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A recent Hubspot article reports an interesting fact:
"By spending as little as 6 hours per week, over 66% of marketers see lead generation benefits with social media."
If you would have told a marketing expert thirty years ago that you could increase lead generation in six hours, he would have laughed at you. Social media marketing is opening new doors and creating new opportunities for businesses that don't have a lot of time or money to spend on marketing.
The aforementioned statistic, however, may be a bit surprising to those who browse social media daily. Social media websites, particularly Facebook, have a reputation for being time-consuming. So, if people are spending too much time browsing on social media, how can businesses use it as an efficient marketing tool?
Plan a strategy
Without a set strategy, marketers will have no target goals when managing the social media account. During strategy discussions, businesses should decide the following factors:
- How much time and money will we invest in social media?
- Which specific platforms will we use?
- What is our target audience?
- What type of content will we post?
- How will we interact with followers?
- What is our brand voice?
When marketers have a set strategy, they're much more effective in posting content and interacting with potential customers. But without a plan, they'll be browsing social media aimlessly.
Delegate tasks and responsibilities
If 10 employees have access to the social media account, businesses are much more likely to exceed the 6 hour weekly time investment. But if two employees are in control of the account, they'll use less time and will use it more efficiently. Give marketers specific tasks and goals so they'll spend their social media time wisely. Cut off access to other employees who would just be playing with the account.
Stay focused
If businesses are set on the 6 hour maximum, marketers will have to be very motivated and focused. An example of a method that might make marketers more efficient is thePomodoro Technique. The quintessence of this technique is to focus on one task for 25 minutes, and then try to improve your performance each day. A method like this can motivate and challenge your marketing team.
These tips should make your social media marketing practice more efficient and effective. If you would like more information about social media marketing, contact us.
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So much love
Tonight, the moon is the biggest it has been in eighty years. I try to take it all in. I feel desperate as I look up at the sky, trying to soak everything in as fast as I possible can. I don't want to miss anything. The trip flies by, a lesson I learned last year. It worries me to think that a week has already passed. I spent so much of this year thinking about returning to India and planning for it. I frantically review the last few days, the trip to Manav Sadhna, the village, ESI, Suresh. But the more I try to remember it the more everything blurs. The only thing still tonight is the moon. It sits high above me, a big glowing ball shining brightly in the sky, casting a pale light on the ground. I sit together with the Niswarth group in a circle under the stars. It has been a quiet night, literally. We had what is known as a silent dinner. We all sit cross legged on mats on the floor. It is completely dark outside and the only light in the room comes from candles. The ESI staff has decorated for the occasion by writing with chalk on the ground and by displaying paper birds with words like "Truth" and "Hope". After we ate we cleared the dishes. When I walked outside to wash them in the sink I saw that members of the staff had arranged our shoes in the shape of a heart and used beans to create eyes and a smile, making one large heart shape face. I was touched. After we were done we stayed back to serve the next group of people, school teachers on retreat. Serving meant setting out plates, cups, and spoons. It meant squatting down to their eye level with bowls of food to offer them. It meant clearing their plates when they were done and washing them in the sink outdoors. After the first group of women had eaten, the second group came in and the process was repeated. Finally, after all the guests staying at ESI had eaten the staff who had prepared the food and who had served us sat down to eat. I try really hard to serve them well. Tonight is about gratitude. I think about the Commons workers at Andover. Everyday they make us food. Everyday they serve us. But how often do we let them know how thankful we are? At ESI I am more conscious of being responsible for myself. We wash and dry our own dishes after eating. At home and school I fall into the habit of being waited on or expecting other people to take care of me. Here, I am taken care of but it is different. The ESI workers don't prepare my meals because it is an obligation but instead out of love for us and their work. Their love gives me an awareness of my feelings of entitlement and a desire to show gratitude. The opportunity to serve them while they eat is the best part of my day.
In Ahmedabad we learned about and worked with Manav Sadhna, an NGO, serving thousands of people in India and their sister organizations, Gramstree, Seva Cafe, and ESI. They are based on a simple idea. That if they do everything with love, they can never go wrong. Manav Sadhna's love is something I don't experience on a daily basis. I love my mom, my family, and my friends but the my everyday actions are not a reflection of that. Mostly, they are going through the motions, the endless list of things I need to accomplish, or blocks I need to check. When I am at school this type of selfless love feels especially rare as I try to bargain with the girls in my dorm to clean the common room, or complain about how tired I am or how much work I have. It makes sense. When you always have the "What's in it for me mentality" or are always thinking about what you will get out something it is impossible to feel the love. But tonight, I feel it everywhere. I feel it when I look at the faces of the other Niswarth group members, when I look up at the moon, and even as the memories of the past week frantically rush before my eyes. I've learned that only in mastering this type of love can I really find peace. Peace from sweating the small stuff, from worrying about not having enough time, and peace enough to live in the moment. I don't know much, I have spent a large part of the trip feeling confused and overwhelmed. But it does seem that if I place my trust in love I will be okay. As I sit, basked in light radiating from the largest moon in my lifetime, overflowing with food and good feelings I am sure of one thing in this moment. There is so much love.


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G. E. Farrow
George Edward Farrow (17 March 1862[1] – 1919[2][3]) born in Ipswich in England, was a noted British children's book author of whose life little is known.[4][5]
The son of George Farrow, a cement manufacturer in Ipswich, and his wife Emily, G.E. Farrow was educated in London and America. In 1891 he was working as a clerk to the Collector of Inland Revenue and was living at No 190 Dalston Lane in Hackney. In 1901 he was living at No 83 Sterndale Road in Hammersmith. By this time his occupation is listed as 'Author'.[6] On both these dates his mother was living with him.[7] He also lived for a time in Brook Green in West Kensington.
During his literary career Farrow wrote more than thirty books for children. He encouraged his young readers to write to him, answered their letters, and let their tastes and opinions guide his future works (rather like his American contemporary L. Frank Baum). Though he wrote adventure tales and poetry, Farrow was best known for his nonsense books written in the tradition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, especially his Wallypug series, including:
- The Wallypug of Why (1895)
- Adventures in Wallypugland (1898)
- The Wallypug in London (1898)
- In Search of the Wallypug (1903)
- The Wallypug in Fogland (1904)
- The Wallypug in the Moon (1905)
— and others; thirty-four volumes in all.[1] His last book was The Mysterious Shin Shira, published in 1915.
Surprisingly for a popular and prolific author, little is known of Farrow's life. We can glean a few sparse facts from the prefaces to his books: that he owned an armchair called Pendennis; had a dog called Gip, and was known to his friends as 'Gef'.[8] We can infer, perhaps, from those prefaces in which he repeatedly begged for letters from his young readers that he was lonely and childless. We can guess with the frequency with which he changed publishers that he was dissatisfied with the terms they offered. Until recently, even the year of his birth was not known with certainty,[note 1] it having been estimated at 1866, partly based on a reference in the Preface to an 1898 book:
- One of my correspondents, aged eight, has embarrassed me very much indeed by suggesting that I should "wait for her till she grows up," as she should "so like to marry a gentleman who told stories." I hope she didn't mean that I did anything so disgraceful; and besides, as it would take nearly twenty-five years for her to catch up to me, she might change her mind in that time, and then what would become of me.[9]
What did become of Farrow is also obscure. Author Noel Streatfeild has speculated,
- I think he must have met a Snark who turned out to be a Boojum, for he certainly has "softly and suddenly vanished away."[10]
Farrow's other books include The Missing Prince (1896) and The Little Panjandrum's Dodo (1899).
- ^ Discovered by researcher Glenn Christodoulou
- ^ a b G. E. Farrow Bibliography on 'Bookseller World' website
- ^ G. E. (George Edward), 1862-1919. G E Farrow on the University of South Australia website
- ^ G E Farrow on the Internet Archive
- ^ Caroline Sigler, ed., Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books, Lexington, KY, University Press of Kentucky, 1997; pp. 243-67.
- ^ Peter Hunt, ed., Children's Literature: An Illustrated History, New York, Oxford University Press, 1995; p. 171.
- ^ 1901 England Census Record for George E Farrow
- ^ 1891 England Census Record for George E Farrow
- ^ Gillian Avery, Introduction to The Wallypug of Why Victor Gollanz Ltd (1968) pg 8
- ^ G. E. Farrow, The Wallypug in London, London, Hutchinson & Co., 1898; pp. 6-7.
- ^ Noel Streatfeild, ed., To the Land of Fair Delight, London, Gollancz, 1960; Introduction, p. 7.
External links[edit]
- Works by George Edward Farrow at Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
- Works by G. E. Farrow at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about G. E. Farrow at Internet Archive
- List of 1st editions
- G. E. Farrow at Library of Congress Authorities, with 3 catalogue records
- Works by or about G. E. Farrow in libraries (WorldCat catalog)


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Earlier Event: October 14Southern Festival of Books
Later Event: November 10Homegrown Taproom & Marketplace
Nashville's Biggest Ukulele Band!
Forget what you think you know about the ukulele.
This little instrument can really swing!
The Ukedaelic's set includes uked-up versions of a wide range of musical genres: jazz, blues, pop, rock and country.
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Competition: Major League Soccer – New York Red Bulls vs. Vancouver Whitecaps
Venue: Red Bull Arena – Saturday, June 20 – 19:00 ET (00:00 BST)
Match Odds: New York Red Bulls 21/20 – Draw 12/5 – Vancouver Whitecaps 5/2
Match Preview
New York Red Bulls host Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night in what is a crucial fixture for both sides.
The Red Bulls come into the game in terrible form, with just one win in their last eight MLS games, and have now lost three straight league games following that 4-2 defeat in Houston last time out.
Jesse Marsch's side did win in their midweek US Open Cup game against the Atlanta Silverbacks though, and were boosted by the return of Ronald Zubar in that game.
But the priority will now be turning around their league form as they have fallen out of Supporters' Shield contention in recent weeks and now sit fifth in the Eastern Conference, 11 points behind top placed DC United.
They have only lost once at home this season, but that came in their most recent MLS game at Red Bull Arena, so three points are vital for New York this weekend.
That will be no easy task against a Vancouver Whitecaps side that are still competing at the top of the Supporters' Shield standings.
Vancouver currently sit third overall, despite only winning three in their last eight, with their 1-0 win away at LA Galaxy last time out their most impressive result so far.
They will hope to continue their road form when they travel to Red Bull Arena and go there with confidence, having won the last two meetings between the two sides.Embed from Getty Images
Last season saw Vancouver win 4-1 at BC Place, while in 2013 the 'Caps were victorious at Red Bull Arena with a 2-1 win.
Team News
New York Red Bulls will still be without Sal Zizzo, but are boosted by the return of Ronald Zubar who should make his first MLS start since the opening weekend. Matt Miazga is back from the U20 World Cup and could also return to the starting lineup, though Lloyd Sam is a doubt after being taken out of the midweek Open Cup game with and injury. Kemar Lawrence remains away on international duty.
Vancouver Whitecaps boss Carl Robinson has two injury worries going into this one as Andre Lewis and Marco Bustos will both miss out, while Sam Adekugbe remains a doubt. Darren Mattocks remains away with the Jamaican national team.
Key Points
New York Red Bulls' last five in MLS: W/D/L/L/L
Vancouver Whitecaps' last five in MLS: L/L/W/L/W
Key Stat: New York Red Bulls have never beaten Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS.
Key Player: Bradley Wright-Phillips – The English forward hasn't netted in his last four outings but is always better at home and has four of his five at Red Bull Arena this term.Embed from Getty Images
Score Prediction
New York Red Bulls 1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps – With neither side in inspiring form, it's tough to see either winning this one. New York need to end their losing streak, while Vancouver will look to remain tight and try and take a point back to Canada.


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New Pathways Could Improve Ethanol Yields
With the current demand for energy, fossil fuel is estimated to be depleted within 60 to 80 years and energy use will focus on sustainable forms that are cleaner, more reliable and renewable. The most reliable and oldest form of energy is biomass—the product of photosynthetic organisms such as plants, some microbes and some algae. A closer examination of plant physiology and genetic engineering possibilities offers new pathways to improve bioenergy conversion.
The initial photosynthetic product of plants, glucose, is the immediate energy source for cells that use the sugar to metabolize other forms of cellular energy such as starch, oil and proteins. Some useful products we derive from biomass include biodiesel from algae, cooking oil from corn, and ethanol from sugarcane and corn. To be considered a good biomass candidate for product derivation, a species must satisfy three criteria: be high yielding, easy to grow and contain high levels of extractable content.
One example is sugarcane, a high-yielding tropical grass with a stem diameter of 1 to 3 inches and a height of up to 5 feet or more. Sugarcane's high extractable sugar content accounts for 10 percent of its weight. It is no wonder that the sugarcane species Saccharum officinarum is one of the most important food-producing grasses in the world. Sugarcane requires strong sunlight, much water and a long maturation period.
Another example is hybrid yellow dent corn, a relatively easy species to grow and one of the most important production grains in the United States. Cultivated mostly in the temperate Midwest, corn is economical to grow and yields a large amount of biomass. The corn kernel is a seed with 3 to 4 percent oil, 9 to 10 percent protein, and about 72 percent starch. The high starch content makes corn a good product for livestock and for the extraction of high-fructose sugar. Currently, almost all of the 200-some ethanol producers in the U.S. use corn. To produce ethanol, however, corn starch must be broken down into fermentable sugars, which makes it less economical than sugarcane with its high extractable content of fermentable sugars.
Nature has endowed certain plants such as sugarcane with enhanced metabolic pathways to produce high sugar content. Molecular biologists can nudge certain unendowed plants, such as switchgrass, toward similar pathways. All plants produce sugar by photosynthesis, but differ in how the sugar is used or stored for easy access. Depending on the physiologic needs of a plant, sugar can be stored in starch, converted into oil, used for producing structural cellulose, or stay in circulation as an immediate energy source.
A major hurdle in ethanol production has always been low yield and the unavailability of quality feedstock. Efforts to increase yield often focus on strategies in producing feedstock with high sugar content, either by genetic engineering or breeding selection. An obvious choice for selective breeding is sugarcane. Its sugar content is good, but its growth rate and ease of cultivation need improvement. Switchgrass is a grass species with a fast growth rate that is easy to grow, but lacks high sugar content. An ideal solution, then, would be to cross sugarcane and switchgrass—sugarswitch—which may satisfy all the three criteria of high yield, easy to grow and high extractable sugar content.
The downside to selective breeding is that it involves a long learning curve, and the pattern of inheritance of desirable traits is not always straightforward. An alternative strategy is genetic engineering, which has become more widespread in the past three decades. In engineering plants producing high sugar content, the biology of the target species must be considered. For example, the yellow dent corn kernel is a seed—a fertilized embryo in dormancy until germination occurs and rapid growth requires the utilization of stored nutrients in the form of starch, protein and oil. In contrast, in rice seed, which has 16 to 20 percent lipid content in its aleurone layer, lipase activity utilizes oil as an energy source. The digested lipid content is used for gluconeogenesis within glyoxysomes. The rapidly growing, germinating seeds are able to convert stored oil into sugar for immediate energy, suggesting an approach to engineering enhanced sugar content in corn kernels or rice seeds.
Under certain conditions, plant oil such as corn triglycerides, can be reverted back into glucose sugar, the substrate for ethanol production. With the current ethanol production efficiency averaging about 93 percent of theoretical yield within the industry, there is not much room for improvement. Attempts at increasing yield should, therefore, focus on the metabolic conversion of oil into sugar.
Mechanistically, triglycerides are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol—precursors for gluconeogenesis, the pathway that converts biomolecules into glucose. Fatty acids are converted into oxaloacetate using enzymes that include isocitrate lyase and malate synthase (Figure 1). Oxaloacetate is then used for the gluconeogenic conversion into glucose (Figure 2). Another product of triglyceride breakdown, glycerol is metabolized into glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (GA3-P), a more immediate substrate for glucose synthesis. The pathway is catalyzed by glycerol kinase, G3P dehydrogenase, and triosephosphate isomerase enzymes (Figure 3).
Various attempts at increasing ethanol yield have focused on enzymes or engineering new microbial strains for conversion. Enzyme use is cost-prohibitive, and complexity is an issue with microbial engineering. A different approach to plant engineering opens new possibilities for producing plants fit for high ethanol yield. Plants could be engineered to enhance the expression of key enzymes that metabolize oil into sugar. The key catalysts in the pathways are isocitrate lyase (Figure 1), PEPCK (Figure 2), and glycerol kinase (Figure 3). Studies have shown that isocitrate lyase knockout in Arabidopsis leads to a drastic reduction of gluconeogenesis from oxaloacetate. The lack of malate synthase, however, does not have any effect on gluconeogenesis. PEPCK reduction in Arabidopsis also reduced the sugar levels. In the storage tissues of fatty seedlings, glycerol kinase was shown as responsible for the initial conversion of glycerol into sugar. The studies indicate the power of engineering plants that convert their oil content into sugar.
The potential for yellow dent corn is intriguing, with its 3 to 4 percent oil content. If 95 percent of the oil could be converted to sugar, ethanol yield could be increased by as much as 10 percent, given that oil has more than twice the amount of energy as sugar.
Author: Trent Nguyen
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few." ~ Shunryu Suzuki
This is the time of year when my schedule slows down and I get to be a dilettante again. Being a dilettante used to be a good thing. It meant that you were trying something new and being open to exploration. In today's common usage, it is mostly derogatory, referring to someone who is an amateurish dabbler.
dil-et-tante (n): somebody who is interested in an art or a specialized field of knowledge who has only a superficial understanding of it
When it comes to photography and poetry, I am a dilettante (feel free to reference my prior blogs as proof). I admit my understanding of those subjects is superficial. And I embrace that. I embrace that purposefully.
That was not always easy for me to do. When I first moved to New York City in 1993, I was so concerned with not looking like I stepped straight out of the cornfields of Ohio that I wouldn't stop and ask for directions. It appeared to me that everyone else knew what to do, where to go, and how to behave, and that if I openly acknowledge that I didn't, I'd look like a fool.
So when I walked into Steps on Broadway to take dance classes for the first time, I just went with the flow—lined up behind others that had their wallets out to pay for class, followed a guy who just arrived to see where the dressing rooms were, and imitated the actions of others as they prepared for class. Last thing I wanted to look like was some dilettante.
It took some time for me to realize that if I simply asked someone, I would get help and learn faster. I was full of pride and did not want to be embarrassed. I came to understand that the Zen concept of beginner's mind means working from a place of openness and freshness. It requires emptying oneself of feeling full. Eventually, I discovered there was an even more sinister version of this full (perhaps fool) feeling at work.
For years I swore I would never get my masters degree in a dance related field. After all (I thought to myself), I was a professional dancer in New York City--what was some professor perched in an ivory-covered dance studio going to teach me? Once again, I was feeling full, like the student who misses the specific lesson of a combination in class because they think they already know it. After all (they think to themselves), they have done pirouettes 10,000 times already so what new information could you possibly introduce.
Luckily for me, I was able to recognize the foolishness of this thinking. I went on to get my master of fine arts degree in contemporary dance choreography and performance and it was one of the most gratifying and growing experiences of my life.
I often find myself trying to turn life lessons into dance lessons. I ask my students, "If you have a pitcher full of water and I pour a gallon of water into it what happens?"
"Simple," they reply. "It spills."
Our minds are like that pitcher, in order to hold what is being offered (from a teacher or from life experiences) we have to empty our minds from the concept of being full.
I often find myself trying to turn life lessons into dance lessons. I ask my students, "If you have a pitcher full of water and I pour a gallon of water into it what happens?"
"Simple," they reply. "It spills."
Our minds are like that pitcher, in order to hold what is being offered (from a teacher or from life experiences) we have to empty our minds from the concept of being full.
Two obstacles to overcome:
- The feeling that we already know.
- The insecurity of admitting we do not know.
So, while I appreciate and admire the depth and breadth of knowledge it takes to reach a level of expertise in an art, a subject, or a field of knowledge, I also appreciate that we all have to continue to get back in touch with our beginner's mind.
If I didn't embrace beginner's mind, I would only share my photography and poetry after I achieved some level of accomplishment. And if I am being honest with myself, I would most likely never feel like I achieved that mystical level of accomplishment and, therefore, never share a photo or a poem or a story or a dance or a blog.


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Extreme poverty in the world has decreased considerably in the past three decades (figure 1). In 1981, more than half of citizens in the developing world lived on less than $1.25 a day.
This rate has dropped dramatically to 21 percent in 2010. Moreover, despite a 59 percent increase in the developing world's population, there were significantly fewer people living on less than $1.25 a day in 2010 (1.2 billion) than there were three decades ago (1.9 billion).
But 1.2 billion people living in extreme poverty is still a extremely high figure, so the task ahead of us remains herculean.---The World BankThe fact that the reduction comes in spite of a 59% INCREASE in population in developing countries over this time is stunning to me. Greater Asia and India account for a disproportionate amount of the reduction.
Open markets, the Asian supply line, and free(er) trade have lifted 100's of millions out of extreme poverty. This is a good thing.


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So this has to be the weirdest announcement of a run for the presidency in history, for both the Democratic and Republican parties combined. Even weirder than Sarah Palin getting a spot on last election's ticket as VP candidate and weirder than her continued presence on anyone's political radar.
There is a self-proclaimed VAMPIRE running for a presidential bid! Or trying to. And better still, he's a REPUBLICAN! Ahhh. Sigh. You gotta love America.
His name is. . .wait for it. . .Jonathon 'The Impaler' Sharkey. Now for his bio, from a lovely profile of Mr. Impaler in Religion Dispatches' "Your Hatred Will Make Me Famous: Making Sense of a Republican Vampire":
"[I]n 2005 [Sharkey] acquired his public persona as "The Impaler" and created the Vampyres, Witches, and Pagans party. Claiming to be a descendent of Romanian monarch Vlad "Dracula" Tepes, in 2008 Sharkey promised public execution by impalement for terrorists and child molesters, as well as president George W. Bush–a threat that drew the attention of the Secret Service. He also presented himself as a candidate who would defend the religious liberties of groups that have traditionally been persecuted by the Christian right. His platform for 2012 has been expanded to include impaling illegal immigrants and criminalizing abortion. As an ordinary Republican, Sharkey was unnoticeable. But as The Impaler, he quickly became a media spectacle.
I bet he did. Fascinating. And terribly disturbing. I'm just glad he's claiming the Republican party and not the Democratic.
So look out Sarah Palin! The Impaler is hot on your heels.
Remember all the Buffy v. Edward spinoffs? I can't wait for the Sarah v. Johnny "The Impaler" cartoons and youtube videos.


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A picture of Christ and the church that's been marred by divorce does not alter the reality that Christ has promised to never leave you nor forsake you.
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Luke Abney at The Rogue and Good Company says that because of our climate, men's fashions here are always transitional. "We live through a longer spring/summer season than we do fall/winter, therefore, executives here tend to stick with predominantly lighter-weight fabrics for the majority of the year." Abney says that the fabrics of choice for most men in the South is linen, poplin and a lighter weight wool. "That's a seven-ounce wool as opposed to a 10-ounce wool preferred by men further north."
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The trend in men's fashions is skewing back towards a more traditional look, according to Abney. "We are beginning to move away from the khaki and golf shirt look for work and getting back to a more traditional look. Men can purchase a sports coat with two or three pairs of pants and still have a comfortable, casual feel but with a little more polish. They can pair that same coat with a pair of linen pants for a reception or for hosting employees for dinner."
Abney says that men are tending to dress up a little more for things such as going out to dinner and the like. "The denim craze is still huge, as it is for women, but now men are wearing jeans like dress pants. But what we're talking about here is a $210 pair of jeans paired with a nice sports coat and dress shoes. It's a great casual-elegant look."
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Colors for spring and summer 2008 are in the pastel range. "Lots of mint green and blue hues as well as greens, softer yellows and lighter browns will all be popular," says Abney. And for ties, "there will always be dots and jacquards, but this season, stripes and paisleys will be hot. And those will carry on into fall, too, so you don't have to worry about having a nice tie that you can only wear four months."
Abney says that this spring's repp-striped ties are a modern take on a classic. "My grandfather wore a repp-stripe tie 70 years ago, and it would still look great today."
Wright Scott of Great Scott in Jackson says that this spring, many well-dressed men will be sporting a lighter-weight sport coat. "The fabrics will be lighter in weight, and there will be no shoulder pads," says Scott. "These coats are practical for our sub-tropical climate, and they look great paired with dress slacks. But the great thing is that they also look good paired with a nice pair of jeans or casual slacks."
Scott says that with the downturn in the economy, there's a trend towards more formal attire. "When a man dresses in a nice suit for work, his work ethic changes. He works a little harder. While dressing down is still going to be popular, we believe that more men will be stepping up their game, fashion wise, to maintain a more competitive edge."
Fashion trends for spring, according to Scott, include a return to the flat-front pant and a thinner tie. "A flat-front trouser actually makes a man look slimmer. And with ties, we're seeing them go a little narrower, down to three to three and a quarter inches. They are even thinner up north, but the men here in the South are more resistant to that. You will only see the thin ties on the British-rocker types." Scott says that knitted ties are also making a comeback.
For the woman executive on the go, Whitney Curran, a buyer for Maison Weiss, says that the popularity of dresses is on the rise. "We have them in every shape, from the mod look of shifts and baby doll dresses to a more classic shirt-waist dress." Curren says that dresses are easy to wear and practical, which may account for their rising popularity.
However, in the professional world, nothing will ever replace a suit. But this spring's suits are "breaking out of the box," according to Curran. "It's not just your classic black suit anymore. We're seeing wonderful splashes of Crayola box colors. Green is a particularly popular color this spring, especially a rich grass green."
The great thing about this spring's color pallette, explains Curran, is that they will all roll over nicely into fall. "The fall color previews are very similar to this spring and summer. Usually, we tend to go into browns, rusts and golds, but the color pallette for fall will be more vibrant this year, which is good news because in the South, our summer season stretches deep into fall." Curran says that another hot trend for spring is muted metallics. "We're not talking the shiny golds and silvers, but a more muted, toned-down version of metallics that are perfectly acceptable for daytime wear. Right off hand, I'm thinking about a beautiful gunmetal linen dress we have in the store that would look great in the office or the boardroom."
Another new trend for women is paring a more conservative shape with a flowing one. "A classic, tailored blazer looks great over a pretty, flowing skirt," says Curran. "It maintains the professional look while making a woman feel more feminine."
Donna Southern is the assistant manager at Talbot's Petites in Highland Village. "We are seeing lots of linen this spring, and we can't keep it in stock. It leaves the store as fast as we get it in." Perfect for work during the spring and summer months, Southern says the store carries linen skirts in all lengths. "And women are still wearing a lot of pants to work, and we have them in all lengths as well. Even crop pants look polished when paired with a nice pair of heels."
Color is a big fashion element this spring, according to Southern. "We're still seeing the traditional navy and black suits, but pairing a bright green with the navy or a bright yellow with black give the suits a fresh, contemporary look. We're also seeing lots of turquoise and corals this spring."
Southern says that dresses have made a huge comeback as well, and her customers are responding very favorably. "Dresses just take us back to a more feminine style. And to cater ro women who work in air conditioning, many of our dresses come with a matching shrug or jacket."
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Whatever the state of politics between India and Pakistan may be, the citizens of the neighbouring countries, separated at birth, are naturally drawn to each other and you cannot stop that, says Fatima Bhutto, niece of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and granddaughter of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, himself the first popularly elected chief executive of the country.
Ace writer and author Fatima herself, though, has stayed away from politics — and a bloodied political saga resembling a Greek tragedy may be to blame, which has seen her father, aunt, grandfather and an uncle die unnatural deaths.
She said there has always been "great warmth" between the people of the two countries, and that she has personally been a witness to it.
"Whether it's Pakistani serials or Indian films, art or books, as a people we are naturally drawn to each other and open and curious to learn more... Art has always broken barriers — it's always been a powerful way for people to connect and communicate with each other and I think the ease of the Internet has helped us overcome physical obstacles," the 36-year-old writer, who has been a critic of Benazir Bhutto, and her husband Asif Ali Zardari, whom she accused of being involved in her father's murder, told IANS in an e-mail interview from Karachi.
Asif Zardari is a former president and co-chairperson of the Bhuttos' Pakistan People's Party now headed in name by his son Bilawal, Fatima's first cousin.
She recalled that, in the year gone by, she read books by several Indian authors online and even discovered authors she had not read before such as Gurmehar Kaur, Supriya Nair and Raghu Karnad.
"No amount of downfall anywhere can stop me from seeking out new and interesting voices."
However, the cultural exchanges between India and Pakistan have hit rock bottom in the past two years, with only books being the exception. On this being pointed out, and asked of her prescription for enriching people-to-people ties between the two countries, Fatima urged people to engage with each other's creative and popular cultures.
"What we must do is keep insisting that we want to read each other, want to speak to each other and reject attempts to interrupt that," she said.
Interestingly, her novel The Runaways — about radicalism and the confusions of millennial culture and how difficult it is to survive in a world on fire — which released towards the end of 2018, was welcomed with rave reviews in India.
She said when she began writing it, she was thinking primarily about her two main male characters — Monty and Sunny — who come from very different worlds but are thrown together in the wilds of Iraq. The narrative of the novel also makes it apparent that youngsters are drawn to radicalism as a result of societal and political pressures.
"The narrative we are fed today is that radicalism is borne out of religion, I don't think that's necessarily true. I think radicalism comes from a hundred different humiliations and wounds — not just one source. To boot, we live in a time where young people are subjected to an overwhelming culture of the self: Everyone wants to be famous, to go viral, to be seen, to be significant," she said.
Asked if there there was a political ideology that goes into her writings, Fatima said she doesn't set out to write about politics, it's not her intention when she sits down at her desk, but it's what she is drawn to.
"My way of seeing the world is shaped by a fundamental belief that politics is ingrained in everything. It codes the films we watch, the places we travel to, how we live, how we treat others, how we dress — everything. With The Runaways I wanted to write about what has to happen to a person in order to radicalise him — what does it mean to be at war with your society, your family, your friends, your world? But it's also a novel about loneliness, about social media, about not feeling and wanting to be powerful. I'm not an ideologue, I'm interested in people — I don't want to judge anyone but to observe them and hopefully understand them."
The title of her novel may leave some readers wondering if the author is herself a runaway too, particularly in view of the upheavals that her family has been witness to in the political trajectory of Pakistan.
Fatima recalled she was born in exile and spent a good part of her life searching for the idea of home.
"I used to say that I always felt like a rootless person but that's not quite correct, I think it's the opposite — I have roots everywhere. Not nowhere. I have roots in Afghanistan because of blood and birth, in Syria because it was my first home, the first place I truly loved, in Iran because my Dadi was from Isfahan and so much of the language, the food, the humour of the country remind me of her... and it goes on. I'm at home everywhere in the world and rather than feeling displaced, I feel connected. Home is the people you love, it's not a geography," she said.
The Runaways is published by Penguin Random House and is available in both bookstores and online. — IANS
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Some of the knocks on student loans are the debt can never be discharged, the interest rate can't be written off, and the government can garnish wages and other benefits if federal loans aren't repaid. All of that creates a tough situation for countless borrowers around the country, but Maryland Governor Larry Hogan is aiming to fix that.
Last week, Hogan proposed that interest on student loans become tax deductible, similar to how homeowners can write down their mortgage interest. Additionally, he proposed a cap on the rate at which colleges and universities in the state can raise tuition to 2%. These moves are designed to alleviate the financial burden that is often associated with earning a college degree. When Hogan announced the proposal, he claimed that student loans often influence many young people into giving up their dream of a college education. By Hogan's count, close to 60% of college students in Maryland are graduating with more than $27,000 in student loan debt.
Dubbed the 2017 Student Debt and Tuition Relief Initiative, under Hogan's proposal student debt interest payments would be tax-deductible for all residents of Maryland who earn less than $200,000 a year. In addition to the cap on tuition increases, the proposal also includes investments in high priority projects at higher education institutions in the state. "Having a college education is more important now than ever before, but the harsh reality many face today is that earning a college degree often goes hand-in-hand with accumulating crippling college debt," said Hogan in a release announcing the initiative.
This isn't the first time Hogan has tried to make a college education more affordable for students and to reduce some of the hardships caused by student loan debt. In 2015, his administration created a mortgage initiative aimed at Marylanders with $25,000 or more in student debt. That program resulted in $90 million in new mortgages. Last year it rolled out the SmartBuy program in which eligible buyers can purchase homes and at the same time eliminate their student loan debt.
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Revenue for Mindbody, San Luis Obispo, California, grew to $35.3 million, a 35 percent increase year-over-year, according to quarterly financials released by the company Thursday.
"The third quarter marked another quarter of strong revenue growth and operating discipline," co-founder and CEO Rick Stollmeyer said in the report. "We added 2,795 subscribers in the quarter and are now serving more than 58,500 subscribers worldwide. Additionally, we saw excellent growth in adoption and engagement across our platform and completed the acquisition of HealCode, one of our most successful technology partners."
Mindbody's subscription and services revenue grew 33 percent to $21.2 million, and payments revenue jumped 41 percent to $13.5 million.
The company saw total subscribers grow 20 percent since this period last year. Average monthly revenue per subscriber also increased 12 percent.
In the report, the company highlighted its new app, MyFitnessPal, a collaboration with partner Under Armour. The app, which helps exercisers connect with nearby fitness classes, has 60 million registered users in the United States and "can now easily discover, book and pay for classes at tens of thousands of fitness studios in the Mindbody network across the country," according to the report.
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Ok, I'll admit it. I love newsletters, and not just because I write the newsletter for Escape. I subscribe to a bunch of "other" newsletters: recipes, software products, poetry, world news. I try them out. I change my mind about what topics I find interesting. I unsubscribe. I re-subscribe because I miss them. It is empowering. So how does all of this good will translate to the newsletter for Escape? As you know, there is a lot going on and sometimes it is hard to keep up, what with all of the new releases, government regulations, and technology enhancements.
For example, did you know that as of July 1st, the government requires you to identify the race and ethnicity of every new employee? Did you know that Escape Online has two different forms, depending upon account type, for budget entry? Or, how about the year-end webinar that occurred in June? Do you know when the next release webinar is scheduled?
All of these questions are important, but the most important question is, "What is important to you?"
So when we started looking around for a better way to deliver our newsletter to our customers, one of our goals was to allow you to choose the information you receive from us. The tool we found is made by Constant Contact. For the past several weeks, we have been using it; in fact, we used it to send out the last newsletter. And, the consensus is that we love it.
It automatically gives YOU the ability to unsubscribe (no more Leslie not getting it right and you end up with an extra newsletter or two in your inbox). And, it allows us to have multiple lists, so you can choose what information you want. And, it has an online survey tool which will let us create surveys (like the ones you take in the release reviews) and put them on our web site or in a newsletter.
Our first step is to allow you to sign up for emails: newsletters, webinar notifications, training notifications, Escape alerts (company holidays, phone disturbances, etc.). The sign up is on the right side bar of the News page on our web site.
- If you already receive the newsletter or any other communications from us, then you will be prompted to confirm your email address and be emailed instructions on how to update your "email profile," which is where you can define which emails you want to receive.
- If you have never received a communication from us (or haven't for a really long time), you will be prompted for information and given a list of emails you can sign up for.
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text: Share: Comments Print December 31, 2008 at 4:00 PM Idaho girl dies of hypothermia Posted by Seattle Times staff Punishment enough Regardless of blame, I think we can all agree that an 11-year-old girl dying of hypothermia on Christmas Day is a senseless tragedy ["Father charged with murder in Idaho girl's death in snow," News, Dec. 30]. However, it was clearly an accident. The father of these children undoubtedly made a stupid decision, but I don't think there was any malice involved. This man has lost his daughter forever. He will have to live with the guilt of knowing that his negligent actions caused her death for the rest of his life. He will have to live with the burden of blame from society, and very likely the blame from his son and the children's mother as well. That is punishment enough, and if it's not enough for the angry mob, how about something more appropriate, like reckless endangerment? Not second-degree murder. This was not a "murder." The punishment should fit the crime. — Shannon Kimball, Edmonds Comments | More in crime/justice


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Travel on an Anatomical Safari
Explore the intricate biology, zoology and physiology of the world's most spectacular creatures, large and small in this fascinating new exhibition by BODY WORLDS creator, anatomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens.
ANIMAL INSIDE OUT takes visitors on an anatomical safari of more than 100 specimens. Each animal is painstakingly preserved by the remarkable process of Plastination, invented by Dr. von Hagens.
From goats to giraffes, elephants to eels and octopuses to ostriches visitors will discover the form and function of animals both exotic and familiar. Animal biology textbooks spring to life in this unforgettable museum learning experience.
The exhibition explores:
Skeletal foundations: From tiny insects to full-grown mammals, most animals have a skeleton of some sort, whether it is an endoskeleton which humans have or the exoskeleton of insects and crustaceans.
Muscles, tendons and ligaments: From the large running and leaping muscles of a reindeer to the specialized muscles of a bull's heart pumping blood and nutrients around the body, ANIMAL INSIDE OUT reveals how most animals have muscles.
Internal circuit of the nervous system: The nervous system is a vast and complex network connecting the brain, the spinal cord and all parts of the body, channeling a constant flow of data and sending out commands. The nerve fibers that carry this vital information can be finer than a human hair and are invisible to the naked eye.
The birds and the bees: After feeding, reproduction is the most essential of all an animal's activities, and evolution has developed a vast number of different ways for animals to reproduce.
Breathing and eating: The lungs and digestive tracts of animals, such as the reindeer, reveal the intricate detail of some of the major organs in the body, many of the characteristics of which we share with them.
Wildlife conservation and Preservation: By learning how similar animals and humans are visitors will be able to gain a new appreciation for the importance of animal welfare.
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I must admit I am a little too adventurous, attempting a clothing pattern without any indepth knowledege of crocheting, and this is what I ended up - stucked.
When I began this bolero, it took me quite a while to dicipher the pattern, finding out where exactly to begin and how to continue. If not for D, I don't think I know where to cast my first stitch. Thanks D!
Now that I'm almost halfway there, I'm presented with another obstacle - how am I going to join the main body to the shoulder (in very layman terms)? The pattern is too abstract for me, I have great difficult visualising how its going to turn out. I have been visiting blogs where the owners have completed this pattern and trying to screw my eyeballs back from staring too hard at their pics. No use, still no light bulb appearing on my crown. I guess my safest bet is to continue casting and and see how it goes. Unfortunately, I'm one of those few who has to learn from mistakes *bawl*
Speak of mistakes, argh...its not supposed to be highligher yellow, I mean, my yarn. Haizzz....if I could get it right, I'll most likely redo it in another less striking color.
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By Jerry Newcombe, D.Min.
Throughout the centuries, the Christian church has been involved in health care. Jesus healed the sick, showed compassion to the needy, and told us to go and do likewise.
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The church created the phenomenon of hospitals. Even today, all over the world, many hospitals and many medical clinics in out of the way places do what they do because they were ultimately inspired by the love of Christ.
But what about those who want to serve as a medical missionary yet they have an unpaid student loan that helped train them to become a doctor, a nurse, a physical therapist?
MedSend out of Charlotte was founded in the early 1990s to help meet this need. Recently, on my radio show, I interviewed Rick Allen, the president and CEO of MedSend.
Allen told me, "In the mid-1980s, there was a recognition that several mission hospitals and clinics around the world were in danger of closing because a new generation of health-care providers was not coming to replace those that were of the World War II generation, who were looking to come home. So a study was made at the Billy Graham Center of Wheaton College, and what was uncovered was that it was educational debt…individuals felt called to missions, but they would take ten years or so and pay it off. Of course, life happens. You get the practice. You get the family. All the responsibilities. And they weren't going. They were hunkering down here in the U.S., and it was the debt that was the core issue."
So, as a project within the Christian Medical & Dental Association (CMDA), MedSend was born in 1992. MedSend has since spun off as its own organization.
Rick Allen says they have been able to free up over 650 healthcare professionals to serve in the field. The former students are carefully screened to make sure they practiced good stewardship in their loans and expenses. The candidate makes a commitment to the mission field for at least two years, and during that time their loan payments are picked up by MedSend.
Allen says they are currently supporting about 200 health care professionals across the globe, including those working in urban settings in the U.S. Of those helped by MedSend, 50% are doctors, 25% are nurses, and 25% are other health-related personnel.
Because of MedSend, active Christians who could not have afforded to go otherwise are able to serve effectively. Among them:
- A physical therapist in the Middle East comments, "I am so thankful that MedSend allows me to be sharing Jesus, working among the poor and refugees and seeing more Muslims come to Jesus than ever before!"
- One nurse who is able to serve in Guatemala because of MedSend says, "I serve at a clinic in one of the communities surrounding one of the largest garbage dumps in Central America. Many patients carry heavy burdens when they enter our clinic. There is no medicine that will help them, except for the love of Jesus."
- A MedSend doctor in Uganda writes: "Surgeries are challenging, as the hospital frequently runs out of supplies like sterile linens, scalpels, sutures and antibiotics….With limited lab tests and medications, there are few options for diagnosis and treatment. Despite these challenges, I love the ministry."
Dr. David Stevens is the current CEO of the CMDA, the organization that helped give birth to MedSend about 25 years ago.
I've interviewed Dr. Stevens on a few occasions. He told me, "We need to be on the front lines as Christians health care professionals, giving of our skills to the poor as we have done for centuries through the church….God can use us to be examples, to make a difference in these people's lives—'they will know we are Christians by our love.'"
Commenting on MedSend, Stevens observes, "Healthcare missions is the key to penetrating difficult-to-access countries and completing the Great Commission. The greatest barrier for those desiring to serve is educational debt. MedSend has eliminated it—enabling hundreds of missionaries to bring health and the Gospel around the world. They are fueling a renaissance in medical missions!"
Despite all the opposition in some quarters of this world to Christian missions, Allen notes, "Even where other forms of Christian witness are not welcome, a healthcare professional, frankly acting as a tentmaker, if you will, is still welcome. So at this point, they're welcomed to every country in the world except one." (That would be North Korea).
He adds, "As the world becomes more difficult and dangerous, as well as closed to Christian witness, healthcare still is a leading edge in global missions today." It's good to see that they have found a creative way to help get those on the mission field who want to serve, while addressing their debts that stood in the way.
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Tesla's Musk to face grilling over Q1 financials
On April 1, Elon Musk tweeted that Tesla was bankrupt. He was just joking. April Fools'!
This week, Musk will be forced to explain why bankruptcy isn't a serious possibility.
He'll be responding to questions from stock analysts about first-quarter financial results to be released Wednesday afternoon. Everyone who closely follows Tesla — bulls, bears, neutral onlookers — expects the results to be abysmal.
Another record quarterly loss is widely anticipated. The consensus estimate among 27 Tesla analysts pegs that figure at slightly deeper than last quarter's record $675-million loss. More crucially, Tesla burned through $396.6 million of cash in the fourth quarter, or more than $4 million a day. Tesla had $3.7 billion in cash on hand at the end of 2017.
Tesla's financial pressures stem from the persistent production problems plaguing the Model 3, which has been long considered the company's make-or-break product line. Tesla was supposed to be cranking out Model 3s at a rate of 400,000 a year by now, each selling for $35,000 or more. Instead, it's struggling to reach an annual production rate of 100,000.
In addition to the cash crunch, the trickle of cars has caused parts to stack up. Musk recently acknowledged the Model 3 production line was automated beyond the company's ability to manage. Tesla's service centers are dealing with Model 3 quality problems that result in part from the ill-conceived automation effort.
On top of all that, a new automated module assembly line, shipped in from Germany, is being completed at the company's Nevada Gigafactory, where Model 3 batteries are made.
When a company is mature and stable, earnings are the main focus for analysts. For a company like Tesla — 14 years old but in many ways still in startup mode — cash flow is key. Without cash, a company can't survive.
"I want to know how much cash they're burning," said Efraim Levy, stock analyst at CFRA Research. Because of production "inefficiency," Levy said, "they've become more vulnerable to risks created by cash outflows."
Short sellers — who bet that a company's stock is priced higher than it should be, and make money when share prices fall — believe Musk will use the earnings call as an opportunity to pump up the introduction of another series of electric cars, the Model Y crossover.
That would deflect attention away from the negativity surrounding first-quarter numbers, said Anton Wahlman, a private investor who said he's taken both long and short positions in Tesla stock.
"There's not a lot of happy talk around the numbers, so Musk is preparing something that will distract from all that," Wahlman said.
Spotlighting the Model Y would test whether Musk can continue to create excitement about Tesla's future prospects, an approach that's helped Tesla raise new equity in the past. And taking customer deposits on Model Y reservations could produce tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in immediately usable cash.
(The Model Y would also fulfill another goal set by Musk years ago: to use Models S, 3, X and Y to spell out S3XY. He originally wanted to call the Model 3 the Model E, for obvious reasons, but Ford Motor claimed it had rights to that name.)
Musk is on record saying he doesn't need more capital this year.
"Tesla continues to target a production rate of approximately 5,000 units per week in about three months, laying the groundwork for Q3 to have the long-sought ideal combination of high volume, good gross margin and strong positive operating cash flow," Musk said in an April update of production and deliveries. "As a result, Tesla does not require an equity or debt raise this year, apart from standard credit lines."
The words "as a result" are key, Wahlman said. The company can claim it doesn't need capital this year for the Model 3, but if the need results from a new a line of electric automobiles and a new assembly line, hundreds of millions of dollars in new financing will be required. That could pave the way for Musk to issue new stock this year with proceeds that could be used to prop up the Model 3.
With or without the Model Y, Moody's downgraded Tesla's bond rating in March and said the company will need to raise at least $2 billion this year. The value of Tesla's current bonds took a hit after the downgrade, meaning that if the company succeeded in tapping the bond market again, it would pay a significantly higher interest rate.
Any new equity issue would benefit from a high stock price. Tesla's shares have performed erratically over the last several weeks. They plunged 29 percent from late February through April 2, after it became clear Musk would not meet his Model 3 production goals for the first quarter. It since has bungee-jumped back up, trading at $296 as of midday Monday.
In a recent appearance on "CBS This Morning" on April 13, Musk scoffed at the idea that his April Fools' joke about bankruptcy was in bad taste. "I mean, it's April Fools', people should, like, lighten up, OK?" he said.
What would bring joy to investors, though, is hearing Wednesday that Musk has the Model 3 line on track to churn out high-quality cars at a high volume.


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