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Interview with Matthew Canvar, Vook
For podcast release May 7, 2012
KENNEALLY: The price of e-books is on many people's minds, including the Federal Department of Justice. And at least as much as consumers care, authors and publishers care about getting a fair price for their works. But when you're the author and the publisher at the same time, how do you know you're getting a fair deal? Welcome to Beyond the Book, Copyright Clearance Center's podcast series, everyone. My name is Christopher Kenneally. And in New York today, joined by Matthew Cavnar, VP of Business Development for Vook. Matthew, welcome to the program.
CAVNAR: Thanks for having me, Chris.
KENNEALLY: It's a pleasure to have you join us today, because the subject of e-book pricing, as I mentioned, is something that everybody's worried about these days. Now Vook has a platform specifically for authors and their e-books, and you've got some thinking you've done around pricing. Can you tell us about that?
CAVNAR: Vook is a cloud-based e-publishing platform. We're an end-to-end e-book creation, distribution, and sales reporting platform on the Web. So you can come, you can log in, you can build an e-book, you can distribute it to Amazon, BN, and iBooks, and then you can track your sales every day. What's crucial about this for us is that daily sales reporting.
Our company's been around three years, and we got started by creating hundreds of e-books in partnership with publishers, technology companies, and individual authors like Seth Godin, Deepak Chopra and others. And what we found was that e-books are a very hard game to figure out. They're complicated both in creating the actual e-book, but then in getting your sales reporting information and figuring out how much you're actually making is also complicated.
And so in the beginning we were getting spreadsheets from the distributors that we would get weekly, and we'd have to organize all the data ourselves and put it all together. We didn't have a dashboard. Our company started as a Silicon Valley tech company. We were just so used to having Google Analytics for our businesses. We were so used to having daily data, our data coming in by the minute, and we were flabbergasted that we couldn't get the same thing often in books.
So what we did was a couple things. We did two key things. First, we were hearing a lot about pricing of e-books and what makes sense, and where should I price this at, and how does pricing work. Well, we created 800 titles ourselves, in partnership, but also maybe a quarter of those we just did on our own by hiring writers. That gave us total price control in terms of a publishing partner. We could set the prices we saw fit, on our own initiative.
So we went into the marketplaces and we price tested. We used our own content in various different genres and we tested at, you know, $6.99 for three weeks. Then we tested at $4.99. We would continuously test, as controlled as possible, what price points made sense for what marketplaces. Yes, and perhaps it was a slightly crude venture. We were basically just changing the prices and then tracking that.
But this is the second thing we did. We built a dashboard. And we built a daily dashboard that allows us to get daily sales figures from Amazon, BN, and iBooks, and Kobo now as well. And we pull in those daily figures and we graph them, and so we can all see every day where our books are at, but we can also track the price point. So what we do is, we just started graphing the price point against sales in the marketplace. We were able to do that for a volume of titles, and we began to figure out the ideal sales point for different groups of titles.
KENNEALLY: So let's go into that. What you're talking about is a process that I've read a lot of anecdotes about, you know, authors have been doing this themselves. But here, you were working with, as you say, a whole catalog of titles across a range of genres and interests, I would imagine. So the learning that you were able to do was at an exponentially higher power than an individual author could.
CAVNAR: Yeah, and what we really learned was that a volume of titles makes such a difference. And I'm beginning to see that, for those of you out there who are self-published authors or for those of you out there who are small to independent publishers, I'm going to just tell you, what makes the most difference in Amazon, which is probably going to be your largest digital marketplace, your largest opportunity to find customers, what really works is not just doing one e-book.
You have to do multiple e-books, and there are a couple reasons for that. And this is what we learned doing a huge volume of titles. When we had a huge volume that were consistently branded, we could put them in the store, and if I'm looking at an Amazon product page right now, and you can go and look at one yourself in the Kindle Store, you'll see the recommendation engine, which is right underneath the book title. That recommendation engine is really the one thing in Amazon's very complicated and excellent algorithms that they use that you can control.
And how can you control that? Well, almost always, they recommend other books by the same authors or other books in the same series. So if you want the recommended titles to be similar to your own content, you need to have, one, a series, two, consistent branding, and three, probably chunks, episodic content.
KENNEALLY: Yeah. I mean, what you're getting at here is the question on everyone's mind, apart from price, which is discovery. And so here, you're sort of prompting a kind of discovery that's taking advantage of the way Amazon sets things up in the first place. It seems pretty smart.
CAVNAR: Yeah, and it's basic. And again, this is no magic here, and I'm not claiming to do anything most people couldn't figure out by just staring at an Amazon page. But I think it's really important to restate it and restate it as you begin to understand, because people will do parts of it and not get the whole thing right. Consistent branding makes such a difference.
I'd recommend everyone check out a company called Byliner out of San Francisco. Now, Byliner didn't really exist before a couple years ago, and they come around because they make it possible to read great stories, great long-form journalism easily. But they have also launched a Byliner Originals e-book publishing program. Go and look at them, because they have figured out how to do branding.
Each one of the covers of their books looks different, is related to the content, and has some beautiful art. But they consistently use a yellow background with the same font and the same little design elements so you always know you're getting a Byliner book. And when you look that up in the storefronts, it stands out as an indicator of quality. And that's the kind of thing that even an independent author who's writing a series on whatever he might be writing on, vampires in space, you could still have a look and feel.
I was at a big organization the other day, and a guy just came out and said, well, it seems like the thing that matters the most is getting the cover right. And that's really true, because in the digital marketplace there are two cover sizes, basically the same for iBooks, Amazon, and BN. Figure out that big cover that has the click to look inside on Amazon, and then that smaller thumbnail icon. Try to get something that looks distinct there, and you're going to just do a lot better.
KENNEALLY: Well, Matt Cavnar at Vook, tell us about the lessons you've acquired, as far as the pricing goes. Are there some price points for certain genres or certain kinds of titles that you can share with us?
CAVNAR: Yeah, absolutely. And I'd recommend, our platform has a handbook, an instruction manual online at guide.vook.com, that's G-U-I-D-E.vook.com. And we should charge for it, now that I think about it, because it's so valuable. It has everything we've ever learned about building an e-book. Now, most of it's optimized for our platform. But at the same time, there's everything you need to know about how to build an e-book, but also we have a lot of free titles you can check out, and we have templates for pricing and different content types.
And again, it's not brain-busting, but it's still instructive. We consider single content, which is about 5,000-10,000 words, you probably want to price that between $1.99-$2.99. Something called mini e-books, which can be collections of essays, smaller collections, I would recommend, and I need to update our price on the Web site, $4.99 and $6.99 at the outside. But really, that $4.99-$5.99 price point. And then standard titles, you can definitely get up to $9.99. You can especially get up to $9.99 if you're an independent author, or if you're doing lots of images, audio or video enhancements.
This will be very instructive. We have a book by an author who used the Vook platform, it's called Scam School. It's by a guy named Brian Brushwood, who had a podcast about magic. And Scam School has sold $30,000 gross over the course of a month. And he had a loyal audience, he had thousands of people following his podcast. But really, he made a gorgeous video-enhanced e-book, and the videos are really there to add value and show you how to do magic tricks. And because of that, he, an independent author with no previous publishing history, was able to charge $9.99 in the stores.
KENNEALLY: Well that's a heartening story, because I guess what most people are hearing is e-books are driving the price of any work down to as low as possible, if not to nothing. And there, you were telling us a story illustrative of somebody who can get $9.99 a copy. So I guess the point is that a little bit of investment in the content can reap a return.
CAVNAR: Yeah. I'm so thrilled by what Brian accomplished. And if you have any doubts, I'm showing Chris here the sales numbers, and between iBook Store and Amazon, that's where he made most of his money. And he spent the extra time to get the videos in. I think if you're a brand name author with an established brand and content, you can get $9.99 for a text e-book, no doubt, but it's certainly a little bit more difficult. If you're an author who has a real expertise and you add some additional flourishes to your e-book, those are all good reasons to raise the price.
KENNEALLY: You know, Matt, one of the things that Vook does beyond offering all of this sales information is provide control to the authors around metadata. Now, that may mean something to some of our audience, but I bet it doesn't mean a lot to many people. So tell us why that's important. Why is control over metadata important? And I'm going to make you tell us what metadata is.
CAVNAR: If you imagine a book, the metadata is all the associated information that goes with the book that isn't the text content of the book itself. So if you're reading a novel, it's not War and Peace the story, it's all the information around War and Peace. Who's it by, what genre is it in, how would you catalog it in a book store, what's its ISBN, what the title is, all of those pieces. What audience is it aimed at. If it has photographs, is there any metadata behind the photographs, and that means tags of information around the photographs.
And all of this stuff is crucial because it helps your books get found in a marketplace and properly catalogued in marketplaces as well. And if you go through a service like Bowker, they're the people that issue ISBNs and they have a service, they will populate out your metadata into all these catalogs, digital catalogs in the world, and people searching will be able to find your book. Now, whether or not they can always buy your book or whether or not finding your book means they're going to get access to it is another question, but they can at least find that your book exists more easily.
So a way of thinking of the metadata is the proof of your book's existence in the world, and you can control that. In Vook, we've set up the metadata. We give you the metadata for Amazon, BN, and iBooks, and we have different fields, so instead of wondering, where do I fill that out, you fill it out in fields in our platform, and you can always come back in and change it, and then update your content.
KENNEALLY: And I want to tell people, Matt, I mean, we're sitting here right now with your laptop, and you're kind of flipping through all of this rather quickly. And from this distance, which is about a foot and a half, it looks like a pretty simple interface. I think a lot of authors, independent publishers even, worry that this is such an overwhelming task. First they have to write the book, then they have to go shoot some video, and then they have to start worrying about all of the pieces that go into making it available to the marketplace. But in an interface like that, it looks like you could handle it in a short while.
CAVNAR: Yeah, it's very straightforward, and we're really optimizing it for the markets, for digital publishing, and that's going to make your job a little bit easier. And each time we add a new marketplace, such as Kobo, we have to add new fields of metadata that you fill out. So you keep track with us of making sure your metadata is ever updated and relevant to the stores.
KENNEALLY: So I guess to recap some of the lessons here, to make the most of a digital book, you want to get in what's going to make it very attractive. That often includes enhanced elements. And then you want to be flexible around pricing.
CAVNAR: Yeah, you do want to be flexible around pricing. And we're huge believers in text e-books. Our platform makes it easy to create really nicely styled text e-books that don't have errors and that render properly on every device. It sounds simple, but it's still just so painful to do that properly. So we've worked really hard to get that piece right. And the thing that I really tell authors more than anything is, first of all, you've got to get that great content together.
And then once you have your story written, you need to think a lot about all these other elements. Branding, series, how you're going to show up in the storefronts, and what your product descriptions – this is a piece of metadata. Again, I'm using Amazon because it's a great default. There's something called product description in Amazon. You really want to get that right, because that's what people read to decide if they're going to buy your book or not. And we have tips on how to get that piece right, but that is crucial. So it's basically bringing a little bit of your marketing know-how to getting your book ready to go out to sale.
KENNEALLY: Well, we've appreciated this sort of lesson in e-book sales and marketing from Matthew Cavnar. He's VP of Business Development at Vook. We've been chatting with him in his offices in New York City. Matt, thanks so much for joining Beyond the Book.
CAVNAR: Thank you, sir.
KENNEALLY: We're delighted to have you. Beyond the Book is produced by Copyright Clearance Center, a global rights broker for the world's most sought-after materials, including millions of books and e-books, journals, newspapers, magazines, and blogs, as well as now images, movies, and television shows. You can follow Beyond the Book on Twitter, like Beyond the Book on Facebook, and subscribe to the free podcast series on iTunes, or at our Web site, copyright.com/beyondthebook. My name is Christopher Kenneally. For all of us at Copyright Clearance Center, thanks for listening to Beyond the Book.


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About Milton Inn
The Milton Inn, a 276 year old field-stone building in Northern Baltimore County,is counted among Maryland's historic treasures. It is believed that construction of the Inn began in 1740 and it has grown and changed over the years to become one of the premier country dining spots in the United States. The tradition of excellence has continued to grow under the current ownership Milton Fare Inc, who purchased the business in 1997. Executive Chef/Owner Brian Boston was named Chef of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Maryland in 2011.Chef Boston has also received many other awards including The Five Star Diamond Award by The Academy of Hospitality Sciences , The DiRoNA Award,and top ratings from Zagat. The Milton was named The Best restaurant in the Counties by The Baltimore Sun . Over the years , the Inn has engendered a legacy of romance and numerous couples have become engaged in its candlelit dining rooms and open air garden terrace. Many return year after year to celebrate!
Sparks, MD 21152
Dining Style:
Fine Dining
Contemporary American, American, Steak
Hours of Operation:
Lunch Hours:
Mon-Fri. seating from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
Satruday & Sunday Brunch:
seating from 11:30 am to 2:00 pm
Dinner Hours:
Mon-Thu seating from 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Fri-Sat seating from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Sun. seating from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm
Dress Code:
Business Casual
Price Range:
$31 to $50
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Phone Number:
(410) 771-4366
They offer customized menus, serving 30-1000 guests.
Parking Details:
On-premise parking, free
Executive Chef:
Brian Boston
Banquet, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Fireplace, Full Bar, Non-Smoking, Outdoor dining, Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
Special Events & Promotions:
The Milton Inn offers catering services on and off premise from intimate parties of 10 to grand tented events up to 300 guests. We will make your birthday,anniversary,corporate event, wedding or any other milestone perfect. Whether you choose one of our beautifully appointed dining rooms,a tented event on our manicured grounds, or venue of your choice;The Milton Inn will provide you with the excellent food,service,ambiance and attention to detail you expect from a Brian Boston property.
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Valentine's Day Special Menus & More
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
Valentine's Day Special Menus & More
Wednesday, February 14, 2018Details
Valentine's Day dinner. Four course Prix fixe menu $100 per person for food only. Deposit required to make reservation. Please reach out to the restaurant for more information.
Regular lunch hours and menus with Valentine's Day specials being offered.
Milton Inn Ratings and Reviews
The service was outstanding. Our waiter was quite attentive and knowledgeable about the options. We were there for brunch. I started out with muscles and I curry sauce which was really excellent. Next-door had the salmon which was perfectly prepared. My daughter had the French toast really enjoyed it. The chocolate mousse dessert and sorbet we're also really delicious. I will look forward to my return visit.
A wonderful by chance 'find' after a business meeting. Housed in a quaint, elegant 1740 Inn, the restaurant provided a superb lunch. We started with the Grilled Wild Boar Sausage (the house made cranberry chutney was superb). My son dined on the Grilled New Zealand Rack of Lamb while I enjoyed the Roasted Pork Tenderloin. Both were prepared as requested and the accomplishments were great (I particularly enjoyed the wilted spinach sauteed in garlic and olive oil). We wash the meal down with a couple glasses of Chateau La Cardonne. Simply, enjoyable.
We visited the Milton Inn for a special night out. We were not disappointed! We sat in the back, near the bar, because we love this room. It is quaint and not as formal as the dining room. The food was exceptional. I had the filet and crab cake with béarnaise sauce. Melt in your mouth perfection! My husband had the tuna, and also enjoyed his meal. We also enjoyed our winter salad, hummus, and torte desert. Nothing was ordinary about our meal. The service was first class. We love this place! What a Maryland gem.
We love the Milton Inn - we like the elegance of it, the service, and the wonderful food. It is a perfect special occasion place, but recently we've also been for a nice relaxing Sunday brunch. They do not rush you and the food is excellent. Very classy place!
This was on a Thursday evening: sword fish was slightly under cooked, venison significantly over cooked, waiter was distracted, forgot birthday (as noted in OpenTable reservation). Beautiful restaurant and generally very pleasant, but for $$$$ it missed the mark. Aside from forgetting the birthday request, waiter provided the evening 'specials' in rapid-fire succession. When asked to repeat several, he again 'rattled' them off.
Never,ever again. we entered and waited for the hostess while she was on the telephone which apparently was more important than a live customer. After reading in the Sunpapers the Milton Inn is one of the ten restaurants to go to for a warm, roaring fire , we went. That room with fireplace was not being used-only the front room near the front door. We ate in our winter coats and shivered. Food was not worth the cold and we just wanted to finish so we could leave and get warm. Actually I am very sorry we went and will not make that mistake again.
The Milton Inn is a long time favorite place. We've been going for over 25 years. This was a birthday celebration and daughters home from college and New York City respectively. Inn looked beautiful. Our waiter was attentive it not intrusive. Would have been a perfect evening of not for a clearly intoxicated guy with his poor helpless date. The guy came in to the restaraunt barely able to walk and open his eyes. You could hear his vulgar comments to his date. He twice was passed out. Almost fell into a table when he got up to use the restroom and did fall on the stairs. Incredibly no one from the wait staff to a manager intervened for our entire meal. Instead of ordering desert we had to rush out fearing this derelict would end up face down on our table. $500 later we got a show we did not ask for .. I will Be retuning tomorrow to speak to the manager directly. Hopefully they do the right thing for every party trapped in that room with the infant who couldn't hold his liquor
Memorable for all the wrong reasons....continued....
The Follow up: After spending 30 minutes with the owner and chef Brian Boston , I learned more than I had to offer . Brian graciously listened to my concerns stemming from the intoxicated patron from the previous evening. I have a much better understanding of the complexities of handling a situation that the staff was confronted with and I have a new appreciation for what I.T takes to maintain a consistent high level of performance while dealing with sometimes un manageable customers. Thank you for taking the time to hear me out. We will be back as the food and ambience is still the best in this town.
Ps to the drunk guy... get some help in 2018.
Happy New Year
World-class American fare in an authentic Maryland historic rural inn. Service, bar, wine list and ambiance to match. Creative DIY mix-n-match meat/fish with sauces and sides, prepared to cordon Blue standard, in addition to chef-created specialties. Worth traveling for.
I have been to the Milton Inn many times and will be going back again. After all, it's a Baltimore mainstay. First, the atmosphere makes for a cozy experience as if you are eating in a fine old Bed and Breakfast. Tables are packed close together and as a result when it is busy the noise level can become bothersome. The decor (rightfully so) has never changed. The late 1700's mansion has charm that should not be messed with. The food however comes from the mid-1970's and while tasty it lacks imagination and creativity that you would find in a more upscale, restaurant leaving the menu choices far from exciting. I would have like to have seen more than one chicken dish offered, but that's the way it goes. Plenty of steak choices and sauces to choose from. I will say that the sauces and soups are very good - especially the cream ones - but using that amount of butter and heavy cream can make anything delicious. They could definitely benefit from learning plating presentations - and please get rid of the doilies. It's not elegant - it's just plan comical. The wine menu is way overpriced, but a good selection. Service this night was friendly an efficient and could not find any fault. Deserts were a good selection but the portion for $11 was a bit insulting.
They have coupons from Groupon and other social media sites so don't go there without them.
In short, atmosphere and food don't make for the best experience ever, but if you don't want to go downtown and have a consistent product, the Milton Inn is a once in a while good choice.
This was our second annual Christmas get-together. The Christmas decor set the stage for a delightful lunch by the fireplace. We each had the 6oz lobster tail which was prepared perfectly w sides of vegetables and grits. We topped off the meal with mini dessert plates.
Very busy pre Christmas dining atmosphere. When we were finally seated our party of 5 had a wonderful dinner. The only issue was being seated next to a table of 8 who had very loud conversations the whole night which made it a bit difficult at times for us to carry on a conversation. That said, we still had such a good time it seemed as though we were among the last to leave. We will be back but probably not at the peak of a holiday season.
We always love the food at Milton Inn. This time I tried the short rib--superb! Looked like a large fillet but had the wine reduction sauce that is delicious, and it was fork-tender. The al dente carrots were a bit too underdone. Potatoes great. Prosecco ahead of time was flat, but our server who was personable was not in the area to ask for a replacement. Husband had seafood cocktail and seafood Andor. He never spoke; just said mmmmm. A lot. I remember years ago asking what kind of water we were drinking and we were told it was tap in re-filled bottles. That bothers me because I wonder how well bottles like that can be cleaned. Overall, I am nit-picking. We go to the Milton Inn for our anniversary, for a quiet December dinner, a lunch, and an occasional groupon dinner. At least 4 times a year for about 30 years. It feels like home!
This is an historic building and a fantastic restaurant. The cuisine is extraordinary as is the
impressive wine list. My wife and I went during the holidays and to celebrate our 40th Christmas together and the restaurants decorations, the smell of the real wood fireplace and the cozy rooms, in addition to the culinary elegance and attentive service made for a truly magical evening. This restaurant is a must any time, but is particularly special in December.
Our server Ousmane was friendly, helpful and attentive. We were very happy with his recommendations for wine and entrées. Lamb chops were cooked perfectly, as was everything else. We dined in the main dining room which on a weeknight was quiet enough for cozy conversation.
I have a daily intolerance. I requested that server advise which dishes were prepared without dairy or could be modified to omit all dairy products. Ordered a special, filet and crab cake with bernaise sauce..I asked if it was dairy based and was told it was not. I also inquired as to whether a crab soup was cream based, the server assured me it was tomato based.
Our meals arrived, I suspected the the mashed potatoes contained dairy products and the server asked if cheese qualified. I patiently explained that "dairy" referred to the product bovine mammary glans, including but not limited to cheese, yogurt, milk, cream.... he asked if eggs counted and I asked him if he ever saw a chicken wearing a bra.
My plate was removed and about 15 minutes later a replacement arrived. I was told that the bernaise was omitted as it was dairy based.
The meal was disrupted to the poorly trained staff. The filet was overcooked and was certainly shy of the advertised 8 oz.
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Gifts for new neighbors
Just one day prior to Christmas, three kids moved into the house next to us (their parents arrived one week earlier). In Germany, we have the habit to gift bread and salt for welcome gifts (it stands for the wish that the residents should always have enough to eat and enough money to live their lifes), but since it was Christmas time and the kids most likely would not be too much interested in this tradition I wanted to gift the kids something more personal for the new house. Running out of time, I bought towels with three different color blocks and stitched the Sailboat 2 - Alpha for the new born boy called Jasper, Dalmatian-Alpha for 5 year old Emily and Cottontail-Alpha for 2 1/2 year old Mathilda. Our 3 year old daughter was very jealous and wants to get at least one of those towels, too, so I hope the neighbor kids will like their gifts, too :-)


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Nodes Of Yesod
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- Description
- Welcome to the 25th Anniversary Edition of Nodes Of Yesod! In this enhanced version of the classic 8-bit platform game, you will find the complete original game, along with an enhanced version containing new graphics, new gameplay features, new audio, music remixes, and more!
- Instructions
- Your Mission
Guide Astro Charlie through various moon caverns, defeating many monsters on your way. Collect 8 Alchiems to complete your quest!!!
Astro Charlie
i. Walking Around
Control Astro Charlie using the arrow keys.
ii. Jumping
Press the space key to make Astro Charlie jump. Press space while he is walking to the left to make him jump left, and likewise press space while he is moving to the right to make him jump to the right.
iii. Switch between Astro Charlie and Moon Mole
Press the up key to switch to controlling the Moon Mole (once it has been collected). The Moon Mole is only available underground. Move the Moon Mole back to Astro Charlie to switch back. Note that you can also switch back by pressing the space key, but this will consume some of your precious energy.
Deploy Gravity Stick
Once Gravity Sticks have been collected, they may be deployed by pressing the G key.
The Moon Mole
Find him on the Moon's surface, then once below the ground, select the Moon Mole (as mentioned above) and move around the screen using the up key. Use him to unlock the maze by chewing through certain walls. The Mole can only chew through certain walls - guide him to the base of each wall to try. The Moon Mole can also destroy most flying monsters.
Collect these colored crystals to unlock the secret of the Monolith. Follow the in-game help clues for more information.
Red Astro
Red Astro will steal your Alchiems. Use Gravity Sticks to pin him to the ground and make your escape!
Extra Lives
Find and collect Extra Life helmets hidden in the caves.
Gravity Sticks
Gravity Sticks are awarded when you gain an extra life - one per extra life. Use them to make monsters fall, activate by shaking the device. Gravity sticks are deployed at Astro Charlie's feet. Especially helpful for escaping Red Astro who will steal the precious alchiems from your grasp!
Wind Tunnel
Look for the wind tunnel. The winds can lift you up and cushion your fall, but ... be careful about which way you jump ...
These will teleport Astro Charlie to another room if he makes contact with them. Watch out for a hard landing!
The following features are only available in Enhanced Mode.
Giant Moon Worms
The Giant Moon Worms guard the Moon Gloves. They can only be defeated using the Moon Gun.
Moon Gun
Find the Moon Gun to defeat the Giant Moon Worms in order to get the Moon Gloves.
Moon Gloves
Before you can collect Alchiems you must liberate the Moon Gloves from the Giant Moon worms.
Tap anywhere in the playable screen (other than Astro Charlie or the info and menu icons) to bring up the map. The map is color coded to help you find your way around. Your current room has a glowing box around it, and your current destination has a color cycle effect. Rooms that you have already visited are shown as a solid color. The map shows the possible locations of the Moon Mole, as well as the Alchiems, Additional Lives and so on.
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27 December 2014 Initial Unemployment Claims Rolling Average Hardly Changes and Remains Near Record Lows
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Blue Line 4 Week Average
The market was expecting the weekly initial unemployment claims at 275,000 to 290,000 (consensus 290,000) vs the 298,000 reported. The more important (because of the volatility in the weekly reported claims and seasonality errors in adjusting the data) 4 week moving average moved from 290,500 (reported last week as 290,250) to 290,750. Rolling averages under 300,000 are excellent.
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It should be pointed out that Econintersect watches the year-over-year change on the 4 week moving average. There is always some seasonality which migrates into the seasonally adjusted data, and year-over-year comparisons helps remove some seasonality. The four week rolling average of initial claims are 19.0% lower (better than the 16.8% reported last week) than they were in this same week in 2013 (see chart below).
2014 claim levels are near 40 year lows (with the normal range around 350,000 weekly initial unemployment claims of levels seen historically during times of economic expansion - see chart below).
From the Department of Labor:
In the week ending December 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 298,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 280,000 to 281,000. The 4-week moving average was 290,750, an increase of 250 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 250 from 290,250 to 290,500. There were no special factors impacting this week's initial claims.
The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 1.8 percent for the week ending December 20, unchanged from the previous week's unrevised rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending December 20 was 2,353,000, a decrease of 53,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up 3,000 from 2,403,000 to 2,406,000. The 4-week moving average was 2,414,250, a decrease of 4,750 from the previous week's revised average. The previous week's average was revised up by 750 from 2,418,250 to 2,419,000.
Weekly Initial Unemployment Claims - 4 Week Average - Seasonally Adjusted - 2011 (red line), 2012 (green line), 2013 (blue line), 2014 (orange line)


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Command+Spaceand type Terminal and press enter/return key.
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ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
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Two distinct areas of controversy arise with the introduction of this new technology. First, the question of privacy (a virtually nonexistent state these days): is it OK for everyone to be able to look in on our private lives and personal spaces? Second, at what point do drones either fall under aeronautical rules or are they exempt always? Cases of close calls between drones and commercial airplanes underline this dilemma. All new technologies bring new social problems with them, so society must once again arbitrate the limitations and freedoms of drones.
The debate as to whether or not drones should be used in the United States has been a topic that has been argued over for just a few years. In comparison to many other historical and even legal debates, controversy over drones is very, very new. It's still hard to believe that technology has come so far that there is a possibility that companies such as Amazon can "fly" your packages to your doorstep by drone. It's very fascinating, but also scary.
Which is where the debate comes in. While most people believe that drone usage is unfathomable, while at the same time it would make ordering things online and other tasks much easier. And in today's day and age, it's all about efficiency and saving time. On the other hand, most anyone who has heard about the possibility of drones flying around has had the thought of having a lack of privacy, or even the annoyance of seeing them fly around on a day to day basis. The biggest fear people have is the worry of being spied on by the government, companies, or even neighbors, stalkers, etc, should the drones become available for regular citizens to own. That is why drones are quite controversial at this moment in time.
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This is a great pump I took it everywhere it can be plugged in or used with batteries the batteries lasted 20+ uses it's a nice quiet pump very quiet
LOVE LOVE LOVE this pump. Its small compact and runs on batteries or plug in, comes with a convenient strap for on the go pumping. The only drawback is it is a bit noisier than I anticipated.
It starts out with very weak suction, but has the option to increase suction with + and - buttons. The let-down button instantly changes the pattern of suction. I find it very effective. The valve sometimes sticks if you don't check it before use, which can cause the milk to back-up into the tubing.
I've been using the Swing for the past three months and as a new mom never breast feeding before I can say that this pump has certainly met my needs. It is easy to use, clean and sterilize. When I was in the first month fog and I left the accessories in a pot and it boiled dry (attempting to sterilize) I was able to easily find replacement parts online and at a reasonable price. I also made sure I purchased the microwave sterilizing bags to avoid another incident. While I do find it does go through batteries fairly frequently, it does come with an adapter (I just don't like feeling tethered to the electrical socket). I'd recommend this pump to any moms who aren't looking to exclusively pump, and would be breast feeding or supplementing with formula. If you were exclusively pumping, a double pump might be your best bet.
Worth the money! Having a good electric pump is so important especially during the time when you are getting your milk in and sleep deprived. Who wants to manually pump when there is so much to do, especially with other kids in the house. This pump is effective and efficient. I used the medela bottles as well but not required as each part comes seoerates and is quite expensive to get it all.
Very happy I upgraded to this pump over a hand one. I like how well this one works, along with all the peices it came with. This pump can be electric or use batteries in order for it to be portable. It has good suction and is adjustable in speed and suction for whatever suits you best. It comes with bottles and lids for storage and freezing. My only issue is that if the pump top is still attached and the bottle gets tuned to the side it will spill. I have spilt half a bottle because the top, even though screwed on properly, got knocked off when the bottle got knocked over. Overall, I believe it to be a very good option though. It also comes with a hand pump incase you dont want to bring the whole pump with you somewhere.
Amazing pump! Loved everything about this pump! But not so much the price tag although think personally this is the best pump on the market! ! I'd definitely recommend to others who want to pump
This was the only pump that I responded to. I exclusivley pumped for my son for 16 months and I couldn't have done it without this pump. 5 Stars!
It's too bad these are so expensive. It was truly a lifesaver for me as my son would not latch properly. It made providing breast milk rather than formula so much easier. Apart from the price I highly recommend it!
I sometimes wish I had bought the double pump instead to make the process faster. I used it religiously when I had my son. It stood up and did its job, easy to use, cleans easily. I haven't had any problems but it's great to know that pieces are relatively easy to find for this pump
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Kevin Heffernan aka Farva from Super Troopers will promote his new comedy special, "Fat Man Little Boy" on Netflix!
Capital Region's Best Solo Artist/Comedienne Erin Harkes will let us know about her shows this weekend! http://www.erinharkes.com/
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Having attended all-girls school for 15 years, where my creativity, critical thinking skills, and independence were fostered and encouraged, I know firsthand the power of bringing driven young people together to collaborate, create, and support each other. Self-confidence skyrockets. The need to apologize for living a fulfilled and successful life, by design, dissolves. Leaders, influencers, and storytellers are born.
Equipping young men and women with the necessary tools to handle stress, fear, and mounting expectations in this fast-paced, ever-changing world can be a game changer. With the countless external distractions vying for our attention every day, it's imperative that high school and college students know that they, in fact, already have all of the tools they need to live a successful and happy life. With all of the tools in place and properly implemented, anything is possible.
My experience as a a child and young adult actor, award-winning speaker, self-proclaimed social floater in high school, and current survivor of the rough terrain we millennials call "adulting" is what allows me to deeply and genuinely connect with my fellow millennials, Gen-Z's, and creatives alike. I use bold storytelling, singing, and playful interaction in my speaking work to engage, uplift, and inspire to action.
Any combination of a keynote and workshop(s) is welcome. Please let me know what ideas you might have so I can best serve the needs of your community.
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- Life After High School: What No One is Telling You
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- Decision Making – Facing Fear Head On
- Preparing for College Applications: Keep Calm and Be Yourself
- Show Up As Your Authentic Self, Weirdness and All
- Social Media for Social Good: Developing self-confidence + self-worth in the Digital Age
- Self-Care for the Performing Artist (arts programs)
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- Life After College/Conservatory: What No One Is Telling You
- Follow Your Dreams: The One Word to Avoid When Chasing Your Dreams
- Decision Making – Facing Fear Head On
- A Life In the Arts: Everything You Can Do With Your Degree
- Social Media for the Professional Performing Artist: Make an Impression
- Self-Care for the Performing Artist
- The Big Move to LA: Know Before You Go
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People hoping to reduce their ink cartridge use at home by being more efficient with their printing may find that there are a number of systems that can help them achieve their goal.
According to PC World, systems such as Green Print can prove particularly effective at helping people cut down on the amount of paper that is wasted through unnecessary printing.
The system allows people to preview print jobs and then make amends, such as cutting out blank pages or those with only images, so that fewer pages need to be printed.
Home users may also be able to boost their own sustainability by investing in the most efficient printer for their needs. Newer models with internationally recognised energy approvals can be among the most efficient, which may help people to achieve their own sustainability goals.
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Taiwanese photographer and digital artist Wu Tien-chang has been profiled on the government-run Taiwan Culture Portal. In an article titled Wu Tien-chang's digital artworks seek the essence of Taiwan's soul, writer Yali Chen explains the social motivations behind the artist's vibrant and often unsettling works.
Click here to read the article in its entirety at Taiwan Culture Portal.
According to the article, Wu Tien-chang (b. 1956) held his first New York solo, called "Shock Shot", last year (October 2010) at Soho Photo Gallery. Art historian and photographer Joan Lebold Cohen was the curator of the show in which eight of the artist's huge "digital paintings" were on display. Wu's fascination with aspects of some Taiwanese religions, namely reincarnation and karma, could be seen in these works,
The dead are obsessed with the mortal world, [Wu] said, adding that this sentimental attachment is a recurring theme in his paint-photographs, which look at once mysterious, hilarious, weird and haunting.
Other influences include work by prominent Taiwanese photographer Juan I-jong that is showcased in the book, The History of Chinese Photography, which "discusses how people in late 19th- and early 20th-century China worried that a camera's flash would capture their souls," as well as local social concerns such as the country's shifting identity.
'Taiwan has a replacement culture which I hope to discuss and criticise in my works.' … Wu explains that Taiwan is a conglomeration of many different cultures – Aboriginal, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese – … where one culture replaces, or is superimposed on, previously existing cultures. … The ruling Kuomintang government has viewed Taiwan as its temporary location since 1949, he says, adding that many immigrants [are] like a flower with no roots…. 'This is why it is difficult to establish any sense of identity.'
Originally an oil painter, Wu Tien-chang, now 55, discovered digital manipulation and drawing at the age of 43, working with, as the article explains, a "combination of portrait photography and processing using computer graphics software." During his artisitc career, "his subjects have … shifted every ten years, from political figures to women and then to elaborately costumed figures that are wounded, blind or missing limbs."
Related Topics: Taiwanese artists, new media art, photography
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- Yu-Chen Wang's installations breathe new life into Manchester's industrial past – March 2011 – Wang looks at Britain's industrial past during residency at Manchester's Chinese Arts Centre
- Get clued-up on Taiwanese art: Art Island profiles 200+ artists – March 2011 – Interested in Taiwanese art but struggle to find information?
- Taiwan digital art in rare established Paris gallery showing – January 2011 – Three Taiwanese, Ming-Yu Lee, Wu Shang Lin and Chia Wei Hsu, are among 24 international artists
- Taiwan eco-art exhibition Going Green tours America – curator interview – January 2011 – we interview curator Jane Ingram Allen to find out more
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Mathematician Alan Turing, who helped Britain win World War Two by cracking Nazi Germany's "unbreakable" Enigma code, was granted a rare royal pardon on Tuesday for a criminal conviction for homosexuality that led to his suicide.
Turing's electromechanical machine, a forerunner of modern computers, unraveled the code used by German U-boats in the Atlantic. His work at Bletchley Park, Britain's wartime codebreaking centre, was credited with shortening the war.


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Wa `alaykum as-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear brother, thank you for trusting us and for your question that shows your strong desire to perform Prayers and fasting.
As for your query, you just need to change the diaper and perform ablution (wudu') for each prayer.
Responding to your question, Dr. Muhammad Salama, PhD in Islamic Studies in English and an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Islamic Science, Al-Madinah International University, states:
May Allah Almighty grant you quick recovery. People with urinary incontinence still have to perform Prayer. You just need to take it easy and know that you have a license in this case that relieves you from this hardship.
For every obligatory Prayer, you need to change the diaper and clean yourself and then perform Prayer and forget about the urine that comes out thereafter. You can also perform voluntary Prayers with the same ablution (wudu').


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Hello loves!!
Thank you so much to the lovely Chrissy Carly from Boutiquefull who is so sweet for nominating me for my very first blog award…One Lovely Blog Award!! How exciting!! My blog has been taking off since I decided to create it not even an entire month ago all because of you guys! If you are not yet following her, go check out her blog. She has such amazing posts related to beauty, makeup, and fashion and has such a cute style!!
I had no idea what the One Lovely Blog Award was all about, so I looked into it and here's the breakdown for those of you who may not be familiar with it either…
Bloggers take this opportunity to nominate and recognize other amazing bloggers out there and once you are nominated, your duties include:
- Thanking the person that nominated you and leaving a link to their blog
- Posting about the award
- Sharing seven facts about yourself
- Nominating at most 15 people
- Letting your nominees know that they've been nominated
Seven Facts About Me:
- I am from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and I am a HUGE sports fanatic!! I love Pittsburgh sports and attempt to make it to as many games as I can…GO PENS!! The Pittsburgh Penguins have this great deal in which you can get online at 10:00am every day there is a home game and battle for what are called "student rush tickets" with a valid student ID. These tickets are only $28 a piece!! You can't beat that. Anyone else love hockey games? They are such a great time!
(Me and Franco Harris at the Pens playoff game last year)
- I have an older sister (only by 17 months) who is amazing at photography and actually has her own blog as well! We are the best of friends and get along so well. Everyone always comments on how well we get along with each other (is it not normal to be obsessed with your sister?). Some people think we look a lot alike but personally, I don't really see it. We have completely different facial features which throws me off.
- As mentioned in previous posts and in my "About Me" page, I am a full-time graduate student. I am currently in my second semester and what's interesting is that I am going to school for NOTHING related to beauty or makeup whatsoever. I am actually going to school for Speech-Language Pathology, which I am so stoked about!! I already have my own set of clients and love every minute I get to work with them. I have such a strong love for young children, and am especially interested in children with autism. I am so fascinated with children who have any type of disability and can't wait to work with them and make a difference in their lives in the future.
- I am a huge dog lover!! I am that girl who freaks out whenever I see a dog anywhere and must stop what I am doing to go pet the dog. I have three dogs at home. A chow mix whose name is Mia, the sweetest English yellow lab named Libby, and a bulldog/puggle mix whose name is Romeo. They are all the sweetest pups and really help to relax me and relieve any stress when I am with them and get to love on them.
(Libby is the best seat in the house according to Romeo)
- I am probably one of the most pickiest eaters out there. If it was up to me, I could stick to eating just plain ole chicken, rice, and veggies everyday. I don't like sauce on my meat or noodles or anything! When I go to Italian restaurants I always get the dirtiest looks when I ask for just plain butter noodles. I like just plain hamburgers, no cheese, veggies, no nothing. I'm so weird, I know!!
- I literally want to have like 6 children. Okay, I may be able to survive with just 4, but that is my bare minimum!! My boyfriend only thinks we are having 2 boys (well, he actually thinks we are having twin boys?? Okay…) but I do my best to try to persuade him that we need at least 4. He thinks I'm coocoo but we will work on it.
- I am an avid wine drinker. My boyfriend refers to me as "winosaurusrex" because I love wine so much and drink it like it's my job. One of my favorite things to do after a long day is pour myself a glass of wine, lay in bed, put on some trash TV (real housewives), light a candle, and blog! Anyone else into that kinda stuff? You can certainly come hangout with me if you are!
Nominations: (These are some of my favorite blogs that I look up to for inspiration, so make sure to check them out:))
Thank you for reading and I hope you found those seven facts about me interesting! I can't wait to see more of these posts and keep seeing the blogging community interactions going!


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David has been back in touch with an update.
He's a man of few words this time – but the pictures speak for themselves:
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Police appeal after attack outside Romford Ice Rink
PUBLISHED: 12:45 24 December 2012
Police are appealing for information after an assault outside Romford Ice Arena.
At 10.20pm on December 16, two men were attacked by a group near the Rom Valley Way rink.
One victim, a 24-year-old man, was hit on the head, struck by an ice skate and suffered various injuries.
He was taken to hospital for treatment.
A second victim, a 23-year-old man, suffered facial injuries.
Police are seeking a number of suspects in connection with the incident, including a teenage girl.
Anyone with information is asked to call Romford CID on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.


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An old remedy for modern illsBy Alexia Evripidou THERAPISTS HAVE long counselled physical exercise rather than prescription drugs as the first port of call in coping with stress, anxiety, anger and depression. While they probably don't have the 250-year-old self-defence tradition of Wing Chun Kung Fu in mind, perhaps they should.
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Last week, I briefly talked about the significance of energy. Primarily, the power of energy with our words. Over the weekend, I attended a dhikr circle led by my Sufi Master. It was a spiritual tune up I needed after an exhausting month. The energy that was cultivated left me revitalized. I left the dhikr circle feeling like I do when I finish a yoga class. The sense of renewal did not come as a surprise to me, especially since dhikr and Sufi meditation have the same spiritual and physical benefit on the body as yoga does.
We know that all Divine scriptures have a blessing in the frequency of each word, but since I am Muslim, I find myself credible enough to [only] talk about Islam in relation to this specific topic. The Quranic recitation is compiled of a group of frequencies that vibrate to the ear then move to the brain. Subsequently, the brain cells respond to these fields and modify their vibrations. This shift in the vibration is what we feel down to the cellular level, after experience and repetition.
Using instruments for prayer or chanting, such as the rosary beads (tasbih), assists not just in healing, but also in aligning your vibration. The beads, often made from wood (earth element) to natural gemstones, radiate their own set of energy depending on the metaphysical properties of the bead. This tool acts as a palpable medium of communication.
Just like "OM" is in itself a vibration, so is Allah SWT (God). OM frequency is the same as Earth. When you chant OM, you are aligning your entire frequency to Earth. When you chant "Allah," you are matching His vibration of pure light.
Each letter in the word "Allah" affects your body. The first letter, "A" (alif) releases stagnation from the respiratory system, which we understand, controls our breath. Next, the letter "L" (lam) produces a velar consonant, which relaxes the throat. Lastly, the letter "H" (ha) connects your lungs to the heart, which balances your heartbeat.
"Verily in the remembrance of Allah (God) do hearts find rest" – Quran 13:28
Similar to the Hindu chakra system, the sensory points are energy centers. The difference, however, is in the location and function of each. In Islamic esotericism — otherwise known as Sufism — the Chakras are identified as lataif-as-sitta (the six subtleties, or singular: latifa). According to my tariqa (term for Sufi order), Naqshabandi Sufi Order, each energy portal (chakra/latifa) correlates to a color, organ within the body, and a Prophet. In accordance with the Sufi tradition, there are three gates to healing and growth: body, energy and spirit. Disease and illness occur when a chakra (lataif) is unbalanced.
Here is a brief and basic Sufi lataif chart:
|Attribute to chant (dhikr)
|Qalb (Heart)
|Yellow or Red (depends on school of thought)
|Two fingers below the left breast
|Heart center (love, Divine love, lust and other desires)
|Prophet Adam
|Allah, Astaghfirallah, Rahim, Quddus, Salam, Alim
|Ruh (Spirit)
|Two fingers below the right breast
|Anger lives here
|Prophets Abraham and Noah
|Sirr (The secret)
|Two fingers beside left breast towards the center
|Greed lives
|Prophet Moses
|Allah, Ya Hayy, Ya Qayyum
|Khafi (mystery)
|Third eye (depends on school of thought)
|Jealousy is housed here
|Prophet Jesus
|Wahid, Bari, Al-Fattah
|Nafs (intuition)
|Colorless or Blue (depending on school of thought)
|Center of forehead, otherwise known as, third eye.
|Your intuition is housed here.
|Malik, Al-Basir, Al-Khabir, Al-Haqq
|Akhfa (Mystery)
|Green or Violet
|Point of unity
|Prophet Muhammad
|Ya Ahad
Translation from Hindu chakra system to Islam:
|Base of the spine
|Prophet Adam
|Power center
|Naval, center of the abdomen
|Prophet Noah
|Solar Plexus
|Above the naval, upper abdomen
|Prophet David
|Heart Center
|Center of your chest
|Prophet Abraham
|Prophet Jesus
|Third eye
|Prophet Moses
|Top of the head
|Prophet Muhammad
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Let's review the best business dresses that can be worn for a job interview and daily in office.
There are some rules for such looks:
- Do not show your stomach (forget about combination crop top and pencil skirt – it doesn't work here);
- Choose midi lengh (no mini!);
- It's better to wear to office bold colors.


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Sunday Reflection with Father Terry Tastard - 17 September 2010
What is known as the Parable of the Unjust Steward (Luke 16) is really the parable of the manager who cooked the books. As such it has always seemed puzzling. Surely Jesus is not approving embezzlement? We need to remember, of course, that Jesus admired initiative. Remember this and the message is really quite simple. Jesus points out how people will go to great lengths to secure their material welfare. Why, then, will they not go to great lengths to secure their spiritual welfare? Or, to put the same question differently, if people act vigorously to protect themselves in this life, why will they not act vigorously to ensure their place in eternity? So the parable does not endorse creative accountancy: rather, it raises questions about the values we live by.
Money is one of the areas we are most touchy about. We are very sensitive about this. How would you respond if someone asked you how much you earn?
Jesus takes this human preoccupation with money as a sign of status and success. He uses it to make a teaching point when he asks us what we do with money. Do we use money creatively and caringly, for the good of others as well as the good of ourselves? Notice the moving phrase that Jesus uses about money given for charitable purposes: 'Use money, tainted as it is, to win you friends, and thus make sure that when it fails you, they will welcome you into the tents of eternity' (Luke 16.9; cf 18.22). By this Jesus means the poor. The poor you have helped will welcome you at the doors of eternity, grateful for your compassion. It is a reminder that we are part of an eternal commonwealth, and that gifts to the poor and help to the helpless do not go unnoticed. Perhaps even now there are people you will never know who are thankful for your generosity.
There is a contrast here between the concerned, generous, charitable person and the manipulative behaviour on a vast scale witnessed by Amos (8.4-7). This passage about wheeling and dealing seems eerily relevant to today's global economy where bigger and bigger deals can so easily lose sight of the workers and of the poor. But before we start bashing bankers and financiers, perhaps we should take a look at ourselves. We are part of this global system. Everybody loves a bargain. Next time you find a wonderful shirt or skirt at an unbelievable low price, look at the label to see where it was made, and think of the people who made it in Bangladesh or Mexico or China. How we use our power as consumers is one of the biggest challenges we face today. What we eat, what we wear and increasingly what we throw away - these things affect other people. The material things of life are full of spiritual significance.
Fr Terry is Parish Priest at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Brook Green, west London. His latest book: Ronald Knox and English Catholicism is published by Gracewing at £12.99 and is available on Amazon, on ICN's front page. To read Sr Gemma Simmonds' review on ICN see: www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=16114


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This weekend exhibition will take place over four days in the wonderful city of Amsterdam where we will be united in our love for The Jam and their legacy which will be seen and heard throughout several venues in and around the town.
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AN - Part of the Valentines Day Fanfiction Festival. This is technically the last story in the set (not that it makes any difference) so I'd like to just say that I hope you've enjoyed this little spurt of creativity. I've enjoyed writing these fics, no question. Feedback would be great.
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So I don't think too well when it comes to girls, but call me a sucker for a pink bow. -- Tommy, Radio Daze.
SCENE 44a - THE CAVE.
BAND is on stage playing "RED", when NARRATOR enters. Lights cycle over his face. Every time "Where" is screamed in the song, the light turns red.
Pan up to girl standing against the bar from NARRATOR's eye view. Wearing black dress, hair pulled back in ponytail. Holding a drink, watching the band.
Cut to overhead view. Focus on NARRATOR as he approaches GIRL. Brief cut to the BAND, lead guitarist and vocalist. Cut back to NARRATOR, now nearly at GIRL. Puts hand on GIRL's shoulder. GIRL turns.
GIRL - What the hell do you think you're doing!
"What? That's not the line," I mutter to myself, re-reading what I just wrote.
"I know it's not," says an irritable voice from behind me. "It's a question."
I roll my eyes slowly and turn around to face my most recent intruder. "I can hear that."
Lillian DeVille is leaning up against my doorjamb wearing a pink bow, a scarlet jacket, a black shirt, a red skirt, and a ticked off expression. "Then are you going to answer?"
I turn back to my script. "I'm working."
I hear her growl and hope she goes away, only to feel her grab the arms of my chair and swing me around, away from the work I'm so close to making a breakthrough on. "Tommy, do you know what day it is today?"
I nod. "Valentines Day."
"Then why are you up here working?"
"Because Valentine's Day is a thin excuse for a holiday that has been turned into a festival on which florists and chocolate companies make a killing," I tell her.
"So you're standing up for your right not to buy chocolate and stuffed bears and the like?"
I nod.
She slaps a hand to her forehead. "You're a worry, Thomas Louis Pickles."
Uh-oh, she's full-naming me. Can't be good. "What's so wrong with that?"
She pits me with a glare. "Whether you're into Valentines Day or not, whether you have a date or not - which we both know you don't," she cuts me off; "your parents and my parents are throwing a party on our collective back lawns and you are completely snubbing everyone. So get your butt out there before I drag you out."
I slump in my chair. Phil came in and pestered me, Kimmi came in and apologized for Phil - and then pestered me herself, Chuckie came in and tried to tell me how great the party is, and Angelica came in and told me what a loser I was. But Lil has to be my pick of the lot. She's the first who's actually worked up the guts to threaten to take me away from my work.
"I'll be down in about twenty minutes," I concede, turning back to the desk.
I hear the door open behind me and let out an audible sigh of relief.
But then I feel an awful sensation in the back of my guts as a hand hooks onto the headrest of my chair and gives a firm yank.
My desk slides away from me.
"I told you I'd drag you if I had to!" Lil yells.
"Hey! Stop! I'm on a breakthrough!"
"And I'm on the end of my tether," she informs me. "You're coming to this party if I have to push you down the stairs!"
I spin around and grab her hand, but that doesn't stop her. She just drags me by her wrist instead. "Why can't I just work for a little longer!"
"Because you spend too much time locked up in this room as it is. Why do you think you don't have a date?"
"That's a bit harsh," I tell her.
"The truth hurts," she points out.
"Well so does this!" I yell, indicating my hand which is being stretched an unhealthy distance from my body. I dig my feet into the carpet, and it becomes a three-way battle. A battle to see which happens first - she loses her grip, I leave imprints in the rug, or I get carpet burn. "I don't spend that much time in here."
"Oh no?" she asks, propping herself up against the doorjamb and trying to use it as leverage. "How many times have you blown us off lately to 'work'? And if you're this way now, think how you'll be when we graduate high school?"
"I haven't blown you off that many times," I point out.
"Oh no?" She strains a bit then relaxes momentarily. I try to slip out but she's too quick and grabs onto me with her other hand. "Just five times last week. Going to the Coliseum for the ice-hockey? The movies?"
"No-one else went to the movies, either," I remind her. "I asked Phil about it the next day. No-one else even knew."
"I know they didn't!" she screams. "Now get out here now!"
"In twenty - wait a minute," something finally dawns on me. "You asked me and didn't ask any of the others?"
"No, I just didn't bother to ask them after you said no," she states, finally dragging me to the door.
"Just hang on a sec!" I yell, sticking my feet out to catch myself on the doorjamb. "You were asking me out on a date?"
"No, it was just a bad weekend for everybody," she insists. "Now come on!"
"That's why you were so rough about the date thing! Because you wanted to ask me out."
She finally lets go of my arm only to grab my shirtfront. There's a certain fire blazing in her eyes. "Look, Pickles, just drop it already."
I push my feet against the wall and send the two of us careering back into my desk. She slumps against me and I pin her arms to the armrests. "Lil...I'm sorry..."
"You have nothing to be sorry for, Tommy, now let me out of here."
"I just thought -"
"Well what difference does it make?" Just when I thought she was softening a bit... "You're so obsessed with this stupid script that you ignore everyone. Why would it have been any different if it had been a date."
"I..." I'm lost for words. "I don't know why."
I slacken my grip on her arms. I look up into her eyes, and I'm surprised to see that she hasn't moved an inch. "Oh." She drops her eyes from mine and puts her hands on the arm of the chair to get up.
I wrap an arm around her back and pull her back down. "You wanted to go out with me."
She glares at me again. "Wanted, Tommy. Wanted."
"You don't anymore?"
"I'm having serious doubts. Like whether I really want to go out with someone who would put his 'art' over me."
I shake my head slowly. "I wouldn't."
"You put it over everything else!" She tries to make an expansive gesture to accompany the 'anything', but I've got my grip on her arms back and I'm holding her tight. "Why would I be any different from the rest of the guys?"
"Because you're you," I tell her, lacking anything else to offer.
She holds my gaze for almost a full minute, and my eyes are almost beginning to water with the effort not to blink. "You would have said yes?"
I nod, slowly, carefully, not losing eye contact if at all possible.
"Pity you didn't, then," she mutters, and pulls her arms free.
She's halfway through the doorway when I grab her by the arm. "Wait, Lil -"
"What, Tommy? You know, I thought we had something there for a while. Almost. And then I finally get up the guts to ask you out! Do you know how long it took me to get the nerve to do that? I was stressing about it for weeks. And you respond with what?"
I look down at my feet and realise with shame I can't even remember.
"You tell me that you can't because 'you're on a breakthrough'." She finally turns back to face me and points at me with a long, lean index finger. "Either I was wrong when I thought you liked me or I'm going to be forever put on the backburner. Sorry, Tommy, but you aren't that cute."
"I'm sorry," I mutter, realizing how lame it must sound. "I...I really like you, Lil. I mean, I know, I haven't been all there lately, but that's just for the moment. Just while I'm writing. I can stop."
"Can you? Can you really?"
I nod.
"Then come down," she says. "Come down and socialize with your family and friends." She steps out of the doorway and presents it to me.
I stand frozen to the spot.
"I knew you couldn't," she whispers, venom starting to creep into her voice. "I knew it. This film is the love of your life. There's nothing you want to do more than -"
Her bitter diatribe ended there.
I run through my mind my brief romantic experiences of the past. First kiss, subsequent ones where I learnt more about how to, so on, so forth. This has to take the cake. Not because it's great. But because, I think, it's her. And if that's not corny, then I don't know what is.
I press my lips to hers again and again, trying to pull her closer despite the fact she's already enfolded in my arms and in about as close contact as we can get. She pulls away from me long enough to unbutton my shirt and I lift hers straight over her head, leaning down to kiss her shoulder.
"You realize we're going to miss the party," I point out, between gasped breaths.
"Oh, who cares?"
"Why do blackouts always happen at night?"
"Got me beat."
"Lousy day for it. The party's going to be short-lived."
"Yeah, but you have to appreciate the humor that everyone's dinner is going to be candlelit whether they want it to be or not."
"Oh, god! The power went out!"
"Yeah, fifteen minutes ago. We were distracted. Don't worry, there's a torch somewhere."
"No, seriously, your computer. You forgot to save your script."
We both turn our heads to cast a forlorn glance at my desk, where my computer lays dormant. Black as the night in the rest of my room.
And I turn my head back and look at her shadow in the darkness, before reaching out and stroking her hair. "I'll rewrite it some other time."
She turns back to me and, though I can't see it, I can almost feel her smile. "Do you want to come see a movie with me?"
"Whenever the power comes back on," I tell her.
"Hey, have you got a torch around here?" she asks.
I nod. "Always."
"Good. 'Cause if we got dressed in the dark, there might be some embarrassing explanations later..."


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Sony's recently announced monster phablet the Xperia ZU has already set the pace on fire and with the Snapdragon 800 powered "upgraded" version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 awaiting for the flag at the pit stop, LG cannot sit and watch the high definition action with it's flagship lagging behind in terms of silicon power. LG has been known to be the leader in the "I Come First, I Take the Lead" race and thus it just cannot take any more of damage on the lost pride. They delivered you the Optimus 2x which was the world's first dual core mobile phone and they did it again with the first quad core krait powered LG Optimus G which later on served to be the blueprint to the flagship Nexus device too! With the Snapdragon 800 catching the beat of the scene, it seems that the South Korean firm has finally started to tease it's super-power flagship in front of the world, the LG Optimus G2.
LG Optimus G2 Specifications:
- Snapdragon 800 chip with processor clocked at 2.3GHz
- 5.2-inch 1080 x 1920 Full HD IPS display
- 13-megapixel camera with optical image stabilization (OIS)
- Dual speakers
- Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
- Smart DMB supported (Digital multimedia broadcasting for South Korea)
- LTE-Advanced supported
- Built-in wireless charging
The LG Optimus G2 is touted to be running upon Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 chipset whose four Krait 400 cores are speculated to out perform any other chipset by miles and is currently found to be powering the Xperia ZU(Togari) and the upgraded and LTE capable Samsung Galaxy S4.
From the shots above, the LG Optimus G2 looks to have a touch of elegance running all over the power it possesses inside while one of the key things to be noticed here remains as the unorthodox placement of the volume rocker. We still can't figure out anything that special about it but the size of the keys that look to be much suited for the finger's convex. Further, the phone will run on Android 4.2.2 which means no Android 4.3 for the time being.
Now, all being said and shown, it should not take much longer for LG to unwrap the covers off from the much awaited starlet because with global competitors like Sony and Samsung already having thrown in their dies in the game, LG will have to cover a long long way up if it has to catch up with the competition which has already received much of an applause even before making it to the shelves!
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Tipperary (Irish: Thiobraid Árann), established in the 13th century in South-central Ireland, in the province of Munster, where they held a family seat from ancient times.
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A name was often recorded during the Middle Ages under several different spelling variations during the life of its bearer because literacy was rare there was no real push to clearly define any of the languages found in the British Isles at that time. Variations found of the name Flanery include Flannery, Flannary, Flanary, O'Flannery and others.
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Death and immigration greatly reduced Ireland's population in the 19th century. For the native Irish people poverty, hunger, and racial prejudice was common. Therefore, thousands left their homeland to seek opportunity in North America. Those who survived the journey and the quarantine camps to which they arrived, were instrumental towards building the strong developing nations of the United States and the future Canada. By far, the largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. These were employed as construction or factory workers. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has shown early immigrants bearing the name Flanery:
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Respect Lesson
The little elephant in the photo above understands the importance of being gentle. The birds are trusting that the elephant is just exploring and learning. Or else they're absolutely terrified and are standing stock-still until the big monster goes away.
At some point, all the respect in the world won't protect those birds from getting stepped on.
The elephant's opportunity to explore has a very short shelf life. Once he (or she) gets bigger, he will be too heavy to gently explore those tiny creatures.
The birds will develop a different level of respect — maybe fear is a better word — of their new friend as he grows and develops.
Have you outgrown a relationship?
Looking at this little elephant with the birds reminds me that some situations simply can't work because the people involved have grown in different directions. Even if the birds wanted to hang out with the elephant, it would be a bad idea. Eventually, someone's getting trampled.
But for this brief, delicious moment in time, the photographer captured the essence of Louise Hart's quote (listed above).
If you truly believed that you are valuable and have a special place in the universe, what would you do differently?
Remember to be gentle: Jonesy vs the cows
You're going to make mistakes as you explore. Be gentle with yourself and others.
photo credit: African baby elephant with small birds
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