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4 Awesome Tips: How To Put Your Facebook Marketing Strategy In The Right Place

Are you thinking of going serious with your Facebook marketing campaign? If your efforts at this point of time aren’t performing well, have you done research where you lack concentration or where to put your time, energy and money? An effective Facebook marketing strategy needs to work alongside your entire marketing plan.

How to do this goal? Well, just got here 4 awesome tips on how to put your Facebook marketing in the right place:

1. Determine your vision
Every plan whether it is intended for your business or marketing motives starts with a vision. Ask yourself, “What do you want to gain in return with your activities on Facebook?” Most entrepreneurs would agree in one particular goal and that is to increase their sales profit.

Now, that you have a clear direction, you can move forward with your marketing objectives such as:

– Improve your visibility by setting a targeted figure of new likes you acquire on your Facebook page for the next few months.
– Encourage a more engaged community by making sure you start a good introduction on what you have to offer and slowly build their trust rating on your Facebook page. You can track how many people who are engaged or loyal to your Facebook through the engagement metrics like the People Talking This Figure (PTAT).
– Showcase your credibility. Facebook is also a perfect venue to let other people particularly your targeted consumers see the “real” you, your achievements and your business as a whole. Impress them with your strong personality as someone with authority and knowledgeable insights.
– Improve your lead generation campaign. Again, Facebook can help you reach this goal. If you use email opt-in, you can generate more leads who may be interested with your offers. One excellent example to gather more leads is by hosting a unique contest and the winning prize is your featured product or service offer.
– Motivate sales. This part may be a bit tricky, but with your own creativity, you can send out personal messages to your followers like posting a special link to your post. To monitor your efforts on this area, you can either set-up Google Analytics for conversions or Ad conversions if you are running an ad campaign on your Facebook page.

Read the article here: http://www.govisible.com/4-awesome-tips-how-to-put-your-facebook-marketing-strategy-in-the-right-place

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Today.... hmmm.... I have so much to say so there may be just some crazy jumping around... may not make much sense at times, but really do I often make sense?

I think I have really come to terms with why I am the way I am... NOT!!!!! I have realized that I DO know that I am capable to doing what I want to do. That I AM capable of being who I want to be. That there IS hope out there that I can be truly and insanely happy.

I know I have what it takes to do what needs to be done... but I am still pondering over why in the hell I am standing still. It makes me angry. GRRRRR!!!!

I spent some time with some great people today. People that I have grown to love and adore. People that I would hate to not have in my life. Maybe that is a reason why I stand still... because I fear they will not follow me.

The first part of this blog started on Saturday... it is now Sunday and I have really realized somethings.... Things I don't think I have ever allowed myself to think before. Things that just terrify me to think. I have so many great friends and family. I am afraid of how they will be when I start walking again. I was told today, that if they don't follow, then they weren't worth it to begin with.

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Australian Society of Marine Artists 2019 National Exhibition at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania

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The Australian Society of Marine Artists Inc (ASMA) 2019 National Exhibition at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania’s Carnegie Gallery coincides with the 75th Anniversary of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race and showcases the best examples of the ASMA Members’ artwork, masterfully illustrating the rich maritime heritage, beautiful coastlines and waterways of our nation. …

Painting of Convict Transport Lady East Sails into Hobart!

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A significant painting with important connections to Tasmania’s convict past has been unveiled at the Maritime Museum of Tasmania.  In front of a large gathering of Museum members and supporters, our  Patron, Her Excellency Professor The Honourable Kate Warner AC, Governor of Tasmania unveiled The Lady East on the River Mersey attributed to artist Joseph Heard.

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Sydney marine artist, Jack Earl, could never have realised he was initiating a famous ocean race when he planned to cruise to Hobart in December 1945. Two friends also decided to sail their yachts and English Captain, John Illingworth, said he would go if they made it a race. On Boxing Day 1945 nine yachts set sail for Hobart. Illingworth’s yacht, Rani, arrived first, on January 2.

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After ten years Colin Denny stepped down as President of the Maritime Museum of Tasmania at the museum's AGM recently. Captain Mike Webb assumes the role of President and is himself replaced as Vice President by Rex Cox.

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*Our Flag Is Still Red- Reflections On Boston May Day 2010- A Personal Note On Marching With The Black and Red Anarchists

Click on the headline to link to a "Boston IndyMedia" post on the 2010 Boston May Day ceebration.

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Over the past several years celebrations of our international working class holiday, May Day, not only have we paid tribute to the Chicago Haymarket anarchist martyrs and the struggle for the eight hour day but the hard pressed struggle against the denial of immigrant rights and the attempt by Tea Party-types and other to “close the door” to immigration. This addition reflects the increasingly important role that Hispanics and other militants from the international working class milieu play in the left wing of the American labor movement. Thus, the call for full citizenship rights for those who make it here is an appropriate one on this day.

With this thought in mind I, and a few of the local anti-imperialist activists that I work with marched under that slogan in the 2010 Boston May Day festivities as well as the slogan for the modern equivalent of the eight hour day, especially in these times- “30 For 40”. That slogan, for those not familiar with it, is an algebraic formula, long associated with the Trotskyist movement, although not by any means exclusively raised by us. All we have proposed by the call is the eminently rational solution to unemployment (and underemployment) by spreading the work around so that all have work, and a living wage. Of course the catch is this- it ain’t going to happen under capitalist and so the question of socialism and central planning are starkly posed. And that, after all, is the idea.

What makes all of the above political lead up to my main point interesting, beyond the intrinsic value of such work, is that we found ourselves marching along with a local anarchist collective that had its own set of slogans, and... a marching band. (See linked article.) The whole atmosphere brought back the old days when such musical accompaniment, especially in the old ethnic neighborhoods, were a matter of course on May Day and other left occasions. Now here is the kicker- this group of anarchists marched under the banner of the Haymarket martyrs. That is enough to warm any old militant's heart. And, they were to a man and women, young, very young. Be still my heart, despite our political differences.

Now some may ask why are a confirmed Marxist and his comrades are walking on the same streets as those anarchist partisans. Wrong question, or better, wrong way to pose it. One of the real damaging effects that the variants of historical Stalinism have left on the international working class movement is the hard fact that different political tendencies within the movement are almost literally at war with each other, 24/7/365. To the eternal glee of the capitalists. On the political level those fights are correct. However on our common holidays, like May Day, we should be showing our united face to the international capitalists.

In that sense James P. Cannon, an old Wobblie (IWW), American Communist Party founder and Trotskyist leader had it right. One way he had it right was in his early leadership of the International Labor Defense, an organization dedicated to the struggle to free class war prisoners. All class war prisoners. The other was his long time friendships with those of other working class political tendencies like the great anarchist leader, Carlo Tresca. Hell, he even borrowed money off him. (And eventually paid it back.) I will not go and on about this but let’s leave it at this. After a spring of an anti-war agenda of what looked like a leftist variant of AARP meetings it was such nice to march with the kids. We will get back to the political struggle over differences soon enough.


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After years of success with the hipsters of Portland, Project Pabst made it’s raucous Denver debut last summer and is back this year for an early summer street party on the 2700 block of Larimer Street.  Coachella-worthy names like Ice Cube and Phantogram will headline outdoors where the music will wrap-up by 10pm, but various clubs close by (Larimer Lounge, Meadowlark, Cold Crush, Nocturne) will host music on their stages until the wee hours of the morning. Take note: This is a 21+ event.

Lineup: Ice Cube, Phantogram, Danny Brown, Kurt Vile And The Violators, STRFKR, NoName, Twin Peaks, Deap Vally, Summer Cannibals, Flint Eastwood, Divers, Tracksuit Wedding, Nuns Of Brixton, Dirty Few, Emerald Siam, Greyhounds and more

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You all know about pingbacks, right? It’s a tool for seeing when other websites are linking to your content. Used correctly, they help facilitate a dialogue between two pages/people, build friendships, end war, etc.

Except… here on my page, it’s exclusively a conversation with myself where I am regularly sent emails asking if I want to approve my own links on the site. And usually I’m like, sure, she seems trustworthy, she is the *sole admin and contributor* so that’s probably ok. There’s no way to “pre-approve all links from this site to this site” so I’m stuck doing it on a case by case basis, leaving these weird pingback links that I don’t want or need. All along I’ve thought “this can’t be right” but only recently figured out how to fix. It is *not* intuitive, as I will attempt to show you here as I rain down shame upon WordPress, but it is also an easy fix.

The WordPress user interface for linking to content on your own site is deliberately (?) deceptive.

So what happens is that anytime I link to content on this page, let’s say I want to send you to my page about bots, I click the word “bots” and the following screen pops up:

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See how it helpfully has a “link to existing content” section? So that’s what I’ve been using. Let’s look for bots and find my page (or post or whatever)…

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And…. done! So what happens now is that I get an email saying “A new pingback on the page “bots” is waiting for your approval from Website: Mary Dickson Diaz. Options: Approve it, Trash it, Spam It. Please visit moderation panel.” And I have to click “yes, approve it” because the site is treating it exactly the way it would handle a real pingback from an external site (if someone wants to give me a pingback to test this out, that would be rad) or a new commenter. And THEN once I hit approve, it adds a little comment-type remark on the bottom of the page with a note that the content’s been linked to elsewhere.

Obviously I don’t want to go through all that, right? That’s overkill when I just wanted to link you to my stupid page about bots.

INSTEAD… what you can do to get the page to make an internal, relative link instead of an absolute link (which sets the wheels in motion for a pingback) is to do exactly what I did in the steps above, but then remove the “”. Keep the backslash in front of your post link. Like so:

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I like to open links in a new tab because I am notorious for clicking down rabbit holes and forgetting how I got there and what I was trying to do in the first place.

So simple! Why isn’t this part of the standard user interface? Why did I have to google all that to figure it out? These are questions I have for you, WordPress, ruiner of inboxes.

I don’t know a lot about migrating website content. I do know that how you link to internal pages can make life easy or difficult if you later decide to change the structure of your page (let’s say I decide I want everything here to live in instead, or I change my domain name to I believe that relative vs. absolute linking is almost always the best way to go, but others can chime in if I’m wrong.

Better links, cleaner site, less email. What could go wrong?

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Now I remember.

After I spent an intense month learning about html/css/javascript/jquery the plan was to keep working on so I’d have an opportunity to keep practicing with it. Remember that? The plan? The plan to look out for Future Mary?

Right, so, that didn’t happen, and consequentially I spent a lot of time this weekend re-learning (googling) how to do stuff with jquery. But readers, *I MADE A THING.*

I made two things for you, actually.

First, my very favorite thing: books! I made you a library in Ruby. It needs a bunch of work still, but if you know what you’re doing, you can add books to your library and put them on shelves by genre (or whatever). Given more time and resources I would go ALL OUT with this assignment (alphabetizing is my favorite meditation technique), but I am trying to keep it simple. If I have more time before it needs to get submitted, I’ll add authors and ID #s to the books to increase sorting abilities and functionality. I’ll also add a “librarian” function to walk you through all the stuff you can do in the library. What’s holding me back from the latter is figuring out how to generate and keep track of new Class instances within a function when I need it to be able to do stuff before knowing what the instance variables are going to be. Clear as mud?

And second, I dredged up enough knowledge about html/css/javascript/jquery (why hasn’t anyone come up with a catchy nickname for this language crew yet. HCJJ?) to make a simple to-do list. Here you can go play with it if you’d like: simple html to-do list. It is certainly the worst to-do list I’ve ever encountered, and has all sorts of usability issues, but it does meet the stated criteria and I think it’s probably best to keep expectations low in this category. Lower. Lower. There you go.

The last mini-project I’m working on is a Rails application. I’ve yet to tackle the Rails part of Ruby on Rails, so this will be an adventure. Last week I got everything installed, so I’ll probably re-start my Treehouse subscription for a tutorial this week, and focus on getting that done and tweaking everything else.

Stuff is starting to come together in exciting ways.

Some links! Not code related, sorry!

  • #blacklivesmatter protestors go to Chicago and film the Mike Brown gallery exhibit. Must watch. Curious what my legit artsy friends think about this (what you will probably say is there are bad galleries and bad artists and this is both, and then some).
  • “F*ck that,” a guided meditation for our times. <–you need this. I need this. The world needs this.
  • I’m generally wary of “I did TFA and it sucked so TFA sucks” stories, so I wasn’t putting much stock in “Teach For America: Counter-Narratives” until the organization went and published a “response” to the alumni authors of the book before the dang thing has even been published. So now of course I want to buy 10 copies. Their response, which I will not link to, says “In particular, a small group of former corps members involved in the book have chosen to focus on past experiences that are not in line with how we operate. … It’s not productive to address in this space every critique in this book, but here’s what we have to say about some of the contributors’ bigger misconceptions.” I repeat: the book. is not. out. yet. They have not been provided an advance copy. (UPDATE: on July 27 TFA clarified that they received a copy from the publisher on July 8. Why they couldn’t just say that when first questioned…) The editor of the book doesn’t even have his copy yet. Just more PR spin and refusal to listen (read) from an org whose #1 critical feedback from alumni is that they are too focused on PR and they don’t listen.
  • Uhhh… I am probably hella guilty of this, but I’m trying (from xkcd).

This week, I’m shifting gears a bit to knock out the html/css prework required for my upcoming Code Fellows Foundations I class.

The Code Academy html/css track gets the job done, but is a bit tedious. Often they ask you to “create a paragraph” “make three links” “add three pictures that link to webpages” etc. Since it’s all practice and not a real page, there’s a lot of ‘hello I am a heading’ ‘I’m a new paragraph and here’s a link’, ‘I’m a list item’, ‘me too’ and pictures of bunnies linked to BORING.

Ok so you’d like some more interesting text/pictures to use while doing your tutorials? Check these out…

ChaoticShiny: random RPG themed text generator. I’m fond of “constellations”: “These eleven dim stars form the shape of a winged man. The constellation represents a prophesized messiah.”

Random Text Generator: don’t care for LARPing? Ok fine, here is plain boring text. But at least you don’t have to write it yourself. free high-res photos for either corporate or public use. (You can also search google images for photos with creative commons license, but this is easy.)

Lorempixel: you specific a size and theme, it spits out a picture. Choose a “random” option for a picture that changes each time it loads!

Placekitten: ” ” (with kittens)

Random User Generator: I haven’t used this yet, but gives you a random profile for creating social media tools, I guess. Cool! …stop clicking through the pretty colors and get back to coding, Mary.

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Cover reveal! The Arctic Code

I’m really excited to reveal the cover to my next middle grade novel The Arctic Code, which is the first book in The Dark Gravity Sequence, coming from Balzer + Bray at HarperCollins. This adventure series takes place in the near future, and sees the earth frozen in a modern Ice Age, the key to which lies in the far distant past. That’s all I’ll say for now, but in the meantime, what do you guys think?

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  1. Kim Woodruff

     /  November 13, 2014

    I love it! Can’t wait to read it.

  2. Elissa

     /  November 19, 2014

    I just saw this today on Baker & Taylor’s website and was thrilled to see you have another book coming out soon! Of course, I ordered my library’s copy immediately. 🙂

    But more to the point, here’s my thoughts on the cover: YAY! A female character front and center! And who is that immediately behind her? Could it be a non-white male character? Also YAY! The wolves look menacing, the frozen terrain is making me cold, and the series title “Dark Gravity Sequence” sounds promising. Looking forward to it!

  3. Andrea

     /  November 23, 2014

    Lovely cover! The title and concept are intriguing! Looking forward to this.

  4. Anish

     /  February 19, 2015

    I cant wait to read this book.

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Friday, April 29, 2016

I'm Alive

Hi All,

I'm still alive. Since my last post, I rolled right into NaNoWriMo, had family issues in December and have dealt with the notice of my radio station being silenced as the network it was on closed down. I have spent the past few months trying to get things feeling normal again - for me.

I have put aside reading books for now and have moved to working on various crafts. I have been doing small pieces of writing here and there but nothing substantial. I might crank out a 10,000 word story or do scenes it's nothing that is being used for a bigger story at the moment plus my mind has been on the NHL playoffs.

Admittedly, my team, the Chicago Blackhawks were eliminated in the first round so I'm bummed but not too much.  I think because I have been a Cubs fan since I was 12 that the "there's always next year" mentality fits here. There is always next year to try and win a Stanley Cup. (Dear Hockey Gods, Please don't let them trade Andrew Shaw!)  My Cubbies are doing well right now but I'm not paying a lot of attention to them at the moment.  I won't really start paying attention to them until July because once the All-Star Game hits it's a totally different season of baseball through October.

I apologize for the lack of updates on the site and it as much as I would like to update my website I'm having issues with the editor.  I will tell you that I recently finished reading Patrick O'Sullivan's book Breaking Away. It was hard to read in some places, I cried, I screamed and I got angry. I would recommend people give it a read. You don't have to be a hockey fan to read it.

All right, that's my update folks. I hope to have my website updated soon. I leave you with Jonathan Toews, Captain of the Chicago Blackhawks telling a funny story.

Rock on,


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Saturday, November 23, 2019

It's the Most Horrible Time of Year

Had to make a joke with the title. It was too easy to be honest.

November is nearly over but thankfully in this years NaNoWriMo quest, I hit the 50,000 work mark a few days ago so I've earned my winner's certificate and can close the book on another year.  I finished writing up my story today in the 53,300 work range.

This year was slightly difficult in that I didn't have a title going in or a clear cut story. I typically have every thing laid out in advance but this year it didn't gel.  I tried out something new and it proved to be a challenge but I managed to make it through.

Making it through this time of year can be a challenge. I actually did something this year I've never done and that was take a couple of mental health days under the guise of celebrating some personal anniversaries. It was nice to step away from work as this time of year slams me mentally.

All the craziness with shopping, gifts, parties and people bounding with joy making me a bit sick. Finding the holiday spirit is a bit hard but I didn't have week where I did something good.  Right now there are some kids who didn't have a hat, gloves, or scarves clothed in winter wear. I wanted to help out a friend so I donated a bunch of items to the non-profit he works for to help families.

I don't have much to write about at the moment but did dig out my knitting tools and tried to refresh my memory on how to knit on a loom. It took me a few tries but I got the hang of it.

Musically, I'm still listening to Eminem along with Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and a whole bunch of '80's music like Men at Work, Culture Club and Paula Abdul although Paula might have come around in the early 90's. Doesn't really matter. The goofy pop stuff is helping a little to counteract the winter weather but I swear if I hear that darn Katrina & The Waves song, I'm going to
punch someone in the arm.

With that in mind, this particular song seems to fit this time of year or at least the way I feel. Please enjoy the musical stylings of David Gilmour.

Rock on!

Monday, May 27, 2019

Hi All,

It has been some time since I wrote a post.

I am still working my way through Eminem's discography and have two books to read about him. Listening to his music, especially his newer music has been a welcome treasure into my life. Admittedly, Revival and Kamikaze aren't technically new, they are to me as I have been catching up. Listening to Eminem has been good for me. Given the turmoil in my life since my dad died and getting adjusted to my new life in a new home.  I have essentially started over.

I have been connecting with Eminem's music and have found a place of great comfort.  A safe space for me to cry, to laugh, to smile, to ponder, to many emotions and all of them so very valid to feel. I don't care what the critics say, Revival is an important album in the musical mythos of Eminem.

Music has always been a place of comfort for me. It helps me battle my depression and keeping suicide away which has been harder to do in the past year and half. I've done the best I can and have pushed on, moving forward even on days that I feel I cannot. Feeling lost is not a good feeling.

Listening to Eminem has provided an outlet for me, a chance to reflect on my own fight and realize that although I celebrate my "death day", which is the day of my last suicide attempt, that I don't own anything that signifies it. The same can be said for my friend Sean. I don't think I've mentioned my friend Sean on here but he died long time ago. He was very important to me, much in the way that Proof is important to Eminem.

I light a candle or try somehow to honor Sean's memory on his death anniversary each year, but something was missing. I needed to have something more substantial to honor him. Listening to Eminem made me realize that I need to honor myself better. To have something that signifies the battle I've been in. Eminem has his chip from AA, he earned year 11 recently and that made me wonder where my chip was. What do I get for having kept suicide away from nearly 27 years now. If Eminem had a chip then I needed to get my own and also to do something for Sean.  I needed this.

What did I do? I had custom necklaces made to honor Sean and myself.  For myself, I have a necklace that has three lines from Eminem's "Not Afraid" with the date of my last suicide attempt on the back, a reminder of how long that darkness has not touched me.  That is my chip, my token, one that I have rightfully earned. I've got battle scars to prove it.

For Sean, his necklace is still being made by the jeweler. It will have a blue larimar stone in the center of it set in silver. Sean's name and dates will be on a silver disc and then one line from a prayer to the Archangel Michael.  Sean's middle name is Michael and Sean always felt connected to him when we talked about such things.  It seemed appropriate to honor Sean this way.

I have worn my necklace twice and when I do I feel different. I feel at peace but sense the fighter in me too. I have worked so hard to be where I am. I've come a long way even though there are times where it doesn't feel like it.

YouTube has given me some added spark especially Lem and Marcus who do reaction videos. I've watched a number of their videos and it's always a joy to get some knowledge and listen to them dissect songs and take trips down memory lane. If you like hip hop/rap, they're really good at picking up on stuff and honestly they pick up on Eminem's double, triple and quadruple entendre better than other reviewers and they know their old school hip hop too!  So when Eminem mentions someone, they remember the artist and mention songs and will give a history lesson if needed. I love these guys! They know their stuff! They are artists themselves so do check out their work.

Check out their channel here:
Here is their video reaction to Eminem's Killshot:

The past month has been a time of remembrance and honoring. I've started to come out of a different kind of depressive haze, one I've never dealt with before. That is the gift Eminem has given to me through his music. He has now become part of my musical toolbox to help me manage my depression.  I don't know how I could ever thank him for what he has done except to tell him I "Believe".

Rock on!

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Starting Over

Hi All,

Sorry for the silence. The past few months have seen me battle my depression a lot more than I would have liked. I do have some good news in that my father's estate is now officially closed. It's been over a year that I've had to deal with courts and lawyers and it feels amazing to be free of all of it.

Now, I can focus on me and taking better care of myself. I admit I haven't been doing too well in that department since my dad died but the universe decided to step in and help me out in recent weeks.

Musically, I tend to listen to classic rock, hard rock and metal or anyone rocking a guitar but as of late I rediscovered Eminem.  I was baking cookies while I let my CD jukebox shuffle through albums. I had forgotten I had an Eminem CD loaded in it and while I'm loading cookies into the oven, the opening lines to "The Real Slim Shady" come blaring through. It's been YEARS since I heard this song and actually remembered most of the words as I sang along. It made me smile and laugh.

I took my CD player off shuffle and listened to the entire Curtain Call CD. You know how you get a song stuck in your head and it just plays over and over? That is what happened to me. I had Eminem lyrics running through my head for days!

As I mentioned, my depression has been hitting me a lot harder than normal as of late. I battle it on my own, no meds, just deal with it and keep going. I do speak to someone every other week so I do have a resource to go to but I mainly do it on my own.  Listening to Eminem has brought me out of my funk a bit. My depression will never go away but I was feeling more like my normal self. It's hard to believe the Curtain Call CD came out in 2005.

After listening to the CD for two weeks, I finally decided to branch out and see what Eminem has been doing these days. Boy, have I missed a lot! I am almost caught up though as I had to catch up on everything since 2005.  That's when I learned about his own struggle with addiction and depression.
We've all gotten older and I had forgotten that I am only a year older than Eminem. I've been bouncing between Relapse, Recovery and the Marshall Mathers LP2. I've got four other CDs to listen to yet.

Listening to the Recovery CD has been difficult for me at times and comforting too. Eminem gave voice to so many things that I have felt or experienced myself. I could relate on many levels. My last suicide attempt was 26 years ago but the past couple of months has tested my head space. I've battled for a long time not to go back to that dark place. I live in a dark place but where suicidal thoughts reside is a lot darker.

I realized that I'm exhausted from dealing with everything regarding my dad's estate and given the upheaval of dealing with my dad dying, having to leave my childhood home which I lived in for 43 years and see it demolished to moving into a new place, 2018 was tough. The battle has been tough and I desperately would like a breather. Eminem has been the relief I've needed.

Listening to Eminem has been a blessing as I feel like I'm resetting myself. I'm feeling good again and more stable than I have been in months. A new chapter in my life is here and the fact that it's Eminem that's helping me start it is interesting. He's the last musical artist that I had expected to be diving into to help me through this rough patch but given my twisted sense of humor, he's the perfect person to help me get back to being me.

I saw online that he received his chip for 11 years of sobriety. I'm sincerely happy for him. I'm sure some days are better than others for him but I'm glad he's doing well.  Some days are better than others for me too and Eminem's music has helped me cope and heal some of the hurt I've been carrying the past year. He's been a nice reminder that my depression doesn't own me, I own it.

With that in mind, I'm leaving you with Eminem's Not Afraid.

Rock on!

Saturday, January 19, 2019

The Dysthymic Writer

Hi All,

I have renamed my blog to The Dysthymic Writer because that is who I am. It's not all that I am but it's a part of me and I've decided to stake a claim to it.

As you all know, I write and have published three books. I have been a yearly participant in NaNoWriMo since 2005.  I write in a journal everyday and my mind constantly comes up with ideas. However, there is one thing that shows up in my books and that is usually a character that has depression.

I have dysthymia and although it has been renamed in recent years to persistent depressive disorder (PDD), I am still calling it dysthymia. It's one form of depression hardly any articles are written about.  To throw in the fun on my dysthymia, I'm all also high-functioning. In a nutshell, I get out of bed in the morning and go to work. There are different types of depression and none of them are fun.

I'm sure you're wondering what is dysthymia. Some would call a mood disorder but moods tend to shift and dysthymia is chronic.  People with dysthymia think depression is part of their character, that its normal to be in the funk all the time and to be honest, that's how it is.

Long ago, long ago when I was a teenager on her way to college, I had a four year span where not only was I depressed but I wanted to end the pain. In a four year period, I tried to end my life seven times. Twenty-six years later after my last attempt I'm still here.

The depression has stayed but the suicidal thoughts have not. I did get a wake up call after my last attempt and did see the world differently and moved to a new level of depression.  Where I am now and to be honest, being where I am now is far superior to where I used to be.

Do I ever think about suicide? Sure. I don't think about it with intent but think about it in trying to understand why I went there. What pain was I carrying that led me to death's door? Turns out I was carrying a lot and I still carry a lot, but now I have the tools to look at my inner self and my outer self and try to understand.

Please forgive me as this post has runaway from where I wanted it to go.  I'm still me. I'm writing, working on my craft projects and sharing tips with you and music. My depression doesn't define me but some days I'm okay if it does. It's who I am but it's not all of me.

Today, I offer this - to simply be a good parent to yourself. If you need a break from the world. Take one. Go sit in a park and watch squirrels or go hiking or sit near a lake. Whatever you do, take time for you and ignore the world that is calling and texting you. Forget Facebook and Twitter and for 15 minutes or a whole day take care of you. The rest of the world can wait.

Rock on!


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MCWA December 2019 Minutes.

McHenry County Wireless Association Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes of December 3, 2019

President Mike Metroka WB8BZK called the December 2019 meeting to order at 7:00 PM in the Crystal Lake Bank meeting room. The Pledge of Allegiance followed led by Dave Holmgren K9AT.

Board members present were John Dewey KA9CAR, Gary Dembski W9GD, Dean Hettel WD9FOO, Ralph Iden WB9ICF, Mike Metroka WB8BZK, and Mike Salak KC9Q.

A total of 42 people were in attendance including one guest, Joel Nelson W9NXM from Lake Zurich.

Approval of Minutes

The meeting minutes from the October 2019 meeting were previously posted to the MCWA website for review. Joe Jaxx W9JCS motioned to approve the minutes with Joe Szczubelek K9DMV seconding the motion. The motion was approved by unanimous vote.

Membership and Financial Reports

Dean Hettel WD9FOO presented the membership and financial reports as of November 30, 2019. MCWA has a membership of 118 full members and 10 family members for a total of 128.

Opening Balance 7,986.28
Deposits 290.00 Dues
  9.41 Dues (less Paypal service charge)
Expenditures 1,358.00 2019 Dinner
  241.31 2019 Dinner Raffle Prizes
  162.92 2019 Dinner Appetizers
Interest 0.06
Final Balance 6,523.52

A motion to approve the financial report was made by Dave Whaley NT9E with a second by Joe Robin N9OK. The motion was approved by voice vote.

The ARRL has pubished the results of the 2019 Field Day and our club station turned in a very respectable score despite having to teardown early in anticipation of severe weather. K9RN and the seventeen operators and support crew operated 2A and finished 2nd in Illinois (out of 15), 7th in the Central Division (out of 36), and 43rd overall (out of 360).

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to remove the existing non-federal allocations in the 3.3-3.55 GHz band, which includes the entire amateur radio allocation. The FCC cites the need to make this spectrum potentially available to support the next generation of wireless networks (5G). John Kalenowsky K9JK may be the only MCWA member that currently uses this band, but the loss of this allocation will be felt by the whole amateur radio community especially those who have invested a great deal of money in equipment and antennas. Proponents of 5G technology are activity seeking out bands where there is little or no activity and amateurs are encouranged to use our bands or lose them.

Dave MacLennan W9DAV announced that he recently upgraded his license to General.

John Canker reported that he was issued a new vanity call sign, W9JM, to replace his old call, N9GUU.

Joe Robin N9OK was awarded the ARRL Triple Play WAS (Worked All States on Voice, CW, and Digital) award.

Mike Metroka WB8BZK has earned FT4 WAS.

Joe Witkins KD9KTA brought in several back issues of QST magazine that were given to him by Joel Nelson W9NXM. He invited those in attendance to take one or more of the issues and to read them and/or give them to a new or prospective ham.

It was reported by Fred Soop AC9RQ that Ham Radio Outlet (HRO) is now charging sales tax on orders shipped to Illinois.

Ken Field KO9H announced that his 220 MHz repeater (KO9H 224.96, -1.6, 110.0 CTCSS) is operational from Cary and he invites people to stop by and use the machine. The EN52 net uses Ken's repeater for its monthly 220 net on the second Tuesday of each month unless otherwise noted.

Hamfest/Conference Reports

There were a few hamfests held in November, but none were attended by anyone in the room. There are no local hamfests scheduled in December.

The WARAC Midwinter Swapfest will be held Saturday, January 4, 2020 at the Waukesha County Expo Center Area in Waukesha, WI.

WCRA will host their Mid-Winter Hamfest in St. Charles at the Kane County Fairgrounds Expo Center on Sunday, January 19, 2020.

Upcoming MCWA Presentations

Our members have a wealth of knowledge and experience that other members are eager to receive. Everyone has something to share that will benefit others. Would you consider sharing your knowledge and present a talk at an upcoming meeting?

  • January 7th, 2020 - History of Electricity and Electrical Technology by Jack Hudson W9MU
  • February 4th, 2020 - Salvation Army Team Emergency Radio Network, by Robert Langsfeld, WB9TZC
  • March 3rd, 2020 - ARRL Update by Kermit Carlson W9XA
  • April 7, 2020 - TBD
  • May 5, 2020 - Building & Testing the SATNOGS Rotor by Mike Pecorini KD2RPE & Ralph Iden WB9ICF
  • June 2, 2020 - Inexpensive Test Equipment for Hams by Gary, W9TD
  • July 7, 2020 - QSLing by John Cankar, W9JM

Old Business

Board of Directors Meeting

The MCWA Board of Directors met on October 22, 2019 at 6:30 PM in the Crystal Lake Bank meeting room.

President Mike Metroka WB8BZK began the meeting welcoming the incoming BOD members and thanking the outgoing ones. This was followed by a review of the roles and responsibilities of each Board member as specified by the MCWA Constitution and Bylaws.

A detailed presentation of the organization's metrics over time (e.g., membership, meeting attendance, finances, project participation, etc.) indicate a consistent positive upward trend. The BOD discussed the organization's growth and challenges such as meeting room capacity and maintaining a comfortable temperature in the meeting room with so many attendees. The Board will be exploring ideas to address these issues.

The Board agreed that the organization's interest and participation at the three scouting events over the past two years was overwhelmingly positive.

The club is encouraged to continue these activities in the future if opportunities are presented. The organization should consider strengthening its outreach by reaching out to other youth organizations such as 4H, Girl Scouts, etc., and exploring follow-up activities such as "get on the air nights", licensing classes, and other activities to keep the excitement alive.

  • Approved a 2020 MCWA budget which is in line with the last two year's income and expenses. The amount of the 2020 budget is $1,349.00.
  • Approved the formation of a committee to explore future activities with the scouts and funding such activities at last year's level.
  • Approved the formation of a committee to explore follow-up activities and funding requirements for those who may have an interest in amateur radio to encourage them in becoming active, licensed amateurs.
  • Approved the formation of a committee to organize a 2020 club social event and funding at last year's levels.
  • Approved the formation of a 2020 Field Day committee and the selection of a chairperson with funding at last year's level.
  • Approved looking into obtaining a copy of OpenOffice or LibreOffice tools for the donated Windows 10 laptop and if those tools would not work out well, approved the purchase of a copy of Microsoft Office Home and Business so that the laptop could be used at MCWA meetings. The Office purchase would be a one-time purchase and not a yearly subscription.
  • After receiving comments from the membership about the lack of time to consider the Nominating Committee's candidates before voting for new Officers and Directors, the Board unanimously approved directing the Nominating Committee to present its list of candidates at the August membership meeting. At the September membership meeting, the Nominating Committee will formally present its candidates and additional nominations from the floor will be accepted. The election of new Officers and Directors will then occur at the September meeting in accordance with the Constitution.

    The Board is still seeking a Program Chairperson.

    The next scheduled Board of Directors meeting is set for October 20th, 2020 with interim meetings called as needed.

    MCWA Dinner Social

    The dinner social held on November 5th at the Village Squire in Crystal Lake was a great success. The fifty-four participants filling the private room reserved for the event enjoyed good food and conversation. MCWA President Mike Metroka WB8BZK extended a warm welcome to all and presented a program showcasing the club's recent Scout Camporee project. A prize raffle of ARRL books and chocolates was held following the program.

    There were more attendees than the year before and the room was full. If the event gets any larger, a bigger venue may be required. Although things generally went well, there was a mix-up with the chicken dinner not being as described on the menu that the Village Squire had provided MCWA and the wait staff was unable to rectify the situation.

    The dinner would not have been possible without the support of the Board of Directors and the dedication of the dinner committee and greeters. Thank you!

    • Dean Hettel WD9FOO
    • Jim McDonald N7US
    • Mike Metroka WB8BZK
    • Joe Robin N9OK
    • Fred Soop AC9RQ (personal name badges)

    Scout Camporee Project

    MCWA once again participated in the Sycamore District's Scout Camporee (Jurassic Luau) which was held on October 5th, 2019 at Veteran Acres in Crystal Lake. The club goal was to expose youth to Amateur Radio and to provide a fun experience on the air or sending Morse code. The Sycamore District covers all of the greater McHenry County area and hundreds of scouts attended the Camporee, which offered many activities that the scouts could choose from including Amateur Radio.

    The club operated out of the Nature Center which kept the scouts and equipment safe and dry. Two stations were in operation one on 6 meter SSB and one on 2 meter FM. In addition, another table containing two Morse code practice "transmitters" were available. After watching an excellent video, "Amateur Radio: A hobby for the 21st Century", produced by the Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB), the scouts were given the choice of making an on-the-air contact or learning to send a message using Morse code.

    It was expected that the Amateur Radio activity would appeal to the older scouts, but most of the scouts visiting our activity were in their early teens or younger. Several participants attended last year's Scout STEM Day at McHenry County College. Some of them took another turn at the microphone while others chose to visit the CW table to give others a chance to make a QSO.

    There were many more female scouts or young ladies interested in becoming scouts than have been seen in the past. They seemed to really enjoy getting on the air and having QSO's, especially if another YL was on the other end. Thank you to Sue Iden KA9EUW for being that YL.

    A Leader/Parent follow up brochure was provided that contained information on how to become an Amateur Radio operator, MCWA contact and meeting information, and license exam dates and times. There was interest by some in taking the next steps towards getting a ticket including a series of classes.

    Over twenty people were involved (on air and off) in making this event a success. Thank you! Your contributions are appreciated, and you have made a difference in many scout's lives.

    MCWA On-Site Volunteers

    • Gary Dembski W9GD
    • Dave Holmgren K9AT
    • Ralph Iden WB9ICF
    • Dan Larson KD9M
    • Sean McKinney KD9HVX
    • Mike Metroka WB8BZK
    • Mike Murtz KC9LDU
    • Desmond Sharpe KB3LKM
    • Wendell Smith N9REP
    • David Whiteside N9BSA
    • Laura Whiteside N6JLT

    Field Radio Support Team

    • Pierre Berube K9EYE
    • Loren Burkett K3RFC
    • John Dewey KA9CAR
    • Dean Hettel WD9FOO
    • Sue Iden KA9EUW
    • Dennis Ryan KA9PUC (was also on-site)
    • Mike Salak KC9Q
    • Dale Szymkowski KU9G
    • Dave Whaley NT9E
    • Others...

    New Business

    Mike Pecorini KD2RPE brought up that the current MCWA website could benefit from a little updating to provide an improved user experience, especially to those with tablets and cell phones. Although it was agreed that this would be a worthwhile project and one that has been in the works for a period of time, it is not an easy task and could be potentially expensive if outside resources were required. Ralph Iden WB9ICF said that he was already in contact with Mike Ricketts ND9G to discuss ways of streamlining the updating of information such as the meeting minutes. Ralph will be coordinating a discussion about how the website could be improved and will report back to the Board of Directors and the membership.

    Wrap up

    An invitation to interested parties to gather later at The Cottage to enjoy eyeball QSOs and 1/2 price pizza was offered.

    Tom Pusateri W9NBG will be presenting "Ham Radio in the mid-1950's" following the adjournment of tonight's meeting.

    The next regular meeting will be Tuesday, January 7th. 2020 in the Crystal Lake Bank meeting room. Doors open at 6:30 PM, with the meeting starting at 7:00 PM.

    A motion to adjourn was made by John Cankar W9JM and seconded by Gary Dembski W9GD. The motion was approved by voice vote and the meeting was adjourned at 7:50 PM.

    Prepared by Ralph Iden WB9ICF, MCWA Secretary

    © McHenry County Wireless Association


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7 April 1948

Baba and the mandali rose early on the morning of 7 April, and the whole party, including the coolies, began their walking journey to Uttar Kashi. Famous for harboring spiritual seekers, yogis and sadhus, Uttar Kashi is about 40 miles from Tehri Garhwal. The distance does not seem overly far considering the length of Baba’s other foot journeys in the past; but this Himalayan mountain was steep and laced with rough tracts, and the intense heat relentlessly beat down upon them throughout the day. Baba and the men wore tennis shoes and carried satchels on their backs. By midday they had covered twelve miles and reached the dak bungalow in Syansu forest, where they stopped to rest.

7 April 1959

On 7 April, in Poona, Baba executed a revised Last Will and Testament, turning over the copyrights of his writings after Adi Sr.’s death to the Trust.  His Tomb had already been transferred to the Trust under the Trust Deed.

7 April 1963

Baba describes one individual weakness of each of the previous Avatars.

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Looking for a roommate? SPSP has set up an online survey to collect information from anyone wishing to share a room at the annual convention. Click here to put your name on the list. Click here to view the list of those looking for roommates.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that SPSP will not be matching you up or assigning roommates. This space is designated as a meeting ground for you to get in contact with potential roommates; however, it is your responsibility to set up arrangements. SPSP is not responsible for any liability or financial obligation that may arise from voluntary matching made via this space.

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Need writing tips? Teaching activities? Stats tutorials? Advice on getting a job? All of these resources are available to you in one place on the Student Resources Page! Check out the great resources SPSP and the GSC have compiled for you!

Joining APA Division 8: Social and Personality

SPSP student members are now eligible to join APA’s Division 8: Social and Personality. As an APA Division 8 member, individuals qualify for the APA Convention member registration rate, while being a member of SPSP by itself, does not. APA Division 8 members also qualify for reduced rates for APA journals (e.g., JPSP).

To become a Division 8 of APA member, individuals must apply via the APA website, meet APA's membership criteria, and indicate interest in becoming a member of APA Division 8, which requires an additional $2 paid directly to APA beyond regular APA dues.

Other Conventions

International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) - January 15 submission deadline

Association for Psychological Science (APS) - January 31 poster submission deadline

Society for the Study of Motivation (SSM) - January 31 poster submission deadline

Grad Hack: The Perfect Presentation

Ever wonder why graduate school doesn’t come with an instruction manual? Now you’ve got it: Grad Hack, giving you quick and dirty tips for your graduate career and beyond.

This month, GSC Member-at-Large Benjamin Johnson provides some tips and tricks for improving your conference presentations. Check them out here.

Undergraduate News to Use: Convention Tips

Undergraduates seeking sage advice: look no further! Undergrad News to Use is here to give you tried and true help with all of the big events in your undergraduate career.

This month, GSC Member-at-Large for Undergraduate Affairs, Katy Krieger, provides some advice on navigating the upcoming SPSP 2016 convention. Click here to learn more.

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What do Hollywood, donuts, beer, newspapers, and the ETF business have in common? Just ask the State Street Global Advisors (SSgA [profile]) team.

Boston-based SSgA is sponsoring a new podcast series, Crazy Enough, that stars actress (a Massachusetts native who is also a director and business owner) Elizabeth Banks and directed by David Gordon Green, SSgA chief marketing officer Stephen Tisdalle confirmed yesterday. The idea is to highlight the success of mid-cap companies that SSgA's SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF invests in, companies like Dunkin' Donuts, EPR Properties, the New York Times, and Sam Adams.

BrandChannel and ETF Trends reported on the news. And last month the Boston Herald figured out that Banks was back in Beantown working on some kind of secret project.

"Despite delivering higher annualized returns over the last two decades, mid-cap stocks receive scant attention when compared to their large and small cap peers," Tisdalle states. "Crazy Enough to Work takes a fun, innovative and engaging approach to help investors get a closer look at several companies that make up the mid-cap equity sector."

"As a fellow entrepreneur, I found it exciting to go behind the scenes and help these organizations tell their stories to the world," Banks states.

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Tag Archives: Hacienda League

Hacienda 2019 Non-League Schedules

Hacienda 2019 Non -League Schedules: Season kicks off Friday August 23.

South Hills Still Perfect; Edges Diamond Ranch

(Covina) – Juaquin Elliott scored twice, including a five-yard run in the fourth quarter to lead South Hills to a 24-21 win over Diamond Ranch Thursday night at Covina District Field.

Hacienda Non-League Schedules

Hacienda Non-League Schedules: Season kicks off August 17

Spathias Out at Los Altos

By Tim Peterson (Hacienda Heights) – Hector Spathias is out as the head coach at Los Altos sources confirmed Wednesday.

Charter Oak Holds off Diamond Ranch

By Tim Peterson (Covina) –  Jermaine Braddock and Chase Evans combined for 40 points and it proved to be enough for Charter Oak in a 57-52 win over Diamond Ranch Friday night in Hacienda League action.

The Peterson Principle: 10/22/2017

By Tim Peterson We still have two weeks left in the regular season but it looks like everything is settled. Let’s take a league inventory:

Los Altos Puts Away Walnut in Fourth

By Tim Peterson (Hacienda Heights) – Los Altos broke open a close game in the fourth quarter outscoring Walnut 23-11 to beat the Mustangs 70-57 Friday night in a Hacienda League contest.

The Peterson Principle: 11/30/2016

By Tim Peterson Sierra Canyon won the CIF championship last year. But they were supposed to right? I mean it was the Mid-Valley Division.

Game Night: CIF Playoffs – Second Round

All Kickoffs are at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise indicated:

Los Altos Undefeated, Undisputed in Hacienda

By Tim Peterson (Covina) – Los Altos got a pick six on its first defensive series of the game to set the tone and went on to beat Charter Oak 21-7 Friday night on the Chargers home field.