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The Purpose of this Notice
When we provide our services to you, we will collect personal information about you [and others] and we want to be open and transparent with you as to the types of information we collect about you, why we collect it, how we use it and who we may share it with.
The data controller of your personal information is Hawke Financial Services, limited liability partnership registered at 79 Croydon Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6PD OC332820 ("we", or "us", or "our").
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, then please contact us using the contact details provided at the bottom of this Notice in the 'How to contact us' section.
What type of personal information will be processed and why?
We may ask you to provide personal information by filling in hard copy forms and documents or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, letter or otherwise or during the course of our meetings with you.
Identity details including your name and date of birth.
We may ask for copies of identity documents in which case we may collect details including your place of birth and residential address.
- To carry out money laundering and financial checks and for fraud and crime prevention and detection purposes.
- We will only ever use copies of identity documents for this purpose.
- We collect and process this personal information in order to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements.
- To contact you in order for us to manage, administer and provide our services to you.
- To respond to any correspondence and service-related enquiries you send to us in respect of our services.
- To discuss products or services for which you apply or may be interested in applying for.
- To manage any applications you make for products or services.
- To communicate any updates to you including any changes to our services, the terms and conditions of any services which we have provided to you, any changes to this Notice and to our websites.
- To contact you in order to receive your feedback on our services and to participate in related surveys.
- To evaluate your eligibility for products, including making credit searches with credit reference agencies and fraud searches with fraud prevention agencies.
- To enable us to advise you on your financial circumstances and the appropriateness of specific courses of action and products.
- We collect and process this personal information for our legitimate business interests.
- To enable you to make payments for our services.
- We collect and process this personal information as is necessary for the entry into and performance of any agreements between us (i.e. to assess whether you are eligible for products, and once an agreement has been entered into between you and us, so that we can collect payments from your payment card).
- To enable us to provide you with services that you have requested that would involve, or have an impact on, your dependents (who may be adults or minors). Where those dependents are adults, please make sure that you have their permission to provide us with their personal information.
Details of contact that we have had with you such as meetings with you, fact-finding discussions and documentation, recommendations, referrals and quotes.
Details of services you have received.
- To allow us to provide a professional service to you and to contact you with information about other services of ours that we think you may be interested in).
- We collect and process this personal information for our legitimate business interests.
Client experience and other feedback and information you provide to us.
Information about complaints and incidents.
Recordings of calls we receive or make.
- To review your feedback and experience with us so that we can improve our products and services for you and for our other clients.
- We collect and process this personal information for our legitimate business interests (and we record calls both for quality and training purposes and to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations).
Please see section below entitled "When we record communications" for more information.
- We may disclose your personal information to third parties where we are required to do so to comply with applicable laws and regulatory requirements including in circumstances where we are required to do so by a court Order, regulatory authority or any other third party with the lawful right to request and receive the personal information we hold about you (including law enforcement agencies and tax authorities).
- We may also use your personal information where it is necessary for us to take legal advice in order to establish our legal rights, to bring a claim against you or any related parties or to defend a claim from you or any related parties.
- We collect and process this personal information for our legitimate business interests including to carry out our own internal business planning, compliance, training, audit and quality assurance purposes.
Depending upon the types of products and services you require, we may also need to collect information from and about you which the law considers to be sensitive, such as data about your physical or mental health, which we refer to as "special category personal data". The special category personal data that we may ask you to provide, and the reasons why we ask you to provide it, are as follows:
We will only process the special category personal data listed above with your explicit consent. We ask for your consent to the processing of this data at the end of this Notice. You may choose not to provide us with this consent. However, please note that if you do not provide us with your consent to collect and process the information listed in the table above:
- we may not be able to advise you fully in respect of certain products and services which require this information (in particular those relating to health or life insurance);
- your application may be rejected by the providers of products and services which
require this information; or
- the quotes for such products and services may be higher than would be the case if this information were provided.
In some circumstances, we may receive information about you from third parties. In particular, we will receive information about you from Credit Reference Agencies and Fraud Prevention Agencies. This may include details of the products and services you have applied for, those lenders, finance and credit organisations with whom you have (and have had) an agreement with, the amounts advanced, the amount and frequency of repayments and whether you have made your repayments on time and in full. This will help us make the best possible assessment of your financial situation before we decide whether we can provide you with our services and/or recommend any specific products and services. It is in our legitimate interests to process your personal information for this purpose. We may also ask you to provide Letters of Authority to allow us to receive information about you from providers.
When we record communications
We, and persons acting on our behalf, may record and/or monitor communications (including telephone conversations over landlines and mobile phones, emails, instant messaging, chat rooms, fax and other electronic communications) between our staff and you. We only record communications between us in order to comply with our legal and regulatory requirements – as a regulated financial adviser, the law requires us to record these communications.
We may also record and/or monitor communications for training and quality assurance purposes but will always ask for your consent before recording communications for these purposes. If you choose not to provide your consent in these circumstances, we will still be entitled to record and/or monitor communications if we are under a legal obligation to do so (but will only be able to use the recordings for those purposes).
Who might my personal information be shared with?
We may disclose your personal information to the following categories of recipients:
- to providers of financial services, insurance and investment products and services in respect of whom you request us to submit applications on your behalf and to receive updates from such providers in order for us to provide our services to you throughout the lifetime of our relationship with you;
- to our suppliers and partners in order for them to help us provide our services to you, this includes:
- our IT systems providers to assist us with providing you with an efficient, modern and professional service;
- our suppliers of audit and regulatory compliance support services who may review our records containing your personal information in order to audit and report to us on our compliance with applicable laws and regulatory requirements;
- To accountants, Estate Agents, solicitors, insurer(s) and insurance broker(s) and any other provider of professional services to us or you;
- to Credit Reference Agencies and Fraud Prevention Agencies to help us make the best possible assessment of your financial situation before we decide whether we can provide you with services. We are also required to provide information to such agencies so that they can update the information which they hold about you and which they may share with other organisations;
- to other financial institutions or regulatory bodies with whom information is shared for money laundering checks, credit risk reduction and other fraud and crime prevention purposes;
- to a prospective buyer (and its agents and advisers) in the event we intend to sell any part of our business or its assets or if substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case your personal information could form part of one of the assets we sell, provided that we inform the buyer it must use your personal information only for the purposes described in this Notice. We will never rent or sell your personal information other than as part of a sale of our business;
- to any national and/or international regulatory, enforcement body, government agency or court where we believe disclosure is necessary
- as a matter of applicable law or regulation (including where we are required by law to provide information to organisations such as HMRC),
- to exercise, establish or defend our legal rights, or
- to protect your vital interests of those of any other person; and
- to any other person with your consent to the disclosure or where we are permitted to do so by law.
Our legal basis for processing personal information
Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it. In respect of the personal information and the purposes for which we may process your personal information which are set out in this Notice, we have confirmed the legal basis upon which we collect and process your personal information in the 'What type of personal information will be processed and why?' section above.
If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you or with your explicit consent, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information).
Similarly, if we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), we will make clear to you at the relevant time what those legitimate interests are.
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
Your data protection rights
You have the following data protection rights:
- If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below;
- In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
- You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing e-mails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing (such as postal marketing or telemarketing), then please contact us using the contact details provided under the "How to contact us" heading below.
- Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. For specific information about our processing of your sensitive category personal data with your consent, please see the "Your consent to us processing your special category personal data" heading below.
- You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority. (Contact details for data protection authorities in the European Economic Area, Switzerland and certain non-European countries (including the US and Canada) are available at http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article- 29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Data retention
We retain personal information we collect from you where we have an ongoing legitimate need to do so, for example:
- to provide you with a product or service you have requested us to provide,
- to perform our contractual obligations to you;
- to comply with applicable legal, tax or accounting requirements;
- to defend or manage any claims or complaints between us, you and any relevant third party including taking legal advice in respect of such claims in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights or such claims. This would include complaints and claims which you may bring against us or which are submitted to a court, regulatory authority or ombudsman.
When we have no ongoing legitimate need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise it or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
Updates to this Notice
We may change or update this Notice in order to maintain our compliance with applicable law and regulation or following an update to our internal practices. When we update our Notice, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make.
How to contact us
If you would like to contact us in relation to this Notice or if you have any other questions in respect of our processing of your personal information, please address your communications to; The Data Protection Officer at Hawke Financial Services LLP .
Communications about other products or services
We will contact you as part of our ongoing service as agreed to review the products with have arranged for you, and from time to time with details of new products, services, promotions, and other information which may be of interest to you. Please tick the relevant items below if you do not want to receive this information from us:
- by email
- by post
- by text message
- by telephone
Your consent to us processing your special category personal data
As explained above, we can only process the special category personal data listed in the table on page 1 with your explicit consent. We ask for your explicit consent to the processing of this data. You may choose not to provide us with this consent. However, please note that if you do not provide us with your explicit consent to process the special category personal data listed above, this may affect our ability to advise you on your options and it may limit the products and services which are available to you and may result in your application being rejected or result in higher quotes being provided to you (in particular those relating to health or life insurance).


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Talk Cinema
Sneak previews of award-winning indie and foreign films from national and international film festivals.
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
- Single: $15
Film lovers can now subscribe to the Talk Cinema series!
Subscribe and get access to 8 vouchers that can be used to see the whole series or bring a friend to experience new films at the Center. Learn More
Ticket Discounts
Free Tickets for Veterans, Students and Teachers: The Center provides free tickets to selected events for eligible veterans, students, and teachers. A valid student ID, teacher ID, or proof of military service is required. Tickets are limited and must be requested by phone or in person at the box office.
Postponed Notice
For more details on this performance being postponed please visit: scottsdalearts.org/notices
New performance date to be announced.
about this event
Talk Cinema offers sneak previews of films personally selected by film critic Harlan Jacobson, former editor of Film Comment magazine, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Jacobson created and has programmed the series since 1992. His selections may include an award-winning drama, an outrageous indie comedy, a provocative documentary, or the next breakout hit chosen from among new independent and foreign films from Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, and other internationally ranked film festivals. Discussions with film scholars and special guests follow the screenings.

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The makers are coming!
The Long Island Maker Festival debuts in Port Jeff
Opening my web browser the other day, I was dropped into the middle of an Apple "special event" product unveiling where an executive enthused about some app or service or the other. It was something to customize my newsfeed. Since I'm good with the way I currently get my news, I didn't pay too much attention and moved on.
Sometimes it can be overwhelming — keeping up with apps, worrying about issues of privacy and multi-tasking — all of which can erode productivity and promise access to more content than we could ever properly consume. And yet, we can either be intimidated by technology or energized by it.
People who turn that energy into creativity — makers, doers — can be an inspiration to us all. That's why this Sunday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Maritime Explorium in Port Jefferson Village and KidOYO are hosting the Long Island Maker Festival.
The largest maker festival in Suffolk County, it will showcase the work of people who have seized technological innovations and turned them into opportunities to become innovators, says Cindy Morris, the event's organizer.
As Cindy describes it, the maker movement stems from accessible innovation.
"Technology has changed so much, you can do almost everything from your own home," she says."
You don't need millions of dollars or fancy hi-tech facilities to realize your ideas.
I have to admit that I love the word "maker." People who create, contribute and value utility. It's the opposite of consumption and requires grit and ingenuity. How could anyone not be excited by that?
Sunday's family event will bring together 50 volunteers from ages 11 on up to the Port Jefferson Harborfront Park. There will be scientists from across the island wearing shirts saying, "I'm a scientist. Ask me a question." They want to encourage those who attend to learn more about the science behind what they will be seeing. And Cindy assures there will be lots of science — professional robotics, a children's science exhibition, a demonstration of green screen technology and a hologram machine built in a garage — to name just a few offerings.
The maker movement encompasses more than just science and technology, Cindy says. There's art, performing art and crafting, much of which will also be seen Sunday.
Stony Brook University's theater department will demo theatrical make-up, while attendees can take sewing lessons, observe an African drumming circle, or take in other musical performances. Workshops from computer coding to organic gardening will also be offered.
"We always talk to our children about being imaginative, but as we get older, we stop doing it ourselves," Cindy observes.
This event, this gathering of creators and entrepreneurs, is to show that "anybody can do this," she says. "We want our children to know that they don't have to be adults to be creative, and for adults to realize that they don't have to be children to be creative."
All of this came together in four months, which Cindy sees as a show of the community's interest and desire for such an event. There are close to 100 makers participating, and organizers expect the festival to draw some 3,000 attendees.
Cindy's background as a strategic planner for non-profits — she owns The Benson Agency — definitely came in handy when gathering sponsors. Without them, the undertaking would have cost anywhere from $30,000 to $40,000, she estimates.
Port Jefferson Village is allowing the organizers to use the Harborfront Park rent free, while The Rinx, the roller rink at the Village Center, is offering all attendees free roller skating for the day. Stony Brook University College of Arts and Sciences and its department of technology and society, Stony Brook Medicine, Hofstra, The Science Academy Camp at Park Shore, Long Island Parent and PSEG are among the other sponsors.
If you are a mover and a maker, or you want to be one, head "down Port" this Sunday. Maybe something you see will spark your sense of invention!
Tickets: Purchased in advance $10/person or $40/family. Day of $15/person or $60 family. www.limakerfest.com


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Cloud computing is not a pipedream anymore. Companies all over the globe have already adopted cloud computing.
Hence, it is high time that you took this course so that you could be at the front of your rivals when you want to get a job at a revered tech company or start offering cloud computing solutions to your clients.
Our cloud computing course comes with certification and the best part, we have partnered up with trainers who are veterans in cloud computing and are associated with MNCs.
Furthermore, our cloud computing course in Ghaziabad curriculum covers the basics as well as advanced aspects of cloud computing like –
With cloud computing training, you will be able to reach the pinnacle of your career in the IT sector as the demand for cloud computing experts is increasing on a daily basis.
Innovations in cloud technology and its adoption is happening daily which is why, companies around the world are always on the hunt for cloud computing experts as they are the ones who can maintain and manage cloud networks.
Furthermore, the remuneration for a cloud computing expert is often drool-worthy hence, if you want to make a boatload of money, you need to become a cloud computing expert!
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Yes, you can. Our curriculum covers all the basics of cloud computing hence, even if you do not have familiarity with cloud computing, you will be able to complete this course without any issue.
First you need to be familiar with one server operating system, recommended is Linux OS, and then start with AWS cloud, after completing AWS cloud we teach devops.
In AWS you can go for certification also.
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After completing the course you can take AWS solutions architect certification exam.
AWS is a global certification.
Cost is $150.
Yes, We provide course completion certificate on Cloud Computing apart from this there is 1 more certificate called as " Apponix Certified Professional in Cloud Computing"
If you score more than 80% in the exam you will be awarded as "Apponix Certified Professional"
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Cloud computing is taking over the global IT sector and for good reasons.
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Another reason for the rapid adoption of cloud computing across all sectors of the global economy is the technology allows a business or a brand to automate its internal and external operations thus ensuring its overall overhead costs comes down by many folds.
What will you gain from enrolling in the cloud computing training offered here at Apponix?
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You can expect $125,000 annually if you secure a job as a cloud computing expert in countries like the US, the U, Europe and Canada.
It is an umbrella term given to the set of tools and practices used to increase the ability of an IT company to deliver its services using traditional software development processes.
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It is mentioned under the training options. Online, Offline & self paced learning course fees differs.
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Yes, We provide course completion certificate on web design & development. apart from this there is 1 more certificate called as " Apponix Certified Professional in Cloud Computing"
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There's that little thing called marketing to consider – in other words, how you're going to get your words into the hands of people who want to read them. Even traditionally published authors are responsible for a great deal of their own marketing these days, as publishers reduce the amount of time, money, and energy they invest in developing their lists. And if you're self publishing, of course, the marketing is entirely up to you.
SOUND SCARY?OVERWHELMING?expensive?
It doesn't have to be. In fact, marketing can be simple and (dare I say it?) even A FUN PART OF YOUR BUSINESS AS AN INDIE AUTHOR – if you go about it the right way.
The problem is that most authors don't think of marketing the same way they think of crafting their books. Authors love to read all about craft, spend hours plotting and creating outlines, write reams on character backstory that may or may not ever make it into the book…
Yet when it comes to marketing and selling – if they're doing marketing at all – they're willing to just throw something together, post to Facebook once in a while when they remember (or when they're procrastinating…), and maybe even dabble in Facebook ads here and there.
But marketing is just like writing – you have to know where you're going and you'll need a plan to get there.
If you want a successful, lucrative career as an indie author, you must create marketing systems that reach new audiences, sell for you, and leave you time to write and create.
That's why I created the Self Publishing Formula's Ads for Authors course.
It's a full marketing system for authors that can be set up quickly and with a minimal budget. And then it will run in the background, working hard on your behalf to get your books into the hands of readers and pushing you up the sales charts. It will gather new readers, build your sales rank and add to your bottom line. All the while, you'll have the time to concentrate on your writing, secure in the knowledge that your career is being developed. And you'll be ready to market your next book when it's ready.
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As soon as I saw Mark I knew 100% he could communicate information. I think he's a wonderful instructor. Knowing your information and being able to convey it are two different things; Mark does a fantastic job of conveying information - he's a great teacher.
Six years ago, when I independently published my third novel, I believed a lot of things about self publishing that I found out later were, well, just wrong. I thought that:
- Self publishing is free. You don't need to invest anything to be successful.
- You can do your own marketing entirely on social media – again, for FREE.
- I don't want to bother people, so I don't need a way to collect their email address (why would they even want emails from me?)
- Advertising and marketing online seem pretty technical – and I'm not a technical person.
- (And maybe worst of all...) I'm a writer, not a marketer.
I really had no idea what I was doing. I mean, I was the writer who managed to get over the course of a weekend but didn't have another book to sell.
Even worse, I was the writer who didn't even have a mailing list where I could communicate with those readers when I DID eventually have something else to sell.
I could have tried and tried and tried, keeping that same mindset and getting nowhere. But I didn't. I forced myself to sit down and learn from those who had gone before me. I absorbed all the knowledge I could and then I looked beyond self publishing into the broader world of internet marketing (because, let's be honest, a book is a piece of digital content and the rules for selling on the internet apply to books as much as they do to other online assets).
I surrounded myself with brilliant people and learned as much as I could from them. And what I learned changed my perspective, my business, and my life.
Now? things are a bit different
- I hit the bestseller lists everywhere I choose to sell.
- I have systems that take care of the marketing for me, leaving me time to write.
- I easily make five figures in sales each month with simple ads and since 2018 have secured a seven-figure annual income for myself.
- I have a list of more than 80,000 fans eager to buy my next book.
- And I have created a repeatable way to launch every single book I write – and make a profit – from here on out.
The successful indie author is someone who understands that making a decent living from writing is not just writing a book - or even multiple books - but about embracing the power of new digital marketing techniques to create repeatable systems that get those books into the hands of readers over and over again.
Of course, back before I figured these systems out, I was the guy who thought exactly what you may be thinking:
"it's too technical."
I'm not a particularly technical kind of guy. I'm not great with websites and data and all the stuff I thought I'd need to know to make advertising work. You'll be able to get ads up and running very quickly. Better still, I'll guide you through the whole process, teaching you the trickier concepts, explaining the jargon and then presenting you with hours of detailed videos that allow you to look over my shoulder as I set up and monitor my ads. I will demystify the process and show you how easy it is.
"i don't have time!"
I won't lie to you: advertising on Facebook, Amazon and BookBub takes a bit of time to learn and set up, but I'm going to cut your set up time by way more than half, because I'll show you everything you need to know. And once you have your systems set up, it takes almost no time to maintain. I monitor my ads every day at 2pm. It takes 10 minutes - that's all. The system that I teach finds new readers for you while you write the new material that they are going to love.
"i'm not a marketer."
Successful writers know that you need to wear lots of different hats. The days when you could just write and leave someone else to get your books into the hands of new readers are long gone. And that's GREAT. I bet you're exactly like me – you want people to love your stuff, and you want to be paid enough so that you can do what you love as your full-time job. Why wouldn't you want to take advantage of the most efficient strategy I have discovered in the last five years to make that a reality?
"i'm not ready to launch..."
All you need is a finished book that's ready to be delivered to readers. THAT'S ALL. I'll show you how to leverage that book to drive sign-ups to your mailing list (the #1 most powerful marketing strategy that a writer can have). And then I'll show you how to sell it. There is a perception in the indie community that too many authors are advertising and it isn't as effective as it once was. I don't agree. This course will show you how to make your ads as effective as possible - and what's working right now.
"it'll be too expensive."
I thought it would cost too much to make a campaign work as it should, and it is one of the most frequent concerns that I hear from other authors. It's not true. You can run simple list building ads on Facebook for as little as $5 a day. And that's an investment that should result in a tidy return - the goal is to make a profit as new readers buy your books.
meet the author: Garrett robinson
The difference for me before I did Ads for Authors and after was before I did it, I didn't have a career, and after I did it, I had one. That was the straight-up difference. Before, I was not anywhere close to making a living from my writing, and afterwards, not only was I suddenly making a living from my writing, but my wife got to quit her job in order to work for me as well. So, I'd say it worked pretty good.
at a certain stage in life – or your business – you're not interested in just doing what you've been doing. It isn't working. You're not getting the results you want. And that's frustrating. You're ready to take things to an entirely different level.
The problem is this: it's not something you can do on your own. It's not going to be you sitting in a coffee shop, figuring out how to make your books sell in the intervals between writing new stuff.
You need help. I need it, you need it, we all need it. Ads for Authors is designed to be the guidance that helps you ditch the status quo. I want to drive you to new levels that you might previously have thought were unattainable.
in fact, when you've completed this course, you'll be able to:
- Find your perfect readers and hit them with beautiful, well-crafted ads that convert them into buyers and fans.
- Build an automated email sequence that introduces new readers to your writing and encourages them to move on to your paid books.
- Grow your email list exponentially with readers who have signed up because they are eager to know more about you and your writing.
- Turn some of those readers in to fans, and then into superfans (and members of your Street Team – selling more books for you!).
- Write engaging emails to your readers that build strong lasting relationships.
- Start growing the core posse of 1,000 true fans any creative artist needs to build a sustainable and reliable business doing the things that you love.
- And – I almost forgot – SELL BOOKS.
When I mentioned that I was going to put together a course setting all this down, I was contacted by more than one successful indie author who suggested that I keep it to myself. Why? Because they were using ads very successfully and wanted to keep their strategies to themselves.
Not cool!
I created this course because I hate the idea of writers sitting on manuscripts, worried about self publishing, because they think it's going to be prohibitively expensive, when that's just not the case.
And now that I've been teaching students how to do this for a while, the results have been astounding.
I've proven that the ads work in any genre, for any kind of writer. I've seen romance authors make FIVE times their investment on ads. I've seen writers from niche genres ADD THOUSANDS of emails (yes, literally) to their mailing lists.
it can be done - and you could be next.
If you're on the fence about it, do it. The course will pay for itself with your first launch. We hit over three quarters of a million last year - and we already beat that this year.
The modules are fantastic. Even if you're not technology-savvy, it's very easy to do. It's seamless. I became a full-time author 3 months ago. I've strived for it for a long time. This is the avenue that's allowed me to do that.
I wish I could go back in time and tell myself to take the course earlier so that I could be even further along than I am now. This course really makes a huge difference and will change your career. And your life.
I knew how to write but I didn't know how to treat it like a business. Within two to three months of doing the Ads for Authors course, I made five figures in a month. Six months after that I was able to quit my job and do this full time.
A year ago things weren't so bright. I was really struggling. Six months after taking the course, the money my books made quadrupled. And the more books you sell, the more organic opportunities come along like audiobooks and foreign rights deals. Mark showed me what's possible.
This course will show you everything you need to know to create ads for list building and sales.
I will show you the exact strategy that I have deployed to add thousands of readers to my mailing list and increase the sales of all my books - and one $6.99 box set by 500%. You don't need a degree in computer science to pull this off. Apart from the modest budget for ads, you don't need to buy anything else.
You've got this.
The original and the largest of the courses within Ads for Authors, my flagship Facebook Ads for Authors covers everything you need to know in order to navigate the world's largest social media ads platform. In this course you will learn:
- General Principles: How to navigate the Facebook Ads interface, and how to create a campaign and target readers;
- How to use Facebook Ads to build a mailing list of superfans;
- And how to use the ads platform to drive sales of your books. You'll also get access to Advanced Facebook Ads for Authors – a steadily updated curriculum of high-level ninja tips and tricks.
First delivered in 2020: our revised Amazon Ads for Authors course. Janet Margot recently left the Amazon Ads team after working there for eight years, so there's nobody better suited to teach authors how to effectively target readers through the largest online retailer in the world. In this premium course you will learn:
- Why Amazon Ads should form part of your marketing strategy;
- The different types of Amazon Ads;
- How to develop the right advertising strategy for your books;
- How to expand your reach to an international audience;
- And all the tactics and strategies I've used to make my ads work like gangbusters.
BookBub Ads for Authors
You've probably heard how effective BookBub's Featured Deals are, right? Take a deep dive into the platform with an up-to-date and expansive module delivered by the BookBub team themselves, and learn everything from setting up an account to building an audience to creating ads with cheap CPCs… and much more!
Let established indie authors Lila Dubois and Jayne Rylon take you by the hand and show you how to tap into the awesome marketing potential of the popular platform in this specially commissioned module. BookTok is very much a thing!
BONUS! Advanced Facebook Ads for Authors
An additional course with pro ninja tips galore to take your Facebook ads marketing to the next level.
BONUS!How to Write Better, Simpler Ads
In this guest module from author and author trainer, Bryan Cohen, you'll learn how to create hooks to draw in readers and master the art of crafting compelling ads for your books – including how to fine-tune them to maximise their performance.
BONUS!Ad Design for Authors
Stuart Bache, professional book cover designer for bestsellers (including me), shows how to get the very best out of design tools Photoshop and Canva to create high-converting covers for your books.
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Don't worry! Once you've bought the course you'll have lifetime access to all future updates of the platforms covered as well as any new modules that are introduced. We do our best to make the course as up to date and future-proof as possible.
As a student of this course, you'll gain immediate access to a hugely supportive Facebook community made up of indie authors at various stages of their careers. Whether it's feedback or insight that you're after, this is a fantastic place to start. For technical and payment queries, our online support team will aim to respond to your query as quickly as possible.
We offer a payment plan for authors wanting immediate access to the course but who prefer the benefit of spreading the cost of purchase over 12 months. Administration of the scheme does require extra resources which are covered by the additional cost of the payment plan option.
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If the course isn't for you, that's not a problem. All you need to do is email me within 30 days of purchase to receive a full refund.
meet the author: ORLANDO A. SANCHEZ
It really does work for you! I was lost in the marketing/ads world. I did the course and went from making $56 in my first year to making well over six figures a year now. I've been able to live off my writing, which is fantastic. It's a dream.
whether or not you become a successful indie author has much more to do with your marketing systems than anything else.
The good news is, the tactics you need to know to market your book are not difficult to master. I've done the hard work of putting all the information together into one hub and system you can use to find readers, introduce them to your work, and create fans and readers for life.
The only thing left for you to do is make it happen.


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Friday, March 11, 2011
Friday's Forgotten Books: BIGGIE AND THE POISONED POLITICIAN by Nancy Bell
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I started with cozies and will probably end with them. This series sounds charming.ReplyDelete
Patti, it is. Most especially the first four books. I don't know why it's not more well known. Oh well, cozies are usually not as front and center as thrillers and other mysteries. But I love a good cozy. Sometimes that's just all I'm in the mood for. :)ReplyDelete
The covers were really well done! I would like a piece of the cake in book cover one and the fricasseed fat man cover made me smile. I never heard the term "cozies" before --I am always learning something new from you, Yvette!ReplyDelete
I chuckled over the name you chose for my Australian travel book ...lol! When my husband and I were at a business sponsored dinner one evening one of the Australian company men from Brisbane found our New York Brooklynese accents very interesting. He told nme it was so thick it sounded as if I 'were putting it on." After I picked my chin up from the floor I didn't know whether to be flattered or embarrassed. Embarrassment won out..sigh. I guess I must sign up for elocution lessons.
Very tempting covers. I think I will have to consider this writer when I lift my book buying ban (but I have a few books to go until...)ReplyDelete
Pat: You should have immediately responded: What accent?ReplyDelete
That's what I used to say when I visited California many years ago and first found out I even had a NY accent! HA!
Never feel embarrassed. It's who you are. And that's quite good enough, m'dear. ;)
I think that cake is called a Red Devil cake, but I'm not sure. It's a southern specialty.
'Cozies' is an old term for a certain sort of mystery. Usually the sort you have with a cup of tea and maybe a cookie. ;)
Dorte: If you like 'cozy' mysteries, you'll love these. Plus the Texas vernacular is kind of fun.ReplyDelete
- kathy d.March 11, 2011 at 6:21 PM
I'm not a cozy reader really, but if I were, this would be my first choice--based on those gorgeous covers alone.ReplyDelete
I feel like getting copies of the cover, framing them and putting them up on the kitchen wall!
I'm a southerner and a big fan of red velvet cake! Here's a little background:ReplyDelete
and a recipe:
Something to munch on while you're reading "Biggie and the Poisoned Politician."
Kathy: Yes, aren't they wonderful? I found the artist's website, so you can see more of his really special work.ReplyDelete
BV: THAT'S what I meant to say: red velvet. Of course. Thanks for the info and the recipe! ;)ReplyDelete


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Of course, you don't have to spend a lot of money to be stylish. Of course, what I just said there was a lie. Of course, I don't fully mean that last sentence either. Of course, I sort of mean the last one. I don't really understand why.
In my view, a bro can get away with the odd pair of Gap khakis, a few Uniqlo basics and a shirt or three from Muji. But unless that bro ultimately weighs in on something that smells like Garbstore, Engineered Garments, Yuketen or Beams, in any galaxy of influential dudery, he's always going to be Biggs Darklighter.
That said… even the most steezy brah sometimes finds himself without an assfull of lucci. Unnecessarily without the necessary. Trying to play the big boy's games with a little girl's purse.
So what does a dude do at a time like that? One word. Accessories. In an outfit that's mostly old news, a well chosen accessory can add some much needed topicality. Freshen shit up brah. Get Frankenstein on those garms brotherman. Go all power-mod on that look. What I'm saying is, buy a scarf.
Buy this scarf…
Or, like totally, this one…
They're Blue Blue Japan and on sale over at Anthem. They'll set you back 45 monies, which isn't bad. Take into consideration that Anthem say the Blue Blue collection is, "beautifully made and dyed clothing in natural fibers, unique fabrics and artisan wash processes." You know, that sounds kind of like it's worth the money on its own. Think about those words, "natural", "unique" and my favourite, "artisan". Don't they just make you wanna drop 45 large on a bit of Japanese weave? I say weave, because the Anthem site doesn't actually say what they're made of. Cotton I'm guessing. Which admittedly, isn't completely "unique".
If even 45 would leave your purse of monies too light, what about these socks…
If there's one thing you can say about them, it's that they're definitely socks. And if my eyes aren't fooling with my mind, they're white with a red circle on. You know, all Japany. They'll wreck you 18. Which is the same as a pint of milk probably, so stop scratching at your bumhole and point your browser here ways.
For me, this post about dealing with frugality, alongside the demands of stylish living, brings to mind the ancient Japanese proverb:
悪妻は百年の不作 花鳥風.
Which of course means, 'a man who hesitates to invest in his wardrobe, is a right fucking wang piece.


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Causes of Poverty in Slovakia
The country of Slovakia was once known as Czechoslovakia until its peaceful dissolution in 1993, which in turn created the Czech Republic. Today, the country is home to more than five million citizens with a population that has been steadily growing over the past decade. According to The World Bank, Slovakia also has a poverty rate of 12.6 percent, which roughly equals just less than 700,000 people. The causes of poverty in Slovakia are varied and run deep through the country's history.
One of the suggested causes of poverty in Slovakia is its prolonged dependence on factories. During its time as Czechoslovakia during World War II, the country served the Nazi regime by supporting the war machine with supplies and troops and by aiding its efforts to ethnically cleanse Europe.
After World War II, Czechoslovakia came under the control of the Soviet Union and focused on industries such as coal mining, producing steel and machinery. When the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union collapsed, the demand for these industries decreased, leaving many workers out of a job.
The industries of Slovakia are still focused on heavy machinery production, mostly the production of cars. This, combined with the fact that the industries of Slovakia lack any competition among one another, is one of the main causes of poverty in Slovakia. It should be noted that stronger product market competition could assist in alleviating this cause.
Furthermore, Slovakia ranks low on the list of European Union countries in terms of innovation. Within the European Union, Slovakia ranked next to last in knowledge-creation and ranked last for innovation and entrepreneurship. Slovakia also lacks investment in education and the application of information technology.
Ethnic poverty is very prevalent among the population of Slovakia, particularly within the Roma population. Roma are considered some of the poorest and most marginalized group in the entire country. The Roms became marginalized during WWII, and many who survived fled the country. Those currently living in Slovakia today live in shanty towns or ghettos.
Despite the hardships that Slovakia has endured, there is positive news about the economic situation in the country. According to The Slovak Spectator, "the labor market surpassed several milestones: 1) the number of jobs in the economy rose to an all-time high; 2) the number of jobless declined to pre-crisis levels; 3) the unemployment rate declined below the eurozone's, for the first time ever." Though there are sure to be challenges ahead, the country seems to be on the right path to solving the causes of poverty of Slovakia.
– Derrick Chariker
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It's only been one day since Virginia governor Bob McDonnell declared April "Confederate History Month" without mentioning slavery even once in his proclamation. Now he'd like a mulligan. Earlier tonight McDonnell's office put out a statement apologizing for the omission. In the statement, McDonnell acknowledges the evils of slavery and the prominent role it played in the Civil War, which he previously seemed to be denying. The statement also included the following text, which will be added to his proclamation.
WHEREAS, it is important for all Virginians to understand that the institution of slavery led to this war and was an evil and inhumane practice that deprived people of their God-given inalienable rights and all Virginians are thankful for its permanent eradication from our borders, and the study of this time period should reflect upon and learn from this painful part of our history…
McDonnell issues thorough apology for leaving slavery out of proclamation [Voices/WP]
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From an unforeseen blend encounter to the continuation of an old coopering tradition, the second day of Spirit of Speyside held a range of unexpected pleasures. Becky Paskin reports.
If you send a whisky writer to a whisky festival you'd expect a few drams to be had and a sore head the following morning. While I woke to a few missed calls and texts berating my lack of staying power at the opening night ceilidh, I didn't have that familiar fuzziness that accompanies a grand night out.
That's a true professional for you (however unexpected), though in reality it was most likely the threat of a boisterous dance with Callum Fraser, production manager at Glenfarclas, that scared me away. Gemma Paterson, senior tour guide at Glenfiddich, now has the bruises to prove I made the right decision.
Reflecting on my wisdom, I decided today's update from the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival (SoSWF) will be themed along the lines of: expect the unexpected. Knowing this industry, there is always someone, or something, out there to shock you.
My first surprise came from the trusty, reliable Glenfiddich distillery in Dufftown, during a blending masterclass with Grant's global brand ambassador Rob Allanson.
You see, this festival is a celebration of Speyside malts, but Grant's is a blended Scotch whisky containing a large proportion of Girvan grain whisky – from the Lowlands.
Blending the rules: The Grant's session interrupted the festival focus on malts
Nevertheless, Allanson has been hosting several blending sessions throughout the festival, explaining the Grant family's 100-year heritage in blended whisky, and drawing visitors' attention to the wonders of blended Scotch.
Tasked with creating our own blends using several styles of malt and grain in the Glenfiddich blending lab, I wanted to go one step further and, in keeping with the theme of the day, do something unexpected.
I created… a blended grain whisky, and continuing the current conversation surrounding transparency in Scotch whisky, here is my (rough) recipe, the youngest of which is six years old and the oldest somewhere over 39 years old:
- Girvan 2009 floral grain
- Girvan 1977
- Dumbarton 1994
- Grant's Oxygen (six-year-old blended grain)
- Grain whisky from distillery 'C', aged 25 years-plus
My blend, named Fosgarra – Scottish Gaelic for transparent – has wonderfully complex, burnt vanilla custard, tarte tatin and light orchard fruit notes but, sadly, zero finish. What is not surprising is that the art of blending takes years of practice and skill to master and I should stick to the day job.
Leaving Allanson to clear up our mess, the next port of call was Speyside Cooperage in Craigellachie, where the first Blackening to take place for a decade was about to commence.
Just like the two young apprentices graduating to become fully-fledged coopers after four years' tuition, I had no idea what to expect. Neither did the dozens of local press, festival visitors, or family and friends who turned out to witness the centuries-old tradition ensue, though we were warned to stay well back.
Messy business: This year's Blackening was the first held for a decade
I can now say this: wearing suede shoes to a Blackening is not a good idea.
The two lads graduating this year were Callum Lawson and Kyle Cooper, who, without warning, were hoisted into the air by their colleagues and carried away to meet their fate.
Buckets of 'Blackening sludge' – molasses, pot ale, water and wood shavings – were thrown over them, their clothes ripped off and bags of feathers and flour emptied over their heads.
Struggling was futile as they were forced into Sherry butts and rolled around the distillery, covered in cooperage muck. To top off their initiation into the coopers' circle, the duo were doused with ice-cold water and handed a dram.
It takes apprentice coopers four years to graduate, so Blackenings don't come about that often, although Kyle's younger brother Reece – who threw his fair share of feathers and pot ale – is due to graduate in four months' time. No doubt Kyle is already plotting his revenge.
The evening took a decidedly less adventurous turn, despite tales of Robinson Crusoe and likenesses called between Dave Broom and Captain Jack Sparrow.
For the final Desert Island Drams session of the festival – there had been a lunchtime version earlier in the day – whisky writer Ian Buxton had gathered a stellar panel to join us on an imaginary marooned island – where only the finest whisky is available and food is served courtesy of French chef Eric Obry.
Of course the company of our chief engineer, Dave Broom, plus writers and session panellists Alice Lascelles and Martine Nouet, make this particular island all the more habitable.
Barking band: The legendary Copper Dogs enthrall the SoSWF throng
If I were to choose an island to be abandoned on, this would be it. Ballantine's 17 Year Old paired with seared scallop, celeriac purée and lime shavings; Aberlour A'bunadh with a salted cheddar and dried fruit oat cake; and Royal Salute Stone of Destiny with an indulgent chocolate and coffee brownie – made for an absolute feast.
Fortunately for me, there was not a surprising element during this evening's session, as both the dishes and the whiskies lived up to expectations – this panel of whisky writers has some serious credentials.
Finally though, the time came to say goodbye to this bunch and head to the Craigellachie Hotel for DogFest, an annual mini music festival hosted as part of SoSWF by the hotel's Copper Dog bar and featuring widely acclaimed industry band the Copper Dogs, among others.
The music tent, erected to host the festival in the hotel's front garden, was packed to bursting with SoSWF visitors and industry folk turned out for a dram or two and to hear this legendary band play.
A particular highlight was watching Dr Nick Morgan, Diageo's usually professional head of whisky outreach and music aficionado, jamming along to Lady Gaga and Madonna. If anything epitomises today's theme of unexpected moments, this was it.


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How to Support Loved Ones Dealing With Long-Term Illness and End-of-Life Care
Terminal illness, disability, traumatic injuries and aging are realities that challenge not only those suffering, but their families and communities as well.
When those suffering and those who care for them remember their faith, great things can happen.
Kim Shankman, dean of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., is a mother whose teenage son was badly injured in an automobile accident this past spring.
Her son John, 18, is currently receiving intensive therapeutic care for a brain injury.
In the early days after the accident, his condition was touch-and-go, but Shankman and her husband held fast to their faith and reached out to their community, asking everyone to pray for their son and for the grace to accept whatever might happen.
Shankman uses social media to keep everyone informed on John's condition and particular prayer needs.
Visitors to the hospital and the rehabilitation facility helped the family cope, and the community reached out as well, assisting the family in various ways and even organizing fundraisers to help with expenses not covered by their insurance.
A recent post alluded to a difficult day for the Shankmans: "Today, although like always, it's hard to see him suffer, I still had this real peace that he is doing what he needs to be doing, and God is watching out for him, so it's not my responsibility to figure out how to fix the storming [in our lives]. I just need to be with him, helping him as I can … but trusting in Another, who loves him even more than I do. When I can do that, everything is simple and good."
In reflecting on the ordeal, she also noted: "I also feel that our experience during John's trials has given me a much deeper and more concrete understanding of God's fatherly care for us."
Embrace Suffering in Christ
Father Michael Duesterhaus of Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Woodbridge, Va., has been a priest for 22 years and has also served as a Navy chaplain. He believes that, unlike the Shankmans, some Catholics have forgotten the purpose of life and, as a result, don't understand the role of life events such as sickness and death.
"We have to see illness is something that was brought into existence by Original Sin — it was not in the Lord's design," he said. "Thus, God permits sickness and death. See that he embraced death and ultimately conquered death. Thus, for us, his children, all things are possible if we stay on his path."
Elmer Fangman, a counselor in Atchison, recalled when his youngest daughter was born with Down syndrome, and he and his wife were taken aback momentarily. But they quickly accepted the situation. With every trial he has encountered in life, that has been his response. Now in her 30s, his daughter has a job where she is supported and encouraged and is a valued member of the family.
"My parents taught me to live the life God puts in front of you," Fangman said. "You do the best you can with it."
Fangman's outlook is similar to that of Father Duesterhaus. "Accept the diagnosis and then just live life," the priest advises.
Father Shane Tharp of Holy Name of Jesus parish in Chickasha, Okla., believes that people have difficulty facing their own and others' sufferings for several reasons. "First, I would guess that it's too real, and it's too ugly," Father Tharp said. "Second, I suspect not a lack of faith, but a disconnect from their faith. It's as though they relegate Jesus to Sunday, but when they need Jesus the most, they forget he's there."
But relying on Christ is exactly what is needed.
In addition to a positive and accepting outlook on the trials of life, Father Duesterhaus and Father Tharp agree that the support of the parish community is essential.
Father Duesterhaus said, "If we really accept that we are part of the family of God, then we should fulfill the corporal works of mercy and visit the sick. No major production, just time spent, conversations about family histories and the children bringing some flowers and cards. Visit a shut-in for an hour twice a month and call on the other weeks, and hearts will be changed."
And one's Catholic sacramental life is vital. (See Catechism of the Catholic Church starting at 1499.)
One problem for the faithful, according to Father Duesterhaus, is that some family members making decisions might not adhere to or even understand or know the dying member's wishes for a Catholic funeral.
Added Father Tharp: "For many people who are dealing with terminal illness and other difficulties — family, the ill and the medical personnel — it's almost a taboo subject to talk about the fear of death and the sadness of losing loved ones."
'Face of Christ'
With Catholic hospitals declining in number, Catholic health-care workers are in a unique position to bring the gaze of Christ to the ill, disabled and dying.
Curatio Apostolate of Catholic Healthcare Professionals formed to provide support for Catholic health-care professionals in response to Blessed John Paul II's invitation to the New Evangelization.
The apostolate's mission director, Dianne Johnson, explained the spirituality of Curatio's members. "As Catholic health-care workers, we see in each patient the face of Christ, and we try to be the face of Christ to both patient and fellow worker," Johnson said. "If we enter our work from his heart and in a proper sacramental relationship, we have at our disposal graces and resources unavailable to others. These resources, these graces, make it possible to do our work in the fullest way without fear of burning out in the face of exceptional burdens inherent to our work. We see this apostolate as part of the New Evangelization, bringing Christ into every corner of existence."
Curatio member Teresa Peyton Tawil, a geriatric nurse practitioner, feels a close connection to the body of Christ in her work. "I keep cards of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy in my lab coat," Peyton Tawil said. "A few times per week, I work with a soul who is open to finding healing in Christ. Protestants will also embrace it, since the prayers center on obtaining graces from Our Lord. The image of Our Lord, as described by St. Faustina, draws all who see it eagerly toward him, inspiring us to spend time in prayer and trusting him with our worries. It is a wonderful evangelization tool. We have a golden opportunity to introduce patients to the light of Christ and his mercy when we are working so intimately with them."
Dominic's Story
Dominic Pio Gundrum's story reaches across not just parish lines, but state and regional lines, too.
Dominic was born in Wisconsin with a rare condition in which part of the brain forms outside the head, and the two halves of his head and face failed to come together in utero.
Dominic's parents, Mark and Mary, were able to arrange for surgery soon after he was born, but the surgery was done at a hospital in Boston, far from their Wisconsin home.
With seven older children's needs to consider, the Gundrums faced a dilemma trying to keep the family together during this trying time.
In the end, the family was able to stay together in Boston for Dominic's surgery thanks to another Catholic family who lived in the area, who gave up their home to the Gundrums during their stay in Boston. Others also came to their aid, bringing groceries and even Christmas presents for the Gundrum children.
Leslie O'Brien got the ball rolling for this cooperative effort. "My husband, Kevin, and I used to live in Northborough, Mass., and our parish was St. Bernadette," O'Brien said. "I called Mark and asked if I could call my old parish because I knew they would want to help. Mark agreed and sounded a little relieved to get some needed supplies."
"As Catholics, we are called to serve others, and this was a perfect opportunity to do just that. Everyone just wanted to help. Dominic brought so many people together for a common good," she added, noting that her friend at the Massachusetts parish, Jen Shields, helped spearhead the project.
Shields plunged in to help without hesitation. "Helping others in need is one of the basic obligations of our Catholic faith," she said, noting that "the parish continued to pray for Dominic's healing and the family's strength."
"It was amazing to see how people heard Dominic's story and pretty much dropped what they were doing to help," Shields said. "How could we, as Catholics, let a family living in a foreign city go through this alone? Their story was inspiring — their need to stay together as a family moved everyone, and their courage to bring Dominic to Boston for a complicated surgery was truly brave. Talk about a leap of faith! We were awestruck by them!"
"You simply act when you know you're doing God's work," she added. "Simply put, it is living the Gospel. It wasn't one person; it was a community, a parish who answered the call. That made it even easier. We loved knowing we lightened the load for the Gundrums."
Ethical Dilemmas
Today's medical technology can assist people with serious illness, a disability or devastating injuries, but it can also create ethical dilemmas.
"The first decision belongs to the person who is ill," Father Tharp said. "They need to be fully versed on what the procedure, prognosis and treatment regime will entail. This includes a benefit analysis of the treatment, expense and availability of the treatment."
"In addition, Catholics need to have a person delegated as their medical representative in case they are incapacitated and cannot express their consent to treatment," he added. "Living wills or other advance directives do not conform to Catholic medical ethics, but granting someone the durable power of attorney is."
"Generally, I as a priest would rather be told sooner rather than later [about someone's illness]. There is still a sense, especially among poorly catechized Catholics, that you don't call the priest unless the person is about to actually expire," Father Tharp added. "Don't do that. Don't, don't, don't do that. You deny your loved one the chance to receive not just the anointing of the sick, but also confession and viaticum. If there is a danger of death or very serious illness, call the priest."
And never lose hope.
Teresa Kramer of Dumfries, Va., is the mother of eight children, the oldest of whom is 13. They are parishioners at Father Duesterhaus' parish. She tells her children that suffering and death are hopeful parts of life: "I think that it's important for them to see all of life, not just the happy, fun side. When it comes to suffering and death, we always keep God and heaven and hope in the picture."
Laurie Ghigliotti writes from Atchison, Kansas.


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Technically, this isn't a remake of Earthquake (1974) – and it ups the stakes by blowing the whole San Andreas fault, which means successive spectacular devastations of Hoover Dam, Los Angeles and San Francisco rather than tamely confining the carnage to LA – but it does follow the broad strokes of that well-remembered effort, though with a more life-affirming family values message as rescue chopper flier Ray Gaines (Dwayne Johnson) wins back his nearly-ex wife (Carla Gugino) and resourceful babe daughter (Alexandra Daddario) by being intrepid during the crisis as opposed to the 70s cynicism whereby Charlton Heston lost his wife and mistress and eventually his life in the struggle and the authorities were repped by a power-crazed National Guardsman rather than the sterling goodies deployed here. I assume that Richard (Ioan Gruffud), the sleek gazillionaire architect who abandons the teen heroine to be crushed in an underground garage and later gets squashed on the Golden Gate Bridge is named after Richard Chamberlain, who several times (most notably in The Towering Inferno) played the culpable coward character.
In a direct lift from Earthquake, tech support is provided by a seismologist (Paul Giamatti) who's just devised a way to predict big quakes and gets to deliver lectures and awful warnings from a CalTech media studio and also add some jittery character stuff to contrast with the hero's awesome solidity. Johnson, among the most likeable action men of his generation, isn't that comfortable with his vestigial character depth – his marriage has foundered after the drowning of another daughter and he sometimes knits his brows to express sorrow – but rises to the occasion when battling the odds to get his family back together while driving a chopper, a truck, a small plane or a motorboat into quake-induced peril (including a vertiginous tsunami). A niggle is that in order to save his family – and the two comically-terribly-written-and-acted British brothers (Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson) who latch onto the daughter – Ray has to not turn up for his job as a rescue pilot on a day when presumably his services are in demand. In essence, this film is one big argument for looking out for number one in a crisis, just so long as you're saving your kin's skin rather than your own – family values trump the greater good in movieland (see also The Day After Tomorrow) every time.
Disaster movies used always to offer the camp appeal of seeing vintage character actors and oddball guest stars from other fields getting colourfully creamed, but this only stretches to bringing on Kylie Minogue as a nasty snobby bitch (sister to the Gruffudd character) who runs out the wrong door in a skyscraper restaurant when the quake hits LA. Another mystery – how a Samoan and a Hispanic could have as whitebread a daughter as Daddario, an actress so bland I can never recognise even though I've looked up her credits in the past week (after seeing her in Burying the Ex). The big-scale CGI effects are astonishing, of course … though we've seen these places take their lumps in too many movies recently, with Frisco only totalled by Godzilla last year. This is relatively bloodless – buildings get shattered and whole city blocks collapse but no one we care about dies. Indeed, outside of Gruffudd and Minogue, who get comedy exits, almost all the casualties are pixel-sized CGI creations. The subtext of 70s disaster movies was usually that society or individual hubris was at fault, but this – following Pompeii last year – lays the blame on nature (but not God), with even Giamatti's boffin not going so far as to suggest that building major conurbations on fault lines is a bad idea. Even the weaselly architect isn't professionally at fault – the tower he has built does last longer than all the others and provides safe-ish refuge for the kids. Written by Carlton Cuse (of TV stuff: Bates Motel, Lost, The Train, The Returned) from a story by Jeremy Passmore (the Red Dawn remake) and Andre Fabrizio; directed by Brad Peyton, who once made an eccentric gothic short (Evelyn the Cutest Evil Dead Girl) but has become a very mainstream director, with the Cats & Dogs sequel and the Johnson-starring Journey sequels.
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Controversial Ruling On Sampling Involves P-Funk
A Federal Appeals Court in Cincinnati ruled that "If you cannot pirate the whole sound recording, can you 'lift' or 'sample' something less than the whole? Our answer to that question is in the negative. Get a license or do not sample."
This alone doesn't seem that controversial — most fans and artists agree that if the sample is recognizable the owner of the original copyright should be compensated. It gets more interesting when you look at the details of the case.
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Perhaps one of Tucson's best-kept musical secrets, Wiedenkeller plays banjo, guitar and mandolin, drawing from experiences of more than 30 years playing bluegrass, rock, R&B, country, folk, ethnic and world music, as well as writing film scores. He'll join with a few friends to celebrate the release of his debut solo album with an intimate concert Friday, March 4, at the eastside St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.
Although he plays several instruments, Wiedenkeller will primarily stick to the banjo and the Sevan, a seven-string guitar of his own design that bridges the sounds of guitar and banjo.
In an interview last weekend, Wiedenkeller explained: "The high string on the banjo is typically played as a drone string, but I was playing it another way, as a note in a scale, to make it all run together in a linear, fluid fashion. I realized that I could put this short, high string on the guitar and have these two sounds together."
After four years of designing and experimenting, Wiedenkeller built a prototype of his Sevan, which was a solid-bodied, acoustic-electric banjo-guitar-synthesizer. "I finished the instrument and played it for three weeks or so, when it was knocked over, and the neck broke."
So Wiedenkeller hooked up with Tucson luthier Dennis Coon. Together, they redesigned the Sevan, and Coon built the hollow-bodied acoustic version that Wiedenkeller now plays. It can be strummed or played with finger picks. You can hear it on the track "Haiku" on Milagros.
Born in Southern California in 1959, Wiedenkeller has lived and played all over the world. He moved his family--which includes a 14-year-old son and a 9-year-old daughter--to Tucson in 1999 and has stayed here since.
He became enamored with bluegrass and old-time country as a kid and started playing bluegrass with a buddy and touring the country when they were both in their teenage years. "Here we were, playing hillbilly music with long, bleached-blond hair."
Even early in his career, Wiedenkeller was experimenting with different sounds on the banjo. "I began taking the banjo and adding more complex harmonics and rhythms and phrasing."
In the 1980s, Wiedenkeller started playing electric guitar, moving into jazz, rock and fusion music. He lived in Southern California, Japan and Hawaii, where in 1993, he landed a gig playing banjo with the Maui Symphony Orchestra. "That forced me to sit and practice the banjo again for the first time in 15 years. I began developing some fluency again in the instrument."
As his facility with the banjo grew again, so did his interest in exploring the possibilities of new sounds. But Wiedenkeller did not plan to play classical music on it, he said.
"I never did and never have made it my intention to sit down and write classical banjo music. It was very much a fluke based on the fact that I had regained fluency on the banjo, and merely followed my ear. This way a new music started to emerge."
Thus was born the title of Wiedenkeller's CD, Milagros, which in Spanish means "miracles." "These pieces of music were in a sense little miracles, because they just kind of fell into my lap."
Wiedenkeller's concert this Friday won't simply feature classical banjo music, though. Concertgoers will hear a little of all of Wiedenkeller's styles, honed during a career playing with such diverse artists as Alison Brown, Doc Watson, Ricky Skaggs, Greg Leisz, Rosie Flores, Michael Tavera, Bill Medley and Santo Giuliano, as well as members of Steel Pulse and Frank Zappa's band.
Although Wiedenkeller estimates he has played on more than 100 albums by other artists--as well as having owned a recording studio--Milagros is his first solo CD.
Among the Tucson-based players with whom he has played have been Peter McLaughlin, Chris Brashears, Alan Shockley and Todd Hammes.
At this Friday's concert, he'll share the stage with violinist and bassist Rob Paulus, keyboardist Richard Katz and vocalist Debbie Daly. Also a singer-songwriter, Wiedenkeller will perform some original songs from his next album, Soul House, which he already is readying for release later this year.