and want to do regression work, or more esoteric undertakings such as visiting other dimensions and experiencing non-ordinary energies. It is not only possible to achieve your goals with hypnosis; it is practical! Hypnosis makes achieving the seemingly unreachable reachable. The only requirement for success is a desire to change. There is not one, single process or technique that we use to achieve your goals, there are many! One of the reasons that the session may last two hours is that you tell me not only what you want to accomplish, but your personal beliefs about accomplishing it. I don’t tell you what to do during hypnosis we access the information that is in your unconscious mind, waiting to guide you.

One of the reasons that hypnosis is so effective is that we are uncovering the wisdom that is already within you. During the relaxed, comfortable state that I guide you into, you experience the freedom to connect with inner knowledge and understanding that is not normally available to you in your usual, aware state. It is truly miraculous to witness the perceptual shift that allows you to change your world!

If you haven’t experienced the profound benefits of hypnosis, you’re in for a real treat that hopefully will enrich and enhance the rest of your life!

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I wished for grace

Tonight two of my dearest friends took me out for dinner to celebrate my birthday. I blew out a candle and made a wish. They wouldn’t let me say it out loud (superstition), but I think stating it in an anonymous blog is okay.

My two friends let me spend the better part of the evening talking through an incident in which a person inadvertently hurt, but hurt nonetheless, my feelings. Their loyalty and their encouragement felt like a toasty, cozy blanket on a cold, drizzly afternoon. Their advice and their laughter: a glass of ice cold lemonade on a stifling hot day.

They are friends who understand me. I met them four years ago, when we volunteered for a political campaign. I chose them. They chose me back.

It is so very difficult to find people on the same wavelength as you, who will laugh at your jokes and express anger on your behalf, who “get” you without you having to talk much.

When I think about relocating in a few months (I think six now?), I think about how much harder it will be to connect with them.

So this evening, I wished for grace. I want to remain connected to these two dear friends with ease, fluidity, and flexibility.

I want to make it easy for them to keep choosing me back.

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  1. One of the real gifts of being an alcoholic is AA meetings. I am guaranteed to have a deep, personal, spiritual connection with every person in the room in an AA meeting. Though there are parts of them that I cannot relate to, or them to me, on a deep, core level we have had the same feelings and experiences. And to be able to share those whenever I want and to listen to others share theirs is to be fully human.

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Regulation Z

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making a new rule for mortgages, based on the ability to repay them (and not solely on the ability to make their monthly payments–a very different thing, as the financial crisis of 2008 illustrated). As Matthew Yglesias notes, it will now be harder for people to get home loans.

Good. And when I say “good,” I mean, “Thank God.” Sometimes things need to be harder to get, so that when you do ultimately get them, you are more appreciative, knowledgeable, and careful.

I’m not sure when I became such a hard-ass. On certain topics, anyway. Money, especially.

Wait, I know exactly when: it was after my husband asked me to start managing the household finances, and in the third year of my management I over-spent by $5,000. We weren’t in debt, it wasn’t racked up on a credit card. But I didn’t save it. We had agreed to set aside a certain amount of money, and I had not paid attention. To $5,000. Or about $14 a day.

My husband said, “We agreed to save. We agreed to.” He could have used the word “you” in those sentences. But he didn’t. I was beside myself, and harder on myself than was likely warranted. But I let us down. I broke the agreement.

It was the saddest I’ve ever felt in my marriage, because I felt I had broken my husband’s trust in me.

Let me be clear: I felt that, not him. What I’ve learned about my husband is that he sees money as nothing more than what it is: a tool to get you what you want, in the manner in which you want. For him, money reflects choices, not character. He will adjust his wants according to the money available. And given a choice between spend and save, he tends to choose “save.” (I think that’s because guns don’t make him feel safer. A six-month cash reserve makes him feel safer.)

It was I who had a less utilitarian view of money–who just wanted to get things sometimes, without thinking first: “Can I afford this? Do I need this? If not, why do I want this? Is it really worth it?” Four little questions–they can be answered in under a minute, if you’re honest with yourself and if you pay attention to your money.

My husband always knew–he trusted–that I had it in me to be honest and pay attention. I just had to make the effort.

So yeah, I’m glad that there will be more effort–more honesty, more attention–required in making home loans, in getting mortgages. Who knows, it might ultimately help lower the divorce rate.

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The Yankee blade, v. XLVIII, no. 2535, Saturday, September 29, 1888.

8 p. ; ill.
Cover story: The young teacher / by Harriet N. Hathaway.
Price: "$2 a year in advance. 5 cents a copy at newsdealers'."
Donated by Demian Katz.
Source of acquisition: Horatio Alger Society auction.

Format: Newspaper
Language: English
Published: Boston, MA : Potter & Potter 1888
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Purpose: Obesity is a growing concern for Veterans Affairs (VA) providers of women Veterans as recent evidence suggests that females more than males have a higher prevalence of obesity. Further, women Veterans present to VA with rates of military sexual trauma that exceed prevalence rates in the civilian population. Research findings support the tenet that disorder eating, and adverse health outcomes are consequences of sexual trauma. However, the mental health correlates of MST and obesity have not been well established. One recent study of returning combat Veterans found that obesity is a significant concern. This purpose of the current study is to examine and describe the prevalence of obesity in a sample of women Veterans seeking treatment for military sexual trauma (MST) and to examine the correlates of obesity in this population with symptom and behavioral measures. Methods: Women Veterans positive for MST (n=177) voluntarily admitted to a VA inpatient psychiatric unit were prospectively recruited for participation in an IRB approved study. Clinician administered and self-report measures of mental health symptom severity (depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorders), social support, and resiliency were collected. Body Mass Index (BMI) was gathered at admission and Tests of statistical significance were conducted with the Pearson Chi-square for categorical variables and with ANOVAs for the continuous variables. Results: In the current sample, women ranged in age from 20 to 65 years (M=42.6, SD=10.3), were likely to be unmarried, unemployed, and to have complex histories of traumatic experiences prior to entering the military. Half of the participants had one or more suicide attempts in the past year. Obese and morbidly obese women (n=83, 43%) were more likely to report child sexual assault and adult rape (not MST) than overweight or healthy normals, X2(3)=8.34, p40) was correlated with poorer social support, greater difficulties with emotion regulation, and less perceived resiliency. Conclusions: Women veterans have extensive traumatic histories of interpersonal violence and sexual trauma that appear to be positively correlated with obesity.

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