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"Runaway" by Cordell Barker
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First Martin Scorsese movie
Official Selections: Short of the Week (Halloween), Macabre Faire, Transilvania International, Dark Scream, Sasquan International, Oregon Underground, Zed Fest, Barebones International, Tri-Cities International.
Winner: Audience Award Louisville International Festival of Film
Winner: Zed Fest - Best Short Thriller, Best Editing
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Directed - Jamie Ryan Scott Brooks
Written - Sheldon R. Chick & Jamie Ryan Scott Brooks
Produced - Sheldon R. Chick & Major Dodge
Starring - Major Dodge http://imdb.com/name/nm2397116/
Vance Sparks (VO), Jeff Gilbreath, Lance Marcus
DOP, Edit, Grade - Jamie Ryan Scott Brooks
Original Music - Forever & Everest "Witch Lynching" http://foreverandeverest.bandcamp.com/
Composer - Cody Chick
Sound Design - Sheldon R. Chick
Art Department - Jeff Gilbreath, Jeremy Gilbreath, Lance Marcus, Jody Joiner, James Hood
Costume Designer - Mia Vincent
PA(s) - Jackson Bowden, Cody Franks, Ryan McKee, Clinton Cates
Extras - Crissy Henderson, Beverly Walker, John Lewis, Vicken Marzouwanian
Special Thanks - Kaufman County Sheriff, Deputy Harris, Deputy Beavers, Sue Pope, Lance Pope (RIP)
Executive Producer - Jeff Gilbreath, Sheldon R. Chick, Jamie Ryan Scott Brooks
*Shot in 24 hours on the Blackmagic 4k Production Camera.*
Candide Thovex having another one of those days in his home resort.
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A Collaboration by Heui Won Jeong & Justin Murphy
Sound Design: Hank Shih
Music Composer: Allan Johnston
Music Performers: Bass - Allan Johnston;
Drums & Percussion - Raphael Geronimo; Trumpet - Chris Davis; Flute - Jill Russell
Photodocumentation: Ana Cho
Alphachannel: Kim Hoang & Kathy Whitney
Special Thanks: Jonathan Eric Tyrrell, Marilyn Cherenko, Martin Rose, Hilary Moses,
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Influences: Ishmael, Madlib, Sun Ra, Monkmus, Roscoe Mitchell, Rockers, David Suzuki
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An execution takes an unexpected turn...
In October of 1979, a man discovers a mysterious phenomenon in the woods.
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*Winner* "Best Drama" 2014 Las Positas Film Festival
*Winner* "Best Fantasy" 2016 Outlanta Con Film Festival
Official Selection 2014 San Francisco Underground Film Festival
Official Selection 2014 Sacramento International Film Festival
Official Selection 2014 Socal Creative and Innovative Film Festival
Official Selection 2016 Oakland International Film Festival
Official Selection 2016 Outlantacon Short Film Festival
Written & Directed By
Anthony Aguiar
Kyle Jones
Kyle Glasow
Sound Recordist
Ismael Castillo
Special FX Make-Up
Melissa Capistrano
Music By
Red Bennett
Director's Notes:
"Cypress was filmed in two days with only a two man crew, on a very low budget.
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Tensions mount as an aspiring performer becomes romantically involved with an established Off Broadway star in 'Actresses', New York-based director Jeremy Hersh's award winning short. Read the feature on NOWNESS - http://bit.ly/1La404X
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A young boy moves to a new neighbourhood and falls in love for the first time, with the much older girl next door.
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Full Credits:
Bastiaan Schravendeel (Director)
Jean-Paul Tossings (Technical director)
Sander Kamermans (Art director)
Piebe van der Storm (Set designer)
Peter van der Velden (Sound)
Alex Debicki (Music)
Bob Kommer Studios (Mix)
Thanks to:
Egbert de Ruiter (Supervising teacher HKU)
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Late night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this thought provoking short film about fear and guilt.
Darius Clark Monroe - Director's Bio
Houston native, Darius Clark Monroe is an award-winning filmmaker and graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Currently, he's completing post production on his next film, an autobiographical feature documentary
entitled 'Evolution of a Criminal' (Recipient of a Texas Filmmakers Production Fund Grant, Spike Lee Production Fellowship, Warner Bros. Film Award, Cinereach Grant, and a Tribeca All Access Participant).
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Carlton Byrd
DeWanda Wise (http://www.dewandawise.com/)
Robbie Sublett
Ali Crosier
Patricia Donahue
Efren Uribe
Written, Produced, and Directed by Darius Clark Monroe
Executive Producers - Darius Clark Monroe, Rodney Parnther, Roderick Giles
Director of Photography - Daniel Patterson (http://www.danielpattersondp.com/)
Editors - Daniel Patterson, Nikyatu Jusu
Assistant Camera - Justin K. Staley
Gaffer - Justyn Davis
Grips - Joseph "Joey" Singletary, E.Z.
Stunt Man/Coordinator - Corey Michael Lincoln
Production Assistants - Dale Arroyo, Devin Ershow, Kionn Burt
Assistant Director - Nikyatu Jusu
Special Effects Make-Up - Rob Benevides
Sound Recordist/Boom Operator - Donald "A.C." Conley
Sound Mixer/Designer - Matthew Polis
Photography - Mykwain Gainey
Interpreter - Diego Lummis
Tech Specs:
Shot on the Panasonic HVX with the Letus 35mm adapter and 35mm Nikon still camera lenses. Recorded the sound using a Sound Devices 702T digital recorder and a 416 boom mic.
Film Festivals
-Urbanworld Film Festival
-Palm Springs International Shortfest
-Roxbury International Film Festival
-Rooftop Films
-Black Maria Film+Video Festival (Director's Choice)
-National Gallery of Art
-The Virginia Film Festival
-Des Moines Art Center
-Washington DC Independent Film Festival
-Kansas City FilmFest (Honorable Mention)
-Atlanta Film Festival
-Athens International Film+Video Festival
-San Francisco Black Film Festival
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Anthony Goicolea describes his film:
"I have often felt that there are many rituals and traditions embedded in our various cultures that have lost their meaning and now merely serve as scripts for people to follow and act out without thinking of their true meanings or origins. Many children's rhymes and songs, polite dinner customs, or party games derive from darker moments in history such as plague, famine, and war.
Growing up the son of Cuban parents, my brothers and I always had piñatas at our birthdays. Usually they took the shape of some sort of crude but cute animal effigy that ended up beaten to smithereens as rioting children stumbled over each other in a mad dash for the sugary spoils of war that spilled out like guts before them.
In my film for films4peace I wanted to dissect this sacrificial custom, the mechanics behind group dynamics, as well as the destruction that comes from greed. A life-sized, anatomically correct, sculpted horse in the guise of a piñata is beaten and destroyed until the multiple, identically clad, kids who flog it like monks banging church bells or a gong, surrender to the regret of the destruction they have wrought."
In the city of Naples, Italy, the Mafia has controlled the waste-management industry for decades -- dumping and burning trash across its rolling hills and vineyards. In 1994, the European Union declared the situation an official environmental emergency, and things have only gotten worse since then. When we investigated the situation we found mutated sheep, poisoned mozzarella, alarming rates of cancer, and pissed off farmers ready to push back against the Camorra, Italy's most powerful and dangerous criminal organization (and the government that enables it).
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Neill Blomkamp directs a short film about aliens in South Africa. Fictional situation where alien species have populated a South African shanty town, living an even more outcast life than the villagers themselves. A new kind of apartheid develops between locals and aliens.
Directed By: Neill Blomkamp
Executive Producer: Carlo Trulli
Salim Muhammad is a 55-year-old man who lives in North Kolkata with his wife and five children. Since the age of ten he has made a living using a hand-cranked projector to screen discarded film scraps for the kids in his surrounding neighborhoods.
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In August 2005, Marine Lance Cpl. Travis Williams and his squad were sent on a rescue mission in Barwanah, Iraq. En route, their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb. Of Travis' entire 12-person team, he alone survived. Here, Travis reflects on the hours and days after the explosion, as well as his life now, and pays tribute to the men he left behind.
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Directed by: The Rauch Brothers
Art Direction: Bill Wray
Producers: Lizzie Jacobs, Maya Millett & Mike Rauch
Animation: Tim Rauch
Audio Produced by: Yasmina Guerda & Nadia Reiman
Supervising Sound Recordist: Jorge Rojas
Music (Open): Fredrik
Label: The Kora Records
Publisher: House of Hassle
Music (Close): Christopher Bowen
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Date and time: April 12 2007 (10:30 – 12:00). Non–standard date or time!
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Semantic Web Services: Research, Application and Standardization
- Tomáš Vitvar, DERI Galway, Ireland
Web services add a new level of functionality to the Web, stepping towards an open environment of distributed and heterogeneous applications. While current Web service technologies around SOAP, WSDL and UDDI have established the potential of a Web of services, they are hindered by dependence on XML-only descriptions. Without machine-understandable semantics, services must be located and bound to service requesters at design-time, limiting possibilities for automation. In order to address this drawback, initiatives around Web Service Modelling Ontology (WSMO)[1], OWL-S[2] and WSDL-S[3] aim to define a new layer on top of current Web service stack based on semantic mark-up for functional, non-functional and behavioural aspects of services descriptions. In particular, WSMO is the initiative driven by DERI which provides a conceptual model describing all relevant aspects of Web services.
The description of WSMO elements is represented using the Web Service modelling Language (WSML) - a family of ontology languages - which consists of a number of variants based on different logical formalisms and different levels of logical expressiveness. WSMO and WSML thus provides grounds for semantic modelling of services as well as for Semantic Service Oriented Architectures with reference implementation called WSMX[9]. This technology is being evaluated and verified in a number of application-oriented research projects in both intra- and inter-enterprise integration settings including e-business[4, 5], e-government[10], e-health and telecommunications[6]. In order to bring the Semantic Web Service technology to its full-potential, efforts around W3C Semantic Annotation for WSDL (SAWSDL)[8] and OASIS Semantic Execution Environment Technical Committee (SEETC)[7] aim to standardize several aspects of WSMO and promote this way research prototypes to technology of industry-strength.
[1] http://www.wsmo.org/TR/d2/v1.3/
[2] http://www.w3.org/Submission/OWL-S/
[3] http://www.w3.org/Submission/WSDL-S/
[4] http://www.vitvar.com/tomas/!publications/icsoc2006-WSMX.pdf
[5] http://www.vitvar.com/tomas/!publications/ESWC2007-VitvarZM.pdf
[6] http://www.vitvar.com/tomas/!publications/vitvar053.pdf
[7] http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/semantic-ex
[8] http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/sawsdl/
[9] http://www.wsmx.org
[10] http://www.semantic-gov.org
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to provide leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services (Secretary) shall establish within the Office of the Secretary the position of National Health Information Technology Coordinator.
Sec. 2. Policy. In fulfilling its responsibilities, the work of the National Coordinator shall be consistent with a vision of developing a nationwide interoperable health information technology infrastructure that:
Sec. 3. Responsibilities of the National Health Information Technology Coordinator.
(a) The National Coordinator shall, to the extent permitted by law, develop, maintain, and direct the implementation of a strategic plan to guide the nationwide implementation of interoperable health information technology in both the public and private health care sectors that will reduce medical errors, improve quality, and produce greater value for health care expenditures. The National Coordinator shall report to the Secretary regarding progress on the development and implementation of the strategic plan within 90 days after the National Coordinator begins operations and periodically thereafter. The plan shall:
(i) Advance the development, adoption, and implementation of health care information technology standards nationally through collaboration among public and private interests, and consistent with current efforts to set health information technology standards for use by the Federal Government;
(ii) Ensure that key technical, scientific, economic, and other issues affecting the public and private adoption of health information technology are addressed;
(iii) Evaluate evidence on the benefits and costs of interoperable health information technology and assess to whom these benefits and costs accrue;
(iii) To the extent permitted by law, coordinate outreach and consultation by the relevant executive branch agencies (including Federal commissions) with public and private parties of interest, including consumers, providers, payers, and administrators; and
(iv) At the request of the Office of Management and Budget, provide comments and advice regarding specific Federal health information technology programs.
Sec. 4. Reports. To facilitate the development of interoperable health information technologies, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report to the President within 90 days of this order on options to provide incentives in HHS programs that will promote the adoption of interoperable health information technology. In addition, the following reports shall be submitted to the President through the Secretary:
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Month: September 2014
Cheonan or Bust!
OK, here's the update. I just accepted a job offer teaching in Cheonan, South Korea at a school called ILS (International Language School). It's pretty close to Seoul, the water and a bunch of city life that I'm excited to explore.
I start November 3rd, so I'll be hanging around the USA a bit longer than I originally planned, but patience is a virtue. Hoping to be productive, get some more freelance work and maybe travel a bit domestically in the meantime.
I must say, I've been very lucky to have a lot of advice given to me along the way by people who have been there and done that with the ESL teaching thing. I wouldn't have figure it all out on my own in time, I'm sure, so thank you! You know who you are!
If anyone's interested in checking out ESL teaching jobs in South Korea, I'm pretty much an expert at the process now, so feel free to ask me!
Anyways, that's my news for now. I'll be updating more as time goes along.
An Update On Pretty Much Everything… Oh, And I'm Moving Overseas (Probably)
Where I've Been
2014 has been an interesting year. I haven't posted much on my blog because I spent the early half of the year in a bit of a daze as I packed up my life in Colorado and slowly trekked back East, interviewing with various companies along the way. It simply has been too hard for me to write about in explicit detail. But generally speaking, I went through a breakup. Not just a breakup with a woman whom I loved very much, but with an entire family, with friends, with a city and a lifestyle that I had come to be quite comfortable in. The heartbreak was real. I'd be dishonest if I said the first half of this year wasn't some of the hardest times I've been through in my entire life, yet somehow I managed to experience some of the biggest stretches of growth in my life as well. As one of my favorite quotes from a BJJ Master says: "Reduce your elements and become efficient in very small details."
Gratefully, with some help and a lot of space and time I got some things physically and mentally back in order that hadn't even realized were holding me back. It wasn't a fast or easy process, as I so wanted it to be, but sometimes the right place and time happens upon you and you have to agree to go through the entire process of healing and growth, regardless of what it takes to get through. Or you could just choose not to grow, but that's a whole other matter…
So here I am at a turning point. A moment that will shift my entire life as I know it. I've prepared myself for this by getting in shape and losing over 40 lbs through diet and exercise. I've also doubled-down on my mediation practice and mental fortification through reading more.
So here we find ourselves.
Bye Bye Wheels
Yesterday I sold my 2008 Toyota Yaris. That car was damn good to me over the years. It's seen a lot of this country with me and has never failed me when I needed it. I was in a pensive and grumpy mood when I was closing on selling it because everything about the situation seemed like it was stripping me of my identity and mobility. Yet, it was my idea to sell my car under these circumstances. I could have waited a few more weeks, taken a few more job interviews, or just put it off a little bit longer for maybe more money, but what as I signed the car's title over and accepted payment, all of my anxiety about the transaction vanished and was replaced with gratitude. I had just sold off the single most valuable asset I owned and I now had what I needed to take the next steps I've been planning for so long.
Where I'm Heading
In about a month, I'm planning to move overseas to South Korea to become an ESL teacher for a one year contract. I've held off on telling many people I know because I've had various potential employers here state-side whom I've been speaking with over the past few months and I was sort of just waiting to see if they made me an offer that would convince me that going overseas wasn't worth it. But, after spending months researching what teaching ESL in South Korea was like and lamenting on a past decision to pass the same opportunity up I realize that this is exactly what I need to do right now in my life. I've wanted to do this before and never did it. Now is the time. So, besides selling my car, I figured publicly announcing to the world my intentions to move across the world should seal the deal on my options. Bold action breeds bold results, or so they say!
So, now what? I am car-less for a few weeks and I don't know my school, city or departure date yet. Figuring out the exact place I'll be traveling to in October is of utmost importance. I'll also consider one or two short trips to take that I've passed up this year because of various reasons. But, besides that, I'm taking the next 4-5 weeks to essentially deepen my relationships with friends and family before I go. It's important to me that everyone know exactly where they stand with me leading up to this.
I'm not sure what else to say except that this choice I'm making truly is an expression of who I am and where I am at in life right now. I am trying to live my truth regardless of how it makes me look to others. I'd encourage everyone else to try and do the same, for that matter. Life is too short. You really don't know what could happen to upset our perfectly laid plans at any moment, so how much true happiness and expression are you willing to put off and sacrifice in order to have a life that appears safe and calm from the outside?
More updates to come on where I'll be going and when.
Book Review: Is This Legal? Inside The Story Of The First UFC From The Man Who Created It
I consider myself to be somewhat of an MMA subject matter expert. Of course, I am humble in knowing that I only know what I know from following the main-stream media coverage of the sport and its athletes and figures. However, I've been around since 2003 obsessing over every event in the UFC and overseas as well.
So, when I got an email from Art Davie's media team asking me to review the book "Is This Legal?" I was instantly intrigued. I really enjoy tell-all books. I think the last book I read from an insiders perspective of MMA was Pat Militich's biography which I absolutely loved. But, I was a fan of Pat's before reading it and frankly, I had only heard of Art Davie's name a handful of times before getting this book in my hands to review.
I'll be very honest about something – I came into reading this book with a real bias against it. I know a lot of people in the MMA world dislike Dana White or the current UFC as a business and have gone their own ways in saying how they built MMA, not White and the Fertittas. I was just hoping this book wasn't going to be chapter after chapter of arrogant bullshit and shit-slinging about stuff that is way under the bridge.
I was pleasantly surprised to read the opposite of that. Art Davie does a great job of painting himself as a humble, passionate, eccentric business man who was in the right place at the right time in creating the UFC. He does, however, give some insight into the dynamics of the Gracie family that made me slightly squeamish to read about. I'll attribute that feeling to the fact that I've come up and gotten my blue belt under a really old-school black-belt and it's sort of just understood that you don't air other people's personal dirty laundry, especially when they are considered the grand master's of the sport. I suppose Art Davie took off his own blue belt and put on his businessman coat when he decided to do that. That's his call.
All-in-all, the book was entertaining to read, had a lot of cool stories about early-stage figures in the original UFC that frankly don't get brought up anymore and gave a peak into the world of what many for us take for granted – an un-charted and largely illegal new sport that took over the world in later years.
While a lot of the fighting terminology and general descriptiveness is based on terms that seem somewhat antiquated in modern MMA circles, this also gives you a feel for what the atmosphere for this sort of event was back in 1993. It's almost hard to even consider what it would be like.
My main criticism of the book is that Davie describes one of the tournament fighters, Gerard Gordeau, as a potential member of the Neo-Nazi party, only going on to clear that description a few hundred pages later in the book saying that the salute he was doing wasn't a Nazi salute, but actually a martial arts salute. I even thought myself that Gordeau might be a Nazi when I read it, only to find out later that he wasn't. If I hadn't finished the book, I would have had a forever-spoiled view of Gerard Gordeau and that wouldn't' have been fair.
I'd recommend "Is This Legal" to anyone for entertainment value and as something to bolster your knowledge of the sport of MMA and it's roots in the original UFC. While it seems like this book is set on another planet at times compared to what the UFC is today, it should give you some perspective into how far things have come since then.
Note: Thanks to a reader's comment and doing some extra digging it turns out Gerard Gordeau does have a Nazi Swastika symbol on his arm, which I never saw before. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/g6fbg/ufc_nazi/


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Therese graduated from QCGU with a Bachelor of Music (1st class Honours) and a Master of Music, studying with Natasha Vlassenko and Oleg Stepanov.
Who are you as an artist?
I am a performer/pedagogue, who now combines high-level performances with my specialty work teaching the Taubman Approach to piano technique. I am currently certified at Associate Faculty level, and will be teaching for the first time at the Golandsky Institute in Princeton in July this year. Currently I am the only person at this level outside the USA.
I had suffered from playing-related injuries for nearly 10 years, and tried everything. A colleague saw Edna Golandsky conduct a masterclass in the Taubman Approach and insisted I try to work with the Taubman Approach. That was 2003. After resolving the issues causing my injury, I was able to return home and start my Masters, and have never had problems since.
What did your course/project involve?
John Bloomfield conducted nearly 60 hours of private lessons, including to high-level performers, university lecturers, university students, serious aspiring performers, and children. He mainly taught in Brisbane, where he also a presented a weekend workshop which attracted participants from all over Australia, and had the highest attendance for an MTA workshop in Brisbane. He also taught for two days in Sydney. The impact was huge, and many key people were reached. As a result of his visit, two new pianists/teachers were accepted into the Golandsky Institute Professional Training Program, and shortly after I was promoted to Associate Faculty.
What were the highlights of your experience?
Watching John teach my students, and helping them achieve those "aha" moments of solving issues we had struggled to overcome. Seeing an auditorium packed with people at the workshop, and knowing that I had made this experience happen.
Where did you find inspiration?
I find inspiration in the music itself, in helping others overcome their technical limitations, pain and injury, and through my continued Taubman study, finding new possibilities in terms of repertoire and expression for myself at the instrument.
What will you take away from this experience?
There is a lot of interest in Australia for future Taubman events, and that more events of this calibre are viable for the future.
What are you currently working on?
I have just completed another huge project of bringing Sophie Till to Australia for the first time to conduct a similar stint of lessons and workshops in the Taubman/Golandsky Approach for Strings. I am currently preparing for a performance of Messiaen Visions de l'Amen with another former recipient, Sonya Lifschitz, and a national tour with Topology.
What is your vision for the future?
I would like to see many more trained Taubman teachers in Australia, and a greater understanding of healthy pedagogy and the specific issues that can limit one's playing and development.
What advice would you give other artists aspiring to come to the US?
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Kailin Huelsman
What is your major/minor?
What year in school are you?
Interesting fact?
I like standing on my hands more than I do my feet.
What do you do outside of being a busy student?
I am involved in first year experience as an orientation leader. I work with TLC Humane Society and Community Helping Place while serving as Phi Mu Fraternity's Philanthropy Chair. I also love playing tennis and eating doughnuts in my spare time.
How many semesters have you been facilitating?
This is my third semester as an SI.
Which courses do you facilitate for now, or have in the past?
I have facilitated for BIOL 1107K & 1108K.
What is your favorite SI (Supplemental Instruction) moment?
My favorite moment is when my SI's see me as their friend rather their facilitator.
What have you gained from being an SI facilitator?
I've gained many personal relationships with students and professors.
What study tips/techniques do you have for students?
Use acronyms! They are one of the best ways to learn information and remember it!
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April 13, 2015
Erika Taylor
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(Evansville, IN) The YWCA of Evansville and other professional and community organizations in Evansville will mobilize on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 to call attention to the persistent and sizable gap between men's and women's wages. According to the most recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau, the median earnings for U.S. women working full time, year-round were just 78 percent of U.S. men's median earnings—a gap of 22 percent. Progress to close the gap has stalled during the last decade and the gap is even larger for women of color and for moms. In Indiana, median earnings for men were $46,300 compared to women's median earnings of $34,180 — an earnings ratio of just 74 percent.
This pay gap begins early in women's careers. According to AAUW's research report Graduating to a Pay Gap, women only one year out of college, working full time, were paid on average just 82 percent of what their male counterparts were paid. After controlling for hours worked, occupation, college major, employment sector, and other factors associated with pay, the gap shrinks but does not disappear. About 7 percent of the gap cannot be explained by these factors commonly understood to affect earnings. At every level of academic achievement, women's median earnings are less than men's earnings, and in some cases, the gender pay gap is larger at higher levels of education. While education helps everyone, African-American and Latina women earn less than their white and Asian peers do, even when they have the same educational credentials.
April 14 symbolizes the day when women's wages catch up to men's wages from the previous year. Every year in April, thousands of women's, civil rights, labor, and community organizations come together for a national day of action promoting fair pay known as Equal Pay Day.
"The bottom line for women and businesses is that pay discrimination happens and steps need to be taken to remedy it. This persistent wage gap not only impacts the economic security of women and their families today; it also directly affects women's retirement security down the road." said Erika Taylor, YWCA CEO.
Several speakers have been lined up for the YWCA rally on April 14th at 1:00 p.m. including Christy Gillenwater, CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Southwest Indiana, Dr. Robert Dion, Chairman of the City of Evansville-Vanderburgh County Human Relations Commission, and the reading of a special proclamation from Mayor Lloyd Winnecke.
"Women and their families can no longer afford to be shortchanged. The YWCA is committed to working to eliminate the wage gap," said Erika Taylor, YWCA CEO. "We encourage businesses to pay women fairly, push for laws that will enforce current equal pay legislation and educate women on how to negotiate for higher salaries."
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Washington: US researchers have identified the first biomarker for the human form of mad cow disease, a rare and fatal brain condition that typically kills people within one year of onset.
At present the only way to diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakobdisease is by studying brain tissue after a person dies. There is no cure.
If the biomarker can be used to develop a common test for the disease, it could help prevent its spread among healthy people and reduce misdiagnosis of potentially
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Scientists believe the disease can transfer from infected cattle to humans when people eat tainted meat. "Levels of the iron-transport protein transferring (Tf) are significantly decreased in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with sCJD well before the end stage of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier diagnosis," said the study in the online scientific journal PLoS ONE.
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Ex-Harley Sales Manager Jon Syverson Joins ATK
Jon Syverson, former Sales Manager of Harley-Davidson, has joined ATK as the new Executive Vice President. As VP he will be in charge of setting up a dealer base and leading the sales of ATK's new line of Hyosung based streetbikes. Jon's experience as a District and Regional Manager along with his successful tenure leading the fleet sales division of HD should greatly help ATK get a foothold in the US market.
It is also no secret that the dealerbase ATK is really interested in are those of Syverson's old stomping ground, Harley-Davidson. ATK wants to be a rider's first step into the Harley Davidson family by providing a 250cc and 650cc vTwin cruiser under the American ATK brand. This would not involve The Motor Company directly, just select HD dealerships who like the idea of filling the void left by the entry level Buell Blast. The first step in the HD line is the 883 Sportster. Most agree it's a little too heavy and expensive for most beginners.
Syverson will also be invaluable in bringing ATK's electric Police / Fleet bike into US Police departments.
Have a look at ATK press release below [click "read more"] for more information on Jon Syverson and his role as Executive VP of ATK…
ATK GV700 At Bonneville
ATK and S&T Motors recently signed a deal for ATK to sell 33 K bikes under the ATK name. Last week during BUB week, S&T Chief Operation Officer Jimmy Park and ATK front man Frank White met with motorcycle journalist Alan Cathcart to show him an ATK GV700 and run the bike on the salt.
Source: Guido Ebert
ATK And Hyosung Enter 4 Year 33,000 Unit Deal
On May 25 Frank White of ATK USA and Taekwon Kim of S&T Motors signed a four year deal for ATK to rebrand and sell S&T vTwin motorcycles in the United States.
This is not the first agreement between S&T Motors and another powersports company to rebrand the Hyosung product line. United Motors had a four year deal to rebadged the Hyosung sport bikes, scooters and cruisers and eventually build their own bikes based on the Hyosung engine. In early 2009 United Motors closed it's doors leaving a hole in S&T's production output. Fischer Motors also produces the high spec Fischer MRX650 using a Hyosung 650cc engine licensed through S&T Motors.
The previous relationship between S&T and United Motors did cause some territorial disputes between UM and Hyosung USA, S&T Motor's US distributor. No mention is made on any limits to territories ATK can sell the re-branded machines.
It is interesting that Harley Davidson does not acknowledge ATK's plans to provide Harley dealerships with small to medium displacement vTwin cruisers. It is common to see scooters on the sales floor of Harley dealerships and with the Buell Blast no longer available for HD's training programs the 250cc ATK cruisers should make a nice learner bike. This air cooled vTwin has a low seat height and is capable of 90 mph speeds.
Highland ATX Quad Racer ATV
It's ironic that a bike so prone to dying would be reincarnated so many times. In early 2000 Cannondale transformed itself from US based bicycle manufacturer to US based powersports innovater with the launch of the x440s dirtbike and the Cannibal ATV. Both were based on a gound breaking programmable fuel injected four stroke with a reverse cylinder similar to the 2010 Yamaha YZ450, minus the reverse slant. Air in the front, exhaust out the back.
The all aluminum frame was covered with top shelf components from Domino throttle to Ohlins suspension to Talon hubs. The only problem was the bike had issues with the motor grenading, sealed fuel system leaks and slightly porky weight. Cannondale did a great job of servicing it's customers (I know, I fried the ECU on my 2002 e440) but they eventually went bankrupt. ATK purchased the motorcycle rights and did a lot of work improving reliablility. Dinli purchased the ATV rights originally but ATK now sells a version of the Dale Quad. Read more
Highland Motorcycles And ATV Models Coming to US
Pictures of the Highland 950 vTwin has been popping up on discussion forums for years and teasing adventure riders with it's high capacity, light weight, 120 HP engine and dirt ready design. Now it appears we may see these bikes in dirt and gravel near you. U.S. Highland is building the 950 vTwin dualsport in 750cc, 950cc and 1150cc capacities and multiple body styles. They also will produce several versions of a single cyinlar dirtbike and ATV from 250cc, 350, 450 and 550cc.
From what I can piece together, Highland was started started in Sweden by ex-Husqvarna employees. Later the company joined forces with Louyang Northern Enterprises Group Company, Ltd to start Luoyang Luojia Highland Motors Co., Ltd. ATK was working with Highland to rebadge the bikes but this fell through. Dirt Wheels claims Cannondale was involved along the way.
US Highland recently got their hands on the equipment to build the machines and have begun production of US made units in Bixby, Oklahoma. The US Highland machines have sophisticated and highly tunable electronic fuel injection. They also come equiped with trick features such as a "G-Meter" to record vertical acceleration and deceleration forces. The US Highland website will allow customers to built a bike with multiple choices of engine and specs to suit their riding style.
Harley Davidson Dealers To Sell ATK Branded Hyosungs
Dale Franks is reporting that US based ATK and South Korea based S&T Motors have entered into an agreement where ATK badged Hyosungs (owned by S&T) will be built in the USA by ATK and sold by select Harley dealerships. The company Harley Davidson is not involved in the deal, the dealerships are taking it upon themselves to work with Frank White, one of ATK's owners.
The press release on Dale's site is vague about what models will come out of the agreement but it mentions ATK will leverage Hyosungs street bikes and S&T will leverage ATK's dirtbike knowledge. Frank White explains:
By joining forces, we believe, we believe we can strengthen our distribution network, reduce our production co sts, spread development costs and substantially accelerate our entry into the street bike business. We also look forward to sharing some of our off-road technology with S&T.
Dale goes on to mention that his sources say a plan is being considered for ATK to restyle and rebrand the GT and GV series of sport bikes and cruisers including the classic styled GV700 introduced this week at EICMA. This would not be a big strech for S&T.
Hyosung is known to be more than willing to allow other companies to rebrand their bikes. The flexibility and quality of the Hyosung products and engines makes it a great option for a marque to leverage for breaking into new markets without the cost of tooling up and staffing production.
United Motors sells most of the Hyosung product line in the US with it's own graphics and has long term agreement to build it's own bike around the 650 and 250 cc Hyosung vTwins. Italjet was working on a new version of the Griffon which was a restyled Hyosung GT650 and Fischer Motors uses the GT650 engine in it's MRX650.
This partnership is a win for all groups involved. ATK may be able to diversify from being a low production niche dirtbike manufacturer and add sport bikes and cruisers to it's lineup. Hyosung will increase sales using a brand agnostic production driven formula they are very comfortable with. S&T Motors displayed 450cc prototypes of supermoto and dirt machines which were well received by enthusiasts. I'm sure ATK would do a great job helping them make the bikes a reality.
This will be an interesting development to watch unfold. Follow the source link below to Dale's site to see the press release.
Source: Dale Franks


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Random Acts of Kindness
These are from last summer . . . Grow Regina was the recipient of a "random act of kindness" when group of young people left these hand-painted stepping stones in our front Cicansky planter.
We placed them in our front flower bed and at the planter all last summer.
The note that accompanies the first photo says: "This is a random act of kindness – use these stepping stones as you see fit!"
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The Iraqi military said it has recaptured the western town of Rutba from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The town is located along the militants' supply route into neighboring Syria, and is considered an essential "support zone" used by the terrorist group to launch attacks in both countries.
In a statement issued Thursday, the Iraqi military's joint operations command said the Rutba district, 225 miles west of Baghdad, had been "completely liberated," reported Reuters.
The military failed to elaborate on what that meant, noted the report.
"It said Iraqi forces had raised flags above some buildings, without specifying that they controlled the main government complex," Reuters pointed out, adding:
The military has pushed the jihadists out of much of the northern and western territories they seized in 2014, but the group still controls large areas and key cities including Mosul, which Iraqi authorities have pledged to retake this year as part of a U.S.-backed strategy to defeat the group.
Rutba is a Sunni-majority town located in Anbar, Iraq's largest and westernmost province.
Echoing U.S. government and military officials, Maj. Gen. Najm Abdullah al-Jubbouri, the Iraqi commander of the planned offensive to retake Mosul, told Breitbart News that ISIS in Iraq is "weaker than it was three months ago," thanks to U.S.-led coalition airstrikes targeting the group's infrastructure.
A wave of attacks in and around Baghdad, many claimed by ISIS, has left more than 200 people dead over the past week.
The attacks show "that morale within the group is down and they will launch any operation in a desperate attempt to show they can still attack," declared Gen. Jubbouri.
Iraqi counterterrorism troops, backed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, entered Rutba on Tuesday and seized the al-Intisar district, reported Reuters.
Maj. Gen. Hadi Razij, chief of the Anbar police, is quoted by Reuters as saying that "elite commandos had attacked from the south while police, tribal fighters and the Iraqi army pushed from the north."
"We managed to liberate Rutba district, eliminating many suicide bombers and car bombs," Gen. Razji told a state-controlled television station in Iraq.
U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, a Baghdad-based spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said ISIS reportedly has up to "several hundred" jihadists in and around Rutba.
The spokesman described the ISIS resistance in the strategic town as "light to moderate," adding that the Iraqis were still pushing out enemy forces.
Warren indicated that "a lot of the enemy frankly ran away when they saw this force coming."
"Rutba lies on the main route between Baghdad and Jordan, and opening it will impact the economies of both Iraq and Jordan, and will deny ISIL a critical support zone as well," said Col. Warren.


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Assistant Head Teacher, Bexley
Closing date:
Start date: 01 September 2018
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Shenstone School is a primary special school (2-11) for pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. The school is committed to pupil progress and celebrating the achievement of the individual child. Shenstone School was judged as a 'good' school by Ofsted in November 2015.
Due to expansion of our large, two-site school, we are looking for a committed assistant head teacher to join our dynamic school team. The post holder will be based at the Sidcup school site but the position will have a whole school responsibility and work/ support across both sites is an expectation.
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From Rutgers Business School
"I recommend it as a reference book for starting virtual companies, and that such companies can often be done quite inexpensively. It is well written, and provides a wealth of information. I have recommended the book to several of my friends, and will continue to do so."
Professor Ben Sopranzetti
(A Top Ranked Business School Teacher by Business Week)
"I examined many books on the market before selecting the two that we use. I use your book as a solid reference for forming Virtual companies and to show that there is much detailed decisions involved in setting up a virtual business but fortunately most of the work can be out-sourced as taught in your book"
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Professor,ECE & Business
Executive Director, BEST Institute
From Amazon
A Must-Have Business Manual For Startups And Others
By Kelly L. Watson "WomenwiseMarketing.com" (Lancaster, PA)
If you're looking for an inspirational book that will help you achieve the right mindset for business success, look elsewhere. But if you're looking for a tome of resources that will teach you everything from product development to outsourcing, Shoestring Venture is it.
I was overwhelmed, at first, by the sheer size of the book. But then I realized that Shoestring Venture isn't something read in one sitting. It's a resource you revisit again and again for help on e-commerce, finding investors, building a web site, and any other area where you need guidance.
Each section is short and to the point, with bullet points and action items that make it easy to find the information you need without having to skim through a lot of filler. Reading it is like reading a business blog in that sense … but it's much more convenient, because the information is all in one chunky manual that you can highlight and dog-ear to your heart's content.
Much of Shoestring Venture applies to startups with products to sell. Because, as a writer and marketing consultant, I don't fit that category, I found myself skipping through the chapters that deal with concepting, testing and e-commerce. But the book also offers a wealth of marketing tips and other information that applies to service providers such as myself. It even has a section on the aspects that distinguish good copywriting from bad, and how to outsource that part of business when the time comes. That's something most business books fail to cover.
My only concern in purchasing the book is that the vast number of online resources might become obsolete in a few years, but the authors have anticipated that and offer readers access to an online list of links that can be updated at any time.
This is a great resource, and I recommend it to anyone who finds themselves needing guidance in the business arena. You'll find yourself turning to it over and over again.
Your Step By Step Guide To Business
By L. Crowley
I've been a freelance writer on a part time basis for some time and am considering making it a full time career in the New Year. I really only needed information about the financial aspect of working for myself, or I thought I did, but this book literally has everything. It covers aspects that I didn't even think about let alone plan for. Take outsourcing for example. I didn't even consider what I would do if I had too much work and not enough time in terms of client retention. That section is outstanding because it deals with everything I need to know in a straightforward and yet comprehensive manner. In fact, every section is. I would like to see more on blogging in future editions though as that's a key part of my plan
The Startup Bible is everything that is promises to be and will certainly be a fixture on my desk in the years to come. I've tried other business books and got bored but this one is well laid out so it acts as a practical how to book rather than a complex and useless book by a self indulgent and arrogant businessman!
A Must-Have Resource
By Darlene Jan Alice Oakley "DOakley" (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
The Shoestring Venture: The Startup Bible is well developed, well thought out, well organized. It provides a wealth of information for those looking start their own small, medium, or large business venture.
Hooker and Monas provide websites appropriate for learning about incorporation, choosing a domain name, marketing strategies, finances, taxes and anything else anyone ever wanted to know about starting their own business.
This is an invaluable resource that has opened my eyes to all the resources available. Hooker and Monas have also established a website where all the links they mention in the book are listed and accessible by a click of the mouse, without having to retype all the links in a browser to find the information wanted. What a great idea!
This is certainly one resource I am glad to have on my bookshelf.
Very well written and very useful
By kd
I was very impressed with this Book. For the average person looking to start a business it makes for the perfect resource. The book takes a business start up and helps you from start to finish from creating your business plan to designing a logo and marketing techniques for your business. It is very well written and very easy to understand. The book touches on those topics that you always have questions on yet somehow can never find the answers that you are looking for, or at least that is the way it was for me. You really can start and operate on a shoe string budget and this book explores those ways you probably would never think of. I would recommend this book to anyone that is looking to start their own business.
All in one
By Ranojoy Ghosal
If I got a chance to choose a name for this book, I would have called it "The Cheat Sheet of business". It has everything a person needs to start a small business, or needs a handy reference to do things the right way in his business.
It is very well structured and you can readily jump chapters, to get the information that you are specifically looking for.
This is not a "Who wants to be a millionaire" or a "Get Rich Quick" kind of a propaganda type of book, which we so often come across, but is actual a handy book for all those entrepreneurs looking for all the resources and technicalities of a successful business.
This book deals with serious topics in a lucid fashion. It has everything from naming a business to outsourcing and data mining and HR policy. As I read the book, I was amazed at the amount of research which went behind this book, it has the links of all the resources that you will ever need, and all the urls are consolidated under one easy clickable link.
I do freelancing myself, and being computer savvy I did not have to spend much time of the chapters dealing with hardware/software or even the back office stuff, but if the latest computer terms bother you, you should definitely read this book, and get in sync with the rest of the world in what's going on. It might be a steep learning curve for a non internet or non computer savvy business man to digest the chapters, but you will be thankful that you did, and help your business by using the resources mentioned.
Best Business Book Ever!
By Leisa K. Wilson "The Write Remark"
When I first heard the title, Shoestring Venture, The Startup Bible, I laughed to myself wondering if the author was trying to start a new religion. I thought that the book would be worth about the same cost as a shoestring. I was wrong. This is the best book I have read about starting a new business venture. If you don't buy any other business book, buy this one. This book is 558 pages of pure gold to anyone wanting to start their own business. In eight chapters, Steve Monas and Richard Hooker take you step by step through the process of starting a business. Keep this on your desk as a reference manual. I only see one drawback to this book–it focuses heavily on ecommerce and online marketing. There is nothing about brick and mortar stores or print media marketing campaigns. I would like to have read more information about these subjects. Otherwise, the book is great to keep around as an answer to your questions.
Excellent Read and very comprehensive!
By Philip C. Robinson (Smithville, MO)
This book is an incredibly comprehensive guide to the landscape that is starting up an entrepreneurial venture in the 21st century, using the Internet as your primary toolset.
I phrase it in that way, to make sure you- the reader- completely understand who this book is aimed at. If you're new to being an entrepreneur, the information is priceless. If you're an existing entrepreneur, the book still contains a lot of valuable info that might make you stop and really think of things you might not have known (or as Donald Rumsfeld put it: what we don't know we don't know). Either way, you cannot go wrong with picking this resource up and referring to it over and over again.
The book is clearly laid out, and takes you through each step of the way- chronologically in the logical order you would plan and execute a new business venture. It contains a LOT of useful advice and wisdom, and can be quite overwhelming, but as other reviewers have pointed out, the book doesn't have to be read end-to-end to be appreciated or used. HOWEVER, if you're brand new to entrepreneurial thinking, you had best read cover to cover before making your first move–you'll really benefit from thinking over the whole process and what is truly required to get the endeavor moving in a successful direction!
Before you dismiss this review as all gushing and paid advertisement, let me tell you- I'm an entrepreneur myself, and I actually run a few businesses right now on a shoestring budget. I originally thought I wouldn't get a lot out of this manual, especially considering the price of it–but after having read this, I really wish I had something like it back when I was starting out–I would've avoided a LOT of COSTLY mistakes had I read this book FIRST!! And even though I'm not `brand new' to the process, and had to learn a lot of things in this book the hard way, I still found tremendous value. All the RESOURCES this catalogs [including mini-reviews on the value/services each provides!] for EACH step of the way is itself well worth the $ spent.
There is one issue I had- I don't think the book detailed much regarding how to approach techniques to get your business out of `shoestring budget' mode–although, I suspect a few of the business planning resources it points to would have articles on that..
PLUS: Excellent resource outlining the steps you need to take to lay a well planned foundation for a new 21st century business.
MINUS: Highly focused on using Internet as a tool–if you don't think you need the internet to be part of your business plan and aren't open to using it as a tool – this book isn't for you.
This is a road map to creating successful 21st century entrepreneurial businesses- as such, it won't tell you everything about HOW to do it, but it does show you WHERE you can go to find out!
A Must Have for any Internet Business Owner
By Elizabeth Pepper "writersbusinessacademy.biz" (Mocksville, NC)
This is a must have book for those who want to create an internet business. There is a steep learning curve and this book provides the steps to climb that curve. It is highly recommended for novices and experts alike as a handy reference book for doing business on the internet.
Great resource
By Honestly Put (Somewhere in a warm and sunny clime)
I think this book is great. Right now, in this economy, people can use all the information they can get on making their own wealth and I think this book is an excellent resource.
Good Read
By Loretta B. Ghivizzani
This book has a lot of GREAT information! I like that the authors give you plenty of websites to go to for more information and advice. The only thing I would have liked to have seen was an appendix so you can find the website you want to go to without going through the entire book. The best advice that this book has to offer, I think is to outsource all the jobs you're not good at and do the jobs you are good at. I would have spent a lot of wasted hours if not for this book.
Your Roadmap to starting your own business!
By David Sparks (Westminster, Ca. USA)
I have read a few books on business, but I actually WANTED to finish this one. I learned that there is a LOT that goes into starting your own business. A lot of ground work needs to be done, but you dont have to do it all yourself and that there are plenty of resources that you can utilize for very low cost. This book is a great roadmap for those resources and how to get things done in an efficient manner. Only criticism if you even want to call it that, is that there wasn't a whole lot on PRINT marketing, but we live in a digital age anyway. I will have this on my desk for years to come!
Outstanding resource for both starting a business or keeping an existing one going!
By C. Eikanger (Texas)
This is the first review I've ever done on Amazon, but this book just totally floored me and none of my non-business friends understand why, nor do they care, so I thought I'd tell the people who DO care, since you're the ones interested in this topic and I'm bursting to tell somebody about this book!
I know you've heard this kind of statement before, but this book really does have it all! The table of contents wowed me from the beginning with all that it had to offer! From the importance of how to name your business and your website to designing a logo, to how to create a business plan to raise capital, get grants, finance the business, laws to be aware of, pitfalls to avoid (which are nicely placed in gray boxes throughout the book so you can't miss them), etc. Even various types of software that can help the process along the way. This is a resource that anyone considering a small business, or who already has a business that they are struggling with trying to keep going, needs to have on their bookshelf! Not only how to start your business, but how to keep it going once you've made the commitment. How to set up bill paying, productivity software for various fields, the rollout, manufacturing, staffing and hiring, when to use outsourcing and ecommerce are covered! Even how to use widgets to advertise! There are so many things in this book that I never thought of myself, that I can't think of anything that is not covered! And what isn't covered directly by the author, is covered by links to resources where that topic is covered in great detail by the experts in the field. The authors didn't just Google a few links and stick them in, they actually found expert resources.
It's not dry reading either. It did NOT put me to sleep! Even though it's not a book you have to read from cover to cover, I couldn't put it down! There was so much I never knew about! It is laid out in an easy to understand manner, in a chronology that is logical. I am really amazed at what I found, and it has given me the confidence to take my business plans to the next level and actually BE a business, even with my current limited resources (even that is covered!), instead of just a simple "here's my card, call me" type of freelancer that people don't take very seriously.
Seriously, if you have had even a minor inkling of an idea of starting your own business but have been afraid because you didn't know what it was you didn't know, or how to find out more about what you thought you knew, then this is the right book for you!
A Must-Have Book for the Startup Entrepreneur
By Laila R. Salaam (Atlanta, GA)
Finally! A book by real people who give you the "How-to" and "How-not-to" of starting and operating a successful business from the comfort of your home, on a small budget. Steve Monas and Richard Hooker give you all the details, starting with how to outsource the heavy work and delegating authority, in this educational and inspiring book. ShoestringVenture: The Startup Bible walks you through Steve's personal experiences (successes and failures) and provides you with some real help. No cheerleading here, just good, old-fashioned, hard work and business acumen to guide you through the startup process. (Don't skip the introduction, or you'll miss out on some great advice.)
Steve and Richard get right to the heart of the matter and don't skimp on the resources. They tell you who to go to, for what purpose, and who offers the best of each kind of service for small businesses. With wit and whimsy they cover topics like goal setting, money management, and outsourcing, giving warnings about some of the most common mistakes. The book is about how to succeed, but they tell you exactly what you should do, if you intend to fail, as well.
You'll get more unbiased, honest information about building a business, in the first chapter, than you'll get by paying a consultant hundreds of dollars for a couple of hours of their time. The best thing is, they know their online stuff. This book rolls startup consulting, small business operations, and the Internet as a marketing/sales/revenue tool all up into one and doesn't spare the details.
From business finance and banking to business technologies, and marketing, Steve Monas and Richard Hooker walk you through the details that you couldn't get, all in one place, from the most recent MBA graduates with the most up-to-date knowledge or the most experienced consultant. Combining all of their hands-on and need-generated knowledge, and the wisdom of how to apply it to most any business, this book will carry you from concept through success, if you follow the flow and don't skip from beginning to end, leaving out the middle.
Can't handle all of the administrative stuff yourself and getting bogged down? Learn how to set up a virtual front and back offices.
Do you know how to market test your product? Once you know it's going to work, do you know how to get it to market? Do you know how to distribute? If not, ShoestringVenture, should definitely be part of your library. The best thing is, once you have the book, you also have access to a one-stop website that has all of the links to all of the websites they refer you to in the book. So, if you don't feel like typing in all of those URLs, just type in the one they give you in the book and start reading, learning, applying, planning, setting goals, and following through, follow up on your day's activities.
ShoestringVenture: The Startup Bible is a must read, must own book that every entrepreneur should buy and keep for future reference. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop!
Good Book
By Adem
Awesome. A very complete and detailed book with all the information you need to plan and start a business. As an occasional internet seller, I can tell you that a lot of the technical details in this book, such as where to find cheap contractors and software products are spot on. Another good thing is that you can definitely use the book as a reference guide as you go through various phases of your company's growth – from formation, to financing, to handling taxes. These guys know their stuff and they also provide a wealth of advice and insight based on personal experience and business know how.
I loved the introduction and first few chapters of the book as they give a good overview of the book and it's writers then launched into the first steps of planning your new business. As an IT lover, I enjoyed the technical sections in the latter portions of the book but the earlier sections provide me with a good reference on handling the legal and financial aspects of handling a business, and also a glimpse of the authors credentials. I definitely agree with the open source and freelance outsourcing sections.


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Back in the Groove
louise rastall
Have been without my laptop for the past few days, have missed you all, I feel that you are friends, your blogs are a part of my daily must haves, so it is good that finally I am back in the "loop".
The lovely Lou from louboosandshoes has left me a little gift of encouragement. Thank You Lou, , I am so glad my blog gives some pleasure.
I love the colours of this image and the way that the fabrics and wall blend so well.
A simple jug of garden flowers next to your bed is the smallest of luxuries, but gives huge rewards with it's prettiness and scent. I have some of my sweet peas and roses in a little mug on my bedside table and the perfume during the night is absolutely gorgeous. To me, a life without flowers would be a very unhappy one.
Have a wonderful week.


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As for your personal kitchen. Your dog isn't the just one who sees your leftovers after a meal. They're the leftovers of veggies, pasta, meat, and who is aware what else that could inevitably clog your sink. More than time, food items, and cleaning soap will establish, and can inevitably bring about the drain to clog. But following completing the experimented with and genuine strategy on the hanger, or else you have got a preferred brand of drain cleaner when it really is the perfect time to phone the pros? When you just clean the drain each week back and is also again working sluggish, you most likely have a dilemma. Residues, which were created more than time, it is typically difficult to take out one treatment. Skilled plumbers contain the techniques and equipment important to remove even the hardest build-up.
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Golf Club at South Hampton
Located minutes from South Jacksonville, since its opening in 1999, the Golf Club at South Hampton is yet another Mark McCumber masterpiece in Northeast Florida.
St. Augustine, FL
With 16 large lakes, over 60 contoured bunkers, towering pine and oak trees, this par 72 will be a challenge for any skill level. McCumber's intent when designing the Golf Club at South Hampton was to present every golfer the appropriate risk, offering encouragement to the novice while still challenging the experienced player. South Hampton offers different skill levels a variety of six large tee boxes giving everyone the opportunity to enjoy their round of golf. The yardage ranges from 6,935 yards for the low handicappers, all the way down to 2,862 from the family tees. Every golfer will need to watch out for the 17th hole which is a monster par five stretching 571 yards.
The Golf Club at South Hampton also offers you great facilities before and after your round with its world class practice facility to sharpen your game and the 19th hole where you can kick back and relax after your round of golf. With its meticulous landscaping, superb practice facilities and courteous staff the Golf Club at South Hampton is the course for you
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Imagine enjoying the gentle breeze or watching the sun awaken over the calmness of the Atlantic Ocean. Located just minutes from some of Florida's First Coast's finest golf courses.
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Holiday Inn Jacksonville I-295 East Baymeadows, which is conveniently located on the East Loop of I-295 and Baymeadows Road, Southeast of downtown Jacksonville. The recipient of the 2015 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence!


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I'm trying Wantable styling service. If you want to sign up, please use my referral link so I can get credit. I started off by filling out a style quiz, so your stylist knows what items you prefer. You can also send them a note if you want outfits for a specific reason, like a party. I paid the $20 styling fee, which can be used towards items that you want to keep. I found all the items under $80 each when they arrived. I find the prices a bit higher than I would normally pay for tops, but the quality is quite nice!
This round I got the Mia Toothpick Skinny Jeans, Midge plaid top, Coated Faux Suede Bias Zipper Jacket, Cowl Neck Sweater, and V neck Contrast Sweater. I ended up keeping all the items from this shipment. But the plaid top had a hole in it and they didn't have a replacement, so I had to send it back. However, they were still able to give me the 20% discount on the order, since I checked out five items. I'm still a bit bummed about the plaid top, but I'm sure I can find something similar next time I go shopping. I'm excited for my next order!