Parece que a despedida da apresentadora mais famosa e influente dos EUA a poucos dias parece estar ligada a criação da sua própria emissora:  a OWN – Oprah Winfrey Network. Como informou Fernando Morgado, o canal é nada mais que a expansão de sua marca em mais um dos diversos empreendimentos no ramo da comunicação já criados, como livros, revistas, programas de rádio e filmes.

Apesar da previsão de lançamento ser apenas em janeiro de 2011, substituindo o canal Discovery Health, um site da internet especialmente criado já apresenta detalhes da marca e do conceito do canal, que está relacionado intimamente com assuntos obviamente conectados ao mundo da apresentadora, como bem-estar, saúde, moda, estilo, família, relacionamento, comportamento e espiritualidade.

Mas até agora o que se pode ver da identidade é a marca que, a exemplo da já tão comentada MTV e do caso recente de reposicionamento da AOL, se mostra cambiante e, por isso, forçosamente mais dinâmica. No caso da OWN, a tipografia delicada e arredondada se mantém a mesma, enquanto as cores, em geral vibrantes e alegres, mudam e a letra “O” é substituída por elementos que valorizam as coisas simples e prazerosas do dia-a-dia.  Até a sigla formada ajudou na conceituação do canal, já que “own” (próprio em inglês) ressalta a relação de auto-estima sempre promovida e ressaltada por Oprah em todas os seus veículos midiáticos.

>>> Postado por André Luiz Sens

>>> Contribuições: Fernando Morgado Televisionado

As the website puts it, Fail Blog is a compilation of “Fail, Owned and Pwn moments in pictures and videos.” There’s a lot funny stuff here. Here is the website:

http://failblog.org/

Fail Blog also has a Youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/failblog

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I would like to start by saying that I am writing this post from a Starbucks. I went along with Tyrus to work because I get so bored at home. He made me some fancy drink like an egg nog chai or something. It was yum. So, I’m feelin kinda artsy and creative sitting here. Thus I shall begin.

I like to create some sort of link between my posts, just so there’s a sense of continuity. And I wanted to branch off a little bit from owning, I think an appropriate topic would be: bullies. Everyone knows of one, whether you were bullied or not. Perhaps you were the bully. Grammar school – stealing lunch money and pudding… those were the days.

Apparently, bullying is a huge problem nowadays, especially in schools. They actually made a game centered around bullying. It is creatively titled:
Bully.

The game is created by Rockstar Games (same guys who made Grand Theft Auto). Basically in this Bully game you play Jimmy who, at the beginning of the game, is dropped off at a boarding school. Everyone there wants to beat him up, so he has no choice but to fight back. And the purpose of the game is to become the head honcho of the school by bullying. Interesting. He even gets to use weapons like itching powder, a slingshot, and eventually a bottle rocket launcher. Nice.

Yeah, I wouldn’t mind trying this game out sometime, just to see what it’s like. It has been pretty controversial, and it’s banned in some countries. But I think, if kids can channel their aggression into a game rather than other children, then its a win. BUT, then again, this game is rated Teen – meaning that the teens who are channeling their aggression into this game have probably already beat up/bullied dozens of kids already and maybe this game is just giving them more ideas. Maybe. I think I read somewhere that Jimmy is also supposed to kiss other guys in the game as well…

SO in conclusion, it really seems like a quality quality game for children.

My Glory Days

Some of you may know this already, but as a young me, I was a bully. No joke. There were several people I beat up during my childhood. The victims of the beatings were always boys. But I’m pretty sure I was mean to girls too. For example, my family tells me that when I was a youngin (prob about 3), I always hit my cousin Kai (who is a year older than me). Along with hitting him with my hands on a regular basis: one time I pushed him down and he hit his head on the corner of a coffee table. Another time, I hit him hard over the head with a telephone.

One word: hardcore. He still lives in fear to this day.

I also used to hang out with some family friends from the neighborhood. One day, when I was probably about 4 or 5, a couple of my guy buddies came over for a play date, while the parents chatted in the other room. I didn’t like how one of them pet my cat, so naturally, I proceeded to throw him to the ground. lol. [I remember this clearly in my mind.] I felt completely justified in my actions.

Then the two boys proceeded to threaten me, explaining that they would tell on me. Then I, in order to escape this event, said “sorry”. Then one of them said to me “sorry is not good enough”. Now I don’t know where he learned that line, but I know in my head I was thinking “This is ridiculous. WTH? Sorry isn’t enough??” Well it was not those words exactly, but it was something like that.

That was the closest I ever got to being an MMA fighter.

Now these are just a few stories (I also used to take toys from other kids in preschool and I would also scare my cousin Jenny, every chance I got. We also actually have a home video of my other cousin, Nick, saying “MARI, DON’T HIT ME”). My parents were pretty embarrassed with my actions. I’m sure they thought that my actions reflected the quality of their parenting.

Those were my glory days. Luckily, for my parents, this phase was temporary. Since then, I have calmed down quite a bit. I think all of my aggression was utilized that time. Now, I very rarely get into verbal arguments with others, let alone physical fights. [But I have always wondered how well I would do if I got into a fight. Perhaps the inner beast would awaken and I would own.]

If YOUR child is the bully:

One thing I find interesting is that all of the special ABC and PBS programs on bullying describe how to protect your own child from a bully. And I understand there is a need for that information. But what are you supposed to do if your child is a bully? Like my parents situation. They weren’t terrible parents. They definitely did everything they could. But my pwn-like nature was just too overwhelming.

My theory is that I lost my desire to own everyone because… my parents had my brother. He was born when I was almost 4. It took a little time for me to be completely subdued. But I did stop bullying eventually. I believe my bulliness peaked before he was born, then slowly declined. I no longer had to prove my dominance over my peers, but now I actually have legitimate authority over at least one person forever: my brother.

I don’t even need to bully him to prove it. I just know it deep down within.

I’ll always be higher on the ‘food chain’:  the straight flush to his high card, the Friday night to his Monday morning, the flash drive to his floppy disk, the Charizard to his Bulbasaur, put plainly – I will always have him in a hierarchy headlock. And you can take that to the bank.

So my advice to people with children that are bullies: have more kids. (and hope that those children are not bullies as well)

p.s. Please don’t take my advice seriously. That might be a disaster. Thanks.

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Ya Allah..lapangkan la dada ku ini..
Tenangkan jiwa ku untuk aku nikmati hidup di dunia ini..
Permudahkan segala urusan hidup dan rahmatilah segala tindak tanduk dan langkah di dunia ini..
Amin~

“mak aku kata..kalau tak tenang, cuba ingat balik kalau-kalau ada aku terbuat silap kat siapa-siapa..”

Aku mintak maaf

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Had lunch with a local here in Destin Florida today.  When we walked in the restaurant owner knew his name, asked about his family and the plans for Thanksgiving.  She made eye contact the entire time and asked questions like how many were coming and other plans for the week.  She set a fine example for retention.

Whether you’re a non-profit, fitness center, corner market, mega super store, or network marketer a key metric is donor, member, customer, subscriber, or team member RETENTION.

Honestly ask yourself how many of your customers would say “they would miss me if I were gone.”

Are we applying the same amount of energy in serving, training, leading each individual as we did in the sale or recruitment process?  Or do we simply react at the point of cancellation — when it is likely far too late.  If you are counting “saves” at the point of cancellation you destined to failure or hard work on a constant path of continuous recovery.

Build a culture.

My irreverent nature is not applied to my members or team — it is fully directed at what I refer as to the status-quo/that’s how we have always done it/let’s schedule a meeting to show how smart we are/knock down any ideas/blame detectives/weakness of others’ highlighters crowd.  They are process purists that find full comfort in conducting autopsies of blame rather than creatively developing and enacting solutions for the greater good.

Imagine a member coming in for an exercise class that was removed from the schedule.  Disappointed, she (or he) inquires at the Welcome Center.  Choose the answer that would make her a fan — “oh, guess we don’t offer it anymore, sorry” OR “I am so sorry, we tried so hard to get the word out on that change — can I check your e-mail, and then would you like me to have one of our trainers lead you through a workout for 15-30 minutes?”  Not exactly the moving of mountains, however I’d think it’d be a fan in the making.  The culture YOU create leads to the better answer — not a script or a checklist.

Too often I see some in industries that serve customers work far too hard at finding the customer’s (or a subordinate’s or downline member’s) error rather than leading solutions.  It is rarely asked if our policies and procedures lead to dismal retention — when in doubt, blame the front line.

Build a culture — at a small restaurant called Dewey’s of Destin, I met a woman who would have hopped on a boat to get shrimp if they were out and we wanted to order some for lunch.  There was shrimp and it was awesome by the way.

What culture are you building with your leadership actions?

Ask yourself another question — would they miss you if you were gone?

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Hey guys, lately there’s been so much talk about what makes a person sexy. Should you believe all the hype? Let’s face it; we live in a visual world that is highly controlled by major media outlets like, reality television, music videos, magazines, newspapers, and fashion designers. They all have a huge influence on nearly every aspect of our lives, everything from what we eat, wear, where we live, who we should or shouldn’t date, and what our bodies should or shouldn’t look like.

Yet today the million dollar question still remains, “What is Sexy; is it truly in eye of the bolder, or is it in the hands of the money makers? Can we honestly make unfiltered individual choices about what sexy is and what it really means?

Many media outlet say it’s all about image and having the perfect package. Their emphasis and primary focus usually caters to what’s current, young, and hot! So I ask do we no longer need to be able to think for ourselves. Or have our media outlets taken complete control over what we think sexy should be.

Well, maybe this is a question you might have to decide for yourself. However, here’s a list that I’ve composed of what some adults are saying, “What they think is Sexy.” The results just might surprise you.

Yet the big question here is how many of their answers are similar to your own, and if not, will they rub off? Will it make you think about your own life, or will you just go with the flow and let society/media dictate what it means to you. How can you Develop Your Own Sexiness?

What is Sexy?

Sexy is natural, being yourself.
Sexy is having a nice swagger/walk.
Stronger enough for man but made for a woman.

Sexy is working with what you have.
Sex is an independent woman or man.
Sexy is confidence; having a good attitude.
Sexy is dressing well.
Sexy is a stimulation conversation.

Sexy is flirtatious & fun
Sexy is fore play.
Sexy is sweet and submissive.

Now, What’s Your Definition? Please share!

For the full list & story go to.

www.myspace.com/joeys_world_dance_groove 

Oprah Winfrey retiring from talk show? She is a perfect example of someone who wants to motivate and help others and conceal her own drama, a very good celebrity to have as a connect. I believe that she is allowing other people to get some shine by stepping down from her current talk show, but we all know its not over. She is going to have her own network literally “OWN” Oprah Winfrey Network on cable. I guarantee that on one of her final shows she will do an infamous giveaway “And your getting cable… and YOUR getting cable.. all of you can watch my new network”. Classic Oprah voice*

Well now there is room for free agents to get their chance and new ideas to roll heads let’s see where that takes us. Hopefully we get another strong Latin American person up on TV. George Lopez recently debuted and he is doing very well…more on that in separate blog..subscribe to my chatter! See you later!

Nothing better than being surrounded by family while on vacation.  The love, the banter and play of young cousins.  The adults simply appreciating being together – key decisions are whether to fill the day with movies, shopping, where to lunch, or simply kicking back for some r&r.  You know you’re family when you all can be in the same room and no one is saying a word but you’re all smiling.

Opportune time to decompress – the past year has been a profound learning experience.  Over 18 straight months of infuriating the process purists…it has been a wild, dangerous ride, and I didn’t wear a helmet.

My mission remains the total elimination of ALL preconceived notions of how things should be without the exploration of alternative ideas.  Open minds to imagining infinite possibilities before us.

In regard to membership and service – we own the whole widget and must take absolute responsibility for every member’s experience.

Going to try and CRUSH IT on vacation, Mike.

With an increasing number of holiday festivities being held in the home this year, we’re all looking for creative and cost effective ways to spruce up our table settings and create a look that will impress our guests. When it comes to setting your Thanksgiving table, options for the adventurous host are limitless. What are the hottest trends for you to bring to your table this year? Here are a few ideas that will take your Thanksgiving table from ordinary to extraordinary:

Color, Texture and Mix – Match:

In table linens and accessories, this year we are seeing rich, saturated colours. We are also seeing a lot of texture and the mixing and matching of patterns with solids. There are a lot of options out there to do something warm and inviting.

Color Trends

Warm tones have always been popular for Fall and that continues with some of the biggest trends in colour combinations this year. Some of those include:
- Deep Spice and Aubergine with muted Gold accents – Dark Chocolate with Blues and Gray accents – Olive Green, Aubergine and softer greens as accents – Dark Chocolate, Taupe and Natural

Tabletop Decor

- Use things that you already have in your home – pull out your 3 or 4 of your favourite vases of different heights. Use complementary colors of fresh flowers for a simple and stunning arrangement. Fill three or four vases and/or glass bowls with different colors and sizes of ornaments, fruits, leaves – anything with color and texture that will create visual excitement.

- Your guests are all unique – why not celebrate their individuality? Use different patterns and/or colors of napkin rings that match their unique personalities. Are they simple or sophisticated? Fun or formal? Unpredictable or conservative? Show them you care with a little customization to complement your table linens.

- Candles are always a dramatic and cost effective way to make a statement – use votives at each place setting with a name card and emphasize beautiful table linens for a classy and simple look. Or go more dramatic and cluster your favourite candle sticks of varying heights and looks as a centerpiece. Use colors that complement or match your dishes, glasses and table linens.

- Nothing brings subtle sophistication to your table like a well-selected runner. Use one the length of the table plus 12 inches to hang over the edge (usually a 90″ or longer) as the perfect centerpiece. If you are using a solid tablecloth or placemats, make sure to jazz it up with a festive pattern. If you have a patterned look already, use a vibrant solid runner that picks up on one of the colors in your runner.

- Use 2 napkins instead of one with a napkin ring. With a solid napkin inside, and a more decorative napkin on the outside.

When setting your table, just remember: do what feels right for the mood. A casual gathering calls for a relaxed setting. A formal meal should feel that way at the table. Either way, it doesn’t take much to elevate your in-home dining experience. Replacing an old tablecloth with something fresh an exciting, and adding a few simple table accessories can go a long way to impressing your guests. It’s that time of year when family gatherings abound and everyone spends countless hours congregating around the dinner table. With the hours spent preparing the perfect meal, make sure you don’t forget to finish it off with the perfect setting.

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