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Okay this is what I'm up to at the moment, when I go a bit quiet it is usually because I'm up to something, now in order to create my CD product and make it as I want, I've been reading a refresher on setting up article marketing websites - the free report I've been reading for that refresher is here: Content Cash Secrets
I'm going to combine this way of organizing articles with Russell Brunsons method of CD creation and using the two together should give me a whole bunch of items I can use to create various items for this niche.
Talking of which - I had a look at the niche through the eyes of Dean James method - and the difference between the healthy coffee niche and the coffee niche is quite stark - you could view it as an obstacle or a challenge - I'm taking on the challenge - it looks that even the spammers can't get a handle on this market at the moment - it's the word "health" or "Healthy" that causes the headache I guess because as some might say healthy implies health benefits - which gets the food and drugs people itchy. Where as it could be defined as healthy as in a "Healthy Appetite" as in you like lots of something - I will have to do some further thinking on this.
I've had a look on eBay again and in the food and drink section under coffee, there do seem to be some coffee sachets for sale in UK, but looking at eBay rules it says selling "food" is "Questionable" due to FDA rules and the sale of wild mushrooms is banned.
So I'm wondering how coffee and tea is sold, does it come under a "herbal" label ?
Ganoderma are a form of "wild" mushroom - but grown in a controlled environment, that farms them like a crop - this vagueness - combined with some issues with communication I'm having with the suppliers is making me seriously think of opening a subscriber based "coffee club" where I get a range of coffee products in, as they become available that might be the way for me to go to make the most of this niche.
Now with people just selling one product, people based in the USA, it seems there are much better established supplier links for the whole Ganoderma niche.
If you are an American you could maybe view the UK as a "State" that has alot of trouble getting things in to it - however there is still a multi-billion dollar industry in Internet sales and people here to catch on to American trends, so seeing as I'm in this State I am working on getting a system going - but it may have to be created differently than if I was doing it in the States.
Getting people to your website
Like I said - or tried to say, if I was in the USA, I'd be out delivering leaflets to mail boxes, getting business cards done and direct selling via eBay and my website - off-line marketing and on-line as the American product has a regular supply chain / logistics in the USA - where as the supply chain/rules aren't clear enough here in UK yet to do off-line promotion - I can only dip my toe - until a bigger fish can set a standard - as I'm not even sure the packaging is legal in this country - there are no company blogs or websites to clarify anything.
On-line Promotion
Promotion involves joining lots of coffee related groups that allow exchanges of business and getting the word out, that is what many dedicated niche people do, some combine it with adwords campaigns others do article marketing (the route I am looking into).
The reason I'm going into the article marketing route of generating sales, is because writing some articles of my own - is - a way to generating original content that can be used in other places.
There are no short cuts to generating sales on-line - Internet Marketing is providing the directions to the checkout and the reasons why they want the product in the first place - once the customer gets to your shop (website/blog) it's down to the shop to deal with the sale - if you are an Internet marketer rather than solely an Affiliate, it is likely you will use a splash page / landing page on your own website to capture people's emails - before - they use the link to the product you affiliate with, as a person that is interested in coffee is maybe interested in other coffee related items.
If you aren't getting sales it's because the customer isn't seeing their need to buy the product - or they don't understand the directions to get to the checkout.
Now Ganobrand has clear instructions on the website about how much the coffee costs to buy and how it's delivered - both those things are vital for a customer to know, so the affiliate part of the coffee buying process is there, waiting.
So the challenge for the Coffee Affiliate is - How do I drive traffic to this page ?
That is where the real work comes in - I've said in lesson 8 - people find products on-line by going to a search engine (in most cases) - and most people go to google - so if you want to get sales fastest you use the search engine that most people go to.
The way to get an affiliate link traffic in google is either to advertise it in google via a paid submission (adwords) or to make your own website and redirect people to your affiliate url from there.
If you do your own website, filled with content, you try and get it in the first page of googles search engine results page (as most people go to a result on the first page) - getting on the first page - this is done by making sure your HTML is correct and readable by google's robot AND your content is readable by people too! - you have to make sure your website is actually in google via submitting it first of course!.
The other main method is "word of mouth" meaning in this case - people finding out about your product via social networking, forums, chatrooms and other methods of social interaction, personal branding Niche marketers use this method - and do the search engines too.
The other well known method is by paying or swapping links to have your banner/advertisement shown on another Webmaster's network/website/blog - an example of this could be either free banner exchanges, link swaps or getting your advert on facebook, yuwie or MSN by paying for it - i.e you are not paying to show up in the search engines with this - you are paying for exposure of your brand on someone else's network and clicks through's - some allow affiliate banners some expect you to have your own website/blog.
What ever method you choose to get traffic - the common theme is you have to do the traffic generation yourself - i.e join the groups, and introduce your product, or open an account with adwords and figure out how to use it - unless you can afford to pay to have someone do it for you.
Webmasters help each other out (for free or lower cost) my allowing link swaps, blog roll additions etc. they are much more likely to add you if you have your own website or blog rather than an affiliate link.
So to sum up - if your aren't doing any of the methods above, it is unlikely you are getting the results you want. Action, exposure to others with your link and targeted visitors.
Exposure Big Time
Note: Coffee is very popular healthy coffee is much less well known - Nestle in the Philippines sell a brand of ganoderma coffee in supermarkets, they don't in UK, I've wondered what the impact would be of it being available like chamomile tea is or like the flavored coffees.
I'm coming to the conclusion that maybe to give this industry a boost - and make "healthy coffee" a more accepted part of the coffee community - a large commercial player might not do any harm to the healthy coffee industry.
As this publicity would bring this type of coffee to the mainstream consumer - we affiliates sell a "Gourmet" version so the impact wouldn't dent profits - as if you think about it you can buy supermarket brand coffee already and that hasn't stopped people buying branded coffee or people wanting to try different brands / flavors of coffee.
Once this kind of coffee has been brought to the mainstream it will have a "legal blueprint" in place for the country concerned - this will make it easier for suppliers to regulate the type of packaging allowed, terminology etc.
So, my plan is to continue to look at coffee and ganoderma coffee as a niche, but also look at coffee related items I can actually sell on eBay with no problems.
LOGISTICS - again if they are not clearly laid out simply for people people won't buy regularly - me included!
They are more clearly laid out in the USA - but so far I am still not satisfied with UK end of it all. I have opened up the option for people to purchase via links, the affiliate programs coffee shops are currently still the best value, clearly laid out - where as the network marketing programs still need better written English instructions, as the marketing directions are not clear to me.
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Me and a friend are looking to begin making Mead and are trying to find recipes that have a more sweet touch instead of "dry" after fermenting. Any type of recipe would be fine, preferably in 1 gallon since its our first time brewing Mead. Thank you all in advance!
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Try the big book of mead recipes. There are only 4 dry. The other 55+ are sweet or semi-sweet
Use the search engine on this site and search for the term "sweet"
To make sweet mead you can a) push the yeast to the limit
or b) stabilize with sulphites and then add more honey
Both have pros and cons but b) is the easiest way. YOu can take a dry recipe, add sulphites after the ferment is over and then add more honey to make it sweet.
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I prefer sweeter meads as well....here is what I do in 5 gallon batches (you can do the math reduction for your batch size):
I add 17-18 lbs of honey to 4.5 gallons of water...my target starting specific gravity is 1.145-1.150 measured with a hydrometer.
3 gallons of water is chilled overnight in the refrigerator, 1.5 gallons are brought to a boil, put into a 6 gallon plastic primary fermenter and the honey is added and stirred until dissolved. I then add the other three gallons and stir it up, and monitor the temperature and adjust the final SG (I use a 6 gallon fermenter so the racking losses to total volume on the first racking fill a five gallon carboy). The cold water reduces the temperature prior to pitching the yeast. When it hits 75-79 degrees F, then I pitch my yeast. I use Lalvin 71B-1122. It has a 14% alcohol tolerance and fermentation pretty well stops when the SG hits 1.020 - 1.025 and will give you a pretty sweet flavor profile and an alcohol level of 14% or a little better....it may trail a little with surviving yeast to as much as 16% but will stop. I feed the basic must at start with one tsp of DAP and then every other day for eight days while monitoring the SG as it goes down. This accelerates a vigorous fermentation through about 15-21 days and is virtually complete. I then rack the mead off the must into a secondary (glass carboy if it is going to be a still mead) to let it start to clear or into another 6 gallon plastic fermenter if I am going to make a melomel and add what ever fruit I use. My current favorite is 17lbs of Blackberries, 2lbs of sweet red cherries, 2lbs of tart cherries and 3/4 lb of cranberries for three weeks, stirred off the cap every other day. Rack this into a carboy and wait until there is no further fermentation...at this point (3 months) it is very drinkable. I have just let it settle (3 months) or used fining agents (48 hours)....I am able to pull honey off of my own hives, so I can control what I get for honey, and different flavor profiles depending on the time of year.
My advice would be to make more than one gallon. From experience, I have found the following:
-Most people taste their mead to early. Many don't like it. I can't tell you how many times I have offered to take mead off someone's hands because it had "mead funk" and they were SURE it was spoiled. It is not. Unless you have sulfur smell or something like that, don't worry, just keep it from air and light and let it evolve.
-Mead evolves over time...a LONG time. Do yourself a favor and hide some for 1, 2, 5 years down the road.
-Dry mead takes on a sweet character after aging. I have a black raspberry melomel which was absolutely astringent when it was under a year old. It tasted great with dark chocolate torte, but on its own would make you feel like it sucked all the spit right out of your mouth. It is now 8 years old and you would swear that I sweetened it. It is smooth, full bodied, and (sadly) down to one bottle. It may be one of my finest creations and it is almost gone.
-If you are making sweet styles try to stay balanced. The Chinese idea of yin and yang is what you are going for. If you have a sweet style you have to have some acidic properties to balance it out. Otherwise it will lack interest.
-Your honey matters. If it is a honey you would not eat on its own, don't use it...no matter how little you paid for it. Honey is the star of mead. Let it shine through. Any additions should compliment your honey, not overpower it.
-Ask questions! This is a long term project. If you are investing a year minimum, you want it to be worth the wait. There are many people who have tried different things. It is not shameful to take advantage of their experiences.
-For sweet wines or meads I prefer the natural method. Choose your yeast carefully as it will affect your residual sugar as well as your flavor profile. With the internet it is much easier to get specialty yeasts. In fact, there are places which buy yeast normally only available to vineyards and high volume purchasers and then split them into 5-gallon-batch size portions. They resell these yeasts to home winemakers. I have gotten Sauternes yeast from such places and it makes AWESOME desert wines and sweet meads. I used it for a peach Sauternes once and it gave a creamy character to the wine. So do your homework before you pitch your yeast.
Have fun with whatever you do. If you sterilize properly you will almost guarantee that whatever results you have will be good, even if they weren't what you were expecting.
Good luck to you and please post your final recipe and results.


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Posted - Aug 14 2006 : 12:46:35 PM
UPDATE - Sneak peak at the preliminary run course...its only 2.6 miles so I'll have to add some more hills ;) It will be at least 3 miles.
If you click on the "hybrid" button you will get an OK ariel photo, although it doesnt quite line up with the real world?!
Hope everyones training is going well this summer. Just starting to workout some detail on the new(and improved?) NSR Pursuit Races for this fall.
We are going to move to Kensington for a change of pace. I'm looking at 3 dates right now....September 24th, October 22nd and November 19th. The new run course is yet to be finalized, but look to finish climbing up the sledding hill ;) The new venue will also bring a new format. After the last racer finishes the run we will have maybe 15mins? until the start of the ski which we will start in reverse order of the run finish at some sort of time interval(every 30secs or real time? or stage by ski speed?). The ski will hopefully start and finish at the same spot to eliminate that sometimes cool ski back to the car.
We will continue on the most improved format...maybe expanding that to the run, ski and combined. The transition will not count in overall time this year :(
More to follow and mark your calenders....
If anyone has any comments/suggestion/feedback post them here or let me know.
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Posted - Aug 15 2006 : 4:30:56 PM
Dan - the Pursuit format is a great idea! I look forward to seeing the course.
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Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 09:47:28 AM
I think I have the run course mostly finalized at least in my head. It should be about 3.2 miles and will include much more climbing than the old course....the finish is tough....maybe I'll just take pictures! ;)
There is a 0.3 mile section that is very rough and could use some work. Anybody up for some trail mantainence? We would need to some pruning and maybe some bow saw work on this section.
Let me know if you are "IN"...and we'll pick a day to do it. It may be a good rainy day activity?
"Look for excuses and you will find as many as you need, but look for ways to get it done and you will also find them."
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Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 6:37:38 PM
If I can help out on the day of trail maintainence, I'll be there.
The motionbased player is sweet! Is that done with a forerunner?
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Posted - Aug 24 2006 : 7:24:22 PM
Yup...I have a Garmin Forerunner 305 its a fun toy :)
"Look for excuses and you will find as many as you need, but look for ways to get it done and you will also find them."
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Posted - Aug 28 2006 : 3:17:11 PM
We need a good name for this race. I propose...
"The Trail and Tarmac Pursuit"
Also, I thought it might be interesting to post this in some running club calendars and challenge the runners to beat the skiers in the run event. Maybe we can recruit a few over to the dark side...
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Posted - Aug 31 2006 : 10:02:06 PM
Mike brought me back to earth and I think we are going to eliminate the "rough" section and opt for less work for the team, as well as a lesser chance to twist an ankle or get poison ivy ;) I was looking forward to an "adventure section" :(
We added some distance and it will be around 3 miles total. I'll run it next week and try to post the final course. If anyone wants to check it out with a guide I'll probably be out Wed at around 3:30 or Mike can give a good tour. My goal will be to try to get it marked with chaulk paint a week or 2 before the race so that people can check it out.
It should be tough...I just hope I can run the whole thing without walking! :)
I still have to finalize a ski course...any ideas? The plan is to start/finish at the paddle boat launch. I need to measure some routes, but we can go east or west from that point. In both cases we would use the bike until you came to a road crossing then use that road until the end and loop around the parking lot and return. Any other ideas and suggestions welcome, especially since I may not do the ski part?!
over and out....Dan
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Posted - Sep 01 2006 : 08:10:03 AM
Dan, I skied lockwise from the paddle boat launch past Maple Beach, up the long hill, down the other side to the road crossing at Possum Hollow, then turned right on the Possum Hollow drive. Took the road to the turnaround and skied back.
Not a bad route - I didn't time my self. The right turn onto the road can be a little tricky and there's a short section (50yds?) of rough pavement.
I still have to try your other suggestion: go the other direction and turn left on the peninsula road to the end, then return - I think that might be a really great route.
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Posted - Sep 16 2006 : 06:22:11 AM
Here is most of the final run course, I will be adding in a short section to get it to 3 miles.
Dates will be 9/24, 10/22, & 11/19....I think we will be starting at 9:30am, check the calendar once Mike posts it. The ski will start with the last runner about 15mins after the run finish. The ski will start from the boat rental parking lot and either go east or west and return to the finish back to the start.
I may need a volunteer to help mark the ski course sometime before Sunday next week.
It should be fun/tough...be there! You have the option to just run or just ski, so their really isnt much of an excuse not to come out and hang with the team :) Thier will be at least recognition of the most improved runner, skier and combined times from the series(male & female), maybe we can come up with some prizes or hold a raffle type thing at the last event? Maybe a free weekend of watching my kids to the winner! ;)
See you Sunday...let me know if anyone is interested in a preview of the run course one night this week...you may be recruited to help mark the course ;)
"Look for excuses and you will find as many as you need, but look for ways to get it done and you will also find them."
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Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 3:44:21 PM
Hey...is anyone planning on attending the pursuit race on Sunday? It looks like Forbush may still have snow based on the long range forecast? Before I go out and resupply with marking paint I need to know what the group is thinking....my guess is that people will be heading for snow to get some "base" in.
"Look for excuses and you will find as many as you need, but look for ways to get it done and you will also find them."
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Posted - Nov 13 2006 : 10:05:25 PM
I may come out for an earlier run. The 9:30 start is too late for me.
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Posted - Nov 15 2006 : 11:28:19 PM
Not me or Julie. We are off to England.
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The Journey from Cape Town to Mozambizue
"Mario Rigby, the 30 year old Turks and Caicos Islander – German -Canadian, has made the front cover of the South African Daily Dispatch and South Cape Forum. These and other publications are covering his solo expedition by foot across the entire African continent (from Cape Town, South Africa to Cairo, Egypt), to "over come the unknown" by pushing the outlet limits of his body and mind. "
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The city of Chicago put out trucks about 3 p.m. to salt Lake Shore Drive and some sections of main routes, warning of icy conditions especially on bridges, overpasses and areas where the wind has blown snow over roadways. By 7 p.m. 174 trucks were out salting.
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"Of course she remembered him, they'd only been playing together practically since birth. It had only been a month or so since they last saw eachother, before school let out. Why people thought six year olds were stupid was beyond her."
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That intense look returned to his eyes, she wished he would lean down and kiss her already.
She wasn't sure when she had started whispering, but he was so close to her that she didn't need to speak any louder than that for him to hear her. "Are you gonna tell me to forget about it this time?"
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WC Kits Now Available For PS3 Users
A quick heads up letting you know the World Cup kits for Argentina, Germany, France, Mexico and Spain are now available to download for PS3 users. Currently all seems to be OK for the folks in the... Read more
A quick heads up letting you know the World Cup kits for Argentina, Germany, France, Mexico and Spain are now available to download for PS3 users. Currently all seems to be OK for the folks in the... Read more
If you're a supreme gamer, and you live in (or within ten miles of) Manchester, Ipswich, Exeter, Cardiff, Salisbury, Oxford, Brighton or Stoke, here's a competition you might be interested in.... Read more
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Just in-case you were wondering if there would be a January transfer window update for FIFA this year, as there has been for the last few years now, this has been confirmed (thanks to Romily... Read more
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Raspberry, Liquorice & Lavender - Black Tea
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Hi everyone, it's Holly posting today. We only have a little over three weeks til Christmas, so I'm sharing this Sepia Santa Christmas card with you. I love this vintage image of Santa holding presents for all the little boys and girls out there.
I started by stamping this Santa (from the Victorian Christmas stamp set) with Potting Soil Archival ink onto some white cardstock. I sponged some kraft ink around Santa, leaving his face and beard white. I sponged around the edges with a chocolate brown ink. The edges were roughed up by dragging a distress tool across the edges.
For the copper background, I cut some white cardstock larger than the Santa piece. I inked up the edges with Versamark, sprinkled them with copper embossing powder, and melted the powder with my heat gun. I adhered the Santa piece to this copper background, and then I adhered that to a chocolate brown card base. Some copper shimmer baker's twine was tied around the top of the card.
Have you seen the gorgeous stamps in the Victorian Christmas stamp set? You could easily do this sepia technique with all of those images. Look at all the fabulous snowflakes in this set – I'll show you a fun technique with those next week. So come on back next week for some more Christmas inspiration!


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TWW Roundup: Set Politics Aside
While many people will be celebrating Labor Day this weekend with barbecues and tailgate parties, tens of thousands of people have lost homes, cars, businesses and personal possessions. At least 45 have lost their lives. TWW sends its thoughts, prayers, and support to those residents of Texas, Louisiana and other Southern states who have been hit by the devastation of Hurricane Harvey.
In a time when Trump should have put politics and grandstanding aside, to give hope to the hopeless, cheer to the distraught, he instead chose to talk about the how big the crowd was who came out to see him. It's time for real leadership, and that takes a real President.
Scientists have been warning us for years that climate change would bring about more cataclysmic weather events, such as Harvey. Trump and his cronies continue to deny the existence of global warming. In addition, we continue to allow businesses to build facilities that are unsafe and devastating in a natural disaster. The Arkema Chemical Plant is on fire, has exploded, and continues to burn spilling toxic chemicals into the air requiring a 1.5 mile radius around it to be evacuated.
Trump and his "environmental" staff can continue to deny climate change, but it won't give back those 45 lives lost to Harvey. It is time for America to once again lead the efforts against climate change instead of taking steps back as we have under Trump.
No Racism in a Disaster
This week marked the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech." Coming so close on the heels of Charlottesville, it was refreshing to see people of every color in Texas helping their neighbors by forming human chains to reach those in the flood waters, using their personal boats, canoes, and paddle boards to rescue neighbors and complete strangers alike, convoys of trucks lining the highways on their way to Texas with food and water and volunteers, and churches/places of worship and retailers opening up their stores, restaurants, and warehouses to those in need. That is what America is all about — helping each other, coming together in times of crisis, and giving back to our communities. Diversity is what makes this country great!
But Trump continues to make immigrants the scapegoat for what he perceives as wrong in this country. He continues to campaign for his wall and to take away the protections of President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Even prominent members of his own party have asked him to hold off on scrapping DACA. On Friday, Speaker Ryan stated that Trump shouldn't terminate the program.
Take Action
This week we should all stand together. United We Dream – Houston (UWD) and our Texas chapter Pantsuit Republic (PSR) have organized a fundraiser to offer direct aid to specific undocumented families who are unable to access FEMA through citizen household family members. Donate if you are able, or help spread the word. Each share on social media can help raise $35+!
Chicago Tribune, Harvey hits more Southern states: Heavy rains, flood fears, likely tornado in Alabama
The Washington Post, How Trump's Texas disaster relief visit turned into an impromptu rally and Crippled water system, chemical plant blaze, vivid examples of Harvey's cascading effects
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Syrian rebel groups say they are suspending participation in the preparations for peace talks planned by Russia and Turkey for later this month.
A statement, signed by a number of groups, cited "many and large violations" of the ceasefire by the Syrian government as the reason.
Turkey and Russia brokered the ceasefire deal last Thursday, and it has mostly held since then.
The peace talks are due to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan.
"The regime and its allies have continued firing and committed many and large violations,"the statement issued on Monday said.
"As these violations are continuing, the rebel factions announce… the freezing of all discussion linked to the Astana negotiations," it said.
The groups highlighted fighting in the rebel-held region of Wadi Barada, north-west of Damascus, which they say has been subjected to almost-daily bombing raids and bombardment by Syrian forces and their Hezbollah allies.
The area does not fall under the ceasefire agreement, given the presence of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), a jihadist group which was excluded from the deal.
Wadi Barada contains a major spring, which supplies water to millions of residents in the capital. The government has accused the rebels of polluting it with diesel, which they deny.
While the rebels "respected the ceasefire across the whole of Syria… the regime and its allies have not stopped shooting", the rebels' statement said.
The Syrian military has denied the allegations.
On New Year's Eve, the UN Security Council unanimously backed Russian-Turkish efforts to end the fighting in Syria and to organise peace talks.
The ceasefire deal excludes the jihadists of so-called Islamic State (IS) and JFS, and the Kurdish YPG militia.
Who is included in the truce agreement?
On the one side, Syrian government forces, allied militias and the Russian military.
On the other, the FSA plus several other groups.
The Russian defence ministry named seven "moderate opposition formations" included in the truce as Faylaq al-Sham, Ahrar al-Sham, Jaysh al-Islam, Thuwwar Ahl al-Sham, Jaysh al-Mujahidin, Jaysh Idlib and Jabhah al-Shamiya.
Ahrar al-Sham, which said it had "reservations" about the deal, and Jaysh al-Islam are Islamist groups that Russia has previously described as terrorist organisations.
Who is not included?
IS and JFS and the groups affiliated to them are not part of the agreement, according to the Syrian army.
JFS said on Friday it would continue to fight President Assad, with a spokesman saying the political solution under the truce would "reproduce the criminal regime".
Members of the group are currently operating as part of a rebel alliance that controls Idlib province.
The FSA also said the deal did not include the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG).
The militia, which has captured large swathes of north-eastern Syria from IS with US support, is designated a terrorist organisation by Turkey.
The truce is nominally nationwide, although it really only covers the areas where the sides who have signed up have a presence – western Syria.


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How Many People Scuba Dive?
If you looked for the answer to this question on the internet, you know what I mean. All sorts of figures are out there but who knows what the source of that information is and how reliable it is?
So what is Undercurrent's best guess to how many people scuba dive in the US? They state that "If you define active as taking five or more dives a year, which seems reasonable, we think 1.2 million, plus or minus 15 percent, might hit it pretty close." And then of course the tongue in cheek closer: "And we will be pleased to publish any data to the contrary."
You can read the full Undercurrent report for yourself here.
Another example of an estimate I've found - just one of the many other statistics I've read - comes from The University of South Carolina's scuba diving club. They report an estimated 2.5-3.5 million Americans participate in recreational SCUBA diving. They also state another 500,000 become certified each year in the United States. There was no source cited for these figures. So who knows?
So worldwide, what is the best guesstimate of many scuba divers are there out there? I've read 3-6 million. Take your pick!
Whatever the answer is to "How many people scuba dive?", I hope you are, or become, certified so you too can enjoy this great sport.
(Check out our page on scuba diving information for more about scuba diving.)
Here's to diving, no matter how many of us do it!
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"Tree Woman"– Pencil Drawing
Two nights ago I had a dream wherein a young woman ripped up a garden I had been tending. I said to the young woman in the dream, "It may be your house, but it is my garden. Let me tend to it as I will." I did not need some dream analyst to tell me that this dream represents my inner, unconscious world beginning to manifest and that I am feeling quite vulnerable at the moment.
Early this morning (it is now 4:30 a.m. on Palm Sunday), I woke and felt compelled to get out my visual journal and sketch. This image emerged. I see here something akin to what I dreamed the night before: the theme of the growing garden — yet I am the one who is growing!
The tree-woman is another manifestation of the Medial Woman archetype: the feminine archetype that bridges the outward world of reality (the world of branches, leaves and sunlight) with the inner world (where tree roots run deep into the dark earth).
I am going out of a limb (pun intended) and say that Tree Woman will not be content being just a pencil sketch… most likely she will compel me to take her image to further development as a painting or digital construction (or both). Stay tuned.
L. Gloyd (c) 2010


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Although I didn't get to attend many sessions at NETA, I did pick up on quite a bit of buzz and networking. Sounds like all the sessions went well!
There were some new technology implementations to help support the conference this year. I felt they were very well received and will help people see a use in their environments.
- Twitter – http://twitter.com/neta2008
- Flickr Tags – http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/neta2008/
Future Technology – When I first accepted a position on the NETA board I was excited about the possibility to contribute some of my time and talent. At our last board retreat I suggested we might investigate having a supporting website for the actual conference itself. Something that would be a place that those who were unable to attend could participate and those that were there and unable to attend certain sessions could get the information they needed. We have steadily been outgrowing our facilities and even with a change in venue, we will be capped in the number of attendees we are able to support on site. There are a couple of models that we could use to have a truly integrated online supplement for the conference next year. One that I am thinking of is http://k12onlineconference.org/ I would love to entertain your ideas and other sites you have used to participate in something like this. Some of my initial ideas are below.
- NETA Dashboard
- News and Announcements
- Keynote and featured speaker podcasts (Already Here!)
- User Groups: Tech Coordinators, Apple, PC
- Twitter, Flickr, and other Web 2.0ish sites to showcase for K12 use
- General Session Information: Video/Audio/Agenda/Handouts/Links/Resources
- Live chats
- Workshop Resources
My session: I'm Feeling Lucky – Searching with Google – Link to Presentation
One of my revered colleagues, Graci Gillming, was unable to present this session and so asked me to fill in. It was a fun session with LOTS of people. The room host indicated there were 200+ people in a room more suitable for about 100. It thought it was an important session as we dive deeper in to what it means to be information literate. One of the keynoters, Bernajean Porter, indicated that information will soon double every 72 hours! It's these skills we need to hone to find relevant and accurate information to support our causes.


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If you've ever seen graphically enhanced versions of Grand Theft Auto IV on PC, chances are it was using a popular mod called iCEnhancer. Now, the creator of the mod Hayssam Keilany announced that he's iCEnhancer will support Grand Theft Auto V as well.
In the video you see below, the mod reduces the amount of fog, removes the blur effect on the background, changes the sun color, and some effects on characters.
It may not seem like much at this point, but the mod is still in a very early stage. It's a start, and given what iCEnhancer did for GTA IV, it could make GTA V look much more impressive soon.
Luckily, claiming it isn't banning players for the use of single-player mods, so we can get mods like iCEnhancer and .


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SCADA means supervisory control and data acquisition. SCADA mainly consider to industrial equipment control systems like water treatment plant, waste water treatment plant, Boiler water treatment plant and sea water treatment process. This computer systems monitor and control all operation as per programmed in PLC micro systems. Waste Water Treatment system SCADA is mainly used such as wide area sewage treatment plant to monitoring all process within the control room and SCADA is reduce to water treatment engineers time to control and operate waste water treatment plant process. Here in Sewage Treatment, How SCADA controlling , monitoring and collect data acquisition.
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The 2017 conference will take place in Keble College, University of Oxford. The 'City of Dreaming Spires', Oxford is synonymous with the famous University, with Town and Gown inextricably interwoven for over 800 years. Oxford University is the oldest in the English-speaking world, with teaching recorded in 1096, though it only began to develop in 1167. Oxford's libraries are among the most celebrated in the world, not only for their incomparable collections of books and manuscripts, but also for their buildings, some of which have remained in continuous use since the Middle Ages.
The Bodleian Libraries is the largest university library system in the United Kingdom. It consists of 29 libraries across Oxford including major research libraries, faculty, department and institute libraries, as well as the principal University library – the Bodleian Library – which has been a legal deposit library for 400 years. First opened to scholars in 1602,the Bodleian Library is one of the oldest libraries in Europe and incorporates an earlier library built by the University in the 15th century. The Bodleian Libraries now collectively hold more than 12 million printed items, over 80,000 e-journals as well as outstanding special collections including rare books and manuscripts, classical papyri, maps, music, art and printed ephemera.
Venue address: Keble College Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PG T: 01865 272789
The conference and accommodation is at Keble College. It was founded in 1870 and is one of the largest constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is situated on the northern edge of Oxford city centre, just off Banbury Road and the northern end of St Giles. It is opposite the University Museum and University Parks and is within walking distance of the train and bus stations.
Travel by air
From London Heathrow:
Take The Airline coach service, which runs 24 hours a day. You will need to buy your ticket (£25 return) with cash from the driver. View more information and timetables. Catch the coach from:
Central Bus Station (Terminals 1,2, and 3) – stand 15
Terminal 5 – Stand 10 at the arrivals concourse
From London Gatwick:
Take The Airline coach service, which runs 24 hours a day. You will need to buy your ticket (£37 return) with cash from the driver. View more information and timetables. Catch the coach from:
South Terminal – Lower forecourt Stands 1&2
North Terminal – Lower forecourt Stands 4&5
From London Stansted:
Take the National Express 757 coach service
Keble College is a 10 minute walk from Oxford Bus Station. View map
Travel by train
Direct services run from London Paddington (serving Oxford station) and London Marylebone (Oxford station NOT Oxford Parkway). Other services operate from the north via Birmingham New Street; from the south via Reading; and from the west via Didcot or Reading. For details and to plan your journey, see National Rail Enquiries.
Keble College is a 15 minute walk from Oxford Train Station. View map
Travel by coach
There are two frequent 24-hour direct services between Oxford and London, the X90 and the Oxford Tube. Both get very full during peak commuting time (7-9am and 5-7pm) so if you are travelling during these times it is advisable to either book, or to catch the coach from the first stop on the route.
For information on coaches from other major cities and airports, contact National Express.
The central bus station is at Gloucester Green in the city centre. Keble College is a 10 minute walk. View map
Parking in Oxford
Many Oxford streets are closed to traffic and parking is severely limited. No parking can be offered at any of the Conference Venues. If you are disabled and need to use a car for transport, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
There are taxi ranks at Oxford Train Station, Gloucester Green Bus Station and St Giles' in the city centre. Keble College is a 5 minute taxi ride from the Train and Bus Stations.
Photo credits
Oxford April CC-BY Tejvan Pettinger
Oxford Spires CC-BY Tejvan Pettinger


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Cheeky chappie and Rinse FM DJ xxxy has always dipped in out of varying styles of UK dance music, but he's been widely known for his 4x4 styles and garage inflected beats, using hyper accelerated vocal chops that pay homage to Todd Edwards and tough and metallic drums and snares that hark back to the genre's proto-dubstep sound courtesy of El-B and Zed Bias besides more sonic flourishes.
But the Manchester hailing producer has always been known for his sense of fun and here he retains that same spirit as he returns to his regular London home of Ten Thousand Yen. But here, Rupert Taylor is again stepping away from the armoured, stepping beats for a more eclectic, house party themed ride, steam-rolling through multiple strains of house music.
Up first, dives into disco house on 'On Da Run', maintaining a choppy, ravey feel through it vocal-cum-break, while skipping and uplifting horn samples and swinging beats form the track's backbone. However, it's main function is to be played to a room of wide eyed ravers and given the right party, they'll all lap this beauty up for sure.
Next up, the summer flavours burst out the pack in thumping, grinding fashion onthe aptly titled 'Get Banged'; tribal and bass heavy drums and snares stomp out a locked groove, extra percussive ticks, swooshing synths and oscillating synths pierce a slab of sound big enough to get any booty shaking.
The sun goes down as 'OO SH' kicks in, with it's rave melody sample and 808 inspired breaks and Altern8 inspired tempo and drive, it's rave time on the EP's penultimate track.
Things take an interesting track with stand out cut, 'Make Things Better'. With it's flanged melody sitting gently in the background while wide atmospherics delay, field recordings float upwards and gentle, cantering beats massage and relax in the tracks final throes.


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Farming provides crops. Crops provide proceeds.
Proceeds build a school.
That's what we call sustainability.
Women, Girls and Agriculture
Shule in partnership with AgroMax Uganda Limited will launch the Miche Project (Swahili for seedling). Together we will introduce high yielding agricultural technologies that are less labor intensive, but more productive to the female community in the region. This conservation agronomy will increase women and adolescent girls profits from farming, provide them with more disposable income to cover the costs to educate their children and gain financial independence.
The Shule Farm
Shule has turned a portion of our 20 acres of land into an organic farm. The proceeds from the farm will help to sustain our farming initiatives and operating costs.
With the money raised so far we have
• cleared the land
• assembled a team to oversee the farm
• tested the soil to ensure high crop yield and efficient production
• acquired seeds, purchased basic farming equipment and completed our first harvest
• hired a hydrologist to survey the land for water, dug a borehole and installed a solar water pump
• and so much more
Our farming project will
• educate local farmers on the cultivation of exotic crops and best practices for organic farming resulting in increase in profit margin
• empower adolescent girls and women to become their own boss
• help raise the funds to sustain our school
• provide food for the school


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Homemade Salads
Curry Grain
Fruit Salad
Chicken Sriracha
Fruit and Nut Quinoa
& Many More!
Fresh Baked Goods
Breakfast ( Served until 4 pm)
Mountain Man $4.75
Two fried eggs, sausage, pepper jack cheese, ketchup & mountain man sauce on a grilled hard roll
Mountain Woman $4.75
Two fried eggs, bacon, muenster cheese, pesto & hot sauce on a grilled hard roll
Eggman $5.75
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Add Meat $5.25
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Roast beef, muenster, roasted red peppers, horseradish mayo & o/v on a hard roll
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Roast beef, lettuce, roasted red peppers, bacon & bleu cheese dressing on a hard roll
Shaft 2A $7.75
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Gone Bananas $7.75
Hummus, banana peppers, roasted red peppers, red onions, lettuce & o/v in your choice of wrap
What the Cluck?! $8.75
Chicken, salami, pepperoni, provolone, red onions, banana peppers, lettuce, honey mustard, tomato & o/v on a hard roll
P-Diddy $8.00
Breaded chicken cutlet, pepper jack cheese, tomato, bacon & ranch dressing on a hard roll
Beek's Best $7.50
Grilled chicken, ham, swiss & thousand island dressing in your choice of wrap
Grandpa's Rocker $8.75
Grilled pastrami, coleslaw, pickles, mustard & swiss on a hard roll
Grilled Rueben $8.00
Grilled pastrami, sauerkraut, thousand island dressing & swiss on rye bread
Phillys $8.25
Grilled roast beef, red onion & American on a grilled sub roll
The Awosting $7.75
Turkey, bacon, swiss, red onion & thousand island dressing on a hard roll
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Grilled chicken, banana peppers, jalapeños, roasted red peppers, swiss, bbq sauce & mayo on a sub roll
Cali BLT Wrap $8.25
Bacon, muenster, lettuce, tomato, avocado & pesto mayo on a gluten free wrap
Bacon, Lettuce, tomato & mayo on a hard roll
Fire Chicken $7.75
Grilled Cajun chicken, provolone, roasted red peppers, banana peppers & chipotle mayo on a hard roll
Humm-Gobbler $7.75
Turkey, swiss, red onions, roasted red peppers, hummus & o/v on a sundried tomato wrap
Smokin' Buffalo Chicken $7.75
Boar's Head Buffalo style chicken breast with american cheese, tomatoes, and red onion drizzled with buttermilk ranch dressing
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Bacon, Cheddar & tomato on toasted wheat bread
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Build your own Sandwich $6.75
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Cheeses- American, Provolone, Swiss, Pepper Jack, Cheddar, Mozzarella
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Breads- Hard Rolls, Sub Rolls, White Bread, Wheat Bread, Rye Bread, Wraps
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The Reputation Challenge of Telecom: Shielding the Intangible
The Telecom Industry has gone through a profound transformation in the last 30 years, evolving from basic communications to an ever-present companion operating across a multitude of channels. Developments such as the introduction of fiber-optics, the advancement of mobile telephony and the arrival of the Internet have allowed telecommunications companies (telcos) to play a functional role in our daily lives while building enormous wealth, a fact made evident by the current market capitalization of the 10 largest telcos in the world.
Source: Statistia, Reputation Institute 2017
The Growing Value of Intangibles
Telcos transitioned long ago from the time when their value (and identity) was determined by the cables, wires and other tangible assets they owned. Today, these firms possess full-fledged brands that convey a wide array of meanings to the public. "Who you are" is becoming more important than "what you have."
The Most Reputable Telcos in the World
The Telecom Industry has been challenged in recent years by the public's critical view of it. Reputation Institute's syndicated research shows that the industry has a weak standing among the public across 19 countries.
Only two telcos have a strong reputation in their home markets: Swisscom (Switzerland) and United Internet (Germany). Thirty-nine of the 59 telcos evaluated suffered from weak reputations last year, indicating the industry's current state of trust.
The factors contributing to this lack of trust include the following:
- Doubts regarding openness and transparency in how telcos conduct business
- Lack of knowledge about how telcos positively affect the environment and support good causes
- Uncertainty about how telcos treat their employees
Reputation Institute's tracking of telcos over the last seven years shows that, for the industry to improve its reputation, it should concentrate on accomplishing the following:
- Building and maintaining a strong product portfolio that focuses on customer needs and satisfaction
- Conveying an image of fairness and openness in operations and ensuring that customers know their personal information is being protected and used ethically
- Demonstrating the positive influence telco companies have on society by supporting efforts to protect the environment and, in doing so, their employees
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A constant theme throughout the history of the United States is the need for manpower for the armed services. To this end, there have always been recruiting efforts and the most simple and straight forward of these has been the poster. No matter which era they are from, they repeat a common message – do your duty and serve your country because only through your help can we win. Over the next few weeks, I will be providing some examples of these recruiting posters as they pertain to the Navy.
Of particular note is beginning in World War One but getting major traction in World War Two, was the practice of opening US Navy recruiting offices in the states which were inland. Previously the navy had always been recruited from port cities and fishing villages where a life at sea was the norm. But the manpower needs of the navy were such that there weren't enough men in those areas to fill the requirements of the fleet. So the US went inland and found great success in recruiting men who had never seen the ocean to be sailors.
The following posters are from World War One with themes of Travel and Opportunity.
"A Wonderful Opportunity For YOU" World War I era Navy recruiting poster, by artist Charles E. Ruttan.
"A Wonderful Opportunity For YOU" World War I era Navy recruiting poster, by artist Charles E. Ruttan.
"See the world! Save your money! Serve your Country! in the US NAVY" World War I era Navy recruiting poster.
"The Navy Put 'Em Across" World War I Navy recruiting poster, by artist Henry Reuterdahl, advertising the Navy's role in transporting American troops to the War Zone.
"The Service for Training and Travel" World War I era Navy recruiting poster, by artist James Montgomery Flagg.
[Images courtesy of the Department of the Navy – Naval Historical Center.]


text: Castle Forbes Lime Aftershave Balm is a soothing balm that uses natural witch hazel to gently close the pores, while moisturizing the skin without leaving a sticky residue. Castle Forbes uses enough essential oils to extract their medicinal benefits. That means the Lime scent is not only a refreshing, invigorating blast, but is also regenerative for the skin and helps prevent infection if you have any shaving accidents.


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As I was away from school last Thursday and Friday I'm quite late with my post. I like to do the round-up post on Fridays, but last week I just couldn't manage it. But, since that's a self-imposed deadline, it's actually ok if I occasionally miss it.
And that's a self-management trick right there. Rounding up the week should be done before Sunday, so I set my deadline as Friday. That way, if anything comes up – like this week, I've got a couple of buffer days. This, students, is the way to ensure you never miss a deadline:
And the larger the piece of work, the earlier you need to complete it. Writing a blog post takes about an hour, so the day or two before works fine. If I have to push it to the last minute I only need to find an hour. If I have to reduce sleep to get it done (not advisable – sometimes unavoidable) it's an hour.
A 1500 word essay though, that's probably a good 3 to 4 hours work or more – So I would make my internal deadline at least 4 days before the actual one. Then if I don't make it at least I can spread the time over the days I've got left. (Cutting 3-4 hours sleep on the deadline day is not going to make the work any good and it is going to write off the next day's efficiency and effectiveness – no matter how much you like to say that you can manage perfectly fine on 3-4 hours of sleep…you can't.)
So hopefully none of our Year 12 students are sleep-deprived since work has not yet really built to the heights it will. The last few weeks of this half-term will be a little busier as each week goes by students go deeper into the IB programme. Falling behind is not an option.
I'm going to take this opportunity to remind Year 12:
Year 12 matters!
Your predicted IB grades will be used to apply to your universities of choice and those grades will be established in October next year, because the deadlines for university applications are between October and January 1st. (For the vast majority of students.) You've just had a few tests and marks in your subjects – are you happy? Do they reflect your effort? Why? or why not?
Next term you'll get report grades and those grades will be on your transcripts, as will all of your Year 12 grades. Your Year 12 grades + End of Year 12 Exams + the first 6 weeks of Year 13 will equal your predicted grade. So, Year 12 matters. You can't take it easy. If you're effort leaves something to be desired you need a plan to improve that – right now!
You should also have analysed your Approaches to Learning Skills. You should know by now which areas to improve on, and we've put lots in place to help you…
-The ATL Flipboard magazines on this blog's home page
-These blog posts usually contain ATL Tips
-The blog posts your peers write which can be really useful and I highlight them here.
But you know the expression 'you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink'?
No one can make you improve your Approaches to Learning.
No one can make you learn.
No one can give great effort for you.
No one can get great grades for you.
And importantly no one 'gives' you grades. We hear this all the time…'Mr x gave me a 4′. Actually you 'earned' that 4 with what you did or didn't do. And you'll earn your final IB score.
So what you earn is up to you…we've provided you with a whole bucket of water, how much are you going to drink?


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Small consumer drones have become the plague that Moses missed. So far this year, 650 drones have been spotted by airline pilots. That's on pace to quadruple last year's total, which is troubling because if a pilot can see your drone in the air, it's close enough to worry about. In July, a wildfire in California consumed 20 vehicles on a highway north of Los Angeles when consumer drones interfered with firefighters for the fifth time that month. And testing jet engines against consumer drones has proven to be a challenge.
To answer this growing problem, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., last week proposed an amendment that would require consumer drone manufacturers to build software-controlled no-go zones — so-called geofences — into their aircraft. The idea is to let software keep them away from airliners, emergency crews and the like. "This technology works and will effectively 'fence off' drones from sensitive areas like airports," Schumer said in a press release. Two recent hacker demonstrations show that's somewhat wishful thinking.
Source: Chuck Schumer's No-Fly-Zone Rule for Drones Won't Work – Defense One


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Historic Obama Fundraising Machine Forgoes Public Financing
Very good decision. Why would you limit yourself to less than 100 million when you've already taken 250? In a primary? You don't. Especially since there will likely be more as the movement of $25-$100 donations continues. We are not even close to tapped out, those of us who gave up to $100.
$50 your way Senator. Anyone serious about change should signal their support of this decision to be financed by us and donate today!
McCain is toast from a fundraising standpoint. It's the main reason – despite all the reformer straight talk BS – that he wanted desperately to corner Obama into taking public funds. No dice, John. Let's belly up to the bar of public opinion and see who can raise the most money. How 'bout that? His only hope will be the slimeball 527s, and boy will they pile it on! You better believe it. All the more reason to hit the donate button!