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Small catalog companies face challenges that larger mailers don't encounter, due to the lack of economies of scale. For this reason, smaller catalogers must take advantage of every possible creative trick to sell merchandise. As you gear up for next season, consider the following checklist when designing your catalog. Each little design detail can make a big impact on your overall catalog presentation…and your overall results!
Brand, marketing, and merchandising
Your creative is virtually meaningless if it doesn't integrate the three cornerstones of successful cataloging: brand, marketing, and merchandising.
Brand: Your brand is your life. It's what separates you from your competitors. Present it in a consistent look and voice that customers will come to know and recognize at a glance, not just in your catalog but across all channels.
Merchandise: Have you created compelling merchandise stories that allow you to design spreads that engage readers? Understand the key price points that resonate with your customers, then find products within that "comfortable" range that you can exploit in the layout.
Pagination plays a major factor too. You should paginate your catalog according to what has sold in the past, using your merchandise analysis to place best-selling (and most profitable) products and categories in key hot spots (such as on the front and back covers and on the opening and closing spreads). Placing established best-sellers on "hot" pages is not for the 2% of customers who have already purchased the items; it's for the 98% who have never purchased or even seen them before!
Many catalogers have the urge to present their newest products within the first few spreads. This is fine as long as the new products share several of the attributes of your winning products (the same price or style, for example). If they don't, give readers a "hint" of your new products by referring to them with copy on the covers, picturing a few items on the opening spread with page references, or mentioning the products in your opening letter.
Marketing: Have you considered how your creative works along with your marketing contact strategy? In order to maximize your advertising dollars, build a plan that allows you to repurpose your creative efforts across multiple drops by changing the covers or an outer signature and printing them at the same time.
What about special tests or messages directed at specific audiences? When creating covers, plan how to present these messages or offers to ensure that they get noticed. Keep the messages simple and clear, directing readers inside if more explanation is needed. A good rule of thumb is to highlight the most important words in an offer and keep the entire message shorter than eight words. If an offer is too complex, chances are customers and prospects won't take the time to decipher it.
Are your front and back covers working hard enough? Without question, these are the two most important pages of your entire catalog. They must quickly tell who you are, explain your unique merchandise niche, and highlight your brand differentiation. Your front cover images should be strong and grab attention with bright colors or bold photography. Showcase best-selling products or categories with succinct benefit statements, then pull readers into the book with inside page references. Your back cover should accomplish the same goal: getting readers to open the book. The covers may be the only two pages they ever see, so spend the time to make them perfect!
To gauge how well your cover stacks up against the competition, place it on a table along with 10 other catalogs or other pieces of mail. Your cover should stand out in the crowd. If it doesn't, it's time to go back to the drawing board — or to the computer, more likely.
As mentioned earlier, it's critical that the catalog is paginated so that you offer known product winners in the most frequently shopped locations of a catalog. But it's also important to know how readers use the catalog. For instance, business-to-business customers will likely file a catalog and refer back to it when they have a need. Many consumer shoppers, on the other hand, browse and then throw the catalog away.
So for b-to-b buyers, consider incorporating a table of contents or an index if you have an extensive product selection or a large page count. Do the same for a consumer book if it's 60 pages or more or if customers typically shop by category. Another technique used in consumer catalogs is to present a "visual" table of contents that represents your best-selling categories along with page references. If your customers shop by product categories or themes, incorporate page headers or headlines.
What about questions that customers or prospects might have? Place the answers in logical locations. When readers have questions about your company or brand, an offer, or where to find a specific category, they'll typically go to the opening spread. For more-detailed answers that include customer service issues such as returns, shipping, or delivery costs, they will go to the order form. Make sure you conform to those expectations so that they can find the answers they need. And always put your phone number and Web address on at least every spread.
Is every spread in your catalog strategically designed? The upper right-hand corner of a spread is the first place the eye typically "lands," so you should present best-sellers or other appealing products there. Be sure that the bulk of your spreads include an anchor product that is treated as a hero and given prominent space. That way you'll avoid the boredom of "democratic" spreads in which every product receives the same amount of space.
Once you've completed your first round of spreads, lay them out on a table. Do they appear to come from the same brand? Spreads should flow from one to the other, though they shouldn't lack variety. Be sure to include a few "breaker" spreads that strategically interrupt the design enough to entice readers out of their complacency.
Do all of the products on a spread tell one cohesive story that will emotionally engage the reader? Use color, headlines, editorial sidebars, and anything else that will present your products in a unique method and help explain and reinforce your unique merchandise concept. But don't neglect to place the copy and other information in an easy-to-find location. It's imperative that you create a simple shopping experience, giving customers no reason to delay a buying decision.
Selling off the page
Have you sufficiently presented every product so that customers and prospects can understand the key benefit at a glance? A catalog is a visual medium. Catalog shoppers look at the image first, then the price. Only if they are still interested will they begin to read the copy. Attention-getters such as in-use photographs, captions, and callouts can help explain the benefits and encourage readers to learn more. For these tools to work, the designers must understand why each product is unique and how each fits within your merchandise concept.
Are your products the stars of the page? They should be. Minimize extraneous use of color, props, overly designed type, and any other graphics that might take the eye away from what you are selling.
As for the copy, it is so much more than a collection of product descriptions. Headlines, subheads, and initial sentences should quickly explain the number-one benefit, telling potential buyers what they'll miss out on if they don't purchase the product. Make the descriptions easy to read, using short sentences and chunks of copy.
Type treatments, of course, can affect the impact of your copy. Use fonts and sizes that are easy on the eye. Busy, cluttered copy will simply not be read. And look for other opportunities on the spread to further solidify your brand, such as running benefit statements along the bottom of the page.
A final check
By the time you go to press, key product and pricing information should have been proofread and proofread again. Many times, though, simple things fall through the cracks. While a few minor mistakes may find their way into the finished piece, make absolutely certain that the following vital components are accurate:
- the phone number and Web address on every spread
- the logo and the tagline on the covers
- tinted boxes on your mailing panel for your customer and source codes
- your guarantee within your catalog and on your order form
- the appropriate offers or messages for each version
- inserts that do not disrupt spread continuity
- all page references (the table of contents, cross-references, etc.)
Never underestimate the power of your creative presentation to make or break your business. As a small cataloger you are competing against the big guys and their big budgets. If you do all these "little" things right and do them well, you can make an impact.
Lois Boyle is president/chief creative officer of Shawnee Mission, KS-based catalog consultancy J. Schmid & Associates.


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We are really pleased to add Ansee Herbal Cosmetics into our group of companies which is operating in the fields of industry, textile, construction, service and foreign trade.
Nowadays; one of the most important consumable that deteriorate the health of people, is cosmetic. We hear the sufferings of the people due to the use of materials and foods which contains chemicals every day; and even we witness on our relatives and neighborhood.
We believe that all things in nature are in a perfect balance; in this balance which is created by Allah; we also believe that there are drugs for every kind of diseases inside the nature.
Cosmetic is the most important material that is affecting human health except foods. Our target for rolling up one's sleeves is to make the all women to use these benefits of the nature and to offer them cosmetic products which are manufactured from only the special mixture of plants.
We have made a decision and with this conviction .....
We have employed herbalists who are well aware of the plants and experts at their fields.
We worked hard and we have brought out ANSEE cosmetic products for you. ANSEE Cosmetic was founded with a simple idea which contains a great meaning in it. But nowadays; we are proud of our products which are exported to many countries of the world.
We continue to work hard.
Our herbalists are continuing to investigate the formulas of our grandpas and grandmas. We continue to develop new products for you.

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Pricing Options on Binomial Tree
I'm trying to answer the questions about the two period binomial tree pasted here. Thanks for your help!!
Pricing options on binomial tree: Consider a two-period binomial example where the underlying asset's price movements are modeled over the next two months, each period corresponding to one month. The current level of the underlying is S = 100, and the size of up- and down-moves are u = 1:05 and d = 0:95, respectively. The risk-free simple interest rate is 0.5% per month, i.e., ¯r = 1:005.
(a) Compute the risk-neutral probabilities for the above binomial example.
(b) Consider a two-period European-style put option at a strike price of 100. Compute its payoffs at the end of the two periods.
(c) Compute the value of the two-period European-style put option at the two nodes at time 1.
(d) Compute the hedge ratios of the put option at these two nodes at time 1 and explain the hedging strategies they imply.
(e) Compute the price of the put and the hedge ratio at time 0 (today). Explain the change in hedging strategy from time 0 to the two nodes at time 1.
(f) Repeat the exercise for a two-period American-style put option.
(g) Calculate using the put-call parity (do not calculate from the binomial tree) the value and the hedge ratios at t=0 and at t=1 nodes for a two-period European call at a strike price of 100. (Hint: If you need to buy _ shares to replicate a put, how many shares do you need to buy to replicate a call?)
(h) Now, consider an exotic option called a "U-choose" option which gives the holder the right to decide at a later date, in our case at time 1, whether he/she would like the option to be a put or a call. In other words, the U-choose option is purchased at time 0 and, at time 1, the buyer decides whether the option will be a call or a put depending on whether the price went up or down between time 0 and time 1. Calculate the prices for the put and call options maturing at time 2 at the two nodes at time 1 for a strike price of 100.
(i) At the up- and the down-node the holder of the option decides on the optimal choice, that is, does he/she want the option to be a call or a put? Compare the option values at the two nodes at time 1 to make this choice. Also, determine the hedge ratios at the two nodes.
(j) Compute the price and hedge ratio of the U-Choose option at time 0.
(k) Next, consider an "Asian option" which is a European-style option whose payoff is based on the average of the prices of the underlying asset in the two periods. This is a particular case of a whole class of "path-dependent" exotic options, which are options, whose payoffs depend on the whole path of prices rather than just the price on the expiration date. What are the payoffs and what is the price of an Asian call option at a strike price of 100? Pay careful attention to whether the tree should be recombining or not.
Solution Summary
The solution discusses pricing options on a binomial tree.


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PhotographerMike Pusatera
Location of photoMerritt Resevoir, Nebraska
Date/Time of photo8/1/16
EquipmentWilliam Optics GTF 81 | Orion Atlas EQ-G | QHY9Ms
DescriptionNGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula, is located in the constellation Cygnus near the bright star Sadr. The emission nebula, also designated Caldwell 27 and Sharpless 105) was discovered in 1792 by William Herschel. Located 5000 light years from Earth, the emission nebula is a product of the impact of shock waves from the stellar wind of red giant HD192163 colliding with the star's ejecta when it became a red giant. The star is likely to go supernova sometime soon
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As the Short Campaign officially starts, join us for our Flying Start Weekend of #labourdoorstep in Bedford & Kempston. They'll be door knocking sessions all weekend, followed by a social get together to thank volunteers on the Sunday evening.
The same evening, please join us on our Flying Start Friday for a new activists training session on Friday 27th March, 6-7:30pm. They'll be plenty of door knocking sessions to get involved with over the weekend, but this will be an opportunity to hear about our campaign in Bedford and Kempston and ask any questions you have about getting involved if you're new to the party. We hope to see you there!


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I was 39 years old, married with 3 kids ages 8, 5 and 2, when I got my diagnosis; stage 2b, estrogen negative breast cancer with lymph nodes involved. I was surprised when a deacon at my church asked that I make every effort to make it to church every week, regardless of how I am feeling. He pointed out that it is very important for people to see sick people serving, and he is the best example of that! All through my treatments I would continue my task of calling the children forward to the alter every other week to do a children's message. I surprised even myself that I was able to attend every single week! There were times when I had to leave a little early, and I knew I would be wiped out for the rest of the day, but I looked forward to it. Some weeks it was the only time I went out besides my Dr's appointments. After a while I grew tired of the wigs and scarves, and actually went in front of the congregation with nothing on my head but glitter.
After 4 months of chemo, a double mastectemy with reconstruction, and 6 weeks of radiation, I am so glad that the kids can look at me and know that cancer is something that you can, indeed, go through and come out the other side. I really pray that the next time that someone they know gets the diagnosis of cancer, they will have the hope that they will come through a long, hard journey and still be here to love them and not jump to the conclusion that it is a death sentence.
Now I know that it is important for sick people to serve. We need to be seen.
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It was the first week back to work, of course..and I think it was a good week!
While I am definitely tired, I always find a good long break, means I am more productive (for a while) at work....which I think I was (guess it depends who you ask).
So I thought I would write a prequel blog post, to some posts I am hoping to do this weekend (go on with your productive self!).
Let me preface this prequel (whoa...it's gettin' complicated) by saying: I love lots of different kinds of meat.
I love steak, pork, bacon (cuz bacon deserves it's own category right?), chicken, turkey...even some wild game meats (I heart and miss moose meat!)
Oh, and fish...(getting there with the shellfish!)
But even I (Mme meat lover), recognize the importance of incorporating plant based, meat-alternatives into my diet.
I even try to do one vegetarian meal a week (it's usually pizza...but hey..it's something right?)
I must admit though....I love a good vegetarian dish (mmm...curry) when we take the time to make one..and both A. and I enjoy a variety of types of lentils, beans and chickpeas (not quite there on soy/tofu...but hey...we can't have it all can we?)
Some food bloggers and chefs, I follow regularly are huge promoters of lentils, beans and chickpeas..also known as "pulses", in their dried form. (I know...weird name..but it is what it is)
|The pulses in my cupboard had an awesome photo shoot, no?
Check out recipes by Michael Smith, Jamie Oliver and a couple of my fave food blogs: www.sweetsugarbean.com by Renee Kohlman (who has a dessert cookbook coming up soon!) and www.smittenkitchen.com by Deb Perelman.
The "pulse" has seemed to have been increasing in popularity, as we, as a species, learn more about sustainable, healthy food options....which lentils, chickpeas and beans seem to be...I admit I am not an expert in this area...but I think you can trust the research.
In working in the cardiovascular health field (I am a medical SLP that works with stroke patients and have a lot of interaction with dietitians), you learn pretty quick that plant based foods, are the way to go for improving your diet....they can be expensive....but the way to go...
But wait a minute....pulses are cheap?
Sweet! (Which also appeases the accountant husband.)
So in short (or not that short)...2016 has been declared the "International Year of the Pulse" by the United Nations....i.e. you should get on board with trying this stuff too!
Hope you enjoyed this prequel post and enjoy the two, planned, blog posts to follow!


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April 26, 2007
Commerzbank AG: First quarter 2007 result clearly exceeds market expectations
According to preliminary figures for the first quarter 2007 the Commerzbank Group has presumably achieved an operating profit of EUR 880 million at minimum and a consolidated surplus of around EUR 590 million. The result is clearly surpassing analysts' expectations. Their current consensus estimates are marginally over EUR 700 million for the operating profit and around EUR 450 million regarding the consolidated surplus.
High revenues from the securities portfolio and a considerable rise in the commission income notably accounted for the result variation.
The complete Interim Report will be published according to schedule on May 9, 2007.


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A 'helpline' has been launched to help fans suffering from the end of the first series of Poldark. Those in need of a fix of stunning scenery – and panoramic views of the breathtaking Cornish coastline – can join the Facebook group to chat all things Poldark and Aiden Turner.
The 'power of Poldark' group posted a spoof poster as the first series ended with the tousled hero arrested by the local militia in an actual and literal cliff hanger.
Promising to offer the support of 'a middle aged woman with a serious crush on Aiden Turner' to chat to 'allowing us to drown our sorrows together' the jokey 'confidential helpline' says it is needed 'because our partners/boyfriends/husbands just don't understand'.
This was evident by the detail which needed spelling out to family members when 9pm came on Sunday night with Isabella tweeting instructions saying 'If you do choose to watch it with us do not talk, make loads of noise and don't you even think about slagging it or us!!!'
Some came prepared for the story's sad plot as well as the melancholy caused by Poldark's absence from our screens:
Others suggested ways to deal with the absence of the brooding heartthrob until the second series airs – or the DVD of the first series is purchased.
But those who won't be catered for will include the members of the mowing community who complained about Turner's 'excessive sweating and grunting' as he scythed topless on the hit BBC One show.
Posting a topless picture of the 31 year old the group said they understood he had been digitally enhanced in the image, leading one member to comment that she "would touch him up anytime".
The BBC even joined in with the collective social media mourning, tweeting:
'Feeling emotional after tonight's
#Poldark finale? We have a message from Aidan Turner to cheer you up…'
US viewers are scheduled to have their chance to enjoy Poldark from June when it airs on PBS Masterpiece. But not everyone here in the UK was quite so sad it was over with Scottish journalist Alex Massie dourly writing:


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ERISA-Second Circuit Rules That New York's Borrowing Statute, Combined With Pennsylvania's 4-Year Limitations Period, Cause Plaintiff's Suit For Benefits To Be Time-Barred
In Muto v. CBS Corporation, No. 10-3038-cv (2nd Cir. 2012), the plaintiffs were appealing the judgment of the district court dismissing as time-barred their class action claim under ERISA for pension benefits. The plaintiffs agree that since ERISA contains no express limitations period for bringing benefit claims under 29 U.S.C. § 1132, the district court correctly looked to analogous New York law-the law of the forum state- to determine the applicable period. They argue on appeal that the district court erred, however, when it looked past the six-year New York limitations period for contract actions, the seeming analogous rule; applied part of the New York regime known as the "borrowing statute," which directed it to Pennsylvania law; and ruled that Pennsylvania's four-year limitations period barred plaintiffs' claims.
In this case, the plaintiffs are residents of Pennsylvania, who had worked for Westinghouse Electric Corp. ("Westinghouse") in Pittsburgh in the 1990s. During that time, Westinghouse offered its employees a pension plan (the " Plan"). The Plan provided a pension benefit, in which a participant vests after completing 5 years of service. The plaintiffs did not have 5 years of service, and therefore were not vested in their benefit under the Plan, when their employment with Westinghouse ended. The plaintiffs' terminations occurred during a series of layoffs and business divestitures implemented by Westinghouse from 1994 through 2000. They claim that the layoffs resulted in a partial termination of the Plan, under which they would become vested in, and thus entitled to receive, their benefits under the Plan. The defendants deny that a partial termination occurred, and thus refuse to have the Plan pay the benefits.
This suit was initially filed in 2000. The court rejected the plaintiffs' claims, in 2001, on the grounds that they had not exhausted their administrative remedies. The plaintiffs next sought to pursue their administrative remedies, in 2003, by sending correspondence of their claims to the defendants. In April 2009, more than a decade after Westinghouse terminated their employment and more than five years after they sent their 2003 letters, the plaintiffs filed this class action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to recover benefits under the Plan on the partial termination theory. As indicated above, the district court dismissed the claim as being untimely. Was it correct?
In analyzing the case, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (the "Court") noted that, in determining whether a suit is timely brought under ERISA, courts should refer to the statute of limitations of the forum state, including any "borrowing statute" of the forum. In its borrowing statute, § 202, New York law provides that "when a nonresident plaintiff sues upon a cause of action that arose outside of New York, the court must apply the shorter limitations period. . . of either: (1) New York; or (2) the state where the cause of action accrued." Here the plaintiffs reside, and the cause of action arose (that is, the place of injury is), in Pennsylvania. Consequently, the Pennsylvania 4-year statute of limitations on breach of contract actions applies. As such, due to the more than 5 year gap between sending the correspondence (in 2003) and filing this suit (in 2009), the Court concluded that the plaintiffs' suit was not timely, and it affirmed the district court's judgment.


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I Don't Want More Professional Development
After several failed attempts to post a comment to TeachPaperless, I decided to post here instead...
I believe we all should want more professional development (with no quotation marks).
Professional development or growth – learning - is personal (not social) and stems from social interaction for the most part. "Social development" is partly the (synergetic) result of personal development within the network and is partly the influence the network has on the individual. The development of one's personal learning network can be viewed as professional development, but also can be too vague to have much meaning. Forming relationships, for example, does not automatically equate to professional development unless there is a formal system that links what an educator knows and what an educator can do to an improvement in student achievement.
The formal system that links what an educator knows and can do to higher student achievement is participatory action research (PAR). PAR allows educators the opportunity to goal/problem set, take action, collect data, and reflect on past actions and project on future actions. PAR bridges theory and practice in that it can tie general theory to a local context or vice versa. PAR sharing in particular is helpful to those professionals who work at a school or organization since typically missions and vision statements must be met as well.
"The world is not professional. The world -- at least our communal experience of it and of one another -- is social."
I would argue that the world is made up of professionals as in those who work for a living, but I would also add that some people have vocations (a calling) as well. Learning is personal (not social) and occurs by connecting with people and constantly reflecting on the way information and experiences flow between these connections in a way that best suits the individual and society as a whole.


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This is the last of our 4-part Yelp "Wisdom of the Crowd" series. Continuing from our latest post about a California restaurant actively seeking 1-star reviews on Yelp, Philadelphia Eagle star Sean McCoy was in the news recently for leaving a 20 cent tip at PYT, a popular burger joint in Philly. The owner posted on their Facebook page about the incident, and as a result, it's generated a lot of press.
This post isn't to argue either side of the argument – although, I have to admit that I have never left such a low tip regardless of the level of service – if I'm disappointed I will ask to speak with the Manager. The purpose of this blog post is to discuss what happened on Yelp after this went public. PYT's Yelp page exploded with reviews from people who took up each side of the argument.
I didn't have the time to read through all of the reviews, but it wasn't necessary. It was apparent after getting through 20 of them that PYT's Yelp page had dissolved into a message board – and more of a review of the personality of the manager vs. the food itself. It is times like these that there is very little "wisdom" in what the crowd is saying. It's highly emotional and quite personal. So now PYT has a 3-star review, but I really have no idea about the food, I just know about this one incident.
Frankly, the owner of PYT must be thrilled. He got a lot of publicity which I'm sure helped his business – at least in the short term. But is Yelp in this case helpful at all to a stranger who is simply looking for a good burger? It seems unlikely.
There's a major difference between wisdom and emotion. I have no issue with the discussion raging on both sides of this issue and people making their cases on who was "right" and "wrong". I just don't want it on a site whose purpose is to allow me to search for restaurants I may want to frequent, and to provide unbiased and helpful information about those restaurants.
As always, we welcome PYT to claim their page on Bizyhood and interact with their customers to get useful feedback (and a lot of other good stuff too!) instead of just a place for people to vent.


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Séminaire du LPTMS: Beatriz Seoane Bartolomé & Ulisse Ferrari
Phase transitions in computer simulations : the Tethered Monte Carlo method
Beatriz Seoane Bartolomé (LPT-ENS, Paris)
In this talk, I will present a powerful Monte Carlo method that I developed during my PhD [1,2] and extended recently [3], designed to efficiently study phase transitions at equilibrium. The principle is very simple, by means of external constraints to the system, we are able to avoid the traditional critical (exponential) slowing down associated to the second (first) order transition, and thus reach much larger system sizes than with traditional methods. Furthermore, the reconstruction of the constrained free energy is much simpler than in other similar methods, such as the famous Umbrella Sampling, allowing us to both fix multiple constraints at the same time, and to extract magnitudes such as the inter-facial free energy with an unusual high precision. In particular, I will discuss the Tethered Monte Carlo strategy in the context of a toy model for crystalline porous media [3].
[2] Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 165701 (2012).
[3] The Journal of Chemical Physics 147 , 084704 (2017).
Statistical Physics-inspired models of biological network: collective behavior in neuronal ensembles
Ulisse Ferrari (Institut de la Vision, Inserm & UPMC)
Date/Time : 06/02/2018 - 11:00 - 12:00
Location : LPTMS, salle 201, 2ème étage, Bât 100, Campus d'Orsay
Upcoming seminars
- Séminaire du LPTMS: Erik Aurell - 4 Sep 2018 - 11:00
- Soutenance de thèse: Kirill Plekhanov - 7 Sep 2018 - 09:30
- Séminaire du LPTMS: Arthur Goetschy - 25 Sep 2018 - 11:00
- Séminaire du LPTMS: Herbert Spohn - 13 Nov 2018 - 11:00


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About the bills
An news conference is planned for Tuesday in Lansing to unveil the bills.
LANSING — Late last year, Dan Gilbert visited the Capitol to personally lobby lawmakers to pass new tax incentives that he promised could help unlock billions of dollars of development in Detroit.
They didn't pass.
As supporters prepare to try again, Gilbert — and Detroit — will shade into the background in the push to pass what popularly became known as the "Gilbert bills."
This time, the rest of the state will get the spotlight from backers of a proposal to create a tax incentive for "transformational" brownfield projects. They plan to focus less on Detroit projects, in part to sell outstate legislators and their constituents on the opportunity the incentive would create in their own backyards, and in part to insulate the campaign against critics who characterized the bills as a way to pad billionaires' pockets with public money.
Gilbert's Rock Ventures LLC was one of the chief architects of the concept. But the campaign that backed it the first time around included other Michigan cities, but Gilbert's star power in the state's largest city made him the public face of the legislation.
The Saginaw-area senator who likely again will be the lead sponsor of the bills said Gilbert and his team haven't been asked to step aside. Rather, developers and business leaders in other communities will be asked to step up in an effort to battle misconceptions that the legislation would help Detroit at the expense of other cities.
"We were so focused on crafting the right legislation that we took our eye off the messaging ball, which is vitally important," said Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, who added that he bristled at hearing the "Gilbert bills" moniker.
"It's my responsibility as the (committee) chairman, I feel, to bust those myths," said Horn, who leads the Senate's economic development committee, where the bills likely will land. "We're going to talk about the vision that we have for Michigan (and) the type of people that we're attracting into Michigan. They're investing their personal incomes into these projects as residents of these projects, as tenants to the office spaces and the retail spaces."
A personal appearance
Gilbert, founder and chairman of Quicken Loans Inc. and Detroit's most well-known real estate developer, initially operated mostly behind the scenes on the legislation last year, which would have allowed developers to capture a portion of state income tax revenue generated by new developments at brownfield sites.
But by December, time was running out on the two-year legislative session in Lansing, and the five-bill package was days away from failing to make it to the governor's desk.
To save it, Gilbert testified before a House committee that the proposal would close the financial gap between construction costs and market rents in cities like Detroit, and noted that projects in Kalamazoo, Jackson and Petoskey also might finally see life.
"This is going to have an echo effect across the entire state," he said then, "not just Detroit."
State senators, chamber leaders and economic development professionals from across Michigan are scheduled to unveil the new bills at an event Tuesday in Lansing. The bills, when reintroduced, will have to restart the approval process.
Jared Fleisher, Quicken's vice president of government affairs, said representatives from Gilbert's team will attend the Tuesday event alongside possibly more than a dozen other members of a coalition supporting the incentive. No one on Gilbert's team, however, is listed as a speaker. Contrast that with last fall, when Matt Cullen, Rock Ventures' principal, led off the first round of committee hearings on the bills.
The coalition, known as MI Thrive, has grown to nearly 40 members, Fleisher said. The coalition is expected to release the expanded list Tuesday. Fleisher said members live "from Monroe to Marquette."
"We don't want to downplay or hide the fact that Detroit is going to benefit from this legislation. It will," said Dan Austin, a senior account executive with Van Dyke Horn Public Relations in Detroit and a spokesman for the coalition. "At the same time, we need to make it clear that Detroit is not the only city that is going to benefit from this legislation. And as part of that, we are attempting to prove to the people of Michigan that, yes, the cities in your community, in your region, are going to benefit as well."
In addition to Van Dyke Horn, MI Thrive plans to hire Lansing-based public affairs communications firm Marketing Resource Group to work on the incentive campaign.
The incentive would require developers to meet minimum investment thresholds in order to qualify for the tax capture, which start at $500 million in Detroit and go down from there based on a city's population. Tax captures would be capped at $40 million annually, and the state could approve no more than five per year. Horn said he removed a five-year sunset clause in the forthcoming version, which Gov. Rick Snyder previously supported, though Horn added that he would be open to negotiating the provision as the bills move through the Legislature.
When the bills were introduced last September — they later died at the end of the legislative term — Gilbert's involvement led to speculation that the incentive could help a number of his proposed projects, from the redevelopment of the former J.L. Hudson's department store on Woodward Avenue and a $1 billion Major League Soccer stadium on the site of the stalled Wayne County Consolidated Jail project on Gratiot Avenue.
Horn last week cited a number of projects throughout the state as possibilities if the incentive were approved and developers were found, including redevelopment of the Pontiac Silverdome and Northland Mall in Southfield.
"These are pent-up potential projects that will not happen but for some little spark that causes them to take off," he said. "This is indeed a statewide program, and it's not centered around any one particular community."


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It's been a long time, so let's have an update!
Jump to:
Politics (the one that there's nothing funny about)
Politics (the one that there's nothing funny about)
Net Neutrality is a big topic this week so I'll avoid repetition. Here's one take on Net Neutrality as a press freedom issue.
With the educational materials bill in Florida already eyeing libraries, this new "controversial theories" bill is important to know about.
Scholarly (Mis)Communication
The title is too good to pass up: "Rogues and Rebels: Less than legal platforms for open access resources"
Nature takes a look at plugins that facilitate open access.
Copyright Corner
Copyright is standing in the way of sharing information and scientific progress. Despite the Internet being created to share information between researchers, it is still hidden behind paywalls in the traditional publishing model.
Sci-Hub remains resilient despite losing domain names.
Copyright exemptions for libraries are common, but not consistent.
Emerging Technobabble
Paper: The use of social media by university library staff to facilitate undergraduate students
Research Reports
Paper: Satisfaction in virtual teams
Paper: What collaboration means to me
Paper: Standardizing citation instruction across the curriculum


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Some people take the Devil seriously.
Some television show did a skit where a man dressed up in a silly "devil" outfit and then went around the streets telling people that he was getting a bad rap and that he isn't as bad as people think he is. Along the way he runs one Christian who takes the issue very seriously. And while the results have a certain degree of humor (and risk) they a side of some Christians that is very ugly indeed. You need to watch the entire clip to get it.


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So it's been a week since I last wrote something on here. **sigh** I just been so dang busy, so dang tired. I had a whole bunch of family here for the "renewal" of vows. Husband and I eloped when we got married so this time around -- we mildly did it up. The last of the family that was here has FINALLY left. I'm kinda sad. Things are a little quiet now and I feel like I need to be doing something. Anything!
Anyway -- I will post a second installment to my BP Fling post. I will begin it as soon as I get through with this little post. See you in a few.


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"Trade Union representatives who participated in an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Rambam mission last November reported their impressions at a lunch in Sydney last Thursday." (Unionists report back, The Australian Jewish News, 14/2/14)
Our happy clappy rambammers (and their 'insights') this time around are:
Scott McDine (National Secretary, AWU): "There are... some in the labor movement... who have a very strong preconception of the Israeli-Palestinian issue'... He recalled discussing his experience with a representative from a union which endorses BDS, noting that the representative subsequently enquired about the next mission."
David Bliss (Assistant Secretary, Newcastle branch of the Shop, Distributive & Allied Employees Association (SDA): "It's very hard to put yourself in the shoes of the Israeli people and how they have struggled in the 60 years of the existence of the state to actually push away the many threats which surround them. When people criticise Israel about how it defends itself and the measures it takes to protect its people - we live in a very kind of sheltered existence."
Daniel Mookhey (Federal Election Campaign Coordinator of the ACTU): "Daniel Mookhey recalled witnessing 'a blistering, no-holds-barred industrial relations dispute' upon arriving in Israel... you wouldn't think, reading the press about Israel... that something so ordinary happens in practice day-to-day, because the view that you get of Israel is a view of a militaristic state. It's certainly not something that is worthy of sanction, boycott or divestment."
Phoebe Drake (See my 29/9/13 post Transformative Experience, Anyone?)
Michael Borowick (Assistant Secretary, ACTU): "It's critical that Israel remain a bipartisan political issue in the Australian body politic... and the mission plays its role in anchoring this strategy."
Monday, February 24, 2014
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Here's a short but proven list of some of my very favorite and super affordable gardener gift ideas your friends and family will love.
Gardener Gift Ideas
I thought I'd share with you a few of my favorite things to buy for your gardener friends or even for your own stocking this year. This time of year can be overwhelming and I know that we all want to give special gifts to all the wonderful people in our lives. I am always looking for the unique and practical gifts that my family and friends will love. So I hope you enjoy my small list of gardener gift ideas and that they inspire you this holiday season. Please be sure to comment and share your ideas too.
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I used to hate to wear gloves. I felt like I couldn't feel what I was doing when planting and the gloves seemed bulky and I just couldn't be bothered until I bought Nitrile Gloves. They have just right amount of protection and give; almost like a second skin.
They come in a variety of colors and sizes. And at less then $10 they make a great addition to a basket of goodies for someone you love. I've seen them at many garden centers or you can check them out here.
Garden Shears
Someone gave me a pair for my birthday a few years ago. I thought, "These are nice." Something you wouldn't buy for yourself. Maybe you use your pruners or standard household scissors for all your cutting needs but I find that I come back to them time and again. They are perfect for cutting herbs from the garden. Their slim arms make it easy to cut just the stems you want. They are also great for when you cut flowers for a centerpiece and you need to trim them up before arranging them in the vase. Some places call them herb snips, grape scissors or even bonsai shears.
Plastic Garden Tubtrugs
These have been out for a few years and I have always thought they were great. Basically indestructible with two sturdy handles in a bunch of cute colors and sizes. So many uses; garden clean-up, weeding, cutting flowers, keeping all your tools in and much more. They too are available everywhere from your local hardware store to Amazon for about $8-40 depending on the size. I plan on buy a small one and using it as a gift container so it can be part of the gift too. Anyone can find use for them. They don't have to be interested in gardening. Pack up a few boxes of good pasta, your favorite jarred sauce, a loaf of Italian bread and maybe a nice Chianti, or two and you have a perfect inexpensive Italian dinner in one tidy place for someone on your list.
These are just a few gardener gift ideas I'm thinking about right now but the season has just started. Stay tuned for more ideas. I'll keep you updated with affordable, fun, and practical garden gift ideas.


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About Diane - Transformational Healing
I am a fifth generation healer and psychic, and fourth generation engineer. Daddy Bray, a revered Hawaiian Kahuna, took me as his last student shortly before his death in 1968. I have been practicing as an healer for over thirty years.
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Goal - Use my healing and intuitive gifts to help free those suffering from physical and / or emotional pain, regardless of their physical location.
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Values - The work can only be done within an environment of emotional support, with respect for boundaries and confidentiality.
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- Bachelors degree in Psychology and Physiology
- Masters degree in Counseling Psychology
- Masters degree in Intuitive Diagnostics
- Doctorate in Psychology with emphasis in Psychobiology (Bio-Med)
- Doctorate in Hermetic Science
- Last student of Kahuna David (Daddy) Kaonohiokala Bray
- Channeling as a Profession: InnerAccess101
- Medical Intuition: Ritberger Institute and InnerAccess101 (Lori Wilson)
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There are many software tools that help us save time. Old school is excel spread sheets, oh so 90's. Project and task management has gone web 2.0
Trouble is with all this new technology there's the learning curve that goes with using them. That's the part that does my head in.
I just want the short story version of what it does and how it works. That's what I'll share today.
We've used 3 project management tools over the past 7 years. The first was ClockIt, nice, lots of potential but not enough functionality for us. Then we found WorkflowMax (now a part of the Xero group). WorkflowMax is a great tool, fantastic time tracking and brilliant reporting functionality but not so nice with the User Interface.
Then we discovered Mavenlink, I was an overnight convert. Smart interface, good time and task tracking, not as good with the time reporting but the company showed promise with their committment to development.
I always do that by the way, check out what they have happening on their ideas boards or forums. I don't start using software until I can see their commitment to improving it (software always needs developing). You don't want to use software that won't grow with your business.
So we went through the arduous task of converting our projects from WorkflowMax to Mavenlink. Once done we knew we'd made the right move.
Simple Task Management still an issue.
Trouble is for simple task assignment outside of managing our client projects (mainly websites and online marketing) within Mavenlink was still a problem.
I've always loved the Stephen R. Covey principle in 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective People' – The Four Quadrants of Time Management. We spend time in one of four ways, depending on the two factors that define an activity: urgent and important. I wanted to apply this principle for ranking priority of the tasks, if possible.
There are a surprisingly large number of project management and task tools out there. They clock time and assign teams, but very few of them have the kind of natural appeal which Trello exhibits.
I LOVE Trello!
The visual metaphor is the board.
A simple concept but Trello makes it into something capable of displaying all the ins and outs of tasks at one glance. What's to do, being done, complete. Commenting, sharing, attaching files, prioritising. Woohoo, I was able to apply the urgent important quadrant.
The simplist way I can describe it is like having a bunch of post it notes on whiteboard, except on steroids. It can be used for managing just about anything. We currently use it to manage ALL our internal tasks. It gives users a Web-based workspace that's as easy to use as a whiteboard and Post-It notes, but full-featured enough for distributed teams that need to work on complex projects.
Trello makes all this fun, and in so doing, helps to shake your sorry self into something resembling ship-shape. Great stuff. And I've found Trello to be a bit more intuitive for the way that my brain works too.
And I love the idea that I can then invite in my colleagues into certain co-working spaces and assign tasks, keep track of progress and have people assign me work to do (Mostly I delegate).
One of the issues for me was not only the delegation but was the communication that might need to occur throughout the task as well as knowing the task was completed and signed off. I wanted to be able to see what was done at the end of a day.
It's also available as an APP. Gotta love this, I'm away from the office and I get a notification there's a query on a task I set a team member. Great, I jump on, answer the query immediately, the team member sees the response and is able to keep moving forward so no bottlenecks.
Did I mention that I LOVE Trello!
So rather than me going on about how we use it I've done a quick video showing how we've set up 'boards' for each team member and 'lists' based on the 'Four Quadrants of Time Management'.
Here's the link to the Trello site, remember it's free! There is a paid upgrade version and to be honest, nice features but we haven't found the need to upgrade.
https://trello.com/ – Don't forget to download the APP for your mobile device too. It's great brag material for when you're at a function 🙂
Let me know what you think. Make a comment below if this was useful (bonus is you'll get traffic back to your website when you do, extra traffic is good 🙂 )
PS: I'll be emailing/posting about another powerful tool in the next email, so keep an eye in your inbox (Make sure you're in our newsletter list).
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A MAN has died after a two-car crash in Northumberland.
The collision happened just after 1.10pm on the dual carriageway section of the A1 near Swarland.
Police and emergency services were called to the scene alongside the Great North Air Ambulance.
A spokesman for the air ambulance told the Gazette that a man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The helicopter wasn't needed and had no involvement in the aftermath of the crash.
The northbound carriageway of the road is still closed but southbound is open.
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Aress Software and Education Technologies Private Limited has joined the ranks of many prestigious companies by successfully obtaining a Software Engineering Institute (SEI) CMMI Maturity Level 3 rating.
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You can import your recipes into this app, whatever be the format - documents, PDFs, emails, photos, images and web pages. You can even transfer in bulk using iTunes. Of course, you can type your own recipes in too.
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The inspiration for the App has come through reading the poem IF by Rudyard Kipling and the study of the fine Indian scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. They both speak of natural virtues and values which are all too evident in today's world.
This app is updated daily with an inspirational message and a quote, both relating to a particular virtue or value. You can browse through the vast collections of the inspirational messages based on various categories and also contribute to the already existing collection.
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A Dining Offers iPhone application that allows you to search for the nearby restaurants and find the discounts available. This app harnessed your phone's GPS capability to find you your very nearest restaurants. The users can phone for a booking with a tap of the finger. It points the users to the exact location of the restaurant with step-by-step driving directions using Google Maps. This app also allows the registered members to access their Live/Work/Play page that allows them to view the restaurants in the areas where they are most frequently around. The list of favorites is synchronized with their account and is always at their finger-tips.
This mobile application platform is available for iPhone and is mainly for the Vendor Offer deliveries. This core platform does the Offer management from vendors, Offer purchasing (via mobile device), credit card processing and statistics management for the vendors. The core site is really comprised of three main areas: administration of the process/Offers, vendor management of their Offers, and web-services for credit card processing.
The iPhone application has the following main features as outlined below:Grab – a 'grab' is a purchase of an offer in the system.
This application helps users to join a community and take small, everyday steps to change the way they live. As the users take these everyday steps, they form habits, and as those habits begin to change them and they become rhythms- deep patterns of life. The website gives the users a stack of different actions to take. Some are easy and some are pretty challenging, but the users can choose what they want to do based on where they are at. The app can be used with friends so that they can share their journey together. It's basically a fun way to start making some of the changes that everyone wants to make but don't know how. The users can add/remove/complete actions from their iOS device which then synchs the details back to the centralized web server. This application also allows the user to link his facebook and twitter account so that he can easily share the information about the actions performed by him, or recommend actions on his social networks.
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An effective platform for networking and communication between schools, students and parents.
PT Connect is a direct communications channel between teachers, parents and an information management tool designed to help parents and teachers work together seamlessly to keep on top of the logistical challenge associated with having children at school.
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Student access to information on the system is through group- with viewing rights accorded to their parents and full administrative control in the hands of teachers.
This digital magezine management application on available on iOS devices-the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
It is dedicated to downloading and displaying digital versions of newspapers and magazines. Using this app you can add new editions, Send notifications. A detailed analytics of the magezine edition is available to check the overall progress of the edition. Publishers can manage the subscribers and advertisements as well using this app.
ReferralDo is a fast and easy-to-use tool, built keeping in mind maximum employee engagement for sharing job openings within the employee social network and letting them earn rewards at every step of the recruitment process.
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Pregnancy app delivers interesting features and tools as well as trusted health information to expectant moms on the go.
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Goons are pretty much gone in the NHL.
Teams in the league have been following a trend of rolling four lines of forwards who can skate and score. The days of having one-dimensional, seldom-used players on the fourth line just to throw punches or protect the stars are over.
Fights are down, and playing time is up for more players.
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Seven days after he suffered a concussion, Southern University wide receiver Charles Hawkins was back in uniform, in full gear, ready to play again when his teammates faced Florida A&M in the Georgia Dome.
But his coach didn't let him.
This week, he's back.
Hawkins, who watched his teammates suffer an agonizing 38-33 loss, will return to the huddle when the Jaguars (1-3, 1-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference) face Mississippi Valley State (0-4, 0-3) in Itta Bena, Miss., at 2 p.m. Saturday.
For the junior receiver, Saturday can't come quickly enough.
"That (FAMU) game was going by so slow, because I'm used to being out there with my teammates and playing," Hawkins said. "You know you can go in there and help win the game. I tried to encourage them, tell them what I saw from the sideline."
Hawkins has been on the sideline since Sept. 17, when he absorbed a ferocious hit from Jackson State safety Richard Hughes in the first quarter of a 28-24 loss.
Second-year coach Stump Mitchell described it as a mild concussion - and although doctors cleared Hawkins to play against Florida A&M last week, Mitchell didn't.
"Hawkins is a great individual. I don't want his career to end because he got a couple (of consecutive) concussions," Mitchell said. "That's not going to be the case. But I'm not concerned this week about him, because they cleared him last week. So he'll be playing."
When Hawkins left the lineup, Hawkins was the team's second-leading receiver. He has nine catches for 187 yards and a touchdown.
Teammates have praised the 5-foot-10, 164-pound wideout for his leadership and knowledge of the playbook - not to mention a high tolerance for pain. In the season opener at Tennessee State, Hawkins suffered two rough-but-clean knockdowns on pass routes over the middle of the field.
His return should boost a position that's often regarded as the deepest and most talented on the roster - but somewhat disappointing of late.
Officially, Southern receivers have dropped six passes over the past two weeks, though Mitchell said he counted 10.
QB Douglas to play
Repeating what he's said several times this season, Mitchell said that although sophomore Dray Joseph is his starting quarterback, he'll continue to give freshman quarterback J.P. Douglas a few series each game.
Joseph was 14-of-22 with 222 passing yards, one touchdown and three interceptions against FAMU. He was spelled in the second and third quarters by Douglas, a freshman from Roswell, Ga., who was 3-of-10 for 20 yards, leading the team on one scoring drive just before halftime.
Douglas has played in three of four games this season, missing only the Jackson State game, a 28-24 loss on Sept. 17.
"I didn't think J.P. was able, in my opinion, to handle playing in the Jackson State game. I just didn't see it in his eyes," Mitchell said. "Against FAMU with the game being in Atlanta, he was a different kid. Under center, he felt great."
Joseph has completed 53 percent of his passes with seven touchdowns and four interceptions. His streak of 101 consecutive passes without an interception was snapped in the second quarter against FAMU.
Douglas has completed 41 percent of his throws with one touchdown and two interceptions.
Browne probable
Mitchell said junior left tackle Chris Browne, who suffered an apparent left ankle injury during last week's game, will probably play Saturday at Valley.
On the other hand, freshman left guard Zach Brown, who also injured his left ankle during the second half, will sit out, "probably for a week or two."
Browne had been bothered by a sprained ankle before last week's game. Brown, making his first college start, suffered his injury in the second half. He was seen on crutches afterward. Both players watched Tuesday's practice, wearing jerseys and shorts. So, too, did defensive lineman Delwin Williams, who bruised his ribs against FAMU.
SWAC honors PR Williams
Byron Williams was named SWAC specialist of the week Tuesday after his 79-yard punt return for a touchdown in last week's game.
It was the third punt return for a touchdown in the Mitchell era. Corey Cushingberry and Richard Wilson each returned punts for touchdowns last season.
It was the second special-teams touchdown of Williams' career. In 2009, he returned a kickoff 91 yards for a score against Alcorn State.
"There's no question that Byron is a talented young man," Mitchell said. "He has not learned the offense as of yet, and it's not that difficult, but I know he sees himself as a kickoff returner and a punt returner, and he did a fabulous job of doing that."
Funeral services set
Funeral services for Roderick Mosley, an SU graduate and former SU assistant sports information director, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Elm Grove Baptist Church, 1609 38th St., in Baton Rouge.
Mosley, 38, died of a heart attack last week. He was in his second stint as assistant sports information director at Grambling.
"We ask that the Baton Rouge community and the Jaguar Nation keep his family in your thoughts and prayers," said Southern SID Christopher Jones, himself a friend and former colleague of Mosley.


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