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You guys, I'm no economist or anything, but I've got a pretty airtight plan to get us out of this recession. Not airtight in the sense that it has no holes, but airtight in the sense that I have not thought long enough about it to notice those holes. So…airtightish.
Anyway, you know how everyone's always going on about how we pay entertainers, reality stars and athletes way too much money? Like when Snooki got paid more than Toni Morrison to speak at Rutgers? Or when Snooki gets paid to do anything?
Yes, it's unfortunate that our culture values entertainment over teachers, but until they start selling ad space in text books* or people devote hours every week to adjusting their Fantasy Physics lineups, that's probably not going to change. In the mean time, though, I think we should consider whether paying Real Housewives and auto-tuned singers millions of dollars to continue being their terrible selves might not be just the thing to turn this economy around.
Let's consider the facts.
Quasi-celebrities buy a lot of stuff.
If a well-educated, deserving person earned a lot of money through hard work and sacrifice, they would probably do something boring with it, like put it in a savings account or pay their rent. Smart move, but it's not going to do any good for toy dog breeders or the makers of SKYY vodka. If you give thousands of dollars to someone who not only has done nothing to earn it, but also doesn't really understand how money is even earned, they will put that money right back into the economy.
How she earned her money: Staring vacantly, flipping tables and yelling memorable catchphrases like, "Prostitution whore!"
How she proves my point: After filing for bankruptcy for $11 million, she spent a $60,000 book advance on furniture and decorations, including $8,800 on curtains.
They don't look for bargains.
In a sluggish economy, rational people who work for a living tend to try and save money on major purchases. But for celebrities and people who desperately want to be celebrities, spending money is even more of a status symbol than the stuff they buy. Paying not just full retail price, but more than anyone in their right minds would pay for, let's say, curtains, let's people know that they must have so much money they don't even understand how much stuff should cost. And good thing they don't, because if no one was willing to overpay for stuff others get for free, we'd have a lot of unemployed tanning salon receptionists on our hands.
How he earns his money: By causing hundreds of uncomfortable conversations at weddings when every grandmother asks, "Superman that…what? What is he saying?" with his only hit single "Crank That."
How he proves my point: Despite having all the makings of a one-hit wonder, Soulja Boy celebrated his 21st birthday by buying himself a $55 million private jet. Actually, it's a $35 million jet, but he added $20 million in upgrades. Those upgrades included leather seats and flat screen TVs, all of which he could have gotten at a Levitz clearance sale for $2,400 – and he could've saved an extra 15% if he signed up for the store credit card.
They employ people.
Entourages aren't free. If you're an unlikable person, you have to pay for friends. And the wealthier and more unlikable you become, the more you're going to have to pay these people to put up with your bullshit. While jobs in an entourage may not be stable or come with a 401(k) plan, they do offer the option of quietly stealing from your BFF/employer who doesn't understand enough about money to know better.
How she earns her money: She continues to release albums with self-aggrandizing titles, like "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" and people continue to buy them, apparently.
How she proves my point: Mariah Carey's large entourage includes two people to help lower her onto couches so she doesn't wrinkle her clothes, people to accompany her to television appearances to watch her in the monitors and make sure she looks perfect and an additional, sub-entourage for her dogs.
They're bad at avoiding taxes.
While the truly wealthy understand tax loopholes and deductions, many celebrities think that they can just avoid taxes all together. With the U.S. government desperately needing revenue right now, you would think this would be a bad thing. But since reality stars are so bad at hiding assets, or think that not wanting to pay taxes is a legal reason to avoid it, they actually generate more revenue for the government in the form of interest and penalties once they're easily found and prosecuted. And no matter how much the Tea Party may be against black people taxes, I doubt any of them will get that upset about Wesley Snipes having to pay a little extra.
How he earned his money: By out-manipulating his competitors to win the first season of Survivor.
How he proves my point: Despite the fact that 51 million people tuned in to watch Richard Hatch win one million dollars, he failed to report the prize on his taxes that year, probably thinking no one would notice. He was arrested in 2005 for tax evasion and served time. He now owes the IRS $2 million, as opposed to the $286,000 he would have paid them originally if he understood how taxes work.
Their repossessed goods become our deals.
Eventually, quasi-celebrities' spending catches up with them, and usually in a pretty big way. Once America tires of their one hit song or a younger, tanner, bitchier woman steals the spotlight with a well-timed nip slip, the world will forget about them. The phone will stop ringing, the bills will pile up and people will come to take back all of the ridiculous crap they bought. But then that crap will be sold at auction, where the people who would never pay full retail price for their very own dinosaur skull can finally find some great bargains.
How he earns his money: By appearing in literally every movie that will let him.
How he proves my point: Nic Cage has had multiple homes go into foreclosure in the past few years, which have led to some real bargains if you're in the market for a "frat house bordello" at about $25 million below the original asking price. Hopefully an up-and-coming actor with weird taste in movies and a penchant for overacting will buy it and fill it with overpriced furniture and exotic pets – and the economic cycle continues.
*Note to self: Start company that sells ad space in text books.


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The Top Ten Video Pinball Games in the History of the Universe (Part 3 of 10)
By: Krooze L-Roy
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#8 – Kirby's Pinball Land
Admit it. You suck at pinball. It's not your fault, really. Pinball hates you. You might be on fire for your first ball, and then right when you start to think you've got it all figured out – SDTM (for you pinball neophytes, that's when your ball goes Straight Down The Middle, without you even having a chance to hit it). Just a fluke, you say, as you pull the plunger back on your final ball. SDTM. Fuck. It can get frustrating.
Kirby has always been the slut of the videogame world. The slumpbuster. When Jaquio sends you back to level 6-1… when Bowser cockblocks you from getting some time alone with the Princess…when Pinky and Blinky double team you half an inch away from that last pac-pellet; there's always Kirby, with open arms, ready to take you in. He'd always put up just enough of a struggle to make it worth it, just enough to make you say "see, I am good at videogames."
Based upon this long-winded introduction, you can probably guess what the first thing I'm going to say about Kirby's Pinball Land will be – it's easy. Even in the off chance that you're your ball does manage to go SDTM, get this; that's not necessarily the end of that ball (and when I say, "ball," I of course mean Kirby himself). There's a brief timing-based challenge every time the ball – uh, Kirby, goes down the tubes, enabling you to reverse his momentum and fling him back up into the action. You can do this at least a couple of times (with increasing difficulty) before the game risks making you cry by finally ending your ball. There's also a save feature in the game, and believe me, you'd be well advised to use it, otherwise you could be playing all night on a single credit.
Even without these features though, the game would still be pretty easy. Kirby moves rather slowly (typical Kirby speed) and the game is pretty generous about giving you extra balls. Table nudging is also fairly easy to pull off, though it's rarely necessary.
But, as with most Kirby games, the low difficulty does little to diminish the fun factor. The three tables (which are all three Gameboy screens high) are fairly wide open (some would say barren), and while there's little to distinguish the tables thematically, each individual screen offers a unique challenge. There are also boss battles, and some of these are actually fairly challenging. Hey, it can't all be milk and honey, even with Kirby.
Best Table: Wispy
Also check out: Revenge of the Gator. This was Kirby creator Hal's first attempt at tackling the silver ball for the old monochromatic Gameboy, and a lot of the ideas that would be later used in Pinball Land originated here. RooG is a bit more of a serious take on pinball, albeit with a lighthearted and original alligator theme. It's also about ten times harder than Kirby's game, which is a good thing for when Kirby's rotund body, which was providing you with immense pleasure mere moments earlier, suddenly fills you with guilt and disgust. Hey, we've all been there.
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The only thought in my head for the last 12 hours… "I was riiiiiiiiiight!"
Sorry, but since week 2 I've been calling the Saints to win. Everyone said I was crazy. Everyone said I was wrong. Well guess what everyone…
I. Was. Right. End of story.
Granted most of the people that thought I was crazy, wrong or any variance of not right, don't really know much about football or didn't pay much attention to all the teams this season. I wish people would stop thinking that I don't know jack about the sport because I'm a girl. I really hate that.
So naturally I was a happy camper.
We went to a friend's house to watch the game, mostly because my little apartment is, well, little and a dire mess. Today is going to be floor day at the apartment because there is so much cat hair nestled in the corners that I think there could be another cat hiding there and I wouldn't know about it. We've been so focused on getting our new place that lately, well we've neglected our current dwelling space quite a bit.
Anyway, our friends went overboard with food and there was a spinach artichoke dip that I must get the recipe for – even though I only had just a little bit.
Oh, yes I know, I promised food posts. Well tonight. Maybe. I'm working on them I promise. It's just hard because Rachael Ray doesn't have any of these recipes online… so I forget when I get home to update the posts… I'm sorry.
We made the Ginger Soy Chicken on Friday and Garry made some sort of pasta… it was really good, it was a walnut lemon pesto sauce… yum! Very tasty!
But – we made some more headway on the new apartment! Garry and a few friends put up the base molding in the living room and office yesterday and Saturday Garry and I went over there and finished painting the office – which is now a lovely shade of dark royal blue – and we got the first part of the bedroom painted.
The walls were pretty damaged in this room too. This is after playing in joint compound and sanding the walls down so they were nice and smooth.
More of the previous icky-ness
Bedroom door looking out toward the dining room. The corner part of the floor – that's plywood that they used to replace damaged hardwood. Since we are putting our dresser over that square anyway, we didn't bother messing with it.
Here's the top color. It's a really pretty light sage green color. I really like this color for a bedroom because it's very calm and relaxing. Earlier on we picken a purple color, but at the last minute I got cold feet with the color because it wasn't really purple or brown and I was having a hard time figuring out curtains, bed linen… etc. I want to keep the room simple – I'm repainting my furniture black and we're getting a black iron bedframe. I want white bed linen and white curtains are SO much easier to find (and they're cheaper). At Christmas Tree Shop I can get white silk dupioni curtains for $12 a panel. So thrilled about that! And, even if we don't get the silk ones, plain white cotton curtains are easy to find too.
I really love this color. Really. A lot. Next step is to paint the wallpaper primer on the bottom portion (probably tomorrow) and (after waiting for it to dry) put up our textured wallpaper!
We bought a few rolls of this from Lowes and I really like the flowers in it. At first I didn't think Garry would go for it, but because he was exhausted and on a schedule he told me that "whatever I wanted was fine…" YAY! Ideally I'd like to do the tile with a metallic sheen, but that might be a little *too* much. We're opting for a few shades darker paint than what's on the bedroom walls now and then adding a white chair rail between them. It will look nice when it's done for sure!
Somewhere in the room I'll put gerber daisies in a clear vase. That will look pretty. Still working on artwork for this room. That will come later I think. Right now I still haven't figured out what to do in any of the rooms. I have a bunch of pieces, but I'm not sure if I'm going to reuse them or not. For now, just getting the furniture painted with poly and in the room will be enough. On top of that – I have a whole his/hers closet to organize! Eeep!
My boyfriend… the dork.


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- kboscorpio
- 8 years ago
- Wedding: October 2009
My wedding weekend (Oct. 2009) was the first time I had ever been to Tucson. I planned a destination wedding in Tucson (we live in SC) and we had our wedding at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa. I worked with Donal Drayne (Catering Manager) to plan the wedding details and I can?t stress enough how wonderful he was to work with!
As I live on the east coast, we did a lot of our correspondence via email and phone. Donal was a pleasure to work with from the very first conversation that we had. He was very responsive to my emails and phone calls and certainly made it much easier on me since I was planning from such great distance.
The resort was beautiful and has many wonderful areas for photos. We had our wedding at the Catalina Basin, which has the mountains as a backdrop. Our reception was in the Cottonwood room, which has an amazing terrace just outside that offers beautiful views of Tucson at night. Both the Catalina Basin and Cottonwood room were perfect for our special day. All of the resort employees were so helpful, kind, and accommodating to us and our guests.
Our wedding went absolutely perfect; I couldn't have asked for a more memorable day!


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I don't know where the Bing creative team were doing their searching before hand but they should have just moved to Google instead of building their own engine. It works really well and you never have any of the problems they're outlining here.
Shame. Think how much time they could have saved.


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Shan and I have been working on a flower-pot project. It's been a long time coming. We found this idea on pinterest last year, but failed to do it. This year, we are determined to get them done.
We were wanting a flower-pot that wouldn't blow away in the high Nebraska winds. Most of my plastic pots go sailing. Well, unless there's a fuzzy feline sitting in them, and then the flowers are toast.
These pots are very easy to make.
You take 5 12-inch pavers and glue them together like this:
And then you have your fuzzy little helper get glue all over her fur… 😦
You are supposed to wait 48 hours to paint the pot because the paintable adhesive needs to dry.
But I wanted to see what the color we purchased would look like on the pot. 🙂
I figured one side wouldn't hurt anything, right?
When they are finished, I will post the completed project hopefully full of flowers…
and pointed bamboo skewers to keep the fuzzy felines out.


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Doha Marriott
Rising above the blue expanse of the Arabian Gulf, the Doha Marriott Hotel is a treasured landmark on the Qatar coastline. It is where you can get lost in the tranquility of the private beach, yet be minutes from Doha International airport and the thriving business district. This preferred 5-star business hotel is setting a lofty standard for service and amenities among Doha hotels.
From the award-winning cuisine and international flavors created by their 6 restaurants, to thoughtfully appointed guest rooms that blend comfort with cutting-edge technology, the promise of an extraordinary stay is met.
The spa is a sanctuary of rejuvenation, the private beach and outside pool are ideal for relaxation and the fitness center offers the perfect work out. The 1,448 square meter conference facility answers all the needs for business or social events, with a responsive staff standing ready to assist you, from detailed planning to the final farewells.
Tel : +974 4429 8888
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Website: www.dohamarriott.com


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Sea blue and summery whites make up our Marina Collection. Italian artists took great detail in making each piece extra special by adding details on the front and back of each piece. Use the dipping bowl for sauces, dips and treats. Italian ceramic, Hand made in Italy.
Dishwasher safe on the low-heat setting.
Dimensions: 5" D X 2.5" H


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Iceland Holiday Celebration in New York City on December 15th
'Tis the season ….
The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce and the Consulate General of Iceland in New York cordially invite you to a festive holiday celebration at the Scandinavia House on December 15th from 6-8 p.m.
Iceland has 13 Yule Lads (jólasveinar) and for obvious reasons they are not invited to hide or steal our food and drink. For you, our honored guests, we will sing our most favorite Icelandic and U.S. holiday songs lead by the Sigmar Matthiasson Jazz Trio and hopefully taste some Icelandic drinks and food.
IACC Corporate Sponsors: Icelandair, Eimskip, Siggi's Skyr, Össur, High Liner Foods, and Century Aluminum
Date: December 15th, 2015
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Admission: Free (suggested donation $10)
Place: Scandinavia House (between E 37th & E 38th Street) | 58 Park Avenue | New York, NY | 10016
For more information about the Icelandic Jólasveinar (Yule Lads)


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In the Vanity Fair article Why Hollywood As We know It Is Already Over Nick Bilton discusses the course of events that are happening in the entertainment industry and how it is changing and even killing Hollywood as we know it.
Hollywood is at an 19 year low of theater sales and it's largely due to how social media and digital streaming has altered the landscape. Ever since Netflix hit the scene with digital streaming and original content, it has made other companies who otherwise weren't part of the entertainment industry fight for consumer attention. Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and others have all paved their own way in providing content and allowing consumers to stream movies to where its cheaper and more convenient than going to the theater. Also Hollywood's formula of block busters, sequels and remakes of existing properties are running stale, and some films such as Benhur which cost $100 million only made $11 million in the box office.
Just like music, books and journalism, the option of having it brought to us rather than going to get it and conveniently picking what we want to consume puts Hollywood in a dilemma. However, I don't feel like this is the collapse of Hollywood by any means. Yes the landscape of how we consume entertainment is changing but we still enjoy going to see movies, even if it's a 19 year low, the statistics aren't so low that it's causing Hollywood to go up in flames. I think that the article gives some insight on what has been changing in the model of how we watch films and television but to say that what has been going on for the past few years is now at the breaking point is a little over exaggerated.


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Thinking about President Obama's Afghanistan escalation, I'm not sure it can work. I'm not sure that years of Bush's neglect and mismanagement can be reversed at this point. It's possible that Afghanistan is so corrupt and divided by now that no military or diplomatic maneuvers by the United States can fix it.
I vehemently opposed the surge in Iraq, for a variety of reasons. Iraq was a highly-unstable country deeply divided along sectarian lines; the war there had nothing to do with 9/11 and wasn't intrinsically linked to our national security; the enemy there lacked the means to attack the United States; escalation threatened to further strengthen Iran.
Afghanistan is different. Even though they are divided and violent, they are far less so than Iraq was overall; Afghanistan had everything to do with 9/11; eliminating violent extremism there is directly related to—and beneficial for—the national security of the United States; I don't think I need to make the case that the enemy in Afghanistan does pose the ability to harm the United States; failure in Afghanistan would pose to destabilize nuclear Pakistan.
Terrorism is an ideology. It's a tactic. There's no way it can be eliminated through war—in fact, that only tends to increase it. The best we can hope for is to break up terrorist networks to the point where they can no longer carry out attacks, and to create stability and democracy to prevent such networks from regrowing.
We've done a good job of breaking up the terrorist networks in Afghanistan, but I'm sure there's more we could do on that front. In terms of stability and democracy, I'm not sure how tenable those goals are or whether the United States can achieve them (through military or any other means).
What I fear is that Afghanistan turns into Iraq, where the deadline passes with our goals unmet and the Obama administration keeps our troops there, leading to a perpetual delaying process of broken and pushed-back deadlines all in the interest of trying to reach untenable goals. The fact that Obama has set deadlines is heartening, but then we must stick to those deadlines. This will only become a quagmire if we allow ourselves to become bogged down in it.
In the end, though, we must remember that the Afghanistan war raged for 8 years before Obama took office. If success in Afghanistan is not possible, it was because those who launched and managed it for those 8 years failed. If this does not work, let us place the blame where it belongs.
And, in the end, our President deserves credit for trying to do the right thing and making the best of a poor situation; for taking a risk worth taking. Of that, at the very least, I'm certain.


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some people are needle and thread
their souls over-used
by the hands of working men.
others are fabric itself
blanketing nations and beds
but never quite covering toes.
if i had to defile you,
confine your essence with words
i would write how your effervescent soul
fills a bathtub with bubbles
that reach for the ceiling,
filling the room
but are popped
– the perpetrator a smiling boy
you are an artificial tidal wave
as the ocean bellows next door.
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The City of Havelock will have a Christmas tree Lighting on12/5/10 @ 1630 in the City Park. Music by Havelock Elementary and Middle school Choirs and the Havelock High School Band.
Hot cider and hot chocolate will be served, a Special Guest will light the tree and Santa will arrive by fire truck with candy.
Come be a part of and enjoy the community festivties.
God bless and Merry Christmas.


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Category: Online Marketing
Are Organic SEO Plans Worth it?
The reason why the traditional or organic search engine optimisation (SEO) process is still incredibly effective is because of its long-term benefits.
Simply put – getting positioned as one of the top choices for the relevant keyword searches associated with your business is one of the best things that could happen to your business online and presents an equivalent of having your business operating at the most crowded street in the city centre.
As opposed to paid advertising (AdWords Pay per click - PPC) which does provide you almost instant traffic but zero long term benefits and reputation – enhancing effects, search engine optimisation is still the focus of most savvy website owners for a very good reason
The recent Google Updates have compelled many to wonder and question whether SEO is still worth the time, effort and money it requires.
The simplest and most concrete answer would be – yes and no. As with all Online Marketing campaigns, SEO is only effective if executed through a smart strategic approach based on careful research, experienced expertise and well – thought out plan that will work.
When it comes to the success of your SEO for ecommerce or SEO for business website campaign, the first thing that presents its foundation and that will determine its initial success or failure is the excellently performed keyword research.
Keyword choices are absolutely critical for enabling you to target the customers who are actually interested in what you have to sell and in turn, receive the right traffic.
If you are serious about taking your SEO to a professional level and truly getting the lasting results that are worth the time, effort and money you've invested into your campaigns, you will also need to make sure to get regular professional reports generated in order to carefully track your progress and make any required changes on time.
Oh – and did we mention the importance of understanding the keywords competition?
Falling victim to some of the unprofessional SEO companies who decide to funnel you towards easy, low competition keywords in order to show you fantastic results, only to leave you wondering why your website has such a high bounce rate. Seeing no sales despite a huge amount of traffic is one of the worst thing that could happen to you, as visitors arrive and depart straight away as they realise that you do not provide what they are looking for.
If you are determined to work with the highest quality Australian SEO Company that will provide you with amazing, premium SEO service packages at the most competitive rates on the web – contact BlueSoap today.
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Don't Waste Money on an Ecommerce Site
With the rise of popularity of eCommerce websites, there's a growing trend of pretty much anyone – regardless of the size of their business – starting an online store and investing thousands of dollars in its creation…
The important question is: is it worth your time, money and the effort?
Spending thousands of dollars on the creation of a powerful, complex eCommerce website and then leaving it be, believing that the traffic will automatically start rolling in is one of the worst mistakes you can make when it comes to growing your business and leading it to the ultimate success.
If you are determined to avoid the disappointment associated with spending thousands of dollars of investments in the creation of your eCommerce website only to see almost no increase in sales and conversions at all – you should carefully listen to our advice.
Even though innovative eCommerce websites are created with an emphasis on functionality, appeal, attractiveness and user – friendliness that makes the user want to stay on it – creating them is only the first segment of the job.
What's even more important is effectively online marketing your website to the users in order to make it easier for them to find you amongst the sea of competitors who are only one click away.
The best and most efficient way to do is by ensuring that your digital marketing efforts are handled by the most experienced, qualified and professional online marketing experts who know what they are doing.
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First Critical Steps To An Awesome Website
You do not need to know how to start an online store in order to have a functional business website running. That said all successful business brands do need to have a strong online presence. An awesome, small business website design can be easily realised by observing a few simple, but important steps.
1) Contact a reputable web design company
You can achieve a custom website design by contracting the expertise of a competent web developer. Small businesses have many options nowadays, some offering cheap ways to get online, but be careful not to fall into traps. Make sure the web design company is a reputable one, and has been around a while. Be cautious about contracting an unreliable website designer who will pop up and disappear just as quickly. Check out their web design portfolio, and see if they have believable reviews online.
2) Good Domain Name + Hosting
The next step of how to start an online store is to register a domain name. You and your clients will type this address into a browser in order to access your website. Selecting the right domain name is easy if you follow the tips below:
- It should be short and memorable
- Including relevant keywords makes it more search engine friendly
- It should exclude using 'clever' hyphens, spellings and numbers
- Incorporate a .com.au for Australian businesses or .com for an ideal top level domain (TLD)
- Register the .org.au and .net.au domain names for your website will allow for redirecting visitors from such TLDs to your .com.au site
It is also critical to have reliable web hosting as it makes your website quick to navigate. A slow site will provide a terrible user experience.
3) Website Design
The process of actually building your small business website design comes after you have secured your domain name and hosting. If it is an online store, make sure there are a minimum number of levels in the menu hierarchy. Also, keep the checkout as short and simple as possible, using techniques to get them to agree to be on your mailing list.
4) Content Creation
It is important to consider various types of content for your website. These include web page text content, visual content, blog content and video content as well as social media content. Creating awesome content involves several steps:
- Website navigation to be quick and easy if you want visitors to navigate your content
- Choose carefully the actual web pages to be included in your custom website design
- Break up text heave pages with high-quality images, relevant to your visual brand
- Keeping visual branding consistent by employing a set number of fonts (max four), comprising of two to three core colours.
Good quality website developers should help you with creating captivating images for your blog, web pages and social media posts.
Search engines employ complex algorithms to enable them correctly index websites in search results, and a large portion of this is based upon the actual content on your website pages and how the site is constructed. Utilising an SEO checklist or the services of an SEO Company can help to ensure that your website remains highly visible online.
Your checklist should include:
- Verifying your website with Google using Google's Webmaster tools
- Researching keywords and employing them especially within the first 100 words/page
- Applying keyword-associated phrases
- Incorporating keywords into headings
- Providing unique content
- Employing high-quality in-bound and out-bound links
- Checking the page-speed of your website using Google page-speed tool
- Adding alt tag information onto each and every image uploaded
- Ensure assigning full file-names rich in keywords to your images
A good website designer should employ techniques that incorporate your keywords, meta-data and optimisation of page titles and descriptions to suit your SEO strategy.
The steps above are important for a web designer to follow as they help create an awesome website. Make sure the website developers don not fob off your requests and rush through the initial design stage, in order to complete your project quickly and stay profitable. Also, ensure that they are using quality graphic designer to make sure that your website has a refined, thoughtfully designed look and feel.
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3 Ways to Capture More Customers
A big part of running a website is capturing more visitors and potential buyers or clients. Your e-commerce marketing should be a big part of your website development process, and you need to ensure that you are using effective techniques. While it is tempting to use an online marketing company to boost your website traffic, costs for website or ecommerce marketing with a digital marketing company can sometime be a deterrent. Here are some techniques that you can easily put into practice for your website.
A big part of running a website is capturing more visitors and potential clients. Your e-commerce marketing should be a big part of your website development process, and you need to ensure that you are using effective techniques. While it is tempting to use an online marketing company to boost your website traffic, costs for website or ecommerce marketing with a digital marketing company can sometime be a deterrent. Here are some techniques that you can easily put into practice for your website.
One of the first things an online marketing company would tell you is that you should create a mailing list for and get into email marketing in a big way! This is something that you are more than capable of achieving yourself. Creating a mailing list is a great e-commerce marketing tool, mainly because it keeps you in contact with existing and potential clients. Generate excitement and keep them updated with offers, and new services you have. This will increase the chances of them remembering your brand and purchasing something from your ecommerce website in the future. If you want to encourage people to join your mailing list, offer to give them something for free or offer money off if they sign up. Remember, the best time to capture their details is during checkout. Build a sign up into the checkout process of your online store. If you have a decent ecommerce software you can probably activate it in the CMS. If you have a custom ecommerce website, then you may need to talk to your website developer.
Social media marketing is probably one of the best things you can do for your site and should be included in your ecommerce SEO strategy. Talk to an SEO company about how you can work together with them to make the most of this potentially enormous source of customers. If you are more active on social media, then potential clients will see that you are happy to communicate with them on a more personal level about your services and what you have on offer. Spread The Word! Talk about the services and products that you have on offer right now. Let people know about your success and most popular products in your online store. Try and encourage people to like or share your posts so, naturally growing website popularity even further. All it takes is a share from someone who has a big social media presence and your website could have a substantial increase in hits, traffic and sales!
If you decide to employ the services of a company that offers e-commerce SEO services, they will tell you that having online reviews is a great way of capturing more clients. Unfortunately, they can't make these reviews appear, so it is something that you will have to undertake yourself. The good news is that it is pretty simple process and you should have good reviews within a short space of time. All you really need to do is encourage your current clients to leave reviews, either on Google+ or other sites such as local directories. Ask them to give you a star rating and leave some kind words! It's surprising how many customers are more than happy to do this. In fact, if you have never really paid attention to your Google+ presence, then you may find that you have a lot reviews their already. Again, you can offer incentives to clients so then they feel more encouraged to leave positive reviews. Say that they will be entered into a prize draw of some description, or enter them into a giveaway. It will be worth it, considering how big an impact positive reviews can have on the size of your client base, and also your rankings in search engines.
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Standing on Ringstead Beach, on the Dorset coast in sparkling sunshine, I was struck by the glaring light bleaching the colours and textures as the waves drew back from their furthest reach up the fine pebbles. This painting and it's little sister (Drawing back the Sea II) form a response which I think express these qualities. It is made using a variety of tools along with large brushes including cardboard, sticks and toothbrushes in order to create textures.
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Drawing back the Sea I (2016)
Acrylic painting by Andrea Jenkins
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- Size: 27.56 x 19.69 x 1.57 in (unframed)
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- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
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By Staff Writer | September 15, 2012 09:55 AM EDT
Yesterday (September 14) during an interview with MTV, Psy expressed his thoughts and concerns regarding the 15 people that were fired after making a parody of his "Gangnam Style" music video.
Last month, 15 lifeguards in California were fired after uploading their parody of "Gangnam Style." In creating their video called "Lifeguard Style", the 15 people used the city's swimming pool without any consent from the appropriate people.
During his interview with MTV, Psy stated that he will try his best to help out the lifeguards who have been fired. Psy stated, "Unfortunately, I'm a rookie here. When I become a big star here, I really want to help them out because that's not fair. What did they do? They weren't wrong? I think it was off duty - that's what I heard. They can be more flexible to each other."
Psy continued, "If you may know me or not, but if you know me and if not sooner you're going to know me, I'm begging you to not fire please, because they were enjoying their souls with some other cultures and it was even off duty... so please if you know me."
To see more of Psy's interview with MTV, visit: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1693868/psy-gangnam-style-lifeguards-fired.jhtml
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My rock 'n' roll doctor emerged from the ER examining room. He was talking excitedly on his cell. He walked past us, up the hall. Marina told me that, unless he was treating someone else whose blood sugar went up after an insulin shot, he was taking about me. Doc opened the door to the staff room. A cloud if cigarette smoke rolled out. The door closed behind him.
Twenty minutes later, doc reappeared. He ushered us back into the examining room, where we joined a doctor who'd not been there before. The new doc opined that I probably have type 2 diabetes. Finally! Finally, someone has an answer to the eternal question – What the Hell is wrong with Salmi?
But it was an answer that meant nothing to me. I indicated my ignorance with body language – what the Hell does that mean? Marina explained that the pancreases (pancrea-eye?) of type 1 diabetics produce NO insulin. The pancreawhatevers of type 2 diabetics produce some insulin, but not enough.
I smiled maniacally at Marina, thrust two fingers into the air and started chanting, "We're number two! We're number two!"
Turning gloom into mirth is the ultimate in psy-alchemy. Any fool who's proud to be one takes incredible delight from his ability to turn a frown upside down, and I got a fuckin' eh lightning bolt of sizzling hahaha to my foolish ego when everyone in the room started laughing at my funny.
And? They'd resolved to give me an IV drip, to see if that would bring my blood sugar level down to a number that would free me of their welcomed company, at least for the night. "And long term?" I asked.
The rock 'n' roll doctor jabbered at Marina for ten seconds. Everyone in the room but me broke into smiles halfway through his jabbering. Marina jabbered back at him Everyone giggled. He nodded his approval.
"It's manageable," said Marina with a straight face. "But you're gonna have to make some lifestyle changes." Drinking and smoking, no doubt, I thought. Fuck! I LOVE drinking and smoking. But you do have to be alive to drink ans smoke, so….
The doctors and nurses were watching me very carefully. Marina tried to maintain her straight face but broke into a small smile when she said, "The doctor says you're going to have to brush your hair and teeth more often."
If you haven't been following this story from the beginning, we'll have to go back there for you to see how clever my girl is. This all started two days prior, early n the morning:
Marina and I both had to go get our blood tested this morning. I'm one of those writers who does his best work after midnight, so I was up until 5 am. I got an hour of sleep before Marina woke me up. I was grumpy.
Marina told me I needed to brush my hair and teeth before we went to the clinic.
"What the Hell for?" I grumped. "We already know I'm ugly and stinky."
As Marina gave me a gloating smirk in the ER examining room, my mind lunged and thrashed around trying to conjure a clever retort. It took me a few seconds, but I came back with a comeback, "I can live with that."
As I walked past him, the guy in the corner was moaning and groaning piteously. His guttural grousings filled the otherwise empty room. He smelled of fresh vomit and a thousand cigarettes. He looked like death warmed over (Death wormed over – isn't that brilliant word work? I wish I'd come up with that one).
The nurse sat me down, stuck an IV in me, slid a syringe filled with insulin into the bottle's stopper, and told me to get horizontal. Then she instructed Marina to leave the room. I could see no reason why she should have to wait in the hallway, but did not voice an objection.
Mr. Moan and Groan in the corner was well enough to take a call on his cell. Montenegrins are cell phone junkies. When I first arrived here, to edit The Montenegro Times, the publisher put me up in his apartment for a few days. As he and I broke fast one day, his cleaning lady arrived. Before she got to work she pulled out her three cell phones and placed them on a counter. A cleaning lady with three cell phones? Where the fuck am I? Why the fuck does a cleaning lady need three cell phones? I quickly came to understand that Montenegrins never want to miss a minute of gossip. Many of them take great pride in knowing more none-of-your-business than anyone else in the country. Such sirens of scandal have pay-as-you-go accounts with all three cell phone providers in order to enable their feeders and cut their expenses. So, I was not surprised when Mr. Moan and Groan took a second call, on a second cell. The Reaper may have been reaching for him
but he wasn't going to reject a call.
Or, who knows? perhaps he was proffering valuable advice to the Prime Minister on an urgent matter of great import. Maybe he was talking to is wife, waiting in the hall with Marina. That I was so quick to jump to a cynical conclusion about Mr. Moan and Groan was proof that I was getting pissy. Laughing in the face of death can be taxing, even to the most merry of fools.
No longer needing to perform, I sat in silence and contemplated the life of Brian.
Slap yourself silly if you didn't see this coming as soon as you read that I was contemplating the life of Brian
The bright side? Of sitting in an ER room, with an IV stuck in you on a cold, rainy night in Yugoslavia, just minutes after being told you have a serious disease that could drop you into a coma if your condition doesn't change? Hmmmmm. Think, Brian. That's you, up there on that cross. What d'ya got to whistle about?
The dark and heavies descended. They sat on my chest. They felt like two 600 lb. gorillas.
The Reaper took leave of Mr. Moan and Groan, plopped himself down on his throne in order to look more menacing and majestic, and mocked me,
"Yeah, Brian, what d'ya got to whistle about?"
"Not much, I guess," I answered, watching a nurse wheel Benny Hill's little buddy into the room through the swinging doors.
Before the doors could stop swinging, Marina popped her head in. I had my answer, "Fuck you, Reaper! Take a look at that angel in the doorway. Can ya see how much light is coming off her? Can ya feel how much love is coming from her?" Huh? Can ya? Can ya?"
The Reaper stopped laughing. He looked grim as he turned and walked away from the light.
The Reaper looked grim, Marina looked glum, but I was laughing again (and trying to whistle). When I noticed that Mr. Moan and Groan was still advising the Prime Minister, and realized that Benny Hill's little buddy's wife had walked in behind him, I told Marina to come in. The nurse was busy texting, so there were no objections.
Marina took my hand and kissed me. "I love you," we said, simultaneously. She was still shrouded in sadness, though, so I asked her what my rock 'n' roll doctor had really said back in the examining room (I knew damn well that it was not he who came of with the clever grooming crack). Marina smiled, "He said you're going to have to learn to lighten up and laugh more."
A half hour later we were on our way home. My blood sugar level had dropped down to 10.2 and I was, for the moment at least, out of the danger zone.


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I'll be 26 weeks tomorrow, which means I only have three months (give or take a few weeks) to see little Hudson! I can. not. wait! to meet him. The poor little guy won't be getting a room of his own for awhile…not until we build our house…but he has a great big brother who's thrilled to share a room. Even though I don't have a new nursery to decorate, I've been going pretty nuts collecting nursery ideas, and just bought bedding last week and ordered a new crib today.
This is our new crib! I love the grey and the clean lines.
I would like to get this dresser, if someone decides to buy my old dresser off Craigslist.
And this is the bedding I got. I love the colors, love the sheets, and love the polkadot side of the comforter. It's actually a toddler bedding set, so we'll be prepared when Hudson gets a little older. I bought a couple other sets of sheets as well, that aren't anything real special but match the colors.
I have a changing pad cover that I used with my other kids, and will probably use again, but I LOVE this one from Land of Nod. LOVE.
And I'll be heading to Lowes very soon to pick up some paint chips to make some art inspired by Elsie of A Beautiful Mess.
I think this argyle tie onesie is pretty stinkin' adorable and I'm pretty sure Hudson needs it.
I also think he needs this onsie.
And that's pretty much it. I'm constantly collecting baby ideas on Pinterest. I just got excited about getting a new crib and had the urge to share all my baby ideas.


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- Implementation of the Precautionary Principle
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The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety seeks to ensure "an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements". In order to manage the introduction and development of GMOs as well as trade thereof, countries are required to develop biosafety regulations. However, there is a lack of understanding, expertise and scientific knowledge on the different aspects necessary to perform risk assessment and develop a regulatory system that takes into consideration the ethical, economic and social considerations.
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Culling Forth the Darkness (Again)
Allison M. Dickson, best-selling author of the new horror novel STRINGS, is here to chat with us today. Welcome Allison!
GUEST BLOG from Allison M. Dickson
This post coincides with the stare of National Novel Writing Month, the annual November marathon of creative abandon that will result (hopefully, for many) in a completed work of long fiction. I have done this every year since 2008, except I changed things up a little last year. In early October, I had this little book in mind called STRINGS, which was an extension of my short story "The Good Girls." It was burning so hot in my brain and begging to be written that I decided I couldn't wait for NaNoWriMo, so I was going to do TWO NaNoWriMos that year instead. Yes, that meant writing STRINGS in October and then start another book in November. MADNESS, I tell you! Especially for someone who is only moderately prolific. If I finish two books a year, I'm doing great for myself.
Well… it didn't quite work out like I'd hoped. Writing STRINGS was a very dark and challenging thing. It was an obsession. It made me bleed. I had managed to write something like 65,000 words (13,000 additional words were comprised of the short story that I'd started with) in 26 days, and by the time I finished that first draft, I felt like I'd run a double marathon across a bed of hot coals. I didn't have it in me to start anything again for a while after that, and to be honest it's been a challenge to get another novel finished ever since then!
Now here I am about to do it again. I am diving back into the world of STRINGS, only this time I'm doing it properly and starting November 1st. I figure maybe my problems getting another book finished revolve around my need to delve back into this world. It's a bit obsessive. It's like touching a live wire but being titillated by the shock. Maybe just maybe I'll have most of a completed first draft of THE MOON GONE DARK by November 30th. I'm very much looking forward to getting started on it. With the current buzz surrounding the book, and with the memory of my most recent STRINGS edit still fresh in my head, the energy just feels right. And I have many lofty ideas in my mind for how I want things to go for the current characters, as well as some new players I want to introduce. I want this story to be bigger than the original. Much bigger. Which is probably why I don't anticipate finishing it IN November, but we'll see what happens. If it's anything at all like the first experience was, it will sink in its teeth like a crocodile and whip me back and forth until its had its fill, leaving me a busted up heap. I'll likely be sleeping with my face in gravy on Thanksgiving. But that's well worth it if it makes people react the way they seem to be reacting right now to the first book.
Even though I don't foresee this being quite as visceral as STRINGS, I promise not to pull any punches. To get into the mood, I'm going to embrace the cloudy and rainy late fall weather we've been having lately. I'm going to be listening to a lot of dark and moody music and watching some gritty movies. I may even pick up HAUNTED by Chuck Palahniuk for a little more depraved literary inspiration. Either way, a shadow is getting ready to fall across my heart again. I'll see you all again in the light on the other side.
Bio: Allison M. Dickson lives in Dayton, Ohio with her husband and two kids, and she has been writing since she could hold pencil to paper. It's only in recent years that she started treating the craft as a career. After earning a few small publishing credits, she started selling her short stories online, where she gained a decent following with short stories, including her bestselling titles "Dust" and "Vermin." She soon caught the attention of author and visionary Vincent Hobbes, and her relationship with Hobbes End Publishing solidified with her two contributions to the second volume of The Endlands, and finally with the publication of her visceral thriller novel, STRINGS, in October of 2013. Additionally, Hobbes End will be releasing her dystopian science-fiction epic, THE LAST SUPPER, in spring of 2014. When she isn't writing, she can be found every Thursday on the podcast Creative Commoners, a show she co-hosts with her partners in crime, Chris Armstrong and Corey Bishop.
Website: http://www.allisonmdickson.com
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I told you I got a job.
As of yesterday, I have officially resigned.
I made this decision Tuesday night, when I started sobbing in my bed. Something about pain and fear of breaking my neck again. Combined with everyone telling me that if I was in pain, I could quit. I didn't want to quit, but I didn't want to be in pain either, and I didn't want anything horrible to happen as a result of that pain…like sprained neck muscles again…or a broken neck. The broken neck probably wasn't very likely, but when your neck surprises you by breaking once for no reason, you don't want to give it a reason.
All I was doing was sitting in a desk and filing bills…for four hours a day. But apparently I can't sit for four hours a day without neck support…in an office chair…at a desk.
Which I already knew…but I was hoping.
So, realizing my defeat, I sobbed into my pillow until I could fall asleep, and Wednesday morning I told my boss.
He was very understanding. I worked for him over the summer, and I wound up spraining my neck and wearing a neck support (Yes…just from sitting in a desk for more than an hour a day, I'm special like that.), he knows that this was a trial run and I may have had to stop.
I had to stop.
Now I'm back to being unemployed. Pretty much. I have to finish the week…because there are only six hours left and I felt guilty. Guilt over-rode the pain. I can make it through two days. I just can't do it for another week. Or month. Or season.
My sister proposed to me the idea of seeing a psychologist. I told her I was crying about work and pain and stuff, and she began explaining how sometimes in surgeries, the doctors accidentally mess up the part of the brain controlling emotions, and a person can completely change after the surgery. I think she was trying to be helpful. My mom later reminded me that my surgery did not involve touching my actual brain, just cutting away some neck and skull bone. My sister is studying to be a psychologist…and all my life she has called me sensitive and recently told me that her motto in life is "I don't care", referring to not caring about anything that happens to her…I think. I don't talk to this sister much, but she's the one who got me the job and who I told I was quitting before I did it, because she was at work and I was at work.
That's my life.
I now have fifteen minutes to dry my hair and rush off to three hours of pain.


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The Mid-Columbia Mastersingers perform its Dia de la Raza concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 and at 3 p.m. Oct. 12 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, at the corner of 10th Avenue and Olympia Street in Kennewick.
The Mastersingers will perform the concert again at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Walla Walla University Church in College Place.
Tickets cost $20 in advance or $22 at the door. Students are free.
The Dia de la Raza title is a reference to Columbus Day and the complex history of its observance in the Americas. The music includes works by living composers such as Javier Busto from Spain, Z. Randall Stoope from the U.S., Vangelis from Greece and James MacMillan from Scotland.
Songs will be sung in English, Spanish and Latin, with a few sung a capella and others accompanied by guest organist Kraig Scott of Walla Walla.


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- Sierra Baguales:
Pickup: 9:00 AM
Llegada: 20:00 PM Aprox.
Sierra Baguales is located around de P.N. Torres del Paine. Hiding on beautiful scenery are native fauna as guanacos, foxes, nandus and baguales, also the flora characteristic of la Pampa as calafate, coiron and Palo Negro. The route goes through Patagonia ranches, crossing rivers and high grassy plateau to end up at the Baguales river bank, quietly running through the Sierra.
- Lagos patagónicos:
Pickup: 9:00 AM
Llegada: 8:00 PM Aprox.
In this path we will visit lakes and lagoons located around National Park Torres de Paine, where we will photograph Laguna Figueroa, Lago Sarmiento, Laguna Azul and Amarga, and also the beautiful Paine fall. We will take the time to hike to find stunning site to be photographed.
- Torres del Paine; cueva del milodon:
Pickup: 9:00 AM
Llegada: 8:00 PM Aprox.
This path will take you to the most beautiful and iconic places of National Park Torres del Paine. The objective is to see all park majestic views, unique flora and spectacular fauna, and discover why the park is the 8 natural world wonder. To finish with a visit to the famous Milodon Cave, where a trip to the past is waiting for us.
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In keeping the Community up to date on the Grants Submissions which they have had such an active role in, Lithgow Council would like to give update on Grant Submissions status."We have today lodged four applications for the Stronger Communities Program and other applications relating to other funding initiatives" said Lithgow Mayor, Councillor Stephen Lesslie.
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"Council Staff have been working hard to gather all required supporting evidence to enable lodgment of Community funding applications relating to a range of recently advised grant funds some of which restrict applications to greater than $100,000.." Said Cr Lesslie.
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Outstate Public Schools Are Not Problem Free
Anyone who thinks there is no drama in outstate Missouri school districts has not spent much time in outstate Missouri or on the State Auditor's website.
Outstate school districts are just as likely as urban schools districts to benefit from team work or suffer from dysfunction, get caught up in financial intrigue, and have performance issues. The difference is, the more rural the district, the more likely there is no radio or TV coverage of what's going on in the district, and the school board news in the local weekly newspaper may very well be the meeting minutes the school board secretary submits to the paper.
Outstate vs. urban school districts came up at the November 13th meeting at Northwest High School on the future governance for St. Louis Public Schools. Why do big districts have all the problems? The answer is they don't. You just don't hear or read about smaller districts very often. And the State is not forcing taxation without representation and replacing governance of those districts with appointed special boards.
Here are a few outstate school district stories you may have missed.
Hallsville, Boone County
9/27/2016 Columbia Daily Tribune: More than $500,000 in Hallsville School District bond projects performed without bids
St. Joseph, Buchanan County
2/16/2017 KCUR: St. Joseph School District Whistle Blower Resigns From School Board
6/2/2015 KCUR: Fired St. Joseph School District Superintendent Lands Job In Missouri Bootheel
2/27/2015 KCUR: Missouri State Auditor Rates St. Joseph School District Performance 'Poor'
Nixa, Christian County
7/10/2016 Springfield News Leader: Credentials of Nixa Public Schools' budget director questioned by audit organizer
Liberty, Clay County
7/27/2008 Columbia Missourian: Police investigate possible financial mismanagement in Liberty School District
Ash Grove, Greene County
9/30/2014 Springfield News-Leader: Ash Grove board attempts reboot with interim leader
Springfield, Greene County
2/15/2016 Springfield News Leader: Springfield Public School's No. 2 finance official came from district blasted in audit
Lee's Summit, Jackson-Cass Counties
2/23/2016 Kansas City Star: In Lee's Summit school district feud, board member and superintendent trade calls to resign
Grandview, Jackson County
7/19/2017 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Grandview School District officials say misplaced trust led to $1.6M embezzlement
8/27/2014 KSHB: Grandview superintendent accepted free tickets from district vendor, federal agency investigating
Joplin, Jasper-Newton Counties
3/2/2015 Joplin Globe: 'Fair' audit criticizes school district's finances
Fox C-6, Jefferson County
5/26/2016 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Audit suggests former Fox School District boss spent taxpayer money for own benefit
Eureka, Jefferson-St. Louis Counties
11/5/2013 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri Ethics Commission fines former Rockwood School Board member $10,000
Hannibal, Marion-Ralls Counties
11/24/2015 Missouri Times: Auditor Galloway releases Hannibal School audit, cites concerns with bond issue process. Audit also raises concerns with retirement incentives and electronic data security
Pleasant Hope, Polk County
8/12/2009 Boliver Herald Free Press: Overspending at R-6 likely due to construction of sports complex, audit says. Spending habits left Pleasant Hope school district close to financial stress
An Open Letter to State Rep. Shamed Dogan
Dear State Representative Dogan:
I read with great interest your 11/29/2016 guest column "How Missouri's new voter photo ID requirement works" in the St. Louis American.
As a committeewoman, one of my jobs will be to assist voters in complying with the new law. Sadly, your guest column did not answer any of my questions. So, I am respectfully requesting that you write a follow up column on how one gets a copy of a Missouri Birth Certificate without having a Photo ID.
For example, the mail-in method for a Birth Certificate Copy requires a notarized signature. Perhaps you could provide a list of public notaries in each county and the City of St. Louis who notarize signatures without a Photo ID.
For example, the walk-in method for a Birth Certificate Copy requires a Photo ID of the copy applicant. The copy applicant may be an immediate relative. If the voter's immediate relative with a Photo ID does not live locally, does the General Assembly plan on paying for transportation, lodging, and compensation for use of a vacation days or lost wages? What if there is no immediate relative with a Photo ID or the voter is not on speaking terms with any immediate relative with a Photo ID?
And how does the Free Supportive Documents work since reimbursement would still place a financial burden upon the voter? Requiring a fee of any kind to vote is a poll tax, as I am sure you are aware.
Counties, including the City of St Louis, pay the State of Missouri to access the State's Vital Records database and the copy fees are deposited to county general revenue. The Hancock Amendment would prevent the General Assembly from forcing county Vital Records offices to give out free copies.
Or is the plan for voters to get their Free Birth Certificate copies from Jefferson City? Sir, try doing that as a citizen who is not an elected official. See how long it takes to get the copy or if you get the correct copy the first time. Then try helping someone with the surname Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Smith, or Williams get a correct copy from Jefferson City.
And has anyone considered the type of identity fraud and possible aiding of terrorism if the Missouri General Assembly lifts the Photo ID or notarized signature provisions for Birth Certificate copy requests and just lets anyone write in for a copy?
And then there's the money for all this. But, for right now, I just want to know how you think this will really work.
I look forward to the answers.
Marie Ceselski
7th Ward Democratic Committeewoman
St. Louis City
Statewide Initiative Petition for NonPartisan Elections Is A Hot Mess
Wednesday, Damien Johnson submitted four initiative petition drafts with the Missouri Secretary of State. Johnson works in the initiative petition industry, was treasurer of Democrat Dylan Hassinger's recent state senate campaign, and previously a Republican activist and GOP candidate for 64th District State Representative.
Three of his petitions are marijuana related. I have not compared them except to see that one is more of a right to grow petition and two are in depth legalization.
But 2018-003 is an initiative petition to replace political party August primaries and party label November general elections with November nonpartisan elections with runoffs to follow for some elected offices. Some.
These petitions are in the public comment phase. Later they could be approved for signature collection.
This nonpartisan elections petition is a hot mess.
The petitions covers U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Missouri Senate, Missouri House, and all statewide offices except State Auditor, which would remain a partisan primary and general election every four years. It also does not cover county offices, meaning they would continue to be elected by partisan primary and general elections. This amendment would set up a two tier election system for state offices, certainly one more costly than present.
Filing fee for these nonpartisan offices would be $100 or less and no signature collection would be required, meaning every Tom, Dick, and Harry would file and the ballots will be many, many, many pages long.
The November election for the nonpartisan offices would require a winner to earn 50% of the vote or there would be a run-off election. Given the time needed to certify the first vote and set things up for the run-off, the second vote would be between Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's guaranteed to be lower turnout because of holiday season, let alone the possibility of the first snow complicating matters.
Let me also point out that this post-November election period is when newly elected legislators participate in freshmen orientation. This is when they learn the Senate/House Rules and procedures, get staffed, and receive introductions to agencies, before their swearing in and session begins the first week in January.
Most disturbing about this proposal is the part were we would still have August elections for ballot issues, most surely low turnout because the only other elections on the ballot will be county office primaries. While I can find no link between this petition and Rex Sinquefield, certainly he stands the most to gain from this proposal.
— Marie Ceselski, 7th Ward Democratic Committeewoman
Petitions at the Polls: Bond Issue and Ward Preservation Charter Amendment
In addition to people handing out ward ballots and candidate or ballot issue literature, you may come across two or more initiative petitions that you will be asked to sign.
One of them you may already know about, the bond issue relating to vacant buildings. I blogged about this earlier.
As an update, I have encountered five signature gatherers on this petition. Each told me this was a ballot issue to stop out of state real estate speculators. When I pointed out the petition was for a bond issue each said the bond issue was not the main point of the petition. When I pointed out that the petition is also for a tax increase because it is a bond issue, and that the tax increase part is not forthright in the petition or ballot language, each said there is no tax increase involved. They will tell you anything to get you to sign.
A new petition you may be asked to sign is from the Saint Louis City Ward Preservation Committee. It is very straightforward. It seeks a do over vote on the 2012 charter amendment to reduce the number of wards from 28 to 14, doubling the size of each ward and the number of constituents represented by each alderman
In 2012, I don't think anyone could have imagined that we would be at war with a billionaire and his political consultants. Reducing the number of votes needed on the Board of Aldermen to carry out his wishes is maybe not such a good idea.
The Committee sponsoring this petition includes Jesse Todd (18th Ward Democratic Committeeman, who chairs the committee), Chris Carter (27th Ward Democratic Committeeman), Pamela Boyd (27th Ward Democratic Committeewoman), Gregory F.X. Daly (Collector of Revenue, Mayoral Candidate, and 12th Ward Democratic Committeeman), John Carpenter (23rd Ward Democratic Committeeman), Jake Hummel (State Representative, State Senator Candidate, and 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman), Larry Middlebrook (2nd Ward Democratic Committeeman), Dale Sweet (20th Ward Democratic Committeeman, who serves as attorney for the committee).
— Marie Ceselski, 7th Ward Democratic Committeewoman
Vote No on Constitutional Amendment 6
There is a lot of confusion on what Constitutional Amendment 6 does and does not do.
"Shall the Constitution of Missouri be amended to state that voters may be required by law, which may be subject to exception, to verify one's identity, citizenship, and residence by presenting identification that may include valid government-issued photo identification?"
In neither the ballot language nor the Constitutional Amendment 6 Full Text will you find a program for free photo identification cards, or free copies of birth certificates necessary to get free photo identification cards, or free copies of any other documents that might be necessary.
The free photo identification cards may come later if the Missouri General Assembly funds a program to do so. The problem with that plan is that there was no discussion about what it actually takes to get documentation necessary to be issued an identification card in Missouri.
One of the requirements to get an identification card from a DMV office is a certified copy of your birth certificate. One of the requirements to get a certified copy of a birth certificate is a photo identification card. Yes. That's right. You need a photo identification card to get a photo identification card in Missouri. Again, there was no discussion on this problem in the legislature.
Once Constitutional Amendment 6 is adopted, there is no guarantee that a free identification card program will be funded and that the Missouri General Assembly will not just require the identification cards to vote.
Constitutional Amendment 6 Opponent Website
St. Louis Public Radio Pro & Con Article on Amendment 6
We were unable to find someone willing to speak as a proponent for Amendment 6 at our 7th Ward Independent Democrats ballot issues forum. Here is the video of the presentation by opponent speaker Denise Lieberman, Senior Attorney, Voter Protection Program, Advancement Project.
In person voter fraud is not a problem. Really. Truly. The problems reported by legislative advocates of this amendment have nothing to do with in person voting, the focus of the amendment. It's a solution for an imaginary problem.
Missouri requires identification to vote, just not photo identification. Even if the Legislature were to change how the State issues certified copies of birth certificates, remove the must already have a photo identification card, that change would not affect Missourians born in other states. Other problems include how long it can take to amend a birth certificate that has a name misspelled and persons who have no birth certificate because their birth was not recorded.
Constitutional Amendment 6 is about reducing the number of people who vote.
Vote No on Constitutional Amendment 6, the modern day poll tax.
–Marie Ceselski, 7th Ward Democratic Committeewoman
Vote No on Amendment 4 to Ban Future Sales Tax Votes
Of all the ballot issues ever sent to Missouri voters, Amendment 4 stands out as the one that could have the most dramatic impact on funding of local and state services, more so even than the 1980 Hancock Amendment which requires public votes on every tax increase.
Constitutional Amendment 4 Full Text
"Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to prohibit a new state or local sales/use or other similar tax on any service or transaction that was not subject to a sales/use or similar tax as of January 1, 2015?"
Amendment 4 is opposed by the Missouri Municipal League
St. Louis Public Radio article on Amendment 4
Amendment 4 is funded primarily by the Realtors Association and is a preemptive strike against sales taxes on new service and technology economies in a Rex Sinquefield world where earnings and income taxes are banned. The wording of the ballot issue is very troubling. It could end up banning all new sales taxes and not just on services. Increasing property taxes to pay for everything would be incredibly unfair.
Vote No on Amendment 4. Don't let voters in Jasper County tell voters of St. Louis City what we and can't tax.
— Marie Ceselski, 7th Ward Democratic Committeewoman


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The Food List: Britain's Top 100 Restaurants is set to become the definitive guide of where to dine in Britain today.
(PRWEB) October 30, 2010
This Sunday, October 31, the first ever The Food List: Britain's Top 100 Restaurants will be launched. Launching online at 00.01 on Sunday 31st October, it crowns Gidleigh Park restaurant in Devon as the best eatery in Britain with Heston Blumenthal's famous Fat Duck restaurant coming a close second. Covering the whole of the UK, the guide identifies the top restaurants across the regions as well as London, voted for by 8000 real customers in nearly 100,000 detailed, user-generated reviews.
In addition to this weekend's paper supplement, an extended list of the Top 200 restaurants will be available exclusively at thesundaytimes.co.uk/foodlist, and will remain accessible to subscribers all year round. New subscribers can sign up now to access the full top 200 restaurants in the Sunday Times Food List, only £1 for the first 30 days.
Designed specifically for the online environment, it allows users to search the top 200 restaurants by location, type of cuisine, cost or via an interactive map and also features the ability to directly book a table at participating restaurants.
This new addition to the paper's roster of definitive lists has a refreshingly simple appraisal system. Assessment for The Food List is based on food alone, the most important aspect of any dining experience, and the result is the ultimate league table for British restaurants.
Television chef Gordon Ramsay has no restaurants in the top half of The Food List: Britain's Top 100 Restaurants. Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London was placed 52nd and his prestigious Petrus eatery was rated 77th. Former Petrus chef and bitter rival of Ramsay, Marcus Wareing, fared much better. His restaurant in The Berkeley Hotel (formerly managed by Ramsay) gained number three spot, followed by The Ledbury in fourth. Finishing off the top five is The Waterside Inn in Bray, Berkshire.
A 32-page special supplement counting down the best 100 restaurants, with in-depth profiles of the top 25, The Food List: Britain's Top 100 Restaurants will appear in The Sunday Times on Sunday October 31, 2010.
Sunday Times Editor, John Witherow, says: "The Food List: Britain's Top 100 Restaurants is set to become the definitive guide of where to dine in Britain today. The approach of assessing each restaurant on the quality of the food alone is unique, and manages to take a lot of the stuffiness out of the whole process of eating out."
The Food List: Britain's Top 200 Restaurants is compiled in association with Harden's, publisher of The UK Restaurant Guide. The full list of The Food List: Britain's Top 200 Restaurants will be published online from 00.01 on Sunday October 31st on thesundaytimes.co.uk/foodlist.
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