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- Member of the eurozone since 2015 and the OECD since May 2018
- Sound public and external accounts
- Banking system dominated by three Scandinavian institutions
- Transit zone between the EU and Russia/Kaliningrad enclave
- Diversification of energy supply (Klaipeda gas terminal, shale gas potential, electricity links with Poland and Sweden)
- Tight labour market: shrinking workforce (emigration of skilled young people) and high structural unemployment
- Large underground economy (26% of GDP)
- Wide income disparity between the capital and the regions – particularly in the northeast, where poverty persists
- Limited value added of exports (mineral products, timber, agri-food, furniture, electrical equipment)
- Competitiveness eroded by insufficient productivity gains
Growth slows towards potential
The renewed strength of the economy in 2017/18 is expected to fade in 2019 as growth starts moving towards its potential level. Reduced pressure on the labour market (thanks to a slight increase in immigration and a fall in employment) and low productivity growth, in the absence of structural reforms, should moderate wage growth and, therefore, private consumption, which is the main contributor to growth (two thirds of GDP). Tax reforms, which will introduce a progressive taxation system, are expected to favour the poorest households, which, thanks to their higher marginal propensity to consume, should mitigate the deceleration in consumption. The level of wages, particularly the minimum wage, will nevertheless remain quite high relative to productivity, which will negatively impact the competitiveness of companies, hurting export performance. Rising international trade tensions could also have an adverse effect on exports (80% of GDP), causing trade to make a negative contribution to trade. Investment (almost 20% of GDP), which has grown briskly in recent years thanks to businesses and easy access to credit, is therefore also expected to slow down. Lower business confidence, difficulties in finding skilled workers, the large informal component of some sectors and the prospect of moderate growth, in the context of international tensions, are all factors that may also explain this deceleration, which should nevertheless be mitigated by better use of EU funds directed towards construction and civil engineering. Public expenditure is expected to change little and to have a relatively small direct impact on growth. Even so, this spending, which will be aimed at reducing inequalities and boosting productivity, should make a positive contribution through private consumption.
Small current account deficit and government surplus
According to the approved budget, the central government deficit is forecast to be 0.4% of GDP. Revenues are expected to jump by 17%, thanks in particular to European structural and investment funds, which are set to increase from 0.6% of GDP in 2017 to 2% in 2019. However, they will be outpaced by expenditure, which is expected to go up by 22%. Spending will mainly be directed towards education, social security, healthcare and a pension reform in order to reduce inequalities and improve labour productivity, with the aim of building the "new social model" recommended by international institutions to unleash growth. Tax reforms, advocating a shift in employer contributions to employees (which would be offset by higher wages) and increasing the minimum level of taxable income, also have this goal in mind. If the balance of municipalities and the social security system is added, the government deficit should turn into a surplus. The stated objective is to accumulate reserves (up to €1.5 billion in 2019) and reduce public debt, of which 80% is held by non-residents and almost 30% is denominated in foreign currency.
In 2019, the current account is expected to turn slightly into a deficit. Sluggish demand from the EU, increased domestic demand, which favours imports, and the fall in Russian imports, which considerably reduces re-exports, will worsen the goods deficit. The overall trade surplus (2.3% in 2017) – generated by the high level of exports of services, particularly in tourism and road transport – is therefore expected to decline. Transfers (1.8% of GDP), mainly composed of remittances from expatriates and European funds, despite holding steady, are not expected to offset the income deficit (3.3%), which is explained by the high stock of FDI in the country (43% of GDP). These investments are expected to grow by almost 2% of GDP in 2019, a level equivalent to the Lithuanian portfolio investment abroad. The size of Lithuania's gross external debt (81.6% of GDP at the end of June 2018) needs to be considered in the light of the debt's composition – state (37%), central bank (28%), banks (14%) and non-financial companies (21%) –, the assets held abroad by the country (63% of GDP) and the fact that the debt is denominated in euros.
A year of elections to dispel political uncertainty
The country has been ruled since 2016 by Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who is affiliated with the centrist LVZS Party, which unexpectedly won the 2016 parliamentary elections. Despite his minority (56 seats out of 141 in Parliament), he was able to gain power by forming an alliance with the LSDP, which has 17 seats. Since then, the LSDP has withdrawn from the coalition, although its ministers remain in government. The potential instability created by this situation is tempered by the consensus in local political life on the desire for reform, in particular to support the new social model. The presidential elections, which will take place in May 2019 – together with European elections, and a referendum to allow dual citizenship, in order to compensate for demographic deficiencies that are damaging the economy – will be a good gauge of popular support for the current government and for tax reform. In addition, the country joined the OECD in May 2018, confirming its good economic situation, which is likewise borne out by its position (14th) in the Doing Business 2019 ranking.
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In honor of this celebration of love, we here at ROHWrestling.com, as a sign of our love and appreciation for all your support, are holding a special sale all weekend long! Now and running until Sunday the 17th at 11:59pm, all ROH DVD's will be on-sale for 20% off their regular price! That's all event DVDs including the newly released "The Hunt For Gold" event, "Final Battle 2012", or "Glory by Honor XI" as well as all compilations like the recent "Christopher Daniels: The Fallen Angel", "AJ Styles: Styles Clash", or "Tyler Black: God's Last Gift" 2-Disc sets! Sign up for Ringside Membership and you can tack on an additional 15% savings for a grand total of 35% off the regular prices!!! Not only do you get that discount on every merchandise order, but there are several other benefits as well! Also if you spend $60 on merchandise, you will get a FREE ROH Adjustable Cap!!! Please take note, that $60 does NOT include shipping or sales tax, tickets are NOT included, and it is based on the price AFTER discounts!
– THIS Saturday is ROH's return to Cincinnati at the Taft Masonic Center and we expect a jam packed crowd! ROH officials have now signed on a special autograph signing for the night with Davey Richards, Adam Cole, Michael Elgin, and BJ Whitmer all available for the ROH faithful to meet prior to the start of the event! The main event of the evening features a 6-man tag team war with Davey Richards, Adam Cole & "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin versus S.C.U.M (ROH World Champion Kevin Steen, Jimmy Jacobs & Steve Corino)! Also in action that night, Roderick Strong takes on ACH, BJ Whitmer and Kyle O'Reilly go one-on-one, Charlie Haas, World Tag Team Champions Jay & Mark Briscoe, and a whole lot more! Tickets for our 2/16 return to Cincinnati are on-sale (or at the door on the night of the event! Be there early so you don't miss out on opportunity to meet some of the very best wrestlers on the planet!
– Due to circumstances beyond our control, our event scheduled for April 27th at the Convention Center in Richmond, VA has to be rescheduled. The new date for the event will by Saturday May 18th still at the Convention Center and with the same 7:30PM start time. If you are unable to attend on the newly scheduled date, please contact [email protected] for information on how to obtain a refund for your purchase. If you have already received your tickets we ask that you please return them to the below address so that we can replace them with tickets for the new date.
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– This week on "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV the main event features Jay Lethal vs. Jimmy Jacobs just weeks before Lethal faces World Champion Kevin Steen at the "11th Anniversary!" In addition, the Semi-Finals of the the 2013 Top Prospect Tournament takes place with Matt Taven vs. Silas Young and "God's Gift" QT Marshall vs. Tadarius Thomas!
– To see ROH TV early, take advantage of Early Bird Access to see the next couple of episodes of ROH TV before they air on broadcast television! For just $1.99 each you can see the 2/16 & 2/23 episodes of ROH TV now! If you can't wait until the next episode of ROH TV, then this is your chance to get ahead of game leading to our "11th Anniversary"!
– Ring of Honor heads to Chicago on March 2nd and 3rd for back-to-back action at the Frontier Fieldhouse! The first night we present our "11th Anniversary Event" LIVE ON iPPV featuring Jay Lethal challenging Kevin Steen for the World Title in the wind up! The second day we tape "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV in Chicago Ridge, and announced yesterday, Matt Hardy will face ROH Television Champion Adam Cole with the TV title on the line! Watch upcoming episodes of ROH TV to see how this story unfolds and just why Nigel decided to give Hardy his long awaited shot. Also, it was announced that The Forever Hooligans, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov will challenge for the ROH World Tag Team Titles when they face the winners of the Briscoes/Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly Title Match the night before! It's going to be a jam-packed weekend in Chicago Ridge so make sure you are there live and in-person as we celebrate our "11th Anniversary" with two huge events in the Frontier Fieldhouse!
– To celebrate ROH's upcoming "11th Anniversary", we are offering some great bouts from previous Anniversary events for FREE! Posted yesterday was a great bout from The 4th Anniversary with Austin Aries & Roderick Strong vs AJ Styles & Matt Sydal for the ROH World Tag Team Titles!
– Nigel McGuinness has stated that the World Title match on March 30th in Asheville, NC will obviously be dictated by the outcome of Lethal vs. Steen at the "11th Anniversary". However, the challenger in Asheville will be the same regardless if it is Lethal or Steen who is our champion at the time. Get your tickets in the ROH Store for ROH at the WNC AG Center!
– The latest edition of "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV is available to GA Members for FREE and the main event features a huge 8-Man Tag with The Briscoe's joining forces with Caprice Coleman & Cedric Alexander to take on S.C.U.M members Kevin Steen, Jimmy Jacobs, Steve Corino, and Rhino! In addition, the Women of Honor are in action as MsChif battles Athena, the 2013 Top Prospect Tournament continues with Matt Taven vs. ACH in a First Round Match, plus Nigel McGuinness confronts both Matt Hardy and Adam Cole!
– Ring of Honor will be holding another two-day tryout camp and seminar on Saturday and Sunday, April 20th and 21st at ROH's headquarters and wrestling dojo in suburban Philadelphia (Bristol, PA). This camp will provide those who attend the rare opportunity to be seen and evaluated by officials and pro wrestlers from Ring of Honor. The seminar will be organized by ROH's top officials and these seminars continue to receive the highest praise by those who attend!
– Be sure to swing by and visit us at Twitter & Facebook over the weekend for all of the latest news, info, and results!

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Criminal Justice Reform Update
A column by Gov. Dennis Daugaard:
Nearly two years ago, I became aware of a problem with our state's criminal justice system. I learned South Dakota's imprisonment rate was higher than any of its six neighboring states. Per capita, we were locking up 75 percent more men than North Dakota and four times as many women as Minnesota. Maintaining the status quo would mean building a new women's prison and a new men's prison within the next 10 years.
I also learned our high imprisonment rate probably wasn't making our public any safer. I saw that 17 states had lowered their imprisonment rate while simultaneously lowering their crime rate and that the crime rates in those states had fallen twice as fast as the crime rate in South Dakota.
To address the problem, the Chief Justice, legislative leadership and I formed a work group. We charged the work group with three goals: improve public safety, hold offenders more accountable and reduce corrections spending. Last legislative session, the Legislature passed and I signed the work group's proposal into law.
To focus prison space on violent and career criminals, the reforms restructured our sentencing framework for non-violent offenders and included new or improved probation accountability programs including Drug and Alcohol Courts. We also made the largest investment in the history of our state into behavioral health for offenders with addictions and mental health needs.
It's only been 10 months, but the statutorily created Oversight Council is receiving very positive reports on the implementation so far. Let me give you an example.
Holding offenders more accountable requires a focus on those most likely to reoffend. One of the policies that took effect last July was earned discharge credits. This policy allows compliant parolees to reduce the duration of their parole by 30 days each time they complete 30 days of perfect compliance. The program has been shown through empirical evidence to reduce recidivism, lower parole violations, reduce caseloads and allow parole officers to focus on more high risk offenders.
From July through November, over 91 percent of eligible parolees have been compliant, following all the rules and paying their fines and restitution. Over 407,000 days of parole credit have already been earned. That is over 1,115 cumulative years and it equates to about 5 fewer parolees supervised by each parole officer.
I know it's still too early to declare victory. Experts tell us it will take two or three years to complete implementation and three to five years to see all the results of our combined efforts. But based on the early data we've received, I'm confident the new policies will save our state tens of millions of dollars, hold offenders more accountable and make our state a safer place to live.


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During an interview with Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov, the folks at WIP had the good sense to ask him for his thoughts on that big-ass meteor that recently landed in Russia and that even bigger-ass asteroid that whizzed by Earth and threw us all into a brief, existential meltdown. Bryzgalov's response was the best (Transcription via Sporting News):
Probably every day, our atmosphere was penetrated with the smaller size of the meteors, and (they) just burned high in the atmosphere. This is a much bigger size, but that big that struck the earth like … back in the days, like when the dinosaurs was destroyed. On one thing it's very interesting. On the other hand, it's dangerous. And you know we can't protect ourselves from the space danger.
I think we've gotta like be thankful, and be happy, and enjoy every day our life with our relatives, our wives, kids, and enjoy our work every day.
Thanks, Bryz. I'm gonna go give my mom a call. Maybe tell her I love her, or something.
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I am happy to report that both my recent cartoony shows in Roseburg and Corvallis Oregon went smashingly well. Nothing like a standing room only
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I came home and had one day to prepare for my presentation to the California Assessor's Association, which was a real pleasure. It's always gratifying to leave a room of smiling people...and they're not just smiling because you are leaving the room. It got me thinking...what would life be like without laughter? Let's suppose for just a minute the world was void of humor. This planet would be an awfully dull place, not to mention I'd be out of a job. I like to think I provide a valuable service. (At least that's what I keep telling my wife!) I know that if I can bring a bit of cheer into someone else's day it makes me happy and that's a daily goal worth pursuing.
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GREEN ISLAND -- The body found Monday morning in the Hudson River near the Green Island Hydroelectric Station was identified as Waterford residentAnna Kroup
, the Albany County Sheriff confirmed. In a press statement, Sheriff Craig Apple said: "The Albany County Sheriff's Office is investigating a body that was found in the Hudson River located in the village of Green Island by the Green Island Power Authority. The Sheriff's Criminal Investigation Unit was dispatched to the location to assist Green Island Police Department and lead the investigation into the discovery of the body. The body was discovered during a clean up by C.D. Perry Construction Company in the river. The body was recovered from the Hudson River by Sheriff's Investigators and later identified by members of the Waterford Police Department, as a missing female out of their jurisdiction." Twenty-four-year-old Kroup has been missing since Feb. 18. The local actress and musician left a note but a body was never recovered, even after multiple attempts with a State Policediving team
, officials said at the time. Despite the five months since she disappeared, people never gave up hope that Kroup might be alive and just living somewhere outside the Capital District. "All I kept saying to myself was that it wasn't [Anna], it was some other person. [And she was] in NYC or Hollywood or something starting over," wrote Deana Novak, a friend of Kroup's, on Facebook. An "Anna Kroup: Missing Person" page was developed online and has more than 1,400 members in the group. On that site, people said they were speechless after hearing the tragic news and could not express how they were feeling. Dee Mulford said she had even sent an email to Kroup recently "on the off chance that she was alive and somehow able to check her email at some town's library." She was described as "sweet" and "vibrant," with many expressing that Kroup would be missed. Kroup was identified by police Monday by her tattoo markings, the press statement said. At the scene Monday morning, the Green Island police blocked off the area with police tape then proceeded to use a crane to move what appeared to be debris and the body from the river. The coroner was on hand and the Waterford Police, who had been investigating Kroup's case, were later called in. All questions were referred to the Sheriff, with Green Island Mayor Ellen McNulty-Ryan declining comment and Waterford Police Commissioner John Tanchak not returning a call for comment. Requests for comment from friends and family were also not returned. While the investigation is ongoing, authorities said there was no indication that foul play was a factor in Kroup's passing. Mary Stalker of Waterford said: "When you work with children you aren't supposed to have favorites, but it really can't be avoided. Especially when a child comes along who dances her way through the day, has endless compassion and wisdom beyond her young years. While she grew to be a beautiful young woman, Anna will always be that whimsical little girl to me. Her old soul was just too great for this world." Kroup's body was transported to Albany Medical Center by Albany County Coroner Timothy Cavanaugh. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday at 9 a.m., authorities said. Danielle Sanzone may be reached at 270-1292. To follow additional coverage,click here


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The International Dyslexia Association has two fact sheets about evaluation and diagnosis for a reading disorder:
- Evaluating a child for a reading disorder .
- Evaluating an adult for a reading disorder (PDF - 149 KB).
The U.S. Department of Education offers services and assistance to support people with dyslexia and specific learning disabilities through its Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Visit http://www2.ed.gov/parents/needs/speced/resources.html for more information.
The OSEP also supports the Parents Technical Assistance Center Network, which can help parents learn about their children's reading or other disabilities, assist them with connecting with and talking to professionals about their children's disabilities, and help them understand the laws and policies related to education for a child with a disability such as dyslexia. Visit http://www.parentcenterhub.org/find-your-center/ for more information.


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Saudi Arabia's Kariman Abuljadayel made history at the Rio Olympics Friday. She competed in the 100 meter sprint, the first time for a female athlete from Saudi Arabia.
She finished in 14.61 seconds, setting a Saudi national record while placing 23rd in the preliminary race.
Abuljadayel is among the four female Saudi athletes participating in the Rio Olympics. Two are competing in track and field, one in judo and one in fencing. Hosam al-Qurashi, executive director of the Saudi Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press last month.
Sarah Attar, who was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in Olympic track and field in 2012.
The four female Saudi athletes set to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics doubles the female participation after two women took part in the 2012 London Games for the first time. There are a total of 11 athletes competing in Rio from Saudi Arabia.


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Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: using iCloud as the smart, automated way to store documentsIn OS X Mountain Lion, iCloud begins to take shape as the smart, automated way to store documents on a per-app, device independent basis, incrementally displacing the local file system that non-technical users have long struggled to comprehend and replacing it with a cloud-based service that connects and synchronizes desktop and mobile devices via the Internet.
Steve Jobs debuted Apple's iCloud strategy last summer at the company's 2011 Worldwide Developer Conference. Over the past year, iCloud may have appeared to be simply a renaming of Apple's beleaguered MobileMe, as it has principally provided the same email, contacts and calendar services that MobileMe has since 2008 (and .Mac had since 2002). However, Jobs' vision for the future of iCloud went well beyond the commonplace internet accounts at the heart of MobileMe and its .Mac predecessor.
Jobs initially outlined his vision for cloud computing in a presentation at WWDC 1997, where he described the cloud storage network technologies put into place at NeXT over the previous decade. At the time, these features were simply too complex and expensive to broadly offer to consumers. However, fourteen years later Jobs described at WWDC 2011 how Apple would be deploying iCloud as the "next big insight."
Jobs' "big insight" focused on the problems of having multiple desktops and mobile devices, each with its own local file system storing documents, music, photos and other media. "Keeping these devices in sync is driving us crazy!" he said. Weve got a solution for this problem. Were going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device. Were going to move your hub, the center of your digital life, into the cloud.
iCloud takes shape under OS X Lion
Seven years ago, speaking at the "All Things Digital" conference in 2005, Jobs noted that "in every user interface study weve ever done," Apple found that "its pretty easy to learn how to use these things until you hit the file system and then the learning curve goes vertical. So you ask yourself, why is the file system the face of the OS? Wouldnt it be better if there was a better way to find stuff?"
Jobs then contrasted the conventional OS-level file system for managing documents on a computer to an email application, explaining that "theres always been a better way to find stuff. You dont keep your e-mail on your file system, right? The app manages it. And that was the breakthrough, as an example, in iTunes," Jobs stated.
"You dont keep your music in the file system, that would be crazy. You keep it in this app that knows about music and knows how to find things in lots of different ways. Same with photos: weve got an app that knows all about photos. And these apps manage their own file storage."
Six years later, Jobs unveiled iCloud as the solution to multi-device, cross platform media and document access, moving a variety of data stores that were once tied to a particular Mac into the cloud.
"iTunes in the Cloud," and in particular its iTunes Match feature (above), would allow users to access their Mac's entire iTunes music collection from their iOS devices, for example, while iCloud's new PhotoStream feature (below) let users see their photos anywhere, from mobile devices to their Macs to their living room television via Apple TV. New purchases from the App Store, iTunes and iBookstore can now appear on any other device the user owns, automatically, via iCloud.
With iCloud, end users don't have to think about where those individual media or app files are stored or how, any more than they have to worry about the precise changes in voltage or magnetic fields that store the bits that represent the data in those files.
In addition to managing apps, photos and music, Apple's iCloud continues to link together users' Macs and iOS devices with network Mail, Contacts, Calendars and Safari bookmarks (and now open tabs, as shown below), having added "everywhere access" for Reminders and Notes and Messages and FaceTime.
Related networking features are also tied to the same iCloud account, including Game Center friends and achievements, Back to My Mac remote access, and the Find My iPhone and Find My Mac services for locating, alerting and remotely wiping missing devices.
Mountain Lion & Documents in the Cloud
The big new iCloud feature in Mountain Lion, however, is completed support for Documents in the Cloud, the foundational network architecture that erases users' dependance upon manually managing documents in the file system.
Apple first debuted the feature in its mobile iWork apps, allowing iOS users to, for example, start work on a Pages document on their iPhone, subsequently make changes on their iPad, and then access the same up-to-data document on their iPhone again for presentation or printing.
In Mountain Lion, developers can add iCloud's "Documents in the Cloud" features to their own apps, allowing users to access and edit documents stored in a central repository (Apple's iCloud servers), so there's no need to manually manage version control or sync updates between a user's computers or other devices.
Additionally, Apple supports cross platform editing of documents between iOS and OS X, erasing the boundaries and limitations of the conventional local file system, physically stored on a single device. While this may sound similar to basic cloud-based file sharing such as Dropbox or Apple's iDisk from ten years ago, it's a lot more sophisticated under the hood, particularly in terms of its app-based security model, as is described below.
Apple hasn't yet released support for "Documents in the Cloud" in its own OS X iWork apps including Pages, Numbers and Keynote because this feature requires the as-yet-unreleased OS X Mountain Lion. But last year, Apple updated its iWork apps to support the new features of OS X Lion after its public release, including Auto Save, Full Screen apps, Resume, and Versions. So it makes sense to expect new OS X updates to iWork as soon as Mountain Lion ships.
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Dear Barnes & Noble,
It is time for an intervention. You say you are closing a third of your bookstores over the next decade while admitting they are not unprofitable. Please, listen to yourself.
I say this on behalf of your friends: the publishing industry, book lovers everywhere and, well, pretty much everyone but Amazon.com. We lost Borders. We cannot bear to lose you, too.
You are the last hope of the brick-and-mortar bookstore. At first we were optimistic. We love these places, with the pictures of Great Authors fraternizing on the walls. We attend readings and drink coffee there. We go to brick-and-mortar bookstores to do just about everything other than buy an e-reader.
This is why your approach of late is so worrisome.
Every week I get an e-mail from you beseeching me to buy your Nook e-reader. You have reached the point where you are offering me $30 worth of gift certificates. And every time I walk into the store, a voice from the loudspeaker implores me to buy a Nook.
Look, I do not come to Barnes & Noble every weekend and purchase several volumes because I am laboring under the misapprehension that Nooks do not exist. I show up and buy because I like physical books.
I don't understand why you are working so hard to discourage this. I understand, in theory, that it is far cheaper to sell books that require no shipping and restocking. But we do not want to buy that sort of book from you. Amazon has more of them, for less. Besides, if I wanted to buy a Nook, I would already have bought a Kindle.
We say this with love. We want nothing more than for you to succeed.
And you are not doing so right now. Your device sales are dropping. December sales were disappointing, even though the store was liberally papered with copies of "The Elf on the Shelf."
The chief executive of your retail group, Mitchell Klipper, told the Wall Street Journal that you expect to close about 20 stores a year over the next 10 years, lowering the total number of stores from 689 (not including college stores) to 450. And he made a strange analogy to Bed Bath & Beyond, about how people do not go to housewares stores and curl up with their families and a good blender.
All in all, the signs are worrisome.
That is why we are staging this intervention. When you see someone you love doing something that hurts them and you, you feel bound to say something. Where books are concerned, absence does not make the heart grow fonder.
"Seldom seen and soon forgotten" seems the more likely model. Why would you assume that if there are fewer Barnes & Nobles, there will suddenly be more people dashing to BN.com?
And bookstores are - as even Klipper noted - not unprofitable. Is getting rid of them really a good way to save money?
Bookstores still serve a vital role. There, people encounter many titles for the first time, titles we may decide to buy later or may just take with us to the restroom and linger over in blatant defiance of the posted signs. We certainly would not know that Teen Paranormal Romance was such a unified genre if you did not display it so beautifully.
Bookstores' ability to bring us into contact with hundreds of things we did not know we wanted is not to be underestimated. And they help even the online trade. Twenty-four percent of people who bought books from online retailers did so after seeing them in bookstores first, according to a 2011 survey. Yes, this is irksome if you are the book retailer, but it's critical publicity for the book.
The market research and media forecast firm Simba Information keeps finding that a decrease in physical bookstores doesn't drive e-book sales. It just makes people forget that books exist and are things you can spend money on. More contact with books and book retailers makes you more likely to buy books. Less does just the opposite.
"All right," you may justly say, "but if you care so much about bookstores, why do you go into them only to buy coffee and sit for several hours, using the free WiFi without purchasing anything off the shelves?"
Look, we can change! Just stop closing the bookstores. You have something special! Don't throw away your birthright in this frenzied dash after the thin pottage of the e-book market! You are all that stands between us and a world where the only place unused books are sold is at Urban Outfitters, as decorative ironic curios, along with vinyl records and toilet brushes shaped like owls.
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The other day while reviewing the LeMond Revolution trainer the topic of cross-training vs. actually riding came up. Generally I don't stop riding my bike in the winter (I've several times clocked more miles from November through February than February through May) but I don't ride as hard core in the winter either.
My normal cross training routine involves lots of racquetball (and racquetball related injuries) and a good amount of lifting.
But I've got a new regimen thanks to Microsoft's new Kinect system. The motion-capture-based game controller works with a number of great games and I'm using them to get the winter-time workout that I never got from the much-vaunted Wii.
In particular I've been playing Fighters Uncaged , a first-person street fighting game that uses actual punches and kicks as the interface for, well, punching and kicking.
After my first bout of fights I was panting, sweating and breathing harder than I have in months. Elbow punches, roundhouse kicks, ducking and jabbing–this is great. And it's getting all of my muscles in shape.
I'm not sure how many people out in Hugger Land have Kinect and Xbox Live accounts, but I'm thinking of doing a gaming night for BikeHugger fans. If you're interested in some online gaming, let us know in the comments.…
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It's a new year, and time for another Breckenridge Ascent Series.
The series will kick off with two morning uphill races, with three evening races following. The final two uphill races may include a downhill component, which includes transitions between the uphill climb and skiing downhill.
"We'll see how it takes and continue it into all of 2014's races," said Brian Schaefer, Breckenridge Sports and Special Events coordinator.
Snowshoes, alpine touring setups, telemark skis, splitboards, Nordic skis and randonee race gear are all permitted in the race. They will be divided into heavy and lightweight setups for prizes, which will be awarded to the top female and top male in each category.
The primary race sponsor is Mountain Outfitters, which has retained the duty even under new ownership.
Registration is open to 150 racers, but the average number sits around 45-60 racers.
"We'd like to keep building it to the (summer's) trail-running series size)," Schaefer said. "There's more to skiing than just the downhill. These are folks who want to skin and do ski mountaineering. It's a great way to experience the mountain, see the mountain in a different way."
A raffle held after each race will include items from Sun Logic – hats, beanies and goggles – as well as $100 gift certificates to Mountain Outfitters. La Sportiva has donated skis to be given away to anyone who competes in the series or the final race, and Mountain Outfitters will be putting items in the pool as well.
The finale party is slated for April 10 following the Peak 7 race at Seven's or the T-Bar restaurant.
"It's a great way to get people out together and do something different than just going downhill," Schaefer said.
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Fire winger Marco Pappa was rewarded for his outstanding start to 2010 on Tuesday afternoon when it was announced that he had been named to the MLS All-Star First XI.
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"I'm excited you know?" Pappa said. "It's extra motivation to keep working, and I'm happy with the good news."
Pappa, 22, has been the Fire's best attacking player all season long. His six goals lead the team and his four assists put him second to only Patrick Nyarko among Fire players.
"I'm very happy with Marco," Fire head coach Carlos de los Cobos said. "I think that this guy deserves to have this distinction because he's playing well."
Pappa, a first-time MLS All-Star, will be a part of the 23-man roster that will take on famed English club Manchester United at Houston's Reliant Stadium on July 28.
"I can't wait until July 28," Pappa said. "Everybody knows about [Manchester United]. It's a big team, and it's a good opportunity. I'm excited to play with some [of the] biggest players in the world."
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Cornell was conceived in the 1990s planning process by the Town of Markham. Unlike other Markham communities, Cornell is a planned community.
Cornell's name was selected in the 1990s from a suggestion by local lawyer Paul Mingay.Mingay's family roots can be traced back to Susan Emily Cornell, a descendant of William Cornell, settler of Scarborough, Ontario. Later Cornells settled in Markham, Ontario and married into the Reesor family. William Cornell immigrated to Canada from Rhode Island is a distant relative of Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University.
Most of the houses are townhomes, semi-detached or detached houses with garages at the rear. The communities are built with central amenities in order to contain suburban sprawl. Cornell was seen by the Markham Town Council as a way to deter the ongoing sprawl by encouraging residential density. The community, particularly Cornell Village, is an example of new urbanism, designed as a walkable neighborhood with a variety of housing types and retail. Cornell Village, between Highway 7 and 16th Avenue, is fully populated with medium density residential. The southern section of Cornell (south of Highway 7), however, is not populated, and remains as a wild field and a farm.
The development is not far from the proposed Pickering Airport and once one of the sites for landfills in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto/Markham Airport is located north in Dickson Hill, Ontario. This area is mianly served by Toronto Pearson International Airport for normal civilian air travel.
The Markham Stouffville Hospital Terminal is a temporary terminal serving Cornell and the nearby areas. The York Region Transit authority is currently building a permanent bus terminal, namely Cornell Terminal, located at the Don Cousens Way and Highway 7. The temporary terminal at Markham Stouffville Hospital will shut down upon completion of the new terminal. The completion date is not yet to be known.
There is also one VIVA line serving the area, namely Viva Purple. Viva Purple terminates at the Markham Stouffville Hospital as well, with plans in the future stretching to Cornell Permanent Terminal. Viva Green, currently ending at McCowan Vivastation, is also planned to extend its service into Cornell via the Highway 7 corridor.
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I know that you've moved on to a new castle line, but many including myself feel that you weren't done with the Kingdoms line yet. The current line of castle is excellent, but we'd like to ask:
Could you please release a full-sized $100 castle that is home to the Kingdoms Dragon knights?
The Lion Knights got essentially 2 castles while the Dragons have none.
This could be an opportunity to showcase who the leader of the Kingdoms Dragon knights is, like a king or "superknight." It's hard to accept the wizard as their leader.
There are some who feel that the Kingdoms Dragon knights are better than the current 2013 Castle Dragon Knights. There is still high demand across these message boards and others for Kingdoms Dragon soldiers and knights as well.
Maybe you could release this set as a special edition like the Joust or Chess Set, or a re-release of a theme like when you re-introduced the Black Falcon's Fortress.
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A note on my notes, I write these descriptors at the time of release, when you taste these wines, you'll probably taste other things as these wines continue to change and evolve. Hold these notes only as far as you can throw them, the wine plays by its own rules. Everything is released unfined and unfiltered. Sediment does accumulate with age. Stand up these bottles a day before opening, if you can. Enjoy the power, the beauty and the elegance of these wines as I do.
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Don't let your pets become disaster victims
If disaster strikes your home, what will happen to your pets? It's a good question to ask now because Colorado wildfire season is near and thunderstorms and tornados will soon arrive.
Since May 8 was National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day, PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, is urging pet owners to think about making plans now for the safety of animal companions should the worst happen.
PETA offers the following advice:
+ Never leave your animals behind to fend for themselves.
+ Never tie animals up or leave them confined in any way, as they will be trapped and unable to flee from rising floodwaters or other dangers.
+ Know your destination ahead of time. Although human shelters often refuse animals, the federal Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act mandates that state and local
emergency plans accommodate households with animal companions. Also, motels will probably accept dogs, cats, and other small animals in an emergency.
+ Place small animals in secure carriers, and keep dogs leashed. Frightening sounds and unfamiliar surroundings might make them bolt. Take water and food bowls, your animals' favorite
toys or blankets, a towel, and enough food for at least a week
+ Have your animals microchipped, and put secure, legible ID tags on them. Put the animal's name on the cage.
+ Watch for other animals in need, including strays and animals who are left behind by neighbors. If you see an animal in distress and are unable to help, note the animal's condition and location and call authorities for help as soon as possible.
More advice is available on the website of the Colorado Veterinary Medical Association:
+ If you must evacuate your home, plan for the worst-case scenario. For example, if you think you may be gone for only a day, assume instead that you may not be allowed to return for
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+ In advance, store an emergency kit and leashes as close to an exit as possible.
+ Always bring pets indoors at the first sign or warning of a storm or disaster. Pets can become disoriented and wander away from home during a crisis.
+ Consider your evacuation route and call ahead to make arrangements for boarding your pet outside of the danger zone at the first sign of disaster.
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Speaking of disasters, two pet companies, PETCO and Camp Bow Wow, have begun shipping donations of pet fur from their grooming operations to aid in creating absorbent booms to soak up and remove oil from Gulf of Mexico waters.
The companies are coordinating with Matter of Trust, a San Francisco nonprofit organization that has established a process for donating animal fur and human hair to create the booms. Animal fur and human hair naturally absorb oil from the water.
Once fur shipments arrive in the Gulf Coast region, volunteers gather to assemble the booms and prepare for their deployment. The booms are made by stuffing donated nylon stockings with hair and fur.
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The Dumb Friends League ended it's annual Furry Scurry with nearly $1 million in its coffers from the May 1 event at Washington Park. It was a new record for the League, which still expects to reach its $1 million goal this month.
"We will continue fundraising for the Furry Scurry through May 31 and ask pet lovers to help us reach this goal by making a contribution online," said CEO Bob Rohde. Information: ddfl.org or
(303) 751-5772, Ext. 1378.
The League is also offering Weekday Whisker Adoption Specials during May. Mondays will feature "Golden Match Mondays" to help seniors, 65 years and older, find their match. Seniors can adopt
any adult cat or dog that's 1 year or older for free on any Monday. Other days featue "Tuesday Tea & Tails," "Wet Nose Wednesdays," "PETharmony Thursdays" and "Family Fun Fridays."
Memorial pet walk – The Linnea Memorial Foundation is hosting the second annual Linnea Memorial Pet Walk & Adopt-a-thon on June 5 at Spring Canyon Community Park in Fort Collins. The event is designed to raise funds and create awareness for animals in need, find displaced animals permanent homes, and bring the community together for a fun outdoor event. It is in memory and celebration of the life of Linnea Dick, a homicide victim, who lost her life in May of 2008. To register: LinneaMemorial.org
Auction for animals = The Humane Society of Boulder Valley has placed a variety of items for a Puttin' On The Leash auction on the society's e-bay page, including a private dinner at a Napa Valley vineyard and a week at a vacation home in Pagosa Springs. More items will be added this week. Proceeds go to the society.Contact: boulderhumane.org.
Mutts and models – Tickets are still available for "The Wizard of Pawz," the ninth annual Mutts and Models celebrity and celebrity fashion show, scheduled May 15 at the EXDO Event Center in Denver. The money raised will fund the veterinary care of animals in need at Harrison Memorial Animal Hospital. Information: muttsandmodels.com
Turtle time – Box turtles at Colorado Reptile Humane Society (CoRHS) in Longmont will be out of hibernation and available for adoption by mid-May. Visit the Society's website, corhs.org, for care information, habitat requirements, and pen construction guidelines.
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Social Media Smarts: Interview with Tac Anderson, Social Media Man of Hewlett Packard
One of the great things about the social web is the opportunity socialize offline as well as online. That is how I finally got the chance to meet Tac Anderson from HP during BlogWorldExpo.
Tac currently leads social media activities across Hewlett Packard for both internal collaboration and external marketing. Tac is also the Entrepreneur in Residence for Highway 12 Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, where he advises them on potential investment opportunities in the social media space. Tac blogs regularly at www.newcommbiz.com.


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New York, June 25, 2013--Authorities must do everything in their power to ensure the safe release of Honduran television journalist Aníbal Barrow, who was abducted on Monday, and to bring the kidnappers to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
"An unrelenting cycle of anti-press violence and intimidation is crippling journalists' ability to do their job and, as a result, leaves the country uninformed about issues of public interest," said Carlos Lauría, CPJ's senior Americas program coordinator.
Unidentified gunmen intercepted Barrow's car in the city of San Pedro Sula on Monday, according to news reports. Barrow, the prominent host of a morning talk show on Globo TV, was traveling with his daughter-in-law, grandson, and driver. The gunmen took control of the car and subsequently freed all of the passengers except Barrow, the reports said.
Several hours later, police found the vehicle abandoned in another part of town, with a bullet hole in one door and blood inside, a Globo representative told CPJ. Police did not say to whom the blood belonged, the representative said. The family has not received any calls seeking a ransom, according to news reports.
Radio Globo, which is affiliated with Globo TV, has been the target of serious attacks multiple broadcasting disruptions after reporting critically on the aftermath of the 2009 ouster of President Manuel Zelaya. Local journalists told CPJ that Barrow's program was mostly a commentary show and that he touched on current events, including crime and politics, but didn't do in-depth investigations. They said they were unaware if he had received any threats.
A climate of violence and widespread impunity has made Honduras one of the most dangerous countries in the region, according to CPJ research. In May, two journalists were attacked by gunmen in the northern town of La Ceiba.
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Raymond Nott (1888-1948) was born in Kirksville, Missouri . He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and is best known for his pastel landscapes.
He began working at The Roycroft Studios around 1904 and by 1908 was appointed acting art director. At Roycroft he designed book covers, mottocards, and bookplates. To the best of my knowledge very little has been written about the bookplates he designed. It is my hope that some of you may know of bookplates not shown here and will send scans. They will be added to this posting. Please send your information and scans to email@example.com
After joining the Navy at the outbreak of World War One, he was sent to San Diego, California. Upon discharge, he settled in Los Angeles. His paintings were handled there by the Bernay Gallery. Working in pastel and oil, he produced mountain landscapes á la Edgar Payne. Nott continued producing art works until his death in Los Angeles on December 6, 1948. Member: Sierra Club; Hollywood Athletic Club. Exhibited: Bernay's (Los Angeles); Hollywood Athletic Club, 1920s.
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Luis Suarez's brace sent Liverpool top of the Barclays Premier League with a 3-1 win over Cardiff City at Anfield.
The Liverpool striker, who signed a new long-term deal on Friday, made it 10 goals in four games. Suarez put Liverpool in front with a volley from outside the area after 25 minutes and then turned provider for Raheem Sterling three minutes before the interval. There was enough time for Suarez to grab a third, his 29th Barclays Premier League goal of the calendar year, before the break to put Liverpool firmly in control.
Cardiff showed fight in the second half, with Jordon Mutch reducing the deficit just before the hour, but it was not enough as their winless away run in the top flight was extended to six matches.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers made no changes from the side who beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 on Sunday. Suarez retained the captaincy after scoring eight goals in his previous three matches. The visitors made just one change from their 1-0 success over West Bromwich Albion, with Aron Gunnarsson replacing Fraizer Campbell, who dropped to the bench.
Suarez was first to threaten with a shot that clipped David Marshall's side netting after two minutes as the hosts applied early pressure. Craig Noone had Cardiff's first effort, forcing a save from Simon Mignolet following a quick counter after 16 minutes.
Suarez broke Cardiff's resolve when he produced a superb volleyed finish to Jordan Henderson's cross, capping off a magnificent team goal. Liverpool came close to doubling their advantage seven minutes before the interval when John Flanagan almost turned a Glen Johnson cross past Marshall from a tight angle.
Sterling added the second with his third goal in four games, tapping Suarez's pass into an open net, before the Uruguay forward again struck to complete his brace. After a neat backheel from Henderson, Suarez curled an effort past Marshall and into the right-hand corner of the net for his 19th goal of the season.
After a low-key start to the second half, Mutch pulled a goal back for the visitors, heading home unmarked from Guy Whittingham's delivery after 58 minutes. It ended a run of 498 minutes without an away Barclays Premier League goal for Cardiff, who were much improved after the interval.
But a comeback never looked likely and Suarez was only denied a hat-trick by the width of a post as the hosts climbed to the summit.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers: "He [Suarez] s doing his job to a really high level. He's doing it consistently, week-in, week-out. For me he's this in-built brain for football. His view of game is different to others and he has an anticipation of where ball is going to drop."
"The team was outstanding today. In the first half some of our football was exceptional. The chances that we are creating we are putting away. We could have scored five in the first half.
"Since January we've been exceptional. People will talk us up and people will talk us down - it is irrelevant to us."
Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay: "I told the players how proud I was of them. We were excellent until Luis Suarez showed why he is about the best player in the world right now. I told them not to go under and we stayed in the game. Liverpool will be challenging for the league this year."


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President Obama will hold a press conference tonight to answer questions about his health care reform proposal. This is what I would ask him:
Mr. President, during your campaign, you said, "I can make a firm pledge…Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase." You also said that "no one will pay higher tax rates than they paid in the 1990s."
Your National Economic Council chairman, Larry Summers, has written that employer mandates "are like public programs financed by benefit taxes." Under the House health reform bill, an uninsured worker earning $50,000 per year, with no offer of coverage from her employer, would face a 15.3‑percent federal payroll tax, a 25‐percent federal marginal income tax rate, an 8‑percent reduction in her wages (to pay the employer penalty), plus a 2.5 percent uninsured tax. In total, her effective marginal federal tax rate would reach 50.8 percent.
Do you stand by those pledges, and would you therefore veto any employer mandate or individual mandate as a tax on the middle class?
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- Competitive garment sector, thanks to relatively cheap labour
- Substantial remittances from expatriate workers, mainly living in the Gulf States
- International aid helping to cover financing needs
- Moderate level of national debt
- Favourable demographics: 35% of Bangladeshis are under 15
- Improving financial inclusion thanks to microfinance and mobile services
- Economy vulnerable to changes in global competition in the textile sector and to developments in the GCC States
- Very low per capita income and low female participation despite progress
- Recurring and growing political, religious, and social tensions
- Business climate shortcomings and lack of infrastructure
- Recurring natural disasters (cyclones, severe floods, landslides) resulting in significant damage and harvest losses
Growth will remain strong in 2019
GDP will continue to grow fast in 2019, mainly driven by private consumption and gross fixed investment. Consumption (around 70% of GDP) is increasing fast (around 10% annually) from a low base, and thanks to increasing real wages. It relies on the sizeable expatriate remittances and on the performances of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. It will not be weighed on by the high inflation, which is due to demand-side pressures, poor harvests, and global commodity prices. The external sector's output is limited by infrastructure shortcomings and low value added productions. The ready-to-wear clothing segment (nearly 70% of exports) should benefit from the disruption in global value chains caused by the trade wars, as Bangladesh is a good substitute for Chinese export industries, especially thanks to the availability of cheap labour force. However, good performances in the export sector will not contribute to GDP growth, as import will grow faster than exports (because of higher oil prices and imports related to infrastructure projects). FDIs remain very low (below 1% of GDP each year), although the government intends to attract more, along with international aid via a PPP program and investment agreements (no or low interest loans and grants). The National Development Plan (NDP) will continue to oversee these investments to target shortcomings in transport, education, water, and energy, such as the Dhaka subway, financed by Japanese development aid and the Bangladeshi government. Development will also benefit from growing domestic financial inclusion, via bank account dissemination but also the arrival of PayPal in the country. However, the banking sector is challenged by the high share of NPLs (above 10% of all loans in FY 2018), with the share being much higher in state-owned banks.
Widening but sustainable twin deficits
The budget deficit will continue to widen as spending over investment programs increases quicker than revenue. The income tax base is narrow (fiscal revenues below 10% of GDP) and most of the government revenue comes from indirect taxes (customs and excise duties). Expenditure will be allocated to strengthening trade policies, recapitalising the publicly-owned banks, and ongoing investments in infrastructure – such as the Rooppur nuclear plant, the Padma railway project or the Dhaka subway. International aid represents 17% of revenues or 31% of the deficit (2017-2018), but the reliance on aid is moderate as it only represents 2% of GDP. The public debt level remains sustainable; approximately one third of it is externally held and denominated in foreign currency. High growth and a small primary deficit (i.e. excluding interests) explain its steady ratio to GDP.
The current account deficit will continue to deteriorate because of growing trade imbalances linked to imported inputs for infrastructure investments, as well as rising energy imports, such as LNG (compensating for declining national production) and oil imports that are not offset by the rise in oil and gas exports. Moreover, the deficit of the primary income balance will increase with profit repatriation by foreign investors, while the secondary income balance will show a strong surplus thanks to remittances. The current account deficit will remain financed by FDIs and public debt. Foreign exchange reserves offer a satisfactory safety net, equalling around 6.5 months of imports, in a global context of monetary tightening that is raising capital flight risks.
Vulnerable political stability even if continuity at the head of the state is ensured
The country endured several military coups since the creation of the state in 1971. Political stability is vulnerable to tensions between the Awami League (AL), the ruling party since 2009 and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). These could translate into religious frictions between the Islamic majority of the population and minority religious groups, while risks of labour strikes and terrorist attacks remain. The AL is associated with the independence and a more secular ideology than the BNP, connected with the heritage of the military dictatorship and with a stricter traditional Islamic stance. The leader of the BNP, Khaleda Zia, is currently in prison on corruption charges. The AL won 288 out of 300 seats in the Parliamentary elections of December 2018. International observers, as well as the BNP, contested the fairness of the electoral process given the lack of freedom for political campaigns for the opposition and questioning election results. The elections took places in a very tense climate, as violent outbreaks between opposing factions caused over a dozen deaths. The enduring risk of social unrest in the country contributed to the erosion of the business climate in Bangladesh (176/190 in the World Bank's 2019 Doing Business ranking).
Poverty and development remain the major governance challenges. Moreover, the Rohingya refugee crisis will remain a challenge. Internationally, Bangladesh will continue to concentrate on relations with China and India, even if claims over the Teesta River and migration issues will weigh on relations with the latter.
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Top 25 grammar and language mistakes
Are you guilty of making any of these prevalent spelling, word usage or punctuation flubs?
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My mother was from the East Coast, and she had a bevy of funny expressions. A short person was "two jam-pots high." No one was ever just big; he or she was "great big huge." But my favorite expression was, "Wouldn't that just rot your socks?" It expressed good-humored annoyance with something or someone (often me!).
One of the things that rots my socks is the misuse of the English language. I'm no grammar zealot and I've been known to make my own mistakes (usually the result of poor proofreading), but at least I care about words. While it's true that corporate communicators need to aim at colloquial language—we don't want to be so colloquial that we assault our readers' eyes with errors. Here are 25 of the most common ones you should watch out for:
1. Writing "then" when you mean "than." The first is a description of time—"I wrote the sales letter and then I wrote the advertisement"—while the other is used when making a comparison—"I am more sick of this picky client than you are!"
2. Misspelling "bated breath." If you write baited breath, everyone will suspect fishing is your favorite hobby. The word should be spelled bated, which comes from abated, meaning held.
3. Using "accidently" instead of "accidentally." There are quite a few words with -ally suffixes ("incidentally"), and these should not be confused with words having -ly suffixes ("independently"). Accidently makes it into some dictionaries but it's regarded as a variant. It's wise to avoid variants if you can, because some people will become more concerned about your spelling than what you're selling.
4. Writing that something has "peaked your interest." We're not talking mountain climbing here. The correct word is piqued.
5. Confusing "racked" with "wracked." If you are racked with nerves, you are feeling as if you are being stretched on the torture device, the rack. You rack your brain when you try to write difficult stories. Wrack, on the other hand, has to do with ruinous accidents. With luck, this won't apply to your writing, but it might just apply to the stock market, which has been wracked by recession.
Word usage
6. Confusing "into" with "in to." The word into is a preposition (a linking word) that answers the question, where? "Donna walked into her office before noticing her CEO was sitting at her desk." Note that the "where" needn't always be a physical place—Donna could also "go into business" or "go into graduate school." But, on those occasions where in and to just happen to end up beside each other, they must remain separate words. For example, "Peter walked in to see his supervisor."
7. Misusing "literally." If your boss said, "I literally felt like firing the entire department," would you think she really meant that? No! She meant it metaphorically. Small comfort, I know, but help her retain at least a few well-trained staff by stopping her from ever using literally unless it's the actual (literal) truth.
8. Confusing "edition" with "addition." I know both words sound alike, but they mean totally different things. An edition is the form in which a text (usually a book) is printed, an issue of a newspaper or magazine or a version of something that's a little different from the ordinary (for example, an experimental edition of a play). Addition, on the other hand, is what you do when you add up numbers (1 + 1 = 2), when there is an increase ("there was an addition to our taxes this year") or when you expand your house ("the addition of the deck increased the value of our house significantly").
9. Saying you made a 360-degree turn, when you changed direction. I've had many (otherwise bright) bosses say they made a 360-degree turn when they meant that they turned around completely. But think about it: If you turn around so that you're facing in the opposite direction, you've actually made a 180-degree turn.
10. Being redundant. Repeat after me: PIN stands for personal identification number. Therefore, you cannot say PIN number without being redundant. Similarly, CD-ROM stands for "compact disc, read-only memory," DVD stands for digital video disc or digital versatile disc and ATM stands for automated teller machine. Thus, don't repeat the word disc or machine. Furthermore, never describe your "favorite pet peeve." Stick with "pet peeve" alone. "Personal favorite" is another noxious phrase. Can you ever imagine an impersonal favorite?
11. Failing to understand the difference between "hone" and "home." To hone is to sharpen. You can hone a point but you home in on a target. This is why they don't call those birds "honing pigeons!"
12. Saying something is a "mute point" instead of "moot." Moot means open to discussion or debatable. Mute means silent. Much as we all might appreciate more mute points, they're not only ineffective, they're also incorrect.
13. Using "centered around." Think about that phrase for a second. How could anything be centered around something else? The correct phrase is "centered on."
14. The inability to distinguish between "e.g." and "i.e." The abbreviation e.g. is Latin for "exempli gratia" meaning "for example". The abbreviation i.e., on the other hand, stands for the Latin "id est" meaning "that is to say." So, you might write, "We like vegetables—e.g., broccoli, green beans and cauliflower." Or you might write, "We like all vegetables—i.e., we're healthy eaters."
15. Misusing the word "penultimate." This word means second to last: November is the penultimate month of the year. It does not mean "super-ultimate" (e.g., "He's the penultimate father" is incorrect).
16. Using "irregardless." While irregardless does appear in some dictionaries, it's always listed as "non-standard." That's because it's meaningless. The "ir" cancels out the "regardless." Stick with plain old regardless.
17. Confusing "flush it out" with "flesh it out." To flesh out an idea is to give it substance. But if you're trying to drive a criminal, an injustice or bad behavior out into the open, you want to flush it out.
18. Using"could of," "would of," "should of." These are all 100 percent wrong, born of our sloppy speaking styles—could've, would've, should've. What you want to write is could have, would have, should have. We all coulda, woulda, shoulda become better at grammar.
19. Using "me and somebody." I tell my children that it's common courtesy to put the other person first. Thus you should always say, "Fred and I went to the gym together," or "Suzie and I saw that movie."
20. Using "that" instead of "who" (and vice versa). If you're writing about people, always use who. If a company president says, "employees that are affected by layoffs will be greatly missed," no one is likely to believe him because he's treating them as objects by using the word that.
21. Using "they" when referring to a business. "Starbucks said they would give everyone a free latte today." Although this might sound right, the correct sentence is: "Starbucks said it would give everyone a free latte today." And if that grates on your ears, then rewrite the sentence to avoid the problem: "Starbucks is offering everyone a free latte today."
22. Using "orient" and "orientate" in the same piece of text. Both words are correct, meaning to determine one's position with reference to another point or to familiarize (someone) with new surroundings or circumstances. That said, the latter choice is British and widely considered "incorrect" in the U.S. Bottom line: If you spell theater (rather than theatre), you should also use orient.
23. Using "toward" and "towards" interchangeably. Both words are correct, but again, the latter is British and the former is American. Which you choose depends on your audience. And whatever you do, be consistent.
24. Using "it's" when you mean "its." This is a mistake I see every day—whether on the Web or in print. The rule is so breathtakingly simple that everyone should learn it's stands for it is. The possessive version, "The dog chewed on its bone," somehow prompts people to throw in an errant apostrophe. Whenever I see it's, I always reread the sentence to ensure the correct meaning is it is. And when I see its, I reread the sentence to ensure it doesn't mean it is.
25. Using a random apostrophe. Is there a worse mistake than "The photo's are for sale at 50 percent off"? Remember, apostrophes are used only in two cases: to signify a letter has been omitted (in "it's" it represents the missing "i" from the word "is") and to signify possession ("The dog's dish of water was spilled by the anxious owner").
Don't use random apostrophes—or make any of these other mistakes—or you'll be rotting your readers' socks.
A former daily newspaper editor, Daphne Gray-Grant is a writing and editing coach and the author of 8½ Steps to Writing Faster, Better. She offers a free weekly newsletter on her Web site, the Publication Coach.This story first appeared on Ragan.com.
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Water scarcity is a risk to business success, and investors know it. In water-stressed areas, leading companies are facing the possibility that the water resources they need to keep growing may not always be available to them. The key to avoiding that risk is adopting smart water management strategies.
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