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I'm back everyone! Although I never really left… The last of the scheduled guest articles has gone live. No doubt there will be more guest articles in the future but my official "break month", July, is just about over. I'd like to say it was a holiday but July turned out to be more busy than when I just focus on blogging and in fact I can't wait to get back to where I was a few months ago when I was blogging and running BetterEdit. However I won't of course be going back, you can't go backwards in business, I'm moving forward with the goal of creating the time I once had for blogging again.
How you ask? – By building a business.
Yes Rich Schefren really got to me.
I read his Internet Business Manifesto and Missing Chapter. I had some direct email chats with the man himself. I even considered signing up for his $4,995 USD mentoring program but instead opted for his $397 USD per month over 12 months, slightly lower-end program. That's a big chunk of change for me given my current cashflow, but I think Rich has the steps I need to build the business I want. Plus I really need an Internet business mentor, someone who has been there and done it before and helped many hundreds of other people do it too. In fact I've never been so presold for an information product before – it certainly seems to offer the scratch for my itch.
It's strange. I'm well aware of the E-Myth. I always thought I was doing things right by hiring/outsourcing skilled professionals to perform the services my business provides. It's scalable, leveragable and all that. I was an entrepreneur and a business owner, not a technician.
It turns out that yes, I am doing some things right. While the core function of my bread-and-butter business, BetterEdit, has a great team of people who do a fantastic job and keep the business running, this was the only area I was handling well. Pretty much everything else I do to build my online empire is manual labor by me. I am a technician.
It took Rich Schefren to come and apply the e-myth concepts specifically to the Internet business format for me to see what I have been doing. It's clear I've managed to build "self employment" and not a business. Self employment of course is not that bad, I enjoy the independence, and the money vs free time relationship is pretty darn good. I could keep at this probably for a little while longer and stay quite content, but already the signs of why self employment doesn't work long term are starting to show.
My ability to scale my business is limited by me. I do most of the tasks, including web design, web hosting and all the technical Internet things, I answer every single email I get – I wear the customer service hat – I'm working on joint ventures, I'm doing the advertising and affiliate management, the billing, the bookkeeping, the backups, not to mention everything else that goes on just to keep everything running, like regular writing to my blogs, paying editors, promoting BetterEdit, and of course, keeping my own life in order – groceries, exercise, bills, rent, house cleaning, etc etc etc…Quite frankly I'm been trying to pile more tasks on to an already very tired and well encumbered mule…and things are starting to collapse!
All that being said I was well aware that my current system, or lack there of, was not long term. I was always going to sell BetterEdit or bring in some support staff to remove myself from the day to day maintenance, I just didn't know which would happen first. I haven't had the cashflow up until the last six months to justify bringing in help, but the stars have aligned so this month I've started training someone to take over the customer service and job management role at BetterEdit. This will in effect remove me from being completely trapped to email monitoring 24/7 and is a welcome relief. If all goes according to plan, when I leave for Canada on September 2nd I won't be running BetterEdit's day to day operations.
That's the first step, and a big one, since I have never had to remove myself from such a high responsibility role before – it's going to take some adjustment. This part of my operation is ripe for systemization so I hope, with Rich's help, I will be able to transform BetterEdit over the next 12 months into a well oiled, documented, processed mapped, and systematized machine.
While I can see and understand the principles, I'm not exactly sure of the process or the implementation to get the systems in place, so I'm eagerly anticipating Rich's blueprints, examples and direction. I'm well aware it won't happen quickly but once complete it will make my life a lot easier.
There has been no greater indication of my lack of leverage and scale, than how long it has taken me to complete my course, Blog Traffic School. I could have had this course out the door for you all to be studying and benefiting from three months ago, but I've been bogged down in getting the technology systems set up to deliver and sell the course. I've been researching, learning and testing absolutely everything myself while also creating the course materials. What I should have been doing is focusing on ONLY the course materials, creating the best darn course I could, while I let the tech specialists implement the systems for me. I know what needs to be done, I'm just not the right person to be doing 90% of the tasks I am currently doing.
My intentions now are to start contracting out the tech jobs. I need to pass on the web developer hat to someone more skilled than myself. However the cashflow isn't there to hire a full time person so I'm going to start by contracting with the idea of building a relationship with a special person. It may take some time to find the perfect partner, but that's exactly what I am looking for – someone who will grow with me and become part of my business. The initial projects may be on a contract basis but the perks longer term for people that join my team will be significant, and way beyond purely financial – I have a lot experience, information resources and opportunities to offer the right people who are equally committed and motivated to building a real business. The growth and knowledge gain will be tremendous.
Of course the first place I will be looking for my tech partner will be on this blog, so stay tuned all you web developer types – I will have a golden opportunity opening for you shortly!
By building a team around me and creating systems for the team to follow I can remove the dependence away from me personally on to a system foundation. My time will be focused on where I can create the most value. Skilled experts will do what they do best, get the most enjoyment from and will be well rewarded for it, both intrinsically – from a personal growth standpoint – and financially. I will be rewarded with a scalable operation that I can step away from in confidence knowing that I am not the vital cog the drives the wheel.
That is the real key to long term passive income. While selling e-books, building an AdSense empire, AIS/Virtual Real Estate, Butterfly Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Blogging, e-Commerce, information products and all the other various opportunities that abound on the net are fantastic, they are what they are – opportunities. What counts is how you take the opportunity and turn it into a viable business. It's taken a long time for me to actually act on this sentiment.
I am certainly guilty of opportunistic thinking and taking opportunistic actions. That's fine, as long as you eventually take one opportunity, focus on it, leverage your own talents and build a system around it to create a business and don't float from one opportunity to the next. You must not be a jack-of-all-trades in terms of business opportunities or within one operation, where you do everything yourself.
I'm excited to say that I have had a number of people apply to become blogging partners for Small Business Branding, and this is certainly one area that I feel is turning towards a "business" framework. I'm currently reviewing all the applicants writing and will be in touch shortly with who will form the team that takes the blog to the next level. I can see this blog potentially becoming a perfect example of where a system creates something greater than the some of the parts.
I'm excited to be finally taking steps towards creating a system that I know I need but I also realize there is a lot of work ahead. I simply don't have the cashflow for this to happen quickly so I need to focus on that aspect of the business. I'm stopping in Hawaii, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal during my trip and in each city I hope to set up poster promoters in major university campuses to advertise BetterEdit. I'm not 100% sure this will work or is sustainable, but so far it's working for Brisbane and I'm positive for Melbourne as well, although I won't really know until next year. Once again I expect Rich's teachings on managing my metrics will help me take better care of my financial situation so I really know where things are at rather than all the trial and error I currently implement for making decisions.
I hope through my experience and my Internet business story-telling I do here on my blog that you also reflect on what you are doing. I'll do my best to report back how I go with implementing all that I have discussed in this article to you over the coming months, but for the moment I'd like for you to ask yourself this question – Are you building a business?
Yaro Starak
Building A Business
Yaro, it seems like you are heading down the right track. I think better edit has great potential outside of Brisbane/Australia. I wouldn't think of selling it yet, if I was you. Getting someone to do the email, and taking care of accounts should be able to help you free up the day to day tasks. Looking forward to the launch of your blogging course!
Good to have you back, Yaro – my rss reader thanks you and your long posts will fuel my caffeine addiction even further. 🙂
This caught my interest…
In fact I've never been so presold for an information product before
Can you step back and think of the reasons why? Was it one thing, a combination of things or did the whole pitch eventually reel you in? Can you think of a tipping point where you just had to get on board?
If you're really into setting up systems like I am check out Jimmy D. Brown (sorry, not sure of the links). I recently read a free pdf he's pushing and this guy's all about creating systems.
Blog Traffic School – are you looking at offering spin-off products down the line? Maybe smaller eBooks, audio products? If so, will you have an affiliate program?
Keep on the journey, Yaro – it's a great ride, ain't it!
(Just between you and me) I think you missed the biggest opportunity of the month. Sliding doors style 😉
Good advice re: self employment and a business. It's a massive difference and the biggest stumbling block to becoming a true entrepreneur.
All the best Yaro.
Martin – I think it's safe to say that the Internet Business Manifesto, Missing Chapter and the video of Rich presenting were what presold me the most. He described such an accurate depiction of my situation.
I've always know the problems with my situation and the fact that Rich has taken people like myself, particularly Mike Filsaime, and helped them become millionaires, was a big factor. Rich knows the step-by-step process to get there and is willing to share it. In my case I know my current problems, I know the solutions to those problems and the end-game I want to reach – I just need someone to provide the blue-print to get me through it – if that makes sense. Rich was the first person I had come across who had the blueprint for specifically my situation – an Internet business owner working from home – which is exactly where Mike Filsaime was two years ago.
I felt very presold because Rich had so accurately described me and anyone who can do that (hopefully) can help me get to where I want to be. Simply put – I was the ideal target market for Rich's products/services.
Ben – You wouldn't believe it – but I'm moving out as well, so no one is actually staying at my place. Long story…
In case you need support in your Bookkeeping,I can help you.
It sounds like you have just had an Aha! moment, good luck with the future mate 🙂
Wow, Yaro, you sure have a lot on your plate!
It sounds like you can really use a Virtual Assistant. A VA provides across-the-board administrative and personal support from her home office. This frees up the entrepreneur/sm. business owner to do what heprefers/wants/needs to do.
One of the benefits of working with a VA is you only pay for the time actually worked.
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Good luck with everything going on,
Thanks for the insight Yaro.
I too read the Manifesto and the Missing Chapter (you know it wasn't really missing – just a cool marketing tactic) – scaling, systems and outsourcing go hand in hand in getting your business to the next level.
Let us readers here know of your progress with Rich's product.
Carol – Yep, quite right – that's on my "to-outsource" list at the moment. I expect a VA can help a lot with my day to day email duties, among other things.
Congrats, Yaro! I think you're on the right track, both with finding a mentor (no sense reinventing the wheel) and in delegating some of the work you have been doing. I forsee big things in your future.
It is, however, sometimes a bad idea to outsource things because you won't have complete control over your "baby." It does, though, alleviate much pressure and strain from your daily schedule.
Best of luck.
Super post, thanks.
I too have joined Rich's 12 month program, and am also itching to start launching my systematised business alog his principals.
Looking forward to your next posts on how implementing Rich's prncipals goes in BetterEdit
Warm regards
Outsourcing is not necessarily a bad thing, but you'll either need to monitor it closely, or get a reliable outsourcing firm, or even outsource the project management to another company. 🙂
[…] For me, this section was one of the most valuable – how to go about prelaunching and launching an online product. I have to admit I was somewhat frustrated after reading about all the different things I should do to maximize the success of my product launches. The ideas I got from this section were fantastic – my frustrations came from not having the people or systems in place to implement it all. Of course that set me down the path to building a better business so I can have the resources available to me in the future, but that's another story. […]
I really enjoyed this post.
This post was about 3 years ago. However, at this time you clearly had things figured out with regards to creating systems.
I am impressed with your level of knowledge, business savvy, and intelligence. I enjoy learning from people like you.
All the best Yaro.
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IF AUSTRALIA never had a recession in 2008-09, and is the economic envy of the Western world, as we are told, then why is it so hard for the federal government to get its budget back in surplus?
Wayne Swan says it's because tax receipts are so weak. Tony Abbott says it's because Labor is addicted to spending. Who is right? It depends which figures you compare. If you take the figures for 2007-08 and 2011-12, then both are right.
The midyear forecasts project spending in 2011-12 to be 24.8 per cent of GDP, up from 23.1 per cent four years earlier.
The forecasts expected to slash that to 23.6 per cent in 2012-13, which now looks understated, and would still be above the level Labor inherited.
But is that surprising? After all, unemployment has grown, and the carbon tax and mining tax revenues are all earmarked for new spending. The bills for healthcare, pensions, aged care, all keep rising.
Swan wants us to focus on the fall in revenue. In the midyear update, cash revenue was projected to be 22.6 per cent of GDP in 2011-12, down from 25.1 per cent in the last Costello budget. That's a big fall, about $37.5 billion a year. Even in 2012-13, the government's take was projected to be 23.9 per cent of GDP, which Swan now says will be revised down.
Swan spent a lot of time yesterday explaining how the company tax take had fallen in the mining boom, because mining companies were investing so much depreciation knocked off half their tax bills. Capital gains tax plunged because the GFC left investors and firms with capital losses to write off.
All that is true. But the main reason company tax revenue is weak is that company profits are weak.The real problem is that since 2007 the economy has grown just 2 per cent a year. And it's hard to get back to surplus in a weak economy.
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Fair enough: Novelist Stephen King cries, 'Tax Me, for F@%&'s Sake!'
posted at 12:30 pm on April 30, 2012 by Howard Portnoy
An article at Monday's The Daily Beast by fright-a-minute-schlock novelist Stephen King demonstrates three things: (1) that Newsweek's sister website countenances crass profanity from its writers, (2) that one doesn't need that much gray matter to strike it rich in a capitalist system such as ours, and (3) that King should stick to fiction writing.
Actually, there is plenty that is fictitious underlying King's curse-laden screed, such as the belief that taxing the rich till it hurts will solve the nation's ills. As has been repeated ad infinitum, enacting the Buffett Rule would add $31 billion to the nation's coffers over the course of 11 years. This would cover approximately 17 hours worth of new debt incurred on Barack Obama's watch.
There is also plenty in King's article that is dimwitted. Take the argument that if some rich liberals, like King, are willing to pay a disproportionate amount of the nation's tax burden, then all rich people should be on board with that. King, who traffics in demented characters, should understand the idiocy of this argument, which might be extended to practices such as cannibalism or ritual murder. If some members of society approve of these acts, then what's everyone else's problem?
King writes that his current marginal tax rate is about 28% and asks why it not 50%. But why stop there? If 50% is fair, how much fairer would it be if King and his likeminded rich pals were asked to pony up 92% of his income? That was the highest marginal rate paid in 1952 and 1953. Imagine how far that amount of "responsibility" (King's term) on the part of the rich would go toward taking "care of [the nation's] sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts."
The problem, as King eloquently notes, is that "most rich folks like to keep their dough," adding memorably:
[T]he majority would rather douse their d**ks with lighter fluid, strike a match, and dance around singing "Disco Inferno" than pay one more cent in taxes to Uncle Sugar."
But not all rich folks are so inclined. King acknowledges that "some rich folks put at least some of their tax savings into charitable contributions." Ironically, that includes Stephen King. You'd think that for a man of King's lofty moral standing would find taking charitable deductions to be as distasteful as dousing his member with lighter fluid, striking a match, etc., yet he and his wife "give away roughly $4 million a year to libraries, local fire departments that need updated lifesaving equipment (jaws of life are always a popular request), schools, and a scattering of organizations that underwrite the art. (Those "investments" should go far in helping the economy recover.)
Lest you think all charitable deductions are equal, King is quick to jump on the Koch Brothers (aka, "right-wing creepazoids"), who gave "68 million fine American dollars to Deerfield Academy. Which is great for Deerfield Academy. But it won't do squat for cleaning up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, where food fish are now showing up with black lesions. It won't pay for stronger regulations to keep BP (or some other bunch of dipsh*t oil drillers) from doing it again. It won't repair the levees surrounding New Orleans. It won't improve education in Mississippi or Alabama."
Neither will King's comparatively paltry $4 million do much for any of those causes, but he stopped making sense at the article's title.
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Sting like a bee: alternative therapy in Gaza
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GAZA (Reuters) - Rateb Samour sees 250 patients a day whose complaints range from hair loss to cerebral palsy and cancer. But he is not a doctor and has never worked in a hospital.
Samour inherited the skill of bee-sting therapy from his father, who used to raise bees. Then in 2003, the agricultural engineer started to dedicate all his time to studying and developing the alternative medicine treatment of apitherapy, which uses all bee-related products, including honey, propolis - or bee glue used to build hives - and venom.
"I am treating serious and chronic diseases which have no cure in regular medicine, I have achieved excellent results," said Samour, an Egyptian-educated specialist in entomology and bees in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave.
"We speak about chondritis in the neck and spine, migraine, loss of hair, alopecia areata, skin diseases, cerebral palsy, autism and cancer," he said inside an apartment packed with patients on the edge of a beach refugee camp in Gaza City.
The 58-year-old Palestinian said he makes bees sting patients at certain points in their bodies that he has carefully studied. A bee dies after being made to sting.
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What day is the Sabbath?
Ok, so I was reading in the Easter Bunny thread, and I have a question for you all (the church-goers anyways). What day is the Sabbath?
To begin, what is the first day of the week?
The majority of people will say Sunday is the first day. Look at a calender. Sunday is on the left. Recite the days of the week. Most say Sunday first.
The Bible says, "8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Seems simple enough to me. Sunday = 1, Saturday = 7. However, most religions do not believe that Saturday is the Sabbath and the day for worship as I do. Please explain. If you give quotes from the Bible to back your opinion (or a particular denominations opinion) please use KJV or another reputable translation.
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|April 9th, 2007, 02:46 PM
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I have no idea how Sunday was the norm as the sabbath, but it is. For my pastor, Sunday is a work day. His sabbath is the following day, Monday, that is the only day of the week that he has off, and spends with this family, relaxin.
The point of the sabbath is that we are to follow God's example of work and rest. We are to labor all week, but to have one day of each week to recoup, relax, and reflect.
Disclaimer: this is not an educated responce, just what I know. HTH
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I was always taught that the Sabbath is on Saturday,
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Jews celebrate the Sabbath on Saturday- since it's the '7th' day according to the Old Testament
Jesus was a jew, celebrated on saturday as well. However, christians celebrate sunday as the sabbath due to the celebration of Easter.
Because Jesus died on "good friday" and ressurrected and ascended into Heaven on Sunday, christians celebrate this day as the Sabbath instead. From then, the 'sabbath' changed for jesus' followers, but remained the same for the Jews
Maybe it was just a way for the Church to distinguish themselves from Jews/ other peeps... But that's the way i was taught
|April 9th, 2007, 05:55 PM
This is the answer I was looking for. As many Christian denominations believe that the Bible is the ultimate truth, don't you think something about a date change would be in there somewhere? As every book of the New Testament was written AFTER the time of Christs' resurrection, shouldn't there be some documentation of this?
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well not really. I mean, Jesus didn't say, "hey guys, Celebrate on Sunday for me, k?" I think the Church decided to do this, probably a while after his death. I mean, they decided a lot of things that aren't in the Bible. Like, what day to celebrate Christmas, Easter, Holy days, etc.
There's probably books/ church documents/ history on it somewhere, but I don't recall where. Could probably check out a Library or even teh interwebs.
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Sunday (Day of the Sun), as the name of the first day of the week, is derived from Egyptian astrology. The seven planets, known to us as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon, each had an hour of the day assigned to them, and the planet which was regent during the first hour of any day of the week gave its name to that day (see CALENDAR). During the first and second century the week of seven days was introduced into Rome from Egypt, and the Roman names of the planets were given to each successive day. The Teutonic nations seem to have adopted the week as a division of time from the Romans, but they changed the Roman names into those of corresponding Teutonic deities. Hence the dies Solis became Sunday (German, Sonntag). Sunday was the first day of the week according to the Jewish method of reckoning, but for Christians it began to take the place of the Jewish Sabbath in Apostolic times as the day set apart for the public and solemn worship of God. The practice of meeting together on the first day of the week for the celebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice is indicated in Acts, xx 7; I Cor., xvi, 2; in Apoc., i, 10, it is called the Lord's day. In the Didache (xiv) the injunction is given: "On the Lord's Day come together and break bread. And give thanks (offer the Eucharist), after confessing your sins that your sacrifice may be pure". St. Ignatius (Ep. ad Magnes. ix) speaks of Christians as "no longer observing the Sabbath, but living in the observance of the Lord's Day, on which also Our Life rose again". In the Epistle of Barnabas (xv) we read: "Wherefore, also, we keep the eight day (i.e. the first of the week) with joyfulness, the day also on which Jesus rose again from the dead".
|April 10th, 2007, 10:49 AM
Acts 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
I don't see how that says anything relevant at all. It says they met, ate, and Paul spoke until late.
1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
The reason the Christian were to collect the money on Sunday was because it was contrary to God's law to collect money on the Sabbath. I refer you back to the 10 commandments, "Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work." Some argue against this that this is not work, and that this is similar to pulling your ox out of the ditch on Sabbath. However, I disagree. Money can be collected any day, and it makes sense that it was collected as soon as possible after the Sabbath, hence Sunday.
Apoc 1:10, Didache 14, St. Ignatius, Epistle of Barnabus are not in the Bible...
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Actually, since Jesus was a Jew, he observed the Sabbath on Saturday.
Then Him and his followers got together on Sunday to discuss things.
Christianity continued on with this Sunday tradition.
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And remember that Jesus "got in trouble" when stopping to grab a bite to eat on the sabbath, and he proved the pharisees wrong with the scriptures. Sometimes the spirit of the law supercedes the letter of the law.
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I don't equate creativity with design though. Design is not creativity, creativity is not design. I know plenty of designers who are not very creative, but they are still good designers. I also know plenty of very creative people who are absolutely crap designers. Creativity is generating alternative choices, new ways of looking at things (sometimes, but not always wildly alternative). Creativity is part of design, but it does not define what design is.
Too much of what you read out there in our industry falsely and naively associates design solely with aesthetics.
Design is about making ongoing choices for communicative outcomes which work towards the goals of, and within the constraints of the context. Design works within a well establish set of principles, and if we are talking about visual design then this means the identifiable elements of human perception. Creativity is a tool, an aptitude for generating new ways of looking at a problem, it does not inherently produce good design choices though. It is true, some people are better at coming up with creative ideas, however we falsely label them as artists and designers, when in reality creativity can be part of any field. Creativity is most present in the divergent phase of design, looking at as many options and ways of approaching a problem as possible. Design is then a process of making good choices based on the insight gained from properly understanding context and looking at the range of possible solutions.
Making sound aesthetic choices and touting creativity as some sort of magical skill seems to be the mantra of an elitist designer mentality. Why do designers look down on programmers for their poor visual design skills? programmers may well be more highly analytical, logical and technical, but they too can generate creative alternative choices and make good design decisions. Again, design is not just about 'visual design and aestethics'. Programmers are at fault too though. They have their own club, their own elitist mentality of labeling designers as impractical, irrational and illogical. Those are the two ends of the spectrum in a bizarre and ongoing misunderstanding of each others respective fields.
For those of us who make the journey across the whole spectrum of design and development there is no clear distinction. Design and development can and should go hand in hand. You can and should approach design problems with both right and left brain problem solving.


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#1696 closed Bug (duplicate)
img with float: left hard to move
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After I assign a className to an inserted image (163x163px) that makes it float to the left, moving the image around becomes hard and sometimes impossible.
The class is assigned through the styles dropdown list and assign .pictureLeft to the img. I also have a pictureRight class, but that one works perfect.
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.pictureLeft { border: 2px solid #616161; margin: 7px 23px 7px 0px; float: left; } .pictureRight { border: 2px solid #616161; margin: 6px 0px 6px 20px; float: right; }
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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by w.olchawa
- Component changed from General to Core : Styles
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Confirmed in IE and FF2.
Very strange behavior although the code says the image has been dragged inside the text:
<p>#1696 tic<img width="350" height="491" border="2" align="left" style="border: 2px solid rgb(97, 97, 97); margin: 7px 23px 7px 0px; float: left;" src="/userfiles/image/plakat3.jpg" alt="" />ket test </p>
the picture appears below the text, not inside the text as should be.
comment:2 Changed 4 years ago by j.swiderski
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Manett Wins 1,500m to Highlight Day One at Kansas, Mt. SAC Relays
Manett Wins Women's 1,500m on Day One of Kansas Relays
Week 14: U-M to Split Squad for Mt. SAC, Kansas Relays
Women's Track & Field to Split Squad for Mt. SAC, Kansas Relays
Wolverines Win Seven Events; Defeat Cal, Virginia in Tri-Meet
Women's Track Wins Seven Events; Defeats Cal, Virginia in Tri-Meet
Trio Secures Runner-Up Finishes on First Day at Raleigh Relays
Women's Track & Field Trio Secures Runner-Up Finishes at Raleigh Relays
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At Michigan ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2011) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award winner (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2011, 2012, 2013).
RS Junior (2013)... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award winner.
At the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 10-12), finished 10th in the 10,000-meter run (35:21.88) ... At the Toledo Invitational (May 2-3), finished runner up in the 3,000-meter run (9:59.93) ... At the Mt. SAC Relays (April 18-20), finished 19th in the invitational elite 10,000-meter run (35:05.97) ... At the California/Virginia Tri-Meet (April 6), took eighth in the 3,000-meter run (9:53.07) ... At the Raleigh Relays (March 29-30), placed 13th in section 1 of the 5,000-meter run (16:34.21) ... At the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational (March 22-23), finished fifth in the 3,000-meter run invitational (9:46.98).
At the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23), finished 15th in the 5,000-meter run (16:51.17) ... At the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 1-2), finished eighth in the 5,000-meter run (16:47.25) ... Against Michigan State (Jan. 26), finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run (9:55.49) ... At the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 19), finished 13th in the mile run (5:11.53).
RS Sophomore (2012)... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award winner.
Placed 13th in the 10,000-meter run (36:08.38) and 15th in the 5,000-meter run (17:07.36) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 11-13) ... At the Payton Jordan Invitational (April 29), finished ninth in section three of the 5,000-meter run (17:12.59) ... Placed second in the 3,000-meter run (9:54.72) at the Sea Ray Relays (April 13) ... At the Stanford Invitational (April 6), finished 14th in section four of the 5,000-meter run (16:56.04) ... Finished seventh in 3,000-meter run (10:05.79) at the USC Trojan Invitational (March 23).
At the Nebraska Mark Colligan Memorial (Jan. 28), finished runner up in the 5,000-meter run (16:52.73) ... Placed seventh in the 3,000-meter run (9:56.67) at "The Dual" vs. Ohio State (Jan. 14).
RS Freshman (2011) ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award winner.
Placed 40th in the 10,000-meter run (35:19.09) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26) ... Finished 12th in the 10,000-meter run (36:03.53) at the Big Ten Championships (May 13) ... Ran the Olympic Development 5,000-meter run at the Penn Relays (April 28), finishing in 17:00.00 ... Ran the 3k in 10:07.00 at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic (April 16) ... Placed 17th in the 10,000-meter run (35:11.58) at the Stanford Invitational (March 25) ... Finished seventh in the 3,000-meter run (10:11.39) at the Bulls Invitational (March 18).
Took 32nd in the mile (5:04.72) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) ... Finished 10th in the 5,000-meter run (17:04.13) at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 4) ... Took eighth in the invitational section of the 3,000-meter run (9:52.45) at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28) ... Finished third in the 3,000-meter run (9:56.95) against No. 23 Ohio State (Jan. 15).
Freshman (2010) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award winner.
Won the 3,000-meter run (10:31.25) at the EMU Invitational (April 17), running unattached.
Prep ... Graduated from Rochester Adams High School (2009) ... National Honor Society ... National Merit Scholar ... Earned four varsity letters in track ... Took seventh place in the 3,200m at the 2009 Michigan state meet ... Twice claimed Michigan all-state cross country honors, placing 10th (2008) and 18th (2007) at the Michigan state cross country meet ... Contributed to Adams HS' 2006 Michigan state team championship and two regional team titles (2005, '06) ... Claimed fifth place at the Mid-East Cross Country Championships ... Three-time all-county, all-region and all-league selection (2006, '07, '08).
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Literature, Sciences and the Arts ... Majoring in German and informatics ... Born on February 19, 1991 ... Daughter of Thomas and Gwen Hilton ... Father ran cross country at Michigan (1978-82).
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Ryan Green, "Fred & Rose West: Britain's Most Infamous Killer Couples"
2016 | ISBN: 1532802102 | 68 pages | pdf | 1 MB
Ryan Green, "Fred & Rose West: Britain's Most Infamous Killer Couples"
2016 | ISBN: 1532802102 | 68 pages | pdf | 1 MB
Fred & Rose West - Britain's Most Infamous Killer Couples
On the 24th of February 1994, police knocked on the door of an aging house in the English town of Gloucester. Theyd come to serve a search warrant in the case of a missing girl - the daughter of the house's inhabitants. What they uncovered would shock the world: decades of child abuse, an underground torture chamber, and a burial ground containing the bodies of the spent victims of the torture - including that of the missing daughter. The address was 25 Cromwell Street, and these discoveries would earn it the moniker œThe House of Horrors.
At the end of the investigation, the number of the murdered was twelve - all young females, including one daughter and one stepdaughter. The couple responsible were Rosemary and Frederick West, and this book will tell you their story. Well start from the very beginning, with the killers childhoods and upbringings, exploring in detail the factors that contributed to their later depravities. From there well detail the crimes themselves, following the tragic tales of their victims, including the mechanisms that led them to their grim fates. Well examine how the full extent of their crimes was uncovered in the subsequent investigation. Finally, well dig into the malignancies both surrounding the killers and within themselves that drove them to perpetrate their heinous acts.
This book is not one for the faint of heart. It enters into graphic details that may upset those of a delicate constitution. It is a true life report on real events. If you believe as I do that we are better served knowing and understanding the full depths of darkness the human soul is capable of, and if you are able to stomach this knowledge, then read on and discover the story of one of Britain's most infamous killer couples.
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Ha, sounds like my wardrobe...too fat, wrong color!
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Sounds like my husband.
I solved this problem: I changed my colors around so in my log so now "thought about running but didnt get out the door. 30 mins." shows up as red. Now I have lots and lots of red bars!
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Priscilla has the same concerns as most working moms about balancing life. She remembers walking through my neighborhood one morning about eight weeks before my second son was born. I prayed, "Lord, how do I balance being a wife, mother, and a woman in ministry? If You do not supernaturally balance all of this, then I don't know what I will do!" I will never forget His answer to me. I watched as the sun rose in the sky, the birds began to sing and the world came to life that morning. He whispered, "If I can balance all of this, I can balance your life!" I have trusted Him ever since to help me, day-by- day, to figure out how this should all work.
I cannot begin to tell you how difficult this balancing act is physically and emotionally. Jerry and I firmly believe that God has given us clear direction that this ministry is what He wants us to do (at least for now), so we assume that He will provide the means for us to do it and He has.
My husband and I are in ministry together. Jerry and I both work from home all week long. This means that we get to spend a lot of time with the boys throughout the entire week before we go to a women's conference on Friday and Saturday. The Lord has provided me with a mother-in-law that is a professional grandmother! She doesn't want to do anything other than be with our children. She keeps them when we travel. Our trips are normally 1-2 nights so we are not away from our little ones for long. Any trip longer than 2 nights (which is rare) means they come with us. She comes too to help us with the children.
If I didn't have a husband who worked with me, and a mother-in-law to help me with my children, then I don't know that I could do this. But God has constructed our circumstances to support the calling that He has on our lives.
Still, I worry like all mothers about whether or not I am balancing everything well, and I am sure that I will never be perfect at it. There are many nights that my dinner dishes don't get washed, my laundry takes a couple days to complete, and toys are scattered on my living room floor. Things around here are far from perfect, but I believe that as long as I am taking care of God's business by keeping my family as a priority and then focusing on the women to whom I am to minister, He will make up the slack.
I must admit that I have little time for other things. I say, "No" most often to invitations for lunch and get-togethers. That is the sacrifice that I am making for this season of life. A friend and mentor recently encouraged me by saying, "Priscilla, you can do this (ministry, wifehood, and motherhood), but you CANNOT do anything else!"
If you are a mother and are also considering serving the Lord in a full-time ministry capacity, ask the Lord for clarity on how you should proceed and when you should proceed. He will clearly tell you whether now is the appropriate time for you to move forward or whether you should wait until you are in a different season of your life. If He calls you to do something, He will equip you with the necessary tools to do it while at the same time allowing you to keep your priorities straight. It is and will always be a prayerful, day-by-day process of relying solely on Him to keep everything balanced and orderly.
Priscilla's father is an extraordinary man, with an extraordinary purpose. God has used him all over the world to do wonderful things for the Kingdom of God. She has been privileged to sit under his anointed exegetical teaching of the Scriptures since she was a little girl. She is still a member at the church he founded and serves as senior pastor for over 30 years. In fact, all of her siblings are still members and now our children.
Dad and Mom have always had a true heart for ministry, but Priscilla and her siblings never got lost in the passion. They were their priority! And even today, they are still a very close-knit family. They see each other at least once a week (when their schedules allow) and they make time for huge family gatherings often. Priscilla can honestly say that they taught them the true meaning of integrity, ministry and integrity in ministry—as all of the siblings are in some form of ministry (speaking, teaching, singing). The same people Priscilla's parents are on radio and television are the same people they are when no one else is around. This kind of lifestyle is what true ministry is all about.
If you are interested in staying connected with Priscilla's dads' ministry, log on to www.tonyevans.org for information regarding his national ministry, or to www.ocbfchurch.org regarding the church, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship.
Thank you for understanding that Priscilla is in a very unique season of life right now. Between writing and studying, she usually spends most of her time cleaning up after and trying to satisfy the appetites of her three gargantuan sons! She's such a relational person and would love to spend personal time with you but she wants to be certain that she doesn't crowd out time for her family and that there is ample time to prepare for messages she'll be teaching or books and resources that she'll be writing.
Please know that we welcome your email or call to our ministry. And while Priscilla sees some of them, she is unable to review them all. But be assured, a highly compassionate woman who loves the Lord, and you, will be happy to respond.
We want to congratulate you on accepting God's assignment for you. There are so many of us who run from what God wants us to do because it isn't what we had in mind for ourselves. Priscilla has certainly tried to, but she has found that true contentment and peace comes only when we surrender to His will for us.
There are so many women who ask Priscilla about how to pursue ministry. Her response is always the same—give back to God the gift that He has given you. Let God continue to be in control. In other words, if you believe that God has called you into ministry, you can be sure that He will be faithful to open the doors and make a way for you to serve Him. He will continue to give you clear guidance as you walk in obedience to Him. All He asks you to do is obey His instructions that He gives you moment-by-moment and day-by-day. As you continue to follow, He will continue to lead.
Think about Abraham's "call." God told him in Genesis 12:1 "Go forth. . . to a land that I will show you." He didn't give him any specifics, just a command to follow. Abraham had to walk in faith and trust that God would continue to guide. Time and time again we see this same pattern in Scripture. God continues to guide as His children continue to obey.
So the question becomes twofold: what has God asked you to do right now? Are you being obedient to it? When Priscilla began in ministry, she certainly didn't know the future plans that the Lord had in mind. She just knew what her passion was. She asked him to open the doors where He wanted her to go and she would go. Since she made herself available and yielded to Him, He has faithfully opened the doors of opportunity for His ministry to take place through her. In the past, she has made the mistake of trying to force doors open, but she has learned that her part in His ministry is simply to surrender, be available, and prepare herself to be used of God when the opportunity arises.
One more word: Remember the Lord has a specific ministry in mind for you. Don't allow what you think the ministry should look like to replace His desire. For example, there are so many women who desire to be a speaker and seek opportunities to minister at large events. They spend money, time and energy trying to "create" opportunities and in doing so they are missing out on the ministry God has for them in their own back yard. While Priscilla was in seminary, her audience for 5 years was a group of 10 college age girls in a Bible Study. At that time, He hadn't called her to the masses just to a group of women at Southern Methodist University. Ask the Lord to open your spiritual eyes to see the opportunities that He will place in your path and the grace to accept them no matter how small or insignificant they may seem.
Most of all, keep pursuing Him…not the ministry. True ministry is always an outpouring of your relationship with Him. The more you know Him, the more you will fall in love with Him. The more you fall in love with Him, the more you will be able to minister to others.
Priscilla highly recommends: Warren Wiersbe's book on "Becoming a Servant of God." Read it and be blessed!
We understand how it can be easier to read books about the Bible rather than the Bible itself. But we believe that God wants to speak to you personally and specifically by the Holy Spirit through His Word. The Bible says clearly that HE is our teacher (1 John 2:27). When you got saved the Lord gave you a personal Bible professor in the person of the Holy Spirit. He searches the mind of God and delivers His message personally to you (I Corinthians 2:10).
When reading Scripture, your goal should not be the QUANTITY that you consume, but rather the QUALITY of what you actually digest and assimilate into your life. Priscilla normally just picks 1-2 verses at a time and reads them several times, very slowly. Mull over each phrase and write down your thoughts that come to mind about what those phrases means. Pray beforehand and ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you through those verses. Recall them throughout the day and ask the Lord to call them to your mind at the precise moment that an opportunity arises for you to implement the principal of those verses in your current situation.
Remember, reading His Word is not about the AMOUNT of words you read but rather about the impact that those words have on you. This is why ONE or TWO verses are often better than many. The Lord can and will use Scripture to speak to you in a very personal way and make an indelible mark on your life!
Why don't you start with some of these verses. Remember, just one passage a day. Meditate on it and journal what the Lord speaks to you. Ask questions about the passage and determine to believe what it says and live accordingly. You will be surprised and amazed by the voice of God as He personally leads you into closer relationship with Himself through His Word.
Isaiah 43:18-19
Galatians 5:1
Psalm 37:13-14
Zechariah 3:4-7
Psalm 25:14
Romans 8:35-38.
Terms like contemplative prayer and meditation can be controversial as believers try to understand their place in our faith. Just to be clear, we believe in prayer. And the type we are referring to is the kind described in the Word of God. The kind where believers in Jesus Christ can engage in communion with God in which we speak to Him and by the Holy Spirit, He speaks to us. We are convinced that the Bible describes prayer as a two-way street. Clearly, Scripture teaches us that prayer does involve meditation in which the believer chooses to "listen" to God by contemplating and concentrating on Scripture and God as He is revealed therein.
This is what separates Christian meditation from all other types. The Christian has much to gain from the command of God Himself that we "meditate on [the Scriptures]" (Joshua 1:8), "draw near to listen" (Eccl 5:1) and "be still" (Psalm 46:10) so that we can see God far more clearly then we can in the normal frantic rhythm of life. Quiet meditation (on Scripture) and the discipline of listening is a real part of prayer that I believe Scripture clearly promotes and encourages. By participating in the "Be Still" project, we by no means meant to convey our agreement with the theological viewpoints and positions of other participants yet we did believe (and still do) in the over-arching theme of the resource and that is why I agreed to do it.
The Psalmist himself said that not only would he bring his requests to God in prayer but then "wait expectantly" (Psalm 5:3) for God's response. The prophet Habakkuk mirrors this philosophy of prayer when he says that after speaking to God he would then "climb up on the watchtower and wait to see what the Lord will say to me." (Habakkuk 2:1). We are a proponent of the Christian encountering God in a fresh way that is relevant to his or her life, and we believe this can occur when we wait for God quietly with our Bibles outspread before us. As we ponder His Word, the Holy Spirit applies it to the circumstances of our lives. There is nothing mystical about this! In the New Age movement and Eastern religions the goal of meditation is to reach a state of "nothingness" or "emptiness" by clearing the mind. In Christianity, the focus of meditation is to fill the mind with thoughts of God as one ponders (the Hebrew definition of "meditate" from the Old Testament) the Scriptures and God Himself.
Practically speaking, the disciplines of solitude and silence have made a big difference in the life of this busy mother of three who, like so many others, is caught in the frantic pace of dinner dishes, errands and the demands of work and ministry. Priscilla has found a sweet peace in making time to be still in God's presence. Taking Jesus' own example to "depart to a lonely place to pray"(Mark 1:35) causes her to turn off the distractions that seek to steal her attention from Him and focus on God as He is revealed in His Word (even if sometimes it's only for a few minutes at a time). She is not perfect at this – not nearly as consistent as she would like to be – but it is her goal.
We encourage you to try it for yourself. Any believer that carves out time to meet with God in the secret place of prayer will find Him waiting there with open arms to receive them (Matthew 6:6). What a great treasure.
We are certainly no experts on marriage! Priscilla and Jerry have only been married for 10 very wonderful years. However, having shared these years together, they have seen that there are several things that they could have been more prepared for as they walk this road together. They are happy to share those things with you.
If Priscilla were single again and on the cusp of being married, she would prepare and train herself to be a true servant. Women (and men for that matter) should go into marriage knowing that service to others is the heart of the marital relationship. If you are getting into the relationship looking to be served, then you will be shockingly surprised at all that is required of you, and your spouse will soon be burnt out on all his attempts to keep you happy.
The most successful and loving marriages we have encountered are those in which both parties are fully engaged in the task of serving the other. When both husband and wife go into marriage with this mentality, then both are happy and content, because the other is continually meeting their needs. So, right now, take a personal inventory. Are you a servant? How can you begin to develop that characteristic in your life?
Prepare yourself to follow the leadership of your husband. Don't take the reins of the relationship after you say, "I DO." If he planned dates and took initiative in other areas of your life together before marriage, then allow him the same courtesy after marriage. Let him lead. If you become the leader in your relationship at some point, then he will stop fighting for his role and let you have it. Only then will you realize the huge mistake you have made. You will wake up one day and wonder what happened to the strong man you married. Allow him control even if it means he makes decisions that you don't particularly care for. Follow Him graciously even as he learns from his own mistakes. You will be rewarded with a husband who is secure in his leadership, and as a result wants to romance you, love you, serve you, and value your ideas and opinions in your life and marriage.
Priscilla highly recommends: "A Marriage Without Regrets" by Kay Arthur, "Liberated Through Submission" by Bunny Wilson and "The Surrendered Wife" by Linda Doyle.
We are happy to share it with you. It has impacted our lives as well. Priscilla did not write these statements, they are the words to a song called, "He Is." Enjoy them and pass them on!
In Genesis, He's the breath of life
In Exodus, He is the Passover Lamb
In Leviticus, He's our High Priest
In Numbers, the Fire by Night
Deuteronomy, He's Israel's guide
Joshua, He's salvation's choice
Judges, He's Israel's guard
In Ruth, the kinsmen's Redeemer
1st and 2nd Samuel, our trusted Prophet
In Kings and Chronicles, He is Sovereign
In Ezra, He's the true and faithful scribe
In Nehemiah, the Re-builder of broken walls and lives
In Esther, He's Mordecai's courage
In Job, the Timeless Redeemer
In Psalms, He is our morning song
In Proverbs, He is our wisdom
Ecclesiastes, He's the time and season
In Song of Solomon, He is the lover's dream
In Isaiah, He is the Prince of Peace
In Jeremiah, the Weeping Prophet
Lamentations, the Cry for Israel
Ezekiel, the Call from Sin
Daniel, the Stranger in the Fire
Hosea, the Forever Faithful
Joel, the Spirit's Power
Amos, the Strong-arms that carry
Obadiah, the Lord our Savior
Jonah, the great Missionary
Micah, the Promise of Peace
Nahum, our Strength and Shield
In Habakkuk and Zephaniah, He brings revival
In Haggai, He restores that which was lost
In Zachariah, He's our fountain
And in Malachi, He's the Son of righteousness rising with healing in His wings
In Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, He is God and Messiah
In the spirit filled book of Acts, He is the reigning fire from Heaven
In Romans, He is the grace of God
Corinthians, the Power of Love
Galatians, Freedom from the curse of sin
Ephesians, our Glorious Treasure
Philippians, the Servant's Heart
Colossians, He's God and the Trinity
Thessalonians, our calling King
In Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, He's our mediator and our faithful pastor
In Hebrews, the Everlasting Courage
In James, the One who heals the sick
In 1st and 2nd Peter, our Faithful Shepherd
In John and Jude, He's the lover coming for His bride
AND in the Revelation, in the very end, when it's all over, said and done, when time is NO MORE. He is and will always be the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Prince of Peace, Son of Man, Lamb of God, The Great I Am, Alpha and Omega, God and Savior
He is Jesus Christ the Lord
Priscilla's latest Bible study is The Armor of God. Have you done it yet?! We sure hope that it will be a blessing in your life!
Priscilla is currently praying about the direction God will lead her next. Will you pray for her – that God will give her clarity on which Biblical personality or theme He would like for her to concentrate on and the best timing for it to be released? Then, ask Him to give her creativity, insight and revelation as she studies. Thank you so much!
The best way to get in touch with Priscilla is to write her a letter. You can send her a letter to P.O. Box 2122, Cedar Hill, TX 75106. Priscilla would love to hear from you.