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#1: Metro 2033 (2007/2009) – Dmitry Glukhovsky (3/5)
While browsing the shelves at the bookstore, I was surprised to see a translated Russian science fiction novel from the last decade. Having been interested in reading more of translated Russian science fiction, I bought the novel and started to read it a few months later. Only two people asked what I was reading: "Is that the same book as the game?" Only then did I do a search online and see that the entire book had previously been serialized (which would explain its blocky feel) in Russian online, had a cult following, and became a game. It has a good sci-fi/horror/post-apocalyptic plot to it, ideal for a game. It has been a decade or two since the war that made life on the surface impossible. The few thousand who have survived live in the Moscow Metro (elsewhere, there must be survivors in similar situation) yet there's also a form of life above: flying monsters, black figures, and mutants. Young Artyom has only known life in the station of VDNHk, but events lead him to be assigned to an important task: navigate the sometimes deadly tunnels and stations in order to deliver a message. Through his navigation, he experiences the many facets of life underground, the many facets of subjective truth, and secrets about the Metro, its people, and himself. (full review)
#2: Pillars of Salt (1979) – Barbara Paul (4/5)
Barbara Paul is an author of five SF novels and about a dozen SF short pieces. With an academic history in English and theatre history, one would expect some of these themes to run through her early works. Certainly, history plays the commanding role in Pillars of Salt because it's a time-travel novel, with glimpses of life from a wide range of historical figures: e.g. Van Gogh, Ivan the Terrible, Thakombau, Queen Elizabeth. Most of historical settings are fun settings, but the 5-page setting in the North African arena during WWII is indulgent and a waste of time and paper. Everyday people in the year 2059 are able to travel into the minds of people from history, even young students who learn directly about fragments of history. The professionals, however, spend a lot of their time investigating wide swaths of history and eventually settle onto one person; for. Angie, that person is Queen Elizabeth. She experiences much of her life, but one day chooses to visit her sickness from smallpox, when she unexpectedly witnesses her death… and Angie's own animation of her body. If the Queen had died, how did she reign for forty more years? The academic circle investigates the phenomenon, which indicates that it actually affects the present and speculates what the future has in store.
#3: The Dreaming Earth (1963) – John Brunner (3/5)
I've read more Brunner than I can count… just kidding, this is the thirtieth piece of Brunner's work that I've read, including novels, collections, and his hodgepodge The Book of John Brunner (1976). I've said in previous Brunner reviews that each of his books is different, that there were many facets to his artistry. Now having read thirty of his books, some ubiquitous themes are becoming a poor, most of them found in The Dreaming Earth: over population, drug use of the disenchanted, hypnotism, whodunit disappearances, and videophones. This novel doesn't have espionage—another common Brunner inclusion—but it does include a conspiratorial global organization. The drug here—happy dreams—shows up in many places around the globe and some of its users are disappearing. The narcotic agency of the UN think that they've just up and gone, but some hare-brained thinkers hypothesize that they've transcended. Greville becomes victim to the mildly hallucinating drug due to his scheming wife, but he soon recovers and pushes himself to uncover the drug's mysteries: How is it distributed? Where do the addicts disappear to? Where does the drug even come from? Just when he's in the thick of it does the reader realize that so much of it is predictable and the punch near the end is weak.
#4: The Raw Shark Texts (2007) – Steven Hall (4/5)
If you've read any Murakami, you will be able to tell that this book is heavily influenced from his writing. Instead of a sultry affair with a buxom woman, there's an awkward affair with a skinny blonde; and instead of fine whiskey, there is a shark… something like that. Three similarities stand: mysterious underground passages, a cat as sidekick, and magical realism. Eric Sanderson awakens to the world with no memory, yet his former self leaves a note telling him what to do. His psychologist offers no real help, so Eric turns to a dangerous form of information: almost daily notes delivered by his former self which allude to an unfathomable menace. When he has his first brush of danger from the menace, Eric reads all the letters and goes down the metaphorical rabbit of searching for his past—what happened to his former self—and his future self—keeping his memory in tact. This leads him to a distant farmland, a crumbling concrete passage, and a crawlspace lined with texts. It's a bizarre affair from start to finish, but worthwhile to read about someone without hope or history to find salvation in the unknown.
#5: Of Men and Monsters (1968) – William Tenn (4/5)
I love part of the summary on the back of the novel: "a clear-eyed tribute to the audacity, shrewdness, stupidity, courage and ultimate ineradicability of the human pest". Any novel that paints an unfavorable picture of humanity as stupid, I tend to love. In addition to Joachim's own review, this novel—my first of
#6: Doomsday Wing (1963) – George H. Smith (1/5)
It's always a teacher's advice to keep reading to improve your reading skills; likewise, keep writing to improve your writing skills. Unfortunately, I guess writing erotica doesn't hone one's skills; case in point: George H. Smith (not to be confused with George O. Smith of Venus Equilateral fame). Colonel Chris Tolliver is part of Wing D, an innocuous missile base with some curious participants. When Chris learns that that the "D" stands for "Doomsday", he gets a case of the nerves. These nerves wreck havoc on his failing marriage to a wife he admits he married for her face; even before, there was that time in Japan with that 21-year-old. Anyway, his colleagues all have dead ex-wives and second wives, so it sounds pretty easy for him to move on with his life if his old cow kicks the bucket. When the US gets attacked by a lone Soviet missile base—commanded by the eccentric General Nikolai Ilich Aristov—the US retaliates with limited strikes. On both sides, the deaths are appalling as bases are laid to waste and bombers are shot from the sky. But in 124 pages, the fulcrum between pre-war and post-war is too hasty and cobbled-together, which only becomes hastier toward the conclusion when it's just bad, plain bad. This book has about as much give-a-fuck as an erotic dime novel: Sorority Sluts (1962), The Virtuous Harlots (1963), Country Club Lesbian (1963), or Orgy Buyer (1965).
#7: Lords of the Psychon (1963) – Daniel F. Galouye (2/5)
I have had three Galouye novels (out of his total of five) and I'm saving his most renowned for last: Simulacron-3 (1964). I read The Infinite Man (1973) last year and was unimpressed enough to give it a three out of five. If taking into account Lords of Psychon, I would thus far say that he's a middling author. However, I am intrigued by his wealth of short stories, which number about seventy. Back to Lords of Psychon… enigmatic man-sized sphere appeared on earth in 1977, destroying all electrical items and sending mankind into seizures for weeks. Now in the 1990s, bands of people are scattered about the land. One last outpost of former American military wheels a nuke into the neighboring opalescent tower where uncommunicative spheres come and go, the blast is a mere pop and the tower stands still. When Captain Maddox discovers a woman who keeps a young sphere in a barn, the two contemplate its usefulness as an experiment, which helps them tap into its mysteries. The spheres occasionally hunt people down and hurl bolts at them, but now Maddox has discovered that some of these powers can be harnessed by people, too. But throughout the novel, boredom grips the reader in such spasms that only a few pages can be read in one sitting.
#8: The Human Angle (1956) – William Tenn (4/5)
Just this month, I read my first William Tenn novel: Of Men and Monsters (1968). Though this latter book is more than ten years later than his short work in this reviewed collection, it still shows his knack for creativity, zaniness, and depth, three words of which would also describe Fritz Leiber and Robert Sheckley. Of the eight stories, two seemed familiar, but it took me a while to realize that I had them before: I had read "Project Hush" before in Asimov's 50 Short Science Fiction Tales (1963) and "Party of the Two Parts" in Santesson's Gentle Invaders (1969). The latter of which is bizarrely unique story of alien oddities and galactic law. This one steals the show out of the entire collection. In close second is "The Servant Problem". This story isn't one of blunt humor, but a cultural introspection of the familiar theme of "absolute power corrupts absolutely"—it's poignant yet absurd. (full synopses)
#9: Synthajoy (1968) – D.G. Compton (5/5)
After reading Farewell, Earth's Bliss (1966) and The Steel Crocodile (1970), I knew Compton was an author whom I would have to pay attention to; both books were solid and enticing in on way or another. Synthajoy falls between them both and smothers them both with its percolating personal history, layers of psychology (always fascinating to me), and teetering success of a new technology. Thea Cadence neé Springfield fell deeply in love with the doctor she was working with—a brilliant psychologist named Edward Cadence. She was so in love with him, in fact, that she was blind his to faults, perhaps because of his radiant passion for developing Sensitape. He was able to record emotions and experiences onto tape and later feed it back into another person's mind. The creation of a Sexitape—legally taken between Mr. and Mrs. X—caused nearly instant fame, but the clinical and recreational use of the tape—its true indication of success—had yet to break through. Now, Thea is alive and in the same institution she helped build with her late husband, who has died in an unmentioned incident, which is also why Thea is receiving treatment with Sensitape. Her story evolves slowly through a clouded mind on sedatives, yet even her own story takes a few u-turns, testimony which is verified with stenographic conversations. This one is deep and tumultuous, a real delight for the observant and analytical mind.
#10: Unearthly Neighbors (1960) – Chad Oliver (1/5)
I remember enjoying Chad Oliver's story "Transfusion" (1959) in Groff Conklin's Worlds of When (1962). It was something a little different, a little fun, so I decided to pick up anything else by the same author—the result: Unearthly Neighbors. I had been excited for a while at the thought of picking it up. The first few pages and chapters were OK: a mission to Sirius Nine as discovered a humanoid species and since Monte Stewart is one of the leading anthropologists, the UN decides to send him and let him pick his team, who all seem to take their wives on the three-year mission to an uncharted planet. Once on the planet and meeting the locals, somehow the book becomes dull. One man lives in an unnaturally hollowed out tree and commands a wolf-like animal, leading the reader to a basic assumption, the same assumption is takes the characters another hundred pages to figure out. As an official mission to an alien people, they seriously botch up first contact. In addition, their guesswork on their language abruptly turns to fluency, the humans being able to use alien verb tenses (heavily using formal present perfect); allegories that seem to bridge cultures; subject, object, and even reflexive pronouns; first conditional clauses; and difficult vocabulary such as tide and current, and trial and verdict. Unearthly Neighbors gets a point for grim unforeseen violence in the middle and some philosophical conjecturing toward the end, but it tapers poorly and the result of the novel is a flaccid and forgettable.


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Top 7 Lead Capture Tools for Growing a Mailing List
Customer acquisition is one of the most important aspects of building your brand. Your customers are your ticket to success, so you need to find creative ways to bring more customers in, but not just any customers — customers who will become brand evangelists.
You also want to survey your audience and find out what they want as you try to improve your content, service or products. Measuring the success of your efforts along the way can be an important part of your strategy.
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However, acquiring customers can be costly if you don't choose the right tools.
For bloggers, site owners and everyone in between, it's important to have plenty of tools in your arsenal. Lead generation is one of the most important aspects of our business that allows us to scale in size, while also automating the process.
There are plenty of custom-created software that you can invest in, but there are also many helpful tools on the web that may serve your purposes as well. Many of which I will be covering in the list below.
Which Tools are Best for Capturing Website Leads?
Lead generation tools can be a bit confusing sometimes regarding which ones to use and how to implement the technology to maximize your impact on your target audience. Your leads generation tools should be easy to access and use, not too expensive, and they should allow you to focus on the market you want to reach.
We have scoured the web to find some of the best capture tools that will help you grow a mailing list and improve your email marketing campaigns.
Hello Bar
Hello Bar is one of the most effective, yet unobtrusive ways to grow a mailing list and grab the attention of your audience. You've likely already seen this tool already being used on various websites and blogs, and the way the tool works is quite simple.
Site owners can add Hello Bar to their site through the use of a WordPress plugin or placing a line of code on their site. In short, it's a simple Javascript embed code, so it's compatible with nearly every CMS. Once this is in place, a sticky, non-scrolling bar will appear at the top of any web page you like. The end result is an attractive, yet prominent place that can be used for promoting your latest content, collecting emails for your mailing list or even to simply bring awareness to your latest sales or promotions.
Another great feature of Hello Bar, is that it's free for all site owners. Premium features, such as RSS feed integrations (for dynamic promotion of the latest blog posts), SSL compatibility and removal of Hello Bar's branding are also available for anyone looking to pay a few dollars per month to upgrade.
MailOptin is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows site owners and bloggers to easily convert new and existing site visitors into email list subscribers and high-value leads. Through the use of their WordPress plugin and platform, users will have the ability to not only create custom forms and automate triggered emails for their lists, they also have the necessary tools and tracking in place to build a powerful relationship that nurtures and engages with them in the process — all within WordPress.
When it comes to the actual creation of lead generation forms for your site, MailOptin has a wide range of options to choose from. Some of the most popular and effective solutions are their lightbox popup, notification bar, slide in windows and also before/after post subscription forms. In summary, MailOptin offers all of the subscription form options and customizations necessary for turning your site content and traffic into a lead generation machine. Download the MailOptin WordPress plugin for free, and also upgrade your account to unlock all features.
GetResponse is another good tool for creating and growing your leads list. It allows you to create personalized emails, welcomes, and birthday messages through a convenient autoresponder and set up a series of emails for your contact lists.
You can set it up and forget about, it and it will keep working for you while you sleep. Customers will get notifications if they sign up for your newsletters and you can manage all of your contacts in one place.
Don't forget to check out my GetResponse Popup Windows post on how 10 different sites are using the service to increase conversions on their own sites.
Gravity Forms
One of the greatest things about using WordPress to power a site, is that it's easy to create a contact form of your own. However, there are plenty of tools out there to bring contact forms and engagement to a whole new level.
Gravity Forms is a tool that does exactly that. Not only can you completely customize the look, feel and options for your forms, you can also easily integrate with other platforms like Aweber, MailChimp, Paypal and more. In short, this is the perfect tool if you want to create customized forms on your site for building your mailing, or just for customization over simple contact forms.
WP Subscribe Pro
WP Subscribe Pro is a good tool to use to generate more leads for your mailing lists. With this tool, you can boost your traffic to subscribers and collect leads to promote your brand.
WP Subscribe Pro supports many other tools as well including Feedburner, MailChimp, and Aweber. It is a plug-in that you will be able to use within your blog and website to capture emails of interested visitors. It allows you to integrate your email campaign within your website and blog.
LeadFlows by Hubspot
LeadFlows by Hubspot allows you to use onboard analytics to figure out what is working best on your site and what needs to be changed. It helps, you build contacts, and it, allows you to plan your strategies with your email campaigns and organize your contacts. You can select the features you want to use and check the progress of your campaigns as you go.
It's also free, so you don't have to pay monthly premiums to keep it.
Lead Generation Card
There is a cool tool called the Twitter Lead Generation Card which allows you to let users express interest in what your brand offers.
You can let your users securely share their email addresses with businesses without leaving Twitter or having to fill out forms of any kind. This is a quick and easy way to build your leads while analyzing how it is working.
Scroll-Triggered Pop-up
This tool called "Scroll-Triggered Popup" is designed to help you get the attention of visitors who have engaged with your site. You can specify the events you wish to track such as the percentage of the scroll and verify that visitors are engaged with the content you are presenting on your page.
The purpose of this tool is to:
- Get more subscribers to your newsletter
- Make it easy to share your posts
- Fill out a contact form
- Display best offers
- Share related content
It's very customizable and you can display any content or call-to-action within the plugin. Pop-ups can be obtrusive but this tool seems to be fairly unobtrusive and just allows visitors to add themselves to the list of email subscribers if they choose to do so. They can also exit out of the application if they don't want to.
Best Tools for Growing Your Mailing List
These are just seven examples of leads capture tools. There are more available on the web for you to discover and try out, and plenty of examples and case studies to guide you along the way. Think about how you want to utilize your content and what types of groups you want to reach. All of these tools can help you in some way but some of them are more robust than others.
Hello Bar is a snazzy way to increase engagement without taking up a lot of website space. GetResponse is great because of the autoresponders and instant notifications capabilities. Gravity Forms is also another great tool for all site owners to consider since we all need contact forms.
Only you know how much you can afford to invest in your email lead generation and outreach, but these tools are a good sampling of price ranges that allow you to build your brand while building your mailing list over time.
Whatever tools you choose, it's best to try out the features first and see what works and what doesn't. With time you'll learn which features are the most important to your business and which ones you can do without.
The goal is to utilize either free or premium tools that will help you reach your business goals and cut your customer acquisition costs down.
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Grow Your Affiliate Business with Lorem Marketing Experts
Affiliate marketing is one of the most lucrative business models of the 21st-century. Despite its incredible scalability and ability to get started with limited startup costs, affiliate marketing is not easy. It requires a tremendous amount of work and a wide range of skill sets, while also integrating with different platforms, freelancers, and experts around you. Without these tools and partners in place, it would be hard to compete in this saturated online market.
At some point in your affiliate marketing career, you are probably going to need to outsource certain tasks. You can try using a platform like Fiverr, but the results are usually hit or miss. At the same time, when going for the cheapest solutions or freelancers around, you are likely going to get hurt in the long run. If you need the assistance of qualified contractors, it is better to turn to a platform that is better known for consistently delivering high-quality services.
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Use Lorem for your affiliate marketing contracting needs
One such example of an online platform and solution for connecting with other industry experts and freelancers is Lorem. Not only with their site allow you to connect with trusted and proven experts within the industry, it's also ideal for hiring and managing qualified freelancers as well.
In a never-ending effort to always provide my readers with the latest options and method for growing their businesses and scaling in size, today we are going to look at the many features and benefits of using a solution like Lorem for your growing affiliate marketing business.
You will only work with highly skilled service providers
As an affiliate, you can't afford to work with contractors that do a shoddy job. Whether you need to create a new landing page, write fresh content or build a list of keywords for your AdWords campaign, it is essential to make sure the task is completed to your specifications.
Contractors on Fiverr, UpWork, and other freelancing sites often lack the skillsets and professionalism to do the job to your satisfaction. You don't need to worry about that when you purchase services through Lorem, as they heavily vet and approve all of their experts on the site.
Lorem carefully screens every professional that joins their network. They only accept three out of every 100 applicants. When you purchase services through this platform, you know that you are working with the very best.
Choose from a large pool of professionals with a wide array of specialties
You need a lot of different skills to create a thriving affiliate marketing business. There are experts at Lorem that can help you with any of the tasks you will need to complete. Here are some services that you can purchase through Lorem.
Website and landing page design
Carefully designing your website and optimizing your landing pages is key to succeeding as an affiliate marketer. If you don't have much expertise as a web designer or simply don't have the time to build your site and landing pages on your own, then you can turn to the experts at Lorem for support.
Google Analytics and tracking setup and support
Affiliate marketers need to depend on one or more analytics and tracking tools. Google Analytics is commonly used by affiliates that rely on organic traffic that is driven to their own website. Affiliates that run paid search, Facebook ads, PPV or other types of paid traffic will also need to use tracking tools such as CPVLab or Prosper202.
Setting them up can be a huge pain. If you don't do it right, your data may be incomplete or unreliable when you are trying to optimize your campaigns. The good news is that you shouldn't have any trouble finding an analytics or tracking expert on Lorem to assist you.
Generating marketing creatives
You are probably going to need a variety of creatives to promote affiliate marketing offers. While you can always try testing the banners provided by the advertiser, it is often better to test your own custom creatives, especially if you have a specialized type of traffic that requires pre-selling.
There are a lot of design experts on Lorem that can help you develop custom creatives.
Developing the right layout for your email newsletter
Building an email list is an important part of many affiliate marketing funnels. Unfortunately, building an email list alone is not going to guarantee that you will have profitable campaigns. You need to make sure that your emails are carefully optimized to your audience.
There are experts at Lorem that can help you develop the right layout for your email newsletter. This will keep people from unsubscribing and make sure they stay engaged, which is essential to the profitability of your email funnel.
Installing and updating WordPress plugins
Using the right WordPress plugins can make your life much easier. However, keeping up with the newest plugins is not easy. Making sure that all of the plug-ins you have already installed have an updated is also a chore.
The WordPress experts at Lorem can help you:
- Choose the right plugins for your site
- Deal with any troubleshooting if they aren't working properly
- Go through the list of installed plugins and update them when necessary
- Remove any plugins that are no longer operational and find suitable replacements
- Find out whether any plugins are interfering with each other or the functionality of your site and find replacements my needed
You can have trouble with this if you aren't a seasoned WordPress developer, so it is good to have a team of WordPress experts from Lorem at your side.
Getting started with Lorem
Lorem is a very easy platform to use and install. Here are the steps that you will need to take:
- Install the Chrome extension. This extension is necessary to start projects and make payments after they are completed. You will need to give the extension permission to read and alter data as necessary before can be installed.
- Begin a chat session to discuss your first project. Before you launch your first project, a Lorem customer service provider will need to connect you with the right expert. You will need to open the chat window and spend a few minutes discussing the specifications first. At the conclusion of the chat, you will be paired with the most qualified expert.
- Provide the details and oversee the work. You will work closely with a professional that you are assigned. You can provide detailed feedback throughout the process. You will not need to make a payment until the work is completed to your satisfaction.
- Make the payment. Once you are happy with the work, you will make a payment and conclude the project.
Lorem structured process to make sure it is as easy as possible. You shouldn't have any trouble getting started.
Lorem makes running an affiliate marketing business easier than ever!
Handling everything on your own as an affiliate marketer isn't going to be easy. As your business grows, you are going to need to lean on other experts to assist you. The good news is that there is a large pool of talented contractors at Lorem.
Getting started is easier, so feel free to download their Chrome extension and create your first project! Sign up and mention ZAC10 to get 10% off your first project on AskLorem.com!
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Free Cloud Managed Hosting and Resources from SkySilk
The cloud is benefiting online brands in amazing ways. Organizations are investing in cloud platforms to improve the cost-effectiveness of data storage, scale online resources in unprecedented ways and minimize disruptions while pursuing customers internationally.
However, with so many users, brands and businesses relying on the cloud, costs can quickly add up if you are relying too much on it. Even with hosting costs being quite competitive and low cost, it's still an extra added cost that some might not be able to absorb. The good news is that there are more options out there than ever before — not just for cloud hosting, but also for saving money in the process.
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One such solution is Skysilk, a top cloud-based solution for evolving brands. To learn more about the service and what they have to offer, here are some of the ways SkySilk is changing the hosting industry and how users and brands store data in the cloud.
Highly affordable and Versatile VPS
SkySilk has a new VPS that is currently in beta. While it is still awaiting its hard launch, users can sign up for the beta version of the VPS for free. All plans are freely available under the temporary beta program, except for the premium subscription.
Here are some of the primary benefits that the free version of the SkySilk VPS (which will still be available after the beta period ends) offers:
- You have access to free lamp stack.
- You can store up to 25 GB of SSD memory.
- You have access to 512 MB of RAM.
- You can have bandwidth speeds of 12 MB per second.
- You can take advantage of WordPress and over 40 other Linux-based apps.
- You will have access to triple replicated backups.
- You can earn rewards with the loyalty program.
SkySilk offers some of the most generous features of any affordable VPS on the market. It is even more impressive that they are free during the current beta period.
The biggest limitation of the free plan is that it only allows you to create one VPS per user. This is an issue for bloggers that want to manage multiple domains and plan to scale their traffic with a VPS. Though the option is always there to upgrade and find the necessary resources and growth plan for your individual or business needs.
If you want to purchase a standard plan, you will be able to get an unlimited number of VPSs for every user. This is one of the most compelling benefits of their plan. You will also have a bandwidth limit of 200 MB/s, instead of the 12 MB/s that is available under the free plan.
You can purchase the standard plan for only $5 a month. It is a great deal if the extra bandwidth and unlimited VPS configurations can help. However, you may want to stick to the free version if you are running a single blog at the beginning with limited traffic.
You also will be able to take manual backups and snapshots of your VPS data at any time. The free version doesn't currently allow any backup or snapshots at all.
Highly Intuitive Interface
According to reviews by users that previously had little or no experience with VPS systems, SkySilk was very intuitive and easy to set up. Users that have never created a VPS environment before were able to complete the process in under 15 minutes.
If you want to choose one of their premium plans, you can easily use the custom configuration to choose the scope of the services that you were looking for. You will receive a quote in real time and can adjust your configuration to your budget.
Keep in mind that the service is currently free, except for the highest tier premium plan. However, this doesn't mean that the quoted price is irrelevant. The platform will eventually go out of beta mode and you will need to pay a monthly fee for the configuration unless you choose the free plan option. It is a good idea to choose a configuration that will be compatible with your future budget, so you don't get used to using features that will no longer be available to you.
Since the free VPS will still be available after the beta period has ended, you may want to test this version of the plan if you don't intend to pay a fee for your future VPS services. However, it may be worth testing a slightly higher tier plan that you will be willing to pay for.
Customer Support
Every VPS customer needs a strong support team because you never know what issues you encounter will be. So, how does the SkySilk customer support team stack up against their competitors?
There aren't any comprehensive reviews that compare the SkySilk support team to their competitors. However, based on anecdotes from other users, their support team appears to be very dependable and timely. They also have a detailed support section on their site that covers most of the frequently asked questions that users have, along with a community support forums for anyone that can't find answers on the site. The option is also there to submit a support ticket through their site as well.
Users that created an account with SkySilk said that they received replies from the support team within minutes of sending a request.
Emphasis on security
With the growing number of data breaches that occur every year, digital security is a priority for every online business. Don't worry – Skysilk takes security extremely seriously.
Here are some of the measures they have taken to ensure your security is protected.
– Minimizing staff access to your data
Many security breaches occur because employees are negligent or willingly choose to engage in fraud. Limiting employee access to data is important. Skysilk recognizes this, so they make sure their staff doesn't have access to backend hypervisors. This means the technical support team can't control or manipulate virtual server data, containers or images on any of the cloud-based storage systems under their control. Only the Skysilk engineering team can access any of the backend servers and will do so only when necessary.
– Carefully encrypting credit card data
Credit card fraud is another serious concern. You want to make sure that any VPS service that you use takes it seriously.
Skysilk uses Authorize.net for all payment processing. These transactions are conducted through encrypted HTTPs connections, thereby significantly limiting the risk of fraud.
– 24/7 physical onsite security
The security team at Skysilk monitors the premises 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They constantly monitor for any known risks and take all necessary precautions.
Skysilk is an excellent VPS for bloggers on a tight budget
If you are looking for an affordable VPS, Skysilk is a great option to consider. They offer reasonable bandwidth, exceptional security and dependable support that rivals any other low-cost VPS provider. It is a good idea to try it out during the beta period, since you won't be charged a fee for the standard plan that will soon cost $5 a month.
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Grow, Nurture and Engage Your Email List & Customers with MailOptin
It happens to all new bloggers and site owners at some stage in their career. They work very hard to build a steady stream of traffic to their website. Then they get incredibly frustrated that 70% of their visitors will leave and never return. It is even harder knowing that many of their visitors will convert.
With this in mind, it's important to realize that you only have one shot to make a great first impression, while also grabbing the email address of your site visitors in the process. This is simply one of the most effective ways to increase repeat traffic to your site, while also building a powerful mailing list in the process.
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There are several tools and solutions out there for accomplishing this, but some are clearly better than others. Gone are the days when you simply have a pop-up or subscription form on your site, now it's all about customization, split-testing and being able to improve your results over time. One such solution that is focusing their efforts on exactly this, is MailOptin, which is a powerful WordPress plugin that allows site owners and bloggers to build a subscriber list and start boosting your email conversions.
With so many different tools and methods for growing a mailing list on the internet today, let's take a look at what makes MailOptin stand out from the crowd.
Use MailOptin to Grow Your List
MailOptin can be managed directly through your WordPress dashboard. You can create your own custom optin page to build your subscriber list.
One great thing about MailOptin is that it has plenty of premade sign-up forms. You can easily tweak them to your liking. Some features that you can modify include:
- Popup lightboxes
- Sidebar widgets
- Call-to-action buttons
You can alter the colors and sizes to maximize conversions. It is a good idea to run a split-test to see which styles have the best conversion rates.
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When you are testing different landing page styles and forms, it is a good idea to use this split testing tool. It will tell you when a specific MailOptin landing page outperforms another to varying degrees of statistical significance. It is a good idea to start with two entirely different landing pages before testing less important elements, such as different colors for your call to action buttons.
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MailOptin isn't a standalone email marketing automation platform. You are going to need to use it in conjunction with another email automation service.
This tool will sync with your marketing automation platform whenever a predefined event is triggered. You can also use it to automatically send an email message. One of the most common uses of MailOptin Is to email your subscriber list each time a new post is published.
Create beautifully designed custom emails
You can build a list of thousands of subscribers. It won't do any good if your emails suck. You need a well-designed layout that will appeal to your readers.
MailOptin has a number of email templates to choose from. You can choose different styles for newsletter emails, sales emails or any other conversion goal.
Excellent analytics features
Other marketing automation tools lack decent analytics features. Fortunately, MailOptin has you covered.
The dashboard keeps detailed data on your visitors and conversions. You can easily figure out which forms and landing pages convert the best. You won't have any trouble optimizing your campaign with MailOptin. All of this data can be accessed directly from your WordPress browser, unlike most other email marketing optimization tools.
Setting up MailOptin
Setting up MailOptin is a quick and easy process. You simply need to take the following steps:
- Download MailOptin and install it on your WordPress plug-in page. From there, you can easily activate it to start using it.
- You will see a new menu item for MailOptin in the sidebar of your WordPress dashboard. If you hover over it, you will see links to the settings and features for the plug-in.
- Click the Connections tab and enter your API to sync with your email marketing automation service.
- Click "New Optin" on the Optin Campaigns tab. You will see a number of different types of forms that you can use for your subscriber page. You just need to click the desired form to get started.
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Q: What do you call the three superstars who decided to play together for the Miami Heat next season?
A: The Three Mi-Egos
Q: How do you know you've found Lebron James' cell phone?
A: It vibrates and receives calls, but it only has one ring!
Q: How Many points did Lebron James score against the Jazz?
A: James scored so much, Utah made him an honorary Mormon!
Q: What does Erik Spoelstra and Alex Trebek have in common?
A: Both of their jobs are in Jeopardy.
Q: What did Lebron James eat during his last breakfast in the city of Cleveland?
A: Eggs Benedict Arnold!
Q: Despite Lebron James leaving for the Miami Heat why does Delonte West want to stay in Cleveland?
A: Lebron James' Mom!
Q: Why did Lebron head down South?
A: Because his mother went West!
Q: What do you call Lebron James on a plane back to Cleveland?
A: A good start.
Q: What's the difference between the Miami Heat and a dollar bill?
A: You can still get four quarters out of a dollar bill.
Q: What do the Miami Heat and possums have in common?
A: Both play dead at home and get killed on the road!
Q: Whats different about the Miami heat team from this year to last?
A: This year they don't have a star player.
Q: What do the Miami Heat and a nail have in common?
A: They are both good till they hit the wood.
Q: What is the difference between a Heat fan and a baby?
A: The baby will stop whining after awhile.
Q: How many Miami Heat players does it take to change a tire?
A: One, unless it's a blowout, in which case they all show up
Q: What do you call 12 millionaires around a TV watching the NBA Finals?
A: The Miami Heat.
Q: How do you keep an Miami Heat player out of your yard?
A: Put up a basketball net.
Q: What is a Miami Heat fan's favorite whine?
A: "We can't beat Boston."
Q: How do you stop an Miami Heat fan from beating his wife?
A: Dress her in Boston Green and White!
Q: What is th difference between a bucket of shit and an Miami Heat fan?
A: The bucket.
Q: If you have a car containing a Heat power forward, a Heat point guard, and a Heat center, who is driving the car?
A: The cop.
Q: How do you casterate an Miami Heat fan?
A: Kick his sister in the mouth
Q: What should you do if you find three Miami Heat basketball fans buried up to their neck in cement?
A: Get more cement.
Q: What's the difference between an Miami Heat fan and a carp?
A: One is a bottom-feeding, scum sucker, and the other is a fish.
Q. How did the Miami Heat fan die from drinking milk?
A. The cow fell on him!
Q: What does an Miami Heat fan do when his team has won the NBA Finals?
A: He turns off the PlayStation 3.
Q: How many Miami Heat fans does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: None. Lava lamps don't burn out man!
Q: What does a Miami Heat fan and a bottle of beer have in common?
A: They're both empty from the neck up.
Q: Why do Miami Heat fans keep their season tickets on their dashboards?
A: So they can park in handicap spaces.
Q: How do the Heat spend the first week of training camp?
A: Studying the Miranda Rights
Q: How do you keep a Heat fan from masterbating?
A: You paint his dick Boston green and white and he won't beat it for years!
Q. Why do ducks fly over American Airlines Arena upside down?
A. There's nothing worth craping on!
Q: Why doesn't Jacksonville have a professional basketball team?
A: Because then Miami would want one.
Q: What do you call a Miami Heat in the NBA Finals?
A: A referee.
Q: Did you hear that Miami's basketball team doesn't have a website?
A: They can't string three "Ws" together.
Q: Why are Miami Heat jokes getting dumber and dumber?
A: Because Heat fans have started to make them up themselves.
Q: What's the difference between the Miami Heat and a pinball machine?
A: You can score more points against the Heat.
According to a new poll 91 percent of people are satisfied with their lives.
The other 9 percent are Miami Heat fans.
Can a Miami Heat player drive a stick?
Only if they remove the clutch.
My wife was about to put my son in a Miami Heat jersey, but I reminded her it was a choking hazard.
I took my broken vacuum cleaner back to the store.
They put a Miami Heat jersey on it and now it sucks again.
Why did the Miami Heat fan cross the road.....I was thinking when I accelerated.
I heard Donald Trump is going to build a wall with all the bricks the Miami Heat laid tonight.
A Miami Heat fan doesn't always eat pastries, but when he does it's usually a turnover.
Heat Fan
A Heat fan dies on match day and goes to heaven in his Deep Red and Orange jersey. He knocks on the old pearly gates and out walks St. Peter.
"Hello mate" says St. Peter, "I'm sorry, no Heat fans in heaven."
"What ?" exclaims the man, astonished.
"You heard, no Heat fans."
"But, but, but, I've been a good man", replies the Heat supporter.
"Oh really", says St. Peter. "What have you done, then ?"
"Well" said the supporter, "Three weeks before I died, I gave 100 dollars to the starving children in Africa".
"Oh" says St.Peter. "anything else?"
"Well, 2 weeks before I died I also gave 100 dollars to the homeless."
"Hmmm. Anything else?"
"Yeah. A week before I died I gave 100 dollars to the Albanian orphans."
"Okay", said St. Peter, "You wait here a minute while I have a word with the god."
Ten minutes pass before St. Peter returns.
He looks the bloke in the eye and says, "I've had a word with God and he agrees with me. Here's your $300 dollars back, now fuck off".
A Heat fan and a Celtics fan stumble upon a magic lamp.
The Heat fan gets to it first, picks it up and gives it a rub. There's a flash, a puff of smoke, and a genie appears
The genie looks at the 2 men and demands to know who it was that rubbed the lamp. Delighted, the Heat fan announces that it was him.
"Okay," says the genie, "So you get 3 wishes. But there's a catch."
"What's that then?" asks the 'Gers fan.
"Well, whatever you wish for, I'll give the other guy double."
"That's alright with me," says the Heat fan, and starts the ball rolling by wishing for a million pounds.
"Granted!" says the genie, "But the Celtics fan gets 2 million."
"Fair enough. Now, I'd like a nice new Ferrari,"
"Done. But the Celtics fan gets 2 Ferraris."
"Okay," says the Heat fan, "I'd like to donate a kidney.
Udonis Haslem
Udonis Haslem walks into a sperm donor bank in London...
"I'd like to donate some sperm" he says to the receptionist.
"Certainly Sir" replies the receptionist, "have you donated before?".
"Yes" replies Udonis "you should have my details on your computer".
"Oh yes, I've found your details" says the receptionist "but I see you're going to need help. Shall I call your wife for you?"
"Why do I need help?" asks Udonis . The receptionist replies
"Well, it says on your record that you're a useless wanker...."
What's clear and goes on a prick? A clear condom,
What's black and goes on a prick? A black condom,
What's orange and deep red and goes on a prick? A Heat Jersey.
Thats A Problem
What do you call 10 Miami Heat fans on the moon?
A problem.
What do you call 100 Miami Heat fans on the moon?
A problem.
What do you call 1000 Miami Heat fans on the moon?
Still a problem.
what do you call all of the Miami Heat fans on the moon?


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That's the subject of this week's pop culture & politics column over on Mommy Track'd: How I can find Julia Louis-Dreyfus' kooky, desperate, fortysomething divorced mom on The New Adventures of Old Christine charming but be repelled by Courteney Cox's kooky, desperate, fortysomething divorced mom on Cougar Town. (I also looked at how other divorced moms in their late-30s/40s are portrayed on TV on Brothers & Sisters and Private Practice.)
I think part of the problem is that when I watched the satirical Cougar Town pilot episode (other than loathing the name), I felt as though this was a show about a man's perspective on what life is like for a divorced woman in her 40s, and that she's mocked for being in her situation. Old Christine, on the other hand, takes a woman's perspective and frames Louis-Dreyfus' oddball behavior into a Lucille Ball-type depiction of slapstick humor. Put more simply: When I watched Cougar Town I cringed. When I watched Old Christine's premiere, I laughed.
This clip from the Old Christine premiere reminded me of something you might have seen on I Love Lucy. Christine (Louis-Dreyfus) couldn't get comfortable on an airplane and the airline attendant wouldn't give her a pillow, so she took matters into her own hands:
When I saw this scene from Cougar Town (which came after a scene where Cox was examining her body in the bathroom mirror and finding it lacking in the sexy department), I wasn't laughing.
What do you think of depictions of divorced, fortysomething moms on TV? About Cougar Town, New Adventures of Old Christine?


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Anticipation continues to build for Hangout Fest 2015 (May 15-17) after organizers announced the lineup for the weekend's Kick-off Party, scheduled the Thursday before the festival. Each year, the separate ticketed event allows attendees the option of extending their weekend experience with an early night of impressive acts on the festival's smaller stages.
The party provides a perfect way for veterans to warm-up for the weekend and newcomers to acclimate to Hangout Fest footprint and mind frame. This year's pre-party will take place on Thursday, May 14 and will feature a nine-band lineup that will not want to be missed, especially the evening's headliner.
The past 10 years have given rise to a number of supergroups. The Word is the latest and greatest of these sonic amalgamations. Featuring the slide talents of Robert Randolph and the keyboard mastery of John Medeski (Medeski, Martin & Wood), the rest of the band is comprised of the North Mississippi All-Stars.
The combination of sacred steel, modern hill country, and jazz should make for an interesting set. Other bands on the lineup include Keys N Krates, Cruisr, Black Tiger Sex Machine, ASTR, Grandtheft and Break Science.
Tickets for the pre-party and the festival are on sale now at the Hangout Fest website, and VIP and travel packages are still available. While the pre-party is a separate, ticketed event for those with general admission passes, it's included with the VIP package.


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I am a Year 8 student at Panmure Bridge School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Learning Space 2 and my teachers are Ms Kirkpatrick and Mrs Anderson.
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Summer Learning Journey - Week 3 - Day 5 - Activity 1
What should I pack?
1. I would pack a bottle of water so I can stay hydrated.
2. I would also bring a map or compass just incase I get lost.
3. I would bring a first aid kit just incase I or someone gets hurt.
4. I would pack a phone to take pictures of my hike so I can share it with my friends and families.
5. The last thing I would bring is a little snack just incase I get hungry.
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Cadence here from the Summer Learning Journey team!
Another great post! Thanks for ordering these items too! You got some really important pieces of equipment there so that's great. You seem really organised and know exactly what you are doing!
It would be pretty cool to walk the Tangariro crossing someday! What do you reckon?
I've seen family members and friends walk this track already, each and every one of them have come back with a camera FULL of stunning photos from the views to the actual volcanoes! It's all very impressive!
How long do you think the track is? I've heard some people stay at the log cabins along the way.
Keep up the great work!
Cadence :)
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Well done on completing this summer learning journey activity. Having a phone would be incredibly useful during a trip somewhere, because you can take pictures and call for help in the event of an emergency. Keep up the amazing work Ofa.


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Since it is used for Internet marketing, the web analytics is considered a global need for any online business. With web analytics, businesses will be able to monitor the different activities of website visitors. The data on this can be used to know more about the potential market or improve the website to answer the market's demand. In United Kingdom, web analytics is also among the many concerns of online businesses. Web analytics in UK is instead used to help companies monitor the effectiveness of their online marketing campaigns.
So far, many critics believe that the demand for web analytics UK is increasing and will continue to boost. In fact, there is a rising demand for web analytics tools in UK. An increase of almost 10 million per year in the market revenue is seen in the UK market. That is why many web analytics vendors are eyeing on the UK market as one of their biggest markets.
There are also different trends observed within the web analytics UK market. These include the financial services, publishing, retail, and e-tail. These are considered as among the verticals that invest in web analytics. Also, critics observed a high demand on their so-called "third generation" of web analytics tools. Some say this growing demand is aligned with the new business goals of the UK market and that is to have more benefits of the web analytics data. Also, business executives are not just satisfied with other online marketing methods—they want to know and measure the effectiveness of interaction between offline and online activities through web analytics.
All these trends are proofs that the demand for web analytics in UK is increasing and that will continue until no other method is better in analyzing the website visitors' surfing behavior.


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I made a day trip to Philadelphia in early April–largely to visit the new home of the Barnes Foundation, which is admittedly spectacular. It was a grey day, and my camerawork felt a bit awkward, but I ended up with an interesting collection nevertheless. (When in doubt, just take more shots–the only way out is through.)
I left feeling saturated, though–like I've gotten what I can from Philly photographically, for now. I'm likely to head elsewhere on my next trip.


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Why Business Reviews Are Important and How to Get More of Them
The Business world is getting saturated, as more and more people are developing niche-oriented products and trying to become alpha in their fields. Beyond this the vast development of digital technologies has exposed so much opportunity to access and build new businesses.
To get further ahead than other businesses, and actually to maintain your competitor advantage, you need to improve your business reputation and this happens through business reviews.
Your reputation is an interesting thing. Because it is hard to quantify. You can't put your business name into a calculator a find how the reputation score of your brand. Because it includes so many variables and is a complex metric, so to speak.
What we do know is that reputation leads to more business. And is the key to sustainability. It's all good and well having a wonderful product or service, but if your reputation stands below others, it will not help you.
And the quality of your service does contribute to 'rep', but it encompasses a lot of other factors including the public relations initiative you have. You may alongside your product have amazing distribution or customer service levels. It could be anything. But if people aren't aware, it counts for zero.
As a business you need to identify areas where you can find a platform for sharing how good you are at doing stuff. And beyond advertising, the really powerful brand reputation building techniques and effects, happen when others praise you from a position of objectivity with no bias or association.
This is where you can leverage reviews in your favour and start to create a hub of brand authority which can deliver huge results for lead generation and sales.
The Science of Business Reviews
When another company comes at your website or at your social media platform for the first time, they will have a natural hesitation in doing a business deal with you. This is logical considering they don't know you and your work.
One of the most efficient ways to reduce their professional hesitation is to have good business reviews. Upon seeing authentic business reviews, a company believes you can deliver the same quality as mentioned in the reviews. This earns you future projects.
Here is how to get business reviews
- Asking Your Clients
Many people acquire services from a website and never come back for rating. This is because no one asked them to.
If you offer your services through your website or social media, ask your audience to rate you. This will help in your business growth.
- Physical Nature of Reviews
To appear unique and more authentic, take credentials of people who have acquired your services. Take the pictures of the delivered project and make a portfolio. If it's a restaurant or business based upon physical selling of goods, you can include the reviews inside a review book. Afterwards, it is up to you, either you can display them 'as it is' on your website or take screenshots and feature a multimedia.
- Reviews of a Company
Ask the company to give you a review on your website and on your social media accounts through their real and verified accounts. Then ask them to help facilitate other companies who ask the reviewing company about its authenticity.
- Improving Customer Service
A lot of times people give bad reviews because of inability of a customer service. The product can be average but there should be no compromise on manners, decency and professionalism of a customer service representative.
Even if things are out of your hand, you need to create a positive atmosphere so that the other person thinks highly of your company.
- Emailing Your Clients
If your clients have acquired your services and it has been some time and they haven't reviewed your website, consider sending them an email.
Write an effective email, praising the customer about thanking him for helping him serve you and in the middle, give a link to your website, followed by a polite request of how they felt when they deal with your company.
This positive attitude of emailing will surely win the hearts of people who receive the email. In fact, email reminders are a way to earn a huge percentage of review conversations.
- Attracting Clients to Give Reviews
Give some sort of attraction or a product subsidy in form of coupon discounts to your customers i.e. they review your business on your website. A good example is that of AliExpress reward point program.
After you have received the product, if you choose to review it, you will gain reward points.


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At less than twenty pounds this pump is firmly in the budget price range, but there's a lot to like about this offering from Truflo.
The barrel and base are very sturdy, and the top mounted gauge and hose are good too, with a decent reach. We didn't have any problems with the alloy-levered locking lever on Presta or Schraeder valves.
With a small barrel volume it'll take you a while to get to 100psi, but the Truflo didn't really struggle. It might with higher pressures though, as the plastic piston shaft doesn't feel very solid and the handle's not too comfy. Surprisingly, you even get a bleed valve at this price, which is a very welcome addition.


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Why At-Promise?
We believe every student is At-Promise. This means they are filled with unlimited potential.
Unfortunately not every student has access to the resources and support needed to unleash this potential. And many students face seemingly insurmountable financial and societal barriers along their path to realizing their potential.
Removing The At-Risk Label Together
We envision a Wake County in which all students are thriving and successfully prepared to meet the demands of our area's growing job market. So we provide programs that keep students on track through Academic Case Management and deepen their knowledge of subjects beyond the classroom through Academic Enrichment.
In 2010 we served 200 students. Since then, our supporters have invested in our mission, equipping us to serve 10,000 students cumulatively — that's a 4,900% growth in students served.
This growth is incredible! However, there are 50,000 Wake County students identified as being at-risk. Help us expand our following program features to move even more students from at-risk to At-Promise!
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There are few wardrobe essentials that will never go out of fashion but there is one that will always be a classic - the white button-down shirt. An icon in the style industry, a true closet staple that every woman must own & the real deal.
Take inspiration from fashions best that are sporting the white shirt this season. This staple wardrobe item doesn't have to look simple there are many tricks of the trade that we just can't get enough of like wearing it back to front! Its tailored shape brings elegance to any outfit!
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Who is the Tarzan created by Edgar Rice Burroughs?
Edgar Rice Burroughs named him John Clayton, Lord
Greystoke, and Tarzan of the Apes. In the primeval jungles of
the west coast of Africa in 1888, he was born in a cabin built by
his marooned father and mother, John and Alice Clayton, the
aristocratic Lord and Lady Greystoke. Orphaned as a infant
when his parents died on that terrible coast, young Clayton was
adopted into a tribe of great apes unknown to science and now
probably extinct.
Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs' feral child, would grow up to
become a superman such as Nietzche could not have envisioned.
Burroughs described him as youthful, active, restless, tanned,
and athletic beyond even Olympic standards. Courage, loyalty,
curiosity, and steadiness are hallmarks of his character. Adding
an element of sexual frisson, Burroughs made him exceedingly
attractive to women, and faithful only to one, Jane, nee Porter,
his mate for life.
Burroughs' own ideas of ethical conduct are the foundations
of Tarzan's personal virtues and inform all of the Ape Man's
conduct, in particular his loyalty to true friends, kindness to
women, partiality for the underdog, and killer-angel callousness
in the pursuit of justice. Burroughs also infused the character
with the hallmark trait of any super hero—an internal moral
compass belonging only to him. Finally, Burroughs gave him a
complete contempt and dismissal of the traditions and laws of
civilization. At home only in a natural setting, both being
immortal, Tarzan and his mate have rejected the civilized world
for a home in Africa.
P. J. Monahan. December 9, 1922 cover for the first in a seven-part serialization of
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
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movies; this is a Tarzan of real-strength, of body and character. He has a confident
grasp on his world and our imaginations. In this illustration Tarzan is the
experience-sharpened power in his universe---a mythic, jungle world that lived only in
the minds of the Colonial-era Europeans and an American public who romanticized them,
a world recast in each adventure novel of Victorian and depression-era writers of
escapist adventure, most notably Rudyard Kipling, H. Ryder Haggard, and, of course,
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Chair Olatoye's Visit to Tilden Houses Marks a Milestone
When Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed her four years ago, NYCHA Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye committed to visiting as many developments as possible to reset the relationship with NYCHA's stakeholders. She recently visited her 300th development – Tilden Houses in Brooklyn – and to commemorate this milestone, a few of her colleagues presented Chair Olatoye with a photo collage highlighting her conversations with residents and employees. From left to right, Secretary Jasmine Perez, Administrative Manager Sherron Reeves, Director of Employee Engagement and Special Assistant to the Chair Yvette Andino, Chair and CEO Shola Olatoye, Executive Assistant to the Chair Andy Destin, and Chief of Staff Jackie Primeau.


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Tampa Bay Lightning (51-26-8) at Detroit Red Wings (45-26-14)
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|Thursday April 23, 2015, 7:00 PM (EDT)
|The Line
The Line: Detroit Red Wings -115 / Tampa Bay Lightning +105 --- Over/Under: 5
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Joe Louis Arena and the Detroit Red Wings look for another win against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Tampa Bay Lightning and their high powered offense were supposed to have the advantage over the Detroit Red Wings but after an odd loss in game one and a 3-0 loss at Joe Louis Arena on Tuesday the Lightning are on their heels a bit with a 2-1 series deficit heading in to game number four on Thursday. Even though the offense piled up the shots in the first two games that wasn't the case Tuesday with only 22 shots put on Detroit netminder Petr Mrazek. With the offense stalled the pressure to win was squarely on the shoulders of Ben Bishop who was charged with three goals on 21 shots. The power play was no help with an 0-6 performance with the man advantage.
The Detroit Red Wings find themselves in position to take a commanding 3-1 series lead on Thursday following a 3-0 whitewash of a strong Tampa Bay squad. After posting just 14 shots in a strange series opening win and then getting blasted in game two, the Red Wings finally played a quality game from start to finish in game number three where both ends of the ice were effective. Pavel Datsyuk gave the Wings a 1-0 bulge in the first with Ryan Sheahan doubling the lead with the man advantage in the third before Luke Glendening took all the mystery out of this on with an empty net tally. Petr Mrazek was strong between the pipes with 22 saves for his second shutout of Tampa Bay this season.
The under is 4-0 in Lightning last 4 road games and the over is 4-0 in Lightning last 4 following a loss of 3 or more goals while the under is 11-1 in Lightning last 12 road games vs. a team with a winning home record. The under is 4-0-2 in Red Wings last 6 home games and is 3-0-2 in Red Wings last 5 home games vs. a team with a losing road record while Detroit are 1-8 in their last 9 games following a win. The home team is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings while the under is 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Detroit and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. Just waiting on goalies but the trends heavily favor the under…


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With the SAP Fiori Notifier App, SAP Fiori users receive an enhanced, role-specific and mobile experience through push notifications sent to their Apple iPhone, iPad or Android smartphones, alerting them of actions, approvals, etc. Users can track assigned business processes and transactions in real-time, wherever the are. The push notifications notify users of items that need their attention, streamlining the completion process and allowing users to monitor business activities. With the Notifier App, users can also view their open assignments via an Icon Badge. SAP Fiori Notifier App is an enhancement of the SAP Fiori Client Mobile App and allows organizations to receive push notifications for delivered SAP Fiori Apps as well as custom-built applications.
New advances in technology continue to change how business operations are run and how organizations interact with their employees, managers and outside constituents. Today's working environment is experiencing a paradigm shift through increased mobility and global reach, with more users accessing the information they need while on the go to conduct transactions. Business transactions, including financial transactions, are no longer limited to a stationary office setting. Now, with financial mobile applications through the Cloud, users are able to access and process the information they need wherever they are, at whatever time they would like. With Oracle ERP Cloud, users can utilize the Oracle Financials Cloud to complete transactions on the go.
PeopleSoft's Fluid Company Directory feature in HCM 9.2 provides both managers and employees with the tools they need to access employee information on the go. Users can access valuable information about employees, such as their reporting structures and personal information. Check out the three top reasons to consider deploying the Fluid Company Directory in your organization.
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Marc Weintraub recently interviewed David Bain about the new changes in technology for PeopleSoft regarding mobility and the new Fluid UI.
After the introduction, 3G PeopleSoft was among the first application vendors to release an application that was native: iReceipts. PeopleSoft was again the first to release an application on the ADF Framework: Mobile Inventory Management. Again, PeopleSoft was the first to build with the Mobile application framework, the mobile self-services Campus Solution.
Then, PeopleSoft delivered on 9.1 a series of mobile applications using PeopleSoft technology:
David Bain explained that the mobile products were built with the technology available at the time, but the PeopleSoft team wanted to include within PeopleTools an easy-to- use technology for organizations. Including this Fluid UI technology within the PeopleSoft toolset will shorten the lifecycle costs for customers. The customers will then be able to use the same skills to administer and deploy PeopleSoft for Mobile applications, thus reducing the complexity.
The new fluid UI will be delivered to customers in 9.2 through the PeopleSoft Update Manager (PUM). PUM will help customers uptake any features or enhancements without having to go through a major upgrade. The application, with the Fluid UI, will be responsive and optimized on the technology they are running on. A series of applications will be delivered for HR (Manager Self-Service Homepage, My Team view and Analytics approval, etc.) and Finance (Travel Authorization, Employee Status Reporting, Supplier watch list, etc.).
The new PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface (UI) is coming to PeopleTools 8.54! Fluid UI enables the delivery of PeopleSoft applications in a modern, intuitive and personalizable way across multiple devices (i.e. tablets, smart phones and desktops). Regardless of operating system, the new Fluid UI is using the latest state-of-the-art technologies, such as HTML5 and CCS3, and incorporates them into the PeopleTools. Fluid UI will be able to detect what type of mobile device users are accessing the application from (i.e. tablet, mobile) and will leverage location, pictures and more!
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During the Collaborate and Alliance roadshows earlier this year, the new Fluid UI was shown off by Paco Aubrejuan, Senior Vice President of Development for Oracle's PeopleSoft product line and Jeff Robbins, Oracle Senior Director, PeopleTools Strategy. Robbins was able to demonstrate several times how PeopleSoft is truly a state-of-the-art solution and that PeopleTools drives PeopleSoft innovation.
The third day of the Alliance 2014 conference kicked off with an inspirational keynote from Shawn Achor, a lecturer who is regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the connection between happiness and success. Achor, who teaches for the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School and collaborates on research with Yale and Columbia University, delivered his keynote on "The Happiness Advantage."
In 2012, Achor's research on happiness made the cover of Harvard Business Review. His TED talk has become one of the most popular of all time, with over 3 million views. "The Happiness Advantage," his newest lecture, recently began airing on PBS stations nationwide.The gist of his lecture is this; most people believe that once they become successful, then they'll be happy. But recent discoveries in the field of positive psychology and neuroscience have shown that this formula is actually backwards: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we are positive, our brains become more engaged, creative, motivated, energetic, resilient, and productive at work. This isn't just an empty mantra. This discovery has been repeatedly borne out by rigorous research in psychology and neuroscience, management studies, and the bottom lines of organizations around the globe. In "The Happiness Advantage," Achor, who spent over a decade living, researching, and lecturing at Harvard University, draws on his own research—including one of the largest studies of happinesspotential, both at Harvard and companies like UBS and KPMG—to fix this broken formula. Using stories and case studies from his work with thousands of Fortune 500 executives in 51 countries, Achor explains how we can reprogram our brains to become more positive in order to gain a competitive edge at work.
Ataway's Tina Travis presents at Alliance 2014.
Ataway was excited to attend many sessions last Monday at the Alliance Conference! On the second day of the event, Oracle made a big announcement regarding major investments in higher education solutions, including a new Oracle Student Cloud, a new Higher Education functionality delivered in Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud, and a new release for PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Suite.
Oracle plans to provide a flexible deployment model for administrative systems customers in the Higher Education field. Oracle's offerings will enable institutions to run their student and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems on premise or to migrate to a cloud-based deployment when it makes sense for the institution.
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The Community Sessions were immediately followed by the Mix and Mingle at the MGM Grand Garden Arena concourse prior to the Opening Session. Mix and Mingle was a great opportunity to network, catch up with attendees and help Oracle customers with technical and business process questions.
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The most important archaeological discoveries of this year
We present to Your attention the most important and significant archaeological discoveries of 2007, according to the American Institute of archaeology (Archaeological Institute of America). In 2007 the world was made many archaeological discoveries, the most important of them is also included and archaeological discoveries in the Americas, including :
New Dating sites Clovis
The new data of radiocarbon analysis remain contradictory regarding the settling of the Americas. The debates on this subject do not cease in 2007. Clarifying amendments to this event invited researchers of ancient sites Clovis. These sites of ancient Americans, most represented in archaeological material and constitutes a fertile field for archaeological activity. Parking Clovis testified that the first immigrants of the New world were hunters of large animals. Researched artifacts of the Clovis culture Michael waters, Director of the Center for the study of the first Americans and Thomas Stafford research lab Stafford in Colorado. Using modern methods and equipment (giving more accurate results than previous, less accurate methods), they clarified the Dating of the resettlement of people on americancommunity, examined more than twenty sites of ancient people of Clovis culture. All Parking spaces now date from the period commencing 13 050 years ago and ended 12 800 years ago. Most archaeologists still believe the Clovis people inhabited North America 13 300 years ago and lived at least 500 years. Continue reading
Excavations of ancient cities in Iran can change the history of modern civilization
The middle East could become the second if not the main, the cradle of modern civilization. At the meeting in Italy the conference, the archaeologists came to the conclusion that civilization was born in a very unusual place — in Iran, far from the fertile valleys of Mesopotamia.
New discoveries during excavations in the Middle East has shaken the archaeological world and has forced scholars to reconsider the history of modern civilization. Until now, archaeologists believed that modern civilization originated in Mesopotamia, within the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates, giving enough resources for the development of complex society. And then, during the third Millennium BC, social structures, wealth and technologies of this society slowly spread along the coast of the Nile and later along the banks of the Indus and Ganges.
New finds of settlements can shake the traditional history of the ancient world to its very foundations, reports of archaeological Science conference in Ravenna, Italy. "Archaeologists do not allow the possibility of the existence at an early stage of development of a society of such large settlements at a distance from major rivers flowing into the ocean. Earlier nobody knew about these cities," — said the journalist of the Science Andrulonis, who described the findings of scientists in the third the August issue of the magazine. Continue reading
The legendary Troy, or Ilion
Trojan horse — a symbol of Troy (located at the entrance to the territory of the National historical Park of Troy)
Troy — perhaps in the world, few of those who have not heard the name of this legendary city at least once in their life, who has not heard of the famous Trojan horse . which dramatically changed the course of the Trojan war . Starting from the "Iliad" of Homer . describing the fifty-one day of the last year of the Trojan war . about Troy said and written a lot. Troy was always interested and continues to interest a variety of scholars: archaeologists, historians, writers and local historians. But did You know that Troy is in Turkey ?
Where is Troy (Ilion)? Troy on a map of Turkey
The Location Of Troy
Troy on a map of Turkey
"Troy" and "Ilium" are two different names of one and the same powerful city in Asia Minor, at the entrance from the Aegean sea to the Dardanelles (Hellespont) . The city was located on the ancient Maritime trade route, which connected the Aegean sea with the Marmara and Black seas. Troy occupied a dominant position over the Strait and this allowed the city to become a key center of trade between East and West in the bronze age. Continue reading


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Paul and I worked together for the first time yesterday - I have to say I could certainly tell he was a courteous and delightful person just from his communications, all of which was totally evident upon meeting. A highly charming character indeed and lot's of fun to shoot with! :) We spent a couple of hours exploring the interesting places on location around Manchester and Paul never once missed an interesting opportunity; even whilst dodging the rain there was a constant conveyor belt of ideas at every corner we turned! His details in pre-shoot discussion and care he took to get the best angles/composition with each shot reflects exactly how much passion he has a a photographer, taking a moment and making a beautiful photograph out of it. Highly recommended and I certainly look forward to the opportunity of working together again. Dani-Elle'
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- 20 Aug 2012
Had a great shoot with Paul today, brilliant communication before and through-out the shoot, I also have to say he is by far the friendliest and most professional photographer I have worked with up to date! Cannot wait to see the images, would recommend to all models in an instant.
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- 21 June 2012
Just finished a shoot with Paul today in Crewe. Weather was a bit grim,but he was friendly and gave good direction. The images that I have seen do far have turned out well. Recommend him to other models :)
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- 29 May 2012
Would reocmmend this guy in an instant to be honest:) really lovely guy who spent time trying to correct his images, ended up with some brilliant results x
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- 28 May 2012
I had a lovely shoot with Paul today,his pre shoot comms were great and he kindly met me from the station.We found some pretty locations and Paul was happy to let me use some of my ideas and also had lots of his own. The weather was a bonus and I am sure we came away with some super images.Thank you for a good shoot and also for carrying my bag!
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- 8 Dec 2011
A really fun and relaxed home and location shoot, enjoyed working Paul very much. Would certainly recommend him and work with him again!
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- 22 Oct 2011
I had a lovely shoot with Paul today, very laid back. i found him easy to work with and we even had a laugh and a joke throughout the day. would recommend him to anyone. thank you for a good morning :)
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- 19 Oct 2011
Absolute gentleman. Paul respected the fact I was ill and not looking or feeling too great, and made everything as easy as possible for me. Great to collaborate with, lovely guy, would certainly recommend :)
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- 6 Oct 2011
paul arrived on time came a long way, i was very greatful. he is a quitet lovley guy very pleasant. love the pictures was edited very well. thankyou very much looking forward to working with you again soon :)
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- 10 Sep 2011
Paul is a lovely guy! I really enjoyed working with Paul. I had a home shoot with paul this week to shoot outside on my balcony. Pre shoot communications were fantastic and paul has a got a great sense of humour which made him easy to get along and work with. Paul was both open to ideas and used his own input, we got some great spontaneous headshots against my blinds of all things which he noticed. About to go upload a few headshots to my portfolio which i am in dire need of! thanks Paul!
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- 4 Aug 2011
Met Paul on 01/08/11 for my first Location Shoot. He is absolutely lovely. Really easy to get along with, made me feel at ease and very professional. We got some lovely images and had some great conversation too! I would love to work with him again in the future. Thanks so much Paul :) x
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- 4 Aug 2011
Had a great shoot with Paul, he made me feel comfortable and we got some great images. Thank you, I would recommend him to others x
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- 24 July 2011
Had a fab shoot with Paul. He was on time, loves Tea which is always good kuz im addicted. The weather what RUBBISSHHH but he still managed to get some lovely picture which I am happy to use in my portfolio. He is definitly a reccommendation to work with and will work with him again, hopefully in nicer weather :) Thankyou Paul Miss Hunter
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- 30 June 2011
Really nice day with paul, we produced some amazing images. Would deff recommend paul, hes really nice and make you feel comfortable. Would work with him again :) x
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Worked with Paul last week on a casual fashion location shoot - something I don't do very often, particularly the wearing clothes part!!! Paul was an absolute pleasure to work with, we had a lovely relaxed shoot and captured some great images. Paul is a thoroughly lovely chap and comes with official Misty recommendation :-D Thanks Paul come back to the Wirral soon!
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I had a shoot today with Paul. It was my first ever shoot with purestorm and he made me feel very at ease and comfortable. Im looking forward seeing the end results and would recommend Paul to any model. Thanks Paul :) x
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I had a photo shoot with Paul the other day! I found him charming and easy to work with! He made me feel so relax and very welcome! I love the results we got from our shoot and cant wait to work with him again! Thank so much Paul
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- 6 April 2011
I had a great shoot with paul today time flew by, he is a total gentleman, great to talk to and a true professional, and he took some great pictures. I highly recommend Paul to any model,i hope he will work with me again soon!
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- 23 March 2011
A rare find of a pure gentleman. Paul was a pleasure to work with and has a true passion for photography. Will suggest for any woman of high qualoty to work with him. I look forwrad to his future work. M
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Paul used my studio for a recent shoot. Nice guy with a professional attitude and treated the model with great respect. I wouldn't hesitate in recommending him.
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I mainly shoot portraits and fashion/editorial type work as I am not interested in glamour. My ideal model would therefore have the look of a fashion model rather than alternative or glamour. Attractive faces are a key part of my requirements.
If you have interesting ideas or locations, you would be especially welcome and I am always happy to try and produce work that suits your own requirements. I have not shot much in studios but would be prepared to expand this part of my work, although preferring to use the space as a location rather than as a white background.
I am happy to do TFCD with models who fit the above and work within my levels. Although I do not shoot at that level, I am happy to work with models who do work nude (but not those who advertise adult levels) and will supply full resolution competently edited images of all shots deemed worthy of processing. I am also prepared to consider paying modest travelling expenses for TF work. I live in the country - but within 10 minutes drive of Crewe station.
Models are always treated with the utmost respect before and during and after a shoot and all appropriate messages are welcomed and will be answered promptly and courteously. I really appreciate good communications from models which makes life so much easier for all concerned.
Please feel free to contact models I have worked with from this site to confirm the references they have given. I also provide photography for a charity for disabled children in association with the British Olympic Association.
I have been an enthusiastic photographer for many years and am now concentrating on model photography.
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Penny is loads of fun and very co-operative and patient. Joins in the spirit of the session. Good to work with.
Jade is fun to work with and willing to try to fit in with what you are trying to achieve. Good model and fun to work with.
Really enthusiastic - excellent model who is a pleasure to work with. Highly recommended!
Worked with Deb on an all day shoot with members of a Strobist group. Patient, helpful co-operative and never flagged!
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What is the Meaning & Definition of teaching unit
The didactic unit is a learning model that is fundamentally linked to the constructivist theories, as we know still current of Constructivism which says that human knowledge of all kas things is a mental process of the individual that develops in a manner internal and as the individual interacts with their environment.
Meanwhile, it is comprised of the following elements: educational objectives (the statement of capabilities which must reach the student at the end of the unit and which must be consistent with the objectives of General and reference), contents (those knowledge organised harmoniously and that they set out as concepts, procedures and attitudes), activities (those means that will help to achieve the objectives (: collection of ideas, introductory activities, development, synthesis and expression) and evaluation (of the results).
They usually include a bi-weekly time, although mostly adapt to needs of time requiring the group in question.
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