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|H57 self promotion posters
see them all in graphic section | via I believe in ad | by H-57
|Danny Goldberg design
|added to identity & print sections on january 15th
|2009 Wall Calendar by Valérydesignwrks
|posted in print section on january 14th
|nice calendar, nice print, nice illustrations, for a nice cause!!! Produced under the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) international certification guidelines.
|buy it on supermarket | more of Valery products here | and here web site www.valerydesignwrks.ca
|Elsa's story
|posted in packaging section on january 14th
|This project could be in the identity section because what I like the most is the logo... As state the dieline where I found it, "The unusual logo incorporates a vintage 'family photo' in black and white, with 'Elsa' circled in red pen. The entire brand premise is tied to the story of Elsa, whose influence is woven into every product."...
|more on the dieline article | designed by neogroup.co.il
|Eric Canto web site
|posted in personal work & photo section on january 11th
|Eric Canto contact me to design his web site. He is photographer, he did the picture of Lunatic age I used on the design of their last album... He has done amazing live pictures of famous bands... It was a pleasure to work with him...
|This was one the phase we goes on to find the right first page... We goes with the red texte one, but I was really happy with this one too...
|www.canto-photographer.com, also check his new blog for updates and link to very insteresting stuffs...
|Letterhead by Dailypoetics
|posted in identity section on january 11th
|picture above designed by www.gouthier.com
see them all in identity section | http://www.flickr.com/photos/dailypoetics/
|posted in print & packaging sections on january 11th
|Morton & sons by Moving brands
|posted in identity section on january 8th
|Harmonie intérieure - Sale and other infos
|posted in personal work section on january 7th
|As you know if you visit this site often, Haermonie intérieure
is the home decoration workshop I open with my wife. After a year of activity,
we deceided to stop selling stickers to public, and now we will focus
on resellers, with the help of a new company.
So on, the shop is now open only to sell the graphic posters and present the stickers collections. And we are putting some stickers on sale as we have to clean up the workshop a little ;)
Visit the harmonie intérieure web site >>
|La coopérative de mai - january & february 2009 program
|posted in personal work section on january 6th
|This is the front cover and the afterwork page designed for the new program of this concert place...
|posted in identity, print & packaging sections on january 6th
|posted in print section on january 5th
|Felix Ng did this very nice limited edition calendar...
|you can buy it here www.silnt.com/calender
|2009... back in 2008
|posted on january 1st
|Here it comes again... a brand new year, full of hope...
when you start a year like this, you think everything is possible, don't
you? Probably the reason why they create it, the idea of year...
Anyway, a new year is also time to see what is behind...or more important, what you have done, lived, saw during a whole year that let you imagine this new one full of promises...
For me it would be a brand new start, with a lot of new project coming, and also a new way to work... will explain you later ;)
Here comes a selection of 2008 images... hard to do this selection, I published so much images and amazing works here... Sorry images are not linked to designers or studio, I know this is not cool, but it is too much work to do... so, let's visit the archives if you want to know more about a project...
|Also, this year was for me the year of harmonie interieure... We deceided to stop it as it is right now, and are reworking the concept... will tell you soon... Also, doing this project brings me to a lot of interior design web site, and so on introduce this to this site... the selection of 2008 founds...
|Also, thanks to all the people who write me to thanks for the site and the inspiration... you're welcome ;) So, let me say it :
Have a great creative 2009 year...


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Candle-Ends: Reviews
Shelley Carpenter
Caroline England's collection Watching Horsepats Feed the Roses (ACHUKAbooks, 2012) brings the short story form to its zenith. A dozen stellar stories are filled with prose that surprises and hooks the reader, very often in the first line. The collection is inhabited by characters that are lovelorn, nostalgic, tragic, the keepers of secrets and much more. Many of the stories are family stories that traverse the dark side of human nature. They often begin one way and turn in a surprising direction. "The Bees Knees" borders on the grotesque, while the Alfred Hitchcock-like ending of "Heart" is a stunner.
England employs first, second, or third person narration with a point of view that is quite intriguing. One such story, "Words," is told in third person with very little dialog. It is dramatic as we see the protagonist from the watchful narrator's perspective, sometimes wide-lensed and distant and sometimes internal, as the narrator omnisciently reports the character's thoughts and feelings.
"Today" is one of the many family stories. What makes this story so interesting, again, is the point of view. It begins innocently with first-person narration—"Today I wrote to Richard."—but as the story reveals itself, it becomes complex and layered. England creates incredible depth through the clever use of several techniques. The narrator never changes yet there are shifting points of view that present other characters' perceptions.
In his essay "From Long Shots to X-Rays" David Jauss writes, "point of view is more a matter of where the language is coming from than it is of person." And that is precisely what is happening in "Today." The story unfolds in poignant increments and the reader may not see the entire story—not see "it" coming—until the last page even though there are subtle hints along the way, changes in tone or character voice. There is a sublime economy of words—masterful storytelling.
Likewise, in other stories the narrators are present, yet they reveal little of themselves. Less is so much more. A turn of a phrase, a short sentence of dialog or just a word or two carries double meaning. Such is the case in "Nothing Broken": the "blackout blinds" (being blind to the outside), "virgin" (innocence), and the evocative "cheeses, orange, white, yellow, blue, some waxy, some curdled with deep red tomatoes and onion to match." The cheeses are ordered from fresh to not-so-fresh, implying a descent or passage of time. The ripe tomatoes followed by the onion hint of a fertile lushness chased with something sweet and bitter.
Watching Horsepats Feed the Roses is one of the finest collections of short stories I have read—smart, provocative writing. It is a collection for readers and writers alike.
Caroline England prefers writing to dusting, ironing, vacuuming and washing-up. Born a Yorkshire lass, she studied law at Manchester University and stayed over the border. Caroline became a partner in a solicitors practice and instigated her jottings when she deserted the law to bring up her three lovely daughters. In addition to the publication of her short story collection, Watching Horsepats Feed the Roses, and her first novel, A Slight Diversion, Caroline has stories and poems published in Toasted Cheese and variety of literary magazines. Despite her best endeavors, Carolyn's writing always veers to the dark side. You can find her on Facebook and Twitter: @CazEngland.
Shelley Carpenter is Toasted Cheese's reviews editor. Email: harpspeed[at]toasted-cheese.com

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Allow yourself to feel passionate about your job.
Get attached.
Fall in love.
It's okay to nerd out. It's okay to talk people's ears off about the things you like.
It only makes you happier and more of an asset in the future, so find something you like about your job and focus on it.


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All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty
P. J. O'Rourke (Author)
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DescriptionWith All the Trouble in the World, P. J. O'Rourke once again landed on best-seller lists around the country, confirming his reputation as the pre-eminent political humorist of our time. Attacking fashionable worries - all those terrible problems that are constantly on our minds and in the news, but about which most of us have no real clue - P. J. crisscrosses the globe in search of solutions to today's most vexing issues, including overpopulation, famine, plague, and multiculturalism, and in the process produces a hilarious and informative book which ensures that the concept of political correctness will never be the same again. One of the funniest, most insightful, dead-on-the-money books of the year. - Los Angeles Times; All the Trouble in the World is O'Rourke's best work since Parliament of Whores. - The Houston Post; The dispatches are unfailingly funny....Mr. O'Rourke gets to the heart of the matter with a steady stream of wisecracks....Economists, political scientists and sociologists are inclined to approach the ills of society with regression analysis. P. J. O'Rourke just points and laughs. Not surprisingly, it is Mr. O'Rourke who gets it right. - The Washington Times; Bottom line: Buy the book. - The Wall Street Journal.
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There are lots of different mental health professional options are available for you to choose and start your carrier. Through choosing it you can directly enter into the field of the mental health. Before entering in to this field, you need to complete the undergraduate degree in the particular discipline to gain knowledge and to know more about it.
Here are few of the best profession that you can choose to rock after completing your undergraduate along with your extra degrees and they are as follows
To enter into this field there is a need for you to have a master degree in the psychiatry and in additional to that there is a need for you to have four years of the residency training to obtain the appropriate state issued licenses.
For this there is a need for you to complete the undergraduate degree based on the psychiatry or related to that field. You should attend plenty of classes that focus on the biology, natural science and the chemistry.
Social worker
When you like to become the social worker there is a need for you to do the undergraduate in social work. You need some kinds of patients and do a lot of research works based on dealing with the different set of people who have the mental problems. You can get involved with non-profits and foundations to provide services to under-served communities.
Mental health counselor
When you want to become a mental health professional who is expect in providing the mental health counseling services then there is a need for you to do the undergraduate and the master degree in the same discipline that too after completing your masters program and completing a minimum amount of the supervised work hours.
The undergraduate degree that you should focus should be based on the human behavior, advanced psychology, counseling psychology, advanced research methods and the professional ethics. To become a expert there it is required for you to have a lot of training that would provide you the variety of the issues and when you have a great passion for helping others then you would have a great interpersonal skills where you can find out a way for getting your mind to set up in the exact career path that you want to determine.
Predicting your career is made easy with the best undergraduate course that you choose
Everyone would dream to choose their own dream goal but for that there is a need for you to know to choose the correct proper undergraduate degree that would make you to shine in the field of the mental health problem.
- If you had chosen the correct course then you would be the master in your field.
- There is a need for you to take some regular practice.
- You can get experience when you deal with the different types of the problems.
Through doing as like this you can become an expert and start rocking in the profession that you have chosen and lead your carrier as a mental health professional.


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Clearly Understanding Terminologies With Regard to Titus International's Philosophy of Missions:
Who we are, what we do, how we do it, and the values that guide us in carrying out God's plans for Titus, are best communicated to others, and most clearly defined by us, when the following definitions are understood:
Evangelism, discipleship, Bible-training, church-planting, facilitating, and starting other related ministries--among people-groups not native to the missionary's own geographic area. In addition, the full nationalization of these missionary efforts and ministries, as soon as is prudently possible.
National ownership, leadership and sovereign independence over ministries within the country, people-group or geographic area where nationals live and minister.
Training, facilitating, delegating responsibility, blessing, promoting, affirming persons and their ownership of the work, and promoting God-dependent independence--all among nationals.
Producing dependence, subjugation, inferiority and resentment among nationals, by control, prominence and self-promotion.
Self-supporting, self-propogating, self-governing (churches, ministries).
Titus International's Philosophy of Missions
- Fundamental Assumptions of a Biblical philosophy of missions--Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19,20
- That missions is God's will and plan.
- That the responsibility to carry out missions is equally upon all believers, all local churches, in all places.
- That missions is equally God's work and man's.
- That nationals are primary in reaching their own people-group.
- That empowering them is God's plan.
- That enabling them is Satan's plan.
- Values and Disciplines required for holding and carrying out a Biblical philosophy of missions
- Accountability in all areas of personal life and ministry: to God, the local church, Titus, supporters, US and national co-workers, other brothers and sisters Christ.
- Humility toward God, family, national and American co-workers, and the lost.
- Obedience to God's Word as the final authority in all areas of doctrine and practice. Periodic self-examination and cross-examination--both personally and professionally.
- Integrity in all spoken, financial and contractual matters.
- Submission to authority and to other believers, including nationals.
- Personal Perspective necessary to fulfill a Biblical philosophy of missions
- God's primacy in life--both personal relationship and obedience.
- The importance of implicit obedience to His plan for evangelism, discipleship, teaching, facilitating, planting, empowering and nationalizing His work.
- The need to treat nationals as equals/co-workers in every way.
- Conviction of the importance of, and the explicit role of the missionary to empower nationals: Bible/leadership training, mentoring, facilitating, equipping, promoting, blessing and nationalizing their work.


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IV Therapy
Dr. Hayhlee Clarence, Naturopathic Doctor
IV Therapy is one the tools we have in our toolbox as Naturopathic Doctors. When we talk about IV therapy, we are talking about vitamin therapy.
We aren't talking about pharmaceuticals and prescribed medications that we might see in hospitals, but more things like Vitamin C, Glutathione; a lot of the anti-oxidant vitamins that really can help support healthy cell functioning, energy, and all of those kinds of things.
With Vitamin C, a lot of people find it's the most beneficial for anything related to fatigue or chronic conditions where patients cannot move forward in recovery.
For Cancer patients, IV Vitamin C therapy is something that most people seem to be interested in; most people have heard of it if they've done any research into cancer care or cancer care support.
It should be a conversation that should be specific to the type of cancer they have, where they are in treatment, and what their goals are. It tends to be more than just, "you have cancer, IV vitamin C is fantastic, let's get started", it should be a conversation about the patient specifically.
What do they want from it? Where are they in treatment? Is it safe? Does it have enough of an effect to warrant it? From there, we can move forward with it. It can be a fantastic tool to help people recover from, especially the more draining treatments, as well as move back into a healthier state.
Often, for cancer patients, it can help to support remission, which is the goal once patients are recovering; to keep them as well as possible for as long as possible.


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A Hornet Driver's Perspective on Pitch Black
Squadron Leader Paul Simmons has a unique perspective on Exercise Pitch Black, having last participated in 2016 as Lead Exercise Controller and Mission Developer.
But his first involvement came in 1994 at RAAF Base Tindal, flying the F/A-18A Hornet after having recently graduated onto the aircraft from No. 2 Operational Conversion Unit.
At the time, the Hornet – which entered RAAF service from 1985 – could be equipped with heat-seeking AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, and the AIM-7 Sparrow radar-guided missile, as well as a 20-millimetre cannon just forward of the cockpit.
The weapons would not be fired during Exercise Pitch Black missions, but rather, pilots would have to manoeuvre into the correct parameters where they could simulate the weapon's firing and call a 'kill' against their opposition.
Squadron Leader Simmons recounted his first Exercise Pitch Black in 1994, flying as a wingman to the Executive Officer for No. 75 Squadron – who eventually went on to become Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin (retired) – known to many as 'Binny':
The exercise was based on Defensive Counter Air (protect Australia from attacks) and Tindal was the centre of the action.
(There were) many memorable missions with some eye-opening night engagements against USMC (United States Marine Corps) Harriers and RAAF F-111s attacking at night and at low level.
My two most vivid memories are: Sitting at the end of Runway 14 at Tindal on Alert 3 (if given a scramble order, we had to be airborne in 3 minutes) as Number Two to Binny.
It was late afternoon and we had been there in an hour, all was quiet and I was calm."
Suddenly we received the scramble order as a low level attack on Tindal had been detected 40 nautical miles north west of the field.
The heart gets pumping really quickly – start the left engine and scramble.
We did a formation take-off, and then at a couple of hundred feet Binny waves me away into tactical formation.
We set the switches in the cockpit to fight, heading south briefly before turning hard back to the north to engage.
We spent the 30 minutes in an old school crazy fight against many low level strikers and some escorts, killing most of the attackers before running out of weapons and fuel and landing back at the base a short time later.
The other memory is - it was night, and we were flying in the standard very dark Northern Territory sky - many years before we had Night-Vision Goggles."
We were sitting in a CAP (Combat Air Patrol) with our radars searching the inky blackness for signs of attacking forces.
We detected low-level F-111s and headed west in afterburner to engage as quickly as we could.
Trying to hang on to visual contact with Binny while also working the radar and shooting at low level contacts and their escorts at height at night is busy to say the least.
I lost some heartbeats that night but stayed visual and shot a couple of bad guys…which for a new wingman was a win!
During Exercise Pitch Black 96, Squadron Leader Simmons was at No. 3 Squadron, leading a four-ship formation of Hornets through the exercise.
At the time, Squadron Leader Simmons was awaiting Fighter Combat Instructor Course – a six-month program that graduates expert leaders and instructors capable of tactics development, validation and instruction within the RAAF.
Squadron Leader Simmons recounted:
We were tasked as the 'Kamarian Orange Forces' and flying out of Darwin under the command of Air Marshal Geoff Shephard (retired), who was then Officer Commanding No. 82 Wing.
We were the bad guys, and included United States Air Force B-52s and F-16Cs, and RAAF F-111s.
We were flying against RAAF F/A-18s of Nos. 75 and 77 Squadron, USAF F-15Cs, who were supported by a USAF E-3C Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS).
We were escorting two B-52s where we started over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf at high level, with four F-111s, eight F-16Cs and six F/A-18s.
On the Mission Commander's word, we had the B-52s and F-111s descend steeply to low level while putting out a ton of chaff (radar countermeasures), escorted by my four F/A-18s, while the rest of the fighters covered all altitudes from 50,000 feet to low level.
It was quite a mess for the defenders to sort out and stop.
Ingressing at low level on the wing of 2 B-52s with their wings 'flapping' due to the heat and thermals, while targeting and shooting defenders, remains quite a memory.
During Exercise Pitch Black 96, Squadron Leader Simmons said the Orange Force concocted a plan to 'shoot down' the Blue Force E-3C AWACS – a linchpin for the defensive team.
The day they chose to execute their mission however coincided with a visit by a delegation from Canberra to see the effect of an AWACS on the aerial battle.
The delegation was escorted by then-Wing Commander Mark Binskin, who was part of the program to acquire the Wedgetail (Airborne Early Warning and Control) capability for Australia.
Squadron Leader Simmons recalled that Orange Force had a plan to sweep in and stir up the defence from Blue Force fighters, then topping up their fuel tanks from air-to-air refuelling tankers over the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, and then returning with strike aircraft to re-attack Blue Force:
The difference this day was that we would press in as usual, but stay for a while longer as a distraction while one of our F-16s in a 'clean and fast' configuration (they had taken all the radar reflecting and drag inducing tanks, pylons and missiles off) would do a tactic and then get to very low altitude and spring through the defenders and try and 'kill' the E-3.
The tactic worked a charm, and the F-16 got through and killed the E-3, which was south of Tindal, numerous times before being shot and recovering extremely high and slow back to Darwin with little fuel remaining.
In retrospect it was not the best mission to plan such a move with the VIPs on board and it was even less well received as the F-16 joined on the wing of the E-3 and kept mercilessly calling the 'kill' on the Blue Force radio frequency.
Later that day the E-3 landed in Darwin, and we all got out on the tarmac cheering our victory as it taxied by.
I still remember Binny giving me the 'disappointed dad' look in the bar that night, trying to explain to me why despite the great tactical execution, of all the days, today was not the best and we made the 'sell' he was part of all the harder.
Ultimately, the RAAF would select the Boeing E-7A as its Wedgetail AEW&C platform in 1999, although it would not be until 2010 that they were formally accepted into service – with their debut appearance at Exercise Pitch Black in 2014.
Squadron Leader Simmons said Exercise Pitch Black had changed since the 1990s, when its focus was on Defensive Counter Air missions to protect Australian airspace.
Today, we see much more focus on power projection into contested airspace, where fighters and electronic warfare platforms provide windows of superiority for the rest of the force to undertake critical missions.
To that end there are more mission sets involving the use of airlift and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) platforms.
Mission scenarios during future Pitch Black exercises will need to continue to evolve, especially with the RAAF growing as a fully-networked Fifth Generation air force.
Squadron Leader Simmons is experiencing that evolution firsthand – since June 2019, he is posted to Luke Air Force Base in the United States, as an Instructor Pilot on the F-35A Lightning II as part of the RAAF team in the F-35 International Training Centre:
Traditionally, (Exercise Pitch Black) was solely a large force, fast jet-centric exercise, aimed at developing leadership at various levels of fast jet mission execution.
These critical skills must remain front and centre in Exercise Pitch Black's purpose and structure, but increasingly we must find a way to train more of the Joint Force elements of the RAAF, under the stress of a realistic scenario.
These competing priorities will only grow and are not going away.


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Pat Perez
Full Name
6 ft, 0 in
183 cm
190 lbs
86 kg
March 01, 1976
Phoenix, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Wife, Ashley; Piper, Paxton
Arizona State University
Turned Pro
Career Earnings
Scottsdale, AZ, United States
City Plays From
2009 Season
2016-17 Season
2017-18 Season
2000 Season
2021 Season
Recorded two top-10s and qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs for the 14th time in the 15th year of the FedExCup era, finishing the season No. 80 in the standings. Made 21 cuts in 32 starts, highlighted by a T9 at the season-opening Safeway Open.
2020 Season
Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the fourth consecutive season and 13th overall, finishing the season No. 90 in the FedExCup standings. Collected a pair of top-10s and made 12 cuts in 18 starts.
2019 Season
Qualified for the FedExCup Playoffs for the 12th time, ending the season at No. 125 in the FedExCup standings. Earned three top-10s and made 13 cuts in 21 starts.
2018 Season
Advanced to the FedExCup Playoffs for the 11th time, ending his season at No. 39 in the FedExCup following a T55 at the BMW Championship. Season highlighted by his victory at the CIMB Classic, his third win on TOUR. Made 19 cuts in 23 starts with four top-10 finishes.
2017 Season
Claimed five top-10 finishes in 22 starts through the Wyndham Championship, highlighted by first-, second- and third-places finishes. Claimed his second career PGA TOUR title at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba. Advanced through all four FedExCup Playoffs events, before finishing the season at No. 15 in the FedExCup standings, a career-best.
2016 Season
Made just three cuts in first 11 starts of the 2015-16 season before season cut short prior to the Valspar Championship due to injury. Will play 2016-17 season on a Major Medical Extension, with 15 available events to earn 420 FedExCup points or $670,050 to remain exempt for the remainder of the year. Best finish of three made cuts was T41 at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Was 63rd at CIMB Classic and also advanced to the weekend at the Sony Open in Hawaii but failed to make the final round after a 54-hole cut due to 87 players making the 36-hole cut.
2015 Season
Collected 10 top-25 finishes in 23 starts through the Wyndham Championship to extend his streak of starts in the FedExCup Playoffs to a perfect nine for nine. Despite posting scores of par-or-better in 11 of 12 rounds in the first three events, ended the season ranked 45th in the FedExCup standings after the BMW Championship.
2014 Season
Made 18 of 25 cuts, with three top-10s. Finished No. 98 in the FedExCup standings for the second consecutive season. Withdrew from the Deutsche Bank Championship after the first round to end his season at the second FedExCup Playoffs event.
2013 Season
Made 14 of 22 cuts, with four top 10s. Finished No. 98 in the FedExCup standings. Was T62 at the Deutsche Bank Championship to drop out of the FedExCup Playoffs.
2012 Season
Finished No. 54 in the FedExCup standings.
2011 Season
Fifteen made cuts led to four top-10s and seven top-25s.
2010 Season
2009 Season
Won for the first time and finished the season ranked No. 46 in the FedExCup standings. Finished the season strong with a T13 finish at the Frys.com Open and a T10 at the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions.
2008 Season
Recorded career highs in money ($1.7 million), cuts made (21) and top-25 finishes (12).
2007 Season
Place on the money list was highest since rookie year in 2002.
2006 Season
Finished in the top 125 on the money list for the fifth time in his five-year career. Hampered by tendinitis in both elbows that lasted from THE PLAYERS Championship through the end of the season, making only 19 starts on the year. Played in eight more events the remainder of the year, withdrawing from two and making the cut in two.
2005 Season
Moved into the top 75 on the money list after finishing just outside the top 100 over the last two seasons.
2004 Season
Started the season slow making only three cuts in his first 12 starts. Ended the year with a bang, making 50 percent of his season earnings in his last five starts, including a T3 at 84 LUMBER Classic to secure his card for 2005. His $201,600 payday in Pennsylvania lifted him over the mark to secure his card for the 2005 season.
2003 Season
Made the cut in just under half of his 33 starts during his sophomore campaign. First of two top-10s was T6 at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Set course record with 11-under-par 61, a TOUR career best, at Bermuda Dunes CC in second round.
2002 Season
Only thing missing from his stellar rookie season was a victory but did qualify for his first Masters, thanks to finishing 40th on the money list. Became eighth rookie in TOUR history to surpass $1 million.
2001 Season
Earned first PGA TOUR card by finishing as medalist at PGA TOUR Qualifying Tournament.
2000 Season
Amateur Highlights


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Mechanical Television
Modern Mechanics Mechanical TV Receiver
This design for a mechanical TV receiver, published in the 1932 How to Build It issue of Modern Mechanics, would not have worked. First, it was designed for 24, 36 and 48 line transmissions. By 1932, none of these standards were in use. Almost all transmission was done with either 60 line/20 fps progressive scan, or 45 line/15fps triple interlace.
In addition, the viewing window is on the side of the disk, which would have worked for vertical scanning lines, but all American transmission was done using horizontal scanning. The viewing window needs to be at the top of the disk.
Obviously, this design was never built by Modern Mechanics. I wonder how many other things in the magazine were also not tested before the designs were published.
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Pre Tour Information
Helicopter staging location
Burton, a 30 minute drive south of Nakusp on Hwy # 23.
How to get there: Once in Burton drive to the end of McCormack Road (approx. 5km's) . At the end of Mc Cormack road you will merge with the Snow Creek Forestry Road stay straight and continue another 2km's keep an eye out for our staging area (hard to miss) .
Meeting time:
Your custodian will contact you a week in advance of your flight day to set up a meeting location in Nakusp.
This meeting is on the morning of your flight At 7:30 a.m. ,at one of the local cafes
if you wish to have breakfast be at the meeting place at 7:15 a.m.
During this meeting your group wll be given "WAIVERS" to sign . Please be familiarized with the Waiver before the morning of your trip
Your custodian will guide you to the heli staging area.
Your group is expected to be at the heli staging by 9:00 A.M .
Your custodian will organize the helicopter logistics.
Once you arrive at the lodge you will be given an orientation in regards to the use of the facilities.
Allowable gear weight
Allowable gear weight per person excludes skis
Group size is excluding the Custodian/s .
If Catered include your cook as well .
Self-catered groups: 80 lbs. per person
Catered groups: 45 lbs. per person
Weigh all your gear prior to arrival to ensure you are not over the allowable.
If at staging you are over the allowable gear weight, we will have to make an extra flight, the cost for this is $400.00 CAD (cash only). a.
If you know you are/will be overweight, or just want to take in extra gear, please notify the office prior to your flight to make arrangements to prior to your trip.
Our custodians will be reweighing your gear at staging.
It is very important you are punctual and completely organized for the flights.
There may only be a short weather window to allow for the flights, and if you are not organized, time will be lost and this may mean you might not make it into the lodge.
we don't refund for any downtime due to wx.
It also creates a rushed situation, we don't want rushed situations especially around a helicopter . Could be dangerous.
The helicopter is scheduled to land at the staging area at 9:30 a.m.
You should be dressed as for a day of skiing with your ski boots on and your daypack packed for a day of skiing.
Your daypack should be packed with everything you would take for a day of skiing. Shovels etc. in your pack.
Include in your pack your passport, wallet ,etc
No loose objects around helicopter.
Your skis including straps and cables should be strapped or taped together.
Your poles could be kept separate from your skis but strapped together. no loose objects
No ski bags.
Your daypack, skis and poles will be part of your passenger flight.
Snowboards: remove bindings
A separate sling load of gear will be weighed out and prepared for the helicopter.
If we are not overweight. One pair of extra skis is allowable per flight.
We recommend you carry insurance for your self and equipment.
Ideally Food and fluids should be transported in Plastic totes.
cardboard boxes are okay but must be strong and sturdy.
not too big i.e. ones you find at a liquor store.
good solid fruit/banana boxes okay.
Any extra clothes and misc. should be packed in a larger backpack in case you can not fly out and have to ski out.
The custodian will organize and deal with all the helicopter logistics.
The pilot will given you a helicopter safety briefing once all the gear is organized.
Please pay attention as the sooner this is done the sooner we fly
The custodian will organize and deal with all the helicopter logistics.
You will be given a helicopter safety briefing once the helicopter has landed and shuts down.
General flight scenario for a group of 10 ( non-catered) , plus custodians
Flight #1: 4 passengers.
Flight #2: 4 passengers.
Flight #3: 4 passengers.
Helicopter type:
A-star B-2 , 5 passengers.
Company: High Terrain Helicopters Ltd. 250-265-1155


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NSC Novarka Completion Ceremony take place on 29th of November 2016
NSC Novarka Completion Ceremony has gathered more than 800 participants and guests from over 40 countries of the world who are united by mission of transformation of Object "Shelter" into an ecologically safe system.
Among those present: President of Ukraine, representatives of Government and Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, top management of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and representatives of main contractor of project Novarka.
Among journalists who covered the event came more than 200 media representatives - more than 100 Ukrainian and about 100 international media.
About New Safe Confinement Novarka
New Safe Confinement Novarka is the largest movable structure in the world which is equipped with unique technologies and systems. Height of NSC Novarka is 110 meters, length - 150 meters, width - 260 meters and a weight of over 31000 tonnes.
In November 2017 NSC Novarka is scheduled to be in operation and begin work on dismantling of unstable structures of 4th Chernobyl reactor. The project assumes operation of NSC Novarka for 100 years.
International Chernobyl Shelter Fund was set up in order to implement the project of building a New Safe Confinement Novarka (NSC Novarka) over the sarcophagus which was built over destroyed reactor №4 of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. In autumn 1997 was created Assembly of Donors of Object Shelter. It should be noted that during the first month the donor commitments announced 20 countries and European Union. Today Assembly of Donors of Object Shelter brings together 28 countries. Fund managed by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development reports to donor countries for use of funds at meetings of Assembly of Donors.
After an international tender on 10th of October 2007 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Consortium NOVARKA which includes two French companies "VINCI Construction Grands Projets" and "Bouygues Travaux Publics" signed the final contract for design, construction and commissioning of New Safe Confinement Novarka. The main contractors are - CIMOLAI (Italy) - production of metal constructions, PaR (USA) - design and manufacture of main construction cranes and OKYANUS (Turkey) - design, delivery and installation of cladding.
About Chernobyl Disaster
Read more information about history of Chernobyl Disaster.
Chernobyl Helicopter Tour
Organizers of Events Related to NSC Novarka and Object Shelter of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Government of Ukraine
Final stage of sliding NSC Novarka on object Shelter of 4th reactor of Chernobyl NPP
NSC Novarka Construction Process in Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and Pripyat city in 30 years
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Rick Welts, who in 2011 became the first prominent U.S. sports executive to publicly identify as a gay man, has tied the knot.
The president and chief operating officer of the Golden State Warriors wed his partner , Todd Gage, in a Jan. 10 ceremony at San Francisco's City Hall. Mayor London Breed was the couple's officiant.
Welts confirmed the nuptials with a heartfelt photo on Twitter. He and Gage, who is a flight attendant, have been together for nine years.
Welts, a Seattle native, came out in a May 2011 interview with The New York Times in hopes of setting an example for other LGBTQ people who hope to pursue a career in professional sports.
"This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limits," said Welts, who was serving as president of the Phoenix Suns at the time. "Nobody's comfortable in engaging in a conversation."
Just months after the interview was published, he relocated from Arizona to California, and by September, he'd been hired as the Golden State Warriors' new president and chief operating officer.
While the reaction to his coming out was "overwhelmingly positive," he told the University of Washington Magazine in 2011, "The question I had to wrestle with was, 'Is there some larger good that can come of it?' rather than just making a personal decision about myself, and that's what I'm really happy about."
Since then, Welts has led the Warriors to three championship wins and five NBA finals appearances.
The number of openly LGBTQ sports officials includes Erik Braverman, who came out as gay in 2015 and serves as the senior vice president of marketing, communications and broadcasting for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
In 2017, San Francisco 49ers' assistant coach Katie Sowers came out as a lesbian in an interview with Outsports, becoming the NFL's first openly LGBTQ coach in the process.
With more than 40 years of NBA experience to his credit, Welts was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.


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If you're looking for a well specced e-reader, the Entourage Pocket eDGe might just be it and you have to know that the device is available for pre-order through Amazon right now. The device comes with a 7 inch resistive WVGA display and a 6 inch E-Ink screen with a 800 x 600 pixel resolution. The included digitizer is made by Wacom.
Pocket eDGe operates on Android, supports Bluetooth, WiFi b/g and features 3GB of internal memory, plus a 2MP camera with fixed focus. You'll get extra storage from a microSD card slot and there's a page turning mechanism making the experience more pleasant for users. The e-reader goes for $400.


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"Why Bilinguals Are Smarter"
While I am generally averse to reading articles that begin by telling us about how we are all living in "an increasingly globalized world," I thought this article I caught in the Sunday New York Times might be of interest to members of the FIT community:
…there is ample evidence that in a bilingual's brain both language systems are active even when he is using only one language, thus creating situations in which one system obstructs the other. But this interference, researchers are finding out, isn't so much a handicap as a blessing in disguise. It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles.
Tags: bilingualism, cognition, New York Times


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shallowCompare is a helper function to achieve the same functionality as
PureRenderMixin while using ES6 classes with React.
If your React component's render function is "pure" (in other words, it renders the same result given the same props and state), you can use this helper function for a performance boost in some cases.
var shallowCompare = require('react-addons-shallow-compare');
export class SampleComponent extends React.Component {
shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
return shallowCompare(this, nextProps, nextState);
render() {
return
foo
;
shallowCompare performs a shallow equality check on the current
props and
nextProps objects as well as the current
state and
nextState objects.
It does this by iterating on the keys of the objects being compared and returning false when the value of a key in each object are not strictly equal.
shallowCompare returns
true if the shallow comparison for props or state fails and therefore the component should update.
shallowCompare returns
false if the shallow comparison for props and state both pass and therefore the component does not need to update.


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Hello Students, How are you? I know you are so relaxed. Because recently Bangladesh Education board handover your public result in 2019. Now you are waiting for National University Admission circular. So if you searching in google as "Honours admission notice" Then This Post for you. In the Educational Post, …Read More »
Masters Professional Admission Form Fill up Circular (2nd Time)
Nationainal University Masters Admission Release Slip merit list For Professional with Recent Circular Published Today. Bangladesh National University Authority 2017-2018 year Masters (Regular) admission process 2nd Release 2nd and Last time circular Announced. Many Nu Students are Waiting For National University Masters Admission Notice. So This Masters Release Slip circular …Read More »
National University Degree 3rd year routine 2019
National University of Bangladesh Gazipur office announces Degree pass and Certificate course 3rd-year exam routine today. The title is NU Degree 3rd year exam routine. But recently Nu degree routine published change this Exam Schedule. If you are a Student of Nu Degree academic. Then Read Full The Educational Notice. …Read More »
NU Honours 3rd Year Challenge Result 2019-nu.edu.bd
Hello Graduate's Follower, How are you? Today I will write about National University honors Third Year Exam Result publish date Information. You Know that Some Day ago Gazipur Nu Authority Announce "2018 Nu honors 3rd Year Exam Routine in 2019" So Your Exam Will Start from 7 February and End 5 …Read More »
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Bangladesh National Univerisity is Famous Educational Institution of Other Publish University. This Local university Established in 1992. This organization is Head of All Colleges. It was established as an affiliating University to impart graduate and post-graduate level education to the students. The Head office of Nu is Gazipur. Everyday, All …Read More »
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Bangladesh National University Authority Recently Announce a New Nu Circular for All College Honours First year student. This circular about upcoming Exam Form fills up news related. you are 1st-year honours student? Then this Topic for you. Because your begun Academic Examination Coming soon. so For Attend in honours Exam …Read More »
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Bangladesh National University Gazipur authority announces Nu Honours 1st-year result Grade Improvement Exam application Form fill up notice in 2019. It's Good news for Nu student. Because Whose College Student can't Good result in previous Hons first year exam result. They are will Get More an Opportunity for Nu Result …Read More »
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Today Bangladesh National University Gazipur Publish 2017 Academic 1st year Masters exam Routine release For NEW Syllabus. Its Great news for Nubd student. Now You can Advance Preparation for Upcoming Nu Masters Final Exam. If you want to download Nu Masters Admit card just Read our nu circular full. Some …Read More »
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Bangladesh National University Office Authority Recent Announce a Circular for Degree 3rd year in all College. The Circular About Form form fill up. So If you are a Candidate of degree final year or Degree Last year exam, Then The Nu Degre 3rd year form fill notice for you. Last …Read More »
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National University Masters Final Challenge Results 2016 in 2019 Information. Bangladesh Gazipur NU Authority Announced MA Final Year Result publish date. BD National University's All 2016 post-graduate student can check his NU College last and Higher Exam result with marks from bd nu result official website nu.ac.bd. Bangladesh NU Masters Final Result …Read More »


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The water cycles over, across, and through the earth, carrying along with it a number of natural and manmade things. After an introduction to the water cycle, students will use models to
examine how water moves different things, from sand to pollutants to trash, and how man contributes to what water carries. The class will proceed outside to collect and record marine debris. The students will return to the classroom where they will use the models to brainstorm ways in which people (including the students themselves) can minimize their impacts on the ocean.
Duration: approximately 3.5 hours
Recommended: 5th grade to adult


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You Should Read This Book
I just finished reading "The Circle", a novel by Dave Eggers. It may not be the greatest novel I've read, but I couldn't put it down. It's a must read for anyone working in high tech &/or actively engaged in social media. The Circle is a story of how one company can do evil under the guise of corporate good will. It's about the positive and evil powers of social media. The novel illustrates the mechanisms of a cult gone viral on a global scale. It's hard to believe the "world wide web" is 25 years old. Remember when a virtual visit to the Louvre was the most exciting web application? The Circle takes a dystopian view of how the internet might look well within the next 25 years. Most of the technology exists today - the NSA certainly uses it.
Here's an excellent review by Margaret Atwood from the New York Review of Books.
Freaking on Focus
I'm an avid Podcast listener - Fresh Air, BBC's Kermode & Mayo, Maron's WTF & anything Slate. A new favorite is The Gist with Mike Pesca - topical, short, & sweet. I especially liked the podcast from last week with author Stephen Dubner: "Freakonomics is Basically a Peanut Butter Cup". To paraphrase:
"...Working with Georganne, it took less then 2 hours to develop and start implementing a focused business plan. I'm thrilled that my investment paid for itself in less then a month! "
The Aha! Moments
It's a blast to see clients have a major "Aha!" moment. Like when they see the benefits of targeted marketing campaigns vs. hit & miss activities. While concentrating on the day-to-day aspects of running their business, the basics of effective marketing are often overlooked. My own Aha moment was remembering to drink my own champagne. As I was developing consulting services to offer Tiger Team Marketing clients, I put them in practice myself.
One result was the development of a simple program that leads Tiger Team clients through the process of mapping out their marketing strategy: " One-Page . Two-Hours . Five-steps". By focusing on business and marketing best practices, I provide a a framework that guides clients through common discovery & planning exercises:
1. Deciding their business & marketing goals
2. Describing their customers
3. Defining their products
4. Developing a marketing plan
5. Doing it: setting a budget, creating a specific set of activities & deliverables, determining a timeline
Typically we begin with a Kick Start coaching session that helps the client take an outside-in view of their company. This builds a framework for the marketing conversation they want to have with their customers. From there we brainstorm on the strategy & plan. After the coaching session, the client is likely to engage with Tiger Team for implementing the plan in a way that best suits their needs.
It's a great journey as I continue to drink the champagne & go through my own 5-steps, making continual improvements along the way. Check out the Tiger Team website, updated to create more focus on the small business market. Another step towards achieving my own business goals. Let me know what you think!
Georganne Benesch is the principal of Tiger Team Marketing, CMO of Centerline Farm and a over zealous Yoga practitioner. With 25+ years in high-tech product marketing, she consults for start-ups, small businesses and technology companies.
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These are my six takeaways from the latest Detroit Red Wings game. I am committed to finding three positives and three "are you kidding me" moments. In a season that has been difficult to watch there is an overwhelming amount of negativity amongst the Wings fans I know (at least through this site along with twitter) and love. So instead of getting bummed out I am going to take it on myself to find the positive well also realizing that the "are you kidding me" moments are dominant. I am extremely biased. Things I will avoid 1. Management. Like a coach I am working with the team they have given me. By the way I probably will not manage to avoid the one thing I just said I would be avoiding.
Since this is my first time posting something like this I imagine it will be a work in progress. I have committed to write more and what better topic than something I am passionate about. Mostly I just want to get one of those cool banners like Malik has. You are probably thinking, great another Red Wings blog. I totally understand and if you please direct all comments here they will be taken under advisement. So.. Anaheim eh? The Mighty Ducks of the west.
Corey Perry had zero points. Zero. That makes me happy. According to the box score on NHL.com he had one shot on goal and one give away. Good. I hate Corey Perry. Corey Perry has only done one thing to make me happy and it was getting beat up by Pavel Datsyuk.
I can watch that a hundred times and still be happy. I miss Pavel. I hate Corey Perry
I wish we could decline penalties in the NHL. That is how bad it has gotten. It is so demoralizing. I am at the point where I am not even frustrated they can't score. I would be happy with a shot on goal. Hell, I would be happy if we could somehow manage to get the puck in our zone. How is it this bad? I googled "what is the longest power play drought in the history of the NHL" and the answer was just a picture of Corey Perry laughing at me. According to Wikipedia the worst power play percentage in a season was by the Tampa Bay Lightning (good) during the 97/98 season at 9.35%. As of today the Wings are 30th in the league at 11.4% and I kid you not 03.6% on the road. I blame Corey Perry.
Mr. Anthony (I couldn't find his middle name so lets just say...Larry) Mantha is a beast and will lead us to glory in the years to come. No pressure kid. I really enjoy watching him play. He has a different gear when he fires it up. I look at him as a Brendan Shanahan type player...someday. I don't see him coast or give up on plays like some of the younger guys on the team but he doesn't have the everyday drive yet. Hank will teach him. If he gets a fire in his belly the way our Captain has he will be unstoppable. Someday.
I am very worried about Petr Mrazek. He played well last night but my gut says something is not right. A little nugget in a (I believe Khan) article about Petr leaving practice early and being confronted by a teammate stuck out to me. It was almost a throw away part in the article but since I read it I have been watching his post game interviews and I see an unhappy goalie. I believe he has the talent to be an elite goaltender but does he have the attitude. I like a goalie who has attitude on the ice. I want to see them fired up. Get mad and throw your stick or yell at your D for messing up but a player that isn't buying into his team. No good. Maybe I am wrong but it is something to watch for.
I am not giving up on this post but this last bad is quite simple. We lost. That is a bad. I like it when we win. We should try that again. Or lets lose 7-6 in OT. 2-0. Ouch. Boring. We can start slow. How about we score the first goal. If we do that I will have my good for the next post.
I kind of miss the 10:30pm games. I can be nice and hopped up on Ginger Ale before the game starts and then be in blackout mode by the end. And hooo boy did that come in handy last night. I didn't hate the game last night per say. If we were say 7-3-1 in our past 11 then hey, it was a close game against a good team. But we aren't. Crap...This is supposed to be a good. Ummm...Corey Perry sucks. Nailed it.
Thanks for reading and I really hope to make this a regular thing. We go again tonight so here is to hoping for the 1st goal of the game which will be on the power play. My prediction for tonight. I enjoy a lot of Canadian Club and the Wings win 3-1.
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Nice post. And yes…Corey Perry can suck it. I try to find the positive in what I'm watching of the Wings games too but sometimes it's just….so….damn….hard.
Posted by 42jeff from The greater Taylor Tucky Metroplex on 01/05/17 at 06:53 PM ET
This post is very…therapeutic.
I look forward to more treatments!
Posted by bigdee89 from The Great White North Eh? on 01/05/17 at 06:58 PM ET
Already better than "The Puck Stops Here"!
Posted by Laran on 01/05/17 at 07:10 PM ET
Nice post., and yes I miss Datsyuk and still hate Perry.
Posted by bigfrog on 01/05/17 at 07:14 PM ET
My hope with Mrazek is that he's just rattled. He's been described throughout his career as extremely confident and unflappable. I think he's just flapped. We saw with Mantha 2 years ago how bad that can get for a youngish player. I think he'll pull out of it and hopefully it'll be good for him in the long run. Even it takes until next season. (As this one is pretty much a write off anyway.)
Posted by McG on 01/05/17 at 07:38 PM ET
Mrazek was on fire until last February. He has not looked the same since. A glimpse of shimmer here and there.
He did step it up in the first round of the playoffs, but, only after Howard flopped, so he did have a pretty big hole to dig out of. I'm hoping he can return to form but lets face it, we cannot win games without scoring.
No shoot. No score.
Lets Go Red Wings!!!!!
Posted by Kate-made in Detroit on 01/05/17 at 08:37 PM ET
I believe that Mrazk thinks he deserved a better contract and is playing down to the contract he got rather than the contract he thinks he deserved.
Posted by Ventr on 01/05/17 at 08:57 PM ET
And nice post Axe. Keep'er going.
Posted by Ventr on 01/05/17 at 08:58 PM ET
Nice post, have to slightly disagree on the Corey Perry point….
...but only because I also think Ryan Kesler deserves to be recognized as a POS as well.
Posted by maltby18 on 01/05/17 at 09:10 PM ET
Agree with any and all bad things said about Perry. And Kesler is so rotten that I will not even drink Kessler rotgut.
Good start to your column. Keep going, it does get easier. I speak from experience as I wrote for National Speed Sport News, MARC Times, Area Auto Racing News and a couple other rags of similar vein.
Posted by DocF from Now: Lynn Haven, FL; was Reidsville, NC on 01/06/17 at 02:13 AM ET
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Neeku, the adorably literal and naïve Nikto on Team Fireball, is a beacon of light and hope in Star Wars Resistance. His powers are so great, even the actor giving him life in the sound recording booth can't help but be swayed by his optimistic charm.
"I find that even if I'm having a bad day and I get to come in and be Neeku for a little while it immediately puts me in a better mood," says Josh Brener. "He's just a force of positivity and lovable dorkiness."
Brener, who counts the voice of Sabine Wren, Tiya Sircar, among his real-life closest friends, has been a Star Wars fan as long as he can remember. And thanks to a nudge from Sircar, Brener previously appeared in Star Wars Rebels as the voice of Erskin Semaj, a senatorial attaché to Mon Mothma.
In his latest role, Brener voices Neeku Vozo, the charmingly loyal and unfailingly hopeful mechanic on the Colossus platform whose excitement over first meeting Kazuda Xiono causes quite a stir in the show's pilot episode. "He definitely lacks the sarcasm bone, so he cannot detect irony, which makes for some good comedy," Brener says.
In just a few short clips and trailers, fans have already responded to Neeku's overt optimism and goofy charm. Brener recently spoke to StarWars.com about his love of the Force, the importance of mentors, and why he can never stop thanking Sircar for setting him on the path to Neeku.
'In the universe'
From the moment he stepped into the Star Wars universe as the voice of Erskin, Brener knew he was fulfilling a childhood dream. The role was relatively small, just a few lines in a handful of episodes, but nonetheless important both to the story and Brener as a fan. Brener remembers downplaying the role to a friend. "He looked me in the eye and said, 'You're in the universe.' And we both just screamed like children."
For months after landing the role of Neeku, Brener had to keep his new gig under wraps. "It has definitely been tough to keep this one quiet because not only am I a huge Star Wars nerd, all of my friends are," he says. "Going to record and talking about the First Order and General Organa and all of these exciting things and then pretending it didn't happen was very challenging. I'm psyched that it's out in the open and I can let my Star Wars nerd flag fly."
Neeku has quickly become a fan favorite. He's funny (sometimes unintentionally so) but has a good heart. "He is such a happy guy," Brener says, calling him "the character that I'm lucky enough to voice." During the audition, Brener was struck by how his deeply sweet nature can sometimes lead other characters to frustration. "There was this scene where Kaz was asking him for a tool and Neeku wasn't sure what tool he wants so he just keeps on offering," Brener says before breaking into Neeku's voice. "'This one? Or this on? Is it it this one? Would you like this one? How about this one?'"
Some may call Neeku naïve, but Brener prefers to think of his character as endearing. "He is just like the most loyal friend that you could ever hope for. So loyal that sometimes you just need a break." Neeku may be obtuse, but he's never disingenuous. "His heart is always in the right place," Brener says.
'Deeply nerdy'
Brener — who graduated from Harvard University where he studied English, creative writing, and theatre – is no stranger to bringing "deeply nerdy" characters to life. He's had an extensive career as an actor, appearing as a voice on the new Ducktales, as Dale on Big Bang Theory, and perhaps most prominently as software designer Nelson "Big Head" Bighetti on Silicon Valley.
Brener grew up in Houston, Texas, and first fell in love with acting in middle school, when his mentor and teacher the "great Larry Dachslager," first directed him on stage, he says. Since retiring, Dachslager has become a student of cinema, and the two keep in touch. "He is still the person I turn to if I have questions that I need to figure out," Brener says.
The relaxed atmosphere inside a recording booth is a welcome change from his on-screen roles. "The air conditioning is definitely better in the sound booth and the snacks are great," he jokes. "There's something that's weirdly liberating about voice acting," he adds more seriously. "When you're on camera, there are so many things you have to think about and worry about — marks and eye lines and flyway hairs, just like a lot of technical stuff." But when he's recording for Neeku or his other animated counterparts, "you can throw your arms up in the air and nobody's going to see it. You can make stupid faces and it doesn't matter. You can sort of just be as loose as you want to be because they're only going to hear it."
To Obi-Wan you listen
Long before he fell in love with performance, "[Star Wars] was a part of the fabric of my childhood," he says, and a part of his life longer than he can even remember. "I have two older brothers and it was just like our vocabulary. We watched the movies, we played with the Millennium Falcon every day of our lives," he says. "I grew up watching the original trilogy with my brothers and I remember vividly going to midnight screenings for the three prequels with my friends in high school."
The Force itself resonated with the young Brener. One of his favorite moments on film is inside the Jedi Temple in Attack of the Clones when Obi-Wan enlists the help of Yoda and the younglings to find a missing planet in the archive maps. "He's leaving the room and he just used the Force to grab this marble and it floats over to him. And even now, I get chills," Brener says. "Something about that moment, that there's something casual about that incredible, awesome power….It's always been deeply resonant for me."
As a child, his favorite character was always Obi-Wan Kenobi, possibly due to Brener's old soul. "I don't know about old soul," he counters. "I've certainly always been an old man at every stage of my life.… Even as a kid, I always wanted to hang out with the adults, people who seemed to know what was up." That included the wise Master Yoda. "Those characters that were sort of the powerful protectors of the Force."
More recently, Brener has been an unabashed fan of Star Wars Rebels, he says naming Sabine Wren as "my current favorite character in the Star Wars universe." Not only is the Mandalorian warrior "a total [badass]" in Brener's book, she's also voiced by his good friend Tiya Sircar. "I have both Sabine and Tiya to thank for where I am now doing a voice on Resistance."
The two actors met on the set of The Internship and became close friends. "She found out what a ridiculous Star Wars dork I am and subsequently, once she started doing Rebels, she very kindly and sweetly – and I will never thank her enough for it" told Dave Filoni all about him. "After a few seasons of her pestering, it worked out," he jokes.
Lucky bunch
Stepping into the recording booth with the Rebels cast was "like a master class" in voice acting, he says. If someone had told him in childhood "that I would get to [create] Star Wars in some professional capacity, I would have just been like, 'how do I transport myself to that time immediately?'"
His education has continued with the Resistance cast. "We're just such a bunch of goofballs and we have such a good time joking around and doing silly stuff between and during takes," he says. "Day in and day out, Chris [Sean, voice of Kaz] is such an amazing leader. The whole show is on his shoulders and he does it with poise and such great energy, grace, and gratitude. He's exactly who you would want to be that number one. And then Scott Lawrence [voice of Yeager] brings this breadth of experience and this cool gravitas. And Suzie [McGrath, voice of Tam]…I just love to listen to Suzie talk. She just has this beautiful, mellifluous tone. It's such a great bunch; we're really lucky."
Brener still remembers the moment he realized he was taking his first steps into the larger world of Star Wars canon. Watching an early piece of animation for the show, Brener saw starships and speeders whiz by on-screen, and then heard his own voice. "I was like, 'you've gotta be kidding me.' That is still something I am totally not used to and I don't know if I'll ever get used to it."
Brener is quite clearly in awe of his own good fortune. "It's totally surreal and the luckiest thing in the world." And he can't wait to share Neeku with the fans.
"I am excited for people to see it…this little universe within the universe," Brener says. "I think it's going to be so great for families to watch together. It's fun and it's bright and it's vibrant and it's funny… There's definitely a lot to grab onto as we explore what's going on in the Outer Rim."
The one-hour series premiere of Star Wars Resistance will make its debut on October 7 on Disney Channel (10 p.m. ET/PT) and DisneyNOW. Two additional new episodes will be available via the DisneyNOW app and Disney Channel VOD earlier the same day.
Associate Editor Kristin Baver is a writer and all-around sci-fi nerd who always has just one more question in an inexhaustible list of curiosities. Sometimes she blurts out "It's a trap!" even when it's not. Do you know a fan who's most impressive? Hop on Twitter and tell @KristinBaver all about them!


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Today I'm at a beautiful beach resort with my family. We've been upgraded to a suite with the most gorgeous views I've ever seen. The weather is lovely, a bit chilly, but not uncomfortable yet.
Should be perfect, right? Read on.
I just ordered a cheese pizza in room service for my son. I wanted him to eat before he went for his story telling session at the Kids Club. This is something he likes but this time he decides he doesn't like the cheese on the pizza and he just wants the bread. So in order to get something into his stomach I'm trying to remove the cheese and give him the bread. And do you know how hard it is to remove the cheese from a cheese pizza?
You know what? I would easily trade in those views if my son would just eat whatever is available. If you're a parent of a picky eater you would understand what I mean. Seriously.
For me a perfect day would be for us to be out somewhere nice and for my son to eat his food.
On a lighter note my son told the desk manager " You should put an N (for Nadir) on the hotel so that it becomes mine!"
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The 177th episode of the Reading & Writing podcast features an interview with Ben Tripp, author of the zombie thriller novels Rise Again and Rise Again Below Zero.
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Now Released!
New Book On The Way
Prodigy Quest will be released in July, 2021.
Here's the blurb:
A flood of two-hundred-year-old memories from a past life knocks boy-genius Tris right off his stool at the TV quiz show he was winning. Then a letter arrives from a fifty-year-old time capsule that sends him on a quest to find a book of wisdom his karmic ancestors have been compiling for centuries.
Really? Sure, he's smarter than all the adults around him, but how's he supposed to navigate an interstate scavenger hunt and elude a group of fanatic lowlifes?
Tris has to grow into someone beyond his years to get the job done. He learns the hard way that the smartest boy in the world…isn't
Buddha's clone, victim of a conspiracy, or just plain crazy? If only he knew.
Psychotherapist Sid Menk is dragged into a war between spiritual factions vying for control of the planet. Is he Buddha's clone? Has his mentor actually granted him enlightenment? Can the woman by his side kick everyone's butt?
As kidnappers, rogue monks, and Maori gangsters chase Sid through New Zealand, India, and the redwoods of northern California, his sense of identity dissolves and something amazing takes its place. Armed with newfound insights and abilities, he marshals esoteric energy to match the power of those who seek to exploit him.
The twists and turns of this contemporary fantasy thriller send the reader on a wild ride,and we guarantee that no one will predict the outrageous ending of this contemporary fantasy.
Blood and Wisdom
A psycho-spiritual murder mystery.
Both novels Published by Wild Rose Press
Available on Amazon - Paperback or Kindle
(Scroll for reviews, blurb, and writing samples)
PI Karl Gatlin takes Aria Piper's case when a threat arrives—"if she doesn't stop doing Satan's work…" A few hours later, a headless John Doe bobs up in the wishing well at Aria's New Age spiritual center near Santa Cruz, California.
With canine Larry by his side and a wise-ass hacker helping out, Karl confronts a ruthless pastor, the dead-eyed leader of a drug gang, and several suspicious members of Aria's own flock as he hunts for answers. More murders lead to more questions. How could violence on this scale emerge from such a peaceful spiritual community—led by Aria, no less, the kindest, wisest person Karl has ever met? Will Karl's psychologist training be enough to save his new lover's life?
Early Reviews of B&W:
"The story has great pace, fun characters who you care about, plenty of twists, and narrative 'personality', especially with all of the psychology and spiritual references.
Many good zingers, taut scenes, and punchy, believable dialogue.
The mixture of a hard-boiled story line with a soft-boiled private investigator works well and the psychology--spiritualism element grabbed and held my interest."
C.I. Dennis, author of the Vince Tanzi series
"Verlin Darrow has a sense of plot and style that carries the reader forward into that special place of anxious expectation, the place where putting the book down is unthinkable.
Verlin gets us into the minds of people you wouldn't want to invite for dinner. Fascinating."
Richard House MD, author of Between Now and When
I WON AN AWARD (sort of)!!!
Blood and Wisdom has been designated a Finalist in the 2019 mystery category by the Indie Book Awards. Basically, this means that it is one of five runners up, which is close enough to winning an international contest for me to crow about it and celebrate.
I gazed around. Much like the last time I'd visited the meditation hall, fifty or sixty people held themselves like shoddily made statues of the Buddha on the polished wooden floor, arranged in neat rows. How did they manage to get the spacing so exact? Tape on the floor? I pictured silver duct tape with red Sharpie writing: "sit here," "sit here," "sit here." Then I imagined being the one who had to churn out all the little signs. What a pain. Aria probably made them do all sorts of things like that just so they'd get worn down psychically and accept all her crazy ideas. Spiritual boot camp.
It was great to see my pup—and he was mine, even if an idiot judge made me share him with Adele. Larry went nuts when he raced in, careening from room to room—all four of them. Then he tried to jump into me. Not onto me—into me. He had a strong urge to merge, as my mother used to say about her very Catholic brother. If Larry ever figured out how to do it, the Karl/Larry amalgam would probably be a major upgrade.
I filled her in. The story fell out of me. It was my third go-round, and by now the big yellow marker in my head had highlighted the essential elements. This was the same one that ran a circle around whichever woman on the beach was wearing the skimpiest bikini, so I knew I could trust it.
Quite a few of the redwoods sported carbuncle-like burls at their bases, which my mind sought to turn into faces. I knew evolution favored whoever was a whiz at facial recognition, but all I came up with was a cartoon character or two. I guess my line was doomed to die out sooner than most.
Rachel was solidly built. She could've played inside linebacker for a player-strapped high school. It was like hugging a man who happened to have a squishy bosom and smelled like herbal conditioner. She wore black-framed glasses and bright red lipstick. Sometimes she wore bright red glasses and black lipstick. She was a tricky one.


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Countries around the world came together to collectively tweak President Donald Trump's nose today. TV news networks took a break from their wall-to-wall tax-overhaul/government shutdown coverage to broadcast the largely symbolic gesture.
The United Nations General Assembly voted, 128 to 9, to condemn his announcement he would move the country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Thirty-five countries abstained from voting. For those keeping score: Britain, France, and Germany, as well as India were among the countries voting for the resolution.
Also voting for the resolution: Syria, Yemen, Venezuela. File those under "that's rich."
Canada and Australia abstained, as did Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, and South Sudan, CNN reported.
"No" votes included the U.S. Israel, Micronesia, Nauru, Togo and Tonga, Palau, the Marshall Islands, Guatemala and Honduras, the cable news net added.
The resolution, which does not name the U.S., demands all states "refrain from the establishment of diplomatic missions" in Jerusalem, because it puts a thumb on negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
TV news pundits had noted Trump's decision makes it difficult for that peace process to move forward – not that it was barreling ahead before his announcement. Today's resolution vote gives life to Palestinians' assertion the talks now are rigged against them, some talking heads argued.
Moments before the vote, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley warned the general assembly, "This vote will be remembered."
"When we make generous donations to UN we also have a legitimate expectation that our goodwill is recognized and respected. When a nation is singled out for attack in this organization, that nation is disrespected."
"The United States will remember this day, in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly… when we are once again called upon to make the world's largest contribution to the United Nations," she said.
Some of those TV news Washington wags seemed dubious Trump would make good on Haley's threat, in which she parroted what Trump said days earlier. They felt Trump recognizes how much of that financial aide Haley referenced is doled out to further U.S. interests.
Presumably, Trump won't cut off his tweaked nose to spite his face, they argued.
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Drought Gradually Expanding Along Colorado's Front Range
By Chris Spears
DENVER (CBS4) - After several months with above normal precipitation conditions have dried out significantly along Colorado's Front Range.
Since June 1 Denver has recorded 3.19 inches of rain in the city's official gauge at Denver International Airport. That's just 47 percent of what typically falls between June and September.
The entire Front Range, including metro Denver, much of northwest Colorado, and even some of the southern mountains are abnormally dry, or experiencing pre-drought.
Pockets of moderate drought can be found between Denver and Fort Collins and also on the east side of the Palmer Divide between Kiowa and Limon.
Long-range forecasts call for warmer-than-normal temperatures over the next 90 days with no real definitive trend in potential precipitation.
Meteorologist Chris Spears writes about stories related to weather and climate in Colorado. Check out his bio, connect with him on Facebook or follow him on Twitter @ChrisCBS4.
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Category Archives: Camp_Colman
The last oyster farm in Oysterville
I knew "Danny" Driscoll when he went to the Fauntleroy YMCA. He was one of the second graders in the Friday after school group for which I was the high school Junior Leader. For a long time, I've wanted to … Continue reading
The Wedding Album
The photos from the wedding and reception are now available HERE and via the link on "The Wedding" page (see menu bar at top)
So… am I Mr. Fosnaugh now?
Kathy and I were married last Saturday. I've been meaning to get a website online so folks can share pictures in one spot – but that hasn't happened. It has been a busy week and now we are packing for … Continue reading
In memory of my friend Armi
This video is from several years ago but I just saw it today for the first time after my fiancée Kathy shared it with me via Facebook. Watching it, I was immediately reminded of my Finnish friend Armi Schwalbach (née … Continue reading
Sad news at Winter's end
Yesterday my first cousin once removed, Tony Commerée, died from a heart attack suffered while at work up in Port Angeles. He was only 49 years old. I never really knew him, having only met him in the last few … Continue reading
Definitely good. Karbma.
Friend Karen Bullard a.k.a. "karb", whom I know from my time at the Fauntleroy YMCA and Camp Colman, has taken up yoga instruction. She works from her home in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood as well as the University YMCA. Here is a … Continue reading


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"Bakheda" is song from upcoming movie "Toilet – Ek Prem Katha", This movie is a satirical take on a battle against the age-old tradition of open defecation in the country. From the Panchayat to the sanitation department, from the role of the government to the superstitions of the villagers, from scams to the ethos, from first love to a matured romance.
Star Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar, Divyendu Sharma, Sudhir Pandey, Shubha Khote and Anupam Kher
Movie will be in theaters on 11th August 2017
Music : Vickey Prasad
Lyrics : Garima Wahal & Siddharth Singh
Singer : Sukhwinder Singh , Sunidhi Chauhan
Music Producer/Programmer : Aditya Pushkarna
Mixed By : Vijay Dayal @Yashraj Studio
Assistant Engineer: Chinmay Mestry
Mastered At: Hafod Mastering By Donal Whelan
Studios : Sound Ideaz@Kittu Myakal, Amv@Rahul Sharma, Raj Jagtap
Musicians :
Plucked Instruments : Tapas Roy
Guitar : Pawan Rasaily
Rhythm : Hitesh Prasad, Mustak Khan
Sarangi : Dilshad Khan


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Lender Processing Services (LPS) launched its new Quality Insight tool to help the mortgage industry comply with new rules and regulations.
Quality Insight is delivered through the LPS Loan Quality Gateway, an open technology platform powered by RealEC.
The function provides a universal set of loan evaluation criteria that can be configured by clients to create an overall assessment of inputed data.
"As a key component in the LPS Loan Quality Gateway's suite of analytical tools, Quality Insight identifies investor and lender compliance issues early in the process, helping lenders gain processing efficiencies by automating the internal quality control review process," said Andy Higginbotham, executive vice president of LPS Loan Quality Origination Solutions.


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ABC News shows Android some app love
ABC News has launched a scaled down news app for the Android platform.
AppScout.com writes, "the ABC News for Android app brings original stories, polls, show content and election results and is designed for user personalization. Some of the new user-centric features include live video, saving 'favorite' stories for more personalization, local news and information based on your location, and more."
The app can be found in the Android Market.


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Everyone who launches a new website gets tossed into the competitive online world of SEO. At first, it might be hard to wrap your head around it, since the process can be challenging. But with the right knowledge and skills to master SEO you can attract an enormous amount of traffic to your site. If you have ever posted a blog or an article that has gone viral, that is a snapshot of what you will achieve with the top ranking in Google search results. For a beginner, earning a top spot on Google may seem near impossible.
Key Facts About Google SEO Ranking
Fortunately, there are many simple ways to boost your SEO and rank higher on popular search engines. For optimal results, constant SEO maintenance is vital because search algorithms are ever changing. This also helps prevent black hat SEO from taking over top ranking. Search engines operate like always changing living organisms. It is estimated that Google inserts over 500 modifications to their search algorithm annually. That equals one or more changes every day.
Keeping track of all of these adjustments can be a daunting task for even the most seasoned SEO specialist. It simply isn't possible to stay on top of all of them and adjust your web page accordingly. But, there is a steady stream of algorithms that remain consistent, which can still work to lift your rankings. To quickly increase your rankings, follow this list of simple useful tips:
20 Easy Ways to Increase Your Rankings
- Scan your site for problems: Conduct an audit of your entire website to uncover any issues that need fixing.
- Post quality content: Provide relevant and compelling content that engages your readers. Write with your viewers in mind, not just the search engines.
- Make your content stand out: Enhance and improve the structure of your website content. Use anchor text, H1s, bold, etc.
- Don't let your users land on a 404 page: Broken links are bad news and they make for poor usability. In addition, search engines view a large number of broken links as a sign of a neglected or an old website. This doesn't have to happen, and you don't need to sort through each page to manually test the links. Many apps and tools are available to help make sure your site remains free of broken links, such as ScreamingFrog, Google Webmaster tools and W3C Link Checker.
- Provide readable content: Regardless if you have the brightest, most well-educated audience, it is highly unlikely they want to decipher a difficult read each time they visit your web page. The goal is never to have users lose interest and bow out because the content is too hard to digest. Always make sure your content is not only of interest to your readers but also easy-to-read and to comprehend. Readability is another factor that experts believe Google considers when ranking websites.
- Design a user-friendly structure: When visitors are not able to find what they need immediately on a website, they will most likely leave. This process contributes to a high bounce rate, low dwell time and poor page view rate.
- Optimize page load speed: Google and Bing consider page loading speed when ranking sites. If it takes more than a few seconds for your web page to load, visitors may not wait. That would increase your bounce rate, damage dwell time and reduce the rate of pages viewed. All of these factors will negatively affect your SEO ranking. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways to boost page loading speed, like optimizing image sizes, using a caching plug-in or limiting redirects.
- Omit low-quality outbound links: Stay away from outbound links to low-quality sites. Only favor websites with high page rankings. Include links to well-respected, authority outbound websites that will provide your users with additional relevant and useful in-depth information.
- Spell out link destinations: Post relevant links within the text instead of using something like "click here." Write out the name of the destination. A "click here" link has no search engine value other than the attached URL.
- Video marketing drives engagement: Websites that use videos have a higher conversion rate. Include high-quality Images, audio, videos and slideshows to further enhance the user experience. This will allow you more ways to deliver information that will captivate your visitors. Adding various multimedia is a sign of quality content to search engines. It demonstrates you have put in the effort to make your content stand out, look attractive and interactive.
- Optimize your images: Along with image file formatting and sizing, there are other ways to ensure your images are helping to improve your SEO. By using target keywords as your image filename, title, captions, alt tag and description, you can alert search engines of the relevancy of your content.
- Use alt tags: Describe all video and visual media using alt tags or alternative text descriptions. This will help search engines to locate your web page. This is crucial for text-only browsers.
- Include keywords in title tags: Incorporate target keywords in your highly-effective title tags.
- Use metadata: Insert metadata when designing your website. Each page contains a space for metadata or information about your page content. Options include title, keyword or description metadata. Title metadata is most important; it is responsible for the page titles that are displayed at the top of a browser window.
- Promote your new content: Post your new and updated content to social bookmarking sites such as BlinkList, Stumbleupon, and Digg.
- Delete duplicate content: Make sure there is no duplicate content of any type on your site.
- Place sharing buttons: Inject social media sharing buttons on your website. The number of shares on Facebook, Twitter tweets, Pinterest pins and other social media shout outs can positively impact SEO rankings.
- Use your keywords in URLs: Always use the SEO keywords that you are currently optimizing in your URLs.
- Keep content fresh: Regularly add updated and new content to your web page, that is relevant to your readers.
- Make sure your site is optimized for mobile devices: Just over a year ago, Google began penalizing websites that are not optimized for mobile device use by dropping their ranking. Smartphones and other mobile devices are becoming the main source of online access for more and more users. By not jumping on this bandwagon, you will lose users and your conversion rate will drop.
By consistently executing all of these small steps you will gradually see an increase in your site's ranking. Although there are always some factors you can't control, like traffic level to your website and the length of time your site has been active, you can affect speed, uptime, and SEO. The best SEO strategies can skyrocket a website to the top of the ranking charts.
Relevant Quality Content that Engages
Even with all of these steps, overall success is measured by the quality of the content you share, the effectiveness of the SEO keywords you choose, and how you promote your website. If you follow the aforementioned suggestions and do your own SEO research your site ranking is likely to soar higher than many of your competitors. Avoid giving in to ways of cheating to gain top ranking. This may prove to be counterproductive in the end and you might end up penalized severely, lose your site tracking, and forfeit your listing. Keep the process organic and continue to provide quality, relevant content that draws new visitors and keeps your regulars coming back for more.
Lastly, let me know your thoughts and what other tips for ranking that has helped you. Leave a comment below and I look forward to hearing from you.