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Kaaren is founder and CEO of uDirect IRA Services and was recently elected to the Board of Director of
RITA (Retirement Industry Trust Association).
IRAs (Individual retirement accounts) come in the form of traditional, Roth, SEP, Simple, spousal, and
inherited and they have different rules for contributions and disbursements.
Self-Directed means you choose the assets such as precious metals, real estate, notes, businesses, etc.
Not just investing in mutual funds and the stock market.
Two reasons to utilize and benefit from Self-Directed IRA accounts as a real estate investor:
1) For your own IRA to buy rentals, flips and other real estate
2) For you to bring investors into your real estate investing business with THEIR Self-Directed IRA
funds. You can ask friends and family if they have any retirement funds they might want to
invest with you (IRAs, 401(k)s, etc.)
When purchasing real estate in your IRA the IRA goes on title, not you. For instance it would say UDirect
IRA custodian FBO Holly McKhann's IRA. Fbo stands for For Benefit Of.
You must set up your Self-Directed IRA before going into contract on a real estate purchase so there are
funds for your deal and so that the IRA can go on the contract and title. Remember you do not sign the
documents. The custodian signs on behalf of the IRA.
If you're flipping houses full-time and you flip in a Self-Directed IRA it may be subject to UBIT (unrelated
business income tax). Consult with your CPA to learn if this applies to you.
You can learn much about UBIT rules in IRS Pub 598 at IRS.gov.
Prohibited transactions can disqualify your entire IRA account so learn what the rules are and follow
them carefully. Prohibited transactions include hiring a parent, grandparent or child (lineal
descendants) to work on your properties or sell them as a realtor. You MAY hire nieces, nephews,
uncles, aunts though.
For instance, if your IRA buys a house near the college your son goes to, your nephew can live in it, but
your son can't. Your nephew can mow the lawn, but your son can't.
Do proper due diligence on any companies you want to invest your Self-Directed IRA with to ensure they
have not committed crimes, fraud, etc. You can check them out through the SEC and googling "their
name fraud".
Kaaren's two biggest advice points are
1. Save for retirement
2. Protect that money
Kaaren has offered a free book to our listeners called The Self Directed IRA Handbook by Mat Sorenson.
To receive your free book by mail, email her your name and shipping address at email@example.com
and type BOOK in the subject line.
Call Kaaren and her team at (714) 831-1866 uDirect IRA Services, LLC, www.uDirect.com
On this episode of Secrets to Real Estate Investing host Holly is joined by Raffy Boulgourjian. Raffy is a real estate attorney that is licensed to practice in state and federal court as well as the probate arena. Raffy says that real estate law found him; when he first graduated law school and started work his contacts were realtors and colleagues who also had realtors as contacts. He says that realtors would come to them and one realtor would refer him to other realtors and because of that he became a real estate attorney. Raffy's firm is located in Glendale, California. Because the law is different in every state Holly advises listeners that while the solutions may be specific to California the problems are common and can apply to any state in the real estate arena.
Holly starts off by asking Raffy if an a buyer purchases a property from a seller that failed to disclose information about a property what is the opportunity in the eyes of the law. Raffy says that a lot of people think that California is a as-is state when it comes to purchasing properties but that is not the case. If there is something with the house the takes value away from the property then the seller needs to disclose it. Raffy advises sellers to disclose, disclose, disclose - put yourself in the buyer's shoes. Raffy says that he sees case after case that go to litigation because of a seller's failure to disclose. Raffy advises for all parties to do their due diligence so that they do not end up in these sort of situations.
Holly asks Raffy how a buyer can do more due diligence. Raffy says that a lot of times the problem that comes up is boundary lines. Raffy advises hiring a surveyor to get the plot lines so you know where your boundaries on and so that you don't have to get to know your neighbors on the wrong foot. Holly asks if there is a specific time frame that show a increase in incorrect boundary lines, Raffy says that the older the home sometimes those have more incorrect boundary lines based on how many changes each owner of the home has made over time. Raffy says that a buyer should go down to the country reporter and do old fashioned research before you remove your contingencies because while some rehabs may look professionally done that doesn't mean that they were legally done.
Holly asks what the opportunities are for someone who finds themselves in a position where the buyer failed to disclose. Raffy says that the buyer can often times cancel the purchase of the property or if the buyer has done their due diligence it is possible to possibly negotiate with the seller for a price reduction or something else that both parties can agree on. Raffy emphasizes that it is important to do the due diligence before the sale closes because it can be increasingly difficult to go back and get the seller to to change your agreement or compensate for the lack of disclosure.
Holly asks Raffy to speak on houses with title issues. Raffy says that he sees a lot of properties with leans on them; often times the title preliminary report will show various surprises that no-one say coming. Properties that have title problems will often have to be seen in front of a judge to get the title fixed but it is more important to get the property title cleaned up than to let it go otherwise you will not be able to sell the property.
Holly mentioned that sometimes investors will come across kids living in the home of relatives that have passed away, she wants to know how Raffy will get through that situation. Raffy says that when this situation happens the family will not be able to refinance the house if you they do not have the title which will require the family to go to probate court which is a lengthy process. Raffy says that probate court is necessary for situations like this and he goes over some solutions for people who find themselves in this sort of situation.
Holly asks Raffy to discuss how bankruptcy can be an opportunity for investors to take advantage of. Raffy advises both buyers and sellers to be cautious of properties that are in bankruptcy and to make sure you have authority to sell the property. When buyers are interesting in buying a home from someone having financial difficulties it is important to know that the seller is allowed to sell their home because sometimes the home owner may not know that they are in bankruptcy and the purchase will not be allowed to go through.
Holly asks Raffy to discuss evictions because sometimes landlords do face this problem when they need to get people out of a property. Holly asks Raffy what are the different options to landlords when they have this problem. Raffy says that landlord/tenant law is a very technical area of law. Law makers have strict guidelines for eviction and must be followed exactly. While the attorney fees might be painful Raffy says that it is vitally important to get the proper guidance when dealing with these sorts of situations. Holly shares are experience that her husband had with an eviction where he thought he had all of his ducks in a row but when he got to court he found out that because he had an LLC that owned the property that he was not allowed to represent himself in this situation and had to get an attorney.
If you are interested in getting in touch with Raffy you can call for a free consult because he wants to make sure he is able to help you before you decide to pay him. He wants to evaluate the situation before a fee structure will be discussed. Raffy also wants to advise that all of the information discussed on today's podcast has been a broad discussion of situations that might occur but it is important to always get legal guidance when you find yourself in any situation such as those mentioned today.
To get in touch with Raffy you can call him at (818) 467-0107 or email him at firstname.lastname@example.com - You can also visit his website www.BoulgourjianLaw.com or you can search his name on Yelp.
On this episode of Secrets to Real Estate Investing host Holly McKhann shares her journey into real estate investing. Holly is excited to share her knowledge and experience about real estate investing journey that she has experienced in the past 7 years. Real estate investing has allowed for Holly's husband to quit his job in the corporate world and had afforded Holly with not having to go back to work in corporate world. Holly has set out to do this podcast so that she and her guests can share their various experience and education with listeners who are interested in starting the journey to real estate investing.
Holly asks why do you want to start in real estate investing? Is it for freedom? Financial freedom, lifestyle freedom? Whatever it is Holly is ready to help guide you and help to get you educated. Holly will have various guests; lawyers, realtors, investors, bankers, etc. will all be on the show to help listeners learn the ins and outs of real estate investing and the multiple facets of the business. All of the guests will help to guide you on a personal or professional path and they are happy to help and share their journeys.
Topics that Holly will cover are house flipping, land lording, raising capital, investing, how to invest with various types of funding, etc. Holly says that real estate investing has allowed her and her husband to pay for 4 college educations for their children because real estate investments have a lot of tax free incentives.
Holly and her husband have purchased over 200 homes in Southern California; they've dealt with remodels, water damage, fire damage, they've added and removed rooms from homes, in all of the years that she has been in real estate investing Holly has seen all sorts of homes in her flip journey and she has even built homes from the ground up.
Holly has an accounting degree and worked as a CPA for 5 years right out of school. Holly mostly dealt with taxes which she says has really been helpful in understanding taxes and other financial situations that her flips encounter. Holly's husband's background is in civil engineering, he worked for various different cities before he started working for home builders. This is how he got into real estate because he really loved being apart of all of it when he was a civil engineer. Holly and her husband were married 11 weeks after they met and they bonded over house flipping right off the bat. Holly says that when she had her first child she quit her job in the corporate world and when her first youngest started kindergarten she started getting involved with real estate; she started with bookkeeping. At that time her husband had successfully completed one land flip that allowed her husband to quit his job. With the money that they made from land they went to a seminar on mobile home flipping and decided to get into the business and purchased their first place in Moreno Valley. While this first deal wasn't the perfect deal she said that it was definitely a learning experience but they decided to stick with it and they kept on their real estate journey.
Holly shares how her and her husband did their first 100 houses and how when things got tough with investing how she turned to networking to help find deals through relationships. Holly also shares some of the financial strategies that they have used to get homes. In 2014, Holly decided to get her real estate license when they started to get a lot of deals from wholesalers. She decided to do this so that she could get in there and gain some extra commission on the deals that she was interested in.
Holly is excited to bring the best experts to you to discuss the topics that matter most to, you, the listeners. If you have any topics that you would like to hear discussed do not hesitate to email your requests in to Holly.
Holly started this podcast so that you can see that it is possible to do this business with little to no education in the public or private systems, this podcast will show you people who have had great success in the real estate business even when they thought that things might not work out for them initially.
Holly challenges you to take action now and get an accountability partner and let them know everyday what you are doing and what you want to get completed for that day and have them help to keep you on track.
On this episode of Secrets to Real Estate Investing host Holly is joined by Mike Hambright. Mike is the founder of Flip Nerd; he knows all about flipping, land lording and wholesaling. Mike is a real estate investor who primarily invests in Dallas, Texas. Mike has been investing for about 8 years and before his real estate journey Mike and his wife were part of the corporate world. Mike and his wife started this journey and Mike says that they ramped up really fast buying hundreds of houses and rehabbing them. Mike and his wife also started Flip Nerd in addition to their real estate investing. Mike says that now when people ask him what he does that the answer is getting longer because he finds himself wearing many hats. Mike says that the basis for his success is networking and this has helped him to see what else is out in the world of real estate and he enjoys sharing that with other people. Mike also uses his website and his networking to help educate other people on real estate investing. Holly and Mike agree that you don't know what you don't know when it comes to real estate because there are so many niches in the business. Mike adds that although it is a varied field there is a basic fundamental of wanting to add value to your houses and to the relationships that you meet along the way.
Holly asks Mike to share how he has built his network and why his network is so important to him. Mike shares that even before real estate investing he was always the guy that would coordinate happy hours or other get togethers with friends and colleagues. Mike prides himself on being the person that brings people together and he says that he really loves it and he has used the love for entertaining to help build his network in real estate. Mike mentions that he is a huge believer in real estate clubs and says that he went from attending the clubs to becoming a sponsor of a real estate club so that he could meet new investors. Mike was once part of a large club that only had meetings once a month and he began to ask himself what was he to do with the rest of the month? Because of that he would have rehab seminars and he would invite a bunch of people to the house so that they could see the progress of the project. Attendees would visit the property 3 times during the rehab so that they could see the transformation and also a allow people to get engaged in a real life project. These live rehabs made their way onto the internet and shortly after they started the podcast to share with even more people. Holly says that she also remembers asking people from her club to come out and check out the rehab that she was working on. Holly says that it was so much fun and it allowed for the people who attended to share knowledge with each other because no matter how long anyone has been in this business no one knows every facet of the business.
Holly and Mike discuss how real estate clubs are very beneficial and they are a great way to get a low-cost education as well as a great way to meet new people and find out what they are interested in, what they are doing, and what their level of experience is. \
Holly asks Mike how networking has helped him to buy houses. Mike initially started going to clubs and networking to meet other people but over time networking has evolved and has allowed him to meet people who can connect him to deals. Mike says that if you continue to go to meetings and continue to talk to people and build your business and network you will begin to build a reputation and people will start to remember you and they might call you up one day and have a deal that they think you are a great fit for. Although it may sounds negative it isn't meant to be Mike says that you need to go to a club meeting with an agenda; you need to know what you are looking for and who you want to meet. Mike says to view the meetings as a way of planting seeds because you never know when it's going to come back to you. Holly agrees because she had a similar experience that someone she met a while back called her up with a deal she thought Holly might be interested in. While Holly wasn't interested in the deal it was the seed that she planted with this individual that made her call Holly.
Mike says that when you become a real estate investor even though you become increasingly busy it can become lonely which is why you need to network because it helps you to stay grounded and engaged in the community. Holly mentions that when she is networking she likes to let people that she meets know that if they help connect her with a deal or someone who has a deal that she offers them compensation and that has helped her a lot and it shows the people she is networking with that she isn't just thinking about herself she wants to share the wealth and the good information with her network.
Holly asks Mike if he has any advice for those who are new to networking Mike advises listeners to go to an event and get out of your comfort zone and ask some questions and meet some people. While real estate clubs can be overwhelming remember that it isn't about shaking everyone's hand and filling your cards with pockets. Make sure to keep your conversations and connection quality because in the long run that will be more beneficial. Holly agrees and says that networking should be about quality and not quantity. Mike says that the most important part of networking is the followup; whether it is monthly or quarterly to help keep growing your relationship and to keep your conversations fresh in their minds. Holly says that she will reach out to people that she met to tell them about books that she read, or swapping educational information; something to keep the relationship active.
If you are interested in getting in touch with Mike and find out more about what he is doing you can check out his website www.FlipNerd.com - his website offers educational information and also allows you to connect with other like minded people in the real estate world.
On this episode of House Flip Masters Holly is joined by guest Bob Donnell. Today's guest Bob Donnell is not a real estate investor but Holly finds that the strategies and ideas that Bob has will definitely help with your real estate business. Holly says that Bob has had a lot of hardships in his life but has used those hardships to learn and become a successful human being that is able to teach others on how to be successful as well.
Bob shares that he was raised by a single mother who was diagnosed with cancer when he was 15 - so he was on his own pretty early in life. When Bob was 15 his mentor asked him "what do you want to be when you grown up?" Bob says that he wasn't really sure at that time. His mentor told him that he could either learn an industry or a product or he could learn about human behavior which would help him to learn industries and product as well. The past 30 years Bob has learned human behavior and has discovered why people do things and why they don't do things. Bob says that this learning has helped to shape who he is and how he interacts with people.
Holly tells Bob that as real estate investors we need to have certain interactions to make a deal happen, she gives examples of the more difficult situations like getting tenants to move out, or not having enough money for a deal and asks Bob how with one of those topics real estate investors can better communicate to the individuals that they are dealing with. Bob says that all of the situations that Holly mentioned can be dealt with in the same fashion. Bob says that there are 3 components when we deal with business and life. The first component being that we need to under psychology and why people will or won't do something, this is not mindset this is about your entire psychology; belief system values, etc. Secondly we need to master the art of connecting - we need to engage with people to a point where they want to stay engaged. The third component is the art of intervention, or influence the buyer or seller and to help them to understand why you want them to go one way and not the other. Bob says that sometimes intervention can be confused as manipulation but in the way that he presents it he does not teach on manipulating anyone.
Holly asks Bob to share how she might get an investor to invest with her when she needs to approach them at a networking event. Bob says that the best way for her to approach someone with a great opportunity would be to first and foremost understand that they are humans first and second understand your agenda and that it doesn't matter to the person that you are going to approach. Bob says that the quality of your connection will be made in the quality of questions that you ask, if you ask basic questions you will have a basic connection. Bob says to make criteria for each area and person in your life and then formulate questions to ask based on those criteria. If you meet someone who does not meet those criteria then they are not worth you asking those questions. Bob says that when you are at a networking event you don't want to tell the movie you want to tell the trailer because there is nothing worse than someone who just spews information all about themselves to you and others. Bob says that he does not like to set up time for people who do not meet his specific criteria and he will kindly tell them that maybe the conversation they are having is better suited for someone else. Holly says that she likes to thank people for explaining what they are offering or what they are looking for and tells them that she will go through her rolodex to find someone that might be a better connection for that person.
Holly and Bob do a role play where they meet at a party so that listeners can see how Bob would approach someone and start a conversation. Bob says that he does not like to go down the path of what do you do and he will try and stop that from happening as soon as possible. Bob says that a good question begets better question. When you ask a good question you will find out something new about that person which will lead you to another question. When you ask the right questions you get the right answers, a lot of people walk away from network events with nothing because they did not connect well with the people that they met. Questions need to be relationship currency orientated if you don't have enough relationship currency to ask the questions you want to ask then you should not ask those questions.
Holly asks Bob to share a story from his background that he thinks could be beneficial and helpful for someone trying to grow and start their real estate business and they are in contact with someone who might be of a higher education or caliber than they are currently. Bob says that when he was 23 he was in a situation with a gentlemen who made 6 million dollars the year before and he remembers walking up to the man and asking him if he could buy him breakfast one day. Bob and this man went to breakfast and the man tells Bob that he knows why he asked him to breakfast, he said that Bob wanted to know about how he made the money that he made; Bob corrected the man and told him no he really didn't he wanted to know who the man had to become in order to make that money. The man says that he has never been asked that question for. Closing their breakfast Bob said that he told the man he wanted to work for him one day a week for free, he just wanted to be around this man to see how he lives his life. The first day that he showed up the man and Bob got into the car and went to Downtown Los Angeles to discuss whether Bob should buy a certain company. The man tells the CPA in the meeting to explain to Bob why the man should or should not buy this property and why. When the CPA is done with that, the attorney is asked to do the same thing and he does. Every day that Bob worked for this man for 6 months was similar. He was learning something every day that he worked with this man. In the end Bob ended up being a partner with this man on a few properties. Bob says that this opportunity showed him that if there is someone who wants to teach you then you need to shut up and listen to them because they education that you are getting will be unlike anything you have ever learned before.
If you are interested in learning more from Bob you can always reach out to him by email or phone call and set up a 20 minute strategy session so that he can find what your goals are and setting up a behavior to get you to those results. Bob also offers online learning on the components that he discussed in today's episode.
You can find out more about what Bob has to offer by visiting his website


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I've spent the day listening to this song
Enjoying this video, by a Boston based band
And relishing in my first official snow day from school.
The snow last night put us at 60 inches for January, they say there hasn't been this much snow since the ice storm of '05. Where it all came at one time and shut the entire state down for two weeks. This is more of a slow death. Currently snow banks are taking the places of yards and parking spaces.
And being my father's daughter I've taken to leaving notes on people's cars who steal our shoveled and 48 hour reserved space. This has led to some amusing incidents that I will not disclose here, but I realize that my genetic potential means that I need to be aware that my ability to write notes within reason is probably skewed by my genetic make-up. I mean I am the daughter of a man who keeps a dog log, sits in on local dockets to stay abreast, and patrols the park with an air rifle. Crazy runs in my bones. On the other hand, UK and AM seem to be able to run the Condo association with civility and pink flamingos, so one would think I would be able to maintain sanity. We'll see.
Speaking of seeing. Here's a picture of the brace
I know. It's incredibly attractive. Apparently the muscles in my back are revolting in spastic seizures. Something to do with unknown forces, posture, and stress. The stress is probably from people stealing my parking space. Anyway. I am wearing this brace. I am pretty. I know.
I am also really trying to figure out what the *&%$ all this guest blogging crap is. Jrad sent me like 20 links and then some lingo and some instructions and I am working through a medication induced haze to figure out how to write people and tell them I want to sell something on their blog, and that I am a really great mens fashion writer. We'll see how this goes.
I need to lay down. I am cranky. Feeling a lot like I've taken on the personality of my father and the ailments of my mother which leads me to think I am in desperate need of psychiatric treatment. STAT.
Did I mention the car has to go back to the shop? No? Well I meant to.

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Ever walk up to one of those booths at the mall to buy a new phone? Don't you just hate the pressure that those people try to put on you?
I don't know about you, but I hate these kinds of sales tactics and hate people who do it to me. I hate it not only because it annoys me…but because it doesn't work.
So, what does work? Content marketing, which is simply giving people something valuable for free so that you can build a relationship with them that eventually leads to easy sales.
If you want easy sales, then you need to learn how to be a great content marketer. Here's a crash course that will tell you everything you need to know.
The nuts and bolts of content marketing
Great content marketing does one thing very well: it attracts attention. Unless you've been online for ten years and are a minor social media celebrity, your main problem is that nobody knows who you are.
Good content delivered over time will change that. It will give you repeated, regular exposure that builds trust between you and your audience.
What kind of content marketing am I talking about? It includes:
- Blogs – Probably the best known way to share content, blogs are really easy to operate these days. However, competition is stiff, and you need to learn how to be unconventional when it comes to blogging.
- Podcast – If you like to talk, then why not start a podcast on a topic that you like and are really good at? And when you continually churn out great podcasts week after week, it won't be long until you have the type of success podcasters like Duct Tape Marketing or Six Pixels of Separation have.
- Video – Gary Vaynerchuk wasn't the first, but he was definitely the best, growing his offline business with his successful Wine Library TV. Besides, YouTube is the second biggest search engine after Google. It's a great way to grow your business.
Great content marketing can build your business to mythic proportions. When BlendTech founder Tom Dickinson dropped an iPhone into one of his blenders, video-taped the action and put it online, the video became famous on YouTube.
That single video started an entire series of now famous episodes of Tom dropping all sorts of items into his blenders. Customers quickly learned how much stronger Blendtech blenders were than the competitors'. Tom not only educated his customers, but he did it all in a simple and affordable way.
You have to have this before you can sell
How often do you buy from someone you don't know, whether it's a stranger at your door or a salesperson at a car lot?
If you're like me, then probably not very often, if at all!
See, people only buy from people they trust, know and like. Content marketing will help you build that relationship with your readers, so when time comes to sell, it will be easy because people know, like and trust you.
The way you do that is by creating really clear and compelling content. You can break this content down into three pieces:
- Cornerstone content – This is the content that will make up most of what you give your readers…it's what defines you. If you're an SEO, then you'll write about SEO. If you're a graphic designer, you'll give content based on graphic design.
- Personal content – Most of your readers will be around to learn what you have to say about your area of expertise. However, you should not neglect to share personal information whether separately or as part of your content. This is a great method to build relationships with readers.
- Spicy content – Finally, you should occasionally write posts that are controversial and link-bait worthy. Write about a high-profile figure that you disagree with or create a list of 53 resources first-time SEOs need like I did.
What you don't want your content to turn into is a high-pressured sales pitch. Nothing drives readers away faster! The techniques of content marketing won't work for you if you don't build trust. Only when you provide high-quality content that trains your audience to pay attention to what you have to say can you expect to have success when it's time to sell.
How to make selling WAY easier
Listen, you're not trying to land that deal the moment you meet your reader. You're not some sleazy, snake-oil salesman who won't be satisfied unless you buy today. Like Gary Vaynerchuk said, put a ring on it and stop looking for immediate monetization.
See, you're building a net with your content, a net built on trust and permission that will support future sales. For example, your net will:
- Answer objections – Your content can be designed to answer possible objections readers may raise about your service or product. This way you are removing purchase obstacles out of the way early.
- Tell stories – People love stories and will read a story faster than they'll read an explanation of your product or service. This is a safe way to build a relationship. Also, share stories about your customers who have had great success using your product. These include testimonials and reviews.
- Solve problems – Any time you help a reader fix a problem that he or she is struggling with, you build trust. How do you find out what problems they are struggling with? Ask them.
Before anyone will buy from you, they need to know you, like you and trust you. Effective content marketing will do just that. Great content is what you give your readers and prospects in exchange for their attention and trust so they'll eventually give you their money for your product.
Content marketing boils down to this
When it comes to creating and sharing your content, you should have one very straightforward goal: getting people's permission so you can send them your content. The success or failure of your content marketing boils down to getting people to subscribe to your blog either by email or RSS reader. So, you need to make it easy.
Look at the following home page examples:
Which one do you think does a better job of encouraging someone to subscribe? While both are pretty obvious, I have to go with the top one. What do you think about mine?
When it comes down to a successful content marketing campaign, regular and repeated exposure builds a relationship with your readers that allows you all kinds of chances to convert them. See, content marketing isn't a one-shot deal like it is with a mobile phone salesman. It's a long-term relationship.
Use the 89/11 rule to create content and promotions correctly
When you sit down to think about your content marketing plan, it's important that you think about this: most of your time will be spent creating content your readers can use and want. The other little bit of time should be used to promote your product.
Think about it like an 89/11 rule. Eighty-nine percent of your time should be focused on creating content that builds trust, encourages people to like you and allows your readers to get to know you better. Then eleven percent of your time is spent crafting your promotions for your products. (If you're curious why I used 89/11, it's so that the ratio would stand out and you would not confuse it with the common 80/20 Pareto Rule.)
Let me tell you another reason why this content marketing ratio works really well. When you spend this much time with your readers, you will naturally get to know them and their needs. As you learn more and more about their needs, you will start thinking of products to offer them.
Use this often-neglected content marketing tool
Another very important feature of your content marketing plan is the email autoresponder. The email autoresponder allows you to create a tailored email sequence to readers who subscribe. In other words, the 1,000th subscriber has the same experience as the first.
What's nice about the email autoresponder is that you can promote your very best stuff in a sequence of emails. It could be 7 or 30 emails long. And the nice part about the autoresponder is that it works even when you are not around. So, if you get sick or go on vacation, the email autoresponder is still working for you.
Here are 11 tips to creating killer autoresponders.
- Create great email autoresponder content – keep in mind, the autoresponder needs to be good. You are trying to create a great first impression with your readers, and if you want to build a relationship with them, then your first several messages need to provide useful and unique content in a way that reflects your personality.
- Introduce yourself and thank them for subscribing – after you've created your autoresponder series (after blogging consistently for six months, you probably will have enough content to make a 7-part email series), don't forget to add a friendly introduction email to that list, which tells the subscribers that you are grateful they are there.
- Never trick your email readers – it's bad to try to fool somebody by pretending that your email autoresponder is "fresh." Some email providers provide special fields that allow you to keep the date current on each email. I personally don't think that fools anyone. Remember, you're trying to build relationships, and small little acts like that can break trust.
- Invite feedback – all your emails in the autoresponder should ask for questions and comments. Tell your readers that you'd love to hear from them.
- Ask them to white-list you – the best way to keep your emails from ending up in your readers' spam folders is to ask them to white-list you.
- Personally monitor your email replies – when you are trying to create a relationship, you need to be quick on the reply, even if it's short. Make sure your replies are thoughtful.
- Put your name in the "From" field – because you're trying to create an intimate connection with your reader, it's best to put your name in the "From" field.
- Ask directly for feedback – if you tell your email readers to click reply and ask you a question or leave you feedback, you'll automatically start getting more emails. The more you interact with your readers, the better your rapport is with them.
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Lara Kensington is living a perfectly mundane life as a museum curator, when bad boy treasure hunter, Reece Jerhico, leaps into her life. Literally. Obviously distressed, Reece tells Lara that one year in the future she will be murdered. The evidence he uses to back up his incredible story doesn't convince Lara. She thinks he's crazy. Especially after he claims to be her future fiancé. Lara would have remembered dating someone as delicious as Reece Jerhico. Hot as Reece is, Lara has a difficult time believing anything the man says until the broken amulet he wears around his neck transports them into different bodies, during a different time, in a different place--an ancient place, a cold place, a place where Lara arrives naked, hysterical, and... Norse.
On the run through time, attempting to escape a man who is hell-bent on Lara's lack-of a-future becoming a reality, the couple must leap from one time and place to another just to stay alive. In the first volume of this sexy and humorous new series, Lara and Reece share an existence with a ruthless Viking and his captive bride and then with a noble medieval knight and the feisty lady he is determined to win.
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Lara Kensington is a museum's curator. One day she meets a treasure hunter, Reece Jericho. He tells her, he comes from the future to save his fiancee that had been killed. Reece's fiance, for her surprised, is Lara herself. Lara thinks he's nut, even though he's hot. But, when Reece makes her traveled through time to avoid Reece's friend that wants his magical amulet, want it or not, she must believe him. They traveled back to Viking time, and 3 days later to English medieval era. When they leap through time, Reece wants to make Lara love him again, and help people that become their vessel to find their happiness when they are leaping.
Olivia Cunning did it again!
Usually I never give a novella 5 stars (just once, and that eas for Heaven Can't Wait by Pamela Clare, another one of my favorite authors), but this one is not!
Holy moley naked Batman! I never knew Olivia Cunning can write a story like this!! Sooo.. different from her Sinners on Tours series that's full of sex scenes, and dirty acts *groan*. You will surprised this novella is more clean than Sinners series, just at a steamy level, not too erotic. But still sexy, humorous, with a strong heroine and too-die-for, drop-dead-gorgeous, I-want-to-lick-him-from-head-to-toe hero.
Reece Jericho, *sigh!!* Olivia once wrote on her blog, Reece is like Brian Sinclair + Trey Mills but minus music (from her Sinners series) and I absolutely agreed!!. He makes me gooey and hope to have a lover like him. Alpha, yet humorous and so loving.Guy with name "Reece" seems perfect, my kind of hero!
Lara herself is strong and determined. Even she doesn't believe Reece at the first when he says she is his fiancee, later on her feelings towards him grow. The historical setting at this novella are well written. We know about Viking history, about their habit to pillage and raping. And then at English medieval era,with their nobility and culture. My favorite is when they leap to English medieval. Think "A Knight's Tale" movie here ;-).
This novella has a cliffhanger, with Lara and Reece leaping to Turkey harem, and I can't wait to know what happens next to them and what they do to the couple that become their vessel to find their own happiness!
My favorite part (contain a little bit spoiler here) :
"I wonder how sunburned my ass will be after I make love to you right here in the sand for hours and hours," Reece murmured.
"I'm not sure that's possible, sweetheart," she murmured, snuggling against his shoulder.
"Why not? I thought you said you loved me."
"I do, Reece. That's not the problem."
"Then what? This guy is totally head over heels in love with this chick. Holding her is so thrilling to him, I think he's about to faint. He and I are both ready for some hot monkey sex in the sand."
"Are you sure?" She looked up at him, trying hard to stifle a laugh. "Seems an unlikely activity for a eunuch."


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This Saturday I met with Mabu to visit a japanese exhibition called "Kingdom of Characters". It was in the Japanese Cultural Institute in Cologne and it explained why character goods are very popular in Japan.
You could take a flyer with 20 pages about the exhibition, which was more informative than the exhibition itself, because it was really small!
But in one corner there was a reproduction of a typical room of someone who really loves the Hello Kitty character. And there were a few figures everywhere like Hello Kitty, Pokemon etc.
Of course we took pictures with the cute Hello Kitty!
After this we went outside to take more outfit pictures. Mabu was wearing the new Angelic Pretty lucky pack and I was wearing an Otome outfit with a dress from Axes Femme.
Then we went eating cupcakes at "Le PomPom". I have visited it half a year ago when I went to the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu concert. This time I liked it there even more because there were nearly no other guests and the owner of the café was super nice again! I can really recommend this place if you want to stay for a longer time and just relax in a pretty café ^_^
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A Whole New Mind Book Study Part 3.07.08 -Called to the Profession
Passion. Called to the profession. Inspired by another teacher. Making a difference.
Those are the top reasons the book study participants gave today when I asked them to tell their story and frame it within the question of why they got into education. Empathy, chapter 7, in A Whole New Mind contains a portfolio section called Empathize on the Job. In activity #2 How Did I Get Here? Dan Pink writes "Sometimes you work near people for years but have little idea about the path that brought them alongside you." So today I asked. We, at the request of the group, modified the activity and had each person tell his/her own story to the whole group. I took notes on one side of a notecard and listened for themes in each person's story. The dominant ones are at the top of this post. The word passion came out of every story directly, simply, plainly, and unflinchingly. This, from a group that ranges in experience from only a few years to 20+.
I wasn't surprised about passion, being influenced by another teacher, or making a difference. Those seem to be very common bonds among educators. The other, called to the profession, surprised me a little. Many in the room spoke about being called to the profession, having it in their blood, or simply knowing from an early age they were supposed to be in education. More than one took a circuitous path, some resisting, but we all ended up here. It seems to be somewhat anachronistic, especially in today's postmodern technological realm, to respond to a call.
This identification of purpose or meaning (Chapter 9) resonates and grounds people, making them unshakable stalwarts. Passion permeates what they do, who they are. Not all educators reside here, but the ones who do simply radiate and attract kids (and adults) to themselves. It's not out of ego or grandiosity; it's their quality. The same thing happens when the sunrise stops us or a piece of poetry gives us pause. We cannot really quantify it, but we can see its results. Kids, other staff, parents, even you know who these people are.
The ones who answer their calling are not limited to education, but few other vocations so poignantly intertwine people and purpose, message and meaning, wisdom and wonder. Can we teach kids to answer a call regardless of vocation? I'm not sure, but we can prepare them to be ready, receptive, and reflective. The purpose of education starts there.
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The Educational Technology Moral Imperative
I recently attended the Virtual School Symposium sponsored by the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL). Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers(CCSSO) in Washington, DC spoke about "Why Online Learning is Important to States." In his talk, he said that "online learning is the fire, the wheel, the internal combustion engine of learning." He also mentioned that education must make online education a priority in school reform efforts. In an impassioned plea for action, he said that educators are the entrepreneurs of education and we must leverage the power of online education to improve the learning of our students as it will become the great equalizer. He track record indicates that his is not the position of rhetoric; he is a man of action who, although claiming he is not a techie, knows the potential of technology -especially in education.
It's refreshing to see that kind of leadership regarding online and all forms of Educational Technology and we can either drive the bus or be run over by it.
Educational Technology is a manifestation of our moral imperative (to borrow from Michael Fullan) to engage, encourage, and equip our students as they prepare for an unknown future. We must reinvent our thinking to understand that the very nature of technology is to produce something new or improve something that already exists. If we approach it with that wonder and energy, we will soon find that we are limited only by our imaginations and aspirations. To accomplish our educational goals, schools must teach and refine basic skills in core areas. On a pragmatic level, schools exist to develop skills in reading, writing, speaking, and computation. These skills can be measured, recorded, archived and easily evaluated. These core skills comprise the necessary fundamentals that allow schools and society to accomplish the more abstract tasks of producing and developing a critically-thinking, relationally-effective, moral populace.
We must not solely focus on educational technology to the exclusion of the demands of these other critical educational areas, but see that it has its own importance in the organic scope of education. Educational Technology is not an end in itself no more than the pencil or pen; it is simply the means by which we accomplish our educational goals. Even more says George Siemens on elearnspace -I agree and…
One of our critical responsibilities is to make educational technology as familiar as some of the more traditional tools of education. Educational Technology holds no place higher or lower than those of literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, or problem solving, but it can and should be the means by which all these are accomplished. Educational Technology should be so transparent that the underlying messages and meanings put forth by the lesson are not diminished or divided but enhanced and balanced.
The role for all educational leaders from the classroom to the superintendent's office is the same: to use the tools both in the ways they were intended and perhaps in ways they weren't for the success of our students. Technology allows us to discover our true potential and that of our students. Technology can free us to pursue our passions and purposes. The problem with technology is not with its implementation, use, or mastery; it is with our avoidance, misuse, and ignorance. Additionally, the threats of technology are isolation, distraction, and fatalism; the promises are community, engagement, and optimism. The only true power of technology comes in its ability to extend our own shortsightedness. Leaders, at all levels, must concretely orchestrate urgency, direction, and vision. Leaders are obliged to demonstrate the need and opportunity for improvement and guard against the potential threats and problems of technology.
Until we realize that the people and messages behind the technology are of the truest importance, all we will see is the technology itself. We are not to set up for ourselves monuments to technology; instead, we are compelled to reach our greatest potential as a community of learners focused on building a well-fortified foundation for the futures of our kids. The focus should not be just on the acquisition of new technologies, but on the ideas that the new technologies can set loose. We hope that technology is an extension of the best we see in ourselves and, in its application, the best we offer to our children. Every technology is a type of educational technology in that it has the ability to teach us about ourselves and provide educational opportunities. We must ask and be ready to answer the question of what happens when the promise of technology meets the power of the human spirit. Then, we will have taken the first step to making technology an essential part of the entire educational picture.
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Rating wines: It's not just taste
May 27, 2012
Editor's note: This column is the second part of a two-part series on wine ratings. Visit http://www.vaildaily.com to read the first column. When I closed last week, I had just finished discussing three prominent wine guides – Wine Spectator, Wine Advocate and Gambero Rosso – and one new to the scene but quickly gaining respectability, Slow Wine. The scores the first three publications produce are objective. How they are determined is a largely subjective process that is reliant not only on wine knowledge but on a complex process of the critic's mind and body interpreting the flavors. Even vaunted wine critic Matt Kramer, of Wine Spectator, admitted, "Wine criticism, more than any other forms, relies almost entirely on perceived – and largely unprovable – credibility."Some studies even claim background music can impact how a wine is perceived. Could a wine critic's choice of background music, if any, influence a rating? Perhaps. The next step in my discussion of wine ratings is to take a brief look at the biology and psychology of flavor experiences. Unfortunately, as I quickly learned, there is nothing "brief" about the science of taste and smell. Given that the multibillion-dollar food and wine industries depend upon the gustatory pleasures of their products, there is a plethora of research on the subject. The flavor experience is a combination of taste, smell, expectation and perception. Accordingly, experts from a broad range of disciplines study it: neurobiology, psychology and psychophysiology, to name a few. So in admitting I am no expert on the subject of flavor experiences, I offer my distillation of the subject that will hopefully tempt you to Google further. I have posted some interesting links on my Facebook page noted below.
Enology expert Jordan Ross, of yourloveofwine.com, defines wine tasting as the "sensory examination and evaluation of wine." The gustatory system, our sensory system, is responsible for introducing wine flavors to the brain. Gustation, the act of tasting, is the first step in a long, complicated neurobiological and psychophysiological pathway to the final step of distinguishing flavors and quality. Long before the Food & Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture and a bevy of governmental agencies charged with food safety, the gustatory system evolved to help humans distinguish between safe and harmful foods. Now it is routinely manipulated by the food and wine industries to insure we find certain flavors pleasurable. But for wine-tasting prowess, taste is only part of the equation. The flavor experience relies on taste (gustation) and smell (olfactory) plus purely subjective components, expectation and perception. Smells are only described through our memories relating a concept to a certain smell. Thus, to be able to critique wines, one must have not only a discriminating palate that can identify a multitude of different flavors on the tongue but also exceptional olfactory capabilities and a memory bank full of experiences to aid the brain in processing signals given it from the nose and mouth. The final step, perception of flavor, is known as the hedonic (pleasure) perception response. The above is only a snippet of the wealth of information available on the science behind wine ratings. Leonard Mldoninow's Nov. 20, 2009, Wall Street Journal article "A Hint of Hype, A Taste of Illusion" set the blogosphere and supporters of the rating system alight picking apart and expanding on his discussion of studies that questioned the usefulness of wine competition judging results. In one such study, retired professor, wine judge and winery proprietor Robert Hodgson conducted a survey of 65 judging panels at the California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition between 2005 and 2008. Hodgson was out to prove there were inconsistencies in the judging of identical wines. And prove he did. Not surprisingly, his results came under fire from the wine-competition community. The results showed that of the 65 panels, only 30 judged the same wines anywhere close to each other. The disparity in results was so stark that in one trial where a wine was given in triplicate samples, the first two were rejected by three of the four judges but the third went on to the final competition and was awarded a double-gold medal. Given those results and other studies showing similar inconsistencies in judging, can it not be said that wine rating is subjective and can lead to different scores for the same wines?
I didn't believe I could endorse the Slow Wine guide if I didn't read it. So I ordered a copy and happily poured over it. The depth of information about each winery and the wines they tasted goes "well beyond the glass," as the guide's editor-in-chief, Fabio Giovedoni, promised. Slow Wine's approach of including information on the organoleptic (sensory) qualities of a wine and the producer's dedication to eco-gastronomy – the connection between glass and planet – makes it a useful tool in exploring new wineries. Although I would like to see more wineries included, I know winemakers are pleased to see such an effort being made to convey more useful – and fair – information to consumers. Through this entire discussion, I left out a great source of advice for wine purchases: trusted sommeliers, wine buyers and wine merchants. One of my favorite restauratuers and wine experts in the valley, Giuseppe Bosco, co-owner and general manager of Zino Ristorante in Edwards, gave me his take on choosing the wines that comprise his excellent list of diverse and well-priced Italian and American wines. Bosco's philosophy is that simple is good, price is not an indicator of fine quality and that small, boutique wineries – not cults – should be trusted. That is not to say the large producers are to be ignored, only that small and unknown wines can be extremely good choices. So where does this take us? Since higher scores allow winemakers and merchants to demand higher prices, the usefulness of this arguably flawed system needs to be reexamined. Despite what executive editors might think of criticism of their rating systems, I am far from the first to question the incredible – and undeserved – power these publications have over the fate of wineries. There are too many extraneous influences, too much variation in scores for the same wines and too little science to prove that ratings should command such respect. It's not that I have any issues with the ratings being given to wines I like or previously imported – although all of those wineries have been highly rated – it's that I believe there is so much great wine out there that gets passed over because of bad or absent numerical scores. In the end, it's all about exploration. Wine is not something we drink for sustenance, although many of us might like to think so. Its consumption should be an experience, from buying it to pairing it with your favorite foods and taking that first – and last – sip. Our wine cellar is a scrapbook of the trips and dinners where we discovered the wines. Given there are some great values out there, don't be afraid of leaving your iPhone off next time you're making a purchase. Wine scores can guide you on the general quality of a wine, but trust your own instincts, not a wine rating app, as the final determinant of your choice.Suzanne Hoffman is a local attorney, wine importer and the Chambellan Provincial of the Southwest Region and Bailli (president) of the Vail chapter of the Chaine des Rotisseurs. For more background information on her "Behind the Scenes" series, go to http://www.facebook.com/vailvalleysecrets.


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my Dad crossed the finish line in Boston today an hour before the bombs went off. he and my Mom were walking to the train when they heard the explosions. they were far away enough that they didn't realize anything was wrong until they were evacuated from a train. thankfully they are both safe and unhurt in their hotel.
and while I'm relieved that my loved ones are ok, my heart is heavy because I know others are not. there's no news yet of who did this or why, but honestly all I can think is... what kind of an asshole bombs a marathon?
these people have spent years or even decades of running and trying to qualify for this event. they spent months training and hours racing. and all the spectators - there to support both loved ones and strangers as they attempt the world's most famous 26.2, cheering on their hard work and dedication. only to have it culminate in a senseless act of violence.
but in the midst of fear and destruction, the world shows us that people can be good too. the bombs went off and people rushed to help. not just fire and police, but everyday people.
there is bad in this world, but there is also good.
so for everyone out there: runners, spectators, citizens of Boston, ones who have no connection to this event other than they are human and have a heart... keep doing good, keep believing in the good. keep living, keep loving. and keep running.
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My sister and I had been following a red racoon through the woods for sometime when we came to a water hole. We climbed onto a narrow walkway of a small and old abandoned concrete dam that wobbled with every step.
The racoon went into the water and swam under the dam. Thinking she was crushed when a plume of orange and red emerged from her entry point, we both looked over the side. The shift in weight nearly capsized our dam, and just as quickly the red racoon emerged on the other side gliding happily through the dark water.
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saffron קסם הזעפרןSaffron"Pure spanish saffron superior"- it's written in white on my small Saffron box .So small , only 1 grm ; rare to find here ,in Israel this golden spice .You can pay 25 shekel for 1 grm [ 1$=3.51 shekel-- 1Euro =5.55 shekel ]
Made in Spain, expiry date : end 2013 עשרים וחמישה שקלים לגרם אחד של זעפרן מספרד
I've opened this box slowly... smelling the saffron, holding the red-coloured Saffron threads with my finger..I'm so glad to have this small box.I know it's the real spice, take a look here - it's the same one ! +here is the same Bread more or less-(recipe is from the same cookbook ) better shaped and very good looking - here - thanks to Haalo !!
* another Bread recipe from the same cookbook:Orange Apricot and Walnut Bread
* please scroll-down to find another yellow recipe.
* Absolutely Yellow part I is here, with Swedish Holiday Saffron Buns .
Pandolce with saffron
It's a light sweet italian bread with saffron inside , it reminds me this Dresden Stollen .
The idea is from a new Cookbook:La Dolce Vita- "sweet things from the italian home kitchen" by Ursula Freeigno 2005
[read more about this Cookbook- here:"Sugar and spice, mangoes and riceTom Jaine tucks into a huge plateful of cookbooks Saturday November 26, 2005--The Guardian ]It's an Easter bread, yellow in color (I use less saffron stands-take a look at the pic above, if you like your bread much yellow- add more saffron), this bread is good and rich for breakfast or for tea-time .
The bread is made of :
1/4- 1 ts saffron stands, 15 gr fresh yeast (or 5 gr dry yeast like I use), 150 ml(5fl oz) hand-hot milk,450 (1lb)strong flour (bread flour),1 ts salt, 85 gr (3oz) butter, softend, 25 gr caster sugar (I use 1 TB sugar), 1 TB grated lemon zest, 175 gr raisins (it's too much ! - I use only 140 gr, and after baking I've removed the burnt raisins from the top of the bread ), 25 gr candied orange peel , cut into small cubes (I didn't add this)
and 2TB honey (for glazing the bread after baking) .
H o w :Soak the saffron first in 1TB hot water for an hour (above pics)
Mix yeasr with milk ,leave for few minutes ,until bubbly.
Now, mix the dough with your hand or this time like me: with a mixer-
Put the flour into the large bowl, add the salt; Rub in the butter to form breadcrumbs,add the sugar, lemon zest,the saffron with its liquid and the yeast- melted in the milk. (I add few water TB-as the dough needed), add the raisins and candied peel. Knead until you get a smooth dough.
Shape the dough into a circle, lay on a large baking sheet; cover let rise for 90 minutes (or until double in size)
Preheat the oven to 350F (180c), bake the loaf for 45-60 minutes (50 minutes)
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|ABOVE: "Second Time Around" was located in the center storefront
of this historic building, as it looks today.
After I tethered my horse and sauntered inside this store, appropriately called "Second Time Around", I discovered that they were selling a stack of old Classics Illustrated issues from the 1950s... and not for as cheap as I was used to paying at yard sales. The prices weren't unreasonable mind you, but more than what my five-dollar-a-week budget would allow, especially since it had to cover old and new comics. Anyway, I told the lady I would think about it, and left. I returned later that day... not for the comic books, but for something else that caught my eye.
"Second Time Around" was owned and operated by John and Paulette, a married couple who also had two boys a few years younger than me. Much of their inventory consisted of second-hand clothing sold on consignment, which took up the first half of the store (mostly all that was visible from the sidewalk). In addition, they would sell antiques, as well as the second-hand staples of knick-knacks, LPs, and -you guessed it- paperback novels.
In time, I discovered there was a rival customer for their westerns: we were known to each other, but never met (perhaps he only visited during school hours). An older gentleman who lived at the hotel down the street would also buy novels, and sell them back after reading them with his huge magnifying glass. He would also complain to them that I never brought back whatever I removed from the store. No, anything I acquired was in a plastic bag slung over the bed post, the same place where Dennis the Menace kept his toy pistol. Admittedly, I wasn't reading the novels with nearly the ravenous pace: it mattered more to me at the time that the stuff was in my possession, so I had an instantly accessible library to read at my leisure.
|ABOVE: A 1983 photo in
"The Ottawa Citizen"
accompanying an article
on "Black Bart"
I had always loved "old stuff": the design of antique cars, appliances and architecture; the sounds of big band music (something else to alienate me from my rock and roll loving peers); and of course, old movies and TV shows. The time spent at "Second Time Around" merely crystallized that adoration, plus an adherence to old-fashioned values. The store opened at the height of the 1980s' recession, and its clientele was largely blue-collar workers who had become disenfranchised by the economic downturn, and would have a few more dollars in their pockets thanks to buying or selling used goods. Here was a life lesson not being told in school: these were impressionable, vivid snapshots of townsfolk just doing whatever they needed to get by. The people and the overheard conversations gave me a glimpse of the real world out there, largely masked by the shell I had been living in.
Indeed, "Second Time Around" wasn't just a nostalgic trip down memory lane, it was also a reflection of a lifestyle. While their store inventory represented remnants from what was collectively considered "the good old days", John and Paulette adhered to an old-fashioned value system of family and spirituality, which I found touching. (These qualities are especially eroding today, as family time often consists of everyone singularly playing with their gadgets.) As time progressed, I saw that John especially was becoming more openly spiritual, as he often played Christian rock in the store, and was more judicious of what would be for sale (after sorting through a recently acquired box full of paperbacks, the horror novels went into the trash).
Nostalgia is a selective process: when we think of "the good old days", we blind ourselves to the hardships experienced along the way. While I have nothing but the fondest memories of John, Paulette, and the many hours there, I do not wish to time portal back to this period. In 1983 especially, life was a nightmare: at school, I was the social outcast (by circumstance and design); domestic strife was compounded with my grandmother's death, my mother's losing her job and resentment over my father's remarrying. This era was a painful time, though necessarily so, as I was changing as a person (although only in hindsight was I aware of this). At the time I had no real close friends -never truly hung out with anyone after school hours- and consequently had no-one I could really confide in (not even at home, since there were enough problems). However, I was slowly coming out of my shell, and in some ways "Second Time Around" helped me with this.
They instilled within me a feeling of self-worth that I otherwise lacked. Indirectly, I learned that it was okay to march to a different drummer than that of my peers, and to appreciate others' individuality. At the same time, people were beginning to cease their hostilities towards me, as they likewise accepted that I was different. (Maybe it was simply called "maturity".)
Early in 1985, "Second Time Around" suddenly closed without any advanced notice. It re-opened around Easter weekend with the same name and inventory, however this time run by an older couple. The new owners were nice people, but the vibe wasn't the same. This new incarnation would also close in a short time. Oddly enough, I never saw John or Paulette again- not even around town, despite seeing their names in the paper every now and then. One summer however, I believed to have seen him drive by my house in his beat-up hatchback, while Christian music played out the open windows.
In a sense, this transitional period where I learned to become more extroverted lasted in exactly the same timeframe as the existence of this second-hand store. In that year-and-a-half, John became a surrogate "big brother": even though our talks never went below a surface level, I'm sure he would've been responsive if ever I wanted to discuss personal things in my life. It was simply that he accepted me as a human being during those times is for what I will be eternally grateful. Thinking of their sudden departure recalls the theme song from Sunset Carson's PBS series, Six Gun Heroes, which we watched at the time: "No goodbyes / Just so long for a while". In that sense, this time was like living in a western movie.


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- n. Dependence on factors other than initial state and input.
- n. Being non-deterministic; involving arbitrary choices; necessitating the choice between various indistinguishable possibilities.
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Physicist Paul Davies suggests there is "free will" in math because of non-computable numbers and incompleteness in math, thus it should not be surprising there are pockets of non-determinism in physics.
As far as the issues of morality and non-determinism go, the Communist regimes cited above largely took those away from their subjects.
But non-determinism needs to be examined in light of the type of mechanisms you've discovered – such as the quantum calculators in life that appear to be universally requisite to life.
Personally, I have never really understood this desire some people have that "free will" and "creativity" have to be somehow rooted in non-determinism.
The non-determinism is where my quibble is and where I am most likely to be proven wrong.
The usages, and how the article reflects these usages (visual placement, non-determinism, etc.) will all deeply affect the character of the articles.
I'm not entirely certain, but to me this looks like a view that ignores the ability of forms of mathematics and computation to deal with non-determinism.
How to verify the temporal behavior of real-time embedded systems in the presence of non-determinism? or Will the software behave similarly when the interval between the arrivals of two interrupt events is 1 sec, 2 sec, 3 sec ….?
The intrinsic non-determinism of parallel applications, which leads to these types of errors, makes debugging and testing newly parallelized code difficult and expensive.
Semantically, this is a form of refinement of non-determinism performed during code transformation (in fact, I'm still not sure what the correct denotational approach to its semantics would be).


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A long-held ambition was realised this year: to make details of the richness and diversity of the Library's collections accessible in the single sweep of a search term.
The search box is now centre-stage on our home page: a word entered in it – for example, 'badger' – will take you to image files, from medieval manuscripts to Victorian lithographs; sound files of badger calls and oral histories of badger baiting; and relevant books from holdings of some 13 million. The results also cite the latest research papers on badger tuberculosis and public reactions to culling proposals, from among 20 million articles on our British Library Direct service.


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A Simple Way to Catalogue Your Film Archives.5 26 Share Tweet
Imagine when you want to look for that roll of film from a special trip or event you went to a few years ago and you realize that you have tens or even hundreds of rolls stashed in your storage area. Each one of them needs to be taken out and painstakingly gone through just to look for that one roll.
Well, the good news is if you're only beginning now and you only have in your name a handful of films, you can avoid that with some simple cataloging. Here's how:
What you'll need:
1. Sticker Paper
2. Printer
3. Some knowledge on Microsoft Office Word
You can get these ready-cut sticker papers in most stationary stores. The one I bought came with three columns but I have seen ones with other configurations.
In Microsoft Office Word, make tables with the type of information you intend to record on your canisters. In my case, I've decided to have a code line, date, location and film type.
I'll be using the code line to keep track of which film roll an album or a photo is from so that if I want to make any reprints, I could just look for the code and know which film to grab. As for the date, location and film type, they're easily changeable to suit your needs! Maybe you want to have a line to keep track of which event the roll was from or even which friend you got it from if you're doing film swaps.
The possibilities are there for you to explore so do what you have to to suit your needs and make sure that the next time you're looking for that particular roll of film, you'll have no trouble finding it.
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Have you ever tried to list all the things you may learn from reading other blogs. Yesterday I learned all about Sharkfin Soup from SamplersSilksandLinens. And how great it would be to live in Cobourg, located in
I have learned so many things, from so many bloggers - will be sharing them also during my November Challenge to post every day.
My biggest blessing - really my number 1 blessing, is my kids. I was so lucky to be blessed with the gift, of bringing six new people into this world, with fingers crossed will make it a better place to live in some way or change someone life to the positive. They are 2 boys, 37, 35 and 4 girls 29,7,24,23.
Now why may you ask did I mention my job first - because of my job, these kids had a place to lay their heads at night - something to eat every day - even if it was Ramen Noodles - and 90% of the time the lights were on, and we had a phone (back in the days of land lines) and more often than not cable. And I think because my kids saw me work hard, they all have worked hard - with degrees from different colleges/universities - I have inner city school teachers, social worker, university student advisor, and I know they will change the lives of many...
And just a little note on that - I have survived their middle school years, and all the drama high school brings, and the expense of college - well because I am a Cross Stitcher - and a runner - and a life time Weight Watcher, these things, can take you to a Very Special place, that is all about you.
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BRATTLEBORO -- New England Youth Theatre is holding auditions for "Richard III" for ages 14-19 on Sunday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Rehearsals will be Mondy to Friday, July 22 to Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Performances will be Aug. 9-11.
Keely Eastley and David Vann will take students on an advanced and in-depth leap into the bard. The Senior Shakespeare program is an experience of a lifetime for young actors who are ready to dedicate three weeks of the summer to their craft.
"Richard III" is one of Shakespeare's most murderous plots -- Richard manipulates, marries and murders his way to the crown of England and then epically battles to keep it. "Richard III" was chosen for this summer's production because it is a political tragedy with some major comedy and fantastic larger-than-life characters.
Plan to stay for at least 90 minutes. The audition will start with a short voice class led by Keely. Come prepared to do some physical acting work and dress appropriately in movement attire.
Come prepared with a 15-20 line monologue from Shakespeare's "Richard III." The speech can be from any character -- not necessarily one you think you could play or would like to play. Make sure it is a speech you love. Be prepared to discuss the piece -- stand by for the possibility that the directors might want to workshop a part or the entirety of your monologue. You will be auditioning in front of the other auditioners and a panel of the directors and staff working on the production.
Tuition for this summer training program is $500, and financial aid is available. Contact the NEYT office for more details at 802-246-6398, ext. 101 or email@example.com. For more information, visit www.NEYT.org.
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I made several shocking discoveries today.
1. About 30% of the stuff that was in the eaves turned out to be empty boxes and shipping supplies. The volume led me to believe that rearranging the eaves was going to be much more labor-intensive. Instead of finding new homes for things, I can just throw out old boxes. Easy.
2. Tim and I have a ridiculous amount of Christmas ornaments. Many of them are cool old ones or family heirlooms, but many are not. We don't even decorate for Christmas half the time. Really. I blame our mothers. Both for the abundance of ornaments and the inconsistent decorating.
3. Not really shocking: hanging out in unventilated eaves in humid 85 degree weather is an awesome way to make yourself heat sick. Throw in some fiberglass insulation itch, and you're really ready to party.
4. During six years of cohabitation, Tim and I have not introduced any new dishes or sheets into our household, but have somehow accumulated eight sets of bath towels, complete with hand towels and washcloths.
5. I have a lot of purses and bags and no clue how to store them.
6. I can operate power tools unsupervised without damaging myself or the tools. This is a big deal. While an orbital sander may not be the most threatening tool in the arsenal, I'm sure I could hurt myself with the thing somehow.
I made significant progress today – the eaves are better organized, I can actually get to everything in the closet, and I can see most of the floor. Now I just have to get rid of another few boxes of books, figure out how to store 19 bags that I'm not using but not ready to part with, and finish the shelves for my compacts. And figure out how to display the other two thirds of my collection. And reupholster a chair, but have a plan for that adventure…I'm not-so-secretly hoping to bribe Bernadette into assisting my by plying her with wine. Preferably after we're done playing with glue, scissors, staplers, and other sharp objects, but we'll see how it goes.
Ahhh, domesticity.


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The goal of data compression is to represent a some set of information
as space efficiently as possible. A data compression code is a
mapping between some set of source messages and a set of codewords. A source message does not have to be and is not usually
an entire string being compressed. Rather, it is the set of symbols
or strings into which the data being compressed is partitioned for
processing. These basic units may be single symbols from the source
string's alphabet, or they may be strings of such symbols. The
process of converting from a source stream into a coded (hopefully
compressed) message is called encoding while the inverse
operation is called decoding. A lossless encoding method
is one in which the process of decompression results in no loss of
original data whereas lossy encoding method is one in which the
original data cannot be fully recovered.
Codes can be of the types block-block or variable-variable. Codes of the block-block variety operate on
static, fixed-length codewords and source messages while their
counterparts operate on dynamic length codewords and source messages.
One example of a block-block type code is the ASCII code. It is
of the block-block variety because it maps fixed-length source
messages (characters) into fixed-length codewords (their ASCII
Because variable-variable type codes produce codewords that do not
have a fixed length, when processing the output of a variable-variable
code it is vital to be able to differentiate between codewords in the
stream. Fixed length codewords are easy to distinguish due to their
regular spacing pattern. However, we do not have this luxury when
dealing with variable-variable codes.
The sequence of codewords or source messages in a stream
is called an ensemble.
A coding function is called distinct if its mapping from source
messages to codewords is one-to-one. Such a code is called uniquely decodable if every codeword is recognizable even when
immersed in a stream of other codewords. A uniquely decodable code is
known as a prefix code if it has the property that no codeword
in the code is a
prefix of any other codeword.
Data compression schemes are said to be either static or dynamic (or adaptive). A static function is one in which the
mapping from the input source messages to the set of codewords is
fixed before the data compression begins. In such a system a given
message is always represented by the same codeword regardless of where
it appears in the ensemble. In contrast, a dynamic (or adaptive)
algorithm may change the mapping for a particular source message
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Quote:egghead1 said:This is not a thread for debating the term 'egolessness', although you are welcome to give your view on what it means to you.
Quote:egghead1 said:A true understanding of egolessness cuts through our opinion. the absence of a notion of egolessness allows us to fully experience pain, birth and death because there are no philosophical padding's. The whole idea is that we must drop all reference points, all concepts of what is or what should be. Then it is possible to experience the uniqueness and vividness of phenomena directly. There is tremendous room to experience things, to allow experience to occur and pass away. Movement within vast space. Whatever happens, pleasure and pain, birth and death, and so forth are not interfered with, but are experienced in their fullest flavor.
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Published: 1st November 1999
Number Of Pages: 288
" California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big Sur. . . The Menace is loose again." Thus begins Hunter S. Thompson's vivid account of his experiences with California's most no-torious motorcycle gang, the Hell's Angels. In the mid-1960s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial An-gels, cycling up and down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell. His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was first defined, and when such countercultural movements were electrifying and horrifying America. Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy, and brutal honesty, and with a nuanced and incisive eye; as The New Yorker pointed out, " For all its uninhibited and sardonic humor, Thompson's book is a thoughtful piece of work." As illuminating now as when originally published in 1967, Hell's Angels is a gripping portrait, and the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend.
"Thompson has presented us with a close view of a world most of us would never encounter. His language is brilliant, his eye remarkable." --The New York Times Book Review "Superb and terrifying." --Studs Terkel, Chicago Tribune
Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 1st November 1999
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 21.18 x 14.53 x 2.11
Weight (kg): 0.37
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It's simple: If you own Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch A Fire, whether in its original form or the recent enhanced re-release, you own one of the great reggae albums. Its 1972 arrival signaled the beginning of reggae as a true international force and the emergence of Marley as a planetary icon. The songs were revelatory, showing the original Marley/Peter Tosh/Bunny Livingstone harmonic triumvirate at peak strength. Ominous opener "Concrete Jungle" still sets the tone perfectly for what follows, including the aching lament of "Slave Driver," Tosh's commanding lead vocals on "400 Years" and "Stop That Train," the sensuality of "Stir it Up" and the apocalyptic imagery of the often-overlooked "Midnight Ravers" (which also utilized Indian tabla drums in an unassuming early example of global fusion). Island Records founder Chris Blackwell knew he was onto something special with the Wailers and gave the disc the right degree of rock/pop touches, like the guitar solos by the long-uncredited Muscle Shoals session man Wayne Perkins. Catch A Fire was, is and ever shall be a landmark in reggae history.
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Welcome to Ayr Lawn Tennis Club
Welcome to Ayr Lawn Tennis Club (Charity no. SCO49014)
We offer a friendly, welcoming environment for casual or serious play with great facilities, including three all weather tennis courts, two with floodlights, so you can play all-year round during the day or evening.
Coaching Programmes for adults and children of all ages, individually or in groups from our club coach. Mini Tennis classes indoors at Belmont Academy Games Hall in the winter for younger players.
The clubhouse has changing rooms, toilets, showers, kitchen and outside decking area. Tennis balls are supplied free for seniors and juniors throughout the year. There is also a ball machine available for individual or group practice and a table tennis table.
To find out about joining the club, the various categories available and our half-price membership for new members, please email the Club Secretary: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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