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Among the various types of promotional goods that have been proven to be most effective as marketing options, there is one that has found that has found universal favor, and that is promotional coats and jackets. Jackets are worn for various purposes. They may protect the wearer from harsh weather conditions, help him to perform certain specific tasks or simply serve as a fashionable garment. There are various kinds of jackets that can be used as promotional items; some of them have been discussed below in brief.
- Sports Jackets
Sports jackets are extremely popular in different parts of the world and especially in USA. Varsity college students often love to wear jersey jackets as they not only help to promote the name of the educational institution they are associated with but also serve as a cool fashion apparel. Now instead of having the name of the college or the sports team, you can have the name and logo of your brand printed or stitched in them. It can serve as an excellent way to promote your brand among the college going crowd. Young men and women also love to wear these jackets as they create a stylish blend of their sports team and a company logo.
- Windbreakers
Windbreakers are often used as promotional jackets by various companies. They are particularly used in connection with business corporations or firms where people often indulge themselves in sports or mountain climbing activities. In fact, these jackets are perfect for trekking, climbing and playing different kinds of sports. Sports athletes, trekkers and hikers often use them for the distinct advantage against rough weather they provide. They can also protect the wearer from rain or the sun's scorching heat. They are lined with high grade insulators that help to keep the wearer warm in cold weather conditions as well as keep the body cool during hot temperatures. Hence it is obvious that these jackets make extremely popular promotional gift items. You can put your company logo and brand name on them for your promotional needs.
- Where To Get Promotional Jackets In Usa
Jacket manufacturers USA is known for creating some of the best multipurpose and sturdy jackets that can be used for promotional purposes. If you are looking to buy promotional jackets, you can get in touch with these manufactures and they can create custom jackets for you that bear the stamp of your company logo.


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Martin Pierce's Art
The Art section of this site is focused primarily on Martin's imaginative depiction of insects, be they in sculpture or in oil paintings. This is a work in progress that is, at last, being brought together as a body of art work. Our hope is that the site will evolve slowly as much of the work involves telling a story that is yet to conclude. The story is about the relationship between Martin's "humanoids" and the insect companions they share a fictional space with. While not all of the work features insects all of the work will feature nature. All art pieces are either unique or are part of a limited edition.

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text: Hugo is a 3 year old Beagle mix in good general health. He is ~40lbs and has been vaccinated, altered, and tested negative for heartworm. He arrived as a stray and took a while to warm up. But after some time, the volunteers were able to get him out and discovered what a goofy boy he is! He has shown to be shy at first – preferring to meet on his own terms – but is quick to snuggle up once he says "hello!" Hugo is a silly boy who loves walking around outside with you.


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|2006 IPCC Sector categorization
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Small hydropower here refers to hydroelectric power plants below 10MW installed capacity. Hydroelectric power plants are power plants that produce electrical energy by driving turbines and generators thanks to the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. Through the natural water cycle mainly evaporation, wind and rain, the water is then brought back to its original height. It is thus a renewable form of energy. Small-scale hydro power may be a useful source for electrification of isolated sites and may also provide an extra contribution to national electrical production for peak demand.
Small hydro power uses the flow of water to turn turbines that are connected to a generator for the production of electricity. Small hydro is divided into further categories depending on its size, such as mini- (less than 1000kW), micro-hydro (less than 100kW) and pico-hydro (less than 5kW) (EHSA 2005); the definitions may vary according to manufacturers and countries, as there is no internationally accepted definition of small hydropower. In China, small hydropower refers to capacities of up to 25 MW, in India of up to 15 MW and in Sweden 'small' refers to up to 1.5 MW. However, a capacity of up to 10 MW is a generally accepted norm by the European Small Hydropower Association (ESHA), the European Commission, and UNIPEDE (International Union of Producers and Distributors of Electricity).
In general, there are three different configurations of hydro power plants
- run-of the river
- storage
- pumped storage.
If there is a water storage possibility, through an existing or newly built dam, then the power plant is a storage power plant. If there is the possibility to return the water to the upper reservoir through pumping then it is a pumped storage power plant. These are rare for small scale hydropower plants. Run-of the river power plants use the flowing water to generate power, without needing changes to the river flow. Mini-, micro- and pico- power plants generally have no dam and are therefore run-of the river power plants. After use, the water used in small-hydro plants is returned to its natural course.
There are two factors that determine the amount of power that can be produced: the head (i.e. the height of the water drop) and the flow rate; the higher the head the smaller the flow rate needed to produce the same amount of electricity. The overall production capacity depends on the seasonal and yearly differences in water availability.
Depending on the head height and the amount of flow, different types of turbines can be used (see table). There are mainly two types of turbines: impulse and reaction turbines.
Environmental requirements
The head height and flow of water available determine the amount of power that can be generated. When planning a hydropower plant attention needs to be paid to the seasonal and yearly differences in water availability. In particular for run-of the river power plants, the flow of water needs to be above a certain minimum all year round to be able to produce electricity all year round.
Engineering & Infrastructure requirements
Micro- and pico- hydro power plants are best suited for isolated areas where there is no electricity grid Off the grid power plants require local load controlling to stabilise frequency and voltage of supply. They have the advantage that they are generally designed for single households or small villages and can be developed with local materials and labour. For small pico-hydro turbines the turbine/generator set can be bought as a module "off the shelf", whereas from micro-power plants upwards the turbines are especially designed for the location.
Starting from mini-hydropower plants upwards in size, conventional engineering approaches are used. The size of the machinery is then such that road access is advisable Mini-hydro power plants are most often grid connected.
Small hydro power plants generally have no form of water storage.
Planning requirements
In order to proceed with a small hydropower scheme, it is necessary to obtain the right to utilize all the land concerned and it is important to find out how contractors will access the different areas of the hydropower scheme with the necessary equipment. It is therefore wise to approach the relevant land-owners at an early stage in order to identify any objections to the proposed project and to negotiate access to the land. Since water courses frequently define property boundaries, ownership of the banks and existing structures may be complex. Failure to settle these issues at an early stage may result in delays and in cost penalties later on in the project (The British Hydropower Association, 2005).
The world wide estimated amount of installed small hydro capacity was 85GW at the end of 2008: 65GW were estimated to be in developing countries of which 60GW in China (REN21, 2009). The overall technical potential for small hydro is estimated to be between 150 and 200GW (IEA 2008).
Technology development
Small scale hydro is a mature technology. It can profit from technology development done for large scale hydropower turbines.
Specifically for small scale hydro, expected technical improvements include developments in lower head turbines, in-stream turbines and turbines which have a lower impact on fish populations (IEA, 2008). In addition, reduction in operation and maintenance (O&M) are expected.
Further in the future, the development of hybrid systems that combine hydro with wind or even with hydrogen production for energy storage could be expected (IEA, 2008); particularly in combination with hydrogen this development is still at R&D stage.
Substituting traditional fuels by a the switch to electricity can reduce air pollution, improve health and decrease social burdens, e.g. from collecting firewood. The electricity can be used to increase income generating activities, in particular it can improve irrigation, crop processing and food production (ESHA, 2005). The income generating activities may provide more jobs to the rural communities.
In a study for the UK Department for International Development (Fulford et al., 2000), the poverty reduction potential of small hydropower has been found to be significant, particularly in low-income countries. Micro-hydro has also been found to be a relatively efficient method of poverty reduction, in terms of costs per person moved across the poverty line. In addition, the estimates of poverty reduction from micro hydro are systematically understated, as they exclude a range of very difficult to measure, but important effects, including savings from no longer having to carry firewood, kerosene or other fuel, improved education through the availability of electric light and improved health and agricultural production from drinking and irrigation water which is made available by channels originally built for micro-hydro schemes.
Small scale hydro, being a renewable energy also has the advantage of reducing dependency from fossil fuels on the macro-economic level, if the country imports fossil fuels.
Depending on what forms of energy use the hydro powered system substitutes, the decrease in air pollution and GHG emissions differs, but given that small hydropower is virtually CO2 neutral, it is expected to be a significant improvement compared to conventional electricity production in terms of emissions of GHG and air pollutants.
In contrast to large hydro-power installations, the environmental impacts on the ecosystems are limited. Small hydro power plants require limited changes to the flow of the river and therefore the existing ecosystem can continue to function as before; improvements in this field in particular related to the development of "fish-friendlier" turbines, are nonetheless expected (IEA, 2008).
A hydropower plant runs practically CO2 free. The main emission source is the production of the components and the transport to the location of the power plant.
Small hydro projects, similarly to larger plants, have a wide range of levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) due to its sensitivity to the plant capacity factor and the cost of capital. The range can be from a minimum of 35 USD/MWh up to and possibly exceeding 230 USD/MWh (IEA, 2012). IRENA (2012) suggests that the ranges are similar, but that LCEO for very small projects can run as high as 270 USD/MWh.
Considering that some power plants have rather large upfront investment costs it is important to verify if the hydrology in the region will remain constant over time.
The capital requirements for small hydro plants depend on the effective head, flow rate, geological and geographical features, the equipment (turbines, generators, etc.) and the required civil engineering works. Making use of existing constructions such as weirs, dams, storage reservoirs or ponds can significantly reduce environmental impacts and costs. In general, sites with low heads and high flows need a greater capital outlay as they require larger civil engineering works and turbine machinery to handle the larger flow of water. If, however, the system can have a dual purpose, such as power generation as well as flood control, power generation and irrigation, or power generation and drinking water purposes, the payback period can be shortened.
In addition, special attention should be paid to the cost of using water (water charges and/or concession fees) as well as to the administrative procedure necessary to obtain the water and building licenses. Operation and maintenance costs may represent 1.5-5% of the project costs (ESHA, 2005).
Generally, on a cost per kilowatt basis, larger small hydropower projects tend to be cheaper due to economies of scale and the sunk costs of any scheme, irrespective of its size.
[This information is kindly provided by the UNEP Risoe Centre Carbon Markets Group]
Project developers of hydro projects (excluding run of river projects) in the CDM pipeline mainly apply the following CDM methdologies: ACM2 "Consolidated baseline methodology for grid-connected electricity generation from renewable sources" for large-scale projects and AMS-I.D. "Grid connected renewable electricity generation" for small-scale projects
CDM projects based on hydro represent 27.4% of all CDM projects in the pipeline and, as such, are the most common project type in the pipeline. The geographical distribution of hydro projects is concentrated around Asia and in particular China
Example CDM project:
The British Hydropower Association, 2005. A Guide to UK Mini-hydro Developments. Available at http://www.british-hydro.org/mini-hydro/download.pdf
ESHA, 2005. Small Hydropower for developing Countries, European Small Hydropower Association, IT Power.
Fulford, D., A. Gill, P. Mosley, 2000. Micro-hydro generation as instrument of poverty reduction: Asian achievement and African potential. Reports to DFID, Reading University
IEA, 2008. Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 - Scenarios and Strategies to 2050. IEA/OECD, Paris.
IEA, 2012. Technology Roadmap: Hydropower. IEA/OECD, Paris.
Khennas, S. and Barnett A., 2000. Best Practices For Sustainable Development Of Micro Hydro Power In Developing Countries, Final Synthesis Report Contract R7215. London Economics & de Lucia Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and The World Bank.
REN21, 2009. Renewables Global Status Report. Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Copyright Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH.
UNEP Risoe. CDM/JI Pipeline Analysis and Database. Available at: http://cdmpipeline.org/
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Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), Policy Studies
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Fascinating and enthusiastic look at online education from one of the founders of Coursera.
What we're learning from online education
Interesting approach is that the courses have time frames just like a college course. The videos can be watched at any time during the week, but there is a schedule and the course runs for a particular number of weeks. Top universities so it's a brave new world in online education.


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The coalition loyalty rewards program Plenti has wrapped up operations as of July 2018. Plenti was a cross-industry loyalty network where customers could earn points and spend at multiple places. Partners included American Express (creator), Macy's, Netflix, Hulu, Exxon, RiteAid, Chilli's, Enterprise, Winn Dixie and others.
Why did such an exciting proposition fail? Was Plenti a bad idea or were the issues more tactical? What does it mean for cross-industry loyalty programs?
Here's my humble take:
1. Giving up on Plenti was a blow for customer engagement
Through Plenti the partnering brands had this amazing shot at becoming a company of the future. But it is now just a familiar story of missed opportunities for both consumers and brands. With Plenti each company could begin a new journey to becoming customer centric. They could create ultimate customer engagement by expanding the customer journeys they examined and addressed beyond their own corporate silos. Because of its cross-industry nature, Plenti would have given purpose and a larger box to guide analytics and AI based customer experiences. The relationship with customers could have been driven by context like never before. The Plenti platform could have become a customer's platform and not the sponsors' marketing vehicle. The issues of privacy violations could have been a thing of the past for those customers who willingly participated.
But sticking to traditional metrics of success measurement and execution did the program in. Instead of advancing the standards of customer engagement, the sponsors now have to go back to the traditional method of buying customer behavior and loyalty. We are back to a failing loyalty model of the stone age because it provides immediate "quantification of effort". Together brands could have acted like a conglomerate such as Amazon without being one in this new digital, connected world.
2. The failure of Plenti was tactical
Even as the Plenti participants chose to withdraw, we can see airlines expanding their programs to be cross industry, Uber and Airbnb expanding to cover expanding customer journeys, and big retailers such as Amazon and Walmart morphing their original identities to cover new offerings through Plenti like loyalty and subscription programs.
The failures therefore are not a strategic market indication but were rather tactical in my view. As a Plenti customer, I felt that Plenti was a little clunky. I never easily knew where I was with my points and what my redemption options were, the customer experience model was very big company driven – instead of simply sending me texts and emails they just kept getting lost in privacy and consent issues, redeeming points needed a pin which was a pain to reset, and so on.
Short term rewards were excellent and it was a delightful experience when the cashiers announced them. But I had to rely on the store to tell me how much I had. Yes, I could have been more active with my online account but they could have also sent it by email or text and made it easier? In addition, the spending was cross-industry but the rewards were still pretty traditional. Overall, the CX layer of the program – especially cross-industry – should have been more deliberate and obvious.
3. The move to experiential & aspirational loyalty was slow
Overall the program was slow in driving customers from being points focused to being experiences and aspiration driven. That evolution would have made customers consciously look forward to using Plenti in new ways rather than the POS discount expectation that every other loyalty program sets.
The Plenti partners did create some nice innovations. I remember fitness related discounts at RiteAid that engaged customers with a broader brand messaging focused on long term goals. But for the most part, the best practices of the top brands of the world were not able to come to Plenti. If you have worked in a large organization and tried to bridge functional or product boundaries, that should not come as a surprise to you. The simplest way to put it is: we did ourselves in.
To be fair, most loyalty program don't do experiences and aspirations today. A reasonable analogy of what an aspiration based loyalty program looks like is the airlines loyalty programs where people engage with a goal to save miles & points towards a family vacation. Another examples is when you get exclusive access to an upcoming concert, or priority reservations at a popular restaurant. These are things that "money can't buy" to borrow from Mastercard's awesome campaign.
Plenti was the perfect vehicle to create amazing experiences and aspiration based rewards because it was such a broad coalition – hotels, gas, grocery, etc. But it probably became hard. Balancing short term goals of each brand getting its share of increased spending was not easy. In addition, coming together to think in terms of "customer first across industry boundaries" is not in our business training DNA. So the transition to this 3 tiered loyalty model did not happen in time.
4. The "new Plenti" might be more open and ecosystem driven
The fact that Plenti got wrapped up in their own centrally managed coalition model & brand was not their fault but perhaps it did not allow them to scale quicker. Instead of focusing on on-boarding partners to Plenti, they could have become a white labeled platform allowing any company to join, brand their own program and explore coalitions of their own.
For example, Target & Starbucks could have created a joint program called RedGreen. Or Walgreens, Cigna and YMCA could have created a custom program for themselves. Other companies may have chosen to migrate their grossly complicated and expensive-to-run programs on to this platform. What's more, such a platform can put customers in charge of selecting and customizing their own rewards across the entire ecosystem!
Technology is at a point today where this is easily possible. Especially with Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) these coalitions are an excellent candidate because they provide high efficiency with all the benefits plus much more. The trick is to think in terms of becoming a conglomerate by leveraging those around you.
So there you have it – my armchair analysis of this problem of Plenti. I'm sure it must have been a massively complex and difficult program to operate – and extremely painful to end for those close to it. So I do apologize for my simplistic treatment. Let me know what you think about Plenti and what the future has in store for us.


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It's that time of year again! A chill is in the air, snowflakes are falling—no, wait, it's been unseasonably warm in NYC for the past week and a half. But December's almost over, which means it's time to recap my favorite reads of 2015.
A few bits of business up front:
1) This post includes only books I read for the first time in the past calendar year.
2) Wondering where your favorite 2015 debuts are? Since I read so many 2015 debuts as ARCs, a few of them made it onto my Top Ten Reads of 2014 list, which you can check out HERE.
3) At the time of writing this post, I was reading my 114th book of 2015. This has been an unprecedented reading year for me, and who knows if I'll ever get through this many books in a year again! But suffice it to say, it wasn't easy narrowing down my list to ten standout books.
So without further ado, here are my favorite reads of 2015, in chronological order of when I read them:
CONVICTION by Kelly Loy Gilbert (original review HERE)
UNDER A PAINTED SKY by Stacey Lee (original review HERE)
MORE HAPPY THAN NOT by Adam Silvera (original review HERE)
I'LL MEET YOU THERE by Heather Demetrios (original review HERE)
THE WALLS AROUND US by Nova Ren Suma (original review HERE)
BONE GAP by Laura Ruby (original review HERE)
THE ROYAL WE by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (original review HERE)
DUMPLIN' by Julie Murphy (original review HERE)
CARRY ON by Rainbow Rowell (original review HERE)
STATION ELEVEN by Emily St. John Mandel (original review HERE)
These books made me laugh, cry, and swoon. I fell in love with the characters and marveled at the prose. But you'll notice that in most of those posts linked above, there are other books reviewed as well—and I highly recommend checking all of them out! I read SO MANY wonderful books this year, from debut authors and veterans alike.
And on that note, I'm going to do one last wrap-up post at some point before the end of the year. I've been keeping track of the genre, intended age, and more for all of the books I've read in 2015, and I'm going to make some...*drum roll*...infographics! So if you're into that sort of thing, keep an eye on this space in the coming weeks.
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Pre-Built Dashboards Empower Entrepreneurs and Their Teams to Analyze Business Metrics in Real-Time
PROVO, UT--(Marketwired - Dec 11, 2014) - Grow Inc., a cloud-based software service, today announced its launch out of beta, providing entrepreneurs with customizable business intelligence (BI) dashboards to help track key metrics in real-time. Grow comes with a library of pre-built KPIs and customers can populate charts, tables and graphs with data imported from their own spreadsheets and third-party integrations like QuickBooks, MailChimp, Salesforce, Twitter, Instagram and many more. Try it free at http://www.grow.com.
Additionally, the Provo-based company announced it has raised $1.5 million in Seed funding from Kickstart Seed Fund, Pelion Ventures, and Aaron Skonnard of Pluralsight among others.
"Grow has a compelling value proposition for small and medium businesses," said Gavin Christensen, managing partner at Kickstart Seed Fund. "Grow gives growing companies the best of both worlds: an elegant user interface that brings internal and external metrics together in a single view, combined with a flexible pricing model that works for entrepreneurs."
By focusing on serving companies that have between 10 and 200 employees, Grow is able to reach a previously underserved market that until now, did not have an efficient, easy and affordable tool that allowed SMBs to see all of their key metrics one place. In an effort to truly meet the needs of any small business, Grow can also create custom integrations for any internal data source or external application with a public API.
"Spreadsheets and other business intelligence dashboards don't work for entrepreneurs," said Rob Nelson, founder and CEO at Grow. "Spreadsheets are always out of date and enterprise dashboard products are too expensive and difficult to implement. Grow fills this gap."
Rob founded Grow from frustrations with the inefficiencies of reporting with Excel spreadsheets, and the myriad of ad hoc tools SMBs typically try to employ for reporting. Rob had built basic business dashboards in Excel to track KPIs, but the data took so long to collect, the dashboard was often out of date.
"Grow gives us a simple way to keep our key metrics front and center -- and we didn't have to spend a bunch of development cycles building out a custom solution. Our whole team rallies around the metrics we track in Grow and it focuses our work every day." said Nate Quigley, founder and CEO of Chatbooks, Inc.
With Grow's software, entrepreneurs can distill the information they need from blocks of data and share that data with team members, in real-time. Key features include:
Starting today, Grow is available to all SMBs and those interested can sign up for a 14-day free trial. Pricing ranges from 1 user/$39 a month to 100 users/$899 a month and is broken down into four tiers: Starter/1 dashboard, Business/5 dashboards, Professional/25 dashboards and Enterprise/unlimited dashboards.
About Grow, Inc.
Grow is a cloud-based software service that gives entrepreneurs beautiful business dashboards that track their key metrics, inspire their teams and make better decisions. Grow's library of data connections allows you to build a real-time dashboard in minutes, not months. Only Grow gives small businesses a simple way to see all of their key performance indicators (KPIs) in one place -- both internal data from spreadsheets and databases, and data from third-party apps like QuickBooks, Salesforce and Zendesk. Knowing the score helps leaders gain confidence and teams perform at a higher level because they know what it will take to win. For more information about Grow, visit http://www.grow.com.
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Currently, IIT has bilateral exchange agreements with the following programs or universities:
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3. Once you are accepted at IIT, you can then CLICK HERE to find the "APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM" link to answer our Incoming Exchange Student Questionnaire. This questionnaire should only be completed AFTER you are accepted by IIT to study. This questionnaire is part of the enrollment process, and is not related to the application to the university, nor for your visa or other required documents.
4. If you have not already taken a look at our campus and facilities, please take some time to look at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
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Happy New Year! I hope that you enjoyed the Holidays, and wish you health and prosperity for 2016. I am looking forward to a successful year helping each other continue to be innovative and grow our businesses.
It looks as though 2016 is going to be the "Year of Doing" for marketers. Some are predicting a paradigm shift that will bring balance between ad tech and the art of marketing.
Judy Shapiro, CEO and founder of EngageSimply and chief brand strategist at CloudLinux, predicts 2016 will bring "the real world of market doing." Shapiro observes that since 2014, new ventures focused on process platforms. She writes: "In practical terms, the paradigm shift might seem subtle to outsiders but will be centered on ventures that power the business of marketing doing in which, once again, marketing artistry can soar. Marketing artistry will re-emerge, dominating the business so that technology will be deployed only within the context of the user experience the artist had in mind -- not the technologists."1
The "Year of Doing" is relevant not only for marketers but for CADM. We have focused on our process platforms and structure and now we are ready to help you the member through the paradigm shift experts are talking about with the following 2016 programs and tools.
- Pillars of Excellence Series. CADM will be having panel discussion events for Social, Mobile, Direct Response & Digital between now and July 31, 2016. Please see details within this adMarks for more details.
- Webinar Series. CADM will also launch its Webinar Series in 2016. Our first webinar, tentatively scheduled for late February, features a presentation by Liquid Iron on "Actionable Branding."
- adMarks Online. In addition to adMarks, our association will publish our new e-newsletter up to twice monthly to update you on industry news and CADM offerings.
- cadm.org. The Board plans content, communications and Career Center enhancements to educate and connect CADM members.
- 2016 Tempo Awards. This year's competition will be expanded to recognize individuals as well as best works. You may nominate exceptional response marketers to receive recognition for their contributions to our community. Entries will be due in March, and the Awards Ceremony will take place in July. See ad on p. 9.
Lastly, if you know of any of your colleagues or friends who might be interested in CADM this is a great time of year to reach out to them. On January 1, CADM our midyear dues take affect, which discounts the annual membership 50%. This provides motivation for response marketers to try out our organization for six month and as membership increases, our costs decrease and benefit you, the CADM member.
I look forward to seeing you at our January 27 Social Care program.
1 Shapiro, Judy. "Here's the Only Marketing Trend You Need to Know for 2016." Advertising Age, 2 Dec. 2015. Web. 3 Dec. 2015. [see http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/marketing-trend-2016/301530/].
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Listing ID: 1182
Enjoying a prime position in the main street of Wauchope, this highly profitable and consistently performing enterprise needs a new owner.
Established for over 60 years, this is a unique opportunity to secure a local icon business - with the option of buying the freehold.
Potential-plus, as Wauchope continues to experience outstanding growth
Well trained staff offering a turnkey business opportunity
Full newsagency for the district - also supplies 11 sub-agencies
Additional income streams from retailing newspapers, magazines, giftware, cards and books
Extensive range of stationary and office supplies
Spacious retail area with excellent fit-out
2 Lottery terminals - recently updated Lottery kiosk
Lottery sales create outstanding foot traffic and strong returns
Awarded top outlet for Lottery sales in its territory
Option to purchase freehold for $650,000 + GST if applicable
Sale includes business, plant and equipment + SAV (+ GST if applicable)
Wauchope is recognised as one of the fastest growing regional centres in New South Wales. Its position on the Hastings River and Oxley Highway - just 19km from Port Macquarie - ensures the continued growth of this business into the future.
Tourism, government regional offices and centres plus the influx to the area of baby boomers as they retire continues to supply substantial growth throughout this region. This is an opportunity to secure a fantastic business in a growth area already supplying strong returns
Price: $650,000 + G.S.T
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[url=http://www.pottytrainacat.com/]Toilet training your cat[/url] isnt nearly as difficult as you might imagine. All you need is time, patience and the ability to follow a few simple instructions. In the majority of cases, 2 weeks of our step by step training is all it takes. And we cover everything youll need to know before, during and after the training.
Our 2-week step-by-step training is designed to gradually encourage your cat to modify its behavior and use the toilet instead of the litter box. For the training to be effective, it must be an enjoyable experience for both you and your cat stress-free and carried out at your own pace.
In fact, its very similar to the potty training youd give to a child. In our homes, toilets are the best way of dealing with bodily waste human or feline and (for the cats at least) definitely better than plastic boxes on the laundry room floor.
In the wild, cats instinctively do their business in the soil. For an indoor cat, using a litter box requires a certain amount of training. So, assuming your cat has mastered the litter tray, it should have no problem switching to the toilet.
Cats are naturally curious, adventurous creatures who enjoy interacting with their owners. Theyll play and get up to all sorts of tricks to get on your good side, and they enjoy nothing more than a stroke or a treat.
Cats of all ages can be toilet trained. But all cats are different, so some learn faster than others. Toilet training an adult cat often requires a little more patience. So, be prepared to take things at a slower pace until your cat feels more assured. And, dont worry youll get there in the end.
Of course, toilet training kittens is easier. But, dont attempt to do it until theyre at least 3 months old. Kittens any younger dont have a good enough sense of balance. However, encouraging them to use the litter box at this age will do no harm. In fact it will come in handy if you have to leave your cat at someone elses house, for example.


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By Joyce Lee and Jeongmin Kim
GOYANG, South Korea (Reuters) - A North Korean delegation called on Japan on Friday to pay "sufficient compensation" for the forced labour and conscription of the "Korean people" during World War Two and other Asia-Pacific conflicts.
In a rare visit to South Korea, North Korean delegation leader Ri Jong Hyok denounced "crimes that violated human rights", calling on Japan to "make public its forced abduction of Koreans" and give sufficient compensation, following the example of post-war Germany.
Japan, South Korea and North Korea share a bitter history that includes Japan's 1910-45 colonisation of the Korean peninsula and the use of comfort women, Japan's euphemism for girls and women forced to work in its wartime brothels.
With North and South Korea experiencing a year of warming ties, experts say the North could be using a recent row between Seoul and Tokyo to make fresh demands on Japan.
However, experts also warn that any further deterioration in relations between Japan and South Korea could spill over into efforts to rein in North Korea's nuclear programme.
The dispute between South Korea and Japan was triggered by a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in October that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp pay 100 million won ($87,700) to each of four South Korean steel workers for their forced labour during World War Two.
Japan has denounced the verdict as "unthinkable" and said the matter had been "completely and finally" settled by a 1965 treaty.
"Although a ruling came out from the South side's court some time ago about forced conscription of Koreans, Japan is claiming that it is not for them to compensate," Ri said, addressing about 300 attendees at a convention in Goyang, northwest of Seoul.
"We, the entire Korean people, strongly demand Japan's sincere and frank reflection, apology, and sufficient compensation."
North Korean state media brought up Japan's forced labour issue on Tuesday, Wednesday and again on Friday.
Unlike South Korea, North Korea never signed a treaty with Japan dealing with compensation.
The two countries have been discussing the issue since 1991 but the matter is not settled, legal and international relations experts said.
In 2002 in a joint statement by North Korea and Japan, Tokyo acknowledged causing "tremendous damage and suffering to the people of Korea through its colonial rule in the past, and expressed deep remorse and heartfelt apology".
Tokyo says ties cannot be normalized until the three issues of the abduction of Japanese citizens, missiles and nuclear weapons are comprehensively resolved.
"The Japanese authorities are not only avoiding the settlement of past crimes, but are clamouring about some abduction of ordinary people issue which is the pot calling the kettle black," Ri said.
Jin Chang-soo, research fellow in Sejong Institute and expert on South Korea-Japan relations, said the South Korea-Japan relationship will be "most influenced" by how South Korea reacts.
"If mistrust within Japan grows towards South Korea, there's a strong chance that bilateral relations and matters of defence, especially its stance about North Korea's nuclear issue, could be affected as well," he said.
(Additional reporting by Linda Sieg; Editing by Nick Macfie)


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Tuesday: I love recovery weeks! 35 minutes today for 3.2 miles at a 10:50 pace. Nothing fancy just regular old treadmill running. This hotel gym doesnt have a foam roller 😦 but they do have cold towels! This is a new one for me but much appreciated! Now to just get a foam roller and all will be well with the world. 10 minutes standard post-workout stretching but nothing extra that night.
Wednesday: 50 minute run with negative splits. First 25 minutes at 11:06 pace last 25@10:31 pace ended with 4.61 miles. Legs felt fine breathing was OK all in all a good solid run for once!
Thursday: Recovery run, 45 minutes at 11:09 pace ended with 4 miles. Pretty boring and uneventful run. I did not want to get out of bed today but I knew I was going to be spending a lot of time sitting at the airport and in the car so I got my miles in. 15 minutes stretching / foam rolling / yoga poses that night. My body is ACHING right now.
Friday: Rest day! From working out anyway. Im only home for 2 days then its off again for a work trip. So while there is no running today I still had some things I needed to get done 😛 15 minutes stretching / foam rolling / yoga poses that night.
Saturday: today was a normal long run, except I tried a larabar as pre run fuel and had to cut the run short to hit the restroom…whoops! No more morning larabars lol. Ended with 5.7 miles at a 11:13 pace. Oh and it was freaking hot so I wasn't super sad to end the run early
Sunday: Rest day! I'm in nyc this week and took today to walk around the city and central park. I ended with about 7 miles! Thank goodness it was a beautiful day in nyc.
Monday: Rest day! Although my coach put a workout for today in but must have been late last night because I didn't see it when I checked at 10pm. I moved that workout to tomorrow since I won't have time anymore today. Work travels make it almost impossible to get an evening workout in. It's OK I had some logistics to deal with this morning so it all worked out fine in the end.
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Catalyst: The Passage of Hellsfire, discusses his book, his journey as a writer, and self-publishing on Kindle.
DAVID WISEHART: What can you tell us about Catalyst: The Passage of Hellsfire?
MARC JOHNSON: Catalyst: The Passage of Hellsfire is the first book in my high fantasy series. It tops 105,000 words. It begins with a young man who stumbles upon a princess. He rushes in to rescue her, alone and unarmed, by unleashing an uncontrollable, magical force. He doesn't want the powers he has yet must learn to master his abilities lest he hurt the people he loves.
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MARC JOHNSON: World building is the last thing I do. I tend to think of a characters then a story idea and finally a world to put everything in. I think of the world when I need certain situations or themes to happen. While they seem to be the least important thing to me, I do love exploring the world I create. It sometimes surprises me and can add certain backgrounds characteristics to a character I never thought of before, or move the plot forward in an unexpected way.
DAVID WISEHART: What is the system of magic in your novel?
MARC JOHNSON: The magic in my book is pretty basic. The characters are connected through the world because of the life force called mana, surrounding them. The wizards of the world can access and channel it. I tend to use magic more as a metaphor than anything else. I try not to focus on it too much because it's not that important to me. The characters are what's important.
DAVID WISEHART: How do you develop and differentiate your characters?
MARC JOHNSON: I get the majority of my ideas from dreams. The major characters come out of those dreams. I start building my stories with them and their relationship to each other or the idea in mind. Once I have them down, I expand. I think about adding other supporting characters. I try to give all my characters a weakness or a quirk much like Marvel Comics. It may be minor but it may also come into play later. The characters I add, I also try to make them have different personality traits, backgrounds, or goals from each other.
DAVID WISEHART: Who do you imagine is your ideal reader?
MARC JOHNSON: My ideal reader is one who will buy every single book, short story, and novella I write and love them all. For The Passage of Hellsfire, I think that the guys will love the adventure of Hellsfire as he explores the world and his magic. I hope the women will love the budding romance between Hellsfire and Krystal. I think everyone can relate to how Hellsfire feels while growing up, even if they lack magical powers.
DAVID WISEHART: What was your journey as a writer?
MARC JOHNSON: My journey as a writer was a long one. One that involved many late nights in front of a computer, a lot of rejection, a lot of reading, and a lot of rewrites. It was also rather boring, but writing is a boring and often lonely pursuit.
DAVID WISEHART: What is your writing process?
MARC JOHNSON: I'm at computer when I wake up, hammering away, and return to it before I go to sleep. Sadly, I am also at one at my day job but can't actually write there. I do tend to write with my feet up and my chair reclined. I like to write comfortably although I've left so many marks on the walls over the years.
DAVID WISEHART: What authors most inspire you?
MARC JOHNSON: Every author I read inspires me—the good and bad. That's one of the reasons I love to read is because I learn from them. I have my favorite writers but I doubt I'll ever be as good as them if I try to imitate them. However, I love Rod Serling and what he wrote and did businesswise. I love how he had an idea or a theme and didn't let himself be pigeonholed. His stories had themes everyone could relate to whether it be in Patterns, Playhouse 90, or The Twilight Zone.
DAVID WISEHART: What one book, written by someone else, do you wish you'd written yourself?
MARC JOHNSON: Lit Life. It's such an amazing book and a simple one too. It's about two writers—one star and one who could never make it big. Their lives come together. I love books about characters and it's a great character book with twists and a lot of emotion. And you don't have to be a writer to enjoy it because the emotions they're going through is universal.
DAVID WISEHART: How have you marketed and promoted your work?
MARC JOHNSON: I've emailed bloggers and podcasters and have paid for advertising. I don't know what affect those will have because it's going to take time. I also have a website at Longshot Publishing. It's updated weekly with my thoughts on writing or what I've done or am doing during the publishing process. I'm taking a month off of writing and editing before starting the second book in The Passage of Hellsfire series.
DAVID WISEHART: Why publish on Kindle?
MARC JOHNSON: I believe I have more of a business sense than the Big Six. While I still took my time in releasing my book, it didn't take as long as it would have in print and I'm able to (hopefully) pinpoint what went right or wrong and can do more more cost-effective things with my dollars and time. I also believe ebooks are the future and like most corporations, the Big Six are slow to change. Lastly, I love my Kindle and felt giddy to see my book on it.
DAVID WISEHART: What advice would you give to a first-time author thinking of self-publishing on Kindle?
MARC JOHNSON: My advice would be to have a business plan and some capital saved. While you can do everything yourself, you shouldn't. You should get your manuscript edited with at least a developmental edit then copy edit. As good as you think your manuscript is, it needs a professional outsider's point of view. Even editors have other editors edit their work. Pay someone to do your cover. You can give them an idea you have in mind, but they understand pictures, font, and spacing way more than you do. Reason out everything you do whether it's the price point, advertising, promotion, cover design, title, etc. Calculate the numbers, if you can earn out what you spend, if it's worth your time, if you'll sell more books, and so on. Think from a business point of view, not a creative one.
Marc Johnson lives and writes in the Bay Area. He has been reading his entire life and writing for almost as long. Until magazines went away, he used to freelance on the side, covering gaming. However, his first love has always been writing fiction and he loves stories in all its forms—movies, television, video games, comics. He will always write fiction because it's the only way to get all of the crazy ideas out of his head.
He has recently released his first book Catalyst. It's the beginning of his coming of age, romantic, high fantasy series, The Passage of Hellsfire. Marc Johnson plans to release one book a year and finish the six book series before he dies.
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March 17 is St. Patrick's Day so celebrate this special day with St. Patrick's Day quotes and sayings!
St. Patrick's Day is a celebration of the feast day of the Roman Catholic patron saint of Ireland — St. Patrick. It's ironic but Patricious, his original Romanicized name, wasn't even Irish. St. Patrick grew up in Britain but was kidnapped into slavery by a band of pirates. He was sold into slavery and it was then that he is said to dream of seeing God. The rest is history with St. Patrick escaping, joining a monastery, and converting multitudes as a missionary.
The first celebrants of St. Patrick's day parades were 18th century Irish soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary war. Today, the celebrations are bigger and wider than ever before. In 1962, part of the Chicago River was dyed green which started a tradition. Also, corn beef and cabbage became a staple for the holiday to reminisce when Irish Americans were so poor that they could not eat certain foods. Meanwhile, the shamrock is said to have been used by St. Patrick to explain the Trinity.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with us with these St. Patrick's day quotes and sayings!
Every St. Patrick's Day every Irishman goes out to find another Irishman to make a speech to. -Shane Leslie
May your troubles be less and your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door.
Anyone acquainted with Ireland knows that the morning of St. Patrick's Day consists of the night of the seventeenth of March flavored strongly with the morning of the eighteenth. -Author Unknown
Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me. -Colin Farrell
An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth.
St. Patrick's Day is an enchanted time – a day to begin transforming winter's dreams into summer's magic. -Adrienne Cook
Oh, Paddy, dear, an' did ye hear the news that's goin' round?
The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground!
No more St. Patrick's Day we'll keep, his colour can't be seen,
For there's a cruel law agin' the Wearin' o' the green.
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I find of it. -Thomas Jefferson
May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
-Irish Blessing
May St. Patrick guard you wherever you go, and guide you in whatever you do and may his loving protection be a blessing to you always. –Irish Blessing
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
-Irish blessing
May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live. -Irish saying
I am imperfect in many things, nevertheless I want my brethren and kinsfolk to know my nature so that they may be able to perceive my soul's desire.
Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck. -Author Unknown
If you hold a four-leaf shamrock in your left hand at dawn on St. Patrick's Day you get what you want very much but haven't wished for. -Patricia Lynch
What do you get when you cross poison ivy with a four-leaf clover? A rash of good luck. -Author Unknown
Also Read: 30+ Funny Quotes and Sayings about Life, Love
Here's to you and yours and to mine and ours. And if mine and ours ever come across to you and yours, I hope you and yours will do as much for mine and ours as mine and ours have done for you and yours! -Irish toast
May your neighbors respect you,
Troubles neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And Heaven accept you.
There are only two kinds of people in the world, The Irish and those who wish they were.
If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks. – Brendan Behan
May the luck of the Irish be with you!
Also Read: Good Luck Quotes, Wishes, Messages
The list of Irish saints is past counting; but in it all no other figure is so human, friendly, and lovable as St. Patrick – who was an Irishman only by adoption. -Stephen Gwynn
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
-Irish Blessing
I say luck is when an opportunity comes along and you're prepared for it. – Denzel Washington
If you're enough lucky to be Irish, you're lucky enough! -Irish Saying
Also Read: Top 55+ Irish Sayings, Quotes, Proverbs & Blessing
To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone. – Reba McEntire
You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it. – Jimmy Dean
Being Irish, I always had this love of words. – Kenneth Branagh
Luck is believing you're lucky. – Tennessee Williams
May the best day of your past
Be the worst day of your future.
There are many good reasons for drinking,
One has just entered my head.
If a man doesn't drink when he's living,
How in the hell can he drink when he's dead?
May those who love us, love us
And those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts
And if he can't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping!
May luck be our companion
May friends stand by our side
May history remind us all
Of Ireland's faith and pride.
May God bless us with happiness
May love and faith abide.
Leprechauns, castles, good luck and laughter
Lullabies, dreams, and love ever after.
Poems and songs with pipes and drums
A thousand welcomes when anyone comes.
That's the Irish for you!
May you have:
A world of wishes at your command
God and his angels close at hand
Friends and family their love impart,
And Irish blessings in you heart.
These things I warmly wish to you-
Someone to love
Some work to do
A bit o' sun
A bit o' cheer
And a guardian angel always near.
Here's to a long life and a merry one
A quick death and an easy one
A pretty girl and an honest one
A cold beer and another one!
Catch hold of a leprechaun and don't let go, for he will tell you the address of the gold that is unknown. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Here is a toast to a long life and a journey as wonderful as you are. Have a Happy St. Patrick's feast!
May you always have
Walls for the winds,
A roof for the rain,
Tea beside the fire,
Laughter to cheer you,
Those you love near you,
And all your heart might desire!
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,
Third is the roses that grow in the lane.
No need explaining the one remaining
Is somebody I adore.
I'm looking over a four leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
When Irish eyes are smiling,
Tis like a morn in spring.
With a lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world is bright and gay
When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, they steal your heart away.
Quotes by Saint Patrick
"What is more, let anyone laugh and taunt if he so wishes. I am not keeping silent, nor am I hiding the signs and wonders that were shown to me by the Lord many years before they happened, [he] who knew everything, even before the beginning of time."
"Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me."
"May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore."
"Before I was humiliated I was like a stone that lies in deep mud, and he who is mighty came and in his compassion raised me up and exalted me very high and placed me on the top of the wall."
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Joaquin Phoenix says making his spoof documentary 'I'm Still Here' taught him to stop trying to "control everything" on movie sets
Joaquin Phoenix's fake documentary has made him less controlling.
The 40-year-old actor claimed in 2009 he was giving up acting to become a rapper amid a series of bizarre situations - including an infamous interview with David Letterman in which he was uncommunicative - but it later emerged it was a spoof for a fly-on-the wall film, 'I'm Still Here', and the 'Her' star found his experiences reignited his love of acting.
He told Germany's Glamour magazine: "I rediscovered the job for me, when I made the fake documentary 'I'm Still Here' in 2010. We just started filming and did not know what we would end up with in the end.
"Before, I always thought you needed to play a role very precise. Since 'I'm still here' I have neutral feelings when stepping in front of a camera and react to my surroundings instead of trying to control everything."
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Rated X wrote:william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:Is it possible for some shapeways guy to make some knees that peg in where the mushroom peg does? Even if it adds half an inch to his height...that would work if it doesnt effect the transformation.
I am sure it is possible but then that raises one's full cost of the figure. You still lack the bicep swivel and it is still a relatively simple and hollow toy. So is it really worth putting extra money into it on our end? He looks good on a shelf wihout adding any work or money.
How much more could some shapeways knees cost? 10 bucks? Sure I could stand him on a shelf but why not have more? Its only money, you only live once. Ten bucks wont make or break me.
We're not talking adding spoiler or new rims to a car here.
If you'd like to pay almost $30 for a cheap placeholder which will likely get a real Voyager or Leader class Shockwave soon after then so be it.
But for me.... Take Grimlock for example. When FOC Grimlock released, I bought it. Then the TRU gold version released with that Movie OP came out so I bought that to. Then that Iron factory upgrade release and I grab that and added to the TRU exclusive FOC Grimlock and it's been my Stand in Grimlock ever since. Meanwhile that POTP Grimlock is a stubby mess that I have no interest in combining. So I skipped it an only want the 4 deluxe Dinobots (well only Sludge and Snarl now) to go with Slash.
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India is continuously becoming the giant provider in the field of medical healthcare. Actually, the fact is, there is no deficiency of the hospitals with the international medical standard in India. A large number of clinics and hospitals are providing the patients from across the globe with stem cell therapy at much reasonable cost. There are various finest and excellent treatment options available with state-of-the-art latest technologies lined up by the latest medical equipment's that play a vital role in processing the high-quality stem cell treatment. The hospitals in India who are providing stem cell therapy are all Top Notch Branded hospitals with internationally acclaimed infrastructure containing committed medical professionals and staff with the well experienced qualified stem cell experts and doctors specialized in performing the stem cell treatments. When it comes to the success rate of the stem cell therapy, then it comes to be around 70 to 85 percent. However, the success rate of the stem cell therapy varies from case to case and ailment to ailment, so one can only confirm the treatment success rate after evaluating the patient's condition.


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This is actively used by developers of computer games, making the gameplay gambling elements.
Gambling is gambling in one form or another. Before this form of entertainment existed separately from the rest in the form of slot machines, roulette, sweepstakes. Now gambling is actively inserted into computer games. It is proved that a person spends in the game much longer if it contains gambling elements.
According to statistics, 2.6 percent of young people aged 18-24 years are addicted to gambling and types of entertainment. About one percent had experience of treatment for gaming addiction or psychological rehabilitation, says American Psychiatric Association.
It should be noted that problem gambling concern for the public. In 2014 American Psychiatric Association has published nine main symptoms that may occur when gambling. The presence of at least five of the symptoms suggests the need for intervention by specialists.


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Saudi Arabia and Gulf region allies launched military operations including air strikes in Yemen on 26 March, officials said.
Unidentified warplanes launched air strikes on the main airport in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, and its al Dulaimi military airbase, residents said.
A witness in the capital said four or five houses near Sana'a airport had been damaged. Rescue workers put the death toll from the air strikes at 13, including a doctor who had been pulled from the rubble of a damaged clinic.
One witness, Mohamed, said bodies were still buried under the rubble, with only six recovered from a building which was hit. Another witness confirmed there were more bodies under the rubble.
Gulf broadcaster al-Arabiya TV reported that Saudi Arabia was contributing as many as 150,000 troops and 100 warplanes to counter Iran-allied forces besieging the southern city of Aden where the US-backed Yemeni president had taken refuge. Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Pakistan were ready to take part in a ground offensive in Yemen, it said.
There was no immediate confirmation of those figures from Riyadh. Al-Arabiya also said the United Arab Emirates was sending 30 warplanes to join the operation, along with 15 each from Bahrain and Kuwait, 10 from Qatar, six each from Jordan and Morocco and three from Sudan.
Yemen's slide towards civil war has made it a crucial front in mostly Sunni Saudi Arabia's rivalry with Shi'ite Iran, which Riyadh accuses of stirring up sectarian strife throughout the region and in Yemen with its support for the Houthis.


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In a 20 page letter sent to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission last week, the social networking giant, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) raised objections to the proposed revisions to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act or COPPA, stating that it will breach the teens' right to freedom of expression.
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) argues that child privacy laws should not apply to a Web site's ability to incorporate a "Like" button, because that would inhibit free expression. The letter sent to the commission said "This social functionality, widely used by educational sites and apps, is dependent on plugins and could be threatened by a COPPA Rule that renders plugin providers responsible for the actions and motives of third parties and vice versa. Part of the value of many educational sites and services is that they are offered for little or no cost, which means that they often will not have the resources to meet burdensome compliance obligations. Requiring these sites or services and plugin providers to monitor each others' information practices could result in the eradication of integrated plugins and the powerful features they facilitate".
The social network objects that a 'Like' button on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) conveys free speech, and eliminating the access of the feature to teens' would be a violation of their constitutional rights". A government regulation that restricts teens' ability to engage in protected speech — as the proposed COPPA Rule would do — raises issues under the First Amendment," the company said.
The revised guidelines from COPPA mandates Web sites to obtain verifiable parental consent, before collecting personal information from children younger than 13. Though, Facebook rules prohibit teen-agers younger than 13 from using the network, it's widely known that millions of young children have Facebook accounts. The commission is not only targeting Web sites, but other online services also, like mobile apps, network-connected games, text messages, and other services that use cookies to track users' travels across the Web.
Facebook's Inc (NASDAQ:FB) omnipresent "Like" button is integrated with over 9 million different Web sites; with the help of which, it is able to find out each time someone goes on a page with a "Like" button, even if they do not click on it. Facebook argues that it restricts children under 13 years from using the network, but it cannot always control when someone under 13 visits a Web site that contains a Facebook "like" button.


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Are they seeds? Legumes? Fruit? Well, in the culinary world, the answer is "yes" to all three! Although the botanical definition of a nut is quite defined, the culinary use of the word "nut" is rather varied. Almonds and walnuts are technically seeds, peanuts are really a legume, while hazelnuts are considered a true botanical nut. Botanically speaking, nuts are a composite of seed and dry fruit found inside of a hard outer shell.
Most of what we consider nuts for culinary purposes share the same characteristics: oily, tender flesh surrounded by a hard outer shell. Nuts tend to be energy dense and provide a variety of vitamins and minerals. For these reasons, nuts have been a favorite among vegetarians and other health conscious individuals.
Nut Nutrition
Most nuts are high in Omega 3 fatty acids, which have been shown to lower LDL cholesterol and provide other cardioprotective properties. In addition to providing healthy fats, nuts also contain high amounts of fiber, protein, Vitamin E, and a variety of essential minerals.
Raw nuts contain the highest amounts of these healthy nutrients. Roasting nuts reduces the antioxidant content and can reduce the amount of healthy fats. In addition, some roasting methods add other oils which may not contain the same health benefits as the oils found naturally in the nuts.
Nut Uses
Nuts are a common snack food and can be used as a vegetarian protein source. Because nuts are quite energy dense (or high in calories), they are a naturally compact source of energy, which is perfect for traveling. Nuts are often a major component in trail mixes and granola bars.
The high protein content of nuts makes them a healthy substitute for animal protein sources. In addition, nuts contain healthy Omega 3 fats compared to the saturated fats that many animal protein sources contain. For this reason, nuts have become a favorite among vegetarians, vegans, and other health conscious individuals. In addition to being eaten whole, nuts are often pureed into "butters" and used as a spread or as an ingredient in dips.
Some nuts, like almonds, are even used to produce non-dairy milk substitutes. The nuts are pureed, mixed with water, and then strained to remove the solids. The resulting liquid can be consumed plain or flavored and sweetened to increase palatability.
Purchasing Nuts
Nuts can be purchased raw, in shell or pre-shelled. Whole nuts with shell intact are a popular item during the winter months and holiday season. Whole nuts can be stored at room temperature or refrigerated. Regardless of the storage temperature, nuts should be kept away from moisture and heat. Natural nut oils are delicate and can go rancid easily. If a nut has a bitter or off flavor, it should be discarded.
Shelled nuts can be purchased raw or roasted. Roasted nuts have a deeper, more complex flavor and may also be salted or seasoned with other spices. Nuts can be either dry roasted or roasted in oil, both of which produce a unique flavor and texture in the nut. Shelled nuts also need to be stored away from heat and moisture. Freezing nuts is also an option and can dramatically increase their shelf life.
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Black Friday, awaited with great enthusiasm by both shoppers and sellers, is considered the event that opens the Christmas shopping season. It takes place every year on the first Friday that follows the Thanksgiving Day. Even though Black Friday 2014 is set on November 28, if you are a bargain hunter you should start writing your wishlist. Most retailers have already begun to make figures and prepare the lists with toys, clothes, kitchen appliances, accessories, jewelries, and electronics at discounted prices so that no member of the family is forgotten. Everyone can find something to best suit his taste and needs.
If you prefer to skip the long queues, noisy crowds and full parking lots, then go for online shopping and sit comfortable in the front of your computer while browsing the Black Friday hot deals. What should online shoppers expect for this year? Here are several tips.
Online stores with eye-popping deals
Amazon reached the top of sales constantly in the last four years so, keeping an eye on them is mandatory. Remember that best deals are selling out quickly. Newegg is chased by tech lovers and savvy consumers due to their online rebates for a long list of electronics. It is said that last year the price for one of the Samsung HDTV model was cut down even more than on the manufacturer's website. As usually, the hottest deals from Best buy are related to cheap Android tablets and laptops, along with high rated brands of large scale HDTVs. Last Black Friday, Walmart beat Amazon's offer for Blu-ray disc movies, and no doubt they will come again with a new and large selection of titles sold at affordable prices. Also, keep in mind to visit eBay website, which remains one of the most popular and loved online store.
Ads and apps
Many retailers start to publish the offers for Black Day early in November on their websites (some of them begin by the end of October). Watch over the online ads and use iOS apps to better organize and maximize your savings. Do not forget to update your mailing and billing addresses and sign up for alerts, newsletters, and loyalty programs.
The wishlist and Internet research
Make a list with the desired items in advance. Although big ticket items bring much more dollar savings compared to a pair of shoes for example, you have to decide what you really need to avoid unnecessary shopping and spending all your money.
A bit of internet research before Black Friday is any shopper's best bet. You can compare prices, learn about the features of the goods listed for sale, collect details about the shipping costs and look over the store's return policy carefully. Follow the retailers on Twitter or give "like" on their Facebook page to source special discounts and incentives. Be aware that you just cannot hit all the early bird specials however, since there is so much information at one click distance, it is worth trying.
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HammondCast with Greasy Legs live performance from Jon Hammond's band Hades and selections from NDR Sessions Projekt
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The City of Abilene has two different terms for the City Commission; the two candidates receiving the most votes in the General Election receive four-year terms, and the candidate receiving the third most votes receives a two-year term. This is the only major difference between members of the City Commission. Every member of the City Commission is considered an equal with the other members. Even the Mayor is on equal terms as the other members.
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