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We hear many statistics about the economy reported in the media; what's happening to GDP, inflation, wages, jobs and, more recently, the success or failure of our high street and retail sales.
Rarely is it explained, however, how these statistics impact on the property market – yet understanding how these economic indicators affect the properties you currently own, let or are looking to buy, sell or invest in can really help ensure you are making the right decision.
In June the Office of National Statistics issued several useful reports which help us understand what has happened over the last few months and year.
UK gross domestic product (GDP)
This is a broad 'health report' for our economy, illustrating whether it is growing or contracting. Its main flaw is that the information is out of date by the time it is published; the latest figures (Oct-Dec 2017) are already six months old, and a lot can happen in that time.
But it can still be a useful measure and it does show some growth in our economy, albeit small, and understanding the drivers behind this growth can help you decide where to invest and which renters to target.
Why it matters is because a successful economy usually gives people job security and with it the confidence and, theoretically, the money – or access to borrowing – to spend on large purchases such as a home. Therefore a healthy economy usually means a healthy property market, too.
But as we all know, when it comes to property, location is so important – in this case because not every industry is doing well. For example, if your area is centred on the service industries, such as professional, scientific or administration work, that's great news as they are all healthy right now.
It's less good news if you are looking for capital growth or want to sell in an area of declining industries – distribution, leisure hotels and restaurants – as this means people are less likely to be in a position to drive the growth you require. Take Aberdeen for instance. Its reliance on the oil industry means it is one of the few areas in the UK where property prices and rents are declining.
But this can be good news for those looking to snap up a bargain property, especially if the market is expected to recover, as supply could outstrip demand and you may be able to find a great deal.
Conclusion: learning about the local economy is vital as this will show a more accurate picture than the general economic performance of the UK. On the whole, though, the future is looking positive for the property market.
Inflation (The Consumer Prices Index)
Inflation measures the cost of living and in May stood at 2.3% – slightly up from 2.2% in April – which is a lower rate than normal as inflation generally rises by about 3% annually.
As with all averages, this is not as clear cut as a 2.3% increase on everything we buy, as much of the increase has been influenced by car fuel costs; furniture and furnishings are likely to have reduced in price.
But even with this lower-than-average increase, most people will find the cost of living higher than last year – and perhaps none more than landlords having to meet business costs, pay for maintenance, provide furnishings etc.
What it boils down to is this: if you don't increase your rent by the rate of inflation, you're cutting your own wages.
If you charge £1,000 a month to rent a property and increase the rent by 2.3% each year, after five years the monthly rent would be £1,120 – giving you an extra £1,440 a year. This is the minimum required to maintain your income at a static level, staying in line with inflation. And without this increase, you may find it a squeeze to find additional business costs, or pay to decorate the property or carry out any necessary maintenance to keep your property in the best possible condition for tenants.
Cash buyers are affected, too. To enable a property to maintain its value in cash terms, at the same level of inflation, after five years a £200,000 property would need to be worth £224,083, plus the costs of buying/selling – a pretty big increase over a relatively short period.
Conclusion: maintaining your rents in line with inflation is economic common sense, and something which is worth monitoring
Wages and jobs
If people's wages aren't rising, they may struggle to pay their rent or secure a mortgage, so the latest jobs news can be a useful indicator for those with a vested interest in monitoring the property market.
Wages are showing an increase of 4.1% in the first quarter of 2018, compared to the first quarter of 2017 – which is good news, particularly when you consider inflation was just 2.3%. Generally speaking, rents can only rise when wages outstrip inflation so, when wages are rising like this, landlords could – and should – be increasing rents by at least 2.3%.
However, this wage increase is an average so clearly has not affected everybody – and you can only increase rents if tenants are able to pay. Some industries, such as the mining and quarrying industries, have performed better, with their workers receiving 8.1% more, year on year. But things aren't so bright in manufacturing, where wages saw a decline of 7.1% over the same period. Meanwhile, in agriculture, arts and education, wages are not increasing by more than inflation.
This means it's important to understand the nature of employment in your area and, if wages are struggling to keep up with inflation, it will be more difficult to increase rents. Here it is advisable to keep your rents competitive so you can rent out your property quickly, and to target tenants working in industries experiencing good wage growth.
Unemployment levels are another useful barometer of demand for property, both to rent and buy, and can help you understand if it is possible to sell property at a premium. There are 440,000 more people in work than a year ago, according to the ONS, and the unemployment rate is currently 4.2%, which is the lowest rate since 1975.
This all sounds very healthy, and could make it a good time to increase your rents if they are due a review, or sell property if that's what you are planning.
But as always, it depends on your local economy. And, as we saw with the GDP figures, they can become dated very quickly; we have seen in the news recently of job losses at BT, their headquarters being moved out of the capital, the closures of Maplin and Mothercare, and 4,600 jobs to be cut at Rolls-Royce, largely from Derby.
If you are operating in an area of job uncertainty, it could be good news if you are hoping to pick up a bargain; less good news if you are buying and selling at the same time.
Conclusion: check the jobs situation in your area before making any major decisions as recent announcements could have dampened activity, despite the positive statistics on wages and job growth.
It is always worth looking at the local picture, as the factors which drive the property market can vary wildly from location to location. Affordability, supply and demand, access to finance and people's confidence all have their own effect on the property market, but it is the local economy which can often have the biggest impact.
For more information about your local area and how the property market is performing, please do get in touch with your local Leaders branch.


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Reinventing MacArthur Airport a challenge, experts say
A new $10 million customs station for international passenger flights is being trumpeted by local, state and federal officials as the catalyst to cure what ails Long Island MacArthur Airport — which has been suffering a decline in air carriers, passengers and revenue since 2007.
Industry experts, however, warn that the Islip Town-owned airport faces major obstacles as it seeks to lure new carriers in the face of competition from nearby Kennedy Airport.
For example, spending $10 million to build the facility doesn't guarantee that Customs and Border Protection will staff and equip a new operation at a small suburban outpost — and if it does, the town may have to reimburse the agency for its services. In addition, the airport's longest runway, at only 7,006 feet, also could dissuade international carriers that often need longer runways to carry fuel and passengers on long flights, experts said.
MacArthur has been in decline for almost a decade. Southwest Airlines and American Airlines together offer 15 flights a day, and are the airport's last remaining carriers after PenAir and Allegiant Air pulled out in 2014 when both said they couldn't make money there. The airport lost more than half its flights between 2007 and 2015, and has lost at least $5.5 million since 2010, town records show.
While the domestic airline industry has spent much of the past decade merging and consolidating, international air travel has continued steady growth, and attracting international service is seen by officials as a ticket to prosperity that could reinvigorate MacArthur.
$6M for customs station
To aid that effort, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently pledged $6 million in the proposed state budget to help build the 11,000-square-foot customs station and "boost this underperforming regional asset and promote economic growth through exports, business expansion and tourism," a Cuomo spokeswoman said.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has pushed for MacArthur to become an international airport since at least 2013. In a recent letter to customs Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, Schumer urged collaboration with airport officials and suggested MacArthur be designated a "user fee airport" — meaning it would be staffed and equipped by customs, but the agency would be reimbursed by the airport for the cost of running an inspection facility there.
Cuomo's announcement and Schumer's letter capped months of funding promises and news conferences that sought to underscore MacArthur's potential — if only it could secure the means to host international flights.
Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone promised $1 million toward the new customs facility in September, the state Regional Economic Development Council awarded $3 million in December, and Islip's Industrial Development Agency will also grant $1 million to the project, said Caroline Smith, a spokeswoman for the Town of Islip.
Airport officials say the promised facility, a temporary version of which could be operational this summer, has piqued the interest of new carriers.
"This is by no means a 'Field of Dreams,' " Smith said. "We have two airlines interested. However, due to . . . [nondisclosure agreements], we are not permitted to disclose those names until they make a formal announcement."
Turnover and uncertainty
A source with knowledge of the effort said discussions with a couple of international carriers are at a sensitive point, and the recent turnover and uncertainty after former airport director Robert Schaefer and deputy Allan Smith suddenly left "isn't necessarily helpful to moving those discussions along."
The source also said Southwest, the airport's main carrier, is opposed to the new facility because the airline wants to feed international traffic through a new customs site in Fort Lauderdale and doesn't want international competition out of MacArthur.
Southwest did not return requests for comment.
Another source familiar with the project said building the customs facility might be MacArthur's best and only hope to lure new service and recover from losing more than half its daily flights.
MacArthur, the Island's only commercial airport, opened its first terminal building in 1949, but its fortunes changed dramatically in 1999 when Southwest Airlines began flying there: Airline flights nearly tripled, from about 8,000 in 1998 to almost 22,000 in 1999.
MacArthur's biggest year was 2007, when it had about 27,000 airline flights, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. After that, Southwest started cutting back at some of its smaller airports and focused on moving into larger hubs, according to industry experts.
Flights, passengers declined
The number of flights at MacArthur has dwindled every year since, to 9,063 last year, the FAA reports.
Passenger numbers also have plummeted since 2007 — from almost 1.2 million to about 646,000 in 2014, the latest FAA data show.
The sharp decline in service at MacArthur also hurt the facility's bottom line: From 2010 to 2013, the airport spent about $5.5 million more than it made. The town would not disclose more recent revenue and expense figures, but Schaefer told Newsday recently that MacArthur lost $132,000 in 2015.
Town officials said they've been in talks with customs for months, and hope to open a temporary $1 million inspection station by midsummer, adjacent to where the airport has a customs facility for private international flights.
The temporary facility, to be located in the terminal's west concourse, will serve commercial flights for up to two years, or until the new building is completed, Smith said.
The town intends to build the new facility if international traffic takes hold at MacArthur, but there's no guarantee that customs will staff and equip it. If customs initially designates MacArthur as a user-fee airport, the airport will be on the hook for all expenses involved with running the federal inspection station, including paying at least one full-time staffer, which customs estimates would cost $140,874 in the first year and $123,438 in subsequent years.
Before the facility can be built, however, customs would have to formally express interest, a source said. When the building is 85 percent complete, the agency would do an inspection to ensure it meets specifications and then decide whether to staff it based on its budget and whether it's believed to be a good use of resources.
Airport officials want to secure service to Europe in narrow-body planes — those with single aisles — that can take off and land on the airport's 7,006-foot-long runway.
"The greatest economic impact for Long Island will be flights from Europe. One European flight per day for one year has an economic impact of $194 million a year and will bring 1,200 new jobs to the region," Smith said.
Kennedy not at capacity
But experts said regularly scheduled service to Europe is unlikely for the suburban airport, which would be competing with hundreds of daily international flights from Kennedy Airport — a facility that is not yet at capacity.
"The idea of trying to create more options is understandable at MacArthur, and there's been a lot of interest in trying to make that airport something more than it is today," said Richard Barone, director of transportation programs for the Regional Plan Association, an urban planning think tank based in Manhattan.
"For MacArthur to compete with Kennedy, that's not something you're going to see," he said. "You're not going to see that level of service, that kind of selection able to shift to MacArthur Airport. . . . It needs to be paired with some kind of business plan for how they're going to engage — there has to be the market for it."
Kennedy also isn't fully booked yet, he noted. When core hub airports become too congested, "low-cost carriers sometimes exploit the airports on the fringe," Barone said. "We haven't really seen that yet; our airports are really packed, but there is still space."
Barone said international cargo or business travel might be an option for MacArthur, but it's less likely that commercial airlines would rush to add flights there.
"Whatever happens, this customs facility needs to line up with what the market is actually capable of generating for them, and that's how the airlines work, too — they do a market analysis to see if there's a demand for their services or not," Barone said.
Longer runways desirable
Despite the town's insistence that the airport's runway is long enough for flights to Europe, some experts have said longer runways are more desirable. At Kennedy, the shortest of the airport's four runways is 8,400 feet — the longest is 14,572 feet.
"Transatlantic and transcontinental [airlines] and even just as far as Iceland would probably be looking at a longer runway than 7,000 feet," said Michael Boyd, president of Boyd Group International, a Colorado-based aviation consultancy.
Smith said the airport's "primary runway is sufficient for the type of aircraft being used by both carriers," referring to the two unnamed airlines that she said have expressed interest in MacArthur.
Runway length may have already hurt the airport's chances with some carriers, however. The source with knowledge of the effort at MacArthur said one international airline that initially wanted to fly from Ronkonkoma backed off because its longest runway was too short.
"Realistically, the only places I think people would end up going from there are Canada, in terms of international traffic. No one is going to be flying to Europe," said Phil Derner, an industry consultant and founder of NYCaviation.com. "They should find some airlines that would say, 'Hey, if you guys can build this, we will come.' "
There are some international airlines — Iceland-based Wow Air, for example — that have shown a willingness to enter smaller U.S. hubs in recent years, said Robert Mann, a former airline executive and president of R.W. Mann & Co., an aviation consulting group based in Port Washington. MacArthur officials told Newsday last June that Wow Air was interested in providing five or six flights a week to Iceland from the Ronkonkoma hub if a customs facility could be built.
"They go where they can make money. If it has a customs facility that facilitates making money, there are a couple of carriers who this year have started one-stop services from eastern U.S. cities like Baltimore or Boston to Iceland, and then on to points in Europe," Mann said.
International flights sought
But a few flights a week might not validate a large investment from local, state and federal government, he warned.
Loss of air service is one of the biggest challenges facing airport operators nationwide, said Scott Elmore, spokesman for Airports Council International-North America, a research and lobbying group.
Many of those airports are clamoring for international flights and customs resources to bring them back from years of industry shrinkage, Elmore said.
"You have airports all across the country trying to make the case to Customs and Border Protection that they should be allocating staff and resources to their airports," he said, "so an airport going out and building something might not guarantee they're going to get the resources to staff it."
In addition, having a staffed facility doesn't guarantee international air traffic, experts said.
Barone pointed to Stewart International Airport in upstate Orange County, which he said has a customs station but has had no international commercial flights in years.
Airlines can also be fickle, experts warned.
In MacArthur's history of courtship with carriers, there have been multiple negotiations for new service that never materialized. For years, rumors of JetBlue and Air Canada flights at MacArthur were peddled by politicians and town leadership.
Both Allegiant Air and PenAir were at the airport for less than a year before pulling out in 2014. When PenAir announced its departure, airport officials told Newsday they were negotiating to bring in a new carrier to provide flights to Boston as early as the following week. No new service was ever announced.
"Whenever you hear the stuff about 'We have an airline, we can't tell you who it is,' most of the time that's because they don't know who it is," said Boyd, the consultant. "When you really look at it, it's going to be pretty hard with all the international service at Kennedy — it would have to be a charter-type service."
Annual passenger numbers
at Long Island MacArthur Airport
2007: 1,167,515
2008: 1,048,768
2009: 929,902
2010: 858,741
2011: 781,396
2012: 667,603
2013: 662,612
2014: 646,171
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Sibal should clear his wish to prolong Ayodhya case: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal saying instead of coming clear on...
Kalol (Gujarat) : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched a scathing attack on Congress leader and senior advocate Kapil Sibal saying instead of coming clear on why the latter wants Ayodhya issue to be discussed in court after 2019, he is busy clarifying who he is representing as a lawyer.
Speaking at a public rally here, the Prime Minister said, "For the last two days, a top Congress leader and an illustrious lawyer (Kapil Sibal) has been speaking. He is free to represent whoever he wants to, but why does he want to prolong the Ayodhya case when all stakeholders want an early solution? Instead of coming clear on why he wants Ayodhya matter to be discussed in court after 2019, he is busy saying whose lawyer is he."
Prime Minister Modi further asked who Sibal is representing if he is not representing Sunni Waqf Board.
"Why doesn't Congress also remove this lawyer leader?" he asked.
Further attacking former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister Modi said, "Do you know what happened in Rajkot? Dr Manmohan Singh met the press and after that the elderly Mansukh Kaka met him. He presented him a book containing the scams under the UPA. I congratulate Mansukh Kaka who spoke up for the truth and for honest governance".
Earlier on Thursday, Sibal clarified he was appearing for petitioner Mohammed Hashmi's son Iqbal Hashmi in the Ayodhya dispute case and not for the Sunni Waqf Board in the Supreme Court.
While doing so, the Congress leader made the documents of the Supreme Court public and asked Prime Minister Modi if he thought the chief justice of India (CJI) was wrong.
"I was appearing for petitioner Mohd Hashmi's son Iqbal Hashmi, which is clearly stated in the order by the CJI. Does PM think CJI order was wrong?" Sibal told the reporters.
Further stressing on the issue, Sibal said as far as the matter of the Ram Temple was concerned, it would be built when Lord Rama wants it to be built.
"Where it will built, where not all this thing is upto Lord Rama. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not going to build it. This is not a national agenda as to which court I am going to appear. This is not a national issue," he said.
This clarification of his has come in the wake of the board distancing itself from his yesterday's statement in the court wherein he demanded for the next hearing to be held only in July 2019 after the completion of the next Lok Sabha polls, citing political ramifications.


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Needing much rest and rejuvenation after working tirelessly on her eighth album, Rihanna returned to her homeland Barbados with best friend Melissa Forde. Partaking in the Crop Over Festival, Barbados' brightest and most colorful festival, Rihanna has been photographed getting down and dirty at the Foreday Morning Jump Up party with a paintball gun, catching some rays in a yellow bathing suit and rocking a revealing costume for the at the carnival.
There is no concern for anyone having her money as she enjoys herself on the island.


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Local residents have reported seeing dozens of dead seabirds washed up on Hastings beach last Thursday and over the weekend.
The birds are thought to be cormorants or guillemots.
Local man Garry Jenner said: "There were up to 40 birds on the beach on Friday morning."
It is believed that the appearance of the dead birds is a natural phenomena as a results of birds perishing in storms out to sea.
SEE ALSO: Virus hit Hastings cat sanctuary remains closed
In 2015 our sister paper the Eastbourne Herald reported on an incident of dead guillemots being washed up at Seaford and Newhaven.
Trevor Weeks, of East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service, said at the time: "Seabird wrecks is the term used when multiple dead and emaciated birds wash ashore and normally occur after rough weather at sea when flocks of seabirds lose track of the sources of fish they are following.
"The numbers seen on the Sussex coast are fairly low compared to incidents which have occurred over the past decade on the eastern coast where there have been a number of incidents where hundreds of birds have washed ashore dead."
Jess Price, Conservation Officer at the Sussex Wildlife Trust, said: "Storms at sea can often result in dead birds being washed ashore with the tide.
"During the big winter storms in December 2013/January 2104 we received reports of razorbills, guillemots and starlings washed ashore along the Sussex coast."
Pictured is a guillemot in flight.
See also: Man who drove on a Hastings road after taking a cocktail of drugs is jailed
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Okay almost everything deep fried is delicious. There are a few exceptions to this rule: snickers, oreos, twinkies, cheesecake. But most things deep fried are delicious and this includes vegan food. There are many negatives to deep frying: it can take a long time, its awful for your body, and its messy. I hardly ever deep fry anything because of this. Things that are typically deep fried I prefer to pan fry or bake in the oven. I think its okay to have every once in a while to have as a treat.
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Adapted from the Essential Vegetarian Cookbook
- 1 cup green lentils
- 2 tbsp. minced garlic
- 1 tsp. ground cumin
- 1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
- 4 slices pepper jack rice cheese
- 1 cup mixed baby greens
- 1 cup polenta
1. Place the lentils in a medium pan and cover with water. Bring to the boil, reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for ten minutes or until the lentils are tender. Drain and rinse well under cold water.
2. Combine half the lentils in a food processor with garlic and mixed baby greens. Process for ten seconds or until the mixture is pulpy. Transfer for a large bowl and add the remaining lentils, cumin, breadcrumbs, and cheese.
3. Using your hands, roll level tabslepooons mof mixture into balls and toss lightly in polenta.
4. Heat the oil in a heavy based pan. Gently lower small batches of the balls into moderately hot oil. Cook for one minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Carefully remove from the oil with tongs or a slotted spoon and rain on paper towels. Repeat the process with the remaining balls.
They turned out crispy and delicious, but I couldn't too many of them. I loved the mixture of the pureed of lentils with whole lentils.


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Q & A with Meghan Telpner
Meghan is a Toronto-based author, speaker, nutritionist, and founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition. I graduated the program in 2013 and have been looking to Meghan for guidance with conscious living and business since. I did a Q&A with her in 2015 on my original site, shortly after I launched my baskets and conscious lifestyle company and I'm sharing it below.
Q. 1. You've recently founded The Academy of Culinary Nutrition. What was your inspiration for this?
The foundation of our health is the food we use to feed ourselves, and most people today are completely lost on that front. I started teaching cooking classes in my little loft kitchen as a way to build community around good food and enjoying it together. When the demand for my classes grew beyond the three walls of my loft (it's strangely a triangular shape), I took it online. Two years after I began offering video-based classes, we launched the Academy of Culinary Nutrition. The goal for the school was to fill a huge gap- to be able to offer applied nutrition training, using food as the teaching vehicle and educating in such a way that the program be open and inviting to everyone- no matter their previous experience with nutrition or cooking, or their personal preferred diet of choice. Just as with my in-person classes, the inspiration has always been for everyone to feel welcome to learn and explore and find their path to health, help others do the same in a really fun, engaging and practical way.
Q. 2. Businesses and entrepreneurs may experience ebb and flows. What keeps you motivated during the ebb times?
Ebb times? What ebb times? I think what keeps me going through slower sales periods is that I keep myself so busy, I don't notice. My business is rather seasonal at this point- mostly by choice, as I don't like working in the summer, and travel a lot in the winter. There are times that we have more revenue coming in, and there are times when we're planning, creating and building and so it's simply a cycle. If things get too quiet, I make something happen. No ebbs. I just work on staying in the flow of it all.
Q. 3. Would you share any of your mistakes that you've made and lessons you've learned?
This is a tough one. I'm pretty over-the-moon excited by where things are at today, so I can't help but believe that anything that could have been seen as a mistake was part of the learning experience that landed me where I am. I've let myself be convinced of things that were against my instinct, I've teamed up with people because I believed what they said, not what their experience proved they could do, and I've taken advice from people who's values didn't line up with my own and had to back step on a few things because of it. But as I said- every challenging experience in business (and in life!) is an opportunity to learn, and grow. It's in these times of stress that we really get to see how far we've come.
Q. 4. What advice would you give to those who want to follow their dreams and build their own business?
Do it. If you have the desire to do it, and know that it will be the hardest you've ever worked in your life, it will be the best thing ever. I think there's this misconception that running your own business gives you so much freedom- you can hit a yoga class in the middle of the day, do lunch with your girlfriends, and all of that. And it's true, you can. But to make it work, you do need to hustle. Yes, you get the freedom to take days off when you want, travel when you want and if you design it in such a way that you can work from anywhere- well, you can work from anywhere. But you will be working. To rock your biz- it takes equal parts commitment, passion, hustle, and a sense of humour. No one will ever care about your business succeeding as much as you do, and that means you will always be caring about it.
Q. 5. You're a marketing and advertising pro! What are you top marketing tools?
I get asked this a lot and I don't have a simple answer. Most of what I do is instinct. I do read a lot of books- but not business books. I read a lot on spirituality, psychology, and then some business- but usually more on business and community. I am fascinated by people and what motivates them to act. I read as many articles about business, and social media as I do about meditation, education and health. Though I don't know of great tools, my best advice is to try everything you think of that costs under $100 and see what works. Things like google ads, Facebook ads, social media, etc. Look at your analytics and be honest about what's working. Also- you might want to ignore, for the most part, what other people are doing. That's a total useless energy suck. Social media's a funny thing because you can see how many followers other people have in your field and what they're posting and what coverage they're getting. I decided a long while ago to bypass the social media popularity contest and instead focus on creating really amazing products that sell. Set your goal of what success means to you- what you want to achieve (in sales, in revenue, in lifestyle) and market your products in a way that makes that happen. Collecting likes on Facebook may or may not be relevant to your idea of success. In short- dare to do things differently. You never know what may happen! For me, that's part of the adventure.
Q. 6. Do you have anything else you could share about your journey that could inspire others?
There's so much! I think what's important to know, is that though it often can seem like people have this overnight crazy success, and living in a time of instant gratification as we do, we often expect this always. And it's just not the way for most of the people you look at in business. Most people work for a long time- not just building their business, but building themselves. One of the things my students say to me so often is, how do you know everything you know, or how can I know what you know. The short answer is time and lots, and lots, and lots of work. We have to remember that to be super awesome at what we're doing, takes time, and effort and work. There's no quick fix way around it. I have always been of the mind that slow and steady is the way to go and as such, I have built a slow and steadily growing business that rests on a very solid foundation- and was built from the ground up without any outside investment or debt. So perhaps the best lesson I have learned is patience. And what I have experienced is that the times when I push ahead too quickly, I learn my lessons. And as a result, it seems that things come to evolve and shift to the next level when I'm ready for them.
Meghan Telpner is a Toronto-based author, speaker, nutritionist, and founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition. Her humorous, engaging and real approach to living an awesome, healthy life has garnered her a world-wide following and extensive media attention. Meghan's Academy of Culinary Nutrition, is growing a global tribe of vibrant living advocates and her bestselling and award-winning book UnDiet: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health is creating a revolution in how people think about their health. With an equal passion for both vibrant living and business, Meghan works with health focused independent practitioners and small businesses to find their unique voice in a crowded marketplace, stay ahead of the curve, cultivate community and convert passion into profitable ventures. For more visit MeghanTelpner.com.


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The true green rose looks much like a weed but is a unique and neat rosebush for the rose garden. A rose that has yellow blooms with a green tint is called Saint Patrick. Both may be grown in southern California, here are some links for you:
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The BitcoinCheque Project's mission is the develop a Bitcoin Cheque specification, protocols and demonstrate the usage it by developing a functional Bitcoin Banks, Banking Apps and web-shop plugins.
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This development is a huge task, too big for me to conduct it alone. Nor do I have all the required knowledge myself to complete it. I took the initiative to establish the Bitcoin Cheque Project. The mission is to developing and demonstrate the Bitcoin Cheque, and in this way help the mass adaption of Bitcoin.
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Profile: Possible Consequences Of Iraqi War Without U.N. Support
Morning Edition: October 30, 2002
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Intensive negotiations continue at the United Nations today with American and British diplomats working hard to craft a Security Council resolution that would attempt to force the disarmament of Iraq. President Bush has warned repeatedly that the United States is ready to move independently against Iraq's president, Saddam Hussein, if the Security Council fails to endorse a tough stand. US military leaders hope the diplomatic efforts succeed. NPR's Tom Gjelten reports a war without UN approval could be a more challenging operation.
TOM GJELTEN reporting:
The Bush administration is essentially telling other Security Council members that they should either support the US- and British-led effort to go after Saddam Hussein or stand aside. Secretary of State Colin Powell drove that message home yesterday during a news conference at the State Department.
Secretary COLIN POWELL (State Department): If the United Nations chooses not to act, the president has what he believes is the authority needed, and frankly the obligation, to act with like-minded nations to disarm Iraq.
GJELTEN: But a UN-endorsed operation against Iraq would have broader support than one organized just by the United States and Britain, and US military commanders have made it known that in this case, broader is much better. A senior military officer in a key Pentagon position tells NPR that with respect to Iraq, the main concern of the uniformed military leadership has always been that the United States not go it alone. Even as Colin Powell was saying yesterday the United States could go after Iraq without Security Council support, the man who would lead the charge, Army General Tommy Franks, was saying he'd be more comfortable having that UN endorsement.
General TOMMY FRANKS (US Army): The best case for us is to be able to build our force list, our coalition, based on work by the Security Council within their charter.
GJELTEN: At stake here is whether other governments authorize US pilots to fly over their territory during bombing or refueling missions. The American military would also need, if possible, to have access to ports and bases and airfields in countries near Iraq. There are alternatives. Fighter jets can fly off aircraft carriers in the open sea and long-range bombers can come from bases thousands of miles away. But in the first Gulf War and in operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, the United States worked hard to get other governments to cooperate. In an interview with NPR, General John Jumper, the Air Force chief of staff, says he'd expect a similar effort if there's to be action against Iraq.
General JOHN JUMPER (US Air Force): It's easier for us access-wise, of course, if you do have fields that are in close proximity to where you're going to operate. And while we quite frankly have never had a problem with things up close when the coalition comes together, we've always been granted the access that we needed, it is desirable to have things closer.
GJELTEN: Without a United Nations resolution, it's not clear how much support the United States could count on. Retired Marine General Joseph Hoar worked with many Middle Eastern governments as head of the US military's Central Command in the mid-1990s. He lists three countries whose enthusiasm for an Iraq operation could depend heavily on the Security Council's action: Turkey, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
General JOSEPH HOAR (Retired, US Marines): Saudi Arabia has been an enormous coalition partner for us in the past, going back for some 50 years, and the Saudis need the top cover of a UN resolution. And so it's gonna be very difficult for them to provide wholehearted support without the UN resolution.
GJELTEN: The governments of Turkey and Jordan, Hoar argues, would also face political problems at home were they to support a war against Iraq without UN approval. Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar would be likely to help with or without a UN endorsement. Beyond that, it's not clear, not even to General Franks, the current head of the US Central Command.
Gen. FRANKS: In terms of how many nations would join the coalition, I don't know. I will say that my sense visiting the region--and I mentioned that I'd just come back--my sense is that we have a great many friends, partners and allies who see the situation the same way we do, and I'll leave it at that.
GJELTEN: In fact, with their carrier-based aircraft, their long-range bombers and the military bases to which they already have access, US military commanders almost certainly have what they need in the short run to carry out a successful mission in Iraq with or without more international support. But that still leaves the long-term mission. It's the aftermath of an Iraq operation, the stabilization and rebuilding work, that most concerns retired General Hoar.
Gen. HOAR: Without the UN, without the support really of the world community, I fear that we're going to be left to carry out the lion's share of the post-hostilities work. We can do the military victory on our own, but we cannot get the end state that we need on our own without huge expenditure of time and money and people.
GJELTEN: US military is already tied down with the demands of the war on terrorism and the need to defend the US homeland. A lengthy and costly mission in Iraq undertaken without broad, international support would undoubtedly strain the force even more, which is why US military leaders hope for success in the negotiations at UN headquarters. Tom Gjelten, NPR News, the Pentagon.
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Your talented marketing team has produced some amazing video content. However, your visitors do not want to stand around and view a video at an event booth. A more appealing alternative is to implement a multi-page file type instead. Then, the representative can easily flip through to the appropriate page quickly, in response to the conversation held with a visitor. Booth representatives are familiar with the files available in the system and aware of which sections or pages, are more impactful. PowerPoints or multi-page PDFs work well in such events and are the perfect file types to email out afterwards. Moreover, this can take place on the spot with your interactive tool.
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The Falcons will be looking for their first road win when they head over to Baltimore to face the red hot Ravens. Our Team will provide you with Analysis on the Favorable live odds and sports betting picks.
The Atlanta Falcons and their high powered offense will travel to M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday looking for first road win as they play the Baltimore Ravens who have been red hot lately.
The Sportsbooks have the away team Falcons as 7 point underdogs versus the Ravens while the Over/Under is set at 49.5.
Atlanta lost their last game at home against Chicago and failed to cover as -3 favorites on most major sportsbooks. The Game ended up being a 27-13 score which was good news for those who bet the UNDER which reached 40 points in a shockingly low scoring matchup. The Falcons have struggled heavily on the road this season going 0-3 so far.
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Digital competence as a vital competitive factor for our future: The chances of digitalization for Bavarian companies must be developed through good framework conditions and targeted subsidies. With the latest issue we show how the LfA supports digital transformation.
New technologies offer extraordinary opportunities, if we adjust in time to the associated challenges. Anastassia Lauterbach gives an overall insight and outlook on the digital transformation in society and economy. The expert coaches board members in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence and data security. In our interview she talks about prime future-trends, the importance of IT security in the Internet of Things and why networks are the backbone of all developments.
The Forchheim-based company YT Industries also achieved a digital feat: The mountain bike manufacturer made the leap into the world's leading bike brands, without stationary trading, but exclusively in online sales. But not only companies also municipalities are committed to technical progress: As one of the first municipalities in Bavaria Markt Rohr in Niederbayern invested in the broadband broadband network expansion.
For innovative company projects the LfA provides profound funding. The subsidized business ideas of future-oriented, Bavarian entrepreneurs inspired us to the point that we have given them a very special place in our magazine: The portraits of our entrepreneur-story "Einfach mal machen" can be found in the middle of the magazine, arranged as a double gate folder. In terms of digitalization, the detailed history behind the companies can be found online at lfa.de/magazin.
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In August 2016, Lightspeed released their last and final version for the old Lightspeed Web Store.
This version operated with Lightspeed OnSite Point of Sale for Mac only. It synced product data, inventory and sales data between Lightspeed OnSite Point of Sale and Lightspeed Web Store.
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Hyperspace built and supported numerous clients running on this platform between 2013 and 2016. We helped clients using this platform through 2017 even though support from Lightspeed was discontinued. Notices were sent out at the end of 2017 to all existing users.
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Having kids is fantastic, these little people are what complete our families and bring us so much joy.
But let's face it, kids can be annoying! We might love them with all our hearts, but kids and parenthood have a way of testing our patience at times.
Here are just a few of the annoying things we all have to deal with as parents.
Head Lice
Kids and head lice go hand in hand. When they're around other children all day at preschool, school and play areas- if one person in the class has them it's not long until everyone does.
It can be incredibly frustrating, especially when they then get brought home, and everyone in the household gets them too. This is something that every parent will experience at some point or another.
Rather than spending hours battling screaming kids with a nit comb, you could go to a head lice treatment center like liceclinicsoc.com. No messing around with over the counter products that don't work, and you have peace of mind that they're completely eradicated.
Adding a couple of drops of tea tree oil to your regular shampoo can help to deter lice, so it's worth a try if your kids are constantly coming home with them.
Picky Eating
We all know kids need great nutrition to help them grow and thrive. So when they're refusing to eat any of the good stuff, it can put you in a tricky situation as a parent.
Becoming frustrated or upset around mealtimes is only likely to make the situation worse too.
If your child is refusing fresh fruit, you could try blending it up into a smoothie with some juice or almond milk. Sites like sheknows.com have recipe ideas for kids to try, they're something that even picky kids are happy to drink.
If vegetables are the issue, finely chop them using your food processor and mix them with ground meat. This can be used in bases for things like lasagne, chili, bolognese and other dishes without anyone knowing they're even there. Once everything is cooked up it all blends together and seems like part of the meat.
Try not to lose your cool and maintain a relaxed attitude around food as well. Let kids see you enjoying a wide range of healthy dishes, and soon they should start mirroring your behavior.
Difficult Questions
One of the brilliant yet equally annoying things about having kids is the constant questions. It's fascinating to see how inquisitive they are, how they take an interest in everything and have an unquenchable thirst to learn more.
But it can often lead to questions that you simply cannot answer. Thankfully these days with the internet at our fingertips we can find the answers to all of life's little burning questions. And even if you're faced with the type of question where you don't know how to explain it (where do babies come from is always a difficult one!)
Check out parenting forums like netmums.com, and articles online for advice. We might not be the fountain of all knowledge, and that's fine, there's nothing wrong with seeking advice from other parents or experts!
Parent Guilt
The thing about parenting is that it's the hardest job you'll ever do, and yet it comes with no training or handbook. There are times when even the most prepared, organized and patient parents ask themselves 'am I doing this right?'
Parent guilt is something we all face. Telling your child no and seeing them upset for example is hard, but you know it's best for them in the long run. Encouraging them to do things that scare or worry them such as take up a new hobby or mix with other kids, because you know it will benefit them.
Getting things wrong (as we all do) can make you feel like you're failing. Chances are you experience parent guilt every day, don't beat yourself up. You have to make hard choices and do things your children don't necessarily enjoy at times to benefit their lives.
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Boquete, which sits at the bottom of a dormant volcano (volcan Baru) is famous for its coffee. I did a tour with Finca Dos Jefes because it was highly recommended by Casa Pedro. They picked me at at 8:45 and after stopping to pick up a few more people we were headed up volcan Baru, on our way to their finca which produces Cafes de la Luna.
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Coffee originated in Ethiopia. It was actually discovered by goats, who's owner saw that his goats were hyped up and happy, following them to the source of their change in behavior (and recent addiction).
We then took a walk through part of their 7 acre farm, and learned that there are many things that can go wrong when cultivating coffee. These rust colored spots on these leaves, caused by an airborne fungus, will eventually cause the leaves to fall off, rendering the coffee less sweet, and not fit for consumption.
There are other issues like plants not getting enough magnesium, and borer beetles which lays its eggs inside the coffee bean. The larvae eats the bean after it emerges and so results in a coffee cherry with no coffee bean inside. Which is one of the reason that coffee beans must not float in water after they are picked.
This is where their coffee is dried during harvest season, which begins around October.
I love picturing what my coffee sees before it sees me.
Dos Jefes is old school, they use a mortor and pestle to remove the skins from the bean after the beans are dried.
Then we got to sample the medium and dark roasts, choosing our favorite to take home as a souvenir. The medium roast was a popular favorite.
Back when coffee shops first began opening in the 1500s intellectuals would meet there to drink coffee and to discuss societal and political issues, etc.; they were called penny universities because coffee at this time was one cent. If you bought one of these patrons a cup of joe they would share their wisdom with everyone at the 'university'.
Hence the saying, a penny for your thoughts.
No one said this to me, I just think people should know.
We roasted beans as well. Every 40 degrees or so a few beans were removed from the roaster so we could see how the color changes with time. The beans are heated until about 430 degrees for a medium roast.
The manager and the tour group celebrated coffee bean roasting with a cerveza (plus the manager thinks that watching beans cool is boring).
Finca de la Luna is an amazing company. They are passionate about their product, are super knowledgeable, and help out the local community. They recently worked with the Peace Corps to fund a project which gave local indigenous kids a dorm room to sleep in so they can attend school which was otherwise a 3 hour walk each way daily.
What a great experience this has been.


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Going Geosocial or Staying Put in Web Marketing
Several applications of location-based services, including social mapping (identifying where people are) and location-based games, now exist. They're evolving quickly into loyalty programs that reward consumers for patronizing particular retailers.
The convergence of GPS, mobile phones, and social media offers the holy grail of opportunity for marketers. Theoretically, you can inform potential customers that you offer exactly what they're looking for, when they're looking for it, and within just a few miles of their locations.
For most businesses, geolocation marketing involves a teaser deal that attracts nearby residents or out-of-town visitors who "check in" online when they arrive at the establishment. This concept is particularly attractive for events, tourist sites, restaurants, and entertainment venues. Almost all these services, such as Foursquare, Gowalla, and Loopt, notify subscribers by text message or on their mobile sites whenever an offer is available nearby.
Each service operates a little differently, with some offering virtual badges or special offers to repeat customers (those who check in most often) or first-timers. Unlike group coupons, these offers are generally inexpensive, so merchants face no significant losses.
In March 2010, Foursquare, one of the most prominent geolocation services, added a tool that lets businesses monitor ― by number, gender, day of week, or time of day ― visitors who check in to Foursquare. Retailers won't see a better breakdown until cyberpsychics start offering marketing services.
Promote your geosocial participation in as many ways as possible: on your other social media accounts and websites, on signs at cash registers, and even on sandwich boards on sidewalks.
Because most individual users select only one service, it doesn't hurt to sign up for several of them to increase your coverage. To make your life easier, try a tool such as PlacePunch to coordinate multiple location check-in services.


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Probe opened into Russian penitentiary deputy chief over alleged embezzlement
MOSCOW, September 13 (RAPSI) – A criminal case has been opened against deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov on suspicion of large scale embezzlement, the Russian Investigative Committee's press service reported Wednesday.
The suspect has been arrested, the statement reads. Investigation is underway.
Other details have not been disclosed for legal reasons.
Korshunov was appointed to the post of FSIN deputy head in March 2014. He has been bestowed the rank of Full State Counsellor 2nd Class of the Russian Federation.
In June, Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court sentenced former head of Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer to 8 years in prison for embezzling money allocated for the purchase of ankle bracelets for persons placed under house arrest. Damage allegedly caused to the state budget was estimated at no less than 2.7 billion rubles (about $47 million at the current exchange rate).


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Former Bari defender Andrea Masiello was arrested on Monday in connection with alleged match-fixing in the Italian topflight last season.
Bari's final nine games of last season are being looked into – notably the club's 2-0 defeat by Lecce with Masiello's dubious own goal helping his opponents avoid relegation.
It is the latest in a long line of match fixing scandals to hit Italy over the years.
But Bari District attorney Antonio Laudati defended the league in general saying: "The unlawful behaviour of a few cannot invalidate the credibility of an entire system. Especially so because a thorough investigation can clearly distinguish between those who have had a criminal conduct and those who have followed the rules, not only those that are regulated by law, but also the values of sportsmanship."
Masiello, who now plays for Serie A side Atalanta, faces charges of criminal association and fraud.
Eight of his former Bari team-mates were also being investigated by police.


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What does it mean to be a trailblazer? For Donald Hess, the Swiss entrepreneur and founder of Hess Family Wine Estates, it means combining his passion, curiosity, and pioneering spirit to amass one of the world's greatest contemporary art collections. It also means producing outstanding, highly acclaimed wines that stand alongside the very best, and it means quietly leading the way in sustainable practices - respecting and nurturing the land by, as Hess puts it, "returning what we take."
Such an innovative and generous spirit makes The Hess Collection the perfect site for tonight's Founders Dinner, which celebrates the benefactors and patrons whose enthusiasm, vision and support launched Festival Napa Valley, as well as major supporters of the 2019 season.
Proprietors and fifth generation Hess family members Sabrina and Timothy Persson invite guests to their stunning winery for a kick-off celebration like no other. An elegant dinner by Executive Chef Chad Hendrickson will be paired with renowned bottlings from The Hess Collection and enjoyed among works of modern greats like Robert Motherwell, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Andy Goldsworthy, and Francis Bacon. A series of musical surprises will delight. Tonight is a rare opportunity indeed: experiencing the Hess' lauded collection with one's eyes, ears, and heart.
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Once there was an really pretty little girl whos name was tiffany armashaw she was very rich indeed.She lived in a mansion in the far forest near the enchanted forest and her mother died when she was 2 years old and now she is 15 years old she has still not forgottin her mother.
One day her father llyold armashaw got told to marrie an woman before the end of the mounth or else his child tiffany will get put in to care.So as the mounth past he was out lookin for an wife then all of a sudden there was a sign on the wall sayin:I am lookin for an husband who is nice and loving an whos lookin for an woman before the end of the mounth.So he decided that to get the number of the sheet and to call her for them to get married.
They got married and she came home to where he live and so as i sayed they got married n when on there hunnymoon and they lived happly ever after.the end


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See the film that inspired George Lucas's Star Wars! Two peasants in feudal Japan are returning home through war torn territory and stumble across a princess and defeated general hiding out in a mountain fortress. Tricked into helping them escape with the promise of gold and pursued by the enemy, all are tested in this epic adventure. Akira Kurosawa's characteristic humour and compassion combine with breath-taking action in one of his best loved and most influential films.
A monumental hospital-for-the poor based melodrama set in 19th century Japan, directed by legendary director Akira Kurosawa. An ageing doctor (nicknamed Red Beard, played by Toshiro Mifune) gradually instils into his young and ambitious new intern the rewards of working in the poorer sections of the community. The film bowls along magnificently in a strange yet compelling mixture of genuine emotion, absurdity and poetic fantasy and clearly shows Kurosawa's humanitarian tendencies, without wallowing in sentimentality. The period recreation of 19th century Japan is matchless and Mifune's retrained yet towering central performance impresses. Although a huge success in Japan, and after a run of 16 straight films, this would prove to be the last time the legendary pairing of Kurosawa and Mifune would work together – the film took two years to shoot, Mifune had to keep his (real!) beard for that two years, thus having to turn down many other lucrative roles, leading to their permanent estrangement.
One of the most influential films ever made, Kurosawa's thrilling epic adventure features stunning action sequences, memorable characters and an engrossing story of heroism and humanity. The tale of a poor village under attack by bandits and the seven Samurai employed to defend them has inspired countless Westerns, War, Heist and Caper films with its brilliant combination of action, social drama, comedy and adventure. The visual and emotional power of Kurosawa's masterpiece has made it a firm favourite of successive generations of filmgoers, film makers and critics. Don't miss the opportunity to see and discover this timeless classic on the big screen!
Made in 1954, this is perhaps Kurosawa's most famous film. It was a blockbuster in every sense, being the most expensive Japanese film ever made (after Kurosawa insisted on shooting everything on location) and running to almost four hours in length. It's a period film (or jidaigeki) conceived on an epic scale, pitting Takashi Shimura's wise, zen-like leader against the wildcat intensity of Toshiro Mifune's son-of-a-farmer samurai. Along with five other swords-for-hire (of mixed ability), they are employed by farmers to protect their village from raiding bandits. What follows is pure cinematic dynamite.