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W South Beach
In the playground of celebrities and on the boardwalk of the fashion jet set is where you'll find W South Beach, a beachfront oasis dreamed up by international tastemakers, framed by famed art deco and in the heart of Miami's hottest nightlife. Where all 312 rooms and bungalows boast ocean views, live it up with the signature W bed, balcony, kitchen, fab in-room fun, fully wired technology and delightful Munchie Box, while our Whatever/Whenever service whisks you to where wishes come true.
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Hotel Address:
- W South Beach
- 2201 Collins Avenue
- Miami Beach, FL 33139
- United States
Location Summary
Center of the style universe, heart of the action laced with edgy cool and an eclectic mix of personalities that push the boundaries. Welcome to South Beach, where you can walk out of the Atlantic Ocean and cross pristine white sands into a world of sizzling nightlife, world-class dining and hip shopping. Citizens of South Beach; the celebrity jet set, the club circuit's hottest DJs, fashionable trendsetters, connoisseurs of fine living and style aficionados, strut their stuff on 10 miles of Caribbean-chic cafe society, sensational parties, real-time fashion shows and the world's largest concentration of art deco architecture on Ocean Drive, where all you need is an expression of your own individuality to join in. Just a short walk away is Lincoln Road, lined with chic boutiques, retro-fabulous antique stores, funky galleries and cozy cafes, a low-vibe/high-art complement to Ocean Drive. Venture further and lose yourself in Miami's diverse cultural assemblage of neighborhoods, finding yourself with a delicious cafe con leche in Little Havana, an avant-garde art piece in the Bohemian cool Design District or fully immersed in retail therapy.
Directions to Hotel
From East; Walk out of the Atlantic Ocean and cross the white sandy beach. Enter the hotel by the pool. From Miami International Airport; From the Airport, take SR-836 East to Interstate 95N to Interstate 195E. I-195E becomes Arthur Godfrey Road. Turn right on Indian Creek Drive which merges with Collins Avenue. The hotel is on the left at 22nd Street. From North; Follow Interstate 95 South to Interstate 195E. I-195 turns into Arthur Godfrey Road. Turn right on Indian Creek Drive. Follow Indian Creek south until it merges with Collins Avenue. The hotel is on left at 22nd Street. From South; Follow Interstate 95 North to Interstate 195E. I-195 turns into Arthur Godfrey Road. Turn right on Indian Creek Drive. Follow Indian Creek south until it merges with Collins Avenue. The hotel is on left at 22nd Street.
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Business Center
24-Hour Business Center.
Banquets & Meetings
Great room(ballroom) and 3 individual studios which can be also made into one large room.
Disabled Access
Wheelchair access, Braille elevators, ramp access to buildings, and disability accessible facilities.
Fine Dining On Site
Mr. Chow.
Fine Dining Nearby
Many options available on Lincoln Rd and Ocean Drive.
Fitness Center
SWEAT Fitness Center.
High Speed Internet
Wireless High Speed Internet Access in Public Areas.
Pets Allowed
They welcome cats and dogs 40 pounds or less for an additional fee.
Pool Outdoor
Outdoor Heated Pools.
Spa Facility
Bliss Spa To Open On November 18, 2009.
Tennis Courts On Site
Outdoor Tennis Court
Direct access to the beach.
Ballooning, Hot Air
Available along beach coast for additional fee.
Available for an additional fee.
Casino Gambling
Closest one is in Hollywood about 25min away.
Golf Course Nearby.
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Disney's latest real-actor remake of one of their classics has just been released in the USA, and early reviews are effusive in their praise of Beauty and the Beast. Except for a few die-hard conservative, evangelicals – the perennial party-poopers of the modern age. Led, of course, by the increasingly frothy-mouthed Franklin Graham, there has been a loud call for Christians to boycott the movie, and in fact Disney as a whole, because one of the characters in the movie is gay (or, maybe gay).
Conservative Christians have a long tradition of targeting Disney for its stance on LGBTI rights. When Disney pre-empted legislation on gay marriage by extending employee benefits to those in same sex relationships two decades ago, Christians staged a boycott of Disney. But Disney was unmoved, and eventually the pull of Mickey Mouse overcame Christian objections and they went back to Disneyland as they had before. Apparently their children's need for entertainment overcame their principled objections. More on this theme later.
The concern this week is that in the new Beauty and the Beast movie, Disney made it more obvious than in the original 1991 version that Gaston's sidekick LeFou may be, as we already suspected, gay. It's not overt, it's not sexual and it's not a theme in the movie at all. In fact, in a 129 minute feature film, this issue takes up slightly less than 30 seconds. Yet, Franklin Graham has said:
They're trying to push the LGBT agenda into the hearts and minds of your children—watch out! Disney has the right to make their [movies], it's a free country. But as Christians we also have the right not to support their company. I hope Christians everywhere will say no to Disney.
Of course Disney have the right to make these movies. And, yes, Graham and his accolytes have the right to boycott it. But I also have the right to point out how hypocritical that is. Because that is precisely what it is. Embarrassingly so.
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Red tulips are one of my favorite flowers. I like to plant them where ever I live. I do like tulips of other colors. There is something about the red ones that catch my eye first. I do like tulips because they come in a wide ray of colors. Plant one and it will continue to grow year after year.
I like roses so much. I decided to have a blue rose tattooed with my daughters nickname over my ankle. I choose blue over red. As my body will not take in any red color and bleeds it all out.
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In a part-exchange agreement, Sunderland have let Jozy Altidore, 25, move in the other direction.
There was much speculation about where Defoe would end up after several Premier League clubs, including Queens Park Rangers and Hull, expressed interest in signing the hitman, who was made available after Toronto decided to cut their losses on a player they signed for £6.5m in 2014.
Speaking before all the paperwork was completed, Defoe told The Mirror: "I felt so sharp (in his medical). All that hard work has paid off. I can't wait to start scoring goals for Sunderland.
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Now that I'm starting to write again, I don't know what I'm going to work on. So far, I've only been going over my past work, reading through 50,000 words of an incomplete novel I wrote 6 years ago. It holds promise, but I'm not quite feeling it. That thrill of the storyline and love of the characters isn't there, and I'm left wondering if I can get the emotional stimulation necessary to finish it.
I may have to find something else to write, or just keep trying to get interested.
In order to write anything, it has to be something that I want to write. That's the way it has always worked for me. Writing is about me telling a story that I enjoy, exploring things that draw me in as the creator, revealing the worlds inside my mind in a way that satisfies that creative part of me. It gives me purpose, and fuels the creative process. If I can't get into the story, if my mind doesn't care about what's going on, then I find it exceedingly difficult to proceed.
This is of course not the method that all writers use. I've read so many "advice" columns from people saying that to be a writer you have to write whatever will pay, take whatever work in the publishing industry you can get, and if you keep grinding away inside the machine you'll someday get your reward and "be allowed" to write what you want. That's all well and good for some, but it's not for me.
Another common occurrence that I've run into over the years is friends and family who like to suggest that I "write what sells." I know they're only trying to help, but it serves no purpose and can get annoying, as trying to dismiss their advice feels like talking to a brick wall. They're so sure if I write "something else" that I'll be a big success. Whether it's my father telling me to write about weirdoes in the woods, or friends suggesting I write anything from "serious mainstream fiction" to "teen chick-lit," it's not going to happen. It wouldn't increase my chances of fame and fortune to write it, and because I'd hate doing it I would end up with a totally unmarketable piece of pulp nobody would ever want to read.
With writing, I'm not one to "climb the ladder," or "play the game." It's not that I don't respect that approach. It's just not me. In my case, doing that would suck the life out of me, and writing would become a job that I didn't enjoy. The creative flames inside me would die, and I'd be a horrid hack, writing words just to make money with no pleasure or fulfillment. So, I have learned that the only way I can write is on my own terms. If this means I will fail to gain an appreciable audience, then so be it. To gain a million readers and lose my soul would be worse than having a handful of people reading what I want them to enjoy.
So, going forth in 2017, I will seek to create something new that others will enjoy. It's all I can do, and so I will strive to accomplish that yet again.


text: I hear this over and over again, and it is proving to be true for the second time in less than two years! My oldest are twenty-two months now, and my youngest will be six months old tomorrow. They do something new everyday, and if I don't start writing these things down, they'll soon be gone forever.


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By Dennis Green
His award always comes last. But that's because he sits at the very top.
Of the age results, that is.
At age 82, Lyle Roberts of Burlington, Iowa, is the oldest athlete to regularly compete on the Heart of America circuit. I caught up with Lyle recently during some uncharacteristic downtime, while he was volunteering at the Lake Geode Challenge, hosted by his home town club, Team B.E.A.S.T.
Lyle has been racing triathlons since 1981, a mere four years after the first Ironman event was held. He has no idea how many races he has done.
"Hundreds," he says with a shrug. "Because I used to race a lot. But now that I'm a senior citizen, I don't race near as much as I used to."
Lyle raced his first Ironman in 1992 (at age 61, to save you the math), and has since completed fourteen Ironman World Championships, along with many appearances at Lake Placid. He's raced in Canada as well. He's been invited to Nationals again this year, but hasn't decided yet if he will enter.
Ask Lyle about his training, and he'll tell you he has slowed down a lot in recent years. Then he'll describe a regular regimen that would exhaust many athletes a quarter of his age.
"I try to do two disciplines when I'm training for an Ironman (per) day, maybe rest one day a week. Swim-bike, or swim-run. Then on the weekends I'll try to do a century ride, and run at least fifteen on Sundays."
Lyle has seen hundreds of athletes come and go. Not surprisingly, he has some smart advice for the new triathlete.
"Just have fun, and don't worry about your time and stuff. Just enjoy the thing. Just get in and relax, especially if it's your first race. Just have fun."
Take Lyle's advice and maybe someday you'll find yourself picking up your award last as well.


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Transmission mechanism of monetary policy
Following is the transmission mechanism by which monetary policy influence the economy. The central bank is responsible for providing the funds to different banking systems of the country and in return they charge interest. Central bank is solely in charge for determining the interest rates because it has monopolistic power on the issuance of money.
Influences on the rate of interest of money market and banks:
When the changes occur in the official rate of interest, it directly affects the interest rate of the money market. It also indirectly affects the deposit and lending rates that a bank sets for its respective customers.
Expectations are affected:
When changes happen in the future of different official rate of interest, it ultimately affects the medium term and long term rate of interest. This is because long term rates of interest greatly depend on the expectations of the market which is about short term rates of future courses. Monetary policy no doubt can guide the expectations of the financial agents about future inflation rates which in turn affects the prices. Central bank has sound credibility so it caters the expectations related to price consistency. When this is the case, the economic agents are not forced to boost up the prices cause of the fear of price hike or they neither have to decrease the prices with fright of deflation.
Prices of the assets are affected:
The actions resultant from the monetary policies may guide a way to the settlement of prices of the assets for example rate of exchange and prices of stock market. The modifications in the rate of exchange can directly affect the inflation because all the imported products are used by the consumption. But this is a fact that they also function through some other channels too to influence the inflation rate.
Investment and saving verdicts have influences:
The decisions of different firms and households regarding saving and other investment policies are affected by the changes in the rate of interest. When the rate of interest is higher then the attraction to take loans for investment purpose or financial consumption decreases vehemently. The prices of the assets can also influence the demand through the collateral value which permits the borrowers to take out more and more loans.
Credit supply is affected:
When the interest rate is high increases the possibility that the borrowers won't be able to pay the loans back. When the risk factor increases, the banks start cutting back the loans to the firms and small households which in turn reduces the level of investment and consumption ratio by the firms and household.
Modification in collective prices and demand level:
The demand levels related to the domestic services and goods are affected by the modification in the investments and consumption levels. The upward pressure on the price is very much expected to happen when demands gets higher than the supply. When the changes happen in the aggregate demand levels, then it may lead to some lenient or tighter conditions of market products and labor. This ultimately affects the wages and prices in the concerned market.


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By Christopher Schmaltz
"The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground."
That is a quote focused on, and slightly puzzled over, in the most recent tremendous episode of The Leftovers. This will be a spoiler free comment, so if you are behind in watching the show, no worries. I was struck by this quote and its usage in this current episode, and its commentary on the show as a whole.
So let's examine the quote first. It suggests that a thing isn't aware of itself except in relation to something else. Going further, it offers the viewpoint that the thing, namely "the foot," needs feedback from an outside force or resistance in order to be that thing. This concept seems totally contrary to the "I think, therefore I am" classical philosophical proposition by Descartes. Or is it? The fascinating use of the "foot" quote in the context of this show continues the show's deep exploration of emptiness, loss, and the meaning of existence.
How does it do that? IMO, the whole show to this point has been a close examination of the people who remain, and their response to the void that is created (it too remains) when they have lost someone to this unexplained event. It is the existential crisis of all existential crises. A person (or multiple people) that helped define who you are abruptly vanish. The serious theme being examined here is that the people who have lost loved ones (via the event, or because of it in its aftermath) are struggling to come to grips with themselves. The absence of their familial feedback has set them adrift. That void, contradictorily enough, provides strong feedback too. Is the absence of the "ground" also feedback for the foot, when it expects feedback from the ground, or "remembers" the feedback?
"I think, therefore I am" is about knowledge, awareness. It isn't about feeling/being/living. Knowing you exist and existing are 2 very different things. The show continues to effectively explore that difference. But to what point? Navel gazing for its own sake is a feedback loop to nothing. The payoff is in growth – we'll see if The Leftovers manages to communicate growth for some or all of the characters by the end of this season.
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Should the US recognise a Palestinian National Unity Govt?
Neil Lazarus opposes the recognition of the Palestinian National Unity government by the US administration, arguing that it is a fudamental mistake. We at the Times of Israel want to hear your opinion.
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More than 5,000 people got into the spirit of Warwickshire Pride in Leamington last Saturday.
This was the largest attendance to date for the annual event which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT+) life and culture.
The crowds were entertained by The Cheeky Girls, as well as many local acts including Shanade, Taylor-Louise and Leamington's famous drag queen Sassi Afrika.
Fairground rides and zorbing proved popular with families and young people, while Warwickshire Pride sponsor Mister V Street Food kept people fed.
An after party took place at Big Cat Coma, with the celebrations continuing to the early hours of Sunday. Event organiser Daniel Brown said it was the "biggest and best so far".
Warwickshire Pride will return in 2019 and anyone wishing to be involved can visit www.warwickshirepride.co.uk for more information.


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Full disclosure: I am a painfully slow writer.
Once I muster some motivation and go through all of my research and planning, it may be a matter of hours or days before I have anything resembling a finished product. I'm not proud to share my truth with you, but I own it. I only tell you this to disclose that this may be the most overtly self-interested post that I've ever written.
Here's the premise: I researched and reached out to a lot of writers to ask them for tips on how to write faster. I'm only sharing these tips with you because I figure it would be more than a little disingenuous to keep them to myself. And SPOILER ALERT- these tips work. I wrote this post on Scrivener and it took me about an hour to compile and elaborate on my points. All the research was done upfront and I powered through the writing pretty quickly (I'm sure there are typos somewhere that are testament to this).
At your worst you are probably a better writer than I am, but the writers you see below are pretty extraordinary. Hopefully you find something in this collective wisdom that helps you with your writing. I did.
1. Do your research upfront.
If you're not doing research for your posts, you probably have stronger opinions about things than I do. I find that mid-post research does tend to take me out of my writing flow, which is where upfront research helps out.
Writer Daniel Jackson recommends doing 100% of your research upfront:
"Do the necessary research and come up with your ideas before sitting down to write. It is much easier to cut out information and leave the most interesting than to struggle to come up with enough to say."
Daphne Gray-Grant, author of 8½ Steps to Writing Faster, Better, (this is one of my go-to books on writing – I highly recommend it) similarly recommends researching until you can write approximately 80% of your piece.
2. Mull.
Too often I am guilty of finding a topic, writing a piece, and publishing it without a lot of contemplation. And it's often evident in the end-product.
Yael Kochman, Head of Content for Teradata Mobile (which is a mobile engagement and automation solutions for enterprise and mid-market companies), says that spending some time to cogitate on and research a topic can result in a faster writing process and a better end-product:
"When I have an idea for a new article, I first write it down and then let it sit in my head for a few days. I think about it often and when reading content online I search for resources to compliment my idea and help me shape it. This way, by the time I sit down to write the article I already have the structure of it as well as resources to include. This way I cut my writing time by half or more."
3. Engineer your environment.
A popular writing tip from multiple writers is to engineer your writing environment, and there are a variety of ways that you can do this:
Slate's Michael Agger suggests that maintaining consistency with your writing is key to speed:
"Try to limit your working hours, write at a set time each day, and try your best not to emotionally flip out or check email every 20 seconds."
Carolyn Nicander Mohr, owner, founder and writer of the Wonder of Tech suggests adopting a focused writing mindset:
"If you don't have a lot of time, set aside a period where you won't be interrupted, even if it's only 20 minutes, sit down at the computer and don't get up until you have the rough draft written. Take a short break, do one edit and add images. Done."
Writer Corinne Kerston recommends controlling as much of your physical writing environment as possible:
"My biggest tip for writing faster is to eliminate distractions. Find a quiet space, turn off your phone and Internet (use Internet-blocking software like Freedom if you have to), set a timer and just write without doing any editing."
Finally, Tara Hornor of Envato recommends maintaining a time-focus by using (a variation of) the Pomodoro technique:
"A timer can help keep you focused, but it also forces you to take breaks. And breaks keep the mind fresh. Some timers, such as the Focus Booster, provide specified work and break times, such as 25 minutes of work and 5 minutes of break. Another common workflow is 10 minutes on, 2 minutes break. You will just need to find out which length of time works best for you."
4. Refine your main idea.
Writer Melanie Pianola recommends honing in on your main idea before you do anything else. She writes that the clarity focuses your writing:
"Nothing slows writing down more than not knowing what it is you want to say or what you're writing about. Clarify and refine the main idea and major topics you have to cover beforehand, then identify and organize the research articles and materials that back up your story."
5. Write an outline.
From an early age, we're all taught to write an outline, then a first draft, revision, et cetera. By and large I have ignored all of these writing lessons. But Gazalla Gaya, SEO consultant and writer says that an outline can be extremely helpful to speed your writing process:
"When you write, create an outline of points that you want to cover. After that, simply expand on these points. And keep your language simple, conversational and friendly. This helps your reader understand and identify better with your message."
6. … Or use a mindmap.
Earlier I mentioned former journalist and author of 8 1/2 Steps to Writing Faster, Better, Daphne Grey-Grant. She is a huge advocate for mind-mapping as an alternative to outlines. Here's how she explains the process:
"Simply turn a piece of paper sideways (landscape fashion) and write your idea or your angle in the centre of the page. Draw a circle around it. Then write the next idea that springs into your head. Draw a circle around that one too. And keep up with this "brainstorming" until you know what you want to write."
7. … or make a rough outline.
Writer and strategist Lauren Mangiaforte says that a very rough outline helps her to organize her writing and write faster:
"You don't have to go hardcore with an outline, but I find that jotting down 3-4 words or concepts I want to hit in the order I want to hit them in can make a huge difference in terms of speed."
8. Be prepared to write anytime.
I used to fancy myself a songwriter, but often when I would sit down to play guitar I wouldn't write down my ideas. I could have been Katy Perry.
Writer (and doctor) Martina McGowan points out that preparedness is an important aspect of writing:
"Prolific writing, like any other good writing comes from habit. Always have writing materials nearby, even at the bedside. Capture every thought in its raw form, refine later."
Of course there are many software solutions that can digitally help as well. Evernote is my weapon of choice, but also OneNote, email, action-trigger connector apps like IFTTT and Zapier, and on-and-on.
9. Be the end user. Often.
Slate writer Michael Agger writes that reading is an undervalued aspect of being a fast (and a good) writer:
"Read everything, all the time. That's the only way to build the general knowledge that you can tuck away in long-term memory, only to one day have it magically surface when you're searching for just the right turn of phrase."
10. Use Scrivener.
If you get nothing else from this post, try Scrivener.
Scrivener is a game-changing application for writers, because it simplifies so many different aspects of writing.
On a basic level Scrivener acts as a database for word documents. So instead of writing this article all at once, I took input and research and put each piece of information into its own separate document. When I'd done all my research, I arranged all of the microdocuments into a logical order, wrote and formatted them, and then used the compile function to import it into my site.
Here's a video that makes the process a little clearer, but this is an essential app for writers who are doing long-form or research intensive posts.
Hat tip to Inger Mewburn for introducing me to Scrivener.
11. Turn off spell-check and backspace.
One of the biggest impediments to flow (especially for wordsmiths) is self-editing. Writer Samar Owais advises to stay fast and in the flow of your writing by deliberately avoiding spell-check and backspace:
"avoid pressing the backspace key for unnecessary changes…. and stick to it. If you make a mistake, whether it's a spelling mistake or a grammatical mistake, just move on… if you're one of those writers who get bugged by the spell checker, you need to turn it off."
Writer Michael Pollack makes a similar argument against editing while writing:
"Ultimately, you need to practice writing without correcting yourself as you write. You need to take the Censor out of the picture altogether until you get into the editing phase."
12. Skip the small talk.
Evan LaPage of Hootsuite advises to avoid the introduction and to initially focus on the body of your piece. He writes:
"Fast writers often skip their introduction. This allows them to write the piece without trying to fit it into the constraints of a lead they laboured over in advance."
13. Keep your audience top of mind.
Writer Don Perkins says that his key to speed is myopic focus on the audience that he is writing for:
"I write based on a simple formula:
- Who is my audience? (Buyer persona development)
- What do they care about? (Relevance)
- Why should they listen to me? (Value proposition)"
14. Write with the end in mind.
Writer Gibson Goff says that his key to writing faster is to vet the end and then write with a clear destination:
"Have a beginning. But also have what the end of the story should look like, lest the story take off in the wrong direction and never get finished."
15. Get into a flow.
Writer and content strategist Misty Belardo-McPadden advises not to overthink it and just get into a writing flow:
"Write write write. First, write without editing, letting your ideas flow. Next, go back and read what you wrote outlaid and look for ways to condense and tighten your message. Edit unnecessary words and phrases. This can be challenging, but with practice it becomes easier."
16. Start with a summary.
Editor and writer Lori Quayle has a lot of experience writing longer technical documents. She says that writing an executive summary can help to speed the process of the rest of the document:
"My tip for writing something technical or generally boring is to spend some quality time on the executive summary. It is often the only part of the report that top-level executives spend time on. It can serve as a subconscious elevator pitch (for future gigs) if it succinctly conveys the essence or bottom line. Having the summary done will help you stay focused and perhaps finish faster by not including tangential info."
17. Start with bullet points.
Carol Roth, author of The Entrepreneur Equation writes that she finds it faster to start with bullet points and then elaborate:
"After brainstorming write down a list of "bullets" that mirror the key points that you want to make in support of the main topic. It's much easier to write explanatory sentences once you have the main themes and issues sorted out."
18. Use your words.
To write this section, I am using Nuance's Dragon Natural Speaking software. If you can maintain a linear train of thought, speech recognition software can be very helpful to speed your writing process.
I was able to dictate this with no spelling errors in about 30 seconds using my USB microphone.
19. Work on more than one project at a time.
Author Nalini Singh recommends diverting your focus from a singular piece of content to multiple projects. She explains the benefits:
"I've only started doing this over the past year, after I read an interview with another writer who spoke about having 3-4 hours of concentration, after which he needed to switch to a new project to again get those 3-4 hours of concentration. So I started working on two projects simultaneously. I quickly realized it doesn't work if I'm at the same stage in both projects. It's not different enough to excite me. Instead, I work on books in different stages."
20. Handwrite instead of typing
Author Karen Dionne says that writing by hand makes her far faster and more prolific than any other change she's made to her writing:
"when I did walk away from the keyboard and literally take up the pen, the difference in my creative output was astounding. Instead of writing 2,500 words in a typical week, I consistently wrote between 3,000 and 5,000 words a DAY. Good words, that didn't require so much tweaking and polishing."
21. Find a writing partner
Writer Jim Woods describes that two of his writer friends found that they could produce much more writing faster when they collaborated:
"Two writing friends of mine have cranked out over 2 million words in 2014… When you find someone who just clicks with you, you'll find yourself firing on all cylinders. You focus on your strengths, and your co-writer focuses on their strengths."
22. Write as much as you need to.
Social media expert Susie Parker of Sparker Strategy Group reminds writers to keep record of your inspiration and not to be afraid to communicate your ideas economically:
"Ideas can come from anywhere. Use an app like Evernote or your WordPress app to create draft posts with a few points in each one till you have more time to write and flesh out the concept and premise. Inspiration is everywhere! And think short and sweet. Blog posts don't have to be long, just effective."
I am going to write about 20,000 words this week which is far more than I would usually do. The fact that I'm able to do it is entirely attributable to the advice in this post. This stuff works. Especially Scrivener, which is currently keeping my next five posts in various states of completion.
You can see that many different writers have techniques to accelerate their process, hopefully you found some of them useful. And if you have more tips
for me to become a faster writer to share, please feel welcome to post in the comments.


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Guidebook to the Edge of the Mists
Do you feel lost when entering Edge of the Mists? Looking for routes off the well known paths? Then this guide is for you!
This guide is added to the sub-pages as well so it will be available from the front-page of this blog.
The short link to the sub-page is tinyurl.com/eotmguide
There are also videos at the bottom of the page!
The Edge of the Mists (EotM) consists of three areas, each zone houses the starting spot for each side. Edge of the Mists, (just as all the constructs in the Mists) is a set of floating islands, it is also multi-level on quite a large part of the map. Thus pushing or pulling enemies off the edges is a very important part of several fights.
Each zone features a different biome, theme. Every zone has a keep, three special objectives and a tower.
Since this is a WvW map, objectives are defended by Veteran and Champion NPCs (tower and keep — champion, reactors — veteran) which gain the Righteous Indignation buff for 5 minutes when captured. While under this buff, they deal more damage and are invulnerable to everything.
Sentries are present too, depending on who owns it. Red sentry is an Ogre (and its Devourer pet, which he revives frequently), Blue Sentry is a Kodan Shieldbearer who stuns, removes conditions and blocks attacks (chilling attackers) and Green sentry is a Troll Brute (knocks down, back and regenerates health).
However there are no Dolyaks, who carry supplies — making sentries less important. Edge of the Mists has Reactors, which send supplies depending on the amount of generators built. Every objective that has walls or gates defending it (Keeps and Towers) has a Reactor and it only receives supplies from this Reactor. By default (no generators built) the supply delivery is only on 25%. Building additional generators increases the efficiency by 25% each. At 100% the supply delivered every 3 minutes is 60.
Towers have two gates with the exception of Inferno's Needle which has two on each side, making a total of four gates (it doesn't have destructible walls though). Reactors are always towards the middle from the objective they belong to.
The Juncture is the central area, filled with Aetherblade Pirates.
The Badlands Region
Red portion is called Badlands Region and it's a wasteland, a cruel desert, inhabited by Ogres (and their Rock Dog and Devourer pets — the former is invulnerable to attacks from its front!). The three special objectives are: the Wurm Tunnel, the Airport and the Workshop.
- The Wurm Tunnel is guarded by a Giant Sand Wurm which summons Dust Devils (these reflect projectiles and apply 3 stacks of bleeding plus knock back players), spits rocks (which stun players) and devours players when it slams its head into the ground. You might want to avoid this, because there are only two ways to get out of the Wurm: keep kicking and hope you get spit out or die. If your health reaches 0 while in the Wurm, you don't enter Downed state, you die outright.
The owner of the Wurm Tunnel can use all four tunnels on the map (requirement is to be out of combat!).
- The Airport is guarded by the Balloon Pilot who calls down Air-Strike on players (similar to Meteor Shower, deals big damage), can Evade and also uses a variation of Magnet, with this skill he grabs players and after holding them in the air for about one second, pushes them back. Can be mitigated with Stability.
At the Airport you can buy Airstrike Grenades (consumable, gets destroyed if you drop it instead of using) for 25 Badges of Honor each after delivering 10 Oil Barrels to the Balloon Pilot (which is a separate event and gives reward!).
- The Workshop is guarded by the Charr Mechanic who throws wrenches (dealing damage and crippling), pulls with Magnet (unblockable, can be mitigated with Stability), summons, heals and buffs Mecha Devourers. These devourers hit fairly hard (especially when they throw sparks and rush towards players) but are very vulnerable. AoEs should kill them fairly easily.
The Workshop has two functions: the Charr Mechanic can supply players with a Mecha Siege Devourer (transform) which is used to destroy walls and gates of objectives, also bridges (the other two skills stealth the devourer while blinding nearby enemies and teleport to target area also stunning enemies at target location). The other function is auto repair of Turrets. If the owner of the Arid Fortress holds Workshop, turrets in the Badlands Region repair themselves automatically over time.
The keep (Arid Fortress) is defended by the Ogre Chief Engineer, who creates fire fields that burn players and places turrets (Net turret, Rocket turret, Vacuum turret and Thumper Turret). The most dangerous is the Vacuum and Thumper turrets due to their control effects, however they are easily mitigated with Stability. The turrets push players back when destroyed. Players tend to die in the fire fields after the boss is dead. They keep damaging afterwards as well, just like the turrets, so watch out. There are three bridges leading to this keep from the outer walls to the inner walls, all which can be destroyed. There are several ways to get there without bridges too, if they are destroyed and short on supplies.
Inferno's Needle is defended by Ogres and their Rock Dogs. If the attacking group doesn't own Arid Fortress they might want to watch out for the Turrets if attacking from North. The Ogre Birdmasters repair the gates from the inside if the tower has supplies. The Tower Lord is the Charr Igniter who can pull players, shoots oil puddles which cripple those affected and ignites these which deal damage and cause burning. Also uses a Fire Shield that has to be taken down before being able to hurt it. This boss can decapitate entire groups in a matter of seconds if attacked while under Righteous Indignation. Watch out.
Reactors in the Baldans Region are defended by Ogre Brawlers who can knock back, stun, cripple players. Their autoattack dazes and they use Endure Pain (being immune to direct damage).
The Frostreach Region
Blue portion is called Frostreach Region, it's a snowy area inhabited by Kodans. There are three types of Kodans: Stormcaller, Shieldbearer and Berserker. Stormcallers are mostly found on top of walls, they cast Ice Storms, create a bubble shield which also heals them and use a skill similar to Shatterstone that chill players. Shieldbearers are sentries and also guards of gates, they stun, remove conditions and blocks attacks (also chilling attackers during block time). Berserkers use Richochet (bouncing axes) that bleeds targets, apply Retaliation, and use Whirling Defense which reflects projectiles and deals damage.
The three special objectives are: the Shrine, the Bell Tower and the Forge.
- The Shrine is guarded by The Voice of Koda, who uses Ice Spike (massive burst damage, has AoE indicator ring), Frozen Ground (chills players), and buffs its allies with Retaliation. There are also two Shieldbearers to his aid. After capturing, players can summon the Claw of Koda (Champion) who then patrols between the outer and inner walls of the keep (it's also an event with its own reward).
- The Bell Tower is guarded by the Kodan Bell-Ringer who can summon a Spirit of Koda, its projectiles daze and bleed and its Whirling Defense deals a large amount of damage in melee range while also reflecting projectiles. Reflecting skills are highly advised here. Owners of the Bell Tower can also summon Spirits of Koda at bells scattered in the Frostreach Region. This Spirit can teleport, chill and freeze players (encases inn an Ice Block, can only be escaped with teleportation skills but can be blocked or mitigated with Stability).
- The Forge is guarded by the Norn Forgesmith who uses his mace to block attacks and at around 50% of his health he Becomes the Bear. In this form he uses his Charge skill repeatedly, knocking back/down players and dealing a great amount of damage. Can be mitigated with Stability. Also his Bear form can be reset with Polymorph Moa. He will transform again anyway. After capture players can acquire Koda's Armor (a buff), which reduces incoming damage by 10%. Also after capture an Ice Imp will spawn somewhere in the lower areas nearby (either northeast or northwest of the Forge). After killing it and delivering the Ice Orb to the Forgesmith, players have to collect 10 Ice Blocks. When this event is completed, players can purchase a Koda's Hammer for 25 Badges of Honor, which is a bundle/transform. Ends if player swaps weapons or uses bundles (using blueprints too!). This bundle is very control heavy, the third skill of the autoattack chain launches foes, the fourth skill creates an impassable wall, and the fifth creates a bubble that destroys incoming projectiles and prevents foes passing through. It also deals a nice amount of damage to gates, if about 50 players use this form and they are built for power, they can melee down a gate as fast as 3 rams.
The keep (Thunder Hollow) is defended by the Kodan Chieftain. This boss maintains Frost Armor at all times, reducing incoming damage and applying Chilled to attackers. Also uses Ice Spike (AoE indicated), high damaging skill, it's highly advised to avoid it (can be avoided just by walking out of it!). Knocks down players, cleanses conditions when disabled and regenerates health. After the boss dies, the Ice Spikes will keep falling so watch out, and don't die so stupidly.
Tytone Perch is defended by Kodans, who repair gates, build burning oils and cannons. Its Tower Lord, the Greater Owl Griffon is not very easy to fight with few people. Creates deadly Ice Storms, and it will start flying frequently which makes it invulnerable while regenerating health. It becomes vulnerable to Stun/Daze while Swooping at players, if it's disabled at the right moment, it will land and can be damaged again. Also very deadly if it's buffed with Righteous Indignation. Refrain from going too close to the east gate because this boss can aggro on players outside. If it's buffed (which you can't really see through the gates) it will kill everyone nearby in a few hits.
Sometimes (due to a bug) this boss can walk through the east gate and stay outside.
Reactors in the Frostreach Region are defended by Ice Elemental Guardians who chill players, shoot projectiles with high damage, and knock back players if they are in melee range (also applying 5 stacks of Vulnerability).
The Overgrowth Region
Green portion is called Overgrowth Region and its appearance reflects this name. Rich with vegetation, a cross of jungle and rocky mountains. Its inhabitants are Grawls and Trolls. Grawls can be Shamans and Hunters. Shamans immobilize, bleed and summon Swirling Wind Totems that block projectiles (have to be destroyed with melee, AoE or beam attacks). Hunters use Barrage (deals damage and cripples) and summon Healing Ward totems that create a Ring of Warding (unpassable ring, destroy totem or use Stability). Troll Brutes knock down/back and regenerate health. Their healing makes them live up to their race (Troll), since it's a modified version of Defiant Stance. Both direct damage and conditions are negated and heal the Troll while it's active and they can use it very frequently, sometimes every 3-4 seconds. Poison reduces the amount of heal. The best is to not to attack them during this time.
The three special objectives are: the Observatory, the Statuary and the Altar.
- The Observatory is guarded by three Grawl Tricksters. They all use traps (unblockable and cannot see them, so you can't do much against them), a powered up version of Scorpion Wire (shoots 6-8 wires, each dealing huge damage — reflects, such as Feedback are very powerful here!), a shadowstep skill and rarely they use Fear as well.
It is the only objective that requires three Champion kills and it has three capture circles too. Capture happens when all three points are captured by the same team. Capture can be halted if another team kills a champion and takes the point before all three are taken by the same team. Righteous Indignation only applies on the three bosses when full capture happens.
- The Statuary is guarded by the Grawl Stoneworker who uses Swirling Sands (cripples and pulls players towards its middle), Frenzy (attacks faster) and applies Stability. Also repairs the Statue which hosts two Supercannons. These Supercannons are long-range weapons, the three bridges leading to the Statuary are too small for its range. It is capable of shooting things well out of view distance but it's also pretty hard to aim at something you don't see. You can destroy one wall with it, or bombard enemies at the bridge-gates of the two side-towers (Stonegaze Spire and Tytone Perch).
- The Altar is guarded by a Greater Air Elemental which can teleport to players, uses an attack similar to Lighting Strike that hits multiple foes, and shoots Charged Orbs which stun and deal a huge amount of damage (can be reflected for 10-16k damage!).
About ten seconds after capture small Air Elementals will start appearing. Once killed they drop Charged Essences, with ~10 of these the Altar can be charged (and if it doesn't bug out) it can be interacted with to take the Spirit of Light transform which grants 50% movement speed buff (applies over 33% hard cap even out of combat!) and immunity to any damage (cannot capture things of course).
The keep (Overgrown Fane) is defended by the Grawl High Shaman, who is protected by two Bound Earth Elementals. First the players have to kill both of these elementals to make the Shaman vulnerable. They have to die approximately at the same time because the Shaman revives them in a few seconds. He also throws a small poison field during the entire fight — even while he is invulnerable — which also turns players into… rabbits. It's advised to stay out of these because you are quite vulnerable in this form. Player transforms can prevent from getting turned into a bunny. This works with norn racial skills that turn player into beasts of the Wild, guardian elite Tomes, human god avatars, Death Shroud, necromancer elite transforms. When this cloud hits a transformed player, they are forced out of the transformation but don't become a rabbit.
The owner of Overgrown Fane gains a passive buff in the Overgrowth Region depending on the number of special objects held. If one object is held it cures one condition every 10 seconds, if two are held it additionally provides passive health regeneration, if three are held it additionally creates a Lightning Strike on hit (chance is unknown). However if one of the special objectives change owners (aka are flipped by another team) while players of the owning team are outside of the Overgrowth Region, the buff updates its tier and applies the buff on the whole map (I know, I know outrageously overpowered bug).
Stonegaze Spire is defended by Grawl Shamans and Troll Brutes. Grawls are inside and on the walls, while Trolls are standing guard at the gates. They build the burning oil and repair the gates. Its Tower Lord is a Giant Basilisk which applies Weakness, poisons, charges and knocks back players and also petrifies with a beam attack. From the three Tower Lords it's the easiest to solo, since it can be kited very well, especially with condition builds. Refrain from going too close to the west gate because this boss can aggro on players outside. If it's buffed (which you can't really see through the gates) it will kill everyone nearby in a few hits.
Sometimes (due to a bug) this boss can walk through the west gate and stay outside.
Reactors in the Overgrowth Region are defended by Grawl Bloodletters who apply poison, use various Venoms (which also heal them) and petrify players who attack them while they are blocking (can be avoided by not attacking when they are blocking or mitigated with Stability).
General tips:
- Towers/keeps have a Guild Officer who gives additional XP and WXP when killed before capturing.
- To get capture credit players have to:
- stand in the circle/rectangle when the capture happens, or
- get kill credit for a player who got capture credit for that objective before your team captured it (I know it's weird!).
- If you have to fight other groups and you have a commander, and you are melee, push with the commander, don't stay in the backline or you will be stomped by the other group. Use your dodges!
- If your group is smaller than the enemies' then you might want to refrain from attacking the gates with your skills (i.e. without siege). This is because if there are more than 25 players in combat an orange sword appears on the map, and larger groups tend to visit locations like this for fights. Now if you are less than them, or it's a guild group, they gon' stomp you buddy. So don't give away your location if you want to capture.
These videos show routes, shortcuts. Of course I'm not going to include all my tricks, for the sake of exploration and experimentation 😉
Link to the public playlist of all videos: CLICK
How pathetic and desperate gamers can be?
So most of the Guild Wars 2 players are familiar with Edge of the Mists. It's a nice "new" map for WvW, where you can play while you are waiting for your queue pop or just don't feel like playing the "real" WvW. Also it's really good for roaming. Well it would be, if karma trains didn't claim the maps to be for karma training… Whatever, this isn't why I'm writing this post.
Matchups last for 4 hours in Edge of the Mists. It's fast paced WvW. Also therefore not really worth defending (except for them lootbags :3). And yet there are some gamers who are desperate enough to cheat (use third party hacks) to "win". Yeah, it sounds sad right? You know what sounds even sadder? I saw this happen on the Overgrowth side (aka greens) last matchup and the matchup of the week I'm writing this post. Last week they placed Sentry Turrets at Wurm inside the terrain. Yes inside the terrain. Not under it. Screenshots for proof here.
Then today, since we are on the Frostreach side (aka blues) with not enough players, we decided to have some fun while reminding the "greens" that this is still WvW and not karmatraining. We built ACs in towers and took out most of them. So the next time an asura thief from Overgrowth (from a guild with the tag NFR – I have the guild name but won't publish it) uses a teleport hack to get in our tower and take out the arrowcarts while we are on our way back from our keep where we just wiped them before. And didn't even care we eye-witnessed it. Well he got reported and killed so whatever but obviously the green zerg shows up in 2 minutes (since he tipped them off that he destroyed the ACs) and we don't have a chance to rebuild our ACs since the reactor is theirs and they are coming from there.
So my question is, how can be some gamers be so pathetic and desperate to win? That they use cheats even though they have an advantage.


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Uttar Pradesh is in the grip of acute power crisis with restricted demand of electricity going up to about 13,000 mega watt and availability of power on Sunday ranging from 10,000-11,000 MW. The demand has gone up due to humid weather condition in the State. To meet the demand, U.P. Power Corporation officials have resorted to emergency roistering as a result of which heavy power cuts were imposed in village and tehsil level, which were ensured of 14-15 hours of power supply.
Power cuts are also imposed in district headquarters and cities such as Lucknow, Agra and Noida. These three cities are entitled to 24 hours power supply.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan directed the officials to ensure at least 22 hours of power supply to Agra for promoting tourism.
Officials said load sheddings in other cities and towns ranged between 9-15 hours.
To compound matters, a 500 mw unit of Anpara thermal power station has stopped functioning due to a snag and a 110 mw unit of Parichha has been closed for renovation work.
Future looks bleak
With demand for electricity going up each year , the power crisis is expected to multiply. Power engineers have warned that with no capacity addition, the State is bound to face a severe crisis in future.
"Not a single megawatt of power has been added in the last one year and the demand this year has increased by 1500 MW, the gap between demand and supply has widened," said Shailendra Dubey, Chairman of All-India Power Engineers Federation.
Mr. Dubey said the restricted demand of 13,000 MW as of today in the State is projected to go up to more than 20,000 MW by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan in 2017.
The Federation has cautioned against the over-dependence on the private sector for increasing the generation capacity.
The Federation said the States should have at least 70 per cent share in the total generation to optimise the Grid operation and lower the cost of power. Mr. Dubey pointed towards Uttar Pradesh where memorandum of understanding were signed with 10 private players in December 2010 (when Mayawati was the Chief Minister) for setting up power utilities to generate 10,000 MW.
"Barring the 1980 MW plant in Lalitpur, work has not started on any of the other projects. Likewise, barring the 1980 MW Bara plant, work has not commenced on four other projects which were given to the private players on competitive bidding basis", he added.
Source- The Hindu


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1.) Your password must be contains alfa-numerical characters
2.) Never use same password for all PTC, E-mail adress or Alertpay, Paypal etc ..
3.) More 90% from Ptc are SCAM. These make publicity on other scammer sites or/and collection your password
4.) Be careful with your money. Upgrade just for PTC like NeoBux
5.) Read many forums about suspect sites
FAQ - PTC (Frequently Asked Questions)
What is a PTC Site?
For those of you that never had contact with a ptc site, here is a simplistic definition of this kind of website:
A PTC (Paid To Click) is a website that pays its member for the ads they click and view, on a daily basis.
In a detailed explanation, a ptc is the connection between advertisers and its potential clients (in this case the ptc's members). The advertiser pays a fee to the ptc and then the ptc shares a part of that fee with its members, with the only condition that the members click and view the ads
So, in order to earn money from a ptc site, you will have to click on a list of ads shown in your ptc member area, on a daily basis. Why on a daily basis?-because usually the ptc sites penalize the inactivity.
The number of ads in a list differs from one ptc to another, but there are no more than 15-20 ads in 24 hours.
Clicking the ads can bring you from $0.001/click to $0.01/click. I know that doesn't seem too much, but if you count the fact that you will click on more than 5 ads/ptc/day, and also you will be active in more than 5 ptcs, and you can earn also from every referral you bring to a ptc site well the amount earned increases considerably.
Every ptc has its own terms of service, rules and regulations, but also each one comes with a bunch of other offers for you like bonuses, contests, earn money from reading emails, earn money from signups. These particular things you will discover within every ptc member area.
One thing is also worth mentioning is that once you register to a ptc, your IP address is saved somewhere in their databases and you cannot hold 2 accounts to the same ptc, from the same computer (excepting the fact that no ptc allows its members to have more than 1 membership account).
What is a referral?
A ptc referral is a person that joins a ptc site through your referral link or a person that opened an account at the ptc site and that is attributed to your account by the ptc administrator through the process of renting or buying.
There are 2 ptc referrals types of categories:
1. Depending on the way you get them:
a) direct referrals;
A direct ptc referral is the person that joins the ptc site through your referral link, from another website, blog, forum or wherever they found your link...
b) rented ptc referrals;
Most of the ptc sites are renting referrals for certain fees. This is possible because there are people that joined the ptc without being referred by other members.
c) bought ptc referrals;
Some of the paying ptc sites don't just rent referrals they also sell them.
2. Depending on the referrals activity within the ptc website:
a) active ptc referral:
An active ptc referral is a person that click on the ads available in the ptc account every day just like you.
For example: let's say you've referred a person to neobux (like here) and you both have 4 ads every day to click on then this person is an active ptc referrals if he clicks on the 4 ads day after day.
b) inactive ptc referral:
A ptc referral that is inactive is a person you from your downline that doesn't clik on the ads available in within the ptc website therefore it brings you no profit.
Inactive referrals can be recycled if they were rented and deleted if they were referred through your link or even if they were also rented.
There is really no point keeping the referrals if they are inactive - they represent people that probably forgot about that account.
As for the money you can make with a ptc site... your profit is directly proportional with the number of active referrals you have in your downline.
How Does A PTC Site Work ?
Usually every PTC site comes with a number of ads which you have to click on in order to earn the money.
Every ad presented in your members area can be clicked only once in 24h. After you've clicked on the ad you will have to wait a number of seconds in order to receive the credits. In the most common situations you will have to wait 30s.
At the end of those 30s, in the top left side of your browser window will appear a small icon which may vary from one PTC to another: a checkmark or a dollar sign... something like in the following picture:
When that kind of icon shows up it means you will receive your money, but there are cases when a red button/sign appears showing that somehow you missed the credit for that ad (this happens sometimes when you have more than one browser windows opened in the same time):
Anyway, to be sure that you will receive the credits for every ad you click, all you have to do is check carefully the TOS for each PTC site.
If you respect their rules you will most certainly receive your credits and also credits from your referrals work.
PTC Sites TOS - Terms of Service - Read!
Before you register for a ptc membership, make sure you read their terms of service. This is the most important step you will have to make because if you don't, you might work a few days or weeks for free.
Some of the ptcs have a lot of strange rules, I have even seen something like: "if you are a Chinese you will have to make a premier account (paid membership) in order to be accepted as a member and earn money". This rule was presented as an antifraud measure against the Chinese hackers (although I can't figure it out how this will stop the hacking). To me it seemed more like an opportunity to force the people to upgrade.
Anyway, it's their website and if you want to join, sooner or later you will have to respect their rules.
You must be careful because in the TOS is mentioned something about inactivity. If you don't have activity in your account more than 2-3 weeks, the account will be suspended, and the worst part is that you can't make another account from the same IP address. If you do not click your ads in one day, on the next day you will not receive the share from your referrals earnings.
By the way, I saw on another PTC something like this: if you do not invest in your account you will not be eligible of earning more than $10... meaning you will have to upgrade to paid membership or buy/rent referrals if you want to earn more than the amount specified.
I also found rules like: "you cannot earn more than 2x or 3x the amount you've invested in the ptc website" or "you cannot bring more than 100 referrals".
In the end I would say - read carefully the TOS of every ptc site you consider joining.
How much can you earn from ptc sites?
This was the question that came in my mind when I'd found the ptc sites for the first time. Now, the answer for this question is different from one ptc to another.
For example if you click on 6 ads/day each bringing you $0.01 and with $0.01 earned for every referral click, here's what you will have at the end of the day:
$0.06 for your clicks
$1.20 for your referrals clicks (let's say you have only 20 referrals)
Then, your daily earnings will become $1.26; your monthly earning will be $ 37.8; annual earning...well you got the point...
This example was for only 6 ads per day and only 20 referrals, but usually there is nothing stopping you from getting more and more people signup to these kind of websites, and also usually there are more than 6 ads per day on a free membership (a paid membership brings you either more ads per day either better paid ads).
Now you can say... "I don't know how to bring referrals" and still you would have no problem at all because you can buy referrals, or even rent them from your ptc site. There is still a downside to renting referrals, and that is - some of them will be inactive therefore will not help you too much, so you could start renting small packages of refs, see how they work and then pass on to a bigger package.
Most of all you shouldn't rush in buying refs if you do not trust the ptc 100%. First search for information about that ptc, then test it and only after you had no problems with it you can go further with buying/renting refs.
What is a referral link
The referral link is the link through which you build your downline at a ptc sites or any kind of website that allows you to bring referrals and earn money on their activity.
The link can be in simple format just like you receive it from the ptc site. Here is an example of referral link:
It can be used as a text link like in the following example:
The html code for the image link is:

It can also be used as an image link (banner) like in the following example:
...where the first URL should be your referral link and the second URL should be the address where the banner as an image file is hosted. The form of a referral link differs from one website to another as you'll see within the accounts you have on ptc sites. Also if you use image links more often you'll see that the html code for the banner is given to you in all the ptc sites. The referral link is very important because earning more money with ptc sites means bringing as many direct referrals as you can. The direct referrals, most of the times, you get from posting your referral link in forums , comments on blogs.
Also promoting your referral link is the best way to increase your income with the ptc sites because it is free, it will
PTC Scam:
1.) No forum = Scam from start
2.) Admin no answer you questions in max 48h or deleted your post of forum when you request payment (Scam 96%)
3.) In your history not appear date of request (possible scam 90%)
4.) Interface shabby(tinpot) of PTC site(Scam 85% or possible future SCAM)
5.) More 0,01$/click for standard members and 0,015$ for premium (Scam 70%)
6.) Payment just for PREMIUM MEMBERs... Stay away this PTCs.
7.) Payout amount from interface not coincide with by TOS. It is a big SCAM.
8.) One Ptc which paid purely some people, that site is scam.
9.) One Ptc which not paid me, is SCAM
10.) One Ptc who paid me and not paid others, that site is SCAM
For Your Safety
1.) Your password must be contains alfa-numerical characters
2.) Never use same password for all PTC, E-mail adress or Alertpay, Paypal etc ...
3.) More 90% from Ptc are SCAM. These make publicity on other scammer sites or/and collection your password
4.) Be careful with your money. Upgrade just for PTC like NeoBux
5.) Read many forums about suspect sites


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Anh Linh Free School
For many of Anh Linh's children school is not only the most stable, safe and loving experience of their lives, it is their only pathway to a future of economic security and hope.
The History
In Vietnam, education is free, but the cost of supplies, uniforms, books, meals, and medical attention are borne by the families of the students. This can amount to $15-25 per month. There are no scholarships or sliding scales. We serve children who don't have families or who live with a single mother or grandmother. Many of the families we serve cannot afford to pay public school fees. As well, many of these children are too old for public school or don't have the required birth certificates. As a result these abandoned children have little hope for a future that is anything different than continued economic and social deprivation. They are at risk for being sexually or commercially trafficked.
In 1990 the Vietnamese government gave permission to the Sisters of the Congregation of Notre Dame to open a free school for some of the poorest children in Saigon. The first 17 students were children of prostitutes. The nuns knew that the poor women from the rural areas were being sexually exploited and they were determined to help. The building that housed the first school was a former pigsty. The school was supported by the order and with gifts from alumnae of a private boarding school the Congregation had run before 1975. Bridges to Learning financial support starting in 2004 helped bring the school to its present state where more than 278 students are educated at the school and 122 are provided stipends to attend public school.
It is now almost 20 years later, and the students from the first class are adults with jobs, families, and a future.
In 2006, Anh Linh Free School got permission to open a secondary school for sixth through ninth grades. The first sixth grade class began in September, 2006 and construction of a new secondary school began that October. The new school was completed in the spring of 2007. The efforst to raise funds for the secondary school were so successful that in 2008 the old elementary school was torn down and a new one built in its place.
In the fall of 2008, a new elementary school building was completed, with classrooms, a library, a computer room, conference rooms, a 20 bed dormitory for girls, and two guest rooms. Both new facilities provide a wonderful place for the children to learn, airy classrooms, special labs for science and computers and more play area.
Anh Linh Free School provides classes that meet Vietnam curriculum standards. In Vietnam, 94% of the population is reported to be literate. Vietnam's economic development is growing faster than any country in Asia. Without Anh Linh these kids would likely live a life of poverty, deprivation, exploitation, or crime.
English language instruction is mandated for all students in the state school system. It will be the language of commerce and economic prosperity in Vietnam's future. The opportunity to learn English and to study computer skills allows Anh Linh students to compete.


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What a week...with the massacre of the law enforcement officers in Dallas and the protests throughout the nation, today's guest just so happened to be the perfect resource at the right time.
On today's show, Dr. Hindy Bluestone talks with Martin about the confidential stress coaching provided for free by the Under the Shield Foundation. Their services are 24/7, completely confidential and can be reached at the following:
(855) 889-2348 (toll free)
In this episode, Martin references law enforcement suicide statistics. While they're going down, they're way, way too high. The link Martin referenced is
If you need to talk, please reach out to Under the Shield or another peer support group. You're not alone.
On today's episode, Martin chats with 15 year old Halley McGookin of yellowbrickrun.org who has started a charity to benefit law enforcement. She was an impressive young lady with a bright future. Be sure to check out her project; it's a worthy cause.
Today's guest is none other than the social media sensation, Mike the Cop of Humanizing the Badge. Mike, a full-time law enforcement officer, is breaking barriers and bridging gaps on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as Mike the Cop. His humorous videos cleverly reveal the reality of law enforcement and the amazing men and women who wear the badge.
Mike the Cop and his mission, outreach and merchandise can be found at humanizingthebadge.com
We're back! After a break, Martin is back on the show to discuss some of the latest topics affecting law enforcement including the media's portrayal of the profession and how it may be contributing to the number of officers killed in the line of duty.
Chris Bennett, the founder of Callyo, joins Martin to talk about Callyo's latest product, an application called 10-21 that enables an officer to change the number that appears in caller ID, thereby protecting the officers' personal contact information. Did we mention it's FREE?
To find out where Martin is going to be on the road next with Hollotec teaching Lock Picking and Specialized Entry Techniques, go to http://www.hollotec.com


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Nathan, the dancing Chinese Crested who is pretty much the reincarnation of Martha Graham!
Nathan was an Open Post host last year, but he never got the true tribute he deserves! You can go ahead and cancel your cable, satellite, Hulu subscription, Netflix subscription and Amazon subscription, because Nathan has a YouTube channel and it's all the visual entertainment your eyeballs need. Watching Nathan's videos is like peeking into the life of Mikhail Baryshnikov, because it seems like all this pooch does is lay down the hot and sweet moves.
Nathan is truly a mystery, because I don't know much about him. But I guess the only thing you really need to know about Nathan is that he can't help but dance like Billy Elliot on molly when he hears the beat. Dance is in his heart! Dance is in his soul! Dance is in veins! Or maybe his humans are just holding a treat high above his head out of the camera's view.
Nathan isn't only the kind of talented bitch who could easily unseat that hack Michael Flatley, but he's also a major attention whore. I mean, he's got at least 500 million videos on his YouTube channel. But out of all the videos in his dance portfolio, this one is pure gold. What more do you need in life besides an accordian-playing memaw and a dancing Chinese Crested?
And Nathan is also an extremely versatile performer who can deliver all sorts of scenes and vibes. Here's Nathan busting out the moves while sandwiched between two big-tittied Magic Mike wannabes:
Both of those videos are the hallucinations that David Lynch has when he does too much LSD. What I'm trying to say is that Nathan is an acrid trip God of dance and we should all worship at his dancing paws!


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Microsoft is to publish technical documents describing how it built support for the rival Open Document Format (ODF) within Office 2007.
In addition, Microsoft will also give away notes on how it supported its own format, Office Open XML (OOXML).
This information could be helpful for third-party software firms trying to build applications that work with Office 2007 and its documents.
Doug Mahugh, Microsoft's senior product manager for Office interoperability, said the information was valuable enough that it would have been viewed five years ago as giving up "competitive advantage" and thus would not have been released publicly.
Despite Microsoft's long-standing argument that customers benefit from the tight integration between Office 2007, SharePoint and other Microsoft applications, Mahugh said the company was sincere about promoting interoperability with other formats and applications, and encouraged other software vendors to be equally "transparent."
OOXML was first ratified by standards body ISO as an open standard in September 2007, but appeals against it were not finally defeated until this August.
During that time, Microsoft has taken more steps to appease those who claim it is not being fully open and interoperable.
In May, Microsoft said it would support both ODF and Adobe's PDFs in Office. Microsoft posted its set of interoperability guides in June.
Mahugh said some applications were starting to emerge as a result. For instance, there is an application that allows non-Microsoft web browsers such as Firefox to view Word 2007's .docx files, Mahugh said.
He said Novell's version of the OpenOffice.org suite supports OOXML well. Apple's Mac OS X and iPhone also had "really pretty good" support for OOXML documents.
To further help developers, Microsoft will support the creation of an open-source project to create software that tests that OOXML documents execute properly, Mahugh said.


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Cut off the bottom paper strips from the pattern page, color and decorate with crayons or markers. Make paper chains and affix the butterflies to the chains and hang the decorations where they will be seen and enjoyed by all.


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galleria Libraries slide show help
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I am using your galleria Libraries for slide show.
I click on pic and it starts slide show and then you can scroll
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Blue304 - Did you hear that? Listen and help Blue figure out what's making that sound.
Blue305 - Can you tell what Steve is "Signing?" Play along
to find out!
Blue306 - Blue and Steve are thankful for many things. What
are you thankful for?
Blue307 - Blue is hiding somewhere in 'Blue World'. Can you find her?
Blue311 - Go on a treasure hunt with Blue! Follow the map to find the clues.
Blue312 -Can you help Blue find the matching pictures?
Blue313 -Blue wants to draw and color pictures. Will you help her?
Blue319 - Blue's having a pajama party and it's time to get
ready for bed! Can you help her friends get ready?
Blue322 - Find out what patches Steve, Blue and their
friends added to the Holiday Quilt!
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Buffett is famous for saying, "It is better to buy a wonderful business at a fair price than to buy a fair business at a wonderful price." He adopted this philosophy after spending the early part of his career as more of a bargain hunter and finding it less profitable. An important indicator of a "wonderful business" for Buffett is the return on equity (ROE).
Over the last several years, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) have demonstrated very different ROE capability. Conoco's five-year history of ROE is both lower and slower growing. It was ranging from 7.1% in 2009 to 17.6% in 2012, as seen in the graph below:
Exxon, by contrast, since 2009 has yielded ROE ranging from 17.4% in 2009 to 27.1% in 2012, with an increase each year, per the chart below:
In fact, the company has the highest return on equity of any U.S. companies in the integrated oil and gas industry.
Since ROE measures the company's ability to generate earnings growth on investment funds, the return on equity is often a reflection of management. This will become increasingly important in upcoming years as experts predict that locating and extracting oil will become more costly. In March, Exxon announced it would be raising its capital expenditures guidance for the next several years to a record $38 billion annually, from its previous guidance of $37 billion at year-end 2012. This was an increase from the $36.8 billion it spent in 2011.
The outsized spending phenomenon is not unique to Exxon. Both Chevron Corp. (NYSE:CVX) and Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS) have increased their capex budgets this year. This means that a large part of whether oil and gas companies earn solid returns on their investments will increasingly come down to the deftness of management.
"Due to its financial strength, debt capacity and diverse portfolio of opportunities," Exxon said in its 2012 10-K, "the risk associated with failure or delay of any single project would not have a significant impact on the corporation's liquidity or ability to generate sufficient cash flows for operations and its fixed commitments."
Exxon is currently led by Rex W. Tillerson, its chairman and chief executive officer. Tillerson joined Exxon in 1975 and was formerly its general manager of Exxon Company U.S.A.'s central production division, production advisor, president of Exxon Yemen Inc. and Esso Exploration and Production Khorat Inc., vice president or ExxonMobil Development Company, among other roles. He became CEO on Jan. 1, 2006.
In Tillerson's shareholder letters, he emphasizes competitive advantages – another point Buffett checks for in his investments. Tillerson lists Exxon's as: a balanced portfolio, disciplined investing, high-impact technologies, operational excellence and global integration, which allows it to operate more efficiently.
He is also committed to shareholders and making only high-quality investments. As he told Charlie Rose on March 7: "My philosophy is to make money. If I can drill and make money, then that's what I want to do. For us, it's about making quality investments for our shareholders. And it's not a quality investment if you can't manage the risk around it."
Future Growth
Buffett also appreciates a company with good potential for significant future growth, though Exxon in this case is the slower grower. Growth in global energy demand is expected to increase by 35% between 2010 and 2040, according to Exxon. The company forecasts that its production will decline by 1% in 2013 on weaker natural gas, then increase by 2% to 3% annually, or 14% overall, through 2017, as its new projects ramp up.
Last year, Exxon's production fell by 6%. The company CEO Rex Tillerson said the decline was caused by operational performance issues, lower prices and lower spending in Iraq.
ConocoPhillips has slightly higher aims for itself, predicting 3% to 5% compound annual production growth over the long term, funded in large part by assets sales. In total, it expects 25% production growth by 2017. It also in December 2012 announced it would keep its capex budget for 2013 flat from the previous year at $15.8 billion.
Lastly, Exxon Mobil has historically shown greater predictability than ConocPhillips. GuruFocus gives Exxon 2.5 stars, and ConocoPhillips one star in the category. Predictability rankings are based on the consistency of revenue per share and EBITDA per share over the previous 10-year period, and their correlation to a company's stock performance.
The below charts illustrate the contrast between the revenue and EBITDA histories of Exxon and ConocoPhillips:
For more Buffett stocks, visit his portfolio here. Also check out the Undervalued Stocks, Top Growth Companies, and High Yield stocks of Warren Buffett.
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The value B, is the strength of the magnetic field.
Bx, By, and Bz are the three components measured by
a three axis teslameter (gaussmeter). A single axis measuring device
will change its reading depending on which way the sensitive
axis is oriented with respect to the direction of the
magnetic field. To obtain a complete representation
of magnetic field at any point in space, one needs not
only the value of B, but the direction, which can be
expressed as the three components, Bx, By and Bz.
Some magnetic field sensors measure only one component
of the magnetic field (Fluxgates and Hall effect instruments).
These are referred to as single axis devices.
Other instruments measure only the total field amplitude
(NMR, ESR). This is the quantity B above.
It is possible to combine three axis sensors to give
three field measurements in a single probe package.
These are referred to as three-axis devices.
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Increased Demand Drives Expansion of Island Harvest Food Bank "Summer Food Service Program," Which Helps Low-Income Children When School's Out
— Regional food bank expects to serve approximately 175,000 meals to be served to 5,500 children in Nassau and Suffolk counties this summer —
HAUPPAUGE, NY — June 12, 2017 — More than 118,000 schoolchildren on Long Island rely on free breakfast and lunch programs during the school year, but lack access to sufficient nutritious food during the summer, when school is out. Island Harvest Food Bank's Summer Food Service Program, administered by the Food and Nutrition Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is expected to provide 175,000 meals to approximately 5,500 children at more than 70 sites across Long Island this summer. In 2016, the summer feeding program served 153,464 meals to 5,000 low-income children at 66 sites in Nassau and Suffolk counties.
"Childhood food insecurity is a national health crisis, with close to 16 million children in the United States at risk of hunger," said Randi Shubin Dresner, president and CEO, Island Harvest Food Bank. "For children who depend on school breakfast and lunch programs during the school year, the Summer Food Service Program helps us provide critical food support to help them through the summer months."
Now in its 8th year, Island Harvest Food Bank, through the Summer Food Service Program, will again deliver a mix of breakfasts, lunches and snacks, Monday through Saturday, to programs operated by government agencies, summer camps, community centers, libraries, health centers, churches and community organizations on Long Island.
The Summer Food Service Program runs from June 25 through September 2, and provides meals, at no charge, to children 18 years old and younger. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program are the same for all, regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability, and there is no discrimination in the course of the meal service. For a complete list of Summer Food Service Program sites on Long Island, visit islandharvest.org. For more information, please call Maria Quiroga, at Island Harvest Food Bank, at 631-873-4775, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against in any USDA-related activity should immediately write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, or call 800-795-3272 (voice) or 202-720-6382 (TTY). The USDA is an equal-opportunity provider and employer.
"Hunger is a year-round issue, and while food may be plentiful for most of us during
the summer, that's not the case for many Long Islanders, especially children, who
face a continued daily struggle to get enough food to maintain a healthy life," added Shubin Dresner. "The Summer Food Service Program, and others like it, represents a significant lifeline in providing children with essential nutrition to foster good health, growth and development."
About Hunger on Long Island
Hunger is a state in which people do not get enough food to provide the nutrients for active and healthy lives. It can result from the recurrent lack of access to food. More than 316,000 Long Islanders face the risk of hunger every day, according to Island Harvest Food Bank and Feeding America®, a national hunger-relief organization. Those facing hunger include adults (often working two jobs), seniors and veterans. Unable to make ends meet, they (and their children) are often forced to go without food. Approximately 70,000 individuals seek food assistance in Nassau and Suffolk counties each week through soup kitchens, food pantries and other feeding programs served by Island Harvest Food Bank.
About Island Harvest Food Bank
Island Harvest Food Bank is a leading hunger-relief organization that provides food and other resources to people in need. Always treating those it helps with dignity and respect, its goal is to end hunger and reduce food waste on Long Island through efficient food collection and distribution; enhanced hunger-awareness and nutrition-education programs; job training; and direct services targeted at children, senior citizens, veterans, and others at risk of food insecurity. As a result of Island Harvest Food Bank's dynamic business model, more than 94 percent of expended resources go directly to programs and services that support over 316,000 Long Islanders facing hunger. Island Harvest Food Bank is a lead agency in the region's emergency response preparedness for food and product distribution, and is a member of Feeding America®, the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief organization. Island Harvest is a four-star-rated nonprofit by Charity Navigator, an independent charity watchdog organization. More information can be found at www.islandharvest.org.
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Contact: Don Miller
West End Strategies, Ltd.
Photo courtesy of Island Harvest Food Bank


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Company Details
Shandong Leapion Machinery Co., Ltd.
|Payment Type:
|L/C,T/T,Western Union
|Min. Order:
|1 Set/Sets
|Delivery Time:
|25 Days
Model No.: LP1224
Type: Engraving Router
Spindle Layout: Vertical
Spindle Number: Single-Spindle
Feed Mode: Manual
Controlling Mode: CNC
Certification: CE
Customized: Customized
Condition: New
Color: Customized
Size: 1300*2500mm
Transmission: Gear Rack
Product Name: ATC Cnc Router
Spindle: 9kw HSD Spindle
Motor: Servo
Control System: SYNTEC
Packaging: Wooden box
Productivity: 80 sets / month
Brand: leapion
Transportation: Ocean,Land,Air
Place of Origin: china
Supply Ability: 80 sets / month
Certificate: CE
HS Code: 84649090
Port: Qingdao,Shanghai,Tianjin
Wood cnc engraving machine 1224 Wood CNC Router
1.Adopt High strength welded bed with tempering aging treatment, Five sides milling CNC machining center processing, guarantees rigidity and precision of the machine, cutting or carving aluminum won't vibration.
2.Italian HSD ATC air cooling spindle, ensure the aluminum cutting effect, long using life with less maintain.
3.France reducer and Yaskawa servo system to make sure speed and stability. YASKAWA servo motors runs smoothly , no vibration phenomenon even in low speed and has overload ability, servo is more reliable and better than stepper.
4. Have ATC system, multi tools for choice, meeting all kinds of engraving and cutting needs.
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Leapion in Laser Machine business since 2007, we are a global manufacturing company producing Laser engravers, laser markers,
CNC Router, UV inkjet printers for various applications such as signage, advertising, Woodworking furniture.
Leapion Laser is becoming the word's TOP in the laser engraving, cutting and marking industry. We are innovators. We are problem solvers.
We are committed to designing and manufacturing the highest-quality laser systems and CNC Router Machine.
Leapion original concept was to bring CO2 laser engraving systems to both commercial customers, small business owners and the home craftsman.
Over the years we developed larger, more powerful CO2 laser systems and Fiber Laser Cutting and Marking Machine.
*2 year guarantee for whole machine; 8 months for laser tube and mirrors
*24 hours technical calling or e-mail service for any technical questions of our machine
*We offer detailed User Manual for machine installation, operation, and also for Software
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