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Cheat Sheet
Marketing For Dummies Cheat Sheet (UK Edition)
It's important to ensure that your marketing works in your interests not just in terms of its effectiveness, but also financially and legally. Here are guides to keeping your targets in sight and getting the maximum from your marketing campaigns while keeping your budgets down.
Seven Principles of Brilliant Sales and Marketing
Whatever you sell and whatever the size of your business, these simple and universal practices can help you to market and sell your product and services more effectively.
Never miss an opportunity to present yourself well. Everything from your clothing and business card to the envelope in which you send an invoice must work toward your marketing goals.
Spend at least ten minutes a day marketing your company. So many people don't do marketing routinely – and then complain that they don't have enough customers or revenue.
Know what you want to get out of your marketing before you write the first cheque. You can lose your focus all too easily and invest in useless activities. In a field as complex and multifaceted as marketing, make sure to have a simple, clear objective in sight at all times.
Know what makes you special to customers and prospects, so that you can remind them of your strengths in every marketing communication. They buy from you for this reason alone.
Experiment. Great businesses are built on great marketing formulas, and you have to arrive at those formulas through trial and error.
Sort out the people who don't want what you sell and eliminate them from your marketing straight away. Wasting time and effort on the wrong prospects is the single biggest cause of inefficiency in sales and marketing.
If your plan looks complicated, you haven't finished it yet. The best marketing is blindingly simple. You want to aim for a one-page marketing plan, because you may actually be able to implement it!
Ten Ways to Spend Less on Marketing
Because marketing is a creative activity you can always find new and better ways to make an effective impact and attract sales, even on a small budget. Here are some ideas that help you to maximise your impact while minimising your budget.
Make your communications more visually striking by including images of people and using creative, dynamic layouts. This visual style gets more reader attention than any letter, brochure, or ad you put out there, making it more effective and efficient for you.
Improve the appearance of your logo. Most logos are boring, but great companies always have great logos. Wonder which came first?
Buy visibility on the Google and Yahoo! search engines. This is inexpensive enough to work for local as well as global markets.
Release a survey or host an interesting event to generate publicity.
Send out a press release to your local media once every quarter or whenever you have valuable news to release, updating them on events in your business. Getting local news coverage isn't that hard, and it often attracts new business.
Find something simple and inexpensive to offer along with your most popular product or service in order to pick up add-on sales.
Give out coupons to encourage prospects to try your product or service, so that its qualities become obvious to them. Don't, however, give away price-cutting coupons or discounts for no good reason – think of other ways to increase your sales appeal.
Offer (or improve) a guarantee, one with no small print. If you have a good product or service, stand behind it!
Vow never to lose a customer. Whenever you have a customer who's upset or at risk, find out why and win them back.
Discover where you lose the most prospects or potential customers and then concentrate your marketing at this point to convert more of them into customers.
Seven Rules for Avoiding Business Trouble
A dangerous area of marketing arises when people try to bypass regulations that ensure fair pricing, safety, and honest advertising. In the UK, as in mainland Europe and North America, there are regulations as well as self-regulatory industry guidelines. Follow these rules to ensure you steer clear of business trouble through your marketing:
Always make sure your pricing is fair to customers and competitors (because unfair competitive practices are usually illegal).
Always clarify the limits of warranties for services or goods.
Always provide full warnings and details about your product's content and source on labels.
Always follow an open and honest policy with the media.
Never say anything deceptive or misleading in ads or other communications – remember the watchwords 'legal, decent, honest and truthful'.
Never distribute products that can do significant harm to anyone.
Never discuss prices with competitors (that's called price fixing).
The Seven Ps of Marketing
Knowing and evaluating how your customer interacts with your business is crucial to creating a successful marketing plan, so keep the seven Ps of marketing – the key contact points between your customer and your business – in mind.
Product: What aspects of the product (both rational and emotional) have an influence on customer perception and their purchase intentions?
Price: What does it cost the customer to use your product, including but not limited to the list price?
Place: When and where, in terms of time and space, is your product available to customers?
Promotion: How do you communicate with your customers?
People: What are the important points of human contact between your customer and your business?
Process: What are the processes involved in delivering your products and services to the customer?
Physical presence: What are all the physical areas viewed by your customers, from your reception area through to your delivery vehicles and drivers?


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A few Latin Hymns, such as those to be found among the works of Hassler, Tallis, Byrd, and some other great composers, have been set, for 4 or more voices, in a similar manner: but, as a whole, Palestrina's magnificent Hymnal stands quite alone—too great to admit the possibility of rivalry. The delight with which it was received was unbounded. Indeed, long before the middle of the 16th century, the Science of Hymnology had already begun to attract an immense amount of attention, in widely different directions. Hymns, or rather [1]Carols, of a somewhat lighter character than those we have been considering, had been sung, for ages past, between the scenes of the Mysteries and Miracle Plays which form so conspicuous a feature in the religious history of the middle ages. Many of these—notably such as set forth the Glad Tidings commemorated at Christmas-tide—became, from time to time, extremely popular, and obtained a firm hold on the affections of rich and poor alike. [See Noël.] Well knowing the effect of songs upon popular feeling, and fully appreciating the beauty of the Latin hymns to which he had been accustomed from his earliest youth, Luther turned these circumstances to account by producing a vast amount of German Kirchenlieder, which, adapted to the most favourite melodies of the day, both sacred and sæcular, and set for four, five, and six voices, (with the Plain Chaunt in the Tenor,) by Johannes Walther, were first published, at Wittenberg, in 1524, and re-issued, in the following year, with a special preface by Luther himself. Innumerable other works of a similar description followed in rapid succession. The vernacular Hymn found its way more readily than ever to the inmost heart of the German people. The Chorale was sung, far and wide; and, at last, under the treatment of John Sebastian Bach, its beauties were developed, with a depth of insight into its melodic and harmonic resources which is not likely ever to be surpassed. Even the simplest settings of this great master bear tokens of a certain individuality which will render them household words, in the land of their birth, as long as true musical expression shall continue to be valued at its true worth: and, perhaps, in these gentle inspirations, Bach speaks more plainly to the outer world than in some cases where he has subjected the melody to more elaborate treatment. [See Chorale.]
Nun ruhen alle Wälder.
In France, the Metrical Psalms of Clement Marot, and Theodore Beza, were no less enthusiastically received than the Hymns of Luther in Germany, though their popularity was less lasting. They were originally sung to the most familiar ditties of the time, which were adapted to them, probably by Guillaume Franc, in the Psalter first published by Calvin at Geneva in 1543. In 1561, Louis Bourgeois published a volume, at Lyons, containing 83 of these Tunes, set for four, five, and six voices; and, in 1565, Adrian Le Roy printed, at Paris, an entire Psalter, in which the melodies were treated, after the manner of Motets, by Claude Goudimel. This last-named work was reprinted, in Holland, in 1607: but Goudimel's polyphonic settings were found too difficult for general use, and were supplanted, after a time, by some less elaborate arrangements—with the melody, as usual, in the Tenor—by Claudin le Jeune, whose collection was published at Leyden in 1633.
- ↑ Ital. Carola; from carolare, to sing songs of joy. Balley, however, suggests a Saxon etymon; ceorl, rustle—whence 'churl.'

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All Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip and the occupied territories will soon join forces and transform the West Bank into a "hell" for the Zionist regime, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s second-in-command, Brigadier General Hossein Salami warned according to a report by Iran's Press TV website. "The Palestinians in the West Bank will […]
28,000 homes damaged in Gaza during war with Israel, report
The minister of public works and housing in Gaza on Thursday released new statistics about damage caused by Israel's military offensive during the summer, as the reconstruction process slowly begins. Mufid al-Hasayneh said that 28,000 homes were damaged during Israel's offensive, with 3,000 completely destroyed. Over 88,000 affected families have registered with the UN refugee […]
Hamas wants Gazans to learn the language of their enemy
Hamas' flagship university in Gaza has a new diploma on offer — Hebrew, the official language of its arch-foe Israel. Gaza's Hamas rulers say they want to produce qualified teachers as the government gradually introduces Hebrew studies in its high schools. The aim is simple: It wants Palestinians in Gaza to learn their enemy's language.
Fatah rally descends into Chaos in Gaza
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Hamas leader to visit Gaza for first time in 45 years
Hamas's exiled leader will step onto Palestinian land for the first time in 45 years on Friday for a "victory rally" in the Gaza Strip, displaying his newfound confidence after last month's conflict with Israel. The Islamist group's leader, Khaled Meshaal, who has not visited the Palestinian Territories since leaving the West Bank at age […]
Leaked emails indicate Syria, Iran supplied arms to Hamas
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Palestinian envoy gets 'state' name plate in UN assembly
A new "State of Palestine" name plate was put up in the UN General Assembly on Friday for Palestinian envoy Riyad Mansour, who condemned Israel's planned new settlements in the occupied territories. Israel revealed plans to build 3,000 more settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank
Gaza conflict brings Fatah and Hamas closer
In the aftermath of the most recent Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, some voices, both in the coastal enclave and the West Bank, have increased calls for a unified Palestinian front. Today, a feud mars relations between the West Bank's Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas, which controls the Gaza
Jarrah: The other party cannot keep on assassinating its rivals
March 14 MP Jamal al-Jarrah, a key member of the Future Movement parliamentary bloc told LBC on Thursday that the "other party" should understand that it cannot keep getting rid of its rivals through political assassinations or thorough imposing its will by force


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Question: What are good product roadmap tools?
Do you have suggestions for "best practice" product roadmap tools or literature for technology organizations attempting to develop product road maps with a business focus?
Answer from Ivan Chalif of The Productologist: Whether you are planning a business- or consumer-focused product, the product roadmap process is basically the same–plotting features and/or releases on a timeline. Product Management tools that help PM's collect, analyze, and prioritize features (Accept, Accompa, FeaturePlan, FocalPoint, and others) can be very useful and they usually provide a way to produce a product roadmap document, either as an export or in a report view. While tools like these are designed specifically to make it easier to create/manage products, I have found that the tools which you already use on a daily basis, like Microsoft's Office suite (or whatever word processing/spreadsheet/presentation software you use) work just fine for creating product roadmaps, too.
Product roadmaps typically serve two purposes. First, the roadmap is a tool for the Product Manager or Product Management team to use to map out the product strategy over the course of the next few months or years. The roadmap keeps everyone on the same page and provides a wide-angle view of both features/defect fixes and the release schedule.
The product roadmap can also be used as a mechanism for communicating the product strategy or release schedule (more on the difference between those two later) to other business functions or even customers and prospects. There are many opportunities to share the product roadmap with folks inside and outside of the company and providing a glimpse into the strategy and/or schedule can help guide discussions about hiring, resource planning, and strategic alliances.
Let's look at the second use first. When communicating with other departments, the executive team, or external folks, it's important to keep the message simple and accessible. That means high-level information in a format that everyone can read. For this type of communication, the information should be the focus. That's why I prefer to create product roadmaps for communication purposes in PowerPoint. Most times, I am discussing the roadmap with folks who don't care about the nitty-gritty details of enhancements or bug fixes. They want to know what to expect from the product within the next 1-3 years. What is the strategy? Where is the product headed? PowerPoint provides an easy way to create timelines that highlight where releases fall or what the theme of each release will be.
Using a tool like PowerPoint also provides a lot of flexibility in how the data is presented. I frequently have to modify the roadmap to accommodate the interests or knowledge level of the audience I am presenting to. PowerPoint lets me easily modify both the format and data presented (switching from release themes to release dates is a good example of how you can quickly create different views of the roadmap). At StrongMail, we use product roadmaps created in PowerPoint to share product strategy with customers, prospects, and internal team members.
A product roadmap doesn't have to be graphical, though. You can just as easily make the roadmap text-based using either Word or Excel (or as I mentioned earlier, similar applications in other office suites). Using a text-based format makes the data even more transformable because it can so easily be moved between mediums and is just easier to work with by its simplistic nature.
Now, let's revisit the first use of product roadmaps. At MediaPlex, I created a product roadmap in Excel because it made prioritization of upcoming features easier. The roadmap was much more of a scheduling tool for Engineering, so it made sense to have the specific enhancements and defect fixes listed out in detail. Once they were prioritized, I just cut/copy/pasted them into the MRD template, added some additional details and voila, release planned!
When I was working at Digital Impact (now Acxiom Digital), we used a combination of PowerPoint and Excel to manage the roadmap. PowerPoint was used to plan the long-term strategy and release calendar while the focus and details of each product release were tracked in Excel. While this method lets you track and communicate a wider range of data, I don't recommend it. It requires that you keep two separate documents in sync and sometimes one shows up without the other, and because the data in one document relies on the data in the other document, it can be a bit cumbersome having to switch back and forth between them, both when editing and presenting.
Lastly, here's a note about communicating product strategy versus the product release schedule. Roadmaps can be used to share information with internal teams, external constituents or as a planning tool for the Product Management team, but whichever you choose, you have to figure out whether you are going to make the focus of the roadmap strategy or release calendar. If it is strategy, your timeline can be vague — quarters or years. If it's release calendar, the near-term has to be pretty specific: exact date or month, but the future can be more nebulous.
Having said all of that, the choice about how to manage your product roadmap and what tool(s) you use to do that depends a lot on your Product team and the audience for the roadmap. Is your audience going to respond better to high-level data, such as release versions and dates or are they looking for granular details, like which exact features and fixes will be in a particular release?
You also need to consider how frequently you plan to update the roadmap. The more detail and complexity you add to the roadmap, the more difficult and time-consuming it will be to update. This is fine if you are only planning to modify the roadmap a few times a year, but if you are at a start-up and/or your product is in a fluid state, you will want to keep it relatively simple so that making changes doesn't take as long (or longer) as the actual implementation.
And as a final consideration, determine whether you plan to have the roadmap stand on its own or if it needs to be accompanied by additional details and voice-over. Several companies — splunk, Borland, and even Microsoft — have started displaying their product roadmaps to the public by making it available on their websites. This level of disclosure requires that your roadmap be able to be understood even when you aren't there to explain it.
Figuring out how you are going to use the roadmap is the first step to identifying which format and tools will best suit your needs. There is no right or wrong way and what you choose now may not be what you need in the future, so don't get hung up on it too much. Think about it like your product. Evaluate the market need(s) and then create a solution that addresses those needs.
For more on Product Roadmaps, check out my blog post from August 2007: Building a Working Roadmap.


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Basics of the Audio Block on Squarespace
Adding audio to your Squarespace site used to be a huge pain in the you-know-what. Now, however, the audio block makes the process just about as easy as adding any other media to your site.
Enhance your website by adding podcasts, songs, lectures, and more. When you add an audio block to your site, you'll need to complete the following settings:
Track Title: A name describing the audio
Track Author: The person or group who created the audio
Then you embed your .mp3, .m4a, or .ogg audio file in one of two ways:
Upload the file
Link to a file hosted on another site
To embed an audio file by uploading, drag the file over the upload area of the Edit Audio dialog box, or click the plus sign to open a file select window to locate a file on your computer to select and upload. For this method, audio files must be smaller than 120MB. If the file is larger, you must embed your audio file by using the second option.
To link to a file hosted on another site, you provide the following:
The URL to the file hosted on the other service
The size of the file in bytes
The file's mime type if you're going to be podcasting with iTunes
To find the size of your audio file in bytes, ask Google. Seriously, go to Google and type
convert ##MB to bytes
substituting ## with the size of your audio file. Google will display the answer on the search results page.
Providing the mime type of a file will help Squarespace know how to handle the file. You can add the following file types to an audio block:
mp3: audio/mpeg
m4a: audio/mp4a-latm
ogg: audio/ogg
The second screen of options in the Edit Audio dialog box contains the podcast settings.
Fill in the following settings:
iTunes Subtitle: A brief description about the audio file.
iTunes Summary: A longer description about the audio file.
iTunes Search Keywords: Any important words that describe the audio file that someone may search for in iTunes. Separate the search words with commas.
iTunes Episode Duration: The duration of the audio file in the following format: hh:mm:ss.
Explicit content: Display a message if your show has foul language or content not suitable for young listeners.
Podcasting with the audio block will work only when you add the audio block to a blog post.


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Pullman Chisel
The Pullman Chisel is designed to improve distribution consistency by maximizing sideways movement of the coffee grounds, with minimal downward pressure.
- Step-less depth adjustment
- Light-weight (431.5g)
- Starts at 6% surface area compression
- A "chisel" shape is utilised with a steep angle of the face ensures density of coffee is not localised
- A low-friction contact surface for the spinning action – stainless on stainless – reducing chance of repetitive strain injury
- Hand finished base resulting in less static build-up
- 316 grade stainless steel
The colors shown maybe different with the original products because of the settings of your display screen. We can not guarantee it can be accurate.


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This Northern Italian dessert, meaning "sweet mouthful," received the highest rating in our test kitchen. We loved the rich, melted chocolate and sweet berries layered between the crunchy meringue.
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 275°.
Place parchment paper over 2 baking sheets. Draw 3 (8-inch) circles on paper. Turn paper over; secure with masking tape.
Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, salt, and vinegar with a mixer at high speed until foamy; add vanilla. Slowly add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves (about 2 to 4 minutes).
Divide meringue evenly among 3 drawn circles. Spread evenly into circles using the back of a spoon. Bake at 275° for 1 hour or until dry. Turn oven off; cool in oven at least 4 hours. Carefully remove from paper.
Combine chocolate chips and water in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 35 seconds; stir until smooth. Set aside (do not allow to cool).
Place 1 meringue layer on a serving plate. Carefully spread 1/2 of melted chocolate onto meringue. Spread 1/3 of whipped topping over chocolate; top with 1/2 cup strawberries and 1/2 cup blackberries. Repeat layers once. Top with the third meringue, and spread with remaining whipped topping. Cover and chill at least 3 hours before serving. Garnish with additional strawberries and blackberries before serving, if desired.
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President Rodrigo Duterte, seated at center.
In fairness, we are not rushing neither history nor historians to memorialize right now the rule of President Rodrigo Duterte.
He barely started his six-year term 15 months ago.
So far, his Philippine National Police and what are referred to as unknown gunmen have killed only an estimated 13,000 poor suspected drug addicts and drug traffickers around the country, according to reports.
Still a long way to go, according to Mr. Duterte himself.
Evidently, there has been an attempt to lessen the numbers killed attributed to the police by dividing the numbers between known gunmen (police) and unknown gunmen, which, according to some sources could also be members of the police force.
Be that as it may, as it is said by people who value life, "one life killed, is one life too many."
It appears, though, that history, not historians, is trying to cut short Duterte's presidency.
And if it ever happens, no one but Duterte himself will be blamed by history.
He seems to be following and imitating the hated footsteps of Ferdinand Marcos' strongman rule.
He is likewise openly supporting the Marcoses as evidenced by the entombment of the Marcos remains at the Hero's Cemetery 28 years after the dictator's death and four presidents in office.
The latest show of support is the issue of returning part of ill-gotten Marcos wealth with immunity from legal cases.
Duterte continuously makes his people angry at him and his favored friends with actions, words and decisions that insult the intellect of thinking and abuse-sensitive Filipinos.
Today, I received this message from a reader: "I've been praying so hard for this administration (Duterte's) to end very soon."
I replied, "if you want your prayers heard and granted, keep praying. More things are wrought by prayers than this world dreams of."
I was expressing opinions about praying and prayers.
The above is not an isolated feeling against Mr. Duterte.
One has only to read comments of Filipinos in Facebook and in Manila's major newspapers online.
Last Sunday, the Catholic Church in the Philippines, through Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and other bishops, started to ring the bells of their churches around the country to remember the victims of extrajudicial killings since the start of the Duterte presidency.
Cardinal Tagle put the Church position and protest in the following words, "We cannot allow the destruction of lives to become normal. We cannot govern the nation by killing. We cannot foster a humane and decent Filipino culture by killing."
An intelligent and candid open letter to President Duterte is circulating in the Internet written by a former supporter and former believer of the Philippine President's agenda.
I lifted two paragraphs from the lengthy letter for sharing with our readers.
"I can no longer support and respect a president who bullies us into silence, who insults and publicly shames anyone who disagrees with him, who embarrasses the entire Filipino nation before other countries, unmindful of how this affects our beloved country and our hardworking OFWs who must suffer the consequences of your utter lack of diplomacy.
"But most of all, I refuse to support a despot who has no respect at all for human life. Neither can I respect you for blatantly and arrogantly disrespecting our Constitution that guarantees to all — not just your chosen few — full respect of human rights, due process and the rule of law."
Even the First Reading in Catholic masses this Sunday seems very timely and relevant to the killings associated with Mr. Duterte's bloody and brutal drug war.
Wrath and anger are hateful things,
yet the sinner hugs them tight.
The vengeful will suffer the LORD's vengeance,
for he remembers their sins in detail...
Remember your last days, set enmity aside;
remember death and decay, and cease from sin!
Think of the commandments, hate not your neighbor;
remember the Most High's covenant, and overlook faults.
The United Methodist Church with 300,000 members around the PH, read last Sunday in their churches around the country the lifting of support for Mr. Duterte's policy of killing people.
The church said the killings have been perpetrated "by police and vigilantes agitated by President Duterte himself."
"What is alarming is that, intentional and deliberate or not, President Duterte's war on drugs kills the poor, not poverty," the United Methodist Church said.
Human rights under Duterte is worth (PH) P1,000 or U.S.$20
The burning issue in Manila these days is the appropriation of P1,000 allotted by the Speaker and 113 members of the House of Representatives to the Commission on Human Rights, a Constitutional office created by Executive Order No. 163-A during the time of Mrs. Cory Aquino.
This move by the Duterte allies infuriated the netizens, who are also the citizens.
Commission on Human Rights Chairman Chito Gascon. (Senate PRIB/Joseph Vidal, File)
President Duterte maliciously shamed publicly CHR Chair Chito Gascon by asking if he was gay or pedophile because the latter, as part of his work, keeps pursuing the killings of Kian Loyd delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman, all children by legal definition.
Facts are, Mr. Gascon is a well-educated lawyer from the University of the Philippines.
He is happily married with a beautiful daughter, according to supporters.
If this president continues with his questionable and embarrassing ways, history and his people will judge him for what he is.
He will wake up one day to the reality that his position is not a license, but merely a privilege.
Before leaving this topic, we wish to point out that the highest law of the Philippines, the Constitution, "values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights."
(Sec. 11, Article II, Philippine Constitution.)
The PH Congress shall give "highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic and political inequalities, and remove cultural inequalities by equitably diffusing wealth and political power for the common good."
(Sec. 1, Article XIII, Philippine Constitution.)
And the country's 113 congressmen, led by one Pantaleon Alvarez, want to paralyze the Commission by defunding it!
We view such action as serious and intentional violation of the fundamental law of the land.
Therefore, Alvarez et al. should be made to face the consequences of their action and decision.
Personal. Happy Birthday to my son Adrian.


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A-Gas Managing Director John Ormerod explains why warnings about refrigerant shortages could become reality if action is not taken by everyone.
The shift towards the industry buying low GWP refrigerants is gathering pace as 2018 nears and a 37% reduction in the quota for the production of virgin gases becomes a reality. Prices of refrigerants have risen throughout the year and now a major cut in supplies is only five months away the market is bracing itself for further upheaval.


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Bank Watch
Charlotte's Falfurrias invests in company that customizes clothing
Charlotte-based private equity firm Falfurrias Capital Partners said it has bought a controlling interest in a company that specializes in screen-printing clothing for Harley-Davidson, Nike and other clients.
Falfurrias, founded in 2006 by former Bank of America executives Hugh McColl Jr. and Marc Oken, on Tuesday announced its stake in Green Distribution, which has locations in New Jersey and Virginia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Launched in 2009 as a distributor of branded merchandise, Green's other services include printing customized labels for branding apparel and applying heat transfers to decorate apparel. Falfurrias said Green has more than 500 employees and that its customer base includes many small- and mid-sized businesses.
In a statement, Oken said Green Distribution has flourished in the apparel market, which Oken said values customization and quick turnaround times.
It's the latest deal for Falfurrias, which focuses on acquiring or investing in growth-oriented middle-market companies.
Falfurrias has previously noted it typically hangs on to its investments for four to five years. In 2011, for example, it sold Charlotte fried-chicken chain Bojangles', which it acquired in 2007.
Deon Roberts: 704-358-5248, @DeonERoberts


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This cake looks delicious – and the picture of the Paul Hollywood hand shake really made me laugh…looking forward to the next bake off tomorrow 🙂
Chocolate and caramel fudge cake
You know you've come up with a winning recipe when your brother sends you this message and tells you that he's just polished off his third slice!
But really I can't blame him for having thirds of this rich, delicious, sticky, gooey cake. The sponge is fluffy and full of flavour, the filling is sweet, salty and creamy and the topping is just downright decadent. I bet you can't eat just one slice!
I've adapted the recipe from my malted mocha cupcakes for the sponge.
200g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g good quality cocoa powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
pinch of cayenne pepper
pinch of salt
250g soft light brown sugar
100ml vegetable oil
100ml hot coffee
125ml milk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g soft light brown sugar
70ml double cream
15g butter
1 tbsp shiro miso (you can just add a big pinch of seasalt if you prefer)
150ml double cream
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp sugar
75g dark chocolate
75ml double cream
little bit of fudge/chocolate shavings/sprinkles to decorate
Pre-heat your oven to 180°c and grease and line two sandwich cake tins.
Sift the flour, raising agents, spices and cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl and then use a whisk to mix in the sugar and salt. Make sure that everything is well blended.
Lightly beat the eggs and then combine them with the oil, milk, coffee and vanilla extract. Mix this into the dry ingredients and then briefly beat it together to leave you with a smooth, fairly wet batter. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared tins (you can weigh them if you want to be super precise) and level off the tops. Bake the sponges for 30-35 minutes, they should be well risen and feel springy to the touch when they're done. Leave the sponges on a wire rack to cool completely.
Whilst the sponges bake you can make the miso caramel . Simply combine the cream, sugar and butter in a pan and bring to boil. Turn the heat down and let it gently bubble for several minutes, it should deepen in colour a little and become a little thicker. Remove it from the heat and stir in the miso, ensuring that it blends in smoothly. Set it aside to cool.
Whip the cream with the vanilla and the sugar until it is thick and fluffy and set it aside until you are ready to assemble the cake.
For the ganache topping chop the chocolate and place it in a bowl. Heat the cream until it is quite warm but don't let it boil. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and let it sit for a minute or two before giving it a good stir. Leave to cool and thicken.
Trim the sponges to level them if you need to and place one of them on a serving plate. Spread a fairly generous amount of the caramel over the base and then pile on the cream, spreading it just shy of the edges. Drizzle a little more of the caramel over the cream and then gently place the second sponge on top. Spread the ganache over this sponge, swirling it a little for decoration and then scatter some crumbled fudge, sprinkles or chocolate shavings over the top to finish it off.


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Sapphire Gemstone
The name Sapphire is derived from the Greek term "sappherios" that implies blue. Back then, any blue stone like Lazurite was referred to as Sapphire. Initially, only the blue-colored stones were referred to as the Sapphire. In the present era, an array of gemstones of all colors except red are referred to as Sapphire. The most desired color of this precious gemstone is the cornflower-blue. Some of the grayish-blue and blue variants of Sapphires that are found in Sri Lanka, Colombia, Tanzania, Thailand and other, exhibit a violet-red or reddish tint under the effect of artificial light.
Sapphires are commonly used for precious jewelry. The gemstone is best known for its remarkable hardness (9 in Mohs scale), the Sapphires are therefore, used in some of the non-jewelry applications as well including high-durability windows, scientific instruments and much more.
Sapphire is one of the most precious and popular gemstones. It is extensively used in the jewelry industry. The fine-colored Sapphire that comes with a royal blue tint and excellent transparency can reach up to the value of several thousand dollars per carat. Though blue-colored Sapphire is the most preferred variant used in jewelry, other tints including pink, orange and yellow are also becoming popular in the recent times.
The rare orange-pink variant of the Sapphire gemstone that is known by the name "Padparadschah" is supposed to be even more valuable and precious than the blue Sapphire.
Sapphire is considered to be the birthstone of September.
The main types of Sapphire gemstone in addition to the precious blue Sapphire are:
- Yellow Sapphire (sometimes referred to as the "Golden Sapphire" when intensely colored)
- Pink Sapphire
- Green Sapphire
- White Sapphire (the Sapphire that is colorless)
- Purple Sapphire
- Green Sapphire
- Black Sapphire
- Orange Sapphire
Sapphire Treatments & Enhancements
Sapphire is usually treated with heat for intensifying the rich blue color. It is also done to remove all the inclusions for increasing clarity and transparency. Sapphire that comes with a natural, unheated color is much more valuable and precious than the one that is treated by heat. Sapphires are sometimes given their characteristic color with the means of diffusion process as well. This process is used to alter the original color of the stone artificially. The colors of the diffused Sapphires include that of royal blue, bright orange, bright yellow, and orange-red.
The diffusion is usually carried out by the treatment of the stone to heating in an overlay of beryllium metal. The diffused Sapphires tend to be less expensive even after their rich color tints.
Sources of Sapphire
Some of the important sources of Sapphire include that of Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma (Myanmar), Australia, Tanzania, Madagascar and the United States (Montana). The Kashmir region of India & Pakistan is also famous for their rich Kashmir-blur Sapphire. But now, supply from the Kashmir region has become limited.
Popular Sapphire
The most popular Sapphire is the one named "Star of India" that is one of the biggest Sapphires in the world at 563.35 carats.


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There's still time to get started on your writing this month!
National Novel Writing Month is less than 1 month away, and I have no idea what I'm going to write. Or, rather, I have too many ideas:
- Should I go with the super-human dystopian YA novel that I almost wrote last year?
- Perhaps I continue work on the sequel for The Heather and the Falcon? It's already started, but just barely, and I could easily write another 50,000 words on this story.
- Maybe one of the ideas in my writer's notebook would make a nice novel. There are so many of them to choose from.
- Or is there a new, undiscovered story lurking somewhere in my unconscious just waiting to be pulled out and set on paper?
Whichever one I choose, I'm going to approach planning for this novel the same way I did in 2011 and 2013, the years I "won" NaNoWriMo. It's been a good strategy for me…
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Thanks, Lauren and bunny Pepper! Lauren writes:
This is Pepper. He's a lionhead mix that we rescued from Willy's Wabbits in October. He likes to take paper out of our office trashcan and chew it. He came up with these eerily accurate places all on his own: Louisiana (where our favorite show takes place) on June 30, New Jersey (where we live) on July 1, and Australia (where I studied abroad) July 4.
I also included a picture of his face when he isn't creating masterpieces for us.


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Late last month I posted a blog about me thinking about leaving a church group I was attending for almost a year. Well, I've left. I haven't ditched anyone's friendship since I still enjoy their company very much. I've told a few people whom I were close to in the church group about my departure. Some of the things they've said to me are things I'm very curious in learning about. One of my friends stated the…Continue


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Former Moc Tae Davis signs with New York Giants
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior linebacker Tae Davis has signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent.
(GoMocs.com)- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior linebacker Tae Davis has signed with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent. Davis, a four-year letter winner from Oxford, Ala., led the Mocs with 74 tackles in 2017.
Nothing but God????!!! Thankful for the opportunity @Giants I promise you won't regret it!!! #GiantsPride— Tae Davis (@Tae_Davis1) April 29, 2018
Davis is one of five Mocs currently headed to an NFL camp. He joins C.J. Board ('16 - Brown), Keionta Davis ('16 – Patriots), Corey Levin ('16 – Titans) and Buster Skrine ('10 – Jets), who are already on rosters.
"Tae has worked very hard to earn the opportunity to live his dream," stated UTC head coach Tom Arth. "He is a shining example of what can happen when talent meets hard work and the willingness to do things the right way all the time! Congratulations to Tae and his amazing family! We are all so proud!"
Davis moved up to linebacker last season after playing his first three years at safety. He posted three games with 10+ tackles, including two of last three of his career. He was invited to the NFLPA Bowl following his senior season.
He was named the Southern Conference Defensive Player of the Week after a career-high 14 tackles, including 11 solo, in a 23-21 win at No. 8 Samford. There he forced the fumble that led to the game-winning drive.
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TOP apprentices can expect to earn tens of thousands of pounds more during their lifetime than many university graduates, according to research.
But those who gain a degree from a top institution - including Oxford and Cambridge - are still likely to have the highest earnings, it suggests.
The study, published by the Sutton Trust, argues that a high-quality apprenticeship offers as much financial security as many undergraduate degrees, and warns that a cultural change is needed to raise the status of these vocational courses.
It calculates that youngsters who opt to study for a Level 5 higher apprenticeship - equivalent to a foundation degree - will earn around £1.44 million over their lifetime, almost £52,000 more than a student who studies at a non-Russell Group university - considered among the best institutions in the UK. These graduates can expect to take home around £1.39 million. Students from a Russell Group university will earn around £1.6 million, the study shows - around £160,000 more than someone who does a higher apprenticeship and around £212,000 more those who did not attend a top university.


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Welcome to my stop on the Blog Tour, presented by Author's Pal, for Lost in Deception by Anita DeVito. Please leave a comment or question for Anita to let her know you stopped by. You may follow all of the stops on the tour by clicking on the banner above. You may enter her tour wide giveaway by filling out the Rafflecopter form below. Good Luck!
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Anita's rapid paced storytelling style pulls readers into a parallel universe where mystery, mayhem, murder are the order of the day. Her stories are an addictive diversion, trading the heavy, gray world of real life for a fantastically colorful world where bad is good, and cool is smoking hot.
Raised on America's Rock Coast in Cleveland, Ohio, Anita was born while the river burned. Music, food and family shaped Anita's life and provide much of the fodder for her stories. Her love of mysteries and puzzle solving came from her Grandpa John, who introduced Anita to her first detective hero – Nero Wolfe. Food was as central a character in Anita's life as it was in Nero's, where Sunday dinner at Nonna's table was a command performance.
Anita has been writing scorching mysteries and suspense since 2006 with stories ranging on the heat index from a "nice spicy little pepper" to "pass a mop for my forehead, please." Check out tastes of Anita's stories and like her on Facebook. Anita is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America.
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Lost In Deception
Lost Series, Book 3
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Release Date: July 31, 2017Genre: Romantic Suspense
Private investigator Esmeralda "Peach" Morales watches in horror as the crane her uncle is operating topples into Lake Erie. He disappears and she's convinced he'll be the scapegoat. She'll do anything to prove he's innocent.
Seducing the lead investigator is just part of her strategy, at least that's what she tells herself.
Thomas Riley is at Elderberry Farm when he learns of a deadly crane accident in Cleveland. The forensic investigator suspects sabotage and amid the rubble and mangled metal he uncovers a web of lies and deception. At the center of it all is a beautiful brunette who always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Both fiercely independent, they must learn to work together––inside and outside the bedroom––to unravel the mystery and clear her uncle's name.
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EXCERPTTom couldn't see where Peach went, and he didn't like it. What was she going to do with a frying pan against a killer? A door opened, then a solid thump and the landing of a heavy weight. Peach. He was afraid to call out. There was no helping her if he was caught, too. He hadn't been in a fist fight since college."Tom?"Relief flooded his system at the sound of her voice. "Tell me you're okay.""I need help. The tape Poppy used this morning. It's on the kitchen counter."He found the tape and went to the steps to where Peach stood over the unconscious body. They carried the guy to the basement and thoroughly taped his hands, legs, and mouth. In the windowless basement, he took out his phone and called Jeb."We caught one. He's tied up in the basement. I don't know if he was alone.""No. There's a minivan on the street, engine running. I'm moving the Escalade into the driveway behind Peach's house. Be ready to run at my signal.""He's coming," he said to Peach. "We need to be ready when he signals.""What's the signal?"He didn't think to ask that. Engineers were not cut out for this kind of excitement. His head was so busy he couldn't think at all. "I hope it's obvious. We'll get out of this."
"Of course we will." He noticed she wasn't trembling with fear. She wasn't frantically scrambling or babbling incoherently. Everything about Peach was cool and collected.
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Today we have all been playing in the shed we were dinosaur adventurers again!
We also had a look at our caterpillars… Mrs Reagan very kindly put them into the habitat yesterday..
Bubble bubble…. Making potions at playtime…
We looked at and planted our potatoes….
We also planted some sunflowers..
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Kerry Spencer taught both of her children to sign using American Sign Language before they could speak because she found it useful to be able to communicate with them when they were babies. However, she did not anticipate her son, Samuel, to use his skill to communicate that he did NOT enjoy the experience of sitting in a mall Santa's lap.
Samuel was just one year old when he used his baby version of ASL to sign "help" to his mom while the photographer at the Provo Town Center Mall in Provo, Utah, snapped his picture. "I was standing to the side when the pic was taken and actually didn't see that he was signing for help until I saw the photo," his mom told TODAY Parents.
For several years, Spencer has posted the photo of Samuel sending an SOS from Santa's lap on Facebook. "We all laugh at the photo now. Posting it is one of our favorite family traditions," she said. This year, at the request of a friend, she tweeted it as well. It has since been retweeted over 6,800 times.
Spencer, a professor at Stevenson University who now lives in Parkton, Maryland, explained that in the photo, Samuel's sign is somewhat "mispronounced" — "strictly speaking, his thumb should be up, not sideways," she said. "Babies learning to sign often mispronounce words, but it is the sign he always made when he needed help."
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That was Samuel's last real interaction with a mall Santa. "Poor buddy didn't love Santa very much, ever really. So we didn't try to get him to go much after that," said Spencer.
Samuel is now 13, and neither he nor his sister Lily, 11, are big fans of the guy in the red suit. "Both of my children find the idea of Santa sort of sketch!" said Spencer. "They say, 'It's just not normal for one man to know so much!'"
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By TIO Staff
Twenty-four-year-old North American Interfaith Network (NAIN) convenes on July 15 for four days to explore "Creating Interfaith-Friendly Cities and the Beloved World Community." The general public is invited to register and attend.
NAIN is North America's most inclusive grassroots interfaith organization. It is volunteer led (no staff), spends half its annual budget subsidizing remarkable Youth Scholars, and is one of the richest environments you can find for getting acquainted with new and seasoned interfaith activists from across Canada and the United States.
This Year's Gathering
Atlanta may not be known as a hotbed of interfaith activity, but it should be for some special reasons. Its quest for interracial solidarity in Atlanta has gone hand-in-hand with its quest for a healthy interreligious culture, a singular success that cities everywhere might learn from. NAINConnect will show how they've done this.
Atlanta's religious history is rich. The largest single community is Southern Baptist, not typically inclined to ecumenical or interfaith activities. But Atlanta is also home of Morehouse College, where interfaith pioneer Howard Thurman graduated, and Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Sr. and his son Martin Luther King Jr. were pastors. Today the city and region have rich multiple layers of interfaith relationship and activity, many of which will be experienced at the Connect.
Keynote presentations will come from…
- Tayyibah Taylor, interfaith champion and founder of the magazine Azizah, a place for Muslim women in America,
- GeraldDurley, veteran of the Civil Rights movement, a global interfaith activist, and pastor of Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta for 25 years; and
- Jan Swanson, known for her international interfaith friendship pilgrimages, a founding member of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta, and a director of Interfaith Community Initiatives.
Twenty-two workshops will be presented by interfaith leaders from across the continent. Registration includes field trips that will include the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, the Carter Center, and Morehouse College.
TIO is not the 'voice' of NAIN, but a dues-paying member (which is not required to attend the Connect). TIO believes in what NAIN is doing and is a strong promoter of the annual connect. NAINConnect 2012 has its own website where you can fill in all the details and register.
So if you can get to Atlanta next month and have a passion for a vibrant, constructive interfaith culture, NAIN could be your catnip this year.


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Steve Mills returns to Wichita to open advertising agency
After a long career in radio, including the formerly named Clear Channel Radio in Wichita, Steve Mills has returned here to open an advertising agency.
"This is our home," he says of returning after stints in other states.
Just Plain Steve Creative Services Agency grew out of a former voice-over business Mills had in Atlanta.
"It has grown to this," he says of a full-service agency.
"I want to provide the best possible options for clients to reach brand consumers, and I don't believe that all of those options are currently available here in this area," Mills says.
"I'm going to be the creative guy."
He says he also wants to be a teacher of sorts.
"We want to educate clients along the way," Mills says. "This is a teaching venture as well."
He says he has plans for one day expanding to surrounding markets, such as Oklahoma City, Topeka and Kansas City.
"I really would like to grow."
The agency will have a small office to start at 2250 N. Rock Road.
Joining Mills will be Ken Houpt as COO, Jenna DeSpain as vice president of operations and Chad Steele as vice president of social and digital.
The agency officially opens on April 3.
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Some of them are published. Some are not.
Most of my writer friends have blogs because, they say, it is good to have a web presence as a writer.
Consider this my writerly web presence where I share all my deep, dark secrets about being a writer.
Perhaps this blog will represent my "coming out" as a writer.
Whatever you want to call it, I hope this becomes a fun place to share secrets, tips, cautions, and whatever else about writing, editing, and publishing.


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Yesterday's post was all about me and my mother's style intertwined together. As a two-part story, today I'm writing about the perfect gift idea for Mother's Day. And more specifically, how to create a bouquet and how to arrange flowers while doing so! You see, my mother had the green thumb of the family. Growing up as a kid, I had little to no interest in flowers or gardening. I wondered why my mother loved spending so much time in hers.
But now as an adult, I've become more like my mother and have a huge passion for floral work and design. Anything involving plant life, I'm down for. If my mother was still here, my gift to her would be just the two of us creating bouquets and arranging flowers together. She taught me a lot about flowers and so in today's story I'll be giving you a few pointers on how-to's when it comes to DIY!
- Add two kinds of greenery
- Fill vase with cold water
- Grind 2 aspirin pills to easily dissolve in water (did you know that putting in 2 aspirins in any bouquet will keep your flowers alive longer?) Go ahead and sprinkle that magic in!
- Measure flowers, trim to desired height and place in vase
- Remove leaves from stems so they aren't in water
- Fill in empty spots
- And voila!
You can also check out my YouTube video down below for a full tutorial on how to create a bouquet! Thank you so much, Starbright Floral Design, for your gorgeous, intoxicating flowers! I used white and pink lilies, some Holland tulips, eucalyptus, and purple snap dragons. Want to create your own? Use my discount code 'MaQSuz' to get $10 off your purchase from Starbright!
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Ballymaloe brown bread
From Cookipedia
Ballymaloe brown bread was The Ballymaloe House Hotel's version of Doris Grant's no-knead bread, introduced in her book "Your Daily Bread".
I've found that with all brown or wholemeal flour bread recipes, half a vitamin C tablet (ascorbic acid) crushed between two tablespoons (about 100 mg) and added to the flour, seems to prevent a heavy, poorly risen loaf. It has an effect on Glutathione (Wikipedia) which has an affect on the the elasticity of the dough.
It has a bitter-sweet toffee flavour, almost like a sweet malt bread.
This is my version which has additional rye flour and is adapted to suit a bread making machine.
Use menu 08 French bake (6 hour) on Panasonic SD-ZB2502 automatic breadmaker)
Create a printable shopping list for this recipe's recipeIngredient
- 2.5 teaspoons dried active yeast.
- 1 vitamin C tablet, crushed to a powder.
- 430 g very strong wholemeal flour.
- 70 g wholegrain rye flour.
- 3.5 teaspoons black treacle or molasses.
- 2 teaspoons salt.
- 400 ml water - or by weight instead of volume, 400 g water.
- Place all of the ingredients in the bread maker in the above order.
- Panasonic SD-253/4/5 bread maker.
- Set to gluten free bake (2 hours)
- Remove as soon as baked and cool on a wire rack.
French setting and recipe
JuliaBalbilla experimented with this recipe and made a very successful Ballymaloe Brown Bread loaf using the following recipe and French Bake setting on her Panasonic SD-255.
- 3.5 teaspoons dried active yeast
- 1 crushed 250 g vitamin C tablet
- 425 g wholemeal flour
- 75 g wholegrain rye flour
- 1 teaspoon of molasses
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 400 ml water
- Place all of the ingredients in the bread maker in the above order.
- Panasonic SD-253/4/5 bread maker.
- Set to French Bake (6 hours)
- Use menu 08 French bake (6 hour) on Panasonic SD-ZB2502 automatic breadmaker
- Remove as soon as baked and cool on a wire rack.
If you don't have a gluten free bake setting, look for a fairly short knead and rest time with a long bake time. I found with other settings, the bread would rise extremely well, but after being knocked down (by the breadmaker), it never managed to rise again properly. The failures make brilliant breadcrumbs though!
See also
- We have a number of brown and wholemeal bread recipes for especially for a bread making machines:
- Basic brown loaf
- Small wholemeal loaf
- Wholemeal loaf (20%) wholemeal flour 80% white flour
- Wholemeal loaf (50%) wholemeal flour 50% white flour
- Wholemeal loaf (75%) wholemeal flour 25% white flour
- Wholemeal loaf (100%) wholemeal flour
- Seeded wholemeal bread
- Rye and spelt bread
- Ballymaloe brown bread
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Banjo Specifications
Neck: Maple
Finish: Satin Vintage Mahogany
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Bridge: Maple with Ebony Cap
Tuners: Planetary
Inlay: Vintage Pearloid
Truss Rod: Two-Way Adjustable
Tone Ring: Sand Cast Brass
Rim: 3-Ply Canadian Maple
Tension Hoop: Notched Brass
Flange: One Piece Die Cast
Binding: ABS Creme
Brackets: 24
Buttons: Creme
Hardware: Chrome Plated
Pickups: Optional
Tailpiece: 5-String Terminator
Resonator: Maple
Armrest: Gibson®
Head: 11″ Remo HC Frosted
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1-1/4″ Zero Glide Bone
Scale Length: 26-1/4″
Weight: 11 lbs.
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We're half way in to our 2014 Christmas parties and our party-goers have been busy on social media tweeting, commenting and posting some great photos of their Christmas party nights.
Just look at some of the lovely feedback we've received via Facebook and Twitter so far…
Louise Martin Our company went to Aintree last weekend and everyone thought it was a fantastic evening, they said it was the best Christmas party they had been to. Thank you x
Lindsey Bradicic Went to the Speakeasy Ball at Tatton Park last night and it was the best organised Xmas party I've ever been too! Would definitely consider going again next year for New Year's Eve.
Lynne Morgan We went the Hollywood ball last week at Aintree with work and have to say it was amazing best Christmas night out would defo do it again next year x
Stephanie Power We went to Aintree last Friday and had a fabulous time! Wish we were going again tonight! Xx
David York Superb value for money entertainment
Kirsty Watkinson @kswatkinson 20 hours ago
@JDParties had a fab time! Entertainment was great
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On our way to the amazing @JDParties for our #christmasparty – can't beat these parties, can't wait to see new venue @AintreeRaces woo woo!!
JP & Brimelow @jpandbrimelow Dec 7
A great evening had by all and great to see @BroadoakUK and #fletcherbroadbentsurveyors. @JDParties #thankyou
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What a great night, #thankyou to everyone @tatton_park @JDParties #youguysrock.
Michelle Ivins @Michelle12340 Dec 12
RT @GoughBW: office on final countdown for Christmas party tonight at @ICC_Birmingham and @JDParties for Glitterball #excited #sparkly
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GM has quite a number of SUV models in its lineup and the 2018 GMC Yukon is one of the popular ones. The full sized SUV as GM calls it is aimed at mid to large sized families who want an SUV with more focus on utility factor than sheer sporty ride. Over the years it has received few revamps and GM gives it another makeover for 2018 model year.
2018 GMC Yukon – Unique Feature
Design changes to 2018 Yukon may not be obvious at first glance. However, by looking at it closely you can spot small changes in bumpers, grille and side body profile. The Projector beam headlamps and Led lights make it look enticing. The SUV is sold in 3 trims- SLE, SLT, and Denali. Overall, the boxy look is there but the corners are a bit rounded. The exterior hues include Onyx black, summit white, quicksilver metallic etc. In Denali trim, you get bigger wheels and distinctive grille. Wheel sizes vary from 18 to 22 inch, based on which trim you pick.
The cabin of 2018 Yukon looks quite sophisticated and laden with amenities you may not expect in this class usually, as it is. The standard seating setup can accommodate 9 persons. The third row of seats is not exactly suited for big sized adult passengers. The 2nd and 3rd row of seats is foldable. You will find the cabin quite car like and material quality is not cheap by any means. GM deploys plenty of noise insulating materials and technologies to cut out wind, engine and road noise. The result is an impressively quiet cabin. In-cabin storage options are aplenty. Cargo storage volume at default setup is 15.3 cubic feet. The cabin has enough soft-touch materials, Automatic Climate Control, Contrast stitching on console and aluminum trim.
2018 GMC Yukon – Powertrain
The 2018 GMC Yukon has two engine choices for buyers. The 5.3-liter V-8 engine makes an output of 355 horsepower while Denali trim gets a powerful 6.2-liter V-8 engine generating 5420 HP. This is mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission while the other engine gets clubbed with a 6-speed automatic transmission unit. The maximum towing capacity for Yukon is 8500 pounds- which is decent.
The 2018 GMC Yukon comes with enough amenities and safety features, as it is. Entry-level SLE trim gets cloth seats, 18-inch alloy wheels, 9 Speaker Bose sound system, tinted windows, automatic windshield wipers. Optional features are automatic dimming mirrors, trailer brake controller, and Enhanced Driver Alert Package.
In SLT trim, you get heated seats, ventilated front seats, proximity key, leather upholstery, heated steering wheel. Options include navigation, sunroof and back seat entertainment system. Denali trim comes with all bells and whistles, as expected. It gets a Bose Centerpoint surround sound setup, Magnetic Ride Control suspension, and active noise cancellation tech.
GMC's IntelliLink infotainment system is excellent and it is compatible with Smartphone. It supports USB and Bluetooth too. You can opt for embedded 4G WiFi Hotspots. An 8-inch touch display unit is there to control the infotainment system. You can also use MyGMC mobile app to control certain features of the vehicle remotely. The cabin also has an 110-volt power outlet along with several USB ports.
As for safety, all trims get a rear view camera, airbags, and traction control. SLT and Denali get features like Forwarding Collision Alert, Lane Change Alert, Low-Speed Automatic Braking, and Side Blind Zone Alert. Adaptive Cruise Control is available. GM's Onstar service is available for free for three months and it comes with a plethora of features like Automatic Crash Response, Roadside Assistance, Turn-by-Turn Navigation, OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics. GM's newly introduced Teen Driver mode is also there. The enhanced security package brings in Glass breakage sensors, an inclination sensor, and Ultrasonic motion detectors.
2018 GMC Yukon – Price and Release Date
The expected base price of 2018 GMC Yukon is $49,000. It is going to be unveiled in late 2017.
The 2018 GMC Yukon is a well designed and feature rich large SUV that offers good performance too. The design changes are few and engine choices are commendable. But the Yukon's base trim lacks most safety features and Denali, when properly equipped can be pretty costly. Even then, the 2018 Yukon offers a lot for the price tag.


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Homeschool Life – what to focus on and why
Here's a brief overview of what we are focusing on currently for our homeschoolers. This is a basic outline of what we are studying and why we are studying it.
The principles of our educational philosophy: An Independent Mind.
Much of what I have read and seen in my own life leads me to one simple, but profound, conclusion. None of the education matters if your son or daughter cannot survive on their own. Got all those math tests passed? Great. Advanced AP classes finished? Awesome. Made the varsity team for football? Fantastic.
But can they live on their own? Can they do their own laundry without any help? Can they cook healthy meals for themselves on their own? Can they take care of themselves?! If the answer to this question is a shrug, then man, we gotta problem. 1/3rd of young people still live with their parents.
Why striving for independence is the only real objective.
Mother Nature can be a cruel teacher. You see this all the time in the wild. A duckling leaves the group and then is quickly taken into the sky by a larger bird of prey. Swooped down and gotcha. Just like that, they're gone. The world is full of predators and traps, even for humans. While you might be spending all of your time on advanced algebra tests, what about the larger test of life? Parents have a fetish for academics. They put their kids into so many schools and tests the bejeezus out of them and for what? Who is all this testing for again? For college? And what happens when they get to college, go through college, and then come right back home again?
10 things kids should be independent at before they leave the house:
- How to make money. (This is the highest on the list because without being able to make money from a job or from your own business, you're eternally dependent on someone else. Making money is the only way to true independence.)
- How to follow through on tasks. (This is what leads to getting a good job. If you can't manage yourself and your time and your tasks, you might get hired, but you'll get fired soon enough.)
- How to budget, buy, prepare and store food. (This might seem like a no-brainer, but not many people teach it to their children. Once you have money, then you have to feed yourself. If you don't know how to do that, you're going to get unhealthy eating all the fast food you'll have to buy.)
- Understand what a good relationship is and how to keep it. (Hell is other people. Heaven is other people. Understanding how toxic people operate is a critical skill for enjoying your life. Find good people and don't let them go out of your life.)
- How to find shelter and pay for it. (Are you going to rent an apartment? What is a landlord looking to get from you besides a monthly check? Without thinking through this in advance, you may end up with the only place left, life on the street.)
- How to buy, maintain and keep a car. (A car is integral to life in America. Without it, you won't be able to get to work, to maintain relationships as easily, and to be independent. You can do this without transportation, but it's going to be very hard to do so.)
- How to learn what you don't know. (The best skill in the new economy is going to be how to learn. Life is changing quickly. The old ways aren't going to work. You can't rely on the old way of doing things. Learning how to learn is going to be an essential skill.)
- How to buy, maintain, and care for your clothes. (Doing your own laundry is only one step. Presenting yourself to the outside world is important. Your clothes and their condition say a lot about you.)
- Don't get lost in the world. (The world is a big place. People are going to pull you into many different directions based upon their own needs. Make sure you know how to maintain your own sense of self without getting your life sucked up into the needs of larger institutions.)
- How to enjoy life even when life is hard. (More teens and college-aged humans suffer from anxiety than ever before in history. Life sucks for them. More people are overdosing than ever before. People are looking for a way out of the life that has been handed to them. Learn how to manage and enjoy your own life on your own terms. It might just save your life!)
- Bonus skill – Understand the world you live in. (How did society get to where it is today? Where was society 100 years ago? 200 years ago? 2,000 years ago? Why are the mountains so high? Why does the earth spin around the sun? Why does the moon glow? Can you locate where you li
Without these life skills, what does it matter than you can solve for X? Not much. Help your child become independent first for the modern world. Academics are secondary. Homeschool is an awesome platform to help your children become independent in mind and in spirit.


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You with me? You know when you're like la la la kinesiology, fathers, horses, bowen therapy. And that's a legit link. Like a legit legit thing.
Well allow me to add to your dinner party conversations for the next week or two. Here are five things that I have discovered are 'THINGS' in the last couple of weeks.
1. Bowen Therapy for Horses
That said, I had heard of Bowen Therapy. But Bowen Therapy for Horses? I had not. It's officially called 'Equine Bowen Therapy' and is used to promote self healing in horses to bring them back to peak performance and optimal health and wellbeing.
Some people's entire job is providing Bowen Therapy to horses. True.
If you don't believe me. Google it.
2. Cat cafes
If there was ever proof needed that dogs have owners, cats have staff - this is it. I originally thought that it was animal ownership gone completely bonkers and they were going to pay to take their cats to a cafe for a bowl of milk but no.
What it is is a cafe where you can go and have your latte and biscuit and then pay per hour to go into rooms or designated areas specifically to play with cats. Apparently it's for people that don't have cats or can't have cats. Pay per hour to play with cats.
There are so many terrible jokes and comparisons to be made here, but I'm leaving it alone and just saying cat cafes are a thing and the first Australian one has just opened in Melbourne. Thus chipping away at Melbourne's 'tray cool' image a little and leaving us more with a crazy cat lady vibe. But there you go.
3. The Peter Andre Channel
You know you're going to try and find this so let me help you - The Peter Andre Channel. It's a thing. There is a whole channel dedicated to pictures of Pete, his new album, pictures of him and some videos of his life lessons and what not.
He's clothed in a lot of the pictures so things must be evolving. He's stolen Robbie Williams' look from about ten years ago but there is still enough shots of his pecs for the fans dedicated to his true and abiding talent. You can even post your own picture there on the fans page.
Peter Andre has a fan club. Who knew? Who who who and why?
4. The Whisper App
It's an app described as the anti-Facebook and a good way to combat cyber bullying. Basically people post secrets on photos and post them on this app and you can talk with them via the app but preserve your anonymity. Interestingly it's been a bit of a god-send for people in countries with escalating violence as a means of getting news out anonymously with no repercussions for the person posting it.
Apart from that it's a time waster of no apparent value except realising that people have very different versions of what constitutes a secret. Being app-curious - I downloaded it and my personal verdict is about 90% of contributors appear to need therapy or new friends and the last 10% should get themselves to an open mic session. Too funny.
5. Fetish boot camp
But she draws the line at having smelly feet or holding cigarettes for clients to help them get their fitness on. She see BDSM as a natural progression for the agony that is boot camp. And while I'm 100% with her on boot camp being unnecessarily hard work, there is nothing that would make me think 'aha, well if I do some rowing with weights attached to my privates, it'll make the pain worth it.'
And that my friends is why I will never be stupidly rich - I NEVER have these kinds of ideas. And if you want to sign up to her fetish fitness classes you can jolly well google it yourself.
And that's the end of my little list of things I didn't know were things before I had conversations with other people. And why some people just stick to the weather when having conversations. Apparently.
Don't forget to follow Talking Frankly on this new fangled social media they're all talking about


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President Obama received glowing praise from Israelis for a Jerusalem speech last week in which he reaffirmed his support for the two-state solution. But with the new Israeli cabinet's first working meeting today, a government that could lower the prospects of an eventual Palestinian state is taking the helm.
As a result of the strong electoral showing by the nationalist Jewish Home party, which earned it a place in the governing coalition, key ministries and other government positions will be held by settlers and their allies, who are determined to make the Israeli presence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem irreversible.
"This is the opposite of a dream team, in every important intersection of authority," says Danny Siedemann, a Jerusalem lawyer and peace activist who monitors Israeli building in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. "All of these people are predisposed to an unprecedented settlement surge, in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. All of them are hostile to the two-state solution."
Although newly appointed Israeli Trade Minister Naftali Bennett, the charismatic leader of Jewish Home, exchanged pleasantries with US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro at a dinner to honor Mr. Obama, he speaks openly about doubling the number of settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to 1 million and annexing much of the West Bank. As trade minister, he can award permits to Israeli businesses seeking to set up premises in West Bank industrial zones and exert influence on decisions made by other ministries.
With Jewish Home members also leading Israel's housing ministry, which oversees construction in the West Bank as well as Israel, and the Israeli parliament's finance committee, Mr. Bennett and allies are well positioned to push that agenda. Shortly after Obama's speech, Mr. Bennett posted a response (in Hebrew) on his Facebook page.
"A Palestinian state isn't the correct path," he wrote. "It's about time for new and creative solutions to the conflict in the Middle East. Moreover, there's no such thing as an occupier in his own land."
The coming lovers' quarrel
To be sure, in the immediate afterglow of Obama's first state visit to Israel – almost universally recognized as a success if the measure is his ability to reassure Israel of his support – this line of criticism seems to be in the minority.
After Obama emerged from Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Israel's former chief Ashkenazi rabbi, Meir Lau, a Holocaust survivor who served as an escort on the stop, told Israel Radio that Obama had been moved by the museum. "If anyone did think he was an enemy," he said, "they now know he is a lover."
The visit was a success, in part, because Israel's government was on its best behavior. The army largely ignored rocket attacks from Gaza and an encampment of Palestinians in a controversial tract of land just to the east of Jerusalem. And unlike three years ago, when a new building project in East Jerusalem was announced during Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the country, similar discussions of new Israeli building projects – like a military academy in East Jerusalem – were dropped from the agenda of planning boards.
But Uri Ariel, the new housing minister from Jewish Home, is likely to bring those projects – and many more – back on the agenda. The far-right parliamentarian who resides in the settlement of Kfar Adumim knows about building in the West Bank from years of experience: he once headed the Amana Movement, a 34-year-old settler organization that oversaw home building and the organization of new communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He was also director general of the settlers' umbrella leadership, the Yesha Council, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when settlement activity surged.
In an interview with the pro-settler weekly Eretz Yisrael Shelanu (Our Land Israel), he invoked the Messianic theology of the religious settler movement, saying his appointment marks "another stage on the path to redemption."
He also cited his career of advancing building "in all parts of our holy land." "With God's help, I will continue on this path," he told the newspaper.
Bracing for bad news
Obama said during his central address in Israel that settlement construction threatens a two-state solution: "Israelis must recognize that continued settlement activity is counterproductive to the cause of peace, and that an independent Palestine must be viable with real borders that have to be drawn.''
But now that the glare of the presidential spotlight has abated and Mr. Ariel is heading the ministry that prepares government building tenders in the West Bank, settlement watchdogs are bracing for new announcements about controversial projects like East Jerusalem's Kidmat Tziyon, a 300-unit planned housing development located near a Palestinian Jerusalem neighborhood next to the Mount of Olives.
Sidemann said that in the next couple of weeks, the "logjam" of building projects in the West Bank and Jerusalem is liable to burst.
The international community will also be focused on the fate of E-1, a land tract Israel's government has slated for housing, but is seen by critics as driving a wedge between the northern and southern West Bank. New building projects in far-flung settlements beyond Israel's separation wall will also be watched closely.
Ariel is a "man who gets things done," says Gil Hoffman, the political reporter for The Jerusalem Post. That said, Mr. Hoffman insists that Ariel is a pragmatist and will seek to maintain the pace of building under previous governments rather than a provocative building surge.
Many Israelis expect that Jewish Home will use its leadership of the Knesset finance committee, which prepares the annual budget, to channel additional funds to the settlements.
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon has perhaps the most power after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The hard-line member of Likud who is considered sympathetic to the settlers' goals has far-reaching powers to authorize building in the West Bank and has publicly said that an accord with the Palestinians is unrealistic in the near future.
The US is hoping that Obama's positive first trip will reinvigorate peace efforts, though most settlers are not worried. They see the composition of the new Israeli cabinet as a reassurance that Israeli policy will move away from peace negotiations. Yisrael Meidad, a resident of the settlement of Shilo, says the new government could normalize Israeli perceptions of the setters; many nonsettler Israelis are generally not enthusiastic about the settlements and believe that many should be returned to the Palestinians for peace. If attitudes changed, Israel could be headed toward a starkly different vision than that laid out by Obama.
"[The new government] might bring us in from the cold," Mr. Meidad says. "We've graduated from being cautiously optimistic to looking forward to its ability to consolidate what I think is the latent willingness of Israel's population to be comfortable with right-wing or nationalist Zionism."


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Are You Getting Your New Home Inspected?
A home inspection is a crucial step in the home buying. After an offer is accepted in the home buying process, the contract usually details how much time a new homeowner has to get an inspection and negotiate repairs.
What to do before an inspection?
It is important for new homeowners to inspect inside and outside parts of the house for damage before the professional inspection. The landscape, drains, grading and possible retaining walls should also be examined. This will prepare a new homeowner to ask the inspector questions while attending the inspection. Inspections can last a few hours so do not feel bad about asking too many questions.
What should a new homeowner expect to learn in an inspection?
An inspection can inform new homeowners of electrical malfunctions, appliance life expectancy, plumbing issues, future repairs, and structural problems with the walls, roof, basement, ceilings, and the foundation. Inspectors can also offer advise on how to maintain a home and its unique features and machinery.
How to choose a home inspector?
Homeowners want inspectors that are experienced and detailed oriented. It is also important to ensure they have a bond or professional errors and omissions insurance. A Real estate agent can suggest an inspector, but homeowners should still do their own research. Ohio does not have a law that requires home inspectors to have a license. There are however certified programs and classes inspectors may take. Asking relatives and friends who own homes for recommendations, checking websites, and reading reviews can help make a homeowner feel confident about choosing an inspector. Researching early on in the home buying process can help a homeowner secure a preferred inspector.
How much does an inspection cost?
An inspection may cost anywhere from a few hundred to a thousand dollars. It is important to verify with the inspector everything that is included in an inspection package and ask for a sample report. The more detailed the report the higher the cost. The larger landscape, drains, grading and retaining walls could raise the cost of the inspection. Home inspectors are usually not licensed to give advice regarding pest control, chemicals or gases, so hiring a professional in a more specific area may be needed.
The lawyers at Doucet & Associates Co., L.P.A. can help homeowners in a consumer litigation lawsuit if a home inspector failed to provide promised information. Contact us at (614)944-5219 today or send us a message on our website by clicking here.
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