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Content marketing is considered one of the best marketing methods, though it can be tough, time-consuming and even expensive at times. Most companies are in fact looking to improve their content marketing strategy. Though it is not simple, it will definitely pay off. You should work towards creating significant and relevant content. There are simple steps that you can follow to make sure the content is refreshing, engaging and brings a lot of visitors to the website.
- Produce an article calendar – Your editorial calendar will define all of the content items you'd wish to publish through the month. Create titles, set dates for publication and stick with the calendar.
- Set a goal to publish one piece of content daily – Content is anything from revamping your evergreen pages to making a diary post.
- Analyze and look for well-thought-of agencies or writers – Partner with agencies that have a record of success and don't source content to low-quality writers.
- Create internal content tips – These pointers ought to define what's acceptable and unacceptable when publishing content on your website.
- Set realistic timelines to accomplish every one of your goals – As mentioned earlier, most promotion methods take time to produce good results.
- Determine the ways that may help you to accomplish your marketing goals. Bear in mind to diversify your efforts by producing different types of content such as interviews, articles, slideshows, infographics and videos. Know your audience. Content promotion will quickly become cumbersome for firms that don't recognize their audiences. Do not guess, instead collect demographic and psychographic information about your audience.
- Analyse your site's analytic information to compile helpful information concerning your audience. Compile lists of your most successful and socially engaging diary posts and essays to find out why they were so widely read.
- Investigate your competitors' blogs to get a glimpse into their audiences – Keep track of people commenting and engaging on their blogs and social networks.
- Set up polls on your website asking the visitors specific questions about their interests. Combine and analyze the poll details so that you can understand your audience better. Don't overestimate your skills. Don't think that making and managing a blog is simple. There are millions of content items shared and printed on a daily basis on the web. It takes a lot more than a fun quote or culture to get your journal seen by the correct audience.
- Audit yourself frequently and ask yourself these questions – What kind of content do I prefer to read? Why does certain content appeal to me? How am I able to turn out similar content? What are others doing that I'm not? What innovations am I missing out on? Seek out powerful team members. It isn't enough to hire just anyone to provide content for your website. Look for the most authoritative people or agencies in your business to provide content for your brand.
- Look for authoritative and influential people in your business industry who can work with you as a team. These folks ought to have massive social followings and be published on major sites.
- Reach out to your known list of influencers and request them to provide content for your website.
- Treat your social networks as venues to interact with your audience. There are a lot of content interactions happening and a lot of it is on social networks. Use your social networks to debate your content and act along with your community.
- Outline the purpose of content on every social network. For instance, your purpose on Twitter could be offering discounts, news and tips while your purpose on Facebook could be posting articles and discussing the content.
- Don't limit yourself to Twitter and Facebook. Make sure you are present on Pinterest, Google+ and Instagram too. There is enough proof available on why firms should be using their networks. You should diversify your social networking efforts.
- Provide relevant content on your social networks. Don't use your networks to easily publish your articles as you are speaking to your audience. Use your networks as a means to interact and begin conversing.
- You don't need to do everything alone. Be ready to open the doors to contributors from across the net to assist in producing amazing articles for your brand.
- Create guest posting tips on your web site. Permit professionally skilled authorities to publish content on your website as guest posts.
- Develop partnerships with complimentary brands or corporations to assist in turning out content for your website. These partnerships ought to be interdependent, therefore keep in mind to additionally offer value.
- Audit your methods to see what is working and what is not. Eliminate actions that don't seem to be manufacturing results.
- Keep publishing quality, relevant content on an everyday basis.
Internet Marketing
Internet marketing is a strategy in which individuals and organizations use different mediums to advertise and promote their products and services online. Internet marketing is different depending on the requirement of business. Successful online marketing strategies influence consumer data and customer relationship systems. Such marketing connects different firms with educated potential consumers and takes the development of the business to a higher level as compared to other prevalent marketing methods. There are different tools such as creative where designing and development along with sales and advertising tools are used to focus on different business models while advertising over the internet. The different models could be:
- Online selling(ecommerce) models
- Lead generation models
- Third party advertising websites i.e. affiliate advertising
- Directories meant for local searches such as Just dial
Internet marketing has different benefits such as:
- It helps the firm to grow and explore its potential fully.
- Helps in reducing expenses that other firms add to after they maintain a wholesaler retailer model.
- Communicating with customers becomes simple and easy.
- Online selling permits you to take care of the business without any additional influence from people within the firm, thereby permitting better management.
- Improved client service would mean that the firm is ready to talk to the consumer directly and facilitate; just in case he or she faces any problem.
- Online marketing allows you to gain a competitive edge over different traditional businesses.
- Establishing such a business is less as compared to the conventional brick and mortar firms.
- Advertising on-line has a much better reach as compared to traditional means of advertising.
- It is quite flexible and convenient. Consumers can research and then purchase anything whenever they want to.
Internet marketing can be accomplished via two kinds of advertising – paid and unpaid. Unpaid advertising tools would include search engine optimization and content marketing, while paid would include display ads on other websites or pay-per-click campaigns for a set of keywords or even search engine marketing.


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Super League XIV Betting Preview
It's probably fair to say that the reputation of the Super League competition was in no way enhanced when its biggest English stars failed to shine (or for that matter, even flicker) in the World Cup, but international incidents will be placed firmly at the back of most minds when a new domestic season kicks-off at Headingley on the first Friday in February.
Super League may still lag behind the NRL in terms of overall quality, but few would dispute the contention that the European competition – as it can now justifiably be labelled – provides more sheer excitement than its Southern Hemisphere equivalent. And with no reason to expect a change in style for 2009, supporters can look forward to another season of thrills and spills, and the occasional bellyache.
With the competition expanded to fourteen teams, the fixture list appears almost fair for the first time in several years (the 'magic weekend' matches being the only addition to an otherwise conventional home and away season), and the RFL should be applauded for their innovation in framing the new expanded play-off format. But however the season is structured, two of the fourteen sides – Leeds and St Helens – are likely to continue to set the benchmark.
For some coaches, the objective will be to challenge the dominance of the top two. Others will have their sites set a little lower –improving on 2008, a top eight finish, or simply avoiding the wooden spoon. Before a ball is kicked however, every coach, every player, and every supporter can look forward to the season with genuine optimism.
Times are tough, but so is rugby league, and speaking personally and on behalf of William Hill, it's good to be associated with an outstanding sport whose professional clubs are generally accessible to the local communities which they represent, and whose top players are able to retain their discipline and dignity in the heat of battle.
Bring on Super League XIV.
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|Castleford Tigers
|Catalans Dragons
|Celtic Crusaders
|Huddersfield Giants
|Harlequins RL
|Hull FC
|Hull KR
|Leeds Rhinos
|Salford City Reds
|St Helens
|Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
|Warrington Wolves
|Wigan Warriors
|Top Try Scorer
|Man of Steel
Click here to listen to my two part audio preview in which Barrie McDermott and Terry O'Connor offer their expert opinions on the season ahead.
Leeds Rhinos start the season as joint-favourites with St Helens, but there are reasons to believe the West Yorkshire outfit should be ranked ahead of their trans-Pennine rivals.
'Bluey' McClennan dispelled the doubters last season in expertly preparing his side to peak in February for the World Club Challenge (once more a key objective) and, despite a mid-season dip in form, again in October for the Grand Final. And having added one of the NRL's all-time greats in Danny Buderus, alongside a World Cup winner in the powerful and talented back-rower Greg Eastwood (a direct replacement for Gareth Ellis), it's inconceivable that Leeds won't be on the premises once more when the whips are cracking.
Odds of 13/8 to top the regular season ladder might not appeal to every punter, but for those prepared to lay down the funds, the Rhinos look highly likely to prove a solid, recession proof investment.
Betting: Regular season 13/8 joint-favourites; Grand Final 7/4 favourites; Wooden spoon 250/1 Prediction: First place and strong prospects of landing a Grand Final hat-trick.
St Helens have made a habit of finishing in top spot in recent years – last season's League Leaders Shield was their fourth straight – but only in 2006, when they overcame Hull, have the Saints been able to get the job done in the Grand Final.
In terms of playing personnel, not much has changed at the newly christened GPW Recruitment Stadium over the off-season, although sole signing Tony Puletua, noted for his athleticism and ball handling ability, is sure to make a big impact. But Saints do have a new man at the helm in 2008 coach of the year Mick Potter, whose task is to find a way to improve a successful but ageing side. And improve the Saints must, given the youth and vibrancy that is characterising the development of the current Leeds side.
St Helens have too much quality not to be prominent, but top spot looks a bridge too far this time around.
Betting: Regular season 13/8 joint-favourite; Grand Final 15/8 second favourites; Wooden spoon 250/1 Prediction: Third place and may fall short of another Grand Final
Bradford Bulls proved a major disappointment last season having assembled what looked a highly competitive squad, falling well short of the standard set by their fierce local rivals Leeds, who beat them convincingly four times.
But on the back of the controversial signing of the hugely talented Greg Bird (assuming he can secure a visa), Bulls fans can be confident of making real progress towards bridging the gap. If Burgess and Lynch can get through the year injury free to provide the fire in the engine room, Bradford will be a very tough proposition and could throw down the sternest challenge to the reigning champions.
Betting: Regular Season 10/1; Grand Final 9/1; Wooden spoon 100/1 Prediction: Second place and a possible return to Old Trafford on the cards.
Wigan Warriors may have lost the talismanic Trent Barrett but still look to have a squad with some depth.
Tim Smith, another Aussie import with a somewhat chequered past but plenty of on-field flair, now seems likely to take on more responsibility, whilst Mark Riddell will give the Cherry and Whites real dynamism and durability in the crucial dummy half position.
The recent signing of Amos Roberts as a replacement for Mark Calderwood is a headline grabber, but Wigan have plenty of homegrown talent with the likes of Goulding, McIlorum, Prescott and Joel Tomkins all developing into high class Super League performers.
A tilt at honours is long overdue for the club that dominated for almost two decades, and 2009 could conceivably see Wigan mount a serious assault.
Betting: Regular Season 10/1; Grand Final 9/1; Wooden spoon 100/1 Prediction: Fourth place and a run at some silverware – perhaps a trip to Wembley?
Warrington Wolves folded badly towards the end of 2008 after yet another season that promised so much but ultimately delivered very little.
James Lowes now gets the opportunity to take on this star-studded squad from the gun and he'll be hoping for better luck than his predecessor given the awful run with injuries that blighted Paul Cullen towards the end of his tenure. If Jimmy can keep his expensively assembled troops on the battlefield the Wolves fans have every right to demand a top four place.
But Warrington backers have had their fingers burned more than once in the past and the potential of this side is more than factored into the bookmaker's prices.
Betting: Regular Season 10/1; Grand Final 9/1; Wooden spoon 100/1 Prediction: Fifth place. On paper serious contenders, but still got it to prove on the paddock.
Catalans Dragons confounded all expectations with their third place finish in 2008 and with the addition of high quality Aussie recruits Bell, Perry and Ryles, look even better equipped ahead of the new season.
But backing up a great year can be tough and the Dragons' rapid progress to date has come under the tutorage of Mick Potter.
Taking this side to the next level – winning trophies – is a tough assignment for rookie coach Kevin Walters.
Betting: Regular Season 20/1; Grand Final 20/1; Wooden spoon 40/1 Prediction: Sixth place. Competitive for sure, but need to prove their credentials all over again under a new regime.
Hull FC endured a wretched league campaign in 2008, although a trip to Wembley salvaged the season in the eyes of Hull's demanding supporters, who have seen their team slide from one off the top of the ladder to one off the bottom in the space of two years.
Injuries to key players undermined Hull's prospects last year but noises coming out of the KC hint at the squad being in improved shape under the influence of new conditioner Ben Cooper. And in addition to Cooper, head coach Richard Agar has shrewdly added ex-Hull favourite Jon Sharpe to his backroom staff.
With Horne and Thorman set to form an exciting half-back partnership and decorated Kangaroo forward Michael Crocker teaming up with Hull's other 'marquee' Aussie Shaun Berrigan in the pack, Hull have plenty of quality in the ranks.
But the suspicion is that a black and white challenge may be undermined by a lack of sheer size and punch up front, despite the recent acquisition of raw and rugged young Tongan Sam Moa.
Betting: Regular Season 20/1; Grand Final 16/1; Wooden spoon 50/1 Prediction: Seventh place and a season of stability after two years of turmoil.
Hull KR, named 2008 Super League Club of the year having firmly re-established themselves at the top table, appear to have suffered a difficult pre-season given the cancellation of a proposed training camp in Dubai and the resignation of former Chief Executive Paul Blanchard after only seven months in-situ.
Player turnover has been kept to a minimum, with Nick Fozzard – set to add some aggression up front – the highest profile of just three recruits, but if Cooke and Dobson can dovetail effectively they will be supplying a three-quarter line that already contains plenty of strike power.
Rovers don't yet have the look of possible competition winners, but, notwithstanding the off-field issues, Morgan's men should once again prove dangerous and durable opponents on the paddock.
Betting: Regular Season 50/1; Grand Final 40/1; Wooden spoon 25/1 Prediction: Eighth. Greater consistency required this season and a big breakthrough remains unlikely.
Huddersfield Giants were hit with a hammer blow with the pre-season news that Todd Carney, their key signing for 2009, had been refused a visa and wouldn't be plying his trade at the Galpharm after all.
New coach Nathan Brown still has a competent squad at his disposal, but tenth place in 2008 was a disappointment and, despite the addition of dynamic full-back Brett Hodgson, the Giants will do well to improve significantly on that finish given the strength of the competition.
Betting: Regular Season 40/1; Grand Final 33/1; Wooden spoon 25/1 Prediction: Ninth. Competitive, but don't threaten to challenge the big guns.
Castleford Tigers duly picked up the wooden spoon on their return to Super League last season, but came up with a creditable seven wins along the way, including the scalps of Leeds and Saints.
In an effort to make progress up the ladder Terry Matteson has overseen a major close-season overhaul of the Tigers' squad, with no less than nine new recruits replacing some thirteen players who have moved on. Such radical change may in itself lead to some short term instability, but overall the roster looks much improved and Castleford can be expected to be competitive.
Betting: Regular Season 150/1; Grand Final 150/1; Wooden spoon 9/1 Prediction: Tenth and heading in the right direction.
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats have been through a traumatic pre-season and will look to honour the memory of Adam Watene through their efforts on the pitch when the action gets underway.
The Wildcats were arguably Super League's most inventive side in 2008, but start the season minus creator-in-chief Danny Brough. In the absence of high profile signings, John Kear, who masterminded the great escape in 2007, might find it difficult to take Wakefield forward in 2009.
Betting: Regular Season 100/1; Grand Final 100/1; Wooden spoon 10/1 Prediction: Eleventh and heading in the wrong direction.
Harlequins RL surprised some pundits (and bookmakers) by finishing in a solid ninth spot last season, largely courtesy of a very strong start to the season.
This season's squad – with leading lights McLinden and Hill having departed – doesn't necessarily look improved on the 2008 vintage, despite the return of the prolific Luke Dorn. Brian McDermott will once again have to defy the doom-mongers who are already anticipating a difficult year for the London club.
Betting: Regular Season 100/1; Grand Final 100/1; Wooden spoon 14/1 Prediction: Twelfth. Insufficient quality and only the promoted sides are likely to keep them out of the basement.
Celtic Crusaders start life in the top flight with the toughest possible assignment when they travel to Leeds, a match that will provide the prelude for what is almost certain to be a testing season for the Bridgend outfit.
The squad assembled by wily coach John Dixon isn't littered with big names despite nine new arrivals –five of whom possess plenty of NRL experience – and several players will have to come to terms with playing at a new level of speed and intensity.
With three years to bed in, six or seven Super League wins in 2009 would probably represent success.
Betting: Regular Season 350/1; Grand Final 250/1; Wooden spoon Evens favourites Prediction: Thirteenth. Their matches against Salford – keenly contested at National League level last season – are likely to hold the key to the destination of the wooden spoon.
Salford City Reds, like Celtic, face the mountainous task of adapting to the rigours of Super League, although Shaun McRae's squad does feature a number of players who were part of the side relegated from the top flight in 2007.
Willie Talau joins a sprinkling of solid if unspectacular NRL signings, but overall the squad appears to lack the depth required to compete consistently. At 5/2 to finish on the bottom rung of the ladder, the Reds appeal as a value alternative to fellow newcomers Celtic Crusaders.
Betting: Regular Season 250/1; Grand Final 200/1; Wooden spoon 5/2 second favourites Prediction: Bottom place – a season of toil ahead for a thin looking squad.
Top Regular Season Tryscorer
Last year's one-two on the Super League tryscoring list, Ade Garnder and Scott Donald, assume joint favouritism at 10/1 ahead of the 2009 season. Both men can be expected to pick up where they left off, but for a value alternative look a little further down the betting at 25/1 Damien Blanch, a player with a real eye for the tryline.
The Wakefield winger matched Gardner's scoring rate in crossing for 13 Super League four-pointers in just 13 starts last season and went on to enhance his reputation further in scoring five tries for Ireland in the World Cup.
Man of Steel
An award now chosen by the players themselves, and no player commands more respect amongst his peers than the Leeds and England captain Jamie Peacock. Winner of the coveted title as a Bradford Bull in 2003, and shortlisted last season, Peacock will be a leading contender once more if, as expected, his Leeds side go close to retaining the Super League title.
12/1 (joint favourite with current Man of Steel, James Graham) represents a more than fair price as the winner is highly likely to represent a top side (each of the last four winners played for St Helens). For a lively outsider, 33/1 Gareth Hock, all aggression in the Wigan back-row, could well give cherry and white fans a good run for their money.

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Hosts VS Grenier and Irene Roth will be talking with Author Jack Remick about his lastest book Gabriela and the Widow published by Coffeetown Press. They will also talk about writing and publishing as well.
Gabriela and The Widow is the story of Gabriela, a 19 year old Mexican woman who migrates north (to El Norte) where she meets a dying 92 year old woman, The Widow. The novel is their story.
"As you grow thick, I grow thin," says the widow, portending the secret of immortality that will overtake both women.
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Gabriela and The Widow is currently available for pre-order on Amazon.com. After January 15, 2013, it will also be available in multiple eBook and 6x9 trade paperback editions on BN.com, the European Amazons and Amazon Japan.
Jack Remick is a poet, short story writer and novelist. In 2012, Coffeetown Press published the first two volumes of Jack's California Quartet series, The Deification and Valley Boy. The final two volumes will be released in 2013: The Book of Changes and Trio of Lost Souls. Blood, A Novel was published by Camel Press, an imprint of Coffeetown Press, in 2011. You can find Jack online at http://jackremick.com
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American Horror Story Home for Sale for $4.5 Million
Ready for a haunting good time and just happen to have an extra $4.5 million laying around?
The Los Angeles-area mansion featured on FX's smash American Horror Story is on the market and available for purchase, a new listing confirms.
Located at 1120 Westchester Place in Los Angeles, the lot made famous by American Horror Story's fictitious Harmon family boasts nearly 30,000 square feet and includes a 3-story main house and a grand ballroom (once a chapel, now used as a recording studio).
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Billed as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity," the six-bedroom property is listed by Joe Babajian.
On FX's spooky primetime series, the home is where Dylan McDermott's psychiatrist character keeps his practice and where, as seen on last week's show, the family's teen daughter, Violet, committed suicide.
American Horror Story airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. (EST) on FX.
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Legendary investor Jim Rogers gives us his view of the world on a 22-month, 52-country motorcycle odyssey in his best-selling business/adventure book, Investment Biker, which has already sold more than 200,000 copies.
Before you invest another dollar anywhere in the world (including the United States), read this book by the man Time magazine calls "the Indiana Jones of finance".
Jim Rogers became a Wall Street legend when he co-founded the Quantum Fund. Investment Biker is the fascinating story of Rogers's global motorcycle journey/investing trip, with hardheaded advice on the current state and future direction of international economies that will guide and inspire investors interested in foreign markets.
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Good book, entertaining stories, things to learn. Unfortunately reader sounds like a smug. Not sure if he tries to be sexy or dramatic but it is quite annoying. Maybe it's because I live in place where arrogant people talk like that. You decide
"Live every moment on Jim Rogers's journey"
Well presented story... It's an eye opener to cultural differences and economic potential as seen and assessed by Jim. Very informative too. I enjoyed listening to every single second of this book. Highly recommended.
"Trigger warning: Jealous types should avoid!"
Jim Rogers is in his 40s in 1990. He has a 22 year old beautiful blonde girlfriend who is perfect in every way. Jim is an avid long distance motorcycle rider.
Jim is also richer than Midas. He thinks nothing of dropping by the local BMW dealer to pick up a new motorcycle on a whim, or buying a small country. He and his girlfriend decide to spend a couple of years traveling around the world on motorycycles.
If the thought of someone like that bothers you, avoid this book!
This book is about 70% travelogue, and a really good one, especially for motorcycle riders. Jims trip makes 'The Long Way Round' look like a run to the grocery store.
Really, 1990 wasn't that long ago, but it was about two years before the World Wide Web existed beyond academia. Jim spends a lot of time just trying to discover information about conditions in the next country, or keeping track of his personal finances while on the road. All stuff that you can do on a Smart Phone from just about anywhere these days.
This ride was a real accomplishment and required assets that money can't buy.
The other 30% is discussion of national and global macroeconomics from a libertarian point of view. In each country Jim visits he discusses the local economic and political climate from the perspective of a potential large investor. He also makes a lot of predictions, many of which subsequently came true. For example, after traveling the full length of the USSR he correctly predicted the near term breakup of the Soviet Union.
He also predicted that Bill Clinton would be the last Democratic Party President, which of course didn't happen. He predicted that the U.S. economy was nearing collaspe, which hasn't happened yet.
I think Jim did not foresee the huge peace dividend that flowed in to the United States after the fall of the Berlin Wall, which powered a lot economic growth through the 90s.
Few will agree with all of Jim's analysis, predictions, and observations of human nature. But everyone with an interest in travel (especially travel by motorcycle), economics, politics, human cultures or just good stories will probably enjoy this book.
John McLain's narration and the overall production values of this audiobook were outstanding, it was a pleasure to listen to.
"Wish I had found this book 20 years ago"
I have not read the print version
Adventure Capitalist
Good voice for the story
No extreme reaction, but does make you want to get on the road
Perfect mix of economics 101, real politics, and adventure.
"People, events, ideas. Surprisingly current!"
Great story and ideas about the world and how it could be better organised. I really enjoyed the adventure biking story as a backdrop. Although it takes place more than 20 years ago, it is still surprisingly current. Some of his predictions are very accurate. That's the advantage of hindsight. Most definitely will read his next book.
"I loved this book!"
I have a lot of respect for Mr. Jim Rogers. What a great story by a great investor.
"Great reader, Not so great reader "
This was an incredible journey (even though the author was crazy for doing it!). Very insightful and eye-opening. The issue was poor choice of narrator. He had a deadpan, monotone delivery that definitely detracted from the extraordinary stories the author was telling. You also would think that you would get someone that could do accents for narrating a trip around the world. Still a great read though!
"Investment book made fun"
The story was so fun to listen to I forgot I was learning core principles of the best macro investors.
"great read"
not a how to invest book. but lots of good knowledge, and a big eye opener.
This book is light hearted and fun. If you enjoy travel it is an entertaining story. I am not particularly interested in finance/investing but still found the story to be interesting. I also recommend another Jim Rogers book - Adventure Capitalist.
"History and macro look. Inspirational"
I liked the book. Enough to right a review. So far my favorite finance books are reminiscences of a stock operator, the wizards books, Technical analysis of stock trends, and a Stanley Kroll book written in the late 80's I cant remember the name of. Investment Biker is not a trend following book, and of course I knew that before reading. I was surprised that I liked it as I did.
"A True Curious Adventure"
Absolutely, it will open your mind to the world and how it works!
Hard, I read 2 of his other books and they blend together with greatness.
Well, has to be Jim Rogers...basic smart kid who finds an edge with a luck chance at a position in an emerging market (the stock market), meets the right people, makes some more great decisions and boom! Takes a good looking girl around the world roughing it across rarely and dangerously charted territory because he's curious.
LAUGH, oh man the stuff this guy went through when he had plenty of money to do it the easy way, also makes you just laugh at wow, this is basically a whole life in a book and it's a good interesting life, and your like wow this could be me...I want this...and so you laugh because hey ya....
Pure adventure, I am a fan of learning about stuff and this book will definitely teach you. You have to read Adventure Capitalist, they go hand in hand, the stories kind of work together like a 2 part series, it's not a must but it should be.
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GPLIGC is a program for analyzing IGC flight data from GNSS flight data recorders used by glider pilots. It uses Perl/Tk and gnuplot. The openGLIGCexplorer (written in C++) allows one to view the data in 3D with OpenGL, and can also be used as a digital elevation model terrain viewer. It can also be used for off-screen rendering of 2D and 3D images of flight tracks or terrain/map data.
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Release Notes: gpligc can now use map-tiles from different servers (e.g. openstreetmap). Furthermore, a geo-tagging feature was added. Many bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: A GPS live mode was added in openGLIGCexplorer, which requires gpsd. Furthermore, some new shading options for 2D rendering were added.
Release Notes: Calibration of the altitude has been improved. Options for storing additional information for each igc-file have been added. A new oxygen debriefing might be interesting for those addicted to wave flying. Some bugs have been fixed.
Release Notes: kml and gpx export were added for GPLIGC. openGLIGCexplorer can be compiled with gcc-4.3 now. Many bugfixes and new options were added for offscreen rendering with openGLIGCexplorer.
Release Notes: This release fixes a few bugs. Some options were added that allow you to specify a destination folder and filenames for screenshots. The background colors (including gradients) can be changed.
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All Anquan Boldin did in his debut for the San Francisco 49ers was catch 13 passes for 208 yards in a wild 34-28 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
It's a point of more than just casual interest for the Seahawks, of course, because Boldin and his new team come calling on Sunday night for the Seahawks' nationally televised home opener against the defending NFC Champions at CenturyLink Field.
Having 6-foot-4, 221-pound cornerback Brandon Browner to complement All-Pro corner Richard Sherman definitely would help in matching up against the 220-pound Boldin. But there is some question about Browner's availability after he sat out Sunday's season opener against the Panthers in Carolina because of the hamstring he injured in practice last Wednesday.
"He wasn't ready to go," coach Pete Carroll said on Monday. "He ran hard in pregame, but not full speed. We want to make sure we can get him back to full speed. He's in a track meet out there, so he's got to have all that going for him."
Browner ran on Monday and also will test the hamstring by running on Tuesday and Wednesday. If that goes well, he could return to practice on Thursday. If that happens, Carroll said Browner playing against the 49ers is a possibility.
The Seahawks did not have Browner for their 42-13 victory over the 49ers at CenturyLink Field in Week 16 last season, as he was serving a four-game suspension. But the 49ers didn't have Boldin last season, either. He was acquired during the offseason in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens.
In that game last December, Jeremy Lane started on the right side. Against the Panthers, Walter Thurmond started for Browner, with Byron Maxwell taking over when Thurmond slid inside to cover the slot receiver in the nickel defense.
Carroll was pleased with what he saw from Thurmond and Maxwell against the Panthers.
"They did very well," he said. "Again, we were able to go to the next guy and they stepped up. Those guys split the time because of the all nickel plays that were in there. Byron did an excellent job. And Thurm did a good job inside in nickel and when he was outside he was on it.
"We're very fortunate to have that kind of backup level of play. We didn't have to skip a beat, didn't change the game plan, didn't do anything different."
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RIT Library began its Photo Purchase Prize Awards program in 1981 to
provide a visual history of RIT's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences and
to complement its well-established Fine and Applied Arts Purchase Prize Awards
program. Each year up to nine works are purchased for the collection, chosen
from the Student Honor Show, a juried exhibition open to students in all
departments of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. A rotating
committee of two faculty members from the school and the Art and Photography
Librarian makes the annual selections, attempting to capture in its final
choices not only the best work in the exhibition, but also the diversity of the
show as a whole. A complete list of the Photo Purchase Prize Award Committee
members is included here after the catalog of the collection.
This catalog is a complete record of the Photo Purchase Prize Collection
through the 1996 awards. Each entry includes the following information:
artist's name, the title of his/her work, the type of print (or other medium),
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If you still believe the myth that minimum wage increases help those at the bottom of the economic ladder, Unequal Harm: Racial Disparities in the Employment Consequences of Minimum Wage Increases, a new research study by William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson from Trinity University, will give you some food for thought.
As unemployment rates soared to over 10 percent, the highest since the early 80s, those just staring their working life, 16 to 19 year olds, took the brunt of the impact. The unemployment rate for this group grew to 27.1 percent. For black teens it's even worse. 50% of black teens are unemployed, and the rate is 55% for young black men.
While many will conclude that the recession is to blame and others will assert "they just don't want to work", the truth is, the increase in the minimum wage has priced young, inexperienced and untrained workers out of the job market.
Drs. Even and Macpherson focus on 16-to-24 year-old males without a high school diploma, a group that previous studies suggest are particularly susceptible to wage mandates. Among white males in this group, the authors find that each 10 percent increase in a federal or state minimum wage decreased employment by 2.5 percent; for Hispanic males, the figure is 1.2 percent.
But among black males in this group, each 10 percent increase in the minimum wage decreased employment by 6.5 percent. The effect is similar for hours worked: each 10 percent increase reduced hours worked by 3 percent among white males, 1.7 percent for Hispanic males, and by 6.6 percent for black males.
Even and Macpherson don't lay all of the blame at the feet of minimum wage, certainly the recession had a significant impact, but as you can see from the table below, a significant percentage, especially for blacks, is traceable to increases in minimum wage.Larry Downes – Minimum Wage Fraud: Interview with Dr. Walter Williams
I had the pleasure of talking with Dr. Walter E. Williams about this study and the effects of minimum wage in general. I've included it here if you missed it live on 93.1 WIBC.
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The Study:
Unequal Harm: Racial Disparities in the Employment Consequences of Minimum Wage Increases
Dr. Walter E. Williams:
Race and Economics: How Much Can Be Blamed on Discrimination?


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Spatial modelling for binary data using a hidden conditional autoregressive Gaussian process for irregularly spaced multivariate data with application to modelling large sets of binary data
Pettitt, A. N., Weir, I. and Hart, A. (2002) Spatial modelling for binary data using a hidden conditional autoregressive Gaussian process for irregularly spaced multivariate data with application to modelling large sets of binary data. Statistics and Computing, 12 (4). pp. 353-367. ISSN 0960-3174 Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/5876
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A Gaussian conditional autoregressive (CAR) formulation is presented that permits the modelling of the spatial dependence and the dependence between multivariate random variables at irregularly spaced sites so capturing some of the modelling advantages of the geostatistical approach. The model benefits not only from the explicit availability of the full conditionals but also from the computational simplicity of the precision matrix determinant calculation using a closed form expression involving the eigenvalues of a precision matrix submatrix. The introduction of covariates into the model adds little computational complexity to the analysis and thus the method can be straightforwardly extended to regression models. The model, because of its computational simplicity, is well suited to application involving the fully Bayesian analysis of large data sets involving multivariate measurements with a spatial ordering. An extension to spatio-temporal data is also considered. Here, we demonstrate use of the model in the analysis of bivariate binary data where the observed data is modelled as the sign of the hidden CAR process. A case study involving over 450 irregularly spaced sites and the presence or absence of each of two species of rain forest trees at each site is presented; Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are implemented to obtain posterior distributions of all unknowns. The MCMC method works well with simulated data and the tree biodiversity data set.


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What an interesting blog Jill and it must be a treat to know John as you do – what a fun time you must have always! Looking forward to seeing the range.
Take care
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Wow, what a crazy few weeks it has been at QVC what with interviewing the cast of 'Billy Elliot' and getting a chance to tap dance in the studio with Billy Elliot himself. It was so much fun and brought back so many memories of my special time in the West End where we used to warm up to many iconic people's routines including Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Sammy Davis Jr, so the feet tapped with such ease it was a breeze.
Before I flew out to New York for QVC's Fashion Night Out, John Barrowman was back at QVC with his new album 'Tonight's The Night: The Very Best of John Barrowman'.
As always we had so much fun, as you can see from the picture. His dedication and commitment to QVC is fantastic. As you know he is a huge QVC fan, he loves his Northern Nights, Kelly Hoppen and Butler & Wilson, and so much more.
John had been up at 5am singing on 'Daybreak' and then came to QVC to pre-record an interview before the live show at 7pm. After appearing on QVC his album debuted at number 12 in the UK album charts. There are 16 covers on the album with two new songs including 'I Owe It All To You'. This is for all his fans to say a big thank you for supporting him throughout his career but also for buying the album.
My favourite track is 'I Am What I Am', which is, without a doubt, his trademark song and also a song that, for many reasons, has a big place in my heart too. Life is to love and to live and to believe in your heart who you are and who you really want to be. Other tracks to enjoy are 'So Close', a duet with Jodie Prenger, 'One Night Only', 'I Won't Send Roses' and many more fabulous covers.
You also might want to check out his tour dates starting in Northampton on 19th October, coming to London on 7th November and ending in Glasgow on 24th November before John goes on to play Robinson Crusoe in panto. Check out John's website for more details.
Being a big QVC fan there could be no better place to launch his great skincare range for men, HIM. Having been asked so many times about his skincare routine and how he achieves and maintains fabulous skin, it was the perfect opportunity to launch his own range.
It has been well and truly tried and tested to get it absolutely perfect, from sourcing the right ingredients to the smooth textures, allowing men a great skincare routine with no fuss, but with great results. Trust me, knowing John as I do there's no compromise in any shape or form with the HIM men's skincare range. Men are loving the fact it gives them a routine and the travel sizes in this HIM discovery collection are the perfect way to try the range.
My husband particularly liked the aftershave balm with the bacterial control and the face wash smelled masculine without being too over fragranced and left his skin soft and smooth. The shave cream was superb as he shaves every day and likes a clean cut shave with no nicks from other foams he has tried. He normally uses a gel foam but HIM shave foam left no stubble and his skin was so soft. This certainly delivered. Oh, and girls, it shaved my bits too! Sssh, don't tell the guys…makes a change, huh?! It's currently on waitlist so don't miss out next time.
Here's to the gift of good skin.
I'd love to hear what your favourite song is and if you have a favourite from John's new skincare range.
My love and happiness to you always (with plenty of bling too!)
Jill xxxxxxxxxx
p.s: Oh, and watch out for a true legend coming to QVC that I am lucky enough to get to chat to about his new album. Can't tell you just yet but will keep you updated. I will say that I performed in two Royal Variety Shows that he appeared in…
Very exciting!
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What an interesting blog Jill and it must be a treat to know John as you do – what a fun time you must have always! Looking forward to seeing the range.
October 1, 2011 at 2:28 pm -
hi gill where did you get your necklace from…loved it on your intereview with john… did ring QVC but they didnt know where it was from
October 1, 2011 at 5:38 pm -
Hi is the necklace you have on the one on b&w on now(sat 1st at 5.00),thanks karenx
November 3, 2011 at 9:47 pm -
Hi Jill – My daughter and I went to see John's show last thursday (27th October) in Edinburgh and he was just amazing – what a brilliant entertainer. I watched him on QVC with you and he was so funny you should have him on as a guest presenter sometime! I bought his CD and it is superb – can you guess I am a fan!
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Hi Jill
How are you? I just want to say I love you. And would like to
Request a high resulution picture of you for my window desktop wall pepper please. Sexy picture will be bonus
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Charlie Brown never gives up in this sweet retelling of the brand-new Peanuts movie!
The Peanuts gang bursts onto the big screen November 6, 2015 in an all new feature film from Twentieth Century Fox!
Charlie Brown has never been able to kick a football, and he's never been able to keep a kite from being eaten by the Kite-Eating Tree, but he's also never been able to quit once he starts something.
So when a certain little red-haired girl moves to town, Charlie Brown is determined to win her over any way he can—even if that means performing in the school talent show and entering a dance contest. But he only humiliates himself over and over again. Will he start to listen to everyone who has told him to give up, or will he discover that it's the not giving up that really matters?
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Taekwon everyone,
This is my first posting on the forum.
I just heard that there will be no Veterans division at the next World Championship in South Korea. I don't understand the logic behind this decision. What harm would there be to include this category at the world level?
I believe that there are alot of veterans who still want to compete. Especially at the world level. I know that Master Nicholls tried to add this division in Birmingham in 2007 which I truly appreciate. Thank you. But I don't see why this can't be a permanent division for all World Championships.
Can someone explain to me why this decision is being made?
Thank you and Taekwon from Canada
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Politifact at the St. Petersburg Times has been keeping a meter running on Obama's promises.
Most notably broken is the Obama administration's promise of transparencyin allowing the public to review for 5 days any pending legislation before Obama signs it.
The credit card bill of rights is the latest bill to be rushed through before the public can digest it. Or even find it on the website.
REPEATABLE: Image is everything. By saying he wants transparency in government, people believe it, even though he is not delivering.


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Every season is skiing season
Think boating season is over just because there is a chill in the air?
Not for Van and Jalane Anderson. The Champaign couple is fanatical about water skiing. They ski year-round — and November will be their 200th consecutive month of water skiing in central or northern Illinois.
At times, they've skied through a very thin layer of ice on top of the water, the ice hitting together in the wake of their boat sounding like wind chimes.
"One of the reasons we love to ski is how gorgeous it is out on the water," Van said. "We just really enjoy all aspects of being on the water."
Van learned to ski as a boy, taught by his older brother, but he usually skied just once or twice a year. Jalane had never water skied until she married Van. They both enjoyed it enough, though, that they bought their own ski boat in 1987.
For the next 10 years, they skied weeknights and weekends, whenever they could get away to Clinton Lake. They would ski from late spring through fall.
In 1997, they first skied in April, and it was warm enough in December that year for them to still get out on the lake with their nephew, Erik Anderson, then a University of Illinois student.
"As we were sitting on the lake, all done skiing, it was a beautiful, sunshiny day and Erik said, 'Wouldn't it be fun to ski every month of the year?'" Van said. "Jalane said, 'Hey, we could do that.'"
And they have, skiing every month since April 1997.
Through the years, the Andersons have added more and more equipment that will keep them warm and allow them to ski later in the year.
"If I can keep Jalane warm, I get to go skiing," Van said.
They have wet suits and dry suits. The latter are bulkier than wet suits, with rubber gaskets around the neck, wrists and ankles to keep water out, and with waterproof zippers.
"I can wear long underwear and two pairs of sweats under my dry suit," Jalane said. "My body isn't cold in the dry suit. You know the water is cold around you. You can feel the temperature change, but your body is not cold because it's not wet."
They also wear neoprene hoods and goggles. Jalane wears rubber boots and warm gloves; Van's skis have hard shell boots with foam inserts. He prefers gloves that are a little lighter and don't restrict his hand movement so much.
He will also ski in a wet suit rather than a dry suit if possible, to be able to move more freely. He said the muscle energy it takes to ski warms him up quickly.
The most extreme weather they've skied in is a water temperature of 34 degrees and an air temperature of 29.
"The droplets were frozen on the side of the boat," Van said.
They normally go out only when the air temperature is above freezing.
The water temperature varies according to wind direction and whether the Clinton nuclear power plant is operating, Van said. The water near the marina freezes first, so in winter they use the Mascoutin ramp. The ramps aren't plowed, so Van sometimes shovels it free of ice and snow. And in January 2001, he spent two hours chopping ice 4 to 8 inches thick away from the ramp so they could launch the boat.
"We didn't know that before we got there," Van said. "I called, and the guy said, 'There's just a little ice by the ramp.'"
A stream of fishermen kept driving by to watch the progress as Van worked. They wanted to launch their fishing boats, too.
One year, Clinton Lake and Lake Shelbyville were too frozen to ski on in the middle of the winter, so the Andersons skied at Lake Sara near Effingham. And they've skied one of their monthly runs on the Rock River in northern Illinois.
They could always go south to warm weather to get their skiing in during the winter months, but it's a point of pride that they've kept their streak going in Illinois. Anyone can ski in the winter in Florida, Van said.
The toughest year to keep the streak going was the winter of 2001 and '02. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Clinton Lake was closed because of concerns about security at the nuclear plant there. The Andersons skied in October, November and December at Lake Vermilion in Danville, then in January, February and March at Lake Shelbyville.
The Andersons have a Malibu Sunsetter boat, their third ski boat. When they bought it, they customized it with features that would make it easier for them to ski. For example, they requested a back seat without storage beneath that could be lifted out if they wanted more room in the back of the boat. They have an additional outlet near the front of the boat for the light they must use at dusk. The light is usually mounted near the rear of the boat, which interferes with the tow rope. They also requested pop-up cleats that are flush with the surface of the boat until they are needed, to keep them out of the way of the tow rope.
They ordered additional heat vents. There are two on the floor beneath the steering wheel, for the driver. Two more have hoses attached to them, so cold skiers can warm up their hands or bodies. They also have a hot water shower hose, so they can fill their wet suits and boots with hot water just prior to getting into the lake.
In addition to pairs of water skis and slalom skis, the couple has trick skis, wake boards, knee boards and tubes. Van also barefoot skis. They have numerous training aids and have taught 50 to 60 people — ranging in age from 4 to 60 — how to ski.
They built their house in west Champaign for the garage, which has enough space to leave their ski boat hooked up to their truck all the time. They keep the garage heated enough that they don't have to winterize the boat.
Behind and beside the boat are a closet and racks hanging with wet suits and life jackets. They have 81 life jackets in all sizes because they often have many family members and friends on the water with them. Above the boat at the back of the garage are racks that hold the skis, ropes and other equipment. The Andersons can stand in their boat in the garage and load it, then drive out and be on their way to the lake.
Their nephew, Erik, still calls or texts them each month from his home in the Chicago suburbs to see if they've skied yet.
"We certainly didn't know when we started this we'd still be doing this 17 years later," Jalane said.
And they are always checking the weather, on the lookout for the next midwinter, 40-degree day when they will load up the boat, head to the lake and enjoy the water when most boaters are waiting for spring.
Photos: Top: Van and Jalane Anderson water ski year round, and their boat is decked out with plenty of gear for all kinds of weather. Photo by Heather Coit/The News-Gazette. Middle: Jalane Anderson skis Clinton Lake in her dry suit during the winter. Photo provided by the Andersons. Bottom: Van and Jalane (right, in hood) Anderson, on their boat on Clinton Lake with friend Nancy Mansfield (left), who often skis with them in the winter. They are all wearing their dry suits. Photo provided by the Andersons.
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Early exit polls showed Mr McCain, a Vietnam war hero, winning by 15-20 points over Mr Bush, the Texas governor and pre-primary Republican frontrunner.
In the Democratic race, the vice-president, Al Gore, and Senator Bill Bradley were locked in a contest that was too close to call, the polls predicted.
Mr McCain's devastating win over Mr Bush left political observers gasping in disbelief. He not only captured two-thirds of the support of independent voters but led Mr Bush by 10 points among registered Republicans, polls suggested.
Within hours of his historic win, Mr McCain flew to South Carolina, where the next Republican primary takes place on February 19.


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So in the spirit of Jesse's talk at YAPC::NA, I decided to take a stab at seeing what would be involved in moving the existing smart match implementation out to a module, to free up the path for a better implementation in the future. As it turns out (due in large part to Zefram++), this was much easier than I was expecting. I've just shipped two trial dists to CPAN: smartmatch and smartmatch::engine::core.
smartmatch is a pragma that overrides the behavior of ~~ in a given lexical scope. You can pass a coderef or the name of an engine to 'use', and that code will be run to determine the result of any smart matches that occur. This uses B::Hooks::OP::Check to replace instances of OP_SMARTMATCH with instances of OP_ENTERSUB pointing to the given coderef.
smartmatch::engine::core is an implementation of the existing smart match algorithm, in module form. It has a pure perl implementation (which was certainly educational to write), but it also (unless specifically requested not to) sets a call check hook on that sub, which replaces calls to that sub with a custom opcode, using an implementation that was copied and pasted from the existing in-core implementation (pp_smartmatch), meaning that using this module should be indistinguishable from existing core behavior at runtime.
As for moving forward, I've started sketching out an implementation of Ricardo's proposed algorithm, which I've put up on Github for now. Any comments or suggestions for any of this stuff is more than welcome.
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NCSI, ITA officials meet to discuss mutual cooperation
His Excellency Dr Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Barwani – the CEO of the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) met with D. Salim bin Sultan Al-Ruzaiqi – the CEO of the Information Technology Authority (ITA) on Sunday 16th February at Knowledge Oasis Muscat. A number of senior officials from both organisations were present during the meeting.
Commenting on the importance of aligning all efforts towards the common goal of sharing knowledge and information between Government entities for the future development of the Sultanate, HE D. Khalifa Al-Barwani noted, "The NCSI and ITA both use sophisticated data management programs and modern systems aiming at developing the level and value of information to provide informed outcomes. Meetings such as this provide us with a forum for productive discussion, and allow everyone to activate areas of cooperation between the technical officials and administrators of both organisations, in order to effectively develop the e-government capability."
During the meeting senior officials from NCSI and the ITA discussed ways of upgrading systems and programs used in both organisations in order to enhance mutual efforts of enhancing the e-government capability in the Sultanate. The meeting followed a number of high level discussions already held by the NCSI with different Government bodies with the aim of enhancing and aligning different information systems, programs and applications for the public interest.
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Man shoots wife after dog poops in the house
I guess this dude had enough of the dogs..... and the wife. :eek: I think he may have overracted just a tad.
DALLAS (Reuters) - A 76-year-old Texas man was charged with murder for shooting his wife and two dogs after one of the animals pooped in the house.
Police arrested Michael Stephen Stolz after a five-hour standoff at the man's home in the Dallas suburb of Lewisville late Tuesday. He was charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, Bernice Stolz, and remained in the Denton County Jail on Wednesday on a $250,000 bond.
Stolz told officers he shot his 49-year-old wife and the couple's two dogs after the German Shepherd mix defecated on the floor on Saturday, said Lewisville Police Capt. Kevin Deaver. He told officers that he shot the dog, then their other dog, a Rottweiler, then his wife, who was screaming because of the shootings of the dogs, Deaver said.
Police were called to investigate after Bernice Stolz' employer reported that she failed to show up at work for several days. Stolz rebuffed officers who asked to enter the house and check on the woman's welfare, Deaver said.
Officers reported smelling an odor of decomposition from the home and called for SWAT officers to help encourage Stolz to surrender. SWAT officers finally sent a robot with a camera inside for a look, Deaver said. They noticed Stolz was unarmed and lying on the floor.
Stolz finally surrendered peacefully. Bernice Stolz's body was found on the kitchen floor with a gunshot wound to the head. Stolz told officers he had also intended to kill himself but ran out of bullets after shooting his wife and dogs, Deaver said.
"Sometimes it's just a trivial little thing that sets people off," Deaver said.
Police had previously responded to calls for medical assistance at the home but Stolz had no history of mental illness, Deaver said.
The most unbelievable part about this story is that someone ran out of bullets in Texas.
Dang. People are nuts. I wish he had saved one bullet for himself.
i wish he had saved three bullets for himself
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Hermitage Green
Grapevine Promotions presents
Hermitage Green
Saturday 27th April
The Pavilion Cork
Support from Cillian King
Doors 9pm
Final show as part of their Cork and Kerry Tour!
Hermitage Green formed in July 2010 in a locked back room of the Curragower bar, Limerick. What started out as a spontaneous jam session between friends, soon developed in to a strong acoustic outfit with an original sound, for which the band have credited their contrasting musical tastes.
These interests range from traditional irish and folk music to metal and have formed the basis of an entirely unique approach in how the band deliver their material. In their first 12 months together they have played with several notable Irish acts such as Sharon Shannon, The Stunning and The Saw Doctors.
Seeing Hermitage Green live, you can expect hard hitting rhythm sections driven by the tribal combination of bodhran and djembe, rhythmic guitar lines with dobro melodies and four part vocal harmonies soaring over the top.
'Enthusiasm and ambition is a refreshing quality in any band, and these five guys have shown it in bucketfuls. They're certainly ones to watch, and with their fresh sound, to catch live – if you can manage to get tickets before they disappear.'
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According to my grandfather who was a soldier in World War-II, the phrase became popularized from when soldiers/sailors/airmen/marines during the wartime would be drinking at a bar or dance hall while on leave, usually on a Saturday night. All the single guys would of course try to pick up women to get laid. The term "dog" has long been used as a derogatory term to call an ugly woman, and a nicer was to put that was to call her a "pooch". Besides, the phrase "screwed the pooch" has a rhyme to it. Anyway, the poor schmuck who got way too drunk for his own good and ended up going home with the ugliest girl at the dance hall after closing time and boinking her was said to have "screwed the pooch"... sometimes getting her pregnant in this one-night-stand and thus having to marry her. From this type of situation came the notion that "screwing the pooch" morphed into general meaning of messing up (anything) in a bad way, usually due to one's stupid actions.


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KCTF Receives $500,000 Rapoport Foundation GrantJuly 26, 1999
Waco public television station KCTF today received the largest contribution in the station's history with the announcement of a five-year, $500,000 grant from the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation.
The gift will allow KCTF to increase its signal reliability, dramatically expand its coverage area, enhance its award-winning educational, cultural and public affairs programming, and prepare for the implementation of digital television.
"The missions of these two local organizations-KCTF and the Rapoport Foundation-are quite complementary and benefit the lives of thousands of Central Texans in every age group," said Baylor President Robert B. Sloan Jr., who made the grant announcement during a news conference. "KCTF serves as an essential lifelong learning resource providing quality public television programs and services for the enrichment of area residents, and the Rapoport Foundation strives to meet basic human needs while building individual and social resiliency."
"The public owns public broadcasting," said Bernard Rapoport, whose foundation has a history of funding PBS Ready to Learn children's programming on KCTF. "Public broadcasting is the last resource we have to make certain that information is not controlled by anyone except by the public itself."
The first $200,000 of the Rapoport Foundation grant will be applied as matching funds for the station's $1 million digital-capable transmitter and tower upgrading project. Coupled with a pending grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, a 25-year rent-free tower lease with AM/FM Inc. (formerly Gulfstar Communications), and other local funding, the grant will allow KCTF to more than double its viewing audience to over half a million people. In addition, the station will be able to reach 12,000 Central Texas residents who do not currently receive over-the-air public television service. The remaining $300,000 of the grant will provide matching funds to allow the station to upgrade its master control and production facilities in preparation for the digital conversion in 2003.
This digital conversion will lead to a process called "multicasting," where instead of one channel, there will be four. Programming can be specialized for each channel, including channels dedicated to educational programming.
"Digital broadcasting is more than pretty pictures," Sloan said. "It allows the technology to catch up with the mission of public television, and the mission of the Rapoport Foundation."
Multicasting will allow for distributive education channels to be broadcast over the air at different times of the day, breaking down time/place barriers that many students face today. Depending on local needs, programming might also be accompanied by soundtracks in several languages, or by curriculum guides, and by supplementary information for teachers. Properly configured, digital television could even broadcast software or content from the Internet, either to digital television sets or directly to computers, connecting schools, libraries, businesses and universities.
KCTF operates as a community licensee of Brazos Valley Public Broadcasting Foundation, which was transferred to Baylor's control last January. It is governed by a 12-member board of directors composed of community and university leaders.
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Recipients of tobacco money included more than 60 African American organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the congressional Black Caucus, the National Black Police Association, and the National Urban League, said UCSF researchers.
"The combination of money, opportunities for cigarette sampling, and shared board relationships between the tobacco industry and African American leadership groups have all shaped tobacco's pervasive presence in African American communities," said Valerie Yerger, MA, ND, research associate in the UCSF School of Nursing and lead author of the study. "Tobacco kills too many African Americans, particularly elders. It's time to look at the true cost of accepting tobacco money."
The study shows that tobacco industry representatives sought out African American leaders to oppose policies restricting smoking in public places and to circumvent laws and policies prohibiting cigarette sampling in public schools and parks, said Yerger. In addition, the industry relied heavily on African American leaders to make the case that raising cigarette taxes hurt African Americans. To accomplish this, tobacco industry representatives coordinated press conferences and provided material for op-eds that appeared in the black press, she said.
"Loyalty has limits," said Charyn Sutton, a nationally known tobacco control advocate in the black community. "In balancing the damage done by tobacco against the benefits of tobacco money and support, the black community has lost far more than it has gained."
The press conference was sponsored by national leaders of the African American tobacco control movement, including the Reverend Jesse Brown Jr., executive director of the National Association of African Americans for Positive Imagery, which spearheaded the successful campaign against Uptown, a menthol cigarette created by R.J. Reynolds that was to be marketed to the black community.
Senior author on the study is Ruth Malone, PhD, associate professor in the UCSF School of Nursing. The study was funded by the California Tobacco Related Disease Research Program and the National Cancer Institute.
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Lachlan Harriot, a non-practicing physician and would-be writer, is a content stay-at-home dad. Then his psychiatrist wife, Susie, is convicted of murdering one of her patients, a paroled serial killer named Andrew Gow. Frantic to clear Susie's name, Lachlan searches her home office for proof of her innocence. What he finds makes him question not only Susie's innocence, but also her very identity. Told via entries into Lachlan's computer diary, his obsessive quest for the truth leads him down a trail of disturbing clues, carnal temptations, and more paths of deception.
Little, Brown. 313 pages. $23.95. ISBN: 0316735922
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"Glaswegian novelist Mina—as though feeling liberated from her highly praised yet assiduously downbeat Garnethill trilogy—has written a stand-alone shocker that's exhilarating in its energetic, witty sordidness." Ken Tucker
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"Mina executes a stunning shift in style and tone to come up with an entirely different perspective on her recurring theme—that domestic dysfunction breeds criminal violence. … Without neglecting the puzzle component … Mina makes dazzling use of her narrator's voice." Marilyn Stasio
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"Although the narrative engine that moves Mina's book along is strong and leads up to what they call a blockbuster finale, it's the twists and turns of Lachlan's mind as he struggles with deceiving us about [his wife's] deception that really make this a most satisfying reading experience." Dick Adler
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"Presented as a sequence of Lachlan's diary entries, Deception is as much an intriguing character study as it is an expertly plotted mystery. … Mina, a Scot whose books have been described as 'Tartan Noir,' impressively balances a novel of unnerving suspense with the uncommon pleasure of being inside Lachlan's unreliable, charmingly vain and appallingly funny head." Ellen Shapiro
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Critical Summary
Deception marks a departure from Mina's earlier work, award-winning crime novels set in the dark underbelly of Glasgow. Most critics agree that her use of the "unreliable narrator" is masterful. She slowly reveals that all is not as it seems; even self-deception abounds. As Mina peels away the onion, the househusband with tenacious loyalty to his convicted wife has his own questionable agenda. Deception keeps you guessing, yet manages to be much more than a mere whodunit, thanks to Mina's strong psychological characterizations. These create a story, as it unfolds in the form of the protagonist's diary, which is "car-crash irresistible" (Washington Post).
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Garnethill | Denise Mina (1999): Mina's debut won the John Creasey Memorial Award for Best First Crime Novel. A woman awakens to find her abusive psychologist boyfriend tied to a chair with his throat slashed.


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What, Does Anthony Martignetti Want to Turn Canal Street Into the New Bowery?
Is the Brinkley's owner trying to pull a McNally?By Daniel Maurer
Is the Brinkley's owner trying to pull a McNally?By Daniel Maurer
Did Anthony Martignetti play himself by lighting up on-camera?By Daniel Maurer
The Martignetti brothers debut their reboot of Bar Martignetti.By Daniel Maurer
The former Bar Martignetti reopens next week as a Minetta Tavern–style pub.By Daniel Maurer
What is the Price spaghetti kid up to these days?By Leila Cohan-Miccio
Will a new steak-centric concept affect its reputation as a chick magnet?By Daniel Maurer
Southside's biggest fan is upset that the Bar Martignetti's lounge is charging a $1,500 bottle minimum.By Daniel Maurer
A first look at the crowd now that the fresh-out-of-Trinity folks are banned.By Daniel Maurer
The duo have transformed a preppy hangout into what they hope will be something a bit hipper.By Daniel Maurer
Bar Martignetti's downstairs lounge will reopen this month.By Daniel Maurer
Something to do with the underage crowd?By Daniel Maurer
The Bar Martignetti proprietor will marry in September.By Daniel Maurer
Butter owner Richie Akiva probably won't be attending Bar Martignetti's I Can't Believe It's Not Butter party.
Jason Denton of Bar Milano charts his career from his humble beginnings as a Union Square Café waiter to his work at the helm of Lupa, 'ino, and 'inoteca.
Yesterday Eater broke news that Florent's landlord has been showing the building to potential tenants (Eater originally misidentified the landlord, so take that rumor for what it's worth). Florent's future has been tenuous for some time now — a June 2007 Daily News item mentions owner Florent Morellet trying to renegotiate his lease while neighbors closed shop. We're hearing from one source that Florent's lease is up in May, after which Florent will close. Another source says that Morellet planned to sell the business because his health is worsening (his T-cell count is displayed on one of the menu boards). So was it the Florent space that Anthony Martignetti was referring to when he told us he was considering opening a restaurant near Pastis? Who knows, it may also have been the old Rhone space, abandoned by Double Seven. Morellet wasn't available for comment today, but we'll keep you posted on what may be a double blow (remember, Passerby will soon close) to the meatpacking district. Update: Asked whether Anthony Martignetti is considering the Florent space, a rep tells us she has no new information at this time. Note: She didn't say, "No." Related: SHOCK CLAIM: Florent Restaurant to Close This Year? [Eater] Paris Shaped by the Pen [NYDN] Earlier: Anthony Martignetti Plots a New Restaurant Over Croissants at Pastis Passerby Hasn't Quite Passed On
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US Air Force Restarts Afghanistan Aircraft Competition
The U.S. Air Force will restart its
stalled $1 billion competition to buy light attack aircraft for
the Afghanistan military, it said today.
The military will issue a draft request for proposals April
17 and a final version April 30, the service said in an e-mailed
statement. A new award is scheduled for early 2013.
The Air Force on Feb. 28 canceled a disputed $1 billion
contract to Sierra Nevada Corp. after determining the
documentation used to make the award was flawed.
Sierra Nevada and its Brazilian subcontractor, Embraer SA (EMBR3),
will again compete against Hawker Beechcraft Corp. Hawker, a
closely held company that is 49 percent-owned by Goldman Sachs
Group Inc. (GS), had protested the Defense Department's December
decision, which gave Sierra the order to provide the aircraft
for the Afghan military.
Hawker sued the military in the U.S. Court of Federal
Claims in Washington, claiming it was unfairly eliminated from
the competition. The decision was a blow to the Wichita, Kansas-
based company, which has been struggling with slower defense
Spokesmen for Hawker, Sparks, Nevada-based Sierra and
Embraer didn't immediately respond to phone calls and e-mails.
Embraer hoped to use the contract to establish a
relationship with the Pentagon, Chief Executive Officer
Frederico Curado told reporters on April 10 at the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce in Washington.
"This tends to give us opportunities for future
transactions," Curado said. He said the contract would give the
company credibility abroad as well.
"We just have to hope that when this process is
reconsidered or reopened that there are no changes to the
original specs," he said. "If there are no changes, I think
the same reasons that made us win the first time will make us
win the second time."
To contact the reporters on this story:
Tony Capaccio in Washington at
Danielle Ivory in Washington at
To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Stephanie Stoughton at
Article source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-13/air-force-restarts-stalled-afghanistan-aircraft-program.html
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The Dream Is Still Alive
With a string of results going Rovers way in recent weeks, Donny can still make the play-offs.
If Rovers win away at Tranmere and both Forest & Swansea lose next week, then Rovers will sneak into the play-offs.
The lowest Rovers can finish this season is 10th but a win at Tranmere will guarantee that for the sixth consecutive season, Rovers under Dave Penny have improved there league position.


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SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer brought fiery rhetoric and a few real-life stories to bear Wednesday on what she called an "outrageous" Republican budget plan that would cost America jobs and lives.
"Behind each of these Republican proposed cuts, there are thousands, maybe millions of people who would be hurt," Boxer, D-Calif., said at a news conference at San Francisco's Ferry Building.
With Boxer was Hobert Lee, 52, of San Francisco, a Marine Corps veteran who five years ago found himself homeless, HIV-positive and abusing drugs. Lee said he made a decision to turn his life around and found the help he needed at Swords to Plowshares, a San Francisco nonprofit operating the Treasure Island Transitional Housing Program in which he got a roof over his head and a chance to get clean. Now he's working on a degree so he can counsel other vets in similar straits.
But Boxer said the type of housing voucher program for homeless vets that helped Lee would be gutted by HR 1, House Republicans' budget bill. Passed by the House on Feb. 19 on a 235-189 vote, HR 1 would quickly cut more than $60 billion mostly from domestic programs in the budget for fiscal year 2011, ending Sept. 30.
Also with Boxer was Heather Penman of Concord, who said she lost her health insurance several years ago when she couldn't return to her old job after an injury. Penman went to Planned Parenthood for preventive care, and a Pap smear last year found precancerous cells; the organization then provided her with surgery.
If it hadn't, "I might not be alive today," she said. "Planned Parenthood is about taking care of women's health and it shouldn't be reduced to some political argument."
Boxer said despite Planned Parenthood's "strict wall" separating federal dollars for women's health from private donations that fund abortions, House Republicans have voted to eliminate all federal funding for the organization.
Flanked on one side by asthma sufferer Ben Sovocool, 11, a Piedmont Middle School 6th-grader, and on the other by a photo of a younger child in an oxygen mask, Boxer decried the GOP's effort to slash the Environmental Protection Agency so it can't enforce the Clean Air Act and other laws. "We don't want Ben to have to gasp for air, ever," Boxer said, citing EPA estimates that the Clean Air Act prevented 160,000 premature deaths and 1.7 asthma attacks in 2010 alone.
Dr. David Cook, an assistant professor of thoracic surgery at the University of California, Davis and a board member of the American Lung Association in California, said he and his peers are "deeply concerned" about efforts to weaken federal clean-air protections. California is plagued by high ozone and particulate pollution especially in summer, Cook said, and "the Clean Air Act can almost be described as preventive medicine."
Boxer said Democrats have balanced budgets, turned deficits into surpluses and created jobs before and can do so again, but not under a draconian plan such as HR 1 which "in many ways is a political vendetta" against causes Republicans oppose. The GOP is quick to get "verklempt" — a Yiddish term for being choked up with emotion — not over people like Lee, Penman and Sovocool, but rather only for millionaires who might have to pay a little more in taxes, she said.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said Monday at Stanford University that the government simply can't spend money it doesn't have. But that's a disingenuous oversimplification, Boxer replied Wednesday; President Obama proposed a budget that would gradually return the budget to surpluses, she said, but "you don't get there in a day."
"I don't tell you, 'Don't buy a house' if you don't have the cash for it — sometimes we take a mortgage," she said, noting Republicans weren't such deficit hawks when the deficit was exploding under President George W. Bush.
She again challenged House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to take up her bill — already passed by the Senate — to ensure members of Congress and the president don't receive paychecks during a government shutdown. "I think there needs to be more at stake for the John Boehners of the world so that people have skin in the game."
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