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|Robert Glasper
When you think about the different genres within the music industry, they seem to divide musicians like nation's borders divide the population of the world. Genres are used more by music executives to categorize music for record sales purposes. I learned about genres early as I remember presenting a dance record I was promoting to a buyer. He listened a little more than ten seconds and simply called it R & B. Yes, the song had R & B elements, but I thought if you just had to categorize the record, you could just as easily call it dance music. You see it is very easy to find elements of various styles of music in a given song because; musicians make music. Most musicians create based on the music that has influenced them, many times without regard to genre. Recently we were provided a great example of how musicians of various genres can easily work together and produce music appreciated by others within the music industry and music fans alike. I am speaking of the album entitled Black Radio, which won the Award for Best R & B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards. The artist is Robert Glasper, who will turn thirty-five years old April 5th.
Glasper is a singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and arranger who is categorized as a jazz musician. The best way to describe Robert Glasper if you have not heard of him is that he is an extremely brilliant pianist. Just listening to him play is really a wonderful treat to the ears. Those who have worked with Glasper in the past view him as an effective young ambassador of music. If you noticed, I did not say he was an ambassador of jazz music alone. No, because Black Radio showed us something a little larger than jazz music. Please, all you jazz purists out there don't think for a moment that I am disrespecting the place of jazz music in the history of modern R & B, Soul and hip hop music. And I don't believe Robert Glasper is showing any disrespect either. I believe he has simply highlighted the relationship between the musical genres.
First of all we start with the artists whom he chose to accompany him on Black Radio. Lalah Hathaway, Bilal, Stokley (from the group Mint Condition) and Ledisi all bring us a sound defined as jazz fusion. Erykah Badu, Music Soulchild and Chrisette Michelle have a track record with R & B music. Lupe Fiasco and Yasin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) are unmistakably hip hop artists. However, despite diversity they gathered with Robert Glasper to create a beautiful album of music and a great experience. I say the latter because Glasper mentioned in a recent interview how much he and artists enjoyed the interaction, and how much it contributed to the creative process.
Black Radio was not born by chance because Glasper has had a relationship with hip hop and R & B artists dating back to his high school days in Houston. Moreover he has toured and performed with hip hop and R & B performers throughout his career. This synthesis of hip hop and jazz is supposedly Glasper's attempt to correct what he sees as a lack of new energy in the jazz genre. In the April 2012 issue of Down Beat, Glasper stated that "I've gotten bored with jazz to the point where I wouldn't mind something bad happening. Slapping hurts, but at some point it'll wake you up. I feel like jazz needs a big-ass slap." Now we have Black Radio, which is Glasper just trying something different. We will wait to see if "something different" will be something that lasts. Whatever your musical tastes, please do yourself a favor and get a copy of Black Radio. You may be among the many who have embraced a different sound.


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DANIELLE Lloyd has stripped off for her first naked shoot since having her
breast implants removed — but admits she feels self-conscious about her less
curvy body.
The 28-year-old glamour model was rushed to hospital in February a few weeks
after her THIRD boob job when her breasts started swelling.
Doctors found a life-threatening blood clot and were forced to remove her
E-cup implants, leaving her with an AA-cup and scarring.
Danielle – who married her footie fella Jamie O'Hara, 25, in May – said: "I've
been feeling self-conscious about showing off my body, but it feels good to
glam up and boost my confidence."
And Danielle has admitted she hated her body so much she even found it hard to
take her clothes off in front of her husband.
The mum-of-two told Closer's New You magazine: "It was devastating. I never
want to be that fragile again.
"I've struggled being naked in front of Jamie, although he's brilliant and
says he loves my figure.
"The scarring bothers me, but I'm trying to get my head around it. I'm alive –
that's the most important thing."
She added: "People have Tweeted awful things since my op, like I've got 'flat
tyres for boobs'.
"It's upsetting, but Jamie reminds me that all that matters is that we're
healthy and happy."
The former Celebrity Big Brother star has confessed that despite her
disastrous plastic surgery seven months ago, she wants MORE surgery in the
near future.
She said: "I'd like to have some scar revision or treatment in the future.
"My left breast is quite disfigured – it's got a fold over where the nipple is
so, although I'm dreading the trauma of another op, I'm definitely going to
have some reconstructive surgery."
As for the future, Danielle hopes another baby will feature, saying: "I'd love
a girl."
Read the full
interview with Danielle in Closer's New You magazine, free with this week's
issue, on sale now.

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As the debate around corporate tax avoidance rumbles on, the likes of Apple, Google and Starbucks have faced increasing criticism for aggressively offshoring profits to lower tax regimes to minimise their payments to the UK's public purse.
Google's tax shenanigans meant they paid £6 million in Corporation Tax on UK profits of £2.6 billion last year. If they'd paid the full 23% that bill would have been more like £600 million.
Starbucks faced a backlash from customers for their lacklustre tax payments and subsequently volunteered an extra contribution, and recently announced they are to move their European HQ from Amsterdam to London to increase their tax liabilities.
There is one curious outlier in this group though – American retail giant Amazon. Aside from a headquarters in Luxembourg and a recently-closed loophole allowing VAT-free sales of DVDs through Jersey (the Low Value Consignment Relief), Amazon has had little need of aggressive tax avoidance tactics – certainly nothing on the scale of Apple's Irish loophole abuse.
Despite using fairly run-of-the-mill tax minimisation tactics (note: we're not condoning this behaviour, merely pointing out that a Luxembourg HQ is fairly commonplace for an international business) Amazon has faced constant pressure from the media and Government to increase its Corporation Tax liabilities, even appearing before the Public Accounts Committee and the fearsome Margaret Hodge in late 2012.
As Crunch clients will know, Corporation Tax is paid on profits – and where there is no profit, there will be no tax owed. This is the key difference between Amazon and other businesses which aggressively minimise their taxes – Amazon has never turned a decent profit, and so naturally has very small tax liabilities.
As of their last financial results Amazon has made cumulative profits of $5.47 billion since January 2000. That might sound like a lot, but Apple made a profit of $10.2 billion between January and March this year.
Amazon and its mercurial founder Jeff Bezos just aren't interested in profits, even as their revenues skyrocket.
Brad Stone's book on the company, The Everything Store, puts it like this:
"Despite the recent rise of its stock price to vertiginous heights, Amazon remains a unique and uniquely puzzling company. The bottom line on its balance sheet is notoriously anemic, and in the midst of its frenetic expansion into new markets and product categories, it actually lost money in 2012.
"But Wall Street hardly seems to care. With his consistent proclamations that he is building his company for the long term, Jeff Bezos has earned so much faith from his shareholders that investors are willing to patiently wait for the day when he decides to slow expansion and cultivate healthy profits."
Amazon views customer service, marketing and low prices as different parts of a cohesive whole – why spend millions of dollars for TV ads when you can use those millions to reduce your prices?
The company's automated software scours the web and monitors prices on competitor websites – if they spot a lower price, more often than not they'll lower theirs to match or beat it. This can often lead to a loss-making sale – but it's a sale for Amazon, and not the competition. Jeff Bezos calls this "proactively delighting customers."
With every quarter of Amazon results, headlines such as these appear with alarming frequency –
The media is comparing apples with oranges here – even the "Financial website of the year" can't get it right. Sales revenue has no correlation with the amount of Corporation Tax a company must pay. The Daily Mirror went one better and mixed up revenue and profits:
"So, if Amazon paid UK corporation tax next year at a planned new rate of 20%, it would pay £860 million – instead of the paltry £4.2 million."
Given the purpose of a company historically is to make a profit, and the widespread misreporting of their tax liabilities, many people are justifiably confused and angered by Amazon's tiny tax payments.
There have been several suggestions in this area – a tax on turnover for companies which are not seen to be contributing their fair share, or a financial transaction tax which would collect a tiny percentage of the sale price every time a customer bought something from Amazon.
Neither these, nor a litany of other alternative tax arrangements, have garnered much serious debate due to their narrow focus on tackling avoidance while ignoring the wider impact on the UK business community. Amazon's line throughout the controversy has been:
"We pay all applicable taxes in every jurisdiction where we operate. We have a single European headquarters in Luxembourg with hundreds of employees to manage this complex operation."
Closing Amazon's £11 billion Luxembourg tax loophole has long been considered the answer, however there's little evidence this would increase the company's Corporation Tax payments. In fact there's historical evidence that it would have no impact whatsoever – the closing of the Low Value Consignment Relief loophole had no discernable effect on Amazon's Corporation Tax payments; likewise the closure of similar schemes in five US states did not change the company's profitability there. More likely Amazon would just re-adjust its pricing and expenditure and continue to bubble along, turning a small profit here and there, and making paltry Corporation Tax payments.
The simple reality is that the UK's corporate taxation regime – and that of all other countries – isn't set up to effectively tax a business that doesn't want to turn a profit.
Jeff Bezos has disrupted online and physical retail, logistics, publishing and web infrastructure services, but his most notable achievement (for better or worse) might well be founding a company that avoids the burden of corporate taxation altogether – by never making any money.
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The Federal Government has reportedly commenced the implementation of the monthly payment of N5,000 to the poor. This is one of the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) the All Progressives Congress (APC) promised Nigerians during the campaign for the 2015 general election. After much dilly-dallying and delay which almost culminated in denial, the scheme has taken off in nine out of the 36 states of the federation. An official confirmation from the Kwara State government that beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) in the state had received bank alerts took the steam off the apprehension that the reported commencement of the scheme was a mere propaganda. We urge state officials, especially those under the opposition parties where beneficiaries have been paid, to come forward to confirm same and, of course, raise a flag if no stipend has been paid. It will be unconscionable and unfeeling for politicians, whether in government or in the opposition, to play politics with the existential interest of the downtrodden in the society.
The stipend is small even in an economy that is not beset with high inflation. But for the poor and unemployed persons with zero opportunity cost of labour, every positive income is most welcome. That is why many Nigerians are interested in how the government arrived at the poor people that have been selected because at the soul of the scheme is the critical need for the money to get to the real targets. Therefore, the challenge of proper identification of the poor, so that the scheme might benefit the intended persons, must be addressed. In this connection, the reported identification of the beneficiaries via their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) raises a poser as to whether the really poor Nigerians have BVNs.
It is imperative to know how the poorest of the poor were registered in their locations and who carried out the registration. Nigerians want to be assured that the registered beneficiaries are not all or largely members of a political party and/or ghost beneficiaries in this era of unending ghost workers on the payrolls of the federal and state civil service. The scheme should not be an avenue to dispense political patronage but to alleviate the suffering of the poorest and the most vulnerable. It is important to stress this point because the country is just smarting from the embarrassment caused by the callous and mindless diversion to personal use, allegedly by public officials, of some of the relief materials meant to bring succour to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the North-East.
However, the unconfirmed report that the office of the Vice-President has, with the support of President Muhammadu Buhari, resisted the attempt by the APC to hijack the scheme is gladdening. It is equally delighting to learn that the Federal Government adopted the social register already developed by the World Bank in eight states to select the beneficiaries. The same World Bank model, with due cognizance of and provision for the penchant of some Nigerians to cut corners and bend the rules, should be deployed to select beneficiaries in the remaining states. This scheme and indeed all other Federal Government's SIPs cannot accommodate any margin of error, having regard to the parlous state of the nation's economy today and the category of Nigerians the welfare schemes are meant to help.
There is no gainsaying the fact that the CCT palliative is needed by many and that the need predated the 2015 general election campaigns that birthed the idea. The Federal Government should, therefore, expedite action in bringing the remaining 27 states plus Abuja within the social safety net. There is palpable hunger in the land and, as such, there is no time or justification for experimentation, especially when the government had a whopping 18 or 19 months to prepare. We also like to warn that the implementation structure for this scheme should not be a huge or complex bureaucracy whose remunerations alone will impact the reach of the scheme negatively.
Indeed, in this era of advanced communication and information technology, the scheme should run on one of the existing relevant government structures. Put more pointedly, the scheme should not under any guise generate new personnel and overhead costs that the economy can ill afford now and which may constitute a burden on the national budget in the future. We also urge the institution of stringent and tighter control and monitoring and evaluation systems around the scheme to prevent abuse. Even in the older and advanced democracies where the institutional frameworks and value systems are much stronger, the bane of social welfare scheme has always been its abuse by some unqualified beneficiaries. Regrettably, in Nigeria, likely malpractices by the public officials superintending the scheme may also have to be factored into the overall quality assurance control.


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UPDATE: Morgan Stanley Downgrades Gogo On Unattractive Risk-Reward Outlook
In a report published Friday, Morgan Stanley analyst Simon Flannery downgraded Gogo (NASDAQ: GOGO) from an Equal-weight rating to an Underweight rating.
In the report, Morgan Stanley says "We are downgrading Gogo to Underweight, with the stock price trading at 22x our 2016E EBITDA, well above our base case of $13.50, on 10x 2016E EBITDA of $107m. The stock has traded up 54% since reporting third quarter results, and, based on our DCF analysis, discounts a 2016E EBITDA of $265m. While we find the secular growth story around in-flight connectivity to be attractive, this comes with a fair amount of risk, which we do not believe is reflected in the current stock price. Gogo is the market leader domestically, with exclusive rights for air-to-ground spectrum, but faces technology risk and take rates continue to be modest. International is an early stage business, and faces a more competitive landscape. In the meantime, the company continues to burn a significant amount of cash."
Gogo closed on Thursday at $28.80.
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Here I am again! Another Book Talk Tuesday!
We are working on Making Inferences this week in second grade. Inferring can be tough for second graders, so we practice a lot!
This week we are Making Inferences with Carson Ellis'
Du Iz Tak!
This beautifully illustrated book is sure to be LOVED by your class.
A series of bugs (speaking bug no less) find a sprout and are curious to see what it is all about.
They decide to put it to use, but have to contend with a spider, a bird, and a flower. All the while there is a caterpillar who is going through metamorphosis and some helpful neighbors who watch with interest the goings on of the young insects!
Here is fun Youtube video that shows some of the pages of the book:
This book is perfect for making inferences (unless of course you or your students are fluent in bug). There are plenty of clues in the pictures and text for your students to infer what the bugs are saying and doing.
Of course, I have a freebie for you!
Of course, I have a freebie for you!
This page has a reminder of how you make an inference, plus a few recreated scenes from the book so your kiddos can infer what the bugs are saying! Click on the picture to get your copy!
If you don't have this book and would like to get a copy for yourself, you can find it here using this affiliate link (affiliate links provided to fund future Book Talk Tuesday book purchases!) I make a small commission at no extra cost to you! Thanks for your support!
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Nine justices sit on the U.S. Supreme Court: three women and six men. One is a black man and one is a Latina woman.
The justices have families. Among them there is marriage, divorce, adopted children and the never married.
Chief Justice John Roberts has two adopted children. Justice Clarence Thomas has custody of a grandnephew. Justice Thomas has a child from his first marriage. Justice Sonia Sotomayor is divorced. Justice Elana Kagan has never married.
One of the more important cases to come before the court will be about gay marriage. The question is whether individuals of the same sex have a constitutional right to marry.
How important will the justices' own lives be in their thinking about this question?
Opponents of gay marriage say "children should be born to and raised by the mothers and fathers who brought them into the world." This might not sit well with Justices Roberts and Thomas.
Observers say that court members cannot help but consider their own lives when they look at big social issues. But you cannot predict a ruling in a case simply by personal biographies.
Affirmative action programs helped Justices Thomas and Sotomayor. Justice Thomas does not approve of affirmative action programs. Justice Sotomayor has not yet voted on the question, but she has spoken in favor of affirmative action.
In the end, we like to think it is the strength of the argument that matters most.


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Top Republicans in Ohio, including the governor and secretary of state, are not planning on changing the Buckeye State's winner-take-all scheme for allotting electoral votes, an idea floated in other GOP-run swing states like Virginia as a way to give Republican candidates a chance at more electoral votes in 2016, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
Spokesmen for Gov. John Kasich, State Senate President Keith Faber and House Speaker William G. Batchelder told The Plain Dealer this week that they are not pursuing plans to award electoral votes proportionally by congressional district.
Batchelder went a step further, saying through his communications director that he "is not supportive of such a move." And Republican Secretary of State Jon Husted, the state's chief elections administrator, emphasized that he does not favor the plan either, despite Democratic suspicions based on reported comments that he said were taken out of context.
"Nobody in Ohio is advocating this," Husted said in a telephone interview.


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Protocol Alcohol Breath Tester
The protocol alcohol breath tester device calculates the amount of alcohol through your breath, this is done with its oxidized semiconductor which checks blood alcohol content (BAC) in seconds. All you have to do is blow on the sensor for roughly three seconds. This tiny breathalyzer uses a micro-electro mechanical systems, sensors and displays an approximate range of the person's alcohol level.
Features on the protocol alcohol breath tester:
Aids in detection of alcohol excess
Oxidized semiconductor measures blood alcohol content (BAC) within seconds
Blow against the sensor for no less than 3 seconds and it will convey if your BAC is low (less than .05%), borderline (.05% to .08%), otherwise lawfully intoxicated (greater than 0.08%)
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Posts Tagged 'Angel investors'
Impact Investing – what is it? And how can it help you launch a startup to change the world?Neil Lewis on Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
Impact Investing, a concept coined six years ago, has recently become quite hot, capturing significant mainstream attention and interest. At its core, impact investing seeks to harness the power of enterprise to address social and/or environmental issues.
Is this the way to launch your startup and change the world?
AngelsDen – the hybrid Equity Crowdfunder – creates a third phase for business angelsNeil Lewis on Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
So, the early stage funding market has shown its third major shift.
Should we now think of these sourcers of funding as 'banks for early stage companies'?
New Super Business Angel looks to invest £100mNeil Lewis on Friday, July 12th, 2013
There is a new super-business angel on the block. He is is based in the UK and is looking to invest £100m into his business angel projects via his investment firm.
Find out who he is and what he is looking for…
Angels Den Founder – Bill Morrow – helping business angels get back in the saddleNeil Lewis on Friday, April 26th, 2013
We interviewed Bill Morrow, founder of Angels Den, to find out how 'the world's largest business angel network' is growing and what tips Bill can share for angels and entrepreneurs looking to succeed with growth businesses…
Which accountant can help me pitch and raise finance? 12 Tips…Neil Lewis on Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Every startup looking for funding needs an accountant?
Right, yes!
But what kind of accountant do you need? Let's find out…
Should you invest in Drugs Direct?Neil Lewis on Monday, February 11th, 2013
Drugs Direct is an online pharmacy looking to raise £75,000 for 7.5% of equity.
Hence, we are looking at an e-commerce business in the consumer drugs field.
If you think this is still a high growth sector, these are the due diligence questions that we'd want to get answered before investing…
Crowdcube Gains UK FSA AuthorisationNeil Lewis on Monday, February 4th, 2013
Crowdcube – the first website to offer equity for crowdfunding investments, has announced today that it has achieved FSA authorisation. The FSA is the financial regulator for investments in the UK. Although Crowdcube has successfully operated without authorisation by the FSA for the past 18 months and had already raised over £5m for startups, the […]
The team lens – secrets of early stage startup successNeil Lewis on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
How should we look at startups? Through the lens of finance alone? Or should we assess them through the lens of the product? Or both?
And, what about the management team? Isn't that the most important factor?
5 ways momentum will ensure equity crowdfunding successNeil Lewis on Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
To gain funding on equity crowdfunding platforms, businesses need to gain momentum quickly from the day the pitch is a launched.
However, the business is unwise to launch on the platform unless it already has some investors on board. Find out our other tips to ensure your equity funding pitch succeeds.
The best Business Angel and Crowdfunding posts of 2012 and what the future holds for 2013Neil Lewis on Friday, December 28th, 2012
As the year comes to an end, let's review some of the best articles – and your favourite pages on ibusinessangel in 2012
As you'd expect, crowdfunding, funding and investing are all the top topics… read on to find out what we can expect from 2013…
Interview with Darren Westlake, CEO of Crowdcube – the worlds first equity crowdfunding websiteNeil Lewis on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
I spoke with Darren Westlake, CEO of Crowdcube about their experience of the first 18 months of raising funds for equity stakes via crowdfunding.
Our conversation revealed much about what works and what doesn't work in the world of equity crowdfunding and what the future holds for both business angel investors and the entrepreneurs.
Business Angel World Democratises as crowdfunding site Indiegogo goes for Europe (and Canada)Neil Lewis on Friday, December 7th, 2012
Indiegogo the crowdfunding platform are expanding their offering for Europeans by allowing funds to be collected in Pounds Sterling and Euros as well as allowing entrepreneurs to collect funds in Canadian Dollars – spreading the startup world a little more evenly.
Crowdfunding Winners – Magic Cooking Gloves on KickstarterNeil Lewis on Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Here on iBusinessAngel we are picking crowdfunding winners!
We will pick projects that we like and write up a review of them – before they raise their money so that business angels can choose to invest (or not).
How do business angels or entrepreneurs develop their business relationships?Neil Lewis on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Do too many startups are focussed on raising money as if money were the answer to all problems. Whilst a focus on giving business angels and VCs 'what they want' is admirable, it often comes at the cost of not focussing on the relationship.
What can you do about this?
How Pebble e-watch persuaded business angels to commit US$10m via crowdfunding – 7 tips!Neil Lewis on Friday, October 12th, 2012
Pebble e-paper watch launched on Kickstarter a campaign to raise US$100,000 but ended up raising over US$10,000,000. How and why did this happen? And what can we learn?
Crowdfunding: Five reasons it's great for business angelsNeil Lewis on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Crowdfunding is rapidly increasing in popularity and garnering a lot of media attention as more and more experienced business angels are using it to connect with startups. We explore five reasons investors are adopting.
Five ways crowdfunding can help your businessNeil Lewis on Tuesday, September 25th, 2012
Got a brilliant idea but struggling to find the finance to get it going? In an age of overly cautious financial institutions and wary business investors, crowdfunding is emerging as a popular route to success. Here are five ways it can help your business.
Business Angels – how to seperate the best from the worst investmentsNeil Lewis on Thursday, September 13th, 2012
Business Angel Bill Payne, who has advised over 4 business angel networks and deliver over 100 business angel investment seminars, has developed a scoring method to allow a business angel to assess the potential of different investments.
In this article, we take a look at the criteria Bill uses to judge the best from the worst.
Why crowdfunding appeals to friends and familyNeil Lewis on Saturday, August 11th, 2012
The more money a start-up business asks for, the bigger the risk is to the investor – but if you can't find the one business angel who'll write that all-important cheque, why not go after several instead?


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Every generation seems to have their own reinvention of the friendship bracelet- from the 60's endless strings of beads, the 70's safety pin chains, the 80's woven embroidery floss. My friends embraced their inner hippies with more intricate beaded versions to match the ragged bell-bottoms we dug out of our parents' closets or unearthed at thrift stores. And the craze for this generation? Woven rubber band bracelets!
It's kind of genius, if you think about it. The bands are inherently stretchy, which makes sizing a breeze. Plus they're inexpensive and readily available in an absolute rainbow of colors.
My nieces are already total rubber band bracelet maniacs, so I jumped at the chance to check out this 7200 Band MEGA Refill Set from Rainbow Braid. We happened to have our own loom, but the looms are available with a starter kit for about $15.00.
The refill kit is seriously amazing. My nieces couldn't stop smiling and saying "Oh my GOSH, that's so MANY!". Just to break that down for you, the kit includes 24 colors with 300 bands each, 500 clips, plus a package of beads. The colors truly encompass the rainbow and contain a nice mix of solids/metallics, glitter, bolds, and glow in the dark!
I recommend getting one of those plastic craft cases with individual compartments to sort and store these in, it makes organizing and planning your bracelets much easier.
The quality is great- all of the bands are uniform in size and strong enough not to break easily. My niece tells me that the best place to learn new bracelet-making techniques is by looking up how-to videos on Youtube. I'm impressed by how immersed she gets in learning intricate new patterns. I think it's a great craft to teach kids patience and instruction-following as well as to help unleash their own creativity. Once they have the patterns memorized, the color design and layout are up to their imaginations.
I would definitely buy this product as a gift in the future, though with "Oh my gosh, so MANY!" I won't have to for quite a while!
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Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters
Genre: Historical Mystery
Series: #13 in the Amelia Peabody series publication order, #15 in story chronology order
Publisher: Recorded Books
Publication Date: 2001 Recorded Books (Book originally published 2001)
Length: 16 hours, 12 minutes
Read by: Barbara Rosenblat
Source: Library
The Short Version:
In 1916 Egypt Amelia Peabody Emerson and her family hunt for treasure and the identity of criminals while trying to stay alive.
Why I Read It:
This is one of my favorite series and my friend at Beth Fish Reads and I planned to listen to it close to the same time (her review is here).
The Book:
From the publisher
It is the autumn of 1916, and war has cast its long shadow across Egypt. Cairo is filled with soldiers, and the ancient tombs are filled with treasure hunters. Amidst this chaos, the Emersons have come for their yearly dig. When Amelia Peabody Emerson discovers a fresh corpse in an antique tomb, she knows this season will be a most intriguing one.
My Thoughts:
Note on series order: I read this one out of publication order because I'm reading the series in order of the story. You can find the chronology here.
By now it's no secret that I love this series and I can't imagine experiencing it in any other format than the audio version narrated by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat.
There are so many ongoing storylines extend throughout the series that it's really difficult to even mention much of the plot without getting spoilery. I think it's best if I just hit some of my random thoughts and a few favorite passages that made me back up and listen again.
I enjoyed this entry in the series a lot. After some major revelations and key changes in character relationships in the previous book I wasn't sure what would be next for the Emerson family.
There was adventure and life threatening situations, of course, with plenty of humor along the way.
Told mostly from Amelia's viewpoint which over the course of the series I've learned is does not exactly make for unbiased narration. There are sections (described as from "Manuscript H" that tell the parts of the story that take Amelia's son and his wife away from Amelia's direct observation. The transitions between the major narrative devices are not new and by this point in the series are familiar and smooth.
There were a couple of surprise reappearances of characters from earlier in the series that I hadn't expected to see again but I was glad to see how it worked in the story.
As I said earlier, one of the things I love about this series is that Amelia continually makes me laugh. I've already shared some quotes in some recent Weekend Update posts but these are some additional quotes that made me giggle:
"What shall we do, then?"
"Wait," said Emerson. "Someone is bound to attack you sooner or later, it happens every year."
The children had been gone for almost a week when I decided Emerson's laissez-faire approach was not going to work. No one had attacked us. It was extremely vexing . . .
There were several domestic matters to be dealt with before we could leave for Luxor. I had always envied male police officers and detectives their freedom from such distractions; Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for example, never had to condern himself with ordering meals, settling disputes with contentious servants, or coping with small sulky chldren and large sulky cats.
Amelia's son Ramses has gone from a character who annoyed me in the early books (when he was a child) to a romantic lead as the series continues. I never would have expected that he would become a favorite character. I can't say THE favorite character because frankly I have so many favorite characters at this point in the series
I truly adore Barbara Rosenblat narration of this series. Over the years she has taken her characterization of Ramses from an annoying toddler to an even more annoying young child to an adult who is downright sexy. All the way she has kept his character consistent, yet growing and developing throughout the series I still maintain that I would probably not enjoy these books as much if I read them in print.
This continues to be one of my favorite series to experience via audio but you really need to start at the beginning with Crocodile on the Sandbank.
As for me, I've already started listening to the next book in the series.
Rating 4.5/5 for the book
Rating 4.5/5 for the narration
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Since I have become President of Capital City Cyclists I have had the opportunity to be part of many conversations with regard to bicycles. It has been a wonderful experience to reconnect with old friends and to get to know many more fellow bicycle enthusiast – all with different backgrounds and perspectives on what it means to be a "cyclists." It is from this perspective, as well as my own experiences on bicycles, that I write this months presidents paceline…
Bicycles are amazing inventions! They are legal vehicles on our roadways zooming along at 20+ mph; they are off-road vehicles that can take you over mountains; they are "pedestrians" taking a leisurely stroll on the sidewalk up to the corner store; and they are "toys" that my 2 1/2 year old son rides circles on in the kitchen. What other apparatus crosses such boundaries?!?! Perhaps it is an "odd" perspective unique to me, but this adaptability is one of the things that makes bicycles so amazing.
With this mindset lets look at bicycle commuting – it's a common debate if cyclists should use the road or sidewalk… I would suggest both and that cycling on the road or the sidewalk is akin to learning to drive a car. We would not encourage someone to jump in a car and make a left turn across 6 lanes of traffic without completing the necessary requirements to get there (i.e. over 16, pass a driving test, and have some experience). Sidewalks are a good option for younger or less "experienced" cyclists as they use them as pedestrians at a relatively slow speed. Before jumping on the street a cyclists should learn rules of the road and master basic skills to gain a level of confidence in their riding ability. This will then allow them to focus on the environment and become aware of their surroundings to a point they can ride safely on the road. Once a cyclist is "comfortable" and has gained some "experience" we want to make sure there are efficient facilities for bicycles to get to work, the store, and back home again as a vehicle on the road.
One of my goals for Capital City Cyclists over the next few years is to support and encourage ALL forms of bicycling. The challenge is to figure out how to be appealing to the context and use for one particular cyclists while still appealing to the context and use for other cyclists… As a start perhaps we should categorize the various "contexts" or "uses" for bicycles (e.g. vehicles on the road, pedestrians on the sidewalk, MTBs riding between trails, "toys" ridden by children). From these various perspectives I bet we can find "best practices" for each that we can all agree on and then overlay them on a continuum based on level of "experience" and "comfort" that ends with bicycles as vehicles on the road…
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Lenten Services 2017 - Church Women United
March 1 at Main Street Methodist, 1400 Main St. Alton, Pastor Pate, with speaker, Pastor Burton of Unity Fellowship Church, Alton.
March 8, 2017, Morningstar M. B. Church, 1 East 6th Street, Alton, Pastor Goins, with speaker, Pastor Fortune of First Unitarian Church, Alton.
March 15, 2017, At Unity Fellowship Church, 1301 W. Delmar St. Alton, Pastor Burton, with speaker, Pastor Crowley of First Presbyterian Church, Alton.
March 22, 2017, at First Presbyterian Church, 4th Alby St., Alton, Pastor Crowley, with speaker, Pastor Buford of Tabernacle M. B. Church, Alton.
March 29, 2017 at Tabernacle M. B. Church, 2621 Amelia St., Alton, Pastor Buford, with speaker, Pastor Pate of Main Street Methodist Church, Alton.
April 5, 2017, at First Unitarian Church, 110 East 3rd St. Alton, Pastor Fortune, with speaker, Pastor Goins, Morningstar M. B. Church, Alton.
April 12, 2017 at Godfrey First United Methodist Church, 1100 Airport Rd., Godfrey, Pastor Friese, with speaker Pastor Webb of Greater St. James M. B. Church, Alton.
April 14, 2017, at Greater St. James M. B. Church, 2016 Belle St., Alton, Pastor Webb, with speaker, Pastor Friese of Godfrey United Methodist Church.
Services will start at 12 noon each Wednesday. Each Pastor will have half an hour to deliver the message followed by a lunch. The lunch is $5 and usually consists of soup, sandwiches, dessert, and a drink.
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The thing is, living with a baby and two pups can make you insecure about the scent of the home – know what I mean? I love those crazy creatures but unlike mummy, they don't care if they smell delightful – and they could care even less if the house does. So, it was a real win when a friend commented on how lovely my bathroom smelled. The Branche d'Olive room diffuser packed with the aromas of rosewood, orange blossom and lily of the valley made my favourite place smell divine. There's also notes of rose, hyacinth, jasmine and violet on a base of sandalwood, musk and amber, which all work together to create the most wonderful fragrance.
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India will undertake a tour of Bangladesh in December during which they will play both Test matches and one-dayers. India was originally scheduled to visit Bangladesh in April this year after the conclusion of the team's engagements in Pakistan. However, the tour was called off as the Pakistan itinerary continued as late as April 17. The cricket boards of the two countries have decided that the tour, will finally take place in December this year. Although a final itinerary has not been drawn up the Bangladesh Cricket Board President Asghar Ali said that the Indian team would play two Test matches and three one-dayers during the tour. Hectic times The Bangladesh tour comes as the last lap of a grueling schedule for the Indian team in the coming months. Beginning with the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka, followed by a Triangular series involving Australia and Pakistan at Amstelveen in Netherlands from August. The team will then move to England, where they play three one-dayers and the Champions Trophy before hosting Australia and South Africa in October and November respectively. (PTI)
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Re: Where is Seminar Gray/Black Voting Data?
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- Michael Davies wrote:
>Thanks for the suggestion, Steve. You are right in surmising that I'm
> I believe you are going through your email systematically, as is your
> custom, and you'll find that Lee has laid some very serious charges
> against the mathematics of the JSem. I've been tempted to send them
> off to Funk, in your absence, but I don't think he's on the WWW. In any
> event, it will be interesting to see what your response is to the whole
> crosstalk discussion, which I'd suggest you read through as a whole.
> Steve
wading through a landslide of back e-mail. Truth is I've been without a
computer for almost a month. My not-so-old one got zapped by lightning
in that horrendous tornado spawning thunderstorm on May 6 & I've spent
the past month negotiating with my insurance company for data recovery &
replacement. I finally got back on line today, but it will take me a
week or so to get files reloaded & everything working the way it should.
(I probably will have to rebuild my address books from scratch.) And I
still have 600+ e-notes to sift through (not counting the dozen or so
new ones that were posted since suppertime).
My earlier response to Lee was dashed off on the naive assumption that
it was a simple request for bibliographical information. I could have
saved myself precious time if I'd sorted through the next 300+ notes
before replying. I can't guarantee that I've read the whole subsequent
discussion yet but I've sorted thru enough related messages & reviewed
the mathematics of Lee's "Error in JS Vote Tally" webpage to be able to
make a less redundant & more substantive reply.
1. I agree that Lee's challenge to the objectivity of the JS methodology
is substantial enough to merit the attention of Funk & other JS fellows.
So I plan to add a link to his page on the JS Forum's webpage on recent
reaction to the JS's work. That should get his webpage (currently
accessed only 46 times) some real action (the JSForum has no counter,
but is a major contributor to the 100+ daily traffic on the RU religion
website). I hope that someone who is so concerned with generating
accurate statistics will appreciate this move to give his negative vote
on the JS's work greater weight.
2. Lee's challenge though mathematically impressive itself suffers
several serious flaws, the most basic of which is his assumption that
the purpose of the RPGB color scheme was simply to indicate the
statistical mean of fellows voting for or against the authenticity of a
given saying. If that were the case there would have been no need for
weighting the votes or for using an alogorithm to calculate the weighted
3. Lee totally ignores the published explanation of the meaning of the
RPGB voting schema & assigns his own interpretations of what these
colors should or should not mean. Greg Jenks' assessment of the JS
voting was absolutely correct:
>I consider that the point of the colour coding is not simply to convey >the results of a vote, but rather to interpret the voting for the >purposes of assessing the probability that a specific item of tradition >should be included in the database for Jesus research.This is made clear in Funk's explanation of the the agenda of the JS in
the introductions to both 5G (pp. 35-37) & Acts of Jesus ("Beads &
Boxes" pp. 36-37).
First, note that the primary meaning of the RPGB voting scheme was to
determine consensus on whether a saying should be included in a
historical data base FOR DETERMINING WHO JESUS WAS. The answer to this
question is simply yes (it is in) or no (it is out).
Everyone has reasons for thinking that Jesus probably did or did not say
something. After publically debating these, the Fellows voted on the
basis of the strength of arguments pro & con. In other words, did the
reasons for ascribing this item to Jesus (rather than the author of this
or that gospel) outweigh the arguments against. If so=R; if not=B. But
historical reality is not simply black or red. The P & G gradations were
introduced to avoid the quandry of what to do with a basically authentic
Jesus saying that had been modified by one or another gospel writer or
an editorial composition that included some genuine echoes of Jesus.
It is obviously harder to determine whether an ambiguous item should be
accepted into or rejected from a data base of information that is useful
for determining Jesus' personal characteristics. Somemay be & some may
not. Thus, in proposing to recalculate the boundaries of the pink-gray
categories, Lee is in fact arguing for greater ambiguity in determining
the consensus about what may or may not have originated with Jesus
himself. If we wanted an ambiguous grabbag of material that individual
scholars could select bits & pieces from to construct their personal
images of Jesus we would not have had to spend 13 years & 10's of
thousands of dollars to find it. We could have simply used the extant
gospels as is.
The whole point of the JS project was to try to clarify what material a
broad range of contemporary scholars would accept as historically
reliable info about Jesus & what material they would exclude. One is
always free to argue that excluded material (black) should be included,
but this has to be done by providing cogent reasons for authenticity,
not just by arbitrarily shifting the statistical position of the
position of the markers for determining what is in & what is out.
4. Lee faults the JS for giving the R & B votes too much weight &
concludes his webpage thus:
"Determining the Seminar consensus is exactly analogous to calculating
Grade Point Averages in school."
This should not be such a startling revelation to anyone one who has
read the 5G or Acts Jesus since Funk explicitly makes the analogy of a
red vote to an A & a black vote to an F. Red is unqualified support;
black is unqualified rejection. When an academic scholar committed to
objective weighing of the evidence makes such an unqualified assessment
it merits extra weight, whether it is in evaluating the work of a
student or in evaluating the historical reliability of a piece of
information. So red votes & black votes were deliberately given more
weight than the ambiguous mediocre pinks & grays. NB: The JS votes were
not tabulated on a bell curve, because the object was not to determine a
broad middle ground of those items that might pass as historical but to
determine the consensus of what should definitely be accepted or not.
The project is akin to the hiring process. When you're looking for a
reliable colleague, do you hire the candidate who is everybody's 2nd or
3rd choice? In my department at least we give greater weight to
unqualified recommendations or objections in order to find someone we
all can live with. That is why the Fellows who voted Pink or Gray did
not object (except on a rare occasion) when a smaller number black votes
excluded a saying from the common data base, or when a few red votes
rescued a saying that the majority had reservations about. A's & F's do
generally tell more about reliability than B's & C's.
But this has gotten too long. If I find time this next week or so, I'll
post rebuttals to some of Lee's posts.
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Here I am on a winter's day looking out of my office window. Our precipitation dial can't decide whether it's rain or snow. Either way, it's a nice day to stay indoors and oil the saddles, clean the Winchesters or write a novel.
I did a little research this week and discovered a great new poison. Can't wait to use it in a scene. Strange the things that make a fiction writer happy.
Speaking of the crazy mind of a writer, when I've got a plot developing, it's like a recipe that I put together . . . a little of this, a bit of that, a pinch of spice, a touch of herbs and a whole lot of random stuff pulled out of the frig and cupboards stirred in . . . and then simmered slow in a crock-pot for weeks, even months. The kitchen in my mind fills up with a sweet smelling aroma. Or if not, I start tossing ingredients out and begin again.
The old cowboys out on the trail did the same. They had lots of time to mull over their tales, to create all the nuances. To toss around and tamp down their philosophies of life. When they told their stories, they spun them different every time. That's the beauty of oral history. It's not a photograph of the past. It's a monologue filtered through the memory and heart of the one who lived it over and over again.
On the internet you can go to a web-cam that transmits 24/7 from the golf course at Pebble Beach, California. The picture's scenic, but a bit boring. Nothing happens. Every once in a while you catch someone on the green, but you don't know how they got there. No hint at all of what it means to them. How much more exciting to listen to your brother-in-law describe the course after he finished a round. Will he be as detailed accurate as the video or photo?
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But he can give you a visceral feel for the course that's almost vicarious. You can imagine playing there yourself.
That's what stories do for us. They provide almost personal experience of places we've never been, times we've never lived . . . like the Old West. What a privilege, a pleasure it has been for me all these years to enter into that long ago world through the venue, the gift of writing.
What world have you encountered in recent days through the imagination of fiction? What about the story helped you to feel like you'd been there?
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Question: If a technician hooks my car up to a computer that spits out the problem, why should I pay for that?
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Vehicle repair without computer diagnostics is based on an educated guess. Technicians rely on computer diagnostics just as doctors analyze medical test results before performing surgery. Like doctors, they must have the training and experience to interpret the data delivered by these sophisticated tests.
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If there is one beer that has dominated the craft beer market in the last decade, then it would be hands down the American IPA. It's the flagship beer of many craft brewers and has become the go to beer for many beer aficionados. But why? There are so many great beers on the market and everyone has their own palate and preference in beer. And to be honest we as humans are naturally programed with bitter taste buds as a defense mechanism. Things that are poisonous to us are bitter. So we are not supposed to like bitter foods or drinks. But some cultures have adapted to enjoy bitter flavored items and throughout the evolution of our taste buds have been trained to accept these items in the culinary field. Think for a moment about the Italians. They love their espresso and bitter greens on their salad. Cross fusion of flavors has brought us to acceptance of bittering agents in our food.
So let's discuss the reason IPA are so bitter. There are four ingredients in beer. Water, malted barley, yeast and hops. Hops are the reason why IPAs are so bitter. Hops are the female flower of the hop plant. The hop plant is a climbing perennial that grows up to 17 feet tall in hop fields. American hops is mostly grown in the North West.
We use hops in beer to counter balance the sweetness of the barley used in the mash. The sugars are mostly consumed by the yeast to produce the alcohol, but there are some residual sugars remaining in the beer and hops will make a balance finished product. Unless you design beer to have more IBUs which will tip the scale from a balance beer to a bitter beer. IBUs stands for international bittering unit and is a calculated number that is used by brewers to determine the amount of hops to use when brewing the beer. The higher the IBUs the more hops we use. To give you an example, beer is determined by its style and every style has certain parameters that a brewer must meet to define the beer they are brewing. The American pilsner will have an IBU range of 8-11. An American IPA can be 60-100. You don't even know what hops are in your pilsner and you can't even notice them in the aroma unless you have a very trained palate. IPAs on the other hand will lend their beautiful aromas to your senses before you even take your first sip. But now its time to realize the beauty of hop flower.
Not only do we derive hard resins from the lupulin gland which is where we get our bittering agent from, but we love the essential oils found in the hop flower as well. This is why we are so crazy about IPAs.
The soft oils are responsible for the flavors and aromas of the hops in beer. They can vary from citrus, herbal, fruity, earthy, grassy and many more. The oils will give a multidimensional component to the beer that is absent in many other beer styles. Below is a spider graph that we use to determine the flavor characteristics of beer. We use hops for bittering, flavoring and aromas in the beers we brew. Each hop will have its own unique character and bittering capabilities. During the hop harvest, Yakiama Washington is flooded with brewers purchasing hops for their yearly brews. We go through extensive sensory on each lot of hops from each farmer to determine which hops we will purchase.
The sensory analysis of hops is known as "rubbing the hops". We use our hands to crush the lupulin material between our palms to release the essential oils and smell the aromas. This will provide us with an idea of the flavors and aromas that we can expect from that lot. As home brewers, you know what to expect from the hop that is known as cascades. But believe me, after doing sensory on twenty different lots of cascades, they are extremely different. This is one reason why it is very difficult for you to maintain consistency when you brew your beers at home. As professional brewers, our job is to be consistent from batch to batch. By buying our hops in bulk, we can use the same lot of cascades for the entire year. So now you know why IPAs are so popular and unique. Some beers are all about the yeast like a Belgium beer and some beers are all about the malts, such as a stout. IPAs celebrate the unique characteristics of hops and they give us brewers artistic ability to make very special beers for you to enjoy.
CHEESE PAIRINGS: With its palate-scrubbing bitterness, IPAs will be a great beer to enjoy with creamy high fat cheeses, such as tripple-creams. The bold flavors will be able to stand up to moderately strong cheeses such as spiced cheese. My favorite cheese to go with an IPA is English-style cheddar. The acidity of a fresh goat cheese will make a great finish to a cheese plate when drinking your IPA.
All of you have brewed more IPAs than any other style of beer, so I'm not going to discuss the basics or recipe development. Instead I wish to bring to your attention two major components that will make your next IPA more enjoyable. First I want you to look at your final gravity. We are all brewing big IPAs that tend to finish on the higher side of your finishing gravity. Run the calculations for real extract and determine the ratio of hops to RE and keep a log. You will find your sweet spot for your IPA and use this ratio every time you want to brew a beer in that IBU range. You can just use a plus or minus range of 10 IBUs to separate your IPAs.
The other thing I just wanted to bring to your attention is how you can enhance your aromas during dry hopping. As professional brewers we all have our trade secrets and you can read about various crazy things that we are trying to do to enhance the perception of hops in our final product. But I want to you to experiment with agitation of hops after you add them to the carboy. You can bubble CO2 from the bottom, you can use a pump and recirculate the hops through out the beer, you can physical stir the beer inside your carboy, just try to get your hops to breakdown and expose more surface area to the beer during the maturation period. I have tried many terrific home brews and they could all use more aromas in the final product. This is one way you can achieve the great hop profile you so desire. Keep making great beer and thank you for brewing.


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Short film, Family, Comedy.
3-minute film (full movie) directed by Javier Arcelus.
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Screenplay written by Rodrigo Fajardo Vázquez.
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Mariana López Rubio, Rodrigo Fajardo Vázquez, Javier Arcelus and Martín Pérez Valle.
Composed by Jose Skertchly.
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With their heavily orchestrated, sweet ballads, the Australian soft rock group Air Supply became a staple of early-�80s radio, scoring a string of seven straight Top Five singles. Air Supply, for most intents and purposes, was the duo of vocalists Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell; other members came through the group over the years, yet they only functioned as backing musicians and added little to the group�s sound. Hitchcock and Russell met while performing in a Sydney, Australia, production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1976. The two singers formed a partnership and with the addition of four supporting musicians -- keyboardist Frank Esler-Smith, guitarist David Moyse, bassist David Green, and drummer Ralph Cooper -- Air Supply was born.
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The year 2010 marks yet another Air Supply milestone as they celebrate their 35th anniversary of recording and performing on a global scale. To add to the celebration Air Supply recorded, Mumbo Jumbo, their long anticipated new recording. Mumbo Jumbo contains fourteen brand new recorded tracks including their newest radio hit, �Dance With Me�. Another key track, �Hold On�, features Australian heart throb rocker Michael Johns, a season seven finalist on American Idol. Mumbo Jumbo is the first new recording featuring all new material, from Air Supply since 2002.
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My laptop literally died a horrible death as I was uploading this episode, and I'm at a Kinkos finishing this post. Once I have a computer, I'll get the stuff up. The things I do for y'all…
Riots. Massacres. The end of the world and everything in it. Palestinian Arabs finally find a voice in the wake of the 1929 massacres. Unable and unwilling to find a place for the Jews, Europe's autoimmune disorder begins to tear the host apart. Desperate European Jews seek escape from Nazi persecution just as Palestinian resistance stiffens and the British become skeptical of the Zionist project.
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Most of your family probably has a Facebook page. Your whole family, including Gram and Pap might be using Facebook! After knowing that, you're probably wondering if your potential customers are using Facebook. If you answered yes, you may find Facebook marketing to be a wonderful asset. Keep reading to learn how to be successful with Facebook marketing.
Create a unique Facebook page that is capapble of standing apart from the rest. The key to marketing on Facebook is to not look just like the other guys. Almost everyone uses Facebook these days, so you must be different if you want to be noticed before one of your competitors is.
If you're having trouble gaining followers, you can offer a sweepstakes in return for their "Like". Just place the sweepstakes in a tab on your company's page and have them fill it out with their email address, specifying that only those who Like your page will be eligible for the contest.
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This was my first time reading Mr. Hassell's work, and I have to say, I AM A FAN! I'd heard about this book from a couple of M/M romance reader groups I frequent on Facebook. My favorite type of gay romance? Friends to lovers and this story didn't disappoint. What you should know: Sutphin Boulevard is a train station, located at Sutphin Boulevard and Hillside Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, on the F train line. Michael and Nunzio originally hail … [Read more...]
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